500 Practice Mock - Set 1 Flashcards by Shriyansh Jus Do it

India secured the _____ position in the 2024 Rule of Law Index by the World Justice Project.

79th

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Thiruvananthapuram became the first city to be awarded with the UN-Shanghai Global Awards. The Award
has been given for ______.

Sustainable Development

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_____ was named “Word of the Year 2024” by HarperCollins Dictionary.

Brat

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What is the theme of the 1st Bodoland Mohotsov?

Peace and Harmony for Prosperous Bharat

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Cairn Oil & Gas Limited has become the first Indian company to join the ‘Oil & Gas Methane Partnership
(OGMP) 2.0’, a flagship methane reporting and mitigation initiative of __________.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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Which Indian state has become the first to implement a dedicated Semiconductor Policy?

Gujarat

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Recently (Nov 2024), a delegation from John Hopkins University (JHU) led by Ronald J. Daniels, President of the University met with the Union Minister of Education of India. JHU is establishing an offshore campus in India. JHU is a university of ________.

USA

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The World Bank has recently (Nov 2024) approved a USD 200 Million loan for a climate-resilient agricultural transformation project in which state?

Kerala

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The 5th edition of the Vietnam Indian Bilateral Army Exercise “VINBAX 2024” was conducted at
____________.

Ambala, Haryana

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Fintech firm Slice has merged with _______ small finance bank to operate as a single entity.

Northeast

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Which bank has been named the Best Bank of India for 2024 by Global Finance Magazine?

State Bank of India

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Recently (Nov 2024), the Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology, Abhay Karandikar launched the ___________, a pilot project under National Geospatial Policy 2022 to demonstrate the potential applications of geospatial technologies and innovations.

Operation Dronagiri

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The International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced the FIH Hockey Stars Awards 2024. _____ and ______ were awarded as the Men’s Player of the Year and Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year, respectively.

Harmanpreet Singh & PR Sreejesh

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In November 2024, the Union Finance Minister chaired the review meetings for the performance of public sector banks in the first half of FY 2024-25. The year-on-year growth of the public sector banks was found to be ____.

11 percent

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The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Shillong, through its IIM Shillong Foundation for Incubation and Enterprise (IIMSFIE), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with _______________ to launch an entrepreneurship and incubation program.

SIDBI

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The National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC) & Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) have recently partnered to develop manufacturing clusters in Agra and Prayagraj under which industrial corridor?

Amritsar- Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC)

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Which city hosted the first-ever Space Exercise ‘Antariksha Abhyas – 2024’?

New Delhi

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DRDO has recently handed over the Authority Holding Sealed Particulars (AHSP) of the P-7 Parachute System to the Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA) by the Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE), Agra. What is the maximum payload capacity of the P-7 Parachute System?

9.5 tons

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NITI Aayog, in collaboration with the Ministry of Power and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, launched the ASSET platform to support states in accelerating their green transition. The full form of ASSET is_____.

Accelerating Sustainable Solutions for Energy Transition

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Pranav Chawda was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of _______.

JP Morgan Chase Bank

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In November 2024, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) introduced a framework for converting foreign portfolio investment (FPI) into foreign direct investment (FDI) when FPI holdings in a company exceed regulatory limits.
FPIs are allowed to hold up to how much percentage of a company’s equity?

10 percent

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The State Bank of India (SBI) released a financial performance report for Quarter 2 of FY 25. The year-onyear net profit was found Rs. _____ Crores.

18,331.44

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Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, AOC-in-C CAC, has inaugurated the IAF C-295 Full Motion Simulator (FMS)
facility at Air Force Station in _________.

Agra

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The International Copper Association (ICA), a non-profit organization, selected Hindalco Industries
Limited, a firm of the ______________, as its new member.

Aditya Birla Group

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Indian Para-Badminton players have won 24 medals at the Badminton World Federation Japan ParaBadminton International 2024. The Indian medal count consists of ______ gold, _________ silver, and _________ bronze.

6; 9; 9

The first Asian Buddhist Summit (ABS) was organized by the Ministry of Culture and the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) in New Delhi. What was the theme of the summit?

Role of Budhha Dhamma in Strengthening Asia

The Government of India has approved the Central Sector Scheme ‘Namo Drone Didi’ for providing Drones to the Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) under DAY-NRLM, with an outlay of _______________.

Rs.1261 Crores

Donald Trump became the _____ President of the USA

47 th

Which city hosted the Ganga Utsav 2024?

