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1) Which company has planned to raise around Rs 500 crores through public issue of secured redeemable non-convertible debentures (Secured NCDs) of the face value of Rs 1,000 each?
(a) LIC Housing Finance Ltd
(b) Piramal Capital & Housing Finance Ltd
(c) Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd
(d) Mahindra Rural Housing Finance Company Ltd
(e) Muthoot Finance Ltd
2) Which Payments Bank has partnered with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to enable users to link RuPay credit cards with Unified Payments Interface (UPI)?
(a) India Post Payments Bank
(b) Paytm Payments Bank
(c) Airtel Payment Bank
(d) NSDL Payments Bank
(e) Fino Payments Bank
3) Recently, Which National Park in Rajasthan has recently received a proposal from the state’s forest department to build a zoo there?
(a) Ranthambore National Park
(b) Keoladeo National Park
(c) Sariska Tiger Reserve
(d) Mukundara National Park
(e) Darrah National Park
4) India’s first glass igloo restaurant in __________has become a popular destination for tourists who visit the area to experience scenic beauty.
(a) Srinagar
(b) Pahalgam
(c) Manali
(d) Gulmarg
(e) Sonamarg
5) Which of the following company has launched a new AI chatbot of its own called Bard, based on the company’s Language Model for Dialogue Application (LaMDA)?
(a) Microsoft
(b) IBM
(c) Cisco
(d) Google
(e) Infosys
6) Which of the following drone solutions provider has launched traffic management system for drones in India?
(a) Garuda Aerospace
(b) Skye Air
(c) ARCH Drones
(d) Skyroot
(e) Pixxel
7) Which organisation has announced the formation of 3 working groups withIndia under the ‘Trade and Technology Council’ (TTC) with a focus on trade, investment & value chains, digital economy and clean technology?
(a) UNESCO
(b) UNICEF
(c) World Bank
(d) IMF
(e) European Union
8) Along with India, which country has unveiled an ambitious roadmap for cooperation in a wide range of areas including defence, energy and technology?
(a) Germany
(b) United Arab Emirates
(c) France
(d) Both A and C
(e) Both B and C
9) Which of the following country has celebrated its 75 years of Independence on the 4th Feb, 2023 under the theme “Namo Namo Matha – A step towards a century”?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Bhutan
(d) Pakistan
(e) Nepal
10) The 6th Meeting of the Heads of Supreme Audit Institutes (SAIs) of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member States was held in ___________.
((a) Pune, Maharashtra
(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(c) Jaipur, Rajasthan
(d) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
(e) Jamnagar, Gujarat
11) Recently, The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav has launched the Save Wetlands Campaign in __________.
(a) Manipur
(b) Haryana
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Jammu & Kashmir
(e) Goa
12) According to production data of FAOSTAT, Which country is the highest milk producer in the world contributing twenty-four per cent of global milk production in the year 2021-22?
(a) France
(b) Japan
(c) China
(d) India
(e) Oman
13) Which of the following has signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) with International Energy Agency (IEA) to strengthen cooperation in the field of data and research & enhance global energy security, stability, and sustainability?
(a) Indraprastha Gas Limited
(b) IOCL Refinery Division Scope
(c) Prize Petroleum Company Limited
(d) Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell
(e) Pump Petroleum Private Limited
14) Which of the following has signed an MoU with National Forensic Sciences University for setting up digital forensic laboratories?
(a) Directorate General of GST Intelligence
(b) Intelligence Bureau
(c) Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
(d) National Investigation Agency
(e) Financial Intelligence Unit
15) Which of the following company has appointed Mallika Srinivasan, Shailesh Haribhakti and Sahil Barua as independent directors to its Board?
(a) Zomato
(b) Uber Eats
(c) Swiggy
(d) Dunzo
(e) KFC
16) Who has been appointed as a member of the Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister (EAC-PM)?
(a) Shamika Ravi
(b) Arun Goel
(c) Mohit Gupta
(d) Romal Shetty
(e) Gurdeep Singh
17) The Government of India (GoI) has allowed Indian Bank to increase the number of posts of executive directors from 3 to ______.
