1. Which state has launched the initiative named ‘Mission Fateh 2.0’?
[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Haryana
[D] Punjab
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Correct Answer: D [Punjab]
Notes:
The State Government of Punjab has launched an initiative named Mission Fateh 2.0, which is a part of Corona Mukt Punjab Abhiyan.
Under this initiative, the state government has directed to form a group of 7 “Rural Corona Volunteers” (RCV) per village or per municipal ward, under the aegis of the state’s Department of Sports and Youth Affairs.
2. Indian Army is planning to lease “Heron TP drones” from which country?
[A] USA
[B] Russia
[C] China
[D] Israel
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Correct Answer: D [Israel]
Notes:
The Indian Army has planned to lease Israel’s Heron TP drones and deploy the same along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
This decision comes in the wake of ongoing tensions between India and China along the LAC and these drones would be deployed to monitor the activities of Chinese troops.
3. What is the name for the undersea power cable project between Germany and Norway?
[A] Sea Link
[B] NordLink
[C] Power Line
[D] New Cable
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Correct Answer: B [NordLink]
Notes:
Germany and Norway have opened the operations of a 623-kilometer undersea power cable between the two countries. This project is called the NordLink and is aimed to exchange green energy between the two countries.
The project has cost more than $2.2 billion and is seen as a major initiative to shift to green energy.
4. ESIC and EPFO schemes are implemented by which ministry?
[A] Finance Ministry
[B] Labour Ministry
[C] MSME Ministry
[D] Ministry of Social Justice
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Correct Answer: B [Labour Ministry]
Notes:
The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has announced additional benefits for workers enrolled under ESIC and EPFO schemes, to remove fear and anxiety about the well-being of their family.
As per the new benefit, in case of an employee’s death due to COVID, all dependent family members of the insured person would be entitled to receive the same benefits as in the case of death resulting from employment injury.
5. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended which country from their bloc, in response to the Coup?
[A] Zimbabwe
[B] Mali
[C] South Africa
[D] Australia
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Correct Answer: B [Mali]
Notes:
West African leaders have suspended Mali from their regional association- the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The 15-member bloc held an emergency summit in Ghana’s capital, Accra, in response to last week’s coup. Mali’s military has toppled the President and Prime Minister for the second time in nine months.
6. The recently reported H10N3 is a strain of __:
[A] Bird Flu
[B] Corona virus
[C] Anthrax
[D] Swine Fever
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Correct Answer: A [Bird Flu]
Notes:
China has reported the first human infection of a rare strain of bird flu known as H10N3. The case has been confirmed in a 41-year-old man, by China’s National Health Commission.
This bird flu variant is supposed to be low pathogenic, which means it causes relatively less severe disease in poultry. No other case of this infection has been reported in the world.
7. Which country has recently come up with a policy for three children, as against the present two children limit?
[A] India
[B] USA
[C] Japan
[D] China
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Correct Answer: D [China]
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China has announced that it would permit couples to have three children as against the present two children limit, which was brought in 2016.
This decision has been made by the Chinese government, since the country’s birth rates have registered a steep decline as per the latest census release.
8. As per the NRC Annual index of the 10 most neglected displacement crises, which country has the highest number of crises?
[A] Venezuela
[B] Democratic Republic of the Congo
[C] Burundi
[D] Ethiopia
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Correct Answer: B [Democratic Republic of the Congo]
Notes:
The Norwegian Refugee Council released its annual index of the 10 most neglected displacement crises in the world.
Two million people were displaced last year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and it has the world’s most neglected number of displaced people. African Countries dominated this year’s list, wherein DRC is followed by Cameroon, Burundi and Venezuela.
9. ‘Campaign Rabta Muhim’, which was making news recently, is being implemented in which state?
[A] Rajasthan
[B] Punjab
[C] Haryana
[D] Uttarakhand
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Correct Answer: B [Punjab]
Notes:
The Government teachers in Punjab have successfully completed ‘Rabta Muhim’, a week-long campaign, organised by the State School Education Department.
Through the campaign, as many as 12.71 lakh parents of primary students were contacted. The programme was aimed to facilitate the contact between parents and teachers via phone, to discuss about education, health and prevention of children from being infected with Covid.
10. Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov, who performed a 7-hour spacewalk recently, are from which country?
[A] USA
[B] Russia
[C] Israel
[D] France
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Correct Answer: B [Russia]
Notes:
Two Russian cosmonauts named Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov ventured out of the International Space Station on a 7-hour spacewalk to prepare for the arrival of a new Russian module.
It’s the first spacewalk for both the cosmonauts, who arrived at the space station in April. They conducted technical works including replacing the old batteries outside the International Space Station, before the arrival of the new Nauka (Science) multipurpose laboratory module.