Feb Flashcards

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Which country issued a notice to Pakistan seeking modification of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT)

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India

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Which city hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Film Festival 2023?

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Mumbai

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Which Union Ministry recently notified officials to act as members of Grievance Appellate Committees (GAC)

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Ministry of Electronics and Information technology

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Road Transport and Highway Ministry announced to scrap all government vehicles older than how many years?

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15

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‘Nidhi Aapke Nikat’ is an outreach programme of which institution

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EPFO

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As per the latest ‘All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE)’, what is the trend of total enrolment in higher education in 2019-20 compared to the previous survey?

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Increased

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As per the recent RBI study, which state received the highest GST compensation from the centre?

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Maharashtra

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Soliga ecarinata, which was named after the Soliga Community, belongs to which species?

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Wasp

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Who is the head of the Commission for the sub-categorisation of OBCs?

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Justice G Rohini

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Which institution releases the ‘Twenty Point Programme (TPP) progress report’?

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National Statistical Office

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Which is the first district to register 10,000 new MSMEs?

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Ernakulam

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Naba Kishore Das, who was shot dead recently, was the Health Minister of which state?

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Odhisha

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Which city recently hosted the ‘Military Literature Festival’?

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Patiala

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A rare low-altitude basalt plateau in the Western Ghats has been discovered in which state?

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Maharashtra

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Which city is the host of the first G20 International Financial Architecture Working Group meeting?

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Chandigarh

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India launched the ‘Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies’ with which country?

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USA

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What is the sanctioned judicial strength of the Supreme Court of India?

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34

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As per the Economic Survey, what is the estimated economic growth rate in 2023-24?

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6.5%

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Which state/UT launched a ‘Real-time source apportionment supersite’ to tackle pollution?

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New Delhi

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Who has assumed charge as the new Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force?

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Air Marshal AP Singh

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Which institution will be provided a grant of Rs 242 Crore to undertake research on Lab Grown Diamonds?

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IIT madras

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Dholavira, which was seen in the news, is located in which state/UT?

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Gujarat

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First G20 Tourism working group meeting

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Rann of Kutch, Gujarat

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WAPCOS, an engineering consultancy and construction services firm under which Union Ministry?

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Min of Jal Shakti

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Which Union Ministry issued orders to block over 100 betting and loan-lending Chinese apps?
Ministry of Electronics and IT
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Which country’s Chief Justice is the chief guest of the 73rd foundation day of the Supreme Court of India?
Singapore
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‘Ekushey Boi Mela’ is the largest book fair organised in which country?
Bangladesh
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What is the total a capital outlay allotted for the Railways in the Union Budget 2023?
Rs 2.4 lakh crore
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What is the total budget outlay announced for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana?
79000 crore
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Finance Minister proposed to use —- card as a common identifier for all digital systems of government agencies
PAN
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‘MISHTI’ which was announced in the Union Budget 2023, is related to which field?
Mangrove plantations
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Which institution funds the project which has developed a robot to clean oil tanks?
Oil India
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The Union Budget announced a Mission to eliminate Sickle Cell Anaemia by which year?
2047
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Who are the beneficiaries of the PM-VIKAS scheme announced in the Union Budget 2023?
Artisans
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As per the proposed ‘National Data Governance Policy’, India Data Management Office (IDMO) will be formed under which Ministry?
Electronics and IT Ministry
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Which Union Ministry implements the ‘Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana’ scheme?
Ministry of Skill Development
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Which institution conducted the ‘G20 Cyber Security Exercise and Drill’?
CERT-In
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What is the fixed interest rate of the ‘Mahila Samman Bachat Patra’ announced recently?
7.5%
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Manuela Roka Botey has been appointed as the first female Prime Minister of which country?
Equatorial Guinea
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Which country has found the radioactive capsule that went missing in January?
Australia
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World Interfaith Harmony Week’ is being observed in which month?
February
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Which cricketer scored 126 runs and set a new record for the highest individual score by an Indian in T20I cricket?
Shubman Gill
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Which Union Ministry along with the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment implements the NAMASTE scheme?
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
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India agreed for trilateral cooperation initiative, in fields including energy, defence, economy, with which courtiers?
France and UAE
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Which Union Ministry implements the ‘FAME (faster adoption and manufacturing of electric vehicles) scheme’?
Ministry of Heavy Industries
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Ministry of Cooperation signed MoU with which Ministry to enable Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) function as Common Service Centers?
Ministry of Electronics and IT
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What is the name of the ‘Indian military joint training exercise’, which was held recently?
Trishakti Prahar
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BIND Scheme, which was seen in the news, is associated with which Ministry?
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
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National Research Foundation is an autonomous agency that comes under the aegis of which Union Ministry?
Ministry of Science and Technology
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When is the ‘International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation’ observed?
Feb 6
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NISAR is an Earth-observation satellite jointly developed by ISRO and which other country’s space agency?
USA
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Medium-density Amorphous Ice, which was seen in the news, was created in a container filled with which material?
Stainless Steel]
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India Energy Week’ is observed in India, during which month?
February
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The Union Budget 2023-24 has allocated Rs. 2,516 crore for the computerization of which unit, over the next 5 years?
Primary Agricultural Credit Societies
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State of the Union (SOTU) Address’ is associated with which country?
USA
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Bard is an AI chatbot that is being developed by which tech major?
Google
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‘TReDS’ is an electronic platform that facilitates the transactions for which entitites?
MSME
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Eagle 44 (Oghab 44)’ is the first underground air force base of which country?
Iran
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. Visva-Bharati University, which was seen in the news recently, is located in which state?
West Bengal
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Which institution launched the ‘Zero-Draft’ of the Pandemic Treaty?
WHO
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Which country leads the International Biofuels Alliance?
India
62
Paris Club’ an informal group of creditor nations, are the members of which organisation?
OECD
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Which famous personality launched the ‘Global Climate Resilience Fund – USD 50 mn fund for women’?
Hillary Clinton
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Which country recently partnered with Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle Joint Business Council?
India
65
As per FAO recent database, which country ranked first in milk production across the world?
India
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Which neighbouring country of India partnered with Russia for developing nuclear power?
Myanmar
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Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Digital Payments Utsav’?
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
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Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
Ashwini Vaishnaw
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Which Indian state topped the medal tally in the 5th Khelo India Youth Games?
Maharashtra