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Dear Readers, Daily Current Affairs Questions Quiz for SBI, IBPS, RBI, RRB, SSC Exam 2022 of 02nd April 2022. Daily GK quiz online for bank & competitive exam. Here we have given the Daily Current Affairs Quiz based on the previous days Daily Current Affairs updates. Candidates preparing for IBPS, SBI, RBI, RRB, SSC Exam 2022 & other competitive exams can make use of these Current Affairs Quiz.
1) Odisha Day or Utkal Divas has been celebrated on 1st April 2022. On which among the following year Odisha got its own identity as a separate state?
(a) 1919
(b) 1921
(c) 1925
(d) 1936
(e) 1945
2) The National Dairy Development Board has collaborated with the National Bee Board and organized National Conclave on Production of ________
(a) Bees Wax
(b) Honey
(c) Bee Venom
(d) Propolis
(e) Royal Jelly
3) According to the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, it has approved the construction of ____________ houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).
(a) 1,42,000 houses
(b) 2,42,000 houses
(c) 3,42,000 houses
(d) 4,42,000 houses
(e) 5,42,000 houses
4) Which among the following DTH service has recently become the largest DTH platform with reach of over 43 million households?
(a) Tata Sky
(b) Dish TV
(c) Airtel digital TV
(d) Sun Direct
(e) DD Free Dish
5) The Prime Minister Modi has attended virtual summit of 5th BIMSTEC. Which among the following country is the current chair Holder?
(a) India
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Myanmar
(d) Thailand
(e) Nepal
6) The Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has recently presented the state budget with an outlay of Rs ____________ crore for the financial Year 2022-23
(a) Rs 14, 467crore
(b) Rs 24, 467crore
(c) Rs 34, 467crore
(d) Rs 44, 467crore
(e) Rs 54, 467crore
7) Which among the following Indian Private Sector bank has tied up with Shoppers Stop and has recently Launched Co-Branded Credit Cards?
(a) South Indian Bank
(b) Federal Bank
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) HDFC BANK
(e) AXIS BANK
8) The Deadline to link PAN with Aadhaar would end on March 31st. Person not linked shall pay the fine amount of _________ rupees as per the government circular.
(a) Rs. 500
(b) Rs. 1000
(c) Rs. 1500
(d) Rs. 2000
(e) Rs. 2500
9) The Government of India has planned to sell upto _________% stake in ONGC via offer for sale (OFS) for Rs 3000 crores
(a) 0.5% stake
(b) 1.0% stake
(c) 1.5% stake
(d) 2.0% stake
(e) 2.5% stake
10) Which among the following Indian private lender has planned to sell its stake in life insurance joint venture with Age as Insurance International?
(a) IDBI Bank
(b) IndusInd Bank
(c) DBS Bank
(d) RBL Bank
(e) CSB Bank
11) Robert Abela has been sworn in as the Prime Minister of which among the following country for the second term?
(a) Monaco
(b) Luxembourg
(c) France
(d) Andorra
(e) Malta
12) Who among the following has won the Stockholm Water Prize for the year 2022 for his innovative advertisement?
(a) Ignacio Rodriguez
(b) Wilfried Brutsaert
(c) Gedeon Dagan
(d) Peter S. Eagleson
(e) John A. Cherry
13) Which among the following Indian aerospace and Defense Company and Ministry of Defence has signed a contract worth Rs. 3,102 Cr for supply of Advanced Electronic Warfare?
(a) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
(b) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
(c) Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)
(d) Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
(e) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL
14) India and which among the following country has signed an agreement to collaborate in lithium and cobalt identification projects?
(a) United States
(b) United Kingdom
(c) Australia
(d) Russia
(e) Japan
15) Indian Navy’s 2nd P-81 Air Squadron INAS 316 has commissioned at INS Hansa. This Hansa Naval air base is located in which among the following state?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Goa
(c) Telangana
(d) Odisha
(e) Karnataka
16) China’s new Long March-6 rocket has recently mad its maiden flight. What is the weight of this modified version of the Long March-6?
(a) 400 tons
(b) 420 tons
(c) 480 tons
(d) 510 tons
(e) 530 tons
17) As per the report SIDBI has acquired __________ % stake in Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) to facilitate market access to MSMEs.
(a) 7.84
(b) 5.25
(c) 6.34
(d) 8.12
(e) 9.50
18) Who among the following sports personality has bagged the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award 2021?
(a) Lovlina Borgohain
(b) Mirabai Chanu
(c) Avani Lekhara
(d) Manu Bhaker
(e) C A Bhavani Devi
19) BB Gurung passed away recently. He was the Chief Minister of Which among the following state?
(a) Goa
(b) Uttrakhand
(c) Sikkim
(d) Mizoram
(e) Manipur
20) Webb Ellis cup is related to which of the following game?
(a) Rowling
(b) Polo
(c) Rugby
(d) Lawn tennis
(e) None of these
Answers :
1) Answer: D
The foundation day of Odisha, known as Odisha Day, or Utkal Diwas will be observed on 1st April.
The state of Odisha got its own identity as a separate state in the year 1936, after disassociating itself from Bihar and Bengal.
The state was originally called Orissa but the Lok Sabha passed the Orissa Bill, and Constitution Bill (113rd amendment), in March 2011 to rename it Odisha.
The region witnessed the epic “Kalinga War” led by King Ashoka who invaded and conquered the region in 260 BC.
2) Answer: A
A National Conclave on Production of Bees Wax was organized by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Gujarat in collaboration with the National Bee Board (NBB), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 30th March, 2022.
The conclave was supported by the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) & Tribal Co-Operative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED).
