Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 24th June 2022

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1) Recently The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of ____________ as Director-General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

Tapan Kumar

Dinkar Gupta

SamanthGoel

Parameswaran Iyer

None of these

2) Consider the following statement regarding RBI draft guidelines for Banks and NBFCs for outsourcing IT services.

1) As per RBI’s draft on outsourcing of information technology (IT) services, outsourcing of IT-enabled services for regulating entities (REs) will not require prior approval from the central bank.

2) Banks, payment banks, cooperative banks, credit information companies, NBFCs, and other regulated entities will have to create a comprehensive board-approved IT outsourcing policy.

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

3) Recently in June, The European Parliament voted in the favour of a proposal to grant candidate status to one of the following?

A) Ukraine

B) Moldova

C) Georgia

D) All of the above

E) None of these

4) Which of the following state will host the G20 meetings in 2023?

A) Andhra Pradesh

B) Jammu & Kashmir

C) New Delhi

D) Odisha

E) None of these

5) International Widows Day is observed annually on _____________  to draw attention to the voices and experiences of widows and to galvanize the unique support that they need.

A) 24^th June

B) 23^rd June

C) 21^st June

D) 22^nd June

E) None of these

6) Recently The Committee of Administrators (CoA) has appointed ______________ as chairman of the advisory panel to oversee the functioning All India Football Federation (AIFF).

A) Dinkar Gupta

B) Sanjay Kapoor

C) Ranjit Bajaj

D) Rajesh Gera

E) None of these

7) With which of the following group of countries will Sri Lankan government hold a Donor Conference?

A) China and India

B) India and Japan

C) China and Japan

D) China, India, and Japan

E) None of these

8) Recently on 23 June 2022, the government gave the first-ever National Logistics Excellence Awards in how many categories?

A) 10

B) 11

C) 12

D) 13

E) None of these

9) Recently in June which of the following country Senate passed the first gun control bill in the last three decades?

A) US

B) UK

C) Germany

D) Russia

E) None of these

10) Recently The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has named _____________ as the host country for the inaugural FIH hockey men’s Nations Cup.

A) India

B) South Africa

C) Singapore

D) Malaysia

E) None of these

11) Recently in June _____________ has signed a four-year partnership with Emma Raducanu, the current British women’s tennis number one and the reigning US Open champion.

A) HSBC

B) State Bank Of India

C) Punjab National Bank

D) Bank Of Baroda

E) None of these

12) Recently in June _____________ has partnered with Worldline, a global leader in payment services, to develop point-of-sales (POS) payments acquiring solutions for its merchant network.

A) Bank of India

B) State Banko Of India

C) Bajaj Finance Limited

D) HSBC limited

E) None of these

13) Recently in June ______________ launched a digital platform, ‘Campus Power’, first-of-its-kind to address the needs of the students aspiring to pursue higher education in India and abroad.

A) HDFC Bank

B) ICICI Bank

C) Axis Bank

D) Bank Of Baroda

E) None of these

14) Consider the following statement regarding the World Bank loan Provided to India In June.

1) The World Bank approved USD 250 million for Outcomes for Accelerated Learning (GOAL) to improve education results for children across the state of Gujarat,

2) World Bank approved a USD 150 million funding to support the recovery of India’s fisheries sector in Tamil Nadu

3)  World Bank approved a USD 162 million for the RIGHTS project to strengthen the social protection systems in Andhra Pradesh

Which of the following statement is correct?

A) Only 1 & 2

B) Only 2 & 3

C) Only 1 & 3

D) All of the above

E) None of these

15) Recently Mo Bus, the bus service of ______________  Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) authority, has been recognized by the United Nations as one of 10 global recipients of its annual Public Service Awards for 2022.

A) Telangana

B) Odisha

C) Andhra Pradesh

D) Kerala

E) None of these

16) Recently the first Warfare and Aerospace Strategy Programme (WASP) will be conducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) under the aegis of the College of Air Warfare and Centre for Air Power Studies at ______________.

