DAILY GK QUIZ 21- 24 SEP

 DAILY GK QUIZ 21- 24 SEP

[Q] Which country renamed its capital as ‘Astana’ and extended the presidential term to 7 years from 5 years?

(a) Turkmenistan

(b) Tajikistan

(c) Kazakhstan

(d) Uzbekistan

[ANS] c

 

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DAILY GK QUIZ 19-20 SEP

 DAILY GK QUIZ 19-20 SEP

[Q] In September 2022, _________ won the Under-16(Open) title at the World Youth Chess Championship 2022, while A R Ilamparthi won the Under 14 (Open) Championship title held in Mamaia, Romania.

(a) Pranav Anand

(b) Parimarjan Negi

(c) Pravin Thipsay

(d) Abhijeet Gupta

[ANS] a

 

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DAILY GK QUIZ 17,18 SEP

 DAILY GK QUIZ 17,18  SEP

[Q] International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is celebrated every year on which day globally?

(a) 15 September

(b) 17 September

(c) 16 September

(d) 13 September

[ANS] c

 

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DAILY GK QUIZ 15-16 SEP

 DAILY GK QUIZ 15-16 SEP

[Q] Which ministry signed an MoU with the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) to work towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)?

(a) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

(b) Ministry of Panchayati Raj

(c) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

(d) Ministry of Rural Development

[ANS] b

 

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DAILY CA 17 SEP

 DAILY CA 17 SEP

1.              GAYAJI DAM - INDIA’S LONGEST RUBBER DAM ON FALGU RIVER

·                Bihar Chief Minister (CM) Nitish Kumar inaugurated India’s longest rubber dam ‘Gayaji Dam’ on the Falgu (or Phalgu) river, near Vishnupad temple in Gaya, Bihar.

·                A steel foot over bridge for the visitors who visit during Pitripaksha Mela was also inaugurated.

·                The dam has a bulletproof structure with rubber sheets laid at the bottom that does not allow it to deteriorate for almost 100 years.

·                The Dam was constructed by Rubina Company of Austria in collaboration with Nagarjuna Construction Company of Hyderabad and on the advice of experts from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee at an estimated cost of Rs. 324 crore.

·                Falgu River originates in the Palamu district of Jharkhand and passes through the holy city of Gaya in Bihar.

 

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DAILY CA 15,16 SEP

 DAILY CA 15,16 SEP

1.              INDORE TO BECOME INDIA’S FIRST ‘SMART CITY’ WITH ‘SMART ADDRESSES’

·                Indore, Madhya Pradesh (MP) will become the first smart city with smart addresses after the implementation of a fully digital addressing system by the Indore Smart City.

·                A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Rajat Jain, co-founder of Pataa Navigations, and Rishav Gupta (IAS), CEO of Indore Smart City for advancing the smart city.

·                According to the MoU, Pataa app can be used by everyone and business and also all government agencies and emergency services including police, fire department, and ambulance for providing services like Electronic Know Your Customer (E-KYC) and geotagging.

·                Pataa Navigation will integrate with government platforms such as electricity, agriculture, excise, women and child welfare, and education to provide access to Digital Addressing Systems.

 

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DAILY CA 13,14 SEP

 DAILY CA 13,14 SEP

1.              BANGLADESH PM SHEIKH HASINA VISIT TO INDIA

·                In September 2022, the Prime Minister (PM) of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina was on a four-day visit to India and held bilateral talks with Indian PM Narendra Modi to review and further strengthen the relationship between both countries.

·                Both sides looked forward to the early launch of the jointly-produced film on Bangabandhu (Mujib: the Making of a Nation).

·                During the meeting Seven Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) were signed between India and Bangladesh in the areas of railways, science and technology, space technology and broadcasting.

·                Both nations decided to open north east border for trade, and transit.

·                This will not only boost north eastern states in India, but also benefits Bangladesh by providing a gateway to South East Asia.

