11. India recently signed an MoU with which country regarding the partnership in “Specified Skilled Worker”?
[A] Singapore
[B] UAE
[C] Japan
[D] Saudi Arabia
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Correct Answer: C [Japan]
Notes:
The Indian Government has approved the memorandum of cooperation on a framework for partnership related to “Specified Skilled Worker” between India and Japan.
As per the agreement, the skilled Indian workers, who have qualified the skill test and Japanese language test, will be granted a new status of residence of ‘Specified Skilled Worker’ by the Government of Japan. They will work in fourteen specified sectors in Japan.
12. Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Longitudinal Ageing Study of India (LASI)’ report?
[A] Ministry of Earth Sciences
[B] Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
[C] Ministry of Commerce and Industry
[D] Ministry of MSME
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Correct Answer: B [Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]
Notes:
Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan released the India report on Longitudinal Ageing Study of India (LASI) Wave-1.
LASI is a nation-wide survey of scientific investigation of the health, economic, and social factors and consequences of the ageing population in India. The report will be used as a basic framework for developing programmes in national and state-level.
13. Which country has claimed that the Equalisation Levy in India as discriminatory?
[A] China
[B] United States
[C] Brazil
[D] France
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Correct Answer: B [United States]
Notes:
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has termed India’s Equalisation Levy on e-commerce companies as ‘discriminatory’.
The Equalisation Levy or the Digital Service Tax is locally called as the Google Tax. The USTR also said that the Digital Service Tax burdens US commerce and hence it is actionable under Section 301 (of Trade Act, 1974).
14. Which Indian bank has collaborated with IIT Kanpur to set up a Fintech Innovation Centre (FIC)?
[A] State Bank of India
[B] Punjab National Bank
[C] Bank of Baroda
[D] Canara Bank
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Correct Answer: B [Punjab National Bank]
Notes:
The country’s second largest public sector bank, Punjab National Bank has partnered with IIT Kanpur and FIRST (Foundation for Innovation & Research in Science & Technology), to establish Fintech Innovation Centre (FIC).
The Innovation centre will be set up at the IIT campus, which will facilitate research and development in technological solutions used in the Banking and Finance Sector.
15. India reviewed its bilateral cooperation with which country, in the field of hydrocarbons and steel sector?
[A] Japan
[B] Mongolia
[C] Belgium
[D] Finland
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Correct Answer: B [Mongolia]
Notes:
The India-Mongolia Joint Committee on Cooperation was recently held via video conference. Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan represented India.
During the meeting, he has confirmed the commitment of India on completion of the Mongol Refinery Project. Both the countries also reviewed the bilateral cooperation in hydrocarbons and steel sector.
16. Which company launched Centre of Excellence (CoE) to train the workforce for e-commerce industry?
[A] Amazon
[B] Flipkart
[C] Jiomart
[D] Snapdeal
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Correct Answer: B [Flipkart]
Notes:
Flipkart has announced an MoU with the Logistics Skill Sector Council (LSC), and launched the Centre of Excellence (CoE), to skill the workforce of the e-Commerce Industry.
LSC is an organisation established by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, through National Skill Development Corporation of India (NSDC) and Karnataka Skill Development Centre (KSDC).
17. The LiDAR survey was started for which high speed rail project, from Noida?
[A] Delhi-Varanasi High-Speed Rail Corridor
[B] Delhi-Patna High-Speed Rail Corridor
[C] Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor
[D] Chennai-Bengaluru High Speed Rail Corridor
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Correct Answer: A [Delhi-Varanasi High-Speed Rail Corridor]
Notes:
The Light Detection and Ranging Survey (LiDAR) for Delhi-Varanasi High-Speed Rail (DVHSR) Corridor was recently started from Greater Noida.
Under the survey, a helicopter is fitted with the Aerial LiDAR and imagery sensors. The first flight captured the data and details related to ground survey in three-four months. The survey uses 60-megapixel cameras, to capture minute details.
18. Which Ministry is to spend Rs 1200 crore to create infrastructure for safe movement of wildlife?
[A] Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
[B] Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
[C] Ministry of Commerce and Industry
[D] Ministry of MSME
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Correct Answer: B [Ministry of Road Transport and Highways]
Notes:
The Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry is to spend over Rs 1,200 crore, to create infrastructure for safe movement of wildlife on National Highways.
Infrastructure including construction of underpasses on the Nagpur-Jabalpur National Highway passing through the Pench National Park and at Gadchiroli-Chandrapur and Chimur-Vadodara highways.
19. Which country raised USD 1 billion to fund Covid-19 vaccination campaigns in developing countries?
[A] United States
[B] Germany
[C] France
[D] United Kingdom
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Correct Answer: D [United Kingdom]
Notes:
The United Kingdom has raised USD 1 billion from global donors to fund COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in developing countries.
This fund is including the USD 744.5 million of the pledged UK aid, with the remaining fund from global donors, under COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC). It aims to distribute one billion doses of coronavirus vaccines to 92 developing countries.
20. Storm Filomena, which was making news, has hit which country?
[A] France
[B] Italy
[C] Spain
[D] Australia
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Correct Answer: C [Spain]
Notes:
The Storm Filomena hit Spain and has brought one of the heaviest snowfall in decades, across the central regions of Spain killing four people.
The Government is to send COVID-19 vaccine and food supplies to the areas cut off by the storm. As the temperatures are expected to fall to up to minus 10 degree Celsius, more dangerous situations are forecasted.