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1. Employment figures under the Second round of the quarterly Employment Survey (QES) released by the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
A) The manufacturing sector accounted for nearly of the Total employment among the nine sectors for the july-september quarter of 2021.
B) 20% of the workers were contractual and 6.4% were casual workers working in the construction sector.
C) The Reports covers manufacturing, construction, Trade, Transport, Health, Accommodation and Restaurants.
2. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) allowed in LIC by amending the Foreign Exchange Management Rules.
A) 20% FDI is allowed in LIC.
B) LIC is a statutory body. A statutory body is one which is governed by the Law.
C) In the insurance sector currently 74% FDI is allowed.
3. Deendayal Port Trust (DPT), under the Ministry of Ports Shipping and Waterway, has crossed the 10MMT milestone.
A) Increase was seen in the import of cargos such as POL, Edible oil, Liquid Fertilizer Raw Materials like Phosphoric Acid and Ammonia, Coal etc.
B) The DPTs cargo throughput growth in the 3rd Quarter of the current fiscal was the highest among all Government major ports.
C) Deendayal Port Trust comes under the Ministry of Ports.
4. First Time in the History of Medical Science, Doctor Transplanted Pig Heart into a Patient in a Last Effort to save his life.
A) Heterologous transplant is the transplantation of living cells, organs or tissues from one species to another.
B) This surgery was conducted at the University of Maryland Medical Centre.
C) Transplant of Heart highlighted that heart from a genetically modified animal can function in the Human body, without any rejection.
5. Western Disturbances is likely to hit Eastern states from 11 january, 2022, Says IMD.
A) Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issues Yellow and Orange alert for the state of Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar.
B) Western Disturbances originating from the Mediterranean sea.
C) For the Rabi crops western disturbances are beneficial.
6. In the IUCN Red List Red Sandalwood fell back to the Endangered category.
A) In 2018, Red Sandalwood was classified as ‘Near Threatened’.
B) Red Sandalwood also known as Red sanders and Scientific name of Red Sanders is Petrocarpus Santalinus.
C) Red Sanders is known for its hue and therapeutic properties.
7. India is expected to almost double Dementia cases by 2050, according to the Lancet Report.
A) Most common form of Dementia is Alzheimer Disease and may contribute to 60-70% cases in india.
B) The highest number of cases in South Africa and Middle East and Eastern sub-Saharan Africa.
C) Dementia mainly affects older people, it is not an inevitable consequence of aging.
8. Copernicus Climate Change Service, a European Union Programme, made public a report which states that 2021 was hottest-year on the earth.
A) Temperature increase found between 2 to 2.2 from the pre-industrial level.
B) GreenHouse Gases (GHGs) could cause irreversible damage.
C) 2021 Year ranked fifth among those 12-month spans because of continued rise in GHGs.
9. HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) stated that LCA-MK1A is expected to take flight in June 2022.
A) It was designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency under the DRDO.
B) Lightest, smallest and tallest multi role supersonic fighter aircraft in its class.
C) LCA-MK1A replaced the Mig 21 fighter plans.
