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1) World Computer Literacy Day is observed on which among the following day?
(a) November 29
(b) November 30
(c) December 01
(d) December 02
(e) December 03
2) International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed on 2nd December. It was first observed by the U.N. Working Group on Slavery on which year?
(a) 1955
(b) 1965
(c) 1975
(d) 1985
(e) 1995
3) To create awareness about pollution, National Pollution Control Day is observed on which among the following day?
(a) December 01
(b)December 02
(c)December 03
(d)December 04
(e)December 05
4) Union Minister R.K Singh launched the ‘Doctor ApkeDwar’ Mobile Health Clinics at Sadar Hospital in which among the following state?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Haryana
(c) Bihar
(d) Odisha
(e) Himachal Pradesh
5) As a part of National Milk Day celebrations Animal Quarantine Certification Services Launched in which state?
(a)Bhubaneswar, Odisha
(b)Panaji, Goa
(c)Bangalore, Karnataka
(d)Varanasi, UttarPradesh
(e) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
6) The Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has recently approved which animal as a ‘food animal’?
(a)Himalayan monal
(b)Musk deers
(c)Himalayan marmot
(d)Himalayan tahr
(e)Himalayan Yak
7) World’s largest active volcano Mauna Loa erupts for the first time in nearly 40 years. It is located in which place?
(a)Guam
(b)Hawaii
(c)Maui
(d)Alaska
(e)Bahamas
8) Globally one in eight or over one billion people are migrants with 281 million international migrants. This report is recently published by which organisation?
(a)United Nations Development Programme
(b)World Bank
(c)United Nations Children’s Fund
(d) World Health Organization
(e) United Nations Environment Programme
9) To provide complete health and wellness benefits to customers which Health launches policy for outpatient expenses with a 1-year term?
(a)Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Ltd.
(b)Star Health & Allied Insurance Co. Ltd.
(c)MAX Bupa Health Insurance Company Ltd.
(d)Care Health Insurance Ltd.
(e)Acko Health Insurance Ltd.
10) Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) seeks to raise the threshold for withholding tax (TDS) limit to ₹50,000 per annum from __________ per annum
(a)₹5,000
(b) ₹10,000
(c) ₹15,000
(d) ₹50,000
(e) ₹25,000
11) As per Knight Frank’s Global Prime Cities Index which city in India was ranked 22nd in a global index?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Bangalore
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Chennai
(e) Mumbai
12) Samanvay 2022 is an Annual Joint HADR exercise of the Indian Air Force held in which state?
(a)UttarPradesh
(b)Haryana
(c) Rajasthan
(d)Andhra Pradesh
(e)Himachal Pradesh
13) India’s first electric formula racing car – RF23 was recently launched by studentsbelonging to which IIT?
(a)IIT Bombay
(b)IIT Madras
(c)IIT Delhi
(d)IIT Kharagpur
(e)IIT Guwahati
14) World’s first hydrogen-powered jet engine was successfully tested by Airline EasyJet and which company for the aviation industry?
(a)General Electric
(b) Rolls-Royce
(c)Pratt & Whitney
(d)CFM International
(e)Engine Alliance
15) As per the newspaper report International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and ____________ to develop High-Resolution Spatial Maps to enable cropland mapping for insurance claims
(a)Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(b) NABARD
(c)Asian Development Bank
(d)World Bank
(e)European Investment Bank
16) Who among the following will be the first woman referee at the FIFA World Cup in 2022?
(a)Maria Marotta
(b)Bibiana Steinhaus
(c)Salima Mukansanga
(d) Yoshimi Yamashita
(e) Stephanie Frappart
17) Dal Lake is located in which of the following States/UTs?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
(e) Uttarakhand
18) Ghumura is the folk dance of which Indian state?
(a) Haryana
(b) Gujarat
(c) Odisha
(d) Manipur
(e) Assam
19) Which among the following are Capital Market Instruments?
(a) Securities
(b) Debentures
(c) Bonds
(d) Equity Shares
(e) All the above
20) The money market refers to trading in very short-term debt investments.
