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November 2020 Flashcards

1
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Who is the union minister of science and tech, earth sciences and health and family welfare

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dr harsh vardhan

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union minister of science and tech, earth sciences and health and family welfare lunched a scheme called ____ meant for women scientists on an e-platform.

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SERB - POWER

Scheme launched by SERB - science and engineering research board

POWER stands for promoting opportunities for women in exploratory research

targets women researches in age group 35-55, provides fellowship of inr 15k per month. research grant inr 10lakh annually and annual overhead of inr 90k. duration of fellowship 3 years

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Grants named _____ and regulated through ____ will empower women researches by funding them in various categories

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SERB POWER grants
regulated by SERB Core Research Grant (CRG) guidelines.
categories: level 1: 60lac for 3years and level 2 30lac for 3 years.

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Indian Navy test fired anti ship missles from ____ in the bay of bengal

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INS Kora

commissioned to navy in 1998, designed under project 25A. Equipped with kh35 anti ship missles. 3 warships of the Kora class are - INS Kulish, INS Kirch and INS Karmuk

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Indian Navy info

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HQ- New Delhi
Commands - 3 (eastern naval, southern naval and western naval)
chief - admiral karambir singh
navy day - 4th december

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world’s first scientoon book on covid 19 named

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bye bye corona

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world’s first scientoon book on covid 19 was authored by ____. Book will be released in Brazil under the Brazil India Network Program

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Dr Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, former sr principal scientist at CSIR CDRI (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Central Drug Research Institute)

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VP of india

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Venkaiah Naidu

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9
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VP of india launched virtual festival of _____

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parampara series 2020 - national festival of music and dance

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parampara series 2020 - national festival of music and dance was organised by ____ in partnership with _____

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Natya Tarangini in partnership with UN. Natya Tarangini organised it for the 24th year running

Organised to coincide with world day for audio vidual heritage - Oct 27

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11
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which place has been designated as the ramsar site

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karbartlal wetland of bihar. included in list of wetlands of international importance

ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the ramsar convention, which is an intergovernmental environmental treaty established in 1971 by UNESCP

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how many ramsar sites are there in india

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39, largest in south asia

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13
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first ramsar site ever

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cobourg pensinsula in australia

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14
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first indian ramsar site

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chilika lake

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15
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ramsar site

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secreteriat - gland, switzerland

secretary gen - martha rojas urrego

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mexico

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capital - mexico city
prez - andres manuel lopes obrador
Currency - peso

recently held 8th joint commision meeting bw India and Mexico

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17
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as per the 6th ed of the doing business in india report by ____ , it was found that atma nirbhar bharat mission presents opportunity to do more business in india

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UK India Business Council (UKIBC)

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as per the 6th ed of the doing business in india , score of doing business in india improved from __ to __

____ state emerged with max incremental improvement for the 3rd consecutive year

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2.74 to 22.9

Maharashtra

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19
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When is rashtriya ekta diwas

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oct 31 2020 (ALSO HAPPENS TO BE WORLD CITIES DAY BTW)

to acknowledge efforts of sarar patel. introduced in india in 2014

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modi ji inaugrated ___ in kevadia gujarat, which is spread over 17 acres and has 380 species

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arogya van

modi ji also inaugurated sardar patel zoological park and ekta mall (aka nutrition park) in kevadia gujarat

modi ji also inaugurated cruise service outside statue of unity

a biographical documentary was also made on sardar patel by gov india, called iron man - sardar patel

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21
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modiji paid tributes to indira gandhi on her 36th death anniversary

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bish was slayed by angry sardars on oct 31 1984

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22
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world cities day

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oct 31

theme - valuing our communities and cities

general theme - better city, better life

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23
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UN Human settlement programme (un habitat)

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executive director - maimunah mohd sharif

hw - nairobi, kenya

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24
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chief of army staff

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general mm naravane

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25
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army day

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15 jan, hq - new delhi

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26
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navy day

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4 dec

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27
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navi commads HQs

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Eastern - Vizag
Southern - Kochi
Western - Mumbai

