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Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 25th June 2022

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1) Union Cabinet approved an agreement between GoI and _________ on a ‘Way Finding Application’ to be used in the Palais des Nations.

(a) WTO

(b) WHO

(c) United Nations

(d) UNICEF

(e) UNEP


2) In which of the following place the Seismology Observatory was inaugurated by Union Minister Jitendra Singh?

(a) Bengaluru, Karnataka

(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(c) Udhampur, Jammu, and Kashmir

(d) Pune, Maharashtra

(e) Surat, Gujarat


3) India is putting up several policies to support the construction of carbon capture facilities by high carbon emission industries. In which year India is set to reach net-zero emissions?

(a) 2030

(b) 2035

(c) 2070

(d) 2047

(e) 2051


4) Railway Protection Force rescued 150 girls/women during pan India drive ____________.

(a) Operation Mahila Saksha

(b) Operation Women Saftey

(c) Operation Suraksha Safe

(d) Operation Mahila Suraksha

(e) Operation Mahila Rescue


5)  Which of the following statement(s) is/are True?

(i) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan addressed the National Education Ministers’ Conference in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

(ii) The Centre plans to set up state-of-the-art ‘PM Safe schools’.

(iii) The schools will be fully equipped to prepare students for the future.

(a) Only (ii)

(b) Only (i) and (iii)

(c) Only (iii)

(d) Only (i)

(e) All (i), (ii) and (iii)


6) Which country has been named as the “nation of the year” at Europe’s largest startup conference “Vivatech 2020”?

(a) China

(b) Japan

(c) the USA

(d) India

(e) Germany


7) Who among the following inaugurated the National Conference on Millets?

(a) Narendra Modi

(b) Amit Shah

(c) Piyush Goyal

(d) Prahlad Singh Patel

(e) Rajnath Singh


8) Recently, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visits Slovakia. What is the capital of Slovakia?

(a) Bratislava

(b) Lilongwe

(c) Kigali

(d) Abuja

(e) Nairobi


9) Where was the 12th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference held?

 (a) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

(b) Dubai, United Arab Emirates

(c) Doha, Qatar

(d) Jakarta, Indonesia

(e) Geneva, Switzerland


10) Recently, the European Commission has granted candidate status to which of the following
country?

(a) Moldova

(b) Ukraine

(c) Finland

(d) Both (a) and (b)

(e) Both (c) and (b)


11) Which state has launched the 17th edition of ‘Shala Praveshotsav’, an annual drive to enroll students in Class 1 in the state?

(a) Assam

(b) Gujarat

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Madhya Pradesh

(e) West Bengal


12) Where was India’s largest IKEA store has been inaugurated?

(a) Assam

(b) Gujarat

(c) Karnataka

(d) Haryana

(e) Rajasthan


13) Which state government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) to help women’s self-help groups and promote organic farming?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Gujarat

(c) Haryana

(d) Karnataka

(e) Telangana


14) Which International Airport Limited has introduced the RFID-enabled baggage tag “BAGG TRAX”?

(a) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel International Airport

(b) Chennai International Airport

(c) Delhi International Airport Limited

(d) Thiruvananthapuram International Airport

(e) Kochi International Airport


15) Which of the following insurance company has signed a Corporate Agency agreement with Peerless Financial Products Distribution?

(a) Max Life Insurance

(b) Acko General Insurance

(c) Liberty General Insurance

(d) United India Insurance

(e) New India Assurance


16) Which Small Finance Bank has launched the industry’s first customizable Credit Card?

(a) AU Small Finance Bank

(b) ESAF Small Finance Bank

(c) Equitas Small Finance Bank

(d) Fincare Small Finance Bank

(e) Utkarsh Small Finance Bank


17) Which bank has launched an Online SB Account opening facility through ‘The video-based Customer Identification Process (V-CIP)?

(a) Karnataka Bank

(b) RBL Bank

(c) YES Bank

(d) HDFC Bank

(e) Axis Bank


18) The Central government has made it mandatory for couples planning to become parents through surrogacy to buy a health insurance plan for how many years for surrogate mothers?

(a) 4 years

(b) 3 years

(c) 2 years

(d) 5 years

(e) 1 year


19) SEBI has formed a Building Advisory Committee headed by whom to advise on-premises related matters?