3) Answer: B
Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has approved the construction of 2,42,000 houses (Two Lakhs Forty Two Thousand Houses) in six states under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).
These states are Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tripura, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
The approval was given in the 60th Meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee held in New Delhi.
4) Answer: E
Doordarshan FreeDish has become the largest DTH platform with reach of more than 43 million households.
Information and Broadcasting Ministry,the free DTH service of Doordarshan clocked stellar growth of almost 100 per cent from 22 Million in 2017 to 43 Million in 2022.
Prasar Bharati’s DTH service DD FreeDish is the only Free-to-Air Direct-To-Home (DTH) Service where the viewer does not have to pay any monthly subscription fee.
5) Answer: B
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attended the 5th BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) summit.
PM Modi will attend the summit virtually.
Sri Lanka, the current chairholder of the seven-country grouping, will host the summit conference, which will be held virtually.
6) Answer: B
Newly-elected Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant presented the state Budget of Rs 24, 467crore for 2022-23 in the legislative assembly.
Gross State Domestic Product of Goa for 2022-23 – Rs 91,416.98 crore, a growth of 7.07 per cent.
Revenue expenditure – Rs 17,097 crore
Capital expenditure – Rs 7,369 crore
7) Answer: D
HDFC Bank, India’s largest private sector bank and Shoppers Stop, India’s leading fashion and beauty destination have joined hands to launch co-branded credit cards.
The credit cards will be available to over 9 million First Citizen customers of Shoppers Stop along with HDFC Bank customers, with an endeavour to provide an elevated and rewarding shopping experience.
8) Answer: B
The deadline to link a permanent account number (PAN) with Aadhaar will end on March 31.
Default will invite a penalty of 1,000 rupees.
As per the Income Tax Act, it is mandatory for all users to link PAN with their Aadhaar number, or else the PAN will become inoperative from March 31, next year.
9) Answer: C
The government plans to sell upto 1.5% equity stake in state-run oil and gas giant ONGC Ltd via an offer for sale of equity shares over two days beginning on March 29, to raise upto Rs 3,000 crore.
It will sell about 19 crore shares at a floor price of Rs 159 per share.
The ONGC OFS will open tomorrow, i.e., 30 March for non-retail bidders, and will be open on 31 March for retail investors.
10) Answer: A
Indian private lender IDBI Bank has announced plans to sell its stake in the life insurance joint venture with Ageas Insurance International and Federal Bank.
The deal will see IDBI Bank exit Ageas Federal Life Insurance (AFLI), which was formerly called IDBI Federal Life Insurance (IFLI).
IFLI was renamed AFLI after IDBI Bank sold a 23% stake in the joint venture in 2020.
11) Answer: E
Malta’s Prime Minister Robert Abela has been sworn in for a second term after his rulingLabor Party won the 2022 general election in a landslide victory.
He was administered the oath of office during a ceremony at the Palace in Valletta presided over by President George Vella.
12) Answer: B
The Stockholm Water Prize 2022 has been awarded by The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) in cooperation with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to Professor Wilfried Brutsaert for his innovative advertisement evaluating environmental evaporation.
Wilfried Brutsaert is Professor in Engineering Emeritus at Cornell University, USA.
He has pioneered novel approaches to understanding changes in groundwater storage.
13) Answer: D
The Ministry of Defence (MoD), Government of India, signed two contracts worth a total of Rs. 3,102 Crores with the Bengaluru and Hyderabad Units of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), at New Delhi.
It concluded a contract for supply of the Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) suite for fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
The overall cost of the contract is estimated to be Rs 1,993 crores.
14) Answer: C
India’s Khanij Bidesh India (KABIL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to invest $6 million with Australia’s Critical Minerals Facilitation Office (CMFO) on lithium and cobalt identification projects in Australia in the next six months.
Engagements are also underway with other source countries (primarily LATAM nations) such as Argentina, Bolivia, Chile etc (which are endowed with lithium and cobalt in hard rock formations and in brine).
15) Answer: B
Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 316, the Navy’s second P-8l aircraft squadron, will be commissioned at Indian Navy Ship (INS) Hansa Naval air base in Goa in the presence of Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar.
INAS 316 has been christened ‘Condors’, which are one of the largest flying land birds with a massive wingspan.
It is commanded by Commander Amit Mohapatra, a Boeing P-8I pilot with extensive operational experience.
16) Answer: E
China’s modified version of the Long March-6 carrier rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province & sent two satellites into preset orbits.
The rocket is developed by the Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (SAST), a subordinate of the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
The rocket has a weight of 530 tons and is capable of sending a payload of no less than 4 tons to the Sun-synchronous orbit.
17) Answer: A
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has acquired 7.84 percent stake in the open public digital infrastructure framework entity, Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), through an investment of Rs 10 crore.
ONDC had been incorporated in 2021 with an objective to create a first of its kind open public digital infrastructure to develop and transform the Indian digital commerce ecosystem for both goods and services.
18) Answer: B
Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of The Year award.
Chanu created history last year when she became the first Indian weightlifter to clinch a silver medal at the Summer Olympics.
Young India opener Shafali Verma was awarded the The BBC Emerging Player’ award.
19) Answer: C
Former chief minister of Sikkim BB Gurung passed away at 92 years old.
BB Gurung was the third chief minister of Sikkim.
He sworn-in as Sikkim CM in 1984 and was in office for just 13 days.
Gerung’s term as CM of Sikkim was the shortest in the history of the Himalayan state.
20) Answer: C
The Webb Ellis Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the men’s Rugby World Cup, the premier competition in men’s international rugby union.
