1. Which of the following institution recently launched the ‘Vision 2021’ document for e- payment system?
a) FICCI
b) RBI
c) NITI Aayog
d) SEBI
e)
Answer: Option (b)
2. Which of the following state has 35 per cent of the country’s Graphite deposits as per the Geological Survey of India (GSI)?
a) Odisha
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Assam
d) Tamil Nadu
e) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Option (b)
3. What is the name of the mission to the moon, that is set to be achieved by the National Aeronautics and Space Organization (NASA) in the year 2024?
a) Artemis
b) Voyager
c) Pioneer
d) Chandra
e) Juno
Answer: Option (a)
4. Which of the following country has recently blocked all editions of Wikipedia?
a) USA
b) China
c) Russia
d) Canada
e) India
Answer: Option (b)
5. Who was appointed as the brand ambassador of Merchant service and UPI payments app BharatPe?
a) Amitabh Bachchan
b) Shahrukh Khan
c) Aamir Khan
d) Salman Khan
e) Vicky
Answer: Option (d)
6. Who was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) Mutual Fund recently?
a) Girish Chandra Murmu
b) Subhash Chandra Garg
c) Vipin Anand
d) Dinesh Pangtey
e) Narendra Chandra
Answer: Option (d)
7. Which among the following retired Supreme Court judges has been appointed to the Supreme Court of Fiji?
a) Jagdish Singh Khehar
b) Arjan Kumar Sikri
c) Madan Bhimarao Lokur
d) Kurian Joseph
e) Ranjan Gogoi
Answer: Option (c)
8. The Union Home Ministry has extended the ban imposed on which among the following militant organizations for five more years?
a) LTTE
b) ISIS
c) LeT
d) JeM
e) None of the above
Answer: Option (a)
9. Name the Indian regulatory body, who’s subsidiary Nabventures has launched ‘NABVENTURES Fund I’ to provide support for agriculture, food and rural startups with a capital investment of Rs 700-crore.
a) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
b) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
c) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
d) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI)
e) Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
Answer: Option (a)
10. Where was the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP-14) held?
a) Beijing, China
b) Vienna, Austria
c) Geneva, Switzerland
d) Paris, France
e) New Delhi, India
Answer: Option (c)