General World developments Flashcards
1
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new caledonia produces —% of world —- Mining
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!0% of nickel
2
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capital of new caledonia
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Noumea
3
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ethnic community of Ncaledonia
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KANAK
4
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New Caled located near?
A
Australia
5
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NCaled Govt president?
A
Theirry Santa
6
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who colonised kanak regions?
A
James cook
7
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Ncaledonia located in which ocean
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Pacific ocean
8
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which territory went through referendum for freedom from spain?
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Catelonia
9
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What indian territories were merged recently?
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Daman & Diu, and Dadar & Nagar Haveli
10
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what is the joint capital of the newly merged indian union territories?
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Daman
11
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hq of NATO
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Brussles, belgium
12
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current secretary general of NATO
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former Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg
13
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Where was the massacre that occurred in tigraya by ethiopia?
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Mai Kadra
14
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where did tplf launch rockets
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Asmara, eritrea
15
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india to chair how many UNSC committees?
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3
16
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WHat bodies will india chair in unsc
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counter terrorism, taliban sanctions, libya sanctions
17
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worlds longest air route route?
A
san francisco to banglore, by cap. zoya aggarwal
18
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british minister in charge for climate change summit?
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Alok Sharma (COP 26)
19
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which islands wants to be worlds first carbon neutral country?
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Palau island, president: thomas renegasau
20
Q
1st female ceo of steel authority of india q=
A
Soma mandal
21
Q
Brahmaputra is aka —- in china
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Yarlong Zangbo River
22
Q
cheif election commisioner
A
Sushil Chandra
23
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first cheif election commissioner
A
Sukumer sen
24
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countries in Shanghai Co-op Organisation (SCo)
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india, pakistan, china, uzbekistan, tajikistan, russia, kyrgystan, khazakistan
25
italy PM
MARIO DRAGHII
26
who the chair man of UN panel of external auditors?
Girish chandra marmu- #1 leutenant of JK, Comptroller auditor general of india
27
Nurturing neighborhood challenge backed by?
NEtherlands, ( HArdeep singh puri- union housing urban affairs minister,m was also president of unsc)
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Unesco director general
Audrey azoulay
29
who helped india secure the saichen glacier in operation meghdoot and is now ded
Col Narendra "bull" Kumar
30
Head of indian armys first human rights cell
MAjor Gautam Chauhan
31
chair of Asian Development bank
Mosatsugu Asakawa
32
Chair of new development bank aka BRICS bank
Marcos Prado Troyjo
33
biggest indeginous defence deal
purchase and addition of 83 tejas LCA
34
what does LCA stad for in Tejas LCA and who created it?
LCA- light combat aircraft, and it was designed by HAL- hindustan aeronautics ltd.
35
what are the types of tejas aircraft?
73 tejas mk-1a fighter aircraft and 10 lca tejas mk-1 trainer aircraft
36
who is opposing the current leader of uganda
bobi wine
37
current leader of uganda?
Yoweri Museveni
38
Who founded Ocean Cleanup
Dutch- Boyan Slat
39
Who was awarded SKOTCH challenger?
Tribal Affairs minister- Arjun Mund
40
Which state the first to launch AIR taxi?
HAryana
41
first city to issue cards to third gender/
Bhopal
42
What country elected as president of UN Human Rights council?
Fiji
43
Who is the ambassador of Fiji
Nazhat Shameem KHAn
44
What is treaty of Open skies?
Started out between russia and usa after WW2
-Helsinky, implemeneted in 2002
USA exited, so russia also exited
Point? - to use Unarmed drones to survey other countries movements and military stuff.
45
Why did USA exit Treaty of open skies?
BEcause accordig to usa: russia wasnt allowing survelliance to specefic parts, moscow denied allegations.
46
G20 host 2020, 2021, 2022
Saude, Italy, india
47
Coviesheild doeses?
110 lakh doeses @ 200/dose
48
Covaxin doeses?
38.5L @295/dose
49
indian army purchased Switch UAV - by who, and what is it?
Switch UAV- unarmed areal vehicles akak drones. Made by Idea FORGE
50
which national park is home to the most numberof one horned rhino species?
Kaziranga national park- (undergoing split)
51
Under what article does USA impeach?
Article 1, sec2 (5)
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under what article does india impeach?
Article 61.
53
Bangladesh and usa naval ?
CARAT bangladesh 2020
54
Interpol defers elections, were to be held in?
UAE
55
Current president of interpol?
Kim Jong Yang
56
Nordic countries?
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, finland, Iceland
57
Baltic sea
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
58
norway institute of bioecoomy researchties with?
mou with clean gange mission
59
Last african monarchy?
