1 March Current Affairs

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• 1.Carbon Watch is Indias first mobile app to
  assess the carbon footprint of an individual.The
  app has been launched by which state/UT?
• ?????? ??? ????? ???????- ?? ?????? ???????? ??
  ???? ???? ?? ???? ???? ?? ???? ???????? ??
  ??? ???? ????? / ??? ????????? ?????? ?????? ??
  ????? ????? ??? ???
• Chandigarh/???? ???
• Puducherry/??? ?????
• Gujarat /????? ?
• Ladakh/??????

Ansa) Chandigarh/???????
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What is Carbon footprint? ?????? ???????? ????
??? ?? ?????? ?????? ?????????Z ??????
????????? ??? ?? ?? ??????- ?????? ??? ??
?????? ?????????? ?? ?????? ?? ??? ????? ????
??? ?????? ??? ?? ??? ?? ???????- ?? ??? ?????
??? ?????? ???? ?? ???????? ???? ?? - ??, ???,
???????? ??????? ?? ??????? (???? ??????)?
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??????? ?? ???????.....
Union territory -1 Nov 1966 ??? ??? ??????
?????? -1 ??????? 1966 Lok sabha Seat -
1 Shri.V.P. Singh Badnore (Administrator)
???? ??.??.??. ????? ??????? (???????)
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• Serves as the capital of two states Haryana and
  Punjab
• ?? ??????? ?? ???Z??? ?? ??? ??? ??? ???? ??
  ???????? ?? ???????
• Chandigarh designed by Le Corbusier (French)
  ??????? ?????? ??????? ????? ??? ?? ??????????
  (????? ?)
• Sukhna Lake/????? ???
• Zakir Hussain Rose Garden /?????? ????? ???
  ????
• Open Hand Monument (Architect Le Corbusier) ???
  ???? ????????? ? (???????? ? ?? ??????? ???)

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Rock garden chandigarh - (designed by - Nek
Chand Saini)
??? ???? ??????? - ( ???????? - ??? ??? ????)
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2.Nirmala Sitharaman represented India at the
first G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank
Governors (FMCBG) meeting of 2021. Which country
is the chair for G20 in 2021? ?????? ???????
?? 2021 ?? ???? G20 ?????? ?????????? ?? ??????
? ?????? ???? (FMCBG) ?????? ??? ???? ??
???????????Z??? ?????? 2021 ??? G20 ?? ???? ???
??????? ??? ???
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• a) Italy/ ????
• b) Indonesia/???????????
• India/????
• Brazil/???????
• Ansa) Italy/ ???? G 20 - FMCBG
• meeting of 2021
• (Under Italy Presidency )
• ?? 20 - 2021 ?? ?????????? ?????? (????
  ?????? ????? ? ???)
• To discuss policy actions for transformative and
  equitable recovery

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??????????? ?? ????????? ????? ?? ???? ???????
???í ?? ??? ?? ????
15th G-20 Leaders Summit Saudi arab -2020 15
??? ?? -20 ???? ????? ???? ????? Theme 2020
Realizing Opportunities of the 21st Century For
All
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??? 2020 ??? ?? ???? 21 ?? ? ??? ?? ?????
???? India will now host G20 summit in
2023 ???? ???? 2023 ??? G20 ????? ??????? ??
????????? ??? ??
Country Hosting Year
Italy/???? 2021
Indonesia/??????????? 2022
India/???? 2023
Brazil/??????? 2024
Capital Rome (Tiber River ) ???Z??? ??? (??????? ??? )
President Sergio Mattarella ??????? ???? ?????? ????? ??
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Prime Minister Mario Draghi ???Z?? ??????
??????? ??????
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• 3.ISRO has successfully launched Earth
  observation satellite "Amazonia-1" of which of
  the following country from Sriharikota?
• ???? ?? ???????????? ?? ??????????????? ??? ??
  ???? ??? ?? ????? ? ?????? ?????? "??????????
  -1" ????????? ????????? ????? ???
• (a) Iran /????
• (b) UAE /???? - ????? ??????
• Israel /??????
• Brazil /???????

