Q.1 Samia Suluhu Hassan, who has been seen in the news, is the first female President of which country?
a. Libya
b. South Africa
c. Tanzania
d. Egypt
Q.2 India has been elected on which UN-ECOSOC bodies?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 3
d. 6
Q.3 Which Union Ministry organised ‘Block Level Health Melas’ at more than 1 lakh Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres?
a. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
b. Ministry of Education
c. Ministry of Women and Child Development
d. Ministry of Health
Q.4 Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, who was seen in the news, is the Prime Minister of which country?
a. Malaysia
b. Sri Lanka
c. Mauritius
d. Maldives
Q.5 Which country is the host of International Water Week- Water Convention 2022?
a. Bangladesh
b. Singapore
c. Nepal
d. India
Q.6 Highest tunnel at Shinku La tunnel will connect Ladakh with which state of the country?
a. Uttrakhand
b. Arunachal Pradesh
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Sikkim
Q.7 Which company delivered the scorpene-class submarine- INS – Vagsheer to the Indian Navy?
a. Defence Research and Development Organisation
b. Mazagon Dock
c. Goa Shipbuilders
d. Hindustan Aeronautical Ltd
Q.8 India’s first pure green hydrogen plant has been commissioned in which state?
a. Gujarat
b. Assam
c. West Bengal
d. Odisha
Q.9 After Bhutan and Singapore, NPCI has expanded to which country, to offer UPI-based payments?
a. Sri Lanka
b. Nepal
c. UAE
d. Bangladesh
Q.10 Ariosoma indicum, which was seen in the news, belongs to which species
a. Turtle
b. Frog
c. Eel
d. Gecko
Answers –
Q.1 c)
Q.2 a) India has been elected to four key United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN-ECOSOC) Bodies in April 2022.
Q.3 d) The Union Health Ministry is organising Block Level Health Melas at more than one lakh Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres across the country.
Q.4 c) Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, accompanied by a high-level delegation arrived in India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Q.5 b) Director-General, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) of India participated virtually in Singapore International Water Week.
Q.6 c) The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will construct the world’s highest tunnel connecting Himachal Pradesh to Zanskar Valley in Ladakh.
Q.7 b) Defence secretary Ajay Kumar launched INS Vagsheer, the sixth Scorpene-class submarine under Project-75. It is named after the sand fish, a predator of the Indian Ocean.The Mazagon Dock has already delivered four Scorpene-class submarines under the project to the Indian Navy – INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi, INS Karanj and INS Vela. The fifth submarine ‘Vagir’ is under trial at sea, and is set to be commissioned before the end of this year.
Q.8 b) The Oil India Limited (OIL) commissioned India’s first 99.999 percent pure green hydrogen plant in the state of Assam.
Q.9 c) NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL), the international arm of NPCI, has entered the UAE market by partnering with NeoPay, the payment subsidiary of Mashreq Bank. BHIM UPI service has been made live on NeoPay terminals.
Q.10 c) A group of Indian scientists have discovered a new species of eel named ‘Ariosoma indicum’ from specimens collected from fishing harbours in Kerala and West Bengal.The newly discovered eel belongs to the Congrid eels group. The term Indicum means that it was found in India. Indian Council of Agriculture Research-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR-NBFGR), Lucknow is working on fish genetic resources for intellectual property protection.