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1) Recently, The State Bank of India (SBI) has raised Rs 9,718 crore through its second infrastructure bond issuance at a coupon rate of ______ per annum for the 15-year money.
(a) 4.90%
(b) 7.70%
(c) 6.80%
(d) 5.40%
(e) 8.50%
2) Which of the following country’s Central Bank has launched a domestic card scheme “AfriGo” to boost the cashless economy & rival foreign cards like MasterCard and VISA?
(a) Canada
(b) Kenya
(c) Ghana
(d) Nigeria
(e) Senegal
3) Renew Buy has launched its first line of customised health insurance products. This new-age health insurance benefits have been available in how many variants?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6
4) As per the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) report, Student enrolments in India increased by _____ in 2020-21 compared to 2019-20`
(a) 4.5%
(b) 7.7%
(c) 6.4%
(d) 7.5%
(e) 8.3%
5) As per the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) report, The total toll collection through FASTag in India has increased by__________ to Rs 50,855 crore in 2022.
(a) 24 per cent
(b) 46 per cent
(c) 14 per cent
(d) 36 per cent
(e) 25 per cent
6) Which city hosted the first G20 Education Working Group meeting as a precursor seminar on the ‘Role of Digital Technology in Education’?
(a) Bangalore
(b) Chennai
(c) Kolkata
(d) NewDelhi
(e) Mumbai
7) South Africa is set to host the 15th BRICS summit at Durban in August 2023. Earlier in_______, the 5th annual BRICS summit was held in Durban, South Africa.
(a) 2016
(b) 2014
(c) 2017
(d) 2013
(e) 2015
8) Where was the first International Financial Architecture Working Group meeting of G-20 held under the Chairmanship of India?
(a) Luck now
(b) Ahmadabad
(c) Bhopal
(d) Chandigarh
(e) Shimla
9) Recently in February 2023,Which state started its First Migrant Survey to gain a better understanding of the migrant community and their numbers?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Nagaland
(d) Assam
(e) Odisha
10) As per the recent report, Who has been elected as the new chair of the Washington State Democrats?
(a) Aryan Deb
(b) Manik Saha
(c) Rama Kant Shukla
(d) Shasti Conrad
(e) Balkrishna Doshi
11) As per the recent report in February 2023, Morgan Stanley has named Arun Kohli as its new country head for India. Whom did he replace?
(a) Meenesh C Shah
(b) Subhash Vidyarthi
(c) Sanjay Shah
(d) D K Upadhyaya
(e) Narayan Singh
12) Recently, Which of the following Toy craft has been conferred with Padma Shri by the Government of India?
(a) Natungram
(b) Chaturanga
(c) Pachisi
(d) Etikoppaka
(e) Bhatukali
13) Which of the following country has won the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 held at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India?
(a) Australia
(b) India
(c) Belgium
(d) Germany
(e) Canada
14) Recently, Sania Mirza announced her retirement from tennis. How many Grand Slam titles she won?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) 6
(e) 8
15) Recently in February 2023, Jonatan Christie claimed his first title at the 2023 Indonesia Masters. He belongs to which country?
(a) Canada
(b) Malaysia
(c) Japan
(d) China
(e) Indonesia
16) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch a scientific mission named ___________ to study the sun in June or July 2023.
(a) Astrosat
(b) Aditya-L1
(c) Surya-A1
(d) Adavan-L1
(e) Astrosat-2
17) Every year the Indian Coast Guard Day is celebrated on 01st February.This year Indian Coast Guard celebrates its ____ Raising Day on 01st February 2023.
(a) 51st
(b) 45th
(c) 37th
(d) 48th
(e) 29th
18) Who has defeated Carolina Marin to claim her second singles title of the season in the 2023 Indonesia Masters?
(a) Tai Tzu-ying
(b) An Se Young
(c) Han Yue
(d) Ratchanok Intanon
(e) Akane Yamaguchi
19) Who is the present Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare?
(a) Giriraj Singh
(b) Mansukh Mandaviya
(c) Narendra Singh Tomar
(d) Hardeep Singh Puri
(e) Jyotiraditya M Scindia
20) What is the currency of South Africa?
(a) Franc
(b) Peso
(c) Euro
(d) Dollar
(e) Rand
Answers :
1) Answer: B
India’slargest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) has raised Rs 9,718 crore through its second infrastructure bond issuance at a coupon rate of 7.70% per annum for the 15-year money.
The coupon rate of 7.70% represents a spread of 17 basis points over the corresponding government security yield curve (G-Sec curve) provided by the Financial Benchmarks of India Limited.
Prior to the latest bond sale, SBI had issued 10-year infrastructure bonds worth Rs 10,000 crore at a coupon of 7.51% on December 6, 2022.
2) Answer: D
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele launched a domestic card scheme AfriGo to boost the cashless economy & rival foreign cards like MasterCard and Visa.
Aim :
To enhance its drive to make Africa’s biggest economy a cashless society and save the country foreign transaction fees.
