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1) PM Shri Narendra Modi recently unveils ______________Challenges to boost usage of Indigenous Technology?
(a) SPRINT Challenges
(b) POWER Challenges
(c) MASS Challenges
(d) JET Challenges
(e) SCRUM Challenges
2) Repos Pay & Phy-gital join hands with which Ministry in India to launch Mobile Electric Charging App?
(a) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(b) Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises
(c) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
(d) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
(e) Ministry of Home Affairs
3) PM Shri Narendra Modi inaugurates 296 km-long Bundelkhand Expressway in which among the following State/Union Territory?
(a) Tamilnadu
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Telangana
(e) UttarPradesh
4) Which state becomes 1st state in India to connect all registered commercial vehicles equipped with VLTD with ERSS?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Karnataka
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Tamilnadu
(e) Gujarat
5) Assam Government Launches “Swanirbhar Naari”. This scheme is for the welfare of which among the following peoples?
(a) Indigenous Weavers
(b) Indigenous Corporation workers
(c) Indigenous Auto Mechanic
(d) Indigenous Street Vendors
(e) Indigenous Micro Business Peoples
6) Recently Arunachal Pradesh & Assam signed a pact to resolve the border dispute. These two states share an ___________km long boundary
(a) 710
(b) 727
(c) 789
(d) 804
(e) 855
7) To strengthen the financial soundness Reserve Bank of India (RBI) panel proposes a 4-tier regulatory framework for _____________
(a) Rural Cooperative Bank
(b) Urban Cooperative Bank
(c) Public Sector Bank
(d) Private Bank
(e) Payments Bank
8) Which among the following private sector banks ties up with Ease My Trip to launch a co-branded credit card?
(a) Standard Chartered Bank
(b) City Bank
(c) IDBI Bank
(d) IndusInd Bank
(e) DBS Bank
9) Which life Insurance company partners with DBS Bank India to offer life insurance solutions?
(a) Life Insurance Corporation of India
(b) PNB MetLife India Insurance Co Ltd
(c) Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company
(d) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
(e) Aviva Life Insurance Company
10) RBI restricts three cooperative banks from conducting banking activity due to poor liquidity positions. These directions will remain in force for ____________ months
(a) 3 months
(b) 6 months
(c) 9 months
(d) 12 months
(e) 24 months
11) Which among the company becomes the first company to directly obtain and implement the 5G spectrum?
(a) Tata Consultancy Services
(b) HCL Technologies
(c) Mindtree
(d) KPIT Technologies
(e) L&T Technology Services
12) Which among the following social media giant introduced new payments feature lets users buy products via direct messages?
(a) Whatsapp
(b) Meta
(c) Twitter
(d) Snapchat
(e) Instagram
13) India Attracts USD 343.64 Million Foreign Direct Investment Equity Inflow In R&D Sector in 2021
(a) USD 343.64 Million
(b) USD 352.84 Million
(c) USD 359.64 Million
(d) USD 365.54 Million
(e) USD 374.85 Million
14) As per the Henley Passport Index 2022 India ranks 87th rank. Which country tops the list?
(a) Japan
(b) Singapore
(c) South Korea
(d) Both A and B
(e) Both B and C
15) As per the Government of India which state tops in Smart City Fund utilization?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Karnataka
(e) Tamil Nadu
16) As per the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List Gautam Adani surpasses Bill Gates to move up to the ___________ richest position in the world
(a) 3rd
(b) 4th
(c) 5th
(d) 6th
(e) 7th
17) Which Indian Governmental organization signed an MoU for the development of “Pilot Green Hydrogen Technologies”?
(a) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
(b) National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)
(c) National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC)
(d) Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL)
(e) Oil India Limited (OIL)
18) Former Army training command Chief Mr. Lt General Raj Shukla appointed as a member of ______________.
(a) Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
(b) Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
(c) University Grants Commission (UGC)
(d) All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
(e) Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
19) Which among the following Electric power distribution company in India appoints Mr. Brijesh Gupta as managing director?
(a) Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd
(b) Orient Green Power
(c) RattanIndia Power
(d) Suzlon Energy
(e) Reliance Power
20) As per the Uttar Pradesh government, has appointed Deloitte India as a consultant to make a $1 trillion economy?
(a) $1 trillion economy
(b) $2 trillion economy
(c) $3 trillion economy
(d) $4 trillion economy
(e) $5 trillion economy
21) Union Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh launches ___________ Artificial Intelligence products/technologies during the first-ever ‘AI in Defence’ symposium & exhibition in New Delhi
(a) 10 Artificial Intelligence products/technologies
(b) 25 Artificial Intelligence products/technologies
(c) 50 Artificial Intelligence products/technologies
(d) 75 Artificial Intelligence products/technologies
(e) 100 Artificial Intelligence products/technologies
22) Mr.Ajay Parida Passes away. He was famous which personality?
