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
Karnataka chief minister who resigned ____ and _____ replaced him
B S Yeduyiruppa
Basavraj Bommai
When was Kandla established
1965
How many SEZ are there in India?
267
Which community has a stronghold in Karnataka?
Lingayat Community
Who is the governor of Karnataka?
Thewarchand Gehlot
As per IPC the minimum age for which a juvenile could be charged for criminal offence is _____
7 years
The Two acts which are at the center of the controversy in Mizoram and Assam?
BEFR act 1873 and 1933 demarcation
What is the disputed area in Mizoram and Assam?
1318 sq km
The CM of Assam and Mizoram are ____ and _____
Hemant Biswa Sarma
Zormathanga
Under british Mizoram was known as ____
and was upgraded as a state in ___
Lushai hills
1987
First green SEZ to be awarded platinum status is ____
Kandla
The department that handles SEZ’s is ____
Department of Commerce
What was the judgment ratio in the maratha reservation?
3:2
Which articles confer the power with the state to identify and declare the list of socially and educationally backward classes?
Articles 15(4), 15(5), and 16(4)
Which is the worlds largest health insurance scheme?
Ayushmann Bharat
Ayushmann Bharat cover’s how many people?
500 million
Who is the current president of NAM?
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev
Which other countries were selected along with India in the Asia Pacific stage category in the United Nations economic and social Council?
Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Oman
From the African states which countries were selected in the ECOSOC?
Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Mauritius, Tunisia, and Tanzania.
Which country is assuming the presidency of UNSC in August 20 21
India
Which was the first submarine to be inducted in the Indian Navy and when was it inducted?
INS Kalvari, 1967
It was built by the Soviet Union.
Who is the President of the 14th session of the conference of parties of the United Nations convention to combat desertification?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The UNCCD (United Nations convention to combat desertification) Is headquartered at_____
Bonn, Germany
Where was the launch of the first seaplane service?
Statue of unity on Kevadia of Narmada,Gujarat and Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad
The union Minister for commerce and industry is____
Piyush Goyal
What was the theme of the UN trade forum 2021?
Theme of the forum was towards a greener and inclusive recovery
What is the new name of Swaziland?
Eswatini
Which country held the G20 presidency for the year 2021?
Italy
Who is the minister of defence
Rajnath Singh
Who is the minister of home affairs and the minister of cooperatives?
Amit Shah
Who is the minister of finance and Minister of corporate affairs
Nirmala Sitharam
Who is the minister of agriculture and farmers welfare?
Narendra Singh Tomar
Who is the minister of external affairs
S Jaishankar
Who is the minister of tribal affairs
Arjun Munda
Who is the Minister of commerce and industry minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution, Minister of textiles
Piyush Goyal
Who is the minister of education?
Dharmendra Pradhan
Who is the Minister of minority affairs?
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Who is the Minister of Railways, missed Minister of communications, Minister of electronics and information technology?
Ashwini Vaishnav
Who is the Minister of Law and Justice,
Kiran Rijiju
Who is the minister of health and family welfare?
Mansukh Mandaviya
Who is the minister of information and broadcasting and minister of youth affairs and sports
Anurag Singh Thakur
Who is the minister of environment Forest and climate change?
Bhupendra Yadav
Which is the first vaccine to get fully approved by USA?
Pfizer bioNtech Covid vaccine
Who has bought just Dial?
Reliance India Limited
Which is the first state of India to become opposition Mukt?
Nagaland
Is India’s spot in the global innovation index?
46th
Who has become the only and the first Indian to become honorary member of the international astronomical union?
Dorje Angchuk
Which two items of Manipur have just got the GI tag?
Hathei chilli and tamenglong orange
Which is the largest riverine area protected in Europe/which area was declared as the world’s first five country biosphere reserve in’’Amazon of Europe’’?
1,000,000 ha Mura-Drava-Danube
Which is the new announced state fish of Sikkim?
Katley
Who became the fastest Indian to summit two peaks?
Geeta Samota
Who is the new joint secretary in the newly created ministry of cooperation?
Abhay Kumar Singh
What was the first new ministry to be established during the second term of the Modi government?
Jal Shakti Ministry, 2019
Which ministry overlook the objectives of cooperatives in the country?
Ministry of agriculture
Who is the first minister of cooperatives in the country?
Amit Shah
For cooperatives come under the subject of – list under the – schedule of the Constitution?
State list, seventh schedule
Which is the first state in the country to install solar pump under the PM – KUSUM scheme?
Haryana
Who is the union Minister for civil aviation?
Jyotiraditya Scindhia
What is the FDI limit under the automatic route in the defence sector?
74%
Who is the Niti Aayog vice-chairman?
Rajeev Kumar
Which amendment introduces 10% reservation for the economically weaker sections of the society for admission to central government run educational institutions and private educational institutions and for employment in the central government jobs?
103rd amendment of the Constitution of India
Which is the first state to implement 10% reservation to economically weaker sections (EWS)?
Gujarat
Who chaired the annual summit of the Shanghai cooperation Organisation and where was the meet held?
HE Emomali Rahmon, Tajikistan’s capital city Dushanbe
Which is the first country in the world to require new homes to include EV chargers?
England
What is the name of the 15th edition of the Indo Nepal joint military training and where was it held?
SuryaKiran, Pithoragarh Uttarakhand
Where are the headquarters of OPEC and when was it formed?
Vienna, Austria
14 September 1960 in Baghdad
How much FDI is allowed in the country’s telecom sector why are the automatic route?
Hundred percent
Where Waleed world economic forum host the next annual meeting?
Davos, Switzerland
Where is the world economic forum based?
Cologny, Geneva Canton, Switzerland
Which is the first Indian entity to issue a euro green bond?
PFC that is power finance Corp Ltd
The Gaganyaan crew module is being developed by –?
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
What is the name of the three stage heavy lift launch vehicle for Gaganyaan?
GSLV MK-III
What is the name of the first ever detailed map of the worlds coral reef?
The Allen Coral Atlas, named after the late Microsoft’s co-founder Paul Allen
Which is the first state to adopt model tenancy act?
Assam
Who will chair the national steering committee?
ISRO K Kasturirangan
What is the fullform of PM KUSUM?
Pradhan mantri kisan urja suraksha evem utthan mahaabhiyan
Where will the defExpo be held?
Gujarat, Gandhinagar
What is the theme of the defExpo Which will be hosted by Gujarat?
India: The emerging defence manufacturing hub
Which is the longest 8 lane Expressway in the world?
Delhi – Mumbai Greenfield Expressway, 1350 km
Which cities are to be connected by the first electric highway?
Delhi to Jaipur
Who has been sworn in as the new Punjab chief minister?
Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi
Which company has launched the countries first FASTag – based Metro parking facility?
Paytm payments bank in partnership with Delhi Metro rail Corporation
Who has become the world’s first steel maker to float SLB?
Sajjan Jindal – prompted JSW steel
Which is the first state to have started vehicle registration under the new ’BH’ series?
Odisha
What are the benefits of the BS system?
Vehicle registration under the BH system will be Levite road tax for two years and in multiples of two thereafter. The road tax will be charged at 8% in case of the vehicles costing below Rs.10, lakh. Further more a vehicle bearing this registration marks shall not require assignment of a new registration mark when the vehicle owner shifts from one state to another.
Where is the ISRO propulsion complex located?
Mahendra Giri, Tamil Nadu
Where is India’s largest fernery?
Ranikhet
Which is the country’s first steel company to adopt a carbon capture technology that extract CO2 directly from the blast furnace gas?
Tata steel
Which is the largest riverine protected area on the continent?
Amazon of Europe, Mura-drava-danube
Which award is known as Asia’s noble prize?
Ramon Magsaysay
Who conducted the SECC in 1.urban areas and 2. rural areas?
The SECC was conducted by the Ministry of rural development in rural areas and the ministry of housing and urban poverty elevation in urban areas
Which are the two ships that were used in AUSINDEX 2021?
INS Shivalik and INS Kadmatt
Which were the ships used in the Singapore – India Maritime bilateral exercise SIMBEX?
INS Ranvijay, INS kora and INS Kiltan
– Is the Indian Navy’s longest uninterrupted bilateral maritime exercise with any for a Navy?
SIMBEX, 1994
Which is the first Asian country to launch a plastics pact with WWF and Confederation of India industry?
India
What is the aim of Bharat stage VI emissions standards across the country?
Cutting emissions emissions by 80 to 90% from the new vehicles
– Is the first city in the country to switch from BS – IV grade fuels to BS – VI?
New Delhi
Which firm has started supplying BS – VI fuel across India?
Indian oil Corp Ltd
Where is the first functional smog tower in the country located?
New Delhi
Bilateral joint exercise KAZIND is between – and – countries?
India and Kazakhstan
When was KAZIND, 2021 located?
Training node Aisha bibi, Kazakhstan
Who represented India in KAZIND 2021?
Bihar Regiment
Who has been appointed as the Sherpa for G20 summit in 2023?
Piyush Goyal
What is the theme of the 13th BRICS Summit?
PRICS@15– Intra – BRICS cooperation for continuity, consolidation and consensus
Which are the countries that India holds a 2+2 ministerial dialogue?
Australia, USA and Japan
– Has become the first country in the world to adopt bitcoins as a legal tender?
El Salvador
– Has become the first country in the world to vaccinate children from the age of two against Covid 19
Cuba
Where is the world’s first floating farm located?
Rotterdam Europe
What is taliban in pashto?
students
Which countries have nuclear submarines?
India, china, russia, usa, uk, france plus australia
Who were the three people who won the noble prize for physics?
Sykuru Manabe, klaus hasselman, georgio parisi
The famed white onion which recently got the GI tag belongs to which state?
Maharashtra
Which place has been recently declared as Karnataka’s 31st district?
Vijayanagara
Global leadership award has been given to – –
Shiv Nadar and Mallika Srinivasan
Where and who has inaugurated the country’s first sports arbitration centre?
Gujarat and Kiren Rijiju
Where has the worlds largest khadi national flag unfurled?
Leh, 1000kgs
Which country becomes the first Arab country to have a female prime minister and who is she?
Najia bouden romdhan, tunisia
Which will be India’s longest road tunnel and also Asia’s longest bidirectional tunnel?
Zojila tunnel. kashmir to ladakh
Who has stopped the HURUN Rich list 2021?
Mukesh Ambani
When was the NHRC formed?
12th August, 1993
Who is the chairperson of NHRC?
Arun Kumar Mishra
Where are the headquarters of NHRC located?
New Delhi
What kind of body is NHRC?
Statutory body
When is the national human rights day celebrated?
10th December
Which article provides for the establishment of state legislative council?
Article 169
Which are the states that have a legislative council that is those that have a bicameral state legislature within upper house and a lower house?
Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka
Which was the first state to have an upper house and when did that happen?
West Bengal 1937
What is the name of the Asia’s longest high-speed track and where was it inaugurated?
NATRAX, inaugurated in Pithampur near Indore in Madhya Pradesh
What is the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh?
Indore
Who has been appointed as the chairman of the Indian Federation of United Nations Association?
Justice Sambhu Nath Srivastava
Who was the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh?
Shyama Prasad Mukherji
Where was the world’s first 3D printed school built and who built it?
Malawi Africa, 14 trees
Which was the first country in the world to make Covid 19 vaccines mandatory?
Tajikistan
Who has been appointed as the director general of the think tank national Council of applied economic research?
Poonam Gupta
Who became the third Indian origin woman to fly into space?
Sirirsha bandla
Sirisha Bandla Became the third Indian origin woman to fly into space after – – – – – – – and – – – – –
Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams
What is India’s first indigenous drone defence dome called and who had designed and developed it?
Name of the indigenous drone defence dome: Indrajaal
The company which developed in the indrajaal: GRENE robotics
What has been declared as the fourth tiger reserve in Rajasthan?
Ramgarh Vishdhaari sanctuary
What is the name of India’s first paint made from cow dung?
Khadi Prakritic Paint
Which became India’s first district to administer SputnikV at government health centres?
Guru gram
Who has developed the Sputnik V vaccine?
Gamaleya National research Institute of epidemiology and microbiology in Moscow
Who are the two flag bearers for the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics from the Indian team and what are their respective sports?
Mary Kom boxing six time world champion
Manpreet Singh, men’s hockey team captain
Who was the flag bearer for the closing ceremony from the Indian side?
Wrestler Bajrang Punia, silver medallist
Who became the first ever Indian swimmer to qualify for the Olympic games?
Sajan Prakash
When was Tokyo selected as a destination for the 2020 Olympics?
125th IOC session in Buenos Aries on 7 September 2013
What is the Motto of the 2020 Summer Olympics?
