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1) Which bank has partnered with Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMFL)to offer financial services to Amul’s supply network pan-India under the MUDRA scheme?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) State Bank of India

(d) Punjab National Bank

(e) ICICI Bank

2) Which of the following bank has launched a ‘Centralized Pool Buy-Out and Co-Lending Cell’ to boost priority sector lending?

(a) Bank of Maharashtra

(b) State Bank of India

(d) Canara Bank

(e) Bank of Baroda

3) The World Bank has approved a USD 200 million loan to increase renewable energy in which of the following Indian state?

(a) Sikkim

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(d) Arunachal Pradesh

(e) Manipur

4) Name the mobile app that was launched by Deendayal Antyodaya Yojna- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) to eCommerce initiatives for products made by the SHGs.

(a) DRasas

(b) eSARAS

(d) KLive

(e) dSARAS

5) Where was the Startup20 Shikhar summit held under India’s G20 presidency?

(a) Rampur, Uttar Pradesh

(b) Gurugram, Haryana

(d) Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

(e) Jamnagar, Gujarat

6) Tomato Grand Challenge (TGC) hackathon has been announced by the Union Government to generate innovative ideas for the availability and fair pricing of tomatoes.The Department of Consumer Affairs has formulated TGC in collaboration with which ministry?

(a) Ministry of Rural Development

(b) Ministry of Education

(d) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(e) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

7) The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav has released the details of new discoveries and new records in_________.

(a) Kolkata

(b) Surat

(d) New Delhi

(e) Lucknow

8) Which state government has partnered with the Quality Council of India to promote and prioritise quality across various sectors in the state?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Karnataka

(d) Manipur

(e) Goa

9) Recently in July 2023, The Ministry of Coal substantially increased overall coal production with a growth of _________ in Q1 of FY 2023-24.

(a) 6.86%

(b) 8.40%

(d) 3.80%

(e) 4.56%

10) NTPC has doubled its coal production in the first quarter of the financial year 2023 – 2024. Who is the Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC Limited?

(a) Vijay Sampla

(b) Sanjiv Chadha

(d) Hasmukh Adhia

(e) Deepak Kumar

11) The National Anti-Doping Agency of India (NADA) India has signed an MoU with the South Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organization (SARADO). SARADO is comprised of Anti-Doping Organizations in how many countries?

(a) 8

(b) 5

(d) 6

(e) 10

12) The Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy have signed an agreement with Indian Port Rail & Ropeway Corporation Ltd to create a gallery at the National Maritime Heritage Complex in ___________.

(a) Assam

(b) Gujarat

(d) Haryana

(e) Rajasthan

13) Nand Lal Sharma took over the additional charge as Chairman of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB). He is the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of _____________.

(a) NTPC

(b) SJVN

(d) NHPC

(e) NMDC

14) Which of the following bank has appointed Kameshwar Rao Kodavanti as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO)?

(a) Bank of Maharashtra

(b) State Bank of India

(d) Canara Bank

(e) Bank of Baroda

15) Who has been recently (July 2023) appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Kerala?

(a) VP Joy

(b) R Raman

(d) S Sundar

(e) K Vishnu

16) The Government of India has extended the tenure of Brajendra Navnit as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the ________________.

(a) International Monetary Fund

(b) World Bank

(d) World Trade Organization

(e) International Labour Organization

17) Rohit Jawa has assumed charge as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL). Whom did he replace?

(a) Azim Premji

(b) R Dinesh

(d) Rajiv Kumar

(e) Anand Bajaj

18) Achinta Sheuli will be in the four-member Indian weightlifting team for the Asian Games 2023 to be held in Hangzhou, China.In which category she will participate?

(a) 53kg category

(b) 48kg category

(d) 73kg category

(e) 49kg category

19) Actor Alan Arkin Best Known For ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ recently passed away at the age of 89. He belongs to which country?

(a) United States

(b) Japan

(d) France

(e) United Kingdom

20) Former Punjab Assembly deputy speaker Bir Devinder Singh has passed away at the age of 73.was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the first time from Sirhind in ______.

(a) 1992

(b) 1970

(d) 1980

(e) 1995

Answers :

1) Answer: D

State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) has partnered with Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMFL), better known as Amul, to offer financial services to Amul’s supply network pan-India under the MUDRA scheme.

Through this association, both partners are aiming to provide support to more than 11 lakh retailers, wholesale dealers and others.

2) Answer: C

Bank of India (BoI) has launched a ‘Centralized Pool Buy-Out and Co-Lending Cell’ to boost priority sector lending.

Pool Buy-Out is a well-accepted practice in the banking industry to buy out the retail portfolios of Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) in return for immediate payment.

