Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 21st June 2022

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1) International Yoga Day is observed every year on ____________ to raise awareness regarding the benefits of practicing Yoga.

A) 20^th June

B) 21^st June

C) 22^nd June

D) 19^th June

E) None of these

2) Recently World’s largest freshwater fish has been caught in ___________.

A) Italy

B) Colombia

C) Cambodia

D) Germany

E) None of these

3) Every year, World Music Day is celebrated on __________ worldwide to encourage young and amateur musicians to perform.

A) 20^th June

B) 21^st June

C) 22^nd June

D) 19^th June

E) None of these

4) He has been appointed as the next Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations as he succeeds T.S. Tirumurti as the Indian ambassador to the U.N.

A) Ruchira Kamboj

B) Shalini Awasthi

C) Geeta Gopinath

D) Soma Mondal

E) None of these

5) Recently in June which among the following has recently started free trade negotiations with India after nine years?

A) European Union

B) Eurasian Economic Union

C) Gulf Cooperation Council

D) ASEAN Economic Union

E) None of these

6) Who among the following will be BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate for the Presidential election?

A) L.K. Advani

B) Farooq Abdullah

C) Draupadi Murmu

D) Gopalkrishna Gandhi

E) None of these

7) Which of the following states has recently become the 36th state to implement the One Nation, One Ration Card scheme?

A) Assam

B) Rajasthan

C) Manipur

D) Tripura

E) None of these

8) Recently, NPCI International signed an MoU with the Lyra network of ___________ for acceptance of the UPI and Rupay.

A) Russia

B) France

C) Germany

D) Italy

E) None of these

9) Ambubachi Mela is celebrated in June at the Kamakhya temple in which of the following states?

A) Meghalaya

B) Mizoram

C) Arunachal Pradesh

D) Assam

E) None of these

10) Recently An Indigenous metal 3D Printer for aerospace has been developed by __________ .

A) IIT Bombay

B) IIT Jodhpur

C) IIT Delhi

D) IIT Bhopal

E) None of these

11) Consider the following statement regarding the Women’s wrestling Under-17 Asian Championship.

1) The Indian women’s wrestling team won the under-17 Asian Championship with a total of eight gold medals

2) The Tournament was held in Mongolia

Which of the following statement is correct?

A) Only 1

B) Only 2

C) Both 1 & 2

D) None of the above

E) None of these

12) Recently in June, The Adani group had tied up with TotalEnergiesSE of __________ to create the ‘world’s largest green hydrogen ecosystem’ in Gujarat’s Kutch region.

A) Germany

B) France

C) Russia

D) Australia

E) None of these

13) Recently as per the WGC report titled ‘Gold refining and recycling’ India is the world’s ___________ largest gold recycler.

A) Second

B) Third

C) Fourth

D) Fifth

E) None of these

14) Recently in June Neobanking platform, Freo has partnered with ___________ to launch a digital savings account.

A) Jana Small Finance Bank

B) Equitas Small Finance Bank

C) Suryoday Small Finance bank

D) Utkarsh Small Finance bank

E) None of these

15) Recently RBI has extended deadline for implementation of 3 specific credit-card related provisions upto__________.

A) 1 September 2022

B) 1 October 2022

C) 1 November 2022

D) 1 December 2022

E) None of these

16) Recently in June ___________has launched an online savings bank account opening facility using the Video-based Customer Identification Process (V-CIP).

A) Axis Bank

B) Union Bank of India

C) Karnataka Bank

D) South Indian Bank

E) None of these

17) Recently in June Bloomberg NEF (BNEF) issued Financing India’s 2030 Renewable Ambition report in association with which the following?

A) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

B) NITI Aayog

C) Power Foundation of India

D) Central Electricity Authority

E) None of these

18) Consider the following statement regarding the Debt-GSDP ratio as per a study by RBI.

1) Five states (Bihar, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, and West Bengal) are identified as highly stressed states from among 10 states in an RBI study on state finances.

2) Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, and Punjab exceeded both debt and fiscal deficit targets for 2020-21 set by the 15^th Finance Commission (FC-XV).

Which of the following statement is correct?

A) Only 1

B) Only 2

C) Both 1 & 2

D) None of the above

E) None of these

19) Recently India’s exports of which of the following crops have recently crossed the $1-billion mark in 2021-22 after a gap of seven years?

