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Welcome to the General Knowledge Section of Free Time Learning. As we are aware General Knowledge (GK) is a very important area in all the competitive exams held in the country. Nowadays, a good knowledge of general awareness is very important in clearing any competitive and government recruitment examinations.

These General Knowledge Question are very important and usefull to UPSC, IAS/PCS, UPPSC, IBPS, SBI, RBI, SSC, CGL, Railway, APPSC, TSPSC, KPSC, TNPSC, TPSC, UPPSC, MPSC, RPSC, BPSC, MPPSC, UKPSC, MPSC, and other competitive exams.

A)
RBI
B)
ADB
C)
SBI
D)
World Bank

Correct Answer :   RBI


The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday(7th Mar 2022), released a booklet on modus operandi of financial frauds, titled ‘BE(A)WARE’, as a part of the public awareness initiative by its Consumer Education and Protection Department.
 
RBI, while enhancing customer convenience, furthered that “as the speed and ease of doing financial transactions has improved, the number of frauds reported in retail financial transactions has also gone up. Fraudsters have been using innovative methods to defraud the common and gullible people of their hard-earned money, especially the new entrants in the use of digital platforms who are not entirely familiar with the techno- financial eco-system.”
 
RBI claims that this booklet, which has been compiled from various incidents of frauds reported as also from complaints received at the offices of RBI Ombudsmen, provides information to those who are inexperienced, or not so experienced, in digital and electronic modes of financial transactions.
 
RBI’s Ombudsmen Offices and the Consumer Education and Protection Cells (CEPCs) also revealed that sharing of confidential information by the customers, knowingly or unknowingly, is one of the major causes leading to financial fraud.
 
India’s central bank describes that this “booklet is intended to create awareness among the members of public about the modus operandi adopted by fraudsters to defraud and mislead them, while also informing them about the precautions to be taken while carrying out financial transactions.”

Source : Business Today

Published On : March 9, 2022
A)
RBI
B)
UBS
C)
Citibank
D)
Zeta

Correct Answer :   Zeta


Mastercard and Zeta, a financial tech startup that provides next-generation credit card processing to banks and fintechs, established a 5-year worldwide agreement today(7th Mar 2022). As part of the deal, the companies will work together to create credit cards with issuers all around the world using Zeta’s modern, cloud-native, and API-ready credit processing stack.
 
KEY POINTS :
* According to a statement released by Zeta, Mastercard has bolstered the alliance by making a financial investment in the company.
* Zeta hopes to move the credit card processing industry from fragmented, multi-vendor systems to nimble, composable, single-vendor systems that are truly responsive to changing cardholder needs and preferences with Mastercard’s support and integration of its capabilities in digital issuance, fraud and risk, loyalty solutions, and more.
* Issuers will be able to launch cards significantly faster now that both partners have pre-configured essential features behind the scenes, making it easier than ever to quickly create and deploy flexible, highly customised card programmes, according to the banking tech unicorn.
 
ZETA TACHYON :
* Zeta Tachyon Credit is the only current credit processing stack in the business that can handle both credit and loan processing.
* The stack includes features for issuance, core, payments, BNPL loans, fraud and risk, rewards, and more, spanning the whole credit card programme lifetime.
* By providing a complete credit Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) and embeddable banking platform to co-brands, fintechs, and affinity partners via Zeta’s comprehensive APIs, issuers may quickly develop new revenue lines as BIN/balance sheet sponsors.
* Customers can also take advantage of Zeta’s comprehensive managed services, which include servicing and collections, among other things.

Published On : March 9, 2022
A)
NLC India Limited
B)
National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (NMDC)
C)
National Aluminium Company(NAC)
D)
National Thermal Power Corporation Limited. (NTPCL)

Correct Answer :   National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (NMDC)


National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (NMDC) Country’s largest Iron Ore producer, a CPSE under Ministry of Steel received 1st prize in the Ispat Rajbhasha Award for 2018-19 and 2020-21 and company also received the Ispat Rajbhasha Prerna Award for 2019-20. The award ceremony was held in the meeting of the Hindi Salahakar Committee of the Ministry of Steel held in Madurai on 3rd March 2022. The Union Minister of Steel, Shri Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, presented the accolades to Shri Sumit Deb, Chairman and Managing Director, NMDC.

Published On : March 8, 2022
A)
12
B)
14
C)
21
D)
27

Correct Answer :   14


The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, presented Nari Shakti Puraskar 2020 and 2021 at a function held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on March 8, 2022, on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The President honoured 29 outstanding women achievers for their exceptional work towards women empowerment, especially the marginalized and vulnerable women. Overall, 28 awards were conferred, 14 awards each for the year 2020 and 2021

Published On : March 8, 2022
A)
123Pay
B)
129Pay
C)
157Pay
D)
234Pay

Correct Answer :   123Pay


RBI Governor "Shaktikanta Das" launched a new UPI payments service for feature phones named UPI 123Pay on March 8, 2022. The UPI payments gateway involves a three-step method to initiate and execute services for users.The service will benefit an estimated 40 crore feature phone users and enable them to undertake digital payments in a secure manner.

Published On : March 8, 2022
A)
Priyanka Nutakki
B)
Gaprindashvili
C)
Padmini Rout
D)
Soumya Swaminathan

Correct Answer :   Priyanka Nutakki


19-year-old "Priyanka Nutakki" has secured her final WGM-norm at MPL’s forty-seventh National Women Chess Championship. She became India’s twenty-third Woman Grandmaster. She is from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. Priyanka Nutakki scored her first WGM-norm in January 2019 and crossed the 2300 rating criteria in the next two months. However, much like a lot of players, the Covid-19 pandemic delayed her title hopes.
 
Priyanka braved the odds, resumed playing over-the-board tournaments in October 2021 at ChessMood Open. In her third over-the-board tournament of the year, she scored her second WGM and maiden IM-norm at the 7th Sunway Sitges Open 2021.

Published On : March 8, 2022
A)
China
B)
Russia
C)
Ukraine
D)
South Korea

Correct Answer :   Russia


Russia has reportedly released a propaganda video that shows Russian cosmonauts disconnecting the Russian ISS modules from the International Space Station. The video is reportedly sort of a joke film or could even be a silent threat from Russia amid complete breakdown of relations with the United States and the west. 

Published On : March 8, 2022
A)
BJP
B)
INC
C)
SP
D)
BSP

Correct Answer :   BJP


The BJP is predicted to win an overwhelming majority in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls 2022, as per Exit Polls 2022. The party is projected to break the state’s anti-incumbency past and come to power for historic second term with over 300 seats in the 403 member state assembly

Published On : March 8, 2022
A)
10
B)
7
C)
4
D)
2

Correct Answer :   4


Indian shooters ended their campaign at the ISSF World Cup 2022 in Cairo, Egypt with a total of seven medals, which included, "Four gold", Two silver and One bronze medal.

Published On : March 8, 2022
A)
Go Digital, Go Secure
B)
Smarter Digital Payments
C)
Unified Payments Interface
D)
Outreach and Availability of Digital Payments

Correct Answer :   Outreach and Availability of Digital Payments


The Reserve Bank of India will observe Digital Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) from March 7-11, 2022.

The theme of Digital Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) 2022 is: “Outreach and Availability of Digital Payments”.

Published On : March 8, 2022