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1) Which of the following bank has recently launched ‘DigiPortfolio’ offers Morningstar-curated investments on risk preference?
(a) HDFC Bank
(b) Axis Bank
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) DBS Bank
(e) YES Bank
2) Who has inaugurated the Global Millets (Shree Anna) Conference Unveils Commemorative Stamp and Commemorative Coin?
(a) Nitin Gadkari
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Piyush Goyal
(d) Rajnath Singh
(e) Ashwini Vaishnaw
3) Income Tax Department has extended the due date to June 30 from the earlier deadline of March 31. However, the linking will be possible only after paying a late fee of___________.
(a) ₹500
(b) ₹1,000
(c) ₹1,500
(d) ₹700
(e) ₹2,000
4) Recently, The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) carried out its___ round of the Multiple Indicator Survey (MIS).
(a) 63rd
(b) 71st
(c) 78th
(d) 66th
(e) 82nd
5) Which is the first country in the world to estimate the Tuberculosis (TB) burden in the country?
(a) Australia
(b) India
(c) Poland
(d) China
(e) Japan
6) Which of the following country has passed a resolution condemning Hinduphobia?
(a) Vietnam
(b) France
(c) Georgia
(d) Portugal
(e) Spain
7) Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has announced the creation of a new national airline called____________.
(a) ArabianAir
(b) SaudiAir
(c) Riyadh Air
(d) SauRAir
(e) Bin Air
8) As per the report, Anjali Sharma conquered South Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro peak wearing a Gaddi dress (Luanchadi).Luanchadiis a traditional dress of which state?
(a) Assam
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Chhattisgarh
(e) Himachal Pradesh
9) Which company has bagged a design, build, operate (DBO) order from CMWSSB for building a 400 million litres per day (MLD) seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant?
(a) SUEZ Water Technologies
(b) Praj Industries
(c) VA Tech Wabag
(d) Ion Exchange
(e) Thermax
10) Eravikulam National Park has a new attraction a Fernarium set up inside the park. Where is Eravikulam National Park located?
(a) Assam
(b) Kerala
(c) Gujarat
(d) Karnataka
(e) Andhra Pradesh
11) The Ministry of Rural Development has signed MoUs with ____ ‘Captive Employers’ for the training and placement of 31,000 rural youths under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY).
(a) 22
(b) 19
(c) 24
(d) 16
(e) 18
12) Who has been appointed as the new Vice-Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS) of the Indian Navy?
(a) Sanjay Gupta
(b) Rajiv Ranjan
(c) S N Ghormade
(d) Sanjay Jasjit Singh
(e) Mridul Saggar
13) Who has been appointed as the new Executive Director (ED) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
(a) Ziauddin Chowdhury
(b) Neeraj Nigam
(c) Alvin Tse
(d) Naresh Kumar Mahto
(e) Bishrant Shrestha
14) Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as the president of Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) until _________.
(a) 2025
(b) 2027
(c) 2026
(d) 2030
(e) 2031
15) Which company has successfully conducted a field firing test of its latest 3rd generation man-portable Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM), Amogha-III?
(a) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(b) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
(c) Bharat Dynamics Limited
(d) Electronics Corporation of India Limited
(e) Bharat Forge
16) Which of the following company has partnered with ICAR-CIFA for fish vaccine development?
(a) Biological E. Limited
(b) ElancoLimited
(c) Indian Immunologicals Limited
(d) Panacea Biotec
(e) Bharat Biotech
17) As per the recent report, Amazon is planned to launch first of 3,000 internet satellites to space in______.
(a) 2028
(b) 2024
(c) 2026
(d) 2025
(e) 2029
18) ISRO has successfully carried out the landing experiment of the Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstration (RLV-TD) programme in___________.
(a) Cuttack, Odisha
(b) Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
(c) Challakere, Karnataka
(d) Bangalore, Karnataka
(e) None of the above
19) The Centre announced that it has increased the upper age limit by _____ years of the ombudsman of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) to 70 years.
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 5
(e) 6
20) Every year, National Maritime Day in India is celebrated on 5th of April.When did India became a member of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)?
