(b) Only two statements are correct (2nd and 3rd)
Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection spread through inhaling tiny droplets from the coughs or sneezes of an infected person. (1st Statement is incorrect)
It mainly affects the lungs, but it can affect any part of the body, including the tummy (abdomen), glands, bones and nervous system.
TB is a potentially serious condition, but it can be cured if it’s treated with the right antibiotics.

(c) All three statements are correct
The National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) aims to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in India by 2025, five years ahead of the global target of 2030.
The programme includes the Nikshay Poshan Yojana, which provides nutritional support to TB patients for the entire duration of their treatment.
The NTEP focuses on addressing social determinants of TB, such as poverty and malnutrition, in addition to medical interventions.

(c) All three statements are correct
In the year 2001, British economist Jim O’Neill coined the term ‘BRIC’ by combining Brazil, Russia, India and China.
It was formalized in a meeting of foreign ministers of Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2006. In 2010, South Africa also joined it and its name changed from BRIC to BRICS
Currently it has 10 members – Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
Regular summits of BRICS are being organized since 2009. India chaired BRICS for the first time in 2012.
The 16th BRICS Summit indeed marked the inclusion of Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates as new members. The theme of the summit was “Strengthening Multilateralism for Fair Global Development and Security.”
The summit introduced a new payment system called BRICS Pay to facilitate transactions between member countries.

(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Cruise missiles are jet-propelled at subsonic speeds throughout their flights, while ballistic missiles are rocket-powered only in the initial (boost) phase of flight, after which they follow an arcing trajectory to the target. Hence, statement 1 is not correct.
Agni V is India’s long-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, which can hit a target with a precision that is 5,000 km away. The BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile, developed by the joint Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace Company. Hence, statement 2 is not correct.

(c) A missile is put into a stable orbit around the Earth and deorbits over a target on the Earth.
Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS): The idea behind FOBS is, that a warhead is put into a stable orbit and it deorbits over the target. If the target and the launch position are lined up and the warhead keeps going round, it will complete a circle. Obviously, with the earth moving during this, it is more of a spiral than a ring, but the horizontal movement is countered in such a way that the warhead still goes over the target. The real point is that missile can be flown directly to the target, or it is fired in the opposite direction the other way around the planet and still arrive at the target from the opposite direction over the South Pole instead of the North Pole, where almost all of North America’s early warning systems are pointed. More importantly, the warhead can remain in orbit for days or months so that when the weapon deorbits and attacks its target or simply explodes in orbit, an EMP pulse is generated, which initiates an attack.