1. Which state road
transport corporation launched a helpline named ‘Damini’ for the safety of
women?
a. Bihar
b. Punjab
c. Jharkhand
d. Uttar Pradesh
ANSWER: d. Uttar
Pradesh In
Uttar Pradesh, many new experiments are being
done for women safety. Damini helpline number 8114277777 is such a
helpline number, in which women can complain in view of safety and other
suggestions while traveling in buses of UP Transport Corporation. This
helpline number has been created under the central government’s Nirbhaya scheme. The
most important thing about this helpline number is that women can lodge a
complaint through normal call. Also, you can make video calls, messages,
voice messages.
2. Recently who was
awarded the Sangeet Kalanidhi Award?
a. s. Soumya
b. Aruna Sairam
c. Sudha Raghunathan
d. Bombay Jayashree
ANSWER: a. s. The
Soumya
award is given by the Madras Music
Academy. It is considered the highest award in the field of Carnatic
music. A gold medal and a birudu letter are given in this
award. Carnatic music is mainly associated with Andhra Pradesh, Telangana,
Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu in southern India but is also practiced in Sri
Lanka.
3. Recently which state
government has started using satellite communication technology on a large
scale to create awareness about social welfare schemes?
a. Government of Punjab
b. Government of Tamil Nadu
c. Government of Rajasthan
d. Government of Uttar Pradesh
ANSWER: c. In
this initiative, Rajasthan Government is giving
priority to the five aspirational districts selected by NITI Aayog. These
are tools by which data can be accepted, but they are themselves unable to
create data. Through such devices, it helps to deliver various information
to remote areas. The use of artificial satellites to provide communication
links between different places on Earth is called ‘satellite communication
technology’.
4. Manjot Kalra, who
played the World Cup with the Indian Under-19 team, has been suspended for how
many years from playing Ranji Trophy in an age fraud case?
a. Two years
b. One year
c. Four years
d. Seven Years
ANSWER: b. A
year
-old cholera BCCI is 20 years 351 days. He
played for Delhi Under-23 against Bengal last week, in which he scored 80
runs. He was in the line to replace Shikhar Dhawan in the Ranji team, but
now he will not be able to play.
5. Former world champion
Meerabai Chanu retained which position in the Olympic qualifier ranking list
released by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)?
a. Eighth
b. Fourth
c. Third
d. None of these
ANSWER: a. Eighth
Mirabai Chanu is an Indian weightlifting
player. Chanu has won medals at the World Championship and Commonwealth
Games. He has received the Padma Shri award from the Government of India
for his contribution in the field of sports. Chanu won a silver medal in
the 48kg category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and won the gold medal with a
world record in the 2018 edition at Gold Coast.
