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• The Lisima Plateau, seen in the news recently for the discovery of several species new to science, is located in:

  • Namibia
  • Botswana
  • Angola
  • Zambia

• With reference to Pyroprocessing, consider the following statements:

  1. It is a low-temperature metallurgical process used to recover and recycle valuable actinides from spent nuclear fuel.
  2. Unlike conventional reprocessing methods, pyroprocessing is based on aqueous chemical separation using nitric acid as the primary medium.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  • 1 only
  • 2 only
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2

• The ‘Surha Tal’ has been designated as 100th Ramsar Site of India. It is located in?

  • Uttarakhand
  • Rajasthan
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Madhya Pradesh

• Consider the following statements about Nilgiri Tahr:

  1. The largest population is found in Eravikulam National Park in Kerala.
  2. It is listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  • 1 only
  • 2 only
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2

• The NZP Saathi App, seen in the news recently, was launched by:

  • Ministry of Tourism
  • Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  • NITI Aayog