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1) Recently, Which of the following bank has partnered with IRCTC to launch one of India’s most rewarding co-branded travel credit cards?
(a) IDFC First Bank
(b) ICICI Bank
(c) Axis Bank
(d) HDFC Bank
(e) State Bank of India
2) RBI has imposed a Rs 5,000 cap on withdrawals by individual customers from Musiri Urban Co-operative Bank. Where is the headquarters of the Musiri Urban Co-operative Bank located?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Karnataka
(e) Tamil Nadu
3) Which state government has launched UPI (Unified Payments Interface) and ‘Swadhan-e-pension-Gov’ services for Kangra Central Cooperative Bank?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Kerala
(c) Gujarat
(d) Karnataka
(e) Andhra Pradesh
4) Which organisation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Show Reel for developing an online digital platform to support innovators & promote Entrepreneurship in India?
(a) NABARD
(b) SIDBI
(c) RBI
(d) FICCI
(e) SEBI
5) Where was the 7th International Dharma-Dhamma Conference inaugurated by President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated?
(a) Hyderabad, Telangana
(b) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
(c) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
(d) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(e) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
6) As per the recent report, Which of the following ministry has received the Porter Prize 2023?
(a) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
(b) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
(c) Ministry of Panchayat Raj
(d) Ministry of Tourism
(e) Ministry of Home Affairs
7) The Ministry of Education (MoE) is set to launch a self-assessment platform for Indian students.SATHEE is a new initiative by the Ministry of Education in association with ___________.
(a) IIT Delhi
(b) IIT Kanpur
(c) IIT Madras
(d) IIT Kharagpur
(e) IIT Guwahati
8) Consider the following statement regarding the Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI). Which of the following statement is incorrect?
(i) Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) grew by 8.8% (provisional ) in January 2023 in comparison to the Index of January 2022.
(ii) The cumulative growth rate of Index of Eight Core Industries for the period April-January 2022-23 was 7.9% (provisional) in comparison to the same period of last year.
(iii) Natural gas sector has shown an output growth of 5.3% and refinery products output grew 4.5%.
(a) Only (i)
(b) Both (i) and (ii)
(c) Only (ii)
(d) Both (ii) and (iii)
(e) All (i), (ii) and (iii)
9) Recently, Reliance Industries Limited is foraying into the business of commercial property development and has set up a subsidiary called____________.
(a) Reliance High Limited
(b) Reliance SOU Limited
(c) Reliance VOW Limited
(d) Reliance CMP Limited
(e) Reliance CPD Limited
10) Recently in March 2023, Which country and India signed a ‘Framework Mechanism for Mutual Recognition of Qualifications’ that will help ease the mobility of students and professionals between the two countries?
(a) Australia
(b) Poland
(c) Spain
(d) France
(e) Denmark
11) Va Tech Wabag Limited (Wabag) has been ranked among the top three water companies globally by Global Water Intelligence (GWI), London. Where is the headquarters of Wabag located?
(a) Hyderabad, Telangana
(b) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
(c) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
(d) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(e) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
12) As per the recent report in March 2023, which country and European Union have agreed upon the ‘Windsor Framework?
(a) USA
(b) China
(c) UK
(d) Japan
(e) Singapore
13) As per the recent report, In which of the following state that gold mines been found at different places in 3 districts?
(a) Assam
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Haryana
(d) Odisha
(e) Madhya Pradesh
14) Who has been appointed as the new President of Vietnam?
(a) Vo Van Thuong
(b) Phan Luong Cam
(c) Vuong Dinh Hue
(d) Nguyen Phu Trong
(e) Tran Quoc Vuong
15) Bola Tinubu has been elected as the new President of which of the following country?
(a) Mongolia
(b) Namibia
(c) Nigeria
(d) Kenya
(e) Egypt
16) Who has been appointed as the Ambassador-at-Large for Kartarpur Corridor as part of efforts to attract Sikh pilgrims from across the world?
(a) Akash Kansal
(b) Ramesh Singh Arora
(c) Raj Kumar Singh
(d) Giriraj Singh
(e) Dinesh Kumar
17) Which bank has appointed Abhishek Sankar Bagchi as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO)?
(a)Canara Bank
(b)Karnataka Bank
(c)Indian Bank
(d)Indian Overseas Bank
(e)Axis Bank
18) Craig Fulton has been appointed as the new Chief Coach of the Men’s National Hockey Team of India. He belongs to which country?
(a) South Africa
(b) Brazil
(c) Australia
(d) Canada
(e) Russia
19) Sayantan Das became India’s 81st Chess Grandmaster as well as the___ player from West Bengal to bag the honour after he crossed the 2500-mark in live ratings.
(a) 12th
(b) 9th
(c) 10th
(d) 11th
(e) 8th
20) A former Indian diplomat Chandrashekhar Dasgupta has passed away at the age of 82.In which year did he receive the Padma Bhushan award from the Government of India?
