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The G-20 Summit is to be held in _______________after India assumes the G20 presidency in Dec 2022.

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Jammu and Kashmir

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___________currently holds the G20 presidency.

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Indonesia

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The first G20 summit took place in ____________ from 14th to 15 November 2008

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Washington DC

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_______________ was the former CEO of the NSE and was arrested by the CBI for her involvement in the co-location scam.

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Chitra Ramakrishna

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who is the first ever Indian to ever win Silver at World Athletics championship and where was it held

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daddy neeraj chopra uwu, Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, United States

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the current CEO and MD of the National Stock exchange is _____________.

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Ashish Kumar Chauhan

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who took oath as Sri Lanka’s new prime minister?

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Dinesh Gunawardena

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With the _________, NASA aims to land humans on the moon by 2024, and it also plans to land the first woman and first person of colour on the moon.

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Artemis programme

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India’s largest floating solar plant is now fully operational at _____________________.

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Ramagundam in Telangana’s Peddapalli district.

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10
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what is the doctor population ratio in India

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1:834

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11
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Motu shah launched e-FIR in which city?

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gandunagar

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12
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India gets __________ world bank loan for health, private investment

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$1.75 billion

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13
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World Press Freedom index started in which year?

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2002

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What is India ranked in World Press Freedom Index ranking?

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150(balls)

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who is ranked the most free and least free
in world press freedom index

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norway (1st), north korea (180th)

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16
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when is world press freedom day

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3rd may

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17
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International day of cooperatives- _____
Theme: ___________________

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2 July ; Cooperatives build a better world

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18
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Theme for world press freedom day

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Journalism under digital seige

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19
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The current minister for environment and forestry

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Bhupender Yadav (also minister for labour and employment).

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20
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which national park could be the new homes of the cheetahs?

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The Kuno-Palpur National park

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21
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how many national parks are in india?

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106

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22
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what is India’s rank in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2022?

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135 out of 146 countries

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when was the world economic forum established and where are its headquarters?

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1971, Geneva, Switzerland

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24
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who topped the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2022

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🥶land

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Ranking of state exercise 2021 on startup ecosystems: ________________- top the list

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Karnataka and Gujarat

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26
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GI tag for mayurbhanji’s kai or ant chutney- In Orissa Mayurbhanj district use ___________, scientifically called Oecophylla smaragdina to prepare ant chutney

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weaver ants

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27
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when was WTO founded; how many member countries does it have; who is the current director general of WTO

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The WTO was founded on 1st of January 1995 headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland with 164 members and it’s current director general is Okonjo Iweala

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28
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_____ and _________ sign accession Protocols at NATO headquarters

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Sweden, Finland

29
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Sweden and Finland sign accession Protocols at NATO headquarters in the presence of Finnish Foreign Minister __________ and Swedish Foreign minister __________.

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Pekka Haavisto; Anne Linde

30
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Finland and Russia share a ___km border

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1,300 km

31
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It is a military alliance established by the _______________ (also called the Washington Treaty) of April, 1949, by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.

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North Atlantic Treaty

32
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NATO currently has ____member states.

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30

33
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All ____ members of the United Nations unanimously adopted July 1, 2022 the Lisbon Declaration on ocean conservation

A

198

34
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The Global Liveability Ranking is a yearly assessment published by the ____________, ranking 172 global cities

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Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

35
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Austria’s capital, ________, was ranked the most liveable city in 2022 while__________, the capital of Syria has been ranked the least liveable.

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Vienna, Damascus

36
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__________, also known as Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 1 (IAC-1),is an aircraft carrier constructed by the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) for the Indian Navy.

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INS Vikrant

37
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t is named ‘Vikrant’ as a tribute to __________________, Vikrant (R11).

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India’s first aircraft carrier

38
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The current Chief of Naval Staff is _____________-

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Admiral R. Hari Kumar

39
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_____________, ex-CEO of Niti Aayog is to replace Piyush Goel (Minister for Industry and Commerce as the new Sherpa for G-20

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Amitabh Kant

40
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The chairman of Niti Aayog is Narendra Modi and Vice Chairman is _____________

A

Suman Bery.

41
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On ____________, a Cabinet resolution was passed to replace the Planning Commission with the newly formed NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India).

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1 January 2015

42
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______________________________ was adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2003. India was recently elected to this panel.

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The Convention of the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

43
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India’s first floating terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) at ___________________.

A

Jaigarh in Maharashtra

44
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India’s first e-waste eco park to be developed in______________ in an area of about 21 acres

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Holambi Kalan in Delhi

45
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_______________ takes over as new CEO of NITI AYOG

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Prameswaran Iyer

46
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The Reserve Bank of India was established following the _____________ Act, Though privately owned initially, it was nationalised in 1949 and since then fully owned by the Ministry of ________ , Government of India (GoI).

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Reserve Bank of India Act of 1934; ministry of Finance

47
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The Reserve Bank of India was conceptualized in accordance with the guidelines presented by Dr Ambedkar to the __________ Commission

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Hilton Young Commission

48
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Space tech startup______open India’s first rocket engine factory in Chennai

A

Agnikul

49
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the World Health Organization has declared ___________ a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)- july 2022

A

monkeypox

50
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The disease is caused by monkeypox virus, a zoonotic virus in the genus ___________.

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Orthopoxvirus

51
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Africa’s top public health body, African centres for disease control and prevention (Africa CDC) receives _______from the world bank to help Africa.

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$100 million

52
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World youth skills day- ________ .It was declared by the UN General Assembly in 2014.

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15 July

53
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Assam Chief Minister ___________and his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart ___________ signed an agreement to end border issues between the two states and decided to “restrict” the number of disputed villages to 86 instead of 123.

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Himanta Biswa Sarma ; Pema Khandu

54
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________ to be the first city in SCO to be granted the rotating title of ‘Cultural and Tourism capital of SCO’ in September when India assumes SCO Presidency

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Varanasi

55
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Rajnath Singh launches indigenously built ______________ frigate to strengthen country’s maritime security

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Y- 3023 Dunagiri, Project 17A

56
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World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2022ranked India at ________ countries in its Global Gender Gap (GGG) Index for 2022.

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135 /146

57
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_________ followed by Finland, Norway, New Zealand, and Sweden were the top five countries in the world in the Gender Gap index, while _________________ were from the bottom having the highest gender gap

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Iceland; Afghanistan and Pakistan

58
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___________ has retained its highest ranking eight times in a row in South Asia in terms of gender parity; its overall ranking has slipped 6 ranks from 65th in 2021 to 71 in 2022

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Bangladesh

59
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The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation.
It was established in____ as a not-for-profit foundation and is headquartered in ____________.

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1971; Geneva, Switzerland.

60
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In India the last cheetah was spotted in the _________ region in 1948. Cheetahs were declared extinct in 1952.

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Chhattisgarh

61
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India’s First National Park was established in 1936, it was the ____________ in Uttarakhand.

A

Jim Corbett National Park

62
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India and ______sign MOU for establishing cheetah into the historical range in India.

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Namibia

63
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World Press Freedom Index has been published every year since 2002 by __________________.

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Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) or Reporters Without Borders

64
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India has fallen eight places from 142nd to ___th in the 2022 among the 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index

A

150

65
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Freedom of press or media refers to the rights given by the Constitution of India under the freedom and expression of speech in Article___.

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Art 19(1)(a)

66
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_________was ranked the most free and _______with rank 180 was ranked the least free in the world press freedom index

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Norway; North Korea

67
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World Press Freedom Day: ______
the day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO’s General Conference in 1991.

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3rd may

68
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World Press Freedom Day

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3 may

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