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The Correct Answer is 1997.

In News

• Government plans to wind down National Polio Surveillance Network centres in India.

Key Points

• The Government of India, in collaboration with the WHO, plans to phase down the National Polio Surveillance Network (NPSN).

• The number of surveillance units will be reduced from 280 in 2024–25 to 140 by 2026–27.

• NPSN was established in 1997 by the WHO and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

• It is a nationwide surveillance system with over 200 field units.

• It was crucial in India being declared polio-free in 2014.

• The network now also monitors measles, rubella, and DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus).

The Correct Answer is ​Mt Kanchanjungha.

In News

• Mt. Kanchanjungha joint expedition gives new heights to Nepal-India relations.

Key Points

• Summit Dates: May 19–20, 2025

• Team: 15 members (10 from Nepali Army, 5 from Indian Army)

• Flag-off Ceremony: Held on April 3, 2025, in presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

• Flag Handed Over To: Nepal’s Defence Minister Man Bir Rai and Chief of General Staff Nirmal Thapa

• First Joint Climb of Mt Kanchanjungha by the two armies

• Earlier joint summits of Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) in 2003 and 2013

The Correct Answer is 2026-28.

In News

• India elected to Economic, Social Council of United Nations for 2 years beginning 2026.

Key Points

• India elected to ECOSOC for the 2026–28 term.

• ECOSOC = Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

• It advances three pillars of sustainable development: economic, social, and environmental.

• Established in 1945 under the UN Charter.

• Composed of 54 member states, elected for three-year overlapping terms.

• Functions as the main UN platform for policy discussion, coordination, and development recommendations.

• Coordinates with 14 specialized agencies, 10 functional commissions, and 5 regional commissions.

• Receives reports from 9 UN funds/programmes and issues recommendations to the UN and member states.

• Organizes its annual work around a theme of global development importance.

The correct answer is option 2.

In News

• India and Paraguay discussed expanding the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between India and MERCOSUR, a South American trade bloc.

Key Points

• Statement 1 is incorrect: MERCOSUR is the fourth-largest integrated market globally, after the European Union (EU), NAFTA (now USMCA), and ASEAN. Hence, Statement 1 is incorrect.
• Statement 2 is correct: MERCOSUR's headquarters is located in Montevideo, Uruguay, which is one of its founding members. Hence, Statement 2 is correct.
• Statement 3 is correct:India signed a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with MERCOSUR in 2004, covering a list of traded goods with tariff concessions. Hence, Statement 3 is correct.

Additional Information

• Founded: 1991, via the Treaty of Asunción
• Founding Members: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay
• Later Members: Bolivia and Venezuela (Venezuela suspended since Dec 2016)
• Associate Members: Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname
• Official Languages: Spanish and Portuguese
• Governance: Decisions made by consensus; presidency rotates every 6 months

The Correct Answer is Hyderabad.

In News

• New Centre of Excellence Launched to Drive Agricultural Transformation through South-South Cooperation.

Key Points

• ICRISAT launched the Centre of Excellence for South-South Cooperation in Agriculture (ISSCA) in Hyderabad.

• Launch held during the conference on Global South and Triangular Cooperation in New Delhi.

• Aim: To accelerate agricultural innovation and collaboration across the Global South.

• A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between ICRISAT and DAKSHIN, a Government of India initiative.

• DAKSHIN focuses on strengthening South-South cooperation through capacity building and development partnerships.

The correct answer is India.

• India is set to host the G-20 summit in 2023, instead of 2022. 
• Indonesia will assume the G-20 presidency in 2022 after a swap with India.
• The change of plan was agreed considering that Indonesia would also chair the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2023.
• It was decided that the G20 presidency will be held by Italy in 2021, Indonesia in 2022, India in 2023 and Brazil in 2024.

The correct answer is Western Indian Ocean.

Mission Sagar:

• Launched as part of the government’s outreach initiative towards five Island nations in the Western Indian Ocean amidst the ongoing COVID-19. So, option 2 is correct.
• INS Kesari has departed towards the Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar, and Comoros.
  • To provide food Items, COVID-related medicines including HCQ tablets and special Ayurvedic medicines with medical assistance teams.
  • It would enter the Port of Male in the Republic of Maldives to provide them 600 tons of food.​
• The deployment is in consonance with the Prime Ministers’ vision of Security and Growth for All in the Region ‘SAGAR’ promulgated in March 2015.

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The correct answer is England.

Key Points

• An ancient Indian idol dating back to the 10th century, which was discovered in a garden in England, was restored in India on 14 Jan'22.
• The idol was illegally removed from UP's Banda village from a temple in Lokhari in the 1980s.
• The goat-headed Yogini sculpture belonged to a group of stone deities carved in sandstone.
• It will now be dispatched to the Archaeological Survey of India.

Additional Information

• Britain’s health regulators have approved the world’s first pill to treat cases of symptomatic COVID-19.
• Former England captain, Ray Illingworth has passed away. 
• England cricket all-rounder Moeen Ali has announced his retirement from the Test match career. 
• Jimmy Greaves, one of England’s most prolific strikers and Tottenham Hotspur’s record goalscorer has passed away. 
• Prime minister of United Kingdom: Boris Johnson (As of Jan 2022).
• Capital of the United Kingdom: London.

The correct answer is 2.

Key Points

• India and Pakistan are two countries that share their international boundaries with each other.  
• The two sides currently have only two trans-border trains. 
• The Samjhauta Express operates on the Delhi-Lahore route via the Attari-Wagah border crossing and carries both passengers and freight. 
• The Thar Express links Jodhpur and Karachi via the Munabao-Khokhrapar border crossing and carries only passengers.

