Jan 16-31 Flashcards
____ has recently been admitted as the new ‘partner country’ of BRICS
Nigeria
9th partner country - Abuja - capital
____ is holding the BRICS presidency 2025
Brazil
Who are the other partner countries of BRICS, except Nigeria?
Bolivia, Belarus, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Malaysia, Uganda Uzbekistan
BBC-KTM-U2
Who lauched the Internet Governance Internship & Capacity Building Sceme?
National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)
not-for-profit under MeitY
Rs. 20,000 pm stipend - 6 month & 3 month program
Entity Locker a digi platform for streamlining doc management for businesses & organisations in India, is by?
MeitY
Celebration for completing 10 yrs of BBBP & Sukanya Samriddhi spans?
22nd Jan - 8th March
Also Launch Mission Vatsalya Portal & Shakti Portal
BBBP Scheme is by Ministry?
MoWCD, MoHFW & MoE
In BBBP scheme, Schools, Anganwadis, medical professionals are considered what target group?
Secondary Target Group
Primary = Parents, young couples, households, communities
‘Draft on e-commerce - principles & guidelines for self-governance’ is by
Bureau of Indian Standards - BIS
PM JUGA is now known as?
Dharti Aaba Janjati Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan
National Tribal Health Conclave 2025 was organised by?
MoTA + MoHFW
National Level Training Programme on Awareness Generation & Counselling for doctors & healthcare professionals is by ministry of?
MoTA
To eliminate siclle cell anaemia
Tribal majority villages with a population of ___ & atleast ___% tribal resident, is a region eligible for the Dharti Aaba Janjatiya scheme
PM JUGA
500+ population
atleast 50% tribal resident
Also Aspirational District with tribal population of 50+
Implementation period of Dharti Aaba scheme?
2024-2029
5 yrs
How many interventions & ministries does Dharti Aaba Scheme include?
25 interventions of 17 ministries
SDGs that align with the Dharti Aaba Scheme?
- SDG 9 - Infrastructure
- SDG 8 - Economic Empowerment
- SDG 4 - Education
- SDG 3 - Health
Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan, will target which sectors?
- Household / Community Infrastructure
- Health & Nutrition
- Education & Training
- Electrification
- Economic Empowerment
- Connectivity
Rates of Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (2015) have swung from 9.1% to?
8.2%
A component of BBBP. for girls under age of 10
Min & max initial deposit allowed in Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (2015)?
Rs. 250 - Rs. 1,50,000
per yr
deposits up to 15 yrs till she turns 21
UN has declared 2025 as the international year of?
International Year of Cooperatives
Theme of International Year of Cooperatives?
Cooperatives Build a Better World
7 principles of cooperatives
- Education, training & information
- Demoratic member control
- Member’s economic participation
- Autonomy & independence
- Voluntary & Open membership
- Cooperation among cooperatives
- Concern for Community
EDMA-VCC
Which type of cooperative is of highest number in india?
Housing & Dairy
1st African country to eliminate onchocerciasis?
Niger
National Health Mission was launched in? Will run till?
2013
2030
Aid in achieving SDG completion by 2030
Student enrolment inc by 75.8% in 40 schools across which states, after joining PM SHRI (2022)?
Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, MP
Acc to Min of Education
How many countries are a part of GPAP? How many fresh members?
Global Plastic Action Partnership
25 countries
6 fresh members from Africa + 1 = 7
Combined 1.5 bn population
GPAP is an initiative of?
WEF
To promote circular plastic economy & reduce env impact
Is India a part of GPAP?
No, Only Maharashtra is
India’s rank in edelman trust barometer?
How much countries are trusted by businesses
3rd
China, Indonesia, India. 13th for companies based in India
1st KVK was established in?
Pondi, 1974
KVK is an integral part of ____, a global research system for agri that aims for location specific tech modules in agri
NARS - National Agri Research System
KVKs were recommended by?
Education Committee & Mohan Sinha Mehta Committee
Overall rank of QS World Future Skills Index
25th
HQ: London
3rd launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre of ISRO?
Sriharikota
India is the ___ no. country to achieve space docking (SpaDex) after ___
4th
USA, Russia, China, India
From Satish Dhawan in Sriharikota, AP
SpaDex includes 2 small satellites namely ___ &____ of weight ____ kg
SDX01 - Chaser
SDX02 - Target
220 kg each
An application that aims to democratize access to digital content & services across India’s linguistic spectrum
Bhashini Interface
by MeitY
What does Anuvaad, Chitravaad & Lekhavaad of Bhashini Arpan do?
Anu - Web Service Text Translation
Chitra - Video Translation
Lekha - Doc Translation
What does Vaanivaad, Translation Plugin & WTMC do in Bhashini Arpan?
Vaani - speech translation
WTMC - Web Translation Mgmt Console
Share of Methane, CO2 & N2 in Raw Biogas?
CH4 = 50-75%
CO2 = 25-50%
N2 = 2-8%
An SHG that works with Biogas?
Zakariyapura, a Gujarat SHG by NDDB
1kg of dry cattle dung produces about ____ biogas
1kg dry dung = 1 m3 biogas
1kg Fresh Cattle Dung contains about ___% dry biodegradable mass
1 kg fresh = 8% dry biodegradable mass
1 kg of fresh cattle dung has about ____ L vol
0.9 L vol
Typical retention time of slurry in biogas plant is ___ days
40 days retention
2 types of biogas plants? Example?
Floating Dome: KVIC Model
Fixed Dome: Deenbandhu model by AFPRO
Zakariyapura - dynamic model
Kvk celebrated its golden jubilee in the year?
