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Q. Cabinet has approved the PMSSN as a single non -lapsable reserve fund for health,
to credit the share of health from proceeds of Health and Education Cess. What does
PMSSN stands for?
A) Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha C) Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha
Nidhi Nutan
B) Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha D) Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha
Neeti Nigam
Answer: A
Ø The Union Cabinet has approved the creation of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha
Nidhi (PMSSN), a single non-lapsable reserve fund for health.The share of Health from
the proceeds of Health and Education Cess (4%) levied under Section 136-b of Finance
Act, 2007, will be credited to PMSSN.
List of Abbreviations Govt Schemes and Yojanas
1. UDAY : Ujwal Discom Assurance 7. KVP : Kisan Vikas Patra
Yojana
8. SBA : Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
2. PMMY : Pradhan Mantri Mudra
9. PMSAGY : Pradhan Mantri Sansad
Yojana
Adarsh Gram Yojana
3. PMJDY: Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan
10. AMRUT : Atal Mission For
Yojana
Rejuvenation & Urban
4. PMJJBY : Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Transformation
Jyoti Bima Yojana
11. NGM : Namami Ganga Yojana
5. PMSBY : Pradhan Mantri Suraksha
12. HRIDAY : Heritage City
Bima Yojana
Development & Augmentation
6. APY : Atal Pension Yojana Yojana
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13. MUDRA : Micro Units 30. CAD : Current Account De icit
Development & Re inance Agency
31. KVKs : Krishi Vigyan Kendras
14. SETU : Self Employment &
32. MSMEs : Micro, Small and
Talent Utilization
Medium Enterprises
15. NPS : National Pension Scheme
33. CBS : Core Banking Solution
16. PMKVY : Pradhan Mantri
34. CORE : Centralized Online Real
Kaushal Vikas Yojana
Time Exchange
17. PMKSY : Pradhan Mantri Krishi
35. LTIG : Long Term Irrigation
Sinchai Yojana
Fund
18. BBBP YOJANA : Beti Bachao,
36. MIF : Micro Irrigation Fund
Beti Padhao Yojana
37. NAM : National Agricultural
19. SSY : Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
Market
20. PMFBY : Pradhan Mantri Fasal
38. DIDF : Dairy Processing and
Bima Yojana
Infrastructure Development Fund
21. PMGSY : Pradhan Mantri Gram
39. MGNREGA : Mahatma Gandhi
Sadak Yojana
National Rural Employment
22. PMUY: Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Guarantee Act
Yojana
40. PMAY : Pradhan Mantri Awaas
23. DICGC: DEPOSIT INSURANCE Yojana
CREDIT GUARANTEE SCHEME
41. NRDWP : National Rural
24. PMGKY : Pradhan Mantri Garib Drinking Water Programme
Kalyan Yojana
42. SWAYAM : Study Webs of Active
25. DICGC : Deposit Insurance and Learning for Young Aspiring Minds
Credit Guarantee Corporation
43. PMKK : Pradhan Mantri Kaushal
26. TEC INDIA : Transform Energise Kendra
And Clean India
44. SANKALP : Skill Acquisition and
27. PACS : Primary Agriculture Knowledge Awareness For
Credit Societies Livelihood Promotion Programme
28. CPI : Consumer Price Index 45. STRIVE : Skill Strengthening for
Industrial Value Enhancement
29. WPI : Wholesale Price Index
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46. MSK : Mahila Shakti Kendra 49. M-SIPS : Modi ied Special
Incentive Package Scheme
47. NHB : NATIONAL HOUSING
BANK 50. EDF : Electronic Development
Fund
48. RRSK : Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha
Kosh 51. TIES : Trade Infrastructure for
Export Scheme
Q. Which country has become India’s 2nd biggest supplier of oil?
A) China C) USA
B) UAE D) Iraq
Answer: C
Ø United State of America has become the 2nd largest oil supplier of India surpassing
Saudi Arabia. India is the 3rd biggest oil consumer in the world.
Position Country
1 Iraq
2 USA
3 Nigeria
4 Saudi Arabia
5 UAE
About Reuters:
§ Reuters is an International News Organization owned by Thomson Reuters
§ President – Michael Friedenberg
§ Headquarters – London, UK
UNITED STATES IN NEWS
§ US surpasses Saudi Arabia to become India’s second biggest oil supplier
§ United States of icially re-joins Paris Climate Agreement
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§ China has overtaken the United States (US) as the biggest trading partner of the
European Dr Raj Iyer has been appointed as the irst Chief Information Of icer (CIO)
of the US Army
§ United States plans to have the irst nuclear reactor on the moon by the end of the
year 2026
§ Donald Trump Honours PM Modi With Top US Honour ‘Legion Of Merit’
§ US President Joe Biden & Kamala Harris jointly named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’
2020
India-US-Japan-Australia kick-starts Malabar Naval Exercise-2020
§ Edition : 24th
§ First phase : Bay of Bengal
§ Second Phase : Arabian Sea
§ 3rd India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue begins in New Delh. Rajnath Singh and S.
