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1) World Animals Welfare Day is Celebrated on?
(a) 3rd Oct
(b) 4th Oct
(c) 1st Oct
(d) 2nd Oct
(e) 5th Oct
2) Who has been elected as the chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India?
(a) Prashant Kumar
(b) Lalit Bhasin
(c) N S Rajan
(d) Smriti Mandhana
(e) None of the above
3) Who took Charge as 37th Director General(DG) of the Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) in October 2022?
(a) Rashmi Shukla
(b) Sujoy Lal Thaosen
(c) Anish Dayal Singh
(d) Sanjeev Ranjan Ohja
(e) None of the above
4) Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police?
(a) Rashmi Shukla
(b) Sanjeev Ranjan Ohja
(c) Anish Dayal Singh
(d) N S Rajan
(e) Prashant Kumar
5) Who was appointed as the Secretary of the Department of Commerce?
(a) Bharathan
(b) Sunil Barthwal
(c) Subrahmanyan
(d) Vinod S Shenoy
(e) Anil Kumar
6) Who took over as Director of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL)?
(a) Rajendra Kumar
(b) S Bharathan
(c) Vinayak Godse
(d) L Nageshwar Rao
(e) Vinod Aggarwal
7) Who has been appointed as the National President of Indian American Chambers of Commerce?
(a) Sanjeev Kishore
(b) Vivek Murthy
(c) Ajay Bhadoo
(d) Lalit Bhasin
(e) Sunil Barthwal
8) Who has been elected as the Vice President of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) during its Annual Conference held in Paris?
(a) Anil Chauhan
(b) Vijay Jasuja
(c) A.K.Anil Kumar
(d) Rajendra Kumar
(e) Vinayak Godse
9) Which of the following bank has opened an Analytical Center of Excellence (ACoE)?
(a) RBL Bank
(b) Karnataka Bank
(c) Bank of Baroda
(d) Federal Bank
(e) South Indian Bank
10) Recently, Who was conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2022 by Droupadi Murmu?
(a) Tapan Sinha
(b) Asha Parekh
(c) Vinod Khanna
(d) P R Sreejesh
(e) Angela Merkel
11) Which of the following state has been declared as India’s Cleanest City?
(a) Chennai
(b) Indore
(c) Navi Mumbai
(d) Surat
(e) Hyderabad
12) Which of the following telecom operator has become the first company to launch 5G services in the country?
(a) BSNL
(b) Vodafone
(c) Airtel
(d) Reliance Jio
(e) None of the above
13) Who has won the ‘Changemaker’ award at the UN SDG Action Awards?
(a) Savita Punia
(b) Roxy Mathew Koll
(c) Srishti Bakshi
(d) Vivek Lal
(e) Angela Merker
14) Recently, Which of the following States/UTs India’s First Green Hydrogen fuelling station set up by NTPC Limited?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Puducherry
(c) Leh
(d) Ladakh
(e) Odisha
15) The Ministry of Home Affairs has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 in 9 districts of Nagaland from ________to March 30, 2023.
(a) 1st September 2022
(b) 1st October 2022
(c) 1st November 2022
(d) 1st December 2022
(e) 1st January 2022
16) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) came out with a new framework for credit rating agencies (CRAs). Its applicable from _________.
(a) 1st March 2023
(b) 1st Jan 2023
(c) 1st Feb 2023
(d) 1st Dec 2022
(e) 1st Nov 2022
17) In Swachh Survekshan 2022, which of the following state emerged as the ‘Cleanest State’ in the category of “more than 100 Urban Local Bodies”?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Odisha
(d) Rajasthan
(e) Andhra Pradesh
18) Who chaired the 45th meeting of the National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved 14 projects at a cost of Rs.1,145 crore rupees?
(a) Vivek Lal
(b) Ashok Kumar
(c) Vinod Khanna
(d) Anil Chauhan
(e) Rashmi Shukla
19) Which of the following state government has launched marriage schemes?
(a) Telangana
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) TamilNadu
(e) Sikkim
20) The combined Index of Eight Core Industries increased by how much percent in August 2022 as compared to the Index of August 2021?
(a) 3.25%
(b) 3.3%
(c) 3%
(d) 2.5%
(e) 2.8%
21) Which of the following Committee and the Indian Army have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide opportunities for wounded soldiers to participate in Para sport?
