1 “Clean water and sanitation for all”

INDIA HAS achieved the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal number “[XX]”, 11 years before
the deadline of 2030, President Droupadi Murmu said on Sunday.

Addressing an event to celebrate Swachh Bharat Diwas, Murmu said that since the launch of
‘Swachh Bharat
Mission-Gramin’ more than 11 crore toilets have been constructed and about 60 crore people have
changed their habit of open defecation. Through this mission, India has achieved the UN’s
Sustainable Development Goal number-[XX], 11 years before the deadline of 2030, she said.

Murmu said that ‘Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin’ is a behaviour-change movement. During the
Covid pandemic, everyone realised that toilets, the habit of washing hands with soap, and water
supply through taps have acted as a shield against the pandemic, she said.
The event was organised by the Ministry of Jal Shakti. On this occasion, the President presented
Swachh Survekshan Grameen awards in various categories.
“The President said that along with cleanliness, the Government of India is also working on the
goal of providing quality drinking water to every household. The ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ has set the
target of providing regular and quality drinking water to every household by the year 2024,” the
statement said.
Source: Indian Express:
1. Which of the following replaces [XX] in the passage?
A. SDG-6
B. SDG-8
C. SDG-10
D. SDG-12
2. Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin was launched in which year?
A. 2008 B. 2012 C. 2014 D. 2016
3. Under the Swachh Bharat Mission, all villages, Gram Panchayats, Districts, States and Union
Territories in
India declared themselves “open-defecation free” (ODF) by 2 October 2019, the ____________
birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
A. 125th B. 150th C. 175th D.
200th

4. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

 A. The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, has started a
fortnightly campaign, ‘Swachhta Hi Sewa’ (SHS) to accelerate the efforts towards
complete sanitation in rural India. B. Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) campaign is celebrated
during 15th September to 2nd October every year.
C. The focus of this year's Swachhata Hi Seva is towards managing the legacy waste at
garbage vulnerable sites in the villages.
D. All of these
5. The goal of 'Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0' is to make the cities Garbage-Free, completely
free of garbage. The second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban was launched in which
year?
A. 2018 B. 2019 C. 2020 D. 2021

6. The Swachh Swasth ______ is an initiative to achieve better health outcomes through improved
sanitation, increased awareness and healthy lifestyles.
A. Samagra
B. Sansara
C. Sarvatra

D. Swarga

7. Which of the following statements about ‘Swachh Survekshan - Urban’ is INCORRECT?

A. It is an annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation in cities and towns across India.
B. The first survey was undertaken in 2016.
C. It was launched as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
D. It is conducted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

2. Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups: (CGSS)

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and
Industry has notified the establishment of the Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups (CGSS) for
providing credit guarantees to loans extended by Scheduled Commercial Banks, Non-Banking
Financial Companies and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) registered Alternative
Investment Funds (AIFs).
CGSS is aimed at providing credit guarantee up to a specified limit against loans extended by
Member Institutions (MIs) to finance eligible borrowers viz. Startups as defined in the Gazette
Notification issued by DPIIT and amended from time to time. The credit guarantee cover under
the Scheme would be transaction based and umbrella based. The exposure to individual cases
would be capped at Rs. “[XX]” per case or the actual outstanding credit amount, whichever is less.
Along with institutional mechanisms for operationalizing the Scheme, DPIIT will be constituting
a Management Committee (MC) and a Risk Evaluation Committee (REC) for reviewing,
supervising and operational oversight of the Scheme. The National Credit Guarantee Trustee
Company Limited (NCGTC) will be operating the Scheme.
Source: PIB:
1. Which of the following replaces [XX] in the passage?
A. 1 Crore
B. 2 Crore
C. 5 Crore
D. 10 Crore
2. Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi launched Startup India Action Plan in which year? A. 2014
B. 2016
C. 2017
D. 2019
3. Scheduled banks are banks that are listed in which schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act,
1934?
A. I B. II C. III D. IV
4. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
A. CGSS will complement the existing Schemes under Startup India initiative viz. Fund of
Funds for Startups and Startup India Seed Fund Scheme.
B. Fund of Funds for Startups was announced with a corpus of Rs. 10,000 crores.
 C. Under FFS, support is extended to Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
registered Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), which in turn invest in startups. D. All
of these
5. National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Ltd (NCGTC) is a private limited company
incorporated under the Companies Act 1956 established by the Department of Financial
Services, as a wholly owned company of the Government of India to act as a common trustee
company for multiple credit guarantee funds. It was established in which year?
A. 2014
B. 2016
C. 2017
D. 2019
6. National startup Day is observed in India on which date?
A. 14th January

