1. Which state Finance Minister announced one tola (11.34 gram) gold gift for brides of all communities in the state Budget 2019-20?
A. Assam
B. Telangana
C. Odisha
D. Madhya Pradesh
2. Consider the following statements:
1. India and Bangladesh have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for training of 1800 people of Bangladesh in the next six years in National Goodness Center (NCGG).
2. The Bangladesh Civil Servants will be trained in e-Governance and service delivery, public policy and implementation, information technology, decentralization, urban development and planning, Ethics in Administration and challenges in implementation of SDGs.
Which of the above statement/statements are correct?
A. Only 1
B. only 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2.
3. Which area/state’s artists from Dard Aryans community has presented a charter of demands regarding preservation of their culture and other grievances to the Minister of State of Tribal Affairs?
A. Rajasthan
B. Ladakh
C. Meghalaya
D. Himachal Pradesh
4. Consider the following statements related to the Siamese fighting fish:
1. Thailand named the tiny, eye-catching, colourful fin plumaged Siamese fighting fish as its aquatic animal.
2. The Siamese fighting fish was registered as an intangible cultural heritage in 2013.
3. The IUCN status of fish is Vulnerable.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. 1 and 2 are correct
B. 1 and 3 are correct
C. 2 and 3 are correct
D. All of the above
5. Consider the following statements:
1. Macedonia signed an accord to join NATO.
2. NATO constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.
3. NATO’s Headquarters are located in Haren, Brussels, Belgium, while the headquarters of Allied Command Operations is near Mons, Belgium.
6. In the 2nd India-New Zealand T-20, which Indian player became the leading run-scorer in the T20 International and overtook Martin Guptill?
A. Virat Kohli
B. Rohit Sharma
C. Shikhar Dhawan
D. Hardik Pandya
7. The United States of America has joined WIPO’s fast-growing Marrakesh Treaty as its 50th member. What is the subject matter of this treaty?
A. Published works for persons who are blind
B. New Drugs in the Health Sector
C. To showcase innovative works by women around the globe
D. Innovation at child level
8. Consider the following statements:
1. RBI released its 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy.
2. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of RBI decided to reduce the repo rate to 6.25% from 6.50.
3. The committee comprises six members – three officials of the Reserve Bank of India and three external members nominated by the Government of India.
9. Which of the followings launched the ‘Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative’ (W-GDP)?
A. World Bank
B. United Nations
C. World Economic Forum
D. White House
10. Consider the following statements:
1. Irani launches India Size project.
2. The project will benefit manufacturers, consumers and generate data which will help tap into the potential of the sector.
ANSWERS:
Answer: 1) A
Explanation
Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma presented a Rs 1,193 crore deficit budget for 2019-20 with no fresh taxes and introducing new schemes like providing rice to poor at Re 1 a kg and gold for brides. The budget also proposed to provide financial assistance to students, including girls from the minority community.
Answer: 2) C
India and Bangladesh have signed an MOU for training 1800 Bangladesh Civil Servants at the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) an institute under the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DAR&PG), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Govt. of India, over the next 6 years. The MOU was signed between the NCGG and the Ministry of Public Administration, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on February 8, 2019 during the visit of the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Civil Servants will be trained in e-Governance and service delivery, public policy and implementation, information technology, decentralization, urban development and planning, Ethics in Administration and challenges in implementation of SDGs.
This is the second time that NCGG would be entering into an MOU for a training program for Bangladesh Civil Servants. Under the first MOU signed 5 years ago, 1500 Bangladesh Civil Servants have already been trained in NCGG.
Answer: 3) B
Dard Aryan’ is not among the list of notified Schedule Tribes. Ministry of Tribal Affairs has not formally received any charter of demands from the concerned State Government for seeking financial help for preservation of cultural heritage of ‘Dard Aryans’. However, as informed by the Ministry of Culture, a seminar on the cultural traditions of Dard Aryans of Laddakh was organised during Dard Aryan Festival (Aryan Utsav) held in Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) from 16-21 January, 2019. During the Seminar, a few artists from Dard Aryans community had presented a charter of demands regarding preservation of their culture and other grievances to the Minister of State of Tribal Affairs.
Answer: 4) D
Thailand named the tiny, eye-catching, colourful fin plumaged Siamese fighting fish as its aquatic animal. It will help to boost the conservation and breeding of the same.Siamese fighting fish is the native of Mekong basin of Thailand and is mostly found in the Chao Phraya river in Thailand. The Siamese fighting fish was registered as an intangible cultural heritage in 2013.The IUCN status of fish is Vulnerable.
Answer: 5) D
Macedonia signed an accord to join NATO to become the 30th member of the NATO military alliance.It is an intergovernmental political and military alliance between 29 North American and European countries.The organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949.NATO constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party. NATO’s Headquarters are located in Haren, Brussels, Belgium, while the headquarters of Allied Command Operations is near Mons, Belgium.
Answer: 6) B
India’s stand-in captain Rohit Sharma wrote his name in the history books, becoming the highest run-getter in T20 internationals. The 31-year-old went past New Zealand’s Martin Guptill during the second T20I against New Zealand at the Eden Park in Auckland to go to the top of the list.Rohit achieved the feat in style, hitting leg-spinner Ish Sodhi over the fine-leg boundary for a six.
Answer: 7) A
The United States of America has joined WIPO’s fast-growing Marrakesh Treaty as its 50th member. According to the WIPO, it has added a major global publishing center to the Treaty that promotes the increased worldwide availability of texts specially adapted for use by persons with visual or print impairments. Contracting parties to the “Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled” adopt national law provisions that permit the production of books in accessible formats, such as braille, e-text, audio or large print, by organizations known as authorized entities that serve people who are print disabled. It also allows for the exchange of such accessible texts across national boundaries, all without requesting authorization from the copyright owner.
Answer: 8) D
Reserve Bank of India(RBI)’s six-member monetary policy committee chaired by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das released its 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy.The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of RBI decided to reduce the repo rate to 6.25% from 6.50.The Monetary Policy Committee of India formed in 2016 is responsible for fixing the benchmark interest rate in India.The meetings of the Monetary Policy Committee are held at least 4 times a year and it publishes its decisions after each such meeting.The committee comprises six members – three officials of the Reserve Bank of India and three external members nominated by the Government of India. The Governor of Reserve Bank of India is the chairperson ex officio of the committee.Decisions are taken by the majority with the Governor having the casting vote in case of a tie.The current mandate of the committee is to maintain 4% annual inflation until March 31, 2021, with an upper tolerance of 6% and a lower tolerance of 2%.
Answer: 9) D
Ivanka Trump, the daughter of the US president Donald Trump and a senior White House adviser, unveiled a new global effort ‘Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP)’ to help 50 million women in the developing world by 2025.It is a US Government-wide project led by the senior adviser and daughter to President Donald Trump.The initiative will involve the State Department, the National Security Council and other agencies.
Answer: 10) C
Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani launched the India Size project in Mumbai.
A first-of-its-kind project in the history of the country, India Size aims to arrive at a standard Indian Size for the ready-to-wear clothing industry, on the lines of the standardized sizes available in countries such as the USA and the UK.The project will benefit manufacturers, consumers and generate data which will help tap into the potential of the sector.
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