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1. North Kamrup Forest Division (NKF Division) has initiated an exclusive leopard counting census in Assam’s non-forest and Forest areas.
A) On the occasion of World Tiger Day, the Union Environment Ministry released “Status of Leopards, Co-predators and Megaherbivores-2018”.
B) Panthera Pardus is the Scientific Name of the Leopard.
C) Madhya Pradesh is the first state in India where 3,41 leopards have been estimated and followed by Karnataka (1,783) and Maharashtra (1,690).
2. Rajya Sabha debates the use of private Bills to amend the Preamble to Constitution.
A) Private member bill sought to amend the Preamble – replacing “socialist” with “equitable”.
B) Socialist, Secular and Integrity have added the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976.
C) Under Article 368 of the Constitution, the preamble can be amended but the basic structure of the preamble can not be amended.
3. CSTEP studies say PM10 emissions could see a 15% rise by 2024.
A) PM10 are inhalable particles with diameters of 10 micrometres and smaller.
B) PM2.5 are fine inhalable particles with diameters of 2.5 micrometres and smaller.
C) ‘CSTEP’ stands for Center for the study of science, Technology and Policy
D) Pollution impacts health like asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary, bronchitis, etc.
E) National Clean air programme (NCAP) was launched by the Ministry of Environment, forest and climate change to reduce the fine particles of a particular matter in the atmosphere.
4. World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIHW) is observed the first week of February.
A) United Nations General Assembly started World Interfaith Harmony week in 2010.
B) WIHW was conceived to promote culture, peace and nonviolence.
C) It is based on the pioneering work of the Common Word initiative.
5. Pakistan signed a new agreement with China to start the second phase of the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
A) CPEC infrastructure project started in 2013 with the original value at USD 47 billion. Its value has increased to worth USD 62 billion in 2020.
B) It is a 3,000-km long route of infrastructure projects, to connect China’s northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to Gwadar Port in the western province of Balochistan in Pakistan.
C) India is protesting against CPEC because it is being laid through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
6. The NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) is now capable of searching the entire dark sky every 24 hours.
A) The ATLAS is a state-of-the-art asteroid detection system.
B) The ATLAS system has discovered more than 700 near-Earth asteroids and 66 comets.
C) Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) the world’s first full-scale mission for testing a technology to defend Earth against potential asteroid impacts.
7. The craft map of Manipur was prepared with the objective of providing equal, concentrated attention to all art forms.
A) Manipur mapped several art forms like Longpi, GI-tagged Manipuri half sari called ‘moirang phee’, Thangjam Leikai.
B) The Mission for Economic Empowerment of Traditional Artisans and Craftsmen (MEETAC) works to address the issues of raw materials faced by craftspeople.
8. The Chilika Development Authority held the annual survey at Chilika lake recently.
A) The survey was all about the flora and fauna.
B) According to the survey, the lake has more than 33% of the seagrass area of the country.
C)The seagrass plays a major role in water purification. It retains a high amount of carbon.
D) In this survey Irrawaddy dolphins are endangered species. There are only 150 Irrawaddy dolphins in the lake.
9. Punaura Dham has been recently included under the PRASHAD Scheme of the Ministry of Tourism.
A) Punaura Dham is located in Sitamarhi, Bihar.
B) This Dham is also included in the Ramayana circuit of the Swadesh Darshan scheme.
C) Punaura Dham is also known as Maa Janaki Janmabhoomi Temple.
10. National Law University released the ‘Death Penalty in India’ Report (DPIR).
A) As per the report, at the end of 2021 the number of prisoners on death stood at 488 which is a 21% increase from 2020.
B) DPIR was launched on 6 May 2016 to address the glaring absence of empirical research on the death penalty in India.
