Adam Smith's view on Education (GS-Mains)

Educated Indians in USA, and Reservation for poor General Candidates

UPTET - GS प्रश्न एवं उत्तर 6-JANUARY 2019

१. बुद्धचरित महाकाव्य किसने लिखा ?
बाणभट्ट 

२. विश्व पर्यावरण 2018 का थीम (विषय )
क्या थी ?
Beat Plastic Pollution

३. नाथपंथ नामक संप्रदाय के प्रवर्तक कौन थे ?

गोरखनाथ 

४.  ग्लोबल हैप्पीनेस इंडेक्स  2018  में भारत की रैंक क्या थी ?
133

५. कर्नाटक का लोकनृत्य  है ?
यक्षगान 

६. कांचीपुरम में कैलाश नाथ शिव मंदिर , जिसकी भीतरी दीवारों में मुर्तिया बनाई गई है , किसने बनवाया था ?
नरसिंहवर्मन 2 

७. मिर्जापुर किसके कारण प्रसिद्ध है 
कजरी के लिए 

८. भरत के किस राज्य में १०० वां एयरपोर्ट स्तिथ है 
सिक्किम 

९. केंद्रीय ग्लास एवं  सिरैमिक अनुसंधान कहाँ 
है 
दियेगये विकल्प में - खुर्जा उत्तर है 

१०. २०१८  रमन मैगसेसे अवार्ड किसे दिया गया ?
भारत वाटवानी 

११. २०१७ का भारतभारती पुरुष्कार किसे दिया गया ?
भोपाल के रमेश चंद्र शाह 

१२. २०१८ में किस फील्ड का नोबेल प्राइज नहीं दिया गया ?
साहित्य 

१३. US ओपन टेनिस टूर्नामेंट womens single winner?
नाओमी ओसका 

१४. 65th National film awards for best feature film was given to ?

Village Rockstars

15. दिसंबर २०१८ में जलवायु परिवर्तन पर अंतराष्टीय सम्मलेन कहाँ किय गया ?

कटोविस 

१६ PM MODI ने रामायण सर्किट की शुरुआत ?

नेपाल से की 

१७. भारत का शेक्शपिअर किसे कहा जाता है ?

कालिदास 

१८. कुम्भ मेले को अमूर्त सांस्कतिक धरोहर में ?

2017 

१९. कथकली किस राज्य का नृत्य है ?

केरल 

२०. सौरभ  चौधरी किस खेल से सम्बंधित है ?

निशानेबाजी 

२१. स्टेचू ऑफ़ यूनिटी की उचाई कितनी है ?

182 met . 

२२. भारत की पहली इंजन रहित ट्रैन ?

ट्रैन १८ है 

२३. मार्च २०१८ तक भारत का सबसे  तेज़ सुपर कंप्यूटर कौन है ?

प्रत्युष 

२४. बेस्ट फिल्म ऑफ़ २०१८ ऑस्कर ?

the शेप ऑफ़ वाटर 

२५. मानव विकास सूचक २०१८ में भारती की  रैंक ?

130 

२६. एक्सीडेंटल प्राइम मिनिस्टर किसे लिखी ?

संजय बारू 

२७. Exam Warrior book किसने लिखी ?

मोदी 

२८. मिल्कमैन उपन्यास की लेखिका ?

एना बर्न्स  

 

New RBI chief.

The government  appointed Shaktikanta Das as the new RBI chief. 

He is the 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

new Chief Election Commissioner

President Ramnath kovind appointed Sunil Arora New Chief election commissioner of India.

Hand-in-Hand Exercise

• Exercise Hand-in-Hand is conducted annually as part of military diplomacy and interaction between armies of India and China.

Sahitya Akademi Award

established in 1954.

conferred - (22 Scheduled Languages+ English and Rajasthani).

• The award consists of a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque (designed by film-maker Satyajit Ray), a shawl and cheque of Rs.1 Lakh.

Genetically modified Crops Concerns

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India to host G20 summit in 2022

Who's who कौन क्या है

Important Government Personalities 

Ram Nath Kovind  -  President of India

Narendra Damodardas Modi -  Prime minister 

राजनाथ सिंह - गृह मंत्री

राधा मोहन सिंह - कृषि मंत्री

 Prakash Javadekar - मानव संसाधन मंत्री

डा हर्षवर्धन - विज्ञानं एवं प्रौद्योगिकी

मेनिका गांधी - महिला एवं बाल विकाश

 Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - अल्पसख्यक मामले

Ravi Shankar Prasad - क़ानून एवं न्याय

Nirmala Sitharaman - रक्षा मंत्री

Piyush Vedprakash Goyal  - वित्त मंत्री

सुषमा स्वराज - विदेश एवं प्रवासी मामले

जेपी नड्डा - स्वास्थ्य एवं परिवार कल्याण। (health and family welfare minister of india)

current affair- 01/10/20018

• International Monetary Funds appoints Gita Gopinath as new chief economist.