Jaishankar are leading the Indian delegation.
§ Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has defeated Donald Trump to become the 46th U.S.
president. Biden’s electoral college vote to 290,
§ Kamala Harris, becomes the irst Black and Indian-American woman to serve as vice
president
§ India & USA signs MoU on Intellectual Property Cooperation
§ US formally announced its withdrawal from WHO
§ Bangladesh & the US launches joint naval exercise ‘CARAT Bangladesh 2020’
About UNITED STATES (US)
§ Capital : Washington, D.C.
§ Largest city : New York City
§ Currency : Dollar
§ First President : George Washington
§ 46th President : Joe Biden
§ India ambassador to US : Taranjit Singh Sandhu
§ Yudh Abhyas Exercise : India & Us
§ Tiger Trump Exercise : India & US
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§ Vajra Prahar Exercise : India & Us
§ Malabar Exercise : India US Australia & Japan
Q. World Consumer Rights Day is observed on which day of the year?
A) March 14 C) March 13
B) March 15 D) March 12
Answer: B
Ø World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated on March 15 every year to raise global
awareness about consumer rights and needs,and protect consumers across the globe
against market abuses.
List of important Days in March 2021
§ 1 March – Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day, Self -Injury Awareness
Day
§ 2 March – Employee Appreciation Day
§ 3 March – World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day
§ 4 March – National Safety Day
§ 8 March – International Women’s Day, Ramakrishna Jayanti
§ 10 March – CISF Raising Day
§ 12 March – Mauritius Day
§ 14 March – Pi Day, International Day of Action for Rivers
§ 15 March – World Consumer Rights Day, World Sleep Day
§ 16 March – National Vaccination Day
§ 18 March – Ordnance Factories Day (India)
§ 20 March – International Day of Happiness, World Oral Health Day
§ 21 March – World Forestry Day, World Down Syndrome Day, World Poetry Day,
Human Rights Day (South Africa), International Day of Forests
§ 22 March – World Water Day
§ 23 March – World Meteorological Day
§ 24 March – World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
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§ 25 March – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the
Transatlantic Slave Trade, International Day of the Unborn Child
§ 26 March – Purple Day for epilepsy
§ 27 March – World Theatre Day
§ Second Wednesday of March – No Smoking Day
Q. Which country has recently suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID -19
vaccine?
A) Australia C) India
B) Switzerland D) Netherlands
Answer: D
Ø Netherlands has recently suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID -19 vaccine. The
use of these vaccines has been suspended due to the occurrence of side-effects.
About Netherland
§ Prime Minister of Netherland: Mark Rutte.
§ Capital of Netherland: Amsterdam; Currency of Netherland: Euro.
Q. The Government has announced “All India Tourist Vehicles Authorization and
Permit Rules, 2021”. The new rule will provide permit for a maximum period of
_______ years at a given time
A) 2 years C) 3 years
B) 5 years D) 7 years
Answer: C
Q. India has recently surpassed which country to become the fourth largest foreign -
exchange reserves in the world?
A) Russia C) UAE
B) Japan D) France
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Answer: A
Ø India’s foreign-exchange reserves surpassed Russia’s to become the world’s fourth
largest reserve.
Ø The foreign currency holdings of India stood at $580.3 billion as of March 5, as per the
data by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The reserve of Russia was $580.1 billion.
