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1) According to a senior official, Indian railways hope to become a significant exporter of Vande Bharat trains to markets in Europe, South America, and East Asiaby 2025–2026.The Vande Bharat Expressis also known as _________.
(a) Duronto Express
(b) Humsafar Express
(c) Train 18
(d) Garib Express
(e) None of the above
2) Which of the following ministry has established a panel to restructure its sole job guarantee program in the hopes of distributing more work to the nation’s poorer regions?
(a) Ministry of Rural Development
(b) Minister of State, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
(c) Ministry of Science and Technology
(d) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(e) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
3) Who has launched the book ‘India: The Mother of Democracy,’ which was prepared and published by the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR)?
(a) Jitendra Singh
(b) Narendra Singh Tomar
(c) Dharmendra Pradhan
(d) Parshottam Rupala
(e) Giriraj Singh
4) Odisha has launched ________, a multi-pronged approach in a bid to ensure the complete eradication of the anaemia problem among women and children in Odisha.
(a) VIMALA
(b) MAHILA
(c) AMLAN
(d) VINAYA
(e) VIDHYA
5) The Sahyadri Farmer Producer Company (FPC) became the first company in India to bag the license for setting up a private agricultural mandi in ___________.
(a) Chennai, TamilNadu
(b) Chandauli,UttarPradesh
(c) Surat, Gujarat
(d) Noida, Uttar Pradesh
(e) Nashik, Maharashtra
6) The Odisha chief minister Shri Naveen Patnaik announced a special package for the welfare of 8 lakh ______ leaf pluckers and other persons engaged in the trade.
(a) Ferns
(b) Anthurium
(c) Monstera
(d) Kendu
(e) Areca
7) Which of the following bank has introduced India’s first sticker-based debit card ‘FIRSTAP’ in association with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)?
(a) IDFC First Bank
(b) ICICI Bank
(c) Axis Bank
(d) HDFC Bank
(e) State Bank of India
8) Flipkart and Axis Bank have partnered to launch ‘Flipkart Axis Bank Super Elite’ Credit Card. This Card bears a fee of _______ rupees per month.
(a) 1000
(b) 200
(c) 300
(d) 500
(e) 400
9) Which bank has launched the 7th edition of ‘Evolve’ for Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with the theme of ‘Indian SMEs: Shifting Gears for Next Level Growth’?
(a) HDFC Bank
(b) Bank of Baroda
(c) State Bank of India
(d) Bank of Maharashtra
(e) Axis Bank
10) Which bank has inked anMoU with JCB India to finance the prospective buyers of heavy construction equipment and boost its loan portfolio?
(a) ICCI Bank
(b) Axis Bank
(c) HDFC Bank
(d) Yes Bank
(e) Federal Bank
11) The S&P Global Market Intelligence projected India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth to average _____ annually between financial years 2021 and 2030 in FY 2021-30.
(a) 4.3%
(b) 6.2%
(c) 5.7%
(d) 6.3%
(e) 8.4%
12) Canara Bank has partnered with National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL) launched an Electronic Bank Guarantee (e-BG) on its ___ Founder’s day.
(a) 1332nd
(b) 121st
(c) 117th
(d) 104th
(e) 127th
13) The RBI has included the GSTN as FIPs under the account aggregator (AA) frame to facilitate cash flow-based lending to MSMEs. What is the full form of FIPs?
(a) Financial Institutions Provider
(b) Foundation Information Provider
(c) Financial Information Profit
(d) Foundation Initiative Provider
(e) Financial Information Provider
14) Which of the following bank has partnered with Aerem Solutions Pvt Ltd (ASPL), Aerem Finance Pvt Ltd (AFPL) and Aerem Finance Pvt Ltd (AFPL) for the financing of Solar Rooftop projects for captive use by Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)?
(a) Punjab and National Bank
(b) Bank of Baroda
(c) Indian Bank
(d) UCO Bank
(e) State Bank of India
15) According to the data of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), during the April-September FY23, which country emerged as the top investor with USD 10 billion FDI?
(a) China
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Singapore
(d) Mauritius
(e) Thailand
16) As per the newspaper report in November 2022, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has announced an increase in stake in Tech Mahindra Limited from 4.863% to ______.
(a) 7.434%
(b) 6.874%
(c) 5.233%
(d) 8.822%
(e) 4.927%
17) Indian Administrative Officer (IAS), Principal Secretary Transport Shri Binod Kumar, launched the 7th 250 Men Ferry Craft, “Manjula” (Yard 786) at M/s Shalimar Works Ltd in __________.
