Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 04th June 2022

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1) Recently in June Government has planed to replace 58,000- million units (MU) thermal power with 30-gigawatts (GW) renewable energy (RE) by ____________ .

A) 2025

B)C2026

C) 2030

D) 2028

2) Recently According to the latest government data, overall coal production has increased by 61 MT during the financial year 2021-22 and stands at  ___________ India’s coal import has declined to _____________ in 2021-22.

A) 771 MT , 245 MT

B) 670 MT , 250 MT

C) 777 MT , 209 MT

D) 580 MT , 300 MT

3) Recently in June Anjalai Ponnusamy passed away at the age of 102 in Malaysia. She was associated with which of the following organization?

A) Indian National Army

B) Bengal British India Society

C) Indian National Congress

D) East India Association

4) Recently in June India signed three MoUs with ____________  forcultural exchange, cooperation in youth affairs, and a visa-free regime for officials.

A) Hungry

B) Senegal

C) Israel

D) Turkey

5) Recently in June ___________ government launched e-stamping and eliminates all physical stamp papers of all denominations.

A) Delhi

B) Punjab

C) Haryana

D) Uttar Pradesh

6) Recently in June _______________  hassigned an agreement with VVDN Technologies and WiSig Networks to develop 5G Open RAN.

A) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

B) Centre for Development of Advanced Computing

C) Centre for Development of Telematics

D) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

7) Recently in June _______________  state government launched the app named ‘14400’ that will help people in registering corruption-related complaints against the officials in the state.

A) Punjab

B) Haryana

C) Andhra Pradesh

D) Assam

8) Consider the following statement regarding INS Nishank and INS Akshaywill be decommissioned on 3rd June.

1.INSNishank is the Veer Class Missile Corvette .It was part of the Killer Squadron, which is known for its heroic action in the 1971 India-Pakistan War.

2.INSAkshay is part of the 23rd Patrol Vessel Squadron. It is an Abhay class corvette ship.

Which of the following statement is correct ?

A) Only 1

B) Only 2

C) Both 1 & 2

D) None of the above

9) Consider the following statement regarding  International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) .

1.The telescope has been built by a collaboration of scientists from Canada, Belgium and India.

2.It is located at an altitude of 2,450 metres on the Devasthal Observatory campus of the Aryabhata Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in Nainital district.

Which of the following statement is correct ?

A) Only 1

B) Only 2

C) Both 1 & 2

D) None of the above

10) Recently in June _______________has announced the launch of India’s first-ever Banking Metaverse – Kiyaverse.

A) Kiya.ai

B) Meta

C) JP Morgan

D) Bank.ai

11) Recently In June __________has announced that it has partnered with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to provide tokenization solutions on RuPay cards for its merchants.

A) Slice

B) Cashfree Payment

C) Paisalo

D) Pay5

12) Recently in June ___________ become first bank to offer instant video KYC to on-board users on a money remitting platform  on its online outward remittances platform, ‘Money2World’ (M2W), to provide improved convenience to users including those who do not have accounts with the Bank.

A) HDFC Bank

B) ICICI Bank

C) Axis Bank

D) IDBI Bank

13) Recently in June ____________ has signed the ‘Climate Neutral Now’ (CNN) pledge by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

A) IndiGo

B) SpiceJet

C) Gofirst

D) Blue Dart

14) Recently In June   CarTrade Tech Ltd it has entered into an alliance with ___________ to offer easy and smart financing for used cars.

A) IDFC First Bank

B) Axis Bank

C) ICICI Bank

D) RBL Bank

15) Recently Sachin Tendulkar will continue as UNICEF’s ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ for a record  ______________  year, working for the welfare of underprivileged children.

A) 15^th

B) 20^th

C) 30^th

D) 10^th

16) International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is observed every year on ____________ to highlight the pain suffered by children who are the victims of physical, mental and emotional abuse.

A) 1^st June

B) 2^nd June

C) 3^rd June

D) 4^th June

17) Recently in June ____________________has bagged the contract to construct the upcoming Noida International Airport at Greater Noida’s Jewar in Uttar Pradesh.

A) Reliance Industries

B) Adani Group

C) Tata Group

D) Hinduja Group

18) Recently in June ___________ was declared as the winner of Scripps National Spelling Bee 2022 .

A) Anjali Pandey

B) Harini Logan

C) Swati Sinha

D) Komal Rani

19) Consider the follwoing statement regarding Turkiye.

1.Turkey will now be officially known as Turkiyeat the United Nations after it agreed to officially recognise the name change on June 1, 2022

2.Ankarais the capital of Turkiye

Which of the following statement is correct ?