3) Answer: B
RenewBuy has launched its first line of customised health insurance products, the RenewBuy Health Wellness plan with a focus on the large uninsured segment beyond the tier 1 markets.
The product offers new-age health insurance benefits, available in three variants- Gold Plan, Silver Plan, and Wellness Plan ranging from coverage of 2-5 lakhs.
Aim :
To bridge that gap and has introduced multiple benefits in pre-hospitalization and Outpatient Department (OPD) treatment with the newly launched product.
4) Answer: D
The Union Ministry of Education released data from the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), 2020-2021, which showed a 7.5% increase in student enrolments across the country compared to 2019-20, with total student enrolments reaching 4.13 crore.
The survey also revealed that in 2020-21, the year when the COVID-19 pandemic began, there was a 7% rise in enrolments in distance education programmes.
The data showed that there were 2 lakhs more SC students who got enrolled in 2020-21 compared to the previous year.
The year also saw about 3 lakh more ST students and 6 lakh more OBC students getting enrolled for higher education.
5) Answer: B
Total toll collection through FASTag on fee plazas, including state highway toll plazas, increased 46 per cent to Rs 50,855 crore in 2022, state-owned NHAI.
Total toll collection through FASTag on fee plazas, including state highway toll plazas, in 2021 was Rs 34,778 crore.
The average daily toll collection through FASTag on NH fee plazas in December 2022 was Rs 134.44 crore, and the single day highest collection touched Rs 144.19 crore on December 24, 2022, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
Similarly, the number of FASTag transactions also witnessed a growth of about 48 per cent year-on-year in 2022.
The number of FASTag transactions in 2021 and 2022 was 219 crore and 324 crores, respectively, it added.
A FASTag allows a user to pay the highway fee electronically without having to stop at the toll collection booths set up by the highway operators.
Since February 16, 2021, the government has made FASTag mandatory for all private as well as commercial vehicles.
6) Answer: B
Chennai is all set to host the first G20 Education Working Group meeting on February 1 and 2 and as a precursor a seminar on the ‘Role of Digital Technology in Education’ – a unique initiative under India’s Presidency, is held at the IIT Madras Research Park.
The seminar will set the agenda for further discussions and deliberations for the meeting.
As many as 75 delegates from G20 members and invited countries and three international organisations are attending.
The seminar has generated a lot of interest among the G20 member countries with 15 of them having sent inputs highlighting their best practices in the field of digital technology for school, higher education and skill development.
The seminar also includes other activities such as an audio walkthrough to showcase the history, vision and mission of IIT Madras and a visit to the three Centres of Excellence – the Heritage Center, the Center for Innovation and the Brain Center.
7) Answer: D
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov & Foreign Minister of the State of Eritrea Osman Saleh announced that the 15th BRICS ( Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit is set to take place in South Africa’s Durban in late August, 2023.
The foreign ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, and China met for the first time on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2006, kicking off BRIC cooperation.
South Africa participated in the 3rd BRICS summit in China for the first time in April 2011.
Earlier in 2013, the 5th annual BRICS summit was held in Durban, South Africa.
Since 2009, the BRICS leaders have convened 14 formal meetings and 9 informal meetings.
8) Answer: D
The first International Financial Architecture Working Group meeting of G-20 under the chairmanship of India will be held in Chandigarh on 30-31 January 2023.
The meeting will be inaugurated by the Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar and Food Processing Industries Minister Shri Pashupati Kumar Paras.
9) Answer: B
First Jharkhand Migrant Survey (JMS), a key exercise to draft state-level policy has been launched by Jharkhand for a better understanding of the migrant population, and their numbers.
The initiative is part of the state’s Safe and Responsible Migration Initiative (SRMI), which was launched in 2021-end and includes the preparation of a database of migrant workers.
Nearly 8.5 lakh migrant workers belonging to the state travelled back to Jharkhand during the Covid crisis.
Earlier, Kerala, Tamil Nadu (TN) and Punjab have also conducted such surveys.
10) Answer: D
The Washington State Democrats have elected Indian-American political consultant Ms Shasti Conrad as the new chair of the Washington State Democrats at its Reorganisation Meeting and Officer Elections event.
She is the youngest person as well as the first South Asian and first Indian American woman to serve as a State Democratic Party Chair United States (US).
Ms Conrad replaced Tina Podlodowski, who served as party chair since 2017.
About Ms Shasti Conrad :
Conrad has worked on political campaigns since 2008 when she got her start as a field organiser working for then-Senator Obama’s primary campaign.
She served as Chair of the Martin Luther King, Jr. County Democrats from 2018 to 2022.
11) Answer: C
Morgan Stanley has named Mr Arun Kohli as its new country head for India.
Mr Kohli will be replacing Mr Sanjay Shah, a veteran of 26 years at the firm, who is retiring.
About Mr Arun Kohli :
Mr Kohli, based in London, has been associated with Morgan Stanley for the past 15 years.
He headed the bank’s post-Brexit strategy.
