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1) Every year, International Stuttering Awareness Day 2022 is observed on the 22nd of October. When was International Stuttering Awareness Day established?

(a) 1920

(b) 1965

(d) 1998

(e) 1949

2) The Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has announced that the national government will start an Rs _______ accelerator program to help agro enterprises with their profitable ideas.

(a) 400 crore

(b) 700 crore

(d) 300 crore

(e) 200 crore

3) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, The Ministry of Railways has announced the closing of the Central Organization for Modernization of Workshops (COFMOW). Where is COFMOW located?

(a) New Delhi, Delhi

(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(d) Noida, Uttar Pradesh

(e) Surat, Gujarat

4) The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has launched a new, ________ financing facility to strengthen the private sector’s ability to respond to the crisis and help support food production.

(a) $10 billion

(b) $6 billion

(d) $20 billion

(e) $21 billion

5) The European Parliament has approved a new rule to introduce a single charging port for electronic gadgets (mobile phones, tablets, and cameras) by ______ in the European Union (EU).

(a) 2025

(b) 2023

(d) 2024

(e) 2027

6) The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has partnered with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to launch project _________, a crop residue management initiative, in Sangrur, Punjab to mitigate stubble burning.

(a) Vinay Amrit

(b) Gayu Amrit

(d) Sahu Amrit

(e) Villa Amrit

7) In October as per a report, PM Modi laid the foundation stone of two ropeway projects, Gaurikund to Kedarnath and Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib. What is the total length of the ropeway in Kedarnath that will connect Gaurikund to Kedarnath?

(a) 2.07 Km

(b) 9.7 Km

(d) 7.45 Km

(e) None of these

8) Recently which state government has inked 7 memoranda of understanding and agreement (MoU, MoA) with different industry players in a move to draw a roadmap for a broad-based development of the state?

(a) Tripura

(b) Assam

(d) Arunachal Pradesh

(e) Mizoram

9) Which of the following places in Tamil Nadu, India’s First 4.20-MW Wind Power Generator Installed?

(a) Coimbatore

(b) Tirunelveli

(d) Theni

(e) Tiruchirappalli

10) Uttar Pradesh’s Durga puja pandal is all set to be recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest ever. What is the height of the Durga puja pandal?

(a) 145 feet

(b) 136 feet

(d) 165 feet

(e) 172 feet

11) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, HDFC Securities Limited has opened the first-ever Women-Only Digital Centre (DC) in ___________.

(a) Hyderabad, Telangana

(b) Indore, Madhya Pradesh

(d) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(e) Kochi, Kerala

12) Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) has collaborated with which payment bank for innovations in Financial Products and Services?

(a) India Post Payment Bank

(b) NSDL Payment Bank

(d) Paytm Payment Bank

(e) Fino Payment Bank

13) Which company has launched its first Green Data Center in India with Dell Technologies and NTT limited?

(a) Google pay

(b) Paytm

(d) Mobikwik

(e) PayU

14) Which company has partnered with the Assam Government to support and accelerate the State’s goal of fostering digital growth and development?

(a) Wipro

(b) Infosys

(d) Google

(e) Amazon

15) Which organization has claimed that putting drones at the forefront of a technology-driven transformation of Indian agriculture may boost the country’s GDP by 1–1.5%?

(a) World Economic Forum

(b) International Fund for Agricultural Development

(d) Inter-American Development Bank

(e) International Finance Corporation

16) India ranked third (with assets of more than Rs 830 crore) on the list of centi millionaires. India will surpass China by which year?

(a) 2027

(b) 2026

(d) 2035

(e) 2047

17) Which of the following has topped the Grievance Redressal Index for the second month in a row?

(a) Income Tax Department

(b) Unique Identification Authority of India

(d) Employees’ State Insurance

(e) National Informatics Centre

18) Who has been appointed as the Principal Scientist of the ‘Aditya-L1’ Mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?