RUSSIA IN NEWS
§ Russia launches irst Arctic-monitoring Satellite ‘Arktika -M’
§ United States-Russia Extends New START Arms Reduction Treaty for Five Years
§ Russia has reported the irst case of a bird lu strain, H5N8, being passed from
poultry to humans
§ China and Russia Inks MoU to jointly build Lunar Space Station
§ India Participates in Naval Exercise ‘Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021’
§ India to procure 21 MiG-29 and 12 Sukhoi-30MKI ighter aircraft from Russia
§ Russian Daniil Medvedev wins Paris Master 2020
§ Russia’s Angara A5 rocket successful in second test light
§ Russia successfully test- ires Tsirkon hypersonic missile
§ Russia Becomes World’s 1st Country to Register COVID -19 Vaccine, ‘Sputnik V’
§ Russia irst regiment of S-400 anti-air system will be delivered to India
§ India-Russia to sign MoUs on AK-203 assault ri les
About RUSSIA
§ Capital : Moscow
§ Currency : Ruble
§ PM : Mikhail Mishustin
§ President : Vladimir Putin
§ 'Roscosmos' Space Agency : Russia
§ 'INDRA' Naval Exercise : India and Russia
§ 'Aviaindra' Air Force Exercise : India and Russia
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Q. The Padma Bhushan awardee Laxman Pai has passed away. He was conferred
with the prestigious honor for contribution in which ield?
A) Agriculture C) Literature
B) Mathematics D) Painting
Answer: D
Ø Renowned Indian artist and painter Laxman Pai has passed away. He was 95.The Goa -
based painter was a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian
honour
Q. Under the Mission Sagar-IV, name the Indian Naval Ship which traveled to Port
Anjouan, Comoros to deliver 1,000 Metric Tonnes of rice?
A) INS Kesari C) INS Sahyadri
B) INS Jalashwa D) INS Kiltan
Answer: B
Ø The Indian Naval Ship INS Jalashwa arrived at Port Anjouan, Comoros on 14 March
2021 to deliver 1,000 Metric Tonnes of rice, under Mission Sagar -IV. INS Jalashwa is
the largest amphibious ship of Indian Navy.
Ø Indian Naval Ship INS Jalashwa arrived at Port Anjouan, Comoros on 14 March 2021
to deliver 1,000 Metric Tonnes of rice, under Mission Sagar-IV.
Ø SAGAR, which stands for “Security and Growth for all in the Indian Ocean Region”,
was started by Prime
Ø Minister Narendra Modi in May 2020 to assist maritime neighbours such as
Comoros amid the coronavirus pandemic INS Jalashwa is the largest amphibious
ship of Indian Navy
DON'T CONFUSE
§ Mission Sagar I - INS Kesari
§ Mission Sagar II - INS Airavat
§ Mission Sagar III - INS Kiltan
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§ Mission Sagar IV - INS Jalashwa
§ As part of the Mission Sagar I : Indian Naval Ship Kesari entered Port Victoria,
Seychelles
§ Mission Sagar-ll: INS Airavat carrying food aid for Eritrea reaches Port Massawa
§ Mission Sagar -III : Indian Naval Ship Kiltan arrived at Sihanoukville Port, Cambodia
§ As part of Mission Sagar-IV, Indian Naval Ship Jalashwa arrived at Port Anjouan,
Comoros
INDIAN NAVY SHIP (INS) IN NEWS
§ As part of Mission Sagar-IV, Indian Naval Ship Jalashwa arrived at Port Anjouan,
Comoros on 14 March 2021 to deliver 1,000 Metric Tonnes of rice
§ INS Shardul arrives at Port Louis for Mauritius National Day celebrations
§ Scorpene-class submarine INS Karanj commissioned into the Indian Navy in
Mumbai
§ Indian Navy’s ifth Scorpene class submarine ‘INS Vagir’ launched
§ First ever visit of INS Kulish to the historic port city of Mongla in Bangladesh to
commemorate 50th anniversary of 1971 Liberation war
§ Indian Navy Ship (INS) Pralaya Participates in NAVDEX 21 and IDEX 21 in Abu
Dhabi, UAE
§ India to Send Humanitarian Assistance To Drought-Hit Madagascar on-board Indian
Naval Ship (INS) Jalashwa
§ Indian Naval Ship (INS) ‘Airavat’ reaches Port Sudan under ‘Mission Sagar -II’
§ Indian And Indonesian Navies Conduct PASSEX Exercise In Arabian Sea; INS Talwar
participated in the exercise
§ INS Kavaratti, last in series of 4 indigenously-built stealth corvettes, commissioned
into Indian Navy
§ India-Vietnamese Navy conducts PASSEX-2020 in South China Sea; INS Kiltan took
part in the Exercise
Q. The National Vaccination Day/National Immunization Day is marked on which
day of the year in India?
A) March 14 B) March 12
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C) March 16 D) March 13
Answer: C
Q. Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair, who has passed away recently was a veteran
artist of___________
A) Kathak C) Bharatnatyam
B) Manipuri D) Kathakali
Answer: D
Ø Veteran Kathakali artist Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair has passed away in
Kozhikode, Kerala. He was 105 -year old.