2024
38th National Games was Inaugurated in?
Dehradun
SSCB topped
India’s Digital Economy to contribute 1/5th of National Income by?
2029-30
National Startup Day is on?
Jan 16
PLI scheme for Specialty Steel is by Min of? It is for ___ product category
Min of Steel & Heavy Industries
5 product categories
2nd Inland Waterways Development Council meet by IWAI of MoPSW was held?
in Kaziranga, Assam
PCAC of edible oil in India has surpassed 20 kg, well above recommended limits of ___ kg by ICMR and ___ kg by WHO
12 kg - ICMR
13 kg - WHO
Objective of IndiaAI Mission is to estabish?
High end, scalable, AI computing ecosystem with over 10,000 GPUs
Focus of IndiaAI Mission, is to create ____ & domain specific ____
Large Multimodal Models (LMM)
Foundational models
Countries participating in Axiom-4?
India, Hungary, Poland
Allocation & implementation of ‘National Critical Mineral Mission’
Rs. 34,300
2024-2031
7 years - Announced in Budget 2024
Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, ____
1957
Ammended in 2023
S&T - PRISM (2023) program is by? its fulform is?
Promotion of Research & Innovation in Start-ups and MSME
Ministry of Mines
Who won ICC Men’s Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy?
Jasprit Bumrah
Paris Agreemnt was signed in?
2015
1st indian state to link its forest ecosystem to the Green GDP?
Chhattisgarh
India’s rank in Henley’s Passport Index 2025?
85th rank
57 countries
Which ICAR institute was renamed NIRCA?
National Institute for Research on Commercial Agri
Central Tobacco Research Institute
estd: 1965 (Andhra Pradesh)
Name of India’s 1st winter village?
Thano, Dehradun
Ayushman Bharat Vay Vandana Card was launched in?
Oct 2024
Dhanvantari Jayanti & 9th Ayurveda Day
Name of ministry of Jal Shakti’s portal for ground water?
Bhu-neer
Vision initiative aims to empower underprivileged children through edu, skills & innovation. It’s fullform is?
Viksit Bharat Initiative for Student Innovation & Outreach Network
The world’s 1st 0 emission cluster producing 1 MTPA of green ammonia with WEF’s Transitioning Industrial Clusters Initiative
AM Green Kakinada Cluster
Sagar manthan is an initiative of ministry? It’s theme?
Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways + ORF
“The great oceans dialogue
Secretary general of INTERPOL?
Brazil’s Valdecy Urquiza
India semiconductor mission was launched in?
2021
Rs. 76000 croee
India’s semiconductor market is valued at $__ in 2020 & $__ in 2026
$15 bn
$63 bn
Who is establishing India’s 1st AI enabled semiconductor fabrication facility? Where in Gujarat is it being set up?
- Tata Electronics + Taiwan’s Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp
- In Dholera - Semicon city
IBBI, IBA to launch centralised platform for asset liquidation auction named?
eBKray
In Nov 2024
National MSME cluster outreach programme is by?
Dept of Financial Services + SIDBI
India ranks ___ in global climate fight CCPI 2025 and ___ ranks 1st
India: 10th
Denmark: 1st
India’s digital economy accounts for ___% of GDP and Acc to State of India’s Digital Economy report, India is ___rd largest digitalised country
11.7%
3rd largest
12th among G20
ISRO achieved its historic 100th launch from? It launched the ___ satellite
Sriharikota
NVS-02 satellite
2nd - 2nd gen satellite
APs Republic Day tableau “Etikoppaka Bommalu” won 3rd place - it signifies?
Eco friendly wooden toys
India’s rank in Financial Inclusion index has risen to?
64.2
From 2023 - 24
SAMARTH Udyog Bharat 4.0, is an initiative of ministry?
MoHI
Theme of MoRD tableu in RDP
Lakhpati Didi
India’s social protech inc from 24.4% to ___% as per ILOs World Social Protection Report 2024-25
48.8%
CMD of Zurich Kotak General Insurance?
Alok Kumar Agarwal
Badminton player that partnered with PUMA India, debuting at the India Open
PV Sindhu
Which country declared 2025 as the Yr of Community, launching ‘hand-in-hand’ initiative
UAE
1st NZL cricketer to win Rachel Heyhoe Flint Trophy after winning ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2025?
Amelia Kerr
Who, renowned as “Bhava Gayakan” for his soulful playback singing, winner of numerous awards including the National Film Award and Kerala’s J C Daniel Award, passed away in Thrissur, Kerala?
P Jayachandran
According to the Global Economic Prospects, January 2025, released by ______, global growth is projected to remain at ______ in 2025-26, while India’s growth forecast for FY26 remains at ________
World Bank
2.7% 6.7%
Which country will be hosting the International Institute of Administrative Sciences with the theme “Next Generation Administrative Reforms- Reaching the Last Mile”?
India
which think tank launched the Priority Sector Lenders Association of India (PSLAI)?
iSPIRIT
Where has Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation recently inaugurated the corporate office of the National Urban Cooperative Finance and Development Corporation (NUCFDC)?
Mumbai
Mobile app launched recently by the Ministry of Communications with an aim to empower & strengthen subscriber security and inc awareness about citizen centric initiatives of the Govt
Sanchar Saathi App
WHO announced ____ country has eradicated gambiense form of Human African Trypanosomiasis aka Sleeping Sickness as a public health issue
Guinea
As of Jan 2025, how many Ramsar sites are there in India?
89
Therthangal Bird Sanct: TN, Khecheopalri Lake: Sikkim, Udhwa Lake: Jhark