Consider the following statements regarding EnVision Mission:
It is a joint mission led by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and NASA.
It is the first mission that will study Venus’s atmosphere.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Statement 1 is incorrect: EnVision is a European Space Agency (ESA)-led mission. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is working as a contributor.
Statement 2 is incorrect: It is not the first such mission. There have been many before it. More recently, ESA’s Venus Express orbited Venus from 2006 to 2014. Japan’s Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter, launched in 2010, has been studying Venus atmosphere since 2015.
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Statement 1 is incorrect: EnVision is a European Space Agency (ESA)-led mission. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is working as a contributor.
Statement 2 is incorrect: It is not the first such mission. There have been many before it. More recently, ESA’s Venus Express orbited Venus from 2006 to 2014. Japan’s Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter, launched in 2010, has been studying Venus atmosphere since 2015.
Question 3 of 10
3. Question
1 points
Category: current affairs
PENCIL Portal recently seen in news is related to:
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PENCIL Portal stands for Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour.
Purpose: It is an electronic platform that aims at achieving the target of a child labour free society. For this aim, it coordinates actions of the Centre, State, District, Governments, civil society, and the public.
Nodal Ministry: The portal is administered by the Ministry of Labour & Employment.
Components: PENCIL Portal has five components- Child Tracking System, Complaint Corner, State Government, National Child Labour Project, and Convergence.
Significance: The portal has been launched for the effective implementation of the Child Labour Act and the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme.
NCLP aims to eliminate all forms of child labour and rehabilitate them through education in Special Training Centres.
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PENCIL Portal stands for Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour.
Purpose: It is an electronic platform that aims at achieving the target of a child labour free society. For this aim, it coordinates actions of the Centre, State, District, Governments, civil society, and the public.
Nodal Ministry: The portal is administered by the Ministry of Labour & Employment.
Components: PENCIL Portal has five components- Child Tracking System, Complaint Corner, State Government, National Child Labour Project, and Convergence.
Significance: The portal has been launched for the effective implementation of the Child Labour Act and the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme.
NCLP aims to eliminate all forms of child labour and rehabilitate them through education in Special Training Centres.
Question 4 of 10
4. Question
1 points
Category: current affairs
Consider the following statements regarding Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI):
It is a statutory body.
The National Codex Contact Point (NCCP) has been constituted by FSSAI
Diet4Life was initiated by FSSAI to help people understand about metabolic disorders
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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All statements are correct
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is a statutory body established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (FSS Act). FSSAI is an autonomous body. The administrative ministry for FSSAI is the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
“Codex India” the National Codex Contact Point (NCCP) for India, has been constituted by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare)
FSSAI has initiated “Diet4Life” to help people understand about metabolic disorders. It provides a comprehensive platform to parents, Health care professionals and parent support groups to adopt the right approach towards Inborn Errors of metabolism (IEM) management.
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is a statutory body established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (FSS Act). FSSAI is an autonomous body. The administrative ministry for FSSAI is the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
“Codex India” the National Codex Contact Point (NCCP) for India, has been constituted by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare)
FSSAI has initiated “Diet4Life” to help people understand about metabolic disorders. It provides a comprehensive platform to parents, Health care professionals and parent support groups to adopt the right approach towards Inborn Errors of metabolism (IEM) management.
Consider the following statements regarding The Aspirational Districts Programme(TADP)
The program is coordinated by Niti Aayog with the support from Central Ministries and the state government
The program ranks the districts based on their annual performance.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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The Aspirational Districts Programme(TADP)
It was launched in 2018 to improve the socio-economic status of 112 aspirational districts across 28 states.
The selected districts were witnessing the least progress on certain development parameters, such as health and nutrition; education; agriculture, and water resources, etc.
These districts account for more than 20% of the country’s population and cover over 8,600 gram panchayats.
It is coordinated by Niti Aayog with support from Central Ministries and the State Governments.
The three core principles of the programme are:
Convergence of Central & State Schemes, which brings together the horizontal and vertical tiers of the government.
Collaboration among citizens and functionaries of Central & State Governments, including district teams. This will enable impactful partnerships between government, market, and civil society.
Competition among districts driven by a spirit of the mass movement.
The programme ranks districts based on the improvement achieved month-on-month through the Champions of Change dashboard (An online Dashboard).
It was launched in 2018 to improve the socio-economic status of 112 aspirational districts across 28 states.
The selected districts were witnessing the least progress on certain development parameters, such as health and nutrition; education; agriculture, and water resources, etc.
These districts account for more than 20% of the country’s population and cover over 8,600 gram panchayats.
It is coordinated by Niti Aayog with support from Central Ministries and the State Governments.
The three core principles of the programme are:
Convergence of Central & State Schemes, which brings together the horizontal and vertical tiers of the government.
Collaboration among citizens and functionaries of Central & State Governments, including district teams. This will enable impactful partnerships between government, market, and civil society.
Competition among districts driven by a spirit of the mass movement.
The programme ranks districts based on the improvement achieved month-on-month through the Champions of Change dashboard (An online Dashboard).
Consider the following statements regarding Conversion therapy
Conversion therapy is the scientific practice of trying to change an individual’s sexual orientation.
Tamil Nadu is set to be the first state to ban ‘conversion therapy’ in India.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of trying to change an individual’s sexual orientation.
In this therapy, psychological, physical, or spiritual interventions will be carried out for the members of the LGBTQIA+ community to change them heterosexual.
Recently, the Madras High Court has banned the conversion therapy and issued guidelines for mainstreaming LGBTIQA+ community.
Due to the recent judgement, Tamil Nadu is set to be the first state to ban ‘conversion therapy’ in India.
Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of trying to change an individual’s sexual orientation.
