Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 28th & 29th August 2022

By Ameena Ameena - Aug 30 2022

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Dear Readers, Daily Current Affairs Questions Quiz for SBI, IBPS, RBI, RRB, SSC Exam 2022 of 28th & 29th August 2022. Daily GK quiz online for bank & competitive exam. Here we have given the Daily Current Affairs Quiz based on the previous days Daily Current Affairs updates. Candidates preparing for IBPS, SBI, RBI, RRB, SSC Exam 2022 & other competitive exams can make use of these Current Affairs Quiz.

 

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1) Every year, National Sports Day celebrated in India has been celebrated on which of the following day?

(a) 27 August

(b) 29 August

(c) 31 August

(d) 30 August

(e) 28 August


2) Which of the following state is set to be launched India’s first 3D-printed post office?

(a) Meghalaya

(b) Assam

(c) Bihar

(d) Karnataka

(e) Gujarat


3) How many tribal districts have been selected for TB Intervention Projects by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Central TB Division of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare?

(a) 59

(b) 75

(c) 63

(d) 70

(e) 81


4) Recently, with which country did India has signed an MoU for cooperation in the field of MSMEs?

(a) Canada

(b) Bangladesh

(c) Mauritius

(d) the Maldives

(e) Bhutan


5) Recently, the Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the Indo-Israel Center of Excellence for Vegetables in ____________.

(a) Mathura, Uttar Pradesh

(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(c) Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh

(d) Pune, Maharashtra

(e) Jamnagar, Gujarat


6) Which of the following states/UT became the first to establish Atal Tinkering Labs in partnership with NITI Aayog?

(a) Ladakh

(b) Jammu and Kashmir

(c) Goa

(d) Sikkim

(e) Puducherry


7) Which of the following has partnered with Tata Power’s TP Renewable Microgrid (TPRMG) to Support Green Entrepreneurs?

(a) RBI

(b) NABARD

(c) SEBI

(d) IRCTC

(e) SIDBI


8) Which of the following bank has to extend Indian Visa Centers for two more years in Bangladesh?

(a) State Bank of India

(b) HDFC Bank

(c) Bank of Baroda

(d) Union Bank of India

(e) ICICI Bank


9) The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of ____ on Spandana Sphoorty Financial Ltd for non-compliance with the guidelines on pricing loans for NBFC-MFIs.

(a) Rs 4.33 crore

(b) Rs 6.33 crore

(c) Rs 5.33 crore

(d) Rs 2.33 crore

(e) Rs 3.33 crore


10) Which of the following has launched India’s first Electric Vehicles Ecosystem – ‘All Things EV’?

(a) Bajaj Life Insurance

(b) Max Life Insurance

(c) Bharti AXA Life Insurance

(d) Star Health Insurance

(e) HDFC ERGO


11) Recently, the RBI has imposed monetary penalties on 8 banks. Which of the following banks are not on the list?

(a) Warud Urban Co-operative Bank, Warud, Maharashtra

(b) Chhattisgarh Rajya Sahakari Bank, Raipur

(c) Indapur Urban Cooperative Bank, Indapur, Maharashtra

(d) Jila Sahakari Kendriya Bank, Chhindwara (M.P.)

(e) Pusad Urban Co-op bank, Yavatmal (Maharashtra)


12) Who among the following has received the 2022 UEFA men’s player of the year award?

(a) Lionel Messi

(b) Robert Lewandowski

(c) Cristiano Ronaldo

(d) Karim Benzema

(e) Luka Modrić


13) Which manufacturing company has partnered with Jio-BP for Charging and Battery swapping?

(a) Ather Energy

(b) Hero Electric

(c) Ola Electric

(d) Bajaj Auto

(e) Tata Motors


14) Who has been appointed as the first brand ambassador of DreamSetGo?

(a) Virat Kohli

(b) Hardik Pandya

(c) Sourav Ganguly

(d) MS Dhoni

(e) Sachin Tendulkar


15) Who among the following has been appointed as interim head coach of India for Asia Cup 2022?

(a) Ramesh Powar

(b) Ravi Shastri

(c) VVS Laxman

(d) Anil Kumble

(e) Rahul Dravid


16) Which of the following bank is set to pick around 10 percent stake in Go Digit-Life Insurance?

