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Dear Readers, Daily Current Affairs Questions Quiz for SBI, IBPS, RBI, RRB, SSC Exam 2022 of 28th January 2022. Daily GK quiz online for bank & competitive exam. Here we have given the Daily Current Affairs Quiz based on the previous days Daily Current Affairs updates. Candidates preparing for IBPS, SBI, RBI, RRB, SSC Exam 2022 & other competitive exams can make use of these Current Affairs Quiz.
1) Every year the International Customs Day has been celebrated on which of the following date?
(a) 24 January
(b) 25 January
(c) 26 January
(d) 27 January
(e) 28 January
2) The 4th National conference on Agriculture for Summer Campaign 2021-22 has been addressed by Narendra Kumar Tomar. Which of the following is not one of the summer crops in India?
(a) Pulses
(b) Oilseeds
(c) Coarse Cereals
(d) Nutri Cereals
(e) Wheat
3) Recently Abdul Khader Nadakattin, a serial grassroots innovator from Karnataka has received which of the following award in India?
(a) Netaji Award
(b) Bharat Ratna Award
(c) Padma Vibhushan Award
(d) Padma Bhushan Award
(e) Padma Shri Award
4) Recently a $150 million India-UAE venture capital fund has been announced by Ajay Choudhary. He is the founder of which organization?
(a) HP
(b) HCL
(c) Wipro
(d) Tech Mahindra
(e) Info beans
5) Which of the following village has been declared as the first ODF Plus village in Mizoram?
(a) Chahmol
(b) North Maubuang
(c) Choktong
(d) South Maubuang
(e) Chonjang
6) Recently India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation has signed a MoU with which of the following companies to offer mortgage guarantee-backed home loans?
(a) Muthoot Home fin. Limited
(b) National Housing Bank
(c) HDFC Housing Finance
(d) L&T Housing Finance Limited
(e) India bulls Housing Finance Limited
7) According to Raj Bansal, “Any company admitted by NCLT for resolution should be exempt from MAT until it sees a turnaround.” What does MAT stand for?
(a) Minimum Additional Tax
(b) Maximum Alternate Tax
(c) Minimum Alternate Tax
(d) Maximum Additional Tax
(e) None of the above
8) Which of the following company has recently partnered with Tone tag for sound based technology to solve payment processing issues?
(a) Delta Electronics India
(b) ABB India
(c) Exicom
(d) Wagon
(e) Elocity
9) The cryptocurrency industry in India has been working on revising self-regulation rules. Which of the following is not one of the top cryptocurrency exchanges in India?
(a) WazirX
(b) CoinDCX
(c) CoinOT
(d) Unocoin
(e) CoinSwitch Kuber
10) Recently the Ministry of Defence has intended to procure 670,000 AK-203 assault rifles from Russia. As per the deal 600,000 rifles will be manufactured in which district?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Kanpur
(c) Amethi
(d) Chennai
(e) Erode
11) Which country has recently participated in the joint naval exercise, CHIRU-2Q22 along with Iran and China in the Gulf of Oman?
(a) Russia
(b) Japan
(c) France
(d) Germany
(e) USA
12) Which of the following maritime exercises has recently conducted by the Indian Navy at the West Coast?
(a) Paschim JIMEX
(b) West JIMEX
(c) Paschimi Abhyas
(d) Dakshin Bharat
(e) Paschim Lehar
13) Which of the following country is the worst performing in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2021?
(a) South Sudan
(b) North Sudan
(c) West Indies
(d) Berlin
(e) Norway
14) Which of the following has become the only Indian company in the top 100 spots as per the Brand Finance 2022 Global 500 report?
(a) Air India Group
(b) TCS Group
(c) Infosys Group
(d) Reliance Group
(e) Tata Group
15) Which of the following company has recently built an AI researcher supercomputer to train machine learning systems?
(a) Microsoft
(b) Meta
(c) Apple
(d) Accenture
(e) IBM
16) Recently former Olympic champion Szilveszter Csollany passed away. He is related to which of the following sport?
(a) Wrestling
(b) Javelin Throw
(c) Gymnastics
(d) Table Tennis
(e) Archery
Answers :
1) Answer: C
January 26 is celebrated as the International Customs Day (ICD). It is the day designated to honour the custom officials and agencies for their function in taking care of the flow of goods across the world borders. This year, the theme chosen by WCO for ICD is ‘Scaling up Customs Digital Transformation by Embracing a Data Culture and Building a Data Ecosystem’. The day was instituted by the World Customs Organization (WCO) to commemorate the day in 1953.
2) Answer: E
Addressing the 4thNational conference on Agriculture for Summer Campaign 2021-22, Shri Narendra Kumar Tomar said summer crops not only provide extra income but also create employment opportunities in between Rabi and Kharif for the farmers. The Government has taken new initiatives through various programmes for cultivation of summer crops such as pulses, coarse cereals, Nutri-cereals, and oilseeds. The objective of Zaid conference is to fix crop-wise targets for summer season in consultation with State Governments.
3) Answer: E
Abdul Khader Nadakattin, a serial grassroots innovator from Dharwad, Karnataka, is amongst the 107 Padma Shri awardees announced for the year 2022 in the Others (Grassroots Innovation) category. Abdul Khader Nadakattin is a serial innovator, and his prominent innovations include a device to separate tamarind seeds. True to his grassroots spirit and as a mark of respect for the award, he chose to walk barefoot and hence came to be known as the country’s “barefoot scientist”.
