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1) March 8 has been celebrated as the International Women’s Day globally. In which among the following year this International Women’s Day was first celebrated?
(a) 1901
(b) 1911
(c) 1921
(d) 1931
(e) 1951
2) The President Ram Nath Kovind has presented Nari Shakti Puraskar 2020 and 2021 to how many outstanding and exceptional women achievers?
(a) 22 Women
(b) 25 Women
(c) 27 Women
(d) 29 Women
(e) 31 Women
3) As per the Economic News recently which among the following organization has observed the Digital Payments Awareness Weekfrom March 7-11, 2022?
(a)Reserve Bank of India
(b)Indian Banks’ Association
(c)National Payments Corporation of India
(d)NPCI International Payments Limited
(e) None of These
4) PARAM Ganga a Supercomputer has been established at which among the following IIT of India?
(a)IIT Kanpur
(b)IIT Madras
(c)IIT Roorkee
(d)IIT Dhanbad
(e)IIT Ropar
5) The Culture Ministry was set to organise “Jharokha – Compendium of Indian handicraft/handloom,art and culture”. The 1st event of this celebration is going to take place in which state or UT?
(a) Ladakh
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Nagaland
(d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) Uttarakhand
6) As per the Railway ministry __________km of rail network would be brought under ‘Kavach’ in 2022-’23initially.
(a) 500 km
(b) 1000 km
(c) 800 km
(d) 2500 km
(e) 2000 km
7) The Minister for MSME, Narayan has recently launched a Special Entrepreneurship Promotion Drive named SAMARTH for women in which place?
(a) Chennai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Kolkata
(d) Lucknow
(e) Mumbai
8) Which among the following software giant would set up India’s largest Data Center region in Hyderabad, Telangana?
(a) Google
(b) Microsoft
(c) IBM
(d) TCS
(e) AWS
9) The Bombay Stock Exchange has recently partnered with which among the following state government’s M-TIPB to promote listing of MSMEs?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Rajasthan
(e) Kerala
10) The RBI Governor has recently launched UPI for feature phones called __________
(a) UPIONPAY
(b) UPIOFFPAY
(c) UPI123PAY
(d) UPIONEPAY
(e) UPI012Pay
11) The Jammu and Kashmir Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation has availed a loan amount of ₹1,000 crore from which among the following public sector bank?
(a) Indian Bank
(b) Indian Overseas Bank
(c) Canara Bank
(d) Punjab National Bank
(e) Union Bank of India
12) Which among the following regulatory board has recently signed a MoU with Indian Banks Associationto collaborate on capacity building?
(a)Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
(b) Securities and Exchange Board of India
(c)Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority
(d)Unique Identification Authority of India
(e)Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
13) As per the News Paper report, BhartiAirtel has tied up with which among the following private sector bank to launch Credit Card Facility?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) Axis Bank
(d) DBS Bank
(e) Yes Bank
14) The Reserve Bank of Indiawould select the Intellect Design Arena for Cloud Native Intellect Quantum Core Banking solution. This solution is popularly known as ________
(a) e- Intellect
(b) e- Quantum
(c) e- Rober
(d) e- Kuber
(e) e- Solution
15) The Reserve Bank of India has recently released a booklet named _________, exclusively for financial frauds and protections
(a)BE(A)WARE
(b)BE(A)LERT
(c)BE(R)EADY
(d)BE(P)REPARE
(e)BE(P)ROTECT
16) Who among the following has been appointed as the New Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry Maharashtra State Council?
(a)Sriram Ramakrishnan
(b)Madhavan KR
(c)Shanker Dhevan
(d)Nedumaran Ramakrishnan
(e)Sriram Narayanan
17) According to the Newspaper report which among the following organization has received 1st prize in Ispat Rajbhasha Award for 2018-19 and 2020-21?
(a) Coal India Limited
(b) National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd
(c) National Thermal Power Corporation
(d) India Meteorological Department
(e) Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited
18) Which among the following energy unit has recently signed an agreement with Haryana Power Purchase Centre for supply of 240 MW hydro power?
(a)Reliance Power Ltd
(b)Tata Power
(c)JSW Energy Ltd
(d)Power Grid Corporation India Ltd
(e)Adani Power
19) NIESBUD has signed a MoU with which among the following ministry for the implementation of the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme?
