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Consider the following statements with respect to Protection of Women Against Sexual Harassment Act, 2013
Choose the correct statements:
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Incorrect | Correct |
| · The Supreme Court in a landmark judgement in the Vishakha and others v State of Rajasthan 1997 case gave ‘Vishakha guidelines’.
· These guidelines formed the basis for the The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (“Sexual Harassment Act”). |
· The Act defines sexual harassment at the workplace and creates a mechanism for redressal of complaints.
· Every employer is required to constitute an Internal Complaints Committee at each office or branch with 10 or more employees.
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· The Complaints Committees have the powers of civil courts for gathering evidence.
· The Complaints Committees are required to provide for conciliation before initiating an inquiry if requested by the complainant. |
Context: A recent investigation revealed that more than half of India’s 30 national sports federations do not have an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) which is a legal requirement under the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH) Act, 2013.
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Incorrect | Correct |
| · The Supreme Court in a landmark judgement in the Vishakha and others v State of Rajasthan 1997 case gave ‘Vishakha guidelines’.
· These guidelines formed the basis for the The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (“Sexual Harassment Act”). |
· The Act defines sexual harassment at the workplace and creates a mechanism for redressal of complaints.
· Every employer is required to constitute an Internal Complaints Committee at each office or branch with 10 or more employees.
|
· The Complaints Committees have the powers of civil courts for gathering evidence.
· The Complaints Committees are required to provide for conciliation before initiating an inquiry if requested by the complainant. |
Context: A recent investigation revealed that more than half of India’s 30 national sports federations do not have an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) which is a legal requirement under the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH) Act, 2013.
Consider the following statements about Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project (KMTTP)
Choose the incorrect statements:
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Incorrect |
| India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway:
· One of the flagship projects for land connectivity between ASEAN and India. · Connecting the three countries from Moreh in India to Mae Sot in Thailand to Bagan in Myanmar, was first proposed in 2002. |
Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project (KMTTP)
· It is a massive connectivity project to connect the Haldia port (West Bengal) to Mizoram through Myanmar. · The route envisages a marine journey from Haldia to Sittwe port in Myanmar. It will then link Sittwe seaport to Paletwa via the Kaladan river boat route, and then from Paletwa to Zorinpui in Mizoram state in Northeast India by road. |
Context: Recently MV-ITT LION (V-273) was flagged off from Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata as the inaugural shipment to operationalize the Sittwe Port in Rakhine State of Myanmar.
The Port has been built under grant assistance from the Government of India as part of Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project (KMTTP).
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Incorrect |
| India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway:
· One of the flagship projects for land connectivity between ASEAN and India. · Connecting the three countries from Moreh in India to Mae Sot in Thailand to Bagan in Myanmar, was first proposed in 2002. |
Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project (KMTTP)
· It is a massive connectivity project to connect the Haldia port (West Bengal) to Mizoram through Myanmar. · The route envisages a marine journey from Haldia to Sittwe port in Myanmar. It will then link Sittwe seaport to Paletwa via the Kaladan river boat route, and then from Paletwa to Zorinpui in Mizoram state in Northeast India by road. |
Context: Recently MV-ITT LION (V-273) was flagged off from Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata as the inaugural shipment to operationalize the Sittwe Port in Rakhine State of Myanmar.
The Port has been built under grant assistance from the Government of India as part of Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project (KMTTP).
Consider the following statements about Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve
Choose the correct statements:
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Incorrect |
| Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve
· Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve, popularly known as Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary, is spread across 4 districts – Bundi, Kota, Jhalawar & Chittorgarh in Rajasthan. · The park is situated in a valley formed by two parallel mountains viz. Mukundra and Gargola. · It is consisting of three wildlife sanctuaries: Darrah wildlife sanctuary, Chambal wildlife sanctuary and Jaswant Sagar wildlife sanctuary. · This tiger reserve was once a hunting preserve belonging to the Maharaja of Kota. · River: It is located on the eastern bank of the Chambal River and is drained by its tributaries. · Vegetation: Dry Deciduous Forest |
Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR)
· STR is located within the Mayurbhanj District, in the Northernmost part of Odisha. · It is surrounded by high plateaus and hills. · It was declared a ‘Tiger Reserve’ in the year 1956and included under the national conservation programme ‘Project Tiger’ in 1973. · The STR, along with a ‘transitional area’ of 2250 sq. km, has been included as a part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO in the year 2009. · It is the only landscape in the world that is home to melanistic tigers.
Melanistic animals · They are animals with an increased amount of the dark pigment melanin in their skin, hair and feathers, etc., giving them a dark appearance. · Melanism is a genetic mutation that occurs in many different types of animals, including mammals, reptiles and insects. |
Context: A nine-year-old full-term pregnant tigress recently died at the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve (MHTR).
