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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?
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?
Larsen & Toubro
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India’s Manna Patel is associated with which sports?
Swimming
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India’s MP Jabir plays which sports?
Athletics
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Who has taken over as new Vice Chief of the Air Staff on July 1, 2021?
Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari
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Dr Rajendra Kishore Panda is a renowned poet of which language?
Odia
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Which city recently hosted the Generation Equality Forum?
Paris
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India’s Nihal Sarin is associated with which sports?
Chess
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Abhimanyu Mishra, who was recently in news, plays which sports?
Chess
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Which country recently unveiled “The Kit 300”?
Israel
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The Communist Party of China, that was making up news recently, was founded in which year?
1921
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The Chengdu J-20, that was making up news recently, was developed by which country?
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?
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?
Khatima
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NIPUN Bharat Mission is related to __:
School Education
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The Tunguska event, which was recently in news, happened in which year?
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?
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?
Kerala
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Who is the new CEO of Amazon?
Andy Jassy
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Ujh river, which was recently making news, is a tributary of which of these rivers?
Ravi
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The Digital Covid certificate or ‘Green Pass’, that was recently making news is initiative of which organization?
European Union
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Which music icon, who was recently in news, is the best​-selling teenage artist of all time?
Britney Spears
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Which Indian state is called the ‘falcon Capital of the world’?
Nagaland
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Chief Minister of Punjab, who was recently in the news?
Amarinder Singh
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Supreme Court struck down which section in the IT Act six years ago as unconstitutional?
Section 66A
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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?
CoWin
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Which country announced the ‘Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code’?
India
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The Central Government imposed stock limits on wholesalers, retailers, millers and importers of which commodity, to control price rise?
Pulses
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‘Freight Smart Cities’, which were making news recently, will be set up by which Union Ministry?
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
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In which state, India’s first Central Drug Laboratory (CDL) was established?
Himachal Pradesh
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Panchmuli lake, which was making news recently, is located in which state?
Gujarat
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The government has decided to create a separate ‘Ministry of Co-operation’ with the aim of?
‘Sahkar se Samriddhi’ (prosperity through cooperatives)
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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?
Father Stan Swamy
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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?
Twitter
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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.
Maharashtra
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The U.S. left Afghanistan’s which Airfield after nearly 20 years? [also USA's biggest airfield]
Bagram Airfield
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Which is the top state of India in production of Coal?
Chhattisgarh
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‘Tiangong’ is the flagship space station of which country?
China
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India joined OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS. What is the expansion of BEPS?
Base erosion and profit shifting
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What is the priority sector lending target for Micro Enterprises, as mandated by the RBI?
7.5%
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NEOWISE, which got for two-year mission extension, is the telescope of which space agency?
NASA
66
Name of Health Minister dropped out of the council of ministers by the PM?
Harsh Vardhan
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The new health minister?
Mansukh Mandaviya
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Which organisation challenged the IT rules in Delhi's court?
Press Trust of India (PTI)
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Valmiki National Park, which was seen in the news recently, is the only National Park of which state?
Bihar
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What is the name of the tropical storm that has hit Cuba recently?
Elsa
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Which Ministry launched ‘Ayurveda dataset on Clinical Trials Registry- India CTRI Portal’?
Ministry of AYUSH
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Which country hosted the CoWIN Global Conclave?
India
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What is the approximate annual growth rate of India’s world market capitalisation, for the last five years?
14.7%
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Which state Assembly passes resolution to set up Legislative Council?
West Bengal
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Which Indian state/UT launched ‘Mukhyamantri COVID-19 Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana’?
Delhi
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Which country hosted the BRICS Education Ministers 2021?
India
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‘Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’ is located on the bank of which river?
Nile
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Stan Swamy, the tribal rights activist, who passed away recently, was booked under which act?
Unlawful Activities Prevention Act
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Bagram Airfield, is the key base of US Military troops in which country?
Afghanistan
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With reference to Covid, what is ‘SwabSeq’, that was making news recently?
Testing Platform
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Which organisation/body organised the Indo-Pacific Business Summit 2021, in association with the External Affairs Ministry?
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
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Aitoliko lagoon, which was seen in the news recently, is located in which country?
Greece
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DBT- NIBMG, has created the world’s first database of genomic variants named “dbGENVOC”, in which disease?
Oral Cancer
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Which multilateral association recently held a Conference on Biodiversity?
ASEAN
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NGT (National Green Tribunal) is for cases related to what issues?
Environmental issues
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Late Haitian President name?
Jovenel Moise
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How many EU countries recognise India’s Covishield vaccine for travellers?
15
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Twitter appoints who as resident grievance officer for India?
Vinay Prakash
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Nepal: Supreme Court orders appointment of who as PM?
Sher Bahadur Deuba
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India adopted 2030 Roadmap and held its inaugural meeting of Financial Markets Dialogue with which country?
UK
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As per the WWF-UNEP report, 35% of the ranges of which Indian animal lie outside protected areas?
Tiger
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Giant Pandas are native to which country?
China
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ICESat-2 is a satellite of which country?
USA
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Shyam Srinivasan has been re-appointed as the managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of which bank?
Federal bank
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Which state has come up with a draft bill for population control?
Uttar Pradesh
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Sputnik V will be made in India by?
The Serum Institute of India (SII)
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Cable Television Networks Regulation (Amendment) Act was passed in which year?
2002
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Which case declared Section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 as being unconstitutional six years ago?
Shreya Singhal v Union of India
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Who is the Attorney General of India?
K K Venugopal
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Where is the National Forensic Science University located in India?
Ahmedabad
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The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) issued framework to set up ITFS Platform. What does ITFS stand for?
International Trade Finance Services
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Which is the first north-eastern state to propose a legislation to protect cattle?
Assam
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Which country is building LingLong One, the world’s 1st commercial small modular reactor?
China
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When is World Malala Day celebrated every year?
July 12th
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Who has been appointed as the President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress committee?
Navjot Siddhu
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What is Pegasus and which country developed it?
Spyware, Israeli company NSO
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Sri Lanka president, who is going to seek a second term?
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
108
Amrabad Tiger Reserve, which was making news recently, is located in which state/UT?
Telangana
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What is the name of the operation launched by the Indian Navy to protect Indian vessels in the Gulf region?
Operation: Sankalp
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The first case of monkeypox in humans was recorded in 1970 in which country?
Democratic Republic of Congo
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Which country is the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation host in 2021?
New Zealand
112
Who is the fifth largest foreign exchange reserves holder in the world?
India

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