Static GK Test: August 11, 2022 - Bank Exams MCQ

• Ashtamudi Lake is located in the Kollam District of Kerala.

• It is the most visited backwater and lake in the state.

• It has been included in the list of wetlands of international importance, as defined by the Ramsar Convention.

Kerala

Capital: Thiruvananthapuram

Governor: Arif Mohammad Khan

Chief Minister: Pinarayi Vijayan

Good Governance Day is observed in India annually on the twenty-fifth day of December, the birth anniversary of former-PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Good Governance Day was established in 2014 to honour Prime Minister Vajpayee by fostering awareness among the Indian people of accountability in government.

The Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians for the year 2021 has been conferred upon Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician of the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata.

The 25th meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was held, under the Chairpersonship of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Union Ministry of Rural Development implements the 'Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana' scheme, with National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (NRIDA) as the nodal implementation agency.

• World Wetlands Day is observed every year on 2 February.

• On 2 February 1971, the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance was signed at Ramsar in Iran.

• The theme for 2019 World Wetlands Day is ‘Wetlands and Climate Change’.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has launched India's first Night Navigation mobile application for ferry services on the Brahmaputra River in Guwahati, Assam.

Russia and Ukraine were part of the 15 Soviet republics including Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Belarus that made up the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics before its dissolution in 1991.

Namdapha national park is situated in Arunachal Pradesh at Changlang district which is famous for Red giant flying squirrel, big cat species like- Snow Leopard, Clouded Leopard, Leopard and Tiger.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has extended the PM Cares for Children Scheme till February 28, 2022. Earlier the scheme was valid till December 31, 2021. Under this scheme, Rs 10 lakh would be spent by the Government on each child.