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

Article 22 deals with protection against arrest and detention in certain cases.

• It states that no person who is arrested shall be detained in custody without being informed, as soon as may be, of the grounds for such arrest, nor shall he be denied the right to consult, and to be defended by, a legal practitioner of his choice.

• It is a fundamental right.

The Chinese scientists are constructing a huge cosmic ray observation station that is equivalent to 200 soccer fields in Sichuan province.

• The observatory is located 4,400 meters above sea level.
• The observatory is named as “Large High-Altitude Air Shower Observatory” (LHAASO).
• The project is to be completed by 2020.
• The main objective of the observatory is to study the origin of cosmic rays, their acceleration and transmission mechanism.

Paektu Mountain, also known as Baekdu Mountain, is an active stratovolcano on the Chinese–North Korean border.

• It is the highest mountain in North Korea, the Korean Peninsula, and Northeast China.
• It is known in China as Changbai Mountain.
• Koreans assign a mythical quality to the volcano and its caldera lake, considering it to be their country’s spiritual home.

Oil-to-telecom major Reliance Industries (RIL) on 17 October 2019 became the first company in India to hit the market capitalisation of Rs. 9 lakh crore.

• RIL was also the first company to reach Rs. 8 lakh crore mark in August 2018.

• Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) also became the first Indian company to hit Rs. 10 lakh crore mark in market capitalisation in November 2019.

Green Park Stadium is a cricket stadium located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

• It is home to the Uttar Pradesh cricket team.
• It is the only international cricket stadium in Uttar Pradesh that hosts international cricket matches in both Test and One Day format.
• The stadium hosted the 500th Test played by the Indian team.
• It is named after British lady Madam Green.

The government on 3 October 2019 launched Prakash portal – “Power Rail Koyla Availability through Supply Harmony” for better coordination among the ministries of power, coal and Indian Railways for coal supply to power plants.

• The portal will enable all stakeholders to monitor coal right from mines to transportation.

• The portal is designed to help in mapping and monitoring the entire coal supply chain for power plants.

NITI Aayog, with Institute for Competitiveness as the knowledge partner, in October 2019, released the India Innovation Index (III) 2019.

• According to the index, Karnataka is the most innovative major state in India.

• Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Telangana, Haryana, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh form the remaining top ten major states respectively.

Ekaterina Andreyevna Paltceva is a Russian boxer.

• She won a medal at the 2019 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships.
• Manju Rani is an Indian boxer.
• She won a silver medal at the 2019 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships.
• She also won a silver medal at the Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament 2019 held in Bulgaria.

Home Credit India (HCIN), a local arm of the international consumer finance provider, in October 2019, tied up with Karur Vysya Bank (KVB) for joint lending using end-to-end automated processing, which will help the customer get real-time approval and disbursement.

• Under the agreement, HCIN and KVB will disburse loans in a single amount to customers. Home Credit India has operations spread over 179 cities across 20 states in India.

Mark Vincent Hurd was an American technology executive who served as Co-CEO and as a member of the Board of Directors of Oracle Corporation.

• He had previously served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and president of Hewlett-Packard, before resigning in 2010.