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Table of Contents
General Awareness Questions ............................................................................................................................. 3
Computer Knowledge Questions ...................................................................................................................... 49
General Awareness Answer Keys ..................................................................................................................... 67
Computer Knowledge Answer Keys ................................................................................................................ 68
General Awareness Solutions ............................................................................................................................. 69
Computer Knowledge Solutions ...................................................................................................................... 137
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General Awareness Questions
1. Professor Gopi Chand Narang passed away (5) Mansukh Mandaviya

recently. He was a renowned _____scholar
(1) Urdu 8. Canara HSBC OBC Life has renamed itself as
(2) Sanskrit Canara HSBC Life following the exit of
(3) Odia (1) HSBC
(4) Bengali (2) SBI
(5) Assamese (3) PNB
(4) IOB
2. As per the Global Startup Ecosystem Report, (5) None of the above
which of the following state has the best startup
ecosystem in India? 9. Which of the following nation is not part of the
(1) Kerala I2U2 grouping that is seen in the news recently?
(2) Karnataka (1) India
(3) Tamil Nadu (2) Italy
(4) Maharashtra (3) USA
(5) Andhra Pradesh (4) UAE
(5) Both B and C
3. The books 'Loktantra ke Swar' and 'The
Republican Ethic' have selected speeches of 10. What is India's life expectancy at birth as per
(1) Dharmendra Pradhan the data from the sample registration system
(2) Anurag Thakur (SRS)?
(3) Amit Shah (1) 69.7 years
(4) Ram Nath Kovind (2) 70.1 years
(5) Narendra Modi (3) 71.5 years
(4) 72.6 years
4. How many places did India jump on the World (5) 73.0 years
Competitiveness Index 2022 to rank 37?
(1) 5 11. What is Equitas Small Finance Bank's
(2) 6 exclusive savings account for kids named as?
(3) 7 (1) MyLife
(4) 8 (2) KiddieZone
(5) 9 (3) Enjoi
(4) MySavings
5. Who among the following released the (5) PehlaKadam
'Migration in India 2020-21' report recently?
(1) NITI Aayog 12. India's trade deficit widened to a record
(2) Ministry of Labour and Employment ______in May 2022 as per data released by the
(3) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Implementation (1) $24.29 billion
(4) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2) $6.59 billion
(5) Ministry of Rural Development (3) $20.53 billion
(4) $32.91 billion
6. As per the REN21's renewables 2022 Global (5) $19.87 billion
Status Report, India has added around ______ of
renewable power capacity in 2021, the third 13. RBI in its 'Payments Vision 2025' aims to
highest after China and the United States. increase the number of digital payment
(1) 43.8 GW transactions by more than _____ by 2025.
(2) 55 GW (1) 2-fold
(3) 88 GW (2) 3-fold
(4) 15.4 GW (3) 4-fold
(5) 29.7 GW (4) 5-fold
(5) 6-fold
7. Who among the following inaugurated
Industrial Decarbonization Summit 2022 in New Answer Keys
Delhi? 1. 1 2. 1 3. 4 4. 2 5. 3 6. 4 7. 4 8. 3 9. 2 10. 1
(1) Amit Shah 11. 3 12. 1 13. 2
(2) Narendra Modi
(3) Bhupender Yadav
(4) Nitin Gadkari
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14. Where was UNMESHA International Literature (4) Justice Satish Chandra Sharma
Festival, the largest literature festival in India (5) Justice Rashmin M Chhaya
held?
(1) New Delhi 21. Which of the following won UNESCO's King
(2) Himachal Pradesh Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT
(3) West Bengal in Education for the year 2021?
(4) Kerala (1) CIET
(5) Goa (2) CBSE
(3) KVS
15. RBI raised the Additional Factor of (4) NIOS
Authentication (AFA) limit from _____ to ______ (5) NCTE
per transaction for e-mandates on cards, Prepaid
Payment Instruments (PPIs) and UPI for 22. Which of the following is incorrect about
recurring transactions. 'critical information infrastructure' notified
(1) Rs 2,000, Rs 10,000 recently?
(2) Rs 5,000, Rs 10,000 I.MeitY declared the IT resources of ICICI Bank,
(3) Rs 2,000, Rs 15,000 HDFC Bank and UPI managing entity NPCI as
(4) Rs 5,000, Rs 15,000 'critical information infrastructure'
(5) Rs 5,000, Rs 20,000 II.'Critical information infrastructure' implies any
harm to them can have an impact on timely
16. National Reading Day is celebrated on June processing of funds.
19 in honour of III.Any unauthorised person accessing these
(1) Bharatendu Harishchandra resources may be jailed for up to 5 years.
(2) S. K. Pottekkatt (1) I only
(3) Jyoti Basu (2) I and II
(4) P N Panicker (3) II only
(5) Sage Agastya (4) II and III
(5) I,II and III
17. Pranati Nayak won bronze medal recently at
Asian Championships,making her the only Indian 23. Which country emerged as the top buyer of
to win two medals in the Continental Indian rice during the pandemic?
Championships. She is associated with (1) Indonesia
(1) Acrobatic gymnastics (2) Thailand
(2) Rhythmic gymnastics (3) Vietnam
(3) Artistic gymnastics (4) China
(4) Trampolining (5) Philippines
(5) Tumbling
24. A new species of thick-thumbed bat was
18. Neeraj Chopra won the javelin throw event at discovered from a bamboo forest adjoining
the Kuortane Games in Finland recently. What Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary in
was the distance of his winning throw? (1) Nagaland
(1) 87.69m (2) Sikkim
(2) 85.69m (3) Meghalaya
(3) 84.69m (4) Assam
(4) 86.69m (5) Arunachal Pradesh
(5) 83.69m
25. Project NIPUN is an initiative of the
19. Who launched the historic torch relay for the (1) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
44th Chess Olympiad at Indira Gandhi Stadium in (2) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
New Delhi? (3) Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
(1) Viswanathan Anand (4) Ministry of Labour and Employment
(2) Narendra Modi (5) Ministry of Jal Shakti
(3) M K Stalin
(4) Arkady Dvorkovich 26. Theme of 2022 International Yoga Day is
(5) Anurag Singh Thakur (1) Yoga for Humanity
(2) Yoga for Immunity
20. Who is the current chief justice of Delhi High (3) Yoga for Flexibility
Court? (4) Yoga for Elderly
(1) Justice Vipin Sanghi (5) Yoga for All
(2) Justice Amjad A Sayed
(3) Justice S S Shinde
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Answer Keys 33. Ruchira Kamboj succeeded who among the

14. 2 15. 4 16. 4 17. 3 18. 4 19. 2 20. 4 21. 1 following as India's Permanent Representative to
22. 4 23. 4 24. 3 25. 3 26. 1 the United Nations ?
(1) G I Kumar
27. Which of the following airport was adjudged (2) S K Das
the best in India and South Asia for 4th (3) Neena Malhotra
consecutive year at the Skytrax World Airport (4) T S Tirumurti
Awards? (5) Kumar Tuhin
(1) Kempegowda International Airport,
Bengaluru 34. The issue price of gold under SGB Scheme
(2) Indira Gandhi International Airport,New Delhi 2022-23 Series I has been fixed at ____ .
(3) Chhatrapati Shivaji International (1) Rs 5,091 per gram
Airport,Mumbai (2) Rs 5,071 per gram.
(4) Chennai International Airport,Chennai (3) Rs 5,061 per gram.
(5) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (4) Rs 5,041 per gram.
Airport,Ahmedabad (5) Rs 5,021 per gram.
28. Gustavo Petro recently won the Presidential 35. SEBI has set up an advisory committee
election of chaired by K V Kamath on
(1) Mexico (1) crypto investments
(2) Peru (2) mutual funds
(3) Colombia (3) hybrid securities
(4) Guyana (4) PPF
(5) Bolivia (5) G-sec
29. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Centre for 36. Who among the following introduced 'Dhan
Brain Research and laid the foundation stone for Sanchay' savings life insurance plan?
Bagchi Parthasarathy Multispeciality Hospital at (1) Aviva Life Insurance
(1) IISc, Bengaluru (2) Life Insurance Corporation of India
(2) NIMHANS, Bengaluru (3) Bharti AXA Life Insurance
(3) Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (4) Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance
(4) CMC,Chennai (5) ICICI Lombard
(5) PSG IMSR, Coimbatore
37. Which of the following bank has acquired a
30. Who organised the National Conference on 9.9 per cent stake in Svakarma Finance?
Cyber Safety and National Security? (1) HSBC Bank
(1) Ministry of Home Affairs (2) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(2) SEBI (3) Axis Bank
(3) RBI (4) DBS Bank India Ltd
(4) Ministry of Finance (5) Federal Bank
(5) Ministry of Defence
38. According to 'Gold refining and recycling'
31. Who is the head of the Building Advisory report, India emerged as the 4th largest gold
Committee formed by SEBI recently? recycler in the world by recycling ____ tonnes in
(1) K V Krishna Rao 2021.
(2) B K Katyal (1) 168
(3) Rajiv Mishra (2) 102
(4) K M Soni (3) 75
(5) Jitendra Aggarwal (4) 135
(5) 90
32. Viktor Axelsen defended his badminton men's
singles title at the Indonesia Open. He is from 39. Where was India's first road constructed from
which of the following country? 'Steel Slag' inaugurated recently?
(1) Germany (1) Lucknow
(2) Denmark (2) Pune
(3) Austria (3) Surat
(4) Croatia (4) Raigad
(5) Finland (5) Visakhapatnam
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27. 2 28. 3 29. 1 30. 1 31. 2 32. 2 33. 4 34. 1 (3) 5
35. 3 36. 2 37. 4 38. 3 39. 3 (4) 7
(5) 3
40. Recently, with which of the following did
India re-launch negotiations for free trade 47. India's GSAT-24 satellite launched was
agreement after over 8 years? launched recently. The entire capacity on board
(1) EU is leased to
(2) China (1) Airtel Digital TV
(3) Pakistan (2) Tata Play
(4) Bhutan (3) Sun Direct
(5) Nepal (4) Reliance Digital TV
(5) Dish TV
41. Karnataka's Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai
opened Ikea's large outlet at Nagasandra on the 48. Who was appointed as the new Director
Pune expressway. Ikea is a furniture and home General of the National Investigation Agency
furnishing retailer from recently?
(1) Finland (1) Kuldiep Singh
(2) Sweden (2) Y C Modi
(3) Ireland (3) Dinkar Gupta
(4) Denmark (4) K Vijay Kumar
(5) Poland (5) Pranay Sahay
42. Recently, the World Bank approved a project 49. ICICI Bank launched a digital platform called
worth Rs.1,000 crore in the hilly regions of ________ to help students aspiring to pursue
Uttarakhand.It is related to higher education in India and abroad.
(1) rain-fed farming (1) Campus Power
(2) hilly area horticulture (2) Target Abroad
(3) higher education accessibility in hilly area (3) Campus Dreams
(4) disaster response (4) Overseas Education
(5) power transmission (5) Study Abroad Lounge
43. Khuvsgul Lake National Park is located in 50. Ronaldo Singh is associated with which of the
(1) Russia following sport?
(2) Mongolia (1) Skiing
(3) Ukraine (2) Fencing
(4) Uzbekistan (3) Cycling
(5) China (4) Football
(5) Sepak Takraw
44. Which edition of the exercise IND-INDO
CORPAT was held recently? 51. Who became India's first weightlifter to win a
(1) 38 gold at the IWF Youth World Championships that
(2) 37 was held in Leon, Mexico ?
(3) 36 (1) Moida Ramakrishna
(4) 35 (2) Gurunaidu Sanapathi
(5) 34 (3) Valluri Srinivasarao
(4) Matsa Santoshi
45. Centre's Department of Pension & (5) Soumya Dalvi
Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) has collaborated
with ____to create integrated pension portal. 52. Which airport has become the first airport in
(1) SBI India to run entirely on hydro and solar power
(2) Axis Bank from June 1,2022?
(3) ICICI Bank (1) Mumbai airport
(4) HDFC Bank (2) Chennai airport
(5) Canara Bank (3) Delhi airport
(4) Kochi airport
46. Indian women's wrestling team won Under- (5) Bengaluru airport
17 Asian Wrestling Championship held in
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. They won a total of ____ Answer Keys
gold medals. 40. 1 41. 2 42. 1 43. 2 44. 1 45. 1 46. 2 47. 2
(1) 6 48. 3 49. 1 50. 3 51. 2 52. 3
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59. Which of the following has organized National

53. The World Bank has approved a _______ to Conference on Millets on the theme 'The Future
support India's efforts to modernize rail freight Super Food for India' in New Delhi with the
and logistics infrastructure. support of M/o Food Processing Industries?
(1) USD 230 million loan (1) NABARD
(2) USD 245 million loan (2) NITI Aayog
(3) USD 250 million loan (3) FICCI
(4) USD 255 million loan (4) CII
(5) USD 220 million loan (5) ASSOCHAM
54. Which of the following state/UT is set to host 60. C-DOT has signed an agreement with which
the 2023 meetings of the G20? of the following for collaborative development of
(1) Chandigarh end-to-end 5G Radio Access Network (RAN)
(2) New Delhi products?
(3) Jammu and Kashmir (1) Galore Networks
(4) Maharashtra (2) ETC Networks
(5) Uttar Pradesh (3) Cisco Networks
(4) Juniper Networks
55. India ranked _____in latest FIFA ranking by (5) Dax Networks
jumping______ places.
(1) 106,2 61. Global Liveability Index is released by __
(2) 108,4 (1) Transparency International
(3) 104,2 (2) Economist Intelligence Unit
(4) 105,1 (3) UNDP
(5) 106,3 (4) UNESCO
(5) UN ECOSOC
56. What is the theme of 14th BRICS Summit
2022? 62. What is the peak capacity of India's largest
(1) Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, floating solar power project commissioned by
Consolidation and Consensus Tata Power Solar Systems Limited in Kerala
(2) BRICS: Economic Growth for an Innovative recently?
Future (1) 99.3 Megawatt
(3) Foster High-quality BRICS Partnership, Usher (2) 100.5 Megawatt
in a New Era for Global Development (3) 102.1 Megawatt
(4) Collaboration for Inclusive Growth and (4) 101.6 Megawatt
Shared Prosperity (5) 103.4 Megawatt
(5) BRICS: Stronger Partnership for a Brighter
Future 63. Where was an extremely rare carnivorous
plant,Utricularia Furcellata,found recently?
57. ISRO successfully launched PSLV-C53 with (1) Sikkim
three Singapore satellites onboard on June 30, (2) Uttarakhand
2022.This was the ______dedicated commercial (3) Uttar Pradesh
mission of ISRO's commercial arm NewSpace (4) Meghalaya
India Limited (5) Assam
(1) Seventh
(2) Fourth 64. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)announced
(3) Third an extension of the deadline for card data
(4) Ninth storage and tokenisation implementation from
(5) Second June 30,2022 to _________
(1) August 31, 2022
58. As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and on (2) September 30, 2022
occasion of World Music Day, which of the (3) September 1, 2022
following has organised 'Jyotirgamaya' festival to (4) October 31, 2022
showcase the talent of rare musical instruments (5) October 1, 2022
from across the country?
(1) Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts 65. The first WASP was conducted by the Indian
(2) National Academy of fine Arts Air Force on June 24, with the capstone seminar
(3) Sangeet Natak Akademi held at the Air Force Auditorium in New Delhi.
(4) National School of Drama What does WASP stand for?
(5) Sahitya Academy (1) Water & Airspace Strategy Program
(2) Water & Aerospace Strategy Program
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(3) Warfare & Aerospace Strategy Program (3) Kenya,Portugal

(4) Warfare & Airspace Strategy Program (4) Kenya, France
(5) Welfare & Aerospace Strategy Program (5) India,Kenya
Answer Keys 72. Who has launched the report 'India's

53. 2 54. 3 55. 3 56. 3 57. 5 58. 3 59. 5 60. 1 Booming Gig and Platform Economy' on gig
61. 2 62. 4 63. 2 64. 2 65. 3 economy in India?
(1) NITI Aayog
66. Dhanalakshmi Sekar clocked her personal (2) Ministry of Finance
best time of 22.89s to win the 200m sprint at the (3) Ministry of MSME
Qosanov Memorial 2022 athletics meet recently. (4) Ministry of Labour & Employment
With this she became the ____fastest Indian (5) RBI
woman in 200m.
(1) 2nd 73. Which of the following Indian Navy Ship
(2) 3rd participated in the 22nd biennial, multi-lateral
(3) 4th Rim of the Pacific exercise (RIMPAC-22)?
(4) 5th (1) INS Satpura
(5) 6th (2) INS Sahyadri
(3) INS Shivalik
67. Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Ranji Trophy (4) INS Shankul
title with a six-wicket victory over Mumbai (5) INS Sindhuraj
recently. Mumbai holds the record of winning the
most number of Ranji Trophy titles with 74. Pallonji Mistry passed away recently. He was
____titles. awarded Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his
(1) 39 contribution in the field of
(2) 45 (1) public affairs
(3) 41 (2) sports
(4) 47 (3) industry and trade
(5) 40 (4) social work
(5) science and engineering
68. Which state government has bagged the
second prize in National MSME Award 2022? 75. Eoin Morgan has retired from international
(1) Odisha cricket recently. He represented
(2) Bihar (1) Australia
(3) Haryana (2) South Africa
(4) Andhra Pradesh (3) New Zealand
(5) Tamil Nadu (4) England
(5) West Indies
69. 'Mo Bus' service was named as one of the
recipient of prestigious UN Public Service Award. 76. KK Venugopal was re-appointed as _______
Mo bus is public transport service of for three months.
(1) Rajasthan (1) Attorney General for India
(2) Haryana (2) Advocate General of State
(3) Maharashtra (3) Comptroller and Auditor General of India
(4) Odisha (4) Solicitor General of India
(5) Himachal Pradesh (5) Additional Solicitor General of India
70. Ministry of Education's first-ever school index 77. Which of the following is the third costliest
'Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D)' city in India in terms of both living expenses and
for districts was released. 3 districts from accommodation costs for expatriates,according
____topped the list. to Mercer's 2022 Cost of Living survey?
(1) Rajasthan (1) New Delhi
(2) Haryana (2) Chennai
(3) Bihar (3) Bengaluru
(4) Gujarat (4) Hyderabad
(5) West Bengal (5) Kolkata
71. A 5-day UN Ocean Conference was hosted by

____ and _____.
(1) France,Portugal
(2) Spain,Kenya
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78. According to report titled 'Harnessing Green is the lowest EPF interest rate since 1977-78
Hydrogen: Opportunities for Deep when it stood at ______________.
Decarbonisation in India', by NITI Aayog and (1) 8.2%
RMI, green hydrogen market in India could (2) 8.3%
reach_____by 2050. (3) 8.0%
(1) $350 billion (4) 8.4%
(2) $340 billion (5) 8.5%
(3) $330 billion
(4) $320 billion 85. Whom did India beat to clinch inaugural FIH
(5) $310 billion Hockey 5s championship in Lausanne in
Switzerland?
Answer Keys (1) Poland
66. 2 67. 3 68. 2 69. 4 70. 1 71. 3 72. 1 73. 1 (2) Netherlands
74. 3 75. 4 76. 1 77. 2 78. 2 (3) Canada
(4) Australia
79. Report 'Forecasting Penetration of Electric (5) Belgium
Two-Wheelers in India' by NITI Aayog and TIFAC,
forecast 100 per cent penetration of electric two- 86. Indian American Sowmyanarayan Sampath
wheelers in the Indian market by ____. was appointed as the new CEO of
(1) FY2024-25 (1) AT&T
(2) FY2025-26 (2) Vodafone
(3) FY2026-27 (3) Verizon Business
(4) FY2027-28 (4) Sprint
(5) FY2029-30 (5) Comcast
80. Sandeep Kumar Gupta has been picked to 87. Iga Swiatek won the French Open 2022
head Women's Singles Title. She is from which
(1) HPCL country?
(2) IOCL (1) Denmark
(3) NTPC (2) Poland
(4) GAIL (3) Sweden
(5) CIL (4) Norway
(5) Finland
81. Which is the first country in the Arab world to
have a free trade agreement with Israel? 88. Russia has become India's second-biggest
(1) Kuwait supplier of oil by replacing ___________.
(2) Qatar (1) Iraq
(3) UAE (2) Iran
(4) Saudi Arabia (3) Saudi Arabia
(5) Oman (4) Kuwait
(5) Egypt
82. Tamil Nadu topped the State Food Safety
Index in 2022. Which of the following agency 89. Which of the following state government's
releases State Food Safety Index ? budget proposal has allocated Rs.500 crore for
(1) NITI Aayog Nanda Gaura Yojana, which aims to improve
(2) FAO gender ratio?
(3) FSSAI (1) Uttarakhand
(4) WHO (2) Punjab
(5) All of the above (3) Rajasthan
(4) Gujarat
83. Which of the following companies recently (5) West Bengal
won the contract to build Jewar Airport?
(1) Shapoorji Pallonji Group 90. What were India's highest-ever textiles and
(2) Larsen & Toubro apparel exports that was recorded in the financial
(3) GMR Group year 2021-22?
(4) Tata Projects (1) USD 32.4 billion
(5) DLF (2) USD 25.2 billion
(3) USD 44.4 billion
84. The Government of India recently ratified (4) USD 46.9 billion
8.1% as the EPF interest rate for 2021-22. This (5) USD 57.8 billion
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91. Which of the following nation has developed (4) Ladakh

the Anocovax, an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Delta (5) Meghalaya
(COVID-19) vaccine for animals?
(1) UAE 97. Which of the following countries has recently
(2) India tested its latest hypersonic Zircon missile?
(3) China (1) France
(4) USA (2) Israel
(5) Russia (3) Japan
(4) Russia
92. Which of the following nation has passed (5) India
world's first 'right to repair' law for digital
electronics? 98. Ajay Kumar Srivastava has been appointed
(1) UK as the MD and CEO of which bank in June 2022?
(2) USA (1) Indian Overseas Bank
(3) India (2) Canara Bank
(4) China (3) Punjab & Sind Bank
(5) Italy (4) Union Bank of India
(5) Punjab National Bank
Answer Keys
79. 3 80. 4 81. 3 82. 3 83. 4 84. 3 85. 1 86. 3 99. India's WPI of May shot up to a record high
87. 2 88. 3 89. 1 90. 3 91. 2 of 15.88%. This is the highest in
(1) 25 years
93. Indian Army participated in a Multinational (2) 29 years
Peacekeeping exercise called "Ex Khaan Quest (3) 31 years
2022" featuring participation from military (4) 33 years
contingents from 16 countries. Where was it (5) 35 years
held?
(1) Indonesia 100. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated
(2) Mongolia 'Kranti Gatha', a newly created Gallery of Indian
(3) Japan Revolutionaries inside the underground
(4) Maldives British"era bunker at Raj Bhavan in
(5) USA (1) New Delhi
(2) Mumbai
94. Premium rates for PMJJBY has been revised (3) Bengaluru
to _____ from the earlier premium of 330 rupees (4) Gandhinagar
per annum. (5) Kolkata
(1) 576
(2) 436 101. What is the name of the robot developed by
(3) 675 IIT Madras to clean septic tanks without human
(4) 786 intervention?
(5) 876 (1) RoboSEP
(2) HomoSEP
95. According to the latest update with the SEBI, (3) CleanSEP
which of the following advisory committee will be (4) AISep
chaired by former Deputy Governor of the (5) HumaneSEP
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Usha Thorat?
(1) Advisory committee on Mutual Funds. 102. The 118th meeting of the Permanent Indus
(2) Advisory committee on Corporate Commission (PIC) comprising of Indus
Governance. Commissioners of India and Pakistan was held in
(3) Advisory committee on Capital Market. which city?
(4) Advisory committee on Money Market. (1) Islamabad
(5) Advisory committee on FDI. (2) Kathmandu
(3) Srinagar
96. A staff of researchers from the University of (4) New Delhi
Delhi has found a novel set of fossilised dinosaur (5) None of the above
eggs, with one egg nesting inside the different on
the Dinosaur Fossil National Park. Where is 103. Which of the following Veer Class Missile
Dinosaur Fossil National Park located ? Corvette, an integral part of the Killer Squadron,
(1) Bihar renowned for its heroics in the 1971 war
(2) Uttar Pradesh decommissioned by Indian navy in Mumbai?
(3) Madhya Pradesh (1) INS Nishank
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(2) INS Nihal (4) Both A & B

(3) INS Akshay (5) Both A & C
(4) INS Vikram
(5) INS Viraat 109. Which of the following state government
has released the 'FRUITS' software for farmer
104. Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd, has received initiatives?
approval from SEBI to raise funds through an (1) Kerala
initial public offering (IPO). The proposed IPO (2) Bihar
comprises a fresh issue of ________ shares (3) Karnataka
(1) 1.582 crore (4) Gujarat
(2) 4.582 crore (5) Odisha
(3) 6.582 crore
(4) 7.582 crore 110. Jan Samarth Portal is a one-stop portal
(5) 8.582 crore (1) to access elderly care products
(2) linking government credit schemes
Answer Keys (3) showing real-time data of migrants
92. 2 93. 2 94. 2 95. 1 96. 3 97. 4 98. 1 99. 3 (4) for registering unorganised workers
100. 2 101. 2 102. 4 103. 1 104. 1 (5) to register Lok Adalat cases
105. Which of the following state has recently 111. Ramkrishna Mukkavilli has become the first
launched a "Beach Vigil App" to do a holistic Indian to be recognised by the United Nations
management of beaches? Global Compact (UNGC) as a Global Sustainable
(1) Kerala Development Goal (SDG) pioneer for which of
(2) Karnataka the following work?
(3) Goa (1) E-waste management
(4) Gujarat (2) Soil Management
(5) Odisha (3) Water security
(4) Infrastructure Development
106. According to the Periodic Labour Force (5) Transport Development
Survey annual report for July 2020-June 2021,
what is the Worker population ratio (WPR) in 112. According to the World Investment Report
usual status for persons of all ages in India? 2022, what is India's rank in FDI inflow?
(1) 59.8% (1) 5th
(2) 49.8% (2) 6th
(3) 39.8% (3) 7th
(4) 29.8% (4) 8th
(5) 19.8% (5) 9th
107. Recently, President Ram Nath Kovind 113. Geneva, Switzerland co-hosted the twelfth
addressed the centenary celebrations of Gita WTO Ministerial conference along with_____
Press. Gita Press is located in (1) Kyrgyz Republic
(1) Mumbai (2) Kazakhstan
(2) Varanasi (3) Tajikistan
(3) Gorakhpur (4) Turkmenistan
(4) New Delhi (5) Uzbekistan
(5) Kolkata
114. LinkedIn will invest USD 5,00,000 in
108. Which one of the following is correct with partnership with UN Women to advance women's
respect to the 'Agnipath' scheme', a recruitment economic empowerment. The project will launch
scheme for Indian youth to serve in the Armed a pilot in
Forces, which was recently announced? (1) Kerala
Choose the best option among the following. (2) Tamil Nadu
(1) Once selected, the aspirants will go through (3) Andhra Pradesh
training for six months and then will be deployed (4) Maharashtra
for three and a half years. (5) Telangana
(2) At the end of the four-year period, each
soldier will get Rs 11.71 lakh as a lump sum 115. Which of the following organization has
amount, which will be tax-free. named Indian national Krishna Srinivasan as
(3) Of the total annual recruits, only 33 per cent Director of its Asia Pacific Department?
will be allowed to continue for another 15 years (1) IMF
under permanent commission. (2) World Bank
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(4) UNESCO
(5) UNICEF 122. Haryana has emerged champions in the
fourth edition of Khelo India Youth Games by
116. Where is famous Budddhist Gandan defeating _________.
Monastery complex is located? (1) Gujarat
(1) Japan (2) Kerala
(2) Bhutan (3) Maharashtra
(3) Mongolia (4) Bihar
(4) Myanmar (5) Punjab
(5) Thailand
123. NASA's DAVINCI mission to Venus is
117. Which country hosted the 5th edition of scheduled for launch in which year?
BIMSTEC summit in 2022? (1) 2029
(1) India (2) 2024
(2) China (3) 2025
(3) Japan (4) 2030
(4) Srilanka (5) 2023
(5) Thailand
124. Which of the following states has been
Answer Keys selected by World Health Organization (WHO) for
105. 3 106. 3 107. 3 108. 4 109. 3 110. 2 111. 3 the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Award-2022?
112. 3 113. 2 114. 4 115. 1 116. 3 117. 4 (1) Jharkhand
(2) Rajasthan
118. The United States has announced a funding (3) Haryana
of _____ to top three Indian medical research (4) Punjab
institutions to prevent avoidable epidemics, early (5) Tamil Nadu
detection of disease threats, and rapid and
effective response. 125. What is the amount that has been released
(1) $100 million by the Centre to states for clearing GST
(2) $105 million compensation dues?
(3) $111 million (1) Rs.86900 Crore
(4) Rs.80000 Crore
119. The defence ministry has sealed a contract (5) Rs.66912 Crore
worth Rs 2,971 crore with Bharat Dynamics
Limited (BDL) to purchase which of the following 126. Which of the following became the first zone
air to air missile? in Indian Railways to get the first Registered
(1) Astra Mark-I service provider under the 'Bharat Gaurav"
(2) Barak 8-3 Scheme?
(3) Sagarika-3 (1) Southern Railway
(4) Helina -2 (2) Northern Railway
(5) Prahaar 8 (3) North Central Railway
(4) North Eastern Railway
120. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi (5) Western Railway
inaugurated the headquarters of the Indian
National Space Promotion and Authorisation 127. Rafael Nadal won his ______ Roland Garros
Centre (IN-SPACe) at: title recently by defeating Norwegian Casper
(1) Bopal, Ahemdabad Ruud in the finals.
(2) New Delhi, Bhopal (1) 10th
(3) Mumbai, Ahemdabad (2) 14th
(4) New Delhi, Mumbai (3) 12th
(5) Surat, Chennai (4) 13th
(5) 11th
121. Which of the following nation has recently
released world's 'most detailed' map of Moon? 128. Which of the following statement is/are true
(1) India about the new series of coins with Azadi Ka Amrit
(2) Japan Mahotsav design released recently?
(3) China
(4) US
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A.Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a (4) Seven-member

special series of coins that are also 'visually (5) Six-member
impaired friendly'.
B.The coins of Re 1, Rs 2, 5, 10 and 20 134. Trading portal 'mRube' has announced to
denominations will have the Azadi Ka Amrit offer a quality certification scheme of rubber at
Mahotsav (AKAM) design ___________________________.
C.They are commemorative coins and will not be (1) Rs.1/tonne
part of the circulation. (2) Rs.10/tonne
(1) A and B (3) Rs.100/tonne
(2) A only (4) Rs.150/tonne
(3) B and C (5) Rs.200/tonne
(4) C only
(5) A,B and C 135. In July 2022, Coffee Board has signed an
MoU with __________ to develop climate-
129. Dholera International Airport is a greenfield resistant varieties of coffee crop.
airport project related to which Indian state? (1) ICAR
(1) Gujarat (2) DRDO
(2) Punjab (3) ISRO
(3) Rajasthan (4) NABARD
(4) Haryana (5) TNAU
(5) Maharashtra
136. As per a recent newspaper report, Nokia
130. What was India's rank in 'Digital News has partnered with which institution to set up
Report 2022' published by the Reuters Institute Nokia Center of Excellence in networked
for the Study of Journalism? robotics?
(1) 31 (1) IISc, Bengaluru
(2) 20 (2) IIT Madras
(3) 11 (3) IIT Delhi
(4) 5 (4) IIT Bombay
(5) 15 (5) IIT Kanpur
Answer Keys 137. Recently, Novak Djokovic defeated Nick

118. 4 119. 1 120. 1 121. 3 122. 3 123. 1 124. 1 Kyrgios for his _____ Wimbledon title.
125. 2 126. 1 127. 2 128. 1 129. 1 130. 2 (1) 9th
(2) 5th
131. As per a recent newspaper report, Brajesh (3) 6th
Kumar Upadhyay has been appointed as the (4) 7th
Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of which (5) 8th
organisation?
(1) Goa Shipyard Limited 138. Who won the women's singles title at
(2) Coal India Limited Wimbledon 2022?
(3) GAIL Limited (1) Simona Halep
(4) ONGC (2) Elena Rybakina
(5) HPCL (3) Ons Jabeur
(4) Tatjana Maria
132. Debasish Nanda has been appointed as the (5) Amanda Anisimova
Director (Business Development) of which
organisation? 139. World Population Day is observed on______
(1) Goa Shipyard Limited (1) July 11
(2) Coal India Limited (2) July 10
(3) GAIL Limited (3) July 9
(4) ONGC (4) July 8
(5) HPCL (5) July 12
133. Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recently 140. Where is the Deoghar airport located?
set up a _________________ commission for (1) Jharkhand
carrying out a fresh delimitation exercise of the (2) Bihar
municipal wards in Delhi. (3) Chhattisgarh
(1) Four-member (4) West Bengal
(2) Three-member (5) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Five-member
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'father of ______ in India' passed away recently. India's first carbon-neutral airport?
(1) internet (1) Jammu Airport
(2) telephone (2) Leh Airport
(3) satellite (3) Kargil Airport
(4) artificial intelligence (4) Wayanad Airport
(5) supercomputer (5) Madurai Airport
142. Where was the first-ever 'Artificial 148. Padmashree Enamul Haque who passed
Intelligence in Defence' (AIDef) symposium and away recently was a _________________.
exhibition, organised by the Department of (1) Politician
Defence Production, launched by Defence (2) Music Composer
Minister Rajnath Singh? (3) Actor
(1) New Delhi (4) Archaeologist
(2) Hyderabad (5) Writer
(3) Chennai
(4) Bengaluru 149. Parameswaran Iyer took charge as the CEO
(5) Mumbai of NITI Aayog in July 2022, He replaced
________________.
143. Recently, the CBI, which is India's nodal (1) Amitabh Kant
agency for Interpol matters, joined Interpol's (2) Suman Bery
international child sexual exploitation (ICSE) (3) Sindhushree Khullar
database making India the ______ country to (4) Arvind Panagariya
connect to it. (5) Rajiv Kumar
(1) 65th
(2) 66th 150. Which of the following became the first
(3) 68th state to initiate process of NEP 2020 at Pre
(4) 69th Primary level in July 2022?
(5) 70th (1) Karnataka
(2) Uttar Pradesh
Answer Keys (3) Uttarakhand
131. 1 132. 2 133. 2 134. 1 135. 3 136. 1 137. 4 (4) Bihar
138. 2 139. 1 140. 1 141. 1 142. 1 143. 3 (5) Madhya Pradesh
144. Which has become the first railway station 151. Who among the following became the
in India to be equipped with augmented reality fastest Indian cricketer to take 150 ODI wickets?
screens? (1) Jasprit Bumrah
(1) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (2) Mohammed Shami
(2) New Delhi Railway Station (3) Mohammed Siraj
(3) Howrah Junction Railway Station (4) Umesh Yadav
(4) Sealdah Railway Station (5) Ishant Sharma
(5) Chennai Central Railway Station
152. India ranked 135 out of 146 in Global
145. India's first elevated urban expressway is Gender Gap Index released by WEF, which of the
known as ___________________. following was NOT among the top 5 countries?
(1) Dwarka Expressway (1) Iceland
(2) Mathura Expressway (2) Finland
(3) Badrinath Expressway (3) New Zealand
(4) Somnath Expressway (4) Brazil
(5) Puri Expressway (5) Norway
146. What is the height of the National Emblem 153. Who among the following featured on the
on the roof of the new Parliament Building in 'wall of former chief economists' of the
New Delhi? International Monetary Fund (IMF) in July 2022?
(1) 5.2m (1) Kaushik Basu
(2) 6.5m (2) Amartya Sen
(3) 7.6m (3) Rohini Pande
(4) 9.6m (4) Gita Gopinath
(5) 10.7m (5) Devaki Jain
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154. The first case of monkeypox in India was 160. The first-ever Made-in-India Surgical
reported from Kerala. Monkeypox is caused by Robotic System was installed in Rajiv Gandhi
_______________. Cancer Institute and Research Center in July
(1) Bacteria 2022, the Surgical Robotic System is called
(2) Virus ______________
(3) Protozoa (1) SSI Mantra
(4) Fungi (2) SSI Mitra
(5) Algae (3) SSI Agni
(4) SSI Teja
155. Which of the following company has (5) SSI Gold
developed the world's fastest graphics dynamic
random-access memory (DRAM) chip in July 161. PM Modi inagurated the four-lane
2022? Bundelkhand Expressway in July 2022, what is
(1) Intel the total length of the expressway?
(2) Samsung (1) 150km
(3) HP (2) 196km
(4) Apple (3) 296km
(5) Redmi (4) 250km
(5) 186km
156. In July 2022, Pappankuzhi Village acheived
100% Saturation of Grey Water Management, 162. The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank
the village is in which state? Governors met in Bali under the presidency of
(1) Kerala which country?
(2) Andhra Pradesh (1) India
(3) Karnataka (2) Germany
(4) Tamil Nadu (3) China
(5) Odisha (4) Indonesia
(5) Italy
Answer Keys
144. 1 145. 1 146. 2 147. 2 148. 4 149. 1 150. 3 163. Which of the following became the first
151. 2 152. 4 153. 4 154. 2 155. 2 156. 4 state/UT to have own internet service after
receiving the Internet Service Provider (ISP)
157. Who among the following was awarded the license from the Department of
Icon Award at the London Indian Film Festival Telecommunications?
2022 for his/her contribution to Indian and global (1) Kerala
cinema? (2) Tamil Nadu
(1) Deepika Padukone (3) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Anupam Kher (4) Delhi
(3) Nandita Das (5) Goa
(4) Karan Johar
(5) Dia Mirza 164. India's first e-waste eco park will be set up
in which of the following state/UT?
158. Which of the following has signed an MoU (1) Kerala
with Bank Indonesia to expand cooperation in (2) Delhi
payment systems in July 2022? (3) Maharashtra
(1) RBI (4) Uttar Pradesh
(2) SEBI (5) Bihar
(3) Ministry of Finance
(4) SIDBI 165. In July 2022, who among the following has
(5) NABARD been appointed as the CEO of NSE India
(National Stock Exchange of India Ltd)?
159. The Consumer Affairs Department has set (1) Babita Singh
up a committee under Nidhi Khare to develop (2) Vikram Limaye
comprehensive framework on (3) Nitin Gupta
________________. (4) Ashishkumar Chauhan
(1) Right To Reuse (5) Mahesh Verma
(2) Right To Repair
(3) Right to Recycle 166. In July 2022, P V Sindhu won the Singapore
(4) Right to Rebuy Open by defeating ______________.
(5) Right to Reduce (1) Wang Zhi Yi.
(2) Nozomi Okuhara.
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(3) Carolina Marin. (4) To boot the usage of indigenous technology

(4) Chen Yufei. in CBI
(5) Akane Yamaguchi. (5) To boot the usage of indigenous technology
in NSG
167. Which of the following submarine was
decommissioned after 35 years of service in July 173. NITI Aayog and World Food Program will
2022? launch the 'Mapping and Exchange of Good
(1) INS Sindhudhvaj Practices' initiative for ________________.
(2) INS Sindhuraj (1) Mainstreaming milk intake in Asia and Africa
(3) INS Sindhuvir (2) Mainstreaming millets in Asia and Africa
(4) INS Sindhughosh (3) Mainstreaming rice in Asia and Africa
(5) INS Sindhuvijay (4) Mainstreaming pulses in Asia and Africa
(5) Mainstreaming vegan food in Asia and Africa
168. According to the Reserve Bank of India's
fifth round of Survey on Remittances for FY 174. Jawaharlal Nehru Port has become the first
2021, India gets the highest remittances from major port of the country to become a 100%
which country? Landlord port having all berths being operated on
(1) US the PPP model. As per Lloyds List Top 100 Ports
(2) UK 2021 Report, the port is ranked ___________
(3) UAE out of 100.
(4) Singapore (1) 26
(5) Saudi Arabia (2) 28
(3) 30
169. In July 2022, which state launched the (4) 35
country's first AI-powered digital Lok Adalat? (5) 36
(1) Maharashtra
(2) Gujarat 175. Which of the following state ranked second
(3) Rajasthan in the utilisation of funds under the government's
(4) Kerala flagship Smart City Mission?
(5) Bihar (1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Karnataka
Answer Keys (3) Uttar Pradesh
157. 3 158. 1 159. 2 160. 1 161. 3 162. 4 163. 1 (4) Andhra Pradesh
164. 2 165. 4 166. 1 167. 1 168. 1 169. 3 (5) Maharashtra
170. Which of the following companies has 176. RBI has devised a 4-tier regulatory
acquired a 1.2% stake in Bharti Airtel for $700 framework for Urban Cooperative Banks in July
million in July 2022? 2022, the decision was taken on the
(1) Amazon recommendation of Expert Committee on Primary
(2) Tesla (Urban) Co-operative Banks 2021 headed by who
(3) Reliance among the following?
(4) Google (1) K.V. Kamath
(5) Apple (2) P K Agrawal
(3) N S Viswanathan
171. Which of the following companies is the first (4) M. S. Sriram
to obtain captive 5G spectrum directly to deploy (5) Jyotindra M. Mehta
solutions globally for parent group?
(1) Mahindra & Mahindra 177. Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al Salem has
(2) Infosys been appointed as the Prime Minister of Kuwait
(3) TCS in July 2022, what is the official currency of
(4) L& T Tech Kuwait?
(5) Wipro (1) Kuwait Dollar
(2) Kuwait Pound
172. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi unveiled (3) Kuwait Dinar
the 'SPRINT Challenges' with a aim to (4) Kuwait Rupee
(1) To boot the usage of indigenous technology (5) Kuwait Dirham
in Indian Army
(2) To boot the usage of indigenous technology 178. SBI has launched WhatsApp Banking
in Indian Air force Services in July 2022, which one of the following
(3) To boot the usage of indigenous technology feature is NOT available through WhatsApp
in Indian Navy Banking?
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(1) Check their account summary (5) Sagara Kariyawasam

