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Current Affairs of 8th April 2022

Q.1 Which state government has launched a scheme to set up ‘Hobby Hub’ in government schools?

a. Delhi

b. Gujarat

c. Bihar

d. Assam

Q.2 Which state government has launched the crop insurance portal of ‘Mukhyamantri Bagwani Bima Yojana’?

a. Rajasthan

b. Punjab

c. Haryana

d. Madhya Pradesh

Q.3 Which company has announced the launch of the super app ‘Neu’?

a. Microsoft

b. Flipkart

c. Amazon

d. Tata Group

Q.4 Which ministry has launched the ‘Temple 360’ website?

a. Ministry of Rural Development

b. Ministry of Culture

c. Ministry of Defense

d. Ministry of Finance

Q.5 The country’s first ‘steel slag road’ came up in which city?

a. Pune

b. Noida

c. Mumbai

d. Surat

Q.6 What is the theme of the ‘World Health Day’ in 2022?

a. Our Planet, Our Health

b. Climate Change Matters

c. Personal Hygiene and Public Hygiene

d. Take Care of You and Earth

Q.7 Which institution released the ‘Braving the Storms: East Asia and Pacific Economic Update’ Report?

a. International Monetary Fund

b. World Bank

c. Asian Development Bank

d. BRICS Bank

Q.8 The ‘One Health’ framework has been launched as a pilot project in which state?

a. Uttarakhand

b. Gujarat

c. Goa

d. Haryana

Q.9 Name the recipient of the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2021?

a. Govind Mishra

b. Prof Ramdarash Mishra

c. Mahabaleshwar Sail

d. Sharankumar Limbale

Q.10 Sarhul is a tribal festival, observed by which state?

a. Haryana

b. Sikkim

c. Jharkhand

d. Odisha

Answers – 

Q.1 a) The Delhi government has set up Hobby Hubs for government schools in Delhi after school hours to promote extra-curricular activities.

Q.2 c) Haryana Agriculture Minister JP Dalal launched the portal of Mukhya Mantri Bagwani Bima Yojana with an initial corpus of Rs 10 crore for the scheme.

Q.3 d) The Tata Group recently announced plans to launch an app called ‘Neu’ that will unite all its digital services and apps on one platform.

Q.4 b) Meenakshi Lekhi, Minister of State for Culture and External Affairs has launched a website ‘Mandir 360’ during an event organized by the Ministry of Culture at IGNCA Amphitheater, Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts, New Delhi under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.

Q.5 d) The country’s first ‘steel slag road’ came up in Surat, promising a huge potential to reduce the demand for aggregates in road construction.

Q.6 a) April 7 is observed as World Health Day, to celebrate the creation of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948 in the First Health Assembly.

Q.7 b) The World Bank released the April 2022 update ‘Braving the Storms: East Asia and Pacific Economic Update’.As per the report, there are three risks for the region:  financial tightening in the U.S., structural slowdown in China, and the war in Ukraine. The April 2022 issue of the report suggests bold reforms to avert the risks and grasp the opportunities.

Q.8 a) The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) has launched a pilot project in the state of Uttarakhand to implement the One Health Framework by One Health Support Unit.The key objective of the Unit is to develop a national One Health roadmap based on the learnings of the pilot project implementation. Inter-ministerial One Health committee under the chairmanship of Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India has been established to lead the implementation of the One Health Support Unit.

Q.9 b) Noted Hindi poet and litterateur Prof Ramdarash Mishra has been selected for the Saraswati Samman, 2021. He has been selected for this prestigious literary award for his Hindi poetry collection ‘Mein to Yahan Hun’, which was published in 2015.

Q.10 c) Sarhul is the most popular tribal festivals celebrated across the Jharkhand region to mark the beginning of New Year.

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