United by emotion
What new sports were included for the first time in the 2020 Summer Olympics?
3X3 basketball, freestyle BMX and Madison cycling
The 2024 summer Olympics will be held at – – – – – – –
Paris, it was declared in Lima, peru
The 2028 summer Olympics will be held at – – – – – – –
Los Angeles
Who is the President of the international Olympic Committee?
Thomas BACH
Where are the headquarters of IOC?
Lausanne, Switzerland
Who founded the IOC?
Peirre de coubertin and demetrios vikelas
Where were the first Winter Olympics held?
CHAMONIX, France in 1924
Who won the Serbia open chess championship in Belgrade 2021?
Nihal Sarin
Who has become the first ever Indian batsman to score a double ton in T20 cricket?
Subodh Bhati
Who has been selected as the first ever Indian juror for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics game?
Pawan Singh, joint secretary general of NRAI that is national rifle Association of India
Who became the first Italian to reach the Wimbledon singles final?
Matteo Berrettini
Who won the woman single title at Wimbledon 2021?
Ashleigh Barty
When is national youth Day celebrated and why?
12 January, birthday of Swami Vivekananda
Who was known as the tragedy king of Bollywood?
Dilip Kumar
What was the debut film of Dilip Kumar?
Jwar Bhata
Who has been awarded as the prestigious Humboldt research award?
Indian economist Kaushik Basu
When is world population Day?
11th July
Who has been declared as the mascot of the Namami Ganga programme by Jal Shakti Ministry?
Chacha Chaudhary
Which production produces Chacha Chaudhary?
Diamond TOONS
What are the two missions launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for cleanliness in urban areas?
SBM–U i.e Swachh Bharat Mission – urban And AMRUT i.e Atal Mission for rejuvenation and urban transformation
What is the name of the country’s first pan India helpline for elder people?
Elder line –14567
What is in the name of the bilateral maritime exercise helps held between Japan and India?
JIMEX
Who is the Emperor of Japan?
Naruhito
Which throne did emperor Naruhito ascend and from whom?
He exceeded the chrysanthemum Throne beginning of the Reiwa era, following the abdication of his father Emperor Akhito
Emperor Naruhito is the – – – – – – Emperor of Japan
126th
What is the name of India’s first vertical lift sea bridge?
Pamban Bridge
Who has become the first Indian-American to be crowned Miss World America?
Shree saini
Who has become the first Indian woman to win a silver medal in the world wrestling championship?
Anshu Malik
Which is the first bank in India to collect direct and indirect taxes while being a private entity?
Kotak Mahindra
Who is the international Day of clean air for blue skies?
September 7
What is India’s official entry for the 94th Academy Awards? Who was its director?
Tamil drama Koozanghal (pebbles) directed by P. S Vinothraj
What is the premier act against misuse of narcotic substances?
NDPS act i.e Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act 1985
When was the NCB i.e then narcotics control bureau constituted?
March 17, 1986
What is India’s rank in the rule of law index 2021?
79
Who is the CEO of the bad bank?
Padma KUMAR M Nayar
Search operation has been launched to fulfil the oxygen requirements of India?
Operation Samudra Setu II
Which two ships have been deployed for operation Samudra Setu II and where do they have to go?
INS Talwar to Manama for Mumbai
INS Kolkata from Doha and Kuwait
INS Airavat from Singapore to acquire liquid oxygen tanks
Who is RBI Deputy Governor?
T RABI Shankar
What is the logo of RBI?
A palm tree and a tiger
What does article 164–4 entail?
A minister who is not a member of the legislative assembly shall cease to be a minister after six months
What is the name of the biggest iceberg in the world?
A – 76
From which shelf did A76 fall from and which sea is it in?
RONNE ice shelf, Weddle sea in Antarctica
What is the size of the worlds largest iceberg?
4320 km
Which is the second largest iceberg in the world?
A – 23A
What is the name of the Ebola vaccine used in Guinea?
rVSV-ZEBOV
Animal is the natural host of the Ebola virus?
Fruit bats
Who hosted the world environment Day 2021?
Pakistan, global first
When is the world environment day and what is the theme for the year 2021?
Fifth June, ecosystem restoration
Who is the world trade organisation head and what are the names of the four women she has appointed as the deputy director general of WTO?
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala- Head DDG’s Angela Ellard Anabel Gonzales Zhang Xhiangchen
Who is the first Indian woman to be elected as a member of Scottish parliament in Scotland?
Pam Ghoshal
When is the world migratory Bird Day?
May 8
Which country had the G-7 Summit 2021?
Corn wall UK
Where was the first Arctic science ministerial held and when?
USA 2016
Where was the second Arctic science ministerial head and when?
Germany 2018
Where was the third Arctic science ministerial head and what was its theme?
Organised jointly by Japan and Iceland it was held in Japan in Asia and the theme was:’ knowledge for sustainable Arctic’
Who is the first woman to head the Italy Secret Service?
Elizabetta Belloni
Who has been appointed as the national president of FICCI ladies Organisation?
Ujjwala Singhania
What is the prediction by UN for India’s GDP growth?
7.5% increase in 2021
What is the name of the world’s first artificial intelligence ship?
Mayflower 400
Which is the 23rd district of Punjab and what is its speciality?
Malerkotla, only Muslim majority town in Punjab
Who won the world Food prize 2021?
Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted
Who has received the prestigious Whitley awards 2021 also known as the Green Oscars?
Nuklu Phom
When is national technology Day 2021?
May 11th
Which was the first state to declare black fungus as an epidermic?
Rajasthan
Exercise Indra is conducted between which two countries and where was the 12th edition of the exercise held in August 2021?
Exercise Indira is between India and Russia
it was held at Volograd Russia
which country has been elected to the council of administration at the 27th universal postal union congress in Abidjan?
India
Which country hosted the international climate Summit 2022 2021?
India
Where is the sixth Eastern economic forum Summit held?
Russia Vladivostok
Multilateral exercise ZAPAD is between two countries what are they? Where is this exercise held in 2021
Exercise between India and Russia and it is held in NISZHNIY, Russia.
Joint military exercise KAZIND – 21 is between which two countries and where is it being held?
it is between Kazakhstan and India and it is the fifth version. It commenced at training node, Aisha Bibi, Kazakhstan.
Which is the state animal and bird of Ladakh?
State animal – snow leopards scientific name is Panthera UNCIA
State bird - the black necked crane also known as the Tibetan crane
The 12th defence Expo is being conducted in – – – – – – –?
Gujarat, Gandhinagar
Which country has been recently approved as a new member of the new development bank?
Bangladesh, United Arab emirates, Uruguay 
Which became the first green SEZ to achieve the IGBC Green city’s platinum rating for existing city’s?
Kandla SEZ
What is the name of India’s first missile tracking ship?
Dhruv
DHRUV, India’s first missile tracking ship was built by – – – – – in collaboration with the – – – – and – – – –. It will be commission from – – – – in Andhra Pradesh.
Hindustan shipyard in collaboration with DRDO and NTRO. It will be commissioned from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh
When is national sports day?
29th August
Who won the gold medal in women’s 10 m air rifle shooting at Tokyo Paralympics?
Avani Lekhra
Which team won the 1/30 addition of Durand cup?
FC Goa
Who is known as the lion of Panjshir?
Ahmed Shah Massoud
Which was the first caste-based census since 1931 census of India?
SECC 11 that is social economic and caste Census
Who is the first footballer to get the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award?
Sunil Chettri
Who received the major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna award 2021 in athletics?
Neeraj Chopra
Who received the major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna award in wrestling?
Ravi Dahiya
Who received the major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna award in boxing?
Lovelina Boroghain
Who received the major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna award in hockey?
Manpreet Singh, PR Sreejesh
Who received the major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna award in para shooting?
Avani Lekhra, Manish Narwal
Who received the major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna award in para-athletics?
Sumit Antil
Edayur chilli is from ——— state
Kerela
Kuttiattoor Mango is from ——- state
Kerela
White onion which has recently got a GI tag belongs to which state?
maharashtra
Which state is hosting India’s first telephone based e-voting trial?
Telangana
Balaghat Chinoor rice Which has recently got in a GI tag belongs to which state?
Madhya Pradesh
Which country became the first in the world to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory?
Tajikistan
Who is the first indigenous governor general of Canada?
Mary Simon
Who became the first politician from Tripura to join the union cabinet?
Pratima Bhowmik
Who has been awarded the order of the polar star that is the highest civilian award of Mongolia?
R K Sabharwal
Who has been awarded the prestigious Humbold research award?
Kaushik Basu
Who won the Commonwealth points of light award?
Syed Osman Azhar Maqsusi
Who won the 2021 Scripps national spelling bee?
Zaila Avant-Garde
International plastic bag free day 2021 is celebrated on – – – – –
July 3
When is world population Day celebrated?
11th July
What is the target for the new population policy 20 21–2030?
Bringing down the birthrate to 2.1 per thousand population by 2026 and to 1.9 2030
What is the current total fertility rate of Uttar Pradesh?
2.7%
Where is India’s first LNG facility plant located?
Nagpur
Which became a son first smokeless kitchen village?
Bishnupur
Where is India’s first green ATM set up in?
Gurugram
It was the judgement that’s from down 66A of the information technology act?
Shreya Singhal judgement
Who recently filed a petition informing the case that several new cases were being registered under the repealed 66A of the information technology act?
The NGO People’s union for civil liberties
Which country has appointed the first honorary Consul general in India?
Vietnam in Bangalore
Industrialist and S Srinivas Murthy
Who has sworn in as the PM of Nepal?
Sher Bahadur Deuba
Which became the first Gulf nation to open an embassy in Israel?
UAE
Which company its first trademark violation case outside of India?
Amul
Who has Twitter name as the resident grievance officer for India?
Vinay Prakash
Which country became the first level to use BHIM UPI?
Bhutan
Which became the first country in the world to okay Covid booster shots for the immuno compromised?
Israel
Which country published world’s first green print to decarbonisation modes of domestic transport by 2050?
UK
What is the name of the human period and commercial initiative undertaken by Indian government to provide Covid 19 vaccines to countries around the world?
Vaccine Maitri
Which was the first two countries to receive vaccines as a grant by India?
Bhutan and Maldives
What is the name of the world’s first commercial mission to demonstrate a space debris removal system?
ELSE – D that is end of life service by astroscale demonstration mission
Which company develop the ELSA – D?
Astro scale
The Elsa-d mission will be operated from where?
UK’s in orbit servicing control centre at satellite applications catapult in Harvell near Oxford
Who won Wimbledon men’s singles 2021?
Novak Djokovic
One miss third grand slam title as he beat Matteo Berretini
He now has 120 grand slam titles, which is equal with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal
What is the order of the four grand slam tournaments?
first – Australian Open
Second – French Open
Third - Wimbledon
Four – U.S. Open
Australian Open is played on which court?
Hard court
US open is played on which court?
Hard-core
French Open is played on which court?
Clay Court
Wimbledon is played on which court?
Grass
Which is the oldest grand slam tournament and when did it start?
Wimbledon, 1877
Who has won the highest number of grand slam titles than any other player in history?
Margaret Court
Who became the first Indian judge for gymnastics at the Olympics?
Deepak Kabra
Who won Euro 2020 golden boot?
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo
Which country is going to host 2026 badminton world championship?
India
India’s you don’t to organise in 2023 but then the badminton world Federation had decided to award the hosting rights of the world mixed team championships to – – – –?
Sudirman cup
China
What is the name of the official team India cheers song for Tokyo Olympics? And who composed it?
Name of the song – cheer4India: Hindustani Way
Composed by - AR Rahman and Young sister Ananya Birla
Who is the Indian Olympic Association president?
Narinder Batra
Which are the Cabinet committees which will be headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
The appointments committee of the Cabinet, The Cabinet committee on economic affairs, Cabinet committee on political affairs, Cabinet committee on security, Cabinet committee on investment and growth as well as Cabinet committee on employment and skill development
Who will head the Cabinet committee on Parliamentary affairs?
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Who will head the Cabinet committee on accommodation?
Amit Shah
Which is the first airport in the world to be completely powered by natural gas and solar energy?
Pittsburgh international airport
Who is the first woman commander to head the Punjab frontier formation?
BSF Inspector General Sonali Mishra
Who will be the leader of the house in Rajya Sabha?
Piyush Goyal
Who has taken oath as the 18th governor of Haryana?
Bandaru Dhattareya
Who is the first woman to head Cisco in India?
Daisy Chittilapily
Who received the Olympic laurels at the Tokyo games?
Bangladeshi Nobel peace prize winner Mohammad Yunus
Who received the first Olympic Laurel at 2016 Rio games?
Kip Keino
Which day is celebrated as world Malala Day?
