- North-east’s first regional National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is located in
a. Rani
b. Jorhat
c. Dergaon
d. Mirza
- Under the Prime Minister-Ayushman
Bharat Heath Infrastructure Mission,
establishment of five regional NCDCs
were approved for Dehradun, Bhopal,
Guwahati, Ahmedabad, and Bengaluru/
Telangana for strengthening surveil-
lance and outbreak investigation.
- The infamous Plastic Island that is frequently in news is located in
a. Pacific Ocean
b. Indian Ocean
c. Arctic Ocean
d. Atlantic Ocean
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
(GPGP), also known as ‘Pacific
Trash Vortex’, spans waters from
the west coast of North America
to Japan. This patch comprises the
‘West Garbage Patch’ located near
Japan and the ‘East Garbage Patch’
located between the US states of
Hawaii and California.
3. The first successful example of hand-rearing of Clouded leopard in India has taken place in
a. Tripura
b. Meghalaya
c. Uttarakhand
d. Himachal Pradesh
- Efforts to protect and conserve clouded leopard,
marked as ‘vulnerable’ on IUCN Red
List, seemed to have borne some fruit
in the state, as two cubs were success-
fully hand-reared over the past few
months at a breeding centre and sub-
sequently released in Sepahijala zoo.
- The Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation And Conservation is located in
a. Kaziranga
b. Manas
c. Nameri
d. Pobitora
- It is the only facility of its
kind in India to have success-
fully addressed the welfare and
conservation of species like
elephants, leopards, rhinos, tiger, clouded leopards, black
bears, wild buffalos and many
others.
- Linthoi Chanambam who was recently in news is related to
a. Judo
b. Boxing
c. Weight lifting
d. Wrestling
- Manipur’s Linthoi Chanam-
bam became the first Indian to
take home the Gold medal at
the World Cadet Judo Cham-
pionship in Sarajevo, Bosnia
and Herzegovina recently
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