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1) Human Rights Day is observed on the 10th of December every year. What is the theme of this year Human Rights Day 2022?
(a)Stand Up for Someone’s Rights Today
(b)Let’s stand up for equality, justice and human dignity
(c)Youth Standing Up for Human Rights
(d)Recover Better – Stand Up for Human Rights
(e)Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for all
2) Nobel Prize Day is observed every year on which among the following day in December?
(a) December 09
(b) December 10
(c) December 11
(d) December 12
(e) December 13
3) To increase Ayurveda commerce World Ayurveda Congress & Arogya Expo 2022 will take place from December 8–11 on which State or Union Territory?
(a) Ladakh
(b) Delhi
(c) Gujarat
(d) Goa
(e) Kerala
4) India’s First Drone Training Conference was launched by Union Minister Anurag Thakur in the manufacturing site of _______________.
(a)Garuda Aerospace
(b)ARCH Drones
(c)Dronix Technologies
(d)Vimanam Drones
(e) IG Drones
5) 13th Instalment of PM Kisan Status 2022 is forthcoming, The Central Government of India will deposit a total of ____________ rupees into each beneficiary’s account from December 15 to December 20, 2022
(a) 1,000 rupees
(b) 2,000 rupees
(c)3,000 rupees
(d)4,000 rupees
(e)5,000 rupees
6) As per the news, Varanasi will commemorate “Universal Health Coverage (UHAC) Day 2022” under which ministry?
(a)Ministry of Home Affairs
(b)Ministry of AYUSH
(c)Ministry of Culture and Tourism
(d) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(e) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
7) For designing and manufacturing chips and electronics products which among the following state made a partnership with EPIC Foundation to create an ecosystem of design, manufacturing, distribution?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Odisha
(d) Telangana
(e) Karnataka
8) To improve municipal infrastructure in priority areas of Agartala, Asian Development Bank partners with Central Government to provide $___________ million PRF facility
(a)$1 million
(b) $2 million
(c) $3 million
(d) $4 million
(e) $5 million
9) As per the finance news, Centre To Allow Foreign Funds To Own Over 51% in which among the following private sector bank?
(a) DBS Bank
(b) City Bank
(c) Axis Bank
(d) Yes Bank
(e) IDBI Bank
10) As per the recent report named ‘Navigating the Storm’ released by World Bank, It has upwards India’s GDP growth forecast to ________% from 6.5% for FY23
(a) 6.6%
(b) 6.7%
(c) 6.8%
(d) 6.9%
(e) 7.0%
11) Recently, Center has allowed Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) to invest up to ______________% surplus funds in the stock market via exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
(a) 10%
(b) 15%
(c) 20%
(d) 22%
(e) 25%
12) Which among the following Public Sector Bank has won EAG Laureate Award on Financial Security?
(a)State Bank of India
(b)Punjab National Bank
(c) Bank of Baroda
(d)Canara Bank
(e)Union Bank of India
13) The Jamnalal Bajaj Award for 2022 has been announced recently, This year 2022 marks ___________ anniversary of Jamnalal Bajaj Award
(a) 40th
(b) 44th
(c) 49th
(d)50th
(e) 51st
14) The Local Adaptation Champions Awards were presented to Swayam Shikshan Prayog in COP27 Egypt under which category?
(a)Capacity and Knowledge
(b)Sustainability and Energy
(c)Energy and Capacity
(d)Positivity and Knowledge
(e)Capacity and Sustainability
15) To lead the business agenda during India’s G20 Presidency who among the following has been recently appointed as the Chairman of B20 India?
(a) T. V. Narendran
(b)N. Ganapathy Subramaniam
(c)Rajesh Gopinathan
(d)Rohiqa Chagla
(e)N Chandrasekaran
16) Who among the following has been appointed as the Chairman and managing director (MD) of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)?
(a)Dharan Ranganathan
(b)Ramanathan Ramanan
(c)Banmali Agrawala
(d) Arun Kumar Singh
(e)Shapoor Mistry
17) India’s first open-source satellite ‘InQube’ to be launched with the help of ISRO. It was developed by whom among the following?
