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1. Which of the following statements are true: 1. UN-Habitat is the United Nations agency for human settlements and sustainable urban development. 2. UN-Habitat was established in 1978 and maintains its headquarters at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 2. The species Sumatran and Tapanuli are related to? (a) Orangutan (b) Rhino (c) Dugong (d) Sea Lion 3. Which of the following statements are not

true?

(a) The PVTGs are the marginalized section of the

Scheduled tribes of India.

(b) They are a section who are relatively isolated,

educationally and socio-economically backward,

living in a habitat far away from amenities.

(c) PVTG is a Constitutional category.

(d) It is a government of India classification.

4. Which of the following statements are true:

1. Convention on International Trade in

Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora is

an international agreement between

governments

2. CITES was drafted as a result of a resolution

adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of

IUCN (The World Conservation Union), and

entered into force in 1975.

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

5. Which of the following tribes are included in the list of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)? (a) Bondas (b) Kolam (c) Parangi (d) All of the above 6.Which of the following statements are true: 1. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is the 2nd largest inter-governmental organisation in the world after the UN, with a membership of 57 states in 7 continents. 2. India is neither a member nor an observer. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 7. Which of the following is not a QUAD country? (a) India (b) Australia (c) USA (d) Brazil 8. Which of the following statements are not true? (a) Nipah virus infection is a newly emerging zoonosis, that is, a disease transmitted from animals to humans. (b) The natural host of the virus are fruit bats belonging to the family Pteropodidae. (c) Pigs can also act as intermediate hosts. (d) WHO has approved new vaccine for Nipah 9. Which of the following statements are true: 1. National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is governed by its own NIA Act and has jurisdiction across the country. 2. The CBI is governed by the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act that makes consent of a state government mandatory for conducting investigation in that state. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2




10. Which of the following statements are not true? (a) Siachen Glacier is among of the largest glaciers in the non-polar region of the world. (b) It lies in the Pirpanjal Range system which is a part of western Himalayas. (c) It also lies to the south of the zone that separates Eurasion Plate with the Indian Plate, which is the result of convergence boundary interaction in geographical terms. (d) It is the highest battle field in the world and lies on LoC (Line of Control) between India and Pakistan. 11. Which of the following statements are true: 1. National Defence Fund (NDF) is an Indian Government Institution, set up in the year 1962. 2. Prime Minister is the chairperson of the fund. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 12. Nilekani committee is associated with? (a) Digital payment (b) Prison Reforms (c) Western Ghats (d) Criminal Justice System 13. Which of the following statements are true?

(a) The Ebola virus is transmitted to people from

wild animals and spreads in the human

population through human-to-human

transmission.

(b) Ebola is introduced into the human

population through close contact with the blood,

secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of

infected animals such as chimpanzees, gorillas,

fruit bats, monkeys, forest antelope and

porcupines found ill or dead or in the rainforest.

(c) The Ebola virus causes hemorrhagic fever.

(d) All of the above

14. Which of the following statements are true: 1. The Chief Information Commissioner shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office and shall be eligible for reappointment: 2. The Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners shall be appointed by the President. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 15. Which of the following is not a BIMSTEC country? (a) Nepal (b) Bhutan (c) Thailand (d) Malaysia 16. Which of the following statements are true: 1. The Cabinet Committees are constituted under the Government of India Transaction of Business Rules (TBR), 1961 2. They are extra-constitutional in nature and are nowhere mentioned in the Constitution. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2




17. Jan Shikshan Sansthan (DJSS) is implemented by? (a)Ministry of Human Resource and Development (b) Ministry of Health and Family Affairs (c) Ministry of Women and Child development (d) None of the above 18. Which of the following statements are true? (a) The Montreux Record is a register of wetland sites on the List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance where changes in ecological character have occurred. (b) Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan and Chilka lake, Odisha was placed in the Montreux record. (c) Loktak Lake Manipur was placed in the record but was later removed from it. (d) At present, 105 sites are listed in Montreux Record 19. Which of the following statements are true: 1. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme having central sector component under Ayushman Bharat Mission anchored in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). 2. It is an umbrella of two major health initiatives, namely Health and wellness Centres and National Health Protection Scheme. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 20. Which of the following is a G4 country? (a) Canada (b) Japan (c) China (d) Russia 21. Which of the following statements are true: 1. National Testing Agency is chaired by Minister of Human Resource and Development. 2. The CEO will be the Director General to be appointed by the Government. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

22. Which of the following is a tributary of Yamuna? (a) Chambal (b) Subansiri (c) Noyyal (d) Musi 23. Which of the following countries boarder with Sudan? 1. Chad 2. Libya 3. Eritrea (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1,2 and 3 24. Which of the following statements are true: 1. India’s first trading programme to combat particulate air pollution was launched by Gujarat. 2. The Gujarat programme is the first in the world to regulate particulate air pollution. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 25. Ganga Praharis have been created by? (a) Wild Life Institute of India (b) Zoological Survey of India (c) Uttar Pradesh State Government (d) MOEF&CC 26. Which of the following statements are true:

1. A carbon credit is a permit or certificate

allowing the holder, such as a company, to emit

carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases.

2. The ultimate goal of carbon credits is to

reduce the emission of greenhouse gases into

the atmosphere.

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2




27. Which of the following layer of the

atmosphere influences radio propagation to

distant places on the Earth?

(a) Troposphere

(b) Stratosphere

(c) Mesosphere

(d) Ionosphere

28. Arrange the following biosphere reserves

from north to south?

1. Nanda Devi

2. Manas

3. Nokrek

4. Panna

(a) 1-2-3-4

(b) 1-3-2-4

(c) 1 -2-4-3

(d) 1-4-3-2


1. Government of India has created National

Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2008 after Mumbai

attacks which acts as a federal agency to combat

terror.

2. Combating Financing of Terrorism Cell (CFT-

Cell) is created to deal with the policy matters on

combating terrorist financing and Fake Indian

Currency.

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

30. Which of the following Upanishad contains

the mantra "Satyameva Jayate"?

(a) Mandukya

(b) Mundaka

(c) Kausitaki

(d) Chandogya

31. Which of the following statements are true: 1. Lothal is located in the Bhal region of the modern state of Gujarat. 2. Lothal was a vital and thriving trade Centre in ancient times, with its trade of beads, gems and valuable ornaments reaching the far corners of West Asia and Africa. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 32. Chaukhandi Stupa is located at? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Bihar (d) Odisha 33. Arrange the following wetlands from north to south? 1. Kanijli 2. Chilka 3. Sambhar 4. Bhoj (a) 1-2-3-4 (b) 1-3-4-2 (c) 1 -2-4-3 (d) 1-4-3-2 34. Which of the following statements are true: 1. The Ring of Fire is a Pacific region home to over 450 volcanoes. 2. Around 90% of the world’s earthquakes occur in the Ring of Fire, and 80% of the world’s largest earthquakes. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 35.Which of the following article is related to Right to Education? (a) Article 21-A (b) Article 19(1)(a) (c) Article 35-A (d) Article 26




36. Which of the following statements are true: 1. SWAYAM portal is ultimately capable of hosting 2000 courses and 80000 hours of learning: covering school, under-graduate, post-graduate, engineering, law and other professional courses. 2. SWAYAM platform is developed by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 37. Ghoomar and Kalbelia dances are folk dances of? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Gujarat 38. Which of the following islands of Andaman Nicobar group of Islands is renamed as Shahid dweep ? (a) Neil Island (b) Sentinel (c) Ross Island (d) Havelock 39. Which of the following statements are true: 1. The Chagos Archipelago is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 individual tropical islands in the Pacific Ocean. 2. The United Kingdom excised the archipelago from Mauritian territory in 1965. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 40. Which of the following article is related to President's rule? (a) Article 370 (b) Article 369 (c) Article 364 (d) Article 356

41. Which of the following statements are true: 1. Pro-tem Speaker presides over the first sitting of the Lok Sabha and administer the oath of office to the newly elected MPs. 2. He cannot exercise the serious powers of the speaker like defection. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 42. BS- VI norms are associated with? (a) Automotive sector (b) Non-Performing Assets (c) Environmental Clearance (d) Mining allocation 43. Tradition of Vedic chanting-Ramlila, the

traditional performance of the

Ramayana,Kutiyattam- Sanskrit theatre and

Ramman-religious festival and ritual theatre of

the Garhwal Himalayas are part of Intangible

Cultural Heritages. Which of the following

organisations is associated with Intangible

Cultural Heritage?

