Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 20th October 2022

By Ameena Ameena - Oct 21 2022

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Dear Readers, Daily Current Affairs Questions Quiz for SBI, IBPS, RBI, RRB, SSC Exam 2022 of 20th October 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.

 

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1) Every year, World Osteoporosis Day has been observed on which of the following day?

(a) 20 October

(b) 19 October

(c) 16 October

(d) 17 October

(e) 15 October


2) National Solidarity Day 2022 is observed on 20 October every year to honor the Armed Forces. This day is the remembrance of the Indo-China War of ________.

(a) 1971

(b) 1962

(c) 1967

(d) 1983

(e) 1972


3) Who has launched a new scheme – Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Urvarak Pariyojana – One Nation One Fertiliser?

(a) Narendra Modi

(b) Rajnath Singh

(c) Amit Shah

(d) Venkaiah Naidu

(e) Bhupendra Patel


4) Which of the following e-commerce company has launched a metaverse-based shopping platform dubbed Flipverse?

(a) Flipkart

(b) Amazon

(c) Snap deal

(d) Myntra

(e) Shop clues


5) India has set the aim to achieve _____ of power generation from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030.

(a) 57 %

(b) 65 %

(c) 20 %

(d) 48 %

(e) 36 %


6) The Union Government has approved India’s first cable-cum-suspension bridge. This bridge came across which river?

(a) Ganga

(b) Krishna

(c) Beas

(d) the Yamuna

(e) the Godavari


7) Where will India’s first sports helmet testing center be established?

(a) Meerut

(b) Lucknow

(c) Surat

(d) Indore

(e) Ranchi


8) Which country is set to host the prestigious World Hindi Conference in 2023?

(a) Sweden

(b) France

(c) Canada

(d) Fiji

(e) UAE


9) Which of the following organization began nuclear exercises amid Russia war tensions?

(a) UNEP

(b) UNFCC

(c) NATO

(d) WHO

(e) UNESCO


10) Recently, which of the following state has celebrated the festival of harvest Kati Bihu (or) Kongali Bihu?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Meghalaya

(c) Assam

(d) Odisha

(e) Bihar


11) Recently in October, The Wildlife board approved a new tiger reserve in __________.

(a) West Bengal

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Meghalaya

(d) Madhya Pradesh

(e) Gujarat


12) LIC has unveiled the Dhan Varsha life insurance plan. This is a close-ended plan and would be available for sale till __________.

(a) April 2024

(b) March 2023

(c) January 2024

(d) December 2022

(e) July 2023


13) Which of the following insurance has launched an insurance buying facility via WhatsApp?

(a) National Insurance Company

(b) United India Insurance Company

(c) The Oriental Insurance Company

(d) HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company

(e) SBI General Insurance


14) Which of the following bank has launched the term deposit scheme ‘Centenary Deposit Scheme’?

(a) Karnataka Bank

(b) ICICI Bank

(c) State Bank of India

(d) RBL Bank

(e) HDFC Bank


15) Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services has partnered with which payments bank to boost credit access to customers?

(a) Airtel Payments Bank

(b) Fino Payments Bank

(c) India Post Payments Bank

(d) JIO Payments Bank

(e) NSDL Payments Bank


16) Which of the following has signed an MoU with APDCL for developing 1000MW floating solar power?

(a) Vedanta

(b) Reliance Power

(c) SJVN

(d) Adani Power

(e) ReNew Power


17) Who has been elected as the 36th President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?

(a) Sandeep Patil

(b) Madan Lal

(c) Roger Binny

(d) Sourav Ganguly

(e) Kapil Dev


18) Justice D.Y. Chandrachud has been appointed as ____ Chief Justice of India.

(a) 51st

(b) 50th

(c) 48th

(d) 49th

(e) 47th


19) Ulf Kristersson has been elected as the new Prime Minister of which country?

(a) Finland

(b) Denmark

(c) Sweden

(d) Iceland

(e) Kenya


20) Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Adani Airport Holdings Ltd, an arm of Adani Enterprises Limited?

