Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 14th July 2022

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1) As per the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways India’s 1st elevated urban expressway “Dwarka” is to be operational by which year?

(a) 2023

(b) 2024

(c) 2025

(d) 2026

(e) 2030


2) Recently, which country becomes the 68th nation to sign up for Interpol’s database on child sex abuse?

(a) China

(b) Japan

(c) India

(d) Pakistan

(e) Bhutan


3) As per the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Maharashtra Metro, India constructs the longest double-decker bridge in Nagpur of _____________ km setting a global record

(a) 2.0 km

(b) 2.58 km

(c) 3.14 km

(d) 3.85 km

(e) 4.25 km


4) The first carbon-free airport in the country is being developed by the Airports Authority of India at which airport?

(a) Leh Airport

(b) Jammu Airport

(c) Kargil Airport

(d) Kashmir Airport

(e) None of these


5) Which among the following state government has launched a chatbot on Whatsapp to answer queries on e-vehicles?

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Assam

(c) Delhi

(d) Ladakh

(e) Karnataka


6) Chhattisgarh gets the Central Government nod to build a $300 million School Project that is funded by which bank?

(a) Reserve Bank of India

(b) State Bank of India

(c) Asian Development Bank

(d) World Bank

(e) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank


7) Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Shri VK Saxena launches a New scheme to reward RWAs for property tax compliance. What does ‘A’ stands for in RWA?

(a) Application

(b) Association

(c) Assessment

(d) Agency

(e) Assembly


8) Delhi Government Partners with which International Organisation on a pilot project for employment opportunities?

(a) UNICEF

(b) UNESCO

(c) WEF

(d) UNSC

(e) UNCTAD


9) Which among the following airlines recently gets an air operator certificate from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)?

(a) Abinash Air

(b) Kailash Air

(c) Akash Air

(d) Deccan Air

(e) Pride Airlines


10) SBICAP Ventures Ltd. signs MoU with which ministry for Trilateral Development Cooperation Fund?

(a) Ministry of Home Affairs

(b) Ministry of External Affairs

(c) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

(d) Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs

(e) Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs


11) IRDAI sets up task forces to suggest steps to resolve issues insurers & reinsurers. As per the report, the task forces will file the reports within ___________ weeks

(a) 1 week

(b) 2 weeks

(c) 3 weeks

(d) 4 weeks

(e) 5 weeks


12) Which of the following life insurance in India & City Union Bank partners offer the life & health insurance?

(a) Max Life Insurance Company

(b) HDFC Life Insurance Company

(c) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

(d) Tata AIA Life Insurance Company

(e) Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company


13) Ministry of Mines hosts _________________ National Conclave on Mines and Minerals at the Dr. Ambedkar International Center

(a) 1st

(b) 5th

(c) 6th

(d) 10th

(e) 15th


14) Which among the following state or Union Territories has topped the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Rurban Mission’s delta rating with a score of 76.19?

(a) Chhattisgarh

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Delhi

(d) Jharkhand

(e) Odisha


15) For the First time Scientists at the European nuclear research center CERN have discovered three ____________ subatomic particles

(a) Exotic

(b) Excreta

(c) Apex

(d) Anex

(e) Exothermic


16) Marizanne Kapp and _________________ were named ICC Players of the Month for June 2022

(a) Joe Root

(b) Dhinesh Karthik

(c) Jos Buttler

(d) Eoin Morgan

(e) Jonny Bairstow


17) Which Indian Chess Grandmaster has won the Gijon Chess Masters 2022?

(a) Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

(b) Gukesh D

(c) Raunak Sadhwani

(d) Vidit Gujrathi

(e) Nihal Sarin


18) At what age did Bhagwani Devi win a gold medal in the 100-meter sprint at World Masters Athletics Championships held in Finland?

(a) 90

(b) 91

(c) 94

(d)  98

(e) 101


19) The book “Swadhinta Sangram Na Surviro” was released by the Union Minister of States Meenakshi Lekhi. This book is written in which language?

(a) Hindi

(b) Gujarati

(c) Marathi

(d) Telugu

(e) Assamese


20) Padmashree Enamul Haque passes away. He belongs to which field?

(a) Journalist

(b) Doctor

(c) Mathematician

(d) Archeologist

(e) Fashion Designer


Answers :

1) Answer: A

According to Shri Nitin Gadkari, the Minister for Road Transport and Highways, the Dwarka Expressway, which is being built as India’s first elevated urban expressway, will open to traffic in 2023.

Dwarka Expressway would relieve pressure from commuters from West Delhi on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway (a portion of the Delhi-Jaipur-Ahmedabad-Mumbai arm of the Golden Quadrilateral) and arterial highways that encounter heavy traffic congestion.


2) Answer: C

India has signed up for Interpol’s international child sexual exploitation (ICSE) database, which would enable it to use audio-visual evidence to connect victims, abusers, and crime locations.

According to a statement from Interpol, India became the 68th nation to link to the database when the CBI, India’s nodal agency for Interpol affairs, joined.


3) Answer: C

The longest double-decker viaduct in the world, measuring 3.14 km, was built in Nagpur by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Maharashtra Metro.

The longest viaduct with a flyover for a roadway and piers supporting a single column for a metro line.

The Asia Book of Records and the India Book of Records both list the number of metro stations that have been built on double-decker viaducts.

The construction represents the fulfillment of the pledge made by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s administration to establish top-notch infrastructure in New India.


4) Answer: A

As the first carbon-neutral airport in India, the Airports Authority of India’s Leh airport is now being constructed.

For heating and cooling needs, the new airport terminal building will use a “geothermal system” that works in conjunction with a solar PV plant.

Because this system uses heat pumps for both water heating and space heating, it operates by transferring heat between the air and the ground.

The primary characteristic of this method is the concentration and use of ambient heat.


5) Answer: C

The Government of Delhi has collaborated with Whatsapp to launch a chatbot service, which will answer all queries related to electric vehicles (EVs).

The initiative comes after the Delhi government recently announced its draft policy ‘Delhi Motor Vehicle Aggregator Scheme 2022’.

The chatbot will help people living in the city to manage all their EV-related queries at their fingertips.


6) Answer: D

The Chhattisgarh Government has received an in-principle nod from the Center to go ahead with a $300 million (approximately ₹2,100 crores) school education project which is funded by the World Bank.

The initiative will allow the Chhattisgarh Government to borrow $300 million over five years.

It will enable to pay significantly lower than market rates of interest and repay it for 20 years.


7) Answer: B

Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Shri VK Saxena launched an incentive scheme to increase the involvement of the Residential Welfare Association (RWAs) in optimal tax collection and waste management systems.

Under the SAH-BHAGITA scheme, RWAs (Resident Welfare Associations) will get 15 percent of the total collection of property tax for development works in their areas.


8) Answer: A

The Delhi government announced a new pilot project with the YuWaah (Generation Unlimited India) at United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to enable access to employment opportunities for students of the Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU).

The pilot project will be conducted at the Ambedkar DSEU Shakarpur I campus and will commence on 20 July 2022.

The DSEU and UNICEF have introduced ‘Career Awareness Sessions’ for students.


9) Answer: C

Billionaire investor Mr. Rakesh Juhunjhunwala-owned Akasa airline received its air operator certificate (AOC) from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

The airline will start its operations at the end of July 2022.

The airline inducted its first Boeing 737 Max aircraft in June 2022.

It plans to start its service, connecting metro cities with tier II and III cities, after adding its second aircraft.


10) Answer: B

SBICAP Ventures Limited (SVL), a subsidiary of the State Bank of India (SBI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), GoI for establishing the Trilateral Development Cooperation Fund (TDC Fund).

The TDC Fund will route India’s commitment of approx. INR 175 Cr to the Global Innovation Development Fund (GIP Fund)


11) Answer: C

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has set up two task forces to suggest steps to sort out issues between insurers and reinsurers.

According to reports, the task forces will file the reports within three weeks.

A 9 member panel has been constituted to sort out the issues between non-life insurers and reinsurers under the chairmanship of Bhargav Dasgupta, MD, and CEO of ICICI Lombard General.


12) Answer: D

One of India’s leading life insurance companies, Tata AIA Life Insurance Co. Ltd,  announced a strategic alliance with City Union Bank (CUB) to offer life and health insurance solutions to the Bank’s consumers.

The partnership will help City Union Bank consumers (existing and new) to benefit from Tata AIA Life’s diverse and innovative products and services spanning term insurance, savings and investment, retirement, and health.

It will enable Tata AIA Life to expand its distribution through CUB’s 700+ branches and contribute significantly towards increasing life insurance penetration in India.


13) Answer: C

According to the Ministry of Mines, the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav epic week celebrations included the 6th National Conclave on Mines & Minerals.

The symposium’s primary guest was Shri Amit Shah, the Union Minister of Housing, who would be present at the Dr. Ambedkar International Center.


14) Answer: D

With a composite score of 76.19, Jharkhand topped the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Rurban Mission’s delta rating for June, according to a formal declaration.

As a consequence, in the mission’s overall rating, the state has climbed to eighth place.

The state saw the largest gain among the 34 states and union territories in its delta ranking score, rising 1.93 points from the previous month.


15) Answer: A

For the First time, Scientists at the European nuclear research center CERN have discovered three new exotic subatomic particles with the collaboration of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) using the international Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb)

These Particles are a new kind of “pentaquark” and the first-ever pair of “tetraquarks” which includes a new type of tetraquark.

They will help physicists better understand how quarks bind together into these composite particles.


16) Answer: E

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the June 2022 ICC Player of the Month honors.

Jonny Bairstow of England won the Men’s Player of the Month award for his strong play, and Marizanne Kapp of South Africa was named the Women’s Player of the Month.


17) Answer: B

The Gijon Chess Masters was won by D. Gukesh of India with eight points after nine rounds.

International Master Pedro Antonio Gines of Spain came in third with six points, followed by GM Alexandr Fier of Brazil in second place with 6.5 points.

Gukesh increased his FIDE rating to 2693 with the victory. Gukesh could surpass the 2700 Elo mark, joining Viswanathan Anand, Krishnan Sasikiran, P. Harikrishna, Vidit Gujarati, and B. Adhiban as the sixth Indian to do so.


18) Answer: C

At the Tampere, Finland, World Masters Athletics Championships, 94-year-old Indian sprinter Bhagwani Devi Dagar took home the gold medal in the 100-meter sprint.

With a time of 24.74 seconds, she won the gold and the bronze in the shot-put events.

The World Masters Athletics Championships are a track and field championship held for participants 35 years of age and beyond.


19) Answer: B

Meenakshi Lekhi, Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture released a Gujarati book honoring the efforts of liberation warriors at an event.

In the book “Swadhinata Sangram Na Surviro,” 75 independence warriors are honored, and it tells the tales of the sacrifices they made for the nation.

The book is a component of the “Swadhinta Ka Amrit Mahotsav,” which commemorates the nation’s 75th anniversary of independence.


20) Answer: D

Eminent archaeologist and historian Dr. Enamul Haque passed away at the age of 85 in Dhak, Bangladesh.

Enamul Haque was born on 1 March 1937, in Bogra, Bengal Presidency, British India.

He was a scholar, museologist, cultural activist, freedom fighter, songwriter, and TV personality

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