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1) Which Ministry has recently launched the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana Gramin Dashboard to monitor the implementation of the scheme?
(a)Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(b)Ministry of Home Affairs
(c)Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(d)Ministry of Rural Development
(e)Ministry of Women and Child Development
2) Which among the following signature tune has released by the Minister of State for Culture, composed by Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej and Oscar contender Bickram Ghosh?
(a) Olympic Theme
(b) Vande Bharatam
(c) World Cup Theme
(d)Jana Gana Mana
(e) None of these
3) The Government has approved the continuation of IVFRT scheme for five years with financial outlay of Rs 1,364 crore. This Scheme will be effective till __________
(a) December 2025
(b) January 2026
(c) February 2026
(d) March 2026
(e) April 2026
4) Which among the following ministry has inaugurated a seminar on ”Industry Connect 2022: Industry and Academia Synergy?
(a)Ministry of Home Affairs
(b)Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(c)Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
(d)Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
(e)Ministry of Commerce and Industry
5) The 3rd anniversary of the launch of PM-KISAN has been recently celebrated. As per the scheme ____________ lakh crore is transferred directly into farmer families bank accounts.
(a) 1.80 lakh crore
(b) 1.90 lakh crore
(c) 2.05 lakh crore
(d) 2.15 lakh crore
(e) 1.75 lakh crore
6) The Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw would release National Strategy on ________________Manufacturing.
(a)Remote Sensor Manufacturing
(b) Semi Conductor Manufacturing
(c)Copper Cable Manufacturing
(d) Optical Fiber Manufacturing
(e) Additive Manufacturing
7) Moody’s Investors Service has raised India’s growth forecast to 9.5% for FY2022 and _______ for financial year FY23.
(a) 8.2%
(b) 8.4%
(c) 8.8%
(d) 9.1%
(e) 9.8%
8) The Reserve Bank of India has directed NBFCs to implement CFSS by September 2025. What is the full form of CFSS?
(a) Central Financial Services Solution
(b) Core Functional System Services
(c) Core Financial Services Solution
(d) Central Functional Services System
(e) Cone Functional System Solution
9) As per the recent Newspaper report Rakesh Sharma has been appointed as the MD and CEO of which among the following Bank?
(a) DBS Bank
(b) Fino Payment Bank
(c) South Indian Bank
(d) IDBI Bank
(e) IDFC First Bank
10) Which among the noted economist and historian have been inducted as a full-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister?
(a)Sanjeev Sanyal
(b)Sandeep mishra
(c)Bibek Debroy
(d)Sunil kapoor
(e) Vivek Anand
11) Hindustan Unilever Ltd has been appointed Nitin Paranjpe as their Non-Executive Chairman. He is also a member of the supervisory board of which among the following company?
(a)Coca-Cola
(b) Nestlé
(c)PepsiCo
(d)Tyson Foods
(e)Heineken NV
12) The World Economic Forum and_________________ has signed MoU to collaborate on jointly designed ‘Sustainable Cities India program’
(a)IIT Madras
(b)IIT Roorkee
(c) National Institute of Economic Affairs
(d)National Institute of Urban Affairs
(e) NITI Aayog
13) In July the first batch of 3 MH-60R helicopters has set to arrive in India. These helicopters are made by which among the following country?
(a) United States of America
(b) United Kingdom
(c) France
(d) Israel
(e) Russia
14) Three more Rafale fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force has reached India from France. How many Rafale fighter aircraftsare ordered by India to France?
(a) 32
(b) 33
(c) 34
(d) 35
(e) 36
15) Indian Navy has recently received its 12th anti-submarine warfare aircraft named _____________ from the US-based aerospace company Boeing.
(a)ATR 72
(b)P-8I
(c)Il-38
(d)Y-8 ASW
(e) A-10I
16) DRDO has successfully tested Quantum Key Distribution tech between 2 cities in UP. This Technology was demonstrated by which among the following IIT?
(a)IIT Ropar
(b)IIT Madras
(c)IIT Delhi
(d)IIT Kharagpur
(e)IIT Guwahati
17) Indigenous submersible vehicle Matsya 6000 would be ready as planned for Samudrayaan. This Matsya 6000 is designed by which among the following organisation?
(a) Indian Space Research Organisation
(b)Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
(c)Defence Research and Development Organisation
(d)Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(e)Cochin Shipyard
18) The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has been appointed Tan Kim Her as India’s badminton doubles coach till 2026 Asian Games. Tan Kim Her belongs to which among the following country?