(2) Open New SBI Account
(3) Get reward points 185. 2022 edition of the Asia Cup will be held
(4) Check outstanding balance in______
(5) Make card payments (1) Sri Lanka
(2) India
179. Which of the following companies has (3) UAE
launched it new app "Viva Engage" to build (4) Bangladesh
community and connection? (5) Saudi Arabia
(1) Google
(2) Meta 186. Who won the Best Actor award at the 68th
(3) Apple National Film Awards?
(4) Microsoft (1) Suriya
(5) Tesla (2) Ajay Devgn
(3) Biju Menon
180. Which of the following state was NOT (4) Both A and B
ranked among the top 5 in the overall ranking in (5) Both A and C
India Innovation Index 2021?
(1) Karnataka 187. Who was recently appointed as CEO of
(2) Tamil Nadu Vodafone Idea?
(3) Telangana (1) Akshaya Moondra
(4) Kerala (2) Ravinder Takkar
(5) Haryana (3) Balesh Sharma
(4) K M Birla
181. E-AMRIT app was recently launched by NITI (5) Gopal Vittal
Aayog. 'I' in E-AMRIT stands for:
(1) Inclusion 188. Where is the 1st Khelo India Fencing
(2) India Women's League scheduled to be held?
(3) International (1) Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi
(4) Ignition (2) Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
(5) Imitation (3) Talkatora Indoor Stadium, New Delhi
(4) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
182. Droupadi Murmu was elected as India's (5) Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad
__________ President in July 2022.
(1) 13th 189. UITP (Union Internationale des Transports
(2) 14th Publics), the International Association of Public
(3) 15th Transport, confirmed the reappointment of
(4) 16th _________ as UITP Secretary General for a new
(5) 17th five-year term.
(1) Khalid Alhogail
Answer Keys (2) Rupa Nandy
170. 4 171. 4 172. 3 173. 2 174. 1 175. 3 176. 3 (3) SÃ©bastien Desmet
177. 3 178. 2 179. 4 180. 4 181. 2 182. 3 (4) Mohamed Mezghani
(5) Eleonora Pazos
183. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
announced the exit of its Second Cohort under 190. Which of the following has found a place in
the Regulatory Sandbox in July 2022, what is the the prestigious India Book of Records for building
theme for Second Cohort of RBI? the country's first steel slag road?
(1) Cross-Border Payments (1) ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel
(2) Retail Payments (2) Tata Steel Ltd
(3) MSME Lending (3) Birla TMT Steel
(4) Prevention and Mitigation of Financial Frauds (4) KISCOL Pvt Ltd
(5) Digital Currency (5) JSW Steel Ltd
184. Who among the following was appointed as 191. ______ of Madhya Pradesh has become the
the new prime minister of Sri Lanka in July first certified 'Har Ghar Jal' district in India.
2022? (1) Betul
(1) Mahinda Rajapaksa (2) Burhanpur
(2) Ranil Wickremesinghe (3) Bhopal
(3) Dinesh Gunawardena (4) Balaghat
(4) Sajith Premadasa (5) Barwani
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Index 2021, India's gross expenditure on Triple Jump Final at the World Championships?
research and development (R&D) is one of the (1) Eldhose Paul
lowest in the world, with just ____ per capita. (2) Praveen Chithravel
(1) $43 (3) Abdulla Aboobacker
(2) $45 (4) Rohit Yadav
(3) $47 (5) Rajesh Ramesh
(4) $49
(5) $44 199. Recently, a Maritime Partnership Exercise
(MPX) was conducted between navy of ________
193. What is the name of mobile banking app and India in the Andaman Sea.
launched by Canara Bank? (1) Italy
(1) Can MobAI (2) Japan
(2) Canara ai1 (3) Australia
(3) CB ai (4) Bangladesh
(4) Canara ai (5) Philippines
(5) Can BankAI
200. The nation marks Income Tax Day on 24
194. Recently, RBI has imposed a monetary July every year. This year marks the
penalty of Rs.57.75 lakh on which of the _____anniversary of the occasion, also called
following small finance bank for non-compliance Aaykar Diwas.
with its directions on "frauds classification and (1) 162nd
reporting by commercial banks and select FIs"? (2) 163rd
(1) Au Small Finance Bank (3) 164th
(2) Capital Small Finance Bank (4) 165th
(3) Suryoday Small Finance Bank (5) 166th
(4) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
(5) Equitas Small Finance Bank 201. The World Drowning day is observed every
year on July 25th, the day was first observed in
195. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) brought which year?
down its FY23 growth forecast for India to (1) 2021
______ from 7.5% percent in April this year. (2) 2020
(1) 7% (3) 2019
(2) 7.1% (4) 2018
(3) 7.2% (5) 2017
(4) 7.3%
(5) 7.4% 202. Recently, The Lok Sabha passed the Indian
Antarctic Bill, 2022, India has how many
Answer Keys operational research stations in Antarctica?
183. 1 184. 3 185. 3 186. 4 187. 1 188. 3 189. 4 (1) 1
190. 1 191. 2 192. 1 193. 2 194. 3 195. 3 (2) 2
(3) 3
196. As per a NITI Aayog Report, India will have (4) 4
a battery storage potential of ________ gigawatt (5) 5
hour (GWh) by 2030.
(1) 600 203. The Central government has amended the
(2) 500 Flag Code to allow people to display tricolour
(3) 400 24X7, the Flag Code was introduced in which
(4) 800 year?
(5) 900 (1) 1956
(2) 1986
197. Olympic Champion Neeraj Chopra clinched (3) 1999
Silver Medal in men's javelin throw final at World (4) 2002
Athletics Championships with a throw of (5) 2012
_________
(1) 88.11m 204. Which of the following states has signed an
(2) 88.12m MoU with World Bank to support the
(3) 88.13m implementation of the Asset Monetization &
(4) 88.14m Recycling Program (AMRP) for the State?
(5) 88.15m (1) Assam
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(3) Odisha (3) Rahul Ramagundam
(4) Punjab (4) Andy Marino
(5) Maharashtra (5) Daman Singh
205. Who among the following has composed the 211. Recently, ONGC signed an MoU with
'Vanakkam Chennai' (Welcome Anthem) for the ________to jointly pursue opportunities in
upcoming International Chess Olympiad, 2022? renewables, green hydrogen, green ammonia,
(1) A R Rahman and other derivatives of green hydrogen.
(2) Anu Malik (1) Adani Green Energy
(3) M M Keeravani (2) Hero Future Energies
(4) Ilayaraja (3) Greenko Pvt Ltd
(5) Vishal Bhardwaj (4) ReNew Power
(5) Azure Power
206. Gross non performing assets(GNPAs) of
scheduled commercial banks(SCBs) fell to a six- 212. Recently, IMF has cut the GDP growth
year low of ____in March 2022 according to the forecast for India for the current financial year by
latest Financial Stability Report of RBI. 80 basis points to _____
(1) 5.9% (1) 7.3%
(2) 7.5% (2) 7.4%
(3) 6.3% (3) 7.5%
(4) 5.3% (4) 7.6%
(5) 6.9% (5) 7.7%
207. World Bank has appointed Indian national 213. Recently, Competition Commission of India
Indermit Gill as its Chief Economist in July 2022, cleared Axis Bank-Citi deal worth ______
who among the following was the first Indian to (1) Rs 12,125 crore
hold the post? (2) Rs 12,225 crore
(1) Raghuram Rajan (3) Rs 12,325 crore
(2) Geeta Gopinath (4) Rs 12,425 crore
(3) Kaushik Basu (5) Rs 12,525 crore
(4) Abhijit Banerjee
(5) Arvind Subramanian 214. Recently, which of the following successfully
delivered indigenously developed Quick Reaction
208. Which of the following recently joined the Fighting Vehicle to Indian Army?
India-led Coalition for Disaster Resilient (1) Mahindra Aerospace
Infrastructure (CDRI) as part of efforts to limit (2) Tata Advanced Systems
damage caused by climate change? (3) HAL
(1) New Development Bank (4) Bharat Electronics
(2) European Investment Bank (5) Dhruva Space
(3) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(4) World Bank 215. As per recent report, Airports Authority of
(5) Asian Development Bank India (AAI) has awarded ______ water
aerodromes under the UDAN scheme across the
Answer Keys country.
196. 1 197. 3 198. 1 199. 2 200. 1 201. 1 202. 2 (1) 12
203. 4 204. 3 205. 1 206. 1 207. 3 208. 2 (2) 13
(3) 14
209. Sweden's Armand Duplantis added a new (4) 15
world record to his pole vault world title by (5) 16
clearing _____ at the World Athletics
Championships 2022. 216. India's Ramsar Sites tally rose to ______ as
(1) 6.21m five more Indian Wetlands got recognition
(2) 6.20m recently
(3) 6.19m (1) 58
(4) 6.18m (2) 54
(5) 6.17m (3) 56
(4) 51
210. "The Life and Times of George (5) 49
Fernandes",released recently, is written by
(1) Seema Mustafa
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217. Recently, which of the following got (4) II and III only
permission from RBI to commence the business (5) III only
of non-banking financial institution?
(1) Sun Pharmaceutical 223. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
(2) Cipla Ltd attended a foreign ministerial conclave of the
(3) Piramal Enterprises Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in
(4) Max Healthcare Tashkent in July 2022, India became a
(5) Abbott India permanent member of SCO in which year?
(1) 2010
218. Union Bank has set up "RACE" goal as part (2) 2011
of its plan to be among top 3 PSBs in India, who (3) 2014
among the following is the MD and CEO of Union (4) 2017
Bank? (5) 2019
(1) S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao
(2) A Manimekhalai 224. Which of the following has become the first
(3) J. Packirisamy state in the country to have dedicated
(4) Hasmukh Adhia semiconductor policy?
(5) Sanjiv Chadha (1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Karnataka
219. Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel (3) Uttar Pradesh
announced his retirement from Formula 1 in July (4) Gujarat
2022, he belongs to which country? (5) Maharashtra
(1) USA
(2) UK 225. The government has signed a programme
(3) Germany agreement with Reliance New Energy Limited,
(4) Russia Ola Electric Mobility Private Limited and Rajesh
(5) UAE Exports Limited under the PLI (Production Linked
Incentive) Scheme for:
220. India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS (1) transportation of medical needs
Vikrant was handed over to Indian Navy in July (2) Improving vehicle quality
2022, the Aircraft carrier was built by (3) ACC (Advanced Chemistry Cell)
(1) Sea Blue Shipyard Ltd, Kochi. (4) Battery Storage
(2) Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi. (5) Both 3 & 4
(3) Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai.
(4) Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam. 226. Which of the following has Topped Rankings
(5) Sembmarine Kakinada Limited, Kakinada. for Most Chosen FMGG Brands in India for the
10th year in a row?
221. International Tiger Day is observed every (1) Amul
year all over the world on July 29, The Govt. of (2) Britannia
India had launched "Project Tiger" in which year? (3) Parle
(1) 1953 (4) Clinic Plus,
(2) 1963 (5) Tata Consumer Products
(3) 1973
(4) 1983 227. Who among the following clinched India's
(5) 1993 1st gold medal of Commonwealth Games 2022?
(1) Mirabai Chanu
Answer Keys (2) Bindyarani Devi
209. 1 210. 3 211. 3 212. 2 213. 3 214. 2 215. 3 (3) Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu
216. 2 217. 3 218. 2 219. 3 220. 2 221. 3 (4) Santoshi Matsa
(5) Punam Yadav
222. Which of the following statement is TRUE
for iDEX (Innovations for Defence Excellence? 228. The fourth Edition of Joint Military Exercise
I. In April 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi AL NAJAH-IV is between contingents of Indian
launched a project named iDEX. Army and ______________
II. iDEX is funded and managed by the "Defence (1) Iran
Innovation Organization" (DIO). (2) Iraq
III. In July 2022, iDEX signed its 100th (3) Jordon
innovation project. (4) Oman
(1) I and III only (5) Saudi Arabia
(2) I only
(3) I, II and III only
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229. PM recently inaugurated 2 big floating solar 235. Who was the winner at the Femina Miss
power projects of NTPC. Ramagundam Floating India 2022 ?
Solar Project (100 MW) in Telangana and NTPC (1) Shinata Chauhan
Kayamkulam Floating Solar Project (92 MW) in (2) Rubal Shekhawat
_________ (3) Sini Shetty
(1) Tamil Nadu (4) Gargee Nandy
(2) Odisha (5) Pragnya Ayyagari
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Kerala 236. Who among the following has been
(5) Karnataka appointed as the Managing Director of National
High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL)
230. Astronomers have for the first time recently?
discovered the heaviest known neutron star, (1) Satish Agnihotri
named as; (2) Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay
(1) Pink panther (3) Rajendra Prasad
(2) Pi (4) Debasish Nanda
(3) Black widow (5) KG Jagadeesha
(4) Orange tree
(5) None of the above 237. Recently, World Bank has approved loans
totalling ________ to fund India's PM Ayushman
231. India's merchandise trade deficit surged to Bharat scheme.
a new high of_______in June. (1) $1.5 billion
(1) $35.2 billion (2) $1.25 billion
(2) $25.6 billion (3) $2 billion
(3) $45.9 billion (4) $1 billion
(4) $54.5 billion (5) $500 million
(5) $14.3 billion
238. PARIMAN is the Geo-Portal for which of the
232. The 58th round OBICUS (order books, following places in India?
inventories and capacity utilisation survey) of (1) Hyderabad
manufacturing companies for April - June 2022 (2) National Capital Region
period was recently launched by _____ (3) Mumbai
(1) RBI (4) Chennai
(2) SEBI (5) Bengaluru
(3) DPIIT
(4) Ministry of Finance 239. G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting 2022 was
(5) CSO held in which place?
(1) Beijing
233. DRDO successfully carried out the maiden (2) Bali
flight of the Autonomous Flying Wing Technology (3) New Delhi
Demonstrator from the Aeronautical Test Range (4) Toronto
in _____ (5) Paris
(1) Chitradurga
(2) Balasore 240. Jasprit Bumrah broke Brain Lara's world
(3) Tandur record for most runs in a single over in test
(4) Pashan match. Bumrah scored _____runs against _____
(5) Ramgarh to break this 19-year old record of Brian Lara.
(1) 29, James Anderson
234. What is the GST revenue collected in June (2) 34, James Anderson
2022 which is the second-highest since the (3) 29, Stuart Broad
inception of GST regime? (4) 34, Stuart Broad
(1) Rs.145634 crore (5) 28, James Anderson
(2) Rs.167540 crore
(3) Rs.153298 crore 241. Which of the following state emerged first in
(4) Rs.144616 crore the first State Ranking Index for National Food
(5) Rs.160467 crore Security Act, NFSA?
(1) Uttar Pradesh
Answer Keys (2) Andhra Pradesh
222. 4 223. 4 224. 4 225. 5 226. 3 227. 1228. 4 (3) Gujarat
229. 4 230. 3 231. 2 232. 1 233. 1 234. 4 (4) Odisha
(5) West Bengal
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242. Former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has Argentina have applied to join the BRICS
been appointed as the Sherpa for G20 Summit. grouping. When did South Africa join the BRICS?
Kant will take over from _______ (1) 2005
(1) Shaktikanta Das (2) 2010
(2) Piyush Goyal (3) 2009
(3) N S Tomar (4) 2008
(4) Suresh Prabhu (5) 2007
(5) Hardeep Singh Puri
249. Which of the following introduced Internet
243. Recently, 2022 NATO Summit was held in Exchanges in Durgapur and Bardhaman in July
___ 2022?
(1) Ontario (1) NITI AAyog
(2) Wales (2) NIXI
(3) Brussels (3) NASSCOM
(4) Madrid (4) COAI
(5) Chicago (5) ASSOCHAM
244. Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 250. The 30th meeting of Northern Zonal Council
30-foot-tall bronze statue of Alluri Sitarama Raju was held in which place in July 2022?
at Bhimavaram in Andhra Pradesh recently. Alluri (1) New Delhi
Sitarama Raju was associated with which of the (2) Srinagar
following? (3) Jaipur
(1) Paika rebellion (4) Chandigarh
(2) Manyam rebellion (5) Shimla
(3) Vellore mutiny
(4) Moplah rebellion 251. Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party is a
(5) Malabar rebellion political party mainly based in which Indian
State?
245. Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi (1) Tamil Nadu
inaugurate the Digital India Week 2022 recently? (2) Kerala
(1) Hyderabad (3) Karnataka
(2) Mumbai (4) Andhra Pradesh
(3) New Delhi (5) Goa
(4) Gandhinagar
(5) Bengaluru 252. 'Spark.NXT' is the new smart campus of
(1) Wipro
246. Recently, PM Modi inaugurated the Golden (2) TCS
Jubilee celebrations of the Agradoot group of (3) Accenture
newspapers. Agradoot is based out of _____ (4) Bosch India
(1) West Bengal (5) Capgemini
(2) Sikkim
(3) Himachal Pradesh 253. Which of the following state was NOT
(4) Assam classified as "top achievers" in the Ease of Doing
(5) Odisha Business ranking according to the Business
Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) 2020 report?
247. Government revamped Banks Board Bureau (1) Andhra Pradesh
(BBB) into Financial Services Institutions (2) Punjab
Bureau(FISB). Who was appointed as the (3) Gujarat
chairman of the FISB? (4) West Bengal
(1) Deepak Singhal (5) Karnataka
(2) Animesh Chauhan
(3) Shailendra Bhandari 254. In July 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
(4) Bhanu Pratap Sharma attended which edition of the "Arun Jaitley
(5) Rajiv Ranjan Memorial Lecture" in New Delhi?
(1) First
Answer Keys (2) Second
235. 3 236. 3 237. 4 238. 2 239. 2240. 3 241. 4 (3) Third
242. 2 243. 4 244. 2 245. 4 246. 4 247. 4 (4) Fourth
(5) Fifth
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host India's "first and largest" citywide Shopping Answer Keys
Festival from January 28 to February 26, 2023? 248. 2 249. 2 250. 3 251. 4 252. 4 253. 4 254. 1
(1) Gujarat 255. 3 256. 2 257. 1 258. 1 259. 2 260. 1
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Delhi 261. Which of the following states emerged as
(4) Goa 'best performer' in the third edition of the State's
(5) Chandigarh Startup Ranking of 2021?
(1) Karnataka, Kerala
256. Which of the following bank has signed an (2) Gujarat, Karnataka
MoU with Indian Air Force to provide specially (3) Gujarat, Kerala
designed products to the defence personnel (4) Telangana, Gujarat
under the bank's flagship scheme of 'Rakshak (5) Tamilnadu, Karnataka
Plus'?
(1) SBI 262. Which of the following nations signed the
(2) PNB Accession Protocols with the NATO recently?
(3) ICICI Bank (1) Sweden and Finland
(4) Axis Bank (2) Norway and Finland
(5) HDFC Bank (3) Sweden and Norway
(4) Denmark and Finland
257. Under Operation 'NARCOS', Railway (5) Sweden and Denmark
Protection Force(RPF) recovered various narcotic
products, including designer drugs, valued at 263. Recently, an indigenous BLDC motor and
over ______last month and arrested 165 people smart controller for e-Rickshaws developed
with Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic by_______ was transferred to M/s Brushless
Substances(NDPS). Motor India Pvt Ltd. for commercial production.
(1) Rs 7.40 crore (1) IIT Bombay
(2) Rs 8.40 crore (2) IIT Delhi
(3) Rs 9.40 crore (3) IIT Roorkee
(4) Rs 6.40 crore (4) IIT Kharagpur
(5) Rs 5.40 crore (5) IIT Kanpur
258. What was the theme for the 8th Edition of 264. What is the amount of Defence exports
Webinar Series 'Igniting Young Minds: from India in 2021-22?
Rejuvenating Rivers', organised by National (1) Rs. 10,000 crore
Mission for Clean Ganga in July 2022? (2) Rs. 11,000 crore
(1) Afforestation (3) Rs. 12,000 crore
(2) Environment (4) Rs. 13,000 crore
(3) Ecology (5) Rs. 14,000 crore
(4) Water Management
(5) Biodiversity 265. Ukrainian Mathematician Maryna Viazovska
is among the 4 winners of the 2022 Fields Medals
259. Shinzo Abe, former Japan Prime Minister, for Mathematics. This makes her the
was assassinated recently. To which political _____woman to win this award.
party did he belong? (1) first
(1) Constitutional Democratic Party (2) second
(2) Liberal Democratic Party (3) third
(3) Japan Innovation Party (4) fourth
(4) Japanese Communist Party (5) fifth
(5) Social Democratic Party
266. India has been elected as a member of the
260. Recently, Union Home Ministry amended the Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO's 2003
Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), now Convention ________for the 2022-2026 cycle.
allowing (1) For International Exchange of Publications
relatives to send ______without informing the (2) Against Discrimination in Education
government. (3) Against Doping in Sport
(1) Rs.10 lakh (4) For Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural
(2) Rs.50 lakh Heritage
(3) Rs.15 lakh (5) On Wetlands of International Importance
(4) Rs.20 lakh
(5) Rs.25 lakh
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Angkasa Pura Aviasi, started operating Medan (5) SBI Capital Markets Limited
airport. Medan airport is in which country?
(1) Bangladesh Answer Keys
(2) Indonesia 261. 2 262. 1 263. 4 264. 4 265. 2 266. 4267. 2
(3) Vietnam 268. 3 269. 4 270. 1 271. 3 272. 1 273. 3
(4) Bhutan
(5) Myanmar 274. The Rs.6000 crore World Bank assisted
central government programme RAMP was
268. As per a recent newspaper report, Water launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and Power Consultancy Services Limited recently. R in RAMP stands for
(WAPCOS) and which organisation signed an MoU (1) Real
for mutual co-operation in power sector? (2) Realising
(1) NTPC Limited (3) Raising
(2) NHPC Limited (4) Revisioning
(3) NPTI (5) Revamping
(4) Indian Renewable Energy Dev Agency Ltd
(5) International Atomic Energy Agency 275. NITI Aayog released the 'Take Home
Ration-Good Practices across the State/Union
269. Where will the National Games be held this Territories' report with
year? (1) FAO
(1) Goa (2) World Food Program
(2) Maharashtra (3) UNDP
(3) New Delhi (4) IFAD
(4) Gujarat (5) Department of Agriculture
(5) Tamil Nadu
276. Who among the following is the current
270. Who inaugurated first-of-its-kind, state-of- Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and
the-art TiHAN facility to develop unmanned Custom (CBIC)?
ground and aerial vehicles in the IIT Hyderabad (1) Vivek Johri
campus recently? (2) Rakesh Asthana
(1) Jitendra Singh (3) Ajit Doval
(2) Rajnath Singh (4) Sunil Arora
(3) Amit Shah (5) Sushil Chandra
(4) Narendra Modi
(5) Ram Nath Kovind 277. 'Mitigation and Management of COVID-19:
Compendium of Ayush-Based Practices from
271. Indian philanthropist Veerendra Heggade Indian States and Union Territories' report was
from ______was one among the four members released by
nominated to the Rajya Sabha. (1) NITI Aayog
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) National Centre for Disease Control
(2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(3) Karnataka (4) WHO
(4) Kerala (5) Ministry of Home Affairs
(5) Telangana
278. Tarun Majumdar passed away recently. He
272. According to EIU's Global Livability Index was a veteran ____filmmaker.
2022,_____ scored the least among Indian cities (1) Hindi
and ranked _____ (2) Gujarati
(1) Bengaluru, 146 (3) Bhojpuri
(2) Delhi, 140 (4) Bengali
(3) Mumbai, 141 (5) Haryanvi
(4) Bengaluru, 140
(5) Delhi, 146 279. Which State/UT has the maximum number
of government-recognised startups according to
273. Recently, Paritosh Tripathi was appointed as the data released by DPIIT in July 2022?
the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (1) Karnataka
of ______ (2) Delhi
(1) SBI Life Insurance (3) Tamil Nadu
(2) SBI Card (4) Maharashtra
(3) SBI General Insurance (5) Gujarat
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280. When is the National Fish Farmers Day (4) CIFRI
observed in India? (5) CFRTI
(1) July 5
(2) July 8 287. 'Udarashakti' is a bilateral exercise between
(3) July 10 Indian Air Force and _______
(4) August 11 (1) Japan Air Self-Defense Force
(5) June 9 (2) Indonesian Air Force
(3) The Republic of Korea Air Force
281. According to the data released by UNCTAD, (4) Royal Malaysian Air Force
___ of Indians owned digital currency in the form (5) The Royal Australian Air Force
of cryptocurrency in 2021.
(1) 3% 288. Union Minister Jitendra Singh has launched
(2) 7% India's first Saline Water Lantern named ____.
(3) 9% (1) Roshni
(4) 10% (2) Prakash
(5) 12% (3) Deepak
(4) Chamak
282. Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of (5) Chirag
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)
for continuation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- 289. National Mineral Development Corporation
Urban (PMAY-U) up to ____. (NMDC) organized a Conference on Indian
(1) 31st October 2024 Minerals & Metal Industry in partnership with
(2) 31st August 2024 ______.
(3) 31st December 2024 (1) CII
(4) 31st December 2023 (2) ASSOCHAM
(5) 31st August 2023 (3) FICCI
(4) Invest India
283. Which Ministry has launched the "SMILE-75 (5) AIOE
Initiative"?
(1) Ministry of Finance 290. In August 2022, India added 11 more
(2) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare wetlands to the list of Ramsar sites to make total
(3) Ministry of AYUSH 75 Ramsar sites covering an area of 13,26,677
(4) Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment ha in the country. Which state has the highest
(5) Ministry of Culture and Tourism number of wetlands now?
(1) Maharashtra
284. In August 2022, India Meteorological (2) Tamil Nadu
Department (IMD), _____ and ______ (3) Rajasthan
announced a new initiative to accelerate climate (4) Odisha
action in 10 states and Union Territories across (5) Uttar Pradesh
the country.
(1) USA, UNEP 291. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala recently died at the
(2) France, UNEP age of 62 in Mumbai, following a cardiac arrest.
(3) Australia, UNDP Rakesh Jhunjhunwala was associated with:
(4) South Korea, IUCN (1) Construction
(5) Japan, UNDP (2) Stock market
(3) Medical science
285. _____ has joined hands with the Council of (4) Film industry
Handicrafts Development Corporations (5) Dance
(COHANDS) to encourage digital inclusion of over
50,000 artisans and weavers in India. 292. Bharti Airtel's shareholders have approved
(1) Flipkart the re-appointment of ___________ as
(2) Amazon India managing director of the company for a period of
(3) Snapdeal five years with effect from February 1, 2023.
(4) IndiaMART (1) Gopal Vittal
(5) Myntra (2) Sashidhar Jagdishan
(3) Aditya Puri
286. Which of the following has developed (4) keki Mistry
vaccine for Lumpy Skin Disease in cattle? (5) Shymala Gopinath
(1) ICAR
(2) ICRISAT
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293. 'SPARK' museum is an initiative by: 299. India gifted Dornier reconnaissance aircraft
(1) IIT Delhi to strengthen maritime security of which country
(2) IIM Ahemdabad on its 76th Independence Day?
(3) ISRO (1) Maldives
(4) NASA (2) Sri Lanka
(5) ASI (3) Myanmar
(4) Iran
Answer Keys (5) Bangladesh
281. 2 282. 3 283. 4 284. 5 285. 2 286. 1
287. 4288. 1 289. 3 290. 2 291. 2 292. 1 293. 3 300. Who among the following was awarded the
France's highest civilian award Chevalier de la
294. The Arunachal Pradesh government named Legion d'Honneur in August 2022?
the under-construction greenfield airport-the (1) Shashi Tharoor
state's third here in the state capital Itanagar as (2) Vikram Seth
"Donyi Polo Airport". It is the _______ airport in (3) Devdutt Pattanaik
north eastern India. (4) Kiran Desai
(1) Tenth (5) Amitav Gosh
(2) Thirteenth
(3) Sixteenth 301. Who among the following became the first
(4) Seventh cricketer to play 600 T20 matches?
(5) Ninth (1) Dwayne Bravo
(2) Kieron Pollard
295. To improve the security of passengers, the (3) Moeen Ali
Indian Railway along with the Railway Protection (4) Faf Du Plessis
Force (RPF), have launched a pan-India (5) Chris Gayle
operation known as:
(1) Surakshit Sukhad safar 302. Recently seen in News, Clade I and Clade II
(2) Operation Surakshit safar is associated with which of the following?
(3) Operation yatri suraksha (1) Variants of COVID
(4) Sukhad Yatra (2) Satellite Launched by ISRO
(5) Surakshit operation (3) Newly found Asteroids in Outer Space
(4) Variants of Monkey Pox
296. The golden joint of the world's highest (5) Distant stars found by the James Webb
Chenab railway bridge was inaugurated Recently. Telescope
Chenab railway bridge is located in:
(1) Uttarakhand 303. First 3D-Printed Human Cornea in India was
(2) Punjab developed by which of the following institutions?
(3) Jammu and Kashmir (1) IIT Delhi
(4) Haryana (2) IIT Hyderabad
(5) Ladakh (3) IIT Madras
(4) IIT Bombay
297. Which of the following countries recently (5) IIT Kanpur
announced the Monument Status For "Delhi
Chalo" Call Site in August 2022? 304. Which of the following banks has launched
(1) Myanmar its first dedicated branch for start-ups in
(2) Bangladesh Bengaluru in August 2022?
(3) Japan (1) Indian Bank
(4) Singapore (2) Punjab National Bank
(5) Germany (3) ICICI Bank
(4) State Bank of India
298. A 7500 Sq. Ft Indian Tricolour Fag was (5) HDFC Bank
displayed by Ministry of Tourism at the banks of
which lake on August 15th, 2022? 305. According to a survey by Ipsos India in
(1) Wular Lake August 2022, which of the following is the second
(2) Dal Lake most trusted institution in India?
(3) Loktak Lake (1) Defence
(4) Pangong Lake (2) Supreme Court
(5) Hussain Sagar Lake (3) Prime Minister Office
(4) RBI
(5) CBI
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for Bima Manthan 2022? (2) Naina Lal Kidwai
(1) Outreach Program by RBI (3) Nithin Kamath
(2) New Insurance Scheme of LIC (4) Monika Halan
(3) Hackathon by IRDAI (5) Ashish Chauhan
(4) Collaborative platform between Insurance
companies and Banks 313. Which of the following has acquired a web
(5) Disinvestment Policies of LIC and app-based networking platform for the
investor community- Multipie in August 2022?
Answer Keys (1) ICICIdirect
294. 3 295. 3 296. 3 297. 4 298. 2 299. 2 300. 1 (2) Zerodha
301. 2 302. 4 303. 2 304. 4 305. 4 306. 3 (3) Kotak Securities
(4) HDFC Securities
307. Which of the following city is set to host (5) SBI Securities
23rd edition of India International Seafood Show
in February 2023? 314. Which of the following sport was recognized
(1) Vishakapatnam by the Maharashtra Government as an official
(2) Panaji sport in state in August 2022?
(3) Chennai (1) Mallakhamb
(4) Kolkata (2) Mud Wrestling
(5) Cochin (3) Lagori
(4) Dahi- Handi
308. Which of the following banks started a new (5) Lattoo
campaign titled 'Vigil Aunty' to encourage people
across the country to practise safe banking 315. Which of the following has become the first
habits? 'Har Ghar Jal' certified Union Territory in August
(1) ICICI Bank 2022?
(2) Indian Bank (1) Jammu and Kashmir
(3) Canara Bank (2) Ladakh
(4) HDFC Bank (3) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
(5) Axis Bank (4) Puducherry
(5) Andaman and Nicobar Island
309. As per government data in August 2022,
how many new routes has been initiated under 316. As of 31st July 2022, National Intellectual
the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme? Property Awareness Mission (NIPAM) has
(1) 145 achieved target of imparting Intellectual Property
(2) 257 (IP) awareness and basic training to ________
(3) 369 students.
(4) 425 (1) Ten Thousand
(5) 551 (2) One Lakhs
(3) 5 Lakhs
310. Which of the following bodies released a (4) 1 Million
book named 'Field Guide, Birds of India' on over (5) 5 Million
1,000 bird species?
(1) NITI Aayog 317. The Financial Services Institutions Bureau
(2) Wildlife Authority of India (FSIB) has recommended Mohammad Mustafa as
(3) Zoological Survey of India the Chairman of NABARD in August 2022, who is
(4) Wildlife Institute of India the current chairman of NABARD as of August
(5) World Wide Fund for Nature 2022?
(1) Ashish Pandey
311. India totally won how many medals in the (2) D.P. Maturia
Commonwealth Games 2022? (3) G.R. Chintala
(1) 51 (4) Kushvinder Vohra
(2) 61 (5) N. K.Yadav
(3) 71
(4) 81 318. Which of the following states has
(5) 41 successfully launched the first flight of drone
service " 'medicine from the sky' funded by the
312. Who among the following is the head of United States Agency for International
advisory committee formed by SEBI on Investor Development (USAID) in August 2022?
Protection and Education Fund? (1) Kerala
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(3) Arunachal Pradesh
(4) Assam 325. Matsya Setu app is associated with which of
(5) Haryana the following?
(1) Viticulture
319. The Statue of Veer Durgadas Rathore was (2) Sericulture
recently unveiled in which state? (3) Fisheries
(1) Maharashtra (4) Agriculture
(2) Madhya Pradesh (5) Horticulture
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Gujarat 326. Which of the following state government
(5) Uttar Pradesh has taken Rs 4000 cr loan from Asian
Development Bank to set up medical colleges in
Answer Keys 12 districts?
307. 4 308. 4 309. 4 310. 3 311. 2 312. 4 313. 1 (1) Maharashtra
314. 4 315. 3 316. 4 317. 3 318. 3 319. 3 (2) Karnataka
(3) Uttar Pradesh
320. London home of who among the following (4) Kerala
will get the prestigious 'blue plaque' honour in (5) Tamil Nadu
August 2022?
(1) Dadabhai Naoroji 327. Who among the following has become the
(2) W C Bonnerjee first Indian woman wrestler to win Gold Medal at
(3) G Subramania Aiyer the Under-20 World Wrestling Championships?
(4) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1) Sonam Malik
(5) Surendranath Banerjee (2) Antim Panghal
(3) Alka Tomar
321. The Cabinet has approved interest (4) Vinesh Phogat
subvention of ________________ on Short Term (5) Anshu Malik
Agriculture Loan upto three lakh rupees in
August 2022. 328. Recently, Government granted GI Tag
(1) 0.5% status to Mithila Makhana of _______.
(2) 1% (1) Jharkhand
(3) 1.5% (2) Uttar Pradesh
(4) 0.25% (3) Bihar
(5) 1.25% (4) Uttarakhand
(5) Chhattisgarh
322. Recently, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
established an office in which of the following 329. Recently, which of the following emerged as
countries to support its defence forces? the second biggest airline by domestic market
(1) Singapore share in August 2022?
(2) Malaysia (1) Airasia India
(3) Philippines (2) IndiGo
(4) Vietnam (3) Vistara
(5) Sri Lanka (4) SpiceJet
(5) Go First
323. Indian Air Force contingent is set to
participate in Exercise Pitch Black, the exercise is 330. Who among the following became 1st
being held in which country? Indian to play in UEFA Women's Champions
(1) New Zealand League in August 2022?
(2) Russia (1) Manisha Kalyan
(3) Australia (2) Grace Dangmei
(4) USA (3) Sanju Yadav
(5) France (4) Ashalata Devi
(5) Bala Devi
324. Ratan Tata launched a companionship
startup that helps senior citizens make friends, it 331. Which of the following banks has signed an
is called as ______ MoU with Food Corporation of India (FCI) to
(1) Fellow Human provide "Ultima Salary Package", a salary
(2) Fellow People account in August 2022?
(3) Good Fellows (1) HDFC Bank
(4) Caregivers (2) ICICI Bank
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(4) Federal Bank (3) Ministry of Women & Child Development
(5) Bank of Baroda (4) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
(5) Ministry of Labour and Employment
332. What is the issue price of per gram in the
Sovereign Gold Bonds 2022-23 (Series -2) 338. Which of the following multinational banks
released in August 2022? signed a USD 96.3-million loan agreement with
(1) Rs. 5,197 GOI to provide safe drinking water and improve
(2) Rs. 5,248 water supply and sanitation services in the state
(3) Rs. 5,369 of Himachal Pradesh?
(4) Rs. 5,421 (1) World Bank
(5) Rs. 5,547 (2) New Development Bank
(3) Asian Development Bank
Answer Keys (4) Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank
320. 1 321. 3 322. 2 323. 3 324. 3 325. 3 326. 1 (5) International Monetary Fund
327. 2 328. 3 329. 3 330. 1 331. 3 332. 1
339. India has nominated "Garba" in August
333. Dr Jitendra Singh launched India's first truly 2022 to be inscribed on UNESCO's intangible
indigenously developed ______________ Fuel cultural heritage list, which of the following was
Cell Bus developed by KPIT-CSIR in Pune in added to World List of Intangible Cultural
August 2022? Heritage in 2021?
(1) Oxygen (1) Pushkar Mela
(2) Solar (2) Durga Puja
(3) Hydrogen (3) Desert Festival
(4) Methane (4) Taj Mahotsav
(5) Ethanol (5) Dhungri Mela
334. Recently, decision was made to name the 340. According to Mercom India Report, In the
Chandigarh International Airport after Shaheed first half of 2022, which state accounted for the
Bhagat Singh, the airport is a Joint Venture highest large scale solar energy installations in
between the governments of _____________ India?
and ______________. (1) Tamil Nadu
(1) Delhi and Punjab (2) Gujarat
(2) Punjab and Haryana (3) Maharashtra
(3) Haryana and Delhi (4) Rajasthan
(4) Punjab and Uttarakhand (5) Karnataka
(5) Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
341. Recently, tribal-dominated Mandla region of
335. Which of the following has become the first _______ became the first fully "functionally
state in India to Distribute Seed to Farmers via literate" district in the country.
Blockchain Technology? (1) Madhya Pradesh
(1) Jharkhand (2) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Tamil Nadu (3) Maharashtra
(3) Maharashtra (4) Karnataka
(4) West Bengal (5) Gujarat
(5) Andhra Pradesh
342. Which of the following state governments
336. The book, "Bibi: My Story" is the launched the 'Vidya Rath-School on Wheels', to
autobiography of who among the following? impart elementary education among
(1) Benjamin Netanyahu economically-challenged children of the society in
(2) Yair Lapid August?
(3) Naftali Bennett (1) Assam
(4) Ehud Olmert (2) Bihar
(5) Ariel Sharon (3) Jharkhand
(4) Rajasthan
337. The National Action for Mechanised (5) Uttar Pradesh
Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) Scheme has
been approved with an outlay of Rs. 360 crore
for four years from 2022-23 to 2025-26. It is a
central sector scheme of which ministry?
(1) Ministry of Rural Development
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343. ICRA has projected India's GDP growth as (4) Tughlaq dynasty
____________________ for the Q1 (April-June) (5) Gupta Dynasty
FY23.
(1) 10% 349. The fourth edition of the India Clean Air
(2) 11% Summit was held in which city in August 2022?
(3) 12% (1) Chennai
(4) 13% (2) Bengaluru
(5) 14% (3) Mumbai
(4) Delhi
344. The 2022 Liberty Medal by US Government (5) Hyderabad
will be awarded to who among the following?
(1) Joe Biden 350. Which of the following bodies released the
(2) Emmanuel Macron Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100?
(3) Narendra Modi (1) NITI Aayog
(4) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (2) Economic Advisory Council of PM
(5) Kamala Harris (3) NASSCOM
(4) MyGov
345. Which of the following is planning to build (5) RBI
India's first education township in the state to
provide high-quality education to the youth and 351. Who among the following won the 28th Abu
equip them with a variety of professional skills in Dhabi Masters in August 2022?
a single place? (1) Arjun Erigaisi
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Nihal Sarin
(2) Kerala (3) Gukesh D
(3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Raunak Sadhwani
(4) Karnataka (5) R. Praggnanandhaa
(5) Gujarat
352. In August 2022, the 38th meeting of the
Answer Keys Joint River Commission (JRC) was held between
333. 3 334. 2 335. 1 336. 1 337. 4 338. 3 339. 2 India and which of the following countries?
340. 4 341. 1 342. 1 343. 4 344. 4 345. 3 (1) Pakistan
(2) China
346. In August 2022, Researchers from which of (3) Bangladesh
the following IIT's have developed an ultrasound- (4) Myanmar
assisted fermentation method to produce a safe (5) Nepal
sugar substitute called "Xylitol" from bagasse,
the residue left after crushing of sugarcane? 353. Who among the following released a book
(1) IIT Guwahati titled New India - a compilation of selected
(2) IIT Madras articles of former Union Minister Arun Jaitley?
(3) IIT Bombay (1) Narendra Modi
(4) IIT Delhi (2) Amit Shah
(5) IIT Kanpur (3) Rajnath Singh
(4) Venkaiah Naidu
347. In August 2022, Prime Minister Narendra (5) Nirmala Sitharaman
Modi inaugurated the Amrita Hospital managed
by Mata Amritanandamayi Math in 354. Which of the following state got its second
_____________________. Railway station on Dhansari-Shokhuvi railway
(1) Hyderabad line after gap of over 100 years?
(2) Faridabad (1) Assam
(3) New Delhi (2) West Bengal
(4) Nagpur (3) Chhattisgarh
(5) Gandhi Nagar (4) Jharkhand
(5) Nagaland
348. Recently, The Anang Tal lake in South Delhi
has been declared a monument of national 355. PM recently inaugurated country's first
importance, Tradition ascribes this tank to a earthquake memorial named as Smriti van
Anang Pal II, who belonged to _____________ situated in:
dynasty. (1) Bihar
(1) Mughal Dynasty (2) Uttarakhand
(2) Tomar Dynasty (3) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Lodi Dynasty (4) Gujarat
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I.Yoddha ,the co-branded RuPay credit card has
356. The 20 th edition of BioAsia, the marquee been introduced by BOB Financial Solutions
life sciences and health tech event, hosted by the Limited (BFSL).
Government of ______ II.It is for Indian Army personnel
(1) New Delhi III.It was introduced in collaboration with NPCI
(2) Tamil Nadu (1) I and II only
(3) Rajasthan (2) I only
(4) Telangana (3) II and III only
(5) Assam (4) I,II and III
(5) II only
357. Recently, Ana Brnabic was appointed for
another term as Prime Minister of ________ 363. Which country recorded the lowest fertility
(1) Serbia rate again recently?
(2) Austria (1) South Korea
(3) Slovakia (2) Singapore
(4) Hungary (3) Macau
(5) Czech Republic (4) Japan
(5) Poland
358. Recently, Ananth Narayan Gopalakrishnan
was appointed as the fourth whole-time member 364. Switch EiV 22, India's first electric double-
of ________ decker bus, is manufactured by_______
(1) RBI (1) Tata Motors
(2) NABARD (2) Ashok Leyland
(3) SEBI (3) Mahindra & Mahindra
(4) NSE (4) Eicher Motors
(5) BSE (5) BharatBenz
Answer Keys 365. Where was the Millet Conclave 2022 held?
346. 1 347. 2 348. 2 349. 2 350. 2 351. 1 352. 3 (1) University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur
353. 4 354. 5 355. 4 356. 4 357. 1 358. 3 (2) Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi
Vidyapeeth,Parbhani
359. Where will the Temple of Vedic Planetarium, (3) Central Agricultural University,Imphal
world's largest religious structure, be (4) College of Agriculture, Pantnagar
inaugurated in 2024? (5) Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University,
(1) Uttar Pradesh Guntur
(2) West Bengal
(3) Gujarat 366. Who took over as President of Indian
(4) Haryana Olympic Association recently?
(5) Uttarakhand (1) Aslam Sher Khan
(2) Adille Sumariwalla
360. In August 2022, it was announced that all (3) Anil Khanna
subsidised fertilisers including urea and DAP will (4) Narinder Batra
be sold under the single brand called ________ (5) Sudhanshu Mittal
(1) Bharat
(2) Rashtriya 367. National Sports Day is observed every year
(3) Maha Urea on August 29th, the day is marked to
(4) Sakthi commemorate the birth anniversary of
(5) Agri Life (1) Milkha Singh
(2) Dhyan Chand
361. "Free Fall: My Experiments with Living" is a (3) Shabbir Ali
self-help memoir of________ (4) Ajit Wadekar
(1) Nambi Narayanan (5) Roop Singh
(2) Subhashini Ali
(3) Sonal Mansingh 368. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the
(4) Mallika Sarabhai foundation stone of the Maruti Suzuki EV Battery
(5) Padma Subrahmanyam Plant with an investment of around Rs 7,300
crores to manufacture Advance Chemistry Cell
batteries for EV in which state?
(1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Gujarat
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(4) Maharashtra (5) Goa
(5) Uttar Pradesh
375. Colin de Grandhomme has announced his
369. Who among the following won India's first retirement from international cricket. Which of
men's doubles medal at World Championships in the following country did he represent?
Tokyo in August 2022? (1) England
(1) Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (2) South Africa
(2) Ajay Jayaram and Kidambi Srikanth (3) Australia
(3) Lakshya Sen and Sourabh Verma. (4) New Zealand
(4) MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila (5) Ireland
(5) Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth
376. Who was the winner of LIVA Miss Diva
370. Who among the following won the F1 Universe 2022 ?
Belgian Grand Prix in August 2022? (1) Pragnya Ayyagari
(1) Max Verstappen (2) Ojasvi Sharma
(2) Lewis Hamilton (3) Divita Rai
(3) Fernando Alonso (4) Eshna Kutty
(4) Sebastian Vettel (5) Bhumika Arora
(5) Charles Leclerc
377. Which of the following government unveiled
371. According to a report by Cushman and a scheme called Mahila Nidhi on Women's
Wakefield released in August 2022, which of the Equality Day to help them sustain their
following Indian cities was NOT ranked among livelihoods?
the top 10 in the Asia Pacific region in the top (1) Odisha
tech hubs list? (2) Rajasthan
(1) Bengaluru (3) Sikkim
(2) Chennai (4) Assam
(3) Delhi (5) Haryana
(4) Ahmedabad
(5) Pune 378. As per the latest SBI Ecowrap report,
India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate
Answer Keys in the April-June quarter of the ongoing fiscal is
359. 2 360. 1 361. 4 362. 4 363. 1 364. 2 365. 1 expected at ____
366. 2 367. 2 368. 2 369. 1 370. 1 371. 4 (1) 11.9%
(2) 16.2%
372. On September 2, who unveiled a new (3) 15.7%
ensign of the Indian Navy at the aircraft carrier (4) 14.2%
Vikrant Commissioning event? (5) 18.3%
(1) Rajnath Singh
(2) Narendra Modi 379. Which of the following has topped the list of
(3) Amit Shah government departments that did not adhere to
(4) Jagdeep Dhankhar Central Vigilance Commission's (CVC) ?
(5) Droupadi Murmu (1) Bank of India
(2) Delhi Jal Board
373. Athletics Federation of India (AFI) (3) SIDBI
announced its partnership with _________ to (4) Railways Ministry
support women athletes in the country, (5) Mahanadi Coalfields Limited
especially youngsters.
(1) HSBC India 380. Who won the Best Actor award at the 67th
(2) SBI Filmfare Awards 2022?
(3) HDFC Bank (1) Vicky Kaushal
(4) ICICI Bank (2) Ranveer Singh
(5) Axis Bank (3) Irrfan Khan
(4) Manoj Bajpayee
374. Indian Coast Guard conducted the 10th (5) Sidharth Malhotra
National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise
(SAREX-2022) in ________ 381. Indian Navy has signed an MoU with which
(1) Kochi of the following to collaborate on aviation
(2) Port Blair research and development, and to ramp up self-
(3) Chennai reliance efforts for the Navy?
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(2) IIT Delhi the nation in August 2022?
(3) IISc Bengaluru (1) Narendra Modi
(4) JNU Delhi (2) Droupadi Murmu
(5) IIT Kanpur (3) N. V. Ramana
(4) Amit Shah
382. Recently, who became India's fastest (5) G. Kishan Reddy
sprinter by running 100 metres in 10.25 seconds
at the All India Inter Railways Athletics 388. Who among the following was named as the
Championships in Raebareli? ICC Men's player of the month for July 2022?
(1) Amlan Borgohain (1) Prabath Jayasuriya
(2) Amiya Kumar Mallick (2) Dimuth Karunaratne
(3) Srinivasa Gowda (3) Ramesh Mendis
(4) S. Vidyasagar (4) Angelo Mathews
(5) None of the above (5) Dhananjaya de Silva
383. Which of the following telecom providers 389. Who among the following won the gold
acquired the spectrum in the 700MHz, 800MHz, medal at the Commonwealth Fencing
1800MHz, 3300MHz and 26GHz bands in the Championship 2022?
auctions conducted by the Department of (1) Khusboorani laishram
Telecommunication in August 2022? (2) C. A. Bhavani Devi
(1) BSNL (3) Bibish Kathiresan
(2) Jio (4) Taniksha Khatri
(3) Vi (5) RS Sherjin
(4) Airtel
(5) Aircel 390. The Competition Commission of India (CCI)
on granted its approval for the acquisition of a
384. In July 2022, the then Vice-President M 50.1% stake of Sanmina-SCI India (SCIPL) by
Venkaiah Naidu presented the prestigious which of the following companies?
President's Colours to which state police? (1) Reliance Industries Limited.
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
(2) Karnataka (3) Infosys Technologies Ltd.
(3) Bihar (4) Wipro Limited.
(4) Rajasthan (5) Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited.
(5) Assam
391. External Affairs Minister participated in
Answer Keys ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers' Meeting in August
372. 2 373. 1 374. 3 375. 4 376. 3 377. 2 378. 3 2022, at which country?
379. 4 380. 2 381. 3 382. 1 383. 2 384. 1 (1) Vietnam
(2) Cambodia
385. Who among the following won the 2022 (3) Thailand
UNESCO Peace Prize? (4) Malaysia
(1) Narendra Modi (5) Indonesia
(2) Emmanuel Macron
(3) Angela Merkel 392. The first SSLV mission "SSLV- D1" carrying
(4) Olaf Scholz EOS-2 and Azaadisat satellites was launched
(5) Joe Biden from which of the following place?
(1) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
386. What is the theme of International Youth (2) Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Day 2022? (3) U R Rao Satellite Centre
(1) Transforming Food Systems: Youth (4) ISRO Propulsion Complex
Innovation for Human and Planetary Health (5) National Remote Sensing Centre
(2) Youth Engagement for Global Action
(3) Youth Involvement in Climate Change 393. The Reserve Bank of India named minority-
(4) Intergenerational solidarity: creating a world dominated regions for banks' priority lending
for all ages schemes in August 2022, it has listed how many
(5) Transforming education districts where the minorities are minimum 25
percent in India?
387. Who among the following released a (1) 25
commemorative Postal Stamp in the honor of (2) 48
Pingali Venkayya during the "TirangaUtsav" to (3) 55
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(4) 121 (1) Indian Oil Corporation Limited

(5) 200 (2) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(3) Bharat Petroleum
394. 106-year-old astronomical observatory at (4) Gas Authority of India
Langat Singh College has been added to the list (5) Reliance Petroleum Limited
of UNESCO's important heritage observatories in
the world, the college is located in which state? 400. Who among the following was named as the
(1) Bihar 2021-22 All India Football Federation's Women's
(2) Assam Footballer of the Year?
(3) West Bengal (1) Manisha Kalyan
(4) Uttar Pradesh (2) Bala Devi
(5) Jharkhand (3) Aditi Chauhan
(4) Dalima Chhibber
395. Indian Navy's women officers have created (5) Sangita Basfore
history after they completed the first-ever all-
women independent maritime reconnaissance 401. Mr. Jagdeep Dhankar was sworn in as the
and surveillance mission in which of the following ______ Vice President of India in August 2022.
place? (1) 16th
(1) Bay of Bengal (2) 14th
(2) Arabian Sea (3) 12th
(3) Indian Ocean (4) 17th
(4) Atlantic Ocean (5) 15th
(5) Pacific Ocean
402. Authorities in India have blocked
396. Who won the Presidential election of Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) game in July
Philippines and swore as the 17th President of 2022, it was blocked under which section of IT
the country? Act, 2000?
(1) Ferdinand Marcos Jr (1) Section 49
(2) Rodrigo Duterte (2) Section 55
(3) Benigno Aquino III (3) Section 69
(4) Gloria Macapagal (4) Section 3
(5) Corazon Aquino (5) Section 6
397. The merger of Zee Entertainment and which 403. Which of the following smart city is the first
of the following companies has been approved by in India to get Google's environmental insights
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National data?
Stock Exchange (NSE) in July 2022? (1) Aurangabad smart city
(1) Eros International Media. (2) Pune smart city
(2) Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited (3) Srinagar smart city
(3) Paytm First Games (4) Kochi smart city
(4) Cinevistas (5) Jabalpur smart city
(5) TV 18 Private Ltd.
404. Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama was
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385. 3 386. 4 387. 4 388. 1 389. 2 390. 1 391. 2 award, it the highest civilian honour of
392. 2 393. 4 394. 1 395. 2 396. 1 397. 2 __________________.
(1) Jammu and Kashmir
398. The Joint military Exercise AL NAJAH -IV (2) Ladakh
between contingents of the Indian Army & the (3) Himachal Pradesh
Royal Army of Oman took place in which of the (4) Uttrakhand
following states in August 2022? (5) Arunachal Pradesh
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Rajasthan 405. The Uttar Pradesh government has
(3) Tamil Nadu appointed which organization as its consultant for
(4) Maharashtra achieving USD 1 trillion state economy?
(5) Kerala (1) Infosys
(2) Deloitte
399. In August 2022, Prime Minister Narendra (3) Wipro
Modi dedicated the 2nd generation (2G), Ethanol (4) Emphasis
Plant in Panipat. The plant has been developed (5) Microsoft
by ________________________.
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its first lunar orbiter, named "Danuri" in August coal supplier in July 2022?
2022? (1) China
(1) Japan (2) USA
(2) South Korea (3) Australia
(3) Bangladesh (4) Russia
(4) China (5) Brazil
(5) Russia
413. India won silver medal in Lawn Bowls
407. Which of the following is the first corporate competition at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
to sign an MoU with National Tiger Conservation It was defeated by which team in the finals?
Authority (NTCA) for transcontinental relocation (1) Scotland
of the 'Cheetah' in its historical range in India in (2) Northern Ireland
August 2022? (3) New Zealand
(1) Indian Oil Limited. (4) Malta
(2) Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited. (5) England
(3) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
(4) Gas Authority of India 414. As per the report "Air Quality and Health in
(5) Bharat Petroleum Cities", which of the following city recorded an
annual average PM2.5 concentration of 110
408. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the microgram per cubic metre, the highest among
____________ Governing Council meeting of Niti the most-populous cities in the world in 2019?
Aayog in August 2022. (1) Beijing
(1) 5th (2) Kolkata
(2) 6th (3) Delhi
(3) 7th (4) Dhaka
(4) 8th (5) Cairo
(5) 9th
415. In August 2022, Monetary Policy Committee
409. Indian Army conducted a 5-day exercise to Increased the policy repo rate under the liquidity
test satellites to ensure their operational adjustment facility (LAF) by _____________
readiness in July 2022, the Exercise was named (1) 10 bps
as ______ (2) 25 bps
(1) SPACEIN (3) 45 bps
(2) SKYLIGHT (4) 50 bps
(3) MOONLIGHT (5) 65 bps
(4) ARMYON
(5) SPACEAY 416. National Handloom Day is observed every
year on August 7, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
410. Who among the following was sworn in as initiated the day in which year?
Central Vigilance Commissioner in August 2022? (1) 2014
(1) Suresh N. Patel (2) 2015
(2) K. K. Venugopal (3) 2016
(3) Rajiv Kumar (4) 2017
(4) Manoj Soni (5) 2018
(5) Rajiv Gauba
417. Microsoft onboarded govt-backed Open
Answer Keys Network of digital commerce in August 2022,
398. 2 399. 1 400. 1 401. 2 402. 3 403. 1 404. 2 ONDC was established by ______
405. 2 406. 2 407. 1 408. 3 409. 2 410. 1 (1) NITI Aayog
(2) MyGov
411. Recently,Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was (3) Department for Promotion of Industry and
sworn in as the______________ Chief Justice of Internal Trade
India. (4) RBI
(1) 47th (5) EXIM Bank
(2) 48th
(3) 49th 418. Whom among the following was recently
(4) 50th appointed as the brand ambassador of
(5) 51th Uttarakhand?
(1) Virat Kohli
(2) Rohit Sharma
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(4) Ravindra Jadeja (4) 4th
(5) Ashwin (5) 5th
419. Prime Minister addressed the 1st-ever 425. Fidel Valdez Ramos, who passed away
national level meet of District Legal Services recently was the former president of which
Authorities (DLSAs) in July 2022, how many country?
DLSA's are there in the country? (1) Thailand
(1) 267 (2) Vietnam
(2) 467 (3) Bolivia
(3) 676 (4) Philippines
(4) 867 (5) Brazil
(5) 1065
426. Serena Williams announced her retirement
420. LinkedIn has signed an MoU with which of from professional tennis in August 2022, she has
the following state governments to boost the won how many grand slams?
employability skill among the youth in the state (1) 12
in August 2022? (2) 23
(1) Kerala (3) 10
(2) Bihar (4) 20
(3) Jharkhand (5) 28
(4) Assam
(5) Tamil Nadu 427. After Asia's richest women Yang Huiyan lost
more than half of her wealth following China's
421. Which of the following satellite is designed property crisis, who among the following became
by the girl students of government schools in Asia's richest women in August 2022?
rural areas of India? (1) Savitri Jindal
(1) Kalam Sat (2) Roshni Nadar
(2) Azaadi SAT (3) Falguni Nayar
(3) STUDSAT (4) Kiran Mazumdar
(4) ANUSAT (5) Nilima Motaparti
(5) Indian SAT
428. In August 2022, which of the following
422. Which of the following states has announced companies has signed an MoU with the
the creation of seven new districts in August Bangladesh Roads and Highways department in
2022? Dhaka for the emergency supply of petroleum
(1) Tamil Nadu goods via Bangladesh territory to India?
(2) Uttar Pradesh (1) Indian Oil Corporation Limited
(3) West Bengal (2) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(4) Bihar (3) Bharat Petroleum
(5) Rajasthan (4) Gas Authority of India (GAIL)
(5) Oil India limited
423. Nallathamby Kalaiselvi was appointed as the
Director General of the Council of Scientific and 429. The Lok Sabha passed the New Delhi
Industrial Research (CSIR) in August 2022, she International Arbitration Centre (Amendment)
replaced who among the following? Bill, in 2022, the center was renamed into
(1) Satyendra Prakash ________
(2) Shekhar Mande (1) International Arbitration Center
(3) Arvind Kumar (2) Indian International Arbitration Center
(4) Suchindra Mishra (3) National Arbitration Center
(5) Siddhartha Mohanty (4) Global Arbitration Center
(5) Union of International Arbitration Centers
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411. 3 412. 4 413. 2 414. 3 415. 4 416. 2 417. 3 430. In August 2022, Janata Dal (United) leader
418. 3 419. 3 420. 1421. 2 422. 3 423. 2 Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the Chief Minister
of Bihar for the ____________ time.
424. Which edition of Vietnam-India Bilateral (1) 4th
Army Exercise "Ex VINBAX 2022" was held at (2) 8th
Chandimandir in August 2022? (3) 2nd
(1) 1st (4) 3rd
(2) 2nd (5) 6th
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424. 3 425. 4 426. 2 427. 1 428. 1 429. 2 430. 2 (1) 2005
(2) 2010
431. Which of the following banks partnered with (3) 2015
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to (4) 2020
launch RuPay credit cards in the Coral variant of (5) 2000
the Bank's Gemstone series?
(1) Axis Bank 437. Which of the following became India's first
(2) SBI Public Sector Bank to go live on new Direct Tax
(3) ICICI Bank Collection System Tin 2.0?
(4) HDFC Bank (1) Indian Bank
(5) HSBC Bank (2) Canara Bank
(3) Bank of India
432. According to a data collated by PGA Labs, (4) State Bank of India
which of the following private sector banks (5) Punjab National Bank
emerged as top market share holders in debit
and credit cards as of June 2022? 438. The Reserve Bank of India has released a
(1) Axis Bank list of 34 entities that are neither authorised to
(2) HDFC Bank deal in forex under which of the following acts?
(3) ICICI Bank (1) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
(4) Kotak Mahindra Bank (2) Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999
(5) Federal Bank (3) SARFAESI-2002
(4) Companies Act, 1956
433. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has (5) Securities and Exchange Board of India Act,
selected which of the following banks for the 'test 1992
phase' of the 'On Tap' application facility for the
theme 'Retail Payments' under regulatory 439. Which of the following has become the first
Sandbox? bank in the country to issue an Electronic Bank
(1) ICICI Bank Guarantee (e-BG) in partnership with National E-
(2) Axis Bank Governance Services Limited (NeSL)?
(3) HDFC Bank (1) State Bank of India
(4) Federal Bank (2) Axis Bank
(5) Kotak Mahindra Bank (3) ICICI Bank
(4) HDFC Bank
434. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has (5) Canara Bank
selected two entities for the 'test phase' of the
'On Tap' application facility for the theme 'Retail 440. Which of the following banks has partnered
Payments' under regulatory Sandbox. The theme with Square Yards to launch the 'Open Doors', a
'Retail Payments' is associated with which Cohort co-branded Home Buyer Ecosystem in
under the Regulatory Sandbox? September 2022?
(1) First Cohort (1) Axis Bank
(2) Second Cohort (2) ICICI Bank
(3) Third Cohort (3) Canara Bank
(4) Forth Cohort (4) State Bank of India
(5) Fifth Cohort (5) HDFC Bank
435. India's largest lender State Bank of India Answer Keys

recently issued additional tier-1 (AT1) bonds 431. 3 432. 2 433. 3 434. 1 435. 3 436. 3 437. 3
worth a total of Rs 6,872 crore at a cut-off of 438. 2 439. 4 440. 1
(1) 6.83%
(2) 9.65% 441. According to the provisional estimates by
(3) 7.75% the Ministry of Statistics & Programme
(4) 4.5% Implementation, the Gross Domestic Product
(5) 8.50% (GDP) of the country for the April-June quarter of
the current financial year grew at ________
436. ESAF Small Finance Bank Ltd launched a (1) 9.5%
'Rainbow Savings Account' exclusively for the (2) 13.5%
transgender community, The Reserve Bank of (3) 10.5%
India in which year directed banks to include a (4) 7.5%
(5) 11.5%
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442. India has surpassed the United Kingdom to (2) Rajgarh
become the world's _______ biggest economy. (3) Narmada
(1) Third (4) Haridwar
(2) Fifth (5) Vishakapatnam
(3) Ninth
(4) Seventh 449. Union transport Minister Nitin Gadkari
(5) Sixth launched India's first electric double-decker bus
at which state/UT?
443. According to the 28th edition of the Status (1) Tamil Nadu
Report on India's External Debt 2021-22, what is (2) Kerala
the external debt of India as of March 2022? (3) Maharashtra
(1) USD 510.5 billion (4) Assam
(2) USD 470.6 billion (5) Gujarat
(3) USD 110.8 billion
(4) USD 620.7 billion 450. Which of the following companies launched
(5) USD 360.3 billion India's first Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) fuelled
green truck manufacture plant in September
444. In September 2022, Cabinet Committee on 2022?
Security (CCS) has approved a development cost (1) Blue Energy Motors
of __________________ for project to develop (2) GreenPower Motor
Tejas Mark 2 multirole fighter jet. (3) Ather Energy
(1) Rs 3,500 crore (4) Hero MotoCorp
(2) Rs 4,500 crore (5) TVS Motor Company
(3) Rs 5,500 crore
(4) Rs 6,500 crore Answer Keys
(5) Rs 7,500 crore 441. 2 442. 2 443. 4 444. 4 445. 3 446. 2 447. 2
448. 4 449. 3 450. 1
445. Ministry of Women and Child Development
will observe the __________ edition of Rashtriya 451. In September 2022, IILM University became
Poshan Maah 2022 across the nation from 1st till India's 1st NEP 2020 compliant Law School, NEP,
30th Sept. 2020 aim to increase the GER to 100% in
(1) 3rd preschool to secondary level by which year?
(2) 4th (1) 2025
(3) 5th (2) 2030
(4) 6th (3) 2035
(5) 7th (4) 2040
(5) 2045
446. INS Vikrant, India's first home-built aircraft
carrier, was formally commissioned in September 452. In September 2022, Union Minister Amit
2022, the warship was built at a cost of Shah chaired the 30th Southern Zonal Council
___________________. meeting, The Southern Zonal Council DOES NOT
(1) Rs. 10,000 crore comprise of which of the following state/UT?
(2) Rs. 20,000 crore (1) Goa
(3) Rs. 30,000 crore (2) Kerala
(4) Rs. 40,000 crore (3) Tamil Nadu
(5) Rs. 50,000 crore (4) Karnataka
(5) Puducherry
447. Which of the following companies has
announced that it is set to build India's first and 453. Which of the following has topped amongst
one of the world's largest Carbon Fibre plants at all Ministries/Departments for resolving Public
Hazira, Gujarat in August 2022? Grievances in the ranking report published by
(1) Tata Group Department of Administrative Reforms and Public
(2) Reliance Industries Grievances for the month of August 2022?
(3) Vedanta Group (1) UIDAI
(4) Adani Group (2) UGC
(5) L & T Group (3) MyGov
(4) Department of Consumer Affairs
448. Which of the following was declared as the (5) Income Tax
best aspirational district in India by NITI Aayog
in August 2022?
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in September 2022 to Support Innovative
Research in ___________________. Answer Keys
(1) Yoga 451. 2 452. 1 453. 1 454. 3 455. 1 456. 3 457. 2
(2) Naturopathy 458. 2 459. 3 460. 5
(3) Ayurveda
(4) Siddha 461. The Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and
(5) Homeopathy Waterways (MoPSW) is planning to build a
National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) at
455. The government has decided to rename the site of the Indus Valley civilization in:
which of the following in the national capital as (1) Punjab
'Kartavya Path'? (2) Rajasthan
(1) Rajpath (3) Uttar Pradesh
(2) National War Memorial (4) Gujarat
(3) Secretariat Building (5) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Amar Jawan Jyoti Lane
(5) Raj Ghat 462. Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology (MeitY) Startup Hub in collaboration
456. India's first intranasal COVID vaccine has with which of the following companies will launch
received the DCGI approval in September 2022, a programme to support and accelerate XR
it was developed by which of the following technology startups across India in September
companies? 2022?
(1) Sun Pharma (1) Amazon
(2) Serum Institute (2) Meta
(3) Bharat Biotech (3) Google
(4) Biocon (4) Infosys
(5) Panacea Biotech (5) Wipro
457. PM addressed the inauguration ceremony of 463. As per National Health Accounts (NHA)
'Kalam no Carnival' Book Fair organised by estimates for India 2018-19 which was released
Navbharat Sahitya Mandir in which city? in September 2022 by the Ministry of Health and
(1) Lucknow Family Welfare, the government's share in total
(2) Ahmadabad health expenditure is ___________________.
(3) Patna (1) 20.6 %
(4) Jaipur (2) 30.6 %
(5) Mumbai (3) 40.6 %
(4) 50.6 %
458. In September 2022, PM Narendra Modi (5) 60.6 %
inaugurated a ______________ statue of Netaji
Subhas Chandra Bose in India Gate. 464. In September 2022, which of the following
(1) 18 ft. became the first academic institute in the
(2) 28 ft. country to join an IBM programme promoting
(3) 38 ft. quantum computing development and research?
(4) 48 ft. (1) IIT Delhi
(5) 58 ft. (2) JNU Delhi
(3) IISc Bengaluru
459. How many Indian Cities were added to the (4) IIT Madras
UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in (5) IIM Ahmadabad
September 2022?
(1) 1 465. In September 2022, The Election
(2) 2 Commission of India has declared how many
(3) 3 Registered Unrecognized Political Parties (RUPPs)
(4) 4 as inactive and barred them from availing
(5) 5 benefits of the Symbol Order, 1968?
(1) 53
460. India's largest rubber dam has been (2) 153
inaugurated in: (3) 253
(1) Uttar Pradesh (4) 353
(2) Uttarakhand (5) 120
(3) Assam
(4) Kerala
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466. Which of the following companies will set up (1) Abhinav Bindra
a $20 bn India semiconductor project with (2) PV Sindhu
Taiwan's Foxconn in Gujarat? (3) Neeraj Chopra
(1) Reliance Industries (4) Manu Baker
(2) TATA Power (5) Sania Mirza
(3) Vedanta
(4) Adani Enterprises 473. Aaron Finch to retire from one-day
(5) L & T Ltd. international (ODI) cricket. Aaron Finch is a
white-ball captain of which country?
467. Which of the following countries is known as (1) New Zealand
the land of the horse, according to the American (2) Australia
Museum of Natural History (AMNH)? (3) England
(1) UAE (4) South Africa
(2) Mongolia (5) Zimbabwe
(3) South Africa
(4) Kenya 474. Who among the following won the Men's US
(5) Libya Open Tennis 2022?
(1) Rafael Nadal
468. Norges Bank has used Ethereum to build (2) Roland Garros
national digital currency, Norges Bank is the (3) Casper Ruud
central bank of which country? (4) Carlos Alcaraz
(1) Norway (5) Daniil Medvedev
(2) Netherlands
(3) Namibia 475. Sri Lankan cricket team won the Asia Cup
(4) France 2022, after defeating which of the following
(5) Switzerland teams in the finals?
(1) India
469. Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system will (2) Bangladesh
make its debut in the age-group competition at (3) Pakistan
the next FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022, (4) Afghanistan
which is slated to be held in _______ (5) Hong Kong
(1) Costa Rica
(2) France 476. NHPC signed an MoU with power trading
(3) Germany major PTC India Ltd for sale of power from
(4) India upcoming the West Seti and Seti River-6 hydro
(5) USA power projects in ____
(1) Bhutan
470. Who among the following has emerged as (2) Myanmar
the champion in the 22nd Dubai Open chess (3) Nepal
tournament? (4) Sikkim
(1) Aravindh Chithambaram (5) Uttarakhand
(2) Gukesh D
(3) Pentala Harikrishna 477. Recently a MOU was signed between
(4) Erigaisi Arjun Wildlife Institute of India and __________ for
(5) Koneru Humpy the Conservation of the Great Indian Bustard and
the Lesser Florican.
Answer Keys (1) China
461. 4 462. 2 463. 3 464. 4 465. 3 466. 3 467. 2 (2) Japan
468. 1 469. 4 470. 1 (3) South Africa
(4) UAE
471. The Subroto Cup is associated which of the (5) Thailand
following sports?
(1) Hockey 478. Inspire Institute of Sports (IIS) and which
(2) Cricket of the following IIT's are developing a cost-
(3) Football effective boxing analytics platform 'Smartboxer'
(4) Badminton to increase India's boxing medal tally at the 2024
(5) Tennis Olympics?.
(1) IIT Delhi
472. Who among the following became the first (2) IIT Bombay
Indian to win the Diamond League (3) IIT Madras
Championship? (4) IIT Kanpur
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field of ___________.
479. In September 2022, HAL-L&T consortium (1) Medical assistance
bagged a contract of __________________ for (2) Disaster management
the end-to-end realisation of five Polar Satellite (3) Education
Launch Vehicles (PSLV). (4) Infrastructure development
(1) Rs. 530 Crore (5) None of the above
(2) Rs. 630 Crore
(3) Rs. 730 Crore 485. Which of the following signed an MoU with
(4) Rs. 830 Crore Indian School of Business to offer Entrepreneurial
(5) Rs. 930 Crore programmes to India's youth in September
2022?
480. Which of the following banks has announced (1) National Institute for Entrepreneurship and
a strategic partnership with Asian Development Small Business Development
Bank (ADB) to support and promote Supply (2) Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship
Chain Finance (SCF) solutions in India in (3) NITI Aayog
September 2022? (4) Both (1) and (2)
(1) ICICI Bank (5) All the above
(2) HDFC Bank
(3) Axis Bank 486. WAAREE has entered into an Agreement
(4) IndusInd Bank with _______ for availing unsecured financing for
(5) Yes Bank solar projects through Surya Shakti Solar Finance
Scheme and providing working capital for
Answer Keys Channel Partners under EDFS (Electronic dealer
471. 3 472. 3 473. 2 474. 4 475. 3 476. 3 477. 4 finance scheme).
478. 3 479. 4 480. 4 (1) RBI
(2) HDFC bank
481. IndusInd Bank has announced a strategic (3) AXIS bank
partnership with which of the following (4) SBI
multinational banks to support and promote (5) PNB
Supply Chain Finance (SCF) solutions in India in
September 2022? 487. Which of the following in collaboration with
(1) World Bank World Resources Institute (WRI) launched the
(2) International Monetary Fund country's first national electric freight platform '
(3) New Development Bank e-FAST India (Electric Freight Accelerator for
(4) Asian Development Bank Sustainable Transport ' India) ?
(5) Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (1) DRDO
(2) DFCCIL
482. Recently, a MOU was signed between (3) Indian Railways
Wildlife Institute of India and the government of (4) IIT Mumbai
UAE for the Conservation of which of the (5) Niti aayog
following animals?
(1) Tiger 488. Which of the following social media
(2) Cheetah platforms has partnered with India Post
(3) Great Indian Bustard Payments Bank to drive financial inclusion in
(4) One Horned Rhino remote cities in September 2022?
(5) Asian Elephant (1) Whatsapp
(2) Youtube
483. Cabinet recently approved the (3) Twitter
Memorandum of Understanding signed on mutual (4) Koo
recognition of academic qualifications between (5) Instagram
India and the United Kingdom and __________
(1) UAE 489. NeGD, MeitY organised 30th Batch of Chief
(2) China Information Security Officers' (CISOs) Deep Dive
(3) Russia Training Programme under:
(4) Northern Ireland (1) Electronic Human Resource Management
(5) Ukraine System (eHRMS)
(2) Next Generation Incubation Scheme (NGIS)
484. Cabinet recently approved signing of (3) National Language Translation Mission(NTLM)
memorandum of Understanding between India (4) Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative
(5) Production Linked Incentive Scheme
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490. Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya virtually appointed as the Chairman and Managing
inaugurated 'Swasth Sabal Bharat' Conclave Director of NHPC in September 2022?
recently. The purpose of the conclave was to (1) Yamuna Kumar Chaubey
discuss the present situation of: (2) Biswajit Basu
(1) Unhygienic sanitation (3) Uday Sakharam Nirgudkar
(2) Unhealthy eating habits (4) Abhay Kumar Singh
(3) Body-organ-eye donation (5) Anuj Kapoor.
(4) Female foeticide
(5) Mental health 497. Recently, Adille Sumariwalla took over as
President of Indian Olympic Association, he
Answer Keys replaced who among the following?
481. 4 482. 3 483. 4 484. 3 485. 4 486. 4 487. 5 (1) Aslam Sher Khan
488. 4 489. 4 490. 3 (2) Anil Khanna
(3) Narinder Batra
491. The government has announced the (4) Pratap Singh
development and up gradation of how many (5) Sudhanshu Mittal
schools across India under the Pradhan Mantri
Schools For Rising India (PM-SHRI) Yojana? 498. Which of the following SC Judge has been
(1) 12,500 recently nominated as Executive Chairman of
(2) 13,500 National Legal Services Authority?
(3) 14,500 (1) DY Chandrachud
(4) 15,500 (2) Sanjay Kishan Kaul
(5) 16,500 (3) S. Abdul Nazeer
(4) Indira Banerjee
492. Ni-kshay Mitra' portal is associated with (5) Uday Umesh Lalit
which of the following?
(1) TB treatment 499. Former footballer _________ has been
(2) School Education elected as the President of the All India Football
(3) Child Health welfare Federation (AIFF)
(4) Women Safety and Empowerment (1) Bhaichung Bhutia
(5) Double Farmers Income (2) Kalyan Chaubey
(3) Manvendra Singh
493. PM Matsya Sampada Yojana completed Two (4) Gopalakrishna Kosaraju
years recently. PM Matsya Sampada Yojana is a (5) N A Haris
scheme under:
(1) Ministry of Justice 500. Who has recently been appointed as the MD
(2) Ministry of Women and Child Development & CEO of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank?
(3) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (1) K V Rama Moorthy
(4) Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry (2) K V Sankarasubramaniam
(5) Ministry of Skill Development and (3) None of them
Entrepreneurship (4) Krishnan Sankarasubramaniam
(5) K V Krishnan
494. Rajesh Kumar Srivastava was appointed as
the interim chairman of which of the following Answer Keys
PSU in India,recently? 491. 3 492. 1 493. 4 494. 4 495. 2 496. 1 497. 3
(1) NTPC 498. 1 499. 2 500. 4
(2) GAIL
(3) OIL 501. Who among the following has been
(4) ONGC appointed as the CEO of Sansad TV in September
(5) SAIL 2022?
(1) Ravi Capoor
495. The Reckitt Benckiser Group has appointed (2) Utpal Singh
Nicandro Durante as its CEO in September 2022, (3) A.A. Rao
he will replace who among the following? (4) Surya Prakash
(1) Mehmood Khan (5) Ganpati Bhatt
(2) Laxman Narasimhan
(3) Jeff Carr 502. Who among the following has been
(4) Chris Sinclair announced as the next prime minister of the
(5) Andrew Bonfield United Kingdom in September 2022?
(1) Rishi Sunak
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(3) Roman Baber appointed as the SAFEMA Appellate Tribunal
(4) Patrick Brown chief?
(5) Pierre Poilievre (1) Allahabad High Court Chief Justice (CJ)
(2) Madras High Court Chief Justice (CJ)
503. Who among the following has been (3) Delhi High Court Chief Justice (CJ)
appointed as the Chairman and Managing (4) Calcutta High Court Chief Justice (CJ)
Director (CMD) of Shipping Corporation of India (5) Bombay High Court Chief Justice (CJ)
in September 2022?
(1) Binesh Kumar Tyagi 510. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi is slated to
(2) Anil Kumar Misra be appointed as the __________________
(3) Pramod Kumar Panda Attorney General for India after KK Venugopal.
(4) Dipankar Haldar (1) 12th
(5) J Murugadas (2) 13th
(3) 14th
504. Who among the following has been (4) 15th
appointed as the next CEO of Starbucks in (5) 16th
September 2022?
(1) John Culver Answer Keys
(2) Howard Behar. 501. 2 502. 2 503. 1 504. 4 505. 2 506. 1 507. 4
(3) Joshua Cooper 508. 3 509. 2 510. 3
(4) Laxman Narasimhan
(5) Mellody Hobson 511. Who among the following has been
appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
505. Who among the following has been and Country Manager of American Express
appointed as the CEO of IndiGo Airline in Banking Corp (AEBC) India in September 2022?
September 2022? (1) Atanu Kumar Das
(1) Sanjiv Kapoor (2) Sanjay Khanna
(2) Pieter Elbers (3) M.N. Srinivasu
(3) Rono Dutta (4) Abhishek Rajan
(4) Dough Parker (5) Sanjay Gupta
(5) Campbell Wilson
512. Who among the following won the 2022
506. Who among the following has been recently Ramon Magsaysay award in September 2022?
appointed as Chairman & Managing Director (1) Bernadette J. Madrid
(Additional Charge) of HMT Limited? (2) Bree Akesson
(1) Pankaj Gupta (3) Harini Amarasuriya
(2) Ajit Kumar Saxena (4) Sylvie Bodineau
(3) R Subramaniakumar (5) Moussa Bougma
(4) Dinesh Kumar Batra
(5) Santosh Iyer 513. Who among the following has been
conferred the honorary rank of Nepal Army
507. In order to support a Chair to conduct General in September 2022?
independent research, Which of the following (1) Manoj Pande
Bank and the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) (2) Abhishek Chauhan
have signed a MoI? (3) R.Hari Kumar
(1) AXIS bank (4) Vivek Ram Choudhari
(2) Kotak Mahindra (5) VR Chaudhari
(3) ICICI bank
(4) HDFC bank 514. Which of the following country has
(5) RBI conferred the prestigious Pingat Jasa Gemilang
(Tentera), or the Meritorious Service Medal
508. Who among the following has been recently (Military), on Admiral Sunil Lanba (Retd), the
appointed as the new UN High Commissioner for former Chief of Naval Staff, Indian Navy?
Human Rights? (1) Bangladesh
(1) Michelle Bachelet (2) Myanmar
(2) Antonio Guterres (3) Sri Lanka
(3) Volker Turk (4) Singapore
(4) Ban Ki-moon (5) Bhutan
(5) Kofi Annan
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since 2019 as per latest data by NCRB. Which of on _____.
the following state had the highest share? (1) December 7
(1) Maharashtra (2) October 9
(2) Karnataka (3) August 15
(3) Tamil Nadu (4) July 10
(4) Uttar Pradesh (5) November 1
(5) Kerala
522. World Physiotherapy (PT) Day is observed
516. The report titled 'Preserving Progress on every year on September 2022, the 2022 day
Nutrition in India: Poshan Abhiyan in Pandemic focused on
Times' was released by which of the following (1) Bone Tumor
organizations/ministries in September 2022? (2) Osteoarthritis
(1) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (3) Brain Health
(2) Ministry of Women and Child Development (4) Accident Care
(3) World Bank (5) Bone Fracture
(4) NITI Aayog
(5) Ministry of Education 523. What is the theme of World Suicide
Prevention Day (WSPD) 2022?
517. India ranked 132nd among _____________ (1) Creating hope through action
countries and territories on the 2021 Human (2) Reflecting the need for collective growth
Development Index (HDI) (3) Rising above desires
(1) 176 (4) Ensuring Mental health
(2) 189 (5) Striving stars through mental wars
(3) 191
(4) 200 524. All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), under
(5) 168 the Ministry of Ayush had launched the Ayurveda
Day 2022 programme in September 2022,
518. Which of the following organizations/bodies Ministry of Ayush was set up in which year?
recently released the handbook on "Safety in (1) 2014
Electrical Installations ' A way forward to Safety (2) 2016
by National Electrical Code of India" ? (3) 2018
(1) NITI Aayog (4) 2020
(2) Ministry of Electronics Information and (5) 2012
Technology
(3) Bureau of Indian Standards 525. The First Homoeopathy International Health
(4) Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Summit held in September 2022 at
(5) NASSCOM (1) New Delhi
(2) Dubai
519. Every year, India celebrates Teachers' Day (3) Hyderabad
on September 5. World Teachers Day is observed (4) London
every year on (5) Toronto
(1) June 5
(2) July 5 526. Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister
(3) August 5 Hardeep Singh Puri participated in the Gastech
(4) October 5 2022 summit in which country?
(5) November 5 (1) Germany
(2) UK
520. The International Day of Clean Air for blue (3) Italy
skies is observed every year on September 7th. (4) Canada
The theme of the year 2022 is (5) UAE
(1) The Air We Breathe
(2) The Air and Us 527. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
(3) The Air for Future Inaugurated the World Dairy Summit 2022 in
(4) The Air We Share Greater Noida, what is the theme of the summit?
(5) The Air and Clean Sky (1) Dairy for nutrition and livelihood
(2) Dairy for the youth
Answer Keys (3) Importance of Dairy during Pandemic
511. 2 512. 1 513. 1 514. 4 515. 2 516. 4 517. 2 (4) Dairy and Healthy Lifestyle
518. 3 519. 4 520. 4 (5) Importance of Dairy on Children
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Sustainable Coastal Management in India was received patent for single-piece 3D printed rocket
held at ___________________. engine in September 2022?
(1) Cochin (1) Skyroot
(2) Panaji (2) Agnikul
(3) Bhubaneswar (3) Dhruva Space
(4) Mumbai (4) Astrogate Labs
(5) Visakhapatnam (5) Bellatrix Aerospace
529. In September 2022, India held a 2 + 2 535. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted
Ministerial Dialogue with which of the following which edition of the National Maritime Search
countries? and Rescue Exercise (SAREX -22) in Chennai?
(1) UK (1) Fifth
(2) Australia (2) Tenth
(3) UAE (3) Sixth
(4) Japan (4) Third
(5) USA (5) Fourth
530. In December 2022, India will assume the 536. Army's Kharga Corps and the Indian Air
Presidency of the G20 for ___________ year(s). Force conducted a joint exercise to showcase
(1) 1 'Gagan Strike' in which of the following
(2) 2 states/UT's in September 2022?
(3) 3 (1) Rajasthan
(4) 4 (2) Odisha
(5) 5 (3) Punjab
(4) Uttarakhand
Answer Keys (5) Himachal Pradesh
521. 1 522. 2 523. 1 524. 1 525. 2 526. 3 527. 1
528. 3 529. 4 530. 1 537. The book, "The India Way: Strategies for an
Uncertain World" is written by
531. ______ is India's first quadrivalent human (1) Amit Shah
papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV) vaccine intended (2) Nirmala Sitharaman
to protect women against cervical cancer. (3) S Jaishankar
(1) Cervarix (4) Rajnath Singh
(2) Gardasil (5) L K Advani
(3) Cervavac
(4) Zydusvac 538. Canadian city Markham has recently named
(5) Gamaleya a street after:
(1) Lata Mangeshkar
532. The Department of Pharmaceuticals has (2) Bappi Lehri
given 'in-principle' approval to which of the (3) Kishore Kumar
following state governments to set up pharma (4) A.R Rehman
parks under the Scheme for 'Promotion of Bulk (5) Hariharan
Drug Parks' in September 2022?
(1) Karnataka 539. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
(2) Maharashtra recently signed a Memorandum of understanding
(3) Assam (MoU) with the Secretary-General of Gulf
(4) Andhra Pradesh Cooperation Council (GCC) on the mechanism of
(5) Tamil Nadu consultations between India and the GCC. Who is
the Secretary General of GCC?
533. The Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (1) Volker T'rk
(IAD) is developed by which of the following (2) Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf
organizations? (3) Ant'nio Guterres
(1) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) (4) Amina Jane Mohammed
(2) Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) (5) None of the above
(3) Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)
(4) U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) 540. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently
(5) ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) inaugurated the 'Centre-State Science Conclave'
in:
(1) Indore
(2) Patna
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(3) Ahemdabad (1) Transportation Sector

