DAILY GK QUIZ 11-17 JULY

 DAILY GK QUIZ 11-17 JULY 

[Q] Which state secured the 1st position in the delta ranking of the Shyama Prasad MukherjiRurban Mission (SPMRM) :

(a) Gujarat

(b) Assam

(c) Jharkhand

(d) Uttar Pradesh

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which country became the 68th Country to Join Interpol’s Child Sexual Exploitation Database?

(a) United Arab Emirates

(b) Spain

(c) India

(d) Indonesia

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which bank became India’s 1st bank to launch ‘Uni-verse’, the bank’s Metaverse Virtual Lounge?

(a) Axis Bank

(b) Union Bank of India

(c) City Union Bank

(d) UCO Bank

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is set to establish an Interim Operational Hub, 1st first overseas office, in _________.

(a) Tokyo, Japan

(b) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

(c) Jakarta, Indonesia

(d) New Delhi, India

5) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which bank signed an MoU with the Indian Air Force (IAF) to manage the salary accounts of the defence personnel?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) YES Bank

(c) ICICI Bank

(d) Axis Bank

[ANS] d

 

[Q] World Population Day is observed every year on _________ to raise awareness about global population issues.

(a) July 09

(b) July 10

(c) July 11

(d) July 12

[ANS] c

[Q] When is the National Fish Farmers Day observed in India?

(a) July 09

(b) July 10

(c) July 11

(d) July 12

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who among the following has won the Wimbledon men’s title 2022?

(a) Andy Murray

(b) Rafael Nadal

(c) Roger Federer

(d) Novak Djokovic

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who among the following has been appointed as the Managing Director of National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) recently?

(a) SatishAgnihotri

(b) Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay

(c) Rajendra Prasad

(d) Debasish Nanda

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Who has been acknowledged as the father of the Indian Internet, passed away recently?

(a) Durgesh Patel

(b) NirpakhTutaj

(c) AnantPai

(d) Brijendra K Syngal

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who among the following has won the Austrian Grand Prix 2022?

(a) Max Verstappen

(b) Charles Leclerc

(c) Lewis Hamilton

(d) G. Russell

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Uni-verse is the Metaverse Virtual Lounge of which of the following banks?

(a) City Union Bank

(b) Punjab National Bank

(c) State Bank of India

(d) Union Bank of India

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which institute partnered with Nokia to set up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) to facilitate research in the areas of networked robotics?

(a) IIT Guwahati

(b) IISc Bengaluru

(c) NIT Tiruchirappalli

(d) IIT Madras

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who was appointed as India’s new Sherpa for the Group of Twenty (G20)?

(a) Anupriya Singh Patel

(b) Rajiv Ranjan

(c) PiyushGoyal

(d) Amitabh Kant

[ANS] d

 

[Q] When was International Malala Day 2022 celebrated across the globe?

(a) 13th July 2022

(b) 10th July 2022

(c) 12th July 2022

(d) 9th July 2022

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Who has been voted as the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for June 2022:

(a) Jonny Bairstow

(b) Joe Root

(c) Daryl Mitchell

(d) Rohit Sharma

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Every year, World Paper Bag Day is observed on _______ to raise awareness of the importance of using paper bags instead of plastic bags.

(a) July 11

(b) July 12

(c) July 13

(d) July 14

[ANS] b

 

[Q] What is the theme of World Paper Bag Day 2022?

(a) Only One Earth

(b) It’s never too late to switch from plastic to paper

(c) If You’re ‘fantastic’, Do Something ‘dramatic’ To Cut The ‘Plastic’, Use ‘Paper Bags’

(d) Living Sustainably in Harmony with Nature

[ANS] c

 

[Q] India’s first elevated urban expressway is known as _____________.

(a) Dwarka Expressway

(b) Mathura Expressway

(c) Badrinath Expressway

(d) Somnath Expressway

[ANS] a

 

[Q] The first James Webb Telescope image revealed which of the following?

(a) Image of Earth

(b) Asteroids

(c) Earliest Galaxies

(d) Image of Moon

[ANS] c

 [Q] Which of the following is being built as India’s first carbon-neutral airport?

(a) Jammu Airport

(b) Leh Airport

(c) Kargil Airport

(d) Wayanad Airport

[ANS] b

 

[Q] A subsidary of which of the following banks has signed an MoU with Minisrtry of External Affairs for Trilateral Development Cooperation Fund ?

(a) Indian Bank

(b) Bank of Baroda

(c) SBI

(d) Indian Overseas Bank

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Who has conferred the Japan ‘Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star’ award?

(a) Vijay Sharma

(b) Narayanan Kumar

(c) ShikharKapoor

(d) Randeep Singh

[ANS] b

 

[Q] As per the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Global Gender Gap Index for 2022, India secured _______ rank among a total of 146 countries, while ________ tops the Index  as the most gender equal country for the 12th consecutive time.

(a) 140th; Norway

(b) 100th; Iceland

(c) 135th; Norway

(d) 135th; Iceland 

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Name the institute that developed ‘PIVOT’, an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based tool that can predict cancer-causing genes in humans.

(a) IIT Delhi

(b) IIT Bombay

(c) IIT Kharagpur

(d) IIT Madras

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Name the company that developed the industry’s first & world’s fastest graphics ‘Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM)’ chip.

(a) Samsung

(b) Huawei

(c) Intel Corporation

(d) LG

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which company has partnered with Athletics Federation of India to enable the holistic growth of athletics in India?

(a) AdaniGroup

(b) Tata Group

(c) Reliance Industries Limited

(d) Infosys Technologies

[ANS] c

 

[Q] In which state, India’s first Monkeypox case has reported?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) New Delhi

(c) Gujarat

(d) Kerala 

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Trade Deficit has surged to a record __________ in the month of June.

(a) USD 26.1 Billion

(b) USD 36.1 Billion

(c) USD 46.1 Billion

(d) USD 26.6 Billion

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which Indian captain has been felicitated by the British Parliament?

(a) ViratKohli

(b) MS Dhoni

(c) KapilDev

(d) SouravGanguly

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which day is celebrated as World Youth Skills Day?

(a) 13 July

(b) 14 July

(c) 15 July

(d) 10 July

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has launched the Platform of Platforms (POP) under the _____________.

(a) e-Krishi

(b) e-Nam

(c) e-Market

(d) e-DigiKrishi

[ANS] b

 

[Q] The Japanese government announced its decision to honour former Prime Minister _______ with the country’s highest decoration “the Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum” posthumously.

(a) YoshihideSuga

(b) Fumio Kishida

(c) Shinzo Abe

(d) Yoshihiko Noda

[ANS] c