12th July
Which day is celebrated as world youth skills Day?
15 July
Which day is celebrated as world day for international justice?
July 17
With what majority did the Supreme Court upheld the validity of the 97th Constitutional amendment but struck down the part inserted by it which relates to the constitution and working of cooperative societies?
2:1
Which constitutional amendment dealt with the issues related to effective management of cooperative societies? When was it past and when did it come into effect?
97th Constitutional amendment, passed by the Parliament in December 2011, came into effect on February 15, 2012
What did the 97th Constitutional amendment contain contain?
It amended article 19 1C to give protection to the cooperative and inserted article 40 3B and part IXB
What is the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir area called now? What was it being called earlier?
Currently it’s – High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
Previously it was called – common High Court of UT of Jammu and Kashmir and UT of Ladakh
Which state has the first ever Balika Panchayat?
Kunariya village, Gujarat
Which is the first state to issue educational documents using Blockchain technology?
Maharashtra
Who is the deputy leader of house in Rajya Sabha?
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Which place will get Uttar Pradesh’s first skywalk?
Varanasi
At which place did the Indian Evi participate in a two-day bilateral passage exercise with the Royal Navy carrier led by HMS Queen Elizabeth?
Bay of Bengal
Which is the first state in India to provide reservation for transgender community in all government services?
Karnataka
Who is the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh?
RK Mathur
Which High Court was the first court to start live streaming of court proceedings?
Gujarat High Court
Which continent became the 1st to complete collection of digitally land use data?
Africa
Which place had been recently stripped of its world heritage status?
Liverpool
Write the names of the largest foreign exchange exchange reserve holders in the world in descending order?
China Japan Switzerland Russia India
Which airline has been named the world’s best airline for 2021?
Qatar Airways
What was India’s score on the trade facilitation survey conducted by the United Nations?
90.32%
Sbi selected – – – – – – – – – as national corporate business correspondent
Paisa lo digital
Which is the worlds first DNA-based COVID-19 vaccine?
ZycovD
India
Sir the three newest member states of the international cricket Council?
Mongolia Tajikistan and Switzerland
Start the two member states which have been suspended from the international cricket Council?
Zambia and Russia
Which country has been confirmed as the host of 2032 Summer Olympics?
Australia’s Brisbane
Where was it decided that Australia’s Brisbane would be the host of 2032 Olympics?
1/38 IOC session in Tokyo, Japan
Who is the first Indian to receive ASGBI honour?
Hyderabad Dr Raghuram
The book the India story is written by —————-
Bimal Jalan
Which movie won the Palm d’Or at the Cannes film Festival?
Julia Ducournau’s Titane
Who was the first woman to win the Palm d’Or and what was her movie?
New Zealand’s Jane Campion was the first woman to win the Palm d’Or for the piano in 1993
When is world Choice day celebrated?
20th July
Which two sides from India were recently nominated as UNESCO’s world heritage sites?
Dholavira in Gujarat and Rudreshswara Temple (also known as Ramappa Temple) in Palampet, Telangana state
Which is India’s 39th UNESCO world Heritage site?
Ramappa Temple in Telangana
Which is the 40th UNESCO world Heritage site?
Dholavira in Gujarat
How many world Heritage sites does India have?
40; 32 cultural and 7 natural and one mixed
How many world Heritage sites does Gujarat currently have and what are they?
Champaner near Pavagadh, Rani ki Vav in Patan, and the historic city of Ahmedabad
Which are the countries that have 40 or more world heritage sites?
India Italy Spain Germany China and France
Which is the first city in the country to have safe drinking tap water?
Puri
Which state became the 1st to order a probe against in the Pegasus probe?
West Bengal
Which she participated in the Cutlass express 2021?
INS Talwar
Which is the only city from India to be selected for international clean air catalyst programme?
Indore
On which month did India assume presidency for the UN Security Council?
August as a nonpermanent member, two-year tenure
How many times has India been appointed as a member of the UN Security Council?
8
Who is India’s permanent representative to the UN?
Tirumurti
Which are the two contentious notifications due to which there is a conflict between Assam and Mizoram border?
Notification of 1875 the differentiated Lushai Hills from the plane of catcher.
Notification of 1993 that demarcates the boundary between Lushai Hills and Manipur.
Under which article the interstate council is expected to enquire and advise on disputes and discuss common subjects to all states and make recommendations for better policy coordination?
Article 263
1875 notification of Lushai Hills and cachar are derived from which act?
BEFR act i.e Bengal Eastern frontier regulation act, 1873
What is the length of Assam Mizoram border?
164.6 km
When was Mizoram granted statehood and this was done by which act?
Mizoram was granted statehood in 1987 under the state of Mizoram act 1986
When did assam receive statehood?
1950
Which became the first country in the world to approve genetically modified golden rice for commercial production?
Philippines
When was project Tiger launched in India?
April 1973
Who was the first director of Project Tiger?
Kailash Sankhala
What is the name of the ISRO NASA joint project?
NISAR i.e NASA – ISRO synthetic aperture radar
Who was the first sitting MP to receive jail term for bribing voters?
TRS Kavita Maloth
Who is the first Muslim religious freedom ambassador?
Rashad Hussain
Which Indian origin author has been shortlisted for the Booker prize for fiction?
Sanjeev Sahota’s China room
When is world mangrove Day celebrated?
26 July
When is international Tiger Day observed?
29th July
When is world Day against trafficking in persons celebrated?
30th July
When is world nature conservation day celebrated?
28 July
Who is the first Indian Prime Minister to proceed over the UN Security Council open debate?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
What was the topic of the debate which was presided for the first time by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
Enhancing maritime security – a case for international cooperation
What is the full form of SAGAR?
Security and growth for all in the region, 2015
Which became the first Indian Navy ship to call at Heritage coastal port of Gopalpur?
INS khanjar
Which will be essential defence services Bill 2021 surpass?
Industrial disputes act, 1947
The Indus water Treaty is between which two countries and who brokered it?
India and Pakistan,
When was the Indus water treaty signed?
It was signed in Karachi on 19 September 1960 by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Ayub Khan.
Which became the first state to issue order to implement new education policy?
Karnataka
What is the aim of the new education policy?
Increasing the gross enrolment ratio in higher education from 26.8% in 2018 to 50% by 2035.
Which act does the NEP replace?
National policy on education, 1986
Under whom was the committee formed to start the consultation process for the NEP?
Former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanian
Education comes under which list?
Concurrent list
What are the changes that the NEP inacts in India’s education policy?
aims to increase state expenditure in education from around 3% to 6% of the GDP
The NEP has emphasised on the use of mother tongue or local language as the medium of instruction till class five
The 10+2 structure will be replaced with 5+3+3+4 model
Coding will be introduced from class six
it proposes a four year multidisciplinary bachelors degree in an undergraduate program with multiple exit options
mPhil courses are to be discontinued
Which state removed inner line permit restrictions for tourist?
Ladakh
Which of the states require an ILP that is an inner line permit to enter into the inner area of the state?
Arunachal Pradesh Nagaland Mizoram Manipur
Who has been appointed as Armenia’s prime minister?
Nicol Pashinyan
Then Nagorno Karabakh conflict is between which two countries?
Armenia and Azerbaijan
The Nagorno Karabakh area is inhabited by which ethnic community?
Ethnic Armenians
Who is the President of Armenia?
Illham Aliyev
Where is the world’s first project to produce commercial volumes of uninterrupted water supply from a sustainable source?
Masdar city in Abu Dhabi
Who has been appointed as the President of Iran?
Ebrahim Raisi
Which country has recently signed the international solar alliance framework agreement? It became the fifth one to do so.
Germany
International solar alliance was initiated by which two countries?
France and India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Francois hollande
Who has been appointed as an envoy to open dialogue in Myanmar?
Erywan Yusof
Who is the founder of the world’s first block chain-based payment application?
Bibin Babu
What was the reliance sales rank in Fortune global 500 list?
1/55
Which conglomeration topped the Fortune 500 global list?
Walmart
Who is the richest man on earth?
Bernard Arnold, Chief Executive of the French luxury conglomerate LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton
what is the name of the world’s first fully commercial reprogrammable satellite?
Euteslat Quantum
Which became the first city to in India to vaccinate hundred percent of its population?
Bhubaneswar
What is the name of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier?
INS Vikrant
Who did PV Sindhu beat to become the first Indian woman athlete to win to individual Olympic medals?
He bing Jiao
Who is the first Indian to win two Olympic individual medals?
Wrestler Sushil Kumar
Who became the worlds fastest man?
Marcel Jacobs
What is the name of the Paralympic theme song?
Kar de kamal tu
Who became the first woman director in hundred years of zoological survey of India?
Dhriti Banerji
Who is the current comptroller general of India?
Deepak Das
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award has been renamed – – – – – –
Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna award
Who awards Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna award annually?
Ministry of youth affairs and sports
Who was the first recipient of Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna award?
Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand
Who is the youngest recipient of Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna award?
Abhinav Bindra, 2001, 18 years
When is world hepatitis Day celebrated?
28 July
When is Hiroshima day celebrated?
August 6
Which amendment was passed to restore the power of the state to identify and specify SEBC?
1/27 amendment Bill, 2021
what does article 338B deal with?
it deals with the duties structures and powers of the National commission for backward classes
What does article 342A deal with?
It says that the President in consultation with the governor would specify the SCBC
After being re- numbered, the constitutional 127th amendment bill should be called – – – – –
105 Constitution amendment Bill
Bilateral maritime exercise Zayed Talwar is undertaken by which two countries? Where did it take place? Which ship was used?
Indian Navy and UAE Navy, Abu Dhabi, INS Kochi
Who is the current chief of Naval staff?
admiral Karambir Singh
Who might become India’s first woman CJI?
justice BV Nagarathna
What are the names of the three women CJI’s who were recommended by the collegium and then later on accepted?
Justice BV Nagarathna, Justice Hima Kohli, Justice Bela Trivedi
Which article recommends the procedure for the apply appointment of a Supreme Court judge?
Article 124 of the Indian constitution
What are the requirements/eligibility criteria to become a Supreme Court judge?
must be an Indian citizen, Should not exceed 65 years of age, should serve as a judge of one High Court court or more continuously for at least five years or the person should be an advocate in the High Court for at least 10 years, or a distinguished jurist
Which article lays down the procedure for appointing a judge to a High Court?
Article 217
The national commission for backward classes was initially constituted by the central government by the – – – – – – – – –.
National commission for backward classes act, 1993
Who is the current chairman of NCBC?
Bhagwan Lal Sahni
Where is the worlds second largest refurbished national gene bank?
National bureau of plant genetic resources, Pusa in New Delhi
Who trained the largest contingent of people who were disabled to scale the worlds highest battlefield?
Team CLAW
Till where did the selected people with disabilities from across the country took an expedition to create a world record?
KUMAR post that is the Siachen glacier that is the worlds highest battlefield
What was the name of the expedition of the largest team of people with disability is to reach the worlds highest battlefield?
Team blue freedom
Investors Summit was held at – – – – – in 2021?
Gujarat
What all is included in the national automobile scrappage policy?
- The policy recommends fitness test for private and commercial vehicles that are more than 20 and 15 years old respectively
- in the absence of a fitness certificate registration of such vehicles will be automatically cancelled
- it further recommends mandatory scrapping of all government vehicles that are more than 15 years old but is applicable only tofourwheelers
- The fitness tests will be done at government certified fitness centres
- A road tax rebate of up to 25% for new personal vehicles and 15% for commercial vehicles as well as 5% discount against the scrapping certificate
- The registration fees for the purchase of new vehicles may also be waived upon getting the old vehicle scrapped7. 

Who is the union transport minister?
Nitin Gadkari
The anticipatory bail under section – – dash of the CRPC.
438
Which court can issue anticipatory bail?
Sessions court and High court
When was the permenant supervisory committee constituted for the Mullaperiyar dam?
2014
The Mullaperiyar dam is a source of friction for which two states?
Tamil Nadu and Kerala
Where is the Mullaperiyar dam located? And who operates it?
Located in Kerala, operated by Tamil Nadu
why Mullaperiyar dam is operated by Tamil Nadu?
Due to an 1886 lease indenture for 999 years which was known as the Periyar Lake lease agreement that was signed between the maharaja of Travancore and the secretary of state for India for the Periyar irrigation works
What is the new name of the midday meal scheme?
PN Poshan Shakti Nirman
Under which ministry does the PM poshan Shakti Nirman scheme come under?
HRD
What is the origin of the mid-day meal scheme?
Launched in 1995 as national program of nutritional support to primary education. Renamed to mid-day meal scheme in 2004
what will be the name of the new Central University being established in Ladakh?