(a) Journalist
(b) Sports Personality
(c) Doctor
(d) Scientist
(e) Architect
23) Tamim Iqbal Announces Retirement from T20I Cricket. He belongs to which country?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Sri Lanka
(e) None of These
24) The book named “BEYOND THE MISTY VEIL” was launched by which State Chief Minister?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) West Bengal
Answers :
1) Answer: A
During the Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO) lecture “Swavlamban” in New Delhi, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi presented the “SPRINT Challenges,” which are meant to encourage the use of indigenous technologies in the Indian Navy.
Supporting Pole-Vaulting in R&D through Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), NIIO, and Technology Development Acceleration Cell (TDAC) is the name of the collaborative initiative.
2) Answer: B
Repos Pay, a platform for mobile electric charging, and Phy-gital, a platform for fintech, were unveiled by Union Minister of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Mr. Narayan Rane at the Fueling India 2022 event in Mumbai.
Users may order mobile EV charging vehicles on the Repos Pay platform and use them to power their automobiles.
Technology will be used by Phy-gital, a Fintech platform, to let customers use credit to fund purchases (Buy Now Pay Later).
The energy finance platform will provide fuel-on-credit solutions for large users.
3) Answer: E
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 296-km-long Bundelkhand Expressway, which passes through seven districts of Uttar Pradesh and has been constructed at a cost of around Rs 14,850 crore.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath welcomed Modi by offering him a local ‘Bundeli’ stole at the inauguration ceremony at Kaitheri village in Orai tehsil of Jalaun district.
It extends from NH-35 at Gonda village near Bharatkoop in Chitrakoot district to near Kudrail village in Etawah district, where it merges with the Agra-Lucknow Expressway.
4) Answer: C
Himachal Pradesh has become the first state in India to connect all registered commercial vehicles equipped with Vehicle Location Tracking Device (VLTD) with Emergency Response Support System (ERSS).
Chief Minister Shri Jai Ram Thakur formally inaugurated the system at a program organized at Peterhof, in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
He also introduced the facility of panic buttons for the safety of women and children in public vehicles.
5) Answer: A
Assam Chief Minister Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma launched ‘Swanirbhar Naari’, an initiative to empower the indigenous weavers of the state and provide financial support to their families.
Under the scheme, the government of Assam will procure handloom items directly from the indigenous weavers via a web portal without the involvement of any middlemen.
An initiative of the textiles department, 31 hand-woven items are covered under the new scheme.
6) Answer: D
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Pema Khandu and Assam Chief Minister Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma inked a pact to end the decades-old border dispute between the two states.
Chief ministers of the two North-eastern neighbors met at Namsai in Arunachal Pradesh and signed the agreement.
Under the agreement, they agreed in principle on restricting the number of contested villages to 86 instead of 123 & resolving the rest by September 15, 2022. The two states share an 804-km long boundary.
7) Answer: B
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recommended a four-tier regulatory framework for urban cooperative banks (UCBs) based on the size of deposits and their area of operations.
This is intended to strengthen the financial soundness of the existing urban cooperative banks (UCBs).
The differentiated regulatory approach was mainly recommended for key parameters such as net worth, capital to risk-weighted assets ratio (CRAR), branch expansion, and exposure limits.
8) Answer: A
Standard Chartered Bank launched a co-branded credit card EaseMyTrip Standard Chartered Credit Card with the online travel tech platform EaseMyTrip.
Flat 20% instant discount on Domestic & International hotel bookings with EaseMyTrip of up to INR 5,000 and INR 10,000 respectively with no minimum booking amount
Flat 10% instant discount on Domestic & International flight bookings with EaseMyTrip of up to INR 1000 and INR 5000 respectively with no minimum booking amount
9) Answer: D
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, one of India’s leading private life insurers, and DBS Bank India, the wholly owned subsidiary of DBS Bank Ltd., Singapore, have announced a strategic partnership to offer a wide array of life insurance solutions to the DBS bank’s customers.
This is to empower the customers to Live More and Bank Less by investing in life insurance products.
Under the partnership, new and existing customers across the 550+ branches of DBS Bank can now choose from Bajaj Allianz Life’s retail products including term, savings, retirement, and investment products.
10) Answer: B
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced severe restrictions on three cooperative banks from conducting banking activity due to poor liquidity positions.
Names of 3 cooperative banks :
- Nashik Zilla Girna Sahakari Bank Limited, Nashik, Maharashtra
- Raigad Sahakari Bank, Mumbai, Maharashtra
3.Sri Mallikarjuna Pattana Sahakari Bank, Maski, Karnataka
These directions will remain in force for six months and are subject to review.
11) Answer: E
L&T Technology Services is the first IT firm to officially express interest in the government’s direct allocation of spectrum for exclusive 5G networks.
The company will purchase spectrum to put up a 5G private network and create use cases for the technology, according to CEO Amit Chadha.
Additionally, the parent business of the engineering and research and development services firm, Larsen & Toubro, will deploy 5G technologies internationally.
12) Answer: E
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, disclosed that the business would provide a new “payments in conversation” function on Instagram.
With this new function, consumers can make purchases from local companies and follow orders via Instagram direct messaging.
