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The Correct Answer is Ahmedabad – Mumbai Route.

Key Points

• According to a final feasibility study prepared by a Japanese government agency, India's first bullet train corridor between Mumbai and Ahmedabad would cost nearly Rs one lakh crore, with the first train expected to operate in 2024.
• The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) proposes cutting the travel time on the 505-kilometer corridor between the two western cities from over seven hours to two hours.
• According to the survey, the project, which will see the bullet train travel at speeds of over 300 km per hour, will cost Rs 98,805 crore.
• Takeshi Yagi, the Japanese Ambassador to India, led an official JICA delegation to present a report on the bullet corridor to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, which is considered Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project.
• By 2023, it is anticipated that about 40,000 passengers will use this service on a daily basis, making it a financially viable service.
• Trains would be able to travel at a peak speed of 350 km/h on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor.

The correct answer is Sikkim.

Key Points

• Sikkim:
• India’s first 100 percent organic state. all farming in Sikkim is carried out without the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, providing access to safer food choices and making agriculture a more environment-friendly activity.
• But when the Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) visited 16 farms spread over the four districts of the state North Sikkim, South Sikkim, West Sikkim, and East Sikkim November 2016, it found that the farmers’ experience of organic farming was far from satisfactory. The findings of this survey hold lessons for the rest of the country.
• Sikkim is famous for red hot cherry pepper Dalle Khursani has earned its Geographical Indication (GI) tag.

Important Points

• Organic Farming: Agriculture in an organic way involves the use of many non-chemical inputs like manure, compost, animal manure, plants and trees, fruits and vegetables, etc.
• It should be noted that the production of foodstuff needs lots of inputs, which will be consumed in the form of fertilizer, insecticides, pesticides, etc. These chemicals do no good to the soil and ultimately they are stored in the water, which has to be cleaned and treated regularly.
• So, the key point of agriculture in an organic way is to increase the biological productivity in the agricultural field and this can be achieved with the help of biological products like manure, compost, animal dung, etc.

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The Correct Answer is Brendon McCullum.

Key Points

• On the 20^th of February 2016, Brendon McCullum scored the fastest ever Test century in 54 balls, breaking the 56-ball record set by his idol, Vivian Richards, who scored 145 off 79 balls.
• Brendon Barrie McCullum is a New Zealand cricket coach, commentator, and former player who has represented his country in all formats.
• He is also a former captain in all formats. McCullum also brought quick scoring to Test matches, setting a record for the fastest test century ever.
• He is regarded as one of New Zealand cricket's most prolific batsmen and captains.
• In August 2016, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
• On February 18, 2014, he became the first New Zealander to score a triple century in a Test, scoring 302 runs against India.
• He was also the first New Zealander to reach 1000 test runs in a calendar year in 2014. (1164).

The Correct Answer is Natural Gas.

Key Points

• The Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India Pipeline (TAPI) is a natural gas pipeline being built by Galkynysh – TAPI Pipeline Company Limited with Asian Development Bank participation.
• The pipeline will carry natural gas from Turkmenistan's Galkynysh Gas Field via Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.
• The project's construction began in Turkmenistan on December 13, 2015, with work on the Afghan portion beginning in February 2018, and the Pakistani section set to begin in December 2018.
• The initial letters of those countries form the abbreviation TAPI. The project's supporters see it as a modern-day continuation of the Silk Road.
• The origins of this project can be traced back to foreign oil firms' involvement in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in the early 1990s.
• Since Russia, which controls all of these countries' export pipelines, has continuously refused to allow their use, these companies required an independent export route that avoided both Iran and Russia.
• The original project began on March 15, 1995, when the governments of Turkmenistan and Pakistan signed the first memorandum of understanding for a pipeline project.

The correct answer is Year of Cultural Heritage.

• The year 2016-17 will be observed by SAARC nations as the Year of Cultural Heritage.
• The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, or SAARC.
• SAARC is an economic and geopolitical organization that was established to promote socio-economic development, stability, and welfare economics, and collective self-reliance within its member nations.
• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation was founded on 8 December 1985, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Key Points

• Esala Ruwan Weerakoon of Sri Lanka assumed the office of the Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on 01 March 2020.
• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Headquarter is located in Kathmandu, Nepal.
• The first SAARC summit was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 7–8 December 1985.