Sindhu Central University
Where is the worlds highest motorable road? Where is it built? What is its height?
Umlingla Pass, Ladakh, 19,300, built by BRO
Which is the second highest motorable road?
Bolivia, 18,953
Where is worlds highest mobile ATC tower?
Nyoma, Ladakh
Where is world’s first bio bank in Ayurveda?
all India Institute of ayurveda, New Delhi
Which will be the first ever digital sensors in the country?
India’s upcoming 2021 census
census 2021 is the – – – – – – census of the country
16th
Census is undertaken by which body in India?
Registrar general and Census Commissioner of India under the Ministry of home affairs
Who is currently the registrar general and Census Commissioner of India?
Vivek Joshi
Which is the first city to be declared as water plus city?
Indore
When was the first survey undertaken under the Swachh Sarvekshan?
2016, largest cleanliness survey in the world
Who carries out Swachh Sarvekshan that is the cleanliness survey?
Quality Council of India
What was the first naval exercise between India and Saudi Arabia called? When was it held and where? What is the name of the ship sent by India?
Al mohed al hindi, King Abdul Aziz Naval Base, INS Kochi
Which state recognised Forest resource rights in an urban area?
Chhattisgarh
How much ethanol blending is permissible in our country?
20%
What is the envisioned increase in the thickness of plastic carry bags?
50 to 75 µm from 30 September 2021, to 120 µm with effect from 31 September 2022
What is the name of the two sides from Haryana added as under Ramsar sites?
Haryana’s Bhindawas Wildlife century, Sultanpur national Park
What is the name of the two sides from Gujarat to be added under Ramsar sites?
Thol Lake wildlife century, Wadhawan wetland in Gujarat
When was the Ramsar convention on wetlands adopted and where?
February 2, 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar
When did the Ramsar convention come into force for India?
February 1, 1982
How many Ramsar sites are there in India currently?
46
What is the full form of IPCC? Which report did the release what was it called? The report is numbered what?
sixth assessment report called climate change 2021: the physical science, Intergovernmental panel on climate change
Where was the international Army games 2021 one held?
Russia
What is India’s rank in global youth development index
122
Which country topped the global youth development index?
Switzerland
Which is the worlds most polluted city?
china’s Hotan
Which is the worlds second most polluted city 2021?
Ghaziabad
Which was the first country in the world to grant a patent to an artificial intelligence system? What is the name of the artificial intelligence system and who made it?
South Africa, DABUS created by Stephen Thaler
Which is the longest running joint military training between India and US?
Exercise Yudh Abhyas
Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2021 was held at – – – – –. It is the – that are – edition of the India US joint exercise.
Joint base Elemendorf Richardson, Alaska
Which are the three agreements signed between US in India and them defence sector?
LEMOA: logistics exchange memorandum of agreement
COMCASA: communications compatibility and security agreement
BECA: basic exchange and cooperation agreement
When did exercise Yudh Abhyas start? It was started under which program?
2004 under the US Army Pacific partnership programme
What is the name of the unique education scheme launched by MK Stalin in Tamil Nadu?
Illam Thedi Kalvi
What is the name of India’s first indigenous eco-friendly bicycle? It was launched by which state?
bambooka , Chhattisgarh
Which were the three states that emerged as toppers in government’s performance in the PAC study?
Kerala Tamil Nadu and Telangana
Which are the three small states that emerged as winners in governance performance in the PAC study? PAC: public affairs Centre
Sikkim Goa and Mizoram
Which were the three union territories that emerged as toppers in governance performance in the PAC study?
Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh
Which is the state bird of Jammu and Kashmir union territory?
Kalij Pheasant
Which is the state animal of Jammu and Kashmir?
Hangul
What is the full form of IRIS? What is the full form of CDRI?
IRIS: infrastructure for resilient island states
CDRI: coalition for disaster resilient infrastructure
The IRIS scheme is to be launched where?
SIDS: small island developing states
Who will be the chairperson of the 20 member empowered group of secretaries for PM Gati Shakti national master plan?
The Cabinet Secretary
which initiative in support of interconnected solar energy infrastructure at a global scale was launched at COP26?
The Green Grids Initiative One sun One world One Grid i.e GGI-OSOSOG
GGI – OSOWOG what is the brainchild of which two organisations?
ISA: international solar alliance presided by India supported by U.K.’s COP 26 core team
Who is the director general of ISA?
Dr Ajay Mathur
Which institute from India bagged the first position in the QS Asia University rankings 2022?
IIT Bombay
Which institute topped the list in the QS Asia University rankings 2022?
The national University of Singapore
Which is the first private varsity from north India to get NAAC accreditation?
The University of science and technology Meghalaya
Who has emerged as the top global leader with over 70% approval ratings?
PM Narendra Modi
Which institution tracks the top global leadership ratings?
Morning consult political intelligence
Who is resigned in north Macedonia and made history by becoming the first prime minister in 30 years to resign?
Zoran Zaev
Which were the five commitments made by India at COP 26?
1: taking India’s non-fossil fuel energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030
2: fulfilling 50% of India’s energy requirements through renewable energy by 2030
3: Bringing down the carbon intensity of India’s economy by more than 45% by 2030
4: Cut down its net projected carbon emission by 1 bn tonnes from now until 2030
5:  achieve the target of net zero carbon emission by 2070
How many countries have signed the global methane pledge at COP 26?
90
Which is the most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere? Which is the second most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere?
Number one: carbon dioxide
Number two: methane
What is the central aim of global methane pledge?
Cut down methane emissions by up to 30% from 2020 levels by the year 2030
Where is the world’s first museum in the sky?
Saudi Arabia
Which corporation is going to set up India’s first mega scale maleic Anhydride plant at Panipat?
Indian oil Corp
Which became the first company India to commit to AWS water Stewardship certification?
Multibusiness conglomerate ITC Ltd
Which country has launched the climate equity monitor?
India
Which is the state aquatic animal of Punjab?
Indus river dolphin
Many sportsperson were awarded the Khel Ratna?
12
When is national sports day? Whose birthday is it?
29th August, Major Dhyanchand birth anniversary
Which ministry annually awards Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna award?
Ministry of youth affairs and sports
Who has been appointed as the head coach of team India?
Rahul Dravid
Who won the 2021 Booker prize for fiction? What was the name of the novel?
Damon Galgut, The promise
Who was the first winner of the Booker prize? What was the name of his novel?
Percy Howard Newby, novel: something to answer for, 1969
Became the first woman to receive the Booker prize? When and what was the name of the novel?
Bernice Rubens, 1970, the elected member
Who are the first Bangladeshi citizens to be honoured with Padma Shri?
Bangladeshi career diplomat late Syed Muazzem Ali, veteran museologist Enamul Haq
When is national unity Day celebrated?
31st October
National ayurveda Day celebrated?
Second November
Who is to be the next chief of Naval staff?
R Hari Kumar
When did ASEAN FTA come into force?
2010
How much share does Tata own in Air Asia?
84%
How much share does Tata have in Vistara?
51%
Who is chief of army staff?
Bipin Rawat
Who is chief of Military staff?
M Narvane
What is the new name of the rebranded corporate parent of Facebook?
Meta
What does meta mean in greek?
Beyond
Where are the headquarters of Meta platforms incorporate located?
Menlo Park, California
What are the big five companies in US information technology?
Meta, Google, Apple, Microsoft’s and Amazon
What are the other social networking platforms provided by META?
Instagram, WhatsApp, oculus, Giphy, Mapillary and has a 9.9% stake in Jio platforms?
What is the theme of the India international trade fair 2020?
AathmaNirbhar Bharat – the vision of new India
Where is India’s first state on wildlife DNA lab?
Nagpur
In which galaxy was the first planet outside Milky Way detected?
spiral galaxy messier 51, also called the whirlpool galaxy
Which is the first Asian country to have two container-based hospital?
India
Where is India’s first oxygen rich homes? Which is the flagship company?
Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, amila group; a reputed real estate company
How far is the first planet beyond our galaxy?
28,000,000 ly away
Which x-ray Observatory was used to detect the first exoplanet outside of Milky Way?
Chandra x-ray Observatory
Who has been appointed as Canada’s new defence Minister
Indian origin politician Anita Anand appointed as Canada’s new defence minister
Which is India’s first film for sale on Blockchain?
Ram Gopal Varma’s dangerous
Who has retained the spot as India’s most generous billionaire?
Azim Premji
Who has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke award 2021?
Rajinikanth
Which is India’s highest award in the field of cinema?
Dadasaheb Phalke award
Where is Dadasaheb Phalke award presented every year? Who does it?
Presented annually at the national film award ceremony by the directorate of film festivals
When was Dadasaheb Phalke award first presented?
1969
Who is the father of Indian cinema? What is his accomplishment?
Dadasaheb Phalke, India’s first full length film, Raja Harishchandra directed in 1913
Who is the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke award?
actress Devika Rani
Who were the two people to be awarded Dadasaheb Phalke award posthumously?
Prithviraj Kapoor, Vinod Khanna
When is United Nations day?
24th October
Which constitutional amendment act gave the constitutional status to NCBC?
102nd constitutional amendment act, 2018
When was the national flag of India adopted in its present form?
22 July 1947
Present flag is based on which flag? The said flag was designed by whom?
The Swaraj flag, Pingali Venkayya
Which article provides a bid by the constitution and respect the national flag and the national anthem?
article 51A
What is the ratio of the length to the height of the national flag?
3:2
What does the Ashok Chakra in the national flag signify?
Wheel of the law of dharma
When was the consumer protection act amended/formulated?
20
which article mandates preventive detention?
article 22 3B of the Constitution
For how long can a period of preventive detention go on?
Three months
What are the sources of criminal law in India?
The Indian penal code of 1860, the protection of civil rights act, 1955, dowry Prohibition act 1961, schedule caste and schedule Tribes prevention of atrocities act 1989
The criminal law and criminal procedure or under which list?
Concurrent list seventh schedule
Who is said to be the chief architect of codification of criminal laws in India?
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Who has constituted a national level committee for reform in criminal laws? Who is the head of the committee?
The Ministry of home affairs, ranbir Singh
When was MPLAD scheme launched?
Members of Parliament local area development scheme funds, December 1993
The annual MPLADS fund entitlement per MP constituency is how much?
Rs.5,00,00,000 (crore)
The public accounts committee is headed by whom?
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
What is the strength of the Public accounts committee? What is the term of office? Who appoints the chairman of the PAC?
strength: 22 members; 15 from Lok Sabha and seven from Rajya Sabha
term off the office: one year
Chairman is appointed by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha
India inherited the concept of whip from which system?
British Parliamentary system
What is meant by adjournment sine die?
It means terminating a sitting of Parliament for an indefinite period
Which article deals with the pardoning powers of the governor?
Article 161
Which article deals with the pardoning powers of the president?
Article 72
The juvenile Justice care and protection of the children amendment Bill 2021 amended which act?
Juvenile Justice act, 2015
The makedatu issue Is between which two states?
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
Which amended provided the right to education as a fundamental right?
86th amendment
Which economy will the vehicle scrappage policy sponsor?
Circular economy
Which is the second longest glacier in the world is nonpolar areas?
Siachen glacier
Exercise talisman Saber is conducted between which two countries?
US military and Australian defence force
Which is Kerala’s first ever tunnel for road transport? Also South India’s longest six lane road tunnel?
Kythiran Tunnel
E – RUPI is a virtual payment based on what?
QR code or SMS string based e voucher
Who has developed E – RUPI?
It has been developed by national payments Corporation of India, the Department of financial services, the Ministry of health and family welfare and national health authority
As the Centre asked to broker the dispute between Mizoram and Assam?
North Eastern space application Centre
How many military commands are available in India?
17: Army and Air Force have seven Navy has three
Where is the only tri-service command in India?
Andaman and Nicobar command
Where will COP28 take place?
UAE
Who won the T20 test series 2020?
Australia
When did Malabar rebellion take place?
20th August, 1921
When did Malabar rebellion take place?
20th August, 1921
Who publishes the dictionary of martyrs of India’s freedom struggle?When was the book published?
Union minister of culture in collaboration with the Indian Council of historical research, 2019
Who is the chairman of the Jallianwala Bagh national Memorial trust?
The Prime Minister
In the aftermath of the Jallianwala Bagh incident, what did Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi do as a sign of condemnation?
renounce their british knighthood and Kaiser-i-Hind medal respectively
Where did Punapara Vayalar uprising take place?
The princely state of Travancore
What is considered the cradle of agrarian revolution in Kerala? When did it take place?
Kayyur incident, 1940, Kerala
Who had conducted the SECC 2011? Who had conducted the census in rural areas? And who had conducted the census in urban areas?
umbrella organisation: Department of rural development
rural area: Department of rural development
urban Area: Ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation
What are the two laws to prevent child marriages in India?
