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1) Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi took part in a program commemorating Sri Aurobindo’s well-known as yogi Rishi Aurobindo’s ___________ birth anniversary
(a) 50th
(b) 100th
(c) 101st
(d) 150th
(e) 200th
2) Recently, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud virtually inaugurates Digitization Hubs in ten districts of which state?
(a) Odisha
(b) Bihar
(c) Gujarat
(d) Himachal Pradesh
(e) Madhya Pradesh
3) G7 nations establish an international climate club to fight global warming. Which country will hold the presidency of the G-7 2023?
(a) Germany
(b) Japan
(c) India
(d) France
(e) Italy
4) Mopa international airport is in news, It is located in which State or Union Territory?
(a) Ladakh
(b) Delhi
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Goa
(e) Sikkim
5) Theatre festival ‘Under the Sal Tree’ is a unique festival celebrated in which state?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Assam
(c) Nagaland
(d) Mizoram
(e) Manipur
6) The Purple Fest, the First-ever festival for persons with disabilities will be organized from January 6-8, 2023 in which state?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) Kerala
(d) Odisha
(e) Goa
7) National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited (NIIFL) Signs Agreement with which state for Renewable Energy Projects worth Rs 5,000 to Rs 6,000 crore?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) Bihar
8) “Guaranteed Fortune Plan” is a new plan for life cover launched by which Life Insurance Company?
(a) Life Insurance Corporation of India
(b) PNB MetLife India Insurance Co Ltd
(c) Aegon Life Insurance
(d) Canara HSBC Life Insurance
(e) Max Life Insurance Company
9) Which Private sector bank in India partners with Startup India to launch the 6th Parivartan SmartUp Grants for social start-ups?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) HDFC BANK
(c) AXIS BANK
(d) DCB Bank
(e) IDBI Bank
10) Retail inflation fell below 6% in November for the first time since 2022. It has been reduced from 6.77% in October to ___________% in November 2022
(a) 5.99%
(b) 5.96%
(c) 5.93%
(d) 5.90%
(e)5.88%
11) Which among the following has topped the Grievance Redressal Index for the fourth time in a row?
(a)Finance Ministry
(b)Reserve Bank of India
(c)Securities and Exchange Board of India
(d)National Payments Corporation of India
(e)Unique Identification Authority of India
12) World Health Organization (WHO) appoints whom as their chief scientist to replace Soumya Swaminathan?
(a)Jeremy Farrar
(b)Christiane Dolecek
(c)Mark Walport
(d)Peter Lachmann
(e)Henry Wellcome
13) The Oscar nominations for 2023 will be announced, and they will include Best Actors, Actresses, and Films. India has been nominated for an Oscar nomination in 2023 for the Gujarati film named ______________
(a)Chhello Show
(b)The Fabelmans
(c)Armageddon Time
(d)Belfast
(e)RRR
14) Recently, Bhupendra Patel of BJP takes oath as the Chief Minister of which state for 2nd consecutive time?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Nagaland
(e) Assam
15) Who among the following has unveiled the bust of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) late General Bipin Rawat in New Delhi?
(a)President Droupadi Murmu
(b)Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar
(c)Prime Minister Narendra Modi
(d)Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
(e)Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt
16) Which country’s private company space startup has launched its first-ever lunar mission?
(a) Japan
(b) China
(c) USA
(d) UK
(e) India
17) Who has won gold in the women’s air pistol National Shooting Championship 2022 held in Madhya Pradesh?
(a)Sonia Rai
(b)Tejaswini Sawant
(c)Divya TS
(d)Anjali Bhagwat MP
(e) Srisha M
18) Kenneth Powell passes away, He belongs to which field?
(a) Politics
(b) Sports
(c) Cinema
(d) Medical
(e) Agricultural
19) Rover cup was related to which of the following sport?
(a)Hockey
(b)Football
(c)Cricket
(d)Rugby
(e)None of these
20) Where does Baglihar dam located?
