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UP-PSC TEST-08: State, Local and Various Goverment Bodies Code: UPPSCT08 Q UP-PSC TEST-08: State, Local and Various Goverment Bodies Code: UPPSCT08 Q. Ans. Explanations 1. C Exp. Recently, the NITI Aayog in partnership with the Institute of Competitiveness released the Export Preparedness Index (EPI) report 2020. Gujarat, Maharastra and Tamil Nadu came at first, second and thrid respectively. 2. A 3. A Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has announced the “One Sun, One World, One Grid” (OSOWOG) plan. 4. B Minimum age required for the appointment of Governor shall be 35 years. 5. A Sudha Murty and Sivakumar Surampudi are among the winners of the Gramodaya Bandhu Mitra Puraskaras. Gramodaya Bandhu Mitra Puraskaras instituted by Gramodaya Chamber of Commerce and Technology (GCOT), a not-for-profit organisation founded by the alumni of Osmania University. 6. A Generally, every state has a Governor but 7th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956 laid the provision that same person can be appointed as Governor of two or more states. 7. D 8. B Governor of state is appointed by President of India on the recommendation of Union Council of Ministers. 9. D “Indira Van Mitan” Yojana will aim to make the forest dwellers of the state self reliant. Under this scheme, Chhattisgarh Government has planned to cover 19 lakh families in scheduled areas through the youth groups. 10. C 11. C Krishi Megh (National Agricultural Research & Education System -Cloud Infrastructure and Services) has been launched virtually by the Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar. 12. C 13. C 14. D Option (a) is discretionary power of Governor. Option (b) is executive power of Governor. Option (c) and (d) both are legislative powers but in such questions we need to pick most appropriate answer. Ordinance making power is the most important legislative power of Governor. Hence, the option (d) will be the correct answer. 15. A The MoU will bring the artisans, weavers and craftsmen under the ODOP scheme into the scope of the “Flipkart Samarth” initiative. 16. D 17. A A “state of environmental emergency” has been declared by the island nation of Mauritius. 18. A 19. D Monument will establish for the Indian soldiers who died in 1971 during the Bangladesh’s struggle for independence from Pakistan. 20. C 96519-50301 || 1st Floor Tulsiani Grance, Building Strachey Road, Civil Lines, Prayagraj - 2110001|| www.yuvaias.com || 1 21. C 22. B According to Article 316(1), The Chairman and other members of a Public Service Commission shall be appointed, in the case of the Union Commission or a Joint Commission, by the President, and in the case of a State Commission, by the Governor of the State. 23. B According to a Personnel Ministry, Ajay Tyagi has been given an 18-month extension, as the chairman of markets regulator SEBI. 24. C 25. A The “Thenzawl Golf Resort” Project has been virtually inaugurated by the Union Minister of State for Culture & Tourism Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in Mizoram on 5th August 2020. The project has been implemented under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme of Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. 26. A 27. A A book titled “Siyasat Mein Sadasyata” authored by former Speaker of Bihar Assembly Vijay Kumar Choudhary. 28. A 29. C India has fallen 26 spots to rank at the 105th position on the Global Economic Freedom Index 2020, as per an annual report released on September 10, 2020. The country was ranked at the 79th spot in last year's rankings. 30. A 31. A Madhya Pradesh Gov. has launched a public awareness campaign “Ek Mask-Anek Zindagi” from August 1-15. The Scheme will spread awareness about wearing masks as prevention from Covid-19 infection. 32. A Mercedes driver, Lewis Hamilton has won the Formula One British Grand Prix 2020 held at the Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom. 33. A 34. C 35. A World Sanskrit Day, (also known as Sanskrit Diwas), is celebrated every year on Shraavanapoornima, that is the Poornima day of the Shraavana month in the Hindu calendar, which is also marked as Raksha Bandhan. 36. D 37. A Cabinet Minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh, Kamal Rani Varun passed away due to COVID-19. She was the minister of technical education in the state government. 38. D 39. D Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan has launched ‘Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan, 2020-21’. It is a national programme which has been launched to popularize science among school students of Class 6th to 11th. 40. C 41. A Former Guyanese housing minister, Mohamed Irfaan Ali has been named as the President of the country. He is a member of the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP). 