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1) Which ministry has chaired the Parliamentary Consultative Committee Meeting of his ministry on the topic “Dues of GENCOs and required financial discipline in DISCOM and States” in New Delhi?
(a) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(b)Ministry of Power
(c)Ministry of Labour and Employment
(d)Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
(e)Ministry of Commerce and Industry
2) The External Affairs Ministry has been celebrated ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ Iconic Week from _____ to ______ of February.
(a) 20 to 25 of February
(b) 20 to 26 of February
(c) 21 to 26 of February
(d) 21 to 27 of February
(e) 21 to 28 of February
3) The Government has approved the continuation of the Capacity Development Scheme tillWhich year?
(a) 31st of March, 2024
(b) 31st of March, 2025
(c)31st of March, 2026
(d) 31st of March, 2027
(e) 31st of March, 2028
4) Which Ministry has organized “Women in Renewable Energy: Call for Action” under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav?
(a)Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
(b)Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(c)Ministry of Power
(d)Ministry of Labour and Employment
(e)Ministry of Women and Child Development
5) Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated 51 National Highway Projects with an investment of Rs. 21,559 Crore in which place in Andhra Pradesh?
(a)Visakhapatnam
(b)Guntur
(c)Nellore
(d)Chittoor
(e)Vijaywada
6) Darkathon -2022 has been organized by which of the following organization in India?
(a)Election Commission of India
(b)Central Vigilance Commission
(c)Central Bureau of Investigation
(d)Narcotics Control Bureau
(e)Central Information Commission
7) FAITH has released India tourism vision document envisaging goals and benchmarks for tourism till which year?
(a) 2025
(b) 2030
(c) 2035
(d)2040
(e) 2045
8) Air exercise – Cope South 22 held between which among the following countries?
(a) US – Russia
(b) India – Bangladesh
(c) India – US
(d) Bangladesh – Russia
(e) Bangladesh – US
9) Which state’s Police has become the first security force in India to introduce ‘Smart Card Arms License’?
(a) Gujarat Police
(b)Delhi Police
(c) Tamil Nadu Police
(d)Kerala Police
(e) Maharashtra Police
10) NITI Aayog in association with which payment company to launches the Fintech Open Hackathon?
(a) Paytm
(b) BharatPe
(c) PhonePe
(d) Amazon Web Service
(e) GPay
11) Which of the following social networking service has partnered with Paytm to boost ‘Tips’ feature in India?
(a) Twitter
(b) Meta
(c) Instagram
(d) Whatsapp
(e) Youtube
12) NPCI International & Gateway Payment Service, and ManamInfotech has joined hands to deploy UPI solution in which country?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Nepal
(d) Bhutan
(e) Myanmar
13) Which bank has recently facilitated digital transactions on National Agriculture Market (eNAM)?
(a) South Indian Bank
(b) Federal Bank
(c) DBS Bank
(d) IndusInd Bank
(e) Axis Bank
14) Which of the following Bank has tied with Ezetap for integrated PoS solutions?
(a)ICICI Bank
(b)HDFC BANK
(c)DBS Bank
(d)South Indian Bank
(e)Kotak Mahindra bank
15) Which Regulatory Body in India has changed Separation of roles of Chairperson and MD to ‘voluntary’ from ‘mandatory’?
(a)IRDAI
(b) SEBI
(c)PFRDA
(d)NABARD
(e)SIDBI
16) Which Wealth-tech company has partnered with Bank of Maharashtra to offer wealth management services?
(a)Zerodha
(b)Groww
(c)ETMoney
(d)Upstox
(e)Fisdom
17) Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance has launched ascheme named ________ to enable the customers with the ability to prioritize their long-term savings.
(a) Future Plan
(b) Long Term
(c) Flexi Edge
(d) Hyper Plan
(e) Hyper Edge
18) Who among the following has been appointed as the India’s first National Maritime Security Coordinator?
(a)Ashok Kumar
(b)Manoj Kumar
(c)Ranveer Shukla
(d)Raj Dev
(e)Dinesh Kaur
19) Which of the following Bank has received 6 IBA awards, including Best Technology Bank of the Year?
