🔍 Capricious /kəˈprɪʃ.əs/ (adjective)

📝 Meaning: Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior; unpredictable.

📌 Examples:
1. The weather in the mountains is notoriously capricious, changing from sunny to stormy in minutes.
2. Her capricious decisions often left her friends wondering what would happen next.
3. The stock market can be capricious, with prices fluctuating wildly without warning.

The given sentence is followed by four phrases/ idioms. Choose the one which can be filled in the blank to make the sentence most meaningful and correct.

An honest person lives by __________?

1. The sweat of one’s brows

2. A sight for sore eyes

3. Long arm of the law

4. Foot in the mouth

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Break sweat

1. To make a futile attempt

2. To lie

3. To use a lot of energy or effort

4. To be caught stealing

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bracketed segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'no substitution required'.

Besides the atmospheric changes that make us sweat, (hormonal or emotional stimulus can also cause sweating).

1. hormonal and emotional stimuli also causes sweating

2. hormonal or emotional stimuli can also cause sweating

3. No substitution required

4. hormonal or emotional stimulus also causing sweating

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains a grammatical error. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

I am having trouble / deciding in / a gift for them. / no error

1. a gift for them.

2. No error

3. I am having trouble

4. deciding in

Identify the segment in the sentence that contains a grammatical error.

I ordered an online gift for my friend at her birthday.

1. for my friend

2. at her birthday

3. an online gift

4. I ordered

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A person who studies birds

1. Palaeontologist

2. Zoologist

3. Ornithologist

4. Lepidopterist

INDIA STATE OF FOREST REPORT 2023

Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav released the ‘India State of Forest Report 2023 (ISFR 2023) at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun.

The India State of Forest Report 2023 is 18th such report in the series.


MAJOR FINDINGS

• The Forest and Tree cover of the country is 8,27,357 sq km which is 25.17% of the geographical area of the country, consisting of 7,15,343 sq km (21.76%) as Forest Cover and 1,12,014 sq km (3.41%) as Tree Cover.

• As compared to assessment of 2021, There is an increase of 1445 sq km in the Forest and Tree Cover of the country which includes 156 sq km increase in the Forest Cover and 1289 sq km increase in Tree Cover.

• Top Four States showing maximum increase in Forest and Tree Cover are Chhattisgarh (684 sq km) followed by Uttar Pradesh (559 sq km), Odisha (559 sq km) and Rajasthan (394 sq km).

• Top Three States showing maximum increase in Forest Cover are Mizoram (242 sq km) followed by Gujarat (180 sq km) and Odisha (152 sq km).

• Area wise top Three States having largest Forest and Tree Cover are Madhya Pradesh (85,724 sq km) followed by Arunachal Pradesh (67,083 sq km) and Maharashtra (65,383 sq km).

• Area wise Top Three States having largest Forest Cover are Madhya Pradesh (77,073 sq km) followed by Arunachal Pradesh (65,882 sq km) and Chhattisgarh (55,812 sq km).

• In terms of Percentage of Forest Cover with respect to total geographical area, Lakshadweep (91.33 percent) has the highest forest cover followed by Mizoram (85.34 percent) and Andaman & Nicobar Island (81.62 percent).

• Mangrove Cover :- 4992 km²
• Bamboo Bearing Area :- 1,54,670 km² (An increase of 5,227 km² in bamboo area from previous assessment)

• Carbon Stock in Forests :- 7,285.5 million tonnes (An increase of 81.5 million tonnes in carbon stock from previous assessment)

India's Progress on NDC Carbon Sequestration Target

• India's carbon stock has reached 30.43 billion tonnes of CO² equivalent.

• India has reached 2.29 billion tonnes of additional carbon sink as against the target of 2.5 to 3.0 billion tonnes by 2030 compared to the base year of 2005.