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1) Every year, the International Day of the Older Persons has been observed on which the following day?

(a) 04 October

(b) 02 October

(d) 03 October

(e) 05 October

2) The International Coffee Day is observed annually on 01 October to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage. When is the first official International Coffee Day observed?

(a) 2000

(b) 2014

(d) 1998

(e) 2017

3) Who has released a report on the 4^th round of the quarterly employment survey?

(a) Nirmala Sitharaman

(b) Amit Shah

(d) Bhupender Yadav

(e) Piyush Goyal

4) In collaboration with which organization, Indian Railways has launched a ‘Real Time Train Information System (RTIS) to track train movement timings?

(a) HAL

(b) NSIL

(d) ISRO

(e) BEL

5) The Government of India has banned the PFI, as an unlawful association with instant effect for five years under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967. What does PFI denote?

(a) Public Front of India

(b) Popular Front of India

(d) Popular Fight of India

(e) Public Freight of India

6) Recently, the Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy launched the ____________- Energy for LiFE campaign.

(a) Agni Campaign

(b) Agni Tarun

(d) Life Drive

(e) Svanidhi

7) Union Cabinet has approved a ______ hike in dearness allowance (DA) for central government employees and pensioners.

(a) 7%

(b) 4%

(d) 5%

(e) 3%

8) Union Cabinet has approved the extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY-Phase VII) for a further period of __________.

(a) 5 months

(b) 3 months

(d) 10 months

(e) 6 months

9) When will the Government of India be set to launch a month-long nationwide Clean India 2.0?

(a) 31 December 2023

(b) 01 November 2022

(d) 31 October 2022

(e) 31 January 2022

10) The Union Cabinet has approved the Indian Railways’ ₹10,000 crore proposal for the redevelopment of how many major stations?

(a) 5

(b) 6

(d) 3

(e) 7

11) Which became the first state in India to publish an encyclopedia based on tribal communities?

(a) Odisha

(b) Sikkim

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Karnataka

12) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has inaugurated an intersection named after Which legendry person’s 93^rd birth anniversary in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh?

(a) Sushma Swaraj

(b) Arun Jaitley

(d) Narendra Modi

(e) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

13) Which bank has collaborated with HDFC ERGO and Atradius to provide a Trade Credit Insurance solution to Tata Metaliks?

(a) Citi Bank

(b) Standard Chartered

(d) DBS Bank India

(e) Deutsche Bank

14) What is the projected GDP Growth rate of India in FY23, according to the ICRA report?

(a) 7.2 percent

(b) 6.0 percent

(d) 7.8 percent

(e) 8.1 percent

15) Which of the following finance company has tied up with Lulu International Exchange for gold loan repayment?

(a) Bajaj Finance Limite

(b) Tata Capital Financial Services Limited

(d) HDB Financial Services

(e) Muthoot Finance Limited

16) Which of the following organization has downgraded growth for developing East Asia and the Pacific to 3.2% in 2022?

(a) IMF

(b) ADB

(d) AIIB

(e) Fitch

17) Which bank has acquired over 5.56% stake in Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) for Rs 10 crore?

(a) State Bank of India

(b) HDFC Bank

(d) Bank of India

(e) ICICI Bank

18) Who among the following has released the Indian Tourism Statistics 2022 report?

(a) Jagdeep Dhankar

(b) Narendra Modi

(d) Rajnath Singh

(e) Piyush Goyal

19) Who has topped the ‘IIFL Wealth Hurun India 40 & Under Self-Made Rich List 2022?

(a) Ritesh Arora

(b) Nakul Aggarwal

(d) Nikhil Kamath

(e) Neha Narkhede

20) Who has been appointed as the new Chief of Defence Staff?

(a) R. Hari Kumar

(b) Manoj Mukund Naravane

(d) Anil Chauhan

(e) Manoj Kumar Pandey

21) R Venkataramani has been appointed as the New Attorney General of India. Whom did he replace?

(a) Rana Pratap

(b) Mukul Rohatgi

(d) Sharad Arvind Bobde

(e) Harish Salve

22) Who has been appointed as the Non-Executive Chairman of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS)?

(a) Nand Kishore

(b) C S Rajan

(d) G C Chaturvedi

(e) Malini Shankar

23) Name the indigenously developed satellite navigation system of India, which is developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)?

(a) PavIC

(b) SavIC

(d) BalgIC

(e) None of the above

24) Sunil Chhetri and his career have earned special recognition in the form of a series “Captain Fantastic. Which organization has relased this special recognition?

(a) AIBA

(b) FIFA

(d) ICC

(e) FIH

25) Who is the present Managing Director (MD) and Chief executive officer (CEO) of Bank of India?

(a) Sandeep Bakhshi

(b) Atanu Kumar Das

(d) Aditya Puri

(e) Sashidhar Jagdishan

Answers :

1) Answer: C

The International Day of Older Persons is celebrated on October 1 each year to increase awareness about the importance of ageing and promote the rights of older persons.
The overall umbrella theme for the United Nations International Day of Older Persons in 2022 is “Resilience of Older Persons in a Changing World.”
The International Day of Older Persons was declared by the UN General Assembly on December 14, 1990 (resolution 45/106).

