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1) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas or Non-Resident Indian 2023 is observed on which among the following day in January?
(a)January 08
(b) January 09
(c) January 10
(d) January 11
(e) January 12
2) As per the report released by the Ministry of Culture, __________ centrally protected monuments under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) are untraceable or missing
(a) 25
(b) 50
(c) 75
(d) 100
(e) 150
3) Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurates a three-day ‘North East Krishi Kumbha-2023’ in which among the following state?
(a)Tripura
(b)Assam
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
(e) Manipur
4) As per recent news, World’s First Palm-Leaf Manuscript Museum opens in which place?
(a)Bangalore, Karnataka
(b) Ranchi, Jharkhand
(c) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(d)Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
(e) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
5) Indian Army inks pact with which among the following state Government for the treatment of ex-servicemen at medical colleges?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b)Assam
(c) Bihar
(d) Goa
(e) Jharkhand
6) Cabinet under Union Commerce and Industry Minister Shri Piyush Goyal approve Rs 28.11 cr for _____________ state tobacco farmers affected by Cyclone Mandous.
(a)Tamil Nadu
(b) Telangana
(c) Odisha
(d) West Bengal
(e) Andhra Pradesh
7) Which Indian Organisation has recently launched Utkarsh 2.0 for the period 2023-2025?
(a)Reserve Bank of India
(b)Finance Ministry
(c)Securities and Exchange Board of India
(d) Competition Commission of India
(e) National Institution for Transforming India
8) Which Private Sector Bank in India partners with OPEN to launch a fully digital current account?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) HDFC BANK
(c) AXIS BANK
(d)YES Bank
(e) IDBI Bank
9) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) allows reclassifying government holding in which Bank as ‘public’ after-sale?
(a) IDBI Bank
(b) YES Bank
(c) IndusInd Bank
(d) IDFC FIRST Bank
(e) DBS Bank
10) As per RBI, Annapurna Finance Pvt applies for a universal bank license. The initial minimum paid-up voting equity capital for a universal bank should be ___________ Crore
(a) 100 Crore
(b) 200 Crore
(c) 500 Crore
(d) 700 Crore
(e) 1000 Crore
11) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has recently issueda debt broker license to which among the following fintech firm?
(a) GoldenPi Technologies
(b) Bhanu Soft Technologies
(c) Pratithi Technologies
(d) UiPath Technologies
(e) Growthpond Technology
12) As per recent news, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) extends relaxation on dispatching hard copies of financial statements till ______________
(a) April 2023
(b) May 2023
(c) July 2023
(d) September 2023
(e) December 2023
13) Which Indian Private Sector Bank partners with British Airways & Qatar Airways to launch a multi-branded credit card powered by Visa?
(a)KVB bank
(b) IndusInd Bank
(c)DBS Bank
(d)RBL Bank
(e) CSB Bank
14) General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) partners with which Indian Organisation to manufacture aerostructures in India?
(a) Defence Research and Development Organisation
(b) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(c) Bharat Dynamics Limited
(d) Bharat Forge Limited
(e) Tata Advanced System Limited
15) As per the report released by Avtar, Which among the following cities tops in terms of women’s employment?
(a)Hyderabad
(b)Lucknow
(c) Kolkata
(d) Chennai
(e) Bangalore
16) As per the report released by Cirium, Bangalore, and Delhi are in the Top 10 best-performing global airports of 2022. This list was topped by which airport?
(a)Haneda Airport
(b)Kempegowda International Airport
(c) Salt Lake City International Airport
(d)Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
(e) Philadelphia International Airport
17) International Hockey Federation made a partnership with which Group for the upcoming FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023?
(a)Adani Group
(b)Tata Group
(c) Reliance Group
(d)JSW Group
(e) GMR Group
18) As per the recent report, Which City in India is to host the first-ever Formula E World Championship race?
(a)Chennai
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Lucknow
(d) Dehradun
(e) Bangalore
19) New Book on the Role of “Revolutionaries In India’s Freedom Struggle” was written by whom among the following?