(a)Punjab
(b)Rajasthan
(c)Jammu & Kashmir
(d)Himachal Pradesh
(e)None of these
Answers :
1) Answer: D
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi attended a function honouring Sri Aurobindo’s 150th birthday.
Under the auspices of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Prime Minister released a commemorative coin and postal stamp in honour of Sri Aurobindo.
He is well known as the yogi Rishi Aurobindo.
He was a revolutionary, a nationalist, a poet, a teacher, and a philosopher.
Shri Krishnadhan Ghosh gave birth to him on August 15, 1872, in Calcutta.
His father was a wealthy Calcutta doctor.
He was also a journalist, and his first philosophical magazine, Arya, came out in 1914.
His many books include The Life Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga, and Savitri.
2) Answer: A
Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud virtually inaugurated ten district court digitization hubs (DCDH) in Odisha, stating that the judiciary needs to be modernized.
With this inauguration, the state now has a total of 15 DCDHs, each serving a neighboring district and therefore covering all 30 district courts.
The digitizing of all 30 districts in the state would be handled by the hubs in Angul, Bhadrak, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Keonjhar, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh, and Sonepur.
Each DCDH will be tasked with digitizing the districts around it.
On April 30, 2021, four District Court Digitization Centres (DCDC) were established on a trial basis in the districts of Cuttack, Ganjam, Sambalpur, and Balasore.
He praised the Orissa High Court’s information and communication technology (ICT) policies implemented under the direction of Chief Justice S Muralidhar, saying, “Digitisation should be complemented with a drive for e-filing of cases.”
Digitization facilitates authorized users’ access to records while also ensuring systematic information keeping, document and record security, and a reduction in the time required to locate documents.
3) Answer: B
The Group of Seven (G7) leading economies have created an open, international climate club for countries that want to cooperate in the fight against global warming.
This was announced by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Germany holds the presidency of the G-7 until the end of 2022 and then passes it on to Japan in 2023.
Key Highlights :
According to the German government, the climate club aims to support the rapid and ambitious implementation of the Paris Agreement, which seeks to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit).
The club will work to help accelerate the industrial transition to cleaner forms of energy and to further develop emission-reduction measures
Dec 12, 2022, marked the 7th anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement.
Germany increased its solar capacity by 10% in 2022, and the amount of additional wind power capacity it installed on land and at sea was only about 3%.
The government aims to increase offshore wind power capacity from about 8 gigawatts to 20 gigawatts by 2030, but this year only 0.2 gigawatts of new capacity were added.
4) Answer: D
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the first phase of the greenfield international airport at Mopain North Goa.
The airport would be named Manohar International Airport after former Goa chief minister (late) Manohar Parrikar.
About the airport:
The Mopa airport in North Goa is the second international airport in the coastal state apart from the existing airport at Dabolim, which is operated as a city enclave from Indian naval air station INS Hansa.
The airport which was built at a cost of ₹2,870 crores will begin its operations on 5 January 2023
The foundation stone of the airport was laid by the Prime Minister in November 2016.
Initially, phase I of the Airport will cater to around 4.4 million passengers per annum (MPPA), which can be expanded to a saturation capacity of 33 MPPA.
It has been built on the theme of sustainable infrastructure and has solar power plants, green buildings, LED lights on the runway, rainwater harvesting, state of an art sewage treatment plants with recycling facilities, among other such facilities.
It has adopted some of the best-in-class technologies like 3-D Monolithic Precast buildings, StabilRoad, Robomatic Hollow precast walls, and 5G compatible IT infrastructure.
About Goa:
Governor: P. S. Sreedharan Pillai
Chief minister: PramodSawant
Capital: Panaji (Panjim)
National Park: Mollem National Park
Wildlife Sanctuary: BhagwanMahaveer Sanctuary, Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary
5) Answer: B
The 12th edition of the ‘Under the Sal Tree’ theatre festival will start on December 15, 2022, for 3 days at BadungduppaKalakendra at Rampur in lower Assam’s Goalpara district.
