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WHICH UKRAINIAN DAM COLLAPSED RECENTLY IN UKRAINE RUSSIA CONFLICT?
KAKHOVKA DAM
WHAT IS NORIN-10?
A WHEAT VARIETY WITH DWARFING GENES THAT FORMED THE BASIS FOR NORMAN BORLAUG WHEAT VARIETIES.
WHAT IS ‘GAINES’?
AFTER CROSSING NORIN 10 WITH LOCAL VARITIES -RESULT- ONE OF THE CROSSES GAVE 25% HIGHER GRAIN YIELDS WHICH WAS SELECTED AND RELEASED AS GAINES.
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME HAS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED FOOD AID TO_____________ BECAUSE IT’S SUPPLIES ARE BEING DIVERTED?
ETHIOPIA
HEADQUARTERS OF WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME?
ROME
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME IS FOUNDED BY?
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATION(FAO) AND
UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY(UNGA)
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME WAS FOUNDED IN?
1961
AIM OF WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME?
ERADICATE FOOD INSECURITY AND MALNUTRITION BY 2030.
FROM WHERE DID THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME GET ITS FUNDING?
ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTARY DONATIONS.
WHAT IS SAGAR SAMRIDDHI?
ONLINE DREDGING MONITORING SYSTEM.
SAGAR SAMRIDDHI IS LAUNCHED BY?
UNION MINISTER OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS (MoPSW).
AIM OF SAGAR SAMRIDDHI?
TO ACCELERATE WASTE TO WEALTH INITIATIVE OF MINISTRY OF PORTS.
SAGAR SAMRIDDHI IS DEVELOPED BY?
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CENTRE FOR PORTS, WATERWAYS AND COASTS (NTCPWC) - TECHNOLOGICAL ARM OF MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS.
SIGNIFICANCE OF SAGAR SAMRIDDHI?
1 BRINGS MARKED IMPROVEMENT AGAINST OLD SYSTEM OF DRAFT AND LOADING MONITOR ( DLM ) SYSTEM.
2 WILL BRING IN SYNERGY AMONG MULTIPLE INPUT REPORTS LIKE DAILY DREDGING REPORT, PRE AND POST DREDGING SURVEY DATA BEFORE PROCESSING AND PRODUCING REAL TIME DREDGING REPORT.
IS SAGAR SAMRIDDHI MANDATORY?
MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS HAS MANDATED ALL PORTS AND INLAND WATERWAYS AUTHORITIES OF INDIA TO MONITOR THE DREDGING ACTIVITY THROUGH THIS SYSTEM WITH CUSTOMISATION FROM NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CENTRE FOR PORTS, WATERWAYS AND COASTS (NTCPWC).
NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL RANKING FRAMEWORK WAS ESTABLISHED BY AND WHEN?
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IN 2016.
INDICATORS OF NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL RANKING FRAMEWORK?
1 TEACHING, LEARNING AND RESOURCES (30% WEIGHTAGE)
2 RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE (30%)
3 GRADUATION OUTCOMES (20%)
4 OUTREACH AND INCLUSIVITY (10%)
5 PERCEPTION (10%)
BIBLIOMETRICS IN NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL RANKING FRAMEWORK?
BIBLIOMETRICS REFERS TO THE MEASURABLE ASPECTS OF RESEARCH SUCH AS THE NUMBER OF PAPERS PUBLISHED, THE NUMBER OF TIMES THEY ARE CITED AND THE IMPACT FACTORS OF JOURNALS.
IS NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL RANKING FRAMEWORK TRANSPARENT?
IT IS PARTLY TRANSPARENT AS IT PUBLICLY SHARES ITS METHODOLOGY BUT IT DOESN’T PROVIDE A DETAILED VIEW.
THE FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT AND SCORING IS BASED ON BIBLIOMETRIC DATA.
WHAT IS MAHARISHI AND ITS AIM?
MILLETS AND OTHER ANCIENT GRAINS INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE (MAHARISHI)
AIMED AT ENCOURAGING THE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION OF MILLETS.
MAHARISHI SECRETARIAT WILL BE LOCATED AT?
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MILLETS RESEARCH, HYDERABAD.
WHAT IS STONEWALL UPRISING?
