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August 2022 PART II Flashcards

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Puros—helmet name——-anti pollution help rider breathe clean air——delhi based startup—–DEVELOPED BY Shellios Technolabs with help of Dept of Science and Technology (DST)———+bluetooth enabled app lets rider know when it needs cleaning

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Kerala Savari—-soft launched by kerala ———country’s 1st online taxi service owned by a state GOVT————AIM——-ensure fair and decent service to passengers along with fair remuneration to auto-taxi workers.

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india, iran sign MoU ——– for smooth movement of seafarers b/w both countries

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signed as per provisions of Intl convention on standards of training, certification and watch keeping for seafarers (1978)

convention——adopted in 1978——–by a conference—-at Intl Maritime Org. (IMO)———-in london

came in force ———-1984

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Intl Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics

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india——3rd position——–5 medals—–15th IOAA-22——held in Kutaisi, Georgia

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ONGC—–drilling—–1st well——–Puga (Ladakh)——–generate electricity using geothermal power ———-reduce dependence of ladakh on diesel run generators

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PUGA HOT SPRING AREA , junction of indian and tibetan plates along Indus Suture Zone

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NALSA_______ntl legal services authority——-launched LADCS——legal aid defense counsel system——–with full time legal aid lawyers in 365 district legal services authorities across india

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LADCS——–NALSA funded project to provide free legal aid (IN LINE WITH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER SYSTEM) to accused persons to defend themselves in criminal trials.

ABOUT NALSA :
official newsletter : Nyaya Deep

executive chairman : Justice S.P. Bharucha

Justice D. Y. Chandrachud,,,,,,,,,,,,, Patron-in-Chief.

constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 also organize Lok Adalats for amicable settlement of disputes.

housed at Supreme Court of India

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om birla———unveil statue——–in visit to mexico—-PANDURANG KHANKHOJE——-

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freedom fighter——agricultural scientist——————–Maharashtra born——–founding members of the Ghadar party , estd by indians living abroad in 1914, mostly belonging to punjab

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This constituency in india has the lowest number of electors

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Lakshadweep

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UN removes Iran from UNCSW

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Over Tehrans brutal crackdown of women led protests.

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Agricultural products of kerala GI TAG NO.

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17

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Panini…..sanskrit puzzle…..2500 yrs…..

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Rishi rajpopat…….PhD thesis……University of Cambridge

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INS Mormugao commissioned into navy

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Stealth guided missile destroyer built under project 15-B

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Highest citizens with passport in country

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KERALA

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Mrs world 2022

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MUMBAI BASED…..Sargam koushal after 21 yrs

2021 shaylyn Ford US

Polynesia 1st runner
Canada 2nd

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1961 operation leading to annexation of goa from this country

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Operation vijay, Portugal 🇵🇹

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Goa attain statehood
Daman and diu became separate UT

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May 30, 1987

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Goa world heritage site

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St Francis xavier’s tomb in basilica of bom Jesus

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Award given in recognition of outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for promise of future achievement

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Fields medal

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18
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6 problems along with already solved poincare conjecture problem known as

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The millennium prize problems

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A synopsis of elementary results in pure and applied maths

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George shoobridge Carr

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Kisan Diwas is celebrated on the Birth anniversary of indian PM

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Chaudhary charan singh

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State and ruling party having tussle with union govt over procurement of paddy

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Telangana, bharat rashtra samiti

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Govt banned export of this commodity in Sept 2022

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Broken rice

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Proposal against which residents in ekanapuram are protesting against

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Construction of 2nd airport in chennai

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Alipore zoo in kolkata

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One of oldest in 1875

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South African Bishop, anti apartheid, human rights activist

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Nobel peace prize in 1984 passed away on Dec 26 2021

DESMOND TUTU

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Name ground where boxing day test match is played

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Melbourne

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Modi set Dec 26 to pay homage to sons of which Sikh guru

