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1 .

Who is inaugurates Brahmos missile manufacturing unit in Lucknow?

Rajnath Singh

Smriti Irani

Piyush Goyal

Nirmala Sitharaman

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Rajnath Singh

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister "Yogi Adityanath" and Defense Minister "Rajnath Singh" laid the foundation stone of BrahMos Missiles production unit and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) lab in Lucknow on Saturday(25-12-2021).

Earlier in the day, the Chief Minister said, Uttar Pradesh will become a Defence production hub and BrahMos missile will be manufactured in Lucknow which will lead to the creation of new employment opportunities for youth.

Source : NDTV

Published On : December 28, 2021

2 .

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposes penalty on which two payment system operators in Dec 2021?

Paytm and BharatPe

Google Pay and Phonepe

Mobikwik and Spice Money

Mobikwik and Amazon Pay

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Mobikwik and Spice Money

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 crore each on payment platforms Mobikwik and Spice Money. In a press statement, RBI said that the penalties have been imposed on these two payment service operators (PSOs) under provisions of Section 30 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 (PSS Act). “These actions are based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and are not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the entities with their customers,” RBI said.

Both One Mobikwik Systems Private Limited – parent company of Mobikwik – and Spice Money Limited have been penalised for committing offences of the nature referred to in Section 26 (6) of the PSS Act.

Published On : December 28, 2021

3 .

Which Bank won CII Dx award for 'Most Innovative Best Practice' 2021?

Axis Bank

Canara Bank

ICICI Bank

HDFC Bank

Correct Answer : Option (D) - HDFC Bank

HDFC Bank has been named under ‘Most Innovative Best Practice’ at the coveted Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Digital Transformation Award 2021 or CII DX Award 2021.

It will be recognized for the HDFC’s efforts in world-class financial inclusion in Village Level Executive (VLE) centres along with the Government of India’s Common Service Centres (CSC).

Published On : December 28, 2021

4 .

Who won National Billiards Title 2021?

Pankaj Advani

Aditya Mehta

Babar Masih

Sourav Kothari

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Pankaj Advani

Ace cueist Pankaj Advani defended his national billiards title -- his 11th in the tournament -- after he defeated his PSPB teammate Dhruv Sitwala 5-2 in a best of nine games final here.

Advani responded with breaks of 56 and 46 to restore parity at 1-1 after Sitwala's breaks of 64 and 42 late on Monday evening.

Sitwala, displaying excellent in-offs, pots and cannons, surged ahead by pocketing the third game with a sizeable break of 84.

Published On : December 28, 2021

5 .

Who was the new MD of RBL Bank?

Ashwani Bhatia

Amitabh Chaudhry

Aditya Puri

Rajeev Ahuja

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Rajeev Ahuja

The RBL Bank board has appointed Rajeev Ahuja, who’s currently working as the Executive Director at the bank, as interim Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the bank with immediate effect, subject to the regulatory and other approvals. The board of directors at its meeting has accepted the request of Vishwavir Ahuja, Managing Director and CEO of the bank, to proceed on leave with immediate effect.

Published On : December 27, 2021

6 .

Who has won the Sushila Devi Award 2021?

Jhumpa Lahiri

Anukrti Upadhyay

Chetan Bhagat

Arundhati Roy

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Anukrti Upadhyay

Anukrti Upadhyay has won the Sushila Devi Award 2021 for the Best Book of Fiction for her novel, Kintsugi, which was published by the Fourth Estate imprint. The Ratanlal Foundation and the organizing Committee of the Bhopal Literature and Art Festival announced the winner, for this notable award for fiction written by a woman author and published in 2020. This prize has been instituted by the Shri Ratanlal Foundation.

Published On : December 27, 2021

7 .

How long does the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) extend card tokenization?

June 30, 2022

July 31, 2022

September 30, 2022

December 301, 2022

Correct Answer : Option (A) - June 30, 2022

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday(23-12-2021) extended the deadline for wiping off card data on merchant sites and applying tokenisation by another six months as merchants and payments companies expressed their inability to meet the December 31 deadline.

In a statement on its website, the central bank said “at the request of industry stakeholders”, the timeline is being extended until June 30, 2022.

Published On : December 27, 2021

8 .

Who has successfully conducted a flight test of Indigenously developed High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) 'Abhyas'?

HAL

DRDO

ISRO

SpaceX

Correct Answer : Option (B) - DRDO

DRDO has successfully conducted(24th Dec 2021) the flight test of Indigenously developed High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) 'Abhyas' from Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off the coast of Odisha yesterday. During the flight trial, high subsonic speed trajectory at a very low altitude with high endurance was demonstrated.

Two boosters provided initial acceleration during launch and a small turbojet engine was used to sustain high subsonic speed with long endurance.

The indigenous data link designed by Bengaluru based Industry partner has been successfully flown and tested during the flight. The performance of the system during the entire flight duration has been confirmed from the data captured by various Range instruments deployed.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that the successful test is noteworthy testimony of synergy between scientists and industry.

Published On : December 27, 2021

9 .

What the Indian Navy has decommissioned after 32 years?

INS Vikrant

INS Arihant

INS Vishal

INS Khukri

Correct Answer : Option (D) - INS Khukri

INS Khukri, the first of the indigenously built Missile Corvettes, was decommissioned after 32 years of glorious service on Thursday, 23 December 2021. The ship solemn ceremony was held at Visakhapatnam wherein the national flag, naval ensign, and the decommissioning pennant were lowered at sunset in the presence of Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command the Chief Guest for the ceremony and some serving and retired former commanding officers of the ship.

The corvette was built by the Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders on 23 August 1989 and had the distinction of being part of both the Western and Eastern Fleets. The ship was commissioned in Mumbai by Shri Krishna Chandra Pant, the then Hon’ble Raksha Mantri and Mrs Sudha Mulla, wife of late Capt Mahendra Nath Mulla, MVC with Commander (now Vice Admiral Retired) Sanjeev Bhasin as her first Commanding Officer.

Source : Indian Navy

Published On : December 26, 2021

10 .

Who is Indian off-spinner announced his retirement from cricket in December 2021?

Yuvraj Singh

Anil Kumble

Harbhajan Singh

Zaheer Khan

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Harbhajan Singh

Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has announced his retirement(24-12-2021) from cricket at the age of 41.

Harbhajan played 103 Tests, 236 one-day internationals and 28 T20 internationals for his country between 1998 and 2016, picking up 711 wickets in total.

He took 417 Test wickets - placing him 14th on the all-time list and fourth among India bowlers, behind only Anil Kumble, Kapil Dev and Ravichandran Ashwin - with a further 269 scalps in ODI cricket and 25 in T20Is.

Published On : December 26, 2021