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1) International Youth Day is observed on August 12. It was 1st observed on which among the following year?
(a) 1991
(b) 1995
(c) 1999
(d) 2000
(e) 2001
2) World Elephant Day is observed on which the following day?
(a) August 08
(b) August 09
(c) August 10
(d) August 11
(e) August 12
3) Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to dedicate a 2G ethanol plant in which state of the country?
(a) Bihar
(b) Haryana
(c) Odisha
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Uttarakhand
4) The Union Cabinet approved a treaty between India and which country to promote the co-production of films.
(a) South Africa
(b) America
(c) England
(d) Japan
(e) Australia
5) Who among the following person has recently e-launched the onboarding of cooperatives on the GeM portal?
(a) President Ram Nath Kovind
(b) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu
(c) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
(d) Home Minister Amit Shah
(e) Ministry of Commerce Shri Piyush Goyal
6) The Centre has decided to offer the use of Indigenous 5G Test Bed free of cost to the Government recognized start-ups up to ____________
(a) December 2022
(b) January 2023
(c) March 2023
(d) April 2023
(e) December 2023
7) Assam & which among the following state recently signed a joint statement on resolving the border dispute?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Nagaland
(d) Manipur
(e) Mizoram
8) NLC India Limited (NLCIL) inks MoU with Assam Power Distribution to develop ___________ MW solar power projects.
(a) 500 MW
(b) 800 MW
(c) 1000 MW
(d) 1200 MW
(e) 1500 MW
9) Which of the following Payments Bank partners with Piramal Finance to offer loans across India?
(a) Airtel Payments Bank
(b) India Post Payments Bank
(c) FINO Payments Bank
(d) Jio Payments Bank
(e) Paytm Payments Bank
10) Which among the following Indian Public Sector Bank formalizes policy to finance makers of lab-grown diamonds?
(a) State Bank of India
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c) Bank of Baroda
(d) Canara Bank
(e) Union Bank of India
11) Which Private sector bank has partnered with M1xchange to make a debut in the Trade receivables Discounting System (TReDs) platform?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) HDFC BANK
(c) AXIS BANK
(d) YES Bank
(e) IndusInd Bank
12) SIDBI & ONDC ink MoU to accelerate E-Commerce for Small Industries. What is the full form of ONDC?
(a) Open Network for Digital Commerce
(b) Optical Network for Digital Commerce
(c) Optical Network for Drive Commerce
(d) Open Network for Digital Communication
(e) Optical Network for Digital Communication
13) Which IT Giant has become the first big tech company to join Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)?
(a) Google
(b) Microsoft
(c) Apple
(d) IBM
(e) Netflix
14) Prof Ramadhar Singh becomes 1st Indian Social Psychologist on US Heritage Wall of Fame He is a professor at which university?
(a) Ahmedabad University
(b) University of Delhi
(c) University of Calcutta
(d) Jamia Millia Islamia Universit
(e) Vellore Institute of Technology
15) Shri Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar Chief Minister for __________ time in 22 years
(a) 3rd
(b) 5th
(c) 8th
(d) 9th
(e) 10th
16) Who among the following has been recently appointed as 49th Chief Justice of India?
(a) Rohinton Fali Nariman
(b) Vineet Saran
(c) Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
(d) Uday Umesh Lalit
(e) Shripathi Ravindra Bhat
17) Which country’s Chess Team has won the gold medal in the Open section of the 44th Chess Olympiad?
(a) India
(b) Uzbekistan
(c) Russia
(d) America
(e) Kazakhstan
18) Former West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard recently achieved the landmark of being the first cricketer to play ___________ T20 matches
(a) 400
(b) 500
(c) 600
(d) 700
(e) 800
19) Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh releases book ‘Rusty Skies & Golden Wind. This was written by whom?
(a) Vaishali Shroff
(b) Samhita Arni
(c) Natasha Sharma
(d) Arundhati Venkatesh
(e) Sannidhya Sharma
20) Minister of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry recently launched a unique coffee table book titled _____________
(a) Fish and Seafood
(b) The Physiology of Fishes
(c) Design of Marine Facilities
(d) Sharks and Their Relatives
(e) Introduction to the biology of marine life
21) Grease’ Star Olivia Newton-John Passes away. She was a famous _________
(a) Writer
(b) Singer
(c) Architect
(d) Doctor
(e) Teacher
Answers :
1) Answer: C
August 12 marks the annual celebration of International Youth Day as an awareness day, designated by the United Nations (UN).
