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Jun 8, 2020

[CA] Summer Capital of Uttarakhand

Bhararisen (Garisain) in the Chamoli district has been declared as Uttarakhand’s new summer capital. The Government of Uttarakhand made the announcement on June 8, 2020. Dehradun is the capital of the State. The landmark decision makes Uttarakhand the second state in India after Jammu and Kashmir to have two capitals, separate summer and winter capital.

 

The Uttarakhand government had set up a VN Dixit Commission to search for a permanent capital. The commission had looked into the feasibility of five places -Dehradun, Gairsain, Rishikesh, Kashipur and Ramnagar- as the permanent capital of Uttarakhand. The commission has rejected the proposal of making Gairsain the permanent capital of the state as it is more prone to earthquakes.

Uttarakhand was carved out of Uttar Pradesh to become India's 27th state on November 9, 2000. Gairsain has remained a sensitive issue in the hill state ever since its creation.


Jun 7, 2020

[CA/GK/Geog] Tiger Deaths in India

According to National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), 750 tigers have died in the country in the last eight years i.e. between 2012 and 2019 due to poaching and other causes.

The state of Madhya Pradesh has topped these figures with highest casualities at 173. 38 were due to poaching, 94 natural deaths, 19 under scrutiny, six due to the unnatural causes and 16 seizures. Notably, Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of 526 tigers in the country.


Tiger Deaths in India

#

State

No of deaths

01

Madhya Pradesh

173

02

Maharashtra

125

03

Karnataka

111

04

Uttarakhand

88

05

Assam

54

06

Tamil Nadu

54

07

Kerala

35

08

Uttar Pradesh

35

09

Rajasthan

17

10

Bihar

11

11

West Bengal

11

12

Chhattisgarh

10

13

Andhra Pradesh

07

14

Odisha

07

15

Telangana

05

16

Nagaland

02

17

New Delhi

02

18

Arunachal Pradesh

01

19

Haryana

01

20

Gujarat

01

 

 

 

Tiger Poaching in India

#

State

No of cases

01

Maharashtra

28

02

Karnataka

28

03

Assam

17

04

Uttarakhand

14

05

Uttar Pradesh

12

06

Tamil Nadu

11

07

Kerala

06

08

Rajasthan

03

 


Jun 6, 2020

[Quests] June 2020 Questions - Part 1

(01) Which country has proposed to create a "5G club" of 10 democracies including India?

(A) USA                                                        

(B) UK

(C) Japan                                                     

(D) Australia

(02) Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

1. Virat Kohli becomes the only cricketer to feature in the Forbe's Top 100 highest paid athletes of 2020

2. Roger Federer became the top ranked player in the Forbe's Top 100 highest paid athletes of 2020

3. Serena Williams became the highest paid female athlete ranking became the highest paid female athlete ranking

(A) 1, 2 and 3                                               

(B) 1 and 3 only

(C) 2 and 3 only                                          

(D) 1 and 2 only

(03) Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi launched the technology platform CHAMPIONS for

(A) Health industry                                     

(B) MSME industry

(C) Automobile industry                            

(D) Poultry industry

(04) As of June 03, 2020 how many state(s) / UT(s) have joined in "One Nation, One Ration Card" scheme?

(A) 15                                                           

(B) 17

(C) 18                                                           

(D) 20

(05) PM SVANIDHI scheme has been launched by the Ministry of

(A) Finance                                                           

(B) Corporate Affairs

(C) Housing & Urban Affairs                     

(D) Civil Aviation

(06) SEBI constituted a committee headed by ____ on SSE (Social Stock Exchange)

(A) Mohandas Pai                                       

B) Ishaat Hussain

(C) Kiran Seth                                             

(D) Rangarajan

(07) "GATI" web portal has been created by

(A) FSSAI                                                     

(B) NPCI

(C) NHAI                                                       

(D) NIC

(08) “National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC)” is headed by:

(A) President                                               

(B) Prime Minister

(C) Home Minister                                      

(D) Cabinet Secretary

(09) "Global Economic Prospects" is the publication of

(A) World Economic Forum                      

(B) World Bank

(C) Asian Development Bank                             

(D) International Monetary Fund

(10) “EMC 2.0 and SPECS”, sometimes mentioned in the news, are primarily aimed at:

(A) universal basic income                       

(B) ease of doing business

(C) boosting manufacturing industry     

(D) attracting more FDI

(11) Which among the following ministry is not an ex-officio Trustees of the PM CARES Fund?

(A) Ministry of Defence                                       

(B) Ministry of Home Affairs

(C) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare       

(D) Ministry of Finance

(12) ‘Ultra Swachh’, is a disinfection unit, developed by:

(A) NAL                                                        

(B) BHEL

(C) CSIR                                                       

(D) DRDO

(13) "INS Kalinga" is

(A) War ship                                                

(B) Offshore patrol vessels

(C) Naval station                                         

(D) Landing ship tanks

(14) Which country was the largest source of FD in India during 2019-20 financial year?

(A) USA                                                        

(B) Singapore

(C) Mauritius                                               

(D) France

(15) Who is the chairperson of the FSDC (Financial Stability and Development Council)?

(A) Union Corporate Affairs Minister      

(B) Union Finance Minister

(C) Finance Secretary                                

(D) RBI Governor

(16) Which company has launched a short music videos application called "Collab"?

(A) Google                                                   

(B) Microsoft

(C) Amazon                                                 

(D) Facebook

(17) National Geographic Channel in collaboration with Drinking Water Ministry has released a film about which government scheme?

(A) Swachh Bharat Mission                      

(B) Secure Himalayan Project

(C) Green Skill Development Programme

(D) National Clean Air Programme

(18) Which company has launched a new application called "Sodar", to help people maintain social distancing?

(A) Google                                                   

(B) Microsoft

(C) Amazon                                                 

(D) Facebook

(19) Which is the first private space company to send astronauts into space?

(A) Blue Origin                                            

(B) Tesla

(C) SpaceX                                                   

(D) Orbital

(20) Which state is to launch a project to develop 800 km roads as Herbal roads?

(A) Gujarat                                                   

(B) Uttar Pradesh

(C) Himachal Pradesh                                

(D) Assam

(21) What is the name of the tropical storm that has formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico?

(A) Amphan                                                 

(B) Amanda

(C) Cristobal                                                

(D) Harold

(22) In June 2020, India has signed ‘Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA)’ with which country?

(A) Japan                                                     

(B) Australia

(C) Finland                                                   

(D) Germany

(23) Which Indian has been named the EY world entrepreneur of the year 2020?

(A) Deepinder Goyal                                  

(B) Ritesh Agarwal

(C) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw                        

(D) Uday Kotak

(24) What is the theme of the Environment Day, 2020?

(A) Climate action                                      

(B) Celebrating biodiversity

(C) Enrich our environment                      

(D) Environment and SDG

(25) Recently, Indian Government launched an online portal TULIP for

(A) Illegal entry along India - China border

(B) Inter - State migrants details

(C) Check the availability of doctors in nearby hospitals

(D) Learning Internship program

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