This unique theatre festival is held every year in the middle of the Sal tree plantation.
It is organized completely innatural settings, with no artificial devices, not even a microphone to enhance the voice of the actors.
In 2022, the festival got support from the Chief Minister of Assam, RabhaHasong Autonomous Council, Indian Oil Limited Corporation, and Bongaigaon Refinery.
Key Highlights:
The organizers use only bamboo and straw to build the stage and the sitting arrangements for the spectators.
In 2022, 7 plays will be displayed in the three-day festival & One play is from Sri Lanka while the rest are from different parts of India.
In the earlier editions of the festival, theatre groups from South Korea, Brazil, Poland, and neighbouring Bangladesh also participated in the festival.
It is organized to spread the message of the importance of co-existing with nature and establishing a symbiotic relationship.
6) Answer: E
The Purple Fest: Celebrating Diversity, the first-ever inclusive festival in the state for persons with disabilities (PwDs), will be organized in Panjim, Goa, from January 6-8, 2023.
The 3-day festival aims to show all how to bring inclusivity in our society, and how to support one another.
It will be hosted by the Goa State Commission for Persons with Disabilities in association with the Directorate of Social Welfare and Entertainment Society of Goa.
About The Purple Fest:
Purple Fest will be free for Goan delegates and students with disabilities.
The registration fee for the festival is INR 1,000 for the rest of the delegates.
Music concerts, dance, Fun live performances, and stand-up comedy will be the main attractions of the festival.
Sporting events, blind car rallies, birdwatching, and exhibitions will also be part of the festival.
The latest aids and products developed for PWDs will also be displayed during the festival.
Live art camps will also be organized.
7) Answer: D
The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited (NIIFL) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development Board (TNIDB).
The MoU to help attract commercial capital into infrastructure opportunities in the state, under the public-private project (PPP) model.
About the MoU:
Work has been initiated on 7 projects across departments that have the potential to attract private investment of Rs 5,000 to Rs 6,000 crore.
The NIIFL’s Strategic Initiatives and Policy Advisory (SIPA) team provide strategic advice to the Central and State Governments.
TNIDB will receive support from NIIFL in identifying private-sector investment opportunities.
This includes asset recycling and the development of greenfield and brownfield infrastructure projects.
These projects include sectors such as renewable energy, roads, waste management,and tourism.
8) Answer: D
Canara HSBC Life Insurance launched a new “Guaranteed Fortune Plan” a non-linked, non-participating individual savings scheme offering life cover and a lump sum amount on outliving the policy term.
The product offers two plan options:
1.Guaranteed Savings Option
2.Guaranteed Cash Back Option.
About Guaranteed Fortune Plan:
According to the Canara HSBC Life Insurance, the 1st option provides a lump sum on outliving the policy term.
The 2nd option offers customers guaranteed cash back at the end of every 5th policy year, with an opportunity to defer the amount till maturity or withdraw it earlier.
In addition to cashback, the 2nd option also gives policyholders a lump sum payment at the end of the policy term.
The plan also includes a unique feature called CARE (Claims Accelerated for Relief & Ease) Pay Benefit.
This in-built benefit pays 100% of total premiums paid (excluding underwriting extra premiums and taxes) on intimation of death.
9) Answer: B
Private Sector lender HDFC Bank in partnership with the Government of India’s flagship initiative ‘Start-up India’ launched its sixth ParivartanSmartUp Grants, the annual grants program for social start-ups
Aim:
To identify start-ups working in the social impact space and support them through monetary grants to their incubators.
The grants have been offered under the aegis of Parivartan, the umbrella name for the bank’s social initiatives.
Key Highlights:
The bank has been enabling start-ups through its state-of-the-art Smart-Up program, which provides specialized banking and value-added services to entrepreneurs.