What are the types of Money market Instruments?
(a) Treasury Bills
(b) Commercial Papers
(c) Bills of Exchange
(d) Repurchase Agreements
(e) All the above
Answers :
1) Answer: D
World Computer Literacy Day 2022 is observed on the 2nd of December 2022.
World Computer Literacy Day was launched in 2001 by an Indian company called N.I.I.T. to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
The Company was founded in 1981 by Rajendra Singh Pawar and Vijay K. Thadani. N.I.I.T stands for National Institute of Information Technology, is a skills and talent development company.
A study revealed that men formed the majority of computer users in the world.
As a result, N.I.I.T took up the cause to educate more women and children by equipping them with computer literacy skills.
Since its starting in 1981, the company has spread to over 30 countries of the world.
2) Answer: D
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2022 is observed on the 2nd of December 2022.
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2022 theme set by the UN this year is “Stories of Courage: Resistance to Slavery and Unity against Racism”.
The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery focuses on eradicating modern forms of slavery like trafficking, sexual exploitation, child labour, forced marriage, and forced recruitment of children into armed conflict.
The International Labor Organization puts the number of victims of modern slavery at 40 million worldwide.
From past times to the present, slavery has spanned various nations, civilizations, and religions.
Similarly, victims of slavery hailed from a wide range of races and religious backgrounds.
Africans were kidnapped in the 17th and 18th centuries, sold into slavery in the American colonies, and exploited to work as slaves in the production of products such as tobacco and cotton.
ILO has adopted a legally binding Protocol designed to strengthen global efforts to eliminate forced labour, which entered into force in November 2016.
U.N. Working Group on Slavery submitted a report that tendered the date for consideration as the World Day for the Abolition of Slavery in 1985.
3) Answer: B
National Pollution Control Day 2022 is observed on the 2nd of December 2022.
National Pollution Control Day is observed to create awareness about pollution which is causing harm to our environment and living beings.
It is nationally observed for the remembrance of an Industrial accident that took place in Bhopa which took thousands of lives in 1984.
The Bhopal gas tragedy happened on the night of 2nd and 3rd December in the year 1984 because of the unintentional discharge of the poisonous chemical known as Methyl Isocyanate (also called MIC) as well as some other chemicals released from the Union Carbide Chemical Plant positioned in the city.
Nearly 25000 people died due to the release of Poisonous gas and it is reported as one of the biggest Industrial Pollution disasters that took place in history.
4) Answer: C
Union Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy, R.K. Singh, launched REC’s CSR effort for the procurement, operation, and maintenance of ten ‘Doctor ApkeDwar’ Mobile Health Clinics (MHC) at Sadar Hospital, Aarah, Bhojpur District, Bihar.
The initiative intends to reduce operational costs for three years to ensure seamless operation. The project’s entire cost is Rs. 12.68 crores.
The goal of 10 Mobile Health Clinics (MHC) is to deliver primary health care to the poor population in all 14 blocks of Bihar’s Bhojpur district.
MHCs will be outfitted with additional basic equipment and staffed by a four-person team consisting of a doctor, a nurse, a pharmacist, and a driver/support staff.
Patients will also receive free generic medications.
Each MHC will have over 20 camps every month and see 50-70 patients per day.
5) Answer: C
The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying held Animal Quarantine Certification Services in Bengaluru as part of the National Milk Day celebrations.
The Department of Animal Husbandry, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying commemorated National Milk Day.
As part of the celebrations in Hasserghata Bengaluru, the Department launched Animal Quarantine Certification Services.
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Minister of State in Finance, Fisheries, and Animal Husbandry, Government of India, inaugurated the station on National Milk Day in the presence of the Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
AQCS, Bangalore was established in August 2009, and it operates from the airport satellite office at Alpha 3, Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru.
The station’s duty has expanded significantly, and the movement of livestock and livestock products has increased dramatically.
In the absence of a quarantine facility, the import of live animals such as horses, cattle, sheep, goats, and so on was prohibited in Bengaluru.