 

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DAILY CA 11,12 SEP

 DAILY CA 11,12 SEP

1.              PRADHAN MANTRI TB MUKT BHARAT ABHIYAAN LAUNCHED

·                The President of India, Droupadi Murmu virtually launched the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan to reinvigorate the mission of Tuberculosis (TB) elimination from the country by 2025.

·                The President also launched the Ni-kshay 2.0 initiative, a  portal to provide a platform for donors to provide various forms of support to those undergoing TB treatment.

·                India has more than 25 percent of the total TB patients of the world, whereas India’s entire population itself is less than 20 percent of the world’s population.

·                In 2020, the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) was renamed as the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) that aims to eradicate TB by 2025 which is 5 years ahead of Sustainable Development Goals 2030.

 

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DAILY GK QUIZ 12 - 14 SEP

 DAILY GK QUIZ 12 - 14 SEP

[Q] The Kharga Corps of the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted the joint exercise “Gagan Strike” in __________.

(a) Arunachal Pradesh

(b) Ladakh

(c) Jammu and Kashmir

(d) Punjab

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which state/UT police force became the first police force in India to make collection of forensic evidence mandatory?

(a) Kerala

(b) Jammu and Kashmir

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Delhi

[ANS] d

 

[Q] As per the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report, around half of healthcare facilities (51%) across the world lacks basic hygiene services in 2021.

Which of the following organisations released the report along with the World Health Organization?

(a) United Nations Children’s Fund

(b) United Nations Development Programme

(c) United Nations Environment Programme

(d) United Nations Human Settlement Programme

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has launched programme SETU in San Francisco, US. What does E stand for in SETU?

(a) Environment

(b) Ecological

(c) Entrepreneurship

(d) Entrepreneurs

[ANS] d

 

[Q] In the men’s category, who has lifted 2022 US Open final title?

(a) C. Alcaraz Garcia

(b) C. Ruud

(c) R. Ram

(d) J. Salisbury

[ANS] a

 

[Q] In the women’s category, who has lifted 2022 US Open final title?

(a) O. Jabeur

(b) I. Świątek

(c) K. Siniaková

(d) B. Krejčíková

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who among the following has been recently appointed as the SAFEMA Appellate Tribunal chief?

(a) Jagdish Sharma

(b) Munishwar Nath Bhandari

(c) Soniya Dixit

(d) Vikram Yadav

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Indian Army’s Kharga Corps and the Indian Air Force have conducted a joint exercise ‘Gagan Strike’ in _______.

(a) Haryana

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Uttarakhand

(d) Punjab

[ANS] d

 

[Q] India & Japan 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held in which city?

(a) Bengaluru

(b) New Delhi

(c) Tokyo

(d) Osaka

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which of the following country passed a law allowing itself to carry out a preventive nuclear strike?

(a) Russia

(b) North Korea

(c) Japan

(d) Iran

[ANS] b

 

[Q] World First Aid Day is celebrated every year on the second Saturday of September. This year, World First Aid Day 2022 falls on ________.

(a) 08 September

(b) 09 September

(c) 10 September

(d) 11 September

[ANS] c

 

[Q] What is the theme of World First Aid Day 2022?

(a) On the Fast Track to End AIDS

(b) Not Alone

(c) First Aid Saves Lives on the Road

(d) Lifelong First Aid

[ANS] d

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DAILY GK QUIZ 9 - 11 SEP

 DAILY GK QUIZ 9 - 11 SEP

[Q] The government of India set up a committee to review the formula to moderate the pricing of gas produced by companies.The committee will be headed by whom?

(a) Saket Kumar

(b) Ajay Sareen

(c) Rajesh Abrol

(d) Kirit Shantilal Parikh

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Name the personality who was   appointed as the Secretary General of the All India Football Federation (AIFF).

