August 2021 Flashcards
What districts are the bone of contention between Assam and Mizoram?
Lushai Hills and Cachar District
What is the border length between Assam and Mizoram?
165 km
The two notifications that are the cause of the Assam-Mizoram dispute are the ____ and ____.
Notification in 1875 (based on Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation (BEFR) Act, 1873)
Notification in 1933
Name the CMs of Assam and Mizoram.
Assam: Hemanta Biswa Sharma
Mizoram: Zoramthanga
When was Mizoram made a state?
1987
When was the Mizoram Peace Accord signed?
1986
Who signed the Mizoram Peace Accord?
Government of India and Mizo National Front (Laldenga)
Which Article of the Constitution deals with inter-state disputes?
Article 263
When is Partition Horrors Remembrance Day?
14th August
Name the woman judge recommended for the SC who may become the CJI in 2027.
B.V. Nagarathna
So far, _____ women have been appointed to the Supreme Court of India.
Eight
First woman judge of a SUPREME COURT
Justice Fathima Beevi
First woman CHIEF JUSTICE of a HC
Justice Leila Seth
First woman judge of a HC
Justice Anna Chandy
First Chief Justice of India
Justice H.J. Kania
Longest Serving Chief Justice of India
Justice Y.V. Chandrachud (7 years)
Shortest Serving Chief Justice of India
Justice Kamal Narain Singh (17 days)
The first Muslim CJI
Justice Hidayatullah
Name the 4 Judges Cases
First: S.P. Gupta v. Union of India
Second: Supreme Court Advocates on Record (SCAORA) v. Union of India
Third: In Re Special Reference Number 1 of 1998
Fourth: Supreme Court Advocates on Record (SCAORA) v. Union of India
Who is the head of the Taliban?
Hibattullah Akhundzada
The word ‘Taliban’ means _____.
Students
Afghanistan-India Friendship Dam (AIFD), formerly _____ Dam.
Salma Dam
India’s border with Afganistan is _____ km long.
106 km
USA’s airbase in Afghanistan is the _____ Airbase.
Bagram Airbase
The _____ Line is the _____ km international land border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was named after _____. The cup named after this person is in the sport of _____.
Durand Line
2607 km
Mortimer Durand
Football
When did Taliban rule Afghanistan?
1996-2001
The War in Afghanistan was code-named by the U.S. as _____ and _____.
Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–14)
Operation Freedom’s Sentinel (2015–2021)
US-Taliban Deal was signed in the year _____ in the city ___. Its full name is _____.
2020
Doha, Qatar
Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan
The representatives of the US and Taliban respectively in the US-Taliban Deal were _____ and _____.
USA: Zalmay Khalilzad
Taliban: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar
The 9/11 Attacks were conducted by? Who was the terrorist who planned it?
Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden
Where was Osama bin Laden assassinated? What was the name of the operation?
Abbottabad, Operation Neptune Spear
Al Qaeda literally means:
The Base/The Foundation
NATO HQ
Brussels, Belgium
When was NATO founded?
1949
Who is the secretary general of NATO?
Jens Stoltenberg
An offshoot of the Taliban that engages in assymetric warfare with the USA:
Haqqani Network
When was the Soviet-Afghan War?
1979-89
Name the Convention on Afghanistan after Taliban was toppled in 2001.
International Conference on Afghanistan, Bonn (2001)
Who was the first president of Afghanistan?
Hamid Karzai
Who was the last president of Afghanistan?
Ashraf Ghani
Recently, the Union Government approved the ratification of the _____ environment treaty.
Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol
When was the Kigali Amendment signed? When did it come into force?
2016, 2019
Kigali Amendment is an Amendment to the:
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
The Kigali Amdt. protects against:
Hydroflourocarbons (HFCs)
Montreal Protocol signed in:
1987
The ozone hole was in which continent?
Antarctica
Kigali is a city in:
Rwanda
As per the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, the minimum thickness of plastic bags has been increased from _____ to _____.
50 microns to 75 microns
The founder of bitcoin is:
Satoshi Nakamoto
The smallest unit of a bitcoin is:
Satoshi
The bitcoin was invented in
2008
The maximum number of Bitcoin is fixed at
21 million
In _____, the RBI issued a circular banning banks from dealing in or holding cryptocurrenc.
