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1. Ans. D.  
• National Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) 
was launched by the Ministry of Rural 
Development (MoRD), Government of 
India in June 2011. 
• The Mission aims at creating efficient and 
effective institutional platforms of the rural 
poor enabling them to increase household 
income through sustainable livelihood 
enhancements and improved access to 
financial services. 
• National Rural Livelihoods Mission 
(NRLM) also known as Aajeevika. 
2. Ans. B.  
Amitav Ghosh has been announced as 
2018's Jnanpith Award winner for 
"outstanding contribution towards 
literature".  
• He was described as a "path-breaking 
novelist" by Bharatiya Jnanpith.  
• The decision was taken in a meeting of 
Jnanpith Selection Board chaired by 
eminent novelist and scholar Pratibha 
Ray.  
• Amitav Ghosh writes both fiction and non-
fiction. 
3. Ans. C.  
* According to The International Monetary 
Fund (IMF) report, I n d i a’s economy projected 
to grow at 7.3% in 2019 and 7.5% in 2020. 
* In 2018, India's growth rate was 7.1% as 
against China's 6.6 per cent. All the estimates 
are 0.2 percentage points less than its 
previous assessment in January. 
Note: 
* The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an 
international organization headquartered in 
Washington, D.C., consisting of "189 
countries working to foster global monetary 
cooperation. 
4. Ans. A.  
TRIM stands for - Trade-Related 
Investment Measures 
• The agreement on Trade-related 
investment measures is a rule that applies 
to the domestic regulations a country 
applies to foreign investors, often as part of 
industrial policy. 
• The agreement, concluded in 1994, was 
negotiated under the WTO ’ s predecessor, 
the general agreement on tariff and trade, 
and came in to force in 1995. 
• The agreement was agreed upon by all 
members of WTO. 
5. Ans. C.  
* The Guwahati Railway Station (in Assam) 
has become the first ever railway station in 
the Indian Railways to get an ISO certification 
(ISO-14001) from the National Green Tribunal 
(NGT) for “p r o vi d i n g passenger amenities in a 
clean and green e n vi r o n ment .” 
* Guwahati Railway Station is ISO-14001, 
which is for Environment Management System 
as per international norms which were 
upgraded in 2015. 
* In April 2017, Guwahati railway station 
became the first railway station to run entirely 
on solar power. 
6. Ans. B.  
The government on 29
th
 Feb 2019 has 
approved the launch of the “Kisan Urja 
Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan 
(KU S U M )” with a central aid of ?3 4,42 2 crore 
to provide financial and water security to 
farmers through harnessing solar energy 
capacities of 25.75 GW by 2022. 
About KUSUM Scheme 
(i) Installation of grid-connected solar power 
plants each of Capacity up to 2 MW in the rural 
areas. 
(ii) Installation of standalone off-grid solar 
water pumps to fulfil irrigation needs of 
farmers not connected to the grid. 
(iii) Solarisation of existing grid-connected 
agriculture pumps to make farmers 
independent of grid supply and also enable 
them to sell surplus solar power generated to 
DISCOM and get an extra income. 
7. Ans. D.  
The theme of 106th edition Indian Science 
Congress-2019 is ‘ Fut ur e India: Science 
and T ech nol ogy’ .  
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 Solutions 
 
