Important Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2022- 17th February

Q1. Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has hosted the first India-Central Asia Summit which was attended by the Presidents of these five Central Asian countries. Which is not included in five of them?
(a) Kazakhstan
(b) Turkmenistan
(c) Azerbaijan
(d) Kyrgyzstan
(e) None of the above

Q2. Who has inaugurated the 24th National Conference on e-Governance in Hyderabad, Telangana?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Amit Shah
(c) Anurag Singh Thakur
(d) Dr Jitendra Singh
(e) None of the above

Q3. The India-Central Asia Summit 2022 coincided on the ________ anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Central Asian countries.
(a) 25th
(b) 30th
(c) 50th
(d) 45th
(e) None of the above

Q4. The India Digital Summit, 2022 was organized virtually by Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). What was the edition of India Digital Summit 2022?
(a) 12th
(b) 7th
(c) 24th
(d) 16
(e) None of the above

Q5. Who has launched the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar (SVP) 2021 – 2022 virtually?
(a) Sarbananda Sonowal
(b) Pramod Sawant
(c) Narayan Rane
(d) Subhas Sarkar
(e) None of the above

Q6. What is the theme of 16th India Digital Summit 2022?
(a) Leverage, Encourage, Access & Promote
(b) Digitally Aware to grow fast
(c) Supercharging Startups
(d) Make environment Business friendly
(e) None of the above

Q7. The GST Council’s 46th meeting was held in New Delhi under the chairmanship Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman. What is the GST rate has been decided to levy on textile sector?
(a) 3%
(b) 12%
(c) 5%
(d) 18%
(e) None of the above

Q8. What is the theme of the digital WEF’s Davos Agenda 2022 Summit?
(a) The State of the World
(b) Restart the World
(c) World after Pandemic
(d) Work together for New World
(e) None of the above

Q9. The 19th meeting of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) was held under the chairmanship?
(a) Bhupender Yadav
(b) Y.S. Chowdary
(c) Dharmendra Pradhan
(d) Piyush Goyal
(e) None of the above

Q10. The first BRICS Sherpas meeting of 2022 was held virtually on January 18-19 2022. Which of the country chaired the meeting 2022?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) South Africa
(d) Russia
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1.Ans(c)
Sol. The five regions of central Asian countries are the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan), Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Republic of Uzbekistan. Azerbaijan is not one of them.

S2.Ans (d)
Sol. Union Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh has inaugurated the 24th National Conference on e-Governance in Hyderabad, Telangana.

S3.Ans(b)
Sol. The first India-Central Asia Summit coincided with the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Central Asian countries.

S4.Ans (d)
Sol. Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal virtually addressed the 16th India Digital Summit, 2022.

S5.Ans(d)
Sol. Minister of State for Education, Subhas Sarkar has launched the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar (SVP) 2021 – 2022 virtually.

S6.Ans(c)
Sol. The theme of the 16th India Digital Summit, 2022 was “Supercharging Startups”.

S7.Ans(c)
Sol. In meeting it has been decided that the existing GST rates of 5 % instead of 12% in textile sector would continue.

S8.Ans(a)
Sol. The theme of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) Davos Agenda Summit 2022 is “The State of the World.”

S9.Ans(a)
Sol. The 19th meeting of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) was held under the chairmanship of the union minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Bhupender Yadav.

S10.Ans(b)
Sol. The first BRICS Sherpas meeting of 2022 was held virtually on January 18-19 2022. China has taken on the rotating chairmanship of BRICS in 2022.