The first Youth Day was observed in 1999 after the UN General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution accepting the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth in Lisbon.
In 1998, the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth issued a resolution designating August 12 as International Youth Day.
2) Answer: E
World Elephant Day is celebrated every year on August 12.
Initiated by the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation and filmmakers Patricia Sims and Michael Clark in 2011, the first international Elephant Day was celebrated on August 12, 2012.
World Elephant Day was launched to highlight the difficulty of Asian and African elephants, which face many threats like poaching, habitat loss, conflict with humans, and being mistreated in captivity.
The main aim of World Elephant Day is to make people aware of better treatment of captive elephants and against their illegal poaching and trade for ivory.
3) Answer: B
In Panipat, Haryana, the second generation (2G) ethanol plant—built at an estimated cost of Rs 900 crore—will be dedicated to the country by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi via video conference.
The dedication of the facility is only one of several actions the government has done over the years to increase the nation’s production and use of biofuels.
This fits with the prime minister’s ongoing efforts to change the energy industry so that it is more accessible, economical, efficient, and sustainable.
4) Answer: E
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved the signing of an audio-visual co-production treaty between India and Australia with the view to promoting the co-production of films.
These are umbrella agreements under which private, quasi-government, or governmental agencies enter contracts to produce films together.
Audio-visual co-production treaties are enabling documents that facilitate the co-production of films between two countries.
India has, so far, signed one 1audio-visual co-production treaty with foreign countries.
5) Answer: D
Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah e-launched the onboarding of cooperatives on the GeM portal.
589 cooperatives have been shortlisted as eligible for onboarding on Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal.
With the e-launch, eligible cooperatives can place orders on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal.
He urged all the co-operatives society to join Government e-Marketplace (GeM) with their products.
6) Answer: D
The Centre has decided to offer the use of the Indigenous 5G Test Bed free of cost to the Government recognized start-ups and MSMEs for the next six months up to January 2023.
The decision has been taken to boost the 5G ecosystem within India and to achieve the objectives of Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India initiatives.
The facility is available at a very nominal rate to all other stakeholders.
7) Answer: E
The Assam and Mizoram governments signed a joint statement after a ministerial-level discussion in Aizawl in Mizoram to take forward the process of resolution of the boundary dispute between the two states.
Mizoram’s delegation was led by state’s Home Minister Lalchamliana, while Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, and Veterinary Atul Bora led Assam’s delegation.
The next meeting between High-Level delegations of two states will take place at Guwahati in October 2022 where issues and claims will be deliberated in detail.
8) Answer: C
Public sector power generator NLC India Limited (NLCIL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL) to develop 1,000 MW solar power projects in Assam.
The two firms have formed a Joint Venture (JV), in which APDCL will hold a 49 percent stake and 51 percent will be with NLCI.
The MoU was signed by K. Mohan Reddy, Director (Planning and Projects), NLCIL, and R Kumar, Managing Director, APDCL in the presence of Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi, Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma and Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NLCIL Rakesh Kumar, in Dispur.
9) Answer: E
Paytm Payments Bank Limited has Partnered with Piramal Capital & Housing Finance to offer merchant loans to small cities and towns across India.
With this partnership, merchants will be able to avail of loans of up to Rs 10 lakh with a tenure of 6-24 months.
Tap on the “Business Loan” icon on the Paytm for Business App home screen and enter the desired loan amount
Check details like loan amount, amount to be disbursed, total payable, daily installment, tenure
10) Answer: A
State Bank of India (SBI) is the first Indian lender to frame a policy to fund makers of lab-grown diamonds which come across as replicas of natural diamond stones.
These diamonds are priced at a 30-40% decrease from the pure (or, earth-mined) diamonds.
To start with (SBI’s) Diamond Bourse department in Mumbai, Maharashtra Bandra Kurla Complicated, and the Industrial department in Surat, Gujarat has been recognized for the enterprise.
