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Question 1
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Directions: Read the paragraph carefully and identify the factual mistakes.

India jumped five spots to secure the 58th rank in the Global Competitiveness Index released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in October 2018. The US topped the index. India's rank rose by five places from 2017, the largest gain among G20 economies, the WEF said. On the list of 140 economies, the US is followed by Singapore and Germany at the second and the third positions respectively. India was ranked 58th with a score of 65.0 in the latest Global Competitiveness Report. According to the report, the top performers in the & quot upper and lower-middle-income brackets" such as China and India, are catching up with or even outperforming the average among high-income economies.

"China is already more advanced when it comes to investing in research and development sub-pillar than the average high-income economy, while India is not far behind and let down only by its less-efficient bureaucracy for business creation and insolvency," the report said.

As per the report, India leads the region in all other areas of competitiveness except for health, education, and skills, where Sri Lanka boasts the highest healthy life expectancy (67.8 years) and the workforce with the highest amount of schooling (9.8 years). "These two countries (India and Sri Lanka) are also the ones that can rely on the most efficient infrastructure system. India has invested more heavily on transport infrastructure and services, while Sri Lanka has the most modern utility infrastructure. Other countries in the top 10 include Switzerland (4th), Japan (5th), Netherlands (6th), Hong Kong (7th), United Kingdom (8th), Sweden (9th) and Denmark (10th).

A

India jumped five spots to secure the 58th rank in the Global Competitiveness Index released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in October 2018.

B

The US topped the index. India's rank rose by five places from 2017, the largest gain among G20 economies, the WEF said.

C

India was ranked 58th with a score of 65.0 in the latest Global Competitiveness Report.

D

As per the report, India leads the region in all other areas of competitiveness except for health, education, and skills, where Sri Lanka boasts the highest healthy life expectancy (67.8 years) and the workforce with the highest amount of schooling (9.8 years).

Solution

India was ranked 58th with a score of 65.0 in the latest Global Competitiveness Report.

India jumped five spots to secure the 58th rank in the Global Competitiveness Index released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in October 2018. India registered the most significant gain of any country in the G20. India was ranked 58th with a score of 62.0 in the latest Global Competitiveness Report.

Hence, the correct option is (c).
Question 2
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Directions: Read the paragraph carefully and identify the factual mistakes.

Paytm, run by parent company One 97 Communications Ltd, launched a barcode-based payment service called 'PayPay' in Japan in October 2018. The service has been launched as a joint venture with Japan's Tencent Corporation and Yahoo Japan Corporation. PayPay service by Paytm allows users to store money from a bank account in their “PayPay" wallet and aims to promote the use of cashless payment in Japan, which is heavily dependent on cash for payments. Japan accounts for only 20% of overall cashless transactions in the country.

Yahoo Japan announced after the launch that it will terminate its 'Yahoo Wallet' and will use the newly launched 'PayPay' as its dedicated wallet service. PayPay is built around the QR (quick-response) code technology that Paytm set up in 2015, which currently offers mobile payments to more than 350 million customers and over 9.5 million merchants.

“It is a great strength to introduce Paytm's high technology and solution to PayPay, and I am confident that it will greatly contribute to the expansion of users in Japan," Ichiro Nakayama, President and Representative Director CEO at PayPay Corporation.

“We are happy that the PayPay Corporation is utilizing our QR-technology and prowess to enable cashless payments in Japan. We are sure that this will give substantial growth to their business as they provide personalized and seamless digital payments experience to their customers. PayPay was developed with teams from three different countries working together…" said Madhur Deora, Chief Financial Officer, and Senior Vice President, Paytm.

A

Paytm, run by parent company One 97 Communications Ltd, launched a barcode-based payment service called 'PayPay' in Japan in October 2018.

B

The service has been launched as a joint venture with Japan's Tencent Corporation and Yahoo Japan Corporation.

C

Yahoo Japan announced after the launch that it will terminate its 'Yahoo Wallet' and will use the newly launched 'PayPay' as its dedicated wallet service.

D

PayPay is built around the QR (quick-response) code technology that Paytm set up in 2015, which currently offers mobile payments to more than 350 million customers and over 9.5 million merchants.

Solution

The service has been launched as a joint venture with Japan's Tencent Corporation and Yahoo Japan Corporation.

Paytm launched operations for the first time in Japan in October 2018 with its wallet service called 'PayPay'. Paytm has launched the wallet in partnership with Softbank Corporation and Yahoo Japan.

Hence, the correct option is (b).

Question 3

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Match the following United Nations Organizations with their current leaders.

a. United Nations Children's Fund	i) Mukhisa Kituyi
b. United Nations Population Fund	ii) Antonio Guterres
c. United Nations Conference on Trade & Development	iii) Dr. Natalia Kanem
d. United Nations Organization	iv) Henrietta H. Fore

a-iv), b-iii), c-i), d-ii)

a-iii), b-ii), c-iv), d-i)

a-ii), b-i), c-iii), d-iv)

a-i), b-iv), c-ii), d-iii)

Solution

a-iv), b-iii), c-i), d-ii)

Henrietta Fore became UNICEF’s seventh Executive Director on 1 January 2018. She has worked to champion economic development, education, health, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in public service, private sector and non-profit leadership career that spans more than four decades.
Executive Board of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 3 October 2017 the appointment of Natalia Kanem of Panama as the Fund’s new Executive Director.
Mukhisa Kituyi, of Kenya, became UNCTAD's seventh Secretary-General on 1 September 2013. After serving an initial four-year term, he was reappointed by the General Assembly in July 2017 for an additional term that began on 1 September that year.
António Guterres, the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, took office on 1st January 2017.

Hence, the correct option is (a).

Question 4
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Match the following Tennis players with the country they belong to:

a. Grigor Dimitrov i) Switzerland

b. Kei Nishikori ii) Bulgaria

c. Novak Djokovic iii) Serbia

d. Roger Federer iv) Japan

A
a-ii), b-iv), c-i), d-iii)

B
a-iii), b-i), c-iv), d-ii)

C
a-iv), b-ii), c-iii), d-i)

D
a-ii), b-iv), c-iii), d-i)
Solution
a-ii), b-iv), c-iii), d-i)
Grigor Dimitrov is a Bulgarian professional tennis player.

Kei Nishikori is a Japanese professional tennis player.

Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals.

Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who is ranked world No. 4 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
Hence, the correct option is (d).
Question 5
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Match the following Mathematical words with their Symbols:

A
a-i), b-iii), c-iv), d-ii)

B
a-iii), b-i), c-iv), d-ii)

C
a-iv), b-ii), c-iii), d-i)

D
a-ii), b-iii), c-i), d-iv)

Solution

a-iv), b-ii), c-iii), d-i)

The integral symbol: ∫, is used to denote integrals and antiderivatives in mathematics.

Iota is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Yodh. Letters that arose from this letter include the Latin I and J, the Cyrillic І, Yi, and Je, and iotated letters. In the system of Greek numerals, iota has a value of 10. Iota represents the sound.

Omega (uppercase Ω, lowercase: ω) is the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet. In the Greek number system, it was taken as the symbol of 800. The letter is known as the Big O in contrast to omicron, which is known as the little O. Omega indicates the end/the last.

The Greek lowercase epsilon ε , the lunate epsilon symbol ϵ , or the Latin lowercase epsilon ɛ (see above) is used in a variety of places: In engineering mechanics, strain calculations ϵ = increase of length / original length.

Hence, the correct option is (c).
Question 6
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Name the Indian delegate, who attended the 25th edition of the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) 2020 held in Ottawa, Canada.

A

Arjun Ram Meghwal

B

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

C

Jagat Prakash Nadda

D

Om Birla

Solution

A parliamentary delegation headed by Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla has attended the 25th edition of the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) 2020 held in Ottawa, Canada from January 6 -January 10, 2020. The conference aimed at topics of parliamentary engagement: openness, transparency and accountability, and on Parliamentarians as effective legislators and representatives.

