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1) The World Press Freedom Day has been observed on 3rd May. Which among the following is the theme of the World Press Freedom Day 2022?
(a) Information as a Public Good
(b) Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation
(c)Journalism under Digital Siege
(d) Critical Minds for Critical Times
(e) Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law
2) Which among the following day has been observed as the World Asthma Day in the month of May?
(a)First Sunday of May
(b)First Monday of May
(c)First Tuesday of May
(d)First Wednesday of May
(e)First Thursday of May
3) As per the recent report which among the following Shipyard would be India’s first home made Hydrogen-fuelled electric vessel?
(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.
4) The Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have co-chaired_________ edition of Inter-Governmental Consultations-IGC in Berlin.
(a) 1st Edition
(b) 4th Edition
(c) 5th Edition
(d) 6th Edition
(e) 3rd Edition
5) The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attended second India-Nordic Summit in Which among the following country?
(a) Iceland
(b) Finland
(c) Sweden
(d) Norway
(e)Denmark
6) Which among the following State Government has signed tripartite agreement with Agence Francaise de Development (AFD) and Office National des Forets International (ONFI) for wildlife protection?
(a) Assam
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Manipur
(d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) Himachal Pradesh
7) Which among the following state has become the first state in India to set up a greenfield grain-based ethanol production plant?
(a)Jharkhand
(b) Bihar
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) West Bengal
(e) Uttar Pradesh
8) The Reserve Bank of India has approved nod for the appointment of whom among the following as the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) ex-officio member?
(a)Anant Kumar Singh
(b)Lalan Singh
(c)Ramchandra Prasad Singh
(d) Rajiv Ranjan
(e)Upendra Kushwaha
9) As per the recent report FidyPay has been partnered with which among the following Private sector bank to foster financial inclusion?
(a) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(b) Axis Bank
(c) RBL Bank
(d) Bandhan Bank
(e) Yes Bank
10) Who among the following Indian wildlife conservationist has won Whitley Gold Award 2022?
(a)Aparajita Datta
(b) Charudutt Mishra
(c)Kulbhushansingh Suryawans
(d) Ajay Bijoor
(e)Doreswamy Madhusud
11) India and which among the following country has signed a joint declaration of Intent on Hydrogen Task Force,Forest Landscape Restoration?
(a) New Zealand
(b) Norway
(c)Germany
(d) Australia
(e) Japan
12) As per the recent report released by OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), it fund to finance $_________ million for Nigeria-Morocco gas Pipeline.
(a)$ 11.3 million
(b)$ 12.3 million
(c)$ 13.3 million
(d) $ 14.3 million
(e)$ 15.3 million
13) NTPC GE Power Services Limited has signed MoE with The Lake Region Economic Bloc to develop Floating Solar Projects in which among the following country?
(a) Kenya
(b) Tanzania
(c) Uganda
(d) Somalia
(e) Nigeria
14) NATO Exercise – Defender Europe 2022 and Swift Response 2022 has begun. What does “A” denotes in NATO?
(a) Asian
(b) Antarctic
(c) Atlantic
(d) Australia
(e)Arctic
15) Which among the following Indian Navy Ship has delivered critical medical aid to Sri Lanka – Mission SAGAR IX?
(a) INS Magar
(b)INS Gharial
(c) INS Kesari
(d) INS Airavat
(e) INS Shardul
16) INS Vikrant, India’s First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier to be handed over to Indian Navy by which among the following shipyard?
(a)Goa Shipyard Limited.
(b) Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam.
(c) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata.
(d) Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi.
(e)Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai.
17) Which among the following country has become the 1st country in Asia Pacific region to use LPV Approach equipped with GAGAN?
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Bangladesh
(c) India
(d)Myanmar
(e) Nepal
18) As per the recent ITTF World Rankings who among the following Indian Table Tennis player has climbed 10 places to achieve a career-best ranking of 38 in women’s singles?
(a)Sutirtha Mukherjee
(b)Manika Batra
(c)Ankita Das
(d)Neha Aggarwal
(e)Bhavina Patel
19) 12thHockey India Sub Junior Men National Championship 2022 would begin in which among the following state?
(a) Haryana
(b) Gujarat
(c) Goa
(d)Uttar Pradesh
(e) Karnataka
20) The Haryana Chief Minister has announced a Stadium to be built in Neeraj Chopra’s native village. Which among the following is the native village of Neeraj Chopra?