B. 16th January

C. 18th January

D. 20th January
3. Sri Lanka Resolution in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
India on Thursday abstained on a draft resolution in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on
promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka which was adopted.
While abstaining, India stressed that it will work with Sri Lanka and the international community
to attain the related objectives of legitimate aspirations of Tamils of Sri Lanka and prosperity for
all Sri Lankans.

The draft resolution on ‘Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka’
was adopted at the 51st Session of Human Rights Council in Geneva, with 20 nations voting in
favour in the [XX] member Council, seven against, including China and Pakistan, and 20
abstentions, including by India, Japan, Nepal and Qatar.
The 20 countries that voted in favour of the resolution included, the United Kingdom, the United
States, Argentina, Finland, France, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, Paraguay, Poland,
Republic of Korea and Ukraine.
More recently since January this year, India has stepped up and provided unprecedented assistance
to the people of Sri Lanka to face the challenges of the recent economic crisis. More recently since
January this year, India has stepped up and provided unprecedented assistance to the people of Sri
Lanka to face the challenges of the recent economic crisis.
Source: Indian Express:
1. Which of the following replaces [XX] in the passage?
A. 47 B. 51 C. 59 D. 65
2. India on Thursday abstained on a draft resolution in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
While India has taken note of the commitments by the government of Sri Lanka on issues of
implementation of the commitments in the spirit of the __________ Constitutional Amendment,
meaningful devolution and the early conduct of provincial elections, “we believe that the
progress towards the same remains inadequate.”
A. 7th B. 13th C. 18th D. 21st

3. Recently Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has cleared the bill seeking the 22nd amendment to the
Constitution. Which of the following statements regarding the amendments is/are correct?
A. It can be adopted with a two-thirds majority in Parliament and some clauses requiring a
nationwide referendum.
B. It aims at empowering Parliament over the executive president

C. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

D. None of these
4. The resolutions on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka was
first moved in Geneva in which year?
A. 2008 B. 2010 C. 2012 D. 2014
5. According to the Lankan government figures, over 20,000 people are missing due to various
conflicts including the three-decade brutal war with Lankan Tamils in the north and east which
claimed at least 100,000 lives. Sri Lankan Armed Forces militarily defeated the Tamil Tigers in
May ___________.
A. 2009 B. 2011 C. 2013 D. 2015
6. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was a Tamil militant organization that was based in
northeastern Sri Lanka. Who was the founder of LTTE?
A. Velupillai Prabhakaran
B. Mathivathani Erambu
C. Anton Balasingham
D. Sarath Fonseka
7. The Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War was the deployment of the Indian Peace
Keeping Force in Sri Lanka intended to perform a peacekeeping role. The deployment followed
the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord between India and Sri Lanka of__________.
A. 1981 B. 1987 C. 1991 D. 1995
Answers:
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. A 6. A 7. B
4 Nobel Peace Prize 2022:
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2022, awarded to a jailed “[XX]” civil rights activist, and a rights
organisation each in Russia and Ukraine, puts the focus on Russia’s war in Ukraine, now in its
eighth month. The common thread among the winners of the Prize is that they stand, directly or
indirectly, against Russia or an ally of Russia.

