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1) When was the US celebrates its Coast Guard Day every year?

(a) August 5

(b) August 6

(d) August 4

(e) August 8

2) Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu along with other ministers flagged off Tiranga Bike Rally for MPs from which region?

(a) Mumbai

(b) Varanasi

(d) Delhi

(e) Bhopal

3) Jeffrey Armstrong which country has been awarded the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Distinguished Indologist for 2021?

(a) the United Kingdom

(b) Mexico

(d) the United States

(e) Australia

4) Who recently inaugurated the fourth edition of ONGC Para Games in New Delhi?

(a) Hardeep Singh Puri

(b) Narendra Singh Tomar

(d) Parshottam Rupala

(e) Giriraj Singh

5) Satyendra Prakash has been recently appointed as the Director General of?

(a) Press Information Bureau

(b) United News of India

(d) Doordarshan

(e) Prasar Bharati

6) Dr. Sujoy Lal Thaosen has taken additional charge of ____________ replacing IPS Sanjay Arora.

(a) BSF

(b) CRPF

(d) CISF

(e) NSG

7) SVC Co-operative Bank has signed an MOU with which entity for improving credit flow to MSMEs?

(a) NABARAD

(b) IDBI

(d) ECGC

(e) NSIC

8) RBI has approved how many million for investing in the PNB Housing Finance by Punjab National Bank?

(a) 300

(b) 500

(d) 400

(e) 200

9) The Government of India has announced the sale of Four dated securities for how many crores?

(a) 35,000

(b) 34,000

(d) 38,000

(e) 37,000

10) Infosys Finacle has been inducted into the IFSCA regulatory framework to use its blockchain-based trade finance, IFSCA is located at?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Maharashtra

(d) Telangana

(e) Delhi

11) Which of the following bank has launched the men-focused Committee ‘EmpowerHim’ as part of its flagship HR initiative ‘Prerna’?

(a) Canara Bank

(b) ICCI Bank

(d) Union Bank of India

(e) HDFC Bank

12) West Bengal and ____________ have signed an MOU for combating prevent migration and trafficking of women across the states.

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Telangana

(e) Tamilnadu

13) Which state has launched the ‘Mission Bhumiputra’ for digitalizing the caste certificates for students?

(a) Sikkim

(b) Assam

(d) Uttarakhand

(e) Himachal Pradesh

14) West Bengal government has approved the setting up of seven districts making the total?

(a) 32

(b) 34

(d) 37

(e) 35

15) Who has written the recently published book “Dangerous Earth: What we wish we knew about volcanoes, hurricanes, climate change, earthquakes and more”?

(a) James Bradley

(b) Jesmyn Ward

(d) Ellen Prager

(e) John Steinbeck

16) Who has written the book Lion of the Skies: Hardit Singh Malik, the Royal Air Force and the First World War” of an “India’s first fighter pilot”?

(a) George Orwell

(b) Christina Goodings

(d) Stephen Barker

(e) Erica Harrison

17) Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik released a book titled ‘Lockdown Lyrics’, a collection of poems authored by Sanjukta Dash, Patnaik was the CM of?

(a) Uttarakhand

(b) Chhattisgarh

(d) Jharkhand

(e) Assam

18) Recently Deandra Dottin announced her decision to retire from ___________ cricket team.

(a) South Africa

(b) Zimbabwe

(d) Namibia

(e) Bangladesh

19) Indian Table tennis team bagged gold in the team event by beating which country at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 in Birmingham?

(a) South Korea

(b) Malaysia

(d) Vietnam

(e) Thailand

20) Indian badminton mixed team lost to _____________ and settled for silver at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 in Birmingham.

(a) Thailand

(b) Singapore

(d) Denmark

(e) Malaysia

21) Women’s four Lawn bowling team created history by winning gold after defeating which team at Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham?

(a) Norway

(b) South Africa

(d) Switzerland

(e) Poland

Answers :

1) Answer: (d)

August 4 is celebrated as Coast Guard Day every year in the US. The day is especially important for active duty and reserve Coast Guard forces as well as the civilian employees, retirees, auxiliaries, and dependents associated with the force.

the Coast Guard also acts as a first responder and humanitarian organization that aids those who are in need or affected by natural or man-made disasters. Members of the US Coast Guard perform a surprisingly wide range of duties that are essential to maintaining the safety of US waterways.

2) Answer: (d)

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu along with Union ministers Pralhad Joshi and Piyush Goyal flagged off Tiranga Bike Rally for MPs from Red Fort in Delhi. Many Union Ministers, MPs, and leaders of different parties have participated in this campaign.

‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign into a mass movement by hoisting or displaying the national flag at their homes and using the ‘Tiranga’ as a display picture on their social media accounts between August 2 and August 15 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence.