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SAARC Nations are:

The correct answer is Her sons are British Citizens.

• Aung San Suu Kyi was barred from swearing-in as the President of Myanmar because Her sons are British Citizens.
• Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi is the daughter of Myanmar's independence hero, General Aung San.
• Aung San Suu Kyi born on 19 June 1945, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
• Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021.
• In 1991 Nobel Peace Prize for Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar (Burma) for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights.

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Major awards Aung San Suu Kyi are: 

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Famous books of Aung San Suu Kyi are:

The correct answer is Zika.

Key Points

• On 1 February 2016, the Director-General convened the first meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR 2005) regarding clusters of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders in some Zika virus-affected areas through teleconference.

• The Committee was briefed by the WHO Secretariat on microcephaly and Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) clusters that have been temporally linked to Zika virus transmission in certain settings.

• Additional information on the past of the Zika virus, its propagation, clinical manifestations, and epidemiology was presented to the Committee.

• Brazil, France, the United States of America, and El Salvador provided information on a possible connection between microcephaly and other neurological disorders and the Zika virus.

• Following a similar cluster in French Polynesia in 2014, the Committee advised that the new cluster of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders identified in Brazil constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).

• Zika is spread mostly by the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito (Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus).

• These mosquitoes bite during the day and night.

• Zika can be passed from a pregnant woman to her fetus.

• Infection during pregnancy can cause certain birth defects.

• There is no vaccine or medicine for Zika.

Additional Information

• Ebola is an infectious hemorrhagic fever caused by ebolaviruses in humans and other primates.
• Swine flue 
• It was a recent influenza pandemic involving the H1N1 influenza virus (the first being the 1918–1920 Spanish flu pandemic and the second being the 1977 Russian flu).
• It lasted about 19 months, from January 2009 to August 2010.
• The Chikungunya virus causes the Chikungunya infection (CHIKV).

The Correct Answer is Paris and Brussels.

Key Points

• The November 2015 Paris attacks, the July 2016 Nice truck attack, the June 2016 Atatürk Airport attack, the March 2016 Brussels bombings, and the May 2017 Manchester Arena bombing were the deadliest IS terrorist attacks.
• Significant security operations and plans, such as Operation Sentinelle in France, Operation Vigilant Guardian and the Brussels lockdown in Belgium, and Operation Temperer in the United Kingdom, have been launched in response to these attacks and threats.
• Since the late twentieth century, the Islamic State (ISIL) or Al-Qaeda, as well as Islamist lone wolves, have carried out Islamic terrorism in Europe.
• In its annual EU Terrorism Situation and Trend study (TE-SAT), Europol used the terms "Islamist terrorism" from 2006 to 2010, "religiously motivated terrorism" from 2011 to 2014, and "jihadist terrorism" since 2015.

The correct answer is Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.

• Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo cities are hosts for the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.
• The Olympic Games are an international sports festival, held every four years.
• The ultimate goals are to cultivate human beings, through sport, and contribute to world peace. Summer Games and Winter Games are held separately.

Key Points

• The first modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens.
• Since 1994, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games have been held separately and have alternated every two years.

Important Points

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Host cities for Summer and Winter Olympic Games:

The Correct Answer is Delhi.

Key Points

• According to the Delhi Statistical Hand Book-2015, released by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Delhi had the highest per capita income among states in 2014-15.
• Among all the states, Delhi had the highest per capita income of Rs 2,40,849 in 2014-15. In contrast to 2013-14, it has increased by Rs 28,630.

Additional Information

• The average income received per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a given year is measured by per capita income (PCI).
• It is determined by dividing the total income of the area by the total population of the area. National income divided by population size equals per capita income.
• Per capita income is often used to compare the wealth of various communities and to calculate a sector's average income.
• The standard of living of a nation is often measured using per capita income.
• It's typically expressed in terms of a widely used foreign currency like the euro or the US dollar, and it's useful because it's well-known, easy to calculate using readily available GDP and population figures, and provides a useful statistic for comparing wealth between sovereign territories.