General Knowledge Flashcards
Covid-19 vaccine with the highest effective rate is…
Moderna with 94% (Sputnik 91%, Covaxin 77.8%, Covishield 74%)
Regulatory Authority for drug approval in India
Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)
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Drugs control general of India
Which article deals with interstate water dispute ?
Article 262 of the constitution
The year for: River boards act & Interstate water dispute act
1956
Godavari rises from
Trimbakeshwar near Nasik in Maharashtra
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Foreign Exchange Assets
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International Monetary Fund
G20 2021 was hosted by
Italy
Italian foreign minister
Luigi di maio
Chinese state councillor and foreign minister
Wang Yi
Chief of Army
General Manoj Mukund Naravane
First Indian women to fly a fighter aircraft solo
Avani Chaturvedi
Puttaswamy Judgement
A nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India held unanimously that the right to privacy was a constitutionally protected right in India, as well as being incidental to other freedoms guaranteed by the Indian Constitution.
Article 19
Protection of certain rights regarding freedom of speech etc
(1) All citizens shall have the right
(a) to freedom of speech and expression;
(b) to assemble peaceably and without arms;
(c) to form associations or unions;
(d) to move freely throughout the territory of India;
(e) to reside and settle in any part of the territory of India; and
(f) omitted
(g) to practise any profession, or to carry on any occupation, trade or business
Clause 35 of PDP Bill
Power of Central Government to exempt any agency of Government from application of Act.
Clause 12 of PDP Bill
Notwithstanding anything contained in section 11, the personal data may be
processed if such processing is necessary,—
(a) for the performance of any function of the State authorised by law for—
(i) the provision of any service or benefit to the data principal from the
State; or
(ii) the issuance of any certification, licence or permit for any action or
activity of the data principal by the State;
(b) under any law for the time being in force made by the Parliament or any State
Legislature; or
(c) for compliance with any order or judgment of any Court or Tribunal in India;
(d) to respond to any medical emergency involving a threat to the life or a severe
threat to the health of the data principal or any other individual;
(e) to undertake any measure to provide medical treatment or health services to
any individual during an epidemic, outbreak of disease or any other threat to public
health; or
(f) to undertake any measure to ensure safety of, or provide assistance or services
to, any individual during any disaster or any breakdown of public order.
European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the executive branch of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, enforcing EU laws and directing the union’s administrative operations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_state_of_the_European_Union
Minimum Support Price
is a form of market intervention by the Government of India to insure agricultural producers against any sharp fall in farm prices. The minimum support prices are a guarantee price for their produce from the Government.
Shah Bano judgement
This judgment has marked the significance of maintenance which ought to be given to the divorced Muslim women who are not in the condition to earn and maintain themselves
Yogyakarta principles
They argue that human rights standards can be interpreted in terms of sexual orientation and gender identity when they touch on issues of torture and violence, extrajudicial execution, access to justice, privacy, freedom from discrimination, freedom of expression and assembly, access to employment, health-care, education, and immigration and refugee issues.
2030 Agenda for sustainable development
https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda
President of Sri Lanka
Gotabaya Rapaksa
Sri Lanka is an island country in
South Asia
Article 352
President can declare a national emergency when the security of India or a part of it is threatened
How many times were national emergency imposed in India
3
Union minister of agriculture and farmers welfare (2021)
Narendra Singh Tomar
APMC is marketing board established by
State government
Union minister who resigned against farm bills 2020
Harsimrat kaur badal
Prime minister repealed all three farm laws on
19, November 2021
Environmentalist from karnataka who was awarded with padmashri in November 2021
Tulsi Gowda
Transgender folk artist who has been honoured with padmashri in November 2021
Manjamma Jogati
Padma awards were first introduced in
1954
Vice President of India
Venkaiha Naidu
Article 66
Manner of election
Vice President- elected indirectly by members of an electoral college consisting of the members of both House of Parliament…
International Solar Alliance is headquartered in
Gurugram
Kholongchu project
Bhutan
Green grids initiative ‘one sun one world grid’ the first international network of global interconnected solar power grids is jointly launched by
India and UK
Current chairman of TATA Sons Pvt Ltd is
Natarajan Chandrashekaran
Father of Indian civil aviation
JRD Tata
Air India was founded in
1932
Air India was nationalised in
1953
UDAN was launched by ministry of civil aviation in
2016
Nobel prize in chemistry 2021 to and for
Benjamin list and David McMillan for development and f precise new tool for molecular construction
Nobel prize in chemistry 2009
Venkataraman Ramakrishnan shared it with Thomas A steitz and Ada yonath
Worlds youngest Nobel prize laureate
Malala yousafzai
Will of Alfred Nobel established Nobel prizes (chemistry, physics, literature, peace, medicine) in the year
1895
Death anniversary of Alfred Nobel also the date when Nobel prizes are awarded
10 December
Nobel prize in medicine or physiology
David Julius & Ardem Patapoutian
Nobel in physics
Syukoro manabe & Klaus Hasselman
Giorgio parisi
Nobel in chemistry
Benjamin list and David macmillan
Nobel in literature
Abdulrazak gurnah
Nobel peace prize
Maria ressa and dmitry muratov
Nobel in economics
David card, Joshua angrist, guido lmbens
