Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 08th April 2022

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1) The World Health Day has been observed on April 7. What is the theme of this year World Health Day 2022?

(a) Our Planet, Our Health

(b) Building a Fairer and Healthier World for Everyone

(c) Support Nurses and Midwives

(d) Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere

(e) Remove Depression


2) The Union Jal Shakti Minister has recently launched _______________ for District Ganga Committees Performance Monitoring System.

(a) Welfare Program

(b) Funding Schemes

(c) Digital Dashboard

(d) Work Regulations

(e) None of These


3) The International Monetary Fund has lauded India Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana. This scheme is related to which among the following field?

(a) Crop Insurance

(b) Food subsidy

(c) Financial Inclusion Program

(d) Health Inclusion Program

(e) Housing Program


4) Who among the following has inaugurated the Air Force Commanders Conference AFCC at Air Headquarters in New Delhi?

(a)  Prime minister Narendra Modi

(b) Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari

(c) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

(d) Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt

(e) Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar


5) As per the recent report by the Government of India, Stand Up India scheme has completed its __________ year as on 5th April 2022.

(a) 4th year

(b) 5th year

(c) 6th year

(d) 7th year

(e) 10th year


6) Which among the following state government has launched Udyam Kranti Yojana scheme to give loan up to Rs 50L with subsidized interest rate for self-employment?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(c) Haryana

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Madhya Pradesh


7) Which among the following state government has decided to provide digital J-Forms to the farmers across the state from April 1, 2022?

(a) Haryana

(b) Assam

(c) Arunachal Pradesh

(d) Rajasthan

(e) Punjab


8) As per the Asian Development Bank the projected GDP growth rate of the Indian economy for the financial year FY23 is _________

(a) 7.5%

(b) 7.6%

(c) 7.7%

(d) 7.8%

(e) 7.9%


9) As per the data released by Central Government, India’s trade deficit has rose to _________% to $192.41 billion in FY22

(a) 75.20%

(b) 79.80%

(c) 81.65%

(d) 87.50%

(e) 95.93%


10) The Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has nominated whom among the following as the caretaker Prime Minister?

(a) Gulzar Ahmed

(b) Umar Ata Bandial

(c) Ijazul Ahsan

(d) Asif Saeed Khosa

(e) Qazi Faez Isa


11) The Reserve Bank of India has approved the re-appointment of Murali M. Natrajan as the MD & CEO of which among the following bank for two years?

(a) IndusInd Bank

(b) RBL Bank

(c) CSB Bank

(d) IDBI Bank

(e) DCB Bank


12) Name the famous poet & litterateur who has been selected for the Saraswati Samman 2021.

(a) Sharankumar Limbale

(b) Ramdarash Mishra

(c) Vasdev Mohi

(d) K Siva Reddy

(e) Sitanshu Yashaschandra


13) As per the report released by the Central Government, India has aided the construction of wastewater treatment plant in which among the following country?

(a) Nepal

(b) Sri Lanka

(c) Bangladesh

(d) Bhutan

(e) Pakistan


14) Which among the following Indian Organization and Israel Aerospace has tied up to turn civil aircraft into mid-air refuellers?

(a) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

(b) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

(c) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)

(d) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

(e) Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)


15) The Union Bank has launched Union NXT Super App & digital transformation called ___________.

(a) SUPREME

(b) SUPER

(c) SARITRA

(d) SARADHA

(e) SAMBHAV


16) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has handed over the first set of _____________ hardware to the Indian Space Research Organisation.

(a) EOS 04

(b) Aditya L1

(c) Gaganyaan

(d) Astrosat

(e) INSAT4B


17) As per the recent report released by the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, who among the following has become the richest man in India?

(a) Mukesh Ambani

(b) Gautam Adani

(c) Shiv Nadar

(d) Cyrus Poonawalla

(e) Radhakishan Damani


18) As per the Forbes’ 36th annual ranking of the world’s richest people list who among the following has topped Forbes list?

(a) Elon Musk

(b) Jeff Bezos

(c) Bernard Arnault

(d) Bill Gates

(e) Warren Buffett


19) Which country has beaten Malaysia to register third consecutive victory in FIH Women’s Junior World Cup in South Africa?

(a) Australia

(b) South Korea

(c) India

(d) South Africa

(e) China


20) A New book titled “Decoding Indian Babudom” has been authored by whom among the following?

(a) Nikki Khanna

(b) Chryseis Knight

(c) Insiya Patanwala

(d) Divyasha

(e) Ashwini Shrivastava


21) SEBI has to be responsive to the needs of ________

(a) The Investors

(b) The Issuer of securities

(c) The Market intermediaries

(d) All of the above

(e) None of the above


22) What is the Capital of Croatia?

(a) Ouagadougou

(b) Bujumbura

(c) Santiago

(d) Zagreb

(e) None of these


23) What does RMRC stands for in banking?

(a) Risk Management Reassess Commission

(b) Risk Managing Re-evaluate Committee

(c) Risk Management Review Committee

(d) Risk Managing Reconsider Commission

(e) None of these


Answers :

1) Answer: A

April 7 is celebrated and observed as World Health Day.

The day is celebrated annually in accordance with the World Health Organization’s aim to discuss health-related issues and to draw attention to specific health issues concerning people across the world.

The theme for this year World Health Day is “Our Planet, Our Health“.


2) Answer: C

Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has launched the Digital Dashboard for District Ganga Committees Performance Monitoring System.

Mr. Shekhawat stated that the Digital Dashboard launched will help the District Ganga Committees DGCs in enhancing people-river connect.


3) Answer: B

International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lauded India’s food subsidy program which prevented the increased prevalence of extreme poverty in the country during Covid-19.

