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1) Which organisation has signed a host member agreement with United Arab Emirates (UAE) to officially open in Abu Dhabi its first overseas office?
(a) NDB
(b) ADB
(c) World Bank
(d) AIIB
(e) IMF
2) Which of the following state has topped the list of States with the most ponds and reservoirs in the First Census of Water Bodies?
(a) Sikkim
(b) West Bengal
(c) Assam
(d) Manipur
(e) Nagaland
3) The Government of India has planned to release a new ₹100 commemorative coin for the _______ episode of Mann Ki Baat.
(a) 100th
(b) 75th
(c) 150th
(d) 200th
(e) 125th
4) Which organisation has released a report titled- “The Status Of Women In Agrifood Systems” highlighting the importance of Gender Equality in the Agricultural Sector?
(a) WHO
(b) UNEP
(c) FAO
(d) FSSAI
(e) UNDP
5) Which of the following IIT is planned to establish its first International campus in Zanzibar, Tanzania?
(a) IIT Delhi
(b) IIT Bombay
(c) IIT Madras
(d) IIT Kharagpur
(e) IIT Guwahati
6) Recently, Which of the following country has celebrated Jitgadhi festival?
(a) Bhutan
(b) India
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Myanmar
(e) Nepal
7) Assam and ___________ have signed an MOU for the settlement of an inter-state boundary dispute between the two States in New Delhi, Delhi.
(a) Sikkim
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Uttarakhand
(e) Himachal Pradesh
8) Which of the following became the first Indian state to develop a DNA database for unidentified bodies?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Chhattisgarh
(e) Himachal Pradesh
9) Which state government has launched 3 online initiatives-Pro-active Divyang Pension Service, ‘Tau se pucho’ WhatsApp chatbot and an online room booking facility at PWD (B&R) rest houses?
(a) Assam
(b) Bihar
(c) Gujarat
(d) Haryana
(e) Rajasthan
10) Recently, Which state government has launched the ‘One Panchayat, One Playground’ project for reviving the sports culture in the state?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Haryana
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Assam
(e) Kerala
11) Which of the following company has been recognised as the 2023 Steel Sustainability Champion by the World Steel Association?
(a) Jindal Steel
(b) JSW Steel
(c) Tata Steel
(d) SAIL
(e) Hindalco Steel
12) Which of the following company has launch edits first-ever online retail sales platformnamed ‘Wheels on Web’?
(a) Honda
(b) Toyota
(c) Ford
(d) Suzuki
(e) Hyundai
13) Which of the following company has partnered with Chempolis India on Feasibility Study for setting up Bamboo-based Bio-Refinery at Bongaigaon?
(a) GAIL
(b) NTPC
(c) HPCL
(d) SAIL
(e) IOCL
14) Which IIT has signed a pact with the Taiwanese centre for developing tech solutions for earthquakes, floods?
(a) IIT Madras
(b) IIT Guwahati
(c) IIT Kanpur
(d) IIT Roorkee
(e) IIT Kharagpur
15) Who has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of WRI India?
(a) Bhavik Koladiya
(b) Madhav Pai
(c) Suhail Sameer
(d) Arun Kumar Bhaduri
(e) Tejendra Khanna
16) Recently, Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Star Sports?
(a) Rishab Pant
(b) Virat Kohli
(c) KL Rahul
(d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(e) Sourav Ganguly
17) Recently, The Indian Air Force has participated in a multi-national air exercise named“INIOCHOS-23” in _________.
(a) France
(b) USA
(c) Greece
(d) Belgium
(e) Tajikistan
18) Which cricketer has been appointed as the brand ambassador of the JioCinema for IPL 2023?
(a) MS Dhoni
(b) Jos Butler
(c) Rohit Sharma
(d) Virat Kohli
(e) Nicholas Pooran
19) Every year, World Book and Copyright Day has been celebrated on which of the following day?
(a) 22 April
(b) 24 April
(c) 21 April
(d) 23 April
(e) 25 April
20) Every year, National Panchayati Raj Day has been celebrated on 24 April. Who designated the first National Panchayati Raj Day on April 24, 2010?
(a) Pratibha Patil
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Pranab Mukherjee
(d) Manmohan Singh
(e) Venkaiah Naidu
Answers :
1) Answer: D
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a host member agreement to officially open in Abu Dhabi the Bank’s first overseas office, an Interimz Operational Hub (the Hub).
Jin Liqun, President and Chair of the Board of Directors of AIIB, joined His Excellency Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and UAE Governor of AIIB, during the signing ceremony in Abu Dhabi.
Key Highlights :
The office would serve as a strategic destination in the Middle East and the world, supporting AIIB’s development agenda and financing infrastructure projects to achieve sustainable economic growth.
2) Answer: B
The First Census of Water Bodies has been conducted in association with the 6th Minor Irrigation (MI) Census under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme “Irrigation Census”.
In this census, 24,24,540 water bodies have been recorded out of which 97.1% (23,55,055) are in rural areas and only 2.9% (69,485) are in urban areas.
59.5% (14,42,993) of water bodies are ponds while 15.7% (3,81,805) of water bodies are tanks.
