Daily Quiz 09 September 2025
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
Working permission for linear projects can be granted after Stage-I approval.
Compensatory afforestation land must mandatorily be notified as a Protected Forest.
Applications for projects of strategic or national importance can be submitted offline.
How many of the provisions given above is/ are part of the Forest Conservation Amendment Rules, 2025?Correct
Answer: B
Explanation:
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the new Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Amendment Rules, 2025, or the Forest Conservation Amendment Rules (FCA). These new rules expand the scope of state governments to divert forest land for infrastructure projects.
- Statement 1 (Correct):
- The Rules allow working permission after Stage-I approval (in-principal clearance).
- This means project authorities can start survey, demarcation, site preparation, and temporary works before the final Stage-II approval.
- Example: A highway project can start earthwork, but cannot black-top or lay tracks without final clearance.
- Impact: Speeds up linear projects (roads, railways, pipelines, transmission lines) which are often delayed.
- Statement 2 (Incorrect):
- Earlier, Compensatory Afforestation (CA) land had to be notified as a Protected Forest.
- Now, the requirement is flexible → either:
- Land can be transferred to the Forest Department, or
- It may be notified under relevant state/central laws.
- Impact: States/UTs get flexibility; avoids bureaucratic delay in notifying land.
- Statement 3 (Correct):
- Normally, applications are filed online via the PARIVESH portal (single-window clearance).
- But for strategic, national importance, or emergency projects (e.g., defence roads near LAC, disaster relief works), the Rules allow offline submission.
Impact: Ensures national security/emergency projects are not stuck in digital bottlenecks.
Incorrect
Answer: B
Explanation:
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the new Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Amendment Rules, 2025, or the Forest Conservation Amendment Rules (FCA). These new rules expand the scope of state governments to divert forest land for infrastructure projects.
- Statement 1 (Correct):
- The Rules allow working permission after Stage-I approval (in-principal clearance).
- This means project authorities can start survey, demarcation, site preparation, and temporary works before the final Stage-II approval.
- Example: A highway project can start earthwork, but cannot black-top or lay tracks without final clearance.
- Impact: Speeds up linear projects (roads, railways, pipelines, transmission lines) which are often delayed.
- Statement 2 (Incorrect):
- Earlier, Compensatory Afforestation (CA) land had to be notified as a Protected Forest.
- Now, the requirement is flexible → either:
- Land can be transferred to the Forest Department, or
- It may be notified under relevant state/central laws.
- Impact: States/UTs get flexibility; avoids bureaucratic delay in notifying land.
- Statement 3 (Correct):
- Normally, applications are filed online via the PARIVESH portal (single-window clearance).
- But for strategic, national importance, or emergency projects (e.g., defence roads near LAC, disaster relief works), the Rules allow offline submission.
Impact: Ensures national security/emergency projects are not stuck in digital bottlenecks.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsWith reference to “Regulatory Assets” in the electricity sector, consider the following statements:
- They arise when DISCOMs’ Average Cost of Supply (ACS) exceeds the Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR).
- They allow immediate tariff hikes to balance cost and revenue mismatch.
- The Supreme Court (2025) directed clearance of all regulatory assets within a fixed timeline.
How many of the statements given above are not correct?
Correct
Answer: A
Explanation:
- Statement 1 (Correct):
- Regulatory Assets = unrecovered costs of power distribution companies (DISCOMs).
- They arise when ACS (Average Cost to supply power) > ARR (Revenue recovered from tariffs & subsidies).
- Instead of hiking tariffs suddenly, the cost is deferred to future years as “Regulatory Asset”.
- Example: Fuel prices rise suddenly → DISCOMs bear cost now, recover later.
- Statement 2 (Incorrect):
- Regulatory assets are created to avoid immediate tariff hikes.
- Consumers are protected from sudden price shocks, but DISCOMs accumulate losses and interest burden.
- Impact: Creates a debt spiral → DISCOMs borrow to cover working capital, leading to financial stress.
- Statement 3 (Correct):
- Supreme Court in 2025 ordered:
- Clear all existing regulatory assets within 4 years.
- Clear new regulatory assets within 3 years.
- Aim: Prevent perpetual postponement of tariff revisions.
- Supreme Court in 2025 ordered:
Impact: Improves DISCOM financial health, but may result in gradual tariff hikes for consumers.
