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1) The Indian Coast Guard has been celebrated their ________ Raising Dayon February 1st,2022.
(a) 71st
(b) 57th
(c) 33rd
(d) 46th
(e) 29th
2) The Union Government has approved which company as the strategic buyer for Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd?
(a) JSW Steel
(b) Reliance Retail
(c) Adani Group
(d) Tata Steel
(e) Jindal Steel and Power
3) The Finance Ministry has approved additional borrowing permission of _________rupees to Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh for undertaking the reforms in the power sector.
(a) 6,400 crore
(b) 5,305 crore
(c) 7,309 crore
(d) 2,595 crore
(e) 6,345 crore
4) The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed the 30th National Commission for Women Foundation Day programme.What is the theme of this programme?
(a) Women Empowerment
(b) She the Change Maker
(c) Grow with Global
(d) She is the future
(e) Women SHGs
5) Which statutory board has organized the prestigious National Tech Excellence Award for Women 2022?
(a) National Women Entrepreneur
(b) Woman Development Board
(c) Research Development Board
(d) Technology Development Board
(e) None of the above
6) The Union Government has approved Seven Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel Parks with an investment of_______________.
(a) 5,200 crores
(b) 3,500 crores
(c) 4,500 crores
(d) 2,300 crores
(e) 6,500 crores
7) In which of he following city India and Russia bilateral consultations on UNSC related issues has took place?
(a) Moscow
(b) New Delhi
(c) Mumbai
(d) New York
(e) Lucknow
8) In which IIT the launch of the Global Center of Excellence in Affordable and Clean Energy held?
(a) IIT Kanpur
(b) IIT Dharwad
(c) IIT Guwahati
(d) IIT Madras
(e) IIT Kharagpur
9) How much (approximately)gross GST revenue has collected for January 2022?
(a) 1.38 lakh crore
(b) 2.34 lakh crore
(c) 1.71 lakh crore
(d) 3.30 lakh crore
(e) 2.38 lakh crore
10) As per Consumer Price Index-Combined report,how much retail inflation for India in 2021-22 (April-December) measured?
(a) 3.8%
(b) 4.4%
(c) 5.2%
(d) 7.1%
(e) 6.3%
11) Which among the following is in the first revised estimate for 2020-21 by National Statistical Office?
(a) Saving and Capital
(b) Consumption Expenditure
(c) National Income
(d) All of the above
(e) Both (a) and (c)
12) Who among the following has been appointed as the new Vice Chief of the Army Staff?
(a) Lt Gen Vinay Kumar
(b) Lt Gen Harshad Patel
(c) Lt Gen Manoj Pande
(d) Lt Gen Balbir Singh
(e) Lt Gen Yashwant Kumar
13) Sergio Mattarella has been re-elected the second term as the President ofwhich country?
(a) Germany
(b) Namibia
(c) Italy
(d) Kazakhstan
(e) Belgium
14) Who among the following has been re-elected as the Prime Minister of Portugal?
(a) Antonio Guterres
(b) Jorge Sampaio
(c) Mario Soares
(d) Antonio Costa
(e) Jose Manuel Barroso
15) For how much amount,Tata Steel arm has bought government stake in Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd?
(a) Rs 15,300 crore
(b) Rs 32,150crore
(c) Rs 22,400 crore
(d) Rs 17,560 crore
(e) Rs 12,100 crore
16) Which state researchers have identified two new species of fungi from the genus Ganoderma?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Kerala
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
(e) Karnataka
17) Who has released a book titled “Prakrtik, Vaidik avem Jaivik Kheti- Graameen Udyamita Ka Naya Swaroop”?
(a) Venkaiah Naidu
(b) Ramnath Kovind
(c) Manoj Sinha
(d) RK Mathur
(e) Kalraj Mishra
18) India has defeated which country to win the bronze medal in the Women’s Hockey Asia Cup 2022?
(a) South Korea
(b) Japan
(c) China
(d) Germany
(e) Australia
19) Ben Cooper has announced his retirement from international cricket. He played for which country?
(a) Ireland
(b) Zimbabwe
(c) The Netherlands
(d) Oman
(e) Scotland
Answers :
1) Answer: C
Indian Coast Guard is celebrating its 46th Raising Day on February 1st,2022
From just seven surface platforms in 1978, the Indian Coast Guard, (ICG) has grown into a formidable force with 158 ships and 70 aircraft in its inventory.
It is likely to achieve targeted force levels of 200 surface platforms and 80 aircraft by 2025.
As the fourth largest Coast Guard in the world, it has played a significant role in securing the Indian coasts and enforcing regulations in the maritime zones of India.
2) Answer: D
Government has approved strategic buyer for Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited located in Odisha.
Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management, Tuhin Kanta Pandey, that the highest bid of 12,100 crore rupees by Tata Steel Long Products Limited is accepted.
This is the first instance of privatization of a public sector steel manufacturing enterprise in India.
3) Answer: C
Finance Ministry has granted additional borrowing permission of 7,309 crore rupees to Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh for undertaking the reforms in power sector.
Rajasthan has been allowed to borrow additional five thousand 186 crore rupees while Andhra Pradesh has been allowed to borrow additional two thousand 123 crore rupees.
The objectives of the additional borrowing permissions are to improve the operational and economic efficiency of the sector and promote a sustained increase in paid electricity consumption.
4) Answer: B
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed 30th National Commission for Women Foundation Day programme via video conference.
The theme of the programme‘She the Change Maker’ is aimed at celebrating the achievements of women in different fields.
AatmaNirbhar Bharat campaign is linking the ability of women with the development of the country.This change is visible as about 70 per cent beneficiaries of Mudra Yojna are women.
