1. The Global Cooling Watch 2025 report was launched by UNEP primarily to:

• Regulate pricing of cooling appliances globally
• Provide a scientific basis for a Sustainable Cooling Pathway
• Mandate a global ban on air conditioners with HFCs
• Establish a global carbon trading system for cooling devices

2. Operation Bullion Blaze was launched by which agency?

• National Investigating Agency
• Enforcement Directorate
• Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
• Central Bureau of Investigation

3. Under Section 39 of the PPV&FRA Act, a farmer is legally permitted to:

• Produce and sell seeds of any registered variety under branded packaging
• Save, resow, and exchange farm-saved seeds of registered varieties
• Restrict other farmers from using their traditional seeds
• Claim royalty from seed companies for all varieties

4. Royalty rates for minerals in India are governed primarily under:

• Mines Act, 1952
• Forest Conservation Act, 1980
• National Mineral Policy, 2019
• Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957

5. Nyoma Air Base is considered strategically important because:

1. It is one of the world’s highest airfields
2. It is located closer to the LAC than Leh
3. It can support fighter, transport, and helicopter operations
4. It is located inside Chinese territory

Select the correct answer:

• 1, 2 and 3
• 1 and 2 only
• 2 and 3 only
• 1 and 3 only