Option (c) is correct

Explanation:

• Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded its elections, marking the beginning of the seventh assessment cycle.
• IPCC  is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.
• Statement 1 is Correct:It was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
• Statement 2 is Correct: The IPCC currently has 195 members.
• It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation.
• The IPCC Assessment Reports are prepared by three working groups of scientists.
  • Working Group-I – Deals with the scientific basis for climate change.
  • Working Group-II – Looks at the likely impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation issues.
  • Working Group-III – Deals with actions that can be taken to combat climate change.

Option (a) is correct

Explanation:

• A Geographical indication (GI) is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin. 
• The application for the mankurad mango was filed by the All Goa Mango Growers Association, Panaji. 
  • This variety of mango is also known as malcorada, cardozo mankurad, corado, and Goa mankur.
• ‘Jalesar Dhatu Shilp’, belongs to Uttar Pradesh’s Etah district. It  includes ghungrus (anklets), ghantis (bells) and other decorative metal craft and brassware. 

Option (d) is correct

Explanation

• The Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Bill, 2023 seeks  to include “Gadda Brahmin”, “Koli”, “Paddari Tribe”, and “Pahari Ethnic Group” in the list of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Jammu and Kashmir.
• Criteria for Specification of Scheduled Tribes in India:
  • Primitive traits
  • Distinctive culture
  • Geographical isolation
  • Shyness of contact with the community at large
  • Backwardness
• Article 366(25): Article 366(25) of the Constitution outlines the process for defining STs.

Option (d) is correct

Explanation:

• UNESCO committee refrains from designating Australia’s Great Barrier Reef as “in danger,” but cautions it is still seriously threatened by pollution and warming oceans.
• Statement 1 is Correct: Corals are marine invertebrates or animals not possessing a spine. 
  • For Example: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
• Each coral is called a polyp and thousands of such polyps live together to form a colony, which grows when polyps multiply to make copies of themselves.
• Corals share a symbiotic relationship with single-celled algae called zooxanthellae. 
• Statement 2 is Correct: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest reef system stretching across 2,300 km.
• Coral reefs support over 25% of marine biodiversity, including fish, turtles and lobsters; even as they only take up 1% of the seafloor. 

Option (a) is correct

Explanation

• The Justice G. Rohini-headed Commission for the sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) caste groups submitted its report on the issue to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
• It was constituted in 2017 to examine the extent to which reservation and other benefits for OBCs are concentrated among some dominant caste groups.