| 17. | Who is head of high-powered committee by NITI Aayog to develop a job platform that will help migrant labours & blue-collar workers, who have lost their jobs during the lockdown? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog, a policy think tank of the Government of India (GoI)has formed a high-powered committee of top executives of technology companies like Google, Microsoft and Tech Mahindra under the leadership of its CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Amitabh Kant to develop a job platform that will help migrant labours & blue-collar workers, who have lost their jobs during the lockdown, to find better employment opportunities in their language and around their place. |
| 18. | EXIM Bank extended a Line of Credit of how much to the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua for the reconstruction of Aldo Chavarria Hospital? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: Export-Import(EXIM) Bank on behalf of the Indian Government, extended a Line of Credit(LOC) of USD 20.10 million to the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua for the reconstruction of Aldo Chavarria Hospital. |
| 19. | Raja Parba is a three-day festival during the mid-June marking the beginning of monsoon. It is celebrated in which state? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: Raja Parba of Odisha is a three-day festival during the mid-June (preferably starts from 14th June and ends on 16th June) marking the beginning of monsoon. On this day people celebrate menstruation and womanhood, based on the belief that mother earth menstruates for three days which is considered as a sign of fertility. |
| 20. | Approximately how much percent of the world's population were displaced according to Global Trends- Forced Displacement in 2019 report released by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 2019? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: In accordance with the annual report on displacement titled "Global Trends- Forced Displacement in 2019 released by UN refugee agency- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in 2019, additional 11 million people were displaced where 2.4 million sought protection outside their country, and 8.6 million were newly displaced within the borders of their countries. On the Global front, the displacement number is 79.5 million. It is approximately 1% of the world's population. |
