10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : April 8, 2019

The Periyar River is the longest river in Kerala.

Periyar River originates from Sivagiri hills of Western Ghats and flows through the Periyar National Park and reaches the Periyar Lake. The water from here then flows into the Vembanad Lake and then finally to the Arabian Sea.

Aoleang is the main festival of the Konyaks from northern Nagaland. It is celebrated in the first week of April every year to welcome the spring Another festival,’Lao Ong Mo’,is the traditional harvest festival celebrated in the months of August/September.

s to safeguard the health of women & children by providing them with a clean cooking fuel – LPG. The scheme provides free LPG connections to economically weaker families. The connections are issued in the name of women of the households.

Under the scheme, cash assistance of Rs. 1600 is given to the beneficiaries to get a deposit-free new connection. Further, interest free loan is provided to purchase stove and refill by Oil Marketing Companies

The Group of Twenty (G20) is an international forum that brings together the world’s 20 leading industrialized and emerging economies. The group accounts for 85% of world GDP and two-thirds of its population. India is part of group of twenty.

Kurinji or Neelakurinji is a shrub that is found in the shola forests of the Western Ghats in South India.Nilgiri Hills,which literally means the blue mountains got their name from the purplish blue flowers of Neelakurinji that blossoms only once in 12 years.The flowers grows at an altitude of 1300 to 2400 metres.

Pasupu Kumkuma was launched by Andhra Pradesh Government in February,2019. The scheme aims to provide financial help to women registered with self-help groups.

Each beneficiary is provided Rs 10,000 cash and a smartphone. According to the scheme,about 93 lakh women will be benefitted and the financial help will be paid in three separate instalments.