(a) Kushal Das

(b) Shaji Prabhakaran

(c) Kalyan Chaubey

(d) Sunando Dhar

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who won a gold medal in the Malaysian Age Group Rapid Chess Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?

(a) Divya Deshmukh

(b) Anishka Biyani

(c) Nutakki Priyanka

(d) Priti Deshmukh

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who authored the book, ‘India’s Economy From Nehru To Modi: A Brief History’?

(a) Raghuram Rajan

(b) Amartya Sen

(c) Pulapre Balakrishnan

(d) Sanjeev Sanyal

[ANS] c

 

[Q] The United States issued how many student visas to Indians in 2022, according to the US embassy in India?

(a) 50,000

(b) 72,000

(c) 80,000

(d) 82,000

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has inaugurated India’s longest rubber dam ‘Gayaji Dam’ on which of the following river?

(a) Sone River

(b) Poonpoon River

(c) Karmanasa River

(d) Falgu River

[ANS] d

 

[Q] The government has set up a committee under who among the following to moderate gas prices in India in September 2022?

(a) Kirit S Parikh

(b) Janki Ballabh

(c) M.B.N Rao

(d) Y. M. Deosthalee

[ANS] a

 

[Q] World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD), celebrated annually on ________, is organized by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO).

(a) 07 September

(b) 09 September

(c) 10 September

(d) 08 September

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Who among the following is the new Chief of United Nations Human Rights?

(a) Volker Türk

(b) Michelle Bachelet Jeria

(c) Antonio Guterres

(d) Mary Robinson

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Who has been conferred Singapore’s prestigious military award, the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) or Meritorious Service Medal (Military) (MSM(M))?

(a) Vice-Admiral Ram Dass Katari

(b) Admiral Sunil Lanba

(c) Vice-Admiral Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman

(d) Admiral Adhar Kumar Chatterji

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who launched the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan to reinvigorate the mission of Tuberculosis (TB) elimination from India by 2025?

(a) Amit Shah

(b) Narendra Modi

(c) Droupadi Murmu

(d) Jagdeep Dhankhar

[ANS] c

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DAILY CA 9,10 SEPT

 DAILY CA 9,10 SEPT

1.              COMMITTEE SET UP TO MODERATE GAS PRICE

·                The government of India(GoI) set up a Committee to review the formula to formalise the pricing of gas produced by companies.

·                The committee, chaired by Energy Expert Dr.Kirit Shantilal Parikh, a former Member of the Planning Commission(GoI), will include members from the fertiliser ministry, as well as gas producers and buyers.

·                It will suggest a “fair price to the end consumer”.

·                The panel includes representatives of the gas producers association such as ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) and OIL (Oil India Limited).

·                It also has a member from private city gas operators, state gas utility GAIL (India) Limited, a representative of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and a member from the fertilizer ministry.

·                In 2014, the government decided to use prices in gas surplus countries to arrive at a formula for locally produced gas.

·                The local gas prices were linked to a formula tied to global benchmarks, including Henry Hub, Alberta Gas, National Balancing Point (NBP) and Russian Gas with a lag of one quarter.

·                The rates according to this formula were subdued and at times lower than the cost of production till March 2022 but rose sharply thereafter, reflecting the surge in global rates in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

 

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DAILY GK QUIZ :6,7,8 SEPT

 DAILY GK QUIZ 6,7,8 SEPT

[Q] Which district was declared as India’s best Aspirational District by the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog)?

(a) Jaipur, Rajasthan

(b) Haridwar, Uttarakhand

(c) Indore, Madhya Pradesh

(d) Khajjiar, Himachal Pradesh

[ANS] b

 

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DAILY GK QUIZ 3-5 SEPT

 DAILY GK QUIZ 3-5 SEPT

[Q] Who has released a book titled “Science Behind Surya Namaskar”?

