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1) Every year, the International Sex Workers Day has been observed on which the following day?

(a) 2 June

(b) 4 June

(d) 5 June

(e) 3 June

2) The National Health Authority (NHA) has announced the release of its newly revamped public under its flagship scheme of AB PM-JAY. What is the full form of AB PM-JAY?

(a) Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Arogya Yojana

(b) Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Ayushman Yojana

(d) Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana

(e) Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arundhathi Yojana

3) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a special series of coins that are also ‘visually impaired friendly’. Which of the following denominations were not included?

(a) 1

(b) 10

(d) 20

(e) 2

4) What are the newly increased insurance premium rates for Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)?

(a) Rs 555

(b) Rs 470

(d) Rs 499

(e) Rs 436

5) Where was the world’s first nano urea liquid plant inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

(a) Assam

(b) Gujarat

(d) Manipur

(e) Maharashtra

6) Who chaired the Union Cabinet has approved the expansion of the mandate of GeM to allow procurement by Cooperatives as buyers on GeM?

(a) Piyush Goyal

(b) Narendra Modi

(d) Nirmala Sitharaman

(e) Amit Shah

7) Which organization has launched its “biodiversity policy 2022” for the conservation and restoration of a balanced ecosystem?

(a) HPCL

(b) IOC

(d) POWERGRID

(e) BPCL

8) The Supreme Court has ordered that mining within ______ radius of the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries shall not be permitted?

(a) 2 km

(b) 1 km

(d) 4 km

(e) 3 km

9) Which of the following state has recently celebrated the Sital Sasthi festival?

(a) Assam

(b) Tripura

(d) Haryana

(e) Mizoram

10) Which of the following state has launched the “Yantra Seva Scheme”?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Telangana

(e) Madhya Pradesh

11) What was the revised GDP growth of India for FY 23, according to World Bank’s latest report?

(a) 6.5%

(b) 7.4%

(d) 7.5%

(e) 8.1%

12) Which bank has partnered with Indian Oil to launch a co-branded RuPay Contactless credit card?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) Federal Bank

(d) ICICI Bank

(e) YES Bank

13) Recently, which bank has received capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) nod to launch and raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO)?

(a) Karnataka Bank

(b) Tamilnad Mercantile Bank

(d) City Union Bank

(e) CSB Bank

14) Under which yojana, The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) has reduced the capital required by insurance companies offering policies?

(a) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

(b) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana

(d) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana

(e) PM-KISAN Samman Nidhi

15) Which Acadamy has partnered with SBI Foundation to launch UpSchool, a digital learning program for students from classes 1 to 10?

(a) Un Academy

(b) Khan Academy

(d) Kapoor Academy

(e) Vinay Academy

16) Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) has for the first time crossed __________ rupees sales in May 2022.

(a) 50 crore

(b) 100 crore

(d) 150 crore

(e) 500 crore

17) The United States and which country’s militaries have launched 8 ballistic missiles into the sea?

(a) Canada

(b) China

(d) South Korea

(e) Germany

18) Who among the following is the richest person in the world, according to Forbes real-time billionaires list?

(a) Elon Musk

(b) Bernard Arnault

(d) Jeff Bezos

(e) Warren Buffett

19) Who has released the 4th State Food Safety Index (SFSI) by FSSAI to measure the performance of States across five parameters of food safety?

(a) Narendra Modi

(b) Mansukh Mandaviya

(d) Nitin Gadkari

(e) Ramnath Kovind

20) Which of the following educational institute has launched India’s First Agri Land Price Index?

(a) IIT Bombay

(b) IIT Madras

(d) IIT Kanpur

(e) IIsc Bangalore

21) Which company has signed the “Climate Neutral Now (CNN)” pledge by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)?

(a) Flipkart

(b) Amazon

(d) Blue Dart

(e) Snap Deal

22) Which country won the inaugural FIH Hockey 5s championship in Lausanne in Switzerland?

(a) Sweden

(b) Belgium

(d) Argentina

(e) India

23) What is the rank of the Indian Women’s Hockey team in the FIH World Hockey Rankings?

(a) Third

(b) Sixth

(d) Second

(e) Fourth

24) Who became the first canoeist from India to win a World Cup medal in the Paracanoe World Cup held in Poznan, Poland?

(a) Nargis Fakhri

(b) Prachi Yadav

(d) Susan Seipel

(e) Prachi Desai

25) Who became the first Indian Railways officer to complete the grueling ‘Ironman’ Triathlon?

(a) Mohammad Ayazuddin

(b) Milan Luthria

(d) Shreyas G Hosur

(e) Hansie Cronje

Answers :

1) Answer: A

International Sex Workers Day is observed on 2 June every year across the world.

