Correct Answer: A

• HDFC Bank Chairman: Atanu Chakraborty.
• ICICI Bank CEO: Sandeep Bakhshi
• Director General and CEO – American Chamber of Commerce in India (Amcham): Ranjana Khanna

Correct Answer: C

The proposal by Tata Sons to construct a’museum of temples’ in Ayodhya was approved by the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet. The project is estimated to cost Rs 650 crore and would be financed by Tata’s corporate social responsibility fund.

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Arunachal Pradesh

Capital: Itanagar (Executive Branch)
Chief minister: Pema Khandu
Governor : Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik

Andhra Pradesh

Capital: Amaravati
Chief minister: N. Chandrababu Naidu
Governor : S. Abdul Nazeer

Uttar Pradesh

Capital: Lucknow (Executive Branch)
Land area: 243,286 km²
Chief minister: Yogi Adityanath
Governor : Anandiben Patel

Rajasthan

Area: 342,239 km²
Capital: Jaipur (Executive Branch)
Chief minister: Bhajan Lal Sharma
Governor: Kalraj Mishra

Correct Answer: B

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has received a ₹650 crore Sustainability Linked Bond issuance from Mindspace Business Parks REIT, the owner and developer of a high-quality portfolio of Grade A offices.

• Mindspace REIT is sponsored by the K Raheja Group.

Correct Answer: B

Sanjana Thakur, a 26-year-old Mumbai writer, won the GBP 5,000 Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024 in London on June 27, defeating competition from over 7,359 entries worldwide. In order to retell and flip the conventional adoption story, Sanjana created a story titled Aishwarya Rai, named after the well-known Bollywood actress.

• Pavan Kapoor: is an Indian diplomat and former Indian Ambassador to Russia.
• Girish Tanti: Chairman of GWEC
• Wildlife Filmmaker Subbiah Nallamuthu Won 18th V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award

Correct Answer: D

Denmark will be the first country to tax cattle farmers, with plans to go into effect in 2030. This program focuses on the methane emissions that sheep, pigs, and cows produce, which are major causes of global warming.

Denmark
Capital: Copenhagen
Currency Danish Krone

Ukraine
Capital: Kyiv
Currency: Ukrainian hryvnia

Finland
Capital: Helsinki
Currency : euro

Switzerland

capital: Bern
currency: Swiss Franc

Correct Answer: C

• June 16:- International Day of Family Remittances
• June 21:- World Music Day
• June 29:- National Statistics Day

Correct Answer: A

The Sangyaan App was created by the RPF Tech Team and released today by Railway Protection Force (RPF) Director General Manoj Yadava. It provides full information on three new Criminal Acts: the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) 2023, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) 2023.

• Indian railway minister: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Correct Answer: B

State Bank of India (SBI) has issued its fifth set of infrastructure bonds, successfully raising Rs 10,000 crore. The bonds, which had a 15-year maturity and an annual coupon rate of 7.36%, attracted a lot of interest from investors and were nearly four times the base amount of Rs 5,000 crore.

State Bank of India (SBI)

Headquarters: Mumbai
Chairman: Dinesh Kumar Khara
CFO: Kameshwar Rao Kodavanti
Tagline: Pure Banking, Nothing Else

Correct Answer: C

Frank Duckworth, an English statistician, passed away at the age of 84. Duckworth was a co-inventor of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) technique, which is used to determine cricket match results when rain is present. In international cricket, the DLS method was first introduced in 1997 and was formally adopted by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001.

Correct Answer: C

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DRDO was founded: 1958
Headquarters of DRDO: DRDO Bhavan, New Delhi, India
DRDO’s Aircraft designed: DRDO Nishant, DRDO Lakshya, Avatar
DRDO Agency executive: Sameer V. Kamat, Chairman, DRDO;