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- RBI has recently stopped Paytm Payments Bank Ltd from onboarding new customers under which section of which RBI Act?
A) section 25 A
B) section 27 A
C) section 31 A
D) section 35 A
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Option D
Explanation:The Reserve Bank of India has directed Paytm Payments Bank Ltd to stop the onboarding of new customers with immediate effect.RBI has taken this step under the power conferred to it under section 35 A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
- Who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the High Powered Committee (HPC) on the Chardham project by the Supreme Court?
A) Justice Indu Malhotra
B) Justice AK Sikri
C) Justice DY Chandrachud
D) Justice Surya Kant
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Option B
Explanation: The Supreme Court of India has appointed Justice (retd) AK Sikri as Chairperson of the High Powered Committee (HPC), of the Chardham project.
- Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of IRDAI in 2022?
A) A. Ramana Rao
B) Mamta Suri
C) Debasish Panda
D) Sanjay Kumar Verma
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Option C
Explanation: Debasish Panda has been appointed as the chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI).
- How many airports have been awarded as among the ‘Best Airport by Size and Region’, by the Airports Council International (ACI), in its Airport Service Quality (ASQ) survey for the year 2021?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6
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Option D
Explanation: From India, six airports have found place among the ‘Best Airport by Size and Region’, by the Airports Council International (ACI), in its Airport Service Quality (ASQ) survey for the year 2021.
- The UN recognised International Day of Women Judges was held for the first time on which day in 2022?
A) March 10
B) March 11
C) March 09
D) March 12
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Option A
Explanation: The first ever ‘International Day of Women Judges’ was observed on March 10, 2022 by all the Member States of United Nations.
- The first-ever Drone school has been inaugurated in which of these cities recently by the Minister of Civil Aviation?
A) Gurugram
B) Gwalior
C) Chandigarh
D) Dehradun
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Option B
Explanation: The Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan jointly inaugurated the first drone school in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh on March 10, 2022.
- Which state has announced creation of a new award named Sushma Swaraj Award to honour women for their contribution in different walks of life?
A) Delhi
B) Gujarat
C) Haryana
D) Maharashtra
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Option C
Explanation: The Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar has announced a new award named the ‘Sushma Swaraj Award’.The award will be given to women for their significant contribution and achievements in different walks of life in national and international spheres.
- The ‘Women@Work (WOW) Program’ has been launched by which state to increase the strength of women in the workforce?
A) Odisha
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Telangana
D) Karnataka
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Option D
Explanation: The Government of Karnataka has launched ‘Women@Work (WOW) Program’, in a bid to raise their workforce strength in workplaces by creating an equitable, inclusive and equal world for women.The Women@Work (W@W) programme aims to provide five lakh jobs within 2026 to women with necessary employable skills.
- On Board: My Years in BCCI is an autobiography of which person?
A) Diana Edulji
B) Ratnakar Shetty
C) Vinod Rai
D) Anjum Chopra
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Option B
Explanation: BCCI’s first and one of the longest serving Chief Administrative Officer, Ratnakar Shetty, has come out with his autobiography titled ‘On Board: My Years in BCCI’.
- Rafiq Tarar who has passed away, was the former President of which country?
A) Iraq
B) Afghanistan
C) Iran
D) Pakistan
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Option D
Explanation: Veteran Pakistani politician and former Supreme Court judge, Rafiq Tarar, has passed away due to prolonged illness. He was 92.Tarar served as the 9th President of Pakistan from January 1998 until his resignation in June 2001.
