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- What is the projected GDP growth rate of India in the fiscal 2022-23 as per Fitch Ratings?
A) 8.9%
B) 8.7%
C) 8.5%
D) 8.3%
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Option C
Explanation: Fitch Ratings has slashed India’s GDP growth forecast for the fiscal FY 2022-2023 to 8.5 percent in its Global economic Outlook-March 2022.
- Which city has been adjudged as the world’s most polluted capital city in IQAir’s 2021 World Air Quality Report?
A) Dushanbe
B) Muscat
C) Dhaka
D) New Delhi
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Option D
Explanation:New Delhi has been ranked the world’s most polluted capital city for second consecutive year as per IQAir’s 2021 World Air Quality Report.
- The Phase-II of FAME India Scheme will be implemented for a period of five years till which fiscal year?
A) 2023-24
B) 2026-27
C) 2025-26
D) 2024-25
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Option A
Explanation:Ministry of Heavy Industries had notified Phase-II of FAME India Scheme for three years from April 2019 to March 2022. However, the government has extended the FAME II scheme for 2 years. So now this scheme will be applicable till March 2024.
- Name the winner of the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize
A) Shelley McNamara
B) Diebedo Francis Kere
C) Jean-Philippe Vassal
D) Anne Lacaton
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Option B
Explanation:Diebedo Francis Kere of Burkina Faso has been declared the 2022 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
- How many women have been awarded with the Women Transforming India Awards (WTI) in 2022?
A) 52
B) 12
C) 75
D) 32
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Option C
Explanation:The Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) of the NITI Aayog organised the 5th edition of the Women Transforming India Awards (WTI) on 21 March 2022. As part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, to celebrate 75 years of India’s independence, the WTI Awards have been conferred 75 women achievers for their contribution towards a ‘Sashakt Aur Samarth Bharat’.
- What is the name of the joint military training exercise between the Indian army and Uzbekistan which kicked off in March 2022 at Yangiarik?
A) Ex-Shared Destiny
B) Ex-Dustlik
C) Ex-Khanjar
D) Ex-Sea Breeze
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Option B
Explanation:The 3rd edition of the joint training exercise named EX-DUSTLIK between the Indian army and Uzbekistan army is being conducted at Yangiarik, Uzbekistan from 22 to 31 March 2022.
- What is the rank of India in Global House Price Index Q4 2021 as per Knight Frank?
A) 51
B) 49
C) 56
D) 45
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Option A
Explanation:India has improved its rank by five spots to be placed at 51st position in the ‘Global House Price Index Q4 2021’ released by property consultant Knight Frank. India was placed at 56th position in Q4 of 2020.
- Which day of the year is observed as the World Meteorological Day across the world?
A) 21 March
B) 22 March
C) 23 March
D) 24 March
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Option C
Explanation:The World Meteorological Day is celebrated every year on 23 March to commemorate the coming into force of the Convention for the establishment of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 23 March 1950
- The World Head Injury Awareness Day is celebrated globally on which day?
A) March 23
B) March 22
C) March 21
D) March 20
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Option D
Explanation:The World Head Injury Awareness Day is observed annually on March 20, to educate and foster. The theme for 2021-2023 campaign for world head injury awareness day is “More Than My Brain Injury”.
- March 23 is observed as the Martyrs Day to commemorate the death anniversary of which Indian freedom fighters?
A) Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivaram Rajguru
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Tegh Bahadur
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Option A
Explanation:Every year, March 23 is observed as Martyrs Day (also known as Shaheed Diwas or Sarvodaya Day) to commemorate the death anniversary of the freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivaram Rajguru, who laid their lives for the freedom of India.
- Late Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga was the former Prime Minister of which country?
A) Nigeria
B) Mali
C) Burkina Faso
D) Ghana
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Option B
Explanation:The former Prime Minister of Mali, Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga has passed away due to illness. He was 67. Maiga served as prime minister of Mali from 2017 until 2019.
- Wrist Assured is the autobiography of which former cricket player?
A) E. A. S. Prasanna
B) Dilip Vengsarkar
C) G.R. Viswanath
D) Sunil Gavaskar
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Option C
Explanation:The autobiography of former Indian cricketer Gundappa Ranganatha Viswanath, titled ‘Wrist Assured: An Autobiography’ was released on March 17, 2022
- What is the theme of the 2022 World Meteorological Day?
A) The Sun, the Earth and the Weather
B) The Ocean, Our Climate and Weather
C) Climate and Water
D) Early Warning and Early Action
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Option D
Explanation:The theme for 2022 World Meteorological Day is ‘ Early Warning and Early Action’.
- What is the total budget allocation for the Phase-II of FAME India Scheme by the Ministry of Heavy Industries?
A) Rs. 10,000 crore
B) Rs. 12,000 crore
C) Rs. 15,000 crore
D) Rs. 11,000 crore
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Option A
Explanation: Total budgetary support to Phase-II of FAME India Scheme for a period of five years is Rs. 10,000 crore, from financial year 2019-20 to 2023-24.
- The revised GDP growth rate of India in FY22 is projected at what percent by Fitch Ratings in March 2022 Outlook?
A) 8.1%
B) 8.7%
C) 8.5%
D) 8.4%
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Option B
Explanation: The Rating agency Fitch has revised upwards the GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal FY 2021-2022, by 0.6 percentage points to 8.7 percen
