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- Question 1 of 10
1. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsWhat is/are the provision(s) of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021?
1. The term “government” referred to in any law made by the Legislative Assembly will imply the Delhi Government headed by the Chief Minister.
2. On certain matters specified by the Lieutenant Governor, his opinion must be obtained before taking any executive action.
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The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 15, 2021. The Bill amends the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991.
Statement 1 is incorrect. The Bill provides that the term “government” referred to in any law made by the Legislative Assembly will imply Lieutenant Governor (LG).
Statement 2 is correct. The Act specifies that all executive action by the government, whether taken on the advice of the Ministers or otherwise, must be taken in the name of the LG. The Bill adds that on certain matters, as specified by the LG, his opinion must be obtained before taking any executive action on the decisions of the Minister/ Council of Ministers
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The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 15, 2021. The Bill amends the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991.
Statement 1 is incorrect. The Bill provides that the term “government” referred to in any law made by the Legislative Assembly will imply Lieutenant Governor (LG).
Statement 2 is correct. The Act specifies that all executive action by the government, whether taken on the advice of the Ministers or otherwise, must be taken in the name of the LG. The Bill adds that on certain matters, as specified by the LG, his opinion must be obtained before taking any executive action on the decisions of the Minister/ Council of Ministers
- Question 2 of 10
2. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsA member nominated to the House of Parliament faces disqualification under the Tenth Schedule if:
1. He is a member of any political party on the date of his nomination and does not resign from party within six months of such nomination.
2. He joins any political party after the expiry of six months from the date on which he takes his seat in Parliament.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Statement 1 is incorrect. A nominated member of a House is deemed to belong to such political party where he is a member of any political party on the date of his nomination.
Statement 2 is correct. A nominated member of a House shall be disqualified for being a member of the House if he joins any political party after the expiry of six months from the date on which he takes his seat.
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Statement 1 is incorrect. A nominated member of a House is deemed to belong to such political party where he is a member of any political party on the date of his nomination.
Statement 2 is correct. A nominated member of a House shall be disqualified for being a member of the House if he joins any political party after the expiry of six months from the date on which he takes his seat.
- Question 3 of 10
3. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsWhich of the following is/are applications of the artificial intelligence (AI)?
1. Speech to text conversion
2. Natural language processing
3. Real-time recommendations on retail and entertainment web sites
4. Classifying objects or people within still or moving images
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All of the above are applications of the Artificial Intelligence.
In computer science, the term artificial intelligence (AI) refers to any human-like intelligence exhibited by a computer, robot, or other machine. Some Artificial intelligence applications:
— Speech recognition: Also called speech to text (STT), speech recognition is AI technology that recognizes spoken words and converts them to digitized text.
— Natural language processing (NLP): NLP enables a software application, computer, or machine to understand, interpret, and generate human text. NLP is the AI behind digital assistants (such as the aforementioned Siri and Alexa), chatbots, and other text-based virtual assistance.
— Image recognition (computer vision or machine vision): AI technology that can identify and classify objects, people, writing, and even actions within still or moving images.
— Real-time recommendations: Retail and entertainment web sites use neural networks to recommend additional purchases or media likely to appeal to a customer based on the customer’s past activity, the past activity of other customers, and myriad other factors, including time of day and the weather.
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All of the above are applications of the Artificial Intelligence.
In computer science, the term artificial intelligence (AI) refers to any human-like intelligence exhibited by a computer, robot, or other machine. Some Artificial intelligence applications:
— Speech recognition: Also called speech to text (STT), speech recognition is AI technology that recognizes spoken words and converts them to digitized text.
— Natural language processing (NLP): NLP enables a software application, computer, or machine to understand, interpret, and generate human text. NLP is the AI behind digital assistants (such as the aforementioned Siri and Alexa), chatbots, and other text-based virtual assistance.
— Image recognition (computer vision or machine vision): AI technology that can identify and classify objects, people, writing, and even actions within still or moving images.
— Real-time recommendations: Retail and entertainment web sites use neural networks to recommend additional purchases or media likely to appeal to a customer based on the customer’s past activity, the past activity of other customers, and myriad other factors, including time of day and the weather.
- Question 4 of 10
4. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsWhat is utility of the Rule Curve in Reservoir operations?
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A rule curve or rule level specifies the storage or empty space to be maintained in a reservoir during different times of the year. The rule curves are generally derived by operation studies using historic or generated flows.
The Supreme Court recently said the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary will be “personally responsible” and “appropriate action” will be taken on failure to give information on the ‘rule curve’ for the Mullaperiyar dam to the Supreme Court-appointed Supervisory Committee.
