Which of the following statements are correct in respect of Western Ghats:
- The Western Ghats are recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to their exceptional biodiversity and high level of endemism.
- They act as a major orographic barrier, influencing the southwest monsoon and rainfall distribution across peninsular India.
- The Western Ghats extend continuously from the Tapti River in Gujarat to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu.
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Consider the following statements:
Statement 1: Kudremukh National Park forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Western Ghats.
Statement 2: The park is situated in the Eastern Ghats and drains into the Mahanadi River.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
Consider the following statements:
Statement I: Parliamentary Standing Committees provide detailed legislative scrutiny and strengthen the accountability of the Executive to Parliament.
Statement II: Parliamentary Standing Committees have the constitutional authority to compel the Government to implement all their recommendations.
Statement III: All Bills introduced in Parliament are mandatorily referred to the relevant Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee before being debated.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
Consider the following with reference to the World Health Organization (WHO):
- The WHO coordinates global responses to public health emergencies and disease outbreaks.
- The WHO develops International Health Regulations (IHR) to strengthen global health security.
- The WHO is a financial institution that provides concessional loans for healthcare infrastructure.
How many of the above is/are correct?
Which one of the following points marks the northern end of the Line of Control (LoC)?
With reference to India's 'Samudra Manthan' scheme for offshore oil and gas exploration, consider the following statements:
- The scheme aims to accelerate exploration and production in deep-water and ultra-deep-water basins to reduce India's import dependence on crude oil.
- It provides for setting up common infrastructure for exploration and appraisal, to be used across multiple oil and gas blocks.
- India's offshore acreage is entirely explored, and the scheme is meant only for enhancing recovery from existing discovered fields.
How many of the above statements are correct?
Consider the following statements regarding the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme:
It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme under which the financial burden is shared between the Centre and the States.
- Under the scheme, eligible farmer families receive financial benefit in three equal instalments in a year, transferred directly into their bank accounts.
- The scheme excludes institutional landholders and certain categories of high-income earners such as income-tax payees from availing its benefits.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements regarding the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 and its recent amendments:
Statement I: The digitised birth certificate now serves as a single legal document for multiple public services, including admission to educational institutions, issuance of passports, and entry into voter lists.
Statement II: The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 provides for the compulsory registration of every birth and death across the country, with national coordination managed by the Registrar General of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
With reference to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, consider the following statements:
- The Act freezes the religious character of any place of worship as it existed on 15th August 1947 and bars courts from entertaining fresh suits regarding such transformations.
- The site involved in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute was specifically exempted from the operation of the Act.
- The provisions of the Act extend to all ancient and historical monuments governed under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.
- The Act explicitly prohibits courts from directing scientific or archaeological surveys to ascertain the historical nature of a place of worship.
How many of the above statements are correct?
In the context of Indian macroeconomics, a high headline Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growth rate may not necessarily reflect a widespread recovery in mass consumer demand. Which of the following best explains this divergence?