(a) L. Murugan

(b) John Barla

(c) Dr Munjpara Mahendrabhai Kalubhai

(d) Shantanu Thakur

[ANS] c

 

[Q] The Indian Army contingent participated in Exercise(Ex) Vostok-2022 that was conducted in ________ in September 2022.

(a) Mongolia

(b) Russia

(c) France

(d) Germany

[ANS] b

 

[Q] The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) restructured the Panel on Cyber Security and expanded the committee to 6 members from 4.

The committee will be chaired by whom?

(a) G Mahalingam

(b) Navin Kumar Singh

(c) Anuj Kumar

(d) Vikram Limaye

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which of the following personality is ‘Not’ in the list of winners of the 64th Ramon Magsaysay Award 2022?

(a) Gary Bencheghib (Indonesia)

(b) Bernadette Madrid (Philippines)

(c) Sotheara Chhim (Cambodia)

(d) Vinoba Bhave (India)

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Name the personality who   became the new President of All India Football Federation (AIFF).

(a) Kalyan Chaubey

(b) Shaji Prabhakaran

(c) Nalapad Ahmed Haris

(d) Kipa Ajay

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Who was   nominated as the Prime Minister (PM) of Serbia for the second consecutive time?

(a) Aleksandar Vucic

(b) Mirko Cvetkovic

(c) Ivica Dacic

(d) Ana Brnabic

[ANS] d

 

[Q] What is the theme of the 14th World Coconut Day 2022 that was observed across the globe on 2nd September 2022?

(a) Coconut: Promoting Health, Creativity, and Resilience

(b) Cultivate Coconut For A Happy Life And Future

(c) Coconut For Family Wellness

(d) Invest In Coconut To Save The World

[ANS] b

 

[Q] On 5th September, Teachers day is celebrated. On whose birthday is teachers is celebrated?

(a) APJ Abdul Kalam

(b) Rajendra Prasad

(c) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

(d) None of these

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Whait is the name of the mascot and anthem for the 36th National Games which going to held at Gujarat?

(a) Sambhu, Jeetaga India

(b) Veera, Bas jeet h

(c) Savaj, Ek bharat Shrestha Bharat

(d) None of these

[ANS] c

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DAILY GK QUIZ 1,2 SEPT

 DAILY GK QUIZ 1,2 SEPT

[Q] Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga was appointed as the Interim Prime Minister (PM) of which country?

(a) Yemen

(b) Ethiopia

(c) Nigeria

(d) Mali

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Name the state that   got its 2nd Railway Station called ‘Shokhuvi Railway station’ after more than 100 years.

(a) Manipur

(b) Sikkim

(c) Nagaland

(d) Mizoram

[ANS] c

 

[Q] In which state, the agrarian festival ‘Nua Khai’ was celebrated on 1st September, 2022?

(a) Odisha

(b) Uttarakhand

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Karnataka

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which organsation conducted the Cyber Security Exercise, ‘Synergy’ for 13 countries along with the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA)?

(a) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(b) Centre for Development of Advanced Computing

(c) Indian Computer Emergency Response Team

(d) Centre for Development of Telematics

5) Centre for Development of Imaging Technology

[ANS] c

 

[Q] World Coconut Day is celebrated on _______ every year.

(a) 1st September

(b) 2nd September

(c) 3rd September

(d) 4th September

[ANS] b

 

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

(a) Coconut Trees on the Way of Integration and Sustainable Development

(b) Building a Safe Inclusive Resilient and Sustainable Coconut Community Amid Covid-19 Pandemic & Beyond

(c) Growing Coconut for a Better Future and Life

(d) Coconut For Family Wellness

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology will be used for the first time at a FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. Which country is going to host the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in October 2022?

(a) Japan

(b) Qatar

(c) India

(d) Singapore

[ANS] c

 

[Q] ______ is India’s first quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV) vaccine intended to protect women against cervical cancer.

(a) Cervarix

(b) Gardasil

(c) Cervavac

(d) Zydusvac

[ANS] c

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