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Q1. India became a member of the United Nations in……..
(a) 1963
(b) 1960
(c) 1951
(d) 1945
Q2. Which of the following passes lies in the Sutlej Valley?
(a) Nathu La
(b) Jelep La
(c) Sherabathanga
(d) Shipki La
Q3. For which invention is Otto Hahn famous?
(a) Atom bomb
(b) Television
(c) X-rays
(d) Miner’s safety lamp
Q4. Non Resident Indians (NRI) Day is marked on:
(a) January 9
(b) January 17
(c) January 19
(d) January 7
Q5. Who was the first Ramon Magsaysay Award winner from India?
(a) C.D. Deshmukh
(b) Jayaprakash Narayan
(c) Dr. VergheseKurien
(d) Acharya VinobaBhave
Q6. The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has its headquarters at
(a) London
(b) Paris
(c) Bonn
(d) Lyon
Q7. Who wrote the play “Uttararamacharita”?
(a) Harsha
(b) Tulsidas
(c) Bhavabhuti
(d) Sudraka
Q8. The causative virus of AIDS was isolated in the year of
(a) 1980
(b) 1981
(c) 1983
(d) 1986
Q9. Who is the governor of Maharashtra?
(a) V.P. Singh Badnore
(b) Om Prakash Kohli
(c) ChennamaneniVidyasagar Rao
(d) S. C. Jamir
Q10. Capital of Egypt is?
(a) Tbilisi
(b) Cairo
(c) Conakry
(d) Djibouti
Q11.United Nations Climate Change Conference 2021 was held in which country?
(a) Italy
(b) United Kingdom
(c) France
(d) USA
Q12. Bhitarkanika National Park is situated in which state?
(a) Rajsthan
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Karnataka
(d) Odisha
Q13.National Girl Child Day is celebrated on?
(a) 24th January
(b) 29th January
(c) 1st February
(d) 7th February
Q14. Arthika Spandana Scheme was launched in which state?
(a) Telangana
(b) TamilNadu
(c) Kerala
(d) Karnataka
Q15. Which Indian state has the longest mainland coastline?
(a) Kerala
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Odisha
(d) Gujarat
ANSWER:
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Technically, India was a founding member in October 1945, despite it being a British colony. India, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia were all British colonies but were given independent seats in the United Nations General Assembly.
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. The source of the Sutlej is near Lake Rakshastal in Tibet. From there, under the Tibetan name LangqênZangbo, it flows at first west-northwest for about 260 kilometres to the Shipki La pass, entering India in Himachal Pradesh state.
S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. Otto Hahn was a renowned German radiochemist who won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of nuclear fission after a lifetime of working with radioactive isotopes. Nuclear fission is widely regarded as the key invention that enabled the atomic bomb, although Hahn was not involved with its development directly.
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. PravasiBharatiya Divas (English: Non-Resident Indian Day), is celebrated in India on 9 January every other year (every year before 2016) to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community to the development of India. The day commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa in Bombay on 9 January 1915
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay’s example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. VinayakNarahari “Vinoba” Bhave was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called Acharya (Sanskrit for teacher), he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement.
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. The International Criminal Police Organization, ICPO or INTERPOL, is an intergovernmental organization facilitating international police cooperation. It was established as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) in 1923. The organization’s headquarters is in Lyon, France. It is the second largest political organization after the United Nations in terms of international representation.
S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. Bhavabhuti, Indian dramatist and poet, whose dramas, written in Sanskrit and noted for their suspense and vivid characterization, rival the outstanding plays of the better-known playwright Kalidasa.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. AIDS was first recognized as a disease in May 1981, and the causative HIV virus was first isolated just two years later (1983).
S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. ChennamaneniVidyasagar Rao is the present Governor of Maharashtra state of India and Governor (addnl. charge) of Tamil Nadu state of India after being sworn in on 2 September 2016. He took oath as the Governor of Maharashtra on 30 August 2014. He was Union Minister of State for internal affairs in the Vajpayee-led BJP Govt government from 1999. He was elected to 12th and 13th Lok Sabha from Karimnagar in Telangana as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Cairo, Egypt’s sprawling capital, is set on the Nile River. At its heart is Tahrir Square and the vast Egyptian Museum, a trove of antiquities including royal mummies and gilded King Tutankhamun artefacts. Currency of Egypt is Egyptian pound.
S11.Ans(b)
Sol.The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP26, was the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference, held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021.
S12. Ans(d)
Sol.Bhitarkanika National Park is situated in Odisha
S13. Ans(a)
Sol. National Girl Child Day is celebrated on 24th January
S14. Ans(d)
Sol.ArthikaSpandana Scheme was launched in Karnataka for disbursing loans to the tune of ₹ 39,300 crore through various cooperative institutions.
Under this scheme, ₹15,300 crore would be disbursed to the agriculture sector while a sum of ₹24,000 crore would be earmarked for the non-agricultural sector.
S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. The total length of coastlines of India measures about 7516.6 km.
There are total 9 Indian states and 4 union territories which are located on coastlines of India.
The states with maximum length of coastlines is Gujarat (1214 km) followed by Andhra Pradesh (974 km), Tamil Nadu (906 km), Maharashtra (652.6 km) and Kerala (569.7 km).
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