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61. Which state has recently banned all types of online lottery schemes in the state?

(A) Punjab
(B) Meghalaya
(C) Mizoram
(D) Nagaland

Correct Answer: (A) Punjab

Answer Explanation:
The state government of Punjab recently declared to ban all types of online lottery schemes in the state. The ban of lottery schemes has been made under the Lotteries (Regulation) Act 1998.
This step is expected to curb illegal lottery business in the state and to boost the tax and non-tax revenue of the state government. The Cabinet also approved to prohibit the sale of online lotteries, operated through vending machines and online scheme tickets, promoted by other states.
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62. India’s first ‘fruit train’ for export was flagged off recently in which Indian state/ UT?

(A) West Bengal
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Karnataka

Correct Answer: (B) Andhra Pradesh

Answer Explanation:
The first-of-its-kind ‘fruit train’ of the country was recently flagged off from Tadipatri Railway Station of Andhra Pradesh.
The train carried a little less than 1000 metric tonnes of locally grown bananas to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port also called the gateway port in Mumbai. The consignment will be exported to Iran from the port in Mumbai. The entire train sent for export saved huge fuel and time, which would have been otherwise spent for the transportation to the port by road, which is 900 km away. Andhra Pradesh topped the country in fruits production in 2018-19, as per the recent data of Ministry of Agriculture.
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63. Dalip Kaur Tiwana, who passed away recently, was a famous writer in which language?

(A) Hindi
(B) Urdu
(C) Punjabi
(D) Gujarati

Correct Answer: (C) Punjabi

Answer Explanation:
Renowned Punjabi writer and novelist Dalip Kaur Tiwana passed away recently, at a hospital in Mohali. The 84-year-old writer had been the recipient of various prestigious awards including the Padma Shri and Sahitya Akademi.
She had the Padma Shri award in 2015, in solidarity with writers protesting against suppression of freedom of expression. The Punjabi University had awarded life fellowship to the writer and provided her a residence in the campus, though she retired.
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64. Which Indian woman tennis player won both the women’s singles and doubles title in the ITF Thailand Championship?

(A) Sania Mirza
(B) Ankita Raina
(C) Nirupama Sanjeev
(D) Sunitha Rao

Correct Answer: (B) Ankita Raina

Answer Explanation:
India’s leading woman Tennis player Ankita Raina won the women’s singles title in the $25,000 ITF Thailand Championship. This is her first ITF singles title of the season and 10th of her sport career.
The 27-year-old third-seeded Ankita Raina beat Chloe Paquet of France 6-3, 7-5 in the summit clash, to clinch the title. Ankita had also won the doubles title of the tournament, along with Bibiane Schoofs of the Netherlands. Earlier this year, she had also reached the semi-finals at another $25000 event in Canberra.
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65. A National level Rural Technical Festival called ‘Antahpragnya 2020’ was recently organized in which Indian state/UT?

(A) Ladakh
(B) New Delhi
(C) Telangana
(D) Odisha

Correct Answer: (C) Telangana

Answer Explanation:
A National Level Rural Technical Festival titled ‘Antahpragnya 2020’ was recently organised in the state of Telangana at Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies-Basar (RGUKT-Basar). This is the country’s biggest technical festival.
The three-day technical fest was conducted with the theme ‘Spot and encourage rural tech innovators’. It hosted more than 200 technical events including Campus Farming competition, Robo Racing, Development of Ideal Villages and National Science Fair. Nearly 50,000 people from nearby places and institutions participated in the event.
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