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Guru gobind singh

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Where was the epicentre of earthquake that set off boxing day tsunami in 2004

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Sumatra, Indonesia

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On Dec 26 1991 the supreme soviet of the soviet Union gathered to make which announcement

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Dissolve the soviet Union and ending the cold War 🥶

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Cervical cancer infection with human papillomavirus

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India—–21% cases
——–—-23% deaths

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Cervical cancer
HPV vaccine called CERVAVAC

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Issued thru Universal Immunisation Programme

One of largest public health programmes which offers free vaccines for at least 12 diseases

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Which body was founded by a Liberal party MP in House of commons

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East india association, dadabhai Naoroji

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A O Hume interested in what except civil servant

Field
His title
Journal

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Ornithology
Father of Indian Ornithology
Stray feathers 🪶

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Presidency of INC IN 1947

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Jivatram Bhagwandas Kripalani

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35
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Mona Lisa subject

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Lisa gherardini

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Leonard’s pen and ink drawing on the ideal human proportions

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The vitruvian man

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K 9 Vajra

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LARSEN AND TOUBRO
S. Korea Hanwha Defense Co. Ltd. (K 9 thunder )

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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

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German
1st pontiff in 600 yrs to resign

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108 th indian science congress

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Theme : science and technology for sustainable development with women empowerment

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40
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Gujarats 1st woman chief secretary

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Dr. Manjula Subramaniam

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41
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Burj Khalifa opened to public on

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Jan 4 2010

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1st woman officer at Kumar Post at siachen glacier

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Captain Shiva Chouhan

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Modi today flagged off MV Ganga Vilas, the world’s longest river cruise, Varanasi. 32 Swiss tourists to reach Dibrugarh via Bangladesh.

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PM inaugurated a ‘Tent City’, …similar setups in Gujarat’s Kutch and Rajasthan, on the banks of the Ganga in Varanasi

MV Ganga Vilas is the first cruise vessel to be made in India. It will travel 3,200 km in 51 days

3 deck vessel

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MV GANGA VILAS

It will take tourists across 27 river systems

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The cruise’s Director Raj Singh

62 meters in length and 12 meters wide and requires a draft of 1.4 meters.

45
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Worlds largest hockey 🏒 stadium

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Birsa munda hockey stadium, rourkela

Constructed in 15 months

46
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The 6th schedule under article 244 of Constitution protects the Autonomy of tribal populations Through creation of autonomous development councils

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47
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This tall skyscrapers name loosely translates to independence

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Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia

48
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This was the world’s tallest Structure From 1974 until it’s collapse 1991

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Warsaw radio mast

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This tower opened in 1973 and held the title of the world’s tallest building for 25 years

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Willis tower
Chicago, US

50
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This is the world’s Third tallest building by height

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Shanghai Tower

51
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This has the world’s highest observation deck within a building

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Jin Mao tower

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This building is the tallest of the world’s 1st triple Adjacent super tall buildings

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Shanghai world financial center

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1st indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics

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Sakshi malik

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Tirupati…..country’s largest liquid waste treatment plant to use phytorid technology…..Next to vinayaka sagar

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5 MLD treats

Phytorid tech. Developed by CSIR s Ntl environmental engineering research institute (NEERI)

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Woman leader having longest tenure

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Angela Merkel 16 yrs and 16 days

56
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Longest reigning monarch

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Louis XIV France 🇫🇷

57
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Longest serving CJI

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Y V Chandrachud

58
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Grandmaster list LE TELEGRAM till 78

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79 th M. Pranesh TN

59
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Mt everest

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Mahalangur himal sub range of himalayas

60
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mount Everest was recognised as the highest point on the Earth’s surface after this Mega survey

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The great trigonometrical survey of India
the original name of mountain was Peak XV

61
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Local name of mount Everest in Tibetan and Nepali

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Chomolungma and Sagarmatha

62
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The mountain Has grown from its earlier accepted height by these many feet

