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1) 20th April has been celebrated as the United Nations Chinese Language Day. The 1st Chinese Language Day was celebrated in which among the following year?
(a) 1990
(b) 1995
(c) 2001
(d) 2010
(e) 2011
2) PM Modi has laid the foundation stone of WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in which among the following place in Gujarat?
(a)Jamnagar, Gujarat
(b)Anand, Gujarat
(c) Ahmadabad, Gujarat
(d) Gandhinagar, Gujarat
(e) None of these
3) Ayushman Bharat-Health & Wellness Centre Scheme has marked its _________ year anniversary on 14th April 2022
(a) 5th
(b) 3rd
(c) 2nd
(d) 8th
(e) 4th
4) Which among the following has reconstituted expert committee for Delhi-Dehradun Corridor project?
(a)NITI Aayog
(b) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(c) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
(d)Supreme Court
(e)National Highways Authority of India
5) The Nation’s first portable solar rooftop system has unveiled in which among the following place?
(a)Bangalore, Karnataka
(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(c) Panaji, Goa
(d) Kochi, Kerala
(e)Gandhinagar, Gujarat
6) Which among the following state or Union Territory has launched space-tech framework on metaverse?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e)Telangana
7) India’s largest public lender State Bank of India has raised USD ____________ million through IFSC Gift City branch
(a) USD 100 million
(b)USD 200 million
(c)USD 300 million
(d)USD 400 million
(e) USD 500 million
8) The Reserve Bank of India has imposed Rs 17.63 lakh monetary penalty on which among the following Finance company for non-compliance of KYC, PPI norms?
(a) Bajaj Finance Limited
(b) L & T Finance Limited
(c) Muthoot Finance Ltd
(d) Manappuram Finance
(e) Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd
9) Digit Insurance has appointed whom among the following as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company?
(a) Vijay Kumar
(b) Jasleen Kohli
(c) Sulthan Khan
(d) Meenakshi Kumari
(e) Malavika Nair
10) As per the report released by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation India’s retail inflation spikes to __________% in March 2022
(a) 6.45%
(b)6.55%
(c) 6.75%
(d) 6.85%
(e) 6.95%
11) India and which among the following country has recently ink seven Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) to implement community development projects?
(a) Maldives
(b) Myanmar
(c) Nepal
(d) Sri Lanka
(e) Bangladesh
12) The Indian Air Force has successfully Test-fired which among the following Missile from Su30-MkI Fighter Jet?
(a) Astra
(b) Nirbhay
(c) Prahaar
(d)BrahMos
(e) Dhanush
13) The Defence Secretary has inaugurated two-day National Level Pollution Response Exercise NATPOLREX-VIII in which among the following state?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Goa
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Kerala
(e) Karnataka
14) The Computerized Registration of pesticide and the other for Plant Quarantine Management System are the two new portals launched by which among the following ministry?
(a)Ministry of AYUSH
(b) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(c) Ministry of Jal Shakti
(d)Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
(e) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
15) Which among the following state or Union Territory’s rural development and panchayati raj department has launched jan nigrani app to lodge their complaints?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Ladakh
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Odisha
(e) Haryana
16) Which among the following space agency has launched NROL-85 spy satellite?
(a) NASA
(b) ISRO
(c)SpaceX
(d) JAXA
(e) Roscosmos
17) India’s youngest Grandmaster Gukesh has won 48th La Roda International Open chess title. It held in which among the following country?
(a) Spain
(b) Sweden
(c) The Netherlands
(d) United States
(e) United Kingdom
18) In which year the Unified Payments Interface was launched?
(a) 2015
(b) 2016
(c) 2014
(d) 2017
(e) 2013
19) Bama Belleck Cup is given to which sports?
(a)Badminton
(b)Table Tennis
(c) Football
(d) Kabaadi
(e) None of these
20) In which of the following date the Universal children’s day has been observed?
(a) November 21
(b) November 11
(c)November 20
(d)November 10
(e)November 22
Answers :
1) Answer: D
UN Chinese Language Day is observed globally on April 20 every year.
The day has been chosen to pay tribute to Cangjie, who is a mythical figure who is presumed to have invented Chinese characters about 5,000 years ago.
The 1st Chinese Language Day was celebrated in 2010 on the 12th of November, but since 2011 the date has been on the 20th of April.
2) Answer: A
Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) in Jamnagar, Gujarat in the presence of the Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO).
GCTM will be the first and only global outpost centre for traditional medicine across the world.
It will emerge as an international hub of global wellness.
