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July Flashcards

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Department of Land Resources functions under the aegis of which Union Ministry?

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Ministry of Rural Development

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Louisiana delta system is located in which country?

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USA

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Which is the nodal department in India in monitoring the “Enforcing Contracts” regime for Ease of Doing Business?

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Department of Justice

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Pithampur, where Asia’s longest high-speed test track- NATRAX has been inaugurated, is located in which state?

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Madhya Pradesh

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Which Ministry has updated the atlas of glacial lakes that are part of the Ganga river basin?

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Ministry of Jal Shakti

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Green Freight Corridor 2, seen in the news recently, is located in which state?

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Kerala

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Which institution has launched the research initiative called ‘Fund for Industrial Research Engagement (FIRE)

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SERB- Science and Engineering Research Board

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Which Asian country was declared Malaria-Free by the World Health Organisation recently?

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China

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Which is the biggest air carrier in Saudi Arabia?

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Saudi Arabian Airlines

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Which is the first mRNA vaccine, to get Emergency Use License in India?

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Moderna mRNA 1273

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Which country has passed the ‘Holocaust property bill’?

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Poland

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Which tax on crude Palm oil was recently reduced to 10 per cent?

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Customs Duty

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Which post is held by Amitabh Kant, whose tenure has been extended?

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NITI Aayog CEO

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Which social media company launched a set of publishing and subscription tools named ‘Bulletin’?

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Facebook

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Which state-owned insurance company has been recommended by NITI Aayog for privatisation?

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UIIC- United India Insurance Company

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Which Department released the national space transportation policy?

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Department of Space

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When was the GST system of taxation implemented in India?

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July 1 2017

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The Communist Party of which country has celebrated its 100th foundation year recently?

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China

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When is the National Doctor’s Day observed every year in India?

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July 1

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Which is the target sector of the Loan Guarantee Scheme for Covid Affected Sectors (LGSCAS) approved recently?

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Health/ Medical Infrastructure

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What is the outlay of the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme?

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Rs 3.03 lakh crore

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Which Ministry instituted National Community Radio (CR) Awards?

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Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

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Which country’s Equality Ministry approved the bill allowing ‘Gender Self Identification’?

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Spain

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Which country launched autonomous long range missile system named ‘Sea Braker’?

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Israel

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Recently Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has announced to launch which mobile application for students?

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ICAI-BOS

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The recently inducted Short Span Bridging System (SSBS)-10m by Indian Army has been developed by DRDO in association with which company?

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Larsen & Toubro

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India’s Manna Patel is associated with which sports?

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Swimming

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India’s MP Jabir plays which sports?

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Athletics

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Who has taken over as new Vice Chief of the Air Staff on July 1, 2021?

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Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari

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Dr Rajendra Kishore Panda is a renowned poet of which language?

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Odia

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Which city recently hosted the Generation Equality Forum?

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Paris

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India’s Nihal Sarin is associated with which sports?

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Chess

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Abhimanyu Mishra, who was recently in news, plays which sports?

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Chess

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Which country recently unveiled “The Kit 300”?

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Israel

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The Communist Party of China, that was making up news recently, was founded in which year?

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1921

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The Chengdu J-20, that was making up news recently, was developed by which country?

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China

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Which of the following survey ships of India recently completed the survey data of the MV X-Press Pearl acid leak and fire accident?

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INS Sarvekshak

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Pushkar Singh Dhami, who recently became 11th and youngest chief minister of Uttarakhand, is an MLA from which constituency?

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Khatima

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NIPUN Bharat Mission is related to __:

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School Education

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The Tunguska event, which was recently in news, happened in which year?

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1908

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Which country has recently become 15th nation to be part of the world’s largest weapons project, Joint Strike Fighter program?

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Switzerland

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As per the Unified District Information System for Education report for 2019-20, which state has highest ratio of female teachers to male teachers?

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Kerala

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Who is the new CEO of Amazon?

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Andy Jassy

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Ujh river, which was recently making news, is a tributary of which of these rivers?

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Ravi

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The Digital Covid certificate or ‘Green Pass’, that was recently making news is initiative of which organization?

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European Union

46
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Which music icon, who was recently in news, is the best​-selling teenage artist of all time?

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Britney Spears

47
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Which Indian state is called the ‘falcon Capital of the world’?

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Nagaland

48
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Chief Minister of Punjab, who was recently in the news?

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Amarinder Singh

49
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Supreme Court struck down which section in the IT Act six years ago as unconstitutional?

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Section 66A

50
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India’s technology platform for COVID vaccination, is being made open source and will be available to all countries, what is the name of the platform?

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CoWin

51
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Which country announced the ‘Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code’?

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India

52
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The Central Government imposed stock limits on wholesalers, retailers, millers and importers of which commodity, to control price rise?

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Pulses

53
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‘Freight Smart Cities’, which were making news recently, will be set up by which Union Ministry?

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Ministry of Commerce and Industry

54
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In which state, India’s first Central Drug Laboratory (CDL) was established?

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Himachal Pradesh

55
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Panchmuli lake, which was making news recently, is located in which state?

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Gujarat

56
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The government has decided to create a separate ‘Ministry of Co-operation’ with the aim of?

