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Aspirational Districts Programme

With reference to the Aspirational Districts Programme, which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect?

  1. The programme focuses on 4 main themes: Nutrition, Education, Financial Inclusion & Skill Development, and basic Infrastructure.
  2. Each district is ranked based on 39 performance indicators identified across the above 4 core themes.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A
Only 1
B
Only 2
C
Both 1 and 2
D
None of the above

Public Accounts Committee (PAC)

Consider the following statements in contest to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Estimates Committee of the Parliament:

  1. PAC has 22 members while Estimates Committee has 30 members.
  2. The members of both the PAC and Estimates Committee belong to only Lok Sabha.
  3. While PAC chairman is from the Opposition, Estimates Committee Chairman is always from ruling party.

Which of the statement (s) given above is/are correct?

A
1 and 2
B
Only 2
C
1 and 3
D
2 and 3

Anti-defection Law

Consider the following statements in contest to the anti-defection law:

  1. The anti-defection law was passed in 1986 through the 53rd Amendment to the Constitution.
  2. The Amendment added the Tenth Schedule to the Indian Constitution.
  3. The constitutional provisions alluding to the consequences of disqualification are Articles 102 and 191 of the Constitution.

Which of the statement (s) given above is/are incorrect?

A
1 and 2
B
1 and 3
C
Only 1
D
Only 3

‘Renewables Integration In India 2021’

Consider the following statements:

  1. A report on ‘Renewables Integration in India 2021’ was jointly launched by NITI Aayog & International Energy Agency (IEA).
  2. India is the second largest energy-consuming country in the world.
  3. Per capita electricity consumption across 28 Indian States and 8 Union Territories is still around a third of the world average.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

A
1 and 2
B
2 and 3
C
1 and 3
D
1, 2 and 3

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Consider the following statements:

  1. Antarctica recently recorded the highest temperature of 17.5 degrees Celsius.
  2. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO)is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with 193 Member States and Territories.
  3. A large high-pressure system over the area created föhn conditions which led to the local warming.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

A
1 and 2
B
2 and 3
C
1 and 3
D
1,2 and 3

Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD)

Consider the following statements:

  1. The first draft of Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework released recently by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) aims to guide actions worldwide through 2030 to preserve and protect nature and its essential services to people.
  2. The framework will be presented for consideration at the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD (COP-14), to be held in China in October 2021.
  3. One of the 21 key targets of the framework includes nature-based contributions to global climate change mitigation efforts of least 10 GtCO2e per year.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

A
1 and 2
B
2 and 3
C
1 and 3
D
1, 2 and 3

International Union For Conservation Of Nature (IUCN)

Consider the following statements:

  1. Every year, International Tiger Day is celebrated on 30th July.
  2. The day marks the anniversary of the agreement of Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit held in Russia in 2010.
  3. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List has classified the tiger as ‘Endangered.’

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

A
1 and 2
B
2 and 3
C
1 and 3
D
1, 2 and 3

‘Fund For Industrial Research Engagement (FIRE)’

Consider the following statements:

  1. Recently, Government of India launched the first-of-its-kind research initiative called ‘Fund for Industrial Research Engagement (FIRE)’.
  2. The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) is a statutory body of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.
  3. ‘FIRE’ is a joint initiative between the government and industry and Intel India is a partner in it.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

A
1 and 2
B
2 and 3
C
1 and 3
D
1,2 and 3

Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (AHRCs)

Consider the following statements with reference to Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (AHRCs) scheme under PM AwasYojana – Urban:

  1. Under the scheme, existing vacant government-funded housing complexes will be converted in ARHCs through Concession Agreements for 25 years.
  2. The concessionaire will make the complexes livable by repair/retrofit and maintenance of rooms and filling up infrastructure gaps like water, sewer/ septage, sanitation, road, etc.
  3. Complexes will revert to ULB after 25 years to restart next cycle like earlier or run on their own.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A
1 and 2
B
2 and 3
C
1 and 3
D
1, 2 and 3

Madrid Protocol On Antarctic Region

With reference to Madrid Protocol on Antarctic region, consider the following statements:

  1. The Parties to the Protocol commit to comprehensively protect the environment of the Antarctic region.
  2. Under the Protocol, mining is banned on Antarctic region.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A
1 Only
B
2 Only
C
Both are correct
D
Both are incorrect
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