1. Ans. D.  
• National Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) 
was launched by the Ministry of Rural 
Development (MoRD), Government of 
India in June 2011. 
• The Mission aims at creating efficient and 
effective institutional platforms of the rural 
poor enabling them to increase household 
income through sustainable livelihood 
enhancements and improved access to 
financial services. 
• National Rural Livelihoods Mission 
(NRLM) also known as Aajeevika. 
2. Ans. B.  
Amitav Ghosh has been announced as 
2018's Jnanpith Award winner for 
"outstanding contribution towards 
literature".  
• He was described as a "path-breaking 
novelist" by Bharatiya Jnanpith.  
• The decision was taken in a meeting of 
Jnanpith Selection Board chaired by 
eminent novelist and scholar Pratibha 
Ray.  
• Amitav Ghosh writes both fiction and non-
fiction. 
3. Ans. C.  
* According to The International Monetary 
Fund (IMF) report, I n d i a’s economy projected 
to grow at 7.3% in 2019 and 7.5% in 2020. 
* In 2018, India's growth rate was 7.1% as 
against China's 6.6 per cent. All the estimates 
are 0.2 percentage points less than its 
previous assessment in January. 
Note: 
* The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an 
international organization headquartered in 
Washington, D.C., consisting of "189 
countries working to foster global monetary 
cooperation. 
4. Ans. A.  
TRIM stands for - Trade-Related 
Investment Measures 
• The agreement on Trade-related 
investment measures is a rule that applies 
to the domestic regulations a country 
applies to foreign investors, often as part of 
industrial policy. 
• The agreement, concluded in 1994, was 
negotiated under the WTO ’ s predecessor, 
the general agreement on tariff and trade, 
and came in to force in 1995. 
• The agreement was agreed upon by all 
members of WTO. 
5. Ans. C.  
* The Guwahati Railway Station (in Assam) 
has become the first ever railway station in 
the Indian Railways to get an ISO certification 
(ISO-14001) from the National Green Tribunal 
(NGT) for “p r o vi d i n g passenger amenities in a 
clean and green e n vi r o n ment .” 
* Guwahati Railway Station is ISO-14001, 
which is for Environment Management System 
as per international norms which were 
upgraded in 2015. 
* In April 2017, Guwahati railway station 
became the first railway station to run entirely 
on solar power. 
6. Ans. B.  
The government on 29
th
 Feb 2019 has 
approved the launch of the “Kisan Urja 
Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan 
(KU S U M )” with a central aid of ?3 4,42 2 crore 
to provide financial and water security to 
farmers through harnessing solar energy 
capacities of 25.75 GW by 2022. 
About KUSUM Scheme 
(i) Installation of grid-connected solar power 
plants each of Capacity up to 2 MW in the rural 
areas. 
(ii) Installation of standalone off-grid solar 
water pumps to fulfil irrigation needs of 
farmers not connected to the grid. 
(iii) Solarisation of existing grid-connected 
agriculture pumps to make farmers 
independent of grid supply and also enable 
them to sell surplus solar power generated to 
DISCOM and get an extra income. 
7. Ans. D.  
The theme of 106th edition Indian Science 
Congress-2019 is ‘ Fut ur e India: Science 
and T ech nol ogy’ .  
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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi 
inaugurated the Indian Science Congress-
2019 (106th edition) in Jalandhar, Punjab. 
• Indian Science Congress Association 
(ISCA) is a premier scientific organisation 
of India with headquarters at Kolkata, West 
Bengal. 
• It has a membership of more than 30,000 
scientists. 
Note: 
• The 105th Indian Science Congress-2018 
was held in Imphal, Manipur University. 
• Theme - Reaching the unreached through 
science and technology. 
8. Ans. B.  
The Union Government has recently 
constituted 8-member committee to 
prepare a blueprint for doubling far mer s ’ 
income by 2022. The committee will be 
headed by Ashok Dalwai, who is the 
additional secretary at the Union Agriculture 
Ministry.  
Note:- The committee will identify potential 
areas of agriculture where more investment 
should happen and suggest ways to reduce 
the risk of farming by diversifying to 
horticulture and allied activities like livestock 
and fisheries to boost income. 
9. Ans. D.  
World Bank to provide 250 Million dollars for 
the National Rural Economic Transformation 
Project (NRETP) to boost Rural Incomes 
across 13 States in India. 
* An agreement in this regard was signed 
between the World Bank and the Government 
of India. 
* World Bank said in a statement that the loan 
will help women in rural households develop 
viable enterprises for farm and non-farm 
products. 
*A key focus of the project will be to promote 
the women-owned and women-led farm and 
non-farm enterprises across value chains; to 
enable them to build businesses that help 
them access finance, markets and networks; 
and to generate employment. 
10. Ans. C.  
Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi 
River in Sambalpur Odisha. Behind the dam 
extends a lake, Hirakud Reservoir, 55 km (34 
mi) long. It is one of the first major 
multipurpose river valley projects started 
after India's independence. 
11. Ans. C.  
JALLIKATTU is an event held in Tamil Nadu as 
a part of Pongal celebrations on Mattu Pongal 
day. Bulls are bred specifically by people of 
the village for the event and attended mainly 
by many villages' temple bulls (koil kaalai). A 
temple bull is like the head of all cattle in a 
village; special rituals will be performed for 
this temple bull during important days. 
12. Ans. E.  
The 2nd edition of ‘ K h e l o India Youth G am e s’ 
was held in Pune, Maharashtra. Union Minister 
for sports Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 
inaugurated the event. 
Note: 
• In the second edition of Khelo India Youth 
Games (2nd edition), Maharashtra topped 
with 228 medals (85 gold, 62 silver and 81 
bronze). 
