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1) The International Women’s Day has been celebrated on 1st of March. Which among the following is the theme of the day?
(a) Women’s Future
(b) Women of Tomorrow
(c) Today’s Women
(d) Women Health
(e) Women of Future
2) Janaushadhi Diwas week has been celebrated from1st March to 7th March. This day is celebrated to bring awareness about which among the following?
(a)Generic Medicines
(b) Plastic Waste
(c) Sea Foods
(d) Tobacco Products
(e) Blood Diseases
3) The Zero Discrimination Day has been observed on the 1st of March every year. The Zero Discrimination Day was first celebrated on which among the following year?
(a) 2011
(b) 2012
(c) 2013
(d) 2014
(e) 2015
4) 28th Department of Science & Technology -(CII) India- Technology Summit 2022 held recently. Which among the following country is the Partner Country for this year’s Technology Summit?
(a)Malaysia
(b)South Korea
(c)Spain
(d)Singapore
(e) Finland
5) The Government has launched mission named ____________ to evacuate nationals from Ukraine
(a)Operation Yamuna
(b)Operation Narmadha
(c)Operation Ganga
(d)Operation Cavery
(e)Operation Mahanadhi
6) As per the Frontiers 2022 Wildfires would be more frequent, larger and intense due to climate change. This report was released by which among the following organization?
(a)United Nations Development Programme
(b)United Nations Environment Programme
(c)United Nations Security Council
(d)Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chan
(e)Centre for Science and Environment
7) Which among the following bank has been recently partnered with Mahagram to roll out the Bank Sakhi project in Odisha?
(a) State Bank of India
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c)Canara Bank
(d) Bank of Karnataka
(e) Bank of Maharashtra
8) The Reserve bank of India has cautioned public against which among the following car pooling app?
(a) OLA
(b) UBER
(c) Rapido
(d) sRide
(e) Red Taxi
9) The National Statistical Office has estimated GDP growth for India in FY22 (2021-22) at _____________ %
(a) 8.5%
(b) 8.9%
(c) 9.0%
(d) 9.1%
(e) 9.3%
10) India and which among the following country has recently renews the Bilateral Swap Arrangement worth USD 75 billion?
(a) Japan
(b) China
(c) France
(d) Canada
(e) Switzerland
11) The Government of India has allowed up to _________% foreign direct investment in IPO-bound LIC under automatic route.
(a) 15%
(b) 18%
(c) 20%
(d) 23%
(e) 25%
12) NSE, BSE has started T+1 Stock Settlement from February 25. India is the 2nd country to do T+1 Stock Settlement after which among the following country?
(a) Russia
(b) Japan
(c) US
(d) China
(e) Canada
13) Madhabi Puri Buchin news recently has been appointed as the Chairperson of which among the following organization?
(a)Securities and Exchange Board of India
(b)Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
(c)Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority
(d)National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(e)Small Industries Development Bank of India.
14) Deepak Dhar has become the First Indian to be conferredwith Boltzmann Medal. This award is given to the person belongs to which among the following department?
(a) Department of Chemistry
(b)Department of Biology
(c)Department of Zoology
(d)Department of Maths
(e) Department of Physics
15) Which among the following state government has signed a MOU for dung-based power plants, food irradiation facility?
(a)Uttarakhand
(b)Punjab
(c)Haryana
(d)Chattisgarh
(e)Himachal Pradesh
16) The International Olympic Committee has With drawn Top Olympic Honour from which among the following country?
(a) Ukraine
(b) Russia
(c) North Korea
(d) Pakistan
(e) Afghanistan
17) Pooja Jatyan has become the 1st Indian to win silver in Para Archery World Championships. This Championship is takes place in which among the following country?
(a) Beijing, China
(b) Delhi, India
(c) Dubai, UAE
(d) Melbourne, Australia
(e) Washington, US
18) Recently Sonny Ramadhin passed away. He belonged to which sport?
(a) Tennis
(b) Badminton
(c) Archery
(d) Hockey
(e) Cricket
19) Who is the current President of International Olympic Committee?
(a)Jacques Count Rogge
(b)Lord Killanin
(c)Avery Brundage
(d)Thomas Bach
(e)Demetrius Vikelas
20) The Headquarters of Bhabha Atomic Research Center is located at which among the following place?
(a)Kochi
(b) Mumbai
(c)Chennai
(d)Bhubaneswar
(e)Lucknow
21) What is the Currency of Japan?
(a) Yen
(b) Yuan
(c) Won
(d) Krone
(e)Renminbi
22) The Headquarters of Brickworks Ratings is located at which among the following place?
(a)Mumbai, Maharashtra
(b)Lucknow, UttarPradesh
(c)Bangalore, Karnataka
(d)Ahmedabad, Gujarat
(e)Gurugram, Haryana
23) The Headquarters of United Nations Environment Programme is located at which among the following place?
(a)Cairo, Egypt
(b) Accra, Ghana
(c)Dubai, UAE
(d)Nairobi, Kenya
(e)New York, United States
24) Where is the headquarters of Allahabad Bank located?
(a)New Delhi
(b)Kolkata
(c)Mumbai
(d)Bengaluru
(e)Chennai
25) Who is the MD & CEO of Allahabad Bank?
(a)Romesh Sobti
(b)Usha Ananthasubramanian
(c)B. Swaminathan
(d)Uday Kotak
(e)S. S. MallikarjunaRao
Answers :
1) Answer: B
The Women and Child Development Ministry celebrates the International Women’s Day week from the 1st of March as an Iconic Week as a part of AzadiKaAmritMahotsav.
As a part of the week-long celebration, the Ministry will organize various events and social media campaigns covering a variety of themes related to women’s safety and empowerment.
The theme of this International Women’s Day 2022 is Women of Tomorrow.