Hence, the correct option is (d).
Question 7
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XYZ is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and the union territories of Puducherry (Yanam) and it is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. In October 2018, it was declared as the fastest growing language in the United States.

Identify XYZ among the following:

A
Hindi

B
Tamil

C
Telugu

D
Punjabi

Solution

Telugu was declared the fastest growing language in the US in October 2018 by US- based Centre for Immigration Studies. The rise has been attributed to the increasing number of Telugu speaking population in the United States.

Hence, the correct option is (c).
Question 8
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Who headed the Indian Parliamentary Panel formed to examine the functioning of the retirement fund body, Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO)?

A
Raghunath Dixit

B
Tejendra Chaudhary

C
Kirit Somaiya

D
Somya Bhatt

Solution

The panel will be headed by BJP MP Kirit Somaiya and has selected a wide range of subjects related to labourers, including the International Labour Organisation conventions binding on India and the measures taken by the government to implement them, said a bulletin issued by the Lok Sabha secretariat.

Hence, the correct option is (c).
Question 9
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Name OYO's new sub-entity through which it announced its entry into a long-term fully managed home rental segment.

A
OYO Rentals

B
OYO Living

C
OYO Homes

D
OYO Life

Solution

OYO launched a new sub-entity called 'OYO Living' and announced its entry into a long-term fully managed home rental segment. It plans on operating housing segments in major cities of India in the coming years.

Hence, the correct option is (b).
Question 10
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Which Indian government corporation launched its global-medium term notes programme at the Global Securities Market (GSM)?

A
Rural Electrification Corporation

B
NITI Aayog

C
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

D
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation

Solution

The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), a public sector under the government of India, launched its $5 billion global medium-term-note (GMTN) program on the Global Securities Market (GSM).

Hence, the correct option is (a).

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General Knowledge Test - 3

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Question 1

India jumped five spots to secure the 58th rank in the Global Competitiveness Index released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in October 2018.

The US topped the index. India's rank rose by five places from 2017, the largest gain among G20 economies, the WEF said.

India was ranked 58th with a score of 65.0 in the latest Global Competitiveness Report.

As per the report, India leads the region in all other areas of competitiveness except for health, education, and skills, where Sri Lanka boasts the highest healthy life expectancy (67.8 years) and the workforce with the highest amount of schooling (9.8 years).

Solution

Question 2

Paytm, run by parent company One 97 Communications Ltd, launched a barcode-based payment service called 'PayPay' in Japan in October 2018.

The service has been launched as a joint venture with Japan's Tencent Corporation and Yahoo Japan Corporation.

Yahoo Japan announced after the launch that it will terminate its 'Yahoo Wallet' and will use the newly launched 'PayPay' as its dedicated wallet service.

PayPay is built around the QR (quick-response) code technology that Paytm set up in 2015, which currently offers mobile payments to more than 350 million customers and over 9.5 million merchants.

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Question 3

a-iv), b-iii), c-i), d-ii)

a-iii), b-ii), c-iv), d-i)

a-ii), b-i), c-iii), d-iv)

a-i), b-iv), c-ii), d-iii)

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Question 4

a-ii), b-iv), c-i), d-iii)

a-iii), b-i), c-iv), d-ii)

a-iv), b-ii), c-iii), d-i)

a-ii), b-iv), c-iii), d-i)

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Question 5

a-i), b-iii), c-iv), d-ii)

a-iii), b-i), c-iv), d-ii)

a-iv), b-ii), c-iii), d-i)

a-ii), b-iii), c-i), d-iv)

Solution

Question 6

Arjun Ram Meghwal

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Jagat Prakash Nadda

Om Birla

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Question 7

Hindi

Tamil

Telugu

Punjabi

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Question 8

Raghunath Dixit

Tejendra Chaudhary

Kirit Somaiya

Somya Bhatt

Solution

Question 9

OYO Rentals

OYO Living

OYO Homes

OYO Life

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Question 10

Rural Electrification Corporation

NITI Aayog

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

Department of Agriculture and Cooperation

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