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Q/A
1. Which state has topped the India Innovation Index 2020 among major states?
a) Karnataka
b) Maharashtra
c) Rajasthan
d) Madhya Pradesh
2. Which state has topped the India Innovation Index 2020 among the NE/ Hilly states?
a) Meghalaya
b) Manipur
c) Uttarakhand
d) Himachal Pradesh
3. Which Union Territory/ City state topped the India Innovation Index 2020?
a) Delhi
b) Daman & Diu
c) Puducherry
d) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
4. Who has been given the additional charge of the AYUSH Ministry?
a) Piyush Goyal
b) Prakash Javadekar
c) Kiren Rijiju
d) Dr. Harsh Vardhan
5. Gujarat state government has renamed which fruit as 'Kamalam'?
a) Kiwi
b) Rambutan
c) Dragon Fruit
d) Mangosteen
6. The Union Cabinet has approved an agreement for cooperation in the field of Solar Energy with which nation?
a) Kazakhstan
b) Uzbekistan
c) Tajikistan
d) Afghanistan
7. Which state's Chief Minister launched Avalokana software?
a) Telangana
b) Karnataka
c) Maharashtra
d) Kerala
8. PM Narendra Modi has released financial assistance worth Rs 2,691 crores to over 6 lakh beneficiaries in which state?
a) Jharkhand
b) Bihar
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh
Answers
1. (a) Karnataka
Karnataka retained its position as the most innovative major state in the country in the India Innovation Index 2020 released by NITI Aayog on January 20, 2021. Karnataka scored 42.5, followed by Maharashtra at second place with a score of 38 and Tamil Nadu at third place with 37.91 score. Bihar was ranked last in the index with 14.5 score.
2. (d) Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh topped the India Innovation Index 2020 among the NE/ Hilly states with a score of 25.06, followed by Uttarakhand and Manipur, while Meghalaya was ranked last with 12.15 score.
3. (a) Delhi
Delhi topped the India Innovation Index 2021 among the UT/ City States with a score of 46.60, followed by Chandigarh and Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep came last with 11.71 score.
4. (c) Kiren Rijiju
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has been given the additional charge of the AYUSH Ministry. This follows the hospitalization and treatment of AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik following a severe road accident. The arrangement will continue till Naik resumes his work related to the Ministry of AYUSH.
5. (c) Dragon Fruit
The Gujarat state government has decided to rename dragon fruit as "Kamalam", which means Lotus in Sanskrit. The renaming has been done as the outer shape of the fruit resembles a lotus.
6. (b) Uzbekistan
The Union Cabinet on January 20, 2021 was apprised of the siagning of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Uzbekistan for cooperation in the field of Solar Energy. The main area of work under the agreement is to identify research, demonstration and initiation of pilot projects between the institutes of the two nations.
7. (b) Karnataka
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa launched Avolokana software on January 20, 2021 to enable the government to access data on sanctions and expenditures incurred by 39 departments on 1,800 programmes implemented by them.
8. (d) Uttar Pradesh
Prime Minister Uttar Pradesh virtually released financial assistance worth Rs 2,691 crores to over 6 lakh beneficiaries in Uttar Pradesh under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Gramin on January 20, 2021.