Key Highlights :

The Cell, will be equipped with an end-to-end digital underwriting system to onboard pool buy-outs and co-lending of loans in partnership with NBFCs (non-banking finance companies).

3) Answer: B

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a loan of USD 200 million (about Rs 1,600 crore loan) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh (HP) to facilitate power sector reforms & increase the share of renewable energy (RE) in the state’s electricity generation.

The $200 million loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has a final maturity of 14.5 years including a grace period of 4.5 years.

This will contribute to the state’s overall aim of adding 10,000 megawatts (10 gigawatts) of additional RE capacity to make the state’s power supply greener.

4) Answer: B

Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) launched eSARAS mobile App which will add to eCommerce initiatives for products made by the SHGs.

The App was launched by Shri Shailesh Kumar Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India New Delhi.

Shri Singh also inaugurated eSARAS Fulfillment Centre at the Ministry’s Janakpuri office in New Delhi on this occasion.

The eSARAS fulfilment centre will be managed by the Foundation for Development of Rural Value Chains (FDRVC – a Not for Profit Company constituted jointly by the Ministry of Rural Development and Tata Trust) and will be used for processing, packaging and shipping of products that customers purchase through the eSARAS Portal and eSARAS mobile App.

5) Answer: B

The Startup20 Shikhar summit under India’s G20 presidency began in Gurugram, Haryana.

The Startup20 Engagement Group is hosting the two-day Startup20 Shikhar summit.

Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Som Prakash said, education and awareness play a vital role in nurturing a culturally sensitive startup ecosystem.

On the occasion, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said, in India, the total investment in start-ups has gone up to 19 times.

He said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the startup movement in 2016.

The government’s objective is to make startups a world-class company.

India should work together in partnership with other G20 nations so that they can also create a startup movement.

During the summit, a startup 20 communique was released, which urged G20 leaders to raise the joint investment in the global startup ecosystem to one trillion US dollars by 2030.

6) Answer: B

Tomato Grand Challenge (TGC) hackathon has been announced by the centre to generate innovative ideas for the availability and fair pricing of tomatoes.

The Secretary, the Department of Consumer Affairs, Shri Rohit Kumar Singh has announced the TGC hackathon.

Department of Consumer Affairs has formulated TGC in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (Innovation Cell).

Students, Research Scholars, Faculty Members, Industry individuals, Indian start-ups, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs), and Professionals can take part in the TGC.

TGC has been announced to invite innovative ideas at various levels of the tomato value chain so that consumers get tomatoes at affordable prices and tomato farmers get value for the produce.

7) Answer: A

The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav released the details of new discoveries and new records in Kolkata.

India added 664 animal species to its faunal database, which includes 467 new animal species and 197 new records.

India has also added 339 new plant species which includes 186 taxa that are new to science and 156 taxa as new distributional records from the country in the year 2022.

The discoveries details of animal species have been compiled by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in the publication titled ‘Animal Discoveries – New Species and New Records 2023’.

Floral discoveries are in ‘Plant Discoveries 2022’ published by the Botanical Survey of India (BSI).

8) Answer: C

The Government of Odisha & the Quality Council of India (QCI), in collaboration with industry associations – Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), Engineering Exports Promotion Council (EEPC),Odisha Assembly of Small and Medium Enterprises (OASME), PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI), Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association of India (FHRAI) – launched the Odisha Gunvatta Sankalp (Odisha Quality Mission) at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

It has been inaugurated by the Chief Secretary of Odisha Pradeep Kumar Jena.

Objective of the mission :

To promote and prioritise quality across various sectors in Odisha.

It will help in creating an ecosystem of quality that will contribute to the progress and empowerment of Odisha.

9) Answer: B

The Ministry of Coal has substantially increased overall coal production with a growth of 8.40% in Q1 of FY 2023-24.

The cumulative coal production has witnessed a significant increase, reaching 222.93 million tonnes (MT) as compared to 205.65 MT in Q1 of FY 2022-23.

Coal India Limited (CIL) has recorded an impressive growth of 9.85%, with production reaching 175.35MT in FY 2023-24 as compared to 159.63 MT during the same period the previous year. Captive mines /others also attained a growth of 4.74 % touching 30.48 MT in FY 23-24 as compared to 29.10 MT in FY 22-23 during the same period.

These accomplishments have contributed to the overall positive momentum in the sector.

Simultaneously, cumulative coal dispatch has shown an upward trend, reaching 239.69 MT (Provisional) in Q1 of FY 2023-24, as compared to 224.08 MT in Q1 of FY 2022-23 with a growth of 6.97%.

10) Answer: C

India’s leading integrated power producer NTPC Limited has nearly doubled coal production from its captive mines during the first quarter of the financial year 2023 – 2024, compared to the production during Q1 of the previous year.

