Answer: D
Soln:
● Indravati National Park is a national park located in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh
state of India. Hence, option D is correct.
● It is home to one of the last populations of rare wild buffalo. Indravati National Park is the
finest and most famous wildlife park of Chhattisgarh.
● It is one among the two project tiger sites in Chhattisgarh along with Udanti-sitanadi.
● The park derives its name from the Indravati River, which flows from east to west and
forms the northern boundary of the reserve with the Indian state of Maharashtra.
● With a total area of approximately 2799.08 sq. kms, Indravati attained the status of a
national park in 1981 and a tiger reserve in 1983 under the famous Project Tiger
initiative.

2. Consider the following statements about the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
1. It was created under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for
strengthening tiger conservation.
2. Addressing livelihood interests of local people in areas surrounding Tiger Reserves is one
of the objectives of this authority.

3. Su-57 and F 35 Lightning II, recently seen in news, refers to which of the following?

Answer: B
Soln:
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA):
● The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) was established in 2005 as a statutory
body under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 for strengthening tiger conservation.
Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.
● The Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change acts as the Chairperson of
NTCA.
● The objectives of NTCA are:
1. Providing statutory authority to Project Tiger so that compliance of its
directives becomes legal;
2. Fostering accountability of Center-State in management of Tiger Reserves;
3. Providing for an oversight by Parliament;
4. Addressing livelihood interests of local people in areas surrounding Tiger
Reserves. Hence, statement 2 is correct.

4. Consider the following statements about Mohiniyattam
1) It is a classical dance form originating from the state of Kerala.
2) It follows the Lasya style described in Natya Shastra.

Answer: A
● Two of the most advanced fifth-generation fighter jets in the world – Russia’s Su-57
and the United States’ F-35 Lightning II will debut at this edition of Aero India 2025.
● This marks the first time that these state-of-the-art fighter jets will be presented together
and provides an unprecedented opportunity to compare Eastern and Western military
aviation technologies.

Answer: C
Explanation
● Statement 1 is correct: Mohiniyattam is a classical dance form originating from the state
of Kerala.
● It is traditionally a solo dance performed by women after extensive training.
● The dance gets its name from Mohini – the female enchantress avatar of the Hindu deity
Vishnu.
● The roots of Mohiniyattam are in the Natya Shastra (the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text on
performance arts)
● Statement 2 is correct: It follows the Lasya style described in Natya Shastra, ie, a dance
which is delicate and feminine.
● It comprises delicate footsteps, undulating body movements, and subtle yet poignant
facial expressions.
● Mohiniyattam emotes a play through dancing and singing, where the language of the song
texts is Manipravala, a mixture of Malayalam and Sanskrit.
● The musical instruments usually used in Mohiniyattam are Mridangam or Madhalam (barrel drum), Idakka (hourglass drum), flute, Veena, and Kuzhitalam (cymbals).

5. Consider the following statements in relation to PM-KUSUM Scheme
1. It;s aimed at promoting the use of solar energy among farmers and reducing their dependence on diesel-powered agricultural pumps.
2. It was launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers; Welfare.

Answer: A
Explanation
● The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM KUSUM)
Scheme was launched in 2019 for installation of solar pumps and grid connected solar and
other renewable power plants in the country. Thus it's aimed at promoting the use of
solar energy among farmers and reducing their dependence on diesel-powered
agricultural pumps. Hence statement 1 is correct.

● It was launched by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Hence statement 2 is
incorrect.
● Under the Kusum scheme farmers, panchayats, co-operative societies can apply to plant a
solar pump. The total cost involved in this scheme is divided into three categories in which
the Government will help farmers.
● Government will provide a subsidy of 60% to farmers and 30% of the cost will be given by
the Government in the form of loans. Farmers will only have to give 10% of the total cost of
the project. The electricity generated from the solar panel can be sold by the farmers.
● The scheme consists of three components:
○ Component-A: 10,000 MW of Decentralized Ground Mounted Grid Connected
Renewable Power Plants.
○ Component-B: Installation of 17.50 lakh standalone Solar Powered Agriculture
Pumps.
○ Component-C: Solarisation of 10 Lakh Grid-connected Solar Powered Agriculture
Pumps.
Benefits of the Scheme:
● The Scheme will have substantial environmental impact in terms of savings of CO2
emissions. All three components of the Scheme combined together are likely to result in
saving about 27 million tonnes of CO2 emission per annum. 
● Further, Component-B of the Scheme on standalone solar pumps may result in saving of 1.2
billion liters of diesel per annum and associated savings in the foreign exchange due to
reduction of import of crude oil.
● The scheme has direct employment potential. Besides increasing self-employment the
proposal is likely to generate employment opportunities equivalent to 6.31 lakh job years
for skilled and unskilled workers.

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1. Consider the following with respect to the National Food Security Act, 2013.
1. The Act legally entitled the population to receive subsidized food grains under the Universal
Public Distribution System.
2. According to the Act, Pregnant women and lactating mothers will be entitled to meals and
maternity benefits of not less than Rs 6000.
3. The implementation of the scheme comes under the ambit of the Ministry of Agriculture and farmer’s welfare.

Answer: A
Explanation:
● The National Food Security Act, 2013 was notified on 10th September, 2013 with the
objective to provide for food and nutritional security in human life cycle approach, by
ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a
life with dignity.
● Statement 1 is incorrect: The Act provides for coverage of upto 75% of the rural
population and upto 50% of the urban population for receiving subsidized foodgrains under
Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), thus covering about two-thirds of the
population.
● The eligible persons will be entitled to receive 5 Kgs of foodgrains per person per
month at subsidised prices of Rs. 3/2/1 per Kg for rice/wheat/coarse grains. The
existing Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households, which constitute the poorest of the poor
will continue to receive 35 Kgs of foodgrains per household per month.
● Statement 2 is correct: The Act also has a special focus on the nutritional support to
women and children. Pregnant women and lactating mothers will be entitled to meals and
maternity benefits of not less than Rs 6000. It is however restricted to two children only.
● Children upto 14 years of age will be entitled to nutritious meals as per the prescribed
nutritional standards. In case of non-supply of entitled foodgrains or meals, the
beneficiaries will receive food security allowance. The Act also contains provisions for
setting up of grievance redressal mechanism at the District and State levels
● The eldest women of the household of age 18 years or above will be the head of the
household for the purpose of issuing ration cards
● Statement 3 is incorrect: The implementation of the scheme comes under the ambit of the
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (not under the Ministry of
Agriculture and farmer’s welfare).

2. The terms ‘neutral’, ‘calibrated tightening’, 'accommodative' sometimes seen in the news are related to

3. With reference to Ashtamudi Lake, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1) It is located in the state of Kerala.
2) The Kallada river is a major river which drains into the Ashtamudi lake.