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1) Project Icebreaker is a joint initiative from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of ________________.
(a) Israel
(b) Norway
(c) Sweden
(d) All of the above
(e) Both A and B
2) Which organisation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ShowReel for developing an online digital platform?
(a) NABARD
(b) SIDBI
(c) RBI
(d) FICCI
(e) SEBI
3) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese have inaugurated the friendship hall of fame in__________________.
(a) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(c) Hyderabad, Telangana
(d) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
(e) Surat, Gujarat
4) Consider the following statement regarding recent databy the central government. Which of the following statement is incorrect?
(i) A High Price Day Ahead Market and Surplus Power Portal (PUShP) has been launched by the central government.
(ii) The portal was launched in presence of over 200 stakeholders from state governments and the power sector.
(iii) Last year, the Ministry of Power directed Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to put a price cap of Rs 14 on the prices in the electricity exchange.
(a) Only (iii)
(b) Both (i) and (ii)
(c) Only (ii)
(d) Both (ii) and (iii)
(e) All (i), (ii) and (iii)
5) Who among the following has launched a three-week-long women-led cleanliness campaign ‘Swachhotsav’?
(a) Rajnath Singh
(b) Nirmala Sitharaman
(c) Piyush Goyal
(d) Narendra Modi
(e) Hardeep Singh Puri
6) The Ministry of Power has mandated new coal or lignite-based thermal plants to either set up renewable energy capacity equivalent to at least ____ per cent of the thermal plant’s capacity.
(a) 35
(b) 40
(c) 25
(d) 20
(e) 50
7) In which district of Tamil Nadu the Keeladi museum was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin?
(a) Karaikudi
(b) Salem
(c) Madurai
(d) Sivaganga
(e) Kanyakumari
8) Recently in March 2023, The Two tigers have been reintroduced in Madhya Pradesh’s Madhav National Park after ___ years.
(a) 22
(b) 17
(c) 23
(d) 25
(e) 27
9) According to the latest data, loans worth ₹3.56-lakh crore have been sanctioned under Mudra loan. When was Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana launched?
(a) 2014
(b) 2017
(c) 2015
(d) 2018
(e) 2016
10) Gyan Chaturvedi has been selected for the 32nd Vyas Samman for his 2018 satirical novel_____________.
(a) Baramasi
(b) Alipura
(c) Marichika
(d) Pagalkhana
(e) Alag
11) As per the recent report in March 2023, India has signed a pact with which country on semiconductor supply chain, innovation partnership?
(a) US
(b) South Africa
(c) Canada
(d) United Kingdom
(e) France
12) Recently, Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel has been elected as the _____ President of Nepal.
(a) 7th
(b) 4th
(c) 3rd
(d) 5th
(e) 6th
13) Who became the 1st female commander to assume control of a stand-alone field workshop in the Eastern Ladakh sector with China?
(a) Shaliza Dhami
(b) Geeta Rana
(c) Bhawana Kanth
(d) Fathima Beevi
(e) Avani Chaturved
14) Who has been elected as the President of China for the 3rd term?
(a) Hu Jintao
(b) Jiang Zemin
(c) Li Qiang
(d) Xi Jinping
(e) Mao Zedong
15) Where was Indian Navy’s TROPEX 2023 exercise held recently?
(a) Gulf of Oman
(b) Mediterranean Sea
(c) Arabian Sea
(d) Caribbean Sea
(e) South China Sea
16) Which of the following country has allowed women to join the military for the first time in 25 years?
(a) Maldives
(b) Italy
(c) Mongolia
(d) Serbia
(e) Colombia
17) The National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) cleared all ways for Indian Air Force (IAF) to set up mountain radars in ____________ by giving approval for their induction.
(a) Sikkim
(b) Jammu & Kashmir
(c) Ladakh
(d) Himachal Pradesh
(e) Assam
18) The US Space Agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has handed over the Earth observation satellite namely __________ to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) at Bengaluru, Karnataka.
(a) HysIS
(b) RISAT
(c) NISAR
(d) Cartosat
(e) SCATSAT
19) Recently, Satish Kaushik passed away at the age of 67. He was a renowned ____________.
(a) Director
(b) Writer
(c) Actor
(d) All of the above
(e) Both A and C
20) Where is the headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) located?
