Important Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2022- 08th March

Q1. Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH has inaugurated Nikarshan Sadan” – The Dredging Museum at DCI campus in which of the place?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Indore
(d) Kanpur
(e) None of the above

Q2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a 550-tonne capacity “Gobar-Dhan (Bio-CNG) Plant” in which of the state?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Punjab
(e) None of the above

Q3. Which of the ministry has developed Ombudsperson App for Mahatma Gandhi NREGA?
(a) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare
(b) Ministry of Social Justice
(c) Minister for Rural Development
(d) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(e) None of the above

Q4. Union Minister for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Narayan Rane has announced the establishment of MSME-Technology Centre with an outlay of Rs. 200 Crore in which of the state?
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Odisha
(e) None of the above

Q5. Who has inaugurated the ‘Kisan Drone Yatra’, an initiative by Garuda Aerospace Pvt Ltd and flagged off 100 ‘Kisan Drones’ in various cities and towns across India?
(a) Mansukh Mandaviya
(b) Amit Shah
(c) Raj Nath Singh
(d) Narendra Modi
(e) None of the above

Q6. Jal Jeevan Mission has achieved the significant milestone of providing tap water to every home of 100 districts across the country. Which district has become the 100th ‘Har Ghar Jal’ district?
(a) Dharwad
(b) Bhagalpur
(c) Chamba
(d) Karnal
(e) None of the above

Q7. The Indian Institute of Technology will establish its first branch outside India. In which of the nation it will be established?
(a) England
(b) Switzerland
(c) Canada
(d) UAE
(e) None of the above

Q8. Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Bharati Pravin Pawar has inaugurated India’s first Biosafety level-3 containment mobile laboratory in which of the state?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Telangana
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Assam
(e) None of the above

Q9. The Government of India, the State Governments of Karnataka and Odisha and the World Bank have signed a __________Rejuvenating Watersheds for Agricultural Resilience through Innovative Development (REWARD) Programme.
(a) $115 million
(b) $345 million
(c) $205 million
(d) $475 million
(e) None of the above

Q10. Who has released a signature tune for ‘Vande Bharatam’ which is composed by Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej and Oscar contender Bickram Ghosh?
(a) M. Venkaiah Naidu
(b) Piyush Goyal
(c) Giriraj Singh
(d) Meenakashi Lekhi
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1.Ans(b)
Sol. Sarbananda Sonowal who is India’s union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH has inaugurated Nikarshan Sadan” – The Dredging Museum at DCI campus in Vishakhapatnam.

S2.Ans (a)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a 550-tonne capacity “Gobar-Dhan (Bio-CNG) Plant” in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

S3.Ans(c)
Sol. Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Giriraj Singh has launched Ombudsperson App for Mahatma Gandhi NREGA. Ministry of Rural Development has developed an Ombudsperson App for smooth reporting and categorization of grievances.

S4.Ans (b)
Sol. Union Minister for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Narayan Rane has announced the establishment of MSME-Technology Centre with an outlay of Rs. 200 Crore, in Sindhudurg, Maharashtra.

S5.Ans(d)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the ‘Kisan Drone Yatra’, an initiative by Garuda Aerospace Pvt Ltd and flagged off 100 ‘Kisan Drones’ in various cities and towns across India.

S6.Ans(c)
Sol. Jal Jeevan Mission has achieved the significant milestone of providing tap water to every home of 100 districts across the country. Chamba, in Himachal Pradesh, has become the 100th ‘Har Ghar Jal’ district.

S7.Ans(d)
Sol. The Indian Institute of Technology will establish its first branch outside India in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of the India-UAE trade deal signed.

S8.Ans(c)
Sol. Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Bharati Pravin Pawar has inaugurated India’s first Biosafety level-3 containment mobile laboratory in Nashik, Maharashtra.

S9.Ans(a)
Sol. The Government of India, the State Governments of Karnataka and Odisha and the World Bank have signed a $115 million (INR 869 crore) Rejuvenating Watersheds for Agricultural Resilience through Innovative Development (REWARD) Programme.

S10.Ans(d)
Sol. Minister of State for Culture & External Affairs, Meenakashi Lekhi has released a signature tune for ‘Vande Bharatam’. The tune is composed by Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej and Oscar contender Bickram Ghosh.