CAQM, which deployed the Flying Squads, sent its communication on the deployment to which body?

The correct answer is 34 districts. The release of the environment ministry states that Flying Squads have been deployed in 34 districts across the two States for the period from 1 October to 30 November 2026, and it splits the number as 18 districts in Punjab and 16 districts in Haryana. Options A, B and D are wrong because they do not match the figure given, and the split of eighteen and sixteen adds up only to thirty four. The districts named for Punjab include Sangrur, Tarn Taran, Firozpur, Bathinda, Amritsar, Patiala and Ludhiana, while those named for Haryana include Jind, Fatehabad, Hisar, Kaithal, Karnal and Kurukshetra. The deployment was ordered after CAQM wrote to the Central Pollution Control Board, and the squads report the ground situation to the CAQM Cell at SAS Nagar every day. Candidates should remember the total along with the State wise split.

The correct answer is 1 October to 30 November 2026. The release fixes the deployment for exactly that window, which is the stretch when paddy is harvested in Punjab and Haryana and when crop residue is most often burnt, and it is also the period when air quality in the National Capital Region falls sharply. Options A, C and D are wrong because they shift the window earlier or later than the harvesting season the release names, and the Commission has structured the deployment in successive phases within this window rather than outside it. Within the period, squads are assigned to their districts for different stretches so that monitoring does not break off during the season. The squads work with farmers, the Parali Protection Force, district level authorities, State Government Nodal Officers and the State Pollution Control Boards, and report daily.

The correct answer is the Rule of Implementation. The release sets out three steps in order, and the Rule of Implementation is the one adopted on 8 June 2026. Option A is wrong because the Memorandum of Cooperation between India and Japan was signed earlier, on 7 August 2025. Option C is wrong because the Operational Manual is the document launched in New Delhi on 30 September 2026, the event the release announces, and the ministry treats its launch as the shift from institutional preparation to implementation. Option D is wrong because a Project Idea Note is not a bilateral document at all but the first filing a project developer makes within the project cycle that the Manual describes, which runs up to the issuance and authorisation of JCM credits. Keeping the three dates matched to the three documents is the safest way to answer such a question.

The correct answer is Article 6.2. The release states that the launch of the Manual marks a milestone in operationalising bilateral cooperation between India and Japan under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, the provision that allows countries to cooperate on mitigation outcomes that are transferred internationally. Options A, B and D are wrong because no such provision is mentioned in connection with the mechanism in this release, and attaching the arrangement to any of them would misstate its legal basis. The useful chain of facts for the examination is this: the Memorandum of Cooperation signed on 7 August 2025 created the arrangement, the Rule of Implementation adopted on 8 June 2026 set out how it would work, and the Operational Manual launched on 30 September 2026 in New Delhi supplied the procedures for the whole project cycle, beginning with a Project Idea Note.

The correct answer is Japan. The environment ministry's release describes the Operational Manual as the manual for the India-Japan Joint Crediting Mechanism, and it was launched by the Ambassador of Japan to India, Keiichi Ono, with the then Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Tanmay Kumar. Options A, C and D are wrong because no arrangement with Germany, South Korea or Australia figures in this release; the mechanism named here is bilateral and rests on a Memorandum of Cooperation that India and Japan signed on 7 August 2025, followed by the Rule of Implementation adopted on 8 June 2026. The mechanism sits under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement and is meant to bring low-carbon technologies and climate finance into projects in India. Candidates should remember the pairing of the country, the mechanism and the treaty provision together, since questions usually mix one of the three.