1. Which of the following banks has recently started Mission FINFIT?
[A] Andhra Bank
[B] Punjab National Bank
[C] Lakshmi Vilas Bank
[D] Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Correct Answer: C [ Lakshmi Vilas Bank ]
Notes:
Private sector Lakshmi Vilas Bank has tied up with Fisdom, a fin-tech startup to launch a financial planning platform called Mission FINFIT for personal wealth management services based on Robo advisory.
2. The first-ever Indian Railways Human Resources Round Table Conference has started in which city?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Chennai
[C] Pune
[D] Kochi
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Correct Answer: A [New Delhi]
Notes:
The Union Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has inaugurated the first-ever Indian Railways Human Resources Round Table Conference in New Delhi on June 10, 2017. The aim of the Conference is to improve the productivity of the human resources through inter-change of ideas with various stakeholders and HR practitioners and academics. There are 3-themes of the conference viz. Stakeholders Expectations from HR, The Future of Work – HR Role and Creativity Within Constraints.
3. Which among the following is the largest newspaper market in world?
[A] China
[B] India
[C] Japan
[D] Australia
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Correct Answer: B [India]
Notes:The four largest newspaper markets in the world are:
- China, with 107 million copies sold daily
- India, with 99 million copies sold daily
- Japan, with 68 million copies sold daily
- The United States, with nearly 51 million copies sold daily
The Asia-Pacific region is the largest newspaper market, accounting for over 30% of the market in 2018. The growth of print and digital media in India and China is a key factor in the growth of the Asia-Pacific market. The global print newspapers and magazines market size was estimated at USD 123.93 billion in 2021. Revenue is projected to reach US$165.80bn in 2023.
4. The percentage expenses on various items during book production and sale.
The “Paper Cost” is approximately what percent of “Printing Cost”?
[A] 32.5%
[B] 30%
[C] 20.3%
[D] 28.6%
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Correct Answer: D [28.6%]
Notes:The required per cent =
= 28.6% (approx)
5. Identify the fauna with the help of given information:
- This species was for long known to be endemic to Satpura ranges but recently has been recorded in northern Western Ghats
- It has been listed as critically endangered in the IUCN list
- The species is very small in size with very large talons and prefers mixed deciduous forests with dense undergrowth and mature softwood trees
Select the correct answer from options given below:
[A] Brown palm civet
[B] Forest owlet
[C] Pygmy hog
[D] Great Indian hornbill
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Correct Answer: B [ Forest owlet]
Notes:
All given features are of Forest owlet
6. Identify the fauna with the help of given information:
- The fauna is commonly known in India as Palapitta or Neelkanth, and is a protected species
- It is the state bird of Telangana, Andhra, Karnataka & Odisha
- It is an omnivorous bird mostly found near the edges of the forest rather than deep forest
- The fauna was recently in news for being killed in large numbers during the Dussehra festival due to superstitious beliefs
Select the correct answer from options given below:
[A] Forest owlet
[B] Black francolin
[C] Indian roller
[D] Great Indian bustard
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Correct Answer: C [ Indian roller]
Notes:
All given features are of Indian roller
7. Pakke Tiger Reserve which received the“India Biodiversity Award 2016”is located in which state?
[A] Uttarakhand
[B] Maharashtra
[C] Kerala
[D] Arunachal Pradesh
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Correct Answer: D [ Arunachal Pradesh]
Notes:
Pakke Tiger Reserve located in East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh has received the “India Biodiversity Award 2016” under the category, "conservation of threatened species".
8. The Goldman Environmental Prize for the year 2017 has been awarded to:
[A] Prafulla Samantara
[B] Bhagat Puran Singh
[C] Chandi Prasad Bhatt
[D] Maneka Gandhi
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Correct Answer: A [ Prafulla Samantara ]
Notes:
The Goldman Environmental Prize was established in 1989. It is also known as Green Nobel Prize. The prize is awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world's six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. The prize includes a no-strings-attached award of US$175,000 per recipient. Prafulla Samantara is an environmentalist from Odisha. He is known for Lok Shakti Abhiyan, a civil rights organisation, which was at the forefront of the protests in Niyamgiri in Lanjigarh district where Sterlite Industries, a subsidiary of Vedanta Alumina, was planning to set up mining operations in a joint venture with state-owned Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC).
9. Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), sometimes seen in news, is a proposed agreement between India and _?
[A] Russia
[B] Israel
[C] Sri Lanka
[D] Ukraine
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Correct Answer: C [ Sri Lanka ]
Notes:
The proposed Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) between India and Sri Lanka aims at improvement over the existing Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The agreement seeks to boost cooperation in scientific expertise, technical areas and research amongst institutions between India and Sri Lanka. It also seeks to boost standards of goods and services to compete on global market and improve opportunities for manpower training and human resource development. The ETCA initiative follows unfruitful negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between two countries. Objectives of ETCA: (i) Strengthen and advance the economic, trade, investment and technology cooperation. (ii) Promote further liberalization of trade in goods, trade in services and gradually establish transparent, fair and facilitative trading, investment and investment protection mechanisms (iii) establish a cooperation mechanism and expand areas of economic cooperation.
10. Recently, the Government has introduced a new logo called “Jaivik Bharat”. The logo is related to which of the following?
[A] Commercialization of herbal medicines
[B] Certification of organic food products
[C] Provide social security to citizens
[D] Piped Natural Gas (PNG) supply to households
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Correct Answer: B [Certification of organic food products ]
Notes:
Recently, the agriculture minister launched the Food Safety and Standards (Organic Foods) Regulations 2017, along with the “Jaivik Bharat” logo and ‘Indian Organic Integrity Database Portal. The “Indian Organic Integrity Data Base” and the “Jaivik Bharat” will help consumers to easily verify the authenticity of organic food in the country.
