Answer-(B) WashingtonExplanation:
The Union Government has inked US$ 119 million Financing Agreement with World Bank for IBRD loan for the Odisha Higher Education Programme for Excellence & Equity (OHEPEE) Project.
The OHEPEE Project aims is to improve the quality of ‘students’ equitable access to selected institutions and enhance governance of the higher education system in Odisha. The closing date for project is November, 2022.
2) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted flight test of its indigenously designed and developed long range sub-sonic cruise missile is _______.
(A) Nirbhay
(B) Agni
(C) Prithivi
(D) Danush
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Answer-(A) NirbhayExplanation:
It is India’s first indigenously designed and developed Long Range Sub-Sonic Cruise Missile.
It has blended missile and aeronautical technologies which allows it to take off vertically like missile and cruise horizontally like an aircraft.
It has capability to loiter and cruise at 0.7 Mach, at altitudes as low as 100m.
3) Botanists have discovered new species of wild banana named Musa paramjitiana in ___________.
(A) Western Ghats in Kerala
(B) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(C) Lakshadweep Island
(D) None of the above
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Answer-(B) Andaman and Nicobar IslandsExplanation:
Musa paramjitiana species was discovered in North Andaman’s Krishnapuri forest, 6 kilometres from any human habitation.
Musa paramjitiana species grows to height of nine metres and bears an edible, sweet-and-sour tasting fruit that is boat-shaped and has numerous bulb-shaped seeds. The fruit of Musa paramjitiana is part of diet of local tribes.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands are biodiversity hotspot and hosts seven different species of wild banana. In 2014, another wild banana named Musa indandamanensis was discovered in remote tropical rain forest on the Little Andaman island. It has dark green cylindrical flower buds.
4) 2nd Technology and Innovation Support Centre established in _______.
(A) Chennai
(B) Mumbai
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Amaravathi
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Answer-(A) ChennaiExplanation:
India’s second Technology and Innovation Support Centre (TISC) will be established at Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR), Anna University, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) under World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) TISC (Technology and Innovation Support Centre) Program.
5) Recently which Indian city included in UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network for Contribution in Music?
(A) Chennai
(B) Mumbai
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Amaravathi
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Answer-(A) ChennaiExplanation:
Chennai, capital city of Tamil Nadu was recently included in United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO’s) Creative Cities Network for Contribution in Music.
It was among 64 cities from 44 countries that were designated as UNESCO Creative Cities. With inclusion of these cities, total count of UNESCO Creative Cities. With inclusion of these cities, total count of UNESCO Creative Cities Network has now gone up to 180 cities in 72 countries.
Chennai is the third Indian city on the list of UNESCO Creative Cities list after Jaipur (added as City of Music) and Varanasi (City of Crafts and Folk Art) were added last year.
6) 23rd annual “conference of the parties”(COP) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit held in __________.
(A) Washington, USA
(B) Bonn,Germany
(C) Paris, France
(D) London, England
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Answer-(B) Bonn,Germany
7) Which country becomes new member of International Solar Alliance?
(A) Malaysia
(B) Pakistan
(C) Guinea
(D) India
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Answer-(C) GuineaExplanation:
The International Solar Alliance is an alliance of countries which are located completely or partly between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn.
It was jointly launched by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and the then President of France Francois Hollande in November 2015 in Paris, on the side lines of COP21.
Under the ISA, solar rich countries will collaborate to fulfil their objectives and needs pertaining to solar energy by emulating successful practices and setting up common mechanisms and instruments for harnessing solar energy on a huge scale.
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