Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 26th April 2022

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1) The National Panchayati Raj Day has been observed on which among the following date to increase awareness about Panchayats and Gram Sabhas?

(a) April 22

(b)April 23

(c)April 24

(d)April 25

(e)April 26

2) The International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace has been celebrated on 24th April. This day was 1st observed on which among the following year?

(a) 2018

(b) 2019

(c) 2020

(d) 2015

(e) 2010

3) The World Malaria Day has been observed on 25 April every year. Which among the following is the theme of this year Malaria Day 2022?

(a)Zero Malaria Starts with Me

(b) Ready to Beat Malaria

(c) LETS Close the Gap

(d) End Malaria for Good

(e)Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives

4) Which among the following ministry has recently launched the ‘Kisan Bhagidari, Prathmikta Hamari campaign?

(a)Ministry of Home Affairs

(b) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare

(c) Ministry of AYUSH

(d) Ministry of Rural Development

(e) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

5) Indian Railways has augmented transportation of Coal through Railways by a record of ___________ million tonnes during the year 2021-22

(a)91 million tonnes

(b)97 million tonnes

(c)100 million tonnes

(d)110 million tonnes

(e) 111 million tonnes

6) Which among the following state government would observe Minorities Rights Day on December 18 at the state level?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(c)Telangana

(d) Kerala

(e) Karnataka

7) Which among the following state government has become the first state in the country to install L-Route server for uninterrupted internet services?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Haryana

(d) Uttarakhand

(e) Maharashtra

8) Shivamogga Airport in Karnataka would be named after which among the following political person?

(a)Basavaraj Bommai

(b)Atal Bihari Vajpayee

(c) Narendra Modi

(d) BS Yediyurappa

(e)Sushma Swaraj

9) Which among the following bank has provided the 1st approval of Rs 600 core for industrial cluster development in Maharashtra?

(a) Small Industries Development Bank of India

(b) Reserve Bank of India

(c) State Bank of India

(d) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

(e) New Development Bank

10) The Securities and Exchange Board of India has imposed a fine of Rs ____________ lakh on 4 entities over violation of market norms.

(a)Rs 10 lakh

(b)Rs 20 lakh

(c)Rs 30 lakh

(d)Rs 40 lakh

(e)Rs 50 lakh

11) Who among the following Economist has been recently appointed as the vice chairman of NITI Aayog?

(a) Suman K Ram

(b)Suman K Roy

(c)Suman K Sharma

(d)Suman K Bose

(e)Suman K Bery

12) Who among the following is not placed in the 2022 list of Young Global Leaders listreleased by the World Economic Forum?

(a) Raghav Chadha

(b)Radhika Gupta

(c)Mykhailo Fedorov

(d)Manasi Joshi

(e)Volodymyr Zelenskyy

13) The Indian Navy’s Naval Institute of Educational and Training Technology has signed MoU with which among the following IIM in India to exchange best practices?

(a)IIM Kozhikode

(b) IIM Tiruchirappalli

(c) IIM Bangalore

(d) IIM Ahmedabad

(e) IIM Sambalpur

14) Which among the following Indian Coast Guard Ship (Auxiliary Barge) has been recently inducted into the Indian Coast Guard ?

(a) URJA PURTI

(b) URJA PRATEEK.

(c) URJA PRAVAHA

(d)URJA SHROTA

(e) URJA SANCHAY

15) Weigh tlifter Govind Sunil Mahajan has won Gold at Khelo India University Games. It is held at which among the following city?

(a)New Delhi, Delhi

(b) Bhubaneswar, Odisha

(c) Bangalore, Karnataka

(d) Kolkata, West Bengal

(e) Lucknow, UttarPradesh

16) As per the recent report Deepak Punia has won silver medal in Asian Wrestling Championships. He belongs to which category?

(a) 55 kg category

(b) 68 kg category

(c) 78 kg category

(d) 86 kg category

(e) 90 kg category

17) What is C in CMIS in Banking?

(a)Capital

(b) Credit

(c) Currency

(d) Cheque

(e)Cost

18) What is O in NFO in Banking? 

(a) Offer

(b) Overdraft

(c) Overdue

(d) Operations

(e) Other

19) When does the World Ozone day observed?

(a) September 26

(b)September 20

(c)September 06

(d)September 16

(e)September 15

20) Where does Indian statistical institute located?

(a)Bhubaneswar

(b) Varanasi

(c) Kolkata

(d) Allahabad

(e) Chennai

Answers :

1) Answer: C

Every year, April 24 is observed as National Panchayati Raj Day (NPRD) by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj to celebrate the constitutional status accorded to the Panchayati Raj system in the country.

The objective of celebrating the National Panchayati Raj Day is to increase awareness about Panchayats and Gram Sabhas, the institutions of the local self-governments for the rural areas mandated by the Constitution, and also about their roles, responsibilities, achievements, concerns, resolutions etc.

2) Answer: B

The International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace is celebrated annually on 24 April.

It seeks to reaffirm the UN Charter and its principles of resolving disputes among countries through peaceful means.

The Day acknowledges the use of multilateral decision-making and diplomacy in achieving peaceful resolutions to conflicts among nations.

It was established on 12 December 2018 and was first observed on 24 April 2019.

3) Answer: E

World Malaria Day is observed on 25 April every year.

The theme for World Malaria Day this year is Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives.

It is mainly observed to focus on the importance of controlling malaria and creating awareness against the disease.

4) Answer: B

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is organizing the ‘KisanBhagidari, PrathmiktaHamari campaign.

The campaign which will continue till 30th April is being organized under ‘AzadiKaAmritMahotsav’ in association with various other Ministries and Departments.

The Department of Agriculture Research and Education would be organizing a KrishiMela at each KrishiVigyan Kendra and a field exhibition on natural farming.

5) Answer: E

Indian Railways has augmented the transportation of coal by a record 111 million tonnes and loaded a record 653 Million Tonnes of coal in the last financial year with a growth of 20 percent, as compared to 542 million tonnes in 2021.

Further from September 2021 to March 2022, the loading of coal to the power sector was augmented by 32 percent in just 2 quarters.

6) Answer: A

Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare Gingee K S Masthan announced every year on December 18 the Tamil Nadu government will observe as Minorities Rights Day at the state level and about Rs 2.50 lakh will be earmarked for the purpose.

A sum of Rs 2.75 crore would be provided as aid to the students.

7) Answer: B

Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to install L-Route server for uninterrupted internet services.

This server, installed at Bhamashah State Data Center, has been installed by the government in association with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

The L-root server will enhance the transparency and efficiency of the government services provided.

8) Answer: D

Karnataka Chief Minister BasavarajBommai announced that the under-construction Shivamogga airport will be named after former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.

The construction of the airport will be completed 2022 and will be accessible to the public starting December 2022.

The required proposal, to name the airport after Yediyurappa, will be sent to the civil aviation ministry.

9) Answer: A

Small Industries Development Bank of India(SIDBI) has provided the approval for Rs 600 crore to the Maharashtra government under the SIDBI Cluster Development Fund(SCDF).

An in-principle approval letter for an amount of Rs 600 crore for reviving and upgrading various ITIs /polytechnics under the SIDBI Cluster Development Fund (SCDF).

10) Answer: D

Capital markets regulator SEBI imposed penalties totalling Rs 40 lakh on 4 entities for failing to comply with the provisions of the Companies Act and public issue norms.

Through this , the regulator imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh each on HPC Biosciences Limited, TarunChauhan, MadhuAnand and Arun Kumar Gupta.

In a separate order, Sebi levied a fine of Rs 5 lakh on AshishPandey for violation of market norms in the matter of Ricoh India Ltd.

11) Answer: E

The Central government appointed Suman K Bery as the vice chairman of Niti Aayog with effect from May 01, 2022.

He will succeed Dr. Rajiv Kumar will be relieved from his post on 30th April 2022.

Earlier, Bery served as Director General (Chief Executive) of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), a position he held for a decade from 2001 to 2011.

12) Answer: E

AamAadmi Party leader RaghavChadha, Edelweiss Mutual Fund CEO Radhika Gupta and Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation MykhailoFedorov were named by the World Economic Forum in its 2022 list of Young Global Leaders.

The list includes athlete Manasi Joshi, Innov8 Coworking founder Ritesh Malik, BharatPe CEO Suhail Sameer, Sugar Cosmetics CEO Vineeta Singh and Global Himalayan Expedition CEO JaideepBansal.

13) Answer: A

The Indian Navy’s Naval Institute of Educational and Training Technology (NIETT) based at Naval Base Kochi signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM-K).

To engage M/s L&T as a Knowledge Partner for nurturing technologies in various domains, for induction into the Indian Navy.

To bring together IN and L&T to collaborate on innovative and pioneering projects related to contemporary and emerging technologies of mutual interest.

14) Answer: C

The Indian Coast Guard Ship (Auxiliary Barge) named UrjaPravaha has been inducted into the Indian Coast Guard at Gujarat’s Bharuch.

UrjaPravaha arrived in Kochi and will be under the operational command of Coast Guard District Headquarters-4 (Kerala and Mahe), in addition to auxiliary barge UrjaShrota, which was based here since 2017.

UrjaPrabha is 36.96 meter long with a draft of 1.85 meters.

15) Answer: C

In Khelo India University Games, Weightlifter Govind Sunil Mahajan won gold and Uday Anil Mahajan won silver to help KaviyatriBahinabaiChaudhuri North Maharashtra University top the medal table at the end of action in Bengaluru, Karnataka

MaharshiDayanand University’s KomalKohar won gold in the women’s weightlifting 45kg class.

Over at the shooting range, Delhi University’s PaarthMakhija, top the list, with 628.6 points.

16) Answer: D

India’s Deepak Punia won the 86kg men’s freestyle silver medal while Viky clinched bronze in 92kg on the final day of the Asian Wrestling Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Deepak lost 1-6 to Kazakhstan’s Azamat Dauletbekov in the summit clash.

His lone equalizing point came through the activity clock.

17) Answer: C

CMIS – Currency Management Information System

18) Answer: A

NFO – New Fund Offer

19) Answer: D

In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

20) Answer: C

Indian statistical institute (ISI) has its headquarters in Kolkata, West Bengal.

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