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1) When was the World Book and Copyright Day observed every year?
a) 19th April
b) 20th April
c) 21st April
d) 22nd April
e) 23rd April
2) The UAE Cabinet has approved the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy to become global leader in artificial intelligence by which year?
a) 2030
b) 2035
c) 2031
d) 2025
e) 2025
3) The Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony (Shilanyas Vidhi) of the first traditional Hindu Mandir in UAE was held in which city?
a) Dubai
b) Abu Dhabi
c) Umm Al Quawain
d) Masdar City
e) Sharjah
4) Which among the following banks has become the first Destination Bank to go live with Net Banking and Debit Card-based e-mandate?
a) HDFC Bank
b) Kotak Mahindra Bank
c) Punjab National Bank
d) State Bank of India
e) Axis Bank
5) Which General Insurance company launches cyber defence insurance for businesses?
a) Tata AIG General Insurance
b) Reliance General Insurance
c) SBI General Insurance
d) New India Assurance
e) Oriental Insurance Company
6) The Asian Tea Alliance (ATA) is a union of how many Asian countries to promote tea trade?
A) Ten
B) Three
C) Five
D) Seven
e) Six
7) Who among these has won the Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award for 2018-19?
a) Indrajit Gupta
b) Ashok Krishna Dutt
c) Biren Roy
d) Sunil Kumar Gautam
e) None of these
8) Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Twitter India?
a) Manish Maheshwari
b) Ashish Chauhan
c) Sandeep Srivastava
d) Gaurav Bhushan
e) None of these
9) Volodymyr Zelensky has recently won the Presidential election of which country?
a) Ukraine
b) Bhutan
c) Peru
d) Slovakia
e) Syria
10) Name the former Indian cricketer who has been choosen as the Corporate Ambassador for Dubai based ‘RAKEZ’ to the Indian Business Community?
a) VVS Lakshman
b) Saurav Ganguly
c) Ravi Sastri
d) Sachin Tendulkar
e) Zaheer Khan
11) India ranks what position in Index of Cancer Preparedness?
a) 21st
b) 19th
c) 23rd
d) 52nd
e) 63rd
12) Which IT sector major modernises 1.5 lakh post offices under multi-year deal with India Post?
a) TCS
b) Wipro
c) Tech Mahindra
d) Capgemini
e) Infosys
13) Which among the following Indian Navy Ships going to participate in IFR in China?
a) INS Vikramaditya, INS Vikrant
b) INS Arihant, INS Viraat
c) INS Kolkata, INS Shakti
d) INS Arihant, INS Shakti
e) INS Kolkata, INS Vikrant
14) India was ranked ____ position among 100 countries in Startup Ecosystem Ranking for 2019 released by StartupBlink
a) 15th position
b) 17th position
c) 16th position
d) 18th position
e) 21st position
15) 1Recently, MoU was signed between Ministry of AYUSH and CSIR. What is the meaning of S in AYUSH?
a) Shringaar
b) Siddha
c) Sarvgun
d) Sampann
e) Shakti
Answers :
1) Answer: E)
Every year on 23rd April this day is celebrated to promote the enjoyment of books and reading. It is necessary to recognise the magical powers of books because they generate a link between the past and the future, a bridge between generations and across cultures.
2) Answer: C)
The UAE’s Cabinet has adopted a new ‘National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2031’ aimed at positioning the UAE as a global leader in AI.The strategy will also seek to develop an “integrated system that employs artificial intelligence in vital areas in the UAE.” The strategy includes eight objectives, including establishing an incubator for AI innovations, the employment of AI in customer service, attracting and training AI talent and research capabilities and providing a data-driven infrastructure to support AI experiments.
3) Answer: B)
The Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony (Shilanyas Vidhi) of the first traditional Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi.Mahant Swami Maharaj, the sixth spiritual successor of Bhagwan Swaminarayan and the spiritual head of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, will also preside over the foundation stone laying ceremony of the BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi. The first traditional temple in Abu Dhabi will act as a catalyst for the flourishment of humanitarian values and harmony between the two countries. The temple will become a medium to represent India’s identity.
4) Answer: B)
Kotak Mahindra Bank has announced the launch of an industry-first debit card-based authentication solution on NPCI’s e-Mandate API platform.Kotak becomes the first Destination Bank to go live with Net Banking and Debit Card-based e-mandate authentication, the bank said in a statement adding that the capability will enable its customers to create electronic mandates (similar to the erstwhile eNACH with Aadhaar + OTP) via both the Debit Card and Net Banking channels. In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the industry, customers can register both physical and e-mandates on a single platform with validation on the mandate fields to remove rejections on account of various reasons.