11) Answer: B
HDFC Bank has partnered with the Trade receivables discounting platform, M1xchange promoted by Mynd Solutions Pvt Ltd to make a debut in the Trade receivables Discounting System (TReDs) platform.
This is to provide more liquidity to small businesses at competitive interest rates.
HDFC Bank will benefit from partnering with M1xchange with a shorter turn-around time and lower administrative costs in booking additional new-to-bank (NTB) corporate buyer relationships.
12) Answer: A
Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), a first-of-its-kind initiative to democratize the country’s e-commerce ecosystem has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), for the coordination of capabilities of establishments engaged in related actions.
This is to change the landscape of MSMEs by bringing them into the ONDC network and accelerating their participation in e-commerce.
The MoU was signed by Shri Sivasubramanian Ramann, CMD, SIDBI, and Shri T Koshy, MD&CEO, ONDC.
13) Answer: B
ONDC (OPEN Network of digital commerce), which is developing a first-of-its-kind open network for digital commerce, US tech giant Microsoft has onboarded its platform.
Microsoft intends to introduce social e-commerce — a group buying experience — in the Indian market.
Microsoft, among the three largest tech companies, is the first in its league to announce onboarding efforts with ONDC.
14) Answer: A
Ramadhar Singh, a professor at Ahmedabad University, is the first Indian social psychologist to be inducted onto the American Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s (SPSP) US Heritage Wall of Fame.
He is presently a professor at Ahmedabad University’s Amrut Mody School of Management and Human Sciences gave him the Distinguished Alumni Award in Psychological Sciences (March 25, 2022).
Professor Singh joined the organization in 1990 and later became a fellow (1992).
15) Answer: C
Janata Dal (United) leader Shri Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the 8th time in the last 22 years.
Meanwhile, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Shri Tejashwi Yadav took an oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar.
The two leaders were administered by Governor Shri Phagu Chauhan in a ceremony at Raj Bhawan a day after Nitish Kumar resigned from the post of the CM of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government and broke ties with the BJP.
Nitish Kumar was first sworn in as the CM of Bihar in 2000.
16) Answer: D
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President of India Draupadi Murmu has appointed Shri Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, judge of the Supreme Court, to be the Chief Justice of India
Shri Justice Uday Umesh Lalit will take over as the 49th Chief Justice of India on 27th August 2022.
He will be taking over from incumbent Shri CJI N V Ramana, who is scheduled to demit office on August 26 after a tenure of over 16 months.
17) Answer: B
The 44th Chess Olympiad has come to a close, as Uzbekistan’s team Won the gold medal in the Open division.
Team Armenia took home the silver medal in the Open Section, while India-2 had to settle for bronze.
Ukraine took home the gold medal in the women’s division.
India-1 earned the bronze medal, and Team Georgia took home the silver.
18) Answer: C
Former West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard became the first cricketer to play 600 T20 matches.
The hard-hitting batter achieved this landmark during his side’s London Spirit’s match against Manchester Originals during the ongoing The Hundred tournament at Lord’s.
Pollard made sure to make the occasion memorable.
He smashed an unbeaten 34 runs off just 11 balls consisting of one four and four big sixes.
19) Answer: E
Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (IC) for the Ministry of Science and Technology, recently debuted the poetry collection “Rusty Skies and Golden Winds,” written by Sannidhya Sharma, a seventh-grade student from Jammu, who is 11 years old.
Blue-Rose Publishers is the company behind the book.
The union minister praised the young author’s efforts in organizing his ideas into a book of poetry, praising his exceptional accomplishment at such a young age, and wished him success in the future.
20) Answer: A
Minister of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Parshottam Rupala has launched a unique coffee table book titled – “Fish and Seafood” – a collection of 75 gourmet recipes in New Delhi.
The Department of Fisheries has come up with this initiative to boost the domestic consumption of fish and seafood, along with popularizing the local fish species.
The book was launched in the presence of both the Minister of States for Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Dr. L. Murugan and Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan.
21) Answer: B
The British-born Australian singer and actor, Olivia Newton-John passed away at the age of 73 in Southern California.
Dame Olivia Newton-John was Born in Cambridge, England in 1948.
She was a British-Australian singer, songwriter, actress, and activist.
She was best known for her music video Physical and the hit musical Grease.