So far, the bank has disbursed over Rs 30 crore to more than 45 incubators which supported over 165 start-ups working in areas like environment, agri-business, ed-tech, waste management, healthcare, and skill development sectors.
The bank will also focus on building capacities of incubators and startups working in tier-II & III cities.
10) Answer: E
Retail inflation in India has been reduced from 6.77% in October to 5.88% in November 2022.
It is the first time in this fiscal year that the inflation rate has fallen below the RBI’s tolerance band of 2 to 6%.
Food costs, which make up over 40% of the CPI basket, fell to 4.67% in November from 7.01% in October.
Since January, retail inflation has remained beyond the Reserve Bank of India’s 2%-6% tolerance level, prompting a 225 basis point increase in interest rates, bringing it to 6.25%.
Core inflation, excluding volatile food and energy components, is expected to be between 6% and 6.26% in November, according to three experts, up from 5.9% to 6.3% in October.
The RBI recently sent a letter to the government outlining its reasons for failing to keep inflation within the target zone for three consecutive quarters.
So far, the letter has not been made public.
11) Answer: E
For the fourth month in a row, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) topped the grievance redressal index among all group ministries, departments, and autonomous bodies for the resolution of public concerns in November.
The Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances Department (DARPG) issued the report.
According to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, UIDAI has moved toward a centralized grievance-handling procedure via its Open-Source customer relationship management system.
The new open-source CRM (customer relationship management) system from UIDAI has improved user experience and service delivery to citizens.
Aadhaar Mitra, UIDAI’s Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning-based Chatbotsare also gaining popularity, and the number of daily interactions will soon exceed 50,000.
12) Answer: A
Wellcome Trust director Dr. Jeremy Farrar will become the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief Scientist in the second quarter of 2023.
He will be replacing SoumyaSwaminathan, who departed in November 2022 ahead of a broader shakeup at the health agency.
Roles & Responsibilities:
As WHO’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Farrar will oversee the Science Division, bringing together the best brains in science and innovation from around the world to develop and deliver high-quality health services to the people who need them most, no matter who they are and where they live.
About Dr. Jeremy Farrar:
Farrar is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences UK, the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO), the National Academies USA, and a Fellow of The Royal Society.
He spent 17 years as director of the clinical research unit at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Viet Nam.
Currently, he is serving as the Director of Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation that supports science to solve urgent health challenges.
13) Answer: A
The Oscar nominations for 2023 will be announced, and they will include Best Actors, Actresses, and Films.
The school will also issue ten categories before December 21st, 2022.
Documentary Features, International Features, Makeup & Hairstyling, Visual Effects, and the three shorts are the other Oscar Nominations in the 2023 categories (Animated, Documentary, and Live action).
From 1957 to 2022, India nominated various films for the Oscars; however, only two films were nominated.
“Salam Bombay!” Both “Lagaan” by Ashutosh Gowariker in 2002 and “Mira Nair” by Mira Nair in 1988 received Oscar nominations.
India has been nominated for an Oscar nomination in 2023 for the Gujarati film “Chhello Show,” directed by Pan Nalin.
14) Answer: B
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shri Bhupendra Patel takes oath as the 18th Chief Minister (CM) of Gujarat for the second consecutive time at a function held at the Helipad Ground, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Patel broke his record and once again won from the Ghatlodia constituency by a margin of 1,91,000 votes in the 2022 election.
BJP has won 156 seats in the 182-member House.
He was sworn in as Chief Minister of Gujarat for the first time in September 2021.
Key Highlights:
The BJP secured its 7th straight triumph in Gujarat after previous victories in 1995, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017.
Besides Patel, BJP MLAs Kanubhai Desai (Pardi), Rushikesh Patel (Visnagar), Raghavji Patel (Jamnagar Rural), and Balwantsinh Rajput (Siddhpur) took oath as Cabinet ministers.