ON JUNE 28, 1969 THE NEW YORK POLICE RAIDED STONEWALL INN, A BAR POPULAR AMONG THE GAY COMMUNITY. THE POLICE CRACKDOWN AND THE RESULTING RIOTS CAME TO BE KNOWN AS STONEWALL UPRISING.
THE ORIGINS OF JUNE AS PRIDE MONTH ARE IN THE STONEWALL UPRISING.
WHICH CENTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRY RECENTLY LEGALIZED THE SAME SEX MARRIAGE?
ESTONIA. 1ST CENTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRY TO DO SO.
WHEN IS DOCTOR’S DAY CELEBRATED?
1st JULY.
WHY IS DOCTOR’S DAY CELEBRATED?
TO COMMEMORATE BIRTH AND DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF DR BIDHAN CHANDRA ROY.
ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (INSTITUTION DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITIES ) REGULATIONS, 2023, WHAT ARE THE NEW GUIDELINES FOR GRANTING DEEMED UNIVERSITY STATUS?
1 HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WHICH ARE LESS THAN 20 YEARS OLD WILL NOW BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR DEEMED UNIVERSITY STATUS.
2 ANY MULTIDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTION HAVING VALID ACCREDITATION BY NAAC WITH AT LEAST 3.01 CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE (CGPA) FOR 3 CONSECUTIVE CYCLES, NBA ACCREDITATION FOR TWO- THIRDS OF ELIGIBLE PROGRAMMES FOR 3 CONSECUTIVE CYCLES OR IN THE TOP 50 OF ANY SPECIFIC CATEGORY OF NIRF FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS CONTINUOUSLY WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE DEEMED STATUS.
3 A CLUSTER OF INSTITUTIONS MANAGED BY MORE THAN ONE SPONSORING BODY OR A SOCIETY CAN ALSO APPLY FOR DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY STATUS.
REVISED GUIDELINES OF UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (INSTITUTIONS DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITIES) REGULATIONS, 2023 HAVE ALSO MADE IT MANDATORY FOR DEEMED UNIVERSITIES TO REGISTER ON ACADEMIC BANK OF CREDITS (ABC). TRUE/FALSE.
TRUE.
WHAT ARE DISTINCT INSTITUTION CATEGORY UNDER REVISED GUIDELINES OF UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (INSTITUTIONS DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITIES) REGULATIONS, 2023?
AN EXISTING INSTITUTION OR AN INSTITUTION STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING WITH THE FOCUS ON TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN UNIQUE DISCIPLINES AND/OR ADDRESSING THE STRATEGIC NEEDS OF THE COUNTRY OR ENGAGED IN THE PRESERVATION OF INDIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE OR PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OR DEDICATED TO SKILL DEVELOPMENT OR DEDICATED TO SPORTS OR LANGUAGES OR ANY OTHER DISCIPLINE, SO DETERMINED BY THE EXPERT COMMITTEE OF COMMISSION WILL BE CONSIDERED UNDER DISTINCT INSTITUTION CATEGORY AND SUCH INSTITUTIONS WILL BE EXEMPTED FROM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
INSTITUTIONS DECLARED AS DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY UNDER A DISTINCT CATEGORY CAN APPLY FOR OFF CAMPUS AFTER _______ YEARS OF THEIR DECLARATION IF THEY ARE ACCREDITED WITH______ GRADE OR FIGURED IN THE TOP_____ IN THE UNIVERSITIES CATEGORY OF_______.
FILL IN.
5 YEARS
A GRADE
TOP 100
NIRF.
OTHER CRITERIAS THAT ARE CHANGED UNDER THE UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (INSTITUTIONS DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITIES) REGULATIONS, 2023?
1 FACULTY STRENGTH INCREASED FROM 100 TO 150.
2 CORPUS FUND FOR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS HAS INCREASED FROM RUPEES 10 CRORE TO 25 CRORE.
3 PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES WILL HAVE TO CREATE EXECUTIVE COUNCILS LIKE CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES.
99 YEAR LEASE ON THE BRITISH ERA 110 MW __________ HYDROPOWER PROJECT SITUATED AT JOGINDERNAGAR IN MANDI DISTRICT OF___________, PRESENTLY UNDER THE CONTROL OF__________ GOVERNMENT, WILL EXPIRE IN MARCH 2024.
