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When was the 42 nd amendment of constitution done
1976
What three words did the amendment add
Social secular integrity
When was the unlawful conversion of religion act formed
2021
ACC to 2011 census how much percentage do Hindus account for
81
How often does the census come out
Every 10 years (not in 2021 cuz of covis)
When was the sino indian agreement
29th apr 1954
Where will the next SCO meet be held
China
What line divides India and China when was it formed
Macmohan, 1914
State the articles in which following are mentioned :
National emergency
State emergency
352
356
Was the loac signed by any country
No
What is the triple frontier area with respect to drug control
Argentina
Brazil
Paraguay
In India where is weed legal
Odisha
Up mp UK Jammu (only for meds)
What is the India Mongolia military exercise called
Nomadic elephant
What was India’s first supercomputer called
Param 1991
WHO hq ?
Geneva Switzerland
New pm of UK ? Which party ?
Keir starmer. , Labour party
Top importer of weapons
India from Russia
Top exporter of weapons
USA
What is the NCW
Statutory body
Formed through act of “ notional commission of women act “ 1990
Body formed in 1992
Who is the chair of NCW
Rekha Sharma(OUTDATED)
Who is mahua Moitra
Chief of Trinamool Cong
Which govt org decides the msp rate
CACP
(Statutory body formed in 1965 headquartered in Delhi)
When is the open market sale scheme utilised
When wheat or rice is in surplus
Auction platform for States to buy from centre ?
NCDEX
First state to publish PBR
Kerala
First panchayat : tharkarla
How many biodiversity hotspots are there in total
36
(4 in India )
Article 112 mentions what ?
Annual financial statement (budget)
Which dept presents budget
Dept of economic affairs
First union budget presented by ?
RK Chetty
First full time female Finance min
Nirmala sitharaman
first female FM
Indira gandhi
theme of this year’s budget
EMPLOYMENT
Which startup tax will be removed acc to this year’s budget
Angel tax
What is NCLT
related to law
national company law tribunal (deals with company’s bankruptcy)
Funds given to which river project this year?
AP (Godavari ) , polavaram project
Which two countries are banned from olympics
Russia and Belarus
Which player was awarded by IOC
Abhinav bindra `
New Open source AI model name ?
Meta llama 3.1
Khann quest 2024 organised in which country
Mongolia
Anti paper leak bill introduced in which state
Bihar
new sport in olympics
Breakdancing
Which state’s burial mounds have been declared as UNESCO site
Assam
How many unesco sites does india have
43
Political and religious head of iran
Ali khamenei
Which country’s president died in may ?
Iran
Ebhrahim raisi
India + Iran sea port ?
Chabahar
Why does india not import oil from iran
Sanctions imposed by USA
Which is the latest country to recognise Palestine as a state
Armenia
(B4 Ireland Norway and Spain)
For whom was the two-state solution introduced by the UN
Palestine - Israel
Has palestine been recognised as a member of UNGA?
NO
UNSC how many members ?
15(p5 memebers (permanent : US , UK , France , russia and china (veto countries)))
What is SCO?
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Latest member of SCO
Belarus
Latest member of BRICS?
Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran ,Saudi , United Arab Emirates (EEISU)
India - russia missile ?
Brahmos
Two apps released by ECI ?
CVIGIL & SUVIDHA
How many National and state parties are recognised by ECI?
NP : 6
State: 61
Which 6 parties are recognised by ECI ?
BSP , CPI(M),BJP , CONGRESS , AAP ,NPP
Most polluted country in the world ?
Bangladesh
Two breadbaskets of india?
punjab haryana
Green revolution father ?
ms swaminathan
maximum strength of supreme court ?
34 judges
who appoint all judges of SC ?
CJI
who appoints CJI ?
President
max age for sc judge ?
