Q.1 The Global AYUSH Investment & Innovation Summit has been inaugurated by PM Modi in which city?
a. Bhopal
b. Noida
c. Lucknow
d. Gandhinagar
Q.2 India’s first-ever internet radio channel for the visually impaired people has been launched in which city?
a. Pune
b. Nagpur
c. Hyderabad
d. Chennai
Q.3 The Indian Army conducted Ex Kripan Shakti in which place recently?
a. Jabalpur
b. Ahmednagar
c. Siliguri
d. Leh
Q.4 The first-ever pure Green Hydrogen plant in India has been unveiled in which state?
a. Maharashtra
b. Assam
c. Telangana
d. Sikkim
Q.5 What is the name of the sixth and final submarine in the Scorpene-class under Project 75, which has been launched by Indian Navy recently?
a. Vagsheer
b. Vela
c. Vagir
d. Varsha
Q.6 Civil Services Day is observed in India on which day?
a. 19 April
b. 21 April
c. 20 April
d. 18 April
Q.7 ‘National Apprenticeship Mela’ has been organised under which mission?
a. PM Rozgar Yojana
b. Skill India
c. Make in India
d. Startup India
Q.8 Which state launched its ‘Space Tech’ Framework and hosted the launch event on Metaverse?
a. Maharashtra
b. Telangana
c. Gujarat
d. Kerala
Q.9 Which Indian Armed Force organises the National Level Pollution Response Exercise- NATPOLREX?
a. Indian Army
b. Indian Navy
c. Indian Air Force
d. Indian Coast Guard
Q.10 Which Union Ministry hosted the ‘National Metallurgist Award 2021’ event?
a. Ministry of Science and Technology
b. Ministry of Steel
c. Ministry of MSME
d. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Answers –
Q.1 d) On April 20, 2022, Prime Minister inaugurated the Global AYUSH Investment & Innovation Summit at Gandhinagar.
Q.2 b) India’s first-ever internet radio channel for the visually impaired people, named ‘Radio Aksh’ has been launched in Nagpur.
Q.3 c) The Indian Army’s Trishakti Corps conducted Ex Kripan Shakti at the Teesta Field Firing Firing Ranges (TFFR) near Siliguri in West Bengal on April 19, 2022.
Q.4 b) India’s first 99.999% pure Green Hydrogen pilot plant has been commissioned by the Oil India Limited (OIL) at its Jorhat Pump Station in Assam
Q.5 a) The Indian Navy launched the sixth and last submarine, Yard 11880, of the French Scorpene-class under Project 75, on April 20, 2022 at the Kanhoji Angre Wet Basin of Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in Mumbai. The submarine has been named as ‘Vagsheer’
Q.6 b) In India, the ‘Civil Services Day’ is celebrated on April 21 every year as a thanks giving day to all the Civil Servants for their service to the society and also for Civil Servants to ‘rededicate themselves to the cause of citizen and renew their commitments to public service’.
Q.7 b) Skill India, in association with the Directorate General of Training (DGT), is organising a day-long ‘Apprenticeship Mela’ across the country in more than over 700 locations.The initiative aims to support hiring of more than one lakh apprentices. It will assist employers in hiring the right talent and develop it further with training and providing practical skill-sets.
Q.8 b) Telangana launched its Space Tech Framework to promote domestic production of launch vehicles, satellite systems and subsystems, ground equipment manufacturing and other facilities.It was also the first ever official government event to be hosted on Meta-verse. A space-themed Meta-verse environment was developed along with avatars of key participants including Industries and IT Minister KT Rama Rao, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, ISRO Chairman Somanath among others.
Q.9 d) The National Level Pollution Response Exercise NATPOLREX is being conducted by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) off Mormugao harbour in Goa.
Union Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar inaugurated the ‘NATPOLREX’, the two-day marine spill preparedness exercise. Over 85 participants from 50 agencies, including observers from 22 friendly foreign countries and International Organisations, and two Coast Guard ships from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh participated in the event.
Q.10 b) The Union Ministry for Steel hosted “National Metallurgist Award 2021” event at New Delhi. The program was chaired by the Union Minister of Steel, Ram Chandra Prasad Singh.