(a) Paralympic
(b) Asian Games
(c) Olympic
(d) Common Wealth Games
(e) None of the above
22) Recently, Who will receive the 32nd Bihari Puraskar award for his 2015 literary Criticism Book?
(a) Mallika Sarabhai
(b) Pavan C. Lall
(c) Madhav Hada
(d) Jiwesh Nandan
(e) Munjpara Kalubhai
Answers :
1) Answer: B
Every year on October 4th, World Animal Welfare Day is honored.
This day is observed worldwide to commemorate the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
The goal of observing this day as World Animal Welfare Day is to elevate the status of animals and improve their well-being.
2) Answer: C
Mr. N S Rajan (Director of August One Partners LLP) has been unanimously elected as the chairman of the Board of Governors of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI).
He has replaced Mr. Subhash Kamath.
Mr. Saugata Gupta, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Marico Limited, was elected Vice Chairman of ASCI.
3) Answer: B
Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers Mr. Sujoy Lal Thaosen and Mr. Anish Dayal Singh have been appointed as the new director generals of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) respectively.
The order for their appointment was issued by the Personnel Ministry after sanction from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by the prime minister.
4) Answer: C
Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers Mr. Sujoy Lal Thaosen and Mr. Anish Dayal Singh have been appointed as the new director generals of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) respectively.
The order for their appointment was issued by the Personnel Ministry after sanction from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by the prime minister.
Mr. Thaosen is scheduled to retire in November 2023, while Singh will superannuate in December 2024.
5) Answer: B
Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Shri Sunil Barthwal was appointed as the Secretary of the Department of Commerce under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry in New Delhi, Delhi, India.
He replaced Shri Subrahmanyam, a 1987-batch IAS officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre.
Shri Subrahmanyam was appointed as chairman and managing director of, the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) on a contract basis for two years following his superannuation.
6) Answer: B
Mr. S Bharathan took over as Director-Refineries of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), a Maharatna Company.
He replaced Mr. Vinod S Shenoy.
7) Answer: D
Noted lawyer Dr. Lalit Bhasin has been appointed as the national president of Indian American Chambers of Commerce (IACC).
Dr. Bhasin is a well-known name in business and social circles.
He is closely associated with India’s apex business organizations like CII, and Ph.D. CCI and served as chairman of its legal committees.
He is the 54th National President of IACC, which was set up in October 1968 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra having 14 offices all over India, with a large membership from large, medium, and small business entities.
8) Answer: C
senior scientist in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dr. A K Anil Kumar, was elected as the Vice President of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) during its Annual Conference International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2022 held in Paris during 18-22 September 2022.
Currently, he is Associate Director of ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), Bengaluru, Karnataka has been leading the ISRO activities for safe and sustainable space operations Management.
9) Answer: B
Karnataka Bank has opened an Analytical Center of Excellence (ACoE) at Electronic City, Bengaluru, Karnataka to harness the power of data.
The center, which is developed in association with Ernst and Young (EY) as a project partner, will help in the accelerated incubation of Artificial Intelligence (AI)/ Machine Learning (ML) models along with their integration into business, on a scalable analytical data platform.
Shri P Pradeep Kumar, Chairman, and Sri Mahabaleshwara M.S, MD & CEO, along with Shri Mahesh Makhija from EY jointly inaugurated the Centre.
ACoE will be a key differentiator in accelerating Karnataka Bank’s transformation journey to emerge as a relevant, progressive ‘Digital Bank of Future’ as envisaged as part of the KBL NxT initiative of the Bank”.
10) Answer: B
President Droupadi Murmu presented the Dada Saheb Phalke award for 2020 to actress Asha Parekh.
In the 68th National Film Awards ceremony, the Hindi film Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior’ has been selected for ‘Best Popular Film. Ajay Devgn for the film, Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, and Suriya for the film Soorarai Pottru best actor award.
Aparna Balamurali received the Best Actress Award for Soorarai Pottru.
Satchidananda KR got received the Best Director Award for Malayalam Film AK Ayyappanum Koshiyum.
11) Answer: B
For the sixth consecutive time, Indore has been adjudged as India’s cleanest city, followed by Surat and Navi Mumbai in the next two positions in the Central government’s annual cleanliness survey.