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A rule curve or rule level specifies the storage or empty space to be maintained in a reservoir during different times of the year. The rule curves are generally derived by operation studies using historic or generated flows.
The Supreme Court recently said the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary will be “personally responsible” and “appropriate action” will be taken on failure to give information on the ‘rule curve’ for the Mullaperiyar dam to the Supreme Court-appointed Supervisory Committee.
- Question 5 of 10
5. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsWhere is the Schirmacher Oasis located?
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Schirmacher Oasis is an emergent isolated landmass, surrounded on all sides by ice, occurring along the Princess Astrid Coast in central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica.
An Indo-Japanese project “Schirmacher Oasis Nippon (Japan) India Coring (SONIC)” was initiated during 2019 to reconstruct the past-climate. 15 sediment cores, ranging from 1 m to 8 m, were retrieved from various lakes of Schirmacher Oasis by the team for analysis.
India collaborates with Norway and Japan in Antarctic Research. A major Indo-Norweigian collaborative field campaign, near Indian Maitri station, was undertaken during 2016–2019 to understand the ice shelf dynamics, mass balance and reconstruct past changes in atmospheric and sea ice dynamics under the joint project “Mass balance, dynamics, and climate of the central Dronning Maud Land coast, East Antarctica (MADICE)”.
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Schirmacher Oasis is an emergent isolated landmass, surrounded on all sides by ice, occurring along the Princess Astrid Coast in central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica.
An Indo-Japanese project “Schirmacher Oasis Nippon (Japan) India Coring (SONIC)” was initiated during 2019 to reconstruct the past-climate. 15 sediment cores, ranging from 1 m to 8 m, were retrieved from various lakes of Schirmacher Oasis by the team for analysis.
India collaborates with Norway and Japan in Antarctic Research. A major Indo-Norweigian collaborative field campaign, near Indian Maitri station, was undertaken during 2016–2019 to understand the ice shelf dynamics, mass balance and reconstruct past changes in atmospheric and sea ice dynamics under the joint project “Mass balance, dynamics, and climate of the central Dronning Maud Land coast, East Antarctica (MADICE)”.
- Question 6 of 10
6. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsConsider the following statements regarding the Pench National Park:
1. It is spread across two states – Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
2. This park has been included under Project Tiger and hence is also a tiger reserve.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Statement 1 is correct. The Pench National Park is mostly located in the southern part of Madhya Pradesh, in the districts of Seoni and Chhindwara, which also shares a boundary with Maharashtra. An additional area of 257 sq.km of this park lies in Maharashtra.
The national park is named after the river- Pench, which while flowing from north to south, divides the national park in almost equal halves namely eastern and western halves.
Statement 2 is correct. Since the national park is also the abode of the national animal- Tigers, this park has been included under Project Tiger and hence is a tiger reserve since 1992.
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Statement 1 is correct. The Pench National Park is mostly located in the southern part of Madhya Pradesh, in the districts of Seoni and Chhindwara, which also shares a boundary with Maharashtra. An additional area of 257 sq.km of this park lies in Maharashtra.
The national park is named after the river- Pench, which while flowing from north to south, divides the national park in almost equal halves namely eastern and western halves.
Statement 2 is correct. Since the national park is also the abode of the national animal- Tigers, this park has been included under Project Tiger and hence is a tiger reserve since 1992.
- Question 7 of 10
7. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsWhat is the objective of the CounterMEASURE initiative of the UN Environment Programme?
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Estimates show that rivers transport upwards of millions of tons of plastic into the oceans every year. Some 95% of that discharge comes from only 10 rivers, 8 of which are in Asia. Amongst those 8 are the Mekong and the Ganges rivers. The CounterMEASURE project works to identify sources and pathways of plastic pollution in river systems in Asia, particularly the Mekong and the Ganges.
CounterMEASURE is managed by the UN Environment Programme’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and is funded through the generous support of the Government of Japan.
In May 2020, Japan and UNEP announced their cooperation on Promotion of action against marine plastic litter in Asia and the Pacific (CounterMEASURE II). Japan and UNEP’s cooperation through the initial CounterMEASURE efforts along the Mekong and Ganges rivers in 2019-2020 resulted in bespoke policy recommendations to governments to help stop plastic pollution where it is leaking into waterways.
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Estimates show that rivers transport upwards of millions of tons of plastic into the oceans every year. Some 95% of that discharge comes from only 10 rivers, 8 of which are in Asia. Amongst those 8 are the Mekong and the Ganges rivers. The CounterMEASURE project works to identify sources and pathways of plastic pollution in river systems in Asia, particularly the Mekong and the Ganges.