(4) Bangalore (2) Energy Sector
(5) Bhillai (3) IT Sector
(4) Education Sector
Answer Keys (5) Health Sector
531. 3 532. 4 533. 1 534. 2 535. 2 536. 3 537. 3
538. 4 539. 2 540. 3 547. India has not joined the trade pillar of the
Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, how many
541. Who among the following won India's First- countries are part of IPEF?
ever Gold Medal at Judo World Championships in (1) 10
August 2022? (2) 12
(1) Avtar Singh (3) 14
(2) Linthoi Chanambam (4) 16
(3) Garima Chaudhary (5) 20
(4) Tombi Devi
(5) Divya Tewar 548. Recently, Union Minister Piyush Goyal
launched "SETU" in USA, it is associated with
542. Former India cricketer Suresh Raina has which of the following?
announced his retirement from all forms of (1) Entrepreneurship and Up-skilling
Cricket. He has played for which of the following (2) Space Technology
IPL teams? (3) Education Scholarship
(1) Royal Challengers Bangalore (4) Defence Exports
(2) Rajasthan Royals (5) Infrastructure Development
(3) Chennai Super Kings
(4) Mumbai Indians 549. The Competition Commission of India has
(5) Sunrisers Hyderabad approved the acquisition of which of the following
payment gateway provider by PayU for $4.7
543. Who among the following has been billion in September 2022?
appointed as the Chancellor of Pune's Deccan (1) Razorpay.
College Post Graduate and Research Institute in (2) Billdesk
September 2022? (3) Paypal
(1) Raghuram Rajan (4) Paytm
(2) Arvind Subramanian (5) Cashfree
(3) Abhijit Banerjee
(4) Bibek Debroy 550. Who among the following has recently taken
(5) AP Jamkhedkar additional charge as Chairman & Managing
Director (CMD) of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat
544. Chess Player, Alireza Firouzja won the ninth Electronics Limited (BEL)?
edition of the Sinquefield Cup in September (1) Pankaj Gupta
2022, the tournament was held in which country? (2) Ajit Kumar Saxena
(1) USA (3) R Subramaniakumar
(2) UK (4) Dinesh Kumar Batra
(3) Italy (5) Santosh Iyer
(4) France
(5) UAE Answer Keys
541. 2 542. 3 543. 4 544. 1 545. 2 546. 2 547. 3
545. The NITI-BMZ Dialogue of Development 548. 1 549. 2 550. 4
Cooperation held in September 2022, is a
dialogue partnership between India and which 551. Which of the following state governments
country? announced the first-ever Cinematic Tourism
(1) USA Policy in September 2022?
(2) Germany (1) Gujarat
(3) China (2) Rajasthan
(4) UK (3) Uttar Pradesh
(5) France (4) Maharashtra
(5) Bihar
546. India's National Security Council Secretariat
(NSCS) and the UK Government in collaboration
with BAE Systems successfully designed &
conducted the Cyber Security Exercise for 26
Countries, what was the theme of the exercise?
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552. Which of the following state government

has launched the Global Startup Challenge ' 559. Recently, Ladakh Lieutenant Governor RK
"VentuRISE" to recognise, reward, and support Mathur virtually inaugurated a 5-day Ladakh
growth stage startups? Screenwriters Fair in _____________.
(1) Tamil Nadu (1) Kargil
(2) Karnataka (2) Padum
(3) Maharashtra (3) Leh
(4) Uttar Pradesh (4) Turtuk
(5) Jharkhand (5) Karu
553. Which of the following states organised the 560. In September 2022, SEBI has restructured
Naga Mircha Festival in September 2022? its high-level panel on cyber security, who
(1) Assam among the following is the chairperson of SEBI's
(2) Manipur Cyber security committee?
(3) Meghalaya (1) Sandeep Shukla
(4) Nagaland (2) Debdeep Mukhopadhyay
(5) Tripura (3) Navin Kumar Singh
(4) Sanjay Bahl
554. Raja Mircha or the 'king chili' of which state (5) Sugata Gangopadhyay
was given the GI tag?
(1) Assam Answer Keys
(2) Manipur 551. 1 552. 2 553. 4 554. 4 555. 1 556. 1 557. 3
(3) Meghalaya 558. 4 559. 3 560. 3
(4) Nagaland
(5) Tripura 561. Government has sets up a committee under
the chairmanship of Kirit Parikh for which of the
555. Which of the following state has built the following purpose?
first modified bio-village in the country with the (1) Fixing Agricultural Price
use of eco-friendly technology? (2) Moderate Gas price
(1) Tripura (3) Improve Investment in India
(2) Jharkhand (4) Monkey Pox
(3) Bihar (5) COVID- 19 data of India
(4) Uttar Pradesh
(5) Assam 562. Tata Motors recently completed the
acquisition of its partner Marcopolo SA's stake in
556. As of September 2022, Which of the their joint venture Tata Motors Marcopolo
following states in India has largest number of Ltd(TMML) leading to TMML becoming a wholly-
lakes developed under the Mission Amrit owned subsidiary of Tata Motors. Marcopolo SA is
Sarovar? a manufacturer based out of ________
(1) Uttar Pradesh (1) France
(2) Madhya Pradesh (2) Germany
(3) Kerala (3) Brazil
(4) Rajasthan (4) Portugal
(5) Tamil Nadu (5) Italy
557. President Droupadi Murmu recently 563. Each year, India celebrates National
nominated Gulam Ali from ________ to Rajya Nutrition Week (NNW) from September 1 to
Sabha. September 7. The theme for this year is _______
(1) Uttar Pradesh (1) Celebrate a World of Flavors
(2) Hyderabad (2) Feeding Smart Right from the Start
(3) Jammu and Kashmir (3) Eat Right, Bite by Bite
(4) Punjab (4) Healthy Diets
(5) Rajasthan (5) Go Further with Food
558. India's first-ever "Night Sky Sanctuary" to 564. Which of the following airline recently joined
be set up in: the WEF Sustainability Campaign 'Clear Skies for
(1) Sikkim Tomorrow'?
(2) Assam (1) SpiceJet
(3) Himachal Pradesh (2) Air India
(4) Ladakh (3) Akasa Air
(5) Daman and Diu (4) IndiGo
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(5) Go First (4) Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut

(5) None of the above
565. Recently, the Union Cabinet approved the
proposal of the Environment, Forest, and Climate 570. On September 5, 2022, a new I-STEM
Change Ministry for signing an MoU with the (Indian Science Technology and Engineering
Government of _______on biodiversity facilities Map) initiative called __________ was
conservation. launched by Dr. Parvinder Maini, Scientific
(1) Nepal Secretary, Office of the Principal Scientific
(2) Sri Lanka Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India (GoI)
(3) Maldives (1) Women in Engineering, Science, and
(4) Indonesia Technology (WEST)
(5) Cambodia (2) Welfare of Engineering, Science, and
Technology (WEST)
566. India's largest integrated power producer (3) Wings for Engineering, Science, and
NTPC has recently acquired____________ Technology (WEST)
through Corporate Insolvency Resolution (4) Westernisation in Engineering, Science, and
Process. Technology (WEST)
(1) South East U.P. Power Transmission (5) None of the above
Company Ltd.
(2) Jhabua Power Limited (JPL) 571. Which of the following recently organized
(3) Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd. first-ever Consultation for transwomen;
(UPPCL) 'Inclusion Amplified, Transwomen in India:
(4) JSW Energy Limited Problems & Prospects' ?
(5) Torrent Power (1) WHO
(2) Redcross
567. Indian Railways has recently unveiled a Rs (3) Oxfam international
4,700 crore plan to redevelop _________ (4) National Commission for Women
(1) New Delhi Railway Station (5) Ministry of labour
(2) Agra Railway Station
(3) Mumbai Railway Station 572. Who among the following has recently
(4) Lucknow Railway Station selected for the post of Chairman & Managing
(5) Kolkata Railway Station Director of "A' Miniratna Category-I Company,
MOIL Limited.
568. The MIT-led Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource (1) Pankaj Gupta
Utilization Experiment, or MOXIE, has been (2) Ajit Kumar Saxena
successfully making oxygen from the Red (3) R Subramaniakumar
Planet's ___________ rich atmosphere since (4) Dinesh Kumar Batra
April 2021. (5) Santosh Iyer
(1) Nitrogen
(2) Sulphur 573. 'Exercise Parvat Prahar' was held in which
(3) Hygrogen of the following states/UT's in September 2022?
(4) Carbon monoxide (1) Ladakh
(5) Carbon dioxide (2) Himachal Pradesh
(3) Assam
569. India's First RRTS Corridor To Have App- (4) Mizoram
Based Ticketing System Without Tokens. This will (5) Jammu and Kashmir
be introduced on its ___________ corridor
(1) Kanpur-Meerut Answer Keys
(2) Lucknow-Agra 561. 2 562. 3 563. 1 564. 4 565. 1 566. 2 567. 1
(3) Yamuna expressway 568. 5 569. 4 570. 1 571. 4 572. 2 573. 1
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Computer Knowledge Questions
1. A __________ is an online journal where an (4) Print Margin

individual, group, or corporation presents a (5) None of the above
record of activities, thoughts, or beliefs.
(1) Blog 8. Which of the following is the foundation of the
(2) Website World Wide Web, and is used to load web pages
(3) Portal using hypertext links?
(4) WordPress (1) FTP
(5) None of the above (2) SMTP
(3) HTTP
2. What does ‘Cloud’ refer to in Cloud (4) HTML
Computing? (5) None of the above
(1) The Internet
(2) The User 9. Which of the following shortcuts is used to
(3) The Service enter the current date in MS Excel?
(4) The Protocol (1) Ctrl+Shift+:
(5) None of the above (2) Ctrl+;
(3) Ctrl+Spacebar
3. What is a Firewall? (4) Shift+Spacebar
(1) Antivirus software (5) None of the above
(2) Virus Definition Database
(3) Network security device 10. If you want to add a bookmark in MS Word,
(4) Edge Computing device which tab should you go to?
(5) None of the above (1) Home Tab
(2) File Tab
4. Which of the following in MS Excel indicates a (3) Insert Tab
comment in a cell? (4) Design Tab
(1) A red border on all sides of the cell (5) None of the above
(2) A small yellow rectangular box at the right
corner of the cell Answer Keys
(3) A small red circle at the right corner of the 1. 1 2. 1 3. 3 4. 4 5. 2 6. 2 7. 1 8. 3 9. 2 10. 3
cell
(4) An inverted small red triangle at the right 11. What does the EVEN function in MS Excel do?
corner of the cell (1) Filters only even numbers in a range
(5) None of the above (2) Adds only even numbers in a range
(3) Returns number rounded up to the nearest
5. Which of the following shortcuts in MS Word even integer
displays the Thesaurus task pane? (4) Highlights only even numbers in a range
(1) Ctrl+F4 (5) None of the above
(2) Shift+F7
(3) Shift+F1 12. In MS Word, if you want to quickly apply the
(4) Ctrl+F10 same formatting, such as color, font style and
(5) Shift+F3 size, and border style, to multiple pieces of text
or graphics, you should use __________.
6. Which of the following in a Windows computer (1) Format Copier
can be used to copy and paste accented letters (2) Format Painter
and other foreign language characters into any (3) Format Clone
Windows application? (4) Format Extender
(1) Wrap Text (5) None of the above
(2) Character Map
(3) Text Map 13. DNS is the phonebook of the Internet. DNS is
(4) WordArt the acronym of _________.
(5) None of the above (1) Domain Name Security
(2) Document Name Server
7. Which of the following features in MS Word (3) Domain Name System
helps ensure that text isn't obscured by the (4) Document Name System
binding? (5) None of the above
(1) Gutter Margin
(2) Watermark
(3) Character Map
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14. In MS Word, endnotes appear __________. 21. In MS Excel, what does the F11 key do?
(1) at the bottom of the page (1) Paste a name from the Paste Name dialog
(2) at the end of the document box
(3) at the top of the page (2) Cycle through all combinations of absolute
(4) at the beginning of the document and relative references in a formula if a cell
(5) None of the above reference or range is selected
(3) Insert the AutoSum formula
15. In MS Excel, which of the following is NOT (4) Create a chart of the data in the current
present in the alignment group on the Home range in a separate Chart sheet
Tab? (5) None of the above
(1) Text Orientation
(2) Wrap Text 22. In MS Word, to insert the trademark symbol,
(3) Merge & Center you should press _________.
(4) Borders (1) Ctrl+Alt+C
(5) None of the above (2) press Ctrl+Alt+R
(3) Ctrl+Alt+T
16. Which of the following is a malware that is (4) Ctrl+Alt+M
created to generate revenue for its developer? (5) None of the above
(1) Spyware
(2) Keylogger 23. What is the shortcut key to move the
(3) Adware selected slide or section to the beginning in MS
(4) Trojan Horse PowerPoint?
(5) None of the above (1) Ctrl+Shift+Up arrow key
(2) Ctrl+Shift+Down arrow key
17. Which of the following is the largest in size? (3) Ctrl+Down arrow key
(1) Petabyte (4) Ctrl+Up arrow key
(2) Exabyte (5) None of the above
(3) Zettabyte
(4) Yottabyte 24. Which of the features in MS Word should you
(5) None of the above use if you need to cite your sources?
(1) Citation
18. What does the key combination (2) Caption
“Ctrl+Shift+]” do in MS Word? (3) Thesaurus
(1) Decrease the font size (4) Table of Contents
(2) Increase or decrease the font size (5) None of the above
(3) Decrease the font size by 1 point
(4) Increase the font size by 1 point 25. In Microsoft Excel, the __________ displays
(5) None of the above the cell that is currently selected in the
spreadsheet.
19. In MS Excel, if you want to take text in one (1) Formula Bar
or more cells and split it into multiple cells, you (2) Format Box
should use _________. (3) Name Box
(1) Split columns (4) Cell Box
(2) Text to Columns (5) None of the above
(3) Convert text
(4) Split text 26. Which of the following is an equipment that
(5) None of the above regenerates the digital signal to compensate for
the transmission loss?
20. Which of the following file extensions denote (1) Gateway
PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Show file? (2) Switch
(1) .ppsx (3) Repeater
(2) .ppsm (4) Bridge
(3) .pps (5) None of the above
(4) .ppam
(5) None of the above 27. Which of the following is the organization
that oversees the allocation of IP addresses to
Answer Keys internet service providers (ISPs)?
11. 3 12. 2 13. 3 14. 2 15. 4 16. 3 17. 4 18. 4 19 (1) IATA
. 2 20. 2 (2) IANA
(3) NIC
(4) ISO
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(5) None of the above 35. A search engine sends a program called the
________ that searches the web pages in the
28. Which of the following is a disadvantage of Internet for the keyword.
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR)? (1) Indexer
(1) Fast processing of large volumes of data (2) Bot
(2) Secure method of data collection (3) Spider
(3) It is Reliable (4) Cache
(4) It is Expensive (5) None of the above
36. In a database, which of the following
29. ADSL acronym stands for ___________. represents a collection of attributes that describe
(1) Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line a real-world entity?
(2) Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (1) Bit
(3) Automatic Digital Subscriber Line (2) Field
(4) Analogue Digital System Line (3) Key
(5) None of the above (4) Record
30. Which of the following network topologies is
the most reliable among the others? 37. What does DDR stand for in DDR SDRAM?
(1) Bus topology (1) Double Data Rate
(2) Star topology (2) Digital Data Rate
(3) Mesh topology (3) Double Digit Rate
(4) Ring topology (4) Dynamic Data Rate
(5) None of the above (5) None of the above
Answer Keys 38. _________ network operating systems allow

21. 4 22. 3 23. 1 24. 1 25. 3 26. 3 27. 2 28. 4 29 the network to centralize functions and
. 1 30. 3 applications in one or more dedicated file server.
(1) Peer-to-Peer
31. Which of the following keys should be (2) Client/Server
pressed to end the slideshow in MS PowerPoint? (3) Standalone
(1) Esc (4) Simple
(2) End (5) None of the above
(3) Home
(4) Page Down 39. ________ is the firewall placed between two
(5) None of the above or more networks.
(1) Network firewall
32. MAC address works in which layer of the (2) Host-based firewall
Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI (3) Complex firewall
model)? (4) Simple firewall
(1) Physical Layer (5) None of the above
(2) Data Link Layer
(3) Presentation Layer 40. IEEE 802.11 standard is related to:
(4) Session Layer (1) Wi-Fi
(5) None of the above (2) Data Storage
(3) Document format
33. Which of the following companies made the (4) Motherboard form factor
first personal computer? (5) None of the above
(1) Microsoft
(2) Apple Answer Keys
(3) Google 31. 1 32. 2 33. 4 34. 1 35. 3 36. 4 37. 1 38. 2 39
(4) MITS . 1 40. 1
41. Which of the following in a computer, stores
34. What is Yandex? BIOS?
(1) A search engine (1) RAM
(2) A word processor (2) CMOS
(3) A spreadsheet software (3) HDD
(4) A programming language (4) CPU
(5) None of the above (5) None of the above
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alignment in Microsoft Word? (3) Scanner
(1) Left alignment (4) Speaker
(2) Right alignment (5) None of the above
(3) Centre alignment
(4) Justify 50. Which of the following is the measure of
(5) None of the above resolution in a digital image or video display?
(1) PPI
43. OLE is a feature of word processor. What is (2) PPM
OLE? (3) DPI
(1) Object Linking and Embedding (4) IIP
(2) Object Line Extension (5) None of the above
(3) Orientation Linking and Embedding
(4) Object Link and Encryption Answer Keys
(5) None of the above 41. 2 42. 1 43. 1 44. 4 45. 2 46. 3 47. 4 48. 1 49
. 3 50. 1
44. What is the 4th layer from the bottom in the
Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model? 51. Which of the following is an online news and
(1) Physical social networking site where people communicate
(2) Data Link in short messages called tweets?
(3) Network (1) Quora
(4) Transport (2) Instagram
(5) None of the above (3) Twitter
(4) Facebook
45. A DDoS attack is a malicious attempt to (5) None of the above
disrupt the normal traffic of a targeted server,
service or network. What does the first ‘D’ in 52. Which of the following is a term used to
DDoS stand for? describe software downloaded to a computer
(1) Domain without the owner's knowledge, which puts
(2) Distributed hidden components on a system?
(3) Denial (1) Freemium
(4) Death (2) Foistware
(5) None of the above (3) Shareware
(4) Freeware
46. Which of the following is NOT an alphabet (5) Flamer
used to denote a hexadecimal number?
(1) A 53. Which of the following command is used to
(2) C give MS-DOS access to more than 640 KB of
(3) G memory?
(4) F (1) Edlin
(5) None of the above (2) Emm386
(3) Exe2bin
47. In MS Excel, simple formulas always start (4) Erase
with ___________. (5) Echo
(1) $
(2) * 54. Which of the following is not an example for
(3) ^ Generic Top-Level Domain (gTDLs)?
(4) = (1) .com
(5) None of the above (2) .org
(3) .edu
48. Which of the following is a form of phishing (4) .uk
that uses verbal scams to trick people into doing (5) .gov
things they believe are in their best interests?
(1) Vishing 55. WinZip is an example for __________.
(2) Spoofing (1) Anti Virus
(3) Juice Jacking (2) File management
(4) Rooting (3) Compression Tool
(5) None of the above (4) Disk Management
(5) Disk Cleanup
49. Which of the following is an input device?
(1) Printer
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56. Which of the following function key is used to (2) American Standard Code for Information
extend a selection in Microsoft Word? Intermission
(1) F7 (3) American Standard Code for Internet
(2) F8 Interchange
(3) F9 (4) American Standard Code for Information in
(4) F10 Internet
(5) F11 (5) American Standard Code for Information
Interchange
57. Which of the following MS Excel feature
guides us to work effectively by displaying 63. What is the use of drop cap in MS Word?
several helpful tips and techniques based on (1) It is used to select an alignment.
what we are doing? (2) It is a feature that replaces the traditional file
(1) AutoFormat menu.
(2) AutoSum (3) It is used to move the cursor to the next line
(3) AutoShapes in a paragraph.
(4) AutoFill (4) It is used to insert citations.
(5) Wizard (5) It is used to make the first character of the
first paragraph larger.
58. Which one of the following tab is not a part of
the ribbon in MS Excel? 64. Which of the following is a process of
(1) File monitoring and capturing all data packets
(2) Home passing through a given network?
(3) Insert (1) Sniffing
(4) Data (2) Hosting
(5) References (3) Spoofing
(4) Phishing
59. Which of the following is not one of the steps (5) Snatching
to follow while saving a document in MS Word?
(1) Click the Microsoft Office Button 65. Which of the following is not a feature of
(2) Click the 'Save As' command Trojan?
(3) It displays 'Save As' Dialogue Box (1) Trojansare malicious filesused by an attacker
(4) Save the document to the desired location to create a backdoor without the knowledge of
with the desired name. the user.
(5) None of the above (2) Trojans usually deletes or replaces operating
system-critical files, steal data, send notifications
60. Which of the following is the usage of a to a remote attacker.
computer for the imitation of a real-world (3) Trojans usually hide behind a genuine code
process or system? or program or file to avoid getting noted by the
(1) Simulation user.
(2) Scissoring (4) All of the above
(3) Scrubbing (5) None of the above
(4) Shadowing
(5) Swapon 66. Which of the following is the first step of
hacking that also called as Footprinting and
Answer Keys information gathering Phase?
51. 3 52. 2 53. 2 54. 4 55. 3 56. 2 57. 5 58. 5 59 (1) Scanning
. 5 60. 1 (2) Clearing tasks
(3) Gaining Access
61. Which of the following folders in e-mail (4) Maintaining Access
provides us with the advantage of recovering (5) Reconnaissance
deleted emails?
(1) Trash 67. Which one of the following is an act of
(2) Spam intruding/penetrating into systems or networks
(3) Scheduled to find out threats, vulnerabilities in those
(4) Forum systems?
(5) Snooze (1) White hat hacking
(2) Black hat hacking
62. What is the full form of ASCII? (3) Gray hat hacking
(1) American Standard Code for Information (4) Red hat hacking
Interlinked (5) None of the above
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68. Which of the following is a form of cloud on anything from a single machine to an entire
computing that provides virtualized computing network?
resources over the internet? (1) Firewall
(1) IaaS (2) Hub
(2) SaaS (3) Router
(3) PaaS (4) Bluetooth
(4) Zaas (5) Modem
(5) AaaS
75. DHCP is a protocol used by networked
69. Which of the following shortcut key is used devices. What does DHCP stand for?
for warm booting? (1) Dynamic Host Confirmation Protocol
(1) Ctrl+Alt+Del keys (2) Domain Host Configuration Protocol
(2) Ctrl+Alt+Esc keys (3) Direct Host Configuration Protocol
(3) Shift+Alt+Del keys (4) Dynamic Host Control Protocol
(4) Ctrl+Shift+Del keys (5) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(5) Ctrl+Alt+Shift keys
76. In computer terminology, VPN is related
70. Which of the following memory helps to use to_________________.
the space of the hard disk as the logical memory (1) Internet
so that a user can execute any number of (2) CPU
programs? (3) RAM
(1) Flash memory (4) Database
(2) Virtual memory (5) Word Processor
(3) RAM
(4) ROM 77. Which of the following printers cannot print
(5) Sequential access memory. graphics?
(1) Ink Jet Printer
Answer Keys (2) Laser Printer
61. 1 62. 5 63. 5 64. 1 65. 5 66. 5 67. 1 68. 1 69 (3) Daisy Wheel Printer
. 1 70. 2 (4) Both (1) & (2)
(5) All of the above
71. Which of the following is an application layer
protocol that operates as a contract for receiving 78. Which of the following is NOT true about
emails from the mail server? hyperlink in MS Word?
(1) IMAP (1) Hyperlinks can only be used to create a link
(2) SMTP for an existing webpage and not to an existing
(3) FTP file on your computer.
(4) HTTP (2) It can be made using the INSERT Tab in a
(5) UDP Word Document.
(3) The shortcut command to create a hyperlink
72. A disk cache is a temporary holding area in in a word document is CTRL + K.
the _____ where the computer stores (4) The option ‘Place in This Document’ is used to
information that is used repeatedly. refer to a link in the current document.
(1) CAM (5) Apart from hyperlinks in text, one can also
(2) RAM create links in images.
(3) ROM
(4) SAM 79. Which of the following is the responsibility of
(5) PROM a logical unit in CPU?
(1) To perform complex Mathematical Problems.
73. Which of the following is a system for (2) To provide output in the monitor.
coordinating and arbitrating access to a shared (3) To Compare numbers.
communication networks channel? (4) To process the input information.
(1) ALOHA (5) To channelize the flow of information.
(2) SIP
(3) IP 80. Which of the following is displayed by MS
(4) SPS Excel when the column is not big enough to
(5) SDLC display the information?
(1) $$$$
74. Which of the following device is used to (2) ####
control inbound and outbound communications (3) &&&&
(4) ****
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RAM?
Answer Keys (1) RAM scores certain fixed routines such as the
71. 1 72. 2 73. 1 74. 1 75. 5 76. 1 77. 3 78. 1 79 boot – up routines.
. 3 80. 2 (2) RAM is volatile which means when the
computer is switched off, the contents are lost.
81. Which of the following refers to the process (3) The contents cannot be changed or deleted.
of starting a computer from a powerless state (4) Both (1) and (3)
and setting it up to normal working condition? (5) All the above statements are wrong.
(1) Cold Boot
(2) Cold Start 88. Keyboards convert characters to _______
(3) Dead Start code.
(4) Hard Boot (1) ASCII
(5) All of the above (2) EBCDIC
(3) AMIS
82. Bluetooth is an example of which of the (4) ISO Latin
following Networks? (5) Binary Format
(1) MAN
(2) PAN 89. The storage area for the next likely data or
(3) WPAN instruction to be processed preventing bottleneck
(4) Both (1) & (2) and slowing of the system is known as
(5) Both (1) & (3) _________.
(1) Cache
83. Which of the following refers to a standard (2) Cookies
interface for connecting a motherboard to (3) Register
storage devices such as hard drives and CD (4) CPU
ROM/DVD drives? (5) RAM
(1) USB
(2) IDE 90. Which of the following refers to the time the
(3) HWA alphanumeric key is to be held before the
(4) PCS keyboard will repeat itself?
(5) DTR (1) Repeat Rate
(2) Keyboard Rate
84. Which of the following looks for system files (3) Alphanumeric Rate
during a boot process? (4) Key Rate
(1) CPU (5) Relay Rate
(2) Monitor
(3) Keyboard Answer Keys
(4) BIOS 81. 5 82. 2 83. 2 84. 4 85. 4 86. 5 87. 4 88. 1 89
(5) Interrupt Handlers . 1 90. 1
85. Which of the following is a computer 91. Which of the following is a part of primary
hardware? storage that holds a software programme and
(1) MS Windows small amounts of data when they are brought
(2) MacOS from secondary storage?
(3) Ubuntu (1) ROM
(4) Printer (2) Register
(5) Unix (3) Cache
(4) RAM
86. Which of the following arrangements is (5) CPU
correctly places in ascending order?
(a) KB < MB < GB < TB 92. Which of the following is a power protection
(b) Byte< MB <EB <PB device that includes a battery providing power
(c) Nibble < KB < MB <PB for a short period of time?
(1) Only (a) (1) ESD
(2) Only (b) (2) EMI
(3) Only (c) (3) SPIKE
(4) Both (a) & (b) (4) UPS
(5) Both (a) & (c) (5) Surge Suppressor
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93. What is the name of the temporary data (2) Blind Drop
storage area between a peripheral device and (3) Banker Trojan
CPU which compensates for the difference (4) Blinder
between their speeds? (5) Smurfing
(1) Backing Storage
(2) Buffer Answer Keys
(3) Main Storage 91. 4 92. 4 93. 2 94. 2 95. 1 96. 2 97. 1 98. 3 99
(4) Temporary Storage . 1 100. 5
(5) Permanent Storage
101. Which of the following is a shortcut
94. The feature that opens a window on your command for the ‘Paste’ command?
desktop where you can browse for file stored on (1) Ctrl + C
your computer is called as _________. (2) Ctrl + X
(1) Device Manager (3) Ctrl + V
(2) File Explorer (4) Ctrl + Y
(3) Web Browser (5) Ctrl + P
(4) Utility Software
(5) None of the above 102. Specialised Programme designed to allow
particular input or output devices to
95. Bookmarks can be managed using _______. communicate with the rest of the world is called
(1) Bookmarks Manager ______.
(2) Extensions Manager (1) Device Drivers
(3) Cast (2) Input Unit
(4) Find (3) Output Unit
(5) Downloads Manager (4) Central Processing Unit
(5) None of the Above
96. Which of the following shortcut keys is used
to ‘Find and Replace’ text in a word document? 103. The internet is simply a system of
(1) CTRL + G ________.
(2) CTRL + H (1) Safety Procedures
(3) CTRL + I (2) Computer Network
(4) CTRL + F (3) Chain of companies
(5) CTRL + K (4) Webpage
(5) Bugs and Trojans
97. What does ‘T’ in SMTP stand for?
(1) Technical 104. Setting fonts for the text in your document
(2) Transfer is called as _______.
(3) Typing (1) Text Setter
(4) Team (2) Formatting
(5) Telecom (3) Text Changer
(4) Text Editor
98. Which of the following is NOT a browser? (5) Only (2) & (3)
(1) Google Chrome
(2) Mozilla Firefox 105. Which if the following is NOT true about
(3) Yandex Windows Explorer?
(4) Microsoft Edge (1) Windows Explorer replaced the programs File
(5) Mini Opera Manager and Program Manager that were used
before Windows 95.
99. Which of the following topologies there is a (2) It also provides shell services as well as
main cable and all the devices are connected to manages the desktop, the Start Menu and the
this main cable through drop lines? task bar.
(1) Bus Topology (3) It can be interchangeably referred to as the
(2) Star Topology Internet Explorer.
(3) Mesh Topology (4) Starting with Windows 8, it has been called
(4) Ring Topology as the File Explorer.
(5) Hybrid Topology (5) All the above statements are correct about
Windows Explorer.
100. Which of the following term refers to the
effective way to cripple a server’s ability to 106. What does ‘A’ in JAR stand for?
respond to demands from legitimate sources? (1) Archive
(1) Browsing (2) Alert Box
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(3) Active Matrix (3) Only (c) and (d)

(4) Add on (4) Only (c)
(5) Ad Hoc (5) All (a), (b), (c) and (d)
107. Which among the following type of 113. Which among the following options specifies
computers is also known as the ‘Number this action: “Holding the mouse button down
Crunchier’? while moving an object of text?”
(1) Minicomputer (1) Dragging
(2) Macro computer (2) Scrolling
(3) Supercomputer (3) Highlighting
(4) Mainframe Computer (4) Browsing
(5) Quantum Computer (5) Browsing
108. Which of the following organisations 114. _________ is the programme a personal
developed SAGA – 220, the supercomputer in computer’s microprocessor uses to get the
2011? computer system started after you turn it on.
(1) NASA (1) TIOS
(2) C-DAC (2) CIOS
(3) DRDO (3) VIOS
(4) ISRO (4) KIOS
(5) Collaboration of (1) & (3) (5) BIOS
109. In MS-DOS 6.22 which part identifies the 115. Which part of the e-mail describes the
product uniquely? content of the message in a line?
(1) MS (1) Recipient
(2) MS DOS (2) CC
(3) MS DOS 6.22 (3) Bcc
(4) 6.22 (4) Subject
(5) DOS 6.22 (5) Salutation
110. Copy and X Copy are same in the sense 116. Which of the following Menu is also called as
that _________. a ‘Drop-down Menu’?
(1) Both are used to Copy a file or a group of (1) Pull – Down Menu
files. (2) Scroll Down Menu
(2) Both are used to Copy and Paste files (3) Start Menu
simultaneously. (4) List Menu
(3) Both are used to cut the file. (5) All Menu
(4) Both are used to move the file to Recycle Bin
(5) None of the above 117. ULSI is the process of integrating or
embedding millions of transistors on a single
Answer Keys silicon semiconductor microchip. What does ‘U’ in
101. 3 102. 1 103. 2 104. 2 105. 3 106. 1 107. 3 ULSI short for?
108. 4 109. 4 110. 1 (1) Underlined
(2) Undercover
111. Which of the following are the Maximum (3) Ultra
and Minimum zoom sizes in MS – Office? (4) Ultimate
(1) 10, 500 (5) Unified
(2) 500, 10
(3) 5, 100 118. Which of the following operating systems is
(4) 100, 5 commonly found on smartphones?
(5) 20, 200 (1) Symbian OS
(2) BlackBerry
112. Each time one turns on a computer, which (3) Android
of the following control files will a Computer (4) Maemo
check? (5) All of the above
a. COMMAND.COM
b. IO.SYS 119. Which of the following operating systems
c. MSDOS.SYS runs on a server and provides the server the
d. CTRL.SYS capability to manage data, users, groups,
(1) Only (a), (b) and (c) security, applications, and other networking
(2) Only (a) functions?
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(1) Batch operating system 126. Which among the following is used to
(2) Distributed operating system convert low level language into machine level
(3) Real-time operating system language?
(4) Time-sharing operating system (1) Loader
(5) Network operating system (2) Assembler
(3) Compiler
120. Which of the following is not a common (4) Executor
service offered by all operating systems? (5) None of the above
(1) User Interface
(2) I/O Operations 127. __________ can be used to move text or
(3) Communication graphic in MS-Word.
(4) Resource Allocation (1) F5
(5) Scanning of documents (2) F7
(3) F4
Answer Keys (4) F2
111. 2 112. 1 113. 1 114. 5 115. 4 116. 1 117. 3 (5) None of the above
118. 5 119. 5 120. 5
128. Which protocol provides an e-mail facility
121. Which of the following I/O port registers is among different hosts?
related to holding bits that can be read by the (1) FTP
host? (2) TELNET
(1) Status register (3) SMTP
(2) Control register (4) SNMP
(3) Data-in register (5) None of the above
(4) Data-out register
(5) Command register 129. WannaCry is an example of ________
(1) Latest Android version
122. Which of the following is the core part of the (2) Scripting Language
Linux operating system? (3) Security Patch for windows
(1) Kernel (4) Ransomware
(2) System libraries (5) None of the above
(3) Modules
(4) Syntax 130. Which device is widely used for assessing
(5) Encryption objective examinations involving multiple choice
questions?
123. Which of the following is an example of (1) Optical Character Recognition
output device? (2) Plotter
(1) Track ball (3) Optical Magnetic Recognition
(2) Plotter (4) Optical Mark Recognition
(3) Digitizer (5) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
(4) Light Pen
(5) None of the above Answer Keys
121. 1 122. 1 123. 2 124. 2 125. 2 126. 2 127. 4
124. In MS Word, the function key F12 opens 128. 3 129. 4 130. 4
which among the following?
(1) Recycle bin 131. One Megabyte = ___________
(2) Save as dialog box (1) 1024 Bytes
(3) Audit dialog box (2) 1024 Kilobytes
(4) Access dialog box (3) 1024 Megabytes
(5) None of the above (4) 1024 Gigabytes
(5) 1024 Terabytes
125. In MS Excel,The minimum space that should
be provided between two columns is _________. 132. USB is a plug and play interface that allows
(1) 2 inches a computer to communicate with peripheral and
(2) 0 inch other devices. “S” in USB stands for
(3) 0.5 inches _____________.
(4) 1.5 inches (1) Storage
(5) None of the above (2) Service
(3) Serial
(4) System
(5) Scan
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133. What is the decimal value of Binary 0100? (5) Pascaline
(1) 0
(2) 1 Answer Keys
(3) 2 131. 2 132. 3 133. 5 134. 2 135. 2 136. 3 137. 4
(4) 3 138. 1 139. 4 140. 5
(5) 4
141. Apple series – I & II, IBM 4341, DEC 10,
134. What is the basic computation unit of the STAR 1000, PUP 11 are examples of which type
CPU? of computer?
(1) Cell (1) First Generation Computer
(2) Core (2) Second Generation Computer
(3) Process (3) Third Generation Computer
(4) RAM (4) Fourth Generation Computer
(5) Unit (5) Fifth Generation Computer
135. By Default, which colour line indicates a 142. Which communication protocol enables a
grammatical error in MS Word? dial-up connection to connect to other network
(1) Red protocols?
(2) Green (1) FTP
(3) Orange (2) PPP
(4) Yellow (3) HTTP
(5) Black (4) FAT
(5) TPIP
136. The Macintosh operating system is
developed by __________. 143. The collection of web pages interlinked with
(1) Microsoft each other through hyperlinks is known as
(2) Linux ___________.
(3) Apple (1) Website
(4) UNIX (2) Web Browser
(5) Ubuntu (3) World Wide Web
(4) Web Server
137. In which type of transmission, data can be (5) URL
sent only in one direction?
(1) Duplex 144. Which of the following are word processing
(2) Half Duplex tools?
(3) Full Duplex (1) MS Word
(4) Simplex (2) WordPad
(5) One Duplex (3) WPS Word
(4) iWork Pages
138. Narrowband is a type of Bandwidth, which (5) All the above
can accommodate up to _______ frequency.
(1) 64Kbps 145. Which of the following groups is NOT
(2) 100Kbps present in the Inset tab of MS Word?
(3) 1Mbps (1) Pages
(4) 1.5Mbps (2) Links
(5) 2Mbps (3) Zoom
(4) Text
139. Bluetooth based on which technology? (5) Symbols
(1) LAN
(2) WAN 146. Which of the following is used in character
(3) LPAN formatting?
(4) WPAN (1) Underline
(5) CAN (2) Indents
(3) Spacing
140. Which is the first calculating device with the (4) Only (b) and (c)
capability to perform additions and subtractions (5) All the above
on whole numbers?
(1) Abacus
(2) Napier Bones
(3) Punch Card
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147. Each spreadsheet file is known as a (3) Google Crome is seen as an alternative to
workbook and is stored with a default extension Safari, Edge, etc.,
of ___________. (4) Google Chrome can be used on Mac device.
(1) .doc (5) All the statements are correct.
(2) .net
(3) .pdf 154. Which of the following is a search engine
(4) .elx that emphasizes the privacy and ubiquity of its
(5) .xls results the most?
(1) Google
148. The COUNTA function is commonly found in (2) Yahoo
which MS Office application? (3) Baidu
(1) MS Word (4) DuckDuckGo
(2) MS PowerPoint (5) None of the above emphasizes privacy
(3) MS Excel
(4) MS OneNote 155. When companies and individuals began to
(5) MS Access register large numbers of ‘.com’ domains on the
Internet, dot-come bubble was observed. What is
149. Which of the following is the short cut key the time period in which it was observed?
to insert ‘Page Break’ in MS Word? (1) 2005 – Present
(1) Alt + Enter (2) 1995 – 2001
(2) Ctrl + Enter (3) 1989 – Present
(3) Alt + F1 (4) 1900 – 1950
(4) Shift + Enter (5) 1989 – 1996
(5) None of the above given options
156. Accessing a website on the dark web that is
150. Which of the following functions in MS Excel encrypted requires the use of which of the
counts all the cells in a given range regardless of following?
its type and only skips empty cells? (1) Google Chrome
(1) COUNT (2) Bitcoin
(2) COUNT IF (3) Tor
(3) COUNTA (4) Safari
(4) COUNTR (5) None of the above
(5) COUNT ALL
157. A _____ is a trail of data you create while
Answer Keys using the Internet.
141. 4 142. 2 143. 1 144. 5 145. 3 146. 1 147. 5 (1) Digital Footprint
148. 3 149. 2 150. 3 (2) Digital Shadow
(3) Digital Exhaust
151. Which of the following is a presentation (4) All of the above
software application developed by Apple? (5) None of the above
(1) Slidedog
(2) Visme 158. BSoD is an error screen displayed on
(3) iPresent Windows computers following a fatal system
(4) Keynote error. What is ‘S’ in BSoD short for?
(5) CustomShow (1) Screen
(2) Safe
152. When did Microsoft end the Windows 7 (3) Service
support to its users and urged them to upgrade? (4) Search
(1) It never ended the support (5) Server
(2) 2007
(3) 2020 159. Which of the following is NOT a Cloud
(4) 2009 Computing Application?
(5) 2010 (1) Dropbox
(2) iCloud
153. Pick out the incorrect statements from the (3) Microsoft One Drive
following. (4) Canva
(1) Google Chrome is a web server available on (5) All are Cloud Computing Applications
both mobile devices and desktop computers.
(2) Google Chrome is free to both download and
use.
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160. OLX, Quickr are examples for which of the (2) Amazon Silk is a web browser developed by
following types of e-commerce platforms? Amazon.
(1) Business-to-Business (B2B) (3) Amazon Silk is an open-source cross-platform
(2) Business-to-Consumer (B2C) media player software.
(3) Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) (4) Amazon Silk is used to view, create,
(4) Consumer-to-Business (C2B) manipulate, print and manage files in Portable
(5) Consumer-to-Administration (C2A) Document Format.
(5) Amazon Silk is a file archiver utility.
Answer Keys
151. 4 152. 3 153. 1 154. 4 155. 2 156. 3 157. 4 167. In a computer GUI, a ______ is a menu
158. 1 159. 4 160. 3 that offers a list of options.
(1) Pick List
161. CAPTCHA is a protection that identifies (2) List Box
humans from computers. What is ‘T’ in CAPTCHA (3) Drop-down menu
short for? (4) Combo Box
(1) Truth (5) Menu-Driven
(2) Turing
(3) Turn 168. Bixby is a virtual assistant. It was
(4) Telecom developed by which of the following companies?
(5) Task (1) Amazon
(2) Google
162. Which of the following refers to a person (3) Samsung
who creates a fake online profile with the (4) Apple
intention of deceiving someone else? (5) Microsoft
(1) Hoaxing
(2) Phishing 169. FTP is the most common way of sending
(3) Spam and receiving files between two computers. What
(4) Stalk does ‘P’ in FTP stand for?
(5) Catfish (1) Protocol
(2) Provisioning
163. Which of the following refers to a hyperlink (3) Property
on a web page that is linked to an empty or non- (4) Protect
existent external webpages? (5) Procedure
(1) Broken Link
(2) Dead Link 170. Which of the following is a phone carrier
(3) Broken Hyperlink service introduced by Google?
(4) Only (1) & (3) (1) Google Doodle
(5) All of the above (2) Google Duo
(3) Google Fibre
164. _______ is a feature in which an application (4) Google Drive
predicts the rest of a word a user is typing. (5) Google Fi
(1) Word Completion
(2) Auto Completion Answer Keys
(3) Autofill 161. 2 162. 5 163. 5 164. 5 165. 5 166. 2 167. 3
(4) All of the above 168. 3 169. 1 170. 5
(5) Only (1) & (2)
171. ______ is the principle that Internet Service
165. The address bar allows a user to access Providers must treat all Internet communications
different websites. In Google Chrome it is called equally.
as the ________. (1) Netscape
(1) Google Bar (2) Network Neutrality
(2) Omnibox (3) Net Equality
(3) Omnibar (4) Net Equity
(4) All of the above (5) Netiquette
(5) Only (2) & (3)
172. Which of the following is an algorithm used
166. Which of the following statement best by Google Search to rank web pages in their
describes ‘Amazon Silk’? search engine results?
(1) Amazon Silk is a virtual assistant AI (1) LLL Algorithm
technology. (2) Merge Sort Algorithm
(3) PageRank Algorithm
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180. Which of the following is not an example for
173. The ________ is the portion of the World Generic Top-Level Domain (gTDLs)?
Wide Web that is readily available to the general (1) .com
public and searchable with standard web search (2) .org
engines. (3) .edu
(1) Deep Web (4) .uk
(2) Surface Web (5) .gov
(3) Indexable Web
(4) Both (1) & (3) Answer Keys
(5) Both (2) & (3) 171. 2 172. 3 173. 5 174. 3 175. 1 176. 3 177. 2
178. 2 179. 2 180. 4
174. Which of the Following language will be
used for scientific and computational application? 181. WinZip is an example for __________.
(1) Java (1) Anti Virus
(2) C++ (2) File management
(3) Python (3) Compression Tool
(4) Kotlin (4) Disk Management
(4) Go (5) Disk Cleanup
175. Which of the Following function key is used 182. Which of the following function key is used
for rename or edit? to extend a selection in Microsoft Word?
(1) F2 (1) F7
(2) F3 (2) F8
(3) F4 (3) F9
(4) F5 (4) F10
(5) F7 (5) F11
176. Which of the following Function in MS Excel 183. Which of the following MS Excel feature
gives the total of selected cell? guides us to work effectively by displaying
(1) Count several helpful tips and techniques based on
(2) Add what we are doing?
(3) Sum (1) AutoFormat
(4) Average (2) AutoSum
(5) Subtotal (3) AutoShapes
(4) AutoFill
177. Alt+F7 key is used to____ in Ms Word. (5) Wizard
(1) Search the word
(2) check spelling mistake 184. Which one of the following tab is not a part
(3) Save the page of the ribbon in MS Excel?
(4) Delete the Page (1) File
(5) Open the save Document (2) Home
(3) Insert
178. Which of the following is a term used to (4) Data
describe software downloaded to a computer (5) References
without the owner's knowledge, which puts
hidden components on a system? 185. Which of the following is not one of the
(1) Freemium steps to follow while saving a document in MS
(2) Foistware Word?
(3) Shareware (1) Click the Microsoft Office Button
(4) Freeware (2) Click the 'Save As' command
(5) Flamer (3) It displays 'Save As' Dialogue Box
(4) Save the document to the desired location
179. Which of the following command is used to with the desired name.
give MS-DOS access to more than 640 KB of (5) None of the above
memory?
(1) Edlin 186. Which of the following is the usage of a
(2) Emm386 computer for the imitation of a real-world
(3) Exe2bin process or system?
(4) Erase (1) Simulation
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(2) Scissoring (5) None of the above

(3) Scrubbing
(4) Shadowing 192. Which of the following is the first step of
(5) Swapon hacking that also called as Footprinting and
information gathering Phase?
187. Which of the following folders in e-mail (1) Scanning
provides us with the advantage of recovering (2) Clearing tasks
deleted emails? (3) Gaining Access
(1) Trash (4) Maintaining Access
(2) Spam (5) Reconnaissance
(3) Scheduled
(4) Forum 193. Which one of the following is an act of
(5) Snooze intruding/penetrating into systems or networks
to find out threats, vulnerabilities in those
188. What is the full form of ASCII? systems?
(1) American Standard Code for Information (1) White hat hacking
Interlinked (2) Black hat hacking
(2) American Standard Code for Information (3) Gray hat hacking
Intermission (4) Red hat hacking
(3) American Standard Code for Internet (5) None of the above
Interchange
(4) American Standard Code for Information in 194. Which of the following is a form of cloud
Internet computing that provides virtualized computing
(5) American Standard Code for Information resources over the internet?
Interchange (1) IaaS
(2) SaaS
189. What is the use of drop cap in MS Word? (3) PaaS
(1) It is used to select an alignment. (4) Zaas
(2) It is a feature that replaces the traditional file (5) AaaS
menu.
(3) It is used to move the cursor to the next line 195. Which of the following shortcut key is used
in a paragraph. for warm booting?
(4) It is used to insert citations. (1) Ctrl+Alt+Del keys
(5) It is used to make the first character of the (2) Ctrl+Alt+Esc keys
first paragraph larger. (3) Shift+Alt+Del keys
(4) Ctrl+Shift+Del keys
190. Which of the following is a process of (5) Ctrl+Alt+Shift keys
monitoring and capturing all data packets
passing through a given network? 196. Which of the following memory helps to use
(1) Sniffing the space of the hard disk as the logical memory
(2) Hosting so that a user can execute any number of
(3) Spoofing programs?
(4) Phishing (1) Flash memory
(5) Snatching (2) Virtual memory
(3) RAM
Answer Keys (4) ROM
181. 3 182. 2 183. 5 184. 5 185. 5 186. 1 187. 1 (5) Sequential access memory.
188. 5 189. 5 190. 1
197. Which of the following are the Maximum
191. Which of the following is not a feature of and Minimum zoom sizes in MS – Office?
Trojan? (1) 10, 500
(1) Trojansare malicious filesused by an attacker (2) 500, 10
to create a backdoor without the knowledge of (3) 5, 100
the user. (4) 100, 5
(2) Trojans usually deletes or replaces operating (5) 20, 200
system-critical files, steal data, send notifications
to a remote attacker. 198. Each time one turns on a computer, which
(3) Trojans usually hide behind a genuine code of the following control files will a Computer
or program or file to avoid getting noted by the check?
user. a. COMMAND.COM
(4) All of the above b. IO.SYS
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d. CTRL.SYS (5) All of the above
(1) Only (a), (b) and (c)
(2) Only (a) 205. Which of the following operating systems
(3) Only (c) and (d) runs on a server and provides the server the
(4) Only (c) capability to manage data, users, groups,
(5) All (a), (b), (c) and (d) security, applications, and other networking
functions?
199. Which among the following options specifies (1) Batch operating system
this action: “Holding the mouse button down (2) Distributed operating system
while moving an object of text?” (3) Real-time operating system
(1) Dragging (4) Time-sharing operating system
(2) Scrolling (5) Network operating system
(3) Highlighting
(4) Browsing 206. Which of the following is not a common
(5) Browsing service offered by all operating systems?
(1) User Interface
200. _________ is the programme a personal (2) I/O Operations
computer’s microprocessor uses to get the (3) Communication
computer system started after you turn it on. (4) Resource Allocation
(1) TIOS (5) Scanning of documents
(2) CIOS
(3) VIOS 207. Which of the following I/O port registers is
(4) KIOS related to holding bits that can be read by the
(5) BIOS host?
(1) Status register
Answer Keys (2) Control register
191. 5 192. 5 193. 1 194. 1 195. 1 196. 2 197. 2 (3) Data-in register
198. 1 199. 1 200. 5 (4) Data-out register
(5) Command register
201. Which part of the e-mail describes the
content of the message in a line? 208. Which of the following is the core part of the
(1) Recipient Linux operating system?
(2) CC (1) Kernel
(3) Bcc (2) System libraries
(4) Subject (3) Modules
(5) Salutation (4) Syntax
(5) Encryption
202. Which of the following Menu is also called as
a ‘Drop-down Menu’? 209. Which of the following is an example of
(1) Pull – Down Menu output device?
(2) Scroll Down Menu (1) Track ball
(3) Start Menu (2) Plotter
(4) List Menu (3) Digitizer
(5) All Menu (4) Light Pen
203. ULSI is the process of integrating or
embedding millions of transistors on a single 210. In MS Word, the function key F12 opens
silicon semiconductor microchip. What does ‘U’ in which among the following?
ULSI short for? (1) Recycle bin
(1) Underlined (2) Save as dialog box
(2) Undercover (3) Audit dialog box
(3) Ultra (4) Access dialog box
(4) Ultimate (5) None of the above
(5) Unified
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commonly found on smartphones? 208. 1 209. 2 210. 2
(1) Symbian OS
(2) BlackBerry
(3) Android
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be provided between two columns is _________. draw and manipulate graphics on the screen?
(1) 2 inches (1) Light pen
(2) 0 inch (2) Digitizer
(3) 0.5 inches (3) Light screen
(4) 1.5 inches (4) Track Ball
(5) None of the above (5) Optical Graphic Interface
212. Which among the following is used to 219. Which one of the following is/are NOT
convert low level language into machine level output devices?
language? (1) Monitor
(1) Loader (2) Speaker
(2) Assembler (3) Headphones
(3) Compiler (4) Scanner
(4) Executor (5) All the above
220. 1GB=
213. __________ can be used to move text or (1) 1024 byte
graphic in MS-Word. (2) 1204 KB
(1) F5 (3) 1024 MB
(2) F7 (4) 1024 PB
(3) F4 (5) 1024 TB
(4) F2
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among different hosts?
(1) FTP 221. Which of the following is a software utility
(2) TELNET that is designed to locate errors within a
(3) SMTP program's source code?
(4) SNMP (1) Debugger
(5) None of the above (2) Linker
(3) Loader
215. Apple series – I & II, IBM 4341, DEC 10, (4) Spooling
STAR 1000, PUP 11 are examples of which (5) Language processor
generation of computers?
(1) First generation computer 222. MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server are examples of
(2) Second generation computer (1) Web browser
(3) Third generation computer (2) Web server
(4) Fourth generation computer (3) Programming language
(5) Fifth generation computer (4) Search engine
(5) Database management system
216. ____________ is the process of starting a
computer from shutdown or a powerless state 223. The “Font Group” in MS Word is located in
and setting it to normal working condition. which tab?
(1) Soft boot (1) Home tab
(2) Hard start (2) Insert tab
(3) Cold Boot (3) Reference tab
(4) Hibernation (4) View tab
(5) Lock (5) Page layout tab
217. Which one of the following is/are NOT flash 224. Which of the following options in MS Excel
memory devices? automatically adjust the height/width of a cell to
(1) Pen drive make all text visible when it exceeds
(2) Memory card height/width?
(3) DVD (1) Sparklines
(4) Both (A) and (B) (2) Freeze panes
(5) None of the above (3) Wrap text
(4) Autofill
(5) Adjust
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(1) One following functions in MS Word?
(2) Two (1) Copy
(3) Four (2) Paste
(4) Three (3) Cut
(5) Five (4) Undo
(5) Print
226. In which type of network topology the
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configuration? 221. 1 222. 5 223. 1 224. 3 225. 2 226. 4 227. 2
(1) Bus topology 228. 1 229. 3 230. 3
(2) Star topology
(3) Mesh topology 231. Which of the following function key is used
(4) Ring topology to refresh the page in internet browser?
(5) None of the above (1) F1
(2) F2
227. Which of the following is a hardware device (3) F3
which is responsible for routing traffic from one (4) F4
to another network? (5) F5
(1) Firewall
(2) Router 232. Which of the following shortcut keys is used
(3) Gateway to select an entire column in MS Excel?
(4) Bridge (1) Ctrl+ Home
(5) None of the above (2) Shift+ Tab
(3) Ctrl+ Spacebar
228. Which of the following is unwanted software (4) Ctrl+ End
designed to display advertisements on the (5) None of these
computer screen to generate income?
(1) Adware 233. VPN stands for
(2) Spyware (1) Value Private Network
(3) Ransom ware (2) Virtual Private Network
(4) Botnet (3) Video Private Network
(5) None of the above (4) Very Private Network
(5) Voiceover Private Network
229. Which of the following layers in IOS model
performs encryption and decryption of data? 234. HTTP stands for
(1) Transport layer (1) Hyper Table Transfer Protocol
(2) Session layer (2) Hyper Total Transfer Protocol
(3) Presentation layer (3) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
(4) Application layer (4) Hyper Transfer Terminal Protocol
(5) Data link layer (5) Hyper Text Table Protocol
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1. 1
One of the most respected Urdu critics, theorists 6. 4
and linguists Professor Gopi Chand Narang has India added around 15.4 gigawatts (GW) of
passed away. He was 91. He breathed his last in renewable power capacity in 2021, the third
the United States. highest after China (136 GW) and the United
A recipient of Padma Bhushan and Sahitya States (43 GW), according to a global status
Akademi Awards, Prof. Narang published more report released.
than 65 scholarly and critical books on language, The REN21's renewables 2022 global status
literature, poetics and cultural studies in Urdu, report noted that with this growth, India is now
Hindi and English. the third-largest market in the world for new
solar photovoltaics (PV) capacity.
2. 1 India ranked fourth in the world for total solar
The startup ecosystem in Kerala has been ranked energy installations (60.4 GW) by overtaking
as the best in Asia and fourth in terms of Germany at 59.2 GW and following China (305.9
Affordable Talent in the Global Startup GW), US (121.4 GW) and Japan (78 GW).
Ecosystem Report (GSER).
While Bengaluru ranked 22nd in the global 7. 4
startup ecosystem index due to major Inaugurating Industrial Decarbonization Summit
improvements in its market reach and access to 2022 in New Delhi, Road Transport and Highways
funding, Delhi moved up an impressive 11 places Minister Nitin Gadkari emphasized on maintaining
coming in at No. 26, with Mumbai at No. 36. equilibrium between ecology, environment and
development.
3. 4 He said the government's priority is green
Union Education and Skill Development & hydrogen and by using biotechnology we can
Entrepreneurship Minister Shri Dharmendra increase the productivity of Biomass.
Pradhan along with Union Minister for
Information & Broadcasting and Sports Shri 8. 3
Anurag Thakur released books 'Loktantra ke Canara HSBC OBC Life has renamed itself as
Swar' and 'The Republican Ethic' having selected Canara HSBC Life following its 3rd partner PNB's
speeches of the President of India Ram Nath decision to exit. PNB had acquired a stake in the
Kovind. This is the fourth volume of the series. company following the amalgamation of Oriental
In this volume,President expresses his innermost Bank of Commerce.
thoughts on issues and personalities. Currently,Canara Bank holds 51% in the
insurance arm, HSBC holds 26% & PNB 23%.
4. 2 With PNB exiting, the stake is likely to be
India has witnessed the sharpest rise among the acquired by existing shareholders.
Asian economies, with a six-position jump from
43rd to 37th rank on the annual World 9. 2
Competitiveness Index compiled by the Institute Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe
for Management Development, largely due to Biden, Israeli Prime Minister Neftali Bennett and
gains in economic performance. UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Denmark has moved to the top of the 63-nation would attend the first-of-its-kind virtual summit
list from the third position last year, while of the I2U2 grouping next month for discussions
Switzerland slipped to 2nd. of the food security crisis and other areas of
cooperation.
5. 3 Virtual summit of 4 countries would take place
'Migration in India 2020-21' was released by the from July 13 to 16.
Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation (MoSPI). As per the report, after 10. 1
the onset of Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, India's life expectancy at birth has increased up
0.7% of India's population was a 'temporary to 69.7 in the 2015-2019 period, data from the
visitor' in households during July 2020-June sample registration system (SRS) shows. It has
2021. taken almost 10 years to add two years to life
Covid may have forced return of 51.6% urban expectancy & is still well below the global
men to villages. average of 72.6.
The survey pegged the rural migration rate at Odisha has had the highest increase, of over 24
26.5 per cent and urban migration rate at 34.9 years, from 45.7 to 69.8 years followed by Tamil
per cent with the overall migration rate at Nadu.
28.9%.
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11. 3 It also marks the beginning of the month-long

