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Ques : Singapore Tourism Board (STB) signed MOU with whom to Promote UPI for
Indians in Singapore?
सिंगापुर पर्यटन बोर्ड (STB) ने सिंगापुर में भारतीयों के लिए UPI को बढ़ावा देने के लिए किसके साथ समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर किए?
(a) PhonePe
(b) PayU
(c) Paytm
(d) BHIM
(e) None of these
Answer : Option A
Explanation :
• The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Bengaluru-based fintech firm PhonePe have
entered into a two-year strategic partnership to promote the Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
for Indians travelling in Singapore.
• The MoU allows customers to instantly make cross border transactions between India and
Singapore directly from their existing Indian bank accounts.
About Singapore :
• Capital : Singapore City
• Currency : Singapore Dollar
• President : Tharman Shanmugaratnam
About PhonePe:
• Established : 2015
• HQ : Bengaluru, Karnataka
• CEO : Sameer Nigam
Ques : Who partners with eSewa to promote UPI in Nepal ?
नेपाल में UPI को बढ़ावा देने के लिए eSewa के साथ किसने साझेदारी की है?
(a) BHIM
(b) PayU
(c) Paytm
(d) Phonepe
(e) None of these
Answer : Option D
Explanation :
• Fintech firm PhonePe said it has partnered with Nepal's digital wallet service eSewa and the
Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN) Pokhara to promote digital payments through UPI on the
Himalayan country's payment processor Fonepay Network.
• The partnership is a part of the Fewa New Year Festival which will be held from April 11-
14 in Nepal.
About eSewa:
• Nepal’s first and leading online Payment Service Provider (PSP) committed to fostering
financial inclusion and creating a digital economy.
Recently signed banking agreements :
• J&K Bank partnered with Paymart India to launch virtual ATM Facility
• SIDBI partners fintech platform KarmaLife for micro loans to gig workers
• Central Bank of India partners with Veefin Solutions
• Suryoday Small Finance Bank with Magma HDI General Insurance
• Standard Chartered Bank with Star Health & Allied Insurance
• Saraswat Cooperative Bank with Life Insurance Corporation of India
• AU Small Finance Bank with Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
• State Bank of Sikkim with SBI Life Insurance
• Karnataka Bank with HDFC Life
• Ujjivan Small Finance Bank with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
• NKGSB Co-operative bank with HDFC Life Insurance Company
• ESAF Small Finance Bank with Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance Company
Ques : Which edition of QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 published
recently?
विषय 2024 द्वारा QS वर्ल्ड यूनिवर्सिटी रैंकिंग का कौन सा संस्करण हाल ही में प्रकाशित हुआ?
(a) 10th
(b) 9th
(c) 12th
(d) 14th
(e) 15th
Answer : Option D
Explanation :
• Harvard University of the United States (US) topped the 4 broad subjects.
• 69 Indian universities featured in the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject, with
424 entries, marking a 19.4% increase from 2023.
• Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, Delhi as India’s highest - ranked institution
in Development Studies (20th globally).
• University of Delhi (30 entries), IIT Bombay (28 entries) and IIT Kharagpur (West Bengal)
(27 entries) were the most represented Indian universities.
• In the broader Asian context, India became the second most represented country in Asia
after China whose 101 institutions were on the list.
Global ranking of Indian universities :
• Development Studies : JNU (20th)
• Business & Management Studies : IIM Ahmedabad, Gujarat : (22th)
• Engineering- Mineral & Mining : IIT-Bombay,
Maharashtra (25th)
• Engineering-Petroleum : IIT-Madras, Tamil Nadu : (29th)
India's Rankings in Different Indices:
• Global Unicorn Index 2024 : India's rank (3rd), USA (1st )
• 2024 Global Hepatitis Report : India's rank (2nd),
• Forbes World’s Billionaires List: The Richest in 2024 : India's rank (9th), Bernard Arnault
(1st)
• Real 500 list : Indian Oil Corporation (1st rank), China (1st)
• 2024 Hurun Global Rich List : Mukesh Ambani (10th), Elon Musk(1st)
• DHL Global Connectedness Report 2024 : India's rank (62), Singapore (1st)
• World Happiness Report 2024 : India (126), Finland (1st)
• 6th World Air Quality Report 2023 : India (3rd), Bangladesh (1st)
• Brand Finance Insurance 100 2024 : Life Insurance Corporation of India (1st)
• Business Environment Rankings (BER) 2024 : India (51), Singapore (1st)
Ques : Who is UK’s first woman envoy to India?
