current affairs 3 Flashcards
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India and China signed an agreement to reduce the use of guns and explosives near the border in which year
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1996
2
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how many wars with pakistan?
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3
3
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how many wars with china?
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1
4
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India formally accepted the concept of Line of Actual Control under the leadership of which of the following former Prime Ministers of India?
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PV NARSIMHA RAO
5
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OSOWOG has been taken up under the technical assistance program of?
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World bank
6
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How much percentage of the total estimated cost of the Green corridor project will be covered by the Central Financial Assistance?
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33%
7
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Green corridor phase 2 will be implemented in how many states?
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7
8
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ISFR report is published with the interval of how many years?
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2 yrs
9
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The first India State of Forest Report was published in which year?
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1987
10
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Which article of the Constitution gives Parliament the power to make laws for the whole or any part of India?
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245
11
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When is national organ donation Day
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27th November
12
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which two cities have been submitted by the state government of Kerala for theUNESCO global learning city?
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Thrissur and Nilambur
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What is the name of the cyclone to hit Odisha in December in 130 years? Which country named it? What is its name meaning?
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cyclone Jawad, Saudi Arabia, merciful or liberal
14
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Who were the three people who will comprise the committee to look and review the criteria for EWS quota
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Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Sanjeev Sanyal, VK Malhotra
15
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Which commission report of 2010 has been cited by the government to push the 10% reservation for EWS
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sinho commission
16
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Which corridor is situated to have the largest wildlife elevated corridor in Asia?
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Delhi Dehradun national Highway
17
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What is the name of the first large survey vessel for the Indian Navy? It is being billed under which project? Who built it?
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Sandhayak, survey vessel large project, GRSE: Garden reach shipbuilders and engineers
18
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Who joined the board of advisers for international Institute for democracy and electoral Assistance?
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Former CEC Sunil Arora
19
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Where are the headquarters of international Institute for democracy and electoral assistance? How many members are in it?
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Stockholm, Sweden, 34
20
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sarayu nahar national project is in which state?
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UP
21
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Which district of Madhya Pradesh is being affected by the Ken Betwa linking project? What is the name of the tiger reserve that is being affected
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Chhatarpur district, Panna Tiger reserve
22
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What is the name of the helicopter that crashed killing CDS Bipin Rawat?
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MI – 17VH
23
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Which country recently concluded their first joint naval exercise with ASEAN?
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Russia
24
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ASEAN has how many member states? when was ASEAN created? What is the name of the declaration through which ASEAN was created? Which day is observed as ASEAN day? Where is the Secretariat of ASEAN? What is the Motto of ASEAN?
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10, 1967, Bangkok declaration, eighth August, Indonesia Jakarta, one vision one identity one community
25
Who has been re-elected as Gambia’s President
adama barrow
26
What is Nirmala Sitharaman’s rank in the Forbes hundred most powerful woman in the world list?
30
27
Who has been declared as the number one in the hundred most powerful woman in the world index
McKenzie Scott
28
What is the motto of the Forbes magazine? Who is his editor-in-chief? Who is its CEO? Where are its headquarters?
change the world, Steve Forbes, Mike federal, Jersey City, New Jersey
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Which article of the universal declaration of human rights recognised the right to receive and share information regardless of frontiers?
Article 19
30
when was reporters without Borders founded? where is it’s head office?
1985, Paris
31
When is SAARC charter day observed? When was SAARC charter adopted and where? The year 2022 marks the – anniversary of the regional group? Where is it Secretariat?
Eighth December, 1985 Dhaka, 37, Kathmandu Nepal
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when was WTO was established? What is the name of the treaty that was signed to replace the GATT? How many members are in the WTO?
1995, Marrakesh agreement, 164
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What are the name of the three companies from India which have been included in the top hundred global companies making arms?
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bharat electronics Limited, India in ordnance factories
34
What is India’s rank in the Asia power index 2021?
Fourth most powerful country
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Who releases the Asia power index?
Lowy institute Asia
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What is India’s rank in the world talent ranking? Who releases the world talent ranking?
62, international Institute for management development
37
Where was Asia’s first mulberry fossil unearthed
Rajasthan
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Which place sequence the genome of the turmeric plant for the first time in the world
IISER, Bhopal
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Where was India international science Festival held
Panaji, Goa
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What is the name of the Indian woman researcher who discovered over 50 species of frogs?
Sonali Garg
41
Who won the Saudi Arabian grand Prix?
Lewis Hamilton
42
Who became the first player in international cricket to complete 50 events in each format
Virat Kohli
43
Which became the first channel globally to surpass 200,000,000 subscribers on YouTube?
T series
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Who has been conferred the United Nations V award?
Akash Shroff
45
Who has been conferred the legend award by sanctuary nature foundation
Jane Goodall
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Who is being conferred with the 57th Jnanpith award?
Damodar Mauzo
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Who is being conferred the 56th jnanpithaward?
neelmani phookan
48
Who confers the Gyan Pete award? When was it instituted? Who was the first recipient?
Bharatiya Gyan Pete?, 1961, G Sankara Kurup
49
What was the name of the inaugural project for Kashi Vishwanath? Because she Vishwanath Temple is dedicated to which God? The current structure was built by – –?
Divya Kashi Bhavya Kashi, Lord Shiva, Ahilyabai Holkar
50
How many intangible cultural heritage elements from India have now been inscribed into the UNESCO representative list? Which was the most recent one?
Durga Puja, 14
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When was UNESCO founded
1945
52
Who organise the world’s first AI technology-based hacker day?
Chitkara University
53
The new bill to increase legal age for marriage for women has been brought and is amending which article?
Prohibition of Child marriage act, 2006
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Which act set the age of marriage for girls at 14 years and boys at 18 years? When was it later on amended and what is its popular colloquial name? Why so?
Child marriage restraint act, 1929, 1949 child marriage restraint act, Har Bilas Sarda therefore Sharda Act
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Which state has learnt to happiness curriculum in primary schools?
UP
56
DART is a joint mission between which two organisations
NASA and John Hopkins applied physics laboratory
57
Who developed a test to detect Omicron in 90 minutes?
IIT Delhi
58
Who has been named times 2021 athlete of the year?
Simone Biles
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#The first person to touch all four world’s deepest ocean trenches?
Victor vescovo
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Who’s authored the book battle of belonging
Shashi Tharoor
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zWho has been honoured with the Royal gold medal 2022 that is the world highest honour for architecture
Balkrishna Doshi
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Who recieved the global child prodigy award 2022
Avani Prashant
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Who is conferred the global entrepreneur of the year award from the Indus entrepreneurs?
Kumar Mangalam Birla
64
Which year was recognised by the international year of millets by the Indian government? Which year had been recognised by the international year of millets by the United Nations General assembly
2018, 2023
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When was WFP formed? Where are you headquarters? When did it receive nobel prize?
1961, Rome, 2020
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Which French company recently decided to opt out of the P 75 India project

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What is the pin – 75 India project
six conventional submarines are to be built in India for the indian navy
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What did the P 75 project include? It was built in partnership with which organisation?
Six Kalvari class Scorpene class conventional submarines, Mazgaon dock ship builders
69
Who became the first Indian to win a weightlifting gold in the junior world championship?
Harshada Garuda
70
Who is an anchor investor in an IPO?
Qualified institutional buyer like a foreign portfolio investor or mutual fund or insurance company which invests before the IPO is made available to the public
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du bill introduced in assembly?
16 January, 1922
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When did the Delhi uni bill come into existence? Who was the first vice chancellor and chancellor
May 1, 1922, hari singh gour-vice chancellor
| chancellor: lord reading
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Who is the nodal agency for conducting NFHS
International Institute for population sciences
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Who funded the NFHS?
United States agency for international development , UNICEF
75
Who is planning the world’s first bitcoin city
 El Salvador El Salvador
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Who is Germany’s first foreign woman minister?
annalena baerbok
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The first country in the world to legalise drugs checking?
New Zealand
78
mooh band rakho is a campaign to create awareness on cyber frauds launched by – – –
HDFC bank
79
Who has opened India’s first government approved vehicle scrapping and recycling facility?
Maruti Suzuki Toyotsu India, a joint venture between Maruti Suzuki India and Toyota tshusho corporation
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The WTO’s Wells ministerial conference was originally planned for which country?
No Sultan, Kazakhstan
81
DART was launched on which rocket from which space base!
Falcon nine rocket from the Vandenberg space for space
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Where are the headquarters of WHO? Then versus established? Who is the current Director general?
Geneva Switzerland, 1948,tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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Which became the first Indian club to field team in FIFA global series?
Mumbai city FC
84
Who became the first Indian to win Malaysian open?
Saurav Ghosal
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Who has been selected as the delegate for Asian executive committee of interpol
Praveen Sinha
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When is national milk Day observed?
26 November
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What is 2021 theme of national milk Day
Sustainability in the dairy sector
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Where is international Day of solidarity with the Palestinian people observe
29th November
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When was the P – 75 contract signed and with whom? What was the former name of the naval group with which the contract was signed? what was the partner company?
2005, DCNS, Mazagaon dock shipbuilders
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which was the first submarine under the P-75 project? when was it commissioned?
INS KALVARI, 2017
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Who is going to be the country of honour at the Cannes film Festival?
India
92
The second Indo Nordic summit happened at – – –
Copenhagen
93
The Pawan Hans Limited helicopter services have been sold to which company? what was the bid by the company?
starNine mobility Private Limited, Rs.211.14 crore
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how many helicopters are there in the Pawan Hans fleet? What is the stake in Pawan Hans between the government and state owned ONGC Ltd?
42 helicopters, 51:49
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Starnine mobility Private Ltd is a three-way consortium of which three companies?. when was the company incorporated?
Big charter Private Limited, Maharaja aviation Private Limited and Almas global opportunity fund SPC, 2021
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When was the
97
indian army is considered __ largest active army in the world. which is the first?
Second, China
98
Which place has maximum number of supercomputer?
China
99
Which was India’s first supercomputer? Which was India’s first indigenously developed? Where is the first indigenously developed supercomputer installed right now?
PARAM 8000, Param Shivaya, IITBHU
100
When was the national supercomputing Mission launched
2015
101
When was Indian Ocean Naval symposium established?
2007
102
Which program was lauded by the IMF which prevented extreme poverty in the country during the pandemic years?
Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Yojana
103
Who will be the G20 coordinator
Harshvardhan Shringla
104
Who is the principal scientific advisor to the government of India
Ajay Kumar Sood
105
What is the length of TAPI gas pipeline?
1800 km
106
Who has lost the first private astronaut mission to the space station?
Space X
107
Who has inked a pact with worldwide fun to develop State biodiversity strategy and action plan
Arunachal Pradesh
108
When was Kangra tea accorded the status of GI tag in India?
2005
109
Who won the 2022 O Henry prize for short fiction?
Amar Mitra
110
What are the names of the two Indians who won something at the 64th Grammy award?
Falguni Shah Ricky Kej
111
Who will be conferred the outstanding achievement award at Canada’s documentary festival?
Anand Patwardhan
112
Who is being given the Saraswati Samman 2021 and for which book? When was the award constituted?
ramdarash Mishra,mai toh yaha hu , 1991
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Who has won the Chameli Devi Jain award 2021
Aarefa Johari
114
Which are the two cities that came under the tree city of the world tag this year?
Hydrabad and Mumbai
115
Who releases the list of three city of the world?
Arbor Day foundation, FAO
116
Where is the Indo Pak border viewing point that was recently in inaugurated by home minister?
Nadabet, Gujarat
117
Which is the western most point of India? Which is the southernmost point of mainland India
Sir Creek, Cape Comorin
118
Who had designed the Teen Murti Bhavan?
Robert Tor Russell
119
Where was the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association meet held in India for the first time? How many countries participated?
Guwahati, 53
120
How many member states are there in the Commonwealth of Nations?
54
121
Who is the current head of Commonwealth? Who has been appointed by them as the next head
Queen Elizabeth II, Charles Prince of Wales
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Who is the current secretary general of Commonwealth?
Patricia Janet Scotland
123
Which company has tested India’s first high-performance Green propulsion for satellites?
Bellatrix 
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When was Project 75 approved for the first time? What was it supported length?
2007, 30 years
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What are the names of the four UN ECOSOC bodies That India has been elected to?
Commission for social development, committee on NGOs, commission on science and tech for development and ambassador Preeti Saran got re-elected to committee for economic social and cultural rights
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After which summit the commission for social development became a key United Nations body?
Copenhagen summit, 1995
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When was the committee on NGOs established
1946
128
Where is India’s first skill India international Centre?
Bhubaneswar
129
Where has PM Narendra Modi unveiled a 108 feet statue of Lord Hanuman? When was the first one that came up?
Morbi district, Gujarat, Shimla, hp
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When was the Rowlett act passed?
10 March 1919
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What was the name of the committee that was set up to look into the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
hunter committee
132
Which country has launched the worlds first subscription model for antibiotics supply
UK
133
Where and who has launched India’s first net zero energy residential project?
