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Current Affairs Quiz 73 12 March 2021 1.) Wi-Fi based Internet Facility has been provided at 5957 railway stations in a country by RailTel . RailTel was founded in which year ? रेलटेल द्वारादेश मᴂ 5957 रेलवे टेशनⴂ पर वाई-फाई आधाररत इंटरनेट सुववधा प्रदान की गईहै। रेलटेल की थापना ककस वर्ष की गई थी? a) 2000 b) 2001 c) 2002 d) 2003 Answer : 2000 Explanation : Wi-Fi based Internet Facility has been provided at 5957 railway stations in the country till now. RailTel has submitted a proposal to Department of Telecommunications for leveraging its network in rural India and its collaborative broadband services model to provide PM Wani enabled community Wi-Fi services. In a written reply in Lok Sabha today, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said, RailTel has high capacity backbone like 10 Giga bits per second at Railway stations where OFC has been commissioned. He said, Implementation time will be based on acceptance of proposal & its terms & conditions by Department of Telecommunications 2.) Recently who has won the BBC Indian sportswoman of the year award ? हाल ही मᴂ बीबीसी इंवियन पोर्टसषवुमेन ऑफ द ईयर अवािष ककसने जीता है? a) Koneru Humpy/ कोने셂 हम्पी b) Hima Das/ वहमा दास GURUJI’S KIRPA, SNM IAS STUDY GROUP SCO 376, Sector 37-D, Chandigarh. Mob: 98145-70784, 98148-21057 WEBSITE: www.snmiasacademy.com c) Saina Nehwal/ साइना नेहवाल d) None of these/ इनमᴂ से कोई नहĂ Answer : Koneru Humpy/ कोने셂 हम्पी Explanation : World rapid chess champion Koneru Humpy has won the BBC Indian Sportswoman-of-the-Year award The Lifetime Achievement award went to veteran athlete Anju Bobby George. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) It is a public service broadcaster of UK. It is the world’s oldest and largest national broadcaster employing over 22,000 staff in total. Founded : 18 October 1922 Founder : HM Government & John Reith Headquarter : London 3.) Recently DUSTLIK exercise will held in Ranikhet, Uttarakhand between India and which country ? हाल ही मᴂ DUSTLIK अभ्यास भारत और किस दे श िे बीच रानीखेत, उत्तराखंड मᴂ होगा? a) Russia/ 셂स b) Uzbekistan/ उ煍बेककतान c) USA/ यूएसए d) China/ चीन Answer : Uzbekistan/ उ煍बेककतान Explanation : The India - Uzbekistan joint military exercise DUSTLIK II commenced yesterday in Foreign Training Node Chaubatia, Ranikhet in Uttarakhand. This is the Second Edition of annual bilateral joint exercise of both armies. It will continue till the 19th of this month. The first edition of the exercise was held in Uzbekistan in November 2019. GURUJI’S KIRPA, SNM IAS STUDY GROUP SCO 376, Sector 37-D, Chandigarh. Mob: 98145-70784, 98148-21057 WEBSITE: www.snmiasacademy.com 45 Soldiers each from Uzbekistan and Indian Army are participating in the exercise. Both contingents will be sharing their expertise and skills in the field of counter terrorist operations in mountainous or rural or urban scenarios under UN mandate. The exercise will culminate into a 36 hours joint validation exercise scheduled from 17th to 18th March. The validation exercise will be a test bed for the soldiers of both armies as they would be undergoing the challenges of actual operations in such scenarios. Defence Ministry said, the joint exercise will definitely provide impetus to the ever growing military and diplomatic ties between the two nations and also reflects the strong resolve of both nations to counter terrorism. 4.) Recently who has won the King Bhumibol World Soil Day 2020 award ? हाल ही मᴂ ककसने राजा भूवमबोल ववश्व मृदा कदवस 2020 पुरकार जीता है? a) ICAR b) CIBA c) CIFA d) NDRI Answer : ICAR Explanation : Ms Suchitra Durai, Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Thailand received the prestigious "King Bhumibol World Soil Day - 2020 Award" of FAO on the behalf of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research today. H.E., Dr Chalermchai Srion, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of the Kingdom of Thailand conferred the award in a ceremony held in Bangkok, Thailand. The international recognition was announced by the FAO, Rome on the eve of World Soil Day - 2020 in view of the ICAR's excellent contributions in "Soil Health Awareness" on the theme "Stop soil erosion, save our future" during the last year GURUJI’S KIRPA, SNM IAS STUDY GROUP SCO 376, Sector 37-D, Chandigarh. Mob: 98145-70784, 98148-21057 WEBSITE: www.snmiasacademy.com ICAR is the organization responsible for the coordination, guidance and management of agricultural research and education in India. In this capacity, ICAR oversees one of the largest networks of agricultural research and education institutes in the world, covering the whole country in the fields of horticulture, soil science, fisheries and animal sciences