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1. Anaemia Mukt Bharat aims to strengthen the existing mechanisms and foster newer strategies for tackling anaemia. It was launched by:
2. With reference to the Lag B?Omer Festival, consider the following statements:
  1. It is an annual Spanish festival.
  2. Young boys, who have reached the age of three, do their first haircut.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
3. Which of the following statements are correct about the Consumer Price Index (CPI)?
  1. It is an index measuring retail inflation in the economy.
  2. The base Year for CPI is 2012.
  3. CPI for Industrial Workers (IW) is compiled by the National Statistical Office (NSO).
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
4. What are Wood snakes?
  1. They are harmless and sub-fossorial.
  2. They feed on earthworms and other invertebrates.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
5. What is Polar wander?
  1. It is the motion of a pole in relation to some reference frame.
  2. It is usedto measure the degree to which Earth's magnetic poles have been observed to move relative to the Earth's rotation axis.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
6. Consider the following statements about the Guru Tegh Bahadur:
  1. He built the city of Anandpur Sahib.
  2. He resisted the forced conversions of Kashmiri Pandits and non-Muslims to Islam.
  3. He was publicly beheaded in 1675 during the reign of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Delhi.
Which of the above statements are correct?
7. Consider the following statements about the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF):
  1. The Central Government contributes 75% of SDRF allocationfor North-Eastern States.
  2. It is released in four equal installments as per the recommendation of the Finance Commission.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
8. What does the statue of Reclining Buddha, seen recently in news, represents?
9. Which of the following is/are the sources of methane emission in the atmosphere?
  1. Landfill
  2. Decay of plants in wetlands
  3. Coal Mining
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
10. Consider the following statements regarding Sea of Marmara, seen recently in news:
  1. It lies entirely within Turkish border.
  2. It connects to the Aegean Sea through Bosphorus strait.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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