Answer-(B) Program for SportsExplanation:
The revamped Khelo India Programme would impact the entire sports ecosystem, including infrastructure, community sports, talent identification, coaching for excellence, competition structure and sports economy.
An unprecedented Pan Indian Sports Scholarship scheme, which would cover 1,000 most talented young athletes each year across select sports disciplines.
Each athlete selected under the scheme shall receive an annual scholarship worth Rs. 5.00 lakh for 8 consecutive years.
This is the first time ever that a long-term athlete development pathway would be made available to gifted and talented youngsters to excel in competitive sports and will create a pool of highly competitive athletes who can compete to win at the world stage.
The Programme would cover about 200 million children in the age group of 10-18 under a massive national physical fitness drive, which will not only measure the physical fitness of all children in the age group, but also support their fitness related activities.
This programme strives to promote “Sports for All” as well as “Sports for Excellence.”
2) The ANUBHAV AWARDS will be presented to ___________.
(A) Doctor
(B) Farmer
(C) Pensioner
(D) Engineer
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Answer-(C) PensionerExplanation:
The ANUBHAV AWARDS 2017 will be presented to 17 pensioners for their contribution towards creating institutional memory for the departments.
Anubhav scheme had been instituted on the call of Narendra Modi to encourage retiring/retired employees to submit their experiences while working in the government with the objective to create an institutional wealth for the government for future governance as well as to enthuse and inspire the future generations of government officials in their respective assignments.
3) When did Subrahmanyan Chandrasekha receive Nobel Prize for physical processes of importance to structure and evolution of stars?
(A) 1983
(B) 1986
(C) 1989
(D) 1992
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Answer-(A) 1983Explanation:
Scientists for first time observe Optical polarisation phenomenon (polarised light emitted by rapidly rotating stars) after it was predicted by Indian astrophysicist and Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar 70 years ago.
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar in 1946 had first predicted that some stars could be emitting polarised light from their edges.
His paternal uncle was the Indian physicist and Nobel laureate C. V. Raman.
4) Who was the first musician to be awarded Bharat Ratna?
(A) M. S. Subbulakshmi
(B) Ravi Shankar
(C) Lata Mangeshkar
(D) Bismillah Khan
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Answer-(A) M. S. SubbulakshmiExplanation:
Commemorative coins of Rs 100 and Rs 10 denomination were released on the occasion of 101st Birth Centenary of noted Carnatic musician Dr. MS Subbulakshmi.
Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi was Carnatic singer. She was born 16 September 1916 in Madurai, Madras Presidency. She died on 11 December 2004 (aged 88).
She had many firsts to her credit, from being first musician to be awarded Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour in 1998.
First Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award, often considered Asia’s Nobel Prize in 1974.
First Indian musician to perform at UN General Assembly.
In 2016, to mark her birth centenary, UN Postal Administration had issued stamp to honour her.
5) ________ is first state to set up district family welfare committees.
(A) Tripura
(B) Telangana
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Sikkim
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Answer-(A) TripuraExplanation:
Tripura became the first state in the country to set up family welfare district committees to deal with the issue of fake and biased complaints by women against their husbands and husband’s relatives.
These committees have been formed as per the directives of Supreme Court.
6) Pune based NGO __________ for women farmers wins UN Equator Prize.
(A) Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP)
(B) STEPS Women Development Society
(C) Jan Chetna Manch
(D) Prajwala
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Answer-(A) Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP)Explanation:
Equator Prize is awarded biennially to recognize outstanding community efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
SSP is the only Indian organisation among the 15 winners of this year.
In 2016, SSP won UNFCCC’s Momentum for Change Lighthouse Activity Award.
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