Doubt Clearance Thread: UPSC 2021
"When in doubt, observe and ask questions. When certain, observe at length and ask many more questions."
Created this thread as a one stop solution for all members so that all the doubts wherein any conceptual clarification is required can be solved here.
@Curious_souls when some glasses are not goggles and all glasses are gases, then it has to be that some gases are not goggles. Still I think it should be 2 only.
Gloria Steinem,Yess. MP leads Karnataka with a narrow margin of 4, I guess.
Consider the following statements with reference to the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA):
1. NBA is a statutory autonomous body established under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
2. NBA regulates access to India’s biological resources and associated knowledge by Indians and non‐Indians as well.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer should be 1? NBA: Non-Indians, SBB: Indians.
VonRitcher
Statements: Some glasses are not goggles.
All glasses are gases.
No glass is a goose.
Conclusions: I. Some gases are geese.
II. Some gases are not goggles.
This might be a little late but this is my understanding with all the possibilities, in which case neither statement is correct. As far as the first statement goes, there is only one possibility for the diagram. For the second statement, gases could either a category that encloses the entirety of glasses or both goggles and glasses. While the third statement has 3 possibilities. Thus, it is not possible to say surely that some gases are geese, since goose3 is also a possibility. Neither can we surely say that some gases are not goggles. They may or may not be goggles.
Gloria Steinem,THE_MECHANICThis might be a little late but this is my understanding with all the possibilities, in which case neither statement is correct. As far as the first statement goes, there is only one possibility for the diagram. For the second statement, gases could either a category that encloses the entirety of glasses or both goggles and glasses. While the third statement has 3 possibilities. Thus, it is not possible to say surely that some gases are geese, since goose3 is also a possibility. Neither can we surely say that some gases are not goggles. They may or may not be goggles.
I realise my answer is wrong, second statement does follow. Whoops should have checked before uploading
Gloria Steinem,necromancerConsider the following statements with reference to the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA):
1. NBA is a statutory autonomous body established under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
2. NBA regulates access to India’s biological resources and associated knowledge by Indians and non‐Indians as well.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer should be 1? NBA: Non-Indians, SBB: Indians.
What is the answer? I feel the 2nd statement is confusing. Indians are actually required to get permission only for certain specified activities like bio survey or some sort of commercial activity from SBB.
In the national biodiversity act, 2002 - for filing IPR based on biological resources, do both indian national and foriegn nationals require permission from NBA or only foriegn nationals?
For IPR, both require permission from NBA except if it is related to human genetic material, in that case permission is not required.
sstarrr,What is the answer? I feel the 2nd statement is confusing. Indians are actually required to get permission only for certain specified activities like bio survey or some sort of commercial activity from SBB.
For 2nd Statement, for Indian citizens, SBB regulates access to resources while NBA for NRI and foreign nationals.
For 2nd Statement, for Indian citizens, SBB regulates access to resources while NBA for NRI and foreign nationals.
The SBBs also regulate, by granting of approvals or otherwise upon requests for commercial utilization or bio-survey and bio-utilization of any biological resource by the Indians : This is mentioned in NBAindia.org.
I read somewhere that Indians are free to use the biological resources including the hakims and all.
Maybe then it is SBB regulate access to resources for Indian citizens excluding local communities and Hakims etc.
P.S : Now after reading more, I finally got some understanding, for any research etc by Indian nationals, they need not seek permission. Permission is required through SBB only when they are seeking commercialisation. Permission is not required in collaborative research as well, if it is acc to the rules framed by NBA.
mehuifs,
Yup. Thats a point in RS sharma and that confused me a bit.
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