A) Pune

B) Delhi

C) Hyderabad

D) Chennai

E) None of these

17) Recently  The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has extended the tenure of its Director  ______________ for three months again with effect from June 25.

A) Parameswaran Iyer

B) Randeep Guleria

C) Samath Goel

D) Vikram Desai

E) None of these

18) Consider the following statement regarding the Global Liveability Index, an annual report from The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

1) For the third time in the past five years, Vienna has captured the top spot in the Global Liveability Index,

2) As for the bottom of the list, Damascus in Syria (172), Lagos in Nigeria (171) and Tripoli in Libya (170) continue to lag.

3) India’s national capital New Delhi has been ranked 112^th in the list of most liveable cities. While India’s financial capital Mumbai is ranked at 117^th position.

Which of the following statement is correct?

A) Only 1& 2

B) Only 2& 3

C) Both 1 & 3

D) All of the above

E) None of these

19) Recently   ______________ has been selected to head the India Debt Resolution Company (IDRCL) which will be the sole agent to resolve more than ₹83,000 crores of bad loans to be acquired by the government-backed National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL).

A) Avinash Kulkarni

B) Dipankar Gupta

C) Vishwas Patel

D) Subhash Chandra

E) None of these

20) Consider the following statement regarding QS Executive MBA Rankings 2022.

1) Taking the global top spot is IESE Business School, Spain followed by HEC Paris and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

2) Among Indian B-schools, IIMB (46) is followed by the Indian School of Business (111) and IIM Kozhikode (171) in this year’s rankings.

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

21) Recently in June Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed _____________ as a member of the Advisory Committee of debt-laden Srei Infrastructure Finance and Srei Equipment Finance.

A) Venkat Nageswar Chalasani

B) R Subramaniakumar

C) T.T. Srinivasaraghavan

D) Farokh Subedar

E) None of these

Answers :

1) Answer: B

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Dinkar Gupta as Director-General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
• He is currently serving as Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau. He has been appointed till 31 March 2024.
• He will take the charge from Kuldeep Singh, who was given additional charge of the NIA in May 2021.
• Swagger Das has been appointed as Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Home Ministry.
• National Investigation Agency (NIA): It is a central agency that investigates terror-related cases across the country. It was constituted under the provision of the NIA Act, 2008 in 2008. Its headquarters is located in New Delhi.

2) Answer: C

• RBI issued draft guidelines for Banks and NBFCs for outsourcing IT services. As per RBI’s draft on outsourcing of information technology (IT) services, outsourcing of IT-enabled services for regulating entities (REs) will not require prior approval from the central bank.
• Banks, payment banks, cooperative banks, credit information companies, NBFCs, and other regulated entities will have to create a comprehensive board-approved IT outsourcing policy.
• RBI has also proposed to set up a robust grievance redressal mechanism for resolving customers’ grievances related to outsourced services.
• According to the draft, the risk management framework for the outsourcing of IT services will have to deal with the identification, measurement, mitigation/ management, and reporting of risks associated with outsourcing.
• In addition to norms related to the use of cloud computing services and outsourcing of security operations centers (SoCs), the draft also specifies the role of the board and senior management.
• RBI has sought suggestions from stakeholders on this draft by 22 July.

3) Answer: D

• European Union granted candidate status for membership to Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia.
• The European Parliament voted in the favour of a proposal to grant candidate status to Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia.
• 529 votes were voted in support of the motion and 45 against, while 14 members did not participate in the voting.
• Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia will have to carry out a series of political and economic reforms for joining the European Union.
• The European Council comprising heads of all 27 EU governments would finally vote on the membership of Ukraine.

4) Answer: B

• Jammu and Kashmir will host G20 meetings in 2023.
• The J&K government has formed a five-member high-level committee for the overall coordination of G20 meetings.
• In September 2021, Commerce and Industry Minister PiyushGoyal was appointed as India’s Sherpa for the G20.
• India will hold the G20 presidency from December 1, 2022. India will convene the first G20 leaders’ summit in 2023.
• G20: It was founded in 1999 as a forum for Finance Ministers and Governors of Central Banks.
• It was formed after the Asian financial crisis. The G20 summit is held annually since 2011.