(a) K Sankarasubramanian

(b) Satish Agnihotri

(d) Raj Shrivastava

(e) Manoj Kumar

19) Who became the first Indian to be appointed Independent Expert on Racism by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)?

(a) Bhushan Patwardhan

(b) K.P Ashwini

(d) Vivek Kumar

(e) Umesh Dwivedi

20) Pradeep Singh Kharola was appointed as CMD of the India Trade Promotion Organization(ITPO) for two years. He also served as the CMD of _________.

(a) IndiGo

(b) Vistara

(d) Air India

(e) SpiceJet

21) Which ministry has nominated two directors Mr. G Mahalingam and Mr. Deepak Mohanty to the board of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS)?

(a) Ministry of Rural Development

(b) Ministry of Finance

(d) Ministry of Civil Aviation

(e) Ministry of Defence

22) Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has increased its stake to ______ from 5.65% in an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.

(a) 8.47%

(b) 10.96%

(d) 7.7%

(e) 11.5%

23) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, Which of the following country has launched a test ‘tug’ into suborbital space?

(a) Canada

(b) Iran

(d) Israel

(e) Syria

24) As per the newspaper report in October 2022, Google is set to build its first cloud region in which of the following country?

(a) Greece

(b) Norway

(d) India

(e) Sweden

25) Recently in October 2022, Which of the following has been named the Official Mascot of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023?

(a) Iceburgh

(b) Burnie

(d) Tazuni

(e) Hugo

Answers :

1) Answer: D

International Stuttering Awareness Day 2022 is observed on the 22nd of October 2022.
The International Stuttering Awareness Day theme 2022 set up by the ISAD Online Conference Team is “Being Seen, Being Heard – Representation and Normalization of Stuttering in the mainstream.”
International Stuttering Awareness Day was established in the year 1998 to bring attention to the millions of people across the world who are living with his specific Communication Disorder.

2) Answer: C

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar announced that the national government will start a Rs 500 crore accelerator program to help agro enterprises with their profitable ideas.
On the second day of PM Kisan Samman Sammelan, Tomar announced a slew of major policy announcements aimed at agricultural entrepreneurs.
Narendra Singh Tomar announced that an executive committee comprised of relevant organizations would be formed.
Under the chairmanship of the agriculture secretary, this will comprise the Department of Agriculture Research and Education (DARE), DPIIT, agricultural incubators and knowledge partners, agricultural universities, research institutes, top investors, and other stakeholders.

3) Answer: A

The Ministry of Railways has announced the closing of New Delhi’s Central Organization for Modernization of Workshops (COFMOW). It will go into effect on December 1, 2022.
With the advice of the Principal Economic Advisor and the Ministry of Finance, the Railway Board confirmed the dissolution of the four-decade-old organization that contributed significantly to the modernization of the workshop across the railway networks.
COFMOW was forbidden from floating or opening bids immediately following its closure.
All sanctioned works for which a tender has not been issued.
Workers will be assigned to the appropriate Zonal Railways or Production Unit.
All non-gazetted stations would be surrendered, and the person would be released/repatriated/re-deployed elsewhere.
The organization’s infrastructure and buildings will be handed over to the Railway Board by November 30th, 2022.

4) Answer: B

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank’s private sector investment arm, has launched a new, $6 billion financing facility to strengthen the private sector’s ability to respond to the crisis and help support food production.
To facilitate the trade of food commodities, delivery of inputs to farmers, supporting efficient production in major origins, including Ukraine, and effective distribution of food products in destination countries
It will also focus on long-term actions to improve the resilience of the global food system and lessen its climate and ecological footprint.
The long-term actions include investing in increasing efficient crop production, improving access to fertilizers, greening fertilizer production and use, reducing crop loss and food waste, improving supply chain efficiency, and mitigating infrastructure bottlenecks.

5) Answer: D

The European Parliament has approved a new rule to introduce a single charging port for electronic gadgets (mobile phones, tablets, and cameras) by 2024 in the European Union (EU).

