Q.1 Which institution releases the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)?
a. NITI Aayog
b. National Statistical Office
c. Ministry of Labour and Employment
d. Reserve Bank of India
Q.2 Where was the India-Japan Annual Summit 2022 held?
a. Tokyo
b. New Delhi
c. Chennai
d. Osaka
Q.3 Which country has developed a “Relativistic Klystron Amplifier (RKA)”, which can destroy satellites in space?
a. India
b. Russia
c. China
d. Israel
Q.4 India advocated the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) at which international body?
a. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
b. United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
c. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
d. International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Q.5 What is the upper limit of an UPI Lite payment transaction?
a. Rs 100
b. Rs 200
c. Rs 500
d. Rs 2000
Q.6 UPI Lite facility has been launched by?
a. RBI
b. NPCI
c. SBI
d. NIPL
Q.7 Which organization has launched the military drill ‘Cold Response 2022’?
a. Association of South East Nations
b. United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
c. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
d. International Development Association
Q.8 The NATO has organised the military drill named ‘Cold Response 2022’ in which place?
a. Norway
b. Netherlands
c. Poland
d. Portugal
Q.9 When is International Day of Happiness celebrated every year?
a. 19 March
b. 18 March
c. 21 March
d. 20 March
Q.10 When is World Sparrow Day celebrated every year?
a. 18 March
b. 21 March
c. 20 March
d. 19 March
Q.11 The United Nations has how many official languages?
a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8
Q.12 When is the World Oral Health Day celebrated?
a. 20 March
b. 19 March
c. 17 March
d. 15 March
Q.13 Which edition of the Surajkund International Crafts Mela has been organised in 2022?
a. 31
b. 34
c. 33
d. 35
Q.14 The International Day of Forests is celebrated on which day annually?
a. Third Monday of March
b. March 21
c. Third Sunday of March
d. March 20
Q.15 The SBI bank has announced its plan to set up its Innovation, Incubation and Acceleration Centre (IIAC) in which city of the country?
a. Hyderabad
b. Chennai
c. Mumbai
d. Gandhinagar
Q.16 Which player has won the 19th Asian 100 UP Billiards Championship 2022?
a. Aditya Mehta
b. Sourav Kothari
c. Pankaj Advani
d. Dhruv Sitwala
Q.17 The World Poetry Day is celebrated every year on which day?
a. 20 March
b. 21 March
c. 19 March
d. 18 March
Q.18 Name the Indian cricket player who has been felicitated with the ‘Sports Icon’ award at the Maldives Sports Awards 2022?
a. Rohit Sharma
b. Virender Sehwag
c. S. Sreesanth
d. Suresh Raina
Q.19 Which day of the year is observed as the World Down Syndrome Day?
a. 21 March
b. 20 March
c. 19 March
d. 18 March
Q.20 What is the theme of the International Day of Forests 2022?
a. Forests and Education
b. Forests and Biodiversity: Too precious to lose.
c. Forest restoration: a path to recovery and well-being
d. Forests and sustainable production and consumption
Answers –
Q.1 b) The latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), which works under the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI).
As per the recent PLFS update, India’s urban unemployment rate jumped to 12.6 per cent in the April-June quarter of 2021, compared to 9.3 per cent in the January-March quarter.
Q.2 b) Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida held talks in New Delhi during the India-Japan Annual Summit 2022.After the Meet, the Indian Prime Minister announced that Japan is set to invest 5 trillion yen or Rs 3.2 lakh crore in India over next 5 years. This is Japan PM’s first visit to India as the head of the Japanese government.
Q.3 c) China has recently developed a microwave machine “Relativistic Klystron Amplifier (RKA)”, that could jam or destroy satellites in space.The device can generate a wave burst measuring 5-megawatts in the Ka-band. It is a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum used for both civil and military purposes. Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) use concentrated electromagnetic energy to destroy enemy equipment or personnel.
Q.4 b) India advocated the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
India announced that it attaches high importance to the BTWC Convention as a key non-discriminatory disarmament Convention, prohibiting an entire category of weapons of mass destruction.
Q.5 b) The upper limit of a UPI Lite payment transaction shall be Rs. 200 .The total limit of UPI Lite balance for an “On-device wallet” shall be Rs. 2,000 at any point of time.
Q.6 b) National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) designed the “UPI Lite – On-Device wallet” (“UPI Lite”) functionality for UPI user for small value transactions.
Q.7 c)
Q.8 a)
Q.9 d) Every year the International Day of Happiness is celebrated on March 20. The day aims to promote happiness as a fundamental human right for all human beings across the world. The theme for 2022 International Day of Happiness campaign is ‘Build Back Happier’.
Q.10 c) World Sparrow Day is celebrated every year on March 20. Theme of 2022 World Sparrow Day “LOVE Sparrows”
Q.11 b) There are six official languages of the UN. These are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
Q.12 a) The World Oral Health Day is marked every year on March 20. The theme for World Oral Health Day 2021-2023 is: Be Proud Of Your Mouth.
Q.13 d) The Governor of Haryana, Bandaru Dattatraya and Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal formally inaugurated the 35th edition of the world famous Surajkund International Crafts Mela at Surajkund in Faridabad district of Haryana.
Q.14 b) The International Day of Forests (also known as World Forestry Day) is celebrated every year on March 21.
Q.15 a) State Bank of India (SBI) will set up an Innovation, Incubation and Acceleration Centre (IIAC) at Hyderabad, Telangana.
Q.16 c) Indian cueist Pankaj Advani has defeated Dhruv Sitwala to win his eighth title at the 19th Asian 100 UP Billiards Championship 2022. It was held in Doha, Qatar.
Q.17 b) The World Poetry Day is celebrated on 21 March every year to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world.
Q.18 d) Former India cricketer Suresh Raina has been awarded the prestigious ‘Sports Icon’ award at the Maldives Sports Awards 2022 on March 17, 2022.
Q.19 a) The World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) is observed every year on 21 March to raise public awareness for the rights, inclusion and well being of people with Down syndrome.
Q.20 d) The theme for International Day of Forests 2022 is “Forests and sustainable production and consumption”.