5) Answer: D
Applications have been invited from Indian Women Scientists and Entrepreneurs to felicitate a select few with the prestigious India National Tech Excellence Award for Women 2022 for pursuing, prevailing, creating an impact, and etching out stories of inspiration for future young girls.
The awards will be presented on International Women’s Day on 8th March, 2022.
The awards are categorized under two categories National Women Scientist Award for Excellence in Translational Research and National Women Entrepreneur Award. Both the awards will be presented in two distinct subcategories of Senior.
The awardees will receive a cash award of ₹3 Lakh and ₹1 Lakh for senior and young, respectively, and number of awards will be two in each category.
6) Answer: C
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind addressed the joint sitting of two Houses of the Parliament.
The PM MITRA Parks and various initiatives taken by the Centre to boost the integrated textile value chain.
Along with developing new areas, my government is restoring our traditional strength in domains in which we possess centuries of experience.
In this direction, my government has approved seven Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel Parks with an investment of about Rupees 4,500 crore.
7) Answer: B
The Bilateral consultations on United Nations related issues were held between India and Russia in New Delhi.
The Indian delegation was led by Secretary (West) in Ministry of External Affairs Reenat Sandhu, while the Russian delegation was led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Sergey Vasilyevich Vershinin.
8) Answer: B
A virtual function was held to mark the launch of the Global Center of Excellence in Affordable and Clean Energy (GCoE-ACE)at the Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad (IITDh), Karnataka on 28th January 2022 in the presence of, Prof. K. Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India.
The center is supported by the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) donation from HHSIF.
The first phase of the CSR project with HHSIF is to establish equipment for the GCoE-ACE mainly as skill development, fabrication, and R&D equipment.
9) Answer: A
The gross GST revenue collected in the month of January, 2022 is one lakh 38 thousand 394 crore rupees.
Of which CGST is 24 thousand 674 crore rupees, SGST is over 32 thousand crore rupees, IGST is over 72 thousand crore rupees and cess is nine thousand 674 crore rupees.
The highest monthly GST collection has been one lakh 39 thousand 708 crore rupees in the month of April 2021.
10) Answer: C
The retail inflation, as measured by Consumer Price Index-Combined (CPI-C) moderates to 5.2% in 2021-22 (April-December) from 6.6% in the corresponding period of 2020-21.
The Survey also says effective supply-side management kept prices of most essential commodities under control during the year.
11) Answer: D
The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is, in this press note, releasing the
- First Revised Estimates of National Income, Consumption Expenditure, Saving and Capital Formation for the financial year 2020-21 along with
- Second Revised Estimates for the financial year 2019-20 and
- Third Revised Estimates for the financial year 2018-19 (with Base Year 2011-12) as per the revision policy of national accounts.
12) Answer: C
The Government has appointed Lieutenant General Manoj Pande as the new Vice Chief of the Army Staff on February 1.
He will succeed Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty who superannuated on January 31, 2022.
13) Answer: C
Italy’s current president Sergio Mattarella has been re-elected for a second mandate, speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Robert Fico.
His re-election marks just the second time in history that an Italian president has served a second term.
In 2013, Giorgio Napolitano was the first to serve a second term since Italy became a republic in 1946, but he resigned after two years in 2015.
14) Answer: D
The Prime Minister of Portugal, Antonio Costo, has been re-elected after his center-left Socialist Party secured a landslide victory in the 2022 Portuguese legislative election.
The Socialists received 41.7 percent of the vote giving it 117 seats in the 230-seat parliament, up from 108 in the outgoing assembly.
15) Answer: E
Tata Steel Long Products Ltd (TSLP), a Tata Group firm has won the bid for acquiring 93.71 percent stake in Odisha-based Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL) for Rs 12,100 crore.
This is the first instance of privatisation of a public sector steel manufacturing enterprise in India.
The government does not hold any equity in the company. “On the request of the Boards of selling shareholder PSEs and on concurrence by the Govt of Odisha, CCEA ‘in-principle’ approved strategic disinvestment of NINL on 8.1.2020, and authorised Department of Disinvestment & Public Asset Management to undertake the transaction.
16) Answer: C
Researchers from Kerala have identified two new species of fungi from the genus Ganoderma that are associated with coconut stem rot.
They have also genotyped the two fungi species, named Ganoderma keralense and G. pseudoapplanatum and identified genetic biomarkers.
The research was published in the journal Mycologia.
17) Answer: C
Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha released a book titled “Prakrtik, Vaidik avem Jaivik Kheti- Graameen Udyamita Ka Naya Swaroop” at the Raj Bhavan, Jammu.
The book was published by Chudamani Sanskrit Sansthan, Basohli, Kathua.
The book was released as a souvenir after the successful conduct of the Annual Festival and foundation day celebrations held under the aegis of Chudamani Sanskrit Sansthan Vishwasthali; SKUAST Jammu; Central Sanskrit University, Shri Ranbir Campus, Jammu, and Shri Kailakh Jyotish & Vedic Sansthan Trust.
18) Answer: C
The Indian women’s hockey team defeated China 2-0 to attain a bronze medal finish at the 2022 Asia Cup in Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat, Oman.
Sharmila Devi in the 13th minute and Gurjit Kaur in the 19th minute scored goals for India.
While Japan earned a 4-2 victory over South Korea in the final to earn the gold medal.
India lost to South Korea in the semi final.
19) Answer: C
Netherlands batsman Ben Cooper announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 29.Benjamin Nicolas Cooper born on 10 February 1992, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.
He played for the Netherlands in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.
He made his international debut for Netherlands in an ODI in August 2013, against Canada.
In all, he played 71 white-ball internationals for Netherlands, scoring 1426 runs.
