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1) Where was the National Tribal Research Institute (NTRI) inaugurated by Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Haryana

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Karnataka

2) Union Educational Minister has urged students to be nurtured as future entrepreneurs. Who is the present Educational Minister?

(a) Nitin Jairam Gadkari

(b) Narayan Tatu Rane

(d) Mansukh Mandaviya

(e) Dharmendra Pradhan

3) Presidential Election 2022 is set to be held on 18 July 2022. Who is the current Chief Election Commissioner?

(a) Sunil Arora

(b) Rajiv Kumar

(d) Sanjay Gupta

(e) T Manohar

4) Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has launched a new Logo for ______________.

(a) Ayurveda Vihaar

(b) Ayurveda Aahar

(d) Ayush Ayurveda

(e) Ayurveda Health

5) NHAI has created a Guinness World Record for constructing a 75-kilometer motorway in 105 hours and 33 minutes on the national highway of which state?

(a) Sikkim

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(d) Arunachal Pradesh

(e) Maharashtra

6) Which of the following country has passed the World’s First Electronics Right to Repair Law for Digital Electronics?

(a) the UK

(b) France

(d) India

(e) USA

7) Which of the following state has celebrated the Baikho festival for good rain and harvest?

(a) Assam

(b) Bihar

(d) Tripura

(e) West Bengal

8) Which of the following company has launched India’s First Crypto Rupee Index CRE8?

(a) CoinSwitch

(b) Binance

(d) Huobi

(e) Coinbase

9) What is the projected GDP Growth rate of India in FY23, according to Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report?

(a) 6.9 percent

(b) 6.0 per cent

(d) 7.8 percent

(e) 8.1 percent

10) Which of the following company has launched the “SMB Saathi Utsav” to support small businesses?

(a) Instagram

(b) Whatsapp

(d) Meta

(e) Telegram

11) Who has been appointed as ombudsman under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNERGS)?

(a) Bimal Jalan

(b) Urjit Patel

(d) Michael Patra

(e) B P Kanungo

12) Who has been appointed as the director of the International Monetary Fund’s Asia-Pacific department?

(a) Krishna Srinivasan

(b) Sourabh Sharma

(d) Soumya Swaminathan

(e) Dinesh Prajapati

13) Mayank Agrawal was appointed as CEO of Prasar Bharti. Whom did he replace?

(a) Jagadish Kumar

(b) Vasudevan Pathangi Narasimhan

(d) Amit Tandon

(e) Vivek Kumar

14) Who has been appointed as the ambassador of the British Council’s ‘India-UK Together Season of Culture?

(a) Shah Rukh Khan

(b) A R Rahman

(d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

(e) Sheryas Iyer

15) Who became the First Indian to be recognized as a Global SDG Pioneer by the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)?

(a) T S Tirumurti

(b) Ayush Banerjee

(d) Debasish Panda

(e) Ashwini Bhatia

16) Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has approved the enhancement of funding under the Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme of the Ministry of Defence to ______ per project from Rs 10 crore.

(a) Rs 25 crore

(b) Rs 30 crore

(d) Rs 50 crore

(e) Rs 45 crore

17) Which of the following country has successfully launched the Shenzhou 14 crewed mission to the Tiangong space station?

(a) India

(b) Japan

(d) South Korea

(e) China

18) In which year, NASA has set to launch a mission called Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry and Imaging Mission (DAVINCI Mission) to Venus?

(a) 2030

(b) 2047

(d) 2025

(e) 2027

19) Which institute has emerged as the highest-ranked Indian institute with the rank of 155 rising 31 places since the 2022 ranking, as per the QS World University rankings?

(a) IIT Madras

(b) IISc Bengaluru

(d) IIT Bombay

(e) IIM Ahmadabad

20) Who among the following is the first Indian to reach 200 million followers on Instagram?

(a) MS Dhoni

(b) Narendra Modi

(d) Shikar Dhawan

(e) Shah Rukh Khan

21) Recently, who among the following Indian women cricketer announced her retirement from all forms of international cricket?

(a) Harmanpreet Kaur

(b) Mithali Raj

(d) Renuka Singh

(e) Jhulan Goswami

22) Avani Lekhara won the gold with the world record in Para Shooting World Cup. In which category did she win the gold medal?

(a) 50m air rifle standing SH1

(b) 50m pistol SH1

(d) 25m pistol SH1

(e) 25m air rifle standing SH1

23) Who is the author of India’s first Sports Marketing book titled “The Winning Formula for Success”?

(a) Vinit Karnik

(b) V P Singh

(d) Yasin Malik

(e) Mulayam Singh Yadav

24) Where is the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) located?

(a) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

(b) Dubai, United Arab Emirates

(d) Jakarta, Indonesia

(e) Geneva, Switzerland

25) When is the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) established?

(a) 2000

(b) 1998

(d) 2010

(e) 1995

Answers :

1) Answer: A

Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah have inaugurated the National Tribal Research Institute (NTRI) in Delhi. It is being established for 10 crore rupees.

