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Consider the following statements about International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)
Choose the incorrect statements:
Solution (b)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Incorrect | Correct | Incorrect |
| · It works under the aegis of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. | Objective:
· Farmers’ Contribution: To recognize the contribution of farmers to the diversity of crops, · Access and Benefit Sharing: Establish a global system to provide farmers, plant breeders and scientists with access to plant genetic materials, · Sustainability: To conserve and sustainably use plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of their use, in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity. |
· It is also known as Seed Treaty as it is a comprehensive international agreement for ensuring food security through the conservation, exchange and sustainable use of the world’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA).
· India is a signatory to the treaty. |
Context: India is going to host 9th session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture from 19th to 24th of this month.
Solution (b)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Incorrect | Correct | Incorrect |
| · It works under the aegis of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. | Objective:
· Farmers’ Contribution: To recognize the contribution of farmers to the diversity of crops, · Access and Benefit Sharing: Establish a global system to provide farmers, plant breeders and scientists with access to plant genetic materials, · Sustainability: To conserve and sustainably use plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of their use, in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity. |
· It is also known as Seed Treaty as it is a comprehensive international agreement for ensuring food security through the conservation, exchange and sustainable use of the world’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA).
· India is a signatory to the treaty. |
Context: India is going to host 9th session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture from 19th to 24th of this month.
Consider the following statements East Asia Summit
Choose the correct statements:
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Correct | Correct |
| East Asia Summit
· Established in 2005, it is a forum of 18 regional leaders for strategic dialogue and cooperation on the key political, security, and economic challenges facing the Indo-Pacific region. |
· India is one of the founding members of the East Asia Summit.
· It comprises the ten member states of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) which are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, along with 8 other countries namely Australia, China, Japan, India, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Russia and the USA. |
· It is an ASEAN-centred forum so it can only be chaired by an ASEAN member. |
Context: Minister of Commerce and Industry attended East Asia Summit Economic Ministers’ Meeting in Siem Reap City of Cambodia.
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Correct | Correct |
| East Asia Summit
· Established in 2005, it is a forum of 18 regional leaders for strategic dialogue and cooperation on the key political, security, and economic challenges facing the Indo-Pacific region. |
· India is one of the founding members of the East Asia Summit.
· It comprises the ten member states of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) which are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, along with 8 other countries namely Australia, China, Japan, India, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Russia and the USA. |
· It is an ASEAN-centred forum so it can only be chaired by an ASEAN member. |
Context: Minister of Commerce and Industry attended East Asia Summit Economic Ministers’ Meeting in Siem Reap City of Cambodia.
Consider the following statements
Choose the incorrect statements:
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Correct | Incorrect |
| · The Andaman & Nicobar Islands is located in the Indian Ocean, in the southern reaches of the Bay of Bengal, nearer to Indonesia and Thailand. This comprises of two island groups – the Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands – which separates the Andaman Sea to the east from the Indian Ocean.
· These two groups are separated by the 10° N parallel, the Andamans lying to the north of this latitude, and the Nicobars to the south. |
Particularly vulnerable Tribal Groups (PTGs) who have been identified in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. They are:-
· Great Andamanese of Strait Island · Onges of Little Andaman · Jarawas of South and Middle Andaman · Sentinelese of Sentinel Islands · Shompens of Great Nicobar |
· Saddle peak (737 m) in North Andaman is the highest peak. |
Context: Union Jal Shakti Minister has declared Andaman and Nicobar Islands as India’s first Swachh Sujal Pradesh.
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Correct | Incorrect |
| · The Andaman & Nicobar Islands is located in the Indian Ocean, in the southern reaches of the Bay of Bengal, nearer to Indonesia and Thailand. This comprises of two island groups – the Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands – which separates the Andaman Sea to the east from the Indian Ocean.
