current affairs Flashcards
AFSA WAS ENACTED ON ?
NAME THE STATES UNDER IT? AND THE STATES FROM WHICH IT HAS BEEN REVOKED
1958
NAGALAND, MANIPUR, ARUNACHAL, MIZORAM
TRIPURA, PUNJAB, MEGHALAYA (REVOKED)
CM OF NAGALAND?
NEPHIO RIO
the only insurance company in india to own a bank?
lic(life insurance corporation of india ) holds 51% of the stake in idbi bank
WHO WILL REPLACE JACK DORSEY AS THE CEO OF TWITTER
PARAG AGGARWAL , WHO WAS EARLIER THE CHIEF TECH OFFICER IN THE COMPANY
WHO IS THE CEO OF NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE OF INDIA LIMITED ?
VIKRAM LIMAYE
CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF STATE BANK OF INDIA
DINESH KUMAR KHARA
NAME THE WORLD’S MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY
CHINA
WHO IS THE CHIEF OF IMF
KRISTALINA GEORGIVA
CURRENCY OF CHINA
YUAN
NAME THE LASTEST MEMBER ADDED IN IMF AND HOW MANY MEMBERS ARE THERE IN IMF ?
ANDORRA , 190 MEMBERS
CHAIRMAN OF INDIAN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT COORPORATION
SAMBIT PATRA
WHERE WAS OMICRON FIRST DIOSCOVERED? B.1.1.5.2.9
SOUTHERN AFRICA
CURRENCY, PRESIDENT AND PM OF RUSSIA
RUSSIAN ROUBLE, VLADIMIR PUTIN, MIKHAIL MIHUSTIN
WHO IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA ?(14TH )
SEN. BILL NELSON
WHO WON THE 2021 BALLON DÓR ?
LIONEL MESSI
WHO IS THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF INDIAN MOUNTAINEERING FOUNDATION ?
HARSHWANTI BISHT
WHO IS THE CURRENT CHAIRPERSON OF NHAI?
ALKA UPADHYAY
WHO REPLACED ADMIRAL KARAMBIR SINGH AS THE CHIEF OF INDIAN NAVI?in
ADMIRAL R HARI KUMAR
WHO IS THE UNION MIN FOR ROAD TRANSPORTS AND HIGHWEAYS ?
NITIN GADKARI
WHICH STATE TOPPED THE GOOD GOVERNANCE INDEX 2021?
GUJARAT , DELHI TOPPED IN U.T. CATEGORY
ON WHICH DAY IS GOOD GOVERNMENTAL INDEX IS CELEBRATED ?
DECEMBER 25 (TO COMMEMORATE THE BIRTH OF ATAL VIHARI BAJPAYEE)
WHO IS THE UNION MIN OF AGRICULTURE
NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR
WHO PREPARES THE HEALTHY STATES AND PROGRESSIVE INDIA REPORT?
NITI AAYOG, MINISTRY OF HEALTH , WORLD BANK (4TH EDITION)
NAME THE STATE WHICH CAME FIRST AND NAME THE ONE WHICH CAME LAST IN THE HEALTHY STATE AND PROGRESSIVE INDIA REPORT’S 4TH EDITION ? HOW MANY STATES PARTICIPATED ? AND WHICH STATES WERE EXCLUDED ?
KERELA CAME FIRST. UTTAR PRADESH BOTTOM. 19 STATES PARTICIAPTED . WEST BENGAL AND LADAKH WERE EXCLUDED
WHO WAS THE FIRST HEALTH MINISTER OF INDIA ?
RAJKUMARI BIBIJI
WHICH STATE IS THE FIRST IN INDIA TO HAVE 5 DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTERS ?
ANDHRA PRADESH
CM OF ANDHRA
Y S JAGAN MOHAN REDDY
WHICH STATE IN INDIA HAS THREE CAPITAL CITIES ?