3) Answer: (c)

Canadian scholar Jeffrey Armstrong has been awarded the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Distinguished Indologist for 2021. He

was presented the award in a ceremony by Manish, India’s consul-general in Vancouver.

The annual award was instituted in 2015 during the First World Indology Conference hosted by the then President of India bringing prominent Indologists from the world over to a single platform with Indian scholars to deliberate upon the scope of promoting Indian studies abroad. The award comprises a citation, a gold-plated medallion, and US$ 20,000 (approximately ₹1.6 million).

4) Answer: (a)

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated the fourth ONGC Para Games in Thyagaraj Sports Complex in New Delhi. 275 Persons with Disabilities (PwD) employees of eight central oil and gas public enterprises are participating in the 4th ONGC Para Games, being organized by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) during 2-4 August 2022.

ONGC organizes the Para Games in an international format from its very first edition in 2017 with the help of the Paralympic Committee of India, where 120 ONGC PwD employees participated in games like athletics, and badminton, table tennis, and a wheelchair race.

5) Answer: (a)

Senior Indian Information Service officer Satyendra Prakash assumed charge as the head of the Press Information Bureau (PIB). A 1988-batch IIS officer, Prakash was the principal DG of, the Central Bureau of Communication before being appointed as the principal director general of the PIB.

He has represented the Centre on various national and international fora such as the UNESCO, the UNICEF, and the UNDP. He was recognized for his role in the presentation of the first-ever tableau of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Republic Day last year on the theme of “Vocal for Local”.

6) Answer: (c)

Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal, SSB Dr. Sujoy Lal Thaosen took over the additional charge of Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police in New Delhi. Dr. Thaosen is an IPS Officer of the 1988 batch, Madhya Pradesh Cadre.

Sujoy Lal Thaosen, a two-time SPG veteran, was in charge of ensuring the safety of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and previous leaders. Thaosen is the 21st Director General of the SSB, which protects Bhutan’s and Nepal’s (1751 km) borders with India (699 km).

7) Answer: (c)

SIDBI announced a partnership, through an agreement, with Mumbai-headquartered urban co-operative bank SVC Co-operative Bank to extend refinance facility to facilitate improved credit flow to MSMEs. The agreement was signed by Ashish Singhal, MD, SVC Bank, and Sanjeev Gupta, GM, SIDBI in Mumbai.

The partnership signed will allow SVC Bank to tap into SIDBI’s refinance facility. IDBI provides refinance to primary lending institutions such as banks including small finance banks, non-banking finance companies, and microfinance institutions which in turn provide credit to MSMEs.

8) Answer: (b)

The ₹2,500 crore-rights issues of PNB Housing Finance, a subsidiary of the state-owned Punjab National Bank, are anticipated to be finalized by December.

RBI has approved an infusion of ₹500 crores in PNB Housing Finance. In the post rights issue, the holding of the bank would come down below 30 percent but would be higher than 26 percent so that bank retains promoter status. The bank aims to reduce its gross non-performing assets (NPAs) to a single digit and its net NPAs to 3.5%.

9) Answer: (c)

The Indian government will be raising ₹33,000 crores through the sale of bonds. RBI will be handling the auction. Four government securities (G-secs) having rates from 6.54% to 7.10% will be auctioned through multiple price-based methods on RBI’s Core Banking Solution (E-Kuber) system.

According to RBI, the underwriting auction will be conducted through multiple price-based methods on August 05, 2022. The underwriting commission will be credited to the current account of the respective PDs with RBI on the date of the issue of securities.

10) Answer: (c)

Infosys Finacle, which is part of EdgeVerve Systems and a subsidiary of the IT services firm has been inducted into the International Financial Services Centres Authority’s (IFSCA) regulatory framework to pilot its blockchain-based trade finance solution.

The collaboration will test the blockchain-based Buyers Credit solution, for short-term credit in foreign currency, import payments, and trade finance transactions. The solution will later be available as a SaaS-based offering for all banks servicing clients from GIFT City in Gujarat.

11) Answer: (d)

Union Bank of India launched an Industry-first, dedicated, men-focused Committee ‘EmpowerHim’ as part of its flagship HR initiative ‘Prerna’. EmpowerHim” is Union Bank’s career-focused Committee aimed at tackling all issues at the grass-root level.

To provide a comfortable platform for everyone to freely express their concerns and needs, Union Prerna is the HR Transformation initiative of Union Bank of India, aimed at improving productivity through the digitalization of processes, employee-centric interventions, and learning revolution within the Banking space.