(a) UNESCO

(b) Man and Cultural Heritage programme of

World Bank

(c) IMF cultural Fund

(d) Project Mousam by Government of India


1. Project ‘Mausam’ is the initiative of Ministry of

Culture.

2. Main objective of the project is to inscribe

places and sites identified under Project Mausam

as trans-national nomination for inscription on

UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2




45. Regional Anti-Terror Structure (RATS) is related to? (a) SCO (b) SAARC (c) ASEAN (d) BRICS 46. Which of the following statements are true: 1. According to the 2011 Census, the number of children engaged in labour had increased. 2. India had ratified conventions prescribing minimum age for employment (14 years in developing countries) and employment in hazardous conditions (18 years). (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 47. PENCIL portal is developed by ? (a) Ministry of Labour and Employment (b) Ministry of Women and Child Development (c) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (d) None of the above 48. Makkhali Goshala was its most important leader.The sect’s central belief was that absolutely everything is predetermined by fate or niyati, and hence human action has no consequence one way or the other. The Barabar Caves (ancient rock-cut caves) in Bihar dating from the Mauryan Empire, were made for this sect and Jains to retreat and meditate. Identify the sect. (a) Ajivikas (b) Charvakas (c) Lokayatas (d) Barhaspatyas 49. Which of the following statements are true: 1. Scramjet is a supersonic combustion engine. 2. Scramjet engine uses the oxygen from atmosphere to compress fuel. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

50. Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) is associated with? (a) Minority Communities (b) Particularly Vulnerable Tribe (c) Scheduled Castes (d) Scheduled Tribes 51. Which of the following statements are true: 1. In India, there are 75 PVTGs out of 705 Scheduled Tribes, spread over 18 states and one Union Territory (A&N Islands). 2. Among the 75 listed PVTG’s the highest number are found in Odisha (13), followed by Andhra Pradesh (12). (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 52. Abujh Marias Tribe belongs to? (a) Odisha (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Tamilnadu (d) Chhattisgarh. 53. Which of the following countries share

border with of both Black sea and Mediterranean

Sea?

(a) Turkey

(b) Bulgaria

(c) Greece

(d) Macedonia


1. Chaukhandi Stupa is an ancient Buddhist site

in Uttar Pradesh's Sarnath.

2. The Chaukhandi Stupa was built as a terraced

temple during the Gupta period between the 4th

and 6th centuries.

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2




55. New START treaty is signed between? (a) India and Russia (b) Russia and USA (c) USA and India (d)India and Japan 56. Which of the following statements are true: 1. The Asian golden cat is a wild cat native to the north-eastern Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. 2. It has been listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List since 2008, and is threatened by hunting pressure and habitat loss. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 57. Strait of Hormuz is located? (a) Yemen and Iran (b) Oman and Iran (c) Djibouti and Yemen (d) None of the above 58. The World Investment Report is published by? (a) IMF (b) World Bank (c) UNCTAD (d) WEF 59. Which of the following statements are true:

1. Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl (PFAs) are a group of

man-made chemicals that includes PFOA, PFOS,

GenX, and many other chemicals.

2. PFAs are chemical on non-stick cookware

among many other things, which has made its

way into the human food chain.

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

60. Kimberley Process is associated with? (a) Diamonds (b) Marine resource (c) Semi precious stones (d) Coral Reefs 61. Which of the following statements are true: 1. Fly ash is a major source of PM 2.5 (fine, respirable pollution particles) in summer. 2. Fly ash contains heavy metals from coal, a large amount of PM 2.5 and black carbon (BC). (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 62. The Ugratara Temple in Guhavati is associated with? (a) Indian Pangolin (b) Black softshell turtle (c) Brahmaputra seer fish (d) Indian porpoise 63. Which of the following is not a member of both SAARC and BIMSTEC? (a) India (b) Pakistan (c) Bhutan (d) Nepal 64. Which of the following statements are true: 1. Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies. 2. Ultra-low frequency Gravitational Waves are wrinkles in space-time produced by two massive black holes, each revolving around the other. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 65. PC4 Protein is associated with? (a) Cancer treatment (b) Liver regeneration (c) Artificial heart (d)Artificial Neuro transmitter




66. Which of the following statements are true: 1. Desertification is a type of land degradation in which a relatively dry the land region becomes increasingly arid. 2. Loss of soil cover, mainly due to rainfall and surface runoff, is one of the biggest reasons for desertification. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 67. Catalhoyuk is located at?

(a) Turkey

(b) Iran

(c) Iraq

(d) Pakistan

68. Which of the following is not a virtual

curreny?

(a) Bitcoin

(b) LiteCoin

(c) Ripple

(d) Tidco


1. Regional Antiterrorism Structure (RATS) was

established by SCO member nations in Tashkent,

Uzbekistan on 2004.

2. India joined Pakistan in a tactical military

exercise under the SCO’s RATS in 2018.

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

70. Bonn challenge is associated with?

(a) Desertification

(b) Child-labor

(c) Particulate Matter pollution

(d) Marine pollution

71. Which of the following statements are true: 1. Inventory model of e-commerce means providing of an information technology platform by an e-commerce entity on a digital and electronic network to act as a facilitator between buyer and seller. 2. Market Place model of ecommerce means an ecommerce activity where inventory of goods and services is owned by e-commerce entity and is sold to the consumers directly. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 72. World Population Prospects 2019 report is released by? (a) UN (b) IMF (c) World Bank (d) MIT 73. Operation Sunrise is associated with? (a) Kaladan Multi Model Project (b) Chabahar project (c) Triconmali port development prject (d) Hambantota harbor project




74. Which of the following statements are true: 1. Eutrophication occurs when a body of water becomes nutrition deficient. 2.It is induced by deficient growth of algae which in turn affects nutrition for other species. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 75. Delhi declaration is associated with? (a) Rhinos (b) Gangetic dolphins (c) Gangetic sharks (d) Dugongs 76. Which of the following statements are true: 1. Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) is the first regional Government-to-Government agreement to deal with piracy and armed robbery at sea in Asia. 2. India played an active role in the setting up and functioning of ReCAAPISC along with Japan and Singapore. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 77. Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation is a multipurpose

irrigation project on?

(a) Godavari

(b) Krishna

(c) Noyyal

(d) Bheema

78. Justice B.N. Srikrishna committee is

associated with?

(a) Data Protection

(b) Ecologically sensitive area

(c) Children’s death associated with encephalitis

(d) Harbor development project

79. Which of the following statements are true: 1. Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) appraises activities involving large scale use of hazardous microorganisms and recombinants in research and industrial production from the environmental angle.. 2. It works under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 80. Living root bridges can be found at? (a) Manipur (b) Meghalaya (c) Sikkim (d) Assam 81. Which of the following statements are true:

1. Antibiotics are only effective against bacteria,

not viruses.

2. This is because viruses lack the physical

structures and cellular machinery that antibiotics

interfere with in order to prevent bacterial

growth and replication.

