Current Affairs 2 Flashcards
G-7 is a bloc of industrialized democracies. Name the members.
(FICGUJU) France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, and Canada.
World Milk Day is an international day established by the _________. It is observed on ______
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
June 1
NCLT has approved the Piramal Group’s Rs 37,250 crore bid for debt-ridden _________
Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL)
DHFL promoter is Kapil Wadhawan
Facebook is a social networking service launched as _________ on February 4, ______.
TheFacebook
2004
_________ will host World Environment Day 2021 in partnership with the UNEP. What is the theme?
Pakistan
theme is ‘ecosystem restoration’
‘Jahan vote, vahan vaccine’: ______ launches drive to vaccinate those above ___ in 4 weeks
Delhi
above 45 years age
ChM of _________, _________, announced to create 80 acres of ‘Oxi-van’ (a forest) in Karnal
Haryana
Manohar Lal Khattar
National Green Tribunal (NGT) is a specialised body set up under the National Green Tribunal Act (______)
- India became the third country in the world to set up a specialised environmental tribunal
_____, chief scientist at ___, says there is no scientific basis to claim 3rd wave will affect children more
Soumya Swaminathan
Chief scientist at WHO
WHO has named the B.1.617.1 variant of Covid-19 as a variant of _________ ‘Kappa’
variant of interest
Delta is a variant of concern
______ fines Google USD _________ for unfair online ads treatment
France
USD 268 million
International Invincible Gold Medal of this year has been conferred on _________. It’s given by ________
Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. This honour will be given by the worldwide Maharishi Organization
______ will become the first state in the country to join the global ______ alliance for sourcing the immunisation shots at the best price.
Punjab
COVAX alliance
The _________ is an Israeli law, passed on 5 July ______, which gives Jews the right to come and live in Israel and to gain Israeli citizenship.
Law of Return
1950
_________ are the winners of the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize, awarded for their development of revolutionary sequencing techniques
Shankar Balasubramanian
David Klenerman
The rapid covid test kit, CoviSelf, has been made by ______-based _________, and the ICMR approved the test kit.
Pune based
Mylab Discovery Solutions Ltd
_________ wins Monaco Grand Prix to take world championship lead. Lewis Hamilton finishes _________ and loses lead in title race
Max Verstappen
Hamilton finished seventh
_________ has won the India Biodiversity Award 2021 in the category “Conservation of Domesticated Species”
Shaji NM
He is also known as Tuber Man of Kerala
At the Billboard Music Awards, _________ took home 10 awards, including top artist. _________ won five, including top new artist
The Weeknd
Pop Smoke
Mexican author _________ won the International Dublin Literary Award 2021 for her novel ‘Lost Children Archive’
Valeria Luiselli
The award was established in 1994
Padma Bhushan awardee _________ has won the Rudolf V. Schindler Award, making him the first-ever Indian medical practitioner to get this recognition
Dr D Nageshwar Reddy
Chairman of AIG Hospitals
For the first time in nearly two decades, the US has approved the use of a drug in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The drug is _________
aducanumab (pharma company Biogen will market the drug under the name Aduhelm)
Former Bosnian Serb commander _________ will serve life imprisonment. His final appeal against convictions for genocide was dismissed
Ratko Mladić
known as “the Butcher of Bosnia”
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an international organization established by the Chemical Weapons Convention, ______ to ______
1997; to implement and enforce the terms of the non-proliferation treaty
The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) is based on the premise that if consumers are optimistic, they will spend more. It is published by:
Reserve bank of India
it has recently fallen to a record low
Mount Merapi, Gunung Merapi, is an active stratovolcano. It is the most active volcano in _________
Indonesia
has erupted regularly since 1548.
Target date for achieving ___% ethanol-blending with petrol has been advanced to ______ from earlier target of 2030
20%
2025
The United States will target China with a new “strike force” to combat _________, the Biden administration said.
unfair trade practices. (US rolled out findings of a review of access to critical products)
In _________ financial year, India moved to the floating currency regime with its own method which is known as the ‘_________’
1992–93
dual exchange rate
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Monday that formalises Russia’s exit from the _________ arms control treaty
Open Skies treaty.