In April 2018, the RBI issued a circular banning banks from dealing in or holding cryptocurrency
In 2020, the SC revoked the ban on cryptocurrency by the RBI, on the ground that it violated Article _____.
19(1)(g)
Biggest crypto exchange in India
WazirX
The only country so far that accepts bitcoin as legal tender is
El Salvador
The largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world is
Binance
Name the retro tax cases in India
Vodafone, Cairn Energy
In 2011, Cairn sold the majority of the shares of its Indian subsidiary to
Vedanta
CEO of Cairn
Simon Thomson
Permanent Court of Arbitration HQ in
Hague, Netherlands
Permanent Court of Arbitration founded in
1989
The National Monetisation Pipeline estimates aggregate monetisation potential of Rs. ___.
6 lakh crores
What is the period of the National Monetisation Pipeline?
Four Years (2022 to 2025)
What kind of assets does the NMP seek to monetise?
Brownfield Assets
What was the original sanctioned amount for the National Infrastructure Pipeline?
Rs. 102 lakh crore
The ___ Committee later said that the NIP would cost Rs. ___ instead.
Atanu Chakraborty Committee
111 lakh crore
What is the sharing ratio of the NIP?
39:39:22 – Centre, States, Private
Who is the Finance Minister of India?
Nirmala Sitharaman
Who was the first Finance Minister of India?
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty
Who was the first woman Finance Minister of India?
Indira Gandhi
When was the NITI Aayog founded?
2015
Who is the Chairman of the NITI Ayog?
Prime Minister (ex-officio)
Who is the Vice Chairman of the NITI Ayog?
Rajiv Kumar
Who is the CEO of the NITI Ayog?
Amitabh Kant
What is the expansion of NITI Ayog?
National Institution for Transforming India
What does the NITI Ayog replace?
Planning Commission
Name the planned Digital Currency of India.
e-RUPI
e-RUPI was developed by the ___ and uses its ___ platform.
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
The Supreme Court has allowed women to sit for the ____ entrance exam in the army this year.
National Defence Academy (NDA)
When did the Armed Forces begin to induct women into short-service commission?
1992
Where is the National Defence Academy located?
Pune
Name the case in which women were made eligible for Permanent Commission.
Babita Puniya v. Union of India
Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces?
President
India has the ____ largest army in the world.
2nd largest army
Name the Chiefs of the Defence Staffs of India.
Chief of Defence Staff: General Bipin Rawat
Chief of Army Staff: General Manoj Naravane.
Chief of Navy Staff: Admiral Karambir Singh.
Chief of Air Staff: ACM RKS Bhadauria.
Name the Honorary Ranks of the three wings of the armed forces, and name the people who have held them.
Army (Field Marshal):
M. Cariappa and Sam Manekshaw.
Navy (Admiral of the Fleet):
None.
Air Force (Marshal of the Air Force): Arjan Singh.
Who is the Father of the Indian Missile Programme?
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Who is the chairman of DRDO?
Satheesh Reddy
Where is Indian Military Academy located?
Dehradun
Short Service Commssion is for __ years. Can be extended by __ more years.
10 years, 4 years
Name the Zydus Cadila vaccine.
ZyCov-D
National Sports Day is celebrated on ___. It celebrates the birth of ___?
August 29th, Major Dhyan Chand
Who is the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs?
Anurag Singh Thakur
How many times did Dhyan Chand win medals in the Olympics? What years?
Three times (1928, 32, 36)
What has the Khel Ratna award name been changed from to what?
Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award from Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
Who is the Captain of the Indian Hockey Team?
Manpreet Singh
Name the National Infrastructure Master Plan.
Gati Shakti
Recently, ____ more Indian sites - two each from ___ and ___ - have been recognised as wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.
Four
Haryana and Gujarat
How many Ramsar Sites does India have?
46
First Ramsar Site in India
Chilika Lake
Ramsar Convention was signed on ___.
Feb 2, 1971.
When is World Wetlands Day?
Feb 2
2021 Theme of World Wetlands Day?
Wetlands and Water
How many sites on Montreaux Record?
46
Name the sites on the Montreaux Record from India
Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan and Loktak Lake, Manipur
When is Partition Horrors Remembrance Day?
