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1) Every year, World Stroke Day 2022 is observed on the 29^th of October. When was the first World Stroke Day established?

(a) 1997

(b) 2008

(c) 2004

(d) 1992

(e) 2010

2) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, Who has introduced the "SAMRIDDHI 2022–23" one-time property tax amnesty program?

(a) Nirmala Sitharaman

(b) Vinai Kumar Saxena

(c) Narendra Modi

(d) Bhupender Yadav

(e) R.N.Ravi

3) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, In which of the following place the Space Conference "Akash for Life" is set to be held?

(a) Mumbai

(b) Lucknow

(c) Dehradun

(d) Bangaluru

(e) Hyderabad

4) As per the recent report in October, By which year, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is set to establish offices in every state?

(a) 2027

(b) 2024

(c) 2023

(d) 2026

(e) 2025

5) A new report by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has warned that the climate plans from governments worldwide remain insufficient to limit rising temperatures to ________ Celsius as set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement.

(a) 3.5 degrees

(b) 1.5 degrees

(c) 2.5 degrees

(d) 4.5 degrees

(e) 6.5 degrees

6) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, which state government has launched a common credit portal SAFAL' (Simplified Application for Agricultural Loans) for the welfare of farmers?

(a) Assam

(b) Haryana

(c) Odisha

(d) Jharkhand

(e) Maharashtra

7) Recently, Which state government has partnered with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the “Trees Outside Forests in India (TOFI)” program in the state?

(a) Meghalaya

(b) Assam

(c) Tripura

(d) Manipur

(e) Sikkim

8) Indian Bank has partnered with which insurance company for providing online vehicles (02-Wheeler and 04-Wheeler) and health insurance through the Bank’s mobile banking app IndOASIS?

(a) Universal Sompo General Insurance

(b) United India Insurance Company

(c) The Oriental Insurance Company

(d) HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company

(e) IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Company

9) The India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) operating under the Department of Posts has launched a group accident insurance plan with an accidental death coverage of_________.

(a) Rs 5 lakh

(b) Rs 10 lakh

(c) Rs 4 lakh

(d) Rs 8 lakh

(e) Rs 20 lakh

10) Name the portal that was launched by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), that will house all companies selling life and non-life insurance on a single platform?

(a) Bima Sanchay

(b) Dhan Rekha

(c) Bima Sugam

(d) Dhan Varsha

(e) Dhan Sanchay

11) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, The Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has offered more flexibility to general insurance companies in designing and pricing products. When is IRDAI founded?

(a) 2001

(b) 1999

(c) 2006

(d) 1994

(e) 1997

12) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, Which of the following soft drink corporation has declared that the Indian market had made $1 billion in sales in India?

(a) Fanta

(b) Coca-Cola

(c) Pepsi

(d) Monster Energy

(e) Red Bull

13) Recently in October 2022, Which of the following organization released Electronic Gold receipts (EGR) on its platform?

(a) Securities and Exchange Board of India

(b) National Stock Exchange

(c) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority

(d) Bombay Stock Exchange

(e) HDFC Life Insurance

14) The feature film "Pather Panchali" has been named the best Indian movie of all time by the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI). Who is the director of this film?

(a) Ritwik Ghatak

(b) Uttam Kumar

(c) Soumitra Chatterjee

(d) Bijoya Ray

(e) Satyajit Ray

15) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, The Drone Federation of India (DFI) and the ________ have partnered to advance homegrown drone technology.

(a) Indian Navy

(b) Indian Army

(c) Indian Coast Guard

(d) National Security Guard

(e) Indian Air Force

16) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, Who among the following became the councilor of Canada Brampton?

(b) Amitava Kumar

(c) Tanuja Nesari

(c) Navjit Kaur Brar

(d) Shubham Sharma

(e) Ayush Mishra

17) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made a landmark decision when it established a ____________ stating that its centrally-contracted men's and women's players would get equal match fees.

(a) Same Equity Policy

(b) Salary Pay Policy

(c) Pay Equity Policy

(d) Equal Pay Policy

(e) None of the above

18) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, Renowned painter. Pierre Soulages passed away at the age of 102. He belongs to which country?

(a) France

(b) Russia

(c) Germany

(d) Argentina

(e) Brazil

19) Recently, Nipon Goswami passed away at the age of 80. He was a renowned __________.

(a) Politician

(b) Actor

(c) Singer

(d) Director

(e) Painter

20) The world’s dirtiest man Amou Haji passed away at the age of 94. He was afraid of water and had not bathed for over 60 years. Which country did he belong to?

