1. Recently the Odisha
government has reduced the amount of assistance provided under the ‘Kalia
scheme’ from Rs. 10,000 to how many rupees?
a. 6,000 rupees
b. 4,000 rupees
c. 8,000 rupees
d. Rs 5,000
ANSWER: b. 4,000,
the
amount of assistance given to the farmers under
the Kalia scheme by the Odisha government has been reduced because the
government has merged the Kalia scheme into the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman
Nidhi scheme launched by the central government in February 2019. According
to the notification, farmers residing in urban local bodies will not be covered
under both schemes.
2. Time magazine has
chosen which of the following ‘Person of the Year’ for the year 2019?
a. Greta Thunberg
b. Rahul Gandhi
c. Priyanka Gandhi
d. Rajnath Singh
ANSWER: a. Greta
Thanberg
Greta has achieved this honor at the
youngest. She has been in the discussion about her influential and
aggressive speeches. He also gave a speech at the United Nations Climate
Action Summit this year. This speech was praised all over the
world. Please tell that Greta is suffering from Asperger syndrome.
3. ‘Indra practice’ is
being organized recently between India and which country?
a. Nepal
b. China
c. Japan
d. Russia
ANSWER: d. Russia
This is the first such war exercise in the country, in which the water, land
and air troops of India and Russia are participating. The aim of this war
exercise is to promote interoperability between the two navies and to develop
mutual understanding regarding maritime security operations. The Indra
Naval Exercise was started in the year 2003, after which the size and area of this war exercise has
increased considerably.
4. Recently which state
government has won the World Habitat Award for ‘JAGA Mission’?
a. Government of Bihar
b. Government of Punjab
c. Government of Odisha
d. Government of Karnataka
ANSWER: c. Government
of Odisha
The award is presented by World Habitat (based
in the UK) in association with UN-Habitat. This award is given in
recognition of innovative, outstanding and revolutionary residential ideas,
projects and programs from all over the world. The Government of Odisha
started ‘JAGA Mission’ on 7 May 2018.
5. ‘Duchifat-3’ is a
nano satellite made by school students of which country recently launched by
Sriharikota?
a. Israel
b. America
c. Russia
d. France
ANSWER: a. Israel
is
a nano satellite named ‘Duchifat-3’ which has
been developed for self-use by Israeli school students. It is a remote
sensing satellite. This meaning will help school students to experiment
through observation. It weighs only 2.3 kg. Earlier also, Israeli
school students have made two such satellites.