(a) Hyderabad, Telangana
(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(c) Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh
(d) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
(e) Kolkata, West Bengal
18) Indian Navy (IN) and Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) participated in the 13th Edition of the bilateral exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ or Sea Breeze. This year 2022 marks the ____ anniversary of Indian and Omanese bilateral naval exercises.
(a) 25th
(b) 30th
(c) 17th
(d) 41st
(e) 33rd
19) As per the newspaper report in November 2022, Which organisation’s Compendium on Low-Intensity Conflict (LIC) Products was released recently?
(a) BHEL
(b) HAL
(c) BEL
(d) DRDO
(e) SAIL
20) Indian Army Special Forces and Indonesian Special Forces are participating in the eighth edition of the bilateral joint training military exercise ‘Garuda Shakti’ in Karawang, Indonesia.When was the first “Garuda Shakti” edition held?
(a) 2001
(b) 2012
(c) 2009
(d) 2014
(e) 2006
21) The Ministry of Education awarded the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar to ____ schools across the country for the 2021-2022 academic session.
(a) 47
(b) 40
(c) 39
(d) 75
(e) 52
22) Which is the only Indian institute in the top 50, According to the Times Higher Education Global Employability University Ranking and Survey (GEURS)?
(a) IIT Madras
(b) IIT Bombay
(c) IIT Delhi
(d) IISc Bangalore
(e) IIT Kanpur
23) As per the American consulting company Morning Consult,Who among the following is the most popular president in the world, with a 77% popularity rating?
(a) Rishi Sunak
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Andrés Manuel López Obrador
(d) Joe Biden
(e) Anthony Albanese
24) Portuguese professional footballer,Cristiano Ronaldo became the first male player to score in ____ FIFA World Cups.
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 3
(e) 7
25) Narayan Jagadeesan set a new world record for the highest individual score in men’s List A cricket when he hit 277 off 141 balls against Arunachal Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. He played for which state?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) Telangana
(e) TamilNadu
Answers :
1) Answer: C
According to a senior official, by 2025 or 2026, the railways hope to become a significant exporter of Vande Bharat trains to markets in Europe, South America, and East Asia.
The latest iteration of the domestic trains with sleeper coaches will also be running by the first quarter of 2024.
To make 75 Vande Bharat trains export-ready, he added that the railways planned to run 10–12 lakh kilometres on them over the following several years.
Over the next two to three years, the environment for exporting trains needs to be developed.
They want to produce 475 Vande Bharat trains over the next three years, and if they are operationally successful, our product will enjoy confidence in the international markets.
The Vande Bharat Express, previously known as Train 18, is a semi-high-speed, electric multiple unit train operated by the Indian Railways on 5 routes as of November 2022. It was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India initiative.
2) Answer: A
The Union Rural Development Ministry of India has established a panel to restructure its sole job guarantee program in the hopes of distributing more work to the nation’s poorer regions.
As India’s rural communities recovered from the epidemic amid skyrocketing prices and few non-farm job possibilities, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, or MNREGA, was in high demand.
However, residents of relatively wealthy states would have done better in finding employment under the important anti-poverty job program, prompting calls for modifications to the program.
3) Answer: C
In New Delhi, Union Education & Skill Development Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched the book ‘India: The Mother of Democracy,’ which was prepared and published by the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR).
The book is an attempt to highlight the democratic attitude that has been instilled in India since the birth of civilization. This book demonstrates that India has been permeated with democratic ethos since the dawn of civilization.
Thanjavur’s stone inscriptions are a living testament to this. Evidence of societal systems in place during the Kalinga and Lichchhavi periods also speaks volumes about India’s democratic DNA.
4) Answer: C
Odisha Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik launched AMLAN (Anaemia Mukta Lakhya Abhiyan) a multi-pronged approach in a bid to ensure the complete eradication of the anaemia problem among women and children in Odisha.
Several departments including Health and Family Welfare, School and Mass Education, Women and Child Development, Mission Shakti and Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Scheduled Castes (SC) Development Department will carry out the program.
5) Answer: E
The Sahyadri Farmer Producer Company (FPC) becomes the first company in India to bag the license for setting up a private agricultural mandi at Dindori, in Nashik district, Maharashtra.
The market will come up over the next three months at Rs 25 crore.
The private agri-mandi will have a 100-acre dedicated market space integrated with world-class infrastructure, services from banking to storage, processing, and packaging under one roof, options for offline and online trading, legalization of field trade, and ownership of farmers
6) Answer: D
The Odisha chief minister Shri Naveen Patnaik announced a special package for the welfare of 8 lakh Kendu leaf pluckers and other persons engaged in the trade.
The central government has imposed 18% Goods & Services Tax (GST) on the kendu leaf business.
