Two Flashcards
What are the objectives of the OECD?
to stimulate Economic progress and world trade
Where is the headquarters of OECD located?
Paris
Jurisdictions having low taxes are called?
Tax Havens
The tax avoidance strategy used by MNCs where profits are shifted from jurisdictions that have high taxes to jurisdictions that have low or no taxes is called?
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)
The biennial Thakurani Jatra Festival is celebrated in?
Odisha
The biennial Thakurani Jatra Festival was recently celebrated in?
Berhampur
A metropolitan subregion where the layout, infrastructure, and economy are centered on an airport, which serves as a multimodal airport city is called?
Aerotropolis
The Centre is planning to build an aerotropolis in which state?
Assam
List the Eight Core Industries in the IIP?
Coal, Cement, Crude Oil, Electricity, Natural Gas, Steel and Refinery Products
Expand IIP.
Index of Industrial Production
IIP is compiled and published monthly by the
CSO
Expand CSO
Central Statistical Organisation
The IIP is published ______ after the reference month ends?
Six Weeks
Bacterial products having healing or curative powers are called?
Probiotics
India’s first microforest is being built in?
Raipur, Chattisgarh
The microforest is being built in Raipur to create an?
Oxyzone
Which is the 7th most polluted city in the world?
Raipur
Name the rarest species of fish in the world?
Rayichepalu
Rayichepalu has been declared as the rarest species of fish in the world by?
Researchers from Marine Living Resources Department of Andhra University
Rayichepalu fish is found in the coast of?
Visakhapatnam
The length or Rayichepalu fish is?
97 mm
What is the scientific name of Rayichepalu?
Pseudathias Vizagensis
The Preservation, protection and improvement of stock and prevention of animal diseases, veterinary training and practicr comes under which list of the Constitution of India?
Concurrent List
The prohibition of cow slaughter is a directive principle of state policy under which article of the Constitution of India?
Art 48
As per Schedule II of the NREGA, the minimum number of days within which the workers wages must be paid after due completion of tasks is?
15 days
The process of grafting or transplanting organs or tissues between members of different species is called?
Xenotransplantation
The World Elephant Day is celebrated on?
August 12
Name the nationwide campaign launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to protect elephants.
Gaj Yatra
The Gaj Yatra Campaign is planned to cover?
12 Elephant Range States
The Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary is located in?
Virudhunagar and Madurai Districts of Tamil Nadu
Oriental White Backed Vulture and the Long Billed Vulture are endemic to?
The Western Ghats
Nilgiri Langur and Nilgiri Tahr are present in which wildlife sanctuary?
The Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu
The Connshing Syndrome is linked to the over productuon of?
The Stress Hormone Cortisol
The Connshing Syndrome has been discovered as the new cause of?
High Blood Pressure
Higher aerosol loading results in delayed but more rainfall in?
Central and Northern India
The effect of higher aerosol loading on monsoon is researched by?
IIT Kanpur
When aerosol particles are higher, the number of nucleation sites?
Increases
Ghumura, an ancient folk dance, originated in which state?
Odisha
______ was a a war dance of the Gods and Demons.
Ghumura
______ in humans has a very high affinity for carbon monoxide, forming carboxyhemoglobin with it.
Hemoglobin
_____ has higher affinity for Hemoglobin than oxygen.
Carbon Monoxide
List the countries bordering the Black Sea.
Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine
The Nitisara of Kamandaka, also known as the Kamandakiya-Nitisara, was composed during the?
Guptan Age
The Nitisara of Kamandaka was based on?
Kautilya’s Arthashasthra
IUCN’s Red Data Book classifies Celebes Macaque as?
Critically Endangered
List the countries which have signed but not yet ratified the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Argentina, Cuba, Haiti, Morocco, Mozambique, Switzerland and the USA
List the countries through which the Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline runs?
Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline is also known as?
TAPI Pipeline
The TAPI Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline being developed by the?
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
The TAPI Pipeline will transport _____ from Turkmenistan to India.
Caspian Sea Natural Gas
The Swadesh Darshan Scheme is being implemented by?
The Ministry of Tourism
The Swadesh Darshan Scheme is funded by?