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7 feet or 2 metres

63
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This stratoVolcano is the farthest point from the Earth centre

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Chimborazo in Ecuador 🇪🇨

64
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Year in which tenzing Norway and Edmund hillary scaled the peak

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1953
The expedition was led by John hunt

65
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Jan 11 1935 amelia earhart

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1st aviator to fly solo from hawaii to california

66
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Vrinda rathi
Janani narayanan
Gayathri venugopalan

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1st women to officiate in ranji trophy
Umpire

67
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Allahabad, ilah bas, prayagraj all same

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68
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1st official pilot license

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Louis blériot

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This aviator became the 1st woman in the US to receive a pilot certificate

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Harriet Quimby

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This spacecraft was the 1st balloon flight to another planet

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The vega 1 balloon to Venus

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1st indian to win golden globe

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A R rahman

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Indian Oscar winning film

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None

73
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Org behind golden globe awards

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Hollywood foreign press association

74
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Which documentary shot in india won the best documentary (short subkect) in 2009

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Smile 😃 pinki

75
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1st constitution literate dist.

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Kollam in kerala

Part of The Citizen
Const. Literacy campaign
Kollam district panchayat
District planning Committee
Kerala institute of local administration

76
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Soul of steel endurance challenge

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Dehradun

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Rajasthan ……. 1st…..blindess control policy…..right to sight

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3 lakh ppl…… 1.1% in 2020 to 0.3%

78
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This state in india is the largest producer of milk 🥛

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UP

79
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Country’s 1st district providing basic documents to all tribal ppl

Drive launched in Nov 2021 Thondarnadu

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WAYANAD in kerala

AKSHAYA BIG CAMPAIGN FOR DOCUMENT DIGITISATION (ABCD) CAMPAIGN

80
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Netaji born on 23 Jan 1897 126 th bday

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81
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Mughal garden rename at rashtrapati bhavan

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Amrit udyan

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Jan 30 2023

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75th anniversary of gandhi assassination

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26th state to join US

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Michigan

84
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Jan 26, 1972 inaugurated

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Amar jawan jyoti

85
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Libya capital Tripoli

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86
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Gandhi mentor

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Gopal krishna gokhale

87
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Gandhi memorial museum

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Madurai

88
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Town 70 km from Madurai rural community reviving village industries

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Gandhigram

89
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Aero india 2023 at air force station at Yelahanka at bengaluru

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Bharat electronics Ltd. Showcase state of the art products

90
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World leprosy day estd by

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Raoul follereau in 1954

91
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World leprosy day Jan 30

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Death anniversary of gandhi

92
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NTD

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Neglected tropical disease

93
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Team leader for WHO global leprosy programme

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Dr. Vivek lal

94
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Union budget is presented on

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Feb 1

95
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Indus originate

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Lake manasarovar

96
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Krishna raja sagar dam in karnataka

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Cauvery

97
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Only perennial river in tamil nadu

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Thamarabarani

98
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Alaknanda bhagirathi meet and flow as Ganga

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Devaprayag

99
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6 Feb 1840 treaty of waitangi

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New Zealand 🇳🇿 made British colony

100
Q

Maori name for NZ

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Aotearoa

101
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English name of 2 Islands of NZ

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North and South Island 🏝

102
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5 dollar note 💸 photo NZ er

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Sit Edmund hillary , one of 1st 2 humans to summit Everest

103
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NZ ntl anthem

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God save the king
God defend NZ

104
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9 Feb 1895 William G Morgan created volleyball

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105
Q

Who and when coined AI

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John Mc Carthy 1955

106
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HP GOVERNOR

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Shiv pratap shukla

29th

Acting CJ HP HC justice sabina

107
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Maharashtra governor

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Ramesh bais

20th

Former jharkhand governor

Replacing Bhagat singh koshyari

Acting CJ HC bombay sanjay gangapurwala

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