The child marriage restraint act of 1929 to restrict the practice of cild marriage
The Prohibition of Child marriage act, 2006 to address and fix the shortcomings of the child marriage restraint act
Who is the first ever census conducted in India? Who conducted it?
Lord Mayo, 1872
What are the three Scriptures that reveal the existence of a census in the Indian history?
Rigveda, Arthashastra by Kautilya, Ain-e-Akbari
What is the full form of ANOC? What is it?
AMOC: Atlantic Meridional overturning circulation
It is a large system of ocean currents that carry warm water from the tropics north word into the north Atlantic
Under which scale or hurricane is classified?
Safir – Simpson hurricane wind scale
Which tribe is removed from the list of identified ST’S in Arunachal Pradesh?
Abor tribe
When was the consumer protection act notified?
2019
Muslims, Christians, Parsis and Jews adopt through which means?
The guardians and wards act, 1890
The budget allocation under the RODTEP scheme is how much?
12,455 crore
The PM KUSUM scheme is an initiative offer of which ministry?
Ministry of new and renewable energy
what is the Ubharte Sitare fund?
It is an alternative investment fund for export oriented micro small and medium enterprises
The Ubharte Sitare fund has been set up by whom?
Exim bank, SIDBI; small industries development bank of India
What is the full name of UP’s 2 child policy?
The Uttar Pradesh population (Control, stabilisation and welfare) Bill, 2021
When was the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana launched?
2016
Which scheme brought high-speed internet to some of the remove test tribal hamlets deep inside the Nilambur jungle in Kerala?
JSS: Jan Shikshan Sansthan
When was MGNREGA introduced?
2005
What is the vector of the Zika virus?
infected mosquitoes from the Aedes Genus, Aedes Aegypti
When and where was the Zika virus first identified?
Uganda in 1947 in monkeys
Who are the targets of the Samagra Shiksha scheme?
preschool to class 12
Which agency is responsible for the nationwide rollout and implementation of the AB-PMJAY?
Full form: Ayushmann Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
National health authority is the nodal agency
What is the full form of the BCG vaccine? When was it first introduced? What is it used to combat?
BCG:Bacillius Calemette Guerin
introduced on 18 July 1921
Tuberculosis
What is the causal agent of TB?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
What is the full form of 0NDC?
Open network for digital commerce
What is the aim of ONDC: open network for digital commerce?
It aims to democratise digital commerce
Who is the executive chairman of NALSA: national legal services authority?
Justice UU Lalit
What is the official newsletter of NALSA?
Nyaya deep
Who will be the patron in chief of the NALSA?
Chief Justice of India
Who will be the executive chairman of the NALSA?
Second seniormost judge of the Supreme Court of India
Which article of the Indian Constitution guides towards the establishment of authorities to provide free legal aid to the weaker sections of the society? It entered the Constitution through which amendment?
Article 39, 42nd amendment act 1976
What will be the outcome of the new status provided to Gilgit Baltistan area?
The supreme appellate court of Gilgit Baltistan may be abolished and the region’s election commission is likely to be merged with the election commission of Pakistan
The Gilgit Baltistan area will become which province of Pakistan?
Fifth province
how many provinces are in Pakistan? name them
Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sind
When did Pakistan take over Gilgit Baltistan?
Fourth November, 1947
The Pakistan occupancy of Gilgit Baltistan area violates which resolution?
United Nations commission for India and Pakistan resolution of 28 April 1949
what is the name of the hydro power project being set up by China in the POK region?
Kohala hydropower project
The Kohala hydropower project is located on which river?
Jhelum River
Diamer Basha Dam Is located on which river?
Indus River
Black rice which recently got a GI tag belongs to which state?
Manipur
What is India’s rank in the climate change performance index?
10
Who compiles the climate change performance index?
Germanwatch the New Climate Institute, and the Climate Action Network
What is the length of India China boundary?
3488 km
What is the imaginary line that demarcates India and China? Who was the author of that line?
McMohan line, Sir Henry McMohan
When did the war take place between India and China?
1962
Maldives government has signed an agreement with which company for the construction of greater Male connectivity project?
AFCONS
Which is the largest infrastructure project done by India, in Maldives?
GMCP: greater Male connectivity project
Malabar exercise 2021 was which edition of the entire maritime exercise?
25th edition
what is called the quad plus?
The quad meeting along with New Zealand, South Korea and Vietnam
Which date marked the 28 years since Oslo one accord?
20 August 2021
When was Oslo one accord formally signed? What is it officially known as?
1993, declaration of principles
Who had facilitated the Oslo accords?
Then US President Bill Clinton
What are Oslo two accords officially called? When were they signed?
Israeli Palestinian interim agreement on the West Bank and Gaza, 1995
When did the six-day war take place between Israel and Palestine?
1967
Where did international early 2021 expo take place?
Russia
Which ship took part in the naval exercises with the Russian Navy as a part of the INDR A – NAVY 2021?
INS Tabar
Where did the defence exercise INDRA – ARMY 2021 take place?
Volgograd
How many times has India headed the United Nations Security Council?
10
How many times has India been a non-permanent member of the UNFC?
Seven
Any nonpermanent members are there in the United Nations Security Council?
10
When did the ALIYAHS take place?
18 82–1948
Which declaration was signed/issued by the british government to establish Jews in Palestine?
Balfour agreement
When did Britain lift its control over the conflicted area between Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea to declare the creation of Israel?
1948
What is the Palestinian exodus called?
AL – NAKBA, catastrophe
When was UNCLOS signed?
1982, it became effective in the year 1994
What is India’s contribution towards UN peacekeepers?
UNITE aware, mobile tech platform developed by India to provide terrain related information to the UN peacekeepers so as to ensure their safety
Which country has the highest contribution to words United Nations peacekeeping operations?
United States, 27.89%
UN peacekeepers are often referred to as?
Blue Berets or blue helmets
What is the full form of UNAMA?
UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
When was UNAMA established?
28 March 2002 by United nation SecurityResolution 1401
Where has North Korea restarting the nuclear reactor?
YONGVYON – North Korea’s main nuclear complex
What is the full form of IAEA?
International atomic energy agency
Where are the headquarters of IAEA?
Vienna, Austria
What is known as a precursor to free trade agreement?
Early harvest deal
What is ECLGS?
Emergency credit line guarantee scheme, it was launched by the government of India as a specific scheme in the view of the pandemic
When was the sovereign gold bonds introduced?
2015
NAS a perseverance rover is exploring which crater?
Jezero Crater on mars
What is the name of the first-ever helicopter to fly on Mars?
Ingenuity
Which is ISRO 8th flight with indigenous cryo-?
GSLV – F10
World War zero, when was it launched?
2019
Which two wetlands of India or in the Montreux record?
Keoladeo national Park in Rajasthan, Loktak lake in Manipur
Which site was added in the Ramseur list but later removed?
Chilka Lake
When was the kigali amendment negotiated? Where?
Rwandan capital, Kigali October 2016
when was Montréal protocol signed? What is its aim?
1989, meant to protect the ozone layer of the upper atmosphere
Which is Assam’s only Ramsar site which has recently been declared as an eco-sensitive zone?
Deeper Beel Wildlife sanctuary
Samudra Shakti exercise is conducted with which country?
Indonesian navy
When was Samagra Shiksha scheme launched and who launch date?
2018, Ministry of education
Good 1971 war took place between which two countries? This year marks which anniversary of the 1971 war
India Bangladesh on one side, Pakistan on the other, 50th anniversary
When is international day against nuclear test celebrated?
29th August
Who will be the first Indian to receive the Congressional Gold medal? What is it significance?
Mahatma Gandhi, highest civilian award in the United States
Who is the executive director of RBI?
Ajay Kumar
Which was India’s first overseas base that came to rescue in Afghan crisis?
GISSAR military adventure
Who became the first Indian to secure a silver in table tennis?
BhavaniBen Patel
Where did world athletics championship 2021 take place?
Nairobi
Which is India’s first space observatory?
ASTROSAT
Which became the first public sector undertaking in India to vaccinate it entire workforce against the novel coronavirus?
Northern coalfields Ltd
Where is India’s highest altitude herbal Park?
Mana village, Chamoli district
Which became the first state to be recognised with more than one water plus certified municipal Corporation?
Andhra Pradesh
What was the name of the operation taken up by India to evacuate its citizens from Afghanistan?
Operation Devi Shakti
What is the name of the operation by Indian arm forces to evacuate Indians citizens from Yemen?
Operation Rahat, 2015
Which operation was taken by Indian Navy to rescue Indians citizens from yamin ireland who were stranded by cyclone makenu?
operation Nistar
Which country will hold second United Nations geospatial information Congress? Where will the country hosted? What is its theme?
India, Hyderabad, towards Jio enabling the global village
Who was the Viceroy of India during the time Malabar rebellion occurred in 1921?
Lord Reading
Where is India’s first centre for international arbitration?
Mumbai
When is world mosquito day observed?
August 20
Who has been awarded national youth award for the year 2017 to 18?
Mohammed Azam from Karimnagar district in Telangana
Who became the third Indian captain after – – – – – and – – – – – to win a test at the home of cricket? Also mention the home of cricket?
Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Kapil Dev, Lords ground
Who became the first Indian team to be on and NBA title winning team?
PRINCEPAL Singh
Who is the fastest woman in the world?
Elaine Thompson Herah
Which athlete won the most medals in the Tokyo Olympics 2020?
Emma McKeon
When is elephant Day celebrated/observed?
12th August
Who has developed ZyCov-D?
Department of biotechnology, government of India under the mission Covid Suraksha, Zydus Cadila headquartered at Ahmedabad
What is the name of the Taliban leader? Who has been declared as Afghanistan’s new president?
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar
What is Afghanistan’s new name?
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
During which period did Taliban previously ruled over Afghanistan?
1996 to 2001
Which is the first nonmetro Indian city to sign for race to zero pledge?
Nashik
Where is country’s first solar electric vehicle charging station?
Karnal Lake resort Chandigarh
Which is the country’s first EV friendly highway in the country?
Delhi Chandigarh Highway
Where did Vietnam open its first ever consul office?
Bangalore
Which article provides for the pardoning powers of the governor?
Article 161
What is meant by pardoning a prisoner?
Completely absolving the person of the crime and letting him go free
What is meant by commuting a prisoner?
Changing his punishment to a lesser harsh one. For example commuting his death sentence to a life time imprisonment
What is meant by reprieving a prisoner?
A delay allowed in the execution of a sentence, usually a death sentence to allow the prisoner to appeal for presidential pardon and look for other means to prove his innocence
What is meant by respite, in the context of the pardoning powers?
Reducing the quantum or degree of punishment to a criminal in view of some special circumstances, for example the pregnancy or mental condition et cetera
What is meant by remission?
Changing the quantum of punishment without changing its nature. For example reducing 20 years rigourous imprisonment to 10 years
Who was the Census Commissioner during the first synchronous 1881 census?
WC Plowden
When was the first census conducted in independent India?
1951
Indien census are governed by which act?
Census of India act 1948
When is Indian Air Force day?
Eighth October
Who is the current chief of air staff?
Vivek Ram Choudhary
Who is the current president of IPC; international Paralympic committee?
Andrew Parsons
Which became the first country/city to host Paralympic games for the second time? When did they hosted for the first time?
Tokyo, 1964
Who became the first woman in Olympic history to win four consecutive gold medals in the same individual event in any sport?
Wrestler Icho Kaori
What was the central theme of Tokyo Paralympics?
We have wings
How many members represented India in the Paralympic games?
54, our biggest ever at the Paralympic games
Who was India’s flag bearer in the opening ceremony in the Paralympic games?
javelin thrower Tek Chand
This summer Paralympic games were which addition?
16th
Who was India’s flag bearer during the athletes parade in the closing ceremony of the games?
Avani Lekhra
Who emerged as the overall champion in the Tokyo Paralympics 2020? How many medals did they win? How many gold were out of them?
China, 207, 96
How many medals did India win in the Tokyo Paralympics? Mention the division between gold silver and bronze
19: five gold, eight silver and six bronze
Which two games made their debut in the Tokyo Paralympics?
Badminton and tae kwon do
How many medals did India win in the Rio 2016 edition?
2
What was India’s rank in the overall medals tally? What was India’s rank based on the number of medals?
24, 20
Who has been elected as the President of Institute of economic growth Society?
NK Singh
Which company has commissioned India’s largest floating solar photovoltaic project of 25 MW?
NTPC: national thermal power Corporation Limited
What is India’s position in the world in terms of installed renewable energy capacity after 100 GW milestone of installed RE capacity achievement?