(a) Brussels, Belgium
(b) New York, United States
(c) Basel, Switzerland
(d) Paris, France
(e) Washington D.C, United States
Answers :
1) Answer: D
Project Icebreaker, a joint initiative from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of Israel, Norway, and Sweden, has successfully concluded a study on the potential benefits and challenges of using retail central bank digital currencies (CBDC) in international payments.
The project tested the technical feasibility of conducting cross-border and cross-currency transactions in a hub-and-spoke model between different experimental retail CBDC systems.
2) Answer: B
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), the principal financial institution engaged in the promotion, financing and development of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ShowReel for developing an online digital platform
Aim :
To provide handholding support to aspiring innovators with practical-based hand-holding demonstration and equity funding to channelise ideas offering solutions to a multitude of problems.
The new virtual ecosystem is completely digital and is designed to provide citizens of India with a platform to think, analyse and create enterprising ideas to solve real-world development problems.
3) Answer: A
PM Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese inaugurated the friendship hall of fame in Ahmedabad.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Antony Albanese inaugurated the friendship hall of fame at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
It shows the history of India-Australia Cricket Contests.
Both leaders also handed over test caps to their respective test captains and cheered the players.
This event has been organized to mark the 75 years of cricket Friendship between India and Australia.
Australian counterpart Antony Albanese is on an official visit to India from 8-11 March.
Since May 2022, the Australian Prime Minister and Narendra Modi have met four times.
Antony Albanese announced that Australia and India had finalised the Australia-India Education Qualification Recognition Mechanism.
4) Answer: A
A High Price Day Ahead Market and Surplus Power Portal (PUShP) has been launched by the central government.
It is an initiative to ensure greater availability of power during the peak demand season.
The portal was launched by the Union Power Minister Shri R.K. Singh at a virtual function in New Delhi.
The portal was launched in presence of over 200 stakeholders from state governments and the power sector.
Union Minister said the portal will ensure better utilization of capacity at a reasonable rate.
Last year, the Ministry of Power directed Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to put a price cap of Rs 12 on the prices in the electricity exchange.
A separate segment has been created for those generation systems where the cost of generating power may cross Rs 12.
This separate segment is known as HP DAM.
According to the Union Minister, only those which have power-producing costs of more than Rs 12 per unit would be allowed to operate in HP-DAM.
In case the cost of production is less than Rs 12, the generators will offer power in Power Exchange’s Integrated Day Ahead Market (I-DAM) only with a ceiling price of Rs 12.
Union Minister asked the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and Grid Controller of India to make sure that prices are reasonable in the HP-DAM.
5) Answer: E
Union Minister Shri Hardeep Singh Puri launched a three-week-long women-led cleanliness campaign ‘Swachhotsav’.
The campaign is recognizing and celebrating women-led sanitation, moving beyond women’s participation in sanitation under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0.
A series of programs and activities will be organized in cities to showthe leadership of women in making the mission of Garbage Free Cities (GFCs) a success.
The Women Icons Leading Sanitation and Waste Management (WINS) Challenge-2023 was also announced during the launch of Swachhotsav.
The WINS Challenge-2023 will recognize women entrepreneurs or women-led enterprises working towards achieving cleanliness in cities.
The WINS Awards nominations for 2023 started on March 8.
6) Answer: B
The Ministry of Power has mandated new coal or lignite-based thermal plants to either set up renewable energy capacity equivalent to at least 40 per cent of the thermal plant’s capacity or procure that much supply of green energy under renewable purchase obligation.
Earlier this month the power ministry amended the Tariff Policy 2016 under Electricity Act 2003 to impose the renewable purchase obligation of 40 per cent for the new coal or lignite-based thermal power plants to be set up from April 1, 2023.
A coal/lignite-based thermal generating station and having the Commercial Operation Date (COD) of the project on or after April 1, 2023 shall be required to establish renewable energy generating capacity (in MW) i.e. Renewable Generation Obligation (RGO) of a minimum of 40 per cent of the capacity of the thermal generating station or procure and supply renewable energy equivalent to such capacity.
7) Answer: D
The Keeladi museum was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu (TN) Chief Minister (CM) Shri M.K. Stalin in the Sivaganga district, TN.
Aim :
To showcase the history of Tamils, their heritage and culture and the exhibits kept in the facility include earthenware and brick structures
About Keeladi Museum :
Keeladi museum is located 12 km southeast of Madurai city, in Sivaganga district.
The museum is built on 2 acres at Keeladi at a cost of Rs. 18.43 crore.
The museum has 6 blocks and is built in the Chettinad style of architecture.
