UPSC ENGLISH QUIZ 09.07.2023

Q1. Consider the following statements related to Farmers Distress Index:

1. The Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), an institution under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) started working on a kind of an early warning system called ‘farmers distress index.

2. The main aim behind creating such an index is to minimise the agrarian distress in the form of crop loss / failure and income shock.

Which of the above statement/statements are correct?

Q2. Consider the following statements:

1. In Alappuzha district in Kerala, a 15-year-old boy died of infection with a brain-eating amoeba (Naegleria fowleri).

2. amoeba (Naegleria fowleri). First discovered in Australia in 1955,it is so small that it can only be seen with a microscope.

3. It is found in a warm freshwater environment such as lakes, hot springs and even in poorly maintained swimming pools.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?