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Incorrect |
| Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve
· Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve, popularly known as Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary, is spread across 4 districts – Bundi, Kota, Jhalawar & Chittorgarh in Rajasthan. · The park is situated in a valley formed by two parallel mountains viz. Mukundra and Gargola. · It is consisting of three wildlife sanctuaries: Darrah wildlife sanctuary, Chambal wildlife sanctuary and Jaswant Sagar wildlife sanctuary. · This tiger reserve was once a hunting preserve belonging to the Maharaja of Kota. · River: It is located on the eastern bank of the Chambal River and is drained by its tributaries. · Vegetation: Dry Deciduous Forest |
Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR)
· STR is located within the Mayurbhanj District, in the Northernmost part of Odisha. · It is surrounded by high plateaus and hills. · It was declared a ‘Tiger Reserve’ in the year 1956and included under the national conservation programme ‘Project Tiger’ in 1973. · The STR, along with a ‘transitional area’ of 2250 sq. km, has been included as a part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO in the year 2009. · It is the only landscape in the world that is home to melanistic tigers.
Melanistic animals · They are animals with an increased amount of the dark pigment melanin in their skin, hair and feathers, etc., giving them a dark appearance. · Melanism is a genetic mutation that occurs in many different types of animals, including mammals, reptiles and insects. |
Context: A nine-year-old full-term pregnant tigress recently died at the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve (MHTR).
Consider the following statements about Petersberg Climate Dialogue (PCD)
Choose the correct statements:
Solution (b)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Incorrect | Correct |
| · The Petersberg Climate Dialogue (PCD) is an annual high-level political and international forum that takes place ahead of the annual United Nations Climate Change Conferences (COP).
· The first Petersberg Climate Dialogue took place in 2010 at Petersberg hill near Bonn city, where the UNFCCC is headquartered. |
· The 14th Petersberg Dialogue on Climate Change was held in Berlin, Germany.
· It was hosted by Germany and the United Arab Emirates, the incoming COP-28 Presidency. |
· The central goal of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue is to strengthen trust both in multilateral climate negotiations and between countries. The aim is to facilitate the negotiations leading up to COP28. |
Context: The two-day meeting recently held in Berlin is a key negotiating step in the run-up to the 2023 international climate conference COP 28 in Dubai.
Solution (b)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Incorrect | Correct |
| · The Petersberg Climate Dialogue (PCD) is an annual high-level political and international forum that takes place ahead of the annual United Nations Climate Change Conferences (COP).
· The first Petersberg Climate Dialogue took place in 2010 at Petersberg hill near Bonn city, where the UNFCCC is headquartered. |
· The 14th Petersberg Dialogue on Climate Change was held in Berlin, Germany.
· It was hosted by Germany and the United Arab Emirates, the incoming COP-28 Presidency. |
· The central goal of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue is to strengthen trust both in multilateral climate negotiations and between countries. The aim is to facilitate the negotiations leading up to COP28. |
Context: The two-day meeting recently held in Berlin is a key negotiating step in the run-up to the 2023 international climate conference COP 28 in Dubai.
Yanomami region, recently seen in news is located in which of the following country?
Solution (a)
| Option a |
| Correct |
| · The Yanomami territory is the largest Indigenous land in Brazil, covering an area of about 96,000 square kilometers in the Amazon rainforest.
· Yanomami region, stretches across Roraima and Amazonas states in the northwest corner of Brazil’s Amazon, has been a subject of interest for illegal gold miners for decades. · It is home to about 30,000 Yanomami people, who live in hundreds of villages scattered across the region. · The Yanomami are one of the most isolated and culturally diverse Indigenous groups in the world, with their languages, customs and beliefs. |
Context: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva-led Brazilian government has promised to speed up the expulsion of illegal miners in the country’s largest indigenous territory, Yanomami.
Solution (a)
| Option a |
| Correct |
| · The Yanomami territory is the largest Indigenous land in Brazil, covering an area of about 96,000 square kilometers in the Amazon rainforest.
· Yanomami region, stretches across Roraima and Amazonas states in the northwest corner of Brazil’s Amazon, has been a subject of interest for illegal gold miners for decades. · It is home to about 30,000 Yanomami people, who live in hundreds of villages scattered across the region. · The Yanomami are one of the most isolated and culturally diverse Indigenous groups in the world, with their languages, customs and beliefs. |
Context: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva-led Brazilian government has promised to speed up the expulsion of illegal miners in the country’s largest indigenous territory, Yanomami.
