Current Affairs Questions and Answers (14)
Total Questions : 20
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As of 2023, who is in charge of the Border Security Force (BSF)?
2. The "National conference of tribal writers" was held in which state or UT?
3. Which nation is home to the Mayon Volcano, which was recently featured in the news?
4. The study "Detox Development: Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies" was published by which organization?
5. Which region is related with the term "Nature Restoration Law" that I recently saw in the news?
6. Which Department of the Government of India administers the VAIBHAV Fellowships Program?
7. What entity publishes the National Time Release Study (TRS) Report 2023?
8. Which organization organized the "Julley Ladakh" outreach program?
9. Which state or UT recently revoked its general approval of the CBI investigations?
10. Which state/UT honors Mother Earth during the "Raja" festival?
11. 'Governor of the Year' award was given to the head of which nation's central bank?
12. Which nation gave Indigenous Maori and Moriori people's remains back to New Zealand?
13. The 'Women 20 Summit' is taking place in which Indian state?
14. What does the 'Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society''s new name mean?
15. The 'Dugdh Sankalan Sathi Mobile App' was unveiled by which Union Ministry.
16. Which city saw the launch of the "1 MW Rooftop Solar Power Project" by NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited?
17. The Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Act, 2022, often known as the anti-conversion law, was repealed in which state?
18. Which state saw the greatest increase in wind capacity between 2022 and 2023?
19. Who is the chairperson of the committee formed to provide recommendations for changes to arbitration law?
20. Which file is related to the "Common Annual Confidential Reports" that were mentioned in the news?
The Border Security Force's (BSF) new Director-General is Nitin Agarwal, a Kerala-trained IPS officer from the 1989 batch.
Pankaj Kumar Singh, who retired on December 31, is chang
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ed by using Agarwal. Since Singh's retirement, Sujoy Lal Thaosen, DG of the Central Reserve Police Force, has also served as the BSF's leader.
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2. The "National conference of tribal writers" was held in which state or UT?
In Jammu and Kashmir, the first-ever national conference of tribal writers these days came about.
Its members have mounted a discussion board to hold real tribal literature and en
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courage young humans to write approximately and proportion their very own cultural heritage.
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3. Which nation is home to the Mayon Volcano, which was recently featured in the news?
Tens of lots of human beings have been made conscious by using the gentle lava streaming down the slopes of the Mayon Volcano, the most active volcano inside the Philippines.
Sinc
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e the volcanism picked up closing week, extra than 12,600 humans were forced to go away the settlements within a six-kilometer radius of the volcano's crater.
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4. The study "Detox Development: Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies" was published by which organization?
The World Bank has posted a report titled Detox Development: Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies
This paper claims that sizable sums of money being squandered on subsidi
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es for fishing, farming, and fossil fuels after they could be used to combat climate exchange and gain both people and the environment.
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5. Which region is related with the term "Nature Restoration Law" that I recently saw in the news?
A series of policy efforts referred to as the European Green Deal were launched in 2019 with the aim of helping the European Union (EU) in turning into carbon neutral via the year
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2050.
The place is presently required to turn out to be climate neutral by using the middle of this century. The European People's Party's change to reject the Nature Restoration Law changed into permitted 44–44 via the European Parliament's surroundings committee.
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6. Which Department of the Government of India administers the VAIBHAV Fellowships Program?
The Vaishvik Bhartiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) fellowships application has been released by means of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology.
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The application's purpose is to establish research partnerships between Indian instructional and R & D establishments and the STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) diaspora. Outstanding scientists and engineers of Indian descent (NRI/OCI/PIO) who are actively worried in studies in their respective international locations might be given the fellowship.
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7. What entity publishes the National Time Release Study (TRS) Report 2023?
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) announces the release of the National Time Release Study (TRS) Report 2023.
Time Release Study (TRS) is a performance measur
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ement tool that aims to present a quantitative measure of the cargo release time, or the amount of time it takes for an import or an export to move from the time the cargo arrives at the customs station until it is released for domestic clearance or until the carrier finally departs.
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8. Which organization organized the "Julley Ladakh" outreach program?
In order to raise awareness of the Indian Navy in Ladakh, the Indian Navy carried out an outreach initiative there called "Julley Ladakh" (Hello Ladakh). A 5000km motorcycle expedi
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tion was part of the program.
The program's main goals are to commemorate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, hold awareness campaigns about career options in the Indian Navy in schools and colleges, and promote Nari Shakti in the area.
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9. Which state or UT recently revoked its general approval of the CBI investigations?
