RBI Office Attendant – General Awareness

Quiz - 1

Q1. First Kisan rail travelled between which states.

(a) Delhi and Kolkata

(b) Punjab And Chennai

(c) Maharashtra and Bihar

(d) Himachal And Jharkhand

(e) Andhra Pradesh and Delhi

Q2. Which of the following state has become the first one to have recognized Tsunami ready

Communities?

(a) Jharkhand

(b) Bihar

(c) Kerala

(d) Odisha

(e) Tamil Nadu

Q3. Which city has been chosen as the venue for the celebrations of the National handloom day 2020 for

its rich tradition of Handlooms?

(a) Agra

(b) Raipur

(c) Guwahati

(d) Bhubaneswar

(e) Patna

Q4. Recently, which state launched Parivar Pehchan Patra?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Haryana

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Odisha

(e) Tamil Nadu

Q5. Thudiyurulippara hill, which has been given the status of

biodiversity heritage site, is located in which state?

(a) Kerala

(b) Karnataka

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Andhra Pradesh

(e) Telangana

Q6. Who has been awarded with the Lifetime Excellence National

Award given by the Ministry of Earth Sciences?

(a) Priti Patel

(b) Ashok Sahni

(c) M. Ravichandran

(d) Rishi Sunak

(e) None of these

Q7. As per the National Education Policy 2020, 10+2 structure of school curricula is to be replaced by

which curricular structure?

(a) 5+3+2+5

(b) 5+2+3+4

(c) 5+3+2+4

(d) 3+4+2+6

(e) 5+3+3+4

Q8. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has joined hands with which of the following to bring the

benefits of ecommerce to micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in 10 states across India?

(a) Snapdeal

(b) Flipkart

(c) Amazon

(d) Just Dial

(e) Myntra

Q9. 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) held in which state?

(a) Assam

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Karnataka

(d) Goa

(e) Uttar Pradesh

Q10. Which state will construct a state-of-the-art the largest Tribal freedom fighters' Museum of national

importance?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Karnataka

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Haryana

(e) Telangana

Q11. Which bank has launched a unique digital solution called ‘Loan against Securities’?

(a) ICICI Bank

(b) YES Bank

(c) AXIS Bank

(d) HDFC Bank

(e) IndusInd Bank

Q12. Name the Union Ministry, which launched ‘Indian Report on Digital Education, 2020’

(a) Ministry of Home Affairs

(b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

(c) Ministry of External Affairs

(d) Ministry of Education (formally known as HRD Ministry)

(e) None of these

Q13. The e-book ‘Standard Treatment Guidelines for the Management of Substance Use Disorders and

Behavioural Addictions’ is released by

(a) Ramesh Pokhriyal

(b) Harsh Vardhan

(c) Yogi Adityanath

(d) Prakash Javadekar

(e) None of these

Q14. Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL) has acquired a majority stake of which Online Pharmacy

for 620 Crore?

(a) Netmeds

(b) Myramed

(c) EMEDIX

(d) Swasthyashopee

(e) None of these

Q15. The Union Cabinet has given ex-post facto approval to MoU signed between the Republic of India

and the Republic of _____ on Cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy.

(a) Tanzania

(b) Zimbabwe

(c) Botswana

(d) Zambia

(e) None of these

Quiz - 2

Q1. Recently PM inaugurated and dedicated to the nation the submarine optical fibre cable spanning

2300 KM in length. which of the following two region it connect?

(a) Kerala – Lakshdweep

(b) Chennai – Port blair

(c) Chennai – Minicoy

(d) Chennai – Andaman & Nicobar Islands

(e) None of these

Q2. Which day is celebrated as National handloom day?

(a) 7th August

(b) 22nd August

(c) 12th May

(d) 12th August

(e) 27th August

Q3. Which country has agreed to supply HAMMER missiles to India for the Rafale combat aircraft?

(a) Israel

(b) Russia

(c) France

(d) Germany

(e) USA

Q4. Online retail giant Amazon has recently launched its online pharmacy service in which Indian city?

(a) Hyderabad

(b) Raipur

(c) Pune

(d) Bhubaneswar

(e) Bangalore

Q5. The Haryana government has appointed international wrestler _______ and Kabaddi player Kavita Devi

as deputy directors in its Sports and Youth Affairs Department.

(a) Yogeshwar Dutt

(b) Babita Phogat

(c) Geeta Phogat

(d) Sakshi Malik

(e) None of these

Q6. The central government targets to achieve 50% Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education by:

(a) 2030

(b) 2032

(c) 2028

(d) 2035

(e) 2027

Q7. Sonam Tshering Lepcha, who passed away recently was related to which of these fields?

(a) Musician

(b) Journalism

(c) Sports

(d) Literature

(e) None of these

Q8. Muthoot finance company has tied-up with Insurance company to offer COVID-19 insurance cover of

up to Rs 1 lakh against the gold loan?

(a) Kotak Mahindra General Insurance

(b) ICICI Lombard

(c) HDFC Ergo

(d) LIC

(e) None of these

Q9. Name the organization, which has collaborated with Fiserv, Inc. for digital transformation.

(a) CBI Financial Solutions Limited

(b) BOI Financial Solutions Limited

(c) BOB Financial Solutions Limited

(d) SBI Financial Solutions Limited

(e) None of these

Q10. Who is the author of the book “ RAW: A History of India”s Covert Operations ”?

(a) Neena Rai

(b) Yatish Yadav

(c) Chetan Bhagat

(d) Vikram Seth

(e) None of these

Q11. Which of the following Institute has been organised a webinar series on “Hydro-Meteorological

Hazards Risk Reduction” in collaboration with India Meteorological Department?

(a) Jadavpur University

(b) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology

(d) National Institute of Disaster Management

(e) Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

Q12. Recently, who has been appointed as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India?

(a) Manoj Sinha

(b) Kewal Kumar Sharma

(c) M Sathiyavathy

(d) Girish Chandra Murmu

(e) None of these

Q13. Which state launched a social security scheme “Shaheed Mahendra Karma Tendupatta Sangrahak

Samajik Suraksha Yojana”?

(a) Arunachal Pradesh

(b) Chhattisgarh

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Bihar

(e) Nagaland

Q14. Which organization has signed MoU with Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) to jointly

develop advanced biofuels application technology?

(a) Praj Industries

(b) Tata Power

(c) Jindal SAW Ltd.

(d) Thermax

(e) None of these

Q15. Which among the following payment bank has entered a partnership with Bharti AXA General

Insurance to offer Smart Plan Shop Package Policy?

(a) Airtel Payments Bank

(b) Fino Payments Bank

(c) Jio Fino Payments Bank

(d) India Post Payments Bank

(e) None of these

Quiz - 3

Q1. Which day is celebrated as Sadbhavana Diwas or Harmony Day?

(a) 27th August

(b) 21st August

(c) 15th August

(d) 19th August

(e) 20th August

Q2. Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament (5WCSP) was organized virtually by the Inter-

Parliamentary Union (IPU) and Parliament of which country?

(a) Tanzania

(b) Austria

(c) Botswana

(d) Zambia

(e) Slovenia

Q3. Which state has approved an ADB-funded Rs 1,000 crore project for boosting fruit and vegetable

production in the state?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) New Delhi

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Bihar

(e) Andhra Pradesh

Q4. Recently, Computer scientist Russell Kirsch passed away. He was the inventor of .......

(a) Hard Disk

(b) Pixel

(c) Monitor

(d) DVD

(e) None of these

Q5. Who among the following has been appointed the Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

(a) Nutan Guha Biswas

(b) Kewal Kumar Sharma

(c) M Sathiyavathy

(d) Hardik Satishchandra Shah

(e) None of these

Q6. Which of the following institute has signed an agreement with State’s Pollution Control Board for setting

up of geographical information system (GIS) based platform for air quality management?

(a) IISC Bangalore

(b) IIM Ahmedabad

(c) IIT Delhi

(d) IIT (BHU)

(e) None of these

Q7. What is the theme of International Youth Day 2020?

(a) Youth making Peace and Harmony

(b) Youth Engagement for Global Action

(c) Safe Spaces for Youth

(d) Channelizing Youth Power for Nation Building

(e) None of these

Q8. Which bank has obtained in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up a wholly

owned non- financial subsidiary?

(a) Karnataka Bank

(b) Federal Bank

(c) Axis Bank

(d) South Indian Bank

(e) Laxmi Vilas Bank

Q9. Name the state government, which has announced the launch of “Indira Van Mitan Yojana” to support

forest dwellers.

(a) Goa

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Chhattisgarh

(d) Odisha

(e) Jharkhand

Q10. Who is the author of the book “RAW: A History of India”s Covert Operations ”?

(a) Neena Rai

(b) Yatish Yadav

(c) Chetan Bhagat

(d) Vikram Seth

(e) None of these

Q11. Which among the following Banks has launched its 'Green Deposit Programme' for corporate clients?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) ICICI Bank

(c) HSBC India

(d) IndusInd Bank

(e) Axis Bank

Q12. India has extended Line of Credit worth ______ million US dollars to the Government of Maldives for the

expansion of fishing facilities at Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO).

(a) 32 million US dollars

(b) 25 million US dollars

(c) 12 million US dollars

(d) 18 million US dollars

(e) 50 million US dollars

Q13. Which ministry has inked a MoU with Ministry of Shipping to promote skill development in port and

maritime sector?

(a) Ministry of Education

(b) Ministry of Tribal Affairs

(c) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(d) Ministry of Skill Development

(e) None of these

Q14. Which Bank will acquire 17% stake in Max Life Insurance instead of 29%?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) ICICI Bank

(c) HSBC India

(d) IndusInd Bank

(e) Axis Bank

Q15. Which General Insurance Company has launched “Shagun – Gift an insurance policy”?

(a) Reliance

(b) SBI

(c) ICICI

(d) Bajaj Allianz

(e) None of these

Quiz - 4

Q1. Flipkart has signed an MoU with One District, One Product scheme of the government of which state

to bring the artisans, weavers, and craftsmen under the ODOP scheme into the scope of the “Flipkart

Samarth” initiative.

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Arunachal Pradesh

(d) Uttar Pradesh

(e) Karnataka

Q2. Name the former wrestler who was also known as “Kamala”, passed away recently.

(a) Bruce Franklin

(b) Sylvester Ritter

(c) James Harris

(d) George Gray

(e) None of these

Q3. Which IIT has bagged the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards 2020 for generating

power from wet clothes?

(a) IIT Bombay

(b) IIT Kharagpur

(c) IIT (BHU)

(d) IIT Delhi

(e) None of these

Q4. Who has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of Oriental Insurance Company

Limited?

(a) S N Rajeswari

(b) Hardayal Prasad

(c) Girish ChandraMurmu

(d) Diwakar Gupta

(e) None of these

Q5. Which state launched “Raj Kaushal Portal” and “Online Shramik Employment Exchange”?

(a) Arunachal Pradesh

(b) Odisha

(c) Kerala

(d) Madhya Pradesh

(e) Rajasthan

Q6. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) will open the Silk Training cum Production Center in

the tribal village of which state?

(a) Arunachal Pradesh

(b) Odisha

(c) Kerala

(d) Madhya Pradesh

(e) Sikkim

Q7. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has given

approval to which organization for its Project Kuiper low orbit

satellite constellation, to provide Internet access?

(a) Facebook

(b) Flipkart

(c) Amazon

(d) Google

(e) None of these

Q8. Gopalaswamy Iyenger Kasturirangan who passed away recently was associated with which sports?

(a) Cricket

(b) Hockey

(c) Kabbadi

(d) Badminton

(e) None of these

Q9. Which bank has unveiled its ‘Online Home Carnival,’ in partnership with real-time group negotiation

e-platform AddaCorner to boost the real estate sector in Bengaluru?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) ICICI Bank

(c) SBI

(d) IndusInd Bank

(e) Axis Bank

Q10. Which Bank has partnered with Accenture company to accelerate its digital journey?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) RBL Bank

(c) Federal Bank

(d) IndusInd Bank

(e) Axis Bank

Q11. Name the person who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Mauritania.

(a) Mohamed Ould Bilal

(b) Pravind Jugnauth

(c) Brigi Rafini

(d) Saad-Eddine El Othmani

(e) None of these

Q12. As per Report by World Animal Protection, which country is home to the second-highest number of

elephants used in tourism in Asia?

(a) Thailand

(b) Bhutan

(c) India

(d) Malaysia

(e) Sri Lanka

Q13. The Core Investment Companies with assets over ______ will have to appoint a chief risk officer (CRO)

with clearly specified roles and responsibilities, as per the guidelines of RBI.

(a) Rs. 1000 Cr

(b) Rs. 2000 Cr

(c) Rs. 3000 Cr

(d) Rs. 5000 Cr

(e) Rs. 4000 Cr

Q14. Which Private sector Bank has launched a ‘Shaurya KGC Card’ for the armed forces?

(a) ICICI Bank

(b) HDFC Bank

(c) Axis Bank

(d) Yes Bank

(e) None of these

Q15. Sports eyewear brand “Oakley” has appointed whom as its Brand Ambassador for India?

(a) Harmanpreet Kaur

(b) Rohit Sharma

(c) P V Sindhu

(d) Virat Kohli

(e) None of these

Quiz – 5

Q1. Name the Housing Finance Ltd, which has been appointed former deputy RBI governor Subhash

Sheoratan Mundra as non-executive chairman of the company with immediate effect.

(a) Tata Capital Housing Finance Limited

(b) Mahindra Rural Housing Finance Limited

(c) Religare Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited

(d) Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd

(e) None of these

Q2. Name the person who has took charge as the Chief Executive Officer of Indiabulls Ventures Ltd, a

subsidiary company of IBHFL.

(a) Ramakrishnan Mukundan

(b) Subhash Sheoratan Mundra

(c) Rono Dutta

(d) Sameer Gehlaut

(e) None of these

Q3. India's first international women's trade centre will be established in which state?

(a) Goa

(b) Kerala

(c) Gujarat

(d) Bihar

(e) Tamil Nadu

Q4. India and which country have signed a contract for development of five eco-tourism zones in Addu

atoll?

(a) Thailand

(b) Bhutan

(c) Maldives

(d) Malaysia

(e) Sri Lanka

Q5. Name the person, who headed the committee, formed by central government to reconsider the

minimum age for marriage for women.

(a) Bangaru Laxman

(b) Laila Tyabji

(c) Jaya Jaitly

(d) Michael Fernandes

(e) None of these

Q6. Which organization and Indian Institute of Management Bangalore have jointly developed and

launched Platform for Investor Education (PIE)?

(a) BSE

(b) NSE

(c) Nasdaq

(d) NIFTY

(e) None of these

Q7. Which Bank has launched a campaign named ‘DIGITAL APNAYEN’ to encourage customers to use

digital banking channels?

(a) Punjab National Bank

(b) Bank of India

(c) State Bank of India

(d) Canara Bank

(e) ICICI Bank

Q8. ISLRTC and NCERT signed MOU to make Educational Materials Accessible for -

(a) Dumb children

(b) Blind children

(c) Deaf children

(d) Handicap children

(e) All of the above

Q9. Veteran Social Activist ______ Passed away recently.

(a) Pushpa Bhave

(b) Sudip gangwal

(c) Geeta Phogat

(d) Sakshi Malik

(e) None of these

Q10. Who among the following has been honoured with the SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by

the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)?

(a) Virat Kohli

(b) Sonu Sood

(c) Amitabh Bachchan

(d) Akshay Kumar

(e) Salman Khan

Q11. The International Translation Day is held annually on___________.

(a) 30 September

(b) 29 September

(c) 28 September

(d) 27 September

(e) 26 September

Q12. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs launched Application programming Interface integration

between the PM SVANidhi portal and the ________ bank.

(a) ICICI

(b) SBI

(c) PNB

(d) UCO

(e) None of these

Q13. How many scientists have been decided for awarding the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2020?

(a) 10

(b) 12

(c) 14

(d) 16

(e) 20

Q14. Nirmala Sitharaman Launched Indian bank’s Business Mentoring Programme __________.

(a) MSME Doorstep

(b) MSME BusCorp

(c) MSME Prerana

(d) MSME vyapar

(e) None of these

Q15. Who has been appointed as the chief Financial Officer of SBI bank?

(a) Sanjiv Chadhha

(b) Arjun Munnda

(c) Animesh Bharti

(d) Charanjit Surinder Singh

(e) None of these

Quiz – 6

Q1. Sabarmati Central Jail launched _______ on the occasion of the 151st birth Anniversary of the Mahatma

Gandhi?

(a) Radio kiran

(b) Radio prison

(c) Radio Jyoti

(d) Satymev Radio

(e) None of these

Q2. CSC partners with _____ to afford Digital Literacy to Rural Elderly Citizens.

(a) NSDC

(b) NHUDC

(c) NMDC

(d) Help Age India

(e) None of these

Q3. Name the Bollywood actor, who recently roped by RBI for the customer awareness campaign.

(a) Ayushmann Khurrana

(b) Aamir Khan

(c) Sonu Sood

(d) Akshay Kumar

(e) Amitabh Bachchan

Q4. Which of the following Financial inclusion launched ‘Gram Sampark Abhiyan’?

(a) PNB

(b) SBI

(c) Indian bank

(d) HDFC

(e) Axis Bank

Q5. Who won the ‘2020 Right Livelihood Award’?

(a) Ales Bialiatski

(b) Nasrin sotoudeh

(c) Bryan Stevenson

(d) Lottie Cunningham Wren

(e) All of these

Q6. The Khadi and Village Industries Commission has appointed _____________ as its Advisor.

(a) Rakesh Yadav

(b) Ravi Verma

(c) Pankaj Singh

(d) Sunil Sethi

(e) Dimple Kumari

Q7. NABARD will begin a Sanitation Literacy Campaign (SLC) in which state to promote literacy on

‘WASH’ (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) in 2,000 villages covering one lakh rural population?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Karnataka

(d) Odisha

(e) Tamil Nadu

Q8. Who launched the Coffee – table Book “Bapu – the unforgettable’?

(a) Narendra Modi

(b) Amit shah

(c) Arvind Kejriwal

(d) Manish Sisodia

(e) None of these

Q9. Coal Mines provident fund Organization launched the _________ Project.

(a) COMAN

(b) COBRA

(c) SUNIDHI

(d) SUMITRA

(e) None of these

Q10. Which of the following foundation won the UNSDG action Award 2020?

(a) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

(b) India Vision foundation

(c) Action for development of demos

(d) Nobel foundation

(e) None of these

Q11. When is the International Day of Older Persons is observed globally?

(a) 1st October

(b) 2nd October

(c) 3rd October

(d) 4th October

(e) 5th October

Q12. Which of the following signs MoU with NIUA for collaboration in BASIIC Programme?

(a) IIT Delhi

(b) IIT Roorkee

(c) IIT Bombay

(d) IIT Patna

(e) None of these

Q13. Which of the following India Railway Zone recently launched the project, “Operation my Saheli” to

enhance the security of women passengers in the train throughout the entire journey from the

originating point to their destinations?

(a) South Eastern Railways

(b) East Central Railway

(c) South Western Railway

(d) Northern Railway

(e) North Western Railway

Q14. Name the initiative launched by Rajnath Singh to support innovations identified by members of the

Indian Armed Forces and will bolster frugal innovation ideas from soldiers/ field formations.

(a) iDEX4Innovation

(b) iDEX4Fauji

(c) iDEX4Change

(d) iDEX4Challenge

(e) iDEX4Startups

Q15. Which of the following states started ‘Digital Seva Setu’ to offer public welfare services online?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Haryana

(c) Uttar pradesh

(d) Madhya Pradesh

(e) Odisha

Quiz – 7

Q1. Which of the following First bank starts to offer Debit card to Customers availing Loan Against

Securities (LAS)?

(a) HDFC

(b) SBI

(c) YES

(d) ICICI

(e) PNB

Q2. Which of the following organisations has stopped its operations in the country, after the government

of India froze the bank accounts for allegedly breaking rules on foreign funding laws?

(a) Action India

(b) Plan India

(c) Oxfam

(d) Care India

(e) Amnesty International

Q3. Asian Development Bank signed an agreement to invest ________ in Avaada Energy Private Limited.

(a) 50 million USD

(b) 20 million USD

(c) 18million USD

(d) 24 million USD

(e) None of these

Q4. Google India launched the following campaign for small Business?

(a) Make small Brighter

(b) Make India Bright

(c) Make small strong

(d) Make small to big

(e) None of these

Q5. The BSE has joined hands with which bank to empower the small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

listed on the platform?

(a) Punjab National Bank

(b) SBI

(c) HDFC Bank

(d) Yes Bank

(e) ICICI Bank

Q6. Who is the new brand Ambassador of Hudle?

(a) Virat Kohly

(b) Priyanka Chopra

(c) Anushka Sharma

(d) Ajinkya Rahane

(e) None of these

Q7. Which of the following state launched ‘DISHTAVO’ - Online E – learning Platform?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Kerela

(c) Goa

(d) Karnataka

(e) Rajasthan

Q8. MoHUA partnered with _______ to take street Food Business Online Under PM SVANIDHI.

(a) Zomato

(b) Uber

(c) Zomato and Swiggy

(d) Swiggy

(e) None of these

Q9. Which of the following banks recently launched a green initiative named "IB-eNote" to enable a total

paperless working environment?

(a) State Bank of India

(b) Indian Bank

(c) Bank of Baroda

(d) Punjab National Bank

(e) Canara Bank

Q10. Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri. D.V. Sadananda Gowda has launched POS 3.1

software, SMS Gateway and Home Delivery facility of Fertilizers (RBK) for farmers in ____________.

(a) Telangana

(b) Kerala

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Karnataka

(e) Andhra Pradesh

Q11. Prime minister inaugurates world’s longest highway tunnel -

(a) Gandhi tunnel

(b) Iron tunnel

(c) Atal Tunnel

(d) Ram tunnel

(e) None of these

Q12. The Bilateral Exercise Bongosagar was held between Indian Navy (IN) – _________ Navy (BN) in

Northern Bay of Bengal.

(a) France

(b) Bangladesh

(c) Russia

(d) Australia

(e) Sri Lanka

Q13. Name the organization which has announced a special refinance facility of Rs 800 crore for Fiscal

Year 2021 to support the Government of India’s Water, Sanitisation and Hygiene (WASH) programme.

(a) Securities and Exchange Board of India

(b) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

(c) Small Industries Development Bank of India

(d) National Housing Bank

(e) Exim Bank

Q14. _________ launched India’s first ‘Financial Control center’ on Mobile to Empower Small Business

Owners.

(a) Chqbook

(b) AU small bank

(c) RBI

(d) SBI

(e) None of these

Q15. Which state government has launched the “Pathashree Abhijan” scheme under which 7,000

stretches of roads comprising 12,000 kilometers across the state will be repaired in a mission mode and

in a time-bound manner?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Nagaland

(d) Odisha

(e) West Bengal

Quiz - 8

Q1. Who becomes the first Divyanga sportsperson of the country to get the prestigious Tenzing Norgay

Adventure Award 2020?

(a)Devendra Jhajharia

(b)Mariyappan Thangavelu

(c)Satyendra Singh Lohia

(d)Deepa Malik

(e)Varun Singh Bhati

Q2. The publication of “Ease of Doing Business” report has stopped by which organization to probe data

collection irregularities in the annual ranking of countries’ business and investment climates?

(a)International Monetary Fund

(b)World Trade Organization

(c)World Economic Forum

(d)World Bank

(e)United Nations

Q3. Veteran politician and former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee passed away recently, which of

the following post he did not serve?

(a)Leader of the Lok Sabha

(b)External Affair Minister

(c)Home Minister

(d)Finance Minister

(e)Defence Minister

Q4. Who has been re-elected as the President of African Development Bank?

(a)Jin Liqun

(b)Akinwumi Adesina

(c)Werner Hoyer

(d)Ahamad Mohamed Ali Al Madani

(e)David Malpass

Q5. Which state government has launched ‘Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojana’ scheme under which 19

International Players will get road connectivity to their homes?

(a)Madhya Pradesh

(b)Haryana

(c)Uttar Pradesh

(d)Karnataka

(e)Hyderabad

Q6. Which Paramilitary forces of India has created and launched an in-house mobile Application (app),

‘Pensioners Corner’ to get in touch with the pensioners and to bring them to the digital platform as a one

stop solution?

(a)CISF

(b)BSF

(c)CRPF

(d)ITBP

(e)NSG

Q7. With which entity the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) has released a report titled ‘Fraud & Risk

Management in Digital Payments’?

(a)PayPal India

(b)VISA

(c)PayU India

(d)Mastercard

(e)CCAvenue

Q8. Which Life Insurance company has launched “Chhavni COVID: Yodha Sanrakshan Yojana” a group life

insurance scheme for employees working in the military cantonment areas across India?

(a)Life Insurance Corporation

(b)Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company

(c)HDFC Life Insurance Company

(d)ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company

(e)PNB MetLife Insurance Company

Q9. Which renewable power company of India has been ranked as

World’s Largest Solar Power Generation Asset Owner in terms of

operating, under-construction and awarded projects by the

Mercom Capital?

(a)Loom Solar

(b)Vikram Solar

(c)Tata Solar

(d)Adani Green Energy Ltd

(e)Waaree Solar

Q10. Which International organization has launched a new

publication, “The Little Book of Green Nudges” for university

students?

(a)United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

(b)United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

(c)United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

(d)United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

(e)United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Q11. Which country will host the G20 Education Ministers Meeting to be held at the end of 2020?

