1. Which is the first state to create the role of Director General of Audit?
[A] Odisha
[B] Tamil Nadu
[C] Kerala
[D] Rajasthan
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Correct Answer: B [Tamil Nadu]
Notes:
Tamil Nadu is the first State to create the role of Director General of Audit in India. The state has appointed an officer from the Indian Audit and Accounts Service on deputation, for this role.
The officer’s responsibility will be to strengthen and streamline the functioning of internal audit departments in the state.
2. ‘Chin-Kuki-Mizo Ethnic Communities’ are associated with which country?
[A] China
[B] Russia
[C] Bangladesh
[D] Thailand
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Correct Answer: C [Bangladesh]
Notes:
Following the fights between Bangladeshi security forces and the Kuki-Chin National Army (KNA), tribals of Chin-Kuki ethnic community are fleeing Bangladesh.
Mizoram government announced to provide temporary shelter, food and relief to as many as 274 Bangladeshi tribal nationals who entered Bangladesh.
3. Operation Turtshield was launched by which country?
[A] China
[B] India
[C] Russia
[D] Indonesia
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Correct Answer: B [India]
Notes:
The 19th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP 19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is being held at Panama City.
India’s proposal for induction of fresh water turtle ‘Batagur kachuga’ earned support of the parties in CoP 19 of CITES. CITES also lauded the result achieved by the country in operations initiated by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau namely Operation Turtshield, to eliminate poaching and illegal trade of fresh water turtles.
4. Which country launched the ‘Orion spacecraft’?
[A] Japan
[B] USA
[C] UAE
[D] Israel
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Correct Answer: B [USA]
Notes:
NASA’s Orion spacecraft has successfully performed its first Moon flyby as part of the uncrewed Artemis I mission
It has passed within 130 kilometres of the lunar surface. Orion will travel about 57,287 miles beyond the Moon at its farthest point from the Moon, passing the record set by Apollo 13. Orion will enter a distant retrograde orbit beyond the Moon.
5. The European Parliament has designated which country as state sponsor of terrorism?
[A] China
[B] Russia
[C] Afghanistan
[D] Pakistan
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Correct Answer: B [Russia]
Notes:
The European Parliament has designated Russia a state sponsor of terrorism. It has argued that its military strikes on Ukrainian civilian targets such as energy infrastructure, hospitals, schools and shelters violated international law.
Though the European Union does not have a legal framework in place to back it up, the bloc has already imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
