1. Consider the following statements:

1. Article 25(1) of the Constitution guarantees the freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practise and propagate religion. 
2. It is a right that guarantees negative liberty which means that the state shall ensure that there is no interference or obstacle to exercising this freedom.
3. Like all fundamental rights, the state can restrict the right for grounds of public order, decency, morality, health and other state interests.

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

2. Consider the following statements:

1. Article 26 gives Right to Religious Institutions subject to public order, morality and other Fundamental Rights.
2. Religious Institutions have Fundamental Right to own and acquire movable and immovable property.
3. Article 27 lays down that no person shall be compelled to pay any taxes for the promotion of any particular religion.
4. Religious Institutions recognised by the State are prohibited for religious instructions.

Which of the above statements given above are correct?

3. Consider the following statements:

1. SC has ruled over a 51-year-old abortion law (The MTPAct of 1971) which bars unmarried women from terminating pregnancies which are up to 24-weeks old.
2. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1971 and its Rules of 2003 prohibit unmarried women who are between 20 weeks to 24 weeks pregnant to abort with the help of registered medical practitioners.

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

4. With respect to the Build Own Operate and Transfer (BOOT), consider the following statements:

1. BOOT (build, own, operate, transfer) is a public-private partnership (PPP) project model in which a private organization conducts a large development project under contract to a public-sector partner, such as a government agency.
2. The public-sector partner may provide limited funding or some other benefit (such as tax exempt status) and the private-sector partner assumes the risks associated with planning, constructing, operating and maintaining the project without any specified time period.

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

5. Consider the following with regard to Cheetah:

1. African Cheetah is Critically Endangered but Asiatic Cheetah is Vulnerable in IUCN Red list.
2. Namibia has the world’s largest population of cheetahs.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

6. Consider the following in context to‘ Atal Mission for Urban Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)’:

1. This mission is associated with the circular economy because it promotes reuse of treated wastewater.
2. Water body mapping is a responsibility of Pey Jal Survekshan under AMRUT.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

7. Consider the following with regard to
e-Rupee.

1. e-Rupee is an electronic version of cash, and will be primarily meant for retail transactions.
2. It can be exchanged one-to-one with the fiat currency.
3. Users will be able to transact with e-Rupee through a digital wallet offered by the participating bank and store it on mobile phones and devices.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

8. Consider the following statements:

1. The World Bank defines the extreme poor as those living on less than $1.90 a day.
2. The extreme poverty line is based on the 2017 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP).

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

9. Which of the following is not a bird? 

10. Consider the following statements with respect to the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC):

1. The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India is the Chairperson of the MPC.
2. The MPC determines the policy repo rate required to achieve the inflation target.
3. The decision of the Monetary Policy Committee shall be binding on the Bank and the quorum for the meeting of the MPC is three members.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?