Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 21st October 2022

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1) Police Commemoration Day 2022 is observed every year on 21 October. The day commemorates the sacrifices of ten CRPF personnel who lost their lives while defending our border with China on 21 October ___________.

(a) 1992

(b) 1962

(c) 1967

(d) 1959

(e) 1979

2) Recently in October, the Union Cabinet approved an increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all Rabi Crops in the marketing season _______.

(a) 2022-23

(b) 2023-24

(c) 2025-26

(d) 2026-27

(e) None of the above

3) Which of the following has been named the world’s No. 1 Basmati Rice Brand in a market survey done by a renowned global research firm?

(a) Lal Qilla

(b) Daawat

(c) India Gate

(d) Shrilal Mahal

(e) Pansari

4) Union state minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar has launched the first SemiconIndia Future Design roadshow in __________.

(a) Gujarat

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Rajasthan

(e) Jharkhand

5) As per the newspaper report, The Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri has inaugurated Asia’s largest compressed biogas plant in ___________.

(a) Bengaluru, Karnataka

(b) Sangrur, Punjab

(c) Jamui, Bihar

(d) Chandimandir, Haryana

(e) Surat, Gujarat

6) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate ‘Indian Urban Housing Conclave-2022’, IUHC2022 at ___________.

(a) Pune, Maharashtra

(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(c) Jaipur, Rajasthan

(d) Noida, Uttar Pradesh

(e) Rajkot, Gujarat

7) FAO, UNEP, WHO, and WOAH have launched a five-year plan ‘One Health Joint Plan of Action to help reduce the risk of future pandemics. This five-year plan (2022-2026) focuses on supporting and expanding capacities in ____ areas.

(a) 4

(b) 5

(c) 7

(d) 6

(e) 3

8) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, Which country has filed an application seeking a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for nihonshu, an alcoholic beverage?

(a) Vietnam

(b) China

(c) South Korea

(d) Thailand

(e) Japan

9) Which firm has received in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a non-banking financial company (NBFC) account aggregator?

(a) Blue Nile

(b) Signet

(c) Cygnet

(d) Rio Tinto

(e) Pandora

10) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, Cashfree Payments has launched the _________ solution to enable businesses such as fintech and platforms to launch prepaid cards and wallets for their customers, employees, and partners.

(a) Assurance

(b) Insurance

(c) Issuance

(d) Endurance

(e) Landing

11) Which of the following company has collaborated with IRCTC to launch ‘The travel Now Pay Later facility on the IRCTC Rail Connect Mobile App?

(a) CASHe

(b) ZestMoney

(c) Phonepe

(d) CRED

(e) Paytm

12) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, Reliance Jio surpassed which telecom network to become the largest landline service, the provider?

(a) Bharti Airtel

(b) BSNL

(c) Vodafone Idea

(d) Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited

(e) None of the above

13) According to the US government-funded NGO Freedom House, India’s internet freedom score climbed by two points to _____ in the overall ranking.

(a) 85

(b) 47

(c) 51

(d) 35

(e) 62

14) According to the Ookla Speedtest Global Index report, India ranked 118^th in the Global Ranking. What was India’s rank in the 2021 Index?

(a) 116

(b) 115

(c) 111

(d) 117

(e) 114

15) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, Senior ICAS officer Ms. Bharati Das took charge as the ______ Controller General of Accounts.

(a) 24^th

(b) 31^st

(c) 27^th

(d) 40^th

(e) 19^th

16) Shri Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge became the first non-Gandhi Congress President in 24 years. He is the ___ president of the Indian National Congress.

(a) 98^th

(b) 86^th

(c) 67^th

(d) 74^th

(e) 93^rd

17) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, The C-295 military aircraft manufacturing may take place in which of the following state?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Rajasthan

(e) Haryana

18) Which of the following IIT has developed a touchscreen technology ‘i-Tad’ that enables users to feel textures?

(a) IIT Delhi

(b) IIT Mumbai

(c) IIT Madras

(d) IIT Kanpur

(e) IIT Indore

19) Who made history by becoming the first Indian woman to run a sub-13s time to win the gold medal at the Nation Games 2022?

