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MCQ 2024 Current Affairs MCQ) c. Pakistan

d. Bangladesh

Answer: (a) India

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#Sprt • The 2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup was the 9th
edition of the Women's Asia Cup. The tournament
टे स्ट मैच ों में 12000 रन पूरे करने वाले सातवें खिलाड़ी कौन was played by eight teams - Bangladesh, India,
बन गए हैं? Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, United Arab
Emirates, Nepal and Thailand. The tournament was
Who has become the seventh player to complete 12000
hosted by Sri Lanka.
runs in Test matches?
• In the final, Sri Lanka defeated India by 8 wickets
a. Joe Root
at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium to win
b. Virat Kohli their maiden Asia Cup title.

c. Ben Stokes  Player of the final match: Sri Lanka’s Harshitha

Samarawickrama
d. Steve Smith
 Player of the series: Sri Lanka’s Chamari
Answer: (a) Joe Root
Athapaththu
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 Most runs: Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu
• England's Joe Root accomplished a remarkable (304)
feat during Test match against West Indies at
 Most wickets: India’s Deepti Sharma (10)
Edgbaston. He became the second-youngest player
in the history of cricket to surpass the impressive • Out of the nine editions of women's continental
milestone of 12,000 runs in Test matches. tournament, India has won seven while
Bangladesh won one title.
• The 33-year-old is now only the seventh player
ever to reach this significant landmark. During the
process, he also surpassed Brian Lara’s (11,953)
Test runs to become the seventh-highest run- बे खियम ग्ाों प्ऱी ककसने ज़ीता?
getter in Test history.
Who won Belgian Grand Prix?
• Among English cricketers, he is the second to
accomplish this feat, following in the footsteps of a. Lance Stroll
Alastair Cook, who holds the record for being the
b. George Russell
youngest player to attain this milestone.
c. Lewis Hamilton

d. Max Verstappen
श्ऱीलोंका ने ककस दे श क हराकर अपना पहला मकहला ट्वें ट़ी-20
एकशया कप खिताब ज़ीता? Answer: (c) Lewis Hamilton

Sri Lanka defeated which country to win its maiden Related Imp Points
Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup title? • Mercedes driver George Russell has been
a. India disqualified and lost his Belgium Grand Prix win,
after his car was found to be underweight, and his

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teammate Lewis Hamilton is promoted to first
place.

• The inherited win means Hamilton has now won फेंसर श्रेया गु प्ता ने कॉमनवेल्थ जूकनयर और कैडे ट
the Belgian Grand Prix five times. चैखियनकशप 2024 में कौन सा पदक ज़ीता?

 Hamilton also won British GP this season. Which medal did Fencer Shreya Gupta win in the
Commonwealth Junior and Cadet Championship 2024?

a. Gold
मनु भाकर ने पे ररस ओलोंकपक में ककस स्पर्ाा में काोंस्य पदक b. Silver
ज़ीता?
c. Bronze
In which event did Manu Bhaker win her bronze medal at
d. None of the above
the Paris Olympics?
Answer: (c) Bronze
a. Women’s skeet
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b. Women’s 50m rifle
• Prominent ace fencer of Jammu and Kashmir,
c. Women’s 25m pistol
Shreya Gupta, has won her first-ever individual
d. Women’s 10m air pistol medal at the international level by clinching the
Sabre category bronze medal in the ongoing
Answer: (d) Women’s 10m air pistol Commonwealth Junior and Cadet Championship
Related Imp Points 2024 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

• Manu Bhaker became the first woman shooter • In the semifinals, Shreya lost to Juliet Mind of
from India ever to win an Olympics medal, after Singapore in a tight finish by a score of 15-11.
claiming a bronze medal in the women’s 10m air
pistol event at the Paris Olympics.

• She was just 0.1 behind Kim Yeji when she was कौन सा शहर 2034 में XXVII श़ीतकाल़ीन ओलोंकपक और
eliminated in the final. Kim eventually won a silver पै राकलोंकपक िेल ों क़ी मेजबाऩी करे गा?
medal while her Korean compatriot Oh Ye Jin
claimed a gold medal. Which city will host the XXVII Winter Olympics and
Paralympics Games in 2034?
• The last time an Indian woman shooter had
reached the final, it was Suma Shirur, who had a. Denver
blazed a trail into the final of the 10m air rifle b. Calgary
event at the Athens Olympics held in Greece’s
capital in 2004. c. Vancouver

• Bhaker is only the fifth Indian to win a medal in d. Salt Lake City
shooting.
Answer: (d) Salt Lake City
• Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won India’s first Related Imp Points
Olympic medal in shooting with a silver at Athens
2004 in the men’s double trap. Abhinav Bindra won • Salt Lake City in Utah state of the USA will host the
India’s only gold medal in shooting in the men’s XXVII Winter Olympics and Paralympics Games in
10m air rifle at Beijing 2008. Gagan Narang (men’s 2034.
10m air rifle) and Vijay Kumar (men’s 25m rapid • The decision was taken by the IOC Members during
fire pistol) won silver and bronze, respectively, at the 142nd IOC Session in Paris. Salt Lake City
the London 2012 Games.
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hosted the Winter Olympics for the first time in • This is the second ATP Tour title of the year for the
2002. Indo-French pair. Bhambri and Olivetti also won
the Bavarian International Tennis Championships
 Note: The French Alps will host the XXVI Olympic
in Munich in April.
and Paralympic Winter Games 2030.

कलएों डर पे स और कवजय अमृतराज इों टरने शनल टे कनस हॉल

नॉकडा या ओपन 2024 ककसने ज़ीता?
ऑफ फेम में शाकमल ह ने वाले पहले भारत़ीय हैं । ककतने अन्य
Who won Nordea Open 2024? ल ग इस प्रकतकित क्लब का कहस्सा हैं?
a. Rafael Nadal Leander Paes and Vijay Amritraj are the first Indians to be
inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. How
b. Nuno Borges
many others are part of the illustrious club?
c. Jannik Sinner
a. 264
d. Carlos Alcaraz
b. 177
Answer: (b) Nuno Borges
c. 256
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d. 300
• Portuguese Nuno Borges defeated Rafael Nadal to
win his maiden ATP Tour title at the Nordea Open Answer: (a) 264
in Bastad, Sweden. Related Imp Points

• Nuno Borges is a Portuguese professional tennis • Former Indian tennis players Leander Paes and
player. Vijay Amritraj became the first Asian men to be
inducted into the International Tennis Hall of
Fame. They are inducted as its 265th and 267th
members.
खिस ओपन 2024 क़ी युगल ज़ीत में युक़ी भाोंबऱी के ज ड़ीदार
कौन रहे? • While Paes was inducted under the player
category, Amritraj made it into the coveted club
Who was Yuki Bhambri's partner in the doubles victory at under the contributor category. With the induction
the Swiss Open 2024? of Paes and Amritraj, India became the 28th nation
a. Nicolas Mahut to be represented in the Hall of Fame.

b. Albano Olivetti • The announcement was made during a ceremony

in in Newport, Rhode Island, the United States of
c. Adrian Mannarino America. Veteran British journalist Richard Evans
was the other inductee into the Hall of Fame at the
d. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
event.
Answer: (b) Albano Olivetti
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• Indian tennis player Yuki Bhambri and his French टू र ड़ी फ़्ाोंस 2024 ककसने ज़ीता?
partner Albano Olivetti won the Swiss Open 2024 Who won Tour de France 2024?
doubles event after defeating the French pair of
Fabrice Martin and Ugo Humbert in the final. a. Tadej Pogačar

b. Miguel Induráin

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c. Remco Evenepoel  Most Promising Player of the Year : David
Lahlansanga from Mohammedan Sporting.
d. Jonas Vingegaard
 Best Male Coach of the Year: Khalid Jamil of
Answer: (a) Tadej Pogačar
Jamshedpur FC
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 Best Female Coach of the Year : Shukla Dutta,
• Tadej Pogacar won the Tour de France for the third current coach of the India U-19 team
time. He had also won it in 2020 and 2021.
 Referee of the Year: Ramachandran Venkatesh
• He became the first cyclist to secure the Giro
d’Italia and Tour de France in the same year since
the late Marco Pantani in 1998. सुकमत नागल ने चौथे उच्चतम-रैं क वाले भारत़ीय पु रुष टे कनस
• Tadej Pogačar is a Slovenian professional cyclist खिलाड़ी बनने के कलए ककसक़ी रैं ककोंग क पार ककया?
who currently rides for UAE Team Emirates. Whose ranking did Sumit Nagal surpass to become the
• The Tour de France is an annual men's multiple- fourth highest-ranked Indian man in tennis?
stage bicycle race held primarily in France. The a. Sashi Menon
2024 Tour de France was the 111th edition of the
race. It started in Florence, Italy, on 29 June, and b. Leander Paes
finished in Nice, France, on 21 July. The modern
c. Rohan Bopanna
editions of the Tour de France consist of 21 day-
long stages over a 23 or 24 day period and cover d. Mahesh Bhupathi
approximately 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi) total.
Answer: (a) Sashi Menon
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म हम्मडन स्प कटिं ग के ककस खिलाड़ी क AIFF द्वारा म स्ट • India’s Sumit Nagal (Jhajjar, Haryana) has achieved
प्रॉकमकसोंग प्लेयर ऑफ द ईयर का पु रस्कार कमला? a career-best ranking of world No. 68 in tennis in
Which player from Mohammedan Sporting received the the men’s singles category.
Most Promising Player of the Year award by the AIFF? • He moved past former world No. 71 Sashi Menon
a. Khalid Jamil to become the fourth highest-ranked Indian man
since 1973.
b. Ujjal Halder
• Only Vijay Amritraj (ranked 18th in 1980), Ramesh
c. David Lahlansanga Krishnan (ranked 23rd in 1985) and Somdev
Devvarman (ranked 62nd in 2011) have been placed
d. Lallianzuala Chhangte
higher than Sumit Nagal in the ATP men’s singles
Answer: (c) David Lahlansanga rankings.
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• Accolades were bestowed upon distinguished पे ररस ओलोंकपक के कलए ब़ीस़ीस़ीआई ने भारत़ीय ओलोंकपक
players and coaches for their exceptional सोंघ (आईओए) क ककतना कवत्त़ीय य गदान कदया है ?
contributions to Indian football by the All India
Football Federation (AIFF). How much financial contribution has the BCCI made to
the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for Paris Olympics?
• Among the recipients, Lallianzuala Chhangte
(Mumbai City FC) and Indumathi Kathiresan a. Rs 5 crore
(Odisha FC) were honoured as the AIFF's Male and
b. Rs 7 crore
Female Player of the Year, respectively.

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c. Rs 10 crore c. Bubba Watson

d. Rs 8.5 crore d. Xander Schauffele

Answer: (d) Rs 8.5 crore Answer: (d) Xander Schauffele

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• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) • Xander Schauffele emerged winner in the 152nd
announced financial assistance to the Paris British Open.
Olympics-bound Indian athletes, contributing Rs
• Schauffele is an American professional golfer who
8.5 crore to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
plays on the PGA Tour. He has won two major
for their campaign.
championships this year, the 2024 PGA
• The Indian contingent for the Paris Olympics Championship and 2024 Open Championship.
includes 117 athletes – comprising 70 males and
47 females – and 140 support staff members. The
2024 Paris Olympics will begin on the 26th of July. वर्ल्ा चैंकपयनकशप ऑफ ल़ीजेंड्स ज़ीतने के कलए इों कडया
 Note: South Korean boy band BTS (Bangtan Boys) चैंकपयोंस ने ककसे हराया?
member Jin becomes first ever K-Pop idol to carry Who did the India Champions defeat to win the World
2024 Paris Olympic Games torch. Championship of Legends?

a. England Champions

हों गेररयन ग्ाों प्ऱी में अपना पहला फॉमूाला वन खिताब ककसने b. Pakistan Champions
ज़ीता? c. Sri Lanka Champions
Who bagged his first ever Formula One title, at the d. South Africa Champions
Hungarian Grand Prix?
Answer: (b) Pakistan Champions
a. Lance Stroll
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b. Lando Norris
• India Champions emerged as the winners of the
c. Oscar Piastri inaugural edition of the World Championship of
Legends as they beat Pakistan Champions by 5
d. Max Verstappen
wickets held in Birmingham, U.K.
Answer: (c) Oscar Piastri
• Led by Yuvraj Singh, India successfully chased a
Related Imp Points target of 157 runs in 19.1 overs.

• Oscar Piastri took his first Formula One win at the • EaseMyTrip World Championship of Legends is a
Hungarian Grand Prix 2024. Twenty20 cricket tournament which features
retired international cricketers from various
• Piastri is an Australian racing driver currently
nations that was approved by the England and
competing in Formula One for McLaren.
Wales Cricket Board. The series has featured sides
from 6 countries - Australia, England, India,
Pakistan, South Africa and West Indies.
152वाों किकटश ओपन ककस ग ल्फर ने ज़ीता?

Which golfer won the 152nd British Open?

मकहला T20I में भारत के कलए सबसे अकर्क रन बनाने वाल़ी
a. Justin Rose
खिलाड़ी कौन बन गई हैं?
b. Shane Lowry
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Who has become the highest run-scorer for India in honourable mention at the just concluded 65th
women's T20I? IMO held at Bath, United Kingdom.

a. Shefali Verma • The six-member team was led by Professor

Krishnan Sivasubramanian of the Department of
b. Deepti Sharma
Mathematics at IIT-Bombay.
c. Smriti Mandhana
• Globally, Team USA, China, and South Korea
d. Harmanpreet Kaur finished as the top three winners in that order. At
fourth place, India’s total score at the Olympiad is
Answer: (d) Harmanpreet Kaur 167 just one mark behind South Korea’s at third
Related Imp Points spot.

• Harmanpreet Kaur has become the top-scorer for • This is the best performance by an Indian in IMO
India in Women's T20Is getting past Smriti since the country’s debut in 1989 both in terms of
Mandhana. Kaur is now on 3415 runs while number of Gold medals won and rank achieved.
Mandhana is second-highest with 3378 runs. India’s previous best rank achieved until 2024 was
Harmanpreet Kaur went past Mandhana's tally in rank 7 , at IMO 1998 and IMO 2001.
her 171st T20I for India.

• Kaur also went past Meg Lanning to become

second highest run scorer in Women's T20I history. क़ीकता पहल का लक्ष्य क्या है ?
Kaur now has 3,415 runs while Lanning had 3,405.
Only Suzie Bates (NZ) is above Kaur in the list with What is the goal of the KIRTI initiative?
4,348 runs. a. To improve public health

b. To promote cultural heritage

c. To enhance financial literacy

यूनाइटे ड ककोंगडम में आय कजत अों तरााष्ट्ऱीय गकित़ीय
ओलोंकपयाड (IMO) 2024 में भारत क़ी वै किक रैं क क्या थ़ी? d. To nurture sports talent across India
What was India’s global rank in the International Answer: (d) To nurture sports talent across India
Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2024, held in United
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Kingdom?
• Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of Youth Affairs
a. First
and Sports inaugurated the second phase of the
b. Third Khelo India Rising Talent Identification (KIRTI)
initiative in New Delhi. This ambitious project aims
c. Fourth to revolutionize India’s approach to discovering
d. Second and nurturing sports talent at the grassroots level.

Answer: (c) Fourth • KIRTI, envisioned as an integrated talent

identification architecture, leverages modern ICT
Related Imp Points tools and global best practices.
• A six-member student team from India have
• With a target of conducting 20 lakh assessments
secured the country its best performance ever in
in the 2024-25 period, the project seeks to
the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)
onboard all states in this nationwide talent hunt.
2024. The Indian contingent of high school
This second phase follows the successful launch of
students came in fourth rank globally securing four
KIRTI’s first phase in Chandigarh on March 12th
Gold medals, one silver medal and one
earlier this year.

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कौन सा दे श 2025 में ओलोंकपक ईस्प ट्ा स गे म्स क़ी मेजबाऩी • In women’s singles, India’s Tasnim Mir clinched
करे गा? the title, defeating compatriot Rakshitha Sree. in
the final.
Which country will host Olympics Esports Games in 2025?

a. UAE

b. China कवों बलडन 2024 फाइनल में न वाक ज क कवच क ककसने

हराया?
c. South Korea
Who defeated Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon 2024
d. Saudi Arabia
final?
Answer: (d) Saudi Arabia
a. Rafael Nadal
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b. Henry Patten
• The International Olympic Committee has
c. Carlos Alcaraz
announced that Saudi Arabia will be the host
nation for the first-ever Olympics Esports Games, d. Daniil Medvedev
set to take place in 2025.
Answer: (c) Carlos Alcaraz
 Saudi Arabia will also host the 2027 Asian Cup in
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men’s football, the 2029 Asian Winter Games, and
the multi-sport 2034 Asian Games in Riyadh. The • Novak Djokovic failed to win record-equalling 8th
2034 FIFA World Cup is set to be hosted in Saudi Wimbledon title at the Centre Court in London.
Arabia. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) defeated Djokovic in the
Wimbledon 2024 final to win his back-to-back All
England Tennis Championship in London.

सेंट-डे कनस ऱीयूकनयन ओपन 2024 में पु रुष एकल का खिताब • Djokovic have 7 Wimbledon titles to his name.
ककसने ज़ीता? Roger Federer has won most 8 Wimbledon titles.

Who won the men's singles title at the Saint-Denis • Barbora Krejčíková (Czech Republic) defeated
Reunion Open 2024? Jasmine Paolini in the final to win the ladies'
singles Wimbledon title.
a. Lakshya Sen
• The winner of men's singles final in Wimbledon
b. Prannoy H. S. 2024 will pocket 2,700,000 Sterling pound
c. Srikanth Kidambi ($3,427,396), which is 283,500,000 in Indian
rupees.
d. Tharun Mannepalli
 Men's doubles: Finland’s Harri Heliövaara / United
Answer: (d) Tharun Mannepalli Kingdom’s Henry Patten
Related Imp Points  Women's doubles: Czech Republic’s Kateřina
• In Badminton, Indian shuttlers bagged the men’s Siniaková / United States’ Taylor Townsend
and women’s singles titles at the Saint-Denis  Mixed doubles: Poland’s Jan Zieliński / Chinese
Reunion Open 2024, in Saint-Denis, the capital of Taipei’s Hsieh Su-wei
the French overseas département of Réunion in the
Western Indian Ocean.

•
In Men’s singles, India’s Tharun Mannepalli अजेंट़ीना ने फाइनल में ककसे हराकर 2024 क पा अमेररका
defeated Yudai Okimoto of Japan in straight sets ज़ीता?
to win his second title of the year.
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Who did Argentina defeat in the final to win the 2024 UEFA for the European men's national teams of its
Copa America? member associations.

a. Chile • The Union of European Football Associations

(UEFA) is a continental body of governance in
b. Brazil
association football. It is headquartered in Nyon,
c. Uruguay Switzerland.

d. Colombia

Answer: (d) Colombia

ककस स्प ट्ा स िाोंड ने आकर्काररक फुटकवयर पाटा नर के कलए
Related Imp Points भारत़ीय ओलोंकपक सोंघ (IOA) के साथ अपऩी साझे दाऱी क़ी
• Argentina won its 16th Copa America title by घ षिा क़ी?
beating Colombia 1-0. Which sports brand announced its partnership with the
• Argentina's latest title comes on the back of their Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for official footwear
triumphs at the 2022 World Cup and 2021 Copa partner?
America. a. Nike
• The 2024 Copa América was the 48th edition of the b. Puma
Copa América, the quadrennial international
men's soccer championship organized by South c. Adidas
America's football ruling body CONMEBOL. The
d. Reebok
tournament was held in the United States from
June 20 to July 14, 2024. Answer: (b) Puma
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स्पे न ने फाइनल में ककसे हराकर यूईएफए यूर 2024 खिताब • Sports brand Puma India announced its
ज़ीता? partnership with the Indian Olympic Association
(IOA) as their Official Footwear Partner for the
Who did Spain defeat in the final to win the UEFA Euro Indian contingent to the Paris Olympics. It has
2024 title? also launched a large-scale outdoor campaign to
leverage on this partnership.
a. Italy
• Titled “See the Game Like We Do”, the brand’s
b. France
campaign features double Olympic medallist PV
c. England Sindhu, Olympic bronze medallist and hockey
goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and Asian Games medallist
d. Germany
Kishore Jena.
Answer: (c) England
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• Spain won a record-breaking 4th UEFA European 2024 ओलोंकपक िेल ों के कलए पे ररस जाने वाल़ी भारत़ीय ट़ीम
Championship, defeating England 2-1 in the Euro क कौन प्राय कजत करे गा?
2024 final in Berlin, Germany. Which group will be sponsoring the Indian team traveling
• The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship to Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games?
(UEFA Euro 2024) was the 17th edition of the UEFA a. Tata Group
European Championship, the quadrennial
international football championship organised by b. Adani Group

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c. Reliance Group d. Tejinderpal Singh Toor

d. Mahindra Group Answer: (b) Neeraj Chopra

Answer: (b) Adani Group Related Imp Points

Related Imp Points • Defending champion Neeraj Chopra will headline a

28-member Indian athletics contingent at the Paris
• Adani Group will be sponsoring the Indian team
Olympics starting July 26.
travelling to Paris for the 2024 Olympics Games.
• The squad comprises 17 men and 11 women
 Note: Indian shuttler PV Sindhu, along with tennis
athletes.
star Sharath Kamal, will be India's Flag Bearer at
Paris Olympics 2024. • World Athletics has introduced marathon race
walk mixed-relay event, while men's 50km race
walk has been excluded from the Olympics
programme.
ककस भारत़ीय क जून के कलए ICC मकहला खिलाड़ी नाकमत
ककया गया?

Which Indian was named ICC’s Women’s Player of the हाल ह़ी में ITF प्र खिताब ज़ीतने वाल़ी त़ीसऱी भारत़ीय मकहला
Month for June? टे कनस खिलाड़ी कौन बऩी है ?

a. Deepti Sharma Who has recently become the third Indian women's
tennis player to win an ITF pro title?
b. Smriti Mandhana
a. Sania Mirza
c. Harmanpreet Kaur
b. Ankita Raina
d. Jemimah Rodrigues
c. Rutuja Bhosale
Answer: (b) Smriti Mandhana
d. Sahaja Yamalapalli
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Answer: (d) Sahaja Yamalapalli
• The International Cricket Council (ICC) has
revealed the winners of the ICC Player of the Related Imp Points
Month awards for June 2024 with India’s Jasprit
• Sahaja Yamalapalli has become only the third
Bumrah and Smriti Mandhana getting the honours.
Indian women’s tennis player to win an ITF pro
• The double-win marks the first time the ICC Men’s title when she clinched the honours in the SoCal
and Women’s Player of the Month represent the Pro Series in the United States.
same country since the awards began in 2021.
• Sahaja joined Sania Mirza and Karman Thandi to
achieve this feat.

पे ररस ओलोंकपक में 28 सदस्य़ीय भारत़ीय एथलेकटक्स दल का

ने तृत्व कौन करे गा?
भारत़ीय किकेटर आर. अकिन कजस अमेररकन गै खिट् स ट़ीम
Who will lead the 28-member Indian athletics contingent
के सह-माकलक बने हैं उसका सोंबोंर् ककस िेल से है?
at the Paris Olympics?
The American Gambits team of which Indian cricketer R.
a. Jyothi Yarraji
Ashwin has become the co-owner is related to which
b. Neeraj Chopra sport?

c. Avinash Sable a. Chess

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c. Football ककसने ज़ीता?

d. Basketball Who clinched the women's 50kg category gold medal at

the Grand Prix of Spain?
Answer: (a) Chess
a. Sakshi Malik
Related Imp Points
b. Geeta Phogat
• India off-spinner R. Ashwin has become a co-
owner of the American Gambits, a new team c. Babita Phogat
which will feature in the second edition of Global d. Vinesh Phogat
Chess League, a joint venture between Tech
Mahindra and International Chess Federation. Answer: (d) Vinesh Phogat

• American Gambits is owned by Prachura PP and Related Imp Points

Venkat K Narayana and the team will replace • Top Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat clinched the
Chingari Gulf Titans. women's 50kg gold medal at the Grand Prix of
• The Global Chess League is an over-the-board Spain.
rapid chess league comprising six franchises. • The two-time World Championship bronze
Teams have six players each. The inaugural season medallist defeated Mariia Tiumerekova 10-5 in the
took place in Dubai from June 21 to July 2, 2023. final to bag the gold.
• The five other franchise are Alpine SG Pipers, PBG
Alaskan Knights, Ganges Grandmasters, Triveni
Continental Kings and Mumba Masters. ककस भारत़ीय स्क्वैश खिलाड़ी ने एकशयन डबल्स स्क्वैश
चैंकपयनकशप में पु रुष युगल और कमकश्रत युगल द न ों खिताब
ज़ीते?

ककस मकसाड़ीज़ डर ाइवर ने किकटश ग्ाों प्ऱी ज़ीता? Which Indian squash player won both the men’s doubles
and mixed doubles titles at the Asian Doubles Squash
Which Mercedes driver won the British Grand Prix?
Championships?
a. Lando Norris
a. Abhay Singh
b. Carlos Sainz
b. Ramit Tandon
c. Lewis Hamilton c. Saurav Ghosal
d. Max Verstappen
d. Mahesh Mangaonkar
Answer: (c) Lewis Hamilton Answer: (a) Abhay Singh
Related Imp Points
Related Imp Points
• Lewis Hamilton won the British Grand Prix at • In the Asian Doubles Squash Championships,
Silverstone. It was his first victory since Saudi
India’s Abhay Singh won both the men’s doubles
Arabia in 2021 and after 945 days. It was also his and mixed doubles titles in Johor, Malaysia.
104th Formula One victory.
• Abhay was paired with Velavan Senthilkumar in the
• Sir Lewis Hamilton is a British racing driver
men’s doubles.
competing in Formula One, driving for Mercedes.
• Abhay combined with veteran Joshna Chinappa
 Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in later to also clinch the mixed doubles title.
England.
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खिताब ज़ीता?
Who won Dutch MotoGP and German MotoGP?
Who did Dhruv Sitwala defeat to win the men's Asian
a. Enea Bastianini
billiards title?
b. Franco Morbidelli
a. B Bhaskar
c. Francesco Bagnaia
b. Rupesh Shah
d. Marc Márquez Alentà
c. Pankaj Advani
Answer: (c) Francesco Bagnaia
d. Sourav Kothari
Related Imp Points
Answer: (c) Pankaj Advani
• Two-time defending world champion Francesco
Related Imp Points
Bagnaia won the Dutch MotoGP sprint at Assen.
• India’s Dhruv Sitwala and Anupama Ramachandran He also won German MotoGP.
clinched the men’s Asian billards and women’s
• Francesco Bagnaia is an Italian Grand Prix
snooker titles in the Asian championships in
motorcycle racer competing in MotoGP for the
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia recently.
Ducati Lenovo Team.
• Dhruv Sitwala defeated Pankaj Advani. Anupama
Ramachandran defeated Panchaya Channoi
(Thailand).
कनम्नकलखित में से ककस खिलाड़ी क T20 कवि कप 2024 के
कलए ICC क़ी ट़ीम ऑफ द टू र्नामेंट में शाकमल नह़ी ों ककया गया?
पे ररस डायमोंड ल़ीग में पु रुष ों क़ी भाला फेंक में ििा पदक Which of the following players was not included in the
ककसने ज़ीता? ICC’s team of the tournament for the T20 World Cup
2024?
Who won the gold medal in men's javelin throw at the
Paris Diamond League? a. Virat Kohli

a. Magnus Kirt b. Rohit Sharma

b. Julian Weber c. Hardik Pandya

c. Johannes Vetter d. Suryakumar Yadav

d. Anderson Peters Answer: (a) Virat Kohli

Answer: (b) Julian Weber Related Imp Points

Related Imp Points • Six cricketers from India’s title-winning squad have
made the cut for the ICC’s team of the
• India's Kishore Jena finished 8th in men's javelin
tournament for the recently-concluded T20 World
throw at the Paris Diamond League.
Cup 2024 in the USA and the West Indies. While
• Neeraj Chopra skipped the event to prepare for Virat Kohli was named the player of the match for
Olympics 2024. the final, he missed out on the XI.

• Germany's Julian Weber with the throw of 85.91m • The Indian cricket team defeated South Africa in
won the gold medal. the T20 World Cup final to claim their second title
at the T20 World Cup.

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 Indian players in the team of the T20 World Cup c. Basketball Federation of India (BFI)
2024: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik
d. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
Pandya, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep
Singh. Answer: (c) Basketball Federation of India (BFI)
 Other players in the team of the T20 World Cup Related Imp Points
2024: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan), Nicholas
• The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) has signed
Pooran (West Indies), Marcus Stoinis (Australia),
a seven-year deal with ACG Sports Limited, with a
Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Fazalhaq Farooqi
guarantee of Rs.216.30 crore for hosting the
(Afghanistan).
National Star Basketball League for men and
 Note: BCCI Secretary Jay Shah announced prize women. The league is expected to feature 10
money of INR 125 Crores for Team India for men’s teams, and eight women’s teams.
winning the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024.
• BFI

 President: Aadhav Arjuna

भारत के सुहास यकतराज ने BWF पै रा बै डकमोंटन कवि रैं ककोंग में  Headquarters: New Delhi
ककस खिलाड़ी क प़ीछे छ ड श़ीषा स्थान प्राप्त ककया?

Whom did India’s Suhas Yathiraj displace to claim the top

spot in the BWF Para Badminton World Rankings? ककस मकसाड़ीज़ डर ाइवर ने ऑखस्टर याई ग्ाों प्ऱी ज़ीता?

a. Lucas Mazur Which Mercedes driver won the Austrian Grand Prix?

b. Manasi Joshi a. Lando Norris

c. Tarun Dhillon b. Carlos Sainz

d. Pramod Bhagat c. George Russell

Answer: (a) Lucas Mazur d. Max Verstappen

Related Imp Points Answer: (c) George Russell
• Indian para shuttler Suhas Yathiraj became the Related Imp Points
world number one player, displacing French legend
• George Russell won the Austrian Grand Prix after
Lucas Mazur in the latest BWF Para Badminton
Red Bull's triple world champion Max Verstappen
World Rankings.
and McLaren's Lando Norris collided late in the
• Suhas, an IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, race while fighting for the lead.
had won the World Championship title defeating
• George William Russell is a British racing driver
Fredy Setiawan of Indonesia in February this year.
currently competing in Formula One for Mercedes.

ककस स्पोटटा स आर्गेर्नइजेशर् ने ACG स्प ट्ा स कलकमटे ड के कविनाथन आनों द ने कलय न मास्टसा के फाइनल में ककसे
साथ सात साल का समझौता ककया? हराकर अपना 10वाों खिताब ज़ीता?

Which sports organization signed a seven-year deal with Who did Viswanathan Anand defeat in the finals of the
ACG Sports Limited? Leon Masters to win his 10th title?

a. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) a. Magnus Carlsen

b. All India Football Federation (AIFF) b. Fabiano Caruana

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Shahid Afridi as well as Olympian athlete Usain
d. Jaime Santos Latasa
Bolt were named as the ambassadors of the
Answer: (d) Jaime Santos Latasa tournament.

Related Imp Points • India win their second T20 World Cup title after
2007, defeating South Africa by 7 runs at
• Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand
Kensington Oval, Barbados and equalling England
defeated Spaniard Jaime Santos Latasa 3-1 in the
and West Indies with the most titles in T20 World
finals to win the Leon Masters in Spain for a 10th
Cup.
time.
• Virat Kohli's fighting knock earned him the Player
• Viswanathan Anand is a record two-time Chess
of the Match award, while Jasprit Bumrah’s was
World Cup Champion. He became the first
named Player of the Tournament.
grandmaster from India in 1988. In 2022, he was
elected the deputy president of FIDE. • The final of the tournament was the last T20I
match of Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja and Indian
• Anand was the first recipient of the Khel Ratna
captain Rohit Sharma.
Award in 1991–92, India's highest sporting honour.
In 2007, he was awarded India's second-highest • Team India, the 2024 T20 World Cup champions,
civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, making him received a sum of $2.45 million (INR 20.42 crore
the first sportsperson to receive the award approx) by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
South Africa, who failed by a narrow margin in the
summit clash, took home a sum of $1.28 million
(INR 10.67 crore approx).
भारत ने फाइनल में ककस ट़ीम क हराकर 2024 ICC पु रुष
T20 कवि कप ज़ीता?  Most runs: Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz
(281)
India won the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup after
defeating which team in final?  Most wickets: Afghanistan’s Fazalhaq Farooqi (17)/
India’s Arshdeep Singh (17)
a. England

b. Pakistan

c. Australia ककस भारत़ीय किकेटर ने एक कद्वपक्ष़ीय एक कदवस़ीय

अों तरााष्ट्ऱीय श्रृोंिला में एक भारत़ीय मकहला द्वारा सवााकर्क रन
d. South Africa
बनाने का ररकॉडा बनाया?
Answer: (d) South Africa
Which Indian cricketer set the record for the most runs by
Related Imp Points an Indian woman in a bilateral One-Day International
series?
• The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth
edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It was co- a. Shafali Varma
hosted by the West Indies and the United States
b. Jhulan Goswami
from 1 to 29 June 2024.
c. Smriti Mandhana
• The tournament was hosted by the West Indies for
the second time, while this was also the first major d. Harmanpreet Kaur
ICC tournament to feature matches played in the
United States. Answer: (c) Smriti Mandhana
Related Imp Points
• The tournament field expanded from 16 to 20
teams. England were the defending champions.
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• Smriti Mandhana scripted history after she which was detected by weapon system radars
registered the record for the most runs by an deployed on land and sea and activated the AD
Indian woman in a bilateral One-Day International Interceptor system.
series. Mandhana scored an 83-ball 90 in the third
• The Phase-II AD Endo-atmospheric missile is an
ODI against South Africa at the M. Chinnaswamy
indigenously developed Two Stage solid propelled
Stadium in Bengaluru to take her tally for the
ground launched missile system meant for
three-match series to 343 runs.
neutralising many types of enemy ballistic missile
• She scored consecutive hundreds in the first two threats in the altitude bracket of endo to low exo-
ODIs of the series to become the first Indian atmospheric regions.
woman to achieve the feat.
• The exo-atmospheric missiles are capable of
 Note: Shafali Varma scored the fastest double completing missions in the upper-most region of
century in Women’s Tests during the encounter the earth's atmosphere. The endo-atmospheric
against South Africa at the M.A. Chidambaram missiles are the ones that operate within the
Stadium in Chennai. The 20-year-old completed earth's atmosphere that covers an altitude below
her double-hundred of just 194 balls. 100 km.

Defence
मोंग कलया में आय कजत बहुराष्ट्ऱीय सैन्य अभ्यास का क्या नाम

#Dfnc है कजसमें भारत़ीय सेना ने भाग कलया?

What is the name of the Multinational Military Exercise

DRDO क़ी चरि- II बै कलखस्टक कमसाइल कडफेंस (BMD) held in Mongolia in which the Indian Army participated?
प्रिाल़ी ने ककस रें ज क़ी बै कलखस्टक कमसाइल ों से बचाव क़ी
a. Vostok
क्षमता प्रदकशात क़ी?
b. RIMPAC
DRDO’s Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system
demonstrated the capability to defend against ballistic c. Cobra Gold
missiles of what range?
d. KHAAN QUEST
a. 1,000 km
Answer: (d) KHAAN QUEST
b. 2,000 km Related Imp Points
c. 3,000 km • The Indian Army contingent participated in the
d. 5,000 km Multinational Military Exercise KHAAN QUEST. The
exercise was held at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Answer: (d) 5,000 km
• Last edition of Exercise KHAAN QUEST was also
Related Imp Points conducted in Mongolia in July 2023.
• Defence Research & Development Organisation • The exercise first started as a bilateral event
(DRDO) successfully flight-tested Phase-II Ballistic between USA and Mongolian Armed Forces in the
Missile Defence System, demonstrating home- year 2003. Subsequently, from the year 2006
grown capabilities to defend against hostile onwards the exercise graduated to a Multinational
missiles having a range of 5,000 km. Peacekeeping Exercise with current year being the
• The missile was tested at the integrated test range 21st iteration.
(ITR) in Odisha's Chandipur. • The Indian Army contingent comprising 40
• The Target Missile was launched from LC-IV personnel is being represented mainly by troops
Dhamra mimicking adversary Ballistic Missile, from a Battalion of the MADRAS REGIMENT.
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हाल ह़ी में ककस प्रकार क़ी घटना से आईएनएस िह्मपुत्र क • The ship has been named Triput (त्रिपुट), after the
क्षकत पहुों च़ी? mighty arrow, representing the indomitable spirit
of Indian Navy and its ability to strike far and deep.
What type of incident recently caused damage to INS
Brahmaputra? • The ship is designed for combat operations against
enemy surface ships, submarines and air crafts.
a. Fire The ships are equipped with stealth features,
b. Collision advanced weapon & sensors and platform
management systems.
c. Flooding

d. Explosion
एक्सरसाइज कपच ब्लै क 2024 क़ी मेजबाऩी कौन कर रहन है ?
Answer: (a) Fire
Who hosts Exercise Pitch Black 2024?
Related Imp Points
a. Indian Air Force
• Recently, the Brahmaputra class of multi-role
frigate INS Brahmaputra started listing to one side b. British Royal Air Force
after getting severely damaged in a fire incident
c. United States Air Force
in Naval Dockyard Mumbai. Despite all efforts, the
ship could not be brought to an upright position. d. Royal Australian Air Force
• The body of Leading Seaman Sitendra Singh, who Answer: (d) Royal Australian Air Force
went missing after the fire onboard Indian Naval
Related Imp Points
Ship (INS) Brahmaputra, has been found after
intensive diving operations. • An Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent landed at the
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Darwin,
• INS Brahmaputra was built at the Garden Reach
Australia for participating in Exercise Pitch Black
Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata. It was
2024.
commissioned on 14 April 2000.
• The exercise is scheduled to be conducted from 12
July 24 to 02 August 24, and is a biennial, multi-
भारत़ीय नौसेना के कलए ग वा कशपयाडा कलकमटे ड (ज़ीएसएल) national exercise hosted by the RAAF. The name
द्वारा कनमाािाऱ्ीन पहले उन्नत युद्धप त का नाम क्या है? 'Pitch Black' was derived from the emphasis on
night time flying over large un-populated areas.
What is the name of the first Advanced Frigates under
construction by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) for the Indian • This edition is slated to be the largest in the 43
Navy? year long history of Ex Pitch Black, which includes
participation by 20 countries, with over 140
a. Triput aircraft and 4400 military personnel of various air
b. Talwar forces.

c. Trikand

d. Tarkash ककस कोंपऩी ने भारत़ीय सेना क िदे श़ी कचप-आर्ाररत 4G

म बाइल बे स स्टे शन क़ी आपू कता क़ी?
Answer: (a) Triput
Which firm supplied the indigenous chip-based 4G mobile
Related Imp Points
base station to the Indian Army?
• The first of two Advanced Frigates under
a. Infosys
construction by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) for the
Indian Navy, was launched at GSL, Goa. b. Signaltron

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central or state government.
d. Tata Communications

Answer: (b) Signaltron

भारत़ीय नौसेना द्वारा 17 वषा क़ी सेवा के बाद सेवाकनवृ त्त ककए
Related Imp Points
गए हे ल़ीकॉप्टर का क्या नाम है ?
• Indian army has inducted the first-ever indigenous
chip-based 4G mobile base station, which it What is the name of the helicopter the Indian Navy bid
procured from Bangalore-based firm Signaltron adieu to after 17 years of service?
through the government e-marketplace portal. a. UH-3H
• The chip used in the Sahyadri LTE base stations b. MH-60R
has been developed by Signalchip.
c. AH-64 Apache
• The majority of the base stations deployed in India
are not made in India. Even the few that are made d. CH-47 Chinook
in India do not have indigenous chips inside.
Answer: (a) UH-3H
Related Imp Points
रक्षा मोंत्रालय ने ककस शहर में त़ीन अत्यार्ु कनक पऱीक्षि • The Indian Navy bid adieu to UH-3H helicopter -- a
सुकवर्ाएों स्थाकपत करने के कलए एक समझौता ज्ञापन पर versatile platform that has played a crucial role in
हस्ताक्षर ककए? humanitarian assistance and disaster relief
operations -- after 17 years of glorious service.
The Ministry of Defence signed an MoU to establish three
The de-induction ceremony was held at INS Dega,
state-of-the-art testing facilities in which city?
Visakhapatnam.
a. Chennai
• The UH-3H helicopter will be replaced by Sea King
b. Bengaluru 42C helicopter at INAS 350 to continue and deliver
operational power and capability.
c. Hyderabad
• Brought to the Indian shores in 2007 along with
d. Ahmedabad INS Jalashwa, the UH-3H helicopter was inducted
Answer: (a) Chennai into INAS 350 christened 'Saaras' on March 24,
2009 at INS Dega, Visakhapatnam.
Related Imp Points

• The Ministry of Defence signed an MoU to

establish three state-of-the-art testing facilities in सेबेक्स 2 क्या है?
Chennai for the Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial
What is SEBEX 2?
Corridor.
a. A stealth aircraft
• The memorandum of understanding (MoU), under
the Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS), b. A military satellite
was exchanged between senior officials of the
ministry and Tamil Nadu Industrial Development c. A new missile technology
Corporation Limited in the presence of Defence d. A high-performance explosive
Secretary Giridhar Aramane in New Delhi.
Answer: (d) A high-performance explosive
• With an outlay of Rs 400 crore, the DTIS was
launched by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Related Imp Points
May 2020 to set up state-of-the-art testing

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defence technology with the development and वषा क़ी तुलना में ककतने प्रकतशत बढ़ गया?
certification of SEBEX 2, a new explosive that is
2.01 times more lethal than standard TNT By what percentage did the value of defence production
(Trinitrotoluene). in India grow in FY 2023-24 compared to the previous
year?
• The lethality of an explosive is often measured in
terms of TNT equivalence, which indicates the a. 10.5%
explosive’s destructive power compared to TNT. b. 12.3%
Most conventional explosives globally have a TNT
equivalence of 1.25 to 1.30. SEBEX 2, with its TNT c. 16.7%
equivalence of 2.01, marks a significant leap in
d. 20.1%
destructive capability.
Answer: (c) 16.7%
• This high-performance explosive, evaluated and
certified by the Indian Navy, represents one of the Related Imp Points
most powerful non-nuclear explosives globally. • Ministry of Defence has achieved the highest-ever
• Developed by Economic Explosives Limited (EEL) growth in indigenous defence production in value
under the Make in India initiative, SEBEX 2 is based terms during Financial Year (FY) 2023-24.
on high-melting explosive (HMX) technology. • The value of defence production in the country has
gone up to a record-high figure i.e., Rs 1,26,887
crore, reflecting a growth of 16.7% over the
defence production of the previous financial year.
The value of defence production in FY 2022-23 was
IAF प्रमुि एयर च़ीफ माशाल व़ी आर चौर्ऱी द्वारा वेपन Rs 1,08,684 crore.
कसस्टम्स स्कूल का उद् घाटन कहााँ ककया गया?
• Of the total value of production (VoP) in 2023-24,
Where was the Weapon Systems School inaugurated by about 79.2% has been contributed by DPSUs/other
IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari? PSUs and 20.8% by the private sector.

a. Delhi • Defence exports touched a record-high of Rs

21,083 crore in FY 2023-24, reflecting a growth of
b. Mumbai
32.5% over the last fiscal when the figure was Rs
c. Bengaluru 15,920 crore.

d. Hyderabad • In the last five years (since 2019-20), the value of

defence production has been increasing steadily,
Answer: (d) Hyderabad and grown by over 60%.
Related Imp Points

• A Weapon Systems School, which aims at

ज़ रावर के प्र ट टाइप का हाल ह़ी में DRDO द्वारा अनावरि
recalibrating and transforming the Indian Air Force
as a future-oriented force, was inaugurated in ककया गया। ज़ रावर क्या है?
Hyderabad by IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal V R The prototype of Zorawar was recently unveiled by
Chaudhari. DRDO. What is Zoravar?
• This follows the approval of the Weapon System a. Light tank
(WS) branch, a new branch of officers in the IAF, in
2022. b. Defence portal

c. Air to Air missile

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enemy radars and communication systems from
Answer: (a) Light tank
extended ranges.
Related Imp Points

• Defence Research & Development Organization

(DRDO) unveiled the “Zorawar” Light Tank at its हाल ह़ी में भारत-मोंग कलया सोंयुक्त सैन्य अभ्यास का कौन सा
facility in Hazira, Gujarat. सोंस्करि आय कजत ककया गया?

• It was named after a military general, Zorawar Which edition of the India-Mongolia Joint Military
Singh Kahluria, who had served under Jammu’s Exercise was recently held?
Raja Gulab Singh in the 19th Century. a. 10th
• The Light Tank has been designed as a public- b. 12th
private venture where DRDO collaborated with
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) to design and develop the c. 16th
25-ton vehicle, and under record time of 2 years.
d. 18th
• The tank will be able to fire at high angles of
Answer: (c) 16th
elevation and perform the role of limited artillery
and is an agile weapon platform. It is expected to Related Imp Points
be inducted into the Indian Army by the year
• The 16th edition of India-Mongolia Joint Military
2027 after all trials.
Exercise NOMADIC ELEPHANT commenced at
Foreign Training Node, Umroi (Meghalaya).

भारत क़ी पहल़ी िदे श़ी एों ट़ी-रे कडएशन कमसाइल का नाम • Indian contingent comprising of 45 personnel was
क्या है ? represented by a Battalion of SIKKIM SCOUTS. The
Mongolian contingent was represented by
What is the name of India's first indigenous anti-radiation personnel from 150 Quick Reaction Force Battalion
missile? of the Mangolian Army.
a. Prithvi • Exercise NOMADIC ELEPHANT is an annual training
event conducted alternatively in India and
b. Nirbhay
Mongolia. Last edition was conducted in Mongolia
c. BrahMos in July 2023.

d. Rudram-1

Answer: (d) Rudram-1 ककस कोंपऩी ने भारत में 70 mm रॉकेट बनाने के कलए थेल्स
Related Imp Points ग्ु प के साथ एक समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर ककए हैं?

• India has successfully test-fired its first indigenous Which company has signed an agreement with the Thales
anti-radiation missile, the Rudram-1, developed by Group to manufacture 70mm rockets in India?
the Defence Research and Development a. Reliance Defence
Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Air Force
(IAF). b. Tata Advanced Systems

• The Rudram-1 missile is integrated with the IAF’s c. Mahindra Defence Systems
Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets, serving as a potent
d. Adani Defence & Aerospace
platform for its deployment. Equipped with INS-
GPS navigation and a Passive Homing Head, the Answer: (d) Adani Defence & Aerospace
missile ensures precise targeting of radiation-
Related Imp Points
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manufacturing push, Adani Defence & Aerospace -
d. United Kingdom, France, Germany
the defence arm of the Adani Group — has signed
an agreement with the Thales Group to Answer: (c) South Korea, United States, Japan
manufacture 70mm rockets in India.
Related Imp Points
• The company signed a significant agreement with
• South Korea, the United States and Japan kicked
EDGE Group - one of the world's leading advanced
off major new military exercises.
technology and defence groups in the UAE - earlier
this month. • The drills, dubbed "Freedom Edge", will focus on
ballistic missile and air defences, anti-submarine
warfare and defensive cyber training, among other
भारत और थाईलैंड के ब़ीच सोंयुक्त सैन्य अभ्यास का नाम areas.
क्या है ?
Appointment
What is the name of the joint military exercise between
India and Thailand?

a. INDRA
#Appointment
b. SHAKTI उत्तर प्रदे श कवर्ानसभा में कवपक्ष का ने ता ककसे कनयुक्त ककया
गया?
c. MAITREE
Who was named the leader of the opposition in the Uttar
d. YUDH ABHYAS
Pradesh assembly?
Answer: (c) MAITREE
a. Amar Singh
Related Imp Points
b. Devesh Sakhya
• The Indian Army contingent departed for the 13th
edition of India- Thailand joint military Exercise c. Akhilesh Yadav
MAITREE. The exercise is being held at Fort d. Mata Prasad Pandey
Vachiraprakan in Tak Province of Thailand. Last
edition of the same exercise was conducted at Answer: (d) Mata Prasad Pandey
Umroi, Meghalaya in September 2019. Related Imp Points
• The Indian Army contingent comprising 76 • The Samajwadi Party (SP) appointed seven-time
personnel is being represented mainly by a MLA Mata Prasad Pandey as the Leader of the
Battalion of the LADAKH SCOUTS. The Royal Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly.
Thailand Army contingent also comprises 76
personnel mainly from 1st Battalion, 14 Infantry • The 81-year-old Brahmin leader represents the
Regiment of 4 Division. Itwa Assembly constituency in Siddharthnagar
district.

• Pandey will replace SP president Akhilesh Yadav,

"फ्ऱीडम एज" नामक सैन्य अभ्यास में कौन से दे श भाग ले रहे who resigned as MLA from Karhal seat in Mainpuri
हैं ? district after he was elected to the Lok Sabha from
Kannauj.
Which countries are participating in the military exercises
dubbed "Freedom Edge"? • The SP also appointed Kamaal Akhtar as the chief
whip and Rakesh Kumar alias R K Verma as the
a. China, Russia, India
deputy whip in the assembly.
b. Australia, New Zealand, Canada
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कनयुक्त ककया गया? the completion of five years, the Governor has to
step down. Since the President acts on the aid and
Which former IAS officer was appointed as the advice of the Prime Minister and the Union Council
Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry? of Ministers, in effect, the Governor is appointed
a. VK Pandian and removed by the central government.

b. Anusuiya Uikey  Articles 157 and 158 lay down the qualifications of
the Governor and the conditions of his office. The
c. K. Kailashnathan Governor must be a citizen of India and should
have completed the age of 35 years. The Governor
d. CP Radhakrishnan
should not be a member of Parliament or a state
Answer: (c) K. Kailashnathan legislature, and must not hold any other office of
profit.
Related Imp Points

• President Droupadi Murmu appointed Governors

for 9 states - Rajasthan, Telangana, Maharashtra, भारत़ीय लघु उद्य ग कवकास बैं क (SIDBI) के अध्यक्ष और
Punjab, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Assam, Jharkhand and प्रबोंर् कनदे शक (CMD) के रूप में ककसने कायाभार सोंभाला है ?
Chhattisgarh and a new Lieutenant Governor in
Puducherry. Who has taken charge as the Chairman and Managing
Director (CMD) of Small Industries Development Bank of
• She has appointed retired Gujarat cadre IAS officer
India (SIDBI)?
K. Kailashnathan as the next Lieutenant Governor
of Puducherry. a. Anil Kapoor

 Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde: Governor of Rajasthan b. Manoj Mittal

 Jishnu Dev Varma: Governor of Telangana c. Vinod Kumar

 C.P. Radhakrishnan: Governor of Maharashtra d. Rajesh Sharma

 Om Prakash Mathur: Governor of Sikkim Answer: (b) Manoj Mittal

 Santosh Kumar Gangwar: Governor of Jharkhand Related Imp Points

 Ramen Deka: Governor of Chhattisgarh • Manoj Mittal has taken charge as Chairman and
Managing Director (CMD) of Small Industries
 CH Vijayashankar: Governor of Meghalaya Development Bank of India (SIDBI). Mittal has
 Gulab Chand Kataria: Governor of Punjab and replaced S Ramann.
Administrator of the UT of Chandigarh. • Prior to this, he was the managing director (MD) of
 Lakshman Prasad Acharya: Governor of Assam; Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI).
additional charge as Governor of Manipur • Sidbi was established on April 2, 1990, under an act
 Article 153 of the Indian Constitution says “There of the Indian Parliament. SIDBI is one of the five All
shall be a Governor for each State.” India Financial Institutions regulated and
supervised by the Reserve Bank of India. The other
 Article 155 says that the “Governor of a State shall four are Exim Bank Of India, NABARD, NABFID and
be appointed by the President by warrant under NHB. It is Headquartered in Lucknow, Uttar
his hand and seal”. Pradesh.
 Under Article 156, “the Governor shall hold office  Note: SIDBI signed a MoU with Airbus Helicopters
during the pleasure of the President”, but his to finance civil helicopter purchases in India.
normal term of office will be five years.
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 Note: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved • Military had seized power from the elected
a USD 215.6 million loan facility for SIDBI’s government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February
Financing Mitigation and Adaptation Projects 2021.
(FMAP).
• Myanmar

 Capital: Naypyidaw
िॉडकास्ट इों ज़ीकनयररों ग कोंसल्टें ट्स इों कडया कलकमटे ड (BECIL)
 Currency: Myanmar Kyat
के स़ीएमड़ी का पदभार ककसने सोंभाला है ?