BJP leaders KunwarjiBavaliya, MulobhaiBera, KuberDindor, and BhanubenBabariyaalso took oaths as ministers.
BJP’s Harsh SanghaviPurshottam Solanki, BachubhaiKhabad, Mukesh Patel, PrafulPanseriya, BhikhusinhParmar, KunwarjiHalpati, and JagdishVishwakarma also took oath as cabinet ministers.
15) Answer: E
Minister of State for Defence Shri Ajay Bhatt unveiled a bust of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) late General Bipin Rawat at the United Service Institution of India (USI) in New Delhi to commemorate his first death anniversary.
The Armed Forces and the USI have taken the initiative to institute a Chair of Excellence and a Memorial Lecture in memory of General BipinRawat at the Institution.
General BipinRawat, who died tragically in a helicopter crash in December2021 was India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and longest-serving general.
During his illustrious service, India’s first CDS was conferred with PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSMand Padma Vibhushan (posthumously).
He was a visionary leader and a scholar soldier, known for his professionalism, principles, conviction, and decisiveness.
He followed the Indian Army’s motto of ‘Service before Self’ as a guiding principle throughout his Army career.
16) Answer: A
A Japanese startup’s spacecraft was launched to the Moon, the country’s first-ever lunar mission and the first of its kind by a private company.
The launch was carried out by Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) in Cape Canaveral in the United States (US) state of Florida after two postponements for additional pre-flight checks.
The spacecraft, produced by Tokyo-based startup ispace, blasted off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket live footage of the launch showed.
The ispace mission is the first of a program called Hakuto-R, which means “white rabbit” in Japanese.
So far only the United States, Russia,and China have managed to put a robot on the lunar surface.
Key Highlights:
The lunar lander was expected to touch down on the visible side of the Moon in April 2023, the year of the rabbit in Japan.
Measuring just over 2 by 2.5 meters, the spacecraft has a payload that includes a 10-kilogram rover built by the United Arab Emirates.
17) Answer: C
Divya T.S of Karnataka won her maiden women’s 10m air pistol national title in the 65th National Shooting Championship Competitions in Pistol events in Bhopal.
In the gold medal match, she defeated Sanskriti Bana of Uttar Pradesh 16-14, and Rhythm Sangwan of Haryana took the bronze.
Divya, 27, won the second stage with 254.2 points, beating out a slew of great shooters including Rhythm Sangwan, Esha Singh, and Manu Bhaker. Manu Bhaker, an Olympian, won the junior women’s air pistol after defeating Esha Singh (Telangana).
In the Youth division, Rhythm Sangwan won the gold medal.
Women: 10m air pistol
1.Divya TS
2.Sanskriti Bana
3.Rhythm Sangwan
4.Esha Singh
25m center fire pistol: Men
1.Vijay Kumar
2.Anish Bhanwala
3.Gurpreet Singh
18) Answer: B
Olympic sprinter& a member of the 1970 Asian Games bronze medal-winning 4x100m relay team Kenneth Powell, passed away at the age of 82 in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
About Kenneth Lawrence Powell:
Powell was born on 20 April 1940 in Kolar, in present-day Karnataka, India.
He was an Indian track and field athletefrom the state of Karnataka.
He was popularly known as “the Gentleman Sprinter”
Powell was one of India’s top athletes in the 1960s.
He represented India in the 100m, 200m,and 4x100m relay events at Tokyo 1964
He represented Karnataka in the National Handball Championship in 1970.
He also won the silver medal for the 40–44 agegroup in the 100m event at the Asia Masters Athletics Championshipsin Singaporein 1981.
He also represented India in the 45-49 age group at World Masters Championships in Melbourne.
19) Answer: B
The Rovers Cup was an annual football tournament held in India, organized by the Western India Football Association.
20) Answer: C
Baglihar Dam is built on the Chenab River in the Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir.