Today's GK (28-02-22)

1.‘Dharma Guardian’ Exercise is an annual Military Exercise between India and which country?
[A]SriLanka
[B]Japan
[C]Australia
[D] UAE
Answer: B [Japan]

2.‘IVFRT Scheme’, which was seen in the news recently, is associated with which field?
[A]Immigration
[B]Irrigation
[C]Information
[D] Industry
Answer: A [Immigration]

3.Which country has been hit by ‘Cyclone Emnati’?
[A]Indonesia
[B]Madagascar
[C]Philippines
[D] Japan
Answer: B [Madagascar]

4.Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Bhasha Certificate Selfie’ Campaign?
[A]MinistryofEducation
[B]MinistryofCulture
[C]MinistryofTourism
[D] Ministry of External Affairs
Answer: A [Ministry of Education]

5.Zmiinyi Island (Snake Island), which was seen in the news, is located in which Sea/Ocean?
[A]BlackSea
[B]PacificOcean
[C]MediterraneanSea
[D] Atlantic Ocean
Answer: A [Black Sea]

Today's GK (26-02-22)

1.Which space mission/ satellite of ISRO has detected ‘Solar proton events’ for the first time?
[A]Chandrayaan-1
[B]Chandrayaan-2
[C]MarsOrbiterMission
[D] Mangalyaan 2
Answer: B [Chandrayaan-2]

2.National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) signed MoU with which institution to collaborate on ‘Sustainable Cities India program’?
[A]NITIAayog
[B]WorldEconomicForum
[C]WorldBank
[D] UNDP
Answer: B [World Economic Forum]

3.Which country’s rover has spotted two glass spheres on the far side of the Moon?
[A]India
[B]China
[C]UAE
[D] USA
Answer: B [China]

4.Which city is the host of Senior National Chess Championship-2022?
[A]Mumbai
[B]Kanpur
[C]Chennai
[D] Panaji
Answer: B [Kanpur]

5.Which is the venue of the ‘Devayatanam – An odyssey of Indian temple architecture’ conference?
[A]Puri
[B]Hampi
[C]Mysuru
[D] Varanasi
Answer: B [Hampi]

Today's GK (25-02-22)

1.Which state/UT recently approved the Policy on promotion of foreign investment in the industrial sector?
[A]Goa
[B]Assam
[C]JammuandKashmir
[D] Ladakh
Answer: C [Jammu and Kashmir]

2.Which institution released reports documenting India’s Covid-19 vaccine development and administration journey?
[A]InstituteforCompetitiveness
[B]NITIAayog
[C]JohnHopkinsUniversity
[D] AIIMS
Answer: A [Institute for Competitiveness]

3.‘Health Star Rating’ is an initiative of which organisation?
[A]FoodCorporationofIndia
[B]FSSAI
[C]NABARD
[D] NITI Aayog
Answer: B [FSSAI]

4.Which Union Ministry launched the ‘National Strategy for Additive Manufacturing’?
[A]MinistryofElectronicsandInformationTechnology
[B]MinistryofMSME
[C]MinistryofCommerceandIndustry
[D] Ministry of Science and Technology
Answer: A [Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology]

5.Intracortical Visual Prosthesis (ICVP), seen in the news, is associated with which field?
[A]ArtificialVision
[B]ArtificialIntelligence
[C]Spyware
[D] Navigation
Answer: A [Artificial Vision]

Today'sGK (16-02-22)

1.‘Medaram Jatara’ is a fair celebrated in which Indian state?
[A]MadhyaPradesh
[B]Telangana
[C]Gujarat
[D]Bihar
Answer: B [Telangana]

2.Ilker Ayci, former Turkish Airlines Chairman has been appointed as the MD andCEOofwhichIndianAirlines?
[A]SpiceJet
[B]IndiGo
[C]AirIndia
[D]Vistara
Answer: C [Air India]

3.Which Union Ministry launched ‘New Frontiers’ program, as a part of Azadi kaAmritMahotsav?
[A]MinistryofNew&RenewableEnergy
[B]MinistryofPower
[C]MinistryofCoal
[D]MinistryofExternalAffairs
Answer: A [Ministry of New & Renewable Energy]