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28
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air force chief

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Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhaduria

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29
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air force day and hq

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8 oct

new delhi

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30
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world bank

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hq - washington dc
president - david robert malpass
chief economist - carmen reinhard
md & cfo - anshula kant

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31
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president ram nath kovind promulgated ____ for air quality management in ncr and adjoining areas

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commission for air quality management in delhi ncr and adjoining areas ordinance 2020

hq - new delhi

will have reps of punjab, haryana, UP and rajasthan

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32
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Supreme court formulated a one man committee under ____ to prevent stubble burning, but it was abolished after the passing of ____ by the indan govt

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retd judge madan bhimarao lokur

commission for air quality management in delhi ncr and adjoining areas ordinance 2020

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33
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governer of new delhi

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anil balaji

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34
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modiji inaugurated 4th edition of _____ by CERAWeek

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India Energy Forum

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35
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India Energy Forum

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Indian Organisation which represents the energy sector as a whole

est in 2001 with HQs in New Delhi

theme - india’s energy future in a world of change

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36
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CERAWeek

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world’s premier energy event, est in 1983 at cambridge

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37
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electronics sector skill council of india (ESSCI) appoint ___ as its ceo

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PVG menon

b4 this he was ceo of vann consulting

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38
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essci

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works with national skill dev council

head office - new delhi

chairman - ajai chowdhary

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39
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microsoft india will collaborate with ___ to provide digital skills to 1 lakh + young indian women

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national skill dev council

70+ hours of course content free of cose. partnered with eSkill india.

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40
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microsoft india

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hq- hyderabad

president - anant maheshwari

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national skill dev council

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md and ceo- manish kumar

hq - new delhi

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42
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___ bridge will connect india and bangladesh

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feni bridge

over river feni

to be completed by dec 2020 (dont know if it did)

will facilitate transportation of goods from chattogram and kolkata ports, improve connectivity and reduce distance bw other ports

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43
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union minister of state for developemnt of northeastern region ___ desribed ___ as the gateway of the act east policiy

A

jitendra singh

tripura

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44
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nabard has sanctioned loans worth ___ to govt of goa for various infra project

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8504 lakh

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45
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nabard

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chairman - govinsa rajulu chintala

hq - mumbai

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46
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world thrift day

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oct 31

observed since 1925

first international thrift congress was held in milan in 1924

celebrated in india on oct 30 cos indira was slayed on oct 31

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47
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JK marked first anniversary of becoming UT on

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Oct 31 2020

AKA First Raising Day

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48
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Ministry of petrol and natural gas

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union minister - dharmendra pradhan

hq - new delhi

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49
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tripura

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capital - agartala
cm - biplab kumar deb
governer - ramesh bais

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50
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rural infra dev fund

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instituted by nabard for quick completion of projects and giving low cost support to state govts and state owned corps

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51
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telangana gov inaugurated ____ at ____ to address the issues faced by farmers

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rythu vedika at kondakandla village at jangaon district

it is an initiated by telangana govt. they plan to construct 2601 such rythu vedikas

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52
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mission ___ will provide tap water to rythu vedikas in telangana

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bhagiratha

each rythu vedika will have 2 rooms and 2 toilets with plint area od 2046 sq feet

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53
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Council of scientific and industrial research - central scientific instruments organisation (CSIR - CSIO) signed MOU with ____ for designing developing and manufacturing futuristic solutions for defense and aerospace, healthcare and agri industries

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Dynamite technologies ltd

this partnership is aligned with atma nirbhar bharat vision

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54
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Council of scientific and industrial research - central scientific instruments organisation (CSIR - CSIO)

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Director - Anantha Ramakrishna

Location - Chandigarh

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55
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____ has been recently included in world network biosphere reserves by UNESCO. Earlier in the year ___ was also included

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Panna National Park

earlier in the year - Fuvamulahand Addu Atoll of Maldives

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UNESCO described ___ as critical tiger habitat, which is also home to world heritage site of ____

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panna national park

khajuraho temples

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57
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panna national park