(a) Arun Bansal

(b) S Hari Krishnan

(c) M Narayanan

(d) Sarath Kamal

(e) Nanda Kishore


21) Which of the following company has appointed Navin Wadhwani as head of India’s investment banking Chief?

(a) Goldman Sachs

(b) JPMorgan

(c) Wells Fargo

(d) Capital One

(e) PayPal


22) Ravi Kumar has been appointed as the President of Cognizant Americas. He was the former President of which company?

(a) TCS

(b) Infosys

(c) Wipro

(d) Mind tree

(e) IBM


23) Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director (MD) of GSK India?

(a) Bhushan Akshikar

(b) Vivek Kumar Dewangan

(c) R. P. Vaishnaw

(d) SKG Rahate

(e) Nidhi Chibber


24) Who is the author of the new book titled “Philosophy of Modern Song”?

(a) Tom Petty

(b) George Harrison

(c) Bob Dylon

(d) Jeff Lynne

(e) Roy Orbison


25) Where is Panna Tiger Reserve located?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Haryana

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Telangana

(e) Rajasthan


Answers :

1) Answer: A

  • World osteoporosis day 2022 is observed on the 20th of October 2022.
  • World Osteoporosis Day 2022 theme set up by the International Osteoporosis Foundation is “Step Up For Bone Health”. World Osteoporosis Day was launched on October 20, 1996, by the United Kingdom’s National Osteoporosis Society and supported by the European Commission.
  • Since 1997, this awareness day has been organized by the International Osteoporosis Foundation(IOF). In 1998, two prominent organizations committed to educating the public about osteoporosis, combined to create the International Osteoporosis Foundation


2) Answer: B

  • On 20th October, National Solidarity Day 2022 is observed. This day serves for the war’s bravery, honoring the War soldier’s family, and honoring the defense armed forces in Military, Navy, and Air soldiers.
  • War took place between India and China in 1962. It was called the Indo-China War of 1962. The war took place for the Kashmir border issue and the war started on 20th October 1962.
  • In 1966, India was under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. A Committee Constituting Prime Minister Indira Gandhi decided to dedicate 20th October as “National Solidarity Day” for war remembrance, to honor the Soldiers who participated in the war and to honor the soldier’s families who sacrificed their lives in the war.


3) Answer: A

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a new scheme – Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Urvarak Pariyojana – One Nation One Fertiliser.
  • Under the scheme, companies must market all subsidized fertilizers under a single brand ‘Bharat’.
  • Prime Minister Modi launched the single brand Bharat under the scheme during the two-day event PM Kisan Samman Sammelan 2022.
  • Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Chemicals & Fertilisers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya were also present at the event.


4) Answer: A

  • Walmart-owned Flipkart has launched a metaverse-based shopping platform, Dubbed Flipverse, the platform will allow users to discover and shop products interactively.
  • At present, the service will be available for 15 brands including apparel brand Puma, cosmetics and personal care brand Nivea, and homegrown electronics brand Noise.
  • Flipverse is already live on the Flipkart app for Android smartphone users. The pilot experience will be live till October 23.


5) Answer: B

  • India is well on its way to achieving the aim of 65% of power generation from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030 and will achieve more than that, Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy RK Singh.
  • The minister further informed that India will achieve 90 GW of solar equipment manufacturing capacity by 2030.
  • Currently, the country has 20 GW of such capacity and 15-20 GW of the solar manufacturing capacity is under construction.
  • Currently, India has 170 GW of renewable energy and another 80 GW is under construction. The country aims to achieve 500 GW by the year 2030.


6) Answer: B

  • India’s 1st cable-cum-suspension bridge across Krishna River approved by Centre.
  • The construction of an iconic cable stayed-cum-suspension bridge across the Krishna River has been approved by the central government.
  • The bridge will connect Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and pass through the Nallamala forest range.
  • The bridge will be built at a total cost of ₹1,082.56 crores, with a construction period of 30 months.
  • The bridge will have many unique features, such as the longest glass walkway across the river, gopuram-like pylons, signature lighting, and a large navigational span.
  • The bridge over the Krishna River will be the first of its kind in India and the second in the World.
  • The 80-km distance between Hyderabad and Tirupati will be reduced by this 3-km bridge.


