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Question 1

Which Ministry has launched the pan-India Green Term Ahead Market (GTAM) in electricity?

Answer 1

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

Minister - R K Singh

Question 2

Initiative by MoNRE to incentivize the renewable energy producing states and promote production of renewable energy?

Answer 2

G-TAM

Question 3

Which initiative (September) will allow selling off the power by the producers of renewable energy in the open market without getting into long term Power Purchase Agreements?

Answer 3

G-TAM

Question 4

G-TAM will offer how many types of contracts?

Answer 4

Four - viz. intra-day, day ahead contingency, daily and

weekly.

Question 5

Which institute claims to have developed the world’s largest ‘solar tree’ in Durgapur in West Bengal.

Answer 5

CSIR’s - Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI). It has an annual capacity to generate 12,000-14,000 units of electricity

Question 6

A new high tech Spice Park will be developed in which state/UT for overall development and would ensure good prices for the saffron rich market of the region.

Answer 6

Pulwama, J&K

Question 7

A new Sports complex to be developed in which state to help drive away youth from terrorism?

Answer 7

Anantnag, J&K

Question 8

In which state “Back to the Village” programme was started (2019) wherein gazetted officers of the Union territory stay with the people of various panchayats in the UT for 2 days and harmonize with them.

Answer 8

J&K

Question 9

Who has launched ‘Empowering Tribals, Transforming India’ – an online performance dashboard – to review the progress made by the schemes of Ministry of Tribal
Affairs for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Answer 9

NITI Aayog

Question 10

‘Empowering Tribals, Transforming India’ – an online performance dashboard – to review the progress made by the schemes of Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been developed by?

Answer 10

Centre of Excellence of Data Analytics (under National Informatics Centre)

Question 11

India adopted SDG in the year?

Answer 11

2015

Question 12

India adopted SDG in the year 2015 as a part of which resolution?

Answer 12

‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’

Question 13

Initiative to build the capacity of civil servants in India to make them capable for future challenges by making them more professional, progressive, energetic, enabling, transparent and technology-enabled.

Answer 13

‘Mission Karmayogi’ or National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) for civil servants.

Question 14

How many components are there in Mission Karmayogi or NPCSCB

Answer 14

Four

Question 15

Under Mission Karmayogi or NPCSCB which will serve as the apex body for formulating strategies for Civil Services Reform and capacity building?

Answer 15

Prime Minister’s Public Human Resources (HR) Council

Chairman - PM

Question 16

Special Purpose Vehicle under Mission Karmayogi for owning and operating the digital assets and the technological platform for online training.

Answer 16

iGOTKarmayogi

Question 17

Which ministry has launched the ‘Water Heroes - Share Your Stories’ contest 2.0 to create awareness about water conservation among people.

Answer 17

Ministry of Jal Shakti

Question 18

Which state govt has ‘Gandagi Bharat Chhodo’ campaign?

Answer 18

Madhya Pradesh (No of Themes - 5)

Question 19

Which is the WORLD’S LARGEST REFINERY PROJECT

Answer 19

Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd

Question 20

Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd is a joint venture project of?

Answer 20

Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.

Question 21

Which Euro standard level fuels will Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd produce?

Answer 21

Euro VI

Question 22

WORLD’S LARGEST REFINERY PROJECT is undergoing in which state?

Answer 22

Maharashtra

Question 23

Which Indian Institute has collaborated with University of Pardubice (Czech Republic) to develop indigenous algorithms to protect India’s digital data from cyber-attacks.

Answer 23

IIT-Guwahati

Question 24

IIT- Guwahati has collaborated with which university to develop indigenous algorithms to protect India’s digital data from cyber-attacks?

Answer 24

University of Pardubice (Czech Republic)

Question 25

Which ministry has launched the “Tribes India on Wheels” mobile vans in 31 cities across the country to ensure that natural immunity boosting products are available to everyone?

Answer 25

Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Question 26

Which org has adopted the title ‘Go Vocal for Local Go Tribal’ to help the tribal communities sustain their livelihood in the wake of Covid-19.

Answer 26

TRIFED

Question 27

Where is the HQ of TRIFED?

Answer 27

New Delhi

Question 28

Which GoI company has set up a Quality Control Laboratory for Sea food export at Porbandar in Gujarat to ensure that the quality of sea food is in accordance with international regulatory standards.?

