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1) National Press Day is observed on November 16 every year. This year National Press Day 2022 will mark the ______________ anniversary of the Press Council’s establishment
(a) 50
(b) 51
(c) 55
(d) 56
(e) 75
2) As per the United Nations (UN), International Day for Tolerance is observed on which among the following day in November?
(a) November 14
(b)November 15
(c)November 16
(d)November 17
(e)November 18
3) Recently Jaipur International Airport Limited in Rajasthan received the Aerodrome license. This License is provided by which among the following organisation?
(a)Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
(b) Airport Authority of India (AAI)
(c) Ministry of Civil Aviation
(d) Both A and B
(e) Both B and C
4) State Government of Tamil Nadu had notified the reserve forests of Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri as Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary. This newly notified sanctuary is the ____________ Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu
(a)10thWildlife Sanctuary
(b) 12thWildlife Sanctuary
(c) 13thWildlife Sanctuary
(d) 15thWildlife Sanctuary
(e) 17thWildlife Sanctuary
5) Which among the following Life Insurance Companies has recently launched ‘PruSukhSamruddhi’ which provides customers with guaranteed benefits?
(a)Max Life Insurance Company
(b)HDFC Life Insurance Company
(c) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
(d) Tata AIA Life Insurance Company
(e) Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company
6) National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI) has recently enabled__________-bill payments on 123PAY for feature phone users.
(a) DTHBill
(b) GasBill
(c) Electricity Bill
(d) Both A and B
(e) Both B and C
7) As per the recent report Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the amalgamation of Shree Sharada Sahakari Bank with which bank?
(a) Kalupur Commercial Coop.Bank Ltd.
(b) Mehsana Urban Co-Op Bank Ltd.
(c) Surat Peoples Coop Bank Ltd.
(d) New India Co-operative Bank Ltd
(e) Cosmos Co-operative Bank Ltd.
8) Religare Enterprises appoints Yogeshwar Dutt as brand ambassador. Yogeshwar Dutt is a well-known ___________
(a) Actor
(b) Wrestler
(c) Boxer
(d) Cricketer
(e) Hockey Player
9) As per the newspaper, recently Senior IAS officer Gaurav Dwivedi was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of which Indian Organisation?
(a) All India Radio
(b) Press Council of India
(c) Union Public Service Commission
(d) Press Trust of India
(e) Prasar Bharati
10) Natasa Pirc Musar was elected as the First Female President of which among the following country?
(a)Slovenia
(b)Croatia
(c) Austria
(d) Czechia
(e) Hungary
11) Which Bollywood actress has recently become the brand ambassador of Nykaa Fashion?
(a)Alia Bhatt
(b)Jhanvi Kapoor
(c) Kiara Advani
(d) Shraddha Kapoor
(e)Vaani Kapoor
12) Which among the following Indian-origin Nobel Laureate was recently awarded the UK’s royal Order of Merit?
(a)Har Gobind Khorana
(b)Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
(c)Kailash Satyarthi
(d)Venki Ramakrishnan
(e)Abhijit Banerjee
13) The Print & Saurabh Shukla wins the International Press Institute India award for Excellence in Journalism, 2022. Saurabh Shukla is a famous personality working in which Media Company?
(a)News 18
(b)Fox News
(c) CNN
(d) BBC
(e)NDTV
14) Switzerland has won the Billie Jean King Cup championship for the first time. This Cup is related to which game?
(a) Football
(b) Hockey
(c) Tennis
(d)Kabbadi
(e) Golf
15) Hollywood Actor named ___________, the voice of Batman’s animated series, passed away
(a)Bruce Timm
(b)Mark Hamill
(c) Will Friedle
(d)Kevin Conroy
(e)Adam West
16) Where is the Bandhavgarh National Park located?
a) Haryana
b) Maharashtra
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Karnataka
e) Gujarat
17) Where is the headquarters of the World Anti-Doping Agency(WADA) located?
a) Lausanne, Switzerland
b) Budapest Hungary
c) Port Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
d) Montreal, Canada
e) Beijing, China
18) When was the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) launched?
a) 2015
b) 2016
c) 2017
d) 2018
e) 2019
19) Which of the following Acts has especially been enacted to helpbanks deal with bad loans?
a) Negotiable Instrument Act
b) Banking Regulation Act
c) SARFAESI Act
d) Companies Act
e) Offshore Banking Act
20) What does T stand for in SWIFT?
a) Transactions
b) Truncation
c) Telecommunication
d) Technologies
e) Transparency
Answers :
1) Answer: D
National Press Day is observed on November 16 every year to acknowledge and honor the Press Council of India (PCI).
The day marks the presence of an independent and responsible press in India.
