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
Which committee has recommended the creation of 3 integrated theatre commands?
The Shekatkar committee
The _________ Hour has been done away with. This has led to a sharp pushback against the government
Question Hour (suspended during the monsoon session)
_______ is the first hour of a Parliament sitting, during which the members hold the government accountable
The Question Hour
In 2014, after the Modi government came to power, the Question Hour timings in ________ were changed
Rajya Sabha
Question Hour, which had been suspended during the monsoon session, will resume for the ______ session.
budget session.
The government had also cancelled the ____ session of Parliament citing a rising number of Covid cases.
winter session
There is a target of setting up ______ PSA oxygen plants across the country from the PM Care Fund
1,213 (pehle additional 162, then 551)
Zero Discrimination Day is celebrated on ____ every
year.
March 1
This Indian social activist won the Anti – Corruption award instituted by the Biden Administration:
Anjali Bharadwaj
The Lost Soul is the name of the latest work of this
Nobel Laureate. Name her.
Olga Tokarczuk
This Russian model has been appointed as the UN
Goodwill Ambassador recently. Name her
Natalia Vodianova
Can you identify the name of Minister for Loneliness that has been appointed for Japan recently?
Tetsushi Sakamoto
The name of the scheme launched by the Government for the regeneration of traditional industries, is:
SFURTI
This place hosted the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Name the province of Australia in question.
Queensland
The world’s largest cricket stadium is ___________
based at ______ in ___________.
Narendra Modi Cricket stadium / Motera / Ahmedabad
This Indian state is hosting the Khelo India University Games in 2021. Name it.
Karnataka
Novak Djokovik beat ________ to win the _______ Australian Open Men’s Singles Title.
Daniil Medevdev/ 9th
Can you name the NASA spaceship that was named in the honor of the Black NASA mathematician?
SS Katherine Johnson
This is the world’s first tree hospital launched in _______ by ________
Punjab / Rohit Mehra
Who is the head of the panel constituted for giving
more autonomy to IITs in line with the NEP?
Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank
The present chairman of the Central Board of Indirect taxes and customs is _______.
Ajit Kumar
This company is the only one in India that gives 100% return on the health insurance policy premium:
Aditya Birla Health Insurance
Tarun Bajaj appointed Revenue Secretary; _________ new DEA Secretary
Ajay Seth
_________ was recently (Feb 2021) brought under the regulation of the Reserve Bank of India
State Bank of Sikkim
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) is headed by ______.
E-Daakhil/ R.K. Agrawal
_______ was recommended by UN for graduation from Least Developed Country status to Developing country
Bangladesh
Who is the chairman of the task force for the interlinking of rivers?
Sriram Vedire
These two rivers were okayed by the task force of the
Interlinking of rivers recently:
Mahanadi & Godavari
This Indian state has the largest area under flower
cultivation of its total area (about 14%). Name it
Karnataka
Where would you find Asia’s largest livestock research center that was inaugurated in India recently?
Salem, Tamil Nadu
The chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
Dr. Bhagawan Lal Sahni
The first Deputy CM of the country to have given birth to a child while in office, is ___________
Pamula Pushpa Sreeveni
_________ has brought ordinance that will give property rights to wife in husbands ancestral property
Uttarakhand
The Sub-inspector who ordered firing on the agitated
mob (Chauri Chaura), was ___________
Prithvi Pal
Aspirational Districts program was launched in the year ________.
2018
The ranking in Aspirational districts is based on
_______ indicators spread across ______ sectors.
49 and 5
In the Aspirational Districts program, maximum
weightage is given to:
Health & Education
The Core aspects of ADP are _________ / ___________ / ___________.
Competition / Collaboration / Convergence
New START Treaty replaced the _________ (SORT) Treaty.
Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty
The New START treaty will remain in force till _________
2026
New START capped accountable deployed strategic nuclear warheads and bombs at ______
1,550
Which Indian vaccine is now eligible for travel to Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Ireland and Spain
Covishield
____ is an agency of the European Union in charge of the evaluation and supervision of medicinal products
The European Medicines Agency
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) was established in _______ and is headquartered at ____
1974/ Basel, Switzerland
The number of members of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) are ______.