• Haryana was second with total 178 medals 
(62 gold, 56 silver and 60 bronze) while 
Delhi was third with total 136 medals (48 
gold, 37 silver and 51 bronze) for a total of 
136 medals. 
13. Ans. C.  
TRIPS stands for - Trade-related aspect of 
Intellectual Property rights. 
The TRIPS Agreement, which came into effect 
on 1 January 1995, is to date the most 
comprehensive multilateral agreement on 
intellectual property. 
It was the first such agreement to treat so-
called intellectual property (IP) rights, most 
notably copyright and patents, as a global 
trade issue, on the theory that one country's 
failure to protect another's IP creates a barrier 
to trade between those countries.  
14. Ans. B.  
• The indigenously developed NIRBHAY 
missile is a long-range, subsonic, cruise 
missile with a sharper ‘ t e r r ai n hugging 
capa b i l i t y’ was successfully tested at 
Chandipur, off the Odisha coast.  
• According to the Defence Research 
Development Organisation (DRDO) in the 
controlled flight, the Nirbhay missile was 
manoeuvred at low altitudes of as less as 5 
metres to a range of 2.5 km,  
• It has a range of 700 km to 1,000 km. 
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1. Ans. D.  
• National Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) 
was launched by the Ministry of Rural 
Development (MoRD), Government of 
India in June 2011. 
• The Mission aims at creating efficient and 
effective institutional platforms of the rural 
poor enabling them to increase household 
income through sustainable livelihood 
enhancements and improved access to 
financial services. 
• National Rural Livelihoods Mission 
(NRLM) also known as Aajeevika. 
2. Ans. B.  
Amitav Ghosh has been announced as 
2018's Jnanpith Award winner for 
"outstanding contribution towards 
literature".  
• He was described as a "path-breaking 
novelist" by Bharatiya Jnanpith.  
• The decision was taken in a meeting of 
Jnanpith Selection Board chaired by 
eminent novelist and scholar Pratibha 
Ray.  
• Amitav Ghosh writes both fiction and non-
fiction. 
3. Ans. C.  
* According to The International Monetary 
Fund (IMF) report, I n d i a’s economy projected 
to grow at 7.3% in 2019 and 7.5% in 2020. 
* In 2018, India's growth rate was 7.1% as 
against China's 6.6 per cent. All the estimates 
are 0.2 percentage points less than its 
previous assessment in January. 
Note: 
* The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an 
international organization headquartered in 
Washington, D.C., consisting of "189 
countries working to foster global monetary 
cooperation. 
4. Ans. A.  
TRIM stands for - Trade-Related 
Investment Measures 
• The agreement on Trade-related 
investment measures is a rule that applies 
to the domestic regulations a country 
applies to foreign investors, often as part of 
industrial policy. 
• The agreement, concluded in 1994, was 
negotiated under the WTO ’ s predecessor, 
the general agreement on tariff and trade, 
and came in to force in 1995. 
• The agreement was agreed upon by all 
members of WTO. 
5. Ans. C.  
* The Guwahati Railway Station (in Assam) 
has become the first ever railway station in 
the Indian Railways to get an ISO certification 
(ISO-14001) from the National Green Tribunal 
(NGT) for “p r o vi d i n g passenger amenities in a 
clean and green e n vi r o n ment .” 
* Guwahati Railway Station is ISO-14001, 
which is for Environment Management System 
as per international norms which were 
upgraded in 2015. 
* In April 2017, Guwahati railway station 
became the first railway station to run entirely 
on solar power. 
6. Ans. B.  
The government on 29
th
 Feb 2019 has 
approved the launch of the “Kisan Urja 
Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan 
(KU S U M )” with a central aid of ?3 4,42 2 crore 
to provide financial and water security to 
farmers through harnessing solar energy 
capacities of 25.75 GW by 2022. 
About KUSUM Scheme 
(i) Installation of grid-connected solar power 
plants each of Capacity up to 2 MW in the rural 
areas. 
(ii) Installation of standalone off-grid solar 
water pumps to fulfil irrigation needs of 
farmers not connected to the grid. 
(iii) Solarisation of existing grid-connected 
agriculture pumps to make farmers 
independent of grid supply and also enable 
them to sell surplus solar power generated to 
DISCOM and get an extra income. 
7. Ans. D.  
The theme of 106th edition Indian Science 
Congress-2019 is ‘ Fut ur e India: Science 
and T ech nol ogy’ .  
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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi 
inaugurated the Indian Science Congress-
2019 (106th edition) in Jalandhar, Punjab. 
• Indian Science Congress Association 
(ISCA) is a premier scientific organisation 
of India with headquarters at Kolkata, West 
Bengal. 
• It has a membership of more than 30,000 
scientists. 
Note: 
• The 105th Indian Science Congress-2018 
was held in Imphal, Manipur University. 
• Theme - Reaching the unreached through 
science and technology. 
8. Ans. B.  
The Union Government has recently 
constituted 8-member committee to 
prepare a blueprint for doubling far mer s ’ 
income by 2022. The committee will be 
headed by Ashok Dalwai, who is the 
additional secretary at the Union Agriculture 
Ministry.  
Note:- The committee will identify potential 
areas of agriculture where more investment 
should happen and suggest ways to reduce 
the risk of farming by diversifying to 
horticulture and allied activities like livestock 
and fisheries to boost income. 
9. Ans. D.  
World Bank to provide 250 Million dollars for 
the National Rural Economic Transformation 
Project (NRETP) to boost Rural Incomes 
across 13 States in India. 
* An agreement in this regard was signed 
between the World Bank and the Government 
of India. 
* World Bank said in a statement that the loan 
will help women in rural households develop 
viable enterprises for farm and non-farm 
products. 
*A key focus of the project will be to promote 
the women-owned and women-led farm and 
