1) Which IPS officer took over as the new DGP of Odisha Police on November 8, 2015?
a. A. B. Singh
b. K. B. Singh
c. Sanjiv Marik
d. Prakash Mishra
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ANSWER: K. B. Singh
Explanation:
Veteran IPS officer K. B. Singh took over as the new DGP of Odisha on November 8, 2015. He is a UP born 1985 batch Odisha cadre officer. He replaced Sanjiv Marik who was removed from his post prior to two months before his retirement. Marik had taken charge from 1977 batch IPS officer Prakash Mishra.
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2) The CM of which state on 3rd October 2015 launched the Citizen Portal, which enables the citizens to lodge their complaints online to the state police through internet?
a. MP
b. UP
c. TN
d. Odisha
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ANSWER: Odisha
Explanation:
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik allowed citizens to gain access to information, request for police services and obtain a copy of FIR through the Citizen Portal. The portal can now be used to obtain character certificates, take out processions, rallies, protests and strikes and seek permission to hold events and performances. Portal can also be used for tenant verification and employee verification as well as complaint tracking.
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3) Which state government will implement ‘Onion Mission’ in order to rein in the exorbitant price of onion in the state?
a. West Bengal
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Bihar
d. Odisha
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ANSWER: Odisha
Explanation:
The government will set up 300 cold storage centres across Odisha in which about 25 lakh tonne of onion can be stored that will help in containing the price rise of onion.
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4) Name the state that launched ‘Niramaya’ a free drug distribution scheme to cover whole state on 1st May 2015?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Assam
c. Manipur
d. Odisha
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ANSWER: Odisha
Explanation:
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on 1st May’15 launched free medicine scheme 'Niramaya' at Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar. The state government has made a budgetary allocation of Rs.200 crore for distribution of free medicine.
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5) Name the subsidized meal scheme meant for the urban poor launched in the Odisha state on 1st Apr’15?
a. Ann Poorak Yojana
b. Annapurna
c. Aahar
d. Anna Haq
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ANSWER: Aahar
Explanation:
Under the scheme, rice and dal curry would be served as lunch to the poor at a meager rate of Rs 5 per meal.
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6) Utkala Divas celebrated on 1st April in Odisha is also known as ______.
a. Odisha Diwas
b. Rajya Diwas
c. Agro Day
d. Freedom Day
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ANSWER: Odisha Diwas
Explanation:
Utkal Divas (also known as Odisha Day, Utkal Diwas, Utkala Dibasa) is celebrated on 1st April in Odisha in the memory of the formation of the state as a separate province on 1 April 1936.
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