Mock Test-3 (Paper-1) (Question 101-125)

Total Questions: 25

1. Which Indian city has been declared as the first 'water plus' city of India?

Correct Answer: (c) Indore
Solution:Indore, the country's cleanest city, has now been declared as the first 'water plus' city of India under the Swachh Survekshan 2021, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Wednesday. Indore City received the certification from the centre on Wednesday. Swachh Survekshan is an annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation in cities and towns across India launched as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission

2. Sunderlal Bahuguna, who passed away recently, was a famous .......

Correct Answer: (b) Environmentalist
Solution:Veteran environmentalist and Padma Vibhushan awardee Sunderlal Bahuguna, recently passed away at the age of 94. He was regarded as the pioneer of the Chipko movement which was a Gandhian form of protest against deforestation by locals in the Himalayan region. The first action of the movement took place in April 1973 in a village in Uttarakhand.

3. ''Clyde's Spot", which was making news recently, is a place located in which planet?

Correct Answer: (d) Jupiter
Solution:"Clyde's Spot" was discovered on Jupiter in 2020 by an amateur astronomer. It appeared as an oval-shaped feature near the planet's famous "Great Red Spot." NASA's Juno spacecraft, which is orbiting the Jupiter has revealed a photo of the spot in April 2021. In the recent photo taken during the craft's 33rd close pass over Jupiter's clouds, that oval structure looks more like a swirling, chaotic blob

4. Under which scheme, the central government would support children who have lost both parents due to COVID 19?

Correct Answer: (c) PM CARES for Children
Solution:The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that, children who have lost both parents due to COVID-19 would be taken care and supported by the Government of India, under the PM CARES for Children scheme.

Such children would be entitled to receive a monthly stipend once they attain 18 years of age and would receive a corpus of Rs. 10 lakh on attainment of 23 years, out of the funds available in PM CARES.

5. Offshore patrol vessel "Sajag" has been commissioned to which armed force?

Correct Answer: (a) Indian Coast Guard
Solution:Tianzhou-2, or "Heavenly Vessel" is China's cargo spacecraft which carried supplies, equipment and propellant to the space station which is being developed by China. It has successfully docked itself to the module Tianhe, which is a part of a space station. The spacecraft was launched from earth using the Long March-7 Y3 rocket.

6. "Tianzhou-2" is a spacecraft of which country?

Correct Answer: (c) China
Solution:Tianzhou-2, or "Heavenly Vessel" is China's cargo spacecraft which carried supplies, equipment and propellant to the space station which is being developed by China. It has successfully docked itself to the module Tianhe, which is a part of a space station. The spacecraft was launched from earth using the Long March-7 Y3 rocket.

7. The recently reported H10N3 is a strain of ____ :

Correct Answer: (a) Bird Flu
Solution:China has reported the first human infection of a rare strain of bird flu known as H10N3. The case has been confirmed in a 41-year-old man, by China's National Health Commission. This bird flu variant is supposed to be low pathogenic, which means it causes relatively less severe disease in poultry. No other case of this infection has been reported in the world.

8. "Echo and Bifrost" terms were mentioned in the news, they are associated with:

Correct Answer: (c) Undersea internet cables
Solution:Facebook and Google are planning two undersea internet cables named "Echo and Bifrost" to connect the US to Singapore and Indonesia. Echo will run from Eureka, California to Singapore, with a stop-over in Guam, and thereto in Indonesia. Google is only investing in Echo, Facebook is investing in both cables.

Need: The current COVID-19 pandemic across the globe has increased the need for reliable Internet access. And, this will provide vital new connections between the Asia-Pacific region and North America and increase the overall transpacific capacity by 70 percent

9. Hamja Folk Dance, recently seen in the news, is related to which of the following tribes?

Correct Answer: (b) Rabha tribe
Solution:Hamja Folk Dance is a traditional folk dance by the Rabha tribe of Assam, who have an agrarian culture and in shifting cultivation they work together sharing a common song and music. It helps them to finish the work easily, hence in this folk dance, they take agricultural implements. Rabha is a prominent tribe in Assam and is recognized as Scheduled Tribe (ST) by Indian Constitution.

10. Ingenuity Helicopter, recently seen in the news, is related to?

Correct Answer: (d) NASA's Mars Mission
Solution:Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is a small, autonomous ultra-light aircraft that is carried to the surface of Mars attached to the belly of the Perseverance rover. The 1.8 kg rotorcraft cost NASA around USD 85 million to develop. It is expected to make its first flight attempt no earlier than 11th April 2021 on Mars.