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Class 8 General Knowledge
World Organisations And Diversities
Quiz 3
Where is the headquarters of International Seabed Authority?
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Jamaica
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South Africa
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Cuba
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India
Which of the following agencies related to the United Nations was in existence before the Second World War?
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Food and Agricultural Organisation
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International Labour Organisation
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World Health Organization
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International Monetary Fund
What are the Standing Committees of the Security Council?
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The Committee of Experts on Rules of Procedure
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The Committee on the Admission of New Members
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Both A and B
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None of the above
Who among, the following is the Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).?
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Jose Maria Ruda
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Jean Claude Paye
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Guy Ryder
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Juan Somavia
Which African Organisation was dissolved, when African Union was formed?
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Organization of African Country
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Organization of African Nation
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Organization of African Unity
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None of the above
Which of the following pair is not correct regarding year of their admission to U.N. as its Member States?
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Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga - 1999
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Tuvalu, Serbia - 2000
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Spain, Sri Lanka - 1945
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Switzerland, Timor-Leste - 2002
What are the ad-hoc of the UN General Assembly?
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Special Committee on Peace Keeping Operation, Human Rights Committee, Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space
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Conciliation Commission for Palestine, Conference on Diasrment, International Law Commission, Specific Committee on the effects of Atomic Radiation
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Specific Committee on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independent Countries and Peoples Commission on International Trade Law
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All the above
Who is the Secretary-General of UNO?
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Antonio Guterres
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Hamid Algabid
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Supachai Panitchpakdi
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Mukhisa Kituyi
Where is the headquarters of the International Fund for Agriculture Development?
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Sweden
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UK
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USA
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Rome
The UN Charter was signed on 26, June 1945 by of the 51 original member countries.
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45
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50
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33
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When did Russian Federation take over the seat of the former USSR as a permanent member of the Security Council?
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December, 1991
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December, 1992
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December, 1993
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December, 1994
Which Country was admitted to the United Nations as 193rd member country in July, 2011?
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Burkina Faso
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Malawi
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Guinea
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South Sudan
The U.N.O has declared 2016 as the International Year of
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Physics
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World Population
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Pulses
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Family Farming
The
Secretary-General of the United Nations who assumed office for the Second term on January 1, 2012 is
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Kurt Waldheim
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Boutros Boutros Ghali
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Kofi Annan
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Ban-Ki-Moon
Which of the following countries is NOT a permanent member of the UN Security Council?
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China
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France
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England
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Germany
Which of the following statements in regard to the functioning of the UN General Assembly is NOT correct ?
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The Secretary-General is elected by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council
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A two-third majority is needed to pass resolutions on all important questions
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The use of veto power, in the General Assembly is confined to the countries who are permanent members
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The General Assembly votes on admission of new members approved by the Security Council and can also expel or suspend member countries
Montenegro which became the 192nd member country of the United Nations in 2006 is in
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Asia
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Western Pacific
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South - East Europe
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South America
The number of Sovereign Countries who are members of the United Nations is
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1801
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185
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191
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193
Which of the following statements in regard to the UN Security Council is NOT correct?
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Of its total membership, five members are permanent members.
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The Presidency of the Council is alternated on a monthly basis defined to the parliament members.
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In voting on substantive measures, all permanent members must vote yes if the measure is to pass
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The ten non-permanent members do not have the veto power
To which
country did the first Secretary-General of the UN belong?
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Austria
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Egypt
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Burma
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Norway
All of the following organisations have their headquarters at Geneva EXCEPT _________________.
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Food and Agricultural Organisation
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International Labour Organisation
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World Health Organisation
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World Trade Organisation
IMF and IBRD were established in:
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1919 and 1939
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1939 and 1944
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1944 and 1948
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1945 and 1949
India became a member of the United Nations in
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1945
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1947
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1949
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1950
The headquarters of a few agencies related to the UN are located in Vienna; which is in
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Austria
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Belgium
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Denmark
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Sweden
The headquarters of the United Nations is at
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Geneva
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Paris
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New York
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Washington D.C.