42. D 43. A 44. A 45. A 46. C 47. C 48. B 49. D 96519-50301 || 1st Floor Tulsiani Grance, Building Strachey Road, Civil Lines, Prayagraj - 2110001|| www.yuvaias.com || 2 50. A 51. B The Chhatarpur Police of Madhya Pradesh has been running a campaign “Ek Sankalp-Bujurgo ke naam” in the midst of corona infection in the state. 52. B 53. B The longest river ropeway of India has been inaugurated in Assam. The ropeway is 1.8 Km long and connects Guwahati and North Guwahati over Brahmaputra river. 54. B It is the body consisting of all registered voters in a village. Article 243A related to Gram Sabha. 55. B A book titled ‘One Arranged Murder’ authored by Chetan Bhagat released globally on September 28, 2020. The fiction book portrays a murder mystery in the backdrop of an arranged marriage. 56. C The National Human Rights Commission was established as a statutory body on 1993 under a legislation enacted by the Parliament, namely, the Protection of Human Right Act (1993). 57. B China has successfully launched 5th Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-9 (05), from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The satellite, sent into orbit by a Long March-2D carrier rocket, is an optical remote-sensing satellite with a resolution up to the sub-meter level. 58. A The RTI Act applies only on governments institutions and not on private enterprises. 59. A German professional sports club, Bayern Munich won the UEFA Champions League 2019-20 title by defeating Paris Saint-Germain 1-0. 60. B State election commission is appointed by the Governor of that state. 61. C WWF-India Kerala State Office is joining hands with the Society for Odonate Studies (SOS) and Thumbipuranam for the first-ever state “Dragonfly Festival” in Kerala, christened ‘Thumbimahotsavam 2020’. 62. A 63. D The Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel has announced 7 new circles of Archaeological Survey of India. Here is the list of all 7 new circles: • Trichy in Tamil Nadu • Raiganj in West Bengal • Rajkot in Gujarat • Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh • Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh • Meerut in Uttar Pradesh • Hampi in Karnataka 64. B 65. D Uttar Pradesh government has launched the NRI unified portal. 66. A 67. A The contest aims to further boost startups and software products with special attention on Tier-II towns of India. 68. C 69. B Kerala will establish the first international women’s trade centre (IWTC) of India at Angamaly. The IWTC would be set by Kerala in consonance with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 70. A 73rd Constitutional Amendment commenced on 24th April, 1993. This Act does not apply to the state of Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram and certain other areas. 96519-50301 || 1st Floor Tulsiani Grance, Building Strachey Road, Civil Lines, Prayagraj - 2110001|| www.yuvaias.com || 3 71. A Under this scheme, 19 international players from the state of Uttar Pradesh will get road connectivity to their houses. 72. B 73. A World’s Largest Solar Tree has been developed by the CSIR-CMERI. The solar tree has been installed at the Residential Colony of CSIR-CMERI in Durgapur, West Bengal. 74. D 75. C 76. D All three countries are members of the European Union, NATO, the eurozone and the OECD. 77. C 78. A It is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands. Crete became part of Greece in December 1913. 79. D 80. A It is a village in Leh, Ladakh, India. It is located in the Durbuk tehsil, in the area known as “Chushul valley”. 81. D 82. A It is an illegal software used for cornering confirmed Railway reservation. This commonly banned software makes the complete process of Indian Rail ticket booking at a fly speed. 83. C 84. C 85. A 86. A Its documentation was done in 2018 and reported from the Eastern Ghats. It was thought to be endemic to the hill ranges of the Eastern Ghats. It is found in both Eastern Ghats as well as Western Ghats. 87. C 88. C 89. D 90. C 91. D 92. C 93. A UMANG provides a single platform for all Indian Citizens to access pan India e-Gov services ranging from Central to Local Government bodies and other citizen centric services. 94. C The Zila Panchayat or District Council or Mandal Parishad or District Panchayat is the third tier of the Panchayati Raj system. 95. A 96. B 97. B 98. A 99. C 100. B Kerala on September 23, 2020 received an award from the United Nations for its “outstanding contribution” towards preventing and controlling the spread of non-communicable diseases. The UN Interagency Task Force award was announced by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. 101. D 96519-50301 || 1st Floor Tulsiani Grance, Building Strachey Road, Civil Lines, Prayagraj - 2110001|| www.yuvaias.com || 4 102.
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