1. Consider the following statements regarding the POCSO Act, 2019:

1.The Act increased minimum punishment for penetrative sexual assault from 7 years to 15 years.

2.It also provides for with imprisonment between 20 years to life, with fine if person commits penetrative sexual assault on child below age of 16 years.

3.The Act also defines child pornography as any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct that involves child such as photograph, video, digital or even computer generated image indistinguishable from actual child.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

2. Which of the following statements are correct about judicial activism?

1. It is the process of law making by judges
2. It is the practice in the judiciary of protecting individual rights
3. Judges depart from strict adherence to judicial precedents

Select the correct answer using the code given below

3. When a person is refused to renew FCRA registration for his NGO by unlawful means, he is protected under which of the following Fundamental Right?

4. Consider the following statements:

Statement 1: Under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) 2010, candidate contesting the election is debarred from receiving contribution.

Statement 2: FCRA comes under the purview of the Department of Economic Affairs of Ministry of Finance.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

5. Consider the following with regard to “National Population Register of India”:

1. It is mandatory for every “usual resident of India” to register in the NPR.
2. NPR is a citizenship enumeration drive and records only Indian Citizens staying in a locality for more than six months.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

6. Consider the following with regard to Falcon Heavy Rocket:

1. It is launched by SpaceX into a polar earth orbit.
2. It carried satellites to space for the US Space Force.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

7. Consider the following with regard to ‘Xenotransplantation’:

1. It involves the transplantation of the tissues or organs of one human into another human.
2. Gene editing is used in this process to reduce the likelihood of organ rejection.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

8. Which constitutional provision makes it the duty of the Union to ensure that the government of every State is carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution?

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

1. The United Nations Climate Change Conferences are yearly conferences held under the framework of the UNFCCC.
2. They serve as the formal meeting of the UNFCCC Parties (Conferences of the Parties) (COP) to assess progress in dealing with climate change.
3. It is mandatory for all the heads of States and Governments to attend the COP.

10. With reference to Indian Elephants, consider the following statements:

1. The leader of an elephant group is a female.
2. The maximum gestation period can be 22 months.
3. An elephant can normally go on calving till the age of 40 years only.
4. Among the States in India, the highest population is in Kerala.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?