[MISSION 2023] RTM(Revision through MCQs)- 17 May 2023

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The Gaza Strip is a self-governing Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the east and north.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/05/17/israel-palestinian-issue-75-years-since-the-displacement-of-700000-palestinians/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/05/17/israel-palestinian-issue-75-years-since-the-displacement-of-700000-palestinians/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau with an area of 1,800km² on the border between Israel and Syriain south-western Syria.
• The Golan Heights were captured by Israel from Syria in the 1967 conflict and annexed in 1981 — a move not recognized internationally.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/05/17/israel-palestinian-issue-75-years-since-the-displacement-of-700000-palestinians/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Article 41 of DPSP: State shall make effective provisions in cases of disablement.
• 7th schedule: The subject of ‘relief of the disabled and unemployable’ is specified in the state list of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution.
• India has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
• India is a signatory to the Biwako Millennium Framework and the Declaration on Full Participation and Equality of People with Disabilities in the Asia Pacific Region.
• Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan is the nationwide flagship campaign of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/05/17/government-implements-rpwd-act-2016/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• About IOM is an intergovernmental organization that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including refugees, internally displaced persons, and migrant workers.
• Origin IOM was established in 1951 as Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM) to help resettle people displaced by World War II.
• Status in UN It was granted Permanent Observer status to UN General Assembly in 1992. It is part of the UN now.
• Major report World Migration Report is published every year.

Rfer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/05/17/international-organization-for-migration-iom/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Aadhaar-enabled Payment Services (AePS) is a bank-led model, which allows online financial transactions at Point-of-Sale (PoS) and Micro ATMs through the business correspondent of any bank using Aadhaar authentication.
• The model removes the need for OTPs, bank account details, and other financial details.
• It allows fund transfers using only the bank name, Aadhaar number, and fingerprint captured during Aadhaar enrolment, according to the National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/05/17/aadhaar-enabled-payment-system-aeps/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF):
• The UN Economic and Social Council established it in 2000.
• Objective: To promote the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests and to strengthen long-term political commitment to this end.
• Key highlights:
  • Practice Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) in Tropical Regions
  • India: It presented a case of a UNFF country-led initiative on long-term SFM and expressed concerns regarding wildfires and the limitations of current forest certification schemes.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/05/17/unff18/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The CSP advocated decentralized socialism in which co-operatives, trade unions, independent farmers, and local authorities would hold a substantial share of the economic power. As secularists, they hoped to transcend communal divisions through class solidarity. Some, such as Narendra Deva or Basawon Singh (Sinha), advocated a democratic socialism distinct from both Marxism and reformist social democracy.
• Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_Socialist_Party

Refer: UPSC CSE 2015

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Only the Lok Sabha can vote on the demand for grants.
• Rajya Sabha can only keep a money bill for not more than 14 days, before which the bill should be either returned to Lok Sabha with recommendations, or passed by the Rajya Sabha. In case of a disagreement between both the houses, the bill is deemed passed in the form it was passed by Lok Sabha.
• Every year the budget (annual financial statement as mentioned in the constitution) is discussed by the Rajya Sabha.
• Source: Laxmikanth – Indian Polity – Chapter 22 (Parliament)

Refer: UPSC CSE 2015

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• It relaxed the central control over the provinces by demarcating and separating the central and provincial subjects. The central and provincial legislatures were authorised to make laws on their respective list of subjects. However, the structure of government continued to be centralised and unitary.
• It further divided the provincial subjects into two parts—transferred and reserved, which is what we know as diarchy.
• Source: Laxmikanth – Indian Polity – Chapter 1 (Historical Background)

Refer: UPSC CSE 2015