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2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which Punjabi singer-rapper has been roped by RBI for its public awareness campaign?
A
Badshah
B
Raftaar
C
Viruss
D
Honey Singh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Viruss. The Reserve Bank of India has roped in Punjabi singer-rapper Viruss in its public awareness campaign. The campaign also includes Viruss’ popular 2017 Indie hit ‘Bam Bhole’ that was recreated for Akshay Kumar-Kiara Advani’s film Laxmii.

Detailed explanation-2: -The RBI has roped in Neeraj Chopra, Olympic gold medalist for this campaign. The RBI tweeted about this campaign, and asked people to be cautious when banking online. A public awareness campaign is being run by the Reserve Bank of India to warn people of digital banking frauds.

Detailed explanation-3: -The RBI has been running the campaign ‘RBI Kehta Hai’ on social media accounts since 2016 but has never been accompanied with peppy music. Since 2016 when it created the tagline RBI Kehta Hai, the central bank’s communication has been centred on financial literacy and public awareness towards frauds, etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -After sport stars, Reserve Bank of India has roped in Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan for the customer awareness campaign to prevent gullible account holders from being duped by fraudsters.

Detailed explanation-5: -Punit Pandey said, “We are happy to present RBI’s popular mascot MoneyKumar in a unique avatar, that of a shayar.

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