States PCS: Uttar Pradesh GK Questions for UPPSC Examinations

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The World Kidney Day is celebrated on the second Thursday of the month of March every year, across the world. This year’s theme is ‘Kidney health for everyone everywhere – from prevention to detection and equitable access to care’.
Two international bodies namely the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF) jointly organise the global campaign.

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National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) celebrated its 35th Inception Day on March 12, 2020. The Chief Guest of the occasion, Union Minister of State for Home Shri Nityanand Rai launched Crime Multi Agency Centre (Cri-MAC).
It is a centre for sharing information on dreadful crime and other issues related to inter-state coordination. The Minister also launched National Cybercrime Training Centre (NCTC) for professional e-Learning services on cybercrime investigation.

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All the states and union territories of India are advised by the government to invoke the provisions of Section 2 of the Epidemic Disease Act 1897. This Section empowers state governments/UTs to take special measures and formulate regulations to control any outbreak.
The 123-year old act also includes the detention of people or any vessel that come from international shores and are probable to spread the epidemic in the country. According to reports, the Act was invoked in 2018 to contain the spread of cholera in a village in Gujarat.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently announced that Asian region is expected to grow at 0 percent in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
The institution also remarked that this would be its worst growth performance in the past 60 years. This estimate has been released in the blog titled ‘COVID-19 Pandemic and the Asia-Pacific Region: Lowest Growth Since the 1960s’. IMF recently estimated India’s growth rate at 1.9% in the current financial year.

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The Article 75 of the Indian Constitution states that the Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President and the other ministers shall be appointed by the president on the advice of the Prime Minister. The ministers shall hold office during the pleasure of the president of India.

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The duties of Chief Minister of a state are enumerated in Article 167 of the Constitution of India. It states that it shall be the duty of the Chief Minister to communicate to the governor of the state all decisions of the council of ministers relating to the administration of the affairs of the state and proposals for legislation.

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The Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) had 15 regional offices known as Regional Development Monitoring and Evaluation Offices (RDMEOs). They were closed in 2017 and the staff were transferred to DMEO Headquarters in New Delhi.

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Baffin Island is located in Canada. It is the largest island in Canada and also the fifth largest island in the world. It covers an area of 507,451 square km.

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The ninth mandal of the Rig Veda contains compilation of soma hymns. The IX mandala of the Rig Veda is completely devoted to the vedic God soma. It is a collections of hymns taken from the Rig Veda and set to tunes for the purpose of singing.