Important Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2022- 15th January |

Q1. Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated Earth Station of Doordarshan Kendra at which of the place?
(a) Chennai
(b) Indore
(c) Dehradun
(d) Gorakhpur
(e) None of the above

Q2. Who has inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple projects worth Rs 18,000 crore at Dehradun, Uttarakhand?
(a) Pushkar Singh Dhami
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Mansukh Mandaviya
(d) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
(e) None of the above

Q3. Which institution has launched the “e-Sawaari India Electric Bus Coalition”?
(a) IISc Bangalore
(b) DRDO
(c) NITI Aayog
(d) ISRO
(e) None of the above

Q4. The third Annual Defence Dialogue between India and ______took place between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his counterpart Florence Parly in New Delhi recently.
(a) England
(b) France
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) Russia
(e) None of the above

Q5. Who virtually inaugurated a thought leadership forum on FinTech, ‘InFinity Forum’?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Niramala Sitharaman
(c) Amit Shah
(d) Anurag singh Thakur
(e) None of the above

Q6. Union Minister of State for Education, Dr Subhas Sarkar has informed that the government is all set to launch Bhasha Sangam mobile app. How many languages will be available in app?
(a) 18
(b) 20
(c) 22
(d) 25
(e) None of the above

Q7. Ministry of Power is celebrating the Energy Conservation Week from ________ December 2021 under “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”.
(a) 12th to 18th
(b) 4th to 10th
(c) 7th to 12th
(d) 8th to 14th
(e) None of the above

Q8. India has decided to celebrate December 6 with which of the country as “Maitri Diwas” (Friendship Day)?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) France
(d) Nepal
(e) None of the above

Q9. NITI Aayog has planned to establish 1000 Atal Tinkering Laboratories in which state or UT?
(a) Puducherry
(b) Jammu & Kashmir
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Delhi
(e) None of the above

Q10. Who has been invited to join the board of advisers at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, also known as International IDEA?
(a) Ashok Lavasa
(b) Sunil Arora
(c) Om Prakash Rawat
(d) Sushil Chandra
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1.Ans(d)
Sol. Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated Earth Station of Doordarshan Kendra at Gorakhpur.

S2.Ans (b)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple projects worth Rs 18,000 crore at Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

S3.Ans(c)
Sol. The National Institution of Transforming India (NITI) Aayog launched the ‘e-Sawaari India Electric Bus Coalition’ in partnership with Convergence Energy Service Ltd (CESL) and World Resources Institute, India (WRI India).

S4.Ans (b)
Sol. The third Annual Defence Dialogue between India and France took place between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his French counterpart Florence Parly in New Delhi.
S5.Ans(a)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated a thought leadership forum on FinTech, ‘InFinity Forum’.

S6.Ans(c)
Sol. Union Minister of State for Education, Dr Subhas Sarkar has informed that the government is all set to launch Bhasha Sangam mobile app. It will be available in 22 Indian languages.

S7.Ans(d)
Sol. Ministry of Power is celebrating the Energy Conservation Week from 8th to 14th December 2021 under “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”.

S8.Ans(a)
Sol. India and Bangladesh have decided to celebrate December 6, the day on which India formally recognized Bangladesh, as “Maitri Diwas” (Friendship Day).

S9.Ans(b)
Sol. The NITI Aayog has planned to establish 1000 Atal Tinkering Laboratories in Jammu and Kashmir.

S10.Ans(b)
Sol. Former chief election commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora has been invited to join the board of advisers at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, also known as International IDEA.