1. With respect to recently released UNICEF report on child marriage, consider the following statements:
- Incidences of child marriage was the highest in South-East Asia.
- The global target is to eliminate child marriage practice by 2040.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct Answer: D [Neither 1 nor 2]
Notes:- In 2016, UNICEF, along with United Nations Population Fund, launched a global programme to tackle child marriage in 12 of the most high-prevalence or high-burden countries: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia.
- Progress on SDG 5.3 (eliminating child marriage) is dependent on progress in other areas, especially education, employment and poverty reduction.
- The global target is to eliminate child marriage practice by 2030.
- Incidences of child marriage was the highest in West and Central Africa where nearly 4 in 10 young women were married off before 18 years of age.
2. Why ‘Chlorpyrifos’, ‘chlorinated paraffin’, ‘dechlorane plus’, are in news recently?
[A] These are the chemicals used in bio-chemical weapons
[B] These are chemicals used to treat sewage water
[C] These are listed as Persistent Organic Pollutants by the review committee
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [These are listed as Persistent Organic Pollutants by the review committee]
Notes:- The18th meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Review Committee (POPRC-18) to the Stockholm Convention has included five more chemicals in its agenda.
- The listed chemicals include a pesticide, a flame retardant and some plastic stabilising substances.
- Listed chemicals are chlorpyrifos, chlorinated paraffin, long-chain perfluoro carboxylic acids dechlorane plus, a flame retardant and UV-328, a stabiliser used in some personal care products.
3. Consider the following statements regarding “chlorpyrifos”:
- It is used as a flame retardant chemical.
- It was registered under the Insecticide Act of 1968 in India.
- It was included among the pesticides banned by the governments of Punjab and Haryana in August 2022.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 1 and 3
[C] Only 2 and 3
[D] 1, 2 and 3
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Correct Answer: C [Only 2 and 3]
Notes:
Chlorpyrifos is not a flame retardant; it is an organophosphate insecticide registered under the Insecticide Act of 1968. In August 2022, Punjab and Haryana banned chlorpyrifos among ten pesticides. Thus, Statements 2 and 3 are correct, while Statement 1 is incorrect, making Option 3 the correct answer.
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