भारत में ब्रिटेन की पहली महिला दूत कौन है?
(a) Krystyna Pyszkova / क्रिस्टीना क्रिज़्ज़कोवा
(b) Smita Sarangi / स्मिता सारंगी
(c) Lindy Cameron / लिंडी कै मरून
(d) Yasmina Zaytoun / यस्मिन जायटौन
(e) Lesego Chombo / लेसेगो चोम्बो
Answer : Option C
Explanation :
• Lindy Cameron Appointed as First woman British High Commissioner to India.
• She Replaced Alex Ellis CMG.
• Cameron is UK’s first woman envoy to India, Delhi has had three women envoys in London
since the 1950s.
Recently appointed ambassador :
• Salima Tete : Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Athletes Ambassador
from India
• Sibi George : Indian ambassador to the Republic of Marshall Islands
• Shreya Ghodawat : India’s ambassador for She Changes Climate
• Ayushmann Khurrana : National Ambassador of Child Rights for UNICEF India
• Eric Garcetti : Next US Ambassador to India
Ques : The Sitars and Tanpuras of which state have been awarded the coveted
Geographical Indication ( GI) tags recently?
हाल ही में किस राज्य के सितार और तानपुरा को प्रतिष्ठित भौगोलिक संकेत (जीआई) टैग से सम्मानित किया गया है?
(a) Uttar Pradesh / उत्तर प्रदेश
(b) Gujarat / गुजरात
(c) Rajasthan / राजस्थान
(d) Maharashtra / महाराष्ट्र
(e) Madhya Pradesh / मध्य प्रदेश
Answer : Option D
Explanation :
• The small town of Miraj in Maharashtra’s Sangli district is known for its craftsmanship in
making musical instruments, particularly sitars and
tanpuras.
• These instruments have now been awarded the coveted Geographical Indication (GI) tags,
recognizing their unique origin and quality.
• The tradition of making sitars and tanpuras in Miraj goes back more than 300 years, with
over seven generations of craftsmen having worked towards making these string instruments.
About Maharashtra :
• Capital : Mumbai
• CM : Eknath Shinde
• Governor : Ramesh Bais
• National Park : Gugamal National Park, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Tadoba National
Park, Chandoli National Park, Navegaon National Park
Ques : Who has been Appointed as Chairman and Managing Director at Small
Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)?
भारतीय लघु उद्योग विकास बैंक (SIDBI) के अध्यक्ष और प्रबंध निदेशक के रूप में किसे नियुक्त किया गया है?
(a) Pranav Haridasan / प्रणव हररदासन
(b) Ashwani Kumar / अश्विनी कु मार
(c) Manoj Mittal / मनोज क्रमत्त
(d) Tablesh Pandey / तब्लेश पाण्डेय
(e) None of them / इनमें से कोई भी नही
Answer : Option C
Explanation :
• Manoj Mittal
Appointed as Chairman and Managing Director at Small Industries
Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
• Mittal will replace S Ramann as Chairman and Managing Director of Small Industries
Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
About SIDBI :
• Established : 2 April 1990
• Headquarters : Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
• Chairman & MD : Manoj mittal
• The SIDBI is the apex regulatory body for overall licensing and regulation of micro, small
and medium enterprise finance companies in India.
• It is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance , Government of India (GoI).
Ques : Who has been appointed as Managing Director of National Housing Bank?
राष्ट्रीय आवास बैंक के प्रबंध निदेशक के रूप में किसे नियुक्त किया गया है?
(a) Smita Sarangi / स्मिता सारंगी
(b) Arkaja Das / अरकजा दास
(c) Pankaj Dwivedi / पंकज द्विवेदी
(d) Sanjay Shukla / संजय शुक्ला
(e) Vivek Murthy / विवेक मूर्ति
Answer : Option D
Explanation :
• Sanjay Shukla Appointed as Managing Director (MD) of the National Housing Bank
(NHB).
• He Replaced Sarada Kumar Hota.