4.Legal mining of Bajri (riverbed sand) has been initiated in which state?
[A]UttarPradesh
[B]Rajasthan
[C] Bihar
[D]WestBengal
Answer: B [Rajasthan]

5.Which is the first institution set up under the National river interlinking policy?
[A]Ken-BetwaLinkProjectAuthority
[B]Kaveri-GodavariLinkProjectAuthority
[C]Godavari-KrishnaLinkProjectAuthority
[D]Narmada-TapiLinkProjectAuthority
Answer: A [Ken-Betwa Link Project Authority]

Today's GK (15-02-22)

1.Luc Montagnier, who passed away recently, won Nobel Prize for Medicine for which discovery?
[A]HumanImmunodeficiencyVirus
[B]Ebola
[C]Chikungunya
[D] Rotavirus
Answer: A [Human Immunodeficiency Virus]

2.Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has been declared President of which country?
[A]BurkinaFaso
[B]Namibia
[C]Zimbabwe
[D] Mali
Answer: A [Burkina Faso]

3.What is the rank of India in the 2021 Democracy Index report?
[A]32
[B]46
[C]52
[D] 85
Answer: B [46]

4.Which state initiated ‘Operation Parivartan’ to eliminate the cultivation of cannabis?
[A]Kerala
[B]TamilNadu
[C]AndhraPradesh
[D] Goa
Answer: C [Andhra Pradesh]

5.India signed agreement with UN World Food Program for distribution of wheat to which country?
[A]Maldives
[B]Afghanistan
[C]Syria
[D] Sri Lanka
Answer: B [Afghanistan]

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Today's GK (14-02-22)

1.Which institution launched agro ecology-based programme named ‘JIVA’?
[A]NITIAayog
[B]NABARD
[C]ICAR
[D] CSIR
Answer: B [NABARD]

2.Which body regulates the Stock Exchanges in India?
[A]ReserveBankofIndia
[B]SecuritiesandExchangeBoardofIndia
[C]FinanceMinistry
[D] Securities and Exchange Commission
Answer: B [Securities and Exchange Board of India]

3.Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) functions under the aegis of which institution?
[A]ReserveBankofIndia
[B]MinistryofFinance
[C]MinistryofExternalAffairs
[D] Ministry of Commerce
Answer: B [Ministry of Finance]

4.Which Indian state has the highest number of killings as a part of ‘Witch Hunting’, as per NCRB?
[A]Jharkhand
[B]Odisha
[C]Gujarat
[D] Uttar Pradesh
Answer: A [Jharkhand]

5.Xinjiang region, which was seen in the news, is located in which country?
[A]Bangladesh
[B]China
[C]SouthKorea
[D] Japan
Answer: B [China]

Today's GK (11-02-22)

1.Scientists from which country achieved a milestone in nuclear fusion energy, by generating 59 MJ of sustained energy?
[A]USA
[B]China
[C]India
[D] UK
Answer: D [UK]

2.Which Indian city has the most Traffic congestion, as per TomTom Traffic Index?
[A]NewDelhi
[B]Mumbai
[C]Bengaluru
[D] Chennai
Answer: B [Mumbai]

3.Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) is published by which institution?
[A]NITIAayog
[B]PrathamFoundation
[C]MinistryofEducation
[D] Ministry of Women and Child Development
Answer: B [Pratham Foundation]

4.The National Centre of Excellence in Carbon Capture and Utilisation (NCOE-CCU) has been established at which institution?
[A]DRDO
[B]IIT-Bombay
[C]IISc-Bengaluru
[D] ISRO
Answer: B [IIT- Bombay]

5.An ancient Roman settlement has been recently found by the archaeologists in which country?
[A]Greece
[B]UK
[C]USA
[D] Russia
Answer: B [UK]

Today's GK (10-02-22)

1.White Cheeked Macaque, a new mammal species in the country, has been discovered in which state?
[A]Uttarakhand
[B]Assam
[C]ArunachalPradesh
[D] Sikkim
Answer: C [Arunachal Pradesh]

