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1) India has been observed Shaheed Diwas or Martyrs Day on 23rd of March every year. This is to mark the death anniversary of whom among the following?
(a)Bhagat Singh
(b) Shivaram Rajguru
(c)Sukhdev Thapar
(d) All the Above
(e) None of the Above
2) The World Meteorological Day has been celebrated annually on 23rd of march every year. The headquarters of WMO is located in _________
(a)New York, United States
(b)Montreal, Canada
(c)Nairobi, Kenya
(d)London, UK
(e) Geneva, Switzerland
3) The Ministry of Civil Aviation & FICCI has jointly organised the ‘WINGS INDIA 2022’-Asia’s largest event on Civil Aviation in Which among the following place?
(a)Hyderabad, Telangana
(b) New Delhi, Delhi
(c) Panaji, Goa
(d) Bangalore, Karnataka
(e) Chennai, Tamilnadu
4) The CCEA has approved the extension of applicability of NIP-2012 for three units of Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Limited. Which among the following Unit is not among them?
(a)Barauni
(b)Ghaziabad
(c)Sindri
(d) Gorakhpur
(e) None of these
5) Dr Mansukh Mandaviya has set to inaugurate Step-Up to End TB World TB Day Summit on the occasion of World TB Day. The day is observed on _____________
(a) 21st of March
(b) 22nd of March
(c) 23rd of March
(d) 24th of March
(e) 25th of March
6) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the Minimum Support Price of which among the following for the 2022 -23 seasons?
(a)Cotton
(b) Silk
(c) Raw Jute
(d) Leather
(e) Rubber
7) The Union government has extended the FAME-II India (Faster Adoption and Manufacture of (Hybrid and) Electric Vehicles) till which among the following year?
(a) 2023
(b) 2024
(c) 2025
(d) 2026
(e) 2027
8) Kerala has become the First State to Introduce Carbon-Neutral Farming. For this Kerala allocated ________ crore in the 2022-23 Budget.
(a) Rs.3 crore
(b) Rs.4 crore
(c) Rs.5 crore
(d) Rs.6 crore
(e) Rs.7 crore
9) Narasinghapettai Nagaswaram of which among the following state has recently received GI tag?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Karnataka
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) Telangana
10) Which among the following Asset-backed digital lending platform has partnered with NSDC to build skilled gold appraisers?
(a) Muthoot Finance
(b) India Infoline
(c) Manappuram Finance Limited
(d) Malabar Gold
(e) Rupeek
11) Which among the following payment services company has recently launched first-of-its-kind service named Payment Analytics?
(a) Paytm
(b) PhonePe
(c) BharatPe
(d) Amazon Pay
(e) BHIM UPI
12) Rating agency Fitch has declined India’s FY23 growth forecast to ________% from 10.3%
(a) 8.1
(b) 8.2
(c) 8.3
(d) 8.4
(e) 8.5
13) The Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the license of People’s Co-operative Bank. This bank is located in which among the following place in Uttar Pradesh?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Kanpur
(c) Varanasi
(d) Mathura
(e) Allahabad
14) The NABARD has sanctioned the Rs 4,013cr financial assistance for which among the following state under RIDF during the financial year 2021-22?
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Bihar
(c) Odisha
(d) Sikkim
(e) Assam
15) Which among the following Indian Organisation has organized the 5th Edition of Women Transforming India Awards?
(a) CARE India
(b) Azad Foundation
(c) MAKAAM
(d)NITI Aayog
(e) Mahila Milan
16) Indian Potash Ltd has inked a MoU with Israel Chemicals Limited for the supply of Muriate of Potash. As per the agreement the annual quantity supply will be _______Lakh Metric Tonnes
(a) 3 – 3.5 Lakh Metric Tonnes
(b) 5 – 5.5 Lakh Metric Tonnes
(c) 2 – 2.5 Lakh Metric Tonnes
(d) 8 – 8.5 Lakh Metric Tonnes
(e) 6 – 6.5 Lakh Metric Tonnes
17) Cold Response 2022 – NATO Major military exercise has begun in which among the following country?
(a)Belgium
(b) Germany
(c)Netherlands’
(d) Norway
(e)Austria
18) EX-DUSTLIK has recently begun in Yangiarik. It is the Joint Military exercise between India and which among the following country?
