DAILY GK QUIZ: 22 - 28 JUNE

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 22 - 28 JUNE 

[Q] The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently established a 20-member Hybrid Securities Advisory Committee (HySAC).

The HySAC will be chaired ?

(a) G. Mahalingam

(b) AshishChauhan

(c) KV Kamath

(d) NainaLalKidwai

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which country recently signed an MoU with the NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) to accept the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and RuPay Cards?

(a) France

(b) Switzerland

(c) Saudi Arabia

(d) Spain

[ANS] a

 

[Q] The Indian Coast Guard’s (ICGs) inducted a first made in India Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mark III Indigenous aircraft in Chennai, Tamilnadu.

Which organisation developed the ALH Mark III aircraft?

(a) Indian Navy

(b) Bharat Electronics Limited

(c) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

(d) Indian Army

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Who recently became India’s 74th Grandmaster (GM) during the 9th Cattolica Chess Festival in Italy?

(a) Raja Rithvik R.

(b) Bharath Subramaniyam

(c) Harshit Raja

(d) Rahul Srivatshav P

[ANS] d

 

[Q] When was World Music Day 2022 celebrated across the globe with the theme of “Music on the intersections”?

(a) 19th June 2022

(b) 17th June 2022

(c) 21st June 2022

(d) 18th June 2022

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Name the state that recently became India’s first State to launch Balika Panchayat (girl Panchayat).

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Telangana

(c) Punjab

(d) Gujarat

[ANS] d

 

[Q] As per the World Gold Council (WGC) ‘Gold refining and recycling’ report released in June 2022, India has secured _______ rank in global gold recycling in 2021, while _______ global gold recycling.

(a) 4th; China

(b) 2nd; Russia

(c) 4th; United States of America

(d) 3rd; China

[ANS] a

 

[Q] The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) RECENTLY extended the deadline from 1st July 2022 to _______ for the implementation card Rules.

(a) 1st December 2022

(b) 1st October 2022

(c) 1st November 2022

(d) 1st September 2022

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who was recently appointed as India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) in New York?

(a) T. S. Tirumurti

(b) Nirupam Sen

(c) Syed Akbaruddin

(d) Ruchira Kamboj

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Name the country that recently launched its first indigenously built space rocket “Nuri”.

(a) Israel

(b) Russia

(c) China

(d) South Korea

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which of the following company becomes the world’s most valuable company replacing Apple Inc.?

(a) Microsoft

(b) Amazon

(c) Tesla

(d) Saudi Aramco

[ANS] d

 

[Q] The DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) has granted air operator’s permit to which company to allow the airline to restart commercial flight operations after remaining grounded for more than three years?

(a) Kingfisher

(b) Spice Jet

(c) Air Vistara

(d) Jet Airways

[ANS] d

 

[Q] As per the Economic Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Global Liveability Index 2022, New Delhi, India secured a ______ rank in the list, while _______ top the list as World’s Most Liveable City.

(a) 80; Copenhagen, Denmark

(b) 112; Vienna, Austria

(c) 96; Copenhagen, Denmark

(d) 150; Melbourne, Australia

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Khuvsgul Lake is one of the 11 newly added biosphere reserves to the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves. It is located in which country?

(a) Australia

(b) Mongolia

(c) Georgia

(d) Kazakhstan

[ANS] b

 

[Q] The National Health Authority has introduced a revised ‘ABHA’ mobile application to manage health records under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission. What is full form of ABHA?

(a) Ayushman Bharat Health Assistant

(b) Ayushman Bharat Health App

(c) Ayushman Bharat Health Advisor

(d) Ayushman Bharat Health Account

[ANS] d

 

[Q] The Union Government has announced the formation of the Cotton Council of India under the Chairmanship of renowned veteran cotton man. What is the name of renowned veteran cotton man?

(a) Suresh Kotak

(b) Lalit Kotak

(c) Uday Kotak

(d) Ramesh Kotak

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Home Minister Amit Shah launched the National Cyber Forensic Laboratory’ (NCFL) on the premises of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in which Indian city?

(a) Shimla

(b) Chennai

(c) Bhopal

(d) Hyderabad

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Jitendra Singh inaugurated the north India’s first Industrial Biotech Park constructed in which of the state?

(a) Uttarakhand

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(c) Jammu & Kashmir

(d) Delhi

[ANS] c

 

[Q] The National Data & Analytics Platform (NDAP) was launched by which of the following entity which platform is now for free public use?

(a) NASSCOM

(b) Ministry of Statistics and program implementation

(c) Aadhar Authority of India

(d) NITI Aayog

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which country’s organisation recently  signed an MoU with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for the Supply of Airborne Defense Suite for Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters?

(a) Japan

(b) United States of America

(c) Belarus

(d) France

[ANS] c

 

[Q] The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) extended the Card on File (CoF) tokenisation deadline to _______ from 30th June 2022 for all Payment System Providers & Payment System Participants.

(a) 31th July 2022

(b) 31st October 2022

(c) 30th November 2022

(d) 30th September 2022

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who recently won the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022 for the novel “The Book of Form & Emptiness”?

(a) Susanna Clarke

(b) Kamila Shamsie

(c) Maggie O’Farrell

(d) Ruth Ozeki

[ANS] d

 

[Q]  ‘Parameswaran Iyer’ was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of which of the following organisation?

(a) Small Industries Development Bank of India

(b) NITI Aayog

(c) National Securities Depository Limited

(d) Securities and Exchange Board of India

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who was recently appointed as the Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of India Debt Resolution Company Limited (IDRCL) for a period of 3 years?

(a) Sanjay Jain

(b) Avinash Kulkarni

(c) Pradip Shah

(d) Diwakar Gupta

[ANS] b

 

[Q] In the Indonesia Open 2022, a tournament in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour, Viktor Axelsen from _______ won the men’s singles title and _______ from Chinese Taipei won the women’s singles title.

(a) Denmark; Tai Tzu Ying

(b) Indonesia; Fukushima Yuki

(c) Denmark; Wang Zhi Yi

(d) Japan; Fukushima Yuki

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Who authored the book, “Gautam Adani: The Man Who Changed India”?

(a) Gunjan Jain

(b) Hamish Kumar

(c) Chetan Prakash

(d) RN Bhaskar

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which state has launched a Vehicle Movement Tracking System (VMTS) mobile app to track the vehicles carrying sand and other mining material?

(a) Delhi

(b) Haryana

(c) Karnataka

(d) Himachal Pradesh

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which state is planning to create India’s only observatory, which will house data on the state’s indigenous population’s health?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Odisha

(c) Jammu & Kashmir

(d) Bihar

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which State Government launches the ‘e-Adhigam’ scheme under which nearly 3 lakh students will be receiving tablet computers to aid their online education?

(a) Haryana

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Meghalaya

(d) Himachal Pradesh

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which Indian state has inaugurated India’s first grain-based ethanol plant at a cost of Rs. 105 crore recently?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Bihar

(c) Punjab

(d) Uttar Pradesh

[ANS] b