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1) Which organization conducted the auction of green bonds, with a total of 8,000 crore worth of two securities, a 5-year bond and a 10-year bond being sold?
(a) RBI
(b) SEBI
(c) SIDBI
(d) IRDAI
(e) None of these
2) HDFC Life has collaborated with which organization to enable policyholders to pay their premiums through a unique voice-based Unified Payments Interface (UPI) service, called UPI 123PAY?
(a) Aadhar-enabled payment system
(b) BBPS
(c) NPCI
(d) UPI
(e) None of these
3) Which country announced that it wants to modify the 62-year-old Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan, citing what it called Pakistan’s “intransigence” in resolving disputes over the Kishenganga and Ratle hydropower projects, both in Jammu and Kashmir?
(a) France
(b) Afghanistan
(c) India
(d) Australia
(e) None of these
4) How many cheetahs will be brought to India as the central government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Africa on the re-introduction of the big cats in the country?
(a) 12
(b) 14
(c) 18
(d) 10
(e) None of these
5) All government vehicles that have completed _____ years automatically lose their right from April, that to ply on roads as their certificate of registration will expire, according to a new rule of the central government.
(a) 15 years
(b) 14 years
(c) 16 years
(d) 12 years
(e) None of these
6) The Ministry of Jal Shakti had provided how many crores for rural households with a tap water connection?
(a) 10 crore
(b) 11 crore
(c) 14 crore
(d) 8 crore
(e) None of these
7) The Ministry of Culture signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cultural cooperation between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Arab countries to strengthen cultural ties with _____________.
(a) Egypt
(b) UAE
(c) Saudi Arabi
(d) Iraq
(e) None of these
8) Which government has decided to release a commemorative stamp that will include a portrait of the first Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru as part of its 75th National Independence Day celebrations?
(a) Srilanka
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Bhutan
(d) China
(e) None of these
9) The Rachid Karami International Fair (RKIF) located in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli has been officially inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List and List of World Heritage in Danger. Now, how many UNESCO sites are there in Lebanon?
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 7
(d) 5
(e) None of these
10) Which state government received investment proposals worth ₹9000 crores at the eighth (8th) and last domestic roadshow organized in Chandigarh ahead of the Global Investors Summit to be held in Lucknow on February 10-12, 2023?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
(e) None of these
11) How many police personnel were awarded Police Medals on the occasion of Republic Day, a statement by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)?
(a) 902
(b) 903
(c) 900
(d) 901
(e)None of these
12) Which one is among the top 10 cities in the world which provides accessibility and inclusive policies?
(a) Delhi
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Mumbai
(d) London
(e) None of these
13) During which session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group (ITWG) on Animal Genetic Resources (AnGR) in Rome, Italy, India was elected as Vice-Chair and represented the Asia and Pacific region?
(a) 12th
(b) 10th
(c) 14th
(d) 11th
(e) None of these
14) Who has been nominated by President Mr. Joe Biden for the appointment to the grade of Air Force brigadier general?
(a) Kalpana Chawla
(b) Sirisha Bandla,
(c) Raja J Chari
(d) Sunita Williams
(e) None of these
15) What is the name of the bilateral air exercise between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) concluded in Japan?
(a) Su-30 MKI
(b) Two C-17
(c) one IL-78 aircraft
(d) Veer Guardian- 2023
(e) None of these
16) Who was named the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year by the sport’s global governing body?
(a) Suryakumar Yadav
(b) Sam Curran
(c) Mohammad Rizwan
(d) Sikandar Raza
(e) None of these
17) Which day is observed as World Leprosy day?
(a) 30th January
(b) 28th January
(c) 31st January
(d) 24th January
(e) None of these
18) Crude oil imports from Russia jumped by 24.89 million tonnes year over year to _________ million tonnes in 2022.
(a) 24.89 million tonnes
(b) 24.79 million tonnes
(c) 23.89 million tonnes
(d) 22.89 million tonnes
(e) None of these
19) ___________ invested about Rs 300 crore in buying 9,15,748 more shares as an anchor investor in a Rs 20,000-crore new share sale by Adani Enterprises Ltd.
(a) SBI
(b) PNB
(c) BOB
(d) LIC
(e) None of these
20) India assumed the presidency of the ________ assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency
(a) 13th
(b) 14th
(c) 11th
(d) 15th
(e) None of these
Answers :
1) Answer: A
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducted the auction of green bonds, with a total of 8,000 crore worth of two securities, a 5-year bond and a 10-year bond being sold.