· These two groups are separated by the 10° N parallel, the Andamans lying to the north of this latitude, and the Nicobars to the south. |
Particularly vulnerable Tribal Groups (PTGs) who have been identified in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. They are:-
· Great Andamanese of Strait Island · Onges of Little Andaman · Jarawas of South and Middle Andaman · Sentinelese of Sentinel Islands · Shompens of Great Nicobar |
· Saddle peak (737 m) in North Andaman is the highest peak. |
Context: Union Jal Shakti Minister has declared Andaman and Nicobar Islands as India’s first Swachh Sujal Pradesh.
Which of the below given pairs is/are correctly matched?
| Color Revolution | Country |
| Jasmine Revolution | Kyrgyzstan |
| Orange Revolution | Ukraine |
| Tulip Revolution | Tunisia |
| Rose Revolution | Iraq |
Choose the correct code:
Solution (a)
| Option a |
| Correct |
| · Colour revolutions refer to a series of uprisings that first began in former communist nations in Eastern Europe in the early 2000s, but are also used in reference to popular movements in the Middle East and Asia.
· Most have involved large-scale mobilisation on the streets, with demands for free elections or regime change, and calls for removal of authoritarian leaders. · Orange Revolution: It refers to a series of protests that occurred in Ukraine between November 2004 and January 2005. · Tulip Revolution: Also called the First Kyrgyz Revolution, the movement led to the ouster of Kyrgyzstan’s President Askar Akayev in early 2005. · Jasmine Revolution: The popular uprising that occurred between December 2010 to January 2011 in Tunisia was in response to the underlying corruption, unemployment, inflation and lack of political freedoms in the country. · Rose Revolution: The Rose Revolution in Georgia, following the disputed 2003 election, led to the overthrow of Eduard Shevardnadze and replacing him with Mikhail Saakashvili after new elections were held in March 2004. The Kmara civic resistance movement supported the Rose Revolution. |
Context: Chinese President Xi Jinping appealed to Russia, India, and other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to cooperate with each other in order to prevent foreign powers from destabilising their countries by inciting “colour revolutions”.
Solution (a)
| Option a |
| Correct |
| · Colour revolutions refer to a series of uprisings that first began in former communist nations in Eastern Europe in the early 2000s, but are also used in reference to popular movements in the Middle East and Asia.
· Most have involved large-scale mobilisation on the streets, with demands for free elections or regime change, and calls for removal of authoritarian leaders. · Orange Revolution: It refers to a series of protests that occurred in Ukraine between November 2004 and January 2005. · Tulip Revolution: Also called the First Kyrgyz Revolution, the movement led to the ouster of Kyrgyzstan’s President Askar Akayev in early 2005. · Jasmine Revolution: The popular uprising that occurred between December 2010 to January 2011 in Tunisia was in response to the underlying corruption, unemployment, inflation and lack of political freedoms in the country. · Rose Revolution: The Rose Revolution in Georgia, following the disputed 2003 election, led to the overthrow of Eduard Shevardnadze and replacing him with Mikhail Saakashvili after new elections were held in March 2004. The Kmara civic resistance movement supported the Rose Revolution. |
Context: Chinese President Xi Jinping appealed to Russia, India, and other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to cooperate with each other in order to prevent foreign powers from destabilising their countries by inciting “colour revolutions”.
Samarkand, recently seen in news is located in?
Solution (c)
| Option c |
| Correct |
| · Prime Minister participated in the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO.
· Samarkand Declaration of the Council of Heads of State of SCO was released after the summit. · After the summit, Uzbekistan handed over the rotating presidency of the SCO to India. India will host the next SCO summit as a chairman of organisation in 2023. |
Context: Recently, Prime Minister visited Samarkand, Uzbekistan to attend the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
Solution (c)
| Option c |
| Correct |
| · Prime Minister participated in the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO.
· Samarkand Declaration of the Council of Heads of State of SCO was released after the summit. · After the summit, Uzbekistan handed over the rotating presidency of the SCO to India. India will host the next SCO summit as a chairman of organisation in 2023. |
Context: Recently, Prime Minister visited Samarkand, Uzbekistan to attend the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
