Today's GK (31-03-22)

1.‘Le Corbusier’s Edict’ which was seen in the news recently, is associated with which Indian city?
[A]Mumbai
[B]NewDelhi
[C]Chandigarh
[D] Puducherry
Answer: C [Chandigarh]

2.Sariska Tiger Reserve, which was seen in the news, is located in which state?
[A]Bihar
[B]Rajasthan
[C]MadhyaPradesh
[D] Kerala
Answer: B [Rajasthan]

3.‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain’ campaign was first launched in which year?
[A]2015
[B]2017
[C]2021
[D] 2022
Answer: C [2021]

4.The ‘Great Wall of India’ and the second-longest wall of the world is located in which state/UT?
[A]WestBengal
[B]Rajasthan
[C]Maharashtra
[D] Gujarat
Answer: B [Rajasthan]

5.What is the name of the portal, in which central sector and centrally sponsored schemes are on-boarded to ensure Direct Benefit Transfer?
[A]DBTBharatPortal
[B]AtmanirbharDBTPortal
[C]PradhanMantriDBTPortal
[D] Amrit Kaal DBT Portal
Answer: A [DBT Bharat Portal]

Today's GK (30-03-22)

1.As per the Final Estimates of 2020-21 of Area and Production of Horticultural Crops, what was the total production in 2020-21?
[A]134.60MillionTonne
[B]234.60MillionTonne
[C]334.60MillionTonne
[D] 434.60 Million Tonne
Answer: C [334.60 Million Tonne]

2.Which country recently approved a bill to provide USD 52 billion in subsidies for semiconductor chips manufacturing?
[A]Russia
[B]USA
[C]UK
[D] Germany
Answer: B [USA]

3.Jingkieng Jri: Living Root Bridges, which were seen in the news recently, are situated in which state?
[A]Assam
[B]Sikkim
[C]Meghalaya
[D] Jammu and Kashmir
Answer: C [Meghalaya]

4.‘Indian Agriculture towards 2030’ book was launched by NITI Aayog along with which institution?
[A]UNEP
[B]FAO
[C]NABARD
[D] ICAR
Answer: B [FAO]

5.Rushikulya beach, which is known for mass nesting of endangered Olive Ridley turtles, is located in which state?
[A]Maharashtra
[B]Odisha
[C]TamilNadu
[D] Andhra Pradesh
Answer: B [Odisha]

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Today'sGK (21-03-22)

1.What is the upper limit of a ‘UPI Lite’ payment transaction?
[A]Rs100
[B]Rs200
[C]Rs500
[D] Rs 1000
Answer: B [Rs 200]

2.Which institution releases the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)?
[A]NITIAayog
[B]NationalStatisticalOffice
[C]MinistryofLabourandEmployment
[D] Reserve Bank of India
Answer: B [National Statistical Office]

3.Where was the India-Japan Annual Summit 2022 held?
[A]Tokyo
[B]NewDelhi
[C]Chennai
[D] Osaka
Correct Answer: B [New Delhi]

4.Which country has developed a “Relativistic Klystron Amplifier (RKA)”, which can destroy satellites in space?
[A]India
[B]Russia
[C]China
[D] Israel
Answer: C [China]

5.India advocated the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) at which international body?
[A]UnitedNationsHighCommissionerforRefugees(UNHCR)
[B]UnitedNationsSecurityCouncil(UNSC)
[C]UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme(UNEP)
[D] International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Answer: B [United Nations Security Council (UNSC)]

Today's GK (16-03-22)

1.‘ULPIN’, which was seen in the news, is a unique identification number related to which field?
[A]Taxation
[B]LandResources
[C]MSME
[D] Drone Registration
Answer: B [Land Resources]

2.Which state has adopted Integrated Hospital Facility Management Services (IHFMS)?
[A]Kerala
[B]Telangana
[C]Rajasthan
[D] Chhattisgarh
Answer: B [Telangana]

3.Which Indian city released a ‘Climate Action Plan’ and laid down 30-year Roadmap to tackle challenges of Climate Change?
[A]Chennai
[B]Mumbai
[C]NewDelhi
[D] Kolkata
Answer: B [Mumbai]

4.‘Geneva Conventions’ which was seen in the news recently, is related to which field?
[A]DigitalCurrency
[B]RulesforCombatantBehaviourduringaWar
[C]ClimateChange
[D] Export-Import Policy
Answer: B [Rules for Combatant Behaviour during a War]

5.A Iron-Age Stone known as ‘Menhir’ of white colour, has been unearthed in which Indian state?
[A]Kerala
[B]Telangana
[C]Gujarat
[D] Madhya Pradesh
Answer: B [Telangana]

Today's GK (15-03-22)

1.Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), seen in the news recently, is located in which Indian state?
[A]Kerala
[B]Uttarakhand
[C]HimachalPradesh
[D] Maharashtra
Answer: B [Uttarakhand]

