Day17 Flashcards
Who was appointed as the Deputy National Security Adviser in National Security Council Secretariat for a period of two years?
A)Narendra Varma
B) Pankaj Kumar Singh
C)Rahul Rashtogi
D)Arun Kumar Singh
Retired director general of the Border Security Force (BSF), Pankaj Kumar Singh was appointed as the Deputy National Security Adviser in National Security Council Secretariat for a period of two years.
The Indian district of ________ has become the country’s first constitution literate district.
A) Indore
B) Pune
C) Kollam
D) Jaipur
The Indian district of Kollam has become the country’s first constitution literate district. The announcement was made by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said any person looking to acquire more than __________________ stake in a bank will need prior approval from the regulator.
A)5%
B)9%
C)7%
D) 11.5%
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said any person looking to acquire more than 5 per cent stake in a bank will need prior approval from the regulator.
The Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) has discontinued the scheme of interest subsidy on education loans for overseas studies named Padho Pardesh, which of the following banks was the designated nodal bank of the scheme?
A) IDFC
B) HDFC
C) Canara
D) Federal
All banks were notified by the Indian Banks’ Association last month about the discontinuation of the Padho Pardesh Interest Subsidy Scheme from 2022-23. The scheme so far was being implemented through Canara Bank, the designated nodal bank.
Which of the following payments banks has received final approval from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as a Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit?
A)India Payments Bank
B) Mobikwik Post Payments Bank
C)JIO Payments Bank
D) Paytm Payments Bank
Paytm Payments Bank has received final approval from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as a Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit
Indian Scientists have first identified and reported the solitary waves in the magnetosphere of which planet with the help of high-resolution electric field data recorded by a Nasa spacecraft?
A) Uranus
B) Jupiter
C) Neptune
D)Earth
The Navi Mumbai-based Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), has identified and reported the solitary waves in the Martian magnetosphere with the help of high-resolution electric field data recorded by a Nasa spacecraft.
Who has received the first-ever Federal Bank Literary Award 2022 for his autobiography ‘Oranweshananthinte Katha’?
A)Ranjit Sethi
B)Aayush Mukherji
C)Vedna Sharma
D)K Venu
Noted writer K Venu has bagged the first-ever Federal Bank Literary Award 2022 for his autobiography ‘Oranweshananthinte Katha’.
Recently, India has announced the donation of 12,500 doses of pentavalent vaccines to which country?
A) France
B) Netherlands
C) South Korea
D) Cuba
India has announced, the donation of 12,500 doses of pentavalent vaccines to Cuba. The pentavalent vaccine provides protection to a child from five life-threatening diseases Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Hepatitis B and Hib.
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has informed that by which year the entire country will be covered by the Doppler weather radar network to predict extreme weather events more accurately?
A)2026
B)2023
C)2024
D)2025
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has informed that by 2025, the entire country will be covered by the Doppler weather radar network.
Which Indian has been ranked number 2 globally on the Brand Guardianship Index 2023?
A) Anand Mahindra
B)Ambani
C)Sunil Bharti Mittal
D) Adani
On the Brand Guardianship Index 2023, billionaire Mukesh Ambani rated first among Indians and second internationally, surpassing Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Google’s Sundar Pichai. Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, topped the global list. The Brand Guardianship Index, developed by Brand Finance, a leading worldwide independent brand consultant, is a global acknowledgment of CEOs who are creating long-term company value by balancing the requirements of all stakeholders – employees, investors, and society at large.