(a) ICICI Bank

(b) Axis Bank

(c) Bank of Baroda

(d) State Bank of India

(e) HDFC Bank


17) Which became the first airline in India to use AI-powered CAE Rise™ Training System?

(a) IndiGo

(b) AirAsia India

(c) SpiceJet

(d) Go First

(e) Jet Airways


18) Neeraj Chopra has made history by being the first Indian to win a Lausanne Diamond League championship by throwing ___________.

(a) 90.57 meters

(b) 88.11 meters

(c) 87.93 meters

(d) 89.08 meters

(e) 91.73 meters


19) Which country is set to host U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022, after FIFA lifts suspension?

(a) Hungary

(b) Australia

(c) Canada

(d) the Philippines

(e) Mexico


20) Who among the following has won the 28th Abu Dhabi Masters?

(a) Nihal Sarin

(b) R Praggnanandhaa

(c) Arjun Erigaisi

(d) Hans Moke Niemann

(e) Magnus Carlsen


Answers :

1) Answer: B

  • The 29th of August is celebrated as National Sports Day in India each year.
  • The inaugural National Sports Day was observed on August 29, 2012, the birthday of India’s renowned hockey player, Major Dhyan Chand.
  • The day is utilized as a platform to introduce several sports initiatives as well as to plan several sporting events and seminars to raise awareness of the value of physical activity and sports in everyday life.

History:

  • In various regions of India, National Sports Day is also known as Rashtriya Khel Divas.
  • The National Stadium of Delhi was renamed Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, Delhi in 1979 as a mark of respect for Major Dhyan Chand following his passing.


2) Answer: D

  • The first 3D-printed post office in India is expected to open in Bengaluru, Karnataka, and it will only cost around one-fourth as much as a conventional facility.
  • Within the next month, the new post office building at Cambridge Layout in Halasuru, Bengaluru, is anticipated to be finished utilizing 3D printing.
  • The Post Office building is being built by Larsen & Toubro, the only business actively using 3D printing in construction in India.
  • The Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and IIT-Madras have approved the three-story, new post office’s 3D printing.


3) Answer: B

  • The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Central TB Division of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare have now decided on 75 tribal districts where targeted interventions will be run over the next few months to make them TB-free after having run an active case-finding campaign to detect instances of TB among tribal populations over the past six months.
  • This January, the Aashwasan Drive, which involved door-to-door screening in over 68,000 villages, launched a campaign to find TB patients throughout 174 tribal districts.
  • The government intends to deploy two officials per district and three officials in each of the state TB cells to oversee the execution of these planned interventions.
  • The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provided technical assistance and Piramal Swasthya provided implementation support for the Tribal Affairs and Health Ministries’ Aashwasan Campaign.


4) Answer: C

  • The 3rd Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) 2022 between the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSME), Government of India (GoI), and Ministry of Business, Enterprises, and Cooperatives of the Republic of Mauritius for cooperation in the field of MSMEs were held in New Delhi, Delhi.
  • The Indian side was led by Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), GoI, Shri Narayan Rane, and the Mauritius side was led by Union Minister of Industrial Development, SMEs and Cooperatives, Republic of Mauritius, Shri Soomilduth Bholah.
  • During the Mauritius delegation’s visit, two Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation have also been signed,
  1. MoU Signed between SME Mauritius Ltd. and Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII)- Ahmedabad in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
  2. MoU Signed between SME Mauritius Ltd. and National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Ni-MSME), an institute under the Ministry of MSME in New Delhi, Delhi.


5) Answer: C

  • The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, laid the foundation stone of the Indo-Israel Center of Excellence (CoE) for Vegetables in Chandauli Uttar Pradesh through video conferencing.
  • The projects were inaugurated by the Ambassador of Israel in India, Dr. Ron Malka, Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, and Karnataka Chief Minister Shri B. S. Yediyurappa.
  • The CoE in Kolar, Bagalkote, and Dharwad in Karnataka will implement advanced Israeli Agro-Technology tailored to local conditions.
  • Three CoE mangoes in Kolar, pomegranates in Bagalkot, and Vegetables in Dharwad were established in Karnataka under the Indo-Israel Agriculture Project (IIAP).


