Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is China.

Key Points

• India women's hockey team won a bronze medal after beating China 2-0 in Hockey Women's Asia Cup on 28 January 2022.
• The match was held at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat, Oman.
• India has won the title twice earlier.
• Sharmila Devi in the 13th minute and Gurjit Kaur in the 19th minute scored goals for India. 
• Japan won the Cup by defeating South Korea in the finals.

Additional Information 

• The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) was founded during the Asian Games in Tokyo in 1958, during which hockey made its first Asian Games appearance.
• The five founding AHF member countries were India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, and Pakistan.

LINK:http://www.asiahockey.org/about/meet-the-members/

The correct answer is Neither 1 nor 2.

Key Points

• Rs 100 crore provision in the Road Safety Fund to enhance the Road Safety.
• Rs 5000 Incentive amount for sending the injured person to the hospital in critical condition.
• Hence the correct answer is neither 1 nor 2.

Additional Information

• Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) is a public transport company that provides bus services in the Indian state Rajasthan.
• It is headquartered in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
• Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation Moto is "Move On".
• The corporation was established by the Government of Rajasthan on 1 October 1964 under the Road Transport Act 1950 

Important Points

• Rajasthan ranks 5th in the deadliest states in Road accidents.
• Jaipur ranks 7th in India's deadliest cities.
• The fatal crash percent in Jaipur alone is 29.6%.
• Nearly 70 % of road accident deaths happened in the Rural belt of Rajasthan.
• Over speeding is the major cause of road accidents in Rajasthan.
• In India, Road accident happens every 1 minute & in every 4 minute, one person dies due to road crash.

The correct answer is -4.1%.

• The growth rate of Rajasthan's GSDP at current prices for the fiscal year 2020-21 has been -4.1%.
• Due to COVID economic fallout, Rajasthan's GSDP diminished by 4.1% in the fiscal year 2020-21.

Key Points

​The growth rate has been steadily decreasing for the last 2 fiscal years.

Mistake Points

• Note that the growth rate asked in the question is in current prices.
• Note that India's GDP growth rate for the fiscal year 2020-21 was estimated to be -7.7%, lesser than Rajasthan.
  • Current Prices - It measures GSDP/ inflation/asset prices using the actual prices we notice in the economy.
    • Current prices make no adjustment for inflation.
  • Constant prices: It is adjusted for the effects of inflation with reference to a base year

Additional Information

• GSDP - Gross State domestic product is the monetary value of all finished goods and services made within a state during a specific period.
• Growth Rate - Rate at which a GSDP changes/grows from one year to another. 

The correct answer is Bikaner.

• The Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries has announced to set up the third Mega Food Park in Bikaner, Rajasthan.

Key Points

• The third Mega Food Park of Rajasthan will be set up in Palana, Bikaner.
• The first Mega Food Park of Rajasthan was set up in Ajmer.
• The second Mega Food Park of Rajasthan was set up in Jodhpur.

• The first mega food park project in India was set up in Fanidhar in the Mehsana district of Gujarat. 
• It was established with the help of Italy

Additional Information

• Mega Food Park Scheme:
  • The scheme was launched in 2008-09.
  • The aim is to give a major boost to the food processing sector by adding value and reducing food wastage and focus on perishables.
  • The Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing the Mega Food Park Scheme in the country.

The correct answer is 52 Lakh.

• Target to benefit 52 Lakh students under the Mid Day Meal scheme as per Rajasthan Budget 2021-22.
• Provision of Rs 1,061.96 crores for the Mid Day Meal Scheme has been approved.

Key Points

• Mid Day Meal Scheme
  • Under the HRD Ministry’s Department of School Education and Literacy.
  • Launched in the year 1995 as a centrally sponsored scheme.
  • Provides that every child within the age group of 6-14 years studying in classes I to VIII who enrols and attends the school shall be provided hot cooked meal having sufficient nutritional standards free of charge every day except on school holidays.
  • The scheme covers all government and government-aided schools and also Madarsa and Maqtabs supported under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).

Additional Information

• Other Important physical targets to benefit related to Education:
  • 7.50 lakh students under R.T.E (Right to Education).
  • 52.00 Lakh students under Mid Day Meal scheme.
  • 1.85 lakh Girl students under Incentive for Meritorious Girls scheme.
  • 800 Girl students under Scooty Distribution scheme.
  • 500 students under Mukhyamantri Sambal Yojana.
  • 7.00 lakh Girl students under the Cycle Distribution scheme.
  • 84,000 students under Laptop Distribution.