ANDHRA PRADESH(VISHAKAPATNAM, KURNOOL, AMRAVATI)
WHAT IS THE PROPOSED FUND FOR RENUKA JI DAM?
HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY CAN IT PRODUCE ? WHAT IS ITS STORAGE CAPACITY?
6700 CRORE/ 200 MILLION UNITS / 498 MILLION CUBIC METRES
WHO WILL CHAIR THE COUNTER TERRORISM COMMITTEE OF UNSC IN JANUARY 2022? HOW MANY TIMES PRIOR TO THIS HAS THIS COUNTRY CHAIR THE COMMITEE?
INDIA / IN 2011-12
WHO WILL BE THE INDIAN CHAIR OF COUNTER TERRORISM COMMITEE OF UNSC IN JANUARY 2022?
TS TRIMURTI
WHEN WAS COUTER TERRORISM COMMITEE FORMED ?
SEPTEMBER 2001 AFTER 9/11 ATTACKS
WHO IS THE SEC GEN OF UNSC ? HOW MANY MEMBERS DOES IT HAVE
ANTONIO GUTERRES / 15 MEMBERS
WHICH INSITUTE HAS BEEN RECOGNISED AS THE MOST INNOVATIONAL INSITITUTE UNDER ATAL RANKING OF INSTITUTIONS ON INNOVATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT ?
IIT MADARAS
WHO IS THE VICE CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF NITI AAYOG?
RAJIV KUMAR
current vice chairman : suman bery / AMITABH KANT
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME / UNDP HEADQUATERS ?
NEW YORK
NAME THE SECRETARY OF COAL
DR. ANIL KUMAR JAIN
capital of ukraine ?
kryv
where is quantum laboratory (established by indian army situated )?
military college of telecommunication engineering , mhow, madhya pradesh
who was the first defence staff of india ?
general bibin rawat
who is the current (28th) chief of army staff and as well as the temporary chairman of the chiefs of staff committee ?
general m.m. narvane
what is provided by RTI ACT 2005?
PROVIDES RTI PORTALS , CITIZENS CAN APPLY FOR INFORMATIONS WITHOIT COMING PHYSICALLY TO THE OFFICES
WHICH STATE IS THE FIRST AMONG SMALL STATES TO LAUNCH A RTI PORTAL ?
HIMACHAL PRADESH
WHICH STATE BECOMES THE FIRST TO DRAFT A BILL PROTECTING CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS?
KARNATAKA (ACTIVE MOBILITY BILL)
WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF SOMALIA ?
ABDULLAHI MOHAMED
PRIME MIN OF SOMALIA AND ITS CURRENCY
HUSSEIN ROUBLE/SOMALI SHILLING
WHICH COUNTRY HAS BECOME THE FIRST TO MAKE COVID VACCINE OBLIGATORY FOR CHILDREN ?
EUCUADOR
president of maldives
ibrahim mohammed solih
name the first cryptocurrency hub?
gibraltar
PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN ?
FUMIO KISHIDA
PRESIDENT OF UAE
KHALIFA AL NAHAYAN
PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN?
ARIF UR REHMAN ALVI
WHICH COUNTRY IS THE FIRST IN WORLD TO TURN 100% PAPERLESS?
DUBAI
WHEN WAS THE CONSTITUTION OF NEPAL ADOPTED ?
2015
NAME THE MOST POPULOUS MEMBER STATE OF EUROPEAN UNION
GERMANY
NAME THE PRESIDENT OF GERMANY
FRANK WALTERE STEINMEIR
NAME THE LATEST AND THE 4TH MEMBER OF BRICS NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK
EGYPT
WHAT WAS THE NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK FORMERLY REFERRED TO ?
BRICS DEVELOPMENT BANK
WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK
MARCUS TROYJO
WHAT IS THE INITIAL AUTHORISED CAPITAL AND INITIAL SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL OF NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK ?
$100 BILLION DIVIDED INTO 1 MILLION SHARES / $ 50 BILLION
WHERE IS THE NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK SITUATED ?