National Press Day 2022 will mark the 56th anniversary of the Press Council’s establishment.
World Press Freedom Index 2022:
According to the World Press Freedom Index 2022, India’s ranking dropped to the 150th position from the 142nd rank among 180 nations in 2021.
Norway (1st) Denmark (2nd), Sweden (3rd) Estonia (4th), and Finland (5th) grabbed the top 5 positions, while North Korea remained at the bottom of the list of the 180 countries and territories.
2) Answer: C
International Day for Tolerance 2022 is annually observed on the 16th of November 2022 by the United Nations (UN).
In 1993, at the initiative of UNESCO, the United Nations proclaimed 1995 as “The Year for Tolerance”.
Significance:
The day marks the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Tolerance by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Nov 16, 1995.
In 1995, to mark the United Nations Year for Tolerance and the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, UNESCO created a prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence: the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize with an amount of US $100000.
The prize is awarded every two years to individuals or organizations on International Tolerance Day.
This Prize rewards significant activities in the scientific, artistic, cultural, or communication fields aimed at the promotion of a spirit of tolerance and non-violence.
3) Answer: A
Jaipur International Airport Limited has received the Aerodrome license from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) following which the airport has embarked on an expansion drive.
Earlier, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) was the license holder.
Now the private player, which is operating the Jaipur airport since October 2021, has become the new license holder.
The license is given to an airport operator for ensuring complete management of the airport by the concession agreement.
4) Answer: E
The Government of Tamil Nadu (TN) has declared an area of 686.406 sq.km in the reserve forests of Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri as the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary.
The newly notified sanctuary is the 17th Wildlife Sanctuary in TN.
Key Details about Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary :
Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary was notified under Section 26-A of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.
The forest area of 478 sq km in the Anchetty, Urigam, and Jawalagiri ranges of Hosur division, which are contiguous with the Cauvery South will be declared as a wildlife sanctuary.
It is home to 35 species of mammals, 238 species of birds, Leith’s soft-shell turtles, smooth-coated otters, marsh crocodiles, and four-horned antelopes.
The sanctuary will be part of a protected landscape contiguous with the forests that currently constitute the Cauvery North Wildlife Sanctuary which is shared between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
5) Answer: C
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited has launched a new participating savings product, ‘ICICI PruSukhSamruddhi’ which provides customers with guaranteed benefits and growth potential in the form of bonuses.
Besides, the life cover continues for the entire duration of the policy, including the income period, providing financial security to the family.
About ‘ICICI PruSukhSamruddhi :
This product also provides a higher maturity benefit to women customers to encourage them to embark on their savings journey and achieve financial independence.
To address the varied financial needs of customers, this long-term saving product has been made available in two variants – income and lump sum.
ICICI PruSukhSamruddhi Income provides an excellent route to create a supplementary source of tax-free guaranteed income to meet financial goals, such as a child’s education, annual vacations, or any other interim income requirement.
6) Answer: C
The National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI) announced that electricity bill payments service for more than 70 electricity boards has been enabled on 123PAY, an instant payment system for feature phones.
It is powered by Bharat Bill Payment System(BBPS), this feature will facilitate a smooth and quick electricity bill payment service through 123PAY for users to instantly make payments directly from their bank accounts.
7) Answer: E
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved the amalgamation of Shree Sharada Sahakari Bank Ltd., Pune (Maharashtra) with the Cosmos Co-operative Bank Ltd., Pune (Maharashtra).
The Scheme has been sanctioned in the exercise of the powers under the provisions of Section 44A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 as amended vide the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2020 (39 of 2020).
The Scheme will come into force with effect from October 30, 2022.
All the branches of Shree Sharada Sahakari Bank Ltd, Pune (Maharashtra) will function as branches of The Cosmos Co-operative Bank Ltd., Pune (Maharashtra) with effect from October 30, 2022.
8) Answer: B
Financial services company Religare Enterprises Limited (REL) has signed Padma Shri awardee and Indian freestyle wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, as its brand ambassador.
He will be the face of the company’s integrated brand marketing campaigns across mediums.
About Yogeshwar Dutt :
Dutt was born in the Sonipat district of Haryana.
He is an Indian freestyle wrestler.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the 60 kg category.
He won gold medals at the 2010and the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
He is one of only 5 male wrestlers in India to win an Olympic medal.
9) Answer: E
A 1995-batch officer of Chhattisgarh cadre, Senior IAS officer Gaurav Dwivedi has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati for five years.
He succeeds Mayank Agrawal, the Director General of Doordarshan who holds additional charge as Prasar Bharati CEO.
About Gaurav Dwivedi :
Mr. Dwivedi hails from Uttar Pradesh, India.
