ASPIRATION 2 Flashcards
which prime minister is called proud son of telengana and has year long birth centeniary celebrations?
PV narasimha rao
after rajiv gandhi
assassination the congress chose —- as the leader who then became pmm
PV narasimha raowa
who was the pm who served 3 terms and his first term was 13 days long?
Atal bihari vajpayee (bjp)
who did pv narasimha rao indict as finance minister ?
MANMOHAN SIGNH - who is the 13th pm of india
book about manmohan singh and how he dealt with the crisis in 1991 ?
too the brink and back: india 1991’s history - by jairam ramesh
Urban cooperative banks are registered unfer which provision
Primary Cooperative Banks, popularly known as Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) are registered as cooperative societies under the provisions of, either the State Cooperative Societies Act of the State concerned or the Multi State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002.
When and where was WHO founded
1948,geneva
Malabar rebillion of 1921 lead by ?
aka moplah rebilion
Variyamkunnath Kunhamed Haji- the muslim tenants against the brits+hindu janmis (landlords)
– the movie on it is by aashiq abu
which country wil begin as UNSC president and when will india be pres
Tunisia
and india in august 2021
who is the first female president of the UN general assembly
Vijaya Lakshmi pandit - the literal SISTER OF jawaharlal nehru
when did rabindranath tagore win nobel prize literature
1913
who is the only president of USA to win 4 elections
Franklin D roosevelt
how many total electors ae required for president t0 win and what is the total?
needity win 270 votes- total is 538
biden won 306
which amendment of the usa states that a president can only win 2 times
the 22nd amendment
the twenty second amendment
thoothkuddi jayaraj and benicks who died in custodial are from which state?
tamil nadu
according to which section of the peoples representation act can lawmakkers be barred from contesting elections ONLY after their conviction in a criminal case?
section 8 of the RPA 1951- 2 years or more conviction - those under trial are still elligible
What was the space craft that hazza al mansouri boarded to go to intl space station
Soyuz MS 15
nobel prize winning economist won the german book trade peace prize in 2020
Amartya sen fr his ccontribution to welfare economics
the argumentative indian written by
amartya sen
theme of 150th birth aniversary of gandhi
karyanjali - gandhi in action
when did gandhi return from South Africa to india
9 jan 1915
when was preamble modified to include secularism
1976
the chinese 9 dash line stretches past which southern province of chin
Hainan
present General Secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim
Thuingaleng Muivah
when is naga independance day
14 august 1947
when was time’s person of the year established
1927
women leaders of india included in time magazine 100 most powerful women in march 2020
indira gandhi for 1976
and amrit kaur -1947
when was article 356- prresidets rule first used
punjab
how long does presidents rule proclamation stand for?
6 months, can be upto 3 years in phases
new height of mount everest
8,848.86
first climbers of mount everest
sir edmund hillary and tenzing norgay
who was mount everest named after?
the british sir george everest= he was the surveyor general of india
the finance comission is constituted every 5 years through which article
280
which crop has been removed from MSP
Sugaarcane
the government has increased the MSP for all mandated kharif and rai crops w return of 50% at who’s opinion?
Dr ms swaminathan
what is a kharif crop in north and then a rabi crop in south india/
sesamum
what is both kharif nd rabi
castor
Un high comissioner
Michelle bachelet
new UNHRC resolution on sri lanka and the ld one what sri lanka pulled out of
the new draft resolution = zero draft
- > Resolution 46/L1- to hold sri lnka accountable and strenghten the human rights comissioners office
- –> previous draft was 30/1 resolution
UNHRC elections
The UNHRC has 47 members serving at any time with elections held to fill up seats every year, based
on allocations to regions across the world to ensure geographical representation.
>Each elected member serves for a term of three years.
>Countries are disallowed from occupying a seat for more than two consecutive terms.
what iis NBFID and its start off capital
National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NBFID) as the principal development financial institution (DFIs) for infrastructure financing.