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Ans. (d) Brazil /??????? 18 other satellites
launched satellite with Brazil's
Amazonia-1 ??????? ?? ?????????? -1 ?? ??? 18
???? ???????? ?????? ????? Launched by PSLV
(Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)- C51 PSLV (????
??? ????? ????? ??????)-C51 ?????? ????? ?????
??? From Satish Dhawan Space Centre in
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) ???????????? (?????
??????) ??? ???? Z?? ??? ?????? ??? ??? ??
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Amazonia-1 satellite The images provided by
Amazonia-1 will help in monitoring the Amazon
region. ??????????1 ?????? ?????? ?? ?? ???????
??????? ??????? ?? ???????? ??? ??? ???
??? India and Brazil in 2004 signed a
framework agreement for cooperation in the field
of outer space ???? ?? ??????? 2004 ???
??????? ??? ?????? ?? ??????? ??? ????? ?? ????
?? ???? ??? ?????? ?? ????????? Amazon
rainforest ?? ??? ???????, ???? ,
???????????, ?????????, ??????? ??, ??????? ??,
??????, ???? ???, ?????
? ??? ??? ?? ????????
Most rainforests in Brazil about 58.4 ???Z????
????? ??????? ??? ???? 58.4
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Brazil - Capital Brasília /???Z???
??????????? Currency Real /??????
????? President Jair Bolsonaro /??????? ????
???????????
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• 4.Which of the following countries celebrated
  their traditional "Lantern festival" on 26
  February 2021?
• ??????????????? ??? ?? ???? ??? ?? 26 ????? 2021
  ?? ???? ???? ????? "???? ? ???????" ??????
• Sri Lanka /????????
• Maldives /??????
• China /???
• (d) Bangladesh /????????????

Ans. (c) China /???
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Lantern Festival /????? ??????? - Marks the end
of Chinese New Year also known as "Spring
Festival" period. ???? ?? ?? ?? ??? ?? '????
???????' ?? ????Z ?? ??? ??? ?? ???? ????
??? Celebrated on 15th day of the first Chinese
lunar month ???? ???? ?????? ??? ?? 15 ??? ????
????? ???? ?? In 2021, China ushered into Lunar
New Year - "Year of the Ox" on 12th
February 2021 ???, ??? - ?????? ?? ?? ?? ??????
- 12 ????? ?? "??? ?? ? ????"
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Note- Ox year 2021 12 February 2021 to 30
January 2022 ???? ?? 2021 12 ?????, 2021 ?? 30
?????, 2022 ?? 2020 was the Year of the Rat
2020 ???? ?? ?? ?? In Chinese astrology - Ox
is second of the 12-year cycle of animals. ?????
??????? ?? 12 ??? ?? ???? ?? ?? ??? ????? ??
??? An Ox year occured every 12 years. ????
??? ?? 12 ??? ??? ???? ???
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About China Capital Beijing /???Z??? ?????????
Currency Renminbi/?????? ?? ????????? President
Xi Jinping/??????? ???? ?? ????????? China
Latest Fact Navigation Satellite BeiDou ????
???? ? ???????? BeiDou Commercial Communication
Satellite APSTAR-6D ???????? ??? ??
?????? APSTAR-6D Optical remote-sensing
satellite - Gaofen-905 ???ª?? ??????
???????? ?????? - ???? ? -905 World's first 6G
satellite into space ??? ?????? ??? ??????? ??
???? 6G ??????
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Second country after the US to unfurl its flag on
the moon (By Change-5 Mission Unmanned)
???????? ?? ????? ?? ??? ??? ???? ?? ???? ????
?????? ???? (?????-5 ??????
?????????) 'Clean Plate' campaign against food
waste ?? ? ????? ?? ???????? '????? ????? '
??????? China has regained its position as
the top trading partner of India in 2020 ??? ??
2020 ??? ???? ?? ??? ?????????? ??????? ?? ???
??? ???? ????? ???? ??????? ?? ????? ?? India
and China (Bilateral trade 77.7 billion in 2020
) ???? ?? ??? (2020 ??? ??????????? ??????? 77.7
?????????? ????)
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• 5.National Bamboo Mission organized a National
  Conference on Opportunities and Challenges for
  Bamboo in India recently. Who inaugurated the
  conference?
• ??????? ?? ?????? ????? ?? ??? ?? ??? ???? ???
  ?????? ?? ???? ?????? ?? ?????????? ?? ??
  ??????? ?? ??????? ?? ????? ?????? ??????? ??
  ??? ???? ?????? ????? ???
• Pralhad Joshi/?????? ????
• Smriti Irani /?????? ? ?????
• (c) Giriraj Singh / ????????? ?????
• (d) Nitin Gadkari/??????? ?????

