🔆State food safety index 2024
✅Kerala has, for the second time in a row, topped the sixth State Food Safety Index (SFSI) 2024 and has achieved more than 100 per cent of its inspections target in FY24, improved its food-testing infrastructure and organised special drives to increase the number of license-holders and registrations, among other achievements.
✅Tamil Nadu has got a “significant number of full-time designated food safety officers.
✅Jammu and Kashmir got third position in the Index while Gujarat secured fourth position in the Index.
✅Nagaland was given special acknowledgement among the northeastern states as the index said that the hilly state showed overall progress in improving the food safety ecosystem compared to the previous year.
✅Eat Right campaign, the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, and the promotion of millets as important initiatives the centre took to ensure safe and good food.
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✅Kerala has, for the second time in a row, topped the sixth State Food Safety Index (SFSI) 2024 and has achieved more than 100 per cent of its inspections target in FY24, improved its food-testing infrastructure and organised special drives to increase the number of license-holders and registrations, among other achievements.
✅Tamil Nadu has got a “significant number of full-time designated food safety officers.
✅Jammu and Kashmir got third position in the Index while Gujarat secured fourth position in the Index.
✅Nagaland was given special acknowledgement among the northeastern states as the index said that the hilly state showed overall progress in improving the food safety ecosystem compared to the previous year.
✅Eat Right campaign, the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, and the promotion of millets as important initiatives the centre took to ensure safe and good food.
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#prelims
#economy
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Which among the following countries is the largest producer of copper ?
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40%
Chile
38%
Brazil
15%
Angola
7%
Gabon
Which of the following statements are correct regarding the rocks of Earth's Crust?
1. Igneous rocks are formed out of recrystallizationand reorganization of existing rocks.
2. Sedimentary rocks are formed through the process of lithification.
3. Metamorphic rocksform under the action of pressure,volume and temperature changes.
1. Igneous rocks are formed out of recrystallizationand reorganization of existing rocks.
2. Sedimentary rocks are formed through the process of lithification.
3. Metamorphic rocksform under the action of pressure,volume and temperature changes.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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6%
(a) 1 and 2 only
49%
(b) 2 and 3 only
19%
(c) 1 and 3 only
27%
(d) 1,2 and 3
The Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution contains
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8%
(a) States and Union Territories
17%
(b) Salaries of the President, Governors of States, Judges of Supreme Court, etc.
70%
(c) Union List, State List and Concurrent List
4%
(d) Allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha
Nandankanan Zoological Park, recently in news, located in which of the following state?
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34%
Odisha
24%
Maharashtra
25%
Kerala
16%
Himachal Pradesh
Which of the following provisions of the Constitution of India have a bearing on Education? [2012]
1. Directive Principles of State Policy
2. Rural and Urban Local Bodies
3. Fifth Schedule
4. Sixth Schedule
5. Seventh Schedule
1. Directive Principles of State Policy
2. Rural and Urban Local Bodies
3. Fifth Schedule
4. Sixth Schedule
5. Seventh Schedule
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
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11%
(a) 1 and 2 only
16%
(b) 3, 4 and 5 only
36%
(c) 1, 2 and 5 only
37%
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Consider the following payment modes:
1. Payments made through Coins and currency notes
2. Payments made through Cheques drawn on savings or current accounts
3. Payments made through Credit cards
1. Payments made through Coins and currency notes
2. Payments made through Cheques drawn on savings or current accounts
3. Payments made through Credit cards
How many of the payment modes given above hold the status of legal tender in India?
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22%
(a) Only one
31%
(b) Only two
45%
(c) All three
3%
(d) None
Which one of the following
monuments has a dome which is said
to be one of the largest in the world?
monuments has a dome which is said
to be one of the largest in the world?
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7%
(a) Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram
20%
(b) Jama Masjid, Delhi
30%
(c) Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, Delhi
42%
(d) Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur
Ashtapradhan was a council of
ministers?
ministers?
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17%
(a) in the Gupta administration
12%
(b) in the Chola administration
28%
(c) in the Vijayanagar administration
42%
(d) in the Maratha administration
With reference to the Indian National Movement, the main objective of the Cripps Mission was to:
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10%
(a) Convince the Congress Ministries to withdraw their resignations.
40%
(b) Set up a constitution making body.
15%
(c) Prevent the launch of Quit India Movement.
35%
(d) Persuade Indian Leaders to support the British War Efforts.
Which among the following is NOT an Indian organisation founded on a foreign soil?
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27%
(a) Indian Association
27%
(b) Gadar Party
27%
(c) Indian Independence League
19%
(d) East India Association
On the planet earth, most of the freshwater exists as ice caps and glaciers. Out of the remaining freshwa¬ter, the largest proportion [2013]
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15%
(a) is found in atmosphere as moisture and clouds
27%
(b) is found in freshwater lakes and rivers
56%
(c) exists as groundwater
2%
(d) exists as soil moisture
The difference between a nation's current account surplus and its primary account surplus is its
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16%
Net sovereign borrowing.
40%
Balance of payments.
30%
Net investment income from abroad.
14%
Net asset position with respect to the rest of the world.
In economics, which of the following best describes the term “base effect”?
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10%
The impact of drastic deficiency in supply due to the failure of crops.
25%
Exponential economic growth induced by strong infrastructure facilities.
50%
Developing economies grow faster compared to economies with a higher per capita income.
15%
The impact of the surge in demand due to rapid economic growth and higher population growth.
Which of the following is also known as wood alcohol?
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27%
Ethanol
47%
Methanol
12%
Propanol
15%
Butanol
The Himalayan Range is very rich in species diversity. Which one among the following is the most appropriate reason for this phenomenon? [2011]
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20%
(a) It has high rainfall that supports luxuriant vegetative growth
56%
(b) It is a confluence of different bio-geographical zones
9%
(c) Exotic and invasive species have not been introduced in this region
15%
(d) It has less human interference
Q. On which river is the world's largest river island?
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17%
(a) Nile
23%
(b) Amazon
56%
(c) Brahmaputra
3%
(d) Sindh