Pakistan on Wednesday recalled its ambassador from Iran after an Iranian air strike killed two children in the west of the country a day earlier, said the country’s foreign office. Moreover, Pakistan suspended all ongoing and planned visits between Pakistan and Iran in the coming days.

“Last night’s unprovoked and blatant breach of Pakistan’s sovereignty by Iran is a violation of international law and the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,” spokeswoman Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said in a statement.

“Pakistan reserves the right to respond to this illegal act. The responsibility for the consequences will lie squarely with Iran,” it said, adding that Pakistan has conveyed this message to the Iranian Government.

Source – https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/

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Passage 2

The Manipur Government has been asked by the Centre to examine a representation seeking the delisting of certain Kuki and Zomi tribes from the Scheduled Tribes (ST) list of Manipur. Following this, Chief Minister N. Biren Singh announced in Imphal that a special committee might be formed to look into it. The representation was sent by Maheshwar Thounaojam, National Secretary of the Republican Party of India (Athawale) in Manipur, who argued for the inclusion of Meiteis in the ST list by seeking the exclusion of certain Kuki and Zomi tribes.
This attempt to initiate a process for the possible de-scheduling of certain Kuki and Zomi tribes comes as the State runs into the eighth month of the ethnic conflict between the valley-based Meitei people and the hills-based Kuki-Zo (ST) people. The conflict, that began on May 3, 2023, is said to have been triggered by an order of the Manipur High Court, which directed the State government to send a recommendation on the Meiteis’ inclusion in the ST list to the Centre.
Source- https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/

18th JAN 2024

First Name

Passage 1

1. The attack launched was targeting what it described as bases for which of this militant group?

A. Jaish-e-Mohd.

B. Jaish-al-Adl

C. Jaish-al-islam

D. Both a and c

2. The group against which the attack was launched by Iran is?

A. A Sunni militant group founded in 2012

B. A Shia militant group founded in 2014

C. A Sunni militant group founded in 2014

D. A Shia militant group founded in 2012

3. Who is the current Care-taker PM of Pakistan?

A. Nasir-ul-Mulk

B. Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif

C. Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar

D. None

4. Pakistan does not share border with which of this country?

A. Iran

B. Afghanistan

C. Iraq

D. China

5. The attacks took place near the border city of?

A. Panjgur

B. Nushki

C. Washuk

D. Ispakan

Passage 2

6. The plea mentions that the “Zou” tribe were from which of this foreign country’s — Chin state — that finds no mention in pre-independence India Censuses and therefore should not be in the ST list of Manipur?

A. Bangladesh

B. Myanmar

C. China

D. Bhutan

7. Kuki and Zomi Tribes are one of the Ethnic groups from which country?

A. Bangladesh

B. Myanmar

C. China

D. Bhutan

8. Any tribe or tribal community can be included or excluded from the list only by law made by the Parliament of India. A notification issued under clause (1) of which Article of the Constitution, specifying Scheduled Tribes, is used to amend the list?

A. 341

B. 342

C. 344

D. 345

9. Which schedule of the Constitution deals with administration and control of Scheduled Areas as well as of Scheduled Tribes?

A. 4th

B. 5th

C. 6th

D. 7th

10. The criteria used by the government to declare communities as STs were decided upon by which Committee in 1965 and continue to be in use today?

A. Kelkar

B. KV Kamath