2) Answer: B

International Coffee Day is observed on October 1 every year to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage.
The day also aims to promote fair trade coffee and to raise awareness of the plight of coffee growers.
The exact origin of International Coffee Day is unknown.
An event was first promoted in Japan in 1983 by The All-Japan Coffee Association.
In 2014, the International Coffee Organization decided to launch the first official International Coffee Day in Milan as part of Expo 2015.

3) Answer: D

Labour & Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav released a report on the 4th round of the quarterly employment survey.
The Fourth Round (January-March, 2022) of the Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) is part of the All India Quarterly Establishment-based Employment Survey (AQEES). The QES as a part of the AQEES was launched in April 2021.
The estimated employment has increased from 3.14 crore in the third quarter (September-December, 2021) to 3.18 crore in the fourth quarter.
The manufacturing sector accounts for 38.5 percent of the total number of workers, followed by the Education sector with 21.7%, the IT/BPO sector with 12%, and the Health sector with 10.6%.

4) Answer: D

Indian Railways has launched a real-time information system to track train movement timings. It has been developed in collaboration with ISRO.
RTIS is automatically plotted on the control charts of trains in the Control Office Application (COA) system. Indian Railways has installed RTIS devices on 2,700 locomotives in 21 electric loco sheds. RTIS will update the location within 30 seconds.
In the second phase, 6,000 more locomotives will be covered in 50 loco sheds using ISRO’s SATCOM hub.

5) Answer: B

The Government of India has banned the Popular Front of India(PFI), its affiliates, and associates. PFI has been banned as an unlawful association with instant effect for five years under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967.
The ban is also applicable to PFI fronts including Rehab India Foundation(RIF), All India Imams Council (AIIC), National Women’s Front, Empower India Foundation, Rehab Foundation, Kerala, Campus Front of India(CFI), National Confederation of Human Rights Organization(NCHRO), and Junior Front, as an “unlawful association”.

6) Answer: C

Recently, the Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy launched the Agni Tattva – Energy for LiFE campaign, to create awareness of the core concept of Agni Tattva, an element that is synonymous with energy and is amongst the five elements of Panchmahabhoot.
The Panchmahabhoot comprises Earth (Prithvi), Water (Jal), Fire (Agni), Air (Vayu), and Aether/ Space (Aakash).
The idea of LiFE was introduced by India during the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow in 2021.

7) Answer: B

Union Cabinet has approved a 4% additional installment of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief to Central Government employees and pensioners with effect from July 1, 2022. The move will benefit about 85 lakh Central Government employees and 69.76 lakh, pensioners.
The Central Government employees and pensioners will become entitled to a higher amount of Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) respectively, with effect from July 1, 2022. Serving employees get DA and now its rate will go up to 38 percent from 34 percent. The new rate will be effective from July 1.

8) Answer: B

In pursuance of the pro-people announcement made by the Hon’ble Prime Minister in 2021and regarding the successful implementation of additional food security under PMGKAY, the Union Cabinet has approved the extension for the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY-Phase VII) for a further period of 3 months i.e. October to December 2022.
Under this welfare scheme, 5 kg of food grain per person per month is provided free of cost for all the beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) [Antodaya Anna Yojana & Priority Households] including those covered under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
The financial implication for the Government of India has been about Rs. 3.45 Lakh Crore up to Phase-VI of PMGKAY.
With the additional expenditure of about 44,762 Crore for Phase-VII of this scheme, the overall expenditure of PMGKAY will be about Rs. 3.91 lakh crore for all the phases.

9) Answer: D

The Department of Youth Affairs of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (Government of India) will launch a month-long nationwide Clean India 2.0 from 1st -31st October 2022 after the successful campaign of last year.
The program is being organized in all the villages across the country through the network of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), affiliated Youth Clubs & National Service Scheme Affiliated Institutions.
This month-long nationwide program will be launched to collect waste material mainly single-use plastic and create awareness among people.
One crore kilogram of waste material including plastic and e-waste will be collected and disposed of with the support and voluntary participation of citizens.

10) Answer: D

The Union Cabinet approved the Indian Railways’ ₹10,000 crore proposal for the redevelopment of three major stations — New Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT).
With the redevelopment, expected to be completed in 2.5 to 3.5 years, passengers will be able to enjoy facilities such as a food court, waiting for lounge, a playing area for children, a place to shop local products, proper illumination, and lifts/escalators/travelators, among other facilities.
The stations, which will make use of green building techniques with solar energy, water conservation/recycling, and improved tree cover, will be integrated with other modes of transportation such as the metro and bus.

11) Answer: A

Odisha became the first state to publish an encyclopedia based on tribal communities.
The Chief Minister of Odisha Shri Navin Patnaik released The “Encyclopedia of Tribes in Odisha”.
Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute (SCSTRTI) and Odisha State Tribal Museum published the encyclopedia.