• Rabindranath Tagore considered Gandhi as the “Mahatma”, the “Great Soul”.

• Gandhi’s autobiography ---The Story of My Experiments with Truth.

• Niwari will become the 52nd district of Madhya Pradesh, with effect from October 1. A proposal to this effect was cleared by the state Cabinet recently.

• Zonal councils have been established by the Parliament to promote interstate cooperation and coordination. They are statutory bodies established under the States Reorganisation Act 1956 and not constitutional bodies. They are only deliberative and advisory bodies.

• Chairman – The Union Home Minister is the Chairman of each of these Councils.

• The president has given his asset to the Karnataka Good Samaritan and Medical Professional (Protection and Regulation during Emergency Situations) Bill, 2016.
• With this, Karnataka has become the first state to give legal protection to good samaritans through a legislation amidst the rising incidents of accidental deaths in India, which saw 1,50,785 people getting killed in road accidents in 2016.

• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of lndia have signed a $150 Million Loan to finance continued improvements to road connectivity and efficiency of the International Trade Corridor in West Bengal and North-Eastern Region of lndia.

• The Manila, Philippines-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) serves as the Secretariat for the SASEC member countries.

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY)

5 Current Affairs 28/09/2018

1.New Delhi hosted the Conference of Heads of AYUSH National Institutes organized by the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA).

2.Jammu & Kashmir Bank has launched the first ‘All-Women Branch’ in the Jammu and Kashmir state

3.Anil D Sahasrabudhe has been appointed as the chairman of the 'All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

4.Repco Micro Finance Ltd finance company has won the NABARD award 2018 for its service to Self-Help Group (SHG) linkage.

5.7.6% As per the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s latest report ‘Asian Development Outlook (ADO)’, what is India’s GDP growth forecast for FY 2019-20.

Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna

• Facebook has appointed Ajit Mohan as managing director and vice­president of the social networking site’s India operations.

Current Affairs, 24 September 2018

• Sikkim’s first-ever airport inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra at Pakyong. The airport is not only India’s 100th functional airport but also one of the country’s five highest airports. The Indian Air Force (IAF) will find this airport convenient for the landing and taking off of its aircrafts.

 

                     The airport was constructed by the Airports Authority of India.

Neelakurinji(Strobilanthus kunthianus) 

Kurinji or Neelakurinji is a shrub that is found in the shola forests of the Western Ghats in South India. Nilgiri Hills, which literally means the blue mountains, got their name from the purplish blue flowers of Neelakurinji that blossoms only once in 12 years.

The Paliyan tribal people living in Tamil Nadu used it as a reference to calculate their age.

Western Ghats

The Western Ghats was included as a ‘World Natural Heritage Site’ by UNESCO in 2012. According to the organisation, the Ghats, which are older than the Himalayas, are home to at least 325 globally threatened flora, fauna, bird, amphibian, reptile and fish species. It has been recognised as one of the world’s eight ‘hottest hotspots’ of biological diversity.

 MAVEN spacecraft

Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN)mission was developed by NASA to study the Martian atmospherewhile orbiting Mars. 

Mission goals include determining how the planet's atmosphere and water, presumed to have once been substantial, were lost over time.

Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha (DBHPS

Headquarter - Chennai, Tamil Nadu

In 1964, the institution was recognised by the Indian Government as one of the Institutes of National Importance.

The organisation was established by Annie Besant in 1918 with support from Mahatma Gandhi, who became the founder president of the Sabha, who held the post till his death.

The first Hindi class was taken by Gandhi’s son Devdas Gandhi.

Aim

Prorogating Hindi in South India to unite the northern and southern states of the country in greatest interest of integration of the nation.

Current Affairs 20 September 2018

The government has appointed renowned scientist Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas as chairman of Atomic Energy Commission and secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). He will succeed Shekhar Basu.

Atomic Energy Commission;-{setup in 1948}

Is a governing body of Department of Atomic Energy(DAE is under the direct charge of PM)
to organise research in atomic scientists in country & promote nuclear research

Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM);-
Is a poverty alleviation scheme implemented by Union Mo Rural Development to promote self-employment & organization of rural poor.
Scheme is implementing across the country in all States & UTs (except Delhi & Chandigarh)Cabinet approved extension of timeline (1year) for implementation Special Package(without linking it with poverty ratio) under DAY-NRLM for J&K.

India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline Project

§  It is first such pipeline through which refined diesel will be supplied to Bangladesh from India.

