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September 28th Flashcards

1
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Which is the world’s highest motorable pass?

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Umling La pass

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Which pass is located near the tri juction of Indo-nepal and china border?

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Lipu Lekh Pass

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Which is Asia’s longest tunnel?

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Zojila tunnel near Zoji la (pass) aka Mountain pass of blizzards

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Which are the 3 open trading passed between India and China?

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nathu la , lipu lekh and shipki la passes

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Which is the only pass situated in south india(in western ghats)

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Pal Ghat , palakkad

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What is the scientific name of cheetah?

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Acinonyx Jubatus
African-Acinonyx jubatus jubatus
Asiatic-Acinonyx jubatus venaticus

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Which of the following is not false?

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a]The action plan for reintroduction of cheetah in india was released by MoEFCC at the 19th meeting of the National tiger conservation authority(jan 2022)

b]The plan was first proposed in 2009, by Jairam ramesh(the then environment minister)

c]The name cheetah , traces its origin from the hindi word chita which means the ‘spotted one’

d]Cheetah is the national animal of Iran

e]All of the above

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How many cheetah’s were brought from _______?how many of them are male ?

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8 cheetah’s from Namibia
3 are male

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which of the following is false?

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A]The cheetah relocation was originally supposed to be in Naura dehi but was later transferred to Kunno-Palpur national park, MP

B]The species brought to India is the Asiatic cheetah not the african cheetah

C]The cheetah reloction program of India, is the world’s first inter-continental large wild carnivore translocation project.

D]None of the above

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The african cheetah has ____ status under the IUCN red list ?the Asiatic cheetah has _____ status under the IUCN red list?

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Vulnerable
Critically endangered

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When was the asiatic cheetah, last cheetah species in India go extinct?The asiatic cheetah is currently found only in which country?

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1952
Iran , only 12 of them are left

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the cheetah’s arrived in india on ______?How many times was the cheetah relocation idea postponed?what is the capital of Namibia?

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17th september , Modi’s birthday
2 times
Windhoek

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13
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The project was co-ordinated by whom ?It was conducted by which organisations of India?

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Dr. Laurie Marker
National tiger conservation authority
Indian oil corporation

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14
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Which of the following is true?

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A]The top speed of cheetah is 96.5 Kmph
B]Cheetah mitras are persons chosen by the government to familiarise the local populations with the big cats and minimise potential conflicts.
C]The last cheetah killed in India was by Ramanuj Pratap Singh
D]Kuno-palpur has around 20,000 chittal which makes it a perfect prey for cheetah’s
E]All of the above

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15
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When was the Miniratna scheme launched?why was it launched?

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1997, it was launched for Central public sector enterprises with the objective of making the public sector more competitive and efficient by providing managerial incentives

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16
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When was navaratna scheme launched?How is it different from Miniratna?

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1997
it was launched for CPSE which are performing extra-ordinarly well in thier respective sectors with the objectives of incentivising them inorder to promote them as global players

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17
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Maharatna was launched in which year?

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  1. To push Navaratna’s into becoming global giants
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18
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When was LiFE movement launched?what is its fullform?

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It was launched by PM modi at the COP26 Glasgow summit , 2021. LiFE- Lifestyle for environment.

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The LiFE initiative envisages a community which follows the principle ________?

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P(3). Pro Planet People

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20
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India’s renewable energy capacity mainly comprises of which sector?

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Solar energy sector followed by Wind energy sector

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21
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As per REN21’s renewables 2022 global status report(GSR 2022) what was india’s rank in:-
Solar
Wind
Overall renewable energy?

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4
3
3

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Which countries are part of the G4 grouping ?Which of the following regions aren’t represented in the permanent membership of UNSC?

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brazil, india, Japan and germany
a)Africa
b)australia and Oceania
c)South america
d)Antartica
e)all of the above

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23
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India is trying to designate whom as a global terrorist ?

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masood azar

24
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When was the UN charter signed?The UNSC has how many non-permanent members(name them)?What is the term of a UNSC non-permanent member?originally how many non-permanent members were part of UNSC?

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1945, California
10- India , Albania, Brazil,mexico , UAE, Gabon, Ghana,kenya , norway and ireland .
Africa- kenya,Ghana and albania(3)
Eastern europe-Ireland and Norway(2)
Western europe - mexico(1)
Asia pacific - India and UAE(2)
latin america and caribbean states-Brazil and gabon(2)
2 years
6

25
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Name the organisations present under UN IGN?

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G4
African Union
L.69 group of developing nations
Arab league
Caribbean community
Uniting for consensus group

26
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What is the main motto of the IGN?Can a non UNSC member participate in its resolutions?

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Its main objective is to introduce reforms to the UNSC?
Yes, if a UN member believes that the resolution in process has a releavent connection to it or its interest , it can participate in the resolution without a vote

27
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which of the following is not true?

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A] The UNSC constitution has been amended only 5 times to date .

