1. Which financial institution invested ₹49.99 Crore in Canpac Trends Private Limited to enter the paper packaging business?
Ans. State Bank of India
2. Which agreement oversees the expeditious clearance of goods through the Electronic Origin Data Exchange System (EODES) between Korea and India?
Ans. Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
3. Which company has agreed to supply the Ministry of Defence with Electronic Fuzes for ten years at a cost of Rs 5,336.25 crore?
Ans. Bharat Electronics Limited
4. What are the names of the co-branded credit cards that Mastercard, LIC Cards, and IDFC FIRST Bank introduced together?
Ans. LIC Classic and LIC Select
5. Where was the fastest solar-electric boat in India, Barracuda, launched?
Ans. Alappuzha
6. What day is set aside each year to celebrate India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war?
Ans. December 16
7. What is the new name of the recently rebranded Poonawalla housing finance company that TPG Capital Asia acquired?
Ans. Grihum Housing Finance
8. At the 5th National Summit in New Delhi, who was given the Visionary Leader Icon Award of the Year 2023 by AASRAA?
Ans. Srinivas Naik Dharavath
9. What is the codename for the secretive Indian stealth combat drone project connected to the Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator’s successful flight trials?
Ans. Ghatak
10. Which nation’s government is thinking of limiting under-16 access to social media?
Ans. United Kingdom
11. Why did the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) fine five cooperative banks, including Janakalyan Sahakari Bank and Indapur Urban Co-operative Bank?
Ans. Regulatory Compliance Deficiencies
12. What is the name of the AI company that Ola co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal founded and that has unveiled a line of multilingual AI models?
Ans. Krutrim AI
13. In the Miss India USA 2023 pageant held in New Jersey, who won?
Ans. Rijul Maini
14. Which nation hosts the Deep Underground and Ultra-low Radiation Background Facility (DURF), the largest and deepest underground laboratory in the world?
Ans. China
15. Which nation recently made the decision to forgo renewing a deal that gave India permission to carry out hydrographic surveys within its borders?
Ans. Maldives