non-farm enterprises across value chains; to 
enable them to build businesses that help 
them access finance, markets and networks; 
and to generate employment. 
10. Ans. C.  
Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi 
River in Sambalpur Odisha. Behind the dam 
extends a lake, Hirakud Reservoir, 55 km (34 
mi) long. It is one of the first major 
multipurpose river valley projects started 
after India's independence. 
11. Ans. C.  
JALLIKATTU is an event held in Tamil Nadu as 
a part of Pongal celebrations on Mattu Pongal 
day. Bulls are bred specifically by people of 
the village for the event and attended mainly 
by many villages' temple bulls (koil kaalai). A 
temple bull is like the head of all cattle in a 
village; special rituals will be performed for 
this temple bull during important days. 
12. Ans. E.  
The 2nd edition of ‘ K h e l o India Youth G am e s’ 
was held in Pune, Maharashtra. Union Minister 
for sports Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 
inaugurated the event. 
Note: 
• In the second edition of Khelo India Youth 
Games (2nd edition), Maharashtra topped 
with 228 medals (85 gold, 62 silver and 81 
bronze). 
• Haryana was second with total 178 medals 
(62 gold, 56 silver and 60 bronze) while 
Delhi was third with total 136 medals (48 
gold, 37 silver and 51 bronze) for a total of 
136 medals. 
13. Ans. C.  
TRIPS stands for - Trade-related aspect of 
Intellectual Property rights. 
The TRIPS Agreement, which came into effect 
on 1 January 1995, is to date the most 
comprehensive multilateral agreement on 
intellectual property. 
It was the first such agreement to treat so-
called intellectual property (IP) rights, most 
notably copyright and patents, as a global 
trade issue, on the theory that one country's 
failure to protect another's IP creates a barrier 
to trade between those countries.  
14. Ans. B.  
• The indigenously developed NIRBHAY 
missile is a long-range, subsonic, cruise 
missile with a sharper ‘ t e r r ai n hugging 
capa b i l i t y’ was successfully tested at 
Chandipur, off the Odisha coast.  
• According to the Defence Research 
Development Organisation (DRDO) in the 
controlled flight, the Nirbhay missile was 
manoeuvred at low altitudes of as less as 5 
metres to a range of 2.5 km,  
• It has a range of 700 km to 1,000 km. 
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15. Ans. D.  
South Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC) 
of Ministry of Culture, Government of India 
has organized a Madhya Dakshini Festival 
2019 in four venues of Guwahati, Assam. 
Around 100 folk artists from Central India, 
states from Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, 
Chhattisgarh and Andra Pradesh has 
performed vibrant and colourful folk dances 
showing the rich cultural heritage of India. 
The Cultural Festival was organized at 
Shilpgram of NEZCC at Panjabari, Guwahati. 
16. Ans. D.  
• Kuldip Nayar conferred with the Padma 
Bhushan award posthumously for 2019. 
• Govt. of India announced the Padma 
Bhushan award to late veteran journalist 
and an outspoken supporter of press 
freedom Kuldip Nayar. 
• Kuldip Nayar, was a well-known writer 
known for his stand on secularism, human 
rights and liberty, died on August 23, 2018, 
at his Delhi residence after a prolonged 
spell of age-related ailments. He was 95. 
Note: 
• This year 112 recipients have been selected 
for the prestigious awards. This includes 4 
Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 
94 Padma Shri awards. 
• The Padma Vibhushan is awarded for 
exceptional and distinguished service; 
Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of 
a high order and Padma Shri for 
distinguished service in any field. 
• Late actor Kader Khan, Sikh riot activist HS 
Phoolka, cricketer Gautam Gambhir, 
dancer and choreographer Prabhu Deva, 
and former diplomat S Jaishankar are 
among 94 people named for Padma Shree. 
• President of India conferred the awards at 
ceremonial functions which are held at 
Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ 
April every year. 
17. Ans. B.  
The state of Kerala has declared Jackfruit as 
the official fruit of the state.  
The aim is to promote the 'Kerala jackfruit' 
as a brand in markets across the country and 
abroad, showcasing its organic and nutritious 
qualities.  
A total revenue of Rs 15,000 crore is expected 
through the sale of jackfruit and its related 
products through branding of the fruit. 
18. Ans. B.  
Diu has become the first Union territory of 
India to run completely on solar power 
energy. Diu is one of the least populated UTs 
in India which have a geographical area of 
only 42 kilometres. The solar power plants 
have been installed over 50 acres in Diu. 
19. Ans. D.  
There are two main set of inflation indices for 
measuring price level changes in India – the 
Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and the 
Consumer Price Index (CPI).  
The WPI, where prices are quoted from 
wholesalers, is constructed by Office of 
Economic Affairs, Ministry of Commerce and 
Industries.  
Two Ministries – Ministry of Statistics and 
Programme Implementation (MOSPI) and 
Ministry of Labour and Employment (MOLE) 
are engaged in the construction of different 
CPIs for different groups/sectors. CPI inflation 
is also called as retail inflation as the prices 
are quoted from retailers. Following are the 
various CPIs. 
(a) CPI for all India or CPI combined. 
(b) CPI for Agricultural Labourers (AL) 
(c) CPI for Rural Labourers (RL); and 
(d) CPI for Industrial Workers (IW) 
20. Ans. C.  
International Law expert ‘ N e e r u Ch ad h a’ has 
been elected as the Judge of the United 
Nations' International Tribunal for Law of the 
Sea (ITLOS).  
Note:  
The Hamburg-based ITLOS, established in 
1996, is one of dispute settlement 
mechanisms under the UN Convention on the 
Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) that entered into 
force in 1994. 
21. Ans. D.  
The population of village C in 2015 
  
