Q.1 The Indian Railways has planned to roll out its indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system across 2,000 km of network in the 2022-23 fiscal. What is the name of this system?
a. Dhaal
b. Kavach
c. Shastra
d. Suraksha
Q.2 The Ministry for Fisheries will organise ‘Sagar Parikrama’ initiative in phased manner to understand the challenges, experiences and aspirations of fishermen community. The programme has been rolled out in which state in first phase?
a. Gujarat
b. Maharashtra
c. Kerala
d. West Bengal
Q.3 The OCEANS 2022 Conference and Exposition was held in which city?
a. Chennai
b. Kochi
c. Mumbai
d. Kolkata
Q.4 The sea-level trials of India’s first indigenously developed Flying Trainer was successfully completed recently at Puducherry. What is the name of this trainer aircraft?
a. HERCULES-NG
b. HAWK-NG
c. HANSA-NG
d. HARRIS-NG
Q.5 Who has been appointed as the Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of State Bank of India?
a. Nitin Chugh
b. Arun Ramanathan
c. Ajay Kanwal
d. Vasudevan P N
Q.6 What is the name of India’s indigenous ‘Automatic Train Protection System’?
a. Shakti
b. Kavach
c. Veera
d. Brahma
Q.7 Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT)?
a. Justice Ranjan Gogoi
b. Justice Sadasivam
c. Justice D N Patel
d. Justice K Chandru
Q.8 ‘Theyyam’ or ‘Kaliyattam’ is a ritual dance performed in which state/UT?
a. Karnataka
b. Kerala
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. West Bengal
Q.9 What is the objective of the ‘Jan Aushadhi Bal Mitra programme’?
a. Educate Children on PMBJP
b. Provide subsidised medicines to children
c. Provide subsidised medicines to pregnant women
d. Promote Investment in PMBJP
Q.10 Which Union Ministry has constituted ‘Swadesh Darshan Awards’?
a. Ministry of External Affairs
b. Ministry of Tourism
c. Ministry of Culture
d. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Answers –
Q.1 b) The Indian Railways has planned to deploy its indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, ‘Kavach’, in phased manner across all the network. To begin with and as a part of Atmanirbhar Bharat, the system will be rolled out across 2,000 km of network in the 2022-23 fiscal.
Q.2 a) As a part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava’, the Union Ministry for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has organised ‘Sagar Parikrama’ initiative, to understand the challenges, experiences and aspirations of fishermen community. The Union Minister for Fisheries, Shri Parshottam Rupala inaugurated the ‘Sagar Parikrama’ on March 05, 2022 from Gujarat.
Q.3 a) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, jointly organised the OCEANS 2022 Conference and Exposition, from February 21-24, 2022 in hybrid mode in Chennai. The bi-annual conference was held for the first time in India. The theme of the event was “inspire-innovate-sustain”.
Q.4 c) India’s first indigenously developed Flying Trainer ‘HANSA-NG’, successfully completed the sea-level trials at Puducherry from February 19 to March 5. The aircraft has been designed and developed by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), under the aegis of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Q.5 a)
Q.6 b) Kavach is the indigenously developed ‘Automatic Train Protection System’, which was recently tested on South Central Railway.As per the Union Budget, the system is scheduled for complete rollout on 2,000 km in 2022-23. It is India’s own automatic protection system in development since 2012, under the name Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), which got renamed to Kavach.
Q.7 c)
Q.8 b) ‘Theyyam’ or ‘Kaliyattam’ is a 800-year-old ritual dance performed in the state of Kerala. It exhibits folk dances and art thereby displaying the ancient tribal culturesVarious types of theyyams are performed during the course of the festival. Ritual dance Agni Kandakarnan Theyyam has begun at the Kaliyattam festival in Kannur, Kerala.
Q.9 a) On the occasion of Jan Aushadhi Diwas week celebrations, Jan Aushadhi Bal Mitra programme has been conducted across the country at 75 locations.It aims to engage children as ‘Bal Mitras’ with Jan Aushadhi scheme to educate them about the benefits of the PM Bharatiya Jan Aushadi Pariyojana.
Q.10 b) Ministry of Tourism has constituted Swadesh Darshan Awards, to acknowledge the efforts of states/ UTs.Under ‘Swadesh Darshan’ scheme, tourism related infrastructure has been developed at more than 500 tourist destinations. The Ministry has sanctioned 76 projects in 31 States / UTs of India for more than Rs.5500 Crore.