Mahindra Lifespace developers, Bangalore
134
What has been World Bank’s prediction for India’s GDP forecast for the fiscal year 2022 to 23
8%
135
What is the description of HELINA
Anti-tank guided missile
136
What is the maximum range of HELINA anti-tank guided missile?
7 km
137
What is the Air Force version of Halina sometimes referred to as?
DhruvAstra
138
Who won India’s first gold medal at the WSF world doubles championships
Saurav Ghosal, Dipika
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Who became the first Indian to hit thousand boundaries in T20
Shikhar Dhawan
140
Which state has declared Ambedkar’s birthday as equality day
Tamil Nadu
141
Who has authored the book the boy who wrote the constitution?
Rajesh Talwar
142
Who will be named the new foreign secretary in place of Harshvardhan Shringla
Vinay Mohan Kwatra
143
Who has been conferred the international Gandhi award for leprosy?
dr Bhushan Kumar and Sahyog kushtha yagna trust
144
Which was the first municipal Corporation of India? When was it created?
Madras, 1688
145
Which became the first state to get an L root server?
Rajasthan
146
Where is the 40th edition of hunar haat
Mumbai
147
Guru Teg Bahadur was the – the guru. When was he declared the leader of six? When will she be headed? What is the name of the gurudwara which was built in the memory of the place where he was beheaded?
Ninth guru, 1665, 1675, Gurudwara sis Ganj Sahib
148
Who is the chief guest at the 2020 to Raisina dialogue?
European union president yrsula von der leyen
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What is the theme of the Raisina dialogue 2022
Terra nova, impassioned impatient and imperilled
150
Who hosted the raisina conf
Observer research foundation
151
Which edition of the world’s account conference is being held this year in India? What is the theme of 2022? Where will it be held? It is held every – years? When did it start?
21st, Building trust and enabling sustainability, Jio World convention centre, four years, 1904
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What is the name of Tanzania’s first woman president?
samiya suluhu hassan
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Which country has test launched SARMAT inter Continental ballistic missile what is its range?
Russia, 18,000 km
154
How much FDI is allowed in LIC?
20%
155
Where is India’s first pure green hydrogen plan? Who has commissioned it?
Assam, oil India Ltd
156
Who discovered the most distant galaxy ever? What has the galaxy’s name?
Harvard Smithsonian Centre for astrophysics, HD1
157
Who became the first Indian pacer to take 50 wickets in IPL history
Bhubaneswar Kumar
158
Who won la roda international tournament?
gukesh d
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Where is India’s first semicon conference
Bangalore
160
Who is being conferred the malcom Aadishesha award
Prabhat Patnaik
161
Which team has been selected for Prime Minister’s award for excellence in public administration 2020
udan
162
When is world Heritage Day observed
18 april
163
When is international mother earth today?
22 April
164
first saraswati samman award?
harivansh rai bachchan
165
Where is Uttar Pradesh’s first data centre Park?
Greater noidq
166
Which became the first state to draft bill protecting cyclist
Karnataka
167
Who is the President of new development bank? Where are the headquarters of new development bank? Which institution is new development bank associated with?
Marco troyo, Shanghai, BRICS
168
Which became the first state to get it on genome sequencing lab?
Tamil Nadu
169
Who has been honoured with the global environment and climate actions citizen award?
Viral Desai
170
Who won the UNICEF photo of the year award?
Supratim Bhattacharjee
171
Who won the second prize in the UNICEF photo of the year award?
Sourav Das
172
When was the Sahitya Akademi award established?
1954
173
When is national consumers?
24th December
174
Who has been made commissioner of the newly unified municipal corporation of delhi
Gyanesh Bharti
175
When was the last time Indian team reached the semifinals in the Thomas cup?
1979
176
Where was the Thomas cup 2020 to held?
Bangkok, Thailand
177
thomas cup how many nations
16
178
When was the first Thomas cup held? who won?
1948, malaya
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What is the women equivalent to Thomas cup
uber cup
180
how many countries have won the thomas cup till now?
6
181
What is the name of the new bloc led by US to counter China?
Indo Pacific economic framework IPEF
182
How many countries joined the Indo Pacific economic framework?
13
183
What is the name of the person who has been gone for ages honorary award at the world children prize child right?
ashok dyalchand 
184
Who has been felicitated with the international panorama golden award? And for which book?
kv raghupathi, the mountain is calling
185
under the abraham accords, israel normalisation agreements were signed between which Arab countries?
UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan
186
What is Moody’s growth projection for India 2022
8.8%
187
Which is India’s first floor green hydrogen plant?
Assam
188
Hindi in Devanagari script shall be the official language of the Union
Article 343(1)
189
when was uapa launched?
1967
190
who were nominated as shareholders by their respective countries to promote and invest in the tapi pipeline project in 2013.
Turkmengaz, Afghan Gas Enterprise, Inter State Gas Systems, and GAIL
191
The investment agreement for the development of the TAPI project was signed by the four countries ___.
2016
192
which org is participating in the TAPI
Asian Development Bank.
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taiwan national day?
october 10 double 10
194
What is the target of national hydrogen mission?
Three fourth of hydrogen by renewable sources by 2030
195
The permitted thickness of the plastic bags under plastic aaste rules?
will be increased to 75 microns from 30th September, 2021, and to 120 microns from the 31st December, 2022.
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ipcc first report date?
1990
197
how many ipcc reports have been released by now?
5
198
when was ipcc established? who established it? where are its hq?
was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Headquarter: Geneva, Switzerland.
199
how much seabed is india alloted!
75,000sq km
200
What is the name of the man submersible vehicle for the deep ocean mission? Who is developing it?
MATSYA 6000, NIOT and ISRO
201
svalbard treaty?
1920
202
When did India launches first expedition to Arctic? when did itopen himadri?
2007,2008
203
whta is the full form of PACER? what is the time frame?
Polar Science and Cryosphere (PACER) scheme, 2021-2026
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what is the nodal agency for pacer scheme?
National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR).
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antartica treaty date? dakshin gangotri date? bharti date? sagar nidhi date?
1983, 1984, 2015, 2008
206
which is the nodal agency for the battery swapping policy?
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)
207
When and by whom was BRICS media form launched?
in 2015 by media organisations from five countries, including The Hindu (India), Brazil's CMA Group, Russia’s Sputnik, China's Xinhua and South Africa's Independent Media.
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when was s-400 triumf missile deal launched?
2018, India signed a 5.43 billion USD deal with Russia for the S-400 Triumf missile system
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countries caatsa imposes sanctions on?
Iran, North Korea, and Russia.
210
when was caatsa established?
2017
211
india and japan are celebrating how many years of diplomatic rel?
70
212
105th country member of ISA?
nepal
213
which article declares hindi as official language?
Article 343 of the Constitution
214
when was PM JAY
2018
215
which is implementing agency for pm jay
national health authority
216
bad bank money? time period? head?
2 lakh, 5 yrs, PM nair
217
how many countries agreed for a global minimum corporate tax?
136
218
oecd full form? how many members? founding date? hq?
organsation for economic cooperation and dev, 38, 1961, paris france
219
nmp money? time?
6 lakh, 4 yrs
220
gati shakti how many ministeries?
16
221
world press freedom i dex?
may 3
222
uncdd
1994
223
pulitzer est
1917
224
wef theme
working together restoring trust
225
cannes founded?
1946
226
earth day
22 april
227
earth hour
26th march
228
pmgky date? ministry?
2016, ministry of fin
229
cag article
art 148
230
how maby countries agreed global minimum tax
136
231
amazon future deal year? money? stake
2019, 200 billion, 49% stake
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3 strategic reserves
vishakhapatnam manglurur and padur
233
panama papers
2016
234
who introduced day of islamophobia proposal? which org? which day? how many ppl in support?
pakistan,OIC, march 15, 57 plus 8
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ceo of pmjay
Indu Bhushan is the CEO of PM-JAY.
236
which became the second country after el salvador to adopt bitcoin as legal tender
central african republic
237
permenant court of arbitration?
1899
238
who is ISPA director gen?
Indian Space Association Director-General is Lt Gen. A.K. Bhatt (Retd).
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sk dhar commitee associated with?
linguistic basis reorg
240
bodoland agreement signed when?
2003
241
hindi offical lang?
343
242
who gave the 3 lang idea?
kothari commitee
243
which article stipulates autonomous councils?
244
244
how many areas in the northeast are registered as autonomous districts?
10
245
project 15b signed when?
2011
246
ins kalveri
2017
247
global mpi india rank
66/109
248
places of worship act
1991
249
head of data proection bill committee
pp chaudhary
250
cheetah extinct when?
1952
251
whne was national tiger conservation authority created?
2005
252
project tiger when launched?
1973
253
when did ken netwa get apprival?
2014
