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Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 27th & 28th February 2022

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1) The Union Minister Giriraj Singh has launched Ombudsperson App for Mahatma Gandhi NREGA. Giriraj Singh is the union minister of which among the following ministry?

(a)Ministry of Health and Family welfare

(b)Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

(c)Ministry of Labour and Employment

(d)Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj

(e)Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare


2) The Nudge Foundation in partnership with which plumbing brand has announced to conduct a water challenge?

(a)Supreme Industries

(b)Ashirvad pipes

(c)Finolex Industries

(d)Astral Pipes

(e)Prince Pipes


3) The Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has launched the National Polio Immunization Drive for 2022. Polio drops are provided to children below ______ years of age.

(a) 3 years

(b) 4 years

(c) 5 years

(d) 6 years

(e) 7 years


4) Recently Mizoram state budget 2022-23 has taken place. What is total outlay of this Budget 2022-23?

(a) Rs. 10,008.15 crore

(b) Rs. 11,008.15 crore

(c) Rs. 12,008.15 crore

(d)Rs. 13,008.15 crore

(e) Rs. 14,008.15 crore


5) The MSME Minister Narayan Rane has launched the Union MSME RuPay Credit of which bank at the MSME Conclave held in Maharashtra?

(a)State Bank of India

(b)Punjab National Bank

(c)Bank of Baroda

(d)Union Bank of India

(e) UCO Bank


6) As per Brickwork Ratings, what is the predicted GDP growth for the year FY22?

(a) 8.3%

(b) 8.5%

(c) 8.7%

(d) 9.0%

(e) 9.6%


7) The RBI has cancelled the registration certificate of P C Financial Services operating ‘Cashbean’ app. This is done through which act?

(a)Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881

(b)Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934

(c)Banking Regulation Act, 1949

(d)The Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007

(e)The Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005


8) NHPC has inked pact with HDFC Bank to monetise RoE of Chamera-I Power Plant in which state?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Arunachal Pradesh

(d) Himachal Pradesh

(e) Uttarkhand


9) South Indian Bank has recently announced Bancassurance tie-up with which Health Insurance Company to offer Health Insurance?

(a) Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Ltd.

(b) Acko Health Insurance Ltd.

(c) Star Health & Allied Insurance Co. Ltd.

(d) MAX Bupa Health Insurance Company Ltd.

(e) Care Health Insurance Ltd.


10) SEBI has extended its deadline for client-level segregation of funds from February 28 to ______________.

(a) March 15

(b) March 31

(c) April 18

(d) May 02

(e) May 22


11) Ideal Finance,one of the best private Financial Services Company has rebranded itself as ________________

(a)Mahindra Ideal Finance

(b)MaruthiIdeal Finance

(c) TATA Ideal Finance

(d) TVS Ideal Finance

(e) Bajaj Ideal Finance


12) D2H has been roped Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant as its brand ambassador. What is the full form of DTH?

(a) Dish to Home

(b) Dish to House

(c) Direct to House

(d) Direct to Home

(e) Digital to Home


13) KS Mani has been elected as director of National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India (NCDFI). The Headquarters of NCDFI is located in which place?

(a)Lucknow, UttarPradesh

(b)Hyderabad, Telangana

(c)Kolkata, West Bengal

(d)Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

(e)Anand, Gujarat


14) TheMinistry of Defence has signed Rs 1,075 crore contract with which among the following company for retro-modification of commander sight in battle tanks?

(a)Defence Research and Development Organisation

(b)Bharat Earth Movers Limited

(c)Bharat Electronics Limited

(d)Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

(e)Hindustan Aeronautics Limited


15) EX DHARMA GUARDIAN-2022 the Exercise between India and which among the following country has took place in Belagavi?

(a) Japan

(b) United States of America

(c)France

(d) Vietnam

(e) Malaysia


16) Indian Navy’s multilateral exercise Milan-2022 has scheduled to commence in which place?

(a)Chennai, TamilNadu

(b)Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

(c)Bhubaneswar, Odisha

(d)Panaji, Goa

(e)Kochi, Kerala


17) The 2022 International Intellectual property Index has been released by Global Innovation Policy Center of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. What is the rank of India in this Index?

(a) 08

(b) 17

(c) 32

(d) 43

(e) 54


18) Bharti Airtel has acquired _____________% stake of Vodafone in Indus Towers from Vodafone Group.

