september Flashcards
(148 cards)
1
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Dr J Jayalalithaa University merged with _______
A
Annamalai University
2
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An integrated apparel park in Virudhunagar district at a cost of ___, a future mobility park in Krishnagiri district at a cost of ______ and a SIPCOT Industrial Park in Tiruvallur district, costing ______, were among the major announcements made by the Tamil Nadu government in the Assembly on Tuesday
A
400 crore
300 crore
250 crore
3
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Chief Minister M K Stalin - announced that Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board will henceforth be known as _____
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Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board
4
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‘Housing for All’ scheme for the urban slum/poor families before __________
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2030
5
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________- has proposed to set up a ‘sponge park’ with artificial pond and rain gardens at the Kargil Nagar flood water pumping station in Manali zone.
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Greater Chennai Corporation
6
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Tamil Nadu government – is planning to provide a _____ to everyone in the state.
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unique health ID (UHID)
7
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The state has already commenced the pilot run of UHID projects in _________
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two blocks of Krishnagiri district
8
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Tamil Nadu Small Industries Corporation Limited (TANSIDCO) – is planning to establish four industrial estates at a cost of Rs. 218.22 crore for MSME units in _______
A
Tiruvallur, Chengalpet, Trichy and Madurai district
9
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Through the Tamil Nadu Startup Seed Grant Fund (TANSEED), the state is also planning to provide a grant of___________ each to 50 startups this year
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Rs.10 lakh
10
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____________- to launch a ‘web-based GeoSpatial Services (GSS)’ portal to geo-tag industrial polluters in state.
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The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board
11
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The State government – to set up common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) in 10 locations in __________ districts to prevent discharge of effluents from industries into water bodies
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Erode and Namakkal
12
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The Tamil Nadu government - plans to spend ________ over the next five years to get the prestigious Blue Flag certification for the Marina and nine other beaches in the state.
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Rs.100 crore
13
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‘My Pad, My Right’ project in _____
A
Tripura
14
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______– to Launch ‘Mera Kaam Mera Maan’ Scheme to Help Unemployed Youth
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Punjab
15
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snow leopard - has been declared the state animal of the ______
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Union Territory of Ladakh
16
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state bird of the Ladakh
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black-necked crane
17
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________ has decided to deploy women as Gypsy drivers and nature guides across all tiger reserves and wildlife sanctuaries
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The state of Uttarakhand
18
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Two tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh —____ — have women guides who accompany tourists to core tiger-inhabited areas.
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Kanha Tiger Reserve-National Park and the Pench Tiger Reserve-National Park
19
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brand ambassador of the Samagra Sikhsha Abhiyan (SSA) in the state of Assam.
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Lovlina Borgohain
20
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_________– has started a trial run for delivering vaccines by drones on September
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Telangana
21
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____________ Government launches ‘Matra Bhumi Yojana’ for the improvement of rural infrastructure
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Uttar Pradesh
22
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state fish of Sikkim
A
Katley’
23
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Indian Institute of Millet Research,
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Hyderabad
24
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_____________ - signed MoU with Indian Institute of Millet Research, Hyderabad in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel to launch the ‘Millet Mission’ in the state
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Government of Chhattisgarh
25
Assam’s Rice Wine ‘______’ receives GI Tag
Judima
26
most polluted country in the world
India
27
Air Quality Life Index report from
University of Chicago
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most polluted state in india
delhi - 1st
| UP 2nd
29
__________ inaugurated India's first-ever smog tower at _____
Arvind Kejriwal -
Baba Kharak Singh Marg, delhi
30
world's most polluted capital
delhi
31
Centre, ____________ and five Karbi Anglong ultra groups – signed a tripartite peace accord on September
Assam government
32
Two teachers from Tamil Nadu, who received the award from the President,
K Asha Devi and D Lalitha
33
On September, Prime Minister Narendra Modi - launched the _________ which is likely to play a major role in eradicating inequality in education and its modernisation.