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1. Ans. D.  
• National Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) 
was launched by the Ministry of Rural 
Development (MoRD), Government of 
India in June 2011. 
• The Mission aims at creating efficient and 
effective institutional platforms of the rural 
poor enabling them to increase household 
income through sustainable livelihood 
enhancements and improved access to 
financial services. 
• National Rural Livelihoods Mission 
(NRLM) also known as Aajeevika. 
2. Ans. B.  
Amitav Ghosh has been announced as 
2018's Jnanpith Award winner for 
"outstanding contribution towards 
literature".  
• He was described as a "path-breaking 
novelist" by Bharatiya Jnanpith.  
• The decision was taken in a meeting of 
Jnanpith Selection Board chaired by 
eminent novelist and scholar Pratibha 
Ray.  
• Amitav Ghosh writes both fiction and non-
fiction. 
3. Ans. C.  
* According to The International Monetary 
Fund (IMF) report, I n d i a’s economy projected 
to grow at 7.3% in 2019 and 7.5% in 2020. 
* In 2018, India's growth rate was 7.1% as 
against China's 6.6 per cent. All the estimates 
are 0.2 percentage points less than its 
previous assessment in January. 
Note: 
* The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an 
international organization headquartered in 
Washington, D.C., consisting of "189 
countries working to foster global monetary 
cooperation. 
4. Ans. A.  
TRIM stands for - Trade-Related 
Investment Measures 
• The agreement on Trade-related 
investment measures is a rule that applies 
to the domestic regulations a country 
applies to foreign investors, often as part of 
industrial policy. 
• The agreement, concluded in 1994, was 
negotiated under the WTO ’ s predecessor, 
the general agreement on tariff and trade, 
and came in to force in 1995. 
• The agreement was agreed upon by all 
members of WTO. 
5. Ans. C.  
* The Guwahati Railway Station (in Assam) 
has become the first ever railway station in 
the Indian Railways to get an ISO certification 
(ISO-14001) from the National Green Tribunal 
(NGT) for “p r o vi d i n g passenger amenities in a 
clean and green e n vi r o n ment .” 
* Guwahati Railway Station is ISO-14001, 
which is for Environment Management System 
as per international norms which were 
upgraded in 2015. 
* In April 2017, Guwahati railway station 
became the first railway station to run entirely 
on solar power. 
6. Ans. B.  
The government on 29
th
 Feb 2019 has 
approved the launch of the “Kisan Urja 
Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan 
(KU S U M )” with a central aid of ?3 4,42 2 crore 
to provide financial and water security to 
farmers through harnessing solar energy 
capacities of 25.75 GW by 2022. 
About KUSUM Scheme 
(i) Installation of grid-connected solar power 
plants each of Capacity up to 2 MW in the rural 
areas. 
(ii) Installation of standalone off-grid solar 
water pumps to fulfil irrigation needs of 
farmers not connected to the grid. 
(iii) Solarisation of existing grid-connected 
agriculture pumps to make farmers 
independent of grid supply and also enable 
them to sell surplus solar power generated to 
DISCOM and get an extra income. 
7. Ans. D.  
The theme of 106th edition Indian Science 
Congress-2019 is ‘ Fut ur e India: Science 
and T ech nol ogy’ .  
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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi 
inaugurated the Indian Science Congress-
2019 (106th edition) in Jalandhar, Punjab. 
• Indian Science Congress Association 
(ISCA) is a premier scientific organisation 
of India with headquarters at Kolkata, West 
Bengal. 
• It has a membership of more than 30,000 
scientists. 
Note: 
• The 105th Indian Science Congress-2018 
was held in Imphal, Manipur University. 
• Theme - Reaching the unreached through 
science and technology. 
8. Ans. B.  
The Union Government has recently 
constituted 8-member committee to 
prepare a blueprint for doubling far mer s ’ 
income by 2022. The committee will be 
headed by Ashok Dalwai, who is the 
additional secretary at the Union Agriculture 
Ministry.  
Note:- The committee will identify potential 
areas of agriculture where more investment 
should happen and suggest ways to reduce 
the risk of farming by diversifying to 
horticulture and allied activities like livestock 
and fisheries to boost income. 
9. Ans. D.  
World Bank to provide 250 Million dollars for 
the National Rural Economic Transformation 
Project (NRETP) to boost Rural Incomes 
across 13 States in India. 
* An agreement in this regard was signed 
between the World Bank and the Government 
of India. 
* World Bank said in a statement that the loan 
will help women in rural households develop 
viable enterprises for farm and non-farm 
products. 
*A key focus of the project will be to promote 
the women-owned and women-led farm and 
non-farm enterprises across value chains; to 
enable them to build businesses that help 
them access finance, markets and networks; 
and to generate employment. 
10. Ans. C.  
Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi 
River in Sambalpur Odisha. Behind the dam 
extends a lake, Hirakud Reservoir, 55 km (34 
mi) long. It is one of the first major 
multipurpose river valley projects started 
after India's independence. 
11. Ans. C.  
JALLIKATTU is an event held in Tamil Nadu as 
a part of Pongal celebrations on Mattu Pongal 
day. Bulls are bred specifically by people of 
the village for the event and attended mainly 
by many villages' temple bulls (koil kaalai). A 
temple bull is like the head of all cattle in a 
village; special rituals will be performed for 
this temple bull during important days. 
12. Ans. E.  
The 2nd edition of ‘ K h e l o India Youth G am e s’ 
was held in Pune, Maharashtra. Union Minister 
for sports Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 
inaugurated the event. 
Note: 
• In the second edition of Khelo India Youth 
Games (2nd edition), Maharashtra topped 
with 228 medals (85 gold, 62 silver and 81 
bronze). 
• Haryana was second with total 178 medals 
(62 gold, 56 silver and 60 bronze) while 
Delhi was third with total 136 medals (48 
gold, 37 silver and 51 bronze) for a total of 
136 medals. 
13. Ans. C.  
TRIPS stands for - Trade-related aspect of 
Intellectual Property rights. 
The TRIPS Agreement, which came into effect 
on 1 January 1995, is to date the most 
comprehensive multilateral agreement on 
intellectual property. 
It was the first such agreement to treat so-
called intellectual property (IP) rights, most 
notably copyright and patents, as a global 
trade issue, on the theory that one country's 
failure to protect another's IP creates a barrier 
to trade between those countries.  
14. Ans. B.  
• The indigenously developed NIRBHAY 
missile is a long-range, subsonic, cruise 
missile with a sharper ‘ t e r r ai n hugging 
capa b i l i t y’ was successfully tested at 
Chandipur, off the Odisha coast.  
• According to the Defence Research 
Development Organisation (DRDO) in the 
controlled flight, the Nirbhay missile was 
manoeuvred at low altitudes of as less as 5 
metres to a range of 2.5 km,  
• It has a range of 700 km to 1,000 km. 
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South Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC) 
of Ministry of Culture, Government of India 
has organized a Madhya Dakshini Festival 
2019 in four venues of Guwahati, Assam. 
Around 100 folk artists from Central India, 
states from Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, 
Chhattisgarh and Andra Pradesh has 
performed vibrant and colourful folk dances 
showing the rich cultural heritage of India. 
The Cultural Festival was organized at 
Shilpgram of NEZCC at Panjabari, Guwahati. 
16. Ans. D.  
• Kuldip Nayar conferred with the Padma 
Bhushan award posthumously for 2019. 
• Govt. of India announced the Padma 
Bhushan award to late veteran journalist 
and an outspoken supporter of press 
freedom Kuldip Nayar. 
• Kuldip Nayar, was a well-known writer 
known for his stand on secularism, human 
rights and liberty, died on August 23, 2018, 
at his Delhi residence after a prolonged 
spell of age-related ailments. He was 95. 
Note: 
• This year 112 recipients have been selected 
for the prestigious awards. This includes 4 
Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 
94 Padma Shri awards. 
• The Padma Vibhushan is awarded for 
exceptional and distinguished service; 
Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of 
a high order and Padma Shri for 
distinguished service in any field. 
• Late actor Kader Khan, Sikh riot activist HS 
Phoolka, cricketer Gautam Gambhir, 
dancer and choreographer Prabhu Deva, 
and former diplomat S Jaishankar are 
among 94 people named for Padma Shree. 
• President of India conferred the awards at 
ceremonial functions which are held at 
Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ 
April every year. 
17. Ans. B.  
The state of Kerala has declared Jackfruit as 
the official fruit of the state.  
The aim is to promote the 'Kerala jackfruit' 
as a brand in markets across the country and 
abroad, showcasing its organic and nutritious 
qualities.  
A total revenue of Rs 15,000 crore is expected 
through the sale of jackfruit and its related 
products through branding of the fruit. 
18. Ans. B.  
Diu has become the first Union territory of 
India to run completely on solar power 
energy. Diu is one of the least populated UTs 
in India which have a geographical area of 
only 42 kilometres. The solar power plants 
have been installed over 50 acres in Diu. 
19. Ans. D.  
There are two main set of inflation indices for 
measuring price level changes in India – the 
Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and the 
Consumer Price Index (CPI).  
The WPI, where prices are quoted from 
wholesalers, is constructed by Office of 
Economic Affairs, Ministry of Commerce and 
Industries.  
Two Ministries – Ministry of Statistics and 
Programme Implementation (MOSPI) and 
Ministry of Labour and Employment (MOLE) 
are engaged in the construction of different 
CPIs for different groups/sectors. CPI inflation 
is also called as retail inflation as the prices 
are quoted from retailers. Following are the 
various CPIs. 
(a) CPI for all India or CPI combined. 
(b) CPI for Agricultural Labourers (AL) 
(c) CPI for Rural Labourers (RL); and 
(d) CPI for Industrial Workers (IW) 
20. Ans. C.  
International Law expert ‘ N e e r u Ch ad h a’ has 
been elected as the Judge of the United 
Nations' International Tribunal for Law of the 
Sea (ITLOS).  
Note:  
The Hamburg-based ITLOS, established in 
1996, is one of dispute settlement 
mechanisms under the UN Convention on the 
Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) that entered into 
force in 1994. 
21. Ans. D.  
The population of village C in 2015 
  
