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1) The National Vaccination Day has been celebrated on 16th march. The first dose of oral polio vaccine got started in which among the following year in India?
(a) 1991
(b) 1992
(c) 1993
(d) 1994
(e) 1995
2) The International Geological Congress has took place in New Delhi. Which among the following statement is not true regarding the congress?
(a)Theme – Geosciences: The Basic Science for a Sustainable Future
(b) This year this congress marks 35th Edition
(c) It is a joint endeavour of the Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Earth Sciences
(d) It will be held during 20-22 March, 2022 on a virtual platform
(e) All are true
3) As per the newspaper report, India’s first AI & Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK) has launched in which among the following place?
(a)New Delhi, Delhi
(b)Gurugram, Haryana
(c) Bangalore, Karnataka
(d)Mumbai, Maharashtra
(e)Ahmedabad, Gujarat
4) India’s first ‘World Peace Center by Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti organisation would be established in which among the following place?
(a)Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
(b)Panaji, Goa
(c)Bhubaneswar, Odisha
(d)Gurugram, Haryana
(e) Kochi, Kerala
5) Mahanadi Coalfields Limited has crossed _________ million tonne of coal production to become the biggest coal-producing firm of India
(a) 157 million tonne
(b) 200 million tonne
(c) 115 million tonne
(d) 141 million tonne
(e) 185 million tonne
6) As per the report which among the following country has recently revoked the Russians Most Favored Nation Trade Status?
(a) South Korea
(b) Britain
(c) Japan
(d)United States of America
(e) Taiwan
7) Which among the following Small Finance Bank has recently launched digital on-boarding for its micro banking customers?
(a)Janalakshmi Small Finance Bank.
(b)Equitas Small Finance Bank.
(c)Suryoday Small Finance Bank.
(d) A U Small Finance Bank.
(e) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank.
8) Which among the following bank has recently launched the Green Deposits program to finance green industries?
(a)HDFC BANK
(b)IDBI Bank
(c)DBS Bank
(d)AXIS BANK
(e)ICICI Bank
9) ICICI Bank has launched co-branded credit cards with Emirates Skywards. This Emirates Skywards is which country based?
(a) Saudi Arabia
(b) UAE
(c) Qatar
(d) Oman
(e) Iran
10) Katalin Novak in news recently, has been elected as the 1st Women president of which among the following country?
(a) The Netherlands
(b) Poland
(c) Romania
(d) Hungary
(e) Georgia
11) Who among the following has been recently appointed as the chairman of TATA owned Air India Airlines?
(a)Ilker Ayci
(b)N Chandrasekaran
(c) Lokesh Muni
(d) Sandeep Sharma
(e) K R Dhurai Chander
12) The Securities and Exchange Board of India has appointed Ashwani Bhatia, Managing director of which among the following bank as the whole-time member (WTM)?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) HSBC Bank
(c) Reserve Bank of India
(d) HDFC Bank
(e) State Bank of India
13) Geoscientist Ranjit Rath has been recently appointed as the MD of which among the following Indian organization?
(a)Oil India Limited
(b)Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(c)National Thermal Power Corporation
(d)Bharat Petroleum
(e) Hindustan Petroleum
14) The British Academy Film Awards held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Who among the following won the Best Director award?
(a)Troy Kotsur
(b)Arian DeBose
(c)Joanna Scanlan
(d)James Smith
(e)Jane Campion
15) Which among the following Indian organization has recently signed a MoU with SASMOS to work together on advanced electronics?
(a)Bharat Earth Movers Limited
(b)Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
(c)Bharat Electronics Limited
(d)Defence Research and Development Organisation
(e)Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
16) Indias Billioner Adani Group has recently signed a deal with which among the following country for two power projects?
(a) Nepal
(b) Bhutan
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Myanmar
(e) Bangladesh
17) As per the report released by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Saudi Arabia and which country has emerged as the largest importer of arms in 2017-21?
(a) UAE
(b) Ukraine
(c) Israel
(d) India
(e) Iraq
18) The CCI has recently approved the acquisition of which among the following company by South Elm Investments?
(a)Micro Life Sciences Private Limited
(b) Science Life Private Limited
(c)Sakthi Fertilizers Corporation
(d)Viggi Agro Products
(e)Biotic Life Sciences
19) The CCI has approved the acquisition of equity stake with which among the following general insurance company by Generali Participations Netherlands?
(a)Acko General Insurance
(b) Edelweiss General Insurance
(c)IFFCO Tokio General Insurance
(d)Future Generali India Insurance Company
(e)Reliance General Insurance
20) As per the recent FIDE report, India has set to host FIDE Chess Olympiad 2022 in which among the following city?