The treaty was signed in 1992 and took effect in 2002
A dinosaur skeleton nicknamed “_____” — the largest ever found in Australia, with a body spanning nearly 100 feet — belongs to a newly discovered species
Cooper.
James Cook discovered Australia btw
India has been elected to the United Nations Economic & Social Council (#ECOSOC) for the term _________.
2022-24. ECOSOC has 54 members, elected by the General Assembly for overlapping three-year terms.
Union Cabinet approved an increase in minimum support prices (MSP) for various ______ crops or the summer-sown crops for marketing season 2021-22.
kharif
Egs: Rice, maize, bajra, ragi, soybean, groundnut, cotton
The _________ signed on 4 August 2019 stated that modification or abrogation of Article 35A or Article 370 would be aggression against the people of J&K
Gupkar Declaration.
Now known as People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD)
_________ is an American political advisor who serves as the United States National Security Advisor (since 2021)
Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan. “We were the arsenal of democracy in World War II. We’re going to be the arsenal of vaccines,” NSA Jake Sullivan said
___ is the 20th and current president of Syria. He is the son of former president, _________, who was the longest-serving president serving 29 years.
Bashar al-Assad
(Bashar has been re-elected for his 4th term)
Hafez al-Assad
Faced with a mice infestation of unprecedented proportions in its eastern states, Australia has decided to import a banned poison, _________, from ______
Bromadiolone
(decided to import 5,000 litres of it)
India
For the first time in sporting history, a multi-team event would be hosted in more than three countries. The ________ will travel to ___ countries
Euro 2021
11 countries
UEFA president is Michel Platini
The _________ gave its preliminary approval to the draft Master Plan for Delhi ______. The draft is now in the public domain for suggestions from citizens
Delhi Development Authority
2041 (The current master plan of Delhi — Master Plan 2021 — expires this year)
_________ announced that it has inked a three-year long deal to become an official partner with International Cricket Council (ICC)
BharatPe will promote the association across platforms, as well as execute in-venue brand activations at all the ICC events until 2023.
_________ wins prestigious Whitley Award 2021 for his ‘biodiversity peace corridor’. The award is also known as ‘_________’. Phom is working to protect ___
Nagaland’s Y Nuklu Phom
Green Oscar
Phom is working to protect the rare Amur falcon.
The Umbrella Movement started as a spontaneous social movement for democratic development in _________ in September ______
Hong Kong. (It used to be a British colony, but since the handover of 1997 it is a city of China.)
2014
_________ announced the launch of website ‘_________’ which will provide online cricket coaching to young aspirants in the country.
Virender Sehwag (curriculum for each player has been developed by Sehwag along with Sanjay Bangar) Criccuru
Mention the number of national parks Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Andaman and Nicobar islands. Madhya Pradesh has the highest number.
MP- 11
Assam- 7
Andaman and Nicobar- 9
The ______ government has instituted a series of annual awards similar to the Bharat Ratna and Padma awards entailing a slew of benefits for the awardees
Assam
Asom Ratna to 1, Asom Bibhushan would be presented to 3, the Asom Bhushan to 2 and the Asom Shree to 10
The celebrated Zimbabwean novelist _________ has been announced the winner of this year’s Pen Pinter Prize
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Established in 2009, PEN Pinter prize is given in memory of Nobel-laureate playwright Harold Pinter
Kerala-based _________ has won the 2021 Nature TTL Photography Awards for his photo of an Orangutan clinging to a tree
Thomas Vijayan
The photograph is titled ‘The World is Going Upside Down’.
The maximum price of Covishield for private Centres has been fixed at ₹___ per dose, while that of Covaxin is ₹______ per dose and Sputnik V ₹______ per dose
Covishield- Rs 780
Covaxin- Rs 1,410
Sputnik V- Rs 1,145
Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) summit is hosted by _________ and was organised at ______. What was the theme?
the Republic of Korea / South Korea
Seoul
“Inclusive Green Recovery Towards Carbon Neutrality”.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has notified the second negative import list, now renamed as the ‘_________’ of 108 items
positive indigenisation list
It is planned to be implemented progressively with effect from December 2021 to December 2025
The bulk payment system under the _________ will be available on all days of the week from 1 August, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said
National Automated Clearing House (NACH)
It has so far been operational only on bank working days.
