[MISSION 2024] RTM(Revision through MCQs)- 19 February 2024

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Under Article 9 of the Indian Constitution, a person who voluntarily acquires citizenship of any other country is no longer an Indian citizen.
• The OCI Cardholder (including a PIO Cardholder) is a foreign national holding a passport of a foreign country and is not a citizen of India.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2024/02/19/registration-of-nri-oci-marriages/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The Constitution deals with the citizenship from Articles 5 to 11 under Part II. However, it contains neither any permanent nor any elaborate provisions in this regard.
• It only identifies the persons who became citizens of India at its commencement (i.e., on January 26, 1950). It does not deal with the problem of acquisition or loss of citizenship subsequent to its commencement. It empowers the Parliament to enact a law to provide for such matters and any other matter relating to citizenship.
• A person who migrated to Pakistan from India after March 1, 1947, but later returned to India for resettlement could become an Indian citizen. For this, he had to be resident in India for six months preceding the date of his application for registration2 (Article 7).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2024/02/19/registration-of-nri-oci-marriages/

Ans: (c )

Explanation:

• Context: The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, introduced the ‘Sagar Aankalan’ guidelines during a stakeholders meet aimed at implementing MoUs from the Global Maritime India Summit 2023 (GMIS 2023).
• These guidelines aim to transform the performance assessment of Indian ports, focusing on benchmarking, efficiency, and sustainability.
• GMIS 2023 attracted significant investment commitments, demonstrating India’s potential as a global maritime leader.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2024/02/19/sagar-aankalan-guidelines/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Context: Scientists were astonished to find a mushroom growing out of the side of a frog in India, marking the first known instance of such a phenomenon.
• Discovered in the Western Ghats, the frog, identified as Rao’s Golden-backed frog, had a white-colored growth resembling a Bonnet mushroom.
• The Rao’s Intermediate Golden-backed frog (Indosylvirana intermedia) is a species of frog named after its discoverer, C. R. Narayan Rao, an Indian herpetologist who discovered it in 1937.
• It is endemic to the Western Ghats of Karnataka and Kerala, specifically above the Palghat Gap

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2024/02/19/mushroom-growing-on-a-frog/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Context: OpenAI has introduced Sora, a new generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) model capable of converting text prompts into videos up to a minute long with maintained visual quality and adherence to user instructions.
• Sora can create complex scenes with multiple characters, accurate details, and vibrant emotions, though it still faces challenges with more complex prompts.
• Synthesia: Synthesia is an AI-powered video synthesis platform that enables users to create highly realistic videos using artificial intelligence. It allows users to generate videos featuring lifelike avatars speaking in multiple languages, which can be useful for various applications such as content creation, language learning, and digital marketing.
• Lumen5: Lumen5 is a web-based video creation platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to automate the process of turning text content into engaging video presentations. It enables users to easily create professional-looking videos for social media, marketing campaigns, presentations, and more, by automatically matching text with relevant visuals and audio.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2024/02/19/openai-sora/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Nine Degree Channel separates Lakshadweep and Minicoy.
• Context: Residents of Lakshadweep are upset as the administration continues to number trees on Pandaram lands, sparking a dispute over land ownership
• Around 60% of land in Lakshadweep, which includes some parts of the Androth, Kalpeni, Kavaratti, Minicoy, and Agatti islands, along with six uninhabited islands, constitutes pandaram land

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2024/02/19/pandaram-lands/

Ans: (c )

Explanation: About Buxa Tiger Reserve:

• It spans 760 square kilometres in North Bengal’s Alipurduar district and is a vital component of the larger tiger territory stretching into Bhutan. It boasts corridor connectivity with forests in Bhutan to the North, Kochugaon and Manas Tiger Reserve in Assam to the East, and Jaldapara National Park to the West, facilitating the migration and genetic diversity of Bengal tigers.
• The Tiger Augmentation Project launched in 2018 aims to monitor and boost the tiger population. Other protected areas in West Bengal include Gorumara, Sundarbans, Neora Valley, Singalila, Jaldapara, Sundarban Tiger Reserve, Mayurjharna Elephant Reserve, and Eastern Dooars Elephant Reserve.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2024/02/19/buxa-tiger-reserve/

Ans: (a)

Explanation: About Buxa Tiger Reserve:

• It spans 760 square kilometres in North Bengal’s Alipurduar district and is a vital component of the larger tiger territory stretching into Bhutan. It boasts corridor connectivity with forests in Bhutan to the North, Kochugaon and Manas Tiger Reserve in Assam to the East, and Jaldapara National Park to the West, facilitating the migration and genetic diversity of Bengal tigers.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2024/02/19/buxa-tiger-reserve/

Ans: (c )

Explanation:

• Known as India’s first civil disobedience movement, it was launched by Mahatma Gandhi to protest against the injustice meted out to tenant farmers in Champaran district of Bihar.
• It is widely regarded as the place where Gandhi made his first experiments in satyagraha and then replicated them elsewhere.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2018

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The HMS was founded in Howrah in 1948 by socialists, Forward Bloc followers and independent unionists which included Basawon Singh (Sinha), Ashok Mehta, R.S. Ruikar, Maniben Kara, Shibnath Banerjee, R.A. Khedgikar, T.S. Ramanujam, V.S. Mathur, G.G. Mehta. R.S. Ruikar was elected president and Ashok Mehta general secretary.
• HMS absorbed the Royist Indian Federation of Labour and the Hind Mazdoor Panchayat, which was formed in 1948 by socialists leaving the increasingly communist dominated AITUC.
• Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hind_Mazdoor_Sabha

Refer: UPSC CSE 2018