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Question No: 1

The first Indian company to use HeiQ Viroblock technology in clothes?

A. Welspun India

B. Raymond

C. Arvind Textiles

D. Vardhman Textiles

Ans. C

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Question No: 2

In which article is the right to constitutional remedies is given –

A. Article 15

B. Article 32

C. Article 31 A

D. Article 51

Ans. B

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Question No:3

What is the full form of CRISIL?

A. Credit Rating Initial Services of India Limited

B. Credit Reverse Information Services of India Limited

C. Company Rating Information Services of India Limited

D. Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited

Ans. D

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Question No: 4

Recently India has pledged to Nepal to construct a Rs 2.33 crore sanitation facility at the –

A. Siddhababa Temple

B. Manakamana Temple

C. Shri Muktinath Temple

D. Pashupatinath Temple

Ans. D

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Question No: 5

In which conference UNFCCC was established?

A. RIO Conference 1990

B. RIO Conference 1998

C. RIO Conference 1996

D. RIO Conference 1992

Ans. D

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Magallanodon Baikashkenke (मैगल्लानोडानबैकाश्केनके)

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हाल ही में शोधकर्त्ााओं ने दक्षिण अमेरिकी देश चिली के पैटागोननया (Patagonia) में मैगल्लानोडान बैकाश्केनके(Magallanodon Baikashkenke) नामक स्तनधािी से संबंचधत जीव के अवशषेों का पता लगाया है जो लगभग 74 मममलयन वषा पहले पथृ्वी पि ननवास किते थे

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• Capital: Santiago

• Currency: Chilean peso

• President: Sebastián Piñera

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Salami-Slicing Tactics

सैन्य बोलिाल की भाषा में ‘सलामी-स्लाइमसगं’ शब्द ऐसी िणनीनत के रूप में वर्णात ककया जाता है जजसमें अपने र्िलाफ हो िहे वविोध को समाप्त किने एवं नए िेत्रों को हामसल किने के मलये ितिों एवं गठबंधनों की प्रकिया को ववभाजजत किना तथा उन पि जीत हामसल किना शाममल है अथाात ्एक संचित प्रकिया के माध्यम से एक बहुत बडी कायावाही को अजंाम देना है

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India coasts to win in Security Council polls

• India scored a major diplomatic victory to enter the non-permanent category of the UN Security Council when elections were held for the five non-permanent members.

• India won 184 votes out of 192 valid votes cast.

• Previously, India has been elected as a non-permanent member of the Council 7 times, for the years 1950—1951, 1967—1968, 1972—1973, 1977—1978, 1984—1985, 1991—1992 and 2011—2012.

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India’s approach will be guided by “Five S’s”, as set out by the Prime Minister: Samman (Respect), Samvad (Dialogue), Sahyog(Cooperation), and Shanti (Peace), and Samriddhi (Prosperity).

India’s overall objective during this tenure in the UN Security Council will be the achievement of N.O.R.M.S: a New Orientation for a Reformed Multilateral System.

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India to take part in meeting of RIC grouping

The Ministry of External Affairs has confirmed that India will participate in the virtual meeting of the Russia-India-China (RIC) grouping.

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Primakov, a Russian politician and diplomat who was also the Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999, is credited with the idea for RIC.

During the 2019 G-20 Summit in Osaka, Russia, India, and China (RIC) held the latest iteration of a trilateral meeting between them.

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गिीब कल्याण िोज़गाि अमभयान

COVID -19 महामािी के िलते प्रवासी मज़दिूों के समि उत्पन्न िोज़गाि की समस्या को ध्यान में ििते हुए प्रधानमंत्री निेंद्र मोदी द्वािा 20 जनू, 2020 को ‘गिीब कल्याण िोज़गाि अमभयान’ (Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan- GKRA) की शुरुआत की जाएगी

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• इस अमभयान की शुरुआत प्रधानमंत्री द्वािा वीडडयो-कॉन्रें स के माध्यम से बबहाि के िगडडया जज़ले के ग्राम तेमलहाि से की जाएगी

• ‘गिीब कल्याण िोज़गाि अमभयान’ के अंतगात सिकाि द्वािा लगभग 50 हज़ाि किोड रुपए का ननवेश ककया जायेगा

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• यह 125 ददनों का अमभयान होगा, जजसे ममशन मोडरूप में संिामलत ककया जाएगा

• इस अमभयान में छ: िाज्यों बबहाि, उर्त्ि प्रदेश, मध्य प्रदेश, िाजस्थान, झाििंड तथा ओडडशा को शाममल ककया गया है

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• यह अमभयान ग्रामीण िेत्रों में ही प्रवासी श्रममकों को िोज़गािप्रदान किने के साथ-साथ गााँवों के दटकाऊ बुननयादी ढााँिे का ननमााण किने में सहायक होगा

• यह अमभयान प्रवासी श्रममकों तथा ग्रामीण नागरिकों के सशक्तीकिण तथा उन्हें आत्मननभाि बनाने में महत्त्वपूणा भूममका का ननवाहन किेगा अथाात ्गााँवों में ही आजीववका के अवसिों को इस अमभयान के माध्यम से ववकमसत ककया जाएगा

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Sahitya Akademi Awards

The Sahitya Akademi was formally inaugurated by the Government of India on 12 March 1954.

Though set up by the Government, the Akademi functions as an autonomous organisation.

It was registered as a society on 7 January 1956, under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.

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Writer and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was named among the winners for Sahitya Akademi Awards. He won the prestigious literature award for his novel 'An Era of Darkness' in the creative non-fiction category in English literature.

The novel which was published in 2016 describes British rule in India.

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Jnanpith Award (2019 & 2018)

• Eminent Malayalam poet Akkitham has been chosen for the 55th Jnanpith Award for his outstanding contribution to Malayalam language and Poetry.

• Amitab Ghosh is honoured with the 54th JnanpithAward for his contribution to English Literature and also became the 1st English language writer in the list as all previous winners of the prestigious award have been writers in Indian languages.

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Jnanpith Award is a literary award presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization to Indian writers every year.

This was instituted in 1961 and is given only to Indian writers who write in Indian languages and English.

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Facts About Jnanpith Award

• The winner is given a cash prize of Rs. 11 lakh and a bronze replica of Goddess Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning.

• The first recipient of the award was Malayalam writer G Sankara Kurup in 1965 for his novel ‘Odakkuzhal’ (The Bamboo Flute).

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• The first woman writer to be awarded this award was Ashapoorna Devi, a Bengali writer, in 1976.

• The organization which presents this award was founded in 1944 by industrialist and philanthropist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain.

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❑Pulitzer Prize

• 3 Indian photographers win the Pulitzer Prize.

• The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.

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• It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher.

• It is administered by Columbia University in New York City.

• The Associated Press is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846

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Washington Consensus

COVID-19 महामािी के साथ 'वामशगंटन सहमनत' (Washington Consensus) प्रनतमान; जो व्यापक आचथाक उदािीकिण पि बल देती है, की समाजप्त संभव है तथा वैजश्वक अथाव्यवस्थाएाँ महामािी के बाद नवीन आचथाक प्रनतमानों को अपना सकती है

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• वषा 1970 के दशक के उर्त्िाद्ाध तक 'िाज्य समचथात अथाव्यवस्था' के साथ जुडी अनेक सीमाओं से ववश्व परिचित हुआ तथा बाज़ाि आधारित अथाव्यवस्थाओं अथाात ्ननजी िेत्र को प्रोत्साहन देना प्रािंभ ककया गया

• वामशगंटन सहमनत' शब्द का प्रयोग सामान्यत: ‘अंतिााष्ट्रीय मुद्रा कोष’ (International Monetary Fund), ‘ववश्व बैंक’ (World Bank) औि 'अमेरिकी डडपाटामेंट ऑफ रेज़िी' के बीि आचथाक सुधािों तथा उदािीकिण की सहमनत के मलये प्रयुक्त ककया जाता है

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• 'मेक इन इंडडया' पहल जजसे मुक्त व्यापाि के समथाकों द्वािा िारिज़ कि ददया गया था COVID-19 महामािी के कािण एक आवश्यकता बन गई है

• 'मेक इन इंडडया' जैसी पहल आवश्यक वस्तुओं की आपूनता बनाए ििने तथा िोज़गाि का सजृन किने के मलये आवश्यक है

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सहकाि ममत्र: इंटनामशप कायािम पि योजना

हाल ही में ‘कृवष एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्रालय’ (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare) द्वािा ‘िाष्ट्रीय सहकािी ववकास ननगम’ (National Cooperative Development Corporation- NCDC) की पहल ‘सहकाि ममत्र: इंटनामशप कायािम पि योजना’ (SahakarMitra: Scheme on Internship Programme) का शुभािंभ ककया गया

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पात्रता:

• कृवष एवं संबद्ध िेत्रों औि आईटी जसेै ववषयों के पेशवेिस्नातक ‘इंटनामशप’ के मलये पात्र होंगे

• कृवष-व्यवसाय, सहयोग, ववर्त्, अतंिााष्ट्रीय व्यापाि, वाननकी, ग्रामीण ववकास, परियोजना प्रबंधन, इत् यादद में एमबीए की डडग्री के मलये पढाई कि िहे या अपनी पढाई पूिी कि िुके युवा भी इसके मलये पात्र होंगे

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Question No: 1

To celebrate this year's World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2020 under the theme –

A. Flow.Feed.Fund

B. Food.Flow.Feed

C. Food.Feed.Finance

D. Food.Feed.Fibre

Ans. D

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Question No: 2

UNCCD was established in –

A. 1994

B. 1990

C. 1999

D. 1995

Ans. A

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Question No: 3

First bell virtual class initiative taken by –

A. Maharashtra

B. Gujarat

C. Kerala

D. Tamilnadu

Ans. C

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Question No: 4

........is Startup capital of the world.

A.San Francisco

B. Tel aviv

C. Haifa

D. Jerusalem

Ans. B

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Question No: 5

What is Israel's parliament called?

A. Parliament

B. Senate

C. Knesset

D. National assembly

Ans. C

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