November 2020 CA Flashcards
Manmade Ramsar site
Bhoj Wetland, Bhopal
National Medical Commission (NMC) is an elected body where
goat’s appointed 33 members
10 ex- officio members and 22 part time members appointed by the gov
What is 16 Psyche?
It is an asteroid which orbits between Mars and Jupiter.
Section 8 of the RP Act, 1951 was in news recently, it deals with which of the following?
Disqualification of MPs and MLAs
Entry 33
of the Concurrent List provides Centre and the states powers to control production, supply and distribution of products of any industry, including agriculture.
acceptable maximum limit of ammonia in drinking water, as per the Bureau of Indian Standards, is
0.5 ppm.
Bureau of Indian Standards
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India.
largest area under groundwater irrigation in the world.
India has the largest area under groundwater irrigation in the world.
Indian gov stake in India
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Living Planet Report—
published every two years by WWF
Debt-for-nature swaps
World Bank
Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushdhi Pariyojana’ campaign launched by
Department of Pharmaceuticals of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI) is the implementing agency of PMBJP, whom is it set by ?
established under the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Govt. of India, with the support of all the CPSUs.
Leishmania donovani’ is a human blood parasite responsible for which of the following disease
Kala Azar
Luhri Stage-I Hydro Electric Project. It is located on:
Satluj
Data Maturity Assessment Framework’ (DMAF)
Smart cities
Shashi Shekhar Vempati committee
TRP
TRP is recorded by the ____________ that are installed on televisions in selected households.
Broadcast Audience Research Council using Bar-O-Meters
Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)
autonomous society under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
STPI’s Governing Council’s Chairperson is the
Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology.
Neutron stars are formed when the
core of a massive star undergoes gravitational collapse when it reaches the end of its life.
National Monsoon Mission:
Ministry of Earth Science
Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) has been listed as ____________ in IUCN Red List
“endangered”
Chinese pangolin has been listed as _____________” by UN affiliated International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List.
“critically endangered
Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification was first issued by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) under the:
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
Cartosat series
data for land topography and mapping
INSAT-series
telecommunications and broadcasting
RISAT series
space-based surveillance capabilities
73rd Constitutional Amendment Act
All the members of Panchayats at the village, intermediate and district levels shall be elected directly by the people.
MJO is a
low-pressure system that facilitates cyclone formation over Indian Ocean.
The Horn of Africa comprises four countries —
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia.
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ):
The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly, consists of 16 members appointed by the Assembly in their individual capacity.
Members serve in a personal capacity and not as representatives of Member States.
The Committee holds three sessions a year with total meeting time between nine and ten months per year.
The Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Committee are elected by the Members of the Advisory Committee.
Article 16 of the Indian Constitution is related to which of the following:
Equality of opportunity in public employment
Food Coalition
Proposed by Italy and led by Food and Agriculture Organization, the alliance aims to increase resilience of agricultural food systems and ensure global food access.
Atal Beemit (Bimit) Vyakti Kalyan Yojana:
Employee’s State Insurance (ESI) in 2018.
State of the World’s Forests.
For every two years, FAO publishes the State of the World’s Forests.
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) was started by the FAO to safeguard and support the world’s agricultural heritage systems.
Headquarters of FAO
Rome, Italy
Global Report on Food Crises.
FAO
FAO and the World Health Organization created the _____________________ in 1961 to develop food standards, guidelines and texts.
Codex Alimentarius Commission
Legal tender
The money which a creditor is under compulsion to accept in settlement of his claims.
Checques are not legal tenders since they can be refused as a mode of payment settlement by a party.
The Finance Commission is constituted by the__________under article 280 of the Constitution
President
The First Finance Commission was constituted vide Presidential Order dated 22.11.1951 under the chairmanship of __________on 6th April, 1952.
Shri K.C. Neogy
Competition Commission of India (CCI):
It is a statutory body of the Government of India.
OPEC plus countries include
Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman, Russia, South Sudan and Sudan.
Polavaram project?
The dam is being built across the Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh.
Its reservoir spreads in parts of Chhattisgarh and Orissa States.
The project was accorded national status in 2014 in the Andhra Pradesh Bifurcation Act.
With the establishment of the NGT, India became the third country in the world to set up a specialised environmental tribunal, ______________, and the first developing country to do so.
only after Australia and New Zealand
National Green Tribunal is a statutory body established by a
Government Notification using the powers of Section 3 of the NGT Act 2010.
Two important acts – ______________________ have been kept out of NGT’s jurisdiction.
Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006
India Mobile Congress (IMC)
jointly organized by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI).
The colour of the saffron is unique due to the high quantity of _______
crocin.
The NPR was first collected in
2010 and then updated in 2015.
The first Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) was promulgated in the year
2002
National Supercomputing Mission
Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) at an estimated cost of Rs.4500 crore over a period of seven years.
Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge:
Union Housing and Urban Affairs (HUA) Ministry.
Inner Line Permit
The concept of ILP originates from the
State concerned
Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation Act (BEFR), 1873
The _________ River is a major river in Western India and South India. The river is also referred to as __________ River, especially at Pandharpur, as it resembles the shape of the Moon.
Bhima,
Chandrabhaga
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is an international organization of national parliaments, numbers
179
Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) has ________ Satellites in geostationary and ______ satellites the geosynchronous orbits.
three,
four
Chapare spreads only through direct contact with ______
bodily fluids.
Rajiv-Longowal accord
Chandigarh
monoclonal antibodies
They are laboratory-produced proteins.
They are used to treat some types of cancer.
Durand Line
Pakistan and Afghanistan
India’s Deep Ocean Mission (DOM),
ISRO + Small potato like rounded accretions composed of minerals
Jason Continuity of Service (Jason-CS) mission?
to measure the height of the ocean
Frontier Highway Project:
It is also called as the Arunachal Frontier Highway and Mago-Thingbu–Vijaynagar Border Highway.
The 2,000-kilometre-long road follows the McMahon Line.
Frontier Highway will cross
Diband Wildlife Sanctuary
Swiss Challenge Method
new form of public procurement
change 5
lunar exploration
skating was
Bhutan
national crisis management committee headed by
cabinet secretary
hague convention
ill prepared adoptions
alma ata declaration
healthcare
osaka track
electronic commerce at two
Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000
block public access to any information online
Which Article of the Constitution of India safeguards one’s right to access Internet
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Zoram Mega food park launched in
Mizoram,