(a) 1962
(b) 1959
(c) 1953
(d) 1970
(e) 1965
Answers :
1) Answer: D
DBS Bank India has launched an innovative investment solution, ‘digiPortfolio’, on its digibank platform.
DigiPortfolio uses both technology and human expertise to create a set of investment options curated by Morningstar that match the risk preferences of different investors.
The platform is an easy, one-stop solution for users to invest money with ready-made baskets of mutual funds.
About digiPortfolio :
The ‘digiPortfolio’ provides instant access to investors with two plans starting at a minimum investment of Rs 10,000 and going up to Rs 50,000.
These plans include features such as portfolio construction, monitoring, and rebalancing services, powered by Morningstar.
There are no extra charges, like sales or transaction fees.
One can invest for as long as one wants, choosing what suits him/her based on goals, risk preferences, and investment duration.
2) Answer: B
Prime Minister inaugurates the Global Millets (Shree Anna) Conference at IARI Campus, PUSA New Delhi.
A commemorative stamp and commemorative coin were unveiled in this 2-day conference.
A compendium of Indian millet (Shri Anna) start-ups and a book of millet (Shri Anna) standards were also digitally launched.
The Indian Institute of Millets Research of ICAR was declared as a Global Centre of Excellence.
Global Millets Conference is a symbol of India’s responsibilities towards the global good.
Shree Anna is becoming a medium of holistic development in India and is linked with village as well as the poor.
3) Answer: B
Income Tax Department has extended the due date to June 30 from the earlier deadline of March 31.
However, the linking will be possible only after paying a late fee of ₹1,000.
More than 51 crore PANs have already been linked with Aadhaar so far.
Under the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961, every person who has been allotted a PAN as on July 01, 2017 and is eligible to obtain Aadhaar Number, is required to intimate his Aadhaar to the prescribed authority on or before March 31, 2023, on payment of a prescribed fee (which is ₹1,000).
If taxpayers fail to link their PAN with their Aadhaar, they cannot avail income tax refunds and have to pay TDS (tax deduction at source) and TCS (tax collection at source) at higher rates.
However, the PAN can be made operative within 30 days, upon intimation of Aadhaar to the prescribed authority after payment of the late fee.
4) Answer: C
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) carried out its 78th round of the Multiple Indicator Survey (MIS).
The Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) are household surveys implemented by countries under the programme developed by the United Nations Children’s Fund to provide internationally comparable, statistically rigorous data on the situation of children and women.
The survey was conducted for all the states except for Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The MICS was originally developed in response to the World Summit for Children (WSC) held in 1990 to measure progress towards an internationally agreed set of mid-decade goals.
5) Answer: B
India has become the first country in the world to estimate the Tuberculosis (TB) burden in-country and launch its own mathematical system to estimate the disease burden.
This model was constructed based on;The natural history of diseases,
individual status of infection, disease,
health care seeking, missed or correct diagnosis,
Treatment coverage and outcomes including cure and death.
The TB model was drawn up by using data from several sources, including the Nikshay portal of private sector drug sales, the sub-national certification system where the TB-free status of various States is estimated and ranked.
India’s TB incidence rate stands at 196 per 1,00,000 population, instead of the 210 estimated by the WHO, and the estimated deaths from the communicable disease stand at 3.20 lakh, instead of the 4.94 lakh that was projected in 2021.
The Health Ministry noted that as per this data, the global TB reduction numbers stand at 11% while the reduction in TB cases in India is 18%.
6) Answer: C
The United States (US) Georgia Assembly has passed a resolution condemning Hinduphobia, making it the first American state to take such a legislative measure.
Condemning Hinduphobia and anti-Hindu bigotry, the resolution stated that Hinduism is one of the world’s largest and oldest religions with over 1.2 billion adherents in over 100 countries.
Key Highlights :
The resolution was introduced by Representatives Lauren McDonald and Todd Jones from Forsyth County in the suburbs of Atlanta, home to one of the largest Hindu and Indian-American diaspora communities in Georgia
7) Answer: C
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has announced the creation of a new national airline called Riyadh Air.
Riyadh Air will serve more than 100 destinations around the world by 2030.
Riyadh Air will be Saudi Arabia’s second national carrier alongside Saudi.
