30th October 2025

Explanation - The National Seeds Corporation was established in 1963 and is a Schedule 'B' – Mini Ratna Category-I Company under the administrative control of the Department of Agriculture & Farmer's Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare. The SAARC seed bank is maintained by NSC with grant-in-aid from the Government of India. However, NSC is the nodal agency for creating infrastructure facilities for establishment of processing plants and storage godowns (under a Central Sector Scheme), not for the implementation of the National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture. Therefore, statements 1 and 2 are correct. 

Explanation - The Rehabilitation Council of India was originally set up as a registered society in 1986. The RCI Act was enacted by Parliament in September 1992, and it became a statutory body on 22 June 1993 (so the Act was enacted in 1992, not 1993). Its primary mandate includes maintaining a Central Rehabilitation Register of all qualified professionals and personnel working in the field of Rehabilitation and Special Education. It functions under the administrative control of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (not Ministry of Health and Family Welfare). Therefore, statements 1 and 3 are correct. 

Explanation - Koyla Shakti Dashboard is a Smart Coal Analytics Dashboard that serves as a unified platform for real-time monitoring and analysis of coal sector operations. It integrates data from multiple stakeholders including coal producing companies, central ministries (Coal, Railways, Power, Finance, etc.), state departments, and power generation companies. One of its primary objectives is to support evidence-based policy formulation and management decisions through analytical tools. However, statement 3 is incorrect because the dashboard provides real-time monitoring of coal production, dispatch, AND logistics operations—not just production alone. 

Explanation - The Doctrine of Merger is a common law principle that holds when a higher court or authority issues an order in an appeal, the order passed by the lower court or authority merges into the higher court's order. This means the lower court's order ceases to exist independently and is replaced by the higher court's order. The doctrine is founded on the principle of maintaining the hierarchy of courts and ensuring there cannot be more than one operative order governing the same subject matter at a given time. In taxation law, when an appeal is filed against an assessment order, the original order merges into the appellate order, meaning the original order ceases to have independent existence and is replaced by the appellate order, whether it confirms, modifies, or annuls the original order. 

Explanation - Cloud seeding is a weather modification technique aimed at inducing rainfall by introducing various substances into clouds, which serve as cloud condensation or ice nuclei. The most common method involves dispersing silver iodide, potassium iodide, or other substances into the air, which act as seeding agents. These agents provide nuclei for cloud droplets or ice crystals to form, subsequently leading to precipitation. The primary purpose is to induce rainfall and enhance precipitation in a targeted area.