(c) Only three
The selection committee of the Prime Minister, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is likely to meet to discuss the replacement of Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey. This would be the first appointment of an Election Commissioner as per the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023 that was passed by Parliament in December.
The Act sets out the procedure for appointment of the CEC and ECs for the first time. So far, all members of the ECI have been appointed by the President on the advice of the government.

(c) Both 1 and 2
These guidelines are applicable for those feature films that are certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for public exhibition in cinema halls/movie theatres for commercial purposes.
The proposal quotes Sections 29 and 42 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, which mandate the government to take measures to promote universal access in the information and communication sector, including access to films for persons with hearing and visual disabilities. (Statement 1 is correct)
As per the Census 2011, 2.21% of the total population in India has been marked as ‘disabled’, of which 19 percent are with disability in seeing, and another 19 percent are with disability in hearing. (Statement 2 is correct)

(c) Only three
The National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) has successfully completed the first test of a solar-powered “pseudo satellite”, a new age unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can significantly increase India’s surveillance and monitoring capabilities in the border areas. (Statement 2 is incorrect)
The high-altitude pseudo satellite vehicle, or HAPS, can fly at altitudes of 18-20 km from the ground, almost double the heights attained by commercial airplanes. (Statement 1 is correct)
It can generate solar power, can remain in air for months, even years, offering it advantages of a satellite. (Statement 3 is correct)
It does not require a rocket to get into space. (Statement 4 is correct)
The cost of operating HAPS is several times lower than that of a satellite that is usually placed at least 200 km from the earth.

(a) 1 only
Mizoram and Assam agreed to make joint efforts to resolve the long pending inter-state border dispute.
During the meeting, Lalduhoma and Sarma agreed to make collective efforts to resolve the border dispute between the two northeastern states.
Three Mizoram districts – Aizawl, Kolasib and Mamit – share a 164.6 km long border with Assam’s Cachar, Karmganj and Hailankandi districts.
The border dispute between the two neighbouring states is a long-standing issue, which mainly stemmed from two colonial demarcations. (Statement 1 is correct)
Mizoram asserts that 509 square miles of the inner line reserved forest, notified in 1875 under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation (BEFR) 1873, are inside its territory. Assam, on the other hand, viewed the border depicted on a map issued by the Survey of India in 1933 as its constitutional boundary.
There is no ground demarcation of boundaries between the two states. (Statement 2 is in correct)

(d) Goa
Mangoes, known in Goa as’mankurad’, are the most popular of the coastal state’s more than 80 unique varieties, and sell for an average of Rs 5,000 per dozen in local marketplaces.
The mangoes, also known as’mankur mango’ or’malcorado’, are priced premium due to an early ripening and harvesting season and a restricted supply, according to vendors and producers.
This variety of mangoes was originally called ‘malcorado’, meaning poor colour in Portuguese. The word later metamorphosed to mankurad over a period of time.
Goa ‘mankurad’ mango, or ‘mankurad’, got the geographical indication (GI) tag from the Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai.