NATIONAL Flashcards
(30 cards)
WHAT IS THE SMART CITIES MISSION?WHEN WAS IT LAUNCHED?UNDER WHICH MINISTRY DOES IT OPERATE?WHO IS THE UNION MINISTER OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED MINISTRY?
THE SMART CITIES MISSION IS SCHEME LAUNCHED TO DRIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE BY ENABLING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTING MODERN TECHNOLOGY :: LAUNCHED ON 25TH JUNE 2015(BY PM) ::
IT IS SCHEME UNDER MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS :: MINSTER OF MoHUA IS HARDEEP SINGH PURI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cs1DruUGEU for more understanding of what it is!
WHAT IS THE AIM OF SMART CITIES MISSION;HOW MANY PROJECTS HAS IT TAKEN UP SO FAR;HOW MANY CITIES ARE UNDER THIS MISSION
:: THE MISSION AIMS TO PROMOTE/DEVELOP THE CITIES BY PROVIDING CORE INFRASTRUCTURE(FUTURISTIC),CLEAN AND SUSTIANABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PEOPLE AND TO OVERALL GIVE A DECENT QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE
:: SO FAR AS OF MARCH 2022-5151 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN UP IN THESE CITIES.
:: 100 CITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS MISSION.
https://youtu.be/GC64ODQHaUM.FOR MORE INFO
WHAT IS THE PROGRAM LAUNCHED BY SMART CITIES MISSION IN MARCH 2022?IT IS A JOINT INITIATIBE BY WHCIH ALL ENTITIES?
- > THE SMART CITIES AND ACEDEMIA TOWARDS ACTION AND RESEARCH (SAAR) PROGRAM
- > IT IS AN INITIATIVE UNDER-MoHUA,National institute of urban affairs and 15 premier architecture institutes in the country.
What is the aim/objective of the project(SAAR)? what is the 1st task under the program
- > The projects aims to document all the landmark urban projects undertaken by smart cities mission with help of the institutes.
- > The 1st task is to make a compendium of 75 landmark urban projects.
In March,India signed an Mou with which country for disaster management co operation.What is the capital of Turkmenistan
Signing of MoU between India & Turkmenistan on Disaster
Management Cooperation.Capital of Turkmenistan is Ashgabat
Who is the president of Turkmenistan;what is its national language and currency.
The president of turkmenistan is Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
The language is Turkmen
Its currency is Manat
WHERE HAS INDIA’S LARGEST OPEN ROCK MUSEUM BEEN BUILT,WHO INAUGURATED IT,WHAT IS HIS INCUMBENT
INDIA’S LARGEST OPEN ROCK MUSEUM HAS BEEN BUILT IN HYDERABAD,IT WAS INAUGURATED BY JITENDRA SINGH ,HE IS THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR SCIENCE AND TECH AND EARTH SCIENCES
HOW MANY VARIETIES OF ROCKS ARE PRESENT IN THE MEUSEUM,WHAT IS ITS TIME RANGE?
THERE 35 DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF ROCKS,FROM 3.3 BILLION TO 55 MILLION YEARS OLD
WHICH IS THE WORLD LARGEST AND MOST POPULAR MUESEUM ?WHERE IS IT LOCATED
LOUVRE,PARIS BUILT IN 1793
THE LARGEST/OLDEST MUESEUM IN INDIA AND ASIA?WHEN IS INTERNATIONAL MUESEUM DAY CELEBRATED
INDIAN MUESEUM OF KOLKATA(BOTH INDIA AND ASIA) -AKA IMPERIAL MUESEUM
FOUNDED IN-1814
INTERNATIONAL MUESEUM DAY-18TH MAY.
Which city is called as the “city of pearls”, who is the CM and Governer of that state?
Hyderbad–K Chandrashekar Rao(1st and current CM)–Tamilisai Soundararajan(governer) Telangana
When was Telengana carved out of Andhra Pradesh ?How did Andhra become a part of India?
Telengana was born on 2nd June 2014.Hyderabad was annexed by the union of India through “Operation Polo” which was the masterplan and end result of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s efforts.
What were the entrepreneurship programs that were recently undertaken?Under which Ministry do they fall?
SVEP-Start-up village entrepreneurship program,by MoRD and NIESBUD
SAMARTH-BY MSME.(on the occasion of international women’s day(8th march).
Who are ministers of MSME and MoRD.
MSME-Narayan Rane and MoRD-Giriraj Singh.
WHAT IS THE FULLFORM OF SLINEX AND WHERE WAS IT RECENTLY HELD?HOW MANY PHASES DOES IT HAVE?
SLINEX-Sri Lanka and Indian Navel Exercise,the 9th edition of Slinex was held in Visakhapatnam from 7 to 10th march.
It has 2 phases-Harbour phase in Visakhapatnam and Sea phase in Bay of Bengal
Which navel ship is representing Indian Navy and which Sri Lankan ship is representing SL navy ?When was the 1st SLINEX conducted?
INS Kirch from India and SLNS Sayurala,the 1st SLINEX-2005.
Who is the president and Prime minister of SL,what is the name of its capitals?,what seperates India and Srilanka?
President-Gotabaya Rajapaksha,PM-Mahinda Rajapaksha.
Administrative capital-Jayewardenepura Kotte.
Commercial Capital-Colombo.
The Gulf of Mannar and Palk Straight seperates India and SL
The Adam’s bridge/Rama setu/Rama’s bridge(limestone) connects India and SL.
Full form of MGNREGA and when was it passed?
Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
23 August 2005 passed under
Manmohan singh
Which district topped in providing the most jobs under MGNREGA?
Odishas Ganjam District and 103,000 households given jobs
3 topmost aims of MGNREGA?
100 DAYS of wage employment minimum in a year
Women guaranteed 1/3 of jobs of MGNREGA
To create durable assets - roads canals ponds, etc!
where is India’s first 100 % women-owned industrial park inaugurated?
name?
Hyderabad ,FLO Industrial park
the FLO industrial park is being promoted by whom?
how many projects are under it?
FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO) and Telangana government
25 green projects
Under what article do the powers of the Election Commission come into?
Article 324
Who is the current Election Commissioner of INDIA?
Sushil Chandra ( 24th EC of India )
