ALL EXAM QUIZ 16.01.2025

Explanation:

• India Meteorological Department (IMD) will complete 150 years on 15 January 2025.
• In 1875, provincial British government established the organisation.
• Henry Francis Blanford was its first (Imperial) Meteorological Reporter.
• 1864 Calcutta cyclone and the Orissa famine that occurred just two years later accelerated its formation.
• The organisation was initially headquartered in Calcutta. It had moved to New Delhi by 1944.
• IMD became a member of the World Meteorological Organisation in 1949.
• At present, IMD operates six Regional Meteorological Centres and a Meteorological Centre in every State capital.

Explanation:

• India’s total renewable energy capacity reached to 209.44 gigawatts (GW).
• India’s renewable energy sector has registered remarkable growth.
• The total installed capacity has reached 209.44 gigawatts (GW) as of December 2024.
• The capacity has increased by 15.84% from 180.80 GW in December 2023 to 209.44 gigawatts (GW) in December 2024.
• In 2024, India added a total of 28.64 GW of renewable energy capacity.
• This increase is part of the government’s strategic efforts to accelerate the transition towards clean energy and strengthen energy security.
• Solar energy has played a key role in increasing India’s total renewable energy capacity. It has added 24.54 GW in 2024.
• The total cumulative solar energy installed capacity has reached 97.86 GW.
• Wind energy contributed 3.42 GW to the overall capacity increase, which brought the total installed capacity to 48.16 GW.
• Bioenergy has also registered growth, with its installed capacity raised from 10.84 GW in December 2023 to 11.35 GW in December 2024.

Explanation:

• Indonesia's Mount Ibu volcano erupted and spews hot lava.
• Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupted and spews hot lava and smoke for four kilometers.
• Mount Ibu is located on Halmahera Island. The lava spread to two kilometres.
• This volcano is still at the second-highest alert level.
• Ibu is one of the most active Volcanoes in Indonesia. It has erupted more than 2,000 times in 2024.
• Mount Ibu is part of the the Pacific Ocean's "Ring of Fire" which has 127 active volcanoes.
• It is a stratovolcano on the north-west coast of Halmahera island.

Explanation:

• In December, India’s retail inflation rate dropped to 5.22%, marking a four-month low.
• According to data published by the Ministry of Statistics, prices for vegetables, pulses, and sugar decreased over the month.
• In October, inflation reached 6.21%, marking a 14 month high level. In November, the CPI inflation rate fell to 5.48 percent.
• In December, the housing inflation rate compared to the previous year was 2.71%, a decrease from November's rate of 2.87%.
• The housing index is prepared exclusively for the urban sector.
• In December 2024, the five items with the highest year-on-year inflation at the All India level were peas, potatoes, garlic, coconut oil, and cauliflower.
• Jeera, ginger, dry chillies, and LPG were the key items showing the lowest year-on-year inflation in December 2024.

Explanation:

• Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh inaugurated Entrepreneurship Development Conclave in Pune, Maharashtra, on 13 January.
• The conclave is organised by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying.
• It is themed “Empowering Entrepreneurs: Transforming Livestock Economies.”
• The conclave brings together policymakers, industry leaders, and stakeholders from the livestock sector to encourage innovation and drive growth.
• The aim of Entrepreneurship Development Conclave is to provide a platform for discussions on challenges and opportunities in the livestock sector.
• The inauguration of the National Livestock Mission – Entrepreneurship Development Programme (NLM-EDP) Dashboard is the key highlight of the conclave.
• NLM-EDP Dashboard will offer an organized summary of key project information.
• Another highlight of the conclave is the launch of 40 projects supported under Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) and NLM-EDP, worth Rs. 545.04 crores.

Explanation:

• MP government launched the Swami Vivekananda Yuva Shakti Mission.
• The main aim of the Swami Vivekananda Yuva Shakti Mission is to a goal of achieving a 100% pass rate for students in the 10th and 12th board exams by 2030.
• Chief Minister Mohan Yadav also unveiled the logo of Yuva Shakti Mission based on the mission's motto of 'Atma Deepo Bhava: - ‘Samvad, Samarthya, Samriddhi’.
• He administered an oath to the youth to become skilled and self-reliant and to guide society.
• The main aim of the initiative is to foster youth-oriented activities.

Swami Vivekananda Yuva Shakti Mission has outlined three key goals. These are as follows

• To encourage youth participation in social initiatives for the society.
• To ensure that every youth completes education up to Class 12.
• To ensure that the income level of every youth meets or exceeds the rate of a minimum-skilled category worker.

Explanation:

• Russia shipped a nuclear reactor vessel for the Kudankulam nuclear plant.
• Russia's Rosatom has shipped the 320-ton reactor vessel for the sixth 1,000 MW atomic power plant being built in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu from Novorossiysk sea port.
• The production cycle for making a reactor vessel is two years.
• The Kudankulam plant in Tamil Nadu will have six reactors with a total installed capacity of 6,000 MW.
• A set of four steam generators for the sixth unit of the Kudankulam NPP in India will be shipped in 2025.
• Currently, four power units are being built at the Kudankulam site.
• The first two units were connected to India’s national grid in 2013 and 2016.
• Construction and installation work on the third and fourth units is nearing completion.
• Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is the largest nuclear power station in India.

Explanation:

• Odisha becomes the 34th state to implement Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana scheme.
• The Odisha government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Health Authority (NHA).
• It has integrated Odisha’s existing Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana (GJAY) to Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana scheme.
• The integration of both schemes will provide healthcare coverage of ₹5 lakh per family annually, with an additional ₹5 lakh for women.
• The scheme will cover about 1.03 crore families, with 67.8 lakh families funded by the Union Government.
• It aims to transform healthcare accessibility for nearly 86% of Odisha’s population.
• Odisha residents now gain access to nearly 2,000 medical procedures spanning 27 specialities.

Explanation:

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Z-Mor Tunnel, now officially named the Sonamarg Tunnel, on January 13, 2025.
• The tunnel was constructed at a cost of over ₹2,700 crore. The project aims to enhance connectivity between Srinagar and Ladakh.

Explanation:

• The vibrant Boda Festival, the biggest annual festival for the Hatti tribes living in the Trans-Giri region of Himachal Pradesh, recently kicked off with traditional gaiety and enthusiasm.
• The tribe is known to be a close-knit community. Their name is inspired by the small markets or 'haats' where they traditionally sold domestic crops, vegetables, meat and wool.