Answer is B

• Wing Commander Deepika Misra, a pilot of the Indian Air Force, was conferred with the Vayu Sena medal, becoming perhaps the first woman to bag the prestigious award.

Answer is D

What is the news?

• Prestigious SKOCH AWARDS 2022 to Baddi Police HP.

Received this award for?

• JAGRITI Nari hai, Shakti hai : A mass awareness and Women Empowered program launched in October 2021.

Under which category?

• Police and Safety

Answer is A

• Black clay soil has the attributes of cracks and shrinks in dry conditions. Black soil is also known as cotton soil or Regur Soil.

Answer is B

• Himachal Pradesh's New Policy Aims to Add 10 GW of Renewable Energy by 2030. Himachal Pradesh government aims to add 10 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030 under its 'Swaran Jayanti Energy Policy' to be presented this year.

Answer is A

• The Durand Line is the 2,640-kilometer (1,640-mile) border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. It's the result of an agreement between Sir Mortimer Durand, a secretary of the British Indian government, and Abdur Rahman Khan, the emir, or ruler, of Afghanistan.

Answer is D

• The Indian Statutory Commission, commonly referred to as the Simon Commission after its chairman Sir John Allsebrook Simon, was sent to India in 1928 (February - March and October 1928 - April 1929) to study potential constitutional reform.

Answer is C

• Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) Mission launched on 25th June 2015 which intends to provide housing for all in urban areas by year 2022.
• The Centre has now extended this scheme up to December 2024 so that the construction of the houses already sanctioned is completed.

What is the news?

• Urban Development Minister Suresh Bhardwaj said today that the state had built 5,600 houses against the total sanctioned number of around 10,000 houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban.

Answer is B

What is the news?

• If one goes by the claims of Shimla Jal Prabandhan Nigam Limited (SJPNL), water related issues, which the city is facing at the moment, will be resolved by 2025.

How?

• The World Bank-funded Shimla Water Supply and Sewerage Services is scheduled to be completed by 2025 and the three components of the project – Bulk Water Supply from the Sutlej river, 24×7 high pressure water supply and strengthening and extension of sewerage services – are at different stages of implementation.