(a)Indian

(b)Saudi Arabia

(c)Argentina

(d)Brazil

(e)Australia

Q12. Which helpline has been launched by the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry for mental

health rehabilitation?

(a)KIRAN

(b)CHAMPION

(c)SANCHAR

(d)SANVAD

(e)SAHAYATA

Q13. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully flight-tested a

Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) with the ability to travel at _______the speed of

sound.

(a)two times

(b)three times

(c)four times

(d)six times

(e)ten times

Q14. Which Mutual Fund has unveiled Magnum Children’s Benefit Fund - Investment Plan, an open-ended

fund for parents to invest for their children?

(a)SBI Mutual Fund

(b)India Infoline

(c)UTI Asset Management

(d)Motilal Oswal Financial Services

(e)Indiabulls

Q15. Who has been appointed as the president of All India Tennis Association (AITA)?

(a)Shahnawaz Husain

(b)Anil Jain

(c)Smriti Irani

(d)Ramdas Agarwal

(e)Vijay Goel

Quiz – 9

Q1. First ever Cannabis medicine project will be setup in which state/UT?

(a)Jammu and Kashmir

(b)Ladakh

(c)Sikkim

(d)Assam

(e)Manipur

Q2. Which city tops the list of destinations for a career in Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

(a)Chennai

(b)Hyderabad

(c)Mumbai

(d)Pune

(e)Bengaluru

Q3. Who among the following has won the men’s singles title at the 2020 US Open tournament?

(a)Daniil Medvedev

(b)Novak Djokovic

(c)Dominic Thiem

(d)Stefanos Tsitsipas

(e)Alexander Zverev

Q4. On which date Hindi Diwas is celebrated to mark the popularity of Hindi as an official language of

India?

(a)12th September

(b)13th September

(c)14th September

(d)15th September

(e)17th September

Q5. ‘Streets for People’ challenge has been launched by which entity?

(a)Union Housing and Urban Affairs (HUA) Ministry

(b)NITI Aayog

(c)Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry

(d)Ministry of Finance

(e)Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Q6. Name the Indian filmmaker who won the best screenplay award at the Venice Film Festival?

(a)Chaitanya Tamhane

(b)Anurag Kashyap

(c)Ali Fazal

(d)Alakrita Srivastava

(e)Tillotama Shome

Q7. Who has been appointed as the celebrity advocate for children’s rights campaign titled as ’For Every

Child’ by UNICEF?

(a)Ranveer Kapoor

(b)Ayushmann Khurrana

(c)Bhumi Pednekar

(d)Kriti Sanon

(e)Kartik Aryan

Q8. Who has been appointed as new Executive Director of Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila?

(a)Subhash Kamath

(b)Preeti Sudan

(c)Vinkesh Gulati

(d)Sameer Kumar Khare

(e)Rajesh Khullar

Q9. Which company will acquire the UK based chip designer Arm of Softbank for as much as $40 billion?

(a)Infosys

(b)Wipro

(c)Nvidia

(d)IMB

(e)Intel

Q10. Who has authored the book titled “My Life in Design”?

(a)Malaika Arora

(b)Madhuri Dixhit

(c)Gauri Khan

(d)Farah Khan

(e)Kiran Kher

Q11. ICICI Lombard has entered into a Bancassurance tie-up with which bank to sell its insurance

products?

(a)Bandhan Bank

(b)Federal Bank

(c)Yes Bank

(d)IndusInd Bank

(e)Axis Bank

Q12. Abraham Accord, which is the first Arab Israeli peace deal in 26 years has been signed which three

countries?

(a)Israel, UAE, Syria

(b)Israel, Oman, Bahrain

(c)Israel, UAE, Bahrain

(d)Israel, Yemen, Iraq

(e)Israel, Yemen, UAE

Q13. Cyclone ‘Sally’ hits which of the following countries?

(a)USA

(b)England

(c)Maldives

(d)Mauritius

(e)Ethiopia

Q14. The United Nations observes International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer every year

on which date?

(a)12th September

(b)14th September

(c)16th September

(d)10th September

(e)7th September

Q15. Who has been conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award by Euromoney Awards of Excellence

2020?

(a)Aditya Puri

(b)KV Kamath

(c)Amitabh Chaudhary

(d)Sandeep Bakshi

(e)Uday Kotak

Quiz - 10

Q1. World Alzheimer's Day is observed every year on which date?

(a)18th September

(b)19th September

(c)21st September

(d)13th September

(e)17th September

Q2. Which digital wallet platform has partnered with Visa to allow card-based payments through

tokenization?

(a)Paytm

(b)PhonePe

(c)Google Pay

(d)Mobikwik

(e)Amazon Pay

Q3. Which aviation company to launch World’s first Commercial Hydrogen aircraft by 2035?

(a)Boeing

(b)Airbus

(c)Lockheed Martin

(d)United Technologies

(e)General Electric

Q4. Which Indian film won the Amplify Voices Award at the 45th Toronto International Film Festival?

(a)The Disciple

(b)The Mountain Within

(c)Fahrenheit 11/9

(d)Wild Karnataka

(e)Amoli

Q5. Who has authored the book titled “Kitchens of Gratitude”?

(a)Sanjeev Kapoor

(b)Vikas Khanna

(c)Kunal Kapur

(d)Ranveer Brar

(e)Vicky Ratnani

Q6. Who has been appointed as the chief of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO)?

(a)Subhash Kamath

(b)Anil Dhasmana

(c)Anil Jain

(d)Dinesh Kumar Tripathi

(e)PS Ranipse

Q7. Who has been awarded the Ig Nobel Prize 2020 for Medical Education?

(a)Dr. Harsvardhan

(b)Nirmala Sitharaman

(c)Narendra Modi

(d)M Venkaiah Naidu

(e)Ramnath Kovind

Q8. Which of the following has announced the launch of a grant program in India to support women

entrepreneurs with its partner, IFundWomen?

(a)Mastercard

(b)VISA

(c)Google Pay

(d)Cashfree payment gateway

(e)Empays Payment Systems

Q9. Which Indian IT firm has announced the acquisition of Australian IT firm DWS Ltd for $115.8 million

in a bid to further expand its digital offerings especially in Australia and New Zealand?

(a)Infosys

(b)Wipro

(c)TCS

(d)Tech Mahindra

(e)HCL Technologies

Q10. Which bank has started a programme by the name “Mahila Atmanirbharshil Aachani” (Women Self-

Reliance programme) to accelerate SHG finance in the bank?

(a)Bank of India

(b)Punjab National Bank

(c)State Bank of India

(d)Canara Bank

(e)Bank of Baroda

Q11. The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launched a National

Conservation Strategy for which of the following animals?

(a)Blackbuck

(b)Great Indian bustard

(c)Barasingha

(d)One-Horned Rhinoceros

(e)Asiatic lion

Q12. Which bank has collaborated with Google to enable customers to use their cards on Google Pay

platform?

(a)Bank of India

(b)Punjab National Bank

(c)State Bank of India

(d)Canara Bank

(e)Bank of Baroda

Q13. By which year Indian Railways is planning to complete 100% electrification of broad-gauge routes?

(a)2020

(b)2022

(c)2023

(d)2024

(e)2025

Q14. India’s first Coast Guard academy will be established in which of the following cities?

(a)Mangaluru

(b)Bengaluru

(c)Hyderabad

(d)Indore

(e)Vishakhapatnam

Q15. Former cricketer and renowned commentator, Dean Jones passed away recently, he was held from

which country?

(a)Australian

(b)England

(c)South Africa

(d)New Zealand

(e)West Indies

Quiz – 11

Q1. Which Company has partnered with Amex to provide global benefits?

(a) HDFC card

(b) ICICI card

(c) Indian bank

(d) SBI card

(e) None of these

Q2. Flipkart has partnered with ________ to launch cyber insurance named ‘Digital Suraksha Group

Insurance’.

(a) Kotak Mahindra prime limited

(b) IL & FS

(c) Bajaj Allianz

(d) Axis finance

(e) None of these

Q3. Who is the author of the book Coffee Table Book on “Discovering the Heritage of Assam”, which was

recently released by DoNER Minister Dr Jitendra Singh?

(a) Padmapani Bora

(b) Dipankar Dutta

(c) Purnendu Kant

(d) Ashok Pandit

(e) Alka Soni

Q4. Recently, who has been appointed MD and CEO of India Post Payments bank?

(a) Pradeep Shah

(b) Dipankar Ghosh

(c) J Venkatramu

(d) Nityananda Nayak

(e) None of these

Q5. The DRDO recently conducted successful test firing of a new version of Shaurya nuclear capable

ballistic missile. It is a ____ category of missile

(a) Surface-to-Air

(b) Air-to-Air

(c) Surface-to-Surface

(d) Air-to-Surface

(e) Surface-to-Sea

Q6. India will work towards the operationalization of the Sittwe port in which country?

(a) Nepal

(b) Myanmar

(c) Sri Lanka

(d) China

(e) Japan

Q7. Which of the following in collaboration with the institute of Company Secretaries (ICSI) has launched

an exclusive co-branded credit card for Company Secretaries (CS)?

(a) BOB Financial Solutions Ltd

(b) Aditya Birla Financial Services Private Ltd.

(c) Adroit Financial Services Pvt. Ltd.

(d) AII Bank Finance Limited

(e) Blend Financial Services Ltd.

Q8. Name the first ever airport of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to become entirely solar-powered.

(a) Rajahmundry Airport

(b) Puducherry airport

(c) Mopa Airport

(d) Dibrugarh Airport

(e) Rajouri Airport

Q9. Which of the following state/UTs recently announced the launch of the anti-pollution campaign 'Yudh

Pradushan Ke Virudh'?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Manipur

(c) Jammu and Kashmir

(d) Delhi

(e) Maharashtra

Q10. Indian with which country will launch the constellation of maritime surveillance satellites for the

Indian Ocean Region that will be able to trace illegal spillage of oil by ships?

(a) France

(b) Indonesia

(c) Bangladesh

(d) Madagascar

(e) Somalia

Q11. The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) will be commissioning India’s largest

HPC-AI supercomputer ‘PARAM Siddhi-AI’ with which company?

(a) Broadcom

(b) NVIDIA

(c) Xilinx

(d) Intel

(e) AMD

Q12. Who among the following has been awarded Nobel Prize 2020 in Literature?

(a) Bob Dylan

(b) Kazuo Ishiguro

(c) Olga Tokarczuk

(d) Peter Handke

(e) Louise Glück

Q13. Which of the following country is set to send the world’s first mining robot named ‘asteroid mining

robot’ into space to identify and extract resources?

(a) China

(b) USA

(c) India

(d) Russia

(e) Japan

Q14. Who has been re-elected as the Chairman of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI)?

(a) M. Jayaraman

(b) Nilesh Shah

(c) Sukumar Shankar

(d) B.R. Reddy

(e) S.A. Govindraj

Q15. Which institute has developed non-invasive bandage to treat skin cancer?

(a) IIT Nagpur

(b) IIT Madras

(c) King George Medical College

(d) IIT Delhi

(e) IISc Bengaluru

Quiz - 12

Q1. Which of the following e-commerce company has partnered with ‘Indian Railway Catering and

Tourism Corporation’ (IRCTC), to provide its customers with the facility to book reserved train tickets?

(a) Amazon

(b) Alibaba

(c) Paytm

(d) eBay

(e) Flipkart

Q2. What is the name of the anti-radiation missile that was successfully test-fired by DRDO?

(a) Prahaar

(b) Agni-V

(c) Trishul

(d) MICA

(e) Rudram

Q3. Which company announced the creation of an AI centre of

excellence in partnership with the government e-marketplace

during the inaugural session of RAISE 2020 virtual summit?

(a) IBM

(b) NetApp

(c)Teradata

(d) SAP

(e) Microsoft

Q4. Name the India’s first business-to-business (B2B) cryptocurrency trading exchange which began its

trading operations?

(a) CoinDesk

(b) Zebpay

(c) Cubix

(d) DigiTX

(e) Unocoin

Q5. Which of the following state entered into a partnership with Israel to establish a one-of-a-kind Centre

of Excellence (CoE) on high-value vegetables in the state to improve and promote the livelihoods of

farmers?

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Uttarakhand

(c) Arunachal Pradesh

(d) Tripura

(e) Meghalaya

Q6. Which of the following state recently launched the "Mukhya Mantri Saur Swarojgar Yojana"?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Uttarakhand

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Gujarat

(e) Maharashtra

Q7. A two-day Coastal Security Exercise namely _________ conducted by the Indian Navy along with Indian

Coast Guard and all stakeholders involved in Coastal Security from the coast of Kerala.

(a) INDRA NAV

(b) Sahyog-Kaijin

(c) Samudra Shakti

(d) Sagar Kavach

(e) Varuna

Q8. Who has been named as the first digital brand ambassador of the fashion e-commerce platform

Myntra to strengthen its digital presence?

(a) Bhuvan Bam

(b) Ashish Chanchalani

(c) Lakshay Chowdhary

(d) Ajay Nagar

(e) Tanmay Bhat

Q9. Who is chosen to promote India's first ever homegrown professional badminton brand ‘Transform’

that was launched recently?

(a) Lakshya Sen

(b) Archana Reddy

(c) Sumit Verma

(d) Chetan Anand

(e) Sameer Jha

Q10. Which state of India has launched the ‘Jagananna Vidya Kanuka’ scheme for Distribute School kits to

students?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Kerala

(e) Karnataka

Q11. With which bank has Apollo Hospitals launched The Healthy Life Programme, a holistic healthcare

solution which makes healthy living accessible and affordable on Apollo’s digital platform, Apollo 24*7?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) Union Bank

(c) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(d) HSBC Bank

(e) Axis Bank

Q12. Which of the following launched ‘Project RED’ (Reimagining Excellence through Digital

transportation) to improve efficiencies at every level of the organization?

(a) India Home Loan Ltd.

(b) India Home Loan Ltd.

(c) India Bank Housing Ltd.

(d) Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd.

(e) LIC Housing Finance Ltd.

Q13. Which is the 1st country in the world to approve the use of drought-resistant genetically modified

(GMO) wheat?

(a) Chile

(b) Norway

(c) Brazil

(d) Argentina

(e) Denmark

Q14. The National Authority of Ship Recycling will be set up in which place?

(a) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(c) Kochin, Kerela

(d) Gandhinagar, Gujrat

(e) Kolkata, West Bengal

Q15. Which state has approved “Dr. BR Ambedkar SC Post Matric Scholarship Scheme?

(a) Goa

(b) Punjab

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Himachal Pradesh

Quiz-13

Q1. PM Modi recently released the autobiography titled Deh Vechwa Karani, which is based on the life of

which former Union Minister?

(a) Ashok Shankarrao Chavan

(b) Sujay Vikhe-Patil

(c) Bindumadhav Thackeray

(d) Bal Keshav Thackeray

(e) Balasaheb Vikhe Patil

Q2. Name the Life Insurance Product which was introduced by IRDAI and made it mandatory to All Life

Insurance Companies from January 1, 2021?

(a) Saral Jeevan Bima

(b) Safal Jeevan Bima

(c) Umang Jeevan Bima

(d) Uttkarsh Jeevan Bima

(e) Anand Jeevan Bima

Q3. Who has virtually launched the ‘KAPILA’ Kalam Program for Intellectual Property (IP) Literacy and

Awareness campaign?

(a) Ravi Shankar Prasad

(b) Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’

(c) Piyush Goel

(d) Prahlad Joshi

(e) S Jaishankar

Q4. Which company has launched a Brand Campaign with record 11 Cricket stars as its brand

ambassadors?

(a) NPCI

(b) Paytm

(c) BharatPe

(d) PayU

(e) Freecharge

Q5. Which state/UT announced the “My Town My Pride” programme to deliver government services at

doorsteps to the people in urban areas?

(a) Jammu and Kashmir

(b) Gujrat

(c) West Bengal

(d) Madhya Pradesh

(e) Delhi

Q6. Amazon Pay has collaborated with which company to push digital payments in India?

(a) Carzonrent

(b) Uber Cabs

(c) Mega Cabs

(d) Ola

(e) Meru Cabs

Q7. What is the theme of World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2021?

(a) Responsive and Responsible Leadership

(b) Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World

(c) The Fourth Industrial Revolution

(d) The Great Reset

(e) The New Global Context

Q8. Which country will receive its first submarine namely, “INS Sindhuvir” from India?

(a) Mauritius

(b) Bangladesh

(c) Sri Lanka

(d) Myanmar

(e) Maldives

Q9. Which bank has won the 2020 Central bank of the year award?

(a) Reserve Bank of India

(b) Bank of Ghana

(c) Bank of England

(d) Reserve Bank of Australia

(e) State Bank of Pakistan

Q10. Which bank has recently partnered with the Apollo Hospitals to launch a holistic healthcare

solution, ‘The HealthyLife Programme’?

(a) ICICI Bank

(b) Axis Bank

(c) HDFC Bank

(d) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(e) Yes Bank

Q11. Who has been appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO’s Permanent

Delegation of India?

(a) Aditya Jha

(b) Indira Mani Pandey

(c) T S Trimurti

(d) Jawed Ashraf

(e) Vishal V. Sharma

Q12. By which year has the Government of India set its aim to make India Trans Fat free?

(a) 2022

(b) 2023

(c) 2025

(d) 2026

(e) 2030

Q13. Which state has launched the “Sujal”- ‘Drink from Tap Mission’ scheme to provide piped water

connections to all urban areas?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Odisha

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Kerala

(e) Tamil Nadu

Q14. What is the rank of India in the International Migration Outlook survey of OECD to determine the

movement of people to OECD countries and getting the citizenship of those countries?

(a) 2nd

(b) 3rd

(c) 4th

(d) 6th

(e) 5th

Q15. India’s first ever multi-modal logistic park is being set up in which state?

(a) Assam

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Haryana

(e) Gujarat

Quiz – 14

Q1. State Bank of India (SBI) has signed a loan agreement of up to ________ billion with The Japan Bank for

International Cooperation (JBIC)?

(a) $ 1 billion

(b) $ 2 billion

(c) $ 3 billion

(d) $ 4 billion

(e) $ 5 billion

Q2. Who among these has launched the virtual festival of “Parampara Series 2020-National Festival of

Music and Dance” organised by Natya Tarangini in partnership with the United Nations?

(a) Amit Shah

(b) Prahlad Joshi

(c) M Venkaiah Naidu

(d) Prakash Javdekar

(e) Piyush Goel

Q3. Indian Army Chief General Mukund Naravane was honoured with the honorary rank of General of the

Army of which country?

(a)Bangladesh

(b)China

(c)Maldives

(d)Nepal

(e)Sri Lanka

Q4. Indian Posts along with _____________ entered into an agreement for the electronic exchange of customs

data related to postal shipments?

(a) China Postal Service

(b) US Postal Service

(c) Japan Postal Service

(d) France Postal Service

(e) Germany Postal Service

Q5. The SBI Card in association with the _____________ launched a contactless multi-purpose card that can

function as a credit card and as a metro smart card.

(a) Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited

(b) Ahmadabad Metro

(c) Mumbai Metro

(d) Delhi Metro Rail Corporation

(e) Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited

Q6. Who is the author of the book “Till We Win”?

(a) Chandrakant Lahariya

(b) Gagandeep Kang

(c) Randeep Guleria

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Q7. Which Ministry organized the Virtual Global Investor Roundtable Conference?

(a) Ministry of Home Affairs

(b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

(c) Ministry of External Affairs

(d) Ministry of Education (formally known as HRD Ministry)

(e) Ministry of Finance

Q8. Which State Government inaugurated the "Rythu Vedika" to bring farmers community under one

platform to help them attain higher returns?

(a) Telangana

(b) Kerala

(c) West Bengal

(d) Tripura

(e) Tamil Nadu

Q9. Indian Railways partnered with ________ to improved its operational efficiency using digital tools?

(a) Google

(b) IBM

(c) Indian School of Business (ISB)

(d) Microsoft

(e) Amazon

Q10. CARAT Bangladesh 2020, is a joint naval exercise of Bangladesh with which country?

(a) France

(b) India

(c) China

(d) Sri Lanka

(e) USA

Q11. Name the flagship campaign launched by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) offering its

users compelling benefits and attractive discounts this festive season?

(a) Festival Dhamal

(b) Festival Carnival

(c) RuPay Festive Carnival

(d) UPI Chalega

(e) Home Utsav

Q12. Who has signed an agreement with Care Health Insurance Company Limited as Corporate Agent for

Health Insurance Products?

(a) Utkarsh Small Finance Bank

(b) AU Small Finance Bank

(c) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

(d) Suryoday Small Finance Bank

(e) Janalakshmi Small Finance Bank

Q13. Who will head the committee which has been constituted by Ministry of Information and

Broadcasting to review guidelines on Television Rating agencies in India?

(a) K.V. Kamath

(b) Shashi Shekhar Vempati

(c) Sameer Kumar Khare

(d) Rajkumar Upadhyay

(e) None of these

Q14. Name the Financial Services Company which has deployed the world’s 1st live PCI certified Tap to

Phone card acceptance solution in partnership DigitSecure and HDFC Bank?

(a) Visa

(b) Citi Mastercard

(c) RuPay

(d) American Express

(e) Mastercard

Q15. Where did archaeological of India and Canada found evidence of dairy production in the Indus

Valley Civilization in a recent study?

(a) Siswal, Haryana

(b) Kotada Bhadli, Gujarat

(c) Sothi, Uttar Pradesh

(d) Kalibangan, Rajasthan

(e) Manda, Jammu & Kashmir

Quiz – 15

Q1. Union Minister for Earth Science (MoES), Harsh Vardhan released the report “Estimating the

Economic Benefits of Invest in National Monsoon Mission (NMM) and High-Performance Computing

(HPC) Facilities”. Who prepared the Report?

(a) Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency

(b) National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)

(c) Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations

(d) Sardar Patel Institute of Economic & Social Research

(e) National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP)

Q2. In which state did the Energy Efficiency Bureau (PEE) launch the ‘Go Electric’ campaign to set up 400

electric vehicle charging stations?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Haryana

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Rajasthan

(e) Gujarat

Q3. Aegon Life Insurance Company Limited launched ‘Life+ 36 critical illness Insurance’ on which e-

commerce platform?

(a) Paytm

(b) Flipkart

(c) Myntra

(d) Phonepe

(e) Amazon

Q4. Which bank has become 1st corporate partner of edX from India to offer Massive open online

courses?

(a) Bank of Maharashtra (BOM)

(b) Bank of Baroda (BOB)

(c) Canara Bank

(d) Indian Bank

(e) State Bank of India (SBI)

Q5. Which General Insurance Company launched AI tool ‘IDEAS’ for automatic claim settlements?

(a) HDFC ERGO General Insurance

(b) ICICI Lombard General Insurance

(c) Bharti AXA General Insurance

(d) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

(e) Reliance General Insurance

Q6. US Court has asked Antrix Corporation Limited to pay $1.2 Billion compensation to a Bengaluru based

startup for cancelling a satellite deal in 2005. Antrix Corporation Ltd is a commercial arm of which Space

Agency?

(a) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

(b) Blue Origin

(c) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

(d) Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)

(e) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Q7. World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed on which day?

(a) 7th August

(b) 5 December

(c) 12th May

(d) 5th November

(e) 27th October

Q8. Scientists from National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR) have discovered two new species

of Shrimps from the coral reefs in which Indian Island?

(a) Minicoy Island

(b) Barren Island

(c) Kadmat Island

(d) Radha Nagar Beach

(e) Agatti Island

Q9. The Ministry of AYUSH collaborated with which organization to set up “Strategic Policy & Facilitation

Bureau (SPFB)” for planned and systematic growth of AYUSH Sector?

(a) Invest India

(b) NITI Aayog

(c) Startup India

(d) Federation of Indian Commerce and Industries (FICCI)

(e) ASSOCHAM

Q10. Which Company signed a MoU with CSIR-CSIO (Council of Scientific Instrument Organisation) for

futuristic solutions for defence and aerospace, healthcare and agriculture industries?

(a) Robonatics Technology

(b) Dynamatic Technologies Ltd

(c) Avaada Power Pvt. Ltd

(d) Aerospace Technologies Ltd

(e) Bharat Dynamics Ltd

Q11. Alassane Ouattara has won the Presidential Election of which country for the third time?

(a) Kenya

(b) Ivory Coast

(c) Namibia

(d) Sudan

(e) Mali

Q12. Which public sector bank launched a Tracking & Monitoring Staff Accountability Cases (TMSAC)

portal to help bank identify the internal fraud in advance?

(a) Canara Bank

(b) Union Bank

(c) Punjab National Bank

(d) Central Bank of India

(e) Axis Bank

Q13. Which company collaborated with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) to transform the latter’s

customer experience using digital tools?

(a) Microsoft

(b) Wipro

(c) Accenture

(d) IBM

(e) Hewlett-Packard

Q14. The Reserve Bank of India granted its approval to Maple Group to acquire up to a 9.99 percent stake

in which bank?

(a) Union Bank

(b) IndusInd Bank

(c) RBL Bank

(d) Bandhan Bank

(e) Canara Bank

Q15. Name the initiative launched by Indian Railways to ensure safety of women passengers on trains?