He was the CEO of MyGovIndia, the citizen engagement platform of the government, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014.
He was also a faculty member at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, and is a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Administration.
Currently, he is posted as Principal Secretary, Commercial Tax, in the Chhattisgarh government.
10) Answer: A
Lawyer Natasa Pirc Musar won the second round of Slovenia’s presidential election and will become the country’s first female President of Slovenia.
Pirc Musar won 54% of the votes, while her rival, right-wing politician and former Foreign Minister AnzeLogar, won 46%.
While both candidates had run as independents, they were backed by the center-left and rightwing political blocs.
She will succeed President Borut Pahor, a centrist politician who had already served two terms in office.
About Natasa Pirc Musar :
Natasa Pirc Musar is a Slovenian Attorney and book author, former Information commissioner, journalist, and the former President of Slovenia’s Red Cross.
Musar is best known for her rulings and the books on freedom of information, and high-profile legal cases, in which she represented Slovenia-born Melania Trump, the Social Democrats Political Party of Slovenia.
11) Answer: B
Online beauty and fashion retailer Nykaa Fashion has named Bollywood actress Janhvi Kapoor as its brand ambassador for its two apps Nykaa Beauty and Nykaa Fashion meticulously cater to the needs of a discerning customer.
About Nykaa Fashion:
Founded: April 2012
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
CEO: Falguni Nayar
Nykaa is an Indian e-commerce company.
12) Answer: D
Indian-origin Nobel laureate Professor Venki Ramakrishnan has been awarded the Order of Merit an exclusive mark of honour conferred by the British sovereign in recognition of his distinguished service to science.
The 70-year-old UK-based molecular biologist is among 6 appointments made to the historic order by the late Queen Elizabeth II before her death in September 2022 and the first to be appointed by King Charles.
Apart from Venki Ramakrishnan, the new appointments are
David Adjaye, a Ghanaian-British architect
Elizabeth Anionwu, the UK’s first sickle-cell nursing specialist
Floella Benjamin, the broadcaster who chairs the Windrush Commemoration Committee
Margaret MacMillan, a Canadian who is an Oxford University history professor
Paul Nurse, the director of the Francis Crick Institute is also a Nobel laureate and Venki’s immediate predecessor as Royal Society president.
13) Answer: E
The Print, a news portal, and Saurabh Shukla of the NDTV has been selected for the International Press Institute (IPI) India Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2022.
IPI-India instituted the annual award in 2003 to recognize and honour the best work done by an Indian media organization or journalist working in print, radio, television, and internet mediums.
Key Highlights :
The Print has been recognized for a series of stories that exposed how hospitals, local bodies, and governments in various States mismanaged the support system for the fight against COVID.
Saurabh Shukla of NDTV has been awarded an entry on the exposure of hate speech made by religious men in Haridwar.
The award comprises a cash prize of ₹1 lakh, a trophy, and a citation, to each team.
14) Answer: C
Switzerland won their first Billie Jean King Cup title after Belinda Bencic beat Australia’s AjlaTomljanovic in straight sets in the second match of the finals to give them an unassailable 2-0 lead.
The Swiss had never won the competition formerly known as the Fed Cup, losing the final in 1998 and again in 2021.
Australia, the seven-time champions, were seeking their first title since 1974.
About Billie Jean King Cup :
Chairperson: Katrina Adams
Most Titles: United States (18 titles)
The Billie Jean King Cup is the premier international team competition in women’s tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
15) Answer: D
Hollywood actor Kevin Conroy, best known for voicing Batman on Warner Bros.’ long-running television series Batman: The Animated Series, has passed away at the age of 66.
About Kevin Conroy:
Conroy was born on November 30, 1955, in Westbury, New York, United States.
Conroy was the voice of Batman on the acclaimed animated series that ran from 1992-1996, often acting opposite Mark Hamill’s Joker.
16) Answer: C
Bandhavgarh National Park is a national park of India, located in the Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh. Bandhavgarh, with an area of 105 square kilometres (41 sq mi), was declared a national park in 1968 and then became Tiger Reserve in 1993.
17) Answer: D
WADA inaugurated its Montreal headquarters in early 2002.
18) Answer: A
Atal Pension Yojana, formerly known as Swavalamban Yojana is a government-backed pension scheme in India, primarily targeted at the unorganised sector. It was mentioned in the year 2015 Budget speech by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 May 2015 in Kolkata.
19) Answer: C
The SARFAESI Act 2002 has helped a lot in recovering the defaulting loans and reducing the levels of non-performing assets (NPAs) in banks and other financial institutions.
20) Answer: C
SWIFT is an acronym for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications and may also be referred to as a CIC code.