31. Who has been awarded with the Sanctuary Nature Foundation’s “Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020”?
[A] Greta Thunberg
[B] Vandana Shiva
[C] Theodore Baskaran
[D] Sunita Narain
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Correct Answer: C [Theodore Baskaran]
Notes:
Theodore Baskaran, a leading Writer, historian, naturalist, and activist has been awarded with the Sanctuary Nature Foundation’s “Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020”.
This award has been conferred upon him for his dedicated works in wildlife conservation and for his writings in Tamil – English regarding the same.
32. Who won the ‘Prani Mitra’ award for 2021, by the Animal Welfare Board of India?
[A] Theodre Bhaskaran
[B] S. Chinny Krishna
[C] Gauri Maulekhi
[D] Anjali Gopala
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Correct Answer: B [S. Chinny Krishna]
Notes:
S. Chinny Krishna, the co-founder of Blue Cross of India, has been conferred with the prestigious ‘Prani Mitra’ award for 2021 by the Animal Welfare Board of India.
Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Giriraj Singh presented the award to Mr. Krishna in New Delhi, for his lifetime service to animals. It is the country’s highest award for animal welfare.
33. The third edition of the Indian Sign Language (ISL) Dictionary includes how many terms?
[A] 2000
[B] 3000
[C] 5000
[D] 10000
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Correct Answer: D [10000]
Notes:
Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot released the third edition of the Indian Sign Language (ISL) Dictionary.
This edition has 10,000 terms of daily use and technical terms including academic, legal, medical terms. The second edition of the dictionary released in 2019 had 6,000 terms and the first edition released in 2018 had 3,000 terms.
34. Which multi-national company is to start its first manufacturing line in India, along with a subsidiary of Foxconn?
[A] Apple
[B] Amazon
[C] Google
[D] Alibaba
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Correct Answer: B [Amazon]
Notes:
Global E-commerce giant Amazon has announced that it is set to begin manufacturing devices in India. This is the first Amazon manufacturing line in India.
Amazon will begin manufacturing with Cloud Network Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn, in Chennai. Beginning later this year, the programme aims to manufacture several lakhs of Fire TV Stick devices every year, generating additional jobs in the country.
35. The Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 was approved recently, after the proposal of which Union Ministry?
[A] Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
[B] Ministry of Women and Child Development
[C] Ministry of Law
[D] Ministry of Social Justice
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Correct Answer: B [Ministry of Women and Child Development]
Notes:
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a set of amendments to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
This was the proposal of the Ministry of Women and Child Development. The amendments include empowering the District Magistrates (DM) and the additional DMs to monitor the functioning of agencies, which are implementing the act.
36. Which is the first African country with which India signed a Trade Agreement?
[A] Mauritius
[B] Madagascar
[C] South Africa
[D] Egypt
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Correct Answer: A [Mauritius]
Notes:
The Union Cabinet has approved signing of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) between India and Mauritius.
This is the first trade Agreement to be signed by India with any country in Africa. The agreement aims to liberalise norms covering Rules of Origin, Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures, Dispute Settlement, Telecom, Financial services and Customs Procedures among others.
37. Which country is to host a virtual SAARC meet to discuss on management and response of Covid-19?
[A] Nepal
[B] India
[C] Sri Lanka
[D] Afghanistan
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Correct Answer: B [India]
Notes:
India is set to host a virtual South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) meet to discuss on management and response of Covid-19 pandemic.
This health secretary-level meet virtually with other SAARC countries, will be conducted as a virtual workshop to exchange best practices amid the pandemic. In 2014, Nepal hosted a SAARC leaders’ summit, which was the most recent meeting of the countries.
38. The Mahabahu-Brahmaputra initiative, which was making news recently, has been launched in which state/UT?
[A] Assam
[B] Sikkim
[C] West Bengal
[D] Bihar
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Correct Answer: A [Assam]
Notes:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to launch the Mahabahu-Brahmaputra initiative in the state of Assam. It aims to improve connectivity in the eastern states.
Ro-Pax vessel operations would be inaugurated between Neamati-Majuli Island, North Guwahati-South Guwahati and Dhubri-Hatsingimari. The Prime Minister would also launch the foundation stone of two bridges, an Inland Water Transport Terminal at Jogighopa and various tourist jetties on Brahmaputra.
39. As per the UN Chief, how many countries have not received any of the Covid-19 vaccine dose?
[A] 70
[B] 90
[C] 130
[D] 140
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Correct Answer: C [130]
Notes:
While addressing a high-level meeting of the UN Security Council, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said 130 countries have not received a single dose of vaccine.
As only 10 countries have administered 75 per cent of all vaccinations, the UN slammed the uneven and unequitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines. He also called for a global effort to get all people vaccinated as soon as possible.
40. India signed amended MoU for space cooperation with which country recently?
[A] United Kingdom
[B] Australia
[C] Japan
[D] France
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Correct Answer: B [Australia]
Notes:
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Australian Space Agency signed an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding, for space cooperation with Australia.
The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison last year.