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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DAILY CA 7-8 SEPT

 DAILY CA 7-8 SEPT

1.              IILM UNIVERSITY’S LAW SCHOOL IS INDIA’S 1ST NEP 2020 COMPLIANT LAW SCHOOL

·                Institute of Integrated Learning in Management (IILM University) in Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) launched the first National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) Complaint Law School in India.

·                The school also has a Legal Aid and Advice Centre as required by the Constitution of India, the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 and the multiple directives of the Supreme Court of India.

 

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DAILY CA 6 SEPT

 DAILY CA 6 SEPT

1.              NITI AAYOG REPORT ON POSHAN ABHIYAAN

·                NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) has released the 4th progress report on the POSHAN (Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition) Abhiyaan, titled “Preserving Progress on Nutrition in India: Poshan Abhiyaan in Pandemic Times.”

·                Maharashtra (MH), Andhra Pradesh (AP), and Gujarat (GJ) are found to be the top three states in terms of total implementation among larger states at the national level in 2020, followed by Tamil Nadu (TN), Madhya Pradesh (MP), and Himachal Pradesh (HP).

·                Sikkim performed the best (more than 75%) out of the eight small states, followed by Meghalaya, Tripura, and Goa.

·                Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu topped among Union Territories (UTs)

·                Punjab and Bihar were the lowest performers among larger states in terms of the overall implementation of Poshan Abhiyaan

 

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DAILY CA 4-5 SEPT

 DAILY CA 4-5 SEPT

1.              INDIA’S FIRST INDIGENOUS AIRCRAFT CARRIER INS VIKRANT COMMISSIONSED IN KOCHI

·                Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi commissioned India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier Indian Naval Ship (INS) Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Kochi, Kerala.

·                Designed by Indian Navy’s in-house Warship Design Bureau (WDB) and built by CSL, a Public Sector Shipyard under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways

·                Prime Minister also unveiled the new Naval Ensign (Nishaan) showcasing Indian maritime heritage. He dedicated the new ensign to Chhatrapati Shivaji.

 

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DAILY GK 3 SEPT

 DAILY GK 3 SEPT

1.         CMIE: INDIA’S AUGUST UNEMPLOYMENT HIGHEST IN LAST ONE YEAR AT 8.3%

·           According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt. Ltd (CMIE), India’s unemployment rate surged to a one-year high of 8.3% in August 2022 as employment sequentially fell by 2 million to 394.6 million.

·           This is the highest unemployment rate since August 2021.

·           In August the urban unemployment rate shot up to 9.6% and rural unemployment rate also increased to 7.7%.

·           The unemployment rate in rural India rose from 6.1% in July to 7.7% in August and the employment rate fell from 37.6% to 37.3%.

·           In August 2022, Haryana recorded the highest unemployment rate (37.3%) followed by Jammu & Kashmir(J&K) 32.8%, Rajasthan 31.4%, Jharkhand 17.3% and Tripura 16.3%.

 

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DAILY GK 1,2 SEPT

 DAILY GK 1,2 SEPT

1.         COUNTRY’S FIRST ‘FIRST VIRTUAL SCHOOL’  LAUNCHED

·           Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister (CM) of Delhi launched First Virtual School’- Delhi Model Virtual School (DMVS), affiliated with the Delhi Board of School Education and claimed that this school was a India’s First Virtual School.

·           The virtual school system was initiated by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and aims to help students who are unable to take physical classes.

·           National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) denied the above claim and informed that the first virtual school of the country was already launched by NIOS in August 2021.

 

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DAILY GK 30,31 AUG

 DAILY GK 30,31 AUG

1.         INDIAN RAILWAYS PROTECTION FORCE LAUNCHES ‘’OPERATION YATRI SURAKSHA’’

·           Indian Railway along with the Railway Protection Force (RPF)  launched a pan-India operation known as ‘’Operation Yatri Suraksha’’ to improve the security of passengers.

·           To initiate Operation Yatri Suraksha’, the RPF launched a month-long pan-India drive against criminals who loot passengers in July 2022.

·           During the drive, the RPF caught 365 suspects who were handed over to the concerned GRPs for legal action.

·           Under the initiative, several steps are being taken to provide foolproof security to passengers including train escorting, visible presence on stations, surveillance through CCTV, surveillance on active criminals and others.

 

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