B]Russia has casted the most number of Veto votes . At 350, Russia(USSR) is responsible for approx 50% of the veto votes cast till now

C]The L.69 group has 42 members

D] none of the above

28
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The new Indian permanent representative to the UN is ________?

A

Ruchira Kamboj

29
Q

Operation Megh Chakra was conducted by?Who is the director of CBI?

A

CBI
Subodh Kumar Jaiswal

30
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Operation Carbon , an exercise similar to Megh Chakra was conducted by CBI in____?

A

Nov 2021

31
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When is world environment Health day?The day was observed by which organisation and when?

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26th September
International freedom of Environmental health (IFEH) in 2011

32
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What was India’s rank in Environment performence index 2022?How many countries were part of the index?which country topped the index?

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180- score 18.9
180
Denmark

33
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When did PM launch the Save the soil movement?

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5 June(world environment day)
Sadguru wala

34
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When was the make in India Initiative launched?What was india’s FDI value 2021-2022?

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2014
$83.6 billion`

35
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when was PLI scheme launched?how many key manufacturing sectors does it have?

A

2020-21
14

36
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Which state in India is the first to bring its own semi-conducter policy?

A

Gujarat

37
Q

Which article of the indian constitution talks about pardoning power of the president of India?Which article talks about pardoning power of governor ?

A

Article 72
article 161

38
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Who released the Indian nutrition rating(INR)?
When was that organisation est?The rating will use which grading system?

A

FSSAI
Food security and standards authority of India.

2008

Stars(out of 5)

39
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Which was the first country to bring a nutrition rating(stars)?When is world food day?

A

USA
oct 16

40
Q

How many successfull flights has the Rohini Sounding rocket completed?

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198, the ISRO is expecting the 200th launch to happen either @ the end of october or @ the beginning of november

41
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When is World space week?Rohini sounding rocket will complete its _______ launch in this week?

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4th-10th october
199th launch

42
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When is was TERLS est?it is located close to earth’s______?Which was the first sounding rocket to be launched from TERLS?

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1963
Earth’s magnetic equator
1963-Nike-Apache

43
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When was Rohini RH-75 first launched?when was the Rohini sounding rocket programme launched?

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1967
1975

44
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Who is the director of vikram sarabhai space station?who is the director of ISRO?Who is the director of SDSC

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Unnikrishnan Nair
S Somanath
Shri A Rajarajan

45
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Where was the Global Clean energy action forum 2022, Held?

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Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania

46
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22Which of the following is false?

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A]The global clean energy action forum is a combination of 2 meets - Clean energy ministerial and the 7th Mission Innovation ministerial

B]India is one of the founding members of the Clean energy ministerial and will be hosting CEM -14, 2023 in New delhi

C]India is implementing the largest renewable energy expansion programme in the world, with the aim of harbouring 175GW of renewable energy by 2022 and 500GW by 2030

D]NOT

47
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When was the CEM established and by whom?US hosted the _____ edition of CEM 2022?How many countries are part of CEM?

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2009 in copenhagen
UNFCCC
13
29

48
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What is the fullform of the DART mission?who is conducting the test?The asteriod which the DART spacecraft will be colliding with is called?

A

Double asteroid redirection test
national aeronautics and space administration(NASA).
Dimorphos

49
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Which of the following is not true?

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A]NASA was founded in 1959.
B]The first administrator of NASA was Thomas Keith Glennan
C]The current administrator of NASA is Bill Nyle
D]The first ,second and third persons to land on the moon were- Neil Armstrong , Buzz aldrin and Charles P. (Pete) Conrad.
E] None of the above

50
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Who was the first person to goto space?which was the first satellite to go to Space?

A

Yuri Gagarin
Sputnik I,October 4, 1957

51
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Who was the first Indian citizen in Space?who was the first Indian women in space?

A

Rakesh Sharma
Kalpana Chawla

52
Q

The Ambedkar circuit covers which all places?

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Janma Bhoomi-Mhow , MP
(cremation)Chaitya Bhoomi-Mumbai
Deeksha Bhoomi-Nagpur, where he embraced Buddhism
Mahaparinivaran bhoomi-Delhi, place of demise
Shiksha Bhoomi- London

53
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When was the Swadesh Darshan scheme launched?How many tourist circuits was recognised recently under this scheme?

A

2014-15
15

54
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When was Dr B.R ambedkar born?when did he resign from the cabinet?when did he pass away?

A

1891
1951
1956

55
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When is the international day for the conservation of the Mangrove ecosystem?As per ISFR 2021, the mangrove cover of India is ______ % of its total geographic area?Which state has the largest Magrove cover?

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July, 26th
0.15 - 4992 sq km
West bengal, gujarat ,A & N islands …… as per ISFR 2021

56
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Mangroves in India is protected under which legislation?

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Environment(protection) Act,1986

57
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Which is the largest mangrove in the world?

A

largest World heritage site in india

Sunderbans
#biosphere reserve

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