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1) The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released _________installment of financial benefit under Pradhan MantriKisan Samman Nidhi scheme via video conferencing.
(a)9th
(b)8th
(c)10th
(d)11th
(e)5th
2) How many days reading campaign ‘Padhe Bharat’ has beenlaunched by the Education Minister?
(a)90 days
(b)100 days
(c)101 days
(d)75 days
(e)90 days
3) The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has announced the opening of Urban Geospatial Data Stories Challenge to foster adoption of which of the following technologies?
(a)Geospatial Technology
(b)Geocentric Technology
(c)Geostrophic Technology
(d)Geomagnetism Technology
(e)None of these
4) The Government has stated that the compound annual growth rate of digital transaction has gone upby _________ per cent.
(a)10%
(b)20%
(c)30%
(d)40%
(e)50%
5) Which organisation has signed an MOU with RambhauMhalgiPrabodhini for a collaborative effort in leveraging knowledge, expertise and institutional strengths?
(a)TRIFED
(b) DRDO
(c) NCDC
(d) NSDC
(e) APEDA
6) Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Railway Board?
(a)Vinaya Kumar
(b)Ajaya Kumar
(c)Sanjaya Arora
(d)VS Pathania
(e)Alok Arora
7) Who among the following has been given an additional charge as the Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal?
(a)Sanjaya Misra
(b)Sanjaya Arora
(c)Manisha Arora
(d)Ajaya Arora
(e)Manoj Arora
8) Who among the following has been appointed as the director General of Indian Coast Guard?
(a)SV Kamath
(b)TV Kamath
(c)KV Kamath
(d)Gopal Pathani
(e)V.S Pathania
9) The State Bank of India would acquire about ___________ percent stake in the India International Clearing Corporation.
(a)10%
(b)9%
(c)11%
(d)12%
(e)20%
10) How much percent stake has been approved by the Competition Commission of India for the World one’sacquisition in Jindal Power Limited?
(a)97.40 percent
(b)96.42 percent
(c)98.49 percent
(d)85.44 percent
(e)95.47 percent
11) Which among the following country has test-fired 10 new Tsirkonhypersonic cruise missile?
(a)Russia
(b)South Africa
(c)Australia
(d)China
(e)Sri Lanka
12) The Producer of Suryavansi movie passed away recently. What was his name?
(a)Vijaya Galani
(b)Raaj Kamal
(c)Ramanaidu
(d)Vinod Chopra
(e)Yash Chopra
Answers :
1) Answer: C
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released 10th installment of financial benefit under Pradhan MantriKisan SammanNidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme via video conferencing.This enabled the transfer of an amount of more than Rs. 20,000 crore to more than 10 crorebeneficiary farmer families. During the programme, Prime Minister also released equity grant of more than Rs. 14 crore to about 351 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), which will benefit more than 1.24 lakhfarmers.
2) Answer: B
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched 100 days reading campaign ‘sPadhe Bharat. The launch of 100 Days Reading Campaign is in alignment with the National Education Policy(NEP) 2020 which emphasises on promotion of joyful reading culture for children by ensuringavailability of age-appropriate reading books for children in local/mother tongue/regional/tribalLanguage. Padhe Bharat campaign will focus on children studying in Balvatika to Grade 8.
3) Answer: A
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has announced the opening of Urban Geospatial Data Stories Challenge to foster adoption of geospatial technologies’to promote innovation in India’s urban ecosystem. The challenge has been organized with select Smart Cities that will be publishing high quality GIS datasets.
4) Answer: E
Government has stated that the compound annual growth rate of digital transaction has gone upby fifty per cent. Electronics and Information Technology Ministry, the number of digital transactions has increased from one thousand 85 crore rupees in 2016-17 to five thousand 554 crore in 2020-21. Recognizing the importance of a cashless economy, the government announced setting up of
5) Answer: A
In a bid to expand its activities and help more tribals, TRIFED has signed an Memorandum ofUnderstanding with RambhauMhalgiPrabodhini- Nation First Policy Research Centre on 29th ofDecember for a collaborative effort in leveraging knowledge, expertise and institutional strengths.
A major game changing initiative- Van DhanProgramme, has been implemented by TRIFED inthe recent past which is spearheading in 25 states and 307 districts with availability of MFPs aswell as significant forest dwelling tribal population.
6) Answer: A
Vinay Kumar Tripathi has been appointed as new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Railway Board. The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of MrTripathi who ispresently working as General Manager, North Eastern Railway to the post of Chairman ofRailway Board. MrTripathi belongs to 1983 Batch of Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers.
7) Answer: B
According to the order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) chief Sanjay Arora was given additional charge of the post of Director General Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). He has replaced Kumar Rajesh Chandra, a 1985-batch IPS officer of the Bihar cadre, who hadtaken over as the SSB DG in January, 2019 and superannuated on December 31, 2021.
8) Answer: E
VS Pathania took charge as the Director-General of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG).He replaced Director General KrishnaswamyNatarajan, who served as the Chief of the ICG fromJuly 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021. V S Pathania is the 24th and the current Director General of the Indian Coast Guard & he is the first helicopter pilot to hold this position.
9) Answer: A
State Bank of India (SBI) will acquire about 10 percent stake in the India International ClearingCorporation (IICC). It clears and settles index and single stock derivatives, currency derivatives and debt securities. SBI is expected to complete up to 9.95 per cent stake, subject to a maximum investment of ₹34.03 crore, by March 32, 2022, in IICC. The strategic investment in IICC is aimed at strengthening the financial markets infrastructure.
10) Answer: B
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved Worldone’sacquisition of 96.42 percent stake in Jindal Power Limited (JPL) from Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL). The proposed combination is in line with JSPL’s strategic objective to bring down its debt and to reduce the firm's carbon footprint as part of its broader ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) objectives.
11) Answer: A
Russia test-fired around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate andtwo more from a submarine. It was a substantial step in increasing Russia’s defense capabilities.
The Missile is capable of flying at 9 times the speed of sound and has a range of 1000 km.
12) Answer: A
Famous Bollywood producer Vijay Galani passed away in his late 50s. Vijay’s filmography as a producer includes films like Salman Khan’s Suryavanshi (1992), GovindaandManishaKoirala’sAchanak (1998), Akshay Kumar’s Ajnabee (2001), PareshRawal and MallikaSherawat’sBachkeRehna Re Baba (2005), Salman Khan’s Veer (2010). His last production venture was VidyutJammwal and ShrutiHaasan’s The Power (2021).
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