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1) Which among the following Shipyard to build India’s first hydrogen fuel cell catamaran vessel in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh?

(a) Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai.

(b) Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi.

(d) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata.

(e) Goa Shipyard Limited.

2) The Union government and the Uttar Pradesh state government is set to launch the world’s longest luxury river cruise between Uttar Pradesh and which state?

(a) Arunachal Pradesh

(b) Kerala

(d) Meghalaya

(e) Assam

3) Which among the following water-based company becomes first Indian fisheries start-up gets ISO 27001 certification?

(a) Aquaconnect

(b) Zeal Aqua

(d) Purewater

(e) Waterbase Ltd

4) The United States Treasury Department has recently removed which among the following country from its Currency Monitoring List?

(a) Iran

(b) Nepal

(d) India

(e) Sri Lanka

5) Which Bank partners with Arzooo to offer Purchase Cards to Retailers with up to Rs 1 Crore credit limit?

(a) ICICI Bank

(b) HDFC BANK

(d) CITY Bank

(e) IDBI Bank

6) Union Bank of India launches Union Vyom app & various new products on the occasion of __________ Foundation Day as on 11 November 2022

(a) 100

(b) 101

(d) 103

(e) 104

7) Greg Barclay re-elected as ICC Chairman for two-year term. He belongs to which country?

(a) Australia

(b) England

(d) New Zealand

(e) West Indies

8) Bhopal Railway Station awarded ‘Eat Right Station’ certification with a 4-star rating. This rating is awarded by which Organisation?

(a) Food Safety and Standard Association of India

(b) Food and Agriculture Organization

(d) Food Corporation of India

(e) None of the above

9) President Droupadi Murmu launches e-KUMBH portal in Bhubaneswar in which engineering courses and books would be available in ____________ scheduled Indian languages

(a) 5 Indian languages

(b) 8 Indian languages

(d) 12 Indian languages

(e) 15 Indian languages

10) Which among the following Ministry has recently launched ESIC Online Maternity Benefit Claim Portal for insured women in New Delhi, Delhi?

(a) Ministry of Women and Child Development.

(b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

(d) Ministry of Home Affairs

(e) Ministry of Labour and Employment

11) Which among the following agritech start-up platform has recently integrated with electronic National Agricultural Market (eNAM)’s Platform of Platforms (PoPs)?

(a) Krishify

(b) Agrofarm

(d) Pureagri

(e) Purekrishy

12) China Successfully Launches Cargo Spacecraft for Its Space Station In Orbit. The construction of China’s Space Station is expected to be completed at the end of which year?

(a) 2022

(b) 2023

(d) 2025

(e) 2026

13) Which among the following team beat Himachal Pradesh to win the maiden title in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy?

(a) Kolkata

(b) Chennai

(d) Bangalore

(e) Hyderabad

14) As per the recent report West Midlands in England will host Kabaddi World Cup in which year?

(a) 2023

(b) 2024

(d) 2026

(e) 2027

15) Renowned Indian mathematician and Padma Shri Awardee, Shri RL Kashyap passes away. He was born in which state?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Kerala

(d) Andhra Pradesh

(e) Maharashtra

16) SiddhaanthVir Surryavanshi passes away recently. He belongs to which field?

(a) Doctor

(b) Scientist

(d) Actor

(e) Cricketer

17) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) came into existence on _________

(a) 20th July, 1982

(b) 12th July, 1982

(d)4th July, 1981

(e)1st July, 1982

18) RIDF Stands for _________

(a)Rural Infrastructure Development Fund

(b)Regional Institute for Development Finance

(c)Risk Income to Deduct Fund

(d)Reserve Innovation for Development Fund

(e) None of these

19) Which among the following functions of NABARD is incorrect?

(a) Promoting research in agriculture and rural development

(b)Providing finance and also refinance for production and marketing in the rural areas

(c)Coordination and advising the operations of institutions engaged in rural credit

(d)All of The Above

(e)None of The Above

20) Where does Sipat Super Thermal power station located?

(a) Punjab

(b) Haryana

(d) Chhattisgarh

(e) None of these

Answers :

1) Answer: B

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was inked between the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) to build India’s first hydrogen fuel cell catamaran vessel for operation in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and electric hybrid vessels for UP and Assam.
Key Highlights:
The air-conditioned hydrogen fuel cell catamaran vessel will have a seating capacity for 100 passengers.
The vessel will be deployed at Varanasi after test and trial runs in Kochi.
It will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 250 MT annually.
The design and development of the vessel will be undertaken by CSL in collaboration with M/s KPIT, Pune.
The technology can be adopted for greening of cargo vessels and small country crafts, enabling significant reduction in pollution levels in the national waterways.
The introduction of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell passenger catamaran vessels in Kashi will pave the way for a reduction in the usage of fossil fuels and thereby reduce emissions in our national waterways.
CSL has also signed an MoU for the construction of 6 electric catamaran vessels for Uttar Pradesh and another 2 for Guwahati in Assam.

