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1. China Opens world’s longest metro line.
A) On Dec 31, 2021 world’s longest metro line opened in Shanghai province.
B) Shanghai has an extended 831 km metro network, which is the longest metro network across the world.
C) Shanghai is located on the estuary of Yangtze river and Huangpu river also flows through the shanghai.
D) Shanghai is the most populous city in the world as well as in China also.
E) The New Development Bank headquarter is also situated in Shanghai.
2. India launched the Semiconductor mission.
A) Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Information Technology Launched, Semiconductor mission.
B) Semiconductor Mission of India is a specialised and independent business of Digital India Corporation.
C) The Central Government earmarked incentives of Rs 76000 crore for developing the semiconductor and manufacturing ecosystem in india.
D) The objective of the mission is building vibrant semiconductors in order for India to emerge as a global hub in electronics manufacturing and design.
3. Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, the Central Government released Rs 831 crore to Odisha.
A) Odisha Plans to become ‘Har Ghar Jal’ state in 2024.
B) 41.28% rural households have Tap water in their homes.provision has made 100% connectivity of tap water to all rural households.
C) Jal Jeevan Mission implemented in a Bottom up approach.
D) Jal Jeevan Mission comes under the Ministry of Jal shakti.
4. White Rhino Transfer From South Africa to Rwanda.
A) Scientific Name of white rhino is ceratotherium simum and also known as Square-lipped rhinoceros.
B) As per IUCN white rhino is considered as “Critical Endangered”
C) 30 white rhino were transferred from south africa to rwanda.
D) They were transferred because of an increase in illegal poaching.
5. The Hubble Space Telescope discovered the first magnetic field on an exoplanet.
A) The Hubble Space Telescope launched in 1990.
B) In 1992 First exoplanet was detected.
C) Transit Photometry and Doppler spectroscopy are methods of detecting exoplanets.
D) Exoplanet is a planet which is outside our solar system.
6. In january 2022, india to chair counter terrorism committee of UNSC.
A) After 10 years india will chair counter terrorism committee of UNSC.
B) The work of this committe is to criminalizing the financing of terrorism, freezing the funds of related to terrorism.
C) This committee was established by security council resolution 1373 on 28 September 2001, in the wake of the 9/11 attack in the US.
7. At the UN conference on Disarmament, Anupam Ray became India’s new ambassador.
A) This conference consists of 65 members including 5 NPT nuclear weapon states.
B) Main focus on transparency in armaments, prevention of arms race in outer space etc.
C) The conference meets annually in geneva.
8. For sale– Government approved the 19th trench of electoral bonds.
A) SBI is authorised for issuing and selling electoral bonds.
B) Electoral bonds are financial instruments, used to make donations to political parties.
C) Without any maximum limit these bonds are issued in 1000, 10000, 1 lakh, 10 lakh and 1 crore rupees denominations.
