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1. The Finance Minister recently announced e-passports to increase the convenience of the citizens.
A) The e-passports contain a small silicon chip and a memory of 64 KB. The chip holds the personal information of the holder.
B) This chip can store 30 visits and includes their signature as well.
C) e-passports help to reduce the use of fake passports and can be scanned very quickly.
2. According to the IMF total oil reserve of Uganda is 6.5 billion barrels and the recoverable reserve is 1.4 billion barrels.
A) The crude oil of Uganda is medium-light and the presence of sulphur is low in Uganda.
B) The pour point of this oil is 49 degrees Celsius. The entire stretch of the 1443km pipeline should be heated electrically.
C) To build a huge oil pipeline in Uganda the Chinese and French oil giants have signed an agreement.
3. For the safety of the Indian railway’s finance minister announced the KAVACH technology.
A) Government allocated Rs 1,37,000 crores to the railway along with Kavach technology.
B) Government planning to launch 400 Vande Bharat trains with a running distance of 2000 km.
C) To help the local businesses, the government also launched the “One Station One product”.
D) The Railways has received Rs 20,000 crores more as compared to the previous budget.
4. The Government of India has digitised 90% of Land records in the country under the Digital India Land Record Modernisation Programme (DILRMP).
A) This scheme was launched in 2008 as the National Land Records Modernization Programme.
B) The scheme makes a uniform registration process throughout the country.
C) It will adopt a 3C formula and focus on Central of Records, Collection of Records and Convenience.
5. Two new Ramsar Bakhira Wildlife sanctuary and Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary sites were added recently by the Government of India on World Wetland Day.
A) At present there are 49th Ramsar sites in India.
B) Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat are two states where the newly added Ramsar sites.
C) There are a total of 52 tiger reserves and 2 blue tag beaches in India.
6. India’s first-of-its-kind project to mix hydrogen into the natural gas system at Indore.
A) This kind of the first initiative was started by the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL).
B) “Hydrogen blending programme” started by GAIL with the National Hydrogen Mission.
C) This significant step is a journey towards a carbon-neutral future.
7. Cleaning rural areas, improving sanitation conditions and waste management with public participation Andhra Pradesh government starting CLAP programme.
A) The aim of this programme is to segregate liquid and solid waste, encouraging home composting and onsite waste treatment.
B) In this CLAP campaign, about 13,000 sarpanches and 1,200 district and Mandal officials took part in an online training programme
8. Vibrant Villages Programme is set to work on improving connectivity across the northern border.
A) This programme with the objective of upgrading the housing facilities and strengthening infrastructure across villages located near the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
B) It also helps to prevent migration.
C) This Programme is being considered as a response to China’s model villages.
D) Under this programme road connectivity and tourist centres will be constructed.
9. Asiatic Cheetahs, which were declared extinct in India in 1952, are now critically endangered species.
A) Due to extinction by poaching and habitat degradation and scarcity of food due to overhunting.
B) Recently, NTCA launched an action plan for 50 cheetahs in India in over 5 years.