Who has assumed the charge of CMD of Broadcast

Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL)? एस्ट कनया के नए प्रर्ानमोंत्ऱी के रूप में ककसे चुना गया है?

a. S.K. Gupta Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of
Estonia?
b. A.K. Singh
a. Jüri Ratas
c. D.K. Murali
b. Kaja Kallas
d. P.K. Sharma
c. Kristen Michal
Answer: (c) D.K. Murali
d. Kersti Kaljulaid
Related Imp Points
Answer: (c) Kristen Michal
• Cmde D.K. Murali, (Retd.) has assumed the charge
of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Related Imp Points
Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited
• The Estonian parliament voted for Climate Minister
(BECIL).
Kristen Michal to take over as prime minister.
• BECIL is a Mini Ratna Central Public Sector Michal will succeed Kaja Kallas, who resigned as
Enterprise (CPSE) under the Ministry of prime minister on July 15 to become the High
Information & Broadcasting. Representative of the European Union for Foreign
Affairs and Security Policy.

• Estonia
म्ाोंमार का कायावाहक राष्ट्रपकत ककसे कनयुक्त ककया गया है ?
 Capital: Tallinn
Who has been appointed acting President of Myanmar?
 Currency: Euro
a. Win Myint

b. Than Shwe
भारत से अों तरााष्ट्ऱीय ओलोंकपक सकमकत (IOC) के कलए
c. Min Aung Hlaing
सवा सम्मकत से ककसे कफर से चुना गया है?
d. Aung San Suu Kyi
Who has been re-elected unanimously to the
Answer: (c) Min Aung Hlaing International Olympic Committee (IOC) from India?
Related Imp Points a. Mary Kom
• Myanmar’s acting president, Myint Swe, has taken b. Nita Ambani
medical leave and transferred his duties to the
military chief Min Aung Hlaing. c. Abhinav Bindra

d. Sachin Tendulkar

Answer: (b) Nita Ambani

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• The International Olympic Committee (IOC) d. Shyam Srinivasan
announced that Nita Ambani, has been re-elected
unanimously as the IOC from India at the 142nd Answer: (a) K Paul Thomas
session in Paris. Nita is the founder of Reliance Related Imp Points
Foundation and won unanimously with 100 per
cent of the vote. • ESAF Small Finance Bank has received the Reserve
Bank of India's (RBI's) nod for re-appointment of K
• Nita Ambani was first appointed to join the Paul Thomas as its Managing Director & CEO for
prestigious body in 2016, at the Rio de Janeiro another three years.
Olympic Games.
• Additionally, Paul Thomas is the Chairman of the
• IOC President: Thomas Bach Board of Sa-Dhan, the association of microfinance
and impact finance institutions.

• ESAF Small Finance Bank

सरकार ने ककस कोंपऩी के स़ीएमड़ी के रूप में राजेंद्र प्रसाद
ग यल का अकतररक्त प्रभार त़ीन मह़ीने के कलए बढ़ा कदया है ?  Headquarters: Mannuthy, Thrissur, Kerala

The government has extended the additional charge of  Tagline: Joy of Banking
Rajendra Prasad Goyal as CMD of which company by
three months?
आरब़ीआई ने फेडरल बैं क के प्रबोंर् कनदे शक और मुख्य
a. BHEL
कायाकाऱी अकर्काऱी (एमड़ी और स़ीईओ) के रूप में ककसे
b. ONGC मोंजूऱी द़ी है ?
c. NTPC Whom has the RBI approved as the Managing Director &
d. NHPC Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of Federal Bank?

Answer: (d) NHPC a. K Paul Thomas

Related Imp Points b. Rakesh Sharma

• The government has extended the additional c. Sandeep Bakshi

charge of Rajendra Prasad Goyal as NHPC CMD by d. Krishnan Venkat Subramanian
three months. Goyal is Director of Finance at
NHPC. He has been holding the additional charge Answer: (d) Krishnan Venkat Subramanian
of CMD since March 1, 2024. Related Imp Points
 NHPC Headquarters: Faridabad, Haryana • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the
appointment of Krishnan Venkat Subramanian as
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of
ईएसएएफ स्मॉल फाइनें स बैं क ने ककसे प्रबोंर् कनदे शक और Federal Bank.
स़ीईओ के रूप में पु नः कनयुखक्त के कलए आरब़ीआई क़ी मोंजूऱी
• Subramanian's three-year term will commence
प्राप्त क़ी है?
from September 23, 2024, immediately following
Who has ESAF Small Finance Bank received the RBI's nod the conclusion of the current MD & CEO, Shyam
for re-appointment as Managing Director & CEO? Srinivasan's tenure on September 22, 2024.

a. K Paul Thomas • Subramanian has previously served as the Joint

Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank
b. Rakesh Sharma Limited.

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 Headquarters: Aluva, Kerala c. Wim Koevermans

 Tagline: Your Perfect Banking Partner d. Stephen Constantine

Answer: (b) Manolo Marquez

ReNew के अध्यक्ष और CEO कौन हैं, कजन्हें हाल ह़ी में CEO Related Imp Points
क्लाइमेट ल़ीडसा गठबोंर्न का सह-अध्यक्ष नाकमत ककया गया • Manolo Marquez of Spain was appointed as the
है ? new head coach of the Indian men’s football team
by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
Who is the Chairman and CEO of ReNew, recently named
Co-Chair of the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders? • Marquez is currently serving as the head coach of
Indian Super League (ISL) side FC Goa.
a. Arun Mehta
• The Indian men’s football team has been without a
b. Rajiv Kumar
head coach since the AIFF terminated Igor Stimac’s
c. Sumant Sinha contract last month after the Blue Tigers failed to
qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
d. Ramesh Kumar

Answer: (c) Sumant Sinha

Related Imp Points
ब़ीएसएनएल के अध्यक्ष और प्रबों र् कनदे शक के रूप में
अकतररक्त प्रभार ककसे कदया गया है ?
• Renewable energy solutions provider ReNew
confirmed that its Chairman and CEO Sumant Who has been given additional charge as BSNL Chairman
Sinha has been named the Co-Chair of Alliance of and Managing Director?
CEO Climate Leaders, the largest CEO-led climate a. Amit Sinha
alliance in the world, and a flagship initiative of the
World Economic Forum (WEF). b. Sunil Patel

• Sinha joins an esteemed circle of global business c. Robert J Ravi

leaders in this role, collaborating with Ester Baiget,
d. Sanjay Sharma
CEO of Novonesis, and Jesper Brodin, CEO of Ingka
Group Ikea. Answer: (c) Robert J Ravi

• Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders was founded in Related Imp Points

2014 to encourage policy makers on an ambitious
• The government has denied extension to BSNL
Paris agreement and to support bold climate
Chairman and Managing Director P K Purwar and
action by setting ambitious targets, taking
to give the charge to a senior department of
collective action, reducing own emissions, and
telecom officer Robert J Ravi.
inspiring others to do the same.
• Purwar, who took charge as BSNL CMD in July 2019
for five years, had applied for an extension.
भारत़ीय पु रुष फुटबॉल ट़ीम के नए मुख्य क च के रूप में
ककसे कनयुक्त ककया गया?
एकशयाई पै रालोंकपक सकमकत (एप़ीस़ी) द्वारा दकक्षि एकशया के
Who was appointed as the new head coach of the Indian
कलए ककसे उप-क्षेत्ऱीय प्रकतकनकर् नाकमत ककया गया है?
men’s football team?
Who has been named the sub-regional representative for
a. Igor Stimac
South Asia by the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC)?

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to the US?
b. Saina Nehwal
a. S. Jaishankar
c. Avani Lekhara
b. Ruchira Kamboj
d. Anjali Bhagwat
c. Vinay Mohan Kwatra
Answer: (a) Deepa Malik
d. Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Related Imp Points
Answer: (c) Vinay Mohan Kwatra
• India’s first woman Paralympic medallist Deepa
Malik has been named sub-regional representative Related Imp Points
for South Asia by the Asian Paralympic Committee
• Former Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan
(APC).
Kwatra has been nominated as the next Indian
• The Asian Paralympic Committee is based in Dubai, Ambassador to the US. The post had been lying
United Arab Emirates. It has 45 National vacant since January when Taranjit Singh Sandhu
Paralympic Committees of the Asian continent as retired.
members.
• Kwatra ended his term as the Foreign Secretary
on July 15 and was succeeded by Vikram Misri.

 Eric Michael Garcetti: United States ambassador to

India
पॉल कागामे क ककस दे श के राष्ट्रपकत के रूप में चौथे
कायाकाल के कलए कफर से चुना गया है?
एचएसब़ीस़ी ह खर्ल्ों ग्स प़ीएलस़ी के ग्रु प मुख्य कायाकाऱी
Paul Kagame has been re-elected to a fourth term as the
अधिकनरी के रूप में ककसे कनयुक्त ककया गया है?
President of which country?
Who has been appointed as the group chief executive of
a. Kenya
HSBC Holdings Plc?
b. Sudan
a. John Flint
c. Rwanda
b. Noel Quinn
d. Namibia
c. Stuart Gulliver
Answer: (c) Rwanda
d. Georges Elhedery
Related Imp Points
Answer: (d) Georges Elhedery
• Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has been re-
Related Imp Points
elected to a fourth term in office with more than
99 percent of the vote. • HSBC Holdings Plc has appointed Georges Elhedery
as its group chief executive, with effect from
• Rwanda
September 2, making him the third CEO in less
 Capital: Kigali than eight years for the global lender. Elhedery is
the current chief financial officer and will replace
 Currency: Rwandan franc (RWF) outgoing head Noel Quinn in September.
 Also known as "land of a thousand hills" • HSBC Holdings plc is a British universal bank and
अमेररका में अगले भारत़ीय राजदू त के रूप में ककसे नाकमत financial services group headquartered in London,
ककया गया है ?
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England. It is the largest Europe-based bank by • The World Customs Organization (WCO) is an
total assets, ahead of BNP Paribas. intergovernmental organization headquartered in
Brussels, Belgium.

उत्कषा लघु कवत्त बैं क के प्रबोंर् कनदे शक और मुख्य कायाकाऱी

अकर्काऱी के रूप में ककसे पुनः कनयुक्त ककया गया है? न्यायमूकता एन.क कटिर कसोंह ककस राज्य से सवोच्च न्यायालय
में पद न्नत ह ने वाले पहले न्यायाऱ्ीश ह ग
ों े?
Who has been re-appointed as the managing director and
chief executive officer of Utkarsh Small Finance Bank? Justice N. Kotiswar Singh would be the first judge from
which state to be elevated to the Supreme Court?
a. Anil Gupta
a. Assam
b. Nitin Kumar
b. Manipur
c. Rajiv Sharma
c. Nagaland
d. Govind Singh
d. Meghalaya
Answer: (d) Govind Singh
Answer: (b) Manipur
Related Imp Points
Related Imp Points
• The Reserve Bank of India approved the re-
appointment of Govind Singh as the managing • The five-member Supreme Court Collegium
director and chief executive officer of Utkarsh headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud
Small Finance Bank (Utkarsh SFB) for a period of recommended Justice N. Kotiswar Singh and
three years effective from September 21, 2024. Justice R. Mahadevan for appointment as apex
court judges. Justice Singh would be the first judge
• Utkarsh Small Finance Bank
from Manipur to be elevated to the Supreme
 HQs: Varanasi Court. The Supreme Court collegium also
recommends the appointment of chief justices of
 Tagline: Aapki Ummeed Ka Khaata
eight high courts.

1. Justice Manmohan: Chief Justice of the Delhi High

कवि स़ीमा शुल्क सोंगठन (डब्ल्यू स़ीओ) के अध्यक्ष के रूप में Court
दू सरे कायाकाल के कलए ककसे कफर से चुना गया है ? 2. Justice M S Ramachandra Rao: Chief Justice of the
Who has been re-elected as the chairperson of the World Jharkhand High Court
Customs Organisation (WCO) for a second term? 3. Justice Rajiv Shakdher: Chief Justice of the
a. Tito Mboweni Himachal Pradesh High Court

b. Pravin Gordhan 4. Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia: Chief Justice

of the Madhya Pradesh High Court
c. Lesetja Kganyago
5. Justice Nitin Jamdar: Chief Justice of the Kerala
d. Edward Kieswetter High Court
Answer: (d) Edward Kieswetter 6. Justice KR Shriram: Chief Justice of Madras High
Related Imp Points
Court

• South African Revenue Services (Sars) 7. Justice Tashi Rabstan: Chief Justice of Meghalaya
Commissioner Edward Kieswetter has been re- High Court
elected a chairperson of the World Customs
Organisation (WCO) for a second term, 2024-2025.
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Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
Related Imp Points
• Note: The other judges on the Collegium are
• India’s top corporate sector leader Surya Kant from
Justices Sanjiv Khanna, B.R. Gavai, Surya Kant and
Tata Sons, has joined the Board of Directors of the
Hrishikesh Roy.
US India Strategic and Partnership Forum (USISPF).

• The USISPF is a non-profit organization that aims

त़ीसऱी बार नेपाल के प्रर्ानमोंत्ऱी के रूप में ककसे कनयुक्त to strengthen the strategic partnership between
ककया गया है ? the United States and India by promoting business
and economic ties.
Who has been appointed as Nepal's Prime Minister for
the third time?

a. Baburam Bhattarai भारत़ीय ऊजाा एक्सचेंज (IEX) के अध्यक्ष और प्रबोंर् कनदे शक

के रूप में ककसे पु नः कनयुक्त ककया गया है ?
b. Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Who has been reappointed as the Chairman and
c. Sher Bahadur Deuba Managing Director of Indian Energy Exchange (IEX)?
d. Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli a. Rohit Bajaj
Answer: (d) Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli b. Mukesh Bakshi
Related Imp Points
c. Satyanarayan Goel
• Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli has been appointed
d. Natarajan Chandrasekaran
Nepal's Prime Minister for the third time.
Answer: (c) Satyanarayan Goel
• Oli succeeds Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda who
lost the vote of confidence in the House of Related Imp Points
Representatives.
• Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) board approved the
• President Ram Chandra Paudel appointed Oli as proposal to reappoint Satyanarayan Goel as its
the new Prime Minister of the Communist Party of Chairman and Managing Director and to appoint
Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML)-Nepali Rohit Bajaj as its Joint Managing Director.
Congress (NC) coalition.
• IEX is an Indian electronic system based power
trading exchange regulated by the Central
Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). IEX
धर्म्नधिखित में से धकसे यूएस इों कडया स्टरै टेकजक एों ड started its operations on 27 June 2008. It is
पाटा नरकशप फ रम (यूएसआईएसप़ीएफ) के कनदे शक मोंडल headquartered in New Delhi.
में शाकमल धकयन गया है ?

Who among the following has joined the Board of

Directors of the US India Strategic and Partnership Forum केंद्ऱीय िास्थ्य और पररवार कल्याि मोंत्रालय (MoHFW) में
(USISPF)? प्रर्ान सलाहकार के रूप में ककसे कनयुक्त ककया गया है?

a. Ratan Tata Who has been appointed as the Principal Adviser at the
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)?
b. Surya Kant
a. Dr. Harsh Vardhan
c. Cyrus Mistry
b. Dr. Randeep Guleria
d. Natarajan Chandrasekaran
c. Dr. Balram Bhargava

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d. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan Institute of Agricultural Research in 1911. It was
relocated to Delhi in 1936.
Answer: (d) Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
Related Imp Points

• Former Director General of Indian Council of ओररएों टल इों श्य रें स कोंपऩी कलकमटे ड (OICL) में कायाकाऱी
Medical Research and World Health कनदे शक (ED) के रूप में ककसे कनयुक्त ककया गया है?
Organisation’s Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Who has been appointed as the Executive Director (ED) in
Swaminathan has been appointed as the Principal Oriental Insurance Company Ltd (OICL)?
Adviser at the Union Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare (MoHFW) for the National Tuberculosis a. T. Babu Paul
Elimination Programme (NTEP). She will be serving
b. Sunita Gupta
in MoHFW on a pro bono basis.
c. Rashmi Bajpai
• Dr. Swaminathan will provide technical advice on
the overall strategy to achieve goals, suggest policy d. Hitesh Ramesh Chandra Joshi
directions and necessary course corrections for
Answer: (c) Rashmi Bajpai
optimal outcomes, and advise on research
strategy. Related Imp Points

• India accounts for 25% of world’s TB burden and • Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)
over 25 lakh new cases of TB were notified in 2024 has approved the appointment of eight Executive
in India. Directors in Public Sector General Insurance
Companies (PGICs).

1. Rashmi Bajpai has been appointed as Executive

भारत़ीय कृकष अनु सोंर्ान सोंस्थान (IARI) ने अपने नए कनदे शक Director (ED) in Oriental Insurance Company Ltd
के रूप में ककसे कनयुक्त ककया है ? (OICL).
Who has been appointed as the new director of the 2. Amit Mishra has been appointed as ED in OICL.
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)?
3. Hitesh Ramesh Chandra Joshi has been appointed
a. T R Sharma as ED in GIC Re.
b. Sarojini Rawat 4. Radhika C.S. has been appointed as ED in GIC Re.
c. Ashok K Singh 5. T. Babu Paul has been appointed as ED in National
d. Anil Deshmukh Insurance Company Ltd (NICL).

Answer: (a) T R Sharma 6. Prasad C.G. has been appointed as ED in NICL.

Related Imp Points 7. Sunita Gupta has been appointed as ED in UIICL.

• The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) 8. Dasarathi Singh has been appointed as ED in
has appointed T R Sharma as its new director. The Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd.
appointment comes as Sharma replaces outgoing
director Ashok K Singh.
स लहवें कवत्त आय ग (SFC) क़ी सलाहकार पररषद में सोंय जक
• The IARI, commonly known as the Pusa Institute, is
कौन हैं ?
India's national institute for agricultural research,
education and extension. The name Pusa Institute Who will be the Convenor of the advisory council of the
is derived from the fact that the institute was Sixteenth Finance Commission (SFC)?
originally located in Pusa, Bihar as the Imperial
a. Poonam Gupta
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Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
c. Pranjal Bhandari
takes charge.
d. Neelkanth Mishra
• The Kolkata-based lender’s MD and CEO, Chandra
Answer: (a) Poonam Gupta Shekhar Ghosh, has retired on July 9 upon
completion of his current tenure, after spending
Related Imp Points
nearly a decade at the helm.
• The Sixteenth Finance Commission (SFC) has
• Notably, Chandra Shekhar Ghosh is the founder of
constituted an advisory council consisting of
the bank, which started operations as a universal
eminent economists D.K. Srivastava, Poonam
bank on August 23, 2015, after becoming India’s
Gupta, Pranjal Bhandari, Rahul Bajirao and
first microfinance institution to get a universal
Neelkanth Mishra.
banking licence from RBI.
• It will advise the commission on Terms of
Reference (ToR) and other related subjects of
relevance. ककस पू वा भारत़ीय किकेटर क भारत़ीय पु रुष राष्ट्ऱीय किकेट
• Poonam Gupta will be the Convenor of the ट़ीम का मुख्य क च कनयुक्त ककया गया है ?
Advisory Council whose role will also be to assist Which former Indian cricketer has been appointed as the
the Commission in the preparation of papers/ head coach of the Indian men's national cricket team?
research studies and to monitor or assess studies
commissioned by the Finance Commission, thereby a. Anil Kumble
enhancing the Commission's understanding of the b. Rahul Dravid
issues in its ToR.
c. Gautam Gambhir
• The SFC, chaired by economist Arvind Panagariya,
is tasked with defining the distribution of the d. Virender Sehwag
Centre’s tax revenue to states for five years
Answer: (c) Gautam Gambhir
starting FY27.
Related Imp Points

• BCCI honourary secretary Jay Shah announced

बों र्न बैं क के अों तररम एमड़ी और स़ीईओ के रूप में ककसे that former India opener Gautam Gambhir has
कनयुक्त ककया गया है? been named as the head coach of the Indian men's
national team for three-and-a-half year.
Who has been appointed as the Interim MD & CEO of
Bandhan Bank? • Gambhir is set to take over the team from Rahul
Dravid, who left his role after the conclusion of the
a. P.S. Jayakumar
T20 World Cup 2024.
b. Rakesh Sharma
• The former India batter will take charge from the
c. Ratan Kumar Kesh upcoming away series against Sri Lanka where
Team India are set to play 3 ODIs & 3 T20Is starting
d. Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
July 27, 2024.
Answer: (c) Ratan Kumar Kesh
• Gambhir played for India in all formats of the game
Related Imp Points between 2003 and 2016. He was a member of the
17th Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2024. He received the
• Private sector lender Bandhan Bank has appointed
Padma Shri from the Government of India in 2019,
Ratan Kumar Kesh, Executive Director and Chief
the fourth highest civilian award in India. Gambhir
Operating Officer, as Interim MD & CEO of the

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recently led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to an IPL the Indian contingent at the Olympics 2024. The
title as their mentor. decision was announced by Indian Olympics
association (IOA) President PT Usha.

• PV Sindhu has also been confirmed as the female

2024-29 के कलए इों कडयन बु कलयन एों ड ज्वैलसा एस कसएशन flagbearer in the Olympics.
(IBJA) का राष्ट्ऱीय अध्यक्ष ककसे कनयुक्त ककया गया है?
• The Paris Olympics will begin on July 26 and go on
Who has been appointed as the national president of the till August 11.
Indian Bullion and Jewellers Association (IBJA) for 2024-
29?

a. Rajesh Mehta यूनाइटे ड ककोंगडम क़ी पहल़ी मकहला कवत्त मोंत्ऱी कौन बऩी हैं ?

b. Surendra Mehta Who has become the first woman Finance Minister of the
United Kingdom?
c. Prithviraj Kothari
a. Theresa May
d. Aksha Mohit Kamboj
b. Angela Merkel
Answer: (c) Prithviraj Kothari
c. Rachel Reeves
Related Imp Points
d. Margaret Thatcher
• The Indian Bullion and Jewellers Association
(IBJA) has reconstituted its governing board for Answer: (c) Rachel Reeves
2024-29 with Prithviraj Kothari of Riddi Siddhi
Related Imp Points
Bullion Ltd as the national president.
• Rachel Reeves has become the first woman finance
• Aksha Mohit Kamboj, Executive Chairman of
minister of United Kingdom.
Aspect Global Ventures Pvt Ltd, has been
appointed the national vice-president of the • Reeves is a former child chess champion and Bank
association, while Surendra Mehta C.A., will be the of England economist.
national secretary.
• Recently, Labour party won UK general election by
a landslide, ending 14 years of rule by the right-
wing Conservatives.
ओलोंकपक 2024 में भारत़ीय दल के कलए भारत के शेफ-ड़ी-
कमशन के रूप में ककसे चुना गया है ?

Who has been selected as India's Chef-de-Mission for the एसब़ीआई जनरल इों श्य रें स कोंपऩी के नए एमड़ी और
Indian contingent at the Olympics 2024? स़ीईओ के रूप में ककसे कनयुक्त ककया गया है?

a. Mary Kom Who has been appointed as the new MD and CEO of SBI
General Insurance Company?
b. PV Sindhu
a. Rajesh Kumar
c. Gagan Narang
b. Deepak Parekh
d. Abhinav Bindra
c. Naveen Chandra Jha
Answer: (c) Gagan Narang
d. Kishore Kumar Poludasu
Related Imp Points
Answer: (c) Naveen Chandra Jha
• Four-time Olympian and 2012 men’s 10m Air Rifle
bronze medalist Gagan Narang has been selected Related Imp Points
to replace Mary Kom as India's Chef-de-Mission of
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• Mumbai based SBI General Insurance Company • Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian has been elected as
announced the appointment of Naveen Chandra Iran's new president.
Jha as its new Managing Director and Chief
• The 69-year-old cardiac surgeon won around
Executive Officer. He succeeds Kishore Kumar
53.6% of the vote in a runoff election against the
Poludasu.
ultraconservative Saeed Jalili.
• State Bank of India holds 69.95% in SBI General
• The election was called after Iran’s previous
Insurance Company.
president Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter
crash in May, in which seven others also died.

केंद्र सरकार के प्रमुि प्रवक्ता के रूप में ककसे कनयुक्त ककया • Iran
गया है ?  Capital: Tehran
Who has been appointed as the principal spokesperson of  Currency: Iranian rial
the central government?
 Parliament: Majles
a. Rajiv Gauba
 Supreme Leader “Rahbar”: Ali Khamenei
b. Anurag Tripathi

c. Dhirendra K Ojha
झारिोंड के मुख्यमोंत्ऱी हे मोंत स रे न ककस राजऩीकतक दल से
d. Prakash Javadekar
हैं ?
Answer: (c) Dhirendra K Ojha
Which political party does Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren
Related Imp Points belong to?
• Dhirendra K Ojha was appointed the principal a. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
spokesperson of the central government.
b. Indian National Congress (INC)
• Ojha will also hold the charge of the Principal
Director General, Press Information Bureau. c. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)

• Ojha succeeds Sheyphali B Sharan, who has been d. All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU)
appointed as the director general of the Answer: (c) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)
Publications Division.
Related Imp Points

• Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant

ईरान के नए राष्ट्रपकत मसूद पे ज़ेशककयान धकस पे शे से Soren was sworn in as Jharkhand Chief Minister for
सम्बखित हैं ? the third term. He was administered the oath of
office and secrecy by Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan
What is Iran’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian's at the Raj Bhavan in Ranchi.
professional background?
• Hemant Soren was arrested by the Enforcement
a. Lawyer Directorate (ED) on 31 January 2024, however
b. Engineer before his arrest, he resigned from the post of
Chief Minister and Champai Soren, was made the
c. Economist Chief Minister. He won the legal battle when
d. Cardiac surgeon Jharkhand High Court granted him bail on June 28,
2024, and came out of jail.
Answer: (d) Cardiac surgeon
यूनाइटे ड ककोंगडम के नए प्रर्ानमोंत्ऱी कौन हैं?
Related Imp Points

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Who is the new prime minister of the United Kingdom? d. Deepak Parekh

a. Rishi Sunak Answer: (a) Anuj Tyagi

b. Keir Starmer Related Imp Points

c. Boris Johnson • Private sector general insurer HDFC Ergo General

Insurance announced the appointment of Anuj
d. Jeremy Corbyn Tyagi as its new Managing Director (MD) and Chief
Answer: (b) Keir Starmer Executive Officer (CEO).

Related Imp Points • Tyagi will succeed Ritesh Kumar.

• The 2024 UK general election were held on July 4. • HDFC Ergo General Insurance Headquarters:
Registered voters in the 650 parliamentary Mumbai
constituencies cast their ballots to elect members
of parliament (MPs) using the first-past-the-post
(FPTP) system. राष्ट्ऱीय कचककत्सा आय ग (एनएमस़ी) के अध्यक्ष के रूप में
• United Kingdom's Labour Party ended the 14-year ककसे कनयुक्त ककया गया है?
rule of the Conservatives, securing seats well Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the
above the majority-mark. Labour has won 412 out National Medical Commission (NMC)?
of the total 650 seats in the U.K’s House of
Commons. Labour Party politician and barrister a. Dr. Devi Shetty
Keir Starmer will be the new prime minister. He b. Dr. Naresh Trehan
has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn
and St Pancras since 2015. c. Dr. B.N. Gangadhar

• The Conservative Party, which was in power since d. Dr. Randeep Guleria
2010, saw a devastating defeat in this year's
Answer: (c) Dr. B.N. Gangadhar
elections. Rishi Sunak, the country's first British
Indian-origin prime minister, took responsibility for Related Imp Points
the Conservative Party's defeat. • The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)
• The UK parliament will witness the highest has appointed Dr. B.N. Gangadhar as the
representation of the Sikh community in history as Chairperson of the National Medical Commission.
10 newly-elected MPs from the Labour Party, five The appointments is for a period of 4 years, until
men and five women, are set to take oaths. he attains the age of 70 years, whichever is
earliest.

• The National Medical Commission (NMC) is a

एचड़ीएफस़ी एगो जनरल इों श्य रें स के नए प्रबोंर् कनदे शक statutory body in India that regulates medical
(एमड़ी) और मुख्य कायाकाऱी अकर्काऱी (स़ीईओ) के रूप में education, medical professionals, institutes, and
ककसे कनयुक्त ककया गया है? research. Established on 25 September 2020, it
replaced the Medical Council of India. The NMC
Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director
consists of 33 members, including a Chairperson,
(MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of HDFC Ergo
10 ex officio Members and 22 Part-time Members.
General Insurance?

a. Anuj Tyagi

b. Anil Ambani

c. Ritesh Kumar

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कनयुक्त ककया गया है? business organisation to have Observer Status at
the United Nations General Assembly.
Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Bharti
AXA Life Insurance?

a. Sunil Mittal ऩीदरलैंड के नए प्रर्ानमोंत्ऱी कौन बने?

b. Akhil Gupta Who was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of The
Netherlands?
c. Anand Mahindra
a. Mark Rutte
d. Kumar Mangalam Birla
b. Dick Schoof
Answer: (b) Akhil Gupta
c. Jens Stoltenberg
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d. Willem-Alexander
• Bharti AXA Life Insurance, a wholly owned by
Bharti Group, announced the appointment of Akhil Answer: (b) Dick Schoof
Gupta as its new Chairman.
Related Imp Points
• It has also appointed two new directors to its
• Former chief of the Dutch intelligence agency,
Board -- Dinesh Kumar Mittal and VV Ranganathan.
Dick Schoof was sworn in as the new prime
• Parag Raja is the MD and CEO of Bharti AXA Life minister of The Netherlands. He was sworn in by
Insurance. Dutch King Willem-Alexander.

• He has taken over from the departing PM Mark

Rutte, who is set to become the next secretary-
इों टरने शनल चैंबर ऑफ कॉमसा (ICC) के अध्यक्ष के रूप में general of NATO later this year.
ककसे चुना गया है?
• The Netherlands
Who has been elected as the Chair of the International
Chamber of Commerce (ICC)?  Capital: Amsterdam

a. John Doe  Government seat:The Hague

b. Elon Musk  Currency: Euro (€) (EUR)

c. Philippe Varin

d. Angela Merkel ककस बैं क के अध्यक्ष पद के कलए चल्ला श्ऱीकनवासुलु सेट्ट़ी क़ी
कसफाररश क़ी गई है?
Answer: (c) Philippe Varin
Challa Sreenivasulu Setty has been recommended for the
Related Imp Points
position of Chairman of which bank?
• Philippe Varin has been elected as the Chair of the
a. ICICI Bank
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Varin
succeeds Maria Fernanda Garza. b. HDFC Bank
• ICC World Council also elected three prominent c. Punjab National Bank
business leaders in its Chairmanship: Harsh Pati
d. State Bank of India (SBI)
Singhania (First-Vice Chair) from India, Shinta
Kamdani (Vice Chair) from Indonesia, and Patrick Answer: (d) State Bank of India (SBI)
Obath from Kenya (Vice Chair).
Related Imp Points

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• The Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) • Notably, Doval was appointed as the NSA for the
has recommended the name of Challa Sreenivasulu third time by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-
Setty as the next Chairman of State Bank of India led central government. He has been assigned the
(SBI), India’s largest bank. rank of Cabinet Minister.

• SBI’s current Chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara is

retiring on August 28. He was given an extension in
October 2023. Khara was appointed the chairman ग्ल बल कवों ड एनजी काउों कसल इों कडया (GWEC इों कडया) के
of SBI on October 7, 2020. अध्यक्ष के रूप में ककसे चुना गया है ?

• Setty, currently a Managing Director, is looking Who has been elected as the Chair of Global Wind Energy
after international banking, global markets and Council India (GWEC India)?
technology of the bank. Unlike other PSU banks, a. Tulsi Tanti
SBI Chairman is selected from one of its MDs.
b. Girish Tanti
• FSIB was constituted in 2022 by Central
Government for the purpose of recommending c. Amitabh Kant
persons for appointment as whole-time directors
d. Sumant Sinha
and non-executive chairpersons on the boards of
financial services institutions and for advising on Answer: (b) Girish Tanti
certain other matters relating to personnel
Related Imp Points
management in these institutions. Bhanu Pratap
Sharma is the Chairman of the bureau. • Suzlon Vice Chairman Girish Tanti has been elected
as the Chair of Global Wind Energy Council India
(GWEC India). India is the world’s fourth biggest
नए उप राष्ट्ऱीय सुरक्षा सलाहकार (एनएसए) कौन हैं? wind market.

Who are the new deputy National Security Advisor • The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) was
(NSAs)? established in 2005 to provide a credible and
representative forum for the entire wind energy
a. Ajit Doval and Vikram Misri sector at an international level.
b. Pawan Kapoor and Ajit Doval

c. Vikram Misri and Pawan Kapoor यूकनवसाल एआई यूकनवकसाट़ी (यूएआईयू) के कुलपकत के रूप
d. TV Ravichandran and Pawan Kapoor में ककसे कनयुक्त ककया गया है ?

Answer: (d) TV Ravichandran and Pawan Kapoor Who has been appointed as the vice chancellor of
Universal AI University (UAIU)?
Related Imp Points
a. Simon Mak
• National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval has
appointed TV Ravichandran and Pawan Kapoor as b. Richard Lee
the new deputy NSAs in the National Security
c. Michael Chen
Council Secretariat (NSCS) team.
d. Sarah Johnson
• Similarly, Rajendra Khanna, who served as the
deputy NSA, has been appointed as the Additional Answer: (a) Simon Mak
NSA.
Related Imp Points
• Recently, deputy NSA Vikram Misri was appointed
• Universal AI University (UAIU), India's pioneering
as the Foreign Secretary.
institution dedicated to Artificial Intelligence, has

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named Simon Mak, an international strategist and c. Tamil Nadu
award-winning professor, as its vice chancellor.
d. Maharashtra
• This appointment marks a significant milestone, as
Answer: (d) Maharashtra
Mak becomes the first foreign national to helm an
Indian university as founding vice chancellor. Related Imp Points

• UAIU is located in Mumbai, Maharashtra. • Sujata Saunik became the first female Chief
Secretary of Maharashtra when she took over from
retiring Chief Secretary Nitin Kareer.
अनाब कुमार चौर्ऱी के साथ, आरब़ीआई के कायाकाऱी • Maharashtra
कनदे शक के रूप में और ककसे कनयुक्त ककया गया है?
 Capital: Mumbai
Along with Arnab Kumar Chowdhury, who else has been
appointed as an Executive Director of the RBI?  Chief minister: Eknath Shinde

a. T. Rabi Sankar  Governor: Ramesh Bais

b. Swaminathan J

c. Charulatha S Kar यूर प़ीय पररषद के अगले अध्यक्ष के रूप में ककसे चुना गया
है ?
d. M. Rajeshwar Rao
Who has been elected as the next President of the
Answer: (c) Charulatha S Kar
European Council?
Related Imp Points
a. Angela Merkel
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed
b. António Costa
Arnab Kumar Chowdhury and Charulatha S Kar as
Executive Directors. c. Charles Michel
• The Reserve Bank of India was established on April d. Emmanuel Macron
1, 1935 in accordance with the provisions of the
Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. The Reserve Bank Answer: (b) António Costa
of India has offices at 33 locations. Related Imp Points

• The Central Office of the Reserve Bank was initially • António Costa has been elected as next President
established in Kolkata but was permanently of the European Council for a two-and-a-half-year
moved to Mumbai in 1937. The Central Office is term. Antonio Costa, the former prime minister of
where the Governor sits and where policies are Portugal, has been chosen to replace Charles
formulated. Though originally privately owned, Michel (Belgium) as Council president.
since nationalisation in 1949, the Reserve Bank is
• Antonio Costa proposed Ursula von der Leyen as
fully owned by the Government of India.
the candidate for “President of the European
Commission” and chose Kaja Kallas as the
candidate for “High Representative for Foreign
ककस राज्य सरकार ने सुजाता सौकनक क अपऩी पहल़ी
Affairs and Security Policy.”
मकहला मुख्य सकचव कनयुक्त ककया?
• The European Council is a collegiate body that
Which state government appointed Sujata Saunik as its defines the overall political direction and priorities
first female Chief Secretary? of the European Union. The European Council is
a. Gujarat part of the executive of the European Union (EU),
beside the European Commission. It is composed
b. Karnataka
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of the heads of state or of government of the EU • He takes over from Nitin Gupta.
member states, the President of the European
• The CBDT is the apex policy making body for the
Council, and the President of the European
Income-tax department. The CBDT is headed by a
Commission. Established as an informal summit in
chairman and can have six members who are in
1975, the European Council was formalised as an
the rank of special secretary. CBDT is a statutory
institution in 2009 upon the commencement of
body established as per the Central Board of
the Treaty of Lisbon.
Revenue Act, 1963. It is administered by the
Department of Revenue under the Ministry of
Finance.
एसएन सुिमण्यन क ककस कोंपऩी ने अध्यक्ष कनयुक्त ककया?

Which company appointed SN Subrahmanyan as

Chairman? इों टेकलजेंस ब्यूर (आईब़ी) के वतामान प्रमुि कौन हैं कजन्हें एक
साल का कवस्तार कदया गया है ?
a. TCS
Who is the current chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB)
b. Wipro
who has been given a one-year extension?
c. Infosys
a. Ajit Doval
d. LTIMindtree
b. Rajiv Jain
Answer: (d) LTIMindtree
c. Arvind Kumar
Related Imp Points
d. Tapan Kumar Deka
• Global technology consulting and digital solutions
company LTIMindtree has appointed veteran SN Answer: (d) Tapan Kumar Deka
Subrahmanyan as Chairman as AM Naik decided to Related Imp Points
step down from the post.
• Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief Tapan Kumar Deka
• LTIMindtree Ltd is a global technology consulting given a one-year extension till June 2025.
and digital solutions company within the L&T
Group. • IB is India's internal security and
counterintelligence agency under the Ministry of
Home Affairs.

केंद्ऱीय प्रत्यक्ष कर ब डा के नए अध्यक्ष कौन हैं? प्र फेशनल ग ल्फ टू र ऑफ इों कडया (प़ीज़ीट़ीआई) के नए
Who is the new chairman of the Central Board of Direct अध्यक्ष कौन हैं?
Taxes? Who is the new President of the Professional Golf Tour of
a. Pravin Kumar India (PGTI)?

b. Ravi Agrawal a. Kapil Dev

c. Sanjay Kumar b. Shiv Kapur

d. Pragya Sahay Saksena c. Arjun Atwal

Answer: (b) Ravi Agrawal d. Jyoti Randhawa

Related Imp Points Answer: (a) Kapil Dev

• Ravi Agrawal has been appointed as the new Related Imp Points
chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT).
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• World Cup-winning former India cricket captain in Brussels, Belgium, while NATO's military
Kapil Dev has taken over as the new President of headquarters are near Mons, Belgium.
the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI).

• He would be taking over from incumbent H R

Srinivasan, whose tenure has come to an end. भारत के अगले कवदे श सकचव कौन हैं?
• The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTA) is a Who is the next Foreign Secretary of India?
professional golf tour for men based in India. The
tour was formed in 2006, as the successor to the a. Sibi George
Indian PGA Golf Tour, which ran from 1997 to b. Vikram Misri
2006.
c. Jawed Ashraf

d. Pavan Kapoor
नाट के अगले महासकचव के रूप में ककसे कनयुक्त ककया गया Answer: (b) Vikram Misri
है ?
Related Imp Points
Who has been appointed as the next secretary-general of
• Deputy National Security Advisor Vikram Misri will
NATO?
be the next foreign secretary.
a. Mark Rutte
• He will take charge on July 15, a day after the
b. Angela Merkel incumbent Vinay Kwatra’s tenure ends.

c. Boris Johnson

d. Emmanuel Macron
Obituary News
Answer: (a) Mark Rutte
Related Imp Points

• NATO member states have formally appointed

# Obituary
former Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark
इों ड ने कशया के पू वा उपराष्ट्रपकत कौन थे कजनका 84 वषा क़ी
Rutte as the military alliance’s next secretary-
general. आयु में कनर्न ह गया?

• Rutte’s appointment was sealed by NATO Who was Indonesia's former Vice President who passed
ambassadors during a meeting at the 32-nation away at the age of 84?
alliance’s headquarters in Brussels. a. Boediono
• The outgoing Dutch premier will take over from b. Jusuf Kalla
the current secretary general, Norway’s Jens
Stoltenberg, on Oct. 1. c. Hamzah Haz

• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, is d. Try Sutrisno

an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 Answer: (c) Hamzah Haz
member states—30 European and 2 North
American. Established in the aftermath of World Related Imp Points
War II, the organization implements the North • Indonesia's former Vice President Hamzah Haz
Atlantic Treaty, signed in Washington, D.C., on 4 passed away at the age of 84. Haz served under
April 1949. NATO's main headquarters are located former President Megawati Sukarnoputri from
2001 to 2004.

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D’Britto (81), writer and environmentalist, who renowned for his contributions in which field?
translated the Bible into Marathi, passed away.
a. Literature
 Note: Vietnam’s long-serving leader and general
b. Cardiology
secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Nguyen Phu Trong (80) has died after a period of c. Space Technology
illness.
d. Computer Science

Answer: (b) Cardiology

किस्ट फर थॉमस कुररयन, कजनका हाल ह़ी में कनर्न ह गया,
Related Imp Points
ककस क्षे त्र में य गदान के कलए जाने जाते थे?
• Renowned cardiac surgeon and the founder of
Christopher Thomas Kurien, who passed away recently, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences
was renowned in which field? and Technology (SCTIMST), Dr MS Valiathan,
a. Physics passed away at 90. He was awarded Padma Shri in
2002 and Padma Vibhushan in 2005 for his
b. Medicine contributions to healthcare.
c. Literature • Other Obituaries-
d. Economics  Subhash Dandekar, the founder of iconic stationery
Answer: (d) Economics brand Camlin, died at the age of 86.

Related Imp Points  Sheraz K. Sunderji, a renowned horse trainer,

passed away at the age of 64.
• Distinguished economist Christopher Thomas
Kurien is no more. He was 93. He authored 15  Padma Shri awardee (2019) and noted organic
books on various aspects of Economics and farmer from Odisha Kamala Pujari died at 74. She
approached Economics from the viewpoint of also won the 'Equator Initiative Award' in
fighting poverty. Johannesburg, South Africa in 2002.

• Other Obituaries-  Gajinder Singh Khalsa, the founder and patron of

Dal Khalsa, passed away at the age of 74. He was
 Mark Carnevale, a former American professional one of five members of Dal Khalsa, who hijacked
golfer and PGA Tour winner died. He was 64. Indian Airlines flight IC-423 on September 29,
 Former Rajya Sabha member and senior BJP 1981, which had taken off from Delhi’s Palam
leader Prabhat Jha passed away. He was 67. He airport for Srinagar.
was the former Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata
Party President.
ऑस्कर कवजेता कनमााता जॉन लैंडौ का 63 वषा क़ी आयु में
 Former world snooker champion Ray Reardon
कनर्न ह गया, कनम्नकलखित में से ककस कफल्म से जुडे थे?
(U.K.) has died at the age of 91. Reardon
dominated snooker in the 1970s, claiming six world Jon Landau, the Oscar-winning producer who died aged
titles between 1970 and 1978. 63, was associated with which of the following films?

a. Titanic

डॉ. एमएस वकलयाथन, कजनका हाल ह़ी में कनर्न ह गया, b. Rainman
ककस क्षे त्र में अपने य गदान के कलए प्रकसद्ध थे? c. Jurrasic Park

d. Shawshank Redemption
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Related Imp Points अों तररक्ष कमशन के कमशन कनदे शक थे?

• Jon Landau, an Oscar-winning producer who Which space mission did Srinivas Hegde, passed away
worked closely with director James Cameron on recently, serve as the mission director for?
“Titanic" and the “Avatar” series, has passed away. a. Astrosat
He was 63. Landau's partnership with Cameron led
to three Oscar nominations and a best picture win b. Gaganyaan
for 1997's “Titanic.”
c. Chandrayaan-1
 Note: American tennis player Vic Seixas, who won
d. Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan)
15 Grand Slam tennis tournaments in the 1950s,
died. The oldest living Grand Slam champion, he Answer: (c) Chandrayaan-1
was 100.
Related Imp Points
 Note: Pahalman Subba, Sikkim’s first elected Lok
• Srinivas Hegde, who was the mission director of
Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) passed away
India’s first moon mission Chandrayaan-1, passed
at 90.
away at 71.

• Other Obituaries-

 Rajavarothiam Sampanthan, who unequivocally

pushed for equal rights for ethnic Tamils in Sri
ककस दे श के शतरों ज ग्ैं डमास्टर कजयाउर रहमान का हाल ह़ी Lanka, has passed away. He was 91. He led the
में मैच के ब़ीच में स्टर क के कारि कनर्न ह गया? Tamil National Alliance.
Which country's chess grandmaster Ziaur Rahman passed  Former India midfielder Bhupinder Singh Rawat,
away recently mid-match due to stroke? who played in the 1969 Merdeka Cup in Malaysia,
died at 85.
a. Iran
 Professor C V Chandrasekhar (fondly referred to as
b. Qatar
CVC or Chandru anna), a renowned
c. Pakistan Bharatanatyam Dancer and Padma Bhushan
Awardee, has passed away at 89.
d. Bangladesh

Answer: (d) Bangladesh

Related Imp Points
ककस अों ग्ेज़ी साोंखख्यक़ीकवद् और डकवथा-लुईस पद्धकत के
सह-आकवष्कारक का 84 वषा क़ी आयु में कनर्न ह गया?
• Bangladesh's top-ranked chess grandmaster Ziaur
Rahman died at the age of 50 after suffering a Which English statistician and co-inventor of the
stroke and collapsing on his board in the middle of Duckworth-Lewis method passed away at the age of 84?
a national championship match. a. Tony Lewis
 Other Obituaries b. John Stern
 Telangana veteran Congress leader and former c. Peter Duckworth
Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP)
Dharmapuri Srinivas passed away at 76. d. Frank Duckworth

 Veteran actor Smriti Biswas, who worked in a Answer: (d) Frank Duckworth
number of Hindi, Marathi and Bengali films, died at
Related Imp Points
the age of 100.
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• English statistician and one of the inventors of the the region, particularly in rural areas where the
Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method, Frank bank holds a significant presence.
Duckworth died at the age of 84.
• MD & CEO, Star Health Insurance: Anand Roy
• The Duckworth-Lewis method, devised by
Duckworth and fellow statistician Tony Lewis, was
introduced to determine results in rain-affected LIC ने अपऩी श्ऱीलोंकाई सहायक कोंपऩी LIC (लोंका) में ककतऩी
cricket matches. The method was first used in अकतररक्त पूों ज़ी लगाई है?
international cricket in 1997 and was formally
adopted by the ICC as the standard method for How much additional capital has LIC infused in its Sri
setting revised targets in truncated games in 2001. Lankan subsidiary, LIC (Lanka)?

 Note: Veteran diplomat and former foreign a. LKR 1 billion

secretary Muchkund Dubey, 90. He served as
b. LKR 100 million
India's high commissioner to Bangladesh, as
permanent representative to UN in Geneva, and c. LKR 200 million
as Indian member on UNESCO executive board.
d. LKR 500 million

Answer: (d) LKR 500 million

Insurance News Related Imp Points

• Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has

#Ins infused an additional capital of LKR 500 million
(approx ₹14 crore) in its Sri Lankan subsidiary, LIC
(Lanka).
ककस ब़ीमा कोंपऩी ने कहमाचल प्रदे श राज्य सहकाऱी बैं क
(HPSCB) के साथ एक रिऩीकतक कॉपोरे ट एजेंस़ी समझौते • The shareholding of LIC in the Lankan subsidiary
क़ी घ षिा क़ी है ? will increase from 90.91% to 93.75% after
allotment of shares.
Which insurance company has announced a strategic
corporate agency agreement with Himachal Pradesh • LIC’s Overseas Subsidiaries: LIC (International)
State Cooperative Bank (HPSCB)? B.S.C. (c) [operates in GCC countries of Bahrain,
Qatar, Kuwait, U.A.E. (Dubai & Abu Dhabi) and
a. HDFC ERGO Oman], LIC (Nepal) Ltd., LIC (Lanka) Ltd., LIC of
b. ICICI Lombard Bangladesh Ltd.

c. Star Health Insurance • LIC’s Wholly Owned Subsidiary: LIC (Singapore)

Pte Ltd.
d. SBI General Insurance
 Life Insurance Corporation of India is a statutory
Answer: (c) Star Health Insurance Corporation established under Section 3 of LIC Act,
1956. The Life Insurance Corporation of India came
Related Imp Points
into existence on 1st September, 1956.
• Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Limited
(Star Health Insurance) announced a strategic
corporate agency agreement with Himachal हाल ह़ी में ककस ब़ीमा कोंपऩी ने िास्थ्य ब़ीमा उत्पाद
Pradesh State Cooperative Bank (HPSCB), the
'एकलवे ट' लॉन्च ककया है ?
leading bank of Himachal Pradesh.
Which insurance company recently launched the health
• Through this partnership, Star Health Insurance
insurance product 'Elevate’?
aims to enhance access to health insurance across
a. HDFC ERGO
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b. Bajaj Allianz  The Parliament of India passed the Life Insurance
Corporation Act on the 19th of June 1956, and the
c. ICICI Lombard
Life Insurance Corporation of India was created on
d. Reliance General Insurance 1st September, 1956.