7) Answer: A

  • India’s first sports helmet testing center will be established in Meerut in the next four months and will cost around Rs 3 crore.
  • The request sent by MSME’s regional technological development center in Meerut has been accepted by the MSME Ministry.
  • Regardless of manufacturing sports goods in hubs like Vadodara, Delhi, and Meerut the helmets, mainly worn by cricketers and hockey players were sent abroad for testing. With this approval, India will get its first sports helmet testing facility under the “hub and spoke model”.


8) Answer: D

  • Fiji will host the prestigious World Hindi Conference for the first time in 2023 to make the country a new launching pad to popularise Hindi as a global language.
  • The decision to host the World Hindi Conference in Fiji was jointly taken by the Indian and the Fijian government.
  • The three-day conference, which would be held in the Fijian city of Nadi and envisaged to promote Hindi globally, would see the participation of over 1,000 experts in the Indian language, including scholars, writers, and laureates.
  • Indian High Commissioner to the South Pacific nation P S Kartigeyan.


9) Answer: C

  • The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) began its long-planned annual nuclear exercises in northwestern Europe as tensions simmer over military action in Ukraine.
  • 14 of NATO’s 30 member countries were due to take part in the exercises, which the military alliance said would involve around 60 aircraft including fighter jets and surveillance and refueling planes
  • The bulk of the war games will be held at least 1,000 kilometers (625 miles) from Russia’s borders.
  • S. long-range B-52 bombers will also take part in the maneuvers, dubbed Steadfast Noon, which will run until Oct. 30, 2022.


10) Answer: C

  • The auspicious festival of harvest Kati Bihu or Kongali Bihu is being celebrated across Assam on October 18, 2022.
  • It is marked annually on the first day of the Kati month in the Assamese calendar and usually falls during mid-October.


11) Answer: D

  • The Madhya Pradesh (MP) Wildlife Board approved a new reserve for tigers of Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR), called Durgavati Tiger Reserve, one-fourth of which will get submerged due to the linking of the Ken-Betwa rivers.
  • The 2,339 square kilometers new tiger reserve, will spread across Narisinghpur, Damoh, and Sagar districts.
  • The Board’s meeting, chaired by Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, approved a proposal to notify 1,414 sq km area as core area and 925 sq km as a buffer in the new tiger reserve.


12) Answer: B

  • The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) introduced Dhan Varsha, a non-linked, non-participating, individual, savings, single premium life insurance plan offering a combination of protection and savings.
  • This plan provides financial support for the family in case of unfortunate death of the life assured during the policy term.
  • It also provides a guaranteed lump sum amount on the date of maturity for the surviving life assured.
  • This is a close-ended plan and would be available for sale till March 31, 2023.


13) Answer: E

  • SBI General Insurance has partnered with Gupshup, a leader in conversational engagement to offer a new insurance policy, renew an existing one, intimate claims, and more, through WhatsApp.
  • Customers across India can buy insurance from SBI General by sending a ‘Hi’ and Gupshup’s chatbot will guide users through a simple and secure buying process, and help them complete the purchase within the WhatsApp chat thread.
  • The hassle-free buying experience ensures that end-to-end policy purchase happens on the platform itself, right from exploring product features to accessing their policy documents.


14) Answer: A

  • To mark the glorious journey towards the Centenary year (2023-24) Karnataka Bank Limited (KBL) has launched a unique term deposit scheme ‘KBL Centenary Deposit Scheme’ with a higher rate of interest.
  • The deposit will be for 555 days with an interest rate of 20% p.a & for Senior Citizens the rate of interest will be 7.60% p.a. 


15) Answer: C

  • Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited, (MMFSL), part of the Mahindra Group & one of India’s leading Non-Banking Finance Companies, announced a strategic partnership with India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) to further enhance credit access to a larger customer base.
  • Under this Partnership, IPPB will provide Lead referral services to MMFSL for Passenger Vehicles, 3-Wheeler, Tractor, and Commercial Vehicle Loan categories.
  • It provides cash Equated Monthly Income (EMI) deposit facility to existing MMFSL Customers at Post Offices.


