Statement 1 is Incorrect:
Dengue vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent dengue fever in humans. As of 2019, one version is commercially available, known as CYD-TDV, and sold under the brand name Dengvaxia. The vaccine is only recommended in those who have previously had dengue fever or populations in which most people have been previously infected. The value of the vaccine is limited by the fact that it may worsen outcomes in those who have not previously been infected.

Statement 2 is Incorrect:
Dengue infections are caused by four closely related viruses named DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4. These four viruses are called serotypes because each has different interactions with the antibodies in human blood serum. The four dengue viruses are similar — they share approximately 65% of their genomes — but even within a single serotype, there is some genetic variation.

Statement 3 is Correct:
There is no specific medicine to treat dengue infection. If you think you may have dengue fever, you should use pain relievers with acetaminophen and avoid medicines with aspirin, which could worsen bleeding. You should also rest, drink plenty of fluids, and see your doctor.

Most often, spread from person-to-person happens among close contacts (about 6 feet). Person-to-person spread is thought to occur mainly via respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes, similar to how influenza and other respiratory pathogens spread.

These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs. It’s currently unclear if a person can get 2019-nCoV by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes.

The scheme is in line with the Green India Mission that aims to achieve its target of 2.523 billion tonnes of carbon by 2020-30. It involves adding 30 million hectares in addition to an existing forest.

Green Credit Scheme allows agencies they could be private companies, village forest communities to identify land and begin growing plantations.

If they met the forest department criteria, after three years, they will be eligible to consider compensatory forest land. Industry need forest land could then approach the agency and pay it for parcels of such forested land, and this will be transferred to the Forest Department and be recorded as forest land.

The scheme will encourage plantation by individuals outside the traditional forest area and help in meeting international commitments, such as sustainable development goals (SDGs) and nationally determined contributions.

Activists and politicians from Goa have demanded that certain areas in wildlife sanctuaries of the state be notified as ‘tiger reserve’.

As part of the state’s proposal, about 500 sq km area of Mahadayi, Netravali and Cotigao wildlife sanctuaries and some part of Mahaveer National Park was selected to be marked as ‘tiger reserve’, considering the presence of the striped animals in those places.

As per National Tiger Conservation Authority’s census, five wild cats were spotted in Goa in 2010.

Statement 1 is Correct:
The Monetary Policy Committee is responsible for fixing the benchmark interest rate in India. The meetings of the Monetary Policy Committee are held at least 4 times a year and it publishes its decisions after each such meeting.

Statement 2 is Incorrect:
The committee comprises six members – three officials of the Reserve Bank of India and three external members nominated by the Government of India. They need to observe a “silent period” seven days before and after the rate decision for “utmost confidentiality”.

Statement 3 is Incorrect:
The Governor of Reserve Bank of India is the chairperson ex officio of the committee. Decisions are taken by majority with the Governor having the casting vote in case of a tie. The current mandate of the committee is to maintain 4% annual inflation until 31 March 2021 with an upper tolerance of 6% and a lower tolerance of 2%.

Statement 1 is Correct:
Use of AIS-140 compliant NavIC-based vehicle trackers system has been made compulsory to all commercial vehicles. More than 75 companies are now manufacturing NavIC based vehicle trackers, and several thousand vehicles are now plying on the roads equipped with these devices. The updated version of new mobile models will be having NavIC based positioning systems.

Statement 2 is Correct:
NavIC has been accepted by 3GPP (Third Generation Project Partnership) thereby enabling incorporation of NavIC as part of assisted GNSS. NavIC is also useful for applications like timing solution, drones, surveying, weather radiosondes, forestry, precision agriculture, etc.

These two schedules provide for alternate or special governance mechanisms for certain ‘scheduled areas’ in mainland and certain ‘tribal areas’ in northeastern India. Normative legislative-executive and judicial authority for States and Union Territories in India are provided for in Parts 11-12 and Chapter 5 of Part 6 respectively.

At present, 10 States namely Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan and Telangana have Fifth Schedule Areas.

The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution deals with the administration of the tribal areas in the four northeastern states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram as per Article 244.

Statement 1 is Incorrect:
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure that examines the weighted average of prices of a basket of consumer goods and services, such as transportation, food, and medical care. It is calculated by taking price changes for each item in the predetermined basket of goods and averaging them.

Statement 2 is Incorrect:
The index has different weights attached to different items in the basket. The weight for a single item can also vary for the urban and rural index. For instance, food and beverages category carries 54.18% weight in the rural CPI, while it carries only 36.29% weight in the urban index.

Statement 3 is Correct:
Core inflation is the change in the costs of goods and services but does not include those from the food and energy sectors. This measure of inflation excludes these items because their prices are much more volatile. It is most often calculated using the consumer price index (CPI), which is a measure of prices for goods and services.

In a bid to “make science fiction a reality”, Samsung’s future factory STAR Labs has developed Neon, AI-powered virtual beings that look and behave like real humans.

Unlike artificially intelligent (AI) assistants like Siri or Alexa, STAR Labs’ computationally created beings aren’t programmed to be “know-it-all bots” or an interface to answer users’ questions and demands.

Instead, the avatars are designed to converse and sympathise “like real people” in order to act as hyper lifelike companions.

Raisina 2020 is themed around “navigating the alpha century”. This suggests the hope and expectation that by now, as we enter the second decade of the 21st century, there are substantial clues to the next 80 years.

