JUNE Flashcards
When is Intl Yoga dAY
21 jUNE
Intl. yoga day proposed by India- at
69th UNGA session 2014
First yoga day celebrated at
Rajpath - Kartavya Path 2015
tHEME FOR iNTL yOGA dAY 2023
Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
When was Gandhi’s Satyagraha initiated
7June 1893
Sage who systemized yoga
Patanjali
Which Ship was sent to the Navy event held in Durban, SA
INS Trishul
2023 is which year of Gandhi’s Satyagraha
130th year
2023 MARKS THE __TH anniversary of India- SA diplomatic relations
30th
Where was Gandhi’s Satayagraha started
Pietermaritzburg Railway Station near Durban, South Africa
When did Gandhi est the Natal Indian Congress in SA
1894
Gandhi founded the following in which year(s)
Transvaal British Indian Association- Johannesburg
Volkrust Satyagraha
Phoenix Settlement in Durban
Transvaal British Indian Association- Johannesburg- in 1903.
Volkrust Satyagraha- 1913.
Phoenix Settlement in Durban in 1904
RBI Prints INR through
Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran (BRB NM)
1 rppe coin and 1 rupee note issued by who
Ministry of Finance
Highest currency issued by RBI and when was it first printed
Rs 10,000
First printed =1938
When did RBI begin ops
April 1, 1935
When was RBI nationalised
Jan 1, 1949
First Governor of RBI-
Sir Osborne Smith / Indian- C Deshmukh
Father of Indian Banking -
Maidavolu Narasimham
First Woman Governor of RBI-
K.J.Udeshi (2003)
Expand NEFT
National Electronic Funds Transfer
When was NPCI- National Payments Corporation of India set up
2008
Who is the ED director
Rajiv Ranjan
Chair of NPCI
Chair: Biswamohan Mahapatra
MD & CEO: Dilip Asbe
When was the Monitary Policy Committee set up
2008
When was UPI luanched
11 April 2016
UPI was set up by
NPCI
When was NEFT established and who maintains it
Maintained by RBI
Est- Nov 2005
Who established NEFT
Institute for Develoopment and Research in Banking Tech
On Which day was the Withdrawal of 2000 notes announced by RBI
May 19, 2023
Rs. 2000: Accounts for X% of currency in Circulation
10.8%
2000 rs Notes needed to be exchangws/ deposited before
September 30, 2023
Demonetization is done on the basis of which legal provision
Section 26 (2) of RBI Act, 1934
When was the 2000 notes introduced
2016
Withdrawal of 2000 notes is part of Rbi’s ______ policy
Clean Note Policy
How many times has India gone through demonetization
1946- 500, 1000 & 10000 rupee notes (reintroduced in 1954)
1978: 1000, 5000 and 10000 notes
PM: Morarji Desai
Finance min.: HM Patel
RBI governor: LG Patel (not in favour of the move)
2016: 500 and 1000 notes
PM: Modi
FM: Arun Jaitley
RBI Governor: Urjit Patel
Section 269ST of Income Tax Act (added in 2017): What is the cash transaction restriction ?
Rs 2 Lakh
How many times has the note been withdrawn?
twice
2005 and 2023: NOT demonetization, just withdrawal
First Sovereign Gold Bond was released in which year?
2015
President of IBJA
Prithviraj Kothari
Who filed a writ petition with regard to the demonetization done in 2016
Vivek Narayan Sharma vs. Union of India
When were the 500 and 1000 notes withdrawn
8 November 2016
When was IBJA established
1919
Expand IBJA
India Bullion and Jewelers Association Ltd
Outlay of Semiconductor Mission
76,000 cr
First Semicon India 2022 conference held in
Bangalore
Theme: “catalysing India’s semiconductor Industry”
Value of Indian Semiconductor Industry
$27 billion
Semiconductor Mission- when was it launched
2021
What percent of semiconductors in India are imported?
