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1) Every year the International Day of Human Space Flight has been observed globally on _____________ by the United Nations (UN).
(a) April 09
(b) April 10
(c) April 11
(d) April 12
(e) April 13
2) The National Safe Motherhood Day has observed annually on April 11. Whose Birthday is observed as the National Safe Motherhood Day?
(a) Kasturba Gandhi
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Rani of Jhansi
(e) Sarojini Naidu
3) The World Parkinson’s Day has been observed on April 11. What is the theme of this year World Parkinson’s Day?
(a) Integrated Service
(b) Intelligent healthcare
(c) Integrated healthcare
(d) Sustainable healthcare
(e) Spontaneous Service
4) In which among the following state the President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated a five-day Madhavpur Ghed Fair?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat
(c) Punjab
(d) Odisha
(e) Jharkhand
5) The Prime Minister Modi has virtually addressed ___________ edition of Foundation Day of Umiya Mata Temple.
(a) 5th
(b) 8th
(c) 1st
(d) 10th
(e) 14th
6) The Government of India has launched the Broadcast Seva platform to increase transparency. This Portal is developed by which among the following Ministry?
(a) Ministry of Home Affairs
(b) Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
(c) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(d) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(e) Ministry of Labour and Employment
7) Which among the following country has become the first Country in the world to recognize Animal Legal Rights?
(a) Ecuador
(b) Colombia
(c) Bolivia
(d) Venezuela
(e) Peru
8) Which among the following Life Insurance has recently tied up with Common Services Centers for making insurance accessible to rural India?
(a) Life Insurance Corporation of India
(b) Tata AIA Life Insurance Company
(c) Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company
(d) HDFC Life Insurance Company
(e) Max Life Insurance Company
9) Who among the following has been recently appointed as the India’s G20 Chief Coordinator?
(a) S Jaishankar
(b) Vijay Keshav Gokhale
(c) Syed Akbaruddin
(d) T.S. Tirumurti
(e) Harshvardhan Shringla
10) Dr Manoj Soni has been appointed as the chairman of which among the following recruitment agency?
(a) Staff Selection Commission
(b) Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
(c) Union Public Service Commission
(d) Medical Recruitment Consultant
(e) National Testing Agency
11) Which among the following author has won the Prestigious 2022 O. Henry Prize for short stories?
(a) Mitali Mitra
(b) Kamal Chakraborty
(c) Ramanath Roy
(d) Amar Mitra
(e) Rabisankar Bal
12) The Vice President Venkaiah Naidu has conferred Sangeet Natak Akademi and Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowships and Awards. Who among the following is not conferred with Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship?
(a) Zakir Hussain
(b) Jatin Goswami
(c) Dr. Sonal Mansingh
(d) Thiruvidaimarudur Kuppiah Kalyanasundaram
(e) Shyam Sharma
13) DRDO & Indian Army has successfully flight-tested anti-tank guided missile named _____________ in Pokhran Range
(a) Helina
(b) Amogha
(c) Nag Missile
(d) SANT
(e) SAMHO
14) Which among the following country’s army has successfully conducted test flight of ballistic missile Shaheen-III?
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Pakistan
(c) Oman
(d) Saudi Arabia
(e) Turkey
15) Babar Azam and whom among the following women cricket player has named as the ICC Players of The Month for March 2022?
(a) Meg Lanning
(b) Alyssa Healy
(c) Rachael Haynes
(d) Ashleigh Gardner
(e) Ellyse Perry
16) Shiv Kumar Subramaniam passed away recently. He belonged to which among the following field?
(a) Cinema
(b) Sports
(c) Politics
(d) Journalism
(e) Astrology
17) What is the Central Bank for United Arab Emirates?
(a) National Bank of United Arab Emirates
(b) Bank of United Arab Emirates
(c) Reserve Bank of United Arab Emirates
(d) Central Bank of United Arab Emirates
(e) None of These
18) What is the capital of Guyana?
(a) Bissau
(b) Baghdad
(c) Georgetown
(d) Nairobi
(e) None of these
19) What is the currency of Lithuania?
(a) Dollar
(b) Franc
(c) Dinar
(d) Euro
(e) None of these
20) What is the Central Bank for Singapore named as?
(a) Reserve Bank of Singapore
(b) Bank of Singapore
(c) National Bank of Singapore
(d) Central Bank of Singapore
(e) Monetary Authority of Singapore
Answers :
1) Answer: D
The United Nations (UN) celebrates the International Day of Human Space Flight on April 12 each year.
The day remembers the first human space flight on April 12, 1961.
The day was proclaimed at the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly on April 7, 2011, a few days before the 50th anniversary of the flight.
In the Soviet Union, the day is observed as the International Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics.’
2) Answer: A
National Safe Motherhood Day is observed every year on April 11.
It is aimed at raising awareness about the care that a pregnant woman needs before, during, and after childbirth.
In 2003, the Indian government designated the day of Kasturba Gandhi’s birthday, April 11, as National Safe Motherhood Day in response to the proposal of WRAI.
3) Answer: C
World Parkinson’s Day belongs to the Parkinson’s community.