The 5-year and 10-year green bonds were issued at a premium compared to the similar existing maturity sovereign regular bonds.
This is part of the Rs 16,000 crore Sovereign Green Bond auction that the RBI will conduct in the current financial year.
The second green bond auction will be conducted on February 9, 2023.
A sovereign bond is a specific debt instrument issued by the government.
Just like other bonds, these also promise to pay the buyer a certain amount of interest for a stipulated number of years and repay the face value on maturity.
These bonds are a source of government financing alongside tax revenue.
In India, the framework for the sovereign green bond was issued by the government on November 9, 2022.
2) Answer: C
HDFC Life has collaborated with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to enable policyholders to pay their premiums through a unique voice-based Unified Payments Interface (UPI) service, called UPI 123PAY.
UPI 123PAY is a payment facility through a predefined IVR (Interactive Voice Response).
This platform will enable customers to make financial transactions with or without an internet connection.
A customer has to initiate a secure call from their phone using the UPI number 080 4516 3571 and complete the UPI onboarding formalities.
UPI 123PAY enables smartphone and feature phone users to digitally undertake a host of transactions based on four approaches,
Voice payment based on IVR number
Proximity sound-based payments
The missed call-based payment approach
App-based scan and pay on feature phones.
Customers can avail of this service in various regional languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil, etc.
3) Answer: C
India announced that it wants to modify the 62-year-old Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan, citing what it called Pakistan’s “intransigence” in resolving disputes over the Kishenganga and Ratle hydropower projects, both in Jammu and Kashmir.
India also protested Pakistan’s “unilateral” decision to approach a court of arbitration at The Hague.
The government had written to Pakistan calling for modifications to the treaty as per Article XII (3) of the IWT which deals with the “final provisions” of the treaty.
The first hearing of the Pakistani case at the Permanent Court of Arbitrage at The Hague in the Netherlands began, with India boycotting the court process.
The decision to issue notice to Pakistan, with a request for a response within 90 days, is a major step and could lead to the unraveling and renegotiation of the water-sharing treaty.
The treaty is often seen as a rare example of India-Pakistan consensus, at a time when the two countries have snapped trade and cultural exchanges, and most bilateral talks.
4) Answer: A
As many as 12 cheetahs will be brought to India as the central government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Africa on the re-introduction of the big cats in the country.
The development comes months after eight cheetahs were flown from Namibia and introduced at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on September 17 last year.
As per the agreement, an initial batch of 12 cheetahs will be flown from South Africa to India next month.
The cheetahs will join the eight big cats that were flown from Namibia to India last year.
Following the import of the 12 cheetahs in February, plans have been made to translocate 12 cheetahs annually for the next eight to 10 years to revive the population of the big cats here.
The multi-disciplinary international program is being coordinated by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) in collaboration with the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South African National Parks (SANParks), the Cheetah Range Expansion Project, and the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) in South Africa along with the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII).
The MoU on the re-introduction of cheetahs to India aims to facilitate cooperation between the parties to establish a viable and secure cheetah population in the country, promote conservation and ensure that expertise is shared and exchanged, and capacity built, to promote cheetah conservation.
This includes human-wildlife conflict resolution, capture, and translocation of wildlife, and community participation in conservation in the two countries.
5) Answer: A
From April, all government vehicles that have completed 15 years will automatically lose their right to ply on roads as their certificate of registration will expire, according to a new rule of the central government.
To weed out old, polluting, and potentially less-safe vehicles from Indian roads, Nitin Gadkari-led Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has already rolled out the vehicle scrapping policy.
The draft notification of the policy was issued in November.
Any vehicle which is 15 or more years old, owned by governments, in the center or state, Union Territories, public sector undertakings, municipal bodies, or any organization owned or controlled by the government, will have to retire, the new rule states.
If the registration of such old vehicles was renewed before they attained the age of 15, such registration certificates will also automatically be deemed canceled and they will have to retire after a lapse of 15 years from initial registration.
6) Answer: B
The Jal Shakti Ministry the government had provided 11 crore rural households with a tap water connection.
Data from the Ministry’s dashboard suggest that 56% of the targeted 19.3 crore households had been covered.