Equitas Small Finance Bank announced that it is Digital Reading celebrations.
all set to launch an exclusive savings account for It was started as a Reading Day celebration on
kids named 'ENJOI'. June 19, 1996, by the Government of Kerala in
The savings account is aimed at introducing association with the P N Panicker Foundation.
young kids to the financial world and encourage
them to develop the saving habit early. The 17. 3
account will be launched on June 19 to coincide Pranati Nayak has bagged a bronze medal in the
with Father's Day. vault section of the 9th Asian Artistic Gymnastics
Championships in Doha, Qatar. This is Pranati's
12. 1 second medal in the Asian Championships,
India's trade deficit widened to a record $24.29 making her the only Indian to win two medals in
billion in May 2022 from $6.53 billion in the same the Continental Championships.
month last year due to a sharp jump in the With this score,Pranati finished behind South
country's imports, as per data released by the Korea's Yeo Seo-Jeong (14.084)& Shoko Miyata
Ministry of Commerce and Industry. (13.884) of Japan
The merchandise trade deficit in May 2022 is the
highest ever monthly gap. On a year-on-year 18. 4
basis, it has surged by 271.96 per cent. Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra clinched his
first top podium finish of the season by winning
13. 2 the javelin throw event at the Kuortane Games in
RBI in its 'Payments Vision 2025' seeks 3-fold Finland, beating reigning world champion
jump in digital payments. RBI aims to increase Anderson Peters
the number of digital payment transactions by The 24-year-old Chopra's opening throw of
more than 3X by 2025 and to curb the volume of 86.69m turned out to be the winning distance.
cheque-based payments to less than 0.25% of
the total retail payments. 19. 2
The core theme of the vision documents is 'E- PM Narendra Modi launched the historic torch
Payments for Everyone, Everywhere, Everytime' relay for the 44th Chess Olympiad at Indira
(4Es). Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi.
Document covers 47 specific initiatives and 10 The Prime Minister will also address a gathering
expected outcomes. on the occasion.
This year, for the very first time, International
14. 2 Chess Federation, FIDE, has instituted the Chess
In Himachal Pradesh 3-day international literary Olympiad Torch, a part of the Olympic tradition,
festival "Unmesha" was organized at the historic but was never done in the Chess Olympiad. India
Gaiety Theater in Shimla. is the first country to have the Chess Olympiad
'Unmesha' " a celebration of expression " is the Torch Relay.
biggest international literary festival in the FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich handed over
country so far. the torch to PM Modi, who in turn handed it over
Over 425 writers, poets, translators, critics and to Viswanathan Anand.
distinguished personalities from 15 countries, This torch will then be taken to 75 cities in a
representing over 60 languages attended. span of 40 days before the final culmination at
Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu. At every location,
15. 4 chess grandmasters of the state will receive the
RBI raised the Additional Factor of Authentication torch.
(AFA) limit from Rs 5,000 to Rs 15,000 per The 44th Chess Olympiad will be held in Chennai
transaction for e-mandates on cards, Prepaid from 28th of next month to 10th of August. The
Payment Instruments (PPIs) and UPI for prestigious competition, which is being organised
recurring transactions. It implies, additional since 1927, is being hosted in India for the first
authentication will not be need for payment of Rs time and in Asia after 30 years. With 189
15,000 per transaction. countries participating, this will be the largest
Under e-mandate, an individual can give participation in any Chess Olympiad.
standing instruction to the bank to debit a
specific amount automatically on recurring basis. 20. 4
While five HC judges were elevated as chief
16. 4 justices, the chief justice of the Telangana High
The day is celebrated in honour of P N Panicker, Court, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, was
considered the Father of Kerala's Library and transferred to the Delhi High Court in the same
Literacy Movement. capacity.
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Justice Vipin Sanghi from the Delhi High Court 23. 4

was appointed as the chief justice of the China emerged as the top buyer of Indian rice
Uttarakhand High Court. Similarly, Justice Amjad during the pandemic, with the neighbouring
A Sayed of the Bombay High Court was made country importing 16.34 lakh metric tonnes
chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. (LMT) or 7.7% of India's total rice export of
Justice S S Shinde of the Bombay High Court was 212.10 LMT in financial year 2021-22, according
appointed as the chief justice of the Rajasthan to an analysis of trade data.
High Court. Justice Rashmin M Chhaya from the The analysis shows that out of China's total rice
Gujarat High Court was elevated as the chief import from India of 16.34 LMT, nearly 97 per
justice of the Gauhati High Court. cent was broken rice.
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, who is currently a judge in
Telangana High Court, was elevated as chief 24. 3
justice there. His parent high court is Gauhati. A team of scientists has discovered a new
The Delhi High Court had been without a regular species of thick-thumbed bat from a bamboo
chief justice after Justice D N Patel retired and forest near Lailad in Ri-Bhoi district in
Justice Sanghi had been the acting CJ since Meghalaya, which is adjoining to Nongkhyllem
March 13. Wildlife Sanctuary. The bat species was named
after the state as Glischropus meghalayanus.
21. 1 With this new discovery, the total number of bat
Use of ICT under a comprehensive initiative species known from India stands at 131 species
called PM eVIDYA by the Department of School with Meghalaya harbouring the highest bat
education, Ministry of Education (MoE), diversity with 67 species.
particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic wins
UNESCO's recognition. Central Institute of 25. 3
Educational Technology (CIET), a constituent unit Govt launched NIPUN Scheme To Upskill
of National Council of Educational Research and Construction Workers. The project
Training (NCERT) under Department of School NIPUN(National Initiative for Promoting Upskilling
Education and Literacy (DOSEL), MoE, of Nirman workers) is an initiative of the Ministry
Government of India has been awarded with the of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) under its
UNESCO's King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for flagship scheme of the Deendayal Antyodaya
the Use of ICT in Education for the year 2021. Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-
Established in 2005 with the support of the NULM) to train over 1 lakh construction workers,
Kingdom of Bahrain, the Prize rewards through fresh skilling and upskilling programmes
individuals and organisations that are and provides them with work opportunities in
implementing outstanding projects and foreign countries also.
promoting the creative use of technologies to
enhance learning, teaching and overall 26. 1
educational performance in the digital age. An PM Modi led the celebrations of the International
international Jury selects two best projects Day of Yoga in Karnataka's Mysuru.
annually. He spoke the importance of Yoga in everyone's
Each prize winner receives $25,000, a medal and lives while extending greetings on the 8th
a diploma during a ceremony at UNESCO International Day of Yoga. Theme of this
Headquarters in Paris", which this year will be International Yoga Day is 'Yoga for Humanity'.
held on June 24, 2022. The highlight of this year is "Guardian Ring of
The PM eVIDYA has been initiated as part of Yoga" which brings to fore the concept of "One
Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan by MoE on May Sun, One Earth".
17, 2020, which unifies all efforts related to
digital, online, on-air education to enable multi- 27. 2
mode access for imparting education by using Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport
technology to minimise learning losses. has been adjudged the best in India and South
Asia for 4th consecutive year at the Skytrax
22. 4 World Airport Awards.
Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), in the The airport also improved its overall ranking to
notification dated June 16, declared the IT 37th from last year's 45th position.
resources of ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and UPI Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru
managing entity NPCI as 'critical information bagged the Best Regional Airport in India and
infrastructure', implying any harm to them can South Asia.
have an impact on national security and any Hamad International Airport is the World's Best
unauthorised person accessing these resources Airport for the second year.
may be jailed for up to 10 years.
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Ex-rebel fighter Gustavo Petro won Colombia's The first tranche of Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB)
presidency. Gustavo Petro became Columbia's scheme for the current financial year opened for
first leftist leader after defeating Rodolfo subscription on June 20. The issue price of gold
HernÃ¡ndez. was fixed at Rs 5,091 per gram.
Environmental activist Francia Marquez will SGB Scheme 2022-23 Series I was open till June
become Colombia's first Black vice president. 24, 2022. Investors applying online and paying
Columbia: online got a discount of Rs 50 per gram.
Capital:BogotÃ¡; The issue date was 28 June 2022.
Currency:Colombian peso
35. 3
29. 1 SEBI has set up an advisory committee on hybrid
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Centre for securities, which will make recommendations for
Brain Research and laid the foundation stone for giving a fillip to the growth of such instruments,
Bagchi Parthasarathy Multispeciality Hospital at including measures focusing on ease of issuance
IISc Bengaluru. and attracting domestic and global capital.
The Centre for Brain Research is developed as a The 20-member committee will be chaired by K V
one of its kind research facility & focuses on Kamath, Chairperson of National Bank for
conducting vital research to provide evidence- Financing Infrastructure and Development.
based public health interventions to manage age-
related brain disorders. 36. 2
LIC introduces 'Dhan Sanchay' savings life
30. 1 insurance plan.
Ministry of Home Affairs organised a National Dhan Sanchay plan is a non-linked, non-
Conference on Cyber Safety and National participating, individual, savings life insurance
Security (Cyber Apradh Se Azadi " Azadi Ka plan that offers a combination of protection and
Amrit Mahotsav) at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. savings.
Union Minister Amit Shah was the Chief Guest at The plan is available for a term of minimum 5
the conference. years to maximum 15 years. It provides level
The conference is part of the efforts to create income benefit, increasing income benefit, single
mass awareness for the prevention of premium level income benefit and single benefit.
cybercrimes in the country.
37. 4
31. 2 DBS Bank India Ltd (DBIL) has acquired a 9.9
Capital markets regulator SEBI has formed a per cent stake in Svakarma Finance, a non-
Building Advisory Committee, which will advise banking finance company, to deliver financial
and assist it in all the premises related matters solutions to micro enterprises through a
such as planning, acquisition and furnishing. combination of direct lending and co-lending.
The seven-member committee will be headed by DBIL is among the first foreign banks in India to
B K Katyal, former Chief General Manager at RBI. start operating as a wholly owned, locally
incorporated subsidiary.
32. 2
Danish player Viktor Axelsen successfully 38. 3
defended his badminton Indonesia Open title India has emerged as the 4th largest recycler in
after beating China's Zhao Jun Peng 21-9, 21-10 the world and the country has recycled 75 tonnes
in the men's singles final. in 2021, according to a World Gold Council
Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei saw off Asian (WGC) report.
champion Wang Zhi Yi of China to win her third According to the WGC report titled 'Gold refining
women's singles crown at the tournament (after and recycling', China topped the global gold
titles in 2016 and 2018). recycling chart as it recycled 168 tonnes of the
yellow metal, followed by Italy in the second
33. 4 position with 80 tonnes and US at the third rank
Senior diplomat Ruchira Kamboj was appointed with 78 tonnes recycled in 2021.
India's Permanent Representative to the United
Nations in New York. 39. 3
Ruchira Kamboj, a 1987-batch Indian Foreign India's First Road Constructed From Steel Slag
Service (IFS) officer, is presently serving as Inaugurated In Surat. Union Steel Minister Ram
India's envoy to Bhutan. Chandra Prasad Singh has opened a 1km six-lane
She will succeed T S Tirumurti as the Indian highway in Surat using around 1 lakh tonnes of
ambassador to the UN. treated steel slag from Arcelor Mittal Nippon
Steel India's Hazira manufacturing plant. It was
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Research Institute (CRRI), a laboratory of the (PARCHIM I) class Corvette.
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR). 45. 1
Government department is to collaborate with
40. 1 SBI to create integrated pension portal.
India and EU re-launched negotiations for India- During the two-day bankers' awareness
EU free trade agreement after over 8 years. programme in Udaipur, Rajasthan it was decided
India had started negotiations for a trade pact, that immediate efforts are needed for the
dubbed the Bilateral Trade and Investment creation of an integrated pension portal by
Agreement (BTIA), with the 27-country economic linking the existing portals of Centre's
bloc in 2007, but the talks stalled in 2013 as Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare
both sides failed to reach an agreement on key (DoPPW) and the SBI to provide seamless
issues, including customs duties on automobiles services to pensioners.
and spirits, and the movement of professionals.
46. 2
41. 2 Indian women's Wrestling claimed Under-17
Karnataka's Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai Asian Championship title with a total of eight
opened Swedish furniture and home furnishing gold at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
retailer Ikea's large outlet at Nagasandra on the India lifted the title with a total of 235 points
Pune expressway. from eight golds, one silver and one bronze.
The Ikea store in Bengaluru is 500,000 sq.ft in Japan had to be content with the runners-up
area and the company hopes to attract about trophy with 143 points and Mongolia finished
seven million visitors a year. It has employed third with 138 points.
about 1000 direct workers.
47. 2
42. 1 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has
The World Bank has approved a project worth successfully launched communication satellite
Rs.1,000 crore for taking rain-fed farming to new GSAT-24 from Kourou in French Guiana. GSAT-
heights in the hilly regions of Uttarakhand. 24, built by ISRO for NewSpace India Limited
The project named Uttarakhand Climate (NSIL), was launched by French company
Responsive Rain-fed Farming Project will be Arianespace. The entire capacity on board is
implemented by the watershed department. leased to Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider
The project is aimed at reducing green house gas Tata Play.
emissions for funding by the World Bank. GSAT-24 is a 24-Ku band communication satellite
weighing 4180 kg with pan-India coverage for
43. 2 meeting DTH application needs.
Mongolia's Khuvsgul Lake National Park has been
added to the World Network of Biosphere 48. 3
Reserves of UNESCO. Former Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta was appointed
Khuvsgul Lake is located in the northern as the new Director General of the National
Mongolian province of Khuvsgul near the Russian Investigation Agency (NIA), an anti-terror probe
border, holding nearly 70 per cent of Mongolia's agency formed after the 26/11 attack in
fresh water, or 0.4 per cent of the world's total. Mumbai.Gupta will hold the post of NIA chief till
March 31, 2024.
44. 1 Director General of CRPF Kuldiep Singh was
The navies of India and Indonesia on June 13 given additional charge of the NIA in May last
began an 11-day coordinated patrol in Andaman year after the retirement of Y C Modi.
Sea and Malacca Strait.
The 38th edition of the exercise IND-INDO 49. 1
CORPAT, conducted for the first time after the ICICI Bank launched a digital platform called
COVID-19 pandemic, will take place till June 24. 'Campus Power' to help students aspiring to
The two navies have been carrying out CORPAT pursue higher education in India and abroad. The
along their International Maritime Boundary Line platform caters to the varied needs of the entire
(IMBL) since 2002. student ecosystem comprising students, parents,
Indian Naval Ship INS Karmuk, an indigenously and institutes.
built Missile Corvette based at the Andaman and The new Campus Power platform assists users to
Nicobar Command, along with a Dornier Maritime explore financial products matching their needs.
Patrol Aircraft, is participating in the CORPAT
whilst the Indonesian Navy is being represented
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Ronaldo Singh scripted history as he became the India jump two places to 104 in FIFA ranking.The
first Indian cyclist to win a silver in a continental Blue Tigers are placed just below New Zealand
tournament in the senior category by finishing (103rd).In the overall rankings, Brazil remained
second in the sprint event on the concluding day on top, three months after taking the top spot
of the Asian Track Championship in New Delhi. from Belgium 2nd.Argentina jumped one place to
The Indian cycling team finished fifth with 23 third at the expense of France 4th who paid the
medals (2 Gold, 6 Silver, 15 Bronze). price for four winless games in the UEFA Nations
League.England, Spain, Italy, Netherlands,
51. 2 Portugal and Denmark complete the top-10.The
Gurunaidu Sanapathi has become India's first next FIFA world ranking will be out on August 25.
weightlifter to win a gold at the IWF Youth World
Championships in Leon, Mexico. The 16-year-old 56. 3
claimed the yellow metal with a total effort of 14th BRICS Summit was convened under the
230kg (104kg 126kg) in the boy's 55kg event. Chairship of President Xi Jinping of China on 23-
Besides Sanapathi, compatriot Soumya S. Dalvi 24 June 2022. Theme for the year 2022 is 'Foster
bagged the bronze in her event on the second High-quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New
day of competitions. Maharashtra's Dalvi, a two- Era for Global Development'. On 23 June, the
time Khelo India Youth gold medallist, heaved leaders held discussions including in fields of
148kg (65kg 83kg) to claim the third spot in the Counter-Terrorism, Trade, Health, Traditional
45kg girl's. Medicine, Environment, Science, Technology &
Innovation, Agriculture, Technical and Vocational
52. 3 Education & Training, and also key issues in the
GMR Group-run Delhi Airport has become first global context, including the reform of the
airport in India to run entirely on hydro and solar multilateral system, COVID-19 pandemic, global
power from June 1st in a major step toward economic recovery, amongst others.
achieving the goal of becoming a Net Zero
Carbon Emission Airport by 2030. 57. 5
Delhi International Airport Limited has signed a ISRO launched - the second dedicated
long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with commercial mission of its commercial arm
a Himachal Pradesh-based hydropower producing NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) - 'PSLV-C53'
company for supply. carrying three satellites from Singapore on June
30.
53. 2 The launch vehicle carrying DS-EO satellite along
The World Bank has approved a USD 245 million with two other co-passenger satellites lifted off
loan to support India's efforts to modernize rail from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan
freight and logistics infrastructure. Space Centre in Sriharikota
The Rail Logistics project will help India shift
more traffic from road to rail, making transport - 58. 3
- both freight and passenger -- more efficient Union Culture Minister Kishan Reddy inaugurated
and reducing millions of tonnes of GHG Jyotirgamaya- a festival showcasing the talent of
emissions. unsung performers in Delhi. As part of Azadi Ka
Indian Railways is the fourth-largest rail network Amrit Mahotsav and on occasion of World Music
in the world, transporting 1.2 billion tonnes of Day, Sangeet Natak Akademi has organised this
freight in the fiscal year ending March 2020. festival to showcase the talent of rare musical
Yet, 71 percent of India's freight is transported instruments from across the country, including
by road and only 17 percent by rail. street performers and train entertainers.
54. 3 59. 5
Jammu and Kashmir will host the 2023 meetings Union Minister of State for Food Processing
of the G20, an influential group of the world's Industries, Prahlad Singh Patel, inaugurated the
major economies. National Conference on Millets on the theme 'The
The government of the union territory set up a Future Super Food for India' in New Delhi,
five-member high-level committee for overall organized by industry body ASSOCHAM with the
coordination. support of M/o Food Processing Industries. It has
India will hold the G-20 presidency from been organized to discuss opportunities and
December 1, 2022, and convene the first G20 challenges in ensuring food and nutritional
leaders' summit in 2023. security.
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60. 1
Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) is 66. 2
keen on building robust partnerships with various Tokyo Olympian Dhanalakshmi Sekar clocked her
stakeholders of indigenous 5G ecosystem personal best time of 22.89s to win the 200m
including local industry and start-ups. C-DOT and sprint at the Qosanov Memorial 2022 athletics
Galore Networks have signed an agreement for meet in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She became 3rd
collaborative development of end-to-end 5G RAN fastest Indian woman in 200m.
products & solutions. Dhanalakshmi is only the third Indian woman to
run sub-23s after national record holder
61. 2 Saraswati Saha (22.82s) and Hima Das (22.88s).
Global Liveability Index is released by Economist Another Indian Dutee Chand was third with a
Intelligence Unit. The cities in India have fared time of 23.60s.
poorly in the list of the world's most liveable
cities. India's national capital New Delhi has been 67. 3
ranked 112th in the list of most liveable cities. Madhya Pradesh kept its date with the record
While India's financial capital Mumbai is ranked books, winning its maiden Ranji Trophy title with
at 117th position. a six-wicket victory over Mumbai. Madhya
Pradesh now becomes the fourth first-time
62. 4 winner of the Ranji Trophy in the last five
Tata Power Solar Systems Limited (Tata Power seasons - joining Gujarat, Vidarbha (two-time
Solar), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, winners now) and Saurashtra.
has accomplished a remarkable feat by Mumbai made it to the Ranji Trophy final for a
commissioning India's largest floating solar record 47 times.
power project in Kayamkulam, Kerala on a 350- Mumbai (then Bombay)with 41 titles, holds the
acre water body, backwaters area, having an record of winning the most number of titles
installed capacity of 101.6 Megawatt Peak.
Mr. Ashish Khanna, President " Renewables, Tata 68. 2
Power. The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(MSMEs) Department, Government of Odisha has
63. 2 been awarded first prize in the category "National
An extremely rare carnivorous plant has been MSME Award 2022 to States/UTs for outstanding
found for the first time in the western Himalayas contribution in the promotion and Development
by the forest department officials of India's of MSME Sector" by virtue of various
snowbound Uttarakhand state. developmental initiatives taken up for the
In September 2021, a team from the Research development of MSMEs.Bihar and Haryana were
Wing of the Uttarakhand Forest discovered the second and third respectively.
Utricularia Furcellata plant in Uttarakhand's
Mandal valley, Chamoli district, at an elevation of 69. 4
4,800 feet. Odisha-based 'Mo Bus' service named recipient of
The plant was last spotted in the nation in 1986 prestigious UN Public Service Award. This
in Meghalaya state's northeastern region. Odisha-based public transport service is among
the 10 global initiates honoured with a
64. 2 prestigious United Nations award for their role
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)announced an and efforts in helping the world recover better
extension of the deadline for card data storage from COVID-19.
and tokenisation implementation by another The 2022 UN Public Service Award winners were
three months to September 30, 2022 from June announced by Liu Zhenmin, United Nations
30,2022. Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social
As part of this initiative, merchants and payment Affairs.
aggregators are required to delete all card details
and replace them with tokens. 70. 1
Ministry of Education's first-ever school index
65. 3 'Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D)'
The first Warfare & Aerospace Strategy Program for districts released. Top performing districts
was conducted by the Indian Air Force, with the were Jaipur, Sikar and Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan.
capstone seminar held at the Air Force They scored more than 80% overall under the
Auditorium in New Delhi (WASP). The College of various parameters defined.
Air Warfare and Centre for Air Power Studies PGI-D structure has a total weightage of 600
supervised the seminar's operation. points under 6 categories.
The aim of WASP is to foster strategic thought Index organises districts in 10 grades,highest
and awareness among IAF personnel. being 'Daksh' & lowest 'Akanshi-3'.
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The Rajasthan toppers found a place in

'Utkarsh'(81-90%) grade in 2019-20.Index were 76. 1
based on data from academic years 2018-19 and Celebrated advocate Kottayan Katankot
2019-2020. Venugopal, was re-appointed the Attorney
General for India for three months.
71. 3 Sh. Venugopal, 91, the oldest person to occupy
A five-day UN Ocean Conference was held with the post, was appointed as the Attorney General
the Kenya and Portugal as the co-hosts. for India in July 2017, succeeding Mukul Rohatgi.
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh lead the Indian 1st Attorney General of India- Motilal C.
delegation. Setalvad.
Leaders from over 130 countries from across the
world deliberated for five days to find an 77. 2
international agreement on protecting the world's According to Mercer's 2022 Cost of Living survey,
oceans, seas and marine resources. Mumbai (127) is the costliest city in India in
terms of both living expenses and
72. 1 accommodation costs for expatriates.
NITI Aayog launched a report 'India's Booming This is followed by New Delhi (155), Chennai
Gig and Platform Economy' on gig economy in (177), Bengaluru (178), and Hyderabad (192),
India while Pune (201) and Kolkata (203) are the least
Gig workers are typically those who work expensive Indian cities in the ranking.
freelance, contractual, temporary, or on-call
basis. 78. 2
It is estimated that in 2020-21,77 lakh workers Titled 'Harnessing Green Hydrogen:
were engaged in gig economy. They constituted Opportunities for Deep Decarbonisation in India',
2.6% of the non-agricultural workforce or 1.5% the report by NITI Aayog and RMI provides a
of the total workforce in India. pathway to accelerate the emergence of a green
It is expected to expand to 2.35 crore workers by hydrogen economy, which is critical for India to
2029-30. achieve its net-zero ambitions by 2070.
Given that the majority of this demand could be
73. 1 met with green hydrogen in the long term, the
INS Satpura entered Pearl Harbour in Hawaii on cumulative value of the green hydrogen market
27 June 22 to participate in the 22nd biennial, in India could reach $8 billion by 2030 and $340
multi-lateral Rim of the Pacific exercise (RIMPAC- billion by 2050.
22). The exercise is organised by the US Indo- The report concludes that hydrogen demand in
Pacific Command (USINDPACOM). India could grow more than fourfold by 2050,
27 countries are participating in the current representing almost 10 percent of global
edition of the multi-dimensional exercise. demand.
NITI Aayog highlights that green hydrogen can
74. 3 substantially spur industrial decarbonisation and
Pallonji Mistry, Chairman Of Shapoorji Pallonji economic growth for India in the coming
Group and largest individual shareholder In Tata decades.
Group, passed away at 93.
Sh. Mistry was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 79. 3
2016 for his contribution in the field of industry NITI Aayog and Technology Information,
and trade. Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) in a
The Shapoorji Pallonji Group's construction unit report have optimistically forecast 100 per cent
is behind some of Mumbai's iconic landmarks penetration of electric two-wheelers in the Indian
such as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) building, market by FY2026-27.
the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building, The report was titled 'Forecasting Penetration of
Hong Kong Bank, Grindlays Bank, Standard Electric Two-Wheelers in India'.
Chartered Bank and Brabourne Stadium. The sale of electric two-wheelers may cross 220
lakh units by FY2028-29,it said.
75. 4
England's Eoin Morgan has retired from 80. 4
international cricket with immediate effect. Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Director for Finance at
Morgan, who led England to 50-over World Cup Indian Oil Corporation, has been picked to head
glory in 2019, captained England in a record 126 India's largest gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd.
ODIs and 72 T20s. His 118 wins as skipper The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)
across the two formats is also a record. He selected Gupta, 56, for the post of chairman and
retires with a slew of records to his name, managing director of GAIL after interviewing 10
including most ODI runs for England (6,957). candidates.
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He will replace Manoj Jain, who is scheduled to

retire on August 31. 86. 3
Indian American Sowmyanarayan Sampath will
81. 3 lead Verizon Business as its new Chief Executive
Israel has signed a free trade agreement with the Officer, effective 1 July 2022.
United Arab Emirates, its first big trade accord Sampath will directly report to Hans Vestberg,
with an Arab state and a move aimed at boosting Verizon Chairman and CEO.
trade between the two Middle Eastern nations. Before joining Verizon, Sampath worked at KPMG
The trade agreement defined tax rates, imports and Boston Consulting Group.
and intellectual property, which would encourage
more Israeli companies to set up offices in the 87. 2
UAE. Poland's Iga Swiatek won the French Open
women`s singles title by beating American Coco
82. 3 Gauff 6-1, 6-3 in the final. World number one
Tamil Nadu topped the State Food Safety Index Swiatek claimed her second Grand Slam title, she
(SFSI) this year, followed by Gujarat and had won at Roland Garros in 2020.
Maharashtra. The cup has been named Suzanne-Lenglen cup &
Among the smaller States, Goa stood first, is awarded to the women's singles french open
followed by Manipur and Sikkim. champion since 1979. Swiatek is the fourth
Among the Union Territories, Jammu and youngest player to win her second title.
Kashmir, Delhi and Chandigarh secured the first,
second and third ranks. 88. 3
The rating is done by the Food Safety and Russia has overtaken Saudi Arabia to become
Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). India's second-biggest supplier of oil behind Iraq
as refiners snap up Russian crude available at a
83. 4 deep discount following the war in Ukraine.
Tata Projects will build the national capital Iraq remained the top supplier to India in May &
region's new airport at Jewar, after outbidding Saudi Arabia is now the third biggest supplier.
the Shapoorji Pallonji Group and Larsen & Toubro After the U.S & China, India is the world's third-
for the contract. Tata Projects, the infrastructure largest consumer of oil.
and construction arm of the Tata group, will
construct the terminal, runway, airside 89. 1
infrastructure, roads, utilities, landside facilities Uttarakhand government tabled Rs 65,571.49
and other ancillary buildings at the Noida crore budget.The proposed Rs 65,571.49 crore
International Airport. budget includes Rs 49,013.31 crore of revenue
The new airport is expected to be functional by expenditure and Rs 16,558.18 crore of capital
2024. expenditure.
Natarajan Chandrasekaran is the Chairman of the The highest allocation of Rs.1,500 crore was
Board at Tata Sons proposed in the budget for payment of pensions
to the old, widows without anyone to depend on,
84. 3 abandoned women, differently-abled and
Government of India recently ratified 8.1% EPF economically weak farmers.
interest rate for 2021-22. This is the lowest since The budget proposal has allocated Rs.500 crore
1977-78 when it stood at 8 per cent. for Nanda Gaura Yojana, which aims to improve
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation is gender ratio.Under the scheme, the government
the statutory body under the Government of seeks to pay Rs.51,000 to the parents of a
India's Ministry of Labour and Employment, daughter in seven instalments, starting with the
which is responsible for regulation and year of her birth till she is married.
management of provident funds in India. The
EPFO administers the mandatory provident fund. 90. 3
India recorded its highest-ever textiles and
85. 1 apparel exports in the financial year 2021-22 at
India beat Poland 6-4 in final to clinch the USD 44.4 billion.
inaugural FIH Hockey 5s championship in The exports tally, which also includes
Lausanne in Switzerland. handicrafts, indicates a substantial increase of 41
India, ended their campaign with an unbeaten per cent and 26 per cent over corresponding
record. figures in FY21 and FY20, respectively.
Earlier, India first outplayed Malaysia 7-3, USA was the top export destination for the
pumping in four goals in the second half in a country's textiles and apparel shipments.
stunning show before beating Poland 6-2 in the
second match of the day.
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The country's first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine Markets regulator Sebi has restructured its
Anocovax for animals, developed by Haryana- advisory committee on mutual funds.
based ICAR-National Research Centre on The 25-member advisory committee will be
Equines, (NRC), was launched by Agriculture chaired by former Deputy Governor of the
Minister Narendra Singh. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Usha Thorat,
Anocovax is an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Delta according to the latest update with the Securities
(COVID-19) vaccine for animals. The immunity and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).
induced by Anocovax neutralizes both Delta and Earlier, the panel had 24 members.
Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2.
96. 3
92. 2 A staff of researchers from the University of Delhi
In a world's first, the New York state legislature has found a novel set of fossilised dinosaur eggs,
has passed the "right to repair" bill that will with one egg nesting inside the different on the
require digital electronics manufacturers to make Dinosaur Fossil National Park, in Dhar District of
parts, tools, information, and software available Madhya Pradesh. While eggs-within-eggs are
to consumers and independent repair shops. uncommon phenomena, they're to date identified
The "Fair Repair Act" comes after federal to happen solely in birds and have by no means
pressure to enforce consumers' rights to repair identified in reptiles.
and refurbish their purchased goods. This discovery brings out newer connections
between reptilian and avian evolution.
93. 2
A Multinational Peacekeeping exercise "Ex Khaan 97. 4
Quest 2022" featuring participation from military The Russian navy has conducted another test of
contingents from 16 countries was held in a prospective hypersonic missile, a
Mongolia. demonstration of the military's long-range strike
Mr Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, the President of capability amid the fighting in Ukraine. The
Mongolia inaugurated the Exercise. launch was the latest in a series of tests of
Indian Army was represented by a contingent Zircon, which is set to enter service later this
from the LADAKH SCOUTS. year. Zircon is capable of flying at nine times the
speed of sound and has a range of 1,000 km.
94. 2
The government has revised the premium rates 98. 1
of its two flagship social security schemes, Ajay Kumar Srivastava, Executive Director at
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Indian Overseas Bank, has been appointed as the
PMJJBY & Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, MD and CEO of the bank for three years.
PMSBY. Premium rates for PMJJBY has revised to A Manimekhalai is the first woman MD and CEO
436 from the earlier premium of 330 rupees per of Union Bank of India and replaces Rajkiran Rai.
annum. For the PMSBY, the revised premium will G who held the position of Union Bank chief since
be 20 rupees instead of the existing 12 rupees 2017.
per annum. Swarup Kumar Saha has been appointed MD and
A target has been set to increase the coverage CEO of Punjab & Sind Bank for 3 years. He will
from 6.4 crore to 15 crore under PMJJBY and replace S Krishnan.
from 22 crore to 37 crore under PMSBY in the
next five years. 99. 3
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana:- India's wholesale price index (WPI)-based
Available to people in the age group of 18 to 50 inflation rate shot up to a record high of 15.88%
and having a bank account. People who join the in May in the current 2011-12 series. With this,
scheme before completing 50 years can, WPI-based inflation has been in double-digits for
however, continue to have the risk of life cover 14 consecutive months.
up to the age of 55 years subject to payment of The latest figure also makes it historically the
premium. highest in 31 years since September 1991 (16.31
The scheme will be offered by Life Insurance per cent).
Corporation and all other life insurers who are
willing to join the scheme and tie-up with banks 100. 2
for this purpose. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 'Kranti
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana is a Gatha', a newly created Gallery of Indian
government-backed accident insurance scheme Revolutionaries inside the underground
in India. It was originally mentioned in the 2015 British"era bunker at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. He
also inaugurated the newly reconstructed 'Jal
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Bhushan', the residence and office of the beach tourism sector and also the tourists. The
Governor of Maharashtra. Beach Vigil App aims to do a holistic
management of beaches.
101. 2 Beach Vigil App Drishti workers, police and other
IIT Madras develops robot to clean septic tanks stakeholders can raise issues for safeguarding
without human intervention.Named "HomoSEP", tourists' interests.
ten units are planned to be deployed across
Tamil Nadu and the researchers are in touch with 106. 3
sanitation workers to identify the locations. The all-India female labour force participation
Gujarat and Maharashtra are being considered rate (LFPR) in usual status has increased 2.3% in
for the deployment of the robots that have been 2021 to 25.1% as compared to 22.8% a year
developed with an aim to eliminate manual ago, shows the Periodic Labour Force Survey
scavenging in the next phase. (PLFS) annual report for July 2020-June 2021.
The Worker population ratio (WPR) in usual
102. 4 status for persons of all ages in India is 39.8%.
The 118th meeting of the Permanent Indus the unemployment Rate (UR) in usual status for
Commission (PIC) comprising of Indus persons of all ages in India is 4.2%.
Commissioners of India and Pakistan was held in
New Delhi. 107. 3
The Indian delegation was led by Shri A.K. Pal, President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the
the Indian Commissioner for Indus Waters and centenary celebrations of Gita Press , the world's
the visiting Pakistan delegation was led by Mr largest publisher of Hindu religious texts.
Syed Muhammad Mehar Ali Shah, the Pakistan The President said that 'Kalyan' magazine of Gita
Commissioner for Indus Waters. Press has a prestigious place as collectible
literature from the spiritual point of view.
103. 1 Gita Press was launched in 1923 by Jaya Dayal
The Indian Navy will bid farewell to its two ships Goyanka.
INS Nishank and INS Akshay, at Naval Dockyard It is located in Gorakhpur,Uttar Pradesh.
in Mumbai.
Both the ships will be decommissioned at Naval 108. 4
Dockyard after 32 years of being at the forefront Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has announced
of safeguarding the maritime interests of the that the Union Cabinet has approved a
nation. recruitment scheme for Indian youth to serve in
INS Nishank is the fourth of the Veer Class the Armed Forces.
Missile Corvette and has been an integral part of The scheme is called 'Agnipath' and the youth
the Killer Squadron renowned for its heroics in selected under this scheme will be known as
the 1971 War. 'Agniveers'.
INS Akshay is a part of the 23rd Patrol Vessel Scheme is a transformative initiative and under it
Squadron, whose primary role is Anti-Submarine Indian youngsters will get an opportunity to
warfare and coastal patrol. serve in armed forces.
As per the Indian Navy, these two ships have The scheme will increase employment
had forward-deployed on numerous occasions opportunities and aim to create a youthful profile
during heightened security situations "- Op of the Armed forces.
Talwar during the Kargil war in 1999, OP Under the new scheme, around 45,000 to 50,000
Parakram in 2001 and post-Uri attack in 2017. soldiers (will be called 'Agniveers') will be
recruited annually for a short period, and most
104. 1 will leave the service in just four years. Of the
The Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu)-based Tamilnad total annual recruits, only 25 per cent will be
Mercantile Bank Ltd, has received market allowed to continue for another 15 years under
regulator SEBI's approval to raise funds through permanent commission.
an initial public offering (IPO). During this period, 30 per cent of their salary will
The proposed IPO comprises a fresh issue of be set aside under a Seva Nidhi programme, and
1.582 crore shares and an offer for sale of the government will contribute an equal amount
12,505 equity shares. every month, and it will also accrue interest. At
The offer will constitute 10 per cent of the post- the end of the four-year period, each soldier will
offer paid-up equity share capital. get Rs 11.71 lakh as a lump sum amount, which
will be tax-free. Once selected, the aspirants will
105. 3 go through training for six months and then will
The chief minister of Goa Pramod Sawant has be deployed for three and a half years.
launched a "Beach Vigil App". The CM said that
the app aims to benefit institutions working in
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The Karnataka government has established the women's economic empowerment.
'The Farmer Registration & Unified Beneficiary The project will launch a pilot in Maharashtra to
Information System' or FRUITS software for cultivate the digital, soft and employability skills
Aadhar-based, single-window registration for the of 2,000 women.
programmes. For authenticating ownership, the The three-year regional collaboration will digitally
FRUITS software would allow for single upskill women.
registration utilising an Aadhar card and
Karnataka's Bhoomi computerised land registry 115. 1
system. The International Monetary Fund has named
Indian national Krishna Srinivasan as Director of
110. 2 the Asia Pacific Department.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Prior to focusing on Asia Pacific, he was Deputy
national portal for credit-linked government Director in the Western Hemisphere Department,
schemes " Jan Samarth Portal.Jan Samarth monitoring the economies of Brazil, Canada,
Portal is a one-stop digital portal linking Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and the Caribbean.
government credit schemes. IMF's Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.
Prime Minister participated in the 'Iconic Week
Celebrations' of the Ministry of Finance and the 116. 3
Ministry of Corporate Affairs at Vigyan Bhawan, In a special gesture towards the people of
New Delhi. The week (June 6-11) is being Mongolia, four Holy Relics of Lord Buddha are
celebrated as part of the 'Azadi Ka Amrit being taken from India to Mongolia for an 11-day
Mahotsav' . exposition as part of celebrations of Mongolian
Buddha Purnima.
111. 3 A 25-member delegation, led by Union Minister
Ramkrishna Mukkavilli, the Founder and of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju accompanying the
Managing Director of Maithri Aquatech, was sacred relics.
previously selected as India's SDG Pioneer by the Capital: Ulaanbaatar; Currency: Mongolian
UN Global Compact Network India (GCNI) earlier tÃ¶grÃ¶g.
this year, for his work in building water security The Holy Buddha relics, currently housed in the
with nature-based water solutions across India National Museum, are known as the 'Kapilvastu
and 27 countries spanning South East Asia, the Relics' since they are from a site in Bihar first
Middle East, and Africa. discovered in 1898 which is believed to be the
Following this, he was recognized as one of the ancient city of Kapilvastu.
10 new SDG Pioneers for 2022. The Holy Relics will be displayed at the
Batsagaan Temple within the premises of Gandan
112. 3 Monastery.
According to the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development, India jumped one 117. 4
position to 7th among the top recipients of The Union Cabinet has approved a memorandum
foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2021 despite of association (MoA) by India for the
FDI inflows into the country declining. In its establishment of BIMSTEC Technology Transfer
World Investment Report UNCTAD said FDI Centre in Colombo.
inflows into India declined to $45 billion in 2021 The MoA was signed by the Bay of Bengal
from $64 billion in the preceding year. Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and
Economic Cooperation member countries at the
113. 2 5th BIMSTEC Summit held in Colombo, Sri
The 12th WTO Ministerial Conference was held in Lanka.
Geneva, Switzerland after a gap of almost 5
years from 12 June 2022 – 16 June 2022. The 118. 4
key areas of discussions & negotiations this The United States has announced a funding of
year's conference included WTO's response to $122 million to top three Indian medical research
the pandemic, Fisheries subsidies negotiations, institutions to prevent avoidable epidemics, early
Public Stockholding for Food security, WTO detection of disease threats, and rapid and
Reforms and Moratorium on Custom Duties on effective response.
Electronic transmission. The fund will be distributed to the three top
The Conference was co-hosted by Kazakhstan. Indian health research institutions -- ICMR,
NIV(Pune) and NIE(Chennai)
114. 4
LinkedIn, the world's largest professional
network,said it will invest USD 5,00,000 (Rs 3.88
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The Defence Ministry has signed a contract with NASA's DAVINCI mission to Venus is scheduled
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) for the supply of for launch in 2029. A new paper details this
ASTRA MK-I Beyond Visual Range (BVR) Air to upcoming journey, a daring mission that could
Air Missile (AAM) and associated equipment for shed new light on the scorching hot planet's
the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy at a cost of mysterious, and potentially habitable, past.
Rs 2,971 crore under Buy (Indian-IDDM) DAVINCI stands for Deep Atmosphere Venus
category. Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and
ASTRA MK-I BVR AAM has been indigenously Imaging.
designed and developed by Defence Research DAVINCI is designed to act as a flying chemistry
and Development Organisation (DRDO) based on lab, and it will use its built-in instruments to
the staff requirements issued by the Indian Air analyze Venus's atmosphere, temperatures,
Force catering for Beyond Visual Range as well as pressure and wind speed, while taking a few
Close Combat Engagement (CCE) reducing the photos of its trip through planetary hell.
dependency on foreign sources. NASA's last mission to Venus, Magellan, arrived
at the planet in 1989 and wrapped up science
120. 1 operations in 1994. Since then, NASA hasn't sent
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the headquarters out a specialized Venus mission, although the
of the Indian National Space Promotion and planet is, like, super hot"literally and figuratively.
Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) at Bopal,
Ahmedabad. It is an autonomous and single 124. 1
window nodal agency in the Department of Space Recognising its efforts in controlling tobacco
for the promotion, encouragement and regulation consumption, the World Health Organization
of space activities of both government and (WHO) has selected Jharkhand for the World No
private entities. Tobacco Day (WNTD) Award-2022.
NTCP was launched in Jharkhand in 2012 when
121. 3 the tobacco prevalence rate in the State was
China has released a new comprehensive 51.1 per cent, of which 48 per cent were
geologic map of the moon, the "most detailed" to smokeless users, according to the Global Adult
date, which is expected to make a vital Tobacco Survey (GATS)-1 report.
contribution to scientific research, exploration
and landing site selection on the Earth's only 125. 2
natural satellite. The central government has released Rs 86,912
The new comprehensive geologic map of the crore to state governments, clearing all the
moon is to a scale of 1:2,500,000, the "most Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation due
detailed to date". to them.
The Centre made the full payment despite only
122. 3 about Rs 25,000 crore being available in the GST
Haryana emerged champions in the fourth compensation fund. The balance money has been
edition of Khelo India Youth Games to dethrone paid from the Centre's own resources pending
defending champions Maharashtra in Panchkula. collection of cess.
It was the boxers who packed a punch in their
performances on the final day to help Haryana 126. 1
take the final lead, leaving Maharashtra behind in The first service of the theme-based Bharat
second spot. Gaurav Train from Coimbatore North to Sainagar
Haryana ended their campaign with a grand tally Shirdi started its journey.
of 52 gold, 39 silver and 46 bronze. With this, Southern Railway becomes the first
Maharashtra, who gave tough fight to the hosts zone in Indian Railways to get the first
since Day 1, managed 45 gold, 40 silver and 40 Registered service provider under the 'Bharat
bronze. Gaurav" Scheme and commence the operations
Karnataka finished third with 22 gold, including a of the maiden service from Coimbatore North to
whopping 19 from the swimming pool. Manipur Sainagar Shirdi.
were fourth with 19 gold and Kerala fifth with 18. The theme-based 'Bharat Gaurav' trains were
In the end, Haryana's superiority in boxing (10) announced in November last year. The objective
and wrestling (16) proved to be the difference in of the themes is to showcase India's rich cultural
the overall equation. Their swimmers and heritage, as well as historical places, to the
weightlifters contributed a handsome four gold people of India and the world.
medals each too. A host of services, including a doctor to attend to
any emergency, are available on board.
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127. 2 Director (CMD) of Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).

Rafael Nadal captured his 14th Roland His appointment's tenure is 5 years.
Garros(French Open) title and a record-extending Prior to taking over as Director (Operations), BK
22nd Grand Slam trophy, dispatching Norwegian Upadhyay was at the helm of forwarding Project
Casper Ruud. Group Deptt, responsible for increasing GSL's
By earning a 22nd Grand Slam crown, the outreach into the global defence market.
Spaniard has moved further clear of Novak GSL is a PSU under the Ministry of Defence.
Djokovic and Roger Federer in the Grand Slam
race, with the Serbian and Swiss tied on 20 132. 2
major titles. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
(ACC) has approved the proposal of the Ministry
128. 1 of Coal for the appointment of Debasish Nanda
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a special as Director (Business Development) of Coal India
series of coins that are also 'visually impaired Limited (CIL).
friendly'. Nanda has been appointed to the post with effect
The coins of Re 1, Rs 2, 5, 10 and 20 from the date of his assumption of charge of the
denominations will have the Azadi Ka Amrit post till the date of his superannuation i.e. May
Mahotsav (AKAM) design. They are not 31, 2025, or until further orders, whichever is
commemorative coins and will be part of earlier.
circulation. Presently, he is serving as Executive Director in
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).
129. 1
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, 133. 2
chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has set
approved the proposal for development of Phase up a three-member commission for carrying out
I of New Greenfield Airport at Dholera, Gujarat at a fresh delimitation exercise of the municipal
an estimated cost of Rs 1,305 crore, to be wards in Delhi, by exercising its powers under
completed within 48 months. sections 3, 3A and 5 of the Delhi Municipal
The airport is planned for operationalisation from Corporation Act, 1957.
the year 2025-26. The panel will have three members -- Vijay Dev,
The project is being implemented by Dholera State Election Commissioner, Delhi, who will be
International Airport Company Limited, which is a its chairman, Pankaj Kumar Singh, Joint
Joint Venture Company comprising Airports Secretary in the Union Ministry of Housing and
Authority of India (AAI), Government of Gujarat Urban Affairs, and Randhir Sahay, Additional
(GoG) and National Industrial Corridor Commissioner.
Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT)
holding equity in the ratio of 51:33:16. 134. 1
Dholera Airport is to get passenger and cargo mRube, the electronic trading platform for
traffic from Dholera Special Investment Region natural rubber, will offer a unique scheme of
and is expected to become a major cargo hub to certifying the commodity quality certification at
serve the industrial region. This airport will also the rate of Rs.1 per tonne for product
cater to the nearby region and serve as a second manufacturers buying rubber through the portal.
airport to Ahmedabad. The Rubber Board has launched the electronic
platform to improve the efficacy of the domestic
130. 2 supply chain for natural rubber.
'Digital News Report 2022' was published by the The quality certification scheme of 'mRube'
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism covers quality assaying of Ribbed Smoked Sheets
(RISJ). India's position has jumped to the 20th (RSS), Indian Standard Natural Rubber (ISNR)
spot among the 46 countries surveyed; an and Concentrated latex grades for 30 days
improvement from last year's 31st rank. starting from July 11, 2022.
The Times of India scored the highest in terms of Who can avail this
brand trustworthiness, at 75%, closely followed The scheme's benefit can be availed of by users
by All India Radio at 72% while The Print (61 who buy rubber up to 10 tonnes per invoice per
percent), Republic TV (57 percent), and The Wire day. Only two quality certification requests per
(57 percent) scored the lowest. week per licensee will be offered under the
scheme.
131. 1 Users can request any number of quality
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet certifications without any quantity restrictions on
(ACC) has approved the appointment of Brajesh the normal rates prescribed in the 'mRube'
Kumar Upadhyay as Chairman & Managing portal.
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The Rubber Board is a statutory body constituted resolution 45/216 of December 1990 to continue
by the Government of India, under the Rubber observing the day in subsequent years.
Act 1947, for the overall development of the The theme for this year is "A world of 8 billion:
rubber industry in the country. It is under Towards a resilient future for all " Harnessing
Ministry of Commerce and Industry. opportunities and ensuring rights and choices for
Head Office: Kottayam, Kerala all."
135. 3 140. 1
State-run Coffee Board is planning to focus on Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the
developing new varieties that will be resistant to newly-constructed airport at Deoghar in
the changing climatic patterns. A Memorandum Jharkhand on Tuesday, July 12.
of Understanding (MoU) between the Coffee Deoghar Airport will be the 68th destination
Board and ISRO was signed with regard to which will be connected to Kolkata, Patna and
breeding climate-resilient varieties and assess Ranchi under UDAN. The first UDAN flight
the carbon sequestration potential in coffee connecting Kolkata and Deoghar will be
among others. inaugurated on July 12, 2022.
The Board will be making an outlay for the The Deoghar airport is spread over 657 acres has
investments required in taking up the a 2,500-metre-long runway, which can handle
collaborative research with ISRO, which will also the landing and takeoff of Airbus A320 planes.
focus on assessing carbon sequestration potential
in the coffee growing regions. 141. 1
KG Jagadeesha, CEO and Secretary, Coffee Brijendra Kumar Syngal, former chairman of
Board. Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited,referred to as
father of internet in India, passed away.
136. 1 An IITian, Syngal left satellite communications
Nokia has partnered with Indian Institute of company Inmarsat to take charge of VSNL in
Science to set up Nokia Center of Excellence in 1991.
networked robotics at IISc Bengaluru. The Center Under his watch, the company rolled out India's
of Excellence (CoE) will promote inter-disciplinary internet service and launched its then biggest
research involving robotics and advanced global depository receipt issue.
communication technologies in 5G and Artificial
Intelligence (AI). 142. 1
Nokia will fund the CoE for three consecutive Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will launch the
years to sustain the first phase of the partnership first-ever 'Artificial Intelligence in Defence'
between Nokia and Indian Institute of Science (AIDef) symposium and exhibition organised by
(IISc). the Department of Defence Production, Ministry
of Defence on July 11 at Vigyan Bhawan in New
137. 4 Delhi.
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beats Nick Kyrgios It is a big event where 75 newly-developed AI
(Australia) for 7th Wimbledon title. products/technologies, having applications in
He extended his unbeaten run at the grass-court defence, will be launched,
Grand Slam tournament to 28 matches and
raised his career haul to 21 major trophies, 143. 3
breaking a tie with Roger Federer and moving India joined the Interpol's international child
just one behind Rafael Nadal's 22 for the most in sexual exploitation (ICSE) database which will
the history of men's tennis. allow it to draw links between victims, abusers
and crime scene using audio-visual data.
138. 2 The CBI, which is India's nodal agency for
Elena Rybakina became the first player from Interpol matters, joined the database making
Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam title by beating India the 68th country to connect to it.
Tunisian third seed Ons Jabeur in the ladies'
singles Wimbledon final. The 17th seed fought 144. 1
back to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Rybakina, 23, thus The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in
became the youngest Wimbledon singles Mumbai has become the first railway station in
champion since 2011. India to be equipped with augmented reality
screens.
139. 1 The futuristic technology will allow passengers at
World Population Day, was first observed on July the station to get real-time digitised time table
11 1990 in more than 90 countries. It was with a dedicated scrolling screen and railway
established through a United Nations (UN) information for an engaging experience.
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Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road The Bal Vatikas' will function at 4,457 anganwadi
Transport and Highways has said that the kendras equivalent to the nursery class
Dwarka Expressway, which will be India's first
elevated urban expressway, will be operational 151. 2
by 2023. Mohammed Shami became the fastest Indian
It is a 16-lane access-controlled highway with bowler to 150 ODI wickets in the first India vs
the provision of a minimum 3-lane service road England ODI at the Kennington Oval.The seamer
on both sides. It is being developed at a total needed 80 matches to 150 ODI wickets.
cost of Rs 9,000 crore Shami,achieved the feat with his second wicket
of the match. Overall, Shami is third joint-fastest
146. 2 to reach 150 ODI wickets. He shares the record
PM Sh. Narendra Modi unveils National Emblem with Afghanistan's Rashid Khan.
cast on the roof of the new Parliament Building.
The National Emblem is made of bronze with a 152. 4
total weight of 9500 Kg and is 6.5 m in height. It India has been ranked 135 out of 146 countries
has been cast at the top of the Central Foyer of in the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap
New Parliament Building. A supporting structure Report 2022. The country has scored 0.629, on a
of steel weighing around 6500 Kg has been scale of 0 to 1, which is its seventh-highest score
constructed to support the Emblem. in the last 16 years. In 2021, India ranked 140
Also present on the occasion were Lok Sabha out of a total 156 countries on the index.
Speaker Om Birla and Minister of Urban Affairs Iceland has been ranked first in the index.
Hardeep Puri. Iceland (90.8%) leading the global ranking.
Iceland was the only economy to have closed
147. 2 more than 90% of its gender gap.
AAI's Leh airport is being built as a carbon- Other Scandinavian countries such as Finland
neutral airport, a first in India. A "Geothermal (86%, 2nd), Norway (84.5%, 3rd) and Sweden
system" in hybridization with Solar PV Plant will (82.2%, 5th) are in the top five, with other
be provided in the New airport Terminal Building European countries such as Ireland (80.4%) and
for heating and cooling purposes. Germany (80.1%) in ninth and tenth positions,
This system works by exchanging heat between respectively.Â
the air & the ground as its heat pumps are used Sub-Saharan African countries Rwanda (81.1%,
for space heating & cooling, as well as water 6th) and Namibia (80.7%, 8th), along with one
heating. Latin American country, Nicaragua (81%, 7th),
and one country from east Asia and the Pacific,
148. 4 New Zealand (84.1%, 4th), also take positions in
Eminent archaeologist, historian and former the top 10.
Director-General of the Bangladesh National
Museum Dr. Enamul Haque passed away in 153. 4
Dhaka. He was 85. Dr. Enamul Haque was India-born Gita Gopinath became the first
conferred with Padma Shri for the year 2020 for woman and second Indian to feature on the 'wall
his work on Bengal's Iconography and terracotta of former chief economists' of the International
art.He was instrumental in setting up the Monetary Fund (IMF). The first Indian to achieve
Bangladesh National Museum. the honour was Raghuram Rajan who was Chief
Economist and Director of Research of IMF
149. 1 between 2003 and 2006. Gopinath was
Former drinking water and sanitation secretary appointed as IMF Chief Economist in October
Parameswaran Iyer, who led the Centre's 2018 and was later promoted as the IMF's First
flagship Swachh Bharat Mission, took charge as Deputy Managing Director in December 2021.
chief executive officer (CEO) of Niti Aayog. His
appointment for the role was cleared by the 154. 2
Cabinet Appointments Committee on June 24. He According to the WHO, monkeypox is a viral
replaced Amitabh Kant, who demitted office on zoonosis (a virus transmitted to humans from
June 30.He has over 25 years of experience. animals) with symptoms similar to those seen in
the past in smallpox patients, although it is
150. 3 clinically less severe. It is usually a self-limited
Uttarakhand in July 2022 became the first state disease with symptoms lasting two to four
in the country to initiate process of implementing weeks.
the Centre's New Education Policy, with Chief
Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurating Bal
Vatikas' at anganwadi kendras across the state
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Samsung has developed a new graphics dynamic waste.
random-access memory (DRAM) chip with a Smt. Nidhi Khare- Chairperson of the committee.
faster speed and improved power efficiency.The The committee includes Shri Anupam Mishra,
24-gigabit Graphics Double Data Rate 6 adopts Joint Secretary DoCA, Justice Paramjeet Singh
third-generation,10-nanometer technology and Dhaliwal, former Judge of Punjab and Haryana
boasts a data processing speed that is over 30 High Court, Former President of State Consumer
per cent faster than existing products.It process Dispute Redressal Commission, Punjab, Prof.
graphic images at a rate of up to 1.1 terabytes (Dr.) G.S. Bajpai Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi
per sec. National University of Law, Patiala, Prof. Shri
Ashok Patil, Chair of Consumer Law and Practice
156. 4 and representatives from various stakeholders
Owing to the concerted efforts of community like ICEA, SIAM, Consumer Activists & Consumer
members and government officials, a grey water Organizations as members.
management system has been successfully
implemented in Pappankuzhi Village Panchayat in 160. 1
Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu. The initiative Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research
is a part of the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen Center, New Delhi (RGCI) have installed the first-
(SBM-G) Phase II campaign of which greywater ever Made-in-India Surgical Robotic System,
management is an integral component. SSI-Mantra, devised by the new-age Indian med-
tech start-up SS Innovations. The ingenious SSI
157. 3 Mantra, is a brainchild of World-renowned robotic
Filmmakers Aparna Sen and Nandita Das have cardiac surgeon Dr. Sudhir P Srivastava. Sudhir P
been awarded the Icon Award at this year's Srivastava is popularly known as The Robo
London Indian Film Festival for their contribution Doctor.
to Indian and global cinema. In the annual
Satayjit Ray short film category 'Jaagran', co- 161. 3
directed by Ritviq Joshi and Hardik Sadhwani, The 296 kilometres-long four-lane Bundelkhand
won the LIFF Jury Prize. Expressway has been constructed at a cost of
around â‚¹14,850 crore. The foundation stone of
158. 1 the expressway was laid by the prime minister in
With this MoU, RBI and BI committed to deepen February 2020 and the construction was
relations between both central banks and completed in 28 months.The expressway
strengthen the exchange of information and originates in Bharatkoop in Chitrakoot and
cooperation in the area of central banking, merges with Agra Lucknow expressway in
including payment systems, digital innovation in Etawah.
payments services, and regulatory and
supervisory framework for Anti Money 162. 4
Laundering and Combating the Financing of The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank
Terrorism (AML-CFT). Governors, met in Bali on 15-16 July 2022, for
The MoU will also provide a good basis for the third time under the Indonesian G20
promoting mutual understanding, developing Presidency. The meeting was attended by G20
efficient payment systems and achieving cross- members,invited countries (including Ukraine),
border payment connectivity. Such initiatives will and international and regional organizations. The
be executed through (i) regular interaction on pledged to address global food insecurity and
recent economic and financial developments and rising debt. FM Nirmala Sitharaman participated.
issues; (ii) technical cooperation through training
and joint seminars; and (iii) joint work to explore 163. 1
the establishment of cross-border retail payment â€‹Kerala has now become the first and only
linkages. state in the country to have its own internet.The
announcement came in the wake of the Kerala
159. 2 Fiber Optic Network Ltd, an ambitious IT
Consumer Affairs Dept Sets Up Committee To infrastructure project of the government to make
Develop Comprehensive Framework On The Right the internet accessible to everyone in the state,
To Repair receiving the Internet Service Provider (ISP)
The aim of developing a framework on right to license from the Department of
repair in India is to empower consumers and Telecommunications.
product buyers in the local market, harmonize
trade between the original equipment
manufacturers and the third-party buyers and
sellers, and emphasise developing sustainable
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Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai announced Cooperation Council (GCC) region in India's
the government's plan to develop India's first e- inward remittances is estimated to have declined
waste eco park in Holambi Kalan in Delhi. Delhi from more than 50 per cent in 2016- 17 to about
environment department stated that every year 30 per cent in 2020-21, according to the Reserve
the capital city produces over two lakh tonnes of Bank of India's fifth round of Survey on
e-waste, or about 9.5 percent of the total Remittances. The US surpassed the UAE as the
amount produced in India.Delhi is now the fifth- top source country, accounting for 23 % of total
largest producer of e-waste in India remittance.
The share of the traditional remittance recipient
165. 4 states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka,
SEBI Approves Ashishkumar Chauhan As NSE's which had strong dominance in the GCC region,
Next CEO. Sh. Chauhan is MD & CEO at BSE Ltd., has almost halved in 2020-21, accounting for
India's oldest stock exchange, and his tenure only 25 per cent of total remittances since 2016-
ends in November. He was part of the core team 17, while Maharashtra has emerged as the top
that started NSE in 1993. Chauhan succeeds recipient state surpassing Kerala.
Vikram Limaye whose term ended on July 16. India is the second cheapest remittance receiving
Limaye was appointed as the NSE chief in July market in the G20 group after Mexico, the cost
2017. for certain remittance corridors has been
Mr. Girish Chandra Chaturvedi is the Chairman of consistently higher than others
NSE. The article also concludes that the majority of
R.H. Patil, founded the National Stock Exchange the remittances continue to be routed through
(NSE) in 1992. private sector banks, followed by public sector
banks although foreign banks have witnessed a
166. 1 marginal increase in remittances transactions,
Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu lifted the particularly from Singapore.
Singapore Open Super 500 trophy after • The decline in remittances from the Gulf
outwitting China's Wang Zhi Yi in an intense countries during 2020-21 reflects a slower pace
women's singles final. of migration and a larger presence of Indian
This was her third title of the season -- having diaspora in informal sectors which was hit the
won two Super 300 crowns in Syed Modi most during the pandemic period. As a result,
International and Swiss Open. the proportion of small size transactions in total
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Indonesia) won the remittances increased in 2020-21.
men's singles titlewith victory over Naraoka
Kodai(Japan). 169. 3
National Legal Services Authority Chairman Uday
167. 1 Umesh Lalit launched the country's first AI-
The Navy's Kilo-class submarine, INS powered digital Lok Adalat in Rajasthan during
Sindhudhvaj, was decommissioned from service the 18th All India Legal Services Authorities'
at Visakhapatnam after 35 years in service. With meet. The digital Lok Adalat by Rajasthan State
this, the Navy now has 15 conventional Legal Services Authority (RSLSA) was designed
submarines in service. and developed by its technology partner Jupitice
INS Sindhudhvaj was the only submarine to be Justice Technologies.
awarded the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) rolling The two-day event was inaugurated by N V
trophy for Innovation by Prime Minister Narendra Ramana, the Chief Justice of India, in the
Modi. presence of Union Minister of Law & Justice Kiren
he Navy's sub-surface fleet now includes seven Rijiju and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
Russian Kilo-class submarines, four German HDW Recently, a district court in Bihar gave a verdict
submarines, four French Scorpene submarines, in a land dispute case after 108 years, making it
and the indigenous nuclear ballistic missile one of the oldest pending cases in the country
submarine INS Arihant. The last two of the A NITI Aayog report also suggested it would take
Scorpene class submarines are in various stages approximately 324 years to dispose all cases
of trials and outfitting. pending in India.The report said that 75-97 per
Vice Adm- Biswajit Dasgupta, Flag Officer cent of legal problems never reach the courts "
Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command that means about 5 million to 40 million legal
was the Chief Guest for the ceremony. tangles arising in a month never reach the Court.
The Digital Lok Adalat will be used to dispose of
168. 1 pending disputes or disputes that are at the pre-
Remittances from advanced nations beat flows litigation stage.
from Gulf region in FY21.
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170. 4 ship-design-organisation' andÂ transforming

