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Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 29th March 2022

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1) The World theatre Day has been annually celebrated on 27th of March every year globally. It was 1st celebrated on which among the following year?

(a) 1951

(b) 1961

(c) 1971

(d) 1981

(e) 1991

2) Who among the following has recently inaugurated the Modi Story website, a collection of stories from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s life?

(a)SmiritiIrani

(b)Meenakshi Seth

(c)Sumitra Gandhi Kulkarni

(d) Anita desai

(e)SudhaMurti

3) The Union minister G Kishan Reddy has inaugurated mega northeast cultural festival ‘Ishan Manthan’ in which among the following state or Union Territory?

(a) Nagaland

(b) Assam

(c) Ladakh

(d) Arunachal Pradesh

(e)Delhi

4) Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav 2022 has been inaugurated at Raja mahendravaram in Andhra Pradesh in the presence of which among the following Union Ministry?

(a)Ministry of Health and Family welfare

(b) Ministry of Labour and Employment

(c) Ministry of Women and Child Development

(d)Ministry of Culture and Tourism

(e)Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj

5) As per the Union Government Pradhan MantriGaribKalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) has been extended from March 2022 to ______________

(a) August 2022

(b) September 2022

(c) October 2022

(d) November 2022

(e) December 2022

6) Which among the following minister has recently inaugurated the ten-day mega Red Fort Festival, Bharat Bhagya Vidhata, at the Red Fort in Delhi?

(a)SmritiIrani

(b) G. Kishan Reddy

(c)Piyush Goyal

(d)Amit Shah

(e)Mansukh Mandaviya

7) Which among the following Mutual Funds Company has planning to launch country’s first defence fund?

(a)Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund

(b)SBI Mutual Fund

(c) HDFC Mutual Fund

(d)Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company

(e) Axis Asset Management Company

8) According to the Newspaper, Government of India has set infrastructure lending Target of _________________ Trillion for NaBFID in FY23

(a) Rs 1 trillion

(b)Rs 2 trillion

(c)Rs 3 trillion

(d)Rs 4 trillion

(e)Rs 5 trillion

9) Max Life Insurance has recently made a partnership with which among the following trending Fintech Company to launch Max Life Smart Secure plus Plan?

(a) Paytm

(b) BHIM

(c) GPay

(d) Amazon Pay

(e) PhonePe

10) Pramod Sawant has taken Oath as the Goa Chief Minister for 2nd Consecutive Term. He belongs to which among the following Political party?

(a) Bharatiya Janata Party

(b) Indian National Congress

(c) Aam Aadmi Party

(d)Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

(e) Goa Forward Party

11) Yogi Adityanath has taken oath as the chief minister for Uttar Pradesh. This is him _________ term as the CM of Uttar Pradesh.

(a) 2nd

(b) 3rd

(c)1st

(d) 4th

(e) None of these

12) The President of India Ram Nath Kovind has recently presented the President’s Colour to which among the following Indian Naval Ship (INS)?

(a) INS Kalvari

(b) INS Khanderi

(c)INS Karanj

(d) INS Vela

(e) INS Valsura

13) SIDBI has signs a MoU with which among the following state or Union Territory government to develop MSME ecosystem?

(a) Tripura

(b) Mizoram

(c) Meghalaya

(d) Assam

(e) Arunachal Pradesh

14) Sri Lanka’s navy has recently signed an agreement with which among the following Ship Builder in India for floating dock?

(a)Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai.

(b) Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi.

(c) Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam.

(d) Goa Shipyard Limited,Goa

(e) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata.

15) India and which among the following International Organization has signed a pact to set up Global Traditional Medicine Centre in Jamnagar, Gujarat?

(a)World Health Organization (WHO)

(b) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

(c)United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

(d) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

(e) United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

16) The Western Naval Command has conducted offshore security exercise named ___________ under the aegis of Headquarters, Western Naval Command.

(a)Ajeya Warriot

(b) Western Bridge

(c)Prasthan

(d)Gandiv Vijay

(e)Vijra Prahar

17) The Ministry of Defence has banned the import of ___________ strategically important sub-systems with an aim to enhance self-reliance in defence.

(a) 100

(b) 103

(c) 105

(d) 107

(e) 109

18) The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has introduced 19-Seater Civil Aircraft plans named ___________ to Deploy under Udaan Scheme.

(a) Hindustan 210

(b)Hindustan 216

(c)Hindustan 219

(d)Hindustan 228

(e)Hindustan 230

19) Which among the following Mobility firm has planning to acquire neo bank Avail Finance?

(a) UBER

(b) OLA

(c)Rapido

(d) Bounce

(e)Gojek

20) Which Badminton player has won the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament Women’s single Title in Basel?

