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Z1) Every year, The International Human Solidarity Day has been celebrated on which of the following day?
(a) 18 December
(b) 19 December
(c) 20 December
(d) 22 December
(e) 21 December
2) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is set to host the next major meeting of the World Trade Organization set to take place by March________.
(a) 2027
(b) 2023
(c) 2025
(d) 2024
(e) 2026
3) Under the Indian Presidency,The First Group Twenty (G20) Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting was held in _________.
(a) Bengaluru, Karnataka
(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(c) New Delhi, Delhi
(d) Chandimandir, Haryana
(e) Surat, Gujarat
4) Recently, The Union Government granted the first-ever Geographical Indication (GI) tag to RaktseyKarpo apricot of Ladakh. The coveted GI tag certification for ___ years.
(a) 10
(b) 15
(c) 20
(d) 25
(e) 30
5) The Kerala-based Organisation named Thanal in an experiment has planted 300 climate-resilient varieties of traditional rice on 1.5 acres of land at its agroecology centre in _________ district.
(a) Alappuzha
(b) Kochi
(c) Wayanad
(d) Thiruvananthapuram
(e) Thrissur
6) Where did Reliance Consumer Products launch its indigenous consumer packaged goods brand, ‘Independence’?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Punjab
(e) Uttar Pradesh
7) Reliance General Insurance has launched the first-of-its-kind premium health insurance product – ‘Reliance Health Infinity Policy’ that offers limitless benefits.What is the eligibility age for this insurance policy?
(a) 21 to 65 years
(b) 18 to 40 years
(c) 20 to 60 years
(d) 18 to 65 years
(e) 18 to 60 years
8) Which of the following has enabled‘eUPP’ to provide educational institutions with instant and secure payments for parents and students?
(a) JusPay
(b) Cashfree Payments
(c) Razorpay
(d) Paypal
(e) PayU
9) Which of the following bank has entered into a strategic alliance with Kotak Mahindra General Insurance for marketing the products of the insurance arm of Kotak Mahindra Bank?
(a) ICCI Bank
(b) Tamilnad Mercantile Bank
(c) HDFC Bank
(d) Yes Bank
(e) Federal Bank
10) Which of the following organisation has partnered with M1xchange to provide liquidity to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)?
(a) RBI
(b) SEBI
(c) SIDBI
(d) IRDAI
(e) NABARD
11) Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) has signed a loan agreement for Rs. 4,444.71 crores with SJVN Green Energy Ltdfor a 1,000 MW Solar power project in ____________.
(a) Hyderabad, Telangana
(b) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
(c) Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
(d) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(e) Bikaner, Rajasthan
12) According to the Finance Ministry data presented in the Rajya Sabha, only about _____ of the loans written off by the scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) during the last 5 financial years have been recovered.
(a) 21%
(b) 13%
(c) 16%
(d) 22%
(e) 15%
13) Recently in December 2022, HDFC Securities launchedan investor education and market analysis platform named _______.
(a) Leaves
(b) Branches
(c) Roots
(d) Depth
(e) Woods
14) With which of the following small finance bank did HDFC Life enter into a corporate agency arrangement for soliciting insurance plans of HDFC Life through the bancassurance business model?
(a) AU Small Finance Bank
(b) Suryoday Small Finance Bank
(c) Unity Small Finance Bank
(d) Jana Lakshmi Small Finance Bank
(e) Utkarsh Small Finance Bank
15) Recently, Sargam Koushal created history as she finally won the Mrs. World 2022 title after 21 years while competing for India in the competition. She is originally from_______________.
(a) Ladakh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) Karnataka
16) According to a survey by America’s National Science Foundation, What is its rank of India in the world in terms of the number of PhDs produced annually?
(a) 3rd
(b) 2nd
(c) 1st
(d) 5th
(e) 7th
17) As per the report on the Global Food Security Index (GFSI) for 2022, India has ranked 68thWhich country topped the index?
(a) Denmark
(b) Norway
(c) Switzerland
(d) Finland
(e) Netherlands
18) As per the newspaper report in December 2022,Party Mette Frederiksen was re-elected as the Prime Minister (PM) of which country?
(a) Australia
(b) Norway
(c) Spain
(d) France
(e) Denmark
19) Which country will be the first country in the world to auction spectrum for satellite communications (SatCom) spectrum as per the Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), PD Vaghela?
(a) Germany
(b) Russia
(c) The USA
(d) India
(e) China
20) According to World Athletics, who was the most written-about track and field athlete in 2022?
(a) Elaine Thompson
(b) Neeraj Chopra
(c) Usain Bolt
(d) Shericka Jackson
(e) Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce
21) As per the newspaper report in December 2022, The Indian women’s hockey team defeated which country to win the FIH Nations Cup 2022?