A) Only 1

B) Only 2

C) Both 1 & 2

D) None of the above

20) Recently in June The Election Commission of India (ECI)  appointed________________  as the state icon for the national Capital, to promote the voter awareness among the youth of Delhi.

A) Rishabh Pant

B) Prithvi Shaw

C) Yash Dhull

D) Suryakumar Yadav

21) Recently in June __________ has become the first city in the country to introduce the concept of ‘faceless services’ at the Regional Transport Office (RTO) inspiring other states to launch similar initiatives.

A) Delhi

B) Mumbai

C) Pune

D) Lucknow

22) Recently in June The union government has approved __________ %  rate of interest on employee provident fund or EPF deposits for 2021-22.

A) 8.1 %

B) 8.5 %

C) 7.7 %

D) 7.9 %

23) Recently in June The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty ___________  on Punjab & Sind Bank for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘External Benchmark Based Lending’.

A) Rs 50 Lakh

B) Rs 45 Lakh

C) Rs 27.50 Lakh

D) Rs 90 Lakh

24) Consider the following statement regarding  ICMR guidelines for using drones in healthcare.

1.The scientists from ICMR collaborated with Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Airport Authority of India (AAI) to produce this document in compliance with the New Drone Rules-2021 .

2.The drones, according to the guidance document by ICMR, can be used to transfer a payload, ranging from 500 grams to 6 kg of medical supplies, in far- flung areas.

Which of the following statement is correct ?

A) Only 1

B) Only 2

C) Both 1 & 2

D) None of the above

25) Recently In June Sheryl Sandberg has stepped down as the COO of which of the following company ?

A) Meta

B) Amazon

C) Apple

D) Microsoft

26) Valley of Flowers  a UNESCO world heritage site recently seen in news is located in which of the following state ?

A) Haryana

B) Jammu & Kashmir

C) Uttarakhand

D) Punjab

27) Recently in June  Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai)  relaxed capital requirement norms by _____________ %   for insurers to encourage their participation in the government’s flagship programme Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY).

A) 40 %

B) 50 %

C) 60 %

D) 30 %

Answers :

1) Answer: B

• Government plans to replace 58,000- million units (MU) thermal power with 30-gigawatts (GW) renewable energy (RE) by FY26.
• The plan will save 34.7 million tonnes (MT) of coal and reduce carbon emissions by 60.2 MT.
• As per the plan, 20% of the targeted thermal capacity will be replaced with RE power in FY24. This will be followed by 35% in FY25 and 45% in FY26.
• The thermal power generating station-wise targets have been fixed.
• However, the thermal generating station can substitute larger amounts of thermal power with RE power.

2) Answer: C

• According to the latest government data, overall coal production has increased by 61 MT during the financial year 2021-22.
• The coal production has increased from 716 MT in 2020-21 to 777 MT in 2021-22.
• Coal imports had reached a peak of 248 MT in 2019-20. After that, Coal import has declined to 215 MT in 2020-21 and 209 MT in 2021-22.
• The main reason for the decline in coal imports is the decrease in imports by the power sector.
• The power sector imported 27 MT in 2021-22, which is almost 40% less than the previous fiscal.
• The demand for coal has increased from 956 MT in 2019-20 to 1,027 MT in 2021-22.

3) Answer: A

• Indian National Army (INA) veteran AnjalaiPonnusamy passed away at the age of 102 in Malaysia.
• During the Second World War, Anjalai had joined the Rani of Jhansi Regiment, the women’s unit of the INA. She fought for India’s freedom from the British.
• She will be remembered for her bravery, determination and dauntlessness.
• Indian National Army (INA): It is also known as Azad Hid Fauj.
• It was formed by Indian nationalists in 1942. It was initially formed under the leadership of Mohan Singh. It was revived by Subhas Chandra Bose in 1943 to fight for the freedom of India.

4) Answer: B

• India signed three MoUs with Senegal for cultural exchange, cooperation in youth affairs, and a visa-free regime for officials.

• The MoUs were signed in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, following delegation-level talks between Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and President MackySall.
• India assured Senegal of continuing its commitment to support socio-economic development through bilateral, regional, and international frameworks.
• This is the first high-level Indian visit to Senegal, and it is taking place at a time when the two countries are celebrating 60 years of their diplomatic ties.
• The first MoU is related to a visa-free regime for holders of diplomatic and official passports, which will promote bilateral cooperation by allowing officials and diplomats to travel freely between the two nations.
• The second agreement is related to the renewal of the Cultural Exchange Program (CEP) for the period 2022-26.
• The third MoU aims to enhance bilateral cooperation in youth affairs.
• Its currency is the West African CFA franc (XOF).

