Answer is D

What is the news?

• The regional hospital in Kullu has been presented with the first prize in the state under the Kayakalp Award Scheme for 2021-22.

It is given for:

• The Kayakalp Award is given for performing as per the national quality assurance standards (NQAS) in hospitals under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan.

An award based on what evaluation:

• A committee had evaluated the hospital in various categories such as cleanliness, maintenance, security arrangements, disposal of biomedical waste and other facilities.

About Kayakalp Award:

• The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Shri J P Nadda have launched ‘Kayakalp Award Scheme’ on May 15, 2015 as an extension of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’.

Answer is A

• So, the size of fiscal deficit is always higher than revenue deficit.

Answer is B

What is the news?

• The Mukhyamantri Swavalamban Yojna (MMSY) launched by the state government is playing a significant role in fulfilling dreams of many aspiring women entrepreneurs.

Answer is D

What is the news?

• The average age of the people of Himachal Pradesh is increasing. Himachal Pradesh ranks fourth in the country in the list of states with a higher average age of people.

Other Ranks:

• Delhi is in the first place, Kerala in the second place and Jammu and Kashmir in the third place.

Who shared this?

• This was stated by State Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Bharati Pawar in response to a question in the Lok Sabha.

Answer is D

Lake Chilika

• Lake Chilika is the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia and the second largest coastal lagoon in the world. The lagoon is located on the east coast of India, at the mouth of the Daya River, which flows into the Bay of Bengal and covers an area of 1,100 km².

What is Lagoon?

• A lagoon is a shallow body of water protected from a larger body of water (usually the ocean) by sandbars, barrier islands, or coral reefs. Lagoons are often called estuaries, sounds, bays, or even lakes.

Answer is C

• Gravitational force is the force of attraction on a body by earth. Example - Leaves and fruits fall from a tree downwards towards the ground due to the gravitational pull.

Answer is D

• Article 110(3) of the Constitution of India categorically states that 'if any question arises whether a Bill is a Money Bill or not, the decision of the Speaker of the House of the People thereon shall be final'

Answer is B

• Sheep Breeding Farm, Sarol District Chamba.