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Dear Readers, Daily Current Affairs Questions Quiz for SBI, IBPS, RBI, RRB, SSC Exam 2022 of 11th August 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) Where did the 12th edition of the Defence Expo, India’s flagship exhibition on Land, Naval, and Homeland Security systems be held?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Delhi
(e) Gujarat
2) Maharashtra Governor Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari inaugurated the 22nd ‘Bharat Rang Mahotsav’ at Rabindra Natya Mandir in?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Pune
(c) Nagpur
(d) Aurangabad
(e) Nashik
3) Tennis Legend Serena Williams has announced retirement recently, She currently holds how many grand slam singles titles?
(a) 26
(b) 24
(c) 25
(d) 27
(e) 23
4) Nikhat Zareen and ___________ have been named as India’s flagbearers for the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Birmingham?
(a) Sakshi Malik
(b) Sharath Kamal
(c) P V Sindhu
(d) Manpreet Singh
(e) Deepak Punia
5) Which country approved India’s Hydropower Board for constructing 1200 MW West Seti and SR 6” hydropower project?
(a) Srilanka
(b) the Maldives
(c) Bhutan
(d) Myanmar
(e) Nepal
6) Which private lender has become the first to launch Receivables Suite and an innovative Cash Management proposition?
(a) ICCI Bank
(b) Axis Bank
(c) HDFC Bank
(d) Yes Bank
(e) Federal Bank
7) Which bank has Inked a Pact with LetsVenture for exploring synergies and supporting the startup ecosystem?
(a) Federal Bank
(b) IndusInd Bank
(c) IDFC First Bank
(d) ICCI Bank
(e) Kotak Mahindra Bank
8) According to RBI small finance banks which have completed two years of operations should have __________ crore to deal in foreign exchange.
(a) 200
(b) 400
(c) 700
(d) 300
(e) 500
9) Recently RBI has permitted permit non-financial institutions and unregulated entities to own more than ______ stake in IDBI Bank.
(a) 40%
(b) 50%
(c) 60%
(d) 30%
(e) 20%
10) James Marape has been recently appointed as the new Prime Minister of?
(a) Brunei
(b) Papua New Guinea
(c) Timor-Leste
(d) Fiji
(e) the Solomon Islands
11) Pramod Kumar has been recently appointed as the chief financial officer of which company?
(a) Power Finance Corporation
(b) BHEL
(c) Power Grid Corporation
(d) NHPC
(e) NTPC
12) Which Edition of Indo-US Joint Special Forces exercise — Ex Vajra Prahar 2022 is to be conducted at Training School in Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh?
(a) 11th
(b) 15th
(c) 12th
(d) 13th
(e) 14th
13) Which company has launched the project “India ki Udaan” for celebrating 75 years of independence?
(a) Facebook
(b) Amazon
(c) Google
(d) Samsung
(e) Microsoft
14) P V Kamaraj a former _________ has been recently passed away in Chennai.
(a) Politician
(b) Singer
(c) Director
(d) Musician
(e) Athlete
15) Former Umpire Rudi Koertzen has passed away recently, he belongs to which Country?
(a) West Indies
(b) Australia
(c) New Zealand
(d) South Africa
(e) England
16) K Maya Thevar has passed away recently, he belongs to which field?
(a) Music
(b) Cinema
(c) Politics
(d) Arts
(e) Author
17) An Iranian satellite Khayyam has been launched into space using which country’s Rocket Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan?
(a) Russia
(b) France
(c) the US
(d) China
(e) Japan
18) David McCullough a __________ has died recently.
(a) Politician
(b) Historian
(c) Zoologist
(d) Musician
(e) Illustrator
Answers :
1) Answer: E
The Ministry of Defence announced that the 12th edition of the Defence Expo, India’s flagship exhibition on Land, Naval, and Homeland Security systems, will be held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
The exhibition is being planned with events such as Bandhan for forging partnerships between companies; seminars and webinars showcasing start-ups/MSMEs, including cutting-edge technology solutions for future battlefield; Artificial Intelligence in defense. The exhibition is in line with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to achieve self-reliance in defense and achieve an export of $5 billion by 2025.
