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1) When is the International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking observed?

(a) 25 June

(b) 26 June

(d) 27 June

(e) 23 June

2) The Union Government has transferred Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) from the Ministry of Finance to which Ministry?

(a) Ministry of Rural Development

(b) Ministry of Education

(d) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(e) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

3) Which of the following airport became India’s first to run entirely on hydro and solar energy?

(a) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel International Airport

(b) Chennai International Airport

(d) Thiruvananthapuram International Airport

(e) Kochi International Airport

4) The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) organized a virtual event to celebrate __________ of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U).

(a) 8 years

(b) 7 years

(d) 9 years

(e) 6 years

5) Who has chaired the inaugural session of the Seminar on Production and Use of Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia in the Process Industry?

(a) G. Kishan Reddy

(b) Parshottam Rupala

(d) Mansukh Mandaviya

(e) Hardeep Singh Puri

6) Where was India’s first Government MLD Desalination Plant for Industrial Use inaugurated?

(a) Bengaluru, Karnataka

(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(d) Pune, Maharashtra

(e) Dahej, Gujarat

7) GoI Reconstitutes Committee to Examine the Representation of Officials Sacked for Alleged Corruption. Who has been appointed in place of Leena Nandan in the three-member panel?

(a) Rohit Naik

(b) Avnish Mitter Goyal

(d) Chithra Ramakrishnan;

(e) Indranil Chakravorty

8) Which of the following states/UT is set to host G-20 meetings in 2023?

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Jammu and Kashmir

(d) Uttar Pradesh

(e) Pondicherry

9) Which of the following country signed its first Arab free trade agreement with UAE?

(a) Iran

(b) Afghanistan

(d) Syria

(e) Qatar

10) How many people in India were internally displaced due to climate change and disasters in 2021, as per the United Nations survey?

(a) 5 million

(b) 7 million

(d) 6 million

(e) 4 million

11) Where was the 26^th Sindhu Darshan Yatra festival began?

(a) Assam

(b) Manipur

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Mizoram

12) Which state government has partnered with BLS International Services for the computerization and e-governance of registration offices in the PPP model in the Presidency Zone?

(a) Mizoram

(b) Manipur

(d) Maharashtra

(e) West Bengal

13) Which company has launched the price guarantee insurance scheme for chili farmers in India?

(a) Syngenta India

(b) Bayer CropScience

(d) United Phosphorus

(e) Coromandel International

14) Recently, The Centre’s Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) has collaborated with which bank to create an integrated pension portal?

(a) State Bank of India

(b) HDFC Bank

(d) Union Bank of India

(e) ICICI Bank

15) Which of the following has introduced the ‘Dhan Sanchay’ savings life insurance plan?

(a) Bajaj Life Insurance

(b) Max Life Insurance

(d) Star Health Insurance

(e) Life Insurance Corporation of India

16) Which of the following bank has launched the ‘Campus Power’ digital platform for the student ecosystem?

(a) Union Bank of India

(b) State Bank of India

(d) HDFC Bank

(e) ICICI Bank

17) Who has been appointed RBI appointed as a member of the advisory committee of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (SIFL) and Srei Equipment Finance Limited (SEFL)?

(a) Raj Shrivastava

(b) R Subramaniakumar

(d) Pawan Prajapati

(e) Hari Chand

18) Which of the following has launched India’s first multiplex in the metaverse on the Partynite Metaverse platform named “Xstream multiplex”?

(a) BSNL

(b) Bharti Airtel

(d) RailTel

(e) Jio

19) Which Ministry has approved the setting up of wayside amenities under the brand of ‘BRO Cafes’ at 75 locations across 12 states and Union territories?

(a) Ministry of Rural Development

(b) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

(d) Ministry of Defence

(e) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

20) Which of the following country has launched a new batch of Yaogan-35 Remote Sensing Satellites?

