For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 1 1. ‘Operation Namaste’ has been 3. India VIX is an index that recently launched by serves as a measure of market (A) Indian Army expectation of volatility in the (B) Indian Navy near term. The India VIX was (C) Indian Air Force (D) Delhi Police launched in- (A) 2010  Army Chief General Manoj (B) 2014 Mukund Naravane launched (C) 2018 initiative ''Operation Namaste'', (D) 2020 to insulate army force from coronavirus infection and extend  India VIX is an index that serves all possible assistance to the as a measure of market government in containing the expectation of volatility in the pandemic.  Under "Operation Namaste", the near term. Simply put, while Army has issued series of volatility signifies the rate and directives to all its bases to magnitude of change in the stock insulate the force from the price or index value, the coronavirus. movement in the VIX index reflects the overall market 2. National Book Trust, India, volatility expectations over the recently launched a publishing next 30 days. So, a spike in the series titled ‘Corona Studies VIX value means the market is Series’. National Book Trust expecting higher volatility in the works under which Ministry? near future. (A) Ministry of Human Resource  India VIX index is not the first of Development its kind in the world. (B) Ministry of Home Affairs  The VIX index was first created (C) Ministry of External Affairs by the Chicago Board Options (D) Ministry of Skill Development Exchange (CBOE) and and Entrepreneurship introduced in 1993 based on the

 National Book Trust, India, the prices of S&P 500 index. national body for book  Since then, it has become a publishing and book promotion globally-recognised gauge of under the Ministry of Human volatility in the U.S equity Resource Development, markets. The India VIX was Government of India, is launched with a similar intent launching a publishing series in 2010 and is based on the titled ‘Corona Studies Series’ to computation methodology of document and to provide CBOE though amended to align relevant reading materials for all with the Indian markets. age-groups for the post-Corona  In the current calendar year, the readership needs. India VIX index has jumped  National Book Trust is an Indian fivefold, from around 12 levels to publishing house, founded in the current 67 levels, which 1957 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education clearly hints that the market of the Government of India. perceives that volatility will only  Headquarters: New Delhi increase in the coming days.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 2  Incidentally, the index is 6. The Zoological Survey of India, currently trading at record highs founded on – and on some days in the recent (A) 1 July 1916 (B) 1 July 1946 past, saw a surge of more than (C) 1 July 1976 (D) 1 July 1966 20% in a single day.

4. Azam Khan, who recently  A recent study by scientists of passed away due to COVID-19, the Zoological Survey of India was related to which sports? (ZSI) has proved that Siberian (A) Badminton Ibex, distributed in the trans- (B) Chess Himalayan ranges of Jammu (C) Football and Kashmir, Ladakh and (D) Squash Himachal Pradesh, is a distinct species from the Siberian Ibex.  Pakistani squash great Azam Khan, 95, died of coronavirus at Siberian Ibex London’s Ealing Hospital. Siberian Ibex is a species  Azam, younger brother of the of wild goat and is legendary Hashim Khan, won distributed in diverse the British Open title habitats, ranging from cold successively between 1959 and deserts, rocky outcrops, 1961. steep terrain, high-land flats and mountain ridges 5. Renowned Professor Arjun Dev, to low mountains and who passed away recently, was foothills. associated with which subject?  The Zoological Survey of India, (A) Physics founded on 1 July 1916 by (B) Geography Government of India Ministry of (C) History Environment, Forest and Climate (D) Mathematics Change, as premier Indian organisation in zoological  Professor Arjun Dev, the research and studies to promote legendary educationist and the survey, exploration and historian, passed away recently. research of the fauna in the  Born on November 12, 1938 in country. Leiah, West Punjab (now in  Headquarters: Kolkata Pakistan), he did his schooling in Ambala and then studied at 7. In order to provide personal Kirori Mal College, Delhi University. protection gears to the health  Prof. Arjun spent the better part workers and other related of his academic life working as a officials, which state historian at the National Government has recently Council of Educational Research and Training created the ‘HP COVID-19 (NCERT). Solidarity Response Fund’?  In partnership with Indira he (A) Haryana wrote a number of extremely popular textbooks for the NCERT (B) Himachal Pradesh on Modern and Contemporary (C) Punjab India and the World. (D) Gujarat

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 3  In order to provide personal  Under Virtual geo fencing, if protection gears to the health they cross 50 metres distance workers and other related from their homes, police would officials, the Himachal Pradesh get an alarm and in turn police Government has created the ‘HP COVID-19 Solidarity Response teams will rush to the sport Fund’. immediately.  The state government has also set up Government Organisation 9. On March 27, 2020, The and Non-Government Republic of North Macedonia Organization Coordination has inducted officially newest Platform, GO-NGO for disaster member of North Atlantic response and Disaster Treaty Organization (NATO). Preparedness. How many countries are part  HP COVID-19 Solidarity of NATO? Response Fund’ will also ensure (A) 25 a smooth supply of essential (B) 30 commodities like food items and (C) 33 medicines beside health (D) 27 equipment for health workers.  On March 27, 2020, The 8. Which state Police have Republic of North Macedonia has recently created a new a inducted officially as the 30th mobile application, called and newest member of North House Quarantine App for Atlantic Treaty Organization suspected exposure to the (NATO). virus?  North Macedonia was granted a (A) Kerala protocol on accession to NATO (B) Uttar Pradesh membership in February 2019. (C) Andhra Pradesh About North Macedonia: (D) Maharashtra  Capital– Skopje

 Currency–  Andhra Pradesh Police has Macedonian denar created a new a mobile

application, called House 10. The headquarters of North Quarantine App for suspected Atlantic Treaty Organization exposure to the virus. The Police (NATO) is located at- Department will collect the (A) Brussels details of those who returned to India from different countries (B) Bonn and upload their names on the (C) Paris APP. (D) New York  Their movements will be monitored by geo-tagging their  The North Atlantic Treaty details to prevent the spread of Organization, also called the the epidemic. Police would collect North Atlantic Alliance, is an the details through district dash intergovernmental military boards and track the alliance between 30 North movements of the foreign American and European returnees. countries.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 4  The organization implements the Rabi Crops North Atlantic Treaty that was  The Arabic translation of the signed on 4 April 1949. word “Rabi” is spring. These crops’ harvesting happens in  Headquarters:Brussels, Belgium the springtime hence the name. 11. Which one among the following  The Rabi season usually is not a Rabi crop? starts in November and lasts (A) Bajra up to March or April. Rabi crops are mainly cultivated (B) Wheat using irrigation since (C) Mustard monsoons are already over by (D) Gram November. In fact, unseasonal showers in November or  The lakhs of migrant workers December can ruin the crops.  The seeds are sown at the streaming to their home villages beginning of autumn, which due to the COVID-19 pandemic results in a spring harvest. and the subsequent lockdown  Wheat, barley, mustard and have left many farmers across green peas are some of the the country bereft of agricultural major rabi types of crops that grow in India. labour just before the crucial harvesting season of the rabi or 12. Which one among the winter crop. following rivers is not tributary of Cauvery? (A) Kabini (B) Hemavati Kharif Crops (C) Shimsha (D) Pranhita  The word “Kharif” is Arabic for  The strict enforcement of 21-day autumn since the season lockdown due to the coronavirus coincides with the beginning of pandemic has turned out to be a autumn or winter. boon for the Cauvery and other  Kharif crops also are known as rivers in the old Mysuru region as the prohibition of industrial monsoon crops. These are the and religious activities has crops that are cultivated in the helped reduce the pollution level monsoon season. in river waters.  According to Karnataka State  The Kharif season differs in Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), every state of the country but the quality of water in Cauvery is generally from June to and tributaries like Kabini, September. These crops are Hemavati, Shimsha and Lakshmanathirtha is back to usually sown at the beginning what it used to be decades ago. of the monsoon season around June and harvested by September or October.  Rice, maize, bajra, ragi, soybean, groundnut, cotton are all Kharif types crops.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 5 13. Manolis Glezos, who passed  AEHF system is series of six away recently, was a great military communication personality of which country? satellites for U.S. Space Force. (A) Greece Sixth satellite is launched (B) Italy successfully by US. (C) Turkey  It will circle Earth in (D) Austria geostationary orbit and will provide secure, jam-proof voice  Manolis Glezos, who died at the and data communications for age of 97, was a Greek US and international partners resistance hero who tore down Canada, Netherlands, United the Nazi swastika flag from the Kingdom and Australia. Acropolis during the Second  US space force was established World War, survived two death as separate military branch in sentences and remained an 2019. It will provide freedom of activist even in old age. operation for USA in, from, and  He opposed his government’s to space and Provide prompt and austerity measures in the wake sustained space operations. of the financial crisis and campaigned for Germany to 16. A Tripura MP recently donated repay money it had forced Greece to loan it during the war. Rs 1 Cr from MPLADs fund to PM-CARES. MPLADs statds for- 14. Vincent van Gogh was a (A) Members of Party Local Area (A) Famous Writer of Italy Development Scheme (B) Greece Hero of 2nd world war (B) Members of Parliament Led (C) Dutch painter Area Development Scheme (D) English scientist who (C) Members of Parliament Local discovered argon Area Development Scheme (D) Members of Party Led Area  A painting by Dutch master Development Scheme Vincent van Gogh was stolen in an overnight smash-and-grab  The Members of Parliament Local raid on a museum that was Area Development Division is closed to prevent the spread of entrusted with the responsibility the coronavirus. of implementation of Members of  Almond Blossoms, Wheatfield Parliament Local Area With Cypresses, Bedroom In Development Scheme Arles, The Potato Eaters, Irises (MPLADS). And The Starry Night were the  Under the scheme, each MP has most famous paintings of Gogh. the choice to suggest to the District Collector for works to the 15. Advanced Extremely High tune of Rs.5 Crores per annum Frequency (AEHF-6) satellite, is recently in news, in the to be taken up in his/her context of affairs of which constituency. country?  The Rajya Sabha Members of (A) USA Parliament can recommend (B) China works in one or more districts in (C) North Korea the State from where he/she has (D) Japan been elected. For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 6  The Nominated Members of the  These passes will be issued to Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha those involved in the regular may select any one or more supply services, medical, Districts from any one State in the Country for implementation banking and other necessary of their choice of work under the services. scheme.  It is a scheme formulated by 18. Asian Development Bank (ADB) Government of India on 23 recently announced a 100 December 1993. million US Dollars funding for  Initially, this scheme was the Indian infrastructure administered by Ministry of sector. ADB was established Rural Development. Later, in on- October 1994, Ministry of (A) 19 December 1962 Statistics and Programme (B) 19 December 1964 Implementation (MOSPI) has (C) 19 December 1966 been looking into its working. (D) 19 December 1968

17. Which state Government has  The Asian Development Bank recently launched a mobile app (ADB) is a regional development PRAGYAAM to issue e-passes bank established on 19 to everyone associated with December 1966. delivery of essential services?  ADB is headquartered in (A) Jharkhand Manila, Philippines. (B) Odisha  It aims to promote social and (C) Madhya Pradesh economic development in Asia. (D) Maharashtra  From 31 members at its establishment in 1966, ADB has  The Jharkhand Government grown to encompass 68 has launched a mobile app members—of which 49 are from within Asia and the PRAGYAAM to issue e-passes to Pacific and 19 outside. everyone associated with delivery of essential services 19. Which state of India is largest during the national lockdown to state in accordance by Total combat COVID-19. Area (Census 2011)?  The android platform based app (A) Rajasthan can be downloaded from Google (B) Uttar Pradesh Play store and has been designed (C) Madhya Pradesh locally. (D) Maharashtra  District Transport Officers have been given authority to  Every year, Rajasthan celebrates issue e-passes to vehicles its Statehood Day on March 30. through online mode after Popularly known as “Land of verification of the documents the Kings”, it is the largest uploaded through the app. Indian state in area.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 7  RBI has introduced a separate channel, namely 'Fully Accessible Route' (FAR), to enable non-residents to invest in Government securities of 5-year, 10-year and 30-year tenors from the financial year 2020-21.  Move follows Union Budget announcement that certain specified categories of government bonds would be opened fully for non-resident investors without any restrictions.  FPIs, Non-Resident Indians Overseas Citizens of India and 20. The International Table Tennis other entities permitted to invest Federation (ITTF) has recently in Government Securities suspended all planned events under the Debt Regulations till June 30. The Headquarters can invest under this route. of the Federation is located in-  However, these securities will (A) Sweden (B) Austria continue to be eligible for (C) Japan (D) Switzerland investment by residents. For FPIs the earlier limit of investment in  The International Table Tennis G-secs (6%) has not been Federation (ITTF) has suspended changed. all planned events till June 30 and froze the world rankings due  This is first step towards Indian to the upheaval caused by the G-Secs being listed on global COVID-19 pandemic. bond indices to access cheap  The ITTF is the governing body of liquidity in the overseas markets. all the national table tennis associations spread all over the  It will help bring in stable foreign world. The Headquarters of the investment in government bonds, Federation is located in as a result more domestic capital Switzerland. It was founded in would be available for industry 1926. as crowding out to that extent 21. RBI has recently introduced a would be reduced. separate channel, to enable non-residents to invest in Government securities Government securities of 5- G-Sec is a tradable year, 10-year and 30-year instrument issued by tenors from the financial year 2020-21. What is the name of Central Government or this channel? State Governments. It (A) Fully Accessible Route'(FAR) acknowledges the (B) Direct Accessible Route (DAR) Government's debt (C) Partial Accessible Route (PAR) obligation. (D) NRI Accessible Route (NAR)

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 8 22. Most ozone gas (about 90%) is  Montreal Protocol is a global located in the atmospheric agreement to protect the layer of - stratospheric ozone layer by (A) Ionosphere (B) Troposphere phasing out ozone-depleting (C) Stratosphere (D) Mesosphere substances (ODS) such as chlorofluorocarbons.  A research, published in journal Nature notes that ozone layer is 24. NASA recently announced Sun continuing to heal and could recover completely. Radio Interferometer Space  The recovering ozone hole might Experiment (SUNRISE) have been a result of the 1987 mission. The mission will Montreal Protocol. Study notes study that ozone depletion triggered a (A) Giant Solar Particle Storms change in atmospheric (B) Sun’s outer corona circulation. (C) Planet Saturn and its system  Ozone depletion cools the (D) Planet Jupiter stratospheric air (when it's intact, the ozone layer absorbs  US space agency National UV light, which warms the Aeronautics and Space stratosphere), strengthening the Administration (NASA) has winds of polar vortex and announced that it has selected a affecting winds down to lowest new mission to study giant layer of Earth's atmosphere. solar particle storms.  Ultimately, ozone depletion has  The Sun Radio Interferometer shifted the mid-latitude jet Space Experiment (SunRISE) stream and dry regions at the will look into how Sun generates edge of tropics toward South and releases the giant weather Pole. storms, known as the solar  Ozone layer in stratosphere particle storms, into space. keeps out harmful ultraviolet  The mission will help in greater radiation from sun. understanding of the solar system. The findings would 23. Montreal Protocol is related safeguard astronauts from solar to– storms while they travel to Mars (A) Greenhouse Gas Emission or the Moon. (B) Ozone Depleting Substances  SunRISE contains six CubeSats (C) Mercury Pollution which will work together as a (D) Hazardous Chemicals and large radio telescope. Each of the Pesticides CubeSats would run on solar power and would be of the size of a toaster oven.

25. The Ministry of Tourism has recently launched a portal to help foreign tourists who are stuck in various parts of the country. What is the name of this Portal? (A) Stranded in India portal (B) Imported in India portal (C) Travel in India portal (D) India care U portal

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 9  The Ministry of Tourism has  National Initiative for launched a portal “Stranded in developing and harnessing India” to help foreign tourists Innovation - PRomoting and who are stuck in various parts of Accelerating Young and the country.  It will disseminate information ASpiring innovators & startups regarding the services that can (NIDHI-PRAYAS) Program is to be availed by foreign tourists help - young and aspiring who are stuck far away from innovators. The focus is to their home land. provide support/funding from  The portal consists of idea to prototype. information around Covid-19 helpline numbers and call 27. Which one among the centres that foreign tourists can following countries is not part reach out for help, information around Ministry of External of Baltic States? Affairs control centers along (A) Estonia with their contact information (B) Latvia and information around state- (C) Lithuania based/regional tourism support (D) Cuba infrastructure.  Hundreds of grey seal pups are 26. Nidhi Prayas program is dying on the shores of the Baltic related to which department? Sea in Estonia and Latvia as the (A) Department of Biotechnology (B) Department of science and Nordic coastline faced the first technology winter without ice in decades. (C) Department of Atomic Energy Grey seals (D) Department of Scientific and  Grey seals need ice - Industrial Research which helps them keep Scitech Airon a distance from  JClean Weather predators like wolves Technologies, an incubatee or foxes - in order to company in Pune's Scitech breed pups during the Park has developed a new winter. technology to disinfect  Without it, they have closed spaces and rooms. been forced onto islets  The technology, named they would not Scitech Airon, was developed under the Nidhi normally inhabit, Prayas program initiated causing overcrowding, by the Department of disrupting the breeding Science and Technology season and reducing (DST). the survival rate of  It reduces the viral load of newborns. a closed space by 99.7 per cent within an hour,  Baltic states, the northeastern depending on the room size. region of Europe, includes the  It has developed a negative countries of Estonia, Latvia, and ion generator that can Lithuania, on the eastern shores reduce the viral load in an of the Baltic Sea. infected area.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 10 29. The Government of India has launched a Coronavirus risk- tracking Application (app) called “Corona Kavach”. The app was developed by (A) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (B) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (C) Ministry of Ayush (D) A and B both

 The Government of India has 28. Which one among the launched a Coronavirus risk- following funds is not part of major funds under National tracking Application (app) called Investment and Infrastructure “Corona Kavach”. The app was Fund (NIIF)? jointly developed by the Union (A) Master Fund Ministry of Electronics and (B) Fund of funds Information Technology (C) Strategic Investment Fund (MeitY) & the Union Ministry of (D) Foreign Investment Fund Health and Family Welfare  Multilateral institution Asian (MoHFW). Development Bank (ADB)  The app is designed to provide announced a 100 million US information about COVID-19 and Dollars funding for the Indian capture information. infrastructure sector through the  The app tracks the data of the government-promoted National users every one hour to alert the Investment and Infrastructure people whether they have Fund-NIIF. crossed paths with any person  National Investment and who has tested positive for the Infrastructure Fund Limited infection. This helps in (NIIFL) is an investorowned fund identifying the relevant chain of contact. The app uses a manager, anchored by the colour code to figure out whether Government of India (GoI) in the user has come in contact collaboration with leading global with a COVID-19 carrier or not. and domestic institutional investors. 30. The book “Backstage: The  NIIF manages three funds: Story Behind India’s High Master Fund, Fund of Funds and Strategic Fund. The funds Growth Years” is written by were set up to make (A) Montek Singh Ahluwalia infrastructure investments in (B) Y. V. Reddy India by raising capital from (C) Bimal Jalan domestic and international (D) Urjit Patel institutional investors

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 11  Montek Singh Ahluwalia 32. “Domicile clause”, is recently authored a book titled in news, in the context of the “Backstage: The Story Behind affairs of which state/UT? India’s High Growth Years” which captures the essence of (A) Punjab policymaking between 1985 and (B) Kerala 2014. (C) Nagaland  He is an Economist, civil servant (D) Jammu and Kashmir & Deputy Chairman of the Indian Planning Commission,  The Ministry of Home Affairs with the rank of Cabinet Minister, from July 2004 to May issued the Jammu and Kashmir 2014 & Padma Vibhushan Reorganisation (Adaptation of awardee (2011). State Laws) Order, 2020, through which it amended 109 31. Nizamuddin Auliya was a Sufi saint of which Sufi order? laws and repealed 29 laws of the (A) Chishti Order erstwhile State and inserted the (B) Suhrawardi Order ― ‘domicile clause’ in the (C) Qadri Order Jammu and Kashmir Civil (D) Naqshbandi Order Services Decentralisation and  Concerns that a Tablighi Jamath Recruitment Act, 2010. event in Hazrat Nizamuddin in  Under the 2010 Act, the clause Delhi has led to a spike in for “permanent resident of the coronavirus cases are increasing across the nation. State” has been substituted by  Nizamuddin Dargah is the “Domicile” of the Union Territory. dargah of one of the Sufi saints,  The Act pertained to employment Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya, situated in the Nizamuddin West in the civil services, comprising area of Delhi. “district, divisional and State”  He was a Sunni Muslim scholar, cadre posts. Only permanent Sufi saint of the Chishti Order, residents of J&K were eligible to and unarguably one of the most famous Sufis on the Indian apply for the gazetted and non- Subcontinent. gazetted posts. The amendment  Many of his disciples achieved allows non-domiciles to apply to spiritual height, including Shaikh Nasiruddin Chirag these posts. Delhavi, and Amir Khusro,  The domicile status applies to noted scholar/musician, and the “children of such residents of royal poet of the Delhi Sultanate. J&K who reside outside J&K in

connection with their employment or business or other professional or vocational reasons but their parents should fulfil any of the conditions provided”.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 12 33. X is the capital to be kept by a  It consists entirely of Common bank to meet business cycle Equity Tier 1 capital and, if the related risks. It is aimed to minimum buffer requirements protect the banking sector are breached, capital distribution against losses from changes in constraints will be imposed on economic conditions. What is the bank. X? (A) Cash Reserve Ratio 34. The Reserve Bank of India (B) Statutory liquidity ratio (RBI) gives temporary loan (C) Counter Cyclical Capital facilities to the central and buffer state governments to meet (D) Incremental Capital-Output mismatches in the receipts Ratio and payments of the government. This loan facility  Recently RBI, the central bank, is called – has also deferred the (A) Ways and Means Advances implementation of counter (B) Marginal cost of funds-based cyclical capital buffer (CCyB) lending rate for banks. (C) Counter Cyclical Capital  “Based on the review and buffer empirical analysis of CCyB (D) Cash Reserve Ratio indicators, it has been decided that it is not necessary to  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) activate CCyB for a period of one has announced more measures year or earlier, as may be to fight economic disruptions necessary,” the RBI said. caused by COVID-19, including  Counter Cyclical Capital buffer is extension of the realisation the capital to be kept by a period of export proceeds and bank to meet business cycle allowing States to borrow more.  The central bank has also formed related risks. an advisory committee to review  It is aimed to protect the banking the ways and means limit for sector against losses from State governments and union changes in economic conditions. territories. Till the panel submits Banks may face difficulties in its report, the central bank has phases like recession when the increased the ways and means loan amount doesn't return. advances limit by 30% for States and union territories.  The Basel III countercyclical  The ‘Ways and Means Advances’ capital buffer is calculated as is a scheme that helps meet the weighted average of the mismatches in receipts and buffers in effect in the payments of the government. jurisdictions to which banks  Under this scheme, a have a credit exposure. government can avail itself of  It is implemented as an immediate cash from the RBI.  The Ways and Means Advances extension of the capital scheme was introduced in 1997. conservation buffer.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 13  The limits for Ways and Means 36. Where is the headquarters of Advances are decided by the the Ramakrishna Mission government and RBI mutually located? and revised periodically. (A) Belur Math  There are two types of Ways and Means Advances — normal and (B) Bhandarakeri Math special. (C) Baligaru Math  Special WMA or Special Drawing (D) Gokarna Math Facility is provided against the collateral of the government  BCCI president Sourav Ganguly securities held by the state. After recently visited Belur Math, the the state has exhausted the limit headquarters of the of SDF, it gets normal WMA. The interest rate for SDF is one Ramakrishna Mission, in percentage point less than the Howrah to extend his helping repo rate. hand to the needy people during  The number of loans under the COVID-19 outbreak. normal WMA is based on a  It is located on the west bank of three-year average of actual Hooghly River, Belur, West revenue and capital expenditure Bengal, India and is one of the of the state. significant institutions in 35. Penguin with which online Kolkata. parenting community have Swami Vivekananda recently jointly launched a  Swami Vivekananda web-only initiative called (1863-1902) redefined #OnceUponABookWithPenguin religion as service to ? the poor. (A) Momspesso  He set up the (B) Just4kids Ramakrishna Mission (C) Golflan in 1897 named after (D) Centum Learning his famous mentor Ramakrishna  Penguin and online parenting Paramahansa (1834- community Momspesso have 1886) to work for the jointly launched an web-only provision of education initiative called and health care. #OnceUponABookWithPenguin.  The schools and  On till 14th April, the programme hospitals of the Mission will witness a children‘s book are rendering yeomen author go live on video on the service. Through his Momspresso Facebook every efforts at a cultural evening at 6:30 p.m.  They will tell kids an interesting resurgance, Swami story from their book. The intent Vivekananda laid is to make playtime fun for kids strong foundations for even if they are indoors and the the nationalist focus will be on animated movement. storytelling and reading.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 14 37. Ramnavami festival falls on  Before his death at the age of the ninth day of the bright half 111 years, 295 days, he was one (Shukla Paksha) in the Hindu of the oldest people living in calendar month of- India. (A) Chaitra  In 2015, he was awarded by the (B) Vaisakha Government of India the Padma (C) Asadha Bhushan, India's third highest (D) Shravana civilian award.

 On 2 April, 2020 Ramnavami 39. In which state, a unique radio festival is celebrated in India. school has been recently Rama Navami is a spring Hindu started to mitigate the impact festival that celebrates the of Coronavirus outbreak? birthday of God Rama. (A) Haryana  The festival is a part of the spring (B) Bihar Navratri, and falls on the ninth (C) Madhya Pradesh day of the bright half (Shukla (D) Kerala Paksha) in the Hindu calendar month of Chaitra.  In Madhya Pradesh, a unique radio school has been started to 38. Dr. Sree Sree Sree Sivakumara mitigate the impact of Swamigalu was related to Coronavirus outbreak. Under which religious sect? Radio School, all the centers of (A) Lingayat All India Radio in Madhya (B) Digambara Pradesh will be broadcasting (C) Svetambara programs from Monday to (D) Vajrayana Saturday from 11 am to 12 pm.  Radio School is being started by  Prime Minister Narendra Modi the State Education Center with has paid tributes to Indian the help of AIR. spiritual leader, humanitarian  The purpose of this special and educator Dr. Sree Sree Sree educational radio program is to Sivakumara Swamigalu on his provide regular study to Jayanti. students of the state at home  He was a Lingayat religious during the lockdown period. The figure, he joined the Siddaganga School Education Department Matha in 1930 Karnataka and has asked all the students to became head seer from 1941. listen to this program regularly  He also founded the Sri and continue their studies. Siddaganga Education Society.  Apart from this radio program, Described as the most esteemed class-wise and subject-wise adherent of Lingayatism, he was interesting educational referred to as Nadedaaduva material will also be made Devaru (walking God) in the available to students from time state. to time through teachers.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 15 40. On March 31, 2020, the Indian  The Centre is using powers Council for Cultural Relations under the Indian Telegraph Act (ICCR) launched global to “fetch information” from painting competition. What is telecom companies every 15 title of this competition? minutes to track COVID-19 (A) United against CORONA- cases across the country. Express through  The “geo-fencing” is accurate (B) Art Express through Art by up to 300 m. (C) Fight against CORONA  Kerala was one of the first States through Art to use geo-fencing to track (D) CORONA- Art to Fight COVID-19 cases.  On March 29, the Department of  The Indian Council for Cultural Telecommunications (DoT) Relations (ICCR) has decided to shared a standard operating launch a global painting procedure (SOP) with all telecom competition entitled "United service providers regarding the against CORONA- Express application called COVID-19 through Art." Quarantine Alert System  The Indian Council for Cultural (CQAS). Relations with its focus on  The system will collate phone building cultural links with data, including the device‘s countries around the world and location, on a common secured connecting people to people platform and alert the local through Cultural and agencies in case of a violation by Educational exchanges, calls on COVID-19 patients under watch Indians and citizens of the world or in isolation. to express these emotions through a competition entitled 42. Ellis Marsalis, who passed United against CORONA- away recently, was an Express through Art. acclaimed

(A) American pianist 41. The Department of Telecommunication and C-DOT (B) American trumpeter in coordination with Telecom (C) American saxophonist Service Providers have (D) Italian pianist developed and tested an application which automatically triggers an email  Jazz great Ellis Marsalis died at or SMS if any identified corona the age of 85 after contracting positive person moves away the coronavirus, his son from their quarantine location. This system is known as – Branford said. The acclaimed (A) COVID-19 Quarantine Alert American pianist and teacher System — who featured on dozens of (B) COVID-19 Quarantine Information System records over a musical career (C) COVID-19 Quarantine geo- spanning several decades — was fencing System the father of trumpeter Wynton (D) COVID-19 Quarantine geo- and saxophonist Branford. fencing Alert System

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 16  Born in New Orleans —the 44. Who is the current president of epicenter of the jazz world — All India Chess Federation in November 1934, Mr. Ellis (AICF)? recorded with heavyweights such (A) Vijay Deshpande as Cannonball and Nat Adderley, (B) Bharat Singh Chauhan Marcus Roberts and Courtney (C) P.R. Venketrama Raja Pine. Mr. Ellis was inducted into (D) Ajay H Patel The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2018.  The newly nominated secretary of the All India Chess Federation 43. Tony Lewis, who passed away, (AICF), Vijay Deshpande, has recently was associated with refuted the charges made by which of the following? predecessor Bharat Singh (A) Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) Chauhan and has also method questioned his actions. (B) Nelson score  AICF president P.R. (C) Nelson –Lewis method Venketrama Raja had removed (D) Nelson –Stern method Chauhan from the post of secretary, recently.  Tony Lewis, one of the men All India Chess Federation behind the Duckworth-Lewis-  The All India Chess Stern (DLS) method used in Federation is central weather-affected limited-overs administrative body matches, has died aged 78. for the game of chess  Tony, alongside fellow in India. mathematician Frank  Founded: 1951 Duckworth, devised the  Headquarters: Duckworth-Lewis method which Chennai was introduced in 1997 and adopted officially by the ICC 45. Magnus Carlsen, is related to (International Cricket Council) which sports? in 1999. (A) Chess  Renamed the Duckworth-Lewis- (B) Football Stern Method in 2014, the mathematical formula continues (C) Badminton to be used in rain reduced (D) Cricket limited overs cricket games across the globe.  With scores of chess  Lewis received an MBE (Member tournaments cancelled of the Order of the British worldwide owing to the COVID- Empire) for his services to cricket 19 pandemic, World champion and mathematics in 2010.  The big difference between the Magnus Carlsen has come up DLS and previous methods was with a $250,000- online event that it gave credit to sides for eight elite players. defending a target for taking  The Magnus Carlsen Invitational wickets as well as chasing sides will be played from April 18 to for scoring runs. May 3 with shorter time controls.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 17 46. The Government of India 47. Agriculture Minister Narendra recently launched a mobile app Singh Tomar recently developed in public private launched new features of partnership to bring the people National Agriculture Market (e- of India together in a resolute NAM) Platform.one is fight against COVID-19. What warehouse based trading is the name of this App? module in e-NAM software. (A) AarogyaSetu What is the name of second (B) COVIDSetu one? (C) IndCov19 App (A) Farmer Producer (D) AayushmanSetu Organisation trading module in e-NAM  The Government launched a (B) Anaj Mandi trading module in mobile app developed in public- e-NAM private partnership to bring the (C) Commission Agents module people of India together in a in e-NAM resolute fight against COVID-19. (D) Government bodies module in  The App, called ‘AarogyaSetu’ e-NAM joins Digital India for the health and well - being of every Indian.  Agriculture Minister Narendra The App will enable people to Singh Tomar launched new assess themselves the risk for features of National Agriculture their catching the Coronavirus Market (e-NAM) Platform. It will infection. It will calculate this help strengthen agriculture based on their interaction with marketing by farmers which will others, using cutting edge reduce their need to come to Bluetooth technology, algorithms wholesale mandis for selling their and artificial intelligence. harvested produce, at a time  The App‘s design ensures when there is critical need to privacy-first. The personal data decongest mandis to effectively collected by the App is encrypted fight against COVID-19. using state-of-the-art technology  These software modules are and stays secure on the phone warehouse based trading till it is needed for facilitating module in e-NAM software and medical intervention. Farmer Producer Organisation  It is available in 11 languages; trading module in e-NAM. the App is ready for pan-India  e-NAM is a pan-India electronic use from day-1 and has highly trading portal which networks scalable architecture. This app is the existing Agricultural produce a unique example of the nation‘s market committee (APMC) mandis to create a unified young talent coming together national market for agricultural and pooling resources and efforts commodities. to respond to a global crisis.  Small Farmers Agribusiness  It is at once a bridge between Consortium (SFAC) is the lead public and private sectors, digital agency for implementing eNAM technology and health services under the aegis of the Ministry of delivery and the potential of Agriculture and Farmers‘ young India with a disease-free Welfare, Government of India. and healthy future of the nation. For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 18 48. National Cooperative 50. National Cadet Corps (NCC) has Development Corporation is a offered a helping hand to statutory Corporation set up civilian authorities in the on country‘s fight against COVID- (A) 13 March 1963 19 by extending the services of (B) 13 March 1967 cadets under (C) 13 March 1971 (A) Exercise NCC Yogdan (D) 13 March 1975 (B) Exercise NCC stands against CORONA  On the appeal of the Prime (C) Exercise NCC‘s fight against Minister Narendra Modi, the COVID-19 National (D) Exercise NCC Yoddha Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) and Indian  National Cadet Corps (NCC) has Potash Limited offered a helping hand to civilian have jointly contributed a sum of authorities in 11 crore towards the PM CARES the country‘s fight against Fund to tackle the Covid-19 COVID-19 by extending the threat. services of cadets under  The National Cooperative Exercise NCC Yogdan. It has Development Corporation is a issued guidelines for temporary statutory Corporation employment of its cadets to set up under an Act of Indian augment relief efforts and Parliament on 13 March 1963.  Headquarters location: New functioning of various agencies Delhi involved in battling the pandemic. 49. United Nation's COP 26  The NCC, which operates under climate change summit Ministry of Defence, is the largest recently postponed till next uniformed youth organisation of year due to COVID-19. It was the country and has been scheduled to hold in which engaged in conducting various city? social service and community (A) Bristol (B) Glasgow (C) Dublin (D) Cardiff development activities. The National Cadet Corps is the  United Nation's COP 26 climate youth wing of Armed Forces with change summit due to take place its Headquarters at New Delhi. in the Scottish city of Glasgow  Founded: 16 April 1948 in November has been postponed  Motto: Unity and discipline due to the coronavirus pandemic. British government 51. Associations representing IAS, said that dates for a rescheduled IPS officers' form an initiative conference in 2021 would be to support and supplement the announced later. government's efforts in  Global CO2 emissions needed to fighting coronavirus. Name drop 45 per cent by 2030 and this Initiative? reach net zero by 2050, to limit (A) CareUcan temperature rise to the safe cap (B) Caruna of 1.5 degrees Celsius set as a (C) UKnow goal in the Paris accord. (D) CorCase

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 19  Associations representing officers  The nature of support includes of Central Civil Services, accommodation, food, on line including the Indian classes, attendance, Administrative Service (IAS) and examinations, scholarships, the Indian Police Service (IPS), have formed an initiative called health, transport, harassment 'Caruna' to support and etc. supplement the government's  The Minister informed that more efforts in fighting coronavirus. than 6500 colleges have already  The acronym 'Caruna' stands for come forward to provide support Civil Services Associations at such a crucial juncture. Reach to Support in Natural  All India Council for Technical Disasters and represents a collaborative platform, on Education (AICTE) was set up in which civil servants, industry November 1945 as a national- leaders, NGO professionals and level apex advisory body to IT professionals among others conduct a survey on the facilities have come together to contribute available for technical education their time and abilities. and to promote development in

the country in a coordinated and 52. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) was set up integrated manner. in  It works under Department of (A) November 1941 Higher Education, Ministry of (B) November 1945 Human Resource Development. (C) November 1949 (D) November 1953 53. Minister of State Human

 In order to provide help and Resource Development and IT support students during the Sanjay Dhotre recently lockdown period, All India launched an Online Council for Technical Education, Hackathon to find working AICTE has come out with a solutions for overcoming unique MHRD AICTE COVID-19 COVID-19 pandemic. What is Student Helpline Portal to the name of this Online address the issues. The website with URL https://helpline. Hackathon? aicte-india.org was today (A) Hack the Crisis – India launched by Minister for Human (B) Hack the COVID – India Resource Development Ramesh (C) Hack the CORONA – India Pokhriyal Nishank. (D) Hack what we can- India  Chairman AICTE Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe and student  Ministry of Electronics and interns Shivanshu and Akash of Information Technology (MeitY) in association with FICCI FLO Graphic Era University, who Pune, Robotex international developed this portal in a single announces Hack the Crisis – day, were also present. India.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 20  Minister of State Human 55. The Olympic Council of Asia's Resource Development and IT 19th Asian Games will be held Sanjay Dhotre today launched in which city from September 'Hack the Crisis - India, an 10 to 25, 2022? Online Hackathon to find (A) Hangzhou working solutions for overcoming (B) Shanghai COVID-19 pandemic. This (C) Wuhan hackathon is part of a global (D) Beijing initiative and is being organised by 'Hack A Cause - India'.  The official mascots of the 19th  The aim of this hackathon is to Asian Games were unveiled at a strengthen fight against COVID- digital launch ceremony in 19. Hangzhou, China. The three  Mr Dhotre said that over 2,000 robots, which are going to be the teams and over 15,000 mascots for the 2022 Hangzhou participants will be enhancing Asian Games are collectively their working prototypes in 48 known as the smart triplets. hour hackathon.  The Olympic Council of Asia's 19th Asian Games will be held in 54. Who recently became the first Hangzhou from September 10 to Judge of High Court of Jammu 25, 2022. It will be the third & Kashmir and Ladakh to take Asian Games to be hosted by oath under the Indian China following Beijing in 1990 Constitution? and Guangzhou in 2010, with (A) Justice Rajnesh Oswal the participation of 45 NOCs of (B) Justice Gita Mittal Asia in 42 sports. (C) Justice Shripathi Ravindra Bhat 56. The FIFA Under-17 Women's (D) Justice Sanjiv Khanna World Cup, which was scheduled to be played in  Justice Rajnesh Oswal was between November 2nd and sworn in as a permanent Judge 21st, has been postponed due of the common High Court of to the Coronavirus pandemic. Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Which country is hosting this He was administered oath of event? office by Chief Justice Jammu (A) China and Kashmir High Court, Justice (B) Japan Gita Mittal. (C) India  He is the first Judge of the (D) Saudi Arabia High Court to take oath under

the Indian Constitution.  The FIFA Under-17 Women's  All previous Judges of High World Cup, which was scheduled Court had taken oath under the to be played in India between constitution of Jammu and November 2nd and 21st, has Kashmir, which ceased to have been postponed due to the effect since August 5, 2019. Coronavirus pandemic.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 21  Under-17 Women's World Cup  India informed WTO that the was scheduled to be played in value of its rice production was India across five host cities - $43.67 billion in 2018-19 and it Navi Mumbai, Guwahati, gave subsidies worth $5 billion Ahmedabad, Kolkata and which is 11.46% of the value of Bhubaneswar. production.  WTO rules put restrictions of 57. Bill Withers, who passed away 10% on support that developing recently, was a countries can offer their farmers (A) Singer as the WTO looks at such (B) Painter support measures as trade (C) Footballer distorting. (D) Politician  Peace Clause of WTO  Peace clause protects a  Bill Withers, the legendary soul developing country's food singer behind 1970s hits like procurement programmes Lean on Me, Lovely Day and Ain‘t against action from WTO No Sunshine, died on Monday in members in case subsidy Los Angeles. ceilings are breached.  He was three-time Grammy  At 2013 Bali Ministerial winner. He released his last Conference, members agreed album in 1985, after many that, on an interim basis, public battles with music industry stockholding programmes would executives — Withers entered the not be challenged legally even if a Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. country's agreed limits for trade- He was inducted into the Rock distorting domestic support were and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015 breached. by Stevie Wonder.  India's breach of commitment for rice arises from support provided 58. India has recently invoked the in pursuance of public peace clause for exceeding the stockholding programmes for ceiling on support it can offer farmers for rice for the food security purposes. marketing year 2018-2019. Government did not undertake ―Peace clause‖ is related to the exports on a commercial basis affairs of from public stockholdings. (A) World Trade Organization  India is first country that has (B) World Health Organization invoked peace clause. (C) Food and Agriculture

Organization (D) International Labour 59. The students and scientists of Organization IISc Bengaluru have developed indigenous ventilators under  India has invoked the peace (A) Project Prana clause of WTO for exceeding the (B) Project Prahar ceiling on support it can offer (C) Project Saans farmers for rice for the marketing (D) Project Sparsh year 2018-2019.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 22  A group of Scientists and  The International Atomic Energy students in Indian Institute of Agency is known for its nuclear Science in Bengaluru have inspection work in countries like developed an indigenous Iran but it also has a mandate to ventilator prototype under help countries use nuclear project Prana. technology for peaceful purposes.  The project is a voluntary effort to It has received requests for help the nation at the time of assistance with coronavirus crisis. The team in the Electrical testing from 90 member states. Communication Engineering  The International Atomic Energy Department of Indian Institute of Science, led by Associate Agency is an international Professor Gaurab Banerjee has organization that seeks to designed the ventilator using promote the peaceful use of materials readily available in nuclear energy, and to inhibit India. its use for any military purpose,  The prototype has mass flow including nuclear weapons. The sensors and controllers which IAEA was established as an accurately tell how much oxygen autonomous organisation on is flowing and what volume the 29 July 1957. patient is inhaling in one breath.  Pneumatics is built around mass Headquarters: Vienna, Austria. produced water filter hardware. The control system is built 61. Recently, a low-cost energy around open source industrial efficient ventilator is made by controller. the Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala. The prototype 60. International Atomic Energy named as Agency was established as an (A) Jeevan autonomous organisation on- (B) Praan (A) 29 July 1957 (C) Sparsh (B) 29 July 1967 (C) 29 July 1977 (D) Saans (D) 29 July 1987  The Railways Rail Coach Factory  The U.N. atomic agency is (RCF) in Kapurthala came out sending an initial batch of with a prototype that has an equipment to about 40 countries original design and will cost a with which they will be able to fraction of what regular perform a standard test for the ventilators cost. coronavirus involving a  The first such breakthrough by a Technique derived from nuclear production unit, the prototype science.  The technique, real time reverse named Jeevan will now go for transcription-polymerase chain final testing at the Indian reaction or real time RT-PCR, is Council of Medical Research commonly used in developed (ICMR) before being put to countries to tell whether production to aid the country's someone is infected. It detects fight against COVID-19. the coronavirus's RNA, its  It has a microprocessor-based genetic fingerprint, on a swab controller and the circuit has sample. been designed by the RCF team.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 23 62. The National Health Authority  National Health Authority is the has partnered with which successor of the National Health company to provide dedicated Agency, which was functioning transport services to the as a registered society since 23rd health care workers that are May, 2018. Pursuant to Cabinet involved in that are involved decision for full functional in treating COVID-19 patients? autonomy, National Health (A) Uber Agency was reconstituted as the (B) Ola National Health Authority on (C) Rapido 2nd January 2019. (D) Zoomcar 64. The Indian Air Force recently  Ride-hailing platform Uber has delivered 6.2 million tonnes of partnered with the National Health Authority (NHA) to essential medicines to provide transport service to Maldives under frontline healthcare workers in (A) Operation Sanjeevani the country, who are engaged in (B) Operation Jeevan the treatment of COVID-19 patients. (C) Operation Praan  Uber will initially facilitate the (D) Operation Madad provision of 150 cars free of cost to support medical facilities in  An Indian Air Force (IAF) C-130J New Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj and transport aircraft delivered 6.2 Patna through its recently tonne of essential medicines and launched UberMedic service. hospital consumables to Maldives under Operation 63. Which apex body is responsible Sanjeevani. for implementing India's flagship public health  These medicines and insurance/ assurance scheme consumables were procured from 'Ayushman Bharat Pradhan eight suppliers in India. Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana'?  these medicines include (A) National Health Authority influenza vaccines, anti-viral (B) Central Drugs Standard drugs such as lopinavir and Control Organization ritonavir — which have been (C) All India Institute of Medical Sciences used to treat patients with (D) National Organ & Tissue COVID-19 in other countries — Transplant Organisation medicines for cardiac conditions, kidney ailments, hypertension,  National Health Authority high blood pressure, diabetes, (NHA) is the apex body responsible for implementing arthritis, allergies and cancer India's flagship public health treatment, anticonvulsants, as insurance/ assurance scheme well as consumables such as called “Ayushman Bharat catheters, nebulisers, urine bags Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.” and infant feeding tubes.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 24 65. Recently India‟s biggest lender  OPEC and Russia have State Bank of India (SBI) listed postponed a meeting. The Green Bonds of $100 million. meeting's delay came despite In India, which bank was the pressure from U.S. President first bank to come out with Donald Trump for the green bonds? Organization of the Petroleum (A) Yes Bank Exporting Countries and allies, (B) Punjab National Bank known as OPEC+, to urgently (C) ICICI Bank stabilise global oil markets. (D) HDFC Bank  The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is  India’s biggest lender State Bank an intergovernmental of India (SBI) listed Green Bonds organization of 14 nations, of $100 million under its $10 founded on 14 September 1960 billion Global Medium Term Note in Baghdad by the first five Programme on India INX's Global members, and headquartered Securities Market Green Platform since 1965 in Vienna, Austria. (GSM). 67. Kobe Bryant is related to which sport? (A) Basketball (B) Football (C) Badminton (D) Archery

 Five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash in January, headed a star- studded list of players named in basketball's 2020 Hall of Fame.  He was among the nine who will be enshrined at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on August 29.

68. International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance is observed on (A) April 4 (B) April 2 (C) April 3 66. The Organization of the (D) April 1 Petroleum Exporting Countries founded on-  International Day for Mine (A) 14 September 1960 Awareness and Assistance is (B) 14 September 1963 observed on April 4 each year. It (C) 14 September 1966 was first observed on April 4, (D) 14 September 1969 2006.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 25 69. Which country will host the 71. Vardhamana Mahavira was third edition of the Asian born in Youth Games (AYG) in (A) Pavapuri November 2021? (B) Kundagrama (A) China (C) Sarnath (B) India (D) Lumbini (C) Japan (D) Russia  Mahavir Janma Kalyanak is one of the most important religious  China is to host the third edition festivals in Jainism. It celebrates of the Asian Youth Games (AYG) the birth of Mahavir, the twenty- in Shantou in November 2021. The announcement was made by fourth and last Tirthankara. the Olympic Council of Asia  Vardhamana Mahavira, the 24th (OCA) on 1 April 2020. The third Tirthankara, was born in 540 edition was supposed to be held B.C. in a village called in 2017. But was postponed to Kundagrama near Vaishali. 2021 by OCA.  He belonged to the Jnatrika clan

and was connected to the royal 70. Navatatnalu-Pedalandariki Illu family of Magadha. programme, which is in news  His father Siddharta was the recently, is related to which head of the Jnathrika Kshatriya state? clan and his mother Trishala (A) Tamil Nadu was a sister of Chetaka, the king (B) Kerala of Vaishali. (C) Andhra Pradesh  At the age of 30 years, he (D) Karnataka renounced his home and become

an ascetic.  Andhra Pradesh State  He practised austerity for 12 government issued modified years and attained the highest guidelines for the distribution of spiritual knowledge called 25 lakh house sites to the poor Kaivalya (i.e conquered misery in urban and rural areas under and happiness) at the age of 42 Navaratnalu-Pedalandariki Illu years. (Houses for all the poor)  He delivered his first sermon at program. Pava.  Under the scheme, house sites  A symbol was associated with are to be allotted to the poor at every Tirthankara and Re 1 to the poor with white Mahavira’s symbol was a lion. ration cards. The State  His missions took him Koshala, Government is to collect Rs 20 Magadha, Mithila, Champa etc. from the people (Rs 10 for stamp  He passed away at the age of 72 paper charges and Rs 10 for in 468 B.C. at the Pavapuri in lamination charges). Bihar.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 26 72. Bharatiya Janata Party was 74. Headquarters of World Food founded on Programme is located at (A) 6 April 1980 (A) Bonn (B) 6 April 1981 (B) London (C) 6 April 1982 (C) Rome (C) 6 April 1983 (D) Tokyo

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi  The World Food Programme has extended his greetings on (WFP) has said that rapidly the 40th Foundation Day of the growing novel Coronavirus Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). pandemic is so far having little  President: Jagat Prakash Nadda impact on the global food supply  Founded: 6 April 1980 chain, but that could change for the worse if major food importers 73. Jagjivan Ram was inducted remain anxious. into the Interim Government  The World Food Programme is on 2 September, 1946, as the the food-assistance branch of the (A) Minister of education United Nations and the world's (B) Minister of defence largest humanitarian (C) Minister of finance organization addressing hunger (D) Minister of Labour and promoting food security.  Headquarters: Rome, Italy  Prime Minister Narendra Modi  Head: David Beasley paid tributes to freedom fighter  Founded: 1961 and former Deputy Prime Minister Babu Jagjivan Ram on 75. A unique disinfectant named his 112th birth anniversary. ‘V Safe Tunnel’ has been  Babu Jagjivan Ram, who was installed in which state to affectionately known as Babuji, sanitize people within 20 was born on the 5th of April, 1908. seconds from any possible  He was a member of the First bacteria and other microbes? Cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru’s (A) Telangana (B) Kerala Interim Government where he (C) Haryana (D) Uttar was the youngest Minister and Pradesh a member of the Constituent Assembly of India.  In Telangana, a unique  Babu Jagjivan Ram as a disinfectant named ‘V Safe crusader of social justice was Tunnel’ has been installed at the instrumental in the state Director General of Police’s establishment of the All Indian office to sanitize People within 20 Depressed Classes League in seconds from any possible the year 1935. bacteria and other microbes. The  He became the Deputy Prime Sanitising tunnel has been Minister of India from 1977 to installed with the help of a 1979. private company.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 27  The first-of-its-kind tunnel  PM-JAY is the world’s largest installed in the state, is aimed at health insurance / assurance reducing the local transmission scheme fully financed by the of Coronavirus in the state. It government. may be recalled that 334 people  It provides a cover of Rs. 5 lakhs tested positive for Coronavirus so per far with 11 cases of fatality. family per year for secondary and 76. Food Corporation of India was tertiary care hospitalization founded on- across public and private (A) 14 January 1969 empanelled hospitals in India. (B) 14 January 1973  Over 10.74 crore poor and (C) 14 January 1965 vulnerable entitled families (D) 14 January 1977 (approximately 50 crore beneficiaries) are eligible for  Food Corporation of India (FCI) these benefits. has set a new record in single  PM-JAY provides cashless day movement by moving 70 access to health care services for rakes carrying one lakh 93 the beneficiary at the point of thousand Metric Tonnes food service, that is, the hospital. grains continuously for two days.  PM-JAY envisions to help  It is a statutory body under the mitigate catastrophic Ministry of Consumer Affairs, expenditure on medical Food and Public Distribution. treatment which pushes nearly  Founded: 14 January 1965 6 crore Indians into poverty each year. 77. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya  It covers up to 3 days of pre- Yojna was launched on 23rd hospitalization and 15 days post- September, 2018 in hospitalization expenses such as (A) Jaipur diagnostics and medicines. (B) Kota (C) Ranchi  There is no restriction on the (D) Bhopal family size, age or gender.  All pre–existing conditions are  The Central government has covered from day one. decided to provide free testing and treatment of 78. Employees’ Provident Fund COVID-19 under the Ayushman Organisation was founded on Bharat Scheme. (A) 4 March 1956  The second component under (B) 4 March 1954 Ayushman Bharat is the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya (C) 4 March 1952 Yojna or PM-JAY as it is (D) 4 March 1958 popularly known. This scheme was launched on 23rd  The Employees’ Provident Fund September, 2018 in Ranchi, Organisation (EPFO) will accept Jharkhand by the Hon’ble Prime the date of birth recorded in Minister of India, Shri Narendra Aadhaar as a valid proof for Modi. those applying for changing the  Key Features of PM-JAY date, as long as the difference is less than three years. For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 28  This will enable EPFO to validate 80. Stephen O’Keefe is related to the date of birth of members which sport? online with UIDAI (A) Badminton instantaneously, thus (B) Football authenticating and reducing the (C) Cricket processing time of change (D) Chess requests  EPFO is one of the World's  Former Australia Test spinner largest Social Security Stephen O’Keefe retired from Organisations in terms of First Class cricket after being clientele and the volume of omitted from New South Wales’ list of contracted players for the financial transactions next domestic season. undertaken. At present it  The 35-year-old left-armer took maintains 19.34 crore accounts 35 wickets in nine Tests, (Annual Report 2016-17) including 12 in a match against pertaining to its members. India at Pune in 2017.  It works under the administrative control of the 81. Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) is Ministry of Labour and located in which one of the Employment, Government of following states? (A) Madhya Pradesh India. (B) Gujarat  Founded: 4 March 1952, New (C) Rajasthan Delhi (D) Himachal Pradesh

79. Which two countries are  The spectre of COVID-19 has recently banned from sending made its appearance in one of weightlifters to the Tokyo India’s most storied tiger reserves. The death of a 10-year- Olympics by International old ailing male tiger, in the Pench Weightlifting Federation? Tiger Reserve (PTR) — the (A) Vietnam and Malaysia country’s most munificent reserve —that succumbed to a (B) Vietnam and Thailand ‘respiratory illness’ last Saturday (C) Thailand and Malaysia would have been a routine affair. (D) Cambodia and Malaysia  But a report of a confirmed COVID-19 infection in a tiger at  Thailand and Malaysia have the Bronx Zoo, in New York, United States and advisories by been banned from sending divisions of the Environment weightlifters to the Tokyo Ministry that deal with the Olympics. The International protection of the cats in zoos, as Weightlifting Federation said in a well as in Tiger Reserves has statement that the Thai Amateur officials in the National Tiger Weightlifting Association (TAWA) Conservation Authority (NTCA)— has been suspended for three the organisation that manages the protection of India’s 3,000- years, while the Malaysian odd tigers — puzzling on whether Weightlifting Federation (MWF) the tiger should be tested for the has been given a one-year ban. novel coronavirus disease.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 29  Pench Tiger Reserve or Pench 84. Every year World Health Day is National Park is one of the celebrated on- premier tiger reserves of India (A) 7 April and the first one to straddle (B) 6 April across two states - Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. (C) 5 April (D) 4 April 82. Recently a report confirmed COVID-19 infection in a tiger  World Health Day is celebrated at the Bronx Zoo. Bronx Zoo is on 7 April every year to mark located in which city? the anniversary of the (A) London founding of World Health (B) New York Organization. (C) Tokyo  The tagline for World Health Day (D) Paris is: Support nurses and

 Global pandemic COVID-19 has midwives. not even left animal kindgdom  On World Health Day, WHO will untouched. A tiger at New York's launch of the first ever State of Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the World’s Nursing Report COVID-19 and is believed to 2020. The report will provide a have contracted the virus from a global picture of the nursing caretaker who was asymptomatic workforce and support evidence- at the time. based planning to optimize the  There is no evidence that any contributions of this workforce to person has been infected with improve health and wellbeing for COVID-19 in the US by animals, all. including by pet dogs or cats. In World Health Organization late March a pet cat was The World Health Organization is discovered infected with the a specialized agency of the novel coronavirus in Belgium, United Nations responsible for following similar cases in Hong international public health. It is Kong where two dogs tested part of the U.N. Sustainable positive for COVID-19. Development Group.  Headquarters: Geneva, 83. ISSF Shooting World Cup 2020 Switzerland has cancelled recently. It was scheduled to be held at-  Founded: 7 April 1948 (A) Tokyo (B) Dubai (C) New Delhi (D) New York 85. National Highway Authority of India, was constituted in-  The ISSF Shooting World Cup, (A) 1986 (B) 1988 which was scheduled to take (C) 1990 (D) 1992 place in two separate legs in Delhi in the month of May, was  National Highway Authority of officially cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic. India, NHAI has achieved  Rifle and Pistol events were highest ever construction of National Highways in financial planned to be held from 5th to year 2019-20. In a statement, 13th May and Shotgun from NHAI said, it has accomplished 20th to 29th May. construction of three thousand

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 30 979 kilometres of national  Kerala has installed Walk in highways and this is the highest Sample Kiosks (WISK) for mass ever highway construction collection of samples for Covid- achieved in a financial year by 19 testing in Ernakulam district NHAI. The authority said, in based on South Korean model. 2018-19, NHAI had constructed  A Walk-in Sample Kiosk or WISK three thousand 380 Kilometre. is a mobile cubicle with a sealed  The National Highways Authority glass front, and have extended of India (NHAI) is an gloves attached in the front, autonomous agency of the through which a medical Government of India, set up in practitioner standing in the 1988. cubicle can collect samples. The  It is a nodal agency of the healthcare professionals in the Ministry of Road Transport and kiosk can collect throat swabs of Highways. people who will stand outside the  It works under the kiosk. administrative control of the  The Walk-in Sample Kiosks, are Ministry of Road Transport and being developed by Doctors of Highways. Kalamsessry Medical  Headquarters: New Delhi College.Presently two kiosks are being installed at Ernakulam 86. Who recently has taken charge Medical College and will be as the Spokesman of the placed in other hospitals too Ministry of External Affairs? which isolation wards and (A) Anurag Srivastava testing facility. (B) Sanjeev Ranjan (C) Raveesh Kumar 88. Who is recently appointed as (D) Jasdeep Singh the Chairman of Nasscom for2020-21?  Senior diplomat Anurag (A) Keshav Murugesh Srivastava took charge as the (B) UB Pravin Rao Spokesman of the Ministry of (C) Rekha M Menon External Affairs, succeeding Mr (D) SS Mallikarjuna Rao Raveesh Kumar. Mr Srivastava, a 1999-batch Indian Foreign  IT services industry body Service Officer, was serving as Nasscom has appointed UB India's Ambassador to Ethiopia Pravin Rao, chief operating brfore this appointment. officer, Infosys, as the chairman

87. Which state has recently for the current financial year. installed Walk in Sample  The National Association of Kiosks (WISK) for mass Software and Services collection of samples for Companies said Rao, who was Covid-19 testing? previously vice- chairman of (A) Kerala Nasscom, would succeed Keshav (B) Tamil Nadu Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS (C) Odisha (D) Maharashtra Global Services.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 31  The industry body has also 90. Recently, the Ministry of Civil announced the appointment of Aviation launched an initiative Rekha M. Menon, chairman under which flights were operated in transporting and senior managing director, essential equipment and India at Accenture, as the vice- medicines all over the country chairperson for 2020-21. to help India fight against  The National Association of COVID-19. What is name of Software and Service Companies this initiative? is a trade association of Indian (A) Jeevan UDAN Information Technology and (B) Lifeline UDAN Business Process Outsourcing (C) COVID UDAN industry. (D) Life UDAN NASSCOM  Established in 1988,  ‘Lifeline Udan’ flights are being NASSCOM is a non-profit operated by Ministry of Civil organisation. Aviation to transport essential  NASSCOM initiated a medical cargo to remote parts of program called '10000 the country to support India’s Startups' in 2013. war against COVID-19.  Founded: 1 March 1988  Under Lifeline UDAN, 116  Founders: Dewang Mehta, flights have been operated by Nandan Nilekani Air India, Alliance Air, IAF,  Headquarters location: New Pawan Hans and private Delhi carriers. 79 of these flights have 89. Chernobyl reactor, which is been operated by Air India and recently in news, is located in Alliance Air. Cargo transported which country? till date is around 161 tons. (A) Ukraine Aerial distance covered by (B) Australia Lifeline Udan flights till date is (C) Japan over 112,178 km. (D) China  On the International platform, Air India will be operating  Ukrainian government agencies dedicated scheduled cargo flights denied an official’s claim that a to China for the uplifting of forest fire in the Chernobyl critical medical equipment as per exclusion zone caused a spike in the requirement. radiation levels.  Firefighters are battling a blaze 91. Brahm Kanchibotla, who had died recently because of that broke out at the weekend in COVID-19, was related to – the zone around the ruined (A) Politics Chernobyl reactor that (B) Sports exploded in 1986 in the (C) Cinema world’s worst nuclear accident. (D) Journalism

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 32  Prime Minister Narendra Modi  The second section also known has expressed grief over as Track 2 called Validate- passing away of Indian- pitch-Deploy invites applications American journalist Brahm from student innovators, Kanchibotla.  He was a correspondent for researchers, educators, and United News of India. startups with a working  During his 28-year career in the prototype of technologically U.S., he had worked for 11 years advanced solution which can be as a content editor for Merger validated and deployed Markets, a financial publication; immediately to support the fight he also did a stint with News against the pandemic. India-Times weekly newspaper.

92. Which organisation is 93. Telecom Disputes Settlement associated with Samadhan and Appellate Tribunal was challenge to fight COVID-19? founded on- (A) All India Council for (A) 29 May 2000 Technical Education (B) 29 May 2004 (B) Innovation Cell of the Human (C) 29 May 2008 Resource Development Ministry (D) 29 May 2012 (C) Forge and InnovatioCuris (D) All of the above  The Supreme Court recently extended by three months  The All India Council for the tenure of chairperson of Technical Education and the Telecom Disputes Settlement Innovation Cell of the Human Resource Development and Appellate Tribunal, Ministry in collaboration with TDSAT which is scheduled to Forge and InnovatioCuris has end on 20th of this month. launched Samadhan - a mega  The Telecommunications Dispute online challenge to test the Settlement and Appellate ability of the students' innovative Tribunal, was established to skills. Students interested to adjudicate disputes and dispose apply for the Samadhan challenge can do until April 14, of appeals with a view to protect 2020. the interests of service providers  The Samadhan challenge will and consumers of the telecom have two sections. The first sector and to promote and section also known as Track 1 ensure orderly growth of the is called Ideate-Simulate-Win telecom sector. where applications are invited by  Founded: 29 May 2000 innovators, educators and researchers along with startups  Headquarters: New Delhi to share their ideas to solve the  Chairperson- Shiva Kirti Singh challenges posed by the pandemic.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 33 94. Which Municipal Corporation  The Small Industries came out with a unique Development Bank of India - initiative of using the SIDBI has said that it will Integrated Command and provide emergency working Control Centre set up under capital of up to one crore Smart City Mission as a war rupees to small and medium room to fight COVID-19, enterprises(MSMEs) against recently? their confirmed government (A) Surat Municipal orders. Corporation  Small industrial Development (B) Delhi Municipal Corporation Bank of India is a development (C) Bhopal Municipal financial institution in India, Corporation headquartered at Lucknow and (D) Indore Municipal having its offices all over the Corporation country.  Headquarters  In Gujarat, Surat Municipal location: Lucknow Corporation is using the  Founded: 2 April 1990

Integrated Command and 96. “SAFE PLUS” initiative is Control Centre set up under related to which bank? Smart City Mission as a war (A) State Bank of India room to fight COVID-19. AIR (B) Punjab National Bank (C) Small Industries correspondent reports Development Bank of India that Surat Municipal (D) Reserve Bank of India Corporation (SMC) has taken various unique initiatives  The Small Industries Development Bank of India - under Smart City Mission to SIDBI has said that it will deal with COVID-19. provide emergency working  SMC is using this COVID-19 capital of up to one crore rupees to small and medium war room to carry out CCTV enterprises(MSMEs) against surveillance of public spaces, their confirmed government and containment clusters. SMC orders. is also using a mobile  The SIDBI Assistance to Facilitate Emergency response application to track the against Corona virus - SAFE movement of quarantined PLUS will be offered people on real-time basis. collateral free and disbursed within 48 hours.  In a press release, SIDBI 95. Headquarters of Small informed that the loans will be Industries Development Bank offered at an interest rate of of India is located at- five per cent. Meanwhile, the bank further informed that the (A) Mumbai limit of SAFE loans, announced (B) Lucknow a few days back has been (C) New Delhi enhanced from 50 lakh rupees (D) Jaipur to two crore rupees.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 34  The scheme was launched to  The Members of Parliament Local provide financial assistance to Area Development Division is MSMEs engaged in entrusted with the responsibility manufacturing of hand of implementation of Members of sanitizers, masks, gloves, head Parliament Local Area gear, bodysuits, shoe-covers, Development Scheme (MPLADS). ventilators and goggles used in  Under the scheme, each MP has dealing with COVID-19. the choice to suggest to the District Collector for works to the 97. Cabinet recently approved tune of Rs.5 Crores per annum Non-operation of MPLADS for to be taken up in his/her two years (2020-21 and 2021- constituency. 22) for managing COVID 19.  The Rajya Sabha Members of MPLADS is related to which Parliament can recommend ministry? works in one or more districts in (A) Ministry of Personnel, Public the State from where he/she has Grievances and Pensions been elected. (B) Ministry of Human Resource  The Nominated Members of the Development Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha may (C) Ministry of Statistics and select any one or more Districts Programme Implementation from any one State in the (D) Ministry of Finance Country for implementation of their choice of work under the  As a part of Government’s scheme. The Ministry has issued continued efforts to contain the guidelines on MPLADS spread of COVID 19, the Union Scheme including Cabinet chaired by the Prime implementation and monitoring Minister, Shri Narendra Modi of the scheme. The Department has decided not to operate has initiated all necessary steps Members of Parliament Local to ensure that the scheme is Area Development Scheme successfully implemented in the (MPLADS) for two years (2020-21 field. and 2021-22). These funds will be used to strengthen 98. “5T plan”, to control COVID- Government’s efforts in 19, is recently in news, in managing the challenges and context of- adverse impact of COVID19 in (A) New Delhi Government the country. (B) Uttar Pradesh Government  It was announced in December (C) Rajasthan Government 1993 and initially came under (D) Haryana Government

the control of the Ministry of  Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Rural Development. Later, in announced a “5T plan” created October 1994, it was transferred by his government to contain to the Ministry of Statistics COVID-19 spread in Delhi. and Programme These five Ts are testing, Implementation. tracing, treatment, teamwork and tracking-monitoring.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 35  The first T is testing, which 99. Radomir Antic, who passed when done on a mass scale away recently, was related to enables the actual data of people which sport? affected by novel coronavirus. (A) Badminton (B) Chess (C) Golf (D) Football

 Radomir Antic was a Serbian professional football manager and player.  Serbian coach Radomir Antic, the only person to manage Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Barcelona, died.  His first stint at one of Spain’s big clubs came during a 10- month spell with Real in 1991- 92. Antic managed Atletico across three different spells between 1995 and 2000 and  The second T is tracing, which Barcelona during the second part involves identifying and of the 2002-03 campaign. quarantining people who have come in contact with infected 100. Uber Cup is related to which persons. sport?  The third component is (A) Badminton treatment. The LNJP and GB (B) Table tennis Pant hospitals had been declared (C) Tennis primary hospitals for COVID-19 (D) Golf treatment with 1,500 and 500 beds respectively. While the Rajiv  The Uber Cup, sometimes called Gandhi hospital has 450 beds, the World Team Championships 2,450 beds are available in for Women, is a major government hospitals and 450 international badminton beds at private ones. competition contested by  The fourth element of the five- women's national badminton point plan is teamwork and teams. collective efforts are being made  Founded: 1956 to fight the virus. All State  Number of teams: 16 governments must learn from  Most recent champion(s): each other and work together. Japan (6th title)  The fifth T is tracking and  Most titles: China (14 titles) monitoring. It is responsibility  The Thomas-Uber Cup Finals to ensure that all these measures were initially scheduled for May but the world body had earlier are in place and all the systems agreed with hosts Denmark to are functioning smoothly. set a new date – Aug 16-23.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 36 101. The Barak Valley is located in – 103. The National Institute of (A) Himachal Pradesh Mental Health and Neuro- (B) Arunachal Pradesh Sciences is a premier medical (C) Punjab institution located in (D) Assam (A) New Delhi (B) Chandigarh  Assam Chief Minister (C) Bengaluru Sarbanand Sonowal recently (D) Mumbai visited Barak Valley to take account of preparedness to  The National Institute of Mental control outbreak of COVID-19. Health and Neuro-Sciences is a  The Barak Valley is located in premier medical institution the southern region of the Indian located in Bengaluru, India. state of Assam. The main city of NIMHANS is the apex centre for the valley is Silchar. The region mental health and is named after the Barak river. neuroscience education in the The Barak valley mainly consists country, the institute operates of three administrative districts autonomously under the of Assam - namely Cachar, Ministry of Health and Family Karimganj, and Hailakandi. Welfare.  Founded: 1847 102. Devi Shetty Committee has  To withstand the Psychological recently recommended impact of isolation during lock- continuing lockdown at all the down the National Institute of hotspots in the state with high Mental Health and prevalence of COVID-19 Neurosciences in Bengaluru has positive cases. Devi Shetty suggested ways to cope with Committee is related to which anxiety. The Director of the state? Institute Dr. B N Gangadhar (A) Tamil Nadu spoke to AIR on ways to keep (B) Kerala good mental health during this (C) Karnataka time. (D) Odisha 104. Which state government has  In Karnataka, a Government recently launched a newly appointed Committee headed by developed app called cardiologist Dr. Devi Shetty has COVIDCARE, in an effort to recommended to continue fight COVID-19? lockdown at all the hotspots in the state with high prevalence of (A) Himachal Pradesh COVID-19 positive cases. (B) Arunachal Pradesh  It has suggested that close (C) Uttar Pradesh observation of the pandemic (D) Madhya Pradesh should continue for next six months. It has recommended  Arunachal Pradesh government closure of schools and colleges has launched a newly developed till May end. It has also app called COVIDCARE, in an suggested that inter-state flight effort to fight COVID-19. and train services and AC buses must not operate now. For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 37  This app has been developed for 106. Sanskrit phrase “Vasudhaiva those people who are Kutumbakam” is extracted quarantined, asymptomatic or from – COVID-19 patients to self- (A) Maha Upanishad report their health status, (B) Mundaka Upanishad including body temperature and (C) Mandukya Upanishad vital symptoms and in case of (D) Maitri Upanishad emergency, the patient will be able to call for help through the  Indian Council for Cultural app itself. Relations (ICCR) has come up with a unique Art initiative 105. The Indian Council for Cultural amidst the global battle against Relations (ICCR) was founded novel Coronavirus. Affirmed with in 1950 by a belief to propagate Vasudhaiv (A) Jawaharlal Nehru Kutumbakam, World is one (B) Sardar Patel family, the Art competition (C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad entitled United against COVID is (D) Rajendra Prasad open for participants from worldwide.  Indian Council for Cultural  Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam is a Relations (ICCR) has come up Sanskrit phrase found in Hindu with a unique Art initiative texts such as the Maha amidst the global battle against Upanishad, which means "the novel Coronavirus. world is one family"  The Indian Council for Cultural  It also found in the Rig Veda , Relations (ICCR) was founded in it is considered the most 1950 by Maulana Abul Kalam important moral value in the Azad, independent India’s first Indian society. Education Minister. Its objectives are to actively 107. The Department of Personnel participate in the formulation and Training has launched of a and implementation of policies learning platform to combat and programmes pertaining to Covid-19 for all frontline workers to equip them with India’s external cultural the training and updates in relations; to foster and coping with pandemic. What is strengthen cultural relations and the name of this learning mutual understanding between platform? India and other countries; to (A) iCovid e-learning platform promote cultural exchanges with (B) iCov e-learning platform other countries and people, and (C) iCOR e-learning platform to develop relations with nations. (D) iGOT e-learning platform  Director General: Akhilesh  The Department of Personnel Mishra and Training has launched of a  President: Vinay learning platform to combat Sahasrabuddhe Covid-19 for all frontline workers to equip them with the training  Headquarters location: New and updates in coping with Delhi pandemic.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 38  The target groups for the  The variety is being cultivated in platform, igot.gov.in are more than 1000 hectares of land Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics, in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Hygiene Workers, Technicians, Rajasthan, West Bengal, and Auxiliary Nursing Midwives, Uttar Pradesh during the last ANMs, Central & State Govt. three years. Officers, Civil Defence Officials, various Police Organisations, 109. National Innovation National Cadet Corpz, NCC, Foundation – India is located Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan, at- NYKS, National Service Scheme, (A) Ahmedabad NSS, Indian Red Cross Society, (B) Surat Bharat Scouts and Guides and (C) Jaipur other volunteers. (D) New Delhi  iGOT platform is designed to population scale, and will  National Innovation Foundation provide training to around (NIF) – India, an autonomous 1.50 crore workers and institute under the volunteers in the coming Department of Science and weeks. Technology, Govt. of India conducted validation trials for 108. A biofortified carrot variety Madhuban Gajar variety at with high β-carotene and iron Rajasthan Agricultural content developed by Shri Research Institute (RARI), Vallabhhai Vasrambhai Jaipur, between 2016 and 2017. Marvaniya is recently in news In the trials, it was found that in context of Gujarat farmers. Madhuban Gajar carrot variety What is the name of this possesses a significantly higher variety? root yield (74.2 t/ha) and plant (A) Madhuban Gajar biomass (275 gm per plant) as (B) Pusa Rudhira compared to check variety. (C) Dhanashakti Gajar  National Innovation Foundation (D) Pusa Kesar – India is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and  Madhuban Gajar, a biofortified Technology, Government of India. It was set up in February carrot variety with high β- 2000 at Ahmedabad, Gujarat to carotene and iron content provide institutional support for developed by Shri Vallabhhai scouting, spawning, sustaining Vasrambhai Marvaniya, a farmer and scaling up the grassroots scientist from Junagadh district, innovations across the country. Gujarat is benefitting more than 150 local farmers in the area. 110. The Tribal Cooperative  It is being planted in an area of Marketing Development over 200 hectares in Junagadh, Federation of India (TRIFED) came into existence in and the average yield, which is (A) 1994 40-50 t/ha, has become the (B) 1992 main source of income to the (C) 1989 local farmers. (D) 1987

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 39  The Tribal Cooperative Marketing 111. Jack Dorsey has made a Development Federation of India commitment of one billion (TRIFED) came into existence in US dollars out of his personal 1987. It is a national-level apex fortune to coronavirus relief organization functioning under through his philanthropic the administrative control of fund. He is co-founder and Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. chief executive of- of India. (A) Netflix  TRIFED has its registered and (B) Instagram Head Office located in New Delhi (C) LinkedIn and has a network of 13 Regional (D) Twitter Offices located at various places in the country.  Twitter co-founder and chief  To ensure tribal gatherers carry executive Jack Dorsey has on their work safely, TRIFED has made a commitment of one collaborated with UNICEF for billion US dollars out of his developing a digital personal fortune to coronavirus communication strategy for relief through his philanthropic promoting a digital campaign for fund. Self Help Groups (SHGs) involved  Dorsey said that he would in this work, highlighting the transfer his equity in his importance of Social Distancing. digital payments group Square UNICEF would provide the to his limited liability necessary support to be corporation Start Small, circulated to the SHG centers in contributing around 28 per the form of Digital Multimedia cent of his overall wealth. content, Webinars for Virtual  Earlier, Amazon founder Jeff trainings (basic orientation on Bezos had pledged 100 million COVID response, key preventive Dollars to help food relief behaviours), Social Media efforts during the pandemic campaigns (on social distancing, while Facebook founder Mark home quarantine, etc.) and Zuckerberg had offered more Vanya Radio. than 25 million Dollars to help  Additionally, TRIFED has research through the Bill & reached out to the Art of Living Melinda Gates Foundation. The Foundation’s Gates Foundation last month #iStandWithHumanity pledged 125 million US dollars Initiative with a Stand With Tribal Families component in for research. providing much needed food and ration for survival of the tribal 112. Headquarters of Organisation community. for the Prohibition of  The webinar, for the promotion of Chemical Weapons is located the campaign is scheduled to be at- held tomorrow i.e. on 9th April, (A) The Hague 2020. It is aimed to reach more (B) Amsterdam than 18,000 participants and (C) Brussels would cover tribal regions across (D) New York all the 27 States.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 40  The global chemical weapons  Never in the history of military watchdog for the first time battles have a handful of explicitly blamed Syria for policemen fought back a full – toxic attacks, saying fledged infantry Brigade in such President Bashar al-Assad's air force used the nerve gas sarin a manner. In this conflict, six and chlorine three times in valiant CRPF men also attained 2017. martyrdom. As a tribute to the  The findings came in the first saga of the brave men of the report from a new investigative Force, 9th April is befittingly team set up by the celebrated as "Valour Day” in Organisation for the the Force. Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to identify 114. Good Friday festival is the perpetrators of attacks in Syria's ongoing nine-year-long related to which religion? civil war. (A) Islam  The OPCW won the Nobel (B) Jainism Peace Prize in 2013 for its (C) Hinduism work in Syria and says it has (D) Christianity eliminated 97 percent of the world's chemical weapons.  Good Friday is being observed  The Organisation for the on 10th April by Christians all Prohibition of Chemical Weapons over the world to mark the is an intergovernmental crucifixion of Jesus Christ organisation and the and his death at Calvary. It is implementing body for the observed on the Friday before Chemical Weapons Easter Sunday, that marks Convention, which entered the resurrection of Jesus into force on 29 April 1997. Christ.  Headquarters: The Hague,  Prayers and masses have been Netherlands organised in the Churches and  Director General: Fernando Chapels. It is also known as Arias Holy Friday, Great Friday,  Founded: 29 April 1997 Black Friday and Easter Friday. 113. Every year CRPF celebrate “Valour Day” on- 115. Which Ministry recently (A) 10th April launched a revised version of (B) 9th April Swachhata App to handle (C) 11th April queries specific to COVID 19? (D) 12th April (A) Ministry of Rural Development  On April 9th, 1965 a small contingent of 2nd Bn CRPF, (B) Ministry of Housing and successfully fought and repulsed Urban Affairs an attack by a Pakistani Brigade (C) Ministry of Health and Family on Sardar Post in the Rann of Welfare Kutch, Gujarat, eliminating 34 (D) Ministry of Statistics and Pakistani soldiers and capturing Programme Implementation 4 alive.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 41  The Ministry of Housing and  ‘Operation SHIELD’, which Urban Affairs announced the includes sealing, identifying and launch of a revised version of the quarantining people in existing Swachhata-MoHUA App. containment zones, doorstep  The Swachhata-MoHUA App, a delivery of essential items and highly popular grievance door-to-door chec-king of people redressal tool for citizens under in those areas, will be the ambit of the Swachh Bharat undertaken by the Delhi Mission (Urban) already has government. over 1.7 Crore+ urban users  SHIELD stands as- S for across the country. This app sealing of the immediate area has now been modified and after geographical marking, H strengthened further in order to for home quarantine of all in enable citizens to get their the area, I for isolation and COVID-related complaints also tracing of people who have redressed by their respective been first and second contacts, ULBs. E for essential supplies, which involves doorstep delivery of 116. Which state recently became essential items to the people, first State to extend lockdown L for local sanitisation and till April 30? disinfection of those areas, and (A) Odisha D for door-to-door checking so (B) Maharashtra that people having symptoms (C) Kerala of COVID-19 are isolated and (D) Haryana testing can be done after taking samples.  Odisha recently became first State to extend lockdown till 118. In which of the following April 30. diseases, Convalescent plasma  State would recommend to the therapy has been used by Central government to extend doctors to treat critically ill the national lockdown up to patients? April 30. (A) H1N1 (B) SARS  Educational institutions in the (C) Ebola (D) All of the State would remain closed till above June 17.  Kerala has gone a step ahead 117. “Operation SHIELD” is and won the Indian Council of recently in news, in the context of affairs of – Medical Research’s approval to (A) Uttar Pradesh explore the feasibility of (B) Madhya Pradesh administering convalescent (C) New Delhi plasma transfusion on critically (D) Kerala ill patients.  Convalescent plasma therapy is  The Delhi government will not new and has been used by carry out ‘Operation SHIELD’ doctors to treat critically ill at 21 locations identified as patients during earlier epidemics containment zones in the Capital. like H1N1, SARS and Ebola. For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 42 (A) Ministry of Commerce and Industry (B) Ministry of External Affairs (C) Ministry of Corporate Affairs (D) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

 Commerce ministry has designed an online platform for issuance of a key document "Certificate of origin" required for exports to those countries with which India has trade agreements, with a view to 119. Mustafa Kadhemi, is recently facilitate shipments during the named as third Prime Minister- COVID-19 crisis. designate this year of which  CO is a document declaring in country? which country a commodity or (A) Iran good was manufactured. (B) Iraq  Required by many treaty (C) Syria agreements for cross-border (D) Chad trade, CO is important form because it can help determine  Iraqi President Barham Saleh whether certain goods are eligible nominated spy chief Mustafa for import, or whether goods are Kadhemi as the country’s third subject to duties. Prime Minister-designate this year, moments after his 121. Bharat Padhe Online predecessor ended his bid to campaign is recently lauched form a government. by which Ministry?  Mr. Kadhemi, the 53-year-old (A) Ministry of Human Resource head of the National Intelligence Development Service, has ascended to the role (B) Ministry of Home Affairs as Iraq faces a budget crisis (C) Ministry of Skill Development brought on by the collapse in and Entrepreneurship world oil prices and the spread of (D) Ministry of Women and Child the novel coronavirus. Development

120. Which ministry has designed  Union Minister for HRD Shri an online platform for issuance Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ of a key document "Certificate has launched a week long of origin" required for exports ‘Bharat Padhe Online’ campaign to those countries with which for Crowd sourcing of Ideas for India has trade agreements, Improving Online Education with a view to facilitate ecosystem of India in New shipments during the COVID- Delhi. 19 crisis?

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 43  the campaign aims to invite all  Kendriya Bhandar, which the best brains in India to functions under the share suggestions or solutions Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), has prepared a directly with HRD Ministry to total of 2,200 kits for distribution overcome constraints of online to needy families. education while promoting the  Each essential kit consists of available digital education three kg rice, two kg dal, one platforms. litre cooking oil, 500 gms chiwda/poha, one kg salt, one bathing soap, one detergent 122. Kendriya Bhandar is the soap and three packets of Central Government biscuits. Employees Consumer  The Central Govt. Employees Cooperative Society that was Consumer Cooperative Society set up in 1963. It operates Ltd. popularly known as under which Ministry? Kendriya Bhandar was set up in (A) Ministry of Skill Development 1963 as a welfare project for the and Entrepreneurship benefit of Central Govt. (B) Ministry of Women and Child employees and public at large. It Development is functioning under aegis of (C) Ministry of Personnel, Public Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Grievances & Pensions, Govt. of (D) Ministry of Human Resource India and was registered with Development Delhi Registrar of Cooperative Societies.  Union Minister Jitendra Singh recently provided 2,200 kits 123. The Department of Science containing essential goods for and Technology recently the needy who have been unable approved anti-microbial to get items of daily use due to coating. It is developed by the prevailing nationwide (A) Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for lockdown to check the spread of Advanced Scientific Research coronavirus, according to a (B) Indian Institute of Technology Personnel Ministry statement. (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi (C) IIT Delhi (D) IIT Madras

 An antimicrobial coating, developed by Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, an autonomous institute under Department of Science & Technology (DST), has shown excellent results in tackling the spread of deadly influenza virus,

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 44 the root cause of severe  Pharmacists, popularly known as respiratory infections, by "Swasth Ke Sipahi", of Pradhan inactivating large loads of Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendra, influenza virus. The Science and are delivering essential services Engineering Research Board, a and medicines at the doorstep of unit of the DST is supporting the patients and elderly under further development of this Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya coating for the country’s war Janaushadhi Pariyojana against COVID-19. (PMBJP) of the Government of  The proven efficiency of the India. Working as part of coating in 100% destruction of Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi influenza virus (an enveloped Kendras (PMJAK), they are virus) shows that the coating extending essential services by may be effective in destroying COVID 19 – another enveloped making available quality generic virus upon contact. medicines at affordable prices to  The technology has been the common people of the developed by Prof. Jayanta country and the elderly persons Haldar’s group at JNCASR at their doorstep to fight Corona including Mr. Sreyan Ghosh, pandemic. Dr. Riya Mukherjee and Dr.  PMJKs are being run by Bureau Debajyoti Basak. of Pharma PSUs of India(BPPI)  The compound that under Department of the scientists have synthesized Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of for the coating is soluble in a Chemicals & Fertilizers, range of solvents such as water, Government of India with an ethanol, methanol and objective of providing quality and affordable healthcare to anyone chloroform. Aqueous or organic in need. Presently, more than solutions of this compound can 6300 PMJAKs are functioning be used to coat different daily life across the nation, covering 726 and medically important districts of the country. materials, such as textiles,  Mobile application "Jan plastic, PVC, polyurethane, Aushadhi Sugam" is also polystyrene, in a single step. available for the common public  The coating displays excellent to locate their nearest Kendra antiviral activity against and availability of medicines with influenza virus completely killing its price. The app. can be them within 30 minutes of downloaded from Google Play contact. It disrupts the Store and I-phone Store. membranes of pathogens (i.e. bacteria) leading to their death. 125. Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation works under the 124. Jan Aushadhi Sugam app is administrative control of recently developed by- which Ministry? (A) Indian Council of Medical (A) Ministry of Human Resource Research Development (B) Dental Council of India (B) Ministry of Home Affairs (C) Medical Council of India (C) Ministry of Labour and (D) Bureau of Pharma PSUs of Employment India (BPPI) (D) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 45  Employees’ Provident Fund  Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip account-holders who do not have garden, previously Model a mobile number linked to Floriculture Center, is a tulip Aadhaar may not be able to garden in Srinagar, Kashmir. It withdraw money immediately is the largest tulip garden in Asia under a government scheme to spread over an area of about 30 mitigate the economic impact of hectares. It is situated on the the novel coronavirus outbreak. foothills of Zabarwan Range  The Employees’ Provident Fund with an overview of Dal Lake. Organisation accepts only  The garden was opened in 2007 online claims. A key requisite is with the aim to boost floriculture an Aadhaar-linked mobile and tourism in Kashmir Valley. number on which the EPFO sends a one-time password 127. Who is the current Chairperson (OTP). But online update of of National Commission for mobile numbers is not allowed Women? for security reasons. (A) Kamlesh Gautam  The Employees' Provident Fund (B) Chandramukhi Devi Organisation (abbreviated to (C) Rekha Sharma EPFO), is an organization tasked (D) Shyamala S. Kundar to assist the Central Board of Trustees, Employees' Provident  The National Commission for Fund a statutory body formed Women (NCW) launched a by the Employees' Provident helpline number — 0721- Fund and Miscellaneous 7735372 — to enable those Provisions Act, 1952 and is facing domestic violence to send under the administrative control a WhatsApp message to access of the Ministry of Labour and help. Employment, Government of  The helpline was only a India. temporary facility being made  Headquarters: New Delhi available for the period of the  Founded: 4 March 1952 lockdown.  In the first week after the 126. Asia’s largest tulip garden is lockdown, the NCW recorded more than a two-fold increase located in which state/UT? in complaints of domestic (A) Himachal Pradesh violence and sexual assault as (B) Jammu & Kashmir well as as a three-fold rise in (C) Sikkim complaints of police apathy towards crimes against women. (D) Chandigarh  The National Commission for Women (NCW) is the statutory  Asia’s largest tulip garden, now body of the Government of India, in full bloom, remains closed to generally concerned with advising the government on all visitors in Srinagar due to the policy matters affecting women. nationwide lockdown as a  Formed: 1992 preventive measure against the  Headquarters: New Delhi spread of COVID-19.  Chairperson- Rekha Sharma

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 46 128. Federation of Indian Export  Former New Zealand captain Organisations (FIEO) was set John Wright has been appointed up in- president of the Derbyshire (A) 1962 Cricket Club. He replaces Harold (B) 1965 Rhodes, who was president over (C) 1968 the past year. (D) 1969  Wright enjoyed a successful coaching career with India,  About 15 million people face job from 2000 to 2005. losses in India’s exports’ sector 130. World Homeopathy Day is following cancellation of over half celebrated every year on – of the orders and a gloomy (A) April 10 forecast for global trade due to (B) April 12 the COVID-19 pandemic, (C) April 14 exporters’ body FIEO said. (D) April 16  Seeking immediate  The World Homeopathy Day is announcement of a relief celebrated every year on April package for exports, Federation 10. This year the day marks the of Indian Export Organisations 265th birth anniversary of the (FIEO) President Sharad Kumar father of the Homeopathy Saraf said fine balancing is systems of medicines Dr. Christian Friedrich Samuel required between life and Hahnemann, German physician, livelihood, as opting for only one who discovered the way to heal can be disastrous for the through the use of homeopathy. country.  The term ‘homeopathy’ comes  Federation of Indian Export from the combination of the two Greek words, homeo- Organisations is the apex trade meaning similar & pathos- promotion organisation in meaning suffering or disease. India set up by the Ministry of  Theme of the year Commerce, Government of 2020: “Enhancing the scope of Homeopathy in Public Health”. India, and private trade and industry in 1965. 131. Easter is a festival of  The organisation is responsible Christianity. It commemorates for representing and assisting the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. On which day of a Indian entrepreneurs and week, Easter celebrated? exporters in foreign markets. (A) Friday (B) Saturday (C) Sunday 129. Who is recently appointed as (D) Monday the president of the Derbyshire Cricket Club?  Prime Minister Narendra Modi (A) Gary Kirsten has extended his best wishes (B) Duncan Fletcher to everyone on the special (C) Greg Chappell occasion of Easter (12 April, (D) John Wright 2020). For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 47  Easter is a Christian festival  'Sukanya Samriddhi which celebrates the Account' can be opened at any resurrection of Jesus Christ. time from the birth of a girl According to the New Testament child till she attains the age of of the Bible, Easter occurs three days after the crucifixion of 10 years, with a minimum Jesus by Romans at Calvary c. deposit of Rs 250. A maximum of 30 AD. Rs 1.5 lakh can be deposited  Christians believe that it is the during a financial year. holiest day in the year.  The account can be opened in

132. Consider the following any post office or authorised statements in reference to branches of commercial banks. “Sukanya Samriddhi Yojna”-  The scheme primarily ensures 1. It is a small deposit scheme equitable share to a girl child in for girl child, launched as a resources and savings of a family part of the ‘Beti Bachao Beti in which she is generally Padhao' campaign. discriminated as against a male 2. Sukanya Samriddhi Account can be opened at any child. time from the birth of a girl  The account will remain child till she attains the age of operative for 21 years from the 18 years. date of opening of the account Which of the above statements or marriage of the girl child is/are correct? (A) Only 1 after attaining 18 years of age. (B) Only 2  To meet the requirement of (C) 1 and 2 both higher education expenses, (D) Neither 1 nor 2 partial withdrawal of 50 per cent of the balance would be  Finance Ministry has extended allowed after the girl child has the deadline for mandatory minimum deposit in Public attended 18 years of age. Provident Fund (PPF) and Sukanya Samriddhi Account 133. “Hydroxychloroquine” is in (SSA) for 2019-20 by three news frequently in context of months up to June 30 in view COVID-19. Which country is of the lockdown due to the largest producer and coronavirus outbreak. exporter of  The Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana Hydroxychloroquine? was launched by Prime Minister of India on January 22, 2015, in (A) Japan order to encourage parents of a (B) India girl-child to stock a fund for (C) USA their education and marriage. (D) China  Sukanya Samriddhi Yojna’ is a small deposit scheme for girl  India is the largest producer child, launched as a part of the and exporter of ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' Hydroxychloroquine with 70 campaign, which would fetch an per cent of annual global attractive interest rate and production. provide income tax rebate.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 48  Senior Scientist at ICMR Dr  According to Phule, the “upper” Raman Gangakhedkar told castes had no right to their land media in New Delhi today that and power: in reality, the land the use of Hydroxychloroquine belonged to indigenous people, is as prophylaxis and not as treatment. He said, the the so-called low castes. medicine was never recommended for general 135. Who wrote a book named public for the treatment of Gulamgiri? COVID-19. (A) Subhas Chandra Bose (B) Shri Narayana Guru 134. Who among the following was (C) Tarabai Shinde the founder of Satyashodhak Samaj? (D) Jyotirao Phule (A) Jyotirao Phule (B) Shri Narayana Guru  In 1873, Jyotirao Phule wrote a (C) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar book named Gulamgiri, meaning (D) Swami Dayanand Saraswati slavery. Some ten years before this, the American Civil War had  Vice President Venkaiah Naidu been fought, leading to the end of paid homage to Jyotiba Phule slavery in America. on the occasion of Phule’s Jayanti.  Phule dedicated his book to all  Satyashodhak Samaj was a those Americans who had social reform society founded by fought to free slaves, thus Jyotirao Phule in Pune, establishing a link between the Maharashtra, on 24 September conditions of the “lower” 1873. castes in India and the black  It espoused a mission of slaves in America. education and increased social  As this example shows, Phule rights and political access for extended his criticism of the underprivileged groups, caste system to argue against all focused especially on women, forms of inequality. He was Shudras, and Dalits, in concerned about the plight of Maharashtra. “upper”-caste women, the  One of the most vocal amongst miseries of the labourer, and the humiliation of the “low” castes. the “low-caste” leaders was

Jyotirao Phule. Born in 1827, he 136. Which country recently studied in schools set up by became the first country to Christian missionaries. report more than 2,000  He set out to attack the Coronavirus deaths in a Brahmans’ claim that they were single day? superior to others, since they (A) Spain were Aryans. Phule argued that (B) Italy (C) USA the Aryans were foreigners. (D) UK

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 49  The United States became the  A father-son duo started this first country to report more initiative from their 'Project than 2,000 Coronavirus deaths in a single day. On april 10, Handmade Craft’, and in the the United States reported first week, they made 300 face 2,108 new deaths, the highest shields. These face shields daily toll of any country since have been supplied to Banks, the outbreak.  With more than half a million Zoram Medical College, Aizawl reported infections, US already Civil Hospital and private have more Coronavirus cases practicing doctors at the rate of than anywhere else in the world. Rs. 300 each face shield.  In fact, P.C. Zothankima and 137. Anak Krakatau volcano is his son P.C. Lalrintluanga, a located in which country? Science Consultant at the state (A) Indonesia council of education research (B) Italy and training (SCERT), were (C) Philippines encouraged by an online PPE (D) Thailand Challenge. The Challenge was  Indonesia's Anak Krakatau organised by the state Planning volcano spewed a column of and Programme ash 500 meters into the sky in Implementation Department to the longest eruption since its meet the demand of PPE. explosive collapse in 2018.  Polyglass is used for the No casulaties were reported.  Anak Krakatau, which means main face and sunboard at child of Kratakau, is the the top to fix the shield at offspring of the famous the head. Krakatau volcano, whose monumental eruption in 139. Which state is recently 1883 triggered a period of became the first state in the global cooling. country to commence convalescent plasma therapy, 138. “Project Handmade Craft” to treat critically ill COVID- initiative is related to which 19 cases on a trial basis? state? (A) Tripura (A) Maharashtra (B) Assam (B) Gujarat (C) Sikkim (C) Kerala (D) Mizoram (D) Odisha

 In Mizoram, as part of the people coming forward in  Kerala is set to become the making and distributing the first state in the country to Personal Protective Equipment commence convalescent (PPE), a new initiative has plasma therapy, to treat come up to make face shields critically ill COVID-19 cases in the fight against COVID-19. on a trial basis.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 50  The Indian Council of Medical 140. Asian Development Bank is Research has given its nod to established on- Kerala for the first of its kind (A) 19 December 1966 project, for the clinical protocol (B) 19 March 1964 exploring the feasibility of an (C) 19 June 1962 experimental therapy, (D) 19 December 1968 convalescent plasma transfusion, which may be  The Asian Development Bank is administered to severe COVID- a regional development bank 19 patients. established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered,  In this therapy the blood at Manila, Philippines. plasma from individuals who  ADB has 68 members (as of 23 have recovered from COVID- March 2019): 49 members from 19, i.e. their immune system the Asian and Pacific Region, that has developed 19 members from Other Regions. antibodies in the blood  It aims to promote social and economic development in Asia. plasma, to beat the disease,  President of Asian is transfused into a person Development Bank, Masatsugu critically ill with the Asakawa, assured Finance disease.The project is initiated Minister Nirmala Sitharaman by the Sree Chithira Thirunal of 2.2 billion dollars or about Institute for Medical Sciences 16,500 crore rupees, support and Technology in to India in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Thiruvananthapuram.

 At present Convalescent 141. Meru Jatra festival is related plasma therapy is not new and to which state? has been used by doctors to (A) Maharashtra (B) Gujarat treat critically ill patients (C) Rajasthan during earlier epidemics like (D) Odisha H1N1, SARS and Ebola.  Odisha’s Ganjam district administration has banned the Meru Jatra festival and congregations related to it at temples on the occasion of Mahavishub Sankranti.  Meru Jatra marks the end of 21-day-long festival of penance named ‘Danda Nata’. Mahavishub Sankranti is also start of the Odia New Year.  Earlier, the administrations had banned the famous Chaitra festival at Tara Tarini hill shrine that attracts lakhs of devotees.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 51 142. “Unnayan: Mera Mobile, Mera  The walkway, which costs about Vidyalaya” mobile application ₹1.5 lakh on an average, can be is recently launched. It is easily installed in critical related to which state? locations such as (A) Chhattisgarh isolation/quarantine facilities, (B) Jharkhand mass transit system entry points (C) Bihar and medical centres, CMERI (D) Odisha Director-General Harish Hirani said.  Following COVID-19 lockdown,  The walkway uses mist type the Bihar Education Project spray ensuring maximum target Council (BEPC) has launched a coverage with minimum shadow mobile application and plans to area of an individual. book a slot with the All India  According to the CMERI D-G, the Radio for the audio broadcast of walkways use mist type spray, study materials for government whose particle size could be as school students. small as 100 to 200 microns.  Recently, the BEPC, a wing of the  Researchers say that in these State Education department, disinfectant walkways, the base launched a mobile application liquid is sodium hypochlorite “Unnayan: Mera Mobile, Mera along with which soap and Vidyalaya” for Class VI to XII ethanol are added. of over 70,000 government-run schools. 144. Which country recently  The app, said department launched an online marriage officials, was jointly developed by service? the United Nations Children’s (A) Qatar Fund (UNICEF), the Bihar (B) United Arab Emirates government and Eckovation, a (C) Saudi Arabia social learning platform. (D) Turkey  The United Arab Emirates (UAE) 143. Central Mechanical has launched an online marriage Engineering Research Institute service. The Justice Ministry said (CMERI) is located at- that citizens can set a date for an (A) Durgapur online wedding ceremony (B) Guwahati (C) Shillong conducted via video link with a (D) Dispur cleric after their paperwork is submitted and approved — also  In an attempt at providing new online. technologies to contain the  Capital: Abu Dhabi spread of COVID-19, the Central  Currency: dirham Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), 145. Stirling Moss, who passed away Durgapur, a laboratory of recently, was associated with- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has (A) Football developed low-cost disinfection (B) Golf walkways. (C) British Formula One racing (D) Chess

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 52  Motor racing great Stirling Moss  It will cover the various has died aged 90 initiatives and efforts of the  In F1, Moss won 16 GPs, with institutions in academics, his first victory coming in the research especially related to 1955 British GP at Liverpool that COVID, social initiatives and saw him become the first measures taken for the British winner of the race. betterment of the total well-  An inductee into the being of the students. International Motorsports Hall of  The portal will cover both Fame, he won 212 of the 529 qualitative and quantitative races he entered across several parameters for effective categories of competition and has delivery of services to the been described as "the greatest academic community at large. driver never to win the World Championship". 147. Baisakhi festival is related to which state? 146. Web-portal YUKTI (Young (A) Karnataka India Combating COVID with (B) Kerala Knowledge, Technology and (C) Punjab Innovation) is recently (D) Rajasthan launched by which Ministry? (A) Ministry for Human  Baisakhi is a historical and Resource Development religious festival in Sikhism. It is (B) Ministry of Skill Development usually celebrated on 13 or 14 and Entrepreneurship April every year, which (C) Ministry of Statistics and commemorates the formation Programme Implementation of Khalsa panth of warriors (D) Ministry of Social Justice and under Guru Gobind Singh in Empowerment 1699.  For many Hindus, Vaisakhi  Minister for Human Resource celebrates the Solar new year, Development Ramesh based on the Hindu Vikram Pokhriyal Nishank has Samvat calendar. Vaisakhi marks the first day of the month launched a web-portal YUKTI of Vaisakha. (Young India Combating  It is additionally a spring harvest COVID with Knowledge, festival for Sikhs. Technology and Innovation)  In Sikhism, Vaisakhi marks the in New Delhi. start of the Khalsa in 1699  The portal and dashboard will by Guru Gobind Singh. monitor and record the efforts  Ranjit Singh was proclaimed and initiatives of Ministry of as Maharaja of the Sikh HRD. It intends to cover Empire on 12 April 1801 (to different dimensions of COVID- coincide with Vaisakhi), 19 challenges in a holistic and creating a unified political comprehensive way. state.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 53  Baisakhi was also the day when  Hunter Commission was colonial British empire officials appointed to enquire into it. The committed the Jallianwala Bagh official figures were 379 killed massacre on a gathering, an and 1200 wounded. event influential to the Indian  Malviya Committee was formed movement against colonial rule. to enquire into it. Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya was its 148. Consider the following President. statements in reference to  On March 13, 1940, Sardar Jallianwala Bagh Massacre- Udham Singh killed O'Dyer 1. Rabindranath Tagore when the latter was addressing a renounced his knighthood in meeting in Caxton Hall, London. protest to Massacre. 2. Gandhiji gave back his title of 149. Which one of the following ‘Kaiser-e-Hind’ in protest to pairs in not correctly Massacre. matched? 3. Hunter Commission was (A) Vishu- Kerala appointed to enquire into it. Which of the above statements (B) Naba Barsha- west Bengal is/are correct? (C) Rongali Bihu- Assam (A) 1 and 2 Only (D) Puthandu- Kerala (B) 1 and 3 only (C) 2 and 3 only  The President of India, Shri Ram (D) 1, 2 and 3 Nath Kovind in his message on the occasion of Vaisakhi, Vishu,  Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Rongali Bihu, Naba Barsha, (April 13,1919) Vaisakhadi, Puthandu, Pirappu,  On Baisakhi day, a large crowd which are being celebrated in of people had gathered in a small different parts of the country on park called Jallianwala Bagh to 13th and 14th April, 2020. protest against the arrest of their  Puthandu, also known as leaders, Saifuddin Kitchlew and Puthuvarusham or Tamil New Satya Pal. Year, is the first day of year on  The Army led by General Dyer the Tamil calendar and traditionally celebrated as a blocked the only exit point and festival. opened fire on the unarmed  Bohag Bihu or Rongali Bihu crowd killing around 1000. also called Xaat Bihu is a festival  Rabindranath Tagore celebrated in the state of Assam renounced his knighthood in and northeastern India, and protest. marks the beginning of the  Gandhiji gave back his title of Assamese New Year. ‘Kaiser-e-Hind’.  Naba Barsha in Bengal marks  Sir Shankaran Nair resigned the first day of Baisakh - the from Viceroy's Executive first month of Bengali Council. Calendar.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 54  Vishu is a Hindu festival  The Objectives Resolution (aim celebrated in the South Indian of the constitution to be prepared state of Kerala, Tulu Nadu region and what type of constitution in Karnataka, bordering areas of India should have) was passed Tamil Nadu and their diaspora after 1 month discussion, under communities. The festival marks the chairmanship of J.L. Nehru the first day of Medam, the ninth on 13 December, 1946. month in the solar calendar Preamble is the modified followed in Kerala. version of objective resolution  DRAFTING COMMITTEE 150. Every year, International Day  It was set up on 29 Aug, 1947 of Human Space Flight is and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (Father observed on of Indian Constitution) was the (A) April 11 Chairman of the Drafting committee. It consisted of seven (B) April 12 members. They were: Dr B R (C) April 13 Ambedkar (Chairman),N (D) April 14 Gopalaswamy Ayyangar, Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar, Dr K M  The International Day of Human Munshi,Syed Mohammad Space Flight 2020 was observed Saadullah,N Madhava Rau (He on April 12, 2020. replaced B L Mitter who  12 April 1961 was the date of the resigned due to ill-health) and T first human space flight, carried T Krishnamachari (He replaced out by Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet D P Khaitan who died in 1948)

citizen. This historic event opened the way for space exploration for 152. Consider the following the benefit of all humanity. statements in context of Dr.  The International Day of Human Bhim Rao Ambedkar- Space Flight was first observed 1. He is known as the chief in 2011. architect of the Indian Constitution. 2. He became the first Law 151. Which of the following and Justice Minister after statements about the the independence. Constitution of India is/are 3. He inspired the Dalit correct? Buddhist Movement in India and embraced Buddhism on 1. The ‘Objective Resolution’ was 14th October, 1956. moved by Sardar Vallabhbhai Which of the above Patel. statements is/are correct? 2. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar served as (A) 1 only the chairman of the Drafting (B) 1 and 2 only Committee. (C) 2 and 3 only Select the correct answer (D) 1, 2 and 3 using the code given below. (A) 1 only  Nation remembers Dr. Bhim (B) 2 only Rao Ambedkar on his 129th th (C) 1 and 2 both birth anniversary on 14 April. (D) Neither 1 nor 2 For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 55  Dr. Ambedkar is known as the have since joined this noble effort chief architect of the Indian including Vigyan Prasar, India Constitution and has been Bioscience, and the Bangalore bestowed with the country’s Life Science Cluster (BLiSc), highest civilian honor, which includes Institute for Stem Bharat Ratna in 1990 Cell Science and Regenerative posthumously. Medicine (InStem), Centre for  He was born on 14th April, Cellular And Molecular Platforms 1891 at Mhow, now known as (C-CAMP), and National Centre Dr. Ambedkar Nagar in for Biological Sciences (NCBS). Madhya Pradesh.  An outcome of this initiative is  He became the first Law and the launch of a website that went Justice Minister after the independence and played an live on April 03, 2020. This important role in drafting the website also named CovidGyan Indian Constitution and made serves as a hub to bring together provisions for abolition of all a collection of resources in forms of discrimination. response to the COVID-19  He inspired the Dalit outbreak. Buddhist Movement in India and embraced Buddhism on 154. Atal Innovation Mission, NITI 14th October, 1956. Aayog and National Informatics Centre (NIC) 153. A multi-institutional, multi- recently jointly launched a lingual science communication collaborative network, initiative, called `CovidGyan’ computer enabled software has been recently created. system. What is the name of Which among the following this system? organisation is associated with (A) CollabCAD CovidGyan? (B) CovidGyan (A) Tata Institute of Fundamental (C) CovidLab Research (D) CollabLab (B) Indian Institute of Science (C) Tata Memorial Centre  Atal Innovation Mission, NITI (D) All of the above Aayog and National Informatics Centre (NIC) today  To bring the scientific and jointly launched CollabCAD, a factual aspects of this pandemic collaborative network, computer outbreak on to public domain, a enabled software system, multi-institutional, multi-lingual providing a total engineering science communication initiative, solution from 2D drafting & called `CovidGyan’ has been detailing to 3D product design. created.  The aim of this initiative is to  The initiative is the brainchild of provide a great platform to Tata Institute of Fundamental students of Atal Tinkering Labs Research (TIFR), Indian (ATLs) across country to create Institute of Science (IISc), and and modify 3d designs with free Tata Memorial Centre (TMC). flow of creativity and Several other prominent partners imagination. This software would

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 56 also enable students to create 156. The Indian Army launched data across the network and ''Operation Meghdoot'' on- concurrently access the same (A) April 13, 1984 design data for storage and (B) April 12, 1984 visualization. (C) April 11, 1984  Launching CollabCAD and (D) April 15, 1984 gaming module as part of the ‘Tinker from Home’ campaign,  The Indian Army observed the young students are encouraged 36th Siachen Day on 13th to learn and contribute to the April. Siachen Day journey of nation building from commemorates the courage and the safe space of their homes.  Atal Innovation Mission housed fortitude displayed by troops of at NITI Aayog is the Government the Indian Army in securing the of India’s flagship initiative to highest and coldest battlefield promote a culture of innovation in the world. and entrepreneurship. At the  On April 13, 1984, the Indian school level, AIM is establishing Army launched ''Operation ATLs in all districts across India. Meghdoot'' to secure Bilafond La and other passes on the 155. Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary is Saltoro Ridgeline from located in which state? Pakistani aggression. (A) Karnataka  Siachen lies in the Karakoram (B) Tamil Nadu Range in North-West India. (C) Kerala (D) Maharashtra Siachen Glacier is 76.4 km long and covers about 10,000 sq km  The Wayanad Wildlife of uninhabited terrain. Sanctuary is located in Wayanad Kerala and is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. 157. For the first time, the global  A tigress, aged around five years, community is celebrating was found dead in the Wayanad World Chagas Disease Day on- Wildlife Sanctuary. (A) 14 April (B) 13 April  It has an extent of 344.44 km² with four ranges namely Sulthan (C) 12 April (D) 15 April Bathery, Muthanga, Kurichiat and Tholpetty.  For the first time, the global  Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary is community is preparing to the second largest wildlife sanctuary in Kerala. celebrate 14 April as  Established in 1973, the the first World Chagas Disease sanctuary is now an integral part Day. One of the aims is to raise of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. the visibility and public  It is bounded by protected area awareness of people with Chagas network of Nagarhole and Disease and the resources Bandipur of Karnataka in the needed for the prevention, northeast, and on the southeast control or elimination of the by Mudumalai of Tamil Nadu. disease.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 57  Chagas disease, also called 159. Consider the following American trypanosomiasis, has statements in context of been termed as a “silent and helicopter money- silenced disease”, not only 1. It involves printing large because of its slowly progressing sums of money and and frequently asymptomatic distributing it to the public. clinical course but also because 2. American economist Milton it affects mainly poor people who Friedman coined this term. have no political voice or access Which of the above statements to health care. is/are correct? (A) 1 only 158. Recently AIIMS-Rishikesh and (B) 2 only BEL jointly developed India’s (C) 1 and 2 both first remote health monitoring (D) Neither 1 nor 2 system. It is located in which state?  With the coronavirus-hit (A) Himachal Pradesh economy falling deeper and (B) Punjab deeper into a chasm with each (C) Uttarakhand passing day, Telangana chief (D) Uttar Pradesh minister KC Rao said helicopter money can help states comes out  All India Institute of Medical of this morass. Sciences (AIIMS)-Rishikesh, in What is helicopter money? collaboration with Navratna  This is an unconventional Defence PSU Bharat Electronics monetary policy tool aimed (BEL), has developed a state-of- at bringing a flagging economy back on track. It involves the-art health monitoring printing large sums of money system to remotely assess the and distributing it to the health of COVID-19 public. suspects/patients quarantined  American economist Milton in homes and hospitals. Friedman coined this term.  The solution aims to significantly  It basically means non- repayable money transfer reduce the risk of exposure to from the central bank to the healthcare workers. It is also government. It seeks to goad expected to reduce the people into spending more and increasing demand of PPE and thereby boost the sagging other logistics. economy.  It is India’s first remote health  Sometimes it is suggested as monitoring system. an alternative to  The system is to be widely used quantitative easing when the in the state of Uttarakhand to economy is in a liquidity trap. monitor COVID-19 patients.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 58 160. Wormivet is an indigenous  The first webinar, which was herbal medication (dewormer) part of a series that shall unfold, for livestock owners as an touched upon the long history of alternate to chemical method Delhi as it has unfolded as 8 of treatment of worm. It is developed by- cities. (A) National Innovation  The webinar was titled " City of Foundation India Cities- Delhi's Personal Diary'. (B) Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly 162. Which of the following (C) National Dairy Research initiative is not related to Institute, Karnal Education? (D) Indian Agricultural Research Institute (A) SWAYAM (B) SWAYAMPRABHA  Wormivet is an indigenous (C) Shagun portal herbal medication (dewormer) for (D) PENCIL Portal livestock owners as an alternate to chemical method of treatment  Under the direction of MHRD, of worm. NIOS has initiated a unique  It is developed by National Innovation Foundation India method to ensure effective (NIF), an autonomous body of schooling to reach the Department of Science and unreached directly at door step. Technology.  SWAYAM:  NIF is an initiative to strengthen  The ‘Study Webs of Active grassroots technological Learning for Young Aspiring innovations and outstanding traditional knowledge. Minds’ (SWAYAM) an integrated platform for online 161. "DekhoApnaDesh" webinar courses, using Information series is recently launched by and Communication which Ministry? Technology (ICT) and covering (A) Ministry of Tourism school (9th to 12th) to Post (B) Ministry of Information and Graduate Level. Broadcasting (C) Ministry of Culture  SWAYAM provides one (D) Ministry of Human Resource integrated platform and Development portal for online courses, using information and  The Ministry of Tourism has communication technology launched its "DekhoApnaDesh" (ICT) and covering all higher webinar series from to provide education subjects and skill information on the many sector courses to ensure that destinations and the sheer depth the every student in the and expanse of the culture and country has access to the heritage of our Incredible India. best quality higher education at affordable cost.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 59  SWAYAM PRABHA:- 163. Fit India Movement is  A programme for utilization of launched by Government of satellite communication India in Which Year? technologies for transmission (A) 2017 (B) 2018 of educational e-contents (C) 2019 through 32 National (D) 2020 Channels i.e. SWAYAM PRABHA DTH-TV  Fit India Movement is a nation- has been launched. CIET- wide movement in India to encourage people to remain NCERT is the national healthy and fit by including coordinator for one DTH TV physical activities and sports in channel i.e., Kishore Manch their daily lives. It was (#31) and has started feeding launched by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi at Indira a 24x7 educational TV Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi channel w.e.f. 09.07.2018. on 29 August 2019.  Shagun portal:  Fit India and CBSE recently  A web portal called ShaGun organised a first-ever live fitness sessions for school students in (from the words Shaala and the second phase of lockdown. Gunvatta) which has two parts, one of which is a 164. Consider the following Repository of good practices, statements in context of photographs, videos, studies, recently launched All India newspaper articles etc on Agri-Transport Call Centre – school education, State /UT 1. It will facilitate inter-state wise has been developed movement of perishables in which is in public domain. Its the current situation of purpose is to showcase lockdown due to the COVID- 19 threat. success stories and also to 2. It will be in operation for provide a platform for all 24x7 services. stakeholders to learn from Which of the above each other. This also instills statements is/are correct? a positive competitive spirit (A) 1 only among all the States and UTs. (B) 2 only  PENCIL Portal (C) 1 and 2 both (D) Neither 1 nor 2  It is a separate online portal Platform for  The Union Minister of Effective Enforcement for Agriculture and Farmers No Child Labour (PENCIL) Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh launched on 26 September Tomar launched the All India 2017 to ensure effective Agri Transport Call Centre at a enforcement of provisions of function in Krishi Bhavan to Child Labour Act and facilitate inter-state smooth implementation of movement of perishables in the current situation of National Child Labour lockdown due to the COVID-19 Project (NCLP) Scheme. threat.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 60  The Call Centre numbers are 166. Which country will host the 18001804200 and 14488. These Asian Boxing Championships numbers can be called from any 2020 between November- mobile or landline phones any December 2020? time of the day or night.  The 24x7 service All India Agri (A) China Transport Call Centre is an (B) Nepal initiative of the Department of (C) India Agriculture, Cooperation and (D) Pakistan Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW), Government of India for coordination between States for  India will be hosting the 2020 inter-state movement of Asian Boxing perishables - Vegetables & Championships between Fruits, Agri Inputs like seeds, November-December 2020. The pesticides and fertilizer etc. announcement was made  Operated by the IFFCO Kisan through a tweet by the Boxing Sanchar Limited (IKSL) from their offices in Faridabad, Federation of India (BFI) on April Haryana, the Call Centre lines 13, 2020. will initially be manned by 10 customer executives round the 167. Which organisation recently clock in 3 shifts of 8 hour each. developed a COVID Sample 165. 44th session of the World Collection Kiosk (COVSACK)? Heritage Committee of UNESCO has been (A) Indian Space Research postponed. It is scheduled Organisation to organise in which city? (B) Defence Research and (A) New Delhi (B) Tokyo Development Organisation (C) Fuzhou (D) Bonn (C) Bhabha Atomic Research  China's Ministry of Education Centre today announced that the 44th session of the World Heritage (D) National Technical Research Committee of UNESCO, Organisation initially scheduled from 29th of June to 9th of July, in Fuzhou of eastern China's Fujian  Defence Research & Province, has been postponed Development Laboratory to a later date due to the (DRDL), Hyderabad has added impact of the COVID-19 another product to the portfolio pandemic. UNESCO of Defence Research and  Headquarters: Paris, France Development Organisation  Head: Audrey Azoulay (DRDO) to combat Coronavirus  Founded: 16 November (COVID-19) by developing COVID 1945, London, United Sample Collection Kiosk Kingdom (COVSACK).

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 61  The unit has been developed by  Prime Minister Narendra Modi DRDL in consultation with the recently invoked "seven vows" doctors of Employees' State that he asked people to take in Insurance Corporation (ESIC), their battle against coronavirus Hyderabad. The COVSACK is a kiosk for use by healthcare and the call came along with him workers for taking COVID-19 announcing an extension of the samples from suspected infected nationwide lockdown till May 3. patients. Patient under test He concluded with the walks into the Kiosk and a nasal 'Saptapadi', the seven or oral swab is taken by health principles, that should guide care professional from outside people in dealing with the through the built in gloves. impact of Covid-19 pandemic.  The Kiosk is automatically disinfected without the need for human involvement, making the process free of infection spread.

168. Which state recently became the first state to start pool testing of Covid-19 Samples? (A) Odisha (B) Maharashtra (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Haryana

 Uttar Pradesh has obtained clearance from the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) to start "pool testing" 170. Harpoon air-launched anti- becoming the first in the ship missiles are recently in country to attempt this method news in context of the affairs which aims at expediting the of- testing process for Covid-19.  UP currently has 10 existing labs (A) India-Russia across the state and is testing (B) India- USA close to 2,000 samples every day. (C) India- Japan It is adding 14 new labs to ramp (D) India- France up its testing infrastructure.  The Trump administration has 169. The term ‘Saptapadi’ is notified the Congress of its recently in news, in context of- determination to sell Harpoon (A) 7 mantras to fight air-launched anti-ship coronavirus recently missiles and Mark 54 suggested by Prime Minister lightweight torpedoes worth of India 155 US million dollars to India (B) 7 new lifeline UDAN services to enhance its deterrent (C) 7 New anti-ship missiles capabilities against "regional procured by India from USA threats" and to bolster its (D) 7 new Education initiative homeland defence. launched by MHRD

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 62  The US recognised India as a  It is the principal agency "Major Defence Partner" in responsible for meteorological 2016. This designation allows observations, weather forecasting India to buy more advanced and seismology. IMD is headquartered in Delhi and and sensitive technologies from operates hundreds of observation America at par with that of the stations across India and US' closest allies and partners. Antarctica. Regional offices are at  According to the Pentagon, the Mumbai, Kolkata, Nagpur and Harpoon missile system will Pune. be integrated into the P-8I  IMD is also one of the six anti-submarine warfare Regional Specialised aircraft to conduct anti- Meteorological Centres of the surface warfare missions in World Meteorological Organization. It has the defence of critical sea lanes responsibility for forecasting, while enhancing inter- naming and distribution of operability with the United warnings for tropical cyclones in States and other allied the Northern Indian Ocean forces. region, including the Malacca  The proposed sale will improve Straits, the Bay of Bengal, the India's capability to meet Arabian Sea and the Persian current and future threats Gulf. from enemy weapon systems.  The India Meteorology Department was established in  The MK 54 Lightweight 1875. Torpedo will provide the  Henry Francis Blanford was capability to conduct anti- appointed the first Meteorological submarine warfare missions. Reporter of the IMD. In May 1889, Sir John Eliot was 171. India Meteorological appointed the first Director Department works under General of Observatories in the erstwhile capital, Calcutta. which Ministry?  The IMD headquarters were (A) Ministry of Earth Sciences later shifted to Shimla in (B) Ministry of Science and 1905, then to Pune in 1928 Technology and finally to New Delhi in 1944. (C) Ministry of Jal Shakti (D) Ministry of Mines 172. With reference to World Health Organization (WHO), consider the following statements-  India will likely have a normal 1. It is headquartered monsoon, with a chance of in Geneva, Switzerland. ‘above normal’ rain in August 2. WHO was established in 7 and September, the India April 1948, which is commemorated as World Meteorological Department (IMD) Health Day. said. Which of the above statements  The India Meteorological is/are correct? (A) 1 only Department (IMD) is an agency of (B) 2 only the Ministry of Earth Sciences (C) 1 and 2 both of the Government of India. (D) Neither 1 nor 2

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 63  U.S. President Donald Trump  In the first such donation of its has ordered a freeze on kind, Russia’s State-owned funding for the World Health defence exports company Organization (WHO) for Rosoboronexport has “mismanaging” the committed $2million (₹15.3 coronavirus crisis. crore) to the newly set up ‘PM  The World Health Organization CARES Fund’. (WHO) is a specialized agency of  The proposed donation to the the United Nations responsible fund that has been set up for international public health. specially to assist the  It is headquartered in Geneva, government’s efforts in Switzerland combating the COVID-19  The WHO was established in 7 pandemic, marks a significant April 1948, which is shift in India’s policy on commemorated as World Health Day. accepting contributions from foreign government owned 173. Thrissur Pooram festival is companies. Thus far, the related to which state? government had been only open (A) Odisha to contributions from “NRIs, PIOs (B) Tamil Nadu and international entities such (C) Goa as foundations”. (D) Kerala  Rosoboronexport is Russia’s umbrella group for all defence  For the first time since its exports and a subsidiary of the inception, Thrissur Pooram, state-owned defence which had the pride of place in Kerala’s festival calendar, has manufacturing company Rostec. been cancelled.  The firm is the largest source  Thrissur Pooram is an annual of India’s arms imports and is Hindu festival held in Kerala, set to supply defence India. It is held at the equipment including the S-400 Vadakkunnathan Temple in air defence systems, stealth Thrissur every year on the frigates and AK-203 assault Pooram day - the day when the rifles. moon rises with the Pooram star  On March 28, Prime Minister in the Malayalam Calendar month of Medam. It is the Narendra Modi launched Prime largest and most famous of all Minister’s Citizen Assistance and poorams. Relief in Emergency Situations (PM-CARES) Fund, putting aside 174. A Defence exports company the ‘Prime Minister’s National Rosoboronexport has Relief Fund (PMNRF)’. committed $2million (₹15.3 crore) to the newly set up ‘PM 175. Consider the following- CARES Fund’. 1. To provide free and Rosoboronexport is a company of which country? competent legal services to (A) Spain the eligible persons. (B) Italy 2. To organize Lok Adalats for (C) Russia amicable settlement of (D) France disputes.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 64 3. To organize legal awareness 176. Which one among the following camps in the rural areas. is recently launched a Which of the above is/are ‘journalism relief fund’? functions of National Legal (A) Google Services Authority (NALSA)? (B) New York Times (A) 1 only (C) Facebook (B) 1 and 3 only (D) Twitter (C) 2 and 3 only (D) 1, 2 and 3  Google recently launched a ‘journalism relief fund’. It is an  The National Legal Services emergency fund to help local Authority (NALSA) has said that news outlets struggling to as many as 11,077 undertrials maintain operations in the face have been released from prisons of the pandemic. nationwide as part of the mission to decongest jails following the 177. ‘Train the Trainer’ programme COVID-19 pandemic. is recently in news in context  The National Legal Services of- Authority (NALSA) has been (A) Board of Control for Cricket constituted under the Legal in India (B) Archery Association of India Services Authorities Act, 1987 (C) All India Football Federation to monitor and evaluate (D) Badminton Association of implementation of legal aid India programmes and to lay down policies and principles for  The Archery Association of making legal services available India (AAI) expects a good under the Act. response for its first-ever online ‘Train the Trainer’ programme,  NALSA lays down policies, to be conducted in association principles, guidelines and frames with the Sports Authority of effective and economical schemes India. for the State Legal Services Authorities to implement the 178. Who among the following is Legal Services Programmes not a Chess Player? throughout the country. (A) D. Harika (B) K. Humpy  following main functions on (C) P. Harikrishna regular basis : (D) B Sai Praneeth  To provide free and competent legal services to  Prime Minister Narendra Modi the eligible persons. lavished praise on Indian chess  To organize Lok Adalats for players, including Vishwanathan Anand, for coming up with an amicable settlement of “innovative” way to raise funds disputes. for the country’s fight against  To organize legal awareness COVID-19 pandemic. camps in the rural areas.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 65  Vidit Gujrathi, P. Harikrishna, 180. The Survey of India has B. Adhiban, K. Humpy and D. launched a mobile application Harika, alongside Anand, had to collect information about COVID-19 specific data sets participated in an online chess through community exhibition and helped raise ₹4.5 engagement. What is the name lakh for the PM-CARES Fund. of this app?  Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth is an (A) SAHYOG Indian badminton player. He (B) AAROGYA-SETU became the first Indian male (C) SAHARA shuttler in 36 years to win a (D) NIROG

bronze medal in the BWF  The mobile application SAHYOG, World Championships in 2019 as well as the web after Prakash Padukone in portal (https://indiamaps.gov.in 1983. /soiapp/) prepared & managed by the Survey of India (SoI), has 179. Headquarters of United States been customized to collect Commission on International COVID-19 specific geospatial datasets Religious Freedom is located through community engagement at- to augment the response (A) Washington, D.C activities by Government of India (B) New York to the pandemic. (C) New Jersey  Information parameters required (D) Florida as per the Govt of India strategy and containment plan for large

outbreaks have been  The External Affairs Ministry incorporated in the SAHYOG has said that United States application. Commission on International Religious Freedom, USCIRF 181. Centre for Nano and Soft must stop adding religious colour to country's national Matter Sciences (CeNS) is goal of fighting the COVID 19 located at- pandemic. (A) Bengaluru (B) Chennai (C) Hyderabad (D) Warangal  The United States Commission on International Religious  Freedom is a U.S. federal Centre for Nano and Soft government commission created Matter Sciences (CeNS) has by the International Religious developed a compact solid- Freedom Act of 1998. state sensor to detect the  Headquarters : Washington, heavy metal ions in water. It is D.C., United States a portable device which can  Founded: 28 October 1998 help onsite detection in remote areas.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 66  The Centre for Nano and Soft 183. Consider the following Matter Sciences (CeNS) is an statements in reference with autonomous research institute Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)- under Department of Science 1. It opened for signature on 24 and Technology (DST), September 1996 Government of India. DST 2. India is a signatory of CTBT. provides core support to the Which of the above statements Centre in the form of a grant-in- is/are correct? (A) 1 only aid for conducting basic and (B) 2 only applied research in nano and (C) 1 and 2 both soft matter sciences. CeNS is (D) Neither 1 nor 2 located at Jalahalli, Bengaluru.  The Centre was established in  It is in news in recently in 1991 by an eminent liquid context of U.S. concerns about crystal scientist, Prof. S. Beijing’s possible breaches of a Chandrasekhar, FRS. “zero yield” standard for test blasts have been prompted by activities at China’s Lop Nur 182. Lop Nur nuclear test site, is nuclear test site throughout recently in news. It is located 2019. in which country?  The Comprehensive Nuclear- (A) Russia Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is the (B) USA Treaty banning all nuclear (C) Japan explosions - everywhere, by (D) China everyone.

