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1) Recently the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of 23 projects worth over ___________crore in Haldwani district of Uttarakhand

(a) Rs 14100 crore

(b) Rs 12500 crore

(d) Rs 17100 crore

(e) Rs 13400 crore

2) During the visit to Kanpur, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated which Multi-product Pipeline Project, a 356 Km long built at a cost of over 1,500 crore rupees?

(a) Bina – Panki

(b) Bina – Kanpur

(d) Jhansi – Panki

(e) Jhansi – Kanpur

3) Recently which institute has been recognised as the Most Innovative Educational Institute in India for the third consecutive year in the ‘CFTIs (Technical)’ category?

(a) IISC Bangalore

(b) IIT Guwahati

(d) IIT Delhi

(e) IIT Madras

4) Recently the Indian Army with support from the National Security Council Secretariat has established the Quantum Lab at Military College of Telecommunication Engineering in which city?

(a) Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

(b) Mhow, Madhya Pradesh

(d) Saurashtra, Gujarat

(e) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

5) Recently which bank has announced its partnership with the National Payments Corporation of India to launch ‘RuPay Business Platinum Debit Card’ for firms/Corporate?

(a) Central Bank of India

(b) Bank of India

(d) ICICI Bank

(e) HDFC Bank

6) The Reserve Bank of India has recently sanctioned the scheme of the amalgamation of Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank with which Bank?

(a) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

(b) Equitas Small Finance Bank

(d) Utkarsh Small Finance Bank

(e) Unity Small Finance Bank

7) Ray Illingworth, a famous cricketer passed away. He was Captain of which Country team?

(a) England

(b) Australia

(d) South Africa

(e) New Zealand

8) Recently passed Mahendra Prasad was a famous Industrialist and also seven – term Rajya Sabha MP from which State?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Uttarakhand

(d) Madhya Pradesh

(e) Rajasthan

9) Who has recently won the 20th edition of the NECC Deccan $25,000 Women’s ITF Championships?

(a) Maria Sakkari

(b) Ashleigh Barty

(d) Diana Marcinkevica

(e) Moyuka Uchijima

10) According to the fourth edition of the State Health Index for 2019 – 20 recently released by NITI Aayog, Which state has recently topped among the smaller states categories in the “Healthy States, Progressive India”?

(a) Mizoram

(b) Tripura

(d) Sikkim

(e) Goa

11) Recently which State has topped in the implementation of the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Urban Mission to stimulate local economic development, enhance basic services, and create well planned urban clusters?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Gujarat

(d) Karnataka

(e) Madhya Pradesh

12) What is the name of the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope jointly built by NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency?

(a) Johnny Webb Space Telescope

(b) Ray Space Telescope

(d) James Webb Space Telescope

(e) James Space Telescope

13) Who has recently won the Sushila Devi Award 2021 for the Best Book of Fiction for her critically acclaimed novel, Kintsugi?

(a) Anita Desai

(b) Kiran Desai

(d) Anukrti Upadhyay

(e) Salman Rushdie

14) Who among the following has been recently appointed as the co – chairman of Finance Industry Development Council?

(a) Kamlesh Gandhi

(b) Umesh Revankar

(d) Dinanath Dubhashi

(e) None of these

15) At COP 21, India has committed to achieve 40% of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil energy sources by 2030, however India has already achieved this in?

(a) September 2021

(b) October 2021

(d) December 2021

(e) August 2021

16) Recently, Nitesh Kumar has doubled his gold tally at the 4th Para-Badminton National Championship, which concluded in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. What was his rank internationally?

(a) 6th

(b) 7th

(d) 9th

(e) 10th

17) Recently the Prime Minister has inaugurated the 5-Megawatt capacity Suringad-II run of the river hydroelectric project in which district of Uttarakhand?

(a) Pithoragarh

(b) Haridwar

(d) Udham Singh Nagar

(e) Rudraprayag

18) Recently who has been awarded the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021, felicitated by Dr Abraham Mathai, the founder chairman of the foundation?

(a) Dr Abraham Mathai

(b) Dr Prakash Singh Kukreja

(d) Aarti Devi

(e) Dr Anil Prakash Joshi

19) As per the Union budget 2021 – 22, The Finance Minister has announced an outlay of ___________crores for the PLI Schemes for 13 key sectors.

(a) INR 1.97 Lakh

(b) INR 3.97 Lakh

(d) INR 0.82 Lakh

(e) INR 4.74 Lakh

20) Who has been recently appointed as the Interim MD and CEO of private lender RBL Bank by the Reserve Bank of India?