(a) USA

(b) China

(d) France

(e) Japan

21) According to a BloombergNEF (BNEF)’s a new report, India will need USD 223 billion of investment to meet its goal of wind and solar capacity installations by which year?

(a) 2027

(b) 2040

(d) 2030

(e) 2025

22) Which of the following city named as the world’s most liveable city in the 2022 EIU Global Liveability Index?

(a) Auckland

(b) Vienna

(d) Zurich

(e) Geneva

23) As per the report titled ‘Creating Jobs and Cutting Bills: the economic opportunities of a clean energy transition’, The rapid transition to clean energy could create _____jobs by 2025 in India.

(a) 1.8 crore

(b) 2.5 crore

(d) 3.5 crore

(e) 1.5 crore

24) Recently, Scientists have discovered a new species of bamboo-dwelling bat in the Ri Bhoi district of____________.

(a) Mizoram

(b) Manipur

(d) Tripura

(e) Meghalaya

25) Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has launched an e-auction for Commercial earning, and NFR contracts in Rail Bhavan. What is the full form of ‘NFR’?

(a) Non-Force Revenue

(b) Non-Fare Receipt

(d) Non-Fake Revenue

(e) Non-Fare Revenue

Answers :

1) Answer: B

Every year on June 26th, the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2022 is commemorated to raise awareness about the impact and negative consequences that drugs have on society.

Theme

The theme of this year’s International Day Against Drug Abuse is “Share Drug Facts, Save Lives.”
The goal, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), is to counteract misconceptions about drugs by disseminating facts about them, ranging from health dangers and remedies to evidence-based prevention, treatment, and care.

2) Answer: C

The government is reportedly considering moving the administration of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, and the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988, from the finance ministry to the Ministry of Home Affairs to consolidate all matters relating to narcotics under one department.

3) Answer: C

In a significant step toward realizing the ambitious aim of being a Net Zero Carbon Emission Airport by 2030, Delhi Airport, also known as Indira Gandhi International Airport, became the first airport in the nation to function totally on hydro and solar power as of this month.
A long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) was signed with a hydropower-producing company in Himachal Pradesh for the supply of hydroelectricity for the airport until 2036 by Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), a consortium led by GMR Infrastructure Limited that manages and operates the Delhi Airport.

4) Answer: B

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) organized a virtual event to celebrate 7 years of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), which was launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 25th June 2015.
The event was presided by Shri Manoj Joshi, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, and attended by senior officials of the Ministry, Principal Secretaries of States/UTs, MDs of States/UTs, and stakeholders from Central and State Governments.

5) Answer: D

Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers and Health & Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya addressed a two-day seminar being organized on the subject ‘Production and use of Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia in Process Industry’ by the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi, New Delhi.
Shri Bhagwant Khuba, Minister of State for Chemical & Fertilizers was also present at the meeting.

6) Answer: E

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has inaugurated India’s first government desalination plant only for industrial use at Dahej in Bharuch with a capacity of 100 MLD (million liters per day), set up for Rs 881 crore.
The price of 1000 liters of treated water will be Rs 26.
Bharuch(Bharuch) In dowry (Dahej) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel(CM Bhupendra Patel)Of the country’s first 100 MLD desalination plant for industrial purposes(Desalination plant)Dedicated.

7) Answer: C

In New Delhi, Chemical and Petrochemicals Secretary Arti Ahuja will now be part of a committee to examine the representation of officials sacked for alleged inefficiency or corruption in the government service.
The three-member panel has been reconstituted by the ministry.

PANEL MEMBERS:

Ahuja has been appointed in place of Leena Nandan, Secretary of the ministry of environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Puneet Kansal, Joint Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat has replaced Ashutosh Jindal, Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat in the panel.
One member nominated by the cadre controlling authority (under whose administrative control the alleged corrupt officials come)

8) Answer: B

The union territories of Jammu and Kashmir will host the 2023 meetings of the G20 summit.
The J & K government has set up a 5 member high-level committee for overall coordination of G20 meetings to be held in the Union Territory.