(a) Sanjay Kothari

(b) Suresh N. Patel

(c) T M Bhasin

(d) Pradeep Kumar

(e) B K Katyal


20) As per India Export-import (Exim) Bank, India’s total merchandise export value is expected to reach _________ in the first quarter of FY23.

(a) USD 125.2 billion

(b) USD 153.2 billion

(c) USD 147.2 billion

(d) USD 117.2 billion

(e) USD 184.2 billion


21) Who has been appointed to lead India Regional Office in Gift City?

(a) Birju Prasad

(b) D J Pandian

(c) Mahesh Verma

(d) B K Katyal

(e) K. Sankaranarayanan


22) Who has been appointed as the Director-General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA)?

(a) Dinkar Gupta

(b) Rajiv Ranjan

(c) Manoj Tiwari

(d) Mridul Saggar

(e) Rajesh Gopinathan


23) Which organization has appointed Ranjit Bajaj as its Chairman of the Advisory Committee?

(a) Board of Control for Cricket in India

(b) All India Football Federation

(c) International Cricket Council

(d) Federation Internationale de Football Association

(e) All India Tennis Association


24) Which of the following has signed an MoU with NCMRWF for “Cooperation on Numerical Model-Based Applications in Meteorology and Oceanology?

(a) Indian Coast Guard

(b) National Security Guard

(c) Indian Navy

(d) Indian Army

(e) Indian Air force


25) India’s communication satellite New Space India Limited _______ successfully launched from French Guiana.

(a) GSAT-15

(b) GSAT-26

(c) GSAT-18

(d) GSAT-22

(e) GSAT-24


26) Which of the following company has launched the ‘Dedicated Region’ for the Indian market?

(a) SAP

(b) Oracle

(c) IBM

(d) Salesforce

(e) Microsoft


27) Union Minister of Civil Aviation has awarded the first Type Certificate (TC) under Drone Rules, 2021 to IoTechWorld Avigation Private Limited. Who is the Civil Aviation Minister?

(a) Dharmendra Pradhan

(b) Sarbananda Sonowal

(c) Nitin Jairam Gadkari

(d) Jyotiraditya Scindia

(e) Ashwini Vaishnav


28) What is the rank of India in the recent FIFA global rankings?

(a) 98

(b) 102

(c) 110

(d) 104

(e) 97


29) Recently, Rumeli Dhar announced her retirement. Which sports does she belong to?

(a) FootBall

(b) Badminton

(c) Cricket

(d) Squash

(e) Shooting


30) Recently, The Union Cabinet approved Memorandum of Association (MoA) by India for the establishment of BIMSTEC Technology Transfer Centre at ______________.

(a) Kathmandu, Nepal

(b) Bangkok, Thailand

(c) Thimphu, Bhutan

(d) Dhaka, Bangladesh

(e) Colombo, Sri Lanka


Answers :

1) Answer: C

  • The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal for signing of an agreement between the Government of India and the United Nations on a ‘Way Finding Application’ to be used in the Palais des Nations, United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG).
  • The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), consisting of five buildings and 21 floors, is housed at the historic Palais des Nations.
  • A large number of delegates, members of civil society, and the general public visit UNOG to participate in various meetings and conventions.


2) Answer: C

  • The Seismology Observatory in the Dandayal neighborhood of the Udhampur district was formally inaugurated by Jitendra Singh, Union Minister for Jammu and Kashmir.
  • The third such Center was established in J&K for 20 lakh rupees by the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
  • India is on the approach of becoming a significant force in the growth and understanding of seismology.
  • These observatories have been built up in J&K, especially in South and North Kashmir, which lies in the seismic zone.


3) Answer: C

  • India is putting up several policies to support the construction of carbon capture facilities by high carbon emission industries including steel, cement, and thermal plants.
  • The utilization of viability gap finance, carbon credits, or production-linked incentive programs might all be employed as incentives.
  • The government may issue carbon credits that may be traded on carbon markets or a PLI program that links incentives to how much carbon is captured and utilized.

Key Points:

  • The nation’s policy think-tank, Niti Aayog, will soon publish a policy prescription for carbon capture and use of carbon dioxide generated by the industry as part of the goal to attain Net-Zero by 2070.
  • 6–10% of total carbon dioxide emissions come from these businesses.


