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Consider the following statements about Asiatic Caracal
Choose the correct statements:
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Incorrect |
| · They are found mostly in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh and are located in Kutch, the Malwa Plateau, the Aravalli hill range.
· Besides India, the caracal is found in several dozen countries across Africa, the Middle East, Central and South Asia. |
Protection Status:
· IUCN Red List: Least Concern · Wildlife Protection Act, 1972: Schedule I · CITES: Appendix I |
Context: The caracal is on the verge of extinction in India and it is essential to find suitable areas to conserve it.
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Incorrect |
| · They are found mostly in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh and are located in Kutch, the Malwa Plateau, the Aravalli hill range.
· Besides India, the caracal is found in several dozen countries across Africa, the Middle East, Central and South Asia. |
Protection Status:
· IUCN Red List: Least Concern · Wildlife Protection Act, 1972: Schedule I · CITES: Appendix I |
Context: The caracal is on the verge of extinction in India and it is essential to find suitable areas to conserve it.
Consider the following statements United Nation General Assembly
Choose the correct statements:
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Correct | Correct |
| · All 193 Member States of the UN are represented in the General Assembly, making it the only UN body with universal representation.
· Each year, in September, the full UN membership meets in the General Assembly Hall in New York for the annual General Assembly session, and general debate, which many heads of state attend and address |
· The President of the General Assembly is elected each year by assembly to serve a one-year term of office. | · The theme of the 77th UNGA is ‘A Watershed Moment: Transformative Solutions to Interlocking Challenges’. |
Context: External Affairs Minister arrived in New York to participate in the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Correct | Correct |
| · All 193 Member States of the UN are represented in the General Assembly, making it the only UN body with universal representation.
· Each year, in September, the full UN membership meets in the General Assembly Hall in New York for the annual General Assembly session, and general debate, which many heads of state attend and address |
· The President of the General Assembly is elected each year by assembly to serve a one-year term of office. | · The theme of the 77th UNGA is ‘A Watershed Moment: Transformative Solutions to Interlocking Challenges’. |
Context: External Affairs Minister arrived in New York to participate in the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Consider the following statements about Corporate Social Responsibility
Choose the correct statements:
Solution (b)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Incorrect | Correct |
| · The term “Corporate Social Responsibility” in general can be referred to as a corporate initiative to assess and take responsibility for the company’s effects on the environment and impact on social welfare.
· In India, the concept of CSR is governed by clause 135 of the Companies Act, 2013. · India is the first country in the world to mandate CSR spending along with a framework to identify potential CSR activities. |
· The Act requires companies to set up a CSR committee which shall recommend a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy to the Board of Directors and also monitor the same from time to time.
· The Act encourages companies to spend 2% of their average net profit in the previous three years on CSR activities. |
· The contributions to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund or the State relief fund will not qualify as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure, while any donation to the PM CARES Fund will. |
Context: Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur has said that Indian companies have spent more than one trillion rupees in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) till March 2022.
Solution (b)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Incorrect | Correct |
| · The term “Corporate Social Responsibility” in general can be referred to as a corporate initiative to assess and take responsibility for the company’s effects on the environment and impact on social welfare.
· In India, the concept of CSR is governed by clause 135 of the Companies Act, 2013. · India is the first country in the world to mandate CSR spending along with a framework to identify potential CSR activities. |
· The Act requires companies to set up a CSR committee which shall recommend a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy to the Board of Directors and also monitor the same from time to time.
· The Act encourages companies to spend 2% of their average net profit in the previous three years on CSR activities. |
· The contributions to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund or the State relief fund will not qualify as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure, while any donation to the PM CARES Fund will. |
Context: Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur has said that Indian companies have spent more than one trillion rupees in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) till March 2022.
Consider the following statements about Swatch Sagar, Surakshit Sagar Campaign:
Choose the incorrect statements:
Solution (d)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Correct |
| · It is a 75-day citizen-led campaign for improving ocean health through collective action.
· The campaign has 3 strategic underlying goals that target transformation and environmental conservation through behavior change. · The three underlying goals of the campaign are to 1. Consume Responsibly 2. Segregate waste at home and 3. Dispose Responsibly. · The coastal cleanup drive will be carried out at 75 beaches across the country with 75 volunteers for every kilometre of the coastline. · It is the first-of-its-kind and longest running coastal cleanup campaign in the world with highest number of people participating in it. |
· A mobile app “Eco Mitram” has been launched to spread awareness about the campaign and also for the common people for voluntary registration for the beach cleaning activity. |
Solution (d)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Correct |
| · It is a 75-day citizen-led campaign for improving ocean health through collective action.
· The campaign has 3 strategic underlying goals that target transformation and environmental conservation through behavior change. · The three underlying goals of the campaign are to 1. Consume Responsibly 2. Segregate waste at home and 3. Dispose Responsibly. · The coastal cleanup drive will be carried out at 75 beaches across the country with 75 volunteers for every kilometre of the coastline. · It is the first-of-its-kind and longest running coastal cleanup campaign in the world with highest number of people participating in it. |
· A mobile app “Eco Mitram” has been launched to spread awareness about the campaign and also for the common people for voluntary registration for the beach cleaning activity. |
INSPIRE Award, recently seen in news is aligned with which of the following initiative?
Solution (b)
| Option b |
| Correct |
| INSPIRE (Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research) Award
· It is aligned with the ‘Start-up India’ initiative and is being executed by DST (Department of Science and Technology) with National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF), an autonomous body of DST. · Under this, the students are invited from all government or private schools throughout the country, irrespective of their educational boards (national and state). · Financial support of Rs 10,000 each would be provided so that they could develop prototypes of the ideas which they submitted for the scheme. · As a next step, they competed at respective District Level Exhibition and Project Competition (DLEPC) and State Level Exhibition and Project Competition (SLEPC) and finally National Level Exhibition and Project Competition (NLEPC). |
Context: Recently, the 9th National Level Exhibition and Project Competition (NLEPC) for the INSPIRE Awards – MANAK (Million Minds Augmenting National Aspiration and Knowledge), has commenced.
Solution (b)
| Option b |
| Correct |
| INSPIRE (Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research) Award
· It is aligned with the ‘Start-up India’ initiative and is being executed by DST (Department of Science and Technology) with National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF), an autonomous body of DST. · Under this, the students are invited from all government or private schools throughout the country, irrespective of their educational boards (national and state). · Financial support of Rs 10,000 each would be provided so that they could develop prototypes of the ideas which they submitted for the scheme. · As a next step, they competed at respective District Level Exhibition and Project Competition (DLEPC) and State Level Exhibition and Project Competition (SLEPC) and finally National Level Exhibition and Project Competition (NLEPC). |
Context: Recently, the 9th National Level Exhibition and Project Competition (NLEPC) for the INSPIRE Awards – MANAK (Million Minds Augmenting National Aspiration and Knowledge), has commenced.
