Current affairs Flashcards
How many world heritage cites are there as on august 2021?
40 sites
Identify headquarters and year of UNESCO?
1945, Paris
When was the urban landscape project launched?
2011
Pegasus is named after _____
A winged horse of greek mythology
Country of origin and firm which created pegasus?
Israel, NSO
What is the name and year of enforcement for international convention that deals with internet and crime?
Budapest convention, 2004
Can you name the human rights organisation that deals with pegasus revelations?
Amnesty International
Which is the first state which ordered a probe into the pegasus snooping issue?
West bengal
Which social media giant sued NSO in 2019
Whatsapp (Of Facebook)
Which country has the highest forex reserves and what is India’s rank?
China, 5th
Foreign exchange reserves in India are kept in the custody of _____
RBI
The major constituents of FOREX are _____
Gold/ SDR (special drawing rights) / foreign currency assets
The main act that governs the foreign exchange help with RBI?
RBI Act, 1934
The governance of foreign currency in India is done by _____
FEMA
The name of space craft and space company of jeff bezos?
New shepherd (Spacecraft) , Blue origin (Company)
The other passengers with jeff bezos are ____
Jeff Bezos, Wally funk, Oliver daemon
The first space tourist is ____
Dennis tito, 2001
The international boundary line that is the boundary of space called _____
Karman line, 100Km
First person in space ____
Year ____
Yuri gagrin
1961
Indian state with maximum number of world heritage sights ____
Maharashtra
French lighthouse which was added in the heritage list and called “king of lighthouse”
Courdouan beacon
The new entity from Europe which was added in the world heritage list recently is ____
Great spas of Europe
Which heritage site was annexed recently?
Liverpool
Which is the misxed heritage site located in Sikkim?
Kanchenjunga National Park
Sikkim