Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 15th January 2022

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1) Which among the following Union Minister has chaired the first meeting with Sectoral Experts to have suggestions on structural and institutional reforms necessary to attain the envisaged Vision India@2047 on Governance?

(a)Bhupender Yadav

(b)Jitendra Singh

(c)Dharmendra Pradhan

(d)Nirmala Sitharaman

(e)Ashwini Vaishnaw

2) Which among the following ministry has organized a conference on PM Gati Shakti for the South Zone to deliberate on its action plans and projects on 17 January 2022?

(a)Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(b)Ministry of Home Affairs

(c)Ministry of Railways

(d)Ministry of External Affairs

(e)Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

3) Who among the following has brought several possibilities for the start-up ecosystem in the country?

(a)Narendra Modi

(b)Amit Shah

(c)Ashwini Vaishnaw

(d)Piyush Goyal

(e)Ramnath Kovind

4) Recently, RBI has appointed which among the following bank as its agency bank?

(a)Bandhan Bank

(b)Union Bank Of India

(c)State Bank of India

(d)City Union Bank

(e)South Indian Bank

5) Which payment bank has become the first beneficiary bank to achieve the landmark of over 926 million UPI transactions in a single month?

(a)Paytm Payment Bank

(b)Indian Post Payment Bank

(c)Airtel Payment Bank

(d)Fino Payment Bank

(e)Jio Payment Bank

6) Which among the following Indian Company has entered into a collaboration with the US based First Trust Advisors to launch a slew of global fund of funds?

(a)Bajaj Allianz Asset Management Company

(b)ICICI Prudential Asset Management

(c)Axis Prudential Asset Management

(d)HDFC Prudential Asset Management

(e)None of these

7) Ittira Davis has been appointed as MD and CEO of which among the following small finance bank?

(a)Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

(b)Equitas Small Finance Bank

(c)AU Small Finance Bank

(d)ESAF Small Finance Bank

(e)Shivalik Small Finance Bank

8) Who has been appointed as the chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research  New Delhi?

(a)Raghunath Misra

(b)Raghuvendra Tanwar

(c)Rajeev Tanwar

(d)Rajesh Talwar

(e)None of these

9) Who among the following has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig?

(a)Alisa Bannet

(b)Robert Bannet

(c)Rachelle  Bannet

(d) David Bannet

(e)Kalij Bannet

10) The CEO of Tesla has hired which among the following Indian-origin personality for the Autopilot team of the US-based electric vehicle energy company Tesla?

(a)Ashok Elluswamy

(b)Anand Elluswamy

(c) P. S Kajol

(d)M. Muthuvanni

(e)S Allanswamy

Answers :

1) Answer: B

Union Minister Jitendra Singh has chaired the first meeting with Sectoral Experts to have suggestions on structural and institutional reforms necessary to attain the envisaged Vision India@2047 on Governance. The meeting convened by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, DARPG, will also witness participation of experts from academics and science community.

2) Answer: E

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is going to organize a conference on PMGati Shakti for the South Zone on 17 January 2022 to deliberate on its action plans and projects.The event, to be organized in virtual mode, will be inaugurated by Union RTH Minister ShriNitinGadkari and will be addressed by Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Bommai, Puducherry Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy and officials from various Infrastructure Ministries of Govt. of India and State Governments.

3) Answer: A

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that 2022 has brought several possibilities for the Start-up ecosystem in the country.  India is celebrating 75th years of independence, and when India will achieve 100 years of independence, role of start-up will be significant in the nation’s progress. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has interacted with Start-ups through video conferencing and announced 16th January will be celebrated as National Start-Ups Day.  Startups from various sectors such as agriculture, health, space, industry 4.0, security, fintech and environment have taken part during the interaction.

4) Answer: E

The Reserve Bank of India has authorised South Indian Bank to collect direct and indirect taxes on behalf of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC).The Kerala based bank signed an MoU with the CBDT and CBIC for collection of various taxes. The bank was earlier appointed as the Agency Bank of the RBI.Customers of the bank will soon be able to pay their direct and indirect taxes through its digital channels such as SIBerNet Internet Banking and SIB Mirror+ Mobile Banking, as well as through its branches.

5) Answer: A

Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL), an associate entity of Paytm, has become the first beneficiary bank in the country to achieve the landmark of over 926 million UPI transactions in a single month. This has cemented its position as the largest and fastest growing UPI beneficiary bank in India.

6) Answer: B

ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company has entered into a collaboration with the USbased First Trust Advisors, which is into actively-managed exchange-traded funds, to launch a slew of global fund of funds.Under the agreement, ICICI Prudential AMC will first launch a strategic metal and energy equity fund of funds, which will invest in an offshore fund managed by First Trust Advisors.

7) Answer: A

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the appointment of Ittira Davis as the managing director and chief executive officer (MD & CEO) of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB) for a oneyear term effective January 14, 2022.The post had been lying vacant for three-months following the sudden exit of incumbent NitinChugh.

8) Answer: B

Raghuvendra Tanwar, a professor emeritus and former registrar of the Kurukshetra University, has been appointed as chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), New Delhi for a period of three years by the Government of India (GOI)

9) Answer: D

The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) announced a US man David Bennett, 57, has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig. This organ transplant demonstrated for the first time that a genetically-modified animal heart can function like a human heart without immediate rejection by the body.

10) Answer: A

Elon Musk, the creator and CEO of Tesla, has revealed that Indian-origin Ashok Elluswamy was the first person hired for the Autopilot team of the US-based electric vehicle energy company Tesla.