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

82. Kutiyattam is a Sanskrit theatre belongs to?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Kerala

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Andhra Pradesh

83. Right to health care is associated with?

(a) Article 33

(b) Article 29

(c) Article 28

(d) Article 21




84. Which of the following statements are true: 1. Snow and ice have low albedo. 2. Snow reflects much of the insolation, which helps in cooling of the earth. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 85. Global Trends Report is published recently by? (a) UNHCR (b) UN-Women (c) UNSC (d) UN-ECOSOC 86. Which of the following statements are true: 1. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established in 1989. 2. It is one of the initiatives of the G4. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 87. Corbett Tiger Reserves is located at? (a) Meghalaya (b) Sikkim (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Uttarakhnad

88. Slavery ‘Dirty list’ is associated with? (a) Brazil (b) South Africa (c) Uruguay (d) Costa Rica 89. Which of the following statements are true: 1. The National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA) has been constituted under Section 171 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. 2. The Authority’s core function is to ensure that the benefits of the reduction is GST rates on goods and services made by GST Council and proportional change in the Input tax credit passed on to the ultimate consumers and recipient respectively by way of reduction in the prices by the suppliers. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 90. Operation Sankalp is associated with? (a) Mari time security (b) Manuscript translation (c) IPR rights (d) Geographical Indication 91. Which of the following statements are true: 1. Superbugs are strains of bacteria that are resistant to several types of antibiotics. 2. If more and more people take antibiotics when not necessary, drug-resistant bacteria can continue to thrive and spread. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 92. Article 124 and Article 218 are related to? (a) Removal of Judges (b) Appointment of judges (c) Advisory jurisdiction of high court and supreme court (d) Appellate jurisdiction of high court and supreme court




93. Great Vaishnava saint and reformer of Assam, Mahapurusha Sankaradeva is associated with? (a) Saatriya (b) Kathak (c) Kuchipudi (d) Bommalattam

94. Which of the following statements are true: 1. Nirbhay is a long range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile designed and developed in India by the Defence Research and Development Organisation. 2. The missile can be launched from multiple platforms and is capable of carrying conventional and nuclear warheads (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 95. WPI is calculated by? (a) Office of Economic Advisor (b) Department of Labour (c) National Institute of Statistics and Census (d) The Institute for Supply Management 96. Which of the following statements are true:

1. The Regional Comprehensive Economic

Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed mega-regional

Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between 16 Asia-

Pacific countries.

2. The RCEP will include all the nations with

which the ASEAN has trade deals New Zealand,

Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea.

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

97. Flood Hazard Atlas was released by?

(a) Kerala

(b) Uttarakhand

(c) Odisha

(d) Tamilnadu

98. Bioremediation can be associated with? (a) The increasing concentration of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in the tissues of tolerant organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain. (b) The use of either naturally occurring or deliberately introduced microorganisms to consume and break down environmental pollutants, in order to clean a polluted site. (c) The process of using microorganisms (microbes) to extract metals of economic interest from rock ores or mine waste. (d) None of the above 99. Which of the following statements are true: 1. The Cenozoic Era is the current and most recent of the three Phanerozoic geological eras. 2. The Cenozoic is also known as the Age of Mammals. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 100. The press freedom index is an annual

ranking of countries compiled and published by?

(a) Amnesty International

(b) Reporters without Boarders

(c) United Nations Human Rights Council

(d) Global Human Rights Watch


1. Bandipur National Park is located in Karnataka.

2. Together with the adjoining Nagarhole

National Park, Mudumalai National Park and

Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, it is part of the

Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2




102. Which of the following is not an indicator of NITI Ayog health index? (a) neonatal mortality rate (b) under-five mortality rate (c) proportion of low birth weight among new-borns (d) none of the above 103. Cold Desert Biosphere reserve is located at? (a) Jammu and Kashmir (b) Himachal Pradesh (c) Uttarakhand (d) None of the above 104. Which of the following statements are true: 1. National Pharmaceutical and Pricing Authority is an organization of the Government of India and is under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizer. 2. It was established to fix/ revise the prices of controlled bulk drugs and formulations and to enforce prices and availability of the medicines in the country, under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 1995. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 105. Global Gender Gap Index is published by? (a) World Economic Forum (b) UN Women (c) ILO (d) IMF 106. Which of the following statements are true: 1. The UN Security Council consists of fifteen members. 2. Permanent members can veto any substantive Security Council resolution, including those on the admission of new member states or candidates for Secretary-General. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

107. NavIC satellite system can be used in? (a) vehicle tracking system (b) timing & power synchronization (c) fisheries (d) All of the above 108. Which of the following pairs are rightly matched? (a) Sutta pitaka - Rules (b) Vinaya Pitaka - Philosophy (c) Abhidhamma Pitaka – Teachings of Budha (d) None of the above 109. Which of the following statements are true: 1. Evidence of Harappan civilization can be found at Rupar, Kalibangan and Kot Diji. 2. Harappans were aware of Gold, Silver and Iron. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 110. The Bimal Jalan committee is associated

with?

(a) GST Reforms

(b) Economic capital framework of RBI

(c) Anti competition practices

(d) Non-Performing Assets of Indian Banks


1. Prime Minister’s Science, Technology and

Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC) is an

overarching body that identifies challenges in

certain areas of science and technology.

2. It then creates a road map to deal with these

challenges and presents the recommendations

to the Prime Minister.

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2




112. Which of the following is not a member of SAARC? (a) Pakistan (b) Myanmar (c) Bangladesh (d) Srilanka 113. Which of the following statements are true? (a) BepiColombo is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). (b) The BepiColombo mission comprises two spacecraft: The Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO). (c) ESA’s Mariner 10 and ISRO’s MESSENGER spacecraft, which performed three flybys (two in 2008 and one in 2009) are only two spacecraft that have visited the Mercury. (d) All of the above 114. Which of the following statements are true:

1. The capital adequacy ratio (CAR) is a

measurement of a bank's available capital

expressed as a percentage of a bank's risk-

weighted credit exposures.

2. It is used to protect depositors and promote

the stability and efficiency of financial systems

around the world.

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

115. Which of the following is a Indo-French Joint

Naval Exercise?

(a) Varuna

(b) Indra

(c) Nomadic elephant

(d) Yudh Abyas

116. Which of the following statements are true: 1. Under Article 365 of the Indian Constitution, the Union government can take over the affairs of the state government when state government is unable to function according to the constitutional provisions. 2. Article 356 says that where any State has failed to comply with, or to give effect to, any directions given in the exercise of the executive power of the Union under any of the provisions of this Constitution, it shall be lawful for the President to hold that a situation has arisen in which the Government of the State cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 117. Which of the following is not a member of G20? (a) Spain (b) Myanmar (c) Bangladesh (d) Turkey 118. Dragonfly Drone is associated with? (a) Saturn’s Rings (b) Saturn’s Moon (c) Saturn’s Metane content (d) All of the above 119. Which of the following statements are true: 1. Diphtheria is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium 2. The infection spread only among humans. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 120. Indira Sagar Project (ISP) situated on? (a) River Yamuna (b) River Krishna (c) River Punpun (d) River Narmada




Answers: 1.Ans: c Justification: • The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations agency for human settlements and sustainable urban development. • UN-Habitat was established in 1978 and maintains its headquarters at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya. • It is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. • The first UN-Habitat Assembly was held in Nairobi, Kenya. • India is elected as an executive board member in the assembly. 2.Ans: a Justification: • Orangutans are not native to India, recently India’s only orangutan which was brought from Singapore was died in Nanda Kannan Zoo, Odisha. • Orangutans are not migratory animals and stay rooted in their area, they suffer more due to deforestation. • Orangutans, with distinctive red fur, are the largest arboreal mammal, spending most of their time in trees. • According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), there are three species of orangutans — Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli. 3.Ans: c Justification: • PVTG is not a Constitutional category, nor are these constitutionally recognized communities. • It is a government of India classification created with the purpose of enabling improvement in the conditions of certain communities with particularly low development. • The criteria followed for determination of PVTGs are as under: • A pre-agriculture level of technology; • A stagnant or declining population; • Extremely low literacy; and • A subsistence level of economy. 4.Ans: c Justification: • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora is an international agreement between governments. • Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. • CITES was drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of IUCN (The World Conservation Union), and entered into force in 1975. • CITES is an international agreement to which States and regional economic integration organizations adhere voluntarily. 5.Ans: d Justification:




• Odisha’s endangered Bonda tribe are classified as one of India’s Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). • They are known for their distinctive cultural traditions, the Bondas are divided into two groups: • Lower Bondas - who live in south Odisha’s Malkangiri district bordering Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. • Upper Bondas - who live in the hilly terrains of the remote villages in the district. • The other three tribes are PVTGs of Andhra Pradesh (including Telangana). 6.Ans: b Justification: • The OIC describes itself as “the collective voice of the Muslim world”.Its objective is to safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world. • It is the 2nd largest inter-governmental organisation in the world after the UN, with a membership of 57 states in 4 continents. • It has reserved its membership for Muslim-majority countries.Russia, Thailand, and couple of other small countries have Observer status. • India is neither a member nor an observer. 7.Ans: d Justification: • The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue also known as Quad is an informal strategic grouping consisting of India, US, Australia and Japan. 8.Ans: d Justification: • According to WHO, the Nipah virus infection is a newly emerging zoonosis, that is, a disease transmitted from animals to humans. The virus belongs to a new genus termed Henipavirus (subfamily Paramyxovirinae). • The natural host of the virus are fruit bats belonging to the family Pteropodidae. In 2004, humans were affected after eating the date palm contaminated by infected fruit bats. Pigs can also act as intermediate hosts. • Currently, there are no vaccines for both humans and animals. Intensive supportive care is given to humans infected by Nipah virus 9.Ans: c Justification: • Unlike the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is governed by its own NIA Act and has jurisdiction across the country, the CBI is governed by the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act that makes consent of a state government mandatory for conducting investigation in that state.




10.Ans: b Justification: • Siachen Glacier is among of the largest glaciers in the non-polar region of the world. • It lies in the Karakoram Range system which is a part of western Himalayas. • It also lies to the south of the zone that separates Eurasion Plate with the Indian Plate, which is the result of convergence boundary interaction in geographical terms. • The word Siachen comes out of two words: “Sia” which means rose and “Chun” which means anything found in abundance according to “Balti” language. Therefore, it represents the place of roses. • It is the highest battle field in the world and lies on LoC (Line of Control) between India and Pakistan. It has been continuously contested by Pakistan as its own part which has led to militarisation of the glacier. • After the Indo-Pakistan war in 1971, an agreement was signed between the two countries in 1972, which came to be known as the Shimla Agreement, but it failed to clearly mention who controls the glacier. • However, in 1984, the Pakistan army tried to enter the glacier, forcing India to launch a military operation known as “Operation Meghdoot” and since then we have control over the glacier. Frequent skirmishes did occur between 1884 to 2003. A ceasefire agreement was signed between India and Pakistan in 2003 11.Ans: c Justification: • National Defence Fund (NDF) is an Indian Government Institution, set up in the year 1962 to receive voluntary donations for the promotion and welfare of the members of the Indian Armed Forces (including paramilitary forces) and their dependents. • Members of the executive committee include the Prime Minister of India—as chairperson, Home Minister, Defence Minister and Finance Minister—Treasurer. 12.Ans: a Justification: • The Nandan Nilekani-led committee on deepening of digital payments advised that The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the government must target growth in the volume of digital payments by a factor of 10 in three years, leading to doubling in value relative to gross domestic product (GDP). 13.Ans: d Justification: • Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. The Ebola virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission. • It is thought that fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family are natural Ebola virus hosts. Ebola is introduced into the human population through close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals such as chimpanzees, gorillas, fruit bats, monkeys, forest antelope and porcupines found ill or dead or in the rainforest. • Ebola then spreads through human-to-human transmission via direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people, and with surfaces and materials (e.g. bedding, clothing) contaminated with these fluids.




• The Ebola virus causes hemorrhagic fever which begins it’s effect in 4 to 10 days after the infection. Symptoms are such as fever, chills, loss of appetite, headache etc 14.Ans: b Justification: • Section 13 of the RTI Act 2005 provides that the Chief Information Commissioner shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office and shall not be eligible for reappointment: • Section 13(5)(a) of the RTI Act 2005 provides that the salaries and allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of service of the Chief Information Commissioner shall be the same as that of the Chief Election Commissioner. • The Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners shall be appointed by the President on the recommendation of a committee consisting of • The Prime Minister, who shall be the Chairperson of the committee. • The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha. • A Union Cabinet Minister to be nominated by the Prime Minister 15.Ans: d Justification: • The BIMSTEC member states—Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal and Bhutan—are among the countries dependent on the Bay of Bengal. Fourteen priority sectors of cooperation have been identified and several BIMSTEC centres have been established to focus on those sectors. 16.Ans: c Justification: • Under the Government of India Transaction of Business Rules (TBR), 1961 executive arm of government is assigned task of conducting the business of it in an effective and convenient manner. • The Cabinet Committees are constituted under these rules. • They are extra-constitutional in nature and are nowhere mentioned in the Constitution. • They are instrumental in reducing the workload of the Government. 17.Ans: d Justification: • The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has decided to waive off fee for SC/ST candidates who join vocational training under Jan Shikshan Sansthans (JSS). • This decision follows the recent comprehensive reforms brought in January 2019 for Directorate of Jan Shikshan Sansthan (DJSS), which was formerly under the Ministry of Human Resources Development and transferred to the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship in 2018. • These decisions aim to further strengthen the skill ecosystem benefiting those in the underprivileged sections of society. 18.Ans: a Justification: • The Montreux Record is a register of wetland sites on the List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance where changes in ecological character have occurred, are occurring, or are likely to occur as a result of technological developments, pollution or other human interference. It is a




voluntary mechanism to highlight specific wetlands of international importance that are facing immediate challenges. It is maintained as part of the List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance. • At present, 48 sites are listed in Montreux Record. The Montreux Record was established by Recommendation 4.8 at the 1990 cop. • India's Ramsar sites. Currently, two wetlands of India are in Montreux record viz. Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan and Loktak Lake, Manipur. Further, Chilka lake was placed in the record but was later removed from it. 19.Ans: c Justification: • Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme having central sector component under Ayushman Bharat Mission anchored in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). • It is an umbrella of two major health initiatives, namely Health and wellness Centres and National Health Protection Scheme. • Health and Wellness Centres • Under this 1.5 lakh existing sub centres will bring health care system closer to the homes of people in the form of Health and wellness centres. • These centres will provide comprehensive health care, including for non-communicable diseases and maternal and child health services. • National Health Protection Mission (AB-PMJAY) • AB-PMJAY provides a defined benefit cover of Rs. 5 lakh per family per year. This cover will take care of almost all secondary care and most of tertiary care procedures. 20.Ans: b Justification: • The G4 nations comprising Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan are four countries which support each other's bids for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council. 21.Ans: b Justification: • NTA will be chaired by an eminent educationist appointed by MHRD. • The CEO will be the Director General to be appointed by the Government. • There will be a Board of Governors comprising members from user institutions. • The Director General will be assisted by 9 verticals headed by academicians/ experts. • Examinations will be conducted in online mode at least twice a year to give adequate opportunity to candidates to bring out their best. 22.Ans: a Justification: • Along its 1,376-kilometre (855 mi) length, the Yamuna has many notable tributaries: • Tons River, Yamuna's largest tributary • Hindon River, • Ken River, • Chambal River, known as Charmanvati in ancient texts, which is Yamuna's longest tributary. • Sindh River, which joins the Yamuna shortly after the Chambal