Q. PM Modi launched Kindle version of ________
A) Mahabharat C) Ramayan
B) Bhagvad Gita D) Ramcharitmanas
Answer: B
Ø PM Narendra Modi launched Kindle version of Chidbhavananda’s Bhagvad Gita. The
kindle version was launched to celebrate the sale of the 5 lakh copies of
Chidbhavananda’s Bhagvad Gita.
Q. Name the new grievance redressal feature launched by NPCI on BHIM UPI app for
the users
A) UPI-Help C) UPI-Boost
B) UPI-Aid D) UPI-Assist
Answer: A
Ø The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the umbrella entity for digital
payments in India, has launched a new application named “UPI-Help” on BHIM UPI,
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which will act as a grievance redressal mechanism for the users of the BHIM
application.
NPCI IN NEWS
§ NPCI launches UPI-Help on BHIM app for Grievance Redressal
§ NPCI Partners SBI Payments to launch “RuPay SoftPoS” for Merchants
§ NPCI enables UPI AutoPay live on music streaming platform ‘Gaana’
§ Central Bank of India ties up with NPCI to launch ‘RuPay Select’
§ NPCI launches “UPI Chalega” Campaign to promote UPI
§ Blockchain-Based “Vajra Platform” launched by NPCI for secure payments
§ NPCI imposes 30% cap on transaction volumes via UPI for third party apps
§ NPCI rolls out AI virtual Arti icial Intelligence assistant PAi
§ NPCI launches omni-channel loyalty platform ‘nth Rewards’
§ NPCI launches its subsidiary irm – NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL)
§ NPCI to set up Rs 500-crore data centre in Hyderabad to handle digital transactions
National Payments Corporation of India(NPCI)
§ Founded : 2008
§ HQ : Mumbai, Maharashtra
§ MD & CEO : Dilip Asbe
BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money)
§ Launched : 30 December 2016
§ Available : 16 languages
§ Developed By : NPCI
Q. Which of these has won the Album of the Year award at the Grammy Awards
2021?
A) Black Pumas C) Chilombo
B) Everyday Life D) Folklore
Answer: D
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Album of the Year : “Folklore”, by Taylor Swift
List of winners of Grammy Awards 2021:
Sl. No Category Winner
.
1. Album Of The Year “Folklore” by Taylor Swift
2. Record Of The Year “Everything I Wanted” by Billie Eilish
3. Best New Artist Megan Thee Stallion
4. Best Rap Album “King’s Disease” by Nas
5. Best R&B Album Winner “Bigger Love” by John Legend
6. Best Rap Song “Savage” by Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany
7. Best Country Album “Wildcard” — Miranda Lambert
8. Song Of The Year “I Can’t Breathe” by Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. a
nd Tiara Thomas
9. Best Rock Album “The New Abnormal” by The Strokes
10. Best Rock Song “Stay High” by Brittany Howard, songwriter (B
rittany Howard)
11. Best Dance/Electronic Album Bubba by Kaytranada
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12. Producer of the Year, Classical David Frost
13. Best Music Video Brown Skin Girl by Beyoncé, Blue Ivy & WizKid
14. Best Country Song Crowded Table by Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hem
by & Lori McKenna
15. Best Folk Album All the Good Times
16. Best Comedy Album Black Mitzvah by Tiffany Haddish
Q. Who received the International Woman of Courage 2021 Award?
A) Greta Thunbergh C) Disha Ravi
B) Gowsalya Shankar D) Mithali Raj
Answer: B
§ Gowsalya Shankar has received International Woman of Courage 2021 Award for
demonstrating exceptional courage, leadership and strength in making people’s lives
better. She is a Tamil Nadu -based anti-caste activist who launched Shankar Social
Justice Trust in 2017.
Q. Marvin Hagler, who has passed away, was one of the greatest legend in which of
these ields?
A) Weightlifting C) Boxing
B) Formula One D) Wrestling
Answer: C
Ø The former undisputed middleweight boxing legend “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler has
passed away. He was 66.
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Q. What is the theme of World Consumer Rights Day 2021?
A) Building a Digital World Consumers C) Trusted Smart Products
can Trust
D) Making Digital Marketplaces Fairer
B) Tackling Plastic Pollution
Answer: B
Ø The theme for World Consumer Rights Day 2021 is “Tackling Plastic Pollution.”.
Q. The Foreign Exchange Reserve of which country is the largest in the world, as per
the recent data of IMF?