In September 2022, 53% of the households, or 10.2 crore households, had been covered.
Last October, the Ministry made public the results of a Ministry-commissioned survey, of a cross-section of rural households, that suggested Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, and Puducherry reported more than 80% of households with fully functional connections, while less than half the households in Rajasthan, Kerala, Manipur, Tripura, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, and Sikkim had such connections.
A fully functional tap water connection is defined as a household getting at least 55 liters of per capita per day of potable water all through the year.
The Jal Jeevan Mission aims to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections by 2024 to all households in rural India.
The scheme has a financial outlay of ₹3.60 lakh crore, with the Centre funding 50% of the cost with States and Union Territories, except for Union Territories without a legislature, where it foots the entire bill, and northeastern and Himalayan States and Union Territories with legislatures, where it funds 90% of the bill.
7) Answer: A
The Ministry of Culture signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cultural cooperation between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt, to strengthen the cultural ties with Egypt.
Under the aegis of the MoU on Cultural Cooperation, both countries look forward to witnessing a host of cultural activities happening in due course in the realm of Music, Dance, Theatre, Literature, Library, Organising Festivals in respective countries, and Research and Documentation, etc.
For continued cultural cooperation, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed for 5 years.
The MoU was signed and exchanged by Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy and the Arab Republic of Egypt Foreign Minister Sameh Hassan Shoukry.
8) Answer: A
As part of its 75th National Independence Day celebrations, the government of Sri Lanka has decided to release a commemorative stamp that will include a portrait of the first Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
The main ceremony of the National Independence Day Celebrations will be held on February 4, 2023, at Galle Face Green in Colombo Sri Lanka.
Many cultural and religious programs have been organized throughout the country in conjunction with the 75th National Independence Festival.
The theme of this year’s Independence day celebration will be “Namo Namo Matha – A Step towards a Century”.
In the next 25 years, the government will head on towards a new reformist course and intends to implement stable government policies until the country celebrates its 100th year of Independence in 2048.
9) Answer: A
The Rachid Karami International Fair (RKIF) located in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli has been officially inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List and List of World Heritage in Danger.
The RKIF would receive international attention and continued support from UNESCO, which contribute to its restoration and preservation.
The World Heritage Committee used an emergency procedure to inscribe the site, due to its alarming state of conservation, the lack of financial resources for its maintenance, and the latent risk of development proposals that could affect the integrity of the complex.
The RKIF was designed in 1962 by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer to house a permanent international fair capable of accommodating up to 2 million visitors a year, including a grand exhibition hall, a national pavilion, and an outdoor concert stage.
It is Lebanon’s 6th monument to enter the UNESCO World Heritage List
10) Answer: B
The Uttar Pradesh (UP) government received investment proposals worth ₹9000 crores at the eighth (8th) and last domestic roadshow organized in Chandigarh ahead of the Global Investors Summit to be held in Lucknow on February 10-12, 2023.
The investors’ summit is an initiative by the chief minister (CM) Shri Yogi Adityanath to make UP a trillion-dollar economy in the next 5 years.
The UP government team held Business to Government (B2G) meetings with the investors before and after the roadshow.
Company-wise, the highest investment proposals received during the roadshow include proposals worth ₹1100 crore by Unique Energies Private Limited, ₹1000 crore each by Spray Engineering Devices Private Limited and Amartex Industries, and a proposal worth ₹700 crores by Madhav KRG Private Limited.
UP minister for industrial development Nand Gopal Gupta ‘Nandi’, minister of state for agriculture Baldev Singh Aulakh, and minister of state (Independent Charge) home guard Dharamveer Prajapati led the UP government’s team that signed 26 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) during the roadshow.
With these investments, more than 20,000 employment opportunities will be created in UP.
11) Answer: D
A total of 901 police personnel were awarded Police Medals on the occasion of Republic Day, a statement by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
The Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) has been awarded to 140 police personnel, the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service (PPM) to 93 personnel, and the Police Medal for Meritorious Service (PM) has been awarded to 668 personnel.
As many as 80 out of 140 gallantry awards have been conferred on police personnel deployed in Left Wing Extremism-affected areas.
Nineteen Maharashtra Police personnel received gallantry medals for the May 21, 2021 encounter in the Paidi forest area in Gadchiroli district, where 13 Maoist cadres, including a senior member Satish, were killed.
