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Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 24th & 25th April 2022

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1) The World Book and Copyright Day has been observed on which among the following date by UNESCO to promote reading?

(a) April 21

(b) April 22

(c)April 23

(d)April 24

(e)April 25

2) English Language and Spanish Language Day have been observed on which among the following date?

(a) April 20

(b)April 21

(c)April 22

(d)April 23

(e)April 24

3) As part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, NITI Aayog has set to organize a day-long national workshop on which among the following to picon April 25?

(a)Innovative Drone Technology

(b)Innovative Renewable Energy

(c)Innovative Housing Design

(d)Innovative Automobile

(e)Innovative Agriculture

4) The Government of Indiahas set target to increase the number of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras to ____________ by March 2024

(a) 10,000

(b)18,000

(c)11,000

(d)12,000

(e)15,000

5) India Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Conference 2022 would be held on April 25. Which among the following is the theme of this conference?

(a)Vision 2030: Transformative roadmap for the future.

(b)Vision 2035: Transformative roadmap for the future.

(c)Vision 2039: Transformative roadmap for the future.

(d)Vision 2044: Transformative roadmap for the future.

(e) Vision 2047: Transformative roadmap for the future.

6) PM Modi has recently inaugurated the development projects worth Rs.___________ crore in Gujarat

(a) Rs 15,000 crore

(b)Rs 18,000 crore

(c)Rs 21,000 crore

(d) Rs 22,000 crore

(e)Rs 25,000 crore

7) Which among the following Tech Giant has recently announced the partnership for protection, conservation of mangroves in Maharashtra?

(a) Apple

(b) Microsoft

(c) Google

(d) Samsung

(e) Sony

8) As per the recent report by NPCI International Payments Ltd, BHIM UPI has goes live at NeoPay terminals in which among the following country?

(a) Saudi Arabia

(b) United Arab Emirates

(c) Iran

(d) Iraq

(e) Oman

9) The Securities and Exchange Board of India has issued Rs __________Crore Recovery Notice to Former National Stock Exchange chief Ravi Narain.

(a)Rs 1.02 Crore

(b)Rs 1.26 Crore

(c)Rs 1.54 Crore

(d)Rs 1.89 Crore

(e) Rs 2.06 Crore

10) The Government of India has recently appointed who among the following as the member of Haj Committee of India?

(a) C Abdurrahman Musliyar

(b)C Haseeb Azhari

(c) C Ahmad Faizi

(d)C Muhammed Faizi

(e)C Jamia Nooriyya

11) John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award 2022 has been announced recently. Who among the following is not among them?

(a)Viladimir Putin

(b) Wandrea Shaye Moss

(c) Jocelyn Benson

(d) Liz Cheney

(e)Rusty Bowers

12) Sir David Attenborough has been bestowed as the champions of the Lifetime Achievement award 2021 by which among the following International Organization?

(a)United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

(b) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

(c) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

(d) World Health Organization (WHO)

(e) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

13) Which among the following Indian Institute of Technology in Indiahas inked a MoU with Power System Operation Corporation Limited for Research on India’s Power Sector?

(a)IIT Bombay

(b)IIT Madras

(c) IIT Delhi

(d) IIT Roorkee

(e) IIT Kanpur

14) Which among the following Indian Organization has recently signed a pact with United Nations Children’s Fund on SDGs focusing on children?

(a)National Human Rights Commission of India

(b) National Commission for Women

(c) National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

(d)NITI Aayog

(e)National Development Council

15) Which among the following space start-up has inked a pact with ISRO for satellite launches?

(a) Eutelsat

(b) Telesat

(c) Intelsat

(d) Sky Root

(e) One Web

16) IAF, Indian Navy has inked a pact with DRDO to acquire ___________ Technology to shield warships fighter aircrafts

(a)CHAFF technology

(b)SAFER technology

(c)ARIEL technology

(d)SPICE technology

(e)FASTER technology

17) John Paul passed away recently. He was a famous Screenwriter and producer in which language?

(a) Telugu

(b) Malayalam

(c) Tamil

(d) Hindi

(e) Kannada

18) Which among the following is the Central Bank of Czech Republic?

(a)Central Bank of Czech Republic

(b) Czech Republic Bank

(c) Reserve Bank of Czech Republic

(d)Czech National Bank

(e)None of these

19) When does Minorities Rights day Observed?

(a) December 18

(b) November 18

(c) September 18

(d) October 18

(e) None of these

20) Where does Ranjit Sagar dam located?

(a) Haryana

(b) Manipur

(c) Punjab

(d)Meghalaya

(e) None of these

Answers :

1) Answer: C

Every year on April 23, World Book and Copyright Day is observed to promote the love of reading.

World Book Day, also known as World Book and Copyright Day or International Day of the Book, is an annual event organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote reading, publishing, and copyright.

The first World Book Day was celebrated on 23 April in 1995, and continues to be recognized on that day.

2) Answer: D

UN Spanish Language Day is observed annually on 23 April.

The event was established by the UN’s Department of Public Information in 2010, seeking “to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six of its official working languages throughout the organization”.

English Language Day at the UN is celebrated on 23 April, the date traditionally observed as both the birthday and date of death of William Shakespeare.