Which of the following organs of the UN has the basic responsibility for the maintenance of peace and security?
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General Assembly
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Security Council
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International Court of Justice
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Trusteeship Council
The number of principal organs of the United Nations is
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3
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6
Which one of the following principal organs of the IJN specifically works on economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems?
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UN Secretariat under the supervision of the Secretary-General
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Trusteeship Council (TC)
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The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
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Security Council (SC)
How is the new membership of the United Nations effected?
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The admission of any state as member will be effected by a decision of the Security Council on the recommendation of the General Assembly
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The admission of any state as member will be effected by a decision of the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council
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The admission of. any state as member will be effected by a joint decision of the Security Council and General Assembly
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The admission of any state as member will be effected by a decision of new membership council followed by a voting in General Assembly
The official languages of the United Nations are
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English Dutch French German Chinese and Spanish
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English French Chinese Russian Spanish and Arabic
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German Latin Chinese Japanese English and French
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English Japanese Hebrew French Chinese and Spanish
The number of permanent members of the UN Security Council is
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3
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4
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5
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6
Which city is hosting the $$9^{th}$$ edition of BRICS summit-2017 ?
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Tianjin
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Xiamen
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Chongqing
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Beijing
Who has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador or Hepatitis in South-East Asia region by the World Health Organisation (WHO) ?
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Ashok Amrithraj
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A.R.Rahman
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Amitabh Bachchan
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Sachin Tendulkar
Who is the new director General of World Health Organisation (WHO) ?
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebrayesus
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Lee Jong-Wook
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Margaret Chan
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Brock Chisholm
Who is the new chairperson of the Natio Commission for Minorities (NGM) ?
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Anthoman Anjuman
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George Kurian
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Ghayorul Hasan
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Sunil Singhi
G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' meet was held in which country?
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Germany
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France
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Italy
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Portugal
First regional centre of the New Development Bank opens in which of the following country recently?
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Russia
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India
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China
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South Africa
The total number of members of UN Security Council is
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5
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10
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15
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20
Which of the following UN agencies has its headquarters at Paris?
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UNESCO
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ILO
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FAO
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IMO
The General Assembly meets regularly
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Once a month
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After every three months
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Twice a year
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Once a year
What is the rank of India in World Bank's Electricity accessibility ranking for the current year?
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$$46$$
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$$36$$
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$$57$$
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$$26$$
Which union ministry has launched Green Good Deeds campaign?
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Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
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Ministry of Women and Child Development
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Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Explanation
Dr Harsh Vardhan, the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has launched people-oriented campaign "Green Good Deeds" to sensitize the people and students, in particular, about climate change and global warming. Referring to the crucial role played by "Polio Sainiks" for Pulse Polio campaign, Dr Vardhan has underlined the need for "Green Sainiks" to broad-base the Green Good Deeds movement and to take it down to the grassroots level successfully. The Environment ministry has also appealed to the teaching community to join the campaign to make people aware
about
the cause of the campaign.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recognized which Indian airport as the world's first fully solar energy-powdered airport?
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Indira Gandhi International Airport
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Goa International Airport
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Cochin International Airport Ltd
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recognized the Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) in Kerala as the worlds first fully solar energy-powered airport. The airport has a 12 MWp solar power plant comprising of 46,150 solar panels laid across 45 acres. The plant is capable of generating 50,000 units of electricity daily, and is equipped with a supervisory control and data acquisition system (SCADA), through which remote monitoring is carried out. The airport now generates 0.125 million units of power a day from its eight power plants with a total installation capacity of 30 MWp. It will be scaled up to 40 MWp by July 2018. The CIAL is the first airport in India developed under a public-private partnership (PPP) model and was funded by nearly 10,000 non-resident Indians from 30 countries. With over 2 million sq ft in area, the airports Terminal 3 is Indias fourth largest terminal.