The company said it achieved an impressive coal production of 8.48 million metric tonnes (MMT) during Q1 of FY24, compared to 4.27 MMT in Q1 of FY23.

In addition, coal despatch has more than doubled during Q1 of 2023 – 2024, relative to the first quarter of 2022 – 2023.

A total of 8.82 MMT of coal has been despatched in Q1 of FY24, marking a significant 112 per cent increase over the previous year for the same period.

NTPC

Founded: 7 November 1975

Headquarters: New Delhi, India

Gurdeep Singh is the Chairman & Managing Director of NTPC. NTPC Limited is India’s largest integrated power utility, contributing 1/4th of the power requirement of the country.

11) Answer: B

The National Anti-Doping Agency of India (NADA) India signed an MoU with the South Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organization (SARADO), comprising of Anti-Doping Organizations of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, at the NADA India – SARADO Cooperation Meet in New Delhi, in the presence of Shri Anurag Singh Thakur Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, Ms Sujata Chaturvedi, Secretary (Sports), Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India, SARADO Secretariat & Member Country Representatives of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

The MoU aims to increase Regional Cooperation in anti-doping in sports.

12) Answer: B

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Indian Coast Guard & Indian Navy with Indian Port Rail & Ropeway Corporation Ltd., in Gandhinagar for the planning, development, construction, and commissioning of a gallery on the theme “Evolution of Indian Navy & Indian Coast Guard” at the National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) which is being constructed at the historic Indus Valley civilization region of Lothal (Gujarat).

13) Answer: B

The Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVN), Nand Lal Sharma took over the additional charge as Chairman of Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB).

He took over from Sanjay Srivastava, who retired on June 30, 2023.

Sharma’s appointment is initially for a period of 3 months or till further orders.

About Nand Lal Sharma :

Sharma began his career as an officer in the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services in 1989.

14) Answer: B

The State Bank of India (SBI) has appointed Kameshwar Rao Kodavanti, who has been with the bank since 1991, as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Kodavanti replaces Charanjit Surinder Singh Attra who has resigned from the post.

About Kameshwar Rao Kodavanti :

Rao, who is a Chartered Accountant (CA), has been working with the Bank since August 1991.

He has vast experience in Banking, Forex and Finance, and Accounting.

15) Answer: C

The Kerala government has appointed a 1990 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer V Venu as the new chief secretary of Kerala.

He is set to replace Chief Secretary VP Joy who is set to retire on June 30, 2023.

16) Answer: D

The Government of India (GoI) extended the tenure of Brajendra Navnit as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organization (WTO) by 9 months till March 31, 2024.

Navnit had assumed office as ambassador in June 2020 and his tenure was till June 28, 2023.

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal of the Department of Commerce for an extension in the tenure of the foreign deputation of Brajendra Navnit.

17) Answer: C

Rohit Jawa has assumed charge as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL).

He replaced Sanjiv Mehta who retired after the HUL’s annual general meeting.

Sanjiv Mehta took over as MD & CEO of HUL in October 2013.

Sanjiv Mehta introduced several transformative business programmes such as ‘Dial Up the Big Q’ and ‘Winning in Many Indias’ to make the business more consumer-centric, agile, and resilient.

18) Answer: D

Tokyo 2020 Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu and Commonwealth Games 2022 champion Achinta Sheuli will be in the four-member Indian weightlifting team for the Asian Games 2023.

Mirabai Chanu will compete in the 49kg category while Achinta Sheuli is set to participate in the 73kg category at the upcoming continental games, scheduled in Hangzhou, China from 23rd September 23 to 8th October 2023.

Bindyarani Devi, was also included in the team.

The 24-year-old will participate in the 55kg women’s division in Hangzhou.

Reigning National Games champion N Ajith will also be in the Indian team.

The Tamil Nadu weightlifter will compete in the 73kg category

19) Answer: A

Veteran United States (US) Actor Alan Arkin Best Known For ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ Passes Away at the age of 89 in California, United States of America (USA).

About Alan Arkin :

Alan Wolf Arkin was born on March 26, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

He was an American actor, director, and screenwriter.

He started his career in comedy and theatre before establishing himself as a character actor in film and television in a career spanning over six decades.

Arkin gained stardom with his roles in the films The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), Wait Until Dark (1967), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Popi (1969), Catch-22 (1970), and The In-Laws (1979).

Awards & Honors :

Alan Arkin was nominated for the Academy Award 4 times and also won a Tony Award( Broadway’s top honour), in 1963.

20) Answer: D

Former Punjab Assembly deputy speaker Bir Devinder Singh Passed away at the age of 73.

About Bir Devinder Singh :

After graduating as a leader of the All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF), Singh was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the first time from Sirhind in 1980 on a Congress ticket.

He again became a legislator after winning the election from the Kharar assembly constituency in 2002.