90%
SPECS- expand (wrt semiconductors)
Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors
Which US Compnay and Govt of Guj state Govt have singed a semiconductor deak
Micron Tech
22,500 cr. worth unit
The challenger expedition was a foundational marine scientific program that took place in which year?
1872-1876
The Census of Marine Life- conducted when, how many marine expeditions did it launch
2000-10.
launched 540 marine expeditions
but scientists were only able to describe 1,200 new marine species.
Global Ocean Census - will have how many excursions in the first year- to identify how many new marine species in the next 10 years?
1st year of operation: 7 excursions to be conducted
identifying 100,000 new marine species in the next 10 years
When was King Charles 3 coronated
6 May 2023
coincides with the anniversary of the 1910 death of his great-great grandfather, King Edward VII.
Where was Charles coronated
Westminster Abbey
Since 1066 AD
After Norman Conquest
How many weddings have been held in Westminster Abbey
39 coronations and 16 royal weddings
King Charles III: __th monarch to be crowned
40th
When did Queen Elizebath II die?
8 September 2022
When did Elizebath 2 ascend to throne
6 Feb 1952
The coronation ceremony was also known as Operation ______ ?
Gold Orb
Who oversaw the coronation
Justin Welby
Archbishop of Canterbury
(Highest ranking cleric in Church of England)
Charles 3 created Prince of Wales in which year and his investiture was held in which year
Created Prince of Wales- 1958
Investiture- 1969
When did Charles 3 marry Diana
1981
When did Charles 3 marry Camilla Parker Bowles
2005
How old is Prince Charles 3
73 when he was crowned
With which crown was Charles ornated
St. Edward’s Crown
When was St Edward’s crown created?
1661
Who was the first Anglo Saxon King of England
Edward
Who was the Crown Jeweller that crafted St Edward’s Crown
Robert Vyner
Estimated value of St Ed crown
$40 million
Kohinoor is a part of the British crown jewel since
1849
Commonwealth was originally created in which year through the Imperial Conf
1926
Through Balfour Declaration
The current commonwealth was formally created in London Declaration in which year?
1949
56 countries
India US bilateral trade
$160 billion
2021
Us is India’s _ largest trading partner
1st
India is US’s _ largest trading partner
9th
First US Pres. to visit India & also give speech in the Parliament:
Dwight D Eisenhower
First Indian Pres. to visit USA:
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Current Indian Ambassador to US:
Taranjit Singh Sandhu
First Indian PM to visit US:
Jawaharlal Nehru
When did India and France initate diploamtic relations
1947
When did Ind-France upgrade their relationship to a strategic one
1998
Relations to go on till 2047
Partnership b/w ISRO and French CNES (National Centre for Space Studies): for which earth obs satellite
TRISHNA
1st nation to form “strategic partnership” with India
France
Ind and France finalized a deal for how many rafale jets?
