Q.1 ‘Jharokha’, which was in the news recently, is a celebration related to which field?
a. Art and Culture
b. Literature
c. AYUSH
d. Science and Technology
Q.2 ‘Trellis structure’, which was seen in the news, is associated with which sector?
a. Automobile
b. Agriculture
c. Artificial-Intelligence
d. Banking
Q.3 What is the objective of ‘SAMARTH’ initiative launched by the MSME Ministry?
a. Women Entrepreneurship
b. Value Addition
c. Support for Marketing
d. Portal for GST
Q.4 Which Indian state launched ‘Kaushalya Matritva Yojana’?
a. Odisha
b. Chhattisgarh
c. Gujarat
d. Rajasthan
Q.5 What is “PARAM Ganga”, which was seen in the news recently?
a. Covid Vaccine
b. Ganga Rejuvenation Scheme
c. Super-computer
d. Crypto-currency
Q.6 ‘Pal-Dadhvav Massacre’ was held at which present-day Indian state?
a. Gujarat
b. West Bengal
c. Assam
d. Uttarakhand
Q.7 The WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (WHO GCTM) will come up in which of these Indian cities?.
a. Gurugram
b. Indore
c. Jamnagar
d. Nagpur
Q.8 Who has been elected as the new President of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), to succeed incumbent Dr. Marcus Pleyer of Germany?
a. Santiago Otamendi
b. T. Raja Kumar
c. Vincent Schmoll
d. Juan Manuel Vega-Serrano
Q.9 Who has been named as the new Chairperson of the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) to replace Justice Shiva Kirti Singh?
a. Justice DN Patel
b. Justice S. Muralidhar
c. Justice Sanjay Karol
d. Justice Dipankar Datta
Q.10 India`s largest reclining statue of Lord Buddha is being built at which pilgrim site?
a. Kushinagar
b. Bodh Gaya
c. Nalanda
d. Sarnath
Answers –
Q.1 a) Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Textiles are jointly organizing “Jharokha-Compendium of Indian handicraft/ handloom, art and culture”.
Q.2 b) As a part of sustainable farming, a trellis structure is prepared using four pillars, bamboo poles and ropes, on 20 decimals of land.As plants especially creepers grew vertically in a trellis system, the chances of stems, flowers and fruits getting rotten are very less. The system has worked well in many tribal villages of Odisha.
Q.3 a)
Q.4 b) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched the ‘Kaushalya Matritva Yojana’. Under this scheme, financial assistance of Rs 5000 will be given to women on the birth of second girl child.
Q.5 c) The National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) has deployed “PARAM Ganga”, a supercomputer at IIT Roorkee, with a supercomputing capacity of 1.66 Petaflops.NSM is driven jointly by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeiTY) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and implemented by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.
Q.6 a) The Gujarat government marked 100 years of the Pal-Dadhvav killings, citing it a massacre “bigger than the Jallianwala Bagh”.The killings had also been featured on the state’s Republic Day tableau.The massacre took place on March 7, 1922, in the Pal-Chitariya and Dadhvaav villages of Gujarat. When Villagers gathered as part of the ‘Eki movement’, led by Motilal Tejawat, around 1000 were shot down by the British. Their aim was to protest against the land revenue tax.
Q.7 c) The Union Cabinet has approved the establishment of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (WHO GCTM) in Jamnagar, Gujarat.
Q.8 b)
Q.9 a)
Q.10 b) India`s largest reclining statue of Lord Buddha is being built in Bodh Gaya in Bihar.