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The Correct Answer is ​AED 2,00,000.

In News

• UAE slashed golden visa fee for Indians.

Key Points

• The UAE government has launched a pilot nomination-based Golden Visa programme for residents of India and Bangladesh.

• A Golden Visa provides long-term residency (5–10 years) without requiring a sponsor.

• It allows individuals and families to live, work, and study in the UAE.

• Golden visas and golden passports are immigration schemes based on financial investment, not job offers or education.

• Indians can now get lifetime residency by paying AED 1,00,000 (approx INR 23.3 lakh).

• The programme supports economic and business growth in the UAE.

• There are two main eligibility categories:

  • Investors and Entrepreneurs:

    • Invest AED 2 million (approx ₹4.67 crore) in business/real estate, or

    • Start a project worth at least AED 500,000 (approx ₹1.17 crore).

  • Outstanding Special Talents:

    • Includes doctors, scientists, artists, inventors, executives, athletes, PhD holders, and exceptional students.

• Initially started in 2019, the UAE golden visa scheme was mostly aimed towards attracting investors and entrepreneurs.

• By slashing the fee to just a fraction of the original cost, UAE has now opened its doors for India's upper middle-class professionals.

The Correct Answer is 6th BIMSTEC Summit.

In News

• India Launches Cancer Care Training Program For BIMSTEC Nations At Tata Memorial Centre.

Key Points

• India has launched a Specialized Training Program in Cancer Care for BIMSTEC countries.

• The program is hosted at Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) in Mumbai.

• This initiative was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 6th BIMSTEC Summit.

• It is being implemented by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in collaboration with the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).

• The program aims to address the rising cancer burden and reduce disparities in oncology services across South and Southeast Asia.

• BIMSTEC stands for Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation.

The Correct Answer is 57 Years.

In News

• PM Modi’s Historic Visit to Argentina After 57 Years Deepens Strategic Partnership Across Key Sectors.

Key Points

• PM Narendra Modi became the first Indian Prime Minister to make a bilateral visit to Argentina in 57 years.

• He paid tribute at the Monument of General José de San Martín, a national freedom hero of Argentina.

• Received a ceremonial welcome by President Javier Milei at the Casa Rosada (Presidential Palace).

• Both leaders held one-on-one and delegation-level talks covering full bilateral ties.

• Trade & Commerce: Strengthening trade ties; expand India–MERCOSUR trade agreement.

• Agriculture: Enhance market access for dairy and farm products; promote sustainable farming and technology sharing.

• Health & Pharmaceuticals:

  • India seeks upgrade to Annex-I in Argentina’s pharma regulation.

  • Argentina shared plan for fast-track approvals for Indian drugs with US FDA/EMA clearance.

  • Talked about telemedicine and digital health.

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• Energy & Critical Minerals:

  • India sees Argentina as a reliable energy partner.

  • Argentina has rich reserves of shale gas, oil, lithium, copper, and rare earths.

  • Focus on supporting India’s clean energy transition and industrial growth.

• Space Cooperation:

  • Build on ISRO’s 2007 launch of Argentina’s first satellite.

  • Discussed joint satellite development, launch services, and space applications.

  • PM highlighted India’s growing private space sector.

• Digital Collaboration:

  • Argentina showed keen interest in India’s UPI system.

  • Agreed to send a central bank team to study UPI’s use in monetary policy.

• Defense, Innovation, Sports:

  • Talked about drones for agriculture, healthcare, and project monitoring.

  • Explored cooperation in sports (India: cricket, Argentina: football).

  • Focus on startups and innovation ecosystems.

• PM Modi invited President Milei to visit India and the lion sanctuary in Gujarat.

• The visit is set to strengthen the strategic partnership and open new cooperation areas across sectors.

The Correct Answer is ​Bidriware vases.

In News

• PM Modi presents handcrafted Indian artefacts to Ghanaian leaders on historic visit.

Key Points

• PM Modi ended his two-day visit to Ghana by gifting handcrafted artefacts.

• President John Dramani Mahama received Bidriware vases from Bidar, Karnataka.
  → Made of zinc-copper alloy with silver inlay and black finish.
  → Symbolize beauty, prosperity, and harmony.

• First Lady Lordina Mahama was gifted a silver filigree purse from Cuttack, Odisha.
  → Known for Tarakasi work (delicate filigree craft).