(a) Chennai
(b) Mumbai
(c) Kolkata
(d) New Delhi
(e) Ahmadabad
21) The Bharatiya Janata Party has announced the release of the book titled ‘Modi @ 20: Dreams Meet Delivery’ under which among the following publication?
(a)Penguin Random House
(b)Rupa Publications
(c)National Book Trust, India
(d)Bloomsbury India
(e) MacMillan India
22) Which among the following Indian akademi has published a book-length poem ‘Monsoon’ by Indian poet-diplomat Abhay K?
(a)Lalit Kala Akademi
(b) National School of Dram
(c)Sahitya Akademi
(d)Sangeet Natak Akademi
(e) None of These
23) Which city is called as City of Rallies?
(a)Agra
(b) New Delhi
(c)Mumbai
(d)Kolkata
(e)None of these
24) ____________ is a name given to Credit cards, Debit cards, ATM cards and International Cards issued by banks
(a)Net Cards
(b)Money Cards
(c)Pay Cards
(d)Plastic Cards
(e)None of these
25) Port-au-Prince is the capital of which country?
(a)Haiti
(b)Ireland
(c)Hungary
(d)Handuras
(e)None of these
Answers :
1) Answer: E
National Vaccination Day is observed annually on 16th march in India.
The occasion is celebrated to raise awareness about importance of vaccination.
This day creates awareness regarding how effective vaccination is to prevent deadly diseases. Mostly, this day celebrates India’s victory over polio disease along with an improvement in the health and life expectancy of an individual.
The first dose of oral polio vaccine got started in the year 1995 in India.
2) Answer: B
The 36th International Geological Congress (IGC), themed “Geosciences: The Basic Science for a Sustainable Future” will be held here during 20-22 March, 2022 on a virtual platform.
The 36th IGC is a joint endeavour of the Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Indian National Science Academy and the Science Academies of Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Described as the Olympics of Geosciences, the IGCs are held quadrennial, under the aegis of the International Union of Geological Congress (IUGS), the Scientific Sponsor of the IGCs.
3) Answer: C
An Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK) with a seed money of Rs 230 crore was launched at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru.
Of the Rs 230 crore, Rs 170 crore would be borne by the Centre and the rest by the Karnataka government.
The ARTPARK has the objective of channelising innovations to create a societal impact by executing ambitious mission-mode R&D projects in healthcare, education, mobility, infrastructure, agriculture, retail, and cyber-security aiming to solve problems unique to India.
4) Answer: D
Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti organisation established by Ambassador of Peace, Eminent Jainacharya Dr Lokeshji will establish India’s first World Peace Center in Gurugram, Haryana.
For this, the Haryana Government has allotted a plot to the organization in Sector 39 of Gurugram opposite Medanta Hospital and adjacent to Delhi-Jaipur Highway.
Acharya Dr Lokeshji, the Founder of Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti, the organization would soon start the construction of the World Peace Center (WPC) on this plot.
‘World Peace Center’ will work for the establishment of peace and harmony in the world.
5) Answer: A
The Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a unit of the CIL, has crossed 157 million tonne (MT) in coal production in the financial year of 2021-22, to become the leading coal producing company in the country.
On March 12, 2022, the company produced 7.62 lakh tonne of dry fuel which is the highest in a day during the current financial year reaching 157.7 MT with a growth of around 16 per cent over the last financial year
6) Answer: D
US President Biden and the G7 (a group of countries that includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States) jointly announced their Intention to take steps to revoke Russias most-favored-nation (MFN) status.
Earlier, Canada became the first nation to revoke Russia’s MFN status.
Only North Korea and Cuba do not enjoy the “most favoured nation” status from the US.
7) Answer: E
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank has launched a digital on-boarding facility for its micro banking customers via Ujjivan SFB Assisted App.
It would enable over 60 lakh customers of the bank to update their mobile number for their individual banking transactions through a new Paperless, Real time and Secure, OTP-based authentication, followed by a Biometric Authentication process
8) Answer: C
DBS Bank India has announced the launch of its Green Deposit Program for corporate clients, providing businesses with an easy way to support green projects.
This project has a aim to finance green industries and initiatives for renewable energy, wastewater management and clean transport.”
9) Answer: B
Private sector lender ICICI Bank announced a tie-up with UAE based Emirates Skywards, a loyalty programme of Emirates and flydubai, to launch a range of co-branded credit cards named, ‘Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Credit Card.
The cards will enable customers to earn reward points, called Skywards Miles, on travel, lifestyle and everyday spends.
The cards award up to 2.5 Skywards Miles on every spend of ₹100.