About National Housing Bank :
• Established : 9 July 1988
• HQ : New Delhi
Recent Appointment in Banking & Insurance Sector :
• Ramit Goyal (replace Raghavendra Rao) : Chief Distribution Officer of Future Generali
India Insurance Company
• Vinod Francis : Chief Financial Officer of South Indian Bank
• Arnab Goswamy : Chief Financial Officer of Punjab & Sind Bank
• Atul Mehra : Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Axis Capital
• Arvind Kapil : Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of
Poonawalla Fincorp
• M V Rao : Chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA)
• Girija Subramanian:
Chairperson and Managing Director (CMD) of New India
Assurance Company (NIAC)
• Pankaj Dwivedi : Executive Director at Union Bank of India
• Bhupesh Sushil Rahul: CMD of United India Insurance Company (UIIC)
• Bhupesh Sushil Rahul : CMD of United India Insurance Company (UIIC)
• Nidhu Saxena : Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of the Bank of
Maharashtra.
Ques : India Post Payments Bank Limited (IPPB) established in which year?
इंडिया पोस्ट पेमेंट्स बैंक लिमिटेड (आईपीपीबी) की स्थापना किस वर्ष हुई?
(a) 2000
(b) 2012
(c) 2014
(d) 2015
(e) 2017
Answer : Option E
Explanation :
About India Post Payments Bank Limited (IPPB):
• Established : 2017
• HQ : New Delhi, Delhi
• CEO & MD : J Venkataramu
• Tagline : Your Bank at Your Doorstep
Recently in news :
• The India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has introduced the Aadhaar ATM service facility for
its users.
• It works on the principle of the Aadhaar Enabled Payment System
(AePS), which was introduced by the National Payments Corporation of
India (NPCI).
• NPCI has set a maximum transaction amount of Rs. 10,000 on a single AePS financial
transaction.
About National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) :
• Established : 2008
• HQ : Mumbai, Maharashtra
• CEO & MD : Dilip Asbe
• Non Executive Chairman : Biswamohan Mahapatra
Recent Facilities Launched in Banking & Insurance Sector
• Axis Bank launches Digital US Dollar Fixed Deposits for NRIs at GIFT City
• Airtel Payments Bank partners with Noise and Mastercard to unveil ‘A New Way To Pay’
• Bank of Baroda launched BoB Earth Green Term Deposit Scheme with 7.15% interest
• IndusInd Bank introduced Indus PayWear, a new wearable payment solution, available on
Mastercard.
• Federal Bank launched a RuPay smart key chain called ‘Flash Pay’ for contactless NCMC
payments
Ques : Where is the headquarter of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund?
राष्ट्रीय निवेश एवं अवसंरचना कोष का मुख्यालय कहाँ है?
(a) New Delhi / नई क्रदल्ली
(b) Mumbai / मुंबई
(c) Hyderabad / हैदराबाद
(d) Haryana / हरयाणा
(e) None of these / इनमें से कोई नहीं
Answer : Option B
Explanation :
About National Investment and Infrastructure Fund :
• Established : 2015
• HQ : Mumbai
• CEO : Sujoy Bose
Recently in news :
• National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited (NIIF) has invested USD 200 million
(about Rs 1660 crores) in iBus Network And
Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (iBUS) to support the growth of digital
infrastructure in India.
• The investment, in line with India’s Digital India Mission, was made through NIFF’s
Master Fund.
• The NIIFL Master Fund, India’s largest infrastructure fund, aims to participate in the Indian
infrastructure story by investing in high-quality businesses and assets across core
infrastructure sectors.
Ques : Jack Alabaster passed away recently at the age of 93 in UK. He was associated
which sport?
जैक अलबास्टर का हाल ही में ब्रिटेन में 93 वर्ष की आयु में निधन हो गया। वह किस खेल से जुड़े थे?
(a) Hockey / हॉकी
(b) Tennis / टेनिस
(c) Badminton / बैडमिंटन
(d) Football / फुटबॉल
(e) Cricket / क्रिके ट
Answer : Option E
Explanation :
• Former New Zealand leg spinner Jack Alabaster passed away at the age of 93 in Cromwell,
U.K.
• Jack played 21 Tests from 1955-1972 (including the first four wins NZ achieved), taking 49
wickets at 38.02.
• He is considered to be one of the best spinners to hail from New Zealand. From 1955 to
1972, he featured in 21 Tests and claimed 49 wickets.
• He was also a part of New Zealand’s first four Test wins and also toured India and Pakistan
in 1955-56, England in 1958, South Africa in 1961-62 and the West Indies in 1971-72.
• He represented Otago in domestic cricket and made 143 first-class appearances during
which he claimed 500 scalps.
Ques : Who has been appointed as Member of University Grants Commission (UGC)
for three years in April 2024?
