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- BE(A)WARE is a booklet featuring modus operandi of financial frauds. The booklet has been released by which organisation?
A) SBI
B) RBI
C) NPCI
D) SEBI
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Option B
Explanation: Reserve Bank of India has launched a booklet named “BE(A)WARE” which features common modus operandi used by fraudsters and precautions to be taken while carrying out various financial transactions.
- RBI has launched a 24×7 Helpline for Digital Payments. What is the name of this initiative?
A) DigiSaathi
B) DigiYatra
C) DigiSuvidha
D) DigiPay
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Option A
Explanation: “DigiSaathi” is a 24×7 Helpline for Digital Payments.This service will provide users with automated responses on information related to digital payment products and services. Presently it is available in English and Hindi language.
- Name the UPI facility launched by RBI for feature phones?
A) UPI123green
B) UPI123digital
C) UPI123pay
D) UPI123go
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Option C
Explanation: The UPI123pay will provide the users of feature phones the option to use Unified Interface Payments (UPI) for making payments. For this, UPI123 pay presently offers four mediums/options to the users of feature phones to make UPI payments.
- In India, the Jan Aushadhi Diwas is observed on March 07 every year to raise awareness about the usages of generic medicines. The year 2022 marks which year of the annual celebration?
A) 5th
B) 8th
C) 6th
D) 4th
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Option D
Explanation: The 4th Jan Aushadhi Diwas was organised on March 07, 2022 to generate awareness about the usages of generic medicines and benefits of Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana.
- The PAN-India programme ‘Jharokha’ has been launched by the Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Textiles to promote traditional Indian handicrafts, handlooms, and art & culture. The inaugural celebration of the programme was held in which city?
A) Lucknow
B) Bhopal
C) Gurugram
D) Noida
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Option B
Explanation: The Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Textiles are organising a programme called “Jharokha-Compendium of Indian handicraft/ handloom, art and culture” to celebrate the traditional Indian handicrafts, handlooms, and art & culture. The first event under this celebration has been organized in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh at Rani Kamlapati Railway Station, on March 08, 2022, which also marks International Women’s Day.
- How many women were felicitated with the ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’ for the year 2020 and 2021, on the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 08, 2022?
A) 29
B) 31
C) 24
D) 18
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Option A
Explanation: Overall 29 women were conferred the award for the years 2020 and 2021 in recognition of their outstanding and exceptional work towards empowerment of women, especially the vulnerable and marginalised.
- The C-DAC has launched a new supercomputer named PARAM Ganga, with computing capacity of 1.66 petaflops. Where is the supercomputer installed?
A) IISER Pune
B) IIT Delhi
C) IIT Roorkee
D) IISc Bengaluru
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Option C
Explanation: The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has designed and commissioned a supercomputer named “PARAM Ganga”, at IIT Roorkee on March 07, 2022, under Phase II of National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).PARAM Ganga has a supercomputing capacity of 1.66 Petaflops.
- The 5th United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) concluded with how many resolutions?
A) 17
B) 9
C) 11
D) 14
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Option D
Explanation:The 5th United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) was held on a hybrid format in Nairobi from 28 February to 02 March 2022. The theme for UNEA-5 was “Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”.The assembly concluded with 14 resolutions
- Noor-2 is a military satellite launched by which country recently?
A) Israel
B) Iran
C) Singapore
D) Mali
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Option B
Explanation: The Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) successfully launched a military satellite, Noor-2, into orbit at an altitude of 500 kilometres (311 miles) from earth, on March 08, 2022. This is the second military satellite launched by Islamic Republic.
- Russia has overtaken which country to become the most sanctioned country in the world?
A) Syria
B) Afghanistan
C) Pakistan
D) Iran
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Option D
Explanation: Russia has become the most sanctioned country in the world, due to its invasion on Ukraine, according to a New York-based sanctions watchlist site Castellum.AI. Before this, Iran was the most sanctioned country, facing 3,616 sanctions against it over the last decade.
- India has scored 66 out of 100 in the Freedom in the World 2022 report released by Freedom House to assess the political rights and civil liberties of a country. India has been placed under which category of freedom?
A) Free
B) Not free
C) Partly free
D) Highly free
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Option C
Explanation: For the second consecutive year, India has been termed as ‘partly free’ country in terms of democracy and free society, according to the annual report titled “Freedom in the World 2022 – The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule” by Freedom House, a US-based NGO that ‘assesses political rights and civil liberties’.
- What is the theme of the Janaushadhi Diwas 2022?
A) Jan Aushadhi-Jan Upyogi
B) Achi Dawa, Sasti Dawa
C) Seva Bhi – Rozgar bhi
D) Ayushman Bharat, Swastha Samaj
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Option A
Explanation: The theme of Janaushadhi Diwas 2022 is “Jan Aushadhi-Jan Upyogi”.