4) Answer: D

  • Railway Protection Force (RPF) and frontline railway staff are relentlessly working to ensure safe & secure travel of women over the Indian railways.
  • Dedicated to this objective of women’s security a pan India drive “Operation Mahila Suraksha” was launched from 3rd to 31st May 2022.
  • During this drive, RPF arrested more than 7000 persons who were traveling unauthorizedly in the coaches reserved for women.


5) Answer: B

  • Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan addressed the National Education Ministers’ Conference in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar with a focus on the implementation of the new National Educational Policy 2020. These schools will be fully equipped to prepare students for the future.
  • The Centre plans to set up state-of-the-art ‘PM Shri schools’, that will aim at “preparing students for the future” and will be the “laboratory” of the new National Education Policy (NEP).
  • Among those present at the conference were Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel, Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant, union minister of state for education and skill development, education ministers of several states, chairperson of the steering committee for developing a new National Curriculum Framework K Kasturirangan and senior officials from the education ministry and state governments.


6) Answer: D

  • India has been named the “nation of the year” at Europe’s largest startup conference, “Vivatech 2020.”
  • Being chosen “nation of the year” at Vivatech 2020 is a great honor for India.
  • This is a result of what Indian startups have given the globe. This is how Indian startups are recognized.
  • Ashwini Vaishnav, the minister of railways, communications, electronics, and information technology, opened the India pavilion at the Vivatech 2020 technology expo in Paris, France.
  • With government assistance, some 65 start-ups from India will attend Vivatech 2022.


7) Answer: D

  • The National Conference on Millets was launched by Prahlad Singh Patel, Union Minister of State for M/o Food Processing Industries.
  • The symposium in New Delhi, organized by the business association ASSOCHAM with assistance from M/o Food Processing Industries, has as its topic “The Future Super Food for India.”
  • The purpose of the conference is to examine ways to ensure food and nutritional security as well as obstacles in the way.
  • According to the union minister, the nation would produce 17.96 million tonnes of coarse grains in 2020–21, up from 14.52 million tonnes in 2015–16, and 10.86 million tonnes of bajra (pearl millet) over the same period.
  • Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana are some of the major millets-producing states in India.


8) Answer: A

EAM visits in Slovakia :

  • Jaishankar’s visit to Slovakia was the first-ever visit at the level of EAM since its creation in 1993.
  • India and Slovakia share close and friendly ties based on common values of democracy, rule of law, freedom, and equality.
  • He will attend the GLOBSEC 2022 Forum and speak on the topic ‘Taking Friendship to the Next Level: Allies in the Indo-Pacific Region.

Slovakia :

  • President : Zuzana Čaputová
  • PM : Eduard Heger
  • Capital : Bratislava
  • Currency : Euro


9) Answer: E

  • The 12th WTO Ministerial Conference was co-hosted by Switzerland and Kazakhstan at World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • This was taking place after a gap of almost five years and that was attended by the Trade ministers of 164 nations.
  • This conference was chaired by Timur Suleimenov, First Deputy Chief of Staff of Kazakhstan’s President. Kazakhstan was originally scheduled to host MC12 in June 2020 but the conference was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


10) Answer: D

  • The European Commission has made a historic step in recommending that Ukraine and Moldova be granted European Union (EU) candidate status.
  • This recommendation was announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
  • The decision paves the way for EU government leaders to sign off on the recommendation at a Brussels summit next Thursday and Friday.
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the Commission’s move, calling it a “historic decision.”


11) Answer: B

  • The Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Bhupendra Patel launched the 17th edition of ‘Shala Praveshotsav’, an annual drive to enroll students in Class 1 in Gujarat.

Aim :

  • To increase the enrollment of students in primary schools in Gujarat.
  • The 3-day enrollment drive begins from Memadpur primary school in Vadgam taluka of Banaskantha district.


12) Answer: C

  • Bengaluru With an investment of Rs 3,000 crore, India’s largest Ikeastore, the new Nagasandra, Bengaluru, store is 460,000 square feet in size and offers more than 7,000 home furnishings products.
  • The famous “Blue Box” store here was officially inaugurated on Tuesday by the Chief Minister of Karnataka.


13) Answer: D

  • The Government of Karnataka signed 2 Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) to strengthen the economic activities of women’s self-help groups and facilitate organic farmers to sell their produce directly to consumers.
  • The MoUs were exchanged in the presence of Minister for Livelihood C N Ashwath Narayan.
  • On behalf of the government, Sanjeevini – Karnataka State Rural Livelihood Promotion Society (KSRLPS) and National Rural Economic Transformation Programme (NRETP), exchanged MoUs with the institutions.


