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APSC Prelim 2018 GS Paper – Analysis of Current Affairs & GK Section Questions

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APSC Prelim 2018 GS Paper – Current Affairs & GK Section Questions Analysis

Current Affairs & GK is very important sections in any General Studies papers and in APSC GS Paper too, a significant number of Questions are asked from these sections. So, analyzing the previous year’s Qs from this section can be very helpful to understand Focus Areas to study more extensively.

Q39. Which organisation was the lead agency for the BIMSTEC DMEx-2017?

  1. The National Disaster Response Force
  2. The National Disaster Management Force
  3. The National Disaster Security Force
  4. The National Disaster Rehabilitation Force
  5.  

Q40. Which Indian cartoonist won the International Award in the best caricature categoriy at the World Press Cartoon Awards 2018?

Thomas Antony

 

Q41. What does JICF stand for in the context of JICA and the NE Region?

Japan-India Coordination Forum (JICF) for Development of North-Eastern Region

 

Q42. Which country has celebrated 25th year of diplomatic ties with India in 2017?

Israel

Celebration of 25 years of India-Israel Diplomatic Relations, New Delhi (February 28, 2017)

Q43. In which city did India’s first e-court open?

Hyderabad

India’s first e-court was Sunday opened at High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad, which is the common high court for the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

 

Q44. SBI has launched a new initiative to facilitate cooperates looking to invest in India. What is it called as?

Japan Desk

State Bank of India (SBI) has launched a new initiative called ‘Japan Desk’, a first-of-its-kind initiative to facilitate Japanese corporates looking to invest in India with banking and advisory services.

 

Q45. In 103rd Indian Science Congress Prime Minister Narendra Modi coined five Es for enquiry and engineering. What do the five Es stand for?

Economy, Environment, Energy, Empathy and Equity.

 

Q46. In which Chinese city, the Indian and Chinese armies launched their 5th annual anti-terrorism exercise holding hand in hand?

Kunming

 

Q47. Which social networking giant has partnered with National Commission for Women (NCW) to offer digital literacy programme for women?

Facebook

 

Q48. What is the GDP growth of India forecast for 2018, as per latest Moody’s Investors Service Report ‘Global Macro Outlook, 2018-19?

7.3%

 

Q51. Hornbill Festival of Nagaland is celebrated in which of the following venues?

Kisama

The Hornbill Festival is held at Naga Heritage Village, Kisama which is about 12 km from Kohima. All the tribes of Nagaland take part in this festival.

 

Q56. Which Indian actor is also a recipient of Jnanpith Award in literature?

Girish Karnad

 

Q74. Who among the following writers from Assam was awarded ‘Padma Shri’in 2018?

Arup Kumar Dutta

 

Q94. Which of the following in known as the Land of Midnight Sun?

  1. Finland
  2. Spain
  3. Norway
  4. Greenland

 

Q95. Which of the following numericals stands as the extent of seawater/ocean water distance from the baseline in case of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)?

  1. 200 nautical miles
  2. 250 nautical miles
  3. 300 nautical miles
  4. 500 nautical miles

Important National and International Days & Dates – APSC / Assam Exam GK

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Important National and International Days & Dates

General Knowledge (GK) for APSC / Assam Recruitment Exam
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January

January 12 – National Youth Day

January 15 – Army Day

January 23 – Birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

January 26 – Republic Day

January 26 – International Customs day

January 30 – World Leprosy Eradication Day

 

February

February 4 – World Cancer Day

February 13 – National Women’s Day

February 14 – Valentine’s Day

February 20 – World Day of Social Justice

February 21 – International Mother Language Day

February 23 – World Peace and Understanding Day

 

March

March 4 – World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation

March 8 – International Womens’ Day

March 15 – World Consumer Rights Day

March 20 – World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People

March 21 – World Forestry Day

March 21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

March 22 – World Water Day

March 23 – World Meteorological Day

March 24 – World TB Day

March 25 – International Day of Remembrance – Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade 

 

April

April 7 – World Health Day

April 17 – World Haemophilia Day

April 18 – World Heritage Day

April 22 – Earth Day

April 25 – World Malaria Day

 

May

May 1 – International Labour Day

May 3 – Press Freedom Day

May 8 – World Red Cross Day

May 11 – National Technology Day

May 14 – World Migratory day

May 21 – Anti-Terrorism Day

May 22 – Global Biodiversity Day

May 31 – World No Tobacco Day

 

June

June 5 – World Environment Day

June 12 – World Day against Child Labour

June 14 – World Blood Donor Day

June 17 – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

June 20 – World Refugee Day

June 26 – International Day against Drug Abuse and Ilicit Trafficking

June 27 – International Diabetes Day

 

 