(a) Hima Das

(b) Srabani Nanda

(c) Jyothi Yarraji

(d) Himashree Roy

(e) Dutee Chand

20) Renowned physician and Father of Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT), Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis has passed away at the age of 87. He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in _______.

(a) 1992

(b) 1997

(c) 1994

(d) 1993

(e) 1999

Answers :

1) Answer: D

• Police Commemoration Day 2022 is observed on the 21st of October 2022.
• On 21st October, Police Commemoration Day in India, a nationwide program will be conducted for the Police persons who proved their bravery and excellence in their duty.
• The day commemorates the sacrifices of ten CRPF personnel who lost their lives while defending our border with China On October 21, 1959.
• On 20th October 1959, The Indian Reconnaissance party went missing.
• One of the three Parties launched from Ladakh does not return to the base.
• On 21st October 1959, the Chinese army attacked and killed 10 brave Indian Soldiers.

2) Answer: B

• For the marketing season 2023-24, the Union Cabinet approved an increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all Rabi Crops.
• The greatest rise has been approved for lentils, with a 500 rupee per quintal increase.
• Wheat MSP has been increased by 110 rupees, while barley MSP has been increased by 100 rupees.
• The hike is consistent with the Union Budget 2018-19 announcement of a minimum MSP of 1.5 times the All-India weighted average Cost of Production.

3) Answer: C

• India Gate, KRBL’s main brand, has been named the world’s No. 1 Basmati Rice Brand in a market survey done by a renowned global research firm.
• Mordor Intelligence’s quantitative analysis includes research on the White and Brown Basmati Rice Category throughout continents such as the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East and Africa.
• The research was conducted using primary and secondary research, data triangulation, and an insight generation approach.
• Mordor Intelligence, a major worldwide research firm launched in 2014, has conducted studies that have provided insights to over 4000 organizations in over 100 countries across numerous industries.

4) Answer: A

• The first SemiconIndia FutureDesign roadshow in Gujarat was officially launched by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union state minister for electronics and information technology.
• Chandrasekhar remarked on the occasion that the roadshows were organized to encourage startups, next-generation innovators, and business giants to invest in semiconductor design.
• It will contribute to the creation of a strong semiconductor ecosystem in the country, as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• The minister also unveiled the ISRO-tested and approved NavIC Receiver Chipsets at the event.

5) Answer: B

• Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated Asia’s largest Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plant in Lehragaga, in Punjab’s Sangrur
• The plant in Sangrur is just the beginning of India’s master plan for a CBG-based rural economy and the government is taking all steps to promote the ecosystem around it.
• The plant has been commissioned with a foreign direct investment of approximately Rs. 220 crores by Verbio AG, one of Germany’s leading bio-energy companies.
• Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and senior management from Verbio India Private Limited were also present at the inaugural ceremony.
• The CBG plant at Sangrur is spread across an area of 20 acres.

6) Answer: E

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate ‘Indian Urban Housing Conclave-2022’, IUHC2022, a three-day event being organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs at Rajkot, Gujarat.
• This Conclave will provide a platform for all stakeholders to demonstrate their technologies and they will deliberate upon various options of technologies, materials, and processes for large-scale adoption and mainstreaming in different types of housing construction suitable for different Geo-climatic regions of the country.
• It will help devise strategies, action plans, and a roadmap for achieving the vision of “Future Ready Urban India.”

7) Answer: D

• The One Health Joint Plan of Action (OH JPA) was launched by the Quadripartite comprising the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE).

About One Health Joint Plan of Action :

• It is developed through a participatory process, providing a set of activities that aim to strengthen collaboration, communication, capacity building, and
• This initiative seeks to improve the health of humans, animals, plants, and the environment while contributing to sustainable development.
• One Health is the main approach for addressing the complex health challenges facing our society, such as ecosystem degradation, food system failures, infectious diseases, and antimicrobial resistance.
• Using a One Health lens that brings all relevant sectors together is critical to tackling global health threats, like monkeypox, COVID-19, and
• The five-year plan (2022-2026) focuses on supporting and expanding capacities in 6 areas:

1. Capacities for health systems
2. Emerging and re-emerging zoonotic epidemics
3. Endemic zoonotic
4. Neglected tropical and vector-borne diseases
5. Food safety risks
6. Antimicrobial resistance and the environment.

