Ans: D

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India Meteorological Department celebrates 150th Year of its establishment and service to the nation

Statement 1 is correct: IMD provides a climate forecast for each month and season based on the dynamical multi model ensemble climate forecast system since 2021.

Statement 2 is correct: IMD prepares the climatology of basic meteorological parameters like rainfall, temperature, wind & pressure and the climate extremes like heat wave, cold wave, thunderstorm, cyclones, depression, lows, heavy rainfall etc. It is being updated every 10 years.

IMD has digitised all observational data since 1901. In 2021, the India Meteorological Department introduced a visualisation tool for the public to observe different climate parameters, extremes, climate hazards and vulnerability maps for severe weather events.

Ans: B

Exp:

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is holding its Annual Meeting from January 15 to 19 in Davos, Switzerland. 

• • The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation.
  • The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.
  • It was established in 1971 as a not-for-profit foundation and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. 
  • It is independent, impartial and not tied to any special interests.
  • The WEF is largely funded by its partnering corporations.
• The WEF publishes global rankings and indices, such as the Global Competitiveness Report and the Global Gender Gap Report.

Ans: A

Exp:

Statement 1 is correct: India does not have formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan yet, as it follows the One-China policy. 

Statement 2 is incorrect:  In light of New Delhi’s traditional support of the One China policy, India does not have formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, but the country maintains people-to-people and trade ties. These relations have gathered momentum under the present government — both as a response to intensified Chinese aggression on India’s northern and eastern borders and Taiwan’s desire to explore India as an investment destination under the global impetus for a China-Plus-One strategy.

Ans: B

Exp:

Statement 1 is correct: The Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Maharashtra has been marked as India’s first Dark Sky Park and the fifth such park in Asia for protecting the night sky and preventing light pollution, making the facility ideal for astronomy enthusiasts.

Statement 2 is incorrect: Pench Tiger Reserve or Pench National Park is one of the premier tiger reserves of India and the first one to straddle across two states – Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. 

Statement 3 is correct: It has bagged the SKOCH Award-2023 for the effective implementation of primary response teams (PRTs) at the grassroot level to mitigate man-animal conflict.

SKOCH assessment process benchmarks well-performing projects and their outcomes. The participation of state departments, municipal corporations in the project determines its state-level ranking in the annual SKOCH state of governance report.

Ans: D

Exp:

The CPI inflation is the rate of inflation that consumers face. The CPI has six main components, each with differing weights and many more sub-components within them. The main components as follows:

•  Food and beverages

1. 1. Pan, tobacco and intoxicants
   2. Clothing and footwear

• Housing

• Fuel and light

1.  Miscellaneous (services such as education, health care etc.)

Among these, food articles currently weigh 45% of the total index. The second-biggest component is that of miscellaneous services. Within the food category, cereal prices are the biggest factor — they account for 9.67% of the total CPI.

This means that a spike in prices of food articles like cereals, vegetables, milk and pulses tends to have the biggest impact in raising consumer inflation. And the reason why food articles have been given such a high weightage is that most Indian consumers tend to spend a considerable portion of their income towards meeting their food demand.