Answer: (c) ICICI Lombard  Headquartered in Mumbai, It is under the

ownership of Government of India and
Related Imp Points
administrative control of the Ministry of Finance.
• ICICI Lombard announced the launch of its The government currently holds 96.50% stake in
revolutionary health insurance product, ‘Elevate’. the company. There are a total of 8 zonal offices,
located in Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad,
• Powered with AI, the first-of-its-kind health Kanpur, Kolkata, Bhopal and Patna. LIC’s motto is
product is loaded with cutting-edge features and
Yogakshemam Vahamyaham (Your welfare is our
add-ons, offering personalised solutions to meet
responsibility), taken from 22nd verse of the
the needs of dynamic lifestyles, unforeseen
Bhagavad Gita’s 9th chapter.
medical emergencies and medical inflation.
 CEO and managing director, LIC: Siddhartha
• ICICI Lombard Mohanty
 Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra

 CMD: Sanjeev Mantri

कडकजटल प्लेटफॉमा का नाम क्या है कजसके कलए NEC
Corporation India क कसस्टम इों ट़ीग्े टर (SI) के रूप में चुना
गया है ?
LIC द्वारा शुरू क़ी गई एजेंस़ी पररवतान पररय जना का नाम
क्या है ? What is the name of the digital platform for which NEC
Corporation India has been selected as System Integrator
What is the name of the agency transformation project (SI)?
undertaken by LIC?
a. PFRDA-TECH
a. Jeevan Anand
b. PFRDA-TRACE
b. Jeevan Raksha
c. PFRDA-DIGITAL
c. Jeevan Samarth
d. PFRDA-CONNECT
d. Jeevan Suraksha
Answer: (b) PFRDA-TRACE
Answer: (c) Jeevan Samarth
Related Imp Points
Related Imp Points
• Pension regulator Pension Fund Regulatory and
• The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) Development Authority (PFRDA) has selected NEC
undertook an agency transformation project, Corporation India as System Integrator (SI) for its
'Jeevan Samarth,' to meet the evolving needs of
digital platform PFRDA-TRACE. NEC Corporation
customers.
has been selected as SI for a period of six years.
• The life insurance giant has partnered with A T • PFRDA-TRACE (tracking, reporting, analytics, and
Kearney to undertake the transformation project compliance e-platform) is expected to serve as a
by reviewing the existing agency framework of LIC comprehensive tool for submitting regulatory and
on an end-to-end basis.
supervisory compliance reports by intermediaries,
• LIC sharing of reports and data with PFRDA,
monitoring functions and facilitating a workflow
for PFRDA departments to review and track
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submissions. The TARCH project is envisioned to be According to the FICCI's Economic Outlook Survey, what is
a modular and API-based (application the annual median GDP growth forecast for the Indian
programming interface)platform. economy for the year 2024-25?

• PFRDA a. 6.0 per cent

 Headquarters: New Delhi b. 7.0 per cent

 Chairman: Deepak Mohanty c. 7.5 per cent

d. 8.0 per cent

Answer: (b) 7.0 per cent

Economy NEWS
Related Imp Points

#Economy • The latest round of Federation of Indian Chambers

of Commerce & Industry or FICCI's Economic
Outlook Survey reveals that an annual median
जून 2024 में भारत क़ी थ क मूल्य मुद्रास्फ़ीकत क्या थ़ी? GDP growth forecast for the year 2024-25 at 7.0
per cent for the Indian economy.
What was India's wholesale price inflation in June 2024?
• Median GDP growth is estimated at 6.8 per cent
a. 2.61 per cent
and 7.2 per cent in Q1 2024-25 and Q2 2024-25
b. 3.36 per cent respectively.
c. 2.75 per cent

d. 3.50 per cent ककस कोंपऩी ने ने शनल बैं क फॉर फाइनें कसोंग इों फ्रास्टर क्चर एों ड
Answer: (b) 3.36 per cent डे वलपमेंट (NaBFID) से 6200 कर ड रुपये क़ी िेकडट लाइन
प्राप्त क़ी है?
Related Imp Points
Which company has obtained a Rs 6200 crore credit line
• India’s wholesale price inflation in June 2024 rose
from National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and
to a 16-month high of 3.36 per cent on costlier Development (NaBFID)?
food items, as compared with 2.61 per cent in the
previous month of May 2024. a. Tata Power

• In June 2024, India’s CPI inflation also rose to 4- b. Adani Group

month high of 5.08 per cent on the back of higher
c. Greenko Group
food prices, according to official data.
d. Reliance Industries
• The new series of Wholesale Price Index(WPI)
with base 2011-12 is effective from April 2017. WPI Answer: (c) Greenko Group
captures the average movement of wholesale
Related Imp Points
prices of goods and is primarily used as a GDP
deflator. WPI (2011-12) reckons only basic prices • Greenko Group has obtained a 62 billion rupees
and does not include taxes, rebate/trade (Rs 6200 crore/ or $743 million) credit line from
discounts, transport and other charges. India’s National Bank for Financing Infrastructure
and Development (NaBFID) as it seeks to partially
refinance offshore debt.
FICCI के आकथाक आउटलुक सवे क्षि के अनु सार, वषा 2024- • The clean energy company, backed by Singapore’s
25 के कलए भारत़ीय अथाव्यवस्था के कलए वाकषाक औसत GIC sovereign wealth fund, will draw on the newly
ज़ीड़ीप़ी वृ खद्ध का पूवाानुमान क्या है ?
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sanctioned credit line to refinance two sets of What has the International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised
dollar bonds maturing in January and July 2025. India’s growth forecast for FY25 to, from the 6.8 percent
projected in April?
• The company can tap the funds as it needs them
and the loans will be priced for a tenure starting 10 a. 7 percent
years up to 23 years.
b. 7.1 percent
 NaBFID, established by the Government of India in
c. 7.5 percent
April 2021, is the nation’s 5th All India Financial
Institution (AIFI), aimed at fostering long-term non- d. 7.3 percent
recourse infrastructure financing. It is regulated
and supervised by RBI. The other 4 AIFIs in India Answer: (a) 7 per cent
are - NABARD, National Housing Bank (NHB), SIDBI, Related Imp Points
and EXIM Bank.
• The International Monetary Fund its World
Economic Outlook raised India’s growth forecast
for FY25 to 7 percent from 6.8 percent projected in
कनम्नकलखित में से ककसने चालू कवत्त वषा के कलए भारत क़ी
April.
ज़ीड़ीप़ी वृ खद्ध का अनुमान 7% बनाए रिा है?
• For the 2025-26 fiscal year, the IMF maintained its
Which of the following has maintained India’s GDP previous estimate of 6.5 per cent growth in India's
growth forecast at 7% for the current fiscal? gross domestic product (GDP).
a. World Bank • In June, the Reserve Bank of India had revised
b. United Nations India’s growth forecast upward to 7.2 from 7
percent earlier.
c. New Development Bank (NDB)
• The Indian economy grew 8.2 percent in FY24.
d. Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Overall, global growth is projected to grow at 3.2
Answer: (d) Asian Development Bank (ADB) per cent in 2024 and 3.3 per cent in 2025.
Related Imp Points

• The Asian Development Bank maintained India’s

गु जरात के सुरेंद्रनगर में 400 मेगावाट का सौर ऊजाा सोंयोंत्र
GDP growth forecast at 7% for the current fiscal.
बनाने के कलए ककस कवत्त़ीय सोंस्थान ने ENGIE SA के साथ
This comes after IMF revised upward its GDP
growth projections for India to 7% compared to साझे दाऱी क़ी है ?
6.8% projected in April. Last month, RBI had Which financial institution has partnered with ENGIE SA
revised its growth forecast upward to 7.2%, from to build 400 MW solar power plant in Surendranagar,
the 7% estimated earlier. Gujarat?
 Rating agency Moody’s also kept India's economic a. ADB
growth forecast for calendar year 2024 unchanged
at 6.8%, while predicting a 6.5% growth for 2025. b. NDB

c. World Bank

अं तरनाष्ट्रीय मुद्रन कोष (IMF) र्े FY25 के धिए भनरत के वृ खि d. International Monetary Fund
पू वनार्ुमनर् को अप्रै ि में 6.8 प्रधतशत से बढनकर धकतर्े प्रधतशत Answer: (a) ADB
कर धदयन है ?
Related Imp Points

• Asian Development Bank (ADB) has arranged Rs

1,460 crore loan for ENGIE group for constructing a
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Surendranagar, Gujarat.
What is the name of the agri fund announced by
• The project will support the Government of India's NABARD?
target of achieving at least 500 gigawatts of non-
fossil fuel energy capacity by 2030. a. Agri-SURE

b. Agri-FUND

c. Agri-START
मई 2024 में भारत के औद्य कगक उत्पादन सूचकाोंक (IIP) क़ी
वृ खद्ध दर क्या थ़ी? d. Agri-RURAL

What was the growth rate of India's Index of Industrial Answer: (a) Agri-SURE
Production (IIP) in May 2024?
Related Imp Points
a. 4.5%
• The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
b. 5.9% Development (NABARD) has announced an agri
fund for Start-Ups & Rural Enterprises (Agri-SURE),
c. 6.7% with initial corpus of ₹750 crore to be managed by
d. 7.2% its wholly owned subsidiary NABVENTURES.

Answer: (b) 5.9% • While NABARD and the Ministry of Agriculture are
contributing ₹250 crore each, the rest ₹250 crore
Related Imp Points is from other institutions.
• India’s Index of industrial production (IIP) grew to a • The fund is structured to support about 85 agri
seven-month high of 5.9 per cent in May 2024, start-ups with investment sizes of up to ₹25 crore
mainly due to good showing by power and mining each by the end of its term. The fund will provide
sectors. support through investments in sector-specific,
• The factory output growth, measured in terms of sector-agnostic, and debt alternative investment
the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), was 5 per funds (AIFs), as well as direct equity support to
cent in April, 5.4 per cent in March, 5.6 per cent in start-ups.
February and 4.2 per cent in January 2024. The • NABARD has also announced AgriSURE Greenathon
previous high of IIP was recorded at 11.9 per cent 2024, a hackathon which is aimed at addressing
in October 2023. three key problem statements: “Smart Agriculture
• During the April-May period this fiscal, the IIP on a Budget,” “Turning Agri-Waste into Profitable
growth was 5.4 per cent against 5.1 per cent in the Business Opportunities,” and “Tech Solutions
preceding financial year. Making Regenerative Agriculture Remunerative”.

• Index of Industrial Production Base Year is 2011 –

12. It is compiled and published monthly by the
म्ाोंमार क भनरत द्वनरन दाल ों का कनयाात ककस टर े ड सेटिमेंट
National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of
मैकेधर्ज्म के तहत ककया गया था?
Statistical and Programme Implementation six
weeks after the reference month ends. The Eight Under which trade settlement mechanism was the pulses
Core Industries comprise nearly 40.27% of the export to Myanmar conducted?
weight of items included in the Index of Industrial
Production (IIP). These are Refinery products, a. Rupee-Yen
Electricity, Steel, Coal, Crude oil, Natural gas, b. Dollar-Euro
Cement and Fertilisers.(Arranged in descending
order of their share). c. Rupee-Kyat

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Answer: (c) Rupee-Kyat एसब़ीआई म्ूचुअल फोंड ने एसब़ीआई कसल्वर ईट़ीएफ फोंड
Related Imp Points ऑफ फोंड लॉन्च ककया है । ईट़ीएफ का मतलब क्या है?

• The first transaction of over Rs 1 crore pulses SBI Mutual Fund has launched SBI Silver ETF Fund of
export to Myanmar from India was successfully Fund. What does ETF stand for?
executed under the Rupee-Kyat trade settlement a. Equity Trading Fund
mechanism, a move which will boost bilateral
trade and enhance the usage of local currencies. b. Exchange Traded Fund

• The establishment of the mechanism will simplify c. Exchange Transfer Fund

trade transactions and make them more efficient.
d. Electronic Transfer Fund
It will reduce costs associated with currency
conversions. Answer: (b) Exchange Traded Fund

• Myanmar Related Imp Points

 Capital: Naypyidaw • SBI Mutual Fund has announced the launch of SBI
Silver ETF Fund of Fund, an open-ended fund of
 Currency: Myanmar Kyat fund scheme investing in SBI Silver ETF.

• An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a collection of

कौन से द दे श 2030 तक अपने कद्वपक्ष़ीय व्यापार क 100 investments such as equities or bonds. ETFs will let
you invest in a large number of securities at once,
कबकलयन डॉलर तक बढ़ाने पर सहमत हुए?
and they often have cheaper fees than other types
Which two countries agreed to increase their bilateral of funds. ETFs are also more easily traded.
trade to $100 billion by 2030?
• Note: State Bank of India Chairman Dinesh Kumar
a. India and China Khara announced that the bank plans to open 400
branches in India in the 2024-25 financial year.
b. India and Japan

c. India and Russia

d. India and the United States MoU News

Answer: (c) India and Russia

Related Imp Points #MoU
• India and Russia agreed to increase bilateral trade
भारत में H125 फाइनल असेंबल़ी लाइन (FAL) स्थाकपत करने
to $100 billion by 2030 and use national
के कलए ककन द सोंस्थाओों ने अनुबोंर् पर हस्तनक्षर धकए?
currencies to bypass Western sanctions. This
decision was made during the 22nd Annual Which two entities formalized a contract to establish the
Summit, the first meeting between Modi and Putin H125 Final Assembly Line (FAL) in India?
since the Ukraine war began.
a. HAL and Boeing
• Russia agreed to open two new consulates in
Kazan and Yekaterinburg for the Indian diaspora. b. Mahindra Aerospace and Airbus Helicopters

• A trade agreement between Eurasian Economic c. Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Boeing
Union (EAEU) -- comprising Russia, Belarus, d. Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Airbus
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia -- was also Helicopters
discussed.
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Airbus Helicopters of India. It is located in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Related Imp Points

• Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Airbus ककस ऑर्गा र्नइजेशर् ने 'सेल-फ्ऱी' 6G एक्से स पॉइों ट के कवकास
Helicopters have formalized a contract to establish के कलए आईआईट़ी रूडक़ी और आईआईट़ी मोंड़ी के साथ
the H125 Final Assembly Line (FAL) in India.
एक समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर ककए?
• The FAL will be the first instance of the private
Which organization signed an agreement with IIT Roorkee
sector setting up a helicopter assembly facility here
and IIT Mandi for the development of ‘Cell-Free’ 6G
in India, which will be responsible for the
Access Points?
production of Airbus' best-selling H125 helicopter
from its civil range for India and the neighbouring a. TRAI
countries.
b. ISRO
• The installation of electrical harnesses, hydraulic
c. DRDO
circuits, flight controls, dynamic components, fuel
system, engine, and avionics and mission systems d. C-DOT
will all be handled by the FAL. Additionally, it will
test and certify the helicopters. Answer: (d) C-DOT
Related Imp Points

• The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-

आकथाक और कवत्त़ीय सुरक्षा के क्षे त्र में नवाचार के कलए ककस
DOT), a premier Telecom R&D centre of the
कविकवद्यालय ने NSE IX और NSEICC के साथ एक समझौता Department of Telecommunications (DoT),
ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर ककए? Government of India, signed an agreement with
Which university signed an MoU with NSE IX and NSEICC the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT
for innovation in the field of economic and financial Roorkee) and Indian Institute of Technology,
security? Mandi (IIT Mandi), for the development of ‘Cell-
Free’ 6G Access Points. Both the IITs are
a. Delhi University collaborating to develop this technology.
b. Banaras Hindu University • The agreement is signed under the Telecom
Technology Development Fund (TTDF) scheme of
c. Jawaharlal Nehru University
Department of Telecommunications, Government
d. Rashtriya Raksha University of India, which has been designed for providing
funding support to domestic companies, Indian
Answer: (d) Rashtriya Raksha University
startups, academia and R&D institutions involved
Related Imp Points in technology design, development,
commercialization of telecommunication products
• Rashtriya Raksha University, Lavad, Gandhinagar
and solutions.
and National Stock Exchange International
Exchange (NSE IX) and National Stock Exchange
International Clearing (NSEICC) officially signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at NITI Aayog ने ककस कमशन के तहत WIPO के साथ सोंयुक्त
fostering cooperation and innovation in the field of आशय पत्र (JLoI) पर हस्ताक्षर ककए हैं?
economic and financial security. Under which mission did NITI Aayog sign the Joint Letter
• Rashtriya Raksha University, an Institution of of Intent (JLoI) with WIPO?
National Importance in India, is a pioneering a. Digital India Mission
National Security and Police University under the
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innovation in chemical sciences, aligning with
c. Swachh Bharat Mission
UPL’s strategy to enhance academic excellence and
d. Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) achieve global recognition.

Answer: (d) Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)

Related Imp Points अरका कफनकैप ने एमएसएमई ऋि प्रदान करने के कलए
• NITI Aayog signed a Joint Letter of Intent (JLoI) with ककस बैं क के साथ साझे दाऱी क़ी है ?
the World Intellectual Property Organization Arka Fincap has partnered with which bank to offer
(WIPO) under its Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) MSME loans?
aimed at building programs for innovation,
entrepreneurship and intellectual property (IP) for a. SBI
countries in the global south. b. Axis Bank
• As one of the specialized agencies of the United c. South Indian Bank
Nations, WIPO is the nodal institution that releases
the Global Innovation Index (GII) annually. As per d. Central Bank of India
the GII 2023 report, India had retained the 40th
Answer: (d) Central Bank of India
position of 132 economies featured in the GII
ranking. Related Imp Points

• Atal Innovation Mission is a flagship initiative set • Non-bank financial company Arka Fincap, a part of
up by the NITI Aayog in 2016 to create a culture of Kirloskar Group, announced that it had partnered
innovation and entrepreneurship across India. with Central Bank of India to offer MSME loans.

• Under the co-lending arrangement, Arka will offer

loans to MSMEs at competitive rates and further
यूप़ीएल यूकनवकसाट़ी ऑफ सस्टे नेबल टे क्न लॉज़ी ने expand its reach across India.
रासायकनक कवज्ञान अनु सोंर्ान के कलए इसर के ककस सोंस्थान
• Central Bank of India
के साथ एक समझौता ज्ञापन (एमओयू) पर हस्ताक्षर ककए हैं?
 MD and CEO: Matam Venkata Rao
UPL University of Sustainable Technology has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which  Headquarters: Mumbai
Institution of ISRO for chemical sciences research?
 Tagline: Build a Better Life Around Us/ Central To
a. Satish Dhawan Space Centre You Since 1911
b. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

c. Space Application Centre (SAC) भारत़ीय मानक ब्यूर (ब़ीआईएस) ने मानक़ीकरि क बढ़ावा
d. Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre दे ने के कलए ककस सोंस्था के साथ समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर
ककए हैं ?
Answer: (c) Space Application Centre (SAC)
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has signed MoU
Related Imp Points
with which institution to promote standardization?
• UPL University of Sustainable Technology, a
a. IIT Delhi
leading initiative by UPL Group, has entered into a
significant partnership with the Space Application b. IIT Bombay
Centre (SAC) of the Indian Space Research
c. IIT Roorkee
Organisation (ISRO) through a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU). d. IISc, Bengaluru
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Related Imp Points ने शनल सेंटर फॉर प लर एों ड ओशन ररसचा (NCPOR) के साथ
एक समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर ककए हैं?
• The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) announced
the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding Which company has signed a deal with the National
(MoU) with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) for the
Bengaluru, for the establishment of the ‘BIS construction of an ocean research vessel?
Standardization Chair Professor’ at the latter.
a. HAL
• This initiative marks a significant step towards
b. L&T
institutionalizing BIS's collaboration with leading
academic and research establishments across c. BHEL
India.
d. GRSE Ltd

Answer: (d) GRSE Ltd

केंद्ऱीय प्रत्यक्ष कर ब डा (CBDT) ने टै क्सने ट-2.0 कायािम के Related Imp Points
कलए ककस दू रसोंचार कोंपऩी के साथ अनु बोंर् पर हस्ताक्षर
ककए? • Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE)
Ltd has signed a deal with the National Centre for
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) signed a multi-year Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) under the
contract with which telecom company for the Taxnet-2.0 Ministry of Earth Sciences for the construction and
program? delivery of an ocean research vessel (ORV).
a. BSNL • The deal is said to be worth ₹840 crore and the
project is expected to be implemented in the next
b. Bharti Airtel
42 months.
c. Reliance Jio

d. Vodafone Idea
ई-कचरा ऱीसाइखक्लोंग बॉक्स लॉन्च करने के कलए ककस कोंपऩी
Answer: (b) Bharti Airtel ने कदल्ल़ी मेटर रे ल कॉपोरे शन (DMRC) के साथ सहय ग ककया
Related Imp Points है ?

• The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) signed a Which company has collaborated with the Delhi Metro
multi-year contract with telecom major Bharti Rail Corporation (DMRC) to launch e-waste recycling
Airtel, under which the latter will provide network boxes?
and connectivity solutions for CBDT's Taxnet-2.0
a. Sony India Pvt Ltd
programme.
b. Toyota India Pvt Ltd
• This contract is an extension as Airtel has been the
network partner to CBDT since 2008 in Taxnet-1.0. c. Nippon Steel Corporation

 Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises: Sunil d. JIT Yamanashi India Pvt Ltd
Bharti Mittal
Answer: (d) JIT Yamanashi India Pvt Ltd
 Chairman, CBDT: Ravi Agarwal
Related Imp Points

• The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in

collaboration with the Japanese recycling firm JIT
Yamanashi India Pvt Ltd launched the facility of e-

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off their used printer ink bottles and cartridges. Project Service Provider for design, construction, and
consultancy services both in India and overseas?
• These recycling boxes in a set of two each have
been installed at 15 prominent interchange metro a. RVNL and PWD
stations, encouraging commuters to dispose off
b. DMRC and RVNL
their used printer ink bottles and cartridges for
further recycling. c. DMRC and IRCON

d. Indian Railways and NHAI

ककस भारत़ीय कोंपऩी ने डॉयचे बैं क एज़ी से 200 कमकलयन Answer: (b) DMRC and RVNL
डॉलर का हररत ऋि प्राप्त ककया है ?
Related Imp Points
Which Indian company has availed a $200-million green • The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Rail
loan from Deutsche Bank AG? Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) signed a Memorandum
a. REC Ltd of Understanding (MoU) to jointly serve as a
Project Service Provider for design, construction,
b. NTPC Ltd and consultancy services both in India and
c. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd overseas.

d. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd • The MoU covers a wide range of projects, including
metro and railway systems, high-speed rail,
Answer: (a) REC Ltd highways, mega-bridges, tunnels, institutional
Related Imp Points
buildings, workshops, depots, signal and
telecommunication (S&T) works, and railway
• State-run REC Ltd has availed a $200-million loan electrification.
(31.96 billion Japanese yen/ ₹1,670 crore) from
Deutsche Bank AG to finance green projects in
India. कनम्नकलखित में से ककसने कवत्त़ीय समावे शन क बढ़ावा दे ने के
• Green loans are loans meant for sustainable, कलए ऑनलाइन प़ीएसब़ी ल न कलकमटे ड के साथ एक समझौते
environmentally friendly purposes, such as पर हस्ताक्षर ककए हैं?
reducing CO2 emissions, or purposes contributing
Which of the following has signed an agreement with
to the green transition in society such as
Online PSB Loans Limited to promote financial inclusion?
developing new environmentally friendly
technology. a. RBI
• Deutsche Bank AG is a German multinational b. SBI
investment bank headquartered in Frankfurt.
c. NABARD
 CMD, REC: Vivek Kumar Dewangan
d. Indian Bank

Answer: (c) NABARD

भारत और कवदे श द न ों में कडजाइन, कनमााि और परामशा
Related Imp Points
सेवाओों के कलए पररय जना सेवा प्रदाता के रूप में सोंयुक्त
रूप से काम करने के कलए ककन द ऑर्गार्नइजेशर् ने • National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर ककए? Development (NABARD) and Online PSB Loans
Limited have signed an agreement to promote
financial inclusion through regional rural banks.

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of enrolment and claim settlement under the Jan
Related Imp Points
Suraksha Schemes for all 43 Regional Rural Banks
(RRBs) onboarded on one platform through the • The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
JanSuraksha Portal. (CSIR) and the M. S. Swaminathan Research
Foundation (MSSRF) entered an MoU to work
• Under this initiative, NABARD will integrate all 43
together for livelihood generation among rural,
RRBs onto the JanSuraksha Portal with a view to
tribal, and farming communities.
democratising access to financial protection
schemes across erstwhile inaccessible corners of • MSSRF, a non-profit trust registered under the
the country. Indian Trusts Act 1882 and recognised by the
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research,
Government of India as a Scientific and Industrial
भारत और ताइवान के ब़ीच पारस्पररक मान्यता समझौते Research Organisation, focuses specifically on
(MRA) का प्राथकमक उद्दे श्य क्या है ? tribal and rural communities with a pro-poor, pro-
women and pro-nature approach.
What is the primary focus of the Mutual Recognition
Agreement (MRA) between India and Taiwan?

a. Digital trade STREE पहल के तहत, ककसके कलए इलेखरर क साइककल के

माध्यम से सस्टे र्ेबि पररवहन क़ी सुकवर्ा प्रदान क़ी जाएग़ी?
b. Industrial goods
Under the STREE initiative, sustainable transport through
c. Organic products electric bicycles will be facilitated for whom?
d. Financial services a. SHG Women
Answer: (c) Organic products b. College Students
Related Imp Points
c. Rural Entrepreneurs
• The Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) for
d. Government Employees
organic products between India and Taiwan has
been implemented w.e.f. 8th July 2024 during the Answer: (c) Rural Entrepreneurs
9th Working Group on Trade Meeting with Taiwan
Related Imp Points
at New Delhi.
• The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD)
• The implementation of the MRA between India and
signed an MoU with Convergence Energy Services
Taiwan is a landmark achievement as it is the first
Limited (CESL), a wholly owned subsidy of EESL, to
bilateral agreement for organic products.
help facilitate “Sustainable Transport for Rural
Entrepreneurs through Electric Bicycles” (STREE)
for Self Help Group (SHG) Women under
आज़ीकवका सृजन के कलए कमलकर काम करने हे तु ककन द Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural
ऑर्गार्नइजेशर् ने एक समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर ककया है ? Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM).
Which two organizations have entered an MoU to work • STREE intends to empower the rural economy,
together for livelihood generation? especially the rural women by providing them
access to green mobility through the introduction
a. CSIR and WHO
of electric bicycles.
b. CSIR and MSSRF
• Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) is a
c. CSIR and UNICEF subsidiary of state-owned Energy Efficiency
Services Limited, a joint venture of public sector
d. CSIR and NABARD
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Government of India.
• Indian Railways’ Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV)
Vadodara and Airbus entered into collaboration to
significantly strengthen the Indian aviation sector.
ककस प्राकर्करि ने शहऱी इन्फ्रनस्टर क्चर के कवकास के
कवत्तप षि के कलए जमान कवकास बैं क KfW के साथ 850 • The agreement includes a full scholarship program
for 40 GSV students for the entire program
कर ड रुपये का समझौता ककया है ?
duration, setting up the Centre of Excellence at
Which authority has entered into a Rs. 850 crore GSV as well as the Airbus Aviation Chair Professor
agreement with the German development bank KfW to position at GSV.
finance urban infrastructure development?
• The agreement was signed in the presence of
a. Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways,
Information and Broadcasting, Electronics and IT
b. Bangalore Development Authority (BDA)
who is also the First Chancellor of Gati Shakti
c. Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority Vishwavidyalaya, Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu,
(CMDA) Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Ravneet Singh,
Minister of State for Railways, and Jaya Varma
d. Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Sinha, the Chairman and CEO, Railway Board.
Authority (MMRDA)

Answer: (d) Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development

Authority (MMRDA) DPIIT और NCAER के ब़ीच हस्ताक्षररत समझौता ज्ञापन का
Related Imp Points
उद्दे श्य भारत में ककस क्षे त्र क बढ़ावा दे ना है?

• The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development The MoU signed between DPIIT and NCAER is aimed at
Authority (MMRDA) has entered into an agreement enhancing which sector in India?
with the German state-owned development bank a. Logistics
KfW to raise over Rs 850 crore to support
development of urban infrastructure. b. Education

• The funds procured from KfW and MMRDA's c. Agriculture

resources will be primarily allocated towards d. Manufacturing
various sustainable development projects within
and around the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Answer: (a) Logistics
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ककस भारत़ीय कविकवद्यालय ने भारत़ीय कवमानन क्षेत्र क • The Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce &
मजबू त करने के कलए एयरबस के साथ सहय ग ककया है ?
Industry and National Council of Applied Economic
Which Indian university has collaborated with Airbus to Research (NCAER) signed a Memorandum of
strengthen the Indian aviation sector? Understanding (MoU) for the development of
Framework & Assessment of Logistics Cost in
a. Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
India.
b. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
• The Government of India had launched the
c. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi National Logistics Policy (NLP) on 17th September
2022. One of the primary objectives of the NLP was
d. Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV) Vadodara to reduce the percentage of logistics cost to the
Answer: (d) Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV) Vadodara GDP.

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ककस कशपयाडा ने चार बहुउद्दे श्य़ीय वे सल्स के कनमााि के कलए has proudly announced its partnership with the
जमाऩी खस्थत कास्टा न रे हडर कशफ्समैकलर और ऱीडे रेई Indian Olympic Association (IOA) as the official
ज़ीएमब़ीएच एों ड कोंपऩी केज़ी के साथ एक समझौते पर principal partner for four years, starting from Paris
हस्ताक्षर ककए? Olympics ’24 through Los Angeles Olympics ’28.

Which shipyard signed an agreement with Germany- • As part of this collaboration, BPCL will launch a
based Carsten Rehder Schiffsmakler and Reederei GmbH series of campaigns designed to support and uplift
& Co. KG to construct four multi-purpose vessels? the Indian contingent heading to Paris.

a. HSL  C & MD BPCL: G. Krishnakumar

b. CSL  IOA president: P T Usha

c. MDL

d. GRSE ककस भारत़ीय कोंपऩी ने एलएनज़ी आपू कता के कलए

ट टलएनजीज़ के साथ समझौता ककया है ?
Answer: (d) GRSE
Which Indian company has entered into an agreement
Related Imp Points
with TotalEnergies for LNG supply?
• Defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and
a. ONGC
Engineers (GRSE) Ltd signed an agreement with
Germany-based Carsten Rehder Schiffsmakler and b. Indian Oil Corporation
Reederei GmbH & Co. KG to construct and deliver
c. Reliance Industries Limited
four multi-purpose vessels at a cost of
approximately $45 million. d. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
• GRSE is a Miniratna public sector undertaking Answer: (b) Indian Oil Corporation
located in Kolkata. It is the first Indian shipyard to
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build 100 warships.
• French energy major TotalEnergies announced
agreements with Indian Oil Corporation and Korea
ककस कोंपऩी ने आकर्काररक प्रमुि भाग़ीदार के रूप में South-East Power for the supply of liquefied
भारत़ीय ओलोंकपक सोंघ के साथ अपऩी साझे दाऱी क़ी घ षिा natural gas (LNG) over a medium to long term
क़ी है ? period.

Which company has announced its partnership with the • It signed a sales and purchase agreement with
Indian Olympic Association as the official principal Indian Oil Corporation to deliver up to 800,000
partner? metric tons per year of LNG to India for ten years
from 2026.
a. Reliance Industries
• Indian Oil Corporation had previously signed a
b. Hindustan Petroleum long-term deal to receive 1.2 million metric tons
per year of LNG supplies from United Arab
c. Indian Oil Corporation
Emirates' s Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Co Ltd
d. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (ADNOC LNG), beginning from 2026 for 14 years.

Answer: (d) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

Related Imp Points दू रसोंचार प्रौद्य कगक़ी के कवकास क सक्षम करने के कलए
• Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a भारत 6G एलायोंस ने ककसके साथ समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर ककए
‘Maharatna’ and a Fortune Global 500 Company, हैं ?

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enable the development of telecommunication
Answer: (c) BharatPe
technology?
Related Imp Points
a. NASA and SpaceX
• Fintech major BharatPe has entered into a
b. Alibaba and Tencent
strategic partnership with Invest India to promote
c. Google and Facebook digital financial inclusion and digital financial
literacy across One District One Product (ODOP)
d. 6G IA and 6G Flagship producers and sellers across ODOP districts in the
Answer: (d) 6G IA and 6G Flagship country.

Related Imp Points • This partnership between BharatPe and Invest

India aims to contribute to the government’s
• The Bharat 6G Alliance has signed pacts with the efforts towards increasing digital financial inclusion
6G Smart Networks and Services Industry and literacy. This will enhance access to digital
Association (6G IA) and 6G Flagship at Oulu payment mediums amongst ODOP merchants in
University to further enable the development of tier 3-4 cities and rural areas of India.
secure and trusted telecommunication technology
including resilient supply chains.  CEO of BharatPe: Nalin Negi

• The Department of Telecommunications’ (DoT)  MD & CEO, Invest India: Nivruti Rai
Bharat 6G Alliance previously signed a pact with
the NextG Alliance of the USA.
कौशल कवकास और उद्यकमता मोंत्रालय (MSDE) ने उभरते
• All these agreements will facilitate secure
telecommunication technology development and कौशल के साथ कृकष क्षे त्र क सकिय करने के कलए ककस दे श
resilient supply chains, aligning with India's Bharat के साथ साझे दाऱी क़ी है ?
6G Vision. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
• The Bharat 6G Alliance (B6GA) is a collaborative (MSDE) partnered with which country to energize the
effort involving Indian industry, academia, national agriculture sector with emerging skills?
research institutions, and standards organizations. a. Japan
It supports the Bharat 6G Mission, which focuses
on creating intelligent and secure technological b. Australia
solutions to enhance the quality of life in India
c. Bangladesh
and globally.
d. South Africa

Answer: (b) Australia

ओड़ीओप़ी उत्पादक ों के कलए कडकजटल कवत्त़ीय समावे शन क
बढ़ावा दे ने के कलए ककस कफनटे क कोंपऩी ने इन्वेस्ट इों कडया के Related Imp Points

साथ साझे दाऱी क़ी है ? • The Ministry of Skill Development and

Entrepreneurship (MSDE), in collaboration with the
Which fintech company has entered into a partnership
Australian Government, hosted a comprehensive
with Invest India to boost digital financial inclusion for
and productive roundtable to discuss the learnings
ODOP producers?
from the Australia-India Critical Agriculture Skills
a. Paytm Pilot Project.

b. PhonePe • This initiative aims to reshape the agricultural

sector by identifying and developing emerging job
c. BharatPe
roles.
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समझौता ज्ञापन के कवस्तार पर हस्ताक्षर ककए? exclusive partnership with PhonePe to offer flight
and bus bookings on the fintech platform's app.
India and Gambia recently signed an extension of an MoU
related to which area? • The two companies had joined hands to offer
booking services for trains. As part of the
a. Education reforms collaboration, ixigo will exclusively power these
b. Healthcare administration travel booking options on PhonePe, integrating
services from ixigo flights for flight bookings,
c. Agricultural development AbhiBus for bus bookings as well as expanding its
prior partnership with ConfirmTkt for train
d. Personnel administration and governance reforms
bookings.
Answer: (d) Personnel administration and governance
reforms
Related Imp Points IIT NEWS
• The Department of Administrative Reforms and
Public Grievances(DARPG), Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of
#IIT
India and Public Service Commission, Office of the
President, the Republic of the Gambia signed ककस आईआईट़ी ने वे ऱी-लाजा-स्केल-इों ट़ीग्े शन (VLSI) प्रिाल़ी
extension of the existing MoU on ‘Refurbishing पर श र् के कलए रे ने सा इलेररॉकनक्स कॉपोरे शन के साथ
Personnel Administration and Governance समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर ककए हैं?
Reforms’ for another five (05) years w.e.f. 08th
Which IIT has signed MoU with Renesas Electronics
July, 2024.
Corporation for research on very-large-scale-integration
• Gambia (VLSI) system?

 Capital- Banjul a. Indian Institute of Technology – Delhi

 Currency- Gambian Dalasi (GMD) b. Indian Institute of Technology – Madras

c. Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay

फ्लाइट और बस बु ककोंग क़ी पे शकश करने के कलए इखक्सग d. Indian Institute of Technology – Hyderabad
ने ककस प्लेटफॉमा के साथ अपऩी साझे दाऱी का कवस्तार ककया Answer: (d) Indian Institute of Technology – Hyderabad
है ?
Related Imp Points
What platform has ixigo expanded its partnership with to
• The Indian Institute of Technology - Hyderabad
offer flight and bus bookings?
(IIT-H) and Japanese advanced semiconductor
a. Paytm solutions provider Renesas Electronics Corporation
have entered into a three-year memorandum of
b. PhonePe
understanding to undertake research and
c. Google Pay collaborate in the field of very-large-scale-
integration (VLSI) and embedded semiconductor
d. Amazon Pay
systems.
Answer: (b) PhonePe
• As part of the MoU, Renesas will support
Related Imp Points curriculum development, hands-on learning, and
outreach programmes at IIT-H to nurture
semiconductor talent.

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State/UT News b. Aizawl

c. Imphal

#State/UT in News d. Itanagar

Answer: (b) Aizawl

नया ग़्ीनफ़ीर्ल् हवाई अड्डा ककस शहर में कवककसत ककया जा
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रहा है ?
• Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In which city is the new greenfield airport being
(I&B) Ashwini Vaishnaw has inaugurated India’s
developed?
500th Community Radio Station. The station ‘Apna
a. Kota Radio 90.0 FM’ is a station run by Indian Institute
of Mass Communication, Aizawl, Mizoram.
b. Jaipur
• The journey of Community Radio in India was
c. Udaipur started in the year 2002. The first Community
d. Jodhpur Radio Station was inaugurated by Bharat Ratna L.K
Advani Ji on 1st February 2004.
Answer: (a) Kota
• Community Radio is an important third tier in
Related Imp Points Radio Broadcasting, distinct from Public Service
• An MoU was signed between the Airports Radio broadcasting and Commercial Radio.
Authority of India and the government of Community Radio Stations (CRSs) are low power
Rajasthan for the development of Kota Greenfield Radio Stations, which are meant to be set-up and
Airport in Rajasthan. operated by local communities.

• As per the MoU, the government of Rajasthan will

provide land for the development of the greenfield
भारत क़ी पहल़ी एक़ीकृत कृकष-कनयाात सुकवर्ा कहााँ खस्थत
airport and AAI will be responsible for the
ह ग़ी?
construction, development, and operation of the
airport. Where will India's first integrated agri-export facility be
located?
• Greenfield airports are aviation facilities built from
scratch on previously undeveloped or empty land. a. Chennai Port
The term "greenfield" emphasises their
environmentally friendly characteristics, as they b. Kolkata Port
aim to minimise the impact on nature during the c. Visakhapatnam Port
construction and commissioning processes.
d. Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai
• Chairman of AAI: Sanjeev Kumar
Answer: (d) Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai
Related Imp Points
केंद्ऱीय मोंत्ऱी अकिऩी वै ष्णव ने ककस शहर में भारत के 500वें
• India's first integrated agri-export facility will come
सामुदाकयक रे कडय स्टे शन- अपना रे कडय 90.0 एफएम का
up at Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai. Shipping
उद् घाटन ककया? ministry has approved a Rs 284 crore public-
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated India’s private partnership (PPP) project to revolutionise
500th Community Radio Station- Apna Radio 90.0 FM in agri-logistics and reduce wastage.
which city? • The JNPA is set to establish an all-in-one state-of-
a. Raipur the-art agricultural facility at the port. This

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logistics, reduce multiple handlings, and extend
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the shelf life of agricultural products.
• In an effort to increase green cover and improve
• JNPA in Maharashtra is the first major port of the
ground water level in the state, the Uttar Pradesh
country which is 100% Landlord port having all
government has implemented two schemes --
berths being operated on PPP model.
Upvan Yojna and Heritage Tree Adoption Scheme -
- across the state.

ककस राज्य ने 'श्रकमक बसेरा' य जना शुरू क़ी? • Under the Upvan Yojna, saplings and cuttings of
tree are being provided by the state government
Which state launched 'Shramik Basera' scheme? for plantation in parks, along the road and other
a. Odisha spaces right from cities to to villages. The state
government has allocated an annual budget of Rs
b. Gujarat 70 crore for the Upvan Yojna.
c. Jharkhand • As part of its dedication to preserving the state's
cultural heritage, the Yogi Adityanath government
d. Uttarakhand
will nurture 948 heritage trees through the
Answer: (b) Gujarat Heritage Tree Adoption Scheme. As many as 28
species of trees that are more than 100 years old
Related Imp Points
have been designated as "heritage trees." These
• Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel launched trees are spread over all the 12 districts of the
a scheme to provide temporary accommodation to state.
nearly 15,000 construction workers at a nominal
rate of Rs 5 per day.

• For the 'Shramik Basera' scheme, the CM ककस राज्य ने केंद्ऱीय जाोंच ब्यूर (स़ीब़ीआई) क राज्य सरकार
performed the ground-breaking ceremony of 17 के अकर्काररय ों के खिलाफ क ई भ़ी जाोंच शुरू करने के कलए
dwelling structures to house the labourers in उसक़ी कलखित सहमकत अकनवाया कर द़ी है?
Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara and Rajkot
Which state made it mandatory for Central Bureau of
cities.
Investigation (CBI) to require its written consent for
• Gujarat initiating any inquiry against state government officials?

 Governor: Acharya Devvrat a. Assam

 Capital: Gandhinagar b. Gujarat

c. Uttar Pradesh

ककस राज्य सरकार ने 'उपवन य जना' और 'कवरासत वृक्ष d. Madhya Pradesh

अों ग़ीकरि य जना' शुरू क़ी? Answer: (d) Madhya Pradesh
Which state government launched ‘Upvan Yojna’ and Related Imp Points
‘Heritage Tree Adoption Scheme’?
• The BJP Government in Madhya Pradesh, led by
a. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Yadav informed that the
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) would require
b. Rajasthan
its written consent for initiating any inquiry against
c. Uttar Pradesh state government officials.

d. Madhya Pradesh
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• The CBI is governed by The Delhi Special Police Delhi and certain districts from Haryana, Uttar
Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946. Pradesh, and Rajasthan, covering approximately
55,083 square kilometres.
• The consent of the state government to CBI can be
either case-specific or general. General consent is
normally given by states to help the CBI in
seamless investigation of cases of corruption ककस राज्य ने "आईट़ी सक्षम युवा य जना" शुरू क़ी?
against central government employees in their Which state launched “IT Saksham Yuva Scheme”?
states. This is consent by default, in the absence of
which the CBI would have to apply to the state a. Assam
government in every case. b. Haryana
• In the past, states like Meghalaya and Mizoram c. Rajasthan
have withdrawn general consent to the CBI under
NDA governments. Others like West Bengal, d. Uttar Pradesh
Jharkhand, Kerala and Punjab have also withdrawn
Answer: (b) Haryana
general consent under Opposition governments.
Related Imp Points

• The Haryana Cabinet gave nod to launch the IT

उत्तर प्रदे श राज्य राजर्ाऩी क्षे त्र में कौन सा कजला शाकमल Saksham Yuva Scheme 2024, the target of which is
नह़ी ों है ? to give jobs to 5,000 youths in the first phase.
Which district is not included in the Uttar Pradesh State • The scheme has been designed in accordance with
Capital Region? the ‘Mission 60,000’ announced while presenting
the 2024-25 budget proposals aiming to give
a. Hardoi
employment to at least 60,000 young individuals
b. Sitapur from poor families.

c. Barabanki • Haryana

d. Ghaziabad  Capital: Chandigarh

Answer: (d) Ghaziabad  Chief minister: Nayab Singh Saini

Related Imp Points  Governor: Bandaru Dattatreya
• Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel has
officially designated areas encompassing Lucknow
and five neighbouring districts as the Uttar कौन सा राज्य भारत में सकल पयाावरि उत्पाद (ज़ीईप़ी)
Pradesh State Capital Region. सूचकाोंक लॉन्च करने वाला पहला राज्य बन गया है?

• The newly formed Uttar Pradesh State Capital Which state has become the first to launch Gross
Region encompasses the capital city of Lucknow Environment Product (GEP) Index in India?
(2,528 sq km) along with the surrounding areas of
a. Kerala
Hardoi (5,985 sq km), Sitapur (5,743 sq km),
Unnao (4,558 sq km), Rae Bareli (4,609 sq km), b. Gujarat
and Barabanki (4,402 sq km). The total area of the
c. Uttarakhand
Uttar Pradesh State Capital Region will be 27,826
square km. d. Madhya Pradesh
• The SCR formation draws parallels with the NCR, Answer: (c) Uttarakhand
which includes the National Capital Territory of
Related Imp Points

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• Uttarakhand has become the first state in the Which port announced the inauguration of the China
country to assign monetary value to four of its Calcutta Service (CCS)?
natural resources — air, water, forest, and soil —
a. Mumbai Port
termed as gross environment product (GEP). The
initiative was announced by CM Pushkar Singh b. Chennai Port
Dhami.
c. Visakhapatnam Port
• The GEP index reflects comparative data from
2020 to 2022 and shows a 0.9% increase. d. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port

• The state has over 71% area under forests. It is Answer: (d) Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port
also home to the Himalayas, is the origin point of Related Imp Points
rivers like Ganga, Yamuna and Sharada as well as
home to wildlife reserves like Corbett and Rajaji • Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, in alliance
Tiger Reserves. with Pacific International Lines (PIL), announced
the inauguration of the China Calcutta Service
(CCS) at the Kolkata Dock System (KDS).

इों टरने शनल सेंटर फॉर ऑकडट ऑफ ल कल गवनें स (iCAL) • This pioneering direct weekly service from China to
का उद् घाटन ककस शहर में ककया गया? Kolkata meets the increasing demand for reduced
transit times from the Far East Ports to Kolkata,
In which city was International Centre for Audit of Local enhancing connectivity and efficiency for our
Governance (iCAL) inaugurated? stakeholders.
a. Surat • The CCS will feature three dedicated vessels – Kota
b. Rajkot Ria, Kota Rukun, and Kota Rakiyat.

c. Vadodara

d. Ahmedabad SECL क़ी ककस क यला िदान ने कवि क़ी 10 सबसे बड़ी
क यला िदान ों क़ी सूच़ी में दू सरा स्थान प्राप्त ककया है ?
Answer: (b) Rajkot
Which coal mine of SECL secured the 2nd spot in the list of
Related Imp Points
the world’s 10 largest coal mines?
• Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India
a. Dipka
Girish Chandra Murmu inaugurated the
International Centre for Audit of Local Governance b. Gevra
(iCAL) in Rajkot, Gujarat.
c. Korba
• iCAL will be a collaborative platform for
policymakers, administrators and auditors linked d. Kusmunda
with local governments. It will enhance the local Answer: (b) Gevra
government auditors’ independence to ensure
improved financial performance assessment, Related Imp Points
service delivery, and data reporting. It will also • Chhattisgarh-based Coal India subsidiary South
serve as a centre of excellence for capacity building Eastern Coalfields Limited’s (SECL) Gevra and
of local government auditors. Kusmunda coal mines have secured the 2nd and 4th
spot in the list of the world’s 10 largest coal mines
released by [Link].
ककस बों दरगाह ने China Calcutta Service (CCS) का उद् घाटन
• Located in the Korba district of Chhattisgarh state,
ककया?
these two mines produce more 100 million tons of

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coal annually accounting for about 10% of India’s d. Uttar Pradesh
total coal production.
Answer: (c) Maharashtra
Related Imp Points
ककस राज्य ने काोंस्टेबल, वन रक्षक क़ी नौकररय ों में अकिव़ीर ों • Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has
क 10% आरक्षि दे ने क़ी घ षिा क़ी है ? announced a job training and stipend scheme for
Which state has announced to give 10% reservation to youth, tentatively named “Ladka Bhau Yojana”.
Agniveers in constable, forest guard jobs? The new scheme, targeting men, is aimed at
offering employment to those who have
a. Gujarat completed Class 12 to those who have graduated.
b. Haryana • Job seekers ranging from Class 12, diploma holders
and those with a bachelor's degree are eligible
c. Maharashtra
under the scheme. Those who have passed Class
d. Madhya Pradesh 12 will receive ₹6,000, diploma holders will get
₹8,000, and those with a bachelor's degree will
Answer: (b) Haryana
get ₹10,000 as a stipend.
Related Imp Points
 Earlier announced as part of the state Budget, the
• The BJP-led Haryana government announced a 10 'Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin’ scheme, on the
per cent horizontal reservation to Agniveers in other hand, offers married, divorced, and destitute
recruitment for the posts of constable, mining women aged 21-60, with the annual family income
guard, forest guard, jail warders and SPOs. of beneficiaries capped at ₹2.5 lakh, ₹1,500 per
month.
• It has also decided to give a three-year age-
relaxation for Agniveers recruitment in Group-B
and Group-C posts. The government will also
provide Agniveers five per cent reservation in अकमत शाह द्वारा ककस भारत़ीय राज्य में 'प्रर्ानमोंत्ऱी उत्कृष्ट्ता
direct recruitments for civil posts in Group C and महाकवद्यालय' का उद् घाटन ककया गया?
one per cent in Group B. In which Indian state was the 'Prime Minister's College of
 Note: The Central forces will implement a 10% Excellence' inaugurated by Amit Shah?
reservation for ex-Agniveers in vacancies. a. Gujarat
 Agnipath Scheme was approved by the b. Rajasthan
Government of India on 14 June 2022 for
recruitment of soldiers below the rank of c. Uttar Pradesh
commissioned officers into the three services of
d. Madhya Pradesh
the armed forces. All recruits will be hired only for
a four year period. Answer: (d) Madhya Pradesh
Related Imp Points

"लडका भाऊ य जना" ककस राज्य में शुरू क़ी गई? • Union Home Minister Amit Shah virtually
inaugurated 'Prime Minister's College of
In which state was the "Ladka Bhau Yojana” launched? Excellence' for all 55 districts in Madhya Pradesh.
a. Goa • All courses will be offered in Excellence Colleges as
b. Assam per the new education policy. Apart from this, all
resources will be available in these colleges. The
c. Maharashtra students will get academic benefit.