National Digital Educational Architecture (N-DEAR),
34
The National Mission for Clean Ganga – has celebrated ‘Himalaya Diwas’ recently under the theme ________
‘Contribution of Himalayas and our responsibilities’
35
PM Modi announced the setting up of the Subramania Bharati chair in the memory of Legendary Tamil Poet Subramania Bharati at ___________-
the Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
36
__________ a news channel combining the Lok Sabha TV and the Rajya Sabha TV, was launched
Sansad TV,
37
___________ % GST on services by cloud kitchens and food delivery platforms like Zomato and Swiggy
5%
38
NITI Aayog Partners _________ to educate children in 112 aspirational districts
Byju’s
39
Niti Aayog tie-up with ISRO,CBSE launch ________ for school students
‘Space Challenge’
40
(IRCTC) has joined hands and signed the agreement with ___________ being operated by M/s Waterways Leisure Tourism Pvt. Ltd for promotion and marketing of the first indigenous luxury cruise in India.
Cordelia Cruises
41
POSHAN Maah
September
42
___________ - launched a digital platform for dairy farmers to provide real-time information on animal health, nutrition and breed development.
National Dairy Development Board
43
Trans – Fat free by _______
2022
44
which scheme has completed three years.
Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)
45
National Digital Health Mission (NDHM), which has been renamed as ______
Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission (PM-DHM
46
Mid-Day Meal scheme will be renamed as the National Scheme for________
The existing Mid-Day Meal scheme will be renamed as the National Scheme for PM Poshan Shakti Nirman.
47
In Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has launched a Rural Enterprises Acceleration Programme titled ‘Saath’ for ____________
Self Help Group (SHG) women
48
SVAMITVA
aimed to provide an integrated property validation solution for rural India leveraging property as a financial asset by the citizens with accurate land records for rural planning.
49
NEP-2020 drafting committee chairperson
K Kasturirangan
50
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) signed an MoU with __________ to create an academic platform to engage young students as well as develop a research and capacity building hub to support regional development in the eastern region.
South Asian Institute for Advanced Research and Development (SAIARD)
51
After two decades, the United States - has completed its withdrawal from __________
Afghanistan
52
latest Country to legalise the use of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
Ukraine
53
China successfully launches new Earth observation satellite
“Gaofen-5 02”
54
1st country to adopt Bitcoin as National Currency
El Salvador
55
___________ launched the 10-year “golden visa”, aimed at welcoming rich residents and highly skilled workers into the country.
UAE
56
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) partners with _________
ICRISAT
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_____________ has declared ,state emergency, the food crisis worsened after private banks ran out of foreign exchange to finance imports
The sri lankan govt
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(IMF) has made an allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) ________ to India. (approx USD 17.86 billion). With this, the total SDR holding of India has gone upto SDR __________
12. 57 billion
| 13. 66 billion
59
India and the __________- have signed an agreement for cooperation in the development of air-launched unmanned aerial vehicles (ALUAVs)
US
60
‘2+2’ Ministerial Dialogue between India & ___________
Australia
61
_________ , India launch task forces on Hydrogen and Biofuels
US
62
India is __________ second biggest trade partner
Dubai’s
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The India- ASEAN Engineering Partnership Summit 2021 - was inaugurated by _____________
partner state
focus state
Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Anupriya Patel
TN
haryana
64
13th BRICS Summits- venue
theme
INDIA
'BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS cooperation for continuity, consolidation and consensus'.
65
first-ever Global Buddhist Conference
venue
organised by
Nava Nalanda Mahavihara campus, in Nalanda, Bihar.
Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR
66
______ hosted the 8th Meeting of Agriculture Experts of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC
chaired by
India
Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research & Education & Director General of ICAR
67
6th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), organised in
Indian delegation led by ______
Vladivostok, Russia
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri
68
QUAD Countries
Australia, Japan, India, and the United States
69
25th edition of the Malabar naval exercises
coast of Guam
70
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh – to meet his Australian counterpart _______________ in New Delhi to discuss specific measures to further expand the bilateral defence cooperation
Peter Dutton
71
bilateral naval exercise ‘AUSINDEX’ off
Darwin.