The NTRI will be the premier national institute for the promotion and preservation of tribal heritage and culture and the nerve center of tribal research issues and matters in academic, executive, and legislative fields. The institute will collaborate and network with reputed research institutes, universities, and organizations as well as academic bodies and resource Centres.

2) Answer: E

Union Education Minister Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan stated that the technology of incremental extrude is over and entreated better instructional establishments to recognition on exponential improvement to expand future-prepared workers.

India has confirmed its technical functionality in lots of programs which includes UPI, Direct Benefit Transfer, and Aadhar, and that we should construct in this electricity and create a future-prepared team of workers to just accept the modifications on account of Industrial Revolution 4.0.

3) Answer: B

The Presidential election 2022 will be held on July 18 and the counting of votes, if required, will be conducted on July 21, the Election Commission announced.

The last date of nomination has been set for June 29, the poll panel said at a press conference held at 3 pm to announce the schedule.

The term of President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 24 and an election for the next president is to be held before that day.

The new president has to be sworn in by July 25.

Ram Nath Kovind received over 65% of the votes in 2017.

The electoral college for President’s Election comprises 776 MPs and 4033 MLAs, a Total of 4809.

About Election Commission:

Formed: 25 January 1950
Headquarters: New Delhi
Chief Election Commissioner: Rajiv Kumar

4) Answer: B

The “Ayurveda Aahar” Logo become released with the aid of using Health Minister Mr. Mansukh Mandaviya, at the event World Food Safety Day.

The Ayurveda Aahar Logo will permit smooth identification.

Thus, it’ll assist in growing a unique Identity of “Ayurveda Aahar”.

The Logo may even improve the best of Ayurvedic products.

As consistent with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Ayurveda Aahar is meals organized consistent with the recipes or components or strategies given withinside the authoritative books of Ayurveda.

5) Answer: E

State-owned NHAI has created a Guinness World Record for the longest continuously laid bituminous lane of 75 kilometers in 105 hours and 33 minutes on the national highway between Amravati and Akola districts in Maharashtra.

The total length of the 75 kilometers of single-lane continuous bituminous concrete road is equivalent to 37.5 kilometers of two-lane paved shoulder and the work started on June 3 and was completed on June 7.

The previous Guinness World Record for the longest continuously laid bituminous was for building 25.275 kilometers of the road which was achieved in Doha, Qatar in February 2019, and that task was completed in 10 days.

6) Answer: E

The New York State Legislature in the United States has passed the world’s first ‘Right to Repair’ law that will allow digital electronics manufacturers to make parts, tools, information, and software available to consumers and independent repair shops.

About Digital Fair Repair Act :

The “Digital Fair Repair Act” passed by New York would require manufacturers of digital electronics like cellphones and computers to make diagnostic and repair information and parts available for sale to independent repairers.

7) Answer: A

People in India’s northeastern state of Assam celebrated the Baikho festival which is called the gateway to northeast India.

The Baikho festival is celebrated by the Rabha tribes in India.

About Baikho festival :

The Baikho festival is annually celebrated to bring in an auspicious harvest season filled with abundant crops and good health.

This is a celebration of a good harvest.

8) Answer: A

India’s largest crypto investing app, CoinSwitch, launched the Crypto Rupee Index (CRE8), which is the country’s first benchmark index to measure the performance of the rupee-based crypto market.

It is owned and administered by CoinSwitch.

About CRE8 :

CRE8 tracks the performance of 8 crypto assets that represent over 85% of the total market capitalization of cryptos traded in the Indian rupee.

9) Answer: A

According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s latest report, it has forecast India’s GDP progress at 6.9 percent for FY23 & which is 120 basis points lower than the 8.1 percent projection made in December 2021.

It is due to the Indian financial system is progressively dropping momentum as inflationary expectations stay elevated due to rising international vitality and meals costs, financial coverage normalizes, and international circumstances deteriorate

Russia’s war in Ukraine is also adversely impacting India’s growth prospects as the country is a major importer of energy, fertilizers, and edible oils.

The RBI hiked the key repo rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 4.9% in a bid to tame soaring inflation in the country.

In 2021-22, India’s Gross domestic product (GDP) was 8.7%, which made India the fastest-growing major economy worldwide.

OECD expects the policy rate to rise to 5.3% by the end of 2022 and remain there in 2023.

10) Answer: B

WhatsApp India announced SMBSaathi Utsav – an initiative that aims to support small businesses by helping them adopt digital mediums such as the WhatsApp Business App to run their business.

SMBSaathi Utsav has kicked off with a pilot in Jaipur’s Johri Bazaar and Bapu Bazaar where over 500 small businesses are being trained on various aspects of running their business online.

The SMBSaathi Utsav is the second phase of the SMBSaathi campaign.

Launched in collaboration with Josh Talks this initiative intends to educate and help small businesses unlock the potential of their business through WhatsApp.

11) Answer: C

The former in-charge registrar and university engineer for MS University, Mr. N J Ojha has been appointed as ombudsman under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNERGS) for a 2-year term.

An ombudsman has the power to receive complaints from MGNREGA workers, consider such complaints, pass awards within 30 days from the date of receipt of the complaint, and issue directions for conducting a spot investigation.

