[MISSION 2023] RTM(Revision through MCQs)- 6 Apr 2023

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Intellectual Property Rights Policy which is in compliance with WTO’s (World Trade Organisation) agreement on TRIPS (Trade Related aspects of IPRs), aims to sustain entrepreneurship.
• As per the WTO norms, a CL can be invoked by a government allowing a company to produce a patented product without the consent of the patent owner in public interest. Under the Indian Patents Act, a CL can be issued for a drug if the medicine is deemed unaffordable, among other conditions, and the government grants permission to qualified generic drug makers to manufacture it.

Refer: https://www;.insightsonindia.com/2023/04/06/open-source-seeds-movement/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) assists applicants in seeking patent protection internationally for their inventions, helps patent offices with their patent granting decisions, and facilitates public access to a wealth of technical information relating to those inventions.
• By filing one international patent application under the PCT, applicants can simultaneously seek protection for an invention in a large number of countries.
• PCT is administered by WIPO.

Refer: https://www;.insightsonindia.com/2023/04/06/open-source-seeds-movement/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The Intellectual Property Appellate Board, a quasi-judicial body, was constituted in September 1958. The jurisdiction of the Copyright Board extends to the whole of India. The Board is entrusted with the task of adjudication of disputes pertaining to copyright registration, assignment of copyright, grant of Licenses in respect of works withheld from public, unpublished Indian works, production and publication of translations and works for certain specified purposes. It also hears cases in other miscellaneous matters instituted before it under the Copyright Act, 1957.

Refer:  https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/04/06/open-source-seeds-movement/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) regime was promoted by the World Trade Organization in 1995 for uniform global IPR rules. TRIPS is founded on the principle of “product patents”.
• Product patents allow inventors of new drugs to have exclusive rights to produce and sell them for some years.

Refer:  https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/04/06/open-source-seeds-movement/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Preservation of forest areas in India under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 has been continuously monitored by the Supreme Court since the Godavarman case judgment in 1996.
• While the concept of deemed forests has not been clearly defined in any law including the Forest Conservation Act of 1980.
• Deemed forests, which comprise about 1% of India’s forest land, are a controversial subject as they refer to land tracts that appear to be a “forest”, but have not been notified so by the government or in historical records.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/04/06/forest-conservation-amendment-bill-2023/

Ans: (c )

Explanation:

• By the end of the fourth century B.C., there was a serious famine in the Ganges valley. Many Jain monks led by Bhadrabagu and Chandragupta Maurya came to Sravana Belgola in Karnataka.
• Those who stayed back in north India were led by a monk named Sthulabahu who changed the code of conduct for the monks.
• This led to the division of Jainism into two sects Svetambaras (whiteclad) and Digambaras (Sky-clad or Naked).
• The first Jain Council was convened at Pataliputra by Sthulabahu in the beginning of the 3rd century B.C.
• According to the Digambara sect of Jainism, there were five Shruta Kevalins in Jainism – Govarddhana Mahamuni, Vishnu, Nandimitra, Aparajita and Bhadrabahu.
• Shrutakevalin is a term used in Jainism for those ascetics who have complete knowledge of Jain Agama (texts).

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/04/06/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-6-april-2023/

Ans: (c )

Explanation: Basohli Painting

• It is the first independent GI-tagged product from the Jammu region.
• It is considered the first school of Pahari paintings
• These are painted on paper, cloth, or wood using natural pigments and dyes.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/04/06/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-6-april-2023/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• It is an international financial institution that offers investment, advisory, and asset management services to encourage private sector development in developing countries.
• It is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States.
• It was established in 1956 as the private sector arm of the World Bank Group to advance economic development by investing in strictly for-profit and commercial projects that purport to reduce poverty and promote development.
• The IFC is owned and governed by its member countries, but has its own executive leadership and staff that conduct its normal business operations.
• It is a corporation whose shareholders are member governments that provide paid-in capital and which have the right to vote on its matters.
• Since 2009, the IFC has focused on a set of development goals that its projects are expected to target. Its goals are to increase sustainable agriculture opportunities, improve healthcare and education, increase access to financing for microfinance and business clients, advance infrastructure, help small businesses grow revenues, and invest in climate health.
• It offers an array of debt and equity financing services and helps companies face their risk exposures while refraining from participating in a management capacity.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/04/06/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-6-april-2023/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The United Nations Statistical Commission (est. 1947; HQ: New York) is a Functional Commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. It oversees the work of the United Nations Statistics Division.
• Members: Its 24 member states are elected by the Economic and Social Council on the basis of the following geographical distribution: African states (5), Asian States (4), Eastern European States (4), Latin American and Caribbean States (4), Western European and other States (7).

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/04/06/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-6-april-2023/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve (GOMBR) area is extending from Rameswaram to Tuticorin. It comprises of 21 Islands and this is the first Indian marine national park which is internationally recognised under the UNESCO-MAB programme. The IUCN commission on national parks and WWF identified the reserve as an area of particular concern because of its richest biodiversity and multiple use of the area. The GOMBR is the first marine Biosphere in India.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/04/06/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-6-april-2023/