Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 21st January 2022

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1) As of now how much amount has been released as an advance installment of tax devolution to State Governments by the Union Minister for Finance?

(a) Rs. 55,082 cr.

(b) Rs. 91,682 cr.

(d) Rs. 95,082 cr.

(e) Rs. 95,582 cr.

2) Who has been chaired the 69th meeting of the Governing Body of the National Water Development Agencyfrom the Department of Water Resources and River Development held recently?

(a) Cabinet Minister

(b) Minister of State

(d) Joint Secretary

(e) Additional Secretary

3) Which country has not participated in the first meeting of the India-Central Asia Summit, recently hosted by Narendra Modi?

(a) Uzbekistan

(b) Turkmenistan

(d) Kazakhstan

(e) Pakistan

4) IFFCO, the cooperative fertilizer company, has reached out to farmers of which of the following place, also known as the rice bowl of Kerala?

(a) Kuttanad

(b) Kattakkada

(d) Chirayinkeezhu

(e) Kollam

5) How much capacity of Solar PV Farm Projects has been recently inaugurated jointly by the Prime Minister’s of India and Mauritius?

(a) 5 MW

(b) 10 MW

(d) 15 MW

(e) 20 MW

6) Recently the Government of Mauritius has signed a MoU with HAL, for one Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH Mk III) for what purpose?

(a) Covid-19 emergency

(b) Industrial uses

(d) Defence Personnel

(e) Mauritius Police Force

7) Which state has recently launched a helpline number ‘14567’ for senior citizens to get information related to various government schemes?

(a) Odisha

(b) Gujarat

(d) West Bengal

(e) Andhra Pradesh

8) Recently Meghalaya government has extended the upper age limit for Schedule tribes in all State Government services from 27 years to _____________.

(a) 37 Years

(b) 30 Years

(d) 32 Years

(e) 38 Years

9) Which organization has recently estimated India’s Gross Domestic Products to grow by 7.6 percent in FY23?

(a) Ecowarp

(b) World Bank

(d) India Ratings & Research

(e) National Statistics Office

10) Which mobile application has been recently launched by SEBI, to empower investors with accurate knowledge about the securities market?

(a) Saarthi

(b) Pragati

(d) Darpan

(e) None of these

11) After three years of its launch, the Indian Post Payments Bank has onboard __________ customers in various branches across India.

(a) 1 crore

(b) 2 crore

(d) 4 crore

(e) 5 crore

12) Which Ministry has recently signed a MoU with the National Centre for Good Governance to promote inclusive good governance and strengthening of local institutions?

(a) Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

(b) Commerce

(d) Consumer Affairs, Food and Public

(e) Textiles

13) As per the MoSDE, the Gross Enrollment Ratio in higher education including vocational education will be increased by 50% in which year?

(a) 2025

(b) 2035

(d) 2027

(e) 2023

14) As per the statement of Narendra Modi on National Start-up Day, the current decade will be termed as __________ of India.

(a) IndiaTech

(b) Tech – economy

(d) Techade

(e) Techtronics

15) Which institute has recently signed a MoU with International Financial Services Center Authority for the capacity building of professionals in the insurance sector?

(a) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India

(b) Insurance Institute of India

(d) Max Life Insurance

(e) HDFC Standard Life Insurance

16) Recently appointed Roberta Metsola has become the third female president of which of the following Parliament?

(a) Canadian

(b) British

(d) Russian

(e) American

17) Recently appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Air India, Vikram Dev Dutt would succeed whom among the following?

(a) Rajiv Bansal

(b) Sunil Bansal

(d) Rajeev Shrivastava

(e) Preeti Tyagi

18) Recently Dileep Sanghani from Gujarat, has been elected as ___________th chairman of Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative?

(a) 13th

(b) 14th

(d) 16th

(e) 17th

19) Who has been recently appointed as the UA Ambassador of ICANN-supported Universal Acceptance Steering Group?

(a) Sunil Bansal

(b) Vijay Shekhar Sharma

(d) Jeff Bezos

(e) Elon Musk

20) Recently Reliance Retail Ventures has acquired a stake in Addverb Technologies for approximately _____________________.

(a) Rs. 701 crore

(b) Rs. 885 crore

(d) Rs. 983 crore

(e) Rs. 989 crore

21) Recently ICAAP President Dr. Chandra Pal Singh Yadav and NCUI President Dileep Sanghanion have jointly released a policy recommendation handbook on _________, Good Practices for Cooperatives.

(a) SAHAKAR UDAYA

(b) SAHAKAR PRAGYA

(d) NYAYALAYA PRAGYA

(e) SAHAKAR PRAGATI

22) As per the guidelines of the union government, what could be the maximum size of houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)?

(a) 20 sq. mt.

(b) 25 sq. mt.

(d) 40 sq. mt.

(e) 50 sq. mt.

23) Which of the following is the annual income range for the Lower Income Group to become eligible under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)?

