Q1: Which team became the overall champion for the 11th time in the 26th All India Forest Sports Competition held in Panchkula, Haryana?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Jharkhand
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Gujarat
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Solution: option c.)
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In the 26th All India Forest Sports Competition, Chhattisgarh again retained its first position by winning a total of 164 medals, beating its nearest rival Karnataka.
It is noteworthy that in this five-day long event, tennis, table tennis, badminton, swimming, carrom, chase, weightlifting, powerlifting, and kabaddi, along with indoor games like cricket, football, basketball, hockey and y, and golf, there are various events in athletics.
In this competition, the highest officers of the Forest Department participate in sports events from PCCF to guard.
In the 26th All India Forest Sports Competition, the Forest Department team of Chhattisgawon won a gold medal for the seventh time by defeating Jammu and Kashmir in cricket. Similarly, in football, Chhattisgarh got the first position by defeating the Haryana team. The basketball team of Chhattisgarh won the gold medal by defeating the Karnataka team.
Chhattisgarh has won stomatal 19 gold medals in weight and iftliftingowerlifting, 12 gold in tennis, 04 gold in badminton, 06 gold in swimming, 18 gold, and 10 silver, 08 bronze medals in athletics. Similarly, 09 gold and 02 silver medals have been obtained in tennis.
In this way, in this year’s 26th All India Forest Sports Competition, Chhattisgarh won a total of 164 medals and scored a total of 542 points.
Chhattisgarh:-
CM – Bhupesh Baghel
Bhorumdeo Temple
Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve
Achanakmar Tiger Reserve
Indravati Tiger Reserve
Q2: Who took over as the director general of the Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS), India’s senior-most military doctor?
a) Lieutenant General Rupesh Rathod
b) Lieutenant General Daljit Singh
c) Lieutenant General Hari Kumar
d) Lieutenant General George Jones
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Solution: option b.)
Lieutenant General Daljit Singh on Wednesday took over as the director general of the Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS), India’s senior-most military doctor, officials familiar with the matter said. Before being promoted to the top post, Singh was serving as the director general of medical services (Army).
An alumnus of Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, he was commissioned into the AFMS in December 1983. He holds a Master’s Degree in paediatrics from Pune University and a Doctorate of Medicine in Neonatology from PGIMER Chandigarh.
His previous appointments include command of 7 Air Force Hospital, Kanpur, principal medical officer at HQ Central Air Command, Allahabad, assistant chief of the integrated defence staff (medical) at HQ Integrated Defence Staff, New Delhi, and assistant chief of the air staff (medical) at Air HQ, New Delhi.
Q3: Which country Senate has confirmed Indian origin Ravi Chaudhary as the Assistant Secretary of Air Force for Energy, Installations, and the Environment?
a) Israel
b) UK
c) Russia
d) USA
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Solution: option d.)
The United States Senate on Wednesday (Local Time) confirmed Indian origin Ravi Chaudhary as the Assistant Secretary of Air Force for Energy, Installations, and the Environment.
Ravi Chaudhary will be the first Indian-American to serve as an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.
Chaudhary won the mandate by a vote of 65-29 as he became a part of one of the top civilian leadership positions in the Pentagon.
Chaudhary will be the first Indian-American to serve as an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.
After Minneapolis native Chaudhary won the vote, US Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released a statement that read, “Growing up as the son of immigrant parents in Minnesota, Dr Ravi Chaudhary dreamed of serving our country as an Air Force pilot.
Q4: Who will be the new CM of NMDC?
a) Ardhana Mukherjee
b) Amitaya Mukherjee
c) Bimal Roy
d) Amartya Sen
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Solution: option b.)
Amitava Mukherjee will continue as CMD up to 31 May 2023 or till the regular incumbent joins the post, or until further orders, whichever is the earliest, said NMDC.
Mukherjee belongs to the 1995 Batch of the Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS). He is also a cost accountant and holds a Master’s Degree in Commerce.
Before joining NMDC, he was general manager (finance) at Rail Vikas Nigam (RVNL). DBeforeservice in IRAS from 19967 -2016, he held a key position in the Eastern Railways.
Meanwhile, Sumit Deb, chairman and managing director of NMDC is relieved from the services of the company on 28 February 2023 on attaining the age of superannuation.
