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1) Every year, ‘No Smoking Day’ has been observed on second ________ of March to raise awareness about the ill effects of smoking.
(a) Wednesday
(b) Tuesday
(c) Friday
(d) Saturday
(e) Sunday
2) In 2022, on which of the following date the World Kidney Day has been observed globally?
(a) March 8
(b) March 9
(c) March 10
(d) March 11
(e) March 12
3) Who amongst the following has recently inaugurated PusaKrishiVigyanMela 2022 in New Delhi?
(a) Ramnath Kovind
(b) Amit Shah
(c) Narendra Modi
(d) Narendra Singh Tomar
(e) Kailash Choudhary
4) The financial assistance of upto _________ per idea would be provided as per the MSME IDEA HACKATHON 2022.
(a) Rs. 20 lakh
(b) Rs. 15 lakh
(c) Rs. 10 lakh
(d) Rs. 5 lakh
(e) Rs. 2 lakh
5) Recently inaugurated 19 National Highway projects in Haryana and Rajasthan were built at a total cost of ________.
(a) Rs. 1407 crore
(b) Rs. 1507 crore
(c) Rs. 1517 crore
(d) Rs. 1707 crore
(e) Rs. 1807 crore
6) In which of the following city the 5th UN Environment Assembly has concluded to strengthen international action for climate, nature and a pollution-free planet?
(a) Nairobi
(b) Rome
(c) New Delhi
(d) Dubai
(e) Amsterdam
7) Which of the following country has recently become the world’s most sanctioned country in the world surpassing Iran?
(a) Ukraine
(b) Syria
(c) North Korea
(d) Russia
(e) Afghanistan
8) Which of the following company has recently partnered with NSDL Payments Bank and NPCI to roll out its VoiceSe UPI digital payments for feature phone users?
(a) Amazon Pay
(b) Tone Tag
(c) PhonePe
(d) GooglePe
(e) Tag Tone
9) What is the revised investment limit for payments through the UPI mechanism for retail investors buying debt securities?
(a) ₹ 1 lakh
(b) ₹ 2 lakh
(c) ₹ 3 lakh
(d) ₹ 4 lakh
(e) ₹ 5 lakh
10) A total of how many Nari Shakti Puraskar awards have been conferred to outstanding and exceptional women achievers for the years 2020 and 2021 recently?
(a) 28
(b) 29
(c) 30
(d) 31
(e) 32
11) Which of the following Ministry has recently signed a tripartite MoU with CSIR and ICAR for the promotion and development related to medicinal plants?
(a) Ministry of Health and Family Affairs
(b) Ministry of Culture
(c) Ministry of Tourism
(d) Ministry of Ayush
(e) Ministry of Women and Child Development
12) According to the annual report titled Freedom in the World 2022, what is the score of India out of 100?
(a) 66
(b) 67
(c) 68
(d) 69
(e) 70
13) Recently RafiqTarar, a veteran Pakistani politician passed away. He has served in which of the following posts in Pakistan?
(a) Prime Minister
(b) Chief Minister
(c) Governor
(d) Vice-President
(e) President
14) Who amongst the following has recently released a book titled,“Role of Labour in India’s Development “in Delhi?
(a) Bhupendra Yadav
(b) M.V. Naidu
(c) Rajnath Singh
(d) Ramnath Kovind
(e) Arvind Kejriwal
15) Recently Mondo Duplantis has broken his own Pole vault world record during the World Indoor Tour Silver meeting in Belgrade. He is from which country?
(a) Sweden
(b) Switzerland
(c) Singapore
(d) Canada
(e) Italy
16) Which of the following company has recently acquired 100% equity shares of L&T Investment Management Limited?
(a) HDFC Asset Management
(b) SBM Asset Management
(c) ICICI Asset Management
(d) HSBC Asset Management
(e) None of the above
17) What percent of equity shares of Prione Business Services was recently acquired by Amazon Asia-Pacific Resources?
(a) 24 percent
(b) 26 percent
(c) 49 percent
(d) 51 percent
(e) 76 percent
18) Which of the following country has recently launched a military satellite, Noor-2, into orbit at an altitude of 500 kilometres from the earth?
(a) Israel
(b) Pakistan
(c) Iraq
(d) Iran
(e) Afghanistan
19) Recently T. Raja Kumar has been appointed as the president of the Financial Action Task Force. He is from which country?
(a) Singapore
(b) UAE
(c) The USA
(d) Italy
(e) Germany
20) On which date the Government of India has announced the demonetisation of all ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi Series?
(a) 18 November 2016
(b) 4 November 2016
(c) 14 November 2016
(d) 8 November 2016
(e) 28 November 2016
21) What is the colour of the ₹20 banknote of the Mahatma Gandhi Series?
(a) Brown-yellow
(b) Green-yellow
(c) Orange-yellow
(d) Purple-yellow
(e) Blue -yellow
22) Namdapha National Park is located in which State?
(a) Sikkim
(b) Odisha
(c) Nagaland
(d) Bihar
(e) Arunachal Pradesh
Answers :
1) Answer: A
“No Smoking Day” is celebrated annually on the second Wednesday of March to raise awareness about the ill effects of smoking. This year, it is celebrated on the 9th of March, 2022. This year, the theme for the “No Smoking Day” is “quitting smoking doesn’t have to be stressful.”
