1.Who was honoured with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2019?
Options
a. Lara Dutt
b. Rajinikanth
c. Asha Parekh
d. Vinod Khanna
Answer: b
Explanation:
Options
- The Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2020 has been given to veteran actress Asha Parekh, making her the 52nd winner of the distinction.
- Anurag Thakur, the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, revealed her identity.
- She participated in over 95 films, and from 1998 to 2001, she served as chair of the Central Board of Film Certification.
- She was also given the Padma Shri by the Indian government in 1992 for her contributions to cinema.
- What was the mobile app launched by Ministry of Rural development and Panchayat raj to monitor groundwater levels across the country?
a. Jaldoot
b. Bandicoot
c. Aaykar setu
d. Umang
Answer: a
Explanation:
- A JALDOOT app was created by the Rural Development Ministry.
- On September 27, 2022, the app was introduced by Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Minister of State for Rural Development, and Ministers of State for Panchayati Raj, Kapil Moreshwar Patil and Faggan Singh Kulaste.
3. The Tamilnadu Slum Clearance Board was constituted during whose tenure?
Options:
a. Kamarajar
b. Karunanithi
c. MG Ramachandran
d. Jayalalitha
Answer: b
Explanation:
- The Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board was established in September 1970 by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi with the aim of ridding Chennai of slums by 2023.
- It was the nation’s first board of its kind.
4. Niligiri blue robin
a. Endemic to western ghats
b. Iucn status – critically endangerd
c. Lives in low latitudes
Options:
- a only
- both a and b
- both b and c
- all the above
Answer: A
Explanation:
- The Nilgiri Blue Robin is endemic to the higher slopes of southern India’s Shola forests.
- Occurs only above 1200m altitude in the higher hill ranges of western ghats
- Iucn status – Endangerd
5. Environment performance index released by
Options:
a. UNDP
b. NITI Aayog
c. World economic forum
d. United nations environment program
Answer: C
Explanation
- Environmental Sustainability Index produced by the World Economic Forum in association with the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network.
- India is ranked 180th among 180 countries
6. QUBIT is related to
Options:
a. Artificial intelligence
b. Wireless communication technologies
c. Super computers
d. Quantum computers
Answer : d
Explanation :
- QUBIT – Quantum bit, smallest unit of quantum information.
- Quantum computing uses quantum bits or qubits.
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