(a)Onkar Batra
(b) Neeraj Singh
(c)Dhivnesh Rajan
(d) Manoj Sharma
(e) Lokesh Singh
18) ISRO & In-Space announces MoU with which organisation to build space capsules for its “human and cargo transportation capsule program”?
(a)Collins Aerospace
(b)Ziegler Aerospace
(c)Skyblue Aero
(d) Vyom Space
(e)Skyroot Aerospace
19) Yoginder K Alagh passes away. He was a well known _____________
(a) Agriculturalist
(b) Doctor
(c) Economist
(d) Actor
(e) Businessman
20) City of Joy author Dominique Lapierre passes away. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in which year?
(a) 2000
(b) 2004
(c) 2006
(d) 2008
(e) 2012
Answers :
1) Answer: E
Human Rights Day 2022 is observed on the 10th of December 2022.
Human Rights Day 2022 theme set by the WHO this year is “Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for all”
On Human Rights day 2022, donate to some Human Rights Charity that takes care of the people‘s rights in society.
Human Rights Day’s first observation was started in 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The day was popular to all when the UN issued a Human Rights Stamp which covered and understood the concept by millions of people.
It was issued by the United Nations Postal Administration in 1952, which received over 200,000 advanced orders.
The aim of the Declaration of Human Rights is to establish a common standard of living for all people across the planet and to encourage all UN Members of State, to increase the standard of living among people in their respective countries.
2) Answer: B
Nobel Prize Day 2022 is observed on the 10th of December 2022.
Alfred Nobel’s father was an engineer himself and Alfred Nobel expressed early interest in engineering, and explosives in particular.
Nobel became interested in stabilizing the unpredictable explosive nitroglycerin. While conducting the experiments an unexpected accident took place which cost the life of his brother.
But Nobel continued his work ultimately succeeding in inventing dynamite as a superior and more stable version of nitroglycerin.
Alfred Nobel went on to invent an even better alternative to dynamite in the form of gelignite.
Later he re-evaluated his life’s goals and decided to use his earnings to set up a prize that recognized the best in humanity.
The prizes in the different categories reflect his interests in various fields.
Alfred Nobel died on 10 December 1896, in Sanremo, Italy, at his very last residence, Villa Nobel, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
3) Answer: D
The World Ayurveda Congress & Arogya Expo 2022 will take place in Goa from December 8–11 to give industry leaders, practitioners, traditional healers, educators, students, medicine manufacturers, etc. a global platform for networking and intellectual exchange to strengthen the Ayurveda sector, envision its future, and facilitate interaction between experts and customers to increase Ayurveda commerce.
This year’s 9th World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) has the subject “Ayurveda For One Health.”
The third edition of the ‘Ayushman comic book series was also released at the event.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) and Rosenberg’s European Academy of Ayurveda, Germany, to allow advanced studies in traditional Indian medicinal systems.
The All India Institute of Ayurveda’s proposed satellite centre in Goa would enhance Ayurvedic tourism in the state.
Goan students would be given a 50% discount on admission to several courses at the institute.
4) Answer: A
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur launched India’s first Drone Skilling and Training Virtual E-Learning Platform at the Chennai manufacturing site of Garuda Aerospace, an Indian business that uses agri-drones to empower and mobilize farmers throughout the country.
The Minister also launched Garuda Aerospace’s drone yatra, “Operation 777,” which will go to 777 districts in India to raise awareness of and show the value of drones for various agricultural applications.
The first of 1,000 planned Drone Centers of Excellence was also inaugurated by the I&B Minister at the company’s manufacturing facility in Chennai, which is also the biggest in India.
After a brief crash course, he also practised flying a drone to obtain practical knowledge and grasp functioning and technology.
According to Garuda Aerospace’s founder and CEO, Agnishwar Jayaprakash, the company is dedicated to building an ecosystem of knowledge about drones and how they might affect India’s agricultural industry, with the inclusion of farmers at its centre.
Jayprakash placed focus on establishing a system wherein farmers can be counselled on how better to undertake farming in a smart and precise method in terms of yield productivity.
The goal is to develop deep tech data analysis, where we can deliver Agri advice services back to the farmers.