36 rafale jets & Project 75 (6 Scorpene class submarines
Where did Ind and France launch ISA
COP 21- 2015
France is the _ largest foreign investor in India
11th
French PM Chief Guest at Republic Day 1998:
Jaucques Chirac
Which countries refrained from condemning India after Pokhran
UK France and Russia
Egypt President
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
Modi got which award in Egypt
Order of Nile- highest state honour
Egypt PM:
Mostafa Madbouly
Modi visited which mosque in Cairo during his trip to Egypt and it was restored with the help of which community
Al-Hakim Mosque (Cairo),
Restored with help of Dawoodi Bohra
Which is the oldest of 7 wonders of world
Pyramids of Giza- built in 26th century
Heliopolis Commonwealth War Cemetery in Cairo
was designed by
Sir John Burnet
Whom did Modi meet to discuss global geopolitics and energy security during his trip to Egypt
Tarek Heggy
Previous visits of Indian PM’s to Egypt
Rajiv Gandhi 1985
PV Narasimha Rao 1995
IK Gujral in 1997
Manmohan Singh in 2009
When was Order fo Nile estbalished
1915
Order OF Nile is the _ highest state honour recieved by Modi
13th
India-Egypt Friendship Pact Year
1955
NAM - countries and year
India , Egypt, Yugoslavia, Indonesia, and Ghana
1961
India-Egypt Bilateral Trade Agreement:
March 1978
India and UAW signed a pact to establish whaat
Local Currency Settlement System (LCSS)
India and UA72E formed diplomatic ties in which year
19
Suriname honored Murmu with which order/honour
Award: Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star - highest civilian order
Abu Dhabi crown prince - Republic Day Chief Guest of which year
2017
LCSS- combines Indian UPI +UAE IPP
Also combines what
RuPay Switch and UAESWITCH
UAE is India’s _ largest trading partner
3rd
PM of Serbia
Ms Ana Brnabic
Pres of Suriname
Chandrikapersad Santokhi
Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star - highest civilian order of Suriname- is recieved by who else
Nelson Mandela (Former President of SA) ;
Desmond Tutu (South African Anglican bishop) ;
Jimmy Carter (39th president of the US) ;
Kofi Annan (former SG of UN) ;
Ban Ki-moon (8th SG of UN)
When did UNESCO induct Palestine as a member and which US govt stopped funding for Unesco
2011
Barack Obama govt halted fuckding
1st Dalit Pres of India
Kocheril Raman Narayanan (1997-2002).
PM of Serbia
Aleksandar Vucic
Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star - highest civilian order of Suriname- was est in which year
25 Nov 1975
Who is the first Pres born in Independent India
Murmu
Secretary of State for Management- US
John Bass
2013: Israel‘s ambassador to UNESCO, said Israel supported the United States‘ decision to stop its funding- who was the ambassador
Nirmod Barkan
How much money has US accrued in dues to UNESCO
$600 million
When did US leave UNSECO
Left in December 2018 - Under Donald Trump administration
Israel- left at same time
When did US previously pull out of UNESCO and rejoin later
Under Ronald Reagan administration - in 1984
rejoined in 2003 under then President George Bush
DG of UNESCO
Audrey Azoulay
HQ of UNESCO
Paris, France
From which region did Boris Johnson win seat in 2015 and 2019
Uxbridge and South Ruislip in Greater London
Kosovo, a former province of Serbia, unilaterally declared Independence in which year
2008
Kosovo is recognised as a country by how many UN Nations
99/193
Capital Of Kosovo
Belgrade
Battle of Kosovo happened in which year and b/w who
1389 Battle between the Serbian prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic and the Ottoman Sultan Murad Hudavendigar
When did Kosovo and Serbia reach the Brussels Agreement brokered by the EU
2013
UN deployed 50000 peacekeepers through which UNSC Resolution to force Serbia to end hostilities and pull out of Kosovo
UNSC Resolution 1244
Chief of Russia’s Wagner Private Military Company:
Yevgeny Prigozhin
chief of the Russian armed forces
Gen. Valery Gerasimov
Wagner took control of which region in retaliation to Russian Govt
Rostov-on-Don
PMC Wagner:
founded in
2014
PMC Wagner: By who
by former GRU officer Dmitry Utkin and businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin
Yevgeny Prighozin appointed as head of Wagner when?
Sept 2022
Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prighozin killed in an aeroplane crash
On
Aug 23, 2023
The plane in which Prigozhin was travelling in that eventually crashed- was travelling b/w
Moscow and St Petersburg
Russia has 1/X of Earth’s inhabitable landmass
1/8
How many time zones does Russia have
11
Russia is _ most pupulous country in the world
9th
Which countries have signed a deal to build an Iranian railway line, the Rasht-Astara railway
Russia and Iran
INSTC is a __km Multimodal Transit System
7,200km
What countries does INSTC CONNECT?
India, Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Central Asia, and Europe
Rasht-Astara railway
- length
162 km
Rasht-Astara railway is part of ___ corridor
International North SOuth Transport Corridor