14) Answer: C

  • Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has introduced Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)-enabled personalized Baggage Tag “BAGG TRAX”, a first-of-its-kind facility in the country that will share details in real-time about when and on which belt a passenger’s luggage is arriving.
  • The unique BAGG TRAX tags will soon be commercially launched for flyers at Delhi airport. Presently, as part of the pilot project, BAGG TRAX tags are given to select frequent flyers at Terminal 3 only. Once commercially launched, flyers can buy it at the Departures.


15) Answer: C

  • Liberty General Insurance (LGI), one of the fastest-growing General Insurance companies in India recently entered into a Corporate Agency agreement with Peerless Financial Products Distribution Ltd (PFPDL).
  • The collaboration will enable the distribution of Liberty’s retail and commercial line of products through Peerless’ extensive network of 42 branches across India.

About the Partnership :

  • The Partnership offers a wide range of health products including Liberty Complete Protect Group Policy Insurance, which provides annual benefit cover if the insured is hospitalized with vector-borne diseases such as dengue fever, malaria, chikungunya, Japanese encephalitis, kala-azar, lymphatic filariasis, and Zika virus.


16) Answer: A

  • AU Small Finance Bank has launched an innovative Credit Card named AU Bank LIT (Live-It-Today) which allows customers to choose the features they want in their card and also decide the period they want those features for.
  • Instead of buying multiple cards for different categories, such as travel, shopping, etc, the customer can opt for the categories of their preference under this offering and can also switch any of these features when they want


17) Answer: A

  • Karnataka Bank has launched an Online SB Account opening facility through ‘Video-based Customer Identification Process (V-CIP)’.
  • The facility, enabled on the corporate website of the bank, empowers prospective customers to open an SB account through an online process and complete KYC (know your customer) verification through a video call at their place of convenience.
  • The end-to-end paperless digital process leverages the bank’s API (Application Programming Interface) that auto-fills the account opening form, validates PAN/Aadhaar number instantly, and completes the KYC process through a video call.
  • The bank is now focusing on taking the digital initiatives to the next level by focusing on the ‘KBL NxT’ concept under wave 2.0 of our transformation journey ‘KBL-VIKAAS’, and many more initiatives are in the offing to evolve as the ‘digital bank of future’


18) Answer: B

  • The Central government has made it mandatory for couples planning to become parents through surrogacy to buy a health insurance plan for 36 months (three years) for surrogate mothers.
  • As per the Surrogacy Regulation Act 2021, insurance means an arrangement by which a company, individual, or intending couple undertakes to provide a guarantee of compensation for medical expenses, health issues, specified loss, damage, illness, or death of a surrogate mother and such other prescribed expenses incurred on such surrogate mother during the process of surrogacy.


19) Answer: E

  • Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has formed a Building Advisory Committee, which will advise and assist it in all premises-related matters such as planning, acquisition, and furnishing.
  • The 7-member committee will be headed by B K Katyal, former Chief General Manager at Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the latest update with Sebi showed.
  • The other members of the committee are K. V. Krishna Rao, former head of the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai; Rajiv Mishra, Principal, Sir JJ College of Architecture, Mumbai; K M Soni, former ADG, Central Public Works Department, Delhi; and Rajesh Bhagwani SE (Electrical), Central Public Works Department.


20) Answer: D

  • India’s total merchandise export value is expected to reach USD 117.2 billion in the first quarter of FY23 as per India Export-import (Exim) Bank.
  • The valuation of the total merchandise exports was US$ 95.5 billion in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.
  • The increase in exports is attributed to the continued rise of global commodity prices, driven by supply shocks, increased price competitiveness due to exchange rate movements, and advantages from trade diversions.
  • Non-oil exports will amount to US$ 93 billion, growing at 12.6%, in the first quarter (April-June) of 2022-23 as compared to US$ 82.6 billion in the previous year.


21) Answer: B

  • The New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS countries has appointed former bureaucrat Dr. D J Pandian as the Director-General of its India Regional Office (IRO) in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City).
  • The New Development Bank has approved 20 projects in India.
  • The IRO will assist in the effective implementation of these projects and work closely with the project implementing agencies.
  • IRO would play a key role in developing new projects and providing capacity building and technical assistance to government agencies.


