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Q. Ka226t is
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Expl: The Ka-226T is meant to replace the aging and obsolete Cheetah and Chetak fleet of the Army and Air Force and the total technical life of these will start finishing from 2023 onwards.Incorrect
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Expl: The Ka-226T is meant to replace the aging and obsolete Cheetah and Chetak fleet of the Army and Air Force and the total technical life of these will start finishing from 2023 onwards. -
Question 2 of 5
2. Question
Q. Junta is recently in news, it is
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Q. Consider the following statements about ‘Chipko movement’:
1. The Chipko movement was a water conservation movement in India.
2. It was launched from Gopeshwar in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand in 1973.
3. Sunderlal Bahuguna and Gaura Devi were associated with chipko movement.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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ans.b
Chipko movement, also called Chipko andolan, nonviolent social and ecological movement by rural villagers, particularly women, in India in the 1970s, aimed at protecting trees and forests slated for government-backed logging. The movement originated in the Himalayan region of Uttar Pradesh (later Uttarakhand) in 1973 and quickly spread throughout the Indian Himalayas. The Hindi word chipko means “to hug” or “to cling to” and reflects the demonstrators’ primary tactic of embracing the trees to impede the loggers.Incorrect
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Chipko movement, also called Chipko andolan, nonviolent social and ecological movement by rural villagers, particularly women, in India in the 1970s, aimed at protecting trees and forests slated for government-backed logging. The movement originated in the Himalayan region of Uttar Pradesh (later Uttarakhand) in 1973 and quickly spread throughout the Indian Himalayas. The Hindi word chipko means “to hug” or “to cling to” and reflects the demonstrators’ primary tactic of embracing the trees to impede the loggers. -
Question 4 of 5
4. Question
Q. Consider the following pairs:
Blue Flag beaches – State
1. Kasarkod – Kerala
2. Rushikonda – Andhra Pradesh
3. Shivrajpur – Dwarka-GujaratWhich of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
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ans.c
The ‘Blue Flag’ is a certification that can be obtained by a beach, marina, or sustainable boating tourism operator. It serves as an eco-label. The certification is known as an indication of high environmental and quality standards.The certification is awarded by the Denmark-based non-profit Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) with 33 stringent criteria under four major heads for the beaches: (i) Environmental Education and Information (ii) Bathing Water Quality (iii) Environment Management and Conservation and (iv) Safety and Services.
8 beaches of India have been awarded the “Blue Flag” by an International Jury comprising of eminent members from UNEP, UNWTO, FEE, IUCN.
Beaches: Shivrajpur (Dwarka-Gujarat), Ghoghla (Diu), Kasarkod and Padubidri (Karnataka), Kappad (Kerala), Rushikonda (Andhra Pradesh), Golden (Puri-Odisha) and Radhanagar (A&N Islands).Incorrect
ans.c
The ‘Blue Flag’ is a certification that can be obtained by a beach, marina, or sustainable boating tourism operator. It serves as an eco-label. The certification is known as an indication of high environmental and quality standards.The certification is awarded by the Denmark-based non-profit Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) with 33 stringent criteria under four major heads for the beaches: (i) Environmental Education and Information (ii) Bathing Water Quality (iii) Environment Management and Conservation and (iv) Safety and Services.
8 beaches of India have been awarded the “Blue Flag” by an International Jury comprising of eminent members from UNEP, UNWTO, FEE, IUCN.
Beaches: Shivrajpur (Dwarka-Gujarat), Ghoghla (Diu), Kasarkod and Padubidri (Karnataka), Kappad (Kerala), Rushikonda (Andhra Pradesh), Golden (Puri-Odisha) and Radhanagar (A&N Islands). -
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Q. Consider the following statements Bare Necessities Index (BNI)
1. The index examines the progress made in providing access to the bare necessities by summarizing 26 indicators on five dimensions.
2. The index has been created for all states using data from two NSO surveys on drinking water, sanitation, hygiene and housing condition in India.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?Correct
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Bare Necessities Index (BNI)
The Economic Survey, 2020-21 examines the progress made in providing access to “the bare necessities” by constructing a Bare Necessities Index (BNI) at the rural, urban and all-India level.
The BNI summarises 26 indicators on five dimensions, namely, water, sanitation, housing, micro-environment, and other facilities.
The index has been created for all states for 2012 and 2018 using data from two NSO surveys on drinking water, sanitation, hygiene and housing condition in India.
Access to bare necessities is the highest in states such as Kerala, Punjab, Haryana, and Gujarat while it’s the lowest in Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Tripura.Incorrect
ans.c
Bare Necessities Index (BNI)
The Economic Survey, 2020-21 examines the progress made in providing access to “the bare necessities” by constructing a Bare Necessities Index (BNI) at the rural, urban and all-India level.
The BNI summarises 26 indicators on five dimensions, namely, water, sanitation, housing, micro-environment, and other facilities.
The index has been created for all states for 2012 and 2018 using data from two NSO surveys on drinking water, sanitation, hygiene and housing condition in India.
Access to bare necessities is the highest in states such as Kerala, Punjab, Haryana, and Gujarat while it’s the lowest in Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Tripura.
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