1. Consider the following statements:
1. India’s
Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) framework under the Biological Diversity Act,
2002, has mobilized an amount exceeding ₹266 crore.
2. Out of this amount, approximately ₹245 crore can be distributed to local communities and biodiversity conservators.
Which of the above statement/statements are correct?
2. Consider the following statements:
1. The
combined Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) recorded a provisional growth of
0.5% in May 2026 compared to May 2025.
2. The
Index of Eight Core Industries (Base Year: 2011-12 = 100) measures the combined
and individual performance of eight infrastructure-related industries, namely
Coal, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Petroleum Refinery Products, Fertilizers, Steel,
Cement and Electricity.
3. These
eight industries together account for 20.27% of the total weight in the Index
of Industrial Production (IIP), making the ICI a crucial leading indicator of
industrial activity and economic growth.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
3. Consider the following statements:
1. NITI
Aayog has released the 8th edition of ‘Trade Watch Quarterly’ (fourth quarter
of the 2025–26 financial year).
2. ‘Trade
Watch Quarterly’ is a flagship publication of NITI Aayog that provides a
data-driven assessment of global and domestic trade trends.
Which of the above statement/statements are correct?
4. Consider the following statements:
1. A
new genus and species of tiger moth, Antaram idukki, was discovered in June
2026 in Idukki district, Kerala, in the southern Western Ghats.
2. It
belongs to the subfamily Arctiinae and the family Erebidae.
3. Its
scientific description was published in the Journal of the Lepidopterists'
Society.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
5. Consider the following statements:
1. India
and Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 23 June 2026 for
cooperation in public sector auditing.
2. The
MoU was signed between the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India and
the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Israel.
Which of the above statement/statements are correct?