41. NDA Presidential election candidate Droupadi Murmu belongs to which tribe?
[A] Gond
[B] Santhal
[C] Bhil
[D] Munda
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Correct Answer: B [Santhal ]
Notes:
Santhal or Santal are India’s third largest scheduled tribe community after Gonds and Bhils. The Santhali population is mainly distributed in Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. NDA Presidential election candidate Droupadi Murmu’s home district, Mayurbhanj, is one of the districts having dense concentration of the Santhali people. Droupadi Murmu belongs to Santhal tribe. Apart from her, Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Girsh Chandra Murmu, who was the first Lt Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Union Jal Shakti Minister Biseswar Tudu also belong to Santhal community.
42. “Roe v Wade” ruling, which was mentioned in news recently, provides__?
[A] Doctrine of judicial review
[B] Gun rights
[C] Abortion rights
[D] Protection of symbolic speech under First Amendment
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Correct Answer: C [Abortion rights]
Notes:
The 1973 Roe v Wade ruling of the US Supreme Court held that laws that severely restrict or deny a woman’s access to abortion violates the Constitution’s right to privacy. The US Supreme Court had recently reversed this landmark ruling, allowing individual states to permit or restrict the procedure themselves.
43. Which state is set to roll out the comprehensive health insurance scheme, ‘MEDISEP’?
[A] Kerala
[B] Bihar
[C] Gujarat
[D] Madhya Pradesh
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Correct Answer: A [Kerala]
Notes:
Kerala government is set to launch MEDISEP scheme from July 1, 2022. It is a medical insurance scheme for state government employees, pensioners and their eligible family members.
It will provide cashless medical assistance with a comprehensive coverage of up to Rs.3 lakhs per year.
44. BepiColombo Mission, which recently made news, is the first European mission to which planet?
[A] Mercury
[B] Mars
[C] Venus
[D] Jupiter
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Correct Answer: A [Mercury]
Notes:
Launched in 2018, BepiColombo is the joint mission of the European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The mission has two individual orbiters – ESA’s Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Jaxa’s Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter.
It is the first European mission to Mercury and the first to send two spacecraft to take complementary measurements of the planet and study its environment at the same time. This joint mission recently made its second gravity assist flyby of the Mercury.
45. Which country has launched a solid-fueled rocket named ‘Zuljanah’?
[A] Israel
[B] Iran
[C] Russia
[D] North Korea
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Correct Answer: B [Iran]
Notes:
Iran has launched a solid-fueled rocket into space named ‘Zuljanah’. It is a a 25.5 meter-long rocket, capable of carrying a satellite of 220 kilograms.
The satellites will gather data in low-earth orbit. Zuljanah is named after the horse of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
46. Which Indian state has announced a buy back scheme to purchase single-use plastic items from students?
[A] Kerala
[B] Himachal Pradesh
[C] Sikkim
[D] Uttarakhand
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Correct Answer: B [Himachal Pradesh]
Notes:
The Himachal Pradesh is set to implement a buy-back scheme in schools and colleges to purchase single-use plastic items from students.
Under the new scheme, the government will pay students Rs 75 for a kg of single-use plastic items they deposit with the school. The scheme aims to inculcate a habit of environment conservation among the youngsters
47. Samuel B Roberts (Sammy B), which was recently discovered, was a World War II era Navy Destroyer of which country?
[A] Germany
[B] USA
[C] Russia
[D] France
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Correct Answer: B [USA]
Notes:
The remains of the US Navy destroyer escort USS Samuel B Roberts, which had sunk during the Second World War, was found in the Philippine Sea.
The vessel, also known as the Sammy B, was split in half and lodged on a slop below the Pacific Ocean. It was found at a depth of 6,895 meters in the Philippines Sea. It remained undiscovered for nearly eight decades.
48. When is the ‘International Day of the Tropics’ celebrated?
[A] May 27
[B] June 29
[C] May 31
[D] June 1
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Correct Answer: B [June 29]
Notes:
International Day of the Tropics is observed annually on June 29, to highlight the importance of the tropics and the environmental and socio-economic challenges faced in these regions.
The Tropics are the regions around the equator that lie between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. This region hosts about 40 per cent of the Earth’s population and 80 per cent of its biodiversity.
49. What is ‘Thiomargarita magnifica’, which was seen in the news?
[A] Bacterium
[B] Fungus
[C] Insect
[D] Fish
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Correct Answer: A [Bacterium]
Notes:
Scientists have discovered the world’s largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp. The bacterium named ‘Thiomargarita magnifica’ is so big to be seen with the naked eye.
The thin white filament is by far the largest bacterium known to date. It has a large central compartment or vacuole, that allows some cell functions to happen in that controlled environment instead of throughout the cell.
50. Going Online As Leaders (GOAL) programme is launched with the collaboration of which company?
[A] Google
[B] Microsoft
[C] Meta
[D] Twitter
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Correct Answer: C [Meta]
Notes:
Social media giant Meta and Ministry of Tribal Affairs announced to extend their collaboration to launch the second phase of Going Online As Leaders (GOAL) programme.
The first phase of GOAL involved digital mentorship programme to tribal youth. In the second phase 10 lakh women and youth entrepreneurs will be mentored. The programme will create a platform for more than 50,000 self-help groups and 10 lakh families associated with TRIFED to market their products globally.