Answer-(C) OdishaExplanation:
The National Park is home to 70 % India’s estuarine or salt water crocodiles.
India & UNDP focus on saving crocodiles in Bhitarkanika.
Estuarine crocodile lays eggs by creating a mound made of leaves of a particular mangrove species which are plentifully available in Bhitarkanika.
Other crocodile species dig the soil for laying eggs.
2) ___________ device released by WHO to diagnose tuberculosis & HIV infection and to measure the viral loads of Hepatitis C.
(A) GeneXpert
(B) DNAXpert
(C) NuclearXpert
(D) NucleusXpert
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Answer-(A) GeneXpertExplanation:
1) India recently procured 600 GeneXpert machines for the National Tuberculosis Programme.
2) One-Stop for disease testing
The new multi-disease testing devise:
The size of a microwave oven
Can run molecular tests
Can diagnose tuberculosis & HIV infections
Can measure the viral loads of Hepatitis C
Has been encouraged for use in multi-disease testing by the WHO.
3) National Tuberculosis Programme – in 1962.
4) The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme – in 1993.
3) The BCCI constituted a 7-Member committee under ____________ to identify the critical point in implementation of the Lodha Committee reforms.
(A) Mudgal
(B) Rajeev Shukla
(C) L. Nageshwara Rao
(D) Nilay Dutta
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Answer-(B) Rajeev ShuklaExplanation:
Lodha Committee was formed in January 2015 by the Supreme Court to look into the functioning of the BCCI & suggest changes to its constitutions.
4) ____________ project, an initiative of Salem City Police in association with UNICEF, aimed at creating violence-free Schools.
(A) Udhayam
(B) Nanban
(C) Suriyan
(D) Kavalan
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Answer-(A) UdhayamExplanation:
This is the first time in the entire South India that Police has taken the initiative in preparing and launching a project to ensure ‘Child Safe Salem City’.
The project will connect the affected Children with law enforcement agencies within a congenial environment.
It will encourage the victims to approach the police & report crimes against them without any fear.
5) The 8th Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 will be held in _________.
(A) China
(B) Indonesia
(C) Japan
(D) India
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Answer-(D) IndiaExplanation:
1st Global Entrepreneurship Summit was held in the USA in 2010.
Therefore it has been hosted by
Turkey
UAE
Malaysia
Morocco
Kenya
In 2016, Silicon Valley had hosted the summit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had invited Ivanka Trump to attend the Summit.
6) India’s largest container port Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust was hit by _________ ransomeware.
(A) Reveton
(B) Petya
(C) WannaCrypt
(D) WannaCry
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Answer-(B) PetyaExplanation:
Ransomware is a type of malware that blocks access to a computer or its data and demands money (typically Bitcoin) to release it.
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