CURRENT AFFAIRS Flashcards
Countries along Red Sea
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Egypt
Sudan
Eritea
Djibouti
Which country has Longest passenger train?
Singapore
1st fish museum in Northeast
Arunachal pradesh
Also Donyi Polo Airport inaugurated
SWOT mission
Surface Water and Ocean Typography launched by NASA to track earth surface water
In which country ‘‘Tulsi Ghat Restoration Project’’ has been launched
Uganda ( capital - Kampala )
Launched by Dr. S Jaishankar
Namsai Declaration is associated with
Boundary dispute between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
Shanghai Cooperation Organization members 2023
India (host)
China
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Pakistan
Russia
Uzbekistan
Iran
What is Indian Ocean Region Forum?
China’s initiative and india is not included
Rank of India in International Intellectual Property Index 2023
42nd
Released by US Chamber of Commerce
___________ becomes 1st foreign university to set up its International Branch Campus in India at the GIFT City (Gujarat)
Deakin University (Australia)
Chief Guest of 8th edition of Raisina Dialogue
- Giorgia Meloni (PM Italy)
- Inaugurated by PM Modi in Delhi in march 2023
Global Biofuel Alliance
USA , India , Brazil
NISAR
NASA ISRO Jointly developed it as Low Earth Observatory Satellite
Landslide Atlas report in india
Published by National Remote Sensing Centre
Power-Ex
Cyber security exercise
Interpol 90th General Meeting
Delhi
91st in Vienna
Headquarters - Lyon
Mount Merapi Volcano erupted recently in
Indonesia
AMLAN mission
In odisha to eradicate anaemia
Rare moth species Mimeusemia Ceylonica spotted in
Tamil Nadu
Last time spotted in SriLanka
India’ 1st medical city
Indrayani Medicity in Pune
Asia’s 1st woman loco pilot and will operate Vande Bharat
Surekha Yadav
As per the latest data on international arms transfers released by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which among the following countries is the world’s largest arms importer?
India(1st) , Saudi(2nd) and Qatar(3rd)
Exports :
1. USA
2. Russia
3. France
In which country are the Kermadec Islands located ?
New Zealand
earthquake came here
India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline
- PM MODI and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina inaugurated this
1st country to import CO2 and bury it undersea
Denmark
3 Baltic nation
Lativia , Estonia , Lithuania
Which of the following place has featured in The TIME magazine’s list of the ‘World’s Greatest Places’ for the year 2023?
Mayurbhanmj
Another is Ladakh
Who was recently appointed as an Honorary Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia
Sh. Ratan Tata
ISRO successfully launched which rocket
India’s Launch Vehicle MARK-III(LVM3) rocket/ one web India-2 mission with 36 satellite onboard from Satish Dhawan Space Centre , Andhra Pradesh
GI Tag to Ladhakh’s
wood carvings, a first of its kind
GI Tag to Bihar’s
Marcha Rice
GI Tag to Madhya Pradesh’s
famed Gond Painting
Global Buddhist Summit inaugurated by
PM Modi in New Delhi
Theme - Response to Contemporary Challenges : Philosophy to Praxis
Which country became 31st member of NATO
Finland after Turkey’s parliament voted to approve its application
In March 2023, European Commission granted protected geographical indication (PGI) for India’s unique
Kangra Tea
The Tropospheric Emission: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO), a high-resolution air quality control instrument, launched by
NASA
The World’s first conservation and breeding centre for the critically endangered Asian king vulture is all set to open in
Maharjganj
Recently, the Election Commission of India has revoked the national party status of which among the following political parties?
Trinamool Congress
Dr. S Jai shankar virtually inaugurated the BUZI BRIDGE built by India in which country
Mozambique
What is the name of the European Space Agency’s probe that was launched on a mission to explore Jupiter’s moons?
JUICE - Jupiter Icy Moons Explore Mission
Emirates has unveiled its latest innovation
Sara (world’s 1st check-in assistant)
Union Cabinet approved of which aircraft
Seventy HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft from HAL for IAF
Union Cabinet signing a contract for which ships
3 Cadet Training Ships with L&T under Buy (Indian-IIDM) category
- IIDM (Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured)
Dadur a city which was in news recently is in
Sudan (Op Kaveri)
Capital - Khartoum
Earthquake in turkey is due to which tectonic pla
Anatolian plate
What is CPTPP
- Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement For Tans-Pacific Partnership
- Free trade agreement
- started in 2018
- UK recently joined it
- India is not a member of it
Sittwe Port is located in the territorial jurisdiction of
Mynmaar
Indonesian volcano erupted recently
Mt. Merapi
Cyclone Fabein
Originated from Indian Ocean
Cyclone Mocha
- Hit Myanmar
- India to aid affected in Myanmar, launching Op. Karuna.
What is Rasht-Astara Railway
Russia and Iran signed a deal to build Rasht-Astara Railway, an Iranian Railway line as a part of the International North-South Transport Corridor.
India is also a part of this
Which company successfully extracted oxygen from the Lunar Soil stimulant ?
NASA
Indian 1st cable stayed rail bridge
Anji Khad Bridge in J&K.
GigaChat
AI chat bot launched by Russia
3 new wildlife conservation reserves declared in which state
Rajasthan (Sorsan, Khichan , Hamirgarh)
President of Paraguay
Santiago Pena
A tiger was stopped at which national park after a gap of 110 years
Kalesar National Park , Haryana
India has committed to cut its emission to become net zero by 2070 at
COP26 , held at Glasgow
Department of Atomic Energy function under which ministry/office ?
PMO
Which Company has been granted Navratna Status
Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL)
Which country topped world press freedom index 2023
Norway
What is Arexy
US Food and Drug Administration has approved the Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine called Arexy for protection from respiratory virus
India launched NET Zero Innovation Virtual Center with
UK
Machines Can See 2023 Summit
One of the International Conference in AI, launched by UAE
Which country has become the largest recipient of ADB Loans in Asia 2022
Pakistan
India hosted SCO Foreign Minister meeting in
Goa
ISRO launched START
Space Science and Technology Awareness Program for PG and UG final year student
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has recommended a site for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
shantiniketan in West Bengal
Which state has become the first in India to enforce the ‘right to walk’
Punjab
Which among the following states becomes the first state to have drone surveillance in all police districts?
Kerela
Piezoelectric MEMS technology is associated with
Underwater communication
Which European country has given legal recognition to euthanasia
Portugal
Which country became India’s third-largest export destination in FY 23 after the United States of America and the United Arab Emirates?
Netherlands
USA is 1st and UAE is 2nd
Which country to host ASEAN Tourism Forum in January 2023
Laos (Capital - Vientiane)
Theme - Quality and Responsible Tourism - Sustaining ASEAN Future
Author of ‘’ The Golden Years : The many joys of Living a good long life’’
Indian Author Ruskin Bond
World’s Oldest Tree
Patagonian Cypress (Great Grandfather tree), 5000 year old in Alerce Costero National Park, Chile
Who Addressed 76th session of World Health Assembly in Geneva
Narendra Modi
Theme - Saving Lives, driving health for all
What is AIRAWAT
AI Super computer of india installed at C-DAC, Pune has been ranked 75th in the world
Architect of New Parliament House
Bimal Patel
Sengol is established in the Parliament House
ISRO to launch ‘NVS-01’, the first of the second-generation satellites envisaged for
Navigation
Burachapori Wildlife Sanctuary situated in
Assam
India has signed for migration and mobility partnership and Green Hydrogen Task Force with
Australia
Universal Postal Union to establish
Regional office in New delhi
Headquarter - Bern
Biparjoy Cyclone name given by
Bangladesh
Axiom Mission 2 (AX-2)
Axiom Space, a private company
SATARIA-1
SpaceX deployed Indonesia Communication Satellite
Iran has test-fired which missile
Khorramshahr Ballistic Missile
2000 km and can carry 1500kg of warhead
The indian space policy 2023 was approved by _______
Cabinet committee on security
Indian space policy 2023 seeks to?
Institutionalise private sector participation in space sector.
ISRO is _____ largest space agency in the world
6th
With over 400 private space companies, India ranks ____ in the world?
5th
Key points of Space policy 2023
Help increase global share from 2% to 10%
Enhance satellite manufacturing capabilities
PM launced Defence space mission at?
Defence Expo 2022 , Gandhinagar
_______ is a satellite made by 750 schoolgirls from india
AzaadiSAT
India’s first commercial ropeway?
Varanasi - 385 km long
645 crore
From Varanasi cantt to Godowlia
Parvatmala yojana
Initiative to construct 1200 km of ropeway in Public-private partnership in next 5 years
- Union budget 2023-2023
- In UK, HP, J&K Manipur and NE
Civil services day
21 April
PM releases ______ on 16th Civil service day
Viksit Bharat book - at Vigyaj Bhavan
_____ referred to the civil servants as ‘ the steel frame of India’
Sardar vallabhai patel
______ becomes 6th national party
AAP
Six national political parties
BJP
Congress
BSP
CPI-M
National People Party
Aap
Draupadi Murmu becomes _____ president to fly fighter jet
3rd - after Kalam and Pratibha Patil
on 8 april 2023
At Tezpur AF station Assam
Flight by Group Captian Naveen Kumar
CO of 106 Squadron
Vibrant village program
- Launched at Kiblthu Arunachal Pradesh
- ## To bring overall development of rural areas and turn them into self sufficient communities
_____ bridge is built by India in Mozambique
Buzi bridge - Inaugurated by Dr. Jainshankar
Mozambique was colonised by?
Portugese
Mozambique got independence in
1975
First apple store of India is in?
Bandra Kurla Complex Mumbai
India signed its first defence agreement with _____ in April
Romania
Who is India’s defence secretary?
Giridhar Aramane
President of Romania
Klaus Iohannis
Capital of Romania
Bucharest
Bordering countries of Romania
Hungary, Unkraine, Moldova, Bulgaria
** Black Sea**
Finland joined NATO on?
4 April 2023
NATO headquarters
Brussels
King of Bhutan
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
International boundary line that separates Arunachal Pradesh from China
McMohan Line
USA passed a resolution endorsing ____ line as international border in March 2023
McMohan Line
McMohan line was established by?
Sorry Henry McMohan
Shimla Treaty
On 3rd July, 1914, The Simla Convention, which was attended by the representatives of British India, Tibet and Republic of China, recognized the McMahon Line as the boundary between Tibet (an independent region at the time) and British India.
Operation Kaveri
Evacuation of Indian from Sudan
Using INS Sumedha
IAF C-130J
Operation Dost 2022
India is deploying a field hospital, supplies, and rescue personnel to the earth-quake-stricken countries of Turkey and Syria.
Operation Ganga 2022
It is an evacuation mission to bring back all the Indian nationals who are currently stranded in Ukraine during the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Operation Devi Shakti (2021)
India’s complex mission to evacuate its citizens and Afghan partners from
Kabul after its swift takeover by the Taliban
3rd largets African nation
Sudan
______ becomes world’s least free country
Tibet
Which Indian university opened its first overseas campus in Uganda
NFSU
Full form of NFSU
National Forensic Science University
NFSU was established in?
2009 by Gujrat Government
_____ has joined Poland and Hungary to ban food imports from Ukraine
Slovakia
NASA’s latest moon mission
Artimmis 2
Air Exercise COPE India took place at?
AF base Kalaikunda West Bengal
SECI full form
Solar Energy Corporation of India
UNDP full form
United Nations Development Program
WMO full form
World Meteorological Organisation
Chair person of LIC
Siddhartha Mohanty - 28 April 2023
Mayor of Delhi
Shelly Oberoi
Vice Cheif of Naval Staff
Sanjay Jasjit Singh
Microsoft India’s president?
Anant Maheshwari
President of Cycle Fedration of India
Pankaj Singh
Miss India World 2023
Nandini Gupta (Rajasthan)
______ chosen for Malcom Adiaeshiah Award
Usta Patnaik (Economist)
______ gets the 2023 International Prize in statistics
Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao
_______ gets AIMA’s Business leader of the decade award
Kumar Mangalam Birla
First global buddhist submit was held in?
New Delhi
SLINEX-23
India - Sri Lanka Bilateral Exercise
10th edition held at Colombo in April
Sagar Kavach exercise
Costal security exercise in Kerala and Mahe on April 18
Participants - Indian Navy , Kerala Police, IB, Customs, CISF , Department of ports, Fisheries
New parliament building was inaugurated on ______
28 May
Old parliament building was inaugurated on _______
January 1927 by Lord Erwin
Foundation stone of new parliament building was laid on?
10th December 2020
“Sengol” is derived from Semmai which means
Righteousness
Sengol is realted to which empire?
The Chola empire
Which city hosted 3rd G20 Tourism Working Group Meeting?
Shrinagar
1st and 2nd meeting at Rann Of Kutch and Siliguri
IAF becomes the largest operator of which aircraft?
Airbus C295
Part of Make in India Asrospace program
16 built in spain
40 in India by Tata Advanced Systems
4th edition of SAMUDRA SHAKTI (2023)
19 may 2023
Indo-Indonesia exercise held in South China Sea
INS Karavatti, Chetak, Dornier took part.
SAKSHM stands for?
Simulating Advances Knowledge for Substainablr Health Management
SAKSHM was introduced by?
Union Health Ministry
Recently inaugurated ______ port in Myanmar was funded by India
Sittwe
India’s sixth and final Kaveri class submarine?
INS Vagsheer built under project 75
Submarines under project 75
INS Kalvari
INS Khanderi
INS Karanj
INS Vela
INS Vagir
INS Vagsheer
G7 summit was held at?
Hiroshima Japan
2023 QUAD summit took place at?
Japan - Hiroshima
Operation Karuna
To assist Myanmar which has been devastated by Cyclone Mocha
2nd Cultural Group Working Meeting of G20
14th to 17th May
Bhubaneshwar
1st in Khajuraho
Deputy cheif of Air Staff
Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit
P-270 Moskit Missile is a medium range supersonic anti-ship missile of?
Russia
Which country unveiled its nuclear underwater drone
North Korea - Haeil Drone
ADC-150
Air Drop Container by DRDO and Navy
India’s first indigenously built Guided Missile destroyer
INS Delhi
INS Magar
Decommisioned recently
Operation KAVACH
Save youth from drug menace
1-3-7 strategy
Strategy of China to counter Malaria
1 day to diagnose
3 days to confirm case
7 days to follow measures
H3 rocket which had a unsuccessful launch was from which country?
Japan
Wagner group is a?
Private military organisation
Yaya Tso is a lake located in?
Ladhak - its first biodiversity site
1st woman officer with forgien posting by BRO
Surbhi Jakhmola
Windfall taxt is levied on?
Crude Oil
“2022 in NINE CHARTS” report was launched by?
WORLD BANK
Also launched Wildlife conservation bond dor protection of black rhinos
Pokhara regional airport is located in?
Nepal
Wolvachia Method is related to?
Dengue control
Kumarakom and beypore which were selected under swadesh darshan 2.0 scheme are located in?
Kerala
Donetsk is located in?
Ukraine
Dafur is located in?
Sudan - Operation kaveri
Capital of sudan?
Khartoum
The national technology day
11th may
Which govt has acquired Matiyabagh Hawa Mahal to preserve its heritage site
Assam
TP Rajendran Committee
Reviewing to the objections of insdustry on harmful ban of pesticides
Eravikulam national park
Kerala 1978
Asia’s first floating festival
Mandsaur MP
Groningen Gas Feild is located in?
Netherlands
Operation KANAK
To curb Corruption in Food Corporation of India
What is Mark -III
Advanced light Helicopters
Excercise Sea Dragon 23
India and USA
Virovore refers to
An organism that eats viruses
START bilateral treaty
B/W USA and Soviet Union
Asia’s 1st woman locopilot
Surekha Yadav - Vande Bharat
Operation Golden Dawn
To curb Gold Smuggling
700 ft long ‘Wall Of Peace’ is located in?
Kerala
First country to import CO2
Denmark
Trioka of G20
Indonesia
India
Brazil
15th BRICS SUMMIT 2023
Durban South Africa
Largest producer of Millets
India
Indian athelete to win Under-15 British Open squash title
Anahat Singh
India has discovered two lithium and one copper mine in which country?
Argentina
Reverse Flipping refers to
Companies shifting their domicile back to India
PM-PRANAM scheme
Program for Restoration, Awareness and Nourishment of Mother Earth
Fertilisers
Wassenaar Arrangement
Export control for Conventional Arms and Dual Use Goods and Technologies
Bhujodi Ghongadi, Donkha are?
Woolen Handloom Products
Param Pravega is a?
Supercomputer- most powerful Indian computer
In IISC
BBC Indian sportwoman of the year
Mirabai Chanu
What is a Laundromat country
That buys Russian oil in cheap and sells it to other countries
Countries considered Laundromat
India
China
Turkey
Which company successfully extracted oxygen form lunar soil
NASA
Snake island is located in?
Black Sea
Host of SCO Heads of state summit 2023
India
Shenzhou-16
a Long March-2F carrier rocket, took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China.
Carrying 3 astronauts
The India-EU Connectivity Conference in Meghalaya
marks a significant step towards boosting regional connectivity in India’s North Eastern States and its neighboring countries.
3 pillars are : digital, energy, transport
1st Overseas campus of IIT Madras will be opened in
Tanzania’s Zanzibar
India conducts Asia’s 1st demonstration for
Performance Based Navigation of helicopters using GAGAN Satellite Technology from Juhu to Pune
1st country to ban on Short haul Domestic Flights
France
President Of Latvia
Edgars Rinkevics
Capital - Riga
Currency - Euro
Who signed MoU with Directorate General of Training under Ministry Of Skill Development and Enterpeneurship
Microsoft
to train 6000 students and 200 educators in digital cyber security skills
Chollima-1
North Korea’s rocket which lost thrust and plunged into the sea with satellite payload
Jugalbandi
Rural AI Chatbot launched by Microsoft
First country with hydrogen powered train
Germany
2nd china
World vaccine congress was held at?
Washington
Bharat Biotech Awarded
Headquaters of Bharat Biotech
Hyderabad
Ofek-13
Spy satellite by Israel