NMDC Limited, formerly National Mineral Development Corporation, is a central public sector undertaking. It is under the ownership of the Ministry of Steel, Government of India.
It is involved in the exploration of iron ore, copper, rock phosphate, limestone, dolomite, gypsum, bentonite, magnesite, diamond, tin, tungsten, graphite, coal etc.
It is India’s largest iron ore producer and exporter, producing more than 35 million tonnes of iron ore from three mechanized mines in Chhattisgarh and Karnataka. It also operates the only mechanized diamond mine in the country at Panna in Madhya Pradesh.
NMDC is in the process of demerging its Nagarnar iron and steel plant by mid-2022, and publicly listing the demerged company.
Q5: According to the ministry of education, which state has the lowest literacy rate?
a) Assam
b) Tripura
c) Gujarat
d) Bihar
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Solution: option d.)
According to the data shared by the Ministry of Education, Bihar (61.8 pc) has the lowest literacy, followed by Arunachal Pradesh (65.3 pc) and Rajasthan (66.1 pc).
The literacy rate in rural India is 67.77 per cent as compared to 84.11 per cent in urban India, it said.
The information was shared by Union Minister of State for Education, Annapurna Devi in response to a written question in Lok Sabha.
According to the data shared by the Ministry of Education, Bihar (61.8 pc) has the lowest literacy, followed by Arunachal Pradesh (65.3 pc) and Rajasthan (66.1 pc).
Kerala has the highest literacy rate (94 pc) followed by Lakshadweep (91.85) and Mizoram (91.33 pc), it said.
Q6: Indian Railways aims to achieve net zero Carbons emission by which year?
a) 2035
b) 2027
c) 2028
d) 2030
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Solution: option d.)
Indian Railways (IR) has envisioned achieving net zero carbon emisemissions2030. FollThe followings-ures have, inter-alia, beachievingken in this regaremissions
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i. 1The1 Thelowingrificationof Broad Gauge (BG) Railway network.
ii. About 142 Mega Watt (MW) of solalants (both on Rooftops and ivvacantand) and about 103 MW of Wind power plan plants have been commissioned.
Use of Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) based 3-phase propulsion system with regenerative braking in locomotives, Electrical Multiple Unit (EMU) trains, Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) trains, Kolkata Metro rakes and Electric train sets.
iii. Conversion of End on Generation (EOG) trains into Head on Generation (HOG) trains to reduce noise, air pollution and diesel consumption.
iv. Provision of Light emitting diode (LED) lighting in all Railway installations including Railway stations, service buildings, and Residential quartermaster coaches for a reduction in electricity consumption.
v. Afforestation of railway land to increase carbon sink.
vi. Green Certifications- Green Certifications of various industrial units, railway stations and other railway establishments have been done. Further, Environment Management System (EMS): ISO 14001 certification of various railway stations has also been done.
vii. Construction of Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs).
Ashwini Vaishnaw is an Indian politician and former IAS officer currently serving as the Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology in Government nt of India, since 8 July 2021.
Q7: National Institute ofa of Ocself-powered set up a green, self- poself-poweredation plant in which state/UT?
a) Andaman and Nicobar Island
b) Goa
c) Puducherry
d) Lakshadweep
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Solution: option d.)
Stepping up from its ongoing initiative of providing potable water on low-temperature Lakshadweep using low temp low-temperature desalination (LTTD) technology, the Chennai-based National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) is working at making this process free of emissions.
Currently, the desalination plants, each of which provides at least 1, 00,000 litres of potable water every day, are powered by diesel generator sets — there being no other source of power on the islands.
The LTTD exploits the difference in tempertemperaturearly 15 degrees Celsius) in oc water at the surface and at depths of about 600 feet. This cold water condenses water at the surface, which is warmer but whose pressure has been lowered using vacuum pumps. Such depressurised water can evaporate even at ambient temperatures, this resulting vapour when condensed is free of salts and contaminants and fit to consume.
The National Institute of Ocean Technology was established in November 1993 as an autonomous society under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. NIOT is managed by a Governing Council and the Director is the head of the Institute. The institute is based in Chennai.
Q8hicBestrport adjudged as the best AirBest in South Asia?
a) New Delhi
b) Bangkok
c) Mumbai
d) Karachi
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Solution: option a.)