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missile system handed over to IAF
MRSAM-Barak-8
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ZAPAD 2021’
17 countries are participating in ZAPAD including Mongolia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Russia, India and Belarus
74
“KAZIND-21" a
training Node Aisha Bibi, Kazakhstan
75
SIMBEX
Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise'
fringes of the South China Sea.
76
India’s GDP growth - rose ________ in the three months to June, the first quarter of the 2021-22 fiscal year
20.1%
77
_______ – signed a $300 million loan with the Union Government to expand rural connectivity in ______
The Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Maharashtra
78
________ has opened a floating ATM
State Bank of India in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar
79
Reserve Bank of India will conduct open market purchase of Government Securities under the G-Sec Acquisition Programme (G-SAP 2.0) for _______
Rs 15000 crore
80
The Reserve bank of India has set the limit for Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for the second half of the financial year 2021-22 i.e October 2021 to March 2022 at ___________
Rs. 50,000 crore.
81
The Reserve Bank may trigger fresh floatation of market loans when the Government of India utilises _________ % of the WMA limit
75 per cent
82
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has increased the entry age for the National Pension System (NPS) from 65 years to ________.
70 year
83
The crypto industry in India has the potential to add _________ of economic value, in the form of investments and cost savings, by 2030, according to a report.
$184 billion
84
The report, entitled “Crypto Industry in India,” was published by the __________
National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) in conjunction with Binance-owned crypto exchange WazirX.
85
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has marginally lowered India’s growth projection for the ongoing fiscal to ______
9.7
86
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised downwards India’s economic growth forecast for the current fiscal, 2021-22 (FY22) to ____________
10 per cent
87
India - has emerged as the ____ largest startup ecosystem in the world after the _______
third
US and China
88
Gazelle”
a startup founded after 2000 with the potential to go unicorn in two years
89
cheetah
may go unicorn in the next four years
90
most valuable Gazelle
Zilingo
91
most valuable Cheetah
Pepperfry
92
India ranks ______in Global Innovation Index 2021
46th
93
India will become 3rd largest importer by __________
2050
94
Top States and UTs in Food Safety Index 2020-21
Gujarat was the top ranking state, followed by Kerala (2nd) and Tamil Nadu (3rd).
95
Rabobank’s 2021 Global Top 20 Dairy Companies list
Amul, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) to rank 18th
96
India is the ______ largest Unicorn/startup ecosystem in the world after _____
third
usa after china
97
top unicorn in the ranking in India
Zilingo
98
top in Global Innovation Index 2021
Switzerland
99
Director of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam.
Venkatraman,
100
ASOSAI chairman
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India GC Murmu
101
chairman of National Commission for Minorities
Iqbal Singh Lalpura
102
first woman Secretary-General of UNCTAD
Rebecca Grynspan
103
head of a 12-member steering committee responsible for developing a new National Curriculum Framework (NCF).
ISRO) chairman K. Kasturirangan
104
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Advocate
Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi
105
Ramon Magsaysay Awards
| A Bangladeshi scientist who has been instrumental in discovering vaccines that have saved millions of lives.
Firdausi Qadri
106
Ramon Magsaysay Awards :
| A visionary who founded one of the largest microfinance institutions in Pakistan, servicing millions of families.
Muhammad Amjad Saqib
107
Ramon Magsaysay Awards :
| A humanitarian who has been helping the displaced refugees of Southeast Asia rebuild their lives
Steven Muncy
108
_____ receives the 7th Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Awar
Namita Gokhale
109
Children's Climate Prize last year
Vinisha Umashankar, class X tiruvannamalai
110
_______ gets prestigious UN Land for Life Award 2021 for concept _____
Rajasthani based Shyam Sundar Jyani
Familial Forestry
111
who received the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2020 at a ceremony on September?
