RBI OFFICER GRADE ‘B’ PHASE-I EXAM Held on : 09.11.2019(Part-III)

Total Questions: 50

21. In September 2019 ‘Airtel Payments Bank’ launched an innovative ‘Mosquito Diseases Protection Policy’ (MDPP) under the corporate agency tie-up with _________.

Correct Answer: (2) HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company
Solution:Airtel Payments Bank, India’s first Payments Bank, and HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company, India’s leading private sector general insurance company, under the corporate agency tie-up launched an innovative Mosquito Diseases Protection Policy (MDPP) in September 2019.
• It was a part of their objective to drive insurance adoption in the country through affordable and easily accessible products. It aimed to contribute to financial inclusion in the country.

22. The India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF) was organized in ________ in October, 2019.

Correct Answer: (3) New Delhi
Solution:The First Ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF) was held at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi in October 2019.
● The three day fair was aunique initiative that provided single platform to farmers, artisans & other members of cooperatives directly to global trade arena.
● IICTF is conceived as a major platform to promote exports of Indian cooperative produce and is packed with exhibitions, B2B/C2C meetings, conferences, cultural programmes etc.

23. A four-day ‘Shirul Lily’ festival featuring the beautiful flower, a unique species of ground fly is held in the Indian State of ________.

Correct Answer: (1) Manipur
Solution:

The annual Shirui Lily Festival is hosted by Manipur Department of Tourism in Ukhrul district of the state.
● The event features demonstrations of age-old traditions and culture of inhabitants of district of Ukhrul.
● The festival seeks to spread the awareness about the endangered Shirui Lily and promote the district of Ukhrul as a tourist destination in Manipur.

24. In October 2019, the IT Ministry unveiled BHIM 2.0 with several new functionalities. Over and above the existing 13 languages, the new version of BHIM supports ________.

Correct Answer: (1) 3 additional languages
Solution:The IT Ministry on 21 October 2019 unveiled a slew of new initiatives and programmes, including BHIM 2.0 that packs in new functionalities.
● The new version of BHIM supports three additional languages — Konkani, Bhojpuri and Haryanvi — over and above the existing 13.
● Some of the other striking features marking BHIM 2.0 include a ‘Donation’ gateway, increased transaction limits for high value transactions, linking multiple bank accounts, offers from merchants, option of applying in IPO, gifting money, etc.

25. The ‘State of the World’s children report’ has been released by ________ in October, 2019.

Correct Answer: (4) UNICEF
Solution:

  1. The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), in October 2019, released the “The State of the World’s Children (SOWC) 2019 : Children, food and nutrition- Growing well in a changing world”.
    ● It was for the first time in 20 years, it evaluated the issue of children, food and nutrition.
    ● The report stated that despite of 40% drop in stunting of children in poor countries between 1990 and 2015, 149 million are still too short for their age.

26. Union Minister Shri Ram Vilas Paswan hails from the Indian State of ________.

Correct Answer: (4) Bihar
Solution:Ram Vilas Paswan is an Indian politician from Bihar. Paswan was born in a Dalit family in 1946 in Bihar.
● He is the current Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
● Paswan is also the president of the Lok Janshakti Party, eight-time Lok Sabha member and former Rajya Sabha MP.

27. November 14, every year is internationally recognised as the ________.

Correct Answer: (4) World Diabetes Day
Solution:14 November is internationally recognized as the World Diabetes Day. World Diabetes Day was launched in 1991 by the IDF and the World Health Organization (WHO).
● The day itself marks the birthday of Frederick Banting who, along with Charles Best and John James Rickard Macleod, first conceived the idea which led to the discovery of insulin in 1922.
● November 14 is celebrated as the Children’s Day every year in India.

28. ‘Peter Handke’ who has recently been conferred the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature is a novelist and playwright from which country?

Correct Answer: (4) Austria
Solution:Peter Handke is an Austrian-born Nobel laureate novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director and screenwriter.
● The Nobel Prize in Literature 2019 was awarded to Peter Handke “for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience.

29. The Indian President Ram Nath Kovind was on an official visit to Manila the capital city of ________.

Correct Answer: (1) Republic of Philippines
Solution:Manila is the capital of the Philippines and a highly urbanized city.
● The city is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay. The Pasig River flows through the middle of the city, dividing it into the north and south sections.
● India-Philippines signed four bilateral agreements during President Ram Nath Kovind’s Manila visit.

30. ‘Mohamed Bin Zayed University’ the first ‘Artificial Intelligence’ University has been launched in ________ in October, 2019.

Correct Answer: (5) Abu Dhabi, UAE
Solution:The UAE in October 2019 inaugurated Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi.
● It is claimed to be the first artificial intelligence university in the world.
● The university will offer Master of Science (MSc) and PhD level programs in key areas of artificial intelligence – machine learning, computer vision and natural language processing.