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1) World UFO Day is observed on every year July 2nd. What does ‘U’ stands for in UFO?
(a) Unmanned
(b) Unified
(c) Unique
(d) Unidentified
(e) Ultimate
2) Which among the following day is observed as World Sports Journalists Day?
(a) June 29
(b) June 30
(c) July 01
(d) July 02
(e) June 28
3) International Day of Cooperatives is celebrated on July 02 (the first Saturday) of every July. What is the theme of this year’s Cooperative day?
(a) Cooperatives Build a Better World
(b) Sustainable Cooperatives
(c) Cooperatives make better Class
(d) We are in the World of Cooperatives
(e) None of these
4) As per the Hurun Research Institute’s research in 25 cities throughout India, there will be ____________ unicorns in the next two to four years
(a) 110
(b) 115
(c) 120
(d) 122
(e) 128
5) As per the recent report by Maharashtra Cabinet which among the following city is renamed Sambhajinagar?
(a) Jalgaon
(b) Amaravathi
(c) Aurangabad
(d) Ahmednagar
(e) Satara
6) The Maharashtra government’s Energy department signed an MoU with Adani Green Energy Group Ltd (AGEL) to generate ____________ MW of Green Power in the next 5 years
(a) 5000 MV
(b) 7000 MV
(c) 10000 MV
(d) 11000 MV
(e) 15000 MV
7) “ilearn” is a learning app to help customers with investment was launched by which the following Bank?
(a) HDFC Bank
(b) ICICI Bank
(c) AXIS Bank
(d) RBL Bank
(e) DBS Bank
8) Airtel Payments Bank partners with which among the following bank to digitize cash collection?
(a) State Bank of India
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(e) Axis Bank
9) Which among the following is true regarding the World Bank Board of Executive Directors’ recent approval for India?
(a) World Bank Approves $2 Billion to Support India’s Health Sector
(b) The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved two complementary loans of $500 million each to support and enhance India’s health sector.
(c) The loans will prioritize 7 states including Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh.
(d) Both A and B
(e) Both B and C
10) Which among the following Insurance has launched Insta confirmation of insurance (Insta-COI) + to deliver a superior customer experience?
(a) Life Insurance Corporation of India
(b) PNB MetLife India Insurance Co Ltd
(c) Aegon Life Insurance
(d) Max Life Insurance Company
(e) HDFC Life Insurance Company
11) The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) selected Mr. Sandeep Kumar Gupta as the next chairman of which the following public sector enterprises?
(a) Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL)
(b) Steel Authority of India (SAIL)
(c) National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC)
(d) National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)
(e) National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)
12) Mr. Shri Eknath Shinde takes oath as chief minister of which among the following state?
(a) Haryana
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Sikkim
(d) Nagaland
(e) Himachal Pradesh
13) Mr. K.K. Venugopal was re-appointed by the president of Indiac as Attorney General for _____________ period
(a) 3 Months
(b) 6 Months
(c) 8 Months
(d) 1 Year
(e) 2 Years
14) Recently, India’s High-speed Expendable Aerial Target – ABHYAS – successfully flight-tested off on which coast?
(a) Odisha
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Karnataka
(e) Kerala
15) As per the Asia Pacific Sustainability Index 2021, Four Indian cities are in the Top 20. Which city is not among them in the top 20?
(a) Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Bengaluru
(e) Kolkata
16) Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP)-2020 speech in New Delhi was delivered by which among the following ministry?
(a) Ministry of Finance
(b) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(c) Ministry of Health and Family welfare
(d) Ministry of Education and Skill Development
(e) Ministry of Women and Child Development
17) As per NITI Aayog and the Technology Information, Forecasting, and Assessment Council (TIFAC) 100% of two-wheelers to be energized by which year?
(a) FY 2023 – 24
(b) FY 2024 – 25
(c) FY 2025 – 26
(d) FY 2026 – 27
(e) FY 2027 – 28
18) Tennis Player Novak Djokovic becomes 1st player to win _____________ matches in all four Grand Slams
(a) 70 matches
(b) 80 matches
(c) 90 matches
(d) 100 matches
(e) 50 matches
19) Which of the following has been approved as the principal sponsor of the Indian Olympic Association?