16) Answer: C

  • State-run power company SJVN signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL) at Guwahati for developing 1000 MW floating solar power projects in Assam by incorporating a joint venture company.
  • SJVN will invest ₹6000 crores in the state for developing the project.
  • Assam has a floating solar power generation potential of around 3000 MW out of which SJVN would develop 1000 MW Floating Solar Projects across the state and the same shall be spread over 4500 hectares of water area.


17) Answer: C

  • Former cricketer Mr. Roger Binny has been elected as the 36th President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at the 91st BCCI Annual General Meeting of India’s top cricket body in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
  • He replaces Sourav Ganguly, who held the post since 2019.


18) Answer: B

  • The President of India Droupadi Murmu has appointed Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud as the 50th Chief Justice of India (CJI) with effect from November 9, 2022.
  • He will take oath after current CJI Uday Umesh Lalit retires on 8 November 2022.
  • He will have a term of over 2 years as the 50th Chief Justice of India till 10 November 2024
  • The CJI and the Judges of the Supreme Court (SC) are appointed by the President under clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution.


19) Answer: C

  • The Swedish parliament elected Mr. Ulf Kristersson, the conservative Moderate Party leader, as the new Prime Minister (PM) of Sweden.
  • A total of 176 members of the Riksdag voted in favor of Kristersson, while 173 members voted against him.
  • Kristersson will be replacing Magdalena Andersson, who was the first female PM of Sweden.

20) Answer: A

  • The Adani Group has appointed Arun Bansal as chief executive officer (CEO) of Adani Airport Holdings Ltd, an arm of Adani Enterprises Ltd.
  • He replaces Malay Mahadevia, who currently serves as a whole-time director at Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd and was holding the charge of chief executive officer of Adani Airport Holdings Ltd until now.
  • The appointment will help strengthen digital transformation and the business growth agenda.
  • K. Jain will serve as chief executive officer of airports (aero) operations, while Harshad Jain will continue to serve as executive officer (non-aero).


21) Answer: B

  • JPMorgan Chase & Co named Navin Wadhwani, a former Reliance Industries executive, as the head of its Indian investment banking division, as part of a spate of management changes for the Asia-Pacific region.
  • Wadhwani served as head of M&A for oil-to-retail conglomerate Reliance for the past 10 years.
  • He also worked as a senior managing director at Rothschild India.
  • JPM also appointed Kaustubh Kulkarni as senior country officer for India from Nov. 1, 2022. Mr. Kulkarni succeeds Mr. Madhav Kalyan, who will now head the U.S. banking giant’s Asia Pacific Payments.


22) Answer: B

  • Former Infosys President Mr. Ravi Kumar S, who resigned from Infosys will join Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation as President of Cognizant Americas.
  • He will be reporting directly to Brian Humphries, chief executive officer (CEO) of Cognizant.
  • Kumar was the third highest-paid executive after CEO Salil Parekh and chief operating officer UB Pravin Rao.
  • Kumar succeeds Mr. Dharmendra Kumar (DK) Sinha who retired from Cognizant in 2021.


23) Answer: A

  • Drug firm GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited has appointed Bhushan Akshikar as Managing Director for its India business for four years effective December 1, 2022. He succeeds Mr. Sridhar Venkatesh.


24) Answer: C

  • A new book titled “The Philosophy of Modern Song,” written by Nobel winner Bob Dylan and published by Simon & Schuster will be released in November 2022.
  • Bob Dylan’s artistic journey and successes are documented in The Philosophy of Modern Song.
  • Bob Dylan’s first book of new work since 2004, when he released ‘Chronicles, Volume One,’ and since receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016.
  • He received the Nobel Prize in Literature, as well as the French Legion of Honor, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.


25) Answer: C

  • The Madhya Pradesh (MP) Wildlife Board approved a new reserve for tigers of Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR), called Durgavati Tiger Reserve, one-fourth of which will get submerged due to the linking of the Ken-Betwa rivers.

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