• Vice-President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang got a Kashmiri Pashmina shawl.
  → Made from the undercoat of the Changthangi goat, hand-spun and embroidered.

• Speaker Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin received a miniature Ambawari elephant from West Bengal.
  → Made from synthetic ivory (eco-friendly) and inspired by royal processions.

The Correct Answer is Mashreq.

In News

• Mashreq becomes 1st UAE-based bank to get in-principle nod to set up branch in GIFT City.

Key Points

• Mashreq, a UAE-based bank, has received in-principle approval (IPA) to set up a banking unit at GIFT City in Gujarat.

• Approval was granted by the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA).

• Mashreq becomes the first UAE-based bank to receive this approval.

• The branch is expected to be operational by Q4 of 2025, pending final regulatory clearances.

The correct answer is India.

• India is set to host the G-20 summit in 2023, instead of 2022. 
• Indonesia will assume the G-20 presidency in 2022 after a swap with India.
• The change of plan was agreed considering that Indonesia would also chair the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2023.
• It was decided that the G20 presidency will be held by Italy in 2021, Indonesia in 2022, India in 2023 and Brazil in 2024.

The correct answer is Western Indian Ocean.

Mission Sagar:

• Launched as part of the government’s outreach initiative towards five Island nations in the Western Indian Ocean amidst the ongoing COVID-19. So, option 2 is correct.
• INS Kesari has departed towards the Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar, and Comoros.
  • To provide food Items, COVID-related medicines including HCQ tablets and special Ayurvedic medicines with medical assistance teams.
  • It would enter the Port of Male in the Republic of Maldives to provide them 600 tons of food.​
• The deployment is in consonance with the Prime Ministers’ vision of Security and Growth for All in the Region ‘SAGAR’ promulgated in March 2015.

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The correct answer is England.

Key Points

• An ancient Indian idol dating back to the 10th century, which was discovered in a garden in England, was restored in India on 14 Jan'22.
• The idol was illegally removed from UP's Banda village from a temple in Lokhari in the 1980s.
• The goat-headed Yogini sculpture belonged to a group of stone deities carved in sandstone.
• It will now be dispatched to the Archaeological Survey of India.

Additional Information

• Britain’s health regulators have approved the world’s first pill to treat cases of symptomatic COVID-19.
• Former England captain, Ray Illingworth has passed away. 
• England cricket all-rounder Moeen Ali has announced his retirement from the Test match career. 
• Jimmy Greaves, one of England’s most prolific strikers and Tottenham Hotspur’s record goalscorer has passed away. 
• Prime minister of United Kingdom: Boris Johnson (As of Jan 2022).
• Capital of the United Kingdom: London.

The correct answer is 2.

Key Points

• India and Pakistan are two countries that share their international boundaries with each other.  
• The two sides currently have only two trans-border trains. 
• The Samjhauta Express operates on the Delhi-Lahore route via the Attari-Wagah border crossing and carries both passengers and freight. 
• The Thar Express links Jodhpur and Karachi via the Munabao-Khokhrapar border crossing and carries only passengers.

Additional Information

• Four Indian states share a border with Pakistan:
  • Punjab (547 km).
  • Rajasthan (1,035 km).
  • Gujarat (512 km).
  • Jammu & Kashmir (1,216 km).
• The combined shared border between India and Pakistan is 3,310 km.
• The line which separates India and Pakistan is known as the Radcliff line.
• The Line of Control (LoC) is a military control line between the Indian and Pakistani controlled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir a line that does not constitute a legally recognized international boundary but serves as the de facto border. 

The correct answer is India.

Key Points

• India was handed over the Presidency of the G20 at the closing session of the G20 Summit in Bali on 16 November 2022.
• India will officially assume the G20 presidency from 1 December 2022.
• At the closing session, Indonesian President Joko Widodo symbolically handed over the G20 Presidency to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• The next G20 Summit will be held on the 9-10 September 2023 in New Delhi.

Additional Information

• The G20 or Group of Twenty is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union (EU).
• It works to address major issues related to the global economy, such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development.
• The G20 was founded in 1999 in response to several world economic crises.
• Members of G-20:
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Saudi Arabia
  • United States
  • India
  • Russia
  • South Africa
  • Turkey
  • Argentina
  • Brazil
  • Mexico
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • United Kingdom
  • China
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • South Korea

The correct answer is China.

