11. Which company has launched a new mobile application called ‘Share(dot)Market’?
[A] PhonePe
[B] Paytm
[C] BharatPe
[D] CRED
Answer: A [PhonePe]
Notes:
PhonePe has entered into stock broking business with the launch of a new mobile application called ‘Share(dot)Market’, under its subsidiary PhonePe Wealth Broking.
It provides market intelligence and quantitative research-based WealthBaskets, a scalable technology platform. It will be available as a mobile app and a dedicated web platform, enabling retail investors to buy stocks, engage in intra-day trades, buy curated WealthBaskets and mutual funds.
12. India signed a MoU with which country to boost cooperation in civil aviation?
[A] New Zealand
[B] France
[C] Germany
[D] Spain
Answer: A [New Zealand]
Notes:
The Government of India and the Government of New Zealand have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost cooperation in civil aviation.
This will cover the scheduling of new routes, code share services, traffic rights and capacity entitlement. An Air Services Agreement was signed between New Zealand and India in 2016. The New Zealand and India have reviewed the existing arrangements relating to air service between the two countries.
13. National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to plant at least 10,000 trees in which state?
[A] Assam
[B] Manipur
[C] Uttarakhand
[D] Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: C [Uttarakhand]
Notes:
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to plant at least 10,000 trees within a month in Uttarakhand.
This direction was s part of compensatory tree plantation to make up for hundreds of trees felled during construction of a road from Simli to Gwaldam. There were petitions about construction of a road in the fragile and sensitive mountains of Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.
14. The DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga) has entered into a collaboration with which Indian state?
[A] Kerala
[B] Maharashtra
[C] Odisha
[D] Goa
Answer: B [Maharashtra]
Notes:
The DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga) has entered into a collaboration with the Government of the State of Maharashtra, after a MoU was signed as part of the prestigious Shree Shiv Chhatarapati Awards ceremony in Pune, India.
The MoU lays out three core elements to support the advancement of football within the state of Maharashtra: improving the technical and sporting expertise at all levels within clubs, associations, colleges and schools; strengthening football structures across the Indian subcontinent; and specifically supporting the progression of football within the Maharashtra district.
15. Which Indian has won the 2023 Ramon Magsaysay award?
[A] Ravi Kannan
[B] Gautam Adani
[C] Ghazal Alagh
[D] Kailash Vidyarthi
Answer: A [Ravi Kannan]
Notes:
Assam-based Oncologist Ravi Kannan has been named one of the four winners of the 2023 Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel prize.
He is a recipient of India’s fourth-highest civilian award Padma Shri and the director of Assam’s Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (CCHRC).
16. ‘Bhaderwah Rajmash and Sulai honey’, which got Geographical Indication (GI) tag, is from which State/UT?
[A] Assam
[B] Jammu and Kashmir
[C] Rajasthan
[D] West Bengal
Answer: B [Jammu and Kashmir]
Notes:
Bhaderwah Rajmash and Sulai honey of Doda and Ramban districts of Jammu and Kashmir, have been granted Geographical Indication (GI) tags.
In 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had gifted organic Sulai honey to Queen Elizabeth during his visit to Britain.
17. What is the name of the World’s Most Advanced Arabic Large Language Model, which was released recently?
[A] Gyaan
[B] Ruez
[C] Jais
[D] Rooh
Answer: C [Jais]
Notes:
Inception, a unit of Abu Dhabi AI company G42, has released ‘Jais’, the world’s most advanced Arabic large language model.
Jais is a bilingual Arabic-English model that has been trained on a massive dataset of text and code. It can be used for a variety of tasks, such as machine translation, text summarization, and question answering. It was trained on the Condor Galaxy, the world’s largest AI supercomputer, using 116 billion Arabic tokens and 279 billion English tokens.
18. Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Mera Bill-Mera Adhikar Scheme’?
[A] Ministry of Finance
[B] Ministry of Corporate Affairs
[C] Ministry of MSME
[D] Ministry of Home Affairs
Answer: A [Ministry of Finance]
Notes:
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the Mera Bill-Mera Adhikar Scheme from Gurugram on September 1.
The scheme will be launched in the states of Assam, Gujarat, and Haryana; and the UTs of Puducherry, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli. Two bumper prizes of ₹1 crore each will be given away every quarter to the winners of Mera Bill Mera Adhikaar’.
19. Which Indian chess player replaced Viswanathan Anand as the country’s top-ranked player?
[A] R Praggnananda
[B] D Gukesh
[C] Nihal Sarin
[D] Arjun Erigaisi
Answer: B [D Gukesh]
Notes:
17-year-old D Gukesh took over as the country’s top-ranked player from Viswanathan Anand in FIDE’s monthly rankings list.
It has been 37 years since anyone other than Anand holding the top position. The five-time World champion is currently ranked ninth, a spot below Gukesh on the world list, is semi-retired from active chess.
20. Which institution launched the ‘Adopt a Heritage 2.0’ programme?
[A] NITI Aayog
[B] Archaeological Survey of India
[C] Union Culture Ministry
[D] Union External Affairs Ministry
Answer: B [Archaeological Survey of India]
Notes:
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) launched the “Adopt a Heritage 2.0” programme under which corporates are invited to fund amenities at monuments from their corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds.
The aim of “Adopt a Heritage 2.0” programme is to enhance the visitor experience at centrally protected monuments, improve amenities, and bolster the culture and heritage value of the country.