(a) Canada

(b) Iran

(c) Sweden

(d) Israel

(e) Syria

Answers :

1) Answer: C

• World Stroke Day 2022 is observed on the 29th of October 2022.
• World Stroke Day 2022 theme set by the WSO is “Learn the signs, Say it's a stroke and save Precious time.”
• World stroke day was established on 29th October 2004 at World Stroke Congress in Vancouver, Canada.
• Later in 2006, the day was proclaimed for public awareness.
• In 2006, World Stroke Organization was created with the merger of the World Stroke Federation and the International Stroke Society.
• Since then, World Stroke Organization (WSO) has been taking care of the management and advocacy of World stroke day (WSD) on different platforms.

2) Answer: B

• Vinai Kumar Saxena, the lieutenant governor of Delhi, has introduced the "SAMRIDDHI 2022–23" one-time property tax amnesty program, which will significantly relieve thousands of city residents and business property owners.
• Strengthening and Augmenting of Municipal Revenue for Infrastructure Development in Delhi, or SAMRIDDHI, will begin on October 26 and conclude on March 31, 2023, with no further extensions.
• The plan intends to resolve thousands of unresolved court cases that have accumulated since the unit area method for calculating property taxes was implemented in 2004.
• The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the city’s inhabitants will profit from the program.

3) Answer: C

• The three-day "Akash for Life" space conference will demonstrate how all schools of thought have been thoroughly integrated to combine traditional and modern knowledge.
• The decision was made by Jitendra Singh, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Atomic Energy and Space, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, and Earth Sciences, as well as the MoS PMO for Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, and Space.
• The event will take place in Dehradun from November 5 to November 7, 2022.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the integration of research and technology advancement into society in a way that puts science in a position to meet the demands of the average person.

4) Answer: B

• The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will open offices in every state by 2024: The Union Minister of Housing and Cooperation, Amit Shah, spoke at the beginning of a two-day "Chintan Shivir" in Surajkund, Haryana.
• Chief Ministers of States, Home Ministers of States, Lieutenant Governors, and Administrators of Union Territories are among those attending the Chintan Shivir.
• To tackle the difficulties confronting the country, it is vital to fully utilize all internal security resources.
• Shri Amit Shah noted that this Chintan Shivir, inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is being hosted to provide the nation with a single platform to collectively combat dangers such as cybercrime, drug proliferation, and cross-border terrorism.
• Because crimes are developing and becoming more transnational in scope, all states will need to have a coordinated strategy to combat them.
• According to the Union Home Minister, places devastated by left-wing extremism, such as Jammu and Kashmir and the North East, which were previously centers of violence and unrest, are now hotspots of growth.

5) Answer: B

• A new report by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has warned that the climate plans from governments worldwide remain insufficient to limit rising temperatures to 5 degrees Celsius as set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
• According to the report, the combined climate pledges of 193 parties under the Paris Agreement could put the world on track for around5 degrees Celsius of warming by the end of the century.
• The report shows current commitments will increase emissions by 6% by 2030, compared to 2010 levels.
• This is an improvement over the 2021 assessment, which found countries were on a path to increase emissions by 7% by 2030, compared to 2010 levels.
• The 2021 report analysis showed that projected emissions would continue to increase beyond 2030

6) Answer: C

• Odisha Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik launched a common credit portal SAFAL' (Simplified Application for Agricultural Loans) for the welfare of farmers.

About SAFAL :

• The application is a one-stop solution for farmers and agri-entrepreneurs to avail formal sector credit from public and private sector banks, Regional Rural Banks, State Cooperative Banks, and Small Finance Banks.
• The facility will enable farmers and agri-entrepreneurs to access more than 300 term loan products from over 40 banks.
• It has also been integrated with Krushak Odisha and will have access to 70-plus model project reports.
• The portal will ease the loan application process benefiting both the farmers and banks.
• It will also reduce information asymmetry by sending farmers real-time notifications at every stage of their loan application.
• SAFAL will provide the government with complete visibility of demand and disbursal of formal credit across states and ensure schemes are designed in a data-backed manner.

7) Answer: B

• The Assam government department of Environment and Forests and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the “Trees Outside Forests in India (TOFI)” program in Assam

Aim :

• To bring together farmers, companies, and private institutions to rapidly expand tree coverage outside of traditional forests in Assam.

About TOFI :

• The TOFI program was first launched in September 2022 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change secretary Leena Nandan and US Chargé d'Affaires Patricia Lacina.
• The program will allocate up to 25 million USD in 7 states - Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh, to rapidly expand tree coverage outside of traditional forests by 8 million hectares.