• Sasur Khaderi River 23.Ans: d Justification: • It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest. 24.Ans: c Justification: • Gujarat Chief Minister launched India’s first trading programme to combat particulate air pollution on World Environment Day 2019, which has air pollution as its theme. • Globally, cap-and-trade systems have been used to reduce other forms of pollution, such as programmes that have successfully reduced sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the United States. But the Gujarat programme is the first in the world to regulate particulate air pollution. 25.Ans: a Justification: • Ganga Praharis are cadre of self-motivated volunteers from the local communities. • Ganga Praharis have been created by Wild Life Institute of India. • These Praharis are working for biodiversity conservation and cleanliness of the Ganga River. 26.Ans: c Justification: • A carbon credit is a permit or certificate allowing the holder, such as a company, to emit carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases. • The credit limits the emission to a mass equal to one ton of carbon dioxide. The ultimate goal of carbon credits is to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. 27.Ans: d Justification: • The ionosphere is the part of the atmosphere that is ionized by solar radiation. It plays an important part in atmospheric electricity and forms the inner edge of the magnetosphere. It has practical importance because, among other functions, it influences radio propagation to distant places on the Earth 28.Ans: a Justification: • Nanda Devi- Uttarakhand




• Manas- Assam • Nokrek- Meghalaya • Panna- Madhya Pradesh 29.Ans: c Justification: • Government of India has created National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2008 after Mumbai attacks which acts as a federal agency to combat terror. • Multi Agency Centre (MAC) revamped after 26/11 attacks, acts as a multi-agency intelligence coordination mechanism for counter terrorism. • Combating Financing of Terrorism Cell (CFT- Cell) is also created to deal with the policy matters on combating terrorist financing and Fake Indian Currency. • India is also a member of FATF (Financial Action Task Force) whose aim is to establish international standards for combating money laundering and terrorist financing. Recently FATF puts Pakistan on ‘grey-list’ over global terror finance. 30.Ans: b Justification: • "Satyameva Jayate" ("Truth alone triumphs.") is a part of a mantra from the ancient Indian scripture Mundaka Upanishad. Following the independence of India, it was adopted as the national motto of India in 26 January 1950. 31.Ans: c Justification: • Lothal was one of the southernmost cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, • It is located in the Bhal region of the modern state of Gujarat and first inhabited c. 3700 BCE. • Lothal had the world's earliest known dock, which connected the city to an ancient course of the Sabarmati River on the trade route between Harappan cities in Sindh and the peninsula of Saurashtra when the surrounding Kutch desert of today was a part of the Arabian Sea. • Lothal was a vital and thriving trade Centre in ancient times, with its trade of beads, gems and valuable ornaments reaching the far corners of West Asia and Africa. 32.Ans: a Justification: • Chaukhandi Stupa is an ancient Buddhist site in Uttar Pradesh's Sarnath. • Stupas have evolved from burial mounds and serve as a shrine for a relic of the Buddha. • The Chaukhandi Stupa was built as a terraced temple during the Gupta period between the 4th and 6th centuries to mark the site where Lord Buddha and his first disciples met traveling from Bodh Gaya to Sarnath. 33.Ans: b Justification: • Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha. • The Sambhar Salt Lake, India's largest inland salt lake, is located at Rajasthan • Kanjli Wetland, a man made Wetland, which subsumes the Kanjli Lake, located in the Kapurthala district of Punjab state in India




• The Bhoj Wetland consists of two lakes located in the city of Bhopal, the capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh 34.Ans: c Justification: • The Ring of Fire is a Pacific region home to over 450 volcanoes, including three of the world’s four most active volcanoes – Mount St. Helens in the USA, Mount Fuji in Japan and Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. It is also sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt. • Around 90% of the world’s earthquakes occur in the Ring of Fire, and 80% of the world’s largest earthquakes. 35.Ans: a Justification: • The Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002 inserted Article 21-A in the Constitution of India to provide free and compulsory education of all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a Fundamental Right in such a manner as the State may, by law, determine. 36.Ans: c Justification: • SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active–Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) is a programme initiated by Government of India. • The portal is ultimately capable of hosting 2000 courses and 80000 hours of learning: covering school, under-graduate, post-graduate, engineering, law and other professional courses. • This is done through an indigenous developed IT platform that facilitates hosting of all the courses taught in classrooms to be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time. • All the courses are interactive, prepared by the best teachers in the country and are available, free of cost to the residents in India. • SWAYAM platform is developed by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) 37.Ans: c Justification: • Rajasthani folk dances are originated from different tribes and mainly used at past time to entertain Kings. • Ghoomar - Ghoomar is basically a community dance for women and performed on auspicious occasions. • Kalbelia - The dance is performed by a tribe of the same name, Kalbelia dance and songs are now in UNESCO’s representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity from the year 2010. 38.Ans: a Justification: • Ross Island will be known as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep. The Neil Island will be known as Shahid Dweep and Havelock Island as Swaraj Dweep 39.Ans: b Justification: • The Chagos Archipelago is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 individual tropical islands in the Indian Ocean.




• It is about 500 kilometers south of the Maldives archipelago. • This chain of islands is the southernmost archipelago of the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge, a long submarine mountain range in the Indian Ocean. • The United Kingdom excised the archipelago from Mauritian territory in 1965, to for the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) along with islands of Aldabra, Farquhar and Desroches from the Seychelles. • Recently United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution stating that Chagos archipelago forms an integral part of the territory of Mauritius, and UK must decolonize the region unconditionally within a period of no more than six months. 40.Ans: d Justification: • The state's governor issues the proclamation, after obtaining the consent of the President of India. If it is not possible to revoke governor's rule within six months of imposition, then president's rule under Article 356 of the Indian Constitution is imposed. 41.Ans: c Justification: • Pro-tem Speaker presides over the first sitting of the Lok Sabha, administer the oath of office to the newly elected MPs, and oversee the election of the Speaker. • He cannot or at least does not exercise the serious powers of the speaker like defection etc. But in regular routine work, he enjoys the same position power and privilege and immunities as that of a regular speaker. 42.Ans: a Justification: • To curb growing menace of air pollution through the vehicles emission, the Government of India has decided to leapfrog from the exiting BS - IV norms to the BS- VI, thereby skipping the BS - V norms, and to implement the BS - VI norms with effect from 1st April 2020. • Only those vehicles will be sold and registered in India from 1st April 2020 onwards,which comply to these norms. The norms are stringent and at par with global standards. 43.Ans: a Justification: • An intangible cultural heritage is a practice, representation, expression, knowledge, or skill, as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts, and cultural spaces that are considered by UNESCO to be part of a place's cultural heritage.




44.Ans: c Justification: • Project ‘Mausam’ is the initiative of Ministry of Culture to be implemented by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as the nodal agency with research support of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) and National Museum as associate bodies. This project aims to explore the multi-faceted Indian Ocean ‘world’–collating archaeological and historical research in order to document the diversity of cultural, commercial and religious interactions in the Indian Ocean. It also aims to promote research on themes related to the study of Maritime Routes. Main objective of the project is to inscribe places and sites identified under Project Mausam as trans-national nomination for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. 45.Ans: a Justification: • Regional Antiterrorism Structure (RATS) was established by SCO(The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)) member nations in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 2004. • RATS aims to fight cross-border crimes like drug tariffing and cyber warfare under the counter-terrorism rubric. • India has been participating in tactical drills and counter-terror cooperation with other SCO member countries under the RATS. • India joined Pakistan in a tactical military exercise under the SCO’s RATS in 2018. 46.Ans: b Justification: • Though the number of children engaged in labour had come down to 10.1 million, or 1.01 crore, according to the 2011 Census, from 1.26 crore in the 2001 census, there was still a lot to be done to end the scourge. • India had ratified conventions prescribing minimum age for employment (14 years in developing countries) and employment in hazardous conditions (18 years). 47.Ans: a Justification: • PENCIL (Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour) — an electronic platform for no child labour in the country is being developed by the Labour Ministry. • PENCIL portal has five components — Child Tracking System, Complaint Corner, State Government, National Child Labour Project and Convergence. • The PENCIL portal, through which 900 complaints about child labour had been lodged since it was started in 2017, was “evolving” with new features planned. 48.Ans: a Justification: • Around the 6th century BC, at the time of the Buddha, there was an explosion all across India of different schools of thought and philosophy. • One of the most popular was the Ajivika sect, Makkhali Goshala was its most important leader. • The Ajivikas’ central belief was that absolutely everything is predetermined by fate or niyati, and hence human action has no consequence one way or the other. • Like Jains, Ajiviks wore no clothes and lived as ascetic monks in organised groups.