(a)Federal Bank
(b)South Indian Bank
(c)DBS Bank
(d)IndusInd Bank
(e)HDFC BANK
20) Wholesale price index inflation has decreased to _________in January from 13.56% in previous month.
(a) 12.53%
(b) 12.75%
(c)12.96%
(d) 12.68%
(e) 12.84%
21) The Small Industries Development Bank of India has signed MoU with which state government to promote MSME sector?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Odisha
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) Bihar
22) Which international organization has launched new Digital Strategy towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals?
(a)United Nations Security Council
(b)World Health Organization
(c)United Nations General Assembly
(d) United Nations Development Programme
(e)United Nations Environment Programme
23) The Haryana Men’s Team & Kerala Women’s Team has won70thSenior National Volleyball Championship 2021-22 held in which stadium?
(a)Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
(b)Biju Patnaik Indoor Stadium
(c)Jimmy George Indoor Stadium
(d)Triprayar Sports and Games Association Indoor Stadium
(e)Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium
24) Chelsea has defeated which of the following teamto win 2021 FIFA Club World Cup Champions?
(a)Real Madrid
(b)Barcelona
(c)Liverpool
(d)Manchester United
(e)Palmeiras
Answers :
1) Answer: B
Power Minister R.K Singh chaired the Parliamentary Consultative Committee Meeting of his ministry on the topic “Dues of GENCOs and required financial discipline in DISCOM and States” in New Delhi.
With a total installed generation capacity of 394 GigaWatt including renewable energy capacity of 104 GigaWatt, our country has transformed from a Power deficit to a Power surplus country.
An adequate transmission network has been created with an enhanced inter-regional transfer capacity of over 1 Lakh MegaWatt and connecting the entire country into one integrated grid running on one frequence
2) Answer: D
External Affairs Ministry is celebrating its AzadiKaAmrit Mahotsav Iconic Week from the 21st to 27th of February
ArindamBagchi, the celebrations will include a series of commemorative events and activities in New Delhi and other cities across the country.
Ministry’s Branch Secretariats, Indian Council for Cultural Relations and its regional offices, and regional passport offices would be organizing several events across the country.
3) Answer: C
Government has approved the continuation of the Capacity Development (CD) Scheme till 31st of March, 2026.
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, has approved the outlay for the continuation of the Scheme during 15th Finance Commission cycle is 3 thousand 179 crore rupees.
The Capacity Development Scheme is an Ongoing Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry with an overall objective to augment infrastructural, technical as well as manpower resources for enabling availability of credible and timely official statistics.
The Scheme encompasses all statistical and data management activities of the Ministry and plays a crucial role in generation and maintenance of official statistical system of the country.
4) Answer: A
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) observed the second day of its programme “New Frontiers: A Programme on Renewable Energy to celebrate AzadikaAmritMahotsav.
The Ministry organized an online session on “Women in Renewable Energy: Call for Action” to acknowledge the role of women entrepreneurs and leaders in the Renewable Energy Space.
The session was attended by more than 200 participants including Padma Shree Awardee, Mr. Bunker Roy, officials of the Government of India, CEOs, CMDs, and representatives of NGOs, industries, banking institutions and, representatives from international organisations.
5) Answer: E
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways ShriNitinGadkari has inaugurated and laid Foundation Stone of 51 National Highway Projects of total length 1380 Km with an investment of Rs. 21,559 Crore in Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh.
The 4-lane road to Visakhapatnam and Kakinada ports of Andhra Pradesh will play a crucial role in improving logistics.
The construction of Benz Circle flyover will help decongest the city of Vijayawada
6) Answer: D
Narcotics Control Bureau, NCB, is organising in New Delhi, the Darkathon -2022 to find solutions to counter drug trafficking through darknet across the globe.
The initiative aims at involving students, youth and technical experts to find effective solutions to unravel the anonymity of darknet markets
This hackathon is a continuation of the Vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who recognised the financial challenges being posed by drug trafficking during a comprehensive review of NCB and directed to find solutions to this menace.
7) Answer: C
Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality (FAITH) has released the FAITH 2035 vision document containing goals and an execution path for making Indian tourism preferred and loved by the world by the year 2035.
