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| 9. | What is the growth forecast for India for 2022-23, as per ADB's estimate? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: The Asian Development Bank cut its economic growth forecast for India to 7.2% for 2022-23 from 7.5% estimated in April. |
| 10. | Which tech company funds the 'DigiVaani Call Center' set up by NASSCOM? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Nasscom Foundation has set up a call centre to help women farmers scale up their business called the "DigiVaani Call Center". The project has been funded by Google through its philanthropic arm Google.org. |
| 11. | Who has been appointed as Managing Director of ONGC Videsh Limited? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Rajarshi Gupta has taken over as Managing Director of ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas investment arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). |
| 12. | Which company has launched the Viva Engage app? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Microsoft has introduced Viva Engage, a new app in Teams that helps build community and connection, along with providing tools for personal expression. |
| 13. | Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021, which has been seen in the news, is associated with which Ministry? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: The Government has prohibited the import of human embryos in line with the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 and The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021. |
| 14. | Which is the venue of the ISRO's 'Human Space Flight Expo'? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: ISRO's three-day Human Space Flight Expo is being held in Bengaluru. It includes model-plane-making workshops on interactive models of satellites and a movie about the history of India's space programme. |
| 15. | Egypt's Seif Ahmed has been appointed as the International Hockey Federation's acting president Narinder Batra's resignation, the International Hockey Federation's headquarters is located in which country? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: The headquarters of the Federation Internationale de Hockey (FIH)is in Lausanne, Switzerland. |
| 16. | Name the Prime Minister of Italy, who has stepped down from his post? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: Prime Minister of Italy, Mario Draghi has stepped down from his post after key coalition parties withdrew their support for his government on measures tackling the high cost of living. |