45
Basel–I was launched in _____ and primarily deals with ______
1988/ The capital adequacy of the banks
Basel–III is basically the extension of the Basel –II and also introduced a new concept of __________.
Minimum Liquidity Ratio
The year of launch of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima
Yojana is ________.
2016
The two schemes that were replaced to create the PMFBY (Fasal Bima) were _________ & ___________
NAIS (National Agricultural Insurance Scheme) / MNAIS
The three main types of crops covered under the Fasal Bima scheme are _________/________/__________.
Annual Horticulture Crops / Food Crops / Oil Seeds
What is the insurance premium that is supposed to be paid on the Rabi and Kharif crops respectively?
1.5% & 2% respectively
The world’s biggest agriculture crop insurer in terms of covering the farmers, is ______
Agriculture Insurance Company of India
The Major Ports Authorities Bill -2020 is applicable to how many ports of India?
11
Name the project that is meant for the modernization of the major Indian ports?
Sagarmala
The first major private port of the country is ________.
Kamrajar Port Ltd.
The oldest operating port of India is ________
Shyama Prasad Mukharjee Port
Anil Baijal is the ______ LG of Delhi
21st
The speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Delhi:
Ram Niwas Goel
Kejriwal is the ___ CM of Delhi
7th
National Coal Index has been launched by:
Ministry of Coal
The core purpose of National Coal Index is to:
Capture the price change of coal in a particular month
The base year of the National Coal Index is_______.
2017-2018
National Coal Index comprises of ______ sub indices.
Five (3 non cooking coal and 2 cooking coal)
The rank of India in terms of coal production is:
2nd
2 major outcomes of the ‘Go Electric’ campaign are:
Reduction in the import bill of fuel/ Less pollution
‘Go Electric’ focuses on use of electrical energy in:
Vehicles / Cooking Appliances
MoS Independent charge of Renewable energy:
R.K. Singh
The name of the first electric car of India is _____.
Reva
The first DG of WTO was _________
Peter Sutherland
WTO came into existence in ________.
1995
The latest country to join WTO was _______
Afghanistan
Total member nations in WTO are ______.
164
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade estbd in:
1948
The Kaladan Project is between the ports of:
Kolkata / Sittwe
India got the longest high-speed track in Asia in:
Madhya Pradesh’s Indore (fifth largest in the world)
Union minister, heavy industries and public enterprises
Prakash Javadekar
The city where the second QUAD Ministerial Meeting was held:
Tokyo
The current Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education is ______
26.3%
Since education is a _______, the reforms can only be implemented collaboratively by Centre and the states
concurrent subject
The incumbent government has set a target of ______ to implement the entire NEP
2040
_________ denied any cover up over radiation levels in the Pacific following its nuclear testing in the region
The French government
Which Ministry launched the Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation Mission (ASIIM)?
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (sep 2020)
ASIIM aimed to promote entrepreneurship among the SC Youth with special preference to _________.
Divyangs
Under ASIIM, 1,000 SC youth would be identified in the next 4 years with start-up ideas through the _____
Technology Business Incubators (TBIs)
Under ASIIM, the identified youth will be funded @ Rs. 30 lakhs in _________ as equity (investment) funding
3 years
ASIIM will be implemented by __ (VCF-SCs) which was set up in 2015-16 with the Fund size of Rs. 500 Crore.
Venture Capital Fund for SCs
Ministry of Science and Technology has issued a Special Call for the NorthEast Region as a part of its Mission Programme “_________ (Biotech-KISAN)”.
Biotech-Krishi Innovation Science Application Network
Biotech-KISAN is a scientist-farmer partnership scheme launched in ______.
2017
Biotech-KISAN is a farmer-centric scheme developed by and with farmers under the:
Dept of Biotechnology, M/o Science and Technology.
146 Biotech-KISAN Hubs have been established covering all ___ agroclimatic zones in the country.
15
_________ are plants, bacteria, fungi and animals whose genes have been altered by manipulation.
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights is under the administrative control of which Ministry?
Ministry of Women & Child Development.