(a)Singapore
(b)Malaysia
(c)Taiwan
(d)South Korea
(e)Spain
19) A New book titled ‘The Great Tech Game’ has penned by whom among the following?
(a)Arundhati Roy
(b)Vikram Seth
(c)R. K. Narayan
(d)Anirudh Suri
(e)Khushwant Singh
20) In which Year Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) was established?
(a)1905
(b) 1913
(c) 1927
(d) 1931
(e) 1935
21) Who is the current Chairman & Managing Director of SIDBI?
(a)Sivasubramanian Ramann
(b)J. Chandrasekaran
(c) Manoj Mittal
(d)Ajay Kumar Kapur
(e)Mohammad Mustafa
22) Which of the following credit rating agency was set up for MSME in India?
(a)MUDRA
(b)Receivable Exchange of India Ltd
(c)SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd
(d) SMERA Ratings Ltd
(e) None of the above
23) On Which Year Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Scheme was Launched?
(a) 2015
(b) 2016
(c) 2017
(d) 2018
(e) 2019
24) What is an acronym for GVA in Banking?
(a)Gross Value Added
(b)Generalized Voluntary Action
(c)Goods Value Algorithm
(d)General Value Area
(e)None of the above
25) The Headquarters of Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) is located at which among the following place?
(a)Gurugram, Haryana
(b)Mumbai, Maharashtra
(c)Banglalore, Karnataka
(d)Ahmedabad, Gujarat
(e)Amritsar, Punjab
Answers :
1) Answer: D
Union Minister Giriraj Singh, Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) launched the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana Gramin (PMAYG) Dashboard to monitor the implementation of the scheme.
It provides end-to-end insights regarding the physical and financial progress of the PMAY-G scheme just at a glance.
This will cut the need of spending a large amount of time reviewing and analyzing different reports to get the desired information.
2) Answer: B
Minister of State for Culture & External Affairs, Meenakashi Lekhi has released a signature tune for ‘Vande Bharatam’.
It was produced for Vande Bharatam, Nritya Utsav of Ministry of Culture presented at Rajpath, New Delhi for Republic Day event 2022.
The ‘Vande Bharatam’ signature tune is composed by Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej and Oscar contender Bickram Ghosh
The Ministry of Defence handed over the special trophy to the Ministry of Culture in recognition of its exemplary efforts during the Republic Day Event 2022.
3) Answer: D
The government has approved continuation of the Immigration Visa Foreigners Registration Tracking, IVFRT scheme for a period of five years with a financial outlay of over Rs.1,364 crore rupees.
The scheme will be in effect from April 2021 to March 2026
4) Answer: C
Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will inaugurate a seminar- Industry Connect 2022:Industry and Academia Synergy in New Delhi.
The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals in association with Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry is organizing this seminar.
5) Answer: A
Third anniversary of the launch of PM-KISAN, over Rs 1.80 lakh crore transferred directly into farmer families bank accounts.
The scheme was launched on 24th of February, to provide income support to all landholding farmer’s families across the country and enable them to meet expenses related to agriculture as well as domestic needs.
6) Answer: E
Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will release National Strategy on Additive Manufacturing.
This will cater to next-generation digital manufacturing.
Additive manufacturing has immense potential to revolutionize country’s manufacturing and industrial production landscape.
7) Answer: B
Moody’s Investors Service raised India’s growth forecast to 9.5 percent for the calendar year 2022 (Earlier it was 7 percent) and to 8.4 percent for FY23.
It maintained a forecast for 5.5 percent growth in CY2023.
Union Budget 2022 prioritizes growth, with a 36 percent increase in allocation to capital expenditure to 2.9 percent of gross domestic product for FY23.
8) Answer: C
The Reserve Bank asked a certain class of Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFC) to mandatorily implement ‘Core Financial Services Solution (CFSS)’ by September 30, 2025.
NBFC-Upper Layers (UL) have to also ensure that the CFSS is implemented at least in 70 percent of ‘Fixed point service delivery units’ on or before September 30, 2024.
CoreFinancial Services Solution (CFSS) for NBFC is similar to what Core Banking Solution (CBS) is for banks.
The implementation of CFSS is not mandatory for NBFC – Base Layer and NBFC – Middle and Upper Layers with less than 10 ’Fixed point service delivery units.
