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1
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What is lineament?

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Linear feature of Earth ( with underlying geological structure like fault )

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Why frequent earthquakes in Assam’s Sonitpur?

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East-west trending Atherkhet Fault, the northwest-southeast trending Kopili Fault and a north-south trending lineament.

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Why Northeast vulnerable to earthquakes? ( Seismic Zone 5 )

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Siang Fracture, Yemla Fault, Namula Thrust and Canyon Thrust + Indian plate moving northeast toward Eurasian plate in the Himalayan region

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National Backward Classes Commission. - Which act?

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102nd Constitutional Amendment Act.

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9th schedule of the Indian Constitution

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List of central and state laws which cannot be challenged in courts.

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Who fall under Antyodaya Anna Yojana?

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poorest of the poor/ Families with annual income less than Rs 15,000/senior citizens with no support/widows/unemployed

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Global Innovation Partnership

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MoU b/w India and UK

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What is SLTRO and by who?

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Special 3-yr long-term repo operations of ₹10,000 crore at repo rate for Small Finance Banks - by RBI

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9
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From where were radio waves bounced off Venus?

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NASA’s Goldstone Antenna in the Mojave Desert of California

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Which planets rotate east to west?

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Venus and Uranus

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What did radio echo to Venus find?

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  1. Measured tilt of Venusian axis - 2.64 degrees // Earth’s 23.5 degrees
  2. Measured size of planet’s core - diameter of 4,360 miles (7,000 km) // similar to Earth
  3. A single Venusian rotation takes 243.0226 Earth days - day lasts longer than a year on Venus (orbit around sun in 225 Earth days)
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National Payments Corporation of India - what? by? under what act?

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  • Umbrella body for operation of retail payment in India

- Established by RBI + Indian Bank’s Association under provisions of Payment & Settlement Systems Act, 2007.

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13
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How Blockchain Tech works?

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Request of transaction - broadcasted to P2P network of computers (nodes) - algorithms to validate transaction - combined with other transactions to form block of data - block added to existing blockchain

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Which section of TRIPS deals with patents?

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Dahla Dam - where? which river?

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Afghanistan. Arghandab river.

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Pulayar community also knows as

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Pulaya, or Holeya or Cheramar

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Dance forms of Pulaya

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Kōlam-thullal (mask dance - part of exorcism rituals) and Mudi-āttam/hair-dance.

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Who was called Pulaya King?

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Mahatma Ayyankali

19
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Vairapattan

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Local deity of Pulayas in T. Nadu

20
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e-Sanjeevani OPD

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Flagship telemedicine platform of govt. - developed by the Centre for Development of Advance Computing, Mohali under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

21
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Kabasura Kudineer

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Used by Siddha practitioners for managing common respiratory health - ginger, pippali, clove, cirukancori root, mulli root, kadukkai, ajwain and many other herbs - distributed by Ministry of Ayush

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Who constituted a technical group on social stock exchanges?

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SEBI

23
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Recommendations by Social Stock Exchanges report

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  1. Both for-profit (FP) and not-for-profit organisations (NPO) should be allowed to use SSE if demonstrate social intent and impact. Corporate foundations, political and religious organisations should be made ineligible to raise funds using SSE.
  2. Modes available for fundraising: For NPOs, it shall be equity, zero coupon zero principal bond (ZCZP), development impact bonds, social impact fund, currently known as social venture fund (SVP) with 100 per cent grants-in grants out provision, and donations by investors through mutual funds. For FP enterprises, it will be equity, debt, development impact bonds, and social venture funds.
  3. Corpus size of the fund: Minimum corpus size for such funds be reduced from Rs 20 crore to Rs 5 crore and the minimum subscription amount be reduced from Rs 1 crore to Rs. 2 lakh.
  4. The capacity building fund for SSE: corpus of Rs 100 crore - should be housed under Nabard.
  5. List of broad activities based on those identified by Niti Aayog under sustainable development goals that SEs can engage in: eradicating hunger, poverty malnutrition and inequality; promoting gender equality by empowerment of women and LGBTQIA+ communities; training to promote rural sports; and slum area development, affordable housing.
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Second expert panel report on Social Stock exchanges chaired by

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Harsh Bhanwala, ex-Chairman, Nabard.

25
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Social enterprise

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Revenue generating business but to achieve social objective

26
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Lumpy Skin Disease caused by

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poxvirus Lumpy skin disease virus

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What does Lumpy Skin Disease do?

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prolonged morbidity in cattle and buffaloes.

28
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How does Lumpy Skin Disease spread?

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mosquitoes, flies and ticks and also through saliva and contaminated water and food.

29
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Lumpy Skin Disease endemic to?

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Africa and West Asia

30
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Lumpy Skin Disease first reported where in India?

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Odisha

31
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Is there any treatment for Lumpy Skin Disease?

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No, only vaccination.

32
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Which prototype of futuristic Starship rocket was able to successfully launch and land?

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Serial Number 15

33
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Starship built by?

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SpaceX

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Unique qualities of Starship

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  1. fully reusable transportation system for crew and cargo to Earth’s orbit, Moon and Mars.
  2. with ability to carry over 100 metric tonnes to Earth’s orbit.
  3. can deliver satellites further and at lower marginal costs than Falcon vehicles
35
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Who did NASA choose to build a lander for its Artemis programme?

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SpaceX

36
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Artemis Programme

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Plans to send humans to Moon in this decade - will carry the first woman to land on the Moon.

37
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Which act will a person be arrested under for possessing uranium without licence?

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Atomic Energy Act of 1962 ( Sticks tied with shoe - rub for explosion )

38
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Uses of Uranium

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  1. Nuclear power plants
  2. Depleted uranium used as shield against radiation in medical processes (Though itself radioactive, uranium’s high density makes it effective in halting radiation.)
  3. counterweights in aircraft and industrial machinery.
39
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Where are Uranium deposits found in India?

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  1. Dharwar rocks.
  2. Singbhum Copper belt (Jharkhand)
  3. Udaipur, Alwar and Jhunjhunu districts of Rajasthan, 4. Durg district of Chhattisgarh
  4. Bhandara district of Maharashtra
  5. Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh.
  6. Parts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana b/w Seshachalam forest and Sresailam
40
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Permissible uranium limit in drinking water ( WHO )

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0.03 mg/l

41
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‘Global Methane Assessment: Benefits and Costs of Mitigating Methane Emissions’ report by? What say?

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Climate and Clean Air Coalition + UNEP

Despite CO2 level dropping in pandemic, methane emissions are higher than ever before ( 30% of global warming )

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Sources of human-caused methane emissions

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  1. Fossil fuels - Oil and gas extraction, processing and distribution + coal mining
  2. Waste - Landfills and wastewater ( India - highest potential to reduce )
  3. Agriculture - Livestock emissions from manure and enteric fermentation + rice cultivation
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What were suggestions given by Global Methane Assessment by UNEP?

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  1. Human-caused methane emissions must be cut by 45% to avoid rise in global warming by up to 0.3 degrees Celsius by 2045.
  2. Would also prevent 260,000 premature deaths, as well as 25 million tonnes of crop losses.
  3. 3 behavioral changes — reducing food waste, improving livestock management and adopting vegetarian diets could reduce methane emissions by 65–80 million tonnes per year

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