May 23 2023 Flashcards

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BRICS
1. Who coined BRIC?
2. The next BRICS summit will be hosted by __ on August 23-24.

A
  1. British Economist Jim O’Neil
  2. South Africa
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  1. __ is the largest Other Backward Class (OBC) group in Bihar after the Yadavs.
  2. CM of Bihar
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  1. Kushwaha community
  2. Nitish Kumar
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  1. Expand SPV
  2. Objective of SPV
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  1. Special Purpose Vehicle
  2. to plan, appraise, approve, release funds, implement, manage, operate, monitor and evaluate the Smart City development projects.
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__ , a scientist who became the first Saudi woman to go into space.

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Rayyanah Barnawi

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Olympic champion __ became the World No. 1 for the first time in his career in the latest men’s javelin throw rankings issued by the World Athletics with 1455 points.

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Neeraj Chopra

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CBAM
1. Expand CBAM
2. Objective

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  1. Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
  2. to avert ‘carbon leakage’
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  1. The world’s largest producer of mangoes, __.
  2. The scientific name of the mango tree,__.
  3. The national tree of this country is the mango tree.
  4. National tree of India?
A
  1. India
  2. Mangifera indica
  3. Bangladesh
  4. Banyan Tree
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Significance of May 23

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  1. International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
  2. World Turtle Day
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(1) , a leading global IT services company, has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud and unveiled a new offering called (2).

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  1. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
  2. TCS Generative AI
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In a significant development, (1) has awarded advance purchase orders worth ₹15,700 crore to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and ITI Ltd for the deployment of (2).
3. Expand ITI

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  1. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL)
  2. 1,00,000 4G sites
  3. Indian Telephone Industries
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  1. The __ has entered into a partnership with Israel to establish the ‘India-Israel Center of Water Technology’ (CoWT).
  2. Israel President
  3. Prime Minister
  4. Capital
  5. Currency
  6. Official Language
A
  1. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras
  2. Isaac Herzog
  3. Benjamin Netanyahu
  4. Jerusalem
  5. Israeli Shekel(ILS)
  6. Hebrew
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__ ranked 72nd in Financial Times Rankings 2023

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IIM-Kozhikode

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  1. __ Sends First Saudi Arabian Astronauts to the International Space Station.
  2. Sponsored by the Saudi Arabian government, a female stem cell researcher named (2) and a Royal Saudi Air Force fighter pilot named (3) joined a crew led by a retired NASA astronaut from Kennedy Space Center.
  3. The mission was organized by __, a Houston-based company, and executed by SpaceX.
A
  1. SpaceX
  2. Rayyanah Barnawi
  3. Ali al-Qarni
  4. Axiom Space
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(1) , a leading drone manufacturer, has joined hands with (2), a subsidiary of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Collaborate to Manufacture Make in India Drones.

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  1. Garuda Aerospace
  2. Naini Aerospace
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that __ will be the new kit sponsor of the Indian team.

A

Adidas

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Namami Gange mission
1. Launched in?
2. Aim
3. Ministry
4. Funding Allocation

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  1. 2014
  2. cleaning and restoring the Ganga River and its ecosystem
  3. Ministry of Jal Shakti
  4. $5 billion(30,000 Cr)
17
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__ conferred with Papua New Guinea and Fiji’s highest honour.

A

Narendra Modi

18
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The Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, addressed the 76th Session of the World Health Assembly in __.

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Geneva, Switzerland

19
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Supreme Court appointed __ Committee submits report on Adani-Hindenburg issue

A

Sapre

20
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BSNL provides fixed line and wireless telephony and data services across the country, except in __.

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Mumbai and New Delhi

21
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__ is not only an investor in Garuda Aerospace but also serves as the brand ambassador for the company.

A

Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni

22
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Which sector of the Indian economy is often considered a key driver of GDP growth?

A

Services

23
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The __ Committee, formed in 2013, recommended the formation of a Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to set the policy interest rates and make monetary policy decisions in India.

A

Urjit Patel Committee