This is somewhat surprising because almost every Raisina theme until now has stressed that the world order is in a state of flux, as America’s appetite for its traditional role changes, international norms are tested and new alliances forged.

Statement 1 is Incorrect:
In the Mahayana tradition—the major form of Buddhism in Tibet, China, Korea, and Japan—it was thought that anyone who made the aspiration to awakening (bodhicittotpada)—vowing, often in a communal ritual context, to become a buddha—is therefore a bodhisattva.

Statement 2 is Correct:
These “celestial” bodhisattvas are functionally equivalent to buddhas in their wisdom, compassion, and powers: their compassion motivates them to assist ordinary beings, their wisdom informs them how best to do so, and their accumulated powers enable them to act in miraculous ways.

Statement 3 is Correct:
In popular folklore bodhisattvas appear as something like saviour deities, a role they acquired both through the evolution of earlier ideas and through fusion with already existing local gods.

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the liberation war in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 to the fall of Dacca (Dhaka) on 16 December 1971.

The Sino-Indian War, also known as the Indo-China War and Sino-Indian Border Conflict, was a war between China and India that occurred in 1962. A disputed Himalayan border was the main pretext for war, but other issues played a role. There had been a series of violent border incidents after the 1959 Tibetan uprising, when India had granted asylum to the Dalai Lama.

Pursuant to the provisions of the State Bank of India Act of 1955, the Reserve Bank of India, which is India’s central bank, acquired a controlling interest in the Imperial Bank of India. On 1 July 1955, the Imperial Bank of India became the State Bank of India.

The Annexation of Goa was the process in which the Republic of India annexed the former Portuguese Indian territories of Goa, Daman and Diu, starting with the armed action carried out by the Indian Armed Forces in December 1961. In India, this action is referred to as the “Liberation of Goa”.

In a significant development, WHO Global TB Programme has included an Indian Molecular assay TrueNat as initial test for TB and MDR-TB in view of its high diagnostic accuracy, in the rapid communication document on Molecular assays released by WHO’s Global TB Programme. The TrueNat TB test is a new molecular test that diagnosis TB as well as testing for resistance to the drug rifampicin in about 90 minutes.

Statement 1 is Correct:
HSN code stands for “Harmonized System of Nomenclature”. This system has been introduced for the systematic classification of goods all over the world.

Statement 2 is Incorrect:
HSN code is a 6-digit uniform code that classifies 5000+ products and is accepted worldwide.

Statement 3 is Incorrect:
It was developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and it came into effect from 1988.

NOTE:
The HSN system is used by more than 200 countries and economies for reasons such as:

Uniform classification
Base for their Customs tariffs
Collection of international trade statistics

Statement 1 is Correct:
Article 137 of the Constitution of India, 1950, provides that subject to provisions of any law and rules made under Article 145, the Supreme Court has the power to review any judgment pronounced or order made by it. Under Supreme Court Rules, 1966 such a petition is to be filed within thirty days from the date of judgment or order and as far as practicable.

Statement 2 is Correct:
Curative petition is the last to last resort in the line of due justice being given. For some, it is the last opportunity of the unheard being heard. For others, it’s a Supreme Court creation which goes against its own power.

The concept originated from the case of Rupa Ashok Hurra Vs. Ashok Hurra and Anr. where the following question arose before the court of law- ‘whether an aggrieved person is entitled to any relief against the final judgment/order of the Supreme Court, after the dismissal of a review petition.

Ryotwari system, one of the three principal methods of revenue collection in British India. It was prevalent in most of southern India, being the standard system of the Madras Presidency (a British-controlled area now constituting much of present-day Tamil Nadu and portions of neighbouring states).

The system was devised by Capt. Alexander Read and Thomas (later Sir Thomas) Munro at the end of the 18th century and introduced by the latter when he was governor (1820–27) of Madras (now Chennai). The principle was the direct collection of the land revenue from each individual cultivator by government agents.

Statement 1 is Incorrect:
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is named after its founding place “Shanghai,” but the SCO’s headquarters is actually located in Beijing, making this the location of the organization’s Secretariat

Statement 2 is Correct:
The SCO is a China-led economic and security bloc to which India and Pakistan were admitted in 2017. India is hosting the SCO summit for the first time. A final decision on whether Khan attends the meeting, scheduled for October, is to be made by Islamabad.

Statement 3 is Correct:
Turkmenistan, which got independence after the fall of the former Soviet Union in 1991 – just like the other four republics – has followed a policy of ‘positive neutrality’ in its foreign affairs from the onset.

The definition of AGR has been such a contentious issue because it has huge financial implications for both telcos and the government. The revenue shared by telcos with the government goes into the consolidated fund of India.

It was estimated, after the SC’s judgment, that the telecom operators owe the government about ₹92,000 crore in back charges, interest and penalties on license fee alone.

Statement 1 is Correct:
The Bangladesh–Myanmar border is the international border between the countries of Bangladesh and Myanmar (formerly Burma). The border stretches 270 kilometres (170 miles), 210 km (130 mi) of which is fenced. The government of Myanmar announced in 2017 it was planning to fence off the rest of the border

Statement 2 is Correct:
The corridor starts from China’s Yunnan province in the north, passes through Mandalay in Myanmar and extends to Yangon new city and the Kyaukpyu special economic zone. On Dec 1, 2017, Xi and Suu Kyi reached an important agreement－to jointly build the CMEC under the Belt and Road framework

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