(a) 7
(b) 6
(c) 5
(d) 4
(e) 8
18) Which bank’s stake in DSP Investment Managers was increased by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to 9.99% as part of investment through various mutual fund schemes?
(a) DCB Bank
(b) SBM Bank
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) IndusInd Bank
(e) DBS Bank
19) Recently in February 2023,Aaron Finch has announced his retirement from international T20Is. Which nation did he play for?
(a) New Zealand
(b) Australia
(c) Bangladesh
(d) South Africa
(e) England
20) Who is the author of the new book titled “Victory City”?
(a) Chetan Bhagat
(b) Salman Rushdie
(c) Colleen Hoover
(d) Arundhati Roy
(e) Geetanjali Shree
Answers :
1) Answer: E
Muthoot Finance Ltd is planning to raise around Rs 500 crores through public issue of secured redeemable non-convertible debentures (Secured NCDs) of the face value of Rs 1,000 each.
The issue comes with a base size of Rs 100 crore with an option to retain oversubscription up to Rs 400 crore, aggregating up to a tranche limit of Rs 500 crore.
The NCD (Non-Convertible Debenture) issue will be open from February 8 till March 3, 2023.
Muthoot Finance has hiked the interest rates by 0.35-0.50% compared with the last issue, which was launched in November 2022.
2) Answer: B
India’s homegrown Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL), has partnered with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to enable users to link RuPay credit cards with Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
Key Highlights :
With this, users can pay merchants both online and offline by scanning the UPI-enabled QR code via the Paytm app, eliminating the need to carry cards all the time.
This will increase the usage of RuPay credit cards and provide an easier experience for both consumers and merchants.
Also with this, the Bank has empowered users with convenient payments through a greater acceptance of RuPay credit cards, strengthening the credit card ecosystem in India
Paytm Payments Bank continues to be a leader in UPI as the largest merchant acquiring and beneficiary bank.
In UPI, it is a leader in P2M (peer-to-merchant) transactions, with the highest merchant partners in its ecosystem.
3) Answer: B
The Rajasthan state Forest Department has recently proposed to construct a zoo inside Keoladeo National Park.
The Keoladeo National Park formerly known as the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary hosts thousands of birds, especially during the winter season.
It is located in the eastern part of Rajasthan.
It is a Ramsar site and also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
4) Answer: D
India’s first glass igloo restaurant in Gulmarg has become a popular destination for tourists who visit the area to experience scenic beauty.
This glass-wall restaurant was built a few days ago in the middle of snow by the Kolahoi Green Heights hotel of Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
In 2021, the same hotel built a snow igloo in Gulmarg which was the biggest snow igloo in Asia that also attracted tourists.
5) Answer: D
Search giant Google confirmed it will soon start public testing for a new AI chatbot of its own called Bard, based on the company’s Language Model for Dialogue Application (LaMDA).
Technically, ChatGPT can be categorised as a type of generative AI – a broad label that’s used to describe any type of artificial intelligence (AI) that can be used to create new text, images, video, audio, code or synthetic data.
Thus, ChatGPT is a complex machine learning model developed by OpenAI (a research firm founded by Elon Musk), that is able to carry out natural language generation (NLG) tasks with a very high level of accuracy.
Bard is Google’s own conversational AI chatbot and is based on LaMDA.
It draws on information from the web to provide fresh, high-quality responses.
In short, it will give in-depth, conversational and essay-style answers just like ChatGPT does right now.
Bard is built on Transformer technology – which is also the backbone of ChatGPT and other AI bots.
6) Answer: B
Skye Air, a Gurugram-based drone solutions provider launched traffic management system for drones in India.
Launched in the presence of Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India Nitin Gadkari, the software will allow drone operators to plan routes, make flight plans and assess risks before running drone-based operations in the country.
The solution, called Skye UTM, is a first-of-its-kind for India.
Unmanned traffic management systems will play a key role in how airspace will be managed, allowing multiple beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operations to be run by different firms at the same time.
