21. Axis Bank completes a deal to buy Citibank’s India consumer business. Who is the MD and CEO of Axis Bank?

1. Rakesh Makhija
2. Himanshu Shekhar
3. Amitabh Chaudhary
4. Rajiv Anand
5. Manish Tripathi

Option “3” is correct.
Amitabh Chaudhary is the MD & CEO of Axis Bank currently.
The deal, which was announced in March 2022, will see India’s third-largest private sector bank absorbing Citibank’s consumer businesses, covering loans, credit cards, wealth management, and retail banking operations in India.
22. As measured, as measured by the CMIE All India’s unemployment rate, remained elevated in February 2023 and rose to how much percent?

1. 8.30%
2. 6.72%
3. 7.45%
4. 9.56%
5. 10.2%

Option “3” is correct.
Joblessness as measured by the CMIE All India unemployment rate remained elevated in February 2023 and rose to 7.45% from 7.14% in the previous month.
The urban unemployment rate decreased for the second straight month and was at 7.93% in February as against 8.55% in January.
23. Bihar Minister of Industry, Samir Kumar Mahaseth has released a book titled “The Book of Bihari Literature”, edited by Abhay Kumar, an Indian poet-diplomat. This book is published by which publication house?

1. Allen & Unwin
2. HarperCollins
3. Hachette Book Group
4. Simon & Schuster
5. Penguin Random House

Option “2” is correct.
The book, published by HarperCollins, is a collection of short stories and poems written over a period of 2600 years, translated into English from various languages such as Angika, Bajjika, Bhojpuri, Magahi, Maithili, Hindi, Urdu, Pali, Sanskrit, and Farsi.
24. The Foxconn company plans to make incremental investments totaling less than $1 billion. A Taiwanese company Foxconn is investing 1 billion US dollars in which Indian city?

1. Noida
2. Pune
3. Kolkata
4. Bengaluru
5. None of the above

Option “4” is correct.
A 300-acre plot adjacent to Bengaluru’s international airport has been agreed upon by Foxconn, a Taiwanese company that assembles iPhones, as the location for its largest technology manufacturing campus in India.
25. World Obesity Day 2023 is celebrated with the theme ‘Changing Perspectives: Let’s Talk About Obesity’. Which date is World Obesity Day observed to promote practical solutions and assist people in achieving and maintaining a healthy weight while receiving appropriate treatment?

1. March 4
2. March 6
3. March 3
4. March 5
5. March 7

Option “1” is correct.
World Obesity Day is observed on March 4 every year to promote practical solutions and help people achieve and maintain a healthy weight while undertaking proper treatment.
World Obesity Day highlights one of the biggest health crises faced by about 1 billion people across the planet, today.
26. Who published the book ‘India’s Vaccine Growth Story: From Cowpox to Vaccine Maitri’ by Shri Sajjan Singh Yadav?

1. Draupadi Murmu
2. Narendra Modi
3. Piyush Goyal
4. Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya
5. Smriti Irani

Option “4” is correct.
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya released the book ‘India’s Vaccine Growth Story – From Cowpox to Vaccine Maitri’ authored by Shri Sajjan Singh Yadav, Additional Secretary.
27. Give the name of an Indo-American woman judge who was recently named the first district court justice in the US state of Massachusetts.

1. Manpreet Singh
2. Devika Bulchandani
3. Ami Bera
4. Tejal Mehta
5. Sohini Chatterjee

Option “4” is correct.
Tejal Mehta, an Indian-American woman judge who promised to make a real impact on the community and treat people with compassion, has taken oath as the first Justice of a district court in the US state of Massachusetts.
28. India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is to be connected shortly to comparable networks in Indonesia, Mauritius, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In which year UPI was introduced in India?

1. 2018
2. 2016
3. 2012
4. 2019
5. 2015

Option “2” is correct.
UPI was introduced in 2016 in India. To facilitate quicker remittances between the two nations, Singapore’s PayNow network and India’s UPI were connected.
29. Salhoutuonuo Kruse and Hekani Jakhalu, both from the ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, made history by becoming the first women candidates to be elected in the state assembly election of ___________.

1. Mizoram
2. West Bengal
3. Nagaland
4. Uttarakhand
5. Sikkim

Option “3” is correct.
Salhoutuonuo Kruse and Hekani Jakhalu, both from Nagaland made history by becoming the first women candidates to be elected in the state assembly election. Salhoutuono Kruse Becomes The First Woman Minister In Nagaland’s History
30. Civil Accounts Day was celebrated to mark the 47th foundation day of India the Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) this year. On which day the Civil Accounts Day celebrated?

1. 3 March
2. 1 March
3. 5 March
4. 4 March
5. 2 March

Option “2” is correct.
Civil Accounts Day was celebrated on 1st March to mark the 47th foundation day of the Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS).
Civil Accounts Day was celebrated on 1st March to mark the 47th foundation day of the Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS).
The Indian Civil Accounts Service was constituted in 1976 after the maintenance of Accounts of the Union government was separated from that of Audit.
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