1. Consider the following statements:

1. Article 142 of the Constitution enables apex court to make any order as is necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it.
2. Being a superior court of record, it is for the Supreme Court to consider whether any matter falls within its jurisdiction or not.

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

2. The Supreme Court recently ordered for the immediate release of six convicts who are serving life sentence for more than three decades in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, which was one of the instances of Judicial Activism. 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

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3. Consider the following statements:

1. E-Waste is the term used to describe old, end-of-life or discarded electronic appliances.
2. In India prior to 2011, e-waste was covered under the Hazardous Waste Management (HWM) Rules.
3. E-waste contains several toxic additives or hazardous substances such as mercury, brominated flame retardants (BFR), CFCs and HCFCs.

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

4. Consider the following statements:

1. Originally the Basel Convention did not mention e-waste but later it addressed the issues of e-waste in 2006 (COP8).
2. Rotterdam Convention, 2004 was adopted at COP9 of the Basel Convention which aimed at creating innovative solutions for the environmentally sound management of electronic wastes.
3. Nairobi Declaration seeks to promote exchange of information among Parties over a range of potentially hazardous that may be exported or imported.

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

5. Consider the following with regard to SVAMITVA scheme:

1. The Ministry of Rural Development is the nodal ministry for its implementation.
2. It aims to provide an integrated property validation solution for only urban India.
3. Under this scheme, property cards would be provided to house owners.
4. Under this scheme, drone surveying technology will be used.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

6. Consider the following with regard to “United Nation Human Rights Council”:

1. It replaced the former United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
2. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) serves as the Secretariat of the Human Rights Council.
3. Members of the Council are not eligible for immediate re-election after serving a complete term.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

1. Pashmina shawl is made up of ‘Shahtoosh’ guard hair which comes from the fleece of Changthangi Goat.
2. The Changpa tribes of Ladakh who heard the Changthangi goats harvest the raw Pashm.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

8. Consider the following statements with respect to National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS): 

1. NAAQS are standards for air quality that are set by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) that are applicable all over the country.
2. The compliance of the NAAQS is monitored under the National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP).
3. The measurement of air quality for NAAQS is based on the eight pollutants.

How many of the given statements is/are correct?

9. Gadgil Committee Report’ and ‘Kasturirangan Committee Report’, sometimes seen in the news, are related to:

10. In the context of wearable technology, which of the following tasks is/are accomplished by wearable devices? 

1. Location identification of a person
2. Sleep monitoring of a person
3. Assisting the hearing impaired person

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