Feb Flashcards
When was Genome India project launched? It is by?
Jan 2020
Dept of biotech
Genome India database is hosted at?
Indian Biological Data Centre,
Faridabad, Haryana
Human Genome Project was completed in? Final Purpose of Genome India project?
2003
Targeted intervention & precision medicine
Genome india project aims to decode the
genetic makeup of over 10,000 individuals across different ethnic groups and regions of India.
In India, annual crop losses due parasitic Nematode is valued at?
microscopic worms
Rs. 25,000 crore
crop rotation, rresistant varieties, IPM can help
India’s tiger population has grown by ___% in the last 2 decades
30%
70% of world’s tiger population is in India
Who launched the Harit Samriddhi Project?
Roots Foundation & Coal India Ltd
Project to enhance farmer’s income & promote inclusive growth in Jharkhand’s agrarian economy by CIL & Roots Foundation
Harit Samriddhi Project
Improving rural livelihoods & creating a sustainable agri
Ethanol blending target for 2025-26?
20%
Original target was 2030, now its 2025
Acc to McKinsey’s survey ___% farmers are paying digitally & ___% take bank credit
40% farmers
36%
Cash payments dropped to 24%
Acc to McKinsey’s survey ___% farmers use crop insurance & __% use biologicals
37%
11%
Acc to McKinsey’s survey ___% farmers rely on subsidies for sustainable practices & ___% haven’t adopted modern tech
53%
95%
Acc to NAFIS, only 9% have tractor and 6.9% have micro irrigation
Order of Es in Biotech BioE3
Economy, Environment, Employment
Manufacture of Bio-based products include Bio-based chemicals, biopolymers, enzymes, Smart proteins, functional foods, Precision biotherapeutics, Climate-resilient agriculture solutions
Biomanufacturing
Olive Ridley Turtle scientific name? Belongs to family?
Lepidochelys olivacea
Cheloniidae
Fullform of PRASHAD scheme (2014-15)
Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive
Min of Tourism
A national level initiative to combat cyber crimes in a structured and coordinated manner. Covers a wide range of cyber threats, including fraud, hacking, cyberbullying, and data breaches.
Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)
by MHA
National Level Coordinating centre for National Heart Failure Registry?
How many Nodal Centres?
Thiruvananthapuram (SCTIMST)
9 Nodal Centres
Acc to National Heart Failure Registry 1-yr mortality rate exceeds ___% higher than many common cancers
20%
Investment agreement by EFTA into India? To create ___ jobs in 15 yrs
$100 bn FDI
1 mn direct jobs
WHO global target to reduce mean population Na intake
30% by 2030
Promoting LSSS (Low Na Salt Substitute)
Su-57 5th gen fighter aircraft will be jointly produced by?
Russia’s Rosboronexport and UAC with India’s HAL
from 2025
Chair of the AI Action Summit?
India & France
‘AI for People & Planet’ signed by 58 countries - UK, US pass
___% of Indias higher education takes place in SPUs, acc to NITI Aayog
80%
Centre + State education budget is woefully short of NEP target of?
6% of GDP
High Literacy States?
Kerala, TN, Maha
By 2030, India aims for ___GW of Renewable Energy, ___ target in Indian Railways & ___MMT Green Hydrogen
500 GW Renewable
Net 0 in Railways
5MMT Green Hydrogen
3rd in solar power
India is the ___ largest petroleum refinery hub with a target of 309 MT by ___
4th largest
309 MT by 2028
AI is to displace ____ jobs by 2025 in industries such as customer service, banking, and teaching.
85 mn jobs
Rank of India in Corruption Perception Index by Transparency Intl
Who are toppers?
96
(a drop from previous 38)
Denmark Finland Singapore. 32 countries significantly reduce corruption
France based agency AFD & ____ sign $100 mn Credit Facility agreement on green finance solutions for India’s MSME
SIDBI
CMD of SIDBI?
Manoj Mittal
Govt may use ____ to finance fertiliser subsidy gap in FY 25-26
Reserve oil funds
OIDF - Oil Industry Development Fund
Palladium + ____’s ‘Export Pathshala’ Workshop for ____ states FPOs
NABARD
Odisha
To empower for global agri trade
Which of the following is a focus for NABARD’s Export Pathshala?
* Export Documentation
* Quality Standards & Packaging
* Post-Harvest Mgmt
* Value Chain Development
* Risk Mitigation & Export Insurance
for Odisha
All
Aquatic Animal Diseases: Emerging Challenges & Preparedness’ was held in?
ICAR Convention Centre, Delhi
2nd time India is hosting after Cochin 2007
National Surveillance Programme on Aquatic Animal Diseases (NSPAAD) is under which scheme?
PM MSY (2020 to 2024-25)
Aquatic Animal Diseases: Emerging Challenges & Preparedness is organised by?
AFC, ICAR, DoF & AFSIB
Asian Fisheries Society
Davis Cup is associated with? India won here against?
Lawn Tennis
Togo
PM Aasha (2018) scheme to be implemented till?
Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan
2025-26
Frm ‘18. To control price volatility, offer remunerative price to farmer
PM Aasha (2018) scheme comprises of 3 sub-schemes?
- Price Support Scheme (PSS),
- Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS)
- Pilot of Private Procurement & Stockist Scheme (PPPS)
Rs. ____ crore Credit Guarantee Scheme to promote e-NWR adoption
and provide low interest loans via e-kisan Upaj Nidhi (e-KUN)
Rs. 1,000 crore
e-negotiable warehouse receipt
National e-Repository Limited. (NeRL), a Commodity Repository in India, launched as an MII, is promoted by?
Market Infrastructure Institute
NABARD, SBI, NCDEX, ICICI Bank,
WDRA has granted a certificate of registration to ____ for providing an e-Repository platform for the creation and management of e-warehouse receipts (eWR) both ____ & ____
NeRL (2017)
Negotiable & non-Negotiable
NeRL holds ___% market share. An expansion is expected with more registrations under ____
88% share
WDRA
15,000 warehouses linked to NeRL for e-NWR issuance
e-NWR based lending could read Rs. ____ in 10 yrs, acc to govt
Rs. 1 lakh crore
____, promoting climate smart agri, earns Google Cloud Ready Sustainability Designation for helping businesses meet ESG goals
Cropin
Active in 100+ countries. Aim: transform food system > sustainable model
NABARD has launched a Solar-Powered Fisheries Initiative in ____
Nagaon, Assam
NABARD’s Solar Powered Fisheries Initiative aims to establish ___ model fisheries in Kaliabor block
10 model fisheries
with solar pumps and aerators, solar dryers & freezers
The 26th Chief Election Commissioner of India? elected under article?
Gyanesh Kumar
Art 324
Rajiv Kumar before him
FM launched ‘Sachal Aaykar Seva Kendra’ in ____
along with MCGS-MSME
Colaba, Mumbai
Mobile tax facilitation centre
Full form of SWAMIH investment fund?
Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing
Who manages SWAMIH Fund (2019)?
SBI ventures
Who is implementing Bharat Net? under ministry?
BBNL
Min of Communication
Bharat Broadband Network Limited. Funded by USOF
1 state 1 RRB is likely to consolidate RRBs from 42 to?
28
RRB established in 1976
A recently launched app for easy access to economic and financial data?
RBI DATA
In RBI DATA app, ‘banking outlet’ section helps users locate banking facilities with a ___km radius
20 km
Includes SAARC finance - economic data from SAARC nations
SAARC members? Formed in?
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri-Lanka
Dhaka, 1985 - HQ, Kathmandu
Acing Development of Innovative Technologies (ADITI) Scheme is under?
iDEX
Innovations for Defence Excellence
Full form of GREAT scheme (2023)?
Grant for Research & Entrepreneurship across Aspiring Innovators in Technical Textiles
4 start ups apporved
Approved grant for start-ups in GREAT scheme (2023)
Rs. 50 L each for 18 months
Medical, industrial, agro, home & protective textiles
GREAT Scheme (2023) has evolved under?
National Technical Textiles Mission
Research, Dev & Innovation Component of NTTM
Skill India Programme (2015) is set to run till? With an outlay of?
2025-26
Rs. 8800 crore
MoSDE
The 3 schemes that will be combined under Skill India Programme (2015)?
PM KVY, PM NAPS, Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS)
MoSDE
PM National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM NAPS) provides ___% of the stipend upto Rs. _____/m
25% upto Rs. 1,500/m
PM NAPS beneficiaries age limit?