Fourth position
The Centre government launched India’s first quantum computer simulator toolkit named – – – – – – –?
QSim
Which country emerges on the top of global youth development index 2020?
Singapore
Which city is adjudged as the safest city in the world in EREU safe city’s index 2021?
Copenhagen in Denmark
Which country emerges on top of the 2021 global manufacturing this index has the best manufacturing hub?
China
What is the theme of world water week 2021?
Building resilience faster
What is the goal of the Indian government for monetisation?
88190 crore
Which team won the UEFA Euro cup 2020 football title?
Italy
Who has been crowned Miss India – USA 2021?
Vaidehi Dongre
World’s the first 3D printed steel bridge was opened to pedestrians and cyclists in – – – –
Amsterdam
Global education Summit 2021 was successfully organised in – – –
London
Who had discovered Dholavira?
Jagat Pati Joshi
Exercise can contact the 2021 was between which two countries? Which ships participated in it?
Indian UK, INS Tabar NHMS West Minister
Who receive BBC Indian sports woman of the year award 2020?
Koneru
Which movie received the title of the best picture in the 93rd Oscars/Academy Awards?
Chloe‘s zhao’s nomadland
Which song was awarded the title of the song of the year?
I can’t breathe by Dunst Emiel, HER and tiara Thomas
Which movie was declared as the best film in the 66th Filmfare awards?
Thappad
Who has been awarded as the global teacher prize 2020?
RanjitSingh Disale
Who were crowned as times person of the year for 2020?
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Who has become the first Indian to receive Arline Pacht global vision award?
Justice Gita Mittal
Who have been named as the Asian of the year?
Adar Poonawalla
Who has been appointed as Biden’s advisor?
Neera Tanden
Who became the first woman chairperson of NASSCOM?
Rekha Menon
Who scripted history as the first Indian-American to be US associate attorney general?
Ms. Vanita Gupta
Who became the first Indian chairperson of the advisory committee of UNHRC?
Ajay malhotra
Who became SAIL’s first woman head?
Soma Mondal
Who has been appointed as the 11th chief information Commissioner of India?
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha
Who is the director of Superman who recently passed away?
Richard Donner
Who is recently included in the ICC Hall of flame?
Vinoo Mankad
Who has been elected as the international hockey Federation president?
Narinder Batra
Black rice which has recently awarded the geographical indication is from which state?
Manipur
The geographic indication tags are governed by which act?
The geographical indication protection and regulation act, 1999
Which city was selected for arts and crafts under the creative city’s network 2021, UNESCO?
Srinagar
Which two cities have been chosen for this year in the united nations educational scientific and cultural organisation creative city’s network 2021?
Hyderabad for gastronomy and Mumbai for film
Which three Indian city’s have been recognised as members of you NESCO creative city’s network?
Jaipur for arts and crafts, Varanasi for city of Music, Chennai for city of Music
Where is UNESCO headquarter? Who is the director general of UNESCO?
World Heritage Centre, Paris
Director General: Audrey Azoulay
Where is India’s first world-class railway station, which was recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
HabibGanj, Madhya Pradesh
The railway station at Habibganj has been developed on the model of which railway station?
Heidelberg railway station, Germany
Which rules have been recently amended to provide enhanced protection for the consumers?
Legal metrology packaged commodities rules 2011
When will the effects of the amendments in the legal metrology packaged commodities rules 2011 come into effect?
April, 2022
What are the changes introduced in the legal metrology packaged commodity rules 2011?
rule five defining schedule two under which a specific size for specific commodities had been prescribed is now removed
mentioning Date of manufacture is now mandatory
Per unit sale has to be mentioned along with the actual MRP to make it easier for consumers to a certain the cost in unit terms
Schedule two of the rules under which 19 commodities had to be paid in a specific quantity in a specific size et cetera has been removed. Companies can now produce commodities in any size or quantity
Which university topped the QS Asia University rankings in the state university category?
Calcutta University
Which is the world’s first fully solar powered airport?
CIAL: Cochin international Airport Limited
Where did the third edition of the Goa Maritime enclave take place?
Naval War College, Goa
what is the theme of GMC 2021?
Maritime security and emerging non-traditional threats: a case for proactive role for the Indian Ocean movies
Which district topped the list in the aspirational district programme while showing the most improvement?
Bhoopalpalli in Telangana
What is the full form of MPLADS?
Members of Parliament local area development scheme
What is the annual fund entitlement under the MPLADS?
Five crore per member of Parliament, released in two instalments of 2.5,00,00,000 age
When was the MPLADS scheme formulated?
23 December 1993
Which is the ministry that overlooks the workings of the MPLADS?
Ministry of statistics and programme implementation
Where is India’s first Centre for research on the Drone tech?
IIT Gauhati
Where is India’s first operationalised private sector defence manufacturing facility?
Uttar Pradesh defence corridor, Lucknow
Which country became the 101st member of the international solar alliance led by India and France?
United States of America
Which state launched India’s first education-based technology forum?
Maharashtra
What is the name of the Indo France joint military exercise? Where is it taking place?
exercise Shakti, Frejus France
What are the names of the three biennial training exercises conducted between India and France?
Exercise GARUDA with Indian Air Force
Exercise Varun with Indian Navy
Exercise Shakti with Indian military
Who has designed the commemorative coin given to Mahatma Gandhi?
Heena Glover
Who releases global climate change performance index? What was India’s rank in the global climate change performance index
German
watch, 10th
Will host COP 27 in 2022?
Egypt
Who will host COP 28 in 2023?
UAE
Who is the President of Egypt?
Abdel Fateh al sisi
Which country is conducting the world’s first nationwide drill to test its readiness in the events of an outbreak of a new more lethal COVID-19 strain? What is the name of the drill?
Israel, Omega Drill
Who is the new prime minister of Norway?
Jonas Gahr Stoere
Who has topped the list as India’s most generous billionaire?
Wipro founder Azim Premji
Which state has topped the logistics is across different states reports?
Gujarat
What is the name of RBIs first global Hackathon? What is the theme of the Hackathon? Who will host the Hackathon?
HARBRINGER, smarter digital payments, APIX: application performance interface exchange
Which leading pharmaceutical company in USA has recently split into two divisions? That company also manufactured the COVID-19 vaccine Janssen?
Johnson and Johnson
Who became the first woman to walk in space? How did she do so?
Wang Yaping, Shenzhou 13 mission’s first extra vehicular activity
Which became the first state/union territory in India to achieve full Covid vaccination?
Lakshadweep
Who was a Awarded Vir Chakra 2021?
Captain Abhinandan Varthmaan
Which is the third highest wartime gallantry award?
Vir Chakra
Which is the second highest peacetime gallantry award?
Kirti Chakra
Which is the contentious clause in the personal data protection Bill 2019?
Clause 35, examines the government and its agencies outside the purview of the law
When did the landmark
Puttaswamy judgement take place?
2017
What is the full form of ASEAN?
Association of South East nation
What is the current GST rate structure?
5%, 12%, 18%, 28% for demerit goods, total rate = 8
What is the new possible revenue neutral rates proposed for the GST regime?
8%, 15% merging with the 12% and 18% slabs, 30%, total rate = 7
What is the name of the indigenous nuclear ballistic missile submarine? In India
INS Arihant
How many conventional and nuclear submarines does the Indian Navy currently have?
16 conventional and one nuclear submarine in service
What is the name of the fourth Scorpene class conventional submarine? What is it named after? What is it’s mascot? What does it signify?
INS Vela, Vella is named after an Indians fish belonging to the stingray family, the submarines mascot is the subarray which is an amalgamation of the submarine and the stingray which symbolises the metamorphosis of submarines character with the qualities of a stingray
What is the name of the first submarine in India?
INS Kalvari
what is the name of the second submarine in India? When was it commissioned?
INS Khanderi, commissioned in September 2019
What is the name of the third submarine in India? When was it commission?
INS Karanj, commissioned in March 2021
What is the name of the fifth submarine? When was it commission?
INS Vagir, commission in November 2020
What is the name of the sixth submarine in India?
INS Vagsheer
What’s the name of the newly detected virus variant? What is classification of the new variant? Where was it first detected?

Omicron,B.1.1.529, South africa
When is constitution day?
26th November
When was the Buddhist Central project announced by the central government?
2016
Which is India’s first trans national tourist circuit?
Buddhist circuit project
What is the importance of Lumbini in Nepal?
It is the place where Queen Maya Devi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautam
What is the importance of Kapilavasthu in Buddhist religion?
Childhood home of Buddha, capital of Shakya
What is the importance of Rajgir in Nalanda for the Buddhist religion?
Favourite retreats of the Buddha
Which was the location where Gautama Buddha spent 24 Chatur maas?
shravasti
when was the Anglo Manipuri war fought?
1891
maharaja Kula Chandra dhwaja is associated with which place?
Anglo Manipur War of 1891
Which is the third highest peak in the Andaman Nicobar Islands?
Mount Harriet, Mt Manipur
AMRUT 2.0 adopts the principles of which kind of economy?
Circular economy
The Mullaperiyar dam issue is between which two states?
Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Where is Mullaperiyar dam located?
Kerala
nutri garden and tithi bhijan are associated w which scheme
PM poshan Shakti Nirman
Students up to which class are supported under the mid-day meal scheme?
Class eight for at least 200 days in a year
The PM poshan Shakti Nirman scheme comes under which ministry?
HRD
When was PM potion scheme launched? What was its name when it was first launched?
1995, national programme of nutritional support to primary education
Which four states are covered under ILP?
Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram, Manipur
ILP is an extension of which colonial act?
The Bengal Eastern frontier regulation act 1873
Which ministry has launched Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana?
Department of pharmaceuticals of the Ministry of chemicals and fertilisers
When was Prime Minister Jan Aushadhi Yojana launched? Who is responsible for implementing the scheme?
2008, pharmaceutical and medical devices bureau of India
Which act is used to maintain the database for registered birth and death?
Registration of birth and death act, 1969
What is the 5F version of the honourable Prime Minister?
Farm to fibre to factory to fashion to foreign
How will the sites for the PMMITRA scheme be selected?
The sites for the scheme will be selected by a challenge method based on objective criteria set for a greenfield/brownfield sites
The Nipah virus is a – – – – virus
Zoonotic
Which organism is responsible for the Nipah virus encephalitis?
RNA of paramyxoviridae, genus henipavirus and is closely related to hendra virus
what is the first ever global strategy to defeat meningitis? Who release it?
Global roadmap to defeat meningitis, 2030, world health organisation
What was India’s rank in the global hunger index?
101/116
When was China Pakistan economic corridor launched?
2015
Which is the flagship project of the multibillion dollar belt and Road initiative which is the pet project of Chinese President Xi Jinping?
CPEC, China Pakistan economic corridor
What is the length of the CPEC?
3000 km
Which is the first of the BRICS bloc of major emerging economies to join the HAC that is high ambition coalition for nature and people?
India
The idea for a Quad grouping was first mooted by which President?
Japanese president Shinzo Abe
which four countries form the new quad?
Israel UAE USA India
Who all are a part of the Middle East quad?
India, USA, Israel, UAE
information fusion centre – for Indian Ocean region, IFC – IOR??
Gurugram, India
What is the name of national purpose vehicle set up to correct the loans of air India?
Air India assets holding Ltd
Who became the third boiler in test history after England’s Jim Laker and Anil Kumble of India to take 10 wickets in an innings?
New Zealand’s Ajaz Patel
Who became the third bowler in test history after England’s Jim Laker and Anil Kumble of India to take 10 wickets in an inning?
New Zealand’s Ajaz Patel
Who is conducting the culture mapping of 80 villages?
Indira Gandhi national Centre for the arts
What is the full form of CAATSA?
Countering America’s adversaries through sanctions act 2017
Which is the contentious aircraft due to which India might face sanctions from USA?
S 400 Triumf anti-aircraft missile, surface-to-air missile
What is CAATSA’s core objective?
Countering Iran, North Korea, Russia through punitive measures
Which year is the 20th anniversary of the signing of declaration on the conduct of parties in the South China Sea?
2022
When was the declaration of conduct of parties in South China Sea signed?
November 2002
What are the names of the three contentious islands claims in the South China Sea
Parcel Islands, Spratly Islands, Scarborough Shoal
When was conference on disarmament established?
1984
When was conference on disarmament first established?
1979
How many member countries are there in the conference on disarmament?
65
What is the agenda of the conference on disarmament?
decalogue
Who has been chosen as the external auditor by the Prohibition of chemical weapons?
CAG of India
What is the full form of interpol
International criminal police Organisation
When was interpol formed? When did India join interpol?
1923, 1949
Which is the worlds youngest country?