SHANAN HYDROPOWER PROJECT
HIMACHAL PRADESH
PUNJAB.
NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL RANKING FRAMEWORK (NIRF) PARAMETERS?
1 TEACHING, LEARNING AND RESOURCES.
2 RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.
3 GRADUATION OUTCOME.
4 OUTREACH AND INCLUSIVITY.
5 PERCEPTION.
WHAT IS ASPARTAME, ADVANTAME AND NEOTAME? WHY IN NEWS?
THEY ARE ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS.
ASPARTAME USED IN DIET SOFT DRINKS, SUGAR FREE CHEWING GUMS, SUGAR FREE ICE CREAM, SUGAR FREE BREAKFAST CEREALS ETC.
WHO MAY DECLARE ASPARTAME AS POSSIBLY CARCINOGENIC.
WHY IS ASPARTAME PREFERRED OVER NORMAL SUGAR?
1 GRAM ASPARTAME=8 GRAM SUGAR
TO LOOSE WEIGHT AND CUT CALORIES.
LACK OF BITTER AFTERTASTE AND 200 TIMES SWEETER THAN TABLE SUGAR.
GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS INDEX OR WORLD COMPETITIVENESS RANKING IS RELEASED BY?
GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS REPORT IS PUBLISHED BY?
1 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT (IIMD).
2 REPORT BY WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM.
SHEEP AND GOATS DIED RECENTLY IN HIMACHAL PRADESH DUE TO WHICH DISEASE? WHAT ARE ITS SYMPTOMS?
PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS (PPR) VIRAL DISEASE ALSO KNOWN AS SHEEP AND GOAT PLAGUE.
SYMPTOMS => DIARRHOEA, PNEUMONIA, NASAL DISCHARGE.
WHAT IS HWASONG- 18M?
IT IS NORTH KOREA’s 1st INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE TO USE SOLID PROPELLANTS.
WHAT IS AMBERGRIS?
IT IS A WAXY SUBSTANCE THAT ORIGINATES FROM THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF PROTECTED SPERM WHALES.
IT IS INCORRECTLY REFERRED TO AS WHALE VOMIT. IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS FLOATING GOLD.
LEGALITIES OF AMBERGRIS IN INDIA?
THERE IS A BAN ON THE POSSESSION AND TRADE OF AMBERGRIS IN INDIA.
PERFORMANCE GRADING INDEX 2.0 IS DEVISED BY?
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION.
GRADES UNDER PERFORMANCE GRADING INDEX 2.0?
10 GRADES
DAKSH- HIGHEST ACHIEVABLE GRADE FOR STATE/UT SCORING MORE THAN 940 POINTS OUT OF A TOTAL OF 1000 POINTS.
AKANSHI-3 LOWEST GRADE FOR A SCORE UP TO 460.
OTHER GRADES: UTKARSK, ATTI-UTTAM, UTTAM, PRACHESTA 1, PRACHESTA 2, PRACHESTA 3, AKANSHI 1, AKANSHI 2, AKANSHI 3.
KEY FINDINGS OF PERFORMANCE GRADING INDEX 2.0?
NONE OF THE STATES/UTs COULD ACHIEVE THE TOP FIVE GRADES IN THE OVERALL CATEGORY.
ONLY TWO STATES/UTs NAMELY PUNJAB AND CHANDIGARH HAVE ACQUIRED GRADE PRACHESTA-2 (SCORE 641-700).
NATIONAL E- GOVERNANCE SERVICE DELIVERY ASSESSMENT (NeSDA) PORTAL IS LAUNCHED BY?
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE RETURNS AND PUBLIC GRIEVANCES (DARPG).
IT UNDERTAKES NeSDA BIENNIALLY.
NAME SOME PLANTS WHICH HELP TO CONTROL BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS?
○ MORINGA OR DRUMSTICK LEAVES ( HAVE ANTIOXIDANTS LIKE QUERCETIN AND CHLOROGENIC ACID)
○ CORN (HAS AMYLASE)
○ SOYABEAN LEAF EXTRACTS (HAS GLYCINE MAX)
NATIONAL MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX IS RELEASED BY?
NITI AAYOG.
DIMENSIONS OF NATIONAL MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX?
