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#1. Consider the following statements about Scheduled Tribes:
#2. Consider the following statements with respect to Lakshadweep:
#3. Consider the following statements:
#4. Consider the following statements with respect to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB):
#5. With reference to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), consider the following statements:
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#1. Consider the following statements about Scheduled Tribes:
1. The list of Scheduled Tribes are prepared State/Union Territory specific.
2. The Tharu Tribe belongs to terai lowlands of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar only.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct answer: 1 only
Explanation
- Article 366 (25) of the Constitution refers to Scheduled Tribes as those communities, who are scheduled in accordance with Article 342 of the constitution.
- Article 342 says that only those communities who have been declared as such by the President through an initial public notification or through a subsequent amending Act of Parliament will be considered to be Scheduled Tribes
- The list of Scheduled Tribes are State/UT specific and a community declared as a Scheduled Tribe in a State need not be so in another State. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
- In 1975, the Government of India initiated to identify the most vulnerable tribal groups as a separate category called Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) and declared 52 such groups, while in 1993 an additional 23 groups were added to the category, making it a total of 75 PVTGs out of 705 Scheduled Tribes.
- The Tharu Tribe belongs to the Terai lowlands, amid the Shivaliks or lower Himalayas.
- The Tharus live in both India and Nepal.In the Indian terai, they live mostly in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar. Hence, statement 2 is not correct
#2. Consider the following statements with respect to Lakshadweep:
1. Lakshadweep is the first Union Territory to be declared a 100% organic agricultural area.
2. Under the union government’s ‘One District One Product’ programme of food processing, the entire island is being considered as a single district.
3. In the island, Tobacco has been identified as the product under the ‘One District One Product’ programme of food processing.
Which of the given statement/s is/are INCORRECT?
Correct answer: 3 only
Explanation:
- Lakshadweep is the first Union Territory to be declared a 100% organic agricultural area.
- Under the union government’s ‘One District One Product’ programme of food processing, the entire island is being considered as a single district.
- Coconut Oil has been identified as the product under the ‘One District One Product’ programme of food processing.
#3. Consider the following statements:
1. LiDAR is a remote sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure ranges to the Earth.
2. LiDAR uses ultraviolet, visible, or near-infrared light to image objects.
3. LiDAR can target a wide range of materials, including non-metallic objects, chemical compounds and single molecules.
Which of the given statement/s is/are correct?
#4. Consider the following statements with respect to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB):
1. The Crime in India report is the comprehensive statistics of crime across the country published by the NCRB.
2. The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) project is implemented by NCRB.
3. ‘Prison Statistics of India’ is the only annual statistical publication started by NCRB.
Answer: 1,2 and 3
Explanation:
- National Crime Records Bureau, headquartered in New Delhi, was set up in 1986 under the Ministry of Home Affairs to function as a repository of information on crime and criminals so as to assist the investigators in linking crime to the perpetrators.
- The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) project is implemented by NCRB.
- Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) is a project initiated in June 2009 which aims at creating a comprehensive and integrated system for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of policing at the Police Station level.
- ‘Prison Statistics of India’ is the only annual statistical publication started by NCRB, other publications having been started prior to the constitution of NCRB and continued by NCRB.
- NCRB brings out the annual comprehensive statistics of crime across the country in its ‘Crime in India’ report
#5. With reference to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), consider the following statements:
1. It is a permanent intergovernmental body established by the United Nations General Assembly.
2. The World Investment Report is published by UNCTAD.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
ANS: Both 1 and 2
Explanation
- The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)is a permanent intergovernmental body established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1964. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
- Its headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland.
- It was established to promote development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy.
- It is a central agency that monitors performance of Investment promotion Agencies (IPAs) and identifies global best practices.
- Some of the reports published by it are:
- Trade and Development Report
- World Investment Report
- Global Investment Trend Monitor Report
- The Least Developed Countries Report
- Information and Economy Report
- Technology and Innovation Report
- Commodities and Development Report
- Hence, statement 2 is also is correct.