The _________-Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR) has received a patent for black pepper micronutrient foliar formulation.
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
The application of black pepper micronutrient mixture enhances the quality of the produce.
_________ has approved ______ Chinese names for features around the area on the Moon where _________ landed to collect samples from the moon
The International Astronomical Union (IAU)
eight
Chang’e-5 probe
A more than ______-year-old artificial mound in ______ may be the world’s earliest known war memorial. The mound is known as the _________
4,000 year old
Syria
White Monument at Tell Banat
NordLink is a subsea 1,400 megawatt (MW) HVDC power cable between ______ and _________. Who is the Norwegian Prime Minister?
Norway
Germany
Norwegian Prime Minister is Erna Solberg
Leaders of the _________ suspended Mali in response to the Malian military’s toppling of a president and PM for the second time in nine months.
15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Coup leader: Colonel Assimi Goita
Male teachers across ______ have joined a unique movement _________ to fight stereotypical gender norms and promote tolerance in the country
Spain
The ‘Clothes Have No Gender’ movement
A student was expelled from school for wearing a skirt.
The Pentagon has announced a _________ package of military assistance to Ukraine as Russia kept a close eye on U.S. forces
$150 million
The package is part of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative first established in 2016
India has applied for a GI status for its basmati in ______, a move challenged by Pakistan. Within India, the GI tag for basmati came through only in ______.
the EU
2016
India is the world’s largest exporter of basmati rice
___ leaders have launched a new initiative called _________ to help developing countries to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
G7
Build Back Better World (B3W)
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was adopted in 2013.
_________ leads the ultranationalist Yamina (Rightwards) party that champions Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank.
Naftali Bennett (now the 13th PM of Israel) He served in previous Netanyahu-led governments, most recently as defence minister.
Yair Lapid heads the centrist _________ (There is a Future) party and was the architect behind the new government
Yesh Atid
Lapid will serve as foreign minister for two years and then take over as prime minister
48 people have been awarded the Bharat Ratna. Apart from Prof Amartya Sen, there are only three other Bharat Ratna awardees who are still alive:
Lata Mangeshkar (2001), Sachin Tendulkar (2014) and Professor C N R Rao (2014).
India has dramatically expanded its vaccination coverage from May 1, including everyone aged 18 and older. Which phase is this?
The 4th phase of the mass inoculation programme. In the first 3 phases, healthcare workers, frontline workers, and those above 45 were vaccinated
In the 4th phase of the vaccination program, the Centre will allocate its ___ per cent share to states based on the _________ and _________
50% share
extent of infection (active cases)
performance (speed of administration)
_________ has partnered with _________ to lead a consortium for drone deliveries of medical supplies to remote areas under the ‘_________’ project.
Flipkart
Telangana government
Medicines from the Sky project
At other bank’s ATMs, customers will be allowed only ______ free transactions in metro centres and ______ transactions in non-metro centres.
three in metro
five in non metro
five from the ATM of their own banks.
_________ extended _________ system for _________ to enhance quality and effectiveness of their internal audit system
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
risk-based internal audit (RBIA)
housing finance companies
_________ through its Operation _________ targeted the sale of fake medicines and products online. When was the first Operation Pangea conducted?
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
Operation Pangea XIV
The first Operation Pangea was conducted in 2008.
“Clyde’s Spot,” a feature discovered on _________ in ______, has a strange new look, NASA’s ______ spacecraft reveals.
