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- The Asian Tea Alliance (ATA) is a union of how many Asian countries to promote tea trade?
A) Ten
B) Three
C) Five
D) Seven
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Option C
Explanation: A group of five tea-growing and consuming countries in Asia came together to set up Asian Tea Alliance (ATA) on April 19, in Guizhou in China to boost tea trade from these countries. The members of the alliance includes: Indian Tea Association, China Tea Marketing Association, Indonesian Tea Marketing Association, Sri Lanka Tea Board and Japan Tea Association.
- Cyber Defence Insurance is a new insurance product launched by which firm?
A) Reliance General Insurance
B) SBI General Insurance
C) Max Bupa Health Insurance
D) United India Insurance Company
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Option B
Explanation: SBI General Insurance (SBIG) has launched a new insurance product named – Cyber Defence Insurance. The insurance plan will offer cyber insurance to businesses. In the initial phase, it will focus on small medium-sized enterprise (SME), mid-market businesses.
- Who among these has won the Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award for 2018-19?
A) Indrajit Gupta
B) Ashok Krishna Dutt
C) Biren Roy
D) Sunil Kumar Gautam
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Option D
Explanation: Sunil Kumar Gautam, an IPS, Special Commissioner of Police, Operations, Delhi Police has been honored with the Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award for the year 2018-19 for his book Samvidhan Kavya.
- Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Twitter India?
A) Manish Maheshwari
B) Ashish Chauhan
C) Sandeep Srivastava
D) Gaurav Bhushan
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Option A
Explanation: Manish Maheshwari, ex-CEO of Network18 Digital has been appointed as the Managing Director of Twitter for its India Operation.
- Which among the following banks has become the first Destination Bank to go live with Net Banking and Debit Card-based e-mandate?
A) HDFC Bank
B) Kotak Mahindra Bank
C) Punjab National Bank
D) State Bank of India
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Option B
Explanation: Kotak Mahindra Bank has launched debit card-based e-mandate on NPCI’s API platform. With this Kotak Mahindra Bank has become the first Destination Bank to go live with Net Banking and Debit Card-based e-mandate authentication.
- The UAE Cabinet has approved the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy to become global leader in artificial intelligence by which year?
A) 2030
B) 2035
C) 2031
D) 2025
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Option C
Explanation: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Cabinet has adopted the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2031. The Strategy aims to put UAE as a global leader in artificial intelligence by 2031 and develop an integrated system to deploy artificial intelligence in vital areas in the country.
- When is the International Mother Earth Day celebrated globally?
A) Fourth Monday of April
B) April 20
C) April 21
D) April 22
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Option D
Explanation: Every year April 22 is observed as the International Mother Earth Day (or Earth Day). The day aims to spread awareness that “the Earth and its ecosystems are our home” and “it is necessary to promote harmony with nature and the Earth.”
- Volodymyr Zelensky has recently won the Presidential election of which country?
A) Ukraine
B) Palestine
C) Peru
D) Slovakia
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Option A
Explanation: Comedian and actor of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has won the 2019 Presidential electionof the country in a landslide victory.
- What does CyRUSS stands for in the new insurance plan Cyber Defence Insurance?
A) Cyber Risk Uninsured Solvency Slip
B) Cyber Risk Underwriting and Solution Suite
C) Cyber Risk Utmost Simple Solution
D) Cyber Risk Unfunded and Surplus Sum
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Option B
Explanation: The new insurance plan of SBI General Insurance comes with CyRUSS (Cyber Risk Underwriting and Solution Suite). CyRUSS is a cloud-based tool for commercial cyber polices including risk assessment, ongoing risk management and claim management as well.
- What is the theme for 2019 Earth Day?
A) Environmental and Climate Literacy
B) End Plastic Pollution
C) Protect Our Species
D) Trees for the Earth!
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Option C
Explanation: The theme for 2019 Earth Day is ‘Protect Our Species’
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