In line with the partnership announced at the itself from a 'Buyer's Navy' to a 'Builder's Navy'.
beginning of this year, Bharti Airtel approved He described the ever-increasing indigenous
allotment of 71 million shares to tech major content in warships as a testament to Indian
Google at an issue price of Rs 734 per Navy's unwavering commitment towards
share.Google will hold 1.2% of total post-issue 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat', saying that it is a matter
equity shares of the company, Bharti said in a of great pride for the Nation that the shipyards
regulatory filing.The company's special and the industries are together developing the
committee of directors for preferential allotment capacity and capability of the Armed Forces.
approved it. In January, Google had said that it Chief of the Naval Staff (India)- Admiral R. Hari
will invest $1 billion in Bharti Airtel. Of this, $700 Kumar
million (Rs 734 per share) will be for picking up Shri Rajnath Singh informed the Prime Minister
1.28% stake in the country's second-largest that in line with the 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat'
telecom service provider, while the rest will be campaign, the Indian Navy spent over 64% of its
for multi-year plans related to devices and other capital budget in domestic procurement in the
programmes around digital inclusion. last financial year and it is expected to increase
This is Google's second strategic investment in a to 70% in the current financial year. With active
telecom access firm. In July 2020, it had picked participation of the private sector, MSMEs and
up a 7.73% stake in Jio Platforms for $4.5 billion. start-ups, innovation in the defence sector is
While Jio was valued at Rs 4.36 trillion, the $700 being promoted through several projects under
million investment values Bharti Airtel at Rs 4.1 the iDEX initiative and 'Technology Development
trillion. Fund'. The Raksha Mantri highlighted that due to
The deal with Bharti and earlier with Jio is part of these efforts, Indian Navy has developed
Google's India Digitisation Fund through which it necessary capabilities to not only safeguard
has committed to invest $10 billion over 5 to 7 India's maritime interests, but also of its friendly
years. countries in line with the Prime Minister's vision
of 'Security and Growth for all in the Region'
171. 4 (SAGAR).
L&T Tech first to obtain captive 5G spectrum
directly, deploy solutions globally for parent 173. 2
group. To build use cases on the technology, it NITI Aayog and the World Food Programme
will obtain spectrum to set up a 5G non-public (WFP), India, will launch the 'Mapping and
network. Exchange of Good Practices' initiative for
To deliver 5G automation services and speedy mainstreaming millets in Asia and Africa. NITI
integration of open radio access network and WFP will prepare a compendium of good
products, the company has entered into a practices for scaling up the production and
partnership with network software provider consumption of millets in India and abroad.The
Mavenir, with which they will go to market event will be inaugurated by NITI Aayog Vice
together. L&T Tech CEO and MD : Amit Chadha. Chairman Suman Bery. NITI Aayog's CEO-
Parameswaran Iyer
172. 3
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi unveiled 174. 1
'SPRINT Challenges', aimed at giving a boost to JNP has become the first major port of the
the usage of indigenous technology in Indian country to become a 100% Landlord port having
Navy, during Naval Innovation and Indigenisation all berths being operated on the PPP model.
Organisation (NIIO) seminar 'Swavlamban' in Currently, five container terminals are operated
New Delhi. at JNP, of which only one is port owned. With its
In a bid to achieve 'Aatmanirbharta' in defence state-of-the-art facilities JNP meets all the
and as part of 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav', NIIO, international standards, user-friendly
in conjunction with the Defence Innovation atmosphere, and excellent connectivity by rail
Organisation (DIO), aims to induct at least 75 and road.
new indigenous technologies/products into the The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) at
Indian Navy. This collaborative project is named Navi Mumbai is a premier port in India.
SPRINT {Supporting Pole-Vaulting in R&D JNP is one of the leading container ports of the
through Innovations for Defence Excellence country and is ranked 26th among the top 100
(iDEX), NIIO and Technology Development global ports (as per Lloyds List Top 100 Ports
Acceleration Cell (TDAC)}. 2021 Report).Â
The Raksha Mantri appreciated the Indian Navy The PPP mode of investment in Indian ports has
for playing a pioneer role in this endeavour by made remarkable progress in the last 25 years,
making remarkable progress in surface, sub- beginning from the Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP),
surface and air domains; setting up an 'in-house- resulting in capacity addition and productivity
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improvement. The sustainability of the first proposals under the prior approval route will also
agreement between the concessioning authority continue to be examined as hitherto, the process
and concessionaire on PPP mode, which has will be simplified to reduce the time taken for
completed its 25th year of success. granting approvals for opening new branches.
• Currently JNPA operates five container • In respect of housing loans, it has decided to
terminals: The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container assign the risk weights on the basis of loan-to-
Terminal (JNPCT), the Nhava Sheva International value (LTV) ratio alone which would result in
Container Terminal (NSICT), the Gateway capital savings. This will be applicable to all Tiers
Terminals India Pvt. Ltd. (GTIPL), Nhava Sheva of UCBs. Revaluation Reserves will be considered
International Gateway Terminal (NSIGT), and the for inclusion in Tier-I capital subject to applicable
newly commissioned Bharat Mumbai Container discount on the lines of scheduled commercial
Terminals Private Limited (BMCT). banks.
• In order to examine the issues concerning
175. 3 recommendation for capital augmentation under
Tamil Nadu tops the list of states so far as the provisions of Section 12 of the Banking
utilisation of funds under the government's Regulation Act, 1949 (as amended) " applicable
flagship Smart City Mission is concerned. While to co-operative societies " a Working Group
Tamil Nadu has spent over Rs 3932 crore out of comprising the representatives from the RBI,
the Rs 4333 crore released by the Centre, Uttar SEBI and Ministry of Co-operation, Government
Pradesh is at second position with utilisation of of India has been constituted.
Rs 2699 cr out of the Central share release of Rs Â
3142 crore.
177. 3
176. 3 Official Currency of Kuwait is Kuwait Dinar.
RBI has stipulated a minimum net worth of Rs 2 Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber
crore for Tier 1 UCBs operating in single district Al-Sabah issued a decree to appoint Sheikh
and Rs 5 crore for all other UCBs (of all tiers). Mohammed Sabah Al Salem as a new Prime
The minimum CRAR requirement for Tier 1 banks Minister.
is retained at the present prescription of 9% The appointment of a new PM comes three
under current capital adequacy framework based months after former Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah
on Basel-1 rules. Al-Khaled Hamad Al-Sabah submitted his
The RBI decision is based on the report resignation.
submitted by NS Viswanathan Committee on
UCBs. 178. 2
• For Tier 2, Tier 3 and Tier 4 UCBs, while India's largest public sector lender, State Bank of
retaining the current capital adequacy India has launched its WhatsApp Banking
framework, it has been decided to revise the services to make banking easier for its
minimum CRAR to 12% so as to strengthen their customers. SBI customers can avail certain
capital structure, the RBI said. banking services using WhatsApp. SBI customers
• The increase in CRAR requirement is can get their Account Balance and view Mini
reasonable as these UCBs do not have full capital Statement can check their account summary,
charge for market risk and currently maintain no reward points, outstanding balance and make
capital charge for operational risk," it said. As per card payments.
the data reported by the banks as on March 31, Chairperson: Dinesh Kumar Khara
2021, most of UCBs have CRAR more than 12% Headquarters: Mumbai
(1274 banks out of 1534). State Bank of India was incorporated on 01 July
• Further, the banks that do not meet the revised 1955. The Government of India nationalized the
CRAR will be provided with a glide path of three Imperial Bank of India in the year 1955 with the
years for achieving the same in a phased Reserve Bank of India taking a 60% stake and
manner. Accordingly, these banks will have to name was changed to State Bank of India. SBI is
achieve a CRAR of 10% by the financial year the largest state-owned banking and financial
ended March 31, 2024, 11% by March 31, 2025 services company in India.
and 12% by March 31, 2026.
• In order to boost growth opportunities in the 179. 4
sector, the RBI has decided to introduce Tech giant Microsoft has announced that it is
automatic route for branch expansion to UCBs introducing Viva Engage, a new app in Teams
which meet the revised Financially Sound and that helps build community and connection,
Well Managed (FSWM) criteria and permit them along with providing tools for personal
to open new branches up to 10% of the number expression. Microsoft Viva is designed to give
of branches as at the end of the previous employees across multiple roles and functions
financial year. While the branch expansion
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what they need to feel connected -- no matter She is also the country's second female President
when or where they work. after Sh. Pratibha Patil.
She was the first woman Governor of the
180. 4 Jharkhand state and the first female tribal leader
Kerala was ranked 8 in the overall index. to serve as a Governor in any Indian state.
Karnataka, Telangana and Haryana have been
ranked as the top three states among 17 major 183. 1
states in Niti Aayog's third innovation index. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced
States and Union Territories were divided into '17 the exit of its Second Cohort under the
Major States', '10 North-East and Hill States', Regulatory Sandbox with cross-border payments
and '9 Union Territories and City States', for as the theme. Four entities out of the eight that
effectively comparing their performance. were part of the 'Test Phase' were selected by
Niti Aayog CEO - Parameswaran Iyer. the reserve bank.All of 4 entities completed the
• Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Bihar have been 'Test Phase' of the second cohort.
ranked at the bottom of the index among major • According to the RBI, these entities can now
states. Karnataka topped the index for the third provide their cross-border payment solutions to
year in a row. regulated entities such as banks and NBFCs.
• According to the index, Karnataka's high score • Cashfree Payments' product looks to allow
can be attributed to its peak performance in Indian fintech companies to offer the purchase of
attracting FDI and a large number of venture shares, exchange-traded funds (ETF) units and
capital deals. other assets listed on foreign exchanges via
• Uttar Pradesh and Haryana have registered UPI/Net Banking as a feature to Indian investors.
significant gains in promoting an innovative • Fairexpay provides an aggregation platform of
business environment with a large base of cross-border payment providers for outward
internet subscribers and a safe ecosystem for remittance.Â
further investment in the region. • NearbyPay allows routing the inward cross-
• Among Union Territories, Chandigarh topped border remittance to the beneficiary's Aadhaar
the chart, while in the North-East and Hill States number as a virtual bank account by using the
category, Manipur occupied the top spot. existing Rupee Drawing Arrangement (RDA)
• The average score of North-East and Hill mechanism.
States' category was 14.41, the index said, • Lastly, Open, one ofÂ India's 22 fintech
adding that Manipur with a score of 19.37 was at unicorns, is a neobank that offers B2B services
the top and Nagaland with a score of 11 was at such as payment solutions, APIs and payment
the bottom. gateways that allow for cross-border payments.
• The first and second editions of India • RBI's Cohorts For Fintech Solutions
Innovation Index were launched in October 2019 • RBI has introduced three cohorts to develop
and January 2021, respectively. fintech solutions since November 2019.
• According to an official statement, the third • RBI's first cohort under the Regulatory
edition strengthens the scope of innovation Sandbox was around the theme of retail
analysis in the country by drawing on the payments and was first launched in November
framework of the Global Innovation Index (GII). 2019. The cohort received applications from 32
• "Among the 17 major states, Karnataka, with a entities of which six were selected for the 'Test
score of 18.01, is the top performer, followed by Phase'.
Telangana and Haryana. Chhattisgarh has scored • Some of the entities that were approved in the
the least, 10.97. And the average score for the first cohort include ToneTag, PaySe, Citycash and
major states' category is 14.02," the index BHIM Voice, among others.
showed.The overall index score is 14.56. • The latest RBI cohort to close was launched in
December 2020. The second cohort under the
181. 2 Regulatory Sandbox for cross-border payments
The NITI Aayog unveiled two important projects: received 27 applications from 26 entities. The
the E-AMRIT (Accelerated e-Mobility Revolution central bank only selected eight for the 'Test
for India's Transportation) mobile application to Phase', of which four were approved for cross-
promote electric mobility and the Report on border payments.
Advanced Chemistry Cell Battery Reuse and • The third cohort for MSME Lending is already
Recycling Market in India. underway from the central bank. The cohort,
announced in September 2021, received 22
182. 3 applications. The 'Test Phase' for the same
Droupadi Murmu became India's 15th President. started in June 2022 and includes eight entities.
She succeeded Ram Nath Kovind and will be the
first Adivasi woman to occupy the country's top
constitutional post.
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Dinesh Gunawardena was appointed as the new The record for making the first steel slag road
prime minister of Sri Lanka in July 2022. was set by CSIR " Central Road Research
Gunawardena has served as a cabinet minister in Institute and ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India.
previous governments. He has served as the The 1.2 km road, opened for traffic in May last
foreign minister, transport minister and minister year, is the country's first road built using 100%
for urban developments and has held several processed steel slag aggregates.
other roles during his political career which spans Surat has become the first city in the country to
over five decades. Rt. Hon. D. S. Senanayake get a processed steel slag (industrial waste).
was the first PM of Sri Lanka.
191. 2
185. 3 Burhanpur is the only district in the country
2022 edition of the Asia Cup , which was where all people from each of 254 villages have
scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka, has been access to safe drinking water through taps.
shifted to the UAE, BCCI president Sourav Only 36.54% of over one lakh households in
Ganguly. Burhanpur had potable drinking water through
Asia Cup is slated to be held from August 27 to tap connections at the time of the launch of Jal
September 11 and will be played in the T20 Jeevan Mission on 15th August 2019.
format. Now 1 lakh 1 thousand 905 rural households
have connections.
186. 4
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on 192. 1
Friday 22 July conducted the 68th National Film India's gross expenditure on research and
Awards 2022 and declared actors Suriya and development (R&D) is one of the lowest in the
Ajay Devgn as best actors for their films Soorarai world, with just $43 per capita, according to NITI
Pottru and Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior Aayog's India Innovation Index 2021.
respectively. Aparna Balamurali was named the India's gross expenditure on R&D (GERD) as a
best actor in the female category for her work in percentage of GDP has been consistent and
'Soorarai Pottru.' hovered around 0.7% for about a decade.
This is even lower than Brazil (1.16%), South
187. 1 Africa (0.83%) and others.
Managing director Ravinder Takkar will be
replaced by Akshaya Moondra, Vodafone Idea's 193. 2
current CFO, as CEO for a period of three years. Canara Bank launched Canara ai1, its mobile
Following Balesh Sharma's resignation on August banking app. The banking app would be a one-
19, 2019, Sh. Takkar was named MD and CEO stop solution with more than 250 features to
for a term of three years. cater to the banking needs of its customers.
The app is available in 11 languages to cater to
188. 3 multiple sections of society in their preferred
C.A. Bhavani Devi to be part of 1st Khelo India language.
Fencing Women's League.The 1st Khelo India
Fencing Women's League is scheduled to start on 194. 3
July 25 at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium, New RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of â‚¹57.75
Delhi. To be held over three phases, the first of lakh on Suryoday Small Finance Bank Ltd.
its kind national fencing competition for women (SSFB) for non-compliance with its directions on
will take place until July 29. "frauds classification and reporting by
It will be held across three phases. While Phase 1 commercial banks and select FIs".
and 2 is scheduled in New Delhi, the final phase The examination of the Inspection Report (IR)
will take place in Patiala. and all related correspondence pertaining to the
Statutory Inspection of the bank revealed non-
189. 4 compliance.
The UITP Executive Board confirmed the
reappointment of Mohamed Mezghani as UITP 195. 3
Secretary General for a new five-year term. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) brought
Mohamed has been the Secretary General of down its FY23 growth forecast for India to 7.2
UITP since 2018, when he began his first term in percent, from 7.5 percent in April this year.
January of that year. The Bank attributed the revised forecast to
UITP (Union Internationale des Transports surging food and fuel prices in India. This can
Publics) is the International Association of Public further be linked to ongoing geo-political tensions
Transport. and supply-chain disruptions worsening the
economic conditions.
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coordinating actions on drowning prevention

196. 1 within UN.
India will have a battery storage potential of 600 According to a World Health Organization report,
gigawatt hour (GWh) by 2030 & demand for an estimated 236,000 people lose their lives
electric vehicles, stationary storage & consumer each year by drowning. It is one of the top ten
electronics will mainly drive adoption of battery causes of death for children and adults between
storage,a Niti Aayog report said. ages 1 and 24. WHO further states that more
It said current deployment of lithium-ion than 90% of drowning deaths in low- and
batteries in India is dominated by consumer middle-income countries occur in rivers, lakes,
electronics comprising smartphones,laptops, wells, and domestic water storage vessels.
notebooks & tablets.
202. 2
197. 3 Bill aims at having India's own national measures
Olympic Champion Neeraj Chopra clinched Silver for protecting the Antarctic environment as also
Medal in men's javelin throw final at World the dependent and associated ecosystem. The
Athletics Championships with a throw of 88.13m. main aim is to ensure de-militarization of the
Anderson Peters becomes only the 2nd man in region along with getting it rid of mining or illegal
history to retain the javelin World Athletics activities. It also aims that there should not be
Championships gold medal. any nuclear test / explosion in the region.
This is India's only second medal at the World The bill is in pursuant to India's accession to
Championships, the first being a bronze won by Antarctic Treaty, the Protocol on Environment
Anju Bobby George in 2003. Protection (Madrid Protocol) to the Antarctic
Treaty and to the Convention on the
198. 1 Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
Eldhose Paul, who had become the first Indian to Resources.
qualify for the triple jump final at the World The Bill also proposed to set-up Indian Antarctic
Championships, was placed 9th. He only had Authority (IAA) under the Ministry of Earth
three jumps, with his highest being 16.79m. Sciences, which shall be the apex decision
He had to better his personal best of 16.99m in making authority and shall facilitate programmes
order to win today. and activities permitted under the Bill. It shall
provide a stable, transparent and accountable
199. 2 process for the sponsorship and supervision of
A Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) was Antarctic research and expeditions; ensure the
conducted between Japan Maritime Self Defense protection and preservation of the Antarctic
Force and Indian Navy in the Andaman Sea. environment; and shall ensure compliance by
INS Sukanya, an offshore patrol vessel and JS Indian citizens engaged in the Antarctic
Samidare, a Murasame class destroyer, programs and activities with relevant rules and
undertook various exercises including internationally agreed standards. Secretary,
seamanship activities, aircraft operations and Ministry of Earth Sciences will be the Chairperson
tactical manoeuvres as part of the operational of the IAA and the IAA will have official members
interaction. from the concerned India Ministries and decisions
will be by consensus.
200. 1 India today has two operational research stations
The nation marks Income Tax Day on 24 July in Antarctica named Maitri (Commissioned in
every year. This year marks the 162nd 1989) and Bharati (Commissioned in 2012).Â
anniversary of the occasion, also called Aaykar The Antarctic Treaty was signed at Washington
Diwas. D.C. on the 1st December, 1959
It was on 24 July 1860 that Income Tax was India signed the Antarctic Treaty on the 19th
introduced in India by Sir James Wilson. In 2010, August, 1983 and received the consultative
the Finance Ministry decided to mark the status on the 12th September, 1983.
existence of this levy by establishing Income Tax
Day on 24 July. 203. 4
With the Centre launching the "Har Ghar Tiranga"
201. 1 (hoisting of the flag at every home in the
World Drowning Prevention Day, declared in April country) campaign, it has also made changes in
2021 by General Assembly resolution is held the Flag Code of India 2002 allowing the tricolour
annually on 25 July. This global advocacy event to be flown by the public both day and night.'Har
serves as an opportunity to highlight the tragic Ghar Tiranga' will be celebrated from August 13
and profound impact of drowning on families and to 15 as part of the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' to
communities and to offer life-saving solutions to commemorate 75 years Independence.
prevent it. The UNGA invited WHO for
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• In a letter to secretaries of all central ministries 207. 3

and departments, Union home secretary Ajay World Bank has appointed Indian national
Bhalla said the display, hoisting and use of the Indermit Gill as its Chief Economist and Senior
Indian national flag is governed by the Flag Code Vice President for Development Economics. Gill
of India, 2002 and the Prevention of Insults to will succeed American economist Carmen
National Honour Act, 1971. Reinhart in the role and his appointment will be
• The Flag Code of India, 2002 has been further effective September 1, 2022.
amended through an order on July, 20, 2022 and Gill is currently Vice President for Equitable
clause (xi) of paragraph 2.2 of Part-II of the Flag Growth, Finance, and Institutions.
Code of India, 2002 shall now be read as under: Indermit Gill will be the second Indian, after
- (xi) "where the Flag is displayed in open or Kaushik Basu, to become the chief economist of
displayed on the house of a member of public, it World Bank, the international financial institution
may be flown day and night" that grants loan to middle and lower-income
• Similarly, the government had amended the countries.
provision for material used for producing the World Bank President David Malpass.
Indian flag by adding machine made and
polyester flags as well. The amendment in 208. 2
December 2021 said, "The National Flag shall be The European Investment Bank (EIB), the
made of handspun and hand woven or machine lending arm of the European Union (EU), has
made, cotton/ polyester/ wool/ silk khadi joined the India-led Coalition for Disaster
bunting." Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) as part of efforts
to limit damage caused by climate change.
204. 3 EIB has also announced plans to double its
Odisha government has signed an MoU with annual investments in India from the current
International Finance Corporation (IFC) "a level of about â‚¬500 million in the next two
member of the World Bank Group, to support the years.
implementation of the Asset Monetization & CDRI was launched at the UN Climate Action
Recycling Program (AMRP) for the State. Summit in 2019.
• This programme is a part of a wider World
Bank Group technical assistance to support the 209. 1
State in monetising existing public sector assets. Sweden's Armand Duplantis added a new world
• IFC will support the state in screening and record to his pole vault world title, clearing
developing a prioritised list of monetisable 6.21m in a virtuoso performance at the World
brownfield stateÂ¬-owned assets for select Athletics Championships 2022 in Oregon
sectors that can be further screened to identify The 22-year-old Olympic champion had gold
and define bankable pilot projects which may be secured with a first-time clearance of 6m. None
taken to the market to attract private sector of his rivals managed higher than 5.94m.
investments. Duplantis then beat his own world record of
6.20m - set in Belgrade in March - at the second
205. 1 attempt.
Grammy and Oscar-winning music composer AR
Rahman has come up with the 'Vanakkam 210. 3
Chennai' (Welcome Anthem) for the upcoming "The Life and Times of George Fernandes",
International Chess Olympiad, 2022. written by Rahul Ramagundam, was released
This year, the FÃ©dÃ©ration Internationale des under Penguin's 'Allen Lane' imprint on July 25.
Ã‰checs will organise the 44th International This "first comprehensive biography" on the
Chess Olympiad in Chennai, the capital of Tamil veteran socialist leader, widely considered an
Nadu. anti-Emergency hero, marks the 47th
anniversary of the Emergency.
206. 1
Gross non performing assets(GNPAs) of 211. 3
scheduled commercial banks(SCBs) fell to a six- ONGC signed an MoU with Greenko Pvt Ltd to
year low of 5.9% in March 2022 and could fall jointly pursue opportunities in renewables, green
further to 5.3% by March 2023, according to the hydrogen, green ammonia, and other derivatives
Financial Stability Report of the Reserve Bank of of green hydrogen. This will contribute toward
India (RBI) for June. India's target of producing 5 million tonnes of
Further,the Capital to Risk-weighted Assets Green hydrogen per annum by 2030. This MoU is
Ratio(CRAR) rose to a new high of 16.7% in in line with the National Hydrogen Mission of
March 2022. India.
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212. 2 217. 3
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut RBI Under Section 45 IA of the Reserve Bank of
its gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast India Act, 1934, has granted Certificate of
for India for the current financial year by 80 Registration to the Ajay Piramal-led Piramal
basis points to 7.4%. Similarly, for FY24, the Enterprises Ltd (PEL) to commence the business
growth forecast now stands at 6.1 percent as of non-banking financial institution without
against 6.9% earlier. IMF's latest growth forecast accepting public deposits.
for India is only marginally higher than that of Back in 2021, the company made an application
the RBI's projection of 7.2%. to the RBI for an NBFC license.
213. 3 218. 2
Competition Commission of India (CCI)cleared The fifth largest Public Sector Bank in India , the
Axis Bank-Citi deal, one of India's largest Union Bank has set "RACE" " grow RAM (retail,
financial agreements. agriculture and MSME) loans, improve Asset
Axis Bank will acquire Citi's credit cards, personal quality, increase CASA (current account, savings
loans, and wealth management businesses in a account deposits) and increase Earnings " as its
Rs 12,325 crore deal, set to be the biggest yet in goal for the year.
India's financial sector. Deals beyond a certain A Manimekhalai - MD & CEO of Union Bank of
threshold require approval of the Competition India (UBI)
Commission of India (CCI), which keeps a tab on
unfair business practices across sectors. 219. 3
Sebestian Vettel won all four of his
214. 2 championships with Red Bull between 2010 and
Tata Advanced Systems successfully delivered 2013 and is third on the all-time list of Grand
indigenously developed Quick Reaction Fighting Prix winners with 53 victories.
Vehicle to Indian Army Only Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher
Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) said that have more titles than him.
the induction of the Quick Reaction Fighting He is set to retire at the end of the 2022 F1
Vehicle-Medium (QRFV) will enhance the season with Aston Martin.
operational capabilities of the Indian Army in Sebastian Vettel is a German racing driver who
future conflicts. competes in Formula One for Aston Martin.
The induction of these vehicles will enhance the
operational capabilities of the Army. This 'fire & 220. 2
fury' vehicle has been developed by Tata Maritime history was created with the Indian
Advanced Systems. Navy taking delivery of the prestigious
Indigenous Aircraft Carrier Vikrant, built by the
215. 3 Cochin Shipyard. The Commanding Officer
Airports Authority of India (AAI) has awarded 14 Designate of Vikrant, Commodore Vidyadhar
water aerodromes under the UDAN scheme Harke and the Chairman and Managing Director
across the country. This information was given of Cochin Shipyard Madhu S Nair signed the
by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil documents relating to the delivery of the vessel.
Aviation, V. K. Singh. • The name of India's first Aircraft Carrier was
A water aerodrome is an area of open water that also INS Vikrant which played a vital role in the
can be used by seaplanes as well as amphibious 1971 war. It was decommissioned in Â 1997
aircraft to land and take off. after 36 years of glorious service to the Navy.Â
• Built at an overall cost of close to Rs 20,000
216. 2 crores, the project has been progressed in three
India's Ramsar Sites Tally Rises To 54 As Five Phases of contract between MoD and CSL,
More Indian Wetlands Get Recognition. concluded in May 2007, Dec 2014 and Oct 2019.
The new sites are Karikili Bird Sanctuary, Â
Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest, and
Pichavaram Mangrove in Tamil Nadu; Sakhya 221. 3
Sagar in Madhya Pradesh, and Pala Wetland in The Govt. of India had launched "Project Tiger"
Mizoram. on 1st April 1973 to promote conservation of the
Sh. Bhupender Yadav made the announcement tiger. Project Tiger has been the largest species
on 26 July, which happens to mark the conservation initiative of its kind in the world.
International Day for the Conservation of the International Tiger Day is observed every year all
Mangrove Ecosystem. over the world on July 29. The objective of the
day is to raise awareness among individuals,
organisations, and governments about the
importance of the conservation of tigers. As per
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World Wildlife Fund, approximately 95 percent of 224. 4

the population of tigers has declined in the last The Bhupendra Patel-led Gujarat government has
150 years. announced a dedicated 'Gujarat Semiconductor
• Since tigers were on the verge of extinction, a Policy 2022-27' with a view to generate at least
number of countries signed an agreement at the 2,00,000 new employment opportunities during a
Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit in Russia to period of five years. In addition, the state
prevent the situation from worsening. proposes to develop a special "Semicon City"
• It was in 2010, at the Tiger Conference in St. which would be part of the Dholera Special
Petersburg, Russia, that the idea of 'International Investment Region.Governor of Gujarat.-
Tiger Day' came p and it was decided that it Acharya Devvrat.
would be celebrated every year on 29 July. • With this, Gujarat has become the first state in
Â the country to have dedicated semiconductor
policy.Â
222. 4 • In the new policy the state government has
In April 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to give heavy subsidies on power, land
launched a project named iDEX (Innovations for and water tariffs for entrepreneurs interested in
Defence Excellence), billed as the Ministry of investing in semiconductors or display fabrication
Defence's (MoD's) flagship for technological manufacturing in the state.
innovation. iDEX was to encourage start-ups and • According to a state government, the main
provide them a platform for co-creation and co- objective of the policy is to make Gujarat a
development in defence and aerospace pioneer in developing the Electronics System
technology. In July i DEX signed its 100th Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) ecosystem.
project. •Â
iDEX is funded and managed by the "Defence
Innovation Organization" (DIO), which is a 'not 225. 5
for profit' company as per Section 8 of theÂ The government has signed a programme
Companies Act 2013. Its founder members are agreement with Reliance New Energy Limited,
the two biggest defence public sector Ola Electric Mobility Private Limited and Rajesh
undertakings (DPSUs):Â Hindustan AeronauticsÂ Exports Limited under the PLI (Production Linked
Ltd (HAL) and Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL). Incentive) Scheme for ACC (Advanced Chemistry
Â Cell) Battery Storage.
223. 4 226. 3
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel Parle Topped Rankings for Most Chosen FMGG
to the Uzbek capital Tashkent on a two-day (July Brands in India for the 10th year in a row:
28-29) visit to attend a foreign ministerial Kantar India Report
conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO). 227. 1
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Russian Mirabai Chanu clinches India's 1st gold medal of
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and their Commonwealth Games 2022, shatters Games
Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto are also record in women's weightlifting
expected to attend the SCO meet.
• The SCO is an influential economic and security 228. 4
bloc and has emerged as one of the largest The fourth Edition of India Oman Joint Military
transregional international organisations. India Exercise AL NAJAH-IV between contingents of
and Pakistan became its permanent members in Indian Army and the Royal Army of Oman is
2017. scheduled to take place at the Foreign Training
• The SCO was founded at a summit in Shanghai Node of Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan
in 2001 by the presidents of Russia, China, the
Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and 229. 4
Uzbekistan. India has shown a keen interest in Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated two of
deepening its security-related cooperation with NTPC's green projects to the nation NTPC
the SCO and its Regional Anti-Terrorism Ramagundam Floating Solar Project (100 MW) in
Structure (RATS), which specifically deals with Telangana and NTPC Kayamkulam Floating Solar
issues relating to security and defence. Project (92 MW) in Kerala.
• India was made an observer at the SCO in
2005 and has generally participated in the 230. 3
ministerial-level meetings of the grouping, which Astronomers have for the first time discovered
focus mainly on security and economic the heaviest known neutron star named as black
cooperation in the Eurasian region. widow, an object that forms when the core of a
massive star undergoes gravitational collapse at
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the end of its life. The star is spinning so fast Uttar Pradesh's Shinata Chauhan was named
that it has shredded and consumed nearly the Femina Miss India 2022 second runner-up.
entire mass of its companion star to emerge as
the heaviest known. 236. 3
Neutron stars are unique formations in space Rajendra Prasad has been appointed as the
that have about 1.3 to 2.5 solar masses (mass of Managing Director of National High Speed Rail
the sun) into a city-sized sphere perhaps 20 Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) after the
kilometers. According to Nasa, Matter is packed government dismissed Satish Agnihotri over
so tightly that a sugar-cube-sized amount of corruption allegations.
material would weigh more than 1 billion tons, Mr. Prasad has been working as Director
about the same as Mount Everest. (Project) with NHSRCL since November 2017 and
is overall in charge of civil engineering works of
231. 2 the Mumbai Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project.
India's merchandise trade deficit surged to a new
high of $25.6 billion in June amid slowing 237. 4
demand for Indian exports and rising imports of World Bank has approved loans totalling $1.75
gold, coal and crude oil. billion to fund India's PM Ayushman Bharat
Exports grew 16.8 per cent year-on-year to $38 scheme and private investment to boost
billion in June while imports jumped 51 per cent economic growth.
to $63.6 billion, according to the preliminary data Of the total loan, $1 billion will go towards the
released by the commerce ministry. health sector, while the rest $750 million will be
in the form of development policy loan (DPL) to
232. 1 fill the financing gaps through private sector
RBI said it has launched the next round of its investment in the economy.
order books, inventories and capacity utilisation
survey (OBICUS) of manufacturing companies, 238. 2
results of which provide valuable inputs for In July 2022, PARIMAN, the Geo-Portal for
monetary policy formulation. National Capital Region (NCR) was made public.
The 58th round of the OBICUS is for April - June For the purpose of effective utilization of Remote
2022 period. Sensing and GIS technology, a web geo-portal
RBI has also launched the 2021-22 round of its has been developed through National Informatics
Survey on International Trade in Banking Centre (NIC), initially for use by NCR
Services. Participating states and the Office of NCRPB.
This Geo-Portal will help to improve decentralized
233. 1 planning and management in NCR region.
In a major breakthrough, DRDO successfully Geo-Portal for NCR known as 'PARIMAN' was
carried out the maiden flight of the Autonomous launched on 31.08.2021 in the 40th meeting of
Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator from the the Board by Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Chairman,
Aeronautical Test Range, Chitradurga, Karnataka. NCRPB and Union Minister for Housing & Urban
Powered by a small turbofan engine, the Affairs.
unmanned aerial vehicle is designed and The Geo-Portal can be accessed though the
developed by Aeronautical Development NCRPB website https://ncrpb.nic.in/ and also
Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru, a premier through the weblink https://ncrpbgis.nic.in/
research laboratory of DRDO.
239. 2
234. 4 Bali hosted the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting
The gross GST revenue collected in the month of (FMM) on 7"8 July 2022. Under the theme
June 2022 is Rs.144,616 crore of which CGST is "Building a more peaceful, stable, and
Rs.25,306 crore, SGST is Rs.32,406 crore, IGST prosperous world together," this meeting will act
is Rs.75887 crore and cess is Rs.11,018 crore. as a strategic forum to discuss global recovery
The gross GST collection in June 2022 is the efforts.
second highest collection next to the April 2022 The G20 FMM consisted of two sessions. The first
collection of Rs.1,67,540 crore. session on strengthening multilateralism
explored joint actions to strengthen global
235. 3 collaboration and foster mutual trust among
Karnataka-based Sini Shetty became the Femina countries, creating an enabling environment that
Miss India World 2022 winner at the grand finale will support world stability, peace, and
of VLCC Femina Miss India at JIO World development.
Convention Center in Mumbai. The second session on the Food and Energy crisis
Rubal Shekhawat of Rajasthan emerged as discussed strategic actions to combat food
Femina Miss India 2022 first runner-up, and
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insecurity, fertilizer shortage, and rising global Twenty-two NATO members agreed to launch the
commodity prices. NATO Innovation Fund, a multi-sovereign
The G20 is a strategic multilateral platform that venture capital fund that will invest 1 billion
links the world's 20 largest economies. The G20 euros ($1.05 billion) in startups and other
has a critical role to play in ensuring future global venture capital funds developing emerging
economic growth and prosperity. Indonesia holds technologies for both civilian and military use.
the G20 2022 Presidency and prioritizes
cooperation in the fields of strengthening the 244. 2
global health architecture, digital transformation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 30-foot-
and energy transition tall bronze statue of Alluri Sitarama Raju at
Bhimavaram in Andhra Pradesh as the year-long
240. 3 celebrations of the freedom fighter's 125th birth
Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah bludgeoned a anniversary.
hapless Stuart Broad for 29 runs to create a Raju is believed to have been born in present-
world record for maximum runs off a single over day Andhra Pradesh in 1897 or 1898. He is said
in Test cricket, beating the legendary Brian to have become a sanyasi at the age of 18, and
Lara's feat by one run. gained a mystical aura among the hill and tribal
Broad, who had also been hit for six sixes in an peoples with his austerity, knowledge of
over by Yuvraj Singh in the inaugural World T20 astrology and medicine, and his ability to tame
in 2007, gave away 35 runs in the 84th over of wild animals.
the Indian first innings in the fifth rescheduled The Rampa or Manyam Rebellion of 1922
Test. There were six extra runs " five wides and a continued in the form of a guerrilla war until May
no-ball. 1924, when Raju, the charismatic 'Manyam
The world record stayed with Brian Lara for 18 Veerudu' or Hero of Jungle, was finally captured
years -- he had hit South African left-arm spinner and executed.
Robin Peterson for 28 runs in a Test match in
2003-04. 245. 4
Former Australian batter George Bailey had hit Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurate the
England pacer James Anderson for 28 in 2013 Digital India Week 2022 at Gandhinagar in
and South African spinner Keshav Maharaj Gujarat. During the programme, he launched
scored 28 runs off Joe Root in 2020. 'Digital India Bhashini', 'Digital India GENESIS',
Chips to Startup (C2S) programme. He also
241. 4 unveiled 'Indiastack.global', 'MyScheme', 'Meri
Odisha, Uttar Pradesh & Andhra Pradesh have Pehchaan - National Single Sign-On'.
emerged as top 3 states in the 1st State Ranking The theme for the Digital India Week 2022 is
Index for National Food Security Act, NFSA. 'Catalyzing New India's Techade'.
Among the Special Category Tripura stood first in
the ranking followed by Himachal Pradesh and 246. 4
Sikkim. PM Modi inaugurated the Golden Jubilee
Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal released celebrations of the Agradoot group of
this 1st edition of State Ranking Index. newspapers.
Agradoot was started as an Assamese bi-weekly.
242. 2 It was established by Kanak Sen Deka, a senior
Former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has been journalist of Assam.
appointed as the Sherpa for G-20 Summit. Kant In 1995, Dainik Agradoot, a daily newspaper,
will take over from Union Minister Piyush Goyal. was started and it has developed as a trusted
India has been a member of the G20 since its and influential voice of Assam.
inception in 1999. The country will be hosting the
G20 Summit from December 1, 2022, and will 247. 4
convene the G20 Leaders' Summit in 2023 for Government has transformed the Banks Board
the first time. Bureau (BBB), the headhunter for directors of
India is also part of the G20 Troika " which is state-owned banks and financial institutions, into
formed by the preceding, current, and incoming the Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB)
G20 Presidencies " ending November 30, 2024 by making some amendments.
Sources said the Appointments Committee of the
243. 4 Cabinet (ACC) has also approved the
The 2022 NATO Madrid Summit was held in appointment of Bhanu Pratap Sharma, former
Madrid, Spain, from June 28 to 30, 2022. This Chairman, BBB as initial chairperson of FSlB for a
was the 32nd edition of the summit, since the term of two years. Other members of the
first summit held in Paris in 1957. headhunter are Animesh Chauhan, former
Chairman and Managing Director of erstwhile
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Oriental Bank of Commerce, RBI's ex-executive Zonal Councils provide an important forum for
director Deepak Singhal and Shailendra discussions regarding cordial relations between
Bhandari, former MD of erstwhile ING Vysya the Center and the States, amicable settlement
Bank. of inter-State issues, enhancing regional
cooperation between States and on issues of
248. 2 common national importance to be implemented
Iran and Argentina have applied to join the across the country.
BRICS grouping, that account for more than 40 The present composition of each of these Zonal
per cent of the world's population and about 26 Councils is as under:
per cent of the global economy. The Northern Zonal Council, comprising the
BRIC was coined by Goldman Sachs economist States of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu &
Jim O'Neill in 2001 to describe the startling rise Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, National Capital
of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. The BRIC Territory of Delhi and Union Territory of
powers had their first summit in 2009 in Russia. Chandigarh;
South Africa joined BRIC in 2010. The Central Zonal Council, comprising the States
of Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and
249. 2 Madhya Pradesh;
In July 2022, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar- The Eastern Zonal Council, comprising the States
Minister of State, Electronics and Information of Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Sikkim and West
Technology, Skill Development & Bengal;
Entrepreneurship inaugurated two new Internet The Western Zonal Council, comprising the
Exchange points (IXP) of NIXI at Durgapur and States of Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra and the
Bardhman. It is an initiative under Ministry of Union Territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra &
Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Nagar Haveli;
vision 1000 days. The Southern Zonal Council, comprising the
The launch of these new NIXI internet exchanges States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala,
in state will contribute to the enhancement and Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of
improvement of Internet and Broadband services Puducherry.
at local level and in neighbouring regions. The The North Eastern States i.e. (i) Assam (ii)
internet service providers connecting at these Arunachal Pradesh (iii) Manipur (iv) Tripura (v)
points will benefit as their broadband services to Mizoram (vi) Meghalaya and (vii) Nagaland are
their end users will improve, bringing about a not included in the Zonal Councils and their
change in the lives of the people of the region. special problems are looked after by the North
The first Internet Exchange of the state in Eastern Council, set up under the North Eastern
Kolkata is run by NIXI. Council Act, 1972. The State of Sikkim has also
About NIXI been included in the North Eastern Council vide
NIXI is a not for profit Organization under section North Eastern Council (Amendment) Act, 2002
8 of the Companies Act 2013 and was registered notified on 23rd December 2002. Consequently,
on 19th June 2003. NIXI was set up for peering action for exclusion of Sikkim as member of
of ISPs among themselves for the purpose of Eastern Zonal Council has been initiated by
routing the domestic traffic within the country, Ministry of Home Affairs.
instead of taking it all the way to US/Abroad,
thereby resulting in better quality of service 251. 4
(reduced latency) and reduced bandwidth The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party is
charges for ISPs by saving on International an Indian regional political party based in the
Bandwidth. NIXI is managed and operated on a state of Andhra Pradesh.
Neutral basis, in line with the best practices for In News:
such initiatives globally. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y S Jagan
Mohan Reddy was elected president for lifetime
250. 3 of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress party
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit YSRC.
Shah presided over the 30th meeting of Northern Mr Jagan established the YSRC in March 2011
Zonal Council in Jaipur on July 9, 2022. after quitting Congress. Ever since, he has been
In the meeting, stress was laid on preparing an continuing as the party president, with his
effective strategy, by all stakeholders, to deal mother Vijayamma as honorary president.
with cyber crime, Home Minister instructed Mr Jagan was last elected the YSRC president at
constitution of a committee under the the party plenary in 2017.
chairmanship of Union Home Secretary to
formulate a strategy to prevent financial frauds 252. 4
and cyber crimes committed through social PM Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the new
media smart 'Spark.NXT' campus of Bosch India, a
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leading supplier of technology and services in 257. 1

Bengaluru. In a crackdown on narcotic substances, Railway
The Spark.NXT campus will provide inspiring Protection Force(RPF) recovered various narcotic
working conditions for associates to focus on the products, including designer drugs, valued at
development of user-centric innovations for a over Rs 7.40 crore last month and arrested 165
better quality of life in India. people with Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances(NDPS).
253. 4 RPF started a month-long pan-India drive against
Seven states - Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, smuggling of narcotics through rail, named
Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Telangana and Operation 'NARCOS' in the month of June.
Tamil Nadu - were categorised as 'top achievers' The RPF has been empowered to conduct search,
in the Ease of Doing Business ranking of states seizure and arrest under the Narcotic Drugs and
and union territories, according to the Business Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act since April
Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) 2020 report released 2019 and has been actively participating in the
by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. efforts of the government to restrict this illegal
trade.
254. 1
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi attended the 258. 1
first 'Arun Jaitley Memorial Lecture' (AJML) at The 8th Edition of the Webinar Series 'Igniting
Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. Prime Minister also Young Minds, Rejuvenating Rivers' was organised
addressed the gathering during the event. by National Mission for Clean Ganga. The theme
The keynote address at the first AJML was of the webinar was 'Afforestation'. The Webinar
delivered by Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, series is organised with an aim to connect with
Senior Minister, Government of Singapore. the youth on the important issue of Ganga
Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam delivered lecture Rejuvenation.
on "Growth through Inclusivity, Inclusivity Namami Gange Programme', is an Integrated
through Growth". The lecture was followed by a Conservation Mission, approved as 'Flagship
panel discussion by Mr. Mathias Cormann (OECD Programme' by the Union Government in June
Secretary-General) and Shri Arvind Panagariya 2014 with budget outlay of Rs.20,000 Crore to
(Professor, Columbia University). accomplish the twin objectives of effective
Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of abatement of pollution, conservation and
Finance organised the first 'Arun Jaitley Memorial rejuvenation of National River Ganga.
Lecture' in recognition of Shri Arun Jaitley's Main pillars of the Namami Gange Programme
invaluable contribution to the nation. are:-
Arun Jaitley was an Indian politician and Sewerage Treatment Infrastructure
attorney. A member of the Bharatiya Janata River-Front Development
Party, Jaitley served as the Minister of Finance River-Surface Cleaning
and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India Bio-Diversity
from 2014 to 2019. Afforestation
Public Awareness
255. 3 Industrial Effluent Monitoring
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national Convener Ganga Gram
Arvind Kejriwal announced that Delhi will host Director General, National Mission for Clean
India's "first and largest" citywide Shopping Ganga, Shri G. Asok Kumar
Festival from January 28 to February 26, 2023.
The festival will have 200 concerts for 259. 2
entertainment, food walks and will also offer Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the
huge discounts on products. longest-serving leader, died after being shot
while campaigning for a parliamentary election,
256. 2 public broadcaster NHK said. It was the first
PNB has signed an MoU with IAF to provide assassination of a sitting or former Japanese
specially designed products to the defence premier since the days of pre-war militarism in
personnel under the bank's flagship scheme of the 1930s.
'PNB Rakshak Plus'. He belonged to Liberal Democratic Party.
Scheme includes,inter alia, personal accidental
insurance & air accidental insurance to serving, 260. 1
retired and trainees of the defence forces,central Union Home Ministry has amended the Foreign
armed police forces, state police force, metro Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) giving certain
police & retired pensioners. relaxations such as allowing relatives to send
more money to India freely.
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The amended rule now allows relatives to send 13,000 crore, the highest ever. The private
10 lakh rupees without informing the sector accounted for 70% of the exports.
government. If the amount exceeds, the
individuals will now have 3 months to inform the 265. 2
government against 30-days earlier. Ukrainian Mathematician Maryna Viazovska is
among the 4 winners of the 2022 Fields Medals
261. 2 which is considered equivalent to the Nobel Prize.
Gujarat and Karnataka have been dubbed as the She is the second woman to win this Prestigious
'best performers' in Category A, while Meghalaya Fields Medal For Mathematics.
was nominated as the 'best performer' in She is best known for her solution to the sphere
Category B in the States' Startup Ranking 2021. packing problem.
The report scores a state on a scale of 100 with The others were France's Hugo Duminil-Copin,
26 action points such as funding, mentorship and US-based June Huh, and Britain's James
institutional support, among others. Maynard.
The states and union territories (UTs) were Fields Medals is one of the highest honours in
divided into two categories " Category A and Mathematics awarded to scholars under 40.
Category B. The first category consists of states
and UTs with a population of over 1 Cr, while the 266. 4
second category consists of states and UTs with India has been elected as a member of the
a population under 1 Cr. Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO's 2003
The States' Startup Ranking is an annual report Convention for the Safeguarding of the
presented by the Department for Promotion of Intangible Cultural Heritage for the 2022-2026
Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) ranking the cycle.
country's states and UTs according to their The elections for the Intergovernmental
startup ecosystems. The framework was first Committee took place during the 9th General
launched in February 2018. Assembly of the 2003 Convention held at
The top performers included four states from UNESCO headquarters, Paris, from 5th to 7th
Category A " Telangana, Kerala, Maharashtra and July 2022.
Odisha. The class also included Jammu and The Intergovernmental Committee of the 2003
Kashmir as a representative from Category B. Convention consists of 24 members and is
elected in the General Assembly of the
262. 1 Convention according to the principles of
Sweden and Finland signed the Accession equitable geographical representation and
Protocols at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels. rotation. States Members to the Committee are
The signing was held in the presence of Finnish elected for a term of four years.
Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto and Swedish India ratified the 2003 Convention for the
Foreign Minister Ann Linde. Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
The membership bids of the two nations will be in September 2005. As one of the earliest State
sent to the alliance capitals for legislative Parties to ratify the Convention, India has shown
approvals. great commitment towards matters related to
NATO alliance Secretary General Jens intangible heritage and has actively encouraged
Stoltenberg. other State Parties to ratify it. With 14
inscriptions on the Representative List of
263. 4 Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, India
An indigenous BLDC motor and smart controller also ranks high in the listing of intangible cultural
for e-Rickshaws developed by IIT Kharagpur has heritage. After the inscription of Durga Puja in
been transferred to M/s Brushless Motor India 2021, India submitted the nomination for Garba
Pvt Ltd. for commercial production. of Gujarat to be discussed in 2023.
Indigenously developed,the brushless DC electric
motor is important for India as 90% of the 267. 2
components and its technology for Electric GMR Group has said its joint venture Angkasa
Vehicles imported are not suitable for India's Pura Aviasi has started operating the Kualanamu
conditions. International Airport in Medan, Indonesia.
The technology transfer was done as part of Angkasa Pura Aviasi (APA) is a joint venture
Digital India Week. between GMR Airports Ltd and Indonesia's state-
owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II.
264. 4 With the project, GMR Airports, a subsidiary of
Sanjay Jaju, Additional Secretary in the Defence GMR Infrastructure, has entered the growing
Ministry, recently said that India's defence Indonesian aviation market and the project will
exports for 2021-22 were estimated at Rs. cover a cooperation period of 25 years.
GMR Group MD&CEO: Kiran Kumar Grandhi
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SBI General Insurance was founded in 2009. It

268. 3 started operations in 2010, as a joint venture
Water and Power Consultancy Services Limited between SBI & Insurance Australia Group (IAG).
(WAPCOS), a PSU under the Ministry of Jal
Shakti, has signed an MoU with the National 274. 3
Power Training Institute (NPTI), a national apex Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Rs
body for training in the power sector under the 6,062.45-crore World Bank assisted central
Ministry of Power, for mutual co-operation in the government programme Raising and Accelerating
field of the power sector. MSME Performance (RAMP) scheme for MSMEs,
WAPCOS Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) three months after it was approved by the
RK Agrawal . Cabinet chaired by PM Modi. The five-year RAMP
scheme will begin in the current financial year
269. 4 2022-23 even as it was announced back in 2020
Postponed several times due to different reasons, by the government and the World Bank to
the National Games will be held in multiple cities support Covid-hit MSMEs in their business
in Gujarat in September 27- October 10 this recovery.
year, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) PM Modi launched the scheme at the 'Udyami
Secretary General Rajiv Mehta announced. Bharat' programme at Vigyan Bhawan in New
The Games will be held in five or six cities in Delhi.
Gujarat, including Ahmedabad. PM Modi also launched the 'Capacity Building of
First-Time MSME Exporters' (CBFTE) scheme to
270. 1 boost the quality of MSME products and services
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for to match international standards for the global
Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh market. The move is intended to help MSMEs
inaugurated first-of-its-kind, state-of-the-art improve their participation in the global value
"Autonomous Navigation" facility to develop chain and realise export potential.
unmanned ground and aerial vehicles in the IIT
Hyderabad campus. 275. 2
TiHAN(Technology Innovation Hub on NITI Aayog & World Food Program launch 'Take
Autonomous Navigation) was funded by the Home Ration-Good Practices across the
Union Ministry of Science and Technology at a State/Union Territories' report.
budget of Rs 130 crore. Report presents a set of good and innovative
practices adopted in the implementation of the
271. 3 Take Home Ration value chain by the States and
Representation of south Indian states in the UTs.
Rajya Sabha gets a boost with Tamil Nadu's Government of India provides Take Home Ration
Illayaraja, Karnataka's Veerendra Heggade, under the Supplementary Nutrition component of
Andhra Pradesh's V Vijayendra Prasad and the Integrated Child Development Services
Kerala's P T Usha being nominated. (ICDS) to fill the gap in nutrition among children
The Rajya Sabha should consist of no more than as well as pregnant and lactating women (PLW).
250 members"238 members representing the World Food Programme is the food-assistance
States and Union Territories and 12 members branch of the UN based in Italy.
nominated by the President.
276. 1
272. 1 Vivek Johri is the current Chairman of Central
Bengaluru fared the worst among Indian cities in Board of Indirect Taxes and Custom (CBIC).
the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Global In news:
Livability Index 2022, which was released on In July 2022, Vivek Johri said pre packaged and
June 24. pre-labelled retail food items would attract GST
Bengaluru was ranked 146 with a total livability rate at par with the branded ones. This means
score of 54.4. Delhi and Mumbai were ranked rate could be 5, 12 or 18 per cent. The new rates
140 (score 56.5) and 141 (score 56.2) are coming into effect from July 18, 2022.
respectively. Chennai & Ahmedabad were placed GST was exempted on specified food items,
at 142 & 143 respectively, scoring 55.8 and 55.7. grains, etc when not branded, or right on the
brand has been foregone. Now, GST Council, in
273. 3 its meeting in June 2022, recommended a
SBI General Insurance Company has announced revision in the scope of exemption to exclude
the appointment of Paritosh Tripathi as its new from it pre-packaged and pre-labelled retail pack
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer. He in terms of Legal Metrology Act, including pre-
succeeds P.C. Kandpal, who has been posted as packed, pre-labelled curd, lassi and butter milk.
DMD (P&RE) at the Corporate Center, SBI.
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277. 1 In 2020, Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana

'Mitigation and Management of COVID-19: (PMMSY) was launched with a budget of over Rs.
Compendium of Ayush-Based Practices from 20,050 crores for a period of five years. PMMSY
Indian States and Union Territories' released by aims to achieve fish production of 22 MMT from
NITI Aayog is a compendium about Ayush-based the current 13.76 MMT by 2024-25 and create an
practices from States and Union territories additional employment opportunity to about 55
detailing information about various Ayush-based lakh people through this sector.
initiatives and practices adopted by the States The Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure
and Union territories in India for containing and Development Fund (FIDF) scheme was started in
managing the COVID-19 outbreak. 2018-19 with a budget of Rs. 7,522.48 crores,
which is also continuing presently. FIDF will
278. 4 specifically cater to creation of fisheries
Veteran Bengali filmmaker Tarun Majumdar infrastructure facilities both in marine and inland
passed away in Kolkata at 91. fisheries sectors to augment the fish production
Notable among his works are 'Kancher Swarga' to achieve the target. Projects under the FIDF
(1962), 'Palatak' (1963), 'Kuheli' (1971), are eligible for loan up to 80% of the
Shriman Prithviraj (1972), 'Balika Badhu' (1976), estimated/actual project cost.
'Thagini' (1974), 'Ganadevata' (1978), Dadar
Kirti (1980), 'Bhalobasa Bhalobasa' (1986). 281. 2
Majumdar, who received Padma Shri in 1990, Over 7% of Indians owned digital currency in the
has five Filmfare awards to his credit. form of cryptocurrency in 2021, the United
Nations trade and development body UNCTAD
279. 4 revealed.
Maharashtra has the maximum number of UNCTAD highlighted that the use of
government-recognised startups, followed by cryptocurrencies globally, including the
states such as Karnataka and Delhi, as per DPIIT developing countries, has increased exponentially
data. As many as 13,541 active Department for during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Ukraine topped the list with 12.7% its population
recognised startups were from Maharashtra, out holding such currencies.
of the total 73,205 such government-approved UNCTAD: The United Nations Conference on
new age companies in the country. This meansm Trade and Development was established in 1964
Maharashtra has a share of 18 per cent with as an intergovernmental organization intended to
respect to the total number of startups. promote the interests of developing states in
Karnataka has 8,902 startups and Delhi is home world trade. UNCTAD is the part of the United
to 8,670 enterprises as of July 5, 2022. Nations Secretariat dealing with trade,
investment, and development issues. Its
280. 3 headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland.
National Fisheries Development Board, Ministry
of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, 282. 3
Government of India celebrated the National Fish Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of
Farmers Day on 10th July 2022 virtually at Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)
National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) for continuation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-
Hyderabad. Urban (PMAY-U) up to 31st December 2024
About National Fish Farmers Day wherein financial assistance is to be provided for
National Fish Farmers Day is celebrated on 10th the completion of already sanctioned 122.69 lakh
July 2022 every year to demonstrate solidarity houses till 31stMarch 2022.
with all fisher folk, fish farmers and concerned Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana " Urban (PMAY-U)
stakeholders throughout the Country. It is 65th was launched on 25th June 2015.
National Fish Farmers Day being celebrated The scheme is being implemented through four
across the Country. Every year, this annual event verticals: Beneficiary Led Construction/
is celebrated to commemorate Professor Dr. Enhancement (BLC), Affordable Housing in
Hiralal Chaudhury and his colleague Alikunhi for Partnership (AHP), In-situ Slum Redevelopment
their contribution in achieving the successful (ISSR) and Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme
induced breeding of major carps on 10th July, (CLSS). While Govt of India provides financial
1957 at Angul in Odisha for the first time in the assistance, State Govt/UTs implement the
country through administration of carp pituitary scheme including selection of beneficiaries.
hormone extract in the breeding of major carps. The scheme covers the entire urban area of the
Major Fisheries Schemes country, i.e., all statutory towns as per Census
The Centrally Sponsored Scheme "Blue 2011 and towns notified subsequently, including
Revolution" - Integrated Development and Notified Planning/ Development Areas.
Management of Fisheries was launched in 2016.
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In the spirit ofAzadikaAmritMahotsav, the 287. 4
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Indian Air Force and Royal Malaysian Air Force
Government of India, has identified 75 Municipal (RMAF) are set to participate in a bilateral
Corporations to implement comprehensive exercise named 'Udarashakti.' This is the first
rehabilitation of persons engaged in the act of bilateral exercise being conducted between the
begging under "SMILE: Support for Marginalised two countries. Notably, the Indian Air Force is
Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise"named participating in the air exercise with Su-30 MKI
as "SMILE-75 Initiative". and C-17 aircraft while the RMAF will be flying
Under the SMILE-75 initiative, seventy five (75) Su-30 MKM aircraft.
Municipal Corporations in collaboration with The 4-day-long exercise will give an opportunity
NGOs and other stakeholders willcover several to IAF contingent members to 'share and learn
comprehensive welfare measures for persons best practices with some of the best
who are engaged in the act of begging with focus professionals from RMAF' and also discuss mutual
extensively on rehabilitation, provision of medical combat capabilities.
facilities, counselling, awareness, education, skill
development, economic linkages and 288. 1
convergence with other Government welfare Dr Jitendra Singh has launched India's first
programmes etc. Saline Water Lantern which uses the sea water
as the electrolyte between specially designed
284. 5 electrodes to power the LED lamps.
India Meteorological Department (IMD), the He unveiled the first-of-its kind lantern named
Government of Japan, and United Nations "Roshni" during a visit to SAGAR ANVESHIKA, a
Development Programme (UNDP) announced a Coastal Research Vessel, operated and used by
new initiative to accelerate climate action in 10 the NIOT, Chennai for coastal research.
states and Union Territories across the country. Roshini Lamps along with Power Ministry's
The initiative will support Nationally Determined schemes like Solar Study Lamps will be driving a
Contribution (NDCs) to achieve net-zero vibrant renewable energy programme aimed at
emissions and ensure climate-resilient achieving energy security, energy access and
development. reducing the carbon footprints of the national
Japan has extended USD 5.16 million in climate economy.
grant to UNDP India for the project.
289. 3
285. 2 NMDC, Country's largest Iron Ore producer, a
Amazon India has joined hands with the Council CPSE under Ministry of Steel and FICCI organized
of Handicrafts Development Corporations a conference on the Indian minerals and metals
(COHANDS) to encourage digital inclusion of over industry on the theme 'Transition Towards 2030
50,000 artisans and weavers associated with & Vision 2047' on 23rd and 24th August at New
over 100 craft clusters and specific interventions Delhi. The key objective of the event was to have
across India under the Amazon Karigar program. deliberations on roadmap for minerals & metals
The collaboration will impact 55 artisanal clusters sector to achieve the 'Vision 2047'.
which are funded by MoMSME's SFURTI. The two-day event was organised in
COHANDS is an apex body of 30 Central &State commemoration of the 75 glorious years of
Govt. Handicrafts Development Corporations. India's Independence and the ongoing "Azadi Ka
Amrit Mahotsav" in collaboration with the Union
286. 1 Ministries of Steel and Mines.
In a major breakthrough, two institutes of Agri
research body ICAR have developed an 290. 2
indigenous vaccine for Lumpy Skin Disease in Tamil Nadu has maximum number of Ramsar
cattle which has spread across many States in sites which is 14, followed by Uttar Pradesh
the last few months. which has 10 numbers of Ramsar sites.
The Centre plans to commercialise this vaccine, Recently, India has added 11 more wetlands to
developed by the two institutes of the ICAR, at the list of Ramsar sites to make total 75 Ramsar
the earliest in order to control the Lumpy Skin sites covering an area of 13 lakh 26 thousand
Disease (LSD). 677 Hectare in the country in the 75th year of
ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines Independence. Ministry of Environment, Forests
(ICAR-NRCE), Hisar (Haryana), in collaboration and Climate Change said, the 11 new sites
with ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute include, four in Tamil Nadu, three in Odisha, two
(IVRI), Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh has developed a in Jammu and Kashmir and one each in Madhya
homologous live-attenuated LSD vaccine "Lumpi- Pradesh and Maharashtra. Designation of these
ProVacInd". sites would help in conservation and
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resources. The Chenab Rail Bridge is an Indian railway steel
During this year itself, a total of 28 sites have and concrete arch bridge between Bakkal and
been declared as Ramsar sites. Based on the Kauri in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir,
date of designation mentioned on Ramsar India. The bridge spans the Chenab River at a
Certificate, the number is 19 for 2022 and 14 for height of 359 m above the river, making it the
2021. world's highest rail bridge.
291. 2 297. 4
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, one of India's richest Singapore declared its iconic green site Padang,
stock market investors, died at the age of 62 on from where Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose gave
Sunday in Mumbai, following a cardiac arrest. A the slogan of 'Delhi Chalo' in July 1943, as its
doctor at Breach Candy Hospital, where he was 75th national monument as the city-state
brought dead at 6.45 am, said the ace investor celebrates its 57th National Day. Indian sepoys
had uncontrolled diabetes and kidney problems first established their camp sites in Padang when
Jhunjhunwala's bold bets, investment track the British established their outpost on the
record and passion for investing made him a island.
revered figure on Dalal Street, where he started
his investment journey in 1985 with just Rs 298. 2
5,000. The Ministry of Tourism, Institute of Hotel
Management Srinagar and Himalayan
292. 1 Mountaineering Institute (HMI), Darjeeling in a
Bharti Airtel's shareholders have approved the joint effort displayed a 7500 Sq. Ft Indian
re-appointment of Gopal Vittal as managing Tricolour at the bank of Dal Lake, Srinagar. This
director of the company for a period of five years was as part of celebrating 75 years of
with effect from February 1, 2023. Over 97 per Independence and Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Lt
cent of total votes polled were in favour of the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Shri Manoj
resolution, and the same "has been passed with Sinha was the Chief Guest.
requisite majority", the telco said in a regulatory • The Flag itself was weighing 80-85 kg with
filing on the outcome of its Annual General supporting elements. It is pertinent to mention
Meeting (AGM). The shareholders also approved that Team HMI had displayed the same Flag first
a special resolution related to payment of time in Sikkim Himalayas in April 2021 and
remuneration to Vittal as managing director and subsequently, at Victoria Memorial, Kolkata on
CEO of the company, with 89.57 per cent votes 15th Aug 21 and at Statue of Unity, Gujarat on
in favour and 10.42 per cent against the 31 Oct 2021.
proposal. • Thereafter, the Flag was displayed at
Antarctica, setting the World Record of Largest
293. 3 National Flag of any country displayed for the
While the country is celebrating Azadi Ka Amrit first time in Antarctica. Now, in line with Govt. of
Mahotsav " the 75th year of Independence, ISRO India's Har Ghar Tiranga campaign and also
has come up with an innovative idea of Azadi Ka Amrit Mohotsav, the Flag is being
showcasing digital content pertaining to various displayed in Srinagar.
ISRO missions in an interactive manner. The
Virtual Space Museum "SPARK" was launched by 299. 2
Secretary, DOS / Chairman, ISRO on 10.08.2022 India gifted a Dornier reconnaissance aircraft to
for the public use. Sri Lanka to bolster the island nation's capability
to tackle drug trafficking and maritime security
294. 3 challenges, with the move coming a day ahead of
The "Donyi Polo Airport" airport in Itanagar a controversial visit by a Chinese research
would be Arunachal Pradesh's third airport after vessel.The aircraft was handed over during a
Pasighat and Tezu airports, and northeast India's special event held at the Sri Lankan Air Force
16th airport. base at Katunayake.
• Strengthening Sri Lanka's maritime security
295. 3 came a day ahead of the scheduled arrival of the
To improve the security of passengers, the Yuan Wang 5, used by China's People's Liberation
Indian Railway along with the Railway Protection Army (PLA) to track satellites and ballistic
Force (RPF), have launched a pan-India missiles, at Hambantota Port.
operation known as Operation Yatri Suraksha. • This cooperation is envisaged to add further
Under this initiative, several steps are taken to capability and capacity to Sri Lanka and is in line
provide round-the-clock security to passengers. with India's vision of Security and Growth for All
in the Region (SAGAR).
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300. 1 private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC)
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor set to be funds and the Alternative Investment Fund (AIF).
conferred with France's highest civilian award The branch has also entered into MOUs with the
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. The French government of Karnataka initiatives like
government is honouring him for his writings and Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society
speeches and French Ambassador here (KITS) and Karnataka Digital Economy Mission
Emmanuel Lenain has written to Tharoor (KDEM) to support the entire start-up ecosystem
informing him about the award. in the state of Karnataka.
301. 2 305. 4
Kieron Pollard became the first cricketer to play Defence forces, RBI and Prime Minister of India
600 T20 matches. The former West Indies all- are the three most trusted institutions in the
rounder achieved this feat when his side, London country, according to a survey by Ipsos India.
Spirit, faced off against Manchester Originals The Supreme Court of India came fourth and it
during The Hundred Tournament at Lord's. was followed by CBI. Defence Forces with at
Behind him are players Dwayne Bravo (543 least 2 in 3 (65 per cent of respondents)
matches), Shoaib Malik (472), Chris Gayle (463) reposing faith in them was ranked first, followed
and Ravi Bopara (426). by Reserve Bank of India with 1 in 2 (50 per
cent).
302. 4 Prime Minister of India as an institution was at
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has the third spot with 49 per cent citizens
announced new names for variants of the
monkeypox virus that are currently in circulation. 306. 3
Experts will now refer to the former Congo Basin Insurance regulator IRDAI has invited entities to
clade (group of variants) in Central Africa as develop technology-driven innovative solutions
Clade I, and the former West African clade as for automated death claim settlement, curtail
Clade II. The latter consists of two sub-clades, miss-selling, and other areas of the insurance
Clade IIa and Clade IIb. ecosystem, with an aim to protect the interest of
• TheÂ monkeypoxÂ virus was named when it policyholders, As part of its first hackathon --
was first discovered in 1958. Major variants were Bima Manthan 2022 -- with the theme
identified by the geographic regions where they 'Innovation in Insurance'.
were known to circulate.
• WHO officially declared late July that the 307. 4
current multi-countryÂ monkeypoxÂ outbreak India's booming seafood sector will soon be on
had turned into a public health emergency ofÂ display in all its glory as the 23rd edition of the
internationalÂ concern. India International Seafood Show (IISS) will be
held in Kolkata from February 15-17 next
303. 2 year.The Marine Products Export Development
Researchers from L V Prasad Eye Institute Authority (MPEDA) has collaborated with the
(LVPEI), Indian Institute of Technology- Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI) to
Hyderabad (IITH), and the Centre for Cellular organise the show.
and Molecular Biology (CCMB), have collaborated
to develop a 3D-printed cornea from the human 308. 4
donor corneal tissue. HDFC Bank has announced the launch of a new
They have successfully 3D-printed an artificial campaign titled 'Vigil Aunty'. It aims to
cornea and transplanted it into a rabbit eye. encourage people across the country to practise
• With recent advancements in regenerative safe banking habits.
medicine and tissue engineering, the researchers Anuradha (Anu) Menon will be the protagonist of
from LVPEI, IITH and CCMB used decellularised this campaign. Through a series of videos, reels,
corneal tissue matrix and stem cells derived from chat shows, Menon, as Vigil Aunty, will be
the human eye to develop a unique biomimetic creating awareness on safe banking do's and
hydrogel (patent pending) that was used as the don'ts.
background material for the 3D-printed cornea. This will complement the bank's 'Mooh Band
Rakho' campaign.
304. 4
State Bank of India announced the launch of its 309. 4
first "state-of-the-art" dedicated branch for Ministry of Civil Aviation's flagship program
startups in the country in Bengaluru, to facilitate Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN (Ude Desh
and support them. The branch was launched by ka Aam Nagrik) has completed 5 years of
SBI Chairman Dinesh Khara. The branch would success since the launch of its first flight by the
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Prime Minister on 27th April 2017. The scheme The transaction involves acquisition of Multipie
was initiated on 21st October 2016. app, technology,brand,domain name, user base
With 425 new routes initiated under the scheme, and other related matters.
UDAN has provided air connectivity to more than
29 States/ UTs. 314. 4
• In the last five years, UDAN has significantly 'Dahi-Handi' will now be recognized as an official
increased the regional air connectivity in the sport in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Eknath
country. There were 74 operational airports in Shinde announced.
2014. Because of the UDAN scheme this number Maharashtra CM also announced that "Pro-Dahi-
has increased to 141 by now. Handi" competitions will also be organised in the
• Â More than one crore passengers have availed state.
the benefits of this scheme as on 4th August Insurance cover will be Rs 10 lakh if any Govinda
2022. loses his life, and Rs 5 lakh if they get partially
• The scheme has also provided a much-needed handicapped.
platform to the regional carriers to scale up their The 'Govindas' will get jobs under the sports
operations. category,".
310. 3 315. 3
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has Goa has become the first 'Har Ghar Jal' certified
published a field guide dealing with 1,331 avian State and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman
species found in the country. and Diu the first Union Territory in the country.
It highlights quality photographs of birds unlike In this State and UT, people from all the villages
other books that mainly used drawings. have declared their village as Har Ghar Jal
Though a wide variety of bird species are found through a resolution passed by the Gram Sabha.
in the country, the number of bird enthusiasts in Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in August 2019.
the country is well below many European All two lakh 63 thousand rural households of Goa
countries. and over 85 thousand of Dadra and Nagar Haveli
ZSI Director Dhriti Banerjee; and Daman and Diu have access to safe drinking
HQ:Kolkata water through tap connection.
Jal Jeevan Mission is a flagship programme of the
311. 2 Central Government which aims at making
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on August provision of potable tap water supply to every
12th interacted with the sportspersons from rural household of the country by 2024.
three Armed Forces who participated in the
recently-concluded Commonwealth Games 2022 316. 4
in Birmingham. National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission
India finished 4th in the medal tally with 22 Gold, (NIPAM) has achieved target of imparting
16 Silver and 23 Bronze medals and with a total Intellectual Property (IP) awareness and basic
of 61 medals at the Commonwealth Games. training to 1 million students on 31st July 2022,
ahead of the deadline which was 15 August
312. 4 2022.
Capital markets regulator Sebi has restructured NIPAM, a flagship program to impart IP
its advisory committee on Investor Protection awareness and basic training, was launched on 8
and Education Fund (IPEF). The panel is Dec 2021 as a part of "Azadi Ka Amrit
mandated to recommend investor education and Mahotsav''.
protection activities that may be undertaken 3662 Educational Institutions in 28 States and 7
directly by the markets regulator, or through any UTs covered
other agency, for utilisation of the Sebi Investor The program is being implemented by
Protection and Education Fund. Intellectual Property Office, the Office of
The eight-member committee will now be chaired Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade
by Monika Halan Marks (CGPDTM), Ministry of Commerce and
Industry.Â
313. 1
ICICIdirect, one of India's leading equity houses, 317. 3
has acquired a web and app-based networking Dr. G.R. Chintala is the Chairman of National
platform for the investor community" Multipie. Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
The platform enables investors to discuss, (NABARD) with effect from 27 May 2020.
exchange ideas and share views on stocks and The Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB)
other investment assets. recommended Mohammad Mustafa as the
Chairman of NABARD.
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Mustafa, a 1995 batch IAS officer of the Uttar Fighter Lead-in Trainer (FLIT) LCA and other
Pradesh cadre, served as the Chairman and requirements of Royal Malaysian Air Force
Managing Director (CMD) of SIDBI. (RMAF) like Su-30 MKM and Hawk upgrades.
The final decision on the recommendation of
FSIB would be taken by the Appointments 323. 3
Committee of the Cabinet, headed by PM Modi. An Indian Air Force contingent has reached
Australia to participate in Exercise Pitch Black
318. 3 2022. The exercise is being held in Darwin till the
Arunachal Pradesh successfully launched the first 8th of next month. This is a biennial, multi-
flight of drone service " 'medicine from the sky' national exercise hosted by the Royal Australian
from Seppa to Chayang Tajo in East Kameng Air Force.The Indian Air Force contingent
district. comprises over 100 air warriors, deployed with
The pilot project has been funded by the United four Su-30 MKI fighters and two C-17 aircraft.
States Agency for International Development
(USAID) and executed by Bengaluru-based 324. 3
startup Redwing Labs. Industry leader Ratan Tata, on Tuesday launched
Goodfellows, a senior companionship startup that
319. 3 provides companionship services to senior
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh unveiled the citizens.The startup is designed to pair senior
statue of renowned Marwari warrior Veer citizens with young graduates to form meaningful
Durgadas Rathorein Jodhpur, Rajasthan. friendships. It provides all the services that a
On the occasion, Raksha Mantri paid glowing grandkid would do. Goodfellows will help address
tributes to veer Durgadas Rathore and described the issue of loneliness or lack of company
him as a symbol of social harmony, honesty,
bravery and devotion. 325. 3
Shri Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister for
320. 1 Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and
The Blue Plaque scheme was established in 1866, Dairying,launched the Online Market Place
now run by English Heritage, and is attached to a feature "Aqua Bazar" in the "MatsyaSetu" mobile
building in honour of "notable men and women app during the 9th general body meeting of the
who have lived or worked" in London. National Fisheries Development Board. The app
One of the founding members of the Congress, was developed by the ICAR-Central Institute of
Naoroji lived in the Anerley Park house from Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA). Funded by
1895 to 1904. Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
In 1886, 1893, & 1906, he presided over the (PMMSY)
annual sessions of the Indian National Congress.
In 1867, he established the 'East India 326. 1
Association'. Maharashtra government will take a loan of
• Dadabhai Naoroji was one of the founding 4,000 crore rupees from the Asian Development
members of Indian National Congress and Bank (ADB) for setting up medical colleges in 12
notably the first Asian to be in the British districts of the state. There are 12 districts in the
Parliament from 1892-1895 as a Liberal Party state without a single medical college.
candidate. At a time when the British ruled India, These districts include Jalgaon, Satara, Alibaug,
Naoroji laid the foundation of India's freedom Sindhudurg, Usmanabad, Parbhani, Amravati,
movement by establishing India's first political Ratnagiri, Gadhchiroli, Bhandara and Ambernath.
association, the Bombay Association, in 1852.
327. 2
321. 3 17-year-old Haryana wrestler Antim Panghal has
The Cabinet has approved interest subvention of become the first Indian woman wrestler to win
1.5 per cent on Short Term Agriculture Loan upto Gold medal at Under-20 World Wrestling
three lakh rupees. The decision has been taken Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria. She scored an
to ensure adequate credit flow in the agriculture 8-0 win over Atlyn Shagayeva of Kazakhstan in
sector. The interest subvention of 1.5 per cent 53kg category to achieve this feat.
will be provided to lending institutions by the This gold medal is historic is India has never won
Government. any gold medal in women's wrestling at U20
World Championships
322. 2 Antim Panghal belongs to Haryana's Bhagana
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has signed an village in the Hisar district.
MoU for establishing an office in Kuala Lumpur Sonam Malik and Priyanka won silver medals in
(Malaysia). The office in Malaysia will help HAL in 62 kg and 65 kg respectively
tapping the new business opportunities for
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328. 3 Covid-19 mission program and Bulk Chemicals

