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Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 12th April 2022

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1) The World Homeopathy Day has been observed annually on which among the following date?

(a) April 08

(b) April 09

(c) April 10

(d) April 11

(e) April 12

2) The South-Central Railway has launched ‘One station One Product’ initiative at ____________ major stations in India

(a) 5 major stations in India

(b) 6 major stations in India

(c) 7 major stations in India

(d) 8 major stations in India

(e) 4 major stations in India

3) The Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has recently released ______________ positive indigenisation list in New Delhi to develop India as defence manufacturing hub.

(a) First

(b) Second

(c) Third

(d) Fourth

(e) Fifth

4) The Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has inaugurated scientific convention on Homoeopathy: People’s Choice for Wellness in which among the following state or Union Territory?

(a) Ladakh

(b) Punjab

(c) Jammu & Kashmir

(d) Jharkhand

(e) Delhi

5) The Union Minister Bhupender Yadav has chaired the 20th National Tiger Conservation Authority meet in which among the following Tiger Reserve in India?

(a) Pakke Tiger Reserves

(b) Manas Tiger Reserves

(c) Nameri Tiger Reserves

(d) Valmiki Tiger Reserves

(e) Bandipur Tiger Reserves

6) In order to help small farmers which among the following bank and Louis Dreyfus Company BV have signed a loan of up to $100 million?

(a) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank AIIB

(b) NABARD

(c) New Development Bank

(d) World Bank

(e) Asian Development Bank

7) Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank has launched a new deposit scheme – Vikas Siri Sampat-1111. What is the minimum deposit amount for this scheme?

(a) ₹10

(b) ₹100

(c) ₹1000

(d) ₹10,000

(e) ₹50,000

8) Oil India Limited and which IIT has signed an incubation agreement with Ohm Clean Tech Private Limited for promoting Hydrogen mobility solutions in Northeastern India?

(a) IIT Bombay

(b) IIT Guwahati

(c) IIT Delhi

(d) IIT Kanpur

(e) IIT Madras

9) UIDAI, MeitY & which among the following Indian Organization has signed a MoU to develop Bhuvan-Aadhar portal?

(a) Indian Space Research Organisation

(b) Defence Research and Development Organisation

(c) NITI Aayog

(d) Council of Scientific & Industrial Research

(e) National Council of Educational Research and Training

10) According to the Defence Ministry India has successfully test-fired missile system named _______________

(a) Agni Mk-I

(b) Prithvi Mk-I

(c) Pinaka Mk-I

(d) Dhanush Mk-I

(e) Shaurya Mk-I

11) The Government of India has reserved __________% of defence procurement budget for domestic private industry.

(a) 12%

(b) 10%

(c) 12%

(d) 15%

(e) 25%

12) Which among the following state Chief Minister has launched anti – corruption mobile app developed by state vigilance department?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Uttrakhand

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Odisha

(e) Rajasthan

13) Indian Institute of Technology Madras has launched India’s 1st indigenously developed prosthetic knee named ___________

(a) Patham

(b) Miracle

(c) Madam

(d) Kadam

(e) Vedam

14) Which aerospace Industry has successfully launched the first all-private crew of space tourists to the International Space Station, as part of Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission?

(a) Indian Space Research Organisation

 (b) SpaceX

(c) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration

(d) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

(e) China National Space Administration

15) As per the QS World University Rankings 2022, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur has ranked ____________ in 2022

(a) 44

(b) 35

(c) 37

(d) 21

(e) 50

16) Who among the following has won the F1 Australian Grand Prix 2022?

(a) Charles Leclerc

(b) Max Verstappen

(c) Sergio Pérez

(d) George Russell

(e) Lewis Hamilton

17) Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Saurav Ghosal have won the first-ever gold medal at World Doubles Squash championships. It held in which country?           

(a) Scotland

(b) Ireland

(c) New Zealand

(d) United Kingdom

(e) Australia

18) India has Bagged 10 medals with ___________ gold in Thailand Open Boxing Tournament 2022.

(a) 1 gold

(b) 2 gold

(c) 3 gold

(d) 4 gold

(e) 5 gold

Answers :

1) Answer: C

World Homeopathy Day is observed annually on April 10 to commemorate Dr Samuel Hahnemann’s birth anniversary.

Dr Samuel Hahnemann is credited with developing the concept of homeopathy medicines.

This year, the theme for World Homeopathy Day 2022 in India is “People Choice For Wellness”

The theme, like every year, is decided by the Ministry of AYUSH.

2) Answer: B

The South-Central Railway (SCR) has launched the One station One Product” initiative at 6 major stations in all its six divisions.

SCR in-charge General Manager, Arun Kumar Jain, has inaugurated stalls under the new initiative at Secunderabad Station.

The stalls have also been opened at Kacheguda beside Vijayawada, Guntur and Aurangabad Stations.

3) Answer: C

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has released the Third positive indigenisation list in New Delhi to develop India as a defence manufacturing hub.

The third list consists of over one hundred items, including complex equipment and systems which are being developed and likely to translate into firm orders over the next five years.

The notification of the third list is a major initiative to achieve self-reliance in defence manufacturing.

