Jan 16-31 Flashcards

1
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____ has recently been admitted as the new ‘partner country’ of BRICS

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Nigeria

9th partner country - Abuja - capital

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____ is holding the BRICS presidency 2025

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Brazil

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3
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Who are the other partner countries of BRICS, except Nigeria?

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Bolivia, Belarus, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Malaysia, Uganda Uzbekistan

BBC-KTM-U2

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4
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Who lauched the Internet Governance Internship & Capacity Building Sceme?

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National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)
not-for-profit under MeitY

Rs. 20,000 pm stipend - 6 month & 3 month program

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5
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Entity Locker a digi platform for streamlining doc management for businesses & organisations in India, is by?

A

MeitY

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6
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Celebration for completing 10 yrs of BBBP & Sukanya Samriddhi spans?

A

22nd Jan - 8th March

Also Launch Mission Vatsalya Portal & Shakti Portal

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7
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BBBP Scheme is by Ministry?

A

MoWCD, MoHFW & MoE

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8
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In BBBP scheme, Schools, Anganwadis, medical professionals are considered what target group?

A

Secondary Target Group

Primary = Parents, young couples, households, communities

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9
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‘Draft on e-commerce - principles & guidelines for self-governance’ is by

A

Bureau of Indian Standards - BIS

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10
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PM JUGA is now known as?

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Dharti Aaba Janjati Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan

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11
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National Tribal Health Conclave 2025 was organised by?

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MoTA + MoHFW

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12
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National Level Training Programme on Awareness Generation & Counselling for doctors & healthcare professionals is by ministry of?

A

MoTA

To eliminate siclle cell anaemia

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13
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Tribal majority villages with a population of ___ & atleast ___% tribal resident, is a region eligible for the Dharti Aaba Janjatiya scheme

PM JUGA

A

500+ population
atleast 50% tribal resident

Also Aspirational District with tribal population of 50+

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14
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Implementation period of Dharti Aaba scheme?

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2024-2029

5 yrs

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15
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How many interventions & ministries does Dharti Aaba Scheme include?

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25 interventions of 17 ministries

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16
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SDGs that align with the Dharti Aaba Scheme?

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  • SDG 9 - Infrastructure
  • SDG 8 - Economic Empowerment
  • SDG 4 - Education
  • SDG 3 - Health
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17
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Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan, will target which sectors?

A
  • Household / Community Infrastructure
  • Health & Nutrition
  • Education & Training
  • Electrification
  • Economic Empowerment
  • Connectivity
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18
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Rates of Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (2015) have swung from 9.1% to?

A

8.2%

A component of BBBP. for girls under age of 10

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19
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Min & max initial deposit allowed in Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (2015)?

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Rs. 250 - Rs. 1,50,000
per yr

deposits up to 15 yrs till she turns 21

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20
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UN has declared 2025 as the international year of?

A

International Year of Cooperatives

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21
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Theme of International Year of Cooperatives?

A

Cooperatives Build a Better World

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22
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7 principles of cooperatives

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  • Education, training & information
  • Demoratic member control
  • Member’s economic participation
  • Autonomy & independence
  • Voluntary & Open membership
  • Cooperation among cooperatives
  • Concern for Community

EDMA-VCC

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23
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Which type of cooperative is of highest number in india?

A

Housing & Dairy

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24
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1st African country to eliminate onchocerciasis?

A

Niger

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25
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National Health Mission was launched in? Will run till?

A

2013
2030

Aid in achieving SDG completion by 2030

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26
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Student enrolment inc by 75.8% in 40 schools across which states, after joining PM SHRI (2022)?

A

Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, MP

Acc to Min of Education

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27
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How many countries are a part of GPAP? How many fresh members?

Global Plastic Action Partnership

A

25 countries
6 fresh members from Africa + 1 = 7

Combined 1.5 bn population

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28
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GPAP is an initiative of?

A

WEF

To promote circular plastic economy & reduce env impact

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29
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Is India a part of GPAP?

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No, Only Maharashtra is

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30
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India’s rank in edelman trust barometer?

