Q. Take into account the following statements about the Sustainable Alternative to Affordable Transportation (SATAT) plan:
- This effort aims to establish CNG manufacturing facilities and make the fuel accessible to consumers for use in automobile fuels.
- The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas announced the programme.
Which of the aforementioned statements is true?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation
- The first statement is untrue.
- Through the invitation of expressions of interest from potential entrepreneurs, the Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) programme seeks to establish compressed bio-gas production facilities and make it commercially available for use in vehicle fuels.
- The second statement is true.
- The project was introduced in October 2018 by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas in collaboration with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., three Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) Oil Marketing Companies (OMC).
- The proposal is for compressed biogas (CBG) plants to be built mostly by independent business owners. The CBG produced at these plants will be delivered through cylinder cascades to the network of OMC fuel stations for sale as an alternative green transport fuel.
- Currently, the nation’s 1,500-station CNG network serves around 32 lakh gas-powered automobiles. To increase returns on investment, the business owners might market the additional by-products produced by these plants separately, such as carbon dioxide and bio-manure.
Q. Which of the following is related with the National Credit Framework (NCrF), which was recently mentioned in the news?
- Manage climate change
- Fiscal policy
- policy in education
- conservation of water
Explanation
- The National Credit Framework (NCrF), created by the Indian government, enables the merging of the academic and vocational worlds to allow flexibility and mobility between the two.
- Additionally, NCrF will make it possible for students who have left the system of traditional education to rejoin it.
- With the aim of facilitating the integration of academic and occupational domains/components of learning and ensuring flexibility and mobility between the two, the NCrF has been developed in accordance with the National Educational Policy.
- Benefits from NCrF will be available at several levels, including in schools (beginning in Class 5), institutions, business, and government. It seeks to offer possibilities for high-quality education that are combined with useful skills.
- The NCrF will give students the freedom to select learning paths and programmes with a variety of career options, as well as the opportunity of mid-course course correction/modification in accordance with their talents and interests.
Take into account the following claims about the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH):
It is the Reserve Bank of India’s sole subsidiary (RBI).
It was created to encourage and support a setting that speeds up innovation in the financial sector.
Q. Which of the aforementioned statements is true?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation
- Both of the statements are true.
- A wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) was established to encourage and support an environment that accelerates innovation throughout the financial sector.
- All players in the financial ecosystem will be given a platform by RBIH to establish a common vision and work together to develop strategies for innovative thinking that will address the most urgent problems facing the Indian financial sector.
- The organisation acts as a focal point for a network of financial services companies, fintech innovation centres, politicians, technologists, academics, and the investor community to position India as a global innovation hub.
- Over a billion Indians will be able to access sustainable, secure, and frictionless financial services because to the network’s increased ability to innovate and incubate new capabilities.
Q. Which of the following best describes the characteristics of Web 3.0?
- Autonomous
- Blockchain-based
- Cryptocurrency-enabled
- Decentralized
- Artificial Intelligence
Select the right option from the list of codes below:
- 1, 2, 3 and 4
- 2, 3, 4 and 5
- 1, 3, 4 and 5
- 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Explanation
- The third generation of the World Wide Web is known as Web 3.0 or Web3.
- It is a concept for a decentralized, open, and more useful Web that is still under development.
- The following are a few crucial aspects of Web 3.0 that help define what the third generation of the web is expected to be all about:
- Web 3.0 will be decentralized in contrast to the past two generations of the web, which had heavily centralized governance and applications. A distributed method without a centralized authority will enable applications and services.
- Blockchain-based. The development of decentralized applications and services is made possible by blockchain. In contrast to centralized database infrastructure, blockchain uses a distributed way to disseminate data and connections between services. In a decentralized environment, blockchain can also offer an immutable ledger of transactions and activities, assisting in the provision of verified authenticity.
- Cryptocurrency-enabled. The use of cryptocurrencies, which primarily replaces the use of fiat money, is a key component of Web 3.0 services. autonomous and clever artificially. A key aspect of Web 3.0 is more automation overall, which will mostly be driven by AI.
Take into account the following statements about Rustom-2:
It is a High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) (Unmanned Ariel Vehicle)UAV that was developed domestically.
The Defense Research and Development Organization created it (DRDO).
Q. Which of the aforementioned statements is true?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation
- The first statement is untrue. The Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) (Unmanned Ariel Vehicle) UAV Rustom-2 was created domestically.
- The first statement is true. The Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a unit of India’s Defense Research and Development Organization, in Bengaluru, was responsible for the design and development of the Rustom-2, with HAL and Bharat Electronics Ltd. serving as production partners.
- Tapas-BH is a second name for Rustom-2 (Tactical Airborne Platform for Aerial Surveillance-Beyond Horizon 201).
- A tiny turbofan engine powers it. The Russian TRDD-50MT engine was intended for cruise missiles initially.