3) Answer: E
Health and Wellness Centres which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 14th April 2018 with the objective of providing health for all will complete its 4th year Anniversary on 14th April 2022.
In this regard the Union Health Ministry will be organising a week-long celebration under ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ to create awareness of reading the AB-HWCs, telemedicine/ teleconsultation.
The events will commence on 16th April and will conclude on 22nd April 2022.
4) Answer: D
The Supreme Court has reconstituted the expert committee that would be looking into measures to ensure that the construction of the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor Expressway project.
The independent 12-member expert committee was formed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to be headed by Sukhbir Singh Sandhu Chief Secretary, Uttarakhand.
5) Answer: E
The country’s first portable solar rooftop system was inaugurated at Swaminarayan Akshardham temple complex in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
The installation of 10 PV Port systems in the temple complex has been supported by the German development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
6) Answer: E
The Telangana government launched its SpaceTech Framework, with a vision to establish the state as a globally recognised one-stop destination for space technology.
To encourage private participation in the space industry in line with the recent reforms by the Union government.
Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, Somanath S, Chairman, ISRO, and Dr. Pawan Goenka, Chairman, IN-SPACe participated in the event.
7) Answer: E
India’s largest public lender State Bank of India (SBI) has raised 3-year funds of $500 million (over Rs 3,800 crore) through its IFSC Gift City branch.
This is the first offshore USD Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) linked syndicated loan raised by SBI through its Gift City branch.
8) Answer: D
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a fine of over Rs 17,63,965 on non-banking finance company Manappuram Finance for violating KYC guidelines as well as norms related to prepaid payment instruments.
The penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under Section 30 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007.
9) Answer: B
Digit Insurance has appointed Jasleen Kohli as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company with effect from April 20.
She will take over from Vijay Kumar who held the position since the company was founded in 2017 & he will superannuate on April 19, 2022.
Jasleen Kohli looked into all sales and distribution channels of Digit as Chief Distribution Officer (CDO).
10) Answer: E
India’s retail inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), rose 16-month high to 6.95 per cent in the month of March, breaching the upper limit of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) target range for the third consecutive time, according to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation.
The surge is partly due to a sustained rise in food prices.
The RBI has been mandated by the government to keep retail inflation at 4 per cent with a margin of 2 per cent on either side.
11) Answer: A
India and Maldives signed 7 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) for projects to be built under the Indian grant assistance scheme for the High Impact Community Development Project through local bodies (HICDP).
The MoUs were signed by the Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid and Indian High Commissioner, Munu Mahawar, and the respective implementing agencies.
12) Answer: D
The Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully test-fired a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a Sukhoi fighter jet Su30 MkI, on the Eastern seaboard .
The missile hit the target with accuracy and precision.
The test was carried out by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in close coordination with the Indian Air Force and the Indian Army.
13) Answer: B
Union Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar inaugurated the 8th edition of two-day National Level Pollution Response Exercise NATPOLREX-VIII being conducted by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) off Mormugao harbour in Goa.
To enhance the preparedness and response capability of all the stakeholders in combating marine spills.
14) Answer: D
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar lauched two portals, one for the Computerized Registration of pesticide (CROP) and the other for Plant Quarantine Management System (PQMS).
Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DAFW), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, through the Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage (DPPQS), Faridabad
The portal would help in taking forward digital Agriculture and Ease of doing Business.
15) Answer: A
The rural development and panchayati raj department of Jammu and Kashmir administration launched a mobile application jan nigrani to help people lodge complaints related to various schemes online
The jan nigrani app is an internet based solution for reporting and resolving grievances by the residents of Jammu and Kashmir against various schemes of the department.
The app has been developed as an e-governance initiative to provide a 24×7 platform to the people for redressal of their grievances.
16) Answer: C
A Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket has successfully launched a surveillance satellite for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from the Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US.
The payload, designated NROL-85, was the agencys second mission of the year and the second orbital launch of 2022 from the Western Range.
17) Answer: A
The countrys youngest Grandmaster D. Gukesh, 15, improved upon his two runner-up finishes in March with a resounding title-triumph in the 48th La Roda International Open chess tournament in Castile-La Mancha, in Spain.
Gukesh defeated Israels Victor Mikhalevski in just 26 moves to finish the final round.
18) Answer: B
In the mid-week of April 2016 RBI Governor launched the UPI developed by NPCI.
19) Answer: B
Bama Belleck Cup is given to Table Tennis
20) Answer: C
World Children’s Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day and is celebrated on 20 November each year.