Politician-writer M Veerappa Moily,
| Tamil writer Imaiyam and poet Arundhathi Subramaniam
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who recived Sahitya Akademi Fellowship 2021
English author ____
Hindi writer ____
Malayalam literary critic ____
Ruskin Bond
Vinod Kumar Shukla
M Leelavathy
113
_______ receives National Florence Nightingale Award 2020
Brigadier SV Sarasvati
114
2021 Global Goalkeeper Awarded to _____ for fighting for gender equality and her continued advocacy to address the Covid-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on women and girl
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
| former UN sec general
115
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for science & technology is awarded for _____ in ____ no. of fields
Indian scientists below age 45
7 fields
116
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Biological Sciences category:
Dr Amit Singh & Dr Arun Kumar Shukla
117
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for chemical sciences category
Dr Kanishka & Dr T Govindaraju
118
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences category
Dr Binoy Kumar Saikia
119
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Engineering sciences category:
Dr Debdeep Mukhopadhyay,
120
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Mathematical sciences category:
Dr Anish Ghosh & Dr Saket Saurabh
121
The Florence Nightingale Award will be given to a nurse named ______ from Sir Sayajirao General Hospital, Gujarat.
Bhanumati Gheewala
122
____________ has bagged 22nd National Award for Excellence in Energy Management from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
The Golden Rock Railway Workshop (GOC), Tiruchchirappalli
123
Author of "Translating Myself and Others"
Jhumpa Lahiri
124
Author of “The Fractured Himalaya"
Nirupama Rao
125
Author of My Life in Full: Work, Family, and our Future.
Indra Nooyi of PepsiCo
126
Author of “Jungle Nama”
Amitav Ghosh
127
Amitav Ghosh’s “Jungle Nama” has now been released as an audiobook with music and voice of ______
US-based Ali Sethi
128
who has been appointed as India’s Sherpa for G20.
Piyush Goyal
129
Indians in 100 most influential people of 2021’
Narendra Modi
Mamata Banerjee
serum institute CEO Adar Poonawalla
130
For the first time in the history of space tourism ______ launched the Inspiration4 mission on September
SpaceX
131
QUAD ( Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) Leaders’ Summit held in
Washington D.C.
132
Quad nation comprises of India, ______, the US and ______
Japan & Australia
133
The theme of the ____th 2021 UN General Assembly session was ________
76th
"Building resilience through hope"
134
_______ launches Landsat 9 satellite to monitor Earth’s landscape
NASA
135
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) – has launched a two-day ‘Lunar Science Workshop’ to commemorate the completion of _____ years of operation of Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft
2 years
136
The govt has a dedicated National Clean Air Programme that aims for a 20% to 30% reduction in particulate matter concentrations by____ in 122 cities
2024
137
which IIT is working on developing an innovative digital model to address the problem of e-waste (electronic wastes)?
IIT madras
138
which IIT launched ‘Project Udaan’, a language translator, to break the language barrier in education
IIT bombay
139
Tokyo Paralympics India position
24th
140
India finished their campaign at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 with an all-time high of _____ medals
19 (5G,8S and 6B)
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Indian Flag Bearers at Tokyo paralympics at opening ceremony
Javelin thrower Tek Chand
142
Indian Flag Bearers at Tokyo paralympics at closing ceremony
Shooter Avani Lekhara
143
The Indian theme song of Paralympics 2020 ______ by ________
"Kar de kamaal tu" by sanjeev singh
144
US Open
mens
womens
Daniil Medvedev
Emma Raducanu
145
Asian Snooker Championship
India’s Pankaj Advani
146
india 70 th chess grandmaster
R Raja Rithvik
147
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics unveiled its official motto
“Together for a Shared Future
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FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup to be Held in India in _------------
October 2022
