Solution: c
Both the statements are correct. Benefits of Scheme ● It will provide improved weather, climate and ocean forecast and services, thereby ensuring transfer of commensurate benefits to the various services. ● It will also provide a sizable number of scientific and technical staff along with requisite administrative support, thereby generating employment. ● It will generate employment opportunities to many people as large number of agencies like the Krishi Vigyana Kendras of ICAR, Universities and local municipalities are roped to ensure last-mile connectivity of the weather based services to the end–user.

Solution: b
● Statement 1 is incorrect: It works under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC), Ministry of Finance.
● Statement 2 is correct.
● It is a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) intelligence operation in which numerous Indian and foreign (Chinese, Taiwanese, and South Korean) people suspected of smuggling gold into India via the air cargo channel were detected.

Solution: b
● Statement 1 is incorrect: It is scheme by Ministry of Earth Sciences. Statement 2 & 3 are correct
Objectives:
● To collect and update information on marine living resources and their interactions with the physical environment in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone on a regular basis (EEZ).
● To generate coastline change maps for assessing coastal erosion owing to natural and human activities, and to regularly monitor levels of saltwater contaminants for health assessments of India’s coastal waters.
● To create a wide range of cutting-edge ocean observation systems for the collecting of real-time data from the seas around India, as well as to support ocean technology testing and sea trials.
● For the benefit of society, develop and disseminate a suite of user-oriented ocean information, alerts, warnings, data, and data products.

Solution: a
● Statement 1 is correct: It is a one-year programme equipping youth with practical knowledge and skills required in their field of work. The Apprentices will be imparted training by industry and commercial organizations.
● Statement 2 is incorrect: The National Apprenticeship Training Scheme is the flagship programme of the Ministry of Education for Skilling Indian Youth ● Under this scheme, apprentices who have completed graduate programmes in Engineering, Science, Humanities, and Commerce will be given stipend of nine thousand while those completing diploma in stated fields, will be given stipend of eight thousand rupees per month.

Solution: b
● Statement 1 is incorrect: First Round of NFHS conducted in 1992-93. Statement 2 is correct
Each successive round of the NFHS has had two specific goals:
● To provide essential data on health and family welfare needed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and other agencies for policy and programme purposes.
● To provide information on important emerging health and family welfare issues
● National Family Health Survey (NFHS) – 5
● The NFHS-5 has captured the data during 2019-20 and has been conducted in around 6.1 lakh households.
● Many indicators of NFHS-5 are similar to those of NFHS-4, carried out in 2015-16 to make possible comparisons over time.