May: not too imp Flashcards

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International Sun Day celebrated on?

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3rd May

“MoNRE organised Run for Sun”

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A government initiative to harness solar energy through roof top installations? What is its target?

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PM Suryodaya Yojana
Target: 1 crore poor-middle income households

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The National Rooftop Scheme provides financial assistance of?

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40% of capital cost of solar rooftop project

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Acc to Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, as of December 2023, India’s installed solar power capacity has reached ___ and solar rooftop installed capacity is around?

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around 73.31 GW
around 11.08 GW

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Target of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) -2010, is an initiative to promote solar power in India. Its target is?

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100 GW of PV by 2022

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What is the deadline of the scheme “Development of Solar Parks & Ultra Mega Power Projects” is?

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31st March 2026

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Which organisation celebrated their 38th foundation day this year (2024)

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IREDA & APEDA

IREDA under Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
APEDA under Ministry of Commerce & Industry

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Who was appointed president of GST Appellate Tribunal recently?

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Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra

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Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra, appointed as president of GST-AT, has served as Chief Justice of?

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Jharkhand High Court

Appointed for 4 years
1st ever appointment to the post
Part of income side reforms

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According to Invest India report, our e-commerce market is expected to reach what amount by 2030?

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USD 325 billion by 2030

Backed by 500 million shoppers

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As of 2022 our e-commerce market is valued at?

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USD 70 billion
7% of total retail market

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World Press Freedom day is on?

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3rd May

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MEDITECH STACKATHON launched by?

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Department of Pharmaceutical and CII - Confederation of Indian Industry

2024

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Which initiative aims to tackle critical challenges in medical technology sector by promoting domestic manufacturing and reduce import dependence?

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MEDITECH STACKATHON 2024

By Department of pharmaceutical & Confederation of Indian Industry (CI

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India’s rank in the med tech market in Asia and globally?

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4th in Asia, among top 20 globally

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Expected growth in med tech?

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USD 50 billion by 2030

from current USD 14 billion

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17
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When is world thalassemia day?

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8th May

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Theme of World Thalassemia Day observed on 8th May is?

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Empowering lives, Embracing progress: Equitable & Accessible Thalassemia Treatment for All

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National Technology Day 2024 is celebrated on?

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11th May

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National Technology Day 2024 is celebrated by?

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DRDO

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Theme of National Technology Day 2024?

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From School to Startups - Igniting Young Minds to Innovate

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What is the name of APJ Abdul Kalam’s book?

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Ignited Minds

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Why is National Technology Day celebrated?

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Success of nuclear tests in Pokhran, Rajasthan in 1998

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24
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Global Green Energy Finance IFSC Ltd. Is a wholly owned subsidiary of?

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IREDA
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (1987)

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RBI has recently updated it’s “guidance note” on operational risk management for the financial sector and also extended it to?

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NBFCs and HFCs

Along with Commercial banks (from before)

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India’s rank in increase of solar generation in 2023 is?

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Number 4
With +18 TWh
Topped by China with +156TWh

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UPI of NCPI is operational in

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8+1 countries
(+1 is Ghana, who will operationalise in 6 months from May 2024)

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28
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Which new NTD was added to the list of NTDs by who in 2023?

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Noma
Or Cancrum oris or Gangrenous stomatis
90% mortality rate

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Which country has the highest absolute burden of NTDs according to WHO’s report on Neglected Tropical Diseases?

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India
Which has at least 10 major NTDs

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According to WHO’s report on NTDs, which diseases did India free itself of?

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Yaws and Dracunculiasis

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What is WHO’s 2030 target for NTDs?

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  1. 90% reduction in interventions by 2030
  2. 100 countries having eliminated atleast 1 NTD
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IREDA witnessed a significant growth from Rs. 2,995 crore in FY 2020-21 to ____ in FY 2023-24

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Rs. 8,559 crore
(Almost x4)

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33
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How many airspace regions/Flight Information Regions does India have?

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4

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In order to Strengthen air-traffic management (ATM), AAI has initiated the process of consolidating its 4 airspace regions into a single entity through the project?

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ISHAN initiative
Indian Single Sky Harmonized Air Traffic Management

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Where will the 4 FIRs be unified under ISHAN initiative?

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Nagpur
For efficiency, safety & seamless air-traffic operations

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Who smashed the world record in women’s 400m T20 in the World Para Athletic Championships?

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Deepthi Jeevanji (55.07s)

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Deepthi Jeevanji Broke the record of?

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American Breanna Clark (55.12s)

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38
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Where did this year’s World Para Athletic Championship take place?

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Kobe, Japan

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39
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Which bank topped among PSUs in business growth in FY 24?

