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Mata Amritanandamayi presided over which engagement group when India held the G-20 presidency?

  1. A.Business-20
  2. B.Youth-20
  3. C.Civil-20
  4. D.Labour-20

Correct answer

C. Civil-20

Explanation

The correct answer is Civil-20. The Union Home Minister recalled that when India held the G-20 presidency, it was Mata Amritanandamayi who presided over Civil-20, the grouping through which civil society organisations put their concerns before the G-20 process. That role is the one named in connection with her, and it sits naturally alongside the service work of five decades for which she is known. Option A, Business-20, speaks for industry and commerce and was not the group she led. Option B, Youth-20, carries the voice of young people and is also not connected with her in this context. Option D, Labour-20, represents trade unions and workers' bodies. All three are real G-20 engagement groups, which is what makes them plausible distractors, but only Civil-20 was presided over by Mata Amritanandamayi during India's presidency of the G-20.

Read the full article: Mata Amritanandamayi's 73rd Birthday Marked as Vishwa Seva Dinam

Practice Questions

Q1.Persons in NewsEasy

How many houses did Mata Amritanandamayi build after the Gujarat earthquake of 2001, in a settlement now called Amma's Village?

  1. A.800
  2. B.1,200
  3. C.1,500
  4. D.2,100
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Correct answer: B. 1,200

Speaking at the 73rd birthday celebrations at Kollam, the Union Home Minister said that he first saw Mata Amritanandamayi's compassion at work during the devastating earthquake that struck Gujarat in 2001, when she put up 1,200 houses and settled an entire village.

Q3.Persons in NewsMedium

How many Amrita Vidyalayas run across the country, as stated at the celebrations?

  1. A.64
  2. B.72
  3. C.86
  4. D.110
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Correct answer: C. 86

The Union Home Minister told the gathering that there are at present 86 Amrita Vidyalayas working across the country, and he placed that figure beside the other measures of her institutional work: over a million trees planted, sustained effort in health, education and livelihoods, and 101 villages made completely self-reliant.

Q4.Persons in NewsMedium

Besides his political life, how did the Prime Minister describe L.K. Advani in his tribute?

  1. A.A voracious reader and prolific writer with a love for culture and cinema
  2. B.A classical musician and sportsperson
  3. C.A painter and an architect
  4. D.A scientist and an educationist
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Correct answer: A. A voracious reader and prolific writer with a love for culture and cinema

In the article and the message marking Advani entering his 100th year, the Prime Minister wrote about these other facets of the veteran leader besides the political milestones, saying he had also covered Advani’s deep appetite for reading, his affection for culture and cinema and his substantial body of writing.