Option (b) is correct

Explanation:

• Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras.

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Option (c) is correct

Explanation:

Neolithic sites:

• Recently, a celt, belonging to the neolithic period, was discovered in Poothinatham village in Tamil Nadu.
  • It was a significant discovery as the celt was used as either a plough or an axe, and was made of Doloraid stone.
• The Neolithic Age, also known as the New Stone Age, was a period of human prehistory that marked the transition from a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle to settled farming communities. 
• Utnur and Palvoy in Andhra Pradesh
• Kodekal, Kupgal, and Budihal in Karnataka
• Lahuradewa in Uttar Pradesh 
  • The site of  Lahuradewa has produced ancient evidence of rice cultivation dated to c. 6500 BCE.

Option (d) is correct

Explanation:

• Human Centres Design and Computing Group, being a technical expertise, developed JATAN: Virtual Museum software which is used for creating the digital collections in various museums and digital archival tools that are used in background for managing the National Portal and Digital Repository for Indian Museums.
• There are forty-eight Archaeological Site Museums under Archaeological Survey of India out of which two Archaeological Site Museums, namely – Velha Goa and Nagarjunakonda, have been digitised during the first phase through JATAN. Digitisation in the rest of the forty-six archaeological museums through multi-user JATAN software is being done in a phase-wise manner.

Option (a) is correct

Explanation:

• Statement 1 is  correct: Particle pollution, also called particulate matter (PM) , is made up of particles (tiny pieces) of solids or liquids that are in the air. These particles may include dust, dirt, soot, smoke and drops of liquid.
• Statement 2 is not correct:
  • Particle Pollution can come from two different kinds of sources — primary or secondary. 
  • Primary Sources cause particle pollution on their own. For example, wood stoves and forest fires.
  • Secondary Sources let off gases that can form particles. For example, Power plants and coal fires. 
• Some other common sources of particle pollution can be either primary or secondary. For example, factories, cars and trucks, and construction sites.
• Statement 3 is not correct. PM2.5 is a fine, inhalable particle, generally 2.5 micrometres of diameter or smaller and is one of the causative factors of human non-accidental death, particularly in the elderly.

Option (c) is correct

Explanation:

• Statement 1 is correct. It is a Central Sector Scheme which is funded by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
• The scheme was started with the following objectives:
  • To facilitate working capital loan
  • To incentivize regular repayment
  • To reward digital transactions

• The PM SVANidhi is a micro-credit scheme which was launched by the government in 2020 to provide handholding support to street vendors to tide over pandemic-induced economic stress.
• It facilitates collateral-free loans of ₹10,000, with subsequent loans of ₹20,000 and ₹50,000 with 7% interest subsidy.
• Statement 2 is not correct. The scheme is available to all street vendors who are engaged in vending in urban areas as on or before March 24, 2020. 

Option (d) is correct 

Explanation:

• Statement 1 is correct. Article 123  of the Indian Constitution grants the President certain law-making powers, including the authority to issue ordinances during Parliament’s recess.
• Statement 2 is correct. When one or either of the two Houses of Parliament is not in session, the President may promulgate an Ordinance.
• The ordinance making power is the most important legislative power of the President and the Governor. It has been vested in them to deal with unforeseen or urgent situations.
  • Article 213 of the Indian Constitution deals with the ordinance making power of the Governor.