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fill the tank!

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ACROSS program

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atmospheric prog of M/o Earth Sciences

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Vetiver

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'wonder grass of TN 
 in the pharma and cosmetic industries -aromatic roots
anti-soil erosion properties & 
absorb CO2
water purifier
can be used on long coastline
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UNNATI

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Unispace Nanosatellite Assembly n Training Prog
of ISRO
capacity building prog on nanosat devt
commemorate 50th anniversary of 1st UN conference on exploration & peaceful uses of outer space[UNISPACE-50]

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Global Platform for sustainable cities

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forum for knowledge shring n p/ship fr URBAN SUSTAINABLITY
By World Bank
Funded by GEF
5 Indian cities - Mysore, Vijaywada, Guntur, Jaipur & Bhopal

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Securities Appellate Tribunal
Act?
Mandate?

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SEBI act 1992

appeals against the orders passed by SEBI,PFRDA,IRDAI

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Great Artesian Basin

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ne of the largest and deepest underground water reservoirs

AUSTRALIA

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APIX

API Exchange

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banking technology platform which is designed to reach two billion people all across the world who are still living without bank accounts.
ASEAN,India
designed by software experts based out of Hyderabad, Colombo and London.

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Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan PM AASHA

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ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers
Umbrella scheme:
Price Support Scheme (PSS),
Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS)
Pilot of Private Procurement & Stockist Scheme (PPPS).

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World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Alliance to end plastic waste

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CEO-led organization of over 200 international companies

backed by Alliance to end plastic waste

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NSAP

min?

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Min o/ RDevt
BPL, CentrallySS
Indira Gandhi widow
IG oldage
IG disability
National family benefit
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SpiNNaker

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Spiking Neural Network Architecture = supercomputer used for the neuromorphic computing platform for the Human Brain Project ( to advance knowledge in the fields of neuroscience, computing, and brain-related medicine. )
brain like supercomputer

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in-flight and maritime connectivity(IFMC) license from the Department of Telecommunications

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passengers can make phone calls or use the Internet when a flight is at a minimum height of 3,000m in Indian airspace to avoid interference with terrestrial mobile networks.

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Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery

By?

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WB

in 2006 only

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“Green – Ag: Transforming Indian Agriculture for global environment benefits and the conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes”
By?
Where?
Obj?

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GoI launched, GEF + FAO assisted

MP: Chambal landscape
Mizo: Dampa
Odisha: Similipal
RJ: Desert NP
Uttarakhand: Corbett

to mainstream biodiversity, climate change and sustainable land management objectives and practices into Indian agriculture

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xperimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST)

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China’s “artificial sun” (EAST) has for the first time achieved a plasma central electron temperature of 100 million degrees celsius That’s six times hotter than the sun, but it doesn’t have any net power generation.all tokamak reactors thus far have consumed more power than they created.

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Sivaga Chintamani

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Jain religious epic poem. By Tirutakkavetar
1 of 5 Tamil Epics
model for Kamban’s Ramayan
It narrates the romantic exploits of Jeevaka and throws light on arts of music and dance of the era.
Jain beliefs.
a treatise of the fourfold object of life and aim of literary work of virtue, wealth, pleasure and bliss

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Indian Coast Guard
Statutory?
Jurisdiction?
Under?

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Yes, 1978 Act
Territorial, Contiguous & EEZ =enforces maritime law
M/o Defence

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Cabinet Committee on Security members?

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PM -Chair
Home
Def
FIn
MEA
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Assam Rifles
when created?
U/
where?

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under the British in 1835 by the name of Cachar Levy
Diff acts ; became Assam Rifle in 1917; 2005 Act
admin ctrl - MHA
operational ctrl - Defence
Indo Myanmar border

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SC 2017 judgement: barred appeals to votes on basis of ___

what will happen if do?

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Religion
Race 
Caste
Language
Community

will amt to corrupt practice & disqualificn

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Nirbhay

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subsonic cruise missile
long range >1000km
indigenous

cruise missile is a guided missile that flies with constant speed to deliver a warhead at specified target over long distance with high accuracy.

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generics are lower in cost because

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drug manufacturer does not have to duplicate the original clinical trials for effectiveness and safety,

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Pyrogen testing
context?
related body?

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Testing on animals for abnormal toxicity - biological contamination before marketing of drug

IPC has approved modern, animal-free tests for drug manufacturers

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission - autonomous institution of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to set standards of drugs

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Mandana Paintings

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RJ
walls & floors
to protect home, welcome gods & on festivals
white & red

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Benchmarking of loan

external benchmarks? which ones?

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A. repo rate
B. 91 /182 T-bill yield or any other benchmark mkt interest rate by Financial Benchmarks India Private Ltd (FBIL)

same for a loan category

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WCCB awarded by

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UN Enviro
“Asia Environment Enforcement Awards” 2018 - transboundary
crime for innovation

Operation Save Kurma, Operation Thunder Bird, Operation Wildnet

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GTI

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multilateral
led by 13 TR states
in 2008
inc snow leopard

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Global Tiger Recovery Program.

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implementation mechanism of GTI

GOAL: to double the number of wild tigers across their geographical area from about 3,200 to more than 7,000 by 2022.

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13th COP of CMS

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Gujarat in 2020

Great Indian Bustard as mascot

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Pangolins

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hard scales all over 
 world’s only truly scaly mammal.
8 species [All EN or CR]
Indian Pangolin [EN] = thruout India
\+ CHinese Pangolin [CR] = in NE
31
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‘National Commission for Safai Karamcharis

Stat?

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Non Stat

chaired by the person in the rank and status of the Union Minister for States

32
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Hojagiri tribe?

