500 Practice Mock - Set 5 Flashcards by Shriyansh Jus Do it

Recently (July 2024), the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) completed the ____ Capacity Building Program on Public Policy and Governance for Civil Servants of Cambodia in New Delhi.

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The festival of Ashadhi Bij is observed annually in which region?

Kutch

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Recently (July 2024), Union Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Amin PJKP Vidhyarthi Bhavan at which
place?

Ahmedabad

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Name the Indian sports personality who will lead the 30-member Indian athletics team at the Paris 2024
Olympics.

Neeraj Chopra

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Who has collaborated with the Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) to launch the SEHER program?

TransUnion CIBIL

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Bajaj Auto has introduced the world’s first bike to run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). What is the
name of this bike?

Freedom 125

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The Government of India (GoI) has made the ISI mark mandatory for stainless steel and aluminum kitchen
utensils to ensure product safety and quality. Here. ‘ISI’ stands for:

Indian Standards Institution

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Which Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) to advance maritime safety through the development of a ship trajectory prediction tool?

IIT Bombay

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Union Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has recently (July 2024) launched the IndoFrench Liver and Metabolic Disease Network (InFLiMeN) to prevent and cure metabolic liver diseases at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in ________.

New Delhi

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Which state of India has recently (July 2024) signed two Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) worth
Rs 1,040 crore with DN Solutions and EMNI Company Limited in Seoul, South Korea?

Karnataka

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Which is the nodal ministry for the implementation of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction
(BBNJ) Agreement?

Ministry of Earth Sciences

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Where is the Khelo India Women’s Wushu League Northern Zone 2024 organized?

Patiala, Punjab

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What is the amount of financial assistance released by the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs as the Central Share to Arunachal Pradesh under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK)?

Rs. 35 Crores

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What approx. percentage increase in sales did Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) achieve
in the financial year 2023-24 compared to 2013-14?

400%

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Who has been appointed as the Principal Advisor at the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for
the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme on a pro bono basis?

Soumya Swaminathan

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Recently (July 2024), the ____ edition of the Joint Defence Cooperation Committee (JDCC) meeting
between India and UAE was held in Abu Dhabi.

12 th

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Who has recently (July 2024) co-hosted the National Level Seminar on Quality Reforms with the
Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA)?

Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers

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How many days does the Department of Posts plan to complete the organization of 5,000 Dak Chaupals?

100 days

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Which country’s highest national award is “The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle”?

Russia

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Who has been named as the new head coach of the India men’s cricket team?

Gautam Gambhir

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Name the Indian sports personality who has replaced Mary Kom as India’s chef-de-mission for the 2024
Paris Olympics.

Gagan Narang

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Which state has become the first state in India to adopt an action plan for road safety for the next 10 years?

Rajasthan

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Name the state government that has recently (July 2024) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with MakeMyTrip to promote tourism in the state

Uttar Pradesh

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The Government of Karnataka has launched the ‘Digital Nagarik and Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR-VR) Skills Programme’ to address cybersecurity awareness among people. The programme aims to train over _______ teachers and _________ students with digital safety knowledge and AR-VR skills by 2025.

1 lakh; 10 lakh

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Who has been named the next President of the European Council?

Antonio Costa

The National Database for Emergency Management (NDEM Ver. 5.0) aims to provide space-based inputs primarily for:

Disaster risk reduction

The Government of India (GoI) amended the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995 to provide withdrawal benefits to members having less than 6 months of service. According to the amendment, how will the withdrawal benefit be calculated for EPS members?

Based on the wages and the number of completed months of service

What is the minimum average monthly income required for a woman to qualify as a "Lakhpati Didi"?

Rs. 10,000

Which Indian state hosted a conference titled ‘India’s Progressive Path in the Administration of Criminal Justice System’?

Maharashtra

Who has collaborated with the Haryana Government to establish the Centre of Excellence in Panchkula?

National Forensic Science University (NFSU)

Which country's navies signed a contract with the Garden Reach Shipbuilding and Engineers (GRSE) to procure a ‘Made in India’ 800-ton-Ocean Going Tug?

Bangladesh

Which country topped the Global Liveability Index 2024

Vienna

Name the state government of India that has introduced the Witness Protection Scheme 2024.

Assam

Which team did India defeat in the final to win their second ICC Men's T20 World Cup?

South Africa

The Animal Discoveries–2023 report recorded that 641 new species were added to Indian fauna in 2023. As per the report, Kerala topped the list with ______ species.