Under PM CARES for Children, the premium amount for Ayushman Bharat Scheme will be paid by PM CARES till
till a child turns 18.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participated in the first _________ Session of the G7 Summit
Outreach Session
The Group of Seven is an inter-governmental political forum founded in:
1975
India had been invited by the G7 French presidency in ______ to the Biarritz Summit as a “Goodwill Partner”
2019
Pfizer and BioNTech to provide _________ doses of COVID-19 Vaccine to U.S. Government for Donation to Poorest nations
500 Million
GAVI was created in ______ as a successor to the Children’s Vaccine Initiative
2000`
Who is the WHO Special Envoy for Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator)?
Carl Bildt
Equalisation Levy of __ was introduced in India in ___, for taxing income of foreign e-commerce companies
6% in 2016 (restricted to online advertisement services)
The Agra summit was a two-day summit meeting bw India and Pakistan which lasted from 14–16 July ____.
2001
There was a terrorist attack in 2007 on Samjhauta Express, a twice-weekly train service connecting:
Delhi, India and Lahore, Pakistan.
_________ was chosen to be the next Uttarakhand Chief Minister after Tirath Singh Rawat resigned
Pushkar Singh Dhami
Who will become the second Indian-born woman to fly into space?
Sirisha Bandla
NASA picks ______’s Starship to land Artemis astronauts on the moon
SpaceX
COVAXIN®, India’s indigenous COVID-19 vaccine by Bharat Biotech is developed in collaboration with:
ICMR - National Institute of Virology (NIV).
_________ to head RBI Committee for reviewing asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) norms
Sudarshan Sen
Aceware FinTech Services has launched Kerala’s first neobank, _________
Ace Money Neobank
_________, who is forty, would be the youngest chancellor in the history of Germany
Annalena Baerbock
______ is the International Labour Day dedicated to workers and labourers across the world
May 1
India’s first 3D printed house inaugurated at _________
IIT-Madras
SVAMITVA scheme was launched on the National Panchayati Raj Day (_________).
April 24
SVAMITVA scheme is for mapping the land parcels in rural inhabited areas using drone technology and:
Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS).
Under SVAMITVA mapping will be done across the country in phase-wise manner over period of:
a period of four years - from 2020 to 2024.
The first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke award was actress _________
Devika Rani
Ramesh Pokhriyal has inaugurated “Anandam: The Center for Happiness” at the _________
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Jammu
Earth Hour 2021 is being marked on March 27, 2021. The Earth Hour 2021 theme will focus on:
“Climate Change to Save Earth.”
Businesses with turnover of more than _________ will have to furnish six-digit HSN or tariff code
Rs 5 crore
The militaries of _________ have conducted a 15-day joint exercise Ex-Shake Hands
Sri Lanka and Pakistan
Since 2021, the prime minister of Slovakia has been _________.
Eduard Heger
_________, 23, has become the first Indian woman to ever qualify for the Olympics in sailing
Nethra Kumanan
A new species of flowering plants has been spotted in south Maharashtra and named after:
NCP chief Sharad Pawar.
_________ is closely working on ‘robo-plants’, an experiment they call a fusion of nature and technology
Singapore
The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched in December ______
2000
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a _________ scheme
centrally sponsored
Currently, the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is in its ______ phase
third phase
Education minister released an implementation plan for school education (NEP) called _________.
SARTHAQ
PM _________’s resignation comes as Haiti faces a spike in kidnappings and a political crisis.
Joseph Jouthe
The ___ Act (CAATSA) is a US Federal Law that has imposed sanctions against Iran, Russia, North Korea
Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions
In the first Raisina Dialogue held from March 1 – 3, ______, over 100 speakers from 35 nations spoke
2016
EAGLE Act is “___”. It proposes to phase out 7% limit per-country on employment-based immigrant visas.
Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment Act
______ develops Critical Near Isothermal Forging Technology for aeroengines
DRDO
_________ is an Indian woman boxer who won gold at the Asian Boxing Championships 2021
Pooja Rani Bohra
World No Tobacco Day 2021 theme: _________
Quit tobacco to be a winner
_________ is the current Pakistan NSA, appointed by Prime Minister Imran Khan on may 18 2021.
Moeed Yusuf
This day is celebrated as the International Day of Forests. Identify it.