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Bru (name in Mizo) = Reang of Tripura

Went from Mizo to Tripura
majority of the Reang belong to the Vaishnav school of Hinduism and claim Kshatriya status.
○ Speak Reang dialect of Kokborok language Tibeto-Burmese origin

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Puga Valley

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Ladakh

Most Geothermal potential

34
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Angel tax intro

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before Modi

2012

35
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NWAP year? 1st/2nd/3rd

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2017-2031

3rd

36
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ISA 
multilateral?
aim
group of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ countries 
countries signed up
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No, treaty based intergovernmental
USD 1 trillionto achieve one terawatt (TW) of solar power capacity by 2030.

all UN members
83 countries have signed framework agreement
In p/ship w/ WB, have launched Global Solar Atlas
IN: UAE, UK, Japan, Australia, Bangla, Saudi,France
OUT: China, US, Brazil, SEA [ except Combodia]

37
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MSP

By?

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Central Govt; States may declare bonus

38
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Rayleigh Vs Raman Scattering

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Inelastic (Raman) = Ocean colour
Vs elastic (Rayleigh) = Sky colour
39
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Donbass

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protests by pro-Russian and anti-government groups took place in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, commonly collectively called the “Donbass”

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Instrument more imp in Hindus / Carnatic

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Fewer instruments are used in Carnatic than in northern Indian music, and there are no exclusively instrumental forms = exist in H

41
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the terms Carnatic and Hindustani are found for the first time in

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Sangeet Sudharak , 14th CE

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States w/ max border w/ Bangla

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WB

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Country Partnership Framework

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World Bank’s
to support India’s transition to a higher middle-income country by addressing some of its key development priorities - resource efficient and inclusive growth, job creation and building its human capital.
Used in conjunction with a Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD), the CPF guides the World Bank Group’s (WBG) support to a member country.

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NAS Vs ASER
- level?
- By?
- How?
- Who covered?
Since when?
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  • NAS: State & National Level
    A: District level
  • NCERT by MHRD
  • Oral assess & HH survey Vs Pen-paper test
    Foundational skill Vs beyond reading & writing
  • all rural districts Vs Class3,5,8 = govt + govt aided schools
  • ASER: 2005 NAS:2001
45
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Ibn battuta book

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Rihala

46
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Ibn Batuta

Krishnadevaraya?

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Vijaynagar but before KRaya
amazed by the efficiency of the postal system which allowed merchants to
send information and remit credit across long distances
but also to dispatch goods required at short notice
= ULUQ & DAWA system

47
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Paris Call

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cybersecurity initiative designed to establish international norms for the internet
including good digital hygiene and the coordinated disclosure of technical vulnerabilities,

India, US , CHina, Russia = none signed

48
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PAT Scheme
By
Legal
mandatory
Phases?
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BEE , M/o Power
U/ NMEEE u/ NAPCC. Yes, legal mandate u/ Energy conservn act
PAT scheme establishes MANDATORY plant-specific targets “designated consumers” rather than a sectoral target.
specific energy consumption (SEC) i.e. energy used per unit of production.
Trade ECerts @ power exchanges in PAT-1

Now rolling targets each yr for next 3 yrs to expand

Init 8 Sectors; expand
Railways
Thermal PP
DISCOMs
Commercial buildings (hotels)
49
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Sergeant Plan

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1944 Edu
first systematic and national level attempt to review the problems of education as a whole.
CABE published a comprehensive report on the “Post-War Educational Development in India” in the country.

50
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Shahpur Kandi dam

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River Ravi dam

51
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UNCLOS year

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1982

52
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ISA jurisdiction

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international seabed area - the part which is under ISA jurisdiction - is the seabed and ocean floor and the subsoil beyond the limits of national jurisdiction. represents 54% of the total area of the world’s oceans.

53
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Sanchi Stupa by

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Ashoka

54
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NPT
year?
binding?

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1968
only binding commitment in a multilateral treaty to the goal of disarmament by NWS
establishes a safeguards system under IAEA to verify compliance

55
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Land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF)

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net carbon sink

includes all living + dead biomass, organic soil

56
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Akbar’s tomb

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Sikanderpur
Jahangir
swastik, lotus motifs on his tomb

57
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Dudhsagar
Jog
Dhuandhar
Shivsamudram

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Mandovi
Sharavathi
Narmada
kaveri

58
Q

1st national emergency

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1962

59
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Abolition of privy purse

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1971

60
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Biofuel Policy 2018
blending?
export?
biofuel from?

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Target 20% ethanol in petrol, 5% biodiesel By 2030
current 2% ethanol <1% biod
exports prohibited

expands the scope of raw material
Ethanol: allow Sugarcane Juice,
Sugar containing materials like Sugar Beet, Sweet Sorghum,
Starch containing materials like Corn, Cassava,
allow conversion of surplus quantities of food grains to ethanol + damaged grains
Diesel =non-edible oilseeds, Used Cooking Oil, short gestation crops.
Basic = 1G
Advanced =2G [VGF]

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Women’s Indian Association

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in 1917 by Annie Besant, Margaret Cousins and Dorothy Jinarajadasa, all three Irish women Theosophists, who had been suffragettes in their own country. Joined by others
WIA was in a sense the first all India women’s association with the clear objective of securing voting rights for women.

62
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AIWC

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Margaret Cousins for Edu in 1927
AIWC’s initial concern was with education but it realized that girls did not go to school because of purdah, child marriage, and other social customs. It therefore took up these issues
Sarda act 1929 - age of marriage

63
Q

Rangit and Rangpo rivers

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Sikkim; these rivers form its borders w/ WB

64
Q

NGT u/ Article 19?

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No A21

65
Q

Intl Energy Agency

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Paris based
Autonomous , intergovernmental created u/ OECD framework
Created after 1973 oil crisis
Mandate 3E energy eco devt , enviro protn
India associate member

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