Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 22nd March 2022

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1) The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has been celebrated on 21st of March. What is the theme of this year 2022?

(a)Voices for action against racism

(b)Youth standing up against racism

(c) Recognition, justice and development

(d)Mitigating and countering rising nationalist populism.

(e) Promoting tolerance, inclusion, unity and respect for diversity

2) The Central Reserve Police Force Raising Day has been celebrated on 19th of March. This year 2022 marks ____ edition of the CRPF Raising Day.

(a) 75th Edition

(b) 80th Edition

(c) 81st Edition

(d) 83rd Edition

(e) 79th Edition

3) The International Day of Forests has been celebrated on 21st March. It was 1st celebrated by UNGA on which among the following year?

(a) 2005

(b) 2012

(c) 1995

(d) 2008

(e) 2000

4) 20th march of every year has been celebrated as the World Sparrow Day for the wellbeing of Sparrows. What is the theme of this year Sparrow Day?

(a) KIND Sparrows

(b) GOOD Sparrows

(c) HELP Sparrows

(d) GROW Sparrows

(e) LOVE Sparrows

5) CAMS has recently launched the Central Record Keeping Agency under NPS. What is the full form of CAMS?

(a)Computer Age Management Services Limited

(b)Central Age Management System Limited

(c)Computer Asset Management Services Limited

(d)Central Asset Management System Limited

(e)Collateral Age Management Services Limited

6) Which among the following Indian Organisation has organized the 5th Edition of Women Transforming India Awards?

(a) CARE India

(b) Azad Foundation

(c) MAKAAM

(d)NITI Aayog

(e)Mahila Milan

7) Which among the following country has recently unveiled its Arctic policy, focuses on combating climate change?

(a) Sri Lanka

(b) Bangladesh

(c) India

(d) Pakistan

(e) Myanmar

8) As per the report released by Mercom India, India has added _______ GW of new solar open access capacity in 2021.

(a) 1.1 GW

(b)1.2 GW

(c) 1.3 GW

(d) 1.4 GW

(e) 1.5 GW

9) According to the newspaper, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Safran has set up Helicopter engines MRO facility in which among the following place?

(a)Bhubaneswar, Odisha

(b)Mumbai, Maharashtra

(c)Gandhinagar, Gujarat

(d)Panaji, Goa

(e)Gurugram, Haryana

10) Tamil Nadu finance minister Palanivel Thiagarajan has presented budget for 2022-23. What is the amount allocated for the Agriculture Department?

(a) Rs 11,007.68 crore

(b)Rs 22,007.68 crore

(c) Rs 33,007.68 crore

(d)Rs 44,007.68 crore

(e)Rs 50,007.68 crore

11) Rating Agency Moody has lowered India growth estimate for CY22 to ________% amid Russia-Ukraine conflict

(a) 9.0%

(b) 9.1%

(c) 9.2%

(d) 9.3%

(e) 9.4%

12) Diébédo Francis Kéré has become the First African to receive Pritzker Prize 2022. This Pritzker Prize is given to which among the following field?

(a) Journalism

(b) Astrophysics

(c) Scientist

(d)Architecture

(e) Literature

13) Which among the following bank has recently received the best MSME Bank of the year at ASSOCHAM’s Excellence Awards 2022 among private sector banks?

(a)South Indian Bank

(b) Karnataka Bank

(c)DBS Bank

(d)Kotak Mahindra bank

(e)Federal Bank

14) Karolina Bielawska has crowned 70th edition of Miss World 2021. She belongs to which among the following country?

(a) Norway

(b) Finland

(c) Iceland

(d) New Zealand

(e) Poland

15) Who among the following has selected for the GD Birla Award for Scientific Research in the field of material sciences?

(a)Madhavan Nair

(b)Sugumar Pandit

(c) Narayan Pradhan

(d)Saravana Velan

(e) Mahesh Varman

16) According to the recent news, Dredging Corporation of India has signed an agreement with which among the following ship builders to build 1st indigenous dredger?

(a)Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai.

(b) Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi.

(c)Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata.

(d) Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam.

(e) Goa Shipyard Limited,Goa.

17) Which among the following Indian organization has signed a MoU with Eker Group, Vaanmoto to build speed boats in India?

(a)Hindustan Shipyard Limited

(b)Sea Blue Shipyard Ltd

(c) San Marine Ship Yard

(d)L&T Shipbuilding Limited

(e) Shalimar Works Ltd

18) National Mineral Development Corporation has recently signed MoU with which among the following IIT for the Drone-Based Mineral Exploration?

(a)IIT Madras

(b)IIT Kharagpur

(c) IIT Bombay

(d) IIT Dhanbad

(e) IIT Kanpur

19) The Indian Army has dedicated a Chair of Excellence in the memory of late Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat at which among the following Defence Institute in India?