Union government has awarded Geographical mission
Indication tag to Mithila Makhana. With this • The fuel cell utilizes Hydrogen and Air to
growers will get the maximum price for their generate electricity to power the bus and the
premium produce. Over five lakh farmers of only effluent fromÂ Â the bus is water, therefore
Mithila region of Bihar will be benefitted from this making it possibly the most environmentally
decision. Once a product gets this tag, any friendly mode of transportation. For comparison,
person or company cannot sell a similar item a single diesel bus plying on long distance routes
under that name. This tag is valid for a period of typically emits 100 tons of CO2 annually and
10 year there are over a million such buses in India.
• the high efficiency of fuel cell vehicles and the
329. 3 high energy density of hydrogen ensures that the
Full service Vistara emerged as the second operational costs in rupees per kilometre for fuel
biggest airline by domestic market share in July cell trucks and buses are lower than diesel
with a 10.4% pie of the sky, distantly second to powered vehicles and this can bring freight
the market leader IndiGo at 58.8%, according to revolution in India. Moreover, Fuel Cell vehicles
DGCA data.SpiceJet had the highest occupancy also give zero green-house gas emissions. The
on domestic flights at 84.7% last month, Minister lauded the joint development efforts of
followed by Vistara at 84.3%. KPIT and CSIR-NCL and pointed out that the
Vistara is a 51:49 joint venture between the Tata technology prowess of Indian scientists and
Group and SIA. Vinod Kannan - CEO Vistara engineers is no less than the best in the world
and also at much lower costs.
330. 1 • Dr Jitendra Singh pointed out that about 12-
Manisha Kalyan became the first Indian footballer 14% CO2 emissions and particulate emissions
to play at the UEFA Women's Champions League come from diesel powered heavy commercial
when she made her debut for Apollon Ladies FC vehicles and these are decentralised emissions
in the European Club competition in Engomi, and hence difficult to capture. The Minister said,
Cyprus. In November 2021, the 20-year-old had Hydrogen fuelled vehicles provide an excellent
become the first ever Indian footballer to score a means to eliminate the on-road emissions from
goal in the AFC Women's Club Championship. this sector. He said, India is also aiming to
increase inland waterways for freight and
331. 3 passenger transport.
India's third largest private sector bank, Axis • Dr Jitendra Singh said, Bisphenol-A (BPA) is an
Bank have signed an MoU with Food Corporation important feedstock for the production of epoxy
of India (FCI) to provide "Ultima Salary resins, polycarbonate and other engineering
Package", a best-in-class salary account with plastics. He said, the global market for
exclusive benefits & features for all its Bisphenol-A is projected to reach 7.1 Million Tons
employees. With this MoU, the Bank has by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 2% over the
reinstated its commitment to offering holistic analysis period 2020-2027. The entire estimated
banking services to the employees of the Public annual demand of 1, 35,000 tons in India is
Sector Undertakings Axis Bank MD & CEO: imported today. The Minister hoped that CSIR-
Amitabh Chaudhary NCL's technology will enable import substitution
of this important raw material and help in India's
332. 1 Atmanirbhar initiative.
The Finance Ministry said, the issue price of the • The uniqueness of the process developed by
Sovereign Gold Bonds 2022-23 (Series -2). CSIR-NCL is a novel downstream process
during the subscription period will be 5,197 technology, which makes this indigenous
rupees per gram. The government in consultation technology competitive with global benchmarks.
with the Reserve Bank of India has decided to The process is ready for technology transfer and
allow discount of 50 rupees per gram from the further co-development to commercial scale.
issue price to those investors who apply online
and the payment is made through digital mode. 334. 2
The governments of Punjab and Haryana took a
333. 3 decision to name the Chandigarh International
Dr Jitendra Singh launched India's first truly Airport after Shaheed Bhagat Singh.
indigenously developed Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus The decision was taken during a meeting held
developed by KPIT-CSIR in Pune. Later, Dr between Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann
Jitendra Singh inaugurated the Bisphenol-A pilot and Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala.The
plant in CSIR-NCL and said these pilot plants â‚¹ 485-crore airport project is a joint venture of
have successfully demonstrated novel process the AAI and the governments of Punjab and
technologies developed by NCL under CSIR's Haryana.
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• Five hundred cities (converging with AMRUT

335. 1 cities) will be taken up under this phase of
In a significant development which would NAMASTE.Â
revolutionize agriculture in the country,
Directorate of Agriculture, Jharkhand and global 338. 3
blockchain technology company, SettleMint, India The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the
jointly announced the successful launch of seed Government of India signed a USD 96.3-million
distribution to farmers based on blockchain loan agreement to provide safe drinking water
technology.Jharkhand is 1st to implement and improve water supply and sanitation services
blockchain in the country which is being used to in the state of Himachal Pradesh.
track seed ADB's involvement in the project will provide
• The blockchain platform tracks seed supply water management best practices, strengthen
distribution-from issuing of supply orders from institutional capacity, and guide tariff reform,
the Directorate of Agriculture, placing of seed said Takeo Konishi.
demand by District Agriculture Officer, tracking Takeo Konishi, Country Director for ADB in India.
seed distribution from empanelled government
seed producing agency to distributors, retailers, 339. 2
LAMPS/PACS, FPOs and finally to the farmers. India has nominated the dance form Garba to be
The move to implement blockchain is aimed at inscribed on UNESCO's intangible cultural
bringing transparency and authenticity of seeds heritage list. UNESCO( United Nations
which the farmers receive under the seed Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
exchange scheme and other schemes Director Eric Falt said that after the inclusion of
• It is envisioned to implement blockchain 'Durga Puja' on the UNESCO intangible cultural
technology for tracking distribution of seeds, heritage representative last year, India has now
inputs, implements etc under all the schemes nominated 'Garba' for 2022.
being implemented by Directorate of Agriculture UNESCO Headquarters: Paris, France
like State Seed Distribution Scheme, NFSM, Director General- Audrey Azoulay
PMKSY, NHM. This will play a crucial role in the Â India was elected by UNESCO to serve on the
transparent execution of schemes while doing distinguished Intergovernmental Committee of
away with middlemen as it enables traceability, the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the
real time monitoring and efficient management Intangible Cultural Heritage in July.Â
of the schemes.
340. 4
336. 1 Solar capacity installations in the country rose by
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu will publish his 59 per cent to record 7.2 GW during first half of
new autobiography on November 22. 2022, according to Mercom India Research.In
The former prime minister's book "Bibi: My January-June or H1 of 2021, the country had
Story" is available for pre-order from Amazon in added 4.5 GW solar capacity, the research firm's
Hebrew and in English. 'Q2 2022 India Solar Market Update'. In the first
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is an Israeli politician half of 2022, Rajasthan and Gujarat were the top
who served as the ninth prime minister of Israel states for large-scale solar, accounting for 53 per
from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021. cent and 14 per cent of installations,
respectively, followed by Maharashtra with 9 per
337. 4 cent.
The Scheme has been approved with an outlay of
Rs. 360 crore for four years from 2022-23 to 341. 1
2025-26. Namaste is a Central Sector Scheme of Madhya Pradesh's tribal-dominated Mandla
the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment region has become the first fully "functionally
(MoSJE) as a joint initiative of the MoSJE and the literate" district in the country. A person can be
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). called functionally literate when he or she is able
• NAMASTE envisages safety and dignity of to write his or her own name, to count and read
sanitation workers in urban India by creating an and write in Hindi. The literacy rate in the district
enabling ecosystem that recognizes sanitation was 68 per cent as per a survey in 2011.
workers as one of the key contributors in
operations and maintenance of sanitation 342. 1
infrastructure thereby providing sustainable The Assam Chief Minister " Himanta Biswa Sarma
livelihood and enhancing their occupational launched a project 'Vidya Rath-School on
safety through capacity building and improved Wheels', in an endeavour to impart elementary
access to safety gear and machines. education among economically-challenged
children of the society.
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Its worthy to note that the 'Vidya Rath-School on cent of the xylose is converted to Xylitol and the
Wheels' project will reportedly provide method requires extensive separation and
underprivileged children access to elementary purification steps, all of which translate to high
education for 10 months. price for the consumer.
Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court " Justice RM
Chhaya. 347. 2
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the
343. 4 Amrita hospital in Faridabad.
India's GDP growth is projected to spike to a The state-of-the-art facility has 2,600 beds and
four-quarter high 13 per cent in Q1 (April-June) will be managed by Mata Amritanandamayi Math
FY23 due to low base of Covid 2.0 and robust " a charitable organization spearheaded by its
recovery in contact-intensive services, according namesake Mata Amritanandamayi.
to ICRA.The Q1 FY23 GDP projection is a sharp The Kochi Amrita Hospital was inaugurated on
jump from 4.1 per cent in Q4 FY22. Overall, ICRA 17th May 1998, by then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
expects GDP growth in Q1 FY23 to trail the 16.2 It is touted to be Asia's biggest private super-
per cent projected by the MPC. speciality hospital.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi also dedicated
344. 4 'Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research
The 2022 Liberty Medal will be awarded this fall Centre' to the Nation in Punjab's Mohali district,
to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The in an endeavour to provide world-class Cancer
National Constitution Center announced that care to the residents of Punjab and neighbouring
Zelenskyy will be honored in a ceremony in States and UTs.
October for what it called "his heroic defense of • Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research
liberty in the face of Russian tyranny." Centre is a 300-bed facility and equipped with
Zelenskyy, has served as the nation's president state-of-the-art facilities such as MRI,
since May 2019. mammography, digital radiography and
The Liberty Medal, established in 1988 to mark brachytherapy to treat all types of cancer using
the U.S. Constitution's bicentennial, is presented every available treatment modalities like surgery,
to individuals who strive to secure the blessings chemotherapy, immunotherapy and bone marrow
of liberty for people around the globe. Recent transplant. The hospital has been built at a cost
recipients have included Supreme Court justices of over Rs 660 crore by Tata Memorial Centre, an
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony Kennedy, Sen. aided institute under the Union Department of
John McCain, Rep. John Lewis and Malala Atomic Energy.
Yousafzai.
348. 2
345. 3 The Anang Tal lake in South Delhi, believed to
In a first, the Uttar Pradesh government is have been built a thousand years ago, has been
planning to build an education township in the declared a monument of national importance
state. As per the Yogi Adityanath government, through a gazette notification by the Ministry of
the education township will be developed on the Culture earlier this week. As per the website of
idea of 'Single Entry, Multiple Exit'. The National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities,
government said the move will provide high- Tradition ascribes this tank to a Tomar King,
quality education to the youth and equip them Anang Pal II, the builder of Lal Kot. The Anangtal
with a variety of professional skills in a single lake is situated in Mehrauli, Delhi
place.
UP Governor- Anandiben Mafatbhai Patel 349. 2
The fourth edition of the India Clean Air Summit
346. 1 was held in Bengaluru with global experts set to
Researchers at the IIT Guwahati have developed discuss an integrated approach to resolving air
an ultrasound-assisted fermentation method to pollution and climate change. The summit has
produce a safe sugar substitute called "Xylitol" been organised by think-tanks Centre for Air
from bagasse, the residue left after crushing of Pollution Studies (CAPS) and the Centre for
sugarcane. The xylitol production from sugarcane Study of Science, Technology and Policy
bagasse using ultrasonic fermentation is a (CSTEP).
potential opportunity for forward integration of
sugarcane industries in India. 350. 2
• Xylitol is industrially produced by a chemical Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister
reaction in which wood-derived D-xylose, a costly released the Competitiveness Roadmap for
chemical, is treated with nickel catalyst at very India@100 on 30th August 2022. The
high temperatures and pressures that makes the Competitiveness Roadmap is a collaborative
process highly energy consuming. Only 8-15 per endeavor between EAC-PM, The Institute for
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Competitiveness headed by Dr Amit Kapoor, and those who lost their lives during this devastating
Professor Michael E. Porter and Dr Christian earthquake. After careful consideration Bhujio
Ketels from Harvard Business School. Dungar was selected site for establishment of
Smriti Van.
351. 1 The concept of the memorial is to plant one tree
Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi defeated for each of the 13805 earthquake victims in the
Spain's David Anton Guijarro in the ninth and Smriti Van. GSDMA had hired consultants for
final round with 7.5 points to win the 28th Abu preparation of vision plan for the memorial site,
Dhabi Masters chess tournament. activity structure and variations, a Master Plan
Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov claimed the showing broad allocation of activities, zoning,
second spot after he defeated Iran's M Amin plantation plan, circulation & pedestrian network
Tabatabaei. He is the 54th grandmaster from and schematic landscape design, preliminary
India. costing on pro-rata basis and phasing of the
development of Smriti Van.
352. 3 GSDMA will develop the Smriti Van memorial and
India and Bangladesh discussed a wide range of hand over the same to a Society for operation &
issues related to the major common rivers such maintenance purpose. After development, Smriti
as the Ganga, Teesta and several smaller rivers Van will become the property of the State
during the 38th meeting of the Joint River Government.
Commission (JRC).
Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh 356. 4
Shekhawat addressed the 38th meeting of the The 20 th edition of BioAsia, the marquee life
Joint River Commission. sciences and health tech event, hosted by the
• "The JRC meeting, held in a cordial and friendly Government of Telangana, will be conducted
atmosphere, discussed the whole gamut of the from February 24-26, 2023.
issues related to the common rivers between the Minister for Industries and Commerce, KT Rama
two countries, especially the Ganga, Teesta, Rao, has launched the logo and the theme
Manu, Muhuri, Khowai, Gumti, Dharla, "Advancing for ONE: Shaping the next generation
Dudkhkumar and Kushiyara. of humanized healthcare" of BioAsia 2023.
• The JRC meeting which took place after a gap
of 12 years agreed to undertake a few more 357. 1
additional common rivers for exchange of data Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has
and information for the "preparation of the draft appointed Ana Brnabic for the next term the
framework of interim water sharing agreement". Prime Minister. She has been heading the
Serbian government since 2017.
353. 4 In the April elections, Brnabic's party was
Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu released supported by 44 per cent of voters.
a book titled New India - a compilation of Serbia Capital: Belgrade; Currency: Serbian
selected articles of former Union Minister and dinar.
Padma Vibhushan Arun Jaitley on his death
anniversary in New Delhi. He said, Mr Jaitley also 358. 3
dreamt of a progressive nation, where there is no Ananth Narayan Gopalakrishnan, an associate
poverty, no urban-rural divide and no gender and professor at SP Jain Institute of Management and
social discrimination. Research (SPJIMR), was on August 27, appointed
a whole-time member of the Securities and
354. 5 Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
Nagaland got its second Railway station on With this appointment, Ananth Narayan becomes
Dhansari-Shokhuvi railway line after a gap of the fourth whole-time member of SEBI, which
more than 100 years. Dimapur station was had been operating with a vacancy for the
opened in 1903. Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu position since November 2021.
Rio officially flagged off the first passenger train
service- the Donyi Polo Express from Shokhuvi 359. 2
Railway station in Choumukedima District on Set to be inaugurated in 2024, Temple of Vedic
August 26 Planetarium in West Bengal's Mayapur will
replace Cambodia's 12th-century built Angkor
355. 4 Wat complex as the world's largest religious
In the devastating Gujarat Earthquake of 26th structure.
January, 2001, 13805 people lost their lives. The It is bigger than the Taj Mahal and St Paul's
Earthquake also caused unprecedented damage Cathedral in Vatican.
to property, both public and private. In this
respect, it was decided to build a memorial for
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Alfred Ford,great grandson of legendary two-day Millets Conclave in collaboration with the
businessman Henry Ford & heir to Ford Motors, is Agriculture and allied departments.
the chairman of this project. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced
providing Rs 25 crore under the NABARD's rural
360. 1 infrastructure development fund to UAS for
All subsidised fertilisers including urea and DAP establishment of incubation centre for processing
will be sold under the single brand 'Bharat' from and value addition for promotion of millets.
October, a move aimed at ensuring timely
availability of soil nutrients to farmers & reducing 366. 2
the freight subsidy. The Indian Olympic Association has co-opted
Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Mansukh Adille Sumariwalla as the President of the
Mandaviya announced this 'One Nation One association till fresh elections are held.
Fertiliser' under the fertiliser subsidy scheme The erstwhile President of the IOA, Dr Narinder
'Pradhanmantri Bhartiya Janurvarak Pariyojna Dhruv Batra, resigned from the post of President,
(PMBJP)'. IOA on July 18 due to personal reasons.
361. 4 367. 2
From her obsession of 30 years with 'being thin' India celebrates National Sports Day on 29th
to her battles with grief and depression, August to commemorate the birth anniversary of
acclaimed classical dancer and activist Mallika hockey legend, Major Dhyan Chand. The day is
Sarabhai bares it all in her self-help memoir, also dedicated to the nations' sports heroes and
"Free Fall: My Experiments with Living". champions, honoring their contribution and
The book hit the stands on August 30 and it is dedication towards bringing laurels to the
published by Speaking Tiger. country. The day was first observed in 2012.
362. 4 368. 2
A co-branded RuPay credit card for Indian Army Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation
personnel has been introduced by BOB Financial stone of the Maruti Suzuki Vehicle Manufacturing
Solutions Limited (BFSL), a fully owned Facility for Haryana and Suzuki EV Battery Plant
subsidiary of Bank of Baroda (BoB), in for Hansalpur in Gujarat.The Suzuki Motor
collaboration with National Payments Corporation Gujarat Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturing
of India (NPCI). Facility at Hansalpur, will be set-up with an
The Yoddha co-branded credit card will be investment of around Rs 7,300 crores to
available on the RuPay platform and have manufacture Advance Chemistry Cell batteries
contactless features. for EV
He laid the foundation stone in Gandhinagar to
363. 1 mark 40 years of Suzuki Company in India
South Korea has once again shattered its own • India has announced in COP-26 (climate
record for the world's lowest fertility rate as it summit) that it will achieve 50 per cent of its
faces the prospect of its population of 51 million installed electrical capacity from non-fossil
people more than halving by the end of this sources by 2030.
century.
According to a Bloomberg report, Korean women 369. 1
were estimated, based on 2021 data, to have an India finished with one medal at the badminton
average of just 0.81 children over their lifetimes, championships. The Indian men's doubles pair of
down from 0.84 a year earlier. Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy won
the bronze medal after going down in the semi-
364. 2 finals of the BWF World Championships 2022
Union transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on August against Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik
18th launched India's first electric double-decker in Tokyo. This was India's 13th world badminton
bus at YB Centre in south Mumbai. championships medal but the first in men's
Named Switch EiV 22, the double-decker bus will doubles.
be run by the Mumbai civic transport body from
September. 370. 1
It was built by Ashok Leyland. F1 Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Belgian
Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, overcoming a
365. 1 grid penalty for a power unit change that meant
Millet conclave 2022 was held at University of he started from the midfield. From 14th on the
Agricultural Sciences(UAS) in Raichur of grid, Verstappen surged through the field to take
Karnataka.UAS, Raichur & NABARD organized a the lead after just 12 of the 44 laps. Verstappen
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win consecutive races from 10th or lower New Zealand allrounder Colin de Grandhomme
has announced his retirement from international
371. 4 cricket.
Bengaluru ranks second in the Asia Pacific region De Grandhomme's international career lasted
in the top tech hubs list and is only behind over 10 years and he represented New Zealand
China's Beijing, according to a report by in 115 games across formats.
Cushman and Wakefield. The report, called 'Tech He also represented Zimbabwe in the 2003-04
Cities: The Global Intersection of Talent and Real Under-19 World Cup before leaving for Auckland
Estate', studied as many as 115 different 'tech in 2006.
cities' across the globe.
• Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad. Mumbai and 376. 3
Pune also made it to the top-10 list with eighth Model Divita Rai from Karnataka was named the
and ninth position in a list of 14 cities from the winner of LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2022
APAC. According to a press release, Rai will represent
• The tech sector has accounted for an average India at the global pageant of Miss Universe.
38-40% share in annual leasing activity (2017- Telangana's Pragnya Ayyagari was crowned LIVA
2021) in the Bengaluru office market, which is Miss Diva Supranational 2022 and she will be
higher than the national average of 35%, the India's face at the international Miss
report added. Supranational pageant. Ojasvi Sharma was
adjudged the LIVA Miss Popular Choice 2022.
372. 2
The Indian Navy’s new ensign was unveiled by 377. 2
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kochi on Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot unveiled a
September 2nd, on the sidelines of the scheme called Mahila Nidhi on Women's Equality
commissioning of INS Vikrant, the country’s first Day to help them sustain their livelihoods as well
Indigenously Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1). as start some small business ventures for their
In a bid to do away with the “colonial past”, the economic betterment.
Saint George’s Cross has been removed from the This initiative by the state government will help
Indian Navy’s new flag. Instead, it now features women set up businesses through easy
the national emblem with the Tricolour on the availability of finance under 'Mahila Nidhi'
upper canton (top left corner of flag). The programme.
national emblem is encompassed by an octagonal
shield and sits atop an anchor. Beneath it is the 378. 3
Navy’s motto ‘Sam No Varunah’. India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate
in the April-June quarter of the ongoing fiscal is
373. 1 expected at 15.7 percent due to the low base
Athletics Federation of India (AFI) announced its effect and consumption boost post easing of
partnership with HSBC India to support women Covid restrictions, says the latest SBI Ecowrap
athletes in the country, especially youngsters. report.
Under the partnership, promising girls will be The progress in the economy is seen despite
picked from the National Inter District global spillovers, elevated inflation and some
Championships for Under-14 and Under-16 slackening of external demand.
categories and would be nurtured to perform on
the global stage. 379. 4
Railways Ministry has topped the list of
374. 3 government departments that did not adhere to
Indian Coast Guard conducted the 10th National Central Vigilance Commission's (CVC) advice
Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX- against corrupt officials and concluded cases as
2022) in Chennai on August 28. 24 observers per its own disciplinary procedures, according to
from 16 foreign countries attended the exercise. the CVC's latest annual report.
Exercise "SAREX-2022" was reviewed by Indian Annual report for 2021 found 55 such instances
Coast Guard chief VS Pathania along with other across government departments, 11 of them in
agencies and foreign participants. Railways.
ICG Dornier planes demonstrated ways of
rescuing passengers from ships and aircraft 380. 2
during emergencies. Ranveer Singh bagged the Best Actor award for
'83', Kriti Sanon was adjudged the Best Actress
for her performance in 'Mimi' at the 67th Filmfare
Awards 2022.
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Choice for 'Sardar Uddham' and Vidya Balan 385. 3
bagged the Best Actress-Critics' Choice for Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel
'Sherni'. received the 2022 Peace Prize "in recognition of
'Shershaah' bagged as many as seven awards at her efforts to welcome refugees," according to
the 67th Filmfare Awards 2022. UNESCO.
In accordance with the United Nations Charter
381. 3 and the UNESCO Constitution, the prize was
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the established in 1989.
Indian Navy have signed an MoU to collaborate After 16 years in office, Merkel left her position
on aviation research and development, and to as head of state of Germany in 2021.
ramp up self-reliance efforts for the Navy in line Olaf Scholz is the current chancellor of Germany.
with the goals of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'. The MoU,
signed, provides a formal basis for the Navy to 386. 4
interact with relevant faculty members at IISc Every year, International Youth Day is observed
and will promote joint research. on August 12 around the globe. The purpose of
the day is to draw attention to a given set of
382. 1 cultural and legal issues surrounding youngsters.
Amlan Borgohain became India's fastest sprinter It also aims to raise awareness about the
by running 100 metres in 10.25 seconds at the challenges and hardships faced by the youth all
All India Inter Railways Athletics Championships across the world.
in Raebareli on August 29. The 24-year-old The theme for 2022's edition of International
surpassed the timing of Amiya Mallick, who had Youth Day is "Intergenerational solidarity:
set the 100-metre race national record in 2016 creating a world for all ages."
by clocking 10.26 seconds. The focus of International Youth Day for 2022 is
Borgohain, who hails from Assam, also holds the on ageism, an age-based discriminatory
national record in 200m as he clocked 20.52 behaviour. Young and older people all face this
seconds at the Federation Cup, which took place issue and often suffer lasting financial and
earlier this year. psychological harm, which impacts society at
large, as well.
383. 2
Jio, India's largest digital services provider, today 387. 4
acquired spectrum in the 700MHz, 800MHz, Ministry of Culture organised "TirangaUtsav" to
1800MHz, 3300MHz and 26GHz bands in the celebrate the contribution of PingaliVenkayya to
auctions conducted by the Department of the nation
Telecommunications, Government of India. The event was graced by the presence of the
Total cost of acquiring the right to use the above Minister of Home Affairs & Co-operation, Shri
technology agnostic spectrum for a period of 20 Amit Shah as the chiefguest.
years is Rs. 88,078 crore. The commemorative Postal Stamp in the honor
Akash M Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Jio of Pingali Venkayya was released by Shri Amit
Infocomm. Shah.
• As per terms of the spectrum auction, the The Tiranga Utsav also witnessed the release of
spectrum payments have to be made over 20 'Amar Chitra Katha' in the memory of
equated annual instalments, with interest revolutionary Tribal fighters of Indian freedom
computed at 7.2% per annum. struggle.
384. 1 388. 1
Then Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu presented Sri Lankan spin sensation Prabath Jayasuriya and
the prestigious President's Colours to the Tamil England's emerging all-rounder Emma Lamb
Nadu police and said it is a recognition of the were voted ICC player of the month for July
State police's commendable service and many 2022.
achievements. Jayasuriya made his debut in the Test series
The President's Colours is the highest honour against Australia and has picked up 29 wickets
bestowed upon any Military/ State police in from three games with one four-wicket haul and
recognition of its exceptional service of at least as many as four five-wicket hauls.
25 years to the nation.
It is popularly called "Rashtrapati ka Nishan". 389. 2
President's Colour, a special flag, is the highest Bhavani Devi, who became the first Indian fencer
honour to be given to any military or police unit to qualify for the Olympics, won a gold medal at
in recognition of exceptional service rendered to the Commonwealth Fencing Championship 2022.
the nation, both in peace and war. She defeated Australia's Veronika Vasileva 15-10
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in the finals of senior women's sabre individual 9.18am, after the countdown for the mission
category. She had also won a gold at the same began at 2:26am.
event back in 2018, when the tournament took Features of SSLV
place in Canberra, Australia. • The SSLV is 34m tall, about 10m less than the
PSLV and it has a vehicle diameter of two metres
390. 1 as compared to 2.8 metres of PSLV. SSLV has a
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on lift off mass of 120 tonne while PSLV has 320
granted its approval for the acquisition of a tonnes, which can carry payloads upto 1,800
50.1% stake of Sanmina-SCI India (SCIPL) by kgs.
Reliance Strategic Business Ventures (RSBVL). • Â SSLV carried Earth Observation Satellite -02
RIL is a subsidiary of Reliance Industries. and a co-passenger satellite AzaadiSAT "
RSBVL's principal activities are trading goods, developed by the student team of 'Space Kidz
holding strategic investment interests in India'.
businesses, and providing business support Significance of SSLV
services. The Competition Commission of India is • The significance of SSLV is that it has the
the chief national competition regulator in India. fourth stage which carries liquid propulsion based
It is a statutory body within the Ministry of Velocity Trimming Module to place the satellites
Corporate Affairs into the intended orbit. The rocket comprises
Headquarters: New Delhi solid fuel to fire the first three stages.
The Competition Act, 2002, as amended by the • The Earth Observation Satellite designed by
Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007, follows the ISRO, offers advanced optical remote sensing
philosophy of modern competition laws. operating in infra-red band with high spatial
resolution. It belongs to the micro-satellite series
391. 2 of spacecraft.
External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar • After travelling for about 13 minutes, SSLV is
participated in the ASEAN-India Foreign expected to first place the EOS-02 into the
Ministers' Meeting at Phnom Penh in intended orbit followed by AzaadiSAT which is an
Cambodia.He said, there was strong convergence eight kg Cubesat designed by the girl students
on Indo-Pacific, United Nations Convention on from government schools across the country to
the Law of the Sea connectivity, COVID-19, mark the 75th Anniversary of Independence.
terrorism, cyber security, Ukraine and Myanmar. • The Indian Space Research Organisation has
He added that digital, health, agriculture developed the SSLV to put in low earth orbit
education and green growth. satellites weighing less than 500 kg, which are
• The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or much in demand for applications such as earth
ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in observation and providing internet connectivity in
Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the remote areas.
ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the • The primary payload of the first demonstration
Founding Fathers of ASEAN, namely Indonesia, flight of SSLV is an earth observation satellite
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. MicroSat 2A.
Brunei Darussalam then joined on 7 January • According to ISRO, an SSLV rocket can be
1984, Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and manufactured within a week to meet the
Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 demands of the burgeoning space sector.
April 1999, making up what is today the ten • The AzaadiSAT carries 75 different payloads
Member States of ASEAN. each weighing around 50 gms. Girl students from
• The year 2022 marks 30 years of ASEAN-India rural regions across the country were provided
relations and it has been designated as ASEAN- guidance by ISRO scientists to build these
India Friendship Year by the leaders in October payloads which are integrated by the student
2021 team of 'Space Kidz India'.
Â • The ground system developed by Space Kidz
India would be utilised for receiving the data
392. 2 from this satellite. ISRO began launching
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) sounding rockets in 1965 to probe the upper
said the satellites EOS-02 and Azaadi SAT on atmospheric regions and for space research. The
board its maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle first sounding rocket was launched near
"are no longer usable" after the SSLV-D1 placed Thiruvananthapuram in November 1963. The
them on an elliptical orbit instead of a circular space agency later in 1980 launched the
one. country's first Satellite Launch Vehicle -3 which
• The rocket carrying EOS-2 and Azaadisat can carry payloads of upto 40kgs. In 1987, ISRO
satellites lifted off from the first launch pad of conducted the first developmental flight of
Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) with
a payload capacity of upto 150kgs. Later, ISRO
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made its first Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle in to assume greater responsibility and aspire for
September 1993, which was unsuccessful. more challenging roles.
However in 1994, ISRO tasted success on the
first successful launch as it emerged to be a 396. 1
reliable and versatile trusted workhorse. ISRO Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the
conducted the first flight of the Geosynchronous Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for his
Satellite Launch Vehicle in 2001 which is the victory in the presidential election. He will be the
largest launch vehicle developed by India, 17th President of the Philippines. Both the
currently under operation. The GSLV has a lift-off leaders reviewed various areas of bilateral
mass of 414.75 tonne. engagement, and expressed satisfaction at the
SSLV-D1 placed the satellites into 356 km x 76 rapid growth of co-operation between the two
km elliptical orbit, instead of 356 km circular countries in recent years.
orbit. Isro cited the failure of the mission to
'failure of a logic to identify a sensor failure and 397. 2
go for a salvage action caused the deviation' The proposed merger with Culver Max
Entertainment Private Limited (formerly Sony
393. 4 Pictures Networks India) has been approved by
The RBI list of 121 districts where the minorities Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National
are minimum 25 percent is led by Uttar Pradesh Stock Exchange (NSE), said a statement from
with 21 districts, Kerala (14), Assam (13), West Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL).
Bengal (12), Maharashtra (9), Arunachal Pradesh Punit Goenka will lead the combined company as
and Bihar (7 each), Manipur (6), Jharkhand and its Managing Director & CEO.
Sikkim (4 each), Karnataka (3), Delhi, Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Uttarakhand, UT of 398. 2
Andaman & Nicobar Isles (2 each). Joint military Exercise AL NAJAH -IV between
• Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Tamil Nadu, contingents of the Indian Army & the Royal Army
Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Meghalaya and of Oman took place at the Foreign Training Node
UT of Ladakh (1 each). of Mahajan Field Firing Range in Bikaner,
Rajasthan.
394. 1 The Royal Army of Oman contingent comprises
Unesco has added a 106-year-old astronomical 60 personnel from the Sultan of Oman Parachute
observatory at Langat Singh College in Bihar's Regiment, The Indian Army is represented by
Muzaffarpur on its list of important endangered troops from the 18 Mechanised Infantry
heritage observatories of the world"raising hopes Battalion.
of reviving the neglected edifice that has little to The previous edition of Ex AL NAJAH IV was
show of its glorious past. Built in 1916, the 123- organized at Muscat from 12 to 25 March 2019.
year old college is now affiliated to Bhim Rao
Ambedkar Bihar University. 399. 1
• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and On the occasion of World Biofuel Day, Prime
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was born on 16 Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 2nd
November 1945.Â generation (2G), Ethanol Plant, in Panipat,
• The Organization has more th 50 field offices Haryana. The 2G biofuel plant has been set up to
around the world and its headquarters are strengthen the efforts to boost the production
located in Paris. and usage of biofuels in the country. The ethanol
• There are 40 UNESCO World Heritage sites in plant has been developed by Indian Oil
India Corporation Ltd. (IOCL), at an estimated cost of
over â‚¹900 cr.
395. 2 • Based on state-of-the-art indigenous
Indian Navy's women officers have created technology, the project will turn a new chapter in
history after they completed the first-ever all- India's waste-to-wealth endeavours by utilising
women independent maritime reconnaissance about 2 lakh tonnes of rice straw (parali)
and surveillance mission in the North Arabian annually to generate around 3 crore litres of
Sea onboard a Dornier 228 aircraft. The mission Ethanol annually.
was carried out by five officers of the Indian • The project will have zero liquid discharge.
Navy Air Squadron (INAS) 314 based at Naval Air • Through the reduction in the burning of rice
Enclave at Gujarat's Porbandar. straw (parali), the project will contribute to a
• The INAS 314 is a frontline Naval Air Squadron reduction of Greenhouse Gases equivalent to
based at Porbandar, Gujarat. This "first-of-its- about 3 lakh tonnes of Carbon Dioxide equivalent
kind military flying mission" is expected to pave emissions per annum, which can be understood
the way for women officers in the aviation cadre as equivalent to replacing nearly 63,000 cars
annually on the country's roads.
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400. 1 Sindhu Ghat.
Manisha Kalyan and Sunil Chhetri have been
named as the 2021-22 AIFF Women's Footballer 405. 2
of the Year and the 2021-22 Men's Footballer of The Uttar Pradesh government has signed a
the Year, respectively. While Manisha had won Memorandum of Understanding with Deloitte
the Women's Emerging Footballer of the Year for India, appointing it as a consultant for achieving
last season, while this is the 7th time that Sunil the target of lifting the state's economy to USD 1
won the award, having last won it in 2018-19. trillion. within the next 90 days, Deloitte India is
likely to present a future action plan with a
401. 2 thorough deliberation after conducting a sector-
Mr. Jagdeep Dhankar was sworn in as the 14th wise study.
Vice President of India. President Droupadi
Murmu administered the oath of office to Mr. 406. 2
Dhankar at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Mr. Dhankhar South Korea launched its first lunar orbiter,
was elected as the Vice President on August the which is expected to reach the Moon by mid-
6th. He secured 74.36 percent, the highest ever December. Nicknamed Danuri, meaning "enjoy
votes received in the last six vice presidential the Moon", the Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter was
elections held since 1997. launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan is the first Vice- Canaveral in Florida by Elon Musk's aerospace
President of India. company SpaceX.
402. 3 407. 1
Authorities in India have blocked Battlegrounds Indian Oil signed an MoU with National Tiger
Mobile India (BGMI), a popular battle-royale Conservation Authority (NTCA) for
format game from South Korean company transcontinental relocation of the 'Cheetah' in its
Krafton Inc using a law it invoked in 2020 to historical range in India.
block Chinese apps in the country citing national Indian Oil is the first corporate which has come
security concerns. forward to support "Project Cheetah" under CSR,
BGMI, which had over 100 million users in India, as the project has not only national importance
was removed from Alphabet Inc's Google Play but is also essential for balancing the
Store and Apple Inc's app store. ecosystem.The Minister for Environment &
the government has banned BGMI under Section Forests is the current Chairperson of the NTCA.
69A of the IT Act, the same provision used to • This is in continuation with the MoU signed on
ban PUBG Mobile 20thÂ July 2022 between Government of India
and Government of the Republic of Namibia on
403. 1 wildlife conservation and sustainable biodiversity
The Aurangabad Smart City Development utilization, for establishing the cheetah into the
Corporation Limited (ASCDCL) Aurangabad has historical range in India. Indian Oil will be
become the first in the country to witness the contributing Rs.50.22 crore in 4 years for the
official release of the Environmental Insights project components viz. Cheetah Introduction, its
Explorer (EIE) data from Google. Habitat Management & Protection, Eco
Google has a feature called EIE, which helps Development, Staff Training and Veterinary
cities measure the carbon emission sources, Healthcare.
conduct analysis and identify strategies to reduce
emissions. 408. 3
• While the EIE feature in India is only available Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the
for Aurangabad, Bengaluru, ChennaiÂ and Pune, seventh Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog
Aurangabad city has been chosen as the first city at Rashtrapati Bhawan Cultural Centre in New
in the country toÂ to make the transportation Delhi. The agenda of the Niti Aayog meeting
emissions data public.Â includes achieving self-sufficiency in oilseeds and
pulses and agri-communities, National Education
404. 2 Policy and crop diversification, including other
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama was honoured things.
with the 'dPal rNgam Duston' award the highest • NITI Aayog was formed via a resolution of the
civilian honour of Ladakh"for his immense Union Cabinet on 1 January 2015.
contribution to humanity especially to UT. The • The Governing Council of NITI Aayog,
sixth award was conferred by Ladakh comprising Chief Ministers of all the States and
Autonomous Hill Development Council Leh which Union Territories with legislatures and Lt
celebrated the 'dPal rNgam Duston' with great Governors of other Union Territories, came into
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effect on 16 February 2015 via a notification by China is the largest coal-producing country in the
the Cabinet Secretariat.Â world, with production reaching 3,942 million
• Governing Council have been held under the tonnes, a 2.5% growth.
chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime MinisterÂ
413. 2
409. 2 India bagged its second medal in Lawn Bowls
The exercise named "Skylight" was conducted competition at the Commonwealth Games 2022
from July 25 to July 29. In a five-day-long after the men's fours team, comprising Sunil
satellite communication exercise, the Indian Bahadur (lead), Navneet Singh (second),
Army has tested all of its space-based assets to Chandan Kumar Singh (third) and Dinesh Kumar
ensure their operational readiness. The Army is (skip), clinched the silver medal in Birmingham.
utilising the services of a number of satellites The Indian team lost to Northern Ireland in the
belonging to the Indian Space Research finals and bagged the second place.
Organisation (ISRO).
414. 3
410. 1 In 2019, Delhi recorded an annual average
Suresh N. Patel was sworn in as the Central PM2.5 concentration of 110 microgram per cubic
Vigilance Commissioner. He made and subscribed metre, the highest among the most-populous
the oath of his office before President Droupadi cities in the world, followed by Kolkata (84
Murmu at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati microgram per cubic metre), said the report "Air
Bhavan. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Quality and Health in Cities" by the State of
Minister Narendra Modi, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, Global Air Initiative.
Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Beijing in China had the highest PM2.5-
Mallikarjun Kharge and other dignitaries were attributable death rate of 124 in 2019.
present. • The report summarizes data on air pollution
• Mr. Patel, former managing director and chief exposures and associated health impacts in
executive officer of Andhra Bank, was in April 7,239 cities (with minimum population of
2020 appointed as the vigilance commissioner. 50,000) from 2010 to 2019. It combines ground-
• Former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) based air quality data with satellites and models
officer Sanjay Kothari had completed his term as to produce air quality estimates for cities around
the CVC on June 24 last year. the world.
• PM2.5 refers to fine particles (measuring 2.5 m
411. 3 or less in diameter) that penetrate deep into the
Justice Uday Umesh Lalit sworn-in as Chief body and fuel inflammation in the lungs and
Justice of India. President Draupadi Murmu respiratory tract, leading to the risk of having
administered him oath as the 49th Chief Justice cardiovascular and respiratory problems,
of India at Rashtrapati Bhawan. He succeeds including a weak immune system.
Justice NV Ramana. Justice UU Lalit will be in
office for 74 days, a tenure shorter than average. 415. 4
Justice Lalit was involved in some landmark Increase the policy repo rate under the liquidity
judgements in past and will also handle some adjustment facility (LAF) by 50 basis points to
major cases in his tenure as Chief Justice. In 5.40 per cent with immediate effect.
past, he was involved in the landmark judgement Consequently, the standing deposit facility (SDF)
in the Triple Talaq case. rate stands adjusted to 5.15 per cent and the
marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the
412. 4 Bank Rate to 5.65 per cent.
Russia became India's third-largest coal supplier GDP growth forecast retained at 7.2%.
in July, with imports rising by over a fifth The next meeting of the MPC is scheduled during
compared with June to a record 2.06 million September 28-30, 2022.
tonnes, data from Indian consultancy • All members of the MPC " Dr. Shashanka Bhide,
CoalÂ¬mint showed. Russia has historically been Dr. Ashima Goyal, Prof. Jayanth R. Varma, Dr.
the sixth-largest supplier of coal to India, behind Rajiv Ranjan, Dr. Michael Debabrata Patra and
Indonesia, South Africa, Australia, and the United Shri Shaktikanta Das " unanimously voted to
States, with Mozambique and ColoÂ¬mbia. increase the policy repo rate by 50 basis points
India's imports from Russia have jumped nearly to 5.40 per cent.
five times to over $15 billion ever since Russia • RBI retains CPI inflation forecast at 6.7% for
invaded Ukraine. India, the world's second- FY23; July-September seen at 7.1%
largest producer, importer and consumer of coal,
has historically imported more coking coal used 416. 2
mainly in steelmaking from Russia, with Australia National Handloom Day is observed every year
being the other key supplier. on August 7 to mark the importance of the
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handloom weaving community in India.Prime skills to the youths of Kerala and is supported by
Minister Narendra Modi initiated the day in the the government of India, partnered by the
year 2015. National Handloom Day has its origin government of Kerala and the IT industry.
in the Swadeshi movement of India during British
rule in the year 1905. This was to boost the idea 421. 2
of self-help and self-reliance on Indian goods. ISRO will send a small satellite launch vehicle
from Sriharikota. It is a three-stage vehicle with
417. 3 all solid propulsion stages. The mission is to
ONDC (OPEN Network of digital commerce), launch Earth Observation Satellite, EOS-02, and
which is developing a first-of-its-kind open a co-passenger satellite, 'Azaadi SAT', into low
network for digital commerce, said US tech giant earth orbit. The 'Azaadi SAT' is designed by 750
Microsoft has onboarded its platform. Microsoft girl students of government schools in rural
intends to introduce social e-commerce " group areas from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.
buying experience " in the Indian market.
Microsoft, among the three largest tech 422. 3
companies, is the first in its league to announce The six of the seven new districts that were
onboarding. ONDC was launched earlier this year announced are -- Sunderban, Ichhemati,
by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Ranaghat, Bishnupur, Jangipur, and Behrampur.
Internal Trade (DPIIT), with an aim to create an One district will be named in Basirhat.
inclusive e-commerce market and enable all As per Census 2011 figures, almost 4 million
kinds of sellers and buyers to leverage people lived in each of West Bengal's 23 districts
digitisation of commerce through its network. on average " among the highest in the country.
Total number of districts will be now 30.
418. 3
Star Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant 423. 2
was appointed as the brand ambassador of Nallathamby Kalaiselvi was appointed as the
Uttarakhand by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Director General of the Council of Scientific and
Dhami in a programme organised at Uttarakhand Industrial Research (CSIR).
Sadan in New Delhi. After resuming the chair as director of CSIR, Sh.
CM Dhami said that honouring cricketer Rishabh Kalaiselvi will now lead the consortium of 38
Pant as Uttarakhand brand ambassador would research institutes in the country.
inspire youth in the field of sports in the state. Kalaiselvi is the successor of former CSIR
director Shekhar Mande, whose tenure ended in
419. 3 April this year.
The 1st-ever national level meet of District Legal
Services Authorities (DLSAs) is being organised 424. 3
from 30-31 July 2022 at Vigyan Bhawan by The 3rd Edition of Vietnam-India Bilateral Army
National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). The Exercise "Ex VINBAX 2022" was held at
meeting will deliberate on the creation of an Chandimandir. The exercise is a sequel to
integrated procedure in order to bring previously conducted bilateral exercise in
homogeneity & synchronisation across DLSAs. Vietnam in 2019.
There are a total of 676 District Legal Services The theme of Ex VINBAX - 2022 is employment
Authority. and deployment of an Engineer Company and a
Medical Team as part of United Nations
420. 1 Contingent for Peace Keeping Operations. It
LinkedIn, the world's largest professional continued till 20th August.
network, has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Kerala Development and 425. 4
Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC) and the Former Philippine President Fidel Valdez Ramos
ICT Academy of Kerala (ICTAK) as part of the died aged 94.
Connect Career to Campus (CCC) campaign Known as "Steady Eddie" for his unflappable
under the Kerala Knowledge Economy Mission demeanour during the country's regular
(KKEM) initiative. moments of upheaval, he was frequently pictured
• Kerala government said this partnership aims chewing unlit cigars as he led the Philippines
to boost the employability skill among the youth between 1992 and 1998.
of Kerala and aggravate relevant jobs for them
using LinkedIn talent insights and learning tools. 426. 2
• K-DISC is a strategic think-tank and advisory American legend Serena Williams, winner of 23
body constituted by the Government of Kerala. Grand Slam titles, has announced her retirement
ICTAK is a Social Enterprise created in a Public from professional tennis.
Private Partnership model (PPP) for imparting ICT
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She has been ranked singles world number one debit cards. With an 8% market share, BoB
by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for secured 2nd place followed by Bank of India,
319 weeks. Canara Bank, Union Bank and PNB with 5% each.
Serena has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the While PSU banks hold the lion's share in the debit
most by any player in the open era, and the cards market share, HDFC Bank and Axis bank
second-most of all time, only behind Margaret witnessed the highest YoY growth in the segment
Court's 24. with 19% and 18% respectively. HDFC Bank also
topped the charts in the credit cards segment
427. 1 with a market share of 22% followed by SBI at
Asia's wealthiest woman Yang Huiyan lost more 18%, ICICI at 17% , Axis at 12% and RBL bank
than half of her wealth following China's property and Kotak Mahindra Bank at 5% each.
crisis. With a dramatic fall in Yang Huiyan's
wealth, Savitri Jindal now became Asia's richest 433. 3
woman. Jindal, 72, is India's richest woman and The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said two entities
the 10th-richest person in the country of about ' namely HDFC Bank (in partnership with Swedish
1.4 billion. firm Crunchfish AB) and Precision Biometric India
Private Ltd. ' have been selected for the 'test
428. 1 phase' of the 'On Tap' application facility for the
The Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) signed theme 'Retail Payments' under regulatory
an MoU with the Bangladesh Roads and Sandbox.
Highways department in Dhaka for the
emergency supply of petroleum goods via 434. 1
Bangladesh territory to India. This is an interim The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said two entities
set up to facilitate urgent supply of petroleum ' namely HDFC Bank (in partnership with Swedish
products due to damage caused by the flood in firm Crunchfish AB) and Precision Biometric India
Assam this year Private Ltd. ' have been selected for the 'test
phase' of the 'On Tap' application facility for the
429. 2 theme 'Retail Payments' under regulatory
The Lok Sabha passed the New Delhi Sandbox. In the First Cohort under the
International Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Regulatory Sandbox with 'Retail Payments' as its
Bill, in 2022. The Bill amended the New Delhi theme.
International Arbitration Centre Act, 2019. It also
renamed the New Delhi International Arbitration 435. 3
Centre the India International Arbitration Centre. India's largest lender State Bank of India issued
additional tier-1 (AT1) bonds worth a total of Rs
430. 2 6,872 crore at a cut-off of 7.75 per cent, the
Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar was lowest rate set for such debt issuances by any
sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for a bank so far in the current financial year.
record eighth time. Mr Kumar was administered
the oath of office by Governor Phagu Chauhan at 436. 3
a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Patna. ESAF Small Finance Bank Ltd launched a
RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav was also 'Rainbow Savings Account' exclusively for the
sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister for the transgender community offering a host of
second time. features, including high savings rate and
advanced debit card facilities.The Reserve Bank
431. 3 of India in 2015 directed banks to include a
ICICI Bank announced its partnership with separate column 'third gender' in all their forms
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to and applications. K Paul Thomas- MD of ESAF
launch a range of credit cards on RuPay, the Bank
indigenous payments network. To begin with, the
ICICI Bank RuPay Credit Card is available in the 437. 3
Coral variant of the Bank's Gemstone series, Bank of India has become the first public sector
which will be followed by Rubyx and Sapphiro bank to go live on Income Tax Department's new
variants soon. Direct Tax Collection System Tin 2.0. With this
technological integration of BOI on TIN 2.0
432. 2 platform, taxpayers will now get a single
According to the latest data, SBI remains the top platform for their tax payment as well as e-filing
player with a 30% market share of debit cards as of tax returns. Tax Information Network, TIN 2.0
of June 2022 despite a 6% drop in year-on-year is the official portal of Income tax.
growth. The data collated by PGA Labs show that
public sector banks dominate the market share of
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The central bank released a list of 34 entities India has surpassed the United Kingdom to
that are neither authorised to deal in forex under become the world's 5th biggest economy. the
the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), International Monetary Fund's own forecasts
1999 nor authorised to operate electronic trading show India overtaking the UK in terms on an
platforms for forex transactions. The central annual basis this year. This has put India, the
bank's list has a total of 34 entities. Some of the Asian powerhouse, just behind the US, China,
entities listed are Alpari, AnyFX, Ava Trade, Japan and Germany. Mrs Sitharaman said, a
Binomo, e Toro, Exness, Expert Option. decade ago, India ranked 11th among the largest
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)' cautioned the economies, while the UK was 5th.
public not to undertake forex transactions on
unauthorised electronic trading platforms 443. 4
(ETPs) or remit/deposit money for unauthorised India's external debt rises by 8.2 pc to over USD
forex transactions. 620.7 bn till Mar 2022. India's external debt
• 'The authorisation status of any person/ETP can grew by 8.2 per cent to over 620 billion US dollar
be ascertained from the list of authorised at the end of March this year. The Union Finance
persons and authorised ETPs, which are already Ministry's Department of economic Affairs has
made available in the RBI website," it said. released the 28th edition of the Status Report on
• Further, the RBI reiterated that residents can India's External Debt 2021-22. According to it,
undertake forex transactions only with authorised India's external debt was over 573 billion dollar
persons and for permitted purposes, in terms of at the end of March, last year. Commercial
the FEMA. borrowings, Non-resident Indians (NRIs)
• While permitted forex transactions can be deposits, short-term trade credit and multilateral
executed electronically, they should be loans together accounted for 90 per cent of the
undertaken only on ETPs authorised for the total external debt. According to reports, the
purpose by the RBI or on recognised stock External debt as a ratio to Gross domestic
exchanges via the National Stock Exchange of product (GDP) fell marginally to 19.9 per cent as
India (NSE), BSE and Metropolitan Stock of March this year, from 21.2 per cent a year
Exchange of India ago.
439. 4 444. 4
HDFC Bank, India's largest private sector bank Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet
became the first bank in the country to issue an Committee on Security (CCS) approved the
Electronic Bank Guarantee (e-BG) in partnership project to develop LCA Mark 2 multirole fighter
with National E-Governance Services Limited jet, a more capable and powerful version of the
(NeSL). e-BG has been developed in consultation indigenous aircraft. The fighter jet will be
with NeSL, CVC-CBI committee, and Indian developed at a cost of over Rs 6,500 crore, in
Banks' Association to simplify the process and addition to the Rs 2,500 crore previously
eliminate the possibility of fraud and sanctioned for it. Aeronautical Development
manipulation. Debajyoti Ray Chaudhuri, MD & Agency chief :Girish Deodhare.
CEO of NeSL. • Tejas is a single-engine and highly agile multi-
role supersonic fighter manufactured by the
440. 1 state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).
Axis Bank and Square Yards have announced the • The development of new aircraft will be
launch of 'Open Doors', a co-branded Home completed by 2027.
Buyer Ecosystem. This platform will ensure that
the complete journey from searching to buying 445. 3
one's dream home becomes a hassle-free, Ministry of Women and Child Development will
efficient, and delightful experience for customers. observe 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022 across
Tanuj Shori, Founder and CEO, Square Yards. the nation from 1st till 30th Sept. This year, the
objective of the Poshan Maah is to trigger Poshan
441. 2 Maah through Gram Panchayats as Poshan
According to the provisional estimates by the Panchayats with key focus on 'Mahila aur
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Swasthya' and 'Bacha aur Shiksha'. This serves
Implementation, the Gross Domestic Product as a platform to bring focus of nutrition and good
(GDP) of the country for the April-June quarter of health
the current financial year grew at 13.5 per cent. • In the 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah the aim is to
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing sector rose 4.5%. convert Jan Andolan into Jan Bhagidari to fulfill
The manufacturing sector grew 4.8% and the the Prime Minister's vision of a Suposhit Bharat.
Construction sector appreciated by 16.8%. • Prime Minister's Overarching Scheme for
Holistic Nutrition- POSHAN Abhiyaan is
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Government's flagship programme to improve 449. 3