A) Wheat

B) Maize

C) Rice

D) Soybean

E) None of these

20) Recently in June CBI has booked Wadhawans of DHFL for cheating a consortium of 17 banks in the biggest-ever bank fraud of ___________.

A) ₹24,614 crore

B) ₹34,614 crore

C) ₹44,614 crore

D) ₹54,614 crore

E) None of these

21) Recently in June A landmark MoU has been signed by the Indian Navy (IN) which of the following to facilitate the transition of both current and retired Indian Navy personnel into the Merchant Navy?

A) Shipping Corporation of India

B) Directorate General (DG) of Shipping

C) Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited

D) Minor Ports Survey Organisation

E) None of these

Answers :

1) Answer: B

• International Yoga Day is observed every year on the 21st of June to raise awareness regarding the benefits of practicing Yoga.
• During the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed the International Yoga Day.
• International Yoga Day was adopted by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 2014.
• “Yoga for Humanity” is the theme for International Yoga Day 2022.
• 21st June was selected as it is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere.
• In Uttar Pradesh, more than 3.5 crore people will take part in the yoga practice. Yogabhyaas program was organized in Uttarakhand.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a Yoga Day event in Mysuru.

2) Answer: C

• The world’s largest freshwater fish has been caught in Cambodia.
• Cambodian villagers have caught the world’s biggest freshwater fish in the Mekong River.
• It is a big stingray fish, weighing 300kg (661lb). It is 3.98m long and 2.2m wide.
• The previous record-holder, a 646lb (293kg) Mekong giant catfish was caught in Thailand in 2005.
• The giant freshwater stingray fish is an endangered species.
• The Mekong has the third-largest diverse population of fish in the world. It flows through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

3) Answer: B

• Every year, World Music Day is celebrated on 21 June worldwide. It is also known as Make Music Day.
• It is observed to encourage young and amateur musicians to perform.
• The theme of this year’s World Music Day is ‘Music on the intersections.
• A charter was signed at the European Festival of Music in Budapest in 1997, which gave recognition to World Music Day globally.
• It was started by French composer Maurice Fleuret, who was also the Minister of Culture in the French government.
• It is celebrated in more than 120 countries. People organize public concerts in parks, stadiums, and public places.

4) Answer: A

• Ruchira Kamboj will be India’s Permanent Representative to U.N.
• She has been appointed as the next Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations.
• She is currently serving as India’s envoy to Bhutan.
• She will succeed T.S. Tirumurti as the Indian ambassador to the U.N.

5) Answer: A

• India and European Union to resume free trade negotiations after nine years.
• The first round of formal free trade negotiations between India and the European Union will begin on 27 June in New Delhi.
• The main aim of the free trade negotiations is to double the bilateral trade in five years from $116 billion in 2021-22.
• India-EU free trade negotiations were stopped in 2013 due to the movement of Indian professionals and high tariffs on European farm produce.
• European Union is the second-largest trading partner of India after the United States.
• India’s export to European Union has increased by 57% in 2021-22 to $65 billion.
• India and the European Union will negotiate on all three agreements in parallel and conclude them simultaneously.
• Recently, India has signed free trade agreements with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Australia.
• European Union: It is a political and economic union of 27 member states which are mainly located in Europe.
• It was founded on 1 November 1993. It is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

6) Answer: C

• DraupadiMurmu will be BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate for the Presidential election.
• She earlier served as the 9^th Governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021. She is from Odisha.
• BJP Chief JP Nadda said, for the first time, preference has been given to a woman tribal candidate.
• The voting for presidential elections will be held on 18^th July 2022.
• Yashwant Sinha will be the opposition candidate for Presidential Election.
• If elected, DraupadiMurmu would be the first tribal woman to occupy the topmost constitutional post in the country.

7) Answer: A

• One Nation, One Ration Card scheme has now become operational throughout India with its implementation in Assam.
• Assam has become the 36th State to implement this scheme.
• The scheme is now successfully implemented in all the 36 states and Union Territories throughout the country.
• Within a short period, the scheme has covered 80 crore beneficiaries.
• MERA RATION mobile application was released to make the scheme more seamless. This application is available in 13 languages.
• The Department of Food and Public Distribution is the nodal agency responsible for the implementation of this scheme.