4) Answer: E

Union Minister of AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal has inaugurated a two-day scientific convention on Homoeopathy: People’s Choice for Wellness in New Delhi, Delhi

The three apex bodies under Ministry of Ayush namely, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, National Commission for Homoeopathy and National Institute of Homoeopathy are jointly organising this convention on the World Homoeopathy Day which is observed to commemorate the birth anniversary of the founder of Homoeopathy, Dr. Christian Fredrich Samuel Hahnemann.

5) Answer: A

The union minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Bhupender Yadav chaired the 20th Meeting of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) which was held in Pakke tiger reserve in Arunachal Pradesh

First-ever NTCA meeting was conducted outside National Capital held at Arunachal Pradesh.

He also released the standard operating procedures for tiger reintroduction and supplementation in wild, forest fire audit protocol for tiger reserves, and a technical manual on MEE of Tiger reserves in India.

6) Answer: E

Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Louis Dreyfus Company BV (LDC) have signed a loan of up to $100 million to help smallholder farmers in countries, including India and Pakistan recover from the economic challenges caused by Covid-19 and improve resilience to climate change impacts

The loan will support LDC’s operations in India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Thailand, and Viet Nam by financing coffee, cotton, and rice inventories for over 50,000 smallholder farmers across these countries.

7) Answer: D

Chairman of Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank P. Gopi Krishna launched a new deposit scheme of the bank, Vikas Siri Sampat-1111.

The scheme is of a tenor of 1,111 days with an interest rate of 5.70% for the general public and 6.20 % for senior citizens.

Under the scheme, a minimum of ₹10,000 and a maximum of ₹2 crore can be deposited.

8) Answer: B

The Oil India Limited (OIL) inked an Incubation Agreement with the Start-up firm Ohm Clean Tech Private Limited for Hydrogen Mobility Solutions in northeast India.

It is supported by the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-Guwahati)

The start-up firm will focus categorically on – Design, Integration & Development of 9-M Hydrogen Fuel Cell powered e-Bus, and a Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) solutions.

9) Answer: A

The Unique Identification Authority Of India (UIDAI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), New Delhi, and the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), ISRO, Hyderabad, for technical collaboration.

The MoU was signed by Sri Shailendra Singh, IFS, Deputy Director General, UIDAI and Dr. Prakash Chauhan, Director, NRSC in the presence of CEO,UIDAI and other senior officers of UIDAI and NRSC.

10) Answer: C

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Army successfully test-fired the Pinaka Mk-I (Enhanced) Rocket System (EPRS) and Pinaka Area Denial Munition (ADM) rocket systems.

A total of 24 EPRS rockets were fired for different ranges & the weapons met the required accuracy and consistency.

11) Answer: E

To promote private industry, MSMEs and start-ups in defence production ecosystem, 25% of the Domestic Capital Procurement/Acquisition Budget, amounting to ₹21,149.47 Cr, will be earmarked for domestic private industry in FY2022-23.

The Defence Ministry has decided that an amount of Rs 1,500 crore will be earmarked for procurement from start-ups, including iDEX start-up, from within the allocations for domestic capital procurement.

12) Answer: B

Uttrakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami launched an anti-corruption mobile app, ‘Corruption-Free Uttrakhand App-1064’.

The app was developed by the vigilance department of Uttrakhand.

To make the state corruption-free and ensure that governance in the state is carried out in a transparent manner.

13) Answer: D

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras researchers have launched India’s first indigenously developed Polycentric Prosthetic Knee called Kadam

The product was developed by a team at TTK Center for Rehabilitation Research and Device Development (R2D2) at IIT-M, in association with the Society for Biomedical Technology (SBMT) and Mobility India.

14) Answer: B

SpaceX has successfully launched the first all-private crew of space tourists to the International Space Station, as part of Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, with the first all-commercial space team, bound for the ISS.

This was SpaceX’s first private charter flight to the space station.

15) Answer: C

As per the 12th QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022, IIT-Kharagpur has been named as one of the top universities of the world for the study of several subjects in the domain of engineering.

The institute ranked 37th in 2022 an improvement from its 44th position in 2021 in mineral and mining engineering and 80th in 2022 from 90th in 2021 in electrical and electronic engineering globally.

16) Answer: A

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc won the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, as world champion Max Verstappen was forced to retire his Red Bull after giving valiant chase.

It was the third round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship.

17) Answer: A

India won two gold medals at the WSF World Doubles Squash Championships on the back of brilliant performances by Dipika Pallikal Karthik, Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa at the Scotstoun Leisure Centre in Glasgow, Scotland

In the mixed doubles final, Dipika and Saurav defeated the English duo Alison Waters and Adrian Waller 11-6, 11-8.

This was India’s first ever gold at the doubles championships.

18) Answer: C

Tokyo Olympians Amit Panghal and Ashish Kumar settled for silver medals in the men’s 52kg and 81kg events, respectively, at the Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament 2022 in Phuket

Indian boxers finished the tournament with 10 medals  three gold, four silver and three bronze.

Govind Sahani (men’s 48kg), Ananta Pralhad Chopde (men’s 54kg) and Sumit Kundu (men’s 75kg) were the three gold medal winners from this edition.