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located in panna and chhatarpur districts of MP

declared as 22nd tiger reserve of india

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58
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UNESCO

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Director general - Audrey Axoulay

HQ - Paris

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59
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BRICS themes this year

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held in VC

  • covid 19 and economic dev of brics countries
  • challenges and opportunities for sustainable dev

brasil, russia, china, india, south africa

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60
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GOI gave ____ crore to RRBs ro meet regulatory capital req

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670 crores

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RRBs

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regional rural banks, formulated under RRB act 1976,to provide credit and other facilities to small and marginal farmers

mandated to maintain 75 per cent of their total credit under PSL

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62
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world vegan day

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nov 1 2020

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63
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telangana

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capital - hyderabad
cm - k chandrasekhar rao
governor - tamilisai soundarajan

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chhattisgarh

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capital - raipur
cm - bhupesh baghel
governor - anusuiya uikey

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Public Affairs Centre

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chairman - k kasturirangan

location - bengaluru

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philippines

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Capital - manila
president - rodrigo duterte
currency - philippine peso

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67
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as per public affairs index 2020, which states / UTs have emerged as best governed states

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kerela - large state
goa - small state
chandigarh - UT

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As per public affairs index 2020: equity, growth, sustainability

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equity

large - andhra
small - meghalaya
UT - chandigarh

growth

large - kerela
small - goa
UT - Puducherry

sustainability

large - kerela
small - goa
UT - chandigarh

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69
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30th india - thailand patrol bw indian navy and royal navy of thailand was conducted in ____. Indian site was represented by _____

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andaman sea, close to the stategic strait of malacca. (the patrol is also known as indo - thai CORPAT)

Indian side was represented by INS Karmuk

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70
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since 2005, both thailand and india have been carrying out patrols along their int maritime boundary lines ___ times a year to boose maritime links

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two times/year

aim is to keep indian ocean safe and secure for commercial shipping and int trade

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71
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____ bagged order to build ___ kms india’s first bullet train project. Name of project is ____

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L&T construction
87.569kms
Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) from National High SPeed Rail COrp (NHSRC)

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what is the value of the Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR)

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7000 crore

508km long, 155.76km in maharashtra and 4.3km in UT dadra & nagar haveli and 348.04kms in Gujarat.

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speed of bullet train

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320kmph

will cover 508kms in 2 hours with limited stops; 3 hours with all stops

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74
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MAHSR is funded by

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Japan International Co-operation agency

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75
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asian dev bank approved ____ policy based loan to boost ____ digital platforms for public finance reforms

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50 million USD
West Bengal

loan helps boost management of social protection benefits like pensions and provident funds, facility of e-payment for tax payment and revenue collection and info management and service delivery, among others

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76
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ministry of petrolium and natural gas signed mou with 8 leading oil and gas marketing cos & tech providers to set up ________ with an outlay of _____ across india under the ____ initiative

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900 compressed biogas plants

30,000 crore INR

sustainable alternative towards affordable transportation (SATAT) initiative

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77
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sustainable alternative towards affordable transportation (SATAT) initiative

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launched - oct 2018

purpose - set up 5000 compressed biogas plants by FY 23-24, 250 by 220 and 2000 by 2022 with a production target of 15MMT with an approx investment of inr 2 lakh cr

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compressed biogas (CBG)

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purified and compressed biogas, produced through a process of anaerobic decomposition from various forest waste, agri waste, animal husbandary waste and marine waste like cattle dung, sugarcane press mud and spent wash of distilleries, sewege water, municipal solid waste, biodegradable fractions of industrial waste

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79
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GOI has set a goal of reduction of import crude oil by __ by ____ and reduce energy emissions intensity by ____ by ____ as per the national determined contribution (NDC) targets agreed in the 21st conference of parties (COP21) sessions held in ___

A 
10%
2021-22
33-35%
2030
Paris
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80
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LIC launched digital application ___ to improve on-boarding process to get life insurance policy with help of agent without any paperwork.

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atma nirbhar agents new business digital app (ANANDA)

it is a first of its kind tech in life insurance industry. helps woth paperless kyc

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as per moody’s, india gdp to contract by ____ in fiscal 2020 from earlier -11.5 %

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as per moody’s, india gdp to contract by -10.6% in fiscal 2020 from earlier -11.5 %

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82
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estimated gdp growth for india according to moody’s has been bumped to ___ from ___

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10.8% from 10.6%

medium term growth - 6%

83
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___th counter terrorism dialogue bw indian and ___ held virtually

A

12th
european union

dialogue co chaired by mahaveer singhvi, jt sec for counter terrorism, MEA, and joanneke balfoort, diector for security policy, european external action service

84
Q

EU

A

european parliament president - david maria sassoli (italy)

hq - brussels, belgium

85
Q

_______, who is 14th CAG of india, elected as external auditor of inter parliamentary union

A

GC murmu

he succeeds gabriela cuevas barron

86
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inter parliamentary union

A

global organisation of national parliaments has the status of being permanent observer at the UN

sec gen - martin chungong

president - mr duarte pacheco
hq - geneva
est - 1889

87
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CAG is also external auditor of

A

world food programme
world intellectual property
international atomic energy agency

88
Q

modiji holds _____ virtual summit

A

india - luxembourg bilateral summit with Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel

focus areas are financial tech, space apps, digital innovations and statups

89
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Mou bw sbi and ____ to set up long term cooperation mechanism and promote environmental social and corporate governance

A

luxembourg stock exchange

90
Q

ministry of housing and urban affairs, national capital region transport corporation limited (NCRTC) and new development bank of BRICS nations signed a loan agreement for lending ____ for the ______ project

A

USD 500 million
delhi - ghaziabad - meerut regional transport transit system project (rrts)

loan will be used for construction of 82.15 kms of the corridor

91
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new dev bank

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new development bank of BRICS nations

pres - marcos troyjo
hq - shanghai, china

92
Q

goi, gov of meghalaya and ____ signed a ____ meghalaya integrated transport project

A

world bank
usd 120 million

it will support the restart meghalaya project

93
Q

world bank

A

dq - washignton dc
president - david malpass
founded - 1944
member countries - 189

94
Q

___ won exim bank’s brics economic research award 2020 for his phd dissertation

A

dr adam yao liu

dissertation was on building markets with authoritarian institutions

annoucned during 10th annual brics financial forum

95
Q

who will assume brics presidency in 2021

A

india

russia was in 2020

96
Q

who won booker’s price for debut novel shuggie bain

A

douglas stuart, scottish athor

97
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CM of _______ launched 3 year roadmap of atma nirbhar ___ 2023 to release first state roadmap under modiji’s atmanirbhar bharat campaign

A

CM of MP, shivraj singh chauhan, launched 3 year roadmap of atma nirbhar MP 2023 to release first state roadmap under modiji’s atmanirbhar bharat campaign

98
Q

ministry of petrolum and natural gas

A

cabinet minister - dharmendra pradhan (mp constituenc)

secretary - tarun kapoor

99
Q

indian oil corp

A

chairman - shrikant madha vaidya

hq - new delhi

100
Q

oil india -

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chairman and md - sushil chandra mishra

hq - noida

101
Q

thailand

A

cap - bankok
currency - thai baht
pm - prayut chan-o-cha
india ambassador 0 suchitra durai

102
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asian dev bank

A

hq - mandaluyong phillipines
pres - masatsugu asakawa
membership - 68 countries
formed 1956

103
Q

LIC

A

chairman - m r kumar
hq - mumbai
est - 1st sept 1956, by LIC act

104
Q

moody’s

A

hq - new york

president and ceo - raymond w mcdaniel

105
Q

FICCI ladies org (FLO) signed mou with ___ to mentor women’s entrepreneurs

A

incubation and enterprise support centre (IESC), iim shillong

106
Q

FLO

A

president - jahnabi phookan

107
Q

incubation and enterprise support centre (IESC) chairperson

A

sanjeev kakoty

108
Q

NSDL payments bank entered into partnership with ___ to offer customised affordable and whole range general insurance policies