8) Answer: B

• NPCI International has signed an MoU with the Lyra network of France.
• The MoU is for acceptance of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Rupay in France.
• Singapore, UAE, Bhutan, and Nepal are other countries that have adopted India’s UPI payment system so far.
• Union Communication minister AshwiniVaishnaw said that India is doing 5.5 billion UPI transactions in a month.
• Vivatech 2020 has recognized India as the “country of the year.” Vivatech 2020 is Europe’s biggest start-up conference.
• NPCI International is the international arm of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

9) Answer: D

• AmbubachiMela is celebrated at the Kamakhya temple in Assam in June.
• Kamakhya temple is located in Guwahati. It is a Hindu temple dedicated to the mother goddess Kamakhya. It is considered one of the 51 Shakti Peethas.
• The temple is closed for three days starting from the 7th day of the “Ashadh” month of the Hindu calendar.
• On the 12th day, the doors are opened and a big fair is organized at the temple.
• “Ambubachi” means “spoken with water”. This signifies that the rains expected during this month make the earth fertile.

10) Answer: B

• A metal 3D printer has been developed indigenously by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jodhpur, for use in aerospace, defense, and general engineering applications.
• Except for the laser and robot systems, every component of the metal 3D printer has been designed and manufactured in India.
• The main goal of the project is to reduce the cost of metal 3D printers and attract a broader variety of consumers.
• It can be used for repairing and adding additional material to existing components.
• It is equipped with India’s first cutting-edge variable spot size laser optics and can print 3D parts with the metal powders made in India.

11) Answer: A

• The Indian women’s wrestling team won the under-17 Asian Championship with a total of eight gold medals in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
• With a total of 235 points, including eight gold medals, one silver, and one bronze, India won the championship.
• With 143 points, Japan has settled in second place, and Mongolia took third place with 138 points.
• In freestyle competitions, Parwinder Singh won gold in the 80-kg category and Narender took home silver in the 71-kg category.

12) Answer: B

• The Adani group said it had tied up with French energy major TotalEnergies SE to jointly create the ‘world’s largest green hydrogen ecosystem’ in Gujarat’s Kutch region.
• As part of the tie-up, TotalEnergies would acquire a 25% stake in Adani New Industries Ltd. (ANIL), a unit of Adani Enterprises Ltd. (AEL).
• The joint venture aims to invest $50 billion over the next 10 years to set up the green hydrogen ecosystem. In the primary phase, ANIL will develop a green hydrogen production capacity of 1 million tons per annum at Mundra before 2030.
• Green hydrogen gas is produced by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using an electrolyzer that may be powered by electricity generated from renewable energy sources.

13) Answer: C

• India is the world’s fourth-largest gold recycler as per World Gold Council (WGC) report.
• India recycled 75 tonnes of gold in 2021. China is the world’s largest gold recycler as per the WGC report titled ‘Gold refining and recycling.
• China recycled 168 tonnes of gold. China is followed by Italy, which is ranked at 2nd position with recycling of 80 tonnes of gold.
• The US is ranked third with the recycling of 78 tonnes of gold in 2021.
• As per the report, India’s gold refining capacity increased by 1,500 tonnes (500%) in 2021 from 300 tonnes in 2013.
• As per the report, the scale of formal refining has increased and the scale of unorganized refining has fallen.
• The report notes that the share of gold dore in overall imports has increased from just 7% in 2013 to around 22% in 2021.
• The report also notes that India recycles little of its stock of gold – about 8% of the global scrap supply.

14) Answer: B

• Neobanking platform Freo has partnered with Equitas Small Finance Bank to launch a digital savings account.
• The digital savings account is named Freo Save. Freo Save will offer quick access to credit & shopping.
• Freo is a Bengaluru-based neo-banking platform. Freo has become the first consumer neo bank in India to provide full-stack neo-banking products.
• Freo was started as MoneyTap in 2016. It is India’s first credit-led neo bank.

15) Answer: B

• RBI has extended the deadline for implementation of 3 specific credit-card-related provisions by three months.
• These provisions are contained in RBI’s “Credit and Debit Card – Issuance and Conduct” Directions.
• Three provisions will now come into effect from October 1, 2022.
• One provision requires card-issuers to obtain One Time Password (OTP) based consent from the cardholder for activating a credit card if the customer has not activated it for over 30 days since issuance.
• “Master Direction – Credit Card and Debit Card – Issuance and Conduct Directions, 2022” were issued by RBI in April 2022.