About Riyadh Air :
Riyadh Air is wholly owned by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), which has more than $600 billion in assets.
It will be chaired by PIF Governor Yasser bin Othman al-Rumayyan, while Tony Douglas, who brings more than 40 years of experience in the aviation, transportation and logistics industries, is appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
8) Answer: E
The Union Information and Broadcasting Minister congratulated Anjali Sharma of
Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh (HP) for conquering South Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro peak wearing a Gaddi dress (Luanchadi).
Lunachari is a traditional dress of Himachal Pradesh.
About Mount Kilimanjaro :
Mount Kilimanjaro located in Tanzania is Africa’s tallest mountain and the world’s largest free-standing mountain (which means not part of a mountain range).
It has 3 main volcanic peaks namely: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira.
Amongst these 3 peaks, Kibo is the tallest of the 3 volcanic formations which is also a dormant volcano while the other 2 are extinct volcanoes.
The mountain is a snow-capped volcano.
9) Answer: C
VA Tech Wabag Ltd, a Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN)-headquartered water technology focussed on municipal and industrial users, has bagged a design, build, operate (DBO) order from Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) for building a 400 million litres per day (MLD) seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant at a total cost of about ₹4,400 crore.
The project will be executed by WABAG in a joint venture with Metito Overseas Ltd.
Once completed, the project will be the largest desalination plant in SouthEast Asia.
10) Answer: B
Eravikulam National Park (ENP), the natural habitat of Nilgiritahr in Munnar, has a new attraction a Fernariumset up inside the park.
This is the first time such a fern collection has been established in the hill station.
What is Eravikulam National Park(ENP)?
ENP is situated in the Kannan Devan Hills of the southern Western Ghats of Kerala.
It is the first National Park in Kerala.
It was declared a National Park in 1978
The park is a natural habitat of Nilgiritahr (highly endangered mountain goat).
The highest peak in South India– The Anamudi (2695 metres) is situated in this park.
This is also the land of “Neelakurinji”, the flower that blooms once in 12 years.
11) Answer: B
The Ministry of Rural Development has signed MoUs with 19 ‘Captive Employers’ for the training and placement of 31,000 rural youths under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY).
‘Captive Employers’ refer to companies or industries that select rural youths, skill them, and deploy them in one of their own establishments, sister concerns or subsidiaries.
The ministry aims to provide these employers with the target to train and provide gainful employment to rural youth, with a minimum salary of Rs.10, 000 per month.
The time period of employment is a minimum of six months.
12) Answer: D
Vice-Admiral Mr Sanjay Jasjit Singh became the new Vice-Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS) of the Indian Navy.
Mr Sanjay Jasjit Singh succeeds Mr S N Ghormade, who demitted office on March 31, 2023 after his superannuation.
About Vice-Admiral Mr Sanjay Jasjit Singh :
Mr Sanjay Jasjit Singh was commissioned in 1986 in the Executive Branch of the Navy.
Prior to taking over as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff, he was Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations).
He was awarded the Nao Sena Medal in 2009, and AtiVishisht Seva Medal in 2020.
13) Answer: B
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Mr Neeraj Nigam as the new Executive Director (ED).
In his new role, Mr Nigam will be responsible for overseeing several departments including Consumer Education and Protection, Financial Inclusion and Development, Legal, and Secretary.
Before his promotion to ED, he served as the head of the Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) Regional Office for the RBI.
Over more than 30 years, Mr Neeraj Nigam has worked in a variety of departments within the RBI, including Regulation and Supervision, Human Resource Management, Premises, Currency Management, and Bank Accounts.
He has also earned the professional certification of Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (CAIIB).
14) Answer: B
Mr Gianni Infantino was re-elected as the president of Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) until 2027 at the 73rd Congress of the body in the Rwandan capital Kigali.
He has been re-elected as president of FIFA for a 4 year term from 2023 to 2027.
Mr Infantino was first elected in an Extraordinary Congress in 2016 following the resignation of his predecessor Sepp Blatter, and retained his position unopposed 3 years later.
For the first time, an elective FIFA Congress took place in Africa.
The proceedings were opened by Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda.
Rwanda hosted 211 FIFA Football Associations members and partners for the 73rd FIFA congress.
