December 4

1. RBI launched its pilot on retail digital currency/ rupee called ____ Digital Rupee – Retail segment (e-R)

CBDC : Central Bank Digital Currency

In this regard, RBI issued Rs _____ to participating banks based on their indents. 1.71 cr
First phase, Which Banks includes _____ 4: SBI, ICICI, YES, and IDFC First

Total Participating Banks & Cities

In the retail pilot of the digital rupee, 8 banks have been identified for phase-wise participation
in four cities of Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, and Bhubaneswar

What is e-R?

Retail digital rupee can provide access to safe money for payment and settlement as it is a direct liability of the
RBI. It can be converted to other forms of money, like deposits with banks. The retail digital rupee will not earn
any interest.

e-R for can be used for both person-to-person (P2P) and person-to-merchant (P2M) transactions.

2. Report “Turning the Tide on Internal Displacement: A Development Approach to Solutions ____ UNDP

Number of People Forcibly Displaced Crossed ____in 2022 100 M

IDPs : Internally Displaced Persons

UNDP : United Nations Development Programme:

Headquarters – New York

3. The Earthshot Prize 2022:

Given By _____ UK’s Prince William
Edition _____ 2nd
Total Winners _____ 5

Awards ceremony held at ______ MGM Music Hall in Boston,USA

Indian Winner ___ Category Winner
Protect & Restore Nature Kheyti (Kaushik Kappagantulu)

Kheyti, an Indian startup founded by Kaushik Kappagantulu(Co-founder & CEO), developed a Greenhouse-in-a-Box,
designed for small-hold farmers and the crops they grow, which offers shelter from unpredictable elements and
destructive pests.

4. International Day of Persons with Disabilities ______ Dec 3

Theme ___ Transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fueling an accessible and equitable world

National Awards for Outstanding Work towards Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities:
The President of India, Droupadi Murmu attended as the Chief Guest.
5. Chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (Censor Board). Prasoon Joshi

6. G-20 Presidency was marked by the illumination of ___(NO)___National Monuments 100

Sher Shah Suri's Tomb ______ Bihar
Modhera Sun Temple _____ Gujarat
Purana Quila _____ Delhi
Humayun's Tomb _____ Delhi

7. What is Foreign Portfolio Investment?

Foreign Portfolio Investment or FPI refers to the investment made in the financial assets of an enterprise, based
in one country, by the foreign investors.

8. India has allowed Which ______Country’s citizens to hold up to $ _____ $10,000 (8.14 lakh INR)

in the physical form. Sri Lankan

9. Miss Earth 2022 ______ Mina Sue Choi of S Korea

Miss Fire 2022 ______ Andrea Aguilera of Columbia
Miss Water 2022 _____ Nadeen Ayoub of Palestine
Miss Air 2022 ______ Sheridan Mortlock of Australia

10. Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) organized in _____ Kolkata

Champion of Champions Award _____ NMDC: National Mineral Development Corporation
Corporate Communication Excellence Awards _____ NMDC: National Mineral Development Corporation

11. To integrate Indian standards into the curriculum

BIS signed an agreement with ___ India's premier engineering schools: six

12. Former Health Secretary ____ appointed as a UPSC member Preeti Sudan
UPSC Chairman : Dr. Manoj Soni

13. Uttarakhand Government appoints _____ as its Brand Ambassador Prasoon Joshi

14. India’s first vaccine for fish. IIL partners with CIFE to develop
IIL : Indian Immunologicals Limited, Hyderabad

15. President of India approves Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act Amendment Bill
This Bill For Which City _____ Mumbai

MHADA : Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority

BMC : Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

16. Jharana Das Passes Away Veteran Odia Actress

17. Best Bank in India for 2022’ Canara

18. GoI Revised the SIPP scheme
Significantly raising the facilitation fees by at least ____%. 100 %
SIPP scheme was extended for ____years, until ___ 3 Yr, March 31, 2023
- for supporting Start-Ups Intellectual Property Protection.
SIPP : Start-Ups Intellectual Property Protection
SIPP was launched in ______ 2016
- to protect and promote Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of Startups, while encouraging innovation and creativity.

19. PLI scheme for drones

With a funding of Rs. _____ 120 cr
PLI scheme for drones Implementing period ____ 2022-23 to 2024-25
PLI : Production Linked Incentive

20. NPCI has extended the deadline for limiting volume cap to ___% for TPAP 30 %
This Volume Cap Applicable duration till ____ Dec 31, 2024
Present Volume Cap ____ there is no volume cap
TPAP : Third Party Payment Application Providers
UPI : Unified Payments Interface

21. ADB & ABIS Signs USD ___ Million Agreement to Support Fish Farming in India 16 M
About Asian Development Bank (ADB):
President – Masatsugu Asakawa
Establishment – 1966
Headquarters – Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines

22. Banker’s Bank of the Year Award 2022 Canara

23. Global Banking Summit London

24. Pride of Central India 2022’ Award

Farmkart Founder ____ Atul Patidar
Award Given By ____ Jyotiraditya Scindia

25. India to Assume Chairmanship of Wassenaar Arrangement on ____ 1st January

About Wassenaar Arrangement (WA):
- The WA is a Multilateral export control regime
- India joined the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) in ____ 2017

26. GoI has named How ______ Many uninhabited islands in Andaman & Nicobar 21
After recipients of _____ Param Vir Chakra
The first uninhabited island numbered ‘INAN370’ Somnath Dweep
- He was the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra. Major Somnath Sharma 1947