(a) Faridabad
(b)Palwal
(c)Panipat
(d)Gurugram
(e)Sonipat
21) Kerala has beaten West Bengal to lift their seventh Santosh Trophy title. This Trophy is related to which among the following field?
(a) Cricket
(b)VolleyBall
(c) Basket Ball
(d) Foot Ball
(e)Kabbadi
22) Rasheed Kidwai has authored a new book titled. “Leaders, Politicians, Citizens”. This book is published by which among the following publication?
(a)Harper Collins Publishers
(b) Hachette India
(c) Penguin Random House
(d) National Book Trust, India
(e) Bloomsbury India
23) Bonds which have no maturity date are called ___________
(a) Perpetual Bonds
(b) Maturity Bonds
(c) Discount Bonds
(d) Currency Bonds
(e) None of these
24) What is the currency of Israel?
(a)Forint
(b) Shekel
(c) Euro
(d) Dinar
(e) None of these
25) When does Minorities Rights day Observed?
(a) December 18
(b) November 18
(c) September 18
(d)None of these
(e) October 18
Answers :
1) Answer: C
Every year, 3rd May is celebrated as World Press Freedom Day.
It is also known as World Press Day.
The day acts as a reminder for the government to uphold the right to freedom of expression.
The theme for this year is ‘Journalism under Digital Siege’, focusing on the digital eras impact on freedom of expression, the safety of journalists and access to information.
2) Answer: C
World Asthma Day (WAD) is observed every year on the first Tuesday of May to raise awareness of asthma and to educate people about the issues that might arise as a result of the disease.
This year, the day is observed on May 3. This year, theme is ‘Closing Gaps in Asthma Care’.
Asthma is a condition in which there is a narrowing of the airways due to swelling of mucosa.
3) Answer: B
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways will to build the first indigenous hydrogen-fuelled electric vessels at Cochin Shipyard Limited(CSL).
Union Minister SarbanandaSonowal announced this while unveiling the government’s plan for building the vessels in keeping pace with the global maritime green transitions at a workshop on green shipping organised by the Ministry jointly with CSL and The Energy and Resources Institute.
4) Answer: D
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz co-chaired the sixth edition of the India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations-IGC in Berlin.
This was the Prime Minister’s first IGC with Chancellor Scholz and also the first such Government-to-Government consultations of the new German Government, which assumed office in December last year.
5) Answer: E
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the 2nd India-Nordic Summit along with Prime Ministers of Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden and Norway.
The summit is being hosted by Denmark.
Mr Modi will also hold bilateral meetings with Prime Minister of Iceland KatrínJakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Norway Jonas GahrStøre, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin.
6) Answer: A
A Tripartite Park and Biodiversity Partnership MoU between Government of Assam, AgenceFrancaise de Development (AFD) and Office National des Forets International (ONFI) for exchanging of expertise and sharing of knowledge between the partners on various aspects of wildlife protection management was signed.
The MoU was signed in presence of Environment and Forest Minister, ParimalSuklabaidya and Council General of France in India, Didier Talain and other officials.
7) Answer: B
Bihar has the distinction of being the first state in the country to set up a greenfield grain-based ethanol production plant.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated the state’s first ethanol production plant in Purnia district.
This is among the 17 ethanol units proposed to be set up in the state.
8) Answer: D
The central board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved the appointment of executive director Rajiv Ranjan as an ex-officio member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
Ranjan will be succeeding Mridul Saggar, who is understood to have retired.
The 595th meeting of the central board was held through video conferencing under the chairmanship of RBI governor Shaktikanta Das.
9) Answer: E
One of the industry’s leading Financial Inclusion and Digital Payment company FidyPay has partnered with Yes Bank to extend the digital facilitation to a wide array of businesses, comprising fintechs, SMEs, and start-ups.
FidyPay will also be the solution provider for UPI services.
10) Answer: B
Charudutt Mishra, a snow leopard conservationist, was awarded the Whitely Gold Award at the Royal Geographical Society in London.
Princess Anne presented the award to Mishra.
He was awarded for his contribution to involving indigenous communities in the conservation and recovery of big cat species in Asia’s high mountain ecosystems.
11) Answer: C
India and Germany have signed joint declaration of Intent on Indo-German Hydrogen Task Force.
The declaration was signed virtually between Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister R.K Singh and German Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Change Dr. Robert Habeck.
India has huge ambitions for energy transition and it will add 500 GigaWatt of non-fossil fuel capacity by 2030.