6) Answer: B

  • The Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has become the first amongst States/UTs to establish an Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) in partnership with the government think tank National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog.
  • NITI Aayog will replicate the J&K model of Atal Tinkering Lab to the rest of India on a 50:50 cost-sharing basis.
  • To encourage young minds in the field, and challenge students to become producers of products themselves instead of consumers.


7) Answer: E

  • Tata Power’s wholly owned subsidiary TP Renewable Microgrid (TPRMG) has partnered with the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to set up 1,000 green energy enterprises across India under a joint innovative program to support rural entrepreneurs.
  • To empower rural entrepreneurs and promote sustainable entrepreneurship fashions throughout India.
  • The ‘Sustainable is Attainable’ program of Tata Power and the Empowering MSMEs campaign of SIDBI, are the driving forces behind this partnership.
  • The entrepreneurs shortlisted under the initiative will have to complete a capacity-building activity organized by TPRMG to receive an impetus called Go REsponsive, ENterprise incentive (GREENi) from SIDBI.


8) Answer: A

  • Bangladesh country head of operations Mr. Amit Kumar represented the State Bank of India (SBI) & the Deputy High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Dr. Binoy George represented the High Commission of India signed the agreement to would manage the Indian Visa Application Center (IVAC) in Bangladesh for two more years at the functioning of the IVAC center in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • A priority lounge was also inaugurated at the IVAC center in Dhaka.
  • Currently, SBI runs a total of 15 IVACs across Bangladesh.


9) Answer: D

  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 2.33 crore on Hyderabad-based Spandana Sphoorty Financial Ltd for non-compliance with the guidelines on pricing loans for non-banking financial companies – microfinance institutions (NBFC-MFIs).
  • This penalty has been imposed in the exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 58 G read with clause (aa) of sub-section (5) of section 58 B of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
  • RBI has conducted statutory audits of the company, NBFC-MFI, about its financial position as on March 31, 2019, and March 31, 2020.


10) Answer: E

  • HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited, a leading private sector general insurance company, has launched ‘All Things EV,‘ India’s first one-stop-solution portal for Electric Vehicles (EV). 
  • In line with the Government of India’s push for Electric Mobility, this initiative caters to the needs of existing and potential EV users.
  • As a part of this initiative, the company has unveiled a dedicated platform for existing and prospective EV ecosystem users www. all things EV.i, which hosts end-to-end information on this emerging sector.


11) Answer: E

  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty on eight banks & non-banking finance companies (NBFC).
  • In addition to that, the RBI canceled the licenses of two non-banking finance companies (NBFCs). 
  • The monetary penalty imposed on these banks ranges from ₹1 lakh to ₹2.3 crores.

List of 8 banks :

  1. Chhattisgarh Rajya Sahakari Bank, Raipur
  2. The Goa State Co-operative Bank, Panaji
  3. Garha Co-operative Bank, Guna (M.P.)
  4. The Yavatmal Urban Co-operative Bank, Yavatmal (Maharashtra)
  5. Jila Sahakari Kendriya Bank, Chhindwara (M.P.)
  6. Warud Urban Co-operative Bank, Warud (Maharashtra)
  7. Indapur Urban Cooperative Bank, Indapur, Maharashtra
  8. The Mehsana Urban Co-operative Bank, Mehsana, Gujarat

2 NBFCs :

  1. Alarming Finvest Private Limited, Delhi,
  2. Achal Finance Limited, Karnataka


12) Answer: D

  • At a ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, Karim Benzema, and Alexia Putellas received the UEFA men’s and women’s player of the year awards in recognition of their remarkable seasons.
  • The French forward Benzema led Real Madrid to win against Liverpool in the Champions League championship game and finished with 15 goals overall, while Putellas led all scorers in the Women’s Champions League, advancing Barcelona to the championship game where they fell to Lyon.
  • The coaching awards went to the winners of the two biggest events last season: Carlo Ancelotti of Madrid and Sarina Wiegman, who led England to the Euro 2022 title.


13) Answer: B

  • An Indian manufacturer of electric scooters, Hero Electric, has announced a collaboration with Jio-BP to offer EV charging and battery swapping services in India.
  • Customers of the manufacturer will have access to Jio-infrastructure BP’s for charging and battery changing thanks to the cooperation between Hero electric and the latter.
  • Jio-BP, a joint venture between British oil major BP and Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, will launch in 2020.
  • In addition to developing solutions for a seamless customer experience on the Hero Electric and Jio-BP apps, the companies.