Jupiter
2020
Juno spacecraft
President _________ declared open the ______-Sri Lanka Friendship National Nephrology Specialized Hospital in _________
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
China
Polonnaruwa
ESA has announced a new mission- _________ mission to Venus. It is likely to be launched sometime in the 2030s. Name NASA’s robotic missions to Venus
EnVision
NASA has announced two new robotic missions to Venus - DAVINCI+ and VERITAS
As per the ‘Global Skills Report 2021’ released by _________, India has been ranked ______ overall globally. Rank 1 is held by _________
Coursera
67th
Switzerland
The Qana massacre took place on _________ in Southern _________, when the Israel Defense Forces fired artillery shells at a _________ compound.
April 18, 1996
Lebanon
United Nations compound
Israeli aircraft struck Hamas sites in Gaza after _________ were launched from the Palestinian enclave
incendiary balloons. An incendiary balloon (or balloon bomb) is a balloon inflated with a gas, and has a bomb, incendiary device, or Molotov cocktail attached.
Ruling that “terrorist activity” cannot be broadly defined to include ordinary penal offences, 3 Delhi HC orders granted bail to three student-activists:
Devangana Kalita
Natasha Narwal
Asif Iqbal Tanha
New START is a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation with the formal name of _________. When was it signed?
Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. It was signed on 8 April 2010 in Prague, and entered into force on 5 February 2011.
The S-400 Triumf, previously known as the ________, is an anti-_________ weapon system developed in the 1990s by Russia’s _________
S-300PMU-3
anti-aircraft weapon system
Almaz Central Design Bureau
_________ will make amendments to the state’s (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act of 1975, to introduce provisions for the protection of __
Maharashtra
‘heritage trees’ (a tree with an estimated age of 50 years or more shall be defined as a heritage tree.)
Chandigarh University’s _________ becomes India’s first ever Taekwondo athlete to qualify for Paralympics. The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic mascot’s name is _______
Aruna Tanwar
Someity is the Paralympic mascot
Olympic Mascot is Miraitowa
_________ is a Malian politician and President of the Patriotic Movement for Renewal, a political party in Mali, and current interim Prime Minister.
Choguel Kokalla Maïga
Coup leader and Current President is Colonel Assimi Goita
India has ranked 140 among 156 countries in the Global Gender Gap Report 2021. What was the rank of India in 2020? Which country topped in 2021?
The country had ranked 112 among 153 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2020.
The top most gender-equal country is Iceland
The current disengagement is limited to two places on the LAC viz. north bank of Pangong lake and the Kailash range. Name 3 other contentious sites
Depsang
Gogra-Hot Springs
Demchok
China will pull its troops on the north bank towards the east of Finger ___. Similarly, India will also position its forces at its permanent base at the ___ post near ____
Finger 8
Dhan Singh Thapa post
near Finger 3.
Rajnath Singh mentioned that in the military and diplomatic discussions with China, “we have told China that we want a solution to the issue on the basis of three principles:”
(i) LAC should be accepted, respected by both parties.
(ii) Neither should try to change status quo unilaterally.
(iii) All agreements should be fully adhered to by both
The ARWU (Academic Ranking of World Universities) is also called _________. Around _________ Indian Universities have made it to the ARWU, 2020.
Shanghai Ranking; fifteen Indian universities.
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has secured the top position among higher education institutes in India
NATO consists of ___ member states from North America and Europe. It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949
Of the 30 member countries, two are located in North America (Canada and the USA), 28 are in Europe, one of which (Turkey) is in both Europe and Asia
Mohan Mallikarjunagouda Shantanagoudar was an Indian jurist, and former Judge of the Supreme court of India. He served as Chief Justice of ______High Court.
Kerala HC
He was appointed as a Judge to the Supreme Court in February 2017. Died in 2021
A statue of Colonel Santosh Babu, who died in the Chinese army attack at Galwan Valley, was unveiled at:
Suryapet in Telangana
ICICI Bank (part-time) Chairman:
Girish Chandra Chaturvedi
Indian-origin journalist wins Pulitzer Prize for exposing China’s Uyghur Muslims detention camps. Name her.