Delhi airport has been adjudged the best airport in India and South Asia, according to international air transport rating organisation Skytrax. The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital has also moved up to the 36th position this year from 37th in 2022, according to a release.
The Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), a GMR Airports Infrastructure Ltd-led consortium, is operating IGIA, which is also the country’s largest airport. A release on Thursday said Delhi airport is the only Indian airport to feature on the prestigious list of top 50 airports across the world since 2020. Regionally, it has topped the list of best airports in South Asia as per Skytrax.
Q9: Which state launches job porta al to ensure 75% local quota in private the sector?
a) Gujarat
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Jharkhand
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Solution: option d.)
Moving closer towards its promise to ensure 75 per cent employment to local candidates in the state’s private sector, the Jharkhand government on Friday launched the ‘Jharniythe ojan’ portal where all private establishments have to register themselves.
The government said the portal will act as a platform for the oysters to share businessbusinesspower-related information and for the candid looking for jobs. The employers who make use of the portal will have to adhere to the ‘Jharkhand State Employment of Local Candidates in Private Sector Act, 2021’.
Governor: Ramesh Bais
Q10: Which country will be the 1st NATO member to give MiG-29 to Ukraine?
a) UK
b) Germany
c) Poland
d) Italy
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Solution: option c.)
Poland said Thursday it plans to give Ukraine about a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets, which would make it the first NATO member to fulfil Kyiv’s increasingly urgent requests for warplanes to defend itself against the Russian invasion.
Warsaw will hand over four of the Soviet-made warplanes “within the next few days,” President Andrzej Duda said, and the rest needed servicing but would be supplied later. The Polish word he used to describe the total number can mean between 11 and 19.
“They are in the last years of their functioning, but they are in good working condition,” Duda said.
He did not say whether other countries would follow suit, although Slovakia has said it would send its own disused MiGs to Ukraine. Poland also was the first NATO nation to provide Ukraine with German-made Leopard 2 tanks.
Q11: Who has been appointed as the new Brand Ambassador of Viacom 18?
a) MS Dhoni
b) Rohit Sharma
c) Ranveer Singh
d) Virat Kohli
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Solution: option a.)
FFormerIndia captain MS Dhoni has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Viacom18. The four-time IPL-winning skipper will work with Viacom18 to make digital the preferred platform for fans to watch their favourite sport. The Chennai Super Kings icon will participate in several network initiatives featured on the JioCinema, Sports18 and his social media accounts. Fondly known as ‘Thala’, he will feature in JioCinema’s upcoming IPL campaign.
Q12: Every year we celebrated International Happiness day on which date?
a) 22 March
b) 23 March
c) 21 March
d) 20 March
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Solution: option d.)
International Day of Happiness is a global event arranged by the United Nations annually on March 20. It serves to remind us that being happy is a human right and worth celebrating — and if you’re not already happy on this day, the celebrations may change that!.! the Interntonalal Day of Happiness 2023 Theme is Keep Calm, Stay Wise, and Be Kind. It is one of the best themes that one should follow. No matter what happens in Life, we should keep calm and think about the solution.
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HAPPINESS AROUND THE WORLD
International Day of Happiness Around the World
Country Holiday Occasion Date
Japan Coming of Age Day The day congratulates people who have just turned 20 and entered adulthood. Second Monday of January
China Mid-Autumn Festival The people of China jubilantly celebrate the harvest. 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar
India Diwali The The salaries accodeariesthe Hindu calendar
Ghana National Chocolate Day Chocolate and happiness go hand in hand on this day. February 14
Brazil Dia dos Namorados Lovers Day is celebrated with great enthusiasm. June 12
Q13: Which bank habecomees the official partner of Mumbai Indians?
a) Axis Bank
b) SBI
c) IDFC FIRST Bank
d) ICICI Bank
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Solution: option c.)
IDFC FIRST Bank, announced its three-year partnership with Mumbai Indians today. Beginning this season, IDFC FIRST Bank will be the Official Banking Partner markings IDFC FIRST Bank’s debut in cricket partnerships.
IDFC FIRST Bank is the first universal bank in India to introduce services such as Monthly Interest Credits on SavingAccountsnt, Zero charges on all Savings Account Services and customer-friendly features like lifetime free Credit Cards with never expiring reward points, etc. Similarly, Mumbai Indianareis one of the best cricket franchises across the globe with 7 titles to their credit.