nutritional outcomes for children under six years, Union transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on August
adolescent Girls, pregnant women and lactating 18th launched India's first electric double-decker
mothers.' bus at YB Centre in south Mumbai. Named
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the Switch EiV 22, the double-decker bus will be run
programme from Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan on 8 by the Mumbai civic transport body from
March, 2018. Focusing on the aims of POSHAN September. It was built by Ashok Leyland.
Abhiyaan, the government 'has launched 'Mission
Poshan 2.0 as an integrated nutrition support 450. 1
program.' Blue Energy Motors inaugurated India's first
Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) fuelled green truck
446. 2 manufacturing plant at Chakan, Pune. The facility
INS Vikrant, India's first home-built aircraft was inaugurated by Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister
carrier, was formally commissioned after of Road Transport and Highways. The company
completing almost a year of sea trials in Cochin has signed an agreement with FPT Industrial, the
Shipyard Limited. The 45,000-tonne warship has global powertrain brand of Iveco Group, Italy to
been built at a cost of ' 20,000 crore. PM Modi introduce the first LNG trucks. Anirudh Bhuwalka,
also unveiled the new Naval Ensign. The Navy CEO, Blue Energy Motors.
had earlier said the new insignia will be befitting • The FPT Industrial engine is one of the most
the rich Indian maritime heritage. powerful natural gas engines and compatible with
• 262 metres long and 62 metres wide, INS CNG, LNG and biomethane. It uses multipoint
Vikrant is the largest warship to be built in India. stoichiometric combustion to assure best-in-class
It can have 30 aircraft on board, including MiG- fuel consumption and lower noise than diesel
29K fighter jets and helicopters. The warship can engines.
accommodate a crew of nearly 1,600.
• INS Vikrant, in the beginning, will have MiG 451. 2
fighters and some choppers. The Navy is in the IILM University takes immense pride in elevating
process of procuring 26 deck-based aircraft, the Legal Education System of India with the
having narrowed down to some Boeing and launch of the first National Education Policy 2020
Dassault aircraft. (NEP 2020) Compliant Law School in the country.
• At present, India has only one aircraft carrier, IILM University, with the approval of the
INS Vikramaditya, which is built on a Russian government of Uttar Pradesh and the recognition
platform. Defence forces have been seeking of the Bar Council of India (BCI), announces this
three carriers in all - one in spare besides one big breakthrough. National Education Policy 2020
each for the two main naval fronts, in the Indian has been announced on 29.07.2020. NEP, 2020
Ocean and Bay of Bengal. aim to increase the GER to 100% in preschool to
• India's existing fleet includes one aircraft secondary level by 2030 whereas GER in Higher
carrier, 10 destroyers, 12 frigates and 20 Education including vocational education from
corvettes. 26.3% (2018) to 50% by 2035.
447. 2 452. 1
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, in The Union Minister for Home and Cooperation,
the 45th AGM , announced to build India's first Amit Shah, chaired the 30th Southern Zonal
and one of the world's largest Carbon Fibre Council meeting in Thiruvananthapuram. The
plants at Hazira, Gujarat. The plants will have a meeting was attended by the Chief Ministers of
capacity of 20,000 MTPA based on Acrylonitrile Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, the Lieutenant
feedstock. Overall, in the Oil to Chemical Governors of Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar
segment (O2C), Ambani announced an Islands, the Administrator of Lakshadweep, Chief
investment of '75,000 crore Secretaries of Southern Zonal Council States,
Union Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is
448. 4 the Vice Chairman of Southern Zonal Council. In
The NITI Aayog has declared holy city of the light of the vision of Pandit Nehru, five Zonal
Haridwar in Uttarakhand as the best aspirational Councils were set up vide Part-III of the States
district on five parameters, thereby providing an Re-organisation Act, 1956. The present
additional allocation of three crore rupees. composition of each of these Zonal Councils is as
Launched in 2018, NITI Aayog's Aspirational under:
Districts Programme is aimed at identifying • The Northern Zonal Council, comprising the
potential districts that can develop into model States of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu &
blocksthrough socio-economic development. Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, National Capital
Territory of Delhi and Union Territory of
Chandigarh;
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• The Central Zonal Council, comprising the Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said. This is India's
States of Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar first intra-nasal COVID-19 vaccine Which will be
Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh; used for primary immunization against COVID-19
• The Eastern Zonal Council, comprising the in 18 age group for restricted use in emergency
States of Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Sikkim and situation. Krishna Ella, Chairman and Managing
West Bengal; Director of Bharat Biotech.
• The Western Zonal Council, comprising the
States of Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra and the 457. 2
Union Territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra & PM addresses inauguration ceremony of 'Kalam
Nagar Haveli; no Carnival' Book Fair organised by Navbharat
• The Southern Zonal Council, comprising the Sahitya Mandir. The Prime Minister added that
States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, 'Kalam no Carnival' is a huge convention of
Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of books in Hindi, English and Gujarati languages.
Puducherry. Shri Modi mentioned that when he was the Chief
Minister of Gujarat, the state had also started the
453. 1 'Vanche Gujarat' campaign, and today,
nique Identification Authority of India has topped campaigns like the 'Kalam no Carnival' are only
amongst all Ministries/Departments for resolving taking that resolve of Gujarat forward.
Public Grievances in the ranking report published
by Department of Administrative Reforms and 458. 2
Public Grievances for the month of August 2022. The jet-black granite statue of Netaji Subhas
UIDAI has been a top performer in resolution of Chandra Bose, measures a total of 28 ft. and is
cases received through Centralized Public placed under the Canopy near India Gate. The
Grievance Redress and Monitoring System grand statue of Netaji, has been carved from a
• The Department of Administrative Reforms and monolithic block of granite weighing 280 MT.
Public Grievances is the nodal agency of the After 26,000 man hours of intense artistic
Government of India for administrative reforms endeavor, the granite monolith was chiseled to
as well as redressal of public grievances relating produce a statue weighing 65 MT.
to the states in general and those pertaining to
Central Government agencies in particular.' 459. 3
• It is under the'MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL , Warangal, Nilambur, and Thrissur have joined
PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities.An
• Centralised Public Grievance Redress and international policy-oriented network, the
Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) is an online UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities is a
platform available to the citizens 24x7 to lodge network of inspiration, know-how and best
their grievances to the public authorities on any practices. It is coordinated by the UNESCO
subject related to service delivery.' Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL).As per
UNESCO, 77 cities from 44 countries across the
454. 3 globe have joined.
The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic
Sciences (CCRAS), has taken a unique initiative 460. 5
to support the research efforts of bright young Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated
minds of the Country by developing the India's longest rubber dam on Falgu river in
Studentship Program for Ayurveda Research Ken Gaya, where lakhs of pilgrims from across the
(SPARK) for Ayurveda (BAMS) students studying country and abroad arrive every year during the
in recognised Ayurveda colleges. Prof. Pitripaksha Mela to pay homage to their
Rabinarayan Acharya - Director General, CCRAS ancestors, and a steel foot over bridge for the
convenience of the visitors.
455. 1
The government has decided to rename the 461. 4
historic Rajpath and Central Vista lawns in the The Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways
national capital as 'Kartavya Path'. Rajpath was (MoPSW) is planning to build a National Maritime
known as Kingsway during British Rule.Earlier, Heritage Complex (NMHC) at the site of the
the name of the road on which PM's residence is Indus Valley civilization in Lothal, Gujarat. A first
located was changed from Race Course Road to of its kind complex in India, this centre will
Lok Kalyan Marg. showcase India's rich and diverse maritime
heritage.Total cost of the National Maritime
456. 3 Heritage Complex project is '3,500 crore.
Bharat Biotech's intranasal COVID-19 vaccine
candidate has been approved by the Drugs
Controller General of India (DCGI), Union Health
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462. 2 465. 3
Ministry of Electronics and Information The Election Commission of India led by Chief
Technology (MeitY) Startup Hub in collaboration Election Commissioner, Shri Rajiv Kumar and
with Meta will launch a programme to support Election Commissioner Shri Anup Chandra
and accelerate XR technology startups across Pandey further delisted 86 non-existent RUPPs
India. This collaboration is part of the and declared an additional 253 as 'Inactive
Government's efforts for skilling in emerging and RUPPs'. This action against 339 non-compliant
future technologies. MeitY Startup Hub is a RUPPs takes the tally to 537 defaulting RUPPs
national platform focused on promoting since May 25, 2022.
technology innovation, start-ups, and the • As per statutory requirements under section
creation of intellectual properties. Today, it has 29A of the RP Act, every political party has to
around more than three thousand tech startups communicate any change in its name, head
supported, with a vision to ramp it up to more office, office bearers, address, PAN to the
than ten thousand startups in the next three to Commission without delay.
five years.
466. 3
463. 3 Vedanta picks Gujarat for $20 bn India
As per National Health Accounts (NHA) estimates semiconductor project with Taiwan's Foxconn.
for India 2018-19 which was released in The project will include display and
September 2022 by the Ministry of Health and semiconductor facilities near the largest city of
Family Welfare, the per capita government Ahmedabad in the western state. While lobbying
spending on healthcare has increased by 74 per for incentives, Vedanta had sought 1,000 acres
cent since 2013-14. The government's share in (405 hectares) of land free of cost on a 99-year
total Health Expenditure has increased from 28.6 lease, and water and power at concessionary and
per cent in 2013-14 to 40.6 per cent in 2018-19. fixed prices for 20 years.
• The NHA estimates show that the per capita
government spending in 2013-14 was one 467. 2
thousand forty two rupees, which has increased Rajnath Singh, the first Indian Defence Minister
to one thousand eight hundred and fifteen rupees to visit Mongolia, was gifted a majestic horse
in 2018 -19. It said the government's share in 'Tejas' by President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh. In
the overall spending on health in the country is 2015, Prime Minister Modi received a special gift
increasing steadily. The government's share in a brown racehorse from his then Mongolian
current health expenditure has increased from counterpart Chimed Saikhanbileg during his
23.2 per cent in 2013-14 to 34.5 per cent in historic visit to this country. The horse was
2018-19. named Kanthaka'. Mongolia is known as the land
• The National Health Account (NHA) estimates of the horse, according to the American Museum
for India 2018-19 is the sixth consecutive NHA of Natural History (AMNH). Mongolia is home to
Estimates report since 2013-14. It was prepared more than 3 million horses, making the horse
by 'National Health Systems Resource Centre population almost equal to the human population
designated as National Health Accounts Technical in the vast nation. Even in the 21st century,
Secretariat in 2014 by the Union Health Ministry.' Mongolia remains a horse-based culture and
retains its pastoral traditions.
464. 4
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT- 468. 1
Madras) is the first academic institute in the Norway's Norges Bank has hit a major milestone
country to join an IBM programme promoting in digital currency efforts, releasing the open
quantum computing development and research. source code for the country's central bank digital
As a member of the IBM Quantum Network, IIT currency (CBDC) sandbox. Available on GitHub,
Madras will get cloud-based access to the the sandbox is designed to offer an interface for
American company's advanced quantum interacting with the test network, enabling
computing systems and expertise to explore functions like minting, burning, and transferring
applications. Sandip Patel - Managing Director, ERC-20 tokens. The current version of the open
IBM India. IIT Madras' Centre for Quantum source code does not support the Ethereum
Information, Communication and Computing wallet Metamask
(CQuICC) will focus on advancing core algorithms
in research areas like quantum machine learning, 469. 4
quantum optimisation, and applications research The upcoming FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in
in finance. India will see the Video Assistant Referee (VAR)
technology making its debut in the age-group
showpiece. The U-17 Women's World Cup in
India will be the third FIFA women's tournament
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to utilise VAR following the U-20 Women's World • Mixed doubles final: Storm Sanders and John
Cup Costa Rica 2022 and the FIFA Women's Peers (AUS) defeated Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) and
World Cup France 2019. Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 4-6, 6-4, [10-7]
• Men's wheelchair doubles final: Martin De la
470. 1 Puente (ESP) and Nicolas Peifer (FRA) defeated
Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram emerged Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid (GBR) 4-6, 7-5
champion in the 22nd Dubai Open chess [10-6]
tournament on Sunday, with 7.5 points as seven • Women's wheelchair doubles final: Diede De
Indians finished in the top 10. This is sixth Groot and Annie Van Koot (NED) defeated Rui
overall, fifth individual triumph of the year out of • Quad wheelchair doubles final: Sam Schroder
the eight tournaments he played. The last and Niels Vink (NED) defeated Robert Shaw
tournament he played was over 1.5 months ago (CAN) and David Wagner (USA) 6-1, 6-2
which he won at 41st Benasque Open 2022. • Boys' junior wheelchair singles final: Ben
Bartram (GBR) defeated Dahnon Ward (GBR) 6-
471. 3 4, 6-1
The 61st edition of the Subroto Cup International • Girls' junior wheelchair singles final: Jade
Football Tournament began after a gap of two Moreira Lanai (BRA) defeated Yuma Takamuro
years, at the BR Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi (JPN) 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (10-5)
marking the start of the most prestigious football • Boys' junior wheelchair doubles final: Ben
tournament for schools all over the country.The Bartram and Dahnon Ward (GBR) defeated
tournament is organised by the Subroto Saalim
Mukherjee Sports Education Society (SMSES) • Girls' junior wheelchair doubles final: Jade
along with the Indian Air Force. Moreira Lanai (BRA) and Maylee Phelps (USA)
defeated Ruby Bishop (GBR) and Lily
472. 3 Lautenschlager (USA) 6-
Indian javelin star Neeraj Chopra threw a strong • Boys' junior singles final: Martin Landaluce
88.44m to become the first Indian to be the (ESP) defeated Gilles Arnaud Bailly (BEL) 7-6 [7-
Diamond League Champion.He achieved the feat 3], 5-7, 6-2
at the annual league's grand final in Zurich. • Girls' junior doubles final: Lucie Havlickova
Chopra defeated Czech Republic's Jakub Vadljech (CZE) and Diana Shnaider defeated Carolina Kuhl
(86.94m) and Julian Weber (83.73m) He was and Ella Seidel (GER) 6-3, 6-2
also the first Indian to qualify for the Diamond • Boys' junior doubles final: Nishesh Basavareddy
Race when he topped the Lausanne Diamond and Ozan Baris (USA) defeated Dylan Dietrich
League 2022. (SUI) and Juan Carlos Prado Angelo (BOL) 6-1,
6-1
473. 2 • Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova
Australia white-ball captain Aaron Finch will retire made history at the 2022 US Open on Sunday,
from one-day international (ODI) cricket. Finch and they pulled off a comeback in the women's
has led Australia's ODI and Twenty20 teams doubles final on Arthur Ashe Stadium to do it.
since 2018. The 35-year-old opening batter has
played 145 ODIs and scored 5,401 runs at an 475. 3
average of 39.13. He led Australia to their first Coming off a socio-economic crisis and the worst
T20 World Cup title in 2021 and will still lead the turmoil in its country's history, the Sri Lankan
side at the upcoming T20 World Cup on home cricket team gifted the island nation joy and the
soil in October. sixth Asia Cup title as they defeated Pakistan by
23 runs in the final in Dubai. India, with seven
474. 4 titles (six ODI and one T20I), is the most
The 19-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz successful team in the tournament.
defeated fifth-seeded Norwegian Casper Ruud, 6-
4, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-3, to earn his first major title 476. 3
and, with it, a debut as world No. 1. The State-run NHPC has signed an MoU with power
Spaniard is the youngest Grand Slam champion trading major PTC India Ltd for sale of power
since a 19-year-old Rafael Nadal won Roland from upcoming the West Seti and Seti River-6
Garros in 2005, and the youngest US Open hydro power projects in Nepal. PTC shall
champ since a 19-year-old Sampras in 1990. ' purchase the contracted capacity from NHPC
• World No. 1 Iga Swiatek (Poland) won the from date of commercial operation of the
women's title at the 2022 US Open tennis grand projects for onward sale to the state utilities,
slam' defeating Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) 6-2, 7-6 [7- discoms and bulk customers in india and
5]. neighboring countries.
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477. 4 crore), exclusively towards promoting Supply

The 14th India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting Chain Finance solutions in India.
(JCM) was co-chaired by External Affairs Minister
Dr. S. Jaishankar and Foreign Minister of UAE 482. 3
H.H. Sheikh Abdulla bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu The 14th India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting
Dhabi on 01 September 2022. The two Ministers (JCM) was co-chaired by External Affairs Minister
were joined by H.E. Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Dr. S. Jaishankar and Foreign Minister of UAE
Zeyoudi - UAE MOS for Foreign Trade, Shri Vinay H.H. Sheikh Abdulla bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu
Kwatra - Foreign Secretary of India and Dhabi on 01 September 2022. The two Ministers
Ambassadors and senior officials from both sides. were joined by H.E. Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al
Two MOUs were signed between both sides in the Zeyoudi - UAE MOS for Foreign Trade, Shri Vinay
presence of the Ministers. These are: MOU Kwatra - Foreign Secretary of India and
between Wildlife Institute of India and Ambassadors and senior officials from both sides.
International Fund for Houbara Conservation for Two MOUs were signed between both sides in the
the Conservation of the Great Indian Bustard and presence of the Ministers. These are: MOU
the Lesser Florican and MOU between Ministry of between Wildlife Institute of India and
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of International Fund for Houbara Conservation for
UAE and Indian Council for Cultural Relations the Conservation of the Great Indian Bustard and
(ICCR) on the Establishment of the India-UAE the Lesser Florican and MOU between Ministry of
Cultural Council Forum. Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of
UAE and Indian Council for Cultural Relations
478. 3 (ICCR) on the Establishment of the India-UAE
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Cultural Council Forum.
researchers along with Inspire Institute of Sports
(IIS) in Bellary, Karnataka, are developing a 483. 4
cost-effective boxing analytics platform Cabinet approved the Memorandum of
'Smartboxer' to increase India's boxing medal Understanding signed on mutual recognition of
tally at the 2024 Olympics. The research involves academic qualifications between India and the
using IoT-based sensors and video cameras to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
provide analytics about player performance. Ireland.
479. 4 484. 3
HAL-L&T consortium bagged an Rs 860 crore Cabinet approved signing of memorandum of
contract for the end-to-end realisation of five Understanding between India and United Arab
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicles (PSLV) over a Emirates on cooperation in the field of Education.
period of four years from the NewsSpace India
Limited (NSIL). The contract was exchanged 485. 4
today between HAL and NSIL during the The National Institute for Entrepreneurship and
inaugural session of the 7th Bengaluru Space Small Business Development (NIESBUD) and the
Expo 2022 at the Bangalore International Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), signed
Exhibition Centre (BIEC). D Radhakrishnan, CMD, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the
NSIL. Indian School of Business (ISB),to offer world
class management education through
480. 4 entrepreneurial programmes targeted towards
IndusInd Bank has announced a strategic youth, job seekers and budding entrepreneurs.
partnership with Asian Development Bank (ADB) This partnership will enable, development and
to support and promote Supply Chain Finance implementation of two programmes' Business
(SCF) solutions in India. The Bank has entered Foundations & Entrepreneurial Skills and
into a partial guarantee programme with ADB Behavioural Skills Programme by ISB faculty and
with an initial outlay of USD 70 million (Rs560 industry experts. Additionally, NIESBUD and IIE
crore), exclusively towards promoting Supply will drive the enrolment of youth, job seekers
Chain Finance solutions in India. and entrepreneurs on the ISB LMS, across these
two training programmes. A joint certification will
481. 4 be issued to participants on the successful
IndusInd Bank has announced a strategic completion of the courses.
partnership with Asian Development Bank (ADB)
to support and promote Supply Chain Finance 486. 4
(SCF) solutions in India. The Bank has entered WAAREE, India's largest Solar Panel
into a partial guarantee programme with ADB manufacturer, has entered into an Agreement
with an initial outlay of USD 70 million (Rs560 with SBI for availing unsecured financing for
solar projects through Surya Shakti Solar Finance
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Scheme and providing working capital for 'Swasth Sabal Bharat' Conclave in the presence
Channel Partners under EDFS (Electronic dealer of Shri Ganga Prasad, Hon'ble Governor of
finance scheme). Sikkim. The purpose of the conclave was to
discuss the present situation of body-organ-eye
487. 5 donation in India and find solutions to the
NITI Aayog, in collaboration with World challenges ahead in future.
Resources Institute (WRI), India, launched the
country's first national electric freight platform ' 491. 3
e-FAST India (Electric Freight Accelerator for Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, announced
Sustainable Transport ' India). Supported by the development and upgrade of 14,500 schools
World Economic Forum, CALSTART and RMI across India under the Pradhan Mantri Schools
India, the platform brings different stakeholders For Rising India (PM-SHRI) Yojana. The upgrade
together, from across the freight ecosystem. It was announced on the occasion of Teacher's Day.
will help strengthen partnerships and identify and The PM-SHRI schools will have a modern,
support innovative freight solutions.The platform transformational and holistic method of imparting
also aims to raise awareness on freight education.
electrification bolstered by on-ground
demonstration pilots and evidence-based 492. 1
research. Hon'ble President Smt. Droupadi Murmu will
virtually launch the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt
488. 4 Bharat Abhiyaan on September 9th to
Koo partners with India Post Payments Bank to reinvigorate the mission of TB elimination from
drive financial inclusion in remote cities. Koo said the country by 2025. Prime Minister Shri
the memorandum of understanding aims to bring Narendra Modi gave the clarion call to end TB in
together the synergies of both Koo and IPPB to the country five years ahead of SDG target of
drive 'financial inclusion' and 'literacy' amongst 2030 at the Delhi End TB Summit in March 2018.
the users in tier 2, tier 3, & remote cities and • The Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan
hinterlands. It will help in reaching out to a has been envisioned to bring together all
'large' customer base and communicate via Koo's community stakeholders to support those on TB
language communities across the country using treatment and accelerate the country's progress
Multi-Lingual Koo (MLK) features.J Venkatramu, towards TB elimination. Hon'ble President will
managing director (MD) and chief executive also launch the Ni-kshay Mitra initiative which
officer (CEO), IPPB. forms a vital component of the Abhiyaan.
• Aparmeya Radhakrishan, cofounder and CEO, • The Ni-kshay Mitra' portal provides a platform
Koo. for donors to provide various forms of support to
those undergoing TB treatment.
489. 4 • The three pronged support includes nutritional,
NeGD, MeitY organised 30th Batch of Chief additional diagnostic, and vocational support.
Information Security Officers' (CISOs) Deep Dive The donors, called Ni-kshay Mitras, could be a
Training Programme under Cyber Surakshit wide range of stakeholders from elected
Bharat Initiative. Cyber Surakshit Bharat representatives, political parties, to corporates,
initiative was conceptualised with the mission to NGOs, and individuals.
spread awareness about cyber-crime and build
capacities of Chief Information Security Officers 493. 4
(CISOs) and frontline IT officials,across all Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
government departments, for ensuring adequate (PMMSY) completed its Second anniversary. The
safety measures to combat the growing menace, scheme envisages the generation of 68 lakh
and for organizations to defend their digital employment by the end of 2024-25. The
infrastructures and become future-ready in Fisheries sector has shown an impressive growth
tackling cyber-attacks. Launched in 2018, the of 14.3 per cent from 2019-20 to 2021-22. The
CISO training is the first-of-its-kind of Fish production has reached an all-time high of
partnership between the Government and 161.87 lakh tons during 2021-22. The sector saw
industry consortium under Public Private all-time high exports of 13.64 lakh tonnes
Partnership (PPP) model. Since June 2018, these amounting to 57 thousand 587 crore rupees,
programmes have capacitated 1,224 senior dominated by exports of Shrimps. The PMMSY
officials to secure digital infrastructure and has supported 31.47 lakh farmers under
systems of their respective organizations. insurance coverage across the country. The
Department of Fisheries, Union Ministry of
490. 3 Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, held
Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Health an event in New Delhi to commemorate the
and Family Welfare virtually inaugurated the Second anniversary.
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Chaubey, a BJP politician who lost the last

494. 4 parliamentary election for the Krishnanagar seat
Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, who is the senior-most in West Bengal, never played for the India senior
director on the ONGC board, has been given team though he was in the squad on a few
additional charge of chairman and managing occasions. Bhutia and Chaubey were one-time
director after current acting head Alka Mittal teammates at East Bengal. Karnataka Football
superannuated. Association president N A Haris, a sitting
Congress MLA, won the election for the lone post
495. 2 of vice president, beating Manvendra Singh of
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc ("Reckitt") Rajasthan. Arunachal Pradesh's Kipa Ajay beat
announced that its CEO, Laxman Narasimhan will Gopalakrishna Kosaraju of Andhra Pradesh for
step down as Chief Executive Officer on the treasurer's post. All the 14 candidates who
September 30, 2022. Laxman will be replaced by had filed nominations for as many executive
Nicandro Durante, current Senior Independent committee members' posts were elected
Director, who will step into the role of CEO. Chris unopposed.
Sinclair: CHAIRMAN OF RECKITT.
500. 4
496. 1 The Tuticorin-based Tamilnad Mercantile Bank
State-owned hydro power giant NHPC said that (TMB) Ltd has announced the appointment of
its Director (Technical) Yamuna Kumar Chaubey Krishnan Sankarasubramaniam as the Managing
has been given the charge of Chairman and Director and CEO with effect from September 4,
Managing Director for three months beginning 2022 for three years, approved by the Reserve
September 1. Abhay Kumar Singh ceased to be Bank of India (RBI). The term of the incumbent
the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of MD & CEO, K V Rama Moorthy ended on
the company with effect from August 31, 2022, September 3, 2022.
upon attaining the age of superannuation NHPC
Ltd was incorporated on November 7 1975 as a 501. 2
private limited company under the name National Rajya Sabha Chairman VP Jagdeep Dhankhar and
Hydro Electric Power Corporation Pvt Ltd. In April Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla jointly decided that
2 1986 the company was converted into a public Utpal Kumar Singh, currently holding the post of
limited company. Secretary General Lok Sabha, will additionally
discharge the functions of CEO Sansad TV. He
497. 3 will replace Ravi Capoor. Sansad TV was
The Indian Olympic Association has co-opted launched in September 2021 after merging the
Adille Sumariwalla as the President of the Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV channels.
association till fresh elections are held. The
erstwhile President of the IOA, Dr Narinder Dhruv 502. 2
Batra, resigned from the post of President, IOA Mary Elizabeth Truss, prominently referred to as
on July 18 due to personal reasons. Liz Truss was announced as the next prime
minister of the United Kingdom, after she
498. 1 defeated rival Rishi Sunak in the Conservative
Senior Judge of Supreme Court of India Dr. Party leadership race. Truss, 47, had emerged as
Justice DY Chandrachud has been nominated as a contender for the prime ministerial role after
the Executive Chairman of the National Legal her predecessor Boris Johnson agreed to step
Services Authority. Born in 1959, Justice DY down.
Chandrachud was appointed Judge of the
Supreme Court of India on 13th May 2016. 503. 1
Earlier, he served as Chief Justice of the Shipping Corporation of India said Binesh Kumar
Allahabad High Court. He had completed his LLB Tyagi has taken over as its Chairman and
from Campus Law Centre from Delhi University Managing Director (CMD). Tyagi was heading the
and obtained LLM degree and a Doctorate in Liner and Passenger Services Division as Director
Juridical Sciences from Harvard Law School in (L&PS) since January 7, 2021 in the company,
USA. the PSU said in a regulatory filing.Under Ministry
of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, SCI is the
499. 2 largest shipping company in India. On October 2
Former footballer Kalyan Chaubey has been 1961, The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. was
elected as the President of the All India Football incorporated by amalgamation of Eastern
Federation (AIFF). Kalyan defeated the legendary Shipping Corporation and Western Shipping
Bhaichung Bhutia in the election for the top post. Corporation as India's first public sector company
The 45-year-old Chaubey, a former goalkeeper in shipping
with Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, won 33-1.
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504. 4
Starbucks Corp named Laxman Narasimhan as 510. 3
its next chief executive officer, choosing an Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi is slated to be
executive credited with revitalizing the maker of appointed the fourteenth Attorney General for
Lysol disinfectants to undertake a "reinvention" India after KK Venugopal vacates the post. This
of the world's biggest coffee chain. Narasimhan will be Rohatgi's second time as AG, after his first
was CEO of Reckitt, which also makes Durex stint between June 2014 and June 2017.
condoms, Enfamil baby formula and Mucinex cold Venugopal had recently indicated to the Supreme
syrup. He announced his departure from that Court that he might not be in office after
post earlier in the day, and FTSE-listed Reckitt's September 30. Motilal Chimanlal Setalvad was
shares fell 4%. the First Attorney General of India.
505. 2 511. 2
Budget Indian carrier IndiGo has announced that American Express Banking Corp (AEBC) has
Petrus Johannes Theodorus Elbers (Pieter Elbers) announced the the appointment of Sanjay
has joined as Chief Executive Officer of the Khanna as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and
company with effect September 6. He is Country Manager of AEBC Corp India. Khanna
replacing Ronojoy Dutta, who decided to retire heads the country executive team and is
on September 30. Prior to this, Elbers was responsible for driving growth across the
associated with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as the organisation's consumer and commercial
CEO. Bruce Ashby was the first CEO of IndiGo businesses.
from 2005 to 2008.
512. 1
506. 1 2022 Winners: Bernadette J. Madrid, a children's
Shri. Pankaj Gupta has been entrusted with the rights advocate from the Philippines, Sotheara
additional charge of the post of Chairman & Chhim, a mental health advocate
Managing Director, HMT Limited. HMT was from Cambodia; Gary Bencheghib, an anti-
conceived by the Government of India in 1949, plastic pollution warrior from Indonesia; and
and was incorporated in 1953, with the objective Tadashi Hattori, a sight-saving humanitarian
of producing a limited range of machine tools, from Japan. Incepted in 1958, the Ramon
required for building an industrial edifice for the Magsaysay Award is named after the late
country. Philippine president.
507. 4 513. 1
In order to support a Chair to conduct Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande was
independent research, HDFC Bank and the conferred with the honorary rank of General of
Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) have signed Nepal Army by President of Nepal Bidhya Devi
a MoI. It would be located on the IEG campus in Bhandari in a ceremony at her residence Sheetal
New Delhi and be called as the "HDFC Bank Chair Niwas. Indian Army Chief's visit aims to provide
of Banking and Finance." The Bank would provide an opportunity to enhance existing bilateral
IEG with a financing assistance of Rs 6.75 crore defence ties and strengthen cooperation in areas
over a five-year period for this Chair. of mutual interest between the two countries.
India - Nepal relations are historic, multi-faceted
508. 3 and marked by common cultural and civilisational
The United Nations General Assembly has ties, apart from mutual respect and trust. India
approved the appointment of Austrian diplomat attaches highest priority to its relationship with
and veteran UN staffer Volker Turk as the new Nepal in accordance with its Neighborhood First
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to and Act East policies.'
replace former commissioner Michelle Bachelet.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had 514. 4
proposed that Turk succeed Bachelet, whose Singapore has conferred the prestigious Pingat
term ended on August 31, and the UN's 193- Jasa Gemilang (Tentera), or the Meritorious
member assembly quickly approved the Service Medal (Military), on Admiral Sunil Lanba
appointment by consensus. (Retd), the former Chief of Naval Staff, Indian
Navy.
509. 2
Madras High Court Chief Justice (CJ) Munishwar 515. 2
Nath Bhandari, has been appointed as the The number of cybercrime incidents in 2021 has
chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal under the gone up by 18.4% since 2019, but the number of
Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators such cases against women has risen at a
Act (SFEMA). significantly steeper 28%, data released by the
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National Crime Records Bureau showed. countries and territories. India's latest HDI value
Karnataka had the highest share with 2,243 of 0.633 places the country in the medium
cases in 2021, followed by Maharashtra with human development category
1,697, and Uttar Pradesh with 958 cases. • Among India's neighbours, Sri Lanka (73rd),
China (79th), Bangladesh (129th), and Bhutan
516. 4 (127th) are ranked above India, while Pakistan
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat have (161st), Nepal (143rd), and Myanmar (149th)
been ranked as the top three states among are worse off. The report said around 90 per cent
larger states in terms of the overall of countries registered a decline in their HDI
implementation of the Centre's flagship Poshan value in 2020 or in 2021.
Abhiyaan, according to a Niti Aayog report. • The report attributes the drop in HDI from
Sikkim was the best performer among the small 0.645 in 2019 to 0.633 in 2021 to India's
states. The report was titled 'Preserving Progress falling'life expectancy' from 69.7 years to 67.2
on Nutrition in India: Poshan Abhiyan in years during the survey period.
Pandemic Times' • India's expected years of schooling stands at
• While Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and 11.9 years, down from 12.2 years in the 2020
Diu topped among Union Territories (UTs), report, although the mean years of schooling is
Punjab and Bihar were the lowest performers up at 6.7 years from 6.5 years in the 2020
among larger states in terms of the overall report.
implementation of Poshan Abhiyaan, as per the • Although India retained its 132nd position in
government think tank report. the Gender Development Index, the female'life
• It pointed out that only 17 states and UTs had expectancy'dropped from 71 years in the 2020
more than 75 per cent of children 12-23 months report to 68.8 years in the 2021 report.
of age who were fully immunised, while 11 states • The mean years of schooling for females
and UTs had less than 25 per cent fully declined from 12.6 to 11.9 years in the
immunised children. corresponding period.
• In terms of WCD programme coverage, many • India scored 0.123 in the Multi-Dimensional
states and UTs have distributed take-home Poverty Index (MPI) with a headcount ratio of
rations (THR) to all beneficiaries, according to 27.9 per cent, with 8.8 per cent population
the report. reeling under severe multidimensional poverty.
• However, it said, coverage remained low in Over the last decade, India has lifted a
Bihar (65 per cent pregnant women, 62 per cent staggering 271 million out of multidimensional
lactating women, and 52 per cent children), poverty, the report noted.
Punjab (78 per cent pregnant women, 76 per • Pakistani economist Mahbub -ul-Haq developed
cent lactating women, and 65 per cent children), Human Develo'pment Index (HDI) as a measure
Sikkim (84 per cent pregnant women, 84 per to track progress on three key dimen'sions of
cent lactating women, and 77 per cent children) human development ' a long and healthy life,
and Jammu and Kashmir (49 per cent pregnant access to education, and a decent standard of
women, 51 per cent lactating women, and 54 per living in 1990 with the objective ' 'people are the
cent children). real wealth of nations'. It is calculated using the
• According to the report, 16 states and UTs had following four indicators ' life expectancy at birth,
more than 75 per cent of children (0-59 months) mean years of schooling, expected years of
diarrhoea cases treated with ORS, while there schooling, and the per capita
were 5 states and UTs that treated less than 25 Gross'National'Income.
per cent of child diarrhoea cases with ORS.
• In 2018, the Centre launched its flagship 518. 3
programme, the Poshan (Prime Minister's Piyush Goyal, Minister for Commerce & Industry,
Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment) Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, and
Abhiyaan to draw national attention to and take Textile, during the fourth Governing Council
action against malnutrition in a mission mode. It Meeting of BIS released handbook on the subject
is a scheme under the ICDS umbrella which "Safety in Electrical Installations ' A way forward
converge with other programs and service to Safety by National Electrical Code of India"
delivering nutrition interventions during the first and Guide for Using National Building Code of
1,000-day period. India 2016.
• The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has come
517. 3 out with a handbook in a bid to create awareness
India ranked 132nd among 191 countries and about electrical safety and provide technical
territories on the 2021 Human Development guidance for wiring installations in buildings. It
Index (HDI), showed a report by the United has also simplified a technical document
Nations Development Program (UNDP). In the on National Building Code of India 2016
2020 report, India had ranked 131st among 189 (NBC 2016) in which all provisions relating to
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planning, design, construction and operation and World Health Organization (WHO). The event
maintenance of buildings are covered. represents a global commitment to focus
• The handbook on 'Safety in Electrical attention on suicide prevention. The theme of
Installations' -- jointly developed by BIS and WSPD 2022, 'Creating hope through action,'
International Cooper Association (ICA) reflects the need for collective, action to address
India -- will help electrical engineers and this urgent public health issue. All of us- family
technicians to understand the basic need and members, friends, co-workers, community
procedure for safe and reliable electrical low- members, educators, religious leaders,
voltage installations. healthcare professionals, political officials and
governments- can take action to prevent suicide
519. 4 in the Region.
Every year, India celebrates Teachers' Day on
September 5. This is done in honour of the birth 524. 1
anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishan, who All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), under the
was the first Vice President of independent India. Ministry of Ayush, launched the Ayurveda Day
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishan, also served as the 2022 programme. AIIA has been chosen as the
President of India from 1962 to 1967 is was a nodal agency for driving the Ministry of Ayush's
renowned scholar, philosopher and recipient of mandate for Ayurveda Day this year. The theme
the Bharat Ratna. October 5 is observed as World for the celebration is 'Har Din Har Ghar
Teachers' Day. Ayurveda'. Director AIIA : Prof. Tanuja Nesari.
Minister of Ayush: Shri Sarabananda Sonawal.
520. 4 The Ministry of Ayush was formed on the 9th of
The third International Day of Clean Air for blue November 2014.
skies will be held on 7 September 2022, under • The Ministry of AYUSH celebrates Ayurveda Day
the theme of 'The Air We Share'. It focuses on every year on Dhanvantari Jayanti and this year
the transboundary nature of air pollution it will be celebrated on 23 October.'
highlighting the need for collectiveaccountability
and collective action.On November 26, 2019, the 525. 2
Second Committee of the 74th session of the First Homoeopathy International Health Summit
United Nations adopted the resolution. Air held in Dubai The summit aimed to educate and
pollution is the largest contributor to the burden promote a homoeopathic system of medicine,
of disease from the environment, and is one of drugs, and practices. The summit was organised
the main avoidable causes of death and disease by Burnett Homoeopathy Pvt Limited which deals
globally. 99% of the world's population is now with homoeopathic dilutions, mother tincture,
breathing polluted air, warns WHO. 7 million lower trituration tablets, proprietary medicines
people die each year due to air pollution, with such as drops, syrups, skincare, haircare, and
90% of them in low- and middle-income various other homoeopathic medicines.CMD of
countries (WHO,'Lancet Planetary Health) Burnett Homoeopathy Pvt Ltd, Dr Nitish Chandra
Dubey.
521. 1
Since 1949, 7th December is observed as the 526. 3
Armed Forces Flag Day throughout the country to Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep
honour the martyrs and the men in uniform who Singh Puri will lead an delegation to Milan, Italy
valiantly fought & continue to fight on our to attend the Gastech Milan-2022. Gastech, the
borders to safeguard the country's honour. World's largest gathering focussed on LNG as an
abated bridge fuel will bring together leading
522. 2 Ministers and CEOs to discuss the evolving
In 1996, 8 September was designated as World energy landscape, assess post-pandemic
PT Day. This is the date World Physiotherapy was economic recovery and navigate a route energy
founded in 1951. The day marks the unity and transition.
solidarity of the global physiotherapy community.
It is an opportunity to recognize the work that 527. 1
physiotherapists do for their patients and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates World
community. In 2022 the day will focus on Dairy Summit 2022 in Greater Noida. According
osteoarthritis. to union minister for fisheries, animal husbandry
and dairying Parshottam Rupala, India is hosting
523. 1 the International Dairy Federation (IDF) global
World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD), dairy summit after 48 years, where more than
celebrated annually on 10 September, is 1,500 experts, farmers and processors of dairy
organized by the International Association for products from 50 countries will be participating.
Suicide Prevention (IASP) and endorsed by the Last time, India hosted the International Dairy
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Congress in 1974. Scheduled from September • urther, the MoEFCC approved the proposal for
12-15 on the theme of 'dairy for nutrition and National Coastal Management Programme under
livelihood'. Direct Budgetary Support of '87 Crores for the FY
• India is the biggest milk producer in the world 2021-22 to 2025-26.The budgetary allocation for
and accounts for 23% of the global output. the purpose for FY 2019-20, FY 2020-21 and FY
• India ranks first among the world's milk 2021-22 is ' 75 Crores, '61 Crores and '22 Crores
producing nations since 1998 after surpassing respectively.
the United States as biggest producer of milk.
Milk is the single largest agricultural commodity 529. 4
in the country, valued at Rs 9.32 trillion at The two countries held their 2 2 Ministerial
present. Dialogue in Tokyo, for which both India's
• According to the Economic Survey (2021-22), External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar and
India's milk production has grown at a compound Defense Minister Rajnath Singh traveled to
annual growth rate of about 6.2% to reach 209.9 Japan. The India-Japan engagement has been
million tonne (MT) in 2020-21 from 146.3 MT in enhanced both on the bilateral front as well as in
2014-15. Milk production in 2021-22 is estimated minilateral formats such as the Quad in recent
around 2020 MT. years.
• Key sponsors for the summit include Gujarat
Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation also 530. 1
referred as Amul and Nandini (Karnataka Milk India will host the G-20 leaders' summit in New
Federation). Delhi on September 9 and 10 in 2023 under its
Presidency. India will assume the Presidency of
528. 3 the G20 for one year from December 1, 2022, to
Union Minister of Environment, Forest and November 30, 2023, and is expected to host over
Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav inaugurated 200 meetings across the country, beginning in
the first National Conference on Sustainable December this year. Collectively, the G20
Coastal Management in India in Bhubaneswar, accounts for 85 per cent of global GDP.
Odisha. The Conference was focused on • The G20, or Group of Twenty, is an
enhancing climate resilience of India's coastal intergovernmental forum of the world's major
communities and discussion on steps that shall developed and developing economies. It
be taken towards coastal management. comprises 19 countries'Argentina, Australia,
• The Indian coastline is of immense strategic, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India,
economic and social importance to the country. Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea,
Spanning 7,500 kilometres, it is the seventh Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa,
longest in the world, and is home to 20 percent Turkey, the UK, and the US'and the European
of the country's population. Union (EU).
• Indian coastline touches nine states namely • Collectively, the G20 accounts for 75 per cent of
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, international trade and two-thirds of the world
Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West population, making it the premier forum for
Bengal and two Union Territories' Daman and Diu international economic cooperation. India is
and Puducherry. The two island territories of currently part of the G20 Troika (current,
India are' Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the previous and incoming G20 Presidencies)
Bay of Bengal and Lakshadweep Islands in the comprising Indonesia, Italy and India.
Arabian Sea.' • India, as G20 Presidency, will be inviting
• The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, Netherlands,
Climate Change (MoEFCC) implements Centrally Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, Spain and UAE as
Sponsored Schemes namely, 'National Plan for Guest countries, said the MEA.
Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems' for • The G20 currently comprises:
conservation and management of wetlands; • # Finance Track, with 8 work streams (Global
'Conservation and Management of Mangroves Macroeconomic Policies, Infrastructure Financing,
and Coral Reef' for protection, conservation and International Financial Architecture, Sustainable
management of mangroves and coral reef; and Finance, Financial Inclusion, Health Finance,
'Development of Wildlife Habitats' for International Taxation, Financial Sector
conservation and management of Protected Reforms). # Sherpa Track, with 12 work streams
Areas in the country. (Anti-corruption, Agriculture, Culture,
• It has also implemented Integrated Coastal Development, Digital Economy, Employment,
Zone Management Project (ICZMP), a World Environment and Climate, Education, Energy
Bank Assisted project, in identified stretches of Transition, Health, Trade and Investment,
Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal from 2010 to Tourism) # 10 Engagement Groups of private
2020 with a purpose of protecting and conserving sector/civil society/independent bodies (Business
coastal and marine environment of the country. F 20, Civil 20, Labour 20, Parliament 20, Science
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Urban 20, Women 20 and Youth 20). 534. 2
Chennai-based space tech startup Agnikul said it
531. 3 has been awarded an Indian patent for the
India's first indigenous vaccine against cervical design and manufacturing of its single-piece
cancer was launched. The cervical cancer rocket engine Agnilet. Agnilet is a single-piece
vaccine, Cervavac, is a Quadrivalent Human 3D-printed rocket engine designed and
Papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV),developed by the manufactured in India after being test-fired in
Serum Institute of India (SII) and the early 2021.Agnikul was the first IIT-M incubated
Department of Biotechnology(DBT). It was startup to sign a deal with ISRO to utilise the
launched by the Union Minister of State space organisation's facilities as a test bed.
(Independent Charge) Science & Technology
Jitendra Singh 535. 2
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted the
532. 4 10th National Maritime Search and Rescue
The Department of Pharmaceuticals has given Exercise (SAREX -22) in Chennai. Exercise
'in-principle' approval to the proposals of the 'SAREX-2022' was reviewed by Indian Coast
three states --Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Guard chief VS Pathania along with other
Andhra Pradesh---under the Scheme for agencies and foreign participants. The theme of
'Promotion of Bulk Drug Parks', an initiative to this edition of the biennial exercise is 'Capacity
support drugs manufacturing in the country. The Building Towards Marine Passenger Safety'.
scheme, notified in 2020 has a financial outlay of
Rs 3,000 crores. The Indian pharmaceutical 536. 3
industry is the third largest in the world by Army's Kharga Corps and the Indian Air Force
volume. conducted a joint exercise to showcase the might
• The financial assistance to the proposed Bulk and prowess of the armed forces. Termed 'Gagan
Drug Park in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh would Strike', the exercise was conducted over a period
be 70% of the project cost of common of four days in several areas of Punjab, bordering
infrastructure facilities. In case of Himachal Ambala in Haryana.Operation validated the
Pradesh, being categorised as a 'hilly state', the Apache 64E and Advanced Light Helicopter WSI
financial assistance would be 90% of the project as potent weapon delivery platforms.
cost. Maximum assistance under the scheme for
one Bulk Drug Park would be limited to Rs 1000 537. 3
crores, said the Ministry of Chemicals and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar launched
Fertilizers. the Gujarati translation of his book, 'The India
• As per the proposals submitted by these states, Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World' in
the Bulk Drugs will be established in 1402.44 Gujarat. Prior to this, he visited the
acres of land at Tehsil Haroli, District Una, Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space
Himachal Pradesh, 2015.02 acres of land at Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N) in
Tehsil Jambusar, District Bharuch, Gujarat and Gandhinagar.
2000.45 acres of land at K.P. Puram &Kodhada of
Thondagi Mandal of East Godavari District, 538. 4
Andhra Pradesh.' After Markham, a city in Canada, honoured AR
• India exported pharmaceuticals, including Bulk Rahman by naming a street in his honour, the
Drugs and Drug Intermediates, worth Rs celebrated music composer said he now feels
1,75,040 crore in the Financial Year 2021-22. more responsible to keep working hard and
inspiring people. Rahman, who completed three
533. 1 decades in the Indian film industry earlier this
ISRO successfully demonstrates new technology month, penned a note of gratitude for the
with Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD) An authorities of Markham in Ontario, Canada on
IAD developed by VSSC, has been successfully Twitter.
test flown in a Rohini sounding rocket from
TERLS,Thumba. The IAD has systematically 539. 2
reduced the velocity of the payload through External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar signed a
aerodynamic drag and followed the predicted Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the
trajectory. The IAD has huge potential in variety Secretary-General of Gulf Cooperation Council
of space applications like recovery of spent (GCC) Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf on the
stages of rocket, for landing payloads on to Mars mechanism of consultations between India and
or Venus. Dr. S. Unnikrishnan Nair: Director, the GCC.
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC),
Trivandrum.
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540. 3 Development Cooperation via video conferencing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the to lay down a pathway to strengthen mutual
'Centre-State Science Conclave' in Ahmedabad cooperation between the two countries,
via video conferencing. According to Prime particularly to reconcile the imperatives of
Minister's Office (PMO), the first of its kind dealing with climate change with the goals of
Conclave will strengthen Centre-State Agenda 2030. NITI Aayog Vice Chairman: Mr
coordination and collaboration mechanisms ' in Suman Bery.
the spirit of cooperative federalism ' to build a • The NITI-BMZ Dialogue focused on five core
robust science, technology and innovation (STI) areas of cooperation: Sustainable Development
ecosystem. Goals (SDGs), climate action, energy transition,
emerging technologies and agro-ecology.'
541. 2
Linthoi Chanambam scripted history by winning 546. 2
India's first-ever medal in Judo World India's National Security Council Secretariat
Championships with a gold in the Women's 57kg (NSCS) and the UK Government in collaboration
category at the World Judo Cadet (U18) with BAE Systems successfully designed &
Championships. The 15-year-old judoka conducted the Cyber Security Exercise for 26
outclassed Brazil's Bianca Reis in the 57-kg Countries as part of the International Counter
category final. She became the first Indian Ransomware Initiative- Resilience Working Group
judoka to win a medal at any age-group category which is being led by India under the leadership
of the World Championships. WORLD of National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC).
CHAMPIONSHIPS CADETS 2022 held at BOSNIA The theme of the exercise is based on Energy
and HERZEGOVINA, (Capital: SARAJEVO). Sector
542. 3 547. 3
Raina last played in the T20 league back in 2021 India has not joined the trade pillar of the Indo-
for Chennai Super Kings. Former India cricketer Pacific Economic Framework with the final
Suresh Raina has announced his retirement from contours of the agreement not yet finalized and
all forms of Cricket. Earlier in 2020, Raina had broader consensus elusive on issues like
announced his retirement from international environment, labour and public procurement.
cricket. His announcement had came in less than IPEF was launched by the US and other partner
an hour after MS Dhoni had announced countries of the Indo-Pacific region on May 23 in
retirement his on 15 August. As an India player, Tokyo. The 14 partner countries represent 40%
Raina played 18 Tests, 226 ODIs and 78 T20s. of GDP. IPEF framework is structured around four
pillars relating to trade, supply chains, clean
543. 4 economy, and fair economy. While India was
Economist and author Bibek Debroy has been mentioned in the three statements about supply
appointed as the Chancellor of Pune's Deccan chains, clean economy, and fair economy, there
College Post Graduate and Research Institute. was no mention of India in the ministerial text
Debroy, who is presently the chairman of the about the trade pillar. The 14 members of the
Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister IPEF are --'Australia, Brunei, Fiji, India,
(EAC-PM), will succeed well-known archaeologist Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New
AP Jamkhedkar. Deccan College Post Graduate Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand,
and Research Institute is the third oldest in the Vietnam and the US.
country.
548. 1
544. 1 Piyush Goyal launched the US Startup SETU '
Alireza Firouzja beat Ian Nepomniachtchi in play- Supporting Entrepreneurs in Transformation and
offs to win the ninth edition of the Sinquefield Upskilling programme in the Bay Area of San
Cup. Firouzja also grabbed an extra $100,000 for Francisco. The initiative would connect start-ups
winning this year's Grand Chess Tour. Wesley So in India to US-based investors & start-up
and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave came in second and ecosystem leaders with mentorship and
third place, respectively. The fifth leg of the assistance in various areas including funding,
Grand Chess Tour, the Sinquefield Cup was held market access & commercialization. The Minister
in Saint Louis, Missouri, US. Alireza Firouzja is an of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal.
Iranian-French chess grandmaster. • SETU is designed to break the geographical
barriers between mentors based in US that are
545. 2 willing to invest in entrepreneurship and sunrise
NITI Aayog and the German Federal Ministry for startups in India.
Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) • The interaction will be supported through the
held the inaugural NITI-BMZ Dialogue of mentorship portal under the Startup India
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initiative MAARG, or the (Mentorship, Advisory, Horticulture. Naga Mircha was the first product to
Assistance, Resilience, and Growth) program, receive a GI tag from Nagaland. Naga Mircha is
which is a single-stop solution finder for startups popularly known as Raja Mircha or the 'king chili'.
in India.
555. 1
549. 2 Tripura has been lauded for having the first
After a year since PayU announced the modified bio-village in the country with the use
acquisition of payment gateway provider BillDesk of eco-friendly technology and assembling
for $4.7 billion, the Competition Commission of livestock, agri and agri-allied, aqua support and
India (CCI) has finally allowed the 100 per cent maximum use of non-renewable sources of
of equity share capital of Indiaideas.com energy.This is one of the five successful bio-
(BillDesk) by PayU Payments. BillDesk, founded village 2.0 conceptualised in Tripura. Satyadeo
in 2000, is an Indian success story and one of Narain Arya- Governor of Tripura Manik Saha-
the leading payment businesses in the country. Chief Minister of Tripura
550. 4 556. 1
Mr Dinesh Kumar Batra, Director (Finance) & Uttar Pradesh tops in country, 8462 lakes
CFO, has taken additional charge as Chairman & developed under Mission Amrit Sarovar. With the
Managing Director (CMD) of Navratna Defence construction of a total of 8462 Amrit Sarovars
PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). He is a (lakes), Uttar Pradesh has topped among states
member of the Board of BEL subsidiaries, BEL- in the implementation of Prime Minister Narendra
Thales Systems Limited (BTSL) and BEL Optronic Modi's ambitious mission, which is aimed at
Devices Limited (BELOP). conserving water for the future. Madhya Pradesh
is ranked second, Jammu and Kashmir third,
551. 1 Rajasthan fourth, and Tamil Nadu fifth in the
Gujarat government announced the first-ever implementation of Mission Amrit Sarovar.
Cinematic Tourism Policy in Ahmedabad. The
policy will be effective for five years from 2022 to 557. 3
2027.This scheme aims to promote cinematic President Droupadi Murmu has nominated Gulam
tourism through the development of film Ali, a Gurjar Muslim from Jammu and Kashmir, to
infrastructure and the creation of attractive Rajya Sabha. Mr Ali has been nominated to the
opportunities for cinema in Gujarat. It will also Upper House on the recommendation of the
boost tourism activities in the State. Gujarat Central government. This is perhaps for the first
Chief Minister - Bhupendra Patel Gujarat time a Gurjar Muslim from the region has been
Governor- Acharya Devvrat sent to the Rajya Sabha as a nominated
member.
552. 2
The Karnataka government launched the Global 558. 4
Startup Challenge ' "VentuRISE" to recognise, In a unique and first-of-its-kind initiative, the
reward, and support growth stage startups in Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt
manufacturing and sustainability-related sectors. of India, has undertaken to set up India's first-
"VentuRISE" ' is a part of the flagship event ever "Night Sky Sanctuary" in Ladakh which will
Global Investors Meet - "Invest Karnataka 2022" be completed within next three months. The
from November 2 to 4 at the Bangalore Palace. proposed Dark Sky Reserve will be located at
CM of Karnataka-S. R. Bommai Governor of Hanle in Ladakh as a part of Changthang Wildlife
Karnataka- Thawar Chand Gehlot Sanctuary. It will boost Astro tourism in India
and will be one of the world's highest-located
553. 4 sites for optical, infra-red, and gamma-ray
In a first of its kind in Nagaland, Naga Mircha telescopes.
(Naga King Chilli) Festival 2022 was organised at
Seiyhama Village under Kohima district. The 559. 3
festival was sponsored by the Department of Ladakh Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur virtually
Horticulture. Naga Mircha was the first product to inaugurated a 5-day Ladakh Screenwriters Fair in
receive a GI tag from Nagaland. Naga Mircha is Leh. Fundamentals of screenwriting, sketching
popularly known as Raja Mircha or the 'king chili'. the Character's arc, Writing for Documentary,
Episode Writing, OTT and Marketing will be
554. 4 explained during the Fair.
In a first of its kind in Nagaland, Naga Mircha
(Naga King Chilli) Festival 2022 was organised at 560. 3
Seiyhama Village under Kohima district. The Sebi has restructured its high-level panel on
festival was sponsored by the Department of cyber security that suggests measures to
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The committee, which has now six members, will The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of
be chaired by Navin Kumar Singh, DG at National the Environment, Forest, and Climate Change
Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Ministry for signing an MoU with the Government
Centre (NCIIPC). Madhabi Puri Buch chairperson of Nepal on biodiversity conservation. It is aimed
of Sebi was first chair of this committee. The at strengthening and enhancing coordination and
other members of the panel include Sanjay Bahl cooperation in the field of forests, wildlife,
Director General at Indian Computer Emergency environment, biodiversity conservation, and
Response Team (CERT-In) and H Krishnamurthy, climate change.
who was a chief research scientist at IISC
Bangalore. Sandeep Shukla and Debdeep 566. 2
Mukhopadhyay ' who are professors at the India's largest integrated power producer NTPC
Department of Computer Science and has successfully acquired Jhabua Power Limited
Engineering in IIT Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur, (JPL) through Corporate Insolvency Resolution
respectively, and Sugata Gangopadhyay ' head of Process initiated by National Company Law
the department of Computer Science and Tribunal, Kolkata, (NCLT). This is the first
Engineering at IIT Roorkee, are the other acquisition of a power asset by NTPC through
members of the committee. NCLT route. JPL has an operational thermal
power capacity of 600 MW located in Seoni,
561. 2 Madhya Pradesh.
The government has set up a panel to review the
formula that dictates the pricing of gas produced 567. 1
by companies like ONGC and Reliance as it looks Indian Railways has unveiled a Rs 4,700 crore
to moderate the steep increase that producers plan to redevelop the New Delhi Railway Station.
would have otherwise got. The committee under While the Railways had initially planned to pursue
former planning commission member Kirit S the New Delhi station redevelopment through
Parikh will suggest a "fair price to the end Public Private Partnership (PPP) by offering real
consumer" estate development rights on approximately 86
hectares, it has now decided to fund the project
562. 3 through state exchequer.
Tata Motors and Brazil's Marcopolo SA came
together in 2006 to form a JV to manufacture 568. 5
low-floor air-conditioned and non air-conditioned The MIT-led Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource
buses in India. This JV was well known as Tata Utilization Experiment, or MOXIE, has been
Motors Marcopolo Ltd. (TMML), in which Tata successfully making oxygen from the Red
Motors had a 51 percent holding of the company Planet's carbon-dioxide-rich atmosphere since
and Marcopolo SA had 49 percent holding in the April 2021, about two months after it touched
JV. From August 29th 2022 TMML has become a down on the Martian surface as part of NASA's
wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Motors. Perseverance rover and Mars 2020 mission
563. 1 569. 4
Each year, India celebrates National Nutrition India's First RRTS Corridor To Have App-Based
Week (NNW) from September 1 to September 7. Ticketing System Without Tokens. Equipped with
Since 1982, the Indian government has been many commuter-centric features, National
conducting National Nutrition Week to educate Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC)
citizens about nutrition and urge them to lead would be introducing a first-of-its-kind app-based
healthy and sustainable lifestyles. NNW first ticketing system. This will be introduced on its 82
observed in March 1975 by the American Dietetic kilometre long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS
Association. The theme for this year is 'Celebrate (Regional Rapid Transit System) corridor.
a World of Flavors'.
570. 1
564. 4 A new I-STEM initiative Launched On September
The country's largest carrier IndiGo has joined a 5, 2022, a new I-STEM (Indian Science
sustainable initiative spearheaded by the World Technology and Engineering facilities Map)
Economic Forum (WEF). The airline has become initiative called 'Women in Engineering, Science,
a signatory to the Clear Skies for Tomorrow, and Technology (WEST)' was launched by Dr.
India Coalition campaign spearheaded by WEF. It Parvinder Maini, Scientific Secretary, Office of the
will help in achieving a significant scale for SAF Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the
(Sustainable Aviation Fuel). Clean Skies for Government of India (GoI).
Tomorrow was launched in January 2019.
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The National Commission for Women organized Indian Army chief General Manoj Pande flew a
its first-ever Consultation for transwomen; sortie in an Indian Air Force (IAF) Apache attack
'Inclusion Amplified, Transwomen in India: helicopter in Ladakh. He is on a two-day visit to
Problems & Prospects' to address the the Union Territory. The Apache choppers have
misconceptions leading to stigma attached with been deployed in the Ladakh sector since the
the individuals of the community and spark a beginning of the military standoff with China
conversation with regard to their acceptance and along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern
participation in the society. Ladakh.
• The IAF has 22 of these American-origin attack
572. 2 helicopters while the Indian Army is going to get
Public enterprises selection board (PESB) six of its own soon.
selected Ajit Kumar Saxena for the post of • Army chief General Manoj Pande also visited
Chairman & Managing Director of "A' Miniratna the Ladakh sector to review 'Exercise Parvat
Category-I Company, MOIL Limited. Currently, Prahar' and was briefed on operational
he is serving as Director (Operations) in preparedness by Commanders on ground. The
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL). MOIL exercise saw the deployment of all new major
Limited is the largest producer of manganese ore inductions of the Army.
in India.
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Computer Knowledge Solutions
1. 1 Using the thesaurus, you can look up synonyms