Megha Rajagopalan, along with two contributors
“Ghar Ghar Ration” is a unique employee-led initiative by _________ where employees have contributed their personal income to help those in need
IDFC FIRST Bank
2021 French Open winners:
Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas
Barbora Krejčíková won her maiden Grand Slam singles title (she’s from Czech Republic)
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) was wholly owned by the Government of India. In November 2010, the company was granted the _________ status
Navratna
Acc to the report submitted by the Union Ministry of Steel, Vizag Steel Plant is the only steel-manufacturing PSE in the country that has no _________
captive iron ore mine. (losses were majorly due to lack of captive mines)
The UNHRC has ___ members elected for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis. The headquarters of UNHRC is in Geneva
47
______ walked away from the Paris Climate Accord, the Iran nuclear deal, the WHO, UNESCO, and several arms-control treaties.
Trump
Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) will set up India’s first international maritime services cluster at _________. It will include India’s first maritime arbitration centre
GIFT City at Gandhinagar
_________ Space Station, once completed, will be roughly one-fifth the mass of the International Space Station
Tiangong Space Station
______ achieved humanity’s first soft landing on the far side of the Moon, on 3 January 2019.
China
Twitter campaign demanding official language status to ______ in Karnataka and Kerala has been initiated
Tulu
The Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal is a retired Judge of the Supreme Court, _________
Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel
Former Supreme Court Judge _________ is the First Lokpal of India
Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose
Notably, _________ has become the first state in the country with two airstrips on expressways
Uttar Pradesh
Cabinet has approved implementation of the _________ aided STARS project
World Bank
ISRO has set up a Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Control Centre named “NETRA”, at _________
Peenya, Bengaluru.
_________ was conferred upon the prestigious Tansen Samman.
Pandit Satish Vyas
Major General _________ has been appointed as the first head of the HR Cell of the Army
Gautam Chauhan
The current deputy secretary of defense of US is _________, she is the first woman in this role
Kathleen H. Hicks
The National Institute of Virology in ______, India is an Indian virology research institute
Pune
The Index of Economic Freedom is an annual index published and created by:
the Heritage Foundation
India ranked ___ out of 149 countries in UN’s World Happiness Report 2021
139
_________ has been ranked as the world’s most dangerous country to drive
South Africa
Can you identify the theme and the date of World
Cancer Day?
February 4/ I am and I will
This person of Indian origin has been appointed a the
Deputy National Security Advisor of USA. Name him.
Daleep Singh
The newly appointed Chief Executive of the
Ayushman Bharat is _________
R.S. Sharma
2020 saw a decline of ________ international tourists arrivals as per UNWTO. (Tourism organisation)
74%
The name of the unit that has inducted woman in its
anti Naxal unit for the first time in the world is:
CoBRA
Can you identify the name of the present secretary
general of INTERPOL?
Jurgen Stock
Can you name the vaccines developed by Pfizer
and AstraZeneca against COVID -19 respectively?
BNT162b2 (Pfizer) / AZD1222 (AstraZeneca)
India’s biggest business conglomerate , the Tata
Group was founded by ______ in the year ______.
Jamshedji Tata/ 1868
When was Einsteinium, whose properties were characterized recently by scientists, discovered?
1952
The tax holiday period for the start ups has now been
extended up to _________.
March 2022
Where would you find the 800MW capacity Gadarwara Thermal Power Project in India?
Madhya Pradesh
The 17th President of the United States, _________, was the first to be impeached in the country’s history
Democrat Andrew Johnson
Trump was coercing _________ and other countries into providing damaging narratives about Biden
Ukraine
Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist _________ in the early 1900s
James Matthew Barrie
PM addressed the 125th anniversary celebrations of
‘Prabuddha Bharata’, a monthly journal of _________
the Ramakrishna Order, started by Swami Vivekananda
The first VP of India _________ has also contributed their writings towards the journal Prabuddha Bharata
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
The World Solar Bank (WSB) is expected to be headquartered in which country?
India
Which would be the first multilateral development bank (MDB) headquartered in India?
World Solar Bank (WSB)
ISA and _________ have prepared a feasibility study report for setting up the World Solar Bank
Brickworks Analytics
The World Solar Bank plans to disburse around $50 billion to ISA member countries over what duration?
the next 10 years
The ISA was first proposed by Indian Prime Minister Modi in a speech in ______ at Wembley Stadium
2015
After the United Nations, what is the largest grouping of states worldwide?