The museum is adorned with over 15,000 unique artefacts unearthed between the 4th and 8th phases of excavations since 2018.
8) Answer: E
A tiger and tigress were reintroduced in the Madhav National Park (MNP) in Madhya Pradesh’s (MP) Shivpuri district in a bid to revive the big cat population in the area.Tigers have been reintroduced at Madhav National Park after 27 years.
The tiger was transferred from Satpura Tiger Reserve, and the tigress was shifted from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in MP.
The 2 tigers were released in the park by Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Minister Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia.
A 3rd tiger from Panna Tiger Reserve is expected to arrive at the park in 2-3 days.
The translocation of the two big cats took place to mark the birth anniversary of former Union Minister Shri Madhavrao Scindia, the father of Jyotiraditya Scindia.
The CM will also interact with tiger mitras and Ladli Bahna.
He will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth Rs 270 crore.
Recently, the Cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa were brought to Kuno National Park in Sheopur.
9) Answer: C
Mudra loans disbursal is likely to create an all-time record in the current financial year.
Mudra loans disbursal in the current financial year has surpassed total disbursements of last year.
According to the latest data, loans worth ₹3.56-lakh crore have been sanctioned.
Out of this, loans worth ₹3.48- lakh crore have been disbursed as of March 3, 2023.
In the last financial year (FY22), the loans worth ₹3.39 lakh crore were sanctioned and loans worth ₹3.31 lakh crore were disbursed.
Mudra loans are given in three categories.
These categories are Shishu (up to ₹50,000), Kishor (above ₹50,000 and up to ₹5 lakh) and Tarun (above ₹5 lakh and up to ₹10 lakh).
In absolute number, the amount disbursed has grown in 2022-23 as against 2021-22.
About Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana:
Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana was launched in April 2015.
It was launched for providing loans to non-corporate and non-farm small/micro enterprises.
10) Answer: D
Noted Hindi writer Dr Gyan Chaturvedi’s 2018 satirical novel, Pagalkhana, has been selected for the 32nd Vyas Samman, 2022.
Instituted by the KK Birla Foundation in 1991, the annual Vyas Samman is given to an outstanding Hindi literary work by an Indian citizen published during the last 10 years.
It carries an award money of ₹4 lakh.
After considering the works published during 2012-2021, a selection committee headed by eminent litterateur Prof Ramji Tiwari picked Dr Chaturvedi’s Pagalkhana (mental asylum) for the prestigious Vyas Samman.
Having started his writing career in 1970s, Dr Chaturvedi received India’s fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri in 2015.
11) Answer: A
India and the US have signed a pact on establishing a semiconductor supply chain and innovation partnership seeking to put in place a collaborative mechanism on semiconductor supply chain resiliency and diversification in view of the US’s CHIPS and Science Act and India’s Semiconductor Mission.
The India-US Commercial Dialogue was re-launched by Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and visiting US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to discuss cooperation for unlocking new trade and investment opportunities between the two countries.
India-US Commercial Dialogue and CEO Forum held in Delhi.
12) Answer: C
Nepali Congress senior leader, Mr Ram Chandra Poudel has been elected as the 3rd President of Nepal.
He will replace Ms Bidya Devi Bhandari, whose tenture end on March 12, 2023.
In the election, Mr Poudel defeated Mr Subash Chandra Nembang.
Poudel received 33,802 votes & Subash Chandra Nembang got 15,518 votes.
About Presidential election 2023 :
The term of the President of Nepal is 5 years form the date of the election.
A person can be elected to the post for only 2 terms.
This was the third (3rd) Presidential election in Nepal since it became a republic in 2008.
13) Answer: B
The Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) Colonel Geeta Rana became the 1st female commander to assume control of a stand-alone field workshop in the Eastern Ladakh sector with China.
She is the first woman officer who is a non medical officer to command a unit in the army.
For women officers to assume leadership of the independent units, the Army filled 108 positions.
These are the Corps of Engineers, EME, Ordnance, and other branches of the army.
Earlier In January,2023 the Indian Army for the first time deployed a woman officer, Captain Shiva Chouhan, at Siachen, the world’s highest and coldest battleground.
It also deployed its largest contingent of 27 women peacekeepers in Sudan’s disputed region of Abyei, where they are performing security-related tasks in a challenging mission as part of the United Nations Interim Security Force (UNISFA).
14) Answer: D
China’s Mr Xi Jinping was sworn in for his third term as the country’s head of state.
