Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 11th February 2022

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1) The World Pulses Day has been celebrated on which of the following date?

(a) February 8

(b) February 9

(c) February 10

(d) February 11

(e) February 12

2) The Minister of Power, R K Singh has launched ___________ hackathon competition to find technology-driven solutions.

(a) Powerthon – 2022

(b) Techthon – 2022

(c) Electric Hackathon – 2022

(d) Digital Hackathon – 2022

(e) DigiThon – 2022

3) The Prime Minister Modi has participated in the high level segment of One Ocean Summit. This summit is organised by which country?

(a) Germany

(b) United Kingdom

(c) South Korea

(d) Japan

(e) France

4) Who among the following hasopened Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Annual “Udyanotsav”?

(a) President Ram Nath Kovind

(b)Prime Minister Narendra Modi

(c) Home Minister Amit Shah

(d) Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla

(e) Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba

5) The AAI and Other Airport Developers have targeted a capital outlay of __________  crore for the development of airport sector.

(a) Rs. 75000 crore

(b) Rs. 80000 crore

(c) Rs. 91000 crore

(d) Rs. 95000 crore

(e) Rs. 98000 crore

6) The Government has set a target to raise the share of natural gas in energy mix to ________ % by 2030.

(a) 10 %

(b) 15 %

(c) 17 %

(d) 20 %

(e) 22 %

7) Which of the power producer has commissioned Gujarat’s first wind-solar hybrid project? 

(a) National Thermal Power Corporation

(b) ReNew Power

(c) Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd.

(d) Suzlon Power Corporation

(e) JSW Energy Corporation

8) Which Union Territory has become the first to be integrated with National Single Window System?

(a) Lakshadweep

(b) New Delhi

(c) Puducherry

(d) Jammu and Kashmir

(e) Ladakh

9) Which among the following Bank has partnered with Creditas Solutions to automate collections?                     

(a) RBL Bank

(b) SBM Bank

(c) Bandhan Bank

(d) Karnataka Bank

(e) Federal Bank

10) Rajasthan has signed MoUs/LoIs with major players in the renewable energy sector capturing investment of ____________ Lakh Crore under the Invest Rajasthan Campaign.

(a) Rs 2.05 lakh crore

(b) Rs 2.25 lakh crore

(c) Rs 2.55  lakh crore

(d) Rs 3.05 lakh crore

(e) Rs 3.25 lakh crore

11) Which Ship Builders in India has delivered the three Floating Border Out-Post vessels to the Border Security Force?

(a)Mazagon Dock Limited

(b)Cochin Shipyard Limited

(c) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers

(d)Hindustan Shipyard Limited

(e) Goa Shipyard Limited.

12) ________________is the rate at which the Reserve Bank of India borrows funds from the commercial banks in the country.

(a) Repo Rate

(b) Reverse Repo Rate

(c) SLR

(d) Cash Reverse Ratio

(e) Bank Rate

13) What does IFRS stands for?

(a) International Financial Reporting Standards

(b) Indian Financial Rating Standards

(c) International Financial Rating Standards

(d) Indian Functional Reporting Standards

(e) None of these

14) Who appoints the governor of Reserve Bank of India?

(a) Financial Secretary

(b) Financial Ministry

(c) Central Government

(d) President of India

(e) Chief Justice of India

15) Where does Deendayal Port Trust located?

(a) Goa

(b) Gujarat

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Uttarakhand

(e) Maharashtra

Answers :

1) Answer: C

World Pulses Day is celebrated on February 10 every year and recognised Pulses as a global food.

World Pulses Day 2022 is under the theme “Pulses to empower youth in achieving sustainable agri-food systems”.

Pulses, also known as legumes, are the edible seeds of leguminous plants cultivated for food.

Dried beans, lentils, and peas are the most commonly known and consumed types of pulses.

The UN General Assembly in 2019 decided to dedicate a day to Pulses to increase awareness and access to pulses globally known as World Pulses Day.

2) Answer: A

Union Minister of Power, R K Singh has launched Powerthon-2022, a hackathon competition to find technology-driven solutions to solve the complex problems in power distribution and to ensure quality and reliable power supply.

The competition will bring together qualified mentors with TSPs, innovators, and other participants to create teams for efficient electricity networks.

3) Answer: E

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will address the high-level segment of One Ocean Summit on 11th February through a video message.

The high-level segment of the Summit will also be addressed by several Heads of States and Governments including Germany, United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan, Canada, among others.

