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1) Every year the World Backup Day 2022 has been annually observed on which among the following date?
(a) 30th March
(b) 31st March
(c) 1st April
(d) 2nd April
(e) 3rd April
2) The Transgender Day of Visibility, an international awareness day has been observed on March 31. It was first celebrated on which among the following year?
(a) 2005
(b) 2006
(c) 2007
(d) 2008
(e) 2009
3) Which among the following day has been celebrated on 31st March every year since 2017?
(a) World Theatre Day
(b) Purple Day of Epilepsy
(c) International Day of Unborn Child
(d) World Tuberculosis Day
(e) International Day of Drug Checking
4) The Government of India has approved over Rs 433 crores Legacy Waste Remediation proposal for which among the following State or Union Territory?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Jammu & Kashmir
(c) Ladakh
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Madhya Pradesh
5) The Union Cabinet headed by Narendra Modi has approved over Rs: ________ crore, World Bank assisted programme on Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance.
(a) Rs 6062 crore
(b) Rs 5062 crore
(c) Rs 4062 crore
(d) Rs 3062 crore
(e) Rs 2062 crore
6) The Cabinet Committee on Security has approved the procurement of __________ Light Combat Helicopters Limited Series from HAL for Indian Air Force.
(a) 05 LCH
(b) 10 LCH
(c) 15 LCH
(d) 20 LCH
(e) 25 LCH
7) The Government has approved the release of additional installment of ___________% of DA to Central Government employees and DR to pensioner from 1 January 2022.
(a) 1%
(b) 2%
(c) 3%
(d) 4%
(e) 5%
8) According to the Coal and Mine Ministry Centre has launched an auction of 122 Coal and Lignite mines. Who is the current coal and Mines minister?
(a) Narayan Tatu Rane
(b) Virendra Kumar
(c) Ramchandra Prasad
(d) Pralhad Joshi
(e) Arjun Munda
9) The Home Ministry’s High-Level Committee has approved an additional Central assistance of over Rs 1,887 crores to 5 States. Which among the following state is not among them?
(a) Bihar
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Sikkim
(e) Gujarat
10) The Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank has planned to launch a scheme to offer personal loans for prisoner’s upto Rs._________
(a) Rs 30,000
(b) Rs 50,000
(c) Rs 70,000
(d) Rs 55,000
(e) Rs 25,000
11) Which among the following payment app has recently tied up with Pine Labs to Launch ‘Tap To Pay’ Feature For UPI?
(a) Google Pay
(b) MobiKwik
(c) PhonePe
(d) BharatPe
(e) Amazon Pay
12) Which among the following bank has recently tied up with Kwik.ID to digitize customer on boarding?
(a) Punjab National Bank
(b) Central Bank of India
(c) Canara Bank
(d) Union Bank of India
(e) Indian Bank
13) Which among the following general insurance company has recently launched the rewards programme named VAULT?
(a) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
(b) Life Insurance Corporation of India
(c) HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company
(d) The Oriental Insurance Company
(e) Acko General Insurance
14) Payments Council of India has recently re-elected whom among the following as its Chair Person?
(a) Arjun Rampal
(b) Vishwas Patel
(c) Sussanne Roshan
(d) Emraan Hashmi
(e) Peter Haag
15) IFS officer Renu Singh has been recently appointed as the Director of which among the following institution?
(a) Doon University
(b) Wildlife Institute of India
(c) Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology
(d) Arid Forest Research Institute
(e) Forest Research Institute
16) North Atlantic Treaty Organization has recently extended the Stoltenberg’s term as Secretary-General till which among the following year?
(a) 2023
(b) 2024
(c) 2025
(d) 2026
(e) 2027
17) The Chief of Army staff General MM Naravane has recently presented prestigious ‘President’s Colours’ to two battalions of which among the following regiment?
(a) Kumaon Regiment
(b) Jat Regiment
(c) Madras Regiment
(d) Sikh Regiment
(e) Dogra Regiment
18) UAE-based Multinational conglomerate LuLu Group International has tied up with which among the following State government to invest Rs 3,500 crore?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) Assam
19) Assam & which among the following north east state has signed an agreement to resolve five-decade-old border dispute in 6 locations?
(a) Manipur
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Nagaland
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
(e) Mizoram
20) A Bilateral Naval Exercise ‘VARUNA -2022 has begun in Arabian Sea. This Exercise takes place between India and which among the following country?