Additional Information

• Four Indian states share a border with Pakistan:
  • Punjab (547 km).
  • Rajasthan (1,035 km).
  • Gujarat (512 km).
  • Jammu & Kashmir (1,216 km).
• The combined shared border between India and Pakistan is 3,310 km.
• The line which separates India and Pakistan is known as the Radcliff line.
• The Line of Control (LoC) is a military control line between the Indian and Pakistani controlled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir a line that does not constitute a legally recognized international boundary but serves as the de facto border. 

The correct answer is India.

Key Points

• India was handed over the Presidency of the G20 at the closing session of the G20 Summit in Bali on 16 November 2022.
• India will officially assume the G20 presidency from 1 December 2022.
• At the closing session, Indonesian President Joko Widodo symbolically handed over the G20 Presidency to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• The next G20 Summit will be held on the 9-10 September 2023 in New Delhi.

Additional Information

• The G20 or Group of Twenty is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union (EU).
• It works to address major issues related to the global economy, such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development.
• The G20 was founded in 1999 in response to several world economic crises.
• Members of G-20:
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Saudi Arabia
  • United States
  • India
  • Russia
  • South Africa
  • Turkey
  • Argentina
  • Brazil
  • Mexico
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • United Kingdom
  • China
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • South Korea

The correct answer is China.

• The “Agreement on Trade and Intercourse between the Tibet region of China and India” was signed on 29th April 1954 in Beijing by the Indian Ambassador N. Raghavan and Chang Han-fu, the Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister of China.
  • It is remembered as the Panchsheel Agreement.

Additional Information

• On April 29, 1954, Panchsheel, or the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence, were first formally enunciated in the Agreement on Trade and Intercourse between the Tibet region of China and India.
  • In its preamble, it stated that the two governments have resolved to enter into the present Agreement based on the following principles:- 
    • i. Mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty
    • ii. Mutual non-aggression
    • iii. Mutual non-interference
    • iv. Equality and mutual benefit
    • v. Peaceful co-existence.
• According to documents published by the Ministry of External Affairs, Panchsheel was incorporated into the Ten Principles of International Peace and Cooperation enunciated in the Declaration issued by the April 1955 Bandung Conference of 29 Afro-Asian countries.
  • The universal relevance of Panchsheel was emphasised when its tenets were incorporated in a resolution on peaceful co-existence presented by India, Yugoslavia and Sweden, and unanimously adopted on December 11, 1957, by the United Nations General Assembly.

The correct answer is Sri Lanka.

Key Points

• Sri Lanka has signed an agreement with India to jointly redevelop the strategic World War II-era oil tank farm in the eastern port district of Trincomalee.
• 85 of the 99 tanks now will be under the Sri Lankan control which had previously remained under Indian control.
• The joint venture will be for a lease period of 50 years.
• The new agreement will be an extension of the 2002 agreement.

Additional Information

• 15th edition of the Maldives, India, and Sri Lanka biennial Trilateral Exercise ‘Dosti’ was conducted in the Maldives from 20-24 November 2021.
• Sri Lanka’s first-ever Test captain Bandula Warnapura passed away in November 2021.
• The 8th edition of the India-Sri Lanka bilateral joint Exercise “Mitra Shakti-21” was held at  Ampara in Sri Lanka from October 4 to 15, 2021.
  • Sri Lanka Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative)
    Colombo (executive and judicial)
  • Currency: Sri Lankan rupee.
  • Sri Lanka President: Ranil Wickremesinghe (As of November 2022).

The correct answer is Indonesia.

Key Points

• World leaders from across the planet have converged in Indonesia, for the 17th Group of 20 (G20) Summit, which took place in the city of Bali.
• The two-day summit was themed “Recover Together, Recover Stronger” and focuses on global economic recovery, global health architecture, digital transformation, sustainable energy transition and climate change, among other topics.
• Additional Information

• About G20:
  • The G20, or Group of Twenty, is an intergovernmental forum made up of 19 countries and the European Union + African Union.
  • It focuses on major global economic issues such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development.
  • The G20 presidency for the year 2022 was with Indonesia.

The correct answer is Nepal.

Key Points

• National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced that Nepal will be the first foreign country to adopt India's UPI system.
• The international arm of NPCI, NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL) has joined hands with Gateway Payments Service (GPS) and Manam Infotech to provide the services in Nepal.
• Gateway Payments Service is the authorized payment system operator in Nepal.

Important Points

• This collaboration is expected to serve the larger digital public good in Nepal and bolster interoperable real-time person-to-person (P2P) and person-to-merchant (P2M) transactions in the neighbouring country.
• It will help modernize Nepal's digital payment infrastructure.

Additional Information

• The National Payments Corporation of India is an umbrella organisation for operating retail payments and settlement systems under the ownership of Reserve Bank of India in India.
• NPCI was founded in 2008.
• It is headquartered in Mumbai.
• Nepal:
  • Capital - Kathmandu.
  • Currency - Nepalese rupee.

The correct answer is China.

Key Points

• Panchsheel was an agreement that was signed between India and China on 29^th April 1954.
• This agreement states the Five Principles that were agreed upon by both the countries to maintain peace between the two countries over trade with Tibet.
• The five principles of the agreement are:

1. Mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty
2. Mutual non-aggression
3. Mutual non-interference in each other’s internal affairs
4. Equality and co-operation for mutual benefit.
5. Peaceful co-existence.