10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : November 7

The Pan India scholarship program for school children “Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana” has launched by Union Minister of Communications Manoj Sinha to increase the reach of Philately. Under the scheme of SPARSH, the annual scholarships will be awarded to children of Standard VI to IX having good academic record and also pursuing Philately as a hobby through a competitive selection process in all postal circles. Every Postal Circle will select a maximum of 40 scholarships representing 10 students each from Standard VI, VII, VIII & IX.

All the above statements are characteristics of Mediterranean Climate. Summers are virtually rainless because due to the shifting of wind belt, this region comes under the trade winds, while in winters it comes under westerlies and experiences rains.

Due to rainless summer plants with thick skin like oranges and olives are cultivated. Thus, the correct option is d.

Habibganj railway station in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh will be the first station in the country to be developed under private partnership. Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation has announced that Habibganj station will be developed according to international standards.

• Gram Nyayalaya try criminal cases, civil suits, claims or disputes which are specified in the First Schedule and the Second Schedule to the Act.
• The primary focus of the Gram Nyayalaya is to bring about conciliation between the parties.

• Spanning 9.15 km, the bridge is built across the Lohit river which is a tributary of the Brahmaputra river.
• he Bhupen Hazarika Setu, also referred to as the Dhola–Sadiya Bridge, is a beam bridge in India, located in Assam

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, has decided to implement a “Value Engineering Program”. Thus, statement 1 is incorrect.

The objective of the programme is to use innovative technology, materials and equipment to reduce the cost of projects and make them more environment friendly, while simultaneously ensuring that the roads or bridges and other assets get constructed much faster, are structurally stronger and more durable. Thus, statement 2 is correct.

The Value Engineering Programme is expected to

• increase speed of construction,
• reduce construction cost,
• increase asset durability and
• improve aesthetics and safety.
• It seeks to promote the use of new technologies, materials, and equipment in highways projects executed either under PPP mode or public funding mode.