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1 .

Who was awarded with the 10th Moghai Ojah Award at a function held at the auditorium of Jorhat Science Centre and Planetarium?

A)

Ruhil Khan

B)

Ravi Saxena

C)

Dr.Paramananda Majumder

D)

Dr.Nimrat Majumder

Correct Answer : Dr.Paramananda Majumder

Eminent researcher and writer Dr.Paramananda Majumder was presented the 10th Moghai Ojah Award at a function held at the auditorium of Jorhat Science Centre and Planetarium. He was awarded for his significant role in raising issues of public interest and society's betterment.

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2 .

Which company has launched a tracker for COVID-19 worldwide?

A)

Google

B)

Facebook

C)

Microsoft

D)

IBM

Correct Answer : Microsoft

Microsoft's Bing team has built a tracker for COVID-19 worldwide. The web portal has been launched by Microsoft's Bing team. The site, launched Sunday, features a live map and tracks total confirmed cases of COVID-19 as well as cases per country.

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3 .

In context with the new recruitment system to be followed from 2021 for various government jobs, what does CET stand for?

A)

Common Eligibility Test

B)

Central Entrance Test

C)

Central Eligibility Test

D)

Common Entrance Test

Correct Answer : Common Eligibility Test

As per the recent announcement from Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh, there shall be a common eligibility test (CET) from 2021 for applicants for jobs in railways, banks and lower levels of Central government jobs.

The Centre is to set up an autonomous National Recruitment Agency (NRA) to conduct this online test. The CET is expected to replace the first level tests conducted by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC), the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) and the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS).

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4 .

Which state cabinet recently passed an ordinance which seeks to recover losses caused by damage to public property from rioters?

A)

Gujarat

B)

Chhattisgarh

C)

Maharashtra

D)

Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer : Uttar Pradesh

The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet recently passed the ‘Recovery of Damage to Public Properties Ordinance 2020’ for recovery of losses caused by damage to public property during violent protests.

The decision which was taken in a cabinet meeting headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath aims to prevent loss of public property in the state. The damages in the violence shall be recovered from the rioters, as per the ordinance. This comes at the backdrop of several violent protests in the state against Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

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5 .

Sahitya Akademi award winner Puthussery Ramachandran, who passed away recently, was a poet and scholar in which language?

A)

Kannada

B)

Malayalam

C)

Telugu

D)

Tamil

Correct Answer : Malayalam

Renowned poet and Malayalam scholar Puthussery Ramachandran recently passed away at the age of 91. He played an instrumental role in making Malayalam getting recognised as a classical language by the union government in 2013.

Ramachandran has won several prestigious awards, including the Sahitya Akademi award, the Ezhuthachchan Puraskaaram in 2015, Kerala Sahitya Akademi award among others. He was also associated with the Communist movement of Kerala.

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6 .

Chameli Devi Jain Award is an annual award presented to outstanding performers of which field?

A)

Social Service

B)

Politics

C)

Sports

D)

Journalism

Correct Answer : Journalism

Chameli Devi Jain Award is an annual award which has been presented since 1981 for outstanding performers in the field of Journalism. Chameli Devi Jain was a legendary freedom fighter and community reformer.

This year, the award for outstanding woman journalist was presented jointly to the Journalist of ‘The Wire’- Arfa Khanum Sherwani and a freelance journalist named Rohini Mohan. Arfa was chosen for her reporting from Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh while Rohini was awarded for her investigative coverage on the NRC exercise in Assam.

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7 .

The flagship “Ganga Amantran Abhiyan” programme is conducted by which organisation?

A)

Central Water Commission

B)

Ganga Flood Control Mission

C)

National Mission for Clean Ganga

D)

National Water Development Agency

Correct Answer : National Mission for Clean Ganga

National Mission for Clean Ganga which functions under the Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation-Ministry of Jal Shakti organised its flagship rafting and kayaking expedition programme called “Ganga Amantran Abhiyan”.

The exploratory open-water rafting programme was organised from Devprayag (Uttarakhand) to Gangasagar (West Bengal). The programme which concluded recently allowed people to connect with the river Ganga.

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8 .

Which state government has launched a mass handwashing campaign called 'Break The Chain'?

A)

Kerala

B)

Bihar

C)

Gujarat

D)

Karnataka

Correct Answer : Kerala

The Kerala health ministry launched a mass handwashing campaign called 'Break The Chain' to protect self and the community from Covid-19 infection.

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9 .

Spanish influenza of 1918-19 was caused by which influenza virus?

A)

H1N0

B)

H1N1

C)

H1N2

D)

H1N5

Correct Answer : H1N1

As COVID-19 declared a global health crisis, parallels are being drawn with the Spanish influenza of 1918-19, which is considered the most devastating pandemic in recent history.Spanish flu was caused by an H1N1 influenza virus.

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10 .

Which bank will write-down Additional Tier-1 (AT-1) bonds as part of the SBI-led restructuring package for Yes Bank?

A)

RBI

B)

SBI

C)

ICICI

D)

HDFC

Correct Answer : RBI

Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made a proposal to write-down Additional Tier-1 (AT-1) bonds as part of the SBI-led restructuring package for Yes Bank. AT-1 bonds are a type of unsecured, perpetual bonds that banks issue to shore up their core capital base to meet the Basel-III norms.

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