Prep Quiz 10 : Basic General Knowledge

In 1987 world’s population touched the 5 billion height. The last child in this crowd of 5 billion was born in Yugoslavia on 11th July 1987. That is the reason that this date was chosen as World Population Day.

National Commission on Population was first constituted on May 11, 2000 under the chairmanship of India’s Prime Minister. In 2005 (May 19) It was reconstituted. It was under the planning commission and after reconstitution It was transferred to Ministry of Health. Now Prime Minister is the chairman of this commission and Union Minister of Health and Family welfare &
Deputy Chairman of Planning commission work as deputy chairman of National Commission on Population.

Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture.

Those crops which are produced for trade purpose rather than direct consumption by farmers. These include oilseed crops, sugar , fibers, narcotic crops & beverage crops.

Government has announced a new scheme called Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) for the slum dwellers and the urban poor. This scheme aims at providing support to States that are willing to provide property rights to slum dwellers. The total amount earmarked for Rajiv Awas Yojana is Rs. 150 crore for the year 2009-10.

The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau was established in 2007 having its headquarter at Delhi and Regional headquarters at New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Jabalpur. There are three Sub Regional headquarters, at Guwahati, Amritsar and Cochin.

The Government has recently drafted a Civil Services Bill, which envisages to provide a statutory basis for the regulation of the Civil Services in India, to regulate the appointment and conditions of the service of Civil Servants, to lay down the fundamental values of Civil Services, the Civil Services Code of Ethics, Civil Service Management Code, to establish a Civil Services
Authority for facilitating review and to develop Civil Services as a professional, neutral, merit based and accountable instrument for promoting good governance and better delivery of services to citizens.

The Central Government has constituted the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 on 20th February, 2009 as an empowered planning, financing, monitoring and coordinating authority for conservation of the Ganga River

These are the temporary advances extended by the Reserve bank of India to the government to bridge the interval between expenditure and receipts.

It was enacted in the wake of Bhopal gas tragedy under the article 253 of Indian Constitution.

powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India

Mount Erebus is in Antarctica. It is the only live volcano of Antarctica and Earth’s southernmost volcano.

Prithvi III is the naval version of Prithvi Missile and it is known by name Dhanush. Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) successfully test-fired the 350 km range Dhanush missile in November 2004 from INS Subhadra along the east coast. The missile is capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warhead. The launch was jointly conducted by
the crew of INS Subhadra and the DRDO.

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