Q1.Which institution recently released the ‘Survey on dietary supplements’?
[A] FCI[B] FSSAI
[C] NITI Aayog
[D] Union Health Ministry
B – Explanation:
- The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) recently released a survey on dietary supplements.
The regulator tested 145,000 protein powder samples and found 4,890 to be unsafe and 16,582 to be substandard. The Consumer Protection Act 2019 bans misleading advertisements about a product or service falsely describing a product and deliberately concealing information on sugar content while focusing on immunity boost.
Q2.Which organisation released the ‘Global Risks Report 2023’?
[A] World Bank[B] World Economic Forum
[C] International Monetary Fund
[D] Asian Development Bank
B – Explanation:
- The Global Risks Report 2023 was recently released by the World Economic Forum (WEF). As per the report, failure to mitigate climate change’ as well as ‘failure of climate change adaptation’ are the two most severe risks facing the world in the next decade.
They are followed by ‘natural disasters and extreme weather events’ and ‘Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse’.
Q3.Who is the author of the ‘Revolutionaries- The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom’ Book?
[A] Amit Shah[B] Sanjeev Sanyal
[C] Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit
[D] Manoj Soni
B – Explanation:
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah released a book titled ‘Revolutionaries- The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom’
The Author of the book is Economist Sanjeev Sanyal who is also a member of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. Some other books authored by him include Land of the Seven Rivers, The Indian Renaissance and The Ocean of Churn.
Q4.Which is the first European country to have a Reciprocal Access Agreement with Japan?
[A] Germany[B] UK
[C] Italy
[D] France
B – Explanation:
- The UK Prime Minister signed a landmark defence agreement with the Japanese Prime Minister at London.
This is regarded as the most significant defence agreement between the two countries in more than a century, which allows UK forces to be deployed to Japan. The UK is the first European country to have a Reciprocal Access Agreement with Japan.
Q5.Which state launched the ‘shared school bus system’ and agriculture response vehicle scheme?
[A] Assam[B] Meghalaya
[C] West Bengal
[D] Bihar
B – Explanation:
- Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma launched the shared school bus system, part of Sustainable Transport and Efficient Mobility Society (STEMS) programme.
He also launched the Prime Agriculture Response Vehicles, to give financial assistance to farmers for procurement of the ‘Agriculture Response Vehicles’. Another scheme to provide financial assistance to tourism entrepreneurs to purchase premium tourist vehicles was also launched.
Q6.Vidisha, the first district for the deployment of innovative 5G use cases, is located in which state?
[A] Odisha[B] Madhya Pradesh
[C] West Bengal
[D] Assam
B – Explanation:
- Vidisha, an aspirational district of Madhya Pradesh became the first ever district in India for on ground deployment of innovative 5G use cases offered by startups.
It is a joint initiative by Vidisha District Administration and Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), Department of Telecommunications (DoT). DoT is pioneering the ‘5G use case promotional pilot’ for deploying 5G/4G/IoT innovative solutions of Startups & SMEs at Vidisha.
Q7.Which institution released the ‘Rural Health Statistics report’?
[A] NITI Aayog[B] Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
[C] AIIMS
[D] IMA
B – Explanation:
- The Rural Health Statistics report was recently published by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
The report shows that there is a shortfall of more than 80% of the required surgeons and paediatricians in the 6,064 Community Health Centres (CHCs) across the country. CHCs are 30-bed block-level health facilities which are supposed to provide basic care related to surgery, gynaecology, paediatrics and general medicine.
Q8.Which public sector bank partnered with ‘Garuda Aerospace’ under the Kisan Pushpak Scheme?
[A] Canara Bank[B] State Bank of India
[C] Union Bank of India
[D] Punjab National Bank
C – Explanation:
- Chennai’s drone startup Garuda Aerospace has partnered with the Union Bank of India as 150 Garuda Agri Kisan drones received sanction for a loan under the Kisan Pushpak Scheme.
The drone loan will help farmers to digitise land record operations for crop production, and spraying of fertilisers, chemicals and pesticides. The Agri Infrastructure Fund Scheme finances 150 drone applications that will benefit the farmer community and create 150 skilled pilots who will engage to become entrepreneurs.
Q9.Which state/UT suggested the Centre to grant “migrated minority” status?
[A] Punjab[B] Delhi
[C] Jammu and Kashmir
[D] Assam
B – Explanation:
- The Delhi government has suggested that the Centre can grant “migrated minority” status to Hindus who moved to the national capital from places like Jammu &Kashmir or Ladakh where they are a religious minority.
This is a part of a compilation of views collected by the Centre from 24 States on whether religious and linguistic minority communities should be identified and notified by the Union or the respective States. The Centre submitted the affidavit in the Supreme Court.
Q10.‘Pineapple Express’ phenomenon, which was seen in the news, is related to which field?
[A] Agriculture[B] Transport
[C] Meteorology
[D] Tourism
C – Explanation:
- California and other parts of the West Coast have been hit with a series of atmospheric rivers, which are long, narrow regions in the atmosphere that transport most of the water vapour outside the tropics.
The atmospheric rivers are called ‘Pineapple Express’ when the tail end, where the moisture is pulled into the atmosphere, starts near Hawaii stretching towards the U.S. West Coast. It is a common atmospheric phenomenon that resembles a conveyor belt for moisture.