5) Answer: C)
SBI General Insurance has launched a product to protect businesses from financial and reputational losses due to cyber attacks. In the initial phase, the focus will be on SMEs and mid-market businesses.This offers protection against the growing threat of cyber breaches and is designed to protect against major insurable cyber exposures like hacking attacks, identity theft, disclosure of sensitive information and business interruption. The new insurance plan of SBI General Insurance comes with CyRUSS (Cyber Risk Underwriting and Solution Suite). CyRUSS is a cloud-based tool for commercial cyber polices including risk assessment, ongoing risk management and claim management as well.
6) Answer: C)
Indian Tea Association, China Tea Marketing Association, Indonesian Tea Marketing Association, Sri Lanka Tea Board and Japan Tea Association- the five bodies from five tea growing and consuming countries in Asia- have now come forward to form what is called The Asian Tea Alliance (ATA). The whole idea is to boost tea trade from these countries. ATA, which was floated in Guizhou in China, will now work towards enhancing tea trade, cultural exchanges, technology exchanges, promoting tea globally, enhancing global consumption of tea, while creating a sustainability agenda for the future of Asian tea. Earlier, Indian Tea Association and China Tea Marketing Association teamed up to promote green and black tea consumption in major tea markets of Europe, the US, Russia and West Asia, besides India and China.
7) Answer: D)
Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, awarded Sunil Kumar Gautam, IPS, Special Commissioner of Police, Operations, Delhi Police with ”Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award” for the year 2018-19 for his book ”Samvidhan Kavya” (Constitution of India in Poetic form).The BPR&D rewards 5 best books of Hindi on Police, Forensic Science, Criminology relatef subjects. Cash prize is also given. Apart from this, books of four other police officers from across the country have also been rewarded.
8) Answer: A)
Twitter India appointed Manish Maheshwari, former CEO of Network18 Digital, as Managing Director for the country operations -nearly eight months after its Country Director Taranjeet Singh quit.Balaji Krish, who has been leading Twitter India’s team in the interim, will return to Twitter’s global headquarters in San Francisco to resume his role as Global Head of Revenue Strategy and Operations at Twitter.
9) Answer: A)
Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian with no political experience who plays the country’s president on a TV show, has won Ukraine’s presidential election in a landslide, according to a national exit poll. The poll showed Zelensky receiving 73% of the vote, sweeping away Ukraine’s incumbent president, Petro Poroshenko, who conceded defeat.
10) Answer: C)
“Champion of Champions”, Former Cricketer Ravi Shastri appointed as Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) exclusive Corporate Ambassador to the Indian Business Community. As brand Ambassador Ravi Shastri may attract more Indian business leaders to set up or expand their operations in UAE through RAKEZ. This first-of-its-kind approach is one of the many other initiatives that RAKEZ will be launching in the future to attract more investors from all over the world and boost the economic growth of Ras Al Khaimah.
11) Answer: B)
India was ranked at 19 out of 28 countries in Index of Cancer Preparedness (ICP) released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). It was released as part of the report titled “Cancer preparedness around the world: National readiness for a global epidemic” Top 3 countries are: Australia (1st), Netherlands (2nd) and Germany (3rd). Bottom three are: Saudi Arabia (28th), Romania (27th) and Egypt (26th)
12) Answer: A)
India’s largest IT services company Tata Consultancy Services has deployed an integrated solution for India Post that has helped modernise a network of more than 1.5 lakh post offices in the country. The partnership was aimed at equipping India Post with modern technologies and systems to enable it to offer more services to the customers in an effective manner. In 2013, the Mumbai-based company had announced receiving an over Rs 1,100- crore multi-year contract from the Department of Posts (DoP) for an end-to-end IT modernisation programme.
13) Answer: C)
The Indian Navy ships Kolkata and Shakti are scheduled to arrive at Qingdao in China on April 21 to participate in the International Fleet Review (IFR) as a part of the 70th anniversary celebrations of People Liberation’s Army (PLA-Navy).International Fleet Review (IFR) is a parade of naval ships, aircraft, and submarines, and is organised by nations to promote goodwill, strengthen cooperation and showcase their organisational capabilities. The Indian Navy would be represented in the Chinese IFR by indigenously built stealth guided missile destroyer INS Kolkata and fleet support ship INS Shakti.
14) Answer: B)
India was ranked 17th position among 100 countries in Startup Ecosystem Ranking for 2019 released by StartupBlink. It was ranked 37th spot last year. The report ranks countries based on the strength of its startup ecosystem. It takes into consideration startup ecosystems of 1,000 cities and 100 countries for the ranking. China was ranked 27th. Bangalore, New Delhi, and Mumbai were the top cities in the Indian startup ecosystem.
15) Answer: B)
AYUSH- Ayurveda, Yoga & naturopathy, Unani, Siddha & Homoeopathy. MOU was signed between the Ministry of AYUSH and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi for cooperation in research and education in areas of traditional systems of medicine and its integration with modern science.
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