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‘Filament barb’ seen in news recently is a
Solution(b)
Olive barbs, Filament barb, Highfin barb and Carnatic carp are freshwater fish species used to be found widely in the Idamalayar Dam, Bhoothathankettu, and the Kol fields of Thrissur district, Kerala. However, indiscriminate fishing and changes in habitat conditions have brought these species, especially Kuruva Paral, to the brink of extinction. Conservation measures are taken up under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-India High Range Landscape project.
Context – Species were in news.
Solution(b)
Olive barbs, Filament barb, Highfin barb and Carnatic carp are freshwater fish species used to be found widely in the Idamalayar Dam, Bhoothathankettu, and the Kol fields of Thrissur district, Kerala. However, indiscriminate fishing and changes in habitat conditions have brought these species, especially Kuruva Paral, to the brink of extinction. Conservation measures are taken up under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-India High Range Landscape project.
Context – Species were in news.
Consider the following statements regarding ‘Radio- frequency identification’
Select the correct statement(s)
Solution(c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Correct |
| Unlike a barcode, the tag does not need to be within the line of sight of the reader, so it may be embedded in the tracked object. RFID is one method of automatic identification and data capture (AIDC).When triggered by an electromagnetic interrogation pulse from a nearby RFID reader device, the tag transmits digital data, usually an identifying inventory number, back to the reader. | RFID can operate in low, high as well as ultra-high frequencies. It can also operate in microwave frequencies.
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Context – Amarnath pilgrims would be tracked using RFID
Solution(c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Correct |
| Unlike a barcode, the tag does not need to be within the line of sight of the reader, so it may be embedded in the tracked object. RFID is one method of automatic identification and data capture (AIDC).When triggered by an electromagnetic interrogation pulse from a nearby RFID reader device, the tag transmits digital data, usually an identifying inventory number, back to the reader. | RFID can operate in low, high as well as ultra-high frequencies. It can also operate in microwave frequencies.
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Context – Amarnath pilgrims would be tracked using RFID
With reference to ‘Fostering Effective Energy Transition report’, consider the following statements
Choose the correct answer using the code given below
Solution(c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Incorrect | Correct |
| Industrial activity generates more than 30% of anthropogenic emissions, yet many industries face considerable challenges to decarbonize. Going forward, “clean demand” signals could be a turning point to accelerate “clean supply” | It is an annual country benchmarking report by the World Economic Forum (WEF). | Collaboration between the wider ecosystem of stakeholders, such as governments, policy-makers, financiers, researchers and non-governmental organizations (e.g. emission measurement standards, integrated research for low-carbon technologies, public-private partnerships, etc.). |
Context – The report was released by World Economic Forum
Solution(c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Incorrect | Correct |
| Industrial activity generates more than 30% of anthropogenic emissions, yet many industries face considerable challenges to decarbonize. Going forward, “clean demand” signals could be a turning point to accelerate “clean supply” | It is an annual country benchmarking report by the World Economic Forum (WEF). | Collaboration between the wider ecosystem of stakeholders, such as governments, policy-makers, financiers, researchers and non-governmental organizations (e.g. emission measurement standards, integrated research for low-carbon technologies, public-private partnerships, etc.). |
Context – The report was released by World Economic Forum
Consider the following statements regarding ‘Wild Poliovirus’
Select the correct statement(s)
Solution(d)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Incorrect |
| There are three wild types of poliovirus (WPV) – type 1, type 2, and type 3. People need to be protected against all three types of the virus in order to prevent polio disease and the polio vaccination is the best protection. Type 2 wild poliovirus was declared eradicated in September 2015, with the last virus detected in India in 1999. Type 3 wild poliovirus was declared eradicated in October 2019. It was last detected in November 2012. Only type 1 wild poliovirus remains. | India was declared polio-free in January 2014, after three years of zero cases, an achievement that is widely believed to have been spurred by the successful Pulse Polio campaign. |
Source: Wild poliovirus type1 was recently detected in Mozambique
Solution(d)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Incorrect |
| There are three wild types of poliovirus (WPV) – type 1, type 2, and type 3. People need to be protected against all three types of the virus in order to prevent polio disease and the polio vaccination is the best protection. Type 2 wild poliovirus was declared eradicated in September 2015, with the last virus detected in India in 1999. Type 3 wild poliovirus was declared eradicated in October 2019. It was last detected in November 2012. Only type 1 wild poliovirus remains. | India was declared polio-free in January 2014, after three years of zero cases, an achievement that is widely believed to have been spurred by the successful Pulse Polio campaign. |
Source: Wild poliovirus type1 was recently detected in Mozambique
Consider the following statements
Choose the correct answer using the code given below
Solution(a)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Correct | Incorrect |
| Article 161 provides that the Governor of a State shall have the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the State extends. | Article 142 states that the Supreme Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction may pass such decree or make such order as is necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it | Article 72 empowers the President the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence |
Context – Supreme Court recently invoked Article 142 to release a convict.
Solution(a)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Correct | Incorrect |
| Article 161 provides that the Governor of a State shall have the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the State extends. | Article 142 states that the Supreme Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction may pass such decree or make such order as is necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it | Article 72 empowers the President the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence |
Context – Supreme Court recently invoked Article 142 to release a convict.