5) Answer: B

• The Punjab government has discontinued physical stamp papers in order to improve efficiency and prevent evasion of state revenue
• Now stamp papers of any denomination will be available in the form of e-stamp (computerised print-out) at stamp vendors or state-approved banks.
• Earlier, e-stamping was only available for values above 20,000 rupees and now it’s available for all denominations starting at one rupee.
• The Punjab Government’s decision will save at least 35 crore rupees a year, which was spent on printing stamp papers.
• On e-stamps ranging from Rs 1 to Rs 19,999, the Punjab government would pay a 2% commission to stamp vendors.
• In addition, the department has launched five new e-services, including Loan/Hypothecation Agreement, Agreement of Pledge, Affidavit & Declaration, Demand Promissory Note, and Indemnity Bond.
• This service has been launched with the assistance of the Union government’s National e-Governance Services Ltd (NeSL).

6) Answer: C

• The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), WiSig Networks Private Limited, and VVDN Technologies Private Limited have signed a collaboration agreement in the field of Open RAN-based Radio Networks for 5G solutions.
• This collaboration aims to leverage Indian R&D and industry’s expertise and skills to design, develop, and produce cost-effective 5G products and solutions.
• Centre for Development of Telematics(C-DOT): It is the R&D centre of the Department of Telecommunications under the Ministry of Communications of the Government of India. It was founded in August 1984. It is headquartered in Delhi.
• WiSig Networks Private Limited: It is an emerging company involved in the business of developing, marketing, and offering various communications solutions including 5G Mobile Communication Products and Solutions. It was founded in 2016. It is headquartered in Hyderabad.
• VVDN Technologies Private Limited: It is a leading product engineering and manufacturing company with expertise in 5G, networking and Wi-Fi, IoT, and cloud storage services.

7) Answer: C

• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan launched the app named ‘14400’.
• It will help people in registering corruption-related complaints against the officials in the state.
• It has been developed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for curbing corruption.
• The evidence can be sent in audio, video, and photo format. It gives the facility to attach evidence with the complaint.
• After the Complaint is lodged, ACB authorities will take the appropriate action based on the contents of the Complaint.

8) Answer: C

• Indian naval ships INS Nishank and INS Akshay will be decommissioned in the naval dockyard of Mumbai.
• It will be decommissioned after 32 years of service. Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral R Hari Kumar will be the chief guest of the ceremony.
• The pennant marks the commissioning of the ship. The pennant will be hauled down before the decommissioning.
• INS Nishank is the Veer Class Missile Corvette. It was part of the Killer Squadron, which is known for its heroic action in the 1971 India-Pakistan War.
• INS Akshay is part of the 23rd Patrol Vessel Squadron. It is an Abhay class corvette ship.

9) Answer: C

• The four-metre International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) saw the first light recently, gazing out from its vantage on Devasthal, a hill in Uttarakhand, into the deep sky.
• The telescope has been built by a collaboration of scientists from Canada, Belgium and India.
• It is located at an altitude of 2,450 metres on the Devasthal Observatory campus of the Aryabhata Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in Nainital district, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
• The first image made by the telescope consisted of several stars and a galaxy, NGC 4274, which is 45 million light years away.

10) Answer: A

• ai, has announced the launch of India’s first-ever Banking Metaverse – Kiyaverse.
• Kiyaverse merges real-world banking with Metaverse banking through an avatar based interactions. In the first phase, Kiyaverse will allow banks to extend their own Metaverse for clients, partners, and employees, through services that will include Relationship Manager & Peer Avatars and Robo-advisors.
• Kiyaverse plans to have tokens as NFTs and support CBDC to enable open finance in a Web3.0 environment.
• The platform will interface its Open API connectors with Aggregators, and Gateways to enable a Super-App and Marketplace on the metaverse. With the introduction of Haptics enabled Headsets, providing a near real-world interaction using the internet of senses.

11) Answer: B

• Cashfree Payments, a payments and API banking solutions company, has announced that it has partnered with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to provide tokenization solutions on RuPay cards for its merchants. Cashfree Payments’ tokenization solution ‘Token Vault’ helps merchants to provide their customers the option to save cards on the merchant website or app and process card payments securely while being RBI compliant.
• With this partnership, Cashfree Payments becomes a certified and compliant payment tokenization service provider across key card networks like RuPay, Mastercard, and Visa.
• Akash Sinha, CEO and Co-Founder, Cashfree Payments
• As per RBI guidelines, with effect from 1st July 2022, neither businesses nor payment aggregators can save customer card details on their platforms. The card details can only be saved by the card networks or issuing banks.
• Card tokenization is the process of replacing sensitive card information like card number, and card expiry with a cryptographically generated random string, referred to as the card token.