A

hdfc ergo general insurance company

109
Q

hdfc ergo general insurance company

A

md and ceo - ritesh kumar
chairman - deepak s parekh
hq - mumbai

110
Q

muthoot finance in partnership with ____ launched “muthoot gold shield” to insure gold jewelery

A

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance (BAGIC)

the scheme is backed by Group Affinity All Risk Policy of BAGIC

111
Q

govt of karnataka issued notif to rename haveri station as

A

mahadevappa mailara railway station

112
Q

Confederation of Indian Industries’ (CII) report titles FDI in India: now next and beyond, india may attract FDI of ___ per year by 2025

A

120-160 billion usd

india ranked 3rd in terms of attractiveness

most attractive destination is maharashtra, followed by karnatake delhi and gujarat

113
Q

in the last 10 years india gdp grew at ___ with DFI to GDP at ___

A
  1. 8 per cent

1. 8 per cent

114
Q

international academy of television arts and sciences annoucned the winners of the 48th international emmy award , hosted by actor ____

A

richard kind

115
Q

48th international emmy award best drama series

A

Netflix og ‘delhi crime’ written and directed by richie mehta

1st program from india to win emmy

116
Q

delhi crime

A

based on nirbhaya 2012

produced by global karavan

117
Q

emmy

A

youngest actor - billy barratt

international emmy founders award - governor andrew cuirno (for use of tv for public service during covid 19)

118
Q

4th global conference in criminal finances and cryptocurrencies organised by ____

A

interpol (international criminal police organisation), europol (european union agency for law enforcement and cooperation) and basel institute on governance (switz)

conference was launched in 2016. 1k representatives from 132 countries

119
Q

______ launched UMANG international app

A

union minister ravi shankar prasad of ministry of electronics and infromation tech, ministry of communications

120
Q

umang int app

A

9 countries, usa, uk, canada, uae, netherlands, singapore, australia and new zealand

121
Q

airtel bought stake in _____

A

avaada MHBuldhana pvt ltd , solar power firm

5.2 per cent

122
Q

rbi becomes world’s first central bank to reach 1 million followers on twitter

A

lol

123
Q

china national space admn (CNSA) launches 8.2 tonne lunar probe named ____ through _____ to bring 2kgs of sample soil and rock of moon to earth in ___ days

A

chang’e-5

long march 5, china’s largest carrier rocket

23 days

world’s first moon sample mission in 44 years, earlier USA and soviet union went.

124
Q

nasa has chosen _____ an indigenous satelite dev by 3 indian students for launch on nasa’’s next sounding rocket 7

A

india sat

125
Q

indian navy will get an advanced heavyweight anti submarine torpedo which is cpable of being launched from both ships and submarines, named ____

A

varunastra

Dr satheesh reddy laid the foundation stone for establishing state of the art central store at bharat dynamics ltd, vishakhapatnam unit

126
Q

bhojpuri novel ____ written by ____ was translated to english by ____

A

phoolsunghi
pandey kapil
gautam choubey

narrates the tale of unfulfilled love bw mahendra mishra and tawaif dhelabai

127
Q

andhra cm jagan mohan reddy launched ____ app for safety of women travelling by autos and taxis

A

abhyam

128
Q

wb CM announced schemes ___ and ___ at a program held in sidhu kanhu indoor stadium durgapur

A

duare duare paschim banga sarkar scheme - WB gov at every doorstep. WB gov plans to est camps at every block of WB

karmal dharma - work is worship. 2 lakh youth will receive 1 motorbike each to carry out small business

129
Q

____ mobile app for for gen public to reach tamil nadu fire and rescue services

A

thee

launched by CM of TN, edappadi k palaniswami

130
Q

karnataka cabinet approved the creation of ____ district as 31st district of karnataka

A

vijaynagara

carved from balari district and will incldue hampi, the capital of vijaynagara empire

131
Q

_____ was cancelled, an event which attracts a record no. of tourists in shillong

A

india international cherry blossom festival, annual event of meghalaya

132
Q

former assam cm ____ passed away.