According to the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 (Central Act XXV of 1946), the CBI must obtain prior consent from the state government before entering its territory t
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o conduct investigations. Recently, Tamil Nadu became the tenth state to revoke its general approval for the CBI investigations.
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10. Which state/UT honors Mother Earth during the "Raja" festival?
During the Raja festival in Odisha, the soil is revered. Three days are devoted to celebrating this celebration. The festival's first day is referred to as "Pahili Raja," the secon
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d as "Majhi Raja," the third as "Bhudaha," and the fourth as either "Basi Raja" or "Sesha Raja.
Notably, "Pahili Raja" and "Raja Sankranti," which mark the start of the rainy season, respectively, fall on the final day of the month "Jyestha" and the first day of the month "Asadha," respectively.
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11. 'Governor of the Year' award was given to the head of which nation's central bank?
Shaktikanta Das, governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), received the "Governor of the Year" honor at the 2023 Central Banking Awards.
An worldwide publication for economic s
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tudy is called Central Banking. The honor recognized his leadership of the RBI in controlling inflation and running India's banking sector during crises like the COVID outbreak and world unrest.
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12. Which nation gave Indigenous Maori and Moriori people's remains back to New Zealand?
From German museums and colleges, 95 Indigenous New Zealanders' remains as well as artifacts and cultural treasures have been brought back to New Zealand.
Te Papa, New Zealand's n
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ational museum, received the ancestors of 95 Maori and Moriori people, including six toi moko, or mummified tattooed heads from the Maori culture.
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13. The 'Women 20 Summit' is taking place in which Indian state?
The 'Women 20 Summit' has started at Mahabalipuram, close to Chennai. 'Women-Led Development- Transform, Thrive and Transcend' is the summit's theme for this year.
An exhibition,
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a Janbhagidari event, eight seminars, and a private meeting made up the summit. The Department of Rural Development of Tamil Nadu funded an exhibition of grassroots entrepreneurs from that state as part of the summit.
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14. What does the 'Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society''s new name mean?
The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society decided to change its name to the Prime Ministers' Museum and Library Society at a special meeting.
Rajnath Singh, vice-president of
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the Society and the union's minister of defense, presided over the gathering.
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15. The 'Dugdh Sankalan Sathi Mobile App' was unveiled by which Union Ministry.
Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, the Union Minister for Heavy Industries, recently unveiled the Dugdh Sankalan Sathi mobile app in Mussorie, Uttarakhand.
The Mini Ratna Central Public Se
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ctor Enterprise Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited (REIL), which is part of the Ministry of Heavy Industries, created the app. The objective of this smartphone app is to raise the standard of milk, promote stakeholder transparency, and streamline operations at the local village level, including milk cooperative organizations.
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16. Which city saw the launch of the "1 MW Rooftop Solar Power Project" by NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited?
The NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited has inaugurated the 1 MW Rooftop Solar Power Project at IIT Jodhpur. 15 percent of the institution's electricity needs should be satisfied by t
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his initiative.
A fully owned division of NTPC, NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN) is a company. The rooftop project will produce approximately 14.9 lakh units annually.
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17. The Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Act, 2022, often known as the anti-conversion law, was repealed in which state?
The State's Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Act, 2022—commonly referred to as the anti-conversion law—will be repealed, according to the Karnataka Congress governmen
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The State Cabinet also made the decision to undo the revisions made to the social studies and Kannada school textbooks made the previous year, which included lectures on Hindutva ideologues.
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18. Which state saw the greatest increase in wind capacity between 2022 and 2023?
The Indian government's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy participated in the worldwide commemorations of June 15 as Global Wind Day.
Rajasthan received praise for adding the m
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ost wind capacity, Gujarat for doing so through open access, and Tamil Nadu for starting the process of repowering wind turbines. The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) launched Wind Atlas at 150 meters above the earth during the event.
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19. Who is the chairperson of the committee formed to provide recommendations for changes to arbitration law?
An expert group led by former law secretary T K Vishwanathan has been assembled by the government to establish India as a major hub for international arbitration and relieve the bu
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rden on the judiciary.
Changes to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act will be suggested by the panel. The Department of Legal Affairs of the Union Law Ministry constituted the committee, which includes Attorney General N Venkataramani.
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20. Which file is related to the "Common Annual Confidential Reports" that were mentioned in the news?
The decision to introduce consistent annual secret reports for senior officers across all branches of the armed services in India was recently made by the country's defense and sec
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urity authorities.
This choice is in line with the government's theaterisation policy, which aims to promote improved communication and cooperation between the three armed services.
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