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1) Which of the following Small Finance banks has launched ‘Rainbow Savings Account’ Exclusively for the transgender Community
a) Capital Small Finance Banks
b) Equitas Small Finance Banks
c) ESAF Small Finance Banks
d) Unity Small Finance Banks
e) None of the above
2) Recently, Padma Shri Award Winner Ram Chandra Manjhi passed away. He belongs to Which Field?
a) Writer
b) Singer
c) Artist
d) Politicians
e) None of the above
3) Who among the following has been announced as the next prime minister of the United Kingdom in September 2022?
a) Patrick Brown
b) Roman Baber
c) Mary Elizabeth Truss
d) Rishi Sunnak
e) None of the above
4) Union ministry recently approved a __________ scheme for the development of over 14,000 schools across the country as PM Schools for Rising India (PM-SHRI).
a) 26,360 Crores
b) 27,360 Crores
c) 28,360 crores
d) 27,300 crores
e) None of the above
5) Which of the following minister unveiled India’s first drone prototype for human organ Transportation?
a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
b) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
c) Ministry of Home Affairs
d) Ministry of External Affairs
e) None of the above
6) Which of the following bank recently joined the Open Network for Digital Commerce, an initiative of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry?
a) IDFC First Bank
b) Yes Bank
c) HDFC Bank
d) South Indian Bank
e) None of the above
7) Which state recently received the International Travel Award 2023 for best Destination for culture the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA),
a) West Bengal
b) Assam
c) TamilNadu
d) Tripura
e) None of the above
8) Which of the following state launched the Community Harnessing and Harvesting rainwater Artificially from Terrace to Aquifer (CHHATA) scheme to improve groundwater table?
a) Rajasthan
b) Gujarat
c) Karnataka
d) Odisha
e) None of the above
9) Which of the following country won the 2022 Japan Open Badminton Tournament in Osaka?
a) South Korea
b) Japan
c) Nepal
d) India
e) None of the above
10) Which of the following bank has become the first public sector bank (PSB) to go live on the Income Tax Department’s new Direct Tax Collection System Tin 2.0?
a) Union Bank of India
b) Bank of India
c) Canara Bank
d) South Indian Bank
e) None of the above
11) Who is the first Indian boxer to win gold in both the Asian and Winter Games passed away?
a) Akhil Kumar
b) Hawa Singh
c) Dingko Singh
d) Birju Sah
e) None of the above
12) NASA and _____________spaceflight company signed a mission order for the second private-astronaut mission to the International Space Station to take place in the second quarter of 2023.
a) Virgin Galactic
b) Spacex
c) Axiom
d) Blue Origin
e) None of the above
13) Which of the following Telecom companies has launched a pilot initiative with Odisha to provide bill payment services?
a) BSNL
b) Vodafone
c) Bharati Airtel
d) Reliance Jio
e) None of the above
14) Who has been awarded Sahitya Puraskar of the Loknayak Foundation?
a) Fahmida Asim
b) Tanikella Bharani
c) Marina Tabassum
d) Aruna Roy
e) None of the above
15) Reliance General Insurance, has launched one of its most flexible and popular products – Reliance Health Gain Policy on the ____________online platform.
a) Policy Bazaar
b) Ebay
c) Flipkart
d) Amazon
e) None of the above
16) Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has launched the ‘Manthan’ three-day conference and public EXPO conducted in ________.
a) Chennai
b) Delhi
c) Bengaluru
d) Kolkata
e) None of the above
17) Which Ministry has launched Shikshak Parv to honor teachers and progress the new National Education Policy (NEP)?
a) Ministry of education
b) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
c) Ministry of Home Affairs
d) Ministry of External Affairs
e) None of the above
18) Union Minister Jitendra Singh said India’s healthcare sector is anticipated to develop into a $50 billion market by________.
a) 2024
b) 2025
c) 2030
d) 2035
e) None of the above
19) Which of the following statement is correct regarding the central bank digital currency (CBDC)?
I) Reserve Bank of India decided to set up the central bank digital currency (CBDC), it might be used to speed up and lower the cost of international transactions.
II) CBDC is a digital or virtual currency but differs from private cryptocurrency
III) India’s own CBDC was first announced by Nirmala Sitharaman in the 2022 Budget.
a)I Only
b) II only
c) III only
d) All the above
e) I & II only
20) Which of the following Organisations/ministries has sponsored the Shikshak Parv to honor teachers and progress the new National Education Policy (NEP)?
a) Ministry of Education
b) CBSE
c) AICTE
d) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
e) All the above
Answers :
1) Answer: C
ESAF Small Finance Bank Ltd (ESAF SFB) has launched a ‘Rainbow Savings Account’ exclusively for the transgender community offering a host of features, including high savings rates and advanced debit card facilities.
