UPPCS Prelims 2022 · GS Paper I: At which one of the following place, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is going…
At which one of the following place, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is going to establish Global Traditional Medicine Centre ?
Answer (b) & explanation
Option (b), Jamnagar, is correct. The WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) is being set up at Jamnagar, Gujarat, with India's support of about US$ 250 million. Its foundation stone was laid on 19 April 2022 by Prime Minister Modi and WHO Director-General Tedros. It is the first global outposted centre for traditional medicine, working on evidence, data, innovation and sustainability. Jaffna (a), Johannesburg (c) and Haridwar (d) are distractors, though Haridwar has Patanjali. Concept: Jamnagar also has the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA), an institution of national importance. The second WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit was held in New Delhi in December 2025.
Haridwar sounds like the home of Ayurveda, but the WHO centre is at Jamnagar.
Question as printed in UPPSC's official question booklet. Source: uppsc.up.nic.in
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Select the answer using the code given below :
Answer (c) & explanation
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Notice the numbers: the EU has 27 members since the UK left (Brexit, 2020). Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein are in the European Economic Area but not the EU. India and the EU concluded talks on their Free Trade Agreement in January 2026.
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Match List I with List II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists :
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| A. Silver Notice | 1. To seek information on unidentified bodies
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| C. Black Notice | 3. To provide warning about a person’s criminal activities, where the person is considered to be a possible threat to public safety
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Notice the best-known one: a Red Notice asks police worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition. A Yellow Notice helps find missing persons, and an Orange Notice warns of an imminent threat. In India, the CBI is the National Central Bureau for INTERPOL, which is headquartered in Lyon.
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