April (only imp) Flashcards
King of Norway
Harald V of Norway
When was NASA fromed
1958
When was ESA formed and how amny members does it have
22 members
1975
El Nino & La Nina- are opposite phases of
El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle.
World Meteorological Day
23 March
World Meteorological Organization
how many members
Established by which ratification
HQ
192 members
WMO Convention on 23rd March 1950
Geneva Switzerland
WMO originated from the
International Meteorological Organization - est after the 1873 Vienna Intl Meteorological Congress
Which President id the Sudan military overthrow in April 2019
President Omar al-Bashir
Sudan military overthrew the transitional government led by _____________ in October 2021
Abdalla Hamdok
After that - Abdeh Fattah Al- Burhan took over
Sudan crisis escalated because of a power struggle between
Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) generals
Operation Kaveri
Sudan
Deploy- INS Sumeda and two IAF C-130j (STANDbY IN JEDDAH)
Op Ganga
Ukraine
2022
Op Devvi Shakti
Afghan
2021
Vande Bharat (OP)
2020
Covif 19
Op Samudra Setu
2020
Navel Op - Covid 19
Ships- Jalashwa, Airavat, Shardul and Magar
Op Raahat
2015
Yemen- conflict b/w Yemeni gov and Houthi rebels
Op Maitri
2015
Nepal Earthquale
Op Safe Homecoming
2011
Libya
Op Sukoon
2006
Lebanon- Beirut Sealift
Largest naval rescue mission since Dunkrik evacuation
Kuwait Airlift
1990
Kuwait
Iraqi soliders attacked Kuwait
1,70,000 - Indians
Ofek-13 Spy Satellite spy satellite of wich country
Israel
Ofek series is in operation since which year
1988
Launch vehicle and satellite bus of
Ofek-13 Spy Satellite
Launch Vehicle: Shavit 2
Being placed on: Low Earth Orbit
Satellite Bus: TecSAR
Ofek-13 launched from
Palmachim Airbase in Central Israel
The Zimbabwean economy operates on a dual currency structure, with the ____ & ________ in use
Zimbabwean dollar and the U.S. dollar
Zimbabwe Capital
Harare
Official Languages of Zimbabwe
English, Shona, and Ndebele
President of Zimbabwe
Emmerson Mnangagwa
CTBT was adopted by the UNGA in which year
1996
Intl Day of Forest
March 21
Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)
launched in which year?
2019 at the UN Climate Action Summit in NY
Largest forest and cover and least forest cover - state
Madhya Pradesh had the largest forest cover
followed by: Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Maharashtra
Least forest Cover: Haryana
Theme for 2023 Intl Day Of Forest
Forests and Health
top five States in terms of forest cover as a percentage of their total geographical area:
Mizoram (84.53%), Arunachal Pradesh (79.33%), Meghalaya (76%), Manipur (74.34%) and Nagaland (73.90%).
As per the India State of Forest Report 2021
forest and tree cover in the country increased by
2,261 square kilometres since the last assessment in 2019.
PSLV C55 is manufactured by
NSIL
PSLV C55 is the __ flight of PSLV
57th
TeLEOS-2 was launched using
PSLV C55 (Aoril 2023)
Satellites being carried by TeLEOS 2
Lumelite 4
12U satellite
POEM 2 orbital platform
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload
Launched into- Eastward Low inclination orbit
Which is the 1st tri-service command - formed in 2001.
Andaman and Nicobar Command
TeLEOS 1 was launched in which year
Launched by ISRO in 2015
into Low Earth Orbit
The Supreme Court has struck down a constitutional amendment entirely just once - when
99th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2014.
Kesavananda Bharati challenged the __ Constitutional Amendment Act, 1972, which placed the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 and its amending Act into the 9th Schedule of the Constitution.
29th
The first amendment added which schedule and Article to the Constitution
It was in 1951
9th Schedule and Article 31-B
Shekatkar Committee was made in which yeaR? (military committee associated with military reforms)
2015
After launch of National Quantum Mission India will be the __th country with a dedicated quantum mission
7th
When did Modi inaugrate first global buddhist summit in New Delhi
April 20 and 21
When was Popular Front of India formed
2007
By merger of:
KA Dignity Forum (KA)
National Democratic Front (NDF) (KL)
Manitha Neethi Pasarai (TN)
Census 2011: the absolute number of non-literates of the country in 15 years and above age group is
25.76 crore (Male 9.08 crore, Female 16.68 crore).
Theravada Budhhist Council in 1871 and 1954 are known as _th and _th Buddhist Councils respectively
5th and 6th
Chairman of PFI
OMA Abdul Salam
Chairman of InSPACE
Rawan Kumar Goenka
When was INSPACe and NSIL est
2020
2019
Chairman of NSIL
D Radhakrishna
When was Department of Space est
1972
Comes under direct control of PM(Atomic energy, space and personnel)
ISRO is the _6th largest space agency in the world following- 1-5: NASA, CNSA, ESA, ROSCOSMOS, SpaceX
6th
Indian contribution to global space economy:
2%
ISRO was previously est as INSCOPAR in which year
1962
First satellite to be placed in orbit by Indian-made LV:
Rohini
By Satellite Launch Vehicle 3
In 1980
Web 1 operated from
1989-2005
Web 2 operated from
1999-2012
NASA’s Voyager 2 made the first - and so far, the only - visit to Uranus in which year?
1986
How many rings and moons does Uranus have
Rings- 13, 11 are visible
27- known moons
James Webb was launched by, on and from where
Ariane 5 rocket
Dec 25, 2021
French Guiana, South America
India’s rank in World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index
38th
Top performers- Singapore and Finland
only two planets in our solar system that rotate clockwise
Uranus and Venus
World Press Freedom Day
3rd May
proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993
marks the 1991 Windhoek Declaration (adopted by UNESCO).
World Development Report 2023 is released by who
World Bank
Being published since 1978
World Press Freedom Index 2023 was released by who
Reporters Without Borders
SIPRI was established in which year
Solna Sweden- HQ
EST- 1966
World press freedom index 2023 theme
‘Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression as a Driver for All Other Human Rights’
India’s rank in World Press Freedom Index 2023
161st
Sri Lanka rank in World Press Freedom Index 2023
146
Pak- 150
Top performers in World Press Freedom Index
Norway, Ireland and Denmark