CounterMEASURE is managed by the UN Environment Programme’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and is funded through the generous support of the Government of Japan.
In May 2020, Japan and UNEP announced their cooperation on Promotion of action against marine plastic litter in Asia and the Pacific (CounterMEASURE II). Japan and UNEP’s cooperation through the initial CounterMEASURE efforts along the Mekong and Ganges rivers in 2019-2020 resulted in bespoke policy recommendations to governments to help stop plastic pollution where it is leaking into waterways.
- Question 8 of 10
8. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsConsider the following statements regarding the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU):
1. It is a is the organization of national and provincial/State parliaments.
2. India and Pakistan both are members of the IPU.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Statement 1 is incorrect. The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is the global organization of national parliaments. This Organization, created by a small group of parliamentarians in 1889, has grown into a global entity committed to promoting democracy, equality, human rights, development and peace. Its Assembly, the only global forum of MPs, brings together parliamentarians to address and drive change on issues on the international agenda.
Statement 2 is correct. The IPU is inching ever closer to universal membership, with 179 Member Parliaments out of the 193 countries in the world – from huge nations like China, India and Indonesia, to the tiny States of Cabo Verde, San Marino and Palau.
All national parliaments can join IPU if they are lawfully established national bodies operating in States or aspirational States recognized by the United Nations. India and Pakistan both are members of the IPU.
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Statement 1 is incorrect. The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is the global organization of national parliaments. This Organization, created by a small group of parliamentarians in 1889, has grown into a global entity committed to promoting democracy, equality, human rights, development and peace. Its Assembly, the only global forum of MPs, brings together parliamentarians to address and drive change on issues on the international agenda.
Statement 2 is correct. The IPU is inching ever closer to universal membership, with 179 Member Parliaments out of the 193 countries in the world – from huge nations like China, India and Indonesia, to the tiny States of Cabo Verde, San Marino and Palau.
All national parliaments can join IPU if they are lawfully established national bodies operating in States or aspirational States recognized by the United Nations. India and Pakistan both are members of the IPU.
- Question 9 of 10
9. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsConsider the following statements regarding the Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC):
1. It is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Commerce.
2. It is an implementing agency for the Central Sector Scheme of “Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)”.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Statement 1 is incorrect. Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) is an Autonomous Society promoted by Ministry of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare.
The Society is governed by Board of Management which is chaired, ex-officio, by Hon’ble Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare as the President and the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, is the ex-officio Vice-President.
Statement 2 is correct. Government of India recently launched a new Central Sector Scheme titled “Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Produce Organizations (FPOs)” with a clear strategy and committed resources to form and promote 10,000 new FPOs in the country with budgetary provision of Rs 6865 crore.
Under this Central Sector Scheme with funding from Government of India, formation & Promotion of FPOs are to be done through the Implementing Agencies (IAs) which includes Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC), National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED)among others.
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Statement 1 is incorrect. Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) is an Autonomous Society promoted by Ministry of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare.
The Society is governed by Board of Management which is chaired, ex-officio, by Hon’ble Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare as the President and the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, is the ex-officio Vice-President.
Statement 2 is correct. Government of India recently launched a new Central Sector Scheme titled “Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Produce Organizations (FPOs)” with a clear strategy and committed resources to form and promote 10,000 new FPOs in the country with budgetary provision of Rs 6865 crore.
Under this Central Sector Scheme with funding from Government of India, formation & Promotion of FPOs are to be done through the Implementing Agencies (IAs) which includes Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC), National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED)among others.
- Question 10 of 10
10. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsWhich of the following institution is organizing the India Chem-2021?
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India Chem is one of the largest composite events of the chemical and petrochemical sector in the Asia-Pacific Region. Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, in association with FICCI, is organizing the 11th edition of India Chem- 2021 during 17-19th March 2021 in New Delhi.
India Chem-2021 with the theme of “India: Global Manufacturing Hub for Chemicals and Petrochemicals” will showcase potential and supportive government policy for sustainable growth in the sector and provide a platform for domestic and international investors and other stakeholders to interact and forge alliances.
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India Chem is one of the largest composite events of the chemical and petrochemical sector in the Asia-Pacific Region. Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, in association with FICCI, is organizing the 11th edition of India Chem- 2021 during 17-19th March 2021 in New Delhi.
India Chem-2021 with the theme of “India: Global Manufacturing Hub for Chemicals and Petrochemicals” will showcase potential and supportive government policy for sustainable growth in the sector and provide a platform for domestic and international investors and other stakeholders to interact and forge alliances.
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