(a) Star Sports
(b) TATA
(c) Sony India
(d) Adani Sportsline
(e) Jio Sports
20) Neeraj Chopra clinches silver medal at prestigious Diamond League meet held at Stockholm with a massive through of _________ meter
(a) 88.65
(b) 88.91
(c) 89.12
(d) 89.78
(e) 89.94
21) Ambika Rao passes away. She is a famous personality in which field?
(a) Journalist
(b) Actor
(c) Doctor
(d) Freedom Fighter
(e) Social Activist
Answers :
1) Answer: D
Every year, World UFO Day is observed on July 2nd to create an awareness of Unidentified Flying Objects.
These objects are somehow related to alien life forms.
The World UFO Day organization decided in the year 2001 to celebrate this day for all UFO enthusiasts.
2) Answer: D
World Sports Journalists Day is observed globally on 2nd July every year.
The day aims to acknowledge the work of sports journalists & encourage them to do better at their work.
Sports journalists help millions of people in the world to receive information on various sports.
It marks the anniversary of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), established in 1924.
3) Answer: A
International Day of Cooperatives is celebrated on the first Saturday of every July.
This year the day will be celebrated on July 2 by cooperatives all across the world.
This celebration aims to increase awareness about cooperatives by highlighting how the United Nations shares similar goals and objectives as the international cooperative movement.
The theme for the 2022 International Day of Cooperatives is “Cooperatives Build a Better World”.
4) Answer: D
India is expected to create 122 new unicorns in the next 2-4 years, per the Hurun Research Institute’s research, Hurun India Future Unicorn Index 2022.
These prospective unicorns are presently valued at 49 billion US dollars overall.
A startup is referred to regarded as a unicorn when its valuation reaches USD 1 billion.
5) Answer: C
The Maharashtra cabinet under the chairmanship of Shri Uddhav Thackeray approved a proposal to rename Aurangabad city as Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad city as Dharashiv.
The cabinet also cleared a proposal to name the upcoming Navi Mumbai International airport after the late DB Patil, the leader of the Project Affected People of Raigad and Thane district.
6) Answer: D
The Maharashtra government’s Energy department signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Adani Green Energy Group Ltd (AGEL) to generate 11000 MW of green power in the next 5 years.
The MoU was signed by Narayan Karad, Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy, Maharashtra, and Ajit Barodia, Senior Vice President, Adani Industries Group.
It would entail an investment of Rs 60,000 crore and employ 30,000 persons.
According to the agreement, AGEL will set up Pumped Storage Projects (PSP) in the next 4 to 5 years, through which about 11,000 MW of power will be generated.
7) Answer: B
ICICI Securities (I-Sec) has launched ‘ICICIdirect iLearn’, a learning app for customers to easily access content curated around several financial products and stock market topics.
To provide investors with well-researched and simplified content curated by experts to help make informed investment decisions.
As per data from BSE, the total number of investors as of June 2022 stood at around 109 million, a 51% increase Year on Year (Y-o-Y).
8) Answer: E
Airtel Payments Bank has partnered with Axis Bank, India’s third-largest private sector bank, to digitize the cash collection system in India’s tier III cities and semi-urban regions.
It would leverage the wide reach of its digital-led neighborhood banking model to support Axis Bank with the digitization of last-mile cash collections.
Axis Bank’s agents will no longer have to travel back to the branch to deposit the collected EMI amount as they can deposit the amount at any Airtel Payments Bank outlet in the neighborhood, and it will be immediately transferred to the Axis Bank accounts.
9) Answer: E
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved two complementary loans of $500 million each to support and enhance India’s health sector.
Through this combined financing of $1 billion, the Bank will support India’s flagship Pradhan Mantri-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM), launched in October 2021 to improve public healthcare infrastructure across India.
The loans will prioritize 7 states including Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh.
10) Answer: D
Max Life Insurance Company Ltd, has launched a smart solution, ‘Insta confirmation of insurance (Insta-COI)’+, to customers buying the ‘Max Life Smart Fixed-return Digital Plan’, a non-linked, non-participating, individual life insurance savings plan on the Max Life website or Policybazaar platform.
