1. With reference to the Indian Citizenship Act of 1955, consider the following statements:
1. If a person has ever held an Indian passport and has obtained a passport of another country, they are not required to surrender their Indian passport.
2. Persons of Indian origin are not allowed dual citizenship.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
2. Consider the following statements and answer the question below:
1. Climate finance refers to large-scale investments required for actions aiming to mitigate or adapt to the consequences of climate change.
2. Climate finance is a key topic of discussion at COP28 as it has been a bone of contention between low income countries and developed nations.
3. Last year Oxfam said that the developed world provided $83.3 billion in 2020 to the low income countries as climate finance.
Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?
3. With reference to Universal Declaration of Human Rights, consider the following statements:
1. A relatively compact document, the declaration consists of a preamble and 30 articles setting out fundamental rights and freedoms.
2. Seventy-five years ago , the UN General Assembly approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at a meeting in Paris.
3. A formal drafting committee was chaired by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and consisted of members of the new Commission on Human Rights from eight countries, selected to reflect geographical distribution.
4. With reference to the history of accession of Junagadh and Hyderabad, consider the following statements:
1. A plebiscite was held in Hyderabad, where 91% of the voters chose to stay in India.
2. The Indian Army was sent to Junagadh under Operation Polo and in three days the Nizam’s forces surrendered.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
5. With reference to the Conference of the Parties (COP), consider the following statements:
1. It is an annual climate meeting of the United Nations (UN).
2. The first ever COP took place in Paris, France, in 1995.
3. The meeting is aimed to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
6. With reference to the “loss and damage fund”, consider the following statements:
1. It is a global financial package to help vulnerable countries cope with the impact of climate change.
2. It was first announced during COP 25 held in Madrid, Spain.
3. It refers to the compensation that developed nations pay to vulnerable nations whose carbon footprint is low but are facing the brunt of rising sea levels.