12) Answer: D
Moroccan Ministry of Finance stated that the agreement was signed by the Moroccan Finance and Economy Minister, Nadia Fettah and the General Director of the OPEC Fund, AbdulhamidAlkhalifa
The OPEC Fund for International Development will finance $14.3 million for the second phase of the studies in the submarine Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project.
13) Answer: A
NTPC GE Power Services Limited (NGSL) has inked a tripartite Memorandum of Engagement (MoE) with The Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB), Kenya and ProcorpEnertech Private Limited (PEPL) to work towards the development of Ground Mounted & Floating Solar PV Projects in The Lake Region of Kenya.
The MOE was signed by a high-ranking delegation of 20 members from The Lake Region Economic Bloc, Kenya.
The MoE was signed by ShriSanjeev, MD, NGSL and Victor JoashOgingaNyagaya CEO, LREB and Dr. Raju Singh Gannavarapu, PEPL.
14) Answer: C
DEFENDER-Europe 22 is a multinational, regular joint and combined exercise organized by the United States Armed Forces to build preparedness and interoperability between Allies and partners of the USA and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The exercises are scheduled to run May 1-27, 2022 & it will be held in nine NATO countries including Poland.
15) Answer: B
As part of Mission SAGAR IX, INS Gharial arrived at Colombo to provide critical medical aid to Sri Lanka during the ongoing crisis.
It delivered over 760 kgs of 107 types of critical life saving medicines.
The shipment was received by the Health Minister of Sri Lanka, HonbleChannaJayasumana, and would be supplied to the University ofPeradeniya Hospital.
16) Answer: D
The Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) will hand over India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) which will be named ‘INS Vikrant’ to the Indian Navy by May 2022.
It will be commissioned on Independence Day Aug 15, 2022.
The IAC uses ski-jump technology for launching the aircraft from the carrier.
Around 60 per cent of the components of the aircraft carrier are indigenous while the remaining 40 per cent have been imported.
17) Answer: C
The Airports Authority of India successfully conducted a light trial using an indigenous satellite based augmentation system (SBAS) called GAGAN (GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation) at the Kishangarh airport in Rajasthan.
With this India becomes the first country in the Asia Pacific Region to achieve this.
Including GAGAN, the others being US (WAAS), Europe (EGNOS) and Japan (MSAS).
18) Answer: B
India paddler ManikaBatra has achieved a career-best ranking of 38 in womens singles after she climbed 10 places in the latest ITTF Table Tennis World Rankings.
The Olympian was ranked 48th in women’s singles last week.
Batra broke into the top 50 earlier this year and rose to 46th in March, her previous career-best standing, before dropping down to 48.
Manika and ArchanaKamath, who won bronze at the WTT Star Contender Doha in March, retained their fourth spot in the women’s doubles rankings.
19) Answer: C
In Hockey, a total of 29 teams will fight it out to lift the trophy at the 12th Hockey India Sub Junior Men National Championship 2022 which starts in Goa.
Eight days of pool matches will be followed by Quarter-Finals on May 12, the Semi-Finals on May 14, and the Medal matches scheduled for May 15.
The participating teams are divided into eight pools.
20) Answer: C
Haryana Chief Minister ManoharLalKhattar has announced that a stadium will be built in Olympic gold-medallist Neeraj Chopra’s native village in Panipat.
Making the announcement after inaugurating a cooperative sugar mill in Panipat, the chief minister, Neeraj Chopra, who belongs to Haryana, has made the country and the state proud by winning an Olympic gold medal last year.
A stadium would be built in Neeraj Chopra’s village for Rs 10 crore
21) Answer: D
In Football, Hosts Kerala beat West Bengal 5-4 in a penalty shootout at the Payyanad Stadium in Malappuram to win the Santosh Trophy National Tournament for the seventh time.
In a thrilling final, last evening, that kept the 35,000 odd spectators on tenterhooks, both teams ended the 90 minutes of action into a goalless draw, following which, the match headed into the extra time.
The teams were level 1-1 after extra time in a pulsating encounter.
22) Answer: B
Leaders, Politicians, Citizens: Fifty Figures Who Influenced Indias Politics book has been authored by author-journalist RasheedKidwai compiles stories of 50 personalities who influenced Indias political landscape.
The book is published by Hachette India.
23) Answer: A
Perpetual Bonds – Bonds which have no maturity date.
24) Answer: B
sheqel, also spelled shekel, monetary unit of Israel.
25) Answer: A
Every year, December 18 is observed as the Minorities Rights Day
