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1) The Central Industrial Security Forces raising day has been celebrated on March 6 every year. This year 2022 marks _______ edition of CISF Raising Day.
(a) 50th
(b) 51st
(c) 52nd
(d) 53rd
(e) 54th
2) The Government has launched Donate-a-Pension program. Which among the following option is true regarding the pension program?
(a)This pension scheme was under PradhanMantriShram Yogi Maan-dhan
(b)This program is for the age group of 18 to 50 years
(c)A person can deposit a minimum of 600 to 2500 rupees every year
(d) Both A and B
(e) Both B and C
3) The Government of India has recently approved the continuation of SwatantrataSainikSammanYojana for Financial Years 2021-22 to which among the following year?
(a) 2022-23
(b)2023-24
(c)2024-25
(d)2025-26
(e)2026-27
4) The Defence Ministry has virtually inaugurated the four-day Indo-Pacific Military Health Exchange conference. What is the theme of this conference?
(a)Military Healthcare in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) World
(b)Military Healthcare in an Uncertain, Volatile, Complex and Ambiguous (UVCA) World
(c)Military Healthcare in a Complex, Volatile, Uncertain and Ambiguous (CVUA) World
(d)Military Healthcare in an Ambiguous, Uncertain, Complex and Volatile (AUCV) World
(e) None of these
5) The Minister for MSME Narayan has recently launched a Special Entrepreneurship Promotion Drive named __________ for women.
(a) SAKTHI
(b) SAMARTH
(c) SMILE
(d) SELF
(e) SMRITHI
6) The Department of Rural Development has kick started its Iconic Week celebration between ___________ on the theme ‘Naye Bharat kiNaari’.
(a) 7-14 of March
(b) 8-14 of March
(c) 7-13 of March
(d) 7-14 of March
(e) 8-15of March
7) The Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar has inaugurated NIC Tech Conclave 2022 at New Delhi. What is the theme of this TechConclave?
(a) Next Gen Technologies for Digital Government
(b) Next Gen Digital Experience
(c) Digital Government through technology
(d) Government for Technology development
(e) Developing through Technology
8) As per the recent News Paper report which among the following country has to remain on FATF’s Grey List?
(a) Sri Lanka
(b)Pakistan
(c) Ukraine
(d) Russia
(e) Afghanistan
9) India’s first ambulance for street animals has been launched in which among the following state or Union Territory?
(a) Ladakh
(b) Telangana
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) Odisha
10) Delhi Teachers University has inaugurated recently in Mukherjee Nagar area of Delhi. This university was inaugurated by whom among the following?
(a) President
(b) Prime Minister
(c)Finance Minister
(d) Delhi Chief Minister
(e) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister
11) As per the provisional statistics report Coal Production during February 2022 has increased by ________ % to 79.54 million Ton
(a) 1%
(b) 2%
(c) 3%
(d) 5%
(e) 7%
12) Which among the following petroleum production company in India has recently partnered with Kotak Mahindra Bank for co-branded credit card?
(a)Hindustan Petroleum
(b)Bharat Petroleum
(c)Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(d)Indian Oil Corporation
(e)Reliance Petroleum Limited
13) Nitin Chugh has been appointed as the Deputy Managing Director of which among the following public sector bank?
(a)State Bank of India
(b)Punjab National Bank
(c)Bank of Baroda
(d)Canara Bank
(e)Union Bank of india
14) Justice DN Patel has been appointed as the chairperson of TDSAT. He is the Chief Justice of which among the following High Court?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Mumbai
(c) Gujarat
(d) Punjab
(e) Delhi
15) National Stock Exchange of India has recently signed a MOU with Telangana for the development of which among the following sector?
(a) Education
(b) Finance
(c) MSME
(d) Banking
(e)Agriculture
16) India’s first indigenous Flying Trainer HANSA-NG has been successfully completed the sea level trials in which among the following state or Union Territory?
(a) Kerala
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Goa
(d) Puducherry
(e) Odisha
17) Which among the following Indian organization has recently developed Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits Onboard EOS 04?
(a)Indian Space Research Organisation
(b)Defence Research and Development Organisation
(c)Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(d)Bharat Dynamics Limited
(e)Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
18) Indian women’s 25m pistol team has bagged gold medal in ISSF World Cup. This event is taken place in which among the following country?
(a)Lima, Peru
(b)New York, US
(c)New Delhi, India
(d)Paris, France
(e)Cairo, Egypt
19) The Book named, “Queen of Indian Pop: the Authorised Biography” is the biography of which among the following Indian legendry Singer?
(a)Lata Mangeshkar
(b)Asha Bhosle
(c)Usha Uthup
(d)S. Janaki
(e)Swarnalath
20) A book titled, ‘The Blue Book’ was authored by Journalist Amitava Kumar. This book is published by which among the following Publication?
