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1
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When was the 42 nd amendment of constitution done

A

1976

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2
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What three words did the amendment add

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Social secular integrity

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3
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When was the unlawful conversion of religion act formed

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2021

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4
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ACC to 2011 census how much percentage do Hindus account for

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81

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5
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How often does the census come out

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Every 10 years (not in 2021 cuz of covis)

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6
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When was the sino indian agreement

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29th apr 1954

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7
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Where will the next SCO meet be held

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China

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8
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What line divides India and China when was it formed

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Macmohan, 1914

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9
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State the articles in which following are mentioned :
National emergency
State emergency

A

352
356

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10
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Was the loac signed by any country

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No

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11
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What is the triple frontier area with respect to drug control

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Argentina
Brazil
Paraguay

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12
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In India where is weed legal

A

Odisha
Up mp UK Jammu (only for meds)

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13
Q

What is the India Mongolia military exercise called

A

Nomadic elephant

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14
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What was India’s first supercomputer called

A

Param 1991

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15
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WHO hq ?

A

Geneva Switzerland

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16
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New pm of UK ? Which party ?

A

Keir starmer. , Labour party

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17
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Top importer of weapons

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India from Russia

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18
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Top exporter of weapons

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USA

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19
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What is the NCW

A

Statutory body
Formed through act of “ notional commission of women act “ 1990
Body formed in 1992

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20
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Who is the chair of NCW

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Rekha Sharma

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21
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Who is mahua Moitra

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Chief of Trinamool Cong

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22
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Which govt org decides the msp rate

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CACP
(Statutory body formed in 1965 headquartered in Delhi)

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23
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When is the open market sale scheme utilised

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When wheat or rice is in surplus

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24
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Auction platform for States to buy from centre ?

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NCDEX

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25
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First state to publish PBR

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Kerala
First panchayat : tharkarla

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26
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How many biodiversity hotspots are there in total

A

36
(4 in India )

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27
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Article 112 mentions what ?

A

Annual financial statement (budget)

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28
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Which dept presents budget

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Dept of economic affairs

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29
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First union budget presented by ?

A

RK Chetty

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30
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First full time female Finance min

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Nirmala sitharaman

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31
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first female FM

A

Indira gandhi

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32
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theme of this year’s budget

A

EMPLOYMENT

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33
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Which startup tax will be removed acc to this year’s budget

A

Angel tax

34
Q

What is NCLT

related to law

A

national company law tribunal (deals with company’s bankruptcy)

35
Q

Funds given to which river project this year?

A

AP (Godavari ) , polavaram project

36
Q

Which two countries are banned from olympics

A

Russia and Belarus

37
Q

Which player was awarded by IOC

A

Abhinav bindra `

38
Q

New Open source AI model name ?

A

Meta llama 3.1

39
Q

Khann quest 2024 organised in which country

A

Mongolia

40
Q

Anti paper leak bill introduced in which state

A

Bihar

41
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new sport in olympics

A

Breakdancing

42
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Which state’s burial mounds have been declared as UNESCO site

A

Assam

43
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How many unesco sites does india have

A

43

44
Q

Political and religious head of iran

A

Ayotallah khomenei

45
Q

Which country’s president died in may ?

A

Iran
Ebhrahim raisi

46
Q

India + Iran sea port ?

A

Chabahar

47
Q

Why does india not import oil from iran

A

Sanctions imposed by USA

48
Q

Which is the latest country to recognise Palestine as a state

A

Armenia
(B4 Ireland Norway and Spain)

49
Q

For whom was the two-state solution introduced by the UN

A

Palestine - Israel

50
Q

Has palestine been recognised as a member of UNGA?

A

NO

50
Q

UNSC how many members ?

A

15(p5 memebers (permanent : US , UK , France , russia and china (veto countries)))

51
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What is SCO?

A

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

52
Q

Latest member of SCO

A

Belarus

53
Q

Latest member of BRICS?

A

Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran ,Saudi , United Arab Emirates (EEISU)

54
Q

India - russia missile ?

A

Brahmos

55
Q

Two apps released by ECI ?

A

CVIGIL & SUVIDHA

56
Q

How many National and state parties are recognised by ECI?

A

NP : 6
State: 61

57
Q

Which 6 parties are recognised by ECI ?

A

BSP , CPI(M),BJP , CONGRESS , AAP ,NPP

58
Q

Most polluted country in the world ?

A

Bangladesh

59
Q

Two breadbaskets of india?

A

punjab haryana

60
Q

Green revolution father ?

A

ms swaminathan

61
Q

maximum strength of supreme court ?

A

34 judges

62
Q

who appoint all judges of SC ?

A

CJI

63
Q

who appoints CJI ?

A

President

64
Q

max age for sc judge ?

A

65 years

65
Q

when is ad hoc judge appointed ?

A

when there is lack of quorum

66
Q

strength of hc ?

A

decided by president

67
Q

what is a collegium ?

A

cji+ 2 senior most sc judges

68
Q

the Rashtrapati Bhavan was formerly known as the Viceroy’s palace (during
colonial times). Where did the Governor General reside before the transfer of the
British capital to Delhi in 1911?
OPTIONS:
A) Belvedere House (B) Raisina Palace
(C) Secretariat Building (D) Writers’ Building

A

belvedere house

69
Q

Who among the following was a candidate in the elections for the Vice President
of India in 2022?

A

margaret alva

70
Q

Who was the first Dalit to hold the office of the President of India?
OPTIONS:
(A) Ram Nath Kovind (B) V.V. Giri
(C) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (D) Kocheril Raman Narayanan

A

narayanan

71
Q

Garry Kasparov, (then) world chess champion, was defeated in 1997 by a supercomputer
in a chess tournament. What was the name of this supercomputer?

A

deep blue

72
Q

the Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds and The Laws of Physics,
published in 1989, was written by a British mathematician who won the Nobel
Prize in Physics for 2020. Who was this mathematician?
OPTIONS:
A) Donna Strickland (B) Max Tegmark
(C) Peter Higgs (D) Roger Penrose

A

roger penrose

73
Q

Meta’s newly released, fully trained large language AI model is called:
OPTIONS
(A) FTP (B) OPT (C) HTTP (D) SMTP

A

OPT

74
Q

What is the name of the AI-enabled legal research assistive tool launched by the
Supreme Court of India in April 2021?
OPTIONS
(A) SURAM (B) GPT-3 (C) SUPACE (D) E-Courts

A

SUPACE

75
Q

Where is the Court of Arbitration for Sport based?

A

lausanne

75
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A
75
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Timothy Weah, the Paris Saint Germain and U.S. national team player in the
FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar is the son of the President of which country?
OPTIONS:
(A) Senegal (B) Uruguay (C) Honduras (D) Liberia

A

Liberia

76
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A
76
Q

This person was once named “the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire”
by Forbes magazine and is the founder of the company Theranos. What is the
name of this person?

A

elizabeth holmes

77
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A

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