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Ans(d) Nitin Gadkari/??????? ????? NITI Aayog
and Invest India also joined hands with the
National Bamboo Mission to conduct the event.
?????? ???? ?? ???????? ??????? ?? ??
??????? ?? ??? ??? ?? ???? ??????? ?? ??????
????? ?? ??? ??? ???????? Purpose????? ??? The
aim of the session is to deliberate on the
bamboo ecosystem for promoting the holistic
growth of the sector across the entire value
chain. ???? ?? ????? ??? ??? ? ?????
???????? ?? ??????? ??? ????? ?????? ?? ????????
???? ?? ???? ?????? ????????????????? ????? ??
??????-????? ???? ???
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About NITI Aayog Formed 1 January 2015/??? 1
????? 2015 Headquarter New Delhi/???????? ??
??????? Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Amitabh
Kant ????? ??????? ???Z???? (????) ???????
Chairperson Narendra Modi/???????? ???? ???
???? Vice Chairperson - Rajiv Kumar ?????????
????? ?? ??? Invest India Established in
2009 /???????? 2009 Location New Delhi
/????? ?? ??????? CEO MD Deepak Bagla
/???? ???????
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• 6.The ten-day festival "AttukalPongala" is
  celebrated every year in which of the following
  states?
• ?? ??????? ????? "??????? ???? ???"
  ??????????????? ??? ?? ???? ????? ??? ?????? ??
  ????? ???? ???
• Telangana /????? ???
• Maharashtra /????????
• Odisha /??????
• Kerala /?? ??

Ans. (d) Kerala /?? ??
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10-day festival Attukal Bhagavathy Temple - in
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) 10 ??????? ????? -
????? ????? ?????? - ????????????? (?? ??)
??? Festival - Guinness world record as the
largest gathering of women ?? ????????? -
???????? ?? ?????? ?????? ??????? ?? ??? ???
?????? ?????? ?????? Every year nearly 20 lakh
devotees take part in the festival. ?? ??? ????
20 ??? ?- ????? ??? ??? ???? ???? Other
festivals - Onam, Vishu (New Year Festival),
Thiruvathira Thrissur Pooram ???, ????? (?? ??
???????), ??????????? ?? ???????? ????
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About Kerala Capital Thiruvananthapura
???Z??? ????????????? Chief minister Pinarayi
Vijayan ?????????? ? ????????
?????? GovernorArif Mohammad Khan ????????
????? ??????? ??? Legislature Assembly (141
seats) ???Z?? ??? (141 ?????) Lok Sabha (20
Seats) /?????? (20 ?????) Rajya Sabha (9 Seats)
/???????? (9 ?????)
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• 7.Recently, which of the following has taken over
  as the Chief of the Western Naval Command?
• ??? ?? ???, ??????????????? ??? ?? ?????? ???Ã??
  ?????? ???? ?????? ?? ??? ??? ???? ?? ???? ??
  ???
• R Hari Kumar /?? ???? ?? ???
• Karambir Singh /???????? ?????
• Anil Kumar Chawla /????? ?? ??? ?????
• Ajendra Bahadur Singh /??????? ???????? ?????

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Ans. (a) R Hari Kumar /?? ???? ?? ??? Succeeded
Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar ???? ??????? ???? ?? ???
?? ????? ????? Other appointments - Vice Admiral
Ajendra Bahadur Singh will assume command of
Eastern Naval Command ???? ???????
??????? ???????? ????? ???Õ ?????? ???? ?? ????
??? ?????? Will succeed Vice Admiral Atul Kumar
Jain ???? ??????? ???? ?? ??? ??? ?? ????? ?????
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• 8.Irakli Garibashvili has been sworn in as the
  new Prime Minister of which country?
• ????? ????????????? ?? ???? ??? ?? ??
  ???Z???????? ?? ??? ??? ??? ?? ???
• Kazakhstan/???????????
• Papua New Guinea/????? ???? ?????
• Georgia/?????? ?
• Mongolia/?????????

Ans c) Georgia/???????
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Giorgi Gakharia - recently resigned as the Prime
Minister ??????Õ ???????? ??? ?? ??? ???Z??
?????? ?? ?? ?? ??????? ????? ?? About Georgia-
Capital Tbilisi/???Z??? ????Œ???????? Currency
Georgian lari ?????? ?????? ??
???? President Salome Zourabichvili ???????
???? ???? ? ????? ???????????
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• 9.Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr.
  Harsh Vardhan laid the foundation stone of Mon
  Medical College in Mon district of which state?
• ??? ????? ????????? ?? ??????? ?????? ????? ? ??
  ???Z? ?? ???? ????? ?? ??? ????? ??? ???
  ??????? ????? ?? ?Z??????? ????
• Ladakh /??????
• Nagaland /????????
• Assam /???
• (d) J K /????? ?? ??????