(a) 3.7% stake

(b)4.2% stake

(c)4.7% stake

(d)5.1% stake

(e)5.9% stake


19) Mirabai Chanu has won gold at Singapore Weightlifting International. She lifted ______kg weight to achieve Gold.

(a) 155 kg

(b) 182 kg

(c) 190 kg

(d) 191 kg

(e) 202 kg


20) Hemananda Biswal passed away as per recent news. He is the former Chief Minister of which among the following state?

(a) Jharkhand

(b) Odisha

(c) Bihar

(d) Chhattisgarh

(e) Sikkim


21) Which city is known as City of Destiny?

(a)Vishakhapatnam

(b) Mumbai

(c)Panaji

(d)Lucknow

(e)Chennai


22) When did SEBI come into existence?

(a) January 30, 1991

(b) January 30, 1992

(c)January 30, 1993

(d)January 30, 1994

(e)January 30, 1995


23) Where is Headquarters of Brickworks Ratings located?

(a)Hyderabad, Telangana

(b)Gurugram, Haryana

(c)Chennai, Tamilnadu

(d)Mumbai, Maharashtra

(e)Bangalore, Karnataka


24) What does CSR stand for in business operations?

(a)Corporate Social Reforms

(b)Corporate Social Responsibility

(c)Corporate Satisfaction Research

(d) Corporate Social Research

(e)None of these


25) Where is Kitam Birds Sanctuary located?

(a)Namchi

(b)Gurgaon

(c)Ahmedabad

(d) Parganas

(e) Anand


Answers :

1) Answer: D

Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Giriraj Singh has launched Ombudsperson App for Mahatma Gandhi NREGA.

Ministry of Rural Development has developed an Ombudsperson App for smooth reporting and categorization of grievances by Ombudsperson based on complaints he received from various sources.

Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Shri Giriraj Singh has launched the PMAYG Dashboard for stringent monitoring of the implementation of the scheme.


2) Answer: B

The/Nudge Foundation in partnership with plumbing brand Ashirvad Pipes and the office of the principal scientific adviser to the government has announced a prize worth a sum of Rs 2.5 crore for innovators working towards access to clean drinking water.


3) Answer: C

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has launched the National Polio Immunization Drive for 2022 by administering polio drops to children below five years of age in New Delhi.

The health minister encouraged family members and NGOs to come forward in order to give polio drops to children below the age of 5 years.


4) Answer: E

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga presented the annual budget of the state for the financial year 2022-2023 with a total outlay of Rs. 14,008.15 crore, which is Rs 2,859.26 crore higher than the budget estimate of 2021-2022.

Out Of the total Rs 14,008.15 crore budget estimate, 28.57 percent (Rs 4,001.64 cr ) has been earmarked for capital expenditure, while the revenue expenditure accounts for 71.43 per cent (Rs 10,006.51 cr) of the total budget

The chief minister also presented supplementary demands for grants for the financial year 2021-2022 amounting to Rs 6,025.44 crore.


5) Answer: D

Union Minister for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Shri Narayan Rane launched the Union MSME RuPay Credit Card of Union Bank of India at the MSME Conclave being held in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra. The card is being offered by Union Bank of India.

It provides a simplified payment mechanism to MSMEs to meet their business-related operational expenses.


6) Answer: A

According to Brickwork Ratings, revised downwards India’s GDP growth forecast to 8.3 percent in the current fiscal 2021-22 (FY22).

Earlier the ratings agency had given a forecast of 8.5 to 9 per cent for FY22.

As per the advance estimate for FY22 released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (Mospi), the GDP is estimated to grow at 9.2% in real terms.


7) Answer: B

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has canceled the certificate of registration issued to PC Financial, which carries out lending operations through an app called Cashbean.

This is the first instance of regulatory action against an entity, due to a surge in complaints against usurious and unfair recovery practices being followed by several digital lenders.

In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 45-IA (6) (iv) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.


8) Answer: D

NHPC has inked a pact with HDFC bank to securitise return on equity (RoE) of its 540-MW (3 X 180 MW) Chamera-I Power Plant in Himachal Pradesh.

The amount of the securitisation facility has been arrived at Rs 1,016.39 crore or 5.24 per cent per annum discounting rate linked with three-month T-bills.


9) Answer: C

South Indian Bank has joined hands with Star Health and Allied Insurance Co. Ltd., as a corporate agent to provide a slew of innovative health insurance products for the Bank’s more than 6.5 million customers spread over 923 branches across India.

