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1) Niva Bupa Health Insurance Company Limited has launched ‘ReAssure 2.0,’ which includes many industry-first features. What is the age limit for this scheme?

(a) 21 years to 65 years

(b) 15 years to 55 years

(d) 18 years to 60 years

(e) 18 years to 65 years

2) Which organization has provided USD 1.78 billion in assistance to Turkey to help with relief and recovery efforts after devastating earthquakes in Turkey and neighbouring Syria?

(a) IMF

(b) World Bank

(d) United Nations Development Programme

(e) Asian Development Bank

3) Recently, With the completion of the electrification of the Subhagpur-Pachperwa Broad Gauge (BG) route in North Eastern Railway, Indian Railways has completed the electrification of all BG routes in__________________.

(a) Assam

(b) Bihar

(d) Uttar Pradesh

(e) Madhya Pradesh

4) The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has recently removed the clause that people beyond _____years could not receive cadaver organ transplants.

(a) 60

(b) 70

(d) 55

(e) 62

5) The “Chip 4” or “Fab 4” alliance includes four of the world’s top producers of semiconductors. Which country is not among them?

(a) Taiwan

(b) Japan

(d) China

(e) Korea

6) Recently,Which state government and the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry have now jointly signed an Agreement for economic cooperation for the first time?

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Odisha

(d) Kerala

(e) Uttar Pradesh

7) Which of the following became the first State in India to use a robotic scavenger named “Bandicoot” to clean manholes?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Assam

(e) Kerala

8) Which of the following organization has planning to establish an office in Gujarat’s GIFT City to finance Renewable Energy projects in foreign currency?

(a) Adani Power

(b) Reliance Power

(d) IREDA

(e) REC

9) Which film has achieved five awards at the Hollywood Critics Association Awards ceremony 2023 in Los Angeles, California?

(a) KGF

(b) Pathaan

(d) PS-I

(e) Jai Bhim

10) Birdwatchers across 35 States and Union Territories uploaded more than 46,000 bird lists, making India take the second spot after the United States of America. Which state has recorded the highest number of checklists of birds?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Odisha

(d) Punjab

(e) Kerala

11) Recently, IFC-IOR signed an MoU with Regional Coordination Operations Centre (RCOC),____________,to further the existing cooperation in the realm of maritime safety and security.

(a) Maldives

(b) Cambodia

(d) Argentina

(e) Canada

12) Which state is top among large state categories on the second edition of the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Index 2022?

(a) Sikkim

(b) West Bengal

(d) Manipur

(e) Nagaland

13) Recently, Who has been appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of Jaguar Land Rover India?

(a) Vijay Shekhar Sharma

(b) Rajan Amba

(d) K Satyanarayana Raju

(e) Alfia Pathan

14) Who has been nominated as the Asia President of the FIBA (Fédération Internationale de Basketball)?

(a) Mahesh Kumar Bajaj

(b) Lalit Tyagi

(d) S Ramasubramanian

(e) K Govindaraj

15) As per the recent report, The Indian Navy has launched the first Missile cum Ammunition (MCA) Barge, Yard 75 (LSAM 7) in ________________.

(a) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(b) Surat, Gujarat

(d) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

(e) Hyderabad, Telangana

16) Former President Pratibha Patil’s husband Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat passed away at the age of 89. He served as the first gentleman of India in ___________.

(a) 2005-2012

(b) 2007-2011

(d) 2004-2009

(e) 2007-2012

17) Every year, Zero discrimination day has been celebrated on 01 March. When was the first Zero Discrimination Day celebrated?

(a) 2017

(b) 2011

(d) 2013

(e) 2014

18) Every year, World Civil Defence Day has been celebrated on which of the following day?

(a) 02 March

(b) 03 March

(d) 01 March

(e) 28 February

19) Dudhwa National Park is located in which of the following state?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Punjab

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Kerala

20) What is the currency of Singapore?

(a) Shilling

(b) Euro

(d) Riyal

(e) Riel

Answers :

1) Answer: E

Niva Bupa Health Insurance Company Limited (Formerly Max Bupa Health Insurance Company Limited), one of India’s largest independent health insurers, launched ‘ReAssure 2.0,’ which includes many industry-first features.

ReAssure 2.0 improves on the current ReAssure plan’s 3 powerful benefits – ReAssure, Booster, and Safeguard – by providing a ‘+’ variant of these benefits to provide unrivalled benefits.

About ReAssure 2.0 :

ReAssure 2.0 is available as an individual, multi-individual and family floater. It starts from ₹5 lakhs to₹1 crore for the age bracket of 18 years to 65 years

This plan offers a ‘live healthy’ benefit that gives a premium discount of up to 30% on policy renewal basis health points earned.