8) Answer: A

• Public sector lender Indian Bank has rolled out 6 new digital initiatives under ‘Project WAVE’  (World of Advance Virtual Experience) for enhancing customer experience through integrated services on its digital platform.
• The new products were rolled out by the bank MD & CEO S.L. Jain in the presence of ED Imran Amin Siddiqui and Universal Sompo General Insurance Co. Ltd., MD & CEO Sharad Mathur in Chennai.
• Indian Bank ties up with Universal Sompo General Insurance for providing online vehicles (02-Wheeler and 04-Wheeler) and health insurance through the Bank’s mobile banking app IndOASIS. 

9) Answer: B

• The India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) operating under the Department of Posts has launched a group accident insurance plan with an accidental death coverage of Rs 10 lakh.
• The India Post in partnership with TATA AIG and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance companies will offer the insurance plan at a premium of Rs 399 or Rs 396 per annum.
• The plan covering comprehensive medical emergencies has a low annual premium amount.
• One can join it at any post office or with the help of a postman or postwoman.
• Anyone aged between 18 and 65 years can join this insurance plan.
• The policy will be issued digitally in five minutes using a smartphone or a fingerprint sensor carried by the postman under the e-KYC (Aadhaar-based) method. 
• This doesn’t need any application forms, copies of identity, and address proof.
• The insurance plan will offer around 10 major benefits for the applicant including permanent total or permanent partial disability coverage of Rs 10 lakh, an option to cover accidental medical expenses up to Rs 60,000, and transportation benefits for the family members traveling to see the accident victim.

10) Answer: C

• The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), announced the launch of Bima Sugam, an online marketplace that will house all companies selling life and non-life insurance on a single platform. 
• The portal is scheduled to go live on 1 January 2023.

About Bima Sugam :

• The online platform will provide you with a one-stop destination for all insurance needs, providing services like buying insurance policies, portability facilities, change of insurance agents, and settling claims.
• It allows buyers to purchase life, motor, or health insurance policies directly.
• Also, web aggregators (such as PolicyX, PolicyBazaar, etc.), brokers (such as Bajaj Capital, Probus Insurance Broker, etc.), banks, and insurance agents will act as facilitators in selling insurance policies.
• It will provide all these facilities to policyholders with an e-insurance account (E-IA).

11) Answer: B

• The Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has offered more flexibility to general insurance companies in designing and pricing products under miscellaneous lines of business and allowed them to launch these in the market without prior regulatory approval.
• This is part of IRDAI's endeavor to boost the ease of doing business.
• Earlier, the products with a sum assured above Rs 5 crore could be launched without prior approval of IRDAI.
• But insurers needed regulatory approval before launching products with a sum assured up to Rs 5 crore.
• Now, IRDAI said that it has extended the ‘Use and File’ procedure, ie. launching insurance products without prior approval, to all categories.

IRDAI :

• Founded: 1999
• Headquarters: Hyderabad, Telangana
• Chairperson: Debasish Panda
• IRDAI is a regulatory body under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, and is tasked with regulating and licensing the insurance and re-insurance industries in

12) Answer: B

• Coca-Cola, a multinational soft drink corporation, declared that the Indian market had made "Sprite," a lemon- and lime-flavored soft drink, a billion-dollar brand.
• In the third quarter of 2022, the company's India business experienced "strong" volume growth.
• Strong growth was achieved by Trademark Coke through efficient execution and occasion-based marketing.
• Through the introduction of returnable glass bottles and single-serve PET containers, Coke has completed 2.5 billion transactions in India at reasonable pricing points.
• As it increased its share of effervescent offers in the first half of 2022, Coca-Cola strengthened further.
• Due in large part to the success of locally tailored, occasion-based global marketing campaigns and screen time, Sprite has developed into a billion-dollar brand in the market.
• Coca-Cola had declared that its Indian soft drink brand Thumps up would reach $1 billion in sales by 2021.
• The fifth-largest market for Coca-Cola worldwide is India.

13) Answer: D

• The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) released Electronic Gold receipts (EGR) on its platform.
• During the Muhurat trading on Diwali, it presented two new goods with purity levels of 995 and 999.
• Trading will be in 1-gram increments, with deliveries in 10-gram and 100-gram increments.
• It will be settled in T+1. EGR enables efficient gold price discovery and standardization, transparency in gold transactions, promotion of the India Good Delivery Standard, and payment guarantees to investors.
• With an annual gold demand of roughly 800-900 tonnes, India is the world's second-largest consumer of gold, and it plays a significant role in global markets.
• Despite being second only to China in gold consumption, India has remained a price taker in global markets.
• To remedy the issue, the Government of India has authorized the establishment of a gold exchange, where the metal will be traded on Indian exchanges in the form of Electronic Gold Receipts (EGR).