5) Answer: B
PM Kisan Status 2022: On December 20, 2022, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi may introduce PM Kisan.gov.in for the 13th Installment Payment.
PM Kisan’s 13th instalment date is 2022.
The Indian government will transfer the 13th instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana into the bank accounts of registered farmers before December 2022.
Learn how to complete the E-KYC process, check the status of the PM-Kisan Yojana’s 13th instalment online, and when the 13th instalment of the PM Kisan Yojana is due in 2022.
The Central Government of India will deposit a total of 2,000 rupees into each beneficiary’s account from December 15 to December 20, 2022, so farmers who have applied under the PM Kisan Yojana Yojana won’t have to wait too long.
The Indian Union Agriculture Minister has withdrawn this announcement.
The deadline for completing the PM Kisan E-KYC 2022, which must be done by any or all beneficiaries to receive the benefits of the PM Kisan Yojana 2022, has been once again extended by the Indian government till December 20, 2022.
6) Answer: E
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will hold a two-day convention in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, on December 10 and 11, 2022, with the subject “Universal Health Coverage Day (UHC) 2022.”
Mrs Anandiben Patel, Governor of Uttar Pradesh, will open the two-day event, which will be attended by Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, and Dr Bharti Praveen Pawar, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare.
It’s interesting that the United Nations proclaimed December 12 as “International Universal Health Coverage Day” in 2017.
The theme of UHC Day this year is “Build the World We Want: A Healthy Future for All,” emphasizing the value and function of health insurance in creating a healthy future for everyone.
The event will take place at the International Co-operation and Convention CenterRudraksh Hall.
The program will include participation from health ministers from various states.
The 1st Regional Community Health Officers (CHO) Conference for Northern India will be held during the Varanasi event.
The regional meeting will be attended by concerned government officials from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
The goal of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is to ensure that “all individuals have access to needed promotive, preventative, curative, and rehabilitative health care of sufficient quality to be successful, while simultaneously ensuring that people do not face financial hardship while paying for these treatments.”
7) Answer: C
The Odisha government and Epic Foundation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for designing and manufacturing chips and electronics products in Odisha.
Aim:
To create an ecosystem of design, manufacturing, distribution, and service companies to meet the local, national and global demand for chips and electronics.
The initial collaboration will focus on manufacturing a tablet PC to serve the growing requirement for devices in the education and healthcare sectors.
This will be followed by the manufacturing of indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi access points, smart cameras, smart metres, and mobile and EV chargers.
It has also signed MoUs with the Delhi government and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Madras and Kanpur.
EPIC Foundation will also work with Odisha Skill Development Authority to provide training on the manufacturing, repair, and servicing of electronics products to the local people.
8) Answer: C
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $3 million project readiness financing (PRF) facility to support preparatory activities for designing a project to improve municipal infrastructure in priority areas of Agartala city, Tripura.
Signatories to the PRF for the proposed Agartala Municipal Infrastructure Development Project :
Rajat Kumar Mishra, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance who signed for the Government of India
Takeo Konishi, Country Director of ADB’s India Resident Mission signed for ADB.
Key Highlights :
The proposed project aligns with the findings of the ADB’s North East Economic Corridor (NEEC) study that recognizes Agartala’s vital role as a key growth and border centre in generating prosperity and economic growth in the northeastern region.
9) Answer: E
According to a government clarification, the Indian government will allow a consortium of foreign funds and investment firms to own more than 51% of IDBI Bank Ltd.
The current guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India restrict foreign ownership in new private banks.
Key Highlights :
The central bank’s residency criteria for promoters applies only to newly set up banks and would not apply to an existing entity like IDBI Bank.
The Indian government and the RBI would also consider relaxing the five-year lock-in period for shares if a non-banking financial company is merged into IDBI Bank.
The clarifications come ahead of a December 16,2022 deadline to submit expressions of interest for a majority stake in IDBI Bank, one of the few lenders that the government is trying to offload its stake in.
The government and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) together hold 94.71% of IDBI Bank and are looking to sell 60.72%
Pursuant to the transaction, the government will own 15% stake and LIC 19% shareholding in IDBI Bank, taking their total holding to 34%.
10) Answer: D
The World Bank in its latest India development update titled ‘Navigating the Storm’ revised upwards its GDP growth forecast for India to 6.9% for 2022-23 from 6.5% in its Oct 2022 Update .
In October,2022 it cut India’s GDP growth forecast to 6.5% from 7.5% earlier.
The World Bank’s India Development Update announced that India is affected by spillovers from the US, Euro area and China.
It however saw the government meeting the fiscal deficit target of 6.4% of the GDP in 2022-23.
The World Bank expects inflation at 7.1% in the current fiscal year.
About World Bank :
Established : December 1944
Headquarters : Washington, D.C., United States
President : David Malpass
11) Answer: B
The Government of India has allowed Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) to invest up to 15% of its surplus funds into equity through exchange-traded funds (ETFs), in a bid to accrue better returns on its surplus funds.
The decision was taken at an ESIC meeting chaired by the Union labour minister Bhupender Yadav at the corporation’s headquarters in New Delhi
Key Highlights :
The decision to invest surplus funds into equity was taken due to the low returns on debt instruments and the need to diversify the corporation’s portfolio.
The initial investment shall start at 5% and increase up to 15% gradually, after a review of two quarters.
The investment will be confined in Exchange Traded Funds i.e., Nifty50 and Sensex.
It will be managed by fund managers of Asset Management Companies (AMCs).
The equity investment will be monitored by the existing custodian, external concurrent auditor and consultant looking after the debt investments in addition to the management of the ETF for equity.
12) Answer: C
State-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) has bagged an EAG Laureate Award in the International Olympiad on Financial Security held in Sochi, Russia.
About EAG :
The Eurasian Group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism (EAG) is a FATF-style regional body which comprises 9 countries including India.
The 9 countries are: Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
EAG is an associate member of the FATF.
EAG has organised a contest on ‘Best example of AML-CFT Financial Analysis’ amongst the Compliance Officers of the member countries in the international Olympiad on Financial Security at Sochi, Russia on October 10, 2022.
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an intergovernmental organisation combating money laundering and maintaining certain interests.
About Bank of Baroda :
Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO): Sanjiv Chadha
Headquarters : Vadodara, Gujarat
Tagline : India’s International Bank
It is the second largest public sector bank in India after the State Bank of India (SBI).
13) Answer: B
The Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation announced the 44th Jamnalal Bajaj Award 2022 winners in December 2022.
The Foundation bestows four awards in various categories.
Three are presented to Indians, while one is granted to a foreigner for promoting Gandhian values outside of India.
Catagories:
Works of Construction
The Use of Science and Technology in Rural Development
Women’s and Children’s Development and Welfare
Gandhian Values Promotion Award Given Outside of India
Winner’s list:
Madhya Pradesh’s Nilesh Desai has been chosen for the Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Works. He is the founder of the Sampark Samaj SeviSansthan, which aims to improve the lives of Bhil people.
Gujarat’s Mansukhbhai Prajapati received the Jamnalal Bajaj Applied Science and Technology for Rural Development award.
Odisha’s Sophia Saik received the Jamnalal Bajaj Award for the Development and Welfare of Women and Children. She is a social activist who advocates for women’s empowerment and gender equality. She is a well-known advocate for women beedi workers in Odisha.
The Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Promoting Gandhian Values Outside India was given to Dr. OgiratYounan and Dr. Walid Slyabi of Lebanon.
14) Answer: A
Swayam ShikshanPrayog (SSP), a Maharashtra-based organization, has been awarded the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) Local Adaptation Champions Awards at the ongoing COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
It received the award in the ‘Capacity and Knowledge’ category for its work in assisting women farmers in Marathwada, Maharashtra, where a focus on water-intensive cash crops currently exposes farmers to climate shocks such as poor and unpredictable monsoon seasons.
“Swayam ShikshanPrayog encourages women to become agricultural leaders rather than labourers,” stated Ban Ki-moon, Chair of the Global Center on Adaptation and the United Nations’ eighth Secretary-General.
They are not only able to feed their family, but they also create a marketable excess to generate income.”
15) Answer: E
N Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons, has been appointed as the chair of Business 20 (B20) India to lead the business agenda during India’s G20 Presidency.