(a)Harper Collins Publishers
(b)Mac Millan India
(c)Penguin Random House
(d)Bloomsbury India
(e)Simon & Schuster
21) ___________ is the amount of Funds borrowed by the government to meet the expenditures.
(a)Current Loan
(b) Fiscal Deficit
(c)Current Account Deficit
(d)None of these
(e)Capital Deficit
22) An increase in the quantity of money in circulation without any corresponding increase in goods thus leading to an abnormal rise in the price level is known as ________________.
(a)Inflation
(b)Imports
(c)Exports
(d)Deflation
(e)Currency Demand
23) Where is International court of Justice headquarters located?
(a)Washington, USA
(b)London,UK
(c)None of These
(d)Montreal, Canada
(e)The Hague, Netherlands
24) ___________is a term used by life insurers to describe the process of assessing risk
(a)Assuring
(b)Representative
(c)Insurer
(d)Underwriting
(e) Survey
25) Campbell bay National Park is located at which among the following state or union territory?
(a)Daman and Diu
(b)Lakshadweep
(c) Goa
(d) Sikkim
(e)Andaman & Nicobar
Answers :
1) Answer: D
The 53rd Raising Day ceremony of Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) was organised on March 06, 2022, in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has attended and addressed the Raising Day ceremony of CISF at Ghaziabad’s Indirapuram.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that CISF personnel risked taking care of fellow Indians and even lost their lives when Indians came back from abroad during the Corona pandemic.
Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) was set up under the act of the Parliament of India on March 10, 1969.
2) Answer: A
The government has launched Donate-a-Pension programme.
It is an initiative under the Pradhan MantriShram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM) pension scheme where citizens can donate the premium contribution of their immediate support staff including domestic workers, drivers and helpers.
Labour and Employment Minister BhupenderYadav, under the programmee, workers in the unorganised sector with the age group of 18 to 40 years can register themselves and deposit a minimum of 660 to 2400 rupees every year depending on their age.
The programme was launched as part of many initiatives by the Labour Ministry to be launched in the Iconic Week being celebrated by from 7th to 13th of march 2022.
3) Answer: D
Government has approved the continuation of the SwatantrataSainikSammanYojana and its components for Financial Years 2021-22 to 2025-26.
The proposal for continuation of the scheme was received from the Home Ministry.
The decision shows the commitment of the Government to remember sacrifices of Freedom Fighters and taking inspiration from them during the year of AzadiKaAmritMahotsav.
Freedom Fighters and their eligible dependents have been sanctioned the SwatantrataSainikSamman Pension.
4) Answer: A
RakshaMantriShriRajnath Singh has virtually inaugurated, on March 07, 2022, the four-day Indo-Pacific Military Health Exchange (IPMHE) conference co-hosted by Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) and US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM).
The theme of the conference is ‘Military Healthcare in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) World’.
The conference, which will continue till March 10, 2022, aims to enhance cooperation and joint Manship in military medicine.
5) Answer: B
On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2022, Union Minister for MSME, Shri Narayan Rane along with Minister of State for MSME, ShriBhanuPratap Singh Verma launched a Special Entrepreneurship Promotion Drive for Women -“SAMARTH” at New Delhi.
ShriRane announced a Special Entrepreneurship Promotion Drive for Women -“SAMARTH” being implemented by the Ministry to provide them an opportunity to be self-reliant and independent by undertaking self-employment opportunities.
6) Answer: C
The Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India will be celebrating its Iconic Week under AzadikaAmritMahotsav from 7th – 13th March 2022 during the week of International Women’s Day.
The Iconic Week’s theme to celebrate the contribution of rural women in India is ‘Naye Bharat kiNaari’ and the official hashtag is #NayeBharatkiNaari.
During this period, the Department of Rural Development, through its various Programmes, has planned a series of celebratory events and activities at the National and State level.
7) Answer: A
National Informatics Centre (NIC) organized the #TechConclave2022 focused on Emerging Technologies applicable especially in e-Governance, with the theme – “Next Gen Technologies for Digital Government”.
Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar, will be the guest of honour.
Commemorating AzadiKaAmritMahotsav at NIC, MoSShri Rajeev Chandrasekhar released the ebook titled #75DigitalSolutionsfromNIC.
8) Answer: B
The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has retained Pakistan on its terrorism financing “grey list” and asked Islamabad to address at the earliest the remaining deficiencies in its financial system.
The decision was made after the conclusion of the 4 day FATF Plenary from Mar 01 to 04, 2022.
Pakistan has been on the grey list of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) since June 2018 for failing to check money laundering, leading to terror financing, and was given a plan of action to complete it by October 2019.
9) Answer: C
Blue Cross of India and Four Paws, an international animal welfare organisation, launched a mobile animal ambulance for street animals in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
The ambulance was flagged off by Madras High Court Justice Anita Sumanth on the Stray Animal Care programme will be a “hospital on wheels” with an on-board veterinarian to provide on-site treatment to injured and sick street animals.
