1. Who built Lingaraj Temple in Odisha ?
a. Tulva Dynasty
b. Sulva Dynasty
c. Somavamsi Dynasty
d. Kharvela Dynasty
Answer (c) Somavamsi Dynasty.
Recently the Government of Odisha has announced to give a facelift to the 11th century Lingaraj Temple.
2. Which of the Article of the Constitution of India support concept of the curative petition
a. Article 133
b. Article 135
c. Article 136
d. Article 137
Answer (d) Article 137.
Recently in news, the Supreme Court held Prashant Bhushan guilty of Criminal Contempt of Court for his tweets against CJI S.A. Bobde and the Judiciary.
Prashant Bhushan submitted Curative petition.
3. What will be India’s fiscal deficit in financial year 2020-21 by World Bank report
a. 6.6%
b. 6.5%
c. 6.0%
d. 6.8%
Answer (a) 6.6%.
World Bank releases its Biannual ‘India Development Update’ Report. According to report Debt-to-GDP ratio is projected to peak at around 89% in Financial Year 22/23.
4. Common Eligibility Test (CET) will cover recruitments for
a. Group B and C, Technical posts
b. Group A and B, non-technical posts
c. Group B and C, non-technical posts
d. Group A and B, Technical posts
Answer (c) Group B and C, non-technical posts.
Centre approves National Recruitment Agency (NRA) for Conducting a Common Eligibility Test (CET). It is begin with CET will cover recruitments made by three agencies – Staff Selection Commission (SSC), Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) and Institute of Banking Personal Selection (IBPS).
5. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) 2020-21 for
a. Pulses
b. Sugarcane
c. Bamboo
d. Millets
Answer (b) Sugarcane.
FRP is like as Minimum Support Price. It is only for Sugarcane at minimum price which is purchase by Sugar mills from farmers.
FRP is announced by Central Government at recommendations of Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP).
6. Recently Ministry of Education released Students Learning Enhancement Guidelines which prepared by
a. UGC
b. CBSE
c. NITI Aayog
d. NCERT
Answer (d) NCERT.
7. Where will be open First Snow Leopard Conservation Centre ?
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Arunachal Pradesh
c. Uttarakhand
d. J & K
Answer (c) Uttarakhand.
First Snow Leopard Conservation will be opened in Uttarkashi forest division in Uttarakhand.
8. What is use of black boxes in aircraft ?
a. It will help to navigate
b. It will provide fuel at the last stage
c. It will help investigators gather information about the crucial events that led to crash
d. It will help to connect airport and aircraft
Answer (c) It will help investigators gather information about the crucial events that led to crash.
Recently the black boxes of the crashed Boeing 737-800 (Kozhikode, Kerala) aircraft found.
9. What is Vaccine Nationalism ?
a. Vaccine develop by own country
b. Vaccine under IPR
c. First preference of Vaccine for its own citizens only
d. First preference of Vaccine for its own citizens or residents
Answer (d) First preference of Vaccine for its own citizens or residents.
Countries like Britain, France, Germany and the US have entered into pre-purchase agreements with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers, it is known as “Vaccine Nationalism”.
10. Cabinet approves proposal for leasing out 3 airports of Airport Authority of India (AAI)
a. Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram
b. Jaipur, Guwahati and Mumbai
c. Jaipur, Lucknow and Chandigarh
d. Jaipur, Ahmadabad and Chennai
Answer (a) Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram.
It will be leased out through Public Private Partnership (PPP) to Adani Enterprises Ltd. The lease is for a period of fifty years.
11. Phuldungsai village located between
a. Tripura and Manipur
b. Tripura and Mizoram
c. Tripura and Meghalaya
d. Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh
Answer (b) Tripura and Mizoram.
It is found between Tripura and Mizoram Border. There is dispute between two states for it.
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