18.04.2025

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1.

Recently, a juvenile colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) was filmed alive in its natural habitat in the Southern Ocean. In this context, which of the following statements best explains why such a sighting is considered scientifically significant?

It provides direct insight into deep-sea biodiversity and predator-prey interactions in the Southern Ocean.
It confirms the long-standing hypothesis that colossal squids migrate to tropical waters during reproduction.
It offers the first evidence of external fertilization in cephalopods.
It marks a technological breakthrough in capturing organisms beyond the photic zone without artificial light disturbance.

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1 and 2 only

1 and 4 only

2 and 3 only

1, 3 and 4 only

2.

With reference to the Karad Sanitary Waste Management Model, which of the following statements best explains why it is considered a replicable model for urban waste management in India?

It is funded entirely by the central government under the Swachh Bharat Mission.

It integrates public-private partnership, community engagement, and real-time environmental compliance in managing sanitary waste.

It employs low-cost landfilling methods for sanitary and biomedical waste disposal.

It focuses only on urban wards with high population density for waste segregation and collection.

3.

Consider the following statements regarding Type 5 Diabetes:

It is primarily caused due to insulin resistance and high body fat percentage.
It has been recently recognised as a distinct form of diabetes by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).
It commonly affects undernourished individuals in low- and middle-income countries.
It is associated with autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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2 and 3 only

2, 3 and 4 only

1, 2 and 3 only

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