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1. Answer: A Explanation: Greater One-Horned Rhino It is one among the five different species of Rhino Also known as Indian rhino, it is the largest of the rhino species In India, rhinos are mainly found in Assam, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. Assam has an estimated 2,640 rhinos in four protected areas, Pabitora Wildlife Reserve, Rajiv

Gandhi Orang National Park, Kaziranga National Park, and Manas National Park. IUCN Red List: Vulnerable. Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary has the highest density of one-horned rhinos in the world

and second highest concentration in Assam after Kaziranga National Park. Hence statement 3 is not correct

Educational Objective: To know about the species in news Issue: Last two rhinos translocated under IRV 2020

2. Answer: D Explanation: Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary has the highest density of one-horned rhinos in the world

and second highest concentration in Assam after Kaziranga National Park. Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area located along the Western Ghats and spread across 74

square kilometres in Chakkittapara and Koorachundu revenue villages of Koyilandy Taluk in Kozhikode, Kerala.

The Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve is a non-use conservation area and biosphere reserve in the Satpura Range of Madhya Pradesh

Educational Objective: To know about the species in news, NPs, WSs etc Issue: Last two rhinos translocated under IRV 2020 3. Answer: A

Explanation: Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland: It will be prepared after an extensive survey with the help of a village-wise and ward-wise list of

indigenous inhabitants based on official records. No fresh indigenous inhabitant certificate will be issued after the RIIN is completed except for

children born to the State’s indigenous inhabitants who will be issued indigenous certificates along with birth certificates. Hence statement 2 is not correct

It will be updated accordingly. The entire exercise will be monitored by the Commissioner of Nagaland. In addition, the state

government will designate nodal officers of the rank of a Secretary to the state government. Educational Objective: To know about the Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland Issue: An apex body of Naga tribes has asked the Nagaland government to speed up RIIN

4. Answer: A

Explanation: Poshan Gyan It is launched by NITI Aayog, in partnership with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and

Centre for Social and Behaviour Change, Ashoka University, It is a national digital repository on health and nutrition. It acts as a resource and enables to search information on 14 thematic areas of health and

nutrition Educational Objective: To know about the various initiatives of NITI Aayog

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Issue: Launch of Poshan Gyan 5. Answer: B Explanation: Infant Toddler and Caregiver-friendly Neighbourhoods Training and Capacity Building

Programme It is launched by National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) in partnership with Bernard van

Leer Foundation hence statement 1 is not correct It is designed to help build capacities of city officials and young professionals for developing

young children and family-friendly neighbourhoods within cities in India. Under the programme, city officials and young professionals are proposed to be skilled through

certified training and capacity building modules. The training is proposed to be delivered through well-structured training modules, provided

online through National Urban Learning Platform Educational Objective: To know about the various programmes and policies of GoI Issue: launch of Infant Toddler and Caregiver-friendly Neighbourhoods Training and Capacity Building Programme

6. Answer: C

Explanation: Network Survey Vehicle It is a mechanism to conduct road condition survey on the National Highways It uses the latest survey techniques such as high-resolution digital camera for 3600 imagery,

Record images/videos at regular intervals, Laser Road Profilometer and other related technology for measurement of distresses in road surface.

Data collected through NSV survey shall be uploaded on NHAI’s ‘AI’ based portal Data Lake, where it will be analysed by Road Asset Management Cell (RAMS Cell) to assess the condition/roughness of road to prioritise for the maintenance.

Educational Objective: To know about the Network Survey Vehicle Issue: NHAI has decided to Make Network Survey Vehicle Use Mandatory for Road Condition Survey to enhance quality of the National Highways.

7. Answer: D

Explanation: BIMSTEC organization since inception: Year Name Member country

1997 BIST-EC: Bangladesh India SriLanka Thailand - Economic co-operation Bangladesh India SriLanka Thailand

1997 BIMST-EC: Bangladesh India Myanmar

SriLanka Thailand - Economic co-operation

Bangladesh India Myanmar SriLanka Thailand

2004 BIMSTEC: Bay of Bengal Initiative for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation.

Bangladesh India Myanmar SriLanka Thailand and Nepal

Priority Sectors: 14 Trade & Investment, Technology, Energy, Transportation & Communication, Tourism, Fisheries, Agriculture, Cultural Cooperation, Environment and Disaster Management, Public Health, People-to-People Contact, Poverty Alleviation, Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime, Climate Change. India leads 4 sectors: Transportation & Communication, Tourism, Environment and Disaster Management and Counter- Terrorism and Transnational Crime.

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Educational objective: to know about the BIMSTEC Issue: issues related to BIMSTEC

8. Answer: B Explanation: Union Commerce and Industry Ministry has inaugurated e-SANTA, Electronic Solution

for Augmenting NaCSA farmers' Trade in Aquaculture an electronic marketplace providing a platform to connect aqua farmers and the buyers.

It will enable the farmers to get a better price and the exporters to directly purchase quality products from the farmers enhancing traceability, a key factor in international trade.

National Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (NaCSA) is an extension arm of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Govt. of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry. It is a completely paperless and end-to-end electronic trade platform.

Educational objective: to know about the various initiatives of GoI Issue: launch of e-SANTA 9. Answer: B Explanation: IRV2020 was established in 2005 to develop a long-term strategy for greater one-horned

rhino management in India’s State of Assam. The goal of IRV2020 was to increase the rhino population in Assam to 3,000 by establishing populations in new areas. Rhinos are now found in four Protected Areas in Assam: Pabitora Wildlife Reserve, Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, Kaziranga National Park, and Manas National Park.

Greater one horned Rhino is found only in India and Nepal. Educational objective: to know about the species in news Issue: Last two rhinos translocated under IRV 2020 10. Explanation: The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. It was

adopted by 196 Parties at COP 21 in Paris, on 12 December 2015 and entered into force on 4 November 2016.Its goal is to limit global warming.

NDC: Countries submit their plans for climate action known as nationally determined contributions

(NDCs). In their NDCs, countries communicate actions they will take to reduce their Greenhouse Gas emissions in order to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement. Countries also communicate in the NDCs actions they will take to build resilience to adapt to the impacts of rising temperatures.

Unlike another framework called long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS) NDC is a mandatory.

ETF: The ETF is a central component for the credibility and operation of the Paris Agreement and will

enhance the current measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) reporting requirements under the Convention.

The ETF specifies how Parties to the Paris Agreement must report on progress in climate change mitigation, adaptation measures and support provided or received. It also provides for international procedures for the review of the submitted reports.

The information gathered through the ETF will feed into the Global stock take which will assess the collective progress towards the long-term climate goals.

Educational objective: to know about the Paris Climate Agreement Issue: India’s role in climate change.

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