2) Answer: B

The World Bank will provide USD 1.78 billion in assistance to Turkey to help with relief and recovery efforts after devastating earthquakes in Turkey and neighbouring Syria.

The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will provide USD 85 million in urgent humanitarian assistance as the Agency continues to lead the U.S. government’s response to the worst earthquake to hit the region in nearly a century.

Up to 23 million people could be affected by the massive earthquake that has killed thousands in Turkey and Syria, the WHO warned, promising long-term assistance.

About World Bank :

3) Answer: D

Indian Railways achieved a significant milestone in Railway electrification.

With the completion of the electrification of the Subhagpur-Pachperwa Broad Gauge (BG) route in North Eastern Railway, Indian Railways has completed the electrification of all BG routes in Uttar Pradesh.

This will improve rail connectivity in the region and will improve the speed of trains in the region.

With this achievement, Indian Railways has completed electrification of BG routes in six zonal railways: East Coast Railway, North Central Railway, North Eastern Railway, Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway, West Central Railway.

Also, Highly Utilized Network (HUN-5), Jhansi-Muzzaffarpur-Katni is fully electrified now.

With 85% of RKM electrified, Indian Railways is rapidly progressing to accomplish Mission100Percent Electrification and become the largest green railway network in the world.

4) Answer: C

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has recently removed the clause that people beyond 65 years could not receive cadaver organ transplants.

Cadaveric donation comprises organ donation i.e., taking organs (heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, pancreas) from brain-dead people, as well as tissue donation, meaning taking tissues (skin, corneas, tendons, bone) from brain dead as well as heart dead people.

Certain States like Kerala and Maharashtra have been charging fees ranging from 5,000 to 10,000 for registering organ transplant patients.

Previously, the Health Ministry has proposed a ‘One Nation One Policy,’ for organ donation and transplantation.

Government removes the need for domicile registration to receive organs from a particular state/union territory.

5) Answer: D

The “Chip 4” semiconductor alliance recently held its first meeting of senior officials.

The “Chip 4” or “Fab 4” alliance includes four of the world’s top producers of semiconductors: the U.S., Japan, Taiwan, and Korea.

It represents more than 70 percent of the value of the global semiconductor industry.

It was first proposed by the US in March 2022 as part of wider plans aimed at enhancing the “security” and “resilience” of semiconductor supply chains, including by reducing the world’s reliance on chips made in China.

It is intended to cooperate on policy implementation that would support sustainable semiconductor manufacturing in the member states’ home countries.

Support industry efforts to diversify their manufacturing base in semiconductor production.

6) Answer: E

For the first time, the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for economic cooperation with the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government.

The MoU is in addition to the deals signed at the UP Global Investors Summit.

About the agreement :

Under the agreement, the governments of Singapore and Uttar Pradesh will cooperate in areas of mutual interest, including urban development, sustainable development industry and skill development.

The agreement also includes a Sustainable Industrial Park, upgradation and digitization of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), content development, training pedagogy (pedagogy training), training of trainers, certification as well as training of government officials.

7) Answer: E

Water Resources Minister, Roshi Augustine, launched a robotic scavenger Bandicoot under the Guruvayur Sewerage Project in Thrissur district by the Kerala Water Authority (KWA), as part of the 100-day action plan of the state government.

With this Kerala became the first state in India to use robotics to clean all commissioned manholes and drainage.

About Bandicoot :

Bandicoot, developed by Kerala-based Genrobotics, had recently bagged ‘Kerala Pride’ award at the Huddle Global 2022 conclave organised by Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM).

8) Answer: D

IREDA is planning to establish an office in Gujarat’s GIFT City to finance Renewable Energy projects in foreign currency.

Nodal Ministry: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).

It was set up as a specialized non-banking finance agency for the renewable energy sector.

IREDA plays a key role in renewable energy project financing which gives confidence to the financial institutions/banks to lend in the sector.

The Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) is India’s first and only International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) where banks, stock exchanges and financial services firms have set up their global operations.

9) Answer: C

SS Rajamouli’s RRR has achieved laudable success as the spectacular action drama film bags five awards at the Hollywood Critics Association Awards ceremony 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

The film was honoured with various category awards, five major category awards in the Best Stunts, Best Original Song (NaatuNaatu), Best Action Film, Best International Film and Spotlight award categories.

The Indian filmmaker SS Rajamouli along with the famous music composer MM Keeravani and their families attended the big event.

Apart from this, the glorious Indian actor Ram Charan was present at the award function held in Hollywood city.

The Tollywood star Ram Charan even presented the Best Voice Or Motion-Capture Performance category award.

10) Answer: E

Birdwatchers across 35 States and Union Territories uploaded more than 46,000 bird lists, making India take the second spot after the United States of America.

