[MISSION 2024] RTM(Revision through MCQs)- 5 February 2024

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Gender budgeting is an approach that aims to incorporate a gender perspective into the process of budgeting at all levels of government. The goal of gender budgeting is to promote gender equality and ensure that public resources are used effectively to address the needs and priorities of women and men. India has been implementing gender budgeting since 2005.
• The Gender Budget is not a separate budget for women but an accounting statement highlighting allocations for women beneficiaries or girls.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2024/02/05/budget-2024-highest-ever-gender-budget/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Context: An Assistant Professor from Manipur University is dedicated to preserving the ancient painting style used in Puyas (archaic Manipuri manuscripts), specifically the Subika paintings, which are on the verge of extinction.
  • The Subika painting style is deeply connected to the Meitei community’s cultural history through its six surviving manuscripts – Subika, Subika Achouba, Subika Laishaba, Subika Choudit, Subika Cheithil and Thengrakhel Subika.
  • The paintings are a composition of cultural motifs created by pre-existing features and other influences. However, the Subika painting style is nearly extinct due to neglect.
  • The Subika Laishaba is a composition of cultural motifs influenced by the cultural worldviews of the community.
  • Its illustrations incorporate visual elements like lines, shapes, forms, colours, and patterns.
  • These visual images serve as cultural motifs, creating visual effects and expressing cultural significance.
  • The paintings are done on handmade paper, and the materials for manuscripts, such as handmade paper or tree bark, are prepared locally.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2024/02/05/subika-paintings/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Context: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has launched the GHAR (GO Home and Re-Unite) Portal for the digital monitoring and tracking of the restoration and repatriation of children as per the protocols under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
  • The portal facilitates the digital tracking and monitoring of children in the Juvenile Justice system who need to be repatriated to another country, state, or district.
  • It enables the digital transfer of cases to the concerned Juvenile Justice Board/Child Welfare Committee for speedy repatriation and allows for requests for translators or interpreters if required.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2024/02/05/ghar-go-home-and-re-unite-portal/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: Incorrect. Asteroids are primarily found in the asteroid belt, which lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The Kuiper Belt is mainly composed of icy bodies.
• S2: Correct. Asteroids are rocky objects that can vary in size from small boulders to hundreds of kilometers in diameter. They are composed of various materials, including rock, metals like iron and nickel, and sometimes ice.
• S3:Incorrect. Asteroids, like planets, follow elliptical orbits around the Sun, not perfect circles.
• S4:Incorrect. The study of asteroids is typically referred to as asteroid science or astronomy. There isn’t a formal discipline called “asteroidology.”

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2024/02/05/asteroid-ryugu/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• National Green Hydrogen (NGH) mission aims to facilitate the production of hydrogen from renewable energy. Hydrogen is an essential industrial fuel that has a range of uses from producing ammonia, making steel and cement, to powering fuel cells that can run buses and cars. However, the cheapest way to manufacture this is to rely on fossil fuel such as coal and natural gas and this produces carbon emissions. The concerns over global warming and the gradual but steady embrace of alternative fuels have stoked the world’s interest in producing hydrogen from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy.
• The NGH mission aims to create an enabling environment for the Indian industry to develop the infrastructure to produce and transport green hydrogen from certain nerve centres to production hubs where they can be used in various industrial applications. The NGH mission has committed to finance — the details are not yet available — the manufacturing of electrolysers, which use electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
• Green hydrogen, because of the entailed expenses, currently accounts for less than 1% of global hydrogen production and India’s aim is to become a global, industrial hub and exporter of such hydrogen.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2024/02/05/green-hydrogen-shipping-and-steel-sectors/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• While hydrogen generated through renewable energy sources is green, it is blue when the carbon generated from the process is captured and stored without dispersing it in the atmosphere. When the carbon is not captured, the generated hydrogen is labelled grey.
• The major challenge in the usage of green hydrogen will be its storage. Given the very low density of hydrogen, it will require large volumes for its storage.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2024/02/05/green-hydrogen-shipping-and-steel-sectors/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Manatees are large, aquatic mammals that are sometimes called “sea cows”. Manatees are herbivores that eat over 60 different types of plants.
• IUCN Status: Vulnerable

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2024/02/05/manatees/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Context: India celebrated World Wetlands Day 2024 at Sirpur Lake, a Ramsar site in Indore.
• The theme of World Wetlands Day 2024 was ‘Wetlands and Human Wellbeing,’ emphasizing the critical role wetlands play in flood protection, clean water, biodiversity, and recreational opportunities.
• India increased its tally of Ramsar sites to 80 by designating five more wetlands as Ramsar sites recently.
• Sirpur Lake: Ramsar site in Indore, MP
• Nanda Lake: Goa
• Satkosia Gorge: Odisha

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2024/02/05/world-wetlands-day-2024-2nd-february/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Statements 1 and 3 are correct.
• Sodium lamps are omnidirectional that they emit light in 360 degrees, while led lamps emit light in 180
• Lifespan of LED is more than Sodium
• Sodium lamps are monochromatic. And LEDs can be designed to generate the entire spectrum of visible light colors without having to use the traditional color filters required by traditional lighting

Refer: UPSC CSE 2021

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical produced in large quantities for use primarily in the production of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2021