One Ocean Summit is being organised by France from 9-11 February, in Brest, France, in cooperation with the United Nations and the World Bank.

The objective of the Summit is to mobilise the international community to take tangible action towards preserving and supporting healthy and sustainable ocean ecosystems.

4) Answer: A

The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, opened the annual “Udyanotsav” of Rashtrapati Bhavan on February 10, 2022.

The main attraction of this year’s Udyanotsav will be 11 varieties of Tulips which are expected to bloom in phases during February.

Flower Carpets in magnificent designs will also be on display in the Central Lawns. The dominant colour scheme of this year’s ornamental flowers is white, yellow, red and orange.

A small cactus corner has also been landscaped along with some air purifying plants in the gardens.

5) Answer: C

AAI and other Airport Developers have targeted capital outlay of approximately Rs. 91000 crore in airport sector in the next five years for expansion and modification of existing terminals, new terminals and strengthening of runways, among other activities.

Under the Greenfield Airports Policy-2008, Government of India has so far accorded ‘in-principle’ approval for setting up of 21 Greenfield Airports across the country.

Out of these, eight airports  namely Durgapur, Shirdi, Sindhudurg, Pakyong, Kannur, Kalaburagi, Oravakal and Kushinagar have been operationalized.

6) Answer: B

The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Rameswar Teli, the Government has set a target to raise the share of natural gas in energy mix to 15% by 2030.

At present, share of natural gas in primary energy mix has increased from 6.3% to 6.7% from 2020 to 2021.

Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) grants authorization to the entities for the development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) network in Geographical Areas (GAs) as per PNGRB Act, 2006 and Regulation framed there under.

7) Answer: B

ReNew Power has set up Gujarat’s first wind-solar hybrid project at the Chlor-Alkali unit of Grasim Industries in Vilayat, Bharuch, in southern Gujarat.

The first phase of the hybrid project, with 17.6 MW commercial-scale wind-solar, commenced operations last week and is expected to generate 80 million units of renewable energy every year.

An additional 16.68 MW will be commissioned in the fiscal 2022-23 period as part of the second phase.

The project is being developed by ReNew Green Solutions (RGS), the B2B arm of ReNew Power.

8) Answer: D

Jammu & Kashmir became the first Union Territory to be onboarded the National Single Window System (NSWS), a move that was dubbed as a major leap in Ease of Doing Business in the UT.

Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha launched the J&K Single Window Clearance System integrated with NSWS yesterday in the presence of Shri Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, Govt of J&K, Ms. Sumita Dawra, Additional Secretary, DPIIT, Shri Ranjan Thakur, Principal Secretary Industries & Commerce, Govt of J&K.

9) Answer: A

RBL Bank has announced a partnership with Creditas Solutions, a global technology company in the field of delinquency management, for its ‘Neo Collections’ platform.

It will utilize the SaaS-based (software as a service) platform to accelerate efficiency in collections across the loan cycle.

It is Powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning technology.

10) Answer: D

The Rajasthan government signed MoUs/LoIs with major players in the renewable energy sector capturing investment of Rs 3.05 lakh crore under the Invest Rajasthan Campaign.

The companies included 5 PSUs – NTPC, NHPC, SJVN Limited, THDC India Ltd and SECI and private players such as Reliance, Axis and SAEL.

The expected investment is worth Rs. 3.05 lakh crores which include Renewable Energy projects of 92.1 GW capacity and 4GW Solar Module manufacturing.

11) Answer: B

The Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) delivered the three Floating Border Out-Post (FBOPs) vessels to the Border Security Force (BSF).

With this, the Shipyard has delivered six vessels out of nine FBOPs being built for the BSF.

The vessels, which were flagged off on Republic Day from Kochi, reached the area of operations for deployment at the waters in Sundarbans near the Indo-Bangladesh border.

CSL General Manager A Sivakumar signed the delivery and protocol documents with Kumal Mazumdar, the DIG of BSF, in a function held at Kolkata.

12) Answer: B

Reverse Repo rate is the rate at which the Reserve Bank of India borrows funds from the commercial banks in the country. The Current reverse repo rate is 3.35%

13) Answer: A

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are a set of rules for the financial statements of public companies which are intended to make them consistent, transparent, and easily comparable around the world.

14) Answer: C

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet of the central government has the power to appoint RBI Governor and Deputy Governor

15) nswer: B

Kandla, officially Deendayal Port Trust is a seaport in Kutch District of Gujarat state in western India, near the city of Gandhidham

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