(a) Pakistan
(b) France
(c) Australia
(d) Portugal
(e) Spain
22) Argentina defeated France to winthe 2022 FIFA World Cup. Who among the following has received the Golden Boot Award?
(a) Lionel Messi
(b) Emiliano Martinez
(c) Kylian Mbappe
(d) Enzo Fernandez
(e) Luka Modric
23) Who is the author of the book titled “The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times”?
(a) Donald Trump
(b) Michelle Obama
(c) Hillary Clinton
(d) George W. Bush
(e) Kamala Harris
24) Recently, Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa passed away at the age of 96. She was the princess of ___________.
(a) England
(b) Bahamas
(c) Hawai
(d) Greece
(e) Cuba
25) How many member countries are there in the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
(a) 173
(b) 164
(c) 198
(d) 184
(e) 146
Answers :
1) Answer: C
International Human Solidarity Day 2022 is observed on the 20th December 2022.
People are welcome to participate in discussions regarding actions to foster solidarity on International Human Solidarity Day when nations demonstrate their adherence to various international agreements.
On December 22, 2005, the UN General Assembly recognized solidarity as one of the fundamental and enduring values of the twenty-first century by passing Revolution 60/209.
2) Answer: D
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host the next major meeting of the World Trade Organization set to take place by March 2024.
The UAE and Cameroon were both vying to host the event known as MC13 (Ministerial Conference 13), a high-level event scheduled every few years where trade ministers aim to fix new global trade rules.
The two countries reached an “amicable agreement” for the UAE to host the next meeting, known as MC13, and for Cameroon to host the one after that, citing a letter from the head of the WTO’s General Council sent to Geneva-based ambassadors.
3) Answer: A
The First Group Twenty (G20) Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting, under the Indian Presidency, was held in Bengaluru, Karnataka, from 23-25 February 2023 under the co-chairship of Secretary, Economic Affairs, Shri Ajay Seth and Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, Dr. Michael Patra.
The theme of India’s G20 Presidency, VasudhaivaKutumbakam or “One Earth, One Family, One Future, will guide the G20 Finance Track discussions.
Aim :
To seek the views of G20 members on India’s G20 Finance Track priorities for 2023 across various workstreams.
The meeting saw an enthusiastic gathering of over 160 foreign delegates including Deputies from G20 member countries, invitee countries, and International Organisations.
4) Answer: C
The Union Government has granted the first-ever Geographical Indication (GI) tag to RaktseyKarpo apricot of Ladakh.The coveted GI tag certification for 20 years.
Ladakh grows more than 30 types of Apricots, but the RaktseyKarpo variety is unique to the region.
Apricot is the major fruit of Ladakh with large-scale cultivation in both Leh and Kargil Districts among the nine fruits grown in Ladakh.
Apricot is also being promoted under One District One Product for Kargil.
5) Answer: C
The Kerala-based Organisation named Thanal in an experiment has planted 300 climate-resilient varieties of traditional rice on 1.5 acres of land at its agroecology center in Panavally in the Wayanad district.
Aim : To sensitize people to the significance of conserving traditional crops that can withstand harsh climatic conditions.
Thanal has been organizing annual “rice field weeks” since 2012.
Thanal also launched the Rice Diversity Block (RDB) at Panavally under the Save Our Rice campaign in 2009, with a collection of 30 varieties of rice.
6) Answer: C
Reliance Retail Ventures Limited’s Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) unit Reliance Consumer Products launched its indigenous consumer packaged goods brand, ‘Independence’ in Gujarat.
The new launch has been introduced to consumers and kirana partners on the occasion of the centenary celebration of Pramukh Swami Maharaj at Akshardham in Ahmedabad.
As per the company, Independence offers a wide range of products under several categories including staples, processed foods, and other daily essentials.
The company plans to develop Gujarat as a “go-to-market” state to create excellence in execution for its FMCG business, as it prepares for a national rollout for the brand.
7) Answer: D
Reliance General Insurance Company Limited (RGICL) has launched the first-of-its-kind premium health insurance product – ‘Reliance Health Infinity Policy’ that offers limitless benefits.
The policy is available in individual and family floater, covering up to 8 members, and categories and offers sum-insured options starting from ₹5 lakh to ₹5 crores.
It has features like MoreGlobal Cover, Maternity Cover, OPD Cover, unlimited restoration of the sum insured, and 15-plus useful add-on benefits.
It also rewards customers for being fit both financially and physically by offering India’s first credit score-based discount and Body Mass Index (BMI)-based discount on the premium
Children above 90 days of age and adults between the age of 18 to 65 years are covered in this policy.