Completely funded by the Central Government
Expand PRASAD
Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spiritual Augmentation Drive
Name the components of he Swadesh Darshan Scheme.
PRASAD and Swadesh Darshan
Name the scheme under which the government aims to provide LPG connections to BPL households in the country.
PM Ujjwala Yojana
Name the scheme which aims to replace unclean cooking fuels mostly used in rural India with the clean and more efficient LPG.
Pm Ujjwala Yojana
National Child Labour Project for Rehabilitation of Child Labour Scheme targets children in the age group?
5-14 and adolescents
Under which scheme was a survey of child labour engaged in hazardous occupations and processes conducted?
National Child Labour Project for Rehabilitation of Child Labour Scheme
Name the web portal and mobile application with an objective to enable willing donors to contribute towards the family of a braveheart who sacrificed his/her life in the line of duty.
Bharat ke Veer
Japanese Encephalitis is a viral disease spread through
mosquito bites
List the symptoms of Japanese Encephalitis that take 5 to 15 days to develop.
fever, headache, vomiting, confusion and difficulty moving
List the symptoms that develop later in Japanese Encephalitis.
Swelling around the brain and coma
Labour Disputes is mentioned under which list is the 8th Schedule of the Constitution?
Concurrent List
The National Disaster Management Authority in India is chaired by?
The Prime Minister
Public Health and Sanitation falls under which list in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution?
State List
In H1N1, H & N stand for?
Haemogluttinin and Neuraminidase
The H1N1 virus is a _____ virus.
Orthomyxovirus
_____ causes red blood cells to clump together and binds the H1N1 virus to the infected cell.
Heamogluttinin
Neuraminidase is a type of ______ enzyme.
Glycoside Hydrolase
______ helps to move the H1N1 virus particles through the infected cell and assist in budding from the host cells.
Neuraminidase
Art 233 of the Constitution deals with?
Appointment of District Judges
Appointment, posting and promotion of District judges in any state shall be made by the?
Governor of the State in consultation with the High Court
A person shall be eligible to be appointed as a district judge if?
he has been an advocate or a pleader for a minimum of 7 years and is recommended by the High Court
Is India a signatory to the 1951 Convention on Refugees.
No
Is India a signatory to the 1967 Protocol on the Convention on Refugees.
No.
The Government fixes ceiling prices of all drugs under the?
National List of Essential Medicines
Price fixation of drugs is carried out by the?
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)
List the countries from which 95% of global lithium is produced.
Argentina, Australia, Chile and China.
Only Electric Vehicles will be sold in India from?
2030
Desert National Park is located in?
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
Where is India’s first museum on the Partition of India going to be opened?
Amritsar, Punjab
India’s first Railways Disaster Management Center is expected to come up near?
Bengaluru by 2018
The Railways Disaster Management Center will have a ______ for analyzing railway accidents.
Virtual Reality Centre
World Wetlands Day is celebrated on?
February 2
World Wetlands Day 2017 was celebrated at?
Bhoj Wetlands, Bhopal
The Theme of the World Wetlands Day 2017 is?
Wetlands for Disaster Risk Reduction
The Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary is located in?
to the west of Ahmedabad near Sanand Village in Gujarat
Name the largest wetland bird sanctuary in Gujarat.
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary
Nal Sarovar was declared as a Ramsar Site on?
24th September 2012
The Mrugavani National Park is located in?
Hyderabad, Telangana
Production of _____ crops has outpaced the production of food grains consistently since 2012-13.
Horticulture
The objective of the National Food Security Mission is to?
increase production of rice, wheat and pulses only.
Expand OPCW.
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
The OPCW is headquartered in?
The Hague, Netherlands
Which organisation was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013?
OPCW
The ______ is an arms control treaty which outlaws the production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and their precursors.
Chemical Weapons Convention, Or, Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons
The Chemical Weapons Convention is administered by the?
OPCW
How many thematic circuits have been identified for development under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme?
13
Name the device which has been encouraged for use in multidisease testing by the WHO.
Genexpert
List the diseases which can be diagnosed by the Genexpert device.
Tuberculosis and HIV infections
What is the equivalent size of the Genexpert device?
That of a microwave oven
The Genexpert device can measure viral loads of?
Hepatitis C