(a) Mera Mitra

(b) Mera Sathi

(c) Meri Saheli

(d) Mera Dost

(e) Meri Sakhi

Quiz – 16

Q1. Which of the following states recently launched “The Young Advocates Welfare Fund”?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Gujarat

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Uttarakhand

(e) Madhya Pradesh

Q2. How much has been provided by the Union Government to Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) considering

their importance in agriculture finance during these difficult times?

(a) Rs 500 crore

(b) Rs 870 crore

(c) Rs 670 crore

(d) Rs 480 crore

(e) Rs 900 crore

Q3. Name the scientist, who was recently honoured by Dr.Tulsi Das Chugh Award 2020?

(a) Satish Mishra

(b) Ravi Kumar

(c) Manoj Ranjan

(d) Roshan Singh Kalra

(e) Pratibha Das Gupta

Q4. Recently, which state has laid the foundation stone of Indo-Israeli Centre of Excellence (CoE) for

Vegetables Protected Cultivation?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Assam

(c) West Bengal

(d) Tripura

(e) Telangana

Q5. Indian Railways partnered with ________ to improve its operational efficiency using digital tools?

(a) Google

(b) IBM

(c) Indian School of Business (ISB)

(d) Microsoft

(e) Amazon

Q6. Where is the new building of Bhimsen Adarsha Higher Secondary School, built with the financial

assistance of the Government of India, located?

(a) Bhutan

(b) Sri Lanka

(c) Bangladesh

(d) Afghanistan

(e) Nepal

Q7. Which bank launched ‘Mine’, a banking stack for millennial customers which offers an instant savings

account, curated credit and debit card, instant personal loans and overdrafts, and an experiential branch

with social engagement space?

(a) Bandhan Bank

(b) ICICI Bank

(c) Canara Bank

(d) Axis Bank

(e) HDFC Bank

Q8. Amazon India has announced the launch of its first all-women Virtual Customer Service (VCS) site in

which city?

(a) Pune

(b) Mumbai

(c) New Delhi

(d) Hyderabad

(e) Bengaluru

Q9. Which of the following in partnership with Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

(MoSPI) has launched MSME Credit Health Index to provide a measure of the growth and strength of the

MSME sector in India?

(a) IRDA

(b) SEBI

(c) CRISIL

(d) CIBIL

(e) Equifax

Q10. Who has been unanimously elected to the Board of International Dairy Federation (IDF)?

(a) Ajay Kumar Khosla

(b) Champaklal Shah

(c) Sriram Kalyanaraman

(d) V.A. Srinivasan

(e) Dilip Rath

Q11. Which of the following, who has started India’s first and the only radio channel for the fisherfolk

“Kadal Osai FM 90.4”?

(a) Christiaan Fernando

(b) Armstrong Fernando

(c) Christiaan Barnard

(d) Champakaraman Pillai

(e) None of these

Q12. Which bank introduced Employee Assistance Program, a new employee Central initiative to help

employees to deal with personal and professional issues in psychological consulting and counselling?

(a) Bank of India

(b) Bank of Maharashtra

(c) Bank of Baroda

(d) State Bank of India

(e) Punjab National bank

Q13. John Magufuli is sworn in as the president for a second five-year term of which country?

(a) Ireland

(b) Romania

(c) Tanzania

(d) France

(e) Spain

Q14. Which bank appointed Ramesh Lakshmi Narayanan as its next Chief Information Officer (CIO)?

(a) Laxmi Vilas Bank

(b) HDFC Bank

(c) DCB Bank

(d) State Bank of India

(e) Axis Bank

Q15. Which telecom operator appointed Jagbir Singh as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO)?

(a) Reliance Jio

(b) Airtel

(c) Vodafone Idea

(d) BSNL

(e) MTNL

Quiz – 17

Q1. The Public Service Broadcasting Day is observed every year on which day in India?

(a) 9 November

(b) 10 November

(c) 11 November

(d) 12 November

(e) 13 November

Q2. Which Life Insurance Company partnered with PayBima (PayBima.com) to distribute its industry-

leading life insurance solutions?

(a) Birla Sun Life Insurance

(b) Avia Life Insurance

(c) Tata AIA Life Insurance

(d) Edelwelss Tokio Life Insurance

(e) Bharti AXA Life Insurance

Q3. Which of the following launched ‘Payout Links’, a new initiative, for businesses?

(a) CRED

(b) Paytm

(c) Amazon Pay

(d) Google Pay

(e) PhonePe

Q4. Which Bank launched ‘SmartHub Merchant Solutions 3.0’, India’s first comprehensive banking and

payment solution for merchants with Visa?

(a) Axis Bank

(b) ICICI Bank

(c) HDFC Bank

(d) IDFC Bank

(e) Yes Bank

Q5. Name the first country to launch world’s first 6G satellite named “UESTC” satellite (Star Era-12)” with

an aim to test communications from space.

(a) China

(b) USA

(c) Russia

(d) Japan

(e) France

Q6. Which State Government introduced fish and fish-based products in Supplementary Nutrition

Programme (SNP) to overcome the malnutrition among people from lower income group?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Karnataka

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Odisha

(e) Maharashtra

Q7. What is the theme of the World Diabetes Day 2020?

(a) Universal Health Coverage

(b) Go Blue for Breakfast

(c) The Nurse and Diabetes

(d) Healthy Eating

(e) None of these

Q8. Government of India issued an order to bring digital or online

Media, firms and audio-visual programmes, news and current affairs

content under which Ministry?

(a) Ministry of Home Affairs

(b) Ministry of Science and Technology

(c) Ministry of Electronics and information Technology

(d) Ministry of Communications

(e) Ministry of information and Broadcasting

Q9. Who has won the 12th edition of the Greenstorm International Nature Photography Contest

conducted in association with UNEP in connection with the World Environment Day?

(a) Shah Ali Khan

(b) Shahabuddin Khan

(c) Ali Faizal

(d) Rakayet Ul Karim Nakim

(e) Mohamed Noufal

Q10. The Ministry of Shipping has been renamed as _________.

(a) Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

(b) Ministry of Ports

(c) Ministry of Jal Shakti

(d) Ministry of Shipping

(e) Ministry of Waterways

Q11. Math learning edtech platform, Cuemath has appointed whom as its Brand Ambassador?

(a) Ayushmann Khurrana

(b) Vidya Balan

(c) P. V. Sindhu

(d) Rajkummar Rao

(e) Virat Kohli

Q12. Which bank acquired stakes worth over Rs 36cr in government’s CSC e-Governance Services?

(a) ICICI Bank

(b) Axis Bank

(c) RBL Bank

(d) Canara Bank

(e) DCB Bank

Q13. Who has been awarded the International Children’s Peace Prize 2020 for his work to stop cyber

bullying of teens?

(a) Greta Thunberg

(b) Sadat Rahman

(c) Malala Yousafzai

(d) Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

(e) None of these

Q14. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) enhanced the foreign investment limit for mutual

funds to how much amount from $300 million, while capping the overall industry limit at $7 billion?

(a) $400 million

(b) $800 million

(c) $500 million

(d) $700 million

(e) $600 million

Q15. The Reserve Bank came out with a CLM scheme under which banks can provide loans along with

NBFCs to priority sector borrowers based on a prior agreement. What is the full form of CLM?

(a) Capital Lending Market

(b) Capped Loan Model

(c) Co-Lending Model

(d) Co-Lending Medium

(e) Co-Leading Model

Quiz – 18

Q1. What was the theme for the 3rd Global REIVEST Renewable Energy Investors Meet & expo organised

by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) virtually in 2020?

(a) Innovations for Sustainable Energy Transition

(b) Innovations in Pandemic

(c) Science & Technology

(d) Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN

(e) Global Stability, Shared Security, and Innovative Growth

Q2. Who publishes the flagship report titled “The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2020”

Overcoming Water Challenges in Agriculture as its Theme?

(a) Chicago Council on Global Affairs

(b) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

(c) Food Corporation of India (FCI)

(d) World Food Programme

(e) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Q3. Which State Government signed a MoU with International Digital Health & Artificial Intelligence

Research Collaborative (I-DAIR) in Geneva, Switzerland to develop and deploy digital technologies in the

health sector?

(a) Punjab

(b) Chhattisgarh

(c) Uttarakhand

(d) Himachal Pradesh

(e) Uttar Pradesh

Q4. Which Body released the report ‘The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Trade and Development

Transitioning to a New Normal’?

(a) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

(b) International Monetary Fund (IMF)

(c) World Trade Organization (WTO)

(d) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

(e) International Trade Centre

Q5. Which word is named as the Word of the Year 2020 as per the most searched words on the

Cambridge Dictionary in 2020?

(a) Quarantine

(b) Corona

(c) Pandemic

(d) Vaccine

(e) None of these

Q6. Where has the first of its kind “Organ Donor Memorial” been inaugurated virtually in the country on

the occasion of 11th National Organ Donation Day celebration?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Uttar Pradesh

(e) Bihar

Q7. Name the India Observatory that has been accorded ‘Milestone’ facility status by Institute of Electrical

and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

(a) Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, Tamil Nadu

(b) Indian Astronomical Observatory, Hanle

(c) The Gian Metrewave Radio Telescope Observatory, Maharashtra

(d) The Gauribidanur Observatory, Karnataka

(e) The Vainu Bappu Observatory, Tamil Nadu

Q8. Name the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) initiative launched by Narendra

Singh Tomar, Union ministers for agriculture and farmers welfare to train the farmers in primary

cooperative societies in rural India?

(a) Sahakar Mitra

(b) Sahakar Pragya

(c) Sahakar Shakti

(d) Yuva Soch

(e) Ayushman Sahakar

Q9. HexGn has signed a MoU with which body to promote more than 1000 Agritech (Agricultural

technology) Startups in India in the next 5 year?

(a) NITI Aayog

(b) Food Corporation of India (FCI)

(c) AFC India Ltd (formerly Agricultural Finance Corporation Ltd)

(d) NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development)

(e) SIDBI (Small industries Development Bank of India)

Q10. Who has been appointed as interim chairperson of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)?

(a) Varsha Joshi

(b) Dilip Rath

(c) Kamala Harris

(d) T Nanda Kumar

(e) Renu Devi

Q11. The central government has formed a committee to oversee the construction of the new Parliament

house. How many members are there in the committee?

(a) Seven

(b) One

(c) Three

(d) Five

(e) Four

Q12. Which Ministry virtually launched ‘Green Charcoal Hackathon’ to focus on technology to convert

Farm Residue into Green Charcoal?

(a) Ministry of Power and new & Renewable Energy

(b) Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change

(c) Ministry of Coal

(d) Ministry of Mines

(e) Ministry of Earth Sciences

Q13. Which Petroleum Company launched India’s first 100 Octane Petrol also known as XP 100?

(a) Bharat Petroleum

(b) Hindustan Petroleum

(c) Indian Oil Corporation

(d) Gas Authority of India Ltd

(e) Oil and Natural gas Corporation

Q14. Punjab National Bank (PNB) developed and launched ‘PNB LenS’ for what purpose?

(a) Locker Facility

(b) KYC handling

(c) Security Purpose

(d) Loan Management

(e) Cash Management

Q15. YES Bank relaunched ‘YES Premia’ with a premium banking program. Who is the MD & CEO of YES

Bank?

(a) Shashidhar Jagadeesan

(b) Aditya Puri

(c) Sandeep Bakhshi

(d) Amitabh Chaudhary

(e) Prashant Kumar

Quiz – 19

Q1. Where will the ‘Ramayan Cruise Service’ be launched making it India’s 1st luxury Cruise service on

the Saryu River?

(a) Patna, Bihar

(b) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

(c) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

(d) Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh

(e) Kevadiya, Gujarat

Q2. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in) partnered with ______ to improve mutual

cybersecurity capabilities.

(a) Norton

(b) Adobe

(c) Kaspersky

(d) McAfee

(e) Avast

Q3. Who will lead the Task Force constituted by Union Minister of Education, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’

for preparing a blueprint on imparting Technical Education in Mother Tounge?

(a) Sanjan Dhotre

(b) Amit Khare

(c) Krishna Kumari

(d) Narendra Modi

(e) Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’

Q4. Which State is all set to establish its 6th National park, the “Raimona National Park” in the Ripu

Reserved Forest?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Nagaland

(c) Tripura

(d) Assam

(e) Gujarat

Q5. Which bank has launched the Atmanirbhar Women Scheme?

(a) Bank of India

(b) Vijaya Bank

(c) AXIS Bank

(d) ICICI Bank

(e) Bank of Baroda

Q6. Paytm has partnered with which Small Finance Bank, to offer collateral-free instant digital loans to

MSMEs (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises)?

(a) Utkarsh Small Finance Bank (SFB)

(b) Suryoday Small Finance Bank (SFB)

(c) Equitas Small Finance Bank (SFB)

(d) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB)

(e) AU Small Finance Bank (SFB)

Q7. NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) has signed a MoU with SBI (State

Bank of India) to take up joint intervention projects in which State?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Telangana

(c) Gujarat

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Uttar Pradesh

Q8. International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA) obtained membership of International

Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). Where is the headquarters of IFSCA?

(a) Ahmedabad, Gujarat

(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(c) Gandhinagar, Gujarat

(d) Pune, Maharashtra

(e) Kolkata, West Bengal

Q9. Razorpay and _______ partnered to enable Indian MSMEs (Micro, Small & Medium enterprises) and

Freelancers to seamlessly accept International payments.

(a) CCAvenue

(b) Cashfree

(c) Paytm

(d) PayPal

(e) Instamojo

Q10. India’s first technologically backed group health insurance products was co-created by Plum

Benefits Private Limited and ____.

(a) Reliance General Insurance

(b) ICICI Lombard General Insurance Limited

(c) Bharti Axa General Insurance

(d) HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company

(e) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

Q11. Which Bank/Insurance Company launched the upgraded Mobile application – USGI PULZ to enhance

its service delivery?

(a) Indian Overseas Bank

(b) Karnataka Bank

(c) HDFC General Insurance

(d) Indian Bank

(e) Universal Sompo General Insurance Company

Q12. Which Insurance Company in association with Ketto India, has initiated ‘PromisewalaDabba’, a

nationwide crowdfunding campaign?

(a) Bharti Axa Life Insurance

(b) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance

(c) LIC

(d) HDFC Life Insurance

(e) ICICI Prudential life Insurance

Q13. How many people have been pushed into Extreme Poverty in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

according to “The Least Developed Countries Report 2020” released by UNCTAD (United Nations

Conference on Trade and Development)?

(a) 10 Million

(b) 20 Million

(c) 28 Million

(d) 32 Million

(e) 42 Million

Q14. “Global Wage Report 2020-21: Wages and Minimum wages in the time of COVID-19” was released

by which international Organisation?

(a) International Monetary Fund (IMF)

(b) World Bank

(c) International Labour Organisation (ILO)

(d) World Trade Organisation (WTO)

(e) Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Q15. West Bengal state government extends which scheme to provide an insurance coverage of Rs. 5

lakhs to entire population of the state?

(a) Swasthya Sathi Scheme

(b) Prochesta Scheme

(c) Sneher Porosh Scheme

(d) Karmai Dharma Scheme

(e) Swasthya Rehna Scheme

Quiz – 20

Q1. Which Railway station in Uttar Pradesh (UP) has been renamed as “Maa Barahi Devi Dham”?

(a) Chungi Pratapgarh Railway Station

(b) Subedarganj Railway Station

(c) Basti Railway Station

(d) Amroha Railway Station

(e) Dandupur Railway Station

Q2. Which department has made it compulsory to mention the 8-digit HSN (Harmonised System of

Nomenclature) code for 49 chemical based products?

(a) Directorate of Revenue Intelligence

(b) Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

(c) Income Tax Department

(d) Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal

(e) Narcotics Control Bureau

Q3. On the 63rd United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (UN-CND), which has been removed from

the “Most Dangerous Drugs” category?

(a) Anti-Hypertensives

(b) Cocaine

(c) Clozapine

(d) Digoxin

(e) Cannabis

Q4. India’s first diversified REIT (Real Estate Investment Trusts) Mutual Fund was launched by, ________?

(a) Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund

(b) ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund

(c) Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund

(d) Kotak Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund

(e) Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Limited

Q5. What is the name of the new mobile app launched by ICICI Bank in December,2020 offering payments

and banking services to all of its customers?

(a) YONO

(b) iMobile Pay

(c) Go Mobile+

(d) PayInstant

(e) PayZapp

Q6. What is the name of 24 multi role Helicopters, on which Indian government has placed order to the

US firm Lockheed Martin?

(a) Boeing CH-47 Chinook

(b) Bell UH-1 Iroquois

(c) Plasecki H-21

(d) MH-60 Romeo

(e) Sikorsky R-4

Q7. What is the name of Satellite launched by China National Space Administration (CNSA), as a part of

China’s High-Resolution Earth Observation System (CHEOS)?

(a) Landsat 8

(b) Ikonos

(c) Gaofen-1

(d) KOMPSAT-3

(e) Pleiades 1B

Q8. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) India has partnered with which two companies to train 300 million

young people in India over the next 10 years?

(a) UNESCO and Save the Children

(b) Greenpeace India

(c) Amnesty International

(d) Save the Children

(e) UNICEF and YuWaah

Q9. Which state in India has topped the list in reducing malaria cases by 59% according to the World

Health Organization’s “World Malaria Report 2020”?

(a) Meghalaya

(b) Chhattisgarh

(c) Mizoram

(d) Bihar

(e) West Bengal

Q10. West Bengal approved the construction of states 1st Deep Sea Port at _____.

(a) Shreerampur

(b) Tajpur

(c) Digha

(d) Udaipur

(e) Shankarpur

Q11. Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) authorized IGX, to operate as gas exchange

for a period of ______.

(a) 10 years

(b) 25 years

(c) 20 years

(d) 15 years

(e) 30 years

Q12. What is India’s rank in the 16th Climate Change Performance Index 2021 released by Germanwatch?

(a) 4th

(b) 7th

(c) 10th

(d) 5th

(e) 6th

Q13. Which two countries have jointly revised the height of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, to

“8848.86 meters”?

(a) India and Nepal

(b) Tibet and India

(c) Nepal and India

(d) Nepal and China

(e) China and Tibet

Q14. ‘Money Mitra’, a new channel, to make banking services accessible to its customers in their

neighbourhood was launched by which bank?

(a) Janalakshmi Small Finance Bank

(b) ESAF Small Finance Bank

(c) Capital Small Finance Bank

(d) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

(e) Equitas Small Finance Bank

Q15. On which date SAARC Charter Day is annually observed across the member countries of South Asian

Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)?

(a) December 6

(b) December 7

(c) December 8

(d) December 9

(e) December 10

Quiz - 21

Q1. Which international organization has released its 11th edition of annual report on global CO2

emission “Emissions Gap Report 2020”?

(a) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

(b) International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

(c) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

(d) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

(e) United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-HABITAT)

Q2. “Shaheen (Eagle)-IX”, the joint air force exercise was conducted between ____.

(a) Bangladesh and Pakistan

(b) India and China

(c) Pakistan and China

(d) China and Bangladesh

(e) Japan and Bangladesh

Q3. Which states will be provided complete mobile coverage under the Universal Service Obligation Fund

(USOF) Scheme?

(a) Nagaland and Assam

(b) Sikkim and Meghalaya

(c) Arunachal Pradesh and Assam

(d) Arunachal Pradesh and Assam

(e) Arunachal Pradeshand Meghalaya

Q4. Which organisation has partnered with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance to offer Life Insurance

Products through “Bancassurance Partnership”?

(a) Vijaya Bank

(b) RBL Bank

(c) SBM Bank

(d) Life Insurance Corporation

(e) United India Insurance

Q5. What is the name of the mobile app launched by Max Life Insurance Company Limited as an initiative

of its comprehensive wellness programme?

(a) FIT India

(b) Healthy Life

(c) MAX Fit

(d) MAX Health

(e) MAX Wellness

Q6. Which company has partnered with YES Bank to provide premium credit card “Yes Private Prime

Credit Card” to its Ultra High-Net-Worth-Individuals (HNWIs) of India?

(a) Maestro

(b) Mastercard

(c) RuPay

(d) Visa

(e) American Express

Q7. Which Union Territory (UT) has become India’s first 100% organic under the Centre’s Paramparagat

Krishi Vikas Yojana (organic farming improvement programme)?

(a) Lakshadweep

(b) Ladakh

(c) Chandigarh

(d) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

(e) Jammu and Kashmir

Q8. What is the theme of 4th edition of India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2020, organised by the Department

of Telecommunications (DoT) and Cellular Operator Association of India (COAI)?

(a) NEW DIGITAL HORIZONS: Connect. Create. Innovate.

(b) Imagine a new CONNECTED world: Intelligent. Immersive. Inventive

(c) Telecom for Communication and Innovation

(d) Innovation on Pandemic: Intelligent Immersive. Inventive.

(e) Inclusive Innovation – Smart I Secure I Sustainable

Q9. What is the target year set by Indian Government to produce 175 GW Renewable Energy in the

country?

(a) 2028

(b) 2030

(c) 2022

(d) 2026

(e) 2021

Q10. Which country will host the 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games?

(a) Sri Lanka

(b) Maldives

(c) Bangladesh

(d) Madagascar

(e) Comoros

Q11. Which government body has been appointed as implementation partner for socio-economic

profiling of the beneficiaries of PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi)?

(a) Chartered Quality Institute (CQI)

(b) Quality Council of India (QCI)

(c) Indian Register Quality Systems (IRQS)

(d) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

(e) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)

Q12. Which state government launched a System for Health and Rehabilitation Assistance for distribution

of assistive devices to lakhs of persons with disabilities?

(a) Kerala

(b) Odisha

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Maharashtra

(e) West Bengal

Q13. World Health Organization tied up with which of the following to implement the Emergency Medical

Team (EMT) initiative?

(a) International Committee of the Red Cross

(b) Federal Emergency Management Agency

(c) American Red Cross

(d) Doctors Without Borders

(e) International Federation of Red Cross

Q14. Where has the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to set up an Automated Banknote Processing

Centre (ABPC) for receipt, storage and dispatch of currency notes?

(a) Bhopal

(b) Surat

(c) Noida

(d) Gurugram

(e) Jaipur

Q15. Which of the following launched an electronic spot platform for agricultural commodities called

BEAM?

(a) National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange

(b) Calcutta Stock Exchange

(c) National Stock Exchange

(d) Multi Commodity Exchange

(e) Bombay Stock Exchange

Quiz - 22

Q1. Who won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2020?

(a) Max Verstappen

(b) Daniel Ricciardo

(c) Lewis Hamilton

(d) Charles Leclerc

(e) Valtteri Bottas

Q2. Which of the following has decided to launch an international prize in the field of ‘creative economy’

in the name of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman?

(a) ECPAT

(b) UNESCO

(c) FAO

(d) UNICEF

(e) OECD

Q3. When is Energy Conservation Day celebrated in the country?

(a) December 16

(b) December 14

(c) December 15

(d) December 13

(e) December 12

Q4. Research Institute from which country has signed an MoU with cGanga, a think-tank of National

Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) for development of sludge management framework in India?

(a) Scotland

(b) Poland

(c) Mali

(d) Slovakia

(e) Norway

Q5. Where did the ninth edition of the Sustainable Mountain Development Summit (SMDS) held?

(a) Ranchi

(b) Dehradun

(c) Bhopal

(d) Kolkata

(e) Lucknow

Q6. RBI approved the re-appointment of whom as the managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB)?

(a) Shankar Acharya

(b) Madhukar Parekh

(c) Uday Kotak

(d) Lakshmi Mittal

(e) Prakash Apte

Q7. Which of the following has set up a new department called Corporation Finance Investigation

Department (CFID) to tackle cases of diversion of funds, bank loans, etc.?

(a) NABARD

(b) SEBI

(c) IRDAI

(d) RBI

(e) NITI Aayog

Q8. In association with which bank has Aceware, a fintech company, launched Ace Money Micro ATM

service in Kochi, Kerala?

(a) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(b) Federal Bank

(c) Axis Bank

(d) ICICI Bank

(e) Canara Bank

Q9. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has joined hands with which of the following to bring the

benefits of ecommerce to micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in 10 states across India?

(a) Snapdeal

(b) Flipkart

(c) Amazon

(d) Just Dial

(e) Myntra

Q10. Who won the 10m air rifle event at the 6th edition of the International Online Shooting

Championship (IOSC)?

(a) Vijay Kumar

(b) Samresh Jung

(c) Yash Vardhan

(d) Gagan Narang

(e) Yashaswini Singh Deswal

Q11. GRSE (Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers) has launched its Project 17A stealth frigate named

what?

(a) Taragiri

(b) Himgiri

(c) Nilgiri

(d) Udaygiri

(e) Tajgiri

Q12. Padma Vibhushan recipient, Roddam Narasimha who passed away was related with which

profession?

(a) Businessman

(b) Doctor

(c) Scientist

(d) Engineer

(e) Economist

Q13. Which bank unveiled a new digital payment application “DakPay” to provide digital financial

inclusion across the country?

(a) Fino Payments Bank

(b) Airtel Payments Bank

(c) NSDL Payments Bank

(d) India Post Payments Bank

(e) HDFC Bank

Q14. When is Vijay Diwas celebrated in India?

(a) December 16

(b) December 13

(c) December 14

(d) December 17

(e) December 15

Q15. In which state is the Braille version of the Indian Constitution unveiled?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Chhattisgarh

(d) Odisha

(e) Karnataka

Quiz – 23

Q1. National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) has tied up which bank to offer Hindustani music

scholarships to young musicians?