12) Answer: B

• ICICI Bank announced the launch of an array of new facilities on its online outward remittances platform, ‘Money2World’ (M2W), to provide improved convenience to users including those who do not have accounts with the Bank
• First bank to offer instant video KYC to on-board users on a money remitting platform
• Customers of other banks can remit up to USD 250,000 a year
• Integrates the remittance platform with its mobile banking app enabling customers to remit fund anytime, on the go
• Further, ICICI Bank has integrated its mobile banking app ‘iMobile Pay’ with the M2W platform. This integration enables its customers to send money overseas, choose and set their desired exchange rate, and enter a one-time instruction to schedule recurring payments through ‘iMobile Pay’.

13) Answer: D

• Blue Dart Express has signed the ‘Climate Neutral Now’ (CNN) pledge by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
• The pledge highlights the organisation’s commitment to ambitious CO2 reduction targets.
• Deutsche Post DHL Group has adopted a package of measures worth up to Euro 7 billion to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 in tine with the Paris Climate Agreement, primarily to expand the use of sustainable technologies and fuels in its fleets and buildings.
• Its long term goal is to reduce GHG emissions to net zero by 2050
• Blue Dart Express is an Indian logistics company that provides courier delivery services. It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It has a subsidiary cargo airline, Blue Dart Aviation that operates in South Asian countries.

14) Answer: A

• Multi-channel automobile buying and selling platform CarTrade Tech Ltd has entered into an alliance with IDFC First Bank to offer easy and smart financing for used cars.
• Under the partnership, IDFC First Bank will become the preferred financier for customers purchasing used vehicles from CarWaleabSure’s dealers with customised offerings to suit their needs, the company said in a statement.
• CarWaleabSure is the used car platform of CarTrade Tech.

15) Answer: B

• The iconic cricketer has been associated with UNICEF for long for various causes. In 2003, he was chosen to take lead in the initiative to create awareness and promote polio prevention in India.
• Later in 2008, he was roped in to create and promote hygiene and sanitation among communities and has been continuing to do so over the years.
• In 2013, he was appointed UNICEF Ambassador for South Asia to advocate good hygiene and sanitation across the region.
• Headquarters – New York City, USA , Head – Catherine M. Russell

16) Answer: D

• International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is observed every year on 4 June.
• This day affirms the United Nations’ commitment to protecting the rights of children.
• This day is observed to highlight the pain suffered by children who are the victims of physical, mental and emotional abuse.
• The United Nations adopted 4 June as the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression on 19th August 1982.

17) Answer: C

• Tata Projects, the infrastructure, and construction arm of Tata Group, has bagged the contract to construct the upcoming Noida International Airport at Greater Noida’s Jewar in Uttar Pradesh.
• The news was announced by Yamuna International Airport Private Limited (YIAPL) which is a 100 percent subsidiary of Swiss Developer Zurich Airport International AG and has been incorporated as a Special Purpose Vehicle for the development of Noida International Airport.
• As per the development, India’s largest airport is expected to be functional by 2024.

18) Answer: B

• Indian-American Harini Logan from San Antonia, Texas was declared the winner of Scripps National Spelling Bee 2022 in a historic tie-breaker.
• The 13-year-old eighth-grader who competed in the last fully in-person spelling bee three years ago and then endured the pandemic to make it back spelled 21 words correctly during a 90-second spell off.
• The winner of the National Spelling Bee 2022, Harini Logan has won more than $50,000 in cash and prizes.

19) Answer: C

• Turkey will now be officially known as Turkiye at the United Nations after it agreed to officially recognise the name change on June 1, 2022 following a request from the Turkish government.
• The Cambridge English Dictionary’s definition of Turkey is also reportedly one of the reasons as one of the meanings of the word Turkey has been given as “something that fails badly” or “a stupid or silly person”
• In 2020, The Netherlands dropped Holland in a rebranding move. And before that, Macedonia changed its name to North Macedonia due to a political dispute with Greece, and Swaziland became Eswatini in 2018.
• Further back in history, Iran used to be called Persia, Siam is now Thailand, and Rhodesia was changed to Zimbabwe.in December 2021.