(a)Uzbekistan
(b)Turkmenistan
(c) Tajikistan
(d)Kyrgyzstan
(e)Kazakhstan
19) What is Rank of India in the report of Global House Price Index Q4 2021 released by Knight Frank?
(a) 31st Rank
(b) 50th Rank
(c) 45th Rank
(d) 51st Rank
(e) 48th Rank
20) Which among the following tennis player has announced the retirement from Professional Tennis?
(a)Ashleigh Barty
(b) Iga Swiatek
(c) Barbora Krejcikova
(d) Aryna Sabalenka
(e) Anett Kontaveit
21) Indian para-athlete Dharambir has set new Asian record in Fazza International Para Athletics Championships. It taking place in which among the following country?
(a)Rome, Italy
(b)Paris, France
(c)Dubai, UAE
(d) Cairo, Egypt
(e) Accra, Ghana
22) Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga passed away recently. He was the Former Prime Minister of which among the following country?
(a)Ghana
(b) Mali
(c) Niger
(d)Senegal
(e) Burkina Faso
Answers :
1) Answer: D
March 23 every year is observed as Shaheed Diwas to mark the death anniversary of Indian freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar.
Also, 30 January is observed as Martyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi.
In 1928, Bhagat Singh plotted to kill a police officer to avenge Lala Lajpat Rai’s death.
2) Answer: E
World Meteorological Day takes place every year on 23 March, commemorating the date in 1950 when the Convention establishing the World Meteorological Organization came into force.
This year World Meteorological Day is celebrated keeping the theme of Early Warning and Early Action.
WMO headquarters is situated in Geneva, Switzerland.
3) Answer: A
Ministry of Civil Aviation and FICCI will jointly organise Asia’s largest event on Civil Aviation – WINGS INDIA 2022 – from 24th to 27th of March at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad.
Theme of the event is “India@75: New Horizon for Aviation Industry.”
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will be formally inaugurating the event on 25th March.
4) Answer: B
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved an extension of applicability of New Investment Policy, NIP-2012 for the three units of Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Limited, HURL in Gorakhpur, Sindri and Barauni.
HURL is a Joint Venture Company by Coal India Limited, NTPC and Indian Oil Corporation.
These three facilities integrate the world’s best technologies aiming to meet the demand for urea in Seven States – Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha.
5) Answer: D
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will inaugurate the Step-Up to End TB-World TB Day Summit on the occasion of World TB Day on 24th of March in New Delhi.
Chief Guest at the summit will be Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Anandiben Patel, who will attend the summit virtually.
The two days summit will provide a forum to showcase the National TB Elimination Programmers’ learnings and successes.
6) Answer: C
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the Minimum Support Price, MSP for Raw Jute for 2022-23 season.
The approval is based on recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices.
The MSP of Raw Jute, TDN3 equivalent to TD5 grade has been fixed at 4750 rupees per quintal for 2022-23 season.
7) Answer: B
The Union government has announced the extension of the second phase of FAME India scheme by two years till March 31, 2024.
The FAME India (Faster Adoption and Manufacture of (Hybrid and) Electric Vehicles) Scheme is an incentive scheme for the promotion of electric and hybrid vehicles in the country.
Ultimate objective of the scheme is to promote electric mobility and it gives financial incentives for enhancing electric vehicle production and creation of electric transportation infrastructure.
8) Answer: D
Kerala is set to become the first State in the country to introduce carbon-neutral farming methods in selected locations.
For that the government has set aside ₹6 crore in the 2022-23 Budget.
In the first phase, carbon-neutral farming will be implemented in 13 farms under the Agriculture department and tribal areas, and steps are on to convert the State Seed Farm at Aluva to a carbon-neutral farm.
9) Answer: A
Tamil Nadu’s traditional wind instrument Narasinghapettai Nagaswaram made by traditional village artisans of Kumbakonam, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu has got the prestigious Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
It has got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag under ‘musical instruments of class 15’.
On behalf of Thanjavur Musical Instruments Workers Co-operative Cottage Industrial Society Limited, the application for receiving the GI tag was filed by Tamil Nadu’s Nodal Officer for GI Registration of Products.
