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- The Reserve Bank of India has recently increased the cap on promoters’ stake in private bank to ___ percent of the paid-up voting equity share capital of the bank.
A) 26%
B) 15%
C) 21%
D) 18%
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Option A
Explanation: The cap on promoters’ stake in long run of 15 years has been raised from 15 percent (earlier) to 26 percent of the paid-up voting equity share capital of the bank.
- Who has been appointed as the new President of INTERPOL?
A) Juan Carlos HERNÁNDEZ
B) Garba Baba UMAR
C) Michael A. HUGHES
D) Ahmed Nasser AL-RAISI
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Option D
Explanation: Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been elected as the new President of INTERPOL (Headquarters: Lyon, France).
- Under RBI’s new directives, what is the minimum initial capital requirement to set up a new universal bank?
A) Rs 1000 crore
B) Rs 800 crore
C) Rs 700 crore
D) Rs 500 crore
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Option A
Explanation: The initial paid-up voting equity share capital/ net worth required to set up a new universal bank has been increased to ₹1000 crore (from present ₹500 crore).
- Which state has emerged as the poorest state in India at all dimensions in the inaugural national Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) released by NITI Aayog?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Bihar
D) Punjab
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Option C
Explanation: The government think tank Niti Aayog has released the first ever Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) to measure poverty at the national, State/UT, and district levels. As per the inaugural index, Bihar has been adjudged as the state with highest level of multidimensional poverty. 51.91 percent of the state’s population are multidimensionally poor.
- The joint Armed Force Exercise Dakshin Shakti 2021 was held in which place recently?
A) Pithoragarh
B) Jaisalmer
C) Agra
D) Pune
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Option B
Explanation: The Indian Army had organised the biggest military exercise called Dakshin Shakti in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer from November 19 to 22, 2021. Exercise Dakshin Shakti witnessed the participation of over 30,000 troops from the Army, Navy, IAF, Coast Guard, BSF and intelligence.
- RBI has recently imposed Rs 1 crore penalty on the State Bank of India for violating norms related to holding shares of amount exceeding 30 percent of the paid-up share capital of the companies as stated in subsection (2) of section ______of the Banking Regulation Act defines this rule?
A) Section 19
B) Section 21
C) Section 15
D) Section 28
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Option A
Explanation:The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 crore on State Bank of India (SBI) on November 26, 2021, for violating sub-section (2) of section 19 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. SBI held shares in the borrower companies of an amount exceeding 30 percent of the paid-up share capital of those companies.
- Sananta Tanty who has passed away recently was a Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Indian poet of which literature?
A) Malayalam
B) Marathi
C) Bengali
D) Assamese
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Option D
Explanation: Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Indian poet of Assamese literature Sananta Tanty has passed away after a prolonged illness. He was 69.
- INS Vela has been commissioned at which place by the Indian Navy?
A) Goa Shipyard Limited
B) Naval Dockyard Mumbai
C) Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam
D) Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
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Option B
Explanation: The Indian Navy formally commissioned the fourth Scorpene-class submarine INS Vela at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on November 25, 2021. INS Vela is the fourth in the series of six submarines being developed under the Kalvari-class submarine Project-75.
- Name the Indian candidate who has recently been elected as ‘Delegate for Asia’ on the executive committee of the INTERPOL?
A) Praveen Sinha
B) Srinivasan Doraiswamy
C) Anand Mahto
D) Ramani Bharadwaj
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Option A
Explanation: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Director Praveen Sinha has been elected as ‘Delegate for Asia’ on the executive committee of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).
- Which state in India has approved the proposal to launch the first Cyber Tehsils?
A) Gujarat
B) Uttarakhand
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Rajasthan
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Option C
Explanation: The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has approved the proposal to create Cyber Tehsils. Madhya Pradesh will be the first state in India to create Cyber Tehsil..