South Sudan
Where is the headquarter of interpol?
lyon, france
how many countries have signed the G20 OECD inclusive framework deal?
130 countries and jurisdictions
When was international energy agency established? where are the headquarters of international energy agency?
1974 as per the framework of the OECD international energy agency is an autonomous intergovernmental, Paris France
Which new agenda has been recently included in the anticorruption working group G20?
Sports
When was the anticorruption working group G20 established?
Toronto Summit, 2010
What is G20 formally known as?
Summit on financial markets and the world economy
When was G20 established?
1999
Which report of the World Bank has been recently disbanded?
Ease of doing business report
Which four countries were affected by the irregularities in doing business report?
China Azerbaijan UAE and Saudi Arabia
Who was the chief executive who was alleged to boost China’s ranking in 2017 in the doing business report?
Kristalina Georgiva
When did the ease of doing business report first start
2002
India has been elected to the UN human rights Council for how many times?
6
When was financial action task force established?
1989
Where are the headquarters of FATF?
Paris at OECD headquarters
Which three countries were added in the FATF grey list recently?
Turkey, Jordan and Mali
How many countries are in the FATF grey list?
23
Which two countries were recently removed from the FATF grey list?
Botswana and Mauritius
Where is the headquarter of Asian infrastructure investment bank?
Beijing
Where are the headquarters of the Asian development bank?
Manila Philippines
When was MGNREGA launched?
2005
When is world food day celebrated? What is it commemorating?
16th October, to commemorate the day of founding of the United Nations Food and agriculture organisation
Target for which year has been set for self-reliance in energy?
2047
Who released the geospatial energy map of India?
NITI Aayog
Which country recently tested the hypersonic glide vehicle
China
When was perseverance rover launched?
2020
The James Webb space telescope is a joint venture between which three countries?
USA NASA, Europe ESA, Canada CSA
When is international E waste day celebrated?
October 14
Kunming declaration is associated with which agenda?
Biodiversity conservation
When was UAPA passed?
1967
The committee constituted by the Supreme Court to oversee and examine the allegations of the Pegasus snooping case is headed by – – – – –
RV Raveendran
When a swatch Sarvekshan launched?
2016
The name for the cyclone Gulab was suggested by which country?
Pakistan
Which article of the Constitution allows the Supreme Court to initiate contempt of court case?
Article 129 of the Indian constitution
Anti-defection law was added to the constitution by which amendment that?
52nd amendment act
The declaration of authority as a state is decided under which article?
Article 12 of the Constituti
What is the full form of PM – CARES?
Prime Minister citizen assistance and relief in emergency situation
Which article provides for the appointment of the deputy Speaker in the Parliament?
Article 93
The citizenship amendment act, 2019 seeks to amend which act?
Citizenship amendment act 1955
Who was unanimously elected to be the first woman Speaker of the Gujarat assembly?
Nimaben Acharya
What is the NFRA? When was it constituted? It was constituted under which act?
National financial reporting authority, 1 October 2018, companies act 2013
Who has been chosen as the chairman of the national commission for minorities?
IPS officer Iqbal Singh Lal pura
The right to sit associated with which state?
Tamil Nadu
Which were the three top ranking states among the larger states in the third state food safety index?
Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Among the smaller states which three states stood first in the third
state food safety index?
Meghalaya Manipur Goa
Among the union territories which the union territories topped the third state Food safety index?
Jammu and Kashmir, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, New Delhi
Which committee suggested regular audits of ordinance units considering past performance?
Shekatkar committee
Which is the nodal agency responsible for the nationwide rollout and implementation of the Ayushmann Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi yojna?
National health authority NHA
When did Afghanistan become a part of SAARC?
Eight member, 2007, President Hamid Karzai
When was POK created?
It came into being after the 1949 ceasefire between India and Pakistan
Which article of the Constitution of Pakistan governs the region of PoK?
Article 257 of Pakistani constitut
When was SAARC established? It was established through the signing of the charter?
8 December 1985, SAARC charter in Dhaka
Which country became the newest member of SAARC as a 13th annual summit in 2005?
Afghanistan
Where are the headquarters and Secretariat of the SAARC?
Kathmandu, Nepal
How many times has India hosted the BRICS summit? Name all the years
Three times, 2021, 2012, 2016
Who had coined the term BRIC?
Economist Jim O neil from Goldman Sachs, 2001
When did South Africa join BRICS?
2011
What is the full form of CSTO?
Collective security Treaty organisation
Where are the headquarters of collective security Treaty organisation CSTA?
Moscow
The Tashkent treaty is associated with which organisation?
CSTO, also known as collective security Treaty 1992
When did Shanghai Corporation organisation come into being?
19 September 2003
Who are the five original members of the SCO?
Krygzstan, Tajikistan, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, China
Who were the members of the original Shanghai five?
Kazakhstan, China, Krygzstan, Russia and Tajikistan
When did Uzbekistan join the Shanghai five? This was also the time when this name Shanghai5 was changed to Shanghai cooperation Organisation
2001
When did India and Pakistan become part of the SCO?
2017
Which country has been accepted as the ninth member of the SCO?
Iran
When was BRI launched? What is its scope?
2013, East Asia to Europe
Where did representatives of Indian and Taliban meet for the first time?
Qatar, Indian Ambassador Deepak Mittal and Taliban political officer Sher Mohammad Abbas
The surprise formation announced by US which does not include India has which of the countries?
USA, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan
When was the iran nuclear deal signed?
2015
What is the official name of the Iran nuclear deal?
JCPOA; joint comprehensive plan of action
JCPOA was a result of the negotiation between which two parties?
Iran plus P5 +1, China France Germany Russia United Kingdom is the United States and the European Union
When did USA pull out of the JCPOA?
2018
The sixth Eastern economic forum was held in – – – – –
Vladivostok, Russia
When was the PM the chief guest of Eastern economic forum?
Fifth EEF, 2019
When and where was the first meeting for the quad?
2007, sidelines of ASEAN summit
When was the Iran nuclear deal signed
2015
When was the international atomic energy agency established?
1957
Where are the headquarters of the international atomic energy agency?
Vienna Austria
DNARCL: national asset Reconstruction Company Limited, will acquire stressed assets worth how much?
2, lakh
The national asset Reconstruction Company Ltd will acquire stressed assets worth how much?
2, lakh crore
Which entity as a bad bank will try to send the stressed assets in the market?
IDRCL; India debt resolution Co Ltd
How much money has the government put aside for NARCL – IDRCL structure as a guarantee?
30,600 crore
When is engineers day celebrated?
15 September
Which three countries celebrate September 15 as national engineers day?
India Tanzania Sri Lanka
National engineers day is celebrated to recognise and honour the achievements of which great engineer?
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya
What is India’s rank in the global innovation index?
46th
Who releases the global innovation index?
World intellectual property organisatio
Which country top the global innovation index?
Singapore
which rover carried MOXIE or Mars rover ISRU experiment?
NASA’s perseverance rover
What is the name of space X first all civilian non-governmental spaceflight?
inspiration4
All four seats in the inspiration4 spacecraft has been purchased by whom?
US billionaire Jared Isaacman
Which is the first country in the world to successfully retrieve lunar samples since the 1970s?
China, chang e five
What are the names of the five variants of interest in the SARS – COV2?
ETA, iota, Kaapa lambda and mu
What are the four variant of concerns for the SARS – COV2?
Alpha, beta, gamma, Delta
Which committee recommended to ban crypto currency?
SC Garg committee
Which was the first Indian side to be declared as a part of the Ramsar convention? When?
Chilka Lake, 1981
When is ozone day celebrated? It is celebrated to commemorate what?
16th September, Montréal protocol
What is the purpose of Montréal protocol?
phasing out of ozone depleting substances
When was Montréal protocol signed?
1987
What is the theme of the ozone Day 2021?
Montréal protocol – keeping us our food and vaccine school
When was Kigali amendment adopted? Where was it adopted?
October, 2016, 28 meeting of the parties held at ki Gali, Rwanda
What is the significance of the Kigali amendment?
Parties will face down production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons
Which two beaches verse recently certified with the coveted international blue flag certification?
Kovalam in Tamil Nadu, Eden in Puducherry
How many blue flag beaches are there in India?
10
Blue flag certification is accorded by which foundation?
Foundation for environment education, Denmark
When is world rhino day celebrated?
22nd September
Who were the 1st to be presented with the President’s colours on 27 May 1951?
Indian Navy
Who are being provided the presidents colours recently?
Naval aviation
What is the length of the Durand line? It is between which two countries?
2670 km, Afghanistan and Pakistan
The Durand line was signed between which two people?
Sir henry mortimer durand and Amir Abdul Rahman
Which section of the GST act mandates the Constitution of the goods and services tax appellate Tribunal?
Article 109
Which is the northernmost piece of land on earth?
Qeqertaq Avannarleq
Which was previously the earth’s most northernmost terrain?
Oodaaq
Which was the first state to achieve hundred percent first dose vaccination of all its residents? Which is the second?
Himachal Pradesh, Goa
The sixth edition of the PEACEFUL MISSION is conducted by which country?
Russia in the Orenburg region
Which body separates the mainland China from island of Taiwan?
Taiwan Strait, 110 mile
Who is the chief of defence staff?
General Bipin Rawat
When did Malabar exercise start?
1992
When did Japan joined as a permanent member in the Malabar exercise?
2015
Which is the fastest supersonic cruise missile in the world?
Brahmos missile
The name Brahmos comes from – – – –
Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia
When was universal postal union established? Where are its headquarters?
1874, Swiss capital Berne
Which is the second oldest international organisation worldwide?
Universal postal union
How many members are there in the universal postal union?
41
Where are the headquarters of the BIMSTEC?
Where is Bengal initiative for multi sectoral technical and economic cooperation, Dhaka Bangladesh
How much money has been promised in the tripartite Karbi Anglong agreement? How much time has been stipulated for the Karbi Anglong agreement to hold and take place?
1000 crore by the Assam government, five years
Who is Zambia’s new president?
Hakinde Hichelema
Which country has declared that President can to serve two consecutive terms recently?
El Salvador
Which three countries have recently been approved as a new member of the new development bank?
Bangladesh, Uruguay, UAE
Where are the headquarters of new development bank?
Shanghai, China
Who is the President of new development bank?
Marcos Troyojo
Which became India’s first IGBC platinum rated city? Also got the highest certification for the greenfield smart city?
GIFT CITY
Which became the first market in the world to force Apple and Google et cetera to allow third-party App Store payments?
South Korea
Which is India’s first missile tracking ship? Who built it?
DHRUV, Hindustan shipyard in collaboration with DRDO andNTRO
Which is the only place in India to have all three crocodile species?
Odisha
Rajiv Gandhi national Park has been named – – – – –
Orang National Park
What is the official name of Mangalyaan?
Mars orbiter Mission
Mars orbiter Mission has been in Mars since – – – –
24 September 2014
Which was India’s first interplanetary mission?
Mars orbiter Mission, Mangalyaan! 5th nov
Which is the fourth space agency to reach Mars after Ross Kosmos, NASA and the european space agency?
ISRO, Indian space research organisation
Which is the first Asian nation to reach the Martian orbit? It was also the first nation to do it on its maiden attempt?
India
Mariyappan Thangavelu won which medal in which sport?
Gold, men’s high jump
The 130th edition of the Durand cup is being held at which place?
Kolkata
Manish Nagpal Van a medal in which sport which my dad was it?
Gold, Pistol shooting
Which is the first city to host the Paralympic more than once?
Tokyo
How many events were featured in the 2020 summer Paralympics?
539 events in 22 sports
Which country topped the medal table for the Tokyo Paralympics 2020?
China, 96 gold and 207 total medals
Which games made their Paralympic debut in Tokyo?
Badminton and tae kwon do
What was the medal division for the Indian Paralympic team?
Five gold eight silver and six bronze
What was India’s rank in the Tokyo Paralympics 202l0?
24
Who became the first Indian to roll out non-fungible tokens?
Amitabh Bachchan
Who became the first Indian to cross 150 million followers landmark on Instagram
Virat Kohli
Who is the brand ambassador of Delhi government is Desh ka mentors program?
Sonu Sood
When is international Day of clean air for blue skies celebrated?
September 7
What is the aim of the Bharat stage VI emission standards?
Aims to cut emissions by 80 to 90% from the new vehicles
Which became the first city in the country to switch from BS – IV grade fuel to BS – VI?
New Delhi
Which became the first company to begin the supply of BS – VI fuel across India?
Indian oil Corp Ltd
The Bharat stage standards are based on the regulations introduced by whom? When were they introduced?
European Union, 2000
Who has been appointed as the Sherpa for the G20 meet, Italy?