14-35 yrs
PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 (PM KVY) provides ____ term training, skilling & upskilling
Target age group?
short-term
15-59 yrs
Jan Shiksha Sansthan is a community driven ____ training initiative to empower ____, ____ & ____
Vocational Training
Rural women, Youth and EWS
Linked with JANMAN & ULLAS schemes
Age limit of JSS scheme in SKill India Programme?
15-45 yrs
Swavalambini scheme is by and for?
MSDE + NITI Aayog
for NER (Assam, Meghalaya, Mizo)
Women Entrepreneurship Program for those in HEIs with resources &mentors
1st BIMSTEC Youth Summit was held in?
Gandhinagar, India
Proposed during the 4th BIMSTEC Summit (Nepal)
RBI’s MPC has cut repo rate to 6.25% for the 1st time in ___ yrs
5 yrs (since 2020)
Now at 6% (April MPC)
The MPC has ___ no of members with ___from RBI & ___ external
6 members
3 from RBI and 3 external
They hold office for 4 yrs
PM YUVA was launched in? As a part of? By Min of?
2022
India@75 Project, MoE
Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav
AN author mentorship programme to train young & budding authors below 30
PM YUVA
Promote India & India’s writer globally
Stipend in PM YUVA?
Rs. 50,000/m /author
10% royalty by NBT on publication & sales
‘India Gas Market Report: Outlook 2030’ is by?
International Energy Agency
Growth of Gas Consumption: 60% by 2030
___ company dominated India’s gas marketing & pipeline transmission
GAIL
According to recently released CRI 2025, India’s rank ____ most affected country with 80,000 fatalities
6th most affected
‘Expanding Quality HE through States & SPUs’ is by?
NITI Aayog
Indicators of NITI Aayog’s ‘Expanding Quality HE through States & SPUs’
- Quality
- Funding & Financing
- Governance
- Employability
Which States have the highest education budget?
Maharashtra, Bihar, TN
Principle Scientific Adivisor to Govt. ____ inaugurates RuTAGe Smart Village Centre (RSVC) to drive rural ____
Ajay Sood
To drive Rural Innovation & Sustainable Solutions
RuTAGe Smart Village Centre (RSVC) has been launched in?
Sonipat, Haryana
For everyday challenges in rural areas: animal intrusion, organic, MSME
RuTAGe Smart Village Centre will collab with ____ to provide practical solutions
IIT-M
RSVC will offer a comprehensive range of ___ tech tracks. ‘Agri & Waste Mgmt’ track is in collaboration with ___
12 tech tracks
KVKs
Soil Health Card, which has completed a decade, was launched in?
Suratgarh, Rajasthan
19th Feb 2015
No. of Soil Health Cards issued to farmers inc from 16.8L in 2020-21 to ____
53 Lakh to 2024-25
Recently launched NAKSHA, a web-GIS platform, was launched &developed by?
MoRD
MP SEDC
Technical partner is Survey of India
NAKSHA by MoRD fulform?
National Geospatial Knowledge-Based Land Survey of Urban Habitations
NAKSHA was announced in year ____ as a part of scheme ____
2024
DILRMP
Till 2026 - Similar to SVAMITVA but for Urban Habitations
‘AI for Entrepreneurship’ is an initiative by? It aims to empower ____ lakh youth by 2025
MSDE + NSDC + Intel India
1 Lakh by 2025
Time period of Internship in PM Internship Scheme? Last date to apply?
12 months
31st March 2025
By Min of Corporate Affairs
Who is the chairman of the Bay of Bengal Inter-Governmental Organisation?
BOBP-IGP
India
A fisheries sector think-tank for Bay of bengal region countries
Bay of Bengal Inter-Governmental Organisation, was set up in? members & partner countries?
BOBP-IGP
2003
Member: Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka
Partner: Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand
Bharat Tech Triumph Program is organised by?
Under Create in India
Min of Information & Broadcasting (MoIB) + Interactive Entertainment & Innovation Council (IEIC)
Who has introduced Digital Brand Identity Manual (DBIM)
MeitY
To harmonise government’s digital presence
Who hosted the 1st CIO conference under Harmonisation of Digital Footprint?
Digital Bharat Identiy Manual (DBIM) by MeitY
Acc to a recent study by Young Minds in Andhra and TN, despite reducing Multidimensional poverty and near universal primary enrolment, ___% of children were stunted
40%
Inequalities remain entrenched
Education alone will not solve all problems