West Bengal has the highest number of ponds & reservoirs while Andhra Pradesh has the highest number of tanks.
Tamil Nadu has the highest number of lakes and Maharashtra is the leading state in the water conservation scheme.
Maximum Water bodies are used in pisciculture, followed by irrigation, groundwater recharge and domestic/drinking purpose.
3) Answer: A
New ₹100 commemorative coin will be released by the government for the 100th episode of Mann Ki Baat.
The coin will be in the denomination of ₹100.
It will be circular, with a diameter of 44 millimetres and 200 serrations.
Its weight will be 35-gram.
Coin’s metal composition will be a quaternary alloy, with silver having a share of 50%, copper 40%, nickel 5%, and zinc 5%.
The coin’s obverse face will bear the Lion Capitol of Ashoka Pillar in the centre with the legend “Satyamev Jayate” inscribed below.
The Lion Capitol will be flanked on the left periphery with the word “Bharat” in Devnagri script and on the right periphery with the word “INDIA” in English.
The coin’s reverse face will have the logo for the 100th Episode of Mann Ki Baat.
The logo will have an image of a microphone with sound waves and year ‘2023’ written on it.
‘Mann Ki Baat 100’ in Devnagri and in English will be written above and below of the microphone image, respectively.
4) Answer: C
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) has released a report titled- “The Status Of Women In Agrifood Systems” highlighting the importance of Gender Equality in the Agricultural Sector.
Women make up a significant proportion of the agricultural workforce, accounting for around 40% of the global agricultural labor force.
However, women often face significant gender-based barriers that limit their access to resources, technology, and markets, which can impact their productivity and income.
Closing the gender gap in agri-food systems could increase agricultural productivity by up to 4% in developing countries, which could, in turn, boost global GDP (Gross Domestic Product) by up to 2%.
This increase in productivity and income could help to reduce poverty and hunger and improve Food Security and nutrition.
Closing the gender gap and empowering women would: Increase global GDP by 1%/ nearly USD 1 trillion.
5) Answer: C
The Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN) based Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is set to establish its first International campus in Zanzibar, Tanzania with plans to start the classes by October 2023.
This will be the first IIT to be set up in Africa.
In February,2023 a team of 5 professors from IIT Madras visited Tanzania and held discussions with various officials on starting the campus.
This information was shared by IIT Madras Director V Kamakoti at IIT Madras’ 64th Institute Day, on April 20, 2023.
6) Answer: E
The Jitgadhi festival is being observed in Butwal in the Rupandehi district of Lumbini Province.
The festival is celebrated every year to mark the victory over the British government, then East India Company, by the Nepal Army.
A Nepal Army led by Colonel Ujir Singh Thapa conquered the Jitgadhi fort on 7th Baisakh 1872 BS by taking down the British Army.
The festival is observed in Butwal Sub Metropolitan City every year in celebration of the conquest of the fort.
On this occasion, the main celebration committee of Jitagadhi Fort welcomed an army contingent, which walked 370 kilometres (km) from Gorkha to participate in the festival.
7) Answer: C
The Chief Minister (CM) of Assam Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma and Arunachal Pradesh (AP) Chief Minister (CM) Shri Pema Khandu signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the settlement of an inter-state boundary dispute between the two States in New Delhi, Delhi.
What was the dispute :
Assam and Arunachal Pradesh share an 804.1-km-long border which has been in dispute since the latter was made a union territory in 1972.
The agreement will end the dispute relating to 123 villages along the border.
After the agreement, the Survey of India will conduct a detailed survey to determine the boundaries of both states.
With the signing of this agreement over a 700-kilometre-long border dispute between these two States which was pending for decades, has now been completely resolved.
8) Answer: E
Himachal Pradesh (HP) has become the first Indian state to develop a DNA database for unidentified bodies.
The process of creating this database had started in April 2022.
So far, the database holds records of 150 DNA samples of unidentified bodies.
Key Highlights :
The Directorate of Forensics Services, Junga had procured DNA profile databasing and matching technology (Smallpond TM software from USA) at a price of Rs. 55 lakh in 2022.
9) Answer: D
The Haryana Chief Minister (CM) Shri Manohar Lal Khattar launched 3 online initiatives-Pro-active Divyang Pension Service, ‘Tau se pucho’ WhatsApp chatbot and an online room booking facility at PWD (B&R) rest houses.
These initiatives have been launched under the state government’s vision of paperless and transparent governance.
About Pro-active Divyang Pension Service :
It will enable automated pension benefits for persons with disabilities (PwDs).
The data of persons with more than 60% disability is available with the Parivar Informatics Data Repository that will be certified by the Haryana Parivar Pehchan Authority every month.
About ‘Tau Se Pucho’ :
It is a bilingual chatbot integrated with WhatsApp and is designed to give quick responses to the queries raised by citizens.
10) Answer: E
The Kerala government launched the ‘One Panchayat, One Playground’ project for reviving the sports culture in Kerala by opening quality playgrounds in every panchayat of Kerala.