Many transgenders from different parts of Kerala participated in the launch of Rainbow Savings Account’s logo event, which was organized in association with the Navodaya Movement.
About Rainbow Savings Account :
The Rainbow Savings Account is an effort to promote a trans-friendly or inclusive labor culture.
The account provides a default credit of interest.
In 2015, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directed banks to add a distinct column labeled “third gender” to all of their applications and forms.
2) Answer: C
Legendary artist, Ram Chandra Manjhi, has passed away at the age of 97.
Manjhi was born in 1925 in Tajpur in the Saran district of Bihar, India.
He was an Indian Bhojpuri folk dancer and theater artist.
His performance in the Bhojpuri folk dance ‘Naach’ for 8 decades has helped the preservation of the ailing art form
He was one of the members of Bhikhari Thakur’s drama team
3) Answer: C
Mary Elizabeth Truss, prominently referred to as Liz Truss was announced as the next prime minister of the United Kingdom after she defeated rival Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership race. Truss, 47, had emerged as a contender for the prime ministerial role after her predecessor Boris Johnson agreed to step down.
4) Answer: B
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 27,360-crore scheme for the development of over 14,000 schools across the country as PM Schools for Rising India (PM-SHRI), which is expected to benefit 187 lakh students.
Under the scheme, over 14,000 schools, including Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas as well as schools run by state governments and local bodies, will be strengthened to emerge as PM-SHRI Schools, Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Anurag Thakur told reporters after the Cabinet meeting.
5) Answer: B
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Saturday unveiled India’s prototype of drone transportation of human organs to facilitate quick organ transplants in hospitals.
The use of drones in moving the harvested organs from the airport to the hospital, as against the present mode of transporting them by road from the airport, will reduce considerable time.
6) Answer: A
Private sector lender IDFC First Bank has become a participant of the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), an initiative of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), to enable early adoption of the network among its customers.
Key Highlights: The Bank has enabled a platform for buyers which will help them discover sellers in the ONDC Network.
The Bank has started onboarding small merchants, who are its current account customers, onto a partner app registered with ONDC.
The app helps small merchants carry out transactions over ONDC’s electronic network and step up their digital footprint.
7) Answer: A
The Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA), an affiliate member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, has granted West Bengal the International Travel Award 2023 for Best Destination for Culture (UNWTO).
On March 9, 2023, in Berlin, Germany, at the World Tourism and Aviation Leaders’ Summit, the award will be given out.
The Republic of Cuba has been named the Caribbean’s Leading Cultural Destination in 2022 by World Travel Awards for the second consecutive year.
8) Answer: D
The Odisha government launched the Community Harnessing and Harvesting rainwater Artificially from Terrace to Aquifer (CHHATA) scheme – a rooftop rainwater harvesting system with an investment of Rs 270 crore.
The scheme is executed by the Directorate of Ground Water Development under the Department of Water Resources(DoWR).
9) Answer: B
Japan won the 2022 Japan Open Badminton Tournament singles finals in Osaka.
Japan is the host country of the 2022 Japan Open Badminton Tournament.
Kenta Nishimoto, 28, won his first career title in the men’s.
Yamaguchi Akane, the World Champion, won for the second week in a row in ladies.
Due to the epidemic, the Japan Open was hosted for the first time in three years, and only Yamaguchi was able to defend her title.
10) Answer: B
Bank of India (BOI) has become the first public sector bank (PSB) to go live on Income Tax Department’s new Direct Tax Collection System Tin 2.0.
Tax Information Network, TIN 2.0 (e-filing) is the official portal of the Income Tax Department, Ministry of Finance (MoF), Government of India (GoI).
About Tax Information Network, TIN 2.0 (e-filing) :
The portal has been developed by the Income Tax Department as a Mission Mode Project under the National E-Governance Plan.
Objective: To provide the taxpayers with single window access to income tax-related services including tax payments.
With this, taxpayers will now get a single platform for their tax payments as well as e-filing of tax returns.
The process is simple and fast, making it easier for taxpayers to make the payments at their convenience in just a few clicks.
11) Answer: D
The first Indian boxer to win medals at both the Asian and Commonwealth Games, Birju Sah has passed away at the age of 48.
