Which of the following is a common feature of a bear market?

Consider the following statements regarding the Thar Desert:

1. It is bounded on the north-west by the Sutlej River and on the east by the Aravalli Mountain Ranges.

2. More than one-third of the Thar Desert lies in Pakistan.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding Adenium obesum, recently seen in the news:

1. It is a succulent shrub often used as a houseplant for its beautiful flowers and charming, small tree-like shape.

2. It is native to the arid regions of the Indian subcontinent.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the Akash Air Defence Missile System:

1. It is a Short-Range surface-to-air missile system to protect vulnerable areas and points from air attacks.

2. It was indigenously designed and developed by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

What causes sickle cell disease?

The Arctic Boreal Zone (ABZ) primarily comprises which of the following ecosystems?

1. Tundra

2. Coniferous forests

3. Wetlands

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

India has recently chosen Rafale-M (Marine) fighter jets for deployment on its aircraft carriers. These jets have been acquired from which of the following countries?

Which of the following groups of minerals contains minerals classified as "critical" for strategic and technological applications?

Recently, the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment at CERN reported the first confirmed evidence of Charge-Parity (CP) violation in which class of particles?

Consider the following statements regarding hantavirus in rural Madagascar:

1. Black rats are the exclusive carriers of the hantavirus in the region.

2. Human-to-human transmission of hantavirus is the primary mode of its spread.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?