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1. Name the Scheme launched by Ramesh Pokhriyal ?Nishank? aimed at mentoring National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) to develop quality assurance in Higher Education
Which of the above statements is correct?
2. Which state government has signed a pact for a pilot project called ?Medicine from the Sky? with World Economic Forum?s (WEF) Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Network ?
3. Consider the following statements with respect to 'Participatory Guarantee Scheme (PGS)':
  1. It is a process of certifying organic products,which ensures that their production takes place in accordance with laid-down quality standards.
  2. Individual farmers or group of farmers smaller than five members are not covered under PGS.
Select the correct statements:
4. With reference to the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters',consider the following statements:
  1. It is a non-binding charter.
  2. It provides for the charitable and humanitarian related acquisition of and transmission of space satellite data to relief organizations in the event of major disasters.
  3. It is initiated by NASA.
Which among the above statements is correct?
5. With reference to renaming of states, consider the following statements:
  1. It can initiated by the Parliament only.
  2. The renaming of a state requires Parliamentary approval under Article 3 and 4 of the Constitution.
  3. The views of the state assembly are not binding neither on the President nor on the Parliament.
Which among the above statements is correct?
6. Consider the following statements regarding National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL).
  1. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has finalised the National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL)that aims to bridge the current regulatory system's gap that does not cover all the medical devices and in-vitro diagnostic device (IVD).
  2. India has become the first country to compile Essential Diagnostics List that would provide guidance to the government for deciding the kind of diagnostic tests that different healthcare facilities in villages and remote areas require.
Which of the above statements is incorrect?
7. Consider the following statements regarding Biometric Seafarer Identity Document (BSID).
  1. India became the first country in the world to issue Biometric Seafarer Identity Document (BSID),capturing the bio-metric data of seafarers.
  2. Biometric Seafarer Identity Document (BSID) is based on finger and iris-based bio-metric data.
  3. BSID will give a foolproof identification to Indian seafarers which will facilitate their movement and help in identifying them from any location in the world.
Which of the above statements is correct?

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