This station will make it easier for regions of the country, particularly the southern states, to import and export animals and livestock goods, thereby increasing trade.
6) Answer: E
The Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has recognized the Himalayan Yak as a “food animal”
According to an official at the National Research Centre (NRC) on Yak in Dirang, West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, the move is likely to help stem the decrease of the high-altitude bovine animal population by merging it into the mainstream milk and meat businesses.
The ‘food animal’ tag will become official once approved by a competent authority and published in the gazette.
The FSSAI’s designation of the Yak as a food-producing animal will assist farmers in reaping financial benefits from rearing the animal and will open up numerous avenues of economic benefit for both farmers and food processors.
Yaks have traditionally been raised through a rudimentary, unstructured, and difficult transhumance system.
It is commonly expected that the FSSAI’s classification of the yak as a food animal will clear the way for commercial rearing and consumption of the yak using the NRC-Yak yak-rearing methodology.
7) Answer: B
The world’s largest active volcano, Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years.
It is the volcano’s first well-documented historical eruption.
With the eruption of the volcano, the night sky above Hawaii’s largest island glowed a hellish red as bright, hot lava sprang forth at the Volcano’s summit
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa is the largest (not tallest) volcano in the world.
About Mauna Loa :
Its name means “long mountain” in Hawaiian.
The volcano has erupted for the first time in almost 4 decades.
As per the US Geological Survey, Mauna Loa, which covers half of the island of Hawaii, has erupted 33 times since 1843.
8) Answer: D
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Globally one in eight or over one billion people are migrants with 281 million international migrants and many million individuals who are stateless.
Reason :
Climate change, rising inequality, conflicts, trade, and population growth are accelerating these trends.
Key Highlights :
To support countries & territories to build professional competence and capacity to adequately address refugee and migrant health issues, WHO is organizing the 3rd edition of its annual Global School on Refugee and Migrant Health in Dhaka, Bangladesh with a focus on capacity-building.
9) Answer: B
Star Health and Allied Insurance Co Ltd, a standalone health insurance company, has launched the Star OutPatient Care Insurance Policy.
Aim :
To provide complete health and wellness benefits to customers at an affordable cost.
To bridge the gap between expenses related to in-patient hospitalization, which is catered to by the health insurance industry, and outpatient expenses.
Star OutPatient Care Insurance Policy is a standalone cover that provides access to doctors, clinics, and diagnostic centres all over India.
The policyholder can avail of unlimited virtual teleconsultations, unlimited in-clinic consultation, pharmacy expenses, and diagnostic tests up to the sum insured in any of the networked facilities on a cashless basis.
The policy is available on an individual or floater basis and can cover up to 6 family members.
10) Answer: A
The mutual fund industry has urged the government to increase the threshold for withholding tax (TDS) on the dividend to ₹50,000 per annum from the current level of ₹5,000 per annum.
In a pre-Budget representation, the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) announced the current threshold for TDS on dividends has been causing hardship to retail investors particularly when TDS on banks’ fixed deposits was raised from ₹10,000 to ₹40,000 a couple of years ago.
Capital gains tax :
Long-term capital gains (LTCG) of listed equity shares and units of equity-oriented MF schemes are taxed at 10% if the LTCG exceeds ₹1 lakh in a financial year.
The industry has urged the government to remove the restriction on ELSS investment in multiples of ₹500 and permit investments of any amount, subject to a minimum of ₹500.
11) Answer: E
According to Knight Frank, Mumbai was ranked 22nd in a global index that analyzes the annual price appreciation of luxury residential properties.
According to Knight Frank’s research on the ‘Prime Global Cities Index Q3 (July-September) 2022,’ all three Indian cities, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and New Delhi, saw an increase in average yearly prices in the third quarter of 2022.
The prime global cities index is a valuation-based index that tracks the change of prime home prices in local currency in 45+ cities around the world.
Mumbai rose to 22nd place in the third quarter of 2022, from 39th place the previous year.
