02 Mar, 2025

1. Which of the following digital platforms aims to create Virtual Trade Corridors and integrate AI and Blockchain in port trade processes?

2. With reference to Amazon’s Ocelot quantum chip, consider the following statements:

  1. It uses “cat” qubits to reduce quantum errors.
  2. It requires around 1 million physical qubits to generate one logical qubit.
  3. It is developed by AWS in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

3. With reference to the Aditya-L1 mission, consider the following statements:

  1. It is India’s first space-based observatory to study the Moon’s atmosphere.
  2. It is placed in a halo orbit around the Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 1 (L1).
  3. It was launched before ISRO's AstroSat astronomy mission.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

4. With reference to Ultra-Conserved Elements (UCEs), consider the following statements:

  1. UCEs are DNA sequences that have remained unchanged for over 80 million years across multiple species.
  2. They are found exclusively in protein-coding regions of the genome.
  3. Mutations in UCEs can lead to infertility, as observed in mouse models.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

5. With reference to the Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) and Rural Labourers (CPI-RL), consider the following statements:

  1. CPI-AL is a subset of CPI-RL.
  2. Both indices are compiled monthly by the National Statistical Office.
  3. The base year for both indices is 1986–87.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?