Forty-five personnel from the Jammu and Kashmir region are being awarded for their gallant action.
Among the personnel receiving gallantry awards, 48 are from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), 31 from Maharashtra Police, 25 from J&K Police, nine from Jharkhand Police, and seven each from Delhi Police, Chhattisgarh Police, and the Border Security Force.
A PMG is awarded on the ground of conspicuous gallantry in saving life and property, or in preventing crime or arresting criminals.
PPM is awarded for a specially distinguished record in police service, and the PM is awarded for valuable service characterized by resource and devotion to duty.
12) Answer: B
Delhi, Bengaluru, and Mumbai are among the top 50 cities providing a beneficial business environment for women entrepreneurs, according to the findings of Dell Technologies’ 2023 Women Entrepreneur Cities (WE Cities) Index.
According to the report, Delhi has demonstrated significant improvement over its score in 2017 by offering a skilled workforce and cost benefits, making it a preferred city for women-led businesses.
Mumbai is a new entrant to this list and Bengaluru is one of the top 10 cities in the world which provides accessibility and inclusive policies.
The report ranked 55 global cities based on their ability to attract and foster high-potential women entrepreneurs (HPWE) who want to start and scale a business.
This year’s index had 90 indicators across two categories and 5 pillars including an equality sub-pillar.
Delhi has the highest momentum score compared to 2017, the base year.
Delhi also benefits from a skilled workforce, ranking 6 th in the share of the population with tertiary education.
Bengaluru is ranked fifth in the top ten operating environments list.
This is the first time Bengaluru has appeared on this list, ahead of Paris and Washington DC, and other cities.
Bengaluru provides market size, cost, access, and policies that can benefit and accelerate the growth of women entrepreneurs.
Bengaluru has a momentum score of 58.5 and falls under the “Cities on the radar” category of progress.
Further, along with Montpellier, Auckland, Wellington, and Hamburg, Mumbai has also been inducted into the WE Cities Index.
13) Answer: A
During the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group (ITWG) on Animal Genetic Resources (AnGR) in Rome, Italy, India was elected as Vice-Chair and represented the Asia and Pacific region.
Dr. B N Tripathi, Deputy Director General (Animal Sciences), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), and the National Coordinator, Vice-chaired the Session and also acted as Rapporteur.
The ITWG established by the Food and Agricultural Organization’s (FAO’s) Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA), functions to review technical issues, advise and make recommendations to the Commission and further implement the Commission’s program related to AnGR at the global level.
In the 12th session of ITWG, implementation of the Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources, monitoring of AnGR diversity, and preparing the 3rd Country Report were reviewed.
Earlier to the ITWG Session, the Global National Coordinators’ Workshop was held in Rome, from 16-17th January 2023.
In the Workshop, Dr. B N Tripathi shared the country’s experience in updating data in Domestic Animal Diversity – Information System (DAD-IS) and presented a framework for cataloging native populations.
14) Answer: C
Indian-American astronaut Raja J Chari has been nominated by President Mr. Joe Biden for the appointment to the grade of Air Force brigadier general.
The nomination will have to be confirmed by the Senate.
The US Senate approves all senior civilian and military appointments.
Chari served as the commander of the 461st Flight Test Squadron.
He is the director of the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
In 2020, he was selected as the Commander of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by NASA and the European Space Agency.
He was the commander of the Crew Dragon spacecraft and the Crew-3 mission.
He was one of the four astronauts that were part of the SpaceX spacecraft which docked successfully at the orbiting lab in May 2022.
He was responsible for all phases of flight, from launch to re-entry.
He also served as an Expedition 66 flight engineer aboard the station & this was the first spaceflight for Chari, who was selected as a NASA astronaut candidate in 2017.
Currently, Chari is serving as the Crew-3 commander and astronaut, at National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, Texas.”
15) Answer: D
The inaugural edition of the bilateral air exercise ‘Veer Guardian 2023’ between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) concluded in Japan.
The 16-day joint exercise was conducted to enhance air defense cooperation between the two air forces.
Su-30 MKI pilot squadron leader Avani Chaturvedi participated in the bilateral air exercise ‘Veer Guardian 2023’
The Participants of the IAF contingent comprised four Su-30 MKI, two C-17, and one IL-78.
The Participants of the JASDF include four Mitsubishi F-2 and four F-15 combat jets.
