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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 points
Yudh Abhyas, Tiger triumph and Cope India are the bilateral military exercises between India and which of the following country?
Correct
Answer: A
Explanation: U.S.-India Military Exercises includes:
Yudh Abhyas (Army)
19th Edition: Held in Alaska in October 2023.
Participants: Elements of the U.S. Army’s 11th Airborne Division.
Scale: Battalion level (approximately 250 troops from each army) and brigade-level mission planning.
Vajra Prahar (Army Special Forces)
Frequency: 14 joint exercises since 2010.
Training: Hundreds of U.S. Special Forces soldiers have attended India’s Counter-Insurgency Jungle Warfare School.
Latest Edition: Held in northeastern India in November 2023 at the platoon level.
Cope India (Air Force)
Inception: First held in 2004 as a fighter jet training exercise in northern India.
Relaunch: Exercises relaunched in 2018 after a nine-year hiatus.
2023 Edition: Held in April, featuring U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers and F-15 combat aircraft, marking the sixth and largest iteration.
Tiger Triumph (Tri-service)
First Tri-service Exercise: Conducted in 2019 in the Bay of Bengal to develop interoperability for large-scale joint and combined humanitarian and disaster relief (HADR) operations.
2024 Edition: Third iteration held in March, involving a U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit, an Indian Army mechanized infantry battalion, and U.S. and Indian aircraft and naval vessels.
Incorrect
Answer: A
Explanation: U.S.-India Military Exercises includes:
Yudh Abhyas (Army)
19th Edition: Held in Alaska in October 2023.
Participants: Elements of the U.S. Army’s 11th Airborne Division.
Scale: Battalion level (approximately 250 troops from each army) and brigade-level mission planning.
Vajra Prahar (Army Special Forces)
Frequency: 14 joint exercises since 2010.
Training: Hundreds of U.S. Special Forces soldiers have attended India’s Counter-Insurgency Jungle Warfare School.
Latest Edition: Held in northeastern India in November 2023 at the platoon level.
Cope India (Air Force)
Inception: First held in 2004 as a fighter jet training exercise in northern India.
Relaunch: Exercises relaunched in 2018 after a nine-year hiatus.
2023 Edition: Held in April, featuring U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers and F-15 combat aircraft, marking the sixth and largest iteration.
Tiger Triumph (Tri-service)
First Tri-service Exercise: Conducted in 2019 in the Bay of Bengal to develop interoperability for large-scale joint and combined humanitarian and disaster relief (HADR) operations.
2024 Edition: Third iteration held in March, involving a U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit, an Indian Army mechanized infantry battalion, and U.S. and Indian aircraft and naval vessels.
Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 points
Consider the following pairs:
Description
Article
Advice tendered by Ministers to the President shall not be inquired into in any court.
Article 74
The total number of Council of Ministers shall not exceed 15% of the total number of members of the House of the people.
Article 91
The Prime Minister must inform the President of all decisions of the Council of Ministers regarding Union administration and legislative proposals.
Article 78
How many of the above pairs are correct?
Correct
Answer: B
Explanation:
Pair 1 and 3 are Correctly matched, but Pair 2 is incorrectly matched:
Article 74: There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head to aid and advise the President who shall, in the exercise of his functions, act in accordance with such advice.
Advice tendered by Ministers to the President shall not be inquired into in any court.
Article 75: The Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister.
The total number of Ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the Council of Ministers shall not exceed 15% of the total number of members of the House of the people. {Added by the 91st Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003}
The Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the President.
The Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the House of the People.
Before a Minister enters his office, the President shall administer the oaths of office and secrecy according to the forms set out in the Third Schedule.
A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of either House of Parliament shall at the expiration of that period, cease to be a Minister.
The salaries and allowances of Ministers shall be such as Parliament may from time to time by law determine and, until Parliament so determines, shall be as specified in the Second Schedule.
Article 78: It shall be the duty of the Prime Minister to communicate to the President all decisions of the council of Ministers relating to the administration of the affairs of the union and proposals for legislation.
It shall be the duty of the Prime Minister to furnish such information relating to the administration of the affairs of the Union and proposals for legislation as the President may call for.
It shall be the duty of the Prime Minister, if the President so requires, to submit for the consideration of the Council of Ministers any matter on which a decision has been taken by a Minister but which has not been considered by the Council.
Incorrect
Answer: B
Explanation:
Pair 1 and 3 are Correctly matched, but Pair 2 is incorrectly matched:
Article 74: There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head to aid and advise the President who shall, in the exercise of his functions, act in accordance with such advice.
Advice tendered by Ministers to the President shall not be inquired into in any court.
Article 75: The Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister.
The total number of Ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the Council of Ministers shall not exceed 15% of the total number of members of the House of the people. {Added by the 91st Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003}
The Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the President.
The Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the House of the People.
Before a Minister enters his office, the President shall administer the oaths of office and secrecy according to the forms set out in the Third Schedule.
A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of either House of Parliament shall at the expiration of that period, cease to be a Minister.
The salaries and allowances of Ministers shall be such as Parliament may from time to time by law determine and, until Parliament so determines, shall be as specified in the Second Schedule.
Article 78: It shall be the duty of the Prime Minister to communicate to the President all decisions of the council of Ministers relating to the administration of the affairs of the union and proposals for legislation.
It shall be the duty of the Prime Minister to furnish such information relating to the administration of the affairs of the Union and proposals for legislation as the President may call for.