(a) Capital One

(b) Citi Bank

(c) The Bank of Nova Scotia

(d) Qatar National Bank

(e) Bank of America

Q2. Which state government launched the Free Crop Insurance scheme for the benefit of farmers in the

state?

(a) Odisha

(b) Haryana

(c) Assam

(d) Andhra Pradesh

(e) Arunachal Pradesh

Q3. Who has been elected as the Vice President of Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU)?

(a) M. V. Kamath

(b) Ibrahim Eren

(c) Nikhil Chakraborty

(d) A. Surya Prakash

(e) Shashi Shekhar Vempati

Q4. With which of the following did BSE Ebix Insurance Broking tied up to beta launch its term insurance

products on its platform?

(a) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

(b) IDBI Federal Life Insurance

(c) ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company

(d) Kotak Life Insurance

(e) Tata AIA Life Insurance

Q5. How much has been approved as assistance for sugarcane farmers by the Cabinet Committee on

Economic Affairs (CCEA)?

(a) Rs.3000 cr

(b) Rs.3500 cr

(c) Rs.7000 cr

(d) Rs.6000 cr

(e) Rs.4000 cr

Q6. What is the rank of India in the Human Freedom Index 2020?

(a) 105

(b) 170

(c) 111

(d) 49

(e) 52

Q7. Name the Indian entrepreneur who has been conferred with the “Young Champions of the Earth”

2020?

(a) Gautam Adani

(b) Ratan Tata

(c) Vidyut Mohan

(d) Aanand Mahindra

(e) Lakshmi Mittal

Q8. Which country joined IORA as its 23rd member state?

(a) Italy

(b) France

(c) China

(d) Japan

(e) USA

Q9. Indian Army has entered into a MoU with which of the following banks for Military Salary Package?

(a) Canara Bank

(b) Bank of Baroda

(c) Indian Overseas Bank

(d) Union Bank of India

(e) Andhra Bank

Q10. IIFL Home Finance Ltd has tied up with which bank to provide affordable housing and MSME loans?

(a) IDBI Bank

(b) Axis Bank

(c) Yes Bank

(d) Canara Bank

(e) ICICI Bank

Q11. Which bank has launched a unique variant of a contactless debit card under the name ‘RuPay Select’,

in association with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)?

(a) Indian Bank

(b) Union Bank of India

(c) State Bank of India

(d) Central Bank of India

(e) Canara Bank

Q12. UN Women has collaborated with which state in India to establish India’s first Gender Data Hub in

that region?

(a) Kerala

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Odisha

(d) Uttar Pradesh

(e) Goa

Q13. Which bank has launched a new online platform ‘Infinite India’ looking to set up or expand their

business in India?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) ICICI Bank

(c) Canara Bank

(d) Yes Bank

(e) Axis Bank

Q14. When is National Consumer Rights Day observed in India?

(a) 21 December

(b) 22 December

(c) 24 December

(d) 23 December

(e) 25 December

Q15. Who is the author of the book, titled “The Light of Asia: The Poem that Defined the Buddha”?

(a) Neelakantan

(b) Amish Tripathi

(c) Jairam Ramesh

(d) Suresh Singh

(e) Sashi Tharoor

Quiz – 24

Q1. Online payments solutions provider PayU collaborated with which of the following to introduce

tokenized payments flow for merchants in India?

(a) Amazon Pay

(b) PhonePe

(c) Paytm

(d) Google Pay

(e) Mobikwik

Q2. Amar Singh College situated where has bagged a prestigious award of merit in the 2020 United

Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Asia-Pacific awards for cultural

heritage conservation?

(a) Srinagar

(b) Kolkata

(c) Lucknow

(d) Delhi

(e) Shimla

Q3. Which country’s tradition of communal dining at hawker centers has been recognised by UNESCO for

its cultural significance?

(a) Japan

(b) Singapore

(c) China

(d) Thailand

(e) Indonesia

Q4. Hariram Dhaka, who passed away was a?

(a) Social Activist

(b) Freedom Fighter

(c) Author

(d) Mathematician

(e) Journalist

Q5. Which player is chosen as BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2020?

(a) Novak Djokovic

(b) Cristiano Ronaldo

(c) Valtteri Bottas

(d) Lewis Hamilton

(e) Marcus Rashford

Q6. Where did Defense Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurate India’s first advanced Hypersonic Wind Tunnel

(HWT) test facility, making India the third country after the US and Russia to have such a facility?

(a) Kolkata

(b) Mumbai

(c) Hyderabad

(d) Lucknow

(e) Pune

Q7. With which of the following has the central govt signed a USD 500 million project to build safe and

green national highway corridors in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh?

(a) New Development Bank

(b) World Bank

(c) Asian Development Bank

(d) International Monetary Fund

(e) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Q8. Who has been conferred with the “Global Visionary of Sustainable Business and Peace” by the

Federation of Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce (FIICC) for epitomizing “unity, peace and

sustainability”?

(a) Anil Ambani

(b) Cyrus Mistry

(c) Mukesh Ambani

(d) Azim Premji

(e) Ratan Tata

Q9. Who has taken over as the new president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of

India (Assocham)?

(a) Vinod Dhiman

(b) Vineet Agarwal

(c) Amish Tripathi

(d) Sujeet Thakur

(e) Suresh Awasthi

Q10. In which city of Uttar Pradesh will a mega leather park be set up, becoming the first such park in the

country?

(a) Kanpur

(b) Agra

(c) Aligarh

(d) Prayagraj

(e) Varanasi

Q11. ISRO has signed an MoU with which institute to open a Regional Academic Centre for Space at the

institute?

(a) IIT Chennai

(b) IIT BHU

(c) IIT Kanpur

(d) IIT Delhi

(e) IIT Ropar

Q12. Which bank has signed an MoU with the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) to promote green

buildings in the country?

(a) ICICI Bank

(b) YES Bank

(c) SBI Bank

(d) HDFC Bank

(e) Axis Bank

Q13. Which country will hold a Global Media and Film Summit in 2021?

(a) UK

(b) UAE

(c) India

(d) USA

(e) France

Q14. Which state government signed a MoU with SAP India to digitize and empower MSMEs in the state

by equipping them with digital skilling and technologies?

(a) Chhattisgarh

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Goa

(d) Uttar Pradesh

(e) Telangana

Q15. Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched which web portal and mobile app

on Good Governance Day i.e., 25th December 2020?

(a) E-Sukanya

(b) E-Sampada

(c) E-Sukriti

(d) E-Shardha

(e) E-Sampadan

Quiz - 25

Q1. Where did Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announce the setting up of

a multi-modal logistics park?

(a) Durgapur

(b) Bhilai

(c) Tezpur

(d) Silchar

(e) Rourkela

Q2. Indian Railways completed successful speed trials of the new design Vistadome Tourist Coaches

made by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at what speed?

(a) 150 kmph

(b) 180 kmph

(c) 130 kmph

(d) 160 kmph

(e) 190 kmph

Q3. The Union Cabinet approved the export of which missile system to boost domestic defence

manufacturing?

(a) Akash

(b) BrahMos- II

(c) Dhanush

(d) Nirbhay

(e) BrahMos

Q4. Which bank has collaborated with Salesforce, a leader in customer relationship management, to build

a next generation technology platform to power the retail lending business?

(a) Yes Bank

(b) Axis Bank

(c) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(d) IndusInd Bank

(e) Federal Bank

Q5. Which foreign bank in India has introduced ‘Travel Now’, a one-stop travel marketplace within its

app?

(a) Qatar National Bank

(b) DBS Bank

(c) The Bank of Nova Scotia

(d) Deutsche Bank

(e) SBM Bank

Q6. Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) of Pune signed an MoU with which of the following

to co-create India’s first Social Impact Bond (SIB)?

(a) United Nations Environment Programme

(b) United Nations Development Programme

(c) United Nations Human Settlement Programme

(d) United Nations Population Fund

(e) United Nations Capital Development Fund

Q7. The Common Services Centers (CSCs) has partnered with which institute to establish a Design and

Innovation Lab for conducting research on design-led innovations related to leveraging livelihood?

(a) IIT Madras

(b) IIT Roorkee

(c) IIT Kharagpur

(d) IIT Delhi

(e) IIT Kanpur

Q8. Which state government has launched its own crop relief scheme ‘Kisan Fasal Rahat Yojana’ to

replace the Prime Minister’s insurance scheme?

(a) Jharkhand

(b) Bihar

(c) Punjab

(d) Rajasthan

(e) Madhya Pradesh

Q9. Who has been appointed as the new chairman and CEO of the Railway Board?

(a) Shyamraj Mehta

(b) Prabhakar Sardana

(c) Suneet Sharma

(d) Sumit Arora

(e) Vivek Tripathi

Q10. Who has been honoured with Tansen Samman- 2020 for Hindustani classical music?

(a) Pt. Ulhaas Kashalkar

(b) Pt. Satish Vyas

(c) Pt. Vidyadhar Mehta

(d) Pt. Dalchan Sharma

(e) Pt. Vikas Kashalkar

Q11. Which state government launched a mobile application ‘DigiNest’, to give people digital access to the

state government’s directory, which can be synced with the smart phone with the click of a button?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Odisha

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Punjab

(e) Chhattisgarh

Q12. Who is appointed as the new chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)?

(a) Soma Mondal

(b) Surbhi Bhatacharya

(c) Rekha Banerjee

(d) Anil Kumar Chaudhary

(e) Vaishika Mittal

Q13. Which state/UT government has signed an MoU with the National Agricultural Cooperative

Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) to promote the state’s horticulture produce in the global

market?

(a) Puducherry

(b) Jammu and Kashmir

(c) Mizoram

(d) Assam

(e) Arunachal Pradesh

Q14. In January 2021, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) announced transactions through

which medium to be completely free?

(a) NEFT

(b) RTGS

(c) UPI

(d) IMPS

(e) All of the above

Q15. To augment electricity generation capacity in which state, India and Asian Development Bank (ADB)

have signed a USD 231 million loan agreement?

(a) Assam

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Tripura

(e) Karnataka

Quiz – 26

Q1. To expand horticulture production and farm household income in which state, India and the Asian

Development Bank (ADB) have signed a USD 10 million project readiness financing (PRF)?

(a) Arunachal Pradesh

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Sikkim

(e) West Bengal

Q2. India along with 4 other countries has joined as a Non-Permanent Member of the United Nations

Security Council, UNSC. Which one of the following is not among those?

(a) Kenya

(b) Norway

(c) Iceland

(d) Uganda

(e) Mexico

Q3. Which state government will host the fourth Global Ayurveda Festival (GAF 2021) in march 2021?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Kerala

(c) West Bengal

(d) Punjab

(e) Gujarat

Q4. Where was the five days ‘National Folk-Dance Festival’ organized in December 2020?

(a) Jammu

(b) Kanpur

(c) Patiala

(d) Hisar

(e) Shimla

Q5. Justice Pankaj Mithal has been sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the court of which of the

following?

(a) Delhi

(b) Punjab and Haryana

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) J&K and Ladakh

(e) Madhya Pradesh

Q6. Which bank in January 2021 announced the launch of video KYC account opening (VAO) facility for its

savings bank accounts?

(a) IDBI Bank

(b) RBL Bank

(c) ICICI Bank

(d) Karnataka Bank

(e) Canara Bank

Q7. Which of the following has signed a $100 million loan with the Government of India to modernise and

upgrade the power distribution system to enhance the quality and reliability of electricity supply in

Bengaluru city in the state of Karnataka?

(a) World Bank

(b) World Trade Organisation

(c) Asian Development Bank

(d) New Development Bank

(e) International Monetary Fund

Q8. Which state/UT has set up a Tamil academy to promote the South Indian language and culture in the

state/UT?

(a) Chandigarh

(b) Jharkhand

(c) Delhi

(d) Uttar Pradesh

(e) Bihar

Q9. Which e-commerce portal has been unveiled by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)

where over 50,000 products, ranging from apparel to home decor, will be available?

(a) KhadiIndia.com

(b) eKhadiIndia.com

(c) KhadiIndia.in

(d) IKhadiIndia.in

(e) eKhadiIndia.in

Q10. When is World Braille Day annually celebrated?

(a) January 8

(b) January 2

(c) January 7

(d) January 4

(e) January 3

Q11. By 2021, India’s food regulator, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), has

planned to reduce the level of trans fats in food items from the permissible limit of 5% to what percent?

(a) 1%

(b) 5%

(c) 6%

(d) 4%

(e) 3%

Q12. Which meteorological observatory has been awarded the status of ‘centennial observing station’ in

recognition to its long-term meteorological observation exceeding over 100 years by the World

Meteorological Organisation (WMO)?

(a) Delhi

(b) Patna

(c) Kolkata

(d) Lucknow

(e) Chennai

Q13. Which insurance company has tied up with Jammu & Kashmir Government to give the benefits of

the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) SEHAT for all the residents of the

Union territory?

(a) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

(b) IFFCO Tokio General Insurance

(c) ICICI Lombard General Insurance

(d) Star Health and Allied Insurance

(e) HDFC ERGO General Insurance

Q14. Dr Raghu Ram Pillarisetti who has been named in the New Year’s Honours list of Queen Elizabeth II

is well-known?

(a) Cardiothoracic surgeon

(b) Neurosurgeon

(c) Paediatric surgeon

(d) Breast cancer surgeon

(e) Orthopaedic surgeon

Q15. Which country’s company and university has announced to launch the world’s first wood-based

space satellite to combat the problem of space junk?

(a) Russia

(b) France

(c) China

(d) Japan

(e) USA

Quiz – 27

Q1. India with which country has tested a Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) defence system

jointly developed by the two countries?

(a) Russia

(b) Israel

(c) Pakistan

(d) France

(e) Indonesia

Q2. Which of the following is the first urban co-operative bank

(UCB) in India to transition to a Small Finance Bank?

(a) Tirupati Small Finance Bank

(b) Mehsana Small Finance Bank

(c) Fincare Small Finance Bank

(d) Jana Small Finance Bank

(e) Shivalik Small Finance Bank

Q3. Which bank has signed an agreement with the Indian Army to

provide banking services to the personnel of the force?

(a) Federal Bank

(b) Bandhan Bank

(c) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(d) ICICI Bank

(e) CSB Bank

Q4. With which country, cabinet approved signing of Memorandum of Cooperation on partnership in

‘Specified Skilled Worker’?

(a) Netherlands

(b) Norway

(c) Italy

(d) France

(e) Japan

Q5. Who is appointed as the Deputy General Secretary of All India Football Federation (AIFF)?

(a) Abhilash Rewri

(b) Dinesh Gupta

(c) Deepak Mondal

(d) Abhishek Yadav

(e) Vikram Roop Shah

Q6. Justice Hima Kohli has become the first woman to assume charge as the Chief Justice of which high

court?

(a) Chhattisgarh

(b) Assam

(c) Mizoram

(d) Uttar Pradesh

(e) Telangana

Q7. Who is the author of the novel titled ‘Right Under our Nose’?

(a) Jayant Kumar Dash

(b) Vivek Deep

(c) Arundhati Roy

(d) R. Giridharan

(e) H. Subramanian

Q8. PhonePe has tied up with which insurance company to launch Term Life Insurance plans on its

platform?

(a) SBI Life Insurance

(b) Tata AIA Life Insurance

(c) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

(d) Bharti AXA Life Insurance

(e) HDFC Life Insurance

Q9. Claire Polosak of which country is set to become the first female match official in a men’s Test match?

(a) Australia

(b) Norway

(c) South Africa

(d) Zimbabwe

(e) New Zealand

Q10. Who has been appointed as the head of Google Cloud in Asia Pacific?

(a) Vikas Mehra

(b) Karan Bajwa

(c) Sanjay Gupta

(d) Vikram Shah

(e) Siddharth Jain

Q11. Which country successfully conducted the test-flight of an indigenously developed Guided Multi

Launch Rocket System named Fatah-1?

(a) Pakistan

(b) Russia

(c) Iran

(d) Saud Arabia

(e) Israel

Q12. In which state/UT is the Cherry Blossom Mao Festival celebrated?

(a) Nagaland

(b) Pondicherry

(c) Manipur

(d) Assam

(e) Mizoram

Q13. K K Ramachandran who passed away was related to which profession?

(a) Director

(b) Filmmaker

(c) Author

(d) Actor

(e) Politician

Q14. The centre has merged Jammu and Kashmir’s cadre for all India Services with AGMUT also called the

Union Territory cadre. What does M stand for in AGMUT?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Mizoram

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Manipur

(e) Meghalaya

Q15. Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO has collaborated with which of the following to adopt one

hundred Atal Tinkering Labs across the country to promote education in the field of Space Education and

Space Technology?

(a) National Development Council

(b) Ministry of Education

(c) Ministry of women and child development

(d) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

(e) NITI Aayog

Quiz - 28

Q1. Wipro GROUP is set to act as a knowledge partner of which state government?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Gujarat

(d) Himachal Pradesh

(e) Punjab

Q2. Union Transport Ministry has signed an agreement with which among the following institutes for the

continuation of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Professorial Chair focusing on research and

development?

(a) IIT Maharashtra

(b) IIT Kanpur

(c) IIT Roorkee

(d) IIT Kharagpur

(e) IIT Guwahati

Q3. The first-ever Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sports Festival was inaugurated in which state/ Union

Territory?

(a) Sikkim

(b) Arunachal Pradesh

(c) Himachal Pradesh

(d) Ladakh

(e) Jammu and Kashmir

Q4. The 16th edition of the Global Risks Report was released recently. The report is released annually by

which organisation?

(a) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

(b) World Trade Organisation

(c) World Economic Forum

(d) World Bank

(e) International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Q5. Name the National Migration Support Portal launched by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to formulate

state and national level programs for migrant workers?

(a) Shiv Shakti

(b) Sewa Shakti

(c) Shram Shakti

(d) Swarna Shakti

(e) Vibhaag Shakti

Q6. Which train has been renamed as the ‘Netaji Express’ by the Indian Railways?

(a) Godavari Express

(b) Ahilyanagari Express

(c) Howrah-Kalka Mail

(d) Kamayani Express

(e) Deccan Express

Q7. Which bank launched ‘AURA’, a credit exclusively loaded with several health and wellness benefits for

its users?

(a) South Indian Bank

(b) HSBC Bank

(c) Axis Bank

(d) Federal Bank

(e) ICICI Bank

Q8. Which of the following has launched the Digital Acceleration for Small Businesses microsite to

support digital transformation of SMEs in Asia Pacific?

(a) Rupay

(b) Capital One

(c) American Express

(d) Mastercard

(e) Visa

Q9. IIFL Home Finance has partnered with which bank for extending credit to MSME loans (loan against

property)?

(a) Bank of Baroda

(b) Standard Chartered Bank

(c) Bank of Maharashtra

(d) Canara Bank

(e) Bank of India

Q10. Who has been appointed as a managing director of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)?

(a) Siddhartha Mohanty

(b) Manjushree Khaitan

(c) Sudip Banerjee

(d) Vipin Anand

(e) Jagdish Capoor

Q11. Which state government has decided to rename Barmura hill range as ‘Hathai Kotor’?

(a) Sikkim

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Tripura

(d) Meghalaya

(e) Rajasthan

Q12. Which team won the Ice Hockey Association of India (IHAI)’s 10th National Ice Hockey

Championship trophy held at Gulmarg?

(a) Ladakh Winter Sports Club

(b) Indo-Tibetan Border Police

(c) Chandigarh Winter Games Association

(d) Shimla Ice Skating Club

(e) Ex-Servicemen League

Q13. Which payments bank has become the first in the country to launch the multi-partner FD service

where an account holder can select the partnered bank as per their preference in partnership with

Suryoday Small Finance Bank?

(a) Airtel Payments Bank

(b) India Post Payments Bank

(c) Paytm Payments Bank

(d) Jio Payments Bank

(e) NSDL Payments Bank

Q14. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has given its approval for the takeover deal

between Reliance Retail and which of the following?

(a) Shoppers Stop

(b) Aditya Birla Group

(c) Future Group

(d) DMart Group

(e) None of these

Q15. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved 7.8% minority stake in Aditya birla Fashion

and Retail Ltd in which company?

(a) Amazon

(b) Snapdeal

(c) eBay

(d) Paytm Mall

(e) Flipkart

Quiz – 29

Q1. Which country’s military seized power in a bloodless coup detaining democratically elected leader

Aung San Suu Kyi and imposing a one-year state of emergency?

(a) Myanmar

(b) Bali

(c) Maldives

(d) South Korea

(e) Indonesia

Q2. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services?

(a) Anish Shah

(b) William Clay Ford

(c) Suneet Sharma

(d) Greg Barclay

(e) Sourav Ganguly

Q3. Students from which state’s university have developed a humanoid robot named ‘Maya’, specifically

aimed at extending a helping hand to banking customers?

(a) Odisha

(b) Assam

(c) Karnataka

(d) Goa

(e) Maharashtra

Q4. Where is India’s first specialized institution – Centre for Wetland Conservation and Management

(CWCM) set up?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Bengaluru

(c) Chennai

(d) Kerala

(e) Kolkata

Q5. What is the theme of World Cancer Day 2021?

(a) Not Beyond Us

(b) We can. I can.

(c) I Am and I Will

(d) Debunk the Myths

(e) None of these

Q6. Who will take over as the new CEO of Amazon replacing CEO and founder Jeff Bezos?

(a) Werner Vogels

(b) Andy Jassy

(c) Shelley Reynolds

(d) Judy McGrath

(e) Jeffrey Blackburn

Q7. Where in Gujarat with the help of Tata Group, Indian Institute of Skills- IIS be set up?

(a) Meerut

(b) Surat

(c) Gandhinagar

(d) Rajkot

(e) Vadodara

Q8. As per Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), the Cabinet Committee on

Economic Affairs (CCEA) gave in-principle approval for how much percent divestment of Centre’s stake in

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)?

(a) 60

(b) 95

(c) 80

(d) 90

(e) 100

Q9. To promote the use of electric vehicles in the Capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched which

campaign?

(a) Come Delhi

(b) Go Delhi

(c) Promote Delhi

(d) Switch Delhi

(e) Power Delhi

Q10. Where did the Union Environment Ministry approve the Lakhwar electricity project?

(a) Uttarakhand

(b) Mizoram

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Punjab

(e) Uttar Pradesh

Q11. The Ministry of Education has decided to name residential schools and hostels funded under

Samagra Shiksha of the Ministry after whose name?

(a) Vallabhbhai Patel

(b) Swami Vivekananda

(c) B. R. Ambedkar

(d) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

(e) None of these

Q12. Which general insurance company has launched its unique campaign ‘Salute to Caregivers – Ek Naya

Nazariya Campaign’ to support cancer survivors in the battle against the killer disease?

(a) TATA AIG

(b) HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company

(c) Bharti AXA General Insurance

(d) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

(e) None of these

Q13. From which of the following did the Indian Navy receive three “made in India” Advanced Light

Helicopters (ALH)?

(a) Defence Research and Development Organisation

(b) National Aerospace Laboratories

(c) Reliance Infrastructure

(d) Afcons

(e) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd

Q14. Who is the author of the book titled “1857 – The Sword of Mastaan”?

(a) R.K. Narayan

(b) Vikram Seth

(c) Vineet Bajpai

(d) Aravind Adiga

(e) Khushwant Singh

Q15. Where did the India-US joint military exercise “Yudh Abhyas 20” held?

(a) Jaipur

(b) Bikaner

(c) Jodhpur

(d) Udaipur

(e) Ajmer

Quiz - 30

Q1. Which state has become the first in the country to make the end-to-end processing of the cabinet

paperless by implementing e-cabinet application?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Kerala

(c) Himachal Pradesh

(d) Tamil Nadu

(e) Madhya Pradesh

Q2. Which bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japan’s MUFG Bank for

collaboration towards catering to the banking requirements of Japanese corporates present in India?

(a) Federal Bank

(b) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(c) Axis Bank

(d) ICICI Bank

(e) Yes Bank

Q3. Sridhar Vembu, founder of which organization has been appointed to the newly reconstituted

National Security Advisory board (NSAB)?

(a) Slack

(b) Evernote

(c) AnyDesk

(d) Zoho

(e) None of these

Q4. Indian drama “Pebbles”, directed by whom has won the Tiger Award for best film, at the 50th

International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)?

(a) Amarsinh Chaudhary

(b) Keshubhai Patel

(c) Babubhai J. Patel

(d) Chhabildas Mehta

(e) Vinothraj PS

Q5. World’s largest radio telescope to be established by Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) will

be an array of antennas located in which two continents?

(a) Asia and Africa

(b) Africa and Australia

(c) Antarctica and Asia

(d) Europe and Africa

(e) Australia and Asia

Q6. Oscar-winning actor Christopher Plummer, who rose to prominence for his critically acclaimed film

‘Sound of Music’ who passed away hailed from which country?

(a) UK

(b) USA

(c) Brazil

(d) Canada

(e) Russia

Q7. Who has authored the book titled “Parliamentary Messenger in Rajasthan”?

(a) Kiran Nagakar

(b) Akhil Sharma

(c) K.N. Bhandari

(d) Namita Gokhale

(e) Meena Kandasamy

Q8. Where was the 14th International Children’s Film Festival held?

(a) Beijing

(b) Colombo

(c) Tirana

(d) Dhaka

(e) Kabul

Q9. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who has become the first African and first woman to lead the embattled World

Trade Organization (WTO) belongs to which country?