12) Answer: C

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Yogi Adityanath inaugurated an intersection Lata Mangeshkar Chauraha named after legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar on the occasion of her 93rd birth anniversary in Ayodhya, UP.
The intersection at the banks of the Saryu river has been developed at an estimated cost of Rs 7.9 crore. A 40-ft-long and 12-meter-high veena weighing 14 tonnes has been installed at the intersection.

13) Answer: D

DBS Bank India Limited (DBIL) has partnered in collaboration with HDFC ERGO General Insurance Co Ltd and reinsured by Atradius, a worldwide provider of trade credit insurance to provide a bespoke Credit Insurance – Accounts Receivable solution to Tata Metaliks Ltd (TML), a subsidiary of Tata Steel Limited.
This credit insurance deal is amongst the first to leverage Trade Credit Insurance.

14) Answer: A

Rating agency ICRA has maintained its forecast of2% growth in India’sGross Domestic Product (GDP) for the financial year FY23.
According to ICRA, the growth will be aided by a revival in contact-intensive services owing to pent-up demand, and a back-ended pick-up in Government and private CAPEX.

15) Answer: E

Muthoot Finance, one of India’s largest gold loan Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) companies, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lulu International Exchange, one of the money exchange and transfer companies in the UAE, to work as its collection partner.
To drive convenience and ease of money transfer for over 4 lakh Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in UAE whose relatives have availed gold loans back home

16) Answer: C

The World Bank has downgraded growth for developing East Asia and the Pacific to 2% in 2022.
The region’s growth is projected to slow this year from2% in 2021, before accelerating to 4.6% in 2023.
Rising inflation abroad has provoked interest rate increases, which in turn have caused capital outflows and currency depreciations in some East Asia and Pacific countries.

17) Answer: D

State-owned lender, Bank of India, (BoI) has acquired over 56% stake in Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) for Rs 10 crore.
In absolute terms, it has acquired 10,00,000 equity shares for Rs 100 each in the to-be operational digital commerce company, incorporated in December 2021.
The framework is expected to make e-commerce more inclusive and accessible to consumers and sellers.

18) Answer: A

Vice-President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankar, released the Indian Tourism Statistics 2022 report.
The Vice-President also gave away the National Tourism Awards for 2018-19 with Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, and Telangana getting the top three places, respectively.
The awards were given after a gap of two years due to the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

19) Answer: D

Stock trading platform Zerodha’s cofounder Nikhil Kamath has topped the ‘IIFL Wealth Hurun India 40 & Under Self-Made Rich List 2022’ with a net worth of Rs 17,500 crore.
Ola cofounder Bhavish Agarwal came second with a wealth of Rs 11,700 crore.
Cofounder of Confluent, a streaming data technology company, Neha Narkhede at 37 is the youngest self-made woman entrepreneur in India while 19-year-old Kaivalya Vohra, the founder of quick commerce startup Zepto, is the youngest self-made entrepreneur on the list.
With a wealth of Rs 11,200 crore, Divyank Turakhia of Media.net was ranked in third place in the rich list, followed by Nakul Aggarwal and Ritesh Arora of BrowserStack both at fourth with Rs 9,900 crore each.

20) Answer: D

Lieutenant (Lt) General Mr. Anil Chauhan (Retired), a known China expert who retired as the Eastern Army Command chief in May 2021 has been appointed as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India
He will also function as Secretary Department of Military Affairs.
The post of CDS was lying vacant since December 8, 2021, when the first CDS General Mr. Bipin Rawat was killed in a helicopter accident in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu.
This is the first time a retired three-star officer (Lt-Gen, Air Marshal, Vice Admiral) will return to active service as a four-star officer like the Army, Navy, and IAF chiefs.

21) Answer: C

The Law Ministry announced that Senior advocate R. Venkataramani has been appointed as the current & 16th Attorney General (AG) of India by President Droupadi Murmu for three years.
Venkataramani will succeed Mr. K. K. Venugopal, whose term comes to end on September 30, 2022.
His appointment comes just days after senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi declined the government’s offer to become the next AG.

22) Answer: B

The government has reshuffled the board of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS), which is undergoing a debt resolution process, with existing board member C S Rajan being redesignated as the Non-Executive Chairman.
Nand Kishore, who was serving as an executive director, has been made the Managing Director (MD).
Currently, the board has five members, besides Rajan and Mr. Kishore, the directors are Mr. G C Chaturvedi, Ms. Malini Shankar, and Mr. N Srinivasan.
The corporate affairs ministry superseded the board of IL&FS in October 2018.

23) Answer: C

Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) is an indigenously developed satellite navigation system of India which is developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
It is also known as the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System or IRNSS.
NavIC was originally approved in 2006 at $174 million.
NavIC consists of 8 satellites and covers the whole of India’s landmass and up to 1,500 km (930 miles) from its boundaries.

24) Answer: B

Sunil Chhetri and his career have earned special recognition in the form of a series “Captain Fantastic”. Fifa had announced to release of a series based on the player’s life in a span of three episodes.
The series about the life and career of Sunil Chhetri is available on FIFA+, its streaming platform.
His early teenage, his debut at the age of 20, his struggling days, and reaching heights as a football player.

25) Answer: B

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