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MCQ 1

Anubhav awards are given by

1. NITI Aayog
2. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
3. MHRD
4. None

• Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh presented ANUBHAV awards, 2019 in New Delhi. This was fourth annual award in the series.
• Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare had created Anubhav portal on the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015 with vision to preserve rich experience of retired official in digital form.
• It envisaged that their rich experience should be preserved for future generation to learn and explore knowledge on various aspects of governance, culture & development history of a particular region.

MCQ 2

1. PM Modi is the 1st Indian prime minister to visit Bahrain.
2. PM Modi has been given by Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa in Manama, capital of Bahrain, the highest civil honour of Bahrain, the Order of Zayed.

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• Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has been conferred King Hamad Order of the Renaissance by Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa in Manama, capital of Bahrain. He was conferred this prestigious honour in recognition of his efforts to strengthen bilateral relations with Bahrain.
• The King of Bahrain bestowed Bahrain Order, the First Class on PM Modi in recognition of his efforts to strengthen bilateral relations with Kingdom of Bahrain.
• Bahrain had the first post-oil economy in the Persian Gulf. Since the late 20th century, Bahrain has invested in the banking and tourism sectors.
• Many large financial institutions have a presence in Manama, the country’s capital. It has a high Human Development Index and is recognized by the World Bank as a high-income economy. Bahrain is a member of the United Nations, Non-Aligned Movement, Arab League, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Global awards conferred on PM Modi since 2014

1. Amir Amanullah Khan Award– highest civilian award of Afghanistan
2. Order of King Abdulaziz Sash- highest civilian honour of Saudi Arabia
3. Grand Collar of the State of Palestine-highest honour of Palestine, given to foreign dignitaries
4. Seoul Peace Prize– by Seoul Peace Prize Foundation of South Korea.
5. Champions of the Earth award – United Nations’s highest environmental honour, awarded by UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)
6. Order of Zayed– highest civil honour of UAE.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched $4.2 million redevelopment project of 200-year-old Shreenathji or Lord Sri Krishna temple in Manama, capital of Bahrain, during his two-day visit to Gulf nation.

 MCQ 3

1. UAE is India’s 2 nd largest trade partner with an annual bilateral trade of about $60 billion.
2. It is also 4th-largest exporter of crude oil for India.

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• Order of Zayed The award in name of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, founding father of UAE. This award acquires special significance as it was awarded to Prime Minister Modi in year of birth centenary of Sheikh Zayed.
• However, UAE in April 2019 had announced to confer country’s highest award to Modi.
• Other Awardees: It has earlier been bestowed on several world leaders which include Russian President Vladimir Putin, Queen Elizabeth II and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

 MCQ 4

1. Malnutrition is directly related to the wealth parameter of citizens as it is mainly because of the poverty.
2. The month of September will be celebrated as ‘Poshan Abhiyaan’ across India.

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• POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched on 8th March 2018 by the Prime Minister in Jhunjhunu(Rajasthan).
• The Abhiyaan targets to reduce stunting, under-nutrition, anemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and reduce low birth weight by 2%, 2%, 3% and 2% per annum respectively.The target of the mission is to bring down stunting among children in the age group 0-6 years from 38.4% to 25% by 2022.
• POSHAN Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission) is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Government of India, which ensures convergence with various programmes i.e., Anganwadi Services, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG) of MWCD Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), National Health Mission (NHM), Swachh-Bharat Mission, Public Distribution System (PDS), Department Food & Public Distribution, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation.

MCQ 5

1. Badminton World Federation (BWF) sanctions BWF World Championships and the prize money is highest among all the games
2. Host city this year was Japan

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• India’s B. Sai Praneeth settled for bronze after losing (13-21, 8-21) to Kento Momota of Japan.

MCQ 6

1. Durand Cup or Durand Football Tournament is a football competition in India. It was founded in 1988.
2. Gokulam Kerala FC won Durand Cup 2019 football tournament by beating Mohun Bagan in final held at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.

