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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
Consider the following statements about NIDAAN portal
- It is a database of arrested narcotics offenders, developed by the Narcotics Control Bureau, under the aegis of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
- The NIDAAN platform sources its data from the crime and criminal tracking network system (CCTNS) and the e-Prisons repository.
Choose the incorrect statements:
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Solution (b)
Statement Analysis:
Statement 1 Statement 2 Correct Incorrect · A first-of-its kind database of arrested narcotics offenders has been made operational for use by various central and State prosecution agencies tasked to enforce anti-drugs laws in the country, officials said. · The portal — NIDAAN or the National Integrated Database on Arrested Narco-offenders — has been developed by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).
· It is part of the narcotics coordination mechanism (NCORD) portal that was launched by Union Home Minister during the national conference on ‘Drug trafficking and national security’.
· The NIDAAN platform sources its data from the ICJS (inter-operable criminal justice system) and the e-Prisons (a cloud-based application) repository and it is planned to integrate it in the future with the crime and criminal tracking network system or CCTNS. · The ICJS, an initiative of the Supreme Court e-committee, was created to enable seamless transfer of data and information among different pillars of the criminal justice system, like courts, police, jails and forensic science laboratories, from one platform.
Context – The portal became operational recently
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Solution (b)
Statement Analysis:
Statement 1 Statement 2 Correct Incorrect · A first-of-its kind database of arrested narcotics offenders has been made operational for use by various central and State prosecution agencies tasked to enforce anti-drugs laws in the country, officials said. · The portal — NIDAAN or the National Integrated Database on Arrested Narco-offenders — has been developed by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).
· It is part of the narcotics coordination mechanism (NCORD) portal that was launched by Union Home Minister during the national conference on ‘Drug trafficking and national security’.
· The NIDAAN platform sources its data from the ICJS (inter-operable criminal justice system) and the e-Prisons (a cloud-based application) repository and it is planned to integrate it in the future with the crime and criminal tracking network system or CCTNS. · The ICJS, an initiative of the Supreme Court e-committee, was created to enable seamless transfer of data and information among different pillars of the criminal justice system, like courts, police, jails and forensic science laboratories, from one platform.
Context – The portal became operational recently
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
Consider the following statements about Combined Maritime Forces (CMF)
- CMF is a multi-national naval partnership to promote security and stability in international waters.
- The grouping is commanded by a U.S. Navy Vice Admiral.
- Recently India joined the grouping as a Full time member.
Choose the correct statements:
Correct
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis:
Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Correct Correct Incorrect · The Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) is a multinational maritime partnership, which exists to uphold the Rules-Based International Order (RBIO) by countering illicit non-state actors on the high seas and promoting security, stability, and prosperity across approximately 3.2 million square miles of international waters, which encompass some of the world’s most important shipping lanes. · CMF is commanded by a U.S. Navy Vice Admiral, who also serves as Commander US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and US Navy Fifth Fleet. · All four commands are co-located at US Naval Support Activity Bahrain.
· CMF has 34 member nations: Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, the Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom, United States, and Yemen. · Indian Navy has formally commenced its cooperation with the Bahrain-based multilateral partnership, Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), as an ‘associate member’.
· This comes months after India had announced its intention to join the grouping in furtherance of its regional security goals.
· India’s political and military leadership is seeing this as a demonstration of Indian commitment towards the collective responsibility of ensuring security in the shared commons.
Context – The grouping was in news
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Solution (a)
Statement Analysis:
Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Correct Correct Incorrect · The Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) is a multinational maritime partnership, which exists to uphold the Rules-Based International Order (RBIO) by countering illicit non-state actors on the high seas and promoting security, stability, and prosperity across approximately 3.2 million square miles of international waters, which encompass some of the world’s most important shipping lanes. · CMF is commanded by a U.S. Navy Vice Admiral, who also serves as Commander US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and US Navy Fifth Fleet. · All four commands are co-located at US Naval Support Activity Bahrain.
· CMF has 34 member nations: Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, the Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom, United States, and Yemen. · Indian Navy has formally commenced its cooperation with the Bahrain-based multilateral partnership, Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), as an ‘associate member’.
· This comes months after India had announced its intention to join the grouping in furtherance of its regional security goals.
· India’s political and military leadership is seeing this as a demonstration of Indian commitment towards the collective responsibility of ensuring security in the shared commons.
Context – The grouping was in news
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Consider the following statements about BioSentinel spacecraft
- It is the sole biological experiment, to fly on the Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis I mission.
- The primary objective of BioSentinel is to develop a biosensor instrument to detect and measure the impact of space radiation.
- It measures the space radiation on all living organisms over long durations beyond the low-Earth Orbit (LEO).