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िेन हैं? Related Imp Points
How many Sarus cranes were reported in the latest • Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
census in Uttar Pradesh? announced in Lucknow that the State would be
a. 19,000 exporting 40 tonnes of mangoes to Japan and
Malaysia. And for the first time in its 160-year
b. 19,522 history, Lucknow’s famous Dussehri is to be
exported to the United States.
c. 19,918
• He inaugurated the Uttar Pradesh Mango Festival
d. 20,000
2024 at Awadh Shilp Gram. Mr. Adityanath
Answer: (c) 19,918 inaugurated a mango exhibition showcasing 120
varieties of special mangoes.
Related Imp Points

• According to a census conducted by the State

forest department, the population of Sarus cranes ककस राज्य ने एक टर ाोंसजेंडर पसार् मानव़ी मर्ु कश्यप क
in Uttar Pradesh is rising. It counted 19,918 Sarus पु कलस उप-कनऱीक्षक के रूप में कनयुक्त ककया है?
cranes, an increase of 396 from last year’s count.
The Sarus is the official bird of the State. Which state has appointed a transgender person Manvi
Madhu Kashyap as a Sub- Inspector of Police?
• Etawah Forest Division recorded the highest
number of Sarus cranes at 3,289, an increase of a. Bihar
500.
b. Rajasthan
• While the Mau Forest Division spotted six Sarus
c. Karnataka
cranes for the first time in a decade.
d. Maharashtra
• In Uttar Pradesh, Sarus crane numbers have
consistently risen over the years from 17,329 in Answer: (a) Bihar
2021 to 19,188 in 2022, 19,522 in 2023, and
Related Imp Points
19,918 in 2024.
• For the first time, Bihar has appointed a
• The scientific name of Sarus Crane is Grus
transgender person Manvi Madhu Kashyap as a
Antigone. It is the tallest flying bird in the world,
Sub- Inspector of Police.
standing 152-156 cm tall with a wingspan of
240cm. It’s Conservation Status is in IUCN red list • In a first, three transgenders qualified the Bihar
is Vulnerable. Police Subordinate Services Commission (BPSSC)
exam to become police sub-inspectors. Of the
three new recruits, Manvi Madhu Kashyap is a
उत्तर प्रदे श के मुख्यमोंत्ऱी य ग़ी आकदत्यनाथ ने ककस शहर में transwoman while Rohit Jha and Bunty Kumar are
'मैंग फेखस्टवल 2024' का उद् घाटन ककया? transmen.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated

‘Mango Festival 2024’ in which city? कौन सा राज्य अगले 10 वषों के कलए सडक सुरक्षा के कलए
a. Aligarh काया य जना अपनाने वाला भारत का पहला राज्य बन
जाएगा?
b. Varanasi
Which state will become the first in India to adopt an
c. Lucknow
action plan for road safety for the next 10 years?
d. Saharanpur
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a. Gujarat • He laid the foundation stone for Thane Borivali
Tunnel Project worth Rs 16,600 crores. This Twin
b. Rajasthan
Tube Tunnel will pass below Sanjay Gandhi
c. Karnataka National Park creating a direct connection
between the Western Express Highway on Borivali
d. Maharashtra side and Thane Ghodbander Road on Thane side.
Answer: (b) Rajasthan The total length of the project is 11.8 km.

Related Imp Points • He also laid the foundation stone for Tunnel work
at Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR) Project
• Rajasthan will shortly become the first State in the worth over Rs 6300 crores.
country to adopt an action plan for road safety for
the next 10 years. The action plan, to be • The PM launched the Mukhyamantri Yuva Karya
accompanied by a government policy, will be Prashikshan Yojana with an outlay of around Rs
aimed at reducing road accidents in the State by 5600 crores.
50% till 2030.

• The policy would generate awareness among the

46 वषों के बाद 14 जुलाई क ककस मोंकदर का िजाना ि ला
public at large about road safety provisions and
bring about behavioral changes for complying with गया?
road safety rules. The treasury of which temple was opened on July 14,
• The World Bank would render assistance to the after 46 years?
State government in the preparation of an action a. Dwarka
plan and road safety policy by incorporating the
best practices adopted in different countries. b. Kedarnath

c. Mathura-Vrindavan

प्रर्ानमोंत्ऱी नरें द्र म द़ी ने ककस शहर में इों कडयन न्यू जपेपर d. Puri Jagannath temple
स साइट़ी (आईएनएस) टावसा का उद् घाटन ककया? Answer: (d) Puri Jagannath temple
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Indian Newspaper Related Imp Points
Society (INS) Towers in which city?
• After 46 years of legal battles, controversies, and
a. Meerut debates, the Ratna Bhandar, or sacred treasury, of
the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri was opened on
b. Mumbai
July 14.
c. Bengaluru
• On July 4, the Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi
d. Hyderabad constituted a high-level committee under the
chairmanship of former Orissa High Court judge
Answer: (b) Mumbai Justice Biswanath Rath (retd.) to supervise the
Related Imp Points process of cataloguing the valuables.

• The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated • As per the inventory last made in 1978, the Ratna
the INS Towers on his visit to the Indian Bhandar has a total of 454 gold articles with a net
Newspaper Society (INS) Secretariat in Mumbai, weight of 12,838 Bharis (128.38 kg) and 293 silver
Maharashtra. articles weighing 22,153 Bharis (221.53 kg).

• PM Modi laid the foundation stone and dedicated • These chambers contain the jewels of the three
to the nation multiple projects worth more than Rs sibling deities — Lord Balabhadra, Lord Jagannath,
29,400 crores in Mumbai.
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and Devi Subhadra. King Indradyumna of Avanti • The Gujarat government signed memorandums of
built the main temple of Jagannath at Puri. understanding with software giants IBM and
Microsoft, and the National Association of
Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) for
ल कमत म़ीकडया समूह के सोंस्थापक जवाहरलाल दडाा क़ी promoting the use of Artificial Intelligence
101व़ी ों जयोंत़ी के अवसर पर 100 रुपये का स्मारक कसक्का technologies in the state.
ककसने जाऱी ककया? • The AI Center will focus on key technologies such
Who released the commemorative coin of Rs 100 to mark as machine learning, cognitive services and bot
services.
Lokmat Media Group founder Jawaharlal Darda's 101st
birth anniversary?

a. Narendra Modi पारबत़ी-काल़ीकसोंर्-चोंबल ररवर धिंक पररय जना के कलए

b. Eknath Shinde ककन द राज्य सरकार ों ने समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर ककए?

c. Droupadi Murmu Which two state governments signed an agreement for

the Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal river linking project?
d. Jagdeep Dhankar
a. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
Answer: (b) Eknath Shinde
b. Maharashtra and Gujarat
Related Imp Points
c. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
• A commemorative coin of Rs 100 was released by
the Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to d. Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
mark the 101st birth anniversary of late Jawaharlal
Answer: (d) Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
Darda, freedom fighter and Founder-Editor of the
Lokmat Media Group. Related Imp Points

• Lokmat is a Marathi-language newspaper • Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan governments

published in Maharashtra. Founded in 1971 by signed an agreement for the implementation of
Jawaharlal Darda, it is the largest read Marathi- the Rs 72,000 crore Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal
language newspaper in India. river linking project.

• A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was

signed in the presence of Rajasthan chief minister
ककस राज्य सरकार ने AI क्षमताओों क बढ़ाने के कलए IBM, Bhajanlal Sharma and his Madhya Pradesh
Microsoft और NASSCOM के साथ समझौता ज्ञापन पर counterpart Mohan Yadav in Bhopal.
हस्ताक्षर ककए?
• This link project proposes to provide drinking and
Which state government signed memorandums of industrial water in 13 districts of eastern
understanding with IBM, Microsoft, and NASSCOM to Rajasthan, Malwa and Chambal regions of Madhya
enhance AI capabilities? Pradesh apart from providing irrigation in a
minimum 2.8 lakh hectare area each in both the
a. Gujarat
states including supplementation of route tanks in
b. Karnataka the states.

c. Tamil Nadu

d. Maharashtra ककस सरकार ने हाइकिड कार ों पर पों ज़ीकरि कर माफ करने

का कनिाय कलया है ?
Answer: (a) Gujarat
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Which government has decided to waive the registration • The draft defines a gig worker as “a person who
tax on strong hybrid cars? performs a work or participates in a work
arrangement that results in a given rate of
a. Gujarat
payment, based on terms and conditions laid down
b. Rajasthan in such a contract and includes all piece-rate work,
and whose work is sourced through a platform, in
c. Uttar Pradesh the services specified in Schedule-1.”
d. Madhya Pradesh • India will have 23.5 million gig workers by 2029-30.
Answer: (c) Uttar Pradesh Around 2 lakh gig workers work with platforms
such as Swiggy, Zomato, Uber, Ola, Urban
Related Imp Points Company, Porter, Dunzo, Amazon, Flipkart and so
• In a significant boost for green vehicles, the Uttar on in Bengaluru alone reportedly.
Pradesh government has decided to waive the
registration tax on strong hybrid cars.
ककस राज्य सरकार ने आकथाक रूप से कमज र वगा
• The government implemented a policy to give a
(ईडब्ल्यूएस), सामाकजक और आकथाक रूप से कपछडे वगा
100 percent waiver on the registration fee of
strong hybrid vehicles with immediate effect. (एसईब़ीस़ी) और ओब़ीस़ी क़ी लडककय ों के कलए मुफ्त उच्च
कशक्षा ऩीकत क़ी घ षिा क़ी है ?
• This move will primarily benefit manufacturers like
Maruti Suzuki, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, and Honda Which state government has announced free higher
Cars India. As per the report, customers can save education policy for Economically Weaker Section (EWS),
up to Rs 3.5 lakh. Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) and
OBCs girls?

a. Gujarat
ककस भारत़ीय राज्य ने कगग वकासा (सामाकजक सुरक्षा और
b. Rajasthan
कल्याि) कवर्े यक का मसौदा प्रकाकशत ककया?
c. Maharashtra
Which Indian state published the draft of the Gig Workers
(Social Security and Welfare) Bill? d. Andhra Pradesh
a. Gujarat Answer: (c) Maharashtra
b. Karnataka Related Imp Points

c. Tamil Nadu • After announcing the Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme

(monthly financial support of ₹1,500 for women
d. Maharashtra
aged 21 to 60) in the State Budget, the
Answer: (b) Karnataka Maharashtra government has come up with
another women-oriented policy, in which the
Related Imp Points
higher education for girls of the Economically
• The Karnataka government published the draft of Weaker Section (EWS), Socially and Economically
the Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Backward Classes (SEBC) and OBCs will be free. The
Security and Welfare) Bill, making it the second eligibility criteria require female students to come
Indian State to initiate such a move, the first being from families with an annual income of Rs 8 lakh
Rajasthan. or less and belong to EWS, SEBC, or OBC
categories.
• The Bill seeks to regulate the social security and
welfare of platform-based gig workers in the State. • The decision will be implemented from academic
year 2024-25 and the government has approved an

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additional expense of Rs. 906 crore to roll out the b. Uttarakhand
scheme.
c. Uttar Pradesh
• The Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) passed
d. Himachal Pradesh
a resolution to rename Mumbai’s seven railway
stations on the Harbour and Western line. On the Answer: (b) Uttarakhand
Western line, Currey Road station will be renamed
Related Imp Points
as Lalbaug, Marine Lines as Mumbadevi, and
Charni Road as Girgaon, Whereas on the Central • An order giving 33 per cent reservation to women
Line, Sandhurst Road as Dongri, Cotton Green as in cooperative institutions was issued by the
Kalachowki, Dockyard Road as Mazgaon, and King’s Uttarakhand government.
Circle as Tirthankar Parswanath.
• The order issued on International Cooperative Day
will ensure the participation of women in 10
district cooperative banks, 670 multipurpose
उत्तर प्रदे श में टाटा पावर स लर कसस्टम्स कलकमटे ड द्वारा शुरू
cooperative societies and other top cooperative
क़ी गई रूफटॉप स लर पहल का नाम क्या है ? institutions in the state.
What is the name of the rooftop solar initiative launched
by Tata Power Solar Systems Limited in Uttar Pradesh?
हाल ह़ी में ककस राज्य में 20 वषों के अों तराल के बाद शहऱी
a. Solar Homes UP
स्थाऩीय कनकाय (ULB) चुनाव हुए?
b. Solar for All by Tata
Recently in which state urban local bodies (ULB) elections
c. Tata Green Energy Homes were held after a gap of 20 years?

d. Ghar Ghar Solar, Tata Power ke Sang a. Assam

Answer: (d) Ghar Ghar Solar, Tata Power ke Sang b. Tripura

Related Imp Points c. Nagaland
• Tata Power Solar Systems Limited launched a d. Meghalaya
transformative rooftop solar initiative aimed at
powering every home in Uttar Pradesh (UP) with Answer: (c) Nagaland
clean energy. Related Imp Points

• Starting from Varanasi, the ambitious initiative of • A majority of more than 2.23 lakh voters in
'Ghar Ghar Solar, Tata Power ke Sang' promises Nagaland exercised their franchise in the elections
substantial financial savings and environmental to the urban local bodies (ULBs) held after a 20-
benefits for residents through state-of-the-art year gap.
Rooftop Solar Solutions (RTS).
• The highlight of the electoral exercise was the
• CEO and MD, Tata Power: Praveer Sinha reservation of 33% of the seats or wards for
women, a touchy issue that had stalled the civic
polls for two decades.
ककस राज्य सरकार ने सहकाऱी सोंस्थाओों में मकहलाओों क
• Nagaland has three municipal councils —
33% आरक्षि दे ने का आदे श जाऱी ककया? Dimapur, Kohima, and Mokokchung — and 36
Which state government issued an order giving 33% town councils.
reservation to women in cooperative institutions? • The Nagaland Municipal and Town Council Act
a. Punjab was passed in 2001 without the provision of
reserving 33% of the seats for women, as required
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under Article 243T of the Constitution. This was b. Kerala
amended in 2006. Efforts to hold the ULB election
c. Karnataka
with a 33% quota for women after 2004 met with
resistance from social and apex tribal groups. d. Tamil Nadu
• The 60-member State Assembly passed the Answer: (b) Kerala
Nagaland Municipal Act of 2023 on November 9
Related Imp Points
last year, following which the Supreme Court
directed the State government to complete the • Fourth case of primary amoebic
electoral process for the ULBs. meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare brain infection
caused by a free-living amoeba found in
freshwater, has been reported from Kerala.
हाल ह़ी में ककस राज्य सरकार ने 'कमत्र वन' पहल शुरू क़ी है ?
• PAM is a dangerous and rare central nervous
Which state government has recently launched the 'Mitra system infection which is caused by amoebae
Van' initiative? found in freshwater, lakes and rivers. PAM is one
of the types of a broader disease called amoebic
a. Haryana encephalitis. The initial symptoms of PAM are
b. Uttarakhand similar to bacterial meningitis. The mortality rate is
above 90%. It is also known as brain eating
c. Uttar Pradesh amoeba as it directly affects brain cells and tissues.
d. Madhya Pradesh • PAM occurs to people exposed to warm
Answer: (c) Uttar Pradesh freshwater. It enters the body through the nose
and inflames the nervous system. This can usually
Related Imp Points happen while swimming, diving or practising other
• The Uttar Pradesh govt has announced the launch water sports activities.
of ‘Mitra Van’ as part of Vriksharopan Jan Abhiyan- • In the early stages the patient shows typical
2024 along the border of Uttar Pradesh and meningitis symptoms such as fever, headache, stiff
Nepal. neck , nausea etc. There is no specific treatment
• The Vriksharopan Jan Abhiyan-2024 is poised to for the disease because of the rarity of this
conduct extensive tree plantation drives in Uttar infection. However, recovery is not possible in
Pradesh’s bordering districts. most PAM cases.

• The UP Forest Department is coordinating with the

neighbouring country and states to enhance भारत का पहला और पूवी भारत का एकमात्र ग्ल बल सेंटर
greenery through the plantation of 35 crore
फॉर एों टरप्राइज ररस्क मैनेजमेंट (ईआरएम) कहााँ स्थाकपत
saplings.
ककया जा रहा है ?

Where is India's first and East India's only Global Centre

प्राइमऱी अम़ीकबक मेकनोंग एन्सेफलाइकटस (प़ीएएम), कजसे for Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) being
आमतौर पर “ब्रे र् ईधटं र्ग अम़ीबा” र ग के रूप में जाना जाता established?
है , ककस राज्य में पाया गया है ? a. Govindpur, Odisha
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), most b. Raipur, Chhattisgarh
commonly known as ‘brain-eating amoeba' disease has
been detected in which State? c. Mumbai, Maharashtra

a. Goa d. Bengaluru, Karnataka

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Answer: (a) Govindpur, Odisha What is the name of the newly discovered species of
snake eel?
Related Imp Points
a. Ophichthus Suryai
• In a significant step towards creating a risk-
intelligent India, the India Affiliate of the Institute b. Ophichthus Indicus
of Risk Management (IRM) has partnered with Sri
Sri University (SSU) in Govindpur, Odisha to c. Ophichthus Junaidii
establish India's first and East India's only Global d. Ophichthus Mohantyi
Centre for Enterprise Risk Management (ERM).
Answer: (a) Ophichthus Suryai
• This centre will provide students with access to
IRM's global resources and training, enabling them Related Imp Points
to develop skills in risk-informed business • Scientists have discovered a new species of snake
leadership, entrepreneurship, and corporate eel from different estuarine ecosystems in Odisha.
management. The new species is named 'Ophichthus Suryai' to
honour Surya Kumar Mohanty, former joint
director of state fishery department.
राष्ट्ऱीय सूचना कवज्ञान केंद्र (NIC) और भारत़ीय मसाला ब डा ने
 Note: A team of researchers has discovered a new
ककस राज्य में बड़ी इलायच़ी र ग ों का पता लगाने कलए कृकत्रम
plant species from the Mandala region of West
बु खद्धमत्ता (AI) उपकरि कवककसत करने के कलए समझौता Kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh. It has been
ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर ककए हैं? named Petrocosmea arunachalense.
The National Informatics Centre (NIC) and the Spices
Board of India have inked MoU to develop Artificial
intelligence (AI) tools for detecting large cardamom कौन स़ी एयरलाइन अमरावत़ी में दकक्षि एकशया का सबसे
diseases in which state? बडा उडान प्रकशक्षि आर्गे र्नइजेशर् (एफट़ीओ) स्थाकपत
करे ग़ी?
a. Sikkim
Which airline will set up South Asia's largest Flying
b. Assam
Training Organisation (FTO) in Amravati?
c. Gujarat
a. Indigo
d. Maharashtra
b. Air India
Answer: (a) Sikkim
c. SpiceJet
Related Imp Points
d. Indian Airlines
• The National Informatics Centre (NIC) and the
Spices Board of India have signed a Memorandum Answer: (b) Air India
of Understanding (MoU) to develop Artificial Related Imp Points
intelligence (AI) tools for detecting and classifying
large cardamom diseases in Sikkim. • Air India will set up South Asia’s largest Flying
Training Organisation (FTO) at Amravati in the
• The project, spearheaded by NIC’s Centre of Vidarbha area of Maharashtra. This FTO will
Excellence in AI in Kolkata, aims to analyze images strengthen the available pilot training capacity in
of cardamom leaves to identify diseases early. India.

• The flying school will be operational by mid 2026

and 180 commercial pilots will pass out every year.
स्नेक ईल क़ी नई ि ज़ी गई प्रजाकत का नाम क्या है?
The FTO, the first by any Indian airline in the

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country, will have 31 single-engine and 3 twin- Related Imp Points
engine aircraft for training.
• The Andhra Pradesh government led by Telugu
• MD CEO, Air India: Campbell Wilson Desam Party (TDP) president and chief minister N
Chandrababu Naidu began implementing the first
of its pre-election promises by launching the NTR
ककस राज्य सरकार ने फ रें कसक कवज्ञान प्रकशक्षि में उत्कृष्ट्ता Bharosa pension scheme, aimed at distributing
enhanced amounts of pensions among various
केंद्र स्थाकपत करने के कलए राष्ट्ऱीय फ रें कसक कवज्ञान
sections of people.
कविकवद्यालय (एनएफएसयू) के साथ एक समझौता ज्ञापन पर
हस्ताक्षर ककए? • The pension for old-aged people, widows, weavers,
toddy tappers, fishermen, single women,
Which state government signed an MoU with the traditional cobblers, transgenders and artistes has
National Forensic Science University (NFSU) to establish a been increased from ₹3,000 to ₹4,000 per month.
centre of excellence in forensic science training?
 Note: TDP's Narsipatnam MLA C Ayyannapatrudu
a. Gujarat was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 16th
b. Haryana Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

c. Karnataka

d. Maharashtra नए कानू न लागू ह ने के बाद भारत़ीय न्याय सोंकहता

(ब़ीएनएस) के तहत पहला मामला ककस राज्य में दजा ककया
Answer: (b) Haryana
गया?
Related Imp Points
In which State was the first case under the Bharatiya
• A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nyay Sanhita (BNS) filed, after the new laws came into
the Government of Haryana and the National effect?
Forensic Science University (NFSU), Gandhinagar
was signed for the establishment of a centre of a. Rajasthan
excellence in forensic science training in b. Maharashtra
Panchkula.
c. Uttar Pradesh
• This collaboration aims to enhance the criminal
justice system in Haryana by leveraging the d. Madhya Pradesh
expertise of NFSU. It is to improve the criminal Answer: (d) Madhya Pradesh
justice system in Haryana with NFSU's expertise.
Related Imp Points

• Soon after the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) came

ककस राज्य सरकार ने एनट़ीआर भर सा पें शन य जना शुरू into effect on 1 July, a motorcycle theft in Madhya
क़ी? Pradesh’s Gwalior district became the first case to
be registered under the new criminal code.
Which state government launched NTR Bharosa pension
scheme? • An FIR under Section 303(2) [theft] of the BNS was
filed at 12.24 a.m. at the Hajira police station at
a. Telangana
Gwalior, based on a complaint given at 12.15 a.m.
b. Karnataka
• Three new criminal laws, including the BNS, came
c. Tamil Nadu into effect and replaced the British-era laws. The
BNS replaces the Indian Penal Code, the Bharatiya
d. Andhra Pradesh Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) replaces the Code
Answer: (d) Andhra Pradesh of Criminal Procedure ([Link]), and the Bharatiya

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Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) replaces the Indian Answer: (a) Shimla
Evidence Act.
Related Imp Points

• The Comptroller and Auditor General of India

एकशयाई धकंर्ग कगद्ध ों के कलए कवि का पहला सोंरक्षि एवों Girish Chandra Murmu inaugurated the 'Chadwick
प्रजनन केंद्र कहााँ स्थाकपत ककया गया? House: Navigating Audit Heritage' Museum at
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, marking a significant
Where was the world's first conservation and breeding milestone in the preservation and celebration of
center for Asian king vultures established? the institution's rich heritage and contributions to
the nation's governance.
a. Kanpur
• Chadwick House, a significant landmark in Shimla,
b. Varanasi
boasts a rich and extensive history. Its historical
c. Lucknow significance is further highlighted by Mahatma
Gandhi's stay in 1946 during his visit to Shimla for
d. Maharajganj
the Cabinet Mission. Post-independence, in 1950,
Answer: (d) Maharajganj a training school for the Indian Audit and Accounts
Service was started.
Related Imp Points

• Recently, Uttar Pradesh has established the

world's first conservation and breeding center for ककस राज्य सरकार ने "मुख्यमोंत्ऱी बहर् बे ट़ी मैकी िाबलोंबन
Asian king vultures in Maharajganj district. प्र त्साहन य जना" शुरू क़ी?
• The facility aims to improve the population of Which state government launched “Mukhya Mantri
Asian king vultures, which has been listed as Bahan Beti Maiqui Swabalamban Protsahan Yojana”?
critically endangered in the International Union
for Conservation of Nature's red list since 2007. a. Assam

• The centre is named Jatayu Conservation and b. Jharkhand

Breeding Centre, where 24x7 monitoring of the c. Uttar Pradesh
vultures is being done.
d. Madhya Pradesh
• Asian king vultures (also called red-headed vulture)
are critically endangered due to a loss of their Answer: (b) Jharkhand
habitats and the excessive use of diclofenac, a Related Imp Points
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, in domestic
animals, which becomes poisonous for vultures. • The Jharkhand Cabinet approved an ambitious
financial assistance scheme for 45 lakh women in
the state in a bid to empower and make them self-
भारत का पहला 'चैडकवक हाउस: ने कवगे कटों ग ऑकडट हे ररटे ज' reliant.
सोंग्हालय का उद् घाटन कहााँ ककया गया? • Under the scheme named ‘Mukhya Mantri Bahan
Beti Maiqui Swabalamban Protsahan Yojana’, each
Where was India’s first 'Chadwick House: Navigating
woman will receive Rs 1,000 per month. The
Audit Heritage' Museum inaugurated?
approval was granted during the Cabinet meeting
a. Shimla chaired by Chief Minister Champai Soren.

b. Kolkata

c. Dehradun

d. Prayagraj
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सफाऱी का उद् घाटन कहााँ ककया गया? Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) will
serve as the nodal agency for the park’s
Where was South India's first and the country's largest development.
leopard safari inaugurated?
• Bioplastic is a type of plastic made from natural
a. Kaziranga National Park, Assam materials such as corn, sunflower, or sugar beet,
b. Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand also known as natural plastic. It decomposes
quickly, thereby reducing environmental pollution.
c. Sundarbans National Park, West Bengal

d. Bannerghatta Biological Park, Bengaluru

धर्म्नधिखित में से कौर् उल्लनस-नव भारत साक्षरता कायािम
Answer: (d) Bannerghatta Biological Park, Bengaluru
के तहत पू िा कायाात्मक साक्षरता हाकसल करने वाला पहला
Related Imp Points एडधमधर्स्टरे धटव यूधर्ट बन गया है ?
• South India’s first and the country’s largest Which of the following has become the first
leopard safari was inaugurated by at the administrative unit to achieve full functional literacy
Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP), Bengaluru under the ULLAS-Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram?
(Karnataka). River Suvarnamukhi stream runs
through the centre of the park. a. Goa

• The Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) is a b. Ladakh

leopard subspecies widely distributed on the
c. Maharashtra
Indian subcontinent. These are the smallest of the
big cats. They are strong and agile predators that d. Jammu & Kashmir
can climb trees and drag their prey up for safety.
Answer: (b) Ladakh
Related Imp Points
उत्तर प्रदे श के ककस कजले में बाय प्लाखस्टक पाका कवककसत • Ladakh has become the first administrative unit to
ककया जाएगा? achieve full functional literacy under the ULLAS-
Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram (New India
In which district of Uttar Pradesh will the bioplastic park
Literacy Program).
be developed?
• The Union Territory has surpassed 97% literacy,
a. Kanpur
marking a major success for the centrally
b. Varanasi sponsored scheme aimed at empowering adults
aged 15 and above with foundational literacy,
c. Lucknow
numeracy, and critical life skills.
d. Lakhimpur Kheri
• ULLAS – Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram or New
Answer: (d) Lakhimpur Kheri India Literacy Programme (NILP), is a centrally
sponsored scheme implemented from 2022-2027.
Related Imp Points
The scheme aligns with the recommendations of
• In a major initiative to combat environmental the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and aims
pollution, the Uttar Pradesh government is set to to empower those adults aged 15 years and above
establish a bioplastic park with an investment of Rs from all backgrounds who could not get due
2,000 crore. schooling and mainstream them with society to be
able to contribute more to the growth story of the
• This park will be developed over 1,000 hectares in
country.
Kumbhi village, Gola Gokarnnath tehsil, Lakhimpur

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literacy and numeracy, critical life skills, basic
Answer: (c) SEVENTEEN
education, vocational skills, and continuing
education. Related Imp Points

• South Korean Boy band, SEVENTEEN, recently

became the first K-pop group to be appointed as
Brand Ambassador UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Youth.

• Their historic appointment took place at UNESCO

#Amb headquarters in Paris, where they pledged to

donate $1 million (approximately Rs 8 crore) to
support global youth initiatives.
यूर स्प टा इों कडया ने भारत में MotoGP™ के िाोंड एों बे सडर के
• The group also announced their initiative, the
रूप में ककस भारत़ीय किकेट आइकन क़ी कनयुखक्त क़ी
“Global Youth Grant Scheme", in collaboration
घ षिा क़ी है ?
with UNESCO to empower youth globally.
Eurosport India has announced the appointment of which
Indian cricket icon as the brand ambassador for MotoGP™
in India?
Days/Year and theme News
a. MS Dhoni

b. Virat Kohli

c. Rohit Sharma
#Days/Year and Theme
d. Shikhar Dhawan व्यखक्तय ों क़ी तस्कऱी के कवरुद्ध कवि कदवस कब मनाया जाता
है ?
Answer: (d) Shikhar Dhawan
When is The World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
Related Imp Points observed?
• Eurosport India announces the appointment of a. July 27
Indian cricket icon Shikhar Dhawan as the brand
ambassador for MotoGP™ in India. Dhawan will b. July 28
ignite his passion for racing through Eurosport
c. July 29
India's latest campaign, 'Face Kar Race Kar’.
d. July 30
 Note: Danish watch brand Nordgreen announced
the appointment of Harnaaz Sandhu, former Miss Answer: (d) July 30
Universe, as its new brand ambassador.
Related Imp Points

• The World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is

कौन सा दकक्षि क ररयाई बॉय बैं ड हाल ह़ी में युवाओों के कलए observed annually on July 30 to raise awareness
पहला यूनेस्क सद्भावना राजदू त बन गया है? about human trafficking and to promote and
protect the rights of trafficking victims.
Which South Korean boy band recently became the first
ever UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Youth?  Theme for 2024: “Leave No Child Behind in the
Fight Against Human Trafficking”
a. BTS
• International Day of Friendship is also celebrated
b. EXO on July 30.
c. SEVENTEEN
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है ? Answer: (a) It’s time for action
When is Global Tiger Day (International Tiger Day) Related Imp Points
celebrated?
• World Hepatitis Day, observed on July 28 every
a. July 29th year, aims to raise global awareness of hepatitis —
b. June 29th a group of infectious diseases known as hepatitis
A, B, C, D, and E — and encourage prevention,
c. August 29th diagnosis and treatment.
d. September 29th • The date of 28 July was chosen because it is the
birthday of Nobel-prize winning scientist Dr Baruch
Answer: (a) July 29th
Blumberg, who discovered hepatitis B virus (HBV)
Related Imp Points and developed a diagnostic test and vaccine for
the virus.
• Global Tiger Day (International Tiger Day) is
celebrated every year on July 29th as a way to raise • Theme for World Hepatitis Day 2024: “It’s time for
awareness about the magnificent but endangered action”
big cat.
• Hepatitis can cause inflammation of the liver both
• It was on this day, at the 2010 International Tiger acutely and chronically, and can kill a person.
Summit in St. Petersburg, Governments of the 13 Hepatitis B is the most common cause of cirrhosis
tiger range countries came together to endorse and may also cause liver cancer.
Tx2 – the global goal to double the number of wild
tigers by the year 2022.

 Project Tiger was initiated in 1973 by the Ministry भारत में हर वषा कारकगल कवजय कदवस ककस धदर् मनाया
of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of the जाता है ?
Government of India. As of March 2024, there are
On which date is Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrated every year
55 protected areas that have been designated as
in India?
tiger reserves under the project. The number of
tigers in India has increased from 2,967 in 2018 to a. 26th July
3,682 in 2022, an annual rise of 6 per cent. India
b. 1st January
has become home to approximately 75 per cent of
the world’s tiger population. c. 15th August
 The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) d. 2nd October
was founded in India in December 2005, to
streamline the management of Project Tiger and Answer: (a) 26th July
numerous Tiger Reserves of India. Related Imp Points

• The Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage

to the bravehearts who made the supreme
कवि हे पेटाइकटस कदवस 2024 का कवषय क्या है ?
sacrifice in the line of duty on the occasion of 25th
What is the theme for World Hepatitis Day 2024? Kargil Vijay Diwas in Ladakh.

a. It’s time for action • Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated every year on 26 of
July in India, to observe India's victory over
b. One life, One liver Pakistan in the Kargil War for ousting Pakistani
c. Hepatitis can’t wait Forces from their occupied positions on the

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mountain tops of Northern Kargil District in b. June 10
Ladakh in 1999.
c. August 5
 The Prime Minister also witnessed the first blast of
d. December 15
the Shinkun La Tunnel Project in Ladakh, virtually.
Shinkun La Tunnel Project consists of a 4.1 km long Answer: (a) July 20
Twin-Tube tunnel to be constructed at around
Related Imp Points
15,800 feet on the Nimu – Padum – Darcha Road to
provide all-weather connectivity to Leh. • On 12 December 2019, the General Assembly
proclaimed 20 July as World Chess Day to mark the
date of the establishment of the International
भारत में राष्ट्ऱीय झों डा कदवस कब मनाया जाता है? Chess Federation (FIDE) in Paris in 1924.

When is the National Flag Day celebrated in India? • Early game similar to chess called Chaturanga
originated in Northern Indian Subcontinent during
a. July 22 the Gupta period and spread along the Silk Roads
b. June 11 west to Persia.

c. August 15 • Theme for 2024: “Chess for Sustainable

Development”
d. December 10

Answer: (a) July 22

अों तरााष्ट्ऱीय चोंद्रमा कदवस कब मनाया जाता है ?
Related Imp Points
When is International Moon Day observed?
• National Flag Day in India is celebrated annually on
July 22 to commemorate the historic day in 1947 a. June 5
when the Constituent Assembly of India adopted
b. July 20
the present-day tricolour flag as the official
National Flag of the country. c. January 1
• This significant day marks the official selection of d. October 10
the tricolour flag (2:3) with its deep saffron, white,
and Indian green stripes, and the Ashoka Chakra in Answer: (b) July 20
the centre. Related Imp Points

 Note: Pi Approximation Day is celebrated on July • The General Assembly declared International
22 every year. There is an interesting fact why Pi Moon Day to be observed annually on 20 July.
Approximation Day is celebrated on this date.
When placed in the date/month format, July 22 • International Moon Day marks the anniversary of
the first landing by humans on the Moon as part of
looks like 22/7 - this is an approximate value of Pi.
The symbol of Pi was designed back in 1706 by the Apollo 11 lunar mission.
mathematician Leonhard Euler. Pi Day is observed • On 10 October 1967, the "Magna Carta of Space",
on March 14, as it looks like 3/14 when placed in also known as the Treaty on Principles Governing
the month/date format. the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use
of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other
Celestial Bodies entered into force.
कवि शतरों ज कदवस कब मनाया जाता है ?

When is the World Chess Day celebrated?

a. July 20
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international day celebrated throughout the world
When is the Nelson Mandela International Day on July 17 as part of an effort to recognize the
celebrated? emerging system of international criminal justice.
a. July 15 • July 17 is the date of the adoption of the Rome
b. July 16 Statute that created the International Criminal
Court. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an
c. July 17 intergovernmental organization and international
d. July 18 tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands.

Answer: (d) July 18

Related Imp Points कवि युवा कौशल कदवस 2024 का कवषय क्या है ?

• Nelson Mandela International Day is an annual What is the theme for World Youth Skills Day 2024?
international day in honour of Nelson Mandela,
a. Skills for the Future
celebrated each year on 18 July, Mandela's
birthday. b. Youth Empowerment
• The day was officially declared by the United c. Innovation and Skills
Nations in November 2009, with the first UN
d. Youth Skills for Peace and Development
Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010.
Answer: (d) Youth Skills for Peace and Development
• In 2014, the UN General Assembly established the
Nelson Mandela Prize, a quinquennial award Related Imp Points
recognising the achievements of those who
• In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly
dedicated their lives to the service of humanity.
declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day, to
• Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Madiba) served as the celebrate the strategic importance of equipping
first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. young people with skills for employment, decent
Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiography by work and entrepreneurship.
Nelson Mandela.
• 2024 Theme: “Youth Skills for Peace and
• He was honoured with Bharat Ratna (1990) and Development”
Nobel Peace Prize (1993).

अों तरााष्ट्ऱीय मलाला कदवस कब मनाया जाता है ?

कवि अों तरााष्ट्ऱीय न्याय कदवस कब मनाया जाता है?
When is International Malala Day observed?
When is the World Day for International Justice
a. July 12
celebrated?
b. June 12
a. July 15
c. August 12
b. July 16
d. September 12
c. July 17
Answer: (a) July 12
d. July 18
Related Imp Points
Answer: (c) July 17
• International Malala Day is observed every year on
Related Imp Points
July 12 to celebrate the life and legacy of Pakistani

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education activist and Nobel laureate Malala c. Cooperatives For Climate Action
Yousafzai. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014
d. Cooperatives Building a Better Future for All
at just the age of 17 for her advocacy of girls’
education. Answer: (d) Cooperatives Building a Better Future for All
• The United Nations first celebrated International Related Imp Points
Malala Day on July 12, 2013 - a year after she was
• International Cooperative Day is observed on the
shot by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan for opposing
first Saturday in July since 1923 by the
their restrictions on female education in the
International Cooperative Alliance. This year the
country.
day falls on July 6.
 Note: Paper Bag Day is observed on 12 July. In
• Theme for this year is "Cooperatives Building a
1852, Francis Wolle, a schoolteacher, invented the
Better Future for All".
first machine to mass-produce paper bags.
• The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) was
 Note: International Day of Combating Sand and
founded in 1895. It is headquartered in Brussels,
Dust Storms is also observed on July 12.
Belgium.

 Note: World Zoonosis Day is celebrated on July 6.

इस वषा कवि जनसोंख्या कदवस क़ी थ़ीम क्या है ?

What is the theme for this year's World Population Day?

भारत में राष्ट्ऱीय कचककत्सक कदवस ककस प्रकसद्ध कचककत्सक के
a. Counting Everyone Matters सम्मान में मनाया जाता है ?
b. A Sustainable Future for All National Doctor's Day in India is celebrated in honour of
which famous physician?
c. Global Population Awareness
a. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
d. Leave No One Behind, Count Everyone
b. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalams
Answer: (d) Leave No One Behind, Count Everyone
c. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
Related Imp Points

• World Population Day is an annual event, d. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

observed on July 11 every year, which seeks to Answer: (c) Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
raise awareness of global population issues. This
day commemorates the “Day of Five Billion” (July Related Imp Points
11, 1987), when the world’s population reached • July 1 happens to be the birth and death
five billion people. anniversary of the most famous physician of India
– Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy. It is hence a tribute to
• This year's World Population Day theme is “Leave
his contributions to the health domain in the
No One Behind, Count Everyone.”
country.

• The First Doctor’s Day was celebrated in India in

2024 अों तरााष्ट्ऱीय सहकाऱी कदवस का कवषय क्या है? the year 1991. The theme for National Doctor's
Day 2024 is “Healing Hands, Caring Hearts.”
What is the theme for 2024 International Cooperative
Day? • Dr Roy was honored with the great Indian civilian
award "Bharat Ratna" on February 4, 1961.
a. Rebuild better together
 Note: July 1 also marks National Chartered
b. COOPS 4 DECENT WORK
Accountants Day. The Chartered Accountant Day

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future.”
c. Shah Rukh Khan
 Note: National Postal Worker Day, celebrated
d. Amitabh Bachchan
every year on July 1. In 2024, the theme for
National Postal Worker Day is “Honoring the Answer: (c) Shah Rukh Khan
Backbone of Communication.”
Related Imp Points

• Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was honored

Awards News with customised gold coins by Paris' Grevin
Museum. This made him the first Indian actor to
receive such an honor there.
#Awrd • Grevin Glasse of Paris issued the coins featuring
the actor's picture and his name.
राहाब अल्लाना क ककस दे श ने 'ऑकफसर ऑफ द ऑडा र
• The Grevin Museum, located on the Grands
ऑफ आट्ा स एों ड लेटसा' से सम्माकनत ककया?
Boulevards in Paris, is renowned for its wax
Which country conferred the ‘Officer of the Order of Arts statues of celebrities.
and Letters’ on Rahaab Allana?
• In addition to this unique honor, Shah Rukh Khan
a. Italy will also receive the prestigious Pardo alla Carriera
at the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival.
b. Spain

c. France
ककस भारत़ीय शूकटों ग खिलाड़ी क इों टरने शनल ओलोंकपक
d. Germany
कमेट़ी (IOC) द्वारा ओलोंकपक ऑडा र से सम्माकनत ककया गया
Answer: (c) France है ?
Related Imp Points Which Indian shooting athlete has been awarded the
• On behalf of the French government, Mr Thierry Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee
Mathou, Ambassador of France to India, conferred (IOC)?
the insignia of Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des a. Vijender Singh
Lettres (Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters)
on Rahaab Allana, Curator and Publisher at the b. Gagan Narang
Alkazi Foundation for the Arts, in a special c. Abhinav Bindra
ceremony at the Embassy of France in India.
d. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
• This honour recognises Allana’s distinguished
career as a curator of contemporary South Asian Answer: (c) Abhinav Bindra
photography and his significant contributions to Related Imp Points
Indo-French artistic cooperation.
• Olympic gold medal winning shooter Abhinav
Bindra awarded with Olympic Order by the
International Olympic Committee (IOC). Former
ककस बॉल़ीवु ड अकभने ता क पे ररस के ग्े कवन सोंग्हालय द्वारा
India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was also
कस्टमनइज्ड र्गोल्ड कॉइं स से सम्माकनत ककया गया?
presented with the gold Olympic Order in 1983.
Which Bollywood actor was honored with customized
• The award which was presented to Bindra for his
gold coins by Paris' Grevin Museum?
outstanding services to the Olympic Movement,
a. Aamir Khan will be officially handed over to him during the
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142nd IOC Session in Paris on August 10, a day b. Tokyo
before the closing of the Paris Olympics.
c. Busan
• The Olympic Order is the highest award of the IOC,
d. Beijing
given for distinguished contributions to the
Olympic Movement. The award was established in Answer: (c) Busan
1975. The Order is categorised in three grades --
Related Imp Points
gold, silver, and bronze.
• Two Indian space scientists, Prahlad Chandra
• Bindra became India’s first individual Olympic gold
Agrawal and Anil Bhardwaj, were honoured with
medallist when he won the men’s 10m air rifle
prestigious awards by the Committee on Space
event at 2008 Beijing Games.
Research (COSPAR), the world’s first scientific body
dedicated to space science research.

ओमन चाोंड़ी ल क सेवक पु रस्कार से ककसे सम्माकनत ककया • Agrawal received the Harrie Massey Award at the
गया है ? 45th COSPAR scientific assembly, which opened in
Busan, South Korea.
Who has been awarded the Oommen Chandy Public
Servant Award? • Anil Bhardwaj was awarded the Vikram Sarabhai
Medal, which honours outstanding space science
a. Rahul Gandhi research in developing countries. This medal was
b. Narendra Modi instituted jointly by COSPAR and the Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO).
c. Shashi Tharoor

d. Priyanka Gandhi
मेलबना के भारत़ीय कफल्म मह त्सव (आईएफएफएम) में
Answer: (a) Rahul Gandhi ककस भारत़ीय अकभने ता क भारत़ीय कला और सोंस्कृकत के
Related Imp Points कलए एं बे सेडर पु रस्कार कमलेगा?

• Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been chosen for Which Indian actor is set to receive the Ambassador for
the first Oommen Chandy Public Servant Award Indian Art and Culture award at Indian Film Festival of
instituted in memory of the party veteran and Melbourne (IFFM)?
former Kerala Chief Minister late Oommen Chandy.
a. Ram Charan
• The honour comprises a purse of Rs one lakh and a
b. Salman Khan
sculpture designed by renowned artist and
filmmaker Nemom Pushparaj. An expert jury c. Ranveer Singh
chaired by Shashi Tharoor, MP, selected the
awardee. d. Hrithik Roshan

Answer: (a) Ram Charan

Related Imp Points
45व़ी ों COSPAR वै ज्ञाकनक सभा, जहाों द भारत़ीय अों तररक्ष
वै ज्ञाकनक ,ों प्रह्लाद चोंद्र अग्वाल और अकनल भारद्वाज क • Superstar Ram Charan is the guest of honour at
पु रस्कार कमला, ककस शहर में आय कजत क़ी गई? the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) where
he will also be awarded the Ambassador for Indian
The 45th COSPAR scientific assembly where Two Indian Art and Culture for his stellar contributions to
space scientists, Prahlad Chandra Agrawal and Anil Indian cinema.
Bhardwaj received awards was held in which city?
• The festival, hosted by the Victorian State
a. Seoul Government annually, will organise a retrospective

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of the actor's films to celebrate his journey in the Answer: (b) Sourav Ganguly
film industry. It runs from August 15 to 25.
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• Sourav Ganguly will be the recipient of both

कवरर ग ज ों ालेज ट रे स के साथ गाोंऱ्ी मोंडेला पु रस्कार 2020 Mohun Bagan and East Bengal's top awards this
से ककसे सम्माकनत ककया गया? year.

Who was awarded the Gandhi Mandela Award 2020 • The Mohun Bagan club's executive committee
alongside Victor Gonzalez Torres? chose the former India captain and BCCI
president's name for the club's highest award -
a. Nadia Murad Mohun Bagan Ratna.
b. Malala Yousafzai • East Bengal club also announced that Sourav
would be their choice for this year's Bharat Gaurav
c. Kailash Satyarthi
award as well.
d. Rigoberta Menchú Tum

Answer: (d) Rigoberta Menchú Tum

ओकडशा के सुदशान पटनायक द्वारा ज़ीत़ी गई अों तरााष्ट्ऱीय रे त
Related Imp Points मूकताकला चैखियनकशप कहााँ आय कजत हुई?
• Guatemalan activist and Nobel Peace Prize Where was the International Sand Sculpture
laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum and Mexican Championship, won by Odisha’s Sudarshan Pattnaik,
politician and businessman Victor Gonzalez Torres held?
has been conferred the Gandhi Mandela Award
2020. The award was given on Nelson Mandela's a. Paris, France
106th birth anniversary.
b. Tokyo, Japan
• His Holiness Dalai Lama received the Gandhi
c. Berlin, Germany
Mandela Award for the year 2019.
d. St. Petersburg, Russia
• Chaired by Swami Avdheshanand Giri, the Gandhi
Mandela Foundation is a non-profit organisation Answer: (d) St. Petersburg, Russia
formed to promote the values of non-violence
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espoused by Mahatma Gandhi and former
President of South Africa Nelson Mandela. The • Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi
award comprises a medal and a certificate signed felicitated sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik for
by a jury consisting of five former Chief Justices and winning the Golden Sand Master Award with a
former Supreme Court judges from India, Nepal, gold medal at the International Sand Sculpture
and Bangladesh. Championship held in St. Petersburg, Russia.

• At the International Championship in St.

Petersburg, Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand
म हन बागान रत्न से ककसे सम्माकनत ककया जाएगा? sculpture of Mahaprabhu Jagannath and his great
Who will be honoured with the Mohun Bagan Ratna? devotee Balaram Das. Pattnaik is also a Padma Shri
awardee, India’s 4th highest civilian award.
a. Sunil Chhetri
ककस राज्य के प्राकृकतक िेत़ी मॉडल ने गु लबें ककयन पुरस्कार
b. Sourav Ganguly 2024 ज़ीता?
c. Bhaichung Bhutia
Which state’s natural farming model won Gulbenkian
d. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Prize 2024?

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a. Bihar • Superstar Shah Rukh Khan will be feted with the
career achievement honour, at the 77th edition of
b. Jharkhand
the Locarno Film Festival.
c. Tamil Nadu
• He is also the first Indian personality to be
d. Andhra Pradesh honoured with the 'Pardo alla Carriere Ascona-
Locarno Tourism'. Italian filmmaker Francesco Rosi,
Answer: (d) Andhra Pradesh American singer-actor Harry Belafonte, and
Related Imp Points Malaysian director Tsai Ming-liang are the previous
recipients.
• The Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural
Farming (APCNF), a State government’s initiative • He will receive the award on August 10 at the
launched through Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS) Piazza Grande, located in Locarno, Switzerland.
seven years ago, has won the 2024 Gulbenkian
डॉ. स़ी. नारायि रे ड्ड़ी राष्ट्ऱीय साकहत्य पु रस्कार के कलए ककसे
Prize for Humanity, an award instituted by
Portugal-based Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation चुना गया है?
(CGF) and presented annually to individuals and Who has been selected for the Dr. C. Narayana Reddy
organisations contributing to global food security, National Literary Award?
climate resilience and ecosystem protection.
a. Bharathiyar
• The APCNF shares this year’s one million euro
prize money with two others-renowned soil b. Jayakanthan
scientist Rattan Lal and Egypt-based SEKEM, a c. Sivashankari
conglomeration of NGOs and businesses
championing holistic approaches to tackle climate d. Kalki Krishnamurthy
change.
Answer: (c) Sivashankari
• The initiative was launched in 2016 by the Related Imp Points
Government of Andhra Pradesh to find a
sustainable solution to farmers’ distress caused by • Noted Tamil writer Sivashankari, who has created
economic crises in agriculture and climate change. a wealth of literature in Tamil, has been selected
for Dr. C. Narayana Reddy National Literary Award.

• Ms. Sivashankari will be honoured with a cash

ल कानो कफल्म फेखस्टवल के 77वें सोंस्करि में कररयर prize of ₹5 lakh, a memento and a shawl in
अचीवमेंट सम्मान से ककसे सम्माकनत ककया जाएगा? recognition of her contribution to the field of
literature.
Who will be feted with the career achievement honour at
the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival? • She is also a recipient of the Saraswati Samman
Award.
a. Rekha

b. Anupam Kher
पररवहन (रे लवे) श्रेि़ी में व्यावसाकयक िास्थ्य और सुरक्षा में
c. Shah Rukh Khan
उत्कृष्ट्ता के कलए ककस कोंपऩी क ग र्ल्न प़ीकॉक पु रस्कार
d. Amitabh Bachchan प्राप्त हुआ?
Answer: (c) Shah Rukh Khan Which company received the Golden Peacock award for
Related Imp Points Excellence in Occupational Health & Safety in the
Transportation (Railways) category?

a. Mumbai Metro

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b. Indian Railways  Capital: Mumbai

c. L&T Metro Rail Ltd (Hyderabad)  Chief minister: Eknath Shinde

d. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)  Governor: Ramesh Bais

Answer: (c) L&T Metro Rail Ltd (Hyderabad)

Related Imp Points ICAR-भारत़ीय मसाला अनु सोंर्ान सोंस्थान से स्पनइस पुरस्कार
• L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd (L&TMRHL) has 2024 ककसे प्राप्त हुआ?
received the Golden Peacock award in the Who received the Spice Award 2024 from ICAR-Indian
Transportation (Railways) category for Excellence Institute of Spices Research?
in Occupational Health & Safety (GPOHSA).
a. Priya Patel
• The award ceremony was held at the Institute of
Directors (IOD's) 25th International Conference on b. Vikram Singh
Environment Management and Climate Change"
c. Sopna Kallingal
in Bengaluru recently. The award was presented
by former Chief Justice of India Uday U. Lalit and d. Ramesh Sharma
Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, former Chief Justice of
Answer: (c) Sopna Kallingal
Karnataka High Court.
Related Imp Points

• Sopna Kallingal of Kallingal plantation received

ककस राज्य ने सवा श्रेि कृकष राज्य पु रस्कार 2024 ज़ीता? Spice Award 2024, instituted by ICAR-Indian
Which state won the Best Agriculture State Award 2024? Institute of Spices Research.

a. Punjab • The award has been given to her for her initiatives
in enterprise diversification and integrated crop
b. Haryana management strategies, promoting a sustainable
c. Maharashtra spice-based cropping system.

d. Andhra Pradesh

Answer: (c) Maharashtra कवि क़ी पहल़ी कमस एआई कौन बऩी?

Related Imp Points Who won the world’s first-ever Miss AI beauty pageant?

• Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde a. Indri

received the Best Agriculture State Award 2024
b. Olivia C
from the 15th Agriculture Leadership Committee in
recognition of the state’s policies on environment c. Kenza Layli
protection , sustainable development and food
d. Lalina Valina
security.
Answer: (c) Kenza Layli
• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
presented the award in New Delhi to Shinde. Related Imp Points

• The 15th Agriculture Leadership Committee-2024 • Moroccan AI influencer Kenza Layli has claimed
Conclave is organized by former Supreme Court victory in the world’s first-ever AI beauty pageant.
Judge and Governor of Kerala P. Sathasivam. Layli was created by Meriam Bessa from
Casablanca.
• Maharashtra

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• The lifestyle influencer secured the $20,000 grand a. France
prize for her human creator, winning over 1,500
b. Germany
computerized challengers. This beauty pageant is
part of the inaugural World AI Creator Awards c. United States
(WAICAs), in partnership with the creator content
website Fanvue. d. United Kingdom

Answer: (a) France

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प्रर्ानमोंत्ऱी नरें द्र म द़ी के कलए "द ऑडा र ऑफ सेंट एों डर यू द
अपोसि" पुरस्कार क़ी घ षिा ककस वषा क़ी गई थ़ी? • HCLTech chairperson Roshni Nadar Malhotra was
conferred France's highest civilian honor, the
In which year was the award "The Order of St. Andrew Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (Knight of the
the Apostle" announced for Prime Minister Narendra Legion of Honour).
Modi?
• Instituted in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte, the
a. 2018 Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur is the highest
b. 2019 civilian award given by the French Republic for
outstanding service to France, regardless of the
c. 2020 nationality of the recipients.
d. 2021

Answer: (b) 2019 स माकलया क़ी एकमात्र मकहला समाचार ट़ीम का क्या नाम है
Related Imp Points कजसने 2024 वन वर्ल्ा म़ीकडया प्रे स फ्ऱीडम अवाडा ज़ीता?

• In a special ceremony in St. Andrew Hall in the What is the name of Somalia’s only all-women news team
Kremlin, President of the Russian Federation, that won the 2024 One World Media Press Freedom
Vladimir Putin conferred Russia’s highest national Award?
award "The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle” on
a. Hala
Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his contribution
to fostering India-Russia ties. The award was b. Bilan
announced in 2019.
c. Sahra
• The Order of St Andrew, established in 1698 by
Tsar Peter the Great, is awarded for outstanding d. Ayaan
civilian or military merit. Prime Minister Shri Answer: (b) Bilan
Narendra Modi is the first Indian leader to be
conferred with this award. Related Imp Points

• Prime Minister Modi co-chaired the 22nd India- • Somalia’s only all-women news team, Bilan, has
Russia Annual Summit with President Vladimir won the 2024 One World Media Press Freedom
Award, becoming the first Somali media team to
Putin. Prime Minister also paid tributes at the
‘Tomb of the Unknown Soldier’ in Moscow. receive this honour.

• The award honours their courageous reporting

over the past two years, which has smashed
HCLTech क़ी चेयरपसान र शऩी नादर मल्ह त्रा क ककस दे श taboos and blazed a trail for women journalists in
का सवोच्च नागररक सम्मान प्रदान ककया गया? one of the most dangerous countries to report the
news.
Which country's highest civilian honor was conferred on
HCLTech chairperson Roshni Nadar Malhotra? • Established by the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) in 2021 and funded by the
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has provided opportunity for Somali women
Answer: (d) Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
journalists to exercise editorial independence,
deciding what they want to report and how. Related Imp Points

• Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Ltd.

has been honoured with the "Sustainable
कनााटक कवकास ग्ाम़ीि बैंक (KVGB) क ककस उपलखि के Governance Champion Award" at the Outlook
कलए PFRDA द्वारा राष्ट्ऱीय पु रस्कार से सम्माकनत ककया गया? Planet Sustainability Summit & Awards 2024.
For what achievement was Karnataka Vikas Grameena • It also bagged the 'Artificial Intelligence (AI) Award'
Bank (KVGB) honored with a national award by the at the Public Sector Enterprise (PSE) Summit
PFRDA? organized by Express Computer, The Indian
a. Excellence in customer service Express Group.

b. Innovation in banking technology • GRSE is one of India's leading shipyards, located in

Kolkata. It builds and repairs commercial and naval
c. Highest number of new accounts opened vessels.
d. Significant enrolment under the Atal Pension
Yojana (APY)
12वें कवि कहों द़ी सम्मान से ककसे सम्माकनत ककया गया?
Answer: (d) Significant enrolment under the Atal Pension
Yojana (APY) Who was awarded the 12th Vishwa Hindi Samman?

Related Imp Points a. Dr. Anil Gupta

• Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB), a regional b. Dr. Priya Mehta

rural bank sponsored by Canara Bank, has been
c. Dr. Usha Thakur
honoured with a national award by the Pension
Fund Regulatory and Development Authority d. Dr. Ramesh Sharma
(PFRDA) for significant enrolment under the Atal
Answer: (c) Dr. Usha Thakur
Pension Yojana (APY).
Related Imp Points
• APY provides a safety net for workers in the
informal sector, ensuring a pre-defined pension • Dr Usha Thakur was awarded 12th Vishwa Hindi
after 60 years. Samman in an Hindi Samvad event organised by
Embassy of India in Nepal recognising her
• Chairman of KVGB: Shreekant M Bhandiwad
contribution in development of Hindi literature.
This award is given by the Ministry of External
Affairs, Government of India.
आउटलुक प्लैनेट सस्टे नेकबकलट़ी सकमट एों ड अवाड्ा स 2024 में
ककस कोंपऩी क "सस्टे नेबल गवनें स चैंकपयन अवाडा " से • 12th World Hindi Conference was held in Fiji in
2023.
सम्माकनत ककया गया?

Which company was honoured with the "Sustainable

Governance Champion Award" at the Outlook Planet 2024 राष्ट्रमोंडल लघु कथा पुरस्कार ककसने ज़ीता?
Sustainability Summit & Awards 2024?
Who won the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize?
a. Infosys
a. Anjali Mehta
b. Tata Motors
b. Rohit Verma
c. Reliance Industries

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d. Sanjana Thakur

Answer: (d) Sanjana Thakur

Related Imp Points
#Index
“इक नॉकमक केस फॉर इन्वेस्टमेंट इन द वै ल ब़ीइों ग ऑफ
• Sanjana Thakur, a 26-year-old writer from Mumbai
एड लसेंस्ट्स इन इों कडया” ररप टा ककसने लॉन्च क़ी?
won the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for
her story “Aishwarya Rai”. She will receive a cash Who launched the “Economic Case for Investment in the
prize of £5,000. Well-being of Adolescents in India” report?
• Thakur is the third Indian to win the prize after a. President of India
Kritika Pandey won it in 2020 for her story “The
Great Indian Tee and Snakes” and Parashar b. Union Health Minister
Kulkarni in 2016 for “Cow and Company”. c. Prime Minister of India

d. Union Health Secretary

प्रकतकित पे न कपों टर पु रस्कार 2024 से ककसे सम्माकनत ककया Answer: (d) Union Health Secretary
गया है ?
Related Imp Points
Who has been honoured with the prestigious Pen Pinter
• Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra launched
Prize 2024?
of “Economic Case for Investment in the Well-
a. Ruskin Bond being of Adolescents in India” report.

b. Jhumpa Lahiri • The report builds on the global findings presented

in "Adolescents in a Changing World – The Case
c. Arundhati Roy for Urgent Investment," commissioned by the
d. Pradip Krishen Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
(PMNCH) released at the 77th World Health
Answer: (c) Arundhati Roy Assembly in Geneva.
Related Imp Points • It highlights significant improvements in adolescent
• Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy has well-being in India over recent decades,
been honoured with the prestigious Pen Pinter showcasing the Government’s extensive policies
Prize 2024 for her “unflinching and unswerving” and programmes aimed at promoting the health
writings. and well-being of adolescents.

• The prize, established in 2009 by the charity

English PEN, defends freedom of expression and
भारत ने 2010 से 2020 तक सबसे अधिक वन क्षेत्र हनधसि
celebrates literature in memory of Nobel-Laureate
करर्े वाले श़ीषा 10 दे श ों में कौन सा स्थान हाकसल ककया?
playwright Harold Pinter.
India secured which spot among the top 10 countries with
• Roy had won the Booker Prize for her debut novel
the most significant forest area gains from 2010 to 2020?
‘The God of Small Things’ in 1997.
a. First
• Roy is currently facing the threat of prosecution
under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) b. Third
over historic comments on Kashmir 14 years ago.
c. Fourth

d. Second

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Answer: (b) Third • In 2023, around 6,30,000 people died from AIDS-
related illnesses, a significant decline from the 2.1
Related Imp Points
million deaths in 2004.
• India gained 2,66,000 hectares of forest area
• World leaders vowed to reduce annual new HIV
annually from 2010 to 2020, securing the third spot
infections to below 370,000 by 2025.
among the top 10 countries with the most
significant forest area gains during this period, • UNAIDS is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
according to “The State of the World’s Forest 2024 It is a member of the United Nations Development
(SOFO 2024): forest-sector innovations towards a Group.
more sustainable future” report by the Food and
Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

• China led the world with the maximum forest area काोंतार के िाोंड समावे शन सूचकाोंक के अनु सार, भारत के
gain of 1,937,000 hectares, followed by Australia श़ीषा पाोंच सबसे समावेश़ी िाोंड ों में कौन सा िाोंड पहले स्थान
with 4,46,000 hectares, and then India. Other पर है?
countries in the top 10 include Chile, Vietnam,
Which brand is ranked first in India’s top five most
Turkey, the United States, France, Italy and
inclusive brands, as per Kantar’s Brand Inclusion Index?
Romania.
a. Jio
• The FAO report also said that the rate of gross
global mangrove loss decreased by 23 per cent b. Google
during the periods from 2000 to 2010 and 2010 to
2020. c. Amazon

• Boreal forests accounted for nearly one-quarter of d. Tata Motors

carbon dioxide emissions due to wildfires in 2021. Answer: (b) Google
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UNAIDS ररप टा के अनु सार, कपछले वषा ककतने ल ग • Leading marketing data and analytics business,
एचआईव़ी ग्रधसत रहे? Kantar launches the Brand Inclusion Index (BII), a
global study which reveals that 75% of consumers
According to the UNAIDS report, how many people were say that a brand’s diversity and inclusion
living with HIV last year? reputation influences their purchase decisions.
a. 30 million • The first edition of India Brand Inclusion Index
b. 35 million study explores skincare, banking, automotive and
Technology categories.
c. 40 million
• In its Index of the world’s most inclusive brands,
d. 45 million Kantar ranked Google, Amazon, Nike, Dove and
Answer: (c) 40 million McDonald’s in its global top five while in India, it is
Google, Tata Motors, Amazon, Jio and Apple. The
Related Imp Points brands were recognised by consumers for setting a
• Nearly 40 million people were living with the HIV positive example by demonstrating a genuine
virus that causes AIDS last year, over 9 million commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
weren’t getting any treatment, and the result was (DE&I).
that every minute someone died of AIDS-related • A staggering, 68% Indians claim to have been
causes, according to UNAIDS report “The Urgency discriminated against, and in majority of cases in
of Now: AIDS at a Crossroads”. commercial places and brand touchpoints, which is

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substantially higher than the global figure which visa-on-arrival access to an impressive 195
stands at 46%. destinations.

• India’s passport ranks 82nd alongside Senegal and

Tajikistan, offering visa-free access to 58 countries.
ककस कोंपऩी ने 2024 क़ी ग्ल बल कमकलयन डॉलर राउों ड टे बल Compared to last year, when India was ranked 80th,
(MDRT) रैं ककोंग में छठा स्थान हाकसल ककया? this represents a decline of two positions.
Which company secured the 6th position in the Global • Following Singapore, the second place is shared by
Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) rankings for 2024? five countries: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and
a. LIC Spain, each granting their citizens visa-free access
to 192 destinations. For the first time, seven
b. HDFC Life countries occupy the third position on the index.
Citizens of Austria, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg,
c. ICICI Prudential
the Netherlands, South Korea, and Sweden can
d. Tata AIA Life Insurance access 191 destinations without a visa.
Answer: (d) Tata AIA Life Insurance • The United Kingdom, New Zealand, Norway,
Belgium, Denmark, and Switzerland share the
Related Imp Points
fourth spot.
• Tata AIA Life Insurance (Tata AIA) has secured 6th
position in the Global Million Dollar Round Table • Australia and Portugal share fifth place, while the
(MDRT) rankings for 2024. United States has slipped to eighth, allowing visa-
free access to 186 countries.
• The Company achieved the largest number of
MDRT-qualified Life Insurance Advisors in India • Afghanistan’s passport remains the world’s
with 2584 registered MDRTs. With 1238 qualified weakest, allowing visa-free entry to only 26
Women MDRT Advisors, the Company ranked 1 in destinations.
India and 7 globally among companies with Female • The Henley Passport Index evaluates 199 passports
MDRT Members. against 227 travel destinations, providing a
• AIA-China topped the rankings. comprehensive overview of global travel freedom.
The index uses data from the International Air
Transport Association (IATA) and supplemental in-
house research.
नव़ीनतम हे नले पासप टा सूचकाोंक में भारत का स्थान क्या है ?

What is India's rank in the latest Henley Passport Index?

प्रर्ानमोंत्ऱी नरें द्र म द़ी ककस स शल म़ीकडया प्लेटफॉमा पर
a. 80th
सबसे ज्यादा फॉल ककए जाने वाले ने ता बन गए हैं?
b. 81st
Which social media platform has Prime Minister Narendra
c. 82nd Modi become the most followed leader on?
d. 83rd a. LinkedIn
Answer: (c) 82nd b. Facebook
Related Imp Points c. Instagram
• The latest Henley Passport Index has once again d. X (formerly Twitter)
crowned Singapore the nation with the most
powerful passport in the world for 2024. Answer: (d) X (formerly Twitter)
Singaporean passport holders enjoy visa-free or Related Imp Points

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milestone as he became the most followed global almost half of it.
leader on the social media platform X (formerly
known as Twitter). With over 100 million
followers, PM Modi outshines Virat Kohli (64.1 कवि मृदा िास्थ्य सूचकाोंक ककस एजेंस़ी ने लॉन्च ककया?
million) and Taylor Swift (95.3 million).
Which agency launched World Soil Health Index?
• PM Modi's follower count on X surpassed global
leaders including US President Joe Biden (38.1 a. FAO
million followers), Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed b. WWF
(11.2 million followers), and Pope Francis (18.5
million followers). c. UNEP

• Elon Musk is the most followed person (189.7 d. UNESCO

million) on X, followed by Barack Obama and
Answer: (d) UNESCO
Cristiano Ronaldo. Narendra Modi is on 7th
position in the list. Related Imp Points

• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced the
'2024 कडकजटल इक नॉम़ी ररप टा ' ककस संस्थन द्वारा प्रकाकशत New World Soil Health Index at International
क़ी गई है? Conference on Soils held in Agadir, Morocco to
standardize soil quality measurements and identify
The ‘2024 Digital Economy Report’ is published by which
degradation or improvement trends.
organization?
• It warned that a staggering 90 per cent of the
a. World Bank
planet’s land surface could be degraded by 2050.
b. World Economic Forum (WEF) 75 per cent of soils are already degraded, directly
affecting 3.2 billion people.
c. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• In India, about 32% of land is under degradation
d. United Nations Trade and Development
and 25% is undergoing desertification
(UNCTAD)

Answer: (d) United Nations Trade and Development

(UNCTAD) इों टरने शोंस के अनु सार, 2024 में ककस दे श क अप्रवाकसय ों के
Related Imp Points कलए सबसे ककफायत़ी गों तव्य के रूप में स्थान कदया गया?

• India saw the highest 163 per cent growth globally Which country was ranked as the most affordable
in generating electronic waste from screens, destination for immigrants in 2024, according to
computers, and small IT and telecommunication InterNations?
equipment (SCSIT) between 2010 and 2022, a. Vietnam
according to a United Nations Trade and
Development (Unctad) report. b. Thailand

• The ‘2024 Digital Economy Report: Shaping an c. Malaysia

environmentally sustainable and inclusive digital
d. Philippines
future’ notes that India doubled its share in SCSIT
waste generation in the world from 3.1 per cent Answer: (a) Vietnam
in 2010 to 6.4 per cent in 2022. The report states
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crowned the most affordable destination for
immigrants, according to a 2024 study by ऩीकत आय ग के SDG भारत सूचकाोंक 2023-24 में ककन राज्य ों
InterNations. Out of 53 destinations, Vietnam ने श़ीषा स्थान प्राप्त ककया है?
clinched the top spot, shining in areas such as Which states have taken the top spot in NITI Aayog’s SDG
quality of life, digital connectivity, housing, India Index 2023-24?
language, career prospects, salary, and job
security. a. Punjab and Haryana

• Meanwhile, India secured the 6th position in the b. Gujarat and Rajasthan
top 10 expat destinations list.
c. Uttarakhand and Kerala
• Southeast Asia emerged prominently in the
d. Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu
rankings, with Thailand, Indonesia, and the
Philippines joining Vietnam among the top 10 Answer: (c) Uttarakhand and Kerala
countries.
Related Imp Points
• Vietnam is followed by Colombia, Indonesia, • Uttarakhand and Kerala have taken the top spot
Panama and Philippines. among states in NITI Aayog’s SDG India Index
2023-24, which assesses sustainable development
across states on the basis of the United Nations’
"भारत के कलए ई-म कबकलट़ी आर एों ड ड़ी र डमैप" ररप टा Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The latest
ककसने लॉन्च क़ी? SDG India Index is in its 4th edition and relies on
113 indicators to assess a state’s performance.
Who launched the “e-mobility R&D Roadmap for India”
report? • Overall, India’s SDG score improved to 71 points in
2023-24 from 66 points in 2020-21, supported by
a. Rajiv Kumar
progress made in poverty reduction, economic
b. Amitabh Kant growth, and climate action.

c. Ajay Kumar Sood • The SDG India Index, which evaluates progress
made across 16 goals on a scale of 1 to 100, rated
d. Arvind Panagariya
Kerala and Uttarakhand as the best performing
Answer: (c) Ajay Kumar Sood states with a score of 79 points each, while Bihar
emerged as a laggard with 57 points, followed by
Related Imp Points
Jharkhand at 62 points, and Nagaland (63).
• The “e-mobility R&D Roadmap for India” report
• Compared to 2020-21 scores, which was the last
was launched by Professor Ajay Kumar Sood,
time NITI Aayog published the index, Punjab,
Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of
Manipur, West Bengal, and Assam recorded the
India in New Delhi.
highest increase of 8 points to 76, 72, 70, and 65
• The R&D roadmap categorizes research projects points respectively.
into four important areas: Energy Storage Cells, EV
• Among the union territories, the top five
Aggregates, Materials and Recycling, Charging and
performers were Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir,
Refueling, and provides clear pathways to attain
Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, and
global leadership by being Atmanirbhar in the next
Delhi.
five years.
• Between 2018 and 2023-24, fastest moving States
• India aims to achieve a 45% reduction in emission
are Uttar Pradesh (increase in score by 25),
intensity by 2030 and energy independence by
followed by J&K (21), Uttarakhand (19), Sikkim
2047 to reach net-zero commitment by 2070.
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(18), Haryana (17), Assam, Tripura and Punjab (16 • Globally, image and video data dominate GenAI
each), Madhya Pradesh and Odisha (15 each). patents (17,996 inventions), followed by text
(13,494 inventions) and speech/music (13,480
• Noteworthy advancements have been observed in
inventions).
Goals 1 (No Poverty), 8 (Decent Work and
Economic Growth), 13 (Climate Action). These are
now in the 'Front Runner' category (a score
between 65–99). Among these, Goal 13 (Climate RBI क़ी ररप टा के अनु सार, 31 माचा 2024 क समाप्त कवत्त़ीय
Action) has shown the most substantial वषा में भारत क़ी र जगार दर ककतने प्रकतशत बढ़़ी?
improvement, with its score increasing from 54 to By what percentage did India’s employment rate grow in
67. Notably, “Reduced Inequalities” was the only the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, according the RBI
goal to record a reduction in points to 65 in 2022- report?
23 from 67 in 2020-21.
a. 3.2%
• First SDG India Index was launched in 2018.
b. 4.5%
• This year, 32 States/UTs have scored between 65
and 99, up from 22 in the 2020-21 edition. c. 6.0%
Notably, there are 10 new States and UTs in the
d. 8.5%
Front Runner category. These include Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Answer: (c) 6.0%
Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West
Related Imp Points
Bengal, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman
and Diu. • The country’s employment rate grew by 6 per cent
in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 from a
growth of 3.2 per cent in 2022-23, according to the
कौन सा दे श GenAI आकवष्कार में शीषा पर है ? Reserve Bank of India’s data.

Which country has emerged as the biggest location for • Employment in the country increased by 4.67 crore
GenAI invention? to 64.33 crore (provisional) in the fiscal year 2023-
24, from 59.67 crore in 2022-23, the RBI’s
a. India Measuring Productivity at the Industry Level-The
b. Japan India KLEMS [Capital (K), Labour (L), Energy (E),
Material (M) and Services (S)] database showed.
c. United States
• The database covers 27 industries comprising the
d. Republic of Korea entire Indian economy. The database also provides
these estimates at the broad sectoral levels
Answer: (c) United States
(agriculture, manufacturing and services) and at
Related Imp Points the all-India levels.
• India has emerged as the fifth-biggest location for
GenAI invention, with domestic inventors having
filed 1350 patents globally on generative artificial कवि बैं क क़ी "माइग्े शन एों ड डे वलपमेंट ि़ीफ 40" ररप टा के
intelligence (GenAI), according to the World अनु सार 2023 में भारत क ककतना रे धमटें स (प्रे षण) प्राप्त
Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). हुआ?

• The list was led by China which filed over 38,000 In 2023, how much did India receive in remittances
GenAI patents, far outpacing inventors in the US according to the World Bank's "Migration and
(6,276 inventions), Republic of Korea (4,155), Development Brief 40" report?
Japan (3,409), and India.
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twice the rate of developed countries.
c. USD 130 billion
• In 2023, India’s public debt reached US$ 2.9
d. USD 140 billion
trillion, accounting for 82.7% as a share of GDP.
Answer: (b) USD 120 billion
Related Imp Points
NASSCOM-Zinnov ड़ीपटे क स्टाटा अप लैंडस्केप ररप टा के
• India received USD 120 billion (7.5% increase) in अनु सार, ड़ीपटे क इक कसस्टम में भारत कवि स्तर पर धकस
remittances in 2023, the World Bank said in its स्थान पर है?
“Migration and Development Brief 40” report.
According to the NASSCOM-Zinnov DeepTech Startup
• Mexico (USD 66 billion), China (USD 50 billion), the Landscape Report, where does India rank globally in the
Philippines (USD 39 billion), and Pakistan (USD 27 deeptech ecosystem?
billion) figure in top five countries list of
remittances recipients. a. 1st

• Remittance flows to India from the United Arab b. 4th

Emirates, which account for 18 per cent and are
c. 6th
the second largest source of India’s remittances
after the United States. d. 9th

• Remittances to India are forecasted to grow at 3.7 Answer: (c) 6th

per cent to USD 124 billion in 2024, and at four
Related Imp Points
per cent to reach USD 129 billion in 2025.
• According to the 2nd edition of the Nasscom–
Zinnov‘s DeepTech start-up landscape report
UNCTAD क़ी ररप टा "ए वर्ल्ा ऑफ डे ट 2024" के अनुसार, series, “India’s DeepTech Dawn: Forging Ahead”,
2023 में वै किक सावा जकनक ऋि ककतना था? India ranks 6th among the top 9 DeepTech
ecosystems globally, with over 3,600 deep-tech
According to the UNCTAD report "A World of Debt 2024," startups, which secured USD 850 million funding in
what was the global public debt in 2023? 2023, a 77% drop from 2022.
a. $87 trillion • The report added that over 100 were deeptech
firms, which have developed intellectual property
b. $92 trillion
or innovative solutions in new domains.
c. $97 trillion

d. $102 trillion
2023 में भारत के ज़ीव डे टाबे स में ककतऩी नई प्रजाकतयााँ ज ड़ी
Answer: (c) $97 trillion गईों?
Related Imp Points How many new species were added to India's fauna
• Recently, a report released by the UN Trade and database in 2023?
Development (UNCTAD) titled "A World of Debt a. 441
2024: A Growing Burden to Global Prosperity," has
revealed an unprecedented global debt crisis in the b. 641
world.
c. 741
• In 2023, global public debt reached a historic peak
d. 841
of $97 trillion. Public debt in developing countries
Answer: (b) 641
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• In 2023, India witnessed significant advancements सबसे अकर्क उपय ग क़ी जात़ी है ?
in its Biodiversity knowledge with the addition of Which drug remains the most widely used worldwide,
numerous animal and plant species to its faunal according to World Drug Report 2024?
and floral databases.
a. Ecstasy
• The findings were compiled in two publications:
"Animal Discoveries 2023" by the Zoological b. Opioids
Survey of India (ZSI) and "Plant Discoveries 2023"
c. Cocaine
by the Botanical Survey of India (BSI). The reports
were published by Union Minister for d. Cannabis
Environment Forest and Climate Change
Answer: (d) Cannabis
Bhupendra Yadav
Related Imp Points
• India is a megadiverse nation, with around 7-8% of
the world's documented species and 4 of the 34 • The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
globally recognized biodiversity hotspots. released its annual World Drug Report 2024
recently.
• India added 641 new species to the fauna database
in 2023, including 442 entirely new species and  The number of people who use drugs has risen to
199 species which have been newly recorded in 292 million in 2022, a 20 percent increase over the
the country. past ten years.

• Kerala recorded the highest number of animal  Cannabis remains the most widely used drug
discoveries, with 74 completely new species and worldwide (228 million users), followed by opioids
27 new records. It was followed by West Bengal (60 million users), amphetamines (30 million
(72 new species), and Tamil Nadu (64). users), cocaine (23 million users), and ecstasy (20
million users).
• Invertebrates accounted for the majority of new
faunal discoveries with 564 new species, while  Nitazenes, a group of highly potent synthetic
vertebrates constituted 77 species. opioids, have recently emerged in several high-
income countries, resulting in an increase in
• Insects (with 369 species) comprised the largest
overdose deaths.
group among invertebrates, and fish (with 47
species) dominated among vertebrates. It was  Though an estimated 64 million people worldwide
followed by Reptiles, Amphibia, Mammals and suffer from drug use disorders, only one in 11 is in
least with Aves. treatment.

• In 2023, India also added 339 taxa to its plant  Women receive less access to treatment than men,
database, including 326 species, and 13 with only one in 18 women with drug use disorders
infraspecific taxa. Of these, 171 taxa are new and in treatment versus one in seven men.
168 taxa are new distributional records from India.
• Headquarters of UNODC: Vienna, Austria
Taxa can refer to a sub-species or variety of plant
species.

• West Bengal (52 new taxa) recorded the highest फ्यू चर यूकनकॉना इों डेक्स 2024 के अनु सार भारत में ककतने
number of new plant discoveries, followed by र्गै जल्स ररप टा ककए गए हैं?
Kerala and Uttarakhand.
How many gazelles are reported in India as per the Future
• Western Ghats and North Eastern Regions were Unicorn Index 2024?
the hotspot regions contributing to 14% of total
discoveries. a. 46

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assessment of readiness in four key areas - digital
c. 67
infrastructure, human capital and labour market
d. 96 policies, innovation and economic integration, and
regulation and Ethics.
Answer: (a) 46
• The Index has categorised each country into
Related Imp Points
Advanced Economy (AE), Emerging Market
• The Hurun Research Institute released the ASK Economy (EM), and Low-Income Country (LIC).
Private Wealth Hurun India Future Unicorn Index
• Singapore (0.80), Denmark (0.78), and the United
2024 that stated India is currently home to 67
States (0.77) are among the highest-rated Aes.
unicorns, 46 gazelles, and 106 cheetahs, as against
68 unicorns, 51 gazelles, and 96 cheetahs in the • India categorised as an EM with a 0.49 rating. India
2023 index. ranks 72 in a total of 174 countries, with
Bangladesh (0.38) on 113, Sri Lanka (0.43) on 92,
• These include 38 new entrants to the index,
and China (0.63) on 31. South Sudan is least
including 7 Gazelles (companies expected to
prepared for AI at 174.
become unicorns within three years) and 31
Cheetahs (projected to reach unicorn status within
5 years).
इक नॉकमस्ट इों टेकलजेंस यूकनट के अनु सार, ककस शहर क
• India’s future unicorns are currently worth $58 लगातार त़ीसरे वषा दु कनया का सबसे अकर्क रहने य ग्य स्थान
billion, with an increase of 1.8% as compared to बतनयन गया है?
the last year.
Which city has been ranked the world’s most livable for
• The US and China lead the pack, accounting for the third consecutive year, according to the Economist
two-thirds of the world's identified Gazelles. Intelligence Unit?

a. Zurich
IMF के आकटा कफकशयल इों टेकलजेंस कप्रपे यडा नेस इों डेक्स b. Vienna
(एआईप़ीआई) डै शब डा में 174 दे श ों में भारत धकस स्थान पर
c. Melbourne
है ?
d. Vancouver
Where does India rank out of the 174 countries in the
IMF’s Artificial Intelligence Preparedness Index (AIPI) Answer: (b) Vienna
Dashboard?
Related Imp Points
a. 31
• For the third year in a row, Vienna, the capital of
b. 92 Austria, is the world’s most livable city, according
to the Economist Intelligence Unit.
c. 72
• The annual report, which aims to show how
d. 113
comfortable or livable a city is, examined 173 cities
Answer: (c) 72 globally based on 30 indicators organized into five
categories: stability, health care, culture and
Related Imp Points
environment, education and infrastructure.
• Recently, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• Vienna is followed closely by Copenhagen
released an Artificial Intelligence Preparedness
(Denmark) in second place, Zurich (Switzerland) in
Index (AIPI) Dashboard. It assesses the level of AI
third, Melbourne (Australia) in fourth and Calgary
preparedness across 174 countries.
in Canada (tied with Geneva) in fifth.
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for livability globally, followed by North America.

• Four cities in the Asia-Pacific region—Melbourne

and Sydney in Australia, Osaka in Japan, and
Auckland in New Zealand—have made it into this
#International
year’s top ten most livable cities globally. ककस दे श ने जलवायु पररवतान कवर्े यक पाररत ककया ज बडे ,
ज़ीवाश्म-ईोंर्न भाऱी उद्य ग ों से उत्सजान पर अकनवाया प्रकतबों र्
लगाएगा?
• The bottom 10 are dominated by cities in Sub-
Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Which country passed a Climate Change Bill that will
Africa regions. Damascus, Syria and Tripoli, Libya impose mandatory curbs on the emissions from large,
rank as the two lowest cities for livability following fossil-fuel heavy industries?
the civil unrest that has torn down their a. UAE
economies.
b. Guyana

c. Malaysia
िाोंड फाइनें स के अनु सार, ककस कोंपऩी ने भारत के सबसे
d. South Africa
मूल्यवान िाोंड के रूप में अपना स्थान बरकरार रिा है ?
Answer: (d) South Africa
According to the Brand Finance, which company has
retained its position as India's most valuable brand? Related Imp Points

a. Infosys • South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, signed

into law a piece of legislation that will impose
b. Tata Group
mandatory curbs on the emissions from large,
c. HDFC Bank fossil-fuel heavy industries and, require climate-
adaptation plans from towns and villages.
d. Reliance Industries
• The Climate Change Bill was already approved by
Answer: (b) Tata Group South Africa’s National Assembly. South Africa
Related Imp Points relies on coal as its primary fuel source for
electricity generation and is one of the world’s top
• Tata Group has retained its position as India's most 15 greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters.
valuable brand, according to the 'India 100 2024’
report from Brand Finance. Tata Group has a 9 per
cent growth in brand value to USD 28.6 billion

• The Tata group is followed by IT major Infosys and

HDFC Group, which have been ranked second and ककस दे श ने क्लाइमेट फाइनें स एक्शन फोंड (CFAF) लॉन्च
third respectively in the report of the brand ककया?
valuation consultancy.
Which country launched Climate Finance Action Fund
• The telecom sector achieves 61 per cent growth in (CFAF)?
brand value, followed by Banking (26 per cent) and
Mining, Iron & Steel sectors recording 16 per cent a. Italy
average growth. b. France
• Westside leads as the fastest growing Indian c. Germany
brand, with a 122 per cent increase in brand value.
d. Azerbaijan

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Hilarion, a native of the Gaza region.
Related Imp Points
• The List of World Heritage in Danger is compiled by
• Azerbaijan, the host of COP29 climate summit, has
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
announced a climate finance action fund (CFAF) to
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) through the
be raised from fossil fuel producing countries and
World Heritage Committee according to Article
companies in order to support green projects in
11.4 of the World Heritage Convention, which was
developing countries as well as to help member
established in 1972 to designate and manage
nations keep within reach the 1.5C temperature
World Heritage Sites.
target.

• The fund will become operational at the conclusion

of the initial fundraising round, which aims to ककस दे श क़ी सोंसद ने UNRWA क आतोंकवाद़ी सोंगठन
attract $1 billion, and when at least 10 contributing घ कषत करने वाले कवर्े यक क मोंजूऱी दे द़ी?
countries commit as shareholders.
Which country's parliament gave approval to a bill
• The 2024 United Nations Climate Change declaring UNRWA as a terror organisation?
Conference or Conference of the Parties of the
UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP29 is set a. Israel
to be held in Baku between November 11 and 22
b. Jordan
this year.
c. Palestine
• Azerbaijan
d. United States
 Capital: Baku
Answer: (a) Israel
 Currency: Azerbaijani Manat
Related Imp Points
 Prime minister: Ali Asadov
• The Israeli parliament gave preliminary approval to
a bill that declares the United Nations Relief and
गाजा में ककस प्राच़ीन पररसर क UNESCO की वल्डा हे ररटे ज Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA),
a terrorist organisation and proposes to sever
सनइटट स इर् डें जर सूच़ी में रिा गया है ?
relations with the body.
Which ancient complex in Gaza has been put on the
• The bill's sponsor, Yulia Malinovsky, was quoted as
UNESCO list of World Heritage sites in danger?
describing UNRWA as a "fifth column within
a. Masada National Park Israel".

b. The Tell es-Sultan complex • UNRWA provides education, health and aid to
millions of Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank,
c. The Saint Hilarion complex
Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. It has long had tense
d. Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route relations with Israel but relations have deteriorated
sharply since the start of the war in Gaza and Israel
Answer: (c) The Saint Hilarion complex has called repeatedly for UNRWA to be disbanded.
Related Imp Points

• The Saint Hilarion complex, one of the oldest

केंद्ऱीय बजट 2024-25 के अनु सार भारत सरकार से सहायता
monasteries in the Middle East, has been put on
the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites in danger प्राप्त करने वाला श़ीषा दे श कौन सा है ?
due to the war in Gaza. Which country is the top recipient of Indian government
aid according to the Union Budget 2024-25?

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a. Nepal International Airport (VNPR). Shortly after takeoff
from runway, the aircraft veered off to the right
b. Bhutan
and crashed on the east side of the runway.
c. Maldives
• The airline was acquired by India's Kuber Group in
d. Mauritius 2019.

Answer: (b) Bhutan

Related Imp Points Typhoon Gaemi ने जुलाई 2024 में ककन दे श ों क गों भ़ीर रूप
• Bhutan has emerged as the top recipient of Indian से प्रभाकवत ककया?
government aid to foreign countries, according to Which countries were severely affected by Typhoon
the Union Budget 2024-25 presented by Union Gaemi in July 2024?
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
a. Japan and Taiwan
• It gets the highest aid at an estimated Rs 2,068.56
crore, which is slightly less than Rs 2,400 crore last b. South Korea and China
year. c. Taiwan and the Philippines
• Bhutan is followed by Nepal (Rs 700 crore), d. Vietnam and the Philippines
Maldives (400 crore) and Mauritius (370 crore).
Answer: (c) Taiwan and the Philippines
• The Chabahar port project in Iran continues to
receive a steady allocation of Rs 100 crore, Related Imp Points
unchanged for the past three years. • Typhoon Gaemi, known in the Philippines as Super
Typhoon Carina, is an active tropical cyclone that is
currently impacting East China after severely
हाल ह़ी में िबर ों में रहा कत्रभुवन अों तरााष्ट्ऱीय हवाई अड्डा (TIA) affecting Taiwan and the Philippines in late July
ककस दे श में है ? 2024. Gaemi means ant in Korean. It is the third
named storm [Typhoon Ewiniar (Aghon) in the
Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), seen in news
Philippines, Tropical Storm Prapiroon (Butchoy) in
recently, is in which country?
Philippines, and Tropical Storm Maliksi in Haikou,
a. Nepal China] and second typhoon of the 2024 season.

b. Bhutan  Earlier, Hurricane Beryl impacted parts of the

Caribbean, the Yucatán Peninsula, and the Gulf
c. Maldives Coast of the United States in late June and early
d. Bangladesh July 2024.

Answer: (a) Nepal

Related Imp Points IREDA ककस दे श में 900 मेगावाट क़ी जलकवद् युत पररय जना
में 290 कर ड रुपये का कनवेश करे गा?
• A domestic plane with 19 people on board
“veered off" the runway and crashed while trying IREDA will invest Rs 290 crore in a 900 MW hydroelectric
to take off from the airport serving Nepal's capital power project in which country?
Kathmandu. As many as 18 people were killed in
the crash. The pilot is the lone survivor in the a. Nepal
crash. b. Bhutan
• Saurya Airlines Aircraft took off from Tribhuvan c. Maldives
International Airport (VNKT) to Pokhara

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preferred destinations for foreign portfolio investors
Answer: (a) Nepal
(FPIs) in India?
Related Imp Points
a. Ireland
• State-owned IREDA will invest Rs 290 crore in a
b. Australia
900 MW hydroelectric power project in Nepal.
c. Germany
• The company will pick up a 10 per cent stake in the
Upper Karnali Hydro-Electric Power Project. d. Switzerland
• IREDA Chairman & MD: Pradip Kumar Das Answer: (a) Ireland
Related Imp Points

कौन सा दे श सोंयुक्त राष्ट्र जल सम्मे लन में शाकमल ह ने वाला • Mauritius, once among the leading destinations for
10वाों अफ्ऱीक़ी दे श बन गया है ? foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) routing funds into
India, has now slipped to the fifth position, behind
Which country has become the 10th African nation to join Ireland, in terms of assets under custody (AUC).
the United Nations Water Convention?
• At the fourth position, Ireland boasted an AUC of
a. Kenya Rs 4.41 trillion, slightly more than Mauritius, which
b. Nigeria recorded an AUC of Rs 4.39 trillion by the end of
June 2024, according to data from the National
c. Ivory Coast Securities Depository (NSDL).
d. South Africa • In March, the governments of Mauritius and India
signed a deal to amend the Double Taxation
Answer: (c) Ivory Coast
Avoidance Agreement (DTAA). Mauritius aligned its
Related Imp Points norms with the Organisation for Economic Co-
• Ivory Coast joined the United Nations Water operation and Development’s (OECD)’s proposal
Convention, becoming the 10th African nation to do on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). BEPS is a
so. term used to describe tax avoidance strategies
used by entities to reduce their tax bases.
• It is now the 53rd Party (country) to the 1992 UN
Water Convention, which is also known as the • Mauritius introduced a Principal Purpose Test
Convention on the Protection and Use of (PPT) to prevent treaty abuse by taxpayers.
Transboundary Watercourses and International
Lakes.
2024 क टा सुर्ार आों द लन ककस दे श में चल रहा कहों सक
• The Convention was initially established as a कवर र् है?
regional framework for the pan-European region.
Since its global expansion to all UN Member States 2024 Quota Reform Movement is an ongoing violent
in 2016, Chad, Senegal, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, protest in which country?
Togo and Cameroon were the first African nations
a. Nepal
to accede. They were later joined by Nigeria,
Namibia and The Gambia in 2023. b. Turkiye

c. Thailand

भारत में कवदे श़ी प टा फ कलय कनवे शक ों (एफप़ीआई) के कलए d. Bangladesh

चौथा पसोंद़ीदा स्थान बनने के कलए कौन सा दे श मॉऱीशस क
Answer: (d) Bangladesh
प़ीछे छ ड चुका है?
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Related Imp Points of India for co-ordinating procurement, supply and
marketing of generic drugs through the centres.
• The 2024 Quota Reform Movement is an ongoing
protest in Bangladesh, spearheaded by the • Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana
students of public and private universities. Initially (PMBJP) was initially launched by the government
focused on restructuring the traditional quota- in 2008; and re-launched by the Prime Minister of
based system for government job recruitment, the India, Narendra Modi in 2015.
movement expanded after the government
brutally killed over a hundred protestors. • Mauritius

• The protesters are demanding an end to a quota  Capital: Port Louis

system that reserves up to 30% of government  Currency: Mauritian rupee (MUR)
jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in
Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971 against
Pakistan.
ककस क्षे त्ऱीय सुरक्षा समूह ने आकर्काररक तौर पर बाोंग्लादे श
• The protests started in response to a verdict by the क अपने पाोंचवें सदस्य राज्य के रूप में शाकमल ककया?
High Court division on 5 June 2024, which declared
Which regional security grouping officially included
the 2018 government circular cancelling the 30%
Bangladesh as its fifth member state?
quota for freedom fighters' descendants in
government jobs, illegal. The circular was issued in a. SAARC
the wake of the 2018 Bangladesh quota reform
movement. b. ASEAN

c. BIMSTEC

d. Colombo Security Conclave (CSC)

भारत के पहले कवदे श़ी जन औषकर् केंद्र का उद् घाटन ककस
दे श में ककया गया? Answer: (d) Colombo Security Conclave (CSC)

In which country was India’s first overseas Jan Aushadi Related Imp Points
Kendra inaugurated?
• The Colombo Security Conclave (CSC), a regional
a. Nepal security grouping, officially welcomed Bangladesh
as its fifth member state. The announcement came
b. Maldives during the 8th Deputy National Security Adviser
c. Mauritius (DNSA) level meeting, hosted virtually by
Mauritius.
d. Sri Lanka
• The existing members are India, Sri Lanka,
Answer: (c) Mauritius Mauritius, and the Maldives, while Seychelles
Related Imp Points participated as an observer state.

• External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has • The Colombo Security Conclave was established in
inaugurated India’s first overseas Jan Aushadi 2020, when India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives
Kendra in Mauritius. agreed to expand the scope of their trilateral
meeting on maritime cooperation. Mauritius
• Jan Aushadi Kendras provide generic drugs, which joined the conclave at the fifth meeting of the
are available at lesser prices but are equivalent to grouping in Male in March 2022.
more expensive branded drugs in both quality and
efficacy. The Bureau of Pharma Public Sector • The CSC Secretariat is located in Colombo, Sri
Undertakings of India (BPPI) has been established Lanka.
under the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Govt.

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शरिाकथाय ों के कलए सोंयुक्त राष्ट्र राहत और काया एजेंस़ी Republic of Korea, Slovenia and Spain.
(UNRWA) क ककतऩी राकश जाऱी क़ी है ? • With these new biosphere reserves covering a
What amount has India released to the United Nations total area of 37400 km², the World Network of
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Biosphere Reserves now totals 759 sites in 136
Near East (UNRWA) for the year 2024-25? countries.

a. USD 1 million • These additions were decided during the 36th

session of the International Co-ordinating Council,
b. USD 5 million the governing body of UNESCO’s Man and the
c. USD 10 million Biosphere programme, which is composed of 34
representatives of UNESCO Member States. The
d. USD 2.5 million Council held its session in Agadir, Morocco.
Answer: (d) USD 2.5 million
Related Imp Points ककस दे श ने 3ड़ी ह ल ग्ाम तकऩीक के साथ अपने नए बैं क
• Government of India have released the first न ट जाऱी ककए?
tranche of USD 2.5 million to the United Nations
Which country issued its new banknotes with 3D
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in
hologram technology?
the Near East (UNRWA), as part of its annual
contribution of USD 5 million for the year 2024-25. a. India

• UNRWA was established in 1949 by the UN b. China

General Assembly (UNGA) to provide relief to all
c. Japan
refugees resulting from the 1948 conflict.
d. South Korea

Answer: (c) Japan

यूनेस्क ने हाल ह़ी में ककतने नए बाय स्फ़ीयर ररजवा नाकमत
ककए हैं ? Related Imp Points

How many new biosphere reserves has UNESCO recently • Japan issued its first new banknotes in two
designated? decades, yen packed with 3D hologram technology
to fight counterfeiting.
a. 5
• Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praised as historic
b. 7 the state-of-the-art anti-counterfeit traits of the
new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills.
c. 9
• Yen is the third-most traded currency in the
d. 11
foreign exchange market, after the United States
Answer: (d) 11 dollar and the euro.
Related Imp Points

• UNESCO has approved the designation of 11 new प्रर्ानमोंत्ऱी नरें द्र म द़ी ने हाल ह़ी में ककस दे श क़ी द कदवस़ीय
biosphere reserves in 11 countries, including
यात्रा सोंपन्न क़ी, ज 41 वषों में ककस़ी भारत़ीय प्रर्ानमोंत्ऱी द्वनरन
Belgium and Gambia for the first time and two
इस दे श की पहल़ी यात्रा है ?
transboundary biosphere reserves.
Which country’s two-day visit did PM Narendra Modi
• The other new biosphere reserves are located in
recently conclude, a first by Indian PM in the country in
Colombia, Dominican Republic, Italy, Mongolia, the
41 years?
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a. Russia • Among the major states, Uttar Pradesh recorded a
13.83 per cent share of informal sector enterprises
b. Austria
in 2022-23, that is, October 2022 – September
c. Belarus 2023, up from 12.99 per cent in the previous year.
West Bengal, which followed at second position in
d. The Netherlands 2022-23, saw a marginal dip in its share of informal
Answer: (b) Austria sector enterprises to 12.04 per cent from 12.31 per
cent in 2021-22, while Maharashtra’s share rose to
Related Imp Points 9.37 per cent from 8.81 per cent during the same
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently concluded period.
his two-day visit to Austria. • The lowest share of informal sector enterprises
• This year marks 75 years of diplomatic relations was recorded in Uttarakhand, Assam, Chhattisgarh,
between India and Austria. India’s relations with Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir.
Austria were formally established in 1949.

• PM Modi’s visit came around 41 years after

2024 के यूर प़ीय सोंसद चुनाव में ककस पाटी ने सबसे अकर्क
former PM Indira Gandhi visited Austria in June
स़ीटें ज़ीत़ी ों?
1983.
Which party won the most seats in the 2024 European
• Prime Minister Modi met Nobel Laureate Anton
Parliament election?
Zeilinger, a renowned Austrian physicist. Mr.
Zeilinger is known for his work on quantum a. The Greens
mechanics and was awarded Nobel Prize for
Physics in 2022. b. The European People's Party

c. The Socialists and Democrats

d. The European Conservatives and Reformists

2022-23 में ककन त़ीन राज्य ों में ग्ाम़ीि और शहऱी द न ों क्षे त्र ों
में अनौपचाररक क्षेत्र के उद्यम ों क़ी कहस्से दाऱी सबसे अकर्क Answer: (b) The European People's Party
थ़ी?
Related Imp Points
Which three states had the highest share of informal • The 2024 European Parliament election was held in
sector enterprises in both rural and urban areas in 2022- the European Union (EU). It was the tenth
23? parliamentary election since the first direct
a. Bihar, Rajasthan, Punjab elections in 1979, and the first European
Parliament election after Brexit.
b. Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
• A total of 720 Members of the European
c. Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Parliament (MEPs) were elected to represent more
d. Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra than 450 million people from 27 member states.
361 seats needed for a majority.
Answer: (d) Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra
• The centre-right European People's Party led by
Related Imp Points Ursula von der Leyen won the most seats in the
• Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra had European Parliament.
the highest share of informal sector enterprises in • European Parliament represents the second-
both rural and urban areas in 2022-23, the latest largest democratic electorate in the world (after
Annual Survey of Unincorporated Enterprises for the Parliament of India). The Parliament has been
2022-23 released by the Ministry of Statistics and directly elected every five years by the citizens of
Programme Implementation (MoSPI) showed.
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the European Union through universal suffrage. d. General Electric (GE)
The Parliament's headquarters are officially in
Answer: (a) Wartsila
Strasbourg, France, and has its administrative
offices in Luxembourg City. Related Imp Points

• Finnish company Wartsila has launched the

world's first large-scale 100% hydrogen-ready
कॉन्सुलर एक्से स पर कद्वपक्ष़ीय समझौते के तहत ककन दे श ों ने engine power plant.
नागररक कैकदय ों और मछु आर ों क़ी सूच़ी का आदान-प्रदान
ककया? • The new engine power plant can run on natural
gas and 25 vol% hydrogen blends. It synchronises
Which countries exchanged lists of civilian prisoners and with the grid within 30 seconds from start
fishermen under the Bilateral Agreement on Consular command, ensures energy security through fuel
Access? flexibility and offers unparalleled load following
capabilities and high part load efficiency.
a. India and China

b. India and Pakistan

c. India and Sri Lanka हाल ह़ी में ककस दे श ने यूर प़ीय सोंघ पररषद क़ी अध्यक्षता
ग्हि क़ी है ?
d. India and Bangladesh
Which country has recently assumed the Presidency of
Answer: (b) India and Pakistan the European Union Council?
Related Imp Points a. Hungary
• India and Pakistan exchanged, through diplomatic b. Germany
channels simultaneously at New Delhi and
Islamabad, the lists of civilian prisoners and c. Portugal
fishermen in each other’s custody.
d. Denmark
• Under the provisions of the bilateral Agreement on
Answer: (a) Hungary
Consular Access 2008, such lists are exchanged
every year on 1st January and on 1st July. Related Imp Points

• India has shared names of 366 civilian prisoners • Hungary has begun its six-month rotating
and 86 fishermen in its custody, who are Pakistani. chairmanship of the European Union.
Similarly, Pakistan has shared names of 43 civilian
• Hungary is led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
prisoners and 211 fishermen in its custody, who
are Indian. • Hungary

 Capital: Budapest

हाल ह़ी में ककस कोंपऩी ने दु कनया का पहला बडे पै माने पर  President: Tamás Sulyok
100% हाइडर जन-तैयार इों जन पावर प्लाोंट लॉन्च ककया?

