(a) Mumbai, India (b) Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India (c) Paris, France (d) New York City, USA Ans.(b) Sol. The Second G20 Anti-corruption Working Group Meeting was held in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.

(a) Maharashtra (b) Telangana (c) Karnataka (d) Rajasthan Ans.(b) Sol. Telangana State has achieved 100% household coverage of banking services under PMJDY, extending them to all sections of the population.

(a) GPS and GLONASS (b) Galileo and Beidou (c) GPS and Galileo (d) GLONASS and BeiDou (e) all of the above Ans.(e) Sol. The NavIC signals, particularly the Standard Position Service (SPS), are interoperable with the signals from GPS (United States), Glonass (Russia), Galileo (European Union), and BeiDou (China). This interoperability increases the usability and

(a) High risk investment option (b) Variable interest rates (c) limited liquidity (d) no tax benefit Ans.(c) Sol. Small savings schemes are known to have limitations on liquidity, meaning premature withdrawals may not be allowed or may come with penalties.

(a) To encourage more people to invest in small savings schemes. (b) Preventing money laundering and terrorist financing activities. (c) To increase the interest rates offered by small savings schemes. (d) Simplifying the KYC process for investors. Ans.(b) Sol. In an effort to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing activities, the Indian government has implemented

(a) 6.8% (b) 7.0% (c) 7.1% (d) 7.5% Ans.(c) Sol. The SBI Ecowrap report projects India’s GDP growth at 7.1% in FY23, in line with the second advance estimates released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) in February.