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MCQ 7

1. WADA is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland
2. WADA is responsible for the World Anti-Doping Code, a legally binding document, adopted by more than 600 sports organizations

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• The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA; French: Agence mondiale antidopage, AMA) is a foundation initiated by the International Olympic Committee based in Canada to promote, coordinate and monitor the fight against drugs in sports. The agency’s key activities include scientific research, education, development of anti-doping capacities, and monitoring of the World Anti-Doping Code, whose provisions are enforced by the UNESCOInternational Convention against Doping in Sport. The aims of the Council of Europe AntiDoping Convention and the United States Anti-Doping Agency are also closely aligned with those of WADA.

 UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport

• Given that many governments cannot be legally bound by a non-governmental document such as the World Anti-Doping Code, they are implementing it by individually ratifying the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport, the first global international treaty against doping in sport, which was unanimously adopted by 191 governments at the UNESCO General Conference in October 2005 and came into force in February 2007. As of June 2013, 174 states had ratified the Convention, setting a UNESCO record in terms of speed.
• The UNESCO Convention is a practical and legally binding tool enabling governments to align domestic policy with the World Anti-Doping Code, thus harmonizing the rules governing anti-doping in sport. It formalizes governments’ commitment to the fight against doping in sport, including by facilitating doping controls and supporting national testing programs; encouraging the establishment of “best practice” in the labelling, marketing, and distribution of products that might contain prohibited substances; withholding financial support from those who engage in or support doping; taking measures against manufacturing and trafficking; encouraging the establishment of codes of conduct for professions relating to sport and anti-doping; and funding education and research.
• The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelasin 1894, it is the authority responsible for organising the modern Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
• The IOC is the governing body of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), which are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic Movement. As of 2016, there are 206 NOCs officially recognised by the IOC. The current president of the IOC is Thomas Bach of Germany, who succeeded Jacques Rogge of Belgium in September 2013
• World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspended accreditation of National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) for six months. This suspension was imposed due to non-conformities with International Standard for Laboratories (ISL) by NDTL as identified during WADA site visit.

 MCQ 8

1. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurated regulator Food Safety and Standard Authority of India’s (FSSAI) National Food Laboratory (NFL) in Hyderabad
2. It is the only premier referral laboratory under direct administrative control of FSSAI.

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• “We not only have to provide right food, but also ensurethat there isstrict implementation of laws and the compliance of standards to assure that citizens have safe and wholesome food.”This was stated by Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare at the inauguration of the first ever state-of-the-art National Food Laboratory-Delhi, NCR of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) at Ghaziabad, here today.
• The Union Health Minister also laid the foundation stone of the FSSAI Tower along with the Minister of State (HFW), Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey.
• At the function, Dr Harsh Vardhan released a report “Food Laboratories in India: a Meta Study” and awarded Certificate of Recognition to 13 National Reference Laboratories.
• The National Food Laboratory (NFL), Delhi, NCR, former Food Research & Standardized Laboratory (FRSL, Ghaziabad) is one of the two premier referral laboratories under the direct administrative control of FSSAI. NFLDelhi, NCR, renovated and operationalized under a unique Public-PrivatePartnership (PPP) model is the first of its kind venture in the food sector. It also houses state-of-the-art collaborative training centres namely The Food Safety Solution Centre (FSSC) and Centre for Microbiological Analysis Training (C-MAT). NFL-Delhi, NCR symbolizes synchronization of policy driven partnerships and collaboration with a holistic approach and a future vision. The NFL is furnished with a comprehensive array of equipment with the latest technologies and facilities to conduct analysis as per global accreditation standards for testing and calibration. FSSAI will also be establishing NFLs at Mumbai and Chennai in the near future along the same lines.

MCQ 9

King Fahd Causeway connects

1. UAE & Bahrain
2. UAE & Saudi Arabia
3. Saudi Arabia & Bahrain
4. Bahrain & Qatar

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