10) Answer: D
The Hungarian parliament elected Katalin Novak the country’s first woman president.
Novak will succeed Janos Ader (a co-founder of Orban’s governing right-wing Fidesz party who has held the job since 2012)
She will take over the new role from May 2022.
She won the 2022 Presidential election by a two-thirds majority.
11) Answer: B
Tata Sons chief Natarajan Chandrasekaran was appointed as chairman of Air India.
In February 2022, N Chandrasekaran was reappointed as chairman of Tata Sons for a second term of five years.
In Feb 2022, Air India appointed former Turkish Airlines chairman Ilker Ayci to be the CEO & MD of Air India & On March 1, Ayci declined the Tata Sons’ offer to be MD & CEO of Air India.
12) Answer: E
The government has appointed State Bank of India (SBI) managing director Ashwani Bhatia as a whole-time member (WTM) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved the appointment for a period of 3 years from the date of assumption of charge of the post, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
13) Answer: A
Odisha-born Ranjit Rath (50) has been appointed as the next Chairman and Managing Director of Oil India Limited (OIL) has been selected by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB).
He will succeed current chairman and managing director Sushil Chandra Mishra, who will superannuate on June 30, 2022.
Rath, a Geoscientist, is an alumnus of IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur and Utkal University.
14) Answer: E
The 75th British Academy Film Awards, also known as the BAFAs (or BAFTAs), were held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honoring the best national and foreign films of 2021.
The award is Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Best Film: The Power of the Dog wins Best Film
Best Director: Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog
15) Answer: E
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bengaluru-based company SASMOS to work together on advanced electronics, electrical and fibre optic interconnections in the aerospace domain.
HAL’s subsidiary Naini Aerospace (NAeL) was also a signatory to the MoU.
This MoU comes with a aim to explore business cooperation, especially in northern India, through the utilization of capacity and capabilities of NAeL.
16) Answer: C
India’s Adani Group has inked an agreement for two mega power projects in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province to generate a combined capacity of 500 MW, at a cost of $ 500 million.
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed at the Finance Ministry of Sri Lanka between the representatives of Adani Group, Ceylon Electricity Board, Sustainable Energy Authority (SEA) and the Board of Investment (BOI).
With this agreement, Sri Lanka has now assigned three major renewable energy projects in the North and Eastern Provinces.
17) Answer: D
The latest report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on Trends in International Arms Transfer, 2021, released.
The report reveals that India and Saudi Arabia had emerged as the largest arms importers of arms between 2017-21, each accounting for 11% of all global arms sales.
The report places India at the top of the list.
Meanwhile Egypt, Australia and China were the next three largest importers with respective shares of 5.7%, 5.4% and 4.8%.
18) Answer: A
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves acquisition of Micro Life Sciences Private Limited by South Elm Investments B.V.
The proposed combination pertains to the proposed acquisition of minority stake in Micro Life Sciences Private Limited (Micro Life/ Target) by South Elm Investments B.V. (SEI/ Acquirer).
SEI is an investment holding company incorporated under the laws of Netherlands.
19) Answer: D
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves acquisition of equity stake in Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited by Generali Participations Netherlands N.V.
Generali Participations Netherlands N.V. (GPN / Acquirer) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A (“Generali Group”), the ultimate parent entity of the Generali group of companies.
The Generali Group is a global insurance provider and is present in the general insurance industry in India through FGIIC.
20) Answer: A
India has won the bid to host the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai.
It was originally scheduled to be held in Russia.
But the FIDE recently announced that it pulled out from there following the Ukraine invasion.
After the announcement, Tamil Nadu government and the All India Chess Federation made a joint bid to host the prestigious tournament and won.
21) Answer: B
The book, ‘Modi @ 20: Dreams Meet Delivery’, brought out by Rupa Publications, is a compilation of chapters authored by eminent intellectuals and domain experts.
Union home Minister Amit Shah, minister of external affairs S. Jaishankar, national security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, actor Anupam Kher, Olympic athlete P.V Sindhu and singer Lata Mangeshkar are among the many who have contributed to a special book to commemorate the 20 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in public life.
22) Answer: C
Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of Letters has published a book-length poem ‘Monsoon’ by Indian poet-diplomat Abhay K on the occasion of its 68th anniversary.
Sahitya Akademi was established on 12th March in 1954
23) Answer: B
New Delhi is the Capital city of India known as the City of Rallies.
24) Answer: D
Plastic Cards is the name of Credit cards, Debit cards, ATM cards and International Cards issued by banks
25) Answer: A
Port-au-Prince, capital, chief port, and commercial centre of the West Indian republic of Haiti.