(a)Ministry of Rural Development
(b)Minister for Communications
(c)Ministry of Science and technology
(d)Ministry of Labour and Employment
(e)Ministry of Education
20) India-Sri Lanka Naval Exercise SLINEX has begun in Visakhapatnam. This year 2022 marks _____ edition of SLINEX exercise
(a) 5th Edition
(b) 8th Edition
(c) 3rd Edition
(d) 9th Edition
(e) 12th Edition
21) Which among the following space agency has recently startedthe Assembling of Europa Clipper Spacecraft?
(a) NASA
(b) ISRO
(c)SpaceX
(d) European Space Agency
(e)China National Space Administration
22) Who among the following is the governor of Sikkim?
(a)Shriniwaspatil
(b)Bandriwalpurohit
(c)Tathagataroy
(d)Krishna kantpaul
(e)Ganga Prasad
23) What is the tagline of United bank of India?
(a)We are changing for you
(b)India’s International Bank
(c)Trusted family bank
(d)The Bank that begins with “U”
(e)Taking banking technology to the common man
24) On the bank of which river the city Ahmedabad is located?
(a)Ganga
(b)Yamuna
(c)Sabarmati
(d)Saraswati
(e)Mahanadi
25) What does the word O mean in NFO in banking?
(a)Offer
(b)Overdraft
(c)Overdue
(d)Operations
(e)Other
Answers :
1) Answer: B
International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on March 8 to mark and celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and raise awareness about women’s equality, accelerate gender parity.
The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is: Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”
The aim of the day is to spread the message of gender equality and promote a better society where there is no gender bias
International Women’s Day was first celebrated in 1911.
2) Answer: D
The President of India, Shri Ram NathKovind conferred the Nari Shakti Puraskar – 2020 and 2021, at a special ceremony held at RashtrapatiBhavan, New Delhi, on occasion of International Women’s Day.
The award was conferred on 29 outstanding and exceptional women achievers for the years 2020 and 2021.
Twenty-eight awards – (14 each for the Year 2020 and 2021)- were presented to 29 women in recognition of their exceptional work towards empowerment of women, especially the vulnerable and marginalised.
3) Answer: A
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is going to observe Digital Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) between 7th March 2022 and 11th March 2022.
The theme of Digital Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) 2022 is: “Outreach and Availability of Digital Payments”.
RBI will be observed to celebrate the 17th Foundation Day of the Department of Payment and Settlement Systems (DPSS) on March 7 which is responsible for managing Payments Systems in India.
4) Answer: C
The National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) has now deployed PARAM Ganga, a supercomputer at IIT Roorkee, with a supercomputing capacity of 1.66 Petaflops.
The system is designed and commissioned by C-DAC under Phase 2 of the build approach of the NSM.
5) Answer: D
As part of the AzadikaAmritMahotsav Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Textiles are organizing “Jharokha-Compendium of Indian handicraft/ handloom, art and culture”.
It will be a PAN India celebration which will be held at 16 locations in 13 states and UTs.
Jharokha is a celebration of the traditional Indian handicrafts, handlooms, and art & culture. The first event under this celebration is being organized in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh starting from 8th March 2022 on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
6) Answer: E
:‘Kavach’, the indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, will be deployed across the entire rail network beginning with 2,000 km in the 2022-23 fiscal and will be rolled out in 4,000 to 5,000 km every subsequent year, Railway Minister AshwiniVaishnaw.
‘Kavach’, which literally means armour, is being promoted by the Railways as the world’s cheapest automatic train collision protection system.
7) Answer: B
On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2022, Union Minister for MSME, Shri Narayan Rane along with Minister of State for MSME, ShriBhanuPratap Singh Verma launched a Special Entrepreneurship Promotion Drive for Women -“SAMARTH” at New Delhi.
ShriRane announced a Special Entrepreneurship Promotion Drive for Women -“SAMARTH” being implemented by the Ministry to provide them an opportunity to be self-reliant and independent by undertaking self-employment opportunities.
8) Answer: B
Tech giant Microsoft will be setting up its largest India data centre region in Hyderabad at an investment of over Rs 15,000 crore over a period of 15 years.
This makes Microsoft’s data centre investment the second largest foreign direct investment in Telangana after Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) $2.77 billion FDI in its second Asia Pacific data centre region in India after Mumbai.
The proposed Hyderabad data centre region will be Microsoft’s fourth in the country after Mumbai, Pune and Chennai.
9) Answer: A
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has collaborated with the MSME Trade and Investment Promotion Bureau (M-TIPB), Government of Tamil Nadu, for promoting awareness among micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) of the state about the benefits of listing.
Through this association, M-TIPB will provide support in mobilising the SME representatives through district industries centres.
