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Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Sagol Kangjei’
Select the correct statement(s)
Solution(b)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Correct |
| Modern polo is said to have originated from Sagol Kangjei, a sport indigenous to Manipur, in which players ride horses, specifically the Manipur Ponies, which are referenced in records dating back to the 14th century. | There are no goalposts in this game. Goal lines determine the end of the two boundaries of the rectangular field. The ball ( hang drum ) is white. To score a goal the ball must cross the line. This is a seasonal game and is played in the Manipuri month of September / October and in June / July. |
Context – Union Home Minister inaugurated a Sagol Kangjei (Polo) Statue at Heingang in Imphal.
Solution(b)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Correct |
| Modern polo is said to have originated from Sagol Kangjei, a sport indigenous to Manipur, in which players ride horses, specifically the Manipur Ponies, which are referenced in records dating back to the 14th century. | There are no goalposts in this game. Goal lines determine the end of the two boundaries of the rectangular field. The ball ( hang drum ) is white. To score a goal the ball must cross the line. This is a seasonal game and is played in the Manipuri month of September / October and in June / July. |
Context – Union Home Minister inaugurated a Sagol Kangjei (Polo) Statue at Heingang in Imphal.
With reference to ‘Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)’, consider the following statements
Choose the correct answer using the code given below
Solution(b)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Incorrect | Correct | Incorrect |
| The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research was established by the Government of India in September 1942 as an autonomous body that has emerged as the largest research and development organisation in India. | It is an autonomous office Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, under the Ministry of Science and Technology | The Prime Minister of India (Ex-officio) is the President of this organization. The Vice President: Union Minister of Science and Technology (Ex-officio) Governing Body: The Director-General is the head of the governing body. |
Context – The One Week One lab campaign of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) was launched recently.
Solution(b)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Incorrect | Correct | Incorrect |
| The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research was established by the Government of India in September 1942 as an autonomous body that has emerged as the largest research and development organisation in India. | It is an autonomous office Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, under the Ministry of Science and Technology | The Prime Minister of India (Ex-officio) is the President of this organization. The Vice President: Union Minister of Science and Technology (Ex-officio) Governing Body: The Director-General is the head of the governing body. |
Context – The One Week One lab campaign of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) was launched recently.
Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Floatovoltaics’
Choose the correct answer using the code given below
Solution(c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Incorrect | Correct | Correct |
| Floatovoltaics, floating solar plants, or FSPV (floating solar photovoltaic) are panel structures that are installed on water bodies like lakes, basins, and reservoirs instead of on solid structures like a roof or terraces. | The water’s cooling effect makes floating solar panels more efficient than land-based ones. Other advantages are that they don’t interfere with desert ecosystems; and they keep precious water from evaporating. | The largest floating solar power plant in India is currently the Ramagundam in Peddapalli district of Telangana, with a capacity of 100 MW. Currently a plant is being built on the Narmada’ Omkareshwar Dam in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh is being built with a capacity of 600 MW, which will soon be the largest floating solar power plant in the world. |
Context – Covering 10% of the world’s hydropower reservoirs with ‘floatovoltaics’ would install electrical capacity equivalent to that provided by all electricity-generating fossil fuel plants in operation worldwide
Solution(c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Incorrect | Correct | Correct |
| Floatovoltaics, floating solar plants, or FSPV (floating solar photovoltaic) are panel structures that are installed on water bodies like lakes, basins, and reservoirs instead of on solid structures like a roof or terraces. | The water’s cooling effect makes floating solar panels more efficient than land-based ones. Other advantages are that they don’t interfere with desert ecosystems; and they keep precious water from evaporating. | The largest floating solar power plant in India is currently the Ramagundam in Peddapalli district of Telangana, with a capacity of 100 MW. Currently a plant is being built on the Narmada’ Omkareshwar Dam in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh is being built with a capacity of 600 MW, which will soon be the largest floating solar power plant in the world. |
Context – Covering 10% of the world’s hydropower reservoirs with ‘floatovoltaics’ would install electrical capacity equivalent to that provided by all electricity-generating fossil fuel plants in operation worldwide
Consider the following with respect to ‘Mercury’
Select the correct statement(s)
Solution(c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Correct |
| Mercury is a naturally occurring element that is found in air, water and soil. Despite being the oldest known superconductor, solid mercury is mysteriously absent from all current computational databases of superconductors. | Mercury is emitted into the air naturally from volcanoes, the weathering of rocks, forest fires, and soils. It is emitted into the air from the burning of fossil fuels and municipal or medical waste |
Context – A clear picture of how mercury becomes a superconductor was recently understood
Solution(c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Correct |
| Mercury is a naturally occurring element that is found in air, water and soil. Despite being the oldest known superconductor, solid mercury is mysteriously absent from all current computational databases of superconductors. | Mercury is emitted into the air naturally from volcanoes, the weathering of rocks, forest fires, and soils. It is emitted into the air from the burning of fossil fuels and municipal or medical waste |
Context – A clear picture of how mercury becomes a superconductor was recently understood
‘Veer Guardian-2023’ is a joint Air Exercise conducted between India and
Solution(a)
To promote Air Defence cooperation between the countries, India and Japan are all set to hold the joint Air Exercise, ‘Veer Guardian-2023’ involving the Indian Air Force and Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) at Hyakuri Air Base, Japan from 12 January 2023 to 26 January 2023. The Indian contingent participating in the air exercise will include four Su-30 MKI, two C-17 & one IL-78 aircraft, while the JASDF will be participating with four F-2 & four F-15 aircraft.
Context – IAF & JAPAN AIR SELF DEFENCE FORCE SET TO EXERCISE JOINTLY IN JAPAN
Solution(a)
To promote Air Defence cooperation between the countries, India and Japan are all set to hold the joint Air Exercise, ‘Veer Guardian-2023’ involving the Indian Air Force and Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) at Hyakuri Air Base, Japan from 12 January 2023 to 26 January 2023. The Indian contingent participating in the air exercise will include four Su-30 MKI, two C-17 & one IL-78 aircraft, while the JASDF will be participating with four F-2 & four F-15 aircraft.
Context – IAF & JAPAN AIR SELF DEFENCE FORCE SET TO EXERCISE JOINTLY IN JAPAN