Answer 28

Marine Products Export Development Authority

Question 29

Marine Products Export Development Authority has set up a Quality Control Laboratory for Sea food export in which city?

Answer 29

Porbandar

Question 30

Marine Products Export Development Authority has its HQ in?

Answer 30

Kochi

Question 31

Marine Products Export Development Authority was established in?

Answer 31

1972

Question 32

Which organization has launched India’s ‘Future Business Group’ initiative to provide support to new businesses launched during the past few years?

Answer 32

Confederation of Indian Industry

Question 33

Future Business Group initiative of CII will work with which dept. to create a National Strategy For Future Businesses?

Answer 33

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)

Question 34

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) comes under?

Answer 34

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Question 35

Name of the helpline that Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment launched as the 24x7 Toll-Free Mental Health Rehabilitation Helpline?

Answer 35

"KIRAN”

Question 36

Who is the minister of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Answer 36

Thaawarchand Gehlot

Question 37

Developer of the helpline that Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment launched as the 24x7 Toll-Free Mental Health Rehabilitation Helpline?

Answer 37

Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities to provide relief and support to persons with Mental Illness.

Question 38

Which ministry/minister has launched ‘EnglishPro’ mobile app?

Answer 38

Minister of Education, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’,

Question 39

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) has partnered with which customer engagement software company to support innovators and entrepreneurs in India to provide credit to the beneficiaries of startups under AIM to empower them to function efficiently.

Answer 39

Freshworks Inc.

Question 40

Operation Green: Top to Total scheme to cover all fruits and vegetables of which state? To support farmers of Fruits and Vegetables under Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan in order to prevent them from making distress sales.

Answer 40

J&K

Question 41

Who is the LG of J&K?

Answer 41

Manoj Sinha

Question 42

Which state has launched (Sept 2020) the Smart Performance Appraisal Report Recording Online Window (SPARROW) system for its Administrative Service officers?

Answer 42

J&K

Question 43

Which state has launched a first-of-its-kind WhatsApp chatbot named “Aapka Mitra” to facilitate online admission in Under-Graduate courses in the state?

Answer 43

Haryana

Question 44

In which city the First ever cannabis medicine project with the help of Canada will be set up?

Answer 44

Jammu - Indian Institute of Integrative | Medicine (IIIM)

Question 45

North India's first biotech industrial park is being built in which city?

Answer 45

Kathua near Jammu.

Question 46

J&K’s first ever seed processing plant is being set up in?

Answer 46

Kathua

Question 47

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is working on the lemon grass cultivation project for which state?

Answer 47

J&K

Question 48

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has partnered with which company for providing digital skills to youth by offering free courses on e-Skill India digital platform (till March 31, 2021).

Answer 48

LinkedIn

Question 49

Ministry of Education has launched an initiative to literate adults above 15 years of age in urban and rural areas and achieve India’s target of total literacy by 2030. Name of that initiative is?

Answer 49

Padhna Likhna Abhiyan - Priority will be given to districts with female literacy rates less than 60%, as per latest census.

Question 50

Patrika Gate – built by the Patrika Group of Newspapers – has been inaugurated in which city?

Answer 50

Jaipur

Question 51

PM Modi released two books Samvad Upnishad and Akshar yatra. They are written by?

Answer 51

Patrika Group Chairman Shri Gulab Kothari

Question 52

Which Indian city (2019) became the 2nd to be declared as an UNESCO world heritage site?

Answer 52

Jaipur

Question 53

Which Indian city (2019) was the first to be declared as an UNESCO world heritage site?

Answer 53

Ahmedabad

Question 54

WE HUB, Telangana (an incubator to foster and promote women entrepreneurship), has partnered with which company to promote women entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector.

Answer 54

NutriHub (a first of its kind incubator for start-ups in the Nutri-cereals sector) supported by DST.

Question 55

NutriHub incubator is supported by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) and it is hosted by which Institute?

Answer 55

The ICAR-Indian Institute of Millet Research, Hyderabad

Question 56

ICAR-Indian Institute of Millet Research is located in?

Answer 56

Hyderabad

Question 57

Which state has launched the first-ever integrated air ambulance services of India ?

