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