Which company recently launched the world's first large-

कौन सा दे श पशुर्न उत्सजान पर काबा न टै क्स लगाने वाला
scale 100% hydrogen-ready engine power plant?
पहला दे श बन गया है?
a. Wartsila
Which country has become the first to impose carbon tax
b. Siemens on livestock emissions?

c. Rolls-Royce a. Spain

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b. Sweden saliva, mucus, and faeces, posing a risk to people
and animals in close.
c. Denmark
• Generally, humans contract bird flu through direct
d. The Netherlands
contact with infected animals or their byproducts,
Answer: (c) Denmark such as carcasses, saliva, or faeces. The virus is also
airborne, meaning inhaling near an infected animal
Related Imp Points
can lead to infection.
• Denmark will tax livestock farmers for the
• A notable case surfaced in May involved a 59-
greenhouse gases emitted by their cows, sheep
year-old man in Mexico who died from H5N2, a
and pigs from 2030, the first country in the world
bird flu strain never before recorded in humans.
to do so as it targets a major source of methane
emissions, one of the most potent gases
contributing to global warming.
पराग्वे हाल ह़ी में ककस अों तरााष्ट्ऱीय सोंगठन के 100वें सदस्य के
• Denmark रूप में शाकमल हुआ?
 Capital: Copenhagen Which international organization did Paraguay recently
 Currency: Danish krone join as its 100th member?

a. United Nations

b. World Health Organization

हाल ह़ी में ककस दे श ने दु कनया में सबसे पहले इों सान ों के कलए
बडा फ्लू ट़ीकाकरि शुरू ककया? c. International Solar Alliance
Which country recently rolled out bird flu vaccinations for d. International Monetary Fund
humans, marking a world first?
Answer: (c) International Solar Alliance
a. Sweden
Related Imp Points
b. Finland
• Paraguay (Capital: Asunción/ Currency: Guaraní)
c. Norway has become the 100th country to join the
International Solar Alliance (ISA) as a full member.
d. Denmark
• Launched on 30 November 2015 by Prime Minister
Answer: (b) Finland Narendra Modi and President of France,
Related Imp Points Emmanuel Macron during COP21 in Paris, the ISA
aims to accelerate the deployment of solar energy
• In a world first, Finland rolled out bird flu globally in support of Climate Action.
vaccinations for humans. Vaccine is manufactured Headquartered National Institute of Solar Energy,
by the Australian pharmaceutical company CSL
Gurugram, Haryana (India), Dr. Ajay Mathur is the
Seqirus.
Director General of ISA.
• Bird flu, formally known as avian influenza, • The alliance has gained significant traction since its
encompasses various influenza type A viruses that inception, with 119 countries now signatories to
primarily affect birds but can also infect non-avian
the ISA Framework Agreement. Of these, 100 have
species, including humans. completed the ratification process to become full
• Among the many strains, H5N1 is a significant one members, with Spain joining as the 99th member in
that has been circulating among wild birds May this year.
worldwide. Birds transmit the virus through their

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Banking News  The PCA framework will apply to all UCBs in tier 2,
tier 3, and tier 4 categories, with the exception of
those under all inclusive directions (AID).
#Bank  Tier 1 UCBs will not be covered by the PCA
framework but will continue to be monitored
प्राथकमक (शहऱी) सहकाऱी बैं क ों (यूस़ीब़ी) के कलए नया त्वररत under the current supervisory framework.
सुर्ारात्मक कारा वाई (प़ीस़ीए) ढाोंचा कब प्रभाव़ी ह गा?

When will the new Prompt Corrective Action (PCA)

ि़ीकडश फमा EQT AB ने ककस बैं क में अपऩी पू ऱी 7.89%
framework for primary (urban) co-operative banks (UCBs)
take effect? कहस्से दाऱी बे च द़ी है?

a. April 1, 2025 Swedish firm EQT AB has sold its entire 7.89% stake in
which bank?
b. August 1, 2024
a. Yes Bank
c. January 1, 2025
b. RBL Bank
d. December 1, 2024
c. Axis Bank
Answer: (a) April 1, 2025
d. HDFC Bank
Related Imp Points
Answer: (b) RBL Bank
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a
new prompt corrective action (PCA) framework Related Imp Points
for primary (urban) co-operative banks (UCBs). This • EQT AB has offloaded its entire stake in RBL Bank
framework, set to take effect from April 1, 2025, in a bulk deal worth 1,091.15 crore on the BSE.
will replace the existing supervisory action
framework (SAF), which had been in place since • The Swedish private equity firm, which held a
January 6, 2020. 7.89% stake in the bank, sold the full 4.78 crore
shares through its entity Maple II B V for 228.08
• The PCA framework eliminates the rigid ₹25,000 per share. Morgan Stanley’s Asia Singapore PTE
limit on capital expenditure restrictions that was and Societe General were buyers of shares.
imposed under the SAF. Supervisors will now have
the discretion to set limits based on their • RBL Bank
evaluation of individual entities.  MD & CEO: R Subramaniakumar
• Applicability: The PCA framework is for UCBs with  Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra
deposits above Rs 100 crore.
 Tagline– Apno Ka Bank
• Categorization of UCBs:

 Tier 1: UCBs with deposits up to Rs 100 crore.

एकशयाई कवकास बैं क (एड़ीब़ी) ने नागपु र क़ी मेटर रे ल
 Tier 2: UCBs with deposits above Rs 100 crore and
पररय जना के कलए ककतना ऋि ि़ीकृत ककया है ?
less than Rs 1,000 crore.
How much loan has the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
 Tier 3: UCBs with deposits above Rs 1,000 crore
approved for Nagpur’s metro rail project?
and less than Rs 10,000 crore.
a. $100 million
 Tier 4: UCBs with deposits above Rs 10,000 crore.
b. $150 million

c. $200 million
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d. $250 million • The RBI categorises PA-CBs as Export only PA-CB
(PA-CB-E), Import only PA-CB (PA-CB-I), and
Answer: (c) $200 million
Export and Import PA-CB (PA-CB-E&I).
Related Imp Points
• Cashfree Payments has received approval to
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved operate as a PA-CB-E&I.
a $200 million loan to expand metro rail corridors
• In a circular issued in October 2023, the RBI had
and improve transport connectivity in Nagpur,
mandated minimum net worth requirements for
India.
non-banks to operate as PA-CBs. This included a
• The Nagpur Metro Urban Mobility Project will minimum net worth of Rs 15 crore at the time of
improve transport connectivity within and to the application to the regulator, and a Rs 25 crore
Nagpur’s new and growing urban areas. It will net worth by March 31, 2026.
provide an efficient, safe, and environment-
• New non-banks are required to attain a minimum
friendly public transport to ease commuters’ travel
net worth of Rs 25 crore by the end of the third
and improve productivity.
financial year of the grant of authorisation.

हाल ह़ी में ककस कोंपऩी क पे मेंट एग़्ीगे टर-िॉस बॉडा र (PA-
भारत़ीय ररज़वा बैं क द्वारा व़ीज़ा वर्ल्ा वाइड प्रनइवे ट कलकमटे ड
CB) के रूप में कनया करने के कलए RBI क़ी मोंजूऱी कमल़ी?
पर ककतना जुमााना लगाया गया?
Which company recently received the RBI’s approval to
How much was Visa Worldwide Pvt Limited fined by the
operate as a payment aggregator-cross border (PA-CB)?
Reserve Bank of India?
a. Paytm
a. Rs 1.5 crore
b. PhonePe
b. Rs 2.4 crore
c. Razorpay
c. Rs 3.1 crore
d. Cashfree Payments
d. Rs 4.5 crore
Answer: (d) Cashfree Payments
Answer: (b) Rs 2.4 crore
Related Imp Points
Related Imp Points
• Cashfree Payments, a company specialising in
• The Reserve Bank of India has imposed penalties
banking solutions and payments, received the
on three payment system operators, namely Visa
Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) nod to operate as a
Worldwide, Ola Financial Services, and
payment aggregator-cross border (PA-CB).
Manappuram Finance, for the companies failure to
• The Bengaluru-based company is one of the first adhere to regulatory compliance.
non-banks to receive the PA-CB licence.
• Visa Worldwide Pte Limited has been fined Rs 2.4
• The licence also enables it to offer Indian crore, while Manappuram Finance Limited has
exporters and freelancers cross-border payment been penalized Rs 41.5 lakh. Ola Financial Services
solutions. has been slapped with a fine of Rs 87.55 lakh in
two separate cases.
• PAs-CB are entities that facilitate cross-border
payment transactions for the import and export of • According to the RBI, the monetary penalties on
permissible goods and services in the online mode. Manappuram Finance and Ola Financial Services
were imposed for non-compliance with certain
provisions of Know Your Customer (KYC)
directions. In case of Visa Worldwide Pte. Limited,
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It implemented a payment authentication solution • Bank of Baroda announced the launch of Virtual
without regulatory clearance from RBI. Relationship Manager (VRM), a first among public
sector banks.

• This AI-powered VRM is designed to enhance

पे ट़ीएम ने EDC और POS समार्ान पे श करने के कलए ककस digital customer service by providing real-time
बैं क के साथ साझे दाऱी क़ी है ? information on the bank’s wide range of products
Paytm has partnered with which bank to offer EDC and and services. It assists customers with everyday
POS solutions? banking needs such as account statements, cheque
book requests, and debit card requests, among
a. Yes Bank others.
b. Axis Bank  To cater to corporate banking customers, Bank of
Baroda is launching the Baroda mDigiNext Mobile
c. HDFC Bank
App.
d. Bank of Baroda
 Enhancing contactless payment experiences, the
Answer: (b) Axis Bank bank has introduced the bob World Wave Smart
NFC Sticker.
Related Imp Points
 A Memorandum of Understanding by Bank of
• One 97 Communications Limited (OCL), which
owns the brand Paytm, has partnered with Axis Baroda with EaseMyTrip has led to the
Bank, one of India’s largest private sector banks to introduction of a co-branded Travel Debit Card.
provide POS solutions and EDC devices (card
machines) to the Bank and its merchant network.
ककस राज्य खस्थत महाभैरब सहकाऱी शहऱी बैं क कलकमटे ड का
• Electronic Data Capture (EDC) machines are also लाइसेंस RBI द्वारा रद्द कर कदया गया?
known as credit card swipe machines and EDC card
machines. It refers to the payment terminal that The licence of which state based Mahabhairab
helps clients complete transactions by swiping or Cooperative Urban Bank Ltd was cancelled by the RBI?
dipping cards and ensures businesses receive
a. Assam
payment correctly.
b. Gujarat
• A point of sale, or POS, is a system used to process
transactions and accept payments in person. c. Rajasthan

d. Uttar Pradesh

हाल ह़ी में ककस बैं क ने वचुाअल ररलेशनकशप मैनेजर (VRM) Answer: (a) Assam
लॉन्च ककया है ? Related Imp Points
Which bank recently launched Virtual Relationship • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the
Manager (VRM)? licence of “The Mahabhairab Cooperative Urban
a. ICICI Bank Bank Ltd., Tezpur, Assam”.

b. HDFC Bank • The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00

lakh on Jharkhand State Co-operative Bank Ltd,
c. Bank of Baroda Ranchi for non-compliance with certain directions
issued by RBI on ‘Know your Customer (KYC)
d. Union Bank of India
norms’.
Answer: (c) Bank of Baroda
Related Imp Points
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lakh on Jilla Sahakari Kendriya Bank Maryadit,
• Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has
Khargone, Madhya Pradesh, for contravention of
entered into a tie-up with IDFC First Bank Ltd under
the provisions of section 26A read with section 56
corporate agency arrangement. This tie-up will
of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act).
facilitate more than 1 crore customers of IDFC First
Bank to buy LIC policies online by visiting the
bank’s website.
ककस सोंस्था ने भारत में रूफ टॉप सौर ऊजाा प्रिाकलय ों क
कवत्तप कषत करने के कलए $240.5 कमकलयन का ऋि मोंजूर • IDFC First Bank
ककया है ?  Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Which organization has approved $240.5 million in loans  MD & CEO: V. Vaidyanathan
to finance rooftop solar systems in India?

a. World Bank
कवि का पहला जैव कवकवर्ता बाोंड ककन द संस्थनओं ने जाऱी
b. Asian Development Bank (ADB) ककया?
c. International Monetary Fund (IMF) Which two organizations issued the world's first
d. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) biodiversity bond?

Answer: (b) Asian Development Bank (ADB) a. BBVA and IFC

Related Imp Points b. HSBC and UNDP

• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved c. World Bank and IMF
$240.5 million in loans to finance rooftop solar
d. JPMorgan and UNEP
systems in India that will help the government
expand energy access using renewable energy. Answer: (a) BBVA and IFC

• The financing will be made available to the State Related Imp Points
Bank of India (SBI) and the National Bank for
• BBVA and the International Finance Corporation
Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to
(IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, issued a
provide loans to developers and end-users
US$15 million first tranche of the world's first
throughout India to install rooftop solar systems.
biodiversity bond that will amount to US$70
million, with the objective to finance projects that
address the key drivers of biodiversity loss,
भारत़ीय ज़ीवन ब़ीमा कनगम (LIC) ने कॉपोरे ट एजेंस़ी व्यवस्था particularly focused on reforestation, regeneration
के तहत ककस बैं क के साथ समझौता ककया है ? of natural forests on degraded lands, climate-
smart and regenerative agriculture, restoration of
Under the corporate agency arrangement, Life Insurance
wildlife habitats, among others.
Corporation of India (LIC) has entered into a tie-up with
which bank? • BBVA in Colombia is the issuing bank and IFC acts
as structurer and investor.
a. Axis Bank

b. ICICI Bank

c. HDFC Bank ककस बैं क ने "अमृत वृ कष्ट्" जमा य जना शुरू क़ी?

d. IDFC First Bank Which bank launched the “Amrit Vrishti” deposit
scheme?
Answer: (d) IDFC First Bank
a. ICICI Bank
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b. HDFC Bank  The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5.00
lakh on The Yashwant Co-operative Bank Limited,
c. Punjab National Bank
Satara, Maharashtra.
d. State Bank of India (SBI)
 The RBI has cancelled the licence of Uravakonda
Answer: (d) State Bank of India (SBI) Co-operative Town Bank Ltd., Uravakonda
(Anantapur District), Andhra Pradesh.
Related Imp Points

• The State Bank of India (SBI) has launched a special

deposit scheme “Amrit Vrishti” offering 7.25 per कनम्नकलखित में से कौन ओपन ने टवका फॉर कडकजटल कॉमसा
cent interest on deposits for 444 days. The scheme (ONDC) के माध्यम से व्यखक्तगत ऋि समार्ान लॉन्च करने
also offers an additional 0.50 per cent interest rate वाला भारत का पहला कनय बैं क बन गया है ?
to senior citizens.
Which of the following has become India's first neobank
• Previously, Bank of Baroda (BoB) and Bank of to launch personal loan solution through the Open
Maharashtra have also launched special deposit Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)?
schemes, offering higher interest rates to garner
deposits. a. Fi

• BoB's special scheme, dubbed “BoB Monsoon b. Niyo

Dhamaka Deposit Scheme,” offers interest rates of
c. Jupiter
7.25 per cent for 399 days and 7.15 per cent per
annum for 333 days for deposits below Rs 3 crore. d. BranchX
Meanwhile, Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) launched
Answer: (d) BranchX
a special scheme with 4 buckets for deposits up to
10 crore. Related Imp Points

• BranchX, a leading neobank innovator, has

launched the India’s first personal loan solution
RBI द्वारा मुथूट फाइनें स कलकमटे ड पर ककतना मौकद्रक जुमााना through the Open Network for Digital Commerce
लगाया गया? (ONDC).
What is the amount of the monetary penalty imposed on • This initiative marks a significant step towards
Muthoot Finance Limited by RBI? financial inclusion for India’s 1.4 billion people,
a. ₹1,00,000 particularly targeting the emerging middle class,
young professionals, small business owners, and
b. ₹1,50,000 entrepreneurs who often face hurdles in obtaining
loans from traditional routes replaced with a
c. ₹1,90,000
paperless experience.
d. ₹2,00,000
 A neobank is a type of direct bank that operates
Answer: (c) ₹1,90,000 exclusively using online banking without traditional
physical branch networks.
Related Imp Points
 Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), is a
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a
private non-profit Section 8 company established
monetary penalty of ₹1,90,000 on Muthoot
by the Department for Promotion of Industry and
Finance Limited for non-compliance with certain
Internal Trade (DPIIT) of Government of India to
provision of ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)
develop open e-commerce. It was incorporated on
Directions, 2016’ issued by RBI.
31 December 2021 with initial investment from
Quality Council of India and Protean eGov

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Governance Infrastructure Limited). Sivagangai District Central Co-operative Bank Limited,
Tamil Nadu?

a. ₹25,000
कनवास़ी भारत़ीय ककस य जना के तहत आईएफएसस़ी में
कवदे श़ी मुद्रा िाता (एफस़ीए) ि ल सकते हैं ? b. ₹50,000

Under which scheme can resident Indians open a Foreign c. ₹1.00 lakh
Currency Account (FCA) in IFSCs? d. ₹2.00 lakh
a. Direct Tax Code Answer: (a) ₹25,000
b. Sovereign Gold Bonds Related Imp Points
c. Public Provident Fund (PPF) • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a
d. Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) monetary penalty of ₹25,000 on Sivagangai District
Central Co-operative Bank Limited, Sivagangai,
Answer: (d) Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) Tamil Nadu for non-compliance with the directions
Related Imp Points
issued by the NABARD on ‘Frauds- Guidelines for
Classification, Reporting and Monitoring’.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed
resident individuals to open Foreign Currency • The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.00
Account (FCA) in International Financial Services lakh on The Mahabaleshwar Urban Cooperative
Centres (IFSCs) at GIFT City in Gujarat under the Bank Limited, Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra for
Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS). This will non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI
allow resident Indians to open a fixed deposit in on ‘Exposure Norms and Statutory / Other
dollars in a bank account at GIFT IFSC. Residents Restrictions – UCBs’ and ‘Prudential Norms on
can now invest outside India through the FCA Capital Adequacy - UCBs’.
account, subject to the LRS limit of $250,000 per • The RBl has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.50
year. lakh on Pusad Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd.,
• It has allowed authorised persons to facilitate Pusad, Maharashtra, for contravention of
remittances for availing financial services or directions issued by RBI under ‘Supervisory Action
products as per the International Financial Services Framework (SAF) for Primary (Urban) Co-operative
Centres Authority Act, 2019 within IFSCs. Banks (UCBs)’.

 MD and Group CEO, GIFT City: Tapan Ray • The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of
₹5,93,30,000 on The Mehsana Urban Co-operative
 The Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) is part of Bank Ltd., Gujarat.
the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA)
1999. It is intended to simplify and streamline the
process of remitting funds outside India. Under the ककस कोंपऩी ने 'सेकवों ग्स+' नामक एक नया कवत्त़ीय उत्पाद
LRS, a resident individual can remit up to USD
लॉन्च ककया है ?
250,000 per financial year for permissible
transactions. The Scheme was introduced on Which company has launched a new financial product
February 4, 2004, with a limit of USD 25,000. called ‘Savings+’?

a. ICICI Prudential

RBI ने कशवगोंगई कडखस्टर र सेंटरल क -ऑपरे कटव बैं क b. SBI Mutual Fund
कलकमटे ड, तकमलनाडु पर ककतना मौकद्रक जुमााना लगाया? c. HDFC Asset Management

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Answer: (d) Bajaj Finserv Asset Management  Tagline: We Care Dil Se, We Make You Feel Richer
Related Imp Points

• Bajaj Finserv Asset Management has launched a RBI ने नागररक सहकाऱी बैंक कलकमटे ड, कभवों ड़ी, महाराष्ट्र पर
new financial product for retail investors looking ककतना मौकद्रक जुमााना लगाया?
to get returns on their idle savings. Finserv
Savings+ offering seeks to bridge the gap between How much monetary penalty did RBI impose on Nagarik
traditional savings accounts and more lucrative Sahakari Bank Limited, Bhiwandi, Maharashtra?
investment options.
a. ₹50,000
• Savings+ allows investors to identify surplus cash in
b. ₹1.00 lakh
their savings accounts and seamlessly invest it in
Bajaj Finserv AMC Liquid Fund and Overnight Fund. c. ₹2.00 lakh
These funds promise competitive returns while
d. ₹5.00 lakh
maintaining the liquidity that consumers expect
from savings accounts. Answer: (c) ₹2.00 lakh
Related Imp Points

ककस बैं क ने 'रे सल फॉर ग्ल ऱी' कायािम शुरू करने क़ी • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a
घ षिा क़ी है ? monetary penalty of ₹2.00 lakh on Nagarik
Sahakari Bank Limited, Bhiwandi, Maharashtra for
Which bank has announced the launch of ‘Wrestle for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI
Glory’ program? on ‘Maintenance of Deposit Accounts – Primary
a. Yes Bank (Urban) Co-operative Banks’.

b. Axis Bank  The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.00

lakh on Krishna Sahakari Bank Limited, Satara,
c. ICICI Bank Maharashtra for non-compliance with certain
provisions of RBI directions on ‘Exposure Norms
d. IndusInd Bank
and Statutory/Other Restrictions - UCBs’.
Answer: (d) IndusInd Bank
 The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00
Related Imp Points lakh on Abasaheb Patil Rendal Sahakari Bank
Limited, Rendal, Maharashtra for non-compliance
• IndusInd Bank has announced the launch of
with the specific directions issued by RBI under
‘Wrestle for Glory’ program, a CSR initiative of the
Supervisory Action Framework (SAF).
Bank, continuing the longstanding collaboration
with the Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS), a high  The RBl has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.50
performance Olympic training facility lakh on Jilla Sahakari Kendriya Bank Maryadit,
headquartered in Vijayanagar, Bellary. Chhattarpur, Madhya Pradesh, for contravention
of the provisions of section 26A read with section
• This program aims to empower 50 talented female
56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act).
wrestling athletes from across the country and
provide them with coaching at the esteemed IIS
facility on fully-funded scholarships.
SBI ररप टा के अनु सार, FY14 और FY23 के ब़ीच भारत ने
• IndusInd Bank ककतऩी नौकररयााँ जेर्रे ट क़ी हैं ?
 MD/ CEO: Sumant Kathpalia According to the SBI report, how many jobs did India
generate between FY14 and FY23?
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a. 100 million • Paytm PB’s former MD and CEO, Surinder Chawla,
had resigned on account of personal reasons in
b. 110 million
April.
c. 125 million

d. 130 million
ककस कोंपऩी ने कमाचाररय ों क ररयायत़ी दर ों पर ऋि प्रदान
Answer: (c) 125 million करने के कलए पों जाब ने शनल बैं क के साथ एक समझौते पर
Related Imp Points हस्ताक्षर ककए हैं?

• Between FY14 and FY23, India generated 125 Which company has signed a pact with Punjab National
million (12.5 crore) jobs, which is 4.3 times more Bank to provide loans to the employees at concessional
than the preceding decadal period of FY04-FY14, a rates?
State Bank of India (SBI) report showed. a. BEL
• During FY14-23, India has created 125 million jobs, b. SAIL
compared to only 29 million (2.9 crore) during
FY04-14. Even if agriculture is excluded, the total c. NTPC
number of jobs created in manufacturing and
d. NHPC
services is at 89 million during FY14-FY23 and 66
million during FY04-FY14. Answer: (b) SAIL

• Total employment reported by micro, small and Related Imp Points

medium enterprises (MSMEs) registered with the
• State-owned Punjab National Bank has signed a
MSME Ministry has crossed 200 million.
pact with Steel Authority of India to provide home
loan, car loan and education loan to the latter's
employees at concessional rates.
पे ट़ीएम पे मेंट्स बैं क ने ककसे नया प्रबों र् कनदे शक (एमड़ी) और
मुख्य कायाकाऱी अकर्काऱी (स़ीईओ) कनयुक्त ककया है ? • This strategic partnership aims to enhance the
financial well-being of Steel Authority of India Ltd
Who has Paytm Payments Bank appointed as the new (SAIL) employees while expanding PNB's customer
managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO)? base within the steel sector.
a. Renu Satti  PNB MD and CEO: Atul Kumar Goel
b. Arun Kumar Bansal  SAIL Chairman: Amarendu Prakash
c. Satish Kumar Gupta

d. Vijay Shekhar Sharma ककस बैं क ने अपने इों टरने ट बैं ककोंग (आईएनब़ी) के माध्यम से
Answer: (b) Arun Kumar Bansal म्ूचुअल फोंड (एमएफ) इकाइय ों के सनपे क्ष ऑनलाइन ऋि
सुकवर्ा शुरू क़ी है?
Related Imp Points
Which bank has introduced an online loan facility against
• Paytm Payments Bank, an associate entity of
mutual fund (MF) units through its internet banking
One97 Communications (OCL), which operates the
(INB)?
Paytm brand, has appointed Arun Kumar Bansal as
managing director (MD) and chief executive a. SBI
officer (CEO). Bansal is a former IDBI Bank
b. Axis Bank
executive.
c. ICICI Bank

d. HDFC Bank
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Related Imp Points आर्ाररत UPI भुगतान शुरू करने के कलए समझौता ककया है ?

• State Bank of India has introduced an online loan With which bank has NPCI International Payments signed
facility against mutual fund (MF) units through its an agreement to launch QR-code-based UPI payments?
internet banking (INB) and YONO App. With this a. Dubai Islamic Bank
launch, SBI has become the first public sector bank
(PSB) to offer an end-to-end digital loan on mutual b. Qatar National Bank
fund schemes.
c. National Bank of Kuwait
• This digital offering enables customers to avail
d. The Saudi National Bank
loans from the comfort of their homes, offering a
100 per cent paperless and digital process that is Answer: (b) Qatar National Bank
available 24x7.
Related Imp Points
• The new loan facility is available for MF scheme of
• NPCI International Payments (NIPL), the
all the asset management companies (AMCs)
international arm of the payment system NPCI,
registered with CAMS.
signed an agreement with Qatar National Bank
(QNB) to launch QR-code-based UPI payments
across the West Asian country.
किकवका रे कटों ग्स इों कडया प्राइवे ट कलकमटे ड क़ी रे कटों ग का
उपय ग बैं क ककतऩी राकश तक के ऋि के कलए कर सकते हैं ? • The partnership will power UPI (Unified Payments
Interface) payment acceptance in Qatar through
Ratings by Brickwork Ratings India Private Limited can be the QNB merchant network, enabling Indian
used by banks for loans up to what amount? travellers to transact on the payments service.
a. Rs 100 crore • In India, the National Payments Corporation of
India (NPCI) runs the UPI ecosystem. NIPL is
b. Rs 200 crore
devoted to expanding the deployment of RuPay
c. Rs 250 crore and UPI outside India.

d. Rs 300 crore

Answer: (c) Rs 250 crore भारत़ीय ररजवा बैं क ने कजय फाइनें कशयल सकवा सेज क ककस
Related Imp Points प्रकार क़ी कोंपऩी में बदलने क़ी मोंजूऱी दे द़ी है ?

• The Reserve Bank of India permitted banks to use What type of company has the Reserve Bank of India
ratings by Brickwork Ratings India Private Limited approved Jio Financial Services to be converted into?
for loans of up to Rs 250 crore. a. Public Sector Bank
• The RBI, in October 2022, asked banks and other b. Private Sector Bank
regulated entities not to obtain any fresh ratings
from Brickwork Ratings India. c. Credit Ratings Company

• The Certificate of Registration granted to d. Core Investment Company (CIC)

Brickwork Ratings India as a Credit Rating Agency
Answer: (d) Core Investment Company (CIC)
(CRA) was cancelled by market regulator Sebi in
October 2022. Related Imp Points

• The Reserve Bank of India approved the

conversion of Jio Financial Services from a Non-

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Banking Financial Company (NBFC) to a Core How much monetary penalty has the RBI imposed on Sree
Investment Company (CIC). Harihareshwara Urban Co-operative Bank Limited?

• Jio Financial Services is the demerged entity of a. ₹10,000

energy-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance
b. ₹20,000
Industries Ltd (RIL).
c. ₹50,000
• In November 2023, Jio Financial Services submitted
an application to the RBI to convert its status from d. ₹1,00,000
an NBFC to a Core Investment Company.
Answer: (c) ₹50,000
Related Imp Points
FATF क़ी पारस्पररक मूल्याोंकन ररप टा 2023-24 के कलए ककस
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a
भारत़ीय NBFC क चुना गया है ? monetary penalty of ₹50,000 on Sree
Which Indian NBFC has been selected for the FATF’s Harihareshwara Urban Co-operative Bank Limited,
Mutual Evaluation report 2023-24? Harihar, Karnataka for non-compliance with
certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Exposure
a. L&T Finance Norms and Statutory/Other Restrictions − UCBs’.
b. Bajaj Finance • The RBl has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.50
c. Muthoot Finance lakh on Chandrapur District Central Co-operative
Bank Limited, Chandrapur, Maharashtra for
d. Shriram Transport Finance contravention of the provisions of section 20 read
with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act,
Answer: (c) Muthoot Finance
1949 (BR Act).
Related Imp Points
• The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of
• Muthoot Finance has become the only Indian ₹50,000 on The District Co-operative Central Bank
NBFC to be selected for The Financial Action Task Limited, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh for non-
Force’s (FATF) Mutual Evaluation report 2023-24. compliance with certain directions issued by The
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
• FATF is a global agency formed in 1989 to develop
Development (NABARD) on ‘Frauds - Guidelines for
policies to combat money laundering, terrorism
Classification, Reporting and Monitoring’.
financing and several other significant threats to
soundness of the financial system. • The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00
lakh on The Vaishali District Central Co-operative
• The FATF Secretariat is administratively hosted at
Bank Ltd., Bihar for non-compliance with certain
the OECD in Paris, but the two organisations are
directions issued by RBI on ‘Know your Customer
separate.
(KYC) norms’.
The objectives of FATF are to set standards and
promote effective implementation of legal,
regulatory and operational measures for ककस यूर प़ीय बैं क ने GIFT कसट़ी, गु जरात में पररचालन शुरू
combating money laundering, terrorist financing ककया है ?
and other related threats to the integrity of the
Which European bank has launched operations at GIFT
international financial system.
city, Gujarat?

a. HSBC Bank
आरब़ीआई ने श्ऱी हररहरे िर शहऱी सहकाऱी बैं क कलकमटे ड पर b. BNP Paribas
ककतना मौकद्रक जुमााना लगाया है ?

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c. Barclays Bank ककस कनज़ी क्षे त्र बैं क ने बजाज आकलयाोंज लाइफ इों श्य रें स के
d. Deutsche Bank साथ बैं कएश्य रें स समझौता ककया है ?

Answer: (b) BNP Paribas Which private sector bank has entered into a
Bancassurance tie-up with Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance?
Related Imp Points
a. Axis Bank
• BNP Paribas, the European Union’s leading bank
and a key player in international banking, has b. ICICI Bank
launched operations at the Gujarat International c. HDFC Bank
Finance Tec-City - International Financial Services
Centre (GIFT-IFSC), Gujarat through a new branch. d. Federal Bank

• The BNP Paribas GIFT City branch will facilitate a Answer: (d) Federal Bank
comprehensive product offering to attract new Related Imp Points
business opportunities with its onshore and
offshore clients. • Federal Bank, a private sector bank, has entered
into a Bancassurance tie-up with Bajaj Allianz Life
• Head of Territory & CEO, BNP Paribas India: Insurance, a private life insurer.
Sanjay Singh
• This partnership will enable Federal Bank’s
customers to seamlessly access Bajaj Allianz Life
कौन स़ी कोंपऩी अप्रै ल और मई में वै ल्यू के कहसाब से Insurance’s products, across the Bank’s extensive
network in India.
प़ीप़ीआई वॉलेट लेनदे न के मामले में सबसे बड़ी कडकजटल
कवत्त़ीय सेवा मोंच बन गई है? • Insurance regulator IRDAI had in 2022 widely
thrown open the bancassurance channel for
Which company has become the largest digital financial
insurers as part of its overall effort to increase
services platform in terms of PPI Wallet transactions by
insurance penetration in the country and achieve
value for April and May?
the long-term goal of ‘insurance for all’ by 2047,
a. Paytm when the country will celebrate its golden jubilee
of independence.
b. PhonePe

c. MobiKwik
TechFini क ने शनल पेमेंट्स कॉरप रे शन ऑफ इों कडया
d. Google Pay
(NPCI) से क्या मोंजूऱी कमल़ी?
Answer: (c) MobiKwik
What approval did TechFini receive from the National
Related Imp Points Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)?
• MobiKwik has become the largest digital financial a. To issue dredit cards
services platform in terms of Prepaid Payment
Instruments (PPI) Wallet transactions by value for b. To operate as a UPI provider
April and May. c. To launch a new mobile wallet
• The company saw its market share by value grow d. To provide internet banking services
from 11% in March 2024 to 20 per cent in April and
further to 23% in May. Answer: (b) To operate as a UPI provider

• MobiKwik was founded in 2009 by Bipin Preet Related Imp Points

Singh and Upasana Taku. • Fintech startup TechFini has received final
approval from the National Payments Corporation

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of India (NPCI) to operate as a Unified Payments represented by pension, educational and other
Interface (UPI)-based payment infrastructure bonds.
provider for banks and fintech companies.

• This approval enables the Mumbai-based startup

to function as a UPI issuer 2.0, UPI acquirer 2.0,
issuer and acquirer of credit lines on UPI, and
enabler of RuPay credit cards, among others. श्ऱीनगर में "वृक्ष ों के साथ बढ़ें " वृ क्षार पि अकभयान के कलए
ककस बैं क ने ब़ीएसएफ के साथ सहय ग ककया?
 Note: Hitachi Payment Services has received the
final authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India Which bank collaborated with BSF for the "Grow with the
(RBI) to operate as an Online Payment Aggregator, Trees" plantation drive in Srinagar?
under the Payments and Settlement Systems Act, a. SBI
2007.
b. Axis Bank

c. HDFC Bank
भारत़ीय स्टे ट बैं क (एसब़ीआई) ने अपने छठे इन्फ्रनस्टर क्चर
बाोंड जाऱी करके ककतना रुपयन जुटाया? d. Bank of Baroda

How much money did State Bank of India (SBI) raise Answer: (a) SBI
through its sixth infrastructure bond issuance? Related Imp Points
a. Rs 5,000 crore • Border Security Forces (BSF), in association with
SBI Bank, organised a "Grow with the Trees"
b. Rs 7,500 crore
plantation drive at BSF Headquarters in Srinagar,
c. Rs 10,000 crore J&K.
d. Rs 15,000 crore • With the aim of creating a green environment and
promoting the importance of tree plantations, the
Answer: (c) Rs 10,000 crore
BSF officials and Jawans, along with the officials
Related Imp Points from SBI Bank and the school children at the
Kendria Vidyalay at the BSF Headquarters, took
• State Bank of India (SBI) has raised Rs 10,000 crore
part in the drive.
through its sixth infrastructure bond issuance,
offering a coupon of 7.36 per cent. ककस कोंपऩी ने भारत का पहला पयाटन सूचकाोंक क ष लॉन्च
• With the current issuance, the total outstanding ककया?
long-term bonds issued by the bank stands at Rs Which company launched India's first tourism index fund?
59,718 crore.
a. SBI Asset Management Company
• Infrastructure bonds are bonds issued for the
purpose of attracting financing for long-term b. Tata Asset Management Company
infrastructure development projects (construction c. ICICI Asset Management Company
of roads, railways, ports, etc.).
d. HDFC Asset Management Company
• In India, for example, infrastructure bonds are
usually issued by banks. Two types of Answer: (b) Tata Asset Management Company
infrastructure bonds are common in the country:
Related Imp Points
tax-saving bonds and regular income bonds. The
first ones give the right to receive a deduction • Tata Asset Management Company launched the
from the tax base for income tax, which is 20% of India's first tourism index fund, comprising a
the investment amount. Regular income bonds are collection of companies forming part of the Nifty

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500. The Tata Nifty India Tourism Index Fund will ककस बैं क ने कपरामल कैकपटल एों ड हाउकसोंग फाइनें स
track the Nifty India Tourism Index. कलकमटे ड (PCHFL) के साथ सह-उर्ार साझे दाऱी पर हस्ताक्षर
 Note: ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund (MF) has ककए हैं ?
introduced India’s first Exchange-Traded Fund Which bank has entered into a co-lending partnership
(ETF) focused on the oil and gas sector, named the with Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Ltd (PCHFL)?
ICICI Prudential Nifty Oil & Gas ETF.
a. Axis Bank
 Note: Motilal Oswal launched India's first Defence
Index Fund. b. ICICI Bank

 Note: Mirae Asset Mutual Fund has launched c. HDFC Bank

India’s first exchange traded fund (ETF) focused on
d. State Bank of India
the electric vehicles (EV) and new age automotive
segment. Answer: (a) Axis Bank
Related Imp Points

इों टरने ट, म बाइल बैं ककोंग क़ी सुरक्षा बढ़ाने के कलए पों जाब • Axis Bank and Piramal Capital and Housing Finance
Ltd (PCHFL) have entered into a partnership for co-
ने शनल बैं क द्वारा शुरू क़ी गई नई सुरक्षा सुकवर्ा का नाम
lending in the micro, small and medium
क्या है ?
enterprises (MSMEs) and home loan segments.
What is the name of the new security feature introduced
• The collaboration aims to cater to customers in the
by Punjab National Bank to enhance security for internet
unorganised sector, including self-employed or
and mobile banking?
salaried borrowers who have limited access to
a. Safety Lock credit due to lack of sufficient income proofs.

b. Safety Ring

c. Shield Guard प्ऱी-कशपमेंट फाइनें कसोंग समार्ान क़ी पेशकश करने के कलए
ककस बैं क ने ररस़ीवेबल्स एक्सचेंज ऑफ इों कडया कलकमटे ड
d. Secure Shield
(RXIL) के साथ साझे दाऱी क़ी है ?
Answer: (b) Safety Ring
Which bank has partnered Receivables Exchange of India
Related Imp Points Limited (RXIL) to offer pre-shipment financing solution?
• State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) a. Axis Bank
introduced a new security feature 'Safety Ring'
within its internet banking system and mobile b. ICICI Bank
banking system in response to the increasing c. HDFC Bank
number of cyber frauds.
d. DBS Bank India
• This mechanism provides an additional safety layer
to minimise potential losses in case of Answer: (d) DBS Bank India
unauthorised access by fraudsters.
Related Imp Points
• Safety Ring is an optional feature that allows • DBS Bank India has partnered Receivables
customers to set a daily transaction limit with Exchange of India Limited (RXIL), a TReDS platform,
respect to term deposits (TDs) on online closure or to offer pre-shipment financing solution.
availing overdraft facility on TDs up to the set limit
amount. • While the foreign bank already offers post-
shipment financing on the TReDS platform, it is
now launching a pre-shipment financing solution
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that will empower Indian SMEs with an additional कौन सा बैं क एधडशर्ि कटयर 1 (AT1) और कटयर 2 बाोंड के
way of availing trade finance in a credit-light माध्यम से ₹7,500 कर ड क़ी अकतररक्त पूों ज़ी जुटाएगा?
manner.
Which bank will raise additional capital of ₹7,500 crore
• DBS Bank Limited is a Singaporean multinational through Additional Tier 1 (AT1) and Tier 2 bonds?
banking and financial services corporation. Surojit
Shome is the Managing Director & CEO of DBS a. ICICI Bank
Bank India Limited. b. Axis Bank

c. Bank of Baroda
EXIM बैं क ने गु याना क सौर फ ट व ल्टाइक ऊजाा सोंयोंत्र क़ी d. State Bank of India
स्थापना के कलए ककतऩी ऋि सहायता प्रदान क़ी है ?
Answer: (c) Bank of Baroda
How much is the line of credit worth that EXIM Bank has
Related Imp Points
provided to Guyana for the installation of a solar photo
voltaic power plant? • Bank of Baroda will raise additional capital of
₹7,500 crore through Additional Tier 1 (AT1) and
a. $1 million
Tier 2 bonds.
b. $5 million
• Apart from the additional capital, the public sector
c. $10 million lender has received the board's approval to raise
₹10,000 crore through long-term bonds to finance
d. $2.5 million
infrastructure initiatives and affordable housing in
Answer: (d) $2.5 million single or multiple segments during the financial
year 2024-25.
Related Imp Points

• The Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) has

entered into an agreement with the government of ककस बैं क ने 'स्टू डें ट सैकफर फॉरे क्स काडा ' लॉन्च ककया?
Guyana to provide a line of credit worth $2.5
million for the installation of a solar photo voltaic Which bank launched the 'Student Sapphiro Forex Card’?
power plant. a. ICICI Bank
• The solar photo voltaic power plant will be set up b. Axis Bank
at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport in
Guyana. c. HDFC Bank

• Guyana d. State Bank of India

 Capital: Georgetown Answer: (a) ICICI Bank

 Currency: Guyanese dollar (GYD) Related Imp Points

 The Exim Bank is a specialized financial institution • ICICI Bank announced the launch of its ‘Student
in India that was established in 1982. It is owned Sapphiro Forex Card’, a premium forex prepaid
by the Government of India and operates as a card crafted specifically for students who are going
abroad for higher education.
statutory corporation. Its operations are governed
by the Export-Import Bank of India Act, 1981. The • The card, powered by Visa, provides exclusive
bank’s headquarters is in Mumbai. Harsha Bangari benefits and convenience to students as well as
is the CMD of the bank. their parents to manage education related
expenses abroad such as admission fees, course-
related fees and other day-to-day expenses

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including travel, dining and groceries, among यूकनयन बैं क ऑफ इों कडया ने मुख्य रूप से ककस मनकेट क
others. लक्ष्य करते हुए "यूकनयन प्ऱीकमयर" शािाएाँ लॉन्च क़ी ों?
• The card offers the freedom of loading and Union Bank of India launched “Union Premier” branches
transacting in 15 currencies, without any cross- primarily targeting which markets?
currency mark-up charge being levied by the Bank,
allowing students to conveniently travel across the a. Urban markets
globe even if they load only one currency on the b. Metropolitan markets
card.
c. International markets

d. Rural and semi-urban (RUSU) markets

माचा 2024 में RBI के कवत्त़ीय समावे शन सूचकाोंक (FI-
सूचकाोंक) का मूल्य क्या था? Answer: (d) Rural and semi-urban (RUSU) markets
Related Imp Points
What was the value of the RBI’s Financial Inclusion Index
(FI-Index) in March 2024? • Union Bank of India launched “Union Premier”
branches for high-value customers in rural and
a. 60.1
semi-urban (RUSU) markets.
b. 62.5
• Designed to provide personalized banking services,
c. 63.7 these branches will offer a wide range of products
and services under one roof for high-value
d. 64.2
customers in RUSU markets. Each Union Premier
Answer: (d) 64.2 customer will have access to a personal
Relationship Manager to address all their banking
Related Imp Points
needs.
• The RBI’s Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index),
• Union Bank of India
which captures the extent of financial inclusion
across the country, stood at 64.2 in March 2024  Managing Director and CEO : A. Manimekhalai
from 60.1 in March 2023 due to growth witnessed
 Headquarters: Mumbai
across all sub-indices.
 Tagline: Good People to Bank with
• The index captures information on various aspects
of financial inclusion in a single value ranging
between 0 and 100, where 0 represents complete
financial exclusion and 100 indicates full financial अश क ल़ीलैंड कलकमटे ड ने अनु कूकलत वाहन कवत्तप षि
inclusion. समार्ान प्रदान करने के कलए ककस कोंपऩी के साथ
रिऩीकतक समझौता ककया है ?
• The FI-Index comprises of three broad parameters
Access (having a weight of 35 per cent in the Which company has Ashok Leyland Ltd. entered into a
index), Usage (weight 45 per cent), and Quality strategic pact with to provide customized vehicle
(weight 20 per cent). The Index is responsive to the financing solutions?
ease of access, availability, usage of services, and
a. Axis Bank
quality of services, comprising a total of 97
indicators. b. HDFC Bank
• FI-Index was developed by the RBI in 2021, without c. Bajaj Finance
any ‘base year', and is published in July every year.
d. Muthoot Finance

Answer: (c) Bajaj Finance

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Related Imp Points b. Bengaluru
• Ashok Leyland Ltd. has entered into a strategic c. Hyderabad
pact with Bajaj Finance Ltd. to provide customised
vehicle financing solutions to its customers across d. Ahmedabad
India. Answer: (c) Hyderabad
• The MoU would enable both Ashok Leyland and Related Imp Points
Bajaj Finance to offer customised and seamless
financial solutions to their customers. • In exercise of the powers conferred under Section
45-IA (6) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934,
the Reserve Bank has cancelled the Certificate of
Registration (CoR) issued to Star Finserv India
ककस बैं क ने सुकमत नागल क अपने िाोंड एों ड सार के रूप में
Limited, Hyderabad, Telangana.
अनुबोंकर्त ककया है?
 The RBI has cancelled the licence of Shimsha
Which bank has signed Sumit Nagal as its brand Sahakara Bank Niyamitha, Maddur, Mandya
endorser? District, Karnataka.
a. ICICI Bank  The RBI has cancelled the Certificate of
b. HDFC Bank Registration (CoR) issued to Polytex India Ltd,
Mumbai, Maharashtra.
c. Bank of Baroda

d. State Bank of India

भारत़ीय ज़ीवन ब़ीमा कनगम ने ककस बैं क में अपऩी कहस्सेदाऱी
Answer: (c) Bank of Baroda
0.20% से बढ़ाकर 2.68% कर द़ी है ?
Related Imp Points
Life Insurance Corporation of India has increased its stake
• Bank of Baroda has signed tennis player, Sumit in which bank from 0.20% to 2.68%?
Nagal, as its brand endorser.
a. Yes Bank
• Nagal, currently the highest-ranked Indian singles
b. Axis Bank
tennis player, achieved a career-high ranking of 71
in the ATP singles list. c. HDFC Bank
• Bank of Baroda d. IDFC First Bank
 MD & CEO: Debadatta Chand Answer: (d) IDFC First Bank
 Chairman: Hasmukh Adhia Related Imp Points

 Headquarters: Vadodara, Gujarat • Life Insurance Corporation of India has increased

its stake in IDFC First Bank from 0.20% to 2.68%.

• IDFC First Bank

भारत़ीय ररज़वा बैं क ने ककस शहर खस्थत स्टार कफनसवा
इों कडया कलकमटे ड का पों ज़ीकरि प्रमािपत्र (स़ीओआर) रद्द कर  Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
कदया है ?  MD & CEO: V. Vaidyanathan
The Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the Certificate of  Tagline: Always You First
Registration (CoR) of which city based Star Finserv India
Limited?

a. Mumbai

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एकशयाई कवकास बैं क (एड़ीब़ी) ने कम आय वाल़ी मकहलाओों • Mindspace Business Parks REIT has raised funds by
क गृ ह ऋि दे ने के कलए आर्ार हाउकसोंग फाइनें स कलकमटे ड issuing Sustainability-linked bonds worth Rs 650
(एएचएफएल) के साथ धकतर्ी रनधश के कवत्तप षि समझौते crore from the International Finance Corporation
पर हस्ताक्षर ककए? (IFC). It became the first Indian real estate
investment trust to issue such bonds.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a financing
agreement worth how much with Aadhar Housing • The bonds have been issued for the tenure of
Finance Limited (AHFL) to give house loans to low-income seven years.
women? • Sustainability-linked bonds are a type of financial
a. $30 million instrument where the issuer (such as a company or
a real estate investment trust) commits to
b. $45 million achieving specific sustainability targets. These
bonds are linked to the issuer's performance in
c. $60 million
meeting environmental, social, or governance
d. $75 million (ESG) goals rather than funding specific green
projects.
Answer: (c) $60 million
Related Imp Points

• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a पों जाब एों ड कसोंर् बैं क ने रक्षा वे तन पै केज के कलए कनम्नकलखित
$60 million nonconvertible debentures financing में से ककसके साथ एक समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर ककए हैं ?
agreement with Aadhar Housing Finance Limited Punjab & Sind Bank has signed an agreement with which
(AHFL) to help provide housing loans to women and of the following for the defence salary package?
address the shortage of financing in the low-
income and affordable housing segment in India. a. Indian Navy

• The financing will be used by AHFL to exclusively b. Indian Army

lend to women borrowers or coborrowers. At least
c. Indian Air Force
half will be deployed in the states of Bihar,
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, d. Border Security Force
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.
Answer: (b) Indian Army
Related Imp Points
माइों डस्पे स कबजने स पाका REIT ककस प्रकार के बाोंड जाऱी • State-owned Punjab & Sind Bank has signed an
करने वाला पहला भारत़ीय ररयल एस्टे ट कनवे श टर स्ट है? initial agreement with the Indian Army on defence
Mindspace Business Parks REIT is the first Indian real salary package which will come with a host of
facilities, including free insurance cover.
estate investment trust to issue which type of bonds?

a. Blue bonds • Besides many features, the MoU provides the

serving personnel, veterans and trainees with
b. Green bonds personal accident insurance (Death/Disability)
cover up to Rs 1 crore and an air accidental cover
c. Municipal bonds
of Rs 1.2 crore.
d. Sustainability-linked bonds
• The bank also signed an MoU with Maruti Suzuki
Answer: (d) Sustainability-linked bonds India for vehicle loans through their Digital
Lending Platform 'Maruti Suzuki Smart Finance'
Related Imp Points
and an agreement with IIM Amritsar to promote
academic research and industry interactions. The

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bank also started demat services through wealth- b. ICICI Bank
tech partner Fisdom.
c. HDFC Bank
• Punjab & Sind Bank (PSB)
d. State Bank of India
 MD & CEO: Swarup Kumar Saha
Answer: (c) HDFC Bank
 Headquarters: New Delhi
Related Imp Points
 Tagline: Where Service is a way of life
• HDFC Bank has introduced 'SmartWealth', a digital
investment platform designed to modernize the
process of wealth creation through advanced
RBI द्वारा पों जाब नेशनल बैं क पर ककतना मौकद्रक जुमााना technology.
लगाया गया?
• The SmartWealth comes loaded with features
What is the amount of the monetary penalty imposed on that allow investors not just to make the right
Punjab National Bank by the RBI? investment decisions but also to plan their
financial journey. With HDFC Bank SmartWealth,
a. ₹1,00,00,000
users can create SmartJars, which gives users
b. ₹1,31,80,000 personalized portfolio plans that can be modified
or paused anytime.
c. ₹1,50,00,000
• HDFC Bank
d. ₹1,75,00,000
 MD & CEO: Sashidhar Jagdishan
Answer: (b) ₹1,31,80,000
 Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Related Imp Points
 Tagline: We understand your world
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a
monetary penalty of ₹1,31,80,000 on Punjab
National Bank for non-compliance with certain
directions issued by RBI on ‘Loans and Advances – ककस बैं क ने 'स्माटा लॉक' सेवा शुरू क़ी है?
Statutory and Other Restrictions’, and ‘Reserve Which bank has launched the 'SmartLock' service?
Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)
Direction, 2016’. a. Axis Bank

 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the b. ICICI Bank
licence of “Banaras Merchantile Co-operative Bank
c. HDFC Bank
Limited, Varanasi”.
d. State Bank of India
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the
licence of “Shimsha Sahakara Bank Niyamitha, Answer: (b) ICICI Bank
Maddur, Mandya District, Karnataka”.
Related Imp Points

• ICICI Bank has launched ‘SmartLock’, a unique

ककस बैं क ने एक नया कडकजटल कनवे श प्लेटफॉमा 'स्माटा वेल्थ' safety measure to enable its customers to
लॉन्च ककया है ? lock/unlock multiple banking services instantly,
without seeking the help from a customer care
Which bank has launched a new digital investment executive through phone or e-mail.
platform ‘SmartWealth’?
• Available on iMobile Pay, it empowers customers
a. Axis Bank to lock/unlock access to internet banking, UPI
(including payments from other UPI apps linked to
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by clicking a button, thereby taking safety of their Instruments (PPIs)
account in their own hands.
Related Imp Points

• Jupiter Money, a neobanking FinTech startup, has

कनम्न-काबान ऊजाा कवकास में तेज़ी लाने के कलए ककस कवत्त़ीय received final authorisation from the Reserve
सोंस्थान ने भारत क 1.5 कबकलयन डॉलर का ऋि ि़ीकृत Bank of India (RBI) to start issuing Prepaid
Payment Instruments (PPIs).
ककया?
• PPIs are like digital wallets or cards that you can
Which financial institution approved a $1.5-billion loan to
load money onto in advance. They allow you to
India for accelerating low-carbon energy development?
make payments, transfer money, or withdraw cash,
a. World Bank similar to a debit or credit card, but without being
linked to a bank account directly. PPIs currently
b. New Development Bank (NDB)
allow users to transfer up to INR 2 lakhs in the
c. Asian Development Bank (ADB) account.

d. International Monetary Fund (IMF)  Note: SabPaisa, a payment solutions provider, has
received the ‘in-principle’ approval from the
Answer: (a) World Bank Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a
Related Imp Points Payment Aggregator (PA) under the Payments and
Settlement Systems Act, 2007.
• The World Bank has approved a $1.5-billion loan to
help India accelerate its low-carbon energy
development.
SBI द्वारा शुरू क़ी गई नई 15 कमनट ऑनलाइन ऋि सुकवर्ा
• The development comes in the backdrop of India’s का नाम क्या है ?
ambitious energy transition targets. The Centre has
set a target of achieving 500 GW of installed What is the name of the new 15-minute online loan
renewable energy capacity by 2030 and reaching facility unveiled by SBI?
net zero by 2070. Further, the Centre also a. MSME Easy
launched the ₹17,000-crore National Green
Hydrogen Mission to promote manufacturing of b. MSME Sahaj
electrolysers and green hydrogen. c. MSME Quick

d. MSME Instant
ज्यू कपटर मऩी क भारत़ीय ररज़वा बैं क (RBI) से हाल ह़ी में Answer: (b) MSME Sahaj
कौन सा िनइसेंस प्राप्त हुआ?
Related Imp Points
What recent authorization did Jupiter Money receive
• Public sector lender State Bank of India (SBI)
from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
announced MSME Sahaj, an online business loan
a. Authorization to issue credit cards solution for MSMEs to avail credit against their
Goods and Services Tax (GST) registered sales
b. License to provide mortgage loans
invoices of up to Rs 1 lakh.
c. Approval to operate as a commercial bank
• The new solution will have a turnaround time of
d. Permission to offer Prepaid Payment Instruments less than 15 minutes, from applying for the loan to
(PPIs) documentation and disbursement of the amount
without any manual intervention.