(a)Sanjeev Sanyal
(b) C Rangarajan
(c) Vikram Sampath
(d) Jiwesh Nandan
(e) Pavan C. Lall
20) Who has authored the Book Titled Ambedkar: A Life was recently launched at the Kitaab Kolkata event?
(a)Amrita Pritam
(b) Jhumpa Lahiri
(c) Shashi Tharoor
(d) Khushwant Singh
(e) Pulapre Balakrishnan
Answers :
1) Answer: B
NRI Day 2023 or Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2023 is observed on the 9th of January 2023.
NRI Day 2023 or Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2023 theme set by the Ministry of External Affairs this year is “Diaspora: Reliable Partners for India’s Progress in Amrit Kaal”.
It was in 2000 when the Indian government decided to recognize the NRI community on January 9th by observing Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.
Mahatma Gandhi returned to India on January 9, 1915, from South Africa, which gives the ninth of January its significance as NRI Day.
Despite being formally established in 2000, this day wasn’t observed until 2003.
The idea for NRI Day originated with Indian lawyer, diplomat, and author L.M. Singhvi.
The day was then formally declared on January 9, 2002, by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the country’s then-prime minister.
On 9th January 2006, the concept of OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) was introduced on Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.
2) Answer: B
The Ministry of Culture in its latest submission at the Parliament revealed that as many as 50 centrally protected monuments under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) are untraceable or missing.
The submission was made on December 8 to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism, and Culture as part of a report titled ‘Issues relating to Untraceable Monuments and Protection of Monuments in India’.
According to the submission, 11 monuments are missing from the state of Uttar Pradesh, two from Delhi and Haryana, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan each, and one from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, and Madhya Pradesh each.
These monuments have either been lost in urbanization or submerged by reservoirs and dams while others are untraceable, said the submission.
The Parliamentary Committee noted that “out of the 92 monuments declared as missing by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), 42 have been identified due to efforts made by the ASI”, but from the remaining list of 50 monuments.
3) Answer: C
In Meghalaya, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar has inaugurated the three-day ‘North East Krishi Kumbha-2023’ and took part in the 49th Foundation Day celebration of the ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam.
The Minister also inaugurated the administrative cum academic block office and Girl’s Hostel of the College of Agriculture at Kyrdemkulai, Ri Bhoi district.
The farmers and farming should always be treated with honour.
The highlights of the North East Krishi Kumbha -2023 included live demonstrations and an exhibition of recent technologies through 102 stalls, by the host institute and its regional centres along with all the ICAR institutes.
K Moses Chalai, Secretary, North Eastern Council, Dr. B C Deka, VC AAU, Jorhat, Dr. Anupam Mishra, VC, CAU, Imphal, Dr. S K Chaudhuri, Director ICAR, NEH Region and senior officials of Centre and State Government were present during the program.
4) Answer: D
Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, has opened a Palm leaf Manuscript Museum featuring modern audio-visual technology at the Central Archives in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
The museum, which is being promoted as the “World’s First Palm-Leaf Manuscript Museum,” was created by the Archives Department in partnership with the Kerala Museum of History and Heritage at INR 3 crore (about $420,000).
About the Palm Leaf Manuscript Museum :
The museum contains a collection of administrative, socio-cultural, and economic records from the Travancore kingdom, which lasted for 650 years until the end of the 19th century.
It features 8 theme-based galleries, including
1.History of Writing
2.Land and People
3.Administration
4.War and Peace
5.Education and Health
6.Economy
7.Art and Culture
8.Mathilakam Records
The museum stores 187 manuscripts from the 6th century to the 19th century.
It is housed in a 6,000-square-foot space provided by the Kerala government’s agency for museums, the Keralam–Museum of History and Heritage.
5) Answer: B
The Indian Army signed an agreement with the Government of Assam to offer the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) at 8 medical colleges and hospitals in Assam.
The Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare has approved the empanelment of government medical colleges in Assam with the ECHS.