SHANGHAI , CHINA
PADMA AWARDS WERE INSTITUTED IN
1954
how was block chain driven technology certificates developed in india ?
under national blockchain project by iit kanpur
WHICH BANK WAS THE FIRST NEW GENERATION PRIVATE BANK IN INDIA ?
INDUSIND BANK
WHERE IS THE FIRST INDIAN INTERNATIONAL CLEANING COORPORATION SET UP?
GIFT - IFSC
NAME THE FIRST STATE IN INDIA TO GET ITS OWN GENOME SEQUENCING LABORATORY
TAMIL NADU
NAME THE 5TH INDIAN PACER TO TAKE 200 WICKETS
MOHAMMAD SHAMMI
NAME THE FIRST INDIAN TO QUALIFY FOR TWO EVENTS AT WINTER OLYMPICS
ARIF MOHAMMAD KHAN(ALPINE SKIER )
WHO IS THE CURRENT EDUCATION MINISTER
DHARMENDRA PRADHAN
NAME THE INDIAN ORIGIN MAN WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED FOR THE HIGHEST POSITION IN SOUTH AFRICA COURT BENCH
NARANDRAN KOLLAPEN
WHO IS THE DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
VIKRAM MISRI
WHO IS INDIA’S PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE IN UN CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT IN GENEVA
ANUPAM RAY
FIRST EVER WOMEN TO GET PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF INSPECTOR GENERAL IN ASSAM POLICE
VIOLET BARUA
NAME INDIA’S FIRST WOMAN RAFALE PILOT
SHIVANGI SINGH
WHAT IS THE THEME OF 2022 IAF TABLEAU
INDIAN AIRFORCE TRANSFORMING THE FUTURE OF INDIA
AS OF JULY 2021 HOW MANY WORLD HERITAGE SITES ARE THERE IN THE WOLRD ?
1154 SITES / ACROSS 164 COUNTRIES
who is the solicitor general ?
TUSHAR MEHTA
INDIA’S FIRST GREEN HYDROGEN MICROGRID PROJECT IS LOCATED AT ?
SIMHADRI, ANDHRA PRADESH
THE FIRST INDIAN STATE TO LAUNCH DIGITAL LIFE CERTIFICATE FOR PENSIONERS ?
ODISHA / CM NAVEEN PATTNAIK LAUNCHED
WHERE IS INDIA’S FIRST WATER TAXI LOCATED ?
MUMBAI TO NAVI MUMBAI
NAME THE INDIAN STATE WHICH WAS THE FIRST TO INTRODUCE 10 PERCENT RESERVATIONS IN GOVT JOBS AND HIGHER EDUCATION FOR ALL THE ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTIONS ?
GUJARAT
WHERE IS THE FIRST HELI HUB OF THE COUNTRY SITUATED ?
GURUGRAM
WHO IS THE HEAD OF CABINET COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS ?
PM
WHAT IS THE THEME OF 24TH E - GOVERNANCE 2021?
INDIA’S TECHADE : DIGITAL GOVERNMENT IN A POST PANDEMIC WORLD
AUSTRALIA RENAMED WHICH ISLAND AS QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 ISLAND?
ASPEN ISLAND IN CANBERRA’S LAKE BURLEY GRIFFIN
WHEN DID THE FIRST EVER SLINLEX EXECISE TOOK PLACE ?
2005
WHERE IS INDIA’S FIRST GRAPHENE INNOVATION CENTRE LOCATED ?
KERELA
WHO WAS AWARDED WITH THE PARAM VISHISTH SEVA MEDAL?
NEERAJ CHOPRA
WHO IS THE ICC CRICKETER (MEN) OF THE YEAR (SIR GARFIELD SOBERS TROPHY)?
SHAHEEN AFRIDI (PAKISTAN)
new chief economic adviser to india ?
v anantha nageswaran
FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO GIVE FOURTH DOSE OF COVID VACCINE ?