10) Answer: E
Asset-backed digital lending platform Rupeek has announced the launch of ‘Rupeek Academy’ in collaboration with the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS), an initiative by NSDC.
The partnership is aimed at attracting young talent looking for career opportunities within India’s gold loan industry.
With a vision to create a centre for excellence in developing and managing talent for gold appraisers, Rupeek has set up a skilling programme.
11) Answer: A
A wholly-owned subsidiary of One97 Communications Limited, Paytm Payments Services Limited, has launched a first-of-its-kind service called Payment Analytics, designed by Paytm Payment Gateway.
It is a data analysis feature for online and offline merchants. This is available to all Paytm merchants at no extra cost.
12) Answer: E
Rating agency Fitch slashed India’s growth forecast for the next fiscal to 8.5 percent from 10.3 percent, citing soaring energy prices and rising inflation on account of the Russia-Ukraine war.
It has revised upwards the GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal by 0.6 percentage points to 8.7 percent.
For 2023-24, it is estimated at 7 per cent.
Fitch has reduced the world GDP growth forecast by 0.7 percentage points to 3.5 percent.
13) Answer: B
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the license of Kanpur-based People’s Co-operative Bank Limited as the bank does not have adequate capital and earning prospects.
1The bank does not have adequate capital and earning prospects, as such, it does not comply with the provisions of Section 11(1) and Section 22 (3) (d) read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
14) Answer: C
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs 4,013 crore to the Odisha government under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) during the financial year 2021-22.
With an assistance of Rs 2,568 crore (64 percent of the state’s total sanction) has been sanctioned for construction of rural roads.
These projects are expected to benefit more than 10 lakh people in the state by way of creating and upgrading the road and bridge length of 2,000 km and 17.13 km respectively.
15) Answer: D
NITI Aayog’s Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) is organizing the fifth edition of the Women Transforming India Awards (WTI).
As part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, to celebrate 75 years of Indias independence, the WTI Awards have been conferred on 75 women achievers for their contribution towards a Sashakt Aur Samarth Bharat.
16) Answer: E
Indian Potash Limited (IPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative under the Department of Fertilisers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Israel Chemicals Limited (ICL) for providing Muriate of Potash (MOP) from 2022 to 2027.
The annual quantity supply would be 6 to 6.5 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT).
The MoU is signed in the presence of Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers in Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.
17) Answer: D
The Major military exercise Cold Response 2022 has kicked off in Norway from 14th March till 1st April 2022 organized by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Cold Response 2022 is a long-planned and regular exercise, which Norway hosts biannually.
18) Answer: A
The 3rd edition of joint training exercise between Indian and Uzbekistan armies, EX-DUSTLIK is being conducted at Yangiarik, Uzbekistan from March 22 to 31 2022.
The exercise would focus on Counter Terrorism operations in semi-urban terrain under a United Nations Mandate.
The Indian contingent will be represented by the Grenadiers Regiment and will join the Uzbekistan Army contingent represented by troops of the North-Western Military District.
19) Answer: D
According to International property consultancy Knight Frank’s latest research report – Global House Price Index Q4 2021, India climbed up 5 spots in the global home price index to 51st rank in Q4 2021 against 56th rank in Q4 2020 and Turkey Tops.
The average annual price change across 56 countries and territories was recorded at 10.3%.
20) Answer: A
In Tennis, world number one in women’s category, Ashleigh Barty has announced her retirement from professional tennis.
The 25-year-old Australian made the announcement on social media today, saying she was leaving to “chase other dreams”.
Barty won her first Grand Slam at the 2019 French Open.
21) Answer: C
Indian para-athlete Dharambir has set a new Asian record in the men’s club throw F32/51 event, winning a silver in the ongoing 13th Fazza International Para Athletics Championships in Dubai.
Overall, India took three medals on an opening day with Devendra Singh also clinching silver in the F44 men’s discus throw event, while Jyoti Behera claimed bronze in 400 m women’s final T37/38/47 final.
22) Answer: B
Mali’sformer Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga, arrested over corruption allegations last year, has died of an undisclosed illness in hospital.
Maiga served as prime minister of Mali from 2017 until 2019.
He had been detained since August 2021 after the country was taken over by a military junta.
He was appointed Keita’s prime minister in 2017 but resigned in April 2019 over a massacre that left 160 people dead.