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 Earlier, the SBI had launched a 45 minutes “SME • The RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 29.6 lakh on
Digital Business Loans” product to cater the credit The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
requirements of Micro, Small and Medium Limited (HSBC).
Enterprise (MSME) sector.
• The penalty has been imposed on HSBC for non-
compliance with certain directions issued by
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 'Credit Card, Debit
कनााटक बैं क द्वारा शुरू ककया गया बचत िाता 'KBL WISE’ Card and Rupee Denominated Co-branded Pre-
कन क्या अथा है ? paid Card operations of Banks’.
What is ‘KBL WISE’, a saving account launched by
Karnataka Bank?
राज्य सरकार ों और केंद्र शाकसत प्रदे श ों के कलए नई समग्
a. Wealth Initiatives & Savings for Elderly
WMA स़ीमा क्या है ?
b. Wellness Initiatives & Savings for Elderly
What is the new aggregate WMA limit for State
c. Wealth Investments & Savings for Elderly governments and Union Territories?

d. Wellness Investments & Savings for Elderly a. ₹47,010 crore

Answer: (d) Wellness Investments & Savings for Elderly b. ₹50,000 crore

Related Imp Points c. ₹60,118 crore

• Karnataka Bank announced the launch of KBL WISE d. ₹65,000 crore
Senior Citizens Savings Bank Account, a unique
Answer: (c) ₹60,118 crore
banking product designed to cater to the Banking,
Healthcare & Wellness needs of our esteemed Related Imp Points
senior citizens.
• The aggregate ways and means advances (WMA)
• The Product has been aptly named KBL WISE i.e.: limit for State governments/ Union Territories
Wellness Investments & Savings for Elderly. The (UTs) has been increased by 28% upped to ₹60,118
Savings product is available in two exclusive crore against the existing limit of ₹47,010 crore.
variants - KBL Wise Signature, a regular variant
• The upward revision in WMA is based on the
and KBL Wise Advantage, a premium variant.
recommendations made by the Group constituted
• The Bank has partnered with Care Health by RBI and consisting of select State Finance
Insurance and MediBuddy to bring together the Secretaries.
proposition on the Health and Wellness front.
• The RBI provides WMA (or financial
accommodation) to the States banking with it to
help them to tide over temporary mismatches in
RBI ने HSBC पर ककतना जुमााना लगाया? the cash flow of their receipts and payments.
How much was the penalty imposed by the RBI on HSBC? Such advances, are repayable in each case not
later than three months from the date of making
a. Rs 25.6 lakh that advance.
b. Rs 29.6 lakh

c. Rs 35.6 lakh सेब़ी द्वारा कनर्ााररत बे धसक सधवा स ड़ीमैट िाते के कलए नई
d. Rs 39.6 lakh स़ीमा क्या है ?

Answer: (b) Rs 29.6 lakh What is the new threshold for the basic service demat
account as set by SEBI?
Related Imp Points
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a. ₹2 lakh instant cross-border retail payments. The platform
is expected to go live by 2026.
b. ₹5 lakh
• The Reserve Bank of India has now joined the
c. ₹7 lakh
Project Nexus, a multilateral international initiative
d. ₹10 lakh to enable instant cross-border retail payments by
interlinking domestic Fast Payments Systems
Answer: (d) ₹10 lakh (FPSs).
Related Imp Points
• Nexus, conceptualised by the Innovation Hub of
• To boost participation of small investors in the the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), aims
securities market, Sebi increased the threshold for to connect the FPSs of four ASEAN countries
the basic service demat account to Rs 10 lakh from (Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand);
the current Rs 2 lakh. The new guidelines will come and India, who would be the founding members
into force from September 1. and first mover countries of this platform.

• A basic service demat account, or BSDA, is the • An agreement to this effect was signed by BIS and
lower cost version of a regular demat account. The central banks of the founding countries -- Bank
facility was introduced by Sebi in 2012 for wider Negara Malaysia (BNM), Bank of Thailand (BOT),
financial inclusion, and reducing the burden of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Monetary
demat charges for retail individual investors. Authority of Singapore (MAS) -- and RBI on Sunday
in Basel, Switzerland.
• The maintenance charges of these accounts will be
nil for holding securities of over Rs 4 lakh in value,
while for value of more than Rs 4 lakh and up to Rs
RBI द्वारा द र कहका सेंटरल क -ऑपरे कटव बैं क कलकमटे ड पर
10 lakh, the same will be Rs 100. For accounts
holding securities that are valued over Rs 10 lakh ककतना मौकद्रक जुमााना लगाया गया?
will not be considered BSDA, and therefore regular How much monetary penalty was imposed by the RBI on
charges will be levied. The Rohika Central Co-operative Bank Limited?

a. ₹50,000
तत्काल क्रॉस बॉडा र पे मेंट प्लेटफनमा बनाने के कलए कौन सी b. ₹1.00 lakh
आर्गेर्नइजेशर् भारत़ीय ररजवा बैं क के साथ साझे दाऱी कर
c. ₹1.50 lakh
रही है ?
d. ₹2.00 lakh
Which organization is partnering with the Reserve Bank
of India to create a platform for instant cross-border Answer: (c) ₹1.50 lakh
retail payments?
Related Imp Points
a. African Union
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a
b. BRICS nations monetary penalty of ₹1.50 lakh on The Rohika
Central Co-operative Bank Limited, Madhubani,
c. European Union Bihar for non-compliance with certain Directions
d. ASEAN countries issued by RBI on ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’.

Answer: (d) ASEAN countries • The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.00
lakh on The National Co-operative Bank Ltd.,
Related Imp Points
Mumbai, Maharashtra for non-compliance with
• The Reserve Bank of India and ASEAN countries certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Know Your
have decided to create a platform to facilitate Customer (KYC)’.

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• The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 Which bank has raised Rs 10,000 crore through 15-year
lakh on The Bank Employees’ Co-operative Bank infrastructure bonds?
Ltd., West Bengal for non-compliance with the
a. SBI
directions issued by RBI on ‘Know Your Customer
(KYC)’. b. Bank of India
• The RBI has on The Gujarat Rajya Karmachari Co- c. Union Bank of India
operative Bank Ltd., Ahmedabad, Gujarat for non-
compliance with the directions issued by RBI on d. Punjab National Bank
‘Financial Statements - Presentation and Answer: (a) SBI
Disclosures’, ‘Placement of Deposits with Other
Banks by Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Related Imp Points
(UCBs)’, and ‘Co-operative Banks - Interest Rate on • The State Bank of India (SBI) has raised Rs 10,000
Deposits.’ crore through 15-year infrastructure bonds to
fund projects in sectors like power, roads etc. The
coupon rate for bonds is 7.36 per cent.
सेब़ी ने टर े कडों ग य जनाओों के कलए न्यूनतम कूल-ऑफ अवकर्
• With the current issuance, the total outstanding
के सोंबोंर् में क्या बदलाव ककया?
Long-Term Bonds issued by the country’s largest
What change did SEBI make regarding the minimum cool- bank is at Rs 49,718 crore.
off period for trading plans?

a. Extended it to one year

एक्शन कोंस्टर क्शन इखिपमेंट कलकमटे ड (एस़ीई) ने कवत्तप षि
b. Removed the cool-off period requirement समार्ान प्रदान करने के कलए ककस बैं क के साथ समझौता
ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर ककए हैं?
c. Reduced it from six months to four months
Action Construction Equipment Ltd. (ACE) has signed
d. Increased it from four months to six months
MoU with which bank to provide financing solutions?
Answer: (c) Reduced it from six months to four months
a. Axis Bank
Related Imp Points
b. Bank of India
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)
has given flexibility to senior executives of listed c. Bank of Baroda
companies relating to their trading plans under d. State Bank of India
insider trading norms. The regulator has reduced
the minimum cool-off period between disclosure Answer: (c) Bank of Baroda
and implementation of trading plan to four months Related Imp Points
from six months.
• Action Construction Equipment Ltd. (ACE) has
• It has allowed flexibility during formulation of signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
trading plan, to provide price limits - upper price with Bank of Baroda to provide financing solutions
limits for buy trades and lower price limits for sell for their construction equipment range.
trades.
• Under this new partnership, Bank of Baroda's
• The regulator has provided a 20 % price range for financing options will be available nationwide for
buying or selling of shares in the trading plan. ACE customers. This collaboration is expected to
streamline the process of acquiring construction
equipment by offering easy and accessible
ककस बैं क ने 15-वषीय इन्फ्रनस्टर क्चर बाोंड के माध्यम से financing solutions.
10,000 कर ड रुपये जुटाए हैं ?
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• Bank of Baroda a. 2024-2032

 Headquarters: Vadodara, Gujarat b. 2024-2030

 Chairman: Hasmukh Adhia c. 2025-2028

 MD & CEO: Debadatta Chand d. 2024-2027

 Tagline: India's International Bank Answer: (d) 2024-2027

Related Imp Points

RuPay वे व िेकडट काडा पे श करने के कलए ककस एजेंसी ने • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to put
फेडरल बैं क के साथ सहय ग ककया? in place a revised Framework on Currency Swap
Arrangement for SAARC (South Asian Association
Which agency collaborated with Federal Bank to for Regional Cooperation) countries for the period
introduce the RuPay Wave Credit Card? 2024 to 2027.
a. Visa • Under this Framework, the Reserve Bank would
enter into bilateral swap agreements with SAARC
b. NPCI
central banks, who want to avail of the swap
c. Mastercard facility. SAARC has eight member countries
(Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives,
d. American Express
Nepal, Pakistan and Sri-Lanka).
Answer: (b) NPCI
• The SAARC Currency Swap Facility came into
Related Imp Points operation on November 15, 2012 with an objective
to provide a backstop line of funding for short term
• Federal Bank, in partnership with the National
foreign exchange liquidity requirements or balance
Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has
of payment crises of the SAARC countries till longer
launched the RuPay Wave Credit Card, which will
term arrangements are made.
allow customers to utilise UPI-powered
transactions on the RuPay network. • Under the Framework for 2024-27, a separate INR
Swap Window has been introduced with various
• This card combines the features of RuPay credit
concessions for swap support in Indian Rupee. The
cards with the functionality of UPI payments.
total corpus of the Rupee support is ₹250 billion.
Cardholders can link the RuPay Wave Credit Card
to their UPI applications, enabling transactions via
mobile devices.
RBI क़ी 'कफनिायऱी' पहल का उद्दे श्य क्या है?
• Federal Bank
What is the purpose of RBI's 'Finquiry' initiative?
 CEO: Shyam Srinivasan
a. To regulate digital payments
 Headquarters: Aluva, Kerala
b. To provide funding to fintech startups
 Tagline: Your Perfect Banking Partner
c. To conduct financial literacy programs

d. To facilitate direct interaction with RBI officials

भारत़ीय ररजवा बैं क (RBI) ने ककस अवकर् के कलए SAARC दे श ों
Answer: (d) To facilitate direct interaction with RBI
के कलए मुद्रा कवकनमय व्यवस्था पर एक सोंश कर्त रूपरे िा
officials
शुरू क़ी है ?
Related Imp Points
What period does the RBI's revised Framework on
Currency Swap Arrangement cover for SAARC countries?
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• The Reserve Bank of India has launched an Summit & Event News
exclusive 2 hours window called 'Finquiry' for
fintechs to visit the FinTech department of the RBI

•
in Mumbai.

This initiative aims to provide a platform for

#Smt
fintechs to seek clarity and discuss fintech-related कवि र्र हर सकमकत के 46वें सत्र क़ी मेजबाऩी ककस दे श ने
queries directly with RBI officials. क़ी?
• This window will be available on the last working Which country hosted the 46th Session of World Heritage
Wednesday of every month from 3 to 5 pm. It will Committee?
take place in the FinTech department of the
Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai. a. India

b. Brazil

c. China
आईस़ीआईस़ीआई बैं क हाल ह़ी में 100 अरब डॉलर के बाजार
पूों ज़ीकरि तक पहुों चने वाल़ी __ भारत़ीय फमा बन गई है । d. Russia

ICICI Bank recently became the ___ Indian firm to reach a Answer: (a) India
market capitalization of $100 billion.
Related Imp Points
a. Fifth
• The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated
b. Sixth the 46th Session of the World Heritage Committee
at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on July 21. India
c. Fourth is hosting the World Heritage Committee Meeting
d. Seventh for the first time.

Answer: (b) Sixth • The World Heritage Committee meets annually

and is responsible for managing all matters on
Related Imp Points World Heritage and deciding on sites to be
• ICICI Bank Ltd became only the sixth Indian firm to inscribed on the World Heritage list.
hit a market capitalisation of $100 billion (Rs 8.4 • World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with
lakh crore). ICICI Bank is the second largest bank in legal protection by an international convention
India by market capitalisation, trailing HDFC Bank. administered by UNESCO for having cultural,
• The other Indian companies to have crossed $100 historical, or scientific significance. With 59
billion in market capitalisation are Reliance selected areas, Italy is the country with the most
Industries Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services, HDFC sites.
Bank and Bharti Airtel. IT bellwether Infosys too
hit $100 billion in market capitalisation in January
2022, but hasn’t sustained at the level. इों कडया म बाइल काोंग्ेस 2024 का कवषय क्या है ?

What is the theme of the India Mobile Congress 2024?

a. Digital India

b. Smart Future

c. Connected India

d. The Future is Now

Answer: (d) The Future is Now

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Related Imp Points General Utpal Kumar Singh and Rajya Sabha
Secretary General PC Modi, among other officials.
• The theme of the India Mobile Congress 2024, ‘The
Future is Now’, was unveiled by Jyotiraditya M.
Scindia, Minister for Communications and
Development of North Eastern Region. कौन सा दे श नागररक उड्डयन पर दू सरे एकशया प्रशाोंत
मोंकत्रस्तऱीय सम्मे लन क़ी मेजबाऩी करे गा?
• The Minister also launched the Testing Scheme for
Start-ups & MSMEs and oversaw the signing of Which country will host the second Asia Pacific
MoU for between NTIPRIT and IIT Jammu for Ministerial Conference on civil aviation?
capacity building in the areas of Cybersecurity.
a. India
• The 8th edition of India Mobile Congress (IMC), co-
hosted by the Department of Telecommunications b. China
(DoT) and Cellular Operators Association of India c. Japan
(COAI) will be held from 15th October at Pragati
Maidan in New Delhi this year. d. Maldives

• Concurrent to IMC 2024, India is also hosting the Answer: (a) India
prestigious international conferences - World Related Imp Points
Telecommunication Standardization Assembly New
Delhi 2024 (WTSA 2024) and Global Standards • India will host the second Asia Pacific Ministerial
Symposium (GSS 2024) from 14-24 Oct, 2024 at Conference on civil aviation on September 11 and
the same venue. 12.

• The first conference was organised in February

2018 in Beijing.
10व़ी ों किक्स सोंसद़ीय मोंच क़ी बै ठक कहााँ आय कजत क़ी गई?
• As many as 39 Member States of U.N. aviation
Where was the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum meeting safety body International Civil Aviation
held? Organisation fall in the Asia Pacific region and are
expected to participate.
a. Beijing, China
 Note: India will host the first World Audio Visual
b. New Delhi, India
and Entertainment Summit in November alongside
c. Moscow, Russia the International Film Festival of India in Goa.

d. St. Petersburg, Russia

Answer: (d) St. Petersburg, Russia ककस शहर ने दू सरे कबम्सटे क कवदे श मोंकत्रय ों के ररटर ़ीट क़ी
Related Imp Points मेजबाऩी क़ी?

• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla led an Indian Which city hosted the 2nd BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers’
Parliamentary Delegation (IPD) to the two-day Retreat?
10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum meeting which a. Dhaka
held in Russia's St Petersburg.
b. Bangkok
• The forum was held with the theme of 'Role of
Parliaments in Strengthening Multilateralism for c. Colombo
Just Global Development and Security'.
d. New Delhi
• The Indian delegation also included Rajya Sabha
Answer: (d) New Delhi
Deputy Chairman Harivansh, Lok Sabha Secretary
Related Imp Points
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• The 2nd Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral support implementation of the EAS Plan of Action
Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) 2024-2028.
Foreign Ministers’ Retreat held in New Delhi. The
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar hosted his
BIMSTEC counterparts at the event.
2024 वर्ल्ा हे ररटे ज योंग प्र फेशनल्स फ रम का उद् घाटन ककस
• The first edition of the BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers’ दे श में हुआ?
Retreat was held in Bangkok of Thailand, in July
2024 World Heritage Young Professionals Forum
last year.
inaugurated in which country?
• BIMSTEC is a grouping of seven South and
a. India
Southeast Asian countries for multifaceted
cooperation. Besides India, the BIMSTEC comprises b. Spain
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Nepal
and Bhutan. c. Germany

d. Switzerland

Answer: (a) India

समुद्ऱी सुरक्षा सहय ग पर छठा पू वी एकशया कशिर सम्मेलन
(ईएएस) ककस शहर में आय कजत ककया गया? Related Imp Points

• India is hosting for the first time the UNESCO’s

In which city was the 6th East Asia Summit (EAS)
Conference on Maritime Security Cooperation held? prestigious World Heritage Committee meeting
from 21-31 July, 2024 in New Delhi.
a. Manila
• As an integral part of the 46th session of the World
b. Jakarta Heritage Committee, and in the framework of the
UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme,
c. Mumbai
the Ministry of Culture is hosting the 2024 World
d. Colombo Heritage Young Professionals Forum.

Answer: (c) Mumbai • Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute of Archaeology,

a sub-office under the Archaeological Survey of
Related Imp Points
India is hosting the “Young Professionals Forum”
• The 6th East Asia Summit (EAS) Conference on under the theme of World Heritage in the 21st
Maritime Security Cooperation was held in Century: Building Capacities and Exploring
Mumbai. Opportunities for Youth at New Delhi.

• The Conference was organised by the Ministry of

External Affairs, Government of India, in
partnership with Governments of Australia and अों तरााष्ट्ऱीय समुद्ऱी सोंगठन (आईएमओ) क़ी पररषद का 132वाों
Indonesia. सत्र ककस शहर में आय कजत ककया गया?

• The ASEAN-India Centre (AIC) at Research and In which city was the 132nd session of the Council of the
Information System for Developing Countries International Maritime Organization (IMO) held?
(RIS) and the National Maritime Foundation
a. Paris
(NMF) collaborated as Knowledge Partners for the
Conference. b. Geneva
• The EAS Conference on Maritime Security c. London
Cooperation is a signature event organised by India
in cooperation with partners as a commitment to d. New York
strengthen ASEAN-led EAS mechanism as well as
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Related Imp Points पहल़ी बै ठक क़ी अध्यक्षता क़ी?

• The A high-level Indian delegation, led by T.K. Which country chaired its first meeting as Chair of the
Ramachandaran, Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Colombo Process?
Shipping and Waterways, participated in the 132nd a. India
session of the Council of the International
Maritime Organization (IMO) in London. b. Pakistan

• India, an elected member of the IMO Council in the c. Sri Lanka

category of countries with the largest interest in
d. Bangladesh
international seaborne trade, emphasized the
urgent issue of seafarer abandonment. Answer: (a) India
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• India chaired its first meeting as Chair of the

2024 वाकशोंगटन कशिर सम्मे लन ककस वषागाोंठ के रूप में
Colombo Process at the Permanent
मनाया गया?
Representative Level Meeting in Geneva at the
What anniversary did the 2024 Washington summit International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
commemorate? Headquarters.

a. 50th anniversary of NATO • The Secretariat of the Colombo Process is hosted

by IOM with its headquarters in Geneva.
b. 60th anniversary of NATO
• The Colombo Process is a Regional Consultative
c. 75th anniversary of NATO Process comprising 12 Member States from Asia,
d. 100th anniversary of NATO which primarily serve as countries of origin for
migrant workers. The forum facilitates the
Answer: (c) 75th anniversary of NATO exchange of best practices on managing overseas
Related Imp Points employment. In May 2024, India assumed the chair
of the Colombo Process for 2024-26, for the first
• The 2024 Washington summit held in Washington, time since its inception in 2003.
DC, United States, on 9–11 July 2024.

• It was the meeting of the heads of state and heads

of government of the 32 members of the North क डे क्स एकलमेंटेररयस कम़ीशन (CAC) क़ी कायाकाऱी सकमकत
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), their partner (CCEXEC) का 86वााँ सत्र कहााँ आय कजत ककया गया?
countries and the European Union (EU).
Where was the 86th session of the Executive Committee
• The summit commemorates the landmark 75th (CCEXEC) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC)
anniversary of NATO, which was founded on 4 held?
April 1949 with the signing of the North Atlantic
Treaty in Washington, DC. The summit is the a. Paris
fourth NATO summit to be held in the United b. Rome
States. It also marks the first summit since Sweden
acceded to NATO and the last for Jens Stoltenberg c. Geneva
as Secretary General.
d. New York
• The official title of the 2024 Washington summit is
Answer: (b) Rome
"Ukraine and transatlantic security."
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• India participated in the 86th session of the edge research and applied activities on AI-related
Executive Committee (CCEXEC) of the Codex priorities. India is the lead chair of GPAI in 2024.
Alimentarius Commission (CAC).

• G Kamala Vardhana Rao, CEO of the Food Safety

and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) SCO कशिर सम्मे लन, अस्तनर्न में भारत का प्रकतकनकर्त्व
represented India in the session at the Food and ककसने ककया?
Agriculture Organization (FAO) Headquarters in
Who represented India at the SCO Summit in Astana?
Rome.
a. Amit Shah
• The Codex Alimentarius Commission, an
international body established by FAO and the b. S Jaishankar
World Health Organization (WHO), aims to protect
consumer health and promote fair practices in c. Rajnath Singh
food trade. d. Narendra Modi

Answer: (b) S Jaishankar

ग्ल बल इों कडयाआई कशिर सम्मे लन 2024 कहााँ आय कजत Related Imp Points
ककया गया?
• Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit
Where was the Global INDIAai Summit 2024 held? was held in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. External
Affairs Minister S Jaishankar represented India in
a. Mumbai the summit.
b. New Delhi • Under Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev,
c. Bengaluru the SCO Council adopted the Astana Declaration,
which is expected to focus on strengthening ties
d. Hyderabad between SCO countries on economic issues,
Answer: (b) New Delhi connectivity, fighting terrorism and regional
developments.
Related Imp Points
 What is the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation?
• The two days’ Global INDIAai Summit 2024 held at
Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.  Its origins lie in the “Shanghai Five”, formed in
1996 and consisting of China, Russia, Kazakhstan,
• The summit focuses on advancing AI development Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
in areas like Compute Capacity, Foundational
Models, Datasets, Application Development,  SCO was established on June 15, 2001, in Shanghai
Future Skills, Startup Financing, and Safe AI, which as an international organisation, and also included
are the seven key pillars of IndiaAi Mission. Uzbekistan as a sixth member. Before the inclusion
of Belarus, it had nine members: India, Iran,
• IndiaAi Mission has been approved by the Union Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia,
Cabinet in March 2024 with the outlay of USD 1.25 Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Afghanistan and
Billion. Mongolia hold Observer Status.
• New integrated partnership on AI announced by  India and Pakistan became SCO members in 2017.
OECD – OCDE and GPAI at New Delhi.

• Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI)

is a multi-stakeholder initiative with 29 member
countries, which aims to bridge the gap between
theory and practice on AI by supporting cutting-

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Tamil Nadu government to amend new criminal laws?

#com. a. R Kannan

b. S Rajendran
उस सकमकत का ने तृत्व कौन कर रहा है ज व्हाइट-लेबल c. P Sivasankar
एट़ीएम (डब्ल्यूएलए) के कलए शुल्क सोंरचना क़ी सम़ीक्षा
d. M Satyanarayanan
करे ग़ी?
Answer: (d) M Satyanarayanan
Who is heading the committee that will review the fee
structure for white-label ATMs (WLAs)? Related Imp Points

a. Urjit Patel • The Tamil Nadu government has ordered the

setting up of a committee to study the recently
b. Sunil Mehta rolled-out 3 criminal laws and recommend
c. Shaktikanta Das changes to suit the state’s law and order needs.

d. Raghuram Rajan • The One-member committee, to be headed by

retired High Court judge M Satyanarayanan, must
Answer: (b) Sunil Mehta submit its report in one month.
Related Imp Points • Criminal laws are part of List III of the Seventh
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a Schedule of the Constitution. Article 246 (1) of the
committee to review the fee structure for white- Constitution empowers both state Assemblies and
label ATMs (WLAs). This committee will evaluate the Parliament to make laws on subjects in the
current policies and practices, aiming to concurrent list.
recommend a fair and sustainable model that • However, when a state law and a central law on
balances the interests of all stakeholders. the same subject are in conflict, Article 254 (1)
• The committee, headed by Indian Banks' states that the state law shall “be void,” to the
Association chief executive Sunil Mehta, has extent of repugnancy.
representation from the National Payments • Additionally, the state law on a subject in the
Corporation of India (NPCI), leading banks and concurrent list needs the assent of the President.
other stakeholders, including ATM manufacturers.
At present, there are four authorised non-bank
entities operating white-label ATMs in the country.
सुप्ऱीम क टा ने पकिम बोंगाल में कुलपकतय ों के कलए ि ज-सह-
• In 2012, RBI allowed non-banking companies चयन सकमकत का प्रमुि ककसे कनयुक्त ककया है ?
incorporated under the Companies Act to set up,
Who has the Supreme Court appointed to head the
own and operate ATMs called WLAs with the aim
search-cum-selection committee for vice-chancellors in
of driving ATM penetration in the country, with a
West Bengal?
greater focus on tier-2 to -4 centres. In 2016, it
allowed white-label ATM operators (WLAOs) to a. Justice U U Lalit
source cash from retail outlets to address the
cash sourcing constraints. In 2019, the regulator b. Justice S A Bobde
allowed on-tap authorisation for WLAs. c. Justice N V Ramana

d. Justice Ranjan Gogoi

नए आपराकर्क कानू न ों में सोंश र्न के कलए तकमलनाडु Answer: (a) Justice U U Lalit
सरकार द्वारा गकठत एक सदस्य़ीय सकमकत के अध्यक्ष कौन हैं ?
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Related Imp Points • The committee will have a tenure of five years or
till the completion of next base year, whichever is
• The Supreme Court appointed former Chief
later.
Justice of India U U Lalit to head a search-cum-
selection committee to oversee the appointments
of vice-chancellors for state-run universities in
West Bengal. डे ररवे कटव टर े कडों ग मानदों ड ों क़ी सम़ीक्षा के कलए सेब़ी द्वारा
गकठत काया समूह का ने तृत्व कौन कर रहा है?
• Besides Justice Lalit, the committee will comprise
five members, who will prepare a panel of three Who is heading the working group formed by SEBI to
names in an alphabetical order for appointment of review derivatives trading norms?
vice-chancellors in each university. a. R Gandhi

b. U K Sinha
ज़ीड़ीप़ी के कलए नया आर्ार वषा तय करने के कलए राष्ट्ऱीय c. Shaktikanta Das
लेिा साोंखख्यक़ी सलाहकार सकमकत (एस़ीएनएएस) का
अध्यक्ष ककसे कनयुक्त ककया गया है ? d. Gopalaraman Padmanabhan

Who has been appointed as the chairman of the Advisory Answer: (d) Gopalaraman Padmanabhan
Committee on National Accounts Statistics (ACNAS) to Related Imp Points
decide new base year for GDP?
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)
a. Priya Singh has formed a working group to review derivatives
trading norms with an aim of enhancing investor
b. Amit Sharma
protection and risk management.
c. Ramesh Kumar
• The 15-member panel will be headed by
d. Biswanath Goldar Gopalaraman Padmanabhan, former executive
director of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). It will be
Answer: (d) Biswanath Goldar
tasked with market development and regulation to
Related Imp Points enhance risk architecture of exchange-traded
derivatives and investor protection.
• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation (Mospi) has set up a 26-member
Advisory Committee on National Accounts
Statistics (ACNAS) to decide the base year for Science Tech & Defence News
gross domestic product (GDP) data.

• Biswanath Goldar, former professor of the

Institute of Economic Growth, has been appointed #Sci/tech
as its chairman.
एक्स प्लैनेट 'एखिलॉन इों ड़ी एब' क़ी ि ज में शाकमल
• Besides, the panel is also slated to take a call on
आईआईट़ी-कानपु र के सहायक प्र फेसर कौन हैं?
the alignment of GDP with other indices like
wholesale price index (WPI), which is used for Who is the assistant professor from IIT-Kanpur involved in
wholesale inflation, consumer price index (CPI), the discovery of exoplanet ‘Epsilon Indi Ab’?
used to determine consumer inflation and index of
a. Anil Kumar
industrial production (IIP) used for calculation of
industrial growth. b. Ravi Shankar

c. Prashant Pathak

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d. Amitabh Chandra rare opportunity to study an asteroid from such
close quarters.
Answer: (c) Prashant Pathak
• The Ramses spacecraft would approach the
Related Imp Points
asteroid, which is about 375 m at its widest, before
• An international team of astronomers, including it comes to the closest distance to Earth and then
assistant professor of department of Space, accompany it on its pathway for some time, in a
Planetary & Astronomical Sciences & Engineering mission similar to the one planned for NASA’s
(SPASE), IIT-Kanpur Prashant Pathak has OSIRIX-APEX spacecraft.
discovered a giant exoplanet orbiting a nearby star
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is
similar to our Sun.
seeking to collaborate with the European Space
• The exoplanet named Epsilon Indi Ab, or Eps Ind Agency (ESA) on its Ramses mission.
Ab for short, is classified as a 'super-Jupiter' due to
its mass which exceeds that of Jupiter by at least
six times. भारत का पहला कनज़ी तौर पर प्रबों कर्त ड़ीपटे क इन वेशन
• Using the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWSTs) हब लॉन्च करने के कलए कौन स़ी त़ीन कोंपकनयाों शाकमल हुई
Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI), an international हैं ?
team of astronomers has directly imaged a new
Which three companies have joined forces to launch
exoplanet orbiting the K5V-type star Epsilon Indi A
India's first privately managed deeptech innovation hub?
(also known as HD 209100 or HI).
a. 8X Ventures, Arctic Invent, and SanchiConnect

b. Blume Ventures, Tiger Global, and Kalaari Capital

ककस अों तररक्ष एजेंस़ी ने रै कपड एप कफस कमशन फॉर
धसक्योररटी एं ड सेफ्टी (रै मसेस) क़ी घ षिा क़ी? c. Lightspeed Ventures, Matrix Partners, and
Elevation Capital
Which space agency announced the Rapid Apophis
Mission for Security and Safety (Ramses)? d. ConnectSequoia Capital, Accel, and Nexus
Venture Partners
a. ESA
Answer: (a) 8X Ventures, Arctic Invent, and
b. ISRO SanchiConnect
c. NASA Related Imp Points

d. Roscosmos • Deeptech venture capital (VC) firm 8X Ventures,

Arctic Invent, and SanchiConnect have joined
Answer: (a) ESA
forces to launch India's first privately managed
Related Imp Points deeptech innovation hub that will engage with up
to 10 deeptech startups in the first year with no
• The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced
dilution on the equity front.
Rapid Apophis Mission for Security and Safety
(Ramses) mission to study the Apophis asteroid • Collectively, the hub targets to mobilise $100
when it passes by Earth at a very close distance in million in the Indian deeptech ecosystem. The hub
2029. will operate from a campus in Noida.
• ESA is the second major space agency, after NASA,
to commit a space mission for Apophis that was
once considered to be on a pathway to collide हाल ह़ी में नासा ने ककतने नए एक्स प्लैनेट क़ी ि ज क़ी है ?
with the Earth. Apophis will come within 32,000 How many new exoplanets have been discovered by
km of the Earth in 2029, offering space agencies a NASA recently?

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a. 4 for which has been collected over the due course
of 6 years between October 2018 to October 2023.
b. 5
• This is a first of its kind undersea map, which is 29
c. 6
meters long and is 8 meters above the seabed.
d. 7
• The Optical satellite imagery verifies that the
Answer: (c) 6 pathway is 99.8% submerged in shallow and super-
shallow water. This ancient bridge connects
Related Imp Points
Dhanushkodi in India to Talaimannar Island in Sri
• NASA has pushed the number of known exo- Lanka.
planets to over 5,500, with the discovery of 6 new
ones beyond our solar system. It was just 31 years
ago that scientists discovered the very first इसर द्वारा ककस कनज़ी एयर स्पे स कोंपऩी क ग्ाउों ड स्टे शन
exoplanets in 1992. The twin planets Poltergeist एज अ सधवा स (GSaaS) प्रदान करने के कलए अकर्कृत ककया
and Phobetor were detected orbiting the pulsar गया है ?
PSR B1257+12.
Which private aerospace company has been authorized
• NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite by ISRO to provide ground stations as a service (GSaaS)?
(TESS) has found 6 new exoplanets HD 36384 b,
TOI-198 b, TOI-2095 b, TOI-2095 c, TOI-4860 b, and a. Pixxel
MWC 758 c increasing the number of known
b. Dhruva Space
exoplanets to 5,502.
c. AgniKul Cosmos
• Any planet that lies beyond our solar system is
known as an exoplanet. d. Bellatrix Aerospace

Answer: (b) Dhruva Space

इसर और नासा के ICESat-2 उपग्ह ने ककसका मानकचत्रि Related Imp Points

करने के कलए सनझे दनरी की है ? • Space engineering solutions provider Dhruva Space
ISRO and NASA's ICESat-2 satellite have successfully has received authorisation from the Indian
collaborated to map out what? National Space Promotion and Authorisation
Center (IN-SPACe) to provide ground stations as a
a. The Indian Ocean service (GSaaS).
b. The Ganges River • The authorisation will enable it to offer critical
ground support, enabling real-time satellite
c. The Himalayan Mountains
communication and control. This commercial
d. Ram Setu (Adam's Bridge) capability ensures reliable data transmission,
enhances mission flexibility and reduces
Answer: (d) Ram Setu (Adam's Bridge)
operational costs.
Related Imp Points
• Dhruva Space Private Limited is an Indian private
• The scientists from Indian Space Research aerospace manufacturer headquartered in
Organization (ISRO) have collaborated with NASA’s Hyderabad, Telangana.
ICESat-2 satellite to successfully map out a
comprehensive map of submerged Ram Setu also
called Adam’s Bridge. The entire bridge can be
seen through a 10 meter resolution map, the data

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कोंप्यूटर ठप ह गए? • IIT Delhi and Prasar Bharati under the theme
A faulty update from which firm caused outages for “Harvest Day”, hosted the Robot Competition ‘DD-
millions of Windows computers? Robocon’ India 2024 from at Thyagaraj Stadium in
Delhi. The event hosted more than 750 students
a. SentinelOne from over 45 colleges, institutions, and universities
in the country.
b. CrowdStrike
• The winning team from DD-Robocon will represent
c. Palo Alto Networks
India at the International Asia-Pacific
d. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Broadcasting Union Robocon 2024, which will take
place in QuangNinh, Vietnam.
Answer: (b) CrowdStrike
• Robocon (Robotic Contest) is organised by Asia-
Related Imp Points
Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), a collection of
• A faulty update knocked out several Windows over 20 countries of Asia Pacific Region.
computers and servers around the world on July
19, sending them through a boot loop featuring a
so-called blue screen of death (BSoD), disrupting 2050 तक इन्हे धबटे टेड ग्ह क़ी ि ज के कलए कौर् सी अं तररक्ष
aviation, banking, telecommunications, hospitals, एजेंसी है कबटे बल वर्ल््ा स ऑब्जवे टऱी (HWO) लॉन्च करे र्गी?
TV channels and other companies around the
world. Which space agency is responsible for launching the
Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) to discover
• The update was part of the Falcon endpoint threat inhabited planet by 2050?
detection and response product developed by
CrowdStrike, a Texas-based cybersecurity firm. a. ESA

• The blue screen of death is a critical error screen b. ISRO

displayed by Microsoft Windows. It indicates a
c. NASA
system crash, in which the operating system
reaches a critical condition where it can no longer d. Roscosmos
operate safely.
Answer: (c) NASA
 Note: The year 2000 problem, or simply ‘Y2K’,
Related Imp Points
refers to potential computer errors related to the
formatting and storage of calendar data for dates • In an attempt to find habitable planets by 2050,
in and after the year 2000. NASA, the independent space agency of the United
States, is getting ready to launch the cutting-edge
Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) in 2040.
'ड़ीड़ी-र ब कॉन' इों कडया 2024 प्रकतय कगता का कवषय क्या है ? • The goal of the Habitable Worlds Observatory is to
What is the theme of the ‘DD-Robocon’ India 2024 identify the numerous forms of biosignatures that
competition? are released by living things.

a. Tech Freak • Twenty-five Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like

stars have already been identified by the NASA
b. Harvest Day team as possible candidates for additional
c. Innovation Day research. These planets are important targets in
the hunt for extraterrestrial life because they
d. Future of Robotics might have circumstances suitable to life.
Answer: (b) Harvest Day
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• HWO, dubbed "Super Hubble," will feature ultra- Related Imp Points
precise optics to image Earth-sized planets and
• NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) and Space
scrutinize their atmospheres for signs of life.
Machines Company have signed a Dedicated
Launch Service Agreement, marking a significant
milestone in space collaboration between India
हाल ह़ी में ककस दे श ने एडवाोंस्ड लैंड ऑब्जरवेशन सॅटॅलाइट and Australia.
(ALOS-4) लॉन्च ककया?
• The agreement, announced at the India Space
Which country recently launched Advanced Land Congress 2024 in Delhi, paves the way for the
Observation Satellite (ALOS-4)? launch of Space Machines Company's second
Optimus spacecraft in 2026.
a. India
• The 450kg Optimus spacecraft, the largest
b. China
Australian-designed and built spacecraft to date,
c. Japan will be launched on ISRO's Small Satellite Launch
Vehicle (SSLV). This mission is dubbed as Space
d. South Korea
MAITRI (Mission for Australia-India's Technology,
Answer: (c) Japan Research and Innovation).

Related Imp Points • NSIL Chairman and Managing Director:

Radhakrishnan Durairaj
• Japan successfully launched an advanced earth
observation satellite on a new flagship H3 rocket,
capable of monitoring military activity, such as
missile launches. हाई-परफॉमेंस-कोंप्यूकटों ग (HPC) प्र सेसर SoC के कडजाइन
और कवकास के कलए ककस एजेंस़ी ने MosChip Technologies
• The rocket, H3 No. 3, took off from Tanegashima और Socionext Inc के साथ साझे दाऱी क़ी है ?
Space Center, releasing its payload, the Advanced
Land Observation Satellite (ALOS-4). Which organization has partnered with MosChip
Technologies and Socionext Inc. for the design and
• ALOS-4, equipped with an infrared sensor, tasked development of a High-Performance-Computing (HPC)
primarily with earth observation and data Processor SoC?
collection for disaster response and mapmaking.
It's also capable of monitoring military activity, a. ISRO
such as missile launches, with an infrared sensor
b. DRDO
developed by the ministry.
c. C-DAC

d. IIT Madras
2026 में इसर द्वारा लॉन्च ककए जाने वाले स्पे स मश़ीन्स
कोंपऩी के अोंतररक्ष यान का नाम क्या है? Answer: (c) C-DAC

What is the name of Space Machines Company's Related Imp Points

spacecraft to be launched by ISRO in 2026? • Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
a. Apollo (C-DAC) has partnered with MosChip Technologies,
India and Socionext Inc., Japan for the design and
b. Artemis development of a High-Performance-Computing
(HPC) Processor SoC based on the Arm®
c. Voyager
architecture and built on TSMC (Taiwan
d. Optimus Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited)
5nm technology node.
Answer: (d) Optimus

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• C-DAC, established to develop and deploy the
state-of-the-art supercomputing technology in
India, is working towards its complete ररलायोंस इों डस्टर ़ीज के Jio प्लेटफॉमा क IN-SPACe से हाल ह़ी
indigenization & in this direction has developed में क्या मोंजूऱी कमल़ी?
indigenous compute node RUDRA, Trinetra- What recent approval did Reliance Industries' Jio
Interconnect and System Software stack. Platforms receive from IN-SPACe?
• National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) was a. License to launch weather satellites
launched jointly by the Department of Science and
Technology (DST) and Ministry of Electronics and b. Permission to launch satellite internet
IT (MeitY) and implemented by the Centre for
c. Approval to conduct space tourism missions
Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC),
Pune and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), d. Authorization to offer satellite television services
Bengaluru.
Answer: (b) Permission to launch satellite internet
Related Imp Points
ककस कोंपऩी ने NASA के ने शनल ओशकनक एों ड • Reliance Industries' Jio Platforms has got an
एटम खस्फयररक एडकमकनस्टरे शन (NOAA) प्र ग्ाम के कलए approval from the Indian National Space
GOES-U उपग्ह क सफलतापू वाक लॉन्च ककया? Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) to
operate satellites for providing gigabit fibre
Which company successfully launched the GOES-U
internet.
satellite for NASA's National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) programme? • The approval, which has been given to Orbit
Connect India, a joint venture between Reliance
a. ISRO
Industries' Jio Platforms and Luxembourg-based
b. Boeing SES.

c. SpaceX • It is to be noted that Eutelsat's Bharti Enterprises-

backed OneWeb got all the approvals late last
d. Blue Origin
year.
Answer: (c) SpaceX
• IN-SPACe chairman: Pawan Goenka
Related Imp Points

• SpaceX successfully launched the fourth and final

satellite for NASA's National Oceanic and ग्ल बल ने कवगेशन सैटेलाइट कसस्टम (ज़ीएनएसएस) ररस़ीवर
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) programme. स्थाकपत करने वाला कदल्ल़ी एनस़ीआर में कौन पहिन
The satellite GOES-U was launched on a SpaceX कविकवद्यालय बन गया है?
Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Which university has become the first in Delhi NCR to
Center in Florida.
install a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
• Once GOES-U is in a geostationary orbit, about receiver?
22,200 miles above Earth, it will be renamed
a. Delhi University
GOES-19. Its predecessor was GOES-T.
b. Amity University
• The series of advanced satellites called GOES-R
(Geostationary Operational Environmental c. Manav Rachna University
Satellite) are expected to aid with continuous
d. Jawaharlal Nehru University
coverage of weather and hazardous environmental
conditions across much of the Western Answer: (c) Manav Rachna University
Hemisphere.
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• Manav Rachna University (MRU) has become the
first university in Delhi NCR to install a Global
Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver, in
partnership with the National Atmospheric
#Scheme
Research Laboratory (NARL) of the Indian Space
Research Organization (ISRO). This significant
development was marked by the setup of a GNSS
and Space Weather Laboratory at the MRU
campus. कौशल कवकास के कलए िेकडट गारों ट़ी फोंड य जना
(स़ीस़ीएफएसएसड़ी) के नए सोंस्करि कन क्यन र्नम है?
• The installation of the GNSS receiver brings
numerous benefits to MRU. It facilitates multi- What is the new version of the Credit Guarantee Fund
parametric data collection, enhancing research Scheme for Skill Development (CCFSSD) called?
capabilities in atmospheric sciences and related
a. Model Skill Loan Scheme
fields.
b. National Skill Loan Scheme
गामा-रे बस्टा (ज़ीआरब़ी) का अध्ययन करने के कलए ककन द
दे श ों ने सोंयुक्त रूप से स्पे स वे ररएबल ऑब्जे र मॉकनटर c. Skill Development Credit Scheme
(एसव़ीओएम) उपग्ह लॉन्च ककया? d. Vocational Training Loan Scheme
Which two countries jointly launched the Space Variable Answer: (a) Model Skill Loan Scheme
Objects Monitor (SVOM) satellite to study gamma-ray
bursts (GRBs)? Related Imp Points

a. India and Japan • Jayant Chaudhary, Minister of State (Independent

Charge), Ministry of Skill Development &
b. USA and Russia Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and MoS, Ministry of
Education, Government of India launched the
c. China and France
revised Model Skill Loan Scheme aimed at
d. Germany and Italy providing access to skilling courses, including
high-end courses which often come with high
Answer: (c) China and France
course fee, without any financial constraints.
Related Imp Points
• The scheme is the new version of Credit
• The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) Guarantee Fund Scheme for Skill Development
satellite jointly developed by China and France was (CCFSSD), launched in July 2015.
launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch
• Now, NBFCs, Micro Finance Institutions, and Small
Center.
Finance Banks will also be eligible to extend loans
• The SVOM is designed to study gamma-ray bursts which will be backed by guarantee against default
(GRBs) resulting from explosive cosmic events like up to 75% of the loan disbursed. Furthermore, the
black hole births and neutron star collisions. maximum ticket size of individual loans eligible for
credit guarantee cover has been increased to INR
• The primary objective of SVOM is to look for GRBs
7.50 lakhs from the earlier limit of INR 1.50 lakhs.
across the universe. Once found, the satellite will
measure and study their electromagnetic radiation
properties.
सरकार ने 31 माचा 2027 तक दे शभर में ककतने प्रर्ानमोंत्ऱी
भारत़ीय जनऔषकर् केंद्र ि लने का लक्ष्य रिा है ?

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The government has targeted to open how many Pradhan • It is an innovative scheme which seeks solution to
Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras across the country the problems related to the shipyards and
by March 31, 2027? promotes technology development using the
start-ups created and nurtured in the country. It
a. 10,000
encourages and enables MSMEs and Start-Ups to
b. 15,000 develop innovative solutions for further
technological advancement. This initiative is in
c. 20,000 keeping with the ‘Make in India’ and ‘Start-up
d. 25,000 India’ policies of the Government of India.

Answer: (d) 25,000

Related Imp Points स्माटा कसट़ी कमशन (एसस़ीएम) क ककस ताऱीि तक बढ़ा
कदया गया है ?
• The government has set a target to open 25,000
Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendras The Smart Cities Mission (SCM) has been extended till
(PMBJKs) by 31st March 2027 across the country. which date?
• Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana a. March 31, 2025
(PMBJP) is a campaign–public welfare scheme of
Government of India. It was launched by the b. March 31, 2026
Department of Pharmaceuticals to provide quality c. March 31, 2027
medicines at affordable prices to the masses
through special kendras known as Pradhan Mantri d. March 31, 2028
Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana Kendra (PMBJK). Answer: (a) March 31, 2025
• The scheme was initially launched by the Related Imp Points
government in 2008; and relaunched by the Prime
Minister of India, Narendra Modi in 2015. • The Centre has extended the Smart Cities Mission
(SCM) under the Union Urban Development
Ministry till March 31, 2025. Initially planned for
completion by 2020, the mission had already been
GRSE एक्से लेरेटे ड इन वे शन नचाररों ग स्क़ीम (GAINS 2024)
extended twice.
ककसने लॉन्च क़ी?
• SCM, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, was
Who launched the GRSE Accelerated Innovation
launched in June 2015 to transform 100 cities. The
Nurturing Scheme (GAINS 2024)?
mission has an allocated budget of ₹48,000 crore
a. Amit Shah for the 100 cities.

b. Sanjay Seth • A Smart City is a concept that refers to the use of

technology, data, and innovative solutions to
c. Rajnath Singh improve the efficiency, sustainability, and quality of
d. Narendra Modi life in urban areas.

Answer: (b) Sanjay Seth  Mission Director of Smart Cities Mission: Kunal
Kumar
Related Imp Points

• Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth launched GRSE

Accelerated Innovation Nurturing Scheme (GAINS कनमााि पहल ककस कोंपऩी क़ी स़ीएसआर य जना का कहस्सा
2024) of Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers है ?
Limited (GRSE) in Kolkata.

