Current Affairs Quiz Today – 16th March 2021

ANS: (D) USA

Explanation:

• SIG-716 assault rifles are American LMG.
• Light Machine Guns (LMGs) are designed to be employed by an individual soldier, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon.

ANS: (A) 1 Only

Explanation:

• National Population Register is a register of usual residents of the country.
• NPR is different from both the decennial census and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
• The objective of the NPR is to create a comprehensive identity database of every usual resident in the country.
• It is mandatory for every usual resident of India to register in the NPR.
• For the purpose of the NPR, a usual resident is defined as a person who has resided in a local area for six months or more or a person who intends to reside in that area for the next six months or more.
• The NPR earlier collated in 2010 and 2015 has an electronic database of more than 119 crore residents.

ANS: (D) 1, 2 and 3

Explanation

• Project RE-HAB (Reducing Elephant-Human Attacks using Bees) has been recently launched in Karnataka which entails installing bee boxes along the periphery of the forest and the villages to mitigate human-elephant conflict.
  • It is intended to create “bee fences” to thwart elephant attacks in human habitations using honeybees. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
    • The bee boxes will dissuade elephants without causing any harm to them.
    • Extremely cost-effective as compared to various other measures such as digging trenches or erecting fences.
• These spots are located on the periphery of Nagarahole National Park and Tiger Reserve, which is a known conflict zone.
• The Project is an initiative of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
  • It is a sub-mission of KVIC’s National Honey Mission. Hence, statement 2 and 3 are correct.

ANS: (D) Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

• According to a recent report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) India’s arms imports came down by a third (about 33%) between 2011-2015 and 2016-2020. Hence, statement 1 is not correct.
• Russia is the largest arms supplier to India in both periods (2011-2015 and 2016-2020). However, Russia’s share of Indian arms imports fell from 70% to 49%. Hence, statement 2 is not correct.
  • The USA became the fourth largest supplier for the period 2016-20. It was the second largest arms supplier to India in 2011–15.
  • France and Israel were the second and third largest arms suppliers in 2016–20. India’s arms imports from France increased by 709% while those from Israel rose by 82%.