(a) 2015
(b) 2008
(c) 2012
(d) 2001
(e) 2017
Answers :
1) Answer: D
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC), the public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Railways, and HDFC Bank, India’s largest private sector bank have partnered to launch one of India’s most rewarding co-branded travel credit cards, known as the IRCTC HDFC Bank Credit Card.
The credit card was launched by Rajni Hasija, Chairman & Managing Director, IRCTC, Parag Rao, Group Head – Payments, Consumer Finance, Digital Banking and IT, HDFC Bank and Praveena Rai, COO, NPCI at a launch ceremony held at New Delhi, Delhi, India.
2) Answer: E
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a Rs 5,000 cap on withdrawals by individual customers from Tamil Nadu (TN)-based Musiri Urban Co-operative Bank.
Reason: It is a part of several restrictions imposed on the lender due to its deteriorating financial condition.
The restrictions on the lender will remain in force for 6 months.
The bank will continue to undertake banking business with restrictions until its financial position improves, and the RBI may consider modifications of the directions depending on circumstances
3) Answer: A
Himachal Pradesh (HP) Chief Minister (CM) Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has launched UPI (Unified Payments Interface) and ‘Swadhan-e-pension-Gov’ services for Kangra Central Cooperative Bank
Aim:
To make bank transactions easier and quicker, especially for the elderly and those living in remote areas
These services would benefit thousands of account holders of the bank.
He also released the bank’s annual calendar on this occasion
4) Answer: B
The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ShowReel for developing an online digital platform to support innovators & promote Entrepreneurship in India.
Aim :
To provide handholding support to aspiring innovators with practical-based hand-holding demonstration and equity funding to channelise ideas offering solutions to a multitude of problems
Key Highlights :
The new virtual ecosystem is completely digital and is designed to provide citizens of India with a platform to think, analyse and create enterprising ideas to solve real-world development problems.
5) Answer: C
President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the 7th International Dharma-Dhamma Conference in Bhopal.
Governor Mangubhai Patel and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan were also present at the conference.
It is being organised by the India Foundation in association with Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies.
This conference is focused on the principle of humanism in the new era.
It will conclude on 5 March.
More than 350 scholars from 15 countries
6) Answer: A
Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare receives Porter Prize 2023.The award was announced at ‘The India Dialogue’ organized by the Institute for Competitiveness (IFC) Stanford University’s US Asia Technology Management Center (USATMC).
It was presented to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in the virtual presence of Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare.
The theme of the conference was “The Indian Economy 2023: Innovation, Competitiveness and Social Progress”.
7) Answer: B
The Ministry of Education (MoE) is set to launch a self-assessment platform for Indian students.
SATHEE is a new initiative by the Ministry of Education in association with IIT Kanpur.
It provides Indian students with a self-paced interactive learning and assessment platform to prepare for competitive and other exams.
It will help students gain access to training and coaching for competitive examinations for free.
8) Answer: A
Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) grew by 7.8% (provisional ) in January 2023 in comparison to the Index of January 2022.
The cumulative growth rate of Index of Eight Core Industries for the period April-January 2022-23 was 7.9% (provisional) in comparison to the same period of last year.
For January 2023, seven of the eight core sectors have shown growth.
Only crude oil has shown a contraction of 1.1%.
Output growth in coal sector stood at 13.4%.
Output growth in fertilizers and steel stood at 17.9% and 6.2%, respectively.
Output growth in cement and electricity sectors stood at 4.6% and 12%, respectively.
Natural gas sector has shown an output growth of 5.3% and refinery products output grew 4.5%.
ICI for February 2023 will be released on 31st March 2023.
9) Answer: B
Reliance Industries Ltd is foraying into the business of commercial property development and has set up a subsidiary called Reliance SOU Ltd.
It has invested an initial capital of ₹1 lakh in the subsidiary.
RIL’s interest in real estate or property development is not new.
In 2019, it had acquired a 65 per cent stake in a real estate project in the business hub of Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai for ₹1,105 crore.
10) Answer: A
India and Australia signed a ‘Framework Mechanism for Mutual Recognition of Qualifications’ that will help ease the mobility of students and professionals between the two countries.
The agreement was signed following a bilateral meeting in New Delhi between Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and his Australian counterpart Jason Clare.
At least 11 institutional-level memorandums were also exchanged between India and Australia’s university sectors, which will promote research and academic collaborations between the two countries in several key sectors.
11) Answer: E
Chennai-based water technology firm Va Tech Wabag Ltd. (Wabag) said it had been ranked among the top three water companies globally by Global Water Intelligence (GWI), London, for ensuring safe and clean drinking water and sanitation to more than 88.8 million people across the globe.
U.K.-based GWI is a water data analytics and publishing company.