Piyush Goyal, Minister for consumer affairs Food and Public distribution and textiles
When was the G20 founded? How many members are there in the G20 international forum
1999, 19 countries plus the European Union
When was the BRIC groupings first formal summit? where was it held?
16 June, 2009, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Which are the four countries India has held a 2+2 ministerial meet?
Russia, Australia, USA, Japan
Which state became the millet hub of India?
Chhattisgarh
When was bitcoin first introduced? Who was the entity that conceptualised an accounting system which was crypto currencies?
2009, A person or a group of people who went by the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto
Which are the major friction points between China and India?
BP 15 and BP17A, PP14 in the Galvani Valley, finger four on the north bank of Pangong Tso and the Rezang La and Rechin La on the south bank of Chang chenmo river
Which are the states that border China? What is the length of the border between?
Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh, 3488 km
Which is the worlds highest saltwater lake?
Pangong Tso
Who has been named as the acting prime minister of Afghanistan?
Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhand
Who is the deputy prime minister of Afghanistan?
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar
Who has been declared as the acting interior minister of Afghanistan?
Sirajuddin Haqqani
Who is the third supreme commander of the Taliban?
Hibatullah Akhandzada
Which country got the world’s first Green mosque?
Dubai
The – finance commission was stipulated in 2021
15th
The finance commission is formulated once in every – – – number of years? Which article reminded is this?
Five years, article 280 of the Constitution
The first finance commission was headed by whom?
KC Neogy
Who was the chairman of the 15th finance commission?
NK Singh
Who became the first woman from the Arab world to head IUCN?
Razan Al Mubarak
Who became the first IAS officer to win a medal at the Paralympics?
Suhas Yathiraj
Who became the first Indian shuttler to win a gold at Tokyo Paralympics 2020?
Pramod Bhagat
Who became the first golfer in the world to be granted 10 year Dubai Golden Visa?
Jeev Milkha Singh
When is international literacy Day?
Eight September
Who has been appointed as the joint secretary in the newly created ministry of cooperation?
Abhay Kumar Singh
The medicine from the sky project has been launched in which state?
Telangana
When and where did India join SCO
Astana, Kazakhstan, 9 June 2017 along with Pakistan
Who has been declared as Morocco’s new prime minister
Aziz Akhannouch
Largest multinational military training in the Middle East? Who hosted that
BrightStar, Egypt army
Which became the first state in India to start vehicle registration under the new BH series?
Odisha
Who has developed the Gaganyaan crew model?
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Where are the headquarters of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd?
Bangalore
What are the names of the five people who have been awarded the Ramon Magsaysay award 2021?
Firdausi Qadri of Bangladesh, Roberto ballon of Philippines, American citizen Steven Munsi who works for humanitarian relief, Mohammed Amjad Saqib of Pakistan, Indonesian watchdoc 
What is the other name of Asia’s noble prize?
Ramon Magsaysay award
When was Raman Magsaysay award established? It was awarded in the memory of whom?
1957, Philippines third president Ramon Magsaysay
When is Ramon Magsaysay award presented every year?
31st August, anniversary of Philippines third president Ramon Magsaysay
When is democracy day celebrated?
15th September
The national education policy Twenty20 replaces the – – – – –
National policy on education, 1986
Bilateral maritime exercise samudra Shakti was attended by which two ships?
INS Shivalik and INS Kadmatt
Which country has been elected as the external auditor to the international atomic energy agency? What is the tenure?
India, 2022 to 2027
When was India previously the external auditor of the IAEA?
2012 to 2015
When was IAEA established?
1957
Where are the headquarters of IAEA? Who is the director general of the same institution
Vienna, Austria, Rafael Mariano grossi
Where did the sixth edition of the SCO exercise peaceful Mission 2021 take place
Russia, Orenburg region
Where was the 76 session of the United Nations General assembly held?
New York
What are the six countries that have 40 or more world heritage sites?
India France China Italy Spain Germany
What is the name of the first side from the Indus Valley civilisation to get the world heritage tag?
Dholavira
When was earth overshoot day 2021 celebrated?
29th July
Which article of the Constitution of India gives the President of India the power to suspend the state government and impose President’s rule on any state of the country?
Article 356
When was the first delimitation exercise carried out in Jammu and Kashmir?
1963
Who carries out the delimitation exercise?
Delimitation commission or a boundary commission
Which article provides for the dismissal of government employees?
article 311(2)(C)
Which amendment act added the 10th schedule that is the anti-defection law?
52nd amendment act
Apart of the 97th Constitutional amendment was upheld in which majority?
2:1
What were the changes made by 97th Constitutional amendment act?
it dealt with the effective management of cooperative societies in the country
it amended article 19(1)(c) to give protection to the cooperatives and inserted article 40 3B and part 1XB
When was the 97th Constitutional amendment Bill passed?
December 2011 and had come into effect from February 15, 2012
Which celebrity had approached the Delhi High Court seeking the removal of his videos photographs and articles from the Internet as his right to be forgotten?
Ashutosh Kaushik
When was the Adarsh Smarak scheme launched?
2000
Which monuments in Andhra Pradesh has been recently identified as Adarsh Smarak?
Nagarjunakonda, but this remains at Salihundam and Veer Bhadra Temple at Lepakshi
The adarsh Smarak scheme is implemented by which ministry?
Ministry of culture
How many monuments have been identified as Adarsh Smarak by the archaeological survey of India?
Hundred monuments
Which spacecraft has captured images of glowing atmospheric lights on Mars known as discrete auroras?
UAE’s Hope spacecraft
Who announces the earth overshoot day?
Global footprint network
Under which article kind of President’s rule be imposed on the state? What is this known as?
Article 356, state emergency or constitutional emergency
What is the duration of the President’s rule in the state?
Initially valid for six months the President’s rule can be extended for up to 3 years with approval of the Parliament every six months
Who is the nominal head of the state? Who is the real head of the state?
Governor, chief minister
When was the first full-fledged delimitation commission formed?
1981
Which are the three landmark judgements pertaining to the right to speedy trial?
1978 babu Singh versus state of UP
1979 Hussainara Khatoon versus state of Bihar
How is the legislative council created?
Under article 169 of the Constitution Parliament may by law create or abolish the second chamber in the state of the legislative assembly if that state passes a resolution to that effect by a special majority
Which constitutional amendment act of India added apart related to the cooperatives?
97th Constitutional amendment act
Which DPSP is regarding the promotion of cooperative societies?
Article 43B
Which are the two or articles that mandate a need for a deputy speaker?
Article 93 for Lok Sabha, article 178 for the state assemblies
When did the Kedarnath versus state of Bihar case take place? What were the principles laid down in this landmark judgement?
1962, five judge Supreme Court constitutional bench, comments however strongly worded expressing disapproval Bashan of the actions of the government without causing public disorder by acts of violence would not be penalised
When did the Balwant Singh versus State of Punjab take place? What were the court rulings?
1995, the Supreme Court clarified that merrily shouting slogans such as Khalistan Zindabad does not amount to sedition
When was section 66 a of the information technology act struck down regarding it as unconstitutional? What is the official name of the landmark judgement?
March 2015, Shreya Singhal versus union of India
What does makedatu mean? Where is it situated?
goat’s leap, It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Cauvery and its tributary Arkavathy
who was mamta banerjee’s rival in west bengal elections?
suvendu adhikari
who is the final authority under law to decide on recounting of votes?
returning officer
when did representation of people act come into existence?
1951
how can u challenge the decison of the returning officer under representation of people’s act, 1951?
thru an election petition under article 80 of the act
which became the first airport to have 1000 taxi bot movements?
indira gandhi international airport
Which government was the 1st to launch outpatient clinics for Covid infection?
Telangana
Which is the world’s first LNG fuelled fast ferry?
Eleanor Roosevelt
When did India host the BRICS summit previously?
2012 and 2016
Which state has recently passed a resolution to abolish the state’s legislative council?
Andhra Pradesh, the bill is yet to be introduced in the Parliament
What are the other names for state legislative council
Vidhana Parishad or Saasana Mandali
What are the 10 years of the MLC is that is member of legislative council?
Six years
Who has been sworn in as the 11th CM of Uttarakhand?
Pushkar Singh Dhami
What is the winter capital of uttarakhand
Dehradun
What is the name of the summer capital of Uttarakhand?
Gairsain a town in Chamoli district
Who has been appointed as Karnataka governor?
Thawar Chand Gehlot
Who has been appointed as the Goa governor?
Sreedharan Pillai
Who is the current governor of Madhya Pradesh?
Mr Mangu Bhai Chhagan bhai Patel
Who organised the first edition of the Indo Pacific business Summit?
Confederation of Indian industry in partnership with external affairs ministry
Which became the first school in India to launch satellites?
Bengaluru
Which alliance was formed as a protest against what was done on August 5, 2019 that is the abrogation of article 370?
People’s alliance for gupkar declaration
When was the first good car declaration signed?
August 4, 2019
Which party announced that it was pulling out of the gupkar alliance citing differences with the member parties?
Jammu and Kashmir People’s conference
Khadi and Village industries commission has recently secured trademark registration in which three countries?
Bhutan, UAE and Mexico
What has UAE’s hopes spacecraft recently discovered?
discrete aurora in the night sky of Mars
Who was the first Indian athlete to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics?
KT Irfan
Who won the Serbia open in Chess?
Nihal Sarin
Who became the first Italian to reach Wimbledon singles final?
matteo berretini
Who won the US open men’s singles?
Daniil Medvedev
Who won the US open women’s singles?
Emma Raducanu
Who won the Australian Open 2021 men’s singles?
Novak Djokovic
Who won the Australian Open 2021 women’s singles?
Naomi Osaka
Who was the winner of the Wimbledon 2021 men’s singles?
Novak Djokovic
Who won the Wimbledon 2021 women’s singles?
Ashleigh Barty
Who won the French Open 2021 men’s singles?
Novak Djokovic
Who won French Open 2021 women’s singles?
Barbora Krejčíková (Czech Republic)
Who lifted the Wimbledons boys singles trophy 2021?
Indian origin Sameer Banerji
Who was the first Indian to win a junior major?
Ramanathan Krishnan
Which title did Argentina win as their first major title in 28 years?
copa America
Which state hosted the international film Festival of India?
Goa
When was actor Dileep Kumar awarded the Padma Bhushan?
1991
When was Dilip Kumar best stored with Dadasaheb Phalke award? When did he receive Padma Vibhushan?
1994, 2015
Which is the highest civilian award in Pakistan? When did Dilip Kumar receive it?
Nisha ne Imtiaz, 1998
when is international plastic bag free day celebrated
Third July
What is the theme of world population Day 2021?
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility
What is the name of the President of Kitty who was recently assassinated?
Jovenel Moïse
What is the target of the UP population policy?
Bringing a birthday to 2.1% thousand population by 2026 and by 1.9 by 2030
What is the total fertility rate of UP
2.7%
When is Buddha Jayanti celebrated?
May 26
Where and what was the government planning to install on Buddha Jayanthi?
Largest statue of reclining Buddha in Buddha international welfare mission Temple in Bodh Gaya
The name tauktae has been suggested by which country? What does it mean?
Myanmar, gecko in the Burmese language
How many new list of cyclone names were released last year by IMD last year?
169
Which place did cyclone tauktae affect?
Gujarat
Who suggested the name yaas for the cyclone? What does it mean?
oman, tree with good fragnance
What was the name of the strongest storm that hit India’s eastern coast since the super cyclone of 1999?
amphan
Hundred rupees is being given to children under which scheme? What is the age range of children?
midday meal scheme, also known as PM poshan, 1st to 8th
Under which order are foreigners tribunals set?
The foreigners tribunals order, 1964
Who has empowered district magistrates it in all states and union territories to set up tribunals?
The Ministry of home affairs
Which government has formed decentralised triage and emergency response DETER committees at ward level in Bangalore?
Karnataka State government
SEBI’s technical group on stock exchange is headed by whom?
Harsh Bhanwala, ex-chairman, nabard
Which state has implemented the bell of faith scheme for senior citizens?
Kerala
What is the scientific name of the Delta variant?
B.1.617
What are variants?
Errors in the viral RNA are called mutations and viruses with these mutations are called variants
What is the name of the two mutations present in the B.1.617 variant
E8484Q, L452R
How does the WHO define a variant of concern?
- increase in transmissibility or detrimental change in COVID-19 epidemology
- increase in virulence or change in clinical disease presentation
- Decrease in effectiveness of public health and social measures or available diagnostics vaccines and therapeutics
What is the other name of white fungus
candidiasis
How can you create monoclonal antibodies?
You can do so by exposing white blood cells to a particular antigen to increase the quantity of antibodies produced
