Q.1 Who tie-up with UIDAI For Technical Collaboration?
a. ISRO
b. RBI
c. IAF
d. DRDO
Q.2 Which nation has won the ICC Women’s World Cup Final 2022?
a. New Zealand
b. India
c. Australia
d. Germany
Q.3 Who has become the first black woman judge of the US Supreme Court?
a. Fannie Lou Hamer
b. Gwendolyn Brooks
c. Ella Fitzgerald
d. Ketanji Brown Jackson
Q.4 Which state has been ranked at the top larger states in NITI Aayog’s State Energy and Climate Index?
a. Punjab
b. Telangana
c. Kerala
d. Gujarat
Q.5 Which institution has launched the ‘AVSAR’ scheme?
a. Election Commission of India
b. Supreme Court of India
c. Army Authority of India
d. Airports Authority of India
Q.6 Name the Indian cities which have been recognised as the ‘2021 Tree City of the World’ by FAO?
a. Indore and Hyderabad
b. Kolkata and Mumbai
c. Mumbai and Hyderabad
d. Mumbai and Indore
Q.7 Name the winner of 57th Jnanpith Award 2022
a. Shankha Ghosh
b. Bhalchandra Nemade
c. Damodar Mauzo
d. Kedarnath Singh
Q.8 Which Union Ministry implements the ‘PM-DAKSH Yojana’?
a. Ministry of Home Affairs
b. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
c. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
d. Ministry of Women and Child Development
Q.9 ‘Nadabet Seema Darshan project’ was inaugurated in which Indian state?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Assam
c. Punjab
d. Gujarat
Q.10 In which Indian state, megalithic stone jars were recently unearthed?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Assam
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. West Bengal
Answers –
Q.1 a) The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), MeitY, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), ISRO, Hyderabad.
Q.2 c) Australia beat England by 71 runs in the finals to claim their seventh Women’s World Cup at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Q.3 d)
Q.4 d) Gujarat has ranked at the top in NITI Aayog’s State Energy and Climate Index-Round 1 the larger states with a score of 50.1 points.
Q.5 d) The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has launched the Airport as a Venue for skilled artisans Of The Region (AVSAR) scheme.
Q.6 c) The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Arbor Day Foundation have jointly recognised Mumbai and Hyderabad as ‘2021 Tree City of the World’.
Q.7 c) Eminent Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo has been conferred with 57th Jnanpith Award for the year 2022.
Q.8 c) PM-DAKSH (Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi) Yojana, implemented by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, is a National Plan for the skilling of marginalized persons.The main objective of the scheme is to increase the skill levels of the target youth by providing for long-term and short-term skills, followed by an employment/self-employment. Around 2.71 Lakh persons will be trained over 5 years. Rs.79.48 crore was allocated for 2021-22.
Q.9 d) As part of the Seema Darshan project, Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated an Indo-Pakistan border viewing point in Nadabet in Gujarat.
Located in the Rann of Kutch region, this place is also known as the ‘Wagah of Gujarat’. Civilians get access to view the fenced international border with Pakistan at ‘Zero Point’, which is guarded round the clock by the Border Security Force (BSF).
Q.10 b) Dozens of megalithic stone jars have been recently unearthed in the state of Assam, at four previously unknown sites.The discovery has brought to focus the possible links between India’s Northeast and Southeast Asia, dating back to the second millennium BC. The study calls for more research to understand the cultural relationship between Assam, Laos and Indonesia, the only two other sites where similar jars have been found.