(a) Kenya

(b) Brazil

(c) Senegal

(d) Bhutan

(e) Nigeria

Q10. Which organization has re-appointed Michael Bloomberg as its Special Envoy on Climate Ambition

and Solutions?

(a) Australian Aid

(b) United Nations

(c) Interpol

(d) International Monetary Fund

(e) European Union

Q11. Which of the following organised KRITAGYA- a National level hackathon to promote innovation in

agriculture and allied sectors in the country?

(a) Indian Council of Agricultural Research

(b) National Institute of Natural Fibre Engineering and Technology

(c) National Centre for Integrated Pest Management

(d) National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

(e) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

Q12. Where will the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSME wing of the Government of India will

cooperate in setting up industries up to 20 crore rupees?

(a) Hazaribagh

(b) Dhanbad

(c) Chandigarh

(d) Ranchi

(e) Deogarh

Q13. Where is the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) going to develop the country’s first

geothermal field development project?

(a) Nagaland

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Jharkhand

(d) Ladakh

(e) Mizoram

Q14. What is the theme of World Pulses Day 2021?

(a) Time to Act for proteins

(b) Time for Good food

(c) LovePulses

(d) Nutritious Seeds for a Sustainable Future

(e) Contribution of Pulses to sustainable food production

Q15. Which airport bagged ‘Voice of the Customer’ global recognition from the Airports Council

International World?

(a) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

(b) Bangalore International Airport Limited

(c) Chennai International Airport

(d) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport

(e) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

Quiz - 31

Q1. Bank of India is going to acquire how much percent stake each in BOI AXA Investment Managers and

BOI AXA Trustee Services?

(a) 50%

(b) 35%

(c) 49%

(d) 51%

(e) 40%

Q2. Which of the following along with the Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs of India (COWE), has

launched a campaign ‘Swavalamban Sashakt’ to give a fillip to the government’s Stand Up India (SUI)

scheme?

(a) National Housing Bank

(b) Exim Bank

(c) World Trade Bank

(d) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

(e) Small Industries Development Bank of India

Q3. Star Health and Allied Insurance, a leading standalone health Insurance company in India, announced

the launch of its Arogya Sanjeevani policy on which platform?

(a) Paytm

(b) Flipkart

(c) Freecharge

(d) PhonePe

(e) Amazon Pay

Q4. Which insurance company launched the first ‘corporate risk index’ to help businesses navigate the

post-pandemic world?

(a) TATA AIG

(b) ICICI Lombard

(c) IFFCO Tokio

(d) Bharti Axa

(e) None of these

Q5. Which bank has inked a pact with Indian Oil Corporation to provide up to ₹2 crore to the oil

company’s dealers?

(a) IDBI Bank

(b) Bank of Baroda

(c) Standard Chartered Bank

(d) Punjab National Bank

(e) State Bank of India

Q6. Which company partnered with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to provide

worksheets and content to facilitate home learning and early skill development of students across India?

(a) IBM

(b) Amazon

(c) Yahoo

(d) Fire Fox

(e) Hewlett Packard

Q7. Where did Prime Minister Modi lay the foundation stone of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Uttarakhand

(c) Jharkhand

(d) Rajasthan

(e) Maharashtra

Q8. Which state government signed an MoU with the Indian Economic Trade Organization (IETO) to

implement the Sustainable Development Goals in the state with much effective manner and expanding

the scope of the sustainable future?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Karnataka

(c) Goa

(d) Telangana

(e) Madhya Pradesh

Q9. With which country has the United States extended the New START nuclear disarmament treaty?

(a) Russia

(b) China

(c) United States

(d) Iran

(e) Ukraine

Q10. Who will head the committee set up by RBI to draw a vision document for strengthening urban co-

operative banks (UCBs) and exploring the potential of consolidation in the sector?

(a) N S Vishwanathan

(b) Viral Acharya

(c) Mahesh Kumar Jain

(d) Shaktikanta Das

(e) Michael Patra

Q11. Indian sportsperson Naman Ojha announced his retirement from which sport?

(a) Football

(b) Cricket

(c) Football

(d) Badminton

(e) Squash

Q12. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of International Solar Alliance (ISA)?

(a) Upendra Tripathi

(b) Bhanu Pratap Singh

(c) Ajay Mathur

(d) Jainarayan Mishra

(e) None of these

Q13. Which country’s astronomers have detected a huge optical flare from a super massive black hole?

(a) Belgium

(b) Norway

(c) Australia

(d) India

(e) Germany

Q14. What is the theme of Safer Internet Day 2021?

(a) Let’s create a better internet together

(b) Play your part for a better internet

(c) Be the change: unite for a better internet’

(d) Together for a better internet

(e) Create, Connect and Share respect

Q15. When is National Inventors’ Day observed in India?

(a) February 11

(b) February 8

(c) February 9

(d) February 10

(e) February 13

Quiz - 32

Q1. Who is the author of the book titled “Tipane Kashmirchi (notes on Kashmir), untold stories''?

(a) Ramanuj Sinha

(b) A K Roy

(c) Varun Sethi

(d) Arun Karmarkar

(e) Ashish Mehra

Q2. As per the latest census, which national park recorded a total of 93 thousand 491 birds?

(a) Guamal National Park

(b) Kaziranga national park

(c) Bhadra Wildlife sanctuary

(d) Nagarhole National Park

(e) Balpakram National Park

Q3. Which state’s chief minister has been conferred the Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award?

(a) Kerala

(b) Assam

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Madhya Pradesh

(e) Andhra Pradesh

Q4. Who has been given the additional charge as the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry after removal of

Kiran Bedi from the same position?

(a) Kumari Ananthan

(b) H. Raja

(c) Tamilisai Soundararajan

(d) Vanathi Srinivasan

(e) E.S.L. Narasimhan

Q5. Hima Das who has been appointed as a Deputy Superintendent of Police in the Assam state plays

which sport for the country?

(a) Sprinter

(b) Badminton

(c) Football

(d) Track and field athlete

(e) Gymnastics

Q6. Where has Amazon announced to set up its first device manufacturing line in India to make Fire TV

sticks locally?

(a) Cuttack

(b) Kolkata

(c) Pune

(d) Chennai

(e) Bangalore

Q7. Which of the following launched its flagship ‘Priceless program’ in India to showcase rich heritage to

domestic and global travellers?

(a) American Express

(b) Stripe

(c) Amazon Pay

(d) Paypal

(e) Mastercard

Q8. Recently which mission was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs under Jal Jeevan

Mission Urban?

(a) Jal Seva

(b) Pilot Jal

(c) Jal Sena

(d) Pilot Pey Jal Survekshan

(e) Jal Suraksha

Q9. Which state government launched “Maa” canteens for providing subsidised cooked meals for the poor

and the destitute at a nominal cost of ₹5?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) West Bengal

(c) Assam

(d) Jharkhand

(e) Telangana

Q10. Which company has partnered with Razorpay to make digital payments more accessible for MSMEs

and startup’s?

(a) Amazon Pay

(b) Rupay

(c) Mastercard

(d) PayU

(e) Visa

Q11. Which country joined Iran and Russia in a two day navy exercise “Iran Russia Maritime Belt”?

(a) Russia

(b) India

(c) Japan

(d) USA

(e) Bangladesh

Q12. Which company has partnered with ICICI Lombard to offer “Group safeguard “insurance?

(a) Amazon

(b) Ebay

(c) Myantra

(d) Flipkart

(e) Snapdeal

Q13. Recently Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar

inaugurated the Atal Paryavaran Bhavan in which state?

(a) Delhi

(b) Ladakh

(c) Pondicherry

(d) Lakshadweep

(e) Gujarat

Q14. Which country hosted a workshop on COVID-19 Management: Experience, Good Practices and Way

Forward’?

(a) Australia

(b) India

(c) Sri Lanka

(d) Nepal

(e) China

Q15. Recently Faf Du Plessis retired from test cricket. He played for which country?

(a) Russia

(b) Australia

(c) South Africa

(d) Sri Lanka

(e) Zimbabwe

Quiz - 33

Q1. When was World Pangolin Day 2021 observed?

(a) 22 February 2021

(b) 23 February 2021

(c) 20 February 2021

(d) 19 February 2021

(e) 16 February 2021

Q2. Who is author of the book titled ‘Bride of the Forest: the Untold Story of Yayati’s Daughter’?

(a) Indu Sundaresan

(b) Vikram Chandra

(c) Meena Kandasamy

(d) Madhavi S Mahadevan

(e) Mahasweta Devi

Q3. HDFC Bank and which another bank is going to pick 9.99% stake each in Ferbine Private Limited?

(a) IDFC Bank

(b) Standard Bank

(c) HDFC Bank

(d) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(e) Yes Bank

Q4. Mohamed Bazoum has been elected as the new president of which nation?

(a) Mauritania

(b) Burkina Faso

(c) Chad

(d) Niger

(e) Ghana

Q5. Supermodel and philanthropist Natalia Vodianova who became a United Nations goodwill

ambassador hails from which country?

(a) Turkey

(b) Ukraine

(c) Iran

(d) United States

(e) Russia

Q6. Levi’s® has announced whom as its global brand ambassador?

(a) Deepika Padukone

(b) Priyanka Chopra

(c) Anushka Sharma

(d) Kareena Kapoor

(e) Sonam Ahuja

Q7. Sharad Goklani has been appointed as the President & CTO of which bank?

(a) Utkarsh Small Finance

(b) Equitas Small Finance Bank

(c) AU Small Finance Bank

(d) ESAF Small Finance Bank

(e) Fincare Small Finance Bank

Q8. Matam Venkata Rao has been appointed as the Managing Director & CEO of which public sector bank?

(a) State Bank of India

(b) Central Bank of India

(c) IndusInd Bank

(d) Indian Overseas Bank

(e) Canara Bank

Q9. Common Service Centres is going to be integrated with which portal to facilitate rural consumers for

Consumer grievance redressal?

(a) E-Daakhil

(b) SEVAGRAM

(c) E-Asha

(d) E-Seva

(e) None of these

Q10. India’s warship Pralaya participated in two naval defence exhibitions NAVDEX 21 and IDEX 21 at

which place?

(a) Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

(b) Male

(c) Kabul

(d) Abu Dhabi

(e) Dhaka

Q11. Which has become the India’s first commercial music streaming service to have UPI AutoPay option

integrated with its app?

(a) Jio Saavan

(b) Amazon Prime Music

(c) Spotify

(d) Hungama

(e) Gaana

Q12. Which bank has tied up with JPMorgan to use the US bank’s blockchain technology to speed up

overseas transactions?

(a) Bank of Baroda

(b) Bank of India

(c) State Bank of India

(d) Bank of Maharashtra

(e) ICICI Bank

Q13. Indian automotive and rail parts maker Omega Seiki is going to invest 100 crore rupees to set up an

electric vehicles manufacturing plant in which country?

(a) USA

(b) Bangladesh

(c) Afghanistan

(d) Russia

(e) Maldives

Q14. Social Alpha has partnered with which of the following to set up the Swavalamban Divyangjan

Assistive Tech Market Access (ATMA) fund?

(a) SIDBI

(b) National Housing Bank

(c) RBI

(d) NHB

(e) NABARD

Q15. Which state government approved a scheme titled ‘EBC Nestham’, under which it would grant Rs

15,000 each to economically-backward women among dominant castes?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Karnataka

(c) Gujarat

(d) Andhra Pradesh

(e) Maharashtra

Quiz - 34

Q1. The central government will be forming a Centre of Excellence in gaming and other related areas in

collaboration with which Institute?

(a) IIT Delhi

(b) IIT Kharagpur

(c) IIT Madras

(d) IIT Bombay

(e) IIT Kanpur

Q2. Which film won Best Motion Picture – Drama award at the Golden Globe Awards 2021?

(a) Mank

(b) Promising Young Woman

(c) Nomadland

(d) The Trial of the Chicago 7

(e) None of these

Q3. India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) upgraded its FY21 credit

growth estimates to what per cent from 1.8 per cent?

(a) 7.8%

(b) 6.9%

(c) 6.5%

(d) 7.2%

(e) 8.6%

Q4. In March 2021, Exim Bank inked $10.40 million soft loan pact with which country?

(a) Mozambique

(b) Sierra Leone

(c) Botswana

(d) Lesotho

(e) Eswatini

Q5. India received highest ever FDI of over what amount during April-December 2020?

(a) USD 55 billion

(b) USD 45 billion

(c) USD 67 billion

(d) USD 65 billion

(e) USD 90 billion

Q6. In partnership with which bank in India, the World Bank has planned to introduce a $100-million

credit guarantee scheme to boost India’s rooftop solar programme?

(a) Bank of Baroda

(b) State Bank of India

(c) ICICI Bank

(d) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(e) Axis Bank

Q7. Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank and which other grameen bank have become the first among

RRBs in the country to launch video-KYC facility?

(a) Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank

(b) Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank

(c) Telangana Grameena Bank

(d) Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank

(e) None of these

Q8. From which date has the government made FASTag mandatory with any vehicle not fitted with it will

be charged double the toll at electronic toll plazas?

(a) 1st March 2021

(b) 14th February 2021

(c) 16th March 2021

(d) 15th February 2021

(e) 25th February 2021

Q9. How much fund has given by India to Nepal for the reconstruction of 25 health posts in the Himalayan

country?

(a) NR 350 million

(b) NR 380 million

(c) NR 450 million

(d) NR 530 million

(e) NR 560 million

Q10. The Rupee Co-operative Bank Ltd, which has been granted extension for its banking licence by the

RBI for further three months is based where?

(a) Kolkata

(b) Pune

(c) Ahmedabad

(d) Jaipur

(e) New Delhi

Q11. Public sector Indian Overseas Bank has signed a corporate agency agreement with which insurance

company to retail its insurance products to bank customers?

(a) HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company

(b) Bharti AXA General Insurance Company Limited

(c) SBI General Insurance

(d) IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Company Limited

(e) Reliance General Insurance

Q12. In February 2021, which payments bank has been included in the Second Schedule of the Reserve

Bank of India Act, 1934?

(a) Fino Payments Bank

(b) Jio Payments Bank

(c) India Post Payment Bank

(d) Airtel Payment Bank

(e) NSDL Payments Bank

Q13. What is the theme of Rare Disease Day 2021?

(a) Bringing together patients

(b) Medical experts

(c) Advocates from around the world

(d) All of the above

(e) None of these

Q14. Who has been given additional charge as secretary of Department of Revenue?

(a) Tarun Bajaj

(b) Subhash Vhandra Garg

(c) Hasmukh Adhia

(d) Ajay Kumar Bhalla

(e) Rajiv Gauba

Q15. What is the theme for National Science Day 2021?

(a) Women in Science

(b) Science for the people and the people for science

(c) Future of STI: Impacts on Education, Skills, and Work

(d) Science and Technology for a sustainable future

(e) Science & Technology for Specially abled Persons

Quiz - 35

Q1. Which state government launched Engineering Research & Development (Engineering R&D) Policy to

raise its contribution to the sector to 45% in the upcoming five years?

(a) Karnataka

(b) West Bengal

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Tamil Nadu

(e) Odisha

Q2. Which year is chosen as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables by the United Nations General

Assembly?

(a) 2026

(b) 2022

(c) 2021

(d) 2025

(e) 2027

Q3. Which private sector bank is going to handle the salary account of the Indian army personnel?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) Canara Bank

(c) IndusInd Bank

(d) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(e) Axis Bank

Q4. Nine banks and 2 non-bank entities are going to put in how much amount jointly as initial capital in

the proposed bad bank that aims to help extract funds stuck in non-performing loans?

(a) Rs 7,000 cr

(b) RS 5000 cr

(c) Rs 4000 cr

(d) Rs 6000 cr

(e) Rs 2000 cr

Q5. Which insurance company has entered into a partnership with electric two-wheeler manufacturer

Okinawa Autotech to provide a comprehensive insurance policy to auto customers?

(a) Reliance General Insurance

(b) SBI General Insurance

(c) Tata AIG General Insurance

(d) Edelweiss General Insurance

(e) United Insurance Company

Q6. Drug major Glenmark Pharma said it has signed whom as brand ambassador for its product Candid

Powder?

(a) KL Rahul

(b) Shikhar Dhawan

(c) Shreyas Iyer

(d) Rohit Sharma

(e) Virat Kohli

Q7. Who is the author of the book titled “They Found What/They Made What”?

(a) Rajesh Nagulakonda

(b) Shweta Taneja

(c) Neil Gaiman

(d) Terry Pratchett

(e) Reeta Tiwari

Q8. What is the theme for International Women’s Day 2021?

(a) I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women's Rights

(b) “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change”

(c) “Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women's lives,”

(d) "Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”

(e) Choose to Challenge

Q9. M.G. George who passed away was the chairman of which group?

(a) Mahindra Group

(b) Esaf Microfinance Group

(c) Muthoot Group

(d) Bajaj Finserv Group

(e) Reliance Group

Q10. Which state/UT launched mobile app ‘ANMOL’ to empower auxiliary nursing midwives (ANMs) and

frontline health workers in carrying out their day-to-day work efficiently and effectively?

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Jammu and Kashmir

(c) Punjab

(d) Uttar Pradesh

(e) Tamil Nadu

Q11. G R Chintala who took over the chairmanship of the Asia Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit

Association (APRACA), is the chairman of which of the following?

(a) SEBI

(b) NAARM

(c) RBI

(d) NABARD

(e) NCMRT

Q12. Name the first Indian-American to have been appointed as the first Vice President and Chief

Operating Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York?

(a) Kavita Ramdas

(b) Cynthia Roulston

(c) Medha Yodh

(d) Naureen Hassan

(e) Manick Sorcar

Q13. Who won gold medal in the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series event in men’s category?

(a) Vijender Singh

(b) Sushil Kumar

(c) Vinesh Phogat

(d) Rahul Aware

(e) Bajrang Punia

Q14. ‘Maitri Setu’ inaugurated between India and Bangladesh by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been

built over which river?

(a) Muri

(b) Feni

(c) Juri

(d) Gomati

(e) None of these

Q15. With the support of which country will a centre of excellence for the dairy sector be set up in

Rajasthan?

(a) Indonesia

(b) France

(c) Germany

(d) Norway

(e) Denmark

Solutions

Quiz - 1

S1. Ans.(c)

Sol. India’s first ‘Kisan Rail’ travelled between Devlali in Maharashtra’s Nashik and Danapur in Bihar to

transport perishable goods.

S2. Ans.(d)

Sol. Odisha is the first State with two of its villages - Venkatraipur in Ganjam district and Noliasahi in

Jagatsingpur district getting the UNESCO-Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)’s

Certificate of Recognition and Certificate of Appreciation awards in a virtual event organised by the

Indian National Centre for Oceanic Information Services (INCOIS) and the Indian Ocean Tsunami

Information Center (IOTIC).

S3. Ans.(d)

Sol. Bhubaneswar has been chosen as the venue for the celebrations of the day for its rich tradition of

Handlooms. The prime objective of holding this Day in Bhubaneswar is to empower women and girls.

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol. Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar launched Parivar Pehchan Patra in the state. It will

enable the citizens to get the benefits of various central and state government schemes at their door-step

in a fair and transparent manner.

S5. Ans.(a)

Sol. The Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) has formally announced the ecologically sensitive

Thudiyurulippara hill in the panchayat as a biodiversity heritage site on the recommendations of the

Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB).

S6. Ans.(b)

Sol. Professor Ashok Sahni has been awarded with the Lifetime Excellence National Award given by the

Ministry of Earth Sciences for his significant contribution in the field of Geology, Vertebrate Paleontology

and Biostratigraphy.

S7. Ans.(e)

Sol. The National Education Policy 2020 has been passed by the Union Cabinet under which the old

educational structure of 10+2 system has been shifted by 5+3+3+4 system.

S8. Ans.(c)

Sol. CII Signs MoU with Amazon India to Bring Benefits of e-commerce to MSMEs in 10 States across

India.

S9. Ans.(d)

Sol. 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held in Goa.

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol. The Tribal Affairs Ministry has stated that all the nine museums dedicated to tribal freedom fighters

will be completed by 2022.The largest of these museums is being built in Rajpipla in Gujarat at a cost of

Rs 102.55 crores.

S11. Ans.(b)

Sol. ‘Loan against Securities’ is an unique digital solution launched by the YES Bank under its loan in

seconds platform. “Loan against Securities” will enable customers to avail loan facility against the

securities that they hold.

S12. Ans.(d)

Sol. “India Report on Digital Education, 2020” has been launched virtually by the Union Minister for HRD

Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ to ensure accessible as well as inclusive education to children at home

and reducing learning gaps.

S13. Ans.(b)

Sol. Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan today released e-book on Standard Treatment Guidelines for the

Management of Substance Use Disorders and Behavioural Addictions. This e-book aims to tackle

substance abuse and behavioural addiction in the country.

S14. Ans.(a)

Sol. Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL),

has acquired a majority stake in pharma marketplace Netmeds for about ₹620 crore.

S15. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Union Cabinet has given ex-post facto approval to Memorandum of Understanding signed

between the Republic of India and the Republic of Zimbabwe on Cooperation in the field of Traditional

Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy.

Quiz - 2

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. The 2300 Kms long submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Andaman & Nicobar Islands to

the mainland has been launched by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

S2. Ans.(a)

Sol. India celebrates National Handloom Day every year on 7th August to honour the handloom weavers

in the country and also highlight India’s handloom industry.

S3. Ans.(c)

Sol. France has agreed to supply HAMMER missiles to India for the Rafale combat aircraft. The order for

missiles is being processed under the emergency powers for acquisition given to the armed forces by the

Government of India.

S4. Ans.(e)

Sol. Online retail giant Amazon has launched an internet pharmacy in Bangalore, marking its entry into

the country's online medicine market.

S5. Ans.(b)

Sol. Haryana government has decided to appoint Olympian wrestler Babita Phogat and kabaddi player

Kumari Kavita Devi as deputy directors (sports) under the outstanding sportspersons category.

S6. Ans.(d)

Sol. Cabinet-approved National Education Policy 2020 includes a target of 50 per cent Gross Enrolment

Ratio (GER) in higher education by 2035.

S7. Ans.(a)

Sol. Folk musician and Padma Shri awardee, Sonam Tshering Lepcha passed away. He was born in

Kalimpong, West Bengal in 1928.

S8. Ans.(a)

Sol. Muthoot Finance has tie-up with Kotak Mahindra General Insurance to offer COVID-19 insurance

cover of up to Rs 1 lakh against the gold loan.

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. Bank of Baroda(BOB)'s Credit Card Arm Readies for Digital Transformation with Implementation of

Fiserv Technology – Fiserv, Inc. BOB Financial Solutions Limited (BFSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of

Bank of Baroda, has chosen Fiserv, Inc.

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. The book, titled “RAW: A History of India’s Covert Operations” has authored by investigative

journalist and author Yatish Yadav.

S11. Ans.(d)

Sol. A webinar series on “Hydro-Meteorological Hazards Risk Reduction” has been organised by the

National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) in collaboration with India Meteorological

Department.

S12. Ans.(d)

Sol. Former Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu has been appointed as the new

Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. He is the 14th CAG of India.

S13. Ans.(b)

Sol. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, Bhupesh Baghel has launched a social security scheme “Shaheed

Mahendra Karma Tendupatta Sangrahak Samajik Suraksha Yojana” for tendu leave collectors in the state.

S14. Ans.(a)

Sol. Praj Industries (Praj) and Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) has signed a

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop application technology for advanced biofuels

for usage in industry and transportation.

S15. Ans.(a)

Sol. Airtel Payments Bank has partnered with Bharti AXA General Insurance to offer “Smart Plan Shop

Package Policy” for the financial protection of the bank’s retailers and merchants.

Quiz - 3

S1. Ans.(e)

Sol. Every year on 20th August, the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi is celebrated as Sadbhavana Diwas

or Harmony Day.

S2. Ans.(b)

Sol. 5th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament (5WCSP) was held virtually. The Inter-

Parliamentary Union (IPU), Geneva, and the Parliament of Austria jointly organized the two day

Conference with the support of the United Nations (UN).

S3. Ans.(a)

Sol. Maharashtra has approved an ADB-funded Rs 1,000 crore project for boosting fruit and vegetable

production in the state.

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol. Computer scientist Russell Kirsch who invented the “pixel” and scanned the world’s first digital

photograph, passed away. He created a small, 2-by-2-inch black-and-white digital image of his son, which

was among the first images ever scanned into a computer.

S5. Ans.(d)

Sol. IAS officer Hardik Satishchandra Shah has been appointed the Private Secretary to Prime Minister

Narendra Modi.

S6. Ans.(c)

Sol. IIT Delhi and Bihar State Pollution Control Board have signed an agreement to establish a GIS-based

information system for air quality management in Bihar.

S7. Ans.(b)

Sol. The theme of International Youth Day 2020, “Youth Engagement for Global Action”. The theme

highlights the ways in which the engagement of young people at the local, national and global levels is

enriching national and multilateral institutions and processes.

S8. Ans.(d)

Sol. South Indian Bank has received in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India to set up a

wholly-owned non-financial subsidiary. The subsidiary would commence operations after obtaining final

approval from the regulators.

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. Chhattisgarh Government has launched the “Indira Van Mitan” Yojana to make the forest dwellers of

the state self-reliant.

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. The book, titled “RAW: A History of India’s Covert Operations” has authored by investigative

journalist and author Yatish Yadav.

