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1. Which among the following are true about National Rural Livelihood Mission?

1. Swarnajayanti Grameen Swarojgar Yojana was renamed as NRLM

2. It is a poverty alleviation project implemented by Ministry of Rural Development in June 2011

3. It is also known as Aajeevika

4. This programme is supported by Asian Development Bank

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1, 2 and 3 Only

(b) 2 and 4 Only

(c) 1 and 4 Only

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

A is the right answer.
World Bank supports NRLM. India on Feb 13th signed a loan agreement worth USD 8 million with World Bank for sustainable livelihoods and adaption to climate change. The pact is aimed at improving adaptive capacity of the rural poor engaged in farm-based livelihoods to cope with climate change and scale up the demonstrated best practices and lessons into the government of India's National Rural Livelihoods Mission. National Rural Livelihoods Mission is the implementing agency.

2. ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank launched first digital Bank in the country. What is the name given to it?

(a) Virtual Bank

(b) Pockets

(c) Wallets

(d) Instant Bank

Pockets is the right answer.
Anyone, including those who are not customers of ICICI Bank, can easily download the e-wallet from Google Playstore, fund it from any bank account in the country and start transacting immediately. This wallet uses a virtual Visa card which enables the users to transact on any website or mobile application in India. Customers can also request for a physical card to use it at any retail outlet, ICICI Bank said

3. According to recent studies, which virus may transmit even from dead patients ?

a) Denki Fever

b) Swine Flu

c) H1N1

d) Ebola

Ebola is the right answer.
The deadly Ebola virus may transmit even from dead patients, says a new study, underscoring the importance of using safe practices for handling corpses. In Ebola-infected monkeys the virus remained viable for at least seven days. They also detected non-infectious viral RNA for up to 70 days post-mortem. The countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have been the worst hit by the outbreak.

4. India's first national tribal festival is hosted by

a) New Delhi

b) Kerala

c) Panjab

d) Utter Pradesh

New Delhi is the right answer
India's first national tribal festival 'Vanaj', featuring around 900 artists across the country, began in New Delhi. The five-day event is being organised by the government to conserve and promote the distinctive cultures of the tribal by providing them a national platform.

5. The mascot of India’s 35th National Games Ammu, the Great Hornbill found its place in the record books for its play named

a) India Awaits Children Who Play

b) India Awaits People Who Play

c) India Awaits Children Who Dance

d) India Awaits Children Who Swim

India Awaits Children Who Play is the right answer.
The mascot found its place in the record books for its play, Kalikkunna Kuttikalkkayi Bharatham Kathirikkunnu (India Awaits Children Who Play) featuring the bird in lead role. The play was staged in 147 schools in Kerala. The mascot of the National Games was designed by Rakesh, while the play, Kalikkunna Kuttikalkkayi Bharatham Kathirikkunnu (India Awaits Children Who Play) was scripted and directed by theatre artist Anil Karetee.

6. World Radio Day was observed globally on

a) 10 February

b) 12 February

c) 13 February

d) 15 February

13 February is the right answer.
World Radio Day was observed globally on 13 February 2015 with the theme Youth and Radio. orld Radio Day marks the anniversary of the first broadcast by United Nations Radio in 1946.

7. Which is the longest river in peninsular India?

a) Krishna

b) Godavari

c) Narmada

d) Mahanadi

Godavari is the right answer.
The Godavari is the second longest river in India after the river Ganges. It starts in Maharashtra and flows for 1,465 kilometres into the Bay of Bengal via the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

8. Name the Indian-origin scientist has received a $500,000 award from National Science Foundation to develop ultrathin metal sheets that can help produce better rechargeable batteries.

a) Gurpreet Singh

b) Mariyam Joseph

c) Sriram Venkat

d) Kalesh Guptha

Gurpreet Singh is the right answer.
The prestigious $500,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award was won by Gurpreet Singh, assistant professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering at Kansas State University. Mr. Singh will use the award to develop ultrathin metal sheets that can help produce better rechargeable batteries, supercapacitors and catalysts for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production.
With his CAREER award, Mr. Singh will study large-scale production of ultrathin sheets — a few atoms thick and several micrometres wide — of transition metal dichalcogenides, or TMDs. Nearly 40 types of TMDs have been identified, including naturally occurring molybdenite. Little is known about the structure of TMDs and their mechanical, electrical and electrochemical properties, Mr. Singh said.

9. The hollywood actress who opened a new academic centre, titled the Centre on Women, Peace and Security to help combat war-zone violence against women?

a) Angelina Jolie

b) Scarlett Johansson

c) Eva Green

d) Natalie Portman

Angelina Jolie is the right answer.
Actress-director Angelina Jolie has joined forces with Britain’s former foreign secretary William Hague to open a centre to help combat war-zone violence against women. It aims to raise awareness about the horrific acts that women suffer in war-zones and hopes to end exemption from punishment for those who commit sexual violence in war.

10. Which organization is planning to set up model mechanised farm units at select 100 centres particularly in peripheral villages of India

a) NABARD

b) Indian Council of Agricultural Research

c) Agricultural Ministry

d) Indian Institute of Plantation Management

Indian Council of Agricultural Research is the right answer.
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has planned to set up model mechanised farm units at select 100 centres particularly in peripheral villages of agricultural colleges and research institutes across the country to motivate farmers understand and apply advantages of the latest technology in agriculture. Each unit will be spread over 40 acres and it will be an all-machinery site – right from sowing seeds, clearing of weeds and harvesting produce.

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