The Nobel Committee’s choice of the winners made a statement — and it came, as Kenneth Roth,
the former head of Human Rights Watch, noted, on the 70th birthday of President Vladimir Putin.
In 1995, Bialiatski founded the “[XX]” human rights group Viasna (Spring) which, according to
a fund-raising page on patreon.com, “defends human rights, promotes human rights and exposes
violations”. Bialiatski has “devoted his life to promoting democracy and peaceful development in
his home country”, Berit Reiss-Andersen, head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said on
Friday. The 60-year-old activist was first jailed in 2011 for evading taxes, a charge that he has
denied. He was released in 2014, before being arrested again in 2021 during mass public protests
in capital city of “[XX]” against elections that opposition activists said had kept Lukashenko in
power the previous year.
Source: Indian Express:
1. Which of the following countries is redacted by [XX] in the passage?
A. Belarus
B. Mongolia
C. Kazakhstan
D. Azerbaijan
2. Which of the following Russian civil rights group that was shut down by Putin, and Center for
Civil Liberties is a Ukrainian rights organisation that is documenting alleged war crimes by
Russia in Ukraine has won the Nobel Peace prize 2022?
A. Memorial
B. National Print Run Service
C. Open Russia
D. StopXam
3. Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties has also won the Nobel Peace
Prize 2022. It was founded in which year?
A. 2007 B. 2009 C. 2011 D. 2013
4. On________________Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian
War, which began in 2014.
 A. 12th January 2022

B. 24th February 2022

C. 12th March 2022

D. 24th March 2022

5. The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and
Dmitry Muratov
of___________.
A. Ukraine
B. Russia
C. Belarus
D. Germany
6. The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish
industrialist, inventor and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel. Which of the following
statements regarding Nobel Peace Prize is
incorrect?
A. Since 2020 the prize is awarded in the Atrium of the University of Oslo, where it was also
awarded 1947– 1989.
B. The Norwegian Parliament appoints the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which selects the
Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
C. 17 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize, more than any other Nobel Prize. D. None of
these Answers:
5. Indian Railways Net Zero Target:
The Government of India, as part of its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), has set a
target of 33% emissions intensity reduction, with the transport sector being one of the key sectors
with substantial mitigation potential.
One of the most vital transportation emissions mitigation strategies agreed to by the Government
of India was increasing the share of Indian Railways in the movement of freight from the current
~35-36% to 45% by “[XX]”. Indian Railways has a major role in contributing India’s NDC
towards combating Climate Change through several means. Water Policy 2017 has been issued to
all Zonal Railways and Production Units for implementation in Railway Stations, Trains, Railway
Colonies etc. This is a part of overall efforts to achieve 20% reduction in water consumption by
2020 by the Government of India as part of Nationally Determined Contribution. Main objective
of this policy are to improve water use efficiency by effective demand and supply management,
installing water efficient systems and setting up Water Recycling Plants on railway land.
Afforestation on vacant railway land and in between sections is carried out by Railway
departmentally. In pursuance of Railways’ commitment towards environmental improvement and
sustainable development, Forest Departments of States are being involved in plantation as well as
maintenance and disposal of trees. IR has been planting around 1 crore trees annually since 2017
onwards. 72 lakh saplings have been planted during the year 2021-22.
Source: PIB:
1. Which of the following replaces [XX] in the above passage?
A. 2030
B. 2040
C. 2050
D. 2060

