QUIZ REVISION

●Cost of transportation of freight;-{RITES Report -2014} •highways(2.50 ₹/Tkm) > railways(1.36) > inland water transport(1.06)  •Tonne-kilometre(Tkm)↪ is a unit of measure of freight transport  ●Montague-Chelmsford Reforms{act-1919};- ↪to introduce self-governing institutions gradually to India ↪separated central and provincial subject(transferred and 'reserved-alone governor')known as ‘dyarchy->double rule' ↪also introduced bicameralism •Association of Indians with the executive councils of viceroy and governors was first introduced in act-1909{in act-1919 numbers increased to 3} ●Gravitational redshift or Einstein shift;- ↪Is the process by which electromagnetic radiation originating from a source that is in a gravitational field is reduced in frequency ●Central Information Commission;- ↪consists of a Chief & not more than 10 -Information Commissioners •appointed by the President{committee consisting PM as Chairperson,Leader of Opposition in LS and a Union C

●The quadrennial tiger census survey;- ↪designed by the "Wildlife Institute of India" ↪to count the elusive national animal by "camera traps" ●South Korea’s new policy;- ↪aim to better connect South Korea to ASEAN(& seeks to curb its reliance on traditional trading partners like China &US) ●Girinka programme(one cow per poor family);- ↪PM modi presented 200 cows to poor villagers in Rwanda  ↪for their nutritional and financial security ●'Sashakt' plan;- ↪ approved by the government to address the problem of resolving bad loans •inter-creditor agreement;-(under sashakt plan} ↪ is aimed at the resolution of loan accounts with a size of ₹50 crore and above ●Shyama Prasad Mukherjee was the founder-President of↪ Bharatiya Jana Sangh ●Dr Ambedkar was founder of ↪Republican Party of India(RPI), Scheduled Castes Federation(SCF) & Independent Labour Party

↪India-Africa trade has shown a slump in recent years. ↪India's investment level in Africa has come down while china's has burgeoned ●Inter-Creditor Agreement (ICA);- ↪to speed up the resolution of stressed assets of Rs 50 crore and above ↪was framed under the aegis of the "Indian Banks’ Association" ↪if 2/3rd(66%)of the lenders in terms of aggregate exposure approve, then the resolution plan is binding on all the lenders. ↪NBFC also expected to sign the agreement. ●Article -19(FRs);- •The right to demonstration or picketing but not right to strike.(j) •Right to telecast(e) •Right against bundh called by political party or organization(f) •Right against tapping of telephonic conversation(d) etc. ●Privilege Motion;- ↪It is concerned with the breach of parliamentary privileges by a minister ↪privilege motion can move against any member of parliament ●Public Affairs Index;-{by Public Affairs Centre,NGO} ↪ranks the states of India from the lens of governance

●The Maluti village Temple(Jharkhand);- ↪sixty-odd surviving temples are exquisite examples of "Bengal-style terracotta art" ●space weather;- ↪generally refers to conditions on the Sun and in the solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere ●Artillery gun;- ↪Is a class of large military weapons built to fire munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry's small  arms.like -- •Dhanush •K9 Vajra T •M777 Howitzer ●operational/ navigableNational Waterways (NWs) in India ;- •NW ↪1,2,3,4 & NW ↪ 9,10, 27,68,85,  &NW↪ 97,100,111 ●Adoption & Succession↪ concurrent list •Public health,Public order &Land ↪states list

●Bosphorus strait;- ↪unites Black Sea & Sea of Marmara ●J&K handicrafts accorded GI tags;- ↪Pashmina ↪Sozani craft ↪Walnut wood carving ↪Hand-knotted carpet ●"Coordination and determination of standards in institutions for higher education"↪Union List(66th) ●The tail of a feathered dinosaur & two wings from birds that lived alongside dinosaurs↪recently found in "Myanmar" ●Ellen MacArthur Foundation;- ↪aims to redefine products and services to design waste out beyond the current “take, make and dispose” extractive industrial model(Accelerate the transition to a circular economy

●Samagra Shiksha’ scheme  For all-round development of school children(primary to 12th)will subsumes  •Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan •Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan •Teacher Education ●joint military exercise with India ;- •Magnolia – Ex Nomadic Elephant •Bangladesh– Table Top Ex •Israel – Ex Blue Flag •Oman – Ex Eastern Bridge ●Execution and coordination of the ‘National Monsoon Mission’ come under  Indian Instituted of Tropical Meteorology(IITM), Ministry of Earth Sciences ●Meghalayan Age;- ↪marked by a mega-drought that crushed a number of civilisations worldwide. ●Wood Wide Web;- ↪Trees secretly talk to and share resources with each other(Trees do this using a network of fungi that grow around inside their roots)

●Mission Birubala & Project Prahari;- ↪campaigning against witch-hunting  ●Expanding universe hypothesis;- •Edwin Hubble, in 1920↪provided evidence that universe is expanding(As time passes, galaxies move further and further apart) ●Vikas engine;- ↪Is aimed at improving the playload capability of PSLV,GSLV &GSLV MK -III launch vehicles ●India’s spending on R&D;-(0.7% of GDP) •Public sector↪0.4%(from 0.5% in 2009) •Private sector↪ 0.3%(from 0.2% in 2009) ●Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) ;- ↪Programme aims to address development deficits in the identified minority concentration areas ↪Now the population criteria has been lowered to 25% for 'Cluster of Villages'