A

tarun gogoi, longest serving cm of assam. MP for 6 terms and union minister for 2 terms

represented jorhat const in parliament from 71-80s
kaliabor cons bw 91-96

133
Q

51st ed of ATP (association of tennis players) fianals (aka 2020 Nitto ATP finals) took place at ____

A

o2 arena, london

annual season ending event for 8 highest ranked singles players and doubles teams on the ATP tour

london has held final for 12 years but in 2021 it will be moved to turin in italy

daniil medvedev (russia) beat dominic thiem (austria) to win singles title of 2020 for the first time. medvedev is first russian to win since nikolay davydenko in 2009. he also became 4th player in atp history to beat world’s top 3 players in the same tournamnet, he beat novak djokovic (1), rafael nadal (2) and dominik thiem (3)

mens doubles was won by wesley koolihoof (netherlands) and nikola mektic (croatia)

134
Q

world fisheries day 2020

A

nov 21

food and agriculture org of UN celebrated on nov 20 instead of 21 for some reason.

event includes ‘voices from the sea’ to tribute all fisherman and workers whose lives were imapcted due to covid 19

GOI felicitated the fisheries sector awards for the first time on world fisheries day

135
Q

GOI felicitated the fisheries sector awards for the first time on world fisheries day

A

best marine state - odisha
best inland state - UP
best hilly and north east states - Assam

best marine district - krishna , AP
best inland district - kalahand, odisha
best hilly district - nagaon, assam

best organisation marine state - Tamil NAdu fisheries dev corp ltd
best organisation inland state - Telangana State Fishermen Coop societies federation ltd
best organisation hilly state - assam apex cooperative fish marketing and processing federation ltd

136
Q

national pharmacy week

A

nov 16-22

137
Q

aviation safety awareness week

A

nov 23-27

virtually inaugurated by arvind singh, chairman of airport authority of india (AAI)

138
Q

world heritage week

A

nov 19-25

139
Q

72nd NCC raising day

A

nov 22

140
Q

federation of indian chambers of commerce and industry (FICCI)

A

pres - sangita reddy

141
Q

IIM shillong

A

director - prof DP goyal

chaiperson of BOD - shishir kumar bajoria

142
Q

karnataka

A

cm- bs yediyurappa

gov- vajubhai rudabhai vala

143
Q

interpol

A

pres - kim jong yang (south korea)

hq - lyon, france

144
Q

europol

A

catherine de bolte

hq - hague , netherlands

145
Q

nsdl payments bank

A

subsidiary of national securities depositories ltd
opperations commenced - oct 2018
chairman - gv nageswara rao
ceo - ashutosh singh
licensed under - section 22 of banking regulation act
hq - mumbai

146
Q

muthoot finance

A

md - george alexander muthoot

hq-kochi

147
Q

chinea

A

cap - beijing
currency - renminbi
pres - xi jinping

148
Q

ministry of fisheries, animal husandary and daitying

A

union minister - giriraj singh

minister of state - sanjeev kumair baiyan, pratap chandra sarangi

149
Q

sitmex - 20 , a trilateral naval exercise between ___ took place at ___

A

indian navy, royal thai navy, republic of singapore navy (singapore host)

1st edition (simtex 19) was held in port blair in 2019

indian navy deployed indigenous anti submarine corvette INS karmota and missile corvette ins kamuk

150
Q

sustainable development goals (SDG} finance facility patform at Uniated NAtions Development Program (UNDP) in partnersip with ___ launched sdg investor map report for india, which presents _______

A

invest india

18 investment opportunities areas in 6 sustainable development goals enabling sectors

SDG goals - education, healthcare, agriculture and allied activtiesm, financial service, renewable energy and alternatives and sustainable environment

151
Q

india’s first moss garden was inaugursted ar khurpatal nainital district of uttarakhand by renowed water conservation activist of india,_______ (also known as water man of india)

A

rajendra singh

garden has been set up for the purpose of conservation of different species of moss

