Aiming to significantly broaden the accessibility of football within the school setting for students, the Ministry of Education has tied up with the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to distribute 11 lakh footballs across the country in a phased manner. The exercise is slated to benefit more than 1.5 lakh schools. Union Education Minister doled out 6,848 footballs to be distributed to 1,260 schools in 17 districts of Odisha under the Footballs for Schools (F4S) programme on February 9.

The distribution of balls was launched in December in JNV Cuttack, Odisha. Besides the districts of Angul, Dhenkanal and Deogarh in Odisha, the footballs were also distributed in Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu in a phased manner.

“Regardless of gender, the programme aims to seamlessly integrate football-related activities into the education system in collaboration with various stakeholders,” a spokesperson from the Ministry said.

Source – https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/

Passage 2

The police arrested 25 more people on Sunday for their alleged involvement in the violence that left five dead and many injured in Haldwani last week, after a ‘madrasa and masjid’ were demolished during an anti-encroachment drive. All those arrested were from the Muslim community. The State has requested the Union government to send additional forces to Haldwani to maintain law and order there.

The police said that they had recovered seven country-made pistols and 54 live bullets from the accused, apart from ammunition allegedly stolen from the police, including some that is suspected to have been taken from an attacked police station. Addressing a media briefing, Haldwani’s Senior Superintendent of Police Prahlad Narayan Meena said that at least one police weapon is missing from a police vehicle set on fire at the spot of the demolition.
Source- https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/

12th FEB 2024

First Name

Passage 1

1. Who is the current Education Minister of India?

A. Smriti Irani

B. Piyush Goyal

C. Dharmendra Pradhan

D. S Jaishankar

2. Which country will host the 2026 FIFA World Cup?

A. Canada

B. Mexico

C. USA

D. All

3. The First FIFA World Cup was held in Uruguay in which year?

A. 1930

B. 1934

C. 1946

D. 1951

4. The 2022 FIFA World Cup was won by Messi led Argentina, defeating which team?

A. England

B. Portugal

C. Netherland

D. France

5. Who is the current FIFA President?

A. Aleskander Ceferin

B. Gianni Infantino

C. David Chung

D. Angel Maria Villar

Passage 2

6. Recently, violence erupted in Haldwani, after the demolition of an illegal madrasa. It is in which state?

A. UP

B. Uttarakhand

C. Haryana

D. Rajasthan

7. Chief Minister ____ during a public rally in Champawat district on Sunday said that the state will not tolerate such misconduct that happened on Haldwani.

A. Yogi Adityanath

B. Pushkar Singh Dhami

C. Manohar Khattar

D. Bhajan Lal Sharma

8. Which Section of the CrPC, which enables the use of wide powers while dealing with urgent cases of “apprehended danger” or nuisance through the issuance of orders?

A. 146

B. 142

C. 144

D. 148

9. Which of this is incorrect about the above Section of CrPC?

A. No order under this section can remain in force for a period of more than 3 months.

B. Under the state government’s discretion, it can choose to extend the validity for two more months with the maximum validity extendable to six months.

C. Once the situation becomes normal, Section levied can be withdrawn.

D. None

10. Which authority may, by notification, direct that an order made by a Magistrate under the above section shall remain in force for such further period not exceeding six months?

A. DM

B. District Court

C. High Court

D. State Government

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