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1) Every year, on which of the following date the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Rwandan Genocide has been observed globally?
(a) April 5
(b) April 6
(c) April 7
(d) April 8
(e) April 9
2) Who amongst the following would chair the advisory committee on the countries semiconductor mission formed recently?
(a) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
(b) Ashwini Vaishnav
(c) Narendra Modi
(d) Piyush Goyal
(e) Amit Shah
3) Which of the following Ministry has recently organized the World Health Day including a demonstration of the Common Yoga Protocol, to be organized in the backdrop of the Red Fort?
(a) Ministry of Home Affairs
(b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfares
(c) Ministry of Tourism
(d) Ministry of Culture
(e) Ministry of Ayush
4) In which State, the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying has launched a pilot project to implement the One Health Framework by the One Health Support Unit?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Goa
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Kerala
(e) Gujarat
5) Which of the following Company has recently partnered with United Nations International Compact India to assist UN SDGs?
(a) IBM Inc.
(b) Arya.ag
(c) Capgemini
(d) Infosys
(e) Agro-Tech
6) Which initiative has recently launched by the Airport Authority of India to encourage local women-led SHGs by providing them with the right opportunities?
(a) HIMAAT
(b) SEWA
(c) UMEED
(d) AVSAR
(e) AASTHA
7) Recently the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has constituted a Task Force for the Promotion of an AVGC sector. What does C stands in AVGC?
(a) Common
(b) Counter
(c) Concept
(d) Comedy
(e) Comics
8) Which of the following Country has received permission to export an additional 325 MW of electricity to the energy market in India?
(a) Australia
(b) Japan
(c) Bhutan
(d) Sri Lanka
(e) Nepal
9) In which of the following State, the most popular tribal festival, Sarhul has been observed every year?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Goa
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Jharkhand
(e) Gujarat
10) Which of the following Company has recently partnered with Cover Stack to cross-sell Insurance Products on their platforms?
(a) HSBC Direct
(b) Kotak Direct
(c) HDFC Direct
(d) Axis Direct
(e) ICICI Direct
11) Recently the World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank have provided a loan of Rs 7,500 crore to which of the following state’s School of Excellence project?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Goa
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Jharkhand
(e) Gujarat
12) According to the Ministry of Finance, India’s trade deficit has rose by what percent in 2021-22?
(a) 87.5 percent
(b) 82.1 percent
(c) 78.3 percent
(d) 51.5 percent
(e) 47.2 percent
13) Recently Tata Steel Foundation has signed a MoU with which of the following State to set up the Industrial Training Institute at Chandil?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Goa
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Jharkhand
(e) Gujarat
14) Recently which of the following edition of the India Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces Exercise has commenced at Special Forces Training School, Bakloh?
(a) 5th
(b) 6th
(c) 7th
(d) 8th
(e) 9th
15) Which of the following Company has recently signed agreements with three companies to deploy the majority of its Project Kuiper satellites?
(a) IBM
(b) Amazon
(c) Flipkart
(d) Snapdeal
(e) SpaceX
16) Which of the following Institution has recently been awarded as the best university as per the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022?
(a) Oxford University
(b) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(c) Harvard University
(d) Stanford University
(e) California Institute of Technology
17) Who amongst the following has recently authored the book titled “Tiger of Drass, Capt. Anuj Nayar, 23, Kargil Hero”?
(a) Meena Nayar
(b) Himmat Singh Shekhawat
(c) Aditya Kumar
(d) Both a and b
(e) Both b and c
18) Recently a team of scientists has discovered a star of 17,000 light-years away from the Earth. It looks like which planet?
(a) Saturn
(b) Mercury
(c) Mars
(d) Jupiter
(e) Earth
19) As per the 1st bi-monthly Monetary Policy of 2022-23, RBI has reduced the Country’s economic growth projection for the current fiscal to 7.2 percent from _________.
(a) 6.8 percent
(b) 6.9 percent
(c) 7.2 percent
(d) 7.4 percent
(e) 7.8 percent
20) As per the 1st bi-monthly Monetary Policy of 2022-23, what is the reverse repo rate?
(a) 3.35 percent
(b) 3.50 percent
(c) 4 percent
(d) 4.25 percent
(e) 4.50 percent
Answers :
1) Answer: C
The International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Rwandan Genocide was recognized as an international observance by the United Nations on April 7, 2004. The Day was commemorated by UNESCO. 2022 marks the 28th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, one of the darkest chapters in human history.
2) Answer: B
The Ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) has formed an advisory committee for the countries semiconductor mission. The advisory committee will be chaired by the minister of electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnav, with MoS, Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), Rajeev Chandrasekhar as the vice-chairperson.
