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1. With reference to the proposed Pesticide Management Bill, 2020, consider the following statements:
  1. The bill plans to regulate pesticides-related advertisements to check misleading claims by industries and manufacturers.
  2. All the information regarding the available pesticides would be available in the public domain, in all languages in digital format.
  3. To provide compensation if there is any farm loss because of low quality or spurious pesticides.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
2. With reference to the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Multilateral Instrument (MLI), consider the following statements:
  1. It offers concrete solutions for governments to close the gaps in existing international tax rule.
  2. India is not a signatory to it.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
3. With reference to the proposed Major Ports Authority Bill, 2020, consider the following statements:
  1. It will replace the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 which governs India`s 12 major ports.
  2. It will provide more operational autonomy to ports and fast decisions will be possible at port level only.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
4. Which of the following are the global risks highlighted in the recently released ``The Future of Earth, 2020`` report.
  1. extreme weather events
  2. major biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse
  3. food crises
  4. water crises
5. The joint military exercise ``Ajeya Warrior`` was held recently between India and which of the following countries?
6. According to the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, which of the following animals cannot be hunted by any person except under some provisions provided by law?
  1. Gharial
  2. Indian wild ass
  3. Wild buffalo
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7. With reference to agriculture in India, how can the technique of `genome sequencing`, often seen in the news, be used in the immediate future?
  1. Genome sequencing can be used to identify genetic markers for disease resistance and drought tolerance in various crop plants.
  2. This technique helps in reducing the time required to develop new varieties of crop plants.
  3. It can be used to decipher the host-pathogen relationships in crops.
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