2.‘Khel Mahakumbh’ is a Sports Event held in which Indian state?
[A]Gujarat
[B]UttarPradesh
[C]Rajasthan
[D] Madhya Pradesh
Answer: A [Gujarat]

3.Which Union Ministry released the draft ‘National Medical Devices Policy 2022’?
[A]MinistryofHealthandFamilyWelfare
[B]MinistryofChemicalsandFertilizers
[C]MinistryofCommerceandIndustry
[D] Ministry of External Affairs
Answer: B [Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers]

4.‘The Museum of the Future’, which was seen in the news, is situated in which country?
[A]UAE
[B]SaudiArabia
[C]Kuwait
[D] Oman
Answer: A [UAE]

5.‘Halari’ is a breed of Donkey, native to which Indian state?
[A]Gujarat
[B]Maharashtra
[C]Punjab
[D] Bihar
Answer: A [Gujarat]

Today's GK (14-03-22)

1.Which Union Ministry implements the “Strengthening of Pharmaceutical Industry (SPI)” scheme?
[A]MinistryofHealthandFamilyWelfare
[B]MinistryofChemicalsandFertilizers
[C]MinistryofHomeAffairs
[D] Ministry of Heavy Industries
Answer: B [Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers]

2.Pandrethan temple, which was seen in the news recently, is located in which Indian state/UT?
[A]WestBengal
[B]JammuandKashmir
[C]HimachalPradesh
[D] Gujarat
Answer: B [Jammu and Kashmir]

3.What is the name of the ‘Policy advocacy arm’ for the power and related sectors, formed under the Power Ministry?
[A]PowerFoundation
[B]EnergyFoundation
[C]GreenPowerFoundation
[D] Central Power Society
Answer: A [Power Foundation]

4.Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA)?
[A]AjayBhushanPandey
[B]NandanNilekani
[C]AzimPremji
[D] Kris Gopalakrishnan
Answer: A [Ajay Bhushan Pandey]

5.As of March 2022, what is India’s place in the Global List in terms of market capitalisation?
[A]Third
[B]Fifth
[C]Sixth
[D] Seventh
Answer: B [Fifth]

Today's GK (11-03-22)

1.National Land Monetization Corporation (NLMC) functions under the administrative jurisdiction of which Ministry?
[A]MinistryofCommerceandIndustry
[B]MinistryofFinance
[C]MinistryofMSME
[D] Ministry of Home Affairs
Answer: B [Ministry of Finance]

2.European Organization for Nuclear Research –CERN has recently suspended the observer status of which country?
[A]USA
[B]Russia
[C]Ukraine
[D] Belarus
Answer: B [Russia]

3.Where is the ‘WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (WHO GCTM)’ established in India?
[A]Ernakulam
[B]Jamnagar
[C]Shimla
[D] Kolkata
Answer: B [Jamnagar]

4.What is the theme of National Youth Parliament Festival (NYPF) 2022?
[A] Be the voice of New India and find solutions and contribute to Policy
[B]VoiceofYouthmatters
[C]E-GovernanceandUseofICT
[D] Participation of Women in Parliament
Answer: A [Be the voice of New India and find solutions and contribute to Policy]

5.‘UDISE+ Report’, which was released recently, is associated with which field?
[A]Sanitation
[B]Education
[C]Business
[D] Women Empowerment
Answer: B [Education]

Today's GK (09-03-22)

1.‘Jharokha’, which was in the news recently, is a celebration related to which field?
[A]ArtandCulture
[B]Literature
[C]AYUSH
[D] Science and Technology
Answer: A [Art and Culture]

2.‘Trellis structure’, which was seen in the news, is associated with which sector?
[A]Automobile
[B]Agriculture
[C]Artificial-Intelligence
[D] Banking
Answer: B [Agriculture]

3.‘Karewas’ are fertile alluvial soil deposits found in which state/UT?
[A]UttarPradesh
[B]WestBengal
[C]JammuandKashmir
[D] Bihar
Answer: C [Jammu and Kashmir]

4.What is the objective of ‘SAMARTH’ initiative launched by the MSME Ministry?
[A]WomenEntrepreneurship
[B]ValueAddition
[C]SupportforMarketing
[D] Portal for GST
Answer: A [Women Entrepreneurship]

5.Which country is the largest Crude-Oil producer in the world, as of 2022?
[A]Russia
[B]USA
[C]SaudiArabia
[D] Iran
Answer: B [USA]

Today's GK (8-03-22)

1.‘SLINEX’ is a bilateral maritime exercise between India and which country?
[A]Oman
[B]Singapore
[C]SriLanka
[D] Japan
Answer: C [Sri Lanka] ]

2.The Prime Minister recently inaugurated the Metro project of which city?
[A]Mysuru
[B]Pune
[C]Coimbatore
[D] Trivandrum
Answer: B [Pune] ]