(a)P. V. Sindhu

(b)Busanan Ongbamrungphan

(c)Kirsty Gilmour

(d)Supanida Katethong

(e) Michelle Li

21) Which among the following country has won the SAFF U-18 Women’s Championship title 2022?

(a) Nepal

(b) Bangladesh

(c) India

(d) Bhutan

(e) Maldives

22) When an account has insufficient funds, the cheque is not payable and is returned by the bank with a reason “Exceeds arrangement” or “funds insufficient” is called _________

(a)Clearing of cheque

(b) Bouncing of a cheque

(c) Transfer of cheque

(d) Reply of cheque

(e) None of these

23) ______________is a contraction in the supply of circulated money within an economy

(a)Monopoly

(b) Equilibrium

(c) Inflation

(d) Surplus

(e) Deflation

24) Nehru trophy is related to which of the following sports?

(a) Cricket

(b) Hockey

(c) Foot ball

(d) Volley Ball

(e) None of these

25) Where does Gomateshwara temple located?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Kerala

(c) Karnataka

(d)Telangana

(e)None of these

Answers :

1) Answer: B

World Theatre Day is celebrated on 27 March every year throughout the world.

World Theatre Day 2022 will be observed by the ITI centres and the theatre fraternity 27 March 2022.

This day is extremely important for all theatre artists as it celebrates their works.World Theatre Day was first celebrated by the International Theatre Institute (ITI) in the year 1961, on 27 March.

2) Answer: C

The granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi Sumitra Gandhi Kulkarni inaugurated the Modi Story website which is a collection of stories from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s life.

Modi story is a volunteer-driven initiative to bring together inspiring moments from Narendra Modi’s life, as narrated by his co-travellers.

The people who are associated with him closely recollected their memories about the works of Mr. Modi.

3) Answer: E

The Union Minister of Culture, G Kishan Reddy, has inaugurated the three-day mega cultural event ‘IshanManthan’, which celebrates the culture and arts of the north-eastern region, in Delhi.

Speaking about the development of north-east India, the minister said that the Union government is pioneering a lot of development projects in the region.

In addition to spending Rs one lakh crore for the rail network and Rs 55 lakh crores for road network in the northeast,

4) Answer: D

Under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Mega festival, Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav 2022 was inaugurated in Arts college Ground, RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM, Andhra Pradesh by Governor, Andhra Pradesh Shri Biswabhusan Harichandan in the presence of Union Minister for Culture , Tourism and DoNERShri G. K Reddy.

Several other dignitaries including Sri M.SrinivasaRao Minister of Tourism and Culture, AP, Minister of State ShriVenugopalKrishna  were present on the occasion.

5) Answer: B

The Union Cabinet has approved the extension of Pradhan MantriGaribKalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) for six more months till September2022 this year to provide relief to poor, Union minister PiyushGoyal.

The government will spend ₹80,000 crore during the period.

A decision in this regard was taken in the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The phase-V of the PMGKAY scheme was to end in March 2022.

6) Answer: A

SmritiIrani, Union Minister of Women and Child Development, has launched the ten-day mega Red Fort Festival, Bharat BhagyaVidhata, at the Red Fort in Delhi.

The Union Ministry of Culture organised the Red Fort festival as part of the AzadikaAmritMahotsav.

The event was organised in collaboration with the Dalmia Bharat Group (DBG), which has adopted the Red Fort as its Monument Mitra.

7) Answer: C

HDFC Mutual Fund has filed a scheme information document (SID) with SEBI to come up with India’s first Defence Fund called the HDFC Defence Fund.

It will be an open-ended equity scheme that will be investing in defence & allied sector companies ( includes Aerospace, Explosives, Ship Building, industries /stocks present on SIDM (Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers) list or any other similar industries / stocks allied  to the Defence sector.

The fund will be primarily managed by AbhishekPoddar.

8) Answer: A

The Centre has set a target of about Rs 1 trillion for the government-backed National Bank for Financial Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) for sanctioning loans to the infrastructure sector in FY23.

The government has infused Rs 20,000 crore as equity in the DFI, and an additional Rs 5,000 crore has been given as grants to NaBFID.

The Centre had sought an additional outgo of Rs 13,050 crore for transferring Rs 20,000 crore to the DFI in the supplementary demand for grants.

9) Answer: E

Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd has tied up with PhonePefor the launch of Max Life Smart Secure Plus Plan, a non-linked non-participating individual pure risk premium life insurance plan on the PhonePe app to enhance financial protection for digitally-savvy customers.

With this, PhonePe customers can avail comprehensive financial coverage for their families with premiums starting as low as ₹4,426 annually.

