Option (c) is correct

Explanation

• The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam  shall come into effect “after an exercise of delimitation” is undertaken.
• Delimitation is the process of redrawing Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies based on the latest population data.
• Statement 1 is correct: The Constitution declares that the validity of any law relating to the delimitation of constituencies or the allotment of seats to such constituencies cannot be questioned in any court. 
  • Consequently, the orders issued by the Delimitation Commission become final and cannot be challenged in any court.
• Statement 2 is correct: Under Article 82, the Parliament enacts a Delimitation Act after every Census.
• The delimitation following the 1951 Census increased Lok Sabha seats from 489 to 494, which further increased to 522 after the 1961 Census, and finally to 543 after the 1971 Census.

Option (b) is correct

Explanation:

• Recently, the Abraham Accords between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, under the auspices of the U.S. government completed three years.
• The Accords were called ‘the Abraham Accords’ as the three major monotheistic religions of the world, Islam, Christianity and Judaism, all find their roots in Prophet Abraham.
• As per the agreements, the UAE and Bahrain will establish embassies, exchange ambassadors, cooperate and work together with Israel.
• These Accords also open the door for Muslims around the world to visit the historic sites in Israel and to peacefully pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the third holiest site in Islam.

Option (a) is correct.

Explanation:

• A study published in the journal Climate and Atmospheric Science reported a sharp change in the potential for cyclones to form over the Arabian Sea during the late 1990s.
• Tropical cyclones originate and intensify over warm tropical oceans. 
• The conditions favourable for the formation and intensification of tropical storms are: 
  • Large sea surface with temperature higher than 27° C; 
  • Presence of the Coriolis force; 
  • Small variations in the vertical wind speed; 
  • A pre-existing weak low-pressure area or low-level-cyclonic circulation; 
  • Upper divergence above the sea level system
• A mature tropical cyclone is characterised by the strong spirally circulating wind around the centre, called the eye.
  • They are known as Cyclones in the Indian Ocean, Hurricanes in the Atlantic, Typhoons in the Western Pacific and South China Sea, and Willy-willies in the Western Australia.

Option (a) is correct.

Explanation:

• As a number of states are reverting to old pension schemes, an RBI article has called the move to be a ‘major step backwards’ in managing fiscal deficit.
• Statement 1 is not correct: The old pension scheme promised an assured or ‘defined’ benefit to the retiree. It was hence described as a ‘Defined Benefit Scheme’.
  • NPS is designed on a Defined contribution basis wherein the subscriber contributes to his account, there is no defined benefit that would be available at the time of exit from the system.
• Statement 2 is correct: NPS is regulated by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).

Option (d)  is correct 

Explanation: 

• Water from Sardar Sarovar dam (SSD) was released in the Narmada river due to heavy rains in the catchment areas in Madhya Pradesh.
• Statement 1 is not correct: The Narmada, the largest west flowing river of the Peninsula, rises from the Amarkantak plateau of the Maikala range in Madhya Pradesh. 
• Statement 2 is not correct: It traverses Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat and meets the Gulf of Cambay.
• Statement 3 is not correct: It is one of only two major rivers in peninsular India that runs from east to west (longest west flowing river), along with the Tapti River. 
• Statement 4 is correct: It is one of the rivers in India that flows in a rift valley, bordered by the Satpura and Vindhya ranges. As a rift valley river, the Narmada does not form a delta;