8) Answer: E

• The Embassy of Japan, New Delhi, has filed an application seeking a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for nihonshu/Japanese sake, an alcoholic beverage.
• This is the first time a product from Japan has filed for a tag at the Geographical Indication Registry in Chennai.

About Nihonshu :

• It is regarded as a special and valuable beverage made from fermenting rice.
• People traditionally drink nihonshu on special occasions, such as festivals, weddings, or funerals, but it is also consumed daily. 
• Thus, it is an integral part of the lifestyle and culture in Japan. 
• The sake market (almost all are nihonshu) is the second largest brewed liquor (such as beer) market in Japan.

9) Answer: C

• Fintech firm Cygnet Infotech Private Limited has received in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a non-banking financial company (NBFC) account aggregator.

About Account Aggregator :

• Account Aggregator is one of the largest open financing data-sharing protocols regulated by the RBI.
• It allows consumers to instantly share their financial data, securely and digitally with various financial institutions.
• It facilitates financial institutions to quickly and conveniently access consumers‘ consent-based financial data.

10) Answer: C

• India’s leading payments and Application Programming Interface (API) banking solutions company, Cashfree Payments India Private Limited, has launched a card issuance stack with its new solution ‘Issuance’ to enable businesses such as fintech and platforms to launch prepaid cards and wallets for their customers, employees, and partners.

About ‘Issuance’ :

• ‘Issuance’ is a prepaid card and wallet issuance API stack which can be used for payroll & incentive disbursals, customer loyalty programs, and expense management among other use cases.

11) Answer: A

• India’s AI-driven financial wellness platform CASHe has partnered with Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to provide a Travel Now Pay Later (TNPL) payment option on its travel app IRCTC Rail Connect. 
• The new scheme will help customers to book their rail tickets instantly and pay for them later in pocket-friendly Equated Monthly Income (EMIs), ranging from 3 to 6 months.
• The EMI payment option is available on the IRCTC travel app’s checkout page.
• With CASHe’s payment option, booking and paying for rail tickets on the IRCTC travel app will now be easier and hassle-free for millions of Indian Railway passengers.
• The EMI payment option will be available on the IRCTC travel app’s checkout page for passengers booking their reserved and tatkal tickets.
• The IRCTC travel app has over 90 million downloads and powers over5 million railway ticket bookings per day.

12) Answer: B

• In August, Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio overtook the country’s largest landline service provider for the first time.
• According to the latest data given by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Reliance Jio surpassed state-owned telecom operator and previous market leader BSNL’s 7.13 million landline connections as of August 31.
• MTNL, in third place, provided 2.6 million connections.
• This is a landmark moment in India’s telecom history because fixed-line or landline connections were the final category where a state-owned provider dominated.
• Reliance Jio had been eyeing the area for several years and introduced Jio Fibre in 2019, which includes both landline and fiber-based broadband services.

13) Answer: C

• According to the US government-funded NGO Freedom House, India’s internet freedom score climbed by two points to 51 in the overall ranking as a result of attempts to bridge the country’s digital gap.
• After four years, India’s internet freedom has improved
• The decreased frequency and severity of nationwide internet outages also contributed to the improved score.
• India ranked 49th in terms of internet freedom in 2021.
• The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, among other laws permitting the government to control online content, have been challenged in court, resulting in some of the government’s powers being limited.
• The US government-funded NGO discovered that internet freedom had declined globally for the 12th year in a straight, with Russia, Myanmar, Sudan, and Libya suffering the greatest decreases.
• According to the study, China had the world’s worst internet freedom conditions for the eighth year in a row, while internet freedom in the United States improved slightly for the first time in six years.