(a) Yogesh K Dayal

(b) Atul Kumar Goel

(d) Mr. Rajeev Ahuja

(e) Chandra Shekhar Ghosh

Answers :

1) Answer: C

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has visited Haldwani, Uttarakhand on 30th December, 2021 and has inaugurated & laid the foundation stone of 23 projects worth over Rs 17500 crore. Among the 23 projects, the foundation stone will be laid for 17 projects worth over Rs 14100 crore. These Projects cover a wide array of sectors/areas across the state including irrigation, road, housing, health infrastructure, industry, sanitation, drinking water supply among others.

2) Answer: A

During his visit to Kanpur Mr. Modi also inaugurated the completed section of the Metro Rail Project in the city. This section is nine-kilometer long from IIT, Kanpur to MotiJheel. The Bina-Panki Multi-product Pipeline Project was also inaugurated by the Prime Minister. It is a 356 Km long project with a capacity of around 3.45 million metric tonnes per annum. Extending from the Bina refinery in Madhya Pradesh to Panki in Kanpur, the project has been built at a cost of over 1,500 crore rupees. It will help the region access petroleum products from the Bina refinery.

3) Answer: E

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has been recognised as the Most Innovative Educational Institute in India for the third consecutive year in the ‘CFTIs (Centrally Funded Technical Institutions)/Central University/Institute of National Importance (Technical)’ category. It has been Ranked #1 in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) launched by the Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. As many as 1,438 higher education institutions (HEIs), including all IITs, NITs, and IISc, participated in the third edition of ARIIA Rankings as compared to 674 HEIs last year.

4) Answer: B

The Army, with support from the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) has recently established the Quantum Lab at Military College of Telecommunication Engineering, Mhow in Madhya Pradesh to spearhead research and training in this key developing field. The Army has also established an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Centre at the same institution with over 140deployments in forward areas and active support of industry and academia. Indian Army in the field of Quantum Technology will help leapfrog into next-generation communication and transform the current system of cryptography in the Indian Armed Forces to Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC).

5) Answer: A

Central Bank of India (CBoI) has announced its partnership with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch ‘RuPay Business Platinum Debit Card’ for firms/Corporate. This card offers an ATM withdrawal limit of ₹1 lakh along with a purchase of up to ₹3 lakh at POS or E-Commerce, to its users. Further, card users can withdraw up to ₹75,000 at ATMs abroad and perform purchases globally worth up to ₹3 lakh at POS and international online merchants.

6) Answer: E

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the validity of its directions for the scam-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank from January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022, but it will be subject to review. Action with regard to sanction of the scheme of amalgamation of PMC Bank with Unity Small Finance Bank Ltd. (USFB) is in process. Depositors of the Bank, in their suggestions to the RBI on the draft amalgamation scheme, want immediate payment of 25 percent of the amount that will remain in their account after the initial payment of up to ₹5 lakh and payment of the balance in three installments over three years.

7) Answer: A

Former England cricketer Ray Illingworth passed away at the age of 89. He was born on 8 June 1932 in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, England. He was also an English cricketer, cricket commentator and administrator. He played 61 test matches for England between 1958 and 1973, scoring 1,836 runs at an average of 23.24 and he claimed 122 wickets. He captained England 31 times, winning 12 of those matches.He became the chairman of England’s Board of Test Selectors (1993-1996) and the England cricket coach (1995-1996).

8) Answer: C

RajyaSabha MP from the Janata Dal(United) and industrialist Mahendra Prasad passed away at the age of 81.Mahendra Prasad was born on 8 January 1940 inJehanabad, Bihar, India. He is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Bihar in the RajyaSabha. He was the founder of Aristo Pharmaceuticals& estimated to be one of the richest members of Parliament. He was a seven-term RajyaSabha MP from Bihar and was also elected to the LokSabha once. Prasad was first elected to the LokSabha on a Congress ticket in 1980.

9) Answer: E

Japanese tennis player MoyukaUchijimabeat fourth seed Diana Marcinkevica of Latvia 6-2, 7-5 in the singles final of the 20th edition of the NECC Deccan $25,000 Women’s ITF Championships. It was the fourth title in the professional circuit for Moyuka, and third of the season. The champion collected 65 WTA points and $3,935, and the runner-up won 40 points and $2,107.

10) Answer: A

NITI Aayog has released the fourth edition of the State Health Index for 2019 – 20. The report, titled “Healthy States, Progressive India”, ranks states and Union Territories on their year-on-year incremental performance in health outcomes as well as their overall status. To ensure comparison among similar entities, the ranking is categorized as ‘Larger States’, ‘Smaller States’ and ‘Union Territories’. Among the smaller states, Mizoram (1) and Tripura (2) were the best performers and Nagaland (8) was at the bottom.

