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1. Which of the following island nations is not included in an affiliation known as `Vanilla islands`?
2. With reference to the recently released `Report on Missing Women and Children` by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), consider the following statements:
  1. The highest number of women and children who go missing in the country are from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh respectively.
  2. The report was based on the annual Crime in India Report compiled by the agency for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
3. With reference to the `Report on cancer burdens and patterns in India in 2018`, recently released by the World Health Organisation (WHO), consider the following statements:
  1. The report recognises six most common cancer types in India which account for 49% of all new cancer cases.
  2. Tobacco-related cancers account for 34-69% of all cancers in men, and constitute 10-27% of all cancers in women in most regions in India.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
4. With reference to the Bureau of Indian Standards` regulations on drinking water, consider the following statements:
  1. Current BIS regulations consider 500 mg/litre-1,200 mg/l of total dissolved solids, which consists of salts and some organic matter, as acceptable though there is no lower limit.
  2. The National Green Tribunal has prohibited the use of reverse osmosis (RO) purifiers in places where total dissolved solids (TDS) in the supplied water are above 500 mg per litre.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
5. With reference to `Samurai Loans`, recently seen in the news, consider the following statements:
  1. They allow non-Japanese firms to tap into the investment capital available in Japan and borrow funds in yen, which is among the currencies with the lowest interest rates.
  2. Recently, NTPC Ltd. has raised the largest ever Samurai loan by any Asian corporate.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
6. Which of the following can be the causes for land degradation?
  1. Deforestation
  2. Mining
  3. Farming
  4. Landslides
Select the correct option from the codes given below.
7. Which one of the following countries of South-West Asia does not open out to the Mediterranean Sea?

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