14) Answer: E

• The feature film "Pather Panchali" by renowned director Satyajit Ray has been named the best Indian movie of all time by the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI).
• In a list of the best ten films in Indian cinema history, which was determined following a poll by the FIPRESCI India chapter, the 1955 movie is ranked first.
• "Pather Panchali," Ray's first film as a director, was based on the 1929 Bengali novel of the same name by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay.
• Starring in it was Chunibala Devi, Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Uma Dasgupta, and Subir Banerjee.
• According to FIPRESCI-India, 30 members participated in the ballot, which was done in secret.

15) Answer: A

• The Drone Federation of India (DFI) and the Naval Innovation Indigenisation Organization (NIIO) under the Indian Navy have joined forces to promote domestic research, development, testing, and production of drones, counter-drones, and related technologies for the Indian Navy.
• As part of this partnership, TDAC and DFI will boost the synergy between the Navy, Industry, and Academic sectors and identify technical development obstacles for component indigenization.
• To speed up the development and testing of drones, particularly in marine conditions, and to enable development for a variety of applications, a unique maritime drone testing site shall also be designated for the Indian drone sector.
• As part of this relationship, skill development and sensitization programs will also be run.
• TDAC has been working to hasten the creation of homegrown technologies that the Indian Navy can use.
• The Drone Federation of India will assist us in strengthening our connections with the sector and in building a stronger roadmap for the timely introduction of drone platforms into the Indian Navy.

16) Answer: C

• An Indo-Canadian healthcare worker, Ms. Navjit Kaur Brar, has become the first turban-wearing Sikh woman to be elected as a city councilor of Brampton city in Canada.
• Ms. Navjit Kaur Brar defeated Jermaine Chambers, a former Conservative MP candidate for Brampton West, to become the next City Councillor for Wards 2 and 6.

About Navjit Kaur Brar :

• She is an Indo-Canadian respiratory therapist.
• She is a former Conservative MP candidate for Brampton West.
• Elections for municipal government are held every four years on the fourth Monday of October, which fell on October 24, 2022, this time.

17) Answer: C

• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made a landmark decision when it established a "pay equity policy," stating that its centrally-contracted men's and women's players would get equal match fees.
• Jay Shah, the BCCI secretary, announced the momentous development on Twitter.
• As a result, the women's players will now receive Rs. 15 lakh for each Test match, Rs. 6 lakh for each ODI, and Rs. 3 lakh for each T20 International.
• They had been paid Rs 1 lakh for a white-ball match and Rs 4 lakh for a test match up to this point.
• Women's cricket players are still paid the same annual retainer - Rs. 50 lakh for Grade A, Rs. 30 lakh for Grade B, and Rs. 10 lakh for Grade C. Depending on their classification, men who participate in more games are paid between Rs 1 and Rs 7 crore.
• At an emergency meeting of the BCCI Apex Council, a decision was made.

18) Answer: A

• The French painter who came to fame with his works reflecting on the shades and forms of black, Pierre Soulages passed away at the age of 102.

About Pierre Soulages :

• Soulages was born in 1919 in Rodez, Aveyron.
• He was a French painter, printmaker, and
• He is known as "the painter of black," owing to his interest in the color "both as a color and a non-color.
• He was known for his "beyond black" works that took the monochromatic painting to the next level.
• In 1955, he took part in the first documenta art fair in the central German city of Kassel.
• In 2014, François Hollande described him as the world's greatest living artist
• In December 2019, he was honored by the Louvre in Paris with a solo exhibition.
• He was only the third artist to have a solo show at the museum during his lifetime, joining Marc Chagall and Pablo Picasso.

19) Answer: B

• Veteran Assamese actor, Nipon Goswami passed away at the age of 80.
• Goswami was born on 3 September 1942 at Kolibari in Tezpur, Assam.
• His father Chandradhar Goswami was also a famous actor and his mother Nirupama Goswami a
• He was an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
• He made his acting debut as a child actor in the Assamese film 'Piyoli Phukan'.
• He started his film career as the lead actor in the Assamese movie Sangra.
• He debuted in the Assamese cinema as a child artist in
• His last Assamese film was 'Lankakanda', directed by Rajani Barman.

20) Answer: B

• An Iranian loner, also popular as the "dirtiest man in the world" for not taking a shower for more than half a century, Amou Haji passed away at the age of 94 in Iran.
• He was known to his community as Amou Haji or Uncle Haji, an Iranian term of endearment for an older person.
• He was afraid of water and had not bathed for over 60 years.
• Owing to his unique record, a short documentary titled 'The Strange Life of Amou Haji' was made in 2013, describing his life.
• Following Haji’s death, the unofficial title of “world’s dirtiest man” would go to a 67-year-old Indian man from western Maharashtra state who also had not bathed for more than 30 years.