This day is celebrated to highlight the rampant exploitation of sex workers and the terrible conditions they live in. It aims to raise awareness about the abuse and victimization of sex workers.

It was on 2 June 1975 that approximately 100 sex workers gathered at Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon, France, expressing their frustration and fury over their criminalized and exploitative living conditions.

2) Answer: D

The National Health Authority (NHA) announced the release of its newly revamped public under its flagship scheme of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) dashboard that provides a granular view of the PM-JAY scheme implementation data comprehensively. The dashboard will serve as a single source of truth for public and PM-JAY stakeholders providing a comprehensive view of the scheme’s progress.

3) Answer: C

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has launched a special series of coins that are also ‘visually impaired friendly’. The coins of Re 1, Rs 2, 5, 10, and 20 denominations will have the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) design. They are not commemorative coins and will be part of the circulation.

4) Answer: E

The government has hiked the insurance premium rates for Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY). The new rates will be effective from June 1, 2022. This is the first time the premium rates have been increased since the schemes were launched seven years ago in 2015.

The premium rates of both schemes have been revised, with PMJJBY being increased from Rs 330 to Rs 436 and PMSBY being increased from Rs 12 to Rs 20.

5) Answer: B

PM Shri Narendra Modi has inaugurated the world’s first nano urea liquid plant by Indian Farmers’ Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) at Kalol in Gujarat.

The virtual inauguration took place at a ceremony held in Gandhinagar in the presence of Union home minister Shri Amit Shah, Union minister of chemicals and fertilizers, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, along with the chief minister, Bhupendra Patel.

The first IFFCO nano urea (liquid) production unit at Kalol has been made with an investment of Rs 175 crore. At present, it can produce 1.5 lakh bottles of 500ml capacity of nano urea per day.

6) Answer: B

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi, has approved the expansion of the mandate of GeM to allow procurement by Cooperatives as buyers on GeM.

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, inaugurated the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) on August 9, 2016, to develop an open and transparent procurement platform for Government buyers.

A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) by the name of Government e-Marketplace (GeM SPV) was set up as the National Public Procurement Portal on May 17, 2017.

7) Answer: C

Power giant NTPC has come out with its “biodiversity policy 2022” for the conservation and restoration of a balanced ecosystem.

The power major aims to mainstream the concept of biodiversity across its value chain and adopt a precautionary approach for sustainable management of biodiversity in all the decision-making processes to ensure the earth’s variety of life in and around the business units of NTPC. The policy also aims to adopt systematic consideration of local threats to biodiversity beyond the company’s business activities.

8) Answer: B

The Supreme Court has ordered that mining within the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries shall not be permitted.

Besides this, the top court also directed that each protected forest, that is a national park or wildlife sanctuary, must have an eco-sensitive zone of a minimum of one kilometer measured from the demarcated boundary of such protected forest in which the activities proscribed and prescribed in the Guidelines of February 9, 2011, shall be strictly adhered to.

For the Jamwa Ramgarh wildlife sanctuary, it shall be 500 meters so far as subsisting activities are concerned.

9) Answer: C

A week-long special sacred Hindu festival, Sital Sasthi is being celebrated in Odisha.

The festival highlights the marriage of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati.

According to the Hindu calendar, Sital Sasthi is observed on the 6th day of the Jyestha month during the Shukla Paksha.

After a gap of two years, In 2022, an assembly of more than 6,000 artists across Odisha as well as other states are likely to perform at the cultural extravaganza.

10) Answer: B

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched YSR Yantra Seva Scheme and flagged off the mega distribution of tractors and combine harvesters at Chuttugunta Centre in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.

Minister Thaneti Vanita, Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy, Ambati Rambabu, and other officials were present at the events.

A total of 3,800 tractors along with 1,140 other farm machinery have been distributed at Rythu Bharosa Kendras (RBKs) level – Custom Hiring Centers (CHCs).

11) Answer: D

The World Bank In its latest Global Economic Prospects report, lowered its 2022-23 (FY23) real gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for India to 7.5 percent, from 8 percent, on the back of inflationary pressures, supply-chain pressures, and geopolitical tensions due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

This is the second time the World Bank has revised its GDP growth forecast for India in FY23.

Earlier in April 2022, WB had trimmed the forecast from 8.7 percent to 8 percent.

12) Answer: C

Axis Bank and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) in partnership with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), have announced the launch of a co-branded contactless INDIAN OIL AXIS BANK RuPay Credit Card.

To offer innovative as well as customized benefits on the card backed by cutting-edge technology to provide a safe and rewarding experience to millions of customers.