(a)National Defence Academy

(b) Indian Military Academy

(c) Army Ordnance Corps Centre

(d) Armed Forces Medical College

(e)United Service Institution of India

20) The Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated DRDOs Flight Control System integration facility in which among the following place in India?

(a)Pune, Maharashtra

(b) New Delhi, Delhi

(c)Chennai, Tamil Nadu

(d)Bangalore, Karnataka

(e) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

21) According to sports news Pankaj Advani has Won Asian Billiards title. This is his 40th International title and ______ Asian Billiards title

(a) 5thAsian Billiards title

(b) 6thAsian Billiards title

(c) 7thAsian Billiards title

(d) 8thAsian Billiards title

(e) 9thAsian Billiards title

22) Who among the following has won the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix 2022?

(a)Charles Leclerc

(b) Max Verstappen

(c)Lewis Hamilton

(d)Sergio Perez

(e)George Russell

23) The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act was proclaimed in which year?

(a)1954

(b)1963

(c)1976

(d) 1980

(e)None of these

24) Where does Govind Pashu Vihar Wildlife sanctuary located?

(a)Uttar Pradesh

(b)Gujarat

(c)West Bengal

(d)Uttarakhand

(e)None of these

25) The Negotiable Instruments Act was proclaimed in which year?

(a)1881

(b)1903

(c) 1917

(d) 1928

(e) 1925

Answers :

1) Answer: A

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March.

The 2022 edition of the International Day focuses on the theme “VOICES FOR ACTION AGAINST RACISM”.

On that day, in 1960, police opened fire at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid pass laws; 69 people were killed, and 180 were injured.

2) Answer: D

The 83rd CRPF Raising Day is held on March 19 after India’s first Home Minister SardarVallabhbhai Patel presented colours to the CRPF following the enactment of the CRPF Act by the Parliament in 1950.

The CRPF was raised in 1939 and was then known as the Crown Representative’s Police.

The CRPF was raised as the Crown Representative’s Police on this very day in 1939.

3) Answer: B

The world celebrates the International Day of Forests on March 21 every year with the aim to increase awareness about the unprecedented role forests play in sustaining lives on this planet.

The theme for 2022 is “Forests and sustainable production and consumption.”

Forests provide food, water, and shelter to animals and human beings. They reduce the impact of events threatening to life, such as floods and climate change

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests (IDF) in 2012.

4) Answer: E

World Sparrow Day is celebrated on 20th March every year and puts the spotlight on the tiny-chirpy House Sparrow and other birds.

The theme of World Sparrow Day is LOVE Sparrows.”

The purpose of World Sparrow Day is to raise awareness and protect the bird all across the world.

A few years ago, house sparrows were commonly seen in people’s homes. As a result of rising noise pollution, the bird is now on the edge of extinction.

5) Answer: A

Computer Age Management Services Limited (CAMS), India’s largest registrar and transfer agent of mutual funds (a SEBI regulated entity) has announced the go-live and launch of Central Record Keeping Agency (CRA) under the National Pension System (NPS).

Sector regulator Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) appointed CAMS as a CRA to broad-base the services to NPS subscribers and the ecosystem.

6) Answer: D

NITI Aayogs Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) is organizing the fifth edition of the Women Transforming India Awards (WTI) on 21 March 2022.

This year, as part of the AzadikaAmritMahotsav to celebrate 75 years of India’s independence, the WTI Awards will be conferred on 75 women achievers to celebrate their contribution towards a ‘SashaktAur Samarth Bharat’.

The 75 awardees represent different regions and sectors and have been selected through an elaborate process spanning several months.

7) Answer: C

The Centre has released India’s Arctic Policy, with the aim of enhancing the country’s cooperation with the resource-rich and rapidly transforming region.

The policy also seeks to combat climate change and protect the environment in the region, which is warming three times faster than the rest of the world.

Titled ‘India and the Arctic: building a partnership for sustainable development’. It was unveiled by Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh.

8) Answer: B

India added 1.2 GW of new solar open access capacity in 2021, marking a growth of 222% year-over-year (YoY), according to a Mercom India report.

The cumulative installed solar capacity in the open access market crossed 5 GW.

The country added 298 MW of new solar open access capacity in the fourth quarter (Q4) of calendar year 2021, a 75% increase compared to the same period in 2020.

Solar power through Open Access is an arrangement where a power producer establishes a solar power plant and signs a medium/long-term power purchase agreement with a consumer.

9) Answer: D

The ground-breaking ceremony for a new facility of Helicopter Engines MRO Pvt Limited (HE-MRO), a joint venture of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Safran, was held atSattari, 40 km from Panaji, Goa.