Based on the recommendation of the ombudsman state selection committee, the state government approved Ojha’s appointment for Vadodara district, Sajjansinh Amarsinh Padwal’s appointment for neighboring Panchmahal district, as well as Dr. Ranjitsinh Nayak and Bhargav Trivedi for Dahod and Chhota Udepur districts of Central Gujarat.

12) Answer: A

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Mr. Kristalina Georgieva has appointed Indian national Krishna Srinivasan as Director of the Asia and Pacific Department (APD) from June 22, 2022.

He will succeed Mr. Changyong Rhee.

13) Answer: C

The director-general of Doordarshan & Doordarshan News, Mr. Mayank Kumar Agrawal, has been given additional charge as the CEO of the public broadcaster Prasar Bharati.

He succeeded Mr. Shashi Shekhar Vempati, who stepped down as CEO following a five-year tenure.

14) Answer: B

Legendary musician Mr. A R Rahman has been appointed as the ambassador of the British Council’s ‘India-UK Together Season of Culture, which marks the 75th anniversary of India’s independence.

It was officially launched by Britain’s Deputy High Commissioner to India Jan Thomson and Director (India) of the British Council Barbara Wickham.

15) Answer: C

Mr. Ramkrishna Mukkavilli has become the first Indian to be recognized as the Global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Pioneer for water stewardship by the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).

The United Nations Global Compact has announced 10 new SDG Pioneers business leaders who are doing an exceptional job to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the implementation of the UN Global Compact 10 Principles on human rights, environment, labor, and anti-corruption.

The 2022 SDG Pioneers were announced during the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2022.

16) Answer: D

Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has approved the enhancement of funding under the Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme of the Ministry of Defence to Rs 50 crore per project from Rs 10 crore.

The TDF scheme, executed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), supports the indigenous development of components, products, systems, and technologies by MSMEs and start-ups.

Aim :

To provide a major fillip to the defense manufacturing sector by encouraging the industry to innovate and develop defense technologies to place India on the self-reliance trajectory.

The scheme facilitates up to 90 percent of the total project cost and allows the industry to work in consortium with another industry/academia.

The enhanced funding is in line with the budget announcement and it will further boost the vision of ‘Atma Nirbharta in defense.

To date, 56 projects have been sanctioned under the TDF scheme.

17) Answer: E

The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced China successfully launched the Shenzhou 14 crewed mission to the Tiangong space station, where the 3 astronauts went on a 6-month mission to complete its construction.

The astronauts lifted off on the Shenzhou 14 spacecraft propelled by a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre located in the Gobi Desert of Inner Mongolia in northwest China.

18) Answer: C

NASA is set to launch a mission called Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry and Imaging Mission (DAVINCI Mission) to Venus is scheduled for launch in 2029.

DAVINCI is set to enter the Venusian atmosphere in June 2031.

The mission has been named after the Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci

NASA scientists and engineers revealed new details about the mission in a paper recently published in The Planetary Science Journal

19) Answer: B

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru has emerged as the highest-ranked Indian institute with the rank of 155 rising 31 places since the 2022 ranking and also the fastest rising South Asian University in the 2023 edition of the QS World University rankings.

20) Answer: C

Indian cricketer Virat Kohli has crossed the 200 million followers mark on the social media site Instagram.

Former India and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain entered the 200m club.

With this, he became the first Indian to have 200 million followers on Instagram.

Kohli is also the third most followed sportsperson on Instagram.

The 33-year-old is only the third athlete to touch the 200 million followers mark on Instagram after Lionel Messi (334 million) and Cristiano Ronaldo (451 million), who has the most followers on the app.

21) Answer: B

Mithali Raj, captain of India women’s ODI and Test teams, announced her retirement from all forms of international cricket. Raj is regarded as one of the top Indian players of the sport.

About Mithali Raj:

She made her international debut in 1999 and has played prolific cricket across all formats. In March 2021, she became the first Indian woman cricketer and second internationally to complete 10,000 runs across all formats.

Earlier this year, she led the Indian squad at the ODI World Cup in New Zealand. The team missed out on qualifying for the semi-finals by just one point.

22) Answer: C

Tokyo Paralympics champion Avani Lekhara won gold at the Para Shooting World Cup with a world record score of 250.6 in women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 in Chateauroux, France.
The 20-year-old shooter broke her world record of 249.6 to secure her a spot at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Poland’s Emilia Babska bagged the silver medal with a total of 247.6, while the bronze went to Anna Normann of Sweden after she shot 225.6.
SH1 category is for athletes with lower limb impairment for competition in rifle events.
In August last year, Lekhara bagged a gold in the 10m air rifle standing event in the SH1 category at the Tokyo Paralympics.

23) Answer: A

India’s leading sports and Management institute, the International Institute of Sports & Management (IISM) has launched India’s first-ever Sports Academic book ‘Business of Sports- The Winning Formula for Success’ by Vinit Karnik.
Karnik is Head of Sports, Esports & Entertainment at GroupM South Asia.
Karnik has over 25 years of experience handling affairs in Media, Entertainment, and Sports Management.
This book is published by Popular Prakashan

24) Answer: C

About IMF: