1) Which of the following statements is/are correct about Hindi Diwas Puraskar?
1. It is given by Ministry of Culture
2. Name of Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puraskar is changed to 'Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar'.
3. 'Rajiv Gandhi Rashtriya Gyan-Vigyan Maulik Pustak Lekhan Puraskar' changed to "Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar".
a. 1,2
b. 2,3
c. 1,3
d. All the above
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ANSWER: 2,3
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The awards are given by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Hindi Diwas for progressive use of Hindi in government. Ministry of Home Affairs has changed name of two awards given annually on Hindi Diwas. 'Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puraskar' instituted in 1986 changed to 'Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar' and 'Rajiv Gandhi Rashtriya Gyan-Vigyan Maulik Pustak Lekhan Puraskar' changed to "Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar".
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2) Which of the following statements is/are correct about the International Seabed Authority?
1. It regulate and control all mineral-related activities in the international seabed area beyond the limits of national jurisdiction
2. The headquarter is in Geneva
3. It has a Observer status in the United Nations
a. 1,2
b. 2,3
c. 1,3
d. All the above
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ANSWER: 1,3
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The International Seabed Authority is an intergovernmental body based in Kingston, Jamaica. It was established to organize, regulate and control all mineral-related activities in the international seabed area beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, an area underlying most of the world’s oceans. It is an organization established by the Law of the Sea Convention.
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3) Mana Pass is a mountain pass on the border between -
a. India - Nepal
b. India - Bhutan
c. India – Tibet
d. India – Myanmar
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ANSWER: India – Tibet
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Mana Pass is a mountain pass on the border between India and Tibet. It is the highest vehicle-accessible pass in the world, containing a road constructed in the 2005-2010 period for the Indian military by the Border Roads Organization.
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4) Who is author of Vakyapadiya and Satakatraya?
a. Katyayana
b. Bhart?hari
c. Pa?ini
d. Pingala
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ANSWER: Bhart?hari
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Bhart?hari is a Sanskrit author who is likely to have written two influential Sanskrit texts:
- the Vakyapadiya, on Sanskrit grammar and linguistic philosophy, a foundational text in the Indian grammatical tradition, explaining numerous theories on the word and on the sentence, including theories which came to be known under the name of Spho?a; in this work Bhartrhari also discussed logical problems such as the liar paradox and a paradox of unnameability or unsignfiability which has become known as Bhartrhari's paradox, and
- the Satakatraya, a work of Sanskrit poetry, comprising three collections of about 100 stanzas each; it may or may not be by the same author who composed the two mentioned grammatical works.
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5) Which of the following statements is/are correct about Antarctic Treaty?
1. By the treaty Antarctica is set aside as a scientific preserve, establishes freedom of scientific investigation and bans military activity on that continent.
2. India has consulting status in Antarctic Treaty.
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
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ANSWER: Both
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As of 2015, there are 52 states party to the treaty, 29 of which, including all 12 original signatories to the treaty, have consultative (voting) status. Consultative members include the seven nations that claim portions of Antarctica as national territory. The 45 non-claimant nations either do not recognize the claims of others, or have not stated their positions.
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6) Which of the following statements is/are correct about Roaring Forties?
1. The Roaring Forties are strong westerly winds found in the Southern Hemisphere, generally between the latitudes of 40 and 50 degrees.
2. The Roaring Forties were a major aid to ships sailing the Brouwer Routefrom Europe to the East Indies or Australasia during the Age of Sail
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
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ANSWER: Both of the above
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The strong west-to-east air currents are caused by the combination of air being displaced from the Equator towards the South Pole and the Earth's rotation, and there are few landmasses to serve as windbreaks.
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7) The functional lifetime of an erythrocyte is -
a. 60 – 90 days
b. 35 - 65 days
c. 120- 150 days
d. 100–120 days
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ANSWER: 100–120 days
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Red blood cells (RBCs), also called erythrocytes, are the most common type ofblood cell and the vertebrate organism's principal means of delivering oxygen (O2) to the body tissues—via blood flow through the circulatory system.
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8) Beagle Channel joins -
a. Indian and Atlantic ocean
b. Indian and Pacific ocean
c. Atlantic and Pacific ocean
d. Arctic and Atlantic ocean
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ANSWER: Atlantic and Pacific ocean
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The Beagle Channel, the Straits of Magellan to the north, and the open-ocean Drake Passage to the south are the three navigable passages around South America between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
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9) W20 is a new International Grouping for -
a. Rival group of G20
b. UNSC reform group
c. IMF reform group
d. Women’s Empowerment
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ANSWER: Women’s Empowerment
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The world’s 20 leading economies of G20 have launched a new grouping called W20 aimed at boosting the role of women in global economic growth.
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10) The Tebhaga movement was an independence campaign initiated in -
a. TamilNadu
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Telangana
d. West Bengal
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ANSWER: West Bengal
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The Tebhaga movement was an independence campaign initiated in Bengal by the Kisan Sabha (peasants front of Communist Party of India) in 1946-1947. At that time share-cropping peasants (essentially, tenants) had to give half of their harvest to the owners of the land. The demand of the Tebhaga (sharing by thirds) movement was to reduce the share given to landlords to one third.
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