Consider the following statements regarding Indian Antarctic Programme

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

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2

Explanation:

In NEWS: Explained: Why coronavirus in Antarctica isn’t an Indian worry yet

How far are the Indian stations?

About India’s Antarctic Programme/Missions:

Maitri:

Bharati:

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/antarctica-coronavirus-covid-19-indian-team-7117461/


Consider the following statements regarding Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Castes

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

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2

Explanation:

In NEWS: Scheduled Castes post-matric scholarship plan | Union Cabinet approves changes including new funding pattern

About Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Castes:

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/cabinet-nod-to-revising-post-matric-scholarship-scheme-for-sc-students-7117607/


Consider the following statements regarding UNESCo’s list of intangible cultural heritage

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: b) 2 only

Explanation

In News: Singapore’s beloved street hawker culture, now a Unesco ‘Intangible Heritage’

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/singapore-street-hawker-culture-unesco-intangible-heritage-7116621/


Shaheen IX is a joint military exercise between which of the following countries?

Answer: a) India and China

Explanation:

In NEWS: China justifies its military exercise with Pakistan amid apprehensions about India’s Malabar exercise

Source: http://newsonair.com/News?title=China-justifies-its-military-exercise-with-Pakistan-amid-apprehensions-about-India%e2%80%99s-Malabar-exercise&id=406490


Consider the following Statements regarding Green National Highways Corridor

Select the correct answer using the code given below

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer: d) 1, 2 and 3

Explanation:

In NEWS: World Bank Signs $500 Million Project to Develop Green, Resilient and Safe Highways in India

Source: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1682770


He founded the Kisan Trust which is a non-political, non-profit making body with the aim of educating India’s rural masses against injustice, and fostering solidarity among them. National Farmer’s day is celebrated across the country on December 23 to honour India’s farmers and mark the birth anniversary of him. Who is he?

Answer: a) Charan Singh

Explanation:

In NEWS: Significance and history of Kisan Diwas or National Farmers’ Day

Source https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/kisan-diwas-national-farmers-day-explained-7116543/


It is a high-altitude wetland complex, consisting of two principal waterbodies, Startsapuk Tso, a freshwater lake of about 438 hectares to the south, and Tso Kar itself, a hypersaline lake of 1800 hectares to the north, situated in the Changthang region of Ladakh. It is an A1 Category Important Bird Area (IBA) as per Bird Life International and a key staging site in the Central Asian Flyway. The site is also one of the most important breeding areas of the Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) in India. The site also add a 42nd Ramsar site in India. Which of the following site is mentioned above?

Answer: b) Tso Moriri Lake

Explanation:

In News: Ladakh’s Startsapuk Tso, Tso Kar lake complex added to list of Ramsar site

Source: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ladakhs-startsapuk-tso-tso-kar-lake-complex-added-to-list-of-ramsar-site/articleshow/79937932.cms


Consider the following statements regarding Medium Range Surface to Air Missile

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

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2

Explanation:

In NEWS: India successfully test-fires Army version of medium-range surface-to-air missile

Source: https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/dec/23/india-successfully-test-fires-army-version-of-medium-range-surface-to-air-missile-2240165.html


Consider the following statements regarding Naegleria fowleri

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

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2

Explanation:

In NEWS: After UK COVID strain, new brain-eating amoeba ‘rapidly’ spreading in the US: Here’s all you need to know

Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/after-uk-covid-strain-new-brain-eating-amoeba-rapidly-spreading-in-the-us-heres-all-you-need-to-know/articleshow/79916832.cms


Which of the following is/are unique characteristic/characteristics of equatorial forests?

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (d) 1,2 and 3


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