Q2. With reference to the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) initiated by India, consider the
following statements:
1. It is an international treaty-based organization headquartered in India dedicated to
conserving seven major big cat species.
2. The alliance facilitates ecological research, capacity building, technical assistance, and
financial resource mobilization.
3. Membership in the alliance is strictly restricted to sovereign countries that currently have
wild tiger populations.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
following statements:
1. It is an international treaty-based organization headquartered in India dedicated to
conserving seven major big cat species.
2. The alliance facilitates ecological research, capacity building, technical assistance, and
financial resource mobilization.
3. Membership in the alliance is strictly restricted to sovereign countries that currently have
wild tiger populations.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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8%
(a) 1 and 3 only
69%
(b) 1 and 2 only
8%
(c) 2 and 3 only
15%
(d) 1, 2, and 3
Q3. Consider the following statements regarding the Constitutional Pardoning Powers under
Articles 72 and 161:
1. The President has the exclusive power to grant pardon in all cases where the sentence is a
sentence of death.
2. The Governor has no constitutional power to pardon or commute sentences passed by a
military Court Martial.
3. The exercise of pardoning power by the President and Governor is subject to limited
judicial review on grounds of malafide
Articles 72 and 161:
1. The President has the exclusive power to grant pardon in all cases where the sentence is a
sentence of death.
2. The Governor has no constitutional power to pardon or commute sentences passed by a
military Court Martial.
3. The exercise of pardoning power by the President and Governor is subject to limited
judicial review on grounds of malafide
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19%
(a) 1 and 2 only
19%
(b) 2 and 3 only
41%
(c) 1, 2, and 3
22%
(d) 1 and 3 only
Q4. With reference to the structure of Ecological Pyramids in natural biomes, consider the
following statements:
1. In open ocean ecosystems, the pyramid of biomass is inverted because the standing
biomass of phytoplankton is smaller than that of zooplankton.
2. The rapid reproduction and high turnover rate of phytoplankton allow a smaller standing
mass to sustain a larger consumer biomass.
3. The pyramid of energy flow becomes inverted in temperate deciduous forests due to
seasonal leaf shedding during autumn.
following statements:
1. In open ocean ecosystems, the pyramid of biomass is inverted because the standing
biomass of phytoplankton is smaller than that of zooplankton.
2. The rapid reproduction and high turnover rate of phytoplankton allow a smaller standing
mass to sustain a larger consumer biomass.
3. The pyramid of energy flow becomes inverted in temperate deciduous forests due to
seasonal leaf shedding during autumn.
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16%
(a) 1 and 3 only
8%
(b) 2 and 3 only
64%
(c) 1 and 2 only
12%
(d) 1, 2, and 3
Q5. Consider the following statements regarding the Subtropical High-Pressure Belts (Horse
Latitudes) in planetary climatology:
1. The Subtropical High-Pressure Belts are dynamically induced zones situated between
thirty and thirty-five degrees north and south latitudes.
2. The world's major hot subtropical continental deserts are located predominantly along
the western margins of landmasses in these latitudes.
3. The calm weather conditions in the Horse Latitudes are caused by intense solar surface
heating producing violent ascending convective updrafts.
Latitudes) in planetary climatology:
1. The Subtropical High-Pressure Belts are dynamically induced zones situated between
thirty and thirty-five degrees north and south latitudes.
2. The world's major hot subtropical continental deserts are located predominantly along
the western margins of landmasses in these latitudes.
3. The calm weather conditions in the Horse Latitudes are caused by intense solar surface
heating producing violent ascending convective updrafts.
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6%
(a) 1 and 3 only
68%
(b) 1 and 2 only
12%
(c) 2 and 3 only
15%
(d) 1, 2, and 3
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