The GBBC was launched in 1998.

GBBC India is the Indian implementation of the global Great Backyard Bird Count, which runs for 4 days every February.

Indian birders have participated in the GBBC since the event went worldwide in 2013.

India was among 190 countries that participated in GBBC 2023.

Kerala recorded the highest number of checklists of birds.

West Bengal reported 489 species, the most among the 35 participating States and Union Territories.

Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Karnataka followed with 426, 407, 397 and 371 species respectively.

Tamil Nadu and Kerala took the eighth and ninth spots with 349 and 325 species.

11) Answer: C

In order to further the existing cooperation in the realm of maritime safety and security, IFC-IOR signed an MoU with Regional Coordination Operations Centre (RCOC), Seychelles.

The MoU signed by Captain Rohit Bajpai, Director, IFC-IOR and Capt Sam Gontier, Director, RCOC aims to promote collaboration between the two Centres towards enhancing maritime domain awareness, information sharing and expertise development.

IFC-IOR, hosted by the Indian Navy, was established by the Government of India at Gurugram on 22 Dec 2018 to enhance collaborative maritime safety and security in the Indian Ocean Region in line with India’s vision of Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR).

12) Answer: B

West Bengal maintained its lead while Uttar Pradesh stood at the bottom among large state categories on the second edition of the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Index 2022, an indicator of literacy among children below 10 years of age.

Among smaller states, Punjab was at the top of the index while Telangana was at the bottom while Puducherry topped the index among union territories while Ladakh was the worst performer.

Among north-eastern states, Sikkim was at the top while Meghalaya was at the bottom of the index.

There are four categories in which regions have been divided, large states, small states union territories and northeast, for indexation.

13) Answer: B

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has appointed MrRajan Amba as Managing Director (MD) of Jaguar Land Rover India, from March 1, 2023.

He succeeds Rohit Suri, who is due to retire on March 31, 2023.

MrRajan is presently the Vice-President of Sales, Marketing and Customer Care at Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles.

14) Answer: E

In a first-of-its-kind nomination, an Indian Dr K Govindaraj has been nominated as FIBA (Fédération Internationale de Basketball) Asia president.

In the 63-year-old history of FIBA Asia, this is the first time it will be headed by an Indian.

The decision was taken unanimously by the 44 federations under FIBA Asia.

Govindaraj will replace Qatar’s Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani, who was serving his 4th five-year term as head of FIBA Asia since 2002.

15) Answer: D

The first Missile cum Ammunition (MCA) Barge, Yard 75 (LSAM 7) was launched by Rear Admiral Sandeep Mehta at Guttenedevi, launch site of SECON, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (AP).

With all major and auxiliary equipment / systems sourced from indigenous manufacturers, this Barge is proud flag bearer of the “Make in India” initiative of the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The Barge is being built with a service life of 30 years.

The availability of MCA Barges will provide impetus to Operational commitments of the Indian Navy by facilitating Transportation, Embarkation and Disembarkation of articles / ammunition to IN Ships both alongside jetties and at outer harbours.

16) Answer: E

Former President Pratibha Patil’s husband DevisinghRansinghShekhawat passed away at the age of 89 in Pune, Maharashtra.

About DevisinghShekhawat :

He was an Indian agriculturist and politician.

He served as the first gentleman of India (2007-2012) as the husband of President Pratibha Patil.

He also served as the first gentleman of Rajasthan (2004-07) and also as mayor of Amravati (1991-92).

He was a member of the Indian National Congress.

17) Answer: E

Zero discrimination day 2023 is celebrated on March 1st, 2023

On Zero Discrimination Day this year, under the theme “Save lives: Decriminalise”, UNAIDS is highlighting how the decriminalisation of key populations and people living with HIV saves lives and helps advance the end of the AIDS pandemic.

Zero Discrimination Day was first celebrated and observed on March 1st, 2014.

Zero Discrimination Day was launched by UNAIDS.

18) Answer: D

World Civil Defence Day is celebrated on March 1st, 2023.

It is celebrated annually on March 1st every year all over the world.

In 1958, the International Association of Geneva Zones becomes the International Civil Defense Organization (ICDO) and was given a new status as a non-governmental organization with the objectives such as establishing a liaison between national civil defence organizations, undertaking and promoting studies and research on population protection matters, and facilitating the exchange of experience and the coordination of efforts in the area of disaster prevention, preparedness, and intervention.

19) Answer: C

Uttar Pradesh:

Governor : Anandiben Patel
Chief Minister : Yogi Adityanath
Capital : Lucknow
National Park : Dudhwa National Park
Wildlife Sanctuary :Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Bird wildlife Sanctuary, Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary

20) Answer: C

Singapore :