Ans: D

Exp:

Statement 1 is correct: One District One Product (ODOP) initiative aims to select, brand, and promote at least One Product from each District (One District – One Product) of the country to enable holistic socioeconomic growth across all regions. 

The ODOP Initiative has identified a total of 1102 products from 761 districts across the country.

Statement 2 is correct: ODOP Sampark  [initiated by DPIIT in collaboration with the Press Information Bureau (PIB) and State Governments] has emerged as a distinctive platform fostering collaboration among various stakeholders, including government officials, ODOP sellers, media representatives, and key stakeholders. These events provide: 

• A dynamic space for real-time insights 
• Address challenges
• Explore opportunities for local industries

 contributing to immediate growth and development.

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is conducting nationwide events under its ‘One District One Product Sampark’ initiative. These events create awareness about the initiative and showcase success stories emerging from various districts across the nation.

Ans: C

Exp:

Statement 1 is correct: The Young Scientists Induction Training Programme is a first-of-its-kind training programme that envisages honing the capacities of young scientists and science administrators in:

• Managing S&T programmes, projects, products, and people. 
• Promoting cross-fertilisation of ideas among participants.
• Providing practical exposure to new-age research and technology concepts. 
• Enhancing functional, behavioural and domain skills.

This programme institutionalises early career training opportunities for young scientists across the S&T sectors.

Statement 2 is correct: The Capacity Building Commission (CBC) in collaboration with the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (Office of PSA) to the Government of India, launched the Young Scientists Induction Training Programme.

About Capacity Building Commission

• The Capacity Building Commission (CBC) is conceived as an independent body with full executive power. 
• It is a three-member Commission supported by an internal Secretariat headed by a Secretary.
• Members have been appointed from diverse backgrounds, such as private sector, academia, public sector, and civil society. 
• The Commission’s focus is on driving stand harmonisation across the public sector learning and development landscape. 
• CBC has been operational since April 2021.

Ans: C

Exp:

Statement 1 is correct: The Government has approved the setting up of a 3 x 800 MW Ultra Super Critical Thermal Power Plant at Talabira through Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited (NLCIL). 

The Talabira Thermal Power project is a pit-head power plant. 

This pithead power station will be intricately linked to NLCIL’s captive coal blocks, Talabira II and III, ensuring sustainability. 

To promote the setting up of Thermal Power Plants at the pit head so as to reduce the cost of transportation of coal, the Ministry of Coal has planned Thermal Power Plants to be set up by coal CPSUs.  

Statement 2 is incorrect: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is slated to lay the foundation stone for the Talabira Thermal power project in Odisha (not Jharkhand) on February 3, 2024.

Statement 3 is correct: Talabira, Odisha Plant of NLCIL is to supply 1500 MW of power to Tamil Nadu, 100 MW to Puducherry and 400 MW to Kerala (Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) have already been secured).

Ans: A

Exp:

Statement 1 is correct: The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is the cancer agency of the World Health Organisation (WHO).

In 2022, India had more than 14.1 lakh new cancer cases and over 9.1 lakh deaths due to the disease, and breast cancer was the most common, according to the latest estimates of the disease’s global burden by the World Health Organization (WHO). 

Statement 2 is incorrect: The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) is a landmark cancer genomics program started in 2006 to molecularly characterise different types of cancers. 

This was a joint effort of the US government-funded National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute.

Ans: B

Exp:

Statement 1 is incorrect, and Statement 2 is correct: The Horn of Africa is a region of eastern Africa (the easternmost extension of African landmass) that is home to the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, whose cultures have been linked throughout their long history.

Statement 3 is correct: In recent years, waters off the west coast of Africa, the Gulf of Aden, the Horn of Africa, Bangladesh, and the Strait of Malacca have seen attacks by pirates.