3) Answer: E

As part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, NITI Aayog is organizing a day-long national workshop on Innovative Agriculture. The workshop is expected to bring together stakeholders working in the field of innovative agriculture and natural-farming practices from India and abroad.

Deliberations will be held in key areas related to the promotion of natural farming, its role in soil health restoration, and climate change mitigation.

4) Answer: A

The Union Government has set a target to increase the number of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras to 10,000 by March 2024.

Chemicals and Fertilizers Ministry said that the government has invited applications to open Janaushadhi Kendras in three thousand five hundred 79 Blocks of four hundred six districts of 26 States and Union Territories.

It highlighted that under the scheme, seven hundred 39 districts of the country have been covered and eight thousand six hundred ten stores have been opened till March.

5) Answer: E

The 7th edition of the India Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Conference 2022 will be held in New Delhi.

The theme of the three-day conference is – Vision 2047: Transformative roadmap for the future.

The conference aims at bringing together the pharma industry and medical device manufacturing players, stakeholders, and academia to deliberate upon the future roadmap of the industry in the next 25 years.

6) Answer: D

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone and inaugurated the various development projects worth 22,000 crore rupees at a special function organised at Dahod in Gujarat.

This includes the manufacturing project of 9,000 HP Electric Locomotives at the Railway Production Unit in Dahod.

The project will be completed at the cost of around 20,000 crore rupees.

7) Answer: A

Apple has announced a new partnership with the Applied Environmental Research Foundation and Conservation International to protect the mangrove ecosystem and the livelihoods that depend on it in the Raigad district of Maharashtra.

Apple awarded a grant to the Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF) in 2021 to work with the local community to protect a 2,400-hectare mangrove forest in the region.

8) Answer: B

NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL), the international arm of the National Payment Corporation of India, has announced that BHIM UPI is now live at NEOPAY terminals across the UAE.

It will empower millions of Indians who travel to the UAE, to safely and conveniently make payments using BHIM UPI.

In 2021, NIPL and NEOPAY, the payment subsidiary of Mashreq Bank, partnered, to create the acceptance infrastructure in the UAE.

9) Answer: E

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) sent a fine of ₹2.06 crore to former National Stock Exchange (NSE) chief Ravi Narain in a case related to governance lapses at the stock exchange.

SEBI directed Narain to pay ₹2.06 crore, which includes interest and recovery cost, within 15 days.

10) Answer: D

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3, 4, 5 and 6 read with Section 15 (1) of the Haj Committee Act, 2002(35 of 2002), the Central Government, has appointed C Muhammed Faizi as a member of the Haj Committee of India for a period of 3 years with effect from April 21, 2022 up to March 31, 2025.

Ministry of Minority Affairs, in a gazette notification, mentions the appointment of Faizi as a member of the Haj Committee of India “under sub-section (11), of Section 4 of Haj Committee Act, 2002”.

11) Answer: A

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is among five people being named as recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for acting to protect democracy.

Zelenskyy was chosen because of the way he has “marshaled the spirit, patriotism and untiring sacrifice of the Ukrainian people.”

Other 4 people:

12) Answer: E

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced that Sir David Attenborough is the recipient of the Champions of the Earth Lifetime Achievement Award for his dedication to research, documentation, and advocacy for the protection of nature and its restoration.

This Lifetime Achievement Award is given in a historic year for the global environmental community.

13) Answer: C

IIT Delhi inked MoU with Power System Operation Corporation Limited (Posoco)-NRLDC.

The agreement was made to encourage research on issues relating to India’s power sector and strengthen collaboration between academia and industry.

The MoU was signed on the IIT Delhi campus by NRLDC (POSOCO) Chief Rajiv Kumar Porwal and FITT Chief Operating Officer Col Naveen Gopal (Retd).

14) Answer: D

Government think tank NITI Aayog and UNICEF India signed a statement of intent (SoI) on sustainable development goals (SDGs) with a focus on children.

The SoI seeks to formalise a framework of cooperation to launch the first report on the ‘State of India’s Children: Status and Trends in Multidimensional Child Development’.

15) Answer: E

Bharti group-backed OneWeb and New Space India Limited, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation, have entered into an agreement that will help ensure OneWeb completes its satellite launch programme.

The launches will add to low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications firm OneWeb’s total in-orbit constellation of 428 satellites ie.66 percent of the planned total fleet to build a global network that will deliver high-speed, low-latency connectivity

16) Answer: A

The Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy have tied up with the Defence Research Development Organisation to get the CHAFF technology, which protects the warship from an anti-ship missile during hostilities.

With this, India is the second country after the United States to develop this ability.

CHAFF is a critical defence technology used to protect fighter aircrafts or naval ships from enemy radar-guided missile during war.

17) Answer: B

Versatile Malayalam Screenwriter and producer John Paul passed away in Kochi. He was 71.

John Paul has penned screenplays for several Malayalam films like Chamaram, Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam, Kattathekilikoodu, Yatra, Malootty, besides several other critically acclaimed movies and commercial entertainers.

18) Answer: D

Czech Republic – Czech National Bank

Head quarters – Prague

19) Answer:  A

Every year, December 18 is observed as the Minorities Rights Day

20) Answer: C

The Ranjit Sagar Dam, also known as the Thein Dam, is part of a hydroelectric project constructed by the Punjab Irrigation Department