2) Answer: A
Maharashtra Governor Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari inaugurated the 22nd ‘Bharat Rang Mahotsav’ at Rabindra Natya Mandir in Mumbai. The five-day drama festival is being jointly organized by the Union Ministry of Culture and P.L. Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Akademi in the city to pay tribute to our freedom fighters.
Bharat Rang Mahotsav was established two decades ago by the National School of Drama. It aims to stimulate the growth and development of theatre across the country. It is a national festival to showcase the creative works and art theatre workers in India, but it has evolved so much in the past years, that it has reached international stages.
3) Answer: E
Serena Williams, one of the greatest athletes of all time and a 23-time grand slam singles champion, has announced that she is retiring from professional tennis, indicating she could step away after the upcoming US Open.
Williams has won an Open era record of 23 grand slam singles titles, earning a total of $94,588,910 in prize money and much more in endorsements. She has additionally won four Olympic gold medals, three of them in doubles, and two mixed doubles grand slam titles in 1998.
4) Answer: B
Sharath Kamal and boxer Nikhat Zareen have been named India’s flagbearers for the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Birmingham. Sharath, in combination with Sreeja Akula, won the elusive gold in table tennis mixed doubles and a silver in the men’s doubles event while Nikhat clinched boxing gold in the women’s 50kg flyweight category.
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and men’s hockey captain Manpreet Singh were the Indian flagbearers for the opening ceremony.
5) Answer: E
Nepal wants India to build a hydroelectric project, which was conceived about six decades back, but could not be implemented although it was taken up and abandoned twice by China.
The proposed 1200 MW “West Seti and SR 6” hydropower project is likely to be discussed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Lumbini in Nepal. Modi will have a meeting with Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba in the birthplace of Buddha. The Deuba government has of late linked the 750 MW West Seri project with the 450 MW SR 6 project and initiated discussion with New Delhi to develop both as a joint storage project with a combined generation capacity of 1250 MW.
6) Answer: B
Axis Bank becomes the first Indian bank to launch Axis Receivables Suite (ARS)-an innovative Cash Management proposition that simplifies Receivables reconciliation, accelerates cash flow, enhances the client experience, and reduces the cost of doing business.
Using ARS, Axis Bank clients can customize and automate fully what has traditionally been a very time-consuming, costly, manual, and error-prone activity. Clients also benefit from knowing their upcoming/pending payments which give them real-time control over all their receivables.
7) Answer: C
IDFC FIRST Bank and LetsVenture, India’s leading early-stage platform for investors and founders have announced a partnership to explore synergies and support the startup ecosystem by offering curated products and solutions to startups, founders and investors.
The partnership makes IDFC FIRST Bank a preferred banker to all startups on LetsVenture’s Scalix, a newly launched platform that supports the startup ecosystem through fundraising solutions, knowledge series, and investor connect.
IDFC FIRST Bank offers customized solutions to startups under its FIRST WINGS program, dedicated to powering the startup ecosystem.
8) Answer: E
The Reserve Bank stated small finance banks which have completed two years of operations and have a minimum net worth of Rs 500 crore can deal in foreign exchange.
RBI stated this is being permitted to give more flexibility to small finance banks (SFBs) to meet their customers’ foreign exchange business requirements. Other criteria for entering the forex business include profit in the preceding two years and net NPAs not being more than 6 percent in the previous four quarters.
9) Answer: A
The Reserve Bank of India has permitted permit non-financial institutions and unregulated entities to own more than 40 percent stake in IDBI Bank and to sell between 51 and 74 percent of the lender through a strategic divestment process.
The Union government and Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) look to sell a 51-74 percent stake in the lender through the strategic divestment process.
Governor of RBI: Shaktikanta Das
MD & CEO of IDBI Bank: Rakesh Sharma
10) Answer: B
James Marape is elected Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea unopposed, as the country’s 11th National Parliament sits for the first time. The victory can be interpreted as an acceptance by the electorate of the policies Marape introduced when he replaced previous Prime Minister Peter O’Neill following a vote of no confidence in May 2019.