It shall be the duty of the Prime Minister, if the President so requires, to submit for the consideration of the Council of Ministers any matter on which a decision has been taken by a Minister but which has not been considered by the Council.
Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 points
Consider the following statements regarding El Nino:
El Niño results in heavy rainfall over the Pacific coast of Peru and Chile.
Weakening of the Walker circulation causes El Niño.
El Niño weakens the cyclones in the eastern Pacific basin.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are not correct?
Correct
Answer: C
Explanation:
Statement 1 is Correct: El Niño is a climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. El Niño is the “warm phase” of a larger phenomenon called the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
El Niño is a climate phenomenon where a large area of water in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean becomes abnormally warm.
El Niño is declared when the eastern tropical Pacific temperature rises 0.5°C above the long-term average.
During an El Niño event, the eastern Pacific, including the coast of Peru and Chile, experiences warmer sea surface temperatures, leading to increased evaporation and heavy rainfall.
Statement 2 is Correct: The weakening of the Walker circulation—a large-scale atmospheric circulation pattern—plays a role in El Niño.
Normally, strong trade winds blow westward across the tropical Pacific.
However, during El Niño, these winds weaken, allowing warm water to accumulate in the eastern Pacific.
This weakening of the Walker circulation contributes to El Niño conditions.
Statement 3 is Incorrect: The cyclone impacts of El Niño between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans shows strengthening cyclonic activity in one region while weakening it in the other.
El Niño favors stronger cyclonic activity in the central and eastern Pacific basins, and suppresses it in the Atlantic basin
Incorrect
Answer: C
Explanation:
Statement 1 is Correct: El Niño is a climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. El Niño is the “warm phase” of a larger phenomenon called the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
El Niño is a climate phenomenon where a large area of water in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean becomes abnormally warm.
El Niño is declared when the eastern tropical Pacific temperature rises 0.5°C above the long-term average.
During an El Niño event, the eastern Pacific, including the coast of Peru and Chile, experiences warmer sea surface temperatures, leading to increased evaporation and heavy rainfall.
Statement 2 is Correct: The weakening of the Walker circulation—a large-scale atmospheric circulation pattern—plays a role in El Niño.
Normally, strong trade winds blow westward across the tropical Pacific.
However, during El Niño, these winds weaken, allowing warm water to accumulate in the eastern Pacific.
This weakening of the Walker circulation contributes to El Niño conditions.
Statement 3 is Incorrect: The cyclone impacts of El Niño between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans shows strengthening cyclonic activity in one region while weakening it in the other.
El Niño favors stronger cyclonic activity in the central and eastern Pacific basins, and suppresses it in the Atlantic basin
Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 points
More half of the world’s lithium, which is often dubbed as ‘white gold’, is produced by:
Correct
Answer: B
Explanation:
Australia is the global leader in lithium production accounting for nearly half of the lithium production. It alone produces 52% of the world’s lithium.
Related Information:
China possesses 60% of rare earths.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) commands 75% of cobalt production.
Indonesia has 35% of nickel.
Chile owns 30% of copper reserves.
Incorrect
Answer: B
Explanation:
Australia is the global leader in lithium production accounting for nearly half of the lithium production. It alone produces 52% of the world’s lithium.
Related Information:
China possesses 60% of rare earths.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) commands 75% of cobalt production.
Indonesia has 35% of nickel.
Chile owns 30% of copper reserves.
Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 points
Consider the following statements about Bayesian Convolutional Neural Network (BCNN)
It is developed by the Indian Meteorological Department.
It is a technology that harnesses the power of AI to enhance predictions related to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phases.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
Correct
Answer: B
Explanation:
Statement 1 is Incorrect: The Hyderabad-based Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has developed a new product, a Bayesian Convolutional Neural Network (BCNN).
Statement 2 is Correct: BCNN uses Artificial Intelligence (AI), deep learning, and machine learning (ML) to improve forecasts related to the ENSO phase.
The model’s prediction relies on the fact that El Niño or La Niña are connected to slow oceanic variations and their atmospheric coupling, providing sufficient lead time for early forecasts.
It calculates the Niño3.4 index value, which is used to determine the different phases of ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) phases and makes the forecast.
The Niño3.4 index value is obtained by averaging the sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly in the central equatorial Pacific, extending from 5°N to 5°S and 170°W to 120°W.
The BCNN will predict the emergence of El Niño and La Niña conditions of ENSO up to 15 months in advance, whereas existing models can give a prediction up to six to nine months in advance.
Historical weather data is needed to feed into BCNN to generate forecasts. Such data is available for lands but not oceans.
Incorrect
Answer: B
Explanation:
Statement 1 is Incorrect: The Hyderabad-based Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has developed a new product, a Bayesian Convolutional Neural Network (BCNN).
Statement 2 is Correct: BCNN uses Artificial Intelligence (AI), deep learning, and machine learning (ML) to improve forecasts related to the ENSO phase.
The model’s prediction relies on the fact that El Niño or La Niña are connected to slow oceanic variations and their atmospheric coupling, providing sufficient lead time for early forecasts.
It calculates the Niño3.4 index value, which is used to determine the different phases of ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) phases and makes the forecast.
The Niño3.4 index value is obtained by averaging the sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly in the central equatorial Pacific, extending from 5°N to 5°S and 170°W to 120°W.
The BCNN will predict the emergence of El Niño and La Niña conditions of ENSO up to 15 months in advance, whereas existing models can give a prediction up to six to nine months in advance.
Historical weather data is needed to feed into BCNN to generate forecasts. Such data is available for lands but not oceans.
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