2) Answer: E

The Union government and the Uttar Pradesh state government is set to launch the world’s longest luxury river cruise between Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Assam’s Dibrugarh in Jan 2023 in a bid to provide impetus to inland waterways development in India.
Key Highlights:
The Varanasi-Dibrugarh cruise is expected to be run on a public-private partnership (PPP) model.
The 50-day cruise will set sail from Varanasi on 10 January and cover 4,000 km, passing through Kolkata and Dhaka before reaching Bogibeel in Dibrugarh district of Assam on 1 March.
Ganga Vilas cruise will sail from Varanasi to Dibrugarh in a longest river journey of 50 days covering 27 river systems and visit over 50 tourist sites including World Heritage Sites.
This will be the single largest river journey by a single river ship in the world and would put both India and Bangladesh on the river cruise map of the world
The cruise is the first set of cruise liners that will run on a PPP model with the memorandum of understanding signed between the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and Antara Luxury River Cruises and JM Baxi River Cruises.

3) Answer: A

Aquaconnect, a technology-driven full-stack aquaculture inputs and outputs platform with embedded fintech, supported by a physical & digital (phygital) distribution network, has received the ISO 27001 certification for information security management (ISM).
The certification comes on the back of an ISMS (Information Security Management System) implementation which makes Aquaconnect the first Indian fisheries startup to earn this recognition.

4) Answer: D

The United States Department of Treasury removed India along with Italy, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam from its Currency Monitoring List of major trading partners that merit close attention to their currency practices and macroeconomic policies.
Along with India, Italy, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam have also been removed from the list.
India had been on the list for the last two years.
The move came on a day when Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen visited New Delhi and held talks with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

5) Answer: B

HDFC Bank (India’s largest Private sector Bank) partners with Arzooo (India’s fastest-growing Retail Tech Platform) to launch Purchase cards that have been exclusively designed for offline retailers.

Aim :

To roll out over one lakh such credit cards over the next 12 months.
Key features :
The card offers interest-free credit for up to a month and a credit limit of up to Rs 1 crore.
Also, it is integrated with the Arzooo mobile application for ease of use during checkout.
In 2022, Arzooo disbursed Rs 100 Crore worth of credit to retailers.
There was a growth of 800% in the number of retailers that took credit this year through Arzooo Credit.

6) Answer: E

Union Bank of India, the country’s 5th largest public sector bank, marked its 104th foundation day at Mumbai, Maharashtra after being founded on 11 November 1919 and having its first head office inaugurated by the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi in 1921.
On this occasion, Bank launched a super app – the Union Vyom app& various other digital products.
About Union Vyom App :
Union Vyom App is the super app of the Bank, is a one-stop solution for all financial products.
It is empowered to deliver a unique experience of banking to customers where customers can do transactions beyond traditional banking.
Apart from online transactions, customers can avail of Retail, MSME loan, and credit card, make investments in 5000+ mutual fund schemes, and buy insurance products without any assistance.

7) Answer: D

The ICC board has unanimously re-elected Greg Barclay as the Independent Chair of the International Cricket Council (ICC) for a second two-year term.
Barclay was unopposed following the withdrawal of TavengwaMukuhlani from the process, and the Board reaffirmed its full support of him to continue as Chair for a further two years.
About Greg Barclay :
Barclay, an Auckland-based commercial lawyer.
He was originally appointed as the ICC Chair in November 2020.
He has been the Chair of New Zealand Cricket (NZC) since 2016.
He was a director of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2015.

8) Answer: A

The Food Safety and Standard Association of India (FSSAI) awarded Bhopal Railway Station a 4-star ‘Eat Right Station’ certification for providing ‘”high-quality, nutritious food to passengers”.
The other railway stations with this certification include
Anand Vihar Terminal Railway Station; (Delhi)
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus; (Mumbai)
Mumbai Central Railway Station; (Mumbai)
Vadodara Railway Station (Gujarat)
Chandigarh Railway Station (September 2021)

9) Answer: D

President of India DroupadiMurmu launched e-KUMBH (Knowledge Unleashed in Multiple Bharatiya Languages) portal in which engineering courses and books would be available in 12 scheduled Indian languages from Jayadev Bhawan, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Murmu also released engineering books of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in Odia language and glossary of 50,000 technical terms in Odia language developed by Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT).
Engineering books have been translated in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Kannada, Punjabi, Odia and Assamese while book translation in Urdu and Malayalam languages is underway.

10) Answer: E

Shri Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Labour& Employment and Environment, Forest & Climate Change launched the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation’s (ESIC) online maternity benefit claim facility for insured women in New Delhi, Delhi, India.
The portal was launched at the 102 birth anniversary of DattopantThengadi , a social reformer and the founder of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh , organized by the National Labour Education and Development Board.
Maternity Benefit is given to the insured women in the form of cash benefit in case of certain contingencies such as in the advanced stage of pregnancy, after delivery / in the unfortunate event of confinement or miscarriage and who meet the eligibility conditions.
Payment at the rate of 100% of wages is paid for 26 weeks as maternity benefit to the insured woman by ESIC to compensate for the loss of income during her childbirth.
A total of 18.69 lakh women beneficiaries have been provided maternity benefits of Rs 37.37 crore during the year 2021-22.