16) Answer: C

• Online savings bank account opening facility using V-CIP has been launched by Karnataka Bank.
• The online savings bank account opening facility using the Video-based Customer Identification Process (V-CIP) is available on the corporate website of the bank.
• With this facility, customers can open a savings bank account through an online process.
• Also, they can complete KYC (know your customer) verification through a video call.
• Karnataka Bank is a Scheduled Commercial Bank based in Mangaluru, Karnataka. It is a private sector bank.

17) Answer: C

• India will require $27.9 billion every year to achieve its aim of wind and solar capacity installation of 450 gigawatts by 2030.
• As per Financing India’s 2030 Renewable Ambition report, Indian companies could help India achieve 86% of its 2030 goals.
• As per Central Electricity Authority (CEA), India’s dependence on coal will drop from 53% of installed capacity in 2021 to 33% in 2030.
• India’s power generation capacity grew by 118% between 2011 and 2021.
• Renewables’ share of capacity reached 37% in 2021 from 31% in 2012.
• Solar power capacity has expanded the fastest. It reached 60 GW in 2021 from less than 1 GW in 2011.
• BloombergNEF (BNEF) issued the report in association with the Power Foundation of India (PFI).
• BloombergNEF (Bloomberg New Energy Finance) is a strategic research provider).

18) Answer: C

• The debt-GSDP ratio of Punjab is projected to be more than 45% in 2026-27 as per a study by RBI.
• Five states are identified as highly stressed states from among 10 states in an RBI study on state finances.
• These five states are Bihar, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, and West Bengal.
• Rajasthan, Kerala, and West Bengal are projected to exceed the debt-GSDP (gross state domestic product) ratio of 35% by 2026-27.
• Taking into consideration the debt-GSDP ratio in 2020-21, Punjab, Rajasthan, Kerala, West Bengal, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, MP, UP, and Haryana are states with the highest debt burden as per the study.
• The study says these 10 states account for around half of the total expenditure by all state governments in India. Other findings of the study are listed next.
• Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, and Punjab exceeded both debt and fiscal deficit targets for 2020-21 set by the 15^th Finance Commission (FC-XV).
• Kerala, Jharkhand, and West Bengal exceeded the debt target.
• Madhya Pradesh exceeded the fiscal deficit target.
• Haryana and Uttar Pradesh achieved both debt and fiscal deficit targets.
• Rajasthan, Kerala, and West Bengal are projected to exceed the FC-XV targets for debt and fiscal deficit in 2022-23 (BE).

19) Answer: B

• Maize (corn) exports from India cross the $1-billion mark in 2021-22 after a gap of seven years.
• Maize shipments had reached a nine-year low of $142 million in 2019-20.
• Lower supplies from producers like Argentina and Brazil over the past two years worked in favor of Indian exporters.
• Bangladesh has emerged as the largest buyer of Indian maize during the past two years. It displaced Nepal.
• India’s maize production has witnessed a steady increase over the past decade

20) Answer: B

• CBI has booked Wadhawans of DHFL for cheating a consortium of 17 banks in the biggest-ever bank fraud of ₹34,614 crores.
• Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed an FIR based on a complaint filed by Union Bank of India, which was leading the consortium of 17 banks.
• The consortium was formed in July 2010 to lend ₹42,871.42 crores to DHFL.
• As per data in CBI’s FIR, the State Bank of India was the worst hit, having an NPA of ₹9,898 crores, which is exactly the amount DHFL borrowed from it.

21) Answer: B

• On June 20, an MoU has been signed by the Indian Navy (IN) and the Directorate General (DG) of Shipping to facilitate the transition of both current and retired Indian Navy personnel into the Merchant Navy.
• Through this MoU, DG Shipping envisions to certify IN personnel in compliance with the International STCW (Standards for Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping for Seafarers) conventions.
• The MoU aligns with the Government’s focus on the maritime sector, particularly the Blue economy and qualified and trained human resources.
• Through the DGS Order 17 of 2022, DG Shipping has issued detailed procedures to implement this transition.
• Directorate-General of Shipping: In September 1949, the Directorate General of Shipping was established with headquarters in Bombay.
• Shri Amitabh Kumar is the Director-General of Shipping.