• They were known to practice extremely severe austerities, such as lying on nails, going through the fire, exposing themselves to extreme weather, and even spending time in large earthen pots for penance. • There was no caste discrimination and people from all walks of life joined them. • The Barabar Caves (ancient rock-cut caves) in Bihar dating from the Mauryan Empire, were made for Ajiviks and Jains to retreat and meditate. 49.Ans: c Justification: • Scramjet is short for Supersonic Combusting Ramjet.Scramjet is a supersonic combustion engine. • Rockets usually carry both fuel and oxidiser for easy combustion. Scramjet engine uses the oxygen from atmosphere to compress fuel, thus reducing the weight of rocket and increasing the efficiency. It is an air-breathing propulsion system. • The scramjet engine is used only during the atmospheric phase of the rocket’s flight.The scramjet engine can also liquefy the oxygen and store it on board. • This is helpful for flying at hypersonic speed – Mach 5 and above 50.Ans: a Justification: • Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) seeks to provide better socio-economic infrastructure facilities to the minority communities. • The scheme particularly concentrates in the field of education, health & skill development which would further lead to a lessening of the gap between the national average and the minority communities with regard to backwardness parameters. 51.Ans: c Justification: • Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) are more vulnerable among the tribal groups. • In India, there are 75 PVTGs out of 705 Scheduled Tribes, spread over 18 states and one Union Territory (A&N Islands). • Among the 75 listed PVTG’s the highest number are found in Odisha (13), followed by Andhra Pradesh (12). • The Ministry of Tribal Affairs implements the Scheme of “Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)” exclusively for them. • The criteria followed for determination of PVTGs are as under: • A pre-agriculture level of technology. • A stagnant or declining population. • Extremely low literacy. • A subsistence level of economy. 52.Ans: d Justification: • Abujh Marias are Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) community living in Abujhmarh forest, Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. • Abujh Marias have their own governance structure. • Since AbujhMarias is a PVTG community, they are entitled to the habitat rights under the Forest Rights Act (FRA).




• Recently Chhattisgarh government has initiated the processing of habitat rights for Abujh Marias, a (PVTG). 53.Ans: a Justification: • Turkey is the only country which shares border with both Black sea and Mediterranean Sea. 54.Ans: c Justification: • Chaukhandi Stupa is an ancient Buddhist site in Uttar Pradesh's Sarnath. • Stupas have evolved from burial mounds and serve as a shrine for a relic of the Buddha. • The Chaukhandi Stupa was built as a terraced temple during the Gupta period between the 4th and 6th centuries to mark the site where Lord Buddha and his first disciples met traveling from Bodh Gaya to Sarnath. 55.Ans: b Justification: • New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) is a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation. • The formal name of the treaty is Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. • It was signed on 2010 in Prague and entered into force in 2011, it is expected to last at least until 2021. 56.Ans: c Justification: • The Asian golden cat is a wild cat native to the northeastern Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. • It has been listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List since 2008, and is threatened by hunting pressure and habitat loss. • Since Southeast Asian forests are undergoing the world's fastest regional deforestation. • It is found across eastern Nepal through north-eastern India to Indonesia. 57.Ans: b Justification: • The Strait of Hormuz lies between Oman and Iran. • It links the Persian Gulf in the north with Gulf of Oman to the south and Arabian Sea beyond. • It’s a narrow passage with a width of 36.8 nautical miles (68.2 km). • It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one of the world's most strategically important choke points. 58.Ans: c Justification: • According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2019, India received foreign direct investments worth USD 42 billion in 2018. India attracted over 77% of the total foreign direct investments that came to the South Asian region.




59.Ans: c Justification: • Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl (PFAs) are a group of man-made chemicals that includes PFOA, PFOS, GenX, and many other chemicals. • PFAs are chemical on non-stick cookware among many other things, which has made its way into the human food chain. • Apart from cookware, they are found in resistant fabrics used for cleaning, paints and food packaging. 60.Ans: a Justification: • The Kimberley Process is a joint initiative involving Government, international diamond industry and civil society to stem the flow of Conflict Diamonds. • Conflict Diamonds means rough diamonds used by rebel movements or their allies to finance conflict aimed at undermining legitimate governments. It is also described in United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions. 61.Ans: c Justification: • Fly ash is a major source of PM 2.5 (fine, respirable pollution particles) in summer. It becomes air borne, and gets transported to a radius of 10 to 20 kms. • It can settle on water and other surfaces. Fly ash contains heavy metals from coal, a large amount of PM 2.5 and black carbon (BC). Proper disposal of fly ash is still not happening in many places. 62.Ans: b Justification: • For the first time since it was established 294 years ago, a temple in Guwahati has let its presiding deity play second fiddle to the offspring of its resident reptiles — the rare black softshell turtle (Nilssonia nigricans). 63.Ans: b Justification: • The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of states in South Asia. Its member states include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. • The BIMSTEC member states—Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal and Bhutan—are among the countries dependent on the Bay of Bengal. 64.Ans: c Justification: • Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies. • The meet is a collaboration of radio astronomers from a dozen countries across the globe.




• It uses more than 12 radio telescopes all over the world with an aim to detect ultra-low frequency gravitational waves. • Ultra-low frequency Gravitational Waves are wrinkles in space-time produced by two massive black holes, each revolving around the other. • Such black holes, which weigh billion times more than Sun, are found in the centres of colliding galaxies. 65.Ans: a Justification: • Autophagy Pathway is a molecular mechanism which recycles unnecessary or dysfunctional cell components. • When a cell experiences stress, its DNA gets damaged, Cells with damaged DNA can either die or can activate the autophagy pathway and recycle the damaged cell components and survive. • According to recent discovery absence or downregulation of a particular protein positive co-activator 4 (PC4) is responsible for enhanced autophagy. • Lack of PC4 protein leads to irregular nuclear shape and defects in chromosome distribution in daughter cells. • However, these changes do not lead to cell death but enhanced autophagy which allows cells to withstand the stress caused by gamma radiation. • Thus the absence/downregulation of PC4 Protein will help cancer patients to survive and recover soon from cancer. 66.Ans: c Justification: • Desertification is a type of land degradation in which a relatively dry the land region becomes increasingly arid. • Desertification leads to losing bodies of water as well as vegetation and wildlife. • Loss of soil cover, mainly due to rainfall and surface runoff, is one of the biggest reasons for desertification. • It is responsible for 10.98 percent of desertification in the country. • Other main reasons include, wind erosion (5.55 per cent), human-made or settlements (0.69 per cent), vegetation degradation (8.91 per cent) and salinity (1.12 per cent) 67.Ans: a Justification: • Catalhoyuk was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia, Turkey. • The city existed from approximately 7500 BC to 5700 BC, and flourished around 7000 BC. • Catalhoyuk is the best example of an early Neolithic town where humans began to swap a nomadic hunter-gatherer existence for a lifestyle centered on farming, i.e. the transition to a fully settled existence has been satisfactorily achieved. 68.Ans: d Justification: • Decentralised Virtual Currencies (a.k.a. crypto-currencies) are distributed, open-source, math-based peer-to-peer virtual currencies that have no central administrating authority, and no central monitoring or oversight. Examples: Bitcoin; liteCoin; and Ripple.




