1. Which General Insurance Company has launched a campaign titled ‘#BahaneChhodoTaxBachao’?
Answers With Explanation : (B) State Bank of India General Insurance Company Ltd launched a campaign titled ‘#BahaneChhodoTaxBachao’ to increase awareness around the need to buy health insurance to save tax.
2. Who has authored the new book titled “Gandhi’s Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and His Idea of India”?
Answers With Explanation : (D) Dhirendra K. Jha, a Delhi based journalist, has authored a new book titled “Gandhi’s Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and His Idea of India”.
3. Name the founder of Shillong Chamber Choir (SC(C) and renowned Indian concert pianist who passed away recently.
Answers With Explanation : (C) Founder of Shillong Chamber Choir (SC(C) and renowned Indian concert pianist Neil Nongkynrih passed away.
4. Recently, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved a kit for detecting Omicron variant of Covid-19. What is the name of the Kit?
Answers With Explanation : (A) The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved a testing kit for detecting the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The covid kit developed by Tata is called ‘OmiSure’ and will be an enhancement for the detection of the Omicron variant.
5. Who has inaugurated the first open rock museum on the CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute campus (NGRI) in Hyderabad?
Answers With Explanation : (D) Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh has inaugurated India’s first Open Rock Museum in Hyderabad, Telangana.
6. Which state has won best State award in 3rd National Water Awards for 2020?
Answers With Explanation : (C) Uttar Pradesh has been adjudged as the Best State in water conservation efforts in the National Water Awards 2020. It is followed by Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu respectively.
7. The 24th National Conference on e-Government (NCeG) has been organized in which city?
Answers With Explanation : (B) Union Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh has inaugurated the 24th National Conference on e-Governance in Hyderabad, Telangana.
8. Ind-Ra lowers India’s GDP growth forecast by 10 basis points to ______ in FY22.
Answers With Explanation : (A) The rating agency India Ratings and Research (Ind-R(A) has downgraded the GDP of India for the current fiscal FY 2021-2022. Ind-Ra expects the GDP to clock a growth rate of 9.3% y-o-y in FY22. Earlier this estimate was 9.4%.
9. Who has been appointed as new secretary-general of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE(C) ?
Answers With Explanation : (D) Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE(C) has appointed Kuwaiti oil executive Haitham Al Ghais as its new secretary-general, as demand for oil continues to improve amid a mild recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
10. The ceiling on parliamentary poll expenditure has been raised from 70 lakh to _________ in bigger states?
Answers With Explanation : (C) The ceiling on parliamentary poll expenditure has been raised from 70 lakh to 95 lakh rupees in bigger states.
