Q1: India has decided to send 20000 metric tonnes of wheat through the Chabahar Port. Where will this wheat be sent?
a) Pakistan
b) Afghanistan
c) Sri Lanka
d) Russia
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Solution: option b.)
INDIA said it will send 20,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan. It will be sent through the Chabahar Port in Iran.
The first meeting of the India-Central Asia joint working group on Afghanistan in New Delhi also witnessed the participating countries’ resolve to counter threats of terrorism, extremism, radicalization and drug trafficking in the region.
Months after the Taliban captured power in Kabul in August 2021, India had announced an assistance of 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghan people as they were reeling under a severe food crisis. Subsequently, the consignments were sent to Afghanistan using the land route through Pakistan.
Q2: Indian Railways launched the Bharat Gaurav train from which station?
a) Thane
b) Mumbai
c) Chembur
d) Dadar
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Solution: option b.)
Indian Railways will run the Bharat Gaurav train from Mumbai to Renigunta and back for tourists. 00199 The Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train run by IRCTC, will leave Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus on Thursday, 09.3.2023 at 00.20 hrs, will travel on a circular route and reach CSMT back on 19.3.2023.
Route details of Bharat Gaurav train: Mumbai-Renigunta-Tirunelveli-Madurai-Mumbai
Route: Kalyan, Pune, Wadi, Guntakal. Bengaluru, Whitefield, Tirunelveli, Kochuveli, Madurai, Renigunta and back via Daund, Pune, and Kalyan to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
Q3: Which country recently beat England for 1st time in International series in History?
a) Bangladesh
b) Namibia
c) USA
d) UAE
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Solution: option a.)
Mehidy Hasan Miraz shone with ball and bat as Bangladesh stunned England to win the second Twenty20 international by four wickets and seal the series 2-0.
Mehidy bowled a career-best 4-12 to help the hosts bowl out England for 117 before he hit 20 off 16 balls as Bangladesh raced to 120-6 in 18.5 overs.
Najmul Hossain top-scored at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka with 46 not out for Bangladesh, who have now won at least one series in one format against all Test-playing countries.
The hosts won the first match of the series by six wickets in Chittagong.
Q4: Sheikh Mohammad Bin Abdul Rehman becomes the new PM of which country?
a) Iraq
b) UAE
c) Qatar
d) Kuwait
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Solution: option c.)
Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has appointed Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani as Prime Minister, according to an emiri decree.
Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani submitted his resignation from the prime ministerial post to the Emir, the Qatar News Agency reported.
Qatar Currency: Qatari riyal
Qatar Capital: Doha
Q5: British Architect David Chipperfield wins which Prize in 2023?
a) Pulitzer Prize
b) Pritzker Prize
c) Man Booker Prize
d) Whitbread Prize
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Solution: option b.)
Throughout its 44-year history, the Pritzker Prize — regarded as the “Nobel of architecture” — has often been awarded to individuals with distinct design signatures: Frank Gehry’s irregular forms, Zaha Hadid’s sweeping curves, Tadao Ando’s textural concrete.
It may be a sign of the times that 2023’s laureate, Sir David Chipperfield, has been praised by the prize’s judges for precisely the opposite.
“A gifted architect can sometimes almost disappear,” reads the jury’s citation, published Tuesday as the 69-year-old was unveiled as the latest recipient of his profession’s highest honour.
He is the 52nd winner of the award. The Prize was established in 1979.
Q6: HUL appoints whom as CEO to succeed Sanjeev Mehta?
a) Rahul Jawa
b) Randeep Singh
c) Rohit Jawa
d) Iqbal Ahmed
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Solution: option c.)
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has appointed Rohit Jawa as the consumer goods major’s new managing director and CEO, effective 27 June 2023. He will replace Sanjiv Mehta, who is set to retire from the company after a decade at the helm.
Jawa will join the company as CEO-designate and whole-time director from 1 April. He will also take over as president, of Unilever South Asia, the company said in a filing to the exchanges.
Q7: Indonesia moves Capital from Jakarta to which place?
a) Borneo
b) Nursultan
c) Tel Aviv
d) Oslo
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Solution: option a.)
Jakarta is congested, polluted, prone to earthquakes and rapidly sinking into the Java Sea. Now the government is in the process of leaving, moving Indonesia’s capital to the island of Borneo. Indonesian officials say the new metropolis will be a “sustainable forest city” that puts the environment at the heart of the development and aims to be carbon-neutral by 2045.
But environmentalists warn that the capital will cause massive deforestation, threaten the habitat of endangered species such as orangutans and imperil the homes of Indigenous communities.
Indonesia Currency: Indonesian rupiah
Q8: New ‘Beggar Free City’ initiative launched in which state?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Maharashtra
d) Odisha
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Solution: option c.)
In Maharashtra, a new initiative called ‘beggar-free city’ has been started in Nagpur. Commissioner of Police of Nagpur City, Amitesh Kumar said that notification of 144 CrPC has been issued in this regard.
Notices have been served to people. While speaking to reporters he said that they will strictly enforce this and begging will not be allowed in public places.