S11. Ans.(c)

Sol. The “green deposit programme” has been launched by HSBC India exclusively for corporate clients.

Under this programme, the bank will use the deposits to finance green initiatives and environment

friendly projects.

S12. Ans.(d)

Sol. A Line of Credit of worth 18 million US dollars has been extended by the Government of India to the

Government of Maldives. The Line of Credit has been extended with the primary objective of expanding

the fishing facilities at Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO).

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. Ministry of Skill Development has inked an MoU with Ministry of Shipping to promote skill

development in port and maritime sector and up-skill the manpower for the growing maritime industry

as well as development of coastal community.

S14. Ans.(e)

Sol. Axis Bank decided to cut down on its investments in Max Life Insurance. It now plans to acquire

17.002 per cent of the equity share capital of the Max life insurer. This will result in total ownership of 18

per cent post the transaction.

S15. Ans.(b)

Sol. SBI General Insurance has launched a first-of-its-kind insurance product called ‘Shagun – Gift an

Insurance”, which is a unique gift of Personal Accident policy. The unique feature of this policy is that it

can be gifted to anyone.

Quiz - 4

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. E-commerce marketplace, Flipkart has signed an MoU with One District, One Product (ODOP) scheme

of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. The MoU will bring the artisans, weavers and craftsmen under the

ODOP scheme into the scope of the “Flipkart Samarth” initiative.

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. Former wrestler James Harris, who was also known as “Kamala”, passed away. “The Ugandan Giant”

was a unique character who operated both in and out of the ring in a memorable way.

S3. Ans.(b)

Sol. A group of researchers from IIT Kharagpur has conferred the ‘Gandhian Young Technological

Innovation Awards 2020’ for developing a mechanism for generating electricity from wet clothes left

under sunlight to dry.

S4. Ans.(a)

Sol. New India Assurance, General Manager, charted accountant SN Rajeswari, has been selected as the

Chairman and MD of the Oriental Insurance Company (OIC) by Banks Board Bureau (BBB).

S5. Ans.(e)

Sol. “Raj Kaushal Portal” and “Online Shramik Employment Exchange” has been launched by the

Rajasthan Goverment. The portal has been developed by the department of Information and Technology

(IT) and Rajasthan Skill & Livelihoods Development Corporation (RSLDC).

S6. Ans.(a)

Sol. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) will open the Silk Training cum Production Center in

the tribal village of Chullyu in Arunachal Pradesh.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. Amazon has received approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch

and operate a planned constellation of 3,236 internet satellites. That’s the backbone of Amazon’s Project

Kuiper, an initiative to create a satellite-based broadband internet service designed to provide high-

speed, low-latency connections to U.S.-based households.

S8. Ans.(a)

Sol. Former Cricketer, Administrator and Pitch Curator, Gopalaswamy Iyenger Kasturirangan passed

away. He began his career in the 1948-49 season representing Mysore in the Ranji Trophy and retired

from first-class cricket after the 1962-63 season.

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. State Bank of India (SBI) unveiled an online home carnival in partnership with real-time group

negotiation e-platform AddaCorner.

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. RBL Bank has partnered with Accenture company. This IT company will transform and enhance the

future readiness of the bank’s information technology (IT) systems and accelerate its digital

transformation journey.

S11. Ans.(a)

Sol. Mohamed Ould Bilal has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Mauritania. The appointment

was made by the Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. Capital of Mauritania is Nouakchott.

S12. Ans.(c)

Sol. As per Report by World Animal Protection, over 200 elephants in India are kept in “severely

inadequate conditions”. India is home to the second highest number of elephants used in tourism in Asia.

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. Based on the analyses and recommendations of the GRMC, Core Investment Companies (CICs) shall

initiate corrective action, where necessary. Chief Risk Officers (CROs) appointed in CICs. All CICs with

asset size of more than 5,000 crore shall appoint a CRO with clearly specified roles and responsibilities.

S14. Ans.(b)

Sol. HDFC Bank has launched “Shaurya KGC Card” for Indian armed forces personnel.

S15. Ans.(b)

Sol. Sports eyewear brand Oakley has appointed the cricketer Rohit Sharma as its new brand ambassador

for a period of two years in India.

Quiz – 5

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. Former RBI deputy governor, Subhash Sheoratan Mundra has been appointed as non-executive

chairman of Indiabulls Housing Finance (IBH).

S2. Ans.(b)

Sol. Former RBI deputy governor, Subhash Sheoratan Mundra has been appointed as non-executive

chairman of Indiabulls Housing Finance (IBH). Headquarters of Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd is in

Gurugram.

S3. Ans.(b)

Sol. Kerala will establish the first international women’s trade centre (IWTC) of India at Angamaly.

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol. India and Maldives signed a contract for development of five eco-tourism zones in Addu atoll of the

island nation.

S5. Ans.(c)

Sol. The central government has set up a committee under Jaya Jaitly to reconsider the minimum age for

the marriage of girls, which is currently 18 years.

S6. Ans.(b)

Sol. National Stock Exchange Limited Investor Protection Fund Trust

(NSE IPFT) and IIM Bangalore (IIMB) jointly launched the Platform

for Investor Education (PIE), at IIM Bangalore.

S7. Ans.(a)

Sol. Punjab National Bank has launched a campaign named ‘DIGITAL

APNAYEN’ to encourage customers to use digital banking channels.

S8. Ans.(c)

Sol. An MOU was signed between Indian Sign Language Research and Training Center and NCERT to

make education materials accessible for Deaf children in their preferred format of communication, Indian

Sign Language.

S9. Ans.(a)

Sol. Veteran social activist, Prof Pushpa Bhave passed away. She fought for the rights of common citizens.

She had taken part in the Samyukta Maharashtra movement and the Goa liberation movement. She was

known as the Iron Lady of Mumbai.

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has been conferred the prestigious SDG Special Humanitarian Action

Award by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on 28 September 2020 during a virtual

ceremony.

S11. Ans.(a)

Sol. International Translation Day is observed on 30 September. The International Federation of

Translators (FIT) organise the day ever since it was set up in 1953.

S12. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs launched Application programming Interface integration

between the PM SVANidhi portal and SBI’s eMudra portal.

S13. Ans.(c)

Sol. The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2020 was announced by the Union science and technology

minister Dr Harsh Vardhan at the Foundation Day celebration of the Council for Scientific and Industrial

Research (CSIR). There are 14 scientists, who receive this year Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2020.

S14. Ans.(c)

Sol. Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman has launched” MSME Prerana”, an online business mentoring

programme for MSMEs by state-run Indian Bank.MSME Prerana will bridge the gap in business skills as

well as communication & Human Resource (HR) by providing inputs in simple terms and in the local

vernacular.

S15. Ans.(d)

Sol. The State Bank of India (SBI) has appointed Charanjit Singh Attra as its new Chief Financial Officer

(CFO).

Quiz – 6

S1. Ans.(b)

Sol. Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad has launched ‘Radio Prison’ on the occasion of the 151st Birth

Anniversary of the Father of the Nation.

S2. Ans.(d)

Sol. The Common Services Centre (CSC), a special purpose vehicle under the Ministry of Electronics and

IT, has partnered with HelpAge India to provide digital literacy to citizens above the age of 55 years

through a pilot project in selected states.

S3. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Reserve Bank of India has roped in Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan for the customer

awareness campaign. The campaign aims to prevent gullible account holders from being duped by

fraudsters.

S4. Ans.(a)

Sol. State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) launched a financial inclusion and literacy initiative 'Gram

Sampark Abhiyan' to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

S5. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Right Livelihood Award Foundation has announced the four winners of the 2020 Right

Livelihood Award 2020 which is also known as the alternative Nobel Prize in Stockholm.

S6. Ans.(d)

Sol. The Khadi and Village Industries Commission has appointed Sunil Sethi as its Advisor. Sunil Sethi is

the Chairman of the Fashion Design Council of India.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development will begin a Sanitation Literacy Campaign

(SLC) in Karnataka to promote literacy on ‘WASH’ (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene).

S8. Ans.(d)

Sol. On the occasion of the 151st Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Deputy Chief Minister of

Delhi, Manish Sisodia has launched the coffee-table book titled “Bapu – The Unforgettable” over the

virtual event.

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. The government launched an ambitious information technology project 'Sunidhi' to digitise all

provident fund and pension related activities of the Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation.

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol. 3rd edition of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UNSDG) Action Awards 2020, The

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Foundation received the UNSDG Action Award 2020 from the

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Government of Punjab for their

work.

S11. Ans.(a)

Sol. International Day of Older Persons is observed globally on 1st October every year. The theme of

International Day of Older Persons 2020: Pandemics: Do They Change How We Address Age and Ageing.

S12. Ans.(b)

Sol. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-R) and National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) signed

a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in the areas like universal design principles and

inclusive development of the Building Accessible Safe Inclusive Indian Cities (BASIIC) programme.

S13. Ans.(a)

Sol. The South Eastern Railways (SER) has launched the project, “Operation my Saheli” to enhance the

security of women passengers in the train throughout the entire journey from the originating point to

their destinations.

S14. Ans.(b)

Sol. Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh launched the Defence India Startup Challenge (DISC 4) during the

iDEX event. iDEX4Fauji initiative.

S15. Ans.(a)

Sol. Gujarat has started a ‘Digital Seva Setu’ programme to ensure optimum utilisation of technology for

public welfare in rural areas.

Quiz – 7

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. ICICI Bank has launched a debit card facility for the customers availing the Loan Against Securities

(LAS) from the Bank.

S2. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Amnesty International India has stopped its operations in the country, after the government of

India froze the bank accounts of the organization.

S3. Ans.(a)

Sol. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has inked an agreement to invest USD 50 million in solar energy

project developer Avaada Energy Pvt Ltd to help the company scale up rapidly.

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol. Google India has launched 'Make Small Strong' campaign in India to support small and local

businesses in the country.

S5. Ans.(d)

Sol. Leading stock exchange BSE has signed a pact with private sector lender Yes Bank to empower the

small and medium enterprises (SMEs) listed on the platform.

S6. Ans.(d)

Sol. Sports tech and events startup Hudle has announced the appointment of cricketer Ajinkya Rahane as

brand ambassador and advisor of the company.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant launched the Digital Integrated System for Holistic Teaching and

Virtual Orientations (DISHTAVO), an online e-learning platform.

S8. Ans.(d)

Sol. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has entered into an MoU with “Swiggy”, one of the leading

food delivery platforms, to onboard street food vendors on its e-commerce platform.

S9. Ans.(b)

Sol. Indian Bank has launched a green initiative named “IB-eNote” to enable a total paperless working

environment.

S10. Ans.(e)

Sol. Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri. D.V. Sadananda Gowda has launched POS 3.1

software, SMS Gateway and Home Delivery facility of Fertilizers (RBK) for farmers in Andhra Pradesh.

S11. Ans.(c)

Sol. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated “the longest highway tunnel in the world” built in

the northern state of Himachal Pradesh that borders China. This tunnel named after former Prime

Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

S12. Ans.(b)

Sol. The second edition of Indian Navy (IN) – Bangladesh Navy (BN) Bilateral Exercise Bongosagar

commences in Northern Bay of Bengal.

S13. Ans.(b)

Sol. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has announced a special refinance facility of Rs

800 crore for Fiscal Year 2021 to support the Government of India’s Water, Sanitisation and Hygiene

(WASH) programme.

S14. Ans.(a)

Sol. Chqbook, a neobank for small business owners like kiranas, merchants, chemists, and others running

proprietorships, has launched a new mobile platform.

S15. Ans.(e)

Sol. West Bengal government has launched the “Pathashree Abhijan” scheme. It is a road repair scheme,

where more than 7,000 stretches of roads comprising 12,000 kilometers across the state will be repaired

in a mission mode and in a time-bound manner.

Quiz - 8

S1. Ans.(c)

Sol. Para-swimmer Satyendra Singh Lohia of Madhya Pradesh is the first Divyanga Indian sportsperson of

the country, who has been awarded with the Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award.

S2. Ans.(d)

Sol. World Bank has stopped the publication of its “Doing Business” report to probe data collection

irregularities in the annual ranking of countries’ business and investment climates.

S3. Ans.(c)

Sol. Veteran politician and former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee passed away recently, Home

Minister post he did not served.

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol. African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina was re-elected for another five-year term

following a tumultuous three months that divided shareholders.

S5. Ans.(c)

Sol. Uttar Pradesh has launched ‘Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojana’ scheme under which 19

International Players will get road connectivity to their homes.

S6. Ans.(a)

Sol. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has created & launched an in-house mobile Application

(app), ‘Pensioners Corner’to get in touch with the pensioners and to bring them to the digital platform as

a one stop solution.

S7. Ans.(a)

Sol. Apex body on data protection in India, set up by NASSCOM, the Data Security Council of India (DSCI),

along with PayPal India released a report titled ‘Fraud & Risk Management in Digital Payments’.

S8. Ans.(a)

Sol. “Chhavni COVID: Yodha Sanrakshan Yojana” a group life insurance scheme through the Life Insurance

Corporation (LIC), for more than 10000 employees working in the military cantonment areas across

India.

S9. Ans.(d)

Sol. Mercom Capital ranked Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) as World’s Largest Solar Power Generation

Asset Owner in terms of operating, under-construction and awarded projects.

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a new publication, “The Little Book of Green

Nudges”.

S11. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Education Ministers Meeting will take place as part of the Sherpa Track for the G20 Leaders’

Summit 2020, which is to be hosted by Saudi Arabia at the end of 2020.

S12. Ans.(a)

Sol. Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry have launched a toll-free mental health rehabilitation

helpline “KIRAN”.

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully flight-tested a Hypersonic

Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV), which is an unmanned scramjet vehicle with the ability to

travel at six times the speed of sound.

S14. Ans.(a)

Sol. SBI Mutual Fund has unveiled Magnum Children’s Benefit Fund - Investment Plan, an open-ended

fund for parents to invest for their children.

S15. Ans.(b)

Sol. Anil Jain, Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha, has been elected as All India Tennis Association's

(AITA) new President at the Annual General Meeting (AGM).

Quiz – 9

S1. Ans.(a)

Sol. the first-ever cannabis medicine project will be set up at Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine

(IIIM) in Jammu.

S2. Ans.(b)

Sol. Hyderabad is one of the top five cities in the country to offer jobs in the field of artificial intelligence

(AI), a latest report by job portal site Indeed has revealed.

S3. Ans.(c)

Sol. Austria’s Dominic Thiem defeated Alexander Zverev to win the men’s singles title at the 2020 US

Open tournament.

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol. Hindi Diwas is celebrated on September 14 every year to celebrate the language and to

commemorate the event when it was adopted as one of the official languages of India.

S5. Ans.(a)

Sol. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched the Climate Smart Cities Assessment

Framework (CSCAF) 2.0, along with the ‘Streets for People Challenge’ under the Smart Cities Mission.

S6. Ans.(a)

Sol. Indian Filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane won the best screenplay award for his screenplay ‘The

Disciple’ at the 77th Venice Film Festival.

S7. Ans.(b)

Sol. Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana has been appointed as celebrity advocate for children’s rights

campaign titled as ’For Every Child’ by UNICEF.

S8. Ans.(d)

Sol. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Sameer Kumar

Khare as new Executive Director of Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila.

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. SoftBank Group Corp has agreed to sell chip designer Arm to Nvidia Corp for as much as $40 billion in

a deal set to reshape the semiconductor landscape.

S10. Ans.(c)

Sol. Interior designer, Gauri Khan has authored her first book titled “My Life In Design”, which will be

published by Penguin Random House India in 2021.

S11. Ans.(c)

Sol. ICICI Lombard Insurance Company Ltd has entered into a Bancassurance tie-up with Yes Bank to sell

its insurance products.

S12. Ans.(c)

Sol. Israel, UAE, Bahrain sign Abraham Accord; 1st Arab-Israel peace in 26 yrs.

S13. Ans.(a)

Sol. Hurricane Sally moved slowly closer to the U.S. Gulf Coast, threatening historic floods as rain and

storm-force winds started lashing the shore, and governors of four states urged people to flee the

coastline.

S14. Ans.(c)

Sol. The United Nations observes 16th September every year as International Day for the Preservation of

the Ozone Layer.

S15. Ans.(a)

Sol. Aditya Puri, MD, HDFC Bank was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award by Euromoney Awards

of Excellence 2020.

Quiz - 10

S1. Ans.(c)

Sol. World Alzheimer's Day is observed on 21 September each year.

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. Google Pay announced the rollout of tokenisation across its platform that will enable users to safely

transact with their debit or credit cards.

S3. Ans.(b)

Sol. The aviation company airbus launched three concepts for the first zero emission commercial aircraft.

Their aircraft craft is to enter into service by 2035.

S4. Ans.(a)

Sol. Indian director Chaitanya Tamhane's "The Disciple" won the Amplify Voices Award at the 45th

Toronto International Film Festival.

S5. Ans.(b)

Sol. Michelin Star chef Vikas Khanna announced his next book titled “Kitchens of Gratitude”.

S6. Ans.(b)

Sol. Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief, Anil Dhasmana has been appointed as the chief of

the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO).

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has been awarded the Ig Nobel Prize 2020 for Medical

Education.

S8. Ans.(b)

Sol. As an extension of two programs launched in the US this year, women entrepreneurs in India will

now receive funding from Visa to grow and expand their business. Visa’s partnership with IFundWomen

is designed to help women entrepreneurs secure the funding they need through a series of grants.

S9. Ans.(e)

Sol. HCL Technologies has announced the acquisition of Australian IT firm DWS Ltd for $115.8 million in

a bid to further expand its digital offerings especially in Australia and New Zealand.

S10. Ans.(c)

Sol. To accelerate SHG finance in the Bank in a mission mode, State Bank of India (SBI) started a

programme by the name “Mahila Atmanirbharshil Aachani” (Women Self-Reliance programme).

S11. Ans.(d)

Sol. Union minister for environment, forest and climate change Prakash Javadekar has launched a

National Conservation Strategy for Indian one-horned rhino on the occasion of World Rhino Day.

S12. Ans.(c)

Sol. India’s largest credit card issuer SBI Card announced a collaboration with Google to enable customers

to use their cards on Google Pay platform.

S13. Ans.(c)

Sol. Railways has planned for 100 per cent electrification of its broad-gauge routes by 2023 said by the

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal.

S14. Ans.(a)

Sol. India’s first Coast Guard academy will be established at Mangaluru.

S15. Ans.(a)

Sol. Former Australian cricketer and renowned commentator, Dean Jones passed away. He made his

debut for Australia in a Test match in the West Indies in 1984.

Quiz – 11

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. SBI Card has joined hands with American Express to offer global benefits and exclusive privileges for

consumers in India.

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. Flipkart and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance have launched a cyber insurance cover for online

financial frauds.

S3. Ans.(a)

Sol. The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER),

Dr Jitendra Singh has released a Coffee Table Book on “Discovering the Heritage of Assam”, written by

Padampani Bora and having foreword by Amitabh Bachchan.

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol. J Venkatramu has been appointed the managing director and chief executive officer of India Post

Payments Bank (IPPB).

S5. Ans.(c)

Sol. DRDO successfully test-fired a new version of the surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile

“Shaurya” at Balasore, off the coast of Odisha.

S6. Ans.(b)

Sol. India and Myanmar are working towards the operationalization of the Sittwe port in the Rakhine

state of Myanmar in the first quarter of 2021.

S7. Ans.(a)

Sol. BOB Financial Solutions Ltd (BFSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda (BoB), and the

Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), have launched an exclusive co-branded credit card for

Company Secretaries (CS).

S8. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Puducherry airport has become the first airport of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) which is

entirely solar-powered.

S9. Ans.(d)

Sol. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has announced the launch of the anti-pollution campaign ‘Yudh Pradushan

Ke Virudh’ to reduce the pollution level in Delhi.

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol. The constellation of maritime surveillance satellites for the Indian Ocean Region, to be jointly

launched by India and France, will be able to trace illegal spillage of oil by ships.

S11. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) will be commissioning India’s largest

HPC-AI supercomputer ‘PARAM Siddhi – AI’. The initiative was headed by Abhishek Das, Scientist and

Program Director (HPC-AI Infrastructure Development) at C-DAC.

S12. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2020 is awarded to the American poet Louise Glück “for her

unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”.

S13. Ans.(a)

Sol. China will send the world’s first mining robot named ‘asteroid mining robot’ into space to identify

and extract resources.

S14. Ans.(b)

Sol. Nilesh Shah has been re-elected as the Chairman of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI).

S15. Ans.(e)

Sol. IISc Bengaluru developed a bandage with a unique blend of magnetic nanoparticles fabricated using a

method called electro spinning.

Quiz - 12

S1. Ans.(a)

Sol. Amazon India has partnered with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to

provide their customers with the facility to book reserved train tickets on its platform.

S2. Ans.(e)

Sol. The DRDO has successfully flight-tested a new generation Anti-Radiation Missile (RUDRAM-1) at the

Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha.

S3. Ans.(a)

Sol. IBM company announced the creation of an AI centre of excellence in partnership with the

government e-marketplace during the inaugural session of RAISE 2020 virtual summit.

S4. Ans.(d)

Sol. Building on the opportunity of Trust, Transparency and Security in Crypto trading, DigitX, India's first

Business-to-Business (B2B) Crypto trading exchange announced commencement of its trading

operations.

S5. Ans.(e)

Sol. Meghalaya government has entered into a partnership with Israel to establish a one-of-a-kind Centre

of Excellence (CoE) on high-value vegetables in the state to improve and promote the livelihoods of

farmers.

S6. Ans.(b)

Sol. Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat launched the ambitious 'Mukhya Mantri Saur Swarojgar

Yojana' which aims to generate self-employment to 10,000 people in the state.

S7. Ans.(d)

Sol. A two-day Coastal Security Exercise namely ‘Sagar Kavach’ conducted by the Indian Navy along with

Indian Coast Guard and all stakeholders involved in Coastal Security from the coast of Kerala.

S8. Ans.(a)

Sol. Fashion e-commerce platform Myntra has named digital influencer Bhuvan Bam as its first digital

brand ambassador.

S9. Ans.(d)

Sol. Commonwealth Games medallist in Badminton, Chetan Anand has been roped in as the brand

ambassador for India’s first-ever homegrown professional badminton brand “Transform”.

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has launched a new scheme named the

‘Jagananna Vidya Kanuka’ scheme to distribute school kits among the poor children of the state.

S11. Ans.(a)

Sol. India’s leading private sector bank, HDFC Bank and Apollo Hospitals have collaborated to launch the

“HealthyLife Programme”, a holistic healthcare solution.

S12. Ans.(e)

Sol. LIC Housing Finance Ltd launched Project RED - Reimagining Excellence through Digital

transformation with an aim to improve efficiencies at every level of the organisation.

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. Argentina becomes first country to approve genetically modified wheat. The scientific commission of

Argentina's agriculture ministry had approved a drought-resistant variety of wheat in the world's fourth-

largest exporter of the crop.

S14. Ans.(d)

Sol. The Central government has notified the Directorate General of Shipping as the National Authority

for Recycling of Ships. The office of the National Authority of Ship Recycling will be set up in Gandhinagar,

Gujarat.

S15. Ans.(b)

Sol. Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh approved the Dr. BR Ambedkar SC Post Matric

Scholarship Scheme in order to facilitate SC students to pursue higher education in government and

private institutions.

Quiz-13

S1. Ans.(e)

Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released the autobiography of former Union Minister Dr

Balasaheb Vikhe Patil. The autobiography of Dr Patil has been titled ‘Deh Vechwa Karani,’ means

‘dedicating one’s life for a noble cause.’

S2. Ans.(a)

Sol. IRDAI, in October had directed all the life insurance companies to mandatorily come out with a

standard, individual term life insurance policy called 'Saral Jeevan Bima'.

S3. Ans.(b)

Sol. Union Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has virtually launched the campaign ‘KAPILA’,

which stands for Kalam Program for Intellectual Property Literacy and Awareness campaign.

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol. BharatPe has announced the launch of its high impact TV campaign starring ‘Team BharatPe’ with 11

Cricket stars as brand ambassadors.

S5. Ans.(a)

Sol. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has announced that the government is

coming up with a movement called ”My Town My Pride”

S6. Ans.(b)

Sol. Amazon Pay and a technology company that offers vehicles for hire, Uber, announced a partnership

to push digital payments in India.

S7. Ans.(d)

Sol. The World Economic Forum (WEF) will hold its Annual Meeting 2021 in Lucerne-Burgenstock,

Switzerland with the theme of ‘The Great Reset’.

S8. Ans.(d)

Sol. INS Sindhuvir is handed over by the Indian Navy to the Myanmar. This is the first submarine in the

Myanmar Navy’s arsenal.

S9. Ans.(b)

Sol. “Bank of Ghana” has won the Central bank of the year award

2020.

S10. Ans.(c)

Sol. HDFC Bank and Apollo Hospitals have collaborated to launch the

“HealthyLife Programme”, a holistic healthcare solution.

S11. Ans.(e)

Sol. Vishal V. Sharma has been appointed as the next Permanent

Representative of India to the Permanent Delegation of India to

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), with the rank of Ambassador.

S12. Ans.(a)

Sol. The aim of the government is to make India Trans Fat free by 2022.

S13. Ans.(b)

Sol. Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated “Sujal”, ‘Drink from Tap Mission’ scheme, to

provide round the clock supply of quality tap drinking water in all urban areas of the state.