152
Q

3 global organisations ____ launched a global group ____ to tackle anti microbial resistance (AMR)

A

food and agriculture org(FAO), world organisation for animal health (oie) and WHO

group will be co chaired by sheikh hasina wazed (pm of bangladesh) and mia mottley (pm of barbados)

group woll comprise 20 members , from india sunita narain, the director gen of centre for science and environment (think tank in delhi) will be member

153
Q

15th g20 leaders’ summit was virtually hosted by ___ . modiji attended

A

saudi arabia

theme was realising opportunities if the 21st century for all

italy will hold g20 presidency in 2021, indonesia in 2022 and india in 2023

154
Q

ministry of agri and farmers welfare has approved subsidized loans worth ___ under micro irrigation fund (MIF)for implementing micro irrigation projects

A

3971 crore inr

the MIF is created nabard

155
Q

what is micro irrigation

A

modern method of irrigation where water is irrigated frequently through drippers, sprinklers, foggers and other emitters

156
Q

ministry of agri and farmers welfare

A

union minister - narendra singh tomar

minister of state - parshottam rupala, kailash choudhary

157
Q

nabard sanctioned 74.31 cr inr for meghalaya roads under

A

rural infra dev fund (ridf) tranche XXVI

will be utilised in 3 years towards construction of 6 new roads and improvement of 24 existing roads

158
Q

vatayan lifetime achievement award 2020 for contribution to literary works in india

A

ramesh pokhriyal ‘nishank’

vatayan awards prsented by vatayan - UK organisation to recognize and honout contri of poets writers and artists for their work in respective fields

159
Q

nasa and eurpean space agency (ESA) developed satelite ____ was successfully launched into orbit by spacex falcon 9 rocket to monitor rising global sea levels

A

sentinel - 6 michael freilich

first of two satellites developed by nasa, esa, EUMETSAT (exploitation of meteorogical satellites) and national oceanic, European commission and atmospheric admnistration (noaa)

spacecraft was built by airbus defence and space in germany

160
Q

rajnath singh released ___ and ____ 3rd volume, which are a collection of slected speeches by ____ in hindi and english resp

A

loktantra ke swar and the republic ethic

president ram nath kovind

contains 57 speeches delivered during 3rd year of presidency

161
Q

govt of HP partnered with ____ to improve infrastucture in mandi distt of HP

A

asian dev bank

various programs worth 15 cr. ADB will give 9, baaki gov of HP

162
Q

singapore

A

pm - lee hsien loong
currency - singapore dolalr
pres - halimah yacob

163
Q

thailad

A

pm - prayut chan ocha
currency - thai baht
cap - bankok

164
Q

undp

A

united nations dev program
administrator - achim streiner
hq - new york

165
Q

invest india

A

non profit venture under department for promotion of industry and int trade, ministry of commerce and ind

md and ceo - deepak bagla
est- 2009
hq - new delhi

166
Q

uttarakhand

A

cm - trivendra singh rawat

capital - dehradun (winter) and gairsain (summer)

167
Q

WHO

A

dir gen- tedros adhanom ghebreyesus

hq - geneva

168
Q

nabard

A

est - 1982
chairman - gr chintala
hq mumbai

169
Q

meghalaya

A

cap - shillong
cm - conrad kongkal sangma
gov - satya pal malik

170
Q

national aeronotics space adm NASA

A

adm - jim bridestine

hq - washington dc

171
Q

ESA

A

dir gen - jan worner

hq paris

172
Q

indian railways collab with ____ for a study on an integrated coal freight optimization model to increase network throughput and omptimize freight transformation

A

indian school of business hyderabad

173
Q

2020 afghanistan conference held virtually. co-hosted by

A

UN

co-chaired by - mohd haneef atmar, minister of foreign affairs of the islamic rep of afghan, and janez lenarcic, eurpoean commissioner for crisis mangement

india side was rep by union minister subhramanyam jaishankar

conf last held in brussels belgium in 2016 and tokyo japan in 2021

174
Q

salma dam power project AKA

A

india-afhghan friendship dam - to provide electricity for irrigation

175
Q

india has concluded an agreement for construction of ____ which would provide safe drinking water to 2 million residents of ____