3) Answer: E
The Ministry of Ayush has organized the World Health Day with a grand program, including a demonstration of the Common Yoga Protocol, scheduled to be organized in the backdrop of the Red Fort in New Delhi. On 7th April 2022, which is also World Health Day, and the 75th day of the countdown to International Day of Yoga (IDY), a grand program is scheduled for the demonstration of the Common Yoga Protocol.
4) Answer: A
The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD), in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has launched a pilot project in Uttarakhand to implement the One Health Framework by the One Health Support Unit.
5) Answer: B
Arya.ag, India’s largest and fastest-growing built-in grain commerce platform has joined the United Nations International Compact India thereby voluntarily conforming to common sustainability ideas and taking steps to assist UN SDGs.
6) Answer: D
Under AVSAR (Airport as Venue for Skilled Artisans of the Region), which is an initiative of AAI, an opportunity to help the indigent to mobilize their households into functionally effective self-earned groups for self-reliance and self-dependence, has been provided.
7) Answer: E
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has constituted an Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) Promotion Task Force. The secretary of I&B will head the task force, which will submit its first action plan within 90 days.
8) Answer: E
Nepal has received permission to export an additional 325 MW of electricity to the energy market in India, taking the total electricity exports to 364 MW. The Central Electricity Authority of India allowed the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) to sell electricity from the Kali Gandaki Hydropower Project (144MW), Middle Marsyangdi Hydropower Project (70MW) Marsyangdi Hydropower Project.
9) Answer: D
The most popular tribal celebration across the Jharkhand region, the Sarhul Festival, denotes the beginning of the New Year. It is celebrated by the tribal communities of the local Sarna religion, most notably by the Munda, Ho, and Oraon tribes. The festival signifies the advent of the spring season or Phaagun”.
10) Answer: E
Financial products distributor ICICIdirect entered a partnership with the digital B2B platform for insurance services Cover Stack under which the entire customer journey on icicidirect.com for insurance products will be powered by Cover Stack. Through this partnership provide appropriate insurance products to these customers based on their life stage and needs & further enhance the experience of buying insurance products.
11) Answer: E
The World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will provide a loan of Rs 7,500 crore for the Gujarat government’s Mission School of Excellence project. Under the project, the state government will spend Rs 10,000 crore in the next five years and cover all 35,133 government and 5,847 grant-in-aid schools in Gujarat.
12) Answer: A
India’s trade deficit rose 87.5 percent to USD 192.41 billion in 2021-22 as against USD 102.63 billion in the previous year. While total exports during the last fiscal year increased to a record high of USD 417.81 billion, imports too soared to USD 610.22 billion, leaving a trade gap of USD 192.41 billion.
13) Answer: D
Tata Steel Foundation (TSF) signed a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the Government of Jharkhand to set up Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at Chandil in the Seraikela-Kharsawan district of Jharkhand. It will offer various technical courses like Electrical, Fitter, Turner and Welders with duration of two years.
14) Answer: E
The 9th Edition of the India Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces Exercise which commenced on 25 Mar 2022 at Special Forces Training School, Bakloh (HP) culminated on 06 April 2022 at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh. The exercise further strengthened the mutual confidence & interoperability between India and Kyrgyzstan.
15) Answer: B
Amazon has signed agreements with three companies Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance (ULA), to deploy the majority of its Project Kuiper satellites. Its main aim is to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband to a wide range of customers across the globe.
16) Answer: B
The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022 was released by global higher education think-tank QS Quacquarelli Symonds. As per the global ranking, for the 10th consecutive year, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been awarded as the best university with a score of 96.5.
17) Answer: D
HarperCollins India has announced the release of the new book titled “Tiger of Drass, Capt. Anuj Nayar, 23, Kargil Hero” by Meena Nayar and Himmat Singh Shekhawat. The book features the story of Capt. Anuj Nayar (23 years old). Captain Anuj Nayar was honoured with the Maha Vir Chakra (posthumously), the second-highest gallantry award in 2000.
18) Answer: D
A team of scientists has discovered a near-identical twin of Jupiter circling star 17,000 light-years away from the Earth using data obtained in 2016 by NASA’s Kepler space telescope. In terms of mass, the Exoplanet, dubbed K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb, is nearly the same as Jupiter.
19) Answer: E
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hold’s the 1st bi-monthly Monetary Policy of 2022-23 on April 8, 2022. The RBI slashed the growth projection for the current fiscal to 7.2 percent from 7.8 percent earlier. While the RBI has raised the inflation forecast to 5.7 percent from 4.5 percent.
20) Answer: A
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hold’s the 1st bi-monthly Monetary Policy of 2022-23 on April 8, 2022. The repo rate was unchanged at 4 percent for the eleventh consecutive time. The reverse repo rate too was kept unchanged at 3.35 percent. The Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and bank rate also were kept unchanged at 4.25 percent.