Members of the Committee :

The committee was established in response to a notification from the Ministry of External Affairs.
Principal Secretary to the government, Housing, and Urban Development department, has been nominated as chairman of the committee.

9) Answer: C

Israel signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), its first such deal with an Arab state.
Israel’s Minister of Economy and Industry Ms. Orna Barbivay and the UAE Minister of Economy Mr. Abdalla Bin Touq Al-Marri signed the agreement in Dubai.
With this agreement, the UAE was the first Gulf country to normalize ties with Israel and only the third Arab nation to do so after Egypt and
For the UAE, the deal with Israel is its second bilateral free trade agreement after signing a similar accord with India in February 2022.

10) Answer: A

As per United Nations, Five million people in India were internally displaced due to climate change and disasters in 2021
Another report by the UN Refugee Agency highlighted that globally 100 million people were forced to flee their homes last yeardue to violence, human rights abuses, food insecurity, the climate crisis, etc.
In addition to that, there were 23.7 million new internal displacements globally due to disasters which resulted in to decrease of by23%, compared to the previous year.
The main cities which observed the largest displacements in the context of disasters in 2021 occurred were China, the Philippines, and India.
Apart from that, it has also been observed that the number of people forced to flee their homes has increased every year over the past decade.

11) Answer: C

The 4-day 26th Sindhu Darshan Yatra began with festive fervor in Leh, Ladakh.
Taking forward the theme of “Unity & Integrity” of the nation and the concept of “Ek Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat”, this national Sindhu festival was inaugurated by Union Territory of Leh-Ladakh Lieutenant Governor His Excellency Radha Krishna Mathur.

12) Answer: E

BLS International Services, a tech-enabled services partner for governments and citizens, has entered into an agreement with the West Bengal government for the computerization and e-governance of registration offices in the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model in the Presidency Zone.
BLS International Services has been selected by the Directorate of Registration and Stamp Revenue, Govt. of West Bengal.

13) Answer: A

Syngenta India has entered into an exclusive agreement with the Agriculture Insurance Company of India (AIC).

Aim :

To safeguard Chili farmers from unfavorable price fluctuations due to unpredictable market conditions.

This is considered to be the first initiative in the market to ensure the crop against the fluctuation of prices

14) Answer: A

The Centre’s Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, GoI, will collaborate with the State Bank of India (SBI) to create an integrated pension portal to enhance the ease of living of pensioners.
The announcement was made at a two-day Bankers’ Awareness Program organized by DoPPW in Udaipur, Rajasthan.

15) Answer: E

The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has launched a Dhan Sanchay Savings scheme, which is a non-linked, non-participating, individual, savings life insurance plan that combines life protection and savings.
The plan provides guaranteed income benefit during the pay-out period from the date of maturity and guaranteed terminal benefit.

About Dhan Sanchay’s plan :

The Dhan Sanchay plan is available for a term of a minimum of 5 years to a maximum of 15 years depending on the option chosen by the policyholder.
Policy Term for Option A & B: 10 and 15 years
Policy Term for Option C & D: 5, 10, and 15 years

16) Answer: E

ICICI Bank unveiled a digital platform named “Campus Power” to assist students who want to pursue higher education in India and abroad.
The platform meets the diverse demands of the whole student ecosystem, which includes parents, institutes, and students.
The new Campus Powerplatform helps users find financial products that are right for them by guiding them through the process of researching bank accounts, including international accounts, education loans, and their tax benefits, foreign exchange solutions, payment solutions, cards, and other loans, and investments.

