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Question 1

The government is planning to introduce the draft Explosives Bill, 2024, as a replacement for the [x], which it
aims to revoke

Answer 1

x- Explosives Act, 1884

Question 2

What penalties may a licensee face under the proposed bill for engaging in manufacturing, importing, or
exporting in violation of regulations?

Answer 2

Imprisonment for up to three years and a fine of Rs 1,00,000, or both

Question 3

What is the primary aim of the Explosives Act of 1884

Answer 3

To regulate the manufacture and use of explosives

Question 4

Which of the following statement is not true?
(a) The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade is a central government department under the
Ministry of Commerce and Industry in India.
(b) The DPIIT is responsible for formulating and implementing the Industrial Policy in India. This includes
developing strategies to support industry growth in alignment with national development goals and
objectives.
(c) The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion was established in 1990 and has been reconstituted in the
year 2002 with the merger of the Department of Industrial Development.
(d) All of these

Answer 4

(c) The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion was established in 1990 and has been reconstituted in the
year 2002 with the merger of the Department of Industrial Development.

Question 5

Who currently holds the position of Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, which also oversees the
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)?

Answer 5

piyush goyel

Question 6

[a], the developer and manufacturer of the Covishield Covid vaccine, recently
acknowledged the possibility of Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS) as a side effect.

Answer 6

a- AstraZeneca

Question 7

Covaxin vaccine, developed by ______ Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the National Institute of Virology
and uses a different platform

Answer 7

hyderabad based

Question 8

Covaxin is an “inactivated” vaccine that uses the killed _________ and has no potential to infect or replicate
once injected and just serves to uplift an immune response

Answer 8

) SARS-CoV-2 virus

Question 9

Serum Institute of India is an Indian biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals company, based in Pune. It was
founded by _________.

Answer 9

Cyrus Poonawalla in 1966

Question 10

India provided critical military and material support to assist Bangladesh in its fight for independence from
Pakistan. The foundation of India’s relationship with Bangladesh was laid in the _________

Answer 10

1971 Bangladesh Liberation War

Question 11

In the realm of regional cooperation, which multilateral forums witness the active engagement of India and
Bangladesh, fostering collaboration and partnership between the two nations?

Answer 11

SAARC BMSTEC
IORA

Question 12

India and Bangladesh share 54 common rivers, but only two treaties have been signed so far of ________. The
other major rivers, such as the Teesta and Feni are still under negotiation.

Answer 12

Ganga Waters Treaty and the Kushiyara River Treaty

Question 13

Which of the following Indian state share the shortest border with Bangladesh?

Answer 13

Assam

wb- largest
others- assam, wb, megalaya, tripura, mizoram

Question 14

Which amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1971, grants the right to vote to individuals aged
18 and above?

Answer 14

26th Amendment

Question 15

The president is officially sworn into office in January in a ceremony known as the inauguration, held on the
steps of the Capitol building in ____

Answer 15

Washington DC

Question 16

Until which year were American women prohibited from voting at the national level?

Answer 16

1920

Question 17

The U.S. Constitution originally directed that a president be inaugurated on _______ of the year following a
presidential election

Answer 17

4 March

Question 18

According to the GRFC 2024 future outlook, around 1.1 million people in the Gaza Strip and ________ are
projected to be in Catastrophe (IPC/CH Phase 5) by July 2024, bringing the total amount of people projected in
this phase to almost 1.3 million

Answer 18

79 000 people in South Sudan

Question 19

Which of the following statement is not true about the report?
(a) The Sudan faced the largest deterioration due to conflict, with 8.6 million more people facing high levels of
acute food insecurity as compared with 2020.
(b) The current situation in the Gaza Strip accounts for 80 percent of those facing imminent famine, along with
South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Somalia and Mali.
(c) In 2023, the world experienced its hottest year on record and climate related shocks impacted populations,
with episodes of severe floods, storms, droughts, wildfires, and pest and disease outbreaks.
(d) António Guterres is the current Secretary-General of UN

Answer 19

The Sudan faced the largest deterioration due to conflict, with 8.6 million more people facing high levels of
acute food insecurity as compared with 2020

Question 20

Children and women are at the forefront of these hunger crises, with over 36 million children [X] acutely
malnourished across 32 countries, the report shows.

Answer 20

x- 5 years