September 2021 Flashcards
Name the district that held the last resistance against the Taliban.
Panjshir
What is the capital of Panjshir?
Bazarak
Name the ‘Caretaker President of Afghanistan’. What was his position before the Fall of Kabul?
Amrullah Saleh
First Vice-President of Afghanistan
Name the military alliance that resisted the Taliban in Panjshir.
National Resistance Front of Afghanistan
Who is the leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan?
Ahmad Massoud
Who is known as the ‘Lion of Panjshir’?
Ahmad Shah Massoud
What does the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan succeed?
Northern Alliance
When was Ahmad Shah Massoud assassinated?
September 9th, 2001
Name the portal for registration of unorganised workers.
E-Shram
Labour Minister of India
Bhupender Yadav
Name the Act for unorganised workers.
Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008
Unorganised workers are _% of the workforce
90%
What is Assam’s largest district?
Karbi-Anglong
Capital of Assam
Dispur
Where did Nipah Virus originate?
Sungai Nipah, Malaysia
Nipah Virus name is
Nipah Henipavirus
Nipah Virus has surfaced many times in
Kerala
True or False: 2021 will be India’s first digital census.
True
2021 is ___th Census of India
16th
Census is conducted every __ years in India
10
When was the first census conducted in India? Under which viceroy?
1872 under Lord Mayo
When was the first complete/synchronous census conducted in India?
1881
What Act are Censuses conducted under?
Census Act of 1948
Post 1949, Census has been conducted by the ___ under the ____ Ministry.
Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, under Ministry of Home Affairs
Census Commissioner of India
Vivek Joshi
What is different about the Census of 2021?
- First time conducted digitally
- No caste data (except SCs and STs)
- Data on Transgender headed households
CM of Bihar
Nitish Kumar
Home Minister of India
Amit Shah
The Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) was conducted in ___.
2011
Every Census in independent India from 1951 to 2011 has published data on ___, but not on other castes.
SCs and STs
Last census to have data on caste?
1931
The 2011 SECC was conducted by the ___ Ministry in rural areas and the ___ Ministry in urban areas.
Ministry of Rural Development
Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
The Difference between Census and SECC:
- Census data is confidential, whereas SECC data is not.
- The Census provides a portrait of the Indian population, while the SECC is a tool to identify beneficiaries of state support.
Only state to record negative population growth in 2011?
Nagaland
State with least sex ratio in India.
Haryana
Currently, __th Finance Commission
15th
Minister of Finance
Nirmala Sitharaman
Minister of Jal Shakti
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Fin. Comm. Term
5 years
The 15th FC chairman
NK Singh
Fin. Comm. constituted by
President
Fin. Comm. Article Number
Article 280
First Chairman of FC
KC Neogy
PRI was constitutionalized through the ___th Constitutional Amdt, ___.
Municipalities were established through ___th Amdt, ___.
73rd Amendment, 1992
74th Amendment, 1992
Panchayats are mentioned in Part __ of Constitution.
Municipalities in Part __.
Panchayats: Part IX
Municipalities: Part IXA
Basic unit of Panchayat
Gram Sabha
Basic unit of Municipality
Ward Committee
New Interim PM of Afghanistan?
Hassan Akhund
‘Head’ of Afghan government?
Hibattulah Akhundzada
1st Deputy PM of Afghanistan
Abdul Ghani Baradar
New Interior Minister of Afghanistan
Sirajuddin Haqqani
Name the terrorist with a USA bounty on his head who is a new minister of the interim Taliban government. What does he lead?
Sirajuddin Haqqani, Haqqani Network
Name the USA’s military prison in Cuba.
Guantanamo Bay Prison
Where is Guantanamo Bay Prison located?
Cuba
Name the USA’s biggest airfield in Afghanistan.
Bagram Airfield
USA’s biggest military detention facility in Afghanistan.
Parwan Detention Facility
Name the campaign in India which has been launched for ‘justice delivery at doorstep’.
Ek Pahal
Who is the Minister of Law and Justice in India? Who was the first?
Kiren Rijiju
B.R. Ambedkar
Ek Pahal was launched by?
Ministry of Law and Justice and NALSA (National Legal Services Authority)
Who is the chairman of NALSA?
Chief Justice of India (N.V. Ramana)
Who is the executive chairman of the NALSA?
2nd senior-most judge of the Supreme Court (U.U. Lalith)
When is Law Day?
26th November
When is Advocates Day? Why is it celebrated then?
3rd December
Birthday of Rajendra Prasad
Who was the only President of India to serve two terms?
Rajendra Prasad
US, UK and Australia have announced the formation of ___- a new trilateral security partnership for Indo-Pacific region.
AUKUS
PM of Australia
Scott Morrison
Name India’s nuclear powered submarine.