2.Which High court has constituted a three-judge bench to hear petitions questioning a ban on the use of hijabs in colleges?
[A]AndhraPradesh
[B]Karnataka
[C]Maharashtra
[D] Uttar Pradesh
Answer: B [Karnataka]

3.Kameng sector, where seven army personnel died in an avalanche, is located in which state/UT?
[A]Sikkim
[B]Ladakh
[C]ArunachalPradesh
[D] Himachal Pradesh
Answer: C [Arunachal Pradesh]

4.What is the percentage of Women representation of board seats in India in 2021, as per ‘Women in the Boardroom report’?
[A]4.1
[B]7.1
[C]17.1
[D] 27.1
Answer: C [17.1]

5.Which country’s central bank has launched ‘Five-year plan for financial standardisation’?
[A]USA
[B]India
[C]China
[D] Japan
Answer: C [China]

Today's GK (08-02-22)

1.Which is the host country of the African Union Summit 2022?
[A]Zimbabwe
[B]Mali
[C]Ethiopia
[D] South Africa
Answer: C [Ethiopia]

2.‘Development of design studios’ is a new sub-scheme under which scheme?
[A]IndianFootwearandLeatherDevelopmentProgramme
[B]DesignLinkedIncentiveScheme
[C]PMYUVAYojana
[D] PM KUSUM Scheme
Answer: A [Indian Footwear and Leather Development Programme]

3.Which country leads the ‘Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT)’ project?
[A]USA
[B]Russia
[C]China
[D] Australia
Answer: A [USA]

4.Hemidactylus easai is the name of which new species, identified in the Western Ghats, Kerala?
[A]Snake
[B]Gecko
[C]Spider
[D] Frog
Answer: B [Gecko]

5.Sariska Tiger Reserve is located in which Indian state/UT?
[A]Gujarat
[B]Rajasthan
[C]Punjab
[D] Uttar Pradesh
Answer: B [Rajasthan]

Today's GK (7-2-22)

1.CPEC is an Economic Corridor connecting Xinjiang region of China and Gwadar Port of which country?
[A]Iran
[B]Pakistan
[C]Afghanistan
[D] Kazakhstan
Answer: B [Pakistan]

2.In which month the ‘World Interfaith Harmony Week’ is observed every year?
[A]January
[B]February
[C]December
[D] November
Answer: B [February]

3.Which institution/office announced the ‘Swachhta Saarthi Fellowship 2022’?
[A]NITIAayog
[B]OfficeofthePrincipalScientificAdviser
[C]IIT-Madras
[D] Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Answer: B [Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser]

4.“Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram” is a scheme of which Union Ministry?
[A]MinistryofYouthAffairs&Sports
[B]MinistryofEducation
[C]MinistryofSkillDevelopment
[D] Ministry of Labour and Employment
Answer: A [Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports]

5.Which is the venue of the Nehru Trophy Boat Race in 2022?
[A]UAE
[B]SriLanka
[C]Maldives
[D] Mauritius
Answer: A [UAE]

TODAY'S GK (05-02-22)

1.What was the mission period of National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY)?
[A]2014-2018
[B]2015-2019
[C]2016-2020
[D] 2017-2021
Answer: B [2015-2019]

2.Punaura Dham, which was seen in the news recently, is located in which state?
[A]Bihar
[B]UttarPradesh
[C]MadhyaPradesh
[D] Odisha
Answer: A [Bihar]

3.Which country re-launched the “Cancer Moonshot” program?
[A]China
[B]USA
[C]Russia
[D] UK
Answer: B [USA]

4.Which Indian state/UT launched Mission Bhagiratha to make sustainable drinking water sources?
[A]Bihar
[B]Telangana
[C]Jharkhand
[D] West Bengal
Answer: B [Telangana]

5.‘CAR T-cell therapy’ which was seen in the news, is used to treat which disease?
[A]Tuberculosis
[B]Cancer
[C]Diphtheria
[D] Sickle Cell Anaemia
Answer: B [Cancer]

Today's GK (04-02-22)

