10th June 2025

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about ‘Kala-Azar’? 

1. It is a viral disease which is endemic to Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal in India.
2. It is transmitted to humans by the bite of female aedes mosquito.

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Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI) is related to - 

Consider the following statements regarding the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) - 

1. It assigns a unique 10-digit National Fingerprint Number (NFN) to each criminal, where the first two digits represent the state code.
2. The system is managed by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) and operates from the Central Fingerprint Bureau in New Delhi.
3. NAFIS allows law enforcement agencies to upload and retrieve criminal fingerprint data in real time, but only during working hours.
4. The unique NFN remains the same for an offender throughout their lifetime, linking all crimes registered under different FIRs to this single ID.

Which of the statements given above are correct? 

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the ‘CRISPR Cas-9 technology’? 

1. The technology behaves like a cut-and-paste mechanism on DNA strands that contain genetic information.
2. The genetic codes that need to be changed are removed using the Cas9 protein to be later repaired artificially by the desired sequence of genetic codes to bind with the broken DNA strand.

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Consider the following statements about the 'Kashmir Merino' breed of sheep - 

1. It is a dual-purpose breed developed in the Kashmir Valley, known for both high-quality wool and meat production.
2. It was developed by cross-breeding native sheep breeds like Poonchi and Bakerwal with exotic breeds such as Australian Merino.
3. The breed is significantly more productive than local sheep in wool yield but lags behind in meat production.
4. It is well-adapted to the harsh climatic conditions of the Kashmir Valley.

Which of the statements given above are correct?