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Article 164(1)
- Chief minister appointed by governor
- UP has 2 deputy CMs
ICEGATE
- e-commerce portal of Central Board of Excise & Custom
Import of major arms
- India largest importer
- Russia exports to india most
- USA largest exporter
Project Unnati
- Ministry of shipping
- a port transformation project
- focus is on 12 major ports
Clean Seas Campaign
- New zealand recently joined
- Aims to engage gov., general public, civil society and private sector in fight against marine plastic
CIPAM
- Cell for IPR Promotion and Mgtt.
- slogan - Creative India, Innovative India
Energy transition index
- Released by World Economic Forum
- List topped by Sweden
- India at 78/114
North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme
- Completely funded by GOI
- launched for 2017 to 2020
- Funds distributed to 8 NE states
Citizen Services' app
- Launched by NCRB
- bouquet of 9 police related services, for citizen
- SOS provision is made available to send emergency messages to friends and family
Cyber Gram Project
- Launched by Ministry of Minority Affairs
- Digital literacy in a minority dominated village of Chandauli in Alwar, Rajasthan

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E-office
- Under Department of Administrative Reforms
- Ministry of Personal Public Grievances and Pension
International Criminal Court
- Established after Rome statute 1/7/02
- Center at Hague
- India not a party
- Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russia, Spanish
Newton Bhabha Fund
- Help by UK
- 3 categories
  - People
  - Programmes
  - Translation
80:20 Gold scheme
- introduced with aim of curbing gold imports
- policy was aimed at tackling the widening current account deficit
Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
- Taxpayer resides in one country and earns in other country
Base erosion and profit sharing
- refers to tax planning strategies that exploit gaps and mismatches in tax rules to artificially shift profits to low or no-tax locations where there is little or no economic activity
- headed by OECD
UN Commision on Status of Women
- Funcitonal commision of EcoSoc established in 1946
- Rural entrepreneur Sunita Kashyap was hailed as a symbol of Women's empowerment of 62nd UNCOSOW 2018
LaQshya Programme
- reduce preventable maternal and newborn mortality, morbidity and stillbirths
Global Theatre Olympics
- Delhi would host
- Organised by ministry of culture
World Happiness Report
- released by Sustainable Developer Solution Network
- Finland 1st
- india 133/156
- Burundi last

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Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Created by UNESCO
- Yoga and Nawrouz in 2016
- Kumbhmelad added in 2017 -> making total 13
Ministry of culture runs
- Performing Arts Grants Scheme
- National Memorial Scheme
- Scheme for Cultural Heritage Youth Leadership Programme
National Building Construction Corporation is nodal agency for projects under
- Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
- Development work in NE Region
- Solid Waster Management
- Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
National Commission for Protection of child rights
- It is a statutory body
- under commision for protection for child rights
- under Ministry of Women and child
- children are under age of 18
Dark matter
- type of matter which has not yet been directly observed, but its thought to form a fundamental part of the universe
Dark energy
- a theoretical form of energy postulated to act in opposition of gravity and to occupy the entire universe, accounting for most of the energy in it and causing its expansion to accelerate
Black hole
- a region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation can escape

V.V.Imp.

The number of judges can be altered by Parliament by law
Saptanga theory of state was given by Kautilya in Arthashastra
Ram Das was the religious guru of Shivaji
Swami vivekananda founded Ramakrishna Mission in 1896 to carry on humanitarian relief and social work
Agenda 21 related to Sustainable development
Hornbill festival celebrated in Nagaland
Leaching causes formation of Laterite soil
Border with India
- Bangladesh
- China
- Pakistan
- Nepal
- Myanmar
- Bhutan
- Afghanistan
Export value (decr. value)
- Refined Petroleum
- Basmati Rice
Not less than 1/10th of total number of members of house is known as quorum
Innovate in India
- mission to accelerate biopharmaceutical development in india
- implemented by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council
Addis Ababa Action Agenda(AAAA)
- associated with UN
- related to Monterrey Consensus
Intl. Securities Identification Number
- code that uniquely identifies a specific securities issue
- country's representative National Numbering Agency allocates ISIN
An OCI is a foreigner who
- enjoys right to enter India, without Visa
- reside in India for any length of time
Gross value added at basic price
- is the sum of total gva at factor cost and production tax like stamp duty and property tax
- provides details of all burden that is faced by the sellers in the market
Vyuhvada associated with Vaishnavism
Fatwa-i-alamgiri was given under Aurangzeb
Patanal(South America) is World's largest wetland system
Sangai festival is celebrated in Manipur
Indian agriculture faces problem of
- underemployment
- disguised employment
DART Mission
- it is part of Asteroid Impact Deflection Assessment(AIDA) mission
- developed by European State Agency
Chief Election Commissioner
- appointed by President
- conventionally senior-most election commissioner
- tenure of six years or up to age of 65 years, whichever is earlier
- enjoys same official status, salary and perks as available to judges of Supreme court
- can be removed only through impeachment by parliament (2/3rd)
- member of Indian civil services
MERIT app is associated with tracking power distribution
fundamental rights were embodied to ensure
- secularism
- democratic gov.
- individual liberty
Democratic socialism
- political ideology
- under DPSP
- advocates political democracy alongside social democracy
Acids