12) Answer:(a)

The West Bengal government has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Maharashtra government to prevent migration and trafficking of women since a lot of movement of people takes place between the two states. Awareness is being built primarily through seminars, and symposiums at the college level and in rural areas Kanyashree clubs are being formed to make rural students aware of the menace of trafficking

Children and women are being brought from other neighboring states and are being trafficked to the main cities of India like Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, and even outside the country.

13) Answer: (b)

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday launched ‘Mission Bhumiputra’, a digital way to issue digitalized caste certificates to students. The Chief Minister inaugurated a Bhumiputra Portal at a program held at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra.

The Deputy Commissioners will give the format of applications for the caste certificates to the Headmasters of educational institutions. The DC then will convene a meeting with the Boards to decide on the protocol for issuing caste certificates to the students The certificates will be available in the Digi locker under the IT Act and digitally signed by the respective Deputy Commissioners.

14) Answer: (c)

The West Bengal Cabinet approved the setting up of seven new districts in the state, taking the total number of districts to 30, up from the existing 23. Announcing the Cabinet decision, the Chief Minister said the seven districts will be carved out of five existing districts Murshidabad, Nadia, South and North 24 Parganas, and Bankura.

Ranaghat, a city, and municipality in Nadia district will become the fourth new district; a new district of Bishnupur will be carved out of the existing Bankura district, and two new districts of Baharampur and Kandi will be created out of Murshidabad district.

15) Answer: (d)

Marine biologist Ellen Prager has written a book titled “Dangerous Earth: What we wish we knew about volcanoes, hurricanes, climate change, earthquakes, and more”. In the book, the author seeks to respond to the most compelling question: Why can’t we better predict natural disasters?

Each chapter considers a specific hazard, begins with a game-changing historical event, and highlights what remains unknown about these dynamic phenomena. Along the way, we hear from scientists trying to read Earth’s warning signs, pass its messages along to the rest of us, and prevent catastrophic loss.

16) Answer: (d)

“Lion of the Skies: Hardit Singh Malik, the Royal Air Force and the First World War” is the book about an “India’s first fighter pilot” who participated in the World War, long before the Indian Air Force was born. The book has been written by author Stephen Barker.

During the First World War, Hardit Singh Malik served as a fighter pilot for both Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) for fighting the Germans. He is also the first Indian Ambassador to France.

17) Answer: (c)

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik released a book titled ‘Lockdown Lyrics’, a collection of poems authored by Sanjukta Dash. The poems are an unadulterated narration of the author’s experiences and exasperations during the pandemic.

The Chief Minister appreciated the creative genius of Sanjukta Dash that has mirrored the emotions of all of us during these difficult times of the pandemic. Sanjukta Dash is a well-known name in Odia literature. She has three anthology of poetries in Odia- Antaswar, Amrut Anwesha and Apekshare Ebe Bi.

18) Answer: (c)

West Indies Star all-rounder Deandra Dottin has announced her retirement from West Indies women’s cricket team, citing she was no longer able to “adhere to the team culture and environment.”

Dottin is West Indies’ most-capped international cricketer, having played 124 T20Is and 143 ODIs since her debut in June 2008. She has amassed 3727 ODI runs at an average of 30.54, including three hundred, and 2697 T20I runs at 25.93, with two hundred.

19) Answer: (c)

India beat Singapore 3-1 in the final of the Commonwealth Games 2022 men’s team table tennis event to clinch the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 in Birmingham.

The reliable doubles combination of Harmeet and G. Sathiyan got India off to an ideal start, with a 3-0 win against Koen Pang and Izaac Quek. With this, the India team defended their title as it had also won the gold in 2018 at Gold Coast CWG with a 3-1 win over Nigeria in the final.

20) Answer: (e)

Indian badminton mixed team suffered a 1-3 defeat against Malaysia and had to settle for silver. Only PV Sindhu managed to earn a win in the summit clash against Malaysia in the women’s singles match. This was India’s fifth silver in the current CWG and the 13th medal overall.

Kidambi Srikanth went down 19-21 against Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong in the opening game. Malaysian player kept his pace and momentum to register a brilliant win over Indian ace by 21-19, 6-21, 21-16 in a match that lasted for one hour and six minutes. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand went against Muralitharan Thinaah and Koong Le Pearly Tan. Indian pair lost the first game 18-21.

21) Answer: (b)

Indian lawn bowls women’s fours team created history by defeating South Africa 17-10 in the final of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The four-woman squad comprising Lovely Choubey, Pinki, Nayanmoni Saikia, and Rupa Rani edged their South African counterparts.

India started the match aggressively leading South Africa 7-2 after the first six ends. The team which manages to get the bowls closer to the target (a smaller ball), also called ‘the Jack’, earns points. In the format of the four, each team is given eight rolls from one end.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 04th August 2022

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