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Consider the following statements about ‘Orphan Drugs’
Select the correct statement(s)
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Incorrect |
| These are pharmaceutical agents developed specifically to treat rare (orphan) diseases. These diseases, though affecting only a small portion of the population, often lead to life-threatening or chronically debilitating conditions. Definitions of orphan drugs vary depending on the regulatory framework. | Orphan drugs are categorised based on the types of diseases they target and their regulatory status. Diseases such as genetic disorders, rare cancers, metabolic disorders, and autoimmune conditions frequently fall under the orphan disease category. |
Context – India faces significant challenges in ensuring the development, affordability, and accessibility of orphan drugs
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Incorrect |
| These are pharmaceutical agents developed specifically to treat rare (orphan) diseases. These diseases, though affecting only a small portion of the population, often lead to life-threatening or chronically debilitating conditions. Definitions of orphan drugs vary depending on the regulatory framework. | Orphan drugs are categorised based on the types of diseases they target and their regulatory status. Diseases such as genetic disorders, rare cancers, metabolic disorders, and autoimmune conditions frequently fall under the orphan disease category. |
Context – India faces significant challenges in ensuring the development, affordability, and accessibility of orphan drugs
‘Ningol Chakkouba Festival’ held recently is celebrated in the State of
Solution (d)
Ningol Chakkouba Festival is held every year on the second day of the lunar month of Hiyangei of the Meitei calendar. The festival is mainly celebrated by the Meiteis but nowadays many other communities also have started to celebrate it as it emphasises the importance of happiness and reunion of a family in bringing peace and harmony in a society. It is celebrated in the State of Manipur
Context – Ningol Chakkouba festival was held with religious fervour and gaiety across the State of Manipur.
Solution (d)
Ningol Chakkouba Festival is held every year on the second day of the lunar month of Hiyangei of the Meitei calendar. The festival is mainly celebrated by the Meiteis but nowadays many other communities also have started to celebrate it as it emphasises the importance of happiness and reunion of a family in bringing peace and harmony in a society. It is celebrated in the State of Manipur
Context – Ningol Chakkouba festival was held with religious fervour and gaiety across the State of Manipur.
Consider the following statements about ‘Joint Consultative Machinery’
How many statement(s) mentioned above are correct
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Incorrect | Incorrect |
| It is a platform for constructive dialogue between the representatives of the staff side and the official side for peaceful resolution of all disputes between the Government as employer and the employees. | The scheme is a non-statutory one mutually agreed upon between the staff side and the official side. | The scheme covers all regular civil employees of the Central Government, except: The Class-I services; The Class-II services, other than the Central Secretariat Services and the other comparable services in the headquarters organization of the Government; Persons in industrial establishments employed mainly in managerial or administrative capacity, and those who are being employed in supervisory capacity drawing salary going beyond grade pay of Rs.4200/- per month; Employees of the Union Territories; Police personnel. |
Context – A delegation of the Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) for Central Government employees – is fighting for the implementation of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS)
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Incorrect | Incorrect |
| It is a platform for constructive dialogue between the representatives of the staff side and the official side for peaceful resolution of all disputes between the Government as employer and the employees. | The scheme is a non-statutory one mutually agreed upon between the staff side and the official side. | The scheme covers all regular civil employees of the Central Government, except: The Class-I services; The Class-II services, other than the Central Secretariat Services and the other comparable services in the headquarters organization of the Government; Persons in industrial establishments employed mainly in managerial or administrative capacity, and those who are being employed in supervisory capacity drawing salary going beyond grade pay of Rs.4200/- per month; Employees of the Union Territories; Police personnel. |
Context – A delegation of the Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) for Central Government employees – is fighting for the implementation of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS)
Consider the following statements about ‘Aarogya Maitri Health Cube’
Select the correct statement(s)
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Correct |
| Aarogya Maitri Health Cube is the world’s first portable hospital. The ‘Aarogya Maitri Cube Cage’ includes three frames, each accommodating 12 mini-cubes. The cage can fit in 36 mini-cubes, including almost everything that can be packed for survival for a period of 48 hours for 100 survivors. The design allows joining two cages–master cube one and master cube two, including 72 cubes in total–with damage control capabilities for 200 survivors. | It was designed indigenously under Project BHISHM (Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog Hita and Maitri), It contains medical equipment and supplies such as a mini-ICU, an operation theatre, a cooking station, food, water, a power generator, blood test equipment, power generator, an X-ray machine, and more. |
Context – The Indian Army and Air Force recently conducted a first-of-its-kind paradrop of the Aarogya Maitri Health Cube, the indigenously-made world’s first portable hospital, at 15,000 feet elevation.
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Correct |
| Aarogya Maitri Health Cube is the world’s first portable hospital. The ‘Aarogya Maitri Cube Cage’ includes three frames, each accommodating 12 mini-cubes. The cage can fit in 36 mini-cubes, including almost everything that can be packed for survival for a period of 48 hours for 100 survivors. The design allows joining two cages–master cube one and master cube two, including 72 cubes in total–with damage control capabilities for 200 survivors. | It was designed indigenously under Project BHISHM (Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog Hita and Maitri), It contains medical equipment and supplies such as a mini-ICU, an operation theatre, a cooking station, food, water, a power generator, blood test equipment, power generator, an X-ray machine, and more. |
Context – The Indian Army and Air Force recently conducted a first-of-its-kind paradrop of the Aarogya Maitri Health Cube, the indigenously-made world’s first portable hospital, at 15,000 feet elevation.
Consider the following statements about ‘Central Water Commission (CWC)’
How many statement(s) mentioned above are correct
Solution (d)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Incorrect | Incorrect | Incorrect |
| Central Water Commission (CWC) is a premier technical organization of India in the field of water resources. It is presently functioning as an attached office of the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India. | It is headed by a Chairman, with the status of Ex-Officio Secretary to the Government of India. | It is headquartered at New Delhi |
Context – Glacial lakes and other water bodies across the Himalayan region saw a 10.81% increase in area from 2011 to 2024 due to climate change, signalling a heightened risk of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), according to a Central Water Commission’s (CWC) report.
Solution (d)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Incorrect | Incorrect | Incorrect |
| Central Water Commission (CWC) is a premier technical organization of India in the field of water resources. It is presently functioning as an attached office of the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India. | It is headed by a Chairman, with the status of Ex-Officio Secretary to the Government of India. | It is headquartered at New Delhi |
Context – Glacial lakes and other water bodies across the Himalayan region saw a 10.81% increase in area from 2011 to 2024 due to climate change, signalling a heightened risk of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), according to a Central Water Commission’s (CWC) report.