The Insta-COI feature enables intimation to the proposer regarding the commencement of the risk cover pending release of the policy contract ensuring a quick and hassle-free onboarding.
This initiative becomes possible by digitizing processes for documentation during onboarding.
11) Answer: A
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has selected Mr. Sandeep Kumar Gupta as the Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Gas Authority of India Ltd GAIL (India) Ltd, India’s largest gas utility after interviewing 10 candidates.
If his appointment is approved by the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), then he will hold the office till February 2026.
He will replace Mr. Manoj Jain.
12) Answer: B
Shiv Sena leader Shri Eknath Shinde has been sworn in as the 20th chief minister of Maharashtra.
He was administered the oath of office by Maharashtra Governor Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari at the Raj Bhawan in Mumbai.
Earlier Shri Uddhav Thackeray resigned from the post of chief minister after the Supreme Court allowed a floor test in the assembly.
Former Maharashtra CM Shri Devendra Fadnavis took the oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
13) Answer: A
The President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind has re-appointed Mr. Kottayan Katankot Venugopal as the Attorney General for India for three months (July to September) or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
Mr. K.K. Venugopal is an Indian constitutional lawyer and a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India.
On 1 July 2017, he was appointed as the 15th Attorney General of India after succeeding Mukul Rohatgi for three years (2017 to 20220) & after that he was reappointed for one the year 2021
14) Answer: A
India successfully flight-tested the indigenously developed High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT), ABHYAS, from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur off the Odisha coast.
The performance of the aircraft at low altitudes including sustained level and high maneuverability was demonstrated during the test flight.
Abhyas is an original Sanskrit word for practice or preparatory exercise
It is designed & developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
15) Answer: E
According to the Asia Pacific Sustainability Index 2021, released by Knight Frank Four Indian cities Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai made it to the list of top 20 sustainable cities.
Bengaluru led the sustainability index amongst the top Indian cities and ranked 14th in the APAC region.
Bengaluru was the only Indian city to achieve the ‘Gold’ standard category.
16) Answer: A
Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman delivered the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP)-2020 speech in New Delhi.
Seven states have been selected as the top performers in the report’s review of the Business Reforms Action Plan’s implementation.
The states in dispute include Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu.
17) Answer: D
100% Electric two-wheelers would be integrated into the Indian market by FY2026-27, according to NITI Aayog and the Technology Information, Forecasting, and Assessment Council (TIFAC).
The autonomous TIFAC was formed in 1988 by the Department of Science and Technology to forecast technical advancements, evaluate technological trajectories and foster innovation.
Three key aspects that affect the market penetration of electric two-wheelers have been used to build future scenarios.
18) Answer: B
Novak Djokovic became the first player in history to win 80 matches at all four Grand Slams on Centre Court, defeating Kwon Soon-woo 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
The former world number one tennis player has established history by winning his 80th match at Wimbledon.
The six-time winner is the only male player in the Open Era to win 80 or more matches at each of the four grand slams.
A seventh triumph would tie him with Pete Sampras’ record and place him only one title behind Roger Federer as the second-most successful male singles player in the history of the oldest grand slam.
19) Answer: D
The Indian Olympic Association and Adani Sportsline, the Adani Group’s sports division, have signed a long-term major sponsorship agreement (IOA).
At the upcoming Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022, the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2022, and the Paris Olympic Games in 2024, it will serve as the Indian team’s official partner.
The group has previously been linked to the Indian team competing in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
20) Answer: E
Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra clinched his first-ever medal at the prestigious Diamond League meet in Stockholm as he broke his national record for the second time in a month.
Chopra finished 2nd at the Stockholm Diamond League with a massive throw of 89.94 meters.
Reigning world champion Anderson Peters won the event with a best throw of 90.31 meters.
21) Answer: B
Renowned actor and filmmaker, Ambika Rao passed away in Kochi at the age of 58.
Ambika Rao was born on 6 July 1963 in Ernakulam, Kerala.
She entered the film industry as an Assistant Director in 2000.