Ans. (b) Nagaland /????????
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Mon Medical College - Second Medical College in
Nagaland ??? ??????? ????? - ???????? ??? ?? ???
??????? ????? Approved at a cost Rs 325 Crore
under Phase III of Centrally Sponsored
Scheme ??? ??? ?????????? ????? ?? ????? ???
?? ??? 325 ????? ????? ?? ???? ??
?????? Project will have a central share - Rs
292.50 Cr ????????? ??? ??? ????? ??????????? -
292.50 ????? ????? Note - At present, 562
medical colleges in the country (286 in govt
sector, private sector - 276). ????? ??? ??? ???
562 ???? ??? ????? (?????? ??????? ??? - 286,
????? ??????? ??? - 276)
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• 10.Recently Deepak Kumar, who was in the news, is
  related to which sport?
• ??? ?? ??? ??????? ??? ??? ???? ?? ??? ????
  ??? ?? ????Z? ????
• Wrestling /?? ????
• Swimming /???? ?? (c) Boxing /?????????????
• (d) Shooting /???????

Ans. (c) Boxing /?????????????
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Won silver in 72nd Strandja Memorial tournament
in Bulgaria ????????????? ??? 72nd ???????????
????????? ?? ?????? ??? ??? ???? Other Indian
Boxing Player- ???? ?????? ?????? ??????
?????????? Lovlina Borgohain /????????
????????? Amit Panghal/????? ???? ? Vikas
Krishan Yadav/?????? ?? ??? ???? Mary Kom/????
??? Vijender Singh/?????????? ?????
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• 11.Indian men's skeet team won bronze at ISSF
  World Cup, where was ISSF Shotgun World Cup
  held?
• ?????? ????? ?? ?? ????? ??? ?? ISSF ?????? ??
  ??? ?????? ????, ISSF ????? ?????? ?? ????
  ??????? ????? ????
• ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation)
  (a) Istanbul /???????????
• (b) Cairo /???????
• Rome /???
• Abu Dhabi /????? Z?????

Ans. (b) Cairo /???????
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ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation)
Shotgun World Cup in Cairo (Egypt) ISSF
(????????? ??????? ????? ?? ??? ??) ????? ??????
?? ??????? (??????) ??? Bronze medal won by
- The Indian trio - Mairaj Ahmed Khan, Angad Vir
Singh Bajwa and GurjoatKhangura ?????? ??????? -
????? ???? ???, ???? ??? ????? ??????? ?? ??????
?????? Indian team defeated the Kazakhstan team
?????? ??? ?? ??????????? ??? ?? ????? ISSF
- Founded 1907 /???????? 1907 Headquarters
Munich (Germany) ???????? ????????
(????) President Vladimir Lisin /???????
?????????? ???????
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12.Tripura 39th Agartala International Book
Fair ????????? 39 ??? ?????? ?????????? ??
?????? ???? Inaugurated by Biplab Kumar Deb
(Tripura Chief Minister) ??? ???? ???????????
?? ??? ????? (????????? ?? ?????????? ?)
?????? Theme - Ek Tripura, Shrestha Tripura
??? - "?? ????????? , ??????? ????????? "
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• 13.To celebrate the discovery of the "Raman
  effect", every year, "National Science Day" is
  celebrated on 28 February, who discovered the
  "Raman effect"?
• "??? ??????" ?? ??? ?? ????? ?? ???? ?? ??? 28
  ????? ?? "??????? ?? ???????? ?????" ????? ????
  ??, "??? ??????" ?? ??? ?????? ?? ???
• Shrinivasa Ramanujan /?????????? ????????
• Homi J. Bhabha /???? ?? ????
• C V Raman /?? ?? ???
• Jagadish Chandra Bose /????? ????? ?????