• The “Agreement on Trade and Intercourse between the Tibet region of China and India” was signed on 29th April 1954 in Beijing by the Indian Ambassador N. Raghavan and Chang Han-fu, the Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister of China.
  • It is remembered as the Panchsheel Agreement.

Additional Information

• On April 29, 1954, Panchsheel, or the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence, were first formally enunciated in the Agreement on Trade and Intercourse between the Tibet region of China and India.
  • In its preamble, it stated that the two governments have resolved to enter into the present Agreement based on the following principles:- 
    • i. Mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty
    • ii. Mutual non-aggression
    • iii. Mutual non-interference
    • iv. Equality and mutual benefit
    • v. Peaceful co-existence.
• According to documents published by the Ministry of External Affairs, Panchsheel was incorporated into the Ten Principles of International Peace and Cooperation enunciated in the Declaration issued by the April 1955 Bandung Conference of 29 Afro-Asian countries.
  • The universal relevance of Panchsheel was emphasised when its tenets were incorporated in a resolution on peaceful co-existence presented by India, Yugoslavia and Sweden, and unanimously adopted on December 11, 1957, by the United Nations General Assembly.

The correct answer is Sri Lanka.

Key Points

• Sri Lanka has signed an agreement with India to jointly redevelop the strategic World War II-era oil tank farm in the eastern port district of Trincomalee.
• 85 of the 99 tanks now will be under the Sri Lankan control which had previously remained under Indian control.
• The joint venture will be for a lease period of 50 years.
• The new agreement will be an extension of the 2002 agreement.

Additional Information

• 15th edition of the Maldives, India, and Sri Lanka biennial Trilateral Exercise ‘Dosti’ was conducted in the Maldives from 20-24 November 2021.
• Sri Lanka’s first-ever Test captain Bandula Warnapura passed away in November 2021.
• The 8th edition of the India-Sri Lanka bilateral joint Exercise “Mitra Shakti-21” was held at  Ampara in Sri Lanka from October 4 to 15, 2021.
  • Sri Lanka Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative)
    Colombo (executive and judicial)
  • Currency: Sri Lankan rupee.
  • Sri Lanka President: Ranil Wickremesinghe (As of November 2022).

The correct answer is Indonesia.

Key Points

• World leaders from across the planet have converged in Indonesia, for the 17th Group of 20 (G20) Summit, which took place in the city of Bali.
• The two-day summit was themed “Recover Together, Recover Stronger” and focuses on global economic recovery, global health architecture, digital transformation, sustainable energy transition and climate change, among other topics.
• Additional Information

• About G20:
  • The G20, or Group of Twenty, is an intergovernmental forum made up of 19 countries and the European Union + African Union.
  • It focuses on major global economic issues such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development.
  • The G20 presidency for the year 2022 was with Indonesia.

The correct answer is Nepal.

Key Points

• National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced that Nepal will be the first foreign country to adopt India's UPI system.
• The international arm of NPCI, NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL) has joined hands with Gateway Payments Service (GPS) and Manam Infotech to provide the services in Nepal.
• Gateway Payments Service is the authorized payment system operator in Nepal.

Important Points

• This collaboration is expected to serve the larger digital public good in Nepal and bolster interoperable real-time person-to-person (P2P) and person-to-merchant (P2M) transactions in the neighbouring country.
• It will help modernize Nepal's digital payment infrastructure.

Additional Information

• The National Payments Corporation of India is an umbrella organisation for operating retail payments and settlement systems under the ownership of Reserve Bank of India in India.
• NPCI was founded in 2008.
• It is headquartered in Mumbai.
• Nepal:
  • Capital - Kathmandu.
  • Currency - Nepalese rupee.

The correct answer is 1949.

Key Points

• Indo-Bhutan Treaty of Peace and Friendship, 1949
  • The Treaty provides for, among other things, perpetual peace and friendship, free trade and commerce and equal justice to each other’s citizens.
  • In 2007 the treaty was re-negotiated, and provisions were included to encourage Bhutan’s sovereignty, abolishing the need to take India’s guidance on foreign policy.
  • The new treaty says that Bhutan can import arms as long as Indian interests are not harmed and there is no re-export of the weapons, either by the government or individuals.
  • Article 6 and 7 in the current treaty encompass the issue of ‘national treatment’ and equal privileges for citizens on each other’s soil.

Additional Information

• Bhutan:
  • ​Capital - Thimphu
  • Currency - Ngultrum
  • Prime Minister - Lotay Tshering