A

shatoot dam

kabul city

176
Q

ministry of electronics and IT issued orders to block ___ apps under section ___ of IT act

A

43
69A

59 apps were blocked in june and 118 in sept

177
Q

ministry of electronics and IT

A

union minister - ravi shankar prasad

minister of state - sanjay dhotre

178
Q

employees state insurance corp extended ___ by another year from 1st july 2020 to 30th june 2021. also relaxed eligibility conditions bw march 24 2020 and decemebr 31 2020

A

atal beemit vyakti kalyan yojana

it is a welfare measure for employees under sec 2(9) of ESI act 1948

179
Q

employees state insurance corp

A

parent ministry - ministry of labour and employment
dir gen - anuradha prasad
hq - new delhi

180
Q

hdfc bank and ___ signed mou to empower SMEs and startups

A

ICCI - inventivepreneur chamber of commerce and industries)

181
Q

india and US extend ____ by 10 more years

A

mou concerning global centre for nuclear energy partnership (GCNEP)

182
Q

GCNEP

A

in sept 2010, GOI approved establishment of GCNEP at village jasaur kheri and kheri jasaur near bahadurgarh distt jhajjar, haryana

6th r&d unit under department of atomic energy

183
Q

india post payments bank (IPPB) partnered with ____ to launch pradhan mantri jeevan jyoti bima yojana to provide life cover of 2 lakh inr on death of insured memeber due to any reason

A

pnb metlife india insurance co.

184
Q

pradhan mantri jeevan jyoti bima yojana

A

launched in 2015. low cost insurance scheme

age limit - 18-50 years

premium - rs 330

185
Q

india post payments bank

A

est - 2018
md and ceo - j venkatramu
tagline - aapka bank aapke diwar
hq - New Delhi

186
Q

behn ka loda kon?

A

kapil kathpal

187
Q

pnb metlife

A

md and ceo - ashish kumar srivastava

188
Q

hdfc (housing dev finance corp) life and hdfc ergo launched combi insurance product ___ which offers complete financial protection agaisnt current pandemic environment

A

click 2 protect corona kavach

189
Q

chut ka patha kon?

A

kapil sir

190
Q

india successfully test fired land attack version of ___ from andaman nicobar island territory

A

brahmos supersonic cruise missile

range is 400kms from esrlier 290 and it is a surface to supersonic cruise missile

191
Q

chief of army staff

A

general major manoj mukund naravane

192
Q

legendary argentine footballer ___ passed away following heart attack

A

diego maradona
nick name - el pibre de oro (the golden kid)
led argentina to world cup victory in 1986 where he won the golden ball as the tournament’s best player

in 1986 world cup quarter final he scored both goals against england. first goal is known as ‘hand of god’ because he hit the ball into the goal with his hand but referee didnt spot that. second goal was voted “goal of the century” by voters in 2002.

193
Q

sr cong leader and rajya sabha mp___ passed away at 71

A

ahmed patel

3 terms in lok sabha and 5 in rajya

represented gujarat

194
Q

international day for elimination of violence against women

A

nov 25

195
Q

aviation awareness week

A

nov 23 - 27 2020

196
Q

us president elect

A

joseph robinette biden jr

197
Q

indian railways

A

chairman and ceo - vinod kumar yadav

hq new delhi

198
Q

UN sec gen

A

antonio manuel de oliviera guterres

199
Q

ICCI - inventivepreneur chamber of commerce and industries)

A

president - ritika yadav

hq new delhi

200
Q

hdfc bank

A

incorporated 1994
md and ceo - sashidhar jagdishan (succeeds aditya puri)

tagline - fuck you kapil… jk it’s we understand your world

201
Q

hdfc life

A

md and ceo - vibha padalkar

hq - new delhi

202
Q

hdfc ergo

A

md and ceo - ritesh kumar

hq mumbai

203
Q

neep ka patta kadva hai

A

kapil kathpal bhadva hai

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