The strategic tie-up help us reach out to their customers and enable them to financially safeguard themselves from rising healthcare costs.


10) Answer: D

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has extended the deadline for implementation of client level segregation of funds and monitoring of collateral at stock brokers to May 2.

In July last year, the regulator came out with guidelines on client-level segregation amid instances of misuse of client collateral by brokers.


11) Answer: A

Ideal Finance, a subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services (Mahindra Finance/ MMFSL), has announced the rebranding of its company name to Mahindra Ideal Finance (MIFL).

This rebranding will form the bedrock on which the two joint venture partners (Mahindra Finance and Ideal Group) will build the vision of making Mahindra Ideal Finance one of the leading licensed finance companies


12) Answer: D

Dish TV India’s direct-to-home brand D2H has roped in Rishabh Pant as the new brand ambassador.

Pant will feature in 360-degree brand communication for D2H for the next two years.

In 2018 the DTH provider roped in Ranveer Singh to headline the marketing campaigns for Dish TV.


13) Answer: E

KS Mani has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India (NCDFI), the apex body of dairy and edible oil cooperatives in India. Headquarters of NCDFI located at Anand, Gujarat

KS Mani Hailing from Palakkad district, Kerala.

He is the President of the Ennapadam Milk Co-operative Society in Palakkad.


14) Answer: C

The Ministry of Defence inked a contract of Rs 1,075 crore with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)for retro-modification of commander sight in 957 T-90 battle tanks.

Based on the requirement projected by the Indian Army, the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) and BEL have jointly designed and developed an advanced mid wave thermal image (MWIR)-based sight as a replacement for the existing IC-based sight.

A thermal imager capable of detecting the targets at 8 km during day and night and a laser rangefinder (LRF) to find the ranges accurately up to 5 km.


15) Answer: A

The 3rd edition of the joint military exercise “EX DHARMA GUARDIAN-2022” between India and Japan will be conducted at Foreign Training Node, Belagavi (Belgaum, Karnataka) from 27 February 2022 to 10 March 2022.

The 15th Battalion the MARATHA LIGHT INFANTRY Regiment of the Indian Army and 30th Infantry Regiment of Japanese Ground Self Defence Forces (JGSDF) are participating in the exercise.

The 12 day joint exercise would enhance interoperability in planning & execution of various operations in jungle & semi urban/ urban terrain.


16) Answer: B

The latest edition of Indian Navy’s multilateral exercise MILAN 2022 is scheduled to commence from 25 Feb 2022 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

MILAN 22 is being conducted over a duration of 9 days in two phases

Harbor phase scheduled from 25 to 28 February 2022 & Sea Phase from 01 to 04 March 2022.

To enhance operational skills, imbibe best practices and procedures, and enable doctrinal learning in the maritime domain, through professional interaction between friendly navies.


17) Answer: D

India has been ranked at 43rd in the 2022 International Intellectual property (IP) Index released by the Global Innovation Policy Center of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce out of 55 countries.

India’s overall score has increased from 38.40 percent (19.20 out of 50) in the ninth edition to 38.64 percent (19.32 out of 50) in the 10th edition.

United States topped the index with a score of 95.48%


18) Answer: C

Bharti Airtel has decided to acquire an additional 4.7 per cent stake in Indus Towers from Vodafone Group, the company has announced.

The two companies signed an agreement on the condition that Vodafone will use the proceeds to invest in Vodafone Idea (Vi) and the latter will clear its pending dues with Indus Towers.


19) Answer: D

Indian weightlifter and 2020 Tokyo Olympics silver-medallist, Mirabai Chanu has won the gold medal at the Singapore Weightlifting International 2022 on February 25, 2022.

Chanu lifted 191kg (86kg+105kg) to stand on top of the podium.


20) Answer: B

Odisha’s first tribal chief minister as well as last Congress chief minister of the state, Hemananda Biswal passed away.

He was 82.


21) Answer: A

Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh is also known as City of Destiny


22) Answer: B

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was given statutory status and powers through an Ordinance promulgated on January 30, 1992


23) Answer: E

Bangalore, Karnatakais the Headquarters of Brickworks Ratings


24) Answer: B

CSR stands for Corporate Social Responsibility


25) Answer: A

Kitam Birds Sanctuary located at Namchi, Sikkim

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