Correct Answer: C

Key Points:

Virat Kohli T20 achievements

125 T20 International matches
4,188 runs scored
1 century and 38 half-centuries
Second-highest run-getter in T20Is, behind only Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma’s T20 achievements

159 T20 International matches played
4,231 runs scored
Highest run-scorer in T20I history
Average of 32 and a strike rate of 141

Correct Answer: A

T20 2024

Winner: India

Runner up: South Africa

Player of the Series: Jasprit Bumrah

Top Run Scorer: Rahmanullah Gurbaz of Afghanistan (With 281 runs from Eight games)

Highest Wicket Taker: India’s Arshdeep Singh and Afghanistan’s Fazalhaq Farooqi (17 wickets Each.

Venue: US and West Indies

Correct Answer: B

Correct Answer: B

Every year on July 1st, people celebrate CA Day. commemorating the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India’s (ICAI) 76th anniversary of foundation.

Correct Answer: D

Following India’s victory in the T20 World Cup in 2024,  all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has declared his intention to retire from T20 internationals.

Correct Answer: C

With a market valuation of US$ 28.6 billion, close to US$ 30 billion, Tata Group continues to be the most valuable brand in India. HDFC Group jumps to third place, and Infosys comes in second.

Top 10 Brands in India 2024
1. Tata Group
2. Infosys
3. HDFC Group
4. LIC Group
5. Reliance Group
6. SBI Group
7. Airtel
8. HCL Tech
9. Larsen & Toubro Group
10. Hindustan Petroleum

Correct Answer: B

Challa Sreenivasulu Setty has been chosen by the Financial Services Institution Bureau (FSIB) to take over as the next chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI). There were two other candidates for the position: Vinay Tonse and Ashwini Tiwari. When Dinesh Khara reaches the maximum age of 63 for the role of SBI Chairman, Setty will take over as chairman. August 2024 is when his term is supposed to expire.

SBI Key Points

Headquarters: Mumbai

Chairman: Dinesh Kumar Khara

CFO: Kameshwar Rao Kodavanti

Tagline: Pure Banking, Nothing Else

Correct Answer: A

With effect from July 1, 2024, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased the  Ways and Means Advances (WMA) cap for Union Territories (UTs) and State governments by 28%, from ₹47,010 crore to ₹60,118 crore.

RBI Key Points

Headquarters: Mumbai, India
Established: 1 April 1935;
Governor: Shaktikanta Das
Deputy Governors
1. Shri M. Rajeshwar Rao
2. Shri Swaminathan J
3. Shri T. Rabi Sankar
4. Dr. M.D. Patra

Act: Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934

Correct Answer: A

A second round of $1.5 billion in financing has been granted by the World Bank to assist India in accelerating the development of low-carbon energy. The market for electrolysers, green hydrogen, and a greater uptake of renewable energy sources are the objectives of this investment. The project is in line with the National Green Hydrogen Mission of India and the country’s energy transformation goals, which include attaining net zero by 2070 and installing 500 GW of renewable energy by 2030.

World Bank Key Points

Established: July 7, 1944
Headquarters: Washington, D.C
Membership: 189 countries (IBRD), 174 countries (IDA)(International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA))
President: Ajay Banga
Managing Director: Axel van Trotsenburg
Managing Director and CFO: Anshula Kant

Correct Answer: D

• 11 July: World Population Day
• 25 July: World Embryologists Day
• 1 June: World Milk Day

Correct Answer: D

The “Union Premier” branches of Union Bank of India are designed for high-value clients in the rural and semi-urban (RUSU) regions.

Union Bank Key Points
Headquarters: Mumbai
Non-Exe Chairman: Srinivasan Varadarajan
Managing Director & CEO: A. Manimekhalai
Tagline: Good People to Bank with.

Correct Answer: B

The next head of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is Ravi Agrawal, an IRS officer from 1988. Nitin Gupta, whose term concluded on June 30, 2024, is succeeded by him.

Correct Answer: C

The Prime Minister has published the following books: 
1. The biography of the former vice president, “Venkaiah Naidu: Life in Service,” written by Shri S. Nagesh Kumar, a former resident editor of The Hindu, Hyderabad edition.

2. “Celebrating Bharat: The Mission and Message of Shri M Venkaiah Naidu as 13th Vice-President of India,” a photo chronicle put together by Dr. I.V. Subba Rao, the Vice-President’s former secretary

3.  The Telugu picture biography “Mahaneta: Life and Journey of Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu,” written by Shri Sanjay Kishore