India took over the presidency of G-20 from Indonesia on 1 December 2022 and will hold the G-20 Summit meeting on 9-10 September 2023.
G20 is a group of 19 countries and the European Union.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is appointed as the B20 India Secretariat by the Centre to lead the B20 India process.
Key Highlights :
B20 India has identified priorities for deliberations under the theme “R.A.I.S.E – Responsible, Accelerated, Innovative, Sustainable, and Equitable Businesses.
About 100 business policy initiatives will be organised by CII under the B20 calendar across the country during the presidency year.
B20 has been instrumental in shaping economic policy statements by the G20 grouping over the years.
16) Answer: D
Former chairman of oil refining and marketing company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL ), Shri Arun Kumar Singh appointed the Chairman and managing director (MD) of the central public sector undertaking Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) by the Search-cum-Selection Committee (SCSC) of the Government of India.
He will head the company for a three-year tenure with effect from the date of assumption of charge.
The SCSC was chaired by Chairperson, PESB with Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas and Shri B Ashok, ex-Chairman, IOCL as members.
About Arun Kumar Singh :
He was the e director (marketing) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) from October 2018 to September 2021
He was elevated as chairman and managing director of BPCL & retired from BPCL in October 2022.
17) Answer: A
India’s first open-source satellite ‘InQube’ will be launched in Dec 2022 with the help of the Indian Space Agency- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
InQube was developed by Onkar Batra, a 12th-standard student at BSF Senior Secondary School in Jammu.
It was prepared under the banner of Paradox Sonic Space Research Agency and will be launched Dec 2022 with the help of ISRO.
About ‘InQube’ :
It weighs 1 kilogram and has been developed with the help of nanotechnology.
In India, the cost for its launch is Rs 20-80 lakhs, while in foreign countries this price goes into crores.
The project has two missions- one is whether such a lightweight satellite can work in space, & the other will look at the temperature there to help researchers know what the weather conditions are like and how hard it is if they want to launch a satellite in space.
18) Answer: D
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) & Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (In-Space) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Gurugram, Haryana-based private space firm, Vyom Space Exploration and Services Private Limited, for its “human and cargo transportation capsule program”.
The MoU was facilitated by India’s nodal space authorization body, In-Space
Key Highlights:
According to ISRO, the startup is being incubated under ‘JSIIC’.
A ‘capsule’ in a space mission is the module inside which any cargo is placed for being carried to space.
In manned missions, the capsule is what hosts the astronauts.
The capsules have typically been single-use in nature, with the exception of US-based private space firm, Elon Musk’s SpaceX’s reusable human and cargo module•
It will be reusable, and therefore be an evolution of what the first prototype module of Isro’s manned mission, Gaganyaan, will use.
The company will be delivering the first prototype of its space capsule to ISRO within the next 16 months, subsequent to which the capsule would be tested by the space body.
19) Answer: C
Renowned economist, academic and former Union minister Yoginder K. Alagh passed away at the age of 83 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
About Yoginder K. Alagh :
Alagh was born at Chakwal in Punjab, now in Pakistan
He was a noted agricultural economist and former Union Minister.
He is known for his “inclusive approach to development”.
During the 1980s, he headed the Agricultural Prices Commission (APC) as well the Bureau of Industrial Costs & Prices (BICP).
He re-organised Indian planning on an agro-climatic basis as the Chairman of the Agricultural Prices Commission during 1982-1983.
He was elected to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in 1996 and remained a member of the Upper House till 2000.
20) Answer: D
Dominique Lapierre, the French author and well-known in India for his ode to the city of Kolkata titled ‘The City of Joy’, passed away at the age of 91
About Dominique Lapierre :
Dominique Lapierre was born on July 30, 1931, in Chatelaillon, Charente-Maritime, France
Mr Lapierre’s well-known books are :
‘Is Paris Burning?’,
‘Freedom at Midnight’,
‘O Jerusalem ‘,
Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster, and ‘The Fifth Horseman’
His 1985 novel “City of Joy” was about the hardships of a rickshaw puller in Kolkata.
He contributed his earnings for patients suffering from tuberculosis and leprosy.
Awards & Honors:
Lapierre was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian award in the 2008 Republic Day honours list.