13) Answer: B

Private sector lender Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) has received capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) nod to launch and raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO).

According to the Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP), The public issue comprises a fresh issue of 1,58,27,495 equity shares and an Offer For Sale (OFS) of up to 12,505 equity shares by shareholders.

14) Answer: B

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) has reduced the capital required by insurance companies offering policies under Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) by almost 50 percent.

It will enable life insurers to offer more policies under the scheme, and provide financial security through life insurance.

Recently, the government has hiked the premium rates for the two flagship schemes – PMJJBY and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) to make these schemes economically viable

15) Answer: B

SBI Foundation has launched UpSchool, a digital learning program for students from classes 1 to 10 in partnership with Khan Academy, an educational nonprofit in India.

This program will be available in English, Hindi, and Kannada languages.

Aim :

To reduce learning gaps and build a solid foundation in math and reading for their current academic year.

16) Answer: B

Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI), the implementing agency of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) has for the first time crossed 100 crore rupees sales in May.

The government has set a target to increase the number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras to 10,000 by March 2024 with a vision to provide quality medicines at an affordable rate for the common man, especially the poor.

17) Answer: D

The United States and South Korean militaries launched 8 ballistic missiles into the sea in a show of force matching a North Korean missile display.

The allies’ live-fire exercise involved eight Army Tactical Missile System missiles, one American and seven South Korean that were fired into South Korea’s eastern waters over 10 minutes.

The South’s military detected North Korea firing eight short-range missiles over 35 minutes from at least four different locations, including western and eastern coastal areas and two inland areas north of and near the capital, Pyongyang, North Korea.

18) Answer: A

According to Forbes real-time billionaires list, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk continues to be the richest person in the world with a net worth of $233.7 billion.

Top 5 in Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List:

As per the list, Mukesh Ambani has ranked 6th position with a net worth of $104.7 billion & meanwhile, Gautam Adani, is the 9th largest richest man in the world with a total net worth of $99.9 billion.

19) Answer: B

On the occasion of World Food Safety Day, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya released the 4th State Food Safety Index (SFSI) by FSSAI to measure the performance of States across five parameters of food safety and felicitated the winning State/UTs based on the ranking for the year 2021-22.

Among large States, Tamil Nadu topped the list followed by Gujarat & Maharashtra.

Among the smaller states, Goa stood first followed by Manipur and Sikkim.

20) Answer: C

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) in collaboration with Indian agri-land marketplace SFarmsIndia has launched the IIMA-SFarmsIndia Agri Land Price Index (ISALPI), a first-of-its-kind land price index that will record and present ‘quality controlled’ data of prices of agricultural land across India.

21) Answer: D

Logistics services provider Blue Dart has signed the “Climate Neutral Now (CNN)” pledge by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The Climate Neutral Now Initiative encourages and supports interested stakeholders to act now to achieve a climate-neutral world by 2050, as per the Paris Agreement.

The initiative is a tool to promote voluntary action on climate change, Blue Dart, which is a part of the Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) Group.

22) Answer: E

India beat Poland 6-4 in the final to clinch the inaugural FIH Hockey 5s championship in Lausanne in Switzerland. India, who had topped the five-team league standings with three wins and one draw en route final, ended their campaign with an unbeaten record.

India had beaten Poland, who had finished second with two wins and as many losses, 6-2 in their round-robin league match three and half hours earlier

23) Answer: B

The Indian Women’s Hockey team climbed to the sixth position in the FIH World Hockey Rankings, achieving their best-ever ranking.

With 2029.396 points, the Indian Women’s Hockey Team is now placed in the World Rankings above Spain. Spain dropped one place after losing both their FIH Hockey Pro League 2021-22 matches to Argentina.

24) Answer: B

Paralympian Prachi Yadav made history for India by becoming the first canoeist from the country to win a World Cup medal when she bagged a bronze in the VL2 Women’s 200m in the Paracanoe World Cup held in Poznan, Poland.

Prachi, the para-canoeist from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh who is the first Indian to qualify for and reach the final in the Paralympic Games in Tokyo last year, finished third in the VL2 Women’s 200m in 1:04.71 to finish behind Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Susan Seipel of Australia and Brianna Hennessy of Canada, who bagged gold and silver respectively.

25) Answer: D

Shreyas G Hosur after he created history by becoming the first officer from the Indian Railways to complete the ‘Ironman Triathlon’ – considered to be the toughest single-day sports event in the world.

The event includes a 3.8 km swim, 180 km cycling, and 42.2 km running.

Hosur completed the event – held in Germany’s Hamburg in 13 hours and 26 minutes.