Answer-(D) All of the aboveExplanation:
Arjan Singh (Hero of 1965 war) (15 April 1919 - 16 September 2017)
In 2002, on the occasion of Republic Day, Arjan Singh was granted honorary rank of Marshal, highest military rank attainable, which before him only two Army chiefs, K M Carriappa and Sam Manekshaw, had achieved.
He had led the Indian Air Force (IAF) in the 1965 India-Pakistan war. He had launched IAF’s Operation Grand Slam that targeted at the vital town of Akhnoor of Pakistan.
He retired in August 1969 and later was appointed as Ambassador of India to Switzerland and High Commissioner to Kenya.
He also had served as Lieutenant Governor of New Delhi from 1989 to 1990.
In 2016 Indian Air Force base at Panagarh in West Bengal will be named after MIAF Arjan Singh in honour of his service.
2) India is now (16.09.2017) at ________ position in forex reserves ranking.
(A) 2nd
(B) 4th
(C) 6th
(D) 8th
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Answer-(C) 6thExplanation:
According to Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India’s foreign exchange (Forex) reserves have crossed $400 billion mark for the first time. The increase was due sharp rise in foreign currency assets.
India is now at sixth position in forex reserves ranking behind China (3,053 billion reserves), Japan ($1,188 billion), Switzerland ($743 billion), Saudi Arabia ($489 billion) and Taiwan ($441 billion).
The Foreign exchange reserves act as buffer to be used in challenging times.
The components of India’s FOREX Reserves include: Foreign currency assets (FCAs), Gold, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) and RBI’s Reserve position with International Monetary Fund (IMF).
FCAs constitute largest component of the Forex Reserves.
According to RBI, foreign currency assets were $376.20 billion, gold reserves at $20.69 billion, SDRs of $ 1.52 billion and $2.30 billion reserves IMF.
3) The Snow Leopard was just declared has ___________ by IUCN.
(A) Critically Endangered
(B) Endangered
(C) Vulnerable
(D) Extinct
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Answer-(C) Vulnerable Explanation:
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has downgraded conservation status of snow leopard from “endangered” to “vulnerable”. It was changed after three-year assessment process by international experts.
The change in status comes 45 years after snow leopard was first declared endangered in 1972.
Endangered Species: According to IUCN, species are considered ‘endangered,’ if they are fewer than 2,500 and experiencing high rate of decline.
Critically Endangered: Declining population of less than 250 or decline of 25% over three generation or 10 years.
Vulnerable Species: Species are fewer than 10,000 and its population has declined at least 10% over three generations.
Extinct Species: Is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms.
Snow leopard (Panthera uncial) is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia- including Himalayas, and Russia’s remote Altai mountains.
It is National Heritage Animal of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
4) Indian government launches ________ to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh?
(A) Operation Insaniyat
(B) Operation Cactus
(C) Operation Raahat
(D) Operation Grant Slam
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Answer-(A) Operation InsaniyatExplanation:
Bangladesh is facing humanitarian crisis due to mass influx of refugees from Myanmar. Bangladesh is suffering from shortage of resources.
India is sending basic amenities that the refugees are in urgent need of at the moment.
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