69.Ans: c Justification: • Regional Antiterrorism Structure (RATS) was established by SCO member nations in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 2004. • RATS aims to fight cross-border crimes like drug tariffing and cyber warfare under the counter-terrorism rubric. • India has been participating in tactical drills and counter-terror cooperation with other SCO member countries under the RATS. • India joined Pakistan in a tactical military exercise under the SCO’s RATS in 2018. 70.Ans: a Justification: • The Bonn Challenge is a global effort to bring 150 million hectares of the world’s deforested and degraded land under restoration by 2020, and 350 million hectares by 2030. • It will be implemented by India during a pilot phase of three-and-a-half years in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland and Karnataka. 71.Ans: d Justification: • According to the FDI policy guideline, “Marketplace model of e-commerce means providing of an information technology platform by an e-commerce entity on a digital and electronic network to act as a facilitator between buyer and seller.” • According to the FDI policy, “Inventory model of ecommerce means an ecommerce activity where inventory of goods and services is owned by e-commerce entity and is sold to the consumers directly. 72.Ans: a Justification: • India is set to overtake China as the most populous country by 2027 and will have almost 1.64 billion inhabitants by 2050, says a United Nations World Population Prospects 2019 report, adding that South Asia’s opportunity to reap the “demographic dividend” will peak by 2047. 73.Ans: a Justification: • The first phase of “Operation Sunrise” was conducted three months ago along the Indo-Myanmar border, during which, the Indian Army targeted members of the Arakan Army, an insurgent group in Myanmar, who were opposed to the Kaladan multi-modal transit transport project. The project is viewed as India’s gateway to Southeast Asia. 74.Ans: d Justification: • Eutrophication hypertrophication, is when a body of water becomes overly enriched with minerals and nutrients which induce excessive growth of algae. • This process may result in oxygen depletion of the water body. • One example is an "algal bloom" or great increase of phytoplankton in a water body as a response to increased levels of nutrients.




• Those mats of algae also block sunlight from reaching into the sea. But the big problem comes when all that algae dies. • The process of decomposition sucks almost all of the dissolved oxygen out of the water near the bottom, leading to large-scale hypoxic zones (oxygen deficiency) where fish, shrimp, and other creatures cannot live. Those that can swim or skitter away do, and those that can’t suffocate. 75.Ans: a Justification: • India and four rhino range nations have signed a declaration ‘The New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019’ for the conservation and protection of the species at the recently held Second Asian Rhino Range Countries meeting. 76.Ans: c Justification: • Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) is the first regional Government-to-Government agreement to deal with piracy and armed robbery at sea in Asia. • The ReCAAP Presently 20 countries are members of ReCAAP. • Information sharing, capacity building and mutual legal assistance are the three pillars of co-operation under the ReCAAP agreement. • An ISC has been established at Singapore to collate and disseminate the information among the contracting parties and the maritime community. • India played an active role in the setting up and functioning of ReCAAPISC along with Japan and Singapore. 77.Ans: a Justification: • Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project is a multipurpose irrigation project on Godavari River in Kaleshwaram, Telangana. • The project was earlier known as Pranahita-Chevella Lift Irrigation Project. • Lift irrigation is a method of irrigation in which water instead of being transported by natural flow (as in gravity-fed canal systems) requires external energy through fuel based or electric power using pumps or other mechanical means. 78.Ans: a Justification: • On Juy 31, 2017, the Government of India appointed a 10-member Committee of Experts headed by Justice B.N. Srikrishna, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India "to identify key data protection issues in India and recommend methods of addressing them" 79.Ans: c Justification: • The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) functions under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC). • Its major functions are: • To appraise activities involving large scale use of hazardous microorganisms and recombinants in research and industrial production from the environmental angle.




• To appraise proposals relating to release of genetically engineered organisms and products into the environment including experimental field trials. 80.Ans: b Justification: • Living root bridges are a form of tree shaping common in the southern part of the Northeast Indian state of Meghalaya. They are handmade from the aerial roots of rubber fig trees by the Khasi and Jaintia peoples of the mountainous terrain along the southern part of the Shillong Plateau. 81.Ans: c Justification: • Antibiotics are only effective against bacteria, not viruses. This is because viruses lack the physical structures and cellular machinery that antibiotics interfere with in order to prevent bacterial growth and replication. • Antibiotic resistance is when certain bacteria are no longer eliminated by certain antibiotics. • For example, in the case of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the bacterium, S. aureus, is no longer killed by the antibiotic, methicillin. 82.Ans: b Justification: • Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre, which is practised in the province of Kerala, is one of India’s oldest living theatrical traditions. • Originating more than 2,000 years ago, Kutiyattam represents a synthesis of Sanskrit classicism and reflects the local traditions of Kerala. 83.Ans: d Justification: • The NHRC has reminded the Central/State Governments of their constitutional duty (of providing quality health care) under Article 21 of the Constitution under which Right to Life is guaranteed. Quoting the Supreme Court of India, the Commission has observed that right to live with human dignity is part of Right to Life. 84.Ans: b Justification: • Albedo: Snow and ice have high albedo. They reflect much of the insolation, which helps in cooling of the earth. Thus, presence or absence of snow and ice affects the heating and cooling of Earth’s surface. This influences the entire planet’s energy balance. • Feedback Loop: Melting ice reduces the reflective surface. And, the ocean and land are darker in color, they absorb more solar radiation, and then release the heat to the atmosphere. This causes more warming and so more ice melts. This is known as a feedback loop.




85.Ans: a Justification: • The number of people fleeing war, persecution and conflict exceeded 70 million in 2018. This is the highest level that UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has seen in its almost 70 years. • Data from UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report, shows that almost 70.8 million people are now forcibly displaced. To put this in perspective, this is double the level of 20 years ago, 2.3 million more than a year ago, and corresponds to a population between that of Thailand and Turkey. 86.Ans: a Justification: • The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 on the initiative of the G7. • It is a “policy-making body” which works to generate the necessary political will to bring about national legislative and regulatory reforms in various areas. The FATF Secretariat is housed at the OECD headquarters in Paris. 87.Ans: d Justification: • Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India and was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park to protect the endangered Bengal tiger. It is located in Nainital district of Uttarakhand and was named after Jim Corbett, a well known hunter and naturalist. The park was the first to come under the Project Tiger initiative. 88.Ans: a Justification: • Brazil’s “dirty list” is under scrutiny as major firms have been found to have used legal means to avoid being put on it. • The dirty list is a registry of employers that have been found by the government to have engaged in slave labour. • It gives transparency to a decision already reached by the Brazilian state. Created in 2004, it has been hailed by the United Nations as a key tool in Brazil’s anti-slavery drive. 89.Ans: c Justification: • The National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA) has been constituted under Section 171 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. • It is to ensure the reduction in rate of tax or the benefit of input tax credit is passed on to the recipient by way of commensurate reduction in prices. • The Authority’s core function is to ensure that the benefits of the reduction is GST rates on goods and services made by GST Council and proportional change in the Input tax credit passed on to the ultimate consumers and recipient respectively by way of reduction in the prices by the suppliers. 90.Ans: a Justification: • In a major development the Indian Navy has launched Operation Sankalp in the Persian Gulf/Gulf of Oman as a measure to re-assure Indian flagged vessels transiting through the region. The