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Bank of Maharashtra
Highest growth rate: 15.9% rise in domestic business

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Out of 12 public sector banks, how many PSBs could attain double digit growth rate in FY23-24?

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4 banks
BoM, SBI, BoI, Canara Bank

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‘Telecom Design Collab Sprint’ by Department of telecommunications, was held in?

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Bangalore

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7th Ex-Shakti is a joint military exercise between?

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India and France

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India-France Military Exercise Shakti, was held in?

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Meghalaya

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44
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5th Exercise DUSTLIK is held between India and who?

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Termez, Uzbekistan

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45
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In how many nations did India’s export rise in FY24?

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115 nations out 238
46.5% of India’s export basket

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46
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By how much did India’s merchandise export and service export change?

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Merchandise: 3% dip to $437.1
Service: rose to $341.1 billion

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47
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Growth rate of india’s export as compared to last fiscal?

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0.23%

48
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India’s rank in world merchandise export is?

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17th

49
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Primary destination of export in India in FY24?

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UAE (12.71%)
Followed by Singapore

50
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Top 5 export destinations driving growth in India?

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RUUAT
Russia, Uzbekistan
Ukraine, Armenia
Tajikistan

51
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According to the report how much food can be grown with the heralding of the 4th industrial Revolution?

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An additional 70%
for 9.1 billion people
by 2050

52
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Which of the following has become the 1st bank in India to become a Trading -cum-Clearing member at IIBX?

A

SBI

53
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1st Indian medal in Asian Games - Shot Put won after 72 years by?

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Kiran Baliyan - bronze

54
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1st Indian Woman Table Tennis Player to break into top 25 world ranking?

A

Manika Batra
World no. 24

55
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Which table tennis player received Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna?

A

Monika Batra

56
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3 movies by Payal Kapadia that went to Cannes?

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A Night of Knowing Nothing
Afternoon clouds
All We Imagine As Light

57
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Which Payal Kapadia film win the Golden eye at Cannes?

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A Night of Knowing Nothing

58
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Which Payal Kapadia film won the Grand Prix at Cannes?

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All We Imagine As Light

59
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2024 Cannes La Cinef first prize was won by?

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Sunflowers Were The First Ones to Know
By Chidananda S. Naik

60
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Who won the best actress award at the 77th Cannes Film Festival?

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Anasuya Sengupta
From The Shameless

61
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first Asian to be conferred the Pierre Angénieux Tribute award at Cannes?

A

Santosh Sivan
Malayalam

62
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Who is the 1st Indian gymnast to win a Gold at the Asian Championship?

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Dipa Karmakar
Score: 13.566

63
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Where was the Asian Championship held?

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Tashkent, Uzbekistan

64
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Who won gold in women’s 200 meter event at World Para Athletic Championship 2024?

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Simran Sharma

65
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Doordarshan Kisan has launched 2 AI anchors in all states, named?

A

AI Krish & AI Bhoomi

66
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In how many languages will the 2 AI anchors of Doordarshan Kisan speak?

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50 languages
Of India & Abroad

67
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What will the AI anchors of Doordarshan Kisan speak on?

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  • Global and national agricultural research
  • Changes in weather
  • Trends in mandis
  • Government schemes
68
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A watchlist of banks identified as financially weak by the central bank in India

A

PCA Framework
Prompt Corrective Action

69
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What kind of institutions are included in PCA Framework now?

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Government owned NBFCs, PFC, IRFC and IFCI excluding those in the Base Layer, starting October 1, 2024

70
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A data storehouse of Indian FinTech firms for a better understanding of the sector from a regulatory perspective, was created by?

A

RBI - FinTech Repository

71
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An RBI portal that makes regulatory process easier & faster. It lets people & businesses apply for different types of regulatory licenses online - hopes to make approval easier and more efficient by streamlining processes within the application system

A

PRAVAAH Portal

72
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An app by RBI to provide retail investors ease of transacting in G-Secs

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Retail Direct Mobile App

73
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2023 Military Gender Advocate of the Year award was received by? it was 1st received by?

A

Major Radhika Sen (MONUSCO)
Major Suman Gawani (2019 - South Sudan Peacekeeping)

74
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Theme for international Labour Day

A

Ensure workplace safety and health amidst climate change

75
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46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) was held in?

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Kochi -Kerala

76
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Antarctic treaty came ito force in? Madrid protocol offers? Day-to-day management depends on?

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1961, environmental guidelines, IAATO

77
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The CPD 57 side-event by UN & ministry of Panchayati Raj, underlined the invaluable contributions of women in local governance towards achieving?

A

Women in local governance towards achieving SDGs

78
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The CPD57 - UN Commission on Population Development, created a global demand to learn from and institutionalise the successful model of?

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India’s Panchayati Raj System

79
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The Memory of the World Commitee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP) is a regioal committee of? Its 1st inscriptions were made in?

