[Mission 2023] QUED ( Questions from Editorials ) 2 September 2022

Solution: d)

5th and 6th schedule directly concern themselves with tribal governance as all the special provisions made under the constitution fall under it. For e.g. constituting a tribal advisory council; giving tribals control over land and forests etc.

7th schedule is concerned with the division of legislative power between Centre and States. It concerns with forests; welfare; mining and minerals which have a direct bearing on the tribal community in India.

10th schedule is about anti-defection.

Solution: c)

• Oyashio current – Pacific Ocean
• Benguela current – South Atlantic Ocean

Solution: d)

Statements 1, 2 and 3: United States of America usually runs a trade deficit, but it is not a developing country, neither is its currency weak, nor is the demand for its exports weak.

A negative trade balance simply implies that the demand of the resident for foreign goods outstrips what foreign residents demand from that nation.

Moreover, you should see other factors like capital flows in the nation, remittances etc and the overall BoP situation. If it is favourable (positive), statement 2 would be incorrect.

Statement 4: It again depends on the overall BoP situation. If the BoP as well as trade balance is negative, the nation may suffer from currency devaluation. However, still we cannot conclusively say anything about

the growth and inflation in the country. It depends on the economy’s structure and its export-import composition. For e.g. if rupee devaluates, we pay a higher price of essential commodities like oil, which inflate domestic prices.

Solution: c)

As per the Millennium Eco Assessment it is an index of the area of productive land and aquatic ecosystems required to produce the resources used and to assimilate the wastes produced by a defined population at a specified material standard of living, wherever on Earth that land may be located.

Ecological footprint analysis is widely used around the Earth in support of sustainability assessments.

It can be used to measure and manage the use of resources throughout the economy and explore the sustainability of individual lifestyles, goods and services, organizations, industry sectors, neighborhoods, cities, regions and nations.

Solution: d)

The coastal ecosystems of mangroves, tidal marshes, and seagrass meadows provide numerous benefits and services that are essential for climate change adaptation along coasts globally, including protection from storms and sea level rise, prevention of shoreline erosion, regulation of coastal water quality, provision of habitat for commercially important fisheries and endangered marine species, and food security for many coastal communities. Additionally, these ecosystems sequester and store significant amounts of coastal blue carbon from the atmosphere and ocean and hence are now recognized for their role in mitigating climate change.