development has come in the wake of the attack on oil tankers raising tensions between US and Iran. 91.Ans: c Justification: • Superbugs are strains of bacteria that are resistant to several types of antibiotics. Each year these drug-resistant bacteria infect more than 2 million people nationwide and kill at least 23,000. • Bacteria that are tough enough to survive the drug will have a chance to grow and quickly multiply. These drug-resistant strains may even spread to other people. • Over time, if more and more people take antibiotics when not necessary, drug-resistant bacteria can continue to thrive and spread. They may even share their drug-resistant traits with other bacteria. Drugs may become less effective or not work at all against certain disease-causing bacteria. 92.Ans: a Justification: • A judge may be removed from office through a motion adopted by Parliament on grounds of ‘proven misbehaviour or incapacity’. While the Constitution does not use the word ‘impeachment’, it is colloquially used to refer to the proceedings under Article 124 (for the removal of a Supreme Court judge) and Article 218 (for the removal of a High Court judge). 93.Ans: a Justification: • The Sattriya dance form was introduced in the 15th century A.D by the great Vaishnava saint and reformer of Assam, Mahapurusha Sankaradeva as a powerful medium for propagation of the Vaishnava faith. The dance form evolved and expanded as a distinctive style of dance later on. This neo-Vaishnava treasure of Assamese dance and drama has been, for centuries, nurtured and preserved with great commitment by the Sattras i.e. Vaishnava maths or monasteries. Because of its religious character and association with the Sattras, this dance style has been aptly named Sattriya. 94.Ans: c Justification: • Nirbhay is a long range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile designed and developed in India by the Defence Research and Development Organisation. The missile can be launched from multiple platforms and is capable of carrying conventional and nuclear warheads. It is currently under development and undergoing flight trials. 95.Ans: a Justification: • WPI represents the price of basket of goods at a wholesale stage i.e. goods that are sold in bulk and traded between organizations instead of consumers. • WPI is calculated by the Office of Economic Advisor, DIPP under Ministry of Commerce and Industry. • The base year for the index is 2011-12. • The components of WPI include Primary articles, Manufacturing items, fuel and power with different weightages assigned to them.




96.Ans: c Justification: • The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed mega-regional Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between 16 Asia-Pacific countries. • Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was established in order to broaden and deepen the engagement among parties and to enhance parties’ participation in economic development of the region. • It was established by the leaders of 16 participating countries on November 12, 2012 at Phnom Penh summit. • The RCEP will include all the nations with which the ASEAN has trade deals — New Zealand, Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea. 97.Ans: c Justification: • Odisha has come out with a unique flood hazard atlas on the basis of historic flood inundation captured through satellite imagery over the period from 2001 to 2018, which is expected to help the State manage floods more efficiently. 98.Ans: b Justification: • Bioremediation is a process used to treat contaminated media, including water, soil and subsurface material, by altering environmental conditions to stimulate growth of microorganisms and degrade the target pollutants. 99.Ans: c Justification: • The Cenozoic Era is the current and most recent of the three Phanerozoic geological eras, following the Mesozoic Era and extending from 66 million years ago to the present day. • The Cenozoic is also known as the Age of Mammals, because the extinction of many groups allowed mammals to greatly diversify so that large mammals dominated it. The continents also moved into their current positions during this era. 100.Ans: b Justification: • The press freedom index is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders based upon the organisation's own assessment of the countries' press freedom records in the previous year. 101.Ans: c Justification: • It is located in Karnataka.Together with the adjoining Nagarhole National Park, Mudumalai National Park and Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, it is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve making it the largest protected area in southern India and largest habitat of wild elephants in south Asia. • The park is flanked by the Kabini river in the north and the Moyar river in the south. The Nugu river runs through the park.




102.Ans: d Justification: • The Index ranks the States and Union Territories based on 23 health-related indicators, including neonatal mortality rate, under-five mortality rate, proportion of low birth weight among new-borns, proportion of districts with functional Cardiac Care Units, full immunisation coverage and proportion of specialist positions vacant at district hospitals. 103.Ans: b Justification: • Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve located in the western Himalayas region, within Himachal Pradesh state in North India. 104.Ans: c Justification: • NPPA is an organization of the Government of India and is under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizer. • It was established to fix/ revise the prices of controlled bulk drugs and formulations and to enforce prices and availability of the medicines in the country, under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 1995. • The organization is also entrusted with the task of recovering amounts overcharged by manufacturers for the controlled drugs from the consumers. 105.Ans: a Justification: • The key reports & indices by WEF are • Global Competitiveness Report • Global Enabling trade Report • Global Gender Gap Index • Human Capital Index • Inclusive Development Index 106.Ans: c Justification: • The Security Council consists of fifteen members. Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, and the United States serve as the body’s five permanent members. These permanent members can veto any substantive Security Council resolution, including those on the admission of new member states or candidates for Secretary-General. • The Security Council also has 10 non-permanent members, elected on a regional basis to serve two-year terms. The body’s presidency rotates monthly among its members. 107.Ans: d Justification:




• India’s own regional navigation satellite system named as “Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC)” is established by ISRO and is functional from April 2018 onwards. • The potential of this indigenous system is being demonstrated in various application sectors viz. vehicle tracking system, mobiles, timing & power synchronization, fisheries, surveying etc. For example, all commercial vehicles registered from 1st April 2019 onwards are mandated to have vehicle trackers, which are also NavIC-enabled. 108.Ans: d Justification: • The Tripitakas are Buddhism's sacred texts. • The Vinaya Pitaka comprises the collection of rules given to the community of Buddhist believers • Sutta Pitaka is held as the most important of the Three Baskets, it's also called the Discourse Basket and is believed to be a written collection of Buddha's teachings. • Abhidhamma pitaka contains philosophy. 109.Ans: a Justification: • The metal Iron was not known to the Harappans. 110.Ans: b Justification: • The Bimal Jalan committee, tasked with reviewing the economic capital framework of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has deferred the submission of its report to the central bank for the third time. The panel will meet again in mid-July, after the presentation of the Union Budget. 111.Ans: c Justification: • The PM-STIAC is an overarching body that identifies challenges in certain areas of science and technology. It then creates a road map to deal with these challenges and presents the recommendations to the Prime Minister. • Besides natural language translation, other missions identified by the body includes Quantum Frontier, Artificial Intelligence, National Bio-diversity mission, electric vehicles, BioScience for Human Health and deep ocean exploration. 112.Ans: b Justification: • List of SAARC member countries (8) • Afghanistan. • Bangladesh. • Bhutan. • India. • Maldives. • Nepal. • Pakistan. • Sri Lanka. 113.Ans: b




Justification: • BepiColombo is a joint mission between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), executed under ESA leadership. • The mission comprises two spacecraft: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO). The MPO will study the surface and internal composition of the planet, and the MMO will study Mercury’s magnetosphere, that is, the region of space around the planet that is influenced by its magnetic field. • Mercury is a poorly explored planet. So far, only two spacecraft have visited the planet: NASA’s Mariner 10, which flew past three times in 1974–5 and returned the first close-up images of the planet, and NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft, which performed three flybys (two in 2008 and one in 2009) before entering orbit around the planet in March 2011. 114.Ans: c Justification: • The capital adequacy ratio (CAR) is a measurement of a bank's available capital expressed as a percentage of a bank's risk-weighted credit exposures. • The capital adequacy ratio, also known as capital-to-risk weighted assets ratio (CRAR), is used to protect depositors and promote the stability and efficiency of financial systems around the world. 115.Ans: a Justification: • Varuna is a Indo-French Joint Naval Exercise. • It is held either in the Indian Ocean or Mediterranean sea with the aim of improving Indo-French coordination. 116.Ans: d Justification: • Under Article 356 of the Indian Constitution,the Union government can take over the affairs of the state government when state government is unable to function according to the constitutional provisions. • Article 365 says that where any State has failed to comply with, or to give effect to, any directions given in the exercise of the executive power of the Union under any of the provisions of this Constitution, it shall be lawful for the President to hold that a situation has arisen in which the Government of the State cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. 117.Ans: a Justification: • As of 2017 there are 20 members of the group: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Spain is a permanent guest invitee. 118. Ans: b Justification: • NASA said that it's sending a drone called Dragonfly to explore Saturn's largest moon, Titan.




• Using propellers, the drone will fly and land on several spots on the icy moon to study whether it can support microbial life. 119.Ans: c Justification: • It is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheria. • The infection spread only among humans. • The primary infection affects the throat and upper airways. • It is spread by direct physical contact. • Signs and symptoms include low fever, swollen glands on the neck, Swelling of soft tissue in the neck, fast heart rate. 120. Ans: d Justification: • Indira Sagar Project (ISP) situated on River Narmada, in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh is commissioned on 31 March 2005.


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