1)

The ‘Namami Gange Programme’ is an Integrated Conservation Mission approved by the Union Government in:

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A)

June 2014

B)

October 2013

C)

April 2013

D)

January 2014

2)

The Israel Institute of Technology has developed a concept named after the Indian mathematician ______

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A)

Bhaskaracharya

B)

Kaprekar

C)

Ramanujan

D)

Aryabhata

3)

The Government of India added the prefix ‘MG’ to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in the year ______.

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A)

2009

B)

2008

C)

2012

D)

2007

4)

______ is a mandatory mark found on all processed fruit products sold in India – such as packaged fruit beverages, fruit-jams, crushes and squashes, pickles, dehydrated fruit products, and fruit extracts – as per the Food Safety and Standards Act of 2006.

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A)

FPO

B)

BEE Star Rating

C)

HALLMARK

D)

ISI

5)

In the context of Colonial India, the Hartog Committee Report is related to which of the following fields ?

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A)

Education

B)

Urbanisation

C)

Irrigation

D)

Health

6)

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is a statutory authority under the Ministry of ______.

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A)

Communications

B)

Electronics and Information Technology

C)

Science and Technology

D)

Information and Broadcasting

7)

The phrase ‘Gross National Happiness’ was first coined in:

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A)

India

B)

Sweden

C)

New Zealand

D)

Bhutan

8)

In the context of forest conservation, Navadanya Movement was founded in 1987 by ______.

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A)

Pandurang Hegde

B)

Baba Amte

C)

Vandana Shiva

D)

Medha Patkar

9)

The steel plant at Bokaro was set up in collaboration with ______.

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A)

Germany

B)

United Kingdom

C)

Soviet Union

D)

France

10)

Who among the following is the founder of the social activist organisation called ‘Global March Against Child Labour’?

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A)

Baba Amte

B)

Kailash Satyarthi

C)

Kiran Bedi

D)

Anna Hazare