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11. (1) Which institution released a report
titled 'Payments Vision 2025'?
(a) NITI Aayog
(b) RBI
(c) World Bank
(d) NPCI

12. • Answer: Option B
• Explanation:
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
released a document titled "Payments
Vision 2025", with guidelines on
payments.

13. (2) PM Modi inaugurated the Centre
for Brain Research in which city?
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Bhopal
(c) Pune
(d) Ahmadabad

14. • Answer: Option A
• Explanation:
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated
the Centre for Brain Research and laid the
Foundation Stone for Bagchi Parthasarathy
Multispeciality Hospital at IISc Bengaluru.

15. (3) What is the theme of International
Yoga Day 2022?
(a) Yoga For Wellness
(b) Yoga for Humanity
(c) Yoga for Health
(d) Yoga for Heart

16. • Answer: Option B
• Explanation:
• The theme of the International Yoga Day
2022 is 'Yoga for Humanity'.

17. (4) Which country proposed to organise
a joint border operation named
'Solidarity-2023' for SCO member
countries?
(a) Bangladesh (b) India
(c) China (d) Nepal

18. • Answer: Option C
• Explanation:
• India and other member countries of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
supported an initiative of China to organise
a joint border operation 'Solidarity-2023'
for the border agencies of the member
countries next year.

19. (5) Which country has launched its most
advanced aircraft carrier named
'Fujian'?
(a) North Korea
(b) UAE
(c) Iran
(d) China

20. • Answer: Option D
• Explanation:
• China launched its third aircraft carrier
named 'Fujian'.

21. (6) In which country did women soldiers
of the Indian army participate in the
women's peace and security seminar?
(a) Mongolia
(b) Germany
(c) Russia
(d) France

22. • Answer: Option A
• Explanation:
• In Mongolia, women soldiers of the Indian
army participated in the four-day women's
peace and security seminar.

23. (12) The Khuvsgul Lake National Park is
located in which country?
(a) India
(b) Nigeria
(c) Mongolia
(d) Bulgaria

24. • Answer: Option C
• Explanation:
• The Khuvsgul Lake National Park, which is
located in northern Mongolia near the
Russian border, has been added to the
World Network of Biosphere Reserves by
UNESCO.

25. (8) Which country's coalition
government has decided to dissolve
the parliament?
(a) Israel
(b) Tajikistan
(c) Turkey
(d) Italy

26. • Answer: Option A
• Explanation:
• Israel's coalition government decided to
dissolve the Parliament and call for a new
election, the country's fifth in three years.

27. (9) Which institution has won UNESCO's
recognition for use of Information And
Communication Technology in Education?
(a) Central Institute of Educational
Technology
(b) All India Council for Technical Education
(c) Central Board of Secondary Education
(d) University Grants Commission

28. • Answer: Option A
• Explanation:
• The Central Institute of Educational
Technology (CIET), a unit of the NCERT has
been awarded the UNESCO's King Hamad
Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the use of ICT in
Education for the year 2021.

29. (10) 'Operation Sankalp', is associated
with which armed force?
(a) Indian Navy
(b) Indian Air Force
(c) Indian Army
(d) Indian Coast Guard

31. • Answer: Option A
• Explanation:
• Indian Navy's stealth Frigate, INS Talwar is
deployed for Operation Sankalp
commemorating the 3rd continuous year
of the Indian Navy's presence in the Gulf
for the protection of India's Maritime
Interests.

32. (11) Which country became India's
largest trading partner in FY 2021-
22?
(a) China
(b) US
(c) UAE
(d) Russia

33. • Answer: Option B
• Explanation:
• The United States has become India's
largest trading partner, as per the
Union Ministry of Commerce and
Industry's latest data.

34. (12) Who has developed India's first
body suit for Yoga in Space?
(a) CSIR
(b) DRDO
(c) ISRO
(d) AIIMS

35. • Answer: Option D
• Explanation:
• AIIMS-Delhi experts have developed the
world's first anti-gravity body suit that will
allow astronauts to perform yoga in space.

36. (13) In which Indian state/UT will the
Dark Sky Reserve be set up?
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Ladakh
(c) Haryana
(d) New Delhi

37. • Answer: Option B
• Explanation:
• A part of Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary at
Hanle, Ladakh is all set to become India's
first Dark Sky Reserve.

38. (14) Who has been appointed as the next
Permanent Representative of India to the
United Nations at New York?
(a) Ruchira Kamboj
(b) Sangita Mehta
(c) TS Tirumurti
(d) Bhawana Bisht

39. • Answer: Option A
• Explanation:
• Senior Diplomat Ruchira Kamboj,
currently Indian ambassador to
Bhutan, has been appointed as the
next Permanent Representative of
India to the United Nations at New
York.

40. (15) Who has authored the book titled-
Ashtang Yoga?
(a) Dr. Sonu Phogat
(b) Preeti Singh
(c) Kiran Desai
(d) Jhumpa Lahiri

41. • Answer: Option A
• Explanation:
• Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal
Khattar on the eve of 8th
International Yoga Day released a
book titled Ashtang Yoga authored
by Dr Sonu Phogat.

42. (16) Who has secured the first rank in the
examination for admission to the
country's first women's NDA batch?
(a) Ragini Marathe
(b) Shanan Dhaka
(c) Yashi Tanwar
(d) Divya Patel

43. • Answer: Option B
• Explanation:
• Rohtak's Shanan Dhaka tops among girls in
Defence Academy examination. Hailing
from the Sundana village of Rohtak
district, Shanan Dhaka, (19), has topped
the Pune-based National Defence
Academy (NDA) entrance exam among
women.

44. (17) Which country launched its 1st
homegrown rocket named "Nuri"?
(a) Myanmar
(b) Japan
(c) North Korea
(d) South Korea

45. • Answer: Option D
• Explanation:
• A fully homegrown South Korean
rocket has put satellites into orbit for
the first time.

46. (18) Which state has won the first prize in
the National MSME Awards For
Outstanding Development of the MSME
Sector?
(a) Telangana
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
(d) Odisha

47. • Answer: Option D
• Explanation:
• Odisha government won the first
prize in National MSME Award 2022
to States/UTs for outstanding
contribution in the promotion and
development of the MSME Sector.