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1. French Open: Identify the correct statements.

A. World No 1 and top seed Iga Swiatek of Poland has won the Women's Singles crown at
Paris, She defended her title against unseeded Czech Republic’s Karolina Muchova,
This is her third French title in just 5 years.
B. Swiatek, the world number 1, is also theyoungest woman to claim back-to-back French
Open titles since Monica Seles in the early 1990s.
C. Serbian Novak Djokovic won the French Open 2023 men's singles final, clinching
his 23rd Grand Slam title, by defeating Casper Rudd (Norway).
D. All are true
E. Only A and C are true.
2. The United Nations World Food Programme has said it is temporarily suspending food aid
to which African country because its supplies are being diverted. Some 20 million rely on
food aid because of drought and conflict, out of the country’s population of roughly 120
million. Much of the aid comes from USAID and the WFP. The suspensions brought fears
that malnutrition could rise in Africa’s second most populous country?
A. Nigeria
B. Ethiopia
C. Angola
D. Algeria
E. Uganda

3. The 12th edition of the joint military exercise “Ex Ekuverin” between the Indian Army
and the Maldives National Defense Force has commenced on 11 June 2023 at Chaubatia
of which Indian state?( The 11th edition of joint military exercise "EX EKUVERIN" was
held in Maldives in December 2021.)?
A. HP
B. MP
C. UP
D. Uttarakhand
E. Rajasthan

Note: Maldives: Capital: Malé

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Currency: Rufiyaa

4. The World Cup Squash Championships began recently in which indian city?
A. Chennai
B. Hyderabad
C. Delhi
D. Mumbai
E. Banglore

5. The Government of India on 8 June 2023 signed a $130 million loan agreement with
the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to enhance the income of farmers of which Indian
state. The implementation of this project will help at least 15,000 agricultural families in 7
districts of the state – Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi, Sirmaur, Solan and Una – to
increase their income and combat the effects of climate change?
A. HP
B. MP
C. UP
D. Uttarakhand
E. Rajasthan

6. The Walk Free Foundation recently released the Global Slavery Index 2023, an assessment
of modern slavery conditions in 160 countries.

A. Global Slavery Index 2023 is the 5th edition and is based on the estimates from 2022.
B. The prevalence of modern slavery refers to the incidence of individuals living
in modern slavery per 1000 population.
C. According to the report approximately 50 million individuals were living in “modern
slavery” on any given day in 2021.
D. Modern slavery is a term that covers various forms of exploitation, including forced
labor, forced marriage, debt bondage, sexual exploitation, human trafficking,
slavery-like practices, forced or servile marriage, and the sale and exploitation of
children.
E. The following countries have been identified as having the highest prevalence of
modern slavery: North Korea, Eritrea, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.
F. On the other hand, certain countries have been found to have the lowest prevalence
of modern slavery. These countries include Switzerland, Norway, Germany,
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Netherlands, and Sweden. They have comparatively lower instances of individuals

living in modern slavery within their populations.
G. Countries with the maximum number of people living in modern slavery: India,
China, North Korea, Pakistan, and Russia have been identified as countries with
the highest number of people living in modern slavery.
H. G20 nations hosting the maximum number of people living in modern slavery: Out
of the G20 nations, which represent the world's major economies, six members have
been found to host the highest number of individuals living in modern slavery. These
countries are India, China, Russia, Indonesia, Turkey, and the United States.
I. All are true.

7. Forbes' Global 2000 list : Identify the correct statements:

A. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd climbed eight spots to

the 45th rank, the highest for an Indian company on Forbes’ latest Global 2000
list of public companies worldwide.
B. The Global 2000 ranks public companies worldwide based on sales, profits, assets,
and market value.
C. JPMorgan, America's largest bank with $3.7 trillion in assets, has secured the top
spot on the Global 2000 list.
D. Saudi Arabia's oil giant, Aramco, holds the second position on the list.
E. Other notable Indian firms include State Bank of India at 77th, HDFC Bank at
128th, ICICI Bank at 163rd, and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) at 387th.
F. A total of 55 Indian companies made it to the Global 2000 list, including Oil and
Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), HDFC, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), and
Tata Steel.
G. All are true.

8. Chennai-based advocate and activist Lalitha Natarajan won the 2023 Iqbal Masih Award
for the Eradication of Child Labor presented by the US Department of Labor. It is an annual
non-monetary award established by the US Congress in 2008.The award recognizes
individuals or organizations making an extraordinary contribution to combating child labour.
It is named after Iqbal Masih, child who was sold into slavery and forced to work in a carpet
factory.He was murdered in 1995 at the age of twelve. The award aims to raise awareness
about child labor and honour those fighting against it. Iqbal Masih from which country?