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In year 2015, 
Illiterates   
Literates   
In year 2017, 
Literates = 648 + x 
Illiterates = 1152 – x 
According to question, 
 
22. Ans. D.  
Population of village D   
Illiterates   
Literates   
Population of village E=   
Illiterates   
Literates   
Difference of illiterates = 1728 – 1440 = 288 
Difference of literates = 3672 – 1440 = 2232 
Required percentage  
23. Ans. C.  
In village D, 
Illiterates   
  
According to question, 
 
24. Ans. C.  
Illiterates in village D, F and G 
  
Illiterates in village F and G 
  
Let the populations of F and G be 4x and 5x. 
According to question, 
  
Total population of village F and G = 9x 
 
25. Ans. D.  
Population of village A   
Males   
literate males = 2040 – 1000 = 1040 
26. Ans. E.  
 
?? = 3.5 m 
So, h =  
 Total S.A. = 2???? h + 2????
2
 = 2pr(h + r) = 2 
× × 3.5(3.5 + 32) = 781 m
2
 
27. Ans. C.  
Statement I:  
Amount lent out in scheme A = 
  
Amount lent out in scheme B = 
  
According to the question,  
  
120*16-144x(x+1)=24(5+x)  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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1. Ans. D.  
• National Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) 
was launched by the Ministry of Rural 
Development (MoRD), Government of 
India in June 2011. 
• The Mission aims at creating efficient and 
effective institutional platforms of the rural 
poor enabling them to increase household 
income through sustainable livelihood 
enhancements and improved access to 
financial services. 
• National Rural Livelihoods Mission 
(NRLM) also known as Aajeevika. 
2. Ans. B.  
Amitav Ghosh has been announced as 
2018's Jnanpith Award winner for 
"outstanding contribution towards 
literature".  
• He was described as a "path-breaking 
novelist" by Bharatiya Jnanpith.  
• The decision was taken in a meeting of 
Jnanpith Selection Board chaired by 
eminent novelist and scholar Pratibha 
Ray.  
• Amitav Ghosh writes both fiction and non-
fiction. 
3. Ans. C.  
* According to The International Monetary 
Fund (IMF) report, I n d i a’s economy projected 
to grow at 7.3% in 2019 and 7.5% in 2020. 
* In 2018, India's growth rate was 7.1% as 
against China's 6.6 per cent. All the estimates 
are 0.2 percentage points less than its 
previous assessment in January. 
Note: 
* The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an 
international organization headquartered in 
Washington, D.C., consisting of "189 
countries working to foster global monetary 
cooperation. 
4. Ans. A.  
TRIM stands for - Trade-Related 
Investment Measures 
• The agreement on Trade-related 
investment measures is a rule that applies 
to the domestic regulations a country 
applies to foreign investors, often as part of 
industrial policy. 
• The agreement, concluded in 1994, was 
negotiated under the WTO ’ s predecessor, 
the general agreement on tariff and trade, 
and came in to force in 1995. 
• The agreement was agreed upon by all 
members of WTO. 
5. Ans. C.  
* The Guwahati Railway Station (in Assam) 
has become the first ever railway station in 
the Indian Railways to get an ISO certification 
(ISO-14001) from the National Green Tribunal 
(NGT) for “p r o vi d i n g passenger amenities in a 
clean and green e n vi r o n ment .” 
* Guwahati Railway Station is ISO-14001, 
which is for Environment Management System 
as per international norms which were 
upgraded in 2015. 
* In April 2017, Guwahati railway station 
became the first railway station to run entirely 
on solar power. 
6. Ans. B.  
The government on 29
th
 Feb 2019 has 
approved the launch of the “Kisan Urja 
Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan 
(KU S U M )” with a central aid of ?3 4,42 2 crore 
to provide financial and water security to 
farmers through harnessing solar energy 
capacities of 25.75 GW by 2022. 
About KUSUM Scheme 
(i) Installation of grid-connected solar power 
plants each of Capacity up to 2 MW in the rural 
areas. 
(ii) Installation of standalone off-grid solar 
water pumps to fulfil irrigation needs of 
farmers not connected to the grid. 
(iii) Solarisation of existing grid-connected 
agriculture pumps to make farmers 
independent of grid supply and also enable 
them to sell surplus solar power generated to 
DISCOM and get an extra income. 
7. Ans. D.  
The theme of 106th edition Indian Science 
Congress-2019 is ‘ Fut ur e India: Science 
and T ech nol ogy’ .  
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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi 
inaugurated the Indian Science Congress-
2019 (106th edition) in Jalandhar, Punjab. 
• Indian Science Congress Association 
(ISCA) is a premier scientific organisation 
of India with headquarters at Kolkata, West 
Bengal. 
• It has a membership of more than 30,000 
scientists. 
Note: 
• The 105th Indian Science Congress-2018 
was held in Imphal, Manipur University. 
• Theme - Reaching the unreached through 
science and technology. 
8. Ans. B.  
The Union Government has recently 
constituted 8-member committee to 
prepare a blueprint for doubling far mer s ’ 
income by 2022. The committee will be 
headed by Ashok Dalwai, who is the 
additional secretary at the Union Agriculture 
Ministry.  
Note:- The committee will identify potential 
areas of agriculture where more investment 
should happen and suggest ways to reduce 
the risk of farming by diversifying to 
horticulture and allied activities like livestock 
and fisheries to boost income. 
9. Ans. D.  
World Bank to provide 250 Million dollars for 
the National Rural Economic Transformation 
Project (NRETP) to boost Rural Incomes 
across 13 States in India. 
* An agreement in this regard was signed 
between the World Bank and the Government 
of India. 
* World Bank said in a statement that the loan 
will help women in rural households develop 
viable enterprises for farm and non-farm 
products. 
*A key focus of the project will be to promote 
the women-owned and women-led farm and 
