[Mission 2024] QUED ( Questions from Editorials ) 22 July 2023

Solution: c)

Option 3 is incorrect.

India’s first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant (British-built). Its replacement, INS Viraat (British-built).

INS Vikramaditya (Russian-built) is a medium-sized STOBAR-type aircraft carrier, capable of both fleet air defence and land attack, carrying up to 30 aircraft and helicopters.

Solution: a)

Only statement 1 is correct.

Millets are considered to be “powerhouses of nutrition”. On April 10, 2018, the Agriculture Ministry declared millets as “Nutri Cereals”. 

The Story of Millets published by the Karnataka State Department of Agriculture in association with ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad, says, “Millets contain 7-12% protein, 2-5% fat, 65-75% carbohydrates and 15-20% dietary fibre.

On March 3, 2021, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution to declare 2023 as

the International Year of Millets.

Solution: b)

Statement 3 is incorrect.

The Ahom kings ruled large parts of what is now known as Assam for nearly 600 years, from the early 13th century to the early 19th century. This was a prosperous, multi-ethnic kingdom which spread across the upper and lower reaches of the Brahmaputra valley, surviving on rice cultivation in its fertile lands.

The Ahoms engaged in a series of conflicts with the Mughals from 1615-1682, starting from the reign of Jahangir till the reign of Aurangzeb. One of the major early military conflicts was in January 1662, where the Mughals won a partial victory, conquering parts of Assam and briefly occupying Garhgaon, the Ahom capital.

The counter-offensive to reclaim lost Ahom territories started under Ahom King Swargadeo Chakradhwaja Singha. After the Ahoms enjoyed some initial victories, Aurangzeb dispatched Raja Ram Singh I of Jaipur in 1669 to recapture the lost territory — eventually resulting in the Battle of Saraighat in 1671.

Solution: d)

The islands are divided on the basis of physical and human geography into three distinct parts —Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia.

The islands are very small in land area, and are spread wide across the vast equatorial swathe of the Pacific Ocean.

Solution: c)

Indian Patents Act, 1970:

It replaced the Indian Patents and Designs Act 1911.

The Act was amended by the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005, wherein product patent was extended to all fields of technology including food, drugs, chemicals and microorganisms.

After the amendment, the provisions relating to Exclusive Marketing Rights (EMRs) have been repealed, and a provision for enabling grant of compulsory license has been introduced.

The provisions relating to pre-grant and post-grant opposition have also been introduced.

Article 3(d) of the Indian Patent Act prevents the mere discovery of any new property or new use for a known substance from being patented as an invention unless it enhances the efficacy of the substance repetitively. This prevents what is known as “evergreening” of patents.

In respect of each of the main areas of intellectual property covered by the TRIPS Agreement, the Agreement sets out the minimum standards of protection to be provided by each Member.