ISRAEL
AIRLINESRATINGS.COM RELEASED TOP 20 SAFEST AIRLINES IN THE WORLD, WHICH COUNTRY TOPPED THE LIST?
AIR NEW ZEALAND
WHO IS THE PM AND KING OF SAUDI ARABIA ?
SALMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD
WHICH COUNTRIES ARE THE PART OF SEA DRAGON 22 EXERCISE ?/ WHERE IS IT TAKING PLACE ?
USA, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA , JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA/ PACIFIC OCEAN , ANDERSON AIRFORCE BASE IN GUAM
SEBI COMES UNDER THE MINISTRY OR ——–
FINANCE
WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF SEBI
AJAY TYAGI
FIRST GOVERNOR OF RBI?
OSBORN SMITH
FIRST INDIAN GOVERNOR OF RBI?
CD DESHMUK
UNICORN IS THE PRIVATELY OWNED START UP COMPANY AT OVER—–
1 BILLION USD
WHICH COMPANY HAS LAUNCHED THE FIRST INDEX OF CRYPTOCURRENCY IN INDIA?
CRYPTOWIRE/ IC15
name and age of 73 rd chess grandmaster of india ?
BHARATH SUBRAMANIAM/ 14 YRS
FIRST WOMAN TO HEAD ONGC?
ALKA MITTAL
NAME PAKISTAN’S FIRST WOMAN SUPREME COURT JUDGE ?
JUSTICE AYESHA MALIK
NEW SEC GEN OF SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANISATION (SCO)?
ZHANG MING
WHO WON THE FIRST PRIZE IN NATIONAL WATER AWARDS ?
UTTAR PRADESH
WHEN WAS JAL SHAKTI MINISTRY FORMED?
2019
HOW MANY MEMBERS WERE THERE AND WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE COMMITTEE FORMED BY SC TO PROBE INTO THE PM SECURITY LAPSE IN PUNJAB?
5 MEMBERS / JUSTICE INDU MALHOTRA
WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE COMMITTEE FORMED BY CHANNI TO LOOK INTO PM SECURITY LAPSE IN PUNJAB?
MEHTAB SINGH GILL
NAME THE RULE BOOK OF SPECIAL PROTECTION GROUP(SPG)
BLUE BOOK
NAME THE FIRST CITY TO HAVE WATER METRO IN INDIA ?
KOCHI, KERALA
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FIRST WATER METRO BOAT RELEASED IN INDIA ?
MUZIRIS
WHICH CITY IS KNOWN AS THE GATEWAY TO NORTH EAST ?
GUWAHATI
WHICH YEAR HAS BEEN RECOGNISED AS THE YEAR OF UNICORNS ?
2021/ AS 40 PLUS UNICORNS WERE ADDED
HOW IS THE MINISTER FOR COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ?
PIYUSH GOYALL
WHEN WAS UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE COVENTION ESTABLISHED ? WHEN DID INDIA ACCEPT THE CONVENTION?
1945/ 1977
CHAIRMAN OF KHADI VILLAGE AND INDUSTRIES COMMISSION(KVIC)
VINAI KUMAR SAXENA
WHEN WAS KVIC FORMED?
1957 THROUGH AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT : KVIC ACT 1956
NAME THE VILLAGE THAT IS INDIA’S FIRST MODERN VILLAGE AND ALSO THE FIRST SANITARY NAPKIN FREE PANCHAYAT?/
KULUMBALANGHI/ THIS MOVE IS A PART OF AVALKAYI SCHEME
WHERE IS FOREST SURVEY OF INDIA HQ AND WHEN WAS IT FOUNDED ?
DEHRADUN/ 1981 JUNE
WHICH COUNTRIES ARE INVOLVED IN PASSEX ?WHERE WAS IT CONDUCTED THIS YEAR ?
