10 PM Current Affairs Quiz: June 7, 2020

Statement 1 is correct. The Council is composed of 15 Members: Five permanent members: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly.

Statement 2 is incorrect. India have been permanent member of UNSC in:1950 – 1951, 1967 – 1968, 1972 – 1973, 1977 – 1978, 1984 – 1985, 1991 – 1992 and 2011 – 2012.

India is likely to be elected for eighth time for the 2021-22 term.

Statement 3 is incorrect. The 10 non-permanent seats are distributed on a regional basis: five for African and Asian States; one for Eastern European States; two for the Latin American and Caribbean States; and two for Western European and other States.

All are components of PM- Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM) scheme.

The KUSUM Scheme provides for:-

(i) installation of grid-connected solar power plants each of Capacity up to 2 MW in the rural areas;

(ii) installation of standalone off-grid solar water pumps to fulfill irrigation needs of farmers not connected to grid; and

(iii) solarization of existing grid-connected agriculture pumps to make farmers independent of grid supply and also enable them to sell surplus solar power generated to DISCOM and get extra income.

Statement 1 is incorrect. National Productivity Council of India (NPC), established in the year 1958, is an autonomous organization under Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Statement 2 is correct. NPC has been providing consultancy and training services in areas of Industrial Engineering, Agri-Business, Economic Services, Quality Management, Human Resources Management, Information Technology, Technology Management, Energy Management, Environmental Management etc., to the Government and Public & Private sector organizations.

Statement 1 is incorrect. It is not a statutory body and comes under Ministry of AYUSH.

Cabinet has given its approval to re-establish Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) as Subordinate Office under Ministry of AYUSH by merging into it the Pharmacopoeia Laboratory for Indian Medicine (PLIM) and Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia Laboratory (HPL). Presently, Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) is an autonomous body under the aegis of Ministry of AYUSH.

Statement 2 is correct. It has the primary mandate of publishing Pharmacopoeias and Formularies for drugs/formulations used in Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy (ASU&H) systems of Medicine.

Statement 1 is incorrect. A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an Earth-centered orbit with an altitude of 2,000 km (1,200 mi) or less.  The ISS maintains an orbit with an average altitude of 400 km (250 mi) in Low Earth Orbit.

Geostationary orbit is the orbit at 35,785 km (22,236 miles) above Earth.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The ISS program does not include ISRO; it is a multi-national collaborative project between five space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada).

All of the mentioned factors are threats for already endangered (IUCN status) Gangetic Dolphin.

Major Threats for its population are:

-Unintentional killing through entanglement in fishing gear.

-Poaching for dolphin oil, used as fish attractant and for medicinal purposes.

-Habitat destruction due to development projects (e.g. water extraction and the construction of barrages, high dams and embankments), pollution (industrial waste and pesticides, municipal sewage discharge and noise from vessel traffic).

-Fragmented populations created by dams and barrages have degraded downstream habitat and created impoundments with high sedimentation and altered assemblages of fish and invertebrate species.

Statement 1 is incorrect. The Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is a broad trough of low pressure in equatorial latitudes. The northeast and the southeast trade winds converge in the ITCZ.

Statement 2 is correct. The ITCZ lies more or less parallel to the equator, normally positioned about 5°N of the equator but moves north or south with the apparent movement of the sun. The position of Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is over the Gangetic plains in summer season.

Statement 1 is correct. Article 245(1) of the Constitution states that parliament may make laws for the whole or any part of the territory of India, and the Legislature of a State may make laws for the whole or any part of the State.

Article 245(2) states that no law made by Parliament shall be deemed to be invalid on the ground that it would have extra territorial operation.

Supreme Court has held that Parliament has powers legislate with respect to extra-territorial aspects in the interests of the well-being or security of inhabitants of India, but it did not have powers to legislate for any territory other than the territory of India or any part of it.

Statement 2 is correct. As per article 248(1) in the Constitution parliament has exclusive power to make any law with respect to any matter not enumerated in the Concurrent List or State List.

Both statements are correct.

The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006 defines minor forest produce as all non-timber forest produce of plant origin. It includes bamboo, brushwood, stumps, canes, cocoon, honey, waxes, Lac, Tendu leaves, medicinal plants, roots among others.

The scheme “Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce through Minimum Support Price and development of Value chain for MFP” of Ministry of Tribal affairs provides MSP for MFP.

Statement 1 is correct. The objective of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) is to produce agricultural products free from chemicals and pesticides residues by adopting eco- friendly, low- cost technologies.

Statement 2 is correct. The Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana is an elaborated component of Soil Health Management (SHM) of major project National Mission of Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA). Under PKVY Organic farming is promoted through adoption of organic village by cluster approach and Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) for India certification.