This is the joint venture of Nagpur City police and Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) social welfare department.
Maharashtra CM: Eknath Shinde
Maharashtra Governor: Ramesh Bais
Q9: Which Bank partnered with ITC to offer rural lending products?
a) SBI
b) PNB
c) ICICI Bank
d) Axis Bank
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Solution: option d.)
On Thursday, the third largest private sector lender in India, Axis Bank joined hands with FMCG giant ITC to offer lending products and services to farmers who are part of ITC’s agriculture eco-system. The partnership is expected to enable Axis Bank in reaching out to the unserved and under-served farmers based across rural regions.
MD of Axis Bank: Amitabh Chaudhry
Q10: Costa Titch passed away was a/an ____?
a) Cricketer
b) Golfer
c) Entrepreneur
d) Rapper
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Solution: option d.)
Rapper and dancer Costa Tsobanoglou, popularly known as Costa Titch collapsed and died while performing at the Ultra Music Festival at the Expo Centre in Johannesburg on Saturday night.
He was 27 years old.
A video of him performing, a few seconds before collapsing is circulating on social media.
Costa Titch’s death comes barely a month after his friend and fellow musician, rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes was shot dead outside a popular restaurant in Durban.
Q11: Which country Launched Kinzhal Missiles?
a) India
b) Russia
c) Israel
d) Iran
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Solution: option b.)
Russia showered Kyiv, Lviv and other major cities across Ukraine with what officials said was an unprecedented array of missiles on Thursday morning, stepping up its assault on the entire country as a sluggish ground war drags on in the east.
A total of 81 missiles were used in a “massive attack” on Ukrainian infrastructure, including six Kinzhal ballistic missiles that can elude Kyiv’s air defences, the Ukrainian military said.
“The attack is large-scale and for the first time using such different types of missiles. We see that this time as many as six Kinzhal were used. This is an attack like I don’t remember seeing before,” Yurii Ihnat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of Ukraine, said on Ukrainian television.
Q12: Defence Ministry inks contract with____ to procure 6 Dornier Aircraft.
a) Bharat Electronics Ltd.
b) Max Aerospace
c) HAL
d) Mahindra Aerospace
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Solution: option b.)
The defence ministry on Friday signed a contract for the procurement of six Dornier-228 aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at a cost of ₹667 crores.
The addition of the six aircraft will further bolster the operational capability of the IAF in remote areas, the ministry said announcing the contract.
Q13: Which city Hosts the 146th Assembly of the Interparliamentary Union?
a) New Delhi
b) Panama
c) Manama
d) Tel Aviv
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Solution: option c.)
At the invitation of the Parliament of Bahrain, the 146th Assembly of the IPU and its related meetings will be held in Manama, Bahrain, from Saturday, 11 to Wednesday, 15 March 2023.
All IPU statutory bodies, including the Governing Council, Standing Committees, Committees on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians and Middle East Questions, as well as the Forum of Women Parliamentarians and the Forum of Young MPs, will convene during this Assembly. The General Debate will focus on the overall theme of Promoting peaceful coexistence and inclusive societies: Fighting intolerance – and provide a platform for delegates to deliberate, exchange views and galvanize parliamentary action in this area.
Q14: Which organisation released the ‘Women, Business and the Law Index’?
a) ADB
b) WEF
c) UNESCO
d) World Bank
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Solution: option d.)
The global pace of reforms toward equal treatment of women under the law has slumped to a 20-year low, constituting a potential impediment to economic growth at a critical time for the global economy, a new World Bank report shows.
In 2022, the global average score on the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law index rose just half a point to 77.1—indicating women, on average, enjoy barely 77 per cent of the legal rights that men do. At the current pace of reform, in many countries, a woman entering the workforce today will retire before she will be able to gain the same rights as men, the report notes.
Q15: Frederic Andre is the Crown Prince of which country, who is on a 4-day visit to India’?
a) Norway
b) Wales
c) Denmark
d) UK
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Solution: option c.)
Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik Andre Henrik Christian and Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth arrived in India on Sunday on a four-day visit.
It is the first visit to India from the Danish Royal family in two decades.
The two are visiting India at the invitation of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in a tweet that the visit will further strengthen and enhance the close and friendly ties between the two countries.
Q16: Which UT’s Government launch the “Ped Lagao Beti Ke Naam”?
a) Ladakh
b) New Delhi
c) Chandigarh
d) Jammu and Kashmir
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Solution: option d.)
The department of Social Forestry Wednesday organized a special plantation drive along the National Highway Ring Road NH-44, at Chak Avtara Gram Panchayat to mark the celebration of International Women’s Day. ,
the members of the Indian Forest Service Officer’s Wives Association (IFSOWA) participated in the plantation programme organized under the theme “Ped Lagao Beti Ke Naam,” an initiative of the J&K government to involve women and girls in afforestation, environmental conservation and awareness generation.
On this occasion, more than 1000 tree saplings of various species were planted. The locals rendered their valuable support and pledged to protect the plantation.