March 21
World Water Day is celebrated every year on _____ and the theme for this year is ______.
March 22/ Valuing water
World TB Day is celebrated on _________. The disease’s causative organism were discovered by ___.
March 24/ Dr. Robert Koch
World Meteorological Day is celebrated every year on
_______ and the theme for this year is ________
March 23 / The ocean, our climate and weather
The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2019 has been
given to______________ posthumously.
Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said
He is the only Asian to win the International Ranger
of the year award this year. Name him.
Mahinder Giri
This Indian city has won the Smart City of India Award
2021. Can you identify the name of the city?
Dehradun
The winner of the Maharashtra Bhushan award 2020, is ___________
Asha Bhosle
Vyas Samman is given by ___________ and this year
the winner is _________
K.K. Birla Foundation / Sharad Pagare
Chinki Yadav was in the news recently as she was
ranked number 1 in _________ in the world.
Shooting
The newly appointed CEO of the UIDAI is __________.
Saurabh Garg
The state has been chosen as the ‘most film friendly
state’ of the country. Name it.
Sikkim
The male and female winners of the prestigious All
England Badminton Championship 2021 title are:
Lee Zii Jia / Nozomi Okuhara
This organization will be launching the world’s first
Wildlife bond. Can you name the organization?
World Bank
This country topped the Global Sustainable Tourism
Index. Can you name the country in question?
Sweden
Can you identify the name of the e- tendering portal of the Power grid Corporation of India?
PRANIT
In ______, Britain’s Cairn Energy Plc commenced international arbitration proceedings against the Indian government
2015
Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) has ruled that the Indian government was wrong in applying a __________ tax on energy giant Cairn Plc.
retrospective tax
Can you identify the present Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cairn Energy Plc?
Simon Thomson
Cairn Energy sold majority of its business through Cairn India to the mining giant ________ in ______
Vedanta / 2011
In August 1664 a Sikh Sangat arrived in Bakala and anointed Tegh Bahadur as the ______ guru of Sikhs
ninth
Can you identify the name of the two gurudwaras
associated with the execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur?
Gurudwara Sis Ganj and Gurudwara Rakab Ganj
Can you name of the Mughal Emperor and the year in
which Guru Tegh Bahdur was executed on his orders?
Aurangzeb/ 1675
The main text of Sikhism is _________ and was originally compiled by _______.
Guru Grantha Sahib / Guru Arjan Dev
How many hymns of the Guru Granth Sahib are
attributed to Guru Tegh Bahadur?
115
Who coined the phrase ‘ Sinatra Doctrine’ and who is associated w the original usage of this doctrine?
Gennadi Gerasimov/ Mikhail Gorbachev
_________ is adopting the ‘Sinatra Doctrine’, to counter the growing influence of China.
EU
Which particular sector will EU will be majorly protecting as a part of the Sinatra Doctrine?
Technology sector
Can you identify the name of the Foreign Policy Chief of the European Union (EU)?
Josep Borrel
Can you identify the name of the song that formed the basis of the ‘Sinatra Doctrine’?
‘My Way’
The term Gross National Happiness was coined by
__________
Jigme Singye Wangchuk (was King of Bhutan)
The main focus of the World Happiness Report -2021
is on ___________ & _____________
Effects of Covid -19 & How people have responded
The world’s happiest nation is _________ for the _______ time.
Finland/ 4th
The unhappiest nation of the world as per the report is ___________.
Afghanistan
Sri Lanka has decided to offer the _________ to Indian and Japanese companies.
West Container Terminal (WCT) {ejected us from ECT}
On 12th March, Gandhiji set out from Sabarmati with ___ followers on a 241-mile Dandi march
78 followers
Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is an intergovernmental organization located in:
The Hague, Netherlands.
The Gandhi Peace Prize was instituted by the Government of India in which year?