5) Answer: B

• International Widows Day is observed annually on 23 June.
• United Nations observes 23 June as International Widows Day since 2011.
• UN observes 23 June as International Widows Day to draw attention to the voices and experiences of widows and to galvanize the unique support that they need.
• International Widows Day was started by The Loomba Foundation.
• The first official UN International Widows Day was held on June 23, 2011.
• “Sustainable Solutions for Widows Financial Independence” is this year’s theme.

6) Answer: C

• The Committee of Administrators (CoA) has appointed Ranjit Bajaj as chairman of the advisory panel to oversee the functioning All India Football Federation (AIFF).
• The 12-member group will be led by former I-League club Minerva Punjab FC owner Ranjit Bajaj and JaydeepBasu will be in charge of “media and communication concerns.”
• Praful Patel was compelled to resign last month by the Supreme Court for failing to comply with the National Sports Code’s age and tenure requirement.
• The three-member CoA was established to take over the AIFF, which is comprised of Justice AR Dave, Dr. SY Quraishi, and BhaskarGanguly.
• All India Football Federation (AIFF): It was founded on 23 June 1937.
• Its headquarters is located in New Delhi.

7) Answer: D

• The Sri Lankan government will hold a Donor Conference with China, India, and Japan.
• Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told this recently to the Parliament.
• Sri Lanka is trying to obtain overseas assistance to overcome the worst economic crisis since its independence.
• GotabayaRajapaksa is the current President of Sri Lanka.
• The Sri Lankan rupee is the currency of Sri Lanka.

8) Answer: C

• The government gave the first-ever National Logistics Excellence Awards in New Delhi on 23 June 2022.
• Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, PiyushGoyal gave away the awards in 12 categories.
• National Logistics Excellence Awards will be given annually to recognize excellence in logistics within the private sector in India.
• The National Logistics Excellence Awards aim to acknowledge the logistics service providers in India.
• Important winners of the National Logistics Excellence Awards 2021 are given below.
• Best Road Freight Service Provider – DHL Supply Chain India Pvt. Ltd.
• Best Rail Freight Service Provider – Adani Logistics Ltd.
• Best Port Service Provider – DP World
• Best Warehouse service provider – Transport Corporation of India Ltd.
• Best Logistics infrastructure and service provider – Adani Logistics Ltd.
• Industry Excellence Award – Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

9) Answer: A

• United States Senate passed the first gun control bill in the last three decades.
• The Senate of the United States has approved the gun violence bill by 65 votes in favor.
• The bill will now have to pass in the House of Representatives. The bill proposed tougher background checks for buyers less than 21 years.
• It has a provision to allocate $11 billion for mental health programs and $2 billion for school safety programs
• It also provides funding to incentivize states to enact “red flag” laws to remove firearms from those considered a threat.
• In recent times, it is the first time that proposed reforms have received support from both Democrats and Republicans.
• This year, more than 20,900 people have been killed in gun violence in the US.

10) Answer: B

• The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has named South Africa as the host country for the inaugural FIH hockey men’s Nations Cup.
• The event will take place at the North-West University of Potchefstroom – which successfully hosted the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup in April this year – from November 28 to Dece
• This new yearly event aims to offer a top-level competition to the best-ranked teams not participating in the FIH Hockey Pro League and give the winning team the option to be promoted to the FIH Hockey Pro League the next season, precisely.
• Therefore, the FIH Hockey Nations Cup marks the start of the promotion-relegation principle for the FIH Hockey Pro League, with the winning team of the first FIH Hockey Nations Cup having the chance to be promoted to the 2023-24 FIH Hockey Pro League
• The inaugural FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup will be held in Valencia, Spain, from December 11 to 17 this year.

11) Answer: A

• HSBC has signed a four-year partnership with Emma Raducanu, the current British women’s tennis number one and the reigning US Open champion.
• In the partnership launch video, the young tennis star reflects on her childhood days when she was part of the ‘HSBC Road to Wimbledon’ initiative and how it has helped accelerate her career – and how if it wasn’t for Wimbledon, she wouldn’t have been able to play and win the US Open and become the youngest Brit to do so.
• HSBC is the official banking partner of The Championships, Wimbledon.