जैक अलबास्टर का हाल ही में ब्रिटेन में 93 वर्ष की आयु में निधन हो गया। वह किस खेल से जुड़े थे?
(a) Rajnish Kumar / रजनीश कु मार
(b) Sachidananda Mohanty / सचिदानान्दा मोहंती
(c) Deepak Mohanty / दीपक मोहंती
(d) Anshika Singh / अंशिका सिंह
(e) Siddhartha Mohanty / सिद्धार्थ मोहंती
Answer : Option B
Explanation :
• Sachidananda Mohanty has been appointed as Member, University Grants Commission
(UGC) for three years with immediate effect.
• He is the former Professor and Head of the Department of English, University of Hyderabad
and former Vice Chancellor of Central University of Odisha.
• Winner of many national and international awards such as the Katha, British Council,
Fulbright(twice), Charles Wallace and the Salzburg, he has published extensively in the field
of British, American, gender, translation and post-colonial studies.
• His books have appeared in Oxford, Sage, Routledge and Orient Ĺongman, among other
notable publishing houses.
• He was a member of India’s Education Commission to the UNESCO and Governing Board
member of Auroville Foundation.
About University Grants Commission (UGC) :
• Founded : 1956
• Headquarters : New Delhi
• Chairman : M Jagadesh Kumar
• UGC is a statutory body set up by the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of
Education, Government of India.
• It is charged with coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of higher
education in India.
• A proposal to replace it with another new regulatory body called HECI is under
consideration by the Govt of India.
Ques : Which Indian has been re-elected to the International Narcotics Control Board
for a third time?
किस भारतीय को तीसरी बार अंतर्राष्ट्रीय नारकोटिक्स कंट्रोल बोर्ड के लिए फिर से चुना गया है?
(a) Jagjit Pavadia / जगजीत पवाडिया
(b) Manish Prasad / मनीष प्रसाद
(c) Rajnish Kumar / रजनीश कु मार
(d) Pramod Sharma / प्रमोद शर्मा
(e) Vivek Srivastava / विवेक श्रीवास्तव
Answer : Option A
Explanation
• A former Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Jagjit Pavadia has been re-elected to the
Vienna-based International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).
• She has already served as President of the Board from 2021 to 2022, has been re-elected for
the term 2025-2030.
• She held several senior positions in the Indian Revenue Service for 35 years.
• She has been a member of the INCB since 2015, and also held the posts of Second VicePresident and Chair (2015, 2017 and 2020), Vice-Chair (2018) and member (2019 and 2023)
of the Standing Committee on Estimates.
• In 2016, she served as the First Vice-President of the Board, and then President from 2021-
2022.
About International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)
• INCB was set up in 1968 by the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961.
• Headquarters : Vienna, Austria
• INCB has 13 members elected by the Economic and Social Council for a period of five
years.
• 10 members are elected from a list of government nominees.
• The other 3 members are experts in medical, pharmacological, or pharmaceutical
experience from a list nominated by WHO.
Ques : On which day National Pet Day celebrated ?
राष्ट्रीय पालतू पशु दिवस किस दिन मनाया जाता है?
(a) 10 April
(b) 12 April
(c) 11 April
(d) 9 April
(e) 13 April
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
• 11th April Celebrated as National Pet Day.
• Theme 2024 : Don’t Shop! Adopt!
• National Pet Day was founded in 2006 by Colleen Paige. An animal welfare advocate, he
did that to celebrate the immense joy pets bring into our lives.
Important days :
• 1st April : Utkal Diwas 2024 also known as Odisha Day or Utkala Dibasa
• 2nd April : World Autism Awareness Day ( Theme : Empowering Autistic Voices )
• 2nd April : International Children’s Book Day 2024 ( Theme : Cross the Seas on the Wing
of your Imagination)
• 3rd April : Independent Artist Day
• 3 April 2024 : 260th Raising Day of the Army Medical Corps (AMC)
• 4th April : International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action ( Theme :
Protecting Lives, Building Peace)
• 5th April : National Maritime Day (Theme : Navigating the future: safety first!)
• 5th April : International Day of Conscience (Theme : Promoting the Culture of Peace with
Love and Conscience)
6th April : National Handmade Day 2024
• 6th April : International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
• 7th April : World Health Day
• 10th April : World Homeopathy Day ( Theme : Homeoparivar : One Health, One Family )
• 11th April : National Safe Motherhood Day
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