The ECHS benefits will be offered at the medical college and hospitals in Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Silchar, Jorhat, Barpeta, Tezpur, Diphu, and North Lakhimpur.
It will facilitate the cashless and capless treatment of almost 1.12 lakh beneficiaries.
The agreements were inked in presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command Lt Gen RP Kalita.
The Assam Cancer Care Foundation (ACCF), which is an Assam government and TATA Trust initiative, has also been impanelled with ECHS.
6) Answer: E
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Shri Piyush Goyal have approved Rs 28.11 crore to provide immediate relief to over 28,000 Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) Tobacco farmers affected by Cyclone Mandous in Andhra Pradesh (AP).
A special interest-free loan of Rs 10,000 to each member of the Tobacco Board’s Grower Welfare Schemes under southern regions.
The move will benefit 28,112 farmers under the Southern Regions (Southern Light Soil and Southern Black Soil) of AP.
The interest-free loan to eligible FCV tobacco farmers will be administered by the Tobacco Board, a statutory body under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
About FCV Tobacco :
FCV tobacco is a major commercial crop grown in 10 districts of Andhra Pradesh with an annual production of 121 million kg (2021-22) in an area of 66,000 hectares.
Of the total unmanufactured tobacco exports (excluding tobacco waste) during FY 2021-22, FCV tobacco exports constituted 53.62% in volume terms and 68.47% in value terms.
7) Answer: A
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has launched Utkarsh 2.0, the second phase of its medium-term strategic framework for the period 2023-2025.
About Utkarsh 2.0:
- “Utkarsh 2.0 builds on the strengths of Utkarsh 2022, retaining the 6 vision statements along with the core purpose, values , and mission statement.
6 vision statements of Utkarsh 2.0:
- Excellence in the performance of its statutory and other functions
- The strengthened trust of citizens and Institutions in the RBI
- Enhanced relevance and significance in national and global roles
- Transparent, accountable, and ethics-driven internal governance
- Best-in-class and environment-friendly digital and physical infrastructure
- Innovative, dynamic, and skilled human resources.
8) Answer: C
India’s third largest private sector bank, Axis Bank, has partnered with the world’s fastest-growing digital banking enterprise, Open Financial Technologies Pvt Ltd (OPEN), to provide a fully native digital current account journey for its customers
Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs), freelancers, homepreneurs, influencers, and more would benefit from the fully digital current account.
This is Axis Bank’s first-ever partnership with a fintech player to launch a fully digital current account.
Key Highlights:
The current account holders will get access to Axis bank’s over 250 banking services along with OPEN’s financial automation tools for business management including payments, accounting, payroll, compliance, expense management, and other such services.
The authentication process of the digital current account will be completely online using PAN (permanent account number) and Aadhaar followed by a Video KYC (know your customer).
9) Answer: A
Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has allowed the central government’s request to reclassify its shareholding in IDBI Bank after its disinvestment as a “public holding”
This is subject to the condition that the government’s voting rights in the bank will not exceed 15% of the total voting rights after the sale.
Key Highlights:
After disinvestment, the bank must make an application to the stock exchanges for reclassification of the government holding under the public category.
The new acquirer must ensure compliance with the minimum public shareholding (MPS) requirements within one year of the sale.
Now, the government and state-owned Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) hold a little over 94% of IDBI Bank and are classified as its co-promoters.
While the government holds a 45.48% stake, LIC holds around 49.24%, and the remaining 5.28% is public shareholding.
The government is selling a 30.48% stake in the bank, while LIC will sell 30.24%.
After the sale, the government will be left with 15% and LIC will have a little over 19% stake in the bank.
10) Answer: C
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has received an application from Odisha-based Annapurna Finance Pvt Ltd (AFPL), formerly known as Annapurna Microfinance Pvt Ltd, under the Guidelines for ‘on tap’ Licensing of Universal Banks in the Private Sector.
The microfinance institution was the only entity to apply for a universal bank license during the quarter that ended on December 31, 2022.
