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C.P Radhakrishnana met ______ in colombo

Anura kumara dissanayake

India srilanka- MoU signed under

Multi sectoral grant assistance programmes focus areas healthcare and women’s empowerment

oct scheme introduced in

2005

Sri Lanka legislature capital

Sri jayawardenpura kotte

Sri Lanka pm and president

pm harini amarasuriya and pres anura kumra

Sri Lanka border name

palk strait

srilanka- led to creation of provincial councils assured a power arrangement to enable all 9 provinces in Sri Lanka to self gvovern

13th amendment

china’s growing influence over china through _____ and _____

financial aid and hambantota port

_____ is an uninhabited 289 acres island located in palk strait

katchatheevu

Sri Lanka claim on island- ruled by _____ in early medieval period

Jaffna

India’s claim over island- control later shifted to ____ under Nayak dynasty of Madurai in 17th century

ramnad zamindari

_______ under which Indian gov, agreed to cede katchatheevu island to sriilanka

indo-sri lankan maritime agreement 1974

__ prevented both countries from fishing each other’s exclusive economic zones

additional agreement of 1976

PIO don’t require a visa in india for a period of

15 years

PIO- exempted from registration at FFRRO if their stay does not exceeds ___ days

180

____ became 1st star to operational marine spatial planning

odidha

______ launched by ministry of textile and instate of fashion tech

vishwda sutra

Meghalaya declared ______ and _____ as state official languages

khasi and garo

---

aimes to train 1 million rural women as ‘cyber sakjis’ by 2029

e-safeHER

_____ known as river of blood

lohit river

delimitation commission chaired by

sc judge

federal 9imblance due to delimitation southern states- 24.3% to

20.7%

under _____ minister of cabinet capped under 15%

art. 75 (1a)

reservation for women in ls

art 330a

reservation of in star la

art 332a

reservation of women in ct of Delhi

art 239 aa

reservation to become effective after delimitation

art 334a

_____ women in ls and ____ in rs

82 (15.2) 31 (13)

Ancient ______ mention population census

Arthshastra, ain-e-qkbari, rigveda

1st non synchronous national census

Lord mayo 1871

1st synchronous census

Lord rippon 1881

Last caste based census

1931

Census 2026- enumeration begin acts

1april 2026

Census 2026- field excercise begins

April 16- may 15

Census- questionnaire contain__ questions

33

Census commissioner 1931

Jh Hutton

Census commissioner 1951

Gopalaswami

1st census to see a decadal decline

5th census

Union list power to conduct census in

Art.246 entry 69

Ls seat distribution under

Art.81+82

Ls seat frozen as per 1971 elections

84th amenment

Caste data to aid delimitation and women reservation

Electoral planning

Census data vital for planning healthcare

Population tracking

3 states to signup with spaceX (in order)

Maharashtra Gujarat Meghalaya

_____ became 1st braile and sign language services

Regional passport office bhopal

1st in FMGG sector to cross 1 lakh crore

AMUL

1st repository deep sea dauna

Bhavasagar

Left wing extremism originated in

1967, Naxalbari West Bengal

Most affected areas of left extremisim

Bijapur, Dukama, Narayanpura

ucc guju- marraiage regi under__ live-in regi under _

60 days, 30 days

need for uniform lw was considered in ______ report ___

lex loci 1840

colonial govt ____- in 1941 to examine the need for Hindi laws

bn rau commitee

personal laws are under ___ of concurrent list

entry 5

-_______ law commission recommended reforming and codifying family laws

21

upheld right of muslim women to receive maintenance

shah bano begum c mohammed ahmed khan

a hindu husband cannot remarry without dissolving his 1st marriage

sarla mudgal v union of india

declared practice of triple talk false

shawarma bano v union of india

personal laws comes under the ambit of article 13

Indian young lawyers association v state of Kerala

hailed Goa as thing example of icc

Jose Paulo Coutinho v Maria luiza valentina pereira

_ issed elit view on acc

22nd lc, justice rituraj awash

_____ protect certains northeastern states with respect to family law

ART 371 (A) AND (I)

origin of mahanadi

Oshawa hill Raipur chattisgarh

tributary of mahnadi

has mand ob and jonk ong tel

longest eaten dam in the world

hirakud dam

____ empowers parliament to adjudicate disputes relating to inter state river and allow it to exclude jurisdiction of courts

art 262

empowered for to establish for inter rivers and river valleys in constitution

river board act 1956

in case if a particular state or states approach centre for constiotn of tribunal the central govt should try and resolve

inter state water dispute act 1956

__ gives states over water supplies irrigation canals and drainer

entry 17

__ empowers union to regulate inter state rivers

entry 56

Krishna water tribunal

2004

mahanadi water tribunal

2018

mahadayi water tribunal

2010

ravi Beas tribunal

1986

vasundhara tribunal

2010

_ national panchyagt day was observed on 24 apr

17

measure grassroots developments

panchayat advancement index 2.0

to examine working of community development program

blatant raj Mehta committee

janta govt appointed this committed on panchayat raj

ashok Mehta committee

appointed by Rajiv Gandhi recommend panchayats should be recongniset

lm singhbvi committees

_____ introduced a constitution bill for panchayats in __

pv narshimarao, 1991

_____ was 1st state to implement 73rd amendment

Madhya Pradesh

part 9 of COI consists of provision from art ___

art 243 to 243-o

11th schedule contains _ subjects

29

provide for 3 tier system

three- tier art 243-b

all members of panchayat shall be directly elected by the peopl

art 243-c

provides for reservation of seats of schedule castes and schedule triggers

art 243-d

provide for a 5 year term office to panchayat

art 243-e

superintencden ce of election prepare of panchayat under state election commission

art 243-k

governor after every 5year shall constitute a finance comm

art 242-i

president may directly tuple the ut subject to such exceptions

art 243- l

6th schedule states

meghalats tripura and mizoram

---

emerged as largest

trading partner of india

china

---

releases state of global climate 2025

world meteorological organization

world death day date and theme

apr 22 and our power our planet

world earth day initiated by

gaylord nelson

---

designated as India’s 99th rams site

sheekja heel bird sanctuary

This is the rate at which the RBI lends money to commercial banks.

repo rate

— This is the rate at which the RBI borrows money from Indian commercial banks.

Reverse Repo Rate

— It is the minimum percentage of deposits that a commercial bank must maintain in the form of liquid cash, gold, or other securities. If the RBI wants to tighten monetary policy, it will raise the SLR

Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)

— It is a window provided by the Reserve Bank of India that allows banks to borrow overnight funds at an interest rate higher than the repo rate.

Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)