1995
Apart from the white flag campaign, ________ is also witnessing a black flag and a red flag movement
Malaysia
The black flag movement in Malaysia is demanding that Prime Minister _________ resign
Muhyiddin Yassin
G7 would back a minimum global corporation tax rate of at least ___
15%
Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate (GMCTR) will now be discussed in detail at a meeting of _________
G20 financial ministers and central bank governors
__, which has a corporate tax rate of 12.5%, has come out against the Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate
Ireland
Global minimum corporate taxation rate of 15% is “far from fair,” according to:
Oxfam International.
The Narendra Modi-led union government created a new Ministry:
Ministry of Co-operation
Ministry of Co-operation has been set up in order to realise the vision of:
‘Sahkar se Samriddhi’ (through cooperation, prosperity).
_________, who was arrested in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgaar Parishad case, died recently
Stan Swamy
The mammoth Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) project had been awarded to Microsoft in:
2018
The head of UNFPA is ____________ and is
headquartered at ________.
Natalia Kanem/ New York
Can you identify the amount of fraud (approx.) and the involved bank in the Nirav Modi case?
$2 billion / Punjab National Bank
Nirav Modi’s court proceedings are happening in ______ court.
Westminster Court
India signed an extradition treaty with U.K. in the year _______.
1992
Mehul Choksi, uncle of Nirav Modi who is also wanted in fraud cases, is the owner of ______
Gitanjali Group
Cairn Energy seizes 20 Indian govt properties in ______ as $1.7 billion tax dispute escalates
France
In ______, Cairn India was listed on the National Stock Exchanges
2007
Operation _________, 2011, was a precision strike operation in which Osama Bin Laden was eliminated
Operation Neptune Spear
U.S. signed a peace deal (at _________) with the Taliban
Qatar’s capital-Doha
Withdrawal of US troops (Afghanistan) could result in the breeding ground for anti-India terrorist outfits like:
Lashkar-e-Taiba or Jaish-e-Mohammed.
The SDG India Index 2020–21 is developed in collaboration with:
the United Nations in India.
The Afghan Northern Alliance, officially known as the _________, was a united military front that came to formation in late 1996
United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan
Tamil Nadu Governor:
Banwarilal Purohit
Indo-American chemist Sumita Mitra honoured with prestigious _________ Award
European Inventor
European Inventor Award, one of Europe’s most prestigious innovation prizes, is presented annually by the:
European Patent Office (EPO)
Indian-American chemist Sumita Mitra is the first to have successfully integrated nanotechnology into:
dental materials
Sumita Mitra has been honoured with the European Inventor Award 2021 in the ‘_________’ category
Non-European Patent Office countries
The WHO _________ is a risk-based procedure for assessing and listing unlicensed vaccines
Emergency Use Listing Procedure (EUL)
Ocugen Inc will no longer pursue an emergency use authorization for _________, and would instead aim to file for a full U.S. approval of the shot.
Covaxin
LGBTQ Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in _________
Manhattan
An American lady called _________ is known as ‘The Mother of Pride’ after organising the first ever gay pride march
Brenda Howard
_________ was an American artist, gay rights activist, and designer of the rainbow flag (1978), a worldwide symbol of LGBTQ pride.
Gilbert Baker
Justice N. Anand Venkatesh of _________ issued guidelines to protect gay couples from police harassment.
Madras High Court
Sitharaman in her Budget speech last year proposed a panel on the “age of a girl entering motherhood” to:
lower maternal mortality rates
improve nutrition levels
Tauktae is the fourth cyclone in consecutive years to have developed in the _________
Arabian Sea
Tauktae is a tropical cyclone, named by Myanmar. It means _________ in the Burmese language.
‘gecko’, a highly vocal lizard
Tauktae has weakened into a “very severe cyclonic storm” from the “_________”.
extremely severe cyclonic storm
Cyclone Nisarga in 2020 struck which state?
Maharashtra
In 2020, the Bay of Bengal produced ______ cyclonic storms while the Arabian Sea generated ___.
three in Bay of Bengal
two in Arabian Sea
According to _________ guidelines, countries in every region are supposed to give names for cyclones.