This year, on 11 April, Parkinson’s UK is supporting 2 activities, chosen and led by a group of dedicated and passionate volunteers: Poems for Parkinson’s and Light Up Blue for Parkinson’s.
This year, the theme is integrated healthcare.
4) Answer: B
President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated a five-day fair at Madhavpur Ghed village in Gujarat’s Porbandar district.
This fair is held to celebrate the wedding of Lord Krishna and Goddess Rukmani at Madhavpur Ghed, a famous pilgrimage spot.
The fair was suspended for two years due to Covid-induced restrictions.
5) Answer: E
Prime Minister Modi was virtually addressing the 14th foundation day celebrations of Umiya Mata Temple in Junagadh on Ramnavami.
The inauguration of the temple was also done by Mr.Modi in 2008, when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Umiya Mata Temple – a religious place in Junagadh of Gujarat has now become the center of social consciousness.
6) Answer: C
The Broadcast Seva Portal was developed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to improve the convenience of doing business in the broadcast industry.
This will be an online portal option for broadcasters to quickly file and process applications for various types of licences, permissions, registrations, and other things.
The digital approach, will make it easier for stakeholders to obtain authorization, apply for registration, track applications, calculate fees, and make payments.
7) Answer: A
Ecuador, in South America, has made history by becoming the first country to recognise the legal rights of individual wild animals.
Estrellita was one-month-old when she was taken away from the forest illegally; for 18 years thereafter, she was kept as a pet.
Estrellita was then seized by local authorities and suffered a sudden cardio-respiratory arrest within a month of being relocated to a zoo, where she died.
8) Answer: B
One of India’s fastest growing life insurers, Tata AIA Life Insurance Co Ltd, has partnered with Common Services Centers (CSC), under the Ministry of Electronics & IT to engage its network of over 4 lakh Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs) at the last mile for distribution of life insurance plans.
The partnership will allow Tata AIA Life Insurance to augment its reach to around 95% of gram panchayats, building in-roads to make life insurance accessible to the remotest areas of Bharat.
9) Answer: E
Foreign secretary Harshvardhan Shringla has been appointed Chief Coordinator G20 Summit.
His appointment is effective from May 01, 2022 & will hold the post till Dec 2023
The G20 Summit would be the largest multilateral occasion hosted by India in recent times and can entail all P5 (US-Russia-China-UK-France) delegations concurrently in India,
10) Answer: C
Dr Manoj Soni was appointed as the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
He has been appointed to replace the previous UPSC chairman Pradip Kumar Joshi.
Dr Soni will have a tenure of upto June 27, 2023.
He is the 31st chairman of the UPSC.
11) Answer: D
Famous Bengali author Amar Mitra was awarded with the prestigious 2022 O. Henry Prize for short stories.
He has won for his work titled The Old Man of Kusumpur, originally written in Bengali with the title Gaonburo, 45 years back in 1977.
A list of 20 authors, who have been awarded the coveted prize in 2022.
The English translation of the story by Anish Gupta
12) Answer: E
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship and Sangeet Natak Awards for the year 2018 and National Awards of Lalit Kala Akademi to eminent artists at a special function held in New Delhi.
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship was given to four artists while 40 others were honoured with Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards.
The 4 fellows are :
1.Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain
2.Jatin Goswami
3.Dr. Sonal Mansingh
4.Thiruvidaimarudur Kuppiah Kalyanasundaram.
13) Answer: A
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) & Indian Army and Indian Air Force (IAF) jointly conducted the successful flight-test of the indigenously developed helicopter launched Anti-Tank Guided Missile HELINA at high-altitude ranges.
The flight trials were conducted from an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) and the missile was fired successfully engaging a simulated tank target.
The missile is guided by an Imaging Infra-Red (IIR) Seeker operating in the Lock on Before Launch mode.
14) Answer: B
Pakistan’s Army conducted a successful flight test of the surface-to-surface medium-range ballistic missile Shaheen-III.
To revalidate various design and technical parameters of the weapon system.
Shaheen-III is a surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a range of 2,750 kilometres, which makes it capable of reaching the farthest point in India’s northeast and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
15) Answer: C
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam was voted as the ICC ‘Men’s Player of the Month’ for March, while Australian opener Rachael Haynes bagged the honour among women.
Azam amassed 390 runs in the three-Test series, which the hosts lost 0-1. Azam received the award ahead of West Indies Kraigg Brathwaite and Australia Test skipper Pat Cummins, and in doing so, became the first player to win the ICC Mens Player of the Month award on two occasions, after being crowned back in April 2021.
16) Answer: A
Actor-screenwriter Shiv Kumar Subramaniam has passed away.
Subramaniam was last seen in the movie Meenakshi Sundareshwar. Hichki, Rocky Handsome, and Kaminey were some of the other films he had starred in.
He started his career by writing a screenplay for the 1989 film Parinda which was directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
17) Answer: D
United Arab Emirates – Central Bank of United Arab Emirates
Head quarters – Abu Dhabi
18) Answer: C
Georgetown, capital city of Guyana.
19) Answer: D
Euro is the currency of Lithuania
20) Answer: E
Singapore – Monetary Authority of Singapore
Head quarters – Singapore
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