(a) Upto 3 Lakh

(b) 3 Lakh to 6 Lakh

(d) 6 Lakh to 10 Lakh

(e) 8 Lakh to 12 Lakh

Answers :

1) Answer: D

Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman has authorized the release of an advance installment of tax devolution to State Governments amounting to Rs. 47,541 crore. This is in addition to the regular devolution for the month of January 2022, also being released today. Thus, States would receive a total of Rs. 95,082 crore or double their respective entitlement during January 2022. It is pertinent to mention that the Government of India had released the first advance installment of tax devolution amounting to Rs. 47,541 crore to States on 22nd November 2021.

2) Answer: C

The 69th meeting of the Governing Body of the National Water Development Agency, NWDA was held through video conferencing. The meeting was chaired by the Secretary, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. During the meeting, programme and progress of works of NWDA for the year 2021-22, the status and review of progress of works and studies of various interlinking of river projects and constitution of National Interlinking of Rivers Authority were deliberated.

3) Answer: E

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be hosting the first meeting of the India-Central Asia Summit in a virtual format on 27th January. Presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will participate. This will be the first engagement of its kind between India and the Central Asian countries at the level of leaders. The first India-Central Asia Summit is a reflection of India’s growing engagement with the Central Asian countries, which are a part of India’s “Extended Neighbourhood”.

4) Answer: A

IFFCO, the cooperative fertilizer company, has reached out to farmers in Kuttanad – the rice bowl of Kerala – through a boat campaign to popularize its nano urea liquid. The Kuttanad Below Sea-level Farming System (KBSFS) is unique and it is the only system in India that practices rice cultivation at around 1.2-3 metre below sea level. IFFCO’s awareness campaign in Kerala is part of the cooperatives’ plan to reach out to farmers across the country for the promotion of IFFCO Nano Urea – its revolutionary fertilizer product.

5) Answer: C

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth will jointly inaugurate the India-assisted Social Housing Units project in Mauritius virtually on 20 January, 2022. The two dignitaries will also launch the Civil Service College and 8 MW Solar PV Farm projects in Mauritius that are being undertaken under India’s development support. An Agreement on extending a US$ 190 mn Line of Credit (LoC) from India to Mauritius for the Metro Express Project and other infrastructure projects; and MoU on the implementation of Small Development Projects will also be exchanged.

6) Answer: E

HAL signed a contract with Govt. of Mauritius (GoM) for export of one Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH Mk III) for Mauritius Police Force. The Govt. of Mauritius already operates HAL built ALH and Do-228 aircraft. TheALH Mk III is a multi-role, multi-mission versatile helicopter in the 5.5 tonne category. More than 335 ALHs have been produced till date logging around 3,40,000 cumulative flying hours. HAL also ensures technical assistance and product support to the customer to ensure healthy serviceability of the helicopter.

7) Answer: B

The Gujarat government has launched a helpline for senior citizens. Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Pradip Parmar has launched this helpline with a toll-free number 14567. This helpline known as Elder Line has been activated with immediate effect. Senior Citizens will get information related to various government schemes, different social issues, details of Old-age homes and Senior Citizens Act 2007 through this helpline number.

8) Answer: A

Meghalaya cabinet has approved the extension of the upper age limit for recruitment in all State Government services from 27 years to 32 years and the same has been extended to 37 years for Schedule tribes. However, this relaxation will not be applicable in the jobs of State police, civil defence. Home Guards and other services which require physical activities.

9) Answer: D

India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra) expects Gross Domestic Products (GDP) to grow by 7.6 percent in the fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23). The government expects GDP growth in the current fiscal to be 9.2 per cent. According to Ind-Ra, though the real GDP in FY23 will be 9.1 per cent higher than the FY20 (pre-Covid level) GDP level. However, the size of the Indian economy in FY23 will be 10.2 percent lower than the FY23 GDP trend value.

10) Answer: A

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has launched Saarthi, a mobile app on investor education. The new app aims to empower investors with accurate knowledge about the securities market. The app will cater largely to individual investors, who have recently entered the markets and carry out trading via their mobile phones. The app will be helpful in easily accessing all the relevant information like the basic concepts of Securities Market, KYC Process, trading and settlement, mutual funds, recent market developments, investor grievances redressal mechanism, etc. It is currently available in Hindi and English.

11) Answer: E

India Post Payments Bank, IPPB, has crossed the five-crore customer mark in just 3 years of commencement of its operations to become one of the fastest growing digital payments banks in the country. It has opened up these five crore accounts in digital and paperless mode through its one lakh 36 thousand Post Offices. Out of these post offices, one lakh 20 thousand are in rural areas. About one lakh 47 thousand doorstep banking service providers helped in opening up of these accounts.

12) Answer: C

The National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), Government of India and National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRD & PR), Hyderabad signed a (MoU) in order to promote inclusive good governance, strengthening of local institutions and effective implementation of government programmers. The main purpose of having this agreement is to focus on different collaborative activities by drawing upon the strengths of these two national institutions for bringing better good governance mechanisms into practice across all programmes and schemes.

