Under which law were the contraband seized and the four accused arrested in this case?
- A.The NDPS Act, 1985
- B.The Customs Act, 1962
- C.COFEPOSA, 1974
- D.The Arms Act, 1959
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. Crystal methamphetamine is a banned synthetic drug, and both the seizure of the consignment and the arrest of the four accused were made under the provisions of that statute; all four were remanded to judicial custody. The other three laws were not invoked in this case. The operation dismantled a suspected coastal network whose members handled the organising of the sea despatch as well as the transport, storage and logistics of the drug. For revision, hold together the agency and its ministry, the quantity of 137 kg, the district of Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, the intended destination across the Palk Strait and the Act used, since any of these can be the asked part of the question.
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Practice Questions
How much crystal methamphetamine did the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seize in Nagapattinam district?
- A.37 kg
- B.137 kg
- C.157 kg
- D.237 kg
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That is the gross weight of crystal methamphetamine the agency recovered from a coastal village in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, in what is described as one of the biggest narcotics seizures in the state's coastal region in recent years.
Read the full explanation →The seized consignment of crystal methamphetamine was to be smuggled to which country through a mid-sea transfer?
- A.Bangladesh
- B.Myanmar
- C.Maldives
- D.Sri Lanka
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The intelligence that set off the operation said the narcotics had been brought to a coastal location in Nagapattinam for storage and onward smuggling, and the handover was to take place at sea rather than at any port.
Read the full explanation →Kaumarabhritya, the subject of KAUMARACON 2026, is the branch of Ayurveda that deals with which field?
- A.Surgery
- B.Child health
- C.Toxicology
- D.Geriatric care
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Kaumarabhritya is Ayurvedic paediatrics, and the conference named after it was devoted to advancing child healthcare through Ayurveda. The sessions covered Ayurvedic paediatric education, regulatory frameworks, traditional practices and scope for collaboration between countries, and a round-table examined policy, education and research in the discipline.
Read the full explanation →An Academic Chair in Ayurveda is to be set up under an international MoU signed by AIIA Goa with which university?
- A.Maharishi International University, United States
- B.University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
- C.University of Melbourne, Australia
- D.Heidelberg University, Germany
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The international agreement was signed between AIIA Goa and that university, which is located at Fairfield in the state of Iowa, and it provides for an Academic Chair in Ayurveda in the university’s Department of Physiology and Health.
Read the full explanation →On its 10th Foundation Day, the All India Institute of Ayurveda signed Memorandums of Understanding with which two organisations?
- A.Rashtriya Ayurved Vidyapeeth and Arogya Bharati
- B.The National Medical Commission and Arogya Bharati
- C.Rashtriya Ayurved Vidyapeeth and the Indian Council of Medical Research
- D.The Ministry of Ayush and the National Medical Commission
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Both agreements were signed at the Foundation Day ceremony to strengthen cooperation between institutions and the sharing of knowledge in Ayurveda.
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