2. The Government of India, as part of its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), has set a
target of 33% emissions intensity reduction. In August 2022, India formally updated its
nationally determined contribution (NDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) which was made on October
2, __________.
A. 2013 B. 2015 C. 2017 D.
2019
3. Indian Railways is setting up Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs) across the country. The first
phase of the project alone is estimated to reduce emissions by about 457 million-ton CO2 over
 a 30-year period. The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor connects dadri in Uttar Pradesh to
______________. A. Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.
B. Kolkata Port
C. V.O. Chidambaranar Port
D. Kandla Port
4. Around 700 Railway Stations have been certified for implementation of Environment
Management System to
___________.
A. ISO:14001
B. ISO: 9000
C. ISO: 22000
D. ISO: 27001
5. Environment-friendly Bio-toilets for passenger coaches have been developed by Indian
Railways (IR) jointly with which of the following organisation?
A. The Energy and Resources Institute
B. Centre for Science and Environment
C. Defence Research and Development Organisation
D. Global Green Growth Institute Answers:
6. [National Games 2022]
At the 36th National Games, “[XX]” has become the first athlete to win gold in Yogasana. This
Indian indigenous sport made its debut at the Khelo India University Games earlier this year. In
other events today, Maharashtra won gold in the women’s diving 1-meter springboard event.
Services continued their dominance at the National Games 2022 by swelling their medal count to
113, including 51 gold, with top podium finishes in wushu, triathlon and canoeing and kayaking
on Sunday.
Services have also won 33 silvers and 29 bronze medals. Haryana (31 gold) and Maharashtra (29)
continued their fight for the second place on the medals tally. Puducherry became the 28th team
to win at least one gold in the Games when V Sasikala and A Kanimozhi beat Gujarat's Manisha
Zala and Nippa Barad in the women’s beach volleyball final in Surat.
As many as 32 teams have now won at least a medal in the Games so far. Madhya Pradesh jumped
to the 10th spot, riding on their sweep of slalom events. Kayaks Hitesh Kewat and Shikha
Chouhan, and Canoeists Vishwajit Singh Kushwaha and Jahanvi Srivastava did the star turn for
them. Source: OutlookIndia.com

1. Which of the following replaces [XX] in the above passage?

A. Dimple Singh
B. Ajay Makhan
C. Pooja Rani
D. Amrita Dwivedi
2. Yogasana is one of the _________ sports to be played at the National Games this year for the
first time.
A. Four B. Five C. Six D. Seven
3. Which state will host the 37th edition of the National Games in October next year as confirmed
by the Indian Olympic Association on Sunday.
A. Goa
B. Assam
C. West Bengal
D. Karnataka
4. Which of the following Games and the year of its inception is incorrectly matched:
A. Khelo India University Games: 2020
 B. First National Games of Undivided-India: 1911
C. Khelo India Youth Games: 2018
D. None of these
5. The 35th edition of the National Games was held in Kerala in 2015. The current edition, 36th
National Games are taking place in which state?
A. Chhattisgarh
B. Haryana
C. Gujarat
D. Punjab
6. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
A. 62 sports infrastructure projects of various categories amounting to around Rs. 423 crore
sanctioned in the North Eastern Region under Khelo India Scheme.
B. Under the Khelo India Scheme, 77 sports infrastructure projects of various categories
have been sanctioned in the Himalayan Region amounting to ₹ 506.13 crore.
C. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
D. None of these
 7. Fifth Assembly of the International Solar Alliance:
Shri “[XX]”, Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy today unveiled the
curtain raiser to the Fifth Assembly of the International Solar Alliance along with side events to
be held in New Delhi from 17th - 20th October, 2022.
India holds the office of the President of the ISA Assembly. Ministers, missions and delegates
from Member and
Signatory Countries are set to participate in this meeting. The Assembly will be presided over by
Shri “[XX]”, Union Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy.
The Assembly is the apex decision-making body of ISA, in which each Member Country is
represented. This body makes decisions concerning the implementation of the ISA’s Framework
Agreement and coordinated actions to be taken to achieve its objective. The Assembly meets
annually at the ministerial level at the ISA’s seat. It assesses the aggregate effect of the
programmes and other activities in terms of deployment of solar energy, performance, reliability,
cost and scale of finance.
The Fifth Assembly of the ISA will deliberate on the key initiatives of ISA on three critical issues
of energy access, energy security, and energy transition. World leaders from ISA Member
Countries will also discuss the strategic plan of the ISA in Programmatic Support for LDC and
SIDS Member Countries, Capacity Building support to all developing Member Countries, and
Analytics & Advocacy support to all Member Countries.
Source: PIB
1. Which of the following replaces [XX] in the passage?
A. RK Singh
B. Narayan Tatu Rane
C. Ramdas Athawale
D. Dharmendra Pradhan
2. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
A. The Assembly is the apex decision-making body of ISA, in which each Member Country
is represented.
B. The International Solar Alliance is an international organisation with 109 member and
signatory countries.
C. It works with governments to improve energy access and security worldwide and promote
solar power as a sustainable way to transition to a carbon-neutral future. D. All of these

