Q.1 Which company is purchasing the gaming company Activision Blizzard Inc?
a. Meta
b. Sony
c. Google
d. Microsoft
Q.2 The World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) Trends 2022 report has been released by which organisation?
a. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
b. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
c. World Health Organization (WHO)
d. International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Q.3 Name the app launched by SEBI on investor education to create awareness about the basic concepts of securities market?
a. VeeRta
b. SaaRthi
c. Ekta
d. Gyaan
Q.4 Who has been appointed as the new chairman and managing director (CMD) of Air India Ltd?
a. R S Sandhu
b. V.A.Patwardhan
c. Amrit Sharan
d. Vikram Dev Dutt
Q.5 Who of the following won the 2022 India Open Women’s Singles Title?
a. PV Sindhu
b. Saina Nehwal
c. Busanan Ongbamrungphan
d. Supanida Katethong
Q.6 Which country has launched its 1st Maritime Domain Awareness Satellite constellation from cape Canaveral, United States?
a. South Africa
b. India
c. China
d. Australia
Q.7 Which zone received the maximum share of complaints under Ombudsman schemes, as per the recent RBI Report?
a. East Zone
b. North Zone
c. South Zone
d. West Zone
Q.8 IOA has appointed whom as India’s Chef de Mission for Commonwealth Games 2022?
a. Deepak Singh
b. Rakesh Anand
c. Bhupendra Singh
d. Sandip Pradhan
Q.9 Name the DBT-BIRAC supported start-up, which has received World Bank Group and Consumer Technology Association’s Global Women’s Health Tech Awards?
a. Operon Biotech and Healthcare
b. InnAccel Technologies
c. NIRAMAI Health Analytix
d. Both B & C
Q.10 Which Indian company has joined hands with the ‘Africa50’ investment platform to develop the ‘Kenya Transmission Project’?
a. Power Grid Corporation
b. ONGC
c. Power Finance Corporation
d. Rural Electrification Corporation
Answers –
Q.1 d) Microsoft Corp. is set to acquire game making company, Activision Blizzard Inc., in an all-cash transaction for $68.7 billion. ($95.00 per share).
Q.2 d) The International Labour Organisation (ILO) released its World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2022 (WESO Trends) report on January 17, 2022. The report analyses comprehensive labour market projections for 2022 and 2023 and assesses how labour market recovery has unfolded worldwide.In the WESO 2022, ILO has downgraded its forecast for labour market recovery in 2022.
Q.3 b)
Q.4 b)
Q.5 c)
Q.6 a) South Africa has launched its first satellite constellation developed entirely in the continent of Africa.
Q.7 b) Chandigarh, Kanpur and Delhi got the maximum number of complaints and the North zone accounted for the maximum share of complaints in 2020-21.
Q.8 b) The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has appointed its senior vice-president Rakesh Anand as Chef de Mission for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Q.9 d) DBT-BIRAC supported start-ups, NIRAMAI Health Analytix Pvt Ltd and InnAccel Technologies Pvt Ltd have received World Bank Group and Consumer Technology Association’s Global Women’s Health Tech Awards.
Q.10 a) Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd has signed a joint development agreement with Africa50, to continue to develop the Kenya Transmission Project on a public-private partnership basis.