One billion individuals message companies on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp each week, claims Meta.
13) Answer: A
India attracted USD 343.64 million FDI equity inflow in the R&D sector during C.Y. 2021 (Calendar Year) which is 516% higher as compared to previous C.Y. 2020 (USD 55.77 million).
FDI is permitted under a 100% automatic route in the R&D sector subject to applicable laws/regulations, security, and other conditionalities.
Karnataka is the top FDI Equity recipient state in R&D during C.Y. 2021 followed by Telangana and Haryana.
14) Answer: A
The list of the world’s most potent passports for 2022 was been published by the Henley Passport Index.
Japan, Singapore, and South Korea, three Asian countries, took the top three spots on the list, reversing the pre-pandemic ranks that were dominated by European countries.
According to the most recent Henley Passport Index from immigration consultant Henley & Partners, India’s passport would be the 87th most valuable in the world in 2022.
15) Answer: E
According to the government’s flagship Smart City Mission, Tamil Nadu leads the list of states in terms of how well the money is being used.
Uttar Pradesh is in second place with the use of Rs 2699 cr out of the Central share allocation of Rs 3142 cr, while Tamil Nadu has spent more than Rs 3932 cr of the Rs 4333 cr provided by the Centre.
As of 8 July 2022, the Center has released Rs 30,751.41 crore for 100 Smart Cities; of that amount, Rs 27,610.34 crore (90 percent) had been used.
16) Answer: B
According to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List, Gautam Adani, the richest man in India, has passed Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to move up to the fourth-richest position in the world.
This increase coincided with Gates’ announcement that he would be giving the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $20 billion of his money.
The top three richest businessmen:
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk: $234.4 billion
2.Bernard Arnault: $154.9 billion,
- Amazon chief Jeff Bezos: $143.9 billion
17) Answer: C
NHPC signed two MoUs for the development of “Pilot Green Hydrogen Technologies” in line with the country’s resolve to reduce the carbon footprint in the Power Sector in Leh and Kargil districts of the Union Territory of Ladakh.
The MOUs were signed in the august presence of Shri R.K. Mathur, Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor, Union Territory of Ladakh.
As per MOU signed for Leh district, NHPC shall consider the development of a Pilot Green Hydrogen fuel cell-based Microgrid including Hydrogen production to meet the power requirement of the NHPC guest house at Nimmo Bazgo Power Station (Leh) within NHPC premises.
18) Answer: B
Retired General Officer of the Indian Army Mr. Lieutenant General Raj Shukla was appointed as a member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
With his appointment, the commission now has a chairperson and six members against its sanctioned strength of 10.
Mr. Lt General Raj Shukla is an alumnus of Uttar Pradesh Sainik School Lucknow, National Defence Academy Khadakwasla Pune, and Indian Military Academy.
19) Answer: C
RattanIndia Power Ltd has appointed Mr. Brijesh Gupta as a Managing Director.
Mr. Brijesh Gupta is an alumnus of Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur.
He has over three decades of experience in the industrial sector having worked in top organizations in the Renewable, Steel, Mining, and Commodities sector in India and abroad.
20) Answer: A
The Uttar Pradesh cabinet appointed Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India as a consultant to achieve the target of making the state a $1-trillion economy.
The involvement in this decision was a high power committee headed by Chief Minister Shri Yogi Adityanath which later recommended the decision of appointment.
To fulfill the Prime Minister’s resolve to make India a $5 trillion economy, the role of the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh is important.
21) Answer: D
Union Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh launched 75 newly-developed Artificial Intelligence (AI) products/technologies during the first-ever ‘AI in Defence’ (AIDef) symposium and exhibition, organized by the Ministry of Defence in New Delhi, Delhi, India.
The products launched as part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations fall under various domains.
22) Answer: D
Noted scientist and Director, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar Dr. Ajay Parida has Passed away at the age of 58 in Guwahati, Assam
Dr. Parida was born at Bhagabanpur village in Odisha’s Jajpur district.
He has done a Ph.D. from Delhi University and post-doctoral research from University College of Wales, UK, University of Naples, Italy, and International Rice Research Institute, Philippines.
23) Answer: B
Tamim Iqbal, the Bangladesh ODI captain, announced his retirement from T20Is immediately after his team’s 3-0 victory over the West Indies in the three-match ODI series.
In March 2020, he participated in his final T20 International.
The 33-year-old has participated in 78 T20 Internationals and has scored 1758 runs at a 24.08 average.
Tamim, who has scored 5082 runs in tests and 7943 runs in one-day internationals, is one of the finest openers to have come out of Bangladesh.
24) Answer: C
The book “BEYOND THE MISTY VEIL,” authored by Ms. Aradhana Johri (Senior IAS) and titled “Temple Tales of Uttarakhand,” was published by the chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
This book will be considered an authentic introduction to Uttarakhand’s sacred temples both domestically and abroad.
Aradhana Johri, a former IAS official who formerly held the position of Nainital District Magistrate.
