[{"explanation": "<p>With COVID-19 and trade tensions between China and the United States threatening supply chains or actually causing bottlenecks, Japan has mooted the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) as a trilateral approach to trade, with India and Australia as the other two partners. The initiative is at the strategy stage and has some way to go before participants can realise trade benefits.</p>", "question": "<p>Supply Chain Resilience Initiative\" has been proposed by Japan and includes</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5f4bbe2e7737d42665a63f98", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>India and China</p>"}, {"option_id": "5f4bbe2e7737d42665a63f99", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Australia and China</p>"}, {"option_id": "5f4bbe2e7737d42665a63f9a", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>India and Australia</p>"}, {"option_id": "5f4bbe2e7737d42665a63f9b", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>None of the Above</p>"}], "question_id": "5f4bbe2e7737d42665a63f97"}, {"explanation": "<p>Parambikulam Tiger Reserve is a well protected ecological portion in the Nelliampathy - Anamalai landscape of the Southern Western Ghats in India. It is located in the Palakkad District of Kerala. It is one of the biodiversity hot spot in the world supports diverse habitat types and endemism.&nbsp;</p>", "question": "<p>Parambikulam Tiger Reserve can be found in the state of</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5f4bbe637737d44c875c00fe", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>Kerala</p>"}, {"option_id": "5f4bbe637737d44c875c00ff", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Karnataka</p>"}, {"option_id": "5f4bbe637737d44c875c0100", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Tamil Nadu</p>"}, {"option_id": "5f4bbe637737d44c875c0101", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Telangana</p>"}], "question_id": "5f4bbe637737d44c875c00fd"}, {"explanation": "<p><img class=\"img_with_preview\" height=\"402\" src=\"https://tinglado-mediafiles.s3.amazonaws.com/media/editor_images/2020/8/30/20/28/38/5f4bbe9e7737d44c875c0106_OI.PNG\" style=\"\" width=\"583\"/></p>", "question": "<p>Cyprus is situated around</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5f4bbea17737d44c875c0108", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Black Sea</p>"}, {"option_id": "5f4bbea17737d44c875c0109", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Adriatic Sea</p>"}, {"option_id": "5f4bbea17737d44c875c010a", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>Mediterranean Sea</p>"}, {"option_id": "5f4bbea17737d44c875c010b", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Gulf of Mexico</p>"}], "question_id": "5f4bbea17737d44c875c0107"}, {"explanation": "<p>The African baobab, known as the tree of life, can live for over a thousand years. It yields fodder, medicinal compounds and many such products. A recent study in Scientific Reports finally finds that the tree has 168 chromosomes.</p>", "question": "<p>The term &ldquo;African baobab&rdquo; has been recently in news is a</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5f4bc0eb7737d42665a63fd0", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Endangered Reptile Specie</p>"}, {"option_id": "5f4bc0eb7737d42665a63fd1", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Tribes in Zambia</p>"}, {"option_id": "5f4bc0eb7737d42665a63fd2", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Festival of Gabon</p>"}, {"option_id": "5f4bc0eb7737d42665a63fd3", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>Tree of life</p>"}], "question_id": "5f4bc0eb7737d42665a63fcf"}, {"explanation": "<p>It has been observed that this year the annual migration of butterflies from the hill ranges of the Eastern Ghats towards the Western Ghats happened early.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Usually, butterfly migration in south India begins in October-November, with the onset of the northeast monsoon, from the plains to the Ghats, and in April-June, just before the advent of the southwest monsoon, from the Ghats to the plains. But this year, the first migratory sighting was recorded in the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve on July 14. Large butterfly movement was observed on August 21, which is still continuing. Observers also found that thousands of butterflies had died of vehicle hits along the migratory path.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The change in rainfall pattern and a considerable increase in the number of sunny days may be the major reasons for the earlier migration. The only thing guiding butterflies on their migration is temperature telling them when they need to travel &ndash; like a biological trigger setting them in flight. Hence changing pattern of their migration is the direct indication of climate change and changing weather pattern.</p>", "question": "<p>Consider the following statements:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Early migration of butterflies from Eastern Ghats to Western Ghats signals shift in rainfall pattern.</li>\n<li>Some of the butterflies have died as they have been hit by vehicles along their migratory path to Western Ghats.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Which of the statements given above is/are correct?</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5f4bc1247737d44c8a37db76", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5f4bc1247737d44c8a37db77", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>2 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5f4bc1247737d44c8a37db78", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>Both 1 and 2</p>"}, {"option_id": "5f4bc1247737d44c8a37db79", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Neither 1 nor 2</p>"}], "question_id": "5f4bc1247737d44c8a37db75"}]

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