Bengaluru’s rank increased to 27th from 41st, while New Delhi’s position climbed to 36th from 38th.
12) Answer: A
Indian Air Force is conducting the Annual Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise “Samanvay 2022” at Air Force Station in Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
Aim :
To provide a unique platform for the exchange of domain knowledge, experience, and best practices with the participating Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be the chief guest for the capability demonstration events planned during the exercise
13) Answer: B
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) students have launched the first electric formula racing car to have come from the institute.
The formula vehicle ‘RF23’ which was entirely constructed by 45 students of Team Raftar, is the result of a year-long process in which the team worked on the design, manufacturing, and testing of the vehicle.
Key Highlights :
The EV car can go from 0-100 km in four seconds and touch a maximum of 160 km.
The vehicle, ‘RFR23’ will participate in the Formula Bharat event to be held in January 2023 at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore.
The students aim to take their car to the Formula Student Germany event to be held in August 2023.
14) Answer: B
Airline EasyJet and British aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce had successfully tested a hydrogen-powered aircraft engine, the world’s first modern aircraft engine for the aviation industry.
The ground test, using a converted Rolls-Royce AE 2100-A regional aircraft engine, used green hydrogen created by wind and tidal power from the Orkney Islands in Scotland.
Rolls & easyJet are seeking to prove that hydrogen can safely and efficiently deliver power for civil aero engines.
Key Highlights :
Hydrogen is one of several competing technologies that could help the aviation industry achieve its goal of becoming net zero by 2050.
A switch to hydrogen-powered engines would require a complete redesign of airframes and infrastructure at airports.
Other technologies backed by companies such as Rolls-Royce include electric engines, which would be initially suitable for short flights, and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Engines that are already in service can use a mixture of SAF and conventional fuels, but it is only currently produced in miniscule levels.
15) Answer: C
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) scientists in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have developed high-resolution spatial maps that enable cropland mapping for insurance claims and agriculture policy decision-making on targeting regenerative agriculture (RA).
Key Highlights :
The spatial maps cover the whole of South Asia, which is home to 1.9 billion people and 230 million hectares of the net cropped area.
South Asia accounts constituting almost 25% of the world’s population, 87% of which are smallholder farmers.
The maps offer a resolution of 30 m, which is handy to get the finer details of cropland for food and water security assessments.
Currently, these factors are evaluated using coarse-resolution data that ranges from 250 m to 1,000 m.
16) Answer: E
Stephanie Frappart of France will be the first woman to referee a men’s World Cup match, according to FIFA.
She will officiate the Group E match between Germany and Costa Rica on December 2, 2022.
Frappart is one of three female referees chosen from a field of 36 for the tournament in Qatar, joining Rwandan official SalimaMukansanga and Japanese official Yoshimi Yamashita.
Three other female officials have been assigned as assistant referees during the World Cup.
Refereeing her men’s World Cup match is the next stage in the 38-year-old Frappart’s fast journey to the top level in Europe.
In 2019, she became the first female referee in France’s Ligue 1, the same year she presided over the women’s World Cup final in her native nation.
Frappart also refereed the 2019 Uefa Super Cup final between Liverpool and Chelsea before moving on to the 2020 Champions League and the French Cup final last season.
17) Answer: C
Dal is a lake in Srinagar (Dal Lake is a misnomer as Dal in Kashmiri means lake), the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
18) Answer: C
Ghumura dance is a folk dance of the Kalahandi district of the Indian state Odisha. It is classified as folk dance as the dress code of Ghumura resembles more like a tribal dance, but there are arguments about mudra and dance forms of Ghumura bearing more resemblance with other classical dance forms of India.
19) Answer: E
The main instruments traded in the capital market are equity shares,debentures, bonds, preference shares.
20) Answer: E
Money market instruments include Bills of Exchange or Commercial Bills,Treasury Bills (T-Bills), Commercial Papers (CP), Certificate of Deposits (CD),Repurchase Agreements, Banker's Acceptance and Call & Notice Money.
