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Consider the following statements with respect to ‘National Cyber Security Strategy’
Select the correct statement(s)
Solution(a)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Incorrect |
| Risk-based approach of the cyber security strategy recommends measures to be adopted by the private sector, the government, academia and civil society in assessing and responding to cyber-related threats or issues. | The Cyber Security Strategy has been prepared by National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) under National Security Council. The National Security Council (NSC) of India is an executive government agency tasked with advising the Prime Minister’s Office on matters of national security and strategic interest.
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Context – The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) has formulated a draft National Cyber Security Strategy
Solution(a)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Incorrect |
| Risk-based approach of the cyber security strategy recommends measures to be adopted by the private sector, the government, academia and civil society in assessing and responding to cyber-related threats or issues. | The Cyber Security Strategy has been prepared by National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) under National Security Council. The National Security Council (NSC) of India is an executive government agency tasked with advising the Prime Minister’s Office on matters of national security and strategic interest.
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Context – The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) has formulated a draft National Cyber Security Strategy
Consider the following statements with respect to ‘United Nations Commission on the Status of Women’
Choose the correct answer using the code given below
Solution(c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Incorrect | Correct |
| The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW or UNCSW) is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the main UN organs within the United Nations. CSW has been described as the UN organ promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women | The CSW is one of the commissions of the UN that do not limit participation to states only. For example, NGOs are also allowed to participate in sessions of the CSW, attending caucuses and panels and organizing their own parallel events through the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York (NGO CSW/NY). This is particularly important for contested territories such as Taiwan, which is not a member of the UN. | CSW consists of one representative from each of the 45 Member States elected by ECOSOC on the basis of equitable geographical distribution: 13 members from Africa; 11 from Asia; 9 from Latin America and Caribbean; 8 from Western Europe and other States and 4 from Eastern Europe. Members are elected for four-year terms. |
Context – Iran has been expelled from the United Nation’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in a vote on which India abstained.
Solution(c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Incorrect | Correct |
| The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW or UNCSW) is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the main UN organs within the United Nations. CSW has been described as the UN organ promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women | The CSW is one of the commissions of the UN that do not limit participation to states only. For example, NGOs are also allowed to participate in sessions of the CSW, attending caucuses and panels and organizing their own parallel events through the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York (NGO CSW/NY). This is particularly important for contested territories such as Taiwan, which is not a member of the UN. | CSW consists of one representative from each of the 45 Member States elected by ECOSOC on the basis of equitable geographical distribution: 13 members from Africa; 11 from Asia; 9 from Latin America and Caribbean; 8 from Western Europe and other States and 4 from Eastern Europe. Members are elected for four-year terms. |
Context – Iran has been expelled from the United Nation’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in a vote on which India abstained.
Consider the following statements
Select the INCORRECT statement(s)
Solution(b)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Incorrect |
| Under Article 200, the Governor may grant assent withhold assent return for reconsideration by the Legislature or reserve for the consideration of the President any Bill passed by the State legislature and presented to him for assent. There is no timeframe fixed in the Constitution for any of these functions. | The Constitution makes it mandatory that the Governor should reserve for the President’s consideration if, in his opinion a Bill that “so derogates from the powers of the High Court as to endanger the position which that Court is by this Constitution designed to fill”. In addition, the governor can also reserve the bill if it is of the following nature: Ultra-vires, that is, against the provisions of the Constitution, Opposed to the Directive Principles of State Policy, Against the larger interest of the country, Of grave national importance, Dealing with compulsory acquisition of property under the Article of the Constitution. |
Context – Punjab Chief Minister called on Union Home Minister seeking his intervention in getting the President’s assent on two sacrilege Bills passed by the erstwhile government in 2018.
Solution(b)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Incorrect |
| Under Article 200, the Governor may grant assent withhold assent return for reconsideration by the Legislature or reserve for the consideration of the President any Bill passed by the State legislature and presented to him for assent. There is no timeframe fixed in the Constitution for any of these functions. | The Constitution makes it mandatory that the Governor should reserve for the President’s consideration if, in his opinion a Bill that “so derogates from the powers of the High Court as to endanger the position which that Court is by this Constitution designed to fill”. In addition, the governor can also reserve the bill if it is of the following nature: Ultra-vires, that is, against the provisions of the Constitution, Opposed to the Directive Principles of State Policy, Against the larger interest of the country, Of grave national importance, Dealing with compulsory acquisition of property under the Article of the Constitution. |
Context – Punjab Chief Minister called on Union Home Minister seeking his intervention in getting the President’s assent on two sacrilege Bills passed by the erstwhile government in 2018.
With reference to ‘Arctic Report Card’, 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 |
| Nearly 150 experts from 11 nations compiled this year’s assessment of Arctic conditions, the Arctic Report Card, which NOAA has produced since 2006. This year’s report card was issued on Tuesday in Chicago at a conference of the American Geophysical Union, the society of earth, atmospheric and oceanic scientists. | Temperatures in the Arctic Circle have been rising much more quickly than those in the rest of the planet, transforming the region’s climate into one defined less by sea ice, snow and permafrost and more by open water, rain and green landscapes. | Warmer air and not colder air can hold more moisture, sea ice retreats and storms absorb more open ocean water. Storms are passing over warmer water before reaching the Arctic, feeding them with more energy. These three main factors could be increasing precipitation in different parts of the Arctic |
Context – The report was released recently.
Solution(b)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Incorrect | Correct | Incorrect |
| Nearly 150 experts from 11 nations compiled this year’s assessment of Arctic conditions, the Arctic Report Card, which NOAA has produced since 2006. This year’s report card was issued on Tuesday in Chicago at a conference of the American Geophysical Union, the society of earth, atmospheric and oceanic scientists. | Temperatures in the Arctic Circle have been rising much more quickly than those in the rest of the planet, transforming the region’s climate into one defined less by sea ice, snow and permafrost and more by open water, rain and green landscapes. | Warmer air and not colder air can hold more moisture, sea ice retreats and storms absorb more open ocean water. Storms are passing over warmer water before reaching the Arctic, feeding them with more energy. These three main factors could be increasing precipitation in different parts of the Arctic |
Context – The report was released recently.
‘Aeronomy’ a term seen in news is related to
Solution(d)
Aeronomy refers to the scientific study of the upper atmospheric regions of the Earth and other solar system bodies. It includes the distribution of temperature, density, and chemical constituents, and the chemical reactions that occur. It also includes the studies of aurora, airglow, the ionosphere, Van Allen radiation belts, cosmic rays, and radioactive and photochemical phenomena. It covers the chemistry, dynamics and energy balance of both neutral and charged particles.
Context – ISRO has taken initiatives for feasibility studies on missions to Venus as well as Aeronomy studies
Solution(d)
Aeronomy refers to the scientific study of the upper atmospheric regions of the Earth and other solar system bodies. It includes the distribution of temperature, density, and chemical constituents, and the chemical reactions that occur. It also includes the studies of aurora, airglow, the ionosphere, Van Allen radiation belts, cosmic rays, and radioactive and photochemical phenomena. It covers the chemistry, dynamics and energy balance of both neutral and charged particles.
Context – ISRO has taken initiatives for feasibility studies on missions to Venus as well as Aeronomy studies