Haridwar

Sunflowers Were First Ones To Know” has recently qualified for the 2025 Oscars in which category?

Live Action Short Film Category

“WAVES” is an initiative of which ministry?

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

Where has the Center for Generative AI, ‘Srijan’, been set up, in collaboration with Meta, IndiaAI, and AICTE?

IIT Jodhpur

India and Pakistan have extended the Kartarpur Corridor agreement until ________.

2029

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched the “Deepam 2.0” scheme as a Diwali gift for women. Under this scheme, each eligible woman will receive ______ free cooking gas cylinders per year.

Three

India will launch the Solar Observatory Satellite Proba-3 in December 2024. Probe-3 is a mission of ________.

European Union

The Reserve Bank of India has recently mandated Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) to maintain ____ % of their overall borrowings from the capital market

The European Investment Bank has recently approved a loan of _____ million Euros for the Bengaluru Suburban Railway Project.

300

Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd (HUDCO), a Navaratna central public sector enterprise, has granted a loan of ___________ for the construction of Amaravati greenfield capital city in Andhra Pradesh

Rs 11,000 crore

The Union Cabinet has recently approved the equity infusion in the Food Corporation of India worth Rs. ________ Crores.

10,700

___________ has been appointed as the national brand ambassador of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), an initiative of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India to combat cybercrimes.

Rashmika Mandanna

Rajesh Kumar has been appointed as the new __________.

Defence Secretary

LM2500 marine gas turbine engines have been selected to power the Indian Navy’s Missile Vessels. These engines belong to _______.

General Electric Aerospace

Liu Yukun from ______________ and Yang Ji-in from _____________ have been named the ISSF Athlete of the Year 2024.

China; South Korea

Coal India Limited celebrated its ____ foundation day on 1st November 2024.

50 th

The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYAS) recently changed the name of the Major Dhyan Chand for Lifetime Achievement Award to ______.

Arjuna Award Lifetime

The PM Vidyalaxmi scheme aims to ____________.

Provide financial support to meritorious students for higher education without financial constraints

__________ has launched the “ShakshiSAT” Mission.

Space Kidz India

HDFC Securities Limited has recently launched a wealth advisory business named ______.

HDFC Tru

The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $200 million loan to help upgrade water supply, sanitation, urban mobility, and other urban services in the state of __________.

Uttarakhand

The report, How Tax Simplification Has Given a Necessary Fillip to ITR Filing, released by the State Bank of India noted that ____________ has the highest share in Direct tax revenue in FY 24 i.e. (38.9%), followed by Karnataka (11.9%) while Delhi at third place contributing 10.4%.

Maharashtra

Which Indian grandmaster recently won the Wadim Rosenstein Chess Masters Cup 2024?

Arjun Erigaisi

The Insurance Development Authority of India has recently extended the implementation of International Financial Standard 17 by ______.

April 2027

Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak’ was awarded to ______ personnel of various States/UTs/CAPFs/CPOs for the year- 2024.

463

The James Webb Telescope has discovered hydrogen peroxide and Carbon dioxide on the surface of Charon, the largest moon of ______.

Pluto

NTPC Ltd developed an Indigenous Catalyst for Methanol production from Flue Gas CO2 in collaboration with which institute?

Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) Dehradun

Who has become the first Indian to win a race at FIA Motorsport Games?

Rivaan Dev Preetham

Who has been appointed as the President-elect of the International Brain Research Organization?

Shubha Tole

Bank of Baroda has recently launched a new deposit scheme ______ with a period of 400 days.

BoB Utsav

____________ has launched its new plan ‘Promise4Future’. It is a non-linked, participative plan to offer policyholders a unique combination of life protection and savings.

Canara HSBC Life Insurance

The Reserve Bank of India has recently changed rules regarding access to NDM-OS (Negotiated Dealing System Order Matching). What is traded on the NDS-OM platform?

Government Securities

Who has taken oath as the 8th President of Indonesia?

Prabowo Subianto

The Indian Army has recently hosted the _________ edition of the Chanakya Defence Dialogue.

2 nd

Which country won the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024?

New Zealand

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), one of India’s five Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), celebrates its Raising Day on _________ every year.

24 th October

Which Indian ministry hosted the event, ‘SAMAGAM’ 2024, in New Delhi?

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

After the demise of Mr. Ratan Tata, Noel Naval Tata has been appointed as Chairman of ___________.

