{"id":633,"date":"2023-06-13T13:36:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T08:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=633"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:07:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:37:05","slug":"q-consider-the-following-statements-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-statements-16","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li><strong>Animal Welfare Board<\/strong>&nbsp;of India is established under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Tiger Conservation Authority is a statutory body.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Ganga River Basin Authority is chaired by the Prime Minister.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (b) 2 and 3 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Animal Welfare Board of India<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/prevention-of-cruelty-to-animals-act-upsc\/\">Animal welfare Board of India<\/a>&nbsp;is a statutory body<\/strong>&nbsp;established under the<strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/prevention-of-cruelty-to-animals-act-upsc\/\">Prevention of cruelty to animals act 1960<\/a>&nbsp;in 1962.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;It\u2019s an&nbsp;<strong>advisory body of the Government of India&nbsp;<\/strong>on animal welfare laws.&nbsp;<strong>Hence statement 1 is incorrect.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;It consists o<strong>f 28 members<\/strong>&nbsp;who serve for a term of&nbsp;<strong>3 years.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The<strong>&nbsp;nodal ministry of the Animal Welfare Board of India, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Its&nbsp;<strong>headquarters<\/strong>&nbsp;is in&nbsp;<strong>Ballabgarh<\/strong>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<strong>Faridabad<\/strong>&nbsp;district of&nbsp;<strong>Haryana<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">National Tiger conservation authority<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/tiger-reserves-in-india-upsc\/\">National Tiger Conservation Authority<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;<strong>statutory<\/strong>&nbsp;body under the&nbsp;<strong>ministry of environment forest and climate change<\/strong>&nbsp;established in&nbsp;<strong>2005<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was&nbsp;<strong>constituted<\/strong>&nbsp;under the&nbsp;<strong>provisions of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wildlife-protection-act-1972-upsc\/\">Wildlife Protection Act 1972<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">National Ganga River Basin Authority<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>National Ganga River Basin Authority&nbsp;<\/strong>was replaced by the&nbsp;<strong>National Ganga Council<\/strong>&nbsp;under&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection, and Management) Authorities Order, 2016.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>National Ganga Council is chaired by the Prime Minister&nbsp;<\/strong>and the&nbsp;<strong>Union Minister for Jal Shakti is its vice-chairperson.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is responsible for the&nbsp;<strong>implementation<\/strong>&nbsp;of the<strong>&nbsp;national mission for Clean Ganga.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_bd8758-29 .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_bd8758-29 .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_bd8758-29\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? 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