DAILY GK QUIZ: 13- 17 FEB 2022

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 13- 17 FEB 2022

[Q] Which organisation recently launched Community Innovator Fellowship (CIF) along with Atal Innovatation Mission –NITI Aayog :

(a) UNICEF India

(b) World Bank India

(c) UNDP India

(d) WHO India

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which Health Schemes were recently integrated with the Aarogya Setu App by the National Health Authority to create 14-digit unique account numbers:

(a) Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

(b) Central Government Health Scheme

(c) Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana

(d) Pardhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojna

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which Country recently signed an MoU with India on tourism cooperation to boost bilateral relations in tourism:

(a) Japan

(b) Switzerland

(c) Indonesia

(d) Australia

[ANS] d

 

[Q] __________ became the world’s 1st country to permit unmanned aerial vehicles or drones to operate in civilian airspace.

(a) Israel

(b) Switzerland

(c) Indonesia

(d) Australia

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) by succeeding Deepti Umashankar:

(a) Ashim Khurana

(b) S. Kishore

(c) Raj Sharma

(d) B Sankaran

[ANS] b

 

[Q] What is the rank of India among 111 countries in the latest Henley Passport Index, released for Q1 of 2022?

(a) 79th

(b) 83rd

(c) 56th

(d) 98th

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Transparency International has released the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2021. What is the rank of India in the index?

(a) 45

(b) 23

(c) 63

(d) 85

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which company has retained its position as the most valuable brand in 2022 according to the Brand Finance 2022 Global 500 report?

(a) Meta

(b) Microsoft

(c) Apple

(d) Amazon

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which of the following has released a report titled ‘Banking on Electric Vehicles in India’ on January 22, 2022?

(a) MSME Ministry

(b) NITI Aayog

(c) Finance Ministry

(d) RBI

[ANS] b

 

[Q] World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2022 (WESO Trends) report has been released by which of the following?

(a) International Monetary Fund

(b) International Labour Organisation

(c) UN conference on Trade and Development

(d) World Economic Forum

[ANS] b

 

[Q] According to Oxfam India, “Inequality Kills” report, the wealth of India’s richest families reached to a record high in 2021. India was described as a ‘_________,’ country in the report.

(a) Equal

(b) Unequal

(c) Very unequal

(d) Dangerously Unequal

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which of the Indian airport has been ranked 8th for ‘on-time performance’ for the year 2021?

(a) Ahmedabad International Airport

(b) Indira Gandhi International Airport

(c) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

(d) Chennai International Airport

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which organisation recently signed an MoU with India to provide 50,000 MT of wheat to Afghanistan through the land border of Pakistan:

(a) World Trade Organisation

(b) International Labour Organisation

(c) World Food Programme

(d) World Bank

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Name the Bank that partnered with UNANU Technologies for digital freights finance to fund transport contractors.

(a) RBL Bank

(b) Karur Vysya Bank

(c) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(d) DCB Bank

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who got appointed as New Chairman of CBSE by Succeeding Manoj Ahuja :

(a) Vineet Joshi

(b) S. Kishore

(c) Raj Sharma

(d) B Sankaran

[ANS] a

 

[Q] The India Digital Summit, 2022 was organized virtually by Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). What was the edition of India Digital Summit 2022?

(a) 12th

(b) 7th

(c) 24th

(d) 16

[ANS] d

 

[Q] What is the theme of 16th India Digital Summit 2022?

(a) Leverage, Encourage, Access &Promote

(b) Digitally Aware to grow fast

(c) Supercharging Startups

(d) Make environment Business friendly

[ANS] c

 

[Q] The GST Council’s 46th meeting was held in New Delhi under the chairmanship Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman. What is the GST rate has been decided to levy on textile sector?

(a) 3%

(b) 12%

(c) 5%

(d) 18%

[ANS] c

 

[Q] What is the theme of the digital WEF’s Davos Agenda 2022 Summit?

(a) The State of the World

(b) Restart the World

(c) World after Pandemic

(d) Work together for New World

[ANS] a

 

[Q] The first BRICS Sherpas meeting of 2022 was held virtually on January 18-19 2022. Which of the country chaired the meeting 2022?

(a) India

(b) China

(c) South Africa

(d) Russia

[ANS] b

 

[Q] As per the second Advance Estimates, India’s estimated Foodgrains production stands at ___ for the FY 2021-22:

(a) 125.98 Million Tonnes

(b) 456.78 Million Tonnes

(c) 256.08 Million Tonnes

(d) 316.06 Million Tonnes

[ANS] d