Weekly test Analysis

Date:2023, May13(080/01/30)

General Knowledge

1. The air safety score of Nepal as per ICAO 70.1. The latest ICAO USOAP audit of Nepal was
conducted from 13 to 25 April 2022. It was 66.76% as per 2017 report of ICAO USOAP. Safety
score is also called effective implementation. It is important to note that the EI score is not a measure
of the safety of individual airlines or airports, but rather a measure of the country's overall regulatory
framework and its ability to effectively oversee and regulate civil aviation safety.
2. Tilottama Municipality is the first one to announce the city anthem.
3. Target of reducing the rate of malnutrition in Nepal by the year of 2030: 14%
4. 5th BIMSTEC conference was held in Sri Lanka on 2022 March 30.
5. Transparency International was founded on 1993AD.
6. Ireland is the first country to announce ban on diesel and petrol vehicles by 2030.
7. Sudurpaschim is the first province to implement health insurance in all districts.
8. National Journalism day: Baishak 24(May 07)
9. The Mahabharat was fought for 18 days.
10. Tapovan temple belong to Darchula.
11. Karnali river is called Ghagara in India.
12. Aakashwani: Mohan Shumsher
13. First Home Minister after democracy: B.P. Koirala.
14. Average Economic growth target for 15th (076/77-080/081)periodic plan is 10.3% and for long
term(2100/2101) is 10.5%.
15. 15th periodic plan: 076/7-080/081(019/020-023/024); Long term vision is for 2100(2043AD).
16. HDI at the end of 15th periodic plan is 0.624, and at the end of 2043 is 0.76.
17. The father of blood group is Karl Landsteiner, an Austrian biologist and physician who
discovered the ABO blood group system in 1901. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine in 1930 for his pioneering work in blood groups.
18. Policies of the state in the present constitution of Nepal: 13
19. Staff college was established in 2038 BS. (Apex);

The Nepal Administrative Staff College (NASC) was set up as a national level autonomous
institution on 27th September 1982 (11 Aswin, 2039 BS) under the Nepal Administrative Staff
College (NASC) Act, 1982.

20. Citizen charter begin in Nepal in 2056BS.

21. Vroom's Expectancy Theory is a motivation theory developed by Victor Vroom in 1964. The
theory suggests that an individual's motivation to perform a particular task or behavior is
based on three factors: expectancy, instrumentality, and valence.
Vroom's Expectancy Theory is a motivation theory developed by Victor Vroom in 1964. The theory suggests that
an individual's motivation to perform a particular task or behavior is based on three factors: expectancy,
instrumentality, and valence.

Motivation = Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence

Vroom's theory suggests that for an individual to be motivated, they must believe that their efforts will result
in successful performance, the successful performance will lead to a desirable outcome, and the outcome is
valuable to them. The theory has been widely applied in various fields, including business, education, and
healthcare, to understand and improve employee and student motivation.

22. First profit budget of Nepal: 2033/34.

23. Coronation of King Charles: 2023, May 06.

Technical part

1. Maximum stress used in the analysis of bending beyond the elastic limit: Yield stress.
2. Minimum % of Silica, alumina and ferric oxide in lime for white washing is 0%.
3. Plastic asphalt= a mixture of cement and asphalt.
4. Pug mill =preparation of clay.
5. Peculiar curred swelling on the body of a tree is ring galls.
6. Increase in FM of aggregate indicates coarse grading.
7. Uniformity co-efficient of soil=D60/D10.
8. Thickness of lining in tunnel having diameter D in mm as per empirical: 82D
9. Bottom to upward entries in table to facilitate extension.
10. Which of the following associations members must have registered their names in Nepal
Engineering council to conduct engineering activities?
a) NEA
b) SONA
c) DEAN
d) RUPSON