INS Arihant
Name the Five Eyes.
USA, UK, Canada, Australia, NZ
Recently, the ___th BRICS Summit was held.
13th
President of South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa
President of Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro
The term ‘BRICS’ was coined by ___ in a Goldman Sachs report. However, it is believed it was actually coined by ___, a research assistant.
Jim O’Neil
Roopa Purushotaman
Where and when was the first BRICS Summit held?
Yekaterinburg, Russia in 2009.
Which is the last member to join BRICS? When did it join?
South Africa in 2010
Theme of 13th BRICS Summit
BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS cooperation for continuity, consolidation and consensus
13th BRICS Summit chaired by
India
When did India host a BRICS Summit for the first time?
2012
Name the bank founded by BRICS.
New Development Bank
When was NDB founded?
2014
Where is NDB’s HQ?
Shanghai, China
President of NDB
Marcos Troyjo of Brazil
First President of NDB
K.V. Kamath of India
Name the non-BRICS members who have been accepted as members into NDB.
Bangladesh, Uruguay and UAE
Name the three capitals of South Africa
Executive: Pretoria
Legislature: Cape Town
Judiciary: Bloemfontein
Name the agency implementing the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
National Health Authority
Name the Health Minister of India
Mansukh Mandaviya
Name India’s flagship financial inclusion plan.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
Name the app created under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana for identifying which are not served by banking touchpoints within 5 km.
Jan Dhan Darshak
Name the new series of license plates issued by the Govt.
Bharat Series
Name the first state to issue Bharat Series license plates.
Odisha
Name the special Campaign for Digital Onboarding and Training for street vendors launched by the govt. Which other scheme is this under?
Main Bhi Digital 3.0, under PM SVANidhi scheme
Name the first state to enact the Model Tenancy Act
Assam
Name India’s intercontinental ballistic missile
Agni
Agni missile is developed by
Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)
DRDO Chairman
Dr. Satheesh Reddy
Hathei chilli and Tamenglong orange of ___ get GI tag
Manipur
Name India’s first GI Tag.
Darjeeling Tea
Name the initiative launched by the US in G7 for infrastructure investment.
Build Back Better World
Name China’s infrastructure investment initiative
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
Build Back Better World (B3W) is an initiative undertaken by ___, led by the ___.
G7 Countries, USA
Name the country that was removed from the G7. Why?
Russia, for the annexation of Crimea.
Australia PM
Scott Morrison
Japan PM
Fumio Kishida
Emperor of Japan
Naruhito
Quad leaders launched the ___, to help enhance equitable access to safe and effective vaccines in the Indo-Pacific and the world.
Quad Vaccine Partnership
Quad Vaccine Partnership with ___. HQ and CEO of this company.
Biological E Ltd.
HQ: Hyderabad
CEO: DVK Raju
Quad has launched ___ to sponsor 100 students from the Quad countries to study STEM degrees in USA universities.
Quad Fellowship
Name the Quad military exercise
Exercise Malabar
Name the Japanese PM who initiated Quad.
Shinzo Abe
When was Quad first initiated?
2007
COVAX is led by?
- Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
- CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations)
- WHO
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is headquartered in?
Geneva, Switzerland
IPCC HQ
Geneva, Switzerland
Chairman of IPCC
Hoesung Lee
IPCC has had an Indian chair. Name him.
Rajendra Pachauri
IPCC was established in?
1988
Where was the 21st SCO Summit held?
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Which country has been accepted as the 9th member of SCO?
Iran
President of Iran (which has recently been accepted into SCO)
Ebrahim Raisi
Supreme Leader of Iran (which has recently been accepted into SCO)
Ali Khamenei
How many members does the SCO have?
9
When was SCO created?
2001
Predecessor of SCO
Shanghai Five
SCO HQ
Beijing
Secy General of SCO
Vladimir Norov
When did India become a member of SCO?
2017
Name SCO’s military exercise. Where is it taking place in 2021?
Exercise Peaceful in Orenburg, Russia
India launches its equivalent of TrueCaller, ___.
BharatCaller
First South Asian city to work on climate action plan.
Mumbai
Name the new Gujarat CM. Who was the earlier CM?
Bhupendra Patel, Vijay Rupani
___ project launched to send medicines to primary health care centres using drones.
“Medicines from the Sky”
Name the Civil Aviation Minister.
Jyotiraditya Scindia
New Punjab CM
Charanjit Singh Channi
Name the govt’s policy against left-wing extremism
SAMADHAN
Labour and Employment Minister launched ___ - a digital skills programme to enhance the employability of youth
DigiSaksham
Name India’s first toll-free helpline for senior citizens
Elder Line
International Day of Older Persons
1st October
The Ministry of Education has formed the National Steering Committee for the development of National Curriculum Frameworks. The committee will be chaired by ____, a former ISRO Chairman.
