September 28th Flashcards
Which is the world’s highest motorable pass?
Umling La pass
Which pass is located near the tri juction of Indo-nepal and china border?
Lipu Lekh Pass
Which is Asia’s longest tunnel?
Zojila tunnel near Zoji la (pass) aka Mountain pass of blizzards
Which are the 3 open trading passed between India and China?
nathu la , lipu lekh and shipki la passes
Which is the only pass situated in south india(in western ghats)
Pal Ghat , palakkad
What is the scientific name of cheetah?
Acinonyx Jubatus
African-Acinonyx jubatus jubatus
Asiatic-Acinonyx jubatus venaticus
Which of the following is not false?
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
How many cheetah’s were brought from _______?how many of them are male ?
8 cheetah’s from Namibia
3 are male
which of the following is false?
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
The african cheetah has ____ status under the IUCN red list ?the Asiatic cheetah has _____ status under the IUCN red list?
Vulnerable
Critically endangered
When was the asiatic cheetah, last cheetah species in India go extinct?The asiatic cheetah is currently found only in which country?
1952
Iran , only 12 of them are left
the cheetah’s arrived in india on ______?How many times was the cheetah relocation idea postponed?what is the capital of Namibia?
17th september , Modi’s birthday
2 times
Windhoek
The project was co-ordinated by whom ?It was conducted by which organisations of India?
Dr. Laurie Marker
National tiger conservation authority
Indian oil corporation
Which of the following is true?
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
When was the Miniratna scheme launched?why was it launched?
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
When was navaratna scheme launched?How is it different from Miniratna?
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
Maharatna was launched in which year?
- To push Navaratna’s into becoming global giants
When was LiFE movement launched?what is its fullform?
It was launched by PM modi at the COP26 Glasgow summit , 2021. LiFE- Lifestyle for environment.
The LiFE initiative envisages a community which follows the principle ________?
P(3). Pro Planet People
India’s renewable energy capacity mainly comprises of which sector?
Solar energy sector followed by Wind energy sector
As per REN21’s renewables 2022 global status report(GSR 2022) what was india’s rank in:-
Solar
Wind
Overall renewable energy?
4
3
3
Which countries are part of the G4 grouping ?Which of the following regions aren’t represented in the permanent membership of UNSC?
brazil, india, Japan and germany
a)Africa
b)australia and Oceania
c)South america
d)Antartica
e)all of the above
India is trying to designate whom as a global terrorist ?
masood azar
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?
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
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