11) Answer: C

Telangana was the first in the implementation of the Syama Prasad Mookerjeeurban Mission (SPMRM), Tamil Nadu and Gujarat secured the second and third positions respectively. There are 2 categories of clusters: Non-Tribal and Tribal. Shyama Prasad Mukherjiurban Mission (SPMRM) was launched on 21st February, 2016 by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD)& it is a centrally sponsored scheme. Its aim was to stimulate local economic development, enhance basic services, and create well planned urban clusters.

12) Answer: D

World’s largest and most powerful space telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, has been launched successfully into orbit in an Ariane rocket from the European Space Agency’s base in French Guiana. Its main purpose is to make breakthrough discoveries on the origins of the Universe and Earth-like planets beyond our solar system. The James Webb Space Telescope is jointly built by NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency. The Webb telescope will reach its destination in solar orbit some 1.5 million km from Earth – about four times farther away than the moon. It will be the largest telescope ever placed in space and 100 times more powerful than Hubble.

13) Answer: D

AnukrtiUpadhyay has won the Sushila Devi Award 2021 for the Best Book of Fiction for her critically acclaimed novel, Kintsugi, which was published under its prestigious Fourth Estate imprint. The Ratanlal Foundation and the organizing Committee of the Bhopal Literature and Art Festival announced the winner. This prize has been instituted by the ShriRatanlal Foundation. Previous winners have been NamitaGokhale (Things to Leave Behind), ShubhangiSwarup (Latitudes of Longing) and AvniDoshi (Girl in White Cotton).

14) Answer: A

Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC) has announced that Kamlesh Gandhi, CMD of MAS Financial Services has been appointed as Co-Chairman, FIDC in addition to UmeshRevankar, CEO and MD of Shriram Transport Finance Group. These appointments were taken as Sanjay Chamria resigned as the Co-Chairman and Director, FIDC. DinanathDubhashi, MD and CEO, L&T Finance Holdings has been appointed as an additional Director of FIDC. FIDC is a Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) cum Representative Body of the Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs), registered with the Reserve Bank of India.

15) Answer: C

At COP 21, as part of its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), India had committed to achieving 40% of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil energy sources by 2030. The country achieved this target in November 2021 itself. The countries installed RenewableEnergy (RE) capacity stands at 150.54 GW as on 30.11.2021 while its nuclear energy based installed electricity capacity stands at 6.78 GW. In line with the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s announcement at the recently concluded CoP26, the Government is committed to achieving 500 GW of installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by the year 2030.

16) Answer: B

World No. 7 Nitesh Kumardoubled his gold tally at the 4th Para-Badminton National Championship, which concluded in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Haryana’s Nitesh along with his partner Tarun defeated World No. 1 Paralympic Games gold medallist PramodBhagat and Manoj Sarkar in straight sets 21-19, 21-11 in the Men’s doubles finals to win the gold. Earlier Nitesh also won the gold medal in the Men’s singles category. The event was organized by the Para Sports Association of Odisha along with the Department of Sports and Youth Govt. of Odisha.

17) Answer: A

Prime Minister has inaugurate the 5-Megawatt capacity Suringad-II run of the river hydroelectric project built by Uttarakhand JalVidyut Nigam (UJVN) Limited at Munsyari in Pithoragarh district built at a cost of about Rs 50 crore. Prime Minister has inaugurated and laid foundation stone of 23 projects worth over Rs. 17500 crores in Uttarakhand.

18) Answer: E

Environmentalist Dr Anil Prakash Joshi, who was conferred upon the Padma Bhushan in 2021, has been awarded the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021. Vidyut Mohan, the winner of the Earthshot Prize, and RidhimaPandey, a young environmental activist from Uttarakhand, were also the recipients of the award. The awardees were felicitated by Dr Abraham Mathai, the founder chairman of the foundation. The Harmony Foundation hosted the 17th Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice in 2021. Mother Teresa Awards have been given since 2004 annually or biannually.

19) Answer: A

In the Union Budget 2021-22, presented on 1st February 2021, the Finance Minister announced an outlay of INR 1.97 Lakh Crores for the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Schemes for 13 key sectors, to create national manufacturing champions and generate employment opportunities for the country’s youth. This means that minimum production in India as a result of PLI Schemes is expected to be over US$ 500 billion in 5 years. PLI Schemes are a cornerstone of the Government’s push for achieving an AtmanirbharBharat.The objective is to make domestic manufacturing globally competitive and to create global Champions in manufacturing.

20) Answer: D

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed Yogesh K Dayal, its chief general manager, as an additional director on the board of private lender RBL Bank for a period of two years.The appointment came into effect on December 24, 2021 & till December 23, 2023 or till further orders.It is conferred under Section 36 AB of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. Dayal is a career central banker who has worked with the RBI in various capacities for over 25 years.

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