Q) The Central Zone Power Distribution D. Suresh Raina Company (CZPDC) Bhopal And West Zone Answer: Option D Power Distribution Company (WZPDC) Indore Honoured With this award recently. Explanation: A. Garshom Awards Suresh Raina has become the first Indian B. Shram Awards batsman to cross 8000 runs in T20 cricket. He achieved this feat when he scored 12 runs C. Nari Shakti Puraskar against Puducherry in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Delhi on Feb 25. With those 12 runs, D. Saubhagya Award Raina has now scored 8,001 from 300 T20s Answer: Option D which consisted of 284 innings. It was incidentally his 300th T20. Beside this, Raina Explanation: is the second Indian after MS Dhoni to have The Central Zone Power Distribution played 300 T20 matches. Apart from Raina, Company (CZPDC), Bhopal and West Zone Virat Kohli (783C) and Rohit Sharma (7795) Power Distribution Company (WZPDC), are the only other batsmen in the top 10 list Indore was conferred with the "Saubhagya of the highest run-getters in T20 cricket. Award" under Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Overall, Raina is the sixth highest with David Ghar Yojana at the National Conference of Warner (8111 runs), Shoaib Malik (860C), Energy Ministers by the Union Minister of Kieron Pollard (8839), Brendon McCullum State for Energy, R.K. Singh. The award (992B) and Chris Gayle (12,298). includes a cash prize of Rs 100 crore each. Q) According to BCG-IBA Report - EASE Q) Who has become the first Indian cricketer Reforms for Public Sector Banks, This bank to cross 8,000 runs in T20s? tops in the implementation of 'Reforms agenda'. A. Rohit Sharma (సంసక రల అజం萾ꁁ సమరంథ గా B. MS Dhoni అమ졁 桇న ప్ర둁遍వ రంగ C. Yuvraj Singh బ్య ంకుల్లో (ꡀఎస్‌끀) ఈ ప్రంది 퐾ꀿల్ల ఏ బ్య ంకు అప్గస్థథ నంల్ల ꀿలిచంది?) A. Bank of Baroda first ever woman to co-pilot Tejas. The Women's Day(March 8, Theme : B. Syndicate Bank #BalanceforBetter) showcased women's C. Canara Bank achievements in the aerospace sector, and an all-women crew flew Dornier and Avro D. Punjab National Bank aircraft and participated in panel discussions. Answer: Option D 3 women Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter pilots also flew the Hawk-I advanced jet trainer of Explanation: BAE Systems (England) and an upgraded According to BCG-IBA Report - EASE Reforms version of the Russian-made MiG-21. for Public Sector Banks, released by Union Q) Name the cricketer who has officially Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs, received the knighthood at Buckingham Punjab National Bank (PNB) secured the top Palace, recently. spot among all public sector banks in the implementation of 'Reforms agenda'. PNB A. James Anderson which topped the list with a score of 78.4 out B. Alastair Cook of 100 in the EASE-index(ఈ灍 (ఎన్‌న్ 葍 밾క్స్ స, సర్వవ స ఎక్్ 졆న్ ) సూచీ) was C. Kevin Pietersen followed by BoB (77.8), SBI (74.6), and D. Anthony Joshua Oriental Bank of Commerce (69). The EASE (Enhanced Access and Service Excellence) Answer: Option B report has shown significant enhancement in Explanation: PSB performance on the back of Government's 4R's strategy- recognition, Tthe former England opener Alastair Cook has recovery, recapitalisation and reforms. The officially received the knighthood for his index has measured Banks on 140 objective services to cricket by the Queen in an official metrics across 6 themes including customer ceremony at the Buckingham Palace. He is the responsiveness, credit off-take and first English cricketer to get the honour since digitalization. Sir Ian Botham in 2007. Overall, Cook is the 11th Englishman to be knighted for services to Q) Who became the first woman to co-pilot cricket. Cook, who made his Test debut in the indigenously made combat fighter jet 2006 against India, captained England for a "Tejas" in the Aero India 2019? record 59 Test matches and led the country to A. PV Sindhu 24 wins in the longest format of the game. He has appeared in a total of 160 Tests for the B. Saina Nehwal national side. He retired from the Test cricket C. Nirmala Sitharaman following the five-match series against India in September 2018. D. Sushma Swaraj Q) Who conferred the Shanti Swarup Answer: Option A Bhatnagar Prizes for Science and Technology in New Delhi? Explanation: A. Nitin Gadkari Indian badminton player and Olympic silver- medallist PV Sindhu co-piloted the B. Narendra Modi indigenously made combat fighter jet "Tejas" at the Aero India 2019 as part of the Women's C. Arun Jaitley Day observed at the air show, becoming the D. Amit Shah Answer: Option B D. Maldives Explanation: Answer: Option A Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred the Explanation: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes for Science India and Brunei signed a pact for the and Technology for the years 2016, 2017 and exchange of Information and Assistance in 2018 in New Delhi. There were 34 prize Collection with respect to taxes in order to