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Ques. : 1 Every year which day is celebrated all over the world as “World Homeopathy Day” as a tribute to the founder and father of Homeopathy Dr. Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann?
1) 01 Apr
2) 02 Apr
3) 06 Apr
4) 08 Apr
5) 10 Apr
Answer:- 5) 10 Apr

Ques. : 2 The UPI of the HDFC Bank will also be available on Chillr, a multi-bank mobile payments app now. Here, the term UPI stands for
1) Unique Payments Interface
2) Unified Payments Interface
3) Unilateral Payments Interface
4) Ubiquitous Payments Interface
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Unified Payments Interface

Ques. : 3 The Agriculture Ministry has joined hands with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), a wing of ISRO, to geo-tag agricultural assets. The present Union Agriculture Minister is
1) Jitendra Singh
2) Radha Mohan Singh
3) Ramvilas Paswan
4) Nitin Jairam Gadkari
5) Venkaiah Naidu
Answer:- 2) Radha Mohan Singh

Ques. : 4 The 12th edition of the Joint Military Exercise “Nomadic Elephant” was held recently in Vairengte in Mizoram between India and
1) Mongolia
2) Myanmar
3) Mauritius
4) Maldives
5) Vietnam
Answer:- 1) Mongolia

Ques. : 5 Which of the following online marketplaces in India recently closed a funding round of $1.4 bn in the biggest-ever start-up funding round and also acquired eBay India?
1) Snapdeal
2) Paytm
3) Shopclues
4) Amazon India
5) Flipkart
Answer:- 5) Flipkart

Ques. : 6 In the consumer section, the first mega prize of Rs 1 cr went to a customer of ________ for his transaction of Rs 1,590. The scheme is aimed at popularising digital payments.
1) State Bank of India
2) Union Bank of India
3) Central Bank of India
4) Punjab National Bank
5) Indian Bank
Answer:- 3) Central Bank of India

Ques. : 7 _________ is set to become the United Nations’ youngest-ever “Messenger of Peace” as announced by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
1) Prince Harry
2) Emma Watson
3) Malala Yousafzai
4) Taylor Swift
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Malala Yousafzai

Ques. : 8 Md. Abdul Hamid is the present President of which of the following countries who is in office since 2013?
1) Maldives
2) Indonesia
3) Bangladesh
4) Malaysia
5) Afghanistan
Answer:- 3) Bangladesh

Ques. : 9 Name the Bollywood star, who along with Union Minister Rajnath Singh, launched the app and website ‘BharatKeVeer’ recently to provide a platform for everyone to help the kin of slain soldiers financially?
1) Ajay Devgan
2) Akshay Kumar
3) Salman Khan
4) Aamir Khan
5) Amitabh Bachchan
Answer:- 2) Akshay Kumar

Ques. : 10 North India is all set to get its first DNA bank for wildlife at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) in Bareilly. At present, the Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES) is the only such facility in the country situated in
1) Chennai
2) Mumbai
3) Hyderabad
4) Bengaluru
5) Pune
Answer:- 3) Hyderabad