National deck 2 Flashcards

1
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________ is being set up by the IT ministry to steer the national semiconductor mission

A

17 member advisory committee

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2
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What is the capital investment of the national semiconductor mission?

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76000 crore

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3
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who is the chairperson and vice chairperson of the committee?

A

Minister of Information and technology Ashwini Vaishnaw

chairperson

Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar

vice-chairperson.

V K Saraswat, Principal scientific advisor to the government of India is also in the committee

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4
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Which are the major semiconductor manufacturing countries?

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Taiwan, South Korea, U.S., Japan and, more recently, China

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5
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who is has been appionted as the first ever G20 summit(India) co-ordinator

A

Former Foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla(retd on april 30)

became co-ordinator on may 1

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6
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Who is the G20 sherpa for G20 2023 India?

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Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal

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7
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Which are the g 20 Nations?

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Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union.

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8
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Where will the first underwater metro tunnel be constructed?

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Kolkata under the Hooghly river to connect Howrah and Kolkata

To be ready by 2023

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9
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The metro tunnel will be a part of ____________?

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The metro tunnel will be a part of east-west stretch(16.6KM)

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10
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How many metres will the metro of Kolkata travel underwater??

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520 metres will be under the river bed

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11
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___________ meters under the river bed will the Kolakata under metro water tunnel be built?

A

33 meters connecting Kolkata to Howrah

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12
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The Kolkata east-west metro line ,which includes the Under water tunnel is being constructed by __________?

A

Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRCL)

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13
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which was the 1st Indian city to get Metro , when did it get it , how many lines does it have?

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Kolkata, 1970’s(planned in 1920), it has two operational lines and four under construction.

33 operational stations

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14
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__________ of the 10 tallest mountains are in Nepal?

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8 , Included Mt everest

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15
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When did Nepal adopt its constitution ?

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In2015, which made it secular federal ,parliamentary ,republic divided into seven provinces

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16
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what is the national currency of Nepal, who is its PM and president ?

A

nepalese Rupee, PM-Sher Bahadur Deuba and president of Nepal Bidhya Devi Bhandari.

17
Q

Pm modi and Pm of nepal jointly flagged off ___________ service between the countries?

A

first passenger train between India and Nepal

18
Q

Which two places will the Indian-nepal passenger train service connect?

A

35 KM long cross-border railway link between Jaynagar in Bihar and Kurtha in Nepal

1st modern railway service in Nepal

Will operate DEMU

19
Q

Which digital payment system did Nepal get?

A

RuPay

20
Q

When was the first India-nepal railway service introduced , when was it decommissioned ? Why?

A

Jaynagar-Bijalpura in nepal , introduced in 1937 , suspended in 2001 after nepal floods

21
Q

What is the border length between Nepal and India, which all states does it pass through?

A

Nepal border 1,850 km with five Indian states – Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

22
Q

When was the India-Nepal treaty of peace and friendship signed ?

A

1950, forms the base for India-Nepal relationships now

23
Q

Which International organisation recently lauded PMGKAY?

A

IMF(1944)

24
Q

What is the other name of Lakshadweep?

A

Laccadives , the name lakshadweep means β€œ1 Lakh islands” in Malayalam

Lakshadweep is an archipelago of 36 islands in arabian Sea

25
Q

lakshadweep is____________ away from Malabar coast?

A

200 KM

26
Q

what is the capital of the UT of Lakshadweep?

A

Kavaratti

27
Q

who is the administrator of UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and Union Territory of Lakshadweep.

A

Praful Khoda Patel

28
Q

Which is the first census to be digital and have the provision of self-enumeration?

A

Census 21, whenever it will be held, 16 th census

29
Q

How many census’s have been held soo far?

A

15 times as of census 2011

30
Q

when was the first census held?who was the viceroy of India?

A

1872, British Viceroy Lord Mayo

31
Q
A

1872, British Viceroy Lord Mayo

1st complete census was taken in 1881

32
Q

post 1949 how was the census conducted?

A

conducted by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs

33
Q

When was the Census of India Act passed ?

A

1948, every census after 1951 has been conducted as per 1948 act