winners. The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is curb tax evasion and tax avoidance in New the most coveted national recognition Delhi. This agreement will facilitate both the bestowed upon young scientists and countries to exchange information, including engineers to honour their research and banking and ownership information for tax developmental work in India. It was first purposes and will also avail mutual assistance instituted in 1957 to honour the eminent in collection of tax revenue claims. scientist Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar. Q) IRCTC launched its own digital payment Q) Minister of State for Health and Family gateway which provide payment options like Welfare, (ఆ쁋గయ ం మరి뱁 కుటంబ credit card, debit card, unified payment సంక్షేమ శాఖ సయ మంప్ి) Anupriya interface and international card. It was Patel, inaugurated the International Digital named as: Health Symposium in which city? A. IRCTC iPay A. Mumbai B. Rail Pay B. New Delhi C. Easy Pay C. Hyderabad D. IRCTC Money Transfer D. Chennai Answer: Option A Answer: Option B Explanation: Explanation: IRCTC launched its own digital payment Minister of State for Health and Family aggregator called 'IRCTC iPay'. With iPay, Welfare, Anupriya Patel, inaugurated the passengers will not need any third-party International Digital Health Symposium and platforms as it will provide payment options an exhibition on Digital Health as a part of the like credit card, debit card, unified payment Symposium, in New Delhi, where participant interface and international card. This will help countries along with various Government reduce the gap between IRCTC and banks Ministries, states and other stakeholders which will eventually lead to a substantial showcased key innovations, implementation reduction in payment failures. The back-end experiences, and innovative Digital Health support will be provided by Delhi based Interventions. MMAD communications, which is IRCTC's Q) With which country India signed a pact for technology partner. Exchange Information On Tax And Banking Q) State Bank of India and this company Matters? jointly launched the 'Startup Grand Challenge' A. Brunei that focus on the issues related to cyber threat, analytics & rural healthcare. B. Bahrain A. TCS C. Philippines B. Mahindra C. Karnataka C. TATA D. Andhra Pradesh D. Reliance Answer: Option D Answer: Option B Explanation: Explanation: Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal announced a new railway zone for Andhra 'Startup Grand Challenge' was also Pradesh, that is the Southern Coast Railway launched,which focus on the issues related to and it will be headquartered in cyber threat, analytics & rural healthcare. The Visakhapatnam. It will be the 18th zone in the State Bank of India(SBI) & Mahindra Rise will country. The new zone will comprise the provide mentoring, pilot opportunities & existing Guntakal, Guntur and Vijayawada financial support to the winners of this divisions that currently fall under the South challenge. The startup hub is launched based Central Railway. The cost of creating on the joint statement signed between the infrastructure for a new zone is around Rs. Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency 205 crore. (KOTRA) and Invest India. Q) Name the software company which signed Q) Which state inaugurated a web portal, a Statement of Intent (SOI) with NITI Aayog's 'Banglar Shiksha' for school students? Atal Innovation Mission (AIM). A. Andra Pradesh A. Dell B. Uttar Pradesh B. Avast C. West Bengal C. Adobe D. Rajasthan D. HP Answer: Option C Answer: Option C Explanation: Explanation: West Bengal Education Minister Partha NITI Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) Chatterjee inaugurated a web portal, 'Banglar and Adobe signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) Shiksha', which is set to provide real-time to collectively drive the charter of developing data on state-run and aided schools. The creative skills and spreading digital literacy portal, banglarshiksha.gov.in, will be up and across all Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) in India. running in two months' time, the minister 100 schools will be adopted by Adobe under stated. A statement issued by the school the ATL initiative and will be implementing its education department stated that the portal Digital Disha Program in ATLs, under which will store real-time data of 1.5 crore students, free licenses of Adobe Spark premium shall be 5 lakh teachers and 1 lakh schools. offered to ATLs. Q) Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal Q) A scheme named STARS was launched on announced a new railway zone for which of National Science Day by the Ministry of; the following state? A. Ministry of Human Resource A. Kerala Development B. Tamil Nadu B. Ministry of External Affairs C. Ministry of Skill Development and aimed at supporting the effective Entrepreneurship implementation of digital health services The GDHP was established in February 2018.