GS3 2023

[Model Answer QP2023 GS3] What is the main task of India’s third moon mission which could not be achieved in its earlier mission? List the countries that have achieved this task. Introduce the subsystems in the spacecraft launched and explain the role of the ‘Virtual Launch Control Centre’ at the Vikram Sarabhai space Centre, which contributed to the successful launch from Sriharikota.

Chandrayaan-3 will have three major objectives:
To demonstrate safe and soft landing & in-situ scientific experiments on the lunar surface rover operations

[Model Answer QP2023 GS3]Give out the major sources of terror funding in India and efforts being made to curtail these sources. In the light of this, also discuss the aim and objective of the No Money for Terror. (NMFT) conference recently held at New Delhi in November 2022.

Terrorism is defined as the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political, religious, ideological, or socio-economic objectives.