- It is being developed to perform surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) tasks, and among other things, it has the ability to carry various combinations of cutting-edge payload.
- Through the onboard SATCOM system, GAGAN satellites were used for its navigation
Take into account the following statements about vultures in India:
Diclofenac, a painkiller given to cattle, caused a drop in the vulture population in India.
According to the IUCN Red List, long-billed vultures and slender-billed vultures are both considered critically endangered.
Q. Which of the aforementioned statements is/are false?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation
- The first and second statements are both true.
- By consuming carcasses and maintaining a healthy habitat, vultures contribute significantly to ecosystem services.
- Diclofenac, a painkiller given to cattle, caused the population of vultures in India to fall in the 1990s. Previously, as the medication entered their systems, vultures that fed on cow carcasses would suffer excruciatingly painful deaths.
- Diclofenac was discovered to be the cause of vulture mortality in 2004, and by that point, 97% of the population was disappeared. Oriental white-backed vultures, long-billed vultures, and slender-billed vultures were the main species impacted.
- India is home to nine different vulture species. White-rumped vultures, Indian vultures, slender-billed vultures, red-headed vultures, bearded vultures, and Egyptian vultures are among the six species; three of the species are migratory (cinereous vulture, griffon vulture and Himalayan vulture).
- In Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972, the following species are protected: Bearded, Long-billed, Slender-billed, and Oriental White-backed. Schedule IV protects rest periods.
- For the purpose of vulture conservation in the nation, the Ministry for Environment, Forests, and Climate Change has unveiled the Vulture Action Plan 2020–25.
- Critically endangered species include the Red-headed Vulture, Long-billed Vulture, and Oriental White-backed Vulture.
- The Egyptian Vulture is in Peril.
- Three vultures—the Himalayan, Cinereous, and Bearded—are on the verge of extinction.
Take into account the following statements about the Swadesh Darshan Scheme:
The Ministry of Tourism and Culture introduced the Central Sector programme known as the Swadesh Darshan Scheme.
It seeks to establish theme-based tourist circuits holistically.
Q. Which of the aforementioned statements is true?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation
- Both of the statements are true.
- The Center introduced the Swadesh Darshan Scheme in 2014–15 for the comprehensive development of theme-based tourist circuits.
- In accordance with the plan, the Ministry of Tourism offers financial support to State governments, Union Territory Administrations, or Central Agencies for the construction of the nation’s tourism infrastructure.
- The Swadesh Darshan programme is entirely subsidised by the government.
- The Swadesh Darshan scheme, which the Ministry of Tourism recently redesigned as Swadesh Darshan 2.0 (SD2.0), aims to create responsible and sustainable infrastructure at destinations. It is advertised as a component of India’s new domestic tourism strategy, which shifts away from theme-based tourist circuits and places more of an emphasis on boosting destination tourism.
Take into account the following statements about Lothal:
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is.
The Saraswathy River’s historic course was connected to Lothal by the earliest dock ever discovered.
Q. Which of the aforementioned statements is true?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation
- The first statement is untrue. Lothal was proposed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in April 2014, and UNESCO is still reviewing its candidacy. The Gujarati translation of Lothal, which is a mix of Loth and (s) thal, is “the mound of the dead.” By coincidence, the name of the Indus Valley Civilization’s Mohenjo-daro metropolis, which is currently located in Pakistan, has the same meaning in Sindhi.
- The second statement is untrue. The Sabarmati River’s prehistoric channel was connected to Lothal by the world’s very first dock.
- In the Bhl region of what is now the state of Gujarat, Lothal was one of the Indus Valley civilization’s furthest-southern settlements. It is thought that the port city was founded around 2,200 BC. When Lothal was a booming commercial hub, its commerce in beads, stones, and decorations reached as far as West Asia and Africa.
- The crew that unearthed several Harappan sites at the period, notably the port city of Lothal, was led by archaeologist SR Rao. In Lothal, excavation work was done between February 1955 and May 1960.
Take into account the following claims about compressed biogas:
Q. Which of the aforementioned statements is true?
1 and 2
2 and 3
1 and 3
1, 2 and 3
Explanation
- The first statement is untrue.
- Natural anaerobic decomposition of waste or biomass sources, such as agricultural residue, cow dung, sugarcane press mud, municipal solid waste, sewage treatment plant waste, etc., produces biogas.
- Both statements 2 and 3 are true.
- After being cleaned, it is compressed and given the name CBG, which contains more than 95% pure methane.
- In terms of both composition and energy potential, compressed biogas is identical to naturally occurring gas that is sold commercially.
- Compressed biogas can be utilized as an alternative, renewable car fuel because it has a calorific value (around 52,000 KJ/kg) and other characteristics similar to CNG.
- Compressed Bio-Gas could eventually replace CNG in commercial, industrial, and automotive applications due to the quantity of biomass in the nation.
- About 62 million tonnes of compressed biogas might be produced annually in India from a variety of sources.