He leads the ruling Communist Party, and has become China’s longest-serving head of state since the Communist victory in 1949.
He received a unanimous 2,952 votes followed by a standing ovation.
China’s 3,000-member rubber-stamp legislature has formally appointed him as President for another 5 years during a ceremonial vote in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, China.
There was no other candidate in the election.
Xi has also been elected for a third term as chairman of China’s Central Military Commission.
Mr Han Zheng and Mr Zhao Lejie were both elected by the Chinese parliament to serve as speakers and vice speakers, respectively.
Both were in Xi’s previous team of party leaders on the Politburo Standing
15) Answer: C
Indian Navy’s major Operational level exercise Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise TROPEX – 2023, conducted across the expanse of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) over a duration of 4 months from November 2022 to March 2023, culminated in the Arabian Sea.
The exercise concluded with the participation of approximately 70 Indian Navy ships, 6 submarines and over 75 aircraft.
The overall exercise constructs included the coastal defence exercise “Sea Vigil” 2022 and the amphibious exercise 2023 “AMPHEX”.
About TROPEX :
TROPEX is the Navy’s major operational-level exercise.
Indian Army, the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) participated in these exercises.
The theatre of operations for TROPEX 2023 covered an area of over 21 million square nautical miles.
16) Answer: E
Colombia has allowed women to join the military for the first time in 25 years.
A cohort of 1,296 women has been enlisted in Colombia’s Army, February, 2023.
It is part of an effort to increase the share of women in the military.
Key Highlights :
Colombia has long had compulsory military service for males aged 18 to 24.
The army deploys these youths to man military bases, infrastructure security and administrative tasks while its professional soldiers take on drug-trafficking gangs and insurgent groups.
The authorities have allowed women in the same age group to voluntarily join the army.
There are about 2 lakhs soldiers in the Colombian army, of which about 1% are women.
They have so far been joining it from military universities or after applying for administrative jobs.
In the South American country of Colombia, about 50,000 men are drafted into the armed forces every year for 12 months of compulsory military service.
The new push to allow females to enlist comes as Colombia’s congress debates a bill that would eliminate compulsory military service and enable young men to replace it with internships in educational programs, environmental projects or human rights initiatives.
17) Answer: C
The National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) cleared all ways for Indian Air Force (IAF) to set up mountain radars in Ladakh by giving approval for their induction.
Key Highlights :
The radar will be situated just off the proposed new IAF base, which will come up across 500 hectares of land Changsheng sanctuary & this was given the green signal in 2022.
The induction of the mountain radar is part of the larger defence plan to ensure that there is a watch on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), which already has strong radar coverage from the Chinese side of the border.
In November, 2022, the Centre had indicated that it was looking to deploy Rs 10,000 crore worth of radars, most of which are made in India, along the LAC in view of the rising tensions with China.
18) Answer: C
The US Space Agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has handed over the Earth observation satellite, NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) at Bengaluru, Karnataka.
SAR stands for ‘Synthetic Aperture Radar’ technique, responsible for producing high-resolution images from a resolution-limited radar system that NASA has used to measure changes in Earth’s surface.
What is NISAR?
NISAR is an earth observation satellite.
It is jointly developed by NASA and ISRO.
It was envisioned by NASA and ISRO in 2014 for the powerful demonstration of the capability of radar as a science tool.
The 2,800 kilograms satellite consists of two different radar frequencies L-band and S-band SAR instruments, which makes it a dual-frequency imaging radar satellite.
It will be launched in January 2024 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Andhra Pradesh(AP).
19) Answer: D
Veteran Bollywood actor-writer-director Satish Kaushik passed away at the age of 67.
About Satish Kaushik :
Kaushik was born in Mahendragarh, Haryana on 13 April 1956.
He acted in more than 100 films.
He started his career in Bollywood with the film Masoom in 1983.
He was known for his role as Calendar in the 1987 superhit film, Mr. India
He was also known for his role as Pappu Pager in Deewana Mastana.
His first film as a director was Sridevi’s Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993)
Awards & Honors :
He also won the Filmfare Best Comedian Award in 1990 for Ram Lakhan and for Saajan Chale Sasural in 1997.
20) Answer: C
Bank for International Settlements (BIS):
Founded: 20 January 1930
Headquarters: Basel, Switzerland
General Manager : Agustín Carstens.
Membership : 63 central banks
The BIS is an international financial institution owned by central banks that “fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks”.