Choose the incorrect statements:
Correct
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis:
Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Correct Correct Correct · The BioSentinel mission was selected as one of the secondary payloads, and the sole biological experiment, to fly on the first launch of the Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis I mission. · The primary objective of BioSentinel is to develop a biosensor instrument to detect and measure the impact of space radiation. · The BioSentinel biosensor utilizes the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to query the biological response to ambient deep space radiation, including DNA damage like the formation of double strand breaks (DSBs).
· DSBs are deleterious DNA lesions that are generated by exposure to highly energetic particles in the deep space radiation spectrum, and that are often repaired without errors by the cell.
· The biosensor contains two genetically engineered yeast strains.
· They are a wild type strain that serves as a control for yeast health and “normal” DNA damage repair, and a rad51 deletion strain, which is defective for DNA damage repair.
· It measures the space radiation on all living organisms over long durations beyond the low-Earth Orbit (LEO). Context – NASA Artemis I To Launch BioSentinel, A First-Of-Its-Kind Deep Space Biology Mission. Know All About It NASA Artemis I to Launch BioSentinel, A First-Of-Its-Kind Deep Space Biology Mission
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Solution (c)
Statement Analysis:
Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Correct Correct Correct · The BioSentinel mission was selected as one of the secondary payloads, and the sole biological experiment, to fly on the first launch of the Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis I mission. · The primary objective of BioSentinel is to develop a biosensor instrument to detect and measure the impact of space radiation. · The BioSentinel biosensor utilizes the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to query the biological response to ambient deep space radiation, including DNA damage like the formation of double strand breaks (DSBs).
· DSBs are deleterious DNA lesions that are generated by exposure to highly energetic particles in the deep space radiation spectrum, and that are often repaired without errors by the cell.
· The biosensor contains two genetically engineered yeast strains.
· They are a wild type strain that serves as a control for yeast health and “normal” DNA damage repair, and a rad51 deletion strain, which is defective for DNA damage repair.
· It measures the space radiation on all living organisms over long durations beyond the low-Earth Orbit (LEO). Context – NASA Artemis I To Launch BioSentinel, A First-Of-Its-Kind Deep Space Biology Mission. Know All About It NASA Artemis I to Launch BioSentinel, A First-Of-Its-Kind Deep Space Biology Mission
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
Consider the following statements about Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA)
- It is a statutory body and is mandated to monitor and regulate in-country as well as inter-country adoptions.
- CARA does not allow individuals in a live-in relationship to adopt children from and within India
Select the correct statement(s)
Correct
Solution (a)
Statement analysis:
Statement 1 Statement 2 Correct Incorrect CARA is an autonomous and statutory body of Ministry of Women and Child Development in the Government of India. It was set up in 1990. It is a statutory body under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. It functions as the nodal body for the adoption of Indian children and is mandated to monitor and regulate in-country and inter-country adoptions. CARA is designated as the Central Authority to deal with inter-country adoptions in accordance with the provisions of the 1993 Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption, ratified by Government of India in 2003. CARA primarily deals with the adoption of “orphaned, abandoned and surrendered” children through recognized adoption agencies. In 2018, CARA has “allowed” individuals in a live-in relationship to adopt children from and within India. Context: Parliamentary panel moots district-level survey to bring more children into adoption
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Solution (a)
Statement analysis:
Statement 1 Statement 2 Correct Incorrect CARA is an autonomous and statutory body of Ministry of Women and Child Development in the Government of India. It was set up in 1990. It is a statutory body under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. It functions as the nodal body for the adoption of Indian children and is mandated to monitor and regulate in-country and inter-country adoptions. CARA is designated as the Central Authority to deal with inter-country adoptions in accordance with the provisions of the 1993 Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption, ratified by Government of India in 2003. CARA primarily deals with the adoption of “orphaned, abandoned and surrendered” children through recognized adoption agencies. In 2018, CARA has “allowed” individuals in a live-in relationship to adopt children from and within India. Context: Parliamentary panel moots district-level survey to bring more children into adoption
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
‘Namaste’ a scheme seen in news recently is related to
Correct
Solution(b)
Namaste is a Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) as a joint initiative of the MoSJE and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). NAMASTE envisages safety and dignity of sanitation workers in urban India by creating an enabling ecosystem that recognizes sanitation workers as one of the key contributors in operations and maintenance of sanitation infrastructure thereby providing sustainable livelihood and enhancing their occupational safety through capacity building and improved access to safety gear and machines.
Context – The scheme was in news
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Solution(b)
Namaste is a Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) as a joint initiative of the MoSJE and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). NAMASTE envisages safety and dignity of sanitation workers in urban India by creating an enabling ecosystem that recognizes sanitation workers as one of the key contributors in operations and maintenance of sanitation infrastructure thereby providing sustainable livelihood and enhancing their occupational safety through capacity building and improved access to safety gear and machines.
Context – The scheme was in news
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