22) Answer: A

  • Senior IPS officer Mr. Dinkar Gupta was appointed as Director-General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
  • The Appointments Committee has approved the appointment of Mr. Gupta as the NIA chief till March 31, 2024, the date of his retirement.

Other Appointments :

  • Swagat Das was appointed Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Home Ministry till November 30, 2024.
  • He is an IPS officer of 1987-batch and at present posted as Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau


23) Answer: B

  • I-League club Minerva Punjab’s former owner Mr. Ranjit Bajaj has been appointed as the chairman of the advisory panel formed by the Committee of Administrators (CoA) to oversee the functioning of the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
  • The 12-member advisory committee was appointed by the CoA to oversee the day-to-day matters of various departments of the AIFF & send regular reports to all the members of the CoA for their information and approval.


24) Answer: C

  • The Indian Navy and the National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), signs MoU for “Cooperation on Numerical Model-Based Applications in Meteorology and Oceanology.”
  • The MoU was signed in a ceremony at NCMRWF in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, by Ashis K. Mitra, Head of NCMRWF, and Commodore G. Rambabu, Head of the Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Oceanology and Meteorology (DNOM), Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence (Navy).


25) Answer: E

  • The GSAT (Geosynchronous Satellite)-24 satellite, for NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), was successfully launched on-board Ariane-V VA257 flight by French company Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana (South America).
  • GSAT-24 is a Ku-band 4-tonne class communications satellite built for NSIL by
  • It is configured on ISRO’s proven I-3k Bus with a mission life of 15 years.
  • The satellite was injected into the desired orbit along with Malaysian communication satellite MEASAT-3D by Ariane-V VA257 flight.


26) Answer: B

  • US-based technology major Oracle’s cloud services platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has launched the ‘OCI dedicated region’ for the Indian market.

Aim :

  • To enable customers to leverage public cloud services on their premises while meeting strict latency, data residency, and data sovereignty requirements.


27) Answer: D

  • Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Union Minister of Civil Aviation, has awarded the first Type Certificate (TC) under Drone Rules, 2021 to IoTechWorld Avigation Pvt Ltd.
  • The gurugram-based company was established in April 2017 and is one of India’s leading manufacturers of Kisan drones.
  • IoTech has received the Type Certify barely 34 days after submitting its online application on the DGCA’s Digital Sky Platform.
  • The Drone Rules, 2021 were notified on 25 Aug 2021 and the ‘Certification Scheme for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (CSUAS)’ for obtaining a Type Certificate (TC) for drones was notified on 26 Jan 2022.
  • There are three globally-renowned Certification Bodies (CB) approved by QCI namely – TQ Cert, UL India, and Bureau Veritas.


28) Answer: D

  • The Indian football team enjoyed a successful harvest as a result of their strong Asian Cup qualification campaign, moving up two spots to position 104 in the most recent FIFA global rankings.
  • The Blue Tigers have ranked just ahead of New Zealand (103) who lost to Costa Rica 0-1 in the intercontinental play-off earlier this month and therefore missed out on a position in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
  • India’s position among the AFC’s members, however, remained unchanged at


29) Answer: C

  • The 38-year-old Indian all-rounder and seam bowler Rumeli Dhar has declared her retirement from international cricket.
  • In the 2018 tri-nation women’s T20I series between India, Australia, and England at Brabourne, Dhar competed in her final match for her country.

About Rumeli Dhar:

  • She played in four Tests, 78 ODIs, and 18 T20Is overall, totaling 1328 runs and 84 wickets across all forms.
  • She also competed for India at the 2005 World Cup, which was held in South Africa.
  • When she was called up to the Indian T20 squad for their February 2018 tour of South Africa, Dhar, who made her international debut against England in Lincoln in 2003, made an improbable return to the Indian team.


30) Answer: E

  • The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved a Memorandum of Association (MoA) by India for the establishment of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Technology Transfer Facility (TTF) was signed by the BIMSTEC member countries at the 5th BIMSTEC Summit held at Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • The main objectives of the BIMSTEC TTF are to coordinate, facilitate and strengthen cooperation in technology transfer among the BIMSTEC Member States by promoting the transfer of technologies, sharing of experiences, and capacity building.