Customers have the flexibility to choose a sum assured up to ₹10 crore and can have their policies renewed on the PhonePe app.

10) Answer: A

BharatiyaJanata Party’s (BJP) PramodSawant took oath as the Chief Minister of Goa for the second consecutive term

Goa Governor PS SreedharanPillai administered the oath to 48-year-old Mr Sawant in a ceremony at the Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee stadium near the state capital Panaji.

11) Answer: A

Yogi Adityanath took oath as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second consecutive term was administered by Governor Anandiben Patel.

Meanwhile, Keshav Prasad Maurya and BrajeshPathak also took oath as the deputy chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh.

Overall, the new Team Yogi includes  two deputy chief ministers, 18 cabinet ministers, 14 ministers of state (independent charge) and 20 ministers of state, apart from the chief minister (among the 52 ministers, five are women)

12) Answer: E

President Ram NathKovind presented Presidents Colour to Indian Naval Ship (INS) Valsura at Jamnagar in Gujarat.

The President’s Colour is bestowed on a military unit in recognition of exceptional service rendered to the nation, both in peace and in war.

The ‘NishanAdhikari’  LtArun Singh Sambyal received the President’s Colour on behalf of the unit, in an impressive parade.

13) Answer: C

The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Meghalaya Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation Ltd (MiDFC) to develop the MSME ecosystem in Meghalaya.

SIDBI will aid in entrepreneurship development in the state; Development of MSME clusters

14) Answer: D

The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) has signed an agreement with India’s Goa Shipyard Ltd to obtain a much-needed floating dock worth $20 million as a grant.

The dock is to be constructed at SLN dockyard in Trincomalee within the next 30 months.

With this SLN will be able to save $2.1 million (600 million Sri Lankan rupee) annually.

15) Answer: A

The Ministry of Ayush has signed a Host Country Agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) to establish the Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) in Jamnagar,Gujarat.

The agreement was signed in Geneva by Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, Ministry of Ayush and Director General, WHO Dr.TedrosAdhanomGhebreyesus.

16) Answer: C

Western Naval Command conducts an offshore security exercise;Prasthan was conducted in the Offshore Development Area (ODA) off Mumbai under the aegis of Headquarters, Western Naval Command.

The exercise was conducted on the B-193 platform of ONGC located about 38 nm west of Mumbai.

The exercise is conducted every six months, an important element of ensuring offshore security.

17) Answer: D

The Ministry of Defence has banned import of 107 strategically important line replacement units or sub-systems aimed to enhance self-reliance in defence manufacturing & to minimise imports by DPSUs under ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’.

The list is in continuation to the positive indigenisation list of 2,851 sub-systems, which had been earlier notified by the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence.

18) Answer: D

Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has introduced a 19-seater aircraft Hindustan 228 in a first major attempt to develop small civil transport aircraft.

The company is eyeing to deploy this under the UDAN scheme (UdeDeshkaAamNaagrik).

Hindustan 228 can be operated even in semi-prepared and unpaved airstrips.

The design has been transferred to us from Dornier GmbH.

19) Answer: B

Mobility firm Ola has signed an agreement to acquire neo bank Avail Finance which provides financial services to the blue-collared workforce and has over 6 million users.

The acquisition is a key step in Ola’s broader push into the fintech space as it looks to build a mobility-focused financial services business under Ola Financial

The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed by Ola, which owns a 9% share in Avail Finance.

20) Answer: A

Ace Indian shuttler P V Sindhu notched up her second women’s singles title of the season with a straight game win over Thailand’s BusananOngbamrungphan in the summit clash of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament in Basel.

Playing her second successive final in the tournament, Sindhu, a double Olympic medallist, took 49 minutes to get the better of the fourth seeded Thai 21-16 21-8 at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel.

21) Answer: C

India lost 0-1 to Bangladesh but still emerged champion of the SAFF U-18 Women’s Championships on account of a better goal difference.

India enjoyed a better goal difference of +11 in comparison to +3 of Bangladesh.

The 2022 edition of the international football competition for women’s under-18 national teams was held in Jharkhand at JRD Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur.

22) Answer: B

When an account has insufficient funds the cheque is not payable and is returned by the bank with a reason “Exceeds arrangement” or “funds insufficient” is called Bouncing of a cheque

23) Answer: E

Deflation is a contraction in the supply of circulated money within an economy, and therefore the opposite of inflation

24) Answer: C

The Nehru Cup was an international association football tournament organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF), named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru.

25) Answer: C

Gomateshwara temple located at Karnataka. This place is one of the eminent heritage sites in Karnataka.