13) Answer: B

The Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship signed a MoU with Indira Gandhi Open University (IGNOU) to further strengthen the vocational and technical training framework. The partnership aims to link vocational education and training with higher education, making India’s youth employable by creating avenues for them to access better work opportunities. This MoU is in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goal 4.4 and the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 for increasing Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in higher education including vocational education to 50 % by 2035.

14) Answer: D

National Innovation Foundation’s Incubation and Entrepreneurship Council and Amazon India have signed a MoU for online distribution of products of grassroots innovations, student innovations, and outstanding traditional knowledge-based products. This MoU follows just a couple of days after the declaration of 16th January 2022 as the National Start-up Day by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the announcement that the current decade would be the ‘Techade’ of India to take the start-up culture to the far-flung areas of the country.

15) Answer: B

The International Financial Services Centers Authority (IFSCA), with an objective of capacity building of professionals in the insurance sector in International Financial Services Centers (IFSCs), has entered into a MOU with the Insurance Institute of India (III). The Insurance Institute of India (III) is involved in devising and continuously upgrading the curriculums and imparting the training programs for the professionals in the insurance industry in India and abroad, to meet the needs of the ever-dynamic insurance sector. The certification by the institute is recognized by the insurance industry, regulators, and other internationally reputed insurance education providers.

16) Answer: C

Maltese center-right MEP Roberta Metsola was elected president of the European Union Parliament. She succeeded David Sassoli, who passed away on 11 January. Roberta Metsola won the election in the first voting round, where she received an absolute majority of 458 votes out of 690 casts. She is the third female President of the European Parliament, after Simone Veil (1979-1982) and Nicole Fontaine (1999- 2002).

17) Answer: A

The Ministry of Civil Aviation appointed Vikram Dev Dutt as Chairman and Managing Director of Air India as part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle.

He has been appointed as the Air India chief in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. He succeeded Rajiv Bansal at the helm of the national carrier, after the latter took over as the secretary at the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA).

18) Answer: E

The Board of Directors of IFFCO unanimously elected Dileep Sanghani, a former cabinet minister in the Government of Gujarat and senior co-operator, as the 17th chairman of Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative (IFFCO). The election of the new chairman was held due to the demise of incumbent Chairman Balvinder Singh Nakai earlier on 11th October 2021. Sanghani is a senior co-operator from Gujarat and he is also the chairman of Gujarat State Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd, a post he has held since 2017.

19) Answer: B

Global internet body ICANN-supported Universal Acceptance Steering Group has roped in Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma as UA Ambassador. Universal Acceptance Steering Group works on developing and recommending standards for languages script that are not currently used to access the internet. He is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of financial technology company Paytm. Sharma is the founder and CEO of One97 Communications and its consumer brand Paytm. In 2020, he was ranked as the 62nd richest person in India, with a net worth of US$2.35 billion, according to Forbes.

20) Answer: D

Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd, the retail unit of Reliance Industries Ltd, has acquired 54% stake in Addverb Technologies for $132 million ( ₹983 crore approximately). Reliance will own around 54 percent of Addverb as a result of this investment, becoming the company’s largest shareholder. Post-acquisition the co-founders will own around 24-25 percent of the company.

About Addverb Technologies:

Co-founder and chief executive: Sangeet Kumar

Headquarters: Noida, Uttar Pradesh

21) Answer: B

ICAAP President Dr Chandra Pal Singh Yadav and NCUI President Dileep Sanghanion jointly released a policy recommendation handbook on SAHAKAR PRAGYA Good Practices for Cooperatives. The handbook has been developed by LINAC-NCDC in consultation with eminent experts and leading organizations in the domain of cooperatives. The book is based on a ‘Brainstorming Session on International Good Practices Platform for Cooperatives’. The book is a compendium of guidelines, resources, methodologies, key learning, case studies of the best performing cooperatives in India and abroad and the outcome and impact.

22) Answer: C

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) Mission launched on 25th June 2015 which intends to provide housing for all in urban areas by year 2022.The Mission provides Central Assistance to the implementing agencies for providing houses to all eligible families/ beneficiaries against the validated demand for houses for about 1.12 cr. The size of a house for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) could be upto 30 sq. mt. The mission is under the ministry of housing and urban affairs Minister of housing and urban affairs- hardeep singh puri.

23) Answer: B

In Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), People belonging to low-income group families, middle income groups and economically weaker sections of the society are eligible for PMAY. The income group of EWS, MIG, and LIG will be only taken into account to get the benefits of this scheme. The households with an annual income up to Rs. 3 Lakh will be considered as Economically Weaker Section- EWS, annual income between Rs. 3 Lakh to Rs. 6 Lakh will fall under Lower Income Group-LIG and annual incomes of above Rs 6 lakhs to Rs 18 lakhs will fall under the bracket of Middle-Income Groups- MIG.

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