11. India signed a deal on comprehensive migration and mobility partnership, with which country?
[A] Australia
[B] Singapore
[C] Germany
[D] England
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Correct Answer: C [Germany]
Notes:
Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar signed an agreement on the comprehensive migration and mobility partnership with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
The agreement will help the citizens of both the nations to study, do research and work in each other’s country. The German foreign minister arrived in Delhi to discuss cooperation on transition to renewable energy and India’s relationship with Russia and China.
12. What is the maximum tenure of Medical Termination of Pregnancy allowed in India?
[A] 24 weeks
[B] 22 weeks
[C] 20 weeks
[D] 18 weeks
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Correct Answer: A [24 weeks]
Notes:
Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act was amended in 2021 to make provision for medical termination of pregnancies for up to 24 weeks for special categories of women.
Delhi High Court has allowed a 26-year-old woman to terminate 33 week pregnancy after she moved the court claiming ‘cerebral abnormality’ of the foetus. The bench cited the choice of mother and dignified life of unborn child.
13. RBI is set to introduce the ‘single-block and multiple debit functionality’ in which platform?
[A] BBPS
[B] UPI
[C] Rupay Debit Card
[D] CBDC
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Correct Answer: B [UPI]
Notes:
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to introduce additional features to the existing Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platforms to allow multiple debits.
The central bank will roll out single-block and multiple debit functionality that will enable users to block funds in their accounts. With the added feature, merchants can make multiple debit transactions within a permitted limit.
14. Female umpires will officiate in which men’s cricket tournament, for the first time in India?
[A] Ranji Trophy
[B] Duleep Trophy
[C] Vijay Hazare Trophy
[D] Deodhar Trophy
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Correct Answer: A [Ranji Trophy]
Notes:
Three Female umpires will officiate in Ranji Trophy this season, for the first time in Indian cricket history.
Vrinda Rathi, Janani Narayan and Gayathri Venugopalan will officiate in the Ranji Trophy. It will be the first for Indian cricket when female umpires are asked to officiate in the men’s cricket matches. One of the umpires Gayathri has served as a fourth umpire in Ranji Trophy in the past.
15. Which institution released the report titled ‘Preventing injuries and violence: an overview’?
[A] UNICEF
[B] WHO
[C] UNESCO
[D] UN Women
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Correct Answer: B [WHO]
Notes:
The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new report titled ‘Preventing injuries and violence: an overview’.
The report says that injuries and violence cause about 12, 000 deaths around the world each day. It also highlighted the need for scaling up efforts for prevention of injury related deaths, which account for 1 in 12 deaths worldwide. Road traffic injuries, homicide and suicide were listed among the top 5 causes of death among people aged 5-29 years.
16. What is the rank of India in the ‘Arton Capital Passport Index 2022’?
[A] 80
[B] 87
[C] 92
[D] 95
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Correct Answer: B [87]
Notes:
Passport Index 2022, published by Arton Capital, is the ranking of the world’s strongest and weakest passports.
India has ranked 87 in the world’s strongest passport list, while UAE ranked first, followed by Germany, Sweden, Finland, Luxembourg, Spain France. While Afghanistan stood last, Pakistan stood at 94.
17. Information and Broadcasting Ministry asked which company to stop publishing online betting ads?
[A] Meta
[B] Twitter
[C] Google
[D] Telegram
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Correct Answer: C [Google]
Notes:
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has asked Google to comply with its advisory to refrain from publishing advertisements of online betting platforms.
The latest guideline was issued by the Ministry in October after it noted violations of a previous advisory in June 2022, as some online offshore betting platforms started using news websites as a surrogate product to advertise betting platforms on television channels.
18. Dina Boluarte was recently selected as the first female President of which country?
[A] France
[B] Peru
[C] Brazil
[D] Australia
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Correct Answer: B [Peru]
Notes:
Dina Boluarte was appointed as Peru’s first female president amid a political crisis when her predecessor and former boss Pedro Castillo was ousted in an impeachment trial.
Peru’s leftist president Pedro Castillo was ousted by lawmakers and detained by police after he tried to illegally shut down Congress.
19. The government permitted complete Work From Home (WFH) options to the employees of which entities?
[A] Navratna PSUs
[B] Special Economic Zones
[C] NASSCOM
[D] State-run IT firms
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Correct Answer: B [Special Economic Zones]
Notes:
The government permitted complete Work From Home (WFH) options to the employees of IT units in special economic zones.
The government has amended Special Economic Zones (SEZ) rules and permitted IT/ITeS units in SEZ, subject to certain conditions. The notification increases the duration of WFH, which could be extended up to 50% of the total employees.
20. As per the new norms announced by UGC, what is the tenure of a Under-Graduate Programme?
[A] 2 years
[B] 2.5 years
[C] 3 years
[D] 4 years
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Correct Answer: D [4 years]
Notes:
University Grants Commission (UGC) announced new norms for undergraduate degrees. The draft regulations are mentioned in ‘Curriculum and credit framework for four-year undergraduate programmes'(FYUP).
Under this new system students will get a UG degree in three years on completion of 120 credits and a UG honours degree in four years on completion of 160 credits.