Manav Sir , september 20th Flashcards

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Which is India’s only mixed world heritage site?

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Khangchendzonga national park, Sikkim

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What are the world heritage sites situated in Maharashtra?

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Elora caves
Elephanta caves
Ajanta caves
Chatrapati shivaji terminus
Gothic victorian and art deci ensembles of Mumbai

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What are the world heritage sites present in Delhi?

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Humayun’s tomb
Qutb Minar and its monument complex
Red fort complex

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How many floors does Qutb minar have?When was it built?Whom is it named after?

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5 floors
1193
Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki

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What are the world heritage sites located in Gujarat?

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Dholavira
Historic city of Ahmedabad
Champaner - Pavagadh Archelogical park
Rani - ki Vav at patan

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How many world heritage sited does India have ?

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40
32- cultural
7-Natural
1-mixed

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Which country has the most number of world heritage sites ? which country comes second?India has ____ rank in number of world heritage sites?

A

Italy(58), China(56)
6th

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8
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What is a country with 40+ world heritage sites called?

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Super 40 club

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Which were the first sites of India to be inducted to the world heritage sites?

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Elora caves,Ajanta caves , Taj mahal and agra fort in 1983

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When is world heritage day? what was its theme for 2022?When was it inducted?

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18th April is regarded as world heritage day or International day for monuments and sites

Theme for 2022-Heritage and Climate
1983

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When was the world heritage convention signed ?When was the world heritage list formed?

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16 th nov 1972
1978

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12
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India decided to stay away from which pillar of the IPEF?When was IPEF launched?How many countries are part of IPEF?

A

Fair & Resilient trade piller
2021
13+1

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What are the 4 pillars of IPEF?

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Supply chain resilience
Taxation and anti-corruption
Clean energy, decarbonisation and Infrastructure
Fair& resilient trade

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14
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The directorate of revenue Intelligence (DRI) launched ______________ to stop ____________ smuggling?

A

operation gear box
Heroin

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What are the UN convention on drugs?

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UN convention on narcotic drugs(1971)
Un convention on Psychotropic substances(1981)
UN convention against illict traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances(1988)
UN convention against transnational organised crime(UNTOC) 2000 (Palermo convention)

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16
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Under which ministry does the SFIO (Serious fraud investigation agency ) fall under?What type of crimes does SFIO investigate?Under which legislation has the SFIO gained statutory status?

A

Ministry of corporate affairs

White collar crimes

article 211 of the companies act , 2013

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17
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Where is the HQ of SFIO?

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New delhi

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18
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What is project 17A of the indian Navy?

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Project 17 Alpha frigates was launched to build stealth guided-missile frigates

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recently which ship of project 17A was launched ?

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INS Taragiri( 3rd frigate)

20
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Which was the first ship launched under project 17A?Which was 2nd?

A

INS nilgiri 2019
INS Udaygiri ,May 2022

21
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Which PSU is constructing the ships under Project 17A?

A

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) of Bombay
Garden research shipbuilders & engineers(GRSE) of Kolkata

22
Q

Which Biosphere reserve is located in :-
West bengal
Sikkim?

A

Sunderbans
Kancgchendzonga

23
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India has how many biosphere reserves ? how many of the fall under UNESCO’s MAB(Man and biosphere programme)?

A

18
12

24
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When was the Biosphere reserve under MAB launched by Unesco?

A

1973-74

25
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_______ is the worlds first biosphere reserve shared between 5 countries?

A

Mura-Drava-Danube(MDD) - Austria, Serbia,Croatia,Hungary and slovenia

26
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Who will host the 18th G20 Heads of state and government summit?Where will the 17th summit happen?

A

India - Dec 2022- nov 2023
nov 2022- Indonesia ,bali

27
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Who are the guest countries India is inviting ?

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Egypt, Bangladesh, Mauritius ,Nigeria, Oman, UAE netherlands , Singapore and spain(permanent guest)

28
Q

What will the trioka be when India assumes presidency?

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Indonesia, India and brazil , First time constitues only developing countries

29
Q

PM modi launched _______ initiative during the COP 26 held in Glasgow?

A

LiFE( Lifestyle for Environment )

30
Q

Who is the sherpa of India for G20?who is the chief co-ordinator of G20 summit india?

A

Amithabh Kant
Harsh Vardhan Shringla

31
Q

When was the g 20 formed?When was the first heads of state and government summit held?

A

1999
2008- Washington

32
Q

How many drugs have been included in the NLEM(national list of essential medicines)?Who fixes the price ceiling for the medicines under NLEM?

A

384 drugs
national phamaceutical pricing authority(NPPA)

33
Q

When was the first NLEM formed?Which years were the list updated?When is world health day?what is its theme?

A

1996
2003, 2011, 2015 and 2022
Friday, 7 April
Our planet, our health

34
Q

When was the first WHO EML released?Which was the first country to release a EML?

A

1977
Tanzania in 1970

35
Q

Who is the chief scientist of WHO?

A

Dr Soumya Swaminathan- 1st chief

36
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2022 will mark the __________ edition of India- US military Ex- Yudh Abhyas . When did the ex start?

A

18th edition
2004 - longest drills b/w india and US

37
Q

_________ which line seperates India and tibet region of china (eastern sector of the border)?

A

McMahon Line - 1914(B/w British India and Tibet)

38
Q

__________ corridor connects Indian to NE india ?

A

Siliguri corridor aka chicken neck of india

39
Q

When and why was operation Juniper conducted?

A

in June-Aug 2017, it was conducted to prevent the a road construction of the PLA which sought to circumvent the Dokala post(indian army)in Bhutan and gain acces to the Jampheri Ridge which would have given the PLA a direct view of the siliguri corridor
# Bipin Rawat was part of this operation

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What is the region which consists of parts of Bhutan, China and India?

A

Chumbi Valley

41
Q

What is Salami Slicing ?

A

When countries execute a series of small operations in a secretive way to gain land or border
# China has PHD in this subject

42
Q

What principle does the UN’s One water approach follow?

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All water has value, regardless of its source(i.e rain water, drinking water ,waste water etc)

43
Q

When is Hindi diwas celebrated?why is it celebrated?

A

14 september
It celebrated to commomerate the declaration of Hindi as official language of the constituent assembly in 1949
Since 26th jan, 1950 Hindi is regarder as the official language of India

44
Q

under which schedule of the constitution has national languages been mentioned ?

A

8th schedule
Article 351 pertains to the Directive for development of the Hindi language

45
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Hindi is the _______ most spoken language in the world? Hindi is written which script ?Hindi name originates from which language?

A

4th
Devanagari script
Persian word Hind - which means language of the land of the Indus river