FAITH 2035 vision document lays down ‘action goals’ in multiples of 75 referencing all indicators to the 75th year of independence.
NakulAnand is the chairman of FAITH.
FAITH is the policy federation of all the national associations representing the complete tourism, travel and hospitality industry of India.
8) Answer: E
The air forces of Bangladesh and the US will conduct a joint air exercise named Cope South 22 from Feb 20-25, 2022 sponsored by Pacific Air Forces (PACAF).
The bilateral exercise will be held at Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Kurmitola Cantonment, Dhaka; and Operating Location-Alpha, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
The aim of this exercise is to improve interoperability with the Bangladesh air force and to support the armed forces of Bangladesh’s long-term modernization efforts in order to maintain regional stability.
9) Answer: B
The Delhi Police has become the first police force in the country to introduce ‘Smart Card Arms License to provide techno friendly digital services to the citizens of Delhi.
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Delhi Police, Union Home Minister Amit Shah formally launched the smart card and Shastra App.
The Delhi Police Licensing unit has decided to replace the existing bulky arms license booklet with a ‘Smart Card Arms License’.
The smart card and the Shastra App have been designed and developed in coordination with National e-Governance Division (NeGD), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
10) Answer: C
NITI Aayog in association with PhonePe will be hosting the first-ever open-to-all Hackathon event for ideating and coming up with the most creative solutions for the FinTech space.
The Hackathon will provide an opportunity for innovators, digital creators and developers from all over India to think, ideate and code
Participants at the hackathon need to use any open-data APIs like PhonePe Pulse
11) Answer: A
Twitter has partnered with Paytm Payments Services Limited, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paytm, India’s digital payments and financial services platform, to improve the support for its ‘Tips’ feature in India.
Through Tips, users can support their favourite creators or small business owners on Twitter by using any Paytm Payment Instrument like Paytm UPI, Paytm Wallet, PaytmPostpaid (buy-now-pay-later), debit and credit cards, and netbanking.
Since November 2021, Tips is available to all individuals above 18 years of age on iOS and Android in India.
12) Answer: C
NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL), the International arm of National Payments Corporation of India has joined hands with Gateway Payments Service Pvt Ltd, authorized Payment System Operators in Nepal, and ManamInfotech Private Limited to deploy Unified Payments Interface(UPI) in Nepal.
The firm intends to deploy UPI in Nepal for the larger “Digital Public Good” and to bolster interoperable real-time Person to person (P2P) and Merchant payment transactions (P2M).
UPI is amongst the most successful real-time payments (RTP) systems globally, providing – simplicity, safety, and security in person to person (P2P) and person to merchant (P2M) transactions in India.
13) Answer: D
IndusInd Bank has been empanelled by the Small Farmers Agri–Business Consortium (SFAC) to facilitate digital collection and settlement services on the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) portal for transactions between farmers and traders across the country.
IndusInd Bank has been directly integrated with e-NAM platform to provide safe and hassle-free payments, clearing, and settlement services to the farmers and traders
Under this agreement, the bank would provide a variety of financial services to the buyer and seller of agricultural goods using digital modes such as multi-net banking, debit card, NEFT, RTGS, IMPS, and UPI.
14) Answer: E
Kotak Mahindra Bank has tied up with Ezetap to provide integrated Point of Sale (PoS) solutions across 4,000 locations in India.
The initiative will strengthen the bank’s presence in the digital payments market space.
The partnership will enable KMBL to scale up its PoS product base across merchant segments, including retail enterprises and government customers, which service lakhs of customers on a daily basis.
Through this association, Ezetap”s integrated and customised Point of Sale (PoS) solutions will benefit scores of KMBL’s merchants in retail business spread across the country.
15) Answer: B
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) changed the requirements for listed companies to separate roles of chairperson and managing director (MD) or chief executive officer (CEO) to ‘voluntary’ from ‘mandatory’.
Earlier the market regulator had asked the top 500 listed companies to split the role of chairperson and MD or CEO before April 2022.