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‘Sahkar se Samriddhi’ (prosperity through cooperatives)

57
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All 15 co-accused in the Bhima Koregaon case should be released pending trial, said the United Nations Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday, after who’s death?

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Father Stan Swamy

58
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Who admitted that it was currently not in compliance with the 2021 IT rules as it was in the process of appointing its grievance officer and nodal officer?

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Twitter

59
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Which state government on Tuesday introduced amendment Bills in the State legislature to the three farm Acts passed by the Centre last August.

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Maharashtra

60
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The U.S. left Afghanistan’s which Airfield after nearly 20 years? [also USA’s biggest airfield]

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Bagram Airfield

61
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Which is the top state of India in production of Coal?

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Chhattisgarh

62
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‘Tiangong’ is the flagship space station of which country?

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China

63
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India joined OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS. What is the expansion of BEPS?

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Base erosion and profit shifting

64
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What is the priority sector lending target for Micro Enterprises, as mandated by the RBI?

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7.5%

65
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NEOWISE, which got for two-year mission extension, is the telescope of which space agency?

A

NASA

66
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Name of Health Minister dropped out of the council of ministers by the PM?

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Harsh Vardhan

67
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The new health minister?

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Mansukh Mandaviya

68
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Which organisation challenged the IT rules in Delhi’s court?

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Press Trust of India (PTI)

69
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Valmiki National Park, which was seen in the news recently, is the only National Park of which state?

A

Bihar

70
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What is the name of the tropical storm that has hit Cuba recently?

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Elsa

71
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Which Ministry launched ‘Ayurveda dataset on Clinical Trials Registry- India CTRI Portal’?

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Ministry of AYUSH

72
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Which country hosted the CoWIN Global Conclave?

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India

73
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What is the approximate annual growth rate of India’s world market capitalisation, for the last five years?

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14.7%

74
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Which state Assembly passes resolution to set up Legislative Council?

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West Bengal

75
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Which Indian state/UT launched ‘Mukhyamantri COVID-19 Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana’?

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Delhi

76
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Which country hosted the BRICS Education Ministers 2021?

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India

77
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‘Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’ is located on the bank of which river?

A

Nile

78
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Stan Swamy, the tribal rights activist, who passed away recently, was booked under which act?

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Unlawful Activities Prevention Act

79
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Bagram Airfield, is the key base of US Military troops in which country?

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Afghanistan

80
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With reference to Covid, what is ‘SwabSeq’, that was making news recently?

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Testing Platform

81
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Which organisation/body organised the Indo-Pacific Business Summit 2021, in association with the External Affairs Ministry?

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The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

82
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Aitoliko lagoon, which was seen in the news recently, is located in which country?

A

Greece

83
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DBT- NIBMG, has created the world’s first database of genomic variants named “dbGENVOC”, in which disease?

A

Oral Cancer

84
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Which multilateral association recently held a Conference on Biodiversity?

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ASEAN

85
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NGT (National Green Tribunal) is for cases related to what issues?

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Environmental issues

86
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Late Haitian President name?

A

Jovenel Moise

87
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How many EU countries recognise India’s Covishield vaccine for travellers?

A

15

88
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Twitter appoints who as resident grievance officer for India?

A

Vinay Prakash

89
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Nepal: Supreme Court orders appointment of who as PM?

A

Sher Bahadur Deuba

90
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India adopted 2030 Roadmap and held its inaugural meeting of Financial Markets Dialogue with which country?

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UK

91
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As per the WWF-UNEP report, 35% of the ranges of which Indian animal lie outside protected areas?

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Tiger

92
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Giant Pandas are native to which country?

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China

93
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ICESat-2 is a satellite of which country?

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USA

94
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Shyam Srinivasan has been re-appointed as the managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of which bank?

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Federal bank

95
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Which state has come up with a draft bill for population control?

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Uttar Pradesh

96
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Sputnik V will be made in India by?

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The Serum Institute of India (SII)

97
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Cable Television Networks Regulation (Amendment) Act was passed in which year?

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2002

98
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Which case declared Section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 as being unconstitutional six years ago?

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Shreya Singhal v Union of India

99
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Who is the Attorney General of India?

A

K K Venugopal

100
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Where is the National Forensic Science University located in India?

A

Ahmedabad

101
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The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) issued framework to set up ITFS Platform. What does ITFS stand for?

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International Trade Finance Services

102
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Which is the first north-eastern state to propose a legislation to protect cattle?

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Assam

103
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Which country is building LingLong One, the world’s 1st commercial small modular reactor?

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China

104
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When is World Malala Day celebrated every year?

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July 12th

105
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Who has been appointed as the President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress committee?

A

Navjot Siddhu

106
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What is Pegasus and which country developed it?

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Spyware, Israeli company NSO

107
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Sri Lanka president, who is going to seek a second term?

A

Gotabaya Rajapaksa

108
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Amrabad Tiger Reserve, which was making news recently, is located in which state/UT?

A

Telangana

109
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What is the name of the operation launched by the Indian Navy to protect Indian vessels in the Gulf region?

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Operation: Sankalp

110
Q

The first case of monkeypox in humans was recorded in 1970 in which country?

A

Democratic Republic of Congo

111
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Which country is the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation host in 2021?

A

New Zealand

112
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Who is the fifth largest foreign exchange reserves holder in the world?

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India

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