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With reference to ‘Madden-Julian Oscillation’, consider the following statements
Choose the correct answer using the code given below
Solution(c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Incorrect | Correct | Correct |
| The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) is the major fluctuation in tropical weather on weekly to monthly timescales. The MJO can be characterised as an eastward moving ‘pulse’ of cloud and rainfall near the equator that typically recurs every 30 to 60 days. | A period of warming sea surface temperatures is found five to ten days prior to a strengthening of MJO-related precipitation across southern Asia. A break in the Asian monsoon, normally during the month of July, has been attributed to the Madden–Julian oscillation after its enhanced phase moves off to the east of the region into the open tropical Pacific Ocean. | Unlike a standing pattern like the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the Madden–Julian oscillation is a traveling pattern that propagates eastward, at approximately 4 to 8 m/s (14 to 29 km/h; 9 to 18 mph), through the atmosphere above the warm parts of the Indian and Pacific oceans |
Context – It was in news due to the delayed onset of monsoon over Kerala
Solution(c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Incorrect | Correct | Correct |
| The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) is the major fluctuation in tropical weather on weekly to monthly timescales. The MJO can be characterised as an eastward moving ‘pulse’ of cloud and rainfall near the equator that typically recurs every 30 to 60 days. | A period of warming sea surface temperatures is found five to ten days prior to a strengthening of MJO-related precipitation across southern Asia. A break in the Asian monsoon, normally during the month of July, has been attributed to the Madden–Julian oscillation after its enhanced phase moves off to the east of the region into the open tropical Pacific Ocean. | Unlike a standing pattern like the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the Madden–Julian oscillation is a traveling pattern that propagates eastward, at approximately 4 to 8 m/s (14 to 29 km/h; 9 to 18 mph), through the atmosphere above the warm parts of the Indian and Pacific oceans |
Context – It was in news due to the delayed onset of monsoon over Kerala
‘AKRUTI’ an initiative seen in news is related to
Solution(b)
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is equipping the unemployed youth of 16 village panchayats under the Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) colony with techno entrepreneurial skills through its Advanced Knowledge and Rural Technology Implementation (AKRUTI) programme and is all set to launch similar initiatives in villages surrounding the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP)
Context – The initiative was launched recently
Solution(b)
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is equipping the unemployed youth of 16 village panchayats under the Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) colony with techno entrepreneurial skills through its Advanced Knowledge and Rural Technology Implementation (AKRUTI) programme and is all set to launch similar initiatives in villages surrounding the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP)
Context – The initiative was launched recently
Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Information Fusion Centre- Indian Ocean Region’
Select the correct statement(s)
Solution(d)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Incorrect |
| Indian launched the IFC-IOR, at Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) Gurugram In December 2018. | IFC-IOR aims to engage with partner nations and multi-national maritime constructs to develop comprehensive maritime domain awareness and share information on vessels of interest(White shipping) |
Context – There are infrastructure constraints and continued delay in posting Indian liaison officers at IFC-IOR
Solution(d)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Incorrect |
| Indian launched the IFC-IOR, at Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) Gurugram In December 2018. | IFC-IOR aims to engage with partner nations and multi-national maritime constructs to develop comprehensive maritime domain awareness and share information on vessels of interest(White shipping) |
Context – There are infrastructure constraints and continued delay in posting Indian liaison officers at IFC-IOR
Consider the following statements regarding ‘UN-Habitat’
Select the correct statement(s)
Solution(b)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Correct |
| The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development. It is not a specialized agency of United Nations | It is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group |
Context – UN-Habitat has found multi-hazard vulnerabilities, urban sprawl, weak urban mobility and “green-blue disconnect” as the pressing issues for Jaipur city.
Solution(b)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Correct |
| The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development. It is not a specialized agency of United Nations | It is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group |
Context – UN-Habitat has found multi-hazard vulnerabilities, urban sprawl, weak urban mobility and “green-blue disconnect” as the pressing issues for Jaipur city.
Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Community Forest Rights’
Choose the correct answer using the code given below
Solution(c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Correct | Incorrect |
| The Community Forest Resource rights under Section 3(1)(i) of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act (commonly referred to as the Forest Rights Act or the FRA) provide for recognition of the right to “protect, regenerate or conserve or manage” the community forest resource. | These rights allow the community to formulate rules for forest use by itself and others and thereby discharge its responsibilities under Section 5 of the FRA. | Chhattisgarh has recognised nearly 4,000 CFR rights in the state. Kanger Ghati National Park is the second national park, after Simlipal in Odisha, where CFR rights have been recognised. |
Context – The Chhattisgarh government has become only the second state in the country to recognise Community Forest Resource (CFR) rights
Solution(c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Correct | Incorrect |
| The Community Forest Resource rights under Section 3(1)(i) of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act (commonly referred to as the Forest Rights Act or the FRA) provide for recognition of the right to “protect, regenerate or conserve or manage” the community forest resource. | These rights allow the community to formulate rules for forest use by itself and others and thereby discharge its responsibilities under Section 5 of the FRA. | Chhattisgarh has recognised nearly 4,000 CFR rights in the state. Kanger Ghati National Park is the second national park, after Simlipal in Odisha, where CFR rights have been recognised. |
Context – The Chhattisgarh government has become only the second state in the country to recognise Community Forest Resource (CFR) rights