Eswatini
60
New name of swaziland?
Eswatini
| premier Ambrose Dlamini died of covid
61
Why did Italian PM guiseppe COnte resign ?
Coalition ITALIA VIVA led by former PM Matteo Renzii left after differences based on handling of COvid Situation
62
Italy President
Sergio Materella
63
Worlds first to open a cryptocurrency dealing desk? by acquiring?
SBI (japanese firm) acquired B2C2 (liquidity provider)
64
Who publishes the Red list g threatened species + HQ?
IUCN- International union for conservation of Nature
| HQ- GLAND, switzerland
65
2030 asian games, 2034?
Qatar
| Saudi
66
For first rules changed and which 3 countries can now participate in T20 for 2022
Hungary, Romania, Serbia
67
Why is myanmar important to india?
Myanmar- gateway to asian countries
India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway
Kaladan Multi Modal Transit
68
When myanmar coup happened 30 years ago who detained Suu Kyi?
SPDC military government
69
Who was the EAM and PM when myanmar had their first coup?
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PM= Rajiv Ghandi
EAM= Narasimha Rao
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70
What is the army of myanmar knows as?
Tat madow
71
WHat is the house of parliment known as in myanmar?
Pyidangsy Hluttaw
72
whar is the name of the military party in myanmar and who is the general of the military? what % of seats are reserved for military
USD party
General- Min Aung Hlaing
25%
73
when was G20 summit created? when will india hold g20? what edition of G20 was held in 2020
1999,
india will hold it in 2022- #17
2020- #15th
theme for 2020 -"Realizing opportunities of 21st Century for all"
74
first country to offer traveler loyalty program?
Maldives
75
worlds largest fountain
Dubai
76
Greece debt crisis occurred during the govt of ?
George Papendreo
77
KA-226T helicopters made by india and ??
India and Russia helicopters LTD
| 30% indian indeginous
78
Capital of Vietnam
Hanoi
79
Virtual climate adaption summit hosted by
NETHERLANDS
80
UAE MARS PROBE launched on? from ?
august 2020, Tanegashima space centre japan, h-iiA mitsubishi vehicle japan
81
largest volcano in solar system?
On MARS- olympic mons
82
Trump acquitted by senate how many votes?
57-43
| needed 67 votes to be punished.
83
world negative yeild hit how much for the first time?
18 trillion
84
Details about the worlds largest radio telescope in ??
FAST- china, Pingtang
500 meter aperture spherical telescope
requires a 5 km radio silence zone.
85
biggest city in myanmar
YANGON
86
Capital of Myanmar-
Nay Pyi Taw
87
When did Myanmar get independence from britishers
1948
88
why was myanmar called burma?
because burman was the largest ethnic group in myanmar
89
when did burma leave british india?
1937
90
when was the first military take over in myanmar?
1962
91
French president convicted for corruption?
Nicholas Sarkozy= 2007- 2012
92
who tied with roger federers rank in awards?
novak djokovich
93
WTO director General
Ngozi Okonjo iweala
94
what section of TRIPS talks about patent waivers granted in extraordinary caises?
section 30
95
International Atomic Energy Agency
Est. 29 July 1957. (IAEA statute)
HQ- vienna
Head - Rafael Grasse
Motto- Atoms for peace and Development
96
what is JCPOA
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action -
| nuclear non proliferaton deal between USA and IRan
97
when was ramsar site signed
1971
| came into force = 1975
98
when did india join ramsar convention / how many sites do we have?
1982 india has 42 ramsar sites
99
which country has the most ramsar sites?
UKingdom it has 175 sites
100
significance of RCEP
It is the biggest trade block and holds 30%of the worlds gdp with 15 signatories
101
Secretary general of ASEAN = same as rcep
JOCK HOI
102
Why did india back out of RCEP?
RCEP is china led- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
1. Escalated tensions with china
2. india is afraid it wont be able to protect itself from a surge in imports
3.there was no assurance of market access to india.
4. Trade imbalance. india has a trade deficit with 11 out of the 15 rcep countries.
india can think for 18 months, and if they want they can rejoin.
103
What type of constitution does the UK have?
- uncodified constitution
104
What are the four objectives of the PLI scheme?
1. Target specific product areas
2. introduce non tarrif measures in order to compete more effectively with cheap imports
3. blend domestic and export sales to make manufacturing competitive and sustainable
4. promote manufacturing at home while encouraging investment fom within and outside india
105
what ethnic group does abiy ahmed belong to and what is his political party
oromo/prosperity party
106
capital of tigray
mekelle
107
The name of the Satellite Interlink constellation being
| built by SpaceX is _
starlink
108
First company launched by elon musk
Zip2
