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Summits & ConferencesHard

How many participants and institutions took part in the first CSSIF stakeholder consultation?

  1. A.More than 50 participants from over 20 institutions
  2. B.More than 150 participants from over 80 institutions
  3. C.More than 250 participants from over 40 institutions
  4. D.More than 500 participants from over 120 institutions

Correct answer

B. More than 150 participants from over 80 institutions

Explanation

The correct answer is more than 150 participants from over 80 institutions. The meeting brought together stakeholders from government ministries and departments, operational agencies, research and academic institutions, non-governmental organisations, civil society and the private sector, spread across several states of the country. The other options alter one or both figures and are wrong for that reason alone, but they are worth reading carefully, because examiners frequently keep one number of a pair correct and change the other. The breadth of the gathering is the point to remember: among those present were the India Meteorological Department, Naval Headquarters, the National Disaster Response Force, the Reserve Bank of India, ocean and polar research centres, farm research institutes, state disaster management authorities and a municipal corporation.

Read the full article: IITM Pune Hosts First CSSIF Climate Services Consultation

Q1.Summits & ConferencesEasy

The first Stakeholder Consultation Meeting of the Climate Science into Services for India Forum was hosted by which institute?

  1. A.India Meteorological Department, New Delhi
  2. B.Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
  3. C.National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa
  4. D.Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
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Correct answer: B. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune

The correct answer is the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, which organised the meeting on its own campus under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

Q2.Summits & ConferencesMedium

IITM, Pune, which hosted the consultation, functions under which Union ministry?

  1. A.Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  2. B.Ministry of Science and Technology
  3. C.Ministry of Earth Sciences
  4. D.Ministry of Jal Shakti
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Correct answer: C. Ministry of Earth Sciences

The correct answer is the Ministry of Earth Sciences, under which the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology works and which was named as the parent body in the announcement of the consultation.

Q3.Summits & ConferencesMedium

Which nationwide system was argued for at the technical session of the consultation?

  1. A.National Disaster Alert Network
  2. B.Climate Services Information System
  3. C.Integrated Weather Grid
  4. D.National Monsoon Mission
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Correct answer: B. Climate Services Information System

The introductory talk of the technical session, given by Dr Rupa Kumar Kolli, formerly Chief of the Climate Applications and Services Division at the World Meteorological Organization, set out why the country needs such a system to carry climate information to the people who must act on it.