The animal ambulance will also a paraveterinary-worker-cum-driver.
10) Answer: E
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia inaugurated the Delhi Teachers University in Outram Lane in Mukherjee Nagar area of Delhi.
It would offer programmes such as BA-BEd and BSc-BEd and focus on fundamental and applied research in education.
This is Delhi’s first of its kind university.
11) Answer: B
India’s coal production increased by 2 % to 79.54 million Ton (MT) from 77.99 MT during February this year as compared to Feb 2020.
As per the provisional statistics of Ministry of Coal, during Feb 2022, SCCL and Captives/Others registered a growth of 7.19% and 49.04% by producing 6.04 MT and 9.24MT.
Whereas, CIL registered a negative growth of 2.87% by producing 64.26MT in comparison to 66.16MT in Feb 20.
12) Answer: D
Private lender Kotak Mahindra Bank and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd has announced a strategic partnership to launch the Indian Oil Kotak co-branded fuel credit card.
The collaboration will offer more value to customers in the form of an enhanced rewards programme giving customers value on fuel spends and on special non-fuel and frequent-spend categories, such as dining and groceries.
13) Answer: A
State Bank of India (SBI) has appointed former Ujjivan Small Finance Bank CEO NitinChugh as Deputy Managing Director (DMD) to drive digital banking operations.
He has been appointed to SBI for an initial term of three years.
14) Answer: E
The Central government appointed Justice DN Patel, Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court to the post of chairperson, Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).
Patel had been appointed as the TDSAT Chairperson for a period of four years, or till attaining the age of 70 years, or until further orders.
Notification issued by the Law and Justice Ministry in this regard states that “as approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, the Central Government.
15) Answer: C
The Government of Telangana and the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help MSMEs grow in Telangana.
As part of the MoU, NSE with the support of the Government of Telangana will conduct awareness drives through seminars, MSME camps, knowledge sessions, road shows, workshops to guide corporates across the State for fund raising on NSE Emerge platform.
The Government of Telangana will facilitate MSMEs to get listed on the NSE Emerge, by considering ways to reimburse percentage of expenses incurred on raising of funds, with a pre-defined upper limit to encourage the MSMEs
16) Answer: D
India’s first indigenous Flying Trainer HANSA-NG designed and developed by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore under the aegis of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, has successfully completed the sea level trials at Puducherry from 19th February to 5th March, 2022.
The aircraft was flown to Puducherry covering 140 nautical miles in one and half hours at a cruising speed of 155 km/hr.
17) Answer: B
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs) that have been used in radar imaging satellite modules of EOS 04.
It was launched by ISRO. Many of the MMIC were designed/ developed and produced at Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL) DRDO and Gallium Arsenide Enabling Technology Centre (GAETEC) foundry of DRDO.
More than 30,000 modules have been produced at GAETEC foundry for various space missions.
18) Answer: E
Indian women’s 25m pistol team of RahiSarnobat, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan won the gold medal by beating Singapore 17-13 in the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World cup in Cairo, Egypt.
It is the 5th medal for India in the tournament
Earlier, ShriyankaSadangi and AkhilSheoran won bronze in the 50-meter rifle 3 positions at the mixed Team event in the tournament.
19) Answer: C
The biography of pop icon UshaUthup titled “The Queen of Indian Pop: The Authorised Biography of UshaUthup” was released and it was originally written in Hindi titled “Ullas Ki Naav” by author Vikas Kumar Jha.
“The Queen of Indian Pop: The Authorised Biography of UshaUthup” is the English translation of the book, translated by the writer’s daughter SrishtiJha.
The book is published by Penguin Random House India (PRHI).
20) Answer: A
Indian writer and journalist Amitava Kumar has authored a new book titled ‘The Blue Book: A Writer’s Journal’. The book has been published by HarperCollins India.
Amitava Kumar uses water color drawings as well as words to depict the experience, both individual and collective, of the pandemic.
The Blue Book is a rare species of magical realism where words become paintings, and paintings turn into beguiling (charming) literary anthropology of ‘reality and surreality’ that leaves us stunned.
21) Answer: B
Fiscal Deficit is the amount of Funds borrowed by the government to meet the expenditures.
22) Answer: A
Inflation is an increase in the quantity of money in circulation without any corresponding increase in goods thus leading to an abnormal rise in the price level
23) Answer: E
The Hague, Netherlandsis the head quarters of International court of Justice
24) Answer: D
Underwriting is a term used by life insurers to describe the process of assessing risk, ensuring that the cost of the cover is proportionate to the risks faced by the individual concerned.
25) Answer: E
Campbell Bay National Park is a national park in India, located on the island of Great Nicobar