International Solar Alliance (ISA), membership of 86
ISA has ___ sun-belt countries that lie between the two tropics as its prospective member countries
122
CSIR has launched a campaign of highlighting 80 success stories as it is set to turn 80 years old in:
2022
CSIR jointly with _________ developed the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL)
Dept of Indian Systems of Medicine & Homeopathy
The Union Budget focuses on strengthening three areas under the pillar “Health and Wellbeing”:
Preventive, Curative, and Wellbeing
Joe Biden signed a bill into law declaring ______ as a federal holiday to mark the end of slavery in the US
June 19 (Juneteenth National Independence Day Act)
This day is celebrated as the World Wildlife Day. Identify it.
March 3
This Indian Governor is one of the winners of Top-20 Global Women of Excellence -2021 award. Name her
T Soundararajan
________ bagged first prize in the category of Airport Service Quality (ASQ) by Airport Council International
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Varanasi
Now Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL)
This day is celebrated as the ‘Chabahar Day’. Can you
identify it?
March 4
Can you name the three cricketers who have hit six
sixes in an over till date?
Herschelle Gibbs / Yuvaraj Singh / Kieron Pollard
IRDAI formed a 14 member committee to review its information and cyber security guidelines, headed by:
Prof Janakiram
Can you identify the name of the city and the mall
that is India’s first contactless Mall?
Bangalore / Brookfields Mall
This Indian state is hosting the India’s first Machine
Tool Park. Can you identify the name of the state?
Karnataka
As per the Hurun Global Rich List 2021, the rank of
India is _________. India has ________billionaires.
3rd / 209
_________, is set to become the first exchange to get listed in the country
Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX)
‘AI Game changers’ is the name of the program
launched jointly by________.
Microsoft and NASSCOM
Name the program that has been launched by HDFC Ergo to protect MFIs from natural calamities?
Kisht Suraksha
Can you identify the newly appointed Prime minister
of Georgia?
Irakli Garibashvili
Ice Hotel 365 is the world’s first Ice hotel that does
not melt even in summers. This hotel is located in:
Jukkasjarvi / North Sweden
Which Ministry has launched a City Innovation Exchange (CiX)?
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Can you identify the city which is hosting the first law teacher training institute?
Bhubaneswar (and India’s first World Skill center also)
India’s first World Skill center is coming up at ________.
Bhubaneswar (and first law teacher training institute)
Name the bridge launched bw India and Bangladesh , its length and the river on which it is located?
Maitri setu / 1.9 km /Feni River
World Consumer Day: Can you identify the day and the theme associated with it for the year 2021?
March 15/ Tackling Plastic Pollution
35th Forbes’ annual billionaire list: Mukesh Ambani is ranked ___
10
Which is the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise?
RIMPAC, the Rim of the Pacific Exercise
The youngest person to assume the presidency of USA was _________
Theodore Roosevelt
Which countries’ foreign army contingent have marched during the Republic Day parade till date?
France, UAE, Bangladesh
The CPTPP is a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between ___ countries around the Pacific Rim
11
__ were awarded the Padma Vibhushan, 10 named for the Padma Bhushan and 102 named for Padma Shri.
7
The world cut its carbon dioxide emissions this year by ___%, the biggest drop ever
7%
India and its biggest LNG supplier __ agreed to set up a task force to identify projects in India for investment
Qatar
Chauri Chaura Express is an Express train that runs between _________
Kanpur Anwarganj & Gorakhpur
India announced that ___ major ports will commence their operations under PPP mode in 2021-22.
seven
The Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP) was first proposed in ______
1983
_________ is the world’s most expensive city for foreign workers, acc to Mercer Cost of Living Survey.
Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan
Gharials were granted full protection by law and listed in Schedule ___ of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
Schedule 1
Who is the president of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority?
Mahmoud Abbas
Hamas seized power in Gaza in ______, a year after winning an landslide victory in Palestinian elections.