Aim :

To minimize e-waste and empower customers to make more sustainable choices.
From 2026, the rules will be expanded to include laptops.

Key Highlights :

The new rules allow customers to choose between two chargers – one with and one without USB-C chargers while purchasing a handheld device.
Under the first phase of the law, which will be implemented in late 2024, all mobile phones, tablets, and cameras sold in the EU have to be equipped with a USB Type-C charging port.
It is expected to impact smartphone manufacturers such as Apple since these rules will force changes in the charging port of iPhones and other devices for users in the EU
The USB Type-C ports can charge up to 100 Watts, transfer data up to 40 GB per second, and link to external displays

6) Answer: C

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) partnered with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to launch project ‘Vayu Amrit’, a crop residue management initiative, in Sangrur, Punjab to mitigate stubble burning.

About ‘Vayu Amrit’ :

The project has been scaled up to 300 villages covering 3 lakh acres of farmland.
Through this Project, IOC l has recently partnered with the CII and is supporting the program in 9 villages of Sangrur covering 7,000 acres of farmland
Stubble burning is a major cause of air pollution in the northwest, especially in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) during winters.

7) Answer: B

PM Modi laid the foundation stone for developmental projects worth over Rs 3,400 crore in Mana, Uttarakhand.
PM Modi inaugurated connectivity projects worth 3,400 crores in Mana village of Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.
He laid the foundation stone of two ropeway projects, Gaurikund to Kedarnath and Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib.
The length of the ropeway in Kedarnath will be around 9.7 km. It will connect Gaurikund to Kedarnath.
Hemkund ropeway will connect Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib. Its length will be around 12.4 km.
This ropeway will also connect Ghangaria. Ghangaria is the gateway to Valley of Flowers National Park.
The ropeways will be developed at a cumulative cost of around Rs 2,430 crore.
He also laid the foundation stone of road widening projects worth around Rs 1000 crore.
The two road widening projects include Mana to Mana Pass (NH07) and Joshimath to Malari (NH107B).

8) Answer: B

The Assam government has inked 7 memoranda of understanding and agreement (MoU, MoA) with different industry players in a move to draw a roadmap for a broad-based development of

Key Highlights :

On behalf of the government, Assam Skill Development Mission (ASDM) entered into agreements with Microsoft, Google India, Larsen & Toubro, and Health Care Sector Skill Council.
The Directorate of employment and craftsmen training executed an MoU with Info Edge (India) better known as com.
The Assam Tourism Development Corporation signed an MoU with the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship, the Government of India, TATA Strive Skill Development Initiatives of Tata Community Initiative Trust, and the Indian Hotels Company.

9) Answer: B

The WEG Industries Pvt. Ltd has installed India’s first 4.20-MW wind turbine generator, a single unit with the largest generation capacity, at Vadalivilai near Valliyoor in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu at ₹88 crores.
Gujarat and Tamil Nadu would be the major players in the

Key Highlights :

The central government has set the goal to produce 500 GW of power through renewable energy sources by 2030, out of which solar energy would account for 300 GW.
The other renewable energy sources would be tapped optimally to generate the remaining 200 GW.
Tamil Nadu has the potential to generate 35 GW of wind power, with Dhanushkodi alone capable of producing 30 GW.
So far, the 3,000-odd windmills installed in the Aralvaimozhi Pass can generate power up to 2 MW.

10) Answer: B

The 136 feet tall Durga puja pandal situated in Lucknow’s Jankipuram, Uttar Pradesh (UP) is all set to be recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest ever.
Before this, the title of the world’s tallest pandal was held by Kolkata, whose height was 125 feet but, now it is overpowered by the Lucknow Durga Puja pandal.