President Droupadi Murmu gave away the awards to the winners at an event here which was also attended by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and others.
Madhya Pradesh has secured the first position, followed by Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra in the category of best-performing states in ‘The swachh Survekshan Awards 2022’.
12) Answer: C
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel’s 5G services will be available in eight cities announced chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal at India Mobile Congress.
Airtel and Nokia have partnered to bring India’s first 5G-enabled immersive experience to visitors at the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022.
Bharti Airtel has become the first company to launch 5G services in the country.
The services will be available in eight cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Varanasi, Bangalore, and others.
13) Answer: C
Srishti Bakshi from India wins the ‘Changemaker’ award at UN SDG Action Awards.
Srishti Bakshi, who traveled 3,800km in less than a year, has won prestigious honor at the UN SDG Action Awards.
14) Answer: C
India’s first green hydrogen fuelling station, being set up at Leh in the Union Territory of Ladakh, is all set to be commissioned before May 2023.
The first-of-its-kind project is being set up by state-run NTPC.
The power generator had awarded the contract for the project to Amara Raja Power Systems, part of the $1.3 billion Amara Raja Group, in June.
15) Answer: B
According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Central government has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 in 9 districts of Nagaland including Dimapur, Niuland, Chumoukedima, Mon, Kiphire, Noklak, Phek, Peren and Zunheboto from October 1, 2022, to March 30, 2023.
In addition, the GoI has also extended AFSPA in the areas falling within the jurisdiction of 16 police stations in 4 districts of Nagaland including 5 police stations in Kohima district; 6 police stations in Mokokchung district; Yanglok police station in Longleng district; & 4 police stations in Wokha district.
16) Answer: B
Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) came out with a new framework for credit rating agencies (CRAs), involving ratings of securities having explicit credit enhancement features.
The new framework, applicable from January 1, 2023
To enhance Transparency and improve the rating process.
17) Answer: B
President Murmu presents awards to the cleanest States and cities in Swachh Survekshan 2022. Madhya Pradesh got the first position among States, followed by Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. Indore was adjudged the cleanest city for the sixth time in a row followed by Surat and Navi Mumbai with populations of above one lakh.
18) Answer: B
The executive committee of the National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved 14 projects at an estimated cost of ₹1,145 crore rupee.
The decision was taken at the 45th meeting of the executive committee under the chairmanship of director general G. Ashok Kumar, the Ministry of Jal Shakti said in a statement.
These include eight projects of sewerage management in five main stem Ganga basin states – Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal.
The EC also approved indicative funds of ₹45 crores for the installation of decentralized wastewater treatment systems in the main stem Ganga basin States.
The fund bifurcation is ₹10 crore each for Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal and Rs. 5 crores to Jharkhand.
19) Answer: B
Andhra Pradesh (AP) Chief Minister Shri Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the ‘YSR Kalyanamasthu’ and ‘YSR Shadi Tofa’ marriage schemes & also launched the website about these schemes.
To provide financial assistance for a daughter’s wedding in poor families.
The schemes would help in preventing child marriages and school dropouts as the eligibility for the schemes were 18 years for the bride and 21 years for the bridegroom.
20) Answer: B
The combined index of eight core industries increased by 3.3% (provisional) compared to the Index of August 2021.
Index of Eight Core Industries measures combined and individual performance of production in 8 core industries- Coal, Crude Oil, Cement, Fertilisers, Refinery Products, Electricity, Natural Gas, and Steel.
The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27% of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).
21) Answer: A
The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) and the Indian Army have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in a bid to provide opportunities for wounded soldiers to participate in Para sports.
Lieutenant General Ravin Khosla, deputy chief of army staff of the Indian Army, joined PCI President Deepa Malik and were both present for the signing of the document.
22) Answer: C
Writer Dr. Madhav Hada will be awarded the 32nd Bihari Puraskar for his 2015 literary criticism book ‘Pachrang Chola Pahar Sakhi Ri’, the KK Birla Foundation announced.
The book explores Meera’s life and society from a new perspective and is a new starting point for identifying her place in the field of Hindi literary criticism.
The Bihari Puraskar is one of the three literary awards instituted by the foundation in 1991.