Q14: Which was seen in the news, is a semi-dwarf gene of which crop?
a) Grain
b) Rice
c) Millet
d) Wheat
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Solution: option d.)
Semi-dwarf wheat is the dominant variety of wheat grown today, accounting for about 9per cent of global wheat acreage. It was developed in Mexico in the mid-1940s-50s bDDractivist, plant pathologist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, as a way to increase wheat yields and make the country more self-sufficient in food production.
Borlaug directed the Cooperative Wheat Research and Production Program in Mexico, a joint undertaking by the Mexican government and U.S. Rockefeller Foundation. He and his team were successful in finding a high-yielding, short-strawed, disease-resistant wheat that was adapted to local conditions.
This wheat has several advantages over normal wheat, which is tall and wavy. The latte blows in the wind, and if grains at the top of the plant get too heavy, the plant will fall over. Once grain heads touch the ground, the plant becomes unusable.
Q15: Which institution released a report titled ‘Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage Policy Framework’?
a) ISRO
b) DRDO
c) NITI Aayog
d) Min. of Environment
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Solution: option c.)
A study report, titled ‘Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage Policy Framework and its Deployment Mechanism in India’, was released today. The report explores the importance of Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage as an emission reduction strategy to achieve deep decarbonization from the hard-to-abate sectors. The report outlibroad-levelevel policy interventions needed across various sectors for its application.
As, India has updated its NDC targets for achieving 50% of its total installed capacity from non-fossil-based energy source es, a 45% reduction in emission intensity by 2030 and taking steps towards achieving Net Zero by 2070, the role of Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) becomes important as reduction strategy to achieve decarbonization from the hard-to abate sectors.
“CCUS can enable the production of clean products while still utilizing our rich endowments of coal, reducing imports and thus leading to an Atmanirbhar Indian eco,” said Suman Bery, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog. Implementation of CCUS technology is certaicertainlyportant step to decarbonise the hard-to-abate sector.
Q16: Who has been appointed as the chairman of (PFRDA)?
a) DeeMohantynaty
b) Mukul Rohtagi
c) Pradeep Kharola
d) Payal Rohtagi
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Solution: option a.)
The government has appointed Deepak Mohanty as cha chairman Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA). He replaced Supratim Bandyopadhyay, whose term ended in JanuaBeforer to this, Mohanty, a former executive director of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), served as a member of PFRDA.
The central government hereby appoints Deepak Mohanty, former whole-time member, of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), to the post of chairperson, PFRDA, a government notification dated March 14, ,223 said.
Q17: Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav elected 3rd Vice President of which country?
a) Bangladesh
b) Myanmar
c) Bhutan
d) Nepal
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Solution: option d.)
After voting for the top position came to an end on Friday, Ramsahay Yadav, a leader from the Madhes area, was chosen as the third Vice-President of Nepal, news agency PTI reported.
Ashta Laxmi Shakya of the CPN-UML and Mamata Jha of the Janamat PawPawas were eaten by Yadav, who had the support of Nepal’s eight-party ruling coalition.
According to The Kathmandu Post newspaper, Yadav, 52, of the Janata Samajbadi Party, received 30,328 votes from 184 federal and 329 provincial parliamentarians.
The official results have not yet been announced by the Electoral Commission. The article stated that he received support from the Nepali Congress, CPN-Maoist Centre, and CPN-Unified Socialist in addition to owning his party.
Q18: Who has been appointed as the new chairman of BPCL?
a) Naresh Lalwani
b) Prabdev Singh
c) Vikram Dev Dutt
d) G Krishnakumar
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Solution: option d.)
State-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) appointed G. Krishnakumar, currently serving as the Executive Director, as the Chairman and Managing Director of the company.
Krishnakumar has been associated with BPCL for 36-year years, leading the organisation’s customer-centric ventures into convenience retailing, premium fuels and new tech and digital initiatives in the company.
“Krishnakumar has developed and nurtured winning brands like Petro Card, SmartFleet, Speed, In & Out, which have been significant contributors to BPCL’s differentiated customer value proposition in the marketplace, reinforcing the Pure for Sure customer promise,” the company said in a media release.