31. Which PSU is set to build the first ‘Green Hydrogen’ plant at Mathura?
[A] NTPC
[B] IOCL
[C] BPCL
[D] HPCL
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Correct Answer: B [IOCL]
Notes:
State owned PSU – Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) would build the country’s first ‘green hydrogen’ plant at its Mathura refinery. This is a part of the company’s plan to produce cleaner forms of energy.
Mathura has been selected by virtue of its proximity to TTZ (Taj Trapezium Zone).
32. Which space agency is building a telescope named ‘SuperBIT’?
[A] ISRO
[B] NASA
[C] ESA
[D] Rocosmos
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Correct Answer: B [NASA]
Notes:
NASA and the Canadian space agency are building a telescope named the Superpressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope or SuperBIT. It is said to be the successor to the Hubble telescope.
As per recent media reports, a stadium-sized helium balloon is going to be used to lift up the telescope, which is to be sent to the upper levels of the earth’s atmosphere. It has been designed by the University of Toronto, Princeton University and Durham University in England together, in conjunction with NASA and the Canadian Space Agency.
33. What type of missile is ‘New Generation Akash Missile (Akash-NG)’?
[A] Surface-to-air missile
[B] Air to Air Missile
[C] Surface to Surface Missile
[D] Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
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Correct Answer: A [Surface-to-air missile]
Notes:
The New Generation Akash Missile (Akash-NG), which is India’s advanced Surface-to-air missile has been recently tested by the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) at its Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the Odisha coast.
This missile system has been designed and developed by the DRDL, Hyderabad.
34. Two cities of which state have been selected by UNESCO under ‘Historic Urban Landscape Project’?
[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Madhya Pradesh
[C] Maharashtra
[D] Tamil Nadu
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Correct Answer: B [Madhya Pradesh]
Notes:
Gwalior and Orchha cities from Madhya Pradesh have been selected by UNESCO under ‘Historic Urban Landscape Project’.
The project was started in the year 2011, for the inclusive and well-planned development of fast-growing historical cities. Six cities of South Asia, including Ajmer and Varanasi in India are already involved in this project. Orchha and Gwalior have been included as the seventh and eighth cities.
35. Which Indian state has set up India’s second village of books?
[A] Odisha
[B] Kerala
[C] Karnataka
[D] West Bengal
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Correct Answer: B [Kerala]
Notes:
Bhilar, a village in Maharashtra’s Satara district, was declared a ‘village of books’ by the State government in 2017.
India’s second village of books, has been set up in the small Kerala village, Perumkulam, five kilometres from the Kottarakkara town in Kollam district. A library has been started in memory of Mahatma Gandhi, to promote readers from the village to read more books.
36. Union Cabinet approved Rs 6,322 crore production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for which product?
[A] Medical Equipment
[B] Specialty Steel
[C] Coking Coal
[D] Automobile
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Correct Answer: B [Specialty Steel]
Notes:
Union Cabinet has been approved Rs 6,322 crore production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for speciality steel.
It is expected to attract an additional investment of about Rs 40,000 crore and capacity addition of 25 million tonnes in the segment. Out of a production of 102 million tonnes of steel in 2020-21, only 18 million tonnes of value-added steel/speciality steel were produced in the country.
37. Which institution released a Regional Report on Drowning Prevention in South-East Asia and Western Pacific?
[A] NITI Aayog
[B] World Health Organisation
[C] World Bank
[D] International Monetary Fund
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Correct Answer: B [World Health Organisation]
Notes:
WHO launched its first Regional Status Report on Drowning Prevention in the South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions.
As per the report, nearly two-thirds of global drowning deaths occur in the Asia Pacific. Drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide, at 7 per cent of all injury-related deaths. Low and middle-income countries account for more than 90 per cent of unintentional drowning deaths.
38. The JV of which Indian Company with Boeing has announced the delivery of 100th Apache helicopter?
[A] BMEL
[B] HAL
[C] TATA
[D] DRDO
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Correct Answer: C [TATA]
Notes:
The Joint Venture between Tata and Boeing – Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited (TBAL) has announced the delivery of 100th Apache Helicopter.
TABL fabricates the fuselage of the helicopter at its manufacturing facility in Hyderabad, which is then delivered to Boeing’s facility in the USA for further assembly. The JV was established as an equity partnership in the year 2015.
39. Which Ministry is implementing the Companies Act, 2013 in India?
[A] Finance Ministry
[B] Corporate affairs ministry
[C] MSME Ministry
[D] Commerce and Industries Ministry
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Correct Answer: B [Corporate affairs ministry]
Notes:
The Union Government has amended the rules pertaining to incorporation of companies under the Companies Act, 2013. The Corporate affairs ministry, which is implementing the Companies Act, 2013, has amended the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014.
Changes are made with respect to allotment of a new name to an existing company under Section 16 of the Act. The changes will come into effect from September 1.
40. Which country is set to create its own social media platform called ‘Jogajog’?
[A] Sri Lanka
[B] India
[C] Bangladesh
[D] Nepal
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Correct Answer: C [Bangladesh]
Notes:
Bangladesh is set to create its own social media platform called ‘Jogajog’ as an alternative to Facebook, as per the country’s Ministry for Information and Communication Technology.
It is also set to create an app called ‘Alapon’ for WhatsApp. Through this Jogajog app, the entrepreneurs of the country will be able to create their own online marketplace. The ministry successfully created ‘Boithok’ app as an alternative to Zoom online and ‘Surokkha App’ for vaccine registration.