11) Answer: A

Krishify, a Gurugram-based agritech start-up platform, has integrated with the Platform of Platforms (PoPs) by the electronic National Agricultural Market (eNAM).
e-NAM, a unit of the portal Ministry of Agriculture, is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks existing agricultural produce market committees’ (APMC) yards to create a unified national market for agrarian commodities for farmers, traders, and other intermediaries.
The e-NAM platform will direct its users to Krishify, where they can get assistance from its pool of professionals for assistance
Union Agriculture Minister, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, launched the Platform of Platforms (PoPs) under e-NAM in July 2022
The PoP offers transportation, warehousing, quality assaying, storage, fintech, sorting and grading and agri-advisory services to its stakeholders.
The initiative is part of the Centre’s plans to widen the scope of e-NAM in which 41 other entities, including 9 tradingplatforms, will offer their services.
It is expected to boost e-trading too.

12) Answer: A

China successfully launched its cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-5 to deliver supplies for its space station, the construction of which is expected to be completed by the end of 2022.
The Long March-7 Y6 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-5 which blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan.
The launch of the Tianzhou-5 is the 200th launch mission for Xichang Satellite Launch Center in 2022, as well as the last for Wenchang launch site in 2022.
About Tianzhou-5 :
The Tianzhou-5 is a fully sealed cargo spacecraft that carried a total of 6.7 tonnes of supplies, including about 5.2 tonnes of life supplies and equipment, as well as 1.4 tonnes of propellant.
The cargo will serve the demand of the upcoming Shenzhou-15 crew for six months and the construction of the space station.
The Tianzhou-5 has expanded its storage capability with 8 storage tanks as previous models only had 4 .

13) Answer: C

Domestic giants Mumbai produced a near perfect performance to beat Himachal Pradesh by three wickets in the final and won their maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy title at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Himachal posted a total of 143/8 in 20 overs with Ekant Sen (37 off 29) top-scoring for them.
In reply, Mumbai chased down the target in 19.3 overs with 3 wickets in hand.
Sarfaraz Khan scored 36 runs and TanushKotian claimed three wickets, which paved the way to win the trophy.

14) Answer: C

The West Midlands in England will host the 2025 Kabaddi World Cup, announced by the World Kabaddi Federation (WKF)
This will be the first time that the Kabaddi World Cup will be held outside Asia.
The UK region will become the first destination outside of Asia to host the sport’s most prestigious global tournament, which will feature the world’s best kabaddi players from leading men’s and women’s teams, including India, Iran and Pakistan.
The 2025 Kabaddi World Cup will be organized by England Kabaddi, Scottish Kabaddi, and the British Kabaddi League.
The tournament will feature at least 16 teams (men and women), including from India, Iran and Pakistan and will be held across the West Midlands during the first quarter of 2025.
The Indian men’s kabaddi team has dominated the sport over the years, claiming 9 out of 10 titles at the World Cups, which have been mostly organised in Asia under the aegis of the International Kabaddi federation (IKF).

15) Answer: C

Renowned Indian mathematician and Padma Shri Awardee, Shri RangasamiLakshminarayan Kashyap passed away at the age of 84 in Karnataka.
About Shri RL Kashyap :
Shri RL Kashyap was born 28 March 1938 in Mysore, Karnataka.
He worked as a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computers for three decades at Purdue University in America.
He developed the Ho-Kashyap rule, A pivotal algorithm in Pattern recognition, with another professor in Harvard, Yu-Chi Ho.
He was the founder of a spiritual organization called Sakshi Trust.
Kashyap is the only person in the world to translate all the 4 vedas.
He has translated around 25,000 Shlokas/Mantras of Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, and Atharvaveda into English.
He also wrote more than 250 research papers.

16) Answer: D

Famous television actor SiddhaanthVirSurryavanshi also known as Anand Suryavanshi,passed away at the age of 46 while working out at a gym.
About SiddhaanthVirSurryavanshi :
He appeared in over 25 Hindi television shows during his 21-year career.
He was best known for his roles in shows like ‘Kkusum’ and ‘KasautiiZindagi Kay’.
He started his career as a model and then made his debut with ‘Kkusum’.
He was also a part of several other TV shows including, ‘KasautiiZindagii Kay’, ‘SufiyanaIshqMera’, ‘ZiddiDilMaane Na’ and ‘Waaris’.
His last projects include TV shows Kyun Rishton Mein KattiBatti and Ziddi Dil.

17) Answer: B

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) was established on the recommendations of B. Sivaramman Committee (by Act 61, 1981 of Parliament) on 12 July 1982 to implement the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act 1981.

18) Answer: A

RIDF-Rural Infrastructure Development Fund was set up by the Government of India in 1995–96 for financing ongoing rural infrastructure projects.

19) Answer: E

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
Promoting research in agriculture and rural development
Providing finance and also refinance for production and marketing in the rural areas
Coordination and advising the operations of institutions engaged in rural credit

20) Answer: D

The Sipat Super Thermal Power Station is located at Sipat in Bilaspur district in state of Chhattisgarh.