 The Treaty was negotiated at the  China may have secretly set off Conference on Disarmament in low-level underground nuclear Geneva and adopted by the test explosions despite claiming United Nations General to observe an international pact Assembly. banning such blasts, the U.S.  It opened for signature on 24 State Department said in a September 1996. Since then, the Treaty has reached near- report that could fuel U.S.- universality. 182 countries have Chinese tensions. signed the Treaty – the last  U.S. concerns about Beijing’s country to do so was Trinidad possible breaches of a “zero and Tobago on 8 October 2009 yield” standard for test blasts which also ratified the Treaty on have been prompted by 26 May 2010. activities at China’s Lop Nur  154 countries have ratified the nuclear test site throughout Treaty – most recently Ghana on 2019. 14 June 2011.  Zero yield refers to a nuclear  India has abided by both NPT test in which there is no and Comprehensive Nuclear- explosive chain reaction of the Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) even type ignited by the detonation though it is a non-signatory. of a nuclear warhead. For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 67 184. Ranjit Chowdhry, who passed  Currently, the environment away recently was associated education programme with which filed? undertakes five large initiatives (A) Sports that reach out to school children, (B) Journalism youth and citizens across the (C) Film country and aim to create a (D) Politics generation of critical thinkers, problem solvers and  Film, television and theatre environmentally conscious actor Ranjit Chowdhry passed individuals. away in Mumbai.  He was known for the roles in 186. A. Sharath Kamal is related to the films of Basu Chatterjee — which sport? Khatta Meetha (1978) and Baton (A) Badminton (B) Chess Baton Mein (1979), and (C) Table tennis (D) Golf Hrishikesh Mukherjee — Khubsoorat (1980).  Indian paddler A. Sharath Kamal, who won the Oman Open 185. Who is recently appointed as Challenge Plus last month, the new Ambassador for World jumped seven places to 31 in the Wide Fund for Nature-India’s Environment Education International Table Tennis programme? Federation world rankings (A) Viswanathan Anand  Achanta Sharath Kamal is a (B) Sunil Cheetri professional table tennis player (C) Sachin Tendulkar from Tamil Nadu, India. (D) Bhaichung Bhutia  He is the first Indian table

tennis player ever to become  Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand has joined nine times Senior National WWF (World Wildlife Fund) India Champion hence breaking the as its ambassador for an record of eight times National environmental education Champion Kamlesh Mehta. programme.  Recently he received the  WWF India is celebrating its 50 fourth highest civilian award, years of conservation in India Padma Shri. and it is delighted to see Anand lend his support to conservation and protection of 187. Every year World Hemophilia the environment. Day is celebrated on-  WWF (A) April 17 (B) April 16 India's environment education (C) April 14 (D) April 1 programme is as old as the organisation itself, starting  World Hemophilia Day is way back in 1976 with the observed on every 17 April. Nature Clubs of India (NCI) This day tries to create initiative. awareness about Hemophilia internationally.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 68  The theme for the World  The heterozygous female (carrier) Hemophilia Day 2020 is Get for haemophilia may transmit +involved to carry the motive the disease to sons. of the World Federation of  The possibility of a female Hemophilia- Treatment for all.  World Hemophilia Day marks the becoming a haemophilic is birth anniversary of Frank extremely rare because mother Schnabel who is the founder of of such a female has to be at the World Federation of least carrier and the father Hemophilia should be haemophilic (unviable in the later stage of 188. The World Federation of life). Hemophilia (WFM) was  The family pedigree of Queen established in- Victoria shows a number of (A) 1961 (B) 1962 haemophilic descendents as (C) 1963 she was a carrier of the disease (D) 1964 190. Which one among the following is not a Mendelian disorder?  The World Federation of (A) Haemophilia Hemophilia (WFM) was (B) Sickle-cell anaemia established in 1963 by Fran (C) Colour blindness Schnable to improve treatment (D) Down’s syndrome and care for all the hemophiliac patients through this  Mendelian disorders- organisation. According to WFH,  Mendelian disorders are around one in 10,000 people are mainly determined by alteration or mutation in born with this disease. the single gene. These disorders are transmitted to 189. Hemophilia, also known as the the offspring on the same Royal Disease is genetic lines. disorder is associated with—  Most common and prevalent (A) Extra copy of X-Chromosome Mendelian disorders are (B) Extra copy of Y-Chromosome Haemophilia, Cystic (C) Extra copy of 21- fibrosis, Sickle-cell anaemia, Colour blindness, Chromosome Phenylketonuria, (D) Blood Clotting Thalassemia, etc.  Mendelian disorders may be  Haemophilia : This sex linked dominant or recessive. recessive disease, which shows its transmission from  The chromosomal disorders unaffected carrier female to  The chromosomal disorders some of the male progeny. on the other hand are caused due to absence or excess or  In this disease, a single protein abnormal arrangement of that is a part of the cascade of one or more chromosomes. proteins involved in the clotting  Failure of segregation of of blood is affected. Due to this, chromatids during cell in an affected individual a simple division cycle results in the cut will result in non-stop gain or loss of a bleeding. chromosome(s), called

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 69 aneuploidy. For example,  The South Delhi Municipal Down’s syndrome results in Corporation (SDMC) launched the gain of extra copy of chromosome 21. Similarly, an e-learning programme — Turner’s syndrome results Reach and Teach — for nearly due to loss of an X two lakh students in it’s 600 chromosome in human females. primary schools.  Failure of cytokinesis after  Under the programme, study telophase stage of cell division material, including worksheets, results in an increase in a whole set of chromosomes in videos and activities, will be sent an organism and, this to parents through WhatApp, phenomenon is known as voice calls and sms or other polyploidy. This condition is forms of communication often seen in plants.  The total number of available at their homes, the chromosomes in a normal SDMC said, adding that multiple human cell is 46 (23 pairs). groups have been formed to Out of these 22 pairs are autosomes and one pair of prepare the study material. chromosomes are sex  The programme will be chromosome. monitored by the teachers who

 Sometimes, though rarely, will assess its implementation either an additional copy of a chromosome may be included by getting feedback from in an individual or an parents and students to ensure individual may lack one of any effectiveness. one pair of chromosomes. These situations are known as trisomy or monosomy of a 192. Agriculture Ministry has chromosome, respectively. recently launched a mobile  Such a situation leads to very serious consequences in the application, which will connect individual. Down’s farmers and traders to a syndrome, Turner’s syndrome, Klinefelter’s network of more than 5 lakh syndrome are common trucks and 20,000 tractors. examples of chromosomal What is the name of App? disorders. (A) Kisan Sathi 191. Which one among the following (B) Kisan Rath is recently launched an e- (C) Krishi Rath learning programme — Reach and Teach — for nearly two (D) Krishi Sathi lakh students in it’s 600 primary schools?  The Agriculture Ministry has (A) South Delhi Municipal launched a Kisan Rath mobile Corporation (B) Mumbai Municipal application, which will connect Corporation farmers and traders to a network (C) Jaipur Municipal of more than 5 lakh trucks and Corporation (D) Bhopal Municipal 20,000 tractors. Corporation

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 70  The application, developed by the  The Delhi government has asked National Informatics Centre, is officials to use the new ‘Assess meant to help farmers and Koro Na’ app for door-to-door traders who are searching for survey in coronavirus vehicles to move produce. This includes primary transport from containment zones to speed up the farm to the mandis, local decision-making by analysing warehouses or the collection real-time data, removing a major centres of farmer producer obstacle in the efforts to contain organisations, as well as the the virus. secondary transport from the  With this app, the data collected local mandis to intra-and inter- can be uploaded on the servers State mandis, processing units, in real-time and immediately railway stations, warehouses or analyse. wholesalers.  The first phase of the app-  The application will lead to on- boarding of over 5 lakh trucks based assessment will be through transport aggregators as launched in South Delhi. well as 20,000 tractors from the custom hiring centres run by 195. Which Organisation recently farmer groups. Refrigerated launched Order Books, vehicles will also be available. Inventories and Capacity Utilization Survey (OBICUS)? 193. Who wrote the famous book (A) Reserve Bank of India “The Old Man Who Read Love (B) State Bank of India Stories”? (C) Securities and Exchange (A) Isabel Allende Board of India (D) NITI Aayog (B) Khaled Hosseini

(C) Luis Sepulveda  The Reserve Bank of India (D) Charles Dickens launched latest round of quarterly order books,  Chilean author Luis Sepulveda, inventories and capacity best known for The Old Man utilisation survey (OBICUS) of Who Read Love Stories, passed manufacturing sector. away of COVID-19 in a hospital  The survey provides valuable in the Asturias region of Spain input for monetary policy where he lived for several formulation. decades.  It launched the 49th round of survey for the reference period 194. Which state/UT Government January-March 2020. recently launched “Assess  The RBI has been conducting the Koro Na” application to OBICUS of the manufacturing conduct door to door survey? sector on a quarterly basis (A) Chandigarh since 2008. (B) Jammu and Kashmir  The Capacity Utilisation declined (C) New Delhi to 68.6% from 69.1%. (D) Punjab For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 71 196. World Heritage Day also known 197. Which one among the following as the International Day for is not part of UNESCO World Monuments and Sites is Heritage Sites? observed annually on- (A) Ajanta Caves (A) April 18 (B) Ellora Caves (B) April 16 (C) Elephanta Caves (C) April 14 (D) Bagh Caves (D) April 12  There are a total of 38 heritage  World Heritage Day also known sites in India. India ranks sixth in as the International Day for the largest number of heritage sites in the world. Monuments and Sites is  UNESCO World Heritage Sites in observed annually on April 18. India  The significance of the day is to  Cultural World Heritage Sites in promote cultural heritage India through activities undertaken by the International Council on 1. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). 2. Hampi, Karnataka 3. Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra ICOMOS works closely with the 4. Ellora Caves, Maharashtra United Nations Educational, 5. Bodh Gaya, Bihar Scientific and Cultural 6. Sun Temple, Konark, Odisha Organisations (UNESCO) for the 7. Red Fort Complex, Delhi conservation and protection of 8. Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh cultural heritage sites, it also 9. Chola Temples, Tamil Nadu

helps UNESCO on World 10. Group of Monuments in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu Heritage Sites. 11. Humayun’s Tomb, New Delhi  The first World Heritage Day was 12. Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, organised by the ICOMOS in Rajasthan 1982 but it only got approved by 13. Agra Fort, Uttar Pradesh the UN General Assembly in the 14. Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh following year. 15. Taj Mahal, Agra 16. Rani Ki Vav, Patan, Gujarat  ICOMOS has decided that the 17. Group of Monuments in theme for this year's World Pattadakal, Karnataka 18. Elephanta Caves, Maharashtra Heritage Day would be "Shared 19. Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda Culture, Shared Heritage and University), Bihar 20. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shared Responsibility." Terminus (formerly Victoria  India has 38 heritage sites Terminus), Maharashtra 21. Mountain Railways of India listed under the UNESCO's 22. Qutub Minar and its World Heritage Site list. Monuments, New Delhi

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 72 23. Champaner-Pavagadh  A new species of green pit viper Archaeological Park, Gujarat found in Arunachal Pradesh has a 24. Hill Forts of Rajasthan Harry Potter link. 25. Churches and Convents of Goa  A group of researchers who 26. Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, Madhya Pradesh recorded this serpent has named 27. The Victorian and Art Deco it Salazar’s pit viper. The name Ensemble of Mumbai was inspired by Salazar 28. The Pink City - Jaipur Slytherin, the co-founder of 29. The Historic City of Ahmedabad J.K. Rowlings’ fictional 30. Capitol Complex, Chandigarh Hogwarts School of Witchcraft

and Wizardry.  Natural World Heritage Sites in  Pit vipers are venomous snakes India distinguished by their heat- 1. Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam sensing pit organs between the 2. Sundarbans National Park, eye and the nostril. West Bengal  Salazar’s pit viper belongs to the 3. Great Himalayan National genus Trimeresurus Lacépède Park, Himachal Pradesh comprising “charismatic 4. Manas Wild Life Sanctuary, venomous serpents with Assam morphologically as well as 5. Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan ecologically diverse species”. At 6. Nanda Devi and Valley of least 48 species are known to Flowers National Parks, be distributed across east and Uttarakhand southeast Asia, of which at least 7. Western Ghats 15 occur in India.  Cultural and Natural

Mixed World Heritage Site in

India

1. Khangchendzonga National

Park, Sikkim

198. A new species of green pit viper,

Trimeresurus salazar, is

recently found in which state?

(A) Sikkim

(B) Kerala

(C) Arunachal Pradesh

(D) Nagaland 199. ‘Kepler-1649c’ is recently in

news. It is a  The new species, Trimeresurus (A) Earth-size exoplanet salazar is the fifth variety of (B) New satellite launched by reptile to have been discovered NASA in Arunachal Pradesh in a little (C) NASA’ New mission of SUN more than a year (D) Asteroids

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For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 74  National Fertilizers Limited – 203. Consider the following Miniratna Company is an India statements in reference to state owned producer of EDUSAT- chemical fertilizers, organic 1. GSAT-3, known as EDUSAT fertilizers and industrial is meant for distant class chemicals. As of 2018, it was room education from school the second largest producer of level to higher education. fertilizers in India. 2. This was the first dedicated  Union Minister of Chemicals "Educational Satellite" that and Fertilizers- D V Sadanada provide the country with Gowda satellite based two way  Founded- 1 September 1979 communication to class room  Headquarters- Noida, India for delivering educational materials. 202. Symbiosis Centre for 3. This is a Geo-synchronous Nanoscience & satellite. Nanotechnology (SCNN) is located at- Which of the above statements (A) Pune is/are correct? (B) Jaipur (A) 1 only (C) Jodhpur (B) 1 and 2 only (D) Shimla (C) 2 and 3 only (D) 1, 2 and 3  A team of key scientists from

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For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 75  This is a Geo-synchronous  Akbar's tomb is the tomb of satellite developed on I-2K bus. the Mughal emperor Akbar. GSAT-3 was co-located with This tomb is an important METSAT(KALPANA-1) and Mughal architectural INSAT-3C at 74o E longitude. masterpiece. It was built in 1605–1613 by his son Jahangir 204. Which one among the following and is situated in 119 acres of monuments is not located in Delhi? grounds in Sikandra, a sub of (A) Red Fort Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. (B) Qutb Minar (C) Humayun’s Tomb 205. How many Intangible Cultural (D) Akbar's tomb Heritage(ICH) traditions has  Archaeological Survey of India‘s been recognized by UNESCO as Delhi circle expressed gratitude Intangible Cultural Heritage of for Corona Warriors by Humanity from India? illuminating historical sites like Red Fort, Qutb Minar & (A) 11 Humayun’s Tomb in a special (B) 9 way on the occasion of World Heritage Day in New Delhi. (C) 13  At Red Fort, the candles (Diyas) (D) 27 were arranged in the shape of India’s map with a massage ‘Hum Jitenge’  Union Minister for Culture (I/C)  At Qutb Minar. candles (Diyas) Shri Prahlad Singh Patel were arranged in the shape of launched the National List of house with a massage ‘Saty Home, Stay Safe’. Intangible Cultural Heritage  At Humayun’s Tomb, 41 candles (ICH) of India in New DelhI . were lighted in addition to the  India houses a repository of general illumination. This unique Intangible Cultural Heritage(ICH) traditions, 13 of symbolized our fight against which have also been CORONA outbreak for which recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of 41 days of lockdown is being Humanity. observed.  Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

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Ramayana  The Mysuru-based CSIR- Kutiyattam, 3. 2008 Sanskrit theatre Central Food Technological Ramman, religious Research Institute (CRTRI) has festival and ritual 4. theatre of the 2009 made available high-protein Garhwal biscuits to the COVID-19 Himalayas, India Mudiyettu, ritual patients undergoing treatment in 5. theatre and dance 2010 the All India Institute of Medical drama of Kerala Science (AIIMS), New Delhi. Kalbelia folk songs 6. and dances of 2010  CFTRI supplied 500 kg of high- Rajasthan protein biscuits and 500 kg of 7. Chhau dance 2010 Buddhist chanting high-protein rusks to the of Ladakh: Dietetics department of AIIMS recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in to supply to the patients. The 8. 2012 the trans- biscuits were supplied on Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu request from the officials of the and Kashmir, India Institute. Sankirtana, ritual  The biscuits contain 14% of singing, drumming 9. 2013 and dancing of protein while usual biscuits Manipur contain around 8-9% protein. Traditional brass and copper craft of  The biscuits are being utensil making manufactured in Noida, Uttar 10.among the 2014 Pradesh, by Seven Seas Private Thatheras of Limited based on the Jandiala Guru, formulation developed by CSIR- Punjab, India CFTRI.The logistic support to 11.Yoga 2016 supply to the needy is being 12.Nawrouz 2016 provided by the Indian Society of Agricultural Professionals, New 13.Kumbh Mela 2017 Delhi.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 77 207. Consider the following  an entity of a country, which statements in context of FDI shares land border with India or policy of India- where the beneficial owner of an 1. The Centre has made prior investment into India is situated government approval in or is a citizen of any such mandatory for foreign direct country, can invest only under investments from countries the Government route which share a land border  India shares land borders with with India. Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, 2. The revised FDI policy is Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and aimed at curbing Myanmar. Investors from opportunistic countries not covered by the new takeovers/acquisitions of policy only have to inform the Indian companies due to the RBI after a transaction rather current COVID-19 pandemic. than asking for prior permission from the relevant government Which of the above statements department. is/are correct? (A) 1 only (B) 2 only (C) 1 and 2 both (D) Neither 1 nor 2

 In a move that will restrict Chinese investments, the Centre has made prior government approval mandatory for foreign direct investments from countries which share a land

border with India.  Previously, only investments 208. Which one of the following from Pakistan and Bangladesh pairs is correctly matched? faced such restrictions. (A) Bagh Caves- Odisha  The revised FDI policy is aimed (B) Pandavleni Caves- Gujarat at “curbing opportunistic takeovers/acquisitions of (C) Edakkal caves – Kerala Indian companies due to the (D) Elephanta Caves – Karnataka current COVID-19 pandemic,” said a press release from the  Edakkal caves are located in Department for Promotion of Kerala. A huge crack has Industry and Internal Trade recently developed on the  A non-resident entity can invest eastern part of Ambukuthi in India, subject to the FDI Policy hills, on which the Edakkal except in those sectors/activities caves are situated. which are prohibited

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 78  The Elephanta Caves are located 210. "Patola" is a on island hills about 11 km (A) Phulkari embroidery made north-east of the Apollo Bandar, Saree of Punjab Mumbai and 7 km from the (B) Double ikat woven sari of silk shore of the mainland. made in Patan, Gujarat.  The Nasik Caves, or sometimes (C) jalli- work of Lucknow on Pandavleni Caves located in cloth Maharashtra are a group of 24 (D) Banjara embroidery of a mix caves carved between the 2nd of applique with mirrors and century BCE and the 2nd beadwork of Madhya Pradesh. century CE, representing the Hinayana Buddhist caves.  Manipur’s tradition of making  The Bagh Caves are a group of rice beer, the practice of tying nine rock-cut monuments, turbans in Rajasthan and several situated among the southern different dances, forms of music slopes of the Vindhyas in Bagh and festivals from across the town of Dhar district in country were among the 106 Madhya Pradesh state in items listed as intangible central India. cultural heritage in a draft released by the Union Culture 209. in a global compilation of Ministry reports of child sexual abuse  Gujarat’s Patola silk textiles material (CSAM) found online, from Patan with its geometric which country stands right on and figurative patterns also top of the list? made it to the list. The practice (A) Pakistan (B) of tying a turban or safa across India Rajasthan was included. (C) Bangladesh (D) Nepal  From Jammu and Kashmir, the  In a global compilation of reports Kalam Bhat or Qalambaft of child sexual abuse material gharana of Sufiana music in (CSAM) found online, India Budgam district and from stands right on top of the list, Ladakh, the Buddhist chanting with 11.7% of the total reports across both Leh and Kargil districts were on the list of or at 19.87 lakh reports, intangible cultural heritage. followed by Pakistan, which  The making of khor, a rice beer, contributes 6.8% of all reports by the Tangkhul community in (11.5 lakh reports). Bangladesh Manipur as well as other crafts associated with it, like making comes in fourth with 5.5 lakh gourd vessels and wicker reports and a share of 3.3%. baskets, were also on the list.  The National Centre for Missing  Kerala’s martial art form, and Exploited Children (NCMEC) Kalaripayuttu, and the practice of making designs at the urges people to report CSAM entrance of homes and temples found online across the world called kolam in Kerala, Andhra annually, on their online Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh were also platform CyberTipline. included in the list.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 79  Different forms of shadow 212. Facebook recently puppet theatre — announced the launch of its Chamadyacha Bahulya in third party fact checking Maharashtra, Tolu Bommalatta system in Bangladesh to in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, Togalu Gombeyatta in discourage the spread of fake Karnataka, Tolpava Kuthu in news in the country. Kerala and Ravanchhaya in Facebook started its fact- Odisha — have also been checking programme in- included. (A) 2011  The list includes the traditional (B) 2013 folk festival of Pachoti in (C) 2016 Assam, where the birth of a (D) 2018 baby, particularly a male infant as the tradition “relates to the  birth of Krishna”, is celebrated Facebook recently announced with relatives and neighbours, the launch of its third party according to the ministry. fact checking system in  The oral traditions of the Bangladesh to discourage the transgender community called spread of fake news in the Kinnar Kanthgeet and country. compositions of Ameer Khusro  Facebook in partnership with are among the entries from Boom Fact check will review Delhi. and rate the stories, including

photos and videos. 211. The 'Team Mask Force' has  When third party fact- been created to spread awareness about wearing Checkers rate a post as false masks in public places. 'Team or fake, it will appear less or Mask Force' is created by- at the bottom of news feed. (A) Board of Control for Cricket This will reduce the spread of in India the post. (B) All India Football Federation  Boom is an Indian fact (C) Badminton Association of checking website which is India available in English, Hindi and (D) Indian Olympic Association Bengali.

 The 'Team Mask Force' has been  Facebook started its fact- created by BCCI to spread checking programme in 2016 awareness about wearing masks and now it covers 60 partners in public places. in 50 languages.  The 'Team Mask Force' video has messages from Virat Kohli, 213. With reference to National Bio- Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Pharma Mission, Consider the Ganguly, Smriti Mandhana, following statements- Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan 1. It was launched in 2017. Singh, Harmanpreet Kaur, 2. It is being implemented by Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid the Biotechnology Industry and Mithali Raj, all of them Research Assistance Council speaking about the importance (BIRAC). of wearing masks and following 3. Innovate in India (i3) the directives of the government programme is part of this in this fight. Mission.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 80 which of the above statements 214. The UN Chinese Language Day is/are correct? is observed annually on – (A) 1 and 2 only (A) April 22 (B) 2 and 3 only (B) April 20 (C) 1 only (C) April 24 (D) 1, 2 and 3 (D) April 21

 Department of Biotechnology,  The UN Chinese Language Day is DBT and Biotechnology observed annually on April 20. Industry Research Assistance This event is celebrated every year Council, BIRAC had invited by the UNESCO. applications on COVID-19  It was first observed in 2010 by Research Consortium. the organisation to celebrate  A multi-faceted approach is multilingualism and cultural being adopted to ensure that diversity as well as to promote vaccine candidates utilizing equal use of all six of its official different platforms and at working languages (Arabic, different stages of development Chinese, English, French, are fast tracked through this Russian and Spanish) through the Research Consortium which organisation. receives funding from National  The first UN Chinese Language Bio-Pharma Mission. Day was held on November 12,  National Bio-Pharma Mission 2010. In 2011, the date was  The National Biopharma Mission moved to April 20. (NBM) is an industry-academia  The UN Chinese Language Day collaborative mission for is celebrated on April 20 to accelerating biopharmaceutical honour Cang Jie, a mythical development in the country. figure who is presumed to have  It was launched in 2017 at a invented Chinese characters total cost of Rs 1500 crore about 5000 years ago. and is 50% co-funded by  The date of April 20 roughly corresponds to Guyu is the World Bank loan. Chinese calendar. Chinese people  It is being implemented by celebrate Guyu in honour of the Biotechnology Industry Cangjie because when Cangjie Research Assistance invented Chinese characters, the Council (BIRAC). deities and ghosts cried and it  Under this Mission, the rained millet. The word 'Guyu' literally means 'rain of Government has launched millet'. Innovate in India (i3)  Traditionally, it is believed that programme to create an the indigenous speech of the Han enabling ecosystem to majority in China, Chinese, forms promote entrepreneurship one of the branches of the Sino- and indigenous Tibetan language family and is manufacturing in the now spoken by many Chinese ethnic groups. biopharma sector.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 81 215. There are six official languages 217. Which state recently became of the UN.which one among the the first state to geo-tag the following is not one of community kitchens? them? (A) Madhya Pradesh (A) Arabic (B) English (B) Punjab (C) Chinese (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Japanese (D) Kerala

 There are six official languages of  Uttar Pradesh has become the the UN. They are Arabic, first state in the country to English, Chinese, Russian, geotag its 7,368 community Spanish and French. kitchens and community shelters across 75 districts which 216. Consider the following produce 12 lakh food packets a statements in context of day. leatherback sea turtles -  The state government has also 1. Leatherbacks are the world's tied up with Google to ‘Geo-map’ largest sea turtles. the locations of all these 2. They are listed as a vulnerable establishments on the Google species globally by the Maps app for ease of International Union for beneficiaries Conservation of Nature. Which of the above statements 218. Which one of the following is/are correct? elements is not produced in (A) 1 only the big bang nucleosynthesis (B) 2 only (BBN)? (C) 1 and 2 both (A) Hydrogen (D) Neither 1 nor 2 (B) Helium (C) Lithium  Thailand has found the largest (D) Oxygen number of nests of rare leatherback sea turtles in two  Researchers at the Indian decades on beaches bereft of Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), tourists because of the novel an autonomous institute under coronavirus pandemic. the Department of Science  Leatherbacks are the world's &Technology, Govt. of India, largest sea turtles. They are have discovered hundreds of considered endangered in Li-rich giant stars indicating Thailand, and listed as a that Li is being produced in vulnerable species globally by the stars and accounts for its the International Union for abundance in the interstellar Conservation of Nature. medium.  They lay their eggs in dark and  They have also associated such quiet areas, scarce when Li enhancement with central He- tourists thronged the beaches. burning stars, also known as People have also been known to red clump giants, thereby dig into their nests and steal opening up new vistas in the eggs. evolution of the red giant stars.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 82  Lithium (Li), is one of the  Goa recently became the first three primordial elements, zero COVID-19 State in the apart from Hydrogen and country with the last seven Helium (He), produced in the big cases also testing negative. bang nucleosynthesis (BBN)  This makes Goa the first green  In general, stars are considered State in the country with no case as Li sinks. This means that the of COVID-19 being reported from original Li, with which stars are April 3. born, only gets depleted over  Goa is now COVID-19-free, all stars’ life-time as Li burns at seven patients have tested relatively very low temperatures negative. of about 2.5X106 K – a range which is easily encountered in 221. The Civil Services Day is stars. celebrated on (A) April 21 219. Demo-2 mission, is recently in (B) April 25 news, in context of- (C) April 27 (A) NASA (D) April 29 (B) Roscosmos (C) ISRO  The Civil Services Day is (D) JAXA celebrated on April 21. The day celebrated all the civil servants  NASA recently announced that it who dedicate their lives to the will launch its flight of cause of citizen. The day aims at astronauts on May 27, 2020. renewing their commitments to This is the first flight of NASA in public service and excellence in 9 years.The Demo-2 mission work. will use a Falcon 9 rocket (also  It was this day when Sardar built by SpaceX) to launch. Vallabhbhai Patel, the first  SpaceX launched its first Home Minister of Independent uncrewed test flight to the India, gave an address to the International Space Station in March 2019. While that flight, probationers of Administrative called Demo-1, was a success, Services Officers at Metcalf the capsule used on the mission House, Delhi in the year 1947. was destroyed a month later  The first celebration of Civil during ground-based tests of the Services Day was held on April abort engine designed to protect 21, 2006, as Vigyan Bhawan, astronauts during a launch New Delhi. emergency.