In 2017, SEBI had set up a committee under Kotak Mahindra Bank’s chief executive UdayKotak to study corporate governance norms for the listed companies.
This move is to provide a better and more balanced governance structure by enabling more effective supervision of the management.
16) Answer: E
Fisdom, a wealth-tech company, has joined hands with Bank of Maharashtra (BoM), to offer wealth management products and services to over 29 million customers of the bank.
To distribute the wealth products and services through the bank”s network of more than 2,000 branches and its digital platforms, including the mobile banking app and internet banking.
Fisdom”s diverse wealth management offerings will enable customers of Bank of Maharashtra to invest into mutual funds – through Bank of Maharashtra”s Mobile Banking App Maha Mobile and Internet Banking facility.
17) Answer: C
Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance has launched its new insurance plan Flexi Edge, a non-linked participating individual savings life insurance plan that enables the customers with the ability to prioritize their long-term savings.
Flexi Edge addresses the growing needs of customers starting from savings to income and unplanned or recurring expenses; along with providing life cover to the policyholder in the unfortunate event of the death.
The plan offers customers the flexibility to choose from three options depending on their individualistic requirements:
18) Answer: A
Former Navy vice chief G Ashok Kumar has been appointed as the first National Maritime Security Coordinator (NMSC) in the National Security Council Secretariat.
The Cabinet Committee on Security had cleared the proposal for the creation of the post in 2021.
The appointment is a part of the country’s attempt to bolster its maritime security following the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.
The significant move comes with a mandate to ensure cohesion among various key stakeholders with an overall objective to secure the country.
19) Answer: B
The Kerala-headquartered South Indian Bank has bagged six awards, including ‘Best Technology Bank of the Year’ at the 17th edition of the annual IBA Banking Technology Awards.
The IBA Awards celebrating “Next Gen Banking” has recognized technologies and practices in the banking industry that have demonstrated a high degree of innovation over 2021.
South Indian Bank has secured 6 out of 7 coveted awards in the categories such as:
Winner – Best Technology Bank of the Year (Small Banks)
Winner – Best IT Risk Management and Cyber Security Initiatives (Small Banks); Winner – Best Fintech Collaboration (Small Banks)
20) Answer: C
Wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation rate decelerated to 12.96 per cent in January from 13.56 per cent in December
During January, while inflation for manufactured items eased to 9.42 per cent, food inflation rate accelerated to double digits at 10.33 per cent mostly due to an unfavourable base.
Fuel inflation rate marginally eased to 32.27 per cent in January from 32.3 per cent in December.
The decline in inflation rate for manufactured products was led by products including food, beverages, tobacco, textiles, wood, paper, chemicals, rubber, cement, basic metals, steel among others.
21) Answer: E
The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has signed two Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) with the Government of Bihar to promote the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector in Bihar.
The agreement was signed between SIDBI and the Industries Department, Government of Bihar, and the Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA) to develop the MSME ecosystem in Bihar.
22) Answer: D
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched a new Digital Strategy 2022-2025 to accelerate work towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
To support countries and communities to use digital technology as a lever to help drive down inequality, support inclusivity, tackle climate change, and open-up economic opportunities.
Digitalization will help UNDP meet its ambitious goals includes.
Supporting 100 million people to escape poverty and assisting 500 million people to gain access to clean energy.
23) Answer: B
Haryana defeated the Indian Railway 3-0, to win the Men’s title in Senior National Volleyball Championship 2021-22.
Similarly, in women’s category, Kerala defeated the Indian Railway 3-1, to lift the trophy.
The 70th Senior National Volleyball (Men & Women) Championship 2021-22 was held at the BijuPatnaik Indoor Stadium, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar.
24) Answer: E
Chelsea wins 2021 FIFA Club World Cup Champions, beats Palmeiras – English club, Chelsea has won the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup final.
Chelsea claimed the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time. The final match between Chelsea and Brazilian club Palmeiras was held at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
Kai Havertz’ nerveless 117th-minute penalty settled a gruelling Club World Cup final. The final was held at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
Chelsea has become the 3rd English team that has won the Club World Cup. Prior to this after Manchester United and Liverpool won the Club World Cup.