2007
Electoral bonds are issued in multiples of _________ and Rs. 1 crore WITHOUT any maximum limit.
Rs. 1,000, Rs. 10,000, Rs. 1 lakh, Rs. 10 lakh
State Bank of India is authorised to issue and encash electoral bonds, which are valid for:
fifteen days from the date of issuance.
Electoral bonds are available for purchase for 10 days each in the months of ___ as specified by the Centre
January, April, July and October (1, 4, 7, 10)
J&K delimitation exercise is likely to add ______ more constituencies to the current 83-member Assembly
seven
Prior to August 5, 2019, carving out of J&K’s Assembly seats was carried out under the _________
J&K Consti. and J&K Representation of People Act, 1957
J&K saw the last delimitation exercise in _________, after 22 year
1994-95
Delimitation Commission, headed by ______, was set up in 2020 to delineate 7 more constituencies in J&K
retired SC Judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai
The Delimitation Commission is an independent body constituted under which Article?
Article 82
Setting up of 22 new regional AIIMS has been approved under the _________
Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)
Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana was announced in ______
2003
National Health Policy (NHP) ______ aims to provide healthcare in an “assured manner” to all
National Health Policy (NHP) 2017
National Health Mission was launched by the government of India in ______
2013
As per the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the decision of a returning officer can only be challenged-
through an election petition
Vijayan became only the ______ chief minister in Kerala‘s history to be re-elected
third
Modi and Boris Johnson have adopted an ambitious
‘Roadmap 2030‘ to elevate bilateral ties to a _______
‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership‘.
Indian Army inaugurates first solar energy harnessing plant of ______ in North Sikkim
56 KVA
Sambhaji Maharaj was killed by Aurangzeb in which year?
1689
The two retired judges who were the main speakers at the Elgar Parishad were ___________&__________
B.G. Kolte Patil and P.B. Sawant
Koregaon which is located on the banks of Bhima river lies in _____________ district.
Pune
The present Managing Director of the Dedicated
Freight Corridor of India Ltd. Is _________
Ravindra Kumar Jain
The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor connects ________ & ___________
Punjab / West Bengal
The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor connects _________ & ____________.
Uttar Pradesh / Maharashtra
The total length of these two Freight Corridors (East
& West) is ____________.
3360km
The Golden Quadrilateral Freight Corridors (GQFC)
envisages how many dedicated freight corridors?
6
FAST telescope is located in the ______ province of __________.
Guizhou / China
The Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment Telescope (MACE) in ___, is world’s highest telescope
Hanle, Ladakh
The IMD is headed by the Director General of Meteorology, currently _________.
Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra
Where would you find Indian Institute of Astrophysics in India?
Bengaluru , Karnataka
The name of the crypto currency launched by
Venzuela is _______
Petro
______ announces India’s 1st NFT marketplace amid crypto boom
WazirX
______ is the first crypto bank in the world to open a physical branch, which is in Jaipur
Unicas
Can you identify the place that has launched by
world’s first Bitcoin ATM ?
Vancouver (Canada)
The original parliament building was inaugurated by
_______.
Lord Irwin
The estimated cost and year of completion of the
Central Vista project are ______&___________.
$1.9 billion / 2022
Headquarters of The International Cricket Council (ICC) till 2005:
London (now it is Dubai)
The Indian armed forces currently have __ commands. There are 7 commands each of Army and Air Force.
17 commands (7 army, 7 air force, 3 navy)
Each command is headed by a ______ rank military officer.
4-star
Joint command in Andaman Nicobar is the 1st Tri-Service theatre command of Indian Armed Forces, at:
based at Port Blair (created in 2001)
The other tri-service command, _________, looks after the country’s nuclear assets.
the Strategic Forces Command (SFC)
Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) is the single-point military adviser to the government as suggested by the:
Kargil Review Committee in 1999.
Who is the first and current Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India?
General Bipin Rawat
The Department of Military Affairs (DMA) is headed by the _________
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS).
_________ envisages a unified command of the three Services, under a single commander
integrated theatre command