8) Answer: B
India’s leading payments and API banking solutions company, Cashfree Payments, is enabling eUPP (eLite Unified Payment Platform), a fee payment management system for schools and colleges, to offer an instant and secure fee payments experience for end users
Currently, through this partnership, more than 500 educational institutions across the country are leveraging Cashfree Payments’ payment collections suite for their payment needs.
eUPP is an online fee payment management system for schools, colleges, universities, and other educational institutions.
9) Answer: B
Private sector lender Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd. (TMB) has entered into a strategic alliance with Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Co. Ltd., for marketing the products of the insurance arm of Kotak Mahindra Bank.
To offer customer-centric choices in every product, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank executed the agreement for marketing the general insurance products under the tie-up with Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company Ltd.
In Nov 2022, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank tied up with Cholamandalam General Insurance and Max Life Insurance Company to offer their insurance products.
10) Answer: C
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), the principal financial institution engaged in the promotion, financing, and development of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has partnered with M1xchange as the financier.
This move is expected to bring liquidity to MSMEs at competitive interest rates.
This is a highly effective and efficient solution for addressing the issue of the delayed payment of MSMEs.
11) Answer: E
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) signed a loan agreement for Rs. 4,444.71 crores with SJVN Green Energy Ltd. (SGEL, a subsidiary of SJVN Ltd.), for a 1,000 MW Solar power project at Bikaner, Rajasthan.
In the presence of Shri Pradip Kumar Das, Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), IREDA and Shri Nand Lal Sharma, CMD, SJVN, Shri Pradipta Kumar Roy, DGM (IREDA) and Shri S. L. Sharma, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (SGEL) signed the loan agreement at the corporate office of IREDA.
12) Answer: B
According to the Finance Ministry data presented in the Rajya Sabha, only about 13% of the loans written off by the scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) during the last 5 financial years have been recovered
Total recovery of over ₹1.32 lakh crore from written-off loan accounts made during the last 5 financial years.
In response to two separate questions on the issue, the Ministry presented data on write-off and recovery.
13) Answer: C
Leading Indian stock brokerage firm, HDFC Securities has launched Roots, a dedicated platform providing comprehensive investor education and market analysis.
The site offers multiple forms of valuable information, including articles, bite-sized tips, podcasts by experts, video tutorials and explainers, and live social media feed on the Indian financial markets.
The biggest USP of the platform is that it produces content that is being searched on Google by current or prospective investors and traders.
The Blog section of Roots is updated with articles addressing all aspects of investing in the Indian financial markets, from intraday trading to ETFs, and more.
14) Answer: A
AU Small Finance Bank, India’s leading small finance bank, and HDFC Life, one of India’s leading life insurers, entered into a corporate agency arrangement for soliciting insurance plans of HDFC Lifethrough the bancassurance business model.
Aim :To enrich the Bank’s life insurance offering by enabling its customers to access the digital platform and the touch points of HDFC Life for servicing.
The partnership would enable diverse customers of AU Small Finance Bank to access the entire range of life insurance products offered by HDFC Life, thus fulfilling their need for financial protection.
15) Answer: C
SargamKoushal created history as she finally won the Mrs. World 2022 title after 21 years while competing for India in the competition.
To win the championship, SargamKoushal defeated Mrs. Polynesia.
The Jammu and Kashmir-born beauty queen’s ex-husband is an Indian Navy officer; she was formerly employed as a teacher in Vizag.Mrs. World was lastly held by an Indian in 2001.
Koushal defeated rivals from 63 different countries to bring the title back to India after a 21-year absence.
SargamKoushal of Mumbai, currently based there, and Mrs. World 2021 Shaylyn Ford of the US, received the title.
SargamKoushal is originally from Jammu and Kashmir.
16) Answer: A
According to a survey by America’s National Science Foundation, India has risen from seventh to third in global scientific publications and academic output, according to Union Minister for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh.
India is third in the world in terms of the number of PhDs produced annually.
In a similar rising trend, the number of patents awarded by the India Patents Office to Indian scientists has more than doubled in just the last four years.
India’s scholarly production climbed from 60,555 papers in 2010 to 1, 49,213 papers in 2020.
China tops the world in the publication of the highest number of scientific articles followed by The United States of America.
17) Answer: D
The British weekly The Economist published the 2022 Global Food Security Index (GFSI) study.
The 11th Global Food Security Index demonstrates that the global food environment has deteriorated for the third year in a row, jeopardizing food security.
According to this report, South Africa has surpassed Tunisia to become Africa’s most food-secure country.
The global food ecosystem is worsening, exposing it to shocks.
Significant progress was made in global food security from 2012 to 2015, with the aggregate GFSI score increasing by 6 percent.
India is ranked 68th, like Algeria, with an overall score of 58.9. China is ranked 25th, with a score of 74.2.