Odisha is the third largest producer of Kendu leaf next to Madhya Pradesh (MP) & Chhattisgarh and produces about 20% of the country’s annual production.
7) Answer: A
IDFC First Bank in association with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has introduced FIRSTAP, India’s first sticker-based debit card.To permit transactions by simply tapping the sticker on a point-of-sale terminal that supports Near Field Communication (NFC).
This IDFC FIRST Bank Sticker debit card has a complimentary personal accidental cover, round-the-clock concierge services, and a variety of RuPay offers.
The debit card is one-third the size of a regular debit card.
8) Answer: D
Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, and Axis Bank, the third largest private sector bank in India, have partnered to launch the ‘Super Elite Credit Card.
Purpose :
To scale the Flipkart SuperCoins reward program and enhance the customer shopping experience.With the new credit card, customers on Flipkart can earn a total of eight SuperCoins for every Rs100 spent. The customers can earn a maximum of 200 SuperCoins on every successful transaction. The Card bears a fee of 500 rupees per month.
9) Answer: E
Axis Bank has launched the 7th edition of ‘Evolve’ for Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with the theme of ‘Indian SMEs: Shifting Gears for Next Level Growth’. ‘Digitalisation to Building Indian SMEs’ and ‘Export Opportunities for SMEs in the New World Order.
The seminar was addressed by Sangram Singh, President of Commercial Banking Coverage Group (CBG), Axis Bank, and Krishan Guptaa, MD, Organic Wellness Product Pvt Ltd.
10) Answer: E
Federal Bank has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with JCB India, a leading manufacturer of earthmoving and construction equipment to finance the prospective buyers of heavy construction equipment and boost its loan portfolio.
Under the arrangement, Federal Bank is the preferred finance partner of the construction equipment manufacturer, where JCB’s customers can avail of loans from the lender at competitive interest rates.
This arrangement will boost the financing options for JCB’s customers in India
11) Answer: D
The S&P Global Market Intelligence projected India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth to average 6.3% annually between financial years 2021 and 2030 in FY 2021-30.
India will overtake Japan and Germany to become the world’s third-largest economy in nominal US dollar terms.
Real income per capita is projected to achieve significant average growth of 5.3%, with Indian households becoming the greatest spenders among G20 economies.
12) Answer: C
Canara Bank in partnership with National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL) launched an Electronic Bank Guarantee (e-BG) on its 117th Founder’s day.
About Electronic Bank Guarantee (e-BG) :
The platform offers several advantages such as greater transparency, better monitoring triggers, and secured transmission of Bank Guarantees to the beneficiary which shall lead to a higher degree of compliance.
13) Answer: E
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has included the Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN) as a financial information provider (FIPs) under the account aggregator (AA) frame to facilitate cash flow-based lending to the Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
The Department of revenue shall be the regulator of GSTN for this specific purpose and GST returns, viz. Form GSTR-1 and Form GSTR-3B, shall be the financial information
As per the latest data, around 2.47 million cumulative accounts have been linked to the AA network while 2.5 million cumulative counts of consent requests have been successfully fulfilled.
14) Answer: B
Bank of Baroda has allied with Aerem Solutions Pvt Ltd (ASPL) and its subsidiary, Aerem Finance Pvt Ltd (AFPL) and its subsidiary, Aerem Finance Pvt Ltd (AFPL), for the financing of Solar Rooftop projects for captive use by Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
Aerem Solutions enables rooftop solar installations for MSMEs, while Aerem Finance is an NBFC registered with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
15) Answer: C
According to the data of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflows into India contracted by 14% to USD 26.9 billion during the April-September FY23.
The inflows had stood at USD 31.15 billion during the corresponding period of the previous year.
The total FDI inflows (which includes equity inflows, reinvested earnings, and other capital) too declined to USD 39 billion during the first 6 months of the current fiscal year as against USD 42.86 billion in the year-ago period.
During the first half of this fiscal, Singapore emerged as the top investor with USD 10 billion FDI.
16) Answer: B
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has announced an increase in stake in Tech Mahindra Limited from 4.863% to 6.874%.
LIC’s shareholding in Tech Mahindra has increased from 4,73,44,343 to 6,69,25,392 equity shares in Tech Mahindra taking its shareholding from 4.863% to 6.874% in percentage terms.
The average cost of the transaction was ₹1,042.24 apiece.
LIC bought 1,95,81,049 shares, or 2.011% equity, at an average cost of Rs 1,042.24 via open market purchase during the period from 30 Nov 2021 to 21 November 2022.
