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Quiz Date: 14th March 2020

Q1. Union Government is planning to have at least one ______Kendra in each block of . (a) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana(PMJJBY) (b) Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya JanAushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) (c) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) (d) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) (e) Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY)

Q2. Indian MarTech Company, AdGlobal360 has been acquired by ______company Hakuhodo Inc for an undisclosed sum. (a) Russian (b) American (c) German (d) Chinese (e) Japanese

Q3. Which of the following public sector banks have agreed to buy shares worth Rs 7250 crore of the cash-strapped Yes Bank? (a) State Bank of India (b) Bank of Baroda (c) Union Bank of India (d) Punjab National Bank (e) Central Bank of India

Q4. Which of the following public sector banks has waived off the minimum balance charges on all savings bank accounts? (a) Punjab National Bank (b) Bank of Baroda (c) Central Bank of India (d) State Bank of India (e) Union Bank of India

Q5. Bureau of Pharma Public Sector Undertakings of India (BPPI) is the implementing agency of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya JanAushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP). In which year BPPI was established? (a) 2009 (b) 2006 (c) 2008 (d) 2005

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(e) 2010

Q6. A “Bi-Luminescent Security Ink” has been discovered by- (a) IISC-National Physical Laboratory (b) DRDO-National Physical Laboratory (c) CSC-National Physical Laboratory (d) ISRO-National Physical Laboratory (e) CSIR-National Physical Laboratory

Q7. The Government of India, Government of has signed a US$80 million loan agreement with-? (a) IFC (b) AIIB (c) IMF (d) World Bank (e) ADB

Q8. Which of the following IIT will establish a Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS)? (a) IIT, Kanpur (b) IIT, (c) IIT, Mandi (d) IIT, Kharagpur (e) IIT, Bombay

Q9. IDFC FIRST Bank has signed ______as its brand ambassador. (a) Priyanka Chopra (b) Amitabh Bachchan (c) Virat Kohli (d) PV Sindhu (e) Ranbir Kapoor

Q10. In which year, IDFC First Bank was founded? (a) 2015 (b) 2017 (c) 2016 (d) 2014 (e) 2013

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Q11. Name the golfer, who will be elected in the World Golf Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2021? (a) Tiger Woods (b) Rory McIlroy (c) Phil Mickelson (d) LeBron James (e) Jordan Spieth

Q12. The World’s first Digital Solutions Exchange in the cloud ______has been launched in India. (a) KONASIT (b) GOKADDAL (c) JAMAKON (d) MOSSAPAN (e) DOCOSON

Q13. Who took over the additional charge of Director General (DG) of Border Security Force (BSF) recently? (a) Sanjay Kumar Panda (b) Bimal Julka (c) Surjit Singh Deswal (d) Sunil Joshi (e) Nupur Kulshrestha

Q14. Veteran ______actor Santu Mukhopadhyay passed away. (a) Marathi (b) Hindi (c) Odia (d) Bengali

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(e) Bhojpuri

Q15. In which year, Border Security Force was founded? (a) 1st December 1982 (b) 1st December 1971 (c) 1st December 1944 (d) 1st December 1956 (e) 1st December 1965

Q16. Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with- (a) Sudan (b) Kenya (c) Gambia (d) Syria (e) Iraq

Q17. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) celebrated its ______Inception Day on 12th March 2020. (a) 35th (b) 55th (c) 25th (d) 45th (e) 100th

Q18. Indian mountaineer Bhawna Dehariya has successfully scaled Mount Kosciuszko (2,228-metres), the highest mountain peak in ______on the occasion of Holi. (a) Russia (b) Germany (c) Europe (d) South (e)

Q19. Facebook India has launched its (corporate social responsibility) CSR initiative, ______to promote women entrepreneurship in India. (a) Facebook Roshani (b) Facebook Pragati (c) Facebook Kiran (d) Facebook Pratibha (e) Facebook Vandana

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Q20. The National Crime Records Bureau is based in- (a) Chennai (b) Mumbai (c) Kolkata (d) New Delhi (e) Bengaluru

Solutions

S1. Ans.(b) Sol. Union Government is planning to have at least one Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya JanAushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) Kendra in each block of India.

S2. Ans.(e) Sol. Indian MarTech Company, AdGlobal360 has been acquired by Japanese company Hakuhodo Inc for an undisclosed sum.

S3. Ans.(a) Sol. The State Bank of India has agreed to buy shares worth Rs 7250 crore of the cash- strapped Yes Bank. The purchase of the shares will be in accordance with the draft reconstruction scheme put forward by the Reserve Bank of India.

S4. Ans.(d) Sol. The State Bank of India has waived off the minimum balance charges on all savings bank accounts. SBI has waive charges for non-maintenance of Average Monthly Balance (AMB) for all 44.51 crore savings bank accounts.

S5. Ans.(c)

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Sol. Bureau of Pharma Public Sector Undertakings of India (BPPI) is the implementing agency of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya JanAushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP). BPPI was established in December 2008.

S6. Ans.(e) Sol. A “Bi-Luminescent Security Ink” has been discovered by the CSIR-National Physical Laboratory. The new ink developed by CSIR-National Physical Laboratory glows in two colours: green and red when illuminated by two different excitation sources at 365 nano meters (nm) and 254 nm.

S7. Ans.(d) Sol. The Government of India, Government of Himachal Pradesh have signed a US$80 million loan agreement with the World Bank.

S8. Ans.(c) Sol. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi will establish a Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM- ICPS).

S9. Ans.(b) Sol. IDFC FIRST Bank has signed Amitabh Bachchan as its brand ambassador. With this, Amitabh Bachchan has become the first ever brand ambassador of the bank.

S10. Ans.(a) Sol. IDFC FIRST Bank was founded in 2015.

S11. Ans.(a) Sol. American golfer Tiger Woods will be elected in the World Golf Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2021.

S12. Ans.(b) Sol. The World’s first Digital Solutions Exchange in the cloud “GOKADDAL” has been launched in India. GOKADDAL is a cloud-based solutions exchange platform which focuses on four A’s i.e. Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics and Augmentative Technologies.

S13. Ans.(c) Sol. Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Haryana cadre Surjit Singh Deswal took over the additional charge of Director General (DG) of Border Security Force (BSF).

S14. Ans.(d)

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Sol. Veteran Bengali actor Santu Mukhopadhyay passed away. He was popular for his roles in films like ‘Sansar Simante’ and ‘Bhalobasa Bhalobasa’.

S15. Ans.(e) Sol. BSF was formed on 1st December 1965.

S16. Ans.(c) Sol. Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Gambia.

S17. Ans.(a) Sol. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) celebrated its 35th Inception Day on 12th March 2020. On the occasion of inception day of NCRB, Union Minister of State for Home Shri Nityanand Rai launched Crime Multi Agency Centre (Cri-MAC) and National Cybercrime Training Centre (NCTC).

S18. Ans.(e) Sol. Indian mountaineer Bhawna Dehariya has successfully scaled Mount Kosciuszko (2,228-metres), the highest mountain peak in Australia on the occasion of Holi.

S19. Ans.(b) Sol. Facebook India has launched its (corporate social responsibility) CSR initiative, Facebook “Pragati” to promote women entrepreneurship in India. Facebook Pragati powered by N/Core (The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation).

S20. Ans.(d) Sol. The National Crime Records Bureau is based in New Delhi.

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