The facility will be operational by the end of 2023 with a capacity to repair 50 engines a year and a full-capacity goal of 150 engines in the coming years

An earlier planned construction of this project had to be postponed due to a “major crisis impacting the international helicopter market, closely followed by the worldwide COVID-pandemic

10) Answer: C

Tamil Nadu finance minister Palanivel Thiagarajan presented the budget for 2022-23.

For the first time since 2014 the revenue deficit was to decrease by over ₹7,000 crore.

The state’s fiscal deficit is set to decline – by 4.61 percent to 3.80 percent.

The government has allocated Rs 33,007.68 crore to the Agriculture department for the year 2022-23.

11) Answer: B

Rating agency Moody’s has revised downwards the economic growth forecast of India by 40 basis points to 9.1 per cent in CY2022 due to adverse effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the global economy.

Earlier in February 2022, Moody’s estimated India’s GDP in CY2022 to 9.5 percent.

Moody’s has projected India’s GDP growth forecast for the Calendar Year (CY) 2023 at 5.4 percent.

12) Answer: D

Burkina Faso-born architect Diebedo Francis Kere has become the first African to be awarded the 51st Pritzker Architecture Prize 2022, architectures most prestigious honor.

His architectural practice has been recognized internationally with awards including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2004) for his first building, the Gando Primary School in Burkina Faso, and the Global Holcim Award 2012 Gold.

13) Answer: B

Karnataka Bank has bagged Best MSME Bank of the year Winner award among private sector Banks at the 8th MSMEs Excellence Awards Ceremony and Summit instituted by ASSOCHAM at New Delhi.

The award was received by ShriGopalakrishnaSamaga B, DGM, Credit Marketing Department on behalf of Karnataka Bank Ltd in the presence of Shri Narayan T Rane, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of MSME, GoI.

Karnataka Bank has been focusing on the MSME sector with various digital products.

14) Answer: E

Karolina Bielawska from Poland was honoured with the Miss World 2021 crown at the 70th edition of the event at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Bielawska was crowned by her predecessor Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica, who won the pageant in 2020.

This is the second Miss World title for Poland,AnetaKreglicka won the coveted pageant back in 1989 for the country.

15) Answer: C

Professor Narayan Pradhan has been selected for the 31st GD Birla Award for Scientific Research for his outstanding contribution in the field of material sciences.

Pradhan’s research work focused on understanding the chemistry and physics of light-emitting semiconductor nanocrystals.

He has provided his expertise in crystal modulations to help design new shapes of these tiny lighting materials.

16) Answer: B

Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) signed an agreement with Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) to build India’s largest dredger, in collaboration with IHC Holland.

The contract for the construction of the 12,000-cubic-metre Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) is a culmination of efforts by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways to bring in ‘best-in-class’ global technology into India under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative.

17) Answer: A

Under the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) has entered into a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Eker Group of Norway and Vaanmoto of Kerala to explore opportunities in the field of manufacturing speed boats.

These boats are high-end boats with good, versatile options with superior manoeuvrability, which could be operated from the shore at a maximum velocity of 75 knots.

The boats with a complement of 4 crew members and 4 passengers are outfitted with navigation and communication gear.

18) Answer: B

National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIT) Kharagpur for drone-based mineral exploration.

Both would develop spectral products, methods and algorithms for exploration using drones (UAV) for mining.

The collaboration would further lead to the development of software spectral tools for mineral excavation and capacity-building programs on mining technology.

19) Answer: E

On the 65th birthday of late Chief of Defence Staff, General BipinRawat, The Indian Army has dedicated a Chair of Excellence in the memory of late Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General BipinRawat at the United Service Institution of India (USI).

The official announcement for the formal institution of “General BipinRawat Memorial Annual Chair of Excellence” was made by Gen MM Naravane at a solemn ceremony organized at the South Block in New Delhi

It will focus on the field of Jointness and Integration.

20) Answer: D

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a seven-storeyed Flight Control System (FCS) Integration facility at Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

The technology has been developed by DRDO with the help of M/s Larsen & Toubro (L&T).

Design check and technical support has been provided by the teams of IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee.

21) Answer: D

Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani defeated compatriot Dhruv Sitwala by six frames to win his eighth title at the 19th Asian 100 UP Billiards Championship 2022 in Doha.

This is Advani’s 40th international title and 8th Asian crown.

Against Sitwala, a two-time Asian Billiards champion, Advani won the first frame before following it up with a smooth century break to extend the lead to 2-0.

22) Answer: A

Solution:after reigning champion Max Verstappen was forced out with engine trouble with just two laps remaining.

Carlos Sainz made it a Ferrari one-two while Lewis Hamilton snatched third place for Mercedes after Sergio Perez added to Red Bull’s disastrous day by spinning out of the race on the last lap.

23) Answer: D

The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980

24) Answer: D

Govind Pashu Vihar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is a national park in Supin Range, Uttarakhand

25) Answer: A

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

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