Flames mock 12

Question 1

_______ convention for Bali declaration on combating global illegal trade of Mercury

Answer 1

MinaMata convention

Question 2

Some facts

Answer 2

a. The Convention on Mercury is the most recent global agreement on environment and
health.
b. It was adopted in 2013 and entered into force August 16, 2017.
c. It is a UN treaty coming under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Question 3

India is which
largest user of mercury in the world?

Answer 3

2nd

Question 4

Basel Convention

Answer 4

Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their
Disposal.

Question 5

Rotterdam Convention

Answer 5

International trade of certain hazardous chemicals and Pesticides

Question 6

Recently Kabwe Mine was seen in news. High levels of which element were found in
the blood of thousands of children living around the Kabwe mine in Zambia?

Answer 6

Lead

Question 7

Russian Space Agency

Answer 7

Roscosmos

Question 8

The ISS is built with the cooperation of scientists from five international space agencies

Answer 8

NASA of the US, Space Agency of Russia, JAXA of Japan, Canadian Space Agency
and the European Space Agency.

Question 9

Facts about int. Space station

Answer 9

a. The ISS is built with the cooperation of scientists from five international space agencies
— NASA of the US, Space Agency of Russia, JAXA of Japan, Canadian Space Agency
and the European Space Agency.
b. Each agency has a role to play and a share in the upkeep of the ISS. Both in terms of
expense and effort, it is not a feat that a single country can support.
c. Russia’s part in the collaboration is the module responsible for making course corrections
to the orbit of the ISS.

Question 10

The Russian segment ensures that the space station’s orbit is corrected to keep it
away from space debris, roughly __ times a year?

Answer 10

11

Question 11

Current plans call for the space station to be operated through at least 2020. NASA
has requested an extension until ___?

Answer 11

2030

Question 12

impact of Russia’s
withdrawal?

Answer 12

a. Due to its enormous weight and the ensuing drag, the ISS tends to sink from its orbit at a
height of about 250 miles above the Earth.
c. ISS would likely crash down on some country, but most probably not Russia itself. The
orbit of the ISS does not fly over Russian territory mostly.
d. However, dropping of ISS poses a greater risk to regions that are closer to the Tropic of
Capricorn. But this is only a probability, as it can move or disintegrate

Question 13

Int. Day of action for rivers

Answer 13

14 march

Question 14

Which city has become the first South Asian city to detail net-zero roadmap?

Answer 14

Mumbai

Question 15

TRAI was founded in which year?

Answer 15

1997

Question 16

India has promised to cut-off its net emissions to net zero by which year

Answer 16

2070

Question 17

India is the world’s ___-biggest emitter of greenhouse gase

Answer 17

3

Question 18

Facts about green bond

Answer 18

a. Green bond is a type of fixed-income instrument that is specifically earmarked to raise
money for climate and environmental projects.
b. These bonds are typically asset-linked and backed by the issuing entity’s balance sheet, so
they usually carry the same credit rating as their issuers’ other debt obligations.
c. Green bonds may come with tax incentives to enhance their attractiveness to investors.

I. The debut sale of sovereign green bonds may take place in the first half of FY23 that
starts on April 1, and a decision to sell more green debt will depend on the response to
the initial issuance.
II. The initiative comes in the backdrop of its plans to fund renewable energy projects
that will help meet its goal of net-zero emissions.
III. The issuance comes due to global boom in sustainable investments.

Question 19

The World Bank is a major issuer of green bonds. It has issued _ such bonds since
2008, worth a combined $14.4 billion

Answer 19

185

Question 20

Diébédo Francis Kéré has won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2022. He hails from
which country?

Answer 20

Burkina Faso

Question 21

The International Surajkund Handicrafts Mela will open from Saturday (March
19) and continue till April 4 in which state of India?

Answer 21

Haryana

Question 22

Which country has been named the world’s happiest country for the fifth year
running, as per World happiness Report 2022?

Answer 22

Finland

Question 23

India’s rank in world happiness index

Answer 23

136th

Question 24

Which
country ranked last in the Index

Answer 24

Afghanistan

Question 25

The World happiness Report is published by which organisatio

Answer 25

United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network

Question 26

Theme of World happiness index

Answer 26

Build Back Happier

Question 27

RBI banned the use of Cryptocurrency in which of the following years?

Answer 27

2016

Question 28

Cryptocurrency is supported by decentralized peer-to-peer network called?

Answer 28

Blockchain

Question 29

RBI was established in which of the following years?

Answer 29

1935

Question 30

The Governor of RBI?

Answer 30

Shaktikanta Das

Question 31

In which year Bitcoin launched

Answer 31

2009

Question 32

India has collaborated on Green Grid Project with which of the following counties?

Answer 32

UK

Question 33

vision of the International Solar Alliance?

Answer 33

Let us together push away the darkness

Question 34

International Solar Alliance was established in which of the following years?

Answer 34

2015

Question 35

OSOWOG was first announced by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which
of the following years

Answer 35

2018

Question 36

International Solar Alliance is headquartered in

Answer 36

Gurugram

Question 37

New chairman cum CEO of railway board

Answer 37

Vinay Kumar Tripathi

Question 38

Facts about railway

Answer 38

a. Ashwini Vaishnaw is currently serving as the Minister of Railways.
b. The government has committed to electrifying India’s entire rail network by 2023–24.
c. Indian Railways aims to become a ‘net zero’ carbon emitter by 2030.