The project was inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister Shri Pinarayi Vijayan at Kallikkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
The playgrounds would serve as a hub of local gatherings and social interactions.
The project will address the lack of quality playgrounds in around 450 local bodies in Kerala.
Within 3 years, the playgrounds will be built and for the 1st phase of the project, a list of 113 panchayats has been prepared.
Each playground would cost around Rs 1 crore, half of which would be footed by the Sports department and the rest would be raised from the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) and local body funds, through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), public private partnerships (PPP).
11) Answer: C
Tata Steel has been recognised as 2023 Steel Sustainability Champion by the World Steel Association.
The Sustainability Champions were announced today at the Worldsteel Special General Meeting of the Board of Members held in Vienna, Austria.
Recognised for the sixth consecutive year this year, Tata Steel has been a champion every year since the programme’s launch in 2018.
This prestigious award acknowledges Tata Steel’s efforts to maintain its leadership as a world-class steel producer that is fully committed to the principles of sustainability.
12) Answer: B
Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) made an announcement of a new digital platform for customers residing in Bangalore state.
This will create smooth and comfortable transactions just by sitting at their homes as they can look, buy and order their preferred vehicle.
Named ‘Wheels on Web’, a Business to Customer (B2C) platform is the first-of-its-kind in the Bangalore region.
This is launched to prompt online sales to give an uninterrupted experience.
13) Answer: B
NTPC Ltd, the largest power-generating utility in India, and Chempolis India, a Fortum group associate company and a Finnish bio-refining technology provider, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the feasibility of setting up a bamboo-based bio-refinery in Assam’s Bongaigaon.
Chempolis will work with NTPC to conduct the feasibility study for the project which shall utilise bamboo for the production of 2G ethanol, bio-coal for thermal power plant and other value-added products.
The bio-coal produced by the bio-refinery shall partly replace coal in the power plant, effectively converting 5 percent of the generation of the power plant to green.
14) Answer: D
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) and the National Science and Technology Centre for Disaster Reduction (NCDR), Taiwan have signed an agreement with an aim to develop technology solutions to natural hazards, including earthquakes, landslides, floods, debris flow, and compound disasters.
The researchers aim to co-establish an early warning sensor network equipped with P-Alert sensors at selected locations in Uttarakhand.
The signing ceremony was followed by a technical workshop on Earthquake Early Warning Systems (EEWS).
India’s first Earthquake Early Warning System (EEWS), namely Uttarakhand Earthquake Early Warning System (UEEWS), is established at the IIT Roorkee.
At present, the alert system is active only within Uttarakhand, India.
15) Answer: B
The WRI India has appointed Madhav Pai as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the institute.
Pai succeeds former CEO O P Agarwal.
In his new role, Pai will lead and oversee WRI India’s strategy, operations and activities.
16) Answer: A
The Walt Disney Company-owned Star Sports has signed cricketer Rishabh Pant as its latest brand ambassador.
The company also has other cricketers as its ‘Believe Ambassadors’ like Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul, and Shreyas Iyer.
Star Sports only had two ambassadors in 2017.
Cricketer Virat Kohli is also part of this association.
The ambassadors will represent different parts of the country as well as different IPL Teams.
The ‘Believe Ambassadors’ represent different parts of the country as well as different IPL Teams.
In Mar 2023, The Walt Disney Company India-owned channel Star Sports has signed Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh as its brand ambassador.
17) Answer: C
The Indian Air Force (IAF) will be participating in Exercise INIOCHOS-23, a multi-national air exercise hosted by the Hellenic Air Force.
The exercise will be conducted at the Andravida Air Base in Greece from 24 Apr 2023 to 04 May 2023.
Aim of the exercise :
To enhance international cooperation, synergy and interoperability amongst the participating Air Forces.
Participants :
4 Su-30 MKI and 2 C-17 aircraft will participate in the exercise.
Sukhoi Su-30MKI is a twinjet multirole air superiority fighter developed by Russia while the C-17 Globemaster III is a strategic transport aircraft.
18) Answer: C
JioCinema, owned by billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Viacom18, has signed up Rohit Sharma, captain of the men’s cricket India, as its brand ambassador.
The cricketer will build on the OTT platform’s vision of making sports viewing synonymous with digital.
19) Answer: D
Every year World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated on April 23 and it is also known as World Book Day.
The theme for World Book Day 2023 is “Indigenous Languages.”
The theme is focused on the native languages of a country.
The day is celebrated by United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations and other related organizations across the world to honor authors, books, and to promote the art of reading etc..,
20) Answer: D
In India, 24th April is designated as National Panchayati Raj Day.
The day is held to remember the passing of the 73rd Amendment to the Constitution on June 17, 1992, and on April 24, 1993, the law went into force.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh designated the first National Panchayati Raj Day on April 24, 2010.
The constitution of the 73rd Amendment act of 1992 that came into force with effect on April 24, 1993, has vested constitutional status on Panchayati Raj Institutions.
This marks the moment in the history of decentralization of political power to the grassroots level.
As a result, it was determined to delegate democracy’s authority.
For this reason, a panel headed by Balwantrai Mehta was established in 1957 to meet the demand.