101

Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?

Ravi Agrawal

Sanjana Thakur has won the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her story “______”.

Aishwarya Rai

Exercise 'Nomadic Elephant' is a joint military exercise between the armies of India and ______ (country).

Mongolia

Recently (July 2024), the Indian Embassy in Bahrain inaugurated new _____ State Tourism and One District One Product (ODOP) walls in its Consular Hall.

Odisha

Where does Air India plan to set up South Asia's largest Flying Training Organisation?

Amravati

How many matches did the Indian Deaf Cricket Team win to clinch the Bilateral International Deaf Cricket Series against England in June 2024?

What is the percentage increase in coal production from Q1 FY24 to Q1 FY25?

35%

Recently (July 2024), the 6 th meeting of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) was held in _______.

New Delhi

Which state of India has announced its plan to transform the state into a destination wedding hub?

Telangana

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed recently in July 2024 between the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and the Spices Board of India aims to develop AI tools for detecting and classifying diseases in which crop in Sikkim?

Cardamom

____ has become the second state in India after Madhya Pradesh to offer medical studies in Hindi.

Bihar

Name the personality who has been appointed as Director General of the Press Information Bureau (PIB)

Dhirendra Ojha

What is the total budgetary outlay of the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM)?

Rs. 19,744 crores

Who chaired the workshop on the ‘Revitalizing Indian Ship Building Industry’ held in New Delhi?

TK Ramachandran

In June 2024, Union Minister Amit Shah e-inaugurated 30 smart schools constructed at a cost of Rs. _______ in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

36 crore

Recently (June 2024), the ________________, in collaboration with the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR), launched two national-level webinars to discuss the provisions of recently enacted criminal laws: "Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita", "Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita", and "Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam".

Ministry of Women and Child Development

In June 2024, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) enhanced the share of allocation for the Fertilizer Sector under the SIGHT Programme of the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) from 5.5 lakh tonnes per annum to ____ per annum of Green Ammonia.

7.5 lakh tonnes

The Ministry of Coal, Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), initiated India's first-ever pilot project for underground coal gasification (UCG) at the Kasta coal block in Jamtara District of ________ (state).

Jharkhand

Recently (June 2024), the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE), Indian Army signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SAMEER to advance collaboration in ‘Next Generation Wireless Technologies for Indian Army’. SAMEER is an autonomous R&D laboratory under _________.

Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology

Who has released a book titled 'Gateways to the Sea: Historic Ports and Docks of Mumbai Region' in June 2024?

Ramesh Bais

Who is the Chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB)?

Tapan Kumar Deka

Bharat Lal is the Secretary General of ________.

National Human Rights Commission

Who has succeeded Piyush Goyal as the Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha?

JP Nadda

Which country hosted the Under-17 Asian Wrestling Championships in June 2024?

Jordan

Which state of India has approved the establishment of one Prime Minister College of Excellence in all the districts of the state?

Madhya Pradesh

Who has won the F1 Spanish Grand Prix title 2024?

Max Verstappen

According to the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 2019, what percentage of school students aged 13 to 15 use tobacco?

8.5%

Which country became the first to bring back samples from the far side of the moon?

China

Which entity has signed two Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with Shri Krishna Ayush University, Kurukshetra & Dabur during the National Consultative Meet on "Research Priority Settings in Traditional Medicine" held in New Delhi?

Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences

In June 2024, the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), the flagship initiative of the Ministry of Defence, inked its 350th contract with SpacePixxel Technologies Pvt Ltd. What is the objective of this contract?

Develop a miniaturized satellite for defense applications

Which Indian city has been officially recognized as a “World Craft City” by the World Crafts Council (WCC)?

Srinagar

Who has been appointed as the Director in the Department of Consumer Affairs under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution?

Mrinal Kumar Das

Who has been selected to represent India in the dressage event at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Anush Agarwalla

_____ Art Centre hosted the “Hunar”, an Indian folk and tribal art exhibition, in June 2024.

Dubai

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh granted _______ status to the Central Electronics Limited (CEL) during its Golden Jubilee celebration at the Ghaziabad campus in June 2024.

Miniratna Category-I

Which state’s cabinet has recently (June 2024) decided that state ministers will pay their income tax on salaries and allowances instead of the state government covering it?

Madhya Pradesh

The 'Bharat Centre of Olympic Research and Education' (BCORE) has been inaugurated at which place?