2) Answer: C
World Kidney Day is an annual event observed every second Thursday in the month of March. This year World Kidney Day will be observed on March 10, 2022. The World Kidney Day 2022 theme is Kidney Health for All.
3) Answer: E
Union Minister of State KailashChoudhary inaugurated PusaKrishiVigyanMela 2022 in New Delhi. The three-day KrishiMela is being organized by the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) under the guidance of the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar.
4) Answer: B
Union Minister for MSME Narayan Rane has launched the MSME Innovative Scheme (Incubation, Design and IPR) along with the MSME IDEA HACKATHON 2022. Financial assistance up to Rs. 15 lakh per idea and up to Rs. 1.00 crore for relevant plants and machines will be provided.
5) Answer: A
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways ShriNitinGadkari has inaugurated 19 National Highway projects worth Rs 1407 crore in Haryana and Rajasthan. With the construction of various major and minor bridges on NH-48, the adjoining areas will get rid of water logging and the travel of the people will be smooth.
6) Answer: A
The 5th UN Environment Assembly concluded in Nairobi with 14 resolutions to strengthen international action for climate, nature and a pollution-free planet to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. This year’s theme was Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
7) Answer: D
According to the Castellum.AI dashboard, Russia became the world’s most sanctioned country in the world surpassing Iran, Syria and North Korea, as its invasion of Ukraine. Since February 22, 2022, Russia has faced 2,778 new sanctions led by the US and European nations, bringing the total to 5,530.
8) Answer: B
Tone Tag in partnership with NSDL Payments Bank and NPCI have recently rolled out its VoiceSe UPI digital payments for feature phone users under the guidance of RBI. This comes after the Reserve Bank of India has launched the UPI 123Pay facility that enables UPI payments for feature phone users.
9) Answer: E
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) increased the investment limit for payments through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) mechanism for retail investors buying debt securities inpublic issues to ₹ 5 lakh from ₹ 2 lakh.
10) Answer: B
The President of India, Shri Ram NathKovind conferred the Nari Shakti Puraskar – 2020 and 2021, at a special ceremony held at RashtrapatiBhavan, New Delhi. The award was conferred on 29 outstanding and exceptional women achievers for the years 2020 and 2021.
11) Answer: D
Ministry of Ayush has signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding with the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for Inter-Ministerial co-operation for the promotion and facilitation of research and development, validation, and deployment of agri-technologies related to medicinal plants and their value-added products of benefit to humans, plants and animals.
12) Answer: A
According to the annual report titled Freedom in the World 2022, the Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule by Freedom House, for the second consecutive year, India has been termed as a ‘partly free country in terms of democracy and free society. India scored 66 out of 100 in 2022 same as Malawi and Bolivia.
13) Answer: E
RafiqTarar, a veteran Pakistani politician and former Supreme Court judge who served as the country’s President from 1997 to 2001, passed away due to prolonged illness. He was 92. Tarar had served as Pakistan President between 1997 and 2001 after being nominated by the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
14) Answer: A
Union Minister for Labour and Employment & Environment, Forest and Climate Change ShriBhupendraYadav released a book titled Role of Labour in India’s Development, on 9th March 2022 at New Delhi. The V. V. Giri National Labour Institute has published this book.
15) Answer: A
Sweden’s Olympic pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis etched his name in the record books yet again as he broke his own Pole vault world record during the World Indoor Tour Silver meeting in Belgrade. In September of that year, he cleared 6.15m at the Rome Diamond League meeting to eclipse Sergey Bubkas outdoor pole vault world best of 6.14m set in Sestriere in July 1994.
16) Answer: D
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves the acquisition of 100% share capital of L&T Investment Management Limited by HSBC Asset Management (India) Private Limited. The proposed combination relates to the acquisition of 100% equity share capital of L&T AMC by HSBC AMC from L&T Finance Holdings Limited and its nominees.
17) Answer: E
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves the acquisition of Prione Business Services Private Limited by Amazon Asia-Pacific Resources Private Limited. The proposed combination pertains to the proposed acquisition of Seventy-Six percent of the equity shares of Prione Business Services Private Limited (Target) by Amazon Asia-Pacific Resources Private Limited (Acquirer).
18) Answer: D
Iran has successfully launched a military satellite, Noor-2, into orbit at an altitude of 500 kilometres (311 miles) from the earth. This is the second military satellite launched by the Islamic Republic. The first military satellite, Noor, was launched in April 2020 at an orbit of 425km (265 miles) above the earth’s surface.
19) Answer: A
Singapore’s T Raja Kumar has been appointed as the president of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). He replaced Dr Marcus Pleyer. Mr Raja will assume office on 1 July 2022 for a fixed two-year term. Singapore has been a member of the FATF since 1992, and this will be the first time Singapore is taking on the Presidency.
20) Answer: D
On 8 November 2016, the Government of India announced the demonetisation of all ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi Series. It also announced the issuance of new ₹500 and ₹2,000 banknotes in exchange for the demonetised banknotes.
21) Answer: B
The ₹20 banknote of the Mahatma Gandhi Series is 129 × 63 mm green-yellow coloured, with the obverse side featuring a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi with a signature of the governor of Reserve Bank of India.
22) Answer: E
Namdapha National Park is a large protected area in Arunachal Pradesh of Northeast India.