1. Lipulekh Pass is located in which state?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Uttarakhand
c) Sikkim
d) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer. b) Uttarakhand
Context:
India has officially resumed its border trade with China via the Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand after a six-year suspension that began during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
2. Venezuela lies in a highly active seismic zone between which two tectonic plates?
a) North American Plate and South American Plate
b) Pacific Plate and South American Plate
c) Mexico Plate and South American Plate
d) Caribbean Plate and South American Plate
Answer. d) Caribbean Plate and South American Plate
Context:
1. Venezuela has been placed under a state of emergency after two powerful back-to-back earthquakes of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 struck west of the capital city of Caracas.
2. Venezuela lies in a highly active seismic zone where the Caribbean Plate ( minor plate) collides with and meets the South American Plate ( major plate).
3. Tungabhadra River is a tributary of which river?
a) Krishna River
b) Kavery River
c) Godavari River
d) Mahanadi River
Answer. a) Krishna River
Context:
1. The Chief Ministers of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana achieved an administrative consensus to protect farming interests and pursue desilting operations in the Tungabhadra basin.
2. The Tungabhadra River is a major, perennial right-bank tributary of the Krishna River.
4. Niokolo-Koba National Park is located in which country?
a) Venezuela
b) Cuba
b) Senegal
c) Sudan
Answer. b) Senegal
Context:
1. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved US$1.26 million for a new conservation initiative led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal, Western Africa.
5. The Guardian of the Blue Horizon Award is from which country?
a) Venezuela
b) Italy
c) Mauritius
d) Seychelles
Answer. d) Seychelles
Context: The Prime Minister of India has been conferred with the high presidential distinction, ‘Guardian of the Blue Horizon’, by the President of Seychelles, Dr. Patrick Herminie.
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