220. Which state recently became 222. Who called the civil servants the first zero COVID-19 State as the ‘steel frame of India’? in the country? (A) Jawaharlal Nehru (A) Manipur (B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (B) Goa (C) Mahatma Gandhi (C) Tripura (D) Rajendra Prasad (D) Kerala

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 83  When Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel,  Road Transport and the first Home Minister of Highways Ministry has Independent India, gave an launched a dashboard on its address to the probationers of website to provide details of Administrative Services Officers Dhabas and Truck. The list at Metcalf House, Delhi in the can be accessed year 1947, He aptly called the at www.morth.nic.in. civil servants as the ‘steel  This is intended to facilitate frame of India’. travel of truck and cargo drivers and cleaners. A regular 223. Who has been recently contact is being maintained appointed as the Secretary to with various stake holders President Ram Nath Kovind? providing information. (A) Rajiv Gauba  National Highway Authority of (B) V. P. Joy India’s centralized call (C) Kapil Dev Tripathi number 1033 has also been (D) Amandeep Garg activated to answer calls and provide information about the  Former IAS officer Kapil Dev dhabaas and repair shops Tripathi has been appointed along National Highways. as the Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind. The 225. National Aluminum Company Appointments Committee of the (NALCO) and Coal India Cabinet approved the subsidiary Mahanadi appointed of Mr Tripathi as Coalfields Limited (MCL) Secretary to the President on have decided to fund two contract basis, for a term co- dedicated COVID-19 terminus with the tenure of the hospitals in which state? President. (A) Odisha  Mr Tripathi, a 1980 batch IAS (B) Bihar officer (Retired) of Assam- (C) Madhya Pradesh Meghalaya cadre, is at present (D) Jharkhand the Chairman of Public Enterprises Selection Board  National Aluminum Company (PESB). (NALCO) and Coal India subsidiary Mahanadi 224. Which Ministry has recently Coalfields Limited (MCL) have decided to fund two launched a dashboard on its dedicated COVID-19 website to provide details of hospitals in Odisha. Dhabas and Truck?  The two hospitals were (A) Ministry of Food Processing inaugurated today by Union Industries Minister of Petroleum & (B) Ministry of Micro, Small and Natural Gas Dharmendra Medium Enterprises Pradhan and Union Minister of (C) Ministry of Rural Coal & Mines Pralhad Joshi Development along with Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik (D) Ministry of Road Transport through Video Conferencing. and Highways

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 84  NALCO will fully fund a 200-  The kits will be sold at the rate bedded hospital set up at of Rs 500.00 through ration Nabarangpur district of Odisha shops and co-operative outlets. whereas MCL will fund the 150-bedded hospital started at 228. Chief Minister COVID-19 Talcher in Angul district of the Yoddha Kalyan Yojana is state. related to which state? (A) Kerala 226. The term “Easter Sunday (B) Tamil Nadu attacks” sometimes visible in (C) Uttar Pradesh newspapers, in context of- (D) Madhya Pradesh (A) Pakistan (B) Sri Lanka  In Madhya Pradesh, around one (C) France lakh Anganwadi workers and (D) Iraq Assistants of the state will get the benefit of Chief Minister  Sri Lanka is observing first COVID-19 Yoddha Kalyan anniversary of Easter Sunday Yojana. attacks though no public  Under this initiative, they will events have been planned in also get a special health view of the COVID-19 crisis. insurance cover of Rs 50 lakhs.  Over 270 people including It is noteworthy that special dozens of foreigners were killed on this day when suicide insurance scheme has been bombers carried out launched by the Central coordinated attacks on three Government for health workers high end hotels in Colombo who are fighting against COVID- and three churches across the 19 epidemic. country.  State Government has already

227. Assorted Condiments kit asked the Collector of all the scheme is recently in news in districts to declare the context of which state? Anganwadi workers and (A) Punjab assistants eligible under the (B) Kerala (C) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister COVID-19 Yoddha (D) Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Yojana because of their exposure and active role in fight  The Assorted Condiments kit against corona virus. scheme of the Tamil Nadu State Government was inaugurated by the State 229. New Development Bank (NDB) Cooperative department is related to which group of Minister Shri Selluur K Raju in Madurai. countries?  10 lakh kits have been (A) SAARC prepared, each containing 19 (B) ASEAN condiments that are used (C) BIMSTEC widely in the state. (D) BRICS

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 85  Finance Minister Nirmala  On 11 May 2015, K. V. Kamath Sitharaman appreciated efforts was appointed as the President of New Development Bank on of the bank. fast tracking of financial assistance of about five billion 231. Pakke Tiger Reserve is located dollars to BRICS countries in which state? including Emergency (A) Assam Assistance of one billion dollar (B) Tripura to India to combat COVID-19 (C) Arunachal Pradesh pandemic. (D) Odisha  NDB has so far approved 14 Indian projects for an  Trimeresurus salazar or amount of 4,183 million Salazar’s pit viper — a bright dollar. The purpose of the green snake discovered Bank is to mobilise resources slithering in the forests of for infrastructure and Arunachal Pradesh — named sustainable development after a character in author JK projects in BRICS and other Rowling’s cult Harry Potter emerging market economies series. It is discovered in and developing countries to Pakke Tiger Reserve.  complement the existing efforts Pakke Tiger Reserve (declared in of multilateral and regional 1999 - 2000) lies in the foothills financial institutions for global of the eastern Himalaya in the growth and development. East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh. It is also 230. Headquarters of New known as Pakhui Tiger Development Bank is located Reserve. at-  It falls within the Eastern (A) Shanghai Himalaya Biodiversity Hotspot.  (B) Johannesburg It is known for its amazing (C) New Delhi sightings of four resident (D) Fortaleza hornbill species.

 New Development Bank was 232. What is the position of India in established by the BRICS World Press Freedom Index countries -Brazil, Russia, 2020? India, China and South Africa (A)142 in 2014. (B) 40  During the sixth BRICS Summit (C)132 in Fortaleza (2014), the leaders (D) 30

signed the Agreement  India has dropped two places on establishing the New the 2020 World Press Freedom Development Bank (NDB). Index and is now ranked 142  The bank is headquartered in out of a total 180 countries. Shanghai, China.  India’s position in this year’s  The first regional office of the index, the report said, is heavily NDB is in Johannesburg, South affected by the situation in Kashmir. Africa

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 86 233. Which organisation releases 235. Which country is ranked last World Press Freedom Index? in the World Press Freedom (A) Amnesty International Index 2020? (B) Doctors Without Borders (A) Israel (C) Reporters Without Borders (B) Eritrea (D) Greenpeace (C) North Korea (D) Pakistan  The World Press Freedom Index 2020 is released by Reporters  North Korea is ranked in the Without Borders. last place.  Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), or Reporters Without Borders, is a non-profit organisation that works to document and combat attacks on journalists around the world.  Founded: 1985, Montpellier, France Headquarters: Paris, France  Director General: Christophe Deloire; (since July 2012)

236. A mobile application named Saiyam has been developed by – (A) Pune Municipal Corporation (B) Indore Municipal Corporation (C)Bhopal Municipal Corporation (D) Jaipur Municipal Corporation

 In order to effectively track the home-quarantines citizens and ensure they are actually staying in the home, a mobile application named Saiyam has been developed by the Pune 234. Which country is ranked first Municipal Corporation under in the World Press Freedom Smart Cities Mission (SCM). Index 2020?  The Mobile Application has GPS (A) Iceland tracking so that whenever (B) Norway quarantined citizens leave their (C) Finland homes, City Administration gets (D) Sweden alerted and the local ward or the local police station gets  Norway leads the list fourth year informed, who then visit the in a row. family.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 87  Citizens’ movements can be (A) Ministry of Health & Family monitored centrally real-time Welfare from the monitoring cell and are (B) Ministry of AYUSH marked as Red, Amber or (C) Ministry of Human Green. Red signifies that the Resource Development person has ventured out for (D) Ministry of Science and longer duration; Yellow signifies Technology that the person has limited movements and Green signifies  Union Minister of Health & that the person is confined to Family Welfare, Dr Harsh house limits. Vardhan launched the COVID India Seva, which provided an 237. Sujalam Sufalam Jal Sanchay interactive platform to establish Abhiyan is related to which a direct channel of state? communication with millions of (A) West Bengal Indians amid the pandemic. (B) Maharashtra  This initiative is aimed at (C) Rajasthan enabling transparent e- (D) Gujarat governance delivery in real- time and answering citizen  Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay queries swiftly, at scale, Rupani gave the green signal for especially in crisis situations the third edition of his like the ongoing COVID-19 government's 'Sujalam Sufalam pandemic. Jal Sanchay Abhiyan', a conservation plan to deepen 239. Every year World Earth Day is water bodies in the state celebrated on before monsoon. (A) April 20  The scheme, which will continue (B) April 22 till June 10, will see the (C) April 24 deepening of lakes, check dams (D) April 26 and rivers by removing silt, and it will be done with people's  Every year World Earth Day is participation as well as under celebrated on April 22. The day MNREGA. is celebrated to demonstrate  The scheme was started in environmental protection. It is 2018 after a weak monsoon, being celebrated since 1970. and till date, the state's water  The day was proposed by peace storage capacity has increased activist John McConnell in by 23,000 lakh cubic feet 1970. The day is celebrated by World Earth Day Network. 238. Which Ministry has recently  On the World Earth Day, 2016, launched 'COVID India Seva' the famous Paris Agreement for establishing a direct was signed by more than 120 channel of communication countries. with millions of Indians  This year the 50th anniversary during the novel coronavirus of World Earth Day is celebrated (COVID-19) pandemic? through digital mobilizations.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 88 240. What is the theme of World  The Golden Crescent is the Earth Day 2020? name given to one of Asia's two (A) Save our species principal areas of illicit opium (B) Climate Action production (with the other being (C) End Plastic Pollution the Golden Triangle), located at (D) Environmental and Climate the crossroads of Central, South, Literacy and Western Asia. This space overlaps three nations, World Theme Afghanistan, Iran, and Earth Day Pakistan, whose mountainous 2020 Climate Action peripheries define the 2019 Save our species crescent. 2018 End Plastic  The United Nations Office on Pollution Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 2017 Environmental and heroin production estimates for Climate Literacy the past 10 years show significant changes in the 241. Which country has recently primary source areas. In 1991, become the first Arab country Afghanistan became the to legalise cannabis farming world's primary opium for medical and industrial producer, with a yield of 1,782 purposes? metric tons (U.S. State (A) Iran Department estimates), (B) Lebanon surpassing Myanmar, formerly (C) Saudi Arabia the world leader in opium (D) Pakistan production.

 Lebanon has become the first 243. Which country is not part of Arab country to Golden Triangle? legalise cannabis farming for (A) Thailand medical and industrial purposes (B) Myanmar – a move that could generate (C) Laos lucrative exports and foreign (D) Mexico currency as the country struggles to cope with a financial  The Golden Triangle is the area crisis. where the borders of Thailand,  According to the United Laos, and Myanmar meet at the Nations, the country is the confluence of the Ruak and world’s third largest supplier of Mekong rivers. The name cannabis resin, or hashish, "Golden Triangle"—coined by after Morocco and Afghanistan. the CIA—is commonly used more broadly to refer to an 242. Which country is not part of area of approximately 950,000 Golden Crescent? square kilometres (367,000 sq (A) Afghanistan mi) that overlaps the (B) Iran mountains of the three (C) Pakistan adjacent countries. (D) Myanmar

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 89 244. Indian shuttler PV Sindhu is  United Nations Office on Drugs named as one of the and Crimes (UNODC) has ambassadors for its 'I am launched a ‘Lockdown badminton' awareness Learners’ series of online campaign. This campaign is dialogues with students and launched by- educators in India on COVID- (A) Badminton World Federation 19 and its impact on (B) World Athletics Sustainable Development (C) Badminton Association of Goals, peace and rule of law. India  The dialogues have been (D) Badminton Asia launched by the United Nations body under its flagship  The Badminton World Education for Justice Federation (BWF) named Indian initiative. shuttler PV Sindhu as one of the  Through these dialogues, the aim ambassadors for its 'I am is to sensitise students on badminton' awareness concerns of vulnerable groups campaign. and emerging issues such as cybercrime, misinformation,  The campaign provides a gender-based violence, platform for which players are discrimination, corruption able to express their love and among others respect for badminton by  The Lockdown Learners series advocating and committing to also provides a platform for clean and honest play. students to receive mentorship  Besides Sindhu, other players and knowledge support through included are Canada's Michelle activity-based learning, and use Li, the Chinese duo of Zheng Si their talent and skills to promote awareness and share their ideas Wei and Huang Ya Qiong, and solutions to address some of England's Jack Shephard, these problems Germany's Valeska Knoblauch, United Nations Office on Drugs Hong Kong's Chan Ho Yuen and Crime and Germany's Marc Zwiebler  The United Nations Office who is in Athletes' Commission on Drugs and Crime is a Chair. United Nations office that was established in 1997 as 245. Which organisation has the Office for Drug Control recently launched a series and Crime Prevention. called Lockdown Learners,  Headquarters : Vienna, which creates an e-dialogue for Austria students and teachers of  Founded: 1997 India? 246. Apthamitra mobile app is (A) United Nations Development recently in news, in context of Programme which state? (B) UNICEF (A) Karnataka (C) United Nations Office on (B) Kerala Drugs and Crimes (C) Odisha (D) World Trade Organization (D) Tamil Nadu For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 90  In a bid to empower people in the unprecedented crisis due to the fight against COVID-19, spread of the Novel Coronavirus Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. and Covid-19 impacting upon Yediyurappa launched school and higher education in Apthamitra helpline with an many different ways, it is the exclusive toll free No: 14410 and right time and opportunity for all Apthamitra mobile app. user states/UTs to strengthen  The main intention behind their e- learning content for launching them is to reach out to school and higher education on people to help identify those DIKSHA and leverage its having influenza-like illness potential use by students and (ILI), Severe Acute Respiratory teachers of your states/UTs. Infection (SARI), COVID-19-like  VidyaDaan has a content symptoms or having high risk of contribution tool that provides a getting infected. structured interface for the  The two platforms also intend to contributors to register and identify persons with low risk but contribute different types of having some symptoms similar to content (such as, explanation COVID-19 and provide them videos, presentations, telemedicine support with over- competency-based items, quizzes the-counter medicines and etc.), for any grade (from grade 1 counsel them about the need to to 12), for any subject as go through self-quarantine. specified by the states/UTs.  The app is for those with smartphones for seeking 248. World Book Day 2020 is advice for telemedicine from celebrated on- doctors directly. (A) April 21 (B) April 23 247. VidyaDaan 2.0 program is related to- (C) April 25 (A) Defence (D) April 27 (B) Education (C) Agriculture  April 23 was chosen as it is a (D) Water Conservation symbolic date for World Book

 The Union Human Resource Day. It is on this date in 1616 Development Minister Shri that Cervantes, Shakespeare Ramesh Pokhriyal'Nishank' e- and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega launched VidyaDaan 2.0 all died program for inviting e-learning  It is organised by United Nations content contributions in New Educational Scientific and Delhi . Cultural Organization (UNESCO).  The DIKSHA Platform of MHRD has been operating since  The date was decided upon at September 2017 with 30+ the UNESCO's General States/UTs leveraging DIKSHA Conference, held in Paris in for augmenting teaching and 1995, to pay a world-wide tribute learning processes. With the to books and authors.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 91 249. Which city is selected for  UNICEF is providing the ‘World Book Capital for 2020’? necessary IEC materials (posters, (A) Sharjah flyers, leaflets, brochures, (B) Athens booklets, messages for health (C) Kuala Lumpur education sessions, radio (D) Dubai broadcast or TV spots etc) for the campaign christened as “Van  This year, the ‘World Book Dhan Samajik Doori Jagrookta Capital for 2020’ is Kuala Abhiyaan OR Van Dhan Social Lumpur in Malaysia. Distancing Awareness  The city was selected for its Movement”. “strong focus on inclusive  Extensive outreach through education, the development of a knowledge-based society and Train of Trainer Programs and accessible reading for all parts of Webinars focused on basic the city’s population,” UNESCO orientation on covid-19 response, said. key preventive behaviour, social media campaigns on social distancing, home quarantine has been initiated.

251. The National Panchayati Raj Day is celebrated every year on (A) April 21 (B) April 22 (C) April 23 (D) April 24

250. Van Dhan Samajik Doori Jagrookta Abhiyaan is  The National Panchayati Raj Day associated with which is celebrated every year on April organisation? 24. (A) TRIFED  This annual celebration is done in (B) Press Information Bureau order to commemorate the (C) Press Trust of India historic day on which the (D) Asian News International Constitution Act (73rd Amendment) passed in 1992.  Van Dhan Samajik Doori However, it came into existence a Jagrookta Abhiyaan - Educating Tribals through year later on April 24, 1993. ~15,000 Self Help Groups under Hence, each year to celebrate the Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan inception of decentralised Yojana spread across 28 power National Panchayati Raj States/UTs. TRIFED teamed up Day is celebrated. with UNICEF and WHO for  India's former Prime Minister launching a digital campaign started commemorating the spreading awareness about the importance of social Panchayati Raj Day since the distancing amid the coronavirus year 2010, which was the first crisis in India. National Panchayati Raj Day. For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 92 252. Panchayats were looked upon as instruments of- (A) Decentralisation (B) Participatory democracy (C) Direct Democracy (D) a and b both

 Democracy is about meaningful participation. It is also about accountability. Strong and vibrant local governments ensure both active participation and purposeful accountability.  BALWANT RAI MEHTA COMMITTEE submitted its report in November 1957 and 254. Panchayat Raj was first recommended the establishment introduced in India in October, 1959 in of the scheme of ‘democratic (A) Rajasthan decentralisation’, which (B) Tamil Nadu ultimately came to be known as (C) Kerala Panchayati Raj. (D) Karnataka

253. The 73rd Amendment is  In 1959, Rajasthan became the related to- first state, wherein the Panchayati Raj system was (A) rural local governments executed. Inauguration of the (B) urban local government Panchayati Raj was done on 2nd (C) a and b both October 1959 in Nagaur district by our first PM Jawaharlal (D) none of these Nehru. Rajasthan was followed by Andhra Pradesh, which also  73rd Amendment Act Of 1992 adopted the system in 1959.  This act has added a new Part- 255. India's first Mobile Virology IX to the Constitution of India. Diagnostics and Research This part is entitled as ‘The Laboratory is recently Panchayats’ and consists of inaugurated in which city? provisions from Articles 243 to (A) New Delhi (B) Hyderabad 243 O. In addition, the act has (C) Mumbai also added a new Eleventh (D) Pune Schedule to the Constitution.  Unique and first of its kind This schedule contains 29 facility in the country, a functional items of the Mobile Virology Diagnostics panchayats. It deals with and Research Laboratory has been inaugurated in Article 243-G. Hyderabad at the ESI medical college.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 93  This Lab has been developed by trajectories, and support Defence Research and innovation by networked actions Development Organization in select areas of national (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, importance. TIFAC continues to Govt. of India in collaboration strive for technology development with ESIC Medical College & in the country by leveraging Hospital, Sanathnagar technology innovation through (Hyderabad) with due permission sustained and concerted of Indian Council of Medical programmes in close association Research (ICMR) and Govt. of with industry and academia. Telangana.  Technology Vision 2035 is  It is named as “Mobile BSL-3 prepared by TIFAC. VRDL Lab”. 257. The last week of April is 256. Consider the following observed as World statements in context of Immunisation Week every year Technology Information, that is from 24 April to 30 Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)- April. What is the theme of 1. It is an autonomous World Immunisation Week technology think tank 2020? under the Department of (A) #VaccinesWork for All Science & Technology (DST). (B) Protected Together 2. It was set up in 1988. (C) #VaccinesWork Which of the above statements (D) Close the immunization gap is/are correct? (A) 1 only (B) 2 only  The UAE is going to participate (C) 1 and 2 both in celebrating the annual (D) Neither 1 nor 2 World Immunisation Week launched by the World Health  Recently TIFAC has planned to Organisation (WHO). come up with a white paper on  World Immunization Week – strategising revival of Indian economy after COVID-19. celebrated in the last week of  The key focus is reported to be April (24 to 30 April) – aims to on strengthening Make in India promote the use of vaccines to initiatives, commercialization protect people of all ages against of Indigenous technology, disease. developing a technology-driven  The theme this year transparent Public Distribution is #VaccinesWork for All and System (PDS) among others. the campaign will focus on how  TIFAC is an autonomous vaccines – and the people who organization set up in 1988 develop, deliver and receive them under the Department of – are heroes by working to Science & Technology to look protect the health of everyone, ahead in technology domain, everywhere. assess the technology

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 94 258. WHO has designated which 260. Sudarsanam Babu, is recently year as the International Year in news in context of- of the Nurse and the Midwife? (A) Appointed as a member of (A) 2019 the National Science Board of USA (B) 2018 (B) Appointed as director of (C) 2020 ICMR (D) 2021 (C) Appointed as Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court  This is in news in context of (D) Appointed as a brand World Immunisation Week ambassador of WHO in India

2020.  US President Donald Trump  The World Health Organization recently appointed Indian- (WHO) has designated 2020 as American Sudarsanam Babu the “Year of the Nurse and to country's top science Midwife”, in honour of the board. 200th birth anniversary  Babu, who is from the of Florence Nightingale. prestigious Oak Ridge National  The year 2020 is significant for Laboratory (ORNL), has been appointed as a member of the WHO in the context of nursing National Science Board for a and midwifery strengthening for six-year term. Universal Health Coverage. WHO  Babu would be the third Indian is leading the development of the American in this prestigious board. The other two being first-ever State of the World’s Sethuraman Panchanathan Nursing report which will be from the Arizona State launched in 2020, prior to the University and Suresh V 73rd World Health Assembly. Garimella from University of Vermont.