It will also help in mobilising state or regional associations to encourage their SME members to attend capacity building programmes.
10) Answer: C
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das launched UPI for feature phones called UPI123Pay.
He also unveiled a 24×7 helpline for digital payments – DigiSaathi.
UPI (unified payments interface) ‘123PAY’ is a three-step method to initiate and execute services for users which will work on simple phones
11) Answer: B
PSU lender Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has sanctioned a loan of ₹1,000 crore to Jammu and Kashmir Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation Ltd (JKIDFC).
The bank has already disbursed ₹500 crore of the sanctioned amount.
The sanction is part of the Bank’s business plan to widen credit growth and funding infrastructure development across the nation.
12) Answer: E
Insolvency regulator IBBI and Indian Banks Association (IBA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on capacity building for financial creditors on topics related to insolvency, bankruptcy and related subjects.
The MOU was signed in the capital by Amit Pradhan, Executive Director, IBBI and Sunil Mehta Chief Executive.
13) Answer: C
BhartiAirtel, India’s premier communications solutions provider, and Axis Bank, India’s third-largest private sector bank, have entered into a strategic partnership to strengthen the growth of India’s digital ecosystem through a range of financial solutions.
It would enable access to credit and various digital financial offerings from Axis Bank to Airtel’s 340 million plus customers.
14) Answer: D
Intellect Design Arena stated that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has chosen Intellect to implement the upgraded version of the Cloud Native Intellect Quantum Core Banking solution to power the next stage of their digital transformation agenda.
The entire central banking operation of RBI is currently being supported by Intellect’s Quantum Central Banking Solution, popularly called as e-Kuber in RBI, Government of India & in the Indian Financial Systems.
15) Answer: A
The Reserve Bank of India released a booklet namely ‘BE(A)WARE’ on the common modus operandi used by fraudsters and precautions to be taken while carrying out various financial transactions.
The purpose of this is to enhance public awareness about various types of financial frauds perpetrated on gullible customers while carrying out digital payments and other financial transactions.
16) Answer: E
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Maharashtra State Council has elected Sriram Narayanan, Managing Director, Endress+Hauser (India) Automation Instrumentation as the New Chairman of CII Maharashtra State Council 2022-23.
Mr Narayanan succeeds SudhirMutalik, Founder & Managing Director, Positive Metering Pumps.
17) Answer: B
National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (NMDC), Country’s largest Iron Ore producer, a CPSE under Ministry of Steel received 1st prize in the IspatRajbhasha Award for 2018-19 and 2020-21 and the IspatRajbhashaPrerna Award for 2019-20 in the meeting of the Hindi Salahakar Committee of the Ministry of Steel held in Madurai on 3rd March 2022.
18) Answer: C
JSW Energy Ltd. announced its wholly-owned step down subsidiary JSW Energy Kutehr Ltd. has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Haryana Power Purchase Centre (HPPC) for supply of 240 MW hydro power.
The agreement is valid for 35 years (with further extension at mutually agreed terms).
The PPA signed at a levelised ceiling tariff of Rs 4.50 per kWh (kilowatt-hour).
19) Answer: A
National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) to develop a sustainable model for promoting entrepreneurship at the grass roots by initiating the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP).
This project comes with a aim to support entrepreneurs in rural areas to set-up enterprises at the village-level in non-agricultural sectors.
20) Answer: D
The 9th Edition of India – Sri Lanka Bilateral Maritime Exercise SLINEX (Sri Lanka India Naval Exercise) is scheduled at Visakhapatnam from 07 Mar to 10 Mar 2022.
The exercise is being conducted in two phases;
1.Harbour Phase at Visakhapatnam on 07-08 Mar 22
2.Sea Phase at Bay of Bengal on 09-10 Mar 22.
Sri Lanka Navy will be represented by SLNS Sayurala, an advanced offshore patrol vessel and the Indian Navy by INS Kirch, a guided missile corvette.
21) Answer: A
NASA has started the assembly of a new spacecraft named Europa Clipper Spacecraft that will carry out the Europa clipper mission.
It has been designed and constructed by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and most of its hardware is expected to be assembled before 2022.
The spacecraft has been designed to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa in search of conditions suitable for supporting life.
22) Answer: E
Ganga Prasad is the current governor of Sikkim
23) Answer: D
The Bank that begins with “U” – United bank of India
24) Answer: C
The City Ahmedabad is located on the bank of River Sabarmati
25) Answer: A
NFO stands for New Fund Offer
