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Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Press mud’
Statement 1 – It is an industrial waste generated during the processing of bauxite into alumina using the Bayer process
Statement 2 – It is very useful for crops and horticulture because of its richness in various micronutrients
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
Solution (d)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Correct |
| Press Mud is the agricultural waste obtained when cane juice is repeatedly filtered before being sent for sugar extraction. It is often known as filter cake or press cake. Red mud, now more frequently termed bauxite residue, is an industrial waste generated during the processing of bauxite into alumina using the Bayer process. | It can be utilised as a feedstock for biogas production through anaerobic digestion and subsequent purification to create compressed biogas (CBG). It is very useful for crops and horticulture because of its richness in various micronutrients. |
Context – Sugarcane byproduct press mud can help generate 460,000 tonnes of compressed biogas (CBG) valued at Rs 2,484 crore.
Solution (d)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Correct |
| Press Mud is the agricultural waste obtained when cane juice is repeatedly filtered before being sent for sugar extraction. It is often known as filter cake or press cake. Red mud, now more frequently termed bauxite residue, is an industrial waste generated during the processing of bauxite into alumina using the Bayer process. | It can be utilised as a feedstock for biogas production through anaerobic digestion and subsequent purification to create compressed biogas (CBG). It is very useful for crops and horticulture because of its richness in various micronutrients. |
Context – Sugarcane byproduct press mud can help generate 460,000 tonnes of compressed biogas (CBG) valued at Rs 2,484 crore.
Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Loss and damage fund’
How many of the statement(s) given above are correct
Solution (b)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Incorrect | Correct |
| The loss and damage fund is a global financial package to ensure the rescue and rehabilitation of countries facing the cascading effects of climate change. The term refers to the compensation that rich nations, whose industrial growth has resulted in global warming and driven the planet into a climate crisis, must pay to poor nations, whose carbon footprint is low but are facing the brunt of rising sea levels, floods, crippling droughts, and intense cyclones, among others. | It was first announced during COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. | The World Bank will oversee the loss and damage fund in the beginning, with the source of funds being rich nations, such as the US, the UK and the EU, as well as some developing countries. |
Context – Loss and damage fund approved at COP28 summit
Solution (b)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Incorrect | Correct |
| The loss and damage fund is a global financial package to ensure the rescue and rehabilitation of countries facing the cascading effects of climate change. The term refers to the compensation that rich nations, whose industrial growth has resulted in global warming and driven the planet into a climate crisis, must pay to poor nations, whose carbon footprint is low but are facing the brunt of rising sea levels, floods, crippling droughts, and intense cyclones, among others. | It was first announced during COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. | The World Bank will oversee the loss and damage fund in the beginning, with the source of funds being rich nations, such as the US, the UK and the EU, as well as some developing countries. |
Context – Loss and damage fund approved at COP28 summit
With reference to ‘Kalbeliya dance’, consider the following statements
Select the correct statement(s)
Solution (b)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Correct |
| Kalbeliya Dance is a folk dance from Rajasthan. It is well known by other names like ‘Sapera Dance’ or ‘Snake Charmer Dance’. It is particularly performed by a Rajasthani tribe called ‘Kalbelia’. | This dance has become so well-known throughout the world that this dance and its songs have been included in UNESCO’s representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity since 2010. In Kalbelia dance, males play various traditional instruments and females perform the dance. |
Context – During the Rajasthan International Folk Festival, artists performed the Kalbeliya dance.
Solution (b)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Correct |
| Kalbeliya Dance is a folk dance from Rajasthan. It is well known by other names like ‘Sapera Dance’ or ‘Snake Charmer Dance’. It is particularly performed by a Rajasthani tribe called ‘Kalbelia’. | This dance has become so well-known throughout the world that this dance and its songs have been included in UNESCO’s representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity since 2010. In Kalbelia dance, males play various traditional instruments and females perform the dance. |
Context – During the Rajasthan International Folk Festival, artists performed the Kalbeliya dance.
‘Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary’ recently seen in news is situated in
Solution (c)
Asola-Bhati Wildlife Sanctuary covering 32.71 km2 area on the Southern Delhi Ridge of Aravalli hill range on Delhi-Haryana border lies in Southern Delhi as well as northern parts of Faridabad and Gurugram districts of Haryana state. It is also part of the Sariska-Delhi Wildlife Corridor, which runs from the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan to Delhi Ridge.
Context – The Delhi High Court recently indicated it may stay an event proposed by the forest department inside the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary.
Solution (c)
Asola-Bhati Wildlife Sanctuary covering 32.71 km2 area on the Southern Delhi Ridge of Aravalli hill range on Delhi-Haryana border lies in Southern Delhi as well as northern parts of Faridabad and Gurugram districts of Haryana state. It is also part of the Sariska-Delhi Wildlife Corridor, which runs from the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan to Delhi Ridge.
Context – The Delhi High Court recently indicated it may stay an event proposed by the forest department inside the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary.
Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN)’
Select the INCORRECT statement(s)
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Incorrect |
| The PM-JANMAN (comprising Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes) focuses on 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) communities in 18 states and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It aims to improve the overall well-being of PVTG households by targeting basic facilities, including housing, water, sanitation, education, health, connectivity, and livelihood opportunities. | An amount of Rs.15,000 crore will be made available to implement the Mission in the next three years under the Development Action Plan for the Scheduled Tribes (DAPST) |
Context – The Union Cabinet, has approved the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN)
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Incorrect |
| The PM-JANMAN (comprising Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes) focuses on 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) communities in 18 states and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It aims to improve the overall well-being of PVTG households by targeting basic facilities, including housing, water, sanitation, education, health, connectivity, and livelihood opportunities. | An amount of Rs.15,000 crore will be made available to implement the Mission in the next three years under the Development Action Plan for the Scheduled Tribes (DAPST) |
Context – The Union Cabinet, has approved the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN)