WMO (World Meteorological Organization)
North Indian Ocean Region has 13 members
‘Time we defined limits of sedition’: ___ stays coercive action against Telugu news channels
Supreme Court
Hearing petitions filed by Telugu news channels _________, the SC said if TV channels say something, ‘it cannot be called sedition’
TV5 news and ABN Andhra Jyoti
The government by an ordinance abolished the Film Certificate Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) in:
April 2021
In effect, filmmakers will now have to approach the _________ with appeals they would have earlier filed with the Film Certificate Appellate Tribunal (FCAT).
High Court
Film Certificate Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) was a statutory body constituted set up by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in ______
1983
Sustainable Mountain Development Summit was organised by:
Indian Mountain Initiative
The Summer and Winter Olympics alternate every ___ years.
two years
The tradition of the Olympics being held every four years was borrowed from the ancient Olympics in ______, which started in 776 B.C.
Greece
_________ will host the Winter Games in 2022, becoming the first city to host the Summer and Winter Games.
Beijing
The Summer Games will be in Paris in 2024 and _________ in 2028.
Los Angeles
The 2026 Winter Games will be in:
Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
How many times has Tokyo hosted the Olympic Games?
Once before, in 1964.
Have the Olympics been canceled or postponed before?
The Olympics had never been postponed, but they were canceled by two world wars
The 1916 Olympic Games were inconveniently scheduled for ______ when World War I broke out
Berlin
The name Miraitowa (Olympics Mascot) is drawn from the Japanese words for:
“future” and “eternity.”
Someity’s name (Paralympic Mascot) is taken from a type of _________
cherry tree
In Tokyo Olympics 2020, baseball and softball return after a 13-year absence. The new sports are:
karate, surfing, sport climbing and skateboarding.
While _________ was at one point dropped from the 2020 Olympic Games, it was eventually reinstated, so no sports will be missing.
wrestling
After evidence emerged of doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Russia was banned from international sport for ___ in 2019, although that ban was later cut in half.
four years
Which country will will skip the Games “to protect their athletes from the global health crisis caused by the malicious virus infection”?
North Korea
When did the modern Olympic Games get started?
In 1896, when a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin, began a revival of the ancient Greek Games
The first Olympics, held in Athens, included only male competitors, contesting ______ sports.
nine
The five rings, of blue, yellow, black, green and red, date to 1912 and were designed by:
de Coubertin
The colors of the Olympic rings were chosen so that:
every flag in the world would have at least one matching color.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the E-100 pilot project in ______ to mark the World Environment Day.
Pune
Last year, the government had set a target of reaching 10 per cent ethanol blending in petrol (10 per cent of ethanol mixed with 90 per cent of diesel) by ______
2022
Till 2014, on an average, only 1.5 per cent of ethanol could be blended in India which has now reached about:
8.5 per cent.
The Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme was launched in January, ______ by Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG)
2003
Gujarat MP _________ will now be in charge of health and family welfare as well as chemicals and fertilisers ministries.
Mansukh Mandaviya
_________, a Delhi-based transgender female, won the Empress Earth 2021-22 title, an international title in a virtual contest
Naaz Joshi
_________ arrived at the summit of Mount Everest, becoming the first blind Chinese mountaineer to make the 8,849-meter climb
Zhang Hong
_________, Kenya has been elected as the new Chairperson of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO)
Dr. Patrick Amoth
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has found three more caves in the Trirashmi Buddhist cave complex, also known as Pandav Leni, near:
Nashik, Maharashtra
The government has constituted an expert group led by ______, that will give recommendations on fixation of minimum wages and national floor minimum wage.
Prof Ajit Mishra
The President of Israel is elected by members of the Knesset for a single seven-year term. Current president is:
Isaac Herzog
GIFT will function on the lines of NITI Aayog. It will assist, advise and guide government on policy making, its formulation and implementation. Which state?
Goa Institution for Future Transformation (GIFT)
Abdulla Shahid has appointed India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador _________ as his Chef de Cabinet.
K Nagaraj Naidu
As a result of its efforts in energy conservation through the use of renewable energies, _________ Airport has achieved energy neutrality
Kempegowda Airport
_________ (KASEZ), the oldest export zone in the country, has become the “first green industrial city” in India
Kandla Special Economic Zone (KASEZ)
The 2020 Global Finance title makes it the third consecutive year that ___ has been honoured with a global Best Bank accolade.