A. USA
B. Afghanistan
C. Pakistan
D. India
E. Malaysia

9. The United States will rejoin UNESCO, the United Nations cultural organization, in July
2023. The move ends Washington's more than ten-year dispute with the UN cultural agency
after the US left UNESCO in 2018. In addition, the US will also pay an outstanding balance
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of over $600 million. The United States exited UNESCO primarily due to the induction
of Palestine as a member in 2011. In which year UNESCO was established?

A. 16 November 1945
B. 16 November 1946
C. 16 November 1947
D. 16 November 1948
E. 16 November 1949

10. The World Bank (WB) launched its first dedicated road safety project in South Asia with a
USD 358 million financing,and signed an agreement with the government of ?

A. India
B. Pakistan
C. Nepal
D. Bangladesh
E. Sri Lanka

11. Five buildings and structures from Telangana have been selected to receive
the 'International Green Apple Awards for Beautiful Buildings' in the Urban and Real
Estate Sector category. These awards are presented by 'The Green Organisation,' an
independent non-profit organization based in London. This is the first time any building or
structure in India has received these prestigious awards and all five nominated structures
from Telangana have been recognised. Identify the award winning buildings?

A. Mozzam-Jahi Market (Heritage category)

B. Durgam Cheruvu Cable Bridge (Bridge category)
C. B R Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat Building (Aesthetically designed office and
workspace building category)
D. Integrated Command Control Centre of Telangana Police (Unique office category)
E. Yadadri Temple (Excellent religious structures category
F. All of the above

12. Identify the correct statements:

A. The governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Shaktikanta Das, has been honoured with
the title of 'Governor of the Year' for 2023 by Central Banking in London, an
international economic research journal.
B. Das bagged the award for his contribution to safeguarding the Indian economy amidst
several global economic turmoils, and he has been acknowledged for his policy
measures in dealing with inflation.
C. Das is the second Central Bank governor to receive this prestigious award, following
Raghuram Rajan, who won the title in 2015.
D. Central Banking is a UK-based media outlet that was founded in 1990. It issues the
Central Banking Journal and a number of books and whitepapers, and hosts the
annual Central Banking Awards.
E. The National Bank of Ukraine received the title of Central Bank of the Year.
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F. All are true

13. DD India and which other Public Broadcasting channel have been voted most trusted
electronic media organization in country as per Reuters Institute's Digital News Report
2023. The report said that despite a small decrease of 3 percentage points in overall trust in
news, public broadcasters and legacy print brands have retained relatively high levels of
trust?
A. Aaj Tak
B. NDTV
C. CNBC
D. All India Radio
E. The Hindu.

14. GoI-UNSDCF 2023-2027: Identify Correct statements

A. NITI Aayog and the United Nations in India signed the Government of India -
United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (GoI-
UNSDCF) 2023-2027.
B. The framework aligns with India's national vision for development and aims to
achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), emphasizing gender
equality, youth empowerment, and human rights.
C. The GoI-UNSDCF 2023-2027 is built upon Four Strategic pillars derived from
the 2030 Agenda: People, Prosperity, Planet, and Participation.
D. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals,
were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end
poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and
prosperity.
E. All are true.
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15. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar presents National Water Awards in New Delhi;
A. The awards focus on encouraging good work and efforts made by various
individualsand organisations to conserve water.
B. Madhya Pradesh was awarded the first prize in the best State
category,followed by Odisha, Andhrapradesh.
C. In the best district category, the award was given to the Ganjam District
of Odisha, Namakkal district of tamilandu and Adilabad district in
Telangana
D. The best Village Panchayat award was presented to Jagannadhapuram
Village Panchayat, Bhadradri Kothagudem district of Telangana.
E. Jal Jeevan Mission, Lunched in 2019 is envisioned to provide safe and
adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections by
2024 to all households in rural India.
F. Amrit Sarovar Mission was launched on 24th April 2022 with a view to
conserve water for the future. The Mission is aimed at developing and
rejuvenating 75 water bodies in each district of the country as a part of
celebration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. Mission Amrit Sarovar is to be
completed by 15th August 2023.Around 50,000 Amrit Sarovar may be
constructed in the country
G. All are true.
16. A recent survey conducted by the Geological Survey of India (HQ: Kolkata, Est: 4 th March
1851) has led to the discovery of India's largest natural arch in the Kenduadihi block of
Sundargarh district in which Indian state, The Sundargarh natural arch, formed in
the ferruginous sandstone dates back approximately 184 to 160 million years during the
lower to middle Jurassic age?( Currently, India has two other natural arches—one located in
the Tirumala hills of Tirupati and the other in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. However,
both of these arches are smaller in size compared to the one found in Sundargarh.)