INDIA AND RUSSIA / PORT OF COCHIN ARABIAN SEA
WHO IS THE CURRENT ACTING PRESIDENT OF MYANMAR ?
MYINT SWE
WHEN DID AUNG SANG SUII KI GOT NOBEL PEACE PRIZE ?
1991
OPEC NEW SEC GEN?
HAITHAM AL GHAIS
PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN ?
GURBANGULY
NAME THE CURRENT PRESIDENT/ CAPITAL/ CURRENCY OF NIRCARAGUAN
DANIEL ORTEGA /MANAGUA/ CORODOBA
WHICH YEAR HAS BEEN DECLARED AS THE YEAR OF FRENCH GASTRONOMY
2021
CURRENT PRIME MINITER OF NEW ZEALAND?
MARK RUTTE
HOW MANY WETLANDS ARE THERE IN INDIA ?
47
PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF INDIA TO UNESCO ?
VISHAL V SHARMA
WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF WORLD HERITAGE LIST?
LAZARE ELOUNDOU
name of the youngest and the current president of chile ?
gabriel boric
THEME FOR THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM DAVOS AGENDA 2022 ?
STATE OF THE WORLD
WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF W.H.O?
TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYUS
WHO IS THE GOVERNOR OF RBI?
URJIT PATEL
WHO HAS BEEN DECLARED THE VICE PRESIDENT OF BEIJING BASED ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK (AIIB)?
URJIT PATEL
NAME THE NEW CHIEF ECONOMIST OF IMF ?
PIERRE OLIVER GOURINCHAS / WILL REPLACE GITA GOPINATH
WHEN WAS IUCN ESTABLISHED / HEADQUATER
1948/ GLAND, SWITZERLAND
WHEN WAS IPL ESTD?
2008/ CURRENT MATCH WAS THE 14TH EDITION
MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAM IN IPL?
MUMBAI INDIANS/ WON 5 TIMES
WHO WON THE CURRENT IPL?WHO WON THE INNAUGURAL IPL SEASON?
CSK/ RAJASTHAN
WHO IS THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF INDIAN COUNCIL OHF HISTORICAL RESEARCH ?
RAGHUVENDRA TANWAR
WHEN WAS RAMSAR CONVENTION HELD ?
FEBRUARY 2, 1971
WHO WAS THE LAST BRITISH COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF INDIA ?
FRANCIS ROY BUTCHER
NAME THE FIRST FEMALE OFFICER TO COMMAND ARMY DAY PARADE
CAPTAIN TANIA SHERGILL
WHEN WAS HAL ESTABLISHED ?
23 DECEMBER 1940
NAME THE FIRST INDIGENOUS FIGHTER AIRCRAFT MADE IN INDIA?
HAL HF -24 MARUT FIGHTER BOMBER
WHEN WAS CONSTITUTION OF INDIA ADOPTED ?/ WHEN DID IT CAME INTO EFFECT ?
26 NOVEMBER 1949/ 26 JAN 1950
NAME THE WORLD’S LARGEST ISLAND COUNTRY
INDONESIA
INDIA’S BRICS SHERPA
SANJAY BHATTACHARYA
venue of 2028 olympics ?
los angeles
venue of 2024 olympics
paris
head of EU parliament
ROBERTA METSOLA
name the world’s smallest island
MOYENE ISLAND
INDIA’S RANK IN GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX
46
WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN AND MD OF AIR INDIA ?
VIKRAM DEV DUTT
PRESIDENT OF FIFA
GIANNI INFANTINO
winner OF NATIONAL STARTUP AWARDS 2021
BANGALORE BASED NAFFA INNOVATIOSN PRIVATE LIMITED (TONE TAG)
NEW CHAIRMAN OF UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION ?
M JAGDESH KUMAR
NAME THE PERSON WHO WAS APPOINTED AS THE FIRST LOKPAL OF INDIA ?
