Solution (c)

Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana is an umbrella scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters or SAMPADA.

The scheme is implemented by Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI).

It is a central sector scheme.

Objectives of the scheme are:

• To supplement agriculture.
• To create processing and preservation capacities.
• To modernise and expand existing food processing units with a view to increasing the level of processing.
• To add value leading to the reduction of wastage.

The following schemes will be implemented under PM Kisan SAMPADA Yojana :

• Mega Food Parks
• Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure
• Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing/ Preservation Capacities (Unit Scheme)
• Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters
• Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages
• Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure
• Human Resources and Institutions

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Solution (d)

Adjournment sine die means terminating a sitting of Parliament for an indefinite period. In other words, when the House is adjourned without naming a day for reassembly, it is called adjournment sine die. 

The power of adjournment as well as adjournment sine die lies with the presiding officer of the House. He can also call a sitting of the House before the date or time to which it has been adjourned or at any time after the House has been adjourned sine die.

Adjournment sine die does not affect the bills or any other business pending before the House.

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Solution (b)

The office of ‘whip’ is mentioned neither in the Constitution of India nor in the Rules of the House nor in a Parliamentary Statute. It is based on the conventions of the parliamentary government.

Every political party, whether ruling or Opposition has its own whip in the Parliament. He is appointed by the political party to serve as an assistant floor leader. He is charged with the responsibility of ensuring the attendance of his party members in large numbers and securing their support in favour of or against a particular issue. He regulates and monitors their behaviour in the Parliament. The members are supposed to follow the directives given by the whip. Otherwise, disciplinary action can be taken.

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Solution (b)

International Criminal Court:

• The International Criminal Court is an independent organisation and is not a part of the United Nations. However, they do work alongside each other and the United Nations Security Council can refer to situations involving international crimes to the ICC.
• Presently, the International Criminal Court has 123 members.
• The International Criminal Court derives its authority from the Rome Statute, which was ratified and became executable in 2002.
• The International Criminal Court deals with criminal matters. It investigates and prosecutes individuals for committing international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
• The territorial jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court is restricted to its member states. International Criminal Court has jurisdiction to investigate three areas of crimes, which are:

• Crimes that were committed in member-countries.
• Crimes that were committed by people from member-countries.
• Crimes that the United Nations Security Council want the International Criminal Court to investigate.

• The territorial jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice is wider, as it can deal with matters relating to any of the member states of the United Nations, which at present are 193.
• The International Criminal Court is made up of 18 judges who make decisions on international criminal matters, where each judge serves a nine-year term. They all come from member-countries of the ICC however; no two of them can be from the same country.

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Solution (a)

Kaziranga National Park is located in Karbi Anglong and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam.

It is home to more than 2200 Indian one-horned rhinoceros, approximately 2/3rd of their total world population.

Formed in 1908 on the recommendation of Mary Curzon, the park is located in the edge of the Eastern Himalayan biodiversity hotspots – Golaghat and Nagaon district. 

In the year 1985, the park was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Along with the iconic Greater one-horned rhinoceros, the park is the breeding ground of elephants, wild water buffalo, and swamp deer. 

Over the time, the tiger population has also increased in Kaziranga, and that’s the reason why Kaziranga was declared as Tiger Reserve in 2006. 

Also, the park is recognized as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International for the conservation of avifaunal species. Birds like lesser white-fronted goose, ferruginous duck, Baer’s pochard duck and lesser adjutant, greater adjutant, black-necked stork, and Asian Openbill stork specially migrate from the Central Asia during the winter season.

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