August 14
Recently, _____, a former militant of the _____, was killed in a police encounter that has led to a crisis in Meghalaya
Cherishterfield Thangkhiew
Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC)
Name the Home Minister of Meghalaya that resigned recently.
Lakhmen Rymbui
Name the CM of Meghalaya.
Conrad Sangma
Name the leaders of the Moplah Rebellion.
Ali Musliyar and Variyam Kunnath Ahmad Haji
The Moplah rebellion was against the ____, feudal landlords in Kerala.
Janmis
Who was the Viceroy at the time of the Moplah Rebellion?
Lord Reading
When did the Moplah Rebellion begin?
Aug 20, 1921.
Name the Union Minister who was arrested by the Maharashtra Govt. recently? What is his Ministry?
Narayan Rane, MSME Minister
How many times has India become the President of the UNSC so far?
8 times
UNSC HQ
New York
Name the permanent members of the UNSC
China, France, Russia, the UK, and the USA
Name India’s evacuation operation in Afghanistan.
Operation Devi Shakti
Name the Sikh Holy Book
Guru Granth Sahib
Who was the first Sikh Guru?
Guru Nanak
Who was the last Sikh Guru?
Guru Gobind Singh
Punjabi is written in ___ script.
Gurumukhi
Name the Kabul Airport.
Hamid Karzai International Airport
The attack on Kabul Airport was carried out by?
ISIS-K (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria— Khorasan Province)
Jallianwala Bagh is in which city?
Amritsar, Punjab
When was the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
April 13, 1919
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was carried out by
Brigadier-General R.E. Dyer
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on ___ festival
Baisakhi
The crowd had gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh to protest against the arrest of ___ and ___.
Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlu and Dr. Satya Pal
Viceroy at the time of Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Lord Chelmsford
Rowlatt Act name
Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919
What commission was formed after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
Disorders Inquiry Committee also known as the Hunter Commission
How much did the renovation of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial cost?
Rs. 20 crore
When did Exercise Malabar begin?
1992
Name the Military Exercise between India and Saudi Arabia.
Al-Mohed-Al-Hindi
Who is the King of Saudi Arabia?
Salman bin Abdulaziz
Name India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier
INS Vikrant
Name India’s cleanest city
Indore
Name the cleanliness survey of India
Swacch Survekshan
Name the first ‘water plus’ city of India
Indore
Name the first state to issue an order to implement NEP 2020.
Karnataka
Name the National Database for Unorganised Workers.
E-Shram
Where has the first ‘Meme Museum’ been built?
Hong Kong
Which country has ranked first in breastfeeding?
Bangladesh
Who is Armenia’s new PM?
Nikol Pashinyan
Name the new most downloaded app of 2020.
TikTok
Who is the new richest person in the world?
Bernard Arnault.
First city in India to achieve 100% COVID vaccination coverage
Bhubhaneshwar
Recently, the ___ released the first part of its Sixth Assessment Report
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Title of IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report
Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis
When was IPCC founded?
1988
When was IPCC’s First Assessment Report?
1990
How many amendments to the constitution so far?
105
What does the 105th Amdt. do?
Restore the power of State Governments to identify Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBCs).
Maratha Quota case name
Jaishri Lakshmanrao vs. Chief Minister
Chairman of NCBC
Bhagwan Lal Saini
Which Article has NCBC been constituted?
338B
Which Amdt. constituted the NCBC?
102nd Amdt, 2018
Amendment Power of the Parliament Article Number
Article 368
Name the Commission entrusted with the duty of sub-categorisation of OBCs.
Justice Rohini Commission
Name the Union Minister who was recently arrested by the Maharashtra Government. What is his portfolio?
Narayan Rane, Minister of MSMEs.
The SC held in the Maratha Quota Case that the power to identify SEBCs was with the ___.
President of India.
CM of Maharashtra
Uddhav Thackeray
Uddhav Thackeray Party Name
Shiv Sena
Name the ruling parties of Maharashtra and the name of their alliance.
Indian National Congress, Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Together called Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi.
Before the capturing of Afghanistan by Taliban, the Indian ambassador to Afghanistan was ___.
