3. Which of the following countries do not share a border with Vietnam?

Answer: A
Explanation:

● Vietnam is located on the eastern Indo-chinese peninsula. It borders China, Laos and
Cambodia and shares maritime borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and
Thailand.

4. Consider the following statements about Raisina Dialogue.
1. It is India’s flagship conference on ethical use of Artificial Intelligence.
2. It is held once every two years.
3. The conference is hosted by NITI Aayog.

Answer: D
Explanation:
● Statements 1 & 2 are incorrect: The Raisina Dialogue is India’s flagship conference on
geopolitics and geoeconomics, held annually since 2016.
● Statement 3 is incorrect: The conference is hosted by the Observer Research
Foundation (ORF) in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs.
○ ORF is an independent global think tank based in Delhi.
● It is a multilateral conference committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing
the global community. 
● Every year, global leaders in policy, business, media and civil society are hosted in New
Delhi to discuss cooperation on a wide range of pertinent international policy matters.
● The Dialogue is structured as a multi-stakeholder, cross-sectoral discussion, involving
heads of state, cabinet ministers and local government officials, as well as major private
sector executives, members of the media and academics.
● The Raisina Dialogue has grown in stature and profile to emerge as a leading global
conference on international affairs. It attracts leading minds from the global strategic and
policy-making community to discuss broader foreign policy and strategic issues facing the
world.

5. The geographical areas ‘Golden Crescent and Golden Triangle’, sometimes seen in the
news, are related to?

Answer: C
Explanation:
● The Golden Crescent is the name given to one of Asia's two principal areas of illicit opium
production (with the other being the Golden Triangle). This space overlaps three nations,
Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan, whose mountainous peripheries define the crescent.
Afghanistan now produces over 90% of the world's non-pharmaceutical-grade opium.
● The Golden Triangle is the area where the borders of Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar meet
at the confluence of the Ruak and Mekong rivers. The name "Golden Triangle" is commonly
used more broadly to refer to an area of approximately 950,000 square kilometres that
overlaps the mountains of the three adjacent countries.

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1. With reference to the World Bank, consider the following statements.
1. India is a founder member of the World Bank.
2. To become a member of the World Bank, a country must first join the International
Monetary Fund.

Answer: C
Explanation:
● The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were set up at a meeting of 43
countries in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, USA in July 1944.
● The World Bank is an international organization dedicated to providing financing, advice,
and research to developing nations to aid their economic advancement.
● Its role is to reduce poverty by lending money to the governments of its poorer members to
improve their economies and to improve the standard of living of their people.
● Statement 1 is correct: India is one of the founder members of the world bank.
● Statement 2 is correct: To become a member of the World Bank, under the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Articles of Agreement, a country must
first join the IMF.

2. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is

Answer: B
Explanation
● Established in 1951, International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the leading inter-
governmental organization in the field of migration.
● IOM works to ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote
international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions
to the challenges of migration and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need,
including refugees and internally displaced people.
● In 2016, IOM entered into an agreement with the United Nations, becoming a related
organization. (not part of the UN system). Hence option B is correct.
● IOM serves as coordinator of the United Nations network on migration, established by
the Secretary-General in 2018.
● According to IOM’s latest strategic plan, the organization’s three main objectives for 2024-
2028 are: to save lives and protect people on the move, drive solutions to displacement and
facilitate pathways for regular migration.

3. With reference to the Securities Appellate Tribunal, consider the following statements

1) It is a statutory body established under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act,
1992.
2) It hears and disposes of appeals against orders passed by the Insurance Regulatory
Development Authority of India (IRDAI).
3) There is no appeal against the orders of the Securities Appellate Tribunal.

Answer: B
Explanation
● Statement 1 is correct: Securities Appellate Tribunal is a statutory body established
under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992.
● It was mainly established to hear and dispose of appeals against orders passed by SEBI or
by an adjudicating officer under the SEBI Act.
● SAT hears and disposes of appeals against orders passed by the Pension Fund Regulatory
and Development Authority (PFRDA) under the PFRDA Act, 2013.
● Statement 2 is correct: SAT also hears and disposes of appeals against orders passed by
the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India (IRDAI).
● SAT has only one bench which sits at Mumbai.
Composition
● SAT consists one Presiding Officer and such number of Judicial and Technical Members
as the Central Government may determine.
● The person so appointed as the Presiding Officer should meet with the following
requirements:
○ The retired or sitting Judge of the Supreme Court
○ The retired or sitting Chief Justice of a High Court
○ The retired or sitting Judge of High Court, who has completed at least seven years of
service as a Judge in a High Court.

Appeal
● Statement 3 is incorrect: Every person aggrieved by any order or decision of Securities
Appellate Tribunal can file an appeal to the supreme court. Also, the appeal only can be
made on any question of law.