A

UNESCO
in 1997

80
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Which 3 Indian literary classics have been included in UNESCO’s Memory of the World - Asia Pacific Regional Register, and why?

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  1. Panchatantra - Moral Values
  2. Sahrdayaloka-locana (15th century Kashmiri scholar Acharya Anandvardhan and Abhinavagupta) - Aesthetic
  3. Ramcharitmanas
81
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Which dock celebrated its 250th Foundation Day in May?

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Mazgaon Dock Limited

82
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Where was the World Hydrogen Summit Held? When was the National Green Hydrogen Mission Launched?

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Rotterdam, Nederlands
in 2023

83
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Outlay of National Green Hydrogen Mission and its target?

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Rs. 19,744 crores
Target: Hydrogen capacity of 5 MMT by 2030

84
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MoNRE’s allocation of Green Ammonia for the Fertilizer sector is?

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icreased to 7.50 lakh tonnes

85
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Components of National Green Hydrogen mission?

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  1. SIGHT - Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition Programme
  2. SHIP - Strategic Hydrogen Innovation Partnership (PPP for R&D)
86
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A workshop was held by DPIIT on Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP) under National Logistics Program. NLP was launched in?

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2022

87
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88
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What is the Aim of the National Logistics Policy?

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  • To cut logistics cost to half by 2030, from current 16% to 8% of GDP
  • Be among top 10 in Logistics performance index by 2030 - match pace of South Korea
89
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4 Key blocks of National Logistics Policy?

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DUEC
- Digital Interface System
- Unified Logostics Interface platform
- Ease of Logistics Services: e-logs
- Comprehensive Logistics Action Plan

90
Q

India’s 2018 rank in LPI

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44th

91
Q

Association of Talent Development (USA) ATD BEST Awards are in the category of?

A

Learning and Development (L&D) for organisation

92
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Which public sector enterprise has been conferred the prestigious ATD BEST awards 2024 for its strategic approach to talent development driving business

A

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.

93
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Which Indian enterprise achieved an impressive milestone of securing 3rd rank globally at ATD BEST awards 2024

A

NTPC

94
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Headquarters of WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organisation, where a treaty was signed on IP, Genetic Resources (GR) and Associated Traditional Knowledge (ATK) - considered a win for the global south

A

Geneva

95
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Demonstration trials of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus technology was done with the collaboration of

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Indian army and IOCL

96
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Where was the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA) by WHO held?

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Geneva

97
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3 main commitees of WHA?

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  1. Plenary
  2. Committee A - chair: India
  3. Committee B
98
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Theme of World Health Assembly

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All for Health, Health for All

99
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The WHA resolution “Increasing availability, ethical access and oversight of transplantation of human cells, tissues and organs” was promoted by?

A

Spain

100
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Hypersonic air-to-surface missile also manufactured by Adani Defence and Aerospace in their Hyderabad facility?

A

RUDRA M2

101
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Dag Hammarskjold medal will be given posthumously to which Indian peacekeeper who served with the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)

A

Naik Dhananjay Kumar Singh

102
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Rank of India in Un Peackeeper contributions?

A

2nd

103
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Theme for UN International Day of Peacekeepers on 30th May?

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Fit for the future, building better together

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105
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Institution providing India with a large amount of money in 2023 for several developmental projects $23.53 million in professional help and $4.1 million in grants under soverign portfolio. In the past the bank has given more than $1 billiob to projects in the private sector

A

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

106
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Which country is launching a Gaming Visa?

A

Dubai

107
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Which countries are members of the Kavango-Zambezi Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA) summit recently held in Zambia?

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Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

108
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According to World Bank, Basic urban infrastructure needs in India will about $840 billion over the next?

A

15 years

109
Q

Atal Mission for Rejuvination and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0) designed to provide universal water supply through functional taps to all households and covering sewage in 500 cities, has a duration of?

A

FY 2021-22 to 2025-26

110
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Which article under WTO gives emerging countries like India more freedom to help their own people by giving subsidies like fertilizers, irrigation and power

A

Article 6.2 of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture

111
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Under WTO limitations for other types of farm support like price and income, which helps find out how much support a country gives to its agricultural goods, falls under? What is the limit for developed and developing nations?

A

Aggregate Measurement of Support (AMS)
Developed: 5%
Developing: 10%

112
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In 2022-23, US, EU, UK, Austrailia, Canada, Brazil, New Zealand, Japan voiced concern about India’s subsidies for farmer inputs. Approximately ___ billion in handouts were given to India to help pay for things like power, irrigation and fertilizer

A

$48 billion

113
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How many countries are listed in SENSEX?

A

30

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115
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When was the National Green Hydrogen Mission launched?

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Jan 2023