DBS Bank, formerly the Development Bank of Singapore
The U.S. dollar has been the official currency in _________ since 2001, which bitcoin will join, not replace, as legal tender.
El Salvador
With _________’s appointment, the Election Commission of India has been restored to its full strength of a three-member team
Anup Chandra Pandey
IAMAI named former supreme court justice _________ as chairman of the Grievance Redressal Board (GRB)
Arjan Kumar Sikri
_________ becomes first person of colour to be nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada
Mahmud Jamal
Milkha broke the national record in 400m, his timing was of ______
45.6 secs
__ will be the lead sponsor — and biggest shareholder — of the National Asset Reconstruction Company
Canara Bank
Microsoft’s India-born CEO _________ has been appointed as the technology giant’s new Chairman
Satya Nadella
Three centres of excellence (CoE) inaugurated in _________ under the Indo-Israel Agricultural Project
Karnataka
The Assam election saw the incumbent BJP-led NDA retaining power with ___ seats
75 seats
The Kerala election saw the incumbent _________ retaining power with 99 seats
Left Democratic Front (LDF)
Hong Kong’s Electoral reform Bill 2021 was introduced by Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs:
Erick Tsang
In 1897, who became the first political personality to be persecuted under the sedition clause for his writing and speeches?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Recently, the Union Minister of State Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) said that __________ is an important element of Act East Policy.
connectivity
Who launched Look East policy in 1992 to give a strategic push to India’s engagement with the South-East Asia region?
former Prime minister of India P V Narasimha Rao
India became a dialogue partner of ASEAN in ______ and summit level partner in 2002. In 2012 the relationship got up-graded into a Strategic Partnership
1996
Prime minister of India highlighted 4C’s of Act East Policy: Culture, Commerce, Connectivity, and _________
(CoCoCuCa) Capacity building
UK said that the imposition of the security law is “a serious and clear breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration”, referring to a ______ treaty
1984
Hong Kong is governed by a mini-constitution called the _________, which affirms the principle of “one country, two systems”
Basic Law
British National Overseas Passport, BN(O), was first issued in ______, 10 years before the return of sovereignty over Hong Kong from Britain to China
1987
Kisan Diwas or National Farmers’ Day is observed on December 23 every year to mark the birth anniversary of former prime minister _________
Chaudhary Charan Singh
The Supreme Court of Nepal has asked the President to appoint Nepali Congress leader _________ as the Prime Minister
Sher Bahadur Deuba
Modi will inaugurate the _________, built by financial assistance from Japan, by planting a Rudraksh plant on its premises
Varanasi International Cooperation & Convention Centre
Blue Origin announced that 18 year old _________ would join the four-member crew for the inaugural space tourism flight
Oliver Daemen (set to become youngest to go to space)
______ has become the second country after Singapore to have BHIM-UPI acceptance at merchant locations
Bhutan
European Union made the announcement to reduce 55 percent of its greenhouse gas emissions by the year ______.
2030
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) eliminates tariffs and reduces barriers for __ of exports to member countries
98%
Once enacted, ______ would join other BJP-ruled states such as UP, MP and Karnataka, which have similar legislation to protect cows
Assam
India launched its first scientific expedition to the Arctic Ocean in ______ and opened a research base named “Himadri” in Norway in July 2008
2007
Which Ministry brought the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) to enable seamless travel by different metros and other transport systems?
Ministry of housing & urban affairs
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (_________) is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992
December 3
Napoli forward _________ caught Diego Maradona’s tally of 115 goals, scoring two goals against Salzburg in an away match
Dries Mertens
The idea of finding a second home for lions was mooted in the early 1990s and the MP govt started developing _____ as a second home for Asiatic lions.
Kuno Palpur wildlife reserve
_________ has become the first State to give electricity subsidy through Direct Benefit Transfer. With this, it has fulfilled a power reform condition
Madhya Pradesh
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for 850 MegaWatt (MW) Ratle hydropower project on ______ river in Jammu and Kashmir.
