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1) Every year 15 January has been observed as the Indian Army Day. This year marks the ____ Indian Army Day.
(a)72nd
(b)73rd
(c)74th
(d)75th
(e)71st
2) The Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has invited students, teachers and parents to participate in which of the following edition of “Pariksha Pe Charcha 2022?
(a)1st
(b)2nd
(c)3rd
(d)4th
(e)5th
3) At which of the following state Chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Commission has launched the country’s first Mobile Honey Processing Van?
(a)Uttar Pradesh
(b)Madhya Pradesh
(c)Gujarat
(d)Odisha
(e)Tamil Nadu
4) In 2021, what is the amount of bilateral trade between India and China?
(a) USD 625 billion
(b) USD 425 billion
(c) USD 125 billion
(d) USD 325 billion
(e) USD 225 billion
5) Punjab & Sind Bank has slashed the Marginal Cost Based Lending Rate by 5 to _____basis points across the short-term loans.
(a)12
(b)10
(c)15
(d)20
(e)25
6) Which among the following e-commerce company has joined hands with BOB Financial and NPCI to launch a co-branded contactless RuPay credit card?
(a)Mynta
(b)Snapdeal
(c)Shopclues
(d)Flipkart
(e)Amazon
7) Which among the following platform has won the “Most Innovative Agtech”?
(a)Hydroconnect
(b)Straconnect
(c)AquaConnect
(d)Agriconnct
(e)Waterconnect
8) Which among the following Swiss-Indian food and tech Platform Company, has partnered with Agri Entrepreneur Growth Foundation IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative and Syngenta Foundation?
(a)Innotera
(b)Conora
(c)Inora
(d)The Plate
(e)Food Lover
9) Which of the following Minister has addressed the 16th India Digital Summit, 2022 through video conference?
(a)Piyush Goyal
(b)Nirmala Sitharaman
(c)Dharmendra Pradhan
(d)Smriti Irani
(e)Ashwini Vaishnaw
10) India is aiming to target $5 billion in defence exports by which among the following year?
(a)2030
(b)2025
(c)2024
(d)2023
(e)2022
11) Which among the following organisation has conducted qualification test of the Gaganyaan programme for duration of 720second?
(a)NASA
(b)DRDO
(c)ISRO
(d)JAXA
(e)None of these
12) Which among the following Indian shuttler has become the first to claim the world no 1 ranking in the under-19 girls singles in the latest BWF junior rankings?
(a)Kajid Mir
(b)P Prganadha
(c)Muhammed Sheikh
(d)Tasnim Mir
(e)Anjum Sheikh
13) Which among the following country has clinched the ATP Cup against Spain?
(a)Russia
(b)Canada
(c)Singapore
(d)Australia
(e)Poland
Answers :
1) Answer: C
Every year 15 January is observed as Indian Army Daybecause on this day in 1949 field Marshal Kodandera M Cariappa took over as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from General Sir Francis Butcher, the last British Commander-in-Chief. This year marks the 74th Indian Army Day. The Indian Army is one of the most powerful militaries of the world, competing with superpowers like the US, Russia and China.
2) Answer: E
Union Education and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan invited students, teachers and parents to participate in the 5th edition of “ParikshaPeCharcha 2022”. ParikshaPeCharchais a unique interactive program where students, parents, teachers across the nation and also from overseas interact with Prime Minister Modi to discuss and overcome the stress emerging out of examinations.
3) Answer: A
Chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Vinay Kumar Saxena launched the country’s first Mobile Honey Processing Van at Village Sirora in Ghaziabad, UP.The Mobile Van has been designed in-house by KVIC at its Multi-disciplinary Training Centre, Panjokehra, at a cost of Rs 15 lakh. This mobile honey processing unit can process up to 300 KG of honey in 8 hours
4) Answer: C
Bilateral trade between India and China crossed 125 billion USD in 2021. Despite a protracted border standoff, Two-way trade between India and China in 2021 stood at 125.66 billion USD, up 43.3% from 2020 when bilateral trade was worth 87.6 billion USD.
In 2021, China’s exports to India were 97.52 billion USD, up 46.2%, while China imported 28.14 billion USD worth of goods from India, up 34.2%, according to statistics released by the General Administration of Customs (GAC).
5) Answer: B
Punjab & Sind Bank, a public sector bank, has slashed the Marginal Cost Based Lending Rate (MCLR) by 5 to 10 basis points (bps) across the short-term loans. The new rates will be effective from January 16, 2022 While the One year MCLR stands at 7.45 per cent with effect from January 16, 2022,
6) Answer: B
IPO-bound Snapdeal, a value commerce platform, has joined hands with BOB Financial and NPCI to launch a co-branded contactless RuPay credit card. This co-branded credit card, which will be offered on the Rupay platform, aims to popularise the adoption and usage of credit cards among the growing number of online buyers from India’s smaller cities and towns
7) Answer: C
Aquaconnect, India’s pioneering full-stack aquaculture platform, has won the “Most InnovativeAgtech” (Mature Startup) award at the fourth edition of the FICCI Summit and Awards for Agristartups.
8) Answer: A
Innoterra, a Swiss-Indian food and tech platform company, has partnered with Agri Entrepreneur Growth Foundation (AEGF), set up by Tata Trusts, IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative and Syngenta Foundation to serve small holder farmers through their agri entrepreneur network in the country. The partnership provides Innoterra Platform Services access to all AEGF clusters, setting the stage for a roll-out of its hi-tech and high-touch Farmer-360 services for taking up dairy activities. It will also enable Innoterra to work as a partner of AEGF for market input/output linkages. AGEF works with about five lakh small holder farmer
9) Answer: A
Minister of Textiles, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India, Shri Piyush Goyal addressed the 16th India Digital Summit, 2022 through video conference. Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) will organise the 16th edition of IDS, scheduled for 11-12 January 2022 With the central theme – ‘Supercharging Startups’.
10) Answer: B
The Philippines will acquire three batteries of the BrahMos cruise missile jointly developed by India and Russia in a deal worth almost $375 million, a development expected to boost India’s efforts to become a major exporter of defence hardware. This deal will provide a big boost to India’s defence manufacturing system. India is aiming to target $5 billion in defence exports by 2025
11) Answer: C
On Jan 12, 2022, The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted the qualification test of the Cryogenic Engine for the Gaganyaanprogramme for duration of 720 seconds at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu. It ensures the reliability and robustness of the cryogenic engine for induction into the humanrated launch vehicle for Gaganyaan.
12) Answer: D
Young shuttlerTasnim Mir became the first Indian to claim the world no 1 ranking in the under-19 girls singles in the latest BWF junior rankings.The 16-year-old Mir jumped three places to reach the top position in the junior world rankings in the women’s singles category with 10,810 points
13) Answer: B
Felix Auger-Aliassime clinched the ATP Cup title for Canada with a 7-6 (3), 6-3 singles victory over Roberto Bautista Agut to give his country an insurmountable 2-0 lead against Spain.DenisShapovalov opened the match for Canada with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Pablo CarrenoBusta. Auger-Aliassime, from Montreal, and Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., won a deciding doubles match against Russia to knock out the defending champions.