Marape highlighted the government’s commitment to the Connect PNG infrastructure program and reform of state-owned enterprises, to ensure they are not all always depending on cash from our national budget, but sometimes in the distant future, they can stand on their own two feet and serve our country better in their functions.
11) Answer: C
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited has appointed Pramod Kumar as the chief financial officer (CFO) of the company. Before his appointment to the new position, Kumar served as Executive Director (Finance) of Power Grid Corporation.
Pramod Kumar is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), having experience of 35 years in the power sector involving almost all areas of finance and accounting functions i.e. finalization of corporate accounts, formulation of the capital budget.
12) Answer: D
The 13th edition of the Indo-US Joint Special Forces exercise — Ex Vajra Prahar 2022, began at the Special Forces Training School in Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh.
The US contingent is represented by personnel from the 1st Special Forces Group (SFG) and Special Tactics Squadron (STS) of the US Special Forces while the Indian Army contingent is formed by drawing Special Forces personnel under the aegis of SFTS. This joint annual exercise is hosted alternatively between India and the US to share the best practices and experiences in areas such as joint mission planning and operational tactics.
13) Answer: C
The project “India ki Udaan” executed by Google Arts and Culture celebrates the achievements of the country and is “themed on the unwavering and undying spirit of India over these past 75 years.
As part of the countrywide celebrations to commemorate 75 years of independence, Google also announced its collaboration with the Ministry of Culture focused “on reaching informative online content that showcases the contributions of Indians and the evolution of India since 1947 to support the government’s year-long ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ program”.
14) Answer: E
P V Kamaraj, 68 part of the 4x400m Indian men’s relay team that won bronze at the 1979 Asian Championships in Tokyo, passed away following a massive heart attack in Chennai. Kamaraj retired as a Chief Reservation Officer with the Indian Railways and had contributed immensely to athletics in his hometown Tiruchi and was active in the athletic tournaments of Tamil Nadu.
He won several medals, including gold, silver, and bronze in 400m hurdles in the national inter-state meets and Open nationals from 1977-80. He was a NIS-trained coach and had trained the Tamil Nadu state team for several years.
15) Answer: D
Former South African international umpire Rudi Koertzen passed away due to a car crash at the age of 73. One of the most respected umpires in world cricket from the late 1990s till 2010, Koertzen officiated in nearly 400 international games.
Koertzen joined the ICC’s Elite Panel in the year 2002. He remained a part of it for eight years. During his tenure, he officiated as an on-field and TV umpire in as many as 397 games, including 128 Test matches, a record 250 ODIs, and 19 T20 Internationals.
16) Answer: C
Former MP K Maya Thevar, 88 who played a key role in the AIADMK embracing the two-leaves symbol, died owing to age-related ailments at his residence in Dindigul’s Chinnalapatti.
Maya Thevar was the candidate for the first-ever Lok Sabha election faced by the AIADMK after former chief minister MG Ramachandran floated the party in 1972. He chose the two-leaves symbol for seeking a mandate from the Dindigul constituency and won the polls with a margin of over 1.45 lakh votes against DMK’s Pon Muthuramalingam in May 1973.
17) Answer: A
A Russian rocket successfully launched an Iranian satellite into space named Khayyam, which was launched by a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan.
Iran says the satellite is designed for scientific research including radiation and environmental monitoring for agricultural purposes and no other country will have access to the information it gathers. The satellite fitted with the high-resolution camera will be used for environmental monitoring and will remain fully under its control.
18) Answer: B
David McCullough,89 the Pulitzer prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from New York’s Brooklyn Bridge to American presidents John Adams and Harry Truman made him among the most popular and influential historians of his time died.
In his 70s and 80s, he indulged his affection for Paris with the 2011 release The Greater Journey and for aviation with a best-seller on the Wright brothers that came out in 2015. McCullough received the National Book Award for The Path Between the Seas, about the building of the Panama Canal; and for Mornings on Horseback, a biography of Theodore Roosevelt.