As per the RBI’s ‘on tap’ licensing guidelines, the initial minimum paid-up voting equity capital for a universal bank should be Rs 500 crore.
In May 2022, the RBI rejected 4 applications it had received for setting-up universal banks.
The applicants rejected were UAE Exchange and Financial Services Ltd, Repatriates Cooperative Finance and Development Bank Ltd (REPCO Bank), Chaitanya India Fin Credit Pvt Ltd, Pankaj Vaish, and others.
In 2021, the RBI announced a 5-member Standing External Advisory Committee, headed by former RBI deputy governor Shyamala Gopinath, for evaluating applications for universal banks and small finance banks.
11) Answer: A
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued a debt broker license to Bengaluru-based fintech firm GoldenPi Technologies.
With this, GoldenPi became the first online bond platform provider to receive a debt brokerage license from SEBI.
In Nov 2022, SEBI introduced regulations for online debt trading platforms which stated that no company or individual shall act as an online bond platform provider (OBP) without the certificate of registration as a stock broker under the SEBI Regulations, 2021.
About GoldenPi Technologies:
Founded: 2017
CEO and co-founder: Abhijit Roy
Currently, the Zerodha-backed company offers more than 100+ bonds and debentures on its online platform in the form of daily listings.
It has more than 3.7 lakh active users on its platform, investing in corporate bonds, Non-Convertible Debentures (NCD), Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), and other fixed-income assets.
12) Answer: D
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) extended the relaxation to listed companies from dispatching physical copies of financial statements till September 30, 2023.
Earlier, the regulator had given similar relaxations to listed companies till December 2022.
Key Highlights:
The Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements (LODR) rules require listed companies to dispatch a hard copy of the statement containing salient features of all the documents – financial statements, board’s report, and auditor’s report to those shareholders who have not registered their email addresses.
The listed entities are required to send hard copies of full annual reports to those shareholders who request the same.
Separately, the SEBI has eased the rules for entities, which listed their non-convertible securities, from dispatching hard copies of annual reports to debenture holders.
13) Answer: B
IndusInd Bank, in a first-of-its-kind initiative, partnered with British Airways Executive Club and Qatar Airways Privilege Club, to introduce the unique multi-branded credit card, powered by Visa.
The card was made available to consumers in the first quarter of the financial year 2023 – 2024.
About the Card:
The credit card will be available in the Infinite variant of Visa.
It will offer best-in-class rewards and benefits to elevate the international travel experience of customers.
Through this proposition, members will soon be able to collect Avios, the rewards currency for British Airways Executive Club and Qatar Airways Privilege Club, by signing up and choosing their preferred loyalty program.
At the time of application, this credit card will give customers the flexibility to choose their preferred airline loyalty program and select their preferred travel destination to collect maximum Avios.
14) Answer: D
San Diego-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI), a subsidiary of General Atomics, announced its partnership with Bharat Forge Ltd.
The move is expected to result in significant capability-building for both companies and provide an impetus to the Indian large, unmanned aircraft industry.
It will also help India develop a manufacturing ecosystem for high-end drones.
The move will provide India with an opportunity to manufacture main landing gear components, subassemblies, and assemblies of remotely piloted aircraft in the country.
Baba Kalyani, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Forge Limited said that aerospace is a high ‘technology intensive’ domain, which relies on product integrity, reliability, and zero defect.
15) Answer: D
Chennai is India’s best city for women’s employment and it is followed by Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Mumbai, a report by Avtar, a firm specializing in workplace inclusion.
The report ranks 111 cities on parameters nurturing a conducive ecosystem for women’s employment.
Ahmedabad, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata, Coimbatore, and Madurai from the rest of the Top 10 cities—each has a population of more than one million—in terms of women’s employment.
Tiruchirappalli, Vellore, Erode, Salem, Tirupur, Puducherry, Shimla, Mangalore (officially Mangaluru), Thiruvananthapuram, and Belagavi are the top 10 cities in another category of cities with a population of less than one million.