India was ranked at 71st position in the Global Food Security (GFS) Index 2021 among 113 countries with an overall score of 57.2 points on the GFS Index 2021.
In 2022, Europe will have eight of the top ten performing countries, with Finland topping the list with a score of 83.7.
18) Answer: E
Head of the Socio Democratic Party Mette Frederiksen was re-elected as the Prime Minister (PM) of Denmark for a second term.
Lokke Rasmussen will serve as the new foreign minister.
After the elections, the new coalition parties have a combined 89 seats in the 179-seat parliament.It is the first time in the last 44 years that such a centrist government has been formed.
The government will have 23 ministers & there are 8 women and 15 men.
19) Answer: D
The chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), PD Vaghela, announced that India will be the first country in the world to auction spectrum for satellite communications (SatCom) spectrum.
TRAI is working on a model for the auction of space spectrum – to encourage and promote investment in the sector
TRAI will soon make recommendations to make permissions required for satellite communication from various ministries Information and Broadcasting, Space, and Telecom, seamlessly to enhance the ease of doing business in the sector.
It is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth.
The GSAT (Geostationary Satellite) satellites are India’s indigenously developed communications satellites, used for digital audio, data, and video broadcasting.
20) Answer: B
According to World Athletics, India’s Tokyo Olympics gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was the most written-about track and field athlete in 2022, edging out Jamaican legend Usain Bolt.
The data compiled by media monitoring company Unicepta was mentioned by World Athletics, the global governing body for athletics.
Neeraj Chopra, the men’s javelin champion at the Tokyo Olympics, led the way with 812 articles, followed by the Jamaican women’s sprint trio of Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah (751 articles), 100m world champion Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce (698 articles), and 200m world champion Shericka Jackson (679 articles).
Usain Bolt, the world record holder in the 100m and 200m men’s sprint, comes in fourth in the list with 574 references.
21) Answer: E
The Indian women’s Hockey team led by Captain Savita Punia beat Spain 1-0 in the final to win the inaugural FIH Nations Cup staged at Valencia, Spain.
Gurjit Kaur of India scored the game-winning goal.
The first FIH Nations Cup was contested in Valencia, Spain, from December 11 to 17, 2022.
India and Spain competed in the FIH women’s hockey Pro League 2021-22 season as substitute teams after Australia and New Zealand withdrew due to COVID-19 concerns.
22) Answer: C
FIFA World Cup 2022: Messi’s Argentina won the ultimate prize in men’s football in the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, defeating France 4-2 on penalties (3-3 after extra time) to win their third World Cup championship from six final appearances in history.
It had two victories under Diego Maradona in 1978 and 1986.
Lionel Messi nearly won in 2014, but La Albiceleste fell to Germany in the championship game 0-1 instead.
The sole connection to Messi’s Qatari campaign in 2014 was his Golden Ball victory as Tournament Player of the Year.
He became the first player to take home two Golden Balls at the World Cup.
The 22nd World Cup just concluded, and it will be another 4 years before the next one.
Additionally, the 2026 World Cup will be split among Mexico, Canada, and the United States.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup
The top 4 team rankings for the 2022 FIFA World Cup are Argentina (winner), France (second), Croatia (third), and Morocco (4th)
KylianMbappe (France) received the Golden Boot Award (8 Goals)
Lionel Messi of Argentina received the Golden Ball; (7 goals and registering 3 assists)
Emiliano Martinez received a golden glove (Argentina)
Enzo Fernandez received the FIFA Young Player Award.
FIFA Award for Fair Play: England
Lionel Messi won the Silver Boot Award.
Olivier Giroud receives the bronze boot (France)
KylianMbappe received the Silver Ball.
Luka Modric receives the bronze ball (Croatia)
23) Answer: B
Michelle Obama wrote a nonfiction book titled The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, which was released by Crown Publishing.
The Light We Carry will encourage readers to reflect on their own lives, find their joys, and form meaningful connections in a chaotic world.
The author “shares the contents of her ‘personal toolbox’ – the routines and techniques, attitudes and convictions, and even tangible items that she uses to fight her feelings of fear, powerlessness, and self-doubt.”
24) Answer: C
Hawaiian royalty Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa, known as the “last Hawaiian princess” or the “last American princess Passed away at the age of 96 in Honolulu, Hawai.
Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa was born on April 23, 1926, in Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii.
She was a member of the House of Kawānanakoa.
Kawānanakoa was a noted philanthropist, having amassed a fortune of $215 million mainly inheritance from her great-grandfather, James Campbell.
She funded various Native Hawaiian causes and contributed to the maintenance of the Iolani Palace, America’s only royal residence that is now a museum.
25) Answer: B
World Trade Organization (WTO):
Founded: 1 January 1995
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Director-General: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Membership: 164 members (160 UN member states, the European Union, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan)
