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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements.
- Central Depositories Services India Ltd is a Market Infrastructure Institution that is deemed as a crucial part of the capital market structure.
- Central Depositories Services India Ltd is the only state-owned share depository in India.
- Share depositories hold shares in an electronic or dematerialised form and are an enabler for securities transactions.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: b)
CDSL, or Central Depositories Services India Ltd, is a government-registered share depository, alongside its other state-owned counterpart National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL).
Share depositories hold shares in an electronic or dematerialised form and are an enabler for securities transactions, playing a somewhat similar role to what banks play in handling cash and fixed deposits. While banks help customers keep their cash in electronic form, share depositories help consumers store shares in a dematerialised form.
CDSL was founded in 1999. It is a Market Infrastructure Institution or MII that is deemed as a crucial part of the capital market structure, providing services to all market participants, including exchanges, clearing corporations, depository participants, issuers and investors.
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Solution: b)
CDSL, or Central Depositories Services India Ltd, is a government-registered share depository, alongside its other state-owned counterpart National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL).
Share depositories hold shares in an electronic or dematerialised form and are an enabler for securities transactions, playing a somewhat similar role to what banks play in handling cash and fixed deposits. While banks help customers keep their cash in electronic form, share depositories help consumers store shares in a dematerialised form.
CDSL was founded in 1999. It is a Market Infrastructure Institution or MII that is deemed as a crucial part of the capital market structure, providing services to all market participants, including exchanges, clearing corporations, depository participants, issuers and investors.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements.
- Gandhi Mandela Foundation is a non-government trust formed with the motive to promote Mahatma Gandhi’s and Nelson Mandela’s values of non-violence.
- The Gandhi Mandela Foundation instituted the Gandhi Mandela Award on the 150th birth anniversary of MK Gandhi.
- Gandhi Mandela Award is given to personalities who have made significant contributions in the fields of Culture, Environment, Education, Healthcare, Sports and Innovation.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: c)
The 14th Dalai Lama was conferred the Gandhi Mandela Award 2022.
What is the Gandhi Mandela Award?
A government of India registered Trust, the Gandhi Mandela Foundation is a non-profit organisation, formed with the motive to promote Mahatma Gandhi’s and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela’s values of non-violence. It has constituted an international prize, the Gandhi Mandela Award.
The foundation instituted the award on the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, MK Gandhi.
Who gets the award and how are they selected?
The award is given to personalities who have carried forward the legacies of Gandhi and Mandela by making significant contributions in the fields of Peace, Social Welfare, Culture, Environment, Education, Healthcare, Sports and Innovation.
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Solution: c)
The 14th Dalai Lama was conferred the Gandhi Mandela Award 2022.
What is the Gandhi Mandela Award?
A government of India registered Trust, the Gandhi Mandela Foundation is a non-profit organisation, formed with the motive to promote Mahatma Gandhi’s and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela’s values of non-violence. It has constituted an international prize, the Gandhi Mandela Award.
The foundation instituted the award on the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, MK Gandhi.
Who gets the award and how are they selected?
The award is given to personalities who have carried forward the legacies of Gandhi and Mandela by making significant contributions in the fields of Peace, Social Welfare, Culture, Environment, Education, Healthcare, Sports and Innovation.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding CITES Agreement.
- CITES is an international agreement between governments to ensure that international trade in wild animals and plants does not threaten the survival of the species.
- When a country becomes a party to the CITES, all import, export and re-export of species covered under CITES must be authorised through a permit system.
- Conference of the Parties (CoP), which is the supreme decision-making body of CITES, applies a set of biological and trade criteria to evaluate proposals from parties to decide if a species should be in Appendix I or II.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: d)
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora is an international agreement between governments — 184 at present — to ensure that international trade in wild animals and plants does not threaten the survival of the species. The convention entered into force in 1975 and India became the 25th party — a state that voluntarily agrees to be bound by the Convention — in 1976.
All import, export and re-export of species covered under CITES must be authorised through a permit system.
Every two years, the Conference of the Parties (CoP), the supreme decision-making body of CITES, applies a set of biological and trade criteria to evaluate proposals from parties to decide if a species should be in Appendix I or II.
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Solution: d)
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora is an international agreement between governments — 184 at present — to ensure that international trade in wild animals and plants does not threaten the survival of the species. The convention entered into force in 1975 and India became the 25th party — a state that voluntarily agrees to be bound by the Convention — in 1976.
All import, export and re-export of species covered under CITES must be authorised through a permit system.
Every two years, the Conference of the Parties (CoP), the supreme decision-making body of CITES, applies a set of biological and trade criteria to evaluate proposals from parties to decide if a species should be in Appendix I or II.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements.
- CITES Appendix I lists species threatened with extinction and import or export permits for these species are completely banned.
- CITES Appendix II includes species not necessarily threatened with extinction but in which trade must be strictly regulated.
- The endangered Asian elephant is included in CITES Appendix I.
- India has banned the domestic sales of ivory.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: b)
CITES Appendix I lists species threatened with extinction — import or export permits for these are issued rarely and only if the purpose is not primarily commercial. CITES Appendix II includes species not necessarily threatened with extinction but in which trade must be strictly regulated.
The international ivory trade was globally banned in 1989 when all African elephant populations were put in CITES Appendix I. However, the populations of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe were transferred to Appendix II in 1997, and South Africa’s in 2000 to allow two “one-off sales” in 1999 and 2008 of ivory stockpiled from natural elephant deaths and seizures from poachers.
The endangered Asian elephant was included in CITES Appendix I in 1975, which banned the export of ivory from the Asian range countries. In 1986, India amended The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 to ban even domestic sales of ivory. After the ivory trade was globally banned, India again amended the law to ban the import of African ivory in 1991.
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Solution: b)
CITES Appendix I lists species threatened with extinction — import or export permits for these are issued rarely and only if the purpose is not primarily commercial. CITES Appendix II includes species not necessarily threatened with extinction but in which trade must be strictly regulated.
The international ivory trade was globally banned in 1989 when all African elephant populations were put in CITES Appendix I. However, the populations of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe were transferred to Appendix II in 1997, and South Africa’s in 2000 to allow two “one-off sales” in 1999 and 2008 of ivory stockpiled from natural elephant deaths and seizures from poachers.
The endangered Asian elephant was included in CITES Appendix I in 1975, which banned the export of ivory from the Asian range countries. In 1986, India amended The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 to ban even domestic sales of ivory. After the ivory trade was globally banned, India again amended the law to ban the import of African ivory in 1991.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements.
- In India, the Law empower the States to undertake effective measures to mitigate the harms caused during a medical emergency.
- Test of proportionality is a standard of review that is invoked to keep a check on the infringement of privacy of an individual by the state.
- Being a signatory to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, India is bound to take all possible measures to realise the enjoyment of “highest attainable standard of physical and mental health” of its citizens.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: d)
The proportionality test is a standard of review that is invoked to keep a check on the infringement of bodily integrity and privacy of an individual by the state.
The Disaster Management Act of 2005 and the Epidemic Diseases Act of 1897 empower the States to undertake effective measures to mitigate the harms caused during a medical emergency.
Being a signatory to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, India is bound to take all possible measures to progressively realise the enjoyment of “highest attainable standard of physical and mental health” of its citizens under Article 12 thereof.
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Solution: d)
The proportionality test is a standard of review that is invoked to keep a check on the infringement of bodily integrity and privacy of an individual by the state.
The Disaster Management Act of 2005 and the Epidemic Diseases Act of 1897 empower the States to undertake effective measures to mitigate the harms caused during a medical emergency.
Being a signatory to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, India is bound to take all possible measures to progressively realise the enjoyment of “highest attainable standard of physical and mental health” of its citizens under Article 12 thereof.
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