1. With respect to the Census, consider the following statements:

1. The Census was first started under British Viceroy Lord Mayo in 1872. 
2. The first synchronous census in India was held in 1881 and since then, censuses have been undertaken uninterruptedly once every ten years.
3. The responsibility of conducting the decennial Census rests with the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India under Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are not correct?

2. Consider the following statements:

1. The Census provides a portrait of the Indian population, while the SECC is a tool to identify beneficiaries of state support.
2. Since the Census falls under the Census Act of 1948, all data are considered confidential, whereas all the personal information given in the SECC is open for use by Government departments to grant and/or restrict benefits to households.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

3. Consider the following statements: 

1. Same-sex marriage is the practice of marriage between two men or between two women.
2. Same-sex marriage has been regulated through law, religion, and custom in most countries of the world.
3. As of 2022, marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in more than 30 countries.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

4. Consider the following statements: 

1. Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 deals with restitution of conjugal rights.  
2. Conjugal rights are rights created by marriage, i.e. right of the husband or the wife to the society of the other spouse.  
3. Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act recognises one aspect of conjugal rights — the right to consortium and protects it by allowing a spouse to move court to enforce the right. 

Which of the statements given above are correct?

5. Consider the following statements about the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021:

1. It provides for the National Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Board.
2. The Act also regulates Surrogacy in India
3. The act sets up an upper age limit for both men and women for the use of ARTs.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

6. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Satellite Townships?

1. They are created to depopulate the main city.
2. They are a part of the main city’s suburbs.

7. What do you understand by ABHA?

8. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Green hydrogen is produced by means of electrolysis in which water splits into hydrogen and oxygen.
2. Electrolysis requires a device which has two electrodes of the same charges.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

9. Consider the following:

1. Alumina is produced from Bauxite through the Bayer process.
2. In India, Odisha not only has the largest reserves of Bauxite but is the largest producer of the same.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

10. Consider the following statements regarding Global Positioning System:

1. It is a US owned utility for navigation and positioning.
2. It is a network of 20 satellites that orbit the Earth.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?