Incorrect
Answer: A
Explanation:
- Statement 1 (Correct):
- Regulatory Assets = unrecovered costs of power distribution companies (DISCOMs).
- They arise when ACS (Average Cost to supply power) > ARR (Revenue recovered from tariffs & subsidies).
- Instead of hiking tariffs suddenly, the cost is deferred to future years as “Regulatory Asset”.
- Example: Fuel prices rise suddenly → DISCOMs bear cost now, recover later.
- Statement 2 (Incorrect):
- Regulatory assets are created to avoid immediate tariff hikes.
- Consumers are protected from sudden price shocks, but DISCOMs accumulate losses and interest burden.
- Impact: Creates a debt spiral → DISCOMs borrow to cover working capital, leading to financial stress.
- Statement 3 (Correct):
- Supreme Court in 2025 ordered:
- Clear all existing regulatory assets within 4 years.
- Clear new regulatory assets within 3 years.
- Aim: Prevent perpetual postponement of tariff revisions.
- Supreme Court in 2025 ordered:
Impact: Improves DISCOM financial health, but may result in gradual tariff hikes for consumers.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following findings with respect to the WHO’s World Mental Health Today and Mental Health Atlas 2024:
- Nearly half of all mental disorders begin before age 18.
- Anxiety and depressive disorders account for more than two-thirds of all cases.
- Median government spending on mental health exceeds 10% of total health budgets globally.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Correct
Answer: B
Explanation:
WHO’s Mental Health Atlas is a periodic survey and report of countries’ mental health policies and programmes, laws, information systems, financing, workforce and services. The 2024 edition, the seventh in a series that started in 2001, draws on data from 144 countries and includes several new indicators on service delivery including telehealth and physical health, community-based care, and data monitoring. This latest report provides an overview of global mental health systems and services, tracks progress towards the targets of WHO’s Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2030, and identifies key gaps in mental health service development across the world.
- Statement 1 (Correct):
- WHO report: ~50% of all mental disorders emerge before 18 years.
- Impact: Early intervention in schools & adolescent health programs is crucial.
- Example: Childhood anxiety → if untreated, leads to chronic depression/adult disability.
- Statement 2 (Correct):
- Anxiety + depression = >66% of all mental health disorders worldwide.
- These are the leading causes of disability globally (measured in DALYs).
- Example: Post-COVID anxiety surge among youth.
- Statement 3 (Incorrect):
- Reality: Govt spending on mental health is just 2% of health budgets (median), not 10%.
- Impact: Shows systemic neglect; lack of psychiatrists, counsellors, and community centres.
India: <1 psychiatrist per 100,000 population (vs WHO norm: 3 per 100k).
Incorrect
Answer: B
Explanation:
WHO’s Mental Health Atlas is a periodic survey and report of countries’ mental health policies and programmes, laws, information systems, financing, workforce and services. The 2024 edition, the seventh in a series that started in 2001, draws on data from 144 countries and includes several new indicators on service delivery including telehealth and physical health, community-based care, and data monitoring. This latest report provides an overview of global mental health systems and services, tracks progress towards the targets of WHO’s Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2030, and identifies key gaps in mental health service development across the world.
- Statement 1 (Correct):
- WHO report: ~50% of all mental disorders emerge before 18 years.
- Impact: Early intervention in schools & adolescent health programs is crucial.
- Example: Childhood anxiety → if untreated, leads to chronic depression/adult disability.
- Statement 2 (Correct):
- Anxiety + depression = >66% of all mental health disorders worldwide.
- These are the leading causes of disability globally (measured in DALYs).
- Example: Post-COVID anxiety surge among youth.
- Statement 3 (Incorrect):
- Reality: Govt spending on mental health is just 2% of health budgets (median), not 10%.
- Impact: Shows systemic neglect; lack of psychiatrists, counsellors, and community centres.
India: <1 psychiatrist per 100,000 population (vs WHO norm: 3 per 100k).
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following categories are exempted from normal passport/visa requirements under the new Order?
- Religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan entering India on or before December 31, 2024.
- Sri Lankan Tamil refugees registered and sheltered in India on or before January 9, 2015.