Globally, several companies, such as US-based AirMap and Netherlands-based Airbus, offer such solutions.
According to Ankit Kumar, chief executive officer of Skye Air, the software imports data from the government’s Digital Sky platform, which has been created to help drone operators plan flights in Indian airspace.
7) Answer: E
India and the European Union (EU) announced the formation of 3 working groups under the ‘Trade and Technology Council’ (TTC) with a focus on trade, investment & value chains, digital economy and clean technology.
This follows the announcement by President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, on 25 April 2022 in New Delhi.
The TTC with India is the European Union’s(EU’s) 2nd such technology partnership after the 1st one with the United States(US) that was firmed up in June 2021.
Key Highlights :
Under the TTC, 3 working groups have been established.
The 1st working group is on strategic technologies, digital governance and digital connectivity chaired by the Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.
The 2nd one will cover green and clean energy technologies chaired by the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Govt of India.
8) Answer: E
India, France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) unveiled an ambitious roadmap for cooperation in a wide range of areas including defence, energy and technology under a trilateral framework, a move that comes amid the geopolitical turmoil triggered by the conflict in Ukraine.
External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan had a telephonic conversation in this regard to adopt a roadmap for the implementation of this initiative.
The three foreign ministers met in September, 2022 for the first time in a trilateral format on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Key Highlights :
The three countries will explore the possibility of creating a project on clean energy, environment and biodiversity together with the Indian Ocean Rim Association.
They will ensure harmony between economic, technological and social policies in line with the Paris Agreement.
9) Answer: B
Sri Lanka celebrated 75 years of Independence on the 4th Feb, 2023 under the theme Namo Namo Matha – A step towards a century.
The main celebration of the National Independence Day Celebrations was held at Galle Face Green in Colombo.
Union Minister of State for External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan participated in the Independence Day celebrations.
A special cultural arts festival Lankaralanka was held at Independence Square in Colombo.
The Jaffna cultural centre which was built under an Indian grant will also be opened in a few days.
10) Answer: D
The 6th Meeting of the Heads of Supreme Audit Institutes (SAIs) of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member States is being hosted by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Governor of Uttar Pradesh Anandiben Patel is the chief guest & inaugurated the meeting.
Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Girish Chandra Murmu led the discussion on the theme “Integrating Emerging Technologies in Audit”.
Girish Chandra Murmu has called for global cooperation to protect audit from cyber security threats.
Heads of top audit institutions and delegations from 4 of the 8 SCO member states – Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are participating in the three-day multilateral event.
11) Answer: E
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav launched the Save Wetlands Campaign in Goa.
The campaign is structured on a “whole of society” approach for wetlands conservation
About Save Wetlands Campaign :
The campaign has been launched for wetlands conservation, and affirmative actions for wetlands conservation at all levels of society.
Under this campaign, citizen partnerships will be built for the conservation of wetlands.
The campaign will be conducted over the next one year
The campaign will sensitise people about the value of wetlands and increase the coverage of wetland mitras.
On this occasion, ‘India’s 75 Amrit Dharohar- India’s Ramsar Sites Factbook’ and ‘Managing Climate Risks in Wetlands – A Practitioner’s Guide was released.
The Factbook has information about 75 Ramsar Sites, including their values, threats they face and management arrangements.
12) Answer: D
According to production data of Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database (FAOSTAT), India is the highest milk producer in the world contributing twenty-four per cent of global milk production in the year 2021-22.
Milk production of India has registered a fifty-one per cent increase during the last eight years- during the year 2014-15 and 2021-22 and increased to twenty-two crore tonne in the year 2021-22.
Due to the implementation of various schemes by the department, Milk Production in the country has increased from 146.31 Million Tonnes in 2014-15 to 221.
Egg production in the country has increased from 78.48 billion in 2014-15 to 129.53 billion in 2021-22.
Egg production in the country is growing at the rate of 8 per cent per annum.
Further, the National Programme for Dairy Development aims at enhancing the quality of milk, milk products and increasing the share of organised procurement, processing, value addition and marketing.