§  The project involves construction of 130-kilometre long pipeline that will connect Siliguri in West Bengal and Parbatipur in Dinajpur district of Bangladesh.

Exercise Aviaindra-18

An Air Force level exercise between India and the Russian Federation. 

1^st  Aviaindra was conducted in 2014 and has been planned as a bi-annual exercise.

Cyclone-30
The country’s biggest cyclotron facility that will produce radioisotopes vital for diagnosis and treatment of cancer has become operational.

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

The government along with United Nations body FAO has launched an agriculture project.

Purpose-  The project aims to transform agricultural production to generate global environmental benefits by addressing biodiversity conservation, land degradation, climate change mitigation and sustainable forest management.

It is  to be implemented in five landscapes 

Madhya Pradesh

Mizoram

Odisha

Rajasthan

Uttarakhand

The Global Environment Facility was established on the eve of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to help tackle our planet’s most pressing environmental problems. Today, the GEF is an international partnership of 183 countries, international institutions, civil society organizations and the private sector that addresses global environmental issues.

Current Affairs19 September 2018

1. Welcome Back, Pluto

When pluto was discovered in 1930 it was considered as 9^th planet. But later after long debate finally it was kept in the list of Dwarf Planet in 2006 by International  Astronomical Unit.

The Criteria by which any planet is considered as planet is –

1.   it must be round.

2.   it must orbit the sun.

3.   it must have “cleared the neighbourhood” of its orbit.

Important Facts about Pluto

Pluto has five known moons, the largest of which is Charon. Charon is about half the size of Pluto itself, making it the largest satellite relative to the planet it orbits in our solar system.

Pluto orbits the Sun about 3.6 billion miles (5.8 billion km) away on average.

A year on Pluto is 248 Earth years. A day on Pluto lasts 153 hours, or about 6 Earth days.

Pluto has a thin atmosphere of nitrogen, methane and carbon monoxide. The atmosphere has a blue tint and distinct layers of haze.

2. World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

7th UNWTO Global Summit on Urban Tourism is being held in Seoul, capital of South Korea.

Theme: ‘A 2030 Vision for Urban Tourism’.

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism.

UNWTO’s membership includes 158 countries.

It is the leading international organization in the field of tourism, UNWTO promotes tourism as a driver of economic growth, inclusive development and environmental sustainability and offers leadership and support to the sector in advancing knowledge and tourism policies worldwide.

3. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has announced that it will establish its South Asia Area Office and Technology Innovation Centre at New Delhi.

ITU headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.

There are 193 Member States of the ITU, including all UN member states except the Republic of Palau, plus the Vatican City.

4.The Government has launched an online ‘e-Sahaj’ portal for grant of Security Clearance. The portal will facilitate an applicant to submit application online and also to view the status of his application from time to time

5. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY)

Launched in - April, 2016

It took place over earlier insurance schemes viz. National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS), Weather-based Crop Insurance scheme and Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS).

Benefits

It envisages a uniform premium of only 2% to be paid by farmers for Kharif crops, and 1.5% for Rabi crops. The premium for annual commercial and horticultural crops will be 5%.

The scheme is mandatory for farmers who have taken institutional loans from banks. It’s optional for farmers who have not taken institutional credit.

Objectives:

§  Providing financial support to farmers suffering crop loss/damage arising out of unforeseen events.

§  Stabilizing the income of farmers to ensure their continuance in farming.

§  Encouraging farmers to adopt innovative and modern agricultural practices.

§  Ensuring flow of credit to the agriculture sector which contributes to food security, crop diversification and enhancing growth and competitiveness of agriculture sector besides protecting farmers from production risks.

Current Affairs18 September 2018

• Germany launches world's first hydrogen-powered train.

Nahargarh Biological Park

• Nahargarh Biological Park, a part of the Nahargarh sanctuary is located about 12 km from Jaipur on the Jaipur-Delhi highway At Nahargarh Biological Park, ornithologists can expect to see over 285 species of birds, of which, the most popular is the white-naped tit, which can only be found here.

Cyber varsity  set up by Maharashtra:

The Maharashtra Government has taken the first step towards setting up a varsity dedicated to mitigating cyber threats.

Jhum Cultivation

NITI Aayog report has recommended that the Ministry of Agriculture should take up a “mission on jhum cultivation” to ensure inter-ministerial convergence.

What is Jhum cultivation?

This practice is considered as an important mainstay of food production for a considerable population in North-East India.

Jhum cultivation, also known as the slash and burn agriculture, is the process of growing crops by first clearing the land of trees and vegetation and burning them thereafter. The burnt soil contains potash which increases the nutrient content of the soil.