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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsShanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states include
- Afghanistan
- Belarus
- Mongolia
- Iran
Select the correct answer code:
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Solution: d)
The SCO currently comprises eight Member States (China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan).
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Solution: d)
The SCO currently comprises eight Member States (China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan).
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsWith respect to the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), consider the following statements.
- It is an associated organization of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA).
- India is a member of IOC.
Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?
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Solution: c)
India was recently accepted as an observer in the Indian Ocean Commission, an organization that handles maritime governance in the western Indian Ocean.
About IOC:
- It is an intergovernmental organization created in 1982.
- It was institutionalized in 1984 by the Victoria Agreement in Seychelles.
- It is composed of five African Indian Ocean nations: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion (an overseas region of France), and Seychelles.
- It’s principal mission is to strengthen the ties of friendship between the countries and to be a platform of solidarity for the entire population of the African Indian Ocean region.
- The Commission has a Secretariat which is located in Mauritius and headed by a Secretary General.
- The Commission has five observers — China, India, EU, Malta and International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF).
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Solution: c)
India was recently accepted as an observer in the Indian Ocean Commission, an organization that handles maritime governance in the western Indian Ocean.
About IOC:
- It is an intergovernmental organization created in 1982.
- It was institutionalized in 1984 by the Victoria Agreement in Seychelles.
- It is composed of five African Indian Ocean nations: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion (an overseas region of France), and Seychelles.
- It’s principal mission is to strengthen the ties of friendship between the countries and to be a platform of solidarity for the entire population of the African Indian Ocean region.
- The Commission has a Secretariat which is located in Mauritius and headed by a Secretary General.
- The Commission has five observers — China, India, EU, Malta and International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF).
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following are some of the main modes of seed dispersal?
- Gravity
- Wind
- Animals
Select the correct answer code:
Correct
Solution: c)
Seed dispersal is the movement, spread or transport of seeds away from the parent plant.
Plants have very limited mobility and consequently rely upon a variety of dispersal vectors to transport their propagules, including both abiotic vectors such as the wind and living (biotic) vectors like birds.
There are five main modes of seed dispersal: gravity, wind, ballistic, water, and by animals.
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Solution: c)
Seed dispersal is the movement, spread or transport of seeds away from the parent plant.
Plants have very limited mobility and consequently rely upon a variety of dispersal vectors to transport their propagules, including both abiotic vectors such as the wind and living (biotic) vectors like birds.
There are five main modes of seed dispersal: gravity, wind, ballistic, water, and by animals.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 points‘PLAN BEE’, an initiative of Indian Railways concerns
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Solution: b)
PLAN BEE is an amplifying system imitating the buzz of a swarm of honey bees to keep wild elephants away from railway tracks. It is a unique strategy adopted by Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR). It has earned the best innovation award in Indian Railways for the 2018-19 fiscal. Speakers that play the sound of bees scare the elephants away. Elephants have long been known to be frightened by the buzzing of bees and stings.
Nearly 50 buzzing amplifiers have been deployed as part of “Plan Bee” at a dozen “elephant corridors” in the vast forests of Assam state, home to nearly 6,000 elephants, 20 percent of the country’s total.
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Solution: b)
PLAN BEE is an amplifying system imitating the buzz of a swarm of honey bees to keep wild elephants away from railway tracks. It is a unique strategy adopted by Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR). It has earned the best innovation award in Indian Railways for the 2018-19 fiscal. Speakers that play the sound of bees scare the elephants away. Elephants have long been known to be frightened by the buzzing of bees and stings.
Nearly 50 buzzing amplifiers have been deployed as part of “Plan Bee” at a dozen “elephant corridors” in the vast forests of Assam state, home to nearly 6,000 elephants, 20 percent of the country’s total.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following statements is correct regarding ‘Bamboonomics’?
Correct
Solution: d)
Bamboonomics:
It is a movement to combat desertification and climate change which will involve the tribal community of India since they have the expertise in this field.
The movement will ensure that tribals can earn a livelihood without causing environmental harm.
It was launched at the COP 14 of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
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Solution: d)
Bamboonomics:
It is a movement to combat desertification and climate change which will involve the tribal community of India since they have the expertise in this field.
The movement will ensure that tribals can earn a livelihood without causing environmental harm.
It was launched at the COP 14 of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).