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GK TODAY Dec 5 Flashcards

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  1. Ministry of Defence signed contract with which organisation for Upgraded Super Rapid Gun Mount and other equipment for around 3000 crores?
    [A] DRDO
    [B] BHEL
    [C]L&T
    [D] BEL
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BHEL

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  1. Article 280(1) of the Constitutions lays down that the modalities for setting up which institution?
  2. Which institution launched the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)?
  3. Which institution constituted a taskforce to examine the impact of Digital Personal Data Protection Act on Insurance sector?
  4. The businessline’s Changemaker of the Year award was awarded to which institution?
  5. Which institution released the ‘2023 Adaptation Gap Report?
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  1. Finance Commision
  2. National Sample Survey Office
  3. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
  4. RBI
  5. World Bank
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  1. Mahe, Malvan and Mangrol are the names of which products recently launched?
    [A] Anti Submarine Warships
    [B] Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
    [C] Submarines
    [D] Intercontinental Missiles
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Anti Submarine Warships

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  1. China recently signed a ‘Bilateral Currency Swap Agreement’ with which country?
  2. ‘Al-Hiran gas field’ was recently discovered by which country?
  3. What is ‘Pralay’, which was recently flight tested?
  4. India recently signed a Mobility and Migration Partnership Agreement with which country?
  5. Which storm has recently hits north-west Europe with torrential rains and winds?
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  1. Saudi Arabia
  2. Saudi Arabia
  3. Tactical Ballistic Missile
  4. Italy
  5. Storm Ciaran
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  1. Which state clinched the title of 13th Senior National men’s hockey championship?
    [A] Punjab
    [B] Tamil Nadu
    [C] Rajasthan
    [D] Kerala
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Punjab

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  1. Which state is the host of Asian Women’s Hockey Championship in 2023?
  2. Which country has clinched the SAFF U-16 Championship 2023 title?
  3. Which team is the winner of FIDE World Rapid Team Championship?
  4. An Se Young, who won the badminton world championships, is from which country?
  5. Which state has bagged the overall championship in 2023 Janjatiya Khel
    Mahotsav?
  6. Which country has won the title of ‘World Squash Championship’ in
    2023?
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  1. Jharkhand
  2. India
  3. WR Chess
  4. South Korea
  5. Odisha
  6. Egypt
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  1. MICE industry, which was seen in the news, is associated with which sector?
    [A] Mines and Minerals
    [B] Meetings and Conferences
    [C] Milk and Meat
    [D] Medicines and Chemicals
A

B

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  1. India handed over the G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit (P20) Presidency to which country in 2023?
  2. Which city hosted the G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit (P20) in 2023?
  3. Which city is the host of ‘4th G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group Meeting’?
  4. Where was the Fourth G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI)
    Meeting held recently?
  5. Which country/bloc has been recently admitted as the Permanent Member of
    G20?
  6. Which city is the host of the ‘G20 Trade and Investment Ministers’ meeting?
  7. Which city is the host of the ‘G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability
    Ministerial Meeting’?
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  1. Brazil
  2. New Delhi
  3. Varanasi
  4. Mumbai
  5. African Union
  6. Jaipur
  7. Chennai
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  1. PM JANMAN scheme, which was launched recently, is associated with which category of people?
    [A] MSME Owners
    [B] PVTGs
    [C] Farmers
    [D] NRIs
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B

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  1. ‘Shakti’ scheme, which aims to provide free bus travel to women, is implemented in which state?
  2. ‘Sarige Suraksha Insurance Scheme’ is implemented in which state/UT?
  3. ‘Meendum Manjappai’ is a scheme launched by which Indian state, to curb plastic usage?
  4. Which state/UT launched ‘Gyan Sahayak Scheme’?
  5. Which state launched the ‘Mittayi’ scheme to offer free insulin therapy to
    Diabetes patients?
  6. Which Indian state/UT launched ‘Orunodoi 2.0’, a poverty alleviation scheme?
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  1. Karnataka
  2. Karnataka
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Gujarat
  5. Kerala
  6. Assam
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  1. Which country recently hiked its military spending to 30% of fiscal expenditure?
    [A] Israel
    [B] China
    [C] Russia
    [D] Germany
A

Russia

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  1. Which country reached an agreement with India and the Paris Club group of creditors on a debt treatment plan?
  2. Which African country announced to construct its first utility-scale geothermal energy Independent Power Producer (IPP)?
  3. Which country scrapped world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts?
  4. Hambantota port, which was seen in the news, is in which country?
  5. Which country signed MoU with Pakistan to invest around USD 20
    billion in the country?
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  1. Sri Lanka
  2. Zimbaabwe
  3. New Zealand
  4. Sri Lanka
  5. UAE
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  1. Who has been appointed as the Head Coach of Indian cricket team by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?
    [A] Rahul Dravid
    [B] Sachin Tendulkar
    [C] Wasim Akram
    [DJ Mohammad Kaif
A

Rahul Dravid

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  1. Who was appointed as the Director of the Special Protection Group (SPG)?
  2. Anoop Singh, a member of 15 Finance Commission was appointed as the Distinguished Fellow of which institution?
  3. David Cameron has been appointed as the Foreign Secretary of which country?
  4. Ashok Vaswani was appointed as the new Managing Director and chief executive officer of which bank?
  5. K.N. Shanth Kumar has been appointed as the Chairperson of which institution?
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  1. Alok Sharma
  2. NITI Ayog
  3. UK
  4. Kotak Mahindra
  5. Press Trust of India
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  1. Angadvir Singh Bajwa and Ganemat Sekhon, who were seen in the news, is associated with which sports?
    [A] Shooting
    [B] Cricket
    [C] Football
    [D] Chess
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Shooting

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  1. Which state collaborated with Meta to raise awareness among students and educators about online safety and digital citizenship?
  2. Saurauia Punduana plant, a critically endangered species, has been recorded for the first time in which Indian state?
  3. ‘Raas Mahotsav or Raas Leela festival’ is celebrated in which state?
  4. ‘Krishnaveni Sangeetha Neerajanam’ festival is associated with which state?
  5. Kangla Palace is a historical and archaeological site of which state?
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  1. Karnataka
  2. Manipur
  3. Assam
  4. Andhra Pradesh
  5. Manipur
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  1. Which film received the Special Jury or Silver Peacock Award at the 54th International Film Festival of India?
  2. Which public sector enterprise was awarded the ‘Best Employer for Policies in Diversity and Inclusion’ award by ASSOCHAM?
  3. Who has been awarded the Pakistan’s highest civilian award, the Nishan-e-Pakistan in 2023?
  4. Who is the first Indian woman to receive the ‘International Emmy
    Directorate Award’?
  5. Which Indian received NASA IMPACT Planet Award 2023?
A
  1. Kantara
  2. Rural Electrification Corporation
  3. Dr. Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin
  4. Ekta Kapoor
  5. Sujit Roy
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  1. Boita Bandana is celebrated in which state?
  2. Which city is the host of the 28th European Union Film Festival
    (EUFF) of India?
  3. Which State Cabinet passed a resolution seeking the grant of special category status (SCS) in 2023?
  4. Paul Lynch, who received the 2023 Booker Prize, is from which country?
  5. Which organisation manufactures the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) for
    Indian Air Force?
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  1. Odisha
  2. New Delhi
  3. Bihar
  4. Ireland
  5. HAL

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