- Foreign tourists entering India on e-visas.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct
Answer: A
Explanation:
- Statement 1 (Correct):
- Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan → exempt if they entered on/before 31 Dec 2024.
- Applies even if they have invalid/expired passports or visas.
- Link to CAA (2019): Similar cut-off date used (Dec 31, 2014).
- Statement 2 (Correct):
- Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who registered/sheltered in India on or before Jan 9, 2015 are exempt.
- Reason: Humanitarian policy due to Sri Lankan civil war displacement.
- Statement 3 (Incorrect):
- Tourists with e-visas are not exempt. They still need valid travel documents.
This exemption is targeted at refugees & persecuted minorities, not normal travellers.
Incorrect
Answer: A
Explanation:
- Statement 1 (Correct):
- Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan → exempt if they entered on/before 31 Dec 2024.
- Applies even if they have invalid/expired passports or visas.
- Link to CAA (2019): Similar cut-off date used (Dec 31, 2014).
- Statement 2 (Correct):
- Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who registered/sheltered in India on or before Jan 9, 2015 are exempt.
- Reason: Humanitarian policy due to Sri Lankan civil war displacement.
- Statement 3 (Incorrect):
- Tourists with e-visas are not exempt. They still need valid travel documents.
This exemption is targeted at refugees & persecuted minorities, not normal travellers.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsWith reference to the PRATUSH mission, consider the following statements:
- It is a lunar-orbit radiometer designed to detect the 21-cm hydrogen signal from the early Universe.
- It is being developed by the Raman Research Institute (RRI).
- It is the first attempt by India to study the Cosmic Dawn; no ground-based experiment exists yet.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Correct
Answer: B
Explanation:
PRATUSH : Probing ReionizATion of the Universe using Signal from Hydrogen
PRATUSH is a future radiometer in lunar orbit that will reveal the Cosmic Dawn of our Universe. PRATUSH will answer the question of when the first stars formed in our universe, the nature of the first stars, and what was the light from the first stars or, in other words, the colour of the light of Cosmic Dawn. PRATUSH will be the pioneering space telescope that will reveal, for the first time, the history of our infant Universe as it transformed after the Big Bang – from cold gas into stars and galaxies and the universe as we know it today. PRATUSH, as its name denotes, will inform us of the first rays of the first suns in the infant universe.
- Statement 1 (Correct):
- PRATUSH = lunar-orbit radiometer to detect faint 21-cm hydrogen line.
- 21-cm line → signature of neutral hydrogen atoms during Cosmic Dawn (first stars formation).
- Why lunar orbit? Earth’s atmosphere + radio interference block signals; Moon’s far side = radio-quiet zone.
- Statement 2 (Correct):
- Mission is being developed by Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bengaluru.
- Supported by ISRO & international collaborations.
- Statement 3 (Incorrect):
- India already has SARAS (Shaped Antenna measurement of the background RAdio Spectrum), a ground-based experiment.
PRATUSH is space-based, more advanced, but not the first attempt.
Incorrect
Answer: B
Explanation:
PRATUSH : Probing ReionizATion of the Universe using Signal from Hydrogen
PRATUSH is a future radiometer in lunar orbit that will reveal the Cosmic Dawn of our Universe. PRATUSH will answer the question of when the first stars formed in our universe, the nature of the first stars, and what was the light from the first stars or, in other words, the colour of the light of Cosmic Dawn. PRATUSH will be the pioneering space telescope that will reveal, for the first time, the history of our infant Universe as it transformed after the Big Bang – from cold gas into stars and galaxies and the universe as we know it today. PRATUSH, as its name denotes, will inform us of the first rays of the first suns in the infant universe.
- Statement 1 (Correct):
- PRATUSH = lunar-orbit radiometer to detect faint 21-cm hydrogen line.
- 21-cm line → signature of neutral hydrogen atoms during Cosmic Dawn (first stars formation).
- Why lunar orbit? Earth’s atmosphere + radio interference block signals; Moon’s far side = radio-quiet zone.
- Statement 2 (Correct):
- Mission is being developed by Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bengaluru.
- Supported by ISRO & international collaborations.
- Statement 3 (Incorrect):
- India already has SARAS (Shaped Antenna measurement of the background RAdio Spectrum), a ground-based experiment.
PRATUSH is space-based, more advanced, but not the first attempt.
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