2) Answer: A
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers will organize the JanaushadhiDiwas from 1st March to 7th March 2022.
On 7th March 2022, the 4th Jan AushadhiDiwas will be celebrated.
The objective of this day is to generate awareness about theusages of generic medicines and benefits of Jan AushadhiPariyojana.
The theme of 4th JanaushadhiDiwas is Jan Aushadhi-Jan Upyogi”
3) Answer: D
The Zero Discrimination Day is held every year on the 1st of March.
The day aims to ensure right to equality, inclusion and protection of all people without any discrimination in their law and policies to live a full life with dignity regardless of any barriers.
The Theme of Zero Discrimination Day 2022 is Remove laws that harm, create laws that empower.
The Zero Discrimination Day was first celebrated on March 1, 2014.
4) Answer: D
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), New Delhi in partnership with the Department of Science & Technology (DST), GoI hosted the 28th edition of the DST – CII Technology Summit on 23rd and 24th of February 2022.
Technology Summit has been very crucial in providing significant opportunities to build and improve bilateral technology partnerships over a period of more than two decades
Singapore is the Partner Country for this year’s Technology Summit
5) Answer: C
The government of India has launched an evacuation mission named Operation Ganga to evacuate Indian nationals from Ukraine due to the Russia-Ukraine tension.
Due to the ongoing tension between Ukraine and Russia, Ukraine has been declared as a no-fly zone by the authorities for the safety and security of the nations
6) Answer: B
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released the report titled 4th Frontiers 2022 : Noise, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern.
According to the report, Wildfires are predicted to worsen in the coming years and decades.
The report identifies 3 three most important environmental issues ie.
- Wildfires
- Noise pollution
- Shift in biological life cycles of plants and animals
7) Answer: E
Bank of Maharashtra has tied up with Mahagram to roll out the Bank Sakhi’ project in Odisha.
The fintech would provide financial technology and infrastructure support to augment rural financial inclusion.
As part of the Partnership, Mahagram has boarded more than 11,000 bank sakhis (women) on the BharatATM platform to help the rural citizens avail basic banking services at their doorstep or the next door Kirana stores.
8) Answer: D
The Reserve bank of India cautioned public against carpooling app sRide, citing that the firm was operating a semi-closed prepaid instrument without authorization from the central bank under Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007.
sRide app is a carpooling mobile application that connects people within the community to share rides.
9) Answer: B
The National Statistical Office (NSO)’s second advance estimates of national accounts have been released.
The GDP growth rate projection as per NSO
For 2021-22 (FY22) = 8.9% (earlier it was 9.2% in first advance estimates)
In value terms, GDP stood at Rs 38,22,159 crore in October-December 2021-22, higher than the Rs 36,22,220 crore in the corresponding period of the 2020-21.
10) Answer: A
Japan and India have renewed the Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA) of up to $75 billion with effect from February 28, 2022.
To strengthen and complement other financial safety nets, will further deepen financial cooperation between the two countries and contribute to regional and global financial stability.
The Bank of Japan, acting as agent for the Minister of Finance of Japan, and the Reserve Bank of India signed the Amendment and Restatement Agreement of the BSA.
11) Answer: C
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a proposal to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) up to 20 per cent in Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) through the automatic route.
12) Answer: D
India has become the second country after China to implement the T+1 stock settlement mechanism in a phased manner from 25 February.
The system will be starting with select stocks and then gradually adding others to the fold.
13) Answer: A
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by the Prime Minister, approved the appointment of former banker MadhabiPuriBuch as the new chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for a three-year term from 1st March 2022.
She is the youngest Sebi chief & also 1st non IAS to be appointed as the Chairman of SEBI.
MadhabiPuriBuch, who will be the 10th chair of the board.
She replaces bureaucrat Ajay Tyagi.
14) Answer: E
Professor emeritus in the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune Prof Deepak Dhar will become the first Indian to be conferred the prestigious Boltzmann Medal 2022 for his contribution in the field of statistical physics.
He shares the prize with John Hopfield, an American scientist.
The medal presentation ceremony will be held during the StatPhys28 conference scheduled to be held in Tokyo in August 2022.
15) Answer: D
The Chattisgarh government signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for the installation of a food irradiator plant, which will keep food and vegetables safe and well-preserved, as well as dung-based power plants.
For the installation of a food irradiator plant the state’s Seed Corporation has inked a MoU with the Department of Atomic Energy’s Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology.
For setting up of dung-based power plants in ‘gauthans’, MoU was signed between Chhattisgarh Biofuel Development Authority (CBDA) and Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC).
16) Answer: B
The International Olympic Committee has stripped Russian President Vladimir Putin of the Olympic Order award in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
International Olympic Committee urged sports federations and organisers to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from international events following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
17) Answer: C
Para-archer, PoojaJatyan has scripted history as she became the first Indian to win a silver in an individual section of the Para World Championships in Dubai, UAE.
India ended its campaign with two silver medals, a first for the country.
PoojaJatyan lost to PatrilliVincenza (Italy) in the final to be content with the silver medal
18) Answer: E
Legendary West Indies cricket team spin legend, Sonny Ramadhin has passed away. He was 92.
19) Answer: D
Thomas Bach is thecurrent President of International Olympic Committee since 2013
20) Answer: B
Headquarters of Bhabha Atomic Research Center located at Trombay, Mumbai
21) Answer: A
Currency of Japan is Japanese Yen
22) Answer: C
Bangalore, Karnatakais the headquarters of Brickworks Ratings
23) Answer: D
Nairobi, Kenya is the headquarters of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
24) Answer: B
Headquarters of Allahabad Bank is located at Kolkata, West Bengal
25) Answer: E
S.S.MallikarjunaRaois the MD & CEO of Allahabad Bank since 2018