India and Japan agreed to step up bilateral defense cooperation and engage in more military exercises, including holding the first joint fighter jet drills, during the second ‘2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial’ dialogue in Tokyo, Japan in September 2022
During the exercise, the conduct of air defense missions, “both in Visual and Beyond Visual Range settings,” was practiced.
Notably, the aircrew of both air forces flew sorties in each other’s participating aircraft to gain deeper knowledge and understanding of each other’s flying and operating philosophies.
The exercise involved multi-domain air combat missions in complex environments.
16) Answer: A
Swashbuckling India middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav, who had an outstanding run in the shortest format in the year 2022, was named the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year by the sport’s global governing body.
Surya had a phenomenal run last year where he broke a plethora of records in the T20Is.
He beat the likes of Sam Curran, Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan, and Zimbabwe’s batting all-rounder Sikandar Raza for the top honor.
Yadav was at his stupendous best during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, recording three fifties in six innings and averaging nearly 60 during the tournament.
Notably, his strike rate was yet again right up there at 189.68.
Having already recorded a ton earlier in the year, Suryakumar continued his brilliant year after the multi-nation tournament, making his second hundred in T20Is in the year in the bilateral series in New Zealand.
Yadav also became the top-ranked MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings, achieving a career-high 890 rating points.
17) Answer: A
The Leprosy disease is also called Hansen’s disease, named after the Norwegian doctor Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, who is known for identifying the bacteria that causes Leprosy.
French philanthropist Raoul Follereau started World Leprosy Day in 1954 to raise awareness of the illness, particularly its socioeconomic effects.
To honor Mahatma Gandhi’s unwavering compassion for those suffering from the disease, the day is marked in India on January 30, the anniversary of his passing.
Despite being curable today and uncommon in affluent nations like the U.S., the illness still has a stigma.
The countries with the highest incidence of incidents include Indonesia, Brazil, and India.
People who are infected are frequently subjected to prejudice and exclusion, which prevents them from receiving the proper medical attention, treatment, and even basic human rights.
18) Answer: A
India’s trade data for the first eight months of the current fiscal year shows that crude oil imports from Russia jumped by 24.89 million tonnes year over year to 28.13 million tonnes, a staggering seven-fold.
An analysis of India’s trade data for the first eight months of FY 2022-23 showed a staggering seven-fold increase in crude oil imports from Russia.
India’s oil imports for the period rose 6.8% year on year to 151.39 million tonnes.
Nine supplying nations saw oil supplies to India fall by around 1 million tonnes or more.
Nigeria and the US have topped the list, with supply volumes falling by 4.88 million tonnes and 3.79 million tonnes over this period, respectively.
On the other hand, India’s big three West Asian oil suppliers, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, did not see their oil shipments fall significantly.
During this period, Russia displaced major suppliers like Saudi Arabia and the UAE to emerging as the second-biggest source of crude for India.
19) Answer: D
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is plowing more money into Adani group’s flagship firm as it continues to be a net gainer despite the plunge in stock prices following a short seller’s fraud allegations.
LIC, India’s largest life insurer, invested about Rs 300 crore in buying 9,15,748 more shares as an anchor investor in a Rs 20,000- crore new share sale by Adani Enterprises Ltd.
The shares that LIC picked totaled 5 percent of the stocks reserved for anchor investors.
LIC holds 9 percent in Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, 3.7 percent in Adani Transmission, 1.3 percent in Adani Green Energy, and 6 percent in Adani Total Gas Ltd.
20) Answer: A
India taking over the presidency of IRENA has reinforced the country’s leadership in the clean energy space.
The Assembly will be held under the overarching theme, ‘World Energy Transition – The Global Stocktake’.
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an intergovernmental organization mandated to facilitate cooperation, advance knowledge, and promote the adoption and sustainable use of renewable energy.
India assumed the presidency of the 13th assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency.
A 14-member delegation from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), participated in the 13th session of the IRENA assembly from January 13 to 15 in Abu Dhabi.
The Union Cabinet on January 4 approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission, which is aimed at making India the global hub for the production of green hydrogen.
The total outlay for the mission is Rs 19,744 crore, out of which the government has allocated Rs 17,490 crore for the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) program, Rs 1,466 crore for the upcoming pilot projects, Rs 400 crore for R&D, and Rs 388 crore towards other mission components.