July

July 1 – National doctor’s Day

July 11 – World Population Day

July 18 – Nelson Mandela International Day

July 28 – World Nature Conservation day

 

August

August 9 – International day of the World’s Indigenous People

August 12 – International Youth Day

August 15 – Independence Day

August 23 – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

August 29 – National Sports Day ( Birthday of Dhyan Chand)

 

September

September 5 – Teacher’s Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Birth Day)

September 8 – International Literacy Day

September 14 – Hindi Day, World First Aid Day

September 16 – World Ozone Day

September 21 – International Day of Peace, World Alzheimer’s day

September 27 – World Tourism Day

 

October

October 2 – International day of Non-Violence

October 3 – World Nature Day, World Habitat Day

October 5 – World Teacher’s Day

October 8 – Indian Airforce Day

October 11 – International Girl Child Day

October 16 – World Food day

October 17 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

October 20 – World Statistics Day

October 24 – United Nations Day

 

November

November 14 – Children’s Day (Birth Anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru )

November 16 – International Day for Endurance

November 17 – International students Day

November 19 – World Citizen Day

November 20 – Universal Children’s Day

November 21 – World Television Day

November 21 – World Fisheries day

 

December

December 1 – World AIDS Day

December 2 – World Computer Literacy Day

December 2 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

December 3 – International Day of People with Disability

December 3 – World Conservation Day

December 6 – Ambedkar Remembrance Day ( Mahaparinirvana Diwas)

December 9 – The International Day Against Corruption

December 10 – International Day of Broadcasting

December 10 – Human Rights Day

December 14 – World Energy Day

December 18 – International Migrants Day

December 20 – International Human Solidarity Day

 

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  Economy of Assam
  Environment & Ecology
  Geography of Assam
  History of Britain
  Assam – Art & Culture
  History of Assam – Ahom and British Period
  History of Assam – Ancient Period

Quiz Set 290 (Special Set on Bodo Sahitya Sabha): July 28-31, 2020

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Assam Current Affairs & GK Quiz Set 290 (Special Quiz on Bodo Sahitya Sabha) : July 28 – 31, 2020

( Daily and Monthly Assam Current Affairs & GK Quiz & MCQ for APSC Exams and various Assam exams)

 

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Q1. When was Bodo Sahitya Sabha founded?

  1. 15 December 1917
  2. 16 November 1952
  3. 10 March 1935
  4. 12 September 1945

B. 16 November 1952

 

Q2. Where is the headquarter of Bodo Sahitya Sabha located?

  1. Kokrajhar
  2. Baksa
  3. Udalguri
  4. Chirang
A. Kokrajhar

Kokrajhar is a town in the Bodoland Territorial Region an autonomous territory in Assam. It is the headquarters of Kokrajhar district and the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC). It is located along the bank of Gaurang River.

 

Q3. Bodo Sahitya Sabha was founded under the presidency of

  1. Samar Brahama Choudhury
  2. Padmashree Modaram Brahma
  3. Joy Bhadra Hagjer
  4. Kanakeswar Narzary
C. Joy Bhadra Hagjer

 

Q4. Who was the first General Secretary of Bodo Sahitya Sabha?

  1. Dharanidhar Basumatary
  2. Sonaram Thaosen
  3. Upendra Nath Brahma
  4. Karendra Basumatary
B. Sonaram Thaosen 

Q5. Bodo language was introduced as a medium of instruction at primary level in the year

  1. 1961
  2. 1962
  3. 1963
  4. 1964

C. 1963 

Bodo language was introduced in 1963 as a medium of instruction in the primary schools and at secondary level in the year 1968 in Boro dominated areas. It is official language of the Bodoland autonomous region and co-official language of of Assam.

 

Q6. Bodo language has been included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution under which Amendment?

  1. 73rd Amendment
  2. 82nd Amendment
  3. 89th Amendment
  4. 92nd Amendment
D. 92nd Amendment

The 92nd Constitutional amendment Act amended the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution so as to include Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santali languages.

The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India lists the official languages of the Republic of India.

 

 

Q7. Which among the following is/are correct about Bodo Sahitya Sabha?

  1. The main aim of the Sabha was the preservation and promotion of the Bodo language and culture.
  2. It consisted of representatives of Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura and Nepal in abroad.
  3. In 1985, Bodo has been recognized as an associated state official language of Assam.
  4. All of the above
D. All of the above

 

Q8. Who was selected for the Sahitya Akademi Annual Award- 2019 for his Poetry ‘Akhai Athumniphrai’?

  1. Phukan Chandra Basumatary
  2. Rituraj Basumatary
  3. Guneswar Musahary
  4. Brajendra Kumar Brahma
A. Phukan Chandra Basumatary

 

Q9. Bodo language has been recognised as an associate state official language of Assam in which year?

  1. 1968
  2. 1985
  3. 1874
  4. 1990
B. 1985

 

Q10. Who is the present President of Bodo Sahitya Sabha?

  1. Brojendra Kr. Brahma
  2. Kameshwar Brahma
  3. Daleswar Boro
  4. Taren Boro
D. Taren Boro

 

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Assam Current Affairs and GK Quiz – Set 289: July 25-27, 2020

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Assam Current Affairs & GK Quiz Set 289 : July 25 – 27, 2020

( Daily and Monthly Assam Current Affairs & GK Quiz & MCQ for APSC Exams and various Assam exams)

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Q1. Which is the first city from Northeast to get a manhole cleaning robot ‘BANDICOOT’ to ensure minimal human involvement to clean the sewers? 

  1. Agartala
  2. Guwahati
  3. Itanagar
  4. Aizawl
B. Guwahati 

The automatic sewer cleaning device has been procured by the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC). The device was developed by a Start-up India company called Genrobotics under the Make in India initiative, funded by CSR of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).

 

Q2. Which state government recently deployed drone and anti-depredation quick response vehicle to guard forest areas?

  1. West Bengal
  2. Assam
  3. Bihar
  4. Kerala
B. Assam

This drone would be able to narrow-cast any purported movement of the poachers and would delve a blow to poaching in the national parks, wild life sanctuaries and other reserve forests.

 

Q3. As per the National Education Policy 2020, the Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education to be raised to what percent by 2035?

  1. 35%
  2. 25%
  3. 50%
  4. 60%
C. 50%

New Policy aims for universalization of education from pre-school to secondary level with 100 % Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in school education by 2030. Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education to be raised to 50% by 2035, with addition of 3.5 crore seats.

 

Q4. The book “The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World” authored by

  1. Venkaiah Naidu
  2. Rajdeep Sardesai
  3. S Jaishankar
  4. Amartya Sen
C. S Jaishankar

 

Q5. Name the mobile application launched by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) recently?

  1. Weather
  2. Climate
  3. Megha
  4. Mausam

D. Mausam

This app is designed to communicate the weather information and forecasts to the general public. The app will forecast weather conditions of around 450 cities, which will show the weather conditions of the past 24 hours and seven days. It will also help to show radar images

 

Q6. Government of India recently inaugurated ‘World Class State of Art Honey Testing Laboratory’ in which state?

  1. Tripura
  2. Gujarat
  3. Nagaland
  4. Andhra Pradesh
B. Gujarat 

The testing lab was established by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in Anand, Gujarat with support of NBB (National Bee Board).

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has now notified new standards of Honey, Bee Wax and Royal Jelly.

 

Q7. Which institute has recently developed medical bed isolation system named ‘Aashray’?

  1. Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT)
  2. Christian Medical College (CMC)
  3. Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL)
  4. Madra Medical College (MMC)
A. Defence Institute of Advanced Techology (DIAT)

Medical bed isolation system is a low cost, reusable solution to maintain proper isolation of COVID-19 patients. The product is modular and portable in design and can be suitable for different requirements.

 

Q8. Green-Agriculture, a project funded by Global Environment Facility (GEF) was launched in which state recently?

  1. Telangana
  2. Mizoram
  3. Odisha
  4. Sikkim

B. Mizoram

Mizoram is first among the five states where the project is to be implemented. The other four states are Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand.

 

Q9. Who represents India in 6th BRICS Environment Ministers’ Meeting through video conference?

  1. Prakash Javadekar
  2. Nirmala Sitharaman
  3. Ramvilas Paswan
  4. Harsimrat Kaur Badal
A. Prakash Jaadekar

BRICS is the acronym for the combined economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

The first BRIC Summit took place in 2009 in the Russian Federation and focused on issues such as reform of the global financial architecture. South Africa was invited to join BRIC in December 2010, after which the group adopted the acronym BRICS.

 

Q10. Who has won the Lifetime Excellence Award 2020 in Earth System Science for his major contribution in the field of Biostratigraphy, Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology?

  1. Anil Prakash Joshi
  2. Usha Chaumar
  3. Trinity Saioo
  4. Professor Ashok Sahni
D. Professor Ashok Sahni

Earth system science (ESS) is the application of systems science to the Earth. It focuses on the operation of the whole Earth, including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and geosphere.

 

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Indian states’ ranking in different Indices in 2020 & 2019

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Rankings of Indian states in various Indices & Reports in 2020 and 2019. These rankings are very important topic for any exams.

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  Environment & Ecology
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  History of Britain
  Assam – Art & Culture
  History of Assam – Ahom and British Period
  History of Assam – Ancient Period
Index name  Published by Indian Rank/ Topper
SDG India Index 2019-20 NITI Aayog —
School Education Quality Index (SEQI) NITI Aayog Kerala
India Innovation Index 2019 NITI Aayog Karnataka (Top state)
Composite Water Management Index 2.0 NITI Aayog Gujarat
Health Index of India 2019 NITI Aayog Kerala
Sustainable Development Goals Index 2018 NITI Ayog Himachal Pradesh
QS India University Rankings 2020 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
Good Governance Index 2019 Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Tamil Nadu
Child Well Being Index 2019 IFMR LEAD Kerala
State RooftopSolar Attractiveness Index 2019 Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) Karnataka
Climate Vulnerability Index 2019 IITs , IISc, Bengaluru and the Swiss Development Corporation (SDC) Assam
State Energy Efficiency Index 2019 Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, R K Singh Haryana, Karnataka and Kerala



India’s Rankings in International Indices & Reports 2020 & 2019

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India’s Rankings in Different Indices & Reports in 2020 & 2019 (Latest Rankings)

 

India’s Rankings in International  Indices & Reports is a very important topic for any exams.

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  Environment & Ecology
  Geography of Assam
  History of Britain
  Assam – Art & Culture
  History of Assam – Ahom and British Period
  History of Assam – Ancient Period

 

Index/Report Released by India’s Rank 1st Rank
Nomura’s Food Vulnerability Index 2019 Japanese financial services group Nomura 44th Libya
International Intellectual Property Index 2020 US Chambers of Commerce 40th United States
Global Democracy Index 2019 EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) 51st Norway
B2C E-Commerce Index 2019 Organization, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 73rd Netherlands
Human Development Index 2019 UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) 129th Norway
Global Climate Risk Index 2020 German watch 5th Japan
Climate Change Performance Index 2019 New Climate Institute, Germanwatch and CAN 9th Sweden
World Giving Index 2019 Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) 82nd USA
Global Unicorn List 2019 Hurun Research Institute 3rd China
World Talent Ranking 2019 IMD 59th Switzerland
Global Prosperity Index 2019 Basque institutions Bengaluru – 83rd, Delhi-101stand Mumbai – 107th Zurich (Switzerland)
Global Health Security Index 2019 Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) 57th United States
Ease of Doing Business Report 2020 World Bank 63rd Newzealand
World Digital Competitiveness Rankings IMD World Competitiveness Center 44th USA
Global Hunger Index 2019 Irish aid agency Concern in partnership with Welthungerhilfe 102nd Belarus
 World Inequality Index Oxfam, independent charitable organizations 147th Denmark
Global Competitiveness Index 2019 World Economic Forum (WEF) 68th Singapore
The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2019 World Economic Forum 34th Spain
Global Liveability Index 2019 The Economist Intelligence Unit(EIU) Delhi 118thRank and Mumbai 119thRank Austria’s Capital Vienna
Safe Cities Index 2019 The Economist Intelligence Unit Mumbai-45th
New Delhi-52nd		 Tokyo
Global Kids Right Index 2019 KidsRights Foundation 117th Iceland
Asia Power Index 2019 Lowy Institute 4th United States
World Competitive Ranking 2019 International Institute for Management Development (IMD) 43rd Singapore
World Inequalty Index 2019 Oxfam 147th Denmark
Inclusive Internet Index 2019 EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) 47th Sweden
Global Talent competitiveness Index 2019 Adecco Group, INSEAD and Tata Communications 80th Switzerland
Global Innovation Index 2019 Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organization 52nd Switzerland
Henley Passport Index 2019 International Air Transport Association (IATA) 86th Japan and Singapore
QS World University Ranking 2020 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) 152ndPosition, IIT Bombay Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
SDG Gender Equality Index 2019 Equal Measures 2030 95th Denmark
Mercer Quality of Living Ranking 2019 Consulting Agency Mercer Chennai Autrian Capital, Vienna
Global Peace Index 2019 Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) 141st Iceland
World Press Freedom Index 2019 Reporters Without Borders 140th Norway
Global Energy Transition Index 2019 World Economic Forum 76th Sweden
Corruption Perception Index 2019 Transparency International 80th Denmark and New Zealand
Bloomberg Innovation Index Bloomberg Business 54th South Korea
Global Findex 2017 World Bank 2nd China
Human Capital Index 2018 World Bank 115th Singapore
Global Hunger Index 2018 International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 103rd Belarus
Global Terrorism Index 2018 Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) in collaboration with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism
(START)		 7th Afghanistan
The Human Freedom Index 2018 Cato and Fraser Institute 110th New Zealand
Global Climate Risk Index 2019 Annual Climate Summit 14th Puerto Rico
Global Gender Gap Index 2019 World Economic Forum (WEF) 112nd Iceland
Forest and Tree Cover Food and Agriculture Organizations 8th  
Global Phosphorous Pollution Index Water Resources Research 2nd China
World Migration Report UN 1st India
E-commerce Development Index 2018 UN 96th Denmark
Global Competitiveness Index 2018 The World Economic Forum 58th US
Human Capital Score World Bank 158th Finland
Commonwealth innovation index WIPO and GII 10th UK
Global Economic Freedom Index American think-tank 130th Hong Kong
Environmental Performance Index 2018 World Economic Forum 177th Switzerland
List of Wealthiest countries New World Wealth 6th USA
International Intellectual Property Index 2020 US Chambers of Commerce 40th United States
World Happiness report UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network 140th Finland
Global manufacturing Index World Economic Forum 30th Japan
Inclusive Development Index World Economic Forum 62nd Norway (Advanced)
Lithuania (Emerging)
Hurun Global Rich List 2018 – Highest Number of Billionaires Hurun Research Institute 3rd China
Global Hunger Index (GHI) IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute) 103rd Belarus
Climate change performance index German watch 14th Sweden
2017 Military strength ranking Global Firepower 4th USA
Best countries for Business Forbes 62nd UK
Global Tuberculosis Report 2017 WHO 1st  
International Business Report – Business optimism index Grant Thornton 7th Indonesia
Government at a Glance Report 2017 OECD (Organization for Economic Corporation and Development) 3rd Switzerland
Passport Index Arton Capital 75th Singapore
Pollution and Health – Pollution related deaths The Lancet 1st  
IMD Competitiveness Rankings International Institute for Management Development (IMD) 44th US
India Solar Market Leaderboard 2018 Mercom Communications 3rd China
Asia Pacific on Power Index Lowy Institute and Australian think tank 4th US
FDI Confidence Index 2018 Global consultant AT Kearney 11th United States
Worldwide military spending Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) 5th US
Global Urban Air Pollution database World Health Organisation (WHO) 14 Indian cities India
Most valuable nation brand Brand Finances 8th United States
Migrants living abroad UN DESA 1st India
Business optimism index Grant Thornton’s International Business 7th Indonesia
Global manufacturing Index. World Economic Forum 30th Japan
Travel and Tourism competitiveness index World Economic Forum (WEF) 40th Spain, France and Germany
Renewable energy attractiveness index   4th China
Global milk production Index   1st India
Healthcare index Lancet 154th Switzerland
Consumer confidence index University of Michigan 1st India
Global retail development index A.T. Kearneys Global Retail Development 1st India
Network readiness index World Economic Forum’s 89th Singapore

Assam 2020 Yearbook – Assam GK, Current Affairs & important issues (Important for APSC & other exams)

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Assam 2020 Yearbook – Coverage of Assam GK & Current Affairs of 2019 & important issues (Important for APSC & other exams)

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Assam 2020 Yearbook comprehensively covers all the important events/topics of Current affairs of Assam. Varied subjects covered in the Assam 2020 Yearbook are State profile of Assam, Assam’s Governance and Polity & Administration, Judiciary, Geography, History, Culture & Literature. It also covers contemporary issues/topics important for competitive exams point of view.

TABLE  OF  CONTENTS

10 Chapters
  1. Introduction – State Profile of Assam
  2. Important Events of Assam in 2019
  3. Governance and Politics of Assam
  4. Judiciary in Assam
  5. Geography of Assam
  6. Medieval History of Assam
    Special Coverage: Chaolung Sukaphaa & Paik System
  7. Economy of Assam
    Special Coverage: Provisions related to Assam & North East India in the Union Budget 2019-20
  8. Demography of Assam
  9. Culture & Literature of Assam
  10. Union Budget 2019-20
10 Important Topics
  • TOPIC 1. National Register of Citizens (NRC) & National Population Register (NPR)
  • TOPIC 2. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019  
  • TOPIC 3. Assam Accord (1985)
  • TOPIC 4. e-Governance initiatives of Assam Government
  • TOPIC 5. Good Governance Ranking (CGI) of Indian States
  • TOPIC 6. Indian Forest Cover Report 2019 – Important Highlights
  • TOPIC 7. 13th South Asian Games 2019
  • TOPIC 8. SDG India Index Report                
  • TOPIC 9. Nobel Prize 2019 – Full list of Winners
  • Special Article – Assam’s Nobel Prize Connection through Dr Ronald Ross

Total 246 pages (excluding covers)

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Nobel Prize Winners 2019 in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Economics, Peace and Literature

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Nobel Prize 2019 – Full list of Winners

in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Economics, Peace and Literature

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The Nobel Foundation has declared the list of 15 eminent personalities as the winners for 2019, for their individual contributions in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology (or Medicine), Economics, Peace and Literature.

All About the Nobel Prize

  • Nobel winners are given a medal, a certificate and a cash award of about $900,000 (when multiple people win a single Nobel, they typically split the cash award.)
  • The awards are instituted by the Nobel Foundation based on the recommendations from The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the Nobel Prize in Economics, Physics and Chemistry, Karolinska Institute for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Swedish Academy for Literature, and a Committee of five persons elected by the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) for the Peace Prize.
  • First established in 1895 at the will of the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. Annual awards are given in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economics.
  • From 1901 till 2018, 908 laureates and 27 organisations have received the Nobel Prize.
  • All the Prize except Peace Prize awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. Peace Prize awarded in Oslo, Norway.
  • Youngest Nobel Laureate (17-years): Malala Yousafzai for Peace in 2014.
  • Oldest Nobel Laureate (97-years): John B. Goodenough for Chemistry in 2019.

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Full list of the 2019 Nobel Prize winners

 
2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

William G. Kaelin Jr., Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza won the 2019 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. The trio identified molecular machinery that regulates the activity of genes in response to varying levels of oxygen. Their work has paved the way for promising new strategies to fight anemia, cancer and many other diseases.

 

2019 Nobel Prize in Physics

James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz won the 2019 Nobel Prize in physics. Peebles, of Princeton University, received half of the award, for work focused on “theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology,” while Mayor and Queloz, of the University of Geneva (and, for Queloz, Cambridge University) shared half the award for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.

 

2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino won the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry. The three scientists have all worked to develop and advance lithium-ion batteries, now-ubiquitous technology which the Nobel Assembly said has laid the foundation of a wireless, fossil fuel-free society.

 

2019 Prize in Economic Sciences

A trio of economists, Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee and his wife Prof Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer, received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their experimental approach (viz. randomized controlled trials) to alleviating global poverty.

Esther Duflo, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the youngest person to win the economics prize and also only the second-ever woman to receive the prize.

 

2019 Nobel Peace Prize

The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for his internal reforms work to bring an end to a long-running border dispute between his country and neighboring Eritrea.

 

2019 & 2018 Nobel Prizes in Literature

Austrian novelist and playwright Peter Handke won the 2019 Nobel Prize in literature “for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience”.

Polish author Olga Tokarczuk won the 2018 Nobel Prize in literature “for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life,” the Assembly said.

 

Indians Nobel laureates

  • 12 Indians (5 Indian citizens and 7 overseas persons of Indian origin) have been awarded Nobel Prize in various categories.
  • The first person of Indian origin and also first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Prize was Rabindranath Tagore for his works “Gitanjali” in 1913.
  • First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Physics was C. V. Raman for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him” in 1930.
  • First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize for Peace was Mother Teresa in 1979.
  • First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics was Amartya Sen in 1998.
  • First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was Har Gobind Khorana for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis in 1968.
  • First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry was Venkatraman Ramakrishnan for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome in 2009.
  • The only woman from India in the list of Nobel Prize recipient is Mother Teresa.
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Assam and other states/UT in Ranking & Index

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 Assam, Bihar and J&K at bottom of Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS)

  • Assam, Bihar and Jammu & Kashmir featured on the bottom of the new Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) index due to the lack of good transport facilities, scarcity of logistics services and bad track record in timeliness.
  • Best Performer – Gujarat, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh
  • The LEADS index is developed by the Commerce and Industry Ministry and Deloitte – ranks states in terms of the logistical support they provided to promote goods trade.

 

 Assam and Uttar Pradesh – worst performers in Healthcare Access and Quality Index  

  • The index is created by the Global Burden of Disease study and published in the medical journal The Lancet.
  • Best Performer – Goa and Kerala

 Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are the laggards in UN’s India SDG index

  • Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are the laggards in the sustainable development goals (SDG) Index
  • Best Performer – Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
  • Ranking of states released by federal policy think tank NITI Aayog and the UN.

 

 The SDG India Index Ranking

India as a whole has a score of 58, showing the country has reached a little beyond the halfway mark in meeting the sustainable development goals adopted by India and 192 other nations in 2015.

  • Tamil Nadu topped the states in poverty reduction
  • Kerala topped in providing quality education
  • Kerala and Tamil Nadu also topped in facilitating good health and well-being.
  • Sikkim topped in Gender equality

 National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) 2017-18

  • To check the progress in sanitation outcomes, including the open defecation free (ODF) status under Swacch Bharat Abhiyan.
  • Kerala and Mizoram are the best performing States, with 100% of open defecation free households

 Kerala topped the Public Affairs Index 2018 by Public Affairs Centre (PAC)

  • Top 5 states – Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and Gujarat
  • Bottom states – Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh

 Andhra Pradesh topped Ease Of Doing Business Ranking by DIPP & WB

  • Top 10 states – Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan and West Bengal.

 Pune led the Ease of Living Index of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

  • Top 10 cities – 1. Pune 2. Navi Mumbai 3. Greater Mumbai 4. Tirupati 5. Chandigarh 6. Thane 7. Raipur 8. Indore 9. Vijayawada 10. Bhopal
  • Bottom 10 cities – 102. Silvassa 103. Saharanpur 104. Kavaratti 105. Pasighat 106. Itanagar 107. Bhagalpur 108. Bihar Sharif 109. Patna 110. Kohima 111. Rampur

Kolkata best among Megacities in Commute-Related Pollution: CSE report

  • Bhopal leads the list on the lowest overall emission

 Assam and Kerala ranked at top for the burden of cancer in ‘India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative’ report

  • Punjab topped for the burden of ischemic heart disease, followed by Tamil Nadu
  • West Bengal topped with the largest number of stroke cases followed by Odisha.

 Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018

  • Top 3 States-1) Haryana, 2) Gujarat 3) Maharashtra
  • Top 3 Districts 1) Satara, Maharashtra 2) Rewari, Haryana 3) Pedapalli, Telangana
  • Jodhpur ranked cleanliest rail stations in Third Party Survey Report on Station Cleanliness.
  • Gujarat ranked number one in Composite Water Management Index by NITI Aayog
  • IIT Bombay tops in QS Rankings of India University Rankings
Other Important Rankings

 Rank List of Indian states and union territories by Nominal GDP

  1. Maharashtra ₹96 lakh crore ($430 billion)
  2. Tamil Nadu ₹78 lakh crore ($256 billion)
  3. Gujarat ₹96 lakh crore ($230 billion)
  4. Uttar Pradesh ₹89 lakh crore ($230 billion)
  5. Karnataka ₹08 lakh crore ($217 billion)

 Rank List of Indian states and union territories by total fertility rate

  • Lower TFR
    1. Sikkim – 1.2
    2. Manipur – 1.4
    3. Lakshadweep, Goa & Andaman & Nicobar – 1.5
  • Highest TFR
    1. Bihar – 3.9
    2. Uttar Pradesh – 3.1
    3. Meghalaya – 2.9
  • India’s overall TFR at 2.2 as of 2017
  • Assam – 2.3

 Rank List of Indian states and union territories by forest cover (in sq km)

  1. Madhya Pradesh 77,414
  2. Arunachal Pradesh 66,964
  3. Chhattisgarh 55,547

 Rank List of Indian states and union territories by % of forested area

  1. Lakshadweep 90.33%
  2. Mizoram 86.27%
  3. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 81.73%
  4. Arunachal Pradesh 79.96%
  5. Manipur 77.69%

 Rank List of Indian states and union territories by Human Development Index

  1. Kerala 0.784
  2. Chandigarh 0.774
  3. Goa 0.764
  4. Lakshadweep 0.749
  5. Delhi 0.744
  • India’s overall HDI 0.639
  • Assam’s 0.605

 

Rank List of Indian states and union territories by life expectancy at birth

  • In life expectancy at birth for years 2010-14
  1. Kerala 74.9
  2. Delhi 73.2
  3. Jammu and Kashmir 72.6
  • Assam had the lowest = 63.9 years

 Rank List of Indian states and union territories by literacy rate

  1. Kerala 93.91
  2. Lakshadweep 92.28
  3. Mizoram 91.58
  4. Tripura 87.75
  5. Goa 87.40

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 Rank List of Indian states and union territories by sex ratio

  • By Highest Sex Ratio
    1. Kerala 1084
    2. Puducherry 1037
    3. Tamil Nadu 996
  • By Lowest Sex Ratio
  1. Daman and Diu 618
  2. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 774
  3. Chandigarh 818
  • Assam’s Sex Ratio 958
  • India’s Sex Ratio 943

 

  • By Highest Child Sex Ratio
  1. Arunachal Pradesh 972
  2. Meghalaya 970
  3. Mizoram 970
  • By Lowest Child Sex Ratio
  1. Haryana 834
  2. Punjab 846
  3. Jammu and Kashmir 862
  • Assam’s Child Sex Ratio 962
  • India’s Child Sex Ratio 919

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India in International Ranking & Index

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India ranked 62nd in WEF’s Inclusive Development Index

  • The World Economic Forum (WEF)’s released Inclusive Development Index(IDI) 2018, which measures how countries perform on eleven dimensions of economic progress in addition to GDP.

Top advanced economies

  1. Norway
  2. Ireland
  3. Luxembourg
  4. Switzerland
  5. Denmark

India ranks 30th in WEF Global Manufacturing Index

  • Top Economies – Japan, South Korea, Germany, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, USA, Sweden, Austria and Ireland.

 India ranks 177 out of 180 In Environmental Performance Index (EPI)

  • India is among the bottom five countries on the Environmental Performance Index 2018, by Yale and Columbia Universities along with the World Economic Forum.

 India ranks 49th in Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs

  • Overall low score of 41.7 points.

 India ranked 42nd in the Democracy Index 2017

  • Released by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
  • In 2016, India was ranked at 32nd

Top 5 countries

  1. Norway
  2. Iceland
  3. Sweden
  4. New Zealand
  5. Denmark

 India ranked 81st in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2017

  • Transparency International has released its report called “Corruption Perceptions Index 2017”.
  • Top 5 countries – New Zealand (89), Denmark (88), Finland (85), Norway (85), Switzerland (85)

 India slips to 133rd position in World Happiness Report 2018

  • India ranked far behind Pakistan (at 75), Nepal (at 101), Bhutan (at 97), Bangladesh (at 115) and Sri Lanka (at 116), China stands at 86 in World Happiness Report by Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations.
  •  Top 10 countries – Finland, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden and Australia.

India is World’s Largest Importer of Arms

  • As per report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in 2013-17, India accounting for 12 per cent of the total global import.
  • The US is world’s top exporter of weapons

 

India at 138th rank in World Press Freedom Index 2018

  • Top 10 Countries – Norway (1st), Sweden (2nd), Netherlands (3rd), Finland (4th), Switzerland (5th), Jamaica (6th), Belgium (7th), New Zealand (8th), Denmark (9th) and Costa Rica (10th).
  • North Korea (180) remained the most repressive country followed by Eritrea, Turkmenistan, Syria and then China (176).

 India top remittance destination of migrants

  • Remittances to India from abroad in 2017 $69 billion

  

 India ranked 145 in Healthcare Access and Quality Index

  • India’s score well below the global average of 54.4 and India lags way behind its BRICS peers Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa

 

 India’s ranks 11th at FDI Confidence Index 2018

  • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index 2018 has been released by A T Kearney.
  • Top 10 Countries – United States (1st), Canada (2nd), Germany (3rd), United Kingdom (4th), China (5th), Japan (6th), France (7th), Australia (8th), Switzerland (9th) and Italy (10th).

  

 India ranked 136th in Global Peace Index 2018

  • Top 10 Peaceful Countries – Iceland (1), New Zealand (2), Austria (3), Portugal (4), Denmark (5), Canada (6), Czech Republic (7), Singapore (8), Japan (9) and Ireland (10).
  • Top 10 Least Peaceful Countries: Syria (163), Afghanistan (162), South Sudan (161), Iraq (160), Somalia (159), Yemen (158), Libya (157), Democratic Republic of Congo (156), Central African Republic (155) and Russia (154).

 

 India ranked 35th in Global Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI) 2018

  • Top 10 – UK, Australia, the US, France, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, Germany, Ireland and Sweden

 

 India ranked 57th most innovative nation in Global Innovation Index 2018

  • Top 10 countries – Switzerland (1), Netherlands(2), Sweden(3), UK(4), Singapore(5), USA(6), Finland(7), Denmark(8), Germany(9), Ireland (10).

 

India ranked 53th in Global Slavery Index 2018 in terms of prevalence of modern slavery

  • North Korea has the highest number of modern slaves in the world

  

India’s rank to 57th Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018

  • Top 5 – Switzerland, Netherlands, Sweden, UK and Singapore.

  

India ranked 130 in Human Development Report 2018

  • Top 5 – Norway, Switzerland, Australia, Ireland and Germany
  • India’s HDI value for 2017 is 0.640, in medium human development category

 

India ranked 103 in Global Hunger Index

  • India has GHI of 31.1 – ‘serious’

 

India ranked 115 in Human Capital Index of World Bank

  • Top countries – Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Finland.

 

India 58th most competitive economy in WEF’s Competitiveness Index for 2018

  • India improved its ranking by five places – largest gain among all G20 countries
  • Top 10 countries – USA, Singapore, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Netherlands, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Sweden and Denmark

India in 77th place in Ease of Doing Business Ranking

  • become the top ranked country in South Asia for the first time and 3rd among the BRICS nations
  • Top 4 countries – New Zealand, Singapore, Denmark, and Hong Kong.

India ranked 112 in the 2018 Global SDG Index ranking

  • Top countries – Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany & France

 

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New Delhi (112) and Mumbai (117) in Global Liveability Index by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) of ‘The Economist’

  • Vienna is ranked as the best city to live in

India ranked 177th in EPI rankings of World Economic Forum

India ranked 130th in Economic Freedom Index 2018

India ranked 10th in new Commonwealth Innovation Index

India ranked 49th in the Media Freedom Ranking

India ranks 140th in Inclusive Wealth Report, 2018 of UN Environment

India ranked 9th in the World’s Most Valuable Nation Brands 2018

India has been ranked 78th WEF Energy Transition Index (ETI)

India is World’s second Largest unbanked population, with 19 Crore people without accounts: World Bank

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