3. ISA’s mission is to unlock US$ 1 trillion of investments in solar by which year? A. 2025
 B. 2030
C. 2035
D. 2040
4. With the signing and ratification of the ISA Framework Agreement by 15 countries, on 6
December, _____________ ISA became the first international intergovernmental organization
to be headquartered in India. A. 2014
B. 2015
C. 2016
D. 2017
5. India will assume the Presidency of the G20 for one year from December 1, 2022, to November
30, 2023. Which of the following Organizations will be invited as guest organizations by India
while hosting the summit?
A. International Solar Alliance (ISA)
B. Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)
C. Asian Development Bank (ADB)
D. All of these
6. Currently ISA has 110 members. Which country became the 109th member to join the alliance?
A. Russia
B. Ukraine
C. USA
D. Belarus
7. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is an action-oriented, member-driven, collaborative
platform for increased deployment of solar energy technologies. On 13th September which of
the following countries ratified the International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement?
A. Nepal
B. Bangladesh
C. Bhutan
D. Myanmar
8. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
A. India and France launched the ISA in November 2015 at COP21 in Paris.
 B. The primary objective of the alliance is to work for efficient consumption of solar energy
to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
C. It is headquartered in Gurugram, and the current DG of ISA is Ajay Mathur.
D. All of these
9. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Green Grids- One Sun One World One Grid initiative
jointly with UK counterpart Boris Johnson on the sidelines of ____________G-20 Summit.
A. 2018
B. 2019
C. 2020
D. 2021
10. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is an alliance of most being sunshine countries,
which lie either completely or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
Tropic of Cancer passes through which of the following countries?
A. Myanmar
B. India
C. Bangladesh
D. All of these
11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 October declared Modhera in __________'s Mehsana
district as India's first 24x7 solar-powered village.
A. Haryana
B. Gujarat
C. Rajasthan
D. Madhya Pradesh
8. Humanoid for Gaganyaan:
“[XX]”, the humanoid designed and developed by the ISRO to fly aboard unmanned test missions
ahead of the Gaganyaan human space-flight mission, is undergoing pre-flight ground tests at the
ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU).
With the ethos of sky is not the limit, India’s premier space agency Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up for the country’s maiden human space-flight mission
‘Gaganyaan’. Sharing the details about the landmark endeavor, Union Minister of State for the
Ministry of Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh recently said that the first trial of the human
space mission will be done by the end of 2023 or at the beginning of 2024.
Last month in August, the Indian Space Agency achieved a major milestone in the Gaganyaan
project by successfully carrying out a test fire of the Low Altitude Escape Motor (LEM) of the
Crew Escape System (CES) at the Satish Dhawan Centre (SHAR) in Sriharikota. The CES takes
away the crew module of the Gaganyaan mission in case of any eventuality and rescues the
astronauts.
The aim of Gaganyaan mission is to demonstrate the capability of sending humans to Low Earth
Orbit (LEO) in the short-term, which will lay the foundation for a sustained Indian human space
exploration programme in the long run.
Source: News on Air:
1. Which of the following replaces [XX] in the passage?
A. Izzy B. Waldi C. Vyommitra D. Misha
2. The AI-based robotic system is developed at a robotics lab at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
(VSSC) at_____________.
A. Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram B. Sriharikota, Tirupati
C. Ahmedabad, Gujarat D. None of these
3. The first trial for Gaganyaan will be done by the end of 2023 or the beginning of 2024. The
Gaganyaan mission was announced by the Prime Minister in his Independence Day speech in
_____________.
A. 2015 B. 2016 C. 2018 D. 2020
4. Only three nations have launched their own crewed spacecrafts. Which of the following is not
one of them?
A. China B. Russia C. US D. France
5. The experimental mission conducted by ISRO that paved the way for Human Space Flight
mission was the Space Capsule Recovery Experiment conducted in January_________where an
Orbiting module was recovered successfully after de-orbiting.
 A. 2005 B. 2007 C. 2009 D. 2011
6. The Gaganyaan programme envisages undertaking the demonstration of human spaceflight to
LEO (Low Earth Orbit) with a crew of three astronauts to __________km LEO.
A. 250 Km B. 300 Km C. 400 Km D. 550
Km
7. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
A. ISRO successfully completed the static test of a human-rated solid rocket booster (HS200)
for the
Gaganyaan Programme at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota, Andhra
Pradesh on May 13, 2022.
B. HS200 rocket booster is the human-rated version of the well-proven S200 rocket booster
of GSLV Mk III satellite launch vehicle, popularly known as LVM3.

C. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

D. None of these
8. ISRO’s first group of four astronaut candidates for the planned crewed Gaganyaan mission
completed their training for spaceflight in which country in March last year?
A. Ukraine B. Russia C. France D. US
9. The Indian Space Research Organisation in January 2022 conducted the qualification test of the
cryogenic engine that will be used in the Gaganyaan programme for a duration of 720 seconds
at the ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri, _____________.
A. Andhra Pradesh B. Kerala C. Karnataka D. Tamil Nadu
9.World Economic Outlook Report:
India failed to unseat the “[XX]” and missed being the fifth-largest economy by $10 billion in
2021-22. It’ll have to wait another year before it gets that coveted spot in 2022-23, overtaking the
“[XX]” by $27 billion.

By 2025-26 (FY26), the Indian economy would equal Germany’s to be the fourth-largest. It would
become the third-largest when it is projected to grow bigger than Japan, according to the
International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) World Economic Outlook.

The size of India’s economy was $3.18 trillion in 2021-22 (FY22), while “[XX]”’s was $3.19
trillion in 2021, according to the flagship publication by the Fund. The size of India’s economy is
calculated on a financial year basis (April to March). For other economies, it is on a calendar year
basis.
Recently, a Bloomberg report had shown that India has rolled past the “[XX]” in Q4 of FY22,
citing World Bank data. However, that comparison was made on quarterly figures, not yearly. IMF
data predicts that India would become a $3.47-trillion economy, while the “[XX]” would be $3.2
trillion in the current financial year (202223).
Source: Business-Standard:
1. Which of the following replaces [XX] in the passage?
A. France
B. Russia
C. UK
D. Australia

2. By 2025-26 (FY26), the Indian economy would equal Germany’s to be the fourth-largest. As
per IMF India would become the third-largest economy by ____________.
A. 2026-27
B. 2027-28
C. 2028-29
D. 2029-30
3. The SBI's Economic Research Department predicted that India would surpass Germany in 2027
and most likely Japan by ___________ at the current rate of growth and become the world's 3rd
largest economy.
A. 2029 B. 2030 C. 2032 D. 2035
4. The International Monetary Fund made predictions that India’s global growth will drop from
6% in 2021 to what percent in 2022?
A. 3.2% B. 3.6% C. 4.5% D. 5%

5. According to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook 2022 study, India will have the world’s
fastest-growing big economy & inflation in India will decline to a range of 4% next year. Global
inflation would is forecast to reach ____________in 2022.
A. 9.7% B. 9% C. 8.8% D. 8%
6. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
A. The World Economic Outlook (WEO) is a comprehensive report published twice a year by
the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
B. It is the product of the IMF's systemic survey of macroeconomic conditions and prospects
in member countries.

C. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

D. None of these