13) Answer: D
Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell (PPAC), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), Government of India, has signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) with International Energy Agency (IEA), headquartered at Paris, to strengthen cooperation in the field of data and research & enhance global energy security, stability, and sustainability.
This partnership will lead to an extensive exchange of knowledge.
Shri P. Manoj Kumar, Director General, PPAC and Dr. Fateh Birol, Executive Director, IEA, signed a Letter of Intent (SoI) on the occasion of the India Energy Week.
14) Answer: A
The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) and the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up digital forensic laboratories along with excha nge of information and knowledge, technological advancement and skill development in the field of digital forensics.
DGGI is the apex intelligence organisation, under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), for collection and dissemination of information and for taking necessary measures to check evasion of GST.
15) Answer: C
Swiggy has appointed 3 independent directors to its Board – Mallika Srinivasan, Padma Shri awardee and Chairman and Managing Director (MD) of TAFE; Shailesh Haribhakti, Chairman of Shailesh Haribhakti & Associates; and Sahil Barua, MD and Chief Executive Director (CEO) at Delhivery
They are the first independent directors on Swiggy’s board and join current members:
The current board members are Sriharsha Majety – CEO and Co-Founder of Swiggy; Nandan Reddy, Co-Founder of Swiggy; Larry Illg, CEO of Prosus Edtech and Food; Ashutosh Sharma, Head of Investments – India at Prosus Ventures; Sumer Juneja, Managing Partner – India and EMEA of SoftBank Investment Advisors; and Anand Daniel, Partner at Accel.
16) Answer: A
Economics professor and researcher Shamika Ravi has been appointed as a member of the Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister (EAC-PM)
Currently, Shamika Ravi is non-resident senior fellow of the governance studies program at the Brookings Institution Washington D.C.
About EAC-PM :
EAC-PM is an independent body constituted to give advice on economic and related issues to the Government of India, specifically to the Prime Minister.
EAC-PM, chaired by economist Bibek Debroy, currently has 1 member and 6 part-time members.
17) Answer: D
The Government of India (GoI) has allowed Indian Bank to increase the number of posts of executive directors from 3 to 4.
In August 2019, the Department of Financial Services (DFS) in the Finance Ministry stated that nationalised banks with total business of ₹10 lakh or more as per the last declared results should have 4 executive directors.
18) Answer: A
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed DSP Investment Managers to hike its stake in DCB Bank to 9.99% as part of investment through different mutual fund schemes.
The approval is valid for a year up to February 2, 2024.
Currently, DSP MF holds 4.23% in the bank.
The DCB Bank has received an intimation from RBI has granted its approval to DSP Investment Managers to acquire up to 9.99% of the paid-up equity capital of the Bank through the schemes of DSP Mutual Fund.
DSP Investment Managers has been directed by the RBI to ensure that its shareholding in DCB Bank remains below 10% of the paid-up equity capital of the bank at all times.
19) Answer: B
Aaron Finch has announced his retirement from international T20Is. It has ended his 12-year-long international cricket career.
Earlier, he had announced retirement from the 50-over format in September last year.
He said that it’s important for the new captain and opener to give sufficient time for the 2024 T20 World Cup.
He made his international cricket debut in a T20I against England in 2011.
He played 103 T20 matches for Australia and scored 3120 runs at an average of 34.28 and a strike rate of 142.5.
He led Australia in 76 men’s T20Is, as well as in 55 ODIs.
His highest score was 172 against Zimbabwe in 2018.
20) Answer: B
Salman Rushdie releases new novel six months after stabbing attack. Author Salman Rushdie has launched his new novel called “Victory City” nearly six months after a man repeatedly stabbed the writer onstage during a lecture in New York state.
The 75-year-old author was blinded in his right eye and his left hand was badly injured by the stabbing.
The award-winning novelist was attacked as he was about to speak at a conference in Chautauqua in upstate New York on 12 August 2022.
Rushdie’s 15th novel “Victory City” is published by Penguin Random House and takes the form of a translation of a mythical epic originally written in Sanskrit about the Vijayanagara Empire that ruled over much of southern India in the 14th century.