Acid Found in

Formic Ant's sting

Acetic Vinegar

Citric Citrus fruits

Lactic Curd

Oxalic Spinach

Ascorbic Amla and other citrus fruits

Tartaric Tamarind, grapes, mangoes etc
Earth crust
- most abundant metal - Al
- second most abundant metal - Fe
- most abundant element - O2
- second most abundant element - Si
Dirty floating means manipulation in currency exchange rate by RBI
Gresham's law suggests that bad money tends to drive good money out of circulation when both are full legal tender
Gomira Mukha Nach is from West Bengal
UN Development index is based on the assumption that a country's development is a function of social, demographic and economic factors
RBI publishes figures for four alternative measures of money supply
- CU = Currency held by public
- DD = net demand deposits held by commercial banks
- M1, M2 = narrow money
- M3, M4 = broad money
- M1 = CU + DD
- M2 = M1 + savings deposits with Post office savings bank
- M3 = M1 + Net time deposits of commercial banks
- M4 = M3 + Total deposits with Post office savings organisation(excluding NSC)
Abscisic acid inhibits plant growth
Auxins are synthesized at the tip where light received by plant, help in cell growth
Gibberellins help in growth of stem
Seychelles > Mauritius > Reunion > Comoros (North -> South)
Groundwater is largest reservoir of fresh water
Cooperative banks accepts deposits from and lend money only to their members
Payment banks can't lend money
Small bank can perform both functions
NABARD can't lend or deposit with general public
CPI vs GDP deflator
- goods purchased by consumers do not represent all goods which are produced in a country. GDPD takes into account all such goods and services
- CPI includes prices of goods consumed by representative cosumer, hence it includes prices of imported goods. GDPD does not include such prices
- Weights are constant in CPI, but they differ acc. to production level of each good in GDPD
Wholesale and long term finance banks
- exempted from SLR
- focus primarily on lending to infrastructure sector and small, medium corportate businesses
BPL list
- households without shelter
- destitute/living on alms
- manual scavengers
- primitive tribal groups
- legally released bonded labours
Jajmani system
- a small daily allowance and diet money
- given to blacksmiths, carpenters and goldsmiths
- by zamindars (18th century)
Basic needs approach
- initially proposed by ILO
- question of human choices is ignored
Welfare approach
- looks at human beings as beneficiaries or targets of all development activities
Global Forex Committee
- set up under guidance of Bank for International Settlements
- Promote and maintain FX Global code
Conflict b/w RS and LS
- Money - Lok sabha has overrridng powers
- Constitutional Amendment - must be passed by each house seperately
- Ordinary - joint meeting
- Financial - joint meeting
Bhatiyali is river song of WB
Bharat Stage Emission Norms
- inspired from Euro norms
- define max limit of pollutants that can be emitted from internal combustion engines used in vehicles
- BS-IV followed by major cities and BS-III followed by rest of country in india
- GoI has ambitious plan of skipping BS-V and directly enacting BS-VI norms
Asia Africa Corridor
- India
- Japan
Investment Facilition MEchanism
- India
- EU
Unit tax is tax imposed on per unit sale of output at certain rate
Local self government
- uniform 3 tier panchayati raj structure
- all levels of panchayati raj are elected directly by the people
Pant Mirza Agreement
- facilitates visits by nationals of India and PAkistan to mutually agreed list of religious shrines in each other's country
- under Bilateral Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines signed in 1974
Port Purpose

Port of Call Intermediate stop for a ship

Packet Station Ferry Port

Entrepot Port Trans-shipment port

Acid	Found in
Formic	Ant's sting
Acetic	Vinegar
Citric	Citrus fruits
Lactic	Curd
Oxalic	Spinach
Ascorbic	Amla and other citrus fruits
Tartaric	Tamarind, grapes, mangoes etc

Port	Purpose
Port of Call	Intermediate stop for a ship
Packet Station	Ferry Port
Entrepot Port	Trans-shipment port