4) Answer: B
A $150-million India-UAEventure capital fund to fuel growth of start-ups in India and the UAE was launched from the India Pavilion at EXPO2020 Dubai. Ajay Choudhary, HCL Founder and Chairman-Start-up Committee, FICCI, announced the launch of this fund. The VC Fund is a first-of-its-kind to be set up in the UAE to source, invest and nurture promising start-ups through an accelerator to fuel the growth of India-UAE start-ups.
5) Answer: D
The village, South Maubuang in Aibawk block of Aizawl district inMizoram has been declared a model ODF plus village, having fulfilled all the criteria as per SBM-G Phase II guidelines. According to official data, the village which has a population of 649 individuals from 116 households has emerged as the first ODF Plus village in the State of Mizoram. The entire community had been involved towards achieving this status.
6) Answer: A
India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation (IMGC)has announced its partnership with Muthoot Home fin (India) Limited (MHIL) to offer mortgage guarantee-backed home loan products to MHIL’s home loan customers in the affordable housing segment. The tie-up with IMGC will help Muthoot Home fin deepen its penetration in existing markets across its 108 branches/ locations, thereby enabling home ownership in the affordable housing segment.
7) Answer: C
A company admitted by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for resolution should be exempt from Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) until it sees a turnaround.Bansal, who oversees assets under management aggregating about ₹43,000 crore, also wanted the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)to allow banks to provide credit lines to ARCs and expand the definition of qualified buyers — those who can invest in security receipts — to include high-net worth individuals (HNIs), corporate and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs).
8) Answer: E
Tone Tag and EV charging solution firm Elocity have partnered to bring sound-based technology to solve payment processing challenges for the electric vehicle sector.EV drivers with any mobile phone can now pay easily at Elocity HIEVTM and Tone Tag-enabled EV charging stations, irrespective of their location or network availability. Tone Tag has completed over 52 million consumer transactions and expects this partnership to help in speeding up EV adoption.
9) Answer: C
The cryptocurrency industry in India, which has been working on revising self-regulation rules, will include non-fungible token (NFT) start-ups under the purview. The existing ‘Code of Conduct’ guidelines for the cryptocurrency industry, drafted by The Block chain and Crypto Assets Council (BACC), are being revised to take into account. Most of the top cryptocurrency exchanges in the country including WazirX, CoinDCX, Unocoin and CoinSwitch Kuber among others are members of this body.
10) Answer: C
Russia has delivered to India all the contracted 70,000 AK-203 Kalashnikov assault rifles as envisaged under a contract signed late last summer between India and Kalashnikov. The Indian Ministry of Defence intends to procure 670,000 AK-203 assault rifles, and the 70,000 delivered are part of that total. The rest of the 600,000 will be manufactured by Indo-Russia Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL), based at Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. The total cost of the contract is around Rs 5000 cr.
11) Answer: A
Iran, Russia, and China navies began a joint naval exercise CHIRU-2Q22 in the Gulf of Oman from January 18 to 22, 2022. The drill will be staged in the northern parts of the Indian Ocean, and it will involve forces from the marine and airborne units of the Iranian Navy. This is the third joint naval drill between the countries since 2019. At least 140 warships and over 60 aircraft with nearly 10,000 military personnel would be taking part in the military exercises.
12) Answer: E
A joint maritime exercise Paschim Lehar (XPL-2022) conducted by the Indian Navy off the West Coast was concluded. The exercise was conducted over duration of 20 days. The exercise was conducted under the aegis of FOC-in-C, Western Naval Command. To validate operational plans of the Western Naval Command and enhance Inter-Service synergy among the Indian Navy, IAF, Indian Army and Coast Guard. In addition, the IAF deployed SU 30 MKI & Jaguar maritime strike aircraft, Flight Refuelling Aircraft and AWACs, alongside the Indian Navy’s maritime reconnaissance aircraft P8i.
13) Answer: A
According to the Transparency International report, India is ranked 85th with a score of 40 in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), 2021. The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories, uses a scale of 0 to 100. In 2021, India ranked 86th with the same CPI score of 40. Denmark, Finland, New Zealand and Norway topped the list with the highest score of 88. While the worst-performing countries were South Sudan with a corruption perception scores of 11.
14) Answer: E
According to the Brand Finance 2022 Global 500 report, Apple has retained the title of the world’s most valuable brand following a 35% increase to US$355.1 billion. TikTok has been named the world’s fastest-growing brand in the list. The Indian conglomerate Tata Group has emerged as the most valuable brand from India and also in South Asia. It is the only brand from the country in the top 100. The Global Rank of Tata Group 78.
15) Answer: B
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta (formerly known as Facebook) has built a research AI supercomputer that is among the fastest in the world. Meta’s AI Research Super Cluster has been designed to train machine learning systems. According to Meta, it will become the world’s fastest supercomputer by the end of 2022. Meta already provides up to 20 times improved performance. It will have a total of 16,000 GPUs by the end of the second phase of its creation.
About Meta:
- Founded: February 2004
- Headquarters: Menlo Park, California, United States
- CEO: Mark Zuckerberg
16) Answer: C
Former Olympic gymnastics champion Szilveszter Csollany Passed away at the age of 51. Szilveszter Csollany born on 13 April 1970 in Sopron, Hungary. He was a Hungarian gymnast who won gold in the men’s rings at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He was a six-time medallist at the European gymnastics championships, and the recipient of Hungary’s “Sportsman of the Year” award in 2000 and 2002.
