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Q1. Recently, the government of which state had released a book titled ‘The Tangams’?
Tamil Nadu
Assam
Madhya Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
D. Arunachal Pradesh
The Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu has released a book titled “Tangams: An Ethnolinguistic Study Of The Critically Endangered Group of Arunachal Pradesh”. The book is based on the Tangams, a critically endangered speech community of Arunachal Pradesh resides at Kugging village, Upper Siang district.
Q2. According to the report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA), what is the rank of India forest areas during 2010-2020?
5th
8th
3rd
7th
C. 3rd
India accounted to 0.38% of annual gain in forest cover in 2010-2020, which is around 266,000 hectares of forest increase every year at an average.
Globally, 12.5 million people employed in the forestry sector. Out of this, India accounted for 6.23 million.
Q3. Who wins the first edition of the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity?
Kallan Benson
Greta Thunberg
Isra Hirsi
David Wicker
B. Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg has been awarded for her efforts to mobilise younger generations to tackle climate change.
Gulbenkian Prize is a series of prizes awarded annually by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. It is a special international Prize funded by an annual award of €100,000 each in the field of human rights.
Q4. Which Ministry has recently launched ‘MANODARPAN’ initiative to provide psychosocial support to students for their mental health and well-being?
Ministry of Human Resource and Development
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
A. Ministry of Human Resource and Development
‘MANODARPAN’ initiative a advisory guidelines for students, teachers and faculty of School systems and Universities along with families. Under this initiative the working group will provide support to address the mental health and psychosocial aspects both during and after COVID-19 lockdown through counselling services, online resources and helpline. A special web page of MANODARPAN and a handbook was launched.
Q5. India’s First public Electric Vehicle (EV) charging plaza inaugurated at which state/UT?
New Delhi
Tamil Nadu
Jammu and Kashmir
Karnataka
A. New Delhi
It has been set up for enhancing energy efficiency and promoting e-mobility. This plaza will host 5 EV chargers of different specifications.
Q6. Which country has been granted “Observer” status by the World Trade Organization (WTO) General Council?
Pakistan
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan
Iraq
B. Turkemenistan
Turkmenistan became the 25th country observer of the organization and the last former Soviet republic to establish formal ties with the trade body.
Q7. Recently, India and which country signed an agreement for establishment of ‘Emergency Medical Services Unit’?
US
Brazil
Bangladesh
Maldives
D. Maldives
This service is financed by India under grant assistance of around $20 million to the Maldives. The Emergency Medical Service will help to increase the collaboration between the countries, especially in the critical times of need.
Q8. Green Climate Fund (GCF) and which bank partnered towards ‘green recovery’ on the impacts of COVID-19 disease?
World Bank
EXIM Bank
National Development Bank
Asian Development Bank
D. Asian Development Bank
It is a partnership toward a ‘green recovery’ for members confronting the harsh economic impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. They agreed to strengthen collaboration on non-sovereign operations while ensuring GCF’s processes are as flexible as possible to foster at-scale financing.
Q9. Which state/UT has recently launched “Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojana” to facilitate the doorstep delivery of ration to the beneficiaries?
Chandigarh
Jharkhand
New Delhi
Odisha
C. New Delhi
Under the scheme, wheat, flour, rice and sugar-packed hygienically in bags will be delivered to the doorstep of people. ‘Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojana’ ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ scheme and will be implemented in Delhi on the same day.
Q10. India’s first in-orbit space debris monitoring and tracking system was recently developed by
Dhruva
Digantara
Team Indus
Pixxel
B. Digantara
Digantara Research and Technology (DRT) which has developed India’s first in-orbit space debris monitoring and tracking system that works on LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology. It is India’s first air and space surveillance company. It has received a grant of Rs 25 lakhs.