17) Answer: E
Indian Administrative Officer (IAS), Principal Secretary Transport Shri Binod Kumar, launched the 7th 250 Men Ferry Craft, “Manjula” (Yard 786) at M/s Shalimar Works Ltd, Kolkata, West Bengal.
Cmde Indrajit Dasgupta, Warship Production Superintendent (Kolkata) was also present.
With all major and auxiliary equipment/ systems sourced from indigenous manufacturers, this Ferry Craft is the proud flag bearer of the “Make in India” initiative of the Ministry of Defence.
18) Answer: B
Indian Navy (IN) and Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) participated in the 13th Edition of the bilateral exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ or Sea Breeze, which took place off the coast of Oman.
The highlight of the exercise was the participation of India’s guided missile stealth frigate, INS Trikand, offshore patrol vessel, INS Sumitra, and Maritime Patrol Aircraft Dornier.
To strengthen the ancient maritime and cultural linkages between India and Oman
The first naval exercise between the two countries was conducted in 1993.
The last edition of the exercise was conducted in Goa in 2019.
The year 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of Indian and Omanese bilateral naval exercises.
19) Answer: D
The Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Compendium on Low-Intensity Conflict (LIC) Products was released jointly by the Union Home Secretary Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla and Secretary DDR&D & Chairman DRDO Dr. Samir V Kamat.
In line with the “Atma Nirbhar Bharat” campaign of the Government of India.
The compendium consists of more than 100 technologies, systems, and products developed by DRDO for LIC operations.
It is a valuable repository of information for the central security forces.
20) Answer: B
Indian Army Special Forces and Indonesian Special Forces are participating in the eighth edition of the bilateral joint training military exercise ‘Garuda Shakti’ at Sangga Buana Training Area, Karawang, Indonesia.
To enhance understanding, cooperation, and interoperability between the Special Forces of both armies.The first edition of the exercise ‘Garuda Shakti’ was conducted in 2012 in India.
21) Answer: C
The Ministry of Education awarded the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar to 39 schools across the country for the 2021-2022 academic session.
The schools were chosen from among 8.23 lakh submissions.
There were 28 government and aided schools and 11 private schools.
Two Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, one Navodaya Vidyalaya, and three Kendriya Vidyalayas have been recognized.
22) Answer: C
According to the Times Higher Education Global Employability University Ranking and Survey (GEURS), the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Delhi is placed 28th.
IIT Delhi is the only Indian institute in the top 50. The varsity was ranked 27th last year.
IISc is ranked 58th, and IIT Bombay is ranked 72nd. It has been ranked in the top 250 by seven Indian institutions.The top three US institutes are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the California Institute of Technology, and Harvard University, in that order.
The University of Cambridge and Stanford University have maintained their fourth and fifth positions, respectively.
23) Answer: B
With a 77 per cent approval rating, Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to be the most well-liked president in the entire world.
This information was disclosed in a Global Leader Approval Rating report published by the American consulting company Morning Consult.
In second and third place, respectively, are Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, each with 69% and 56% of the vote.
Joe Biden, the US president, and Rishi Sunak, the next prime minister of the UK, are ranked lower on the list with approval ratings of 41% and 36%, respectively.
The most recent approval ratings are based on information gathered from this month’s 16th to 22nd.
24) Answer: B
The first male player to score in five World Cups is Cristiano Ronaldo, who did so in Portugal’s opening match against Ghana in Qatar.
At Doha’s stadium 974, Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 65th minute with a goal from the penalty spot.
It was also the 118th goal for his nation.Portugal took a 1-0 lead after the 37-year-old striker scored from the penalty spot in the 65th minute.
Since 2006, when he again converted a penalty against Iran in the group stage, he has now scored in every World Cup.
Ronaldo scored once at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, once in Brazil in 2014, and four times in Russia in 2018.
25) Answer: E
Narayan Jagadeesan of Tamil Nadu set a new world record for the highest individual score in men’s List A cricket when he hit 277 off 141 balls against Arunachal Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy at the Chinnaswamy in Bangalore.
Tamil Nadu became the first team in List A cricket to score 500 runs before winning the Group C match by 435 runs, the largest victory margin at this level.
Somerset’s previous record was a 346-run victory over Devon in 1990.
This happened after Jagadeesan, 26, became the first player in men’s List A cricket history to score five consecutive centuries.
He also broke the record for the best individual score held by Alistair Brown and Rohit Sharma.
Brown’s previous Surrey high was 268 against Glamorgan in 2002.
Rohit Sharma set the Indian record for the highest List A score of 264 in an ODI against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in 2014.
The 416-run first-wicket stand between Jagadeesan and Sai Sudharsan (154) is the greatest for any wicket in List A cricket.