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, and Karnataka got the top five state averages in the country.
In north India, the top three cities are Delhi, Srinagar, and Amritsar.
In the south, the top three slots are taken by Chennai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad.
In the eastern region, Kolkata is at the top slot, followed by Dhanbad and Patna.
In the western region, Pune, Mumbai, and Ahmedabad secure first, second, and third places respectively. Raipur, Indore, and Bhopal secure the first, second, and third places in the central region.
16) Answer: A
Tracking the performance of airports and airlines, Cirium issued a list of the top-performing global airports of 2022 in which Bangalore’s Kempegowda International Airport won the 2nd rank, whereas Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport acquired the 7th spot.
While Kempegowda International Airport saw on-time departure for 84.08% of 201,897 flights, Delhi’s IGI witnessed 81.84% on-time departure for 411,205 flights.
The top 5 Rankings for best-performing global airports of 2022 according to Cirium’s report are as follows:
- Tokyo, Japan – (HND) Haneda Airport
- Bengaluru, India – (BLR) Kempegowda International Airport
- Salt Lake City, USA – (SLC) Salt Lake City International Airport
- Detroit, USA – (DTW) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
- Philadelphia, USA – (PHL) Philadelphia International Airport
17) Answer: D
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has signed a partnership with the JSW Group for the upcoming FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela.
The group supports and promotes the Olympics in India and has created an Olympic Training Institute in the Inspire Institute of Sport as well as Olympic training centres across the country.
The 15th edition of FIH’s flagship event for men will be played from 13 January to 29 January in Odisha, India.
The year 2021 saw a comeback for sports sponsorships and media deals, as compared to 2020, following a lull after the pandemic.
The year helped India achieve a billion-dollar scale with a 62% growth over 2020, found a report by GroupM ESP, the entertainment, esports, and sports division of GroupM India
18) Answer: B
The first-ever ABB FIA Formula E World Championship race in India to be held in Hyderabad on February 11 kicked off with the sale of tickets for the prestigious event getting underway.
Telangana Special Chief Secretary (Municipal Administration) Arvind Kumar booked the first ticket at an event here.
Akbar Ebrahim, president Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India, and other dignitaries were present.
The government thought that hosting Formula E would put Hyderabad in the league with some of the top cities in the world and it is a matter of prestige that Hyderabad got to host the prestigious event.
It would place Hyderabad as a global destination for e-mobility
Hyderabad race on February 11 will be the fourth race of the season, season 9 of Formula E, the first three include Mexico City and Riyadh (second and third)
Private firm Ace Nxt Gen is the official promoter of the Formula E Race in India in partnership with Formula E and the Telangana government.
19) Answer: A
Noted economist and popular historian Sanjeev Sanyal is set to release his latest book, “Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom,” in January 2023.
Sanyal has authored best-selling books including “Land of the Seven Rivers,” “The Ocean of Churn,” “India in the Age of Ideas,” and “The Indian Renaissance.”
He also co-authored and edited six Economic Surveys of the Government of India between 2017 and 2022, and has published over 200 articles and columns in leading national and international publications.
He has also represented India on various international forums, such as the OECD and G7, and served as the Co-Chair of the G20’s Framework Working Group.
A Rhodes Scholar and Eisenhower Fellow, he was named “Young Global Leader 2010” by the World Economic Forum at Davos.
20) Answer: C
Parliamentarian and author, Shashi Tharoor’s latest book Ambedkar: A Life was recently launched at the Kitaab Kolkata event organized by Prabha Khaitan Foundation (PKF) at the ITC Sonar presented by Shree Cement.
The event was attended by young and old bibliophiles, members of Ehsaas Women, and FICCI FLO.
Suhel Seth, management consultant, author, columnist, and public speaker, was in an hour-long conversation with the author.
Kitab is a signature event of the Prabha Khaitan Foundation conceptualized by Mr. Sundeep Bhutoria which provides a forum for writers, poets, intellectuals, and thinkers to launch their books and share their thoughts.
