(a) Singchung Bugun Village Community Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh.
The Bugun liocichla (Liocichla bugunorum) is a small, brightly colored songbird that is native to Arunachal Pradesh, India. It was first seen in 1995 and described as a new species in 2006. It has been named after the Bugun tribe for their conservation efforts.
It was one of the first bird species to be discovered in India since the country’s independence in 1947, and it lives only on the Buguns’ community lands.
It is a critically endangered species, with only 14 to 20 individuals believed to exist in the world.

(b) Only two
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is a mission to study Jupiter’s moon Europa. The spacecraft will launch in October 2024 and arrive at the Jupiter system in 2030. The spacecraft will orbit Jupiter for four years, performing 49 flybys of Europa. (Statement 2 is incorrect)
The mission will investigate whether Europa could have conditions suitable for life. Europa is slightly smaller than the Earth’s moon, with a surface made of ice. The mission plans to study the moon’s icy shell, its surface’s geology, and its subsurface ocean. The mission will also look for active geysers spewing out from Europa.

(b) Only two
The Reusable Launch Vehicle Pushpak (RLV Pushpak) is a winged technology demonstrator developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to test technologies for a fully reusable launch vehicle. (Statement 1 is incorrect)
The RLV Pushpak is designed as a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) vehicle with wings. It has the potential to cut launch costs by up to 80%, which could lead to more accessible space exploration and sustainability in space missions.
The RLV Pushpak assesses critical technologies such as hypersonic flight, autonomous landing, and powered cruise flight. On April 2, 2023, the RLV Pushpak successfully completed its first autonomous landing mission.
Reusable launch vehicles can be efficient because they don’t need to make smaller parts like rocket engines and boosters for each launch. This can reduce launch costs and carbon emissions, and lead to better operational efficiency.
A single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) vehicle reaches orbit from the surface of a body using only propellants and fluids and without expending tanks, engines, or other major hardware. The term usually, but not exclusively, refers to reusable vehicles.

(c) Both 1 and 2
As of August 9, 2023, India has signed 13 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with other countries: India-Sri Lanka, South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA), India-Nepal, India-Bhutan, India-Thailand, India-Singapore, India-ASEAN, India-South Korea, India-Japan, India-Malaysia, India-Mauritius, India-UAE and India-Australia.
India is currently negotiating bilateral free trade agreements with the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and Canada.
FTAs are agreements between two or more countries to reduce or eliminate trade barriers. These barriers include tariff barriers, like taxes, and nontariff barriers, like regulatory laws. FTAs allow goods and services to be bought and sold across international borders with little or no government tariffs, quotas, subsidies, or prohibitions.

(c) Dr B.R. Ambedkar
The appointment of Election Commissioners falls under the purview of Article 324(2) of the Constitution.
The provision states, “The Election Commission shall consist of the Chief Election Commissioner and such number of other Election Commissioners, if any, as the President may from time to time fix and the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners shall, subject to the provisions of any law made in that behalf by Parliament, be made by the President.”
As per the ‘subject to’ clause, the number and tenure of the ECs are subject to the provisions of “any law made on that behalf by Parliament”.
Interestingly, during a debate in the Constituent Assembly about the draft article, Dr B.R. Ambedkar said, “… there is no use making the tenure of the Election Commissioner a fixed and secure tenure if there is no provision in the Constitution to prevent either a fool or a knave or a person who is likely to be under the thumb of the executive.”
The President appoints the CEC and two ECs on the advice of the Prime Minister and council of ministers. Under the Election Commission (Conditions of Service of Election Commissioners and Transaction of Business) Act, 1991, an EC can have a tenure of six years or up to the age of 65, whichever is earlier. Typically, the senior-most election commissioner is appointed as the CEC.