Explanation : Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) implemented by National Skill Development Corporation. The objective of this Skill Certification Scheme is to enable a large number of Indian youth to take up industry-relevant skill training that will help them in securing a better livelihood.
Explanation : The study skills and their corresponding
learning techniques are paired as under:
Elaborative interrogation-- Answering why
a fact is true
Practice testing--Testing yourself on the
material you are trying to leam
Self-explanation-- Explaining what a
section of text or an example problem
means to you
Interleaved practice--Mixing different
kinds of problems together when studying
Explanation : Aslow-onset disaster is defined as one that
does not emerge from a single, distinct event
but one that emerges gradually over time,
often based on a confluence of different
events. Drought, insect infestations, and
disease epidemic are some examples of
slow onset. Droughts are relatively slow
disasters. Climate change, environmental
degradation and desertification are very
slow onset events, but can and should be
considered as disasters in terms of the
damage and disruption to lives that they
mayor indeed already do create.
Explanation : The Kyoto Protocol is an international
agreement linked to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate
Change, which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission
reduction targets. During the second commitment period, Parties committed to
reduce Greenhouse gas emissions by at
least 18 % below 1990 levels in the eight-year
period from 2013 to 2020; however,
the composition of Parties in the second
commitment period is different from the
first.