Birju Sah’s first major international success came at the 1993 Asian junior championships in Bangkok, Thailand, at the age of 19.
Birju Sah won bronze medals at the Commonwealth & Asian Games in 1994.
He also won bronze in the light flyweight (45-48kg) division.
12) Answer: C
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Axiom Space have signed a mission order for the second private astronaut mission – Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) to the International Space Station (ISS) to take place in the second quarter of 2023.
The spaceflight will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and travel to the space station.
13) Answer: C
Bharti Airtel has launched a pilot initiative with TP Northern Odisha Distribution to provide bill payment services to over 2 million consumers.
To facilitate bill payments, the trial initiative would be deployed to 4000 Airtel Payment Banks (APBs) across northern Odisha.
According to Airtel IQ Business Head Abhishek Biswal, the company’s objective is to grow the initiative across Odisha and eventually work with other state electrical boards for similar solutions.
14) Answer: B
Tanikella Bharani, a writer and performer in Telugu, received the 18th Loknayak Foundation Award, the foundation’s annual Sahitya Puraskar, during a ceremony held at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh’s Kalabharathi Auditorium.
Along with actor Manchu Mohan Babu and other guests, the chief guest for the event, Kambhampati Haribabu, presented Tanikella Bharania with her award.
Additionally, the present was retired Supreme Court Justice Jasti Chelameswar.
The award is popularly referred to as ‘Andhra Jnanpith’.
It carries a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh.
15) Answer: A
One of India’s leading General Insurance companies, Reliance General Insurance, has launched one of its most flexible and popular products – Reliance Health Gain Policy – on Policybazaar’s online platform.
The Policy Launched in May 2022.
The policy gives its customers the freedom to choose and personalize their health policies as per their requirements.
The non-life insurance penetration in India is about 1% of GDP which is quite low in comparison to the global average of 4.1%.
16) Answer: C
Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, will launch ‘Manthan’ in Bengaluru.
General Dr. VK Singh, Union Minister of State for RT&H and Civil Aviation, and Shri Basavaraj Bommai, Chief Minister of Karnataka, will accompany him.
The theme of Mathan is ‘IDEAS TO ACTION: Towards a smart, sustainable, road infra, mobility, and logistics ecosystem.’
Manthan is a three-day invitation conference and public EXPO conducted by the Ministry of Road, Transport, and Highways.
17) Answer: A
Launch of Shikshak Parv by the Ministry of Education To honor teachers and progress the new National Education Policy (NEP), Union Ministers Annapurna Devi and Rajkumar Ranjan Singh launched Shikshak Parv
The inauguration of Shikshak Parv was celebrated with an inaugural colloquium sponsored by the Ministry of Education, CBSE, AICTE, and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
According to the Minister of State (MoS) for Education Annapurna Devi, instructors would have to develop a future action plan with the idea of an integrated and multidisciplinary approach under NEP 2020.
18) Answer: B
By 2025, the Indian healthcare sector is anticipated to develop into a $50 billion market, according to Union Minister Jitendra Singh.
The minister added that during the past two years, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, healthcare has become more focused on innovation and technology.
The minister was speaking at the 14th CII Global MedTech Summit, “Seizing the Global Opportunity.”
19) Answer: D
According to Reserve Bank Deputy Governor T. Rabi Sankar, the central bank digital currency (CBDC), which is set to be introduced this year, might be used to speed up and lower the cost of international transactions.
According to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget announcement, the RBI has recommended beginning operations on a trial basis this year.
The finance minister had stated that the RBI would launch a digital equivalent to the rupee in the current fiscal year in the Union Budget for 2022–2023.
CBDC is a digital or virtual currency but differs from private cryptocurrency in that it is backed and issued by a sovereign state.
Private virtual currencies don’t represent any person’s debt or liabilities as there is no issuer.
India’s own CBDC was first announced by Nirmala Sitharaman in the 2022 Budget
20) Answer: E
Launch of Shikshak Parv by the Ministry of Education To honor teachers and progress the new National Education Policy (NEP), Union Ministers Annapurna Devi and Rajkumar Ranjan Singh launched Shikshak Parv
The inauguration of Shikshak Parv was celebrated with an inaugural colloquium sponsored by the Ministry of Education, CBSE, AICTE, and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
According to the Minister of State (MoS) for Education Annapurna Devi, instructors would have to develop a future action plan with the idea of an integrated and multidisciplinary approach under NEP 2020.