■ HEALTH
○ NUTRITION
○ MATERNAL HEALTH
○ CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MORTALITY
■ EDUCTAION
○ YEARS OF SCHOOLING
○ SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
■ STANDARD OF LIVING
○ COOKING FUEL
○ SANITATION
○ DRINKING WATER
○ ELECTRICITY
○ HOUSING
○ ASSETS
○ BANK ACCOUNTS
HOW DOES NATIONAL MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX CAPTURE THE VARIOUS DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY IN INDIA?
IT USES STATISTICS FROM THE NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY.
KEY FINDINGS OF NATIONAL MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX?
■ SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY IN INDIA =》
○ 13.5 CRORE PEOPLE MOVED OUT OF THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY BETWEEN 2015-16 AND 2019-21.
○ DECLINE OF 9.89 PERCENTAGE POINTS IN THE NUMBER OF INDIA’S MULTIDIMENSIONALLY POOR FROM 24.85% IN 2015-16 TO 14.96% IN 2019-2021.
■ RURAL AREAS WITNESS FASTEST DECLINE IN POVERTY
○ THE RURAL AREAS WITNESSED THE FASTEST DECLINE IN POVERTY FROM 32.59% TO 19.28%. DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE URBAN AREAS SAW A REDUCTION IN POVERTY FROM 8.65% TO 5.27%.
■ MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY ESTIMATES FOR STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES
○ THE REPORT STATES THAT THE FASTEST REDUCTION IN THE PROPORTION OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL POOR WAS OBSERVED IN THE STATES OF UTTAR PRADESH, BIHAR,
MADHYA PRADESH, ODISHA, AND RAJASTHAN.
○ UTTAR PRADESH REGISTERED THE LARGEST DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF POOR WITH 3.43 CRORE PEOPLE ESCAPING MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY.
■ REDUCTION IN MPI VALUE
○ BETWEEN 2015-16 AND 2019-21, THE MPI VALUE HAS NEARLY HALVED FROM 0.117 TO 0.066 AND THE INTENSITY OF POVERTY HAS REDUCED FROM 47% TO 44%.
HOW DID INDIA REDUCE MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY SO FAST?
■ AREAS OF REDUCTION
○ INDIA ACHIEVED SUCH RAPID POVERTY REDUCTION LIES IN THE DATA ABOUT THE SEVEN STANDARD-OF-LIVING SUB-INDICATORS — COOKING FUEL, SANITATION, DRINKING WATER, HOUSING, ELECTRICITY, ASSETS, AND BANK ACCOUNTS — RATHER THAN IN THE INDICATORS FOR HEALTH AND EDUCATION.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) FORMATION AND TYPE?
FORMED ON 7 APRIL 1948.
TYPE- UNITED NATIONS SPECIALIZED AGENCY.
HEADQUARTERS OF WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION?
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 🇨🇭.
PARENT ORGANIZATION OF WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION?
UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL.
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S EMERGENCY FUND (UNICEF) FORMATION?
11 DECEMBER 1946.
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S EMERGENCY FUND (UNICEF) HEADQUARTERS?
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, US.
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S EMERGENCY FUND (UNICEF) PARENT ORGANISATION?
UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
RURAL WASH PARTNERS FORUM IS A PLATFORM SET UP BY?
DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION (DDWS) IN COLLABORATION WITH KPMG INDIA FOR DEVELOPMENT/SECTOR PARTNERS WORKING IN RURAL WASH SPACE OF INDIA.
OBJECTIVE OF RURAL WASH PARTNERS FORUM?
TO SUPPORT THE EXPEDITIOUS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JAL JEEVAN MISSION (JJM) AND SWACHH BHARAT MISSION-GRAMEEN (SBM-G), THE FLAGSHIP MISSIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION (DDWS), MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
NATIONAL COAL INDEX COMPOSITION?
IT IS COMPOSED OF A SET OF FIVE SUB-INDICES: THREE FOR NON COKING COAL AND TWO FOR COKING COAL.
BASE YEAR FOR NATIONAL COAL INDEX?
2017-18.
ULLAS APP IS LAUNCHED BY?
UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE LONG LEARNING FOR ALL IN SOCIETY IS LAUNCHED BY THE MINISTER OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.