Q.1 Which player has been felicitated with the Sportstar of the Year (Male) award at the 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards?
a. Sumit Antil
b. Bajrang Punia
c. Harbhajan Singh
d. Neeraj Chopra
Q.2 Which state has declared a public holiday on March 23rd?
a. Punjab
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Goa
d. Uttarakhand
Q.3 Who has become the CEO of ‘Flipkart Health Plus’?
a. Prashant Jhaveri
b. Anubrata Biswas
c. Rishi Gupta
d. Atul Kumar Goel
Q.4 Indian Army is participating in the Joint Military Exercise ‘LAMITIYE-2022’ with which country?
a. Madagascar
b. Mauritius
c. Seychelles
d. Dominican Republic
Q.5 In which country, the NATO military exercise ‘Cold Response 2022’ has been started?
a. Norway
b. Denmark
c. Somalia
d. South Sudan
Q.6 What is the theme for World Water Day 2022?
a. Water and Climate Change
b. Leaving No One Behind
c. Groundwater, Making the Invisible Visible
d. Valuing Water
Q.7 Which state assembly has become the first in India to implement the National e-Vidhan Application program to become paperless?
a. Kerala
b. Tripura
c. Sikkim
d. Nagaland
Q.8 The World Water Day is being celebrated on which date?
a. March 21
b. March 22
c. March 18
d. March 19
Q.9 Which player has won the Sportstar of the Year (Female) award at the 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards?
a. Lovlina Borgohain
b. Mirabai Chanu
c. Savita
d. Avani Lekhara
Q.10 Which institution has set up a new interdisciplinary water management and policy centre called ‘AquaMAP’ to solve water problems in India?
a. IIT Delhi
b. IIT Bombay
c. IIT Kanpur
d. IIT Madras
Q.11 ‘Saksham’, which was seen in the news recently, is an Offshore Patrol Vessel of which armed force?
a. Indian Navy
b. Indian Army
c. Indian Coast Guard
d. Indian Air Force
Q.12 The ‘National AIDS and STD control programme’ comes under which category of scheme?
a. Core Scheme
b. Central Sector Scheme
c. Centrally Sponsored Scheme
d. Core of the Core Scheme
Q.13 Which Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) seeks to ensure safe water and sanitation for all by 2030?
a. First
b. Third
c. Sixth
d. Eighth
Q.14 ‘EX-DUSTLIK’ is a Joint Defence Exercise held between the armed forces of India and which country?
a. Sri Lanka
b. France
c. Uzbekistan
d. Oman
Q.15 Biplobi Bharat Gallery was recently inaugurated at which city?
a. Bhubaneshwar
b. Kolkata
c. Guwahati
d. Shimla
Q.16 In which city, was the “Step-Up to End TB- World TB Day Summit 2022” organised?
a. New Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Kochi
d. Chennai
Q.17 Which country launched the ‘BRICS Vaccine R&D Centre and Workshop on Vaccine Cooperation’?
a. India
b. Brazil
c. China
d. Russia
Q.18 Classical wind music instrument narasinghapettai nagaswaram of which state has recently received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag?
a. Kerala
b. Maharashtra
c. Odisha
d. Tamil Nadu
Q.19 Sujalam 2.0 campaign has been launched by which ministry?
a. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
b. Ministry of Earth Sciences
c. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
d. Ministry of Jal Shakti
Q.20 Which of the following state in India is set to become the first in the country to introduce Carbon-neutral farming for better soil health?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Kerala
c. Maharashtra
d. Uttar Pradesh
Answers –
Q.1 d) Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra has been awarded the ‘Sportstar of the Year (Male)’ award at the 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards.
Q.2 a) Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann has declared a public holiday on March 23rd on the occasion of Shaheed Diwas.
Q.3 a)
Q.4 c) The 9th edition of the Joint Military Exercise ‘LAMITIYE-2022’ between the Indian Army and Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF) will be held at Seychelles Defence Academy (SDA), Seychelles.
Q.5 a) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has conducted a massive military exercise ‘Cold Response 2022’ in Norway.
Q.6 c)
Q.7 d) Nagaland became India’s first State Assembly to implement the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) programme to become paperless.
Q.8 b) On 22 March, World Water Day is being celebrated annually to raise awareness about the importance of freshwater and advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.
Q.9 b)
Q.10 d) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has established a new interdisciplinary water management and policy centre called ‘AquaMAP’ to solve water problems in India.
Q.11 c) The Indian Coast Guard (ICR) has commissioned ICGS ‘Saksham’, the fifth Coast Guard Ship in the series of 105 M-Class offshore patrol vessels.
ICGS Saksham is the fifth and last Offshore Patrol Vessel designed and developed by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) for Coast Guard. The vessel uses totally indigenous steering gear and gearbox, which was being imported earlier.
Q.12 b) The Union Cabinet approved the continuation of the National AIDS and STD control programme from April 1 to March 31, 2026.It is a Central Sector Scheme fully funded by the Government of India. The phase-V of the programme has been extended with an outlay of Rs 15471.94 crore. The National AIDS response was initiated by the Government of India in 1992.
Q.13 c) World Water Day is observed on March 22 to raise awareness about the importance of water and sensitise people to conserve water.The focus of World Water Day is to aid the achievement of United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal’ (SDG) 6, which is to ensure safe water and sanitation for all by 2030. The theme of World Water Day this year is “Groundwater, making the invisible visible”.
Q.14 c) The third edition of the joint training exercise between India’s and Uzbekistan’s armies named ‘EX-DUSTLIK’ began in Uzbekistan’s Yangiarik.
Q.15 b) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Biplobi Bharat Gallery at Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata via video conferencing on the occasion of Shaheed Diwas.
Q.16 a) Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the “Step-Up to End TB- World TB Day Summit” on the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day at New Delhi.
Q.17 a) Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Mansukh Mandaviya launched the BRICS Vaccine R&D Centre and Workshop on Vaccine Cooperation with other BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) leaders.
Q.18 d) The Narasinghapettai nagaswaram, a classical wind music instrument traditionally made by artisans based at a village in Tamil Nadu, has received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
Q.19 d) Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched the Sujalam 2.0 campaign for greywater management on the occasion of World Water Day, 2022 (22 March 2022). It was launched by Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
Q.20 b) Kerala is all set to become the first in the country to introduce Carbon-neutral farming for better soil health. For this, the State government has set aside Rs. 6 crores in the 2022-23 Budget.