among others 5.) India is on 121st position out of 184 countries in recently released Economic Freedom Index 2021. This index is released by Heritage Foundation of USA. This heritage foundation was founded in which year ? हाल ही मᴂ जारी आ셍थषक वतंत्रता सूचकांक 2021 मᴂ भारत 184 देशⴂ मᴂ से 121 वᴂ थान पर है। यह सूचकांक यूएसए के हेररटेज फाउंिेशन द्वारा जारी ककया गयाहै। यहहेररटेज फाउंिेशन ककस वर्ष मᴂ थावपत ककया गया था? a) 1970 b) 1973 c) 1976 d) 1979 Answer : 1976 Explanation : Singapore topped the global ranking for the second year in a row in the latest Economic Freedom Index published last week by US conservative think-tank, The Heritage Foundation Rounding up the global top five are New Zealand in second place with 83.9 points, Australia, third (82.4 points), Switzerland in fourth with 81.9 points and Ireland (81.4 points). In the 2021 Index, India came in around the middle of the pack among Asia-Pacific countries ranking 26th out of 40 countries, scoring 56.5 points. Globally, the Foundation rates India's economy as the 121st freest. The biggest news generated from the "2021 Index of Economic Freedom" was however not the rankings or how COVID-19 impacted the scores but that The Heritage Foundation decided to exclude Hong Kong from its rankings for the first time ever. Hong Kong had topped the list for 25 out of the previous 26 years prior to the current year GURUJI’S KIRPA, SNM IAS STUDY GROUP SCO 376, Sector 37-D, Chandigarh. Mob: 98145-70784, 98148-21057 WEBSITE: www.snmiasacademy.com 6.) Recently who has become the new CM of uttarakhand after the resignation of Trivendra singh rawat ? हाल ही मᴂ वत्रवᴂद्र ससंह रावत के इतीफे के बाद उत्तराखंि के नए सीएम कौन बनेहℂ? a) Tirath Singh Rawat/ तीरथ ससंह रावत b) Dhan singh Rawat/ धन ससंह रावत c) Ramesh Pokhriyal/ रमेश पोखररयाल d) None of these/ इनमᴂ से कोई नहĂ Answer : Tirath Singh Rawat/ तीरथ ससंह रावत Explanation : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday chose Tirath Singh Rawat as the leader of Uttarakhand BJP legislature party, paving the way for him to become the new chief minister of the hill state. He will replace Trivendra Singh Rawat who resigned on Tuesday Tirath Singh Rawat, the MP from Garhwal, served as the chief of Uttarakhand unit of the BJP from 2013 to 2015. Trivendra Singh Rawat tendered his resignation after meeting governor Baby Rani Maurya on Tuesday, a year before Uttarkhand is scheduled to go to the polls. Soon after submitting his resignation, Rawat addressed a press conference at his official residence, telling the media that the party has "collectively decided" that someone else should lead the state now. No chief minister, except the late ND Tiwari of the Congress, has completed his or her five-year term as the CM of the young hill state which was carved out of Uttar Pradesh in November 2000. 7.) Recently which country has launched its first military exercise in space ? हाल ही मᴂ ककस देश ने अंतररक्ष मᴂ अपना पहला सैन्य अभ्यास शु셂 ककया है? a) France/ फ्ांस b) Russia/ 셂स GURUJI’S KIRPA, SNM IAS STUDY GROUP SCO 376, Sector 37-D, Chandigarh. Mob: 98145-70784, 98148-21057 WEBSITE: www.snmiasacademy.com c) USA/ यूएसए d) India/ भारत Answer : France/ फ्ांस Explanation : France launched its first military exercise in space this week to evaluate its ability to defend its satellites and other defense equipment from an attack. Michel Friedling, the head of France's newly created Space Command said the exercises are a "stress-test of their systems. He said that they were a first for the French army and even a first in Europe. The exercise, codenamed "AsterX" in memory of the first French satellite from 1965, will be based on 18 simulated events in an operations room. During the drill, the French military will monitor a potentially dangerous space object as well as a threat to its own satellite from another foreign power possessing a considerable space force. The new US Space Force and German space agencies are taking part in the French exercises which began on Monday and will last until Friday. The French Space Forces Command, Commandement de l'Espace (CdE) was created in 2019 and is set to have 500 personnel by 2025 8.) Recently United Nations Environment programme (UNEP) & WRAP released the Food waste Index report 2021. UNEP was founded in which year ? हाल ही मᴂ संयुक्त राष्ट्र पयाषवरण कायषक्रम (UNEP) और WRAP ने फूि वेट इंिे啍स ररपोटष 2021 जारी की। UNEP की थापना ककस वर्ष की गई? a) 1972 b) 1973 c) 1974 d) 1975 Answer : 1972 Explanation : An estimated 931 million tonnes of food were wasted globally in 2019, enough to circle the Earth seven times, according to a UN report which said that household food waste in India is about 68.7 million tonnes a year.
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