(a) Russia
(b) United States
(c) France
(d) Italy
(e) Australia
21) Indian Ocean Naval Symposium Maritime Exercise 2022 (IMEX-22) has conducted at Goa. The exercise witnessed the participation of __________ out of the 25 member nations of IONS.
(a) 10 members
(b) 13 members
(c) 15 members
(d) 20 members
(e) 22 members
22) Who among the following Indian celebrity has topped in the Duff & Phelps Celebrity Brand Valuation Report 2021?
(a) Virat Kohli
(b) Ranveer Singh
(c) Akshya Kumar
(d) Ali bhat
(e) MS Dhoni
23) Miguel Van Damme passed away. He belonged to which among the following sport?
(a) Cricket
(b) Football
(c) Basket Ball
(d) Tennis
(e) Racing
24) What is the name of the Central Bank of United Arab Emirates?
(a) Central Bank of United Arab Emirates
(b) National Bank of United Arab Emirates
(c) Bank of United Arab Emirates
(d) Reserve Bank of United Arab Emirates
(e) None of these
25) How many districts are there in India According to the census 2011?
(a) 610
(b) 620
(c) 630
(d) 640
(e) 650
Answers :
1) Answer: B
Every year World Backup Day 2022 is celebrated on 31 March.
This is a yearly reminder for us to back up our files safely to avoid any data loss.
It is a day for people to learn about the increasing role of data in our lives and the importance of regular backups.
2) Answer: E
The Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) is an international awareness day is observed on March 31, honoring transgender and gender nonconforming people’s achievements and resilience.
Its goal is to raise awareness about the work that has to be done to establish equity and justice for third-gender people.
Rachel Crandall of Michigan, United States, a transgender activist, launched the day in 2009 as a response to transgender people’s poor recognition and acceptance.
3) Answer: E
The International Day of Drug Checking is celebrated on 31st March every year since 2017.
The main objective of this day is to ensure people are educated on drugs and aware of their effects.
Along with it, it also marks promoting harm reduction actions of drugs and reduce drug-related risks.
4) Answer: D
Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has approved over 433 crore rupees for 28 Urban Local bodies in Maharashtra to effectively managing the Solid Waste Management. Garbage Dumpsites have become a massive problem for most urban cities, Maharashtra’s Greater Mumbai holds the maximum amount of legacy waste in the state.
The greater Mumbai aims to remediate 2.6 crore metric tonnes of legacy waste to transform its urban landscape by reclaiming approximately 355 acres of valuable land.
5) Answer: A
The Union Cabinet has approved 808 million dollars or over 6062 crore rupees, World Bank assisted programme on Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance RAMP.
It is a new scheme and will commence in Financial Year 2022-23.
Around 500 million dollars will be a loan from the World Bank and the remaining 308 million dollars would be funded by the Government of India.
6) Answer: C
The Cabinet Committee on Security, CCS has approved procurement of 15 Light Combat Helicopter Limited Series Production at the cost of three thousand 887 crore rupees.
The CCS met under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
Light Combat Helicopter Limited Series Production is an indigenously designed, developed and manufactured state of the art modern combat helicopter.
7) Answer: C
Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the release of an additional installment of three Percent of dearness allowance, DA to Central Government employees and dearness relief to pensioners from the first of January 2022.
This will be over the existing rate of 31 percent of the basic pay or Pensionto compensate for the price rise.
8) Answer: D
Coal and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi has launched an auction of 122 Coal and Lignite Mines including 18 New Mines.
Addressing the fifth tranche of auction launch in New Delhi, Mr Joshi, that 42 coal mines have already been auctioned successfully.
Along with ensuring energy security of the nation this will provide employment opportunities to more than one lakh 17 thousand.
9) Answer: E
The High-Level Committee under the Chairmanship of Home Minister Amit Shah has approved additional Central assistance of over one thousand 887 crore rupees to five States under the National Disaster Response Fund.
These states are Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Sikkim and West Bengal.
Home Ministry, more than one thousand crore rupees has been approved for Bihar, over 292 crore rupees for Rajasthan, more than 475 crore rupees for West Bengal, over 59 crore rupees for Sikkim and over 21 crore rupees for Himachal Pradesh.
10) Answer: B
The Maharashtra government launched a scheme to provide personal loans for prisoners.
The Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank will give loans under the scheme up to Rs 50,000 at an interest rate of 7 per cent.
The scheme will be implemented on a pilot basis at Yerawada Central Jail, Pune.
11) Answer: A
Google Pay has partnered with Pine Labs to launch Tap to Pay for UPI – a functionality that aims to bring the seamless convenience of Tap to Pay to UPI.