65 years
when is ad hoc judge appointed ?
when there is lack of quorum
strength of hc ?
decided by president
what is a collegium ?
cji+ 2 senior most sc judges
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
belvedere house
Who among the following was a candidate in the elections for the Vice President
of India in 2022?
margaret alva
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
narayanan
Garry Kasparov, (then) world chess champion, was defeated in 1997 by a supercomputer
in a chess tournament. What was the name of this supercomputer?
deep blue
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
roger penrose
Meta’s newly released, fully trained large language AI model is called:
OPTIONS
(A) FTP (B) OPT (C) HTTP (D) SMTP
OPT
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
SUPACE
Where is the Court of Arbitration for Sport based?
lausanne
india’s entry for oscars 2025?
laapata ladies
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
Liberia
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?
elizabeth holmes
new president of sri lanka ?
anura kumara disanayake (akd) h
from which party is sri lanka’s new president ?
left wing
india won which edition of chess olympiad this year ?
45th
where did the chess Olympiad take place ?
budapest , hungary
who won medals for india in chess olympiad ?
d gukesh and divya deshmukh
which country has issued its military officials to not use telegram ?
ukraine
where was the 6th quad meet held ?
delaware
what is GAVI ?
global alliance for vaccination and immunisation
which country is the world’s first leprosy free nation?
jordan
president of EU ?
a) Ursula von der Leyen
b)Giorgia Meloni
c)Angela Merkel
d)Frank-Walter Steinmeier
ursula
what is a unicorn company ?
private startup company valued over 1 billion USD
cm of delhi ?
atishi
number one country acc to US news and world report ?
switzerland
which african country’s parliament was dissolved in september 2024 ?
senagal
emmy award for best actress ?
anna sawai
new name of port blair ?
sri vijaya puram
largest naval drill and which country ?
ocean 2024 by russia
us open women’s title ?
aryna sabelnak a
france PM ?
michael barnier
Head office of asian development bank ?
manila
how many countries in ASEAN ?
10
what was brexit ?
uk’s exit from eu
indian contract act is applicable everywhere except?
j&K
china open 2024 title (men’s ) ?
carlos alcaraz
us hurricane name?
helene
second largest steel producer in the world ?
india
first-china
japan prime minister ?
shigeru ishiba
hezbollah head who was killed ?
hassan nasrallah
where is the secretariat of conference on biological diversity >
montreal
how many launching sites for isro ?
3
name launching sites for isro?
thumba(vikram sarabhai space centre) , sriharkota(satish dhawan space centre) , odisha(apj abdul kalam island)
founder of isro ?
vikram sarabhai
order of civilian awards ?
bharat ratna , padma vibhushan ,padma bhushan , padma shri
maximum number of noble prize by individual ?
dr linus carl pauling
davis cup which sport ?
lawn tennis
rugby how many players ?
15
USA national sport?
baseball
who invented hockey ?
egyptians
Founder of IOC ?
baron pierre de coubertin
where did olympics originate ?
olympia,greece
First winter olympics where?
chamonix , france
first asian games ?
1951 , new delhi
australian open court?
hard court
french open court?
red clay court
wimbledon court?
grass
us open court?
hard court
un founded date
24 oct 1945
how many members in un?
193
how many official languages in un?
6
name officla lang in un ?
arabic , chinese, spanish, english , french ,russian
how many organs in un?
6
name organs in un?
UNGA, ICJ, ECOSOC, UN SECRATARIAT , TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL , UNSC
unesco hq?
Place de fontenoy , paris , franc e
UNICEF HQ?
NYC
intnl labour org hq?
geneva
intnl fund for agri devlopment hq?
rome , italy
WIPO hq?
geneva
FAO HQ?
palazzo , rome , italy
un world tourism org hq ?
madrid
WMO HQ?
geneva
UNDP HQ?
NYC
UNEP HQ?
nairobi, kenya
how many members in EU?
27
SAARC FOUNDING COUNTRIES ?
7
NATO HQ?
Brussels , belgium
SAARC HQ?
kathmandu
Interpol hq?
lyon, france
ASEAN HQ?
Jakarta , ind
how many asean members?
10
red cross founder ?
jean henri dunant
red cross hq?
geneva
what is japan’s parliament called?
diet
brics hq?
shanghai
who wrote story of my experiments wiht truth ?
gamdhi