Important Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2022- 9th February

Q1. Capital markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India has restructured its primary market advisory committee on data. Who is the panel head?
(a) Debasis Panda
(b) Madhabi Puri Buch
(c) S Sahoo
(d) Anil Dheshmukh Pandey
(e) None of the above

Q2. The flagship UJALA programme of the Ministry of Power has associated with which of the following purpose?
(a) Electrifying households
(b) Distributing and selling LED lights
(c) Providing Gas to every house holds
(d) Finance for education
(e) None of the above

Q3. What is the name of the official mobile app of the Parliament of India, recently launched by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla?
(a) Digital Parliament App
(b) Digital House App
(c) Digital Diet App
(d) Digital Sansad App
(e) None of the above

Q4. Which of the following has launched a mobile app “Saarthi” based on investor education in Mumbai, Maharashtra?
(a) Association of Mutual Funds of India
(b) National Payments Corporation of India
(c) Reserve Bank of India
(d) Securities and Exchange Board of India
(e) None of the above

Q5. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has launched a 100-day Reading Campaign named __________.
(a) Padhe Bharat
(b) Padhe India
(c) Padhe Padhe
(d) Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat
(e) None of the above

Q6. AIIB invests USD ________ in data center development to serve emerging Asia.
(a) 150 million
(b) 140 million
(c) 130 million
(d) 120 million
(e) None of the above

Q7. Which brand has emerged as the world’s most valuable brand in 2022 according to the Brand Finance 2022 Global 500 report?
(a) Google
(b) Amazon
(c) Microsoft
(d) Apple
(e) None of the above

Q8. Ministry of Education has recently announced a new initiative to provide the best-developed ed-tech solutions and courses to students on a single platform. What is the name of this solution?
(a) NIPUN 3.0
(b) PRAGATI 3.0
(c) SARTHAQ 3.0
(d) NEAT 3.0
(e) None of the above

Q9. Ministry of Home Affairs has constituted a committee to enquire into the serious lapses in the security arrangements during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab. Who is headed the committee?
(a) Balbir Singh
(b) AK Sikri
(c) Sudhir Kumar Saxena
(d) Harvinder Singh
(e) None of the above

Q10. The parliamentary standing committee constituted to examine “The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021” comprise of a total of 31 members. Name the only women in committee.
(a) Mahua Moitra
(b) Sushmita Dev
(c) Priyanka Chaturvedi
(d) Apsara Reddy
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1.Ans(c)
Sol. Sebi has appointed Professor at National Law University, Delhi and former chairperson, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India S Sahoo as Panel Head. Earlier this panel was headed by Madhabi Puri Buch, an ex-whole time member of Sebi.

S2.Ans (b)
Sol. The flagship UJALA programme of the Ministry of Power has associated with distributing and selling LED lights.

S3.Ans(d)
Sol. Digital Sansad App is the official mobile app of the Parliament of India, recently launched by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

S4.Ans (d)
Sol. SEBI has launched a mobile app “Saarthi” based on investor education in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

S5.Ans(a)
Sol. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has launched a 100-day Reading Campaign named ‘Padhe Bharat’.

S6.Ans(a)
Sol. AIIB invests USD 150 million in data center development to serve emerging Asia.

S7.Ans(d)
Sol. Apple has emerged as the world’s most valuable brand in 2022 according to the Brand Finance 2022 Global 500 report.

S8.Ans(d)
Sol. Ministry of Education has recently announced a new initiative to provide the best-developed ed-tech solutions and courses to students on a single platform. NEAT 3.0 is the name of this solution.

S9.Ans(c)
Sol. Ministry of Home Affairs has constituted a committee to enquire into the serious lapses in the security arrangements during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab. It is a three-member committee and will be headed by Sudhir Kumar Saxena.

S10.Ans(b)
Sol. Out of the total 31 members, TMC MP Sushmita Dev is the sole woman representative in the committee.