S14. Ans.(a)

Sol. India has acquired the second rank in terms of the number of migrants going to the Organisation for

Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries and acquiring the citizenship of those

countries.

S15. Ans.(a)

Sol. The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari virtually laid the foundation

stone for the first-ever multi-modal logistic park of India, at Jogighopa, in Bongaigaon district of Assam.

Quiz – 14

S1. Ans.(a)

Sol. State Bank of India (SBI) has signed a loan agreement of up to $1 billion with The Japan Bank for

International Cooperation (JBIC).

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. M. Venkaiah Naidu launched the virtual festival of 'Parampara Series 2020-National Festival of Music

and Dance' organised by Natya Tarangini in partnership with the United Nation.

S3. Ans.(d)

Sol. The Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army, General Manoj Mukund Naravane, was conferred with the

honorary rank of General of the Nepal Army by President Bidya Devi Bhandari.

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol. Indian Posts & US Postal Service entered into an agreement for the electronic exchange of customs

data related to postal shipments.

S5. Ans.(d)

Sol. The SBI Card in association with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation launched a contactless multi-

purpose card that can function as a credit card and as a metro smart card.

S6. Ans.(d)

Sol. A new book titled “Till We Win” is written by AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria and co-written by

leading public policy and health systems expert Chandrakant Lahariya and renowned vaccine researcher

and virologist Gagandeep Kang.

S7. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Virtual Global Investor Roundtable (VGIR) was organised by the Ministry of Finance and the

National Investment and Infrastructure Fund.

S8. Ans.(a)

Sol. Rythu Vedika i s an initiative of the Telangana Government to bring farmer community under one

platform to help them attain higher returns.

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. The Indian School of Business in Hyderabad has been assigned to plan an introductory capacity

building program and formulate a report on the industrial practices of AI on rail transport and

benchmarking.

S10. Ans.(e)

Sol. Bangladesh and US navies launched the ‘Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)

Bangladesh 2020’ to expand relationships and broaden maritime awareness between the two countries.

S11. Ans.(c)

Sol. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) offered discounts up to 65 per cent on purchase

of various branded items using RuPay card.

S12. Ans.(b)

Sol. AU Small Finance Bank Limited has entered into agreement with Care Health Insurance Company

(formerly known as ‘Religare Health Insurance Company Limited’) for health insurance products as

Corporate Agent.

S13. Ans.(b)

Sol. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has constituted a committee under Shashi Shekhar

Vempati to review “Guidelines on Television Rating Agencies in India”.

S14. Ans.(a)

Sol. Visa has completed the first successful live deployment of a PCI certified Tap to Phone card

acceptance solution in India.

S15. Ans.(b)

Sol. The research of archaeologist of India and Canada found evidence of dairy production in the Indus

Valley Civilization. The study was carried out on 59 shards of pottery from the archaeological site in

Kotada Bhadli, Gujarat.

Quiz – 15

S1. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan recently released the report prepared by National Council of

Applied Economic Research (NCAER). The report was titled “Estimating the Economic Benefits of

Investment in Monsoon Mission and High-Performance Computing Facilities”.

S2. Ans.(a)

Sol. The state government of Andhra Pradesh has decided to set up 400 electric vehicle (EV) charging

stations across the state to study real-time performance impact of providing electric two-wheelers to

ward and village secretariat staff.

S3. Ans.(b)

Sol. Aegon Life Insurance, the pioneer of digital insurance in India, announced the launch of 'Life + 36

critical illness Insurance' on Flipkart at the starting premium of just Rs 153 for a life cover of Rs 1 lakh

plus Critical Illness cover of Rs 10,000.

S4. Ans.(e)

Sol. State Bank of India (SBI) has become the first corporate partner of edX from India to offer Massive

Open Online Courses. The bank's collaboration with edX is aimed at facilitating learners with expanding

perspectives and access to knowledge beyond the classrooms.

S5. Ans.(a)

Sol. HDFC ERGO General Insurance, India's third-largest non-life insurance company in the private sector,

announced the launch of the AI tool IDEAS (Intelligent Damage detection Estimation and Assessment

Solution) for motor claim settlements.

S6. Ans.(a)

Sol. US Court has asked Antrix Corporation Limited to pay $1.2 Billion compensation to a Bengaluru

based startup for cancelling a satellite deal in 2005. Antrix Corporation is the commercial arm of the

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

S7. Ans.(d)

Sol. World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed across the world on 5 November to spread awareness

among people across the world in matters related to the dangers of tsunami.

S8. Ans.(e)

Sol. Marine scientists with National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR) have discovered two new

ornamental shrimps (new to Science) in the Agatti Island of Lakshadweep group.

S9. Ans.(a)

Sol. The Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy) and

Invest India collaborated to set up a strategic policy unit called “Strategic Policy & Facilitation Bureau

(SPFB)" to facilitate planned and systematic growth of Ayush Sector.

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. Bengaluru-headquartered Dynamatic Technologies Ltd and Central Scientific Instruments

Organisation (CSIR-CSIO) have signed an MoU for jointly designing, developing and manufacturing

futuristic solutions for the defence and aerospace, healthcare and agriculture industry.

S11. Ans.(b)

Sol. Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has won a controversial third term in office in an election

boycotted by the opposition. He took 94% of the votes. Côte d'Ivoire is the capital of Ivory Coast.

S12. Ans.(c)

Sol. As a part of the Vigilance Awareness Week (VAW), Punjab National Bank launched a Tracking &

Monitoring Staff Accountability Cases (TMSAC) portal to help bank identify the internal fraud in advance.

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. Tech giant IBM stated it has collaborated with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) to transform the

latter’s customer experience using digital tools. This platform ensures real-time updates to inventory,

orders, and invoices, thereby reducing the time to order fulfilment.

S14. Ans.(c)

Sol. The Reserve Bank of India granted its approval to Maple Group to acquire more than 5 per cent but

up to 9.99 per cent stake in RBL Bank. Headquarters of RBL Bank (The Ratnakar Bank Limited) is in

Maharashtra.

S15. Ans.(c)

Sol. The South-Central Railway (SCR) has launched `Meri Saheli`, an initiative for the safety of women

travellers, especially those travelling alone.

Quiz – 16

S1. Ans.(a)

Sol. The Young Advocates Welfare Fund has been launched in Tamil Nadu for assisting such fresh

candidates to withstand the initial challenges. It provides monthly financial assistance of three thousand

rupees each for two years to the lawyers who just come out of law colleges.

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. Govt provides Rs 670-crore support to RRBs to meet regulatory capital. In a bid to strengthen the

capital base, the union government has provided Rs 670 crore to Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)

considering their importance in agriculture finance during these difficult times

S3. Ans.(a)

Sol. The National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) has selected the Principal Scientist, Division of

Molecular Parasitology and Immunology, (CSIR-CDRI)-Lucknow, Dr Satish Mishra for “Dr.Tulsi Das Chugh

Award 2020”. He is awarded for his research work on Malaria parasite’s life cycle.

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Chief Minister of Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal has laid the foundation stone of Indo-Israeli Centre

of Excellence (CoE) for Vegetables Protected Cultivation at Khetri on the outskirts of Guwahati.

S5. Ans.(c)

Sol. The Indian School of Business in Hyderabad has been assigned to plan an introductory capacity

building program and formulate a report on the industrial practices of AI on rail transport and

benchmarking.

S6. Ans.(e)

Sol. The new building of Bhimsen Adarsha Higher Secondary School in Devchuli of Nawalpur district

(Nepal) was built with the Indian government’s financial assistance.

S7. Ans.(b)

Sol. ICICI Bank launched India’s first comprehensive banking programme for millennials. Inspired by

‘Millennial Network’, the proposition is called ‘ICICI Bank Mine’ and offers an instant savings account, a

feature driven iMobile application that offers investment guidance to suit the demand of millennials,

curated credit and debit card, instant personal loans & overdrafts.

S8. Ans.(e)

Sol. Amazon India has launched an all-women’s virtual customer service program (VCS) in Bengaluru.

S9. Ans.(d)

Sol. To provide a reliable measure and benchmark of the growth and strength of the MSME sector in

India, TransUnion CIBIL in partnership with Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI)

has launched MSME Credit Health Index.

S10. Ans.(e)

Sol. National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) Chairman, Dilip Rath has been unanimously elected to

the board of global dairy body International Dairy Federation (IDF).

S11. Ans.(b)

Sol. Armstrong Fernando, a fisherman from the Ramanathapuram district's Pamban town has started

'Kadal Osai FM 90.4', India's first and only radio channel for fisherfolk.

S12. Ans.(c)

Sol. Bank of Baroda introduced Employee Assistance Program, a new employee Central initiative to help

employees to deal with personal and professional issues in psychological consulting and counselling.

S13. Ans.(c)

Sol. The President of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli has been sworn for a second five-year term.

S14. Ans.(b)

Sol. Largest private sector lender HDFC Bank appointed Ramesh Lakshmi Narayanan as its next chief

information officer (CIO).

S15. Ans.(c)

Sol. Vodafone Idea has appointed Jagbir Singh as chief technology officer following Vishant Vora’s

departure.

Quiz – 17

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. Public Service Broadcasting Day is celebrated on 12 November every year. The day is celebrated to

commemorate the first and only visit of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, to the studio of All

India Radio, Delhi in 1947.

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. Tata AIA Life Insurance (Tata AIA Life), one of India’s leading providers of Pure Protection Solutions

has partnered with PayBima, the digital arm of Mahindra Insurance Brokers Ltd., as a Broker to distribute

its industry-leading life insurance solutions.

S3. Ans.(b)

Sol. Paytm has launched “Payout Links” for businesses, enabling them to instantly process payouts to

customers, employees and vendors, without collecting their bank details.

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol. HDFC Bank launched the “SmartHub Merchant Solutions 3.0” for Small and mid-size enterprises.

S5. Ans.(a)

Sol. China has successfully launched the world's first 6G satellite namely “UESTC” satellite (Star Era-12)”

into orbit with an aim to test communications from space using high-frequency terahertz (THz)

spectrum.

S6. Ans.(d)

Sol. The Odisha government signed a memorandum of understanding ( MoU) with international non-

profit organisation World Fish for a pilot programme to include fish and fish-based products in the

supplementary nutrition programme for children, pregnant and nursing women and adolescent girls at

50 Anganwadi centres of Mayurbhanj district.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. World Diabetes Day is observed on 14th November every year. The campaign aims to raise

awareness around the crucial role that nurses play in supporting people living with diabetes. The theme

for World Diabetes Day 2020 is “The Nurse and Diabetes.”

S8. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Centre has issued an order for bringing online news portals and content providers under the

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. A gazette notification issued by President Ram Nath Kovind

stated that “films and audio-visual programmes made available by online content providers” and “news

and current affairs content on online platforms” would be brought under the heading “Ministry of

Information and Broadcasting” in the Second Schedule of Government of India (Allocation of Business)

Rules, 1961.

S9. Ans.(d)

Sol. Rakayet Ul Karim Nakim, a native of Chittagong, Bangladesh, has won the 12th edition of the

Greenstorm International Nature Photography Contest conducted in association with UNEP in connection

with the World Environment Day.

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol. Union Minister of State (I/C) for Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri

Mansukh Mandaviya unveiled the plaque of the Ministry's new nomenclature in New Delhi.

S11. Ans.(b)

Sol. Cuemath, the math learning edtech platform has associated Vidya Balan as its new brand

ambassador. Cuemath was Set up in 2013 by visionary teacher and founder Manan Khurma.

S12. Ans.(b)

Sol. Axis Bank has acquired over 57,700 shares in CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd for Rs 36.38 crore.

S13. Ans.(b)

Sol. Sadat Rahman from Bangladesh has been awarded the prestigious International Children’s Peace

Prize 2020.

S14. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Securities and Exchange Board Of India (SEBI) has enhanced the foreign investment limit per

fund house from $300 million to $600 million.

S15. Ans.(c)

Sol. The Reserve Bank of India came out with a Co-Lending Model (CLM) scheme under which banks can

provide loans along with NBFCs to priority sector borrowers based on a prior agreement.

Quiz – 18

S1. Ans.(a)

Sol. RE-INVEST 2020, themed 'Innovations for Sustainable Energy Transition' aims to accelerate the

worldwide effort to scale up development and deployment of renewable energy and connect the global

investment community with Indian energy stakeholders.

S2. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has published a flagship report titled “The State of

Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2020′ with theme “Overcoming Water Challenges in Agriculture”.

S3. Ans.(a)

Sol. Punjab Government has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with International Digital

Health & Artificial Intelligence Research Collaborative (I-DAIR) hosted at the Graduate Institute of

International & Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.

S4. Ans.(d)

Sol. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released the report ‘The Impact of

COVID-19 Pandemic on Trade and Development Transitioning to a New Normal’.

S5. Ans.(a)

Sol. Cambridge Dictionary has named 'quarantine' as Word of the Year 2020.

S6. Ans.(c)

Sol. 11th National Organ Donation Day celebration held at Jaipur, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

inaugurated virtually the first of its kind “Organ Donor Memorial” in the country.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) Observatory situated at Khodad, Pune, Maharashtra

has been accorded 'Milestone' facility status by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

S8. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar recently unveiled a new initiative called Sahakar Pragya.

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. HexGn, AFC India join hands to promote 1,000 agri-tech start-

ups.

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol. Varsha Joshi who is working as the Joint Secretary (CDD),

Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of

Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India is

appointed as the new Chairperson of National Dairy Development

Board (NDDB).

S11. Ans.(d)

Sol. Government has recently (1 December 2020) formed a five-member committee to oversee

construction of the new Parliament building.

S12. Ans.(a)

Sol. Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh on launched the Green Charcoal Hackathon,

which would focus on deliberating on technology to convert farm residue into green charcoal.

S13. Ans.(c)

Sol. In a move that can be a potential game-changer in the petroleum fuel retail market in India, Indian Oil

launched premium-grade Petrol (100 Octane) in the country.

S14. Ans.(d)

Sol. Punjab National Bank (PNB) has launched a tech-based loan management solution ‘LenS-The Lending

Solution’, to speed up and maintain accuracy in online loan processing and sanctioning of credit

proposals.

S15. Ans.(e)

Sol. Prashant Kumar as the new MD & CEO of YES Bank.

Quiz – 19

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. It will be the first-ever luxury Cruise service on the Saryu river (Ghagra/National Waterways-40) in

Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. Kaspersky, CERT-In sign MoU for improving mutual cyber-security capabilities.

S3. Ans.(b)

Sol. Union Minister of Education constituted a Task Force for preparing a blueprint on imparting

Technical Education in Mother Tongue. The Task Force will be headed by Secretary of Higher Education

(Amit Khare).

S4. Ans.(d)

Sol. The Assam government has proposed to establish its 6th National park, the “Raimona National Park”

in the Ripu Reserved Forest of the state which was severely damaged due to militancy.

S5. Ans.(e)

Sol. Bank of Baroda has recently launched the Atmanirbhar Women Scheme as part of its Baroda Gold

Loan.

S6. Ans.(b)

Sol. Paytm today announced its partnership with Suryoday Small Finance Bank to empower MSMEs with

instant digital loans.

S7. Ans.(a)

Sol. NABARD(National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development), Karnataka Regional Office

Bengaluru, Karnataka has signed MoU(Memorandum of Understanding) with SBI(State Bank of India),

LHO, Bengaluru to provide concessional refinance facility to the beneficiaries of watershed development .

S8. Ans.(c)

Sol. The Central government notified that it has established International Financial Services Centres

Authority (IFSCA), a unified body to regulate all financial services in International Financial Services

Centres(IFSCs) in the country & its headquarters will be at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

S9. Ans.(d)

Sol. Razorpay, India's leading full-stack financial solutions company, announced a partnership with

PayPal, a global leader in digital payments to enable seamless.

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. ICICI Lombard General Insurance Limited partnered with Plum Benefits Private Limited to co-create

India's first technologically backed group health insurance products.

S11. Ans.(e)

Sol. Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Ltd Launches Upgraded USGI PULZ Mobile Application.

S12. Ans.(d)

Sol. In association with Ketto India, the HDFC life has initiated a nationwide crowdfunding campaign

aiming to help the Dabbawalas of Mumbai to stand on their own feet again with a month's ration supply

delivered to their home, this camping is called #PromisewalaDabba.

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. “The Least Developed Countries Report 2020: Productive Capacities for the New Decade” released by

UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), Pandemic has pushed around 32

Million People into Extreme Poverty in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

S14. Ans.(c)

Sol. Global Wage Report 2020-21: Wages and minimum wages in the time of COVID-19. This ILO flagship

report examines the evolution of real wages around the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends

globally and by region.

S15. Ans.(a)

Sol. Swasthya Sathi for All, Govt of West Bengal has decided to extend Swasthya sathi benefit to all

residents of State, except those who are already covered under any Govt, Sponsored Health Insurance or

Assurance Scheme.

Quiz – 20

S1. Ans.(e)

Sol. UP's Dandupur railway station to be renamed as Maa Barahi Devi Dham.

S2. Ans.(b)

Sol. "CBIC has mandated 8 digit HSN classification for 49 chemical based products, to be mentioned at the

time of issuing GST invoice, which was currently placed at 2 digits/4 digits depending upon turnover.

S3. Ans.(e)

Sol. The decision to remove Cannabis from the category was taken at the 63rd session of the UN

Commission on Narcotics Drugs (CND).

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol. It is India's first diversified REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) Mutual Fund. Kotak International

REIT Fund of Funds is an open-ended mutual fund scheme that will invest in units of SMDAM(Sumitomo

Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Limited) Asia REIT Sub Trust Fund.

S5. Ans.(b)

Sol. ICICI Bank has launched the 'iMobile Pay' app, which offers payments and banking services for all.

S6. Ans.(d)

Sol. American firm Lockheed Martin shared the first picture of the MH-60 Romeo multirole helicopter for

the Indian Navy in Indian tricolour.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. Gaofen-1 (gao fen = high resolution) is the first of a series of high-resolution optical Earth

observation satellites of CNSA (China National Space Administration), Beijing, China.

S8. Ans.(e)

Sol. PwC India announces collaboration with UNICEF and YuWaah to upskill 300 million youth in India

over next decade.

S9. Ans.(a)

Sol. As per the 'World Malaria Report 2020', Meghalaya has topped the list in reducing malaria cases by

59% in India.

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. Tajpur Port is a proposed seaport in Tajpur, East Midnapore district of West Bengal.

S11. Ans.(b)

Sol. IGX announced that it has secured the necessary authorization to operate as a Gas Exchange as per

the provisions of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Regulations, 2020 for a period of 25

years.

S12. Ans.(c)

Sol. A non-profit, non-governmental organization, German watch has released the 16th edition of Climate

Change Performance Index (CCPI) i.e., CCPI 2021 for 57 countries and European Union (EU) in which

India was ranked at 10th spot with a score of 63.98 out of 100.

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. Nepal and China jointly announced the new height of Mount Everest as 8,848.86 meters in a high-

profile virtual ceremony.

S14. Ans.(d)

Sol. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Introduces 'Money Mitra', a Neighborhood Banking Channel For its

Customers.

S15. Ans.(c)

Sol. SAARC Charter Day is observed annually on 8th December. This day marks the signing of the SAARC

Charter in 1985 by the leaders of SAARC Countries at the First SAARC Summit held in Dhaka

(Bangladesh).

Quiz - 21

S1. Ans.(c)

Sol. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 2020, released its annual Emissions Gap

Report 2020.

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. Shaheen (Eagle)-IX is the 9th joint Air Force Exercise between Pakistan and China.

S3. Ans.(d)

Sol. Prime Minister has given its approval for provision of a Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF)

Scheme for providing Mobile Coverage in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol. RBL Bank and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance have entered into a bancassurance partnership to offer

an array of life insurance products to the Bank's customers.

S5. Ans.(c)

Sol. 'Max Fit Program' is a wellness app with features such as a wellness assessment score, medicine

reminder, daily health tips, digitized access to all health reports and a wellness calculator for illnesses

such as diabetes, heart diseases, stress, anxiety, etc.

S6. Ans.(b)

Sol. YES Bank in partnership with Mastercard launched 'Yes Private Prime Credit Card' for the Affluent

and Ultra High-Net-Worth-Individuals (HNWIs) of India.

S7. Ans.(a)

Sol. Lakshadweep is second only to Sikkim, which was India's first state to be declared completely

organic.

S8. Ans.(e)

Sol. The theme of the event will be "Inclusive Innovation - Smart I Secure I Sustainable".

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. The government of India has set a massive target of achieving 175 GW in renewable energy capacity

by 2022.

S10. Ans.(d)

Sol. Madagascar replaces Maldives as host of 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games.

S11. Ans.(b)

Sol. Quality Council of India (QCI) has been appointed as implementation partner for socio-economic

profiling of the beneficiaries of PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi).

S12. Ans.(d)

Sol. The state of Maharashtra is set to launch an ambitious scheme for distribution of assistive devices to

persons with disabilities.

S13. Ans.(e)

Sol. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and IFRC (International Federation of Red

Cross) Secretary-General Mr Jagan Chapagain signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on

implementing the Emergency Medical Team (EMT) initiative.

S14. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Reserve Bank of India will be setting up its first Automated Banknote Processing Centre (ABPC)

in Jaipur for storage, receipt and dispatch of currency notes.

S15. Ans.(e)

Sol. Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Ltd. has launched an electronic spot platform, “BSE E-Agricultural

Markets Ltd (BEAM)”, for agricultural commodities through its subsidiary BSE Investments Ltd.

Quiz - 22

S1. Ans.(a)

Sol. The race was won by Max Verstappen, with Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton finishing second and

third respectively.

S2. Ans.(b)

Sol. The UNESCO has decided to launch an international prize in the field of 'creative economy' in the

name of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

S3. Ans.(b)

Sol. Every year, December 14 is celebrated as Energy Conservation Day to raise awareness on the

importance of energy conservation for the present and future generations.

S4. Ans.(e)

Sol. Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research has signed an MoU with cGanga, a think-tank of

National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) for development of sludge management framework in India.

S5. Ans.(b)

Sol. The 9th edition of Sustainable Mountain Development Summit (SMDS) held in Dehradun,

Uttarakhand.

S6. Ans.(c)

Sol. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the re-appointments of Uday Kotak as MD & CEO of

Kotak Mahindra Bank

S7. Ans.(a)

Sol. SEBI has formed the Corporation Finance Investigation Department (CFID) to deal with cases of

fraud, diversion of funds, bank loans and resources by company promoters.

S8. Ans.(d)

Sol. Aceware is rolling out the service in association with ICICI Bank. Customers can place an order for

money on Ace Money app, which can be downloaded from Google Play Store and App Store.

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Amazon

India(amazon.in) to enable benefits of Electronic(e)-commerce to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises

(MSMEs).

S10. Ans.(c)

Sol. Junior Asian champion Yash Vardhan of India won the 10m air rifle event at the 6th edition of the

International Online Shooting Championship (IOSC).

S11. Ans.(b)

Sol. The launch of ‘Himgiri’ has showcased GRSE’s commitment towards the building of three state-of-

the-art warships of P17A for Indian Navy.

S12. Ans.(c)

Sol. Roddam Narasimha (20 July 1933 – 14 December 2020) was an Indian aerospace scientist and fluid

dynamicist.

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. Department of Posts (DoP) and India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) unveiled a new digital payment app

'DakPay'.

S14. Ans.(a)

Sol. India celebrates December 16 as Vijay Diwas to commemorate its victory over Pakistan during the

1971 war.

S15. Ans.(a)

Sol. Maharashtra Social Justice Minister Dhananjay Munde unveiled a Braille version of the Indian

Constitution at an event here.

Quiz – 23

S1. Ans.(b)

Sol. To support young and emerging talent in Hindustani music, National Centre for the Performing Arts,

in partnership with Citi India, is back with their scholarship program for advanced training in vocal and

instrumental fields.

S2. Ans.(d)

Sol. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy has launched the 'YSR Free Crop Insurance'

scheme for the benefit of farmers in the state

S3. Ans.(e)

Sol. Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati has been elected as the Vice President of Asia Pacific

Broadcasting Union (ABU), one of the largest broadcasting associations in the world.

S4. Ans.(a)

Sol. BSE Ebix Insurance Broking has tied up with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co.

S5. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has

approved assistance of about Rs. 3,500 crore for sugarcane farmers (Ganna Kisan).

S6. Ans.(c)

Sol. A worldwide ranking of civil, economic and personal freedom, the Human Freedom Index 2020 was

released. India was placed at the 111th spot out of 162 countries.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. Vidyut Mohan, an engineer, is the co-founder of “Takachar”, a social enterprise enabling farmers to

prevent open burning of their waste farm residues and earn extra income by converting them into value-

added chemicals.

S8. Ans.(b)

Sol. Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan congratulated France on becoming the 23rd

member of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)

S9. Ans.(b)

Sol. Indian Army and Bank of Baroda have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU for

Baroda Military Salary Package.

S10. Ans.(e)

Sol. IIFL Home Finance had partnered with ICICI Bank to provide affordable housing and MSME loans as a

sourcing partner.

S11. Ans.(d)

Sol. Central Bank of India in association with National Payments Corporation of India launched a unique

variant of contactless Debit Card – 'RuPay Select'.

S12. Ans.(a)

Sol. The UN Women and Kerala government have collaborated to establish India’s first Gender Data Hub.

