Explanation

• Option c is correct answer – PM MITRA stands for PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Parks.
• It aims to establish integrated textile parks with world-class infrastructure to cover the entire textile value chain from fiber to fashion.
• It aims to attract large-scale domestic and foreign investment in the textile sector.
• The scheme promotes employment generation and export enhancement in the textile industry.
• National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM) – It is a flagship initiative by the Ministry of Textiles.
• The mission aims to increase the penetration level of technical textiles within the country and boost innovation, market development, and exports in the sector.

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Explanation

• 1 is incorrectly matched – Kala cotton is also another type of sustainable cotton, which is grown in the region of Kutch in Gujarat.
• This unique, ancient, and purely organic variety of cotton is a rain-fed crop, meaning it relies solely on rainwater and is cultivated without the use of chemical pesticides or fertilisers.
• 2 is incorrectly matched – Kandu cotton is from Karnataka is naturally brown-coloured and is sustainably farmed, rain-fed, and pesticide-free, emphasising a connection to the earth.
• 3 is correctly matched – Ponduru cotton refers to a type of Khadi (handspun and handwoven cotton) produced in the village of Ponduru, Andhra Pradesh.
• It is made from a rare, indigenous, and organic short-staple hill cotton that requires no chemicals and is spun and woven by hand using traditional methods.

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Explanation

• Statement 1 is correct – “Cerebral” means having to do with the brain; "Palsy" means weakness in or problems with using the muscles.
• It is caused by abnormal brain development or damage to the developing brain that affects muscle control.
• Statement 2 is incorrect – It can happen before birth, during birth, within a month after birth, or during the first years of a child's life, while the brain is still developing.
• There is no cure for CP, but early identification and treatment can improve the lives of those who have the condition.

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Explanation

• All the given personalities are awardees of Noble award.
• Mother Teresa (Peace, 1979) Recognised for her humanitarian work through the Missionaries of Charity, caring for the poor and sick in Kolkata.
• Rabindranath Tagore (Literature, 1913) Awarded for Gitanjali, a collection of poems that brought Indian spirituality and lyricism to world literature.
• With this, Tagore became the first Asian Nobel laureate.
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (Physics, 1983) Awarded for his theory on the structure and evolution of stars, including the “Chandrasekhar limit.”
• Amartya Sen (Economic Sciences, 1998) Honoured for his contributions to welfare economics and his “capability approach” to measuring poverty and development.

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Explanation

• Option a is correct – Great Crested Tern are small to medium-sized seabirds closely related to the gulls, skimmers and skuas.
• It occurs in tropical and warm temperate coastal parts of the Old World from the Atlantic Coast of South Africa, around the Indian Ocean to the Pacific and Australia.
• It primarily inhabits coastal environments, including estuaries and offshore islands.

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