15) Answer: C
The Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) has successfully conducted a field firing test of its latest 3rd generation man-portable Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM), Amogha-III.
This indigenous missile has been developed under Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).
About Amogha-III ATGM :
At the DefExpo 2020 which took place in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (UP) in a hybrid format, the BDL had unveiled a model of a new, 3rd generation ATGM
The whole missile system comes with a command launch unit (CLU), remote operation capability and a tripod.
It has a fire-and-forget capability and does not require external intervention after the launch.
The missile also features dual-mode Imaging Infra-Red (IIR) Seeker systems with a range of 200 to 2500 metres.
16) Answer: C
Hyderabad based Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) entered into a partnership with the Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA), Bhubaneswar, an Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Institute for the commercial development of vaccines against Hemorrhagic Septicemia, also called Aeromonas Septicemia, Ulcer Disease or Red-Sore Disease in freshwater fish.
Currently there are no fish vaccines available in India on a commercial scale to prevent aquaculture infections.
IIL is the first in India to get fish vaccines.
In October 2022, IIL ventured into the aqua business by launching products for the aquaculture health market dealing with pond management and fish or shrimp gut management and subsequently, announced commercial development of fish vaccines with ICAR-CIFE.
17) Answer: B
Amazon.com plans to launch its first internet satellites to space in the first half of 2024 as it prepares to vie with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others to provide broadband internet globally.
Amazon’s satellite internet unit, Project Kuiper, will begin mass-producing the satellites later 2023.
Key Highlights :
This will be the first of over 3,000 satellites the technology giant plans to launch in low-Earth orbit in the next few years.
The 2024 deployment target would keep Amazon on track to fulfil a regulatory mandate to launch half its entire Kuiper network of 3,236 satellites by 2026.
18) Answer: C
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out the landing experiment of the Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstration (RLV-TD) programme at the Aeronautical Test Range in Challakere, Karnataka.
The RLV took off by a Chinook Helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) as an underslung load and flew to a height of 4.5 km (above Mean sea level MSL).
ISRO conducted the first experimental mission of its Reusable Launch Vehicle – Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) on May 23, 2016, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
Key Highlights :
RLV-TD has a length of 6.5 metres and a width of 3.6 metres.
It consists of a fuselage or body, a nose cap, double-delta wings, and twin vertical tails, and features symmetrically placed active control surfaces called Elevons and Rudder.
RLV-TD is equipped with a conventional solid booster (HS9) that is designed for a low-burn rate.
It is the first in the world; a winged body has been carried to an altitude of 4.5 km.
The release of this vehicle was autonomous as it performed approach and landing manoeuvres using Integrated Navigation, Guidance, and control system and completed an autonomous landing on the airstrip
19) Answer: D
The Centre announced that it has increased the upper age limit by 5 years of the ombudsman of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) to 70 years.
As per the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (Redressal of Subscriber Grievance) Regulations 2015, the upper age limit was 65 years.
The ombudsman, which is appointed by PFRDA receives, considers and facilitates resolution of complaints or grievances, which fall within the ambit of the regulations.
A person appointed as an Ombudsman holds office for a period of three years and would be eligible for reappointment for another two years.
Recently, the Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority (PFRDA) has made the mandatory upload of withdrawal/ KYC documents to enable seamless processing of exit and annuity for the benefit of National Pension System (NPS) subscribers.
In the interest of Subscribers and to benefit them with timely payment of annuity income, the upload of the documents shall be mandatory with effect from 1st April 2023.
20) Answer: B
Every year, National Maritime Day in India is celebrated on the 5th of April.
It is a day celebrated to show gratitude to the men who spend many months in the sea, carrying out the bulk of India’s trade and commerce at a global level.
“MARPOL at 50 – Our commitment goes on” is the World Maritime theme for 2023, reflecting the need to support a green transition of the maritime sector into a sustainable future, while leaving no one behind.
The legacy of Indian shipping first started on April 5th, 1919, when the first ship The SS Loyalty manufactured by The Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd. sailed from Mumbai to the United Kingdom.
India also became a member of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in 1959.
IMO is responsible for maritime protection and preventing pollution from ships.