9) Answer: D
IDBI Bank’s Board of Directors has approved the re-appointment of Rakesh Sharma as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank for a period of 3 years with effect from March 19, 2022.
Previously, he was appointed as the MD & CEO of the IDBI Bank in October 2018.
He also served as the MD & CEO of Laxmi Vilas Bank from March 2014 to September 2015.
10) Answer: A
Noted economist and historian Sanjeev Sanyal has been inducted as a full-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) for a tenure of 2 years.
Currently, he is the Principal Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Finance, GoI.
In 2007, Sanyal was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship for his work on urban issues and was also honoured by the Singapore government at the World Cities Summit 2014.
EAC-PM, which is an independent body constituted by the central government, advises the prime minister on economic and related issues.
11) Answer: E
Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL) has announced the separation of the position of Chairman of the Board and the CEO & Managing Director with Nitin Paranjpe has been appointed as the Non-Executive Chairman of the company with effect from March 31, 2022.
Currently, he is serving as Chief Operating Officer of Unilever, the parent company of HUL.
He is also a member of the supervisory board of Heineken NV.
His appointment was recommended by the nomination & remuneration committee (NRC) to the HUL board.
12) Answer: D
The World Economic Forum (WEF) and the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU ) to collaborate on a jointly designed Sustainable Cities India program.
To create an enabling environment for cities to generate decarbonization solutions across the energy, transport, and the built environment sectors.
13) Answer: A
The first batch of three MH-60R Multi-Role Helicopters are scheduled to arrive in India by mid-July 2022 in Kochi, Kerala.
Three helicopters were handed over by the United States in July 2021 & are currently being used to teach Indian pilots in Pensacola, San Diego and Florida.
MH-60R helicopters will replace Sea King 42/42A helicopters, which were decommissioned in the 1990s.
14) Answer: E
Three more Rafale fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) reached India from France.
With this new arrival of the three jets, the total Rafale fleet with the Indian Air Force (IAF) has reached 35.
The twin-engine Rafale jets are capable of carrying out a variety of missions: ground and sea attack, air defence and air superiority, reconnaissance, and nuclear strike deterrence.
In September 2016 India exchanged Rs 59,000 crore deal with France for 36 Rafale fighter jets
15) Answer: B
Indian Navy received the 12th anti-submarine warfare aircraft P-8I from the US-based aerospace company Boeing.
The Ministry of Defence had signed a contract for eight P-8I aircraft in 2009.
This is the fourth of four additional aircraft delivered under the options contract signed by the Ministry of Defence in 2016.
16) Answer: C
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully demonstrated Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) link between Prayagraj and Vindhyachal in Uttar Pradesh, a distance of more than 100 km
The performance parameters have been measured and have been found to be repetitively within the reported international standards at sifted key rates of up to 10 kHz.
Secretary Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy congratulated the scientists and faculty of DRDO and IIT Delhi for the demonstration of this technology.
17) Answer: A
The indigenously developed manned underwater submersible automobile able to take three people to a depth of 6,000 m, Matsya 6000, can be prepared as initially deliberate for its launch in 2024 for the Samudrayaan Mission.
It is designed by the ISRO and developed by the Ministry of Earth Sciences and NIOT, Chennai, beneath the aegis of Deep Ocean Mission.
The manned submersible, designed to hold three folks in 2.1 meter diameter Titanium Alloy Personnel Sphere.
18) Answer: B
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has approved the appointment of ace Malaysian badminton coach, Tan Kim Her, as India’s Doubles Coach till the Asian Games in 2026.
The 50-year-old’s return to India will raise the stock of the double’s combinations in the country.
19) Answer: D
Indian author, Anirudh Suri has come out with his new book titled “The Great Tech Game” Shaping Geopolitics and the Destinies of Nations.
In this book, the author lays out a roadmap for how any country must develop its own strategic plan to succeed in this technology-dominant era.
This book is published by HarperCollins India.
20) Answer: C
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) was established in 1927
21) Answer: A
Chairman & Managing Director of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) is Sivasubramanian Ramann
22) Answer: D
The credit rating agency set up for MSME in India is SMERA, widely known as ‘The SME Rating Agency’
23) Answer: E
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Scheme was Launched in 2019
24) Answer: A
Gross Value Added is the acronym for GVA.
25) Answer: B
Headquarters of Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) located atMumbai, Maharashtra
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