A blog, in full Web log or Weblog, is an online (different words with the same meaning) and
journal where an individual, group, or antonyms (words with the opposite meaning).
corporation presents a record of activities,
thoughts, or beliefs. Some blogs operate mainly 6. 2
as news filters, collecting various online sources The Character Map utility is free on all Windows
and adding short comments and internet links. machines and can be used to copy and paste
Other blogs concentrate on presenting original accented letters and other foreign language
material. In addition, many blogs provide a characters into any Windows application.
forum to allow visitors to leave comments and You can use Character Map to view the
interact with the publisher. “To blog” is the act of characters that are available for a selected font.
composing material for a blog. Materials are Character Map displays the following character
largely written, but pictures, audio, and videos sets:
are important elements of many blogs. The • Windows
“blogosphere” is the online universe of blogs. • DOS
• Unicode
2. 1 You can copy individual characters or a group of
Simply put, cloud computing is the delivery of characters to the clipboard, and then paste them
computing services—including servers, storage, into any compatible program. Or, depending on
databases, networking, software, analytics, and the program you are using (such as WordPad),
intelligence—over the Internet (“the cloud”) to you can even copy characters by dragging them
offer faster innovation, flexible resources, and from Character Map directly into an open
economies of scale. You typically pay only for document.
cloud services you use, helping lower your
operating costs, run your infrastructure more 7. 1
efficiently and scale as your business needs A gutter margin adds extra space to the side
change. margin, top margin, or inside margins of a
document that you plan to bind. A gutter margin
3. 3 helps ensure that text isn't obscured by the
A firewall is a network security device that binding.
monitors incoming and outgoing network traffic Go to Layout > Margins.
and decides whether to allow or block specific Select Custom Margins.
traffic based on a defined set of security rules. In the Gutter box, enter a width for the gutter
Firewalls have been a first line of defense in margin.
network security for over 25 years. They In the Gutter position box, click Left or Top.
establish a barrier between secured and
controlled internal networks that can be trusted 8. 3
and untrusted outside networks, such as the The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the
Internet. foundation of the World Wide Web, and is used
A firewall can be hardware, software, or both. to load web pages using hypertext links. HTTP is
an application layer protocol designed to transfer
4. 4 information between networked devices and runs
When creating an Excel workbook, users can use on top of other layers of the network protocol
Excel comments for various reasons. One of the stack. A typical flow over HTTP involves a client
feature’s uses is to explain a formula in a cell, machine making a request to a server, which
especially when other people will use the Excel then sends a response message.
file.
An inverted small red triangle will appear at the 9. 2
right corner of the cell. The triangle makes it Some shortcuts in MS Excel:
easy to locate the cell with a comment. Ctrl+Shift+SemiColon (;) - Enter the current
time.
5. 2 Ctrl+Semicolon (;) - Enter the current date.
Some shortcuts in MS Word: Ctrl+Shift+Number sign (#) - Apply the Date
Shift+F7: displays the Thesaurus task pane. format with the day, month, and year.
Ctrl+F4: closes the current document. Ctrl+Spacebar - Select an entire column in a
Shift+F1: displays or hides context-sensitive help worksheet.
or the Reveal Formatting task pane. Shift+Spacebar - Select an entire row in a
Ctrl+F10: maximizes or restores the document worksheet.
window size.
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A bookmark in Word works like a bookmark you Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. DNS translates
might place in a book: it marks a place that you domain names to IP addresses so browsers can
want to find again easily. You can enter as many load Internet resources.
bookmarks as you want in your document or
Outlook message, and you can give each one a 14. 2
unique name so they’re easy to identify. In MS Word, Footnotes appear at the bottom of
To add a bookmark, you first mark the bookmark the page and endnotes come at the end of the
location in your document. After that, you can document. A number or symbol on the footnote
jump to the location or add links to it within your or endnote matches up with a reference mark in
document or Outlook message. You can also the document.
delete bookmarks from a document or Outlook Use footnotes and endnotes to explain, comment
message. on, or provide references to something in a
Bookmark the location document.
Select text, a picture, or a place in your Add a footnote
document where you want to insert a bookmark. Click where you want to add the footnote.
Click Insert> Bookmark. Click Insert > Insert Footnote.
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Under Bookmark name, type a name and click Word inserts a reference mark in the text and
Add. adds the footnote mark at the bottom of the
page.
11. 3 Type the footnote text.
EVEN function in MS Excel returns number Add an endnote
rounded up to the nearest even integer. You can Click where you want to add the endnote.
use this function for processing items that come Click Insert > Insert Endnote.
in twos. For example, a packing crate accepts Source: Microsoft
rows of one or two items. The crate is full when Word inserts a reference mark in the text and
the number of items, rounded up to the nearest adds the endnote mark at the end of the
two, matches the crate's capacity. document.
Formula Description Result Type the endnote text.
=EVEN(1.5) Rounds 1.5 to the nearest even
integer 2 15. 4
=EVEN3 Rounds 3 to the nearest even integer 4 In MS Excel, Borders are present in the Font
=EVEN2 Rounds 2 to the nearest even integer 2 group on the Home Tab.
=EVEN(-1) Rounds -1 to the nearest even The Orientation option in Excel helps you rotate
integer -2 text in a cell.
Wrap Text: Text inside the cell wraps to fit the
12. 2 column width. When you change the column
Use the Format Painter on the Home tab to width, text wrapping adjusts automatically.
quickly apply the same formatting, such as color, Merge & Center is a feature in excel that
font style and size, and border style, to multiple combines multiple cells and centers the contents
pieces of text or graphics. The format painter lets of the first cell.
you copy all of the formatting from one object
and apply it to another one – think of it as 16. 3
copying and pasting for formatting. An Adware is a malware that is created to
Select the text or graphic that has the formatting generate revenue for its developer. An adware
that you want to copy. displays online advertisements using pop-ups,
On the Home tab, click Format Painter. web pages, or installation screens. Once an
Source: Microsoft adware has infected a substantial number of
The pointer changes to a paintbrush icon. computer systems, it generates revenue either
Use the brush to paint over a selection of text or by displaying advertisements or using “pay per
graphics to apply the formatting. This only works click” mechanism to charge its clients against the
once. To change the format of multiple selections number of clicks on their displayed ads.
in your document, you must first double-click A keylogger can either be malware or hardware.
Format Painter. The main purpose of this malware is to record
To stop formatting, press ESC. the keys pressed by a user on the keyboard. A
keylogger makes logs of daily keyboard usage
13. 3 and may send it to an external entity as well.
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the Spyware is a type of malware that spies on a
phonebook of the Internet. Humans access person or an organisation by gathering
information online through domain names, like information about them, without the knowledge
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of the user. It records and sends the collected Alt+Equal sign ( = ) - Insert the AutoSum
information to an external entity without consent formula
or knowledge of the user. F4 - Cycle through all combinations of absolute
A Trojan Horse is a type of malware that and relative references in a formula if a cell
downloads onto a computer disguised as a reference or range is selected.
legitimate program. The delivery method
typically sees an attacker use social engineering 22. 3
to hide malicious code within legitimate software In MS Word:
to try and gain users' system access with their • To insert the copyright symbol, press
software. Ctrl+Alt+C.
• To insert the trademark symbol, press
17. 4 Ctrl+Alt+T.
1 Petabyte = 1024 Terabytes • To insert the registered trademark symbol,
1 Exabyte = 1024 Petabytes press Ctrl+Alt+R.
1 Zettabyte = 1024 Exabytes There’s even a faster way to enter copyright and
1 Yottabyte = 1024 Zettabytes trademark symbols. By using the default
8-bit word is called a byte. Bytes are grouped AutoCorrect feature, type C, T, or R enclosed in
together to make bigger chunks or units of parentheses such as (c). The text automatically
memory. changes to the respective symbol.
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Some shortcuts in MS Word: Change order of slides or sections in a slide deck
Increase the font size. - Ctrl+Shift+Right angle in MS PowerPoint
bracket (>) To do this Press
Decrease the font size - Ctrl+Shift+Left angle Move the selected slide or section up in
bracket (<) order. Ctrl+Up arrow key
Increase the font size by 1 point - Ctrl+Right Move the selected slide or section down in
bracket (]) order. Ctrl+Down arrow key
Decrease the font size by 1 point - Ctrl+Left Move the selected slide or section to the
bracket ([) beginning. Ctrl+Shift+Up arrow key
Move the selected slide or section to the
19. 2 end. Ctrl+Shift+Down arrow key
Text to Columns is a feature in Excel that parses
the text in one cell/column into many columns 24. 1
using a delimiter that can be adjusted. You can In Word, you can easily add citations when
find the Text to Columns button on the Data tab writing a document where you need to cite your
of the ribbon, in the Data Tools group. sources, such as a research paper.
Add a new citation and source to a document
20. 2 1. On the References tab, in the Citations &
PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Show - .ppsm - A Bibliography group, click the arrow next to Style
slide show that includes pre-approved macros and click the style that you want to use for the
that you can run from within a slide show. citation and source.
PowerPoint 97-2003 Show - .pps - A slide show Source: Microsoft
that you can open in PowerPoint 97 to Office 2. Click at the end of the sentence or phrase that
PowerPoint 2003. you want to cite.
PowerPoint Show - .ppsx - A presentation that 3. On the Reference tab, click Insert Citation and
always opens in Slide Show view rather than in then do one of the following:
Normal view. • To add the source information, click Add New
PowerPoint Add-In - .ppam - An add-in that Source, and then, in the Create Source dialog
stores custom commands, Visual Basic for box, click the arrow next to Type of Source, and
Applications (VBA) code, and specialized features select the type of source you want to use (for
such as an add-in. example, a book section or a website).
• To add a placeholder, so that you can create a
21. 4 citation and fill in the source information later,
Some shortcuts in MS Excel: click Add New Placeholder. A question mark
F11 - Create a chart of the data in the current appears next to placeholder sources in Source
range in a separate Chart sheet. Manager.
F3 - Paste a name from the Paste Name dialog 4. If you chose to add a source, enter the details
box (if names have been defined in the for the source. To add more information about a
workbook). source, click the Show All Bibliography Fields
check box.
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5. Click OK when finished. The source is added as • MICR is expensive to use because special
a citation at the place you selected in your equipment is needed to create the characters as
document. well as to read them.
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In Microsoft Excel, the Name Box displays the ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) is a
cell that is currently selected in the spreadsheet. technology that facilitates fast data transmission
It is located to the left of the formula bar. If a at a high bandwidth on existing copper wire
name is defined for a cell that is selected, the telephone lines to homes and businesses. Unlike
Name Box displays the name of the cell. You can regular dial-up copper telephone line service,
use the Name Box to define a name for a ADSL provides continuously available, always-on
selected cell, as well. broadband connections.
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Repeater is a physical layer equipment that In Mesh topology, each communicating device is
regenerates the digital signal to compensate for connected with every other device in the
the transmission loss along a cable segment. network. Such a network can handle large
When a signal passes along a cable segment and amounts of traffic since multiple nodes can
through a repeater, it is expected to be restored transmit data simultaneously. Also, such
to a perfect copy of the signal that was originally networks are more reliable in the sense that
sent. even if a node gets down, it does not cause any
A repeater receives a signal and, before it break in the transmission of data between other
becomes too weak or corrupted, regenerates the nodes. This topology is also more secure as
original bit pattern. The repeater then sends the compared to other topologies because each cable
refreshed signal. between two nodes carries different data.
However, wiring is complex and cabling cost is
27. 2 high in creating such networks, and there are
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) is many redundant or unutilised connections.
the organization that oversees the allocation of Source: NCERT
IP addresses to internet service providers (ISPs).
In addition to global IP addressing, IANA is also 31. 1
responsible for domain name system (DNS) root Some PowerPoint shortcuts:
zone management, autonomous system numbers Start the slide show - F5
and any "unique parameters and protocol values" End the slide show – Esc
for the internet community. These include port Close PowerPoint - Ctrl+Q
numbers, character sets, Multipurpose Internet
Mail Extensions media access types and internet 32. 2
numbers. Internet numbers are unique identifiers MAC (Media Access Control) address works at the
assigned to resources used in networking data link layer of the OSI model and allows
protocols. computers to uniquely identify themselves in the
network at a relatively lower level.
28. 4 MAC address is the hard coded 48 - bit (6 byte)
Characters which have been printed using address, burned into the ROM of the NIC
magnetised ink can be recognised using a (Network Interface Card). They are expressed as
Magnetic Ink Character Reader device. This type six pairs of hexadecimal digits (12 hexadecimal
of data collection has limited use and it is mainly digits).
restricted to banking systems because of the
expensive equipment involved. Cheques are pre- 33. 4
printed with some code and account number. A small firm named MITS made the first personal
When a cheque has been written the data input computer, the Altair. This computer, which used
clerk also has to mark the cheque amount in Intel Corporation’s 8080 microprocessor, was
magnetic ink. developed in 1974. Though the Altair was
Advantages popular among computer hobbyists, its
• Fast processing of large volumes of data. commercial appeal was limited.
• It is a fairly secure method of data collection as Personal Computer (PC) is a digital computer
the shape of the characters cannot be changed designed for use by only one person at a time.
without expensive equipment.
• This method of input is very reliable as the 34. 1
number of errors generated during the reading of Yandex is a search engine and web portal.
documents is negligible. Yandex offers internet search and other services
Disadvantages
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weather, news, etc. Most desktops and notebooks use one of several
Yandex is a multinational technology company popular types of dynamic random access
that provides internet-related services and memory (DRAM) for the main system memory.
operates a search engine platform in Russia. Single data rate (SDR) SDRAM is the older type
of memory, commonly used in computers prior to
35. 3 2002.
A search engine is a complex program that Double data rate (DDR) SDRAM hit the
searches documents containing a specified set of mainstream computer market around 2002 and
keywords. A search engine basically works in is a straightforward evolution from SDR SDRAM.
three phases: The most significant difference between DDR and
1. The search engine sends a program (called the SDR is that DDR reads data on both the rising
spider) that searches the web pages in the and falling edges of the clock signal, enabling a
Internet for the keyword. DDR memory module to transfer data twice as
2. After the spider fetches the result, another fast as an SDR memory module.
software called the indexer reads these results.
The indexer then creates an index based on the 38. 2
words contained in each of the documents Client/server network operating systems allow
returned by the spider. the network to centralize functions and
3. After indexing, the search engine presents applications in one or more dedicated file
only the documents matching the search criteria servers. The file servers become the heart of the
to the user. system, providing access to resources and
providing security. Individual workstations
36. 4 (clients) have access to the resources available
Data are logically organized into: on the file servers. The network operating
1. Bits (characters) system provides the mechanism to integrate all
2. Fields the components of the network and allow
3. Records multiple users to simultaneously share the same
4. Files resources irrespective of physical location.
5. Databases UNIX/Linux and the Microsoft family of Windows
Bit (Character) - a bit is the smallest unit of data Servers are examples of client/server network
representation (value of a bit may be a 0 or 1). operating systems.
Eight bits make a byte which can represent a Source: fcit.usf.edu
character or a special symbol in a character
code. 39. 1
Field - a field consists of a grouping of Network Firewall: If the firewall is placed
characters. A data field represents an attribute (a between two or more networks and monitors the
characteristic or quality) of some entity (object, network traffic between different networks, it is
person, place, or event). termed as Network Firewall.
Record - a record represents a collection of Host-based Firewall: If the firewall is placed on a
attributes that describe a real-world entity. A computer and monitors the network traffic to and
record consists of fields, with each field from that computer, it is called a host-based
describing an attribute of the entity. firewall.
File - a group of related records. Files are
frequently classified by the application for which 40. 1
they are primarily used (employee file). A IEEE 802.11 standard, popularly known as Wi-Fi,
primary key in a file is the field (or fields) whose lays down the architecture and specifications of
value identifies a record among others in a data wireless LANs (WLANs). Wi-Fi or WLAN uses
file. high-frequency radio waves instead of cables for
Database - is an integrated collection of logically connecting the devices in LAN. Users connected
related records or files. A database consolidates by WLANs can move around within the area of
records previously stored in separate files into a network coverage.
common pool of data records that provides data
for many applications. The data is managed by 41. 2
systems software called database management Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
systems (DBMS). The data stored in a database (CMOS) is a small amount of memory on a
is independent of the application programs using computer motherboard that stores the Basic
it and of the types of secondary storage devices Input/Output System (BIOS) settings. The BIOS
on which it is stored. is the software stored on the memory chip on the
motherboard. It instructs the computer on how
to perform a number of basic functions such as
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booting and keyboard control. The BIOS is also 45. 2

used to identify and configure hardware in the A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a
computer. malicious attempt to disrupt the normal traffic of
For no boot or no display issues, clearing CMOS a targeted server, service or network by
may help recover the boards because that overwhelming the target or its surrounding
restores the BIOS default settings. infrastructure with a flood of Internet traffic.
42. 1 46. 3
Alignment refers to where and how the text lines Hexadecimal is the name of the numbering
up. Default settings in Microsoft Word will left- system that is base 16. This system, therefore,
align your text, but there are many other ways to has numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
format a document’s alignment. 12, 13, 14, and 15. That means that two-digit
Center the text - Ctrl+E. decimal numbers 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15
Align the text to the left - Ctrl+L. must be represented by a single numeral to exist
Align the text to the right - Ctrl+R. in this numbering system. To address the two-
digit decimal values, the alphabetic characters A,
43. 1 B, C, D, E, and F are used to represent these
The OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) feature values in hexadecimal and are treated as valid
allows us to embed objects like charts, pictures, numerals.
audio, video, etc. in our document. Decimal (Base 10) Binary (Base 2) Hexadecimal
The following are the common features of a word (Base 16)
processor: 0 00000011 0x0
(i) A word processor allows us to save a 1 00000001 0x1
document and also to make modifications in an 2 00000010 0x2
already created document very easily. We can 3 00000011 0x3
change the appearance of the text by making it 4 00000100 0x4
bold, italic or by changing its colour, size or 5 00000101 0x5
style. 6 00000110 0x6
(ii) Using a word processor, we can insert 7 00000111 0x7
images, pictures, tables, etc. in our documents. 8 00001000 0x8
(iii) The Find and Replace feature of a word 9 00001001 0x9
processor allows us to find and replace a 10 00001010 0xA
particular word in the document. 11 00001011 0xB
(iv) The Spelling and Grammar check feature of a 12 00001100 0xC
word processor helps to make automatic 13 00001101 0xD
corrections in the document. It also gives 14 00001110 0xE
thesaurus containing synonyms and antonyms of 15 00001111 0xF
words.
(v) A word processor has a unique feature called 47. 4
Mail Merge which allows us to send personalized In MS Excel, simple formulas always start with
letters, invitations etc., to multiple people. an equal sign (=), followed by constants that are
(vi) Art gallery allows inserting a picture. numeric values and calculation operators such as
plus (+), minus (-), asterisk (*), or forward slash
44. 4 (/) signs.
The OSI model is a hierarchical model of how
different devices, protocols, and applications can 48. 1
interoperate to provide a network. The OSI (open Vishing is a form of phishing that uses verbal
systems interconnect) model was created by the scams to trick people into doing things they
International Standards Organization (ISO). believe are in their best interests.
The applications and protocols that make up the Most people have heard of “phishing”. Phishing
network reside at different layers of the OSI involves enticing email or text messages into
model. Those layers are: clicking on links to files or websites that harbor
Layer 7 – Application malware. The links may also appear in online
Layer 6 – Presentation advertisements that target consumers.
Layer 5 – Session Vishing often picks up where phishing leaves off.
Layer 4 – Transport
Layer 3 – Network 49. 3
Layer 2 – Data Link A scanner is an input device that captures
Layer 1 – Physical images from photographic prints, posters,
magazine pages and similar sources for computer
editing and display.
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Other options are output devices. top-level domain name that identifies the domain
class it is associated with (.com, .org, .edu, .gov,
50. 1 etc). Country Code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) is
Pixels per inch (PPI) is the measure of resolution a two-letter domain extension, such as .uk or .fr,
in a digital image or video display. Pixels per inch assigned to a country, geographic location, or
(PPI) is typically used to refer to the display territory.
resolution, or pixel density, of a computer
monitor or screen. 55. 3
Compression Tool:
51. 3 These tools are used to reduce the size of a file
Twitter is an online news and social networking based on the selected algorithm. Most operating
site where people communicate in short systems include tools for compressing and
messages called tweets. uncompressing files. Linux has tools for both .tar,
Tweeting is posting short messages for anyone .gz and .zip. Other compressed files, like .7z and
who follows you on Twitter, with the hope that .rar, require a third-party compression utility to
your words are useful and interesting to be installed. Some examples are:-
someone in your audience. • WinAce
• WinZip
52. 2 • WinRAR
Foistware is a term used to describe software • 7-Zip
downloaded to a computer without the owner's • PKZIP
knowledge, which puts hidden components on a
system, and attempts to bait the unsuspecting 56. 2
into purchasing another software remedy. For Function keys and its uses:-
example, when installing a program it may have • F7 : Choose the spelling command (Review
a check box that asks to install a search toolbar tab)
into your browser. If this was left checked, the • F8 : Extend a selection
toolbar is also installed when installing the free • F9 : Update the selected fields
program. • F10 : Show key tips
• F11 : Go to the nest field
53. 2 • F12 : Choose the Save As command (Microsoft
MS Dos command:- Office Button).
• Edlin:-The edlin command starts the Edlin tool,
which is used to create and modify text files from 57. 5
the command line. Edlin was only available up to Microsoft Excel Features:-
MS-DOS 5.0 so unless your version of MS-DOS • AutoFormat: It allows Excel users to use
6.22 was upgraded from 5.0, you likely won't see predefined table formatting options.
the edlin command. • AutoSum: AutoSum feature helps us to
• Emm386:-The emm386 command is used to calculate the sum of a row or column
give MS-DOS access to more than 640 KB of automatically by inserting an addition formula for
memory. a range of cells.
• Exe2bin :-The exe2bin command is used to • List AutoFill: It automatically develops cell
convert. EXE files to binary format. formatting when a new component is added to
• Erase:-The erase command is used to delete the end of a list.
one or more files. The erase command is the • AutoFill: This feature allows us to quickly fill
same as the del command. cells with a repetitive or sequential record such
• Echo:-The echo command is used to show as chronological dates or numbers and repeated
messages, most commonly from within script or documents. AutoFill can also be used to copy
batch files. The echo command can also be used functions. We can also alter text and numbers
to turn the echoing feature on or off. with this feature.
• AutoShapes: AutoShapes toolbar will allow us
54. 4 to draw some geometrical shapes, arrows,
Domain (e.g., asum.com) is the web address you flowchart items, stars, and more. With these
buy from a domain registry. Subdomain (e.g., shapes, we can draw our graphs.
blog.asum.com) is a subset of a domain that can • Wizard: It guides us to work effectively while
be created by a domain owner. Top-Level we work by displaying several helpful tips and
Domain (TLD) refers to the suffix or the last part techniques based on what we are doing.The drag
of a domain name. There’s a limited list of and drop feature will help us to reposition the
predefined suffixes which includes: .com – record and text by simply dragging the data with
commercial business (the most common TLD). the help of the mouse.
Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLDs) is a generic
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MS Excel 2016 utilizes a tabbed Ribbon system first launched in 1963. ASCII codes are used to
instead of traditional menus. The Ribbon includes represent text in computers and telecom devices.
multiple tabs, each with several groups of ASCII is used for representing 128 English
commands. We will use these tabs to perform characters in the form of numbers, with each
the most common function in Excel. File, Home, letter being assigned to a specific number in the
Insert, Page Layout, Formula, Data, Review, range 0 to 127. E.g., the ASCII code for
View, and Help are the tabs that consist of the uppercase A is 65, uppercase B is 66, and so on.
Excel ribbon. Each tab of Excel Ribbon contains Check out the following table for some more
its related operations list. For example, the examples.Most computers are using ASCII
formula tab contains all the mathematical, encoding for text representation, which makes
logical, text, string, finance, Date, and time transferring data from one device to another a
functions. lot easier.
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Save the document in MS Word:- A drop cap is where the first character of the first
When you create a document it is important to paragraph is made larger, taking up several lines
save the document so that it can be viewed or of text or the first few sentences. Drop caps are
reused later. The basic steps to save a document used in various media, including books,
are listed below; newspaper articles, documents, and webpages.
o Click the Microsoft Office Button Drop caps add style or grab a reader's attention.
o A list of different commands appears
o Click the 'Save As' command 64. 1
o It displays 'Save As' Dialogue Box Sniffing is a process of monitoring and capturing
o Save the document to the desired location with all data packets passing through a given
the desired name network. Sniffers are used by network/system
The shortcut method to save a document is to administrators to monitor and troubleshoot
press the "Ctrl+S" keys. It opens the 'Save As' network traffic. Attackers use sniffers to capture
dialogue box where you can name your data packets containing sensitive information
document and save it to the desired location. such as passwords, account information, etc.
Sniffers can be hardware or software installed in
60. 1 the system. By placing a packet sniffer on a
A computer simulation is the usage of a network in promiscuous mode, a malicious
computer for the imitation of a real-world intruder can capture and analyze all of the
process or system. The dynamic responses of network traffic.
one system are represented by the behavior of
another system, which is largely modeled on the 65. 5
former. A simulation requires a model, or a Trojans are malicious files that are used by the
mathematical description of the real system. This attacker to create a backdoor without the
is in the form of computer programs, which knowledge of the user. It usually deletes or
encompass the key characteristics or behaviors replaces operating system-critical files, steals
of the selected system. Here, the model is data, sends notifications to a remote attacker,
basically a representation of the system and the and remotely controls the target. Trojans usually
simulation process is known to depict the hide behind a genuine code or program or file to
operation of the system in time. avoid getting noted by the user. Behind the
original program, it establishes a backdoor
61. 1 connection with the remote attacker.
Whenever we delete any email from different
categories, such as Promotions, Primary, Sent, 66. 5
Social, etc., the email is automatically Reconnaissance:-
transferred to the Trash folder in our Gmail This is the first step of Hacking. It is also called
account. It means that any deleted email is not as Footprinting and information gathering Phase.
deleted permanently at the same time. The This is the preparatory phase where we collect as
deleted emails remain in the Trash folder for 30 much information as possible about the target.
days. It also gives us the advantage of We usually collect information about three
recovering the deleted email from the Trash groups:-
folder. • Network
• Host
62. 5 • People involved
ASCII is a character encoding standard for There are two types of Footprinting:
electronic communication. American Standard
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• Active: Directly interacting with the target to

gather information about the target. Eg Using 71. 1
Nmap tool to scan the target Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is an
• Passive: Trying to collect the information about application layer protocol that operates as a
the target without directly accessing the target. contract for receiving emails from the mail
This involves collecting information from social server. It was designed by Mark Crispin in 1986
media, public websites, etc. as a remote access mailbox protocol, the current
version of IMAP is IMAP4. It is used as the most
67. 1 commonly used protocol for retrieving emails.
Ethical Hacking /White hat hacking sometimes This term is also known as Internet mail access
called as Penetration Testing is an act of protocol, Interactive mail access protocol, and
intruding/penetrating a system or networks to Interim mail access protocol.
find out threats, vulnerabilities in those systems
which a malicious attacker may find and exploit 72. 2
causing loss of data, financial loss, or other A disk cache (cache memory) is a temporary
major damages. The purpose of ethical hacking holding area in the hard disk or random access
is to improve the security of the network or memory (RAM) where the computer stores
systems by fixing the vulnerabilities found during information that is used repeatedly. The
testing. Ethical hackers may use the same computer can use it to speed up the process of
methods and tools used by the malicious hackers storing and accessing the information much more
but with the permission of the authorized person quickly from the disk cache than if the
to improve the security and defend the systems information is stored in the usual place (which
from attacks by malicious users. might be on a disk or in a part of the computer’s
memory that takes longer to access). The term
68. 1 disk cache can also refer to a disk buffer and
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is a form of cache buffer.
cloud computing that provides virtualized
computing resources over the internet. IaaS is 73. 1
one of the three main categories of cloud ALOHA is a system for coordinating and
computing services, alongside software as a arbitrating access to a shared communication
service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS). networks channel. It was developed in the 1970s
In the IaaS model, the cloud provider manages by Norman Abramson and his colleagues at the
IT infrastructures such as storage, server, and University of Hawaii. The original system was
networking resources, and delivers them to used for ground-based radio broadcasting, but
subscriber organizations via virtual machines the system has been implemented in satellite
accessible through the internet. communication systems. Aloha means “Hello”.
Aloha is a multiple access protocol at the data-
69. 1 link layer and proposes how multiple terminals
On a computer running Microsoft Windows, a access the medium without interference or
warm boot can be accomplished by pressing the collision.
Ctrl+Alt+Del keys simultaneously or by selecting
a restart option within Windows. A warm boot is 74. 1
faster than turning a computer off, waiting, and A firewall is a device installed between the
then turning it back on again (cold boot). It is internet network of an organization and the rest
done when your computer needs to restart and of the Internet. When a computer is connected to
you plan on continuing to use the computer. the Internet, it can create many problems for
corporate companies. Most companies put a
70. 2 large amount of confidential information online.
Virtual memory is the feature of an operating Such information should not be disclosed to
system (OS). It is responsible for memory unauthorized persons. The second problem is
management. In Virtual Memory, the Physical that the virus, worms, and other digital pests can
Memory (Hard Disk) will be treated as the Logical breach security and can destroy valuable data.
Memory (random access memory (RAM)). This The main purpose of a firewall is to separate a
means with the help of virtual Memory we can secure area from a less secure area and to
also temporarily increase the size of Logical control communications between the two.
Memory as from Physical Memory. A user will see Firewall also controls inbound and outbound
or feel that all the Programs are running into the communications on anything from a single
Logical Memory of the Computer. With the help machine to an entire network.
of virtual memory all the space of hard disk can
be used as the Logical Memory so that a user can
execute any number of programs.
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75. 5 components of a computer, laptop or server to

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a the point that its operating system and all start
protocol used by networked devices or clients to up applications and services are launched.
obtain the parameters necessary for operationin Cold boot is also known as hard boot, cold start
an Internet Protocol network. This protocol or dead start.
reduces system administration workload,
allowing devices to be added to the network with 82. 2
little or no manual configurations. Dynamic Host A Personal Area Network or PAN is a computer
Configuration Protocol is a way to administrator Network that enables communication between
network parameter assignment from a single computer devices near a person. PANs can be
DHCP server or a group of DHCP servers wired, such as USB or FireWire or they can be
arranged in a fault-tolerant manner. Even in wireless such as Infrared, ZigBee, Bluetooth and
small networks,Dynamic Host Configuration Ultrawideband or UWB. The range of a PAN
Protocol is useful because it can make it easy to typically is a few metres.
add new machines to the local network. Examples of Wireless PAN or WPAN devices
include cell phones, wireless keyboards, wireless
76. 1 mice, printers, bar code scanners and game
VPN means that it is a private point-to-point consoles.
connection between two machines or networks
over a shared or public network such as the 83. 2
internet. A Virtual Private Network is a Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) is a standard
combination of software and hardware. VPN interface for connecting a motherboard to
(Virtual Private Network) technology, can be storage devices such as hard drives and CD-
used in organization to extend its safe encrypted ROM/DVD drives. IDE is also known as Advanced
connection over less secure internet to connect Technology Attachment (ATA) or intelligent drive
remote users, branch offices, and partner electronics (IDE).
private, internal networks. VPN turns the
Internet into a simulated private WAN. 84. 4
BIOS looks for the system files during a boot
77. 3 process. The BIOS is special software that
Daisy-wheel printers cannot print graphics, and interfaces the major hardware components of
in general they are noisy and slow, printing from your computer with the operating system. It is
10 to about 75 characters per second. As the usually stored on a Flash memory chip on the
price of laser and ink-jet printers has declined, motherboard, but sometimes the chip is another
and the quality of dot-matrix printers has type of ROM.
improved, daisy-wheel printers have become
obsolete. 85. 4
Computer "Hardware" refers the physical parts of
78. 1 the computer, and "software" refers to the code
Hyperlinks can be used to create links for that runs on the computer. Printer is a hardware.
existing webpages as well as files on one’s
computer, to e-mail addresses and to specific 86. 5
locations to a document. Bit < Nibble < Byte < KB < MB < GB < TB < PB
< EB < ZB < YB
79. 3 Bit – Binary Digit has the logical representation
To compare numbers is the responsibility of the of 0 and 1.
logical unit in the CPU of a computer. Nibble 4 Bits
Byte 8 Bits
80. 2 KB (Kilobyte) 1024 Bits
Excel spreadsheets display a series of number or MB (Megabyte) 1024 KB
pound signs like ##### in a cell when the GB (Gigabyte) 1024 MB
column is not big enough to display the TB (Terabyte) 1024 GB
information. It also happens if you have a cell PB (Petabyte) 1024 TB
formatted to display something different than EB (Exabyte) 1024 PB
what you need the spreadsheet to show.
87. 4
81. 5 RAM – Random Access Memory
Cold boot is the process of starting a computer The main function of RAM is to store the
from shutdown or a powerless state and setting currently active programs and their data.
it to normal working condition. A cold boot refers RAM is volatile which means when the computer
to the general process of starting the hardware is switched off, the contents are lost.
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The contents of RAM can be changed or deleted. data is stored in a buffer as it is retrieved from
an input device (such as a microphone) or just
88. 1 before it is sent to an output device (such as
Keyboards convert characters to ASCII code. speakers). However, a buffer may be used when
ASCII is the acronym for the American Standard moving data between processes within a
Codefor Information Interchange. It is a code for computer. This is comparable to buffers in
representing 128 English characters as numbers, telecommunication.
with each letter assigned a number from 0 to
127. For example, the ASCII code for uppercase 94. 2
M is 77. Most computers use ASCII codes to File Explorer is a file browser found in every
represent text, which makes it possible to version of Microsoft Windows since Windows 95.
transfer data from one computer to another. It is used to navigate and manage the drives,
folders, and files on your computer. The image
89. 1 below shows File Explorer in Windows 10.
The storage area for the next likely data or
instruction to be processed preventing bottleneck 95. 1
and slowing of the system is known as the Bookmarks Manager can manage
Cache. bookmarks.Bookmark manager software saves
and organizes web content and websites so users
90. 1 can refer to it later. Bookmark managers will
After you press and hold down a key on the either work alongside, or inside of, a web
keyboard, the key starts repeating itself. The browser, allowing users to save web content and
speed at which it repeats is the repeat rate, return to it later without opening another
which can be fast or slow. application.
91. 4 96. 2
Random access memory (RAM)is the part of If you want to find and replace text in a Word
primary storage that holds a software program document, use the key combo Ctrl + H. That will
and small amounts of data for processing. When bring up the “Find and Replace” dialog box. Then
you start most software programs (such as simply type in the word or words you are looking
Microsoft Word) on your computer, the entire for and what to replace it with. Then click the
program is brought from secondary storage into “Replace All” button.
RAM.
As you use the program, small parts of the 97. 1
program's instructions and data are sent into the SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
registers and then to the CPU. Compared with Simple Mail Transfer protocola protocol for
the registers, RAM stores more information and sending e-mail messages between servers. Most
is located farther away from the CPU. e-mail systems that send mail over the Internet
use SMTP to send messages from one server to
92. 4 another; the messages can then be retrieved
UPS helps protect against potential electrical with an e-mail client using either POP or IMAP. In
power problems by supplying a consistent level addition, SMTP is generally used to send
of electrical power to a computer or other device. messages from a mail client to a mail server.
The battery is constantly recharging while the This is why you need to specify both the POP or
UPS is in use. The UPS provides a consistent IMAP server and the SMTP server when you
quality of power when brownouts and blackouts configure your e-mail application.
occur. Many UPS devices can communicate
directly with the computer operating system. 98. 3
This communication allows the UPS to safely shut Yandex is a search engine. Others are browsers.
down the computer and save data prior to the
UPS losing all electrical power. 99. 1
In bus topology there is a main cable and all the
93. 2 devices are connected to this main cable through
Buffer is the temporary data storage area drop lines. There is a device called tap that
between a peripheral device and the CPU which connects the drop line to the main cable. Since
compensates for the difference between their all the data is transmitted over the main cable,
speeds. there is a limit of drop lines and the distance a
In computer science, a data buffer (or just main cable can have.
buffer) is a region of a physical memory storage
used to temporarily store data while it is being
moved from one place to another. Typically, the
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A denial-of-service attack is often an effective Supercomputers are informally referred to as the
way to cripple a server's ability to respond to ‘Number Crunchier’.
demands from legitimate sources. In smurfing,
the method for the DoS attack uses IP spoofing, 108. 4
where a message is sent from what looks like a Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has
valid IP address. Smurfing uses a network built a supercomputer, which is to be India's
administration system called Internet Control fastest supercomputer. The new Graphic
Message Protocol (ICMP). Processing Unit (GPU) based supercomputer
named "SAGA-220" (Supercomputer for
101. 3 Aerospace with GPU Architecture-220
One can copy and paste a paragraph using the TeraFLOPS) is being used by space scientists for
original shortcut keys: Ctrl+C for copy or Ctrl+X solving complex aerospace problems. The
for Cut and then Ctrl+V for paste. supercomputer SAGA-220 was inaugurated by Dr
K Radhakrishnan, Chairman, ISRO today at
102. 1 VSSC.
More commonly known as a driver, a device
driver or hardware driver is a group of files that 109. 4
enable one or more hardware devices to In MS DOS 6.22, ‘6.22’ identifies the product
communicate with the computer's operating uniquely.
system. Without drivers, the computer would not DOS – Disk Operating System is the name of the
be able to send and receive data correctly to Operating System.
hardware devices, such as a printer.
110. 1
103. 2 Copy and X Copy are both the same in the sense
The Internet, sometimes called simply "the Net," that both are used to copy a file or a group of
is a worldwide system of computer networks -- a files.
network of networks in which users at any one
computer can, if they have permission, get 111. 2
information from any other computer (and The Minimum Zoom size in MS Office is 10.
sometimes talk directly to users at other The Maximum Zoom size in MS Office is 500.
computers). It was conceived by the Advanced
Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the U.S. 112. 1
government in 1969 and was first known as the Each time one turns on a computer, control files
ARPANet. such as COMMAND.COM; IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS
are checked by a computer.
104. 2
Setting fonts for the text in your document is 113. 1
called as Formatting. Holding the mouse button while moving an
object of text is known as Dragging.
105. 3
Windows Explorer replaced the programs File 114. 5
Manager and Program Manager that were used BIOS (basic input/output system) is the program
before Windows 95. In addition to file a personal computer's microprocessor uses to get
management, Windows Explorer also provides the computer system started after you turn it on.
shell services as well as manages the desktop, It also manages data flow between the
the Start menu and the taskbar. computer's operating system and attached
Windows Explorer should not be confused with devices such as the hard disk, video adapter,
Internet Explorer. The former is a file browser, keyboard, mouse and printer.
whereas the latter is a Web browser.Starting
with Windows 8.0, Windows Explorer has been 115. 4
called File Explorer. ‘Subject’ part of the e-mail describes the content
of the message in a line.
106. 1
Short for Java archive, a JAR file is a collection of 116. 1
multiple files as one single file. JAR files are an Pull-Down Menu is also called as ‘Drop-Down
easy way to distribute Java applications, much Menu’.
like compressing a file into a zip file is an easy
way to distribute other programs over the 117. 3
Internet. Ultra large-scale integration (ULSI) is the process
of integrating or embedding millions of
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transistors on a single silicon semiconductor • The data-in register is read by the host for
microchip. ULSI technology was conceived during getting input.
the late 1980s when superior computer processor • The data-out register is written by the host for
microchips, specifically for the Intel 8086 series, sending output.
were under development. ULSI is a successor to • The status register holds bits which can be read
large-scale integration (LSI) and very large-scale by the host.
integration (VLSI) technologies but is in the • The control register is written by the host for
same category as VLSI. starting a command or for changing the mode of
any device.
118. 5 • The data registers are usually 1 to 4 bytes in
A mobile operating system is an operating size. Some of the controllers have FIFO chips
system that helps to run other application which hold several bytes of input or output data
software on mobile devices. It is the same kind for expanding the capacity of the controller
of software as the famous computer operating beyond the size of the data register.
systems like Linux and Windows, but now they
are light and simple to some extent.The 122. 1
operating systems found on smartphones include The kernel is the core part of Linux. It is
Symbian OS, iPhone OS, RIM's BlackBerry, responsible for all major activities of this
Windows Mobile, Palm WebOS, Android, and operating system. It consists of various modules
Maemo. Android, WebOS, and Maemo are all and interacts directly with the underlying
derived from Linux. The iPhone OS originated hardware. The kernel provides the required
from BSD and NeXTSTEP, which are related to abstraction to hide low-level hardware details in
Unix. system or application programs.
119. 5 123. 2
A Network Operating System runs on a server A plotter is an output device used to produce
and provides the server the capability to manage hard copies of large graphs and designs on
data, users, groups, security, applications, and paper, such as construction drawings,
other networking functions. The primary purpose architectural plans, and business charts. Drum
of the network operating system is to allow plotters and Flatbed plotters are the types of
shared file and printer access among multiple plotters.
computers in a network, typically a local area
network (LAN), a private network, or other 124. 2
networks.Examples of network operating systems
include Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 125. 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, UNIX, Linux, In MS Excel,The minimum space that should be
Mac OS X, Novell NetWare, and BSD. provided between two columns is 0 inch. MS
Excel is a software program produced by
120. 5 Microsoft that allows users to organize, format
An Operating System supplies different kinds of and calculate data with formulas using a
services to both the users and the programs as spreadsheet system. It is part of the Microsoft
well. It also provides application programs (that Office suite and is compatible with other
run within an Operating system) an environment applications in the Office suite.
to execute it freely. It provides users the services
to conveniently run various programs. Here is a 126. 2
list of common services offered by almost all Assembler is the program used in order to
operating systems: convert low level language or assembly language
• User Interface used in the computer into machine language so
• Program Execution that it can be processed by the CPU of the
• File system manipulation system
• Input / Output Operations
• Communication 127. 4
• Resource Allocation F2 Function key can be used for Move text or
• Error Detection graphic in MS-Word.
• Accounting F5-Go to Command
• Security and protection F4- Repeat the last action
F10-Show key tips
121. 1 F7- spell and grammar check
An I/O port usually consists of four different
registers. These are (1) status, (2) control, (3)
data-in, and (4) data-out registers.
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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) provides an The core is a basic computation unit of the CPU.
e-mail facility among different hosts. It supports Earlier processors had only one computation unit,
sending a single message to one or more than thereby capable of performing only one task at a
one recipients, sending messages can include time. With the advent of multicore processors, it
attachments and can also send messages on the has become possible for the computer to execute
network outside the internet, multiple tasks, thereby increasing the system’s
performance. CPUs with two, four, and eight
129. 4 cores are called dual-core, quad-core, and octa-
WannaCry is an encrypting ransomware core processors, respectively.
computer worm. It was initially released on 12
May 2017. The ransom demand ranged from 135. 2
$300 to $600 to be paid in the cryptocurrency By default, MS Word automatically checks your
Bitcoin. WannaCry ransomware is also known as document for spelling and grammar errors, these
WannaCrypt, WCry, Wana Decrypt0r 2.0, errors are indicated by colored, wavy lines.
WannaCrypt0r 2.0 and Wanna Decryptor. The red line indicates a misspelled word.
Ransomware, a type of malicious software or The Green line indicates a grammatical error,
malware, is designed to deny access to computer including misused words.
systems or sensitive data until ransom is paid.
136. 3
130. 4 A computer system cannot operate without an
Optical Mark Recognition, also called mark sense operating system. Some of the most common
reader, is a technology where an OMR device operating systems are Windows operating
senses the presence or absence of a mark, such systems (by Microsoft), Macintosh operating
as a pencil mark. OMR is widely used for systems (by Apple), and the UNIX family of
assessing objective examinations involving operating systems. There are many operating
multiple choice questions. systems that are available for special-purpose
applications, including specializations for
131. 2 mainframes, robotics, real-time control systems,
A collection of 8 bits constitutes a byte. Each cell and so on.
of memory contains one character or 1 byte of
data. So, the capacity is defined in terms of 137. 4
bytes or words. However higher units of memory Three types of transmission modes are
are Kilobytes, Megabytes, Gigabytes, etc. 1 • Simplex: In this type of transmission, data can
Kilobyte is equal to 1024 bytes. be sent only in one direction i.e., it’s a
(KB) Kilobyte 210 = 1024 bytes unidirectional mode. The receiver only receives
(MB)Megabyte 220 = 1024 KB the data, but cannot communicate back to the
(GB) Gigabyte 230 = 1024 MB sender.
(TB) Terabyte 240 = 1024 GB • Half Duplex: In a half-duplex system, we can
send data in both directions but the sender can
132. 3 either receive the data or send the data at a
Universal Serial Bus is a plug and play interface particular time. So, when the sender is sending
that allows a computer to communicate with the data, it cannot receive the data and vice
peripheral and other devices. USB-connected versa.
devices cover a broad range; anything from • Full Duplex: In this mode, we can send data in
keyboards and mice to music players and flash both directions as it is bidirectional mode. We
drives. USB may also send power to certain can send and receive data at the same time.
devices, such as powering smartphones and
tablets and charging their batteries. 138. 1
Narrowband can accommodate up to 64Kbps,
133. 5 which is also known as the DS-0 (Digital Signal
Decimal Binary Octal Hexadecimal level 0) channel. This is the fundamental
0 0000 000 0 increment on which digital networks were built.
1 0001 001 1 Initially, this metric of 64Kbps was derived based
2 0010 002 2 on our understanding of what it would take to
3 0011 003 3 carry voice in a digital manner through the
4 0100 004 4 network. If we combine these 64Kbps channels
5 0101 005 5 together, we can achieve wideband transmission
rates.
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Bluetooth is a WPAN technology. Accordingly, its were returned for reviewing. All the given options
radio characteristics include low power, short are examples of word processing tools.
range, and medium transmission speed. It
effectively exchanges data over a short range. 145. 3
Today the Bluetooth market focuses on Zoom is present in View Tab. The Insert tab
professional and field workers, who need to contains various items that you may want to
travel offsite but still require access to corporate insert into a document. These items include such
communication and information. things as tables, word art, hyperlinks, symbols,
charts, signature line, date & time, shapes,
140. 5 header, footer, text boxes, links, boxes,
Pascaline was the first calculating device with the equations, and so on.
capability to perform additions and subtractions
on whole numbers. It was developed by Blaise 146. 1
Pascal, a French Mathematician. The device is Indents and spacing is used in paragraph
made up of interlocked cog wheels having formatting.
numbers 0 to 9 on its circumference. When one Character formatting is the one which we can
wheel completes its rotation, the other wheel apply to any individual character or a group of
moves by one segment. characters. It has the following options
• Font: This decides the appearance of our
141. 4 characters.
Fourth Generation Computers – (1971-1980): • Font Style: We can make characters stand out
The fourth-generation computers used Very by making them Bold, Italic, or both.
Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) circuits. • Size: This increases/decreases the size of the
Semiconductor devices are used as primary characters – the size measured in points (72
memory. Magnetic disks are used as secondary points =1 inch)
storage. Problem-oriented fourth generation • Font Color: We can apply colours to the
languages (4GL) are used. Multiprocessing and characters for printing the final document.
multiprogramming operating systems are used. • Underline: We can draw attention to some
Example – Apple series – I & II, IBM 4341, DEC particular text by underlining it.
10, STAR 1000, PUP 11. • Effects: We can also apply effects to our text.
The two most common ones are Superscript and
142. 2 Subscript. The 2 in 32 is a superscript. To make
The two most common protocols for making dial- a character into a superscript, we need to select
up connections to the Internet (or other TCP/IP only that character and click the box against
network) are Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) and Superscript. Similarly, 1 in T1 is a subscript.
Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP). Point-to-
Point Protocol, PPP is a communication protocol 147. 5
that enables a dial-up connection (e.g., modem) Each spreadsheet file is known as a workbook
to connect to other network protocols like TCP/IP and is stored with a default extension of .xls.
and IPX. Unlike SLIP, which is another popular Each workbook can contain many sheets, so
dial-up protocol, PPP offers features such as various kinds of related information can be
password protection and error-correction. organised in a single file. Each workbook can
contain up to 255 worksheets, but by default, it
143. 1 displays only three. A worksheet is an area
The collection of web pages interlinked with each where the data is stored and work is performed.
other through hyperlinks is known as a website. Extra worksheets can be added as and when
The first page of a website is known as the home required.
page. Websites are hosted on servers, and
require a web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, 148. 3
or Internet Explorer to be visited (either on a The COUNTA is commonly used in MS Excel. The
computer or mobile device). COUNTA function is used to count the number of
cells that contain data within the list of
144. 5 arguments.
Word processing is the ability to create The COUNTA function counts the number of cells
documents using a word processor. It can also that are not empty in a range.
refer to advanced shorthand techniques,
sometimes used in specialised contexts with a 149. 2
specially modified typewriter. These were Page Break is a feature in MS Word that lets you
primarily aimed at typists, particularly in offices start some content on a new page. The keyboard
where other workers sent handwritten notes to
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break. The Dark Web, also known as the darknet or
Onion Land, is a part of the deep web, a hidden
150. 3 part of the World Wide Web. It consists of
The COUNTA function counts cells that contain encrypted websites only accessible using non-
numbers, text, logical values, error values, and standard Internet browsers.
empty text returned in formulas (""). COUNTA The most common tool used to access the dark
does not count cells that are completely empty. web is Tor. Tor stands for The Onion Router. It is
For example, to count non-empty cells in the a non-profit organization whose main purpose is
range A1:A10 the research and development of online privacy
=COUNTA(A1:A10) tools.
Accessing a website on the dark web that is
151. 4 encrypted and spoofed using Tor requires the use
Keynote is the slideshow presentation software of Tor. Browsers like Internet Explorer, Google
developed by Apple. It was first released in 2003. Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox cannot be used to
view websites on the dark web.
152. 3
Support for Windows 7 ended on January 14, 157. 4
2020. A Digital Footprint is a trail of data you create
Windows 7 developed by Microsoft was launched while using the Internet. It includes the websites
in 2009. It is the successor to Windows Vista, you visit, emails you send, and information you
released nearly three years earlier. submit to online services.
Digital Footprint is also known as Digital Exhaust
153. 1 or Digital Shadow.
Google Chrome is a web browser, available on
both mobile devices and desktop computers, that 158. 1
is known for its ease-of-use and customizability. BSoD stands for Blue Screen of Death.
Chrome is free to both download and use and It is also known as Bluescreen or Bug Check.
can be seen as an alternative to browsers like BSoD is an error screen displayed on Windows
Safari, Edge, or Firefox. computers following a fatal system error. It
Google Chrome can be used on both Mac and PC, indicates a system crash, in which the operating
as well as mobile devices. system has reached a condition where it can no
Google Chrome was released in 2008. longer operate safely. This is caused by many
different problems, such as a general hardware
154. 4 failure or a crucial process terminating
DuckDuckGo (DDG) is an internet search engine unexpectedly.
that emphasizes protecting searchers' privacy
and avoiding the filter bubble of personalized 159. 4
search results. Cloud Computing is the on-demand availability of
DuckDuckGo distinguishes itself from other computer system resources, especially data
search engines by not profiling its users and by storage (cloud storage) and computing power,
showing all users the same search results for a without direct active management by the user.
given search term. Examples: Adobe Creative Cloud, Amazon Web
DuckDuckGo was founded by Gabriel Weinberg. Services (AWS), iCloud, Microsoft OneDrive,
Windows Azure, etc.,
155. 2 Canva is a graphic design platform, used to
Dot-com is a term used to describe Internet create social media graphics, presentations,
websites ending with the domain suffix .com. Its posters, documents and other visual content.
widespread use was popularized in 1995 during
the dot-com boom, when companies and 160. 3
individuals began to register large numbers of Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) business model is
.com domains on the Internet. leveraged by a consumer for selling used goods
Between 1995 and 2001, the Internet and/or services to other consumers through the
experienced what is now referred to as the dot- digital medium. The transactions here are
com bubble. During the dot-com bubble dot-com pursued through a platform provided by a third
companies were making enormous amounts of party, the likes of which include OLX, Quickr, etc.
money from stocks and investments until the
bubble began to burst in 2000 taking companies 161. 2
with it. CAPTCHA is a protection that identifies humans
from computers. CAPTCHA is short for
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Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell on the Galaxy S8 and S8+. You can interact with
Computers and Humans Apart. Bixby using your voice, text, or taps.
Often, a CAPTCHA is an image of text, distorted
so that humans can read it, but most automated 169. 1
computer vision system cannot. File Transfer Protocol, FTP is the most common
way of sending and receiving files between two
162. 5 computers.
A Catfish is a person who creates a fake online
profile with the intention of deceiving someone 170. 5
else. Google Fi, previously known as Project Fi, is a
The practice may be used for financial gain, to phone carrier service introduced by Google. The
compromise a victim in some way, as a way to service utilizes the networks provided by T-
intentionally upset a victim, or for wish Mobile, Sprint, U.S. Cellular, and Three. Google
fulfilment. Fi will test the signal strength of the carrier
options and connect the user to the fastest
163. 5 network.
A Broken Link or dead link is a hyperlink on a The service includes unlimited texting and phone
web page that is linked to an empty or non- calls for $20 per month, and charges users a
existent external webpages. flexible fee based on how much data they plan to
Broken link is also known as a Broken Hyperlink use per month.
or a Dead Link.
171. 2
164. 5 Internet Neutrality or Network Neutrality or Net
Autocomplete, or Word Completion, is a feature Neutrality is a principle that mandates Internet
in which an application predicts the rest of a Service Providers and telecommunication
word a user is typing. In Android and iOS companies do not tamper with Internet data.
smartphones, this is called Predictive Text. Coined by Tim Wu, net neutrality ensures all
websites and content get the same service,
165. 5 speed, and quality.
Address Bar refers to the text field in a web
browser that identifies the user’s location on the 172. 3
web and allows them to access different A PageRank is a trademark of Google and patent
websites. The address bar is known as a location of Stanford University that was developed by
bar, and in Google Chrome, it’s called the Larry Page and Sergey Brin and began being
omnibox or Omnibar. developed in 1995.
An omnibox is similar to the traditional web PageRank helps sort web pages on the Internet
browser address bar, but it can also be used as a by running them through an algorithm and giving
search engine. it a numerical weight. This "weight" is then used
to sort results when a user uses the Google
166. 2 search engine.
Amazon Silk is a proprietary web browser Currently, PageRank is not the only algorithm
developed by Amazon. used by Google to order search results, but it is
It was released in 2011. the first algorithm that was used by the
The Silk browser comes pre-installed as the company, and it is the best known
default browser on most Amazon hardware
devices, including app-based Kindle devices, Fire 173. 5
TV, and compatible Echo devices. The Surface Web is the portion of the World Wide
Web that is readily available to the general public
167. 3 and searchable with standard web search
In a computer GUI, a Drop-down Menu is a menu engines. It is the opposite of the deep web, the
that offers a list of options. The title of the menu, part of the web not indexed by a web search
or the currently-selected item in the list, is engine.
always displayed. When the visible item is It is also known as Visible Web or Indexable
clicked, other items from the list "drop-down" in Web, or Clearnet.
to view, and the user can choose from those
options. 174. 3
Python is used to develop 2D imaging and 3D
168. 3 animation packages like Blender, Inkscape, and
Bixby is a virtual assistant developed by Autodesk. It has also been used to create
Samsung Electronics. Bixby was first introduced popular video games, including Civilization IV,
Vegas Trike, and Toontown. Python is used for
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scientific and computational applications like 180. 4

FreeCAD and Abacus and by popular websites Domain (e.g., asum.com) is the web address you
like YouTube, Quora, Pinterest, and Instagram. buy from a domain registry. Subdomain (e.g.,
blog.asum.com) is a subset of a domain that can
175. 1 be created by a domain owner. Top-Level
When renaming a file or folder, you can avoid Domain (TLD) refers to the suffix or the last part
having to use the roundabout method of right- of a domain name. There’s a limited list of
clicking it and selecting the “Rename” option. predefined suffixes which includes: .com –
Simply click on the file or folder while pressing commercial business (the most common TLD).
the F2 key. This will launch the text field for you Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLDs) is a generic
to enter a new name. top-level domain name that identifies the domain
class it is associated with (.com, .org, .edu, .gov,
176. 3 etc). Country Code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) is
The SUM() function, as the name suggests, gives a two-letter domain extension, such as .uk or .fr,
the total of the selected range of cell values. It assigned to a country, geographic location, or
performs the mathematical operation which is territory.
addition.
181. 3
177. 2 Compression Tool:
you can combine the Alt key with F7 to fully These tools are used to reduce the size of a file
check your text for spelling and grammar based on the selected algorithm. Most operating
mistakes. In addition, combining F7 with the systems include tools for compressing and
Shift key will launch the thesaurus to provide uncompressing files. Linux has tools for both .tar,
synonym suggestions for the last word you wrote .gz and .zip. Other compressed files, like .7z and
or a selected word. .rar, require a third-party compression utility to
be installed. Some examples are:-
178. 2 • WinAce
Foistware is a term used to describe software • WinZip
downloaded to a computer without the owner's • WinRAR
knowledge, which puts hidden components on a • 7-Zip
system, and attempts to bait the unsuspecting • PKZIP
into purchasing another software remedy. For
example, when installing a program it may have 182. 2
a check box that asks to install a search toolbar Function keys and its uses:-
into your browser. If this was left checked, the • F7 : Choose the spelling command (Review
toolbar is also installed when installing the free tab)
program. • F8 : Extend a selection
• F9 : Update the selected fields
179. 2 • F10 : Show key tips
MS Dos command:- • F11 : Go to the nest field
• Edlin:-The edlin command starts the Edlin tool, • F12 : Choose the Save As command (Microsoft
which is used to create and modify text files from Office Button).
the command line. Edlin was only available up to
MS-DOS 5.0 so unless your version of MS-DOS 183. 5
6.22 was upgraded from 5.0, you likely won't see Microsoft Excel Features:-
the edlin command. • AutoFormat: It allows Excel users to use
• Emm386:-The emm386 command is used to predefined table formatting options.
give MS-DOS access to more than 640 KB of • AutoSum: AutoSum feature helps us to
memory. calculate the sum of a row or column
• Exe2bin :-The exe2bin command is used to automatically by inserting an addition formula for
convert. EXE files to binary format. a range of cells.
• Erase:-The erase command is used to delete • List AutoFill: It automatically develops cell
one or more files. The erase command is the formatting when a new component is added to
same as the del command. the end of a list.
• Echo:-The echo command is used to show • AutoFill: This feature allows us to quickly fill
messages, most commonly from within script or cells with a repetitive or sequential record such
batch files. The echo command can also be used as chronological dates or numbers and repeated
to turn the echoing feature on or off. documents. AutoFill can also be used to copy
functions. We can also alter text and numbers
with this feature.
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• AutoShapes: AutoShapes toolbar will allow us transferred to the Trash folder in our Gmail
to draw some geometrical shapes, arrows, account. It means that any deleted email is not
flowchart items, stars, and more. With these deleted permanently at the same time. The
shapes, we can draw our graphs. deleted emails remain in the Trash folder for 30
• Wizard: It guides us to work effectively while days. It also gives us the advantage of
we work by displaying several helpful tips and recovering the deleted email from the Trash
techniques based on what we are doing.The drag folder.
and drop feature will help us to reposition the
record and text by simply dragging the data with 188. 5
the help of the mouse. ASCII is a character encoding standard for
electronic communication. American Standard
184. 5 Code for Information Interchange(ASCII) was
MS Excel 2016 utilizes a tabbed Ribbon system first launched in 1963. ASCII codes are used to
instead of traditional menus. The Ribbon includes represent text in computers and telecom devices.
multiple tabs, each with several groups of ASCII is used for representing 128 English
commands. We will use these tabs to perform characters in the form of numbers, with each
the most common function in Excel. File, Home, letter being assigned to a specific number in the
Insert, Page Layout, Formula, Data, Review, range 0 to 127. E.g., the ASCII code for
View, and Help are the tabs that consist of the uppercase A is 65, uppercase B is 66, and so on.
Excel ribbon. Each tab of Excel Ribbon contains Check out the following table for some more
its related operations list. For example, the examples.Most computers are using ASCII
formula tab contains all the mathematical, encoding for text representation, which makes
logical, text, string, finance, Date, and time transferring data from one device to another a
functions. lot easier.
185. 5 189. 5
Save the document in MS Word:- A drop cap is where the first character of the first
When you create a document it is important to paragraph is made larger, taking up several lines
save the document so that it can be viewed or of text or the first few sentences. Drop caps are
reused later. The basic steps to save a document used in various media, including books,
are listed below; newspaper articles, documents, and webpages.
o Click the Microsoft Office Button Drop caps add style or grab a reader's attention.
o A list of different commands appears
o Click the 'Save As' command 190. 1
o It displays 'Save As' Dialogue Box Sniffing is a process of monitoring and capturing
o Save the document to the desired location with all data packets passing through a given
the desired name network. Sniffers are used by network/system
The shortcut method to save a document is to administrators to monitor and troubleshoot
press the "Ctrl+S" keys. It opens the 'Save As' network traffic. Attackers use sniffers to capture
dialogue box where you can name your data packets containing sensitive information
document and save it to the desired location. such as passwords, account information, etc.
Sniffers can be hardware or software installed in
186. 1 the system. By placing a packet sniffer on a
A computer simulation is the usage of a network in promiscuous mode, a malicious
computer for the imitation of a real-world intruder can capture and analyze all of the
process or system. The dynamic responses of network traffic.
one system are represented by the behavior of
another system, which is largely modeled on the 191. 5
former. A simulation requires a model, or a Trojans are malicious files that are used by the
mathematical description of the real system. This attacker to create a backdoor without the
is in the form of computer programs, which knowledge of the user. It usually deletes or
encompass the key characteristics or behaviors replaces operating system-critical files, steals
of the selected system. Here, the model is data, sends notifications to a remote attacker,
basically a representation of the system and the and remotely controls the target. Trojans usually
simulation process is known to depict the hide behind a genuine code or program or file to
operation of the system in time. avoid getting noted by the user. Behind the
original program, it establishes a backdoor
187. 1 connection with the remote attacker.
Whenever we delete any email from different
categories, such as Promotions, Primary, Sent,
Social, etc., the email is automatically
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192. 5 196. 2
Reconnaissance:- Virtual memory is the feature of an operating
This is the first step of Hacking. It is also called system (OS). It is responsible for memory
as Footprinting and information gathering Phase. management. In Virtual Memory, the Physical
This is the preparatory phase where we collect as Memory (Hard Disk) will be treated as the Logical
much information as possible about the target. Memory (random access memory (RAM)). This
We usually collect information about three means with the help of virtual Memory we can
groups:- also temporarily increase the size of Logical
• Network Memory as from Physical Memory. A user will see
• Host or feel that all the Programs are running into the
• People involved Logical Memory of the Computer. With the help
There are two types of Footprinting: of virtual memory all the space of hard disk can
• Active: Directly interacting with the target to be used as the Logical Memory so that a user can
gather information about the target. Eg Using execute any number of programs.
Nmap tool to scan the target
• Passive: Trying to collect the information about 197. 2
the target without directly accessing the target. The Minimum Zoom size in MS Office is 10.
This involves collecting information from social The Maximum Zoom size in MS Office is 500.
media, public websites, etc.
198. 1
193. 1 Each time one turns on a computer, control files
Ethical Hacking /White hat hacking sometimes such as COMMAND.COM; IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS
called as Penetration Testing is an act of are checked by a computer.
intruding/penetrating a system or networks to
find out threats, vulnerabilities in those systems 199. 1
which a malicious attacker may find and exploit Holding the mouse button while moving an
causing loss of data, financial loss, or other object of text is known as Dragging.
major damages. The purpose of ethical hacking
is to improve the security of the network or 200. 5
systems by fixing the vulnerabilities found during BIOS (basic input/output system) is the program
testing. Ethical hackers may use the same a personal computer's microprocessor uses to get
methods and tools used by the malicious hackers the computer system started after you turn it on.
but with the permission of the authorized person It also manages data flow between the
to improve the security and defend the systems computer's operating system and attached
from attacks by malicious users. devices such as the hard disk, video adapter,
keyboard, mouse and printer.
194. 1
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is a form of 201. 4
cloud computing that provides virtualized ‘Subject’ part of the e-mail describes the content
computing resources over the internet. IaaS is of the message in a line.
one of the three main categories of cloud
computing services, alongside software as a 202. 1
service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS). Pull-Down Menu is also called as ‘Drop-Down
In the IaaS model, the cloud provider manages Menu’.
IT infrastructures such as storage, server, and
networking resources, and delivers them to 203. 3
subscriber organizations via virtual machines Ultra large-scale integration (ULSI) is the process
accessible through the internet. of integrating or embedding millions of
transistors on a single silicon semiconductor
195. 1 microchip. ULSI technology was conceived during
On a computer running Microsoft Windows, a the late 1980s when superior computer processor
warm boot can be accomplished by pressing the microchips, specifically for the Intel 8086 series,
Ctrl+Alt+Del keys simultaneously or by selecting were under development. ULSI is a successor to
a restart option within Windows. A warm boot is large-scale integration (LSI) and very large-scale
faster than turning a computer off, waiting, and integration (VLSI) technologies but is in the
then turning it back on again (cold boot). It is same category as VLSI.
done when your computer needs to restart and
you plan on continuing to use the computer. 204. 5
A mobile operating system is an operating
system that helps to run other application
software on mobile devices. It is the same kind
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systems like Linux and Windows, but now they beyond the size of the data register.
are light and simple to some extent.The
operating systems found on smartphones include 208. 1
Symbian OS, iPhone OS, RIM's BlackBerry, The kernel is the core part of Linux. It is
Windows Mobile, Palm WebOS, Android, and responsible for all major activities of this
Maemo. Android, WebOS, and Maemo are all operating system. It consists of various modules
derived from Linux. The iPhone OS originated and interacts directly with the underlying
from BSD and NeXTSTEP, which are related to hardware. The kernel provides the required
Unix. abstraction to hide low-level hardware details in
system or application programs.
205. 5
A Network Operating System runs on a server 209. 2
and provides the server the capability to manage A plotter is an output device used to produce
data, users, groups, security, applications, and hard copies of large graphs and designs on
other networking functions. The primary purpose paper, such as construction drawings,
of the network operating system is to allow architectural plans, and business charts. Drum
shared file and printer access among multiple plotters and Flatbed plotters are the types of
computers in a network, typically a local area plotters.
network (LAN), a private network, or other
networks.Examples of network operating systems 210. 2
include Microsoft Windows Server 2003,
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, UNIX, Linux, 211. 2
Mac OS X, Novell NetWare, and BSD. In MS Excel,The minimum space that should be
provided between two columns is 0 inch. MS
206. 5 Excel is a software program produced by
An Operating System supplies different kinds of Microsoft that allows users to organize, format
services to both the users and the programs as and calculate data with formulas using a
well. It also provides application programs (that spreadsheet system. It is part of the Microsoft
run within an Operating system) an environment Office suite and is compatible with other
to execute it freely. It provides users the services applications in the Office suite.
to conveniently run various programs. Here is a
list of common services offered by almost all 212. 2
operating systems: Assembler is the program used in order to
• User Interface convert low level language or assembly language
• Program Execution used in the computer into machine language so
• File system manipulation that it can be processed by the CPU of the
• Input / Output Operations system
• Communication
• Resource Allocation 213. 4
• Error Detection F2 Function key can be used for Move text or
• Accounting graphic in MS-Word.
• Security and protection F5-Go to Command
F4- Repeat the last action
207. 1 F10-Show key tips
An I/O port usually consists of four different F7- spell and grammar check
registers. These are (1) status, (2) control, (3)
data-in, and (4) data-out registers. 214. 3
• The data-in register is read by the host for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) provides an
getting input. e-mail facility among different hosts. It supports
• The data-out register is written by the host for sending a single message to one or more than
sending output. one recipients, sending messages can include
• The status register holds bits which can be read attachments and can also send messages on the
by the host. network outside the internet,
• The control register is written by the host for
starting a command or for changing the mode of 215. 4
any device. The fourth-generation computers are used Very
• The data registers are usually 1 to 4 bytes in Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) circuits. Semi-
size. Some of the controllers have FIFO chips conductor devices are used as primary memory.
which hold several bytes of input or output data Magnetic disks are used as secondary storage.
Problem-oriented fourth generation languages
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(4GL) are used. Multi-processing and retrieving, deleting data from the database. It
multiprogramming operating systems are used. serves as an interface between the database and
Example – Apple series – I & II, IBM 4341, DEC end users. It also provides protection and
10, STAR 1000, PUP 11. security to the databases. MySQL, Oracle, SQL
Server, IBM DB2, PostgreSQL, Amazon Simple
216. 3 DB (cloud-based) are some popularly used
Cold boot is the process of starting a computer DBMS.
from shutdown or a powerless state and setting
it to normal working condition. A cold boot refers 223. 1
to the general process of starting the hardware The Home tab is the default tab in Microsoft
components of a computer, laptop or server to Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and
the point that its operating system and all start other Microsoft Office products. It allows
up applications and services are launched. Cold changing document settings, such as the font
boot is also known as hard boot, cold start or properties by using control groups on the tab.
dead start. The control groups and keys are
• Clipboard Group (Copy (only one item at a
217. 3 time), Paste, Cut, Format Painter)
Semiconductor Memory- RAM, ROM • Font Group (Font style, colour & size, Bold,
Optical Memory- CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD, HVD, Blu- Underline, Strikethrough)
ray Disc • Paragraph Group (Bullets & Numbering,
Magnetic Memory- Hard Disk Drive (HDD), Alignment, Shading, Borders, Line spacing)
Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) • Style Group (Listed Styles)
Flash Memory- Pen drive, Memory card etc • Editing Group (Find, Replace etc).
(EEPROM Technology devices)
224. 3
218. 2 In Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheet
Digitizer – It allows users to draw and programs, Wrap Text is a feature that shows all
manipulate graphics on the screen. It is also information in a cell, even if it overflows the cell
known as a graphics tablet. These kinds of boundary. When text exceeds a column
tablets typically designed for CAD/CAM width/Height, wrap text automatically adjust the
professionals. height/width of a cell to make all text visible
219. 4 225. 2
Scanner is an input device. Every computer that communicates over the
The device that receives data from a computer Internet is assigned an IP address that uniquely
system for display, physical production, etc., is identifies the device and distinguishes it from
called output device. It converts digital other computers on the Internet. An IP address
information into human understandable form. For is an identifier for a computer or device on a
example, monitor projector, headphone, speaker, TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP
printer, etc. protocol route messages based on the IP address
of the destination. An IP address consists of two
220. 3 parts, one identifying the network and one
1GB=1024MB identifying the node, or host. An IP address
Source: NCERT consists of 32 bits.
221. 1 226. 4
A debugger is a software utility that is designed In Ring Topology, network nodes are connected
to locate errors within a program's source code. in a closed loop configuration. Each node has
Debugging is the process of detecting and directly connected with its adjacent node on both
removing of existing and potential errors (also sides. The others are indirectly connected and
called as ‘bugs’) in a software code that can the data passing through one or more
cause it to behave unexpectedly or crash. To intermediate nodes.
prevent incorrect operation of a software or
system, debugging is used to find and resolve 227. 2
bugs or defects. Router – It is a hardware device which is
responsible for routing traffic from one to
222. 5 another network. It is designed to receive,
A Database Management System (DBMS) is a convert and move packets to another network.
computer program designed for creating and
managing the database. It provides a systematic
way to run operations like creating, storing,
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Adware is unwanted software designed to throw the page again.
advertisements up on your screen, most often
within a web browser. Adware generates revenue 232. 3
for its developer by automatically displaying Ctrl+ Home Move to first Cell
online advertisements in the user interface of the Ctrl+ Spacebar Select an entire column
software or on a screen that pops up in the Ctrl+ End Move to last cell
user’s face during the installation process. Shift+ Tab Left one cell
229. 3 233. 2
Presentation layer performs encryption and Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows a user to
decryption of data. It gives the data in a connect to a network through a tunneling
readable format from an application layer protocol and access Internet and intranet
perspective. It reduces the number of bits that websites. VPNs are available for any Internet-
need to be transmitted on the network. It offers enabled device, including computers and
liberty from compatibility troubles. It is called the smartphones. With a VPN, the computer
Translation layer and Syntax layer. connects to the VPN server first, which then
accesses websites without exposing the user's
230. 3 information, such as the IP address.
In Microsoft Word and other word processors,
pressing Ctrl + X cuts any text, picture, or other 234. 3
object that is selected. Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a set of
standards that allow users of the World Wide
231. 5 Web to exchange information found on web
In all modern Internet browsers, pressing F5 will pages. When accessing any web page entering
reload or refresh the document window or page. http:// in front of the address tells the browser to
Ctrl+F5 force a complete refresh of a web page. communicate over HTTP.
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