non-farm enterprises across value chains; to 
enable them to build businesses that help 
them access finance, markets and networks; 
and to generate employment. 
10. Ans. C.  
Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi 
River in Sambalpur Odisha. Behind the dam 
extends a lake, Hirakud Reservoir, 55 km (34 
mi) long. It is one of the first major 
multipurpose river valley projects started 
after India's independence. 
11. Ans. C.  
JALLIKATTU is an event held in Tamil Nadu as 
a part of Pongal celebrations on Mattu Pongal 
day. Bulls are bred specifically by people of 
the village for the event and attended mainly 
by many villages' temple bulls (koil kaalai). A 
temple bull is like the head of all cattle in a 
village; special rituals will be performed for 
this temple bull during important days. 
12. Ans. E.  
The 2nd edition of ‘ K h e l o India Youth G am e s’ 
was held in Pune, Maharashtra. Union Minister 
for sports Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 
inaugurated the event. 
Note: 
• In the second edition of Khelo India Youth 
Games (2nd edition), Maharashtra topped 
with 228 medals (85 gold, 62 silver and 81 
bronze). 
• Haryana was second with total 178 medals 
(62 gold, 56 silver and 60 bronze) while 
Delhi was third with total 136 medals (48 
gold, 37 silver and 51 bronze) for a total of 
136 medals. 
13. Ans. C.  
TRIPS stands for - Trade-related aspect of 
Intellectual Property rights. 
The TRIPS Agreement, which came into effect 
on 1 January 1995, is to date the most 
comprehensive multilateral agreement on 
intellectual property. 
It was the first such agreement to treat so-
called intellectual property (IP) rights, most 
notably copyright and patents, as a global 
trade issue, on the theory that one country's 
failure to protect another's IP creates a barrier 
to trade between those countries.  
14. Ans. B.  
• The indigenously developed NIRBHAY 
missile is a long-range, subsonic, cruise 
missile with a sharper ‘ t e r r ai n hugging 
capa b i l i t y’ was successfully tested at 
Chandipur, off the Odisha coast.  
• According to the Defence Research 
Development Organisation (DRDO) in the 
controlled flight, the Nirbhay missile was 
manoeuvred at low altitudes of as less as 5 
metres to a range of 2.5 km,  
• It has a range of 700 km to 1,000 km. 
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15. Ans. D.  
South Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC) 
of Ministry of Culture, Government of India 
has organized a Madhya Dakshini Festival 
2019 in four venues of Guwahati, Assam. 
Around 100 folk artists from Central India, 
states from Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, 
Chhattisgarh and Andra Pradesh has 
performed vibrant and colourful folk dances 
showing the rich cultural heritage of India. 
The Cultural Festival was organized at 
Shilpgram of NEZCC at Panjabari, Guwahati. 
16. Ans. D.  
• Kuldip Nayar conferred with the Padma 
Bhushan award posthumously for 2019. 
• Govt. of India announced the Padma 
Bhushan award to late veteran journalist 
and an outspoken supporter of press 
freedom Kuldip Nayar. 
• Kuldip Nayar, was a well-known writer 
known for his stand on secularism, human 
rights and liberty, died on August 23, 2018, 
at his Delhi residence after a prolonged 
spell of age-related ailments. He was 95. 
Note: 
• This year 112 recipients have been selected 
for the prestigious awards. This includes 4 
Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 
94 Padma Shri awards. 
• The Padma Vibhushan is awarded for 
exceptional and distinguished service; 
Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of 
a high order and Padma Shri for 
distinguished service in any field. 
• Late actor Kader Khan, Sikh riot activist HS 
Phoolka, cricketer Gautam Gambhir, 
dancer and choreographer Prabhu Deva, 
and former diplomat S Jaishankar are 
among 94 people named for Padma Shree. 
• President of India conferred the awards at 
ceremonial functions which are held at 
Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ 
April every year. 
17. Ans. B.  
The state of Kerala has declared Jackfruit as 
the official fruit of the state.  
The aim is to promote the 'Kerala jackfruit' 
as a brand in markets across the country and 
abroad, showcasing its organic and nutritious 
qualities.  
A total revenue of Rs 15,000 crore is expected 
through the sale of jackfruit and its related 
products through branding of the fruit. 
18. Ans. B.  
Diu has become the first Union territory of 
India to run completely on solar power 
energy. Diu is one of the least populated UTs 
in India which have a geographical area of 
only 42 kilometres. The solar power plants 
have been installed over 50 acres in Diu. 
19. Ans. D.  
There are two main set of inflation indices for 
measuring price level changes in India – the 
Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and the 
Consumer Price Index (CPI).  
The WPI, where prices are quoted from 
wholesalers, is constructed by Office of 
Economic Affairs, Ministry of Commerce and 
Industries.  
Two Ministries – Ministry of Statistics and 
Programme Implementation (MOSPI) and 
Ministry of Labour and Employment (MOLE) 
are engaged in the construction of different 
CPIs for different groups/sectors. CPI inflation 
is also called as retail inflation as the prices 
are quoted from retailers. Following are the 
various CPIs. 
(a) CPI for all India or CPI combined. 
(b) CPI for Agricultural Labourers (AL) 
(c) CPI for Rural Labourers (RL); and 
(d) CPI for Industrial Workers (IW) 
20. Ans. C.  
International Law expert ‘ N e e r u Ch ad h a’ has 
been elected as the Judge of the United 
Nations' International Tribunal for Law of the 
Sea (ITLOS).  
Note:  
The Hamburg-based ITLOS, established in 
1996, is one of dispute settlement 
mechanisms under the UN Convention on the 
Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) that entered into 
force in 1994. 
21. Ans. D.  
The population of village C in 2015 
  