259. Which country recently 261. Tripura has recently become launched its first military second state Corona-free in satellite “Noor”? the North-eastern region. Which state was the first (A) North Korea state of North-eastern region (B) Iraq that was declared Corona- (C) Pakistan free? (A) Manipur (D) Iran (B) Nagaland (C) Arunachal Pradesh  Amidst tension with the US, (D) Assam Iran had recently  In Tripura, the sample of the successfully launched its second COVID-19 patient in first military satellite the state have tested negative “Noor”, which means light was for three consecutive times. successfully put into orbit. The With this, Tripura has also become second state Corona- satellite was launched from free in the Northeastern region. three-stage carrier Ghased and Earlier, Manipur was declared was placed in 425-km orbit. Corona-free.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 95 262. Which Bank has recently 263. Mobile app, mCOVID19 is approved 82 million US related to which state? dollars (585 crore rupees) for (A) Madhya Pradesh the Himachal Pradesh State (B) Mizoram Roads Transformation (C) Meghalaya Project (HPSRTP)? (D) Manipur (A) World Bank (B) Asian Development Bank  In Mizoram, the information (C) NABARD and communication technology (D) New Development Bank department has launched a mobile app for the truck  The World Bank has approved drivers and handymen 82 million US dollars (585 carrying essential goods from crore rupees) for the outside the state to ensure Himachal Pradesh State easy and safe transport during Roads Transformation the lockdown period of Project (HPSRTP) for COVID19 pandemic. The upgradation of major roads mobile app, mCOVID19 will act and modernization of the as the online pass for the Public Works Department in drivers and handymen. the state.  the drivers and handymen of  Under the project, Road interstate carriers will have to construction work of do registration of mPASS and Barotiwala-Baddi-Sain- thereafter an mPASS ID will Ramshehar with length of 45 be sent to them via sms, kms, Dadol-Ladraurr Road showing information of where with length of 14.5 kms, the drivers come from, where Mandi- Riwalsar-Kalkhar of they are going and what goods length 28 kms and they are carrying. Raghunathpura-Mandi-  Different features available in the mCOVID19 app are Harpura-Bharari road with registration, permission, length of 3.5 kms would be declaration and Entry Point undertaken in tranche -one. Scan.  The target of construction of 900 kilometres road length was 264. ‘Khongjom Day’ fixed for the year 2019-20 but commemorated recently by which state? 800 kilometres roads could be (A) Mizoram constructed during the (B) Manipur outbreak of coronavirus. On (C) Meghalaya the other hand 1666 crore (D) Arunachal Pradesh

rupees had been allocated for  In Manipur, remembering the target construction of 4960 people who valiantly fought in kilometres of roads under the Anglo-Manipuri War in Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak 1891, state government commemorated ‘Khongjom Yojna (PMGSY) for the year Day’ at Khongjom War 2020-21. Memorial Complex, Thoubal.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 96  The Khongjom Day, being a 266. Nathula Pass is located in state holiday is celebrated which state? every year on April 23 by the (A) Arunachal Pradesh State government to pay (B) Uttarakhand tribute to the war heroes of (C) Sikkim Anglo-Manipuri War 1891 who (D) Himachal Pradesh had sacrificed their lives fighting against the British to  Sikkim government has protect freedom of Manipur. decided not to host the Kailash The site is about 35 KM south Mansarovar yatra via Nathula of Imphal in Thoubal district Pass in the state to Tibetan where the battle was fight Autonomous Region of China between Manipuri and British. scheduled from next month due to COVID19. 265. 'Serve-the-Seniors Initiative'  Nathu La is a mountain pass in is recently in news in the Himalayas in East Sikkim context of which state/UT? district. It connects the Indian (A) Chandigarh state of Sikkim with China's (B) Punjab Tibet Autonomous Region. The (C) Himachal Pradesh pass, at 4,310 m above mean (D) Jammu and Kashmir sea level, forms a part of an offshoot of the ancient Silk  Jammu and Kashmir State Road. Nathu means "listening legal Services Authority ears" and La means "pass" in (JKSLSA) has launched a Tibetan.

helpline under 'Serve-the- 267. Which State government has Seniors Initiative' under the recently declared spitting in guidance of Justice Gita Mittal, public places and sale of Patron-in-Chief and Justice tobacco as a punishable Rajesh Bindal Executive offence? Chairman of State Legal (A) Bihar (B) Odisha Services Authority. (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Jharkhand  The objective of starting this

helpline, comprising is to help  Jharkhand State government and facilitate the senior has declared spitting in citizens who live alone and are public places, government, unable to step out to get non-government offices, medicines, groceries and other educational institutions, police essentials in this hour of stations and open spaces and sale of tobacco as a crisis. punishable offence to contain The helpline numbers of the the spread of COVID-19. Any Nodal Officers who could be person found spitting in any contacted in the Union public place or any place shall Territories of J&K and Ladakh be jailed for a term of 6 have been declared. months. For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 97  In the recent order by the state 269. #MyBookMyFriendcampaign is government, sale of tobacco recently launched by- and tobacco products, (A) Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal cigarettes, pan masala, ‘Nishank’ gutkhas, hookahs, e-hookahs, (B) Prakash Javdekar e-cigarettes has been banned (C) Dr. Harsh Vardhan in the state completely. (D) Rajnath Singh  The order is applicable to all 24 districts of the state and is  Union Minister of Human an extension under the Resource Development, Shri National Directives of COVID- Ramesh Pokhriyal 19 Management under ‘Nishank’ launched on Epidemic Diseases Act. #MyBookMyFriendcampaign on World Book Day. 268. According to a World Bank #MyBookMyFriend campaign will report on the impact of the run for the next 7 days, during COVID-19 on migration and this time all people to join this remittances, remittances to campaign. India are likely to drop by (A) 33 per cent 270. Kamakhya temple is located in (B) 43 per cent which state? (C) 53 per cent (A) Punjab (D) 23 per cent (B) Assam  The World Bank has said that (C) Odisha remittances to India are likely (D) Himachal Pradesh to drop by 23 per cent from 83 billion US Dollars last year to 64 billion US Dollars  With the lockdown, the annual this year due to the Corona festival at the Kamakhya temple virus pandemic, which has here has been cancelled for the resulted in a global recession. first time in its recorded history.  According to a World Bank  Legends say the temple atop the report on the impact of the Nilachal Hills, whose northern COVID-19 on migration and face slopes down to the remittances, the remittances Brahmaputra river, was built by are projected to decline sharply the demon king Narakasura. by about 20 per cent this year Records are available only from due to the economic crisis 1565 when Koch King induced by the pandemic and Naranarayana had the temple shutdowns due to out break of rebuilt. Novel Corona virus.  The Kamakhya Temple also  World Bank Group President known as Kamrup-Kamakhya David Malpass said, temple, Kamakhya Devalaya, is a remittances are a vital source Hindu temple dedicated to the of income for developing mother goddess Kamakhya. It countries and they help is one of the oldest of the 51 families afford food, health Shakti Pithas. care and basic needs. For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 98  The temple is located on the  Mr. Kothari, a 1978 Haryana Nilachal hill in Guwahati. cadre IAS officer, has been  The Kamakhya temple is formally appointed more than dedicated to the tantric two months after a High Powered goddesses. Apart from the deity Committee (HPC) headed by Mr. Kamakhya Devi, compound of Modi selected him as the next the temple houses 10 other CVC. avatars of Kali namely 272. The Central Vigilance Dhumavati, Matangi, Bagola, Commission was set up by the Tara, Kamala, Bhairavi, Government in February, 1964 Chinnamasta, Bhuvaneshwari on the recommendations of – and Tripuara Sundari. There is (A) Santhanam Committee no statue, idol or image of Devi (B) Vasudev Committee in the temple, but in the corner (C) Bhagwati Committee of the cave in the temple, there is (D) Shivaraman Committee sculptured image of the yoni or Vagina of the goddess,  The Central Vigilance which is the object of worship Commission was set up by the and reverence. Government in February, 1964  Kamakhya devi is famous as on the recommendations of the the bleeding goddess. The Committee on Prevention of mythical womb and vagina of Corruption, headed by Shri K. Shakti are supposedly installed Santhanam, to advise and guide in the 'Garvagriha' or sanctum of Central Government agencies in the temple. In the month of the field of vigilance. Ashaad (June), the goddess  CVC are conceived to be the apex bleeds or menstruates. At this vigilance institution, free of time, the Brahmaputra river control from any executive near Kamakhya turns red. The authority, monitoring all temple then remains closed for 3 vigilance activity under the days and holy water is Central Government and distributed among the devotees advising various authorities in of Kamakhya devi. Central Government organizations in planning, executing, reviewing and 271. Who is recently appointed as reforming their vigilant work. Central Vigilance  Consequent upon promulgation Commissioner? of an Ordinance by the (A) Sanjay Kothari President, the Central Vigilance Commission has been made a (B) Nanak Chand multi member Commission with (C) Sanjeev Kumar "statutory status" with effect (D) Anindo Majumdar from 25th August,1998.  The Commission shall consist  Retired bureaucrat Sanjay of:  A Central Vigilance Kothari was sworn in as the next Commissioner - Chairperson; Central Vigilance Commissioner  Not more than two Vigilance by President Ram Nath Kovind. Commissioners - Members;

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 99 273. The United Nations (UN)  Around $1 trillion of debt owed organized the first by developing countries would be official International cancelled under a global deal Delegate’s Day on- proposed by the United Nations (A) April 25, 2020 Conference on Trade and (B) March 25, 2020 Development (UNCTAD) to help (C) February 25, 2020 them overcome the impact of the (D) January 25, 2020 coronavirus pandemic.  The United Nations Conference  The United Nations (UN) on Trade and Development was organized the first established in 1964 as a official International permanent intergovernmental Delegate’s Day on April 25, body. 2020 and this year it is a special  UNCTAD is the part of the United observance because it also Nations Secretariat dealing with marks the 75th anniversary of trade, investment, and the San-Francisco Conference, development issues. an event that laid the  Headquarters : Geneva, foundations of the United Switzerland Nations (UN). 276. The International Day of 274. World Malaria Day, marked Multilateralism and Diplomacy each year on for Peace is observed on- (A) 26 April (A) 24 April (B) 20 April (B) 21 April (C) 13 April (C) 25 April (D) 21 April (D) 22 April  The International Day of  World Malaria Day, marked each Multilateralism and Diplomacy year on 25 April, is an occasion for Peace was officially to highlight the need for proclaimed to be observed ever continued investment and year on 24 April by the UN sustained political commitment General Assembly on December 12, 2018 through a resolution. for malaria prevention and

control. 277. Every year World Intellectual  This year, the day is being Property Day is celebrated on- marked under the theme (A) 2 March Theme: Zero Malaria Starts (B) 2 October with me (C) 26 April

(D) 1 May 275. Headquarters of United Nations Conference on Trade and  Every April 26, World Development is located at- Intellectual Property Day is (A) Zurich celebrated to learn about the role (B) Stockholm that intellectual property (IP) (C) Oslo rights play in encouraging (D) Geneva innovation and creativity.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 100  the theme for The World 279. Who was recently named IPL’s Intellectual Property Day 2020 Greatest of All Time (GOAT) is ‘Innovate for a Green captain by a Star Sports jury Future.’ on the 13th anniversary of the league? 278. Operation Twist is related to- (A) Gautam Gambhir (A) Covid-19 help Mission started (B) Shane Warne by Indian Army (C) M.S. Dhoni (B) RBI’s open market operations (C) New Platform launched for (D) Rohit Sharma Education (D) New strategy adopted by  With three Indian Premier Delhi Government to fight League titles with Chennai Super against Covid-19 Kings, M.S. Dhoni was named IPL’s Greatest of All Time  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (GOAT) captain by a Star Sports has announced simultaneous jury on the 13th anniversary of purchase and sale of the league. ‘Captain Cool’, who government bonds in a bid to has a staggering win percentage soften long-term yields. The of 60.11, pipped Rohit Sharma, central bank will buy ₹10,000 who has led Mumbai Indians to a crore of bonds maturing between record four titles. 2026 and 2030 and sell the same  Dhoni has led CSK to eight amount of T-bills. finals, the most by any captain in  Such open market operations are the IPL. known as ‘Operation Twist,’  Besides Rohit, Dhoni also faced which was used by the RBI in stiff competition from Gautam December last year for the first Gambhir who helped KKR bag time. two titles. Shane Warne, Adam  ‘Operation Twist’ is when the Gilchrist and David Warner were also a part of the elite nominee central bank uses the proceeds list. from the sale of short-term securities to buy long-term 280. Consider the following government debt papers, statements in reference to E- leading to easing of interest Gram Swaraj Portal – 1. It will mark the complete rates on the long term papers. digitization of the villages to  Operation Twist normally leads strengthen e-governance in to lower longer-term yields, Panchayati Raj institutions in the whole country. which will help boost the 2. It is one single interface on economy by making loans less which the details will be listed expensive. panchayat wise.  Operation Twist first appeared in Which of the above statements is/are correct? 1961. (A) 1 only  In June 2012, Operation Twist (B) 2 only was so effective that the yield on (C) 1 and 2 both the 10-year U.S. Treasury (D) Neither 1 nor 2 dropped to a 200-year low. For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 101  On National Panchayati Raj  The Gram Swaraj Portal and Day, the Prime Minister application will provide a launched the e-Gramswaraj boost in transparency by Portal and Mobile app as a decentralized planning of portal to prepare and plan development projects, with Gram Panchayat progress reports updates and Development Plans. The increased accountability. portal will ensure real time monitoring and accountability. 281. Consider the following The portal is a major step statements in context of towards digitization down to Swamitva scheme- the Gram Panchayat level. 1. It was launched in pilot  The E-Gram Swaraj Portal will mode in 6 states to map mark the complete digitization rural inhabited lands using of the villages to strengthen e- drones and latest survey governance in Panchayati Raj methods. institutions in the whole country. 2. Scheme will ensure  The egramswaraj.gov.in portal is streamlined planning, one single interface on which the revenue collection and details will be listed panchayat provide clarity over property wise. The platform will provide rights in rural areas. records of work from planning to Which of the above the implementation in every statements is/are correct? village panchayat under Gram (A) 1 only Panchayati Development Plan (B) 2 only (GPDP). (C) 1 and 2 both  What is the benefit of Gram (D) Neither 1 nor 2 Swaraj Portal/App?  Monitoring and recording all  The Swamitva scheme was also the work via Gram Swaraj launched in pilot mode in 6 Portal/App will help speed-up states to map rural inhabited the implementation of lands using drones and latest projects in village areas. survey methods.  As it will contain the details of ongoing development works  the scheme will ensure and the fund allocated for the streamlined planning, projects, one can access and revenue collection and know about the groundwork. provide clarity over property  All the details related to rights in rural areas. Panchayat Sachiv and Panch  This will open up avenues for can be viewed on Gram applying for loans from Swaraj Portal. financial institutions by the  The works of the Ministry of owners. Disputes related to Panchayati Raj will be property would also be settled accessible through Gram through the title deeds allotted Swaraj Portal. through this scheme.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 102 282. The World Health  A virtual workshop on Organization is cautioning “Contract Management against the idea of immunity during Emergency passports. What the term situations” was organized by “immunity passports” World Bank in collaboration signifies- with AIMA (All India (A) People having immunity Management Association) for passports allowed to go back Project Management Unit of to work in that country Jhelum Tawi Flood Recovery (B) People can travel any country Project which is implementing (C) People having immunity USD 250 Million Flood passports do not allow going Recovery Project funded by back to work World Bank in the union (D) People having immunity territory of J&K. passports can move freely in any country 284. Which one among the following is not correctly  The World Health Organization matched? is cautioning against the idea (A) Havelock Island- Swaraj of immunity passports. It says Dweep there is currently no evidence (B) Ross Island - Netaji Subhas that people who have recovered Chandra Bose Island from COVID-19 and have (C) Neil island - Shaheed Dweep antibodies are protected (D) Barren Island- Shanti Dweep against a second infection.  The concept of immunity  In the midst of COVID-19, the passports or risk-free nearby places of famous certificates has been floated Shaheed Dweep located in as a way of allowing people A&N Islands are being protected against reinfection to return to work. regularly sanitized and  People who are issued cleanliness to be maintained by these certificates would the local Panchayat. be allowed to go back to  Three Andaman Islands- work and move about freely. the Havelock, Ross, and Neil Island will be officially 283. A virtual workshop on renamed on the occasion “Contract Management th during Emergency of 75 anniversary of Subhas situations” was recently Chandra Bose’s historic visit organized by which bank in to the islands. collaboration with AIMA (All  The Havelock Island will be India Management renamed Swaraj Dweep, Association)? the Ross Island will be called (A) World Bank Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (B) Asian Development bank (C) New Development bank Island and Neil island will be (D) NABARD renamed Shaheed Dweep.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 103  Barren Island is an island  In Madhya Pradesh, Chief located in the Andaman Sea. It Minister Shivraj Singh is the only confirmed active Chauhan launched the Jeevan volcano in South Asia, and Shakti Yojana. Under this scheme, women in urban the only active volcano along areas can earn by making a chain of volcanoes from masks at home. The Sumatra to Myanmar. It is a government will pay them Rs part of the Indian Union 11 per mask. Territory of Andaman and  The Chief Minister said that Nicobar Islands, and lies about women wishing to make masks 138 km (86 mi) northeast of will have to register themselves the territory's capital, Port by calling on the Call Centre Blair. number through their telephone or mobile. After registration, they will get an 285. Which state government has order to make masks on their recently launched a new mobiles. They will get orders to scheme Dhanwantari under make at least 200 masks at a which locally unavailable time. The mask should be medicines are provided to made of cotton cloth. patients at home?  After making the mask, they (A) Assam will submit their masks to the (B) Madhya Pradesh nodal officer appointed by the government. Its payment will (C) Odisha be credited to their account on (D) Kerala the same day or the next day.

 Assam government has 287. Swasthya Nidhi is recently in launched a new scheme news, in context of which Dhanwantari under which state/UT? locally unavailable medicines are provided to patients at (A) Chandigarh home. (B) New Delhi  Health Minister Himanta Biswa (C) Kerala Sarma said that medicines (D) Jammu and Kashmir below 200 rupees will be provided free of cost to  In Jammu and Kashmir, patients. He said that Health Lieutenant Governor Girish workers are delivering Chandra Murmu today called medicines for patients who for devising a robust cannot get it within 10 mechanism for door to door survey under Swasthya Nidhi kilometer of their radius. for effectively combating the spread of COVID-19 in the 286. Jeevan Shakti Yojana is Union Territory. He was related to which state? chairing a meeting to review (A) Uttar Pradesh the progress made under Swasthya Nidhi, an Integrated (B) Madhya Pradesh Health Audit and Intensive (C) Himachal Pradesh Screening Framework in (D) Arunachal Pradesh Jammu

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 104  Swasthya Nidhi provides an Atal Tunnel ideal platform to reach out to  Atal Tunnel (previously known each household in the UT for as Rohtang Tunnel), named IEC. It was informed that the after India's former Prime pilot survey in Jammu was Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, launched on 17th April for five is a highway tunnel being hotspots, covering 29 Electoral built under the Rohtang Pass Booths, which was completed in the eastern Pir Panjal range on 22nd April. The survey of the Himalayas on the Leh- started in seven districts of the Manali Highway. UT.  At 8.8 km (5.5 mi) length, the tunnel will be one of the 288. Rohtang Pass connects- longest road tunnels in (A) Lahaul and Spiti district of India and is expected to Himachal Pradesh from rest reduce the distance between of the country Manali and Keylong by about (B) Badrinath from rest of the 46 km (28.6 mi). country (C) India with Nepal 289. VITAL (Ventilator (D) Sikkim with Tibet Intervention Technology Accessible Locally) device,is  Border Roads Organization recently in news in context (BRO) has opened Rohtang of the affairs of- Pass, more than three weeks in (A) ISRO advance after clearing snow. It (B) DRDO (C) NASA is the arterial road (D) ICMR connecting Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh  NASA engineers have from rest of the country. developed a new, easy-to-build  It connects the Kullu Valley high-pressure ventilator tailored specifically to treat with the Lahaul and Spiti COVID-19 patients. Valleys of Himachal Pradesh,  The US space agency said that India. the device, called VITAL (Ventilator Intervention  The pass lies on the watershed Technology Accessible between the Chenab and Beas Locally), passed a critical test basins. On the southern side of this week at the Icahn School this pass, the Beas River of Medicine in New York, an epicentre of COVID-19 in the emerges from underground and US. flows southward and on its  NASA added that VITAL is northern side, the Chandra River designed to treat patients with milder symptoms, thereby (flows from the eastern keeping country's limited Himalayas), a source stream of supply of traditional ventilators the river Chenab, flows available for patients with westward. more severe COVID-19 symptoms.

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 105 290. A team of engineering  Stockholm International Peace students from IIT Bombay, Research Institute is an NIT Srinagar and Islamic international institute based in University of Science & Sweden, dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms Technology (IUST), control and disarmament. Awantipora recently built a  Founded: 6 May 1966 low-cost ventilator. What is  Headquarters: Stockholm, the name of that Ventilator? Sweden (A) Haider (B) Ghazala 292. According to “Trends in World (C) Ruhdaar Military Expenditure, 2019” (D) Hilal report, which one among the following pair of countries represent top three largest  A team of engineering students spenders on military from IIT Bombay, NIT Srinagar expenditure? and Islamic University of (A) China, India, Russia Science & Technology (IUST), (B) U.S.A, China, Russia (C) U.S.A, China, India Awantipora, Pulwama, Jammu (D) China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Kashmir has come up with a low-cost ventilator using locally  The annual report ‘Trends in World Military Expenditure, available materials called the 2019’ was released by a Swedish Ruhdaar. think tank, Stockholm  The project is headed by International Peace Research Zulqarnain, a first-year student Institute (SIPRI).  In 2019, the top five largest of Industrial Design Centre, IIT spenders — U.S. ($732 bn), Bombay. China, India, Russia ($65.1 bn)

291. “Trends in World Military and Saudi Arabia ($61.9 bn) — Expenditure, 2019” report is accounted for 62% of the global released by- expenditure. (A) Stockholm International  The $71.1 billion spent by India Peace Research Institute on defence in 2019 was 2.4% of (SIPRI) its Gross Domestic Product (B) International Institute for (GDP). India was at the fourth Strategic Studies position in 2018 with Saudi (C) Transparency International Arabia at the third. (D) North Atlantic Treaty 293. Chakma and Hajong Organization communities, are visible in  The annual report ‘Trends in newspapers frequently, in World Military Expenditure, context of affairs of which state? 2019’ was released by a (A) Odisha Swedish think tank, (B) Karnataka Stockholm International Peace (C) Jharkhand Research Institute (SIPRI). (D) Arunachal Pradesh For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 106  A Delhi-based rights body has  The UN rights chief warned that sought Prime Minister Narendra countries flouting the rule of law Modi’s intervention in ensuring in the name of fighting the novel food for the Chakma and Hajong coronavirus pandemic risk communities in Arunachal Pradesh who have allegedly not sparking a “human rights been included in the government disaster”. relief economic package.  There are 9 core international  The Chakmas and Hajongs, human rights instruments. displaced in the 1960s by violence and a dam in erstwhile East Pakistan, were settled in parts of Arunachal Pradesh.  The Chakmas and Hajongs do not have ration cards as the State government had illegally and arbitrarily seized those through an order on October 25, 1991.

294. “Tech Together” initiative is related to- (A) Google (B) Facebook (C) Twitter 296. Umar Akmal is recently banned (D) All of the above for three years. He is associated with which cricket  Google, Facebook and Twitter team? have joined The Center for Safe (A) Afghanistan Internet Pharmacies (CSIP), a (B) Bangladesh non-profit organisation, to support individuals with (C) Pakistan substance abuse during the (D) India COVID-19 lockdown around the globe. In an initiative called Tech  The Pakistan Cricket Board Together, they have come up has banned Umar Akmal from with an online platform, which all forms of the game for three has a collection of resources to years on corruption charges. help those with substance  Akmal had not requested for a abuse. hearing before the Anti- Corruption Tribunal after he was 295. Which one of the following is charged for two breaches of not an International Human Rights Treaty? Article 2.4.4 of the PCB Anti- (A) International Covenant on Corruption Code in two Civil and Political Rights unrelated incidents. (B) Convention on the  Akmal had stated in an interview Elimination of All Forms of that he was offered money to Discrimination against skip matches against India. He Women had also revealed that he was (C) Convention on the Rights of asked to leave two deliveries in a Persons with Disabilities (D) Declaration on the match by the bookies. Right to Development

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 107 297. Bell metal is an alloy of 299. "Great Adjutants" are (A) Copper and tin endangered species of the (B) Iron and copper stork. One place in India is (C) Iron and Tin associated with their largest (D) Silver and tin Colony. The place lies in (A) West Bengal  As Ministry of Tourism, (B) Assam Government of India continues (C) Tamilnadu with the initiative of organising a (D) Kerala series of Webinars under the overall theme of ‘Dekho Apna  As Ministry of Tourism, Desh’, its 8thwebinar in this series on “North East India- Government of India continues Experience the Exclusive with the initiative of organising a villages” with focus on Assam & series of Webinars under the Meghalaya highlighting the lesser overall theme of ‘Dekho Apna known villages was presented on Desh’, its 8thwebinar in this 24th April 2020.  Sarthebari – The bell metal series on “North East India- industry of Assam is the second Experience the Exclusive largest handicraft sector after villages” with focus on Assam & bamboo craft. Bell metal is an Meghalaya highlighting the lesser alloy of copper and tin and the known villages was presented on craftsmen of this industry are th referred to as ‘Kahar’ or ‘Orja’. 24 April 2020.  Dadara - The endangered species 298. A central PSU NTPC Ltd, is of the greater adjutant India's largest power producer stork; Hargila as called in works under which ministry? Assamese, finds an exclusive (A) Ministry of Power (B) Ministry of Coal home in Dadara. There are (C) Ministry of New and about only 1500 greater Renewable Energy adjutant storks left in the (D) Ministry of Environment, world and the largest nestling Forest and Climate Change colony, about 500 adjutant

 NTPC Ltd, India's largest power storks get a safe haven in this producer and a central PSU village. The inspiring story of under Ministry of Power, has their conservation can be traced invited Global Expression of to the Hargila Army led by Green Interest (EoI) to provide 10 Oscar Awardee, Smt Purnima Hydrogen Fuel Cell (FC) based electric buses and an equal Devi Barman. number of Hydrogen Fuel Cell based electric cars in Leh and 300. What Does Anosmia indicate? Delhi. The EoI has been issued (A) The abrupt loss of smell by NTPC's wholly owned (B) hard to fall asleep subsidiary, NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN) Limited. (C) do not have the clotting factor (D) low number of red blood cells

For Batch Related Information, Please Call: 8010447711 108  Scientists of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jodhpur have explored the neuroinvasive nature of the COVID 19 virus SARS-CoV-2 highlighting that loss of smell and taste of infected patients makes their entire Central Nervous System (CNS) and the underlying structures in the brain more prone to viral infection with devastating effects.  They have attributed the loss of

smell or taste to the fact that nose and mouth both are very important entry points of the virus, which then may be slowly making its way to the olfactory bulb using the neurons of the olfactory mucosa. The olfactory bulb located in the forebrain is the structure that is chiefly responsible for the sense of smell. This explains the loss of smell associated with many asymptomatic carriers of COVID- 19 and also may be exposing the CNS to viral infection.  The paper also rings warning bells to the asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 with anosmia (loss of smell) and ageusia (loss of taste) to self- quarantine themselves as soon as they feel these and consult specialized nephrologists before they turn into carriers. It also suggests brain autopsies of

COVID-19 infected patients and analysis of their cerebrospinal fluid.

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