Chenab
Military historian _________ is the author of the book - “1971: A Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh”
Srinath Raghavan
Nagorno-Karabakh is located within Azerbaijan but is populated, mostly, by those of Armenian ethnicity (and mostly _________ compared to _________).
Christian, compared to Shia Muslim majority Azerbaijan
Once Azerbaijan and Armenia became Soviet Republics in 1921, USSR gave Nagorno-Karabakh to ______ but offered autonomy to contested region.
Azerbaijan
In 1980s, separatist currents picked up in Nagorno-Karabakh. In ___, national assembly voted to dissolve the region’s autonomous status and join Armenia
1988
The self-declaration of independence by Nagorno-Karabakh in ___ in the backdrop of collapse of USSR resulted in war bw Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh
September 1991
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group co-chaired by ___ have engaged Azerbaijan and Armenia to resolve the conflict.
the USA, Russia and France
The conflict between the two former Soviet republics has wider geopolitical implications as Turkey, which shares a border with Armenia, is backing _________.
Azerbaijan
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict marks a strange coupling of Turkey and ______, which are hostile to one another, but support and arm Azerbaijan.
Israel
With Armenia, India has a friendship and cooperation treaty (signed in ______), which would prohibit India from providing any assistance to Azerbaijan.
1995
________ extends its unequivocal support to India on Kashmir issue whereas Azerbaijan not only opposes but also promotes Pakistan’s narrative on this issue.
Armenia
For the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, India has done the right thing to adopt a balanced and neutral stance and pitching for a political solution as outlined in the:
Madrid Principles.
The Minsk Group put forward in ______ the Madrid Principles as the basis for the formulation of a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
2007
Civil aviation minister
Hardeep Singh Puri (also MoHUA)
Bottom city in Million Plus category in the Ease of Living Index?
Srinagar
In the ECT project, Sri Lanka ports authority was to hold how much stake? In WCT, India and Japan are going to have 85% stake.
51%
Modi launched 10000 FPOs all over the country in February 2020 in:
Chitrakoot, UP
Hurun report chairman and chief researcher
Rupert hoogewerf (Hu Run)
Who led 2500 marchers on the Dharasana Salt Works?
Sarojini Naidu
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is an agreement reached by Iran and the P5+1 (_________) on July 14, 2015
Germany + P5
The current Chairman of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is _____________
Priyank Kanoongo
In 1973, the ______ Commission created Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs) as a separate category, who are less developed among the tribal groups.
Dhebar Commission
Cyclone ‘Yaas’ (pronounced as Yass) got its name from:
Oman
The word Ýaas’ has its origin in the Persian language and means _________ in English
the flower jasmine
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared ______ as “malaria-free”
China
The final decision on awarding a malaria-free certification rests with the:
WHO Director-General
“A Kashmiri Century Portrait of a Society in Flux” is authored by:
Khemlata Wakhlu
A 12-year-old Indian-origin boy, _________, became the youngest-ever Grandmaster in chess
Abhimanyu Mishra
_________ completes survey assistance of ill-fated MV X-Press Pearl
INS Sarvekshak
In 2008, _________ became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal.
Abhinav Bindra
The Refugee Olympic Team had 10 athletes at ______ and is set to include 29 athletes this time in Tokyo
the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games
The Refugee Olympic Team was created by the _________ for the 2016 Olympics
International Olympic Committee
IOC president _________ takes great pride in the refugee team
Thomas Bach
______ is Iran’s largest naval vessel in terms of tonnage, according to naval analysts
Kharg
The World Sustainable Development Summit is the annual flagship event of:
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
The Government of Denmark has approved for construction of an artificial giant island named:
Lynetteholm
Jack Patrick Dorsey is the co-founder and CEO of Twitter, and the founder and CEO of _________
Square, a financial payments company.
Square will partner with _________ to build an open-source, solar-powered bitcoin mining facility in the U.S
blockchain technology firm Blockstream Mining
Tiananmen Square: The Making of a Protest is authored by _________
Vijay Gokhale
UN is embarking on a Fast-Track strategy to end the AIDS epidemic by:
2030
