1.Which bank has recently tied up with Bajaj Allianz to offer life insurance products?
a. Punjab National Bank
b. Dena Bank
c. Karur Vysya Bank
d. Axis Bank
ANSWER: c. Karur Vysya Bank
Karur Vysya Bank has signed an agreement with Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance to offer life insurance to its customers. Bajaj Allianz products will be available in all 780 branches of Karur Vysya Bank spread across India. Under this partnership, all retail and group products of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance will be made available to the bank’s customers, including insurance products such as savings, retirement, investment, security and critical illness life insurance.
- Ayurvedic doctor and researcher plans to start a joint clinical trial of Ayurvedic medicines to protect against corona virus in India and which country?
a. Nepal
b. China
c. Pakistan
d. America
ANSWER: d. US
Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu said that Ayurvedic doctors and researchers in India and the US are planning to start a joint clinical trial of Ayurvedic medicines to protect against the corona virus. According to the ambassador, there are at least three partnerships of Indian pharmaceutical companies with US-based institutions. He said that this will not only benefit India and the US, but will also benefit billions of people around the world who need vaccines to protect against Kovid-19.
3.Which butterfly of Himalaya has been named the largest butterfly of India after 88 years?
a. Golden Birdwing Butterfly
b. Plane tiger butterfly
c. Common Crow Butterfly
d. Grass yellow butterfly
ANSWER: a. Golden Birdwing Butterfly
Recently the Himalayan butterfly ‘Golden Birdwing’ (Golden Birdwing) was discovered as India’s largest butterfly after 88 years. The scientific name of ‘Golden Birdwing’ is ‘Troides aeacus’. This butterfly species has replaced that unknown species discovered by Brigadier Evans, a British Army officer, in the year 1932. The wings of this species are up to 194 millimeters in length. The female golden birdwing of this species is marginally larger than that of the southern birdwing (190 mm).
4.According to the recent announcement made by the World Health Organization, Maldives and which country have already become the first two countries to eliminate measles and rubella in the South-East Asian region before the target of 2023?
a. Nepal
b. China
c. Pakistan
d. Sri Lanka
ANSWER: d. According to Sri Lanka
World Health Organization (WHO) regulations, a country is considered to be measles and rubella free when there is at least three years of endemic transmission of measles and rubella virus. No case of (Endemic Transmission) has been revealed. It is noteworthy that the last case of measles in the Maldives was revealed in the year 2009 and the last endemic case of rubella was in the year 2015. Whereas in Sri Lanka, the last case of measles was revealed in the year 2016 and the last endemic case of rubella was in the year 2017.
5.Recently the United Arab Emirates expressed its desire to enter into an ‘Open Sky Agreement’ with which country?
a. Pakistan
b. India
c. Nepal
d. China
ANSWER: b. The India
Open Sky Agreement is a bilateral agreement between two countries under which the two countries negotiate to provide rights for their airlines to provide international passenger and cargo services. It promotes the expansion of international passengers and cargo flights. The National Civil Aviation Policy of the year 2016 of the Government of India to adopt the ‘Open Sky’ air services agreement on a reciprocal basis with the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation countries as well as within a radius of 5,000 km from New Delhi. Gives permission.
