20 Mar, 2025

1. With reference to the National Wildlife Health Policy (NWHP), consider the following statements:

  1. It aims to establish India’s first digital system for real-time wildlife disease surveillance.
  2. It proposes the creation of the National Referral Centre for Wildlife (NRC-W) in Assam.
  3. The policy integrates data from both human and animal health systems into wildlife health monitoring.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

2. The ability of sound to bend or spread out as it travels is referred to as:

3. With reference to the gang ‘Tren de Aragua (TdA)’, consider the following statements:

  1. It originated inside a prison in Venezuela under a system where crime bosses operated even while incarcerated.
  2. The group primarily restricts its operations to Venezuelan territory.
  3. It has been designated a "Transnational Criminal Organization" by the United Nations.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

4. With reference to the BHIM-UPI Incentive Scheme for FY 2024–25, consider the following statements:

  1. It provides incentives for all UPI transactions, including person-to-person (P2P) and person-to-merchant (P2M).
  2. The scheme focuses only on low-value transactions by small merchants.
  3. One of its goals is to increase formal credit access for small merchants through digital traceability.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

5. Consider the following characteristics:

  1. Belong to the Chin-Kuki-Mizo group
  2. Follow Christianity (mainly Baptist and Presbyterian)
  3. Traditionally practice jhum (slash-and-burn) cultivation
  4. Social structure led by a chief called "Lal"

These features are most appropriately associated with which tribe?