1.Khijadiya wildlife sanctuary, is a new Ramsar site, located in which state/UT?
[A]Haryana
[B]Bihar
[C]Gujarat
[D] Uttarakhand
Answer: C [Gujarat]

2.Super Hornet is a fighter aircraft manufactured at which country?
[A]France
[B]USA
[C]Russia
[D] Israel
Answer: B [USA]

3.With the integration of Chhattisgarh, the ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ plan is operational in how many states/UT?
[A]15
[B]20
[C]25
[D] 35
Answer: D [35]

4.Skeletal remains of a man buried near a headless horse have been found in which country?
[A]Russia
[B]Greece
[C]Germany
[D] China
Answer: C [Germany]

5.Which North-Eastern state recently inaugurated a dedicated ‘Technology Park’ for IT sector?
[A]Assam
[B]Meghalaya
[C]Manipur
[D] Mizoram
Answer: B [Meghalaya]

Today's GK(03-02-22)

1.Which country inaugurated the Ijmuiden Sea Lock, the world’s largest sea lock?
[A]USA
[B]TheNetherlands
[C]Australia
[D] USA
Answer: B [The Netherlands]

2.‘Scheme for enhancement of competitiveness of capital goods sector’ is associated with which Ministry?
[A]MinistryofSteel
[B]MinistryofHeavyIndustries
[C]MinistryofTextiles
[D] Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Answer: B [Ministry of Heavy Industries]

3.Which state launched ‘Project Sadbhawana’ to improve Governance?
[A]NewDelhi
[B]MadhyaPradesh
[C]Assam
[D] Odisha
Answer: C [Assam]

4.When is the ‘World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day’ observed?
[A]January25
[B]January30
[C]February1
[D] February 3
Answer: B [January 30]

5.‘Lake Albert’ is located as a border between which two countries?
[A]Uganda-DemocraticRepublicofCongo
[B]Algeria-Libya
[C]SouthAfrica-Tanzania
[D] Uganda- Ethiopia
Answer: A [Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo]

Today's GK (2-2-22)

1.UNCITRAL, seen in the news, is a UN Agency associated with which field?
[A]ChildrenWelfare
[B]ClimateChange
[C]Insolvency
[D] Heritage
Answer: C [Insolvency]

2.Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Services e-Health Assistance and Teleconsultation (SeHAT)’ initiative?
[A]DefenceMinistry
[B]HealthandFamilyWelfareMinistry
[C]ScienceandTechnologyMinistry
[D] Electronics and IT Ministry
Answer: A [Defence Ministry]

3.“Vayam Rakshamah” or “We Protect” is the theme of which armed force of India?
[A]IndianCoastGuard
[B]Indo-TibetanBorderPolice
[C]AssamSentinels
[D] Border Security Force
Answer: A [Indian Coast Guard]

4.Spikevax, which received full approval from US FDA, was manufactured by which pharma company?
[A]Pfizer
[B]Moderna
[C]JohnsonandJohnson
[D] Astrazeneca
Answer: B [Moderna]

5.The United States recently announced which country as its major non-NATO ally?
[A]UAE
[B]Qatar
[C]Israel
[D] Japan
Answer: B [Qatar]

Today's GK (01-02-22)

1.As of 2022, which country is the top Steel Producer in the world?
[A]India
[B]China
[C]USA
[D] Australia
Answer: B [China]

2.Indian Women’s Hockey Team won which position in the Asia Cup 2022?
[A]First
[B]Second
[C]Third
[D] Fourth
Answer: C [Third]

3.Which country launched the Hwasong-12 mid-range ballistic missile?
[A]China
[B]Japan
[C]NorthKorea
[D] South Korea
Answer: C [North Korea]

4.Geological Survey of India (GSI) has approved to set up India’s first Geo-Park in which state?
[A]Maharashtra
[B]Goa
[C]MadhyaPradesh
[D] Telangana
Answer: C [Madhya Pradesh]

5.Which institution released the ‘Death Penalty in India’ Report?
[A]NationalCrimeRecordsBureau
[B]NationalLawUniversity
[C]NITIAayog
[D] Supreme Court
Answer: B [National Law University]