So far, Tap to Pay was only available for cards.
To complete a payment, a user will just need to tap his/ her phone on the POS (point of sale) terminal and then authenticate the payment from the phone with a UPI pin making the process virtually instantaneous, as compared to scanning a QR code, or entering the UPI-linked mobile number.
12) Answer: B
State-owned Central Bank of India has selected Kwik.ID to implement digital know your customer (KYC), video KYC and eKYC for its network across India.
To bring better onboarding and digitisation practices to the customers across India.
13) Answer: C
HDFC ERGO General Insurance Co. has launched a digital customer engagement and rewards programme – VAULT an industry-first digital customer engagement and rewards program.
The Company has taken advantage of the Regulatory Sandbox by IRDAI, in the form of VAULT, an experiment to test a new idea.
14) Answer: B
Payments Council of India (PCI), a payments ecosystem industry body and a part of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has re-elected Vishwas Patel as the chairman of PCI for the second term in 2022.
Previously he was elected as chairman of PCI in 2018.
Praveena Rai, COO, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and MN Srinivasu, Co-founder and Director at BillDesk have been appointed as co-chairs of its seven committees.
15) Answer: E
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, New Delhi appointed Dr. Renu Singh as Director of the premier Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
She will be the FRI’s second woman director & first being Dr. Savita.
She joined as FRI director after AS Rawat, director-general, ICFRE.
16) Answer: A
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) extended the term of Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg by a year until September 30, 2023.
His term was to expire in September 2021 & It is the second time that his term of office has been extended.
Jens Stoltenberg is a Norwegian politician who has served as the 13th secretary general of NATO since 2014.
17) Answer: E
General MM Naravane, Chief of the Army Staff presented the prestigious ‘President’s Colours’ to two battalions of the Dogra Regiment, namely 20 DOGRA and 21 DOGRA during an impressive Colour Presentation Parade held at the Dogra Regimental Centre, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh.
The regiment was raised in 1922 by the British government.
18) Answer: D
Multinational conglomerate LuLu Group International signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu government to invest Rs 3,500 crore in Tamil Nadu to build two shopping malls and set up an export-oriented food processing unit.
The MoU was signed by Pooja Kulkarni, MD and CEO of Tamil Nadu Industrial Guidance & Export Promotion Bureau, and Ashraf Ali MA, executive director of LuLu Group, in the presence of state chief minister MK Stalin, industry minister Thangam Thenarasu, LuLu Group chairman Yusuff Ali MA.
19) Answer: B
The chief ministers of Assam and Meghalaya Himanta Biswa Sarma & Conrad Sangma signed an agreement in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to resolve part of their five-decade-old inter-state border dispute in six of the 12 locations along the 884.9 km border.
Amit Shah stated that it is a historic day for the Northeast.
In 2021, both state governments identified six of the 12 areas under dispute Hahim, Gizang, Tarabari, Boklapara, Khanapara-Pilingkata, Ratacherra for resolution in the first phase.
20) Answer: C
The 20th edition of the Bilateral Naval Exercise between Indian and French Navies – ‘VARUNA’ is being conducted in the Arabian Sea from March 30 to April 03, 2022.
The Bilateral Naval Exercises between the two Navies were initiated in 1993.
The exercise was christened as ‘VARUNA’ in 2001 and has become a vital part of India – France strategic bilateral relationship.
21) Answer: C
The maiden edition of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Maritime Exercise 2022 (IMEX-22) was conducted at Goa and in Arabian Sea.
This aims to enhance interoperability in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations among member navies.
The exercise witnessed participation of 15 out of the 25 member nations of IONS.
22) Answer: A
Virat Kohli has emerged as the most valued celebrity in India for the fifth year in a row, topping the Duff & Phelps Celebrity Brand Valuation Report 2021 despite seeing a dip in his brand value to $185.7 million last year from a high of $237.7 million in 2020.
The annual report explained that brand Kohli faced a decline following the cricketer’s resignation from the ODI (One Day International) and T20 captaincy and “associated exchanges” with the Board of Control for Cricket in India and recent on-field outcomes.
23) Answer: B
Belgian footballer Miguel Van Damme passed away at the age of 28 following a lengthy battle with Leukaemia.
He spent his eight-year professional career at Cercle Brugge but his battle with cancer limited him to less than 50 appearances for the club.
24) Answer: A
United Arab Emirates – Central Bank of United Arab Emirates
25) Answer: D
Administrative Units: Census 2011 covered 35 States/Union Territories, 640 districts