About Durga puja pandal :

The pandal is a replica of the under-construction Chandrodaya temple of Vrindavan, which is built to be one of the tallest religious monuments in the world with a height of above 700-ft and spread over 5,40,000 sq feet area.
It is built by the Utsav Puja Committee, which is also celebrating the Puja for the last 28 years.
The pandal has been built by 52 artisans from Kolkata and Assam in over one month time period.
A total of Rs 32 lakhs have been spent in making this tallest Durga Puja pandal.
The Durga Puja pandal, going to be certified by the Guinness Book, is as tall as a 14-storey building.

11) Answer: C

Leading stock brokerage firm, HDFC Securities Limited, has opened the first-ever Women-Only Digital Centre (DC) in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
The center, staffed with a team of women aged below 30 years, will serve both male and female investors.

Aim :

To encourage these women to take charge of their finances with a women-only team at the new DC.
It will be based in Bengaluru and cater to customers from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and

12) Answer: A

India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) and Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) have partnered to enhance the reach of financial solutions to large sections of society across India and enable frictionless finance to a billion Indians.

Key Highlights :

IPPB and RBIH will plan, design, and execute innovative products and offerings to bridge the existing gap by bringing digitized services to the customer’s doorstep.
The collaboration will explore projects which will have an impact on the masses by

leveraging the deep rural reach of IPPB-Department of Posts (DoP) to take rural finance to a billion Indians.
It will enable access to sustainable and secure financial services to every segment of society, through research and innovation.

13) Answer: C

India’s leading fintech platform, PhonePe, has launched its first Green Data Center in India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra leveraging technologies and solutions from Dell Technologies and NTT.
The Green Data Center is set to open up new opportunities in data management for PhonePe, with efficient data security, power efficiency, ease of operations, and cloud solutions.
The center will also help the company to build sustainable and efficient infrastructure to further seamlessly scale its operations across the country.
The 8-megawatt facility occupies 13740 sqft at Mahape, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.
It is built and designed with advanced alternative cooling technologies like Direct Contact Liquid Cooling (DCLC) and Liquid Immersion Cooling (LIC).
The data center’s Dell PowerEdge servers will provide exceptional performance, simplified management, and intelligent automation while using less energy.

14) Answer: D

Google signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Assam government to support and accelerate the State’s goal of fostering digital growth and development.
As part of this new initiative, Google will collaborate with the Skill, Employment & Entrepreneurship Department (SEED) of the Assam Government to strengthen school digitization efforts with digital tools and solutions to support teaching and learning as well as to spread the “Be Internet Awesome” program’s lessons on the fundamentals of online safety and digital citizenship to school children.
Google will collaborate with the Assam Skill Development Mission to award Google Career Certificates to young people in Assam in addition to granting the scholarship.

15) Answer: A

In a recent analysis, the World Economic Forum (WEF) claimed that putting drones at the forefront of a technology-driven transformation of Indian agriculture may boost the country’s GDP by 1–1.5% and generate at least five lakh new jobs in the coming years.
Drone-based technology has the potential to revolutionize Indian agriculture, according to a paper published here by the WEF’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in India in collaboration with the Adani Group.
The WEF paper outlines drone use scenarios that integrate military and commercial technology and are made practical by local stakeholder coordination, digital adoption, analytics, and financing.
It also provides a framework for the development of scalable pilot projects that can be implemented by various governments.

16) Answer: C

India ranks third in the first-ever global survey on the rise of centi-millionaires – those with assets of more than Rs 830 crore ($100 million) — despite having high levels of poverty, inflation, and hunger.
India possesses 1,132 of the 25,490 centi-millionaires in the globe, outpacing Switzerland, the UK, and Russia in a rapidly expanding and powerful class of ultra-wealthy IT titans, financiers, multinational CEOs, and heirs.
With an expected 80% growth rate in people worth over $100 million by 2032, India will surpass China (number 2) as the fastest-growing market for millionaires, according to a report published by worldwide investment migration advisory firm Henley & Partners.