How much countries are trusted by businesses

A

3rd

China, Indonesia, India. 13th for companies based in India

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31
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1st KVK was established in?

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Pondi, 1974

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32
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KVK is an integral part of ____, a global research system for agri that aims for location specific tech modules in agri

A

NARS - National Agri Research System

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33
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KVKs were recommended by?

A

Education Committee & Mohan Sinha Mehta Committee

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34
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Overall rank of QS World Future Skills Index

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25th

HQ: London

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35
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3rd launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre of ISRO?

A

Sriharikota

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36
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India is the ___ no. country to achieve space docking (SpaDex) after ___

A

4th
USA, Russia, China, India

From Satish Dhawan in Sriharikota, AP

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37
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SpaDex includes 2 small satellites namely ___ &____ of weight ____ kg

A

SDX01 - Chaser
SDX02 - Target
220 kg each

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38
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An application that aims to democratize access to digital content & services across India’s linguistic spectrum

A

Bhashini Interface

by MeitY

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39
Q

What does Anuvaad, Chitravaad & Lekhavaad of Bhashini Arpan do?

A

Anu - Web Service Text Translation
Chitra - Video Translation
Lekha - Doc Translation

40
Q

What does Vaanivaad, Translation Plugin & WTMC do in Bhashini Arpan?

A

Vaani - speech translation
WTMC - Web Translation Mgmt Console

41
Q

Share of Methane, CO2 & N2 in Raw Biogas?

A

CH4 = 50-75%
CO2 = 25-50%
N2 = 2-8%

42
Q

An SHG that works with Biogas?

A

Zakariyapura, a Gujarat SHG by NDDB

43
Q

1kg of dry cattle dung produces about ____ biogas

A

1kg dry dung = 1 m3 biogas

44
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1kg Fresh Cattle Dung contains about ___% dry biodegradable mass

A

1 kg fresh = 8% dry biodegradable mass

45
Q

1 kg of fresh cattle dung has about ____ L vol

46
Q

Typical retention time of slurry in biogas plant is ___ days

A

40 days retention

47
Q

2 types of biogas plants? Example?

A

Floating Dome: KVIC Model
Fixed Dome: Deenbandhu model by AFPRO

Zakariyapura - dynamic model

48
Q

Kvk celebrated its golden jubilee in the year?

49
Q

38th National Games was Inaugurated in?

A

Dehradun

SSCB topped

50
Q

India’s Digital Economy to contribute 1/5th of National Income by?

51
Q

National Startup Day is on?

52
Q

PLI scheme for Specialty Steel is by Min of? It is for ___ product category

A

Min of Steel & Heavy Industries
5 product categories

53
Q

2nd Inland Waterways Development Council meet by IWAI of MoPSW was held?

A

in Kaziranga, Assam

54
Q

PCAC of edible oil in India has surpassed 20 kg, well above recommended limits of ___ kg by ICMR and ___ kg by WHO

A

12 kg - ICMR
13 kg - WHO

55
Q

Objective of IndiaAI Mission is to estabish?

A

High end, scalable, AI computing ecosystem with over 10,000 GPUs

56
Q

Focus of IndiaAI Mission, is to create ____ & domain specific ____

A

Large Multimodal Models (LMM)
Foundational models

57
Q

Countries participating in Axiom-4?

A

India, Hungary, Poland

58
Q

Allocation & implementation of ‘National Critical Mineral Mission’

A

Rs. 34,300
2024-2031

7 years - Announced in Budget 2024

59
Q

Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, ____

A

1957

Ammended in 2023

60
Q

S&T - PRISM (2023) program is by? its fulform is?

A

Promotion of Research & Innovation in Start-ups and MSME

Ministry of Mines

61
Q

Who won ICC Men’s Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy?

A

Jasprit Bumrah

62
Q

Paris Agreemnt was signed in?

63
Q

1st indian state to link its forest ecosystem to the Green GDP?

A

Chhattisgarh

64
Q

India’s rank in Henley’s Passport Index 2025?