The singchung Bugun Village Community Reserve (SBVCR) has won the India Biodiversity Award $$2018$$ in the "Conservation of wildlife species" category. It is related to which state?
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Andhra Pradesh
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Arunachal Pradesh
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Himachal Pradesh
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Madhya Pradesh
Explanation
The Singchung Bugun Community Reserve (SBVCR), an NGO from West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh, has won the India Biodiversity Award 2018 in the Conservation of wildlife species category for its efforts in conserving rare wildlife resources in the area. The award was conferred by the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) and presented by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change in association with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Hyderabad. The award consists of citation, a memento and a cash prize of Rs one lakh. The SBVCR was instituted under a clause of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 that enables any state government to declare a community-owned forest area as a community reserve if the locals are willing to participate in conservation efforts for the same. The Reserve lies right next to the Eaglesnest Wildlife sanctuary, a biodiversity hotspot, which is also home to the Bugun Liocichla a new bird species that has no reported sighting anywhere else in the world.
The 70th World Health Assembly (WHA 70) was held in which city?
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Geneva, Switzerland
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Tokyo, Japan
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Paris, France
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New York, U.S.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently validated Nepal for having eliminated from which disease as a public health problem?
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Polio
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Trachoma
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Diabetes
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Tuberculosis
Explanation
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Nepal for having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. With this, Nepal has become the first country in WHOs South-East Asia Region to defeat the worlds leading infectious cause of blindness. Trachoma, an eye disease caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, is spread through contact with infective eye or nose discharges. Infection is particularly common in young children. Transmission is associated with poor sanitation and hygiene, which increase the availability of eye discharges and encourage the breeding of flies. Trachoma puts more than 190 million people at risk of blindness in 41 countries. It is responsible for the blindness or visual impairment of around 1.9 million people worldwide.
Which city to host the $$6$$th World Government Summit (WGS-$$2018$$)?
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New Delhi
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Kathmandu
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Colombo
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Dubai
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The 6th edition of World Government Summit (WGS) 2018 will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) from February 11 to 13. The Indian delegation will be led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The summit acts as a knowledge exchange hub between government officials, thought leaders, policy makers and private sector leaders, and as an analysis platform for the future trends, issues and opportunities facing humanity.
Which International organisation has launched 'data visualisation app' to provide a user-friendly visual representation of complex analytics of the education scenario in India?
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FAO
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WHO
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UNICEF
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UNESCO
Explanation
On May 24, in New Delhi, the UNICEF has launched a data visualisation app which provides a user-friendly visual representation of complex analytics of the education scenario in India. The app has been made with technical inputs from the UNICEF, in collaboration with the National Institute of Education Planning and Administration (NIEPA) and the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT). It uses the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE), the National Assessment survey (NAS) and demographic data and can be used as a visual tool by policy makers, senior government officials, academia, and researchers to address gaps and monitor programs in the field of education. Beside this, UNICEF India in partnership with HRD Ministry has also organized a Shiksha Mela Education Open Day to demonstrate case stories showcasing holistic and equitable quality education achieved through convergent programming across 17 Indian states.
Which Indian organisation has won the 2017 Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) award?
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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
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National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)
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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
Which country will become the first Latin American 'Global Partner' of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
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Argentina
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Brazil
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Peru
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Colombia
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Colombia will formally become the first Latin American Gobal Partner of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). According to a statement posted on NATOs website, cybersecurity, maritime security, terrorism and its links to organized crime, and building the capacities and capabilities of the Colombian armed forces. In addition to Colombia, NATO lists Afghanistan, Australia, Iraq, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand and Pakistan as partners across the globe or simply global partners. Each country has developed an Individual Partnership Cooperation Program with the 29-country US-led alliance, with many contributing actively to NATO missions.
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