O-Smart - CCAMLR - UNCLOS

Question 1

Full form

Answer 1

“Ocean – Services, Modelling, Application, Resources, and Technology (O-SMART))”

will be implemented by Ministry of Earth Sciences

Question 2

____ implements multi-disciplinary projects in the field of ocean development primarily to provide a suite of Ocean Information services,develop technology for sustainable harnessing the ocean resources,promote front-ranking research and conduct ocean scientific ocean surveys.

Answer 2

Ocean Policy Statement enacted in November 1982

Question 3

Implementation of O-SMART will help in addressing issues relating to which SDG?

Answer 3

SDG-14

Question 4

___ established under the O-SMART Scheme will help in effectively dealing with ocean disasters like Tsunami, storm surges.

Answer 4

State of Art Early Warning Systems

Question 5

Deep-sea mining of Poly-Metallic Nodules [PMN] in the Central Indian Ocean was allotted by ____ for exploration of PMN

Answer 5

International Sea Bed Authority [ISBA]

Question 6

what are rock concretions formed of concentric layers of iron and manganese hydroxides around a core.?

Answer 6

Polymetallic nodules(PMN) , also called manganese nodules

Question 7

Full form of CCAMLR

Answer 7

Commission of Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

India has also joined it

Question 8

CCAMLR was established by international convention in (?) , with the objective of conserving Antarctic marine life

Answer 8

1982

Question 9

CCAMLR ‘s secretriat was based on

Answer 9

Hobart, Tasmania

Question 10

Which is an intergovernmental body that organizes, regulates and control all mineral (non-living resources) related activities in the international seabed area beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.?

Answer 10

International Seabed Authority
* HQ : Jamaica
* Established in 1994
* is an organization established by the Law of the Sea Convention
* functions under the aegis of the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

Question 11

Which is an international agreement that establishes the legal framework for marine and maritime activities.?

Answer 11

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 1982

is also known as Law of the Sea

Question 12

UNCLOS was signed and was forced in?

Answer 12

• signed in 1982
• came into force in 1994

Question 13

UNCLOS replaced which treaty?

Answer 13

Quad-treaty of 1958 also known as Convention on the High Seas

Question 13

UNCLOS replaced which treaty?

Answer 13

Quad-treaty of 1958 also known as Convention on the High Seas

Question 14

The first Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS I) was held in the year

Answer 14

1956 at Geneva, Switzerland

Question 15

Who is responsible for facilitating the implementation of UNCLOS with respect to the establishment of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles.?

Answer 15

Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS)

Question 16

____ is an independent judicial body that adjudicates disputes arising out of the convention , established by UNCLOS

Answer 16

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
* was signed on December 10, 1982
* entered into force on November 16, 1994