A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Karnataka
C. Odisha
D. Maharastra
E. Tamilnadu.
17. Mumbai retains top spot as India's most expensive city for expats or expatriates: Mercer's
2023 Cost of Living Survey
A. New Delhi (169), Chennai (184), Bengaluru (189), Hyderabad (202), Kolkata
(211), and Pune (213)
B. In comparison to the 2022 Cost of Living survey, Pune has emerged as the least
expensive Indian city for expatriates, displacing Kolkata from its previous
position
C. Mumbai & Delhi rank among the top 35 most expensive cities in Asia for
expatriates, among those surveyed in 2023. However, Mumbai moves down one
spot within Asian cities, to 27th position from previous year (2022).
D. Hong Kong, Singapore and Zurich are the three most expensive cities in the
world for foreign workers in 2023, according to the annual Cost of Living
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survey by global consultancy Mercer. And top 3 cheapest cities: Islamabad,

Karachi in Pakistan, and Havana, Cuba.
E. All are true.
18. Recently which country completes the construction of the most powerful wind tunnel JF-22
in the world, this impressive capability allows it to simulate hypersonic flight conditions up
to Mach 30, which is 30 times the speed of sound.
A. Russia
B. China
C. India
D. USA
E. Japan
19. Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME Est: 2018), a mass entrepreneurship
enablement platform and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), the principal
financing body of small enterprises, announced their joint partnership to launch the NGAP.
This programme aims to handhold smaller NBFCs that have at least 60 per cent of their
exposure to MSMEs. The NBFC accelerator programme will work on capacity building of at
least 100 smaller NBFCs with assets under management ranging from Rs 75 crore to Rs 250
crore who primarily lend to micro and small businesses in tier 2 and tier 3 cities, what stands
for NGAP?
A. NBFC Growth Acceleration Program
B. National Growth Acceleration Program
C. NBFC Growth Acceleration Prayment
D. NBFC Growth Acceleration Program
E. National Green Acceleration Program
20. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation will soon gain access to professional
guidelines, expert knowledge, services and support from the International Social Security
Association (ISSA, est 1927) for its pension subscribers while gaining international
recognition as a full administrative social security institution. From India, only the Coal
Mines Provident Fund Organisation is an ISSA affiliate member, where is the HQ of ISSA?
A. Geneva, Switzerland
B. New York, USA
C. Washington D.C
D. Vienna, Austria
E. Paris, France.
21. Which bank has introduced SWIFTe, an innovative and customer-centric digital account
opening platform that eliminates the hassle of paper-based documentation. The platform
prioritises customer convenience and transforms the account opening process, enabling the
bank to swiftly on-board customers in less than five minutes. It provides a seamless start-to-
finish digital experience for opening a Savings Account?
A. SBI
B. KVB
C. South Indian Bank
D. Kotak bank
E. HDFC
22. SEBI comes out with framework for EOP for investing in direct MF schemes, Under the
mechanism, an entity desirous of providing execution-only services in direct plans of mutual
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funds can obtain registration under either of the two categories -- category 1 EOP as an
agent of asset management companies registered with the industry body Association of
Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) or category 2 EOP as an agent of investor, registered as a
stock broker, what stands for EOP?
A. execution-on platforms
B. execution-one platforms
C. execution-only platforms
D. extra-option platforms
E. execution-only payment.

23. The documentary titled 'When Climate Change Turns Violent' has bagged the special
award in the 'Health for All' category at the 4th annual Health for All Film Festival held
at the World Health Organization Headquarters in Geneva, The 4.32-minute
documentary 'When Climate Change Turns Violent' focuses on the relationship between
domestic violence, climate change and human trafficking, This documentary has been
directed by?
A. Vandita Saharia
B. Mani kaul
C. Ramkumar Bhora
D. Basu chattarjee
E. Swapan Saha
24. The Reserve Bank opened a sub-office at Kohima, and announced its aim to soon have an
office in Itanagar to strengthen its presence in North East India. RBI's Guwahati office will
continue to cater to the needs of Arunachal Pradesh till the office in Itanagar is opened; the
newly inaugurated sub-office is headed by?
A. Paresh Chauhan
B. Michael Debabrata Patra
C. Swaminathan Janakiraman
D. M Rajeshwar Rao
E. T Rabi Sankar.
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25. India’s defence ministry approved the acquisition of 31, MQ-9B armed drones from the
US. The clearance for procuring the drones was given by a meeting of the Defence
Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by defence minister Rajnath Singh, who is the
manufacturer of MQ-9B Drones?
A. General Atomics Aeronautical System
B. Lockheed Martin
C. Boeing
D. General Electric
E. None

26. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved the reappointment of P.Vasudevan as
Managing Director and CEO of which small finance bank for a period of three years?
A. Suryoday SFB
B. Equitas Small Finance Bank
C. Capital SFB
D. AU SFB
E. North East SFB
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27. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), has directed all
insurers to get a unique Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) ID for new and
existing policyholders. Under this scheme, the government will collect policyholders’
health-related information and store it under their unique ABHA IDs. ABHA ID is a how
many Digit Numeric Number?
A. 12
B. 10
C. 14
D. 16
E. 20

28. Cyclone which is named after the Bengali word for ‘disaster’, The India Meteorological
Department (hq: New Delhi, Est:1875) has stated that the cyclone is expected to make
landfall near Jakhau port as a ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ with maximum wind speed
reaching up to 150 kilometres per hour, this Cyclone is less than 200 kilometres from
Gujarat coast, what is the name of the cyclone?
A. Mocha
B. Idai
C. Biparjoy
D. Asani
E. None.

29. Y-Break at workplace(Y-Break@workplace yoga) was introduced by the Ministry of

AYUSH with an aim to get de-stressed, refreshed and re-focused at the workplace, The
Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, Ministry of AYUSH has added new features for
the officials, who owing to their busy schedule, Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga is
located at ?
A. Mumbai
B. Hyderabad
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C. New Delhi
D. Bengaluru
E. Ahmedabad

30. Which Bank has introduced a scheme that lets customers choose any name as their savings
account number, customer can choose his or her name or any name as an account number
that can be used for all transaction purposes. The bank’s MD and CEO Ajay Kumar
Srivastava launched the scheme called ‘My Account My Name’ , As per the scheme, the
account name can be a combination of seven letters, or seven numbers, or seven
alphanumeric only like BHARGAV or 8555848, or BHA0401 or 2424707 etc?
A. SBI
B. HDFC
C. Indian Overseas Bank
D. Canara Bank
E. UCO bank

31. SBI presents record-breaking dividend cheque of Rs 5,740 Crore to Finance Minister for
the financial year 2022-23
The dividend cheque was presented by SBI chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara , For the full
2022-23, SBI's net profit increased 59 per cent to Rs 50,232.45 crore. What is the total
profit of all 12 Public sector banks in FY-23?
A. Rs 1,04,649 crore
B. Rs 1,05,649 crore
C. Rs 1,06,649 crore
D. Rs 1,07,649 crore
E. Rs 1,08,649 crore
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32. Which Bank approves US $148M loan to West Bengal, The loan will finance the Minor
Irrigation Project to Support Water Availability, Increase Food Security for 960,000 People
in West Bengal. West Bengal is one of the largest food-producing states in India, that
produces nearly 15 per cent of the nation’s rice and the second largest fish-producing
state. In the first phase of the project which spanned from 2012-2019, The loan received
from the Bank was above Rs 1,100 crore?
A. ADB
B. NDB
C. WB
D. IMF
E. None

33. Which organization has released its latest Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) report
which revealed there has been no progress on biases against women in the last decade, More
than half of the world’s population (69 per cent) believes that men make “better” political
leaders when compared to women, Additionally, more than 40 per cent of people reportedly
believe that men are better business executives than women. GSNI tracked people’s attitudes
towards women in four dimensions — political, educational, economic and physical
integrity?
A. WB
B. IMF
C. WHO
D. ILO
E. UNDP
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34. Farmers Fresh Zone (FarmersFZ), has been selected for the 'Accelerator Programme’ by
the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN. FarmersFZ has figured in the
list of 12 agri-food startups around the world for the UN body to develop business.
FarmersFZ, which bridges the gap between rural farmers and urban consumers by providing
healthy, premium-quality and pesticide-free vegetables from fields to the table within 24
hours of harvest, connects more than three lakh consumers and 2,000-plus farmers,
FarmersFZ is an agritech startup from which Indian state?
A. Karnataka
B. Tamilnadu
C. Kerala
D. Andhra Pradesh
E. Telangana

35. Which Airways is 1st Airline From Northeast India, Gets Centre's Approval, with its base in
Guwahati, plans to offer regional connectivity to passengers under the government's UDAN
scheme to a number of destinations in the Northeast and eastern regions initially?
A. True Jet
B. Jettwings
C. Akasa airlines
D. Spice Jet
E. None