A) China C) Switzerland
B) Japan D) Singapore
Answer: A
Ø Overall, China has the largest reserves, followed by Japan and Switzerland, as on the
International Monetary Fund table.
CHINA IN NEWS
§ China and Russia Inks MoU to jointly build Lunar Space Station
§ China Surpasses US to become India’s top trade partner in 2020
§ China Overtakes the US as Largest Trading Partner of European Union
§ China Overtakes Germany as Largest Current Account Surplus Country
§ China surpasses United States as largest recipient of FDI
§ China becomes second country after the US to unfurl its lag on Moon
§ MountEverest declared 86 cm (0.86 M) taller by Nepal and China
§ China launches ‘world’s irst 6G experiment satellite’
§ China to send irst-ever ‘asteroid mining robot’ into space
§ 2nd World Health Expo kicks off in Wuhan
§ China launches new rocket “Long March 5B” successfully
§ China launches its 1st independent mission to Mars
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§ China successfully launches 13 satellites into orbit with a single rocket, including 10
from Argentina
About CHINA
§ Capital : Being
§ Currency : Renminbi (yuan)
§ President : Xi Jinping
§ India and China 'Hand-in-Hand' Exercise
§ Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) : Headquarteres : Beijing China
§ New Development Bank (NDB) : Headquarters : Shanghai, China
§ Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) : Headquarters : Beijing, China
About International Monetary Fund (IMF)
§ IMF Headquarters: Washington, D.C. U.S.
§ IMF Managing Director and Chairman: Kristalina Georgieva.
§ IMF Chief Economist: Gita Gopinath.
Q. Who has assumed the charge of Executive Director of Indian Overseas Bank?
A) S Srimathy C) M K Agarwal
B) B K Singh D) B M Munjal
Answer: A
Ø S Srimathy has assumed the post of Executive Director (ED) of the Indian Overseas
Bank (IOB). She was previously serving as the Chief General Manager (CGM) of Canara
Bank.
Q. Which country is the largest crude oil supplier to India?
A) United States C) Iraq
B) UAE D) Nigeria
Answer: C
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Ø Iraq continued to be the top oil supplier to India despite a 23 percent decline in
purchases to a ive-month low of 867,500 bpd.
Q. India’s 1st Railway terminal with centralized AC will be made operational in
_____________.
A) New Delhi C) Chennai
B) Kolkata D) Bengaluru
Answer: D
Ø India’s 1st Railway terminal with centralized Air Conditioning (AC) will be made
operational in Bengaluru. The railway terminal has been named after Sir M
Visvesvaraya.
STATIC GK BASED CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQ
Q. Tashkent is the capital of which D) February 28
country?
Answer: C
A) Uzbekistan
Q. Human Capital Index (HCI) is
B) Turkmenistan published by which organisation?
C) Kyrgyzstan A) Transparency International
D) Ukraine B) World Bank
Answer: A C) World Economic Forum
Q. World Sparrow Day is observed D) International Monetary Fund
every year on which day?
Answer: B
A) January 16
Q. Indian Bank has its headquarter in
B) April 1 which city?
C) March 20 A) Kolkata
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B) New delhi sport events. Where is the headquarter
of ISSF based?
C) Mumbai
A) Munich, Germany
D) Chennai
B) New York, United States
Answer: D
C) Geneva, Switzerland
Q. Which of these dams is not based in
Karnataka? D) Rome, Italy
A) Supa Dam Answer: A
B) Kadra Dam Q. If Stockholm is the capital of
Sweden, then what is the currency of
C) Kundala Dam
the country?
D) Krishna Raja Sagara Dam
A) Som
Answer: C
B) Taka
Q. Simlipal National Park is situated in
C) Krona
which of these states?
D) Ruble
A) Odisha
Answer: C
B) Maharashtra
Q. The Singorgarh fort is located in
C) Madhya Pradesh
which state of India?
D) Assam
A) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: A
B) Rajasthan
Q. The International Shooting Sport
C) Maharashtra
Federation (ISSF) is the governing
body of the Olympic Shooting events in D) Karnataka
ri le, pistol and shotgun disciplines,
Answer: A
and of several non-Olympic Shooting
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Q. The Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari B) Japan
Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium is
C) Indonesia
located in which city?
D) Singapore
A) Pune
Answer: B
B) Ahmedabad
Q. AU Small Finance Bank has its
C) Nagpur
headquarter in which city?
D) Lucknow
A) Chennai
Answer: D
B) Mumbai
Q. Which among the following country
C) Jaipur
is not a member of the ASEAN nation?
D) Kolkata
A) Myanmar
Answer: C
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