Each year it publishes a list of the world’s top 50 private operators.
About Wabag
Wabag is the only Indian organisation to be featured in the top three water companies globally.
VA Tech Wabag Ltd. is an Indian multinational company with headquarters in Chennai, India.
12) Answer: C
The United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU) agreed upon the ‘Windsor Framework’.
It will replace the Northern Ireland Protocol.
The deal could resolve the issue of imports and border checks in Northern Ireland, which is the most controversial aspect after the UK’s split from the EU.
About ‘Windsor Framework’ :
The ‘Windsor Framework’ will enable the free flow of trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland by creating green and red lanes for goods flowing into Northern Ireland.
Aim :
To fix issues of the Northern Ireland Protocol which was agreed upon by Boris Johnson and the EU in 2019.
Goods that have to travel into Ireland will be placed in the red lane & they will face customs processes and other checks at Northern Ireland ports.
13) Answer: D
Odisha Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Mallick has informed that gold mines have been found at different places in 3 districts of Odisha- Deogarh, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj.
These gold deposits have been found in 4 locations in Keonjhar District, locations in Mayurbhanj District, and one location in Deogarh District.
These areas include Dimirimunda, Kushakala, Gotipur, Gopur, Joshipur, Suriaguda, Ruansila, Dhushura hill and Adas.
Surveys were done in these areas of Odisha in the 1970s and 80s.
The survey campaign was conducted by the Directorate of Mines and Geology and the Geological Survey of India (GSI).
At that time the report of this survey was not made public.
GSI had again conducted surveys in these 3 districts in the last 2 years.
According to GSI experts, an estimated 1,685 kg of gold ore has been detected along with copper in the Adas area.
As per a report by World Gold Council, there is only one functional gold mine in India – Hutti mines in Karnataka.
14) Answer: A
A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), Mr Vo Van Thuong, was elected as the new President of Vietnam by the National Assembly (NA) till the term ending 2026.
He is the youngest person to serve in this position since the republic’s founding in 1945.
15) Answer: C
The ruling party candidate, Mr Bola Tinubu(70) has defeated vice president Mr Atiku Abubakar (opposition People’s Democratic Party) to win the disputed presidential election in Nigeria.
He will become Nigeria’s 5th elected president since 1999.
Mr Bola Ahmed Tinubu received 37% of the vote which is probably around 8.8 million while the main opposing candidate Abubakar won 29% with approximately 7 million.
Bola Tinubu served as the Governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007 and Senator for Lagos West during the brief Third Republic
16) Answer: B
Pakistan Prime Minister (PM) Mr Shehbaz Sharif has appointed Mr Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora as the Ambassador-at-Large for Kartarpur Corridor as part of efforts to attract Sikh pilgrims from across the world.
His appointment comes as Kartarpur failed to attract the number of visitors Pakistan authorities had imagined after opening the critical holy site for Sikhs, especially those in India.
This corridor links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan with the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India.
17) Answer: B
Karnataka Bank Ltd has appointed Mr Abhishek Sankar Bagchi as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the bank on a contract basis.
He replaced Mr Muralidhar Krishna Rao, whose tenure was completed on 1 March 2023.
About Mr Abhishek Sankar Bagchi :
Mr Bagchi is a Chartered Accountant and has a Global Diploma in International Financial Reporting (IFRS).
He has over 18 years of work experience in RBI reporting, strategic planning, fund management, financial reporting, financial planning & control, taxation, and budgeting.
18) Answer: A
The men’s National Hockey Team of India designates South Africa’s Craig Fulton as the new Chief Coach.
The team previously failed to lend the World Cup at home.
Craig Fulton has replaced the Australian Hockey Player Graham John Reid who bid farewell after the country’s disappointing show in the World Cup.
Under the guidance of John Reid, the Indian team was led to a historic bronze medal-winning show at the Tokyo Olympics.
19) Answer: D
Sayantan Das became India’s 81st Chess Grandmaster as well as the 11th player from West Bengal to bag the honour after he crossed the 2500-mark in live ratings and won the Cannes Open with a score of 7.5 out of 9.
The 26-year-old had achieved his final GM norm in 2017 but had to wait 6 years to cross the 2500-mark in order to become a grandmaster.
20) Answer: B
A former Indian diplomat and the recipient of Padma Bhushan,Chandrashekhar Dasgupta passed away at the age of 82.
About Chandrashekhar Dasgupta :
Dasgupta was born on 2 May 1940, in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
He joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1962.
He served as Indian ambassador to the European Union, Belgium, Luxembourg and China.
He served as vice-chair of the preparatory committees of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), popularly known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
He wrote a book titled War and Diplomacy in Kashmir, 1947-48.
Awards & Honors :
The Government of India (GoI) awarded him the 3rd highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2008, for his contributions to Indian civil service.