-2000 crore
- DFI cannot take deposits from ppl
- IT WILL BE GOVERNED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NBFID
- Chairperson will be appointed by the central
government in consultation with RBI.
hq- mumbai
what is NISAR
Nasa +isro
NISAR will be equipped with the largest reflector antenna ever launched by NASA.
Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) will provide the spacecraft bus, the second type of radar
(called the S-band radar)
Under what section is a disturbed area
invoked
. A disturbed area is declared by notification under Section 3 of AFSPA. It is invoked in places where
the use of armed forces is necessary to aid the civil power.
Wh can declare it as a disturbed area
governor of state and centrsal govt
what is NSCN IM
national soocialist council of nagaland is an insurgent sepratist grp
under jal shakti what percent of city water demand shuld be recylced
Recycling used water to meet at least 20% of total city water demand and 40% for industrial water
demand at State level.
indias rank in wate quality
India is ranked 120th among 122 countries in WaterAid’’s water quality index.
how many amrut cities to get connections
To provide 2.64 crore sewer connections/septage in 500 AMRUT cities.
how many years since the liberation of goa from portugese
60 years
December 18, 1961
who the dude who tries to invade goa but failed and then came back and succeeded
Afonso de alburqueqe
what was the annexation of goa?
in december 1961 the indian armed forces annexed goa- referred to as the liberation of goa-
the operation was codenamed operation vijay involving sea air and land strikes for 36 hours and liberated goa from 451 years of portugese rules.
after the liberation of goa- it was placed under military administration of who?
kunhiraman palat candeth - leutenant governor
pakistan released a political map which includes what regions?
all of jammu and kashmir, ladakh, sir creek and Junagadh
what part of india does nepal claim
kalapani and the trijunction are between china india and nepal- lepu lekh pass
-lepu lekh is associated with kailash mansoraver
what was operation polo
india annexing the priincly state of hyderabad
which was thecountry doing the absolute least for the climate paris accords?
USA
when was paris agreement created, enforced and when did usa’s pull out from the agreemment take effect?
- created on 12 dec 2015
- enforced on nov 4 2016
- withdrawal took place on 4 novemeber = one day after the USA 2020 elections
india’s voluntary commitments for paris agreement?
- increasing the share of non fossil fuels based electricity to 40% by 2030
- improving emmisions intensity of its GDP by 33-35% by 2030 over 2005 levels
- enhancing forest cover, to absorb 2.5-3billion ton of co2 by 2030
when was air india established as a mail carrier?
1932
what is the target for disinveestment
2.10 lakh crore
who established air india? under what name
JRD tata- under the name tata airlines
who won bids for 6 airports even tho niti ayog and ministry of finance objected
adani grp
under what article does the constitituon state that its duty of every citizen of india to protect wildlife?
Article 51(g) - remember as article 51 (green)
kambala - baffalo human race through paddy fields is from which state?
karnataka
maitri setu is built over what river and whats the bridge length
feni river- 1.9 connects india s Sabroom in South Tripura and Ramgarh in Bangladesh
e nearest city to an international sea port in India
agartala
cost and who made the maitri setu bridge?
National Highway and Infrastructure Development Corporation and 133 crore
wat is delimitation and how controls
delimitation -not increasing seats in parliament till 2026
- controlled by 84th consti amendment act 2002.
SC judges accused of Sexual harassment by interns?
Swantanter kumar
AK ganguly
which indian judges have faced removal through parliament proceedings
Dinakaran, v ramaswami soumitra sen
how many banks were nationalised in 1969
14
reccomendation of the IWG to allow non banking financial companies to turn into banks on wha conditiion
assets worth 50,000 crore and 10 years oo operation
head of the internal working group of rbi ?
pk mohanty
RBI was set up on which comission
Hilton young comission
who turned down the padma vibhushan in solidarity with farmers
prakash singh badal
when was padma vibhshan established
2 jan 1954
the lebanese protests 19-20 also known as?
october revolution
Very severe cyclone nivar hit which coast
Tamil nadu and andhra pradesh
who named cyclone nivar
iran
who named burevi
maldives
who named amphan
thailand