12) Answer: C

• Bajaj Finance Limited (BFL), the lending arm of Bajaj Finserv Limited and India’s largest and highly diversified NBFC company, has partnered with Worldline, a global leader in payment services, to develop point-of-sales (POS) payments acquiring solutions for its merchant network.
• Worldline, a company with a rich experience in the payments ecosystem in India and globally, has been chosen by Bajaj Finance Limited as a technology and service partner to develop and manage their merchant acquiring initiative, which will be present at pan-India merchant locations
• With this tie-up, Bajaj Finance Limited aims to enhance its relationship with both its existing and new network of merchant partners, by providing point-of-sale terminals and enabling acceptance of a wide range of payment instruments such as EMI cards, credit cards, UPI, and wallets

13) Answer: B

• On 23^rd June 2022 ICICI Bank launched a digital platform, ‘Campus Power’, first-of-its-kind to address the needs of the students aspiring to pursue higher education in India and abroad. It is also available for other bank customers.
• This is a one-stop platform, designed to assist the entire student ecosystem comprising students, parents, and institutes.
• Campus Power offers financial products ranging from bank accounts including overseas accounts, education loans, and its tax benefit, foreign exchange solutions, payment solutions, cards, other loans, and investments.
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14) Answer: D

• World Bank has approved three loans totaling USD 562 million (about Rs 4,393.70 crore) to fund an education project in Gujarat, a social protection program in Tamil Nadu, and a project to help recovery in the fisheries sector post the pandemic
• The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved additional financing of USD 250 million for Outcomes for Accelerated Learning (GOAL), a program that aims to improve education results for children across the state of Gujarat, GOAL project financing complements the original loan of USD 500 million, which was approved in March 2021.
• Besides, the board of executive directors of the World Bank approved a USD 150 million in funding to support the recovery of India’s fisheries sector and a USD 162 million for the RIGHTS project to strengthen the social protection systems and capability of the State of Tamil Nadu to promote inclusion, accessibility, and opportunities for persons with disabilities
• The Fisheries Sector Covid-19 Recovery Project will complement the Government of India’s Pradhan MantriMatsyaSampadaYojana.

15) Answer: B

• Mo Bus, the bus service of Odisha’s Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) authority, has been recognized by the United Nations as one of 10 global recipients of its annual Public Service Awards for 2022
• The public transport service has been recognized for its role in “promoting gender-responsive public services to achieve the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)”,
• The UN recognition said the “problem” was that “bus services in the city of Bhubaneswar needed improvement”, as a result of which “the majority of people used private vehicles, two-wheelers and auto-rickshaw to commute instead of taking public transportation”.
• Like the “solution”, the Odisha government 2018 “reorganized the public transit services in the city to provide an integrated, reliable and inclusive public bus service system”
• The UN describes its Public Service Awards as the “most prestigious international recognition of excellence in public service” The first Awards ceremony was held in 2003, and the UN has since received “an increasing number of submissions from all around the world”.

16) Answer: B

• The first Warfare and Aerospace Strategy Programme (WASP) that will conclude with a Capstone Seminar will be conducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) under the aegis of the College of Air Warfare and Centre for Air Power Studies
• This Capstone Seminar aims to showcase the learning objectives of the WASP and help the IAF leadership to validate the desired outcomes from the program.
• The WASP was conceptualized by the IAF to create a pool of mid-career air power practitioners with strategic acumen and a deep understanding of warfare history and theory.
• It aims to enhance the doctrinal vision of the participants and cultivate their aptitude for effective arguments on strategy.

17) Answer: B

• The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has extended the tenure of its
• Director DrRandeepGuleria for three months again with effect from June 25. Guleria was appointed as the director for a term of five years on March 28, 2017.
• This is the second time he has been given the extension. Earlier in March, before his tenure was set to end, he was given an extension for three months after.
• Earlier in March, the names of three doctors, short-listed by a search-cum-selection committee and subsequently approved by the Institute Body, the top decision-making body of the AIIMS, were sent to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
• The four-member search-cum-selection committee tasked with short-listing names for the AIIMS director’s post is headed by Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan.

