Q1. Who among the following have been awarded with “Natasurya Phani Sarma Award for the year” 2020?
Dulal Roy and Arati Das Boiragi
Bhola Kakoti and Nipon Goswami
Uaday Shankar Siakia
Aishwarya Kakati and Bhabesh Baruah
D. Aishwarya Kakati and Bhabesh Baruah
The award comprises a sarai, commendation, man bastra and a cheque of Rs 2 lakh each.
Natasurya Phani Sarma had made tremendous contributions to the cultural field of Assam and through his work. He unified the greater Assamese society cutting across linguistic, religious and all other divides.
Q2. Northern Railway today ran it’s first-ever Vyapar Mala Express train from Punjab and was destined to which state?
Manipur
Arunachal Pradesh
Nagaland
Tripura
D. Tripura
This train destined for Jirania in Tripura has 46 wagons. It will help small traders in moving their cargo through Railways, in a short time, cost effective, convenient and environment-friendly mode of transportation.
Q3. Government of India has approved the setting up of the Directorate of AYUSH in which state?
Assam
Meghalaya
Tripura
Manipur
B. Meghalaya
The Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) is purposed with developing education, research and propagation of indigenous alternative medicine systems in India.
The state government has also proposed another 22 health and wellness centres for the current financial year 2020-21.
Q4. The government of India unveiled the new National Education Policy (NEP) that introduced several changes in Indian education system-from school to college level. This new policy will replace
National Education Policy (NEP) 1968
National Education Policy (NEP) 1992
National Education Policy (NEP) 1990
National Education Policy (NEP) 1986
D. National Education Policy (NEP) 1986
The National Education Policy was framed in 1986 and modified in 1992. The Right to Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act) provides for free and compulsory education to all children from the age of six to 14 years. The new draft Policy recommends the extension of the Right to Education Act 2009 to all children between the ages of 3 to 18 years.
Q5. Which Ministry receives SKOCH Gold Award in digital India category for Empowerment of Tribals through IT enabled Scholarship Schemes project?
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
C. Ministry of Tribal Affairs
The SKOCH Awards were presented over a virtual platform at the 66th SKOCH Summit at New Delhi.
Skoch Award is the highest civilian honour in the country conferred by an independent organisation. The awards recognise leadership and excellence in accelerating socio-economic changes. Conferred to people, projects and institutions.
Q6. Governor of which state has gave his nod to three state-capital bills and CRDA Repeal Bills 2020 recently?
Uttar Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
B. Andhra Pradesh
The new tri-capital plan involves setting up executive, legislative and judicial capitals at Visakhapatnam, Amaravati and Kurnool respectively.
Q7. United Launch Alliance (ULA) and which space agency has recently launched Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet?
NASA
ISRO
JAXA
CNES
A. NASA
The main aim of the Mars Perseverance Rover is to seek signs of ancient life and collect rock and soil samples for a possible return to Earth.
Q8. Name the book recently launched by the Union Minister Smriti Irani and Gajendra Singh Shekhawa which contains essays on Swachh Bharat Mission?
Swachh Bharat Sapna
Swachh Bharat Kranti
Swastha Bharat
Nirmal Bharat
B. Swachh Bharat Kranti
‘Swachh Bharat Revolution’ has been translated into Hindi by Shri Parameswaran Iyer, and is published as Swachh Bharat Kranti. The book aims at capturing the remarkable journey of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) through 35 essays from various stakeholders and contributors of Swachh Bharat Missionwho have shared their perspective on this social revolution.
Q9. Which country will host the 6th annual meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in 2021?
UAE
Denmark
France
China
A. UAE
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank which was proposed by China in 2013 and the initiative was launched at a ceremony in Beijing in 2014. The bank started operation after the agreement entered into force in 2015. The bank currently has 103 members as well as 20 prospective members from around the world. Its aim is to support the building of infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region.
Q10. SABIC chemical plant, which is set to become world’s first-of-its-kind to operate on 100 per cent renewable power, is in which country?
Spain
Qatar
Ukarine
Brazil
A. Spain
SABIC’s polycarbonate facility in Spain is set to become the world’s first large scale chemical production plant which will run entirely on renewable power after a major agreement was signed with , an electricity utility company Iberdrola.