17) Answer: C

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed Venkat Nageswar Chalasani, former Deputy Managing Director of SBI, as a member of the Advisory Committee of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (SIFL) and Srei Equipment Finance Limited (SEFL).
He Succeeds Former MD & CEO of Indian Overseas Bank, R Subramaniakumar.
The Advisory Committee shall advise the Administrator on the operations of the SIFL and SEFL during the corporate insolvency resolution process.
The other 2 members of the committee are T T Srinivasaraghavan (former Managing Director, Sundaram Finance Limited) and Farokh N Subedar (former Chief Operating Officer and Company Secretary, Tata Sons Limited).

18) Answer: B

Bharti Airtel has launched India’s first multiplex on the Partynite Metaverse platform.
The Airtel Xstream multiplex is an extension of Airtel’s Xstream Premium offering.
It is a 20-screen platform with access to content portfolios from leading OTT partners available on the application.
Airtel has released a YouTube video for users to check out the multiplex experience.
Users can download the “Partynite Metaplex” app on Windows and Android devices from their respective app stores.

19) Answer: D

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved the setting up of wayside amenities under the brand of ‘BRO Cafes’ at 75 locations on different sections of roads with Border Roads Organisation across 12 states and Union territories.

Aim :

To provide basic amenities and comfort to tourists and lead to boosting of economic activities in border areas, besides generating employment for the local people.
The contract will have a 15-year term that may be later extended for an additional five years.

20) Answer: B

China successfully launched the 2nd batch of the Yaogan-35 series, 3 new remote sensing satellites by a Long March-2D carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
The satellites will be mainly used to conduct science experiments, land resource surveys, yield estimation of agricultural products, and disaster prevention and reduction.
This launch marked the 424th mission for the Long March series carrier rockets.
The Long March carrier rocket series, developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, is responsible for about 4% of all launch missions in China.
China launched the first batch of three Yaogan-35 satellites on November 6, 2021.

21) Answer: D

According to a BloombergNEF (BNEF)’s new report titled’ Financing India’s 2030 Renewables Ambition’, published in association with the Power Foundation of India, India will need USD 223 billion of investment to meet its goal of wind and solar capacity installations by 2030.
The government has set a target of increasing non-fossil power capacity to 500 GW by 2030.
Shantanu Jaiswal, lead author of the report and head of India research at

22) Answer: B

According to a report Global Liveability Index 2022 published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the Austrian capital Vienna is the world’s most livable city for the 3rd time in the past 5 years.
Vienna snatched the top spot from Auckland, which tumbled down to 34th place due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions
In 2021, Vienna was ranked 12th as its museums and restaurants were closed due to the pandemic & it was ranked 1st position in 2018 & 2019.

23) Answer: E

The report titled ‘Creating Jobs and Cutting Bills: the economic opportunities of a clean energy transition’, published by the ‘We Mean Business Coalition’ and Cambridge Econometrics released ahead of the G-7 leaders’ summit.
As per the report, a swift shift from fossil fuels to clean energy could lead to the creation of 5 crore new jobs in India by 2025 and increase savings on electricity bills.

24) Answer: E

Scientists have discovered a new species of bamboo-dwelling bat in the Ri Bhoi district of
It is the first report of a thick-thumbed bat not only from India but also from South Asia.
The species, found near the forested patch of Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, has been named Glischropus meghalayanus.
The newly discovered species is small in size and has a dark brown color with a sulphur-yellow bell selling bats are a particular kind of bats living in the internodes of bamboos with specialized morphological characteristics that help them to adapt to the life inside a bamboo.
With this discovery, the total number of bat species known from India stands at 131.

25) Answer: E

Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw launched an e-auction for Commercial earning, Non-Fare Revenue (NFR) contracts in Rail Bhavan.
This will not only increase Railway’s earnings but also bolster efforts being taken by the Government for ease of doing business.
This policy is in line with the vision of the Hon’ble Prime Minister to change the experience of the common man by the use of technology.
With this new policy, the tedious process of tendering would get simplified.
Also, it would give opportunities for youth to join the e-auction process.
This policy enhances ease of living, promotes transparency, and adds to Digital India initiatives in Railways

Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 26th & 27th June 2022

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