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1) When is the first World Standards Day celebrated?

(a) 1946

(b) 1957

(d) 1965

(e) 1939

2) Every year, World Egg Day has been celebrated on which of the following day?

(a) Fourth Friday of October

(b) Third Saturday of October

(d) First Monday of October

(e) Third Sunday of October

3) The government launched Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking across states (Tele-MANAS) initiative. What is the helpline number?

(a) 14499

(b) 10044

(d) 11644

(e) 14444

4) Where was the inaugural session of the Sustainable Mountain Development Summit-XI (SMDS-XI) held?

(a) Indore, Madhya Pradesh

(b) Leh, Ladakh

(d) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(e) Bengaluru, Karnataka

5) The office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) has launched the Indian handicraft portal. This Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) comes under which ministry?

(a) Ministry of Rural Development

(b) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

(d) Ministry of MSME

(e) Ministry of Textiles

6) SSAI has made it mandatory for foreign food manufacturing facilities. This will be effective from __________.

(a) July 2023

(b) December 2022

(d) February 2023

(e) January 2023

7) Where was Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of various healthcare facilities in Civil Hospital?

(a) Pune, Maharashtra

(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(d) Noida, Uttar Pradesh

(e) Ahmedabad, Gujarat

8) Name India’s first flex-fuel car which was launched by the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari?

(a) Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder

(b) Toyota Vellfire

(d) Toyota Fortuner

(e) Toyota Camry

9) Russian President Vladimir Putin has recognized the independence of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions in Ukraine. What is the currency of Ukraine?

(a) Peso

(b) Euro

(d) Kuna

(e) Naira

10) Who has addressed the 2^nd United Nations World Geospatial International Congress?

(a) Ram Nath Kovind

(b) Om Birla

(d) Piyush Goyal

(e) Meenakshi Lekhi

11) World’s largest drone fund to invest up to US$ 40 million in UAV ecosystem in which of the following country?

(a) USA

(b) China

(d) Japan

(e) France

12) Recently, which bank has partnered with BookMyShow to launch a ‘Play’ credit card?

(a) Axis bank

(b) HDFC Ltd

(d) RBL Bank

(e) Bandhan Bank

13) Which of the following bank has unveiled their next-gen contact center service to deliver a superior customer experience?

(a) Punjab and National Bank

(b) Bank of Baroda

(d) UCO Bank

(e) State Bank of India

14) Recently, which of the following bank has entered the World Book of Records for ‘101 Oonjals’?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(d) ICICI Bank

(e) Federal Bank

15) Dvara E-Dairy and Jana Small Finance Bank have jointly launched cattle loan services for farmers in which of the following states?

(a) Kerala

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Karnataka

(e) Both (c) and (d)

16) The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has approved the demerger of NMDC Steel Limited, a 3-million-tone steel plant at Nagarnar in _____________.

(a) Chhattisgarh

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(d) Sikkim

(e) Haryana

17) Which of the following has reduced its stake in United Nilgiri Tea Estates Company Limited?

(a) Life Insurance Corporation of India

(b) HDFC Limited

(d) Hindustan Unilever

(e) State Bank of India

18) Who has won an international award for Traditional, Alternative, and Complementary Medicine?

(a) Geraint Thomas

(b) Indermit Gill

(d) Jonas Vingegaard

(e) Wazahat Husain

19) Which of the following has signed an MoU with RailTel for ICT and digital solutions?

(a) National Mineral Development Corporation

(b) Steel Authority of India

(d) National Thermal Power Corporation Limited

(e) Coal India

20) Which of the following has released the “Education 4.0 India” Report?

(a) Ministry of Education

(b) World Economic Forum

(d) UNESCO

(e) UNICEF

21) Which of the following is the only Indian university in the top 300 list, in the World University Rankings 2023?

(a) IISc Bengaluru

(b) Benaras Hindu University

(d) Aligarh Muslim University

(e) IIT Madras

22) Recently, Albert Pahimi Padacke resigned as the Prime Minister of which country?

(a) Mali

(b) Romania

(d) Sudan

(e) Cameroon

23) Which country is set to host the 2022 edition of the Malabar naval exercise consisting of India, Australia, Japan, and the USA?

(a) Australia

(b) India

(d) the USA

(e) Both (a) and (c)

24) What is the Capital city of Chad?

(a) Bamako

(b) Dakar

(d) N’Djamena

(e) Luanda

25) Where is the headquarters of Jana Small Finance Bank Located?

(a) New Delhi, Delhi

(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(d) Noida, Uttar Pradesh

(e) Jamnagar, Gujarat

Answers :

1) Answer: A

World Standards Day is observed annually on the 14th of October 2022.
The opportunity to deepen understanding of the value of standardization and to increase awareness of it is provided by World Standards Day in 2022.
World Standards Standards 2022 Theme is, “Shared Vision for a Better World”

History

The first World Standards Day was celebrated in 1946 in London, the same year that the International Organization for Standardization was founded.

