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1.Bhagwant Singh Mann was sworn in as the 17th Chief Minister of Punjab by Governor Banwarilal Purohit at Khatkar Kalan.
A) Apart from Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain and Raghav Chadha, many others attended the function.
B) In this ceremony, all the yellow turbans associated with Bhagat Singh were used by AAP during the campaign.
2.Recently the Banks Board Bureau identified managing directors for four lenders, namely Union Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab and Sind Bank and State Bank of India.
A) The Board has shortlisted A Manimekhalai of Union Bank of India, Ajay Kumar Srivastava of Indian Overseas Bank, Swaroop Kumar Saha of Punjab & Sind Bank and Alok Kumar Choudhary of State Bank of India for the post of MD and CEO.
B) Banks Board Bureau is an autonomous body of the Government of India established in 2016.
C) It has a mission to promote corporate governance in a public sector financial institution.
3.Jasprit Bumrah jumped six ranks to fourth rank in the latest ICC ranking released on 16 march 2022.
A) In this latest ICC ranking, Virat Kohli slipped to nine position.
B) Indian skipper Rohit Sharma gets to his sixth position.
4.India will host the 44th World Chess Olympiad 2022 at Chennai.
A) The All-India Chess Federation (AICF) had submitted a guarantee of 10 million dollars to FIDE to host the tournament.
B) The 44th Chess Olympiad was earlier to be held in Russia, which was cancelled due to the Russian and Ukrainian War.
5.The government restored the electronic tourist visa(e-TV) facility for 156 countries on 27 March.
A)The Ministry said that the Fresh Long duration(10 years) tourist visa can be issued to the nationals of the U.S. and Japan.
B)All land and riverine orders,including the Attari-Wagah post along Pakistan,will continue to remain shut.
6.India’s first hydrogen fuel cell car launched.
A) It has been launched under the pilot project of Toyota Company.
B)This car has been fitted with an advanced fuel cell, which generates electricity from a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen and only water comes out of this car in the form of emissions.
7.Ramayana University will be built in Vaishali district of Bihar where Sanskrit and grammar and other subjects will be studied.
A)This university will be built on 12 acres on behalf of Mahavir Mandir of Patna.
B)Certificate, Diploma and Degree will be given in this Ramayana University.
8.Government will focus more on promoting export of niche agricultural products having GI tag.
A) Darjeeling Tea and Basmati Rice are the two popular GI-tagged agricultural products of India.
B) GI products in 2021 included export of Naga Mircha (King Chilli) from Nagaland to UK
C) Black Rice from Manipur and Assam to the United Kingdom.
D) Assam Lemon to the United Kingdom and Italy.
E) Three GI varieties of Mango (Fazli, Khirsapati, and Laxman Bhog) from West Bengal.
F) One GI variety of Mango (Zardalu) from Bihar to Bahrain and Qatar.
9.Yoon Suk-yeol was elected 13th president of South Korea.
A) He also served as 59th chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ office.
B) He was born in Seongbuk District, Seoul in 1960.
10.Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar commissioned Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Saksham at Goa.
A) This is the fifth in the series of 105-metre Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) class.
B) The ship displaces approximately 2,350 tons (gross registered tonnage) and is propelled by two 9,100 KW diesel engines to attain a maximum speed of 26 knots.
C) The 105-metre OPV has been designed and built indigenously by Goa Shipyard Limited and fitted with advanced technology, navigation and communication equipment, sensors and machinery.
