Q.1 Who has been appointed new Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog (in April 2022)?
a. Jayati Ghosh
b. Abhijeet Banerjee
c. Suman K Bery
d. Ramesh Chand
Q.2 ‘Urja Pravaha’, which was recently inducted, is the Ship (Auxiliary Barge) of which armed force?
a. Indian Army
b. Indian Navy
c. Indian Air Force
d. Indian Coast Guard
Q.3 ‘India Out’ campaign is associated with which country?
a. Sri Lanka
b. Nepal
c. Maldives
d. Bangladesh
Q.4 The Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB) is located in which country?
a. India
b. Brazil
c. USA
d. South Korea
Q.5 ‘Ganga Quest 2022’, which has been seen in the news, is held under which mission?
a. National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem
b. National Mission for Clean Ganga
c. Swachh Bharat Mission
d. Green India Mission
Q.6 Who has been honoured with the 6th Entrepreneurial Leadership Award 2022 by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce?
a. Sudhir Reddy
b. Vivek Lal
c. Dr. Bina Modi
d. Shri KK Modi
Q.7 Indian Army’s “Agnibaaz Division” organized a joint exercise “Suraksha Kavach 2” with which state police?
a. Maharashtra
b. Rajasthan
c. Punjab
d. Jammu & Kashmir
Q.8 The first edition of the IONS Maritime Exercise 2022 (IMEX-22) has been held in which state?
a. Maharashtra
b. Kerala
c. Goa
d. Tamil Nadu
Q.9 Which state CM has unveiled the logo of the 2023 FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup?
a. Maharashtra
b. Odisha
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Kerala
Q.10 What is the name of India’s first indigenously developed Flying Trainer?
a. Horn-NG
b. HANS-NG
c. HANSA-NG
d. Hawk-NG
Answers –
Q.1 c) Dr. Suman K Bery has been appointed new Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog. He will succeed Dr. Rajiv Kumar, as per the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.Dr. Suman K Bery had served as Director-General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) a leading non-profit policy research institution. He also served as a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, National Statistical Commission and Reserve Bank of India’s Technical Advisory Committee on Monetary Policy.
Q.2 d) The Indian Coast Guard Ship (Auxiliary Barge) named Urja Pravaha has been inducted into the Indian Coast Guard at Gujarat’s Bharuch.It will be under the operational command of Coast Guard District Headquarters-4 (Kerala and Mahe), in addition to auxiliary barge Urja Shrota, which was based here since 2017. The ship is 36 meters long and is designed to carry Cargo Ship Fuel, Aviation Fuel and Fresh Water.
Q.3 c) Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih issued an order banning the ‘India Out’ campaign. Led by former President Yameen, the campaign accuses the Maldivian government of allowing Indian military presence in the island nation.
Q.4 d)
Q.5 b) National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) along with Tree Craze Foundation, began Ganga Quest, an online quiz in 2019.
Q.6 b) The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce has picked Indian-American chief executive of General Atomics Global Corporation Vivek Lall for the prestigious Entrepreneur Leadership Awards.
Q.7 a) Indian Army’s “Agnibaaz Division” organized a joint exercise “Suraksha Kavach 2” with Maharashtra Police at Lullanagar, Pune.
Q.8 c) The premier forum Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) held its maiden Maritime Exercise 2022 (IMEX-22) at Goa and in Arabian Sea from 26 – 30 Mar 22 which witnessed participation of 16 out of the 25 member nations of IONS which included Iran.
Q.9 b) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has unveiled the logo of the 2023 FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup at the Kalinga stadium in the capital Bhubaneswar.
Q.10 c) India’s first indigenously developed Flying Trainer, ‘HANSA-NG’, successfully completed the sea-level trials at Puducherry.