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Which company's CSR scheme is the NIRMAN initiative a Answer: (c) Hinduja Tech Ltd
part of?
Related Imp Points
a. Coal India Limited (CIL)
• Hinduja Tech Ltd (HT) has acquired Germany-
b. Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) based Tecosim Group through its wholly owned
subsidiary HT GmbH for an enterprise value of €21
c. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) million.
d. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)  ONGC Videsh has signed a definitive Sale Purchase
Answer: (a) Coal India Limited (CIL) Agreement (SPA) for directly acquiring 0.615%
Participating Interest (PI) in Offshore Azeri Chirag
Related Imp Points Gunashli (ACG) oil field in Azerbaijan from Equinor.
• Union Minister for Coal and Mines, G Kishan  Accenture announced the acquisition of New
Reddy launched a portal “Noble Initiative for Jersey (US)-headquartered Indian product
Rewarding Mains Aspirants of National Civil solutions company Cientra. It has also acquired
Services Examination (NIRMAN)” in New Delhi. Excelmax Technologies, a Bangalore, India-based
• In alignment with the vision “Mission Karmayogi” semiconductor design services provider. Accenture
of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this is a unique has also agreed to acquire Fibermind, an Italy-
CSR scheme by Coal India Limited for meritorious based network services company.
youth of its operating districts who have qualified  Larsen & Toubro’s whole-owned subsidiary L&T
the Preliminary round of UPSC examination (for Semiconductor Technologies (LTSCT) agreed to
Civil Services & Forest Service) in 2024. purchase a 100% stake in Bengaluru-based
• The scheme is aimed towards providing support of SiliConch Systems.
Rs 1,00,000 to the Preliminary examination
qualified candidates with annual family income less
than 8 lakhs and belonging to Scheduled Caste,
Scheduled Tribe, female or third gender; who are
permanent residents of any of the 39 operational ट़ीव़ीएस म कबकलट़ी ग्ुप क़ी ककस सहायक कोंपऩी ने इटल़ी
districts of CIL. खस्थत रॉबटो नु ट़ी ग्ुप का अकर्ग्हि ककया है ?

Which subsidiary of TVS Mobility Group has acquired the

Italy-based Roberto Nuti Group?
Merger & Acquisition News
a. SI Air Springs

#Acq b. Lucas-TVS Ltd

c. TVS Srichakra Ltd

ककस कोंपऩी ने जमाऩी खस्थत टे क कसम ग्ु प का अकर्ग्हि d. Sundaram-Clayton Ltd
ककया है ?
Answer: (a) SI Air Springs
Which company has acquired Germany-based Tecosim
Group? Related Imp Points

• TVS Mobility group’s subsidiary SI Air Springs has

a. Wipro
acquired Italy-based automotive components
b. Infosys supplier Roberto Nuti Group, which will help it
broaden the product range and strengthen its
c. Hinduja Tech Ltd
position in the global market.
d. Tata Consultancy Services
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• The pact between the two partners includes the c. Dr. R Balasubramaniam
100 per cent purchase of Roberto Nuti Group by
d. Dr. Subramanian Swamy
TVS Mobility indirectly, through its wholly-owned
Indian subsidiary, SI Air Springs Private Limited and Answer: (c) Dr. R Balasubramaniam
investments appropriate to the full re-launch of
Related Imp Points
the company.
• The book "Power Within ": The Leadership Legacy
of Narendra Modi has been authored by Dr R
अल्टर ाटे क स़ीमेंट कलकमटे ड ने ककस स़ीमेंट कोंपऩी में 22.77 Balasubramaniam.
प्रकतशत कहस्से दाऱी िऱीद़ी है ?  Note: “INDIA@100” is written by Krishnamurthy
UltraTech Cement Ltd. has picked up 22.77 per cent stake Subramanian
in which cement company?

a. Shree Cement Ltd "राष्ट्रपकत भवन: हे ररटे ज म़ीट् स द प्रे जेंट" पु स्तक ककसने
b. India Cements Ltd प्रकाकशत क़ी?

c. Ramco Cements Ltd Who published the book "Rashtrapati Bhavan: Heritage
Meets the Present"?
d. Ambuja Cements Ltd
a. HarperCollins
Answer: (b) India Cements Ltd
b. Penguin India
Related Imp Points
c. National Book Trust
• Aditya Birla Group flagship company UltraTech
Cement announced the acquisition of a 22.77 per d. Publications Division
cent stake in India Cements Ltd for over Rs 1,900
Answer: (d) Publications Division
crore.
Related Imp Points
• UltraTech Cement has acquired Damani-group’s
stake in India Cements Ltd (ICL) through two block • Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers
deals. Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan unveiled four
books, Wings to Our Hopes- Volume 1 (English and
• ICL promoters, however, will continue to be the Hindi), Rashtrapati Bhavan: Heritage Meets the
largest shareholder with a 28.42 per cent stake. Present and Kahani Rashtrapati Bhavan Ki.

• The books are published by Publications Division,

Books & author News Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

 The book, Wings to Our Hopes, contains President

#Books Droupadi Murmu’s speeches delivered on various

occasions in the first year of her presidency.

 "Rashtrapati Bhavan: Heritage Meets the Present"

"पावर कवदइन: द ल़ीडरकशप कलगे स़ी ऑफ नरें द्र म द़ी" is an in-depth exploration of the Rashtrapati
पु स्तक के लेिक कौन हैं? Bhavan, tracing its history, legacy, and
Who is the author of the book "Power Within: The architectural splendour.
Leadership Legacy of Narendra Modi"?  The book ‘Kahani Rashtrapati Bhavan Ki’ contains
a. Dr. Shashi Tharoor information related to the President and
Rashtrapati Bhavan for children.
b. Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam

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उपराष्ट्रपकत पर त़ीन पु स्तक ों का कवम चन ककया? Related Imp Points
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently released three • India took over as Chair of the Asian Disaster
books on which former Indian Vice President? Preparedness Centre (ADPC) for 2024-25, playing a
a. Hamid Ansari pivotal role in global and regional Disaster Risk
Reduction (DRR).
b. BS Shekhawat
• As a representative of the Government of India,
c. Venkaiah Naidu Rajendra Singh, a Member, of the National Disaster
Management Authority took over the Chair of
d. Ram Nath Kovind
ADPC from China for the year 2024-25 in Bangkok,
Answer: (c) Venkaiah Naidu Thailand.
Related Imp Points • ADPC is an autonomous international
organisation focused on disaster risk reduction
• The Prime Minister Narendra Modi released three
and climate resilience in Asia and the Pacific
books on the life and journey of former Vice
region. It was founded by India and eight
President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu on the eve
neighboring countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia,
of his 75th birthday.
China, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and
• The books released by the Prime Minister include Thailand.
(i) Biography of the former Vice President titled
• ADPC operates as an autonomous international
“Venkaiah Naidu – Life in Service” authored by S
organisation governed by the Board of Trustees,
Nagesh Kumar (ii) “Celebrating Bharat – The
with headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand.
Mission and Message of Shri M Venkaiah Naidu as
13th Vice–President of India”, a Photo chronicle
compiled by Dr I.V. Subba Rao and (iii) Pictorial
biography in Telugu titled “Mahaneta – Life and ककस मोंत्रालय ने प्रकसद्ध गायक मुकेश के सम्मान में एक
Journey of Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu” authored by स्मारक डाक कटकट जाऱी ककया?
Sanjay Kishore.
Which ministry released a commemorative stamp in
honor of the legendary singer Mukesh?

National & Origin News a. Ministry of Culture

b. Ministry of Tourism

#Nat c. Ministry of Communications

d. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

भारत ने ककस दे श से Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre
Answer: (a) Ministry of Culture
(ADPC) क़ी अध्यक्षता सोंभाल़ी?
Related Imp Points
Which country did India take over the Chair of the Asian
Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) from? • Ministry of Culture released a commemorative
stamp in honour of the legendary singer Mukesh,
a. Japan
marking his 100th birth anniversary.
b. China
• Union Minister of Culture and Tourism, Gajendra
c. Thailand Singh Shekhawat was the Chief Guest at the event
as a heartfelt tribute to the legendary singer’s
d. Indonesia monumental contributions to Indian music and his
enduring global legacy at New Delhi.
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इक ज़ेन लॉन्च ककया? Enterprises (CPSEs).

Which company launched EcoZen, a new low-carbon  Chairman & Managing Director of IRCTC: Sanjay
‘green’ zinc brand? Kumar Jain

a. Tata Steel  IRCTC was established in 1999 under the

administrative control of the Ministry of Railways.
b. Hindustan Zinc In 2019, it was listed on the National Stock
c. Sterlite Industries Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange. The
Government holds 62.4% ownership in IRCTC.
d. Vedanta Resources
 Currently, there are different systems of
Answer: (b) Hindustan Zinc classification for CPSEs. Important among these
Related Imp Points are :

• Hindustan Zinc, the world’s second-largest 1. Cognate group-wise classification

integrated zinc producer, has launched EcoZen, a 2. Grouping of CPSEs into 4 Schedules, namely A,B,C
new low-carbon ‘green’ zinc brand. & D, for purposes of determining the pay scales of
• EcoZen, which will be Asia’s first low-carbon Board level executives
‘green’ zinc, has been certified by a global 3. Classification of CPSEs into Navratna, Miniratna I,
sustainability consulting firm through a life cycle Miniratna II, etc. for the purpose of delegation of
assessment. powers.
• Manufactured using renewable energy, the carbon
footprint of EcoZen is about 75 per cent lower
than the global average. The use of EcoZen in कवि र्र हर सकमकत के ककस सत्र के दौरान असम में म इदाम
galvanising one tonne of steel is expected to avoid क यूनेस्क कवि र्र हर स्थल घ कषत ककया गया?
around 400 kilograms of carbon emissions.
During which session of the World Heritage Committee
were the Moidams in Assam declared a UNESCO World
Heritage site?
आईआरस़ीट़ीस़ी क केंद्ऱीय सावा जकनक क्षेत्र के उद्यम ों क़ी
ककस श्रेि़ी में अपग्े ड ककया गया है ? a. 44th session

IRCTC has been upgraded in what category of Central b. 45th session

Public Sector Enterprises? c. 46th session
a. Schedule A
d. 47th session
b. Schedule B
Answer: (c) 46th session
c. Schedule C Related Imp Points
d. Schedule D • The Moidams in eastern Assam, a 700-year-old
Answer: (a) Schedule A mound-burial system of the Ahom dynasty, has
been named as a UNESCO World Heritage site,
Related Imp Points becoming the first cultural site on the prestigious
• Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation list from the country’s northeastern region. The
(IRCTC), a Mini-Ratna PSU under the Ministry of decision was taken during 46th session of the
Railways, has been upgraded from 'Schedule B' to World Heritage Committee held in New Delhi.

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• The site, set in the foothills of the Patkai Ranges in b. Ministry of Home Affairs
Assam’s Charaideo district, contains the royal
c. Ministry of Rural Development
necropolis of the Tai-Ahom.
d. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
• After Kaziranga and Manas National Parks, it is
Assam’s third World Heritage Site. Answer: (d) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
• Till date, the World Heritage Committee has Related Imp Points
inscribed 1,199 sites in 168 countries on the list.
• The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
India now has 43 of its sites on the list [35 are
(MoHUA) organised an event named “Utkrishtata
cultural, 7 are natural, and 1, Khangchendzonga
ki Ore Badhte Kadam: Celebrating Achievements,
National Park, mixed type]. India has the sixth-
Inspiring Excellence” to felicitate best performers
most UNESCO World Heritage site worldwide.
under PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM
SVANidhi) Yojana and Deendayal Antyodaya
Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission
राष्ट्रपकत भवन के प्रकतकित दरबार हॉल का नया नाम क्या है ? (DAY-NULM).
What is the new name of the iconic Durbar Hall of • The PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbharNidhi (PM
Rashtrapati Bhavan? SVANidhi) scheme, launched on June 1, 2020, is a
a. Gandhi Hall central sector scheme that aims to provide
collateral-free working capital loans up to ₹80,000
b. Azadi Mandap to urban street vendors incentivising regular
c. Samvidhan Mandap repayment with a 7% interest subsidy, rewarding
digital transactions with cashback up to ₹1,200 per
d. Ganatantra Mandap year.
Answer: (d) Ganatantra Mandap • Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban
Related Imp Points
Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) launched by the
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs,
• The iconic Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan, Government of India on September 24th, 2013,
traditionally used for important ceremonies and aims to reduce poverty and vulnerability of the
celebrations such as the presentation of National urban poor households by enabling them to access
Awards, has been renamed ‘Ganatantra Mandap’. gainful self-employment and skilled wage
employment opportunities, resulting in an
• Ashok Hall, originally designed as a ballroom, will
appreciable improvement in their livelihoods on a
now be known as Ashok Mandap.
sustainable basis, through building strong
• The word Mandap is a Sanskrit term traditionally grassroots level institutions of the poor.
used to describe a pavilion or sacred space in
• Performance Recognition for Access to Financial
Indian culture.
Inclusion and Street Vendor's Empowerment
(PRAISE) Awards (PM SVANidhi):

ककस मोंत्रालय ने "उत्कृष्ट्ता क़ी ओर बढ़ते कदम: उपलखिय ों • Award Category: ‘Best Performing States – ‘Loan
का जश्न, प्रे रिादायक उत्कृष्ट्ता" नामक कायािम का Performance’
आय जन ककया?  Large States: Madhya Pradesh
Which ministry organized the event named "Utkrishtata  Small States & Uts: Ladakh
ki Ore Badhte Kadam: Celebrating Achievements,
Inspiring Excellence"?  Hilly and NE States: Assam

a. Ministry of Education

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 Special award for outstanding performance: कनम्नकलखित में से ककस मोंत्रालय क कवत्त़ीय वषा 2024-25 में
Maharashtra सबसे अकर्क बजट आवों टन प्राप्त हुआ है?
• Award Category: ‘Best Performing Lending Which of the following ministries received the highest
Institutions- ‘Loan Performance’ budget allocation in Financial Year (FY) 2024-25?
 Public & Private Sector Banks: Canara Bank a. Ministry of Finance
 Other Lending Institutions: Aryavart Bank b. Ministry of Defence
• Award Category: ‘Best Performing States- c. Ministry of Education
‘Innovation and Best Practices’
d. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
 Large States: Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (b) Ministry of Defence
• Award Category: ‘Best Performing ULBs - ‘Loan
Performance’ Related Imp Points

• In the Regular Union Budget of Financial Year (FY)

 Mega & Million Plus Cities (Population >10 lakh):
2024-25, Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been
Municipal Corporation of Delhi
allocated Rs 6,21,940.85 crore (approx. US $75
 Major cities (Population 1 lakh to 10 lakh): Ujjain Billion), the highest among the Ministries.
Municipal Corporation, Madhya Pradesh
• The allocation to MoD for FY 2024-25 is higher by
 Towns (Population <1 lakh): Nawabganj approx. Rs one lakh crore (18.43%) over the
Municipality, Uttar Pradesh allocation for FY 2022-23 and 4.79% more than
allocation of FY 2023-24.
• Award Category: ‘Best Performing ULBs-
‘Achievement in SVANidhi se Samriddhi’

 Mega & Million Plus Cities (Population >10 lakh): ऩीकत आय ग द्वारा शुरू ककए गए कगयरकशफ्ट चैलेंज का मुख्य
Varanasi Municipal Corporation, Uttar Pradesh लक्ष्य क्या है ?
 Major cities (Population 1 lakh to 10 lakh): Jhansi What is the main goal of the GearShift Challenge
Municipal Corporation, Uttar Pradesh launched by NITI Aayog?
 Towns (Population <1 lakh): Sarai Aquil Town a. Promote electric cars
Panchayat, Uttar Pradesh
b. Enhance public transportation
• Systematic Progressive Analytical Real Time
Ranking (SPARK) Awards (DAY-NULM): c. Develop renewable energy projects

 Overall State Performance: Big States – Kerala d. Accelerate zero-emission truck adoption

 NER & Hilly States: Himachal Pradesh Answer: (d) Accelerate zero-emission truck adoption

 Best ULBs [Million Plus Cites (>10 lakh)]: Jabalpur Related Imp Points
(M.P) • NITI Aayog, in collaboration with IIM Bangalore,
 Population (3 -10 lakh): Bilaspur (C.G) Smart Freight Centre India, CALSTART/Drive to
Zero, and WRI India, announced the launch of the
 Population (1 - 3 lakh): Raigarh (C.G) NITI GearShift Challenge as part of the e-FAST
India initiative.

• This pioneering hackathon aims to foster

innovative business models for the adoption of
zero-emission trucks (ZETs) in India, addressing the

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nation's pressing economic and environmental d. Arvind Saxena
challenges.
Answer: (a) Manoj Soni
• The NITI GearShift Challenge invites students,
Related Imp Points
transport service practitioners, academics, and
researchers to develop innovative business models • UPSC Chairman Manoj Soni has submitted his
that address financial, technical, and operational resignation citing personal reasons. The
challenges in the adoption of electric trucks. resignation of Union Public Service Commission
(UPSC) chairperson comes five years before the
termination of his tenure and a year after taking
GeM ई-लकनिं ग प्रकशक्षि पाठ्यिम ककतऩी आकर्काररक charge. His tenure is slated to end in 2029. Manoj
भाषाओों में उपलि हैं ? Soni reportedly became a Member of the
Commission in 2017 and took oath to office as the
How many official languages are the GeM e-Learning Chairperson on May 16 last year.
Training Courses available in?
 Note: Bajaj Electricals Ltd. has announced the
a. 10 resignation of its Managing Director and CEO,
Anuj Poddar.
b. 11

c. 12

d. 13 राष्ट्ऱीय भूस्खलन पूवाानुमान केंद्र का उद् घाटन ककस सोंस्थान

के पररसर में ककया गया है?
Answer: (c) 12
The National Landslide Forecasting Centre has been
Related Imp Points inaugurated at the campus of which institution?
• Government e Marketplace (GeM) has rolled out a. Geological Survey of India
its ‘e-Learning Training Courses’ in 12 official
languages - Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, b. India Meteorological Department
Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odiya,
c. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu to make learning easier
for users across diverse language regions. d. Indian Space Research Organisation

• Launched earlier this year, the new initiative – ‘e- Answer: (a) Geological Survey of India
Learning Training Courses’ – provides access to
Related Imp Points
online learning courses in multiple languages. The
courses have been designed to cater to the diverse • Union Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy
user needs of government buyers, sellers, service inaugurated the National Landslide Forecasting
providers, and all GeM users. Centre at GSI, Dharitri Campus, Salt Lake City,
Kolkata.

• Minister also launched the Bhusanket Web Portal

हाल ह़ी में सोंघ ल क सेवा आय ग (UPSC) के अध्यक्ष पद से and Bhooskhalan Mobile App, developed by the
ककसने इस्त़ीफा दे कदया? Geological Survey of India (GSI).
Who recently resigned as the Chairman of the Union • This web portal will facilitate the dissemination of
Public Service Commission (UPSC)? relevant data and information on landslide
a. Manoj Soni hazards, initiating short-range and medium-range
landslide forecasting in the country.
b. Alka Sirohi

c. Deepak Gupta

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1851. It is headquartered in Kolkata. GSI is an
Related Imp Points
attached office to the Ministry of Mines.
• Chartered accountants' apex body ICAI will be
setting up a Section 8 company for mediation and
राष्ट्ऱीय कफल्म कवकास कनगम (NFDC) द्वारा ककस कोंपऩी के arbitration activities, its President Ranjeet Kumar
साथ साझे दाऱी में "द वॉयसबॉक्स" कायािम शुरू ककया गया Agarwal announced during 'RESOLVE-2024: An
International Convention on Insolvency
है ?
Resolution & Valuation’ in New Delhi.
"The Voicebox" program has been launched by National
• A Section 8 Company is a non-profit organization
Film Development Corporation (NFDC) in partnership
formed to promote commerce, art, science, sports,
with which company?
education, research, social welfare, religion,
a. FanCode charity, protection of environment or any other
such object. The Institute of Chartered
b. Netflix India
Accountants of India (ICAI) has so far set up five
c. Amazon Prime such companies.

d. Disney+ Hotstar • The five existing Section 8 companies of the

institute are ICAI ARF, XBRL India, IIIPI, ICAI RVO
Answer: (b) Netflix India and ISAI.
Related Imp Points

• National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), a

सेब़ी द्वारा अनु सोंर्ान कवश्लेषक ों (आरए) और कनवेश
public sector enterprise under the aegis of the
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MoIB), सलाहकार ों (आईए) के कलए कनम्नकलखित में से ककसे मान्यता
have joined hands with Netflix India to launch an द़ी गई है?
upskilling program for voice-over artists in India Which of the following has been recognised by SEBI for
called “The Voicebox”. Research Analysts (RA) and Investment Advisers (IA)?
• The Voicebox” program will offer Recognition of a. BSE
Prior Learning (RPL) training for voice-over artists
focusing on English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, b. NSE
Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Gujarati languages.
c. SIDBI
• Pearl Academy will join as a Training Partner for
d. NABARD
this program.
Answer: (a) BSE
Related Imp Points
कनम्नकलखित में से कौन धमधडएशर् और आधबा टरेशर्
गकतकवकर्य ों के कलए र्ारा 8 कोंपऩी स्थाकपत करे गा? • Capital markets regulator Sebi has recognised BSE
Ltd as a supervisory body for Research Analysts
Which of the following will set up a Section 8 company for (RA) and Investment Advisers (IA) to oversee their
mediation and arbitration activities? management and administration.
a. CII • BSE Ltd has been granted recognition under
regulation 14 of the RA regulations and IA
b. RBI
Regulations for administration and supervision of
c. ICAI Research Analysts (RAs) and Investment Advisers
(IAs) respectively as (RAASB) and (IAASB) for a
d. IFSC
period of five years starting from July 25, 2024.

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• BSE Limited, also known as the Bombay Stock d. To increase telecom connectivity in rural areas
Exchange (BSE), is an Indian stock exchange which
Answer: (d) To increase telecom connectivity in rural
is located on Dalal Street, known as the Wall Street
areas
of Mumbai. Established in 1875 by Premchand
Roychand, it is the oldest stock exchange in Asia, Related Imp Points
and also the tenth oldest in the world. The BSE is
• Recently, the Department of Telecommunications
the world’s 7th largest stock exchange with a
(DoT) released draft rules to operationalise the
market capitalization exceeding US$5 trillion as of
Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN) to increase telecom
May 2024. Sundararaman Ramamurthy is the MD
connectivity in rural areas.
and CEO of BSE. BSE Chairman is Pramod Agrawal.
• The DBN was established through the
Telecommunications Act, 2023, passed by
'वन इों कडया - वन कटकट' पहल ककसने शुरू क़ी? Parliament and received presidential assent in
December.
Who launched the ‘One India – One Ticket’ initiative?
• Sections 24 to 26 of the act, which renamed the
a. CRIS Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) as DBN
b. DMRC and defined its funding, came into effect on June
26.
c. IRCTC
• USOF is a pool of funds generated by a 5 per cent
d. All of the above Universal Service Levy charged upon all the
Answer: (d) All of the above telecom fund operators on their Adjusted Gross
Revenue (AGR).
Related Imp Points
• This money would be used to fund the expansion
• Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation of telecom networks in remote and rural areas,
(IRCTC), in collaboration with Delhi Metro Rail where private companies may otherwise resist
Corporation (DMRC) and Centre for Railway offering their services due to them not being
Information Systems (CRIS), has launched the ‘One revenue-generating markets.
India – One Ticket’ initiative aimed at enhancing
the travel experience for Main Line Railway and • Contributions made by telecom companies
Metro passengers in the Delhi National Capital towards the Digital Bharat Nidhi will first be
Region (NCR) area. credited to the Consolidated Fund of India (CFI). All
revenues that the government receives, including
• The initiative allows passengers to book Delhi loans raised and all money received in repayment
Metro QR Code-based tickets directly through the of loans, are credited to the CFI. The government
IRCTC website and mobile app. also incurs its expenditures from this fund.

• The Centre will deposit the collected funds to the

DBN from time to time.
दू रसोंचार कवभाग (DoT) द्वारा जाऱी कडकजटल भारत कनकर्
(DBN) का उद्दे श्य क्या है ?

What is the purpose of the Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN) अखस्मता पररय जना ककस क्षेत्र से सोंबोंकर्त है?
released by the Department of Telecommunications
(DoT)? ASMITA project belongs to which sector?

a. To enhance cybersecurity measures a. Healthcare

b. To establish digital payment platforms b. Education

c. To promote digital literacy in urban areas c. Agriculture

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d. Technology • Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains the
chairperson and economist Suman K. Bery will
Answer: (b) Education
continue to be the vice-chairperson of NITI Aayog.
Related Imp Points
• Scientist V.K. Saraswat, agricultural economist
• The Ministry of Education and the University Ramesh Chand, paediatrician V.K. Paul and macro-
Grants Commission (UGC) launched a project to economist Arvind Virmani will also continue to be
develop 22,000 books in 22 languages in the next full-time members of the government think-tank.
five years.
• The four ex-officio members will be Union
• The project is titled ASMITA (Augmenting Study Ministers Rajnath Singh (Defence), Amit Shah
Materials in Indian Languages through Translation (Home), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Agriculture) and
and Academic Writing). It is a collaborative effort Nirmala Sitharaman (Finance).
of the UGC and the Bharatiya Bhasha Samiti to
• The special invitees in the reconstituted NITI
promote Indian languages in education.
Aayog will be Union ministers Nitin Gadkari (Road
• The project aims at creating a robust ecosystem for Transport and Highways), Jagat Prakash Nadda
translation and original book writing in Indian (Health), H.D. Kumaraswamy (Heavy Industries and
languages across various disciplines within higher Steel), Jitan Ram Manjhi (Micro, Small and Medium
education. Enterprises), Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh
(Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying).
• Thirteen nodal universities have been identified to
lead the project. • Other special invitees are Union Ministers
Virendra Kumar (Social Justice and Empowerment),
• The ministry also launched "Bahubhasha
Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu (Civil Aviation), Jual
Shabdakosh", a single-point reference for all the
Oram (Tribal Affairs), Annpurna Devi (Women and
words in all Indian languages and their meanings.
Child Development), Chirag Paswan (Food
This initiative will be developed by the Central
Processing Industries) and Rao Inderjit Singh
Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore,
(Statistics and Programme Implementation).
Karnataka in collaboration with Bharatiya Bhasha
Samiti. • National Institution for Transforming India, better
known as ‘NITI Aayog’, was constituted in 2015
when the Modi government chose to scrap the 65-
पु नगा कठत ऩीकत आय ग में ककतने पू िाकाकलक सदस्य हैं? year-old Planning Commission.

How many full-time members does the reconstituted NITI

Aayog have?
एकशया क़ी पहल़ी िास्थ्य अनु सोंर्ान-सोंबोंकर्त "प्ऱी-
a. 3 खक्लकनकल ने टवका सुकवर्ा" का उद् घाटन ककसने ककया?

b. 4 Who inaugurated Asia’s first health research-related "Pre-

clinical Network Facility"?
c. 5
a. JP Nadda
d. 6
b. Narendra Modi
Answer: (b) 4
c. Manohar Khattar
Related Imp Points

• The Narendra Modi-led NDA government d. Dr. Jitendra Singh

reconstituted the NITI Aayog, with four full-time Answer: (d) Dr. Jitendra Singh
members and 15 Union Ministers.
Related Imp Points

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• Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated Which organization launched the ‘One Scientist-One
Asia’s first health research-related "Pre-clinical Product’ program?
Network Facility" under the Coalition of Epidemic
a. NABARD
Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) at the Regional
Centre of Biotechnology under the aegis of the b. Food Corporation of India
"Translational Health Science & Technology
Institute" (THSTI), Faridabad. c. National Dairy Development Board

• Dr. Jitendra Singh also inaugurated the d. Indian Council of Agricultural Research
"Genetically Defined Human Associated Microbial Answer: (d) Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Culture Collection (Ge-HuMic) Facility" to act as a
"repository" for providing microbial cultures to Related Imp Points
research institutes, universities, and industries for • The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
research and development. has launched its ‘One Scientist-One Product’
program. This initiative aims to enhance research
in agriculture and animal husbandry.
जूलॉकजकल सवे ऑफ इों कडया (ZSI) द्वारा ि ज़ी गई गहरे
• It aims to enhance agricultural productivity by
पाऩी क़ी डॉगकफश शाका क़ी नई प्रजाकत का नाम क्या है?
assigning specific research targets to individual
What is the name of the new species of deep-water scientists within the organization in the next 5
dogfish shark discovered by Zoological Survey of India years.
(ZSI)?
• Each scientist is given a specific target to develop a
a. Squalus hima product. For example- seed variety, technology,
research paper, or a conceptual model. Progress
b. Squalus indicus will be monitored every three months at the
c. Squalus arabicus official level and twice a year by the researchers
themselves.
d. Squalus keralaensis
 ICAR is headquartered in New Delhi. It was
Answer: (a) Squalus hima established in 1929 as a registered society under
Related Imp Points the Societies Registration Act, 1860 on the basis of
the report of the Royal Commission on Agriculture.
• Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)
have discovered a new species of deep-water
dogfish shark Squalus hima from Sakthikulangara
भारत में सोंकवर्ान हत्या कदवस कब मनाया जाएगा?
fishing harbour in Kerala along the Arabian Sea.
When will the Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas be observed in
• Squalus is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family
India?
Squalidae. commonly known as spurdogs, and are
characterized by smooth dorsal fin spines. a. May 22

• Dogfish sharks represent commercially important b. June 25

taxa because of their trade for their fins, liver oil
c. August 30
and meat.
d. January 21

Answer: (b) June 25

ककस ऑर्गा र्नइजेशर् ने 'एक वै ज्ञाकनक-एक उत्पाद' कायािम
शुरू ककया? Related Imp Points

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• The BJP-led Central government declared that इों ड -फ्रेंच कलवर एों ड मेटाबॉकलक कडज़ीज ने टवका (InFLiMeN)
June 25 will be observed as the Samvidhaan Hatya कहााँ लॉन्च ककया गया?
Diwas to mark the imposition of the Emergency.
Where was the Indo-French Liver and Metabolic Disease
• The Emergency in India was a 21-month period Network (InFLiMeN) launched?
from 1975 to 1977 when Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi had a state of emergency declared across a. Kolkata
the country by citing internal and external threats b. Mumbai
to the country.
c. Chennai
• Officially issued by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
under Article 352 of the Constitution because of d. New Delhi
prevailing "internal disturbance", the Emergency
Answer: (d) New Delhi
was in effect from 25 June 1975 and ended on 21
March 1977. Related Imp Points

• Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh launched Indo-

French Liver and Metabolic Disease Network
राष्ट्ऱीय मकहला आय ग के सहय ग से ककस ऑर्गार्नइजेशर् ने (InFLiMeN) a virtual node to prevent and cure
कडकजटल शखक्त अकभयान का 5वाों चरि शुरू ककया? metabolic liver diseases at Institute of Liver and
Biliary Sciences in New Delhi.
Which organization in association with the National
Commission for Women launched the 5th phase of the • InFLiMeN aims to address key issues related to a
Digital Shakti Campaign? common metabolic liver disorder, non-alcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which can progress to
a. NASSCOM
cirrhosis and primary liver cancer eventually.
b. Google India

c. Microsoft India
'हाटा टू िे वहाट्ा स' कार रै ल़ी का समापन कहााँ हुआ?
d. CyberPeace Foundation
Where did the 'Heart to Bravehearts' Car Rally culminate?
Answer: (d) CyberPeace Foundation
a. Red Fort, Delhi
Related Imp Points
b. India Gate, Delhi
• CyberPeace Foundation along with the National
Commission for Women, launched the fifth phase c. Wagah Border, Amritsar
of the Digital Shakti Campaign, a pan-India project d. Kargil War Memorial, Dras
on digitally empowering and upskilling women and
girls in cyberspace. Answer: (d) Kargil War Memorial, Dras

• Under this program, the CyberPeace Foundation Related Imp Points

has established responders in each state that will • Lieutenant General Bhavnish Kumar, General
provide training and enhance the skills of women Officer Commanding, Delhi Area, flagged off the
and girls in Digital skills, Cybersecurity awareness, 'Heart to Bravehearts', a Car Rally to
AI, emerging technologies, etc. commemorate the 25th anniversary of India's
• Digital Shakti was started in 2018 in collaboration victory in the Kargil War from Cariappa Parade
with CyberPeace Foundation (CPF) with the vision Ground, Delhi Cantonment.
of introducing women to the digital era to enhance • The 'Heart to Bravehearts' Car Rally is a tribute to
their skills. the valour, resilience and sacrifices of heroes of

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Kargil War to commemorate Rajat Jayanti राष्ट्ऱीय क्षे त्राकर्कार से परे जैव कवकवर्ता (ब़ीब़ीएनजे) समझौते
Celebrations of the Kargil War. क अक्सर क्या कहा जाता है ?
• The teams further proceeded to the Kargil War What is the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction
Memorial at Dras. The Rally covered a distance of (BBNJ) Agreement often referred to as?
over 10000 Km before culminating at the Kargil
War Memorial on 15th July 2024. a. High Seas

• This Rally was organised by Mahindra & Mahindra b. Territorial Waters

in collaboration with Indian Army. c. Continental Shelf

d. Exclusive Economic Zones

केरल के कवकझों जम में केंद्ऱीय मोंत्ऱी सबाानोंद स न वाल द्वारा Answer: (a) High Seas
प्राप्त पहल़ी मदर कशप का नाम क्या है ?
Related Imp Points
What is the name of the first Mother Ship received by the
• The Union Cabinet has approved India to sign the
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at Vizhinjam,
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ)
Kerala?
Agreement. This landmark decision marks a
a. MV Kerala significant step towards the conservation and
sustainable utilisation of marine biological diversity
b. MV Bharat
in areas beyond national jurisdiction. It would also
c. MV Deep Sea contribute to achieving several SDGs, particularly
SDG14 (Life Below Water).
d. MV San Fernando
• Often referred to as the ‘High Seas’, areas beyond
Answer: (d) MV San Fernando national jurisdiction are the global common oceans
Related Imp Points open to all for internationally lawful purposes such
as navigation, overflight, laying submarine cables
• The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & and pipelines, etc.
Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal received the
first Mother Ship ‘MV San Fernando’ marking the • The Ministry of Earth Sciences will spearhead the
beginning of operation at India’s First deep water country's implementation of the BBNJ Agreement.
container transhipment port in Vizhinjam, Kerala.
• The BBNJ Agreement, or the ‘High Seas Treaty’, is
• The ship, with a capacity upto 9000 TEUs, docks at an international treaty under the United Nations
India’s first automated port which is equipped with Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). It
state of the art that offers large scale automation aims to address the growing concerns over the
for quick turnaround of vessels including capacity long-term protection of marine biodiversity in the
to handle megamax containerships. high seas.

• Vizhinjam International Seaport is being developed • The BBNJ Agreement will be the third
in public-private partnership by the Kerala implementation agreement under UNCLOS if and
government, central government and the Adani when it enters into force, alongside its sister
group. implementation agreements: the 1994 Part XI
Implementation Agreement (which addresses the
• The twenty-foot equivalent unit (abbreviated TEU exploration and extraction of mineral resources in
or teu) is a general unit of cargo capacity, often the international seabed area) and the 1995 UN
used for container ships and container ports. Fish Stocks Agreement (which addresses the
conservation and management of straddling and
highly migratory fish stocks).

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• UNCLOS was adopted on December 10, 1982, and fewer than 1,000 Lesser Floricans are surviving in
came into force on November 16, 1994. It the wild.
establishes the International Seabed Authority to
regulate mining and related activities on the ocean
floor beyond national jurisdiction. More than 160 मकहला उद्यकमता मोंच (WEP) और टर ाोंसयूकनयन CIBIL द्वारा
countries have ratified UNCLOS. शुरू ककए गए िेकडट कशक्षा कायािम का नाम क्या है ?
• The BBNJ Agreement was agreed upon in March What is the name of the credit education program
2023 and is open for signature for two years launched by the Women Entrepreneurship Platform
starting September 2023. It will be an international (WEP) and TransUnion CIBIL?
legally binding treaty after it enters force 120 days
after the 60th ratification, acceptance, approval or a. SAKHI
accession. As of June 2024, 91 countries have
b. SEHER
signed the BBNJ Agreement, and eight Parties have
ratified it. c. SUDHA

d. SAATHI

भारत में ग्े ट इों कडयन बस्टडा (ज़ीआईब़ी) और लेसर Answer: (b) SEHER
फ्ल ररकन के सोंरक्षि पररय जना के कलए ककतऩी र्नराकश Related Imp Points
ि़ीकृत क़ी गई है?
• SEHER, a credit education program was launched
How much funding has been approved for the by the Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP)
conservation project of the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and TransUnion CIBIL.
and Lesser Florican in India?
• It will empower women entrepreneurs in India with
a. Rs 50 crore financial literacy content and business skills,
helping them to access the financial tools they
b. Rs 56 crore
need to drive further growth and create
c. Rs 60 crore employment in the country’s economy.

d. Rs 66 crore • The Women Entrepreneurship Program (WEP) is a

public-private partnership platform incubated at
Answer: (b) Rs 56 crore
Niti Aayog and aims to create an enabling
Related Imp Points ecosystem for women entrepreneurs in India. The
program is part of WEP’s Financing Women
• The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Collaborative (FWC).
Change (MoEFCC) has approved Rs 56 crore for the
next phase of the conservation of Great Indian • The SEHER program was launched by Anna Roy,
Bustard (GIB) and Lesser Florican for the 2024- Mission Director, Women Entrepreneurship
2029 period. Platform (WEP) and Rajesh Kumar, MD and CEO at
TransUnion CIBIL.
• The plan includes habitat development, in-situ
conservation, completion of the conservation
breeding centre, releasing captive-bred birds and
habitat development among other things. ककस मोंत्रालय ने प्र जेर PARI शुरू ककया है ?

• The conservation programme has been running by Which ministry has initiated Project PARI?
the Wildlife Institute of India since 2016 for long- a. Ministry of Culture
term recovery of critically endangered GIB and
Lesser Florican. As of now, around 140 GIBs and b. Ministry of Education

c. Ministry of Commerce
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Answer: (a) Ministry of Culture दजाा कदया गया है ?

Related Imp Points What status has been granted to Mazagon Dock
Shipbuilders Limited (MDSL)?
• The Ministry of Culture has initiated Project PARI
(Public Art of India) on the occasion of the 46th a. Navratna
Session of the World Heritage Committee Meeting b. Miniratna
that took place in New Delhi.
c. Maharatna
• Project PARI (Public Art of India), an initiative by
the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, being d. None of the above
executed by Lalit Kala Akademi and National
Answer: (a) Navratna
Gallery of Modern Art seeks to bring forth public
art that draws inspiration from millennia of artistic Related Imp Points
heritage (lok kala/lok sanskriti) while incorporating
• Department of Public Enterprises, under the
modern themes and techniques.
Ministry of Finance(MoF), has granted the
‘Navratna’ status to Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders
Limited (MDSL), a Central Public sector
undertaking(CPSU) under the Ministry of
Defence(MoD).
एक भारत़ीय ऑट कंपर्ी ने 'दु कनया क़ी पहल़ी स़ीएनज़ी
• Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
म टरसाइककल' पे श क़ी है । कोंपऩी का नाम बताइए।
 CMD: Sanjeev Singhal
An Indian auto major has introduced ‘the world’s first
CNG motorcycle.’ Name the company.  Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
a. Bajaj Auto  Navratna companies enjoy enhanced financial
autonomy, allowing them to invest up to ₹1,000
b. Tata Motors
crore, or 15% of their net worth, on a single project
c. Hero MotoCorp without needing government approval, which
facilitates quicker decision-making and project
d. TVS Motor Company
implementation.
Answer: (a) Bajaj Auto
 17 public sector enterprises in India have been
Related Imp Points granted Navratna status. Companies including
Bharat Electronics, Container Corporation of India,
• Bajaj Auto, the world’s leading manufacturer of
Engineers India, HAL, MTNL, NALCO, NBCC, NMDC,
two-wheelers and three-wheelers, unveiled the
Oil India, PFC, RINL, REC, RITES, IREDA, IRCON
groundbreaking Freedom, the world’s first CNG
International, and Shipping Corporation of India.
motorcycle, in Pune in presence of union minister
Nitin Gadkari.

• The Bajaj Freedom 125 CNG motorcycle boasts 'सोंपूिाता अकभयान' में ककतने आकाोंक्ष़ी कजले और आकाोंक्ष़ी
significant fuel cost savings, with users potentially ब्लॉक शाकमल हैं?
saving around 50 per cent compared to similar
petrol motorcycles. It features a CNG tank that How many Aspirational Districts and Aspirational Blocks
provides a range of over 200 km on just 2 kg of are involved in the ‘Sampoornata Abhiyan’?
CNG fuel. a. 100 Aspirational Districts and 400 Aspirational
Blocks

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b. 112 Aspirational Districts and 500 Aspirational • AIM - ICDK Water Challenge 4.0 has been initiated
Blocks in collaboration with the Innovation Centre
Denmark (ICDK) at the Royal Danish Embassy in
c. 120 Aspirational Districts and 600 Aspirational
India.
Blocks

d. 150 Aspirational Districts and 700 Aspirational

Blocks भारत का पहला सफल भ्रूि रक्त आर्ान कहनं ककया गया?
Answer: (b) 112 Aspirational Districts and 500 Where was India's first successful foetal blood transfusion
Aspirational Blocks performed?
Related Imp Points a. AIIMS Delhi
• NITI Aayog launched the ‘Sampoornata Abhiyan’. b. AIIMS Raipur
• The launch events were organised across all the c. AIIMS Bhopal
112 Aspirational Districts and 500 Aspirational
Blocks. This comprehensive three-month d. AIIMS Bhubaneswar
campaign, running from 4th July to 30th September Answer: (a) AIIMS Delhi
2024, aims to achieve 100% saturation of 12 key
social sector indicators across all Aspirational Related Imp Points
Districts and Blocks. • A woman who previously suffered seven failed
pregnancies has recently delivered a healthy child
with the help of doctors at AIIMS Delhi after they
ऩीकत आय ग ने अपने अटल इन वे शन कमशन (एआईएम) के successfully treated her foetus suffering from a
तहत कौन स़ी पहल शुरू क़ी है ? rare blood disorder through the transfusion of O D
phenotype red cell units brought all the way from
What initiative has NITI Aayog launched under its Atal
Japan.
Innovation Mission (AIM)?
• This medical achievement marks the first
a. AIM - Health Challenge 4.0
procedure of its kind in India and only the eighth
b. AIM - ICDK Water Challenge 4.0 case reported globally.

c. AIM - Technology Challenge 4.0 • The incompatibility between the red blood cells of
the mother and the baby can lead to severe
d. AIM - Green Energy Challenge 4.0 complications for the unborn child such as
Answer: (b) AIM - ICDK Water Challenge 4.0 anaemia, jaundice, heart failure, and even fetal
death.
Related Imp Points

• NITI Aayog under its flagship initiative Atal

Innovation Mission (AIM) has launched the 'AIM - कौन स़ी भारत़ीय कोंपऩी ₹21 लाि कर ड के बाजार मूल्य क
ICDK Water Challenge 4.0' and the fifth edition of पार करने वाल़ी पहल़ी कोंपऩी बन गई है?
'Innovations for You' handbook, which are aimed
at fostering innovation and sustainability in the Which Indian company has become the first to surpass a
country. market value of ₹21 lakh crore?

• Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is the Government a. Infosys

of India's flagship initiative to create and promote b. HDFC Bank
a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship
across the length and breadth of our country. c. Reliance Industries Ltd

d. Tata Consultancy Services

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Answer: (c) Reliance Industries Ltd threats to the integrity of the international
financial system. India became a member of FATF
Related Imp Points
in 2010.
• Reliance Industries Ltd's market value has
surpassed Rs 21 lakh crore, becoming the first
Indian company to reach this milestone. 'फास्ट टर ै क इकमग्े शन - कविसऩीय यात्ऱी कायािम (FTI-TTP)'
• Reliance Industries का उद् घाटन ककस हवाई अड्डे पर ककया गया?

 Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra The ‘Fast Track Immigration – Trusted Traveller

Programme (FTI-TTP)’ was inaugurated at which airport?
 Chairman & Managing Director: Mukesh Ambani
a. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

b. Kempegowda International Airport

हाल ह़ी में फाइनें कशयल एक्शन टास्क फ सा (एफएट़ीएफ)
द्वनरन भारत क ककस श्रेि़ी में रिा गया है? c. Indira Gandhi International Airport

d. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport

What category did India recently achieve in the Financial
Action Task Force's (FATF) evaluation? Answer: (c) Indira Gandhi International Airport
a. Black list Related Imp Points

b. Grey list • In a first-of-its-kind initiative to provide more

amenities for Indian nationals and OCI passengers,
c. Regular follow-up
Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the
d. Enhanced follow-up ‘Fast Track Immigration – Trusted Traveller
Programme (FTI-TTP)’ at Terminal 3 of Indira
Answer: (c) Regular follow-up Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi.
Related Imp Points
• The FTI-TTP aims to simplify and secure
• India joined the UK, France, Italy and other G20 international travel by developing world-class
group of countries which have been accorded immigration facilities through an expedited
‘regular follow-up’ category by Financial Action pathway for international travellers screened via
Task Force (FATF). This was announced after the automated e-Gates. The FTI-TTP ensures faster,
forum adopted ‘Mutual Evaluation Report’ of India. smoother, and safer immigration clearance using
e-Gates, minimizing human intervention in the
• FATF places member countries in any of the four
process.
categories namely, ‘regular follow-up’, ‘enhanced
follow-up’, ‘grey list’ and ‘black list’, regular follow
up being the top most category amongst 4. Only 5
भनरत में त़ीन अपरार् कानून कब लागू ह ग
ों े?
countries in G20 including India have been placed
in regular follow up after Mutual evaluation report. When will the three crime laws come into effect in India?
• Amongst 177 countries covered by FATF and its a. July 1, 2025
Regional Bodies (FSRBs), only 24 countries includes
India are in regular follow-up. b. July 1, 2024

• FATF (Headquarters c. November 1, 2024

• : Paris, France) is an inter-governmental d. December 1, 2024

organisation established in 1989 as the Answer: (b) July 1, 2024
international watchdog to combat money
laundering, terrorist financing, and other related Related Imp Points

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• The three new criminal laws that were passed by What is the full form of 'MANAS' helpline?
Parliament in 2023 comes into effect from July 1,
a. Madak Padarth Sahayata Kendra
2024, according to a notification by the Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA). b. Madak Padarth Niyantran Kendra
• The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagrik c. Madak Padarth Prabandhan Kendra
Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya
Adhiniyam replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860; d. Madak Padarth Nishedh Asuchna Kendra
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898; and the Indian Answer: (d) Madak Padarth Nishedh Asuchna Kendra
Evidence Act, 1872, respectively, received
President Droupadi Murmu’s assent on December Related Imp Points
25, 2023. • Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation
Amit Shah chaired 7th Apex Level Meeting of
Narco-Coordination Center (NCORD) in New Delhi.
Apps News
• On this occasion, Home Minister launched
National Narcotics Helpline ‘MANAS’ (Madak

#Aapps Padarth Nishedh Asuchna Kendra) and virtually

inaugurated Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Zonal
Office at Srinagar. Shah also released NCB ‘Annual
एनई-रे स क्या है? Report 2023’ and Compendium on ‘Nasha Mukt
Bharat’.
What is NE-RACE?
• The MANAS will have a toll-free number 1933, a
a. North East Rural Agri Commodity E-Connect
web portal, a mobile App.
b. North East Region Agri Commodity E-Connect

c. National Eastern Region Agri Commodity E-

कचककत्सा उपकरि ों क़ी जानकाऱी के कलए कवि िास्थ्य
Connect
सोंगठन द्वारा शुरू ककए गए ऑनलाइन प्लेटफॉमा का नाम
d. National Economic Region Agri Commodity E- क्या है ?
Connect
What is the name of the online platform introduced by
Answer: (b) North East Region Agri Commodity E-Connect the World Health Organization for information on
Related Imp Points medical devices?

• Union Minister for the Development of the North a. MeDevIS

East Region Jyotiraditya Scindia launched the
b. MedInfoHub
North East Region Agri Commodity E-Connect
(NERACE) portal designed to benefit the farmers of c. MedTechPortal
the region and help position it as a hub of high-
d. HealthDeviceNet
value horticultural products in the international
market. Answer: (a) MeDevIS
• The NERACE app is intended to support Related Imp Points
agricultural and horticultural products such as
• World Health Organization (WHO) has introduced
spices, fruits, vegetables, pulses, cereals, and
an online platform called MeDevIS (Medical
minor forest products.
Devices Information System), the first global open
access clearing house for information on medical
devices. It is designed to support governments,
'MANAS' हे ल्पलाइन का पू िा रूप क्या है? regulators and users in their decision-making on
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selection, procurement and use of medical devices ककस एजेंस़ी ने कजय प टा ल "भुवन पों चायत (Ver. 4.0)" और
for diagnostics, testing and treatment of diseases "ने शनल डे टाबे स फॉर इमजेंस़ी मैनेजमेंट (NDEM Ver. 5.0)"
and health conditions. कवककसत ककया?
• The MeDevIS platform includes 2301 types of Which agency developed the Geoportals "Bhuvan
medical devices used for a broad-ranging health Panchayat (Ver. 4.0)" and "National Database for
issues. Emergency Management (NDEM Ver. 5.0)"?
• WHO a. CSIR
 Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland b. ISRO
 Founded: 7 April 1948 c. ICAR
 Director-General: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus d. DRDO
(Ethiopia)
Answer: (b) ISRO
 Logo: Consists of the United Nations symbol
surmounted by a staff with a snake coiling round it. Related Imp Points

• Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh launched two

Geoportals namely ‘Bhuvan Panchayat (Ver. 4.0)"
वन 97 कम्ुकनकेशोंस कलकमटे ड (OCL) द्वारा अपने व्यापाऱी portal for rural land record and "National
भाग़ीदार ों के कलए शुरू क़ी गई िास्थ्य य जना का नाम क्या Database for Emergency Management (NDEM Ver.
है ? 5.0)" developed by Indian Space research
Organization (ISRO).
What is the name of the health plan launched by One 97
Communications Limited (OCL) for its merchant partners? • These latest geospatial tools are meant for
visualisation and planning to provide high
a. Health Guard resolution satellite imagery of 1:10K scale for
b. Health Saathi different locations across the entire country.

c. Health Shield

d. Health Protect खफ्लपकाटा समूह के नए यूकनफाइड पे मेंट्स इों टरफेस (UPI)

ऐप का नाम क्या है?
Answer: (b) Health Saathi
What is the name of Flipkart group's new Unified
Related Imp Points
Payments Interface (UPI) app?
• One 97 Communications Limited (OCL) that owns
a. [Link]
the Paytm brand, has announced the launch of
'Health Saathi', an exclusive health and income b. [Link]
protection plan for its merchant partners, available
on the ‘Paytm for Business’ app. c. [Link]

• Starting at just ₹35 per month on a monthly d. [Link]

subscription, Paytm Health Saathi offers a range of Answer: (d) [Link]
services that include unlimited doctor
teleconsultation and in-person doctor visits (OPD) Related Imp Points
within its partner network. • Flipkart group's new Unified Payments Interface
(UPI) app, [Link], has officially launched,
marking a significant milestone more than a year
after its separation from Walmart-backed fintech,
PhonePe.
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• The app is designed to offer "credit with the speed
of UPI," in partnership with Utkarsh Small Finance
Bank. Additionally, Axis Bank and IndusInd Bank
are listed as banking partners, adding credibility
and reliability to the new app.

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