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Ans. (c) C V Raman /?? ?? ??? Purpose To
spreading the message of the importance of
science and its application in human life ?????
??? ???? ???? ??? ???????? ?? ????? ?? ???
??????? ?? ?? ????? ?? ???? Theme 2021 - "Future
of Science and Technology and Innovation Impact
on Education Skills and Work" ??? 2021 -
"???????? ?? ????????????? ?? ??????? ?? ??????
??????? ???? ?? ??? ?? ??????"
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C V Raman /?? ?? ??? - Discovered the Raman
effect on 28 February 1928 (Nobel Prize in
Physics in 1930) 28 ????? 1928 ?? "??? ??????" ??
??? (1930 ??? ??????? ?? ???????
????????) Bharat Ratna /???? ???? (1954) - Along
with Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
C. Rajagopalachari ??????? ??Z??? ???? ?? ??
????????????? ?? ???
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14.India celebrated "Protein Day" on 27 February
2021, when was "Protein Day" introduced? 27
????? 2021 ?? ???? ?? "??????? ????????? ?????"
?????, "??????? ????????? ?????" ?? ?????? ????
?? ?? ??? (a) 2020 (b) 2015 (c) 2012 (d) 2010
Ans. (b) 2020
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Second "National Protein Day" - February 27, 2021
?? ??? "??????? ?? ??????? ?????" - 27 ?????,
2021 Theme 2021 "Powering with Plant Protein"
??? 2021 "??????? ? ???? ??????
???????" Note- "Right To Protein" launched
Indias first Protein Day (in 2020) "????
?? ???????" ?? ???? ?? ???? ??????? ?????
????? ????? (2020 ???)
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15.Department of Biotechnology 35th Foundation
Day ??? ????????????? ?????? 35 ??? ???????
????? DBT organized webinar on 35th Foundation
Day DBT ?? 35 ??? ??????? ????? ?? ?????????? ??
????? ????? Webinar 35 years of Biotechnology
Growth in India An exciting journey ??????????
"???? ??? ??? ????????????? ?????? ?? 35 ??
- ?? ??????? ??????"
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DBT Formation 1986 ??? 1986 Headquarters
New Delhi ???????? ?? ??????? Secretary Renu
Swarup ????? ?? ?? ??????
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• 16.Who has been roped in as the global CEO of OLX
  Autos?
• ??????? ??? ?? ???????? ???? ?? ??? ??? ?????
  ???? ??? ???
• Ajay Mathur /??? ?????
• Ajay Malhotra/??? ?????????
• Vijay Sampla/????? ??????
• Gautam Thakar/???? ????

Ansd) Gautam Thakar/???? ????
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17.World NGO Day 27 February ?????? ?????
????? 27 ?????

• Purpose
• To highlight the efforts and achievements of NGOs
  from all sectors,
• ??? ????????? ?? ??? ?????? ??????? ?? ????????
  ?? ??????? ??
• ?? ?????? ????? ?? ????,
• 12 ????? ????? (?????????, ?????? , ??????????,
  ???????? , ????, ??????? , ????????,
  ?????? ?????, ?????? , ???, ???Ë ?? ??????)
  ?????? ?? ????? ?? ???Z?????? ??? ?? ??????? ??
  ?? ?? ?????? ?? ???

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• 18.Natalia Mikhailovna Vodianova, who has been
  appointed as the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA)
  goodwill ambassador, is a supermodel from which
  country?
• ???????? ??????????? ???????????, ???????? ??.??.
  ???????? ??? (UNFPA) ???????? ?? ? ?? ??? ???
  ?????- ????? ??? ??, ???? ??? ?? ?? ???????? ???
• Singapore /????? ????
• Russia /???
• UAE/????
• d) Australia/????????????

Ans b) Russia /???
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United Nations Population Fund ????- ???????
???????? ??? Formation 1969/???
1969 Headquarters New York City, United States
???????? ????? ?? ???, ???? - ?????
???????? Head Natalia Kanem/?????? ????????
????
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???????? ??????? ?
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High Court Supreme Court
??????? ? 214 ??????? ? 124
??????? ? 217
??????? ? 221 ??????? ? 125
??????? ? 223 ??????? ? 126
??????? ? 226 ??????? ? 132
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• ??????? ? 153

• ??????? ? 164

• ??????? ? 356

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Article 52 There shall be a President of India
??????? ? 52 ???? ?? ??????? ???? ?????
Article 54 Election of the President ??????? ?
54 ??????? ???? ?? ????? Article 55 Manner of
Election of the President ?????? ? ? 55 ???????
???? ?? ????? ?? ????
Article 56 Term of office of president ???????
? 56 ??????? ???? ?? ?? ?? ????Z Article57
Eligibility of re-election
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??????? ? 56 ??????? ???? ?? ?? ??
????Z Article 58 Qualification for election as
President ?????? ? ? 58 ??????? ???? ?? ???
??? ????? ?? ???? ??????? Article61 Procedure
for impeachment of the President ?????? ? ? 61
??????? ???? ?? ????????? ?? ?????????? Article
62 Time of holding an election to fill a
vacancy in the office of President ?????? ? ? 62
??????? ???? ?? ?? ?? ???????- ?? ???? ?? ????
????? ????? ?? ??? Emergencies /???? ??????????
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National Emergency (Article 352) ??????? ??
??????? (??????? ? 352) Presidents Rule
(Article 356) ??????? ???? ???? (?????? ? ?
356 ) Financial Emergency (Article 360)
???????? ??????? (?????? ? ? 360)