A

85th rank

57 countries

65
Q

Which ICAR institute was renamed NIRCA?

National Institute for Research on Commercial Agri

A

Central Tobacco Research Institute

estd: 1965 (Andhra Pradesh)

66
Q

Name of India’s 1st winter village?

A

Thano, Dehradun

67
Q

Ayushman Bharat Vay Vandana Card was launched in?

A

Oct 2024

Dhanvantari Jayanti & 9th Ayurveda Day

68
Q

Name of ministry of Jal Shakti’s portal for ground water?

69
Q

Vision initiative aims to empower underprivileged children through edu, skills & innovation. It’s fullform is?

A

Viksit Bharat Initiative for Student Innovation & Outreach Network

70
Q

The world’s 1st 0 emission cluster producing 1 MTPA of green ammonia with WEF’s Transitioning Industrial Clusters Initiative

A

AM Green Kakinada Cluster

71
Q

Sagar manthan is an initiative of ministry? It’s theme?

A

Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways + ORF
“The great oceans dialogue

72
Q

Secretary general of INTERPOL?

A

Brazil’s Valdecy Urquiza

73
Q

India semiconductor mission was launched in?

A

2021

Rs. 76000 croee

74
Q

India’s semiconductor market is valued at $__ in 2020 & $__ in 2026

A

$15 bn
$63 bn

75
Q

Who is establishing India’s 1st AI enabled semiconductor fabrication facility? Where in Gujarat is it being set up?

A
  • Tata Electronics + Taiwan’s Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp
  • In Dholera - Semicon city
76
Q

IBBI, IBA to launch centralised platform for asset liquidation auction named?

A

eBKray

In Nov 2024

77
Q

National MSME cluster outreach programme is by?

A

Dept of Financial Services + SIDBI

78
Q

India ranks ___ in global climate fight CCPI 2025 and ___ ranks 1st

A

India: 10th
Denmark: 1st

79
Q

India’s digital economy accounts for ___% of GDP and Acc to State of India’s Digital Economy report, India is ___rd largest digitalised country

A

11.7%
3rd largest

12th among G20

80
Q

ISRO achieved its historic 100th launch from? It launched the ___ satellite

A

Sriharikota
NVS-02 satellite

2nd - 2nd gen satellite

81
Q

APs Republic Day tableau “Etikoppaka Bommalu” won 3rd place - it signifies?

A

Eco friendly wooden toys

82
Q

India’s rank in Financial Inclusion index has risen to?

A

64.2

From 2023 - 24

83
Q

SAMARTH Udyog Bharat 4.0, is an initiative of ministry?

84
Q

Theme of MoRD tableu in RDP

A

Lakhpati Didi

85
Q

India’s social protech inc from 24.4% to ___% as per ILOs World Social Protection Report 2024-25

86
Q

CMD of Zurich Kotak General Insurance?

A

Alok Kumar Agarwal

87
Q

Badminton player that partnered with PUMA India, debuting at the India Open

88
Q

Which country declared 2025 as the Yr of Community, launching ‘hand-in-hand’ initiative

89
Q

1st NZL cricketer to win Rachel Heyhoe Flint Trophy after winning ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2025?

A

Amelia Kerr

90
Q

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?

A

P Jayachandran

91
Q

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 ________

A

World Bank
2.7% 6.7%

92
Q

Which country will be hosting the International Institute of Administrative Sciences with the theme “Next Generation Administrative Reforms- Reaching the Last Mile”?

93
Q

which think tank launched the Priority Sector Lenders Association of India (PSLAI)?

94
Q

Where has Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation recently inaugurated the corporate office of the National Urban Cooperative Finance and Development Corporation (NUCFDC)?

95
Q

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

A

Sanchar Saathi App

96
Q

WHO announced ____ country has eradicated gambiense form of Human African Trypanosomiasis aka Sleeping Sickness as a public health issue

97
Q

As of Jan 2025, how many Ramsar sites are there in India?

A

89

Therthangal Bird Sanct: TN, Khecheopalri Lake: Sikkim, Udhwa Lake: Jhark