Rudrendra Tandon
___ of India dealt with evacuation of Indians from Yemen in the year ___.
Operation Raahat, 2015
Chair of IPCC
Hoesung Lee
Who was an Indian Chair of the IPCC?
Rajendra Pachauri
When did IPCC win the Nobel Peace Prize?
2007
As per IPCC’s AR6, the average surface temperature of the Earth will cross __°C over pre-industrial levels by ___.
1.5°C, 2030
As per IPCC’s AR6, global net-zero by ___ is the minimum required to keep the temperature rise to 1.5°C.
2050
Largest producer of HFCs in the world
China
What is the cost and period of the Deep Ocean Mission?
Rs. 4,077 crore
Five-year period
Deep Ocean Mission will be conducted by the ___ Ministry.
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Minister of Earth Sciences
Dr. Jitendra Singh
Under Deep Ocean Mission a depth of ___ in the ocean will be explored with the help of a specially designed sea vessel.
6000 m
Name the UN-Designated decade in 2021-30 that relates to the ocean.
Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Name the new Ramsar sites from Haryana.
Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary
Sultanpur National Park
Name the new Ramsar sites from Gujarat.
Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary
Wadhwana Wetland
Name the largest infrastructure project in Maldives.
Greater Male Connectivity Project
The Greater Male Connectivity Project has been signed by
India and Maldives
Which Indian company has signed the Greater Male Connectivity Project?
Afcons
How will the Greater Male Connectivity Project be funded?
Indian grant of $100 million
Line of Credit of $400 million
What is the length of the bridge built by the Greater Male Connectivity Project?
6.74 km
Name the Islands connected by the Greater Male Connectivity Project.
Male, Gulhifalhu, Vilingli and Thilafushi
Capital of Maldives
Male
President of Maldives
Ibrahim Solih
Name India’s Indian Ocean Policy.
SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region)
PM Ujjwala Yojana was launched to distribute ___ connections to women of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families.
LPG Connections
When was PMUY launched?
2016
A budgetary allocation of ___ was made for PMUY.
₹8,000 crore
LPG consists of ___ and ___.
Propane and Butane
When is World Biofuel Day?
10th August
As per Ujjwala 2.0 scheme, a subsidy of ___ will be provided to BPL households.
Rs. 1600
As per Ujjwala 2.0, an additional ___ LPG connection will be provided.
1 crore
Recently, a merger of Supermasssive Black Holes has been discovered by ___ Institute in India.
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Pune
The term ‘black hole’ was coined by
John Archibald Wheeler
In 2019, the scientists at the ___ released the first-ever image of a Black Hole
Event Horizon Telescope Project
First Indian Space Observatory
ASTROSAT
Nearest Galaxy to Milky Way
Andromeda
President of the International Paralympic Committee
Andrew Parsons
Mascot of 2020 Paralympics
Someity
___ topped the 2020 Paralympics medal tally with ___ medals.
China, 207
India won __ medals in the 2020 Paralympics (__ Gold, ___ Silver, ___ Bronze)
19 medals (5 gold, 8 silver, 6 bronze)
India ranked ___ in the 2020 Paralympics.
24th
Who were India’s flag bearers in the 2020 Paralympics?
Opening: Tek Chand
Closing: Avani Lekhara
First Indian Paralympic medalist
Murlikant Petkar in swimming
First female Indian Paralympic medalist
Deepa Malik in Shot Put
First multiple Indian Paralympic medalist
Devendra Jhajharia
Name the first Indian woman to win Gold in Paralympics
Avani Lekhara
Who won gold in shooting in the 2020 Paralympics?
Avani Lekhara and Manish Narwhal
Who won a javelin gold in the 2020 Paralympics?
Sumit Antil
Who won gold in Badminton in the 2020 Paralympics?
Pramod Bhagat and Krishna Nagar
The INDRA-21 exercise was held in
Volgograd, Russia
INDRA-21 exercise is held between
Indra and Russia
INDRA exercise was first held in
2003
The first INDRA joint tri-service exercise was held in
2017
Name the Portal launched to make skill development schemes accessible
PM-DAKSH
The target groups of PM-DAKSH are?
BCs, SCs and Safai Karamcharis
PM-DAKSH is launched by
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
The chairman of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is ___.
A.M. Naik
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Dr. Virendra Kumar Khatik
