• The Congress split in 1907. The Moderates were opposed to the use of boycott. They felt that it involved the use of force.
• However, the extremists insisted on the use of mass boycott movements, protests and strikes to make a point against the British.
• After the split the Congress came to be dominated by the Moderates with Tilak’s followers functioning from outside.
• The two groups reunited in December 1915. Next year the Congress and the Muslim League signed the historic Lucknow Pact and decided to work together for representative government in the country.

BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile, not ultrasonic.

• Ultrasonic refers to sound waves with frequencies higher than the upper audible limit of human hearing. Supersonic means faster than the speed of sound. So, statement 1 is wrong.

It can be launched from ships, land as well as submarines. So, statement 2 is correct.

Its range is only nearly 300 Km. So, it is not designed to engage inter-continental targets.

The joint sitting of the Parliament:

• It is called by the President (Article 108). 
• It is presided over by the Speaker.  
• In his absence, it is presided over by the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, or in his absence, the Deputy-Chairman of the Rajya Sabha presides.
• The Chairman doesn't preside over the joint session.
• If any of the above officers are not present then any other member of the Parliament can preside by consensus of both the House.

• Govt. of India will own 100% of IPPB via the Department of Posts (DoP).
• All post offices across the country will function as customer access points for IPPB (IPPB Branches).
• As it will be a payment bank, it will focus on low-cost, low-risk. Technology-led solutions to extend access to formal banking.

Sovereignty simply implies that India is a state that takes its own decisions ultimately guided by the people. No external agency dictates terms to India. Therefore, statement 1 is correct.

Even the representatives in the Legislature don't exercise complete freedom of speech.

• Moreover, sovereignty has no direct link with exercising freedom of speech. Therefore, statement 2 is not related to it.

Similarly, if fundamental rights are denied to any person, it is hampering the liberty of the person, and denying him/her basic constitutional rights. But, it is not related to sovereignty in India. Therefore, statement 3 is not related to it.

In order to protect the national interest, there are other channels and not just taking over bordering territories.

• This would, infact mean, a neo-expansionist policy to protect nationalist interests. Therefore, statement 4 is also not related.

The APA Scheme was introduced in the Income-tax Act in 2012 and the “Rollback” provisions were introduced in 2014. Therefore, Statement 1 is correct.

The scheme endeavours to provide certainty to taxpayers in the domain of transfer pricing by specifying the methods of pricing and setting the prices of international transactions in advance. Therefore, Statement 2 is correct.

• The initiative is aimed at providing a Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) as a developmental effort that would benefit both vehicle-users as well as farmers and entrepreneurs.
• Compressed Bio-Gas plants are proposed to be set up mainly through independent entrepreneurs.
• Compressed Bio-Gas produced at these plants will be transported through cascades of cylinders to the fuel station networks of Oil Marketing Companies for marketing as a green transport fuel alternative.
• The entrepreneurs would be able to separately market the other by-products from these plants, including bio-manure, carbon-dioxide, etc., to enhance returns on investment.

Jordan country is not grouped with the Caribbean.

• It is an Arab country on the East Side of the Jordan River, in Western Asia.
• It is bordered to the south and east by Saudi Arabia, to the northeast by Iraq, to the north by Syria, and to the west by Israel and Palestine.
• Amman is the Capital city of Jordan.

The Caribbean is an area of the Americas containing the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some of them surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean), and the surrounding coasts.

• The region is southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and North America's interior, east of Central America, and north of South America.

Pangolin is only scaly mammal on the planet. Therefore statement 1 is correct.

According to CITES, it is also the most illegally traded vertebrate within its class (Mammalia).

Of the eight species of pangolin worldwide, two are found in India.

They are Chinese pangolin, mostly found in northeast India and Indian pangolin.

Protection Status:

• Chinese pangolin has been listed as “critically endangered”.
• Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) has been listed as “endangered”.

It is also a Schedule I category protected animal, under the Wildlife Protection Act (1972) and it cannot be hunted by any person except under some provisions provided by law. Therefore statement 3 is correct.

The animal can be found in grasslands and secondary forests, and is well adapted to desert regions as it is believed to have a tolerance to dry areas, but prefers more barren hilly regions. Therefore statement 2 cannot be correct.

It prefers soft and semi-sandy soil conditions suitable for digging burrows.

During her budget speech, the Hon’ble Finance Minister announced JAL JEEVAN MISSION (URBAN) which has been designed to provide universal coverage of water supply to all households through functional taps in all 4,378 statutory towns in accordance with SDG Goal- 6. Providing coverage of sewerage/septage management in 500 AMRUT cities is the other focus area.