2020

Question 1

World Climate Research Programme
By?
Aim?

Answer 1

WMO | IOC-UNESCO (intergov ocean commission)

1. to determine the predictability of climate
2. to determine the effect of human activities on climate

Question 2

Employment-Unemployment Survey by? frequency?

Answer 2

Labour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry of Labour

5 yr

Question 3

India’s first Snow Leopard Conservation Centre

Answer 3

Uttarakhand

UNDP’s 6 yr project, SECURE Himalayas

Question 4

TDSAT
formation?
jurisdiction

Answer 4

TRAI,1997
original as well as appellate wrt Telecom, Broadcasting, and Airport tariff matters.
In regard toCyber matters the Tribunal exercises only the appellate jurisdiction.

Question 5

Jotedar

Answer 5

rich ryots. Ryots in Bengal did not cultivate the land directly but leased it out to the under-ryots.
Became powerful during zamindari crisis & identical to MANDALS or headmen

Question 6

Lal Ded
place?
Alvar/N
wrote_____

Answer 6

Kashmir
Alvar
vakhs (maxims)

Question 7

Avvayyar, in ________ and Akkamahadevi in ______

Language of women bhakti

Answer 7

Tamil, Kannada

Question 8

Digital Economy Report

Answer 8

UNCTAD

Question 9

‘SATHI’, a recent initiative of the Government

Answer 9

‘Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help Institutes’

setting up a shared S&T infra = can be readily be accessible to academia and R&D labs.

Question 10

Generation Unlimited programme

Answer 10

also called “Yuwaah”
UNICEF
aims to ensure that every young person age 10-24 is in some form of learning, school, self-employment, training, or age-appropriate employment by 2030.

Question 11

‘AWaRe tool’

Answer 11

WHO
classifies antibiotics into three groups:
Access — antibiotics used to treat the most common and serious infections
Watch — antibiotics available at all times in the healthcare system
Reserve — antibiotics to be used sparingly or preserved and used only as a last resort.

Question 12

Global Innovation and Technology Alliance (GITA}:

Answer 12

PPP between Technology Development Board (DST) and CII.

􀀁 Purpose: to professionally manage govt. funds given to industry for R&D with global partners.

Question 13

Scientific and Useful Profound Research Advancement (SUPRA}:
);

Answer 13

Scheme of SERB to provide funding to high impact R&D projects.
􀀁 SERB is a statutory body under DST set up under SERB Act 2008