Presently, he is serving as Morgan Stanley’s managing director (MD) and chief operating officer (COO) for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
12) Answer: D
The Union government choosing to confer Padma Shri on him in the art category is an honour to the Etikoppaka wooden toy craft, and it will go a long way in promoting the art, says C.V. Raju.
Mr. Raju is among the seven persons from Andhra Pradesh who have been selected for the Padma awards announced by the Union Home Ministry.
An agriculturist-turned-craftsman, Mr. Raju has his origins in Etikoppaka, a traditional craftsman village in the Visakhapatnam district in coastal Andhra Pradesh.
He is involved in promoting the toy craft and usage of natural dyes for the past few decades.
Etikoppaka is ideal as it is very close to the Eastern Ghats, where the local resources and material, natural colour substances, and the ‘Ankudu’ trees, from which the wood to make the toys is obtained, are available
13) Answer: D
Germany beat Belgium 5-4 in the penalty shootout to win the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India.
The scores were level at the end of regulation time at 3-3 with Florent Van Aubel (10’), Tanguy Cosyns (11’) and Tom Boon (59’) getting on the scoresheet for Belgium. Player of the match Niklas Wellen (29’), Gonzalo Peillat (41’) and Mats Grambusch (48’) netted for Germany.
Jean-Paul Danneberg proved to be the hero for Germany as the goalkeeper made three saves in the penalty shootout.
Belgian goalkeeper Vincent Vanasch made two saves to keep his team in contention but Germany kept their composure to clinch the title in the sudden death.
Courtesy of the win, Germany became the fourth team to have won three or more hockey World Cup titles.
Pakistan, the most successful team at the hockey World Cup, has won the title four times.
The Netherlands and Australia are the other two teams to have won three titles each.
14) Answer: D
India’s tennis ace Sania Mirza signed off her career with six Grand Slam titles after failing to win the Australian Open mixed doubles trophy with compatriot Rohan Bopanna at the Rod Laver Arna in Melbourne.
Bopanna and Sania lost 6-7(2) 2-6 to the Brazilian pair of Luisa Stefani and Rafael Mataos in the title clash.
Coming into her final Major tournament, Sania had six Grand Slam titles – three women’s doubles and as many mixed doubles – in her cabinet.
The 42-year-old Bopanna has one French Open mixed doubles title to his credit.
15) Answer: E
Indonesian badminton player Jonatan Christie claimed his first title in 10 months at the 2023 Indonesia Masters
In an all-Indonesian final, he defeated Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 21-15, 21-13 in 44 minutes for his maiden BWF Badminton Tour title on home soil inside Jakarta’s Gelora Bung Karno Sports Palace.
Christie’s last BWF Tour title came at the Swiss Open in March 2022.
The fourth seed led 11-9 at the break and won a spectacular 51-shot rally to go 17-15 ahead.
And Christie reeled off the next four points in succession to take the opening game.
16) Answer: B
For the first time in the history of India, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch a scientific mission to study the sun – Aditya-L1 mission in June or July, 2023.
Aditya L1 is India’s first space-based mission to observe the Sun and the solar corona.
Aim :
To study the sun from a halo orbit around the Sun-Earth system’s Lagrangian point 1 (L 1).
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru have spent over 15 years building and assembling nearly 40 different optical elements in a payload.
About Aditya L1 mission :
Aditya (Sanskrit means Sun) is a planned coronagraphy spacecraft to study the solar atmosphere (solar corona – outermost part).
Aditya L1 will be launched using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) with 7 payloads (instruments) on board.
17) Answer: B
The ICG Day or Indian Coast Guard Day is celebrated on 01st February every year.
The Indian Coast Guard is a multi-mission organization, conducting round-the-year real-life operations at sea
The Indian Coast Guard Day is established on 01st February 1977.
This year Indian Coast Guard celebrates its 45th Raising Day on 01st February 2023.
The Indian Coast Guard was initially established on 1 February 1977 due to an emergency.
The interim of the Indian Coast Guard was created in 1977 to prevent the smuggling of goods on the Sea.
The Nagchaudhuri Committee was formed with participation from the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force to analyze the problem.
On the 18th of August,1978 the Indian Coast Guard was established officially and was declared by the Parliament of India by the Coast Guard Act, 1978.
18) Answer: B
An Se Young of the Republic of Korea defeated Carolina Marin 18-21, 21-18, 21-13 to claim her second singles title of the season in the 2023 Indonesia Masters.
After trailing at the start, Rio 2016 Olympic champion Marin managed to take an 11-10 lead into the first break.
The 20-year-old from Gwangju went on the attack, but the Spanish left-hander showed solid defence to extend her lead and take the opening game.
19) Answer: C
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare :
- Cabinet Minister : Narendra Singh Tomar
- Minister of State : Shobha Karandlaje, Kailash Choudhary
20) Answer: E
South Africa :
President : Cyril Ramaphosa
Capital : Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein
Currency : South African Rand
