[QandA] Short Answers - Part 1

Date: Oct 10, 2014

Answer the following:

Answer should NOT exceed 30 words each

[10*3=30]

(01) Government of India launched P-3 recently. What is P-3?

P-3 is Pashmina Promotion Programme; launched by Minister of Textiles in Leh (Kashmir); Under this Programme, financial assistance would be provided under different components like Creation of Common Pashmina Facilitation Centre for Wool testing, Disease Surveillance Centre, Shelter for Nomads and others.

(02) ‘Hudhud’

‘Hudhud’ is a tropical cyclone that devasted the coastal areas of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh in October 2014. The city of Vizag was devasted completely. The name ‘Hudhud’ was coined by Oman

(03) Indian Super League

Indian Super League (ISL) is a IPL-style of football. ISL aims to promote football in India. ISL has 8 teams and each team is a mix of foreign and Indian talent.

(04) World Habitat Day

The United Nations has designated the first Monday of October of every year as World Habitat Day.  The theme of 2014 World Habitat Day is Voices from Slums.

(05) Chumar Standoff

Chumar village in Ladakh area, near Himachal Pradesh border; China says its their land, and they keep coming there on foot and through helicopters. China also constructed a road, though Indian army destroyed it recently. Chinese soldiers entered Chumar during the recent of Chinese President Xi’s visit.

(06) List the countries in BIMSTEC

Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal

(07) Write the full form of the following in connection with Government of India’s Science & Technology:

(i) INSPIRE

Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research

(ii) SEAT

Scheme for Early Attraction of Talent

(iii) SHE

Scholarship for Higher Education

(08) Sumitra Mahajan

Present Speaker of Lok Sabha; represents Indore Lok Sabha Constituency in Madhya Pradesh; she won the Lok Sabha elections for the eighth time in 2014

(09) Operation Polo

Military operation happened in 1948 in which the Indian Armed Forces invaded the State of Hyderabad and overthrew its Nizam, and annexed with the India.

(10) Operation Octopus 2014

Launched by Sierra Leone; to tackle the deadly hit virus Ebola

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