20) Answer: C

• The Election Commission of India (ECI) appointed cricketer YashDhull as the state icon for the national Capital, to promote the voter awareness among the youth of Delhi.
• The Chief Election Officer Dr. Ranbir Singh congratulated Dhull for his outstanding performance in cricket at such a young age.
• He made his first class cricket debut for the Delhi Cricket Team in the 2021-22 Ranji Trophy.
• He was also the captain for India for the 2022 International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.
• India has won the prestigious World Cup 2022 tournament. During the meeting various issues related were discussed including electoral registration, especially for young voters.
• The role of the newly appointed state icon YashDhull was also briefed. He will motivate the youngsters to enroll them in electoral roll.

21) Answer: A

• Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal said that Delhi has become the first city in the country to introduce the concept of ‘faceless services’ at the Regional Transport Office (RTO) inspiring other states to launch similar initiatives.
• Under the ‘faceless services’, people do not have to come to offices taking leave from their work as they can get their work done online.’
• Delhi last year, launched 33 faceless services of the transport department.
• According to the CM, till now 16 lakh people have got the benefit of ‘faceless services’ at RTOs and other states like Karnataka are also following its example.

22) Answer: A

• The union government has approved 8.1% rate of interest on employee provident fund or EPF deposits for 2021-22,. The interest rate is notified after the approval of the Union Finance Ministry, following which interest is credited into its subscribers’ accounts.
• In March, retirement fund body EFPO or Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation had cut interest rate on employees’ provident fund deposits to a four-decade low of 8.1% for the 2021-22 fiscal, from 8.5% in the previous year.
• This is the lowest interest rate since 1977-78 on deposits that employees make towards their retirement fund. Interest rate on employees provident fund that year stood at 8%.

23) Answer: C

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated June 01, 2022, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹27.50 lakh (Rupees Twenty-seven lakh and fifty thousand only) on Punjab & Sind Bank (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘External Benchmark Based Lending’.
• This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of section 47 A (1) (c) read with sections 46 (4) (i) and 51 (1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (the Act).
• Punjab & Sind Bank is an Indian nationalised bank with its head office located in New Delhi.

 

24) Answer: C

• After successfully using drones for delivering COVID-19 vaccines in the north-eastern states, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has come out with a guidance document for using drones for medical supplies in far-flung areas.
• The drones, according to the guidance document by ICMR, can be used to transfer a payload, ranging from 500 grams to 6 kg of medical supplies, in far- flung areas.
• Medical supplies like BCG, measles and COVID-19 vaccines, which can be stored between 2°C and 8°C, along with tablets, capsules, syrups in bottles, gloves and syringes can only be transported safely by drones
• The scientists from ICMR collaborated with the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), the Government of India, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Airport Authority of India (AAI) to produce this document in compliance with the New Drone Rules-2021 which highlights the ways of selecting drones, choosing takeoffs and landing sites etc.

25) Answer: A

• Sheryl Sandberg, the No. 2 executive at Facebook owner Meta, who helped turn its business from startup to digital advertising empire while also taking blame for some of its biggest missteps, is stepping down.
• Sandberg has served as chief operating officer at the social media giant for 14 years. She joined from Google in 2008, four years before Facebook went public.
• Sandberg has led Facebook — now Meta’s — advertising business and was responsible for nurturing it from its infancy into an over $100 billion-a-year powerhouse.
• Javier Olivan, who currently oversees key functions at Meta’s four main apps — Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger — will serve as Meta’s new COO. But it will be a different job than the one Sandberg held for the past 14 years.

26) Answer: C

• Tourists were greeted by a floral landscape bathed in a splash of colours as the Valley of Flowers, a UNESCO world heritage site, nestled in the Himalayas in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district was opened for visitors .
• A total of 75 tourists including one foreigner visited the valley located at a height of over 10,000 feet on the opening day, Divisional Forest Officer Nanda Ballabh Joshi said.
• Flowers of 12 varieties are in full bloom these days in the valley spread over an area of 87.5 square km where 500 species of flowers grow between June-October. The Valley of Flowers will remain open till October 31.

27) Answer: B

• After the recent hike in the premium rate, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) relaxed capital requirement norms significantly for insurers to encourage their participation in the government’s flagship programme Pradhan MantriJeevanJyotiBimaYojana (PMJJBY).
• The regulator has reduced the capital required to be held by insurers offering PMJJBY by almost 50 per cent.
• The government has recently hiked the premium rates for the two flagship schemes, PMJJBY and Pradhan MantriSurakshaBimaYojana, to make these schemes viable.
• The PMJJBY offers life insurance cover of ₹2 lakh in case of death due to any reason to people in the age group of 18-50 years having a bank or post office account, who give their consent to join or enable auto-debit of premium