Answer 57

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Question 58

Which companies will operate the first-ever integrated air ambulance services of India in Bengaluru?

Answer 58

ICATT - Int. Critical Air Transfer Team + Kyathi

Question 59

In how many states has Minister of Agriculture, Narendra Singh Tomar, has launched bamboo clusters to increase exports of bamboo products?

Answer 59

Nine

Question 60

How many bamboo clusters have been launched by Minister of Agriculture, Narendra Singh Tomar to increase exports of bamboo products?

Answer 60

22

Question 61

When was National Bamboo Mission was launched?

Answer 61

2006-07

Question 62

National Bamboo Mission was subsumed under which scheme in 2014-2015?

Answer 62

Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)

Question 63

Atal Innovation Mission has launched which program to promote research & innovation and increase competitiveness of Indian startups and MSMEs?

Answer 63

Aatmanirbhar Bharat ARISE-ANIC

Question 64

What amount will be provided under the Atal Innovation Mission's Aatmanirbhar Bharat ARISE-ANIC to speed up the development of the technology solution?

Answer 64

RS 50 Lakh

Question 65

Union Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) Mansukh Mandaviya has launched a medium to resolve the disputes in the Maritime Sector. Name of that?

Answer 65

'SARODPorts' - (Society for Affordable Redressal of Disputes - Ports) under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.

Question 66

South India’s first ‘Kisan Rail’ was flagged off between which states with 322 tonne of fruits and vegetables?

Answer 66

Anantapur Railway Station (Andhra Pradesh) to Adarsh Nagar (Delhi)

Question 67

Which political party became the first mainstream political party from India to name itself as an agent of an organization in the United States?

Answer 67

BJP

Question 68

Which Ministry has launched the Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework 2.0 (CSCAF) to provide a clear roadmap for cities to inculcate a climate-sensitive approach in planning and development of urban areas?

Answer 68

MoHUA

Question 69

Number of indicators and categories under Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework 2.0 (CSCAF) launched by MoHUA.

Answer 69

Indicators - 28, Categories - 5.

Question 70

Which ministry has launched "Streets for People Challenge" to make the cities more walkable and pedestrian friendly?

Answer 70

MoHUA

Question 71

Hubballi railway station in Karnataka after will be renamed after?

Answer 71

Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji.

Question 72

Which portal Jammu and Kashmir has launched to create an interface with the public and focus on governance issues in the Union Territory.

Answer 72

Jammu and Kashmir Integrated Grievance | Redress and Monitoring System (JK-IGRAMS)

Question 73

Which state has launched the Tele-health platform to provide medical services to the people digitally?

Answer 73

Nagaland - Naga Tele-Health Platform

Question 74

Naga Tele Health has been launched in partnership with which organization to ensure that the initiative reach the most remote places also.

Answer 74

USAID’s NISHTHA-Jhpiego

Question 75

India's largest piggery mission worth Rs 209 crores was launched in which state to make it self-sufficient in pork production?

Answer 75

Meghalaya

Question 76

Which organization is funding Meghalaya's Piggery Mission?

Answer 76

National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)

Question 77

Which Ministry has organized a conclave on School Education in the 21st Century under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 as a part of the Shiksha Parv?

Answer 77

Ministry of Education

Question 78

PM Narendra Modi addressed the conclave on School Education in the 21st Century and stressed on the importance of promoting methods of ‘New Age Learning’ which are known as?

Answer 78

5Es - Engage, Explore, Experience, Express and | Excel.

Question 79

Which state govt has launched the “My family, My Responsibility” campaign to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Answer 79

Maharashtra

Question 80

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways is in the process of implementing a road accident database across the country. What is its name?

Answer 80

Integrated Road Accident Database Project (iRAD)

Question 81

iRAD will initially be launched in how many states? It will use mobile app to collect accident data on the spot and take remedial actions to reduce damage forthwith.

Answer 81

Six states, viz. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

Question 82

iRAD has been developed and implemented by?

Answer 82

lIT-Madras and National Informatics Centre Services Inc.

Question 83

ICAR- National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) has recognized which cow breed as the Goan cow breed?

Answer 83

Shweta Kapila cow

Question 84

ICAR- National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources is located in which state?

Answer 84

Haryana