14) Answer: C

  • A sports experiences and travel platform, DreamSetGo has appointed Mr. Sourav Ganguly as its first brand ambassador.
  • Mr. Ganguly has also become the “Supercaptain” for DreamSetGo.
  • He will play a key role in promoting DSG’s curated experiences offered through its key partnerships with Manchester City, Chelsea FC, ICC Travel and Tours, AO Travel, F1® Experiences, and more.


15) Answer: C

  • Mr. Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman has been appointed as interim head coach of Team India in Dubai for the 2022 Asia Cup.
  • The decision was confirmed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), as Mr. Rahul Dravid, India’s head coach, after testing positive for COVID-19
  • Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul will lead the team as captain and vice-captain respectively for the Asia Cup 2022.
  • India will take on Pakistan in their first game of the 2022 Asia Cup


16) Answer: E

  • India’s largest private sector lender HDFC Bank Limited entered into an “indicative and non-binding term sheet to acquire 9.94% stake in Go Digit-Life Insurance for an amount between Rs 49.9 crore to Rs 69.9 crore, in two tranches, by subscribing to equity shares of the Company.
  • The deal is subject to execution of definitive agreements whose terms and conditions are to be mutually agreed upon, and fulfillment of other norms.
  • Backed by Prem Watsa-led Fairfax Group and Kamesh Goyal, who are also promoters of Go Digit General Insurance, has applied for a license from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) to set up a life insurance business.
  • Recently, Go Digit General Insurance has filed its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) for an initial public offering (IPO) that will include fresh issuance of equity shares and an offer-for-sale.


17) Answer: B

  • AirAsia India and Canadian Aviation Electronics (CAE) have announced their collaboration to integrate the CAE Rise™ Training System into the airline’s simulator training program.
  • AirAsia India is the first airline in India to adopt a data-driven training program using CAE Rise™.
  • CAE Rise™ leverages analytics to deliver a higher quality of training, providing real-time data during training sessions while giving instructors insights that enable them to objectively assess a pilot’s technical competencies and performance.
  • AirAsia and CAE have worked together since 2014 on pilot training at CAE network training centers.

18) Answer: D

  • Neeraj Chopra, an Olympic champion and javelin thrower made history by being the first Indian to win a Lausanne Diamond League championship.
  • He launched the spear 89.08 meters in his first effort to declare victory distinctively.
  • His second throw, measuring 85.18 meters, came after his third-best performance of his career, a throw of 89.08 meters.
  • Jakub Vadlejch, who won the silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics, came in second with a best throw of 85.88 meters, and Curtis Thompson of the United States came in third with an effort of 83.72 meters.
  • Chopra, 24, became the first Indian to qualify for the Diamond League Finals, which will be held in Zurich.


19) Answer: B

  • The All India Football Federation (AIFF) ban, which was put in place as a result of improper third-party involvement, has been lifted by the FIFA Council Bureau.
  • The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022TM, which is slated to take place in India from October 11–30, 2022, will go on as scheduled.
  • Now, the nation will successfully host the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in October.
  • Additionally, ATK Mohun Bagan will be entitled to take part in the AFC Cup Inter-Zonal semifinal matchup against Kuala Lumpur City FC.
  • On the 24th and 27th of September, respectively, the Indian national team was slated to play two friendlies against Singapore and Vietnam.


20) Answer: C

  • The 28th Dhabi Masters Chess Tournament was won by Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi with 7.5 points.
  • Arjun Erigaisi, a grandmaster, defeated David Anton Guijarro, a player from Spain, in the ninth and final round of the 28th Abu Dhabi Masters Chess Tournament.
  • After the most recent Chess Olympiad in India, Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi moved up an incredible 35 Elo rating points to take third place in the live rating list.
  • Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi competed in the 28th Dhabi Masters Chess Tournament, winning six matches and drawing three others.
  • Arjun Erigaisi, an Indian Grandmaster in chess, became a Grandmaster at the age of 14, making him the 32nd-youngest Grandmaster to have ever attained the rank.
  • He is also India’s 54th Grandmaster.

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