18) Answer: D

• For the third time in the past five years, Vienna has captured the top spot in the Global Liveability Index, an annual report from The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) published.
• Copenhagen follows Vienna in second place, with Zurich taking third place with Calgary in Canada.
• The report says mid-sized cities in the wealthiest countries tended to fare exceptionally well in the survey.
• But this year, the top ten cities are also those that have managed “to go back to normal” with fewer COVID-19 restrictions.
• the global average liveability score has also recovered from 69.1 to 73.6 since last year.
• As for the bottom of the list, Damascus in Syria (172), Lagos in Nigeria (171) and Tripoli in Libya (170) continue to lag.
• The Ukrainian capital Kyiv was not included this year after Russia invaded the country in late February, while Russian cities Moscow and St Petersburg fell in the rankings over “censorship” and the impact of Western sanctions.
• India’s national capital New Delhi has been ranked 112^th on the list of most liveable cities. While India’s financial capital Mumbai is ranked at 117^th

19) Answer: A

• The chief executive of India Resurgence Asset Reconstruction Company (IRARC), Avinash Kulkarni, has been selected to head the India Debt Resolution Company (IDRCL) which will be the sole agent to resolve more than ₹83,000 crores of bad loans to be acquired by the government-backed National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL).
• “Kulkarni was selected from among a shortlist of about six candidates earlier this month. With this selection, the key executives are in place to start consolidating bad loans from banks through the NARCL
• He joined Piramal Enterprises and Bain Capital-promoted IRARC in 2018. “He has experience in distressed asset resolution – both in SBI and also IRARC
• Kulkarni’s appointment follows another SBI veteran Natarajan Sundar being selected as CEO of the NARCL in April. Sundar took over as the CEO at the end of May
• Setting up a bad bank was a key reform measure of Budget 2021 and it was incorporated in June 2021. IDRCL, the principal-agent for NARCL, will be in charge of the resolution. It will have no balance sheet and will only work as a facilitator for the resolution of these loans.
• IDRCL is a private sector company controlled by private sector banks that own a 51% share. Its seven-member board is chaired by former SBI executive Diwakar Gupta. The current CEO and former head of SBI Mutual Fund’s alternative investment fund vertical, Manish Makharia, will make way for Kulkarni.

20) Answer: C

• The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore’s two-year MBA for working professionals – the Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management (PGPEM) – has been declared number one in India once again, number 12 in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, and number 46 globally, in the QS Global Executive MBA Rankings 2022.
• Among the 191 global EMBA programs included in this year’s rankings, IIMB achieved an overall score of 61.6 out of 100 points.
• The methodology on which the rankings are based includes career outcomes, diversity, employer reputation, executive profile, and thought leadership.
• “At rank 30 globally, employer reputation is the strongest category of IIM Bangalore. A total of 447,945 nominations from 53,792 employers were analyzed for employer reputation,”
• Among the 191 global EMBA programs included in this year’s rankings, IIMB achieved an overall score of 61.6 out of 100 points
• Taking the global top spot is IESE Business School, Spain followed by HEC Paris and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

21) Answer: C

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) June 23 appointed VenkatNageswarChalasani as a member of the Advisory Committee of debt-laden Srei Infrastructure Finance and Srei Equipment Finance, following the resignation of R Subramaniakumar.
• Chalasani, whose appointment is tendered with immediate effect, was the former Deputy Managing Director of the State Bank of India,
• Along with Chalasani, the Advisory Committee comprises T.T. Srinivasaraghavan, the former Managing Director of Sundaram Finance, and FarokhSubedar, the former Chief Operating Officer and Company Secretary of Tata Sons.
• The advisory committee shall advise the administrator on the operations of Srei Infra and Srei Equipment Finance during the corporate insolvency resolution process.