In this therapy, psychological, physical, or spiritual interventions will be carried out for the members of the LGBTQIA+ community to change them heterosexual.
Recently, the Madras High Court has banned the conversion therapy and issued guidelines for mainstreaming LGBTIQA+ community.
Due to the recent judgement, Tamil Nadu is set to be the first state to ban ‘conversion therapy’ in India.
Consider the following statements regarding National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW):
It will be developed by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Its data would be seeded with Aadhaar.
Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?
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Statement 1 is incorrect: The Ministry of Labour and employment shall be developing the database.
Statement 2 is correct: NDUW shall include the Building and other Construction Workers and Migrant workers. Database shall be seeded with Aadhaar. It will have details of name, occupation, address, occupation type, educational qualification, skill types & family details etc. for optimum realization of their employability and extend the benefits of the social security schemes to them.
Statement 1 is incorrect: The Ministry of Labour and employment shall be developing the database.
Statement 2 is correct: NDUW shall include the Building and other Construction Workers and Migrant workers. Database shall be seeded with Aadhaar. It will have details of name, occupation, address, occupation type, educational qualification, skill types & family details etc. for optimum realization of their employability and extend the benefits of the social security schemes to them.
Consider the following statements regarding Rare Earth Metals
These minerals have unique magnetic, luminescent, and electrochemical properties
Their exploration in India is conducted by the Bureau of Mines and the Department of Atomic Energy.
The United States of America holds more than 50% of their production.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Rare Earth Metals
There are seventeen metallic elements. These include the fifteen lanthanides on the periodic table and the scandium and yttrium (show similar physical and chemical properties to the lanthanides).
They have unique magnetic, luminescent, and electrochemical properties. So, they areused in many modern technologies, including consumer electronics, computers and networks, communications, health care, national defence, etc.
China has over time acquired global domination of rare earth metals. At one point, it produced 90% of the rare earths the world needs. But now, the share of China has come down to 60%. The remaining is produced by other countries, including the Quad (Australia, India, Japan and the United States).
Exploration in India is conducted by the Bureau of Mines and the Department of Atomic Energy.
Mining and processing have been performed by the IREL (India) Limited (formerly Indian Rare Earths Limited), a Public Sector Undertaking under the Department of Atomic Energy.
There are seventeen metallic elements. These include the fifteen lanthanides on the periodic table and the scandium and yttrium (show similar physical and chemical properties to the lanthanides).
They have unique magnetic, luminescent, and electrochemical properties. So, they areused in many modern technologies, including consumer electronics, computers and networks, communications, health care, national defence, etc.
China has over time acquired global domination of rare earth metals. At one point, it produced 90% of the rare earths the world needs. But now, the share of China has come down to 60%. The remaining is produced by other countries, including the Quad (Australia, India, Japan and the United States).
Exploration in India is conducted by the Bureau of Mines and the Department of Atomic Energy.
Mining and processing have been performed by the IREL (India) Limited (formerly Indian Rare Earths Limited), a Public Sector Undertaking under the Department of Atomic Energy.
Consider the following statements regarding the Vehicle Scrappage Policy
Old vehicles will have to pass a fitness test before re-registration
Private vehicles that are more than 20 years will be scrapped under the policy.
Government commercial vehicles are completely exempted from the Scrappage policy
Select your answer from the codes given below:
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The private vehicles older than 20 years and commercial vehicles older than 15 years, can be scrapped voluntarily. To run these vehicles on the road, a fitness certificate (FC) will be mandatory.
Automated vehicle fitness centres belong to the government will issue certificates after conducting fitness tests.
Each fitness certificate is valid for five years. After that vehicle will undergo another fitness test.
If a vehicle fails the fitness test, the government will not provide renewed Registration Certificates (RC) for those vehicles. As per the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, driving a vehicle without an RC is illegal in India.
Each vehicle is permitted to have three failures in the fitness test. After that, the vehicle might be forwarded to vehicle scrapping.
Government commercial vehicles more than 15 years old will be scrapped.
The private vehicles older than 20 years and commercial vehicles older than 15 years, can be scrapped voluntarily. To run these vehicles on the road, a fitness certificate (FC) will be mandatory.
Automated vehicle fitness centres belong to the government will issue certificates after conducting fitness tests.
Each fitness certificate is valid for five years. After that vehicle will undergo another fitness test.
If a vehicle fails the fitness test, the government will not provide renewed Registration Certificates (RC) for those vehicles. As per the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, driving a vehicle without an RC is illegal in India.
Each vehicle is permitted to have three failures in the fitness test. After that, the vehicle might be forwarded to vehicle scrapping.
Government commercial vehicles more than 15 years old will be scrapped.
Consider the following statements regarding the Parliamentary Privileges
These are the rights and immunities enjoyed by members of Parliament, individually and collectively.
None of the privileges is mentioned in the Constitution explicitly
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Parliamentary Privileges are certain rights and immunities enjoyed by members of Parliament, individually and collectively, so that they can “effectively discharge their functions”.
Article 105 of the Constitution expressly mentions two privileges. i,e., Freedom of speech in Parliament and right of publication of its proceedings.
Apart from these, the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, provides for freedom from arrest and detention of members under civil process during the continuance of the meeting of the House or of a committee thereof and forty days before its commencement and forty days after its conclusion.
Parliamentary Privileges are certain rights and immunities enjoyed by members of Parliament, individually and collectively, so that they can “effectively discharge their functions”.
Article 105 of the Constitution expressly mentions two privileges. i,e., Freedom of speech in Parliament and right of publication of its proceedings.
Apart from these, the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, provides for freedom from arrest and detention of members under civil process during the continuance of the meeting of the House or of a committee thereof and forty days before its commencement and forty days after its conclusion.