S13. Ans.(b)

Sol. ICICI Bank launched online platform --Infinite India --for foreign companies looking to establish or

expand business in the country.

S14. Ans.(c)

Sol. National Consumer Day is observed every year on December 24 to spread awareness to about

consumer importance.

S15. Ans.(c)

Sol. Jairam Ramesh's new book will uncover and narrate the story of phenomenal poem "The Light of

Asia" that has shaped people's thinking of the Buddha and his teachings.

Quiz – 24

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. PayU said the feature would allow the payment providers' 4.5 lakh merchants to use debit cards,

credit cards or Google Pay UPI to make recurring payments without sharing card details.

S2. Ans.(a)

Sol. As Amar Singh College, Srinagar has been awarded the prestigious Award of Merit in the Unesco Asia-

Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation, conservation architect Saima Iqbal from the INTACH,

Kashmir chapter.

S3. Ans.(b)

Sol. Singapore's tradition of communal dining at hawker centers has been included in the UNESCO's

(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol. Freedom fighter Hariram Dhaka dies cremated with state honours in Rajasthan.

S5. Ans.(d)

Sol. Sports Personality of the Year 2020: Lewis Hamilton crowned winner.

S6. Ans.(c)

Sol. Rajnath Singh inaugurates India's first hypersonic wind tunnel in Hyderabad.

S7. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Government of India and the World Bank today signed a $500 million project to build safe and

green national highway corridors in the states of Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and

Andhra Pradesh.

S8. Ans.(e)

Sol. Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata was conferred the title of "Global Visionary of Sustainable Business

and Peace" by the Federation of Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce (FIICC) for epitomising "unity, peace

and sustainability".

S9. Ans.(b)

Sol. Managing Director of logistics major Transport Corporation of India Limited Vineet Agarwal has

taken over as the new President of The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India

(Assocham).

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol. Uttar Pradesh government will establish the first leather park of the country in Kanpur district.

S11. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) virtually signed a Memorandum of Understanding

(MoU) with IIT-BHU in Uttar Pradesh to set up a Regional Academic Centre for Space (RAC-S).

S12. Ans.(d)

Sol. Mortgage lender HDFC has entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Indian Green

Building Council (IGBC) to promote green buildings in the country.

S13. Ans.(c)

Sol. The Union Information and Broadcasting Minister, Prakash Javadekar announced that India will hold

a Global Media and Film Summit in 2021.

S14. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Telangana government signed an MoU with SAP India on Wednesday to digitize and empower

MSMEs in the State by equipping them with digital skilling and technologies.

S15. Ans.(b)

Sol. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launches E-Sampada web portal and mobile app on Good

Governance Day.

Quiz - 25

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has announced that a multi-model

logistics park will be constructed in Silchar and the Balacherra-Harengajao section of the Silchar-

Saurashtra Highway will be completed in March 2022.

S2. Ans.(b)

Sol. Indian Railway completes 180 Kmph speed trial of Vistadome Tourist Coaches.

S3. Ans.(a)

Sol. The government has approved the export of the indigenous Akash missile system.

S4. Ans.(a)

Sol. YES BANK teams up with Salesforce to boost retail lending, enhance customer experience.

S5. Ans.(b)

Sol. DBS Bank India has introduced 'Travel Now', a one stop travel marketplace within the digibank app.

S6. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) signed an MoU with UNDP India to co-create

India's first Social Impact Bond (SIB).

S7. Ans.(d)

Sol. The Common Services Centers (CSCs), a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) under the Ministry of

Electronics and IT, has partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D) to establish a

Design and Innovation Lab for conducting research.

S8. Ans.(a)

Sol. Jharkhand's Kisan Fasal Rahat Yojana will take three months to come into effect.

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. The Ministry of Railways said the appointments committee of the Cabinet has approved the

appointment of Suneet Sharma as Chairman and CEO of Railway Board.

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. In Madhya Pradesh, 96th Tansen Music Festival began in Gwalior with strict COVID-19 guidelines in

place. In the inaugural ceremony renowned santoor player, Pandit Satish Vyas was conferred upon the

prestigious Tansen Samman.

S11. Ans.(d)

Sol. Punjab CM launches mobile app 'DigiNest' to ensure digital access to state govt directory.

S12. Ans.(a)

Sol. Soma Mondal has taken over as Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).

S13. Ans.(b)

Sol. In Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Territory Administration today signed a historic Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) with National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd.

(NAFED), an apex organization of marketing cooperatives for agricultural produce.

S14. Ans.(c)

Sol. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) said transaction through Unified Payment Interface

platform would continue to be free.

S15. Ans.(a)

Sol. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India on December 30, 2020 signed a $

231 million loan to augment electricity generation capacity in the state of Assam.

Quiz – 26

S1. Ans.(b)

Sol. Asian Development Bank and GOI sign $10 million loan to expand horticulture in Himachal Pradesh.

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. India officially began its two-year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security

Council along with Norway, Mexico, Ireland, and Kenya.

S3. Ans.(b)

Sol. Kerela government will host the fourth Global Ayurveda Festival (GAF 2021) in March 2021

S4. Ans.(a)

Sol. ‘National Folk-Dance Festival’ organized in Jammu.

S5. Ans.(d)

Sol. Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal has been appointed to helm the

Jammu and Kashmir High Court .

S6. Ans.(a)

Sol. IDBI Bank announced the launch of video KYC account opening

(VAO) facility for savings bank accounts.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of

India on 31st December 2020 signed a $100 million loan to modernize and upgrade the power

distribution system to enhance the quality and reliability of electricity supply in Bengaluru city in the

state of Karnataka.

S8. Ans.(c)

Sol. Delhi government Department of Art, Culture, and Language has set-up a Tamil academy to promote

the language and culture of the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

S9. Ans.(b)

Sol. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has unveiled Khadi India's official e-Commerce site

eKhadiIndia.com.

S10. Ans.(d)

Sol. World Braille Day is observed every year on January 4th to raise awareness about how Braille plays a

significant role in the complete realization of human rights in the lives of blind and partially sighted

people.

S11. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has capped the amount of trans fatty acids

(TFA) in oils and fats to 3% for 2021 and 2% by 2022 from the current permissible limit of 5% through

an amendment to the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restriction on Sales) Regulations.

S12. Ans.(b)

Sol. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), Geneva has awarded the status of to the Patna

meteorological observatory in recognition to its long-term meteorological observation exceeding over

100 years.

S13. Ans.(a)

Sol. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has in association with Jammu & Kashmir Government launched the

Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) SEHAT for all the residents of the

Union territory.

S14. Ans.(d)

Sol. Well-known breast cancer surgeon from Hyderabad Dr Raghu Ram Pillarisetti has been named in the

New Year's Honours list of Queen Elizabeth II.

S15. Ans.(d)

Sol. Japan's Sumitomo Forestry company and Kyoto University aims to launch the world's first wood-

based space satellite to combat the problem of space junk.

Quiz – 27

S1. Ans.(b)

Sol. India and Israel successfully tested a Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) defence system.

S2. Ans.(e)

Sol. SMCB becomes India's first urban co-operative bank to transition to SFB. Shivalik Small Finance Bank

(SSFB) will start its banking operations from April 2021.

S3. Ans.(b)

Sol. Bandhan Bank signs agreement to provide banking services to Army personnel.

S4. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the signing of a

Memorandum of Cooperation between the Government of India and Government of Japan, on a Basic

Framework for Partnership for Proper Operation of the System Pertaining to "Specified Skilled Worker"

S5. Ans.(d)

Sol. Former India striker Abhishek Yadav has been appointed as the first deputy general secretary of All

India Football Federation (AIFF)

S6. Ans.(e)

Sol. Justice Hima Kohli assumes charge as Chief Justice of Telangana High Court. This is for the first time a

woman Chief Justice heading the High Court of Telangana.

S7. Ans.(d)

Sol. A general manager at RBI, R Giridharan has authored his debut book ”Right Under our Nose”.

S8. Ans.(c)

Sol. PhonePe, one of the most popular digital payments platform in India, joined hands with ICICI

Prudential Life Insurance to unveil a new term insurance policy.

S9. Ans.(a)

Sol. Claire Polosak set to become 1st female match official in men's Test match. Australia's Claire Polosak

is set to become the first female match official in a men's Test match.

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. Google Cloud has announced the elevation of Karan Bajwa as its new leader for the Asia Pacific.

S11. Ans.(a)

Sol. Pakistan conducted a successful test flight of an indigenously developed guided multi-launch rocket

system.

S12. Ans.(c)

Sol. The Annual Cherry Blossom Festival event was organised at Mao of Manipur.

S13. Ans.(e)

Sol. K K Ramachandran who passed away was a Politician.

S14. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Centre promulgated an ordinance to merge the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) cadre of All India

Services Officers such as the IAS, IPS, and the Indian Forest Service (IFoS) with the Arunachal Pradesh,

Goa, Mizoram, Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre.

S15. Ans.(e)

Sol. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will adopt 100 Atal tinkering labs under the Atal

Innovation Mission of NITI Aayog across the country to promote education in the field of STEM, space

education and space technology related innovations for school students.

Quiz - 28

S1.Ans.(a)

Sol. WIPRO group gears up to act as knowledge partner of Madhya Pradesh govt.

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. MoU signed between Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, IIT Roorkee.

S3. Ans.(d)

Sol. The 13 day long Khelo India Zanskar winter sports and youth festival concluded at Zanskar Valley of

the Union Territory of Ladakh.

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol. The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released the Global Risks Report 2021, 16th Edition.

S5. Ans.(c)

Sol. The Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Munda has launched a National Migration Support

Portal “ShramShakti”.

S6. Ans.(c)

Sol. Parakram Diwas: Iconic Kalka Mail train renamed as Netaji Express.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. Axis Bank has unveiled a credit ‘AURA’ exclusively loaded with several health and wellness benefits

for its users at an affordable price.

S8. Ans.(d)

Sol. To help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) recover from the pandemic and prepare for the future,

Mastercard has launched the Digital Acceleration for Small Businesses microsite.

S9. Ans.(b)

Sol. IIFL Finance said its home loan subsidiary IIFL Home Finance and Standard Chartered Bank entered

a co-lending arrangement for extending credit to MSME loans (loan against property).

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has appointed Siddhartha Mohanty as the managing

director of India's largest insurer Life Insurance Corporation (LIC).

S11. Ans.(c)

Sol. Tripura: On Kokborok Day, CM Biplab Deb renames Baramura Hill range.

S12. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has won the Ice Hockey Association of India (IHAI) 10th

National Ice Hockey Championship trophy after beating Ladakh in the finals.

S13. Ans.(c)

Sol. Paytm Bank has already been offering fixed-deposits services in partnership with IndusInd Bank.

S14. Ans.(c)

Sol. THE Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has given its approval for the takeover deal

between Kishore Biyani's Future Group and Reliance Retail, part of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL).

S15. Ans.(e)

Sol. Commission approves acquisition of a 7.8 percent minority stake in Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail

Ltd by Flipkart Investments Pvt Ltd.

Quiz – 29

S1.Ans.(a)

Sol. Myanmar's military has seized power after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and other democratically

elected leaders.

S2. Ans.(a)

Sol. Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services has announced the appointment of Anish Shah as the

chairman of the board.

S3. Ans.(c)

Sol. In a first-of-its-kind, students of KLE Technological University (KLETU) have developed a humanoid

robot, specifically aimed at extending a helping hand to banking customers.

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol. Centre for Wetland Conservation and Management (CWCM) - in Chennai.

S5. Ans.(c)

Sol. The theme for World Cancer Day 2021 is 'I Am and I Will.'

S6. Ans.(b)

Sol. Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos announced that it would step down as the CEO of the company.

Jassy will take over as the new CEO of the company.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. IIS is being set up by the Labour and Employment Department of Gujarat along with Tata Group at

Nasmed village of Gandhinagar.

S8. Ans.(e)

Sol. Cabinet gives in-principle approval for 100% divestment in RINL.

S9. Ans.(d)

Sol. Arvind Kejriwal launches 'Switch Delhi' campaign to promote electric vehicles.

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol. Union Environment Ministry approves Lakhwar electricity project. Dehradun (Uttarakhand).

S11. Ans.(d)

Sol. To honour Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the Union government has decided to name residential

schools and hostels funded under Samagra Shiksha scheme, as “Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose residential

schools/hostels”.

S12. Ans.(c)

Sol. Bharti AXA General Insurance has launched unique campaign 'Caregivers' to support cancer

survivors in the battle against the killer disease.

S13. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Indian Navy received three "made in India" Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) from the state-run

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).

S14. Ans.(c)

Sol. Counted among the country's most admired authors, Vineet has written seven books before 1857 –

The Sword of Mastaan.

S15. Ans.(b)

Sol. The India-US joint military exercise "Yudh Abhyas 20" commenced today in Mahajan Field Firing

Range of Bikaner district in Rajasthan.

Quiz - 30

S1.Ans.(c)

Sol. Himachal Pradesh becomes first State in the country to make the end to end processing of the cabinet

paperless by implementing e-cabinet application.

S2. Ans.(d)

Sol. ICICI Bank, second largest private sector bank in India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding

(MoU) with MUFG Bank, Japan's premier bank for collaboration towards catering to the banking

requirements of Japanese corporates present in India.

S3. Ans.(d)

Sol. Tech entrepreneur and Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has been appointed to the reconstituted

National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) led by National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval.

S4. Ans.(e)

Sol. Indian drama "Pebbles", directed by filmmaker Vinothraj PS, has won the top honour, the Tiger

Award for best film, at the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).

S5. Ans.(b)

Sol. The SKAO telescope will be an array of antennas located in two continents, i.e., Africa and Australia.

S6. Ans.(d)

Sol. Christopher Plummer, a patrician Canadian who starred as widower Captain von Trapp opposite Julie

Andrews in the blockbuster 1965 musical 'The Sound Of Music' and in 2012 became the oldest actor to

win an Oscar, has died at 91.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. The book is written by Dr K.N. Bhandari and focuses on the health and education initiatives.

S8. Ans.(d)

Sol. 14th International Children’s Film festival concludes in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

S9. Ans.(e)

Sol. Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was poised to become the first African and first woman to lead the

embattled World Trade Organization.

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres re-appointed Michael Bloomberg as his Special

Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions.

S11. Ans.(a)

Sol. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has started organising KRITAGYA- a National

level hackathon to promote innovation in agriculture and allied sectors in the country.

S12. Ans.(b)

Sol. In Jharkhand, the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSME wing of the Government of India will

cooperate in setting up industries up to 20 crore rupees in Dhanbad.

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. ONGC to develop India's first Geothermal Field Development

Project in Ladakh.

S14. Ans.(c)

Sol. The celebration this year under the theme #LovePulses for a

healthy diet and planet will be an opportunity to raise awareness

and recognize the contribution of pulses to sustainable food systems

and healthy diets.

S15. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Bangalore International Airport Limited's (BIAL) or

Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru has bagged global

recognition from the Airports Council International World's 'Voice of the Customer' award.

Quiz - 31

S1.Ans.(c)

Sol. The state-owned lender had said it will acquire 49 per cent stake each in BOI AXA Investment

Managers Pvt Ltd and BOI AXA Trustee Services Pvt Ltd.

S2. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), the principal financial institution engaged

in the promotion, financing and development of MSMEs, along with the Confederation of Women

Entrepreneurs of India (COWE) on Tuesday announced the launch of 'Swavalamban Sashakt - MEGA

Campaign'.

S3. Ans.(d)

Sol. Star Health Insurance partners with PhonePe to offer Digital Health Insurance.

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol. ICICI Lombard on launched what it claims to be the first corporate risk index to help businesses

navigate the post-pandemic world.

S5. Ans.(d)

Sol. State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) said it has inked a pact with Indian Oil Corporation to

provide up to ₹2 crore to the oil company's dealers.

S6. Ans.(e)

Sol. HP (Hewlett-Packard) India & National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) have entered into a

pact for providing 'scientifically designed worksheets, content for supporting home learning & Early

Childhood Skill Development of Students' to students across India.

S7. Ans.(a)

Sol. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial

and development work of Chittaura Lake at Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh

S8. Ans.(b)

Sol. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Indian Economic Trade

Organization (IETO) and the Government of Karnataka for working closely to implement the Sustainable

Development Goals in the state with much effective manner and expanding the scope of the sustainable

future.

S9. Ans.(a)

Sol. US, Russia extends nuclear treaty for 5 more years.

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol. The committee, to be headed by former RBI Deputy Governor N S Vishwanathan, will suggest

"effective measures for faster rehabilitation and resolution of Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) and also

assess their potential for consolidation in the sector."

S11. Ans.(b)

Sol. Former India wicketkeeper-batsman Naman Ojha announced his retirement from all forms of cricket,

bringing down curtains on a two-decade-long illustrious domestic career.

S12. Ans.(c)

Sol. Ajay Mathur assumed office as the Director General of the International Solar Alliance (ISA).

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. Indian Astronomers Detect Huge Optical Flare from Super Massive Black Hole.

S14. Ans.(c)

Sol. Theme for Safer Internet Day — 'Together for a better Internet'— tries to highlight risks and

underscores the need for digital safety for all.

S15. Ans.(a)

Sol. National Inventors' Day: February 11, 2021.

Quiz - 32

S1.Ans.(d)

Sol. The book, titled “Tipane Kashmirchi (notes on Kashmir), untold stories”, authored by Arun

Karmarkar

S2. Ans.(b)

Sol. In Assam, the Kaziranga national park has recorded a total of 93 thousand 491 birds as per the latest

census.

S3. Ans.(e)

Sol. Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy conferred Chief Minister of the Year Award by SKOCH Group.

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol. Tamilisai Soundararajan, the Governor of Telangana, has been given additional charge as the

Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry

S5. Ans.(a)

Sol. Ace sprinter Hima Das has been inducted as a Deputy Superintendent (DSP) in Assam Police.

S6. Ans.(d)

Sol. Amazon has partnered Foxconn's Cloud Network Technology to begin producing Fire TV sticks at its

Chennai plant.

S7. Ans.(e)

Sol. Mastercard launches Priceless India to showcase rich heritage to domestic, global travellers.

S8. Ans.(d)

Sol. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched the Pilot Pey Jal Survekshan under Jal Jeevan

Mission- Urban.

S9. Ans.(b)

Sol. West Bengal government launched “Maa” canteens for providing subsidised cooked meals for the

poor and the destitute at a nominal cost of ₹5.

S10. Ans.(c)

Sol. Mastercard and Razorpay to make digital payments more accessible for MSMEs and startups.

S11. Ans.(b)

Sol. India has joined Iran and Russia in a two-day navy exercise dubbed "Iran-Russia Maritime Security

Belt 2021".

S12. Ans.(d)

Sol. The e-commerce company Flipkart has partnered with ICICI Lombard to offer its customers the

'Group SafeGuard' insurance, a group health insurance policy.

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar, inaugurated the

Atal Paryavaran Bhavan at Lakshadweep.

S14. Ans.(b)

Sol. India hosts Workshop on 'COVID-19 Management: Experience, Good Practices and Way Forward'.

S15. Ans.(c)

Sol. Recently Faf Du Plessis retired from test cricket. He played for South Africa.

Quiz - 33

S1.Ans.(c)

Sol. World Pangolin Day is celebrated on the “Third Saturday of February” every year. In 2021, the annual

World Pangolin Day is being celebrated on 20 February 2020.

S2. Ans.(d)

Sol. Bride of the Forest: The Untold Story of Yayati’s Daughter written by Madhavi Mahadevan.

S3. Ans.(d)

Sol. HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank to pick up 9.99% stake each in Ferbine.

S4. Ans.(d)

Sol. Mohamed Bazoum (born 1 January 1960) is a Nigerien politician who is the current president of the

Republic of Niger.

S5. Ans.(e)

Sol. Russian supermodel and philanthropist Natalia Vodianova became a United Nations goodwill

ambassador.

S6. Ans.(a)

Sol. Levi's® announces Deepika Padukone as global brand ambassador.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. AU Small Finance Bank has appointed Sharad Goklani as President & CTO.

S8. Ans.(b)

Sol. Public-sector lender Canara Bank on Monday said its Executive Director Matam Venkata Rao has

been appointed as the new MD & CEO of Central Bank of India.

S9. Ans.(a)

Sol. To facilitate the rural consumers for e-filing, it has been decided to integrate the common service

centres (CSC) with the E-Daakhil portal.

S10. Ans.(d)

Sol. The ship Pralaya arrived in Abu Dhabi to participate in the naval defence exhibition (NAVDEX 21)

and international defence exhibition (IDEX 21), officials said.

S11. Ans.(e)

Sol. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced that UPI AutoPay has now gone live

on Gaana.

S12. Ans.(c)

Sol. State Bank of India has tied up with JPMorgan to use the US bank's blockchain technology to speed up

overseas transactions.

S13. Ans.(b)

Sol. Indian automotive and rail parts maker Omega Seiki announced plans to invest 100 crore rupees to

set up a plant near Dhaka to manufacture electric vehicles.

S14. Ans.(a)

Sol. Social Alpha and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) have joined hands to set up the

Swavalamban Divyangjan Assistive Tech Market Access (ATMA) fund.

S15. Ans.(d)

Sol. Andhra govt to provide Rs 15,000 to upper-caste women under EBC Nestham scheme.

Quiz - 34

S1.Ans.(d)

Sol. Govt to form Centre of Excellence in gaming & other related areas in collaboration with IIT Bombay.

S2. Ans.(d)

Sol. Film won Best Motion Picture – Drama award at the Golden Globe Awards 2021 is The Trial of the

Chicago 7.

S3. Ans.(b)

Sol. India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has upgraded its FY21 credit growth estimates to 6.9 per cent

from 1.8 per cent.

S4. Ans.(e)

Sol. Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) said it has linked a $10.40 million (Rs 75.99 crore) loan

deal with Eswatini (Swaziland) on behalf of the Indian government.

S5. Ans.(c)

Sol. India receives highest ever FDI of over USD 67 billion during April-December 2020.

S6. Ans.(b)

Sol. The World Bank is planning to introduce a $100-million credit guarantee scheme with state bank of

India to boost the rooftop solar programme in India for MSMEs.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. Telangana Grameena Bank, Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank become first RRBs in the country

to launch video-KYC facility.

S8. Ans.(d)

Sol. The government said it has made FASTags mandatory from February 15 midnight and any vehicle

not fitted with it will be charged double the toll at electronic toll plazas across the country.

S9. Ans.(d)

Sol. India to fund NRs 530 million for reconstruction of total 25 health posts in Dhading and

Sindhupalchowk in Nepal.

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Rupee Co-operative Bank Ltd, Pune has been granted extension for its banking licence by the RBI

for further three months.

S11. Ans.(c)

Sol. Public sector Indian Overseas Bank has signed a corporate agency agreement with SBI General

Insurance to retail its insurance products to bank customers.

S12. Ans.(a)

Sol. Reserve Bank of India notified that it has included Fino Payments Bank in the Second Schedule of the

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. Bringing together patients, medical experts, and advocates from around the world, are theme of Rare

Disease Day 2021.

S14. Ans.(a)

Sol. Department of economic affairs secretary, Tarun Bajaj has been given the additional charge of

revenue secretary.

S15. Ans.(c)

Sol. The theme for National Science Day 2021 is "Future of STI: Impacts on Education, Skills, and Work".

Quiz - 35

S1.Ans.(a)

Sol. The Karnataka government launched Engineering Research & Development (Engineering R&D)

Policy to raise its contribution to the sector to 45% in the upcoming five years, reported Money Control.

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. The UN General Assembly designated 2021 the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV).

S3. Ans.(d)

Sol. Private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. will handle the salary account of the Indian army

personnel. The bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Army for salary

accounts.

S4. Ans.(a)

Sol. Nine banks including the State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Bank of Baroda

(BoB) and two non-bank lenders are likely to put in Rs 7,000 crore jointly as initial capital in the

proposed bad bank that aims to help extract funds stuck in non-performing loans.

S5. Ans.(d)

Sol. Edelweiss General Insurance (EGI) has entered into a partnership with electric two-wheeler

manufacturer Okinawa Autotech to provide a comprehensive insurance policy to auto customers.

S6. Ans.(d)

Sol. Glenmark Pharma signs Rohit Sharma as brand ambassador for Candid Powder.

S7. Ans.(b)

Sol. They Made What/ They Found What by Shweta Taneja is a fun flip book which takes us to the

fascinating world of Science, scientists and their inventions.

S8. Ans.(e)

Sol. International Women's Day 2021 theme is 'Choose to Challenge'; history and significance of day.

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. MG George Muthoot, the chairman of Muthoot Group passed away.

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. J-K administration launches ANMOL app under national health mission.

S11. Ans.(d)

Sol. NABARD chairman, G R Chintala has assumed charge as the

chairman of APRACA (Asia Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit

Association).

S12. Ans.(d)

Sol. Indian-American Naureen Hassan, a 25-year veteran of the

financial services industry, has been named as the First Vice

President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Federal Reserve

Bank of New York.

S13. Ans.(c)

Sol. Vinesh Phogat wins gold in Matteo Pelicone Ranking Series,

reclaims number one rank.

S14. Ans.(b)

Sol. ‘Maitri Setu’ or the India-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge, built over Feni river that connects Sabroom

district in south Tripura to Ramgarh in Bangladesh.

S15. Ans.(e)

Sol. A centre of excellence for the dairy sector will be set up in Rajasthan in collaboration with Denmark.