Q.1 Inland Waterways Authority of India has organized “Jalmarg Conclave 2022” in which state?
a. Maharashtra
b. Punjab
c. Assam
d. Gujarat
Q.2 Who has been awarded the 2022 Malcolm Adiseshiah Award?
a. Shekhar Gupta
b. Prabhat Patnaik
c. Jayati Ghosh
d. Bhupender Yadav
Q.3 The UDAN scheme has won the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2020 under which category?
a. Good Governance
b. Innovation
c. End to End Delivery of Services
d. Peoples’ participation
Q.4 Which day is observed as the International Day for Monuments and Sites (World Heritage Day) annually?
a. 15 April
b. 16 April
c. 18 April
d. 17 April
Q.5 Who has been named as the next Chief of Army Staff to replace General MM Naravane?
a. Lt. General Manoj Pande
b. Lt. General Yogesh Kumar Joshi
c. Lt. General Satinder Kumar Saini
d. Lt. General Rana Pratap Kalita
Q.6 Prafulla Kar who has passed away recently was a noted singer and music director specialised in which language?
a. Hindi
b. Malayalam
c. Marathi
d. Odia
Q.7 The World Liver Day is marked every year on which day?
a. 18 April
b. 19 April
c. 17 April
d. 20 April
Q.8 Samia Suluhu Hassan, who was seen in the news recently, is the first female President of which country?
a. South Africa
b. Tanzania
c. Libya
d. Egypt
Q.9 Which country is the host of International Water Week- Water Convention 2022?
a. India
b. Singapore
c. Nepal
d. Bangladesh
Q.10 Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, who was seen in the news, is the Prime Minister of which country?
a. Sri Lanka
b. Mauritius
c. Maldives
d. Malaysia
Answers –
Q.1 c) Inland Waterways Authority of India has organized “Jalmarg Conclave 2022” in Dibrugarh, Assam.
Q.2 b) Renowned Indian Marxist economist and political commentator Prabhat Patnaik has been selected for the 2022 Malcolm Adiseshiah Award.
Q.3 b) The flagship scheme of the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has been selected for the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2020 under the category “Innovation (General) – Central”.
Q.4 c) The International Day for Monuments and Sites (World Heritage Day) is observed on 18 April each year to promote awareness about the diversity of cultural heritage of humanity, their vulnerability and the efforts required for their protection and conservation.
Q.5 a) Lieutenant General Manoj Pande has been appointed as the next Chief of Army Staff. Lt Gen Pande is the incumbent Vice-Chief of the Army. He will take over from General MM Naravane, who is set to retire on April 30, 2022.
Q.6 d) Popular Odia singer and music director Prafulla Kar has passed away following age-related ailments.He was 83.
Q.7 b)
Q.8 b)
Q.9 b) Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) of India participated virtually in Singapore International Water Week, Water Convention 2022 and gave a presentation on ‘Status of Wastewater Generation, Treatment and Management in India”.
Q.10 b) Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, accompanied by a high-level delegation arrived in India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Jugnauth is set to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of the WHO-Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar and Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit in Gandhinagar.