In a report the IMF, the expansion of food transfers and subsidies make it an important instrument for poverty alleviation.


4) Answer: C

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the Air Force Commanders’ Conference AFCC at Air Headquarters in New Delhi.

The conference was attended by Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt and Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar along with senior commanders of the Indian Air Force.

To provide a boost to the growing indigenous drone industry, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched the “MEHAR BABA COMPETITION – II”.


5) Answer: C

Stand Up India scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5th April 2016. It has completed 6 years

It facilitates loans to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and women borrowers for setting up a greenfield enterprise in manufacturing, services, or trading sector.

Stand Up India Scheme was launched to promote entrepreneurship at grass-roots level focusing on economic empowerment and job creation.


6) Answer: E

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the ‘Udyam Kranti Yojana’ to facilitate self-employment for the youth, in MP.

Under this scheme, the state government will give a loan guarantee of Rs 1 lakh – Rs 50 lakh for self-employment with subsidies on the interest rates.

Set to benefit one lakh youth in the financial year 2022-23.


7) Answer: E

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government decided to provide digital J-Forms to the farmers across the state from April 1, 2022.

To ensure transparency and empowerment of farmers in the state.


8) Answer: A

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected the GDP growth rate of the Indian economy, in its flagship Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2022 projected India’s economic growth for the year 2022-23 (FY23) – 7.5 percent & 2023-24 (FY24) – 8.0 percent.

The growth in South Asia is projected to slow to seven per cent in 2022, before picking up to 7.4 per cent in 2023.


9) Answer: D

India’s trade deficit rose 87.5 per cent to USD 192.41 billion in 2021-22 as against USD 102.63 billion in the previous year, the government data showed.

While total exports during last fiscal year increased to a record high of USD 417.81 billion, imports too soared to USD 610.22 billion, leaving a trade gap of USD 192.41 billion.

India’s merchandise import in April 2021-March 2022 was USD 610.22 billion


10) Answer: A

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan nominated former Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed as caretaker Prime Minister.

This comes a day after the National Assembly deputy speaker disallowed a no-trust confidence motion against Imran Khan.


11) Answer: E

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the re-appointment of Murli M Natarajan as the managing director and chief executive officer (MD & CEO) of DCB Bank for a period of two years, from April 29, 2022 to April 28, 2024.

In 2024, he will complete 15 years at the helm of the bank.


12) Answer: B

Noted poet and litterateur Prof Ramdarash Mishra has been selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2021.

He has been selected for this prestigious literary award for his Hindi poetry collection ‘Mein to Yahan Hun’, which was published in 2015.

Prof Ramdarash Mishra, the well-known and highly accomplished Hindi poet, and litterateur was born on August 15, 1924, in the Gorakhpur District, Uttar Pradesh.


13) Answer: A

The Indian embassy in Kathmandu has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, Government of Nepal and Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality, Soulukhumbu for the construction of Khumjung Khunde wastewater management project.

The community development project shall be built under India-Nepal Development Cooperation with the financial assistance of the Government of India at a total estimated cost of Nepali rupees 41.13 million


14) Answer: D

Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to convert civil passenger aircraft to “multi mission tanker transport” (MMTT) aircraft in India.

It Covers passenger to freighter aircraft” conversion along with MMTT conversion

The MoU was signed in Delhi by D. Maiti, CEO (MiG Complex), HAL and  Yaacov Berkovitz, VP & GM Aviation Group, IAI.


15) Answer: E

Union Bank of India launched its super-app named UnionNXT – Do it Yourself and also unveiled ‘Union SAMBHAV – World of Opportunities,’ a future digital ready transformation project.

For the Project the Union bank has allocated an investment outlay of around Rs 1,000 crore for the current financial year 2022-23 (FY23).

To have 50 percent business originating on the digital platform by 2025.


16) Answer: C

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) handed over the first set of Gaganyaan hardware to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) during the inauguration of HAL’s PS2/GS2 stage integration facility in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

The PS2 and GS2 stages serve as the second stages of India’s launch vehicles PSLV and GSLV respectively and are powered by a Vikas engine, which uses liquid fuels.


17) Answer: B

According to Bloomberg Billionaire Index, Gautham Adani’s net worth as of April 2, 2022, joined the $100 billion club of richest entrepreneurs in the world surpassing Mukesh Ambani.

With this latest development, Adani is the tenth richest person in the world, while Reliance Industries chairman Ambani slipped to the 11th position with $99 billion in wealth (with an increase of $9.03 billion so far this year).


18) Answer: A

As per the Forbes’ 36th annual ranking of the world’s richest people list, Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX founder topped Forbes’ list for the first time ever with a net worth of $219 billion.

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani is the 10th richest person in the world, followed by Infrastructure tycoon Gautam Adani and his family, which claimed the 11th spot on Forbes’ annual world’s billionaires list.


19) Answer: C

In the FIH Women’s Junior World Cup, India defeated Malaysia four-nil, to register their third consecutive victory in their pool D campaign at Potchefstroom, South Africa.

That’s the end of the group stage for India, who win three from three and confirm a spot against South Korea in the quarterfinal.

The 4-0 win over Malaysia had a brace from Mumtaz Khan, on either side of goals from Sangita Kumari and Lalrindiki.


20) Answer: E

Ashwini Shrivastava has authored a new book titled “Decoding Indian Babudom” which was published by Vitasta Publishing Private Limited.

“Decoding Indian Babudom” book highlights the bureaucratic system of India and India’s administrative system and functioning of governance from a common man’s point of view.


21) Answer: D

SEBI has to be responsive to the needs of three groups namely the investors, the issuer of securities and the market intermediaries


22) Answer: D

Zagreb, capital and chief city of Croatia


23) Answer: C

RMRC – Risk Management Review Committee

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