Tata Trusts

The International Shooting Staff Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final 2024 was concluded in New Delhi. What was the Indian team medal count of gold, silver, and bronze respectively?

0, 2 & 2

Justice Sanjiv Khanna has become the ________ Chief Justice of India.

51 st

Which Indian cricketer along with AB de Villiers and Alaister Cook has been inducted into the ICC (International Cricket Council) Hall of Fame?

Neetu David

Who released his/her biography titled ‘Witness’?

Sakshi Malik

Which country has become 2nd to be declared “malaria-free” by WHO in 2024?

Egypt

Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar has been appointed as chairperson of the National Commission for Women. She succeeded _______.

Rekha Sharma

Where was the “Tata AirBus C295” manufacturing facility inaugurated?

Vadodara

Which Indian cricketer has been chosen as a brand ambassador by BOBCARD Limited?

Shreyanka Patil

___________ has become the first firm at GIFT IFSC to receive a BATF (Bookkeeping, Accounting, Taxation, and Financial Crime Compliance) license.

InCorp Global

India’s first Demonstration Facility for Biopolymers in Pune has been built by which organization?

Praj Industries

Which state won the Best State award at the 5th National Water Awards?

Odisha

Which organization received the SHRM HR Excellence Awards for ‘Excellence in Inclusion, Equity & Diversity’ and ‘Excellence in Managing the Distributed Workforce’ categories?

SAIL

Namo Bharat Trains is India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS). The first ________ section between Sahibabad and Duhai Depot was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on 20 October 2023.

17 km

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has released

18.53 lakh

Which city hosted the 13th Edition of “India Chem 2024”?

Mumbai

Visa introduced the Visa Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP), a new product that helps banks issue fiatbacked tokens. When will it go live?

2025

The Asian Development Bank has approved a USD ______ million loan to enhance coastal and riverbank protection in Maharashtra, aiming to boost local resilience and natural ecosystems.

The Reserve Bank released the data related to the 2023-24 round of its annual survey on computer software and information technology-enabled services (ITES) exports. According to the survey, what’s the value of India’s software services exports approx.?

USD 190.7 billion

________ has launched the 'Mahila Shaksham' scheme designed to finance individual Women Self-Help Group members under the Centre's Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission initiative.

Indian Overseas Bank

The Cabinet has recently approved the construction of a state-of-the-art rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganga River, traversing Varanasi and Chandauli districts in Uttar Pradesh. What is the total cost of the new bridge?

Rs.2,642 crore

Which organization hosted the International Festival on Indian Dance in October 2024?

Sangeet Natak Akademi

All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) has recently organized its first-ever international conference “AROHA 2024” in New Delhi. The full form of AROHA is ______.

Advancements of Research & Global Opportunities for Holistic Ayurveda

_____ has become the first coal company to open four AMRIT Pharmacies.

South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the ______ edition of India Mobile Congress at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.

8th

Which Indian institution participated in the 75th edition of the Frankfurt International Book Fair?

Sahitya Akademi

Which two Indian ships completed their long-range training deployment to Manama, Bahrain?

INS Tir & ICGS Veera

Which Indian Ministry has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LEAD at Krea University to co-create a new inventory of knowledge products?

Ministry of Rural Development

Samarth is a demand-driven and placement-oriented umbrella skilling program of the Ministry of Textiles. It has been extended for two years (FY 2024-25 and 2025-26) with a budget of ____________ to train 3 lakh persons in textile-related skills.

Rs. 495 Crore

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla led an Indian Parliamentary Delegation (IPD) to the _______ InterParliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.

149 th

The Ministry of Jal Shakti completed four key sewerage infrastructure projects in the second quarter of the financial year 2024-25 under the Namami Gange Mission 2.0. These projects are located in which state?

Uttar Pradesh & Bihar

Union Minister of State for Science and Technology (Independent Charge) Dr Jitendra Singh has unveiled __________, India's first airport-based self-powered indoor air quality monitoring facility at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.

Pavana Chitra

Aditya Birla Finance Limited (ADFL) & Muthoot Finance Limited (MFL) have partnered with ___________ to enhance financial services & provide personal and gold loans.

Google

Mumbai-based ____________ has become the fifth company to receive a license to operate white-label ATMs (WLAs) in India.

Electronic Payment and Services (EPS) Limited

The NITI Aayog has increased the asset monetization target for 2024-25 (FY25) by Rs 23,000 crore to _____________.

Rs 1.9 trillion