Gandhinagar

What is the aim of the MSME TEAM Initiative launched on World MSME Day by Jitan Ram Manjhi, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)?

To facilitate five lakh micro and small enterprises for Open Network for Digital Commerce

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) is ____________ after receiving Navratna status in June 2024?

It is the 21 st Navratna CPSE in India.

Name the Union Ministry of India that has recently (June 2024) introduced the ‘Safai Apnao, Bimaari Bhagao (SABB)’ initiative.

Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs

Which nation will be the first to introduce a tax on livestock carbon dioxide emissions from 2030?

Denmark

The United Kingdom (UK) has overtaken _____ to become India’s fourth-largest export market in May 2024

China

Who has been named the new Chairman of Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company?

Akhil Gupta

Who has gained the top position in the ‘Celebrity Brand Valuation Report 2023’?

Virat Kohli

In June 2024, Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw competition at the World Athletics Continental Gold Tour with a throw of ______.

85.97 meters

Identify the state of India from the given options that will establish the world’s first conservation and breeding centre for Asian king vultures or red-headed vultures.

Uttar Pradesh

Who has become the first Indian to be conferred the prestigious ‘Nelson Mandela Lifetime Achievement Award’ of South Africa for his contribution to films?

Vinod Ganatra

What is the total outlay approved by the Union Cabinet for the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) scheme for offshore wind energy projects?

Rs.7453 crore

Name the Indian chess player who has won the Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2024 crown in Armenia.

Arjun Erigaisi

National Reading Day is observed annually across India on 19 June to commemorate the death anniversary of which Indian personality?

P N Panicker

Noted politician Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare, who passed away in June 2024, served as the Governor of which state?

Odisha

According to the 2024 Mercer's Cost of Living survey, which Indian city is the most expensive city for expats?

Mumbai

Name the payments bank that has recently (June 2024) collaborated with Ria Money Transfer to offer unique remittance services across rural India.

India Post Payments Bank

Which organization has won the “Risk Manager of the Year Award 2024”?

RBI

Recently (June 2024), Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new campus of Nalanda University at Rajgir, Bihar. The ruins of Nalanda were declared a UN Heritage Site in which year?

2016

What is the rank of India in the Sustainable Development Report 2024?

109 th

The Union Government has recently (June 2024) approved the proposal of which state government to rename the Joshimath tehsil as Jyotirmath, and Kosiyakutoli tehsil as Pargana Shri Kainchi Dham?

Uttarakhand

Which Union Ministry of India has introduced an e-flow (Environmental Flow) ecological monitoring system?

Ministry of Jal Shakti

Name the state of India that has recently (June 2024) won the “1st Rank” award for highest wind power installed capacity.

Gujarat

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has estimated India’s gross domestic product (GDP) to grow at _____ in the financial year 2024-25.

8.0%

Name the state of India that has recently (June 2024) launched a Mukhya Mantri Nijut Moina (MMNM) scheme to promote girl education and to end child marriage in the state.

Assam

Which Institute has been designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a WHO Collaborating Centre (CC) for "Fundamental and Literary Research in Traditional Medicine" (CC IND-177)?

National Institute of Indian Medical Heritage

Who has been given the V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024?

Subbiah Nallamuthu

Which festival in Odisha is similar to the Ambubachi Mela of Assam?

Raja Parba

What is the theme of World Refuge Day 2024?

Solidarity with Refugees

Peter Pellegrini became the new President of _____ in June 2024.

Slovakia

India-IORA Cruise Tourism Conference organized in which city in June 2024?

New Delhi

Who won the FIDE World Junior Girls’ Chess Championship in 2024?

Divya Deshmukh

Which entity has recently (June 2024) announced to support the training of two lakh students in India in cloud computing, data science, artificial intelligence (AI), and other emerging technologies?

Oracle

Which city hosted the International Tourism Fair to promote global tourism, sustainable development, and cultural exchange?

Kathmandu

Indian musician Rajeev Taranath has passed away in June 2024. He was instrumental in playing which musical instrument?

Sarod

The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) observed its _____ Foundation Day in 2024.

fourth foundation

What is the growth rate of India's Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in April 2024?

5.0%

In June 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the annual G7 summit held in Italy. This summit marked the _____ anniversary of the G7 group.

50 th

Which lender has recently (June 2024) introduced the ‘SME Digital Business Loans’?

State Bank of India