1)  match the following

List I                                                        List II

i. R. D. Birla Award                                 a) Music

ii. Saraswathi Samman                           b) Sports

iii. Tansen Samman                                c) Film

iv. Dada Saheb Phalke Award                d) Medical Sciences

                                                                e) Literature

A) i – d, ii – e, iii – a, iv – c

B) i – b, ii – a, iii – c, iv – e

C) i – c, ii – e, iii – b, iv – d

D) i – e, ii – c, iii – a, iv – b

i. R. D. Birla Award → d) Medical Sciences.

The R.D. Birla award (often called an R.D. Birla Memorial/Research award) is associated with contributions in the medical/medical-sciences field. Hence it matches Medical Sciences.

ii. Saraswathi Samman → e) Literature.

The Saraswati Samman is a prestigious literary award (instituted by the K.K. Birla Foundation) given annually for outstanding literary work in any Indian language. So it matches Literature.

iii. Tansen Samman → a) Music.

Named after the great medieval musician Tansen, the Tansen Samman recognizes excellence in Indian classical music (vocal or instrumental). Therefore it matches Music.

iv. Dada Saheb Phalke Award → c) Film.

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India’s top lifetime-achievement award in cinema (given for outstanding contribution to the film industry). So it matches Film. 

Ans)   A) i – d, ii – e, iii – a, iv – c


2)  Which country in the world is certified by WHO as malaria free in 2016?

A) Myanmar

B) Bangladesh

C) Afghanistan

D) Sri Lanka

The World Health Organization (WHO) grants malaria-free certification to countries that demonstrate at least three consecutive years with zero indigenous malaria cases and show a robust surveillance and prevention system to keep malaria from re-establishing.

Sri Lanka reported its last indigenous malaria cases in 2012 and maintained zero indigenous transmission thereafter; based on that sustained interruption of local transmission plus strong surveillance and control measures, WHO certified Sri Lanka as malaria-free in 2016.

The other countries listed — Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan — continued to have indigenous malaria transmission in 2016 and therefore were not certified malaria-free at that time.

Ans)  D) Sri Lanka