UPPCS Prelims 2019 · GS Paper I: Para athlete Deepa Malik, who has been awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2019,…
Para athlete Deepa Malik, who has been awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2019, belongs to the sport
Answer (c) & explanation
Option (c) is right: the para athlete Deepa Malik won silver in shot put, in the F53 class, at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, the first Indian woman to win a Paralympic medal, and received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2019, sharing it with wrestler Bajrang Punia. Option (a), badminton, and option (d), weightlifting, are wrong. Option (b), discus throw, is wrong as the main answer, although she has also competed in javelin and discus. Concept: Deepa Malik later became President of the Paralympic Committee of India. The Khel Ratna was renamed the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 2021. India won a record 29 medals at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman to win Paralympic gold, at Tokyo 2020.
Deepa Malik's Paralympic medal was in shot put; discus is the tempting throw event.
Question as printed in UPPSC's official question booklet. Source: uppsc.up.nic.in
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Answer as per the official UPSC answer key.
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- 2. Poland
- 3. Germany
- 4. Switzerland
Select the answer using the code given below :
Answer (c) & explanation
Poland and Germany are EU members (c). Item 2 is right: Poland joined in the big 2004 enlargement. Item 3 is right: Germany is a founder member from the 1957 Treaty of Rome. Item 1 is wrong: Belarus is close to Russia and not in the EU. Item 4 is wrong: Switzerland stays outside, linked through bilateral deals and the Schengen area. So options (a), (b) and (d) fail.
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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| A. Silver Notice | 1. To seek information on unidentified bodies
| B. Blue Notice | 2. To collect additional information about a person’s identity, location, or activities in relation to a criminal investigation
| 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
| D. Green Notice | 4. To identify and trace criminal assets
Code :
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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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