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In year 2015, 
Illiterates   
Literates   
In year 2017, 
Literates = 648 + x 
Illiterates = 1152 – x 
According to question, 
 
22. Ans. D.  
Population of village D   
Illiterates   
Literates   
Population of village E=   
Illiterates   
Literates   
Difference of illiterates = 1728 – 1440 = 288 
Difference of literates = 3672 – 1440 = 2232 
Required percentage  
23. Ans. C.  
In village D, 
Illiterates   
  
According to question, 
 
24. Ans. C.  
Illiterates in village D, F and G 
  
Illiterates in village F and G 
  
Let the populations of F and G be 4x and 5x. 
According to question, 
  
Total population of village F and G = 9x 
 
25. Ans. D.  
Population of village A   
Males   
literate males = 2040 – 1000 = 1040 
26. Ans. E.  
 
?? = 3.5 m 
So, h =  
 Total S.A. = 2???? h + 2????
2
 = 2pr(h + r) = 2 
× × 3.5(3.5 + 32) = 781 m
2
 
27. Ans. C.  
Statement I:  
Amount lent out in scheme A = 
  
Amount lent out in scheme B = 
  
According to the question,  
  
120*16-144x(x+1)=24(5+x)  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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Statement II:  
Amount lent out in scheme A = 
  
Amount lent out in scheme B = 2400 – 1500 
= 900  
According to the question,  
1500x8x9=900*3(x+1)*(x+7)  
  
  
  
  
  
  
x=3  
So option (c) is the correct answer. 
28. Ans. E.  
Since, we do not know what part of the tank 
is initially filled and what part of the tank 
remains to be filled, we cannot answer the 
question even by combining both the 
statements together  
So, the data in both statements I and II 
together are not sufficient to answer the 
question  
So option (e) is the correct answer. 
29. Ans. C.  
Statement I:  
Age of Abhishek = (Akshay + Prashant) / 2  
Also, Abhishek = 2 x (Abhishek – 4) – 14  
Abhishek = 2 x Abhishek – 8 – 14  
Abhishek = 2 x Abhishek – 22  
Abhishek = 22  
Therefore, Akshay + Prashant = 2x22=44  
So, age of Prashant =  years  
Statement II:  
Akshay = 2 + (Prashant / 2)  
Also, Prashant = Akshay + Abhishek – 10  
Also, Abhishek = Prashant – 6  
Using all three equations,  
Prashant = 2+(Prashant /2) + Prashant – 6 – 
10  
Prashant /2 = 14  
Prashant = 28  
So option (c) is the correct answer. 
30. Ans. D.  
Let, A ’ s monthly income = Rs. x  
B’ s monthly income = Rs. y  
C’ s monthly income = Rs. z  
I. According to statement,  
x = y – 2500  
we do not get the value of x.  
II. According to statement,  
?y : z = 2 :1  
?y/z = 2  
?y = 2z  
We do not get the value of x.  
After combining I. and II. We get,  
?x = y – 2500  
?x = 2z – 2500  
Still we do not get the value of x.  
?Statement I and II taken together is not 
sufficient. 
31. Ans. E.  
3x
2
 = 3  
x
2
 = 1, x =1, - 1  
4y
2
 = 4, y = 1, - 1  
So no relationship can be established 
32. Ans. E.  
Quantity I:  
5x
2
 + 44x + 32  
? 5x
2
 + 40x + 4x + 32 = 0  
? 5x (x+ 8) + 4 (x + 8) = 0  
? (5x + 4) (x + 8) = 0  
? x = - 4/5, -8  
? x = -0.8, -8  
Quantity II:  
9y
2
 + 74y + 77  
? 9y
2
 + 63y + 11y + 77 = 0  
? 9y (y + 7) + 11(y + 7) = 0  
? (9y + 11) (y + 7) = 0  
? y = -11/9, -7  
? y = -1.2, -7,  
Now, comparing  
-0.8 > -1.2  
-0.8 > -7  
-8 < -1.2  
-8 < -7  
Hence, no relation 
33. Ans. A.  
Quantity I:  
16x
2
 + 28x + 12  
? 16x
2
 + 16x + 12x + 12 = 0  
? 4x (4x+ 4) + 3 (4x + 4) = 0