2) Answer: C

World Egg Day is observed annually on the second Friday in October.
This year, World egg day is on the 14th of October 2022.
World Egg Day 2022 Theme is, “Eggs for a better life”
World Egg Day was created in 1996 at the IEC conference in Vienna to recognize and honor the value and relevance of eggs to all of humanity.
Since then International Egg Day is observed annually on the second Friday in October.

3) Answer: C

The government launched Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States (Tele-MANAS) initiative. On the occasion of World Mental Health Day, the government has launched a 24×7 tele-mental health service Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States (Tele-MANAS) initiative.
It has been launched for 20 states and UTs and will be further expanded to other parts of the country.
This service can be used by calling the helpline number 14416.
The program comprises a network of 23 tele-mental health centers of excellence.
NIMHANS will be the nodal center and the International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore (IIITB) will provide technical support.

4) Answer: B

Union Environment Minister attended the inaugural session of the Sustainable Mountain Development Summit-XI (SMDS-XI) at Leh.
Sustainable Mountain Development Summit-XI is being organized from 10-12 October 2022.
The theme for SMDS-XI is ‘Harnessing tourism for sustainable mountain development
The Sustainable Mountain Development Summit (SMDS) is an annual event of the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR).
As part of the SMDS, the Mountain Legislators’ Meet (MLM) and the Indian Himalayan Youth Summit were also organized.

5) Answer: E

The office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles has launched the Indian handicraft portal (http://indian.handicrafts.gov.in).
Eligible artisans can use this portal to submit online applications for marketing events.
Every year, around 200 domestic marketing events are organized in different parts of the country to support artisans in selling their produce.
The artisans can log in to the portal through the pehchan card number, followed by authentication with an OTP.

6) Answer: D

Food regulator FSSAI has made it mandatory for foreign food manufacturing facilities to register with it for exporting products such as meat, milk, and infant foods to India. This will be effective from February 1, 2023.
It has been decided that registrations of foreign food manufacturing facilities, falling under five food categories, who are intended to export these products shall be mandatory.
These categories are milk and milk products; meat and meat products, including poultry, fish and their products; egg powder; infant food; and nutraceuticals.

7) Answer: E

PM Modi recently lays the foundation stone of various healthcare facilities in Civil Hospital Asarwa, Ahmedabad.
The new Civil Hospital Asarwa will be the first government hospital in the country where state-of-the-art technology like Cyber-Knife will be available.
After dedicating and laying the foundation stone of various healthcare facilities worth 1275 crore rupees in Civil Hospital Asarwa in Ahmedabad
The CyberKnife System is a non-invasive treatment for cancerous and non-cancerous tumors and other conditions where radiation therapy is indicated.

8) Answer: C

The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari launched India’s first flex-fuel car, “Toyota Corolla Altis”. The launch event was held in Delhi.
In an attempt to further explore the alternatives to combustion-engined vehicles, recently Toyota Kirloskar Motor launched a pilot project on Flexi-Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology in Delhi.
Under this new project, at the launch, the Indo-Japanese automaker unveiled a Toyota Corolla Altis FFV-SHEV, imported from Toyota Brazil.
The Indian government has started the production of flex-fuel vehicles called E85, E90, and E95 according to the ratio of petrol to ethanol.

9) Answer: C

Russian President Mr. Vladimir Putin has recognized the independence of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions located in southern Ukraine
He took similar steps in February 2022 regarding Luhansk and Donetsk and earlier for Crimea.
The hryvnia is Ukraine’s official national currency.

10) Answer: C

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the 2nd United Nations World Geospatial International Congress.
The UN World Geospatial International Congress was inaugurated by Union Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh in Hyderabad.
The theme of the 2nd UN World Geospatial International Congress ‘Geo-Enabling the Global Village: No one should be left behind.

11) Answer: C

The US$ 170 million Drone Fund (DF), one of the largest venture capital funds located in Japan that specializes in supporting the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ecosystem, intends to invest up to US$ 40 million in Indian companies operating in the sector.
To invest in agro drones to enhance crop pages using approaches that science can help facilitate. Currently, Drone Fund has a manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu (TN).
Japan’s Largest drone manufacturer Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory Ltd (ACSL) has partnered with an Indian Company Aerodyne India.

12) Answer: D

RBL Bank has partnered with BookMyShow to launch a new credit card ‘Play’ that will take the entertainment quotient for Indian audiences several notches higher.
The card will be available to select customers on BookMyShow and give them access to offers on transactions across movies and live entertainment offerings (online and offline).
The eligible customers will be able to avail of offers on binge-watching movies and TV series on BookMyShow Stream by renting or buying a title while enjoying benefits with every purchase made.

13) Answer: E

The State Bank of India (SBI) unveiled its next-gen contact center service to deliver a superior customer experience. To explore embedding advanced AI/ML-based technologies, including conversational IVR, and voice bots.
The revamped Contact Center will set a new industry benchmark with 30+ banking solutions offered in 12 languages, available 24×7 from the comfort of home.
Currently, the contact center manages about 5 crore monthly calls, with about 40% self-serviced through IVR, and the rest managed by over 3500 tele-caller representatives operating through 4 toll-free helpline numbers.

14) Answer: C

The South Indian Bank for the first time organized a first-of-its-kind category event ‘Onnichirikkam Oonjaladam’ (Sit together and Swing) and was accoladed with the World Book of Records award for ‘staging and swinging 101 Oonjals‘ simultaneously at a single venue in Kochi.
The World Book of Records team presented the Award to South Indian Bank Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Murali Ramakrishnan & other officials.
An Oonjal is a sturdy rectangular plank suspended by iron link chains hooked to the ceiling of a hall or balcony.

15) Answer: E

Dvara E-Dairy Solutions Private Limited in partnership with Jana Small Finance Bank has launched Dvara Surabhi Loan, a cattle loan offered digitally by leveraging new-age technologies to create scalable access to finance for unbanked and underbanked small dairy farmers in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
The loan is provided depending on a combination of the ‘Surabhi Score’, a comprehensive score based on the digital assessment of the cattle management under various factors, as well as the farmers’ credit score.
The loan amount varies between 30,000 to Rs. 150,000, with an average ticket size of Rs. 80,000.

16) Answer: A

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has approved the demerger of NMDC Steel Limited, a 3-million-tone steel plant at Nagarnar in Chhattisgarh, from NMDC Ltd with an investment outlay of over Rs 20,000 crore.
The Company is in the process of complying with the requirements as envisaged in the MCA Order and the observation letters received from Bombay, Calcutta, and National Stock Exchanges.

17) Answer: A

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has reduced its stake in United Nilgiri Tea Estates Company Ltd from81 lakh shares to 3.80 lakh shares.
The LIC’s shareholding has decreased from 632% to 7.613% of the paid-up capital of the company.
LIC offered these shares at a mean value of ₹310.72 between August 12 and October 7, 2022, the insurance coverage mainly informed the exchanges.

18) Answer: E

Professor Wazahat Husain, a leading academic from the Aligarh Muslim University has won an international award for Traditional, Alternative, and Complementary Medicine.
Professor Husain a retired chairman of the Department of Botany at the Aligarh Muslim University(AMU) has received the second Sheikh Zayed International Award in an event arranged by the Zayed Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation.

19) Answer: A

NMDC and RailTel Corporation of India have signed MoU for ICT and Digital Solutions. Shri H Sundaram Prabhu, GM, NMDC, and Shri Manohar Raja, Executive Director, RailTel signed the MoU at NMDC’s headquarters in Hyderabad.
RailTel will provide Consultancy, Project Management, and Execution services.
This MoU builds on the partnership that NMDC already has with the National Railway Telecom.

20) Answer: B

World Economic Forum released the “Education 4.0 India” Report.
As per the report, India has more than 60 million secondary and higher secondary students. This report has been prepared by World Economic Forum in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Education Fund and YuWaah (Generation Unlimited India).
About 85% of the schools haven’t implemented vocational courses as part of their curriculum. As per the report, presently school pedagogy is being designed with no reference to industry needs.

21) Answer: A

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 has been released.
A total of 75 higher education institutions got listed in the ranking this year.
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has improved its position in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 and was the only Indian university in the top 300 list, even as several IITs boycotted it for the third consecutive year raising doubts over its parameters and transparency
A total of 75 Indian institutes were part of the rankings in 2023 as compared to 56 in 2020 and just 31 in 2017.
Seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)- IIT Ropar, IIT Indore, IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Patna, IIT Bhubaneswar, IIT Guwahati, and IIT Mandi were also able to secure a position in the 500- 1200 band.
Central Universities such as Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Hamdard University, Benaras Hindu University, Jadavpur University, and Aligarh Muslim University also featured in THE World University Rankings- 2023.

22) Answer: C

Chad’s Prime Minister Mr. Albert Pahimi Padacke has resigned to pave the way for a new government after the Central African country decided to push back elections by 2 years.
Padacké was born on 15 November 1966, in Gouin, French Equatorial Africa (now Chad). He is a Chadian politician who belonged to the National Rally for Democracy.
He served as Minister of Agriculture until he was appointed as Minister of Justice in the government on March 4, 2007.

23) Answer: C

Japan will host the 2022 edition of the Malabar naval exercise consisting of India, Australia, Japan, and the S. in the second week of November 2022.
The Indian Navy will also participate in the International Fleet Review (IFR) being hosted in the first week of November to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF).
This is the latest in a series of bilateral and multilateral exercises in which the Indian armed forces have taken part recently. ∙
The bilateral India-U.S. Army exercise “Yudh Abhyas” is scheduled to take place at the end of October in Uttarakhand’s high-altitude regions, around 100 km (aerial distance) from the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

24) Answer: D

Chad :

President : Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno
Capital: N’Djamena
Currency: Central African CFA franc

25) Answer: C

Jana Small Finance Bank:

Founded: 2018
Headquarters: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
CEO: Ajay Kanwal

Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 14th October 2022

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