14) Answer: B

• India falls three places in the Global Ranking for average mobile speed. In June, it jumped from 115th to 118th.
• The median mobile download speed in India has declined from 14.28 Mbps in May to 14.00 Mbps in June, according to the Ookla Speedtest Global Index report.
• In June, India moved up three ranks in the global rankings for median download speeds on fixed broadband, from 75th to 72nd.
• The data for the Global Index comes from hundreds of millions of tests performed by real individuals using Speedtest.
• Norway is in first place and was joined by Chile in the global median mobile speed rankings.
• The overall fixed median download speed in India in May was 47.86 Mbps, down from 48.11 Mbps in June.
• Each month, Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index compares Speedtest data from around the world.

15) Answer: C

• Civil Accounts Service officer Ms. Bharati Das has been appointed as the 27th Controller General of Accounts (CGA) under the Department of Expenditure
• She has replaced Sonali Singh, who had been given the additional charge of CGA, after the superannuation of Mr. Dipak Dash.

About Ms. Bharati Das :

• Das is a 1988-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) officer.
• She has served as Principal Chief Controller of Accounts (Pr. CCA) Central Board of Direct Taxes and Ministries of External Affairs, Home Affairs.

16) Answer: A

• Shri Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge, a staunch Gandhi family loyalist from Karnataka, has become the Congress’ first non-Gandhi president in 24 years.
• Shri Kharge secured 7,897 votes out of a total of 9,385 votes against Shashi Tharoor with 1,072 votes. 
• He is the 98th and current president of the Indian National Congress
• He will take charge of Sonia Gandhi who had been serving as interim president after Rahul Gandhi stepped down from the post after the party faced a debacle in the 2019 Lok Sab.
• He is also the second AICC President from Karnataka after S Nijalingappa and also the second Dalit leader after Jagjivan Ram to hold the post.

17) Answer: A

• Gujarat may get the first private aircraft manufacturing facility to realize ₹22,000 crores worth of deal the defense ministry had signed with European multinational aerospace corporation Airbus 2021 for the acquisition of 56 C-295 fixed wings
• The places figured out for establishing the final assembly line for C-295 are Dhalora and Baroda.
• The C-295s will replace the Indian Air Force’s (IAF’s) aging Averos.
• Under the contractual agreement signed in September of  2021, Airbus will deliver over 4 years the first 16 aircraft in ‘fly-away’ condition from its final assembly line in Seville, Spain.
• The remaining 40 aircraft will be manufactured and assembled by Tata Advanced Systems (TASL), the defense arm of Tatas, in

18) Answer: C

• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) researchers have developed a new touchscreen display technology ‘iTad,’ (interactive Touch Active Display) through which a user can feel the textures from images as the finger moves across the touch surface.
• It is the next generation in touch display technology.
• The research was led by Professor M Manivannan, CoE on Virtual Reality and Haptics, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras.

19) Answer: C

• Jyothi Yarraji, an Indian sprinter, made history by becoming the first Indian woman to run a sub-13s time to win the gold medal at the Nation Games 2022.
• Jyothi Yarraji of Andhra Pradesh set a new national record by winning the final in 12.79 seconds.
• Jyothi Yarraji had earlier won the women’s 100m gold, beating out sprinters like Dutee Chand and Hima Das.
• The National Open Athletics Championships 2022 are the season’s last senior domestic tournament, held at Bangalore’s Kanteerava Stadium.
• The five-day meet will include over 800 individuals from across the country competing in 47 medal events.

20) Answer: C

• Renowned physician, Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis, who is also known as the father of oral rehydration therapy (ORT), passed away at 87 in Kolkata.
• He saved millions of lives with his Oral Rehydration Solution, popularly known as ORS.
• ORT was later known as ORS globally with the publication of his work in Johns Hopkins Medical Journal and

About Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis :

• Dilip Mahalanabis was born on 12 November 1934 in Kolkata.
• He was an Indian pediatrician known for his contribution to oral rehydration therapy to treat diarrheal diseases.
• Mahalanabis became the first Indian to be selected as registrar of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children in
• He also served as the Director of Clinical Research at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR, B), Bangladesh.
• In 1994, Mahalanabis was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.