RETIRED SUPREME COURT JUDGE PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE
WHO IS THE CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSIONER (CVC)
SURESH N PATEL
FIRST WOMAN VICE CHANCELLOR OF JNU
SANTISHREE DHULIPUDI PANDIT
new director of ncert
DINESH KUMAR SKALANI
WHEN WAS THE FIRST ECONOMIC SURVEY OF INDIA PRESENTED AND UNDER WHOM?
1950-51/ V ANATHA NAGESWARAN
NAME OF NEW IPL LUCKNOW FRANCHISE AND THE CAPTAIN
LOCKNOW SUPER GIANTS / KL RAHUL
NAME THE PRESENT COAL SECRETARY
ANIL KUMAR JAIN
CHAIRMAN OF INTERNATIONAL ZINC ASSOCIATION
ARUN MISHRA
NAME WORLD’S LONGEST HIGHWAY TUNNEL ACCORDING TO THE WORLD BOOK OF RECORD
ATAL TUNNEL
name the member of parliament from ladakh
jamyang tsering nyamgal
HOW MANY PROVINCES DOES PAKISTAN HAVE?
4(BALOCHISTAN , KYBER PAKHTUNWALA, ISLAMABAD TERRITORY CAPITAL,TWO PARTS OF PASKISTAN OCCUPIED KASHMIR )
WHEN WAS THE FIRST PHASE OF CPEC LAUNCHED ?
2015
WESTERN GHATS IS SPREAD THROUGH HOW MANY STATES ?
6(GUJARAT , MAHA , GOA, TN, KERELA )
AGRICULTURE IS POSTED ON WHICH LIST ?
ENTRY 14 OF STATE LIST
INDIA IS THE —— LARGEST DAM HOLDING NATION
3RD
WHO IS THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF RAJYA SABHA ?
HARIVANSH NARAYAN SINGH
WHAT IS THE EXPENDITURE LIMIT FOR CANDIDATES FOR LOK SABHA ELECTIONS AS PER RECENT NOTIFIACTION OF ELECTION COMMISSION?
95 LAKH
NAME OF INDIA’S FIRST INDIGENOUSLY DEVELOPED MICROPROCESSOR ?
SHAKTI
HEAD QUATERS OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
STRATOUBURG, FRANCE
WORLD OCEANS DAY
JUNE 8
NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY
22 december / IN THE MEMORY OF SRINIVAS RAMANUJAN
wHAT THE OVERALL SCORE OF WORLD IN GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY INDEX IN 2021 ?
38.9
world’s population is projected to be3 around?
7.8 billion
WHO IS THE CHAIRPERSON OF INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY BOARD OF INDIA ?
RAVI MITTA , WILL SUCCEED MS SAHOO
bsf raising day ?
december 1
NATIONAL POLLUTION PREVENTION DAY
2ND DECEMBER
DG OF FOREST SURVEY OF INDIA ?
ANOOP SINGH
ALLOCATION TO SPACE DEVELOPMENT IN BUDGET
13700
CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY’S WORD OF THE YEAR
PERSEVERANCE
MERRIAM WEBSTER’S WORD OF THE YEAR
VACCINE
INDIA’S RANK IN GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY INDEX
66 OU OF 195 COUNTRIES / USA TOPPED
WHO IS THE CHAIRPERSON OF AFRICAN UNION (AU) AND WHEN WAS AU ESTABLISHED ?
MOUSSA FAKI MAHAMAT/ 1999 , ANNOUNCED DURING SIRTE DECLARATION
THE FIRST EVER SLINLEX TOOK PLACE IN ?
2005
NAE THE FIRST WOMEN AND CURRENT DIRECTOR OF INDIAN OIL BOARD
SUKLA MISTRY
NAME ASIA’S FIRST EDUCATION METAVERSE CRYPTO COIN
KOUBEK COIN
WHO ESTABLISHED UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP)/ HQ OF UNEP/ DIRECTOR
MAURICE STRONG/NAIROBI, KENYA/ IGNER ANDERSON