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Basic education of the ASHA workers is a criteria for their selection

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

ASHA- ACCREDITED SOCIAL HEALTH ACTIVIST (ASHA) must primarily be a woman resident of the village married/ widowed/ divorced, preferably in the age group of 25 to 45 years. She should be a literate woman with due preference in selection to those who are qualified up to 10 standard.
One of the key components of the National Rural Health Mission is to provide every village in the country with a trained female community health activist ASHA who will be trained to work as an interface between the community and the public health system

AB-PMJAY provides health coverage of up to 10 lakh a year for poor and vulnerable families

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

PMJAY health cover categories: Eligibility criteria for rural and urban. The PMJAY scheme aims to provide healthcare to ten crore families. These mostly include the poor and people with lower middle income, through a health insurance scheme covering Rs. 5 lakh per family.

Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 is an important legislation for the protection for?

• Wildlife and conservation of biodiversity
• Management of water resources
• Regulation of air pollution
• Protection of historical monuments

Answer explanation

Wildlife Protection Act 1972 was enacted by the Government of India to safeguard wild animals, birds, and plants, with an aim to ensure the ecological and environmental security of India. The Indian Wildlife Protection Act also provides details about restrictions on hunting to safeguard animal species.

State Legislative Assemblies can amend the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972

• cannot be determined.

• Partially true
• False
• True

Answer explanation

WLPA is perhaps one of the most frequently amended laws of the country being amended in 1982,1991, 1993, 2002 and 2006.

Electoral Bonds are mentioned in which of the following articles of the Indian Constitution?

• Article 356
• Article 243
• Article 372
• Not mentioned

Answer explanation

"The electoral bonds scheme and the impugned provisions to the extent that they infringe upon the right to information of the voter by anonymizing contribution through electoral bonds are violative of Article 19 (1)(a)," Chief Justice Chandrachud said while pronouncing the verdict.

The scheme of Electoral Bonds was introduced in,

• a. 1997

• b. 2007

• c. 2017

• d. None

Where is Chabahar port located?

• India
• Pakistan
• Afghanistan
• Iran

Shahid Beheshti terminal is a part of which port?

• Bandar Abbas port
• Chabahar port
• Khorramshahr port
• Bushehr port

Where is Sriharikota situated?

• Karnataka, India
• Kerala, India
• Tamil Nadu, India
• Andhra Pradesh, India

Kabul is the capital of,

• Afghanistan
• Syria
• Pakistan
• Iraq