[MISSION 2023] RTM(Revision through MCQs)- 18 May 2023

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution provides for the administration of tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoramto safeguard the rights of the tribal population in these states.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/05/18/matrilineal-meghalaya/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Context: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) launched the “Meri LiFE” (My Life) mobile application to empower youth and encourage their participation in addressing climate change.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/05/18/meri-lifes-app/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Assam, on the south bank of the Brahmaputra River in Sonitpur district.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/05/18/bura-chapori-wildlife-sanctuary/

Ans: (c )

Explanation:

• Greater one-horned rhinoceros, is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam has the highest density of Indian rhinos in the world.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/05/18/bura-chapori-wildlife-sanctuary/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: The sanctuary, which hosts two-thirds of the world’s great one-horned rhinoceroses, is a World Heritage Site.
• S2: it is home to the highest density of tigers among protected areas in the world and was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006 (now the highest tiger density is in Orang National Park, Assam). Also read
• S3: It is recognized as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/05/18/bura-chapori-wildlife-sanctuary/

Ans: (b)

Explanations:

• S1: The Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 does not define the term ‘vermin’. However, its Schedule V contains a list of animals designated ‘vermin’, including rats, crows and foxes.
• Section 62 of the Act empowers the Centre to declare wild animals of any species as ‘vermin’ in any area and for a specified period of time. These animals are deemed to be included in Schedule V, opening them up to be hunted.
• S2: Ownership (Section 40 & 42) of WPA 1972:
• Ownership will be not transferred to another party also regarding issues to trade licence. The certificate of ownership will be provided by the chief wild life warden.
• At present, persons having ownership certificate in respect of Schedule I and Part II of Schedule II animals, can sell or gift such articles. This has been amended with a view to curb illegal trade, and thus no person can now acquire Schedule I or Part II of Schedule II animals, articles or trophies except by way of inheritance (except live elephants).

Refer: http://www.wiienvis.nic.in/Database/ScheduleSpeciesDatabase_7969.aspx

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Jim Corbett National Park is a national park in India located in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand state. The first national park in India, it was established in 1936 during the British Raj. The park was the first to come under the Project Tiger initiative.
• Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) has reported the highest tiger density among India’s tiger reserves.
• Rajaji National Park is an Indian national park and tiger reserve that encompasses the Shivaliks, near the foothills of the Himalayas.

Refer: https://www.corbettnationalpark.in/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The terms feudalism and feudal system were generally applied to the early and central Middle Ages—the period from the 5th century, when central political authority in the Western empire disappeared, to the 12th century, when kingdoms began to emerge as effective centralized units of government (the period is claimed as 9th-15th century by Wikipedia).
• Broadly defined, it was a way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour (lord-vassal relationship).
• Use of the term feudalism to describe India applies a concept of medieval European origin, according to which the landed nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord’s land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection. The term Indian feudalism is an attempt to classify Indian history according to a European model.
• Feudalism, in its various forms, usually emerged as a result of the decentralization of an empire: especially in the Carolingian empires which both lacked the bureaucratic infrastructure necessary to support cavalry without the ability to allocate land to these mounted troops.
• Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism
• http://www.britannica.com/topic/feudalism

Refer: UPSC CSE 2015

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL) is a multilateral fund, supported by donor governments and managed by the World Bank. It seeks to promote reduced greenhouse gas emissions from the land sector, from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+), and from sustainable agriculture, as well as smarter land-use planning, policies and practices.
• Sources: http://vlscop.vermontlaw.edu/2013/11/20/the-biocarbon-fund-initiative-for-sustainable-forest-landscapes-a-bold-step-forward/
• http://biocarbonfund-isfl.org/about-us

Refer: UPSC CSE 2015

Ans; (c )

Explanation:

• Option C is incorrect because it excludes the fifth and sixth schedule areas from the application of the Panchayati Raj system. This is to ensure that the local tribal practices, customs, religious laws, social and political institutions are not tampered with.
• Instead, the act known as PESA, 1996 extends the panchayati raj system to the tribal areas.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2015