17) Answer: B

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which oversees Aadhaar, has once again topped the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) September rankings report for addressing the most public grievances among all government ministries and departments.
UIDAI has topped the standings for the second month in a row.
UIDAI has been a top performer in resolving public grievances received through the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), and it is making ongoing efforts to improve the Aadhaar holder’s experience.
UIDAI has a robust grievance redressal ecosystem in place, which includes the UIDAI headquarters, regional offices, a technology center, an engaged contact center, and partners.
A well-coordinated mechanism enables UIDAI to resolve around 92% of CRM grievances within a week.

18) Answer: B

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has designated senior Solar Scientist, Dr. Sankarasubramanian K, as the Principal Scientist of the ‘Aditya-L1’ Mission.

About Dr Sankarasubramanian K :

Sankarasubramanian K. is a senior solar scientist at the U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), Bengaluru.
He is also the Principal Investigator for one of the X-ray payloads onboard Aditya-L1.
He has contributed to AstroSat, Chandrayaan-1, and Chandrayaan-2 missions of ISRO in several capacities.
He also heads the Aditya-L1 Science Working Group, which has members from several institutes in India engaged in solar science research.
Currently, he is heading the Space Astronomy Group (SAG) of URSC.

19) Answer: B

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has appointed K P Ashwini as a Special Rapporteur (SR) on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
She will take over as the UNHCR special rapporteur in Geneva on November 1, 2022, for 3 years.
She is the first Asian as well as the first Indian to be appointed for the post.

20) Answer: D

Former Civil Aviation Secretary Mr. Pradeep Singh Kharola was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) for two years.

About Mr. Pradeep Singh Kharola :

Kharola is a 1985 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Karnataka cadre.
He has also served as CMD Air India and Secretary, of Civil Aviation.

21) Answer: C

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has nominated two directors Mr. G Mahalingam and Deepak Mohanty to the board of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS).
The appointment of these two directors has been approved by both the MCA and National Company Law Tribunal.
With this induction, the existing board of IL&FS now comprises 6 members namely

Mr CS Rajan (non-executive chairman)
Nand Kishore (managing director)
Malini Shankar (director)
N Srinivasan (director)
Deepak Mohanty (director)
Mr G Mahalingam (director).

22) Answer: D

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has increased its stake to 7% from 5.65% in an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.
Between June 15, 2022, and September 30, 2022, LIC purchased 33,86,486 shares of DRL, aggregating a 034% stake from the open market.

23) Answer: B

The Iranian government has launched a space tug capable of shifting satellites between orbits.
The Saman test spacecraft was built by Iran’s Space Research Center and launched by the Defense Ministry of Iran.
Iran unveiled the Saman test craft in 2017.
In June 2022 Tehran (The capital of Iran) launched a solid-fuel rocket into space
In August 2022, a Russian rocket successfully launched an Iranian Khayyam satellite into orbit & it’s named after Omar Khayyam, a Persian scientist who lived in the 11th and 12th centuries.

24) Answer: A

Alphabet Inc’s Google will set up its first cloud region in Greece.
To give a boost to the country’s efforts to become a world cloud computing hub
It was announced by Adaire Fox-Martin, president of Google Cloud International at an event in Athens, Greece.
A cloud region usually is based around a cluster of data centers.
The deal is estimated to contribute some2 billion euros ($2.13 billion) to Greece’s economic output and create some 20,000 jobs by 2030.

25) Answer: D

Tazuni, a playful, football-obsessed penguin, has been named the Official Mascot of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023.
Tazuni will become an essential symbol for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand, appearing on official tournament goods and media channels, as well as in person at community events leading up to the event.
In the run-up to the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Tazuni, a 15-year-old midfielder whose tale involves her falling in love with football after playing with a group of kids on a beach, will be featured on merchandise, media platforms, and community events.
Tazuni is a combination of the Tasman Sea, the habitat of penguins, and Unity, the primary value of the occasion.

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