Dr. K Kasturirangan
NIRF Rankings 2021 was topped by
IIT Madras
___ has topped the State Food Safety Index 2020-21
Gujarat
World’s highest electric car charging station has been built in ___ state,
Himachal Pradesh
World‘s largest Khadi national flag was installed in ____
Ladakh
Name India’s first missile tracking ship.
Dhruv
Name the new Chief of Air Staff.
Vivek Ram Chaudhari
Name the India-Sri Lanka military exercise
Mitra Shakti
‘Mitra Shakti’ military exercise held between
India and Sri Lanka
EC has frozen the election symbol of ___ party.
Lok Janshakti Party
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has ___ countries.
13
OPEC HQ in
Vienna, Austria
OPEC was founded in year ___ in HQ ___.
1960, Baghdad
The World Bank has recently stopped the ___ index.
Ease of Doing Business
The Ease of Doing Business Index was conducted by the ___.
World Bank and World Economic Forum
When was the Ease of Doing Business Index started?
2003
India was ___ in the latest 2019 Ease of Doing Busines Index. (DELETE THIS)
63rd
The scores for India in the Ease of Doing Business Index used to be based on only two cities, ___ and ___.
Mumbai and Delhi
How many organisations in the World Bank Group?
Five
President of World Bank
David Malpass
HQ of World Bank
Washington, D.C.
The current Managing Director of World Bank is an Indian. Name them.
Anshula Kant
World Bank was founded in
1946
The ‘World Bank’ refers to two organisations, ___ and ___.
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and the International Development Association (IDA)
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
G.C. Murmu
___ has been named as the external auditor of IAEA.
India’s CAG, G.C. Murmu
Comptroller and Auditor General of India defined under which section of the Constitution?
Article 148
HQ of IAEA
Vienna, Austria
Bitcoin has become legal tender for the first time in which country?
El Salvador
Name the country that has elected a female majority parliament.
Iceland
Name of the Parliament of Iceland
Althingi
PM of Iceland
Katrin Jakobsdottir
Capital of Iceland
Reykjavik
New PM of Japan
Fumio Kishida
Name the Bad Bank of India.
National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (NARCL)
CEO of NARCL
P.M. Nair
NARCL will buy stressed assets worth ___ from commercial banks.
Rs. 2 lakh crore
NARCL will pay for NPAs in two parts. These are:
15% Cash
85% Security Receipts
NARCL’s Security Receipts are backed by ___
Rs. 30,600 grant by the Central Govt.
Shareholding of NARCL
51% by Public Sector Banks
49% by Private Sector Banks and other Financial Institutions
NARCL licensed under the ___ Act
SARFAESI Act
What is IDRCL?
India Debt Resolution Company Ltd
Chairperson of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India.
M.S. Sahoo
First Bad Bank of the world created by
Mellon Bank
In Aug 2020, the ___ Committee was formed for recommendations on the restructuring of loans following the COVID-19 Pandemic.
K.V. Kamath Committee
Oldest central bank of the world
Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden)
Recently, the GST council held its ___th meeting
45th
GST came into force in ___.
1st July, 2017
___ Amendment introduced GST.
101st Amendment
What is not covered under GST?
Petroleum products, alcoholic drinks, electricity
GST is governed by the ___.
GST Council
GST established in Article ___.
Article 269A
GST Council in established Article ___.
Article 279A
Taxation Power of the Government in which article?
Article 265
Composition of the GST Council:
Chaired by the Finance Minister
Other members include the Minister of State for Finance and the FMs or any other minister appointed by each of the state governments.
Voting Weightage of GST Council.
1/3 votes to central government
2/3 votes to state governments
It was decided in the 45th GST Council meet that:
- ___ will not come under GST.
- Concessional GST rates for ____ extended
- ___ firms will be liable to pay GST.
- Petroleum and Diesel
- Drugs related to COVID-19
- Food delivery firms
Innovation Index published by
Cornell University, INSEAD and World Intellectual Property Organisation
2021 Theme of Innovation Index
Tracking Innovation through COVID Crisis
India ranked ___ in the 2021 Innovation Index
46th
___ ranked first in the 2021 Innovation Index
Switzerland
WIPO created in
1970 (signed in 1967)
WIPO HQ
Geneva, Switzerland
Director General of WIPO
Daren Tang
World Intellectual Property Day
26th April
World Books and Copyright Day:
23rd April
Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Dharmendra Pradhan (Also Education Minister)
___ becomes world’s first market to force Apple, Google to allow third-party app store payments.
South Korea
Largest Licenced NFT Platform has recently been launched. Name it.
Colexion
