1.
Region d Anti-Terrorists Structure (RATS) wasrecently in news. In the context of RATS, considerthe following statements:1. The Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure(RATS) is a permanent organ of ShanghaiCooperation Organisation.2. The Head of RATS is elected for a five-yearterm.3. RATS-2018 meeting was hosted byKazakhstan.Whichcorrect?of the statements given above is/are
Statements 1 is correct while statements 2 and 3 are wrong.
Paldstan hosted its first ever Shanghai Cooperation Organisation-Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (SCORATS)
meeting in Islamabad. The participants of the meeting include the executive committee of the SCO
and of RATS along with legal advisors from eight member states. The main agenda was to talk over the
issue related to terrorist threats in the region and how to overcome them.
The Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS), headquartered in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, is a permanent
organ qf the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) which serves to promote cooperation of member
states gainst the three evils of terrorism, separatism and extremism. The Head of RATS has been elected
for a three-year term. Each member state also sends a permanent representative to RATS.
2.
First organized census for Indus-Dolphins wasrecently conducted. With reference to Indus- Dolphin consider the following statements:I. It is listed by the lUCN as endangered on itsred list of threatened species.2. They are found only in India.3. Indus dolphins are one of the seven marinewater-dolphins found across the world.Which c f the statements given above is/arecorrect?
Statement jfis^cbnecl w^estatfemM
ForUie conservation of Indus dolphins- one .of the world's rarest mammals,- |^ej^rnjab government
along irith WWF-India conducted the first organized census on their population.
About Indus Dolphins: ^ .
A blind species that communicates throughecho like bats do, Indus dolphins are one ofthe seven freshwater
-dolphins found across the world.
They are found only in India and Pakistan. Ifi India, they are confined to only a 185 km stretch between
Talwara tind Harike Barrage in India's Beas River in Punjab.
Hie most flourishing population of the Indus dolphin, platanista gangetica minor, is found across Pakistan
where their numbers are estimated to be around 1,800 over a stretch of 1,500 km of the Indus River.
It is listed by the lUCN as endangered on its red list of threatened species. lUCN suspects the population
size of the Indus river dolphins has reduced by more than 50% since 1944.
3.
Consider the following countries:1. Maldives2. Myanmar3. India4. Afghanistan5. Pakistan6. ThailandWhich of the above are among the members ofSouth Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network(SAWEN)?
Points 1| 3,4 and 5 are correct.
India recently hosted its first-ever meeting of South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) in Kolkata,
West Bengal. Representatives of seven countries participated in the meeting and the members agreed on
having an operational framework for strengthening the regional body to combat wildlife crime.
About SAWEN:
SAWEN is a regional network comprises of eight countries in South Asia-Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
4.
"Green Good Deeds" Campaign was recently innews. In the reference of this campaign, consider;the following statements:1. This campaign was launched by UNEP inassociation with WWF.2. The objective of this campaign is toeliminate the Plastic pollution.Which of the statements given above is/arecorrect?
Green Good Deeds, the societal-movement launched by the Union Minister for Environment, Forest 86
Climate phange, Dr Harsh Vardhan, to protect environment and promote good living in the country, has
found acceptance by the global community. The BRIGS Ministerial on Environment at Durban, South
Africa, has agreed to include "Green Good Deeds" in its official agenda in the next Ministerial in Brazil and
another ^meeting in Russia. The campaign has been launched by the Environment Ministry to sensitize
the peofjle and students, in particular, about climate change and global warming. The objective of the
campaign is to restore and return the clean and green environment to the next generation. The Ministry
of Environment, Forest 86 Climate Change had drawn up a list of over 500 Green Good Deeds and asked
people to alter their behaviour to Green Good Behaviour to fulfill their Green Social Responsibility.
5.
Which one of the following statements bestdescribes the term "Castle Doctrine" in thecontext of law sometimes seen in the news?
Bxplana ion: Option (a) is correct.
Castle law also known as the Defense of Habitation law, refers to a doctrine in the common law tradition
which states that a person who acts in self defence against an intruder into his personal property has the
right* to legal immunity for his actions. A person who is defending his home against an intruder can use
deadly force to protect himself and still be exonerated for his actions under the law. The defendant employing
the castle doctrine will have to justify his action with sufficient evidence and also explain the use of deadly
force as an appropriate and reasonable response to the particular threat that was facing him.
6.
Recently, UN declared that Bangladesh is eligibleto graduate out of Least Developed Countries(LDC) list. With reference to the criteria forgraduation from the list, consider the followingcriterias:1. Gross Nationallncome per Capita2. Human Assets index3. Economic Vulnerability indexWhich of the above is/are criteria(s) forgraduation from the LDC list?
All points are correct.,
The United Nations has declared jecently that Bangladesh is eligible to graduate out of Least Developed
Countries (LDC). It now joins India and Pakistan as a lower-middle income economy. Bangladesh is the
lai^est least developed countiy (LDC) in tenns of population and economic size to leave the LDC category.
Key Facts:
7.
Recently, various satellites were launched intospacej. With reference to this, consider thefollowing pairs:1.2.SatellitesGRACE-FOLaunching OrganizationChina National SpaceAdministrationQueqiao Relay SpaceX1Satellite3. InSight Mission : NASAWhich of the pairs given above is/are correctlymatched?f
Bsplanation: Only pair 3 is correctly matched.
SateQftes Launching Organizatbn
1. GRACE-FO ; SpaceX
2. Queqiao Relay : China National Space Administration
satellite
3. InSight Mission : NASA
8.
Whicli one of the following statements bestdescribes the term "Asita" sometimes seen inthe news?
Option (a) is correct.
The project named "Asita" which is the another name of Yamuna RFD project, aims to rejuvenate the
river's floodplains and make them accessible to the people of Delhi. River Front "walks", a major component
of the project, will enable people to develop a relationship with river Yamuna. A special focus of the project
is on reviving the river's bio-diversity in the National Capital. To revive the ecosystem of the floodplains,
wetlands will be created to store the flood waters and also to improve the groundwater recharge which will
eventually result in flourishing of biodiversity in the floodplains