●Pemberton-Johnstone-Maxwell Line;- ↪boundary line between India and Myanmar(Burma) ●World Customs Organisation (WCO);- ↪established in 1952 as the Customs Co-operation Council (CCC) ↪Is an independent intergovernmental body  ↪represents 182 Customs administrations that process approximately 98% of world trade. ↪India recently became regional head of Asia-Pacific region ●Bharatmala Pariyojana programme;- ↪will help to connect 550 districts in the country through NH linkages( National corridors, feeder routes, economic corridors, coastal roads,etc.) ↪50 new national corridors will be built ●Potential Fisheries Zone (PFZ);- ↪give remotely sensed data available from various satellites to "fishermen"{through mass media) ●Moon will be at Apogee;-{27 July} ↪means at farthest from Earth in its orbit ↪moving at a slower speed in its orbit{wil take longest duration of total eclipse of this century} ◆Perigee is opposite to Apogee(moon will be nearest to earth in its orbit)

●Kabaw Valley (in Myanmar);- ↪Have border with Moreh, Manipur ●Colombo ↪coastal city in western Sri Lanka. •Trincomalee is a coastal city N-E Sri lanka •Mattala ↪ town located near coastal town of Hambantota. ●International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF)World Under-20 Championships took place in↪Finland

●Artist Gilbert Baker(gay man);- ↪designed the first rainbow flag in 1978. he adopted eight colors each with its own meaning •hot pink -> sex •red -> life •orange ->healing • yellow ->sunlight • green -> nature •turquoise ->art • indigo -> harmony • violet -> spirit ●Medipix;- ↪ works like a camera detecting and counting individual sub-atomic particles ↪New Zealand scientists have performed the first-ever 3-D, colour X-ray on a human ●TPOXX (tecovirimat);- ↪Is a small-molecule antiviral treatment for "smallpox" ●SA-21 Growler;- ↪designed to detect and destroy an array of targets( upto1,000 KM away)strategic bombers,aircraft like F-16& F-22

●Telecom Commission ↪was set up by the Government of India vide a resolution ●Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI);- ↪was established by an Act of Parliament ↪to regulate telecom services ●Nilgiri Tahr;- •State animal ↪ TN •IUCN status↪Endangered(< 2500) ●Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve ↪ TN ●India-Iran bilateral trade; • US $12.89 billion(imported $10.5 billion) •exported $ 2.4 billion(commodities rice, tea, iron and steel, organic chemicals, metals, electrical machinery, drugs/pharmaceuticals) ●Anchor investors;- ↪ are institutional investors(Initial Public Offerings)

●"Behdienkhlam" cultural festival ↪Jaintia tribe,Meghalaya ●MOVE Summit;-{by NITI Aayog} ↪to showcase innovation and build a platform for future of mobility ●DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill,2018;- ↪for expanding the application of DNA-based forensic technologies(to solve criminal cases) ●games that originated in India;- ↪Badminton, Carrom, Polo, Chess, Kabaddi, Snakes and Ladders (Gyan Chaupar)  ●Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories in Asia (WGIA);- ↪an initiative of Govt. of Japan to improve quality of Greenhouse Gas Inventories of Asian countries

●Maghar(tourist destination),UP;- -> Hindus have built a temple in memory of Kabir(attain Samadhi there) ●Suhaili(Indian built boat-1968);- ->to participate in the prestigious Golden Globe Race (Non-stop circumnavigation of the globe) ●Cape of Good Hope – South Africa Cape Horn – Southern Chile Cape Leeuwin – Australia ●Blue-Revolution;-  ->Under this, the traditional fishermen and their societies can avail financial assistance ●Fish production;- •68% -> from inland fisheries  •32%-> from marine sector ●GST Council;- ->it is functioning as to arouse confidence amongst all States(cooperative-federalism decision-making authority) • 122nd Amendment Bill of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (101st Amendment) Act, 2016 ->All legislations enabling the GST were passed unanimously

●Institutions of Eminence (IoE)scheme;- ->Each institution(public sector) get up to ₹ 1,000 Cr in 5yr ->aim to bring IoEs in top 500 of world ranking in the next 10 years ●CIPET(Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology);- ->offers Diploma of plastics engineering and technology -> comes under Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers ●Authority for Advance Rulings;- ->objective of an advance ruling is to make a taxpayer aware ●derivatives instruments;-(currency, bonds, stocks etc.);- -> regulated by various regulators, like RBI, SEBI etc. ●National Testing Agency;- ->initially conduct those entrance examinations which are currently being conducted by the CBSE. ->establish a network of test practice centres for rural area ->set up under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860

●There are three definition of production cost ;- 1) •A2-> covers all paid-out expenses, including cash and in kind.(like Irrigation, seeds,fertilisers and fuel etc.) 2)•A2+FL-> cover actual paid cost(A2) and also unpaid family labour(FL).  3)• C2 ->cost includes all actual expenses in cash and kind incurred in production +(plus)rent &interest paid for leased land ●India annual bilateral trade;- • China->84.4 billions $ •US-> 74.3 billions $ •UAE->49.74 $ ●India’s foreign exchange reserves;- ->facilitate external trade and payment and promote orderly development and maintenance of foreign exchange market in India. ●SO2hotspots->Eastern India(odisha, JH,..) ●Friends of Yemen Group;- ->to help bolster international political support for Yemen ->India is a member ●city of Murshidabad;- -> was the capital of Bengal -> when 1757 British(Robert Clive)defeated Siraj–ud–Daula in the Battle of Plassey