3.Which is the venue of the India Global Forum (IGF) event in 2022?
[A]Chennai
[B]Bengaluru
[C]Varanasi
[D] Gandhi Nagar
Answer: B [Bengaluru] ]

4.Which country has recently tested reconnaissance satellite system?
[A]NorthKorea
[B]Ukraine
[C]Russia
[D] UAE
Answer: A [North Korea] ]

5.Which state/UT has inaugurated ‘School Health Clinics’?
[A]Odisha
[B]Gujarat
[C]NewDelhi
[D] Rajasthan
Answer: C [New Delhi] ]

Today's GK (07-03-22)

1.Which country has been recently added to the Grey List of ‘Financial Action Task Force’?
[A]Belarus
[B]Russia
[C]UAE
[D] Ukraine
Answer: C [UAE]

2.What is the name of India’s indigenous ‘Automatic Train Protection System’?
[A]Shakti
[B]Kavach
[C]Veera
[D] Brahma
Answer: B [Kavach]

3.Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state/UT?
[A]TamilNadu
[B]Kerala
[C]AndhraPradesh
[D] Telangana
Answer: A [Tamil Nadu]

4.What does Article 176(1) of the Constitution of India deal with?
[A]ElectionCommissionofIndia
[B]FinanceCommission
[C]PresentationofBudgetinParliament
[D] Governor’s Address in both the Houses of State
Answer: D [Governor’s Address in both the Houses of State]

5.Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT)?
[A]JusticeRanjanGogoi
[B]JusticeSadasivam
[C]JusticeDNPatel
[D] Justice K Chandru
Answer: C [Justice D N Patel]

Today's GK (04-03-22)

1.Which international institution approved a mandate to draft ‘Global Plastics Treaty’?
[A]UNFCCC
[B]UNEnvironmentAssembly
[C]IPCC
[D] WWF
Answer: B [UN Environment Assembly]

2.‘How Indians View Gender Roles in Families and Society’ is a report released by which institution?
[A]NITIAayog
[B]UNICEF
[C]PrathamFoundation
[D] Pew Research Center
Answer: D [Pew Research Center]

3.When was the ‘Convention on Cluster Munitions’ signed?
[A]1972
[B]2008
[C]2020
[D] 2021
Answer: B [2008]

4.As per the official data of the Government, what is the number of children affected due to Covid in India?
[A]0.74lakh
[B]1.54lakh
[C]5.54lakh
[D] 15.54 lakh
Answer: B [1.54 lakh]

5.The ‘Roorkee Water Conclave’ has been organised by IIT Roorkee along with which institution?
[A]NITIAayog
[B]NationalInstituteofHydrology
[C]IndianNavy
[D] Indian Coast Guard
Answer: B [National Institute of Hydrology]

Today's GK (03-03-22)

1.What is the new motto of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)?
[A]SupporttoChildren
[B]BhavishyoRakshatiRakshit
[C]All-roundProtectionsofChildRights
[D] Dharmo Rakshati Rakshit
Answer: B [Bhavishyo Rakshati Rakshit]

2.What is the name of India’s first of the four stealth guided missile destroyers under Project 15B?
[A]INSKochi
[B]INSVishakhapatnam
[C]INSVeera
[D] INS Kattabomman
Answer: B [INS Vishakhapatnam]

3.The Barents Sea, which was seen in the news recently, is located along the coasts of which two countries?
[A]Russia-Ukraine
[B]Russia-Norway
[C]Russia-Poland
[D] Russia-Belarus
Answer: B [Russia-Norway]

4.Which Institution organised the ‘National Innovation Conclave on Low Carbon Technologies’?
[A]NITIAayog
[B]BureauofEnergyEfficiency
[C]ASSOCHAM
[D] IIT Madras
Answer: B [Bureau of Energy Efficiency]

5.Ukraine shares border with how many European Union Member states?
[A]One
[B]Two
[C]Three
[D] Four
Answer: D [Four]

Today's GK (02-03-22)

1.Madhabi Puri Buch has been appointed as the first woman chairperson of which regulatory body?

[A]SEBI
[B]NABARD
[C]PFRDA
[D] IRDAI
Answer: A [SEBI]

2.As per the 2nd advanced estimates of National Income, what is the real GDP Growth of India in 2021-22?
[A]5.6percent
[B]7.1percent
[C]8.9percent
[D] 10.5 per cent
Answer: C [8.9 per cent]

3.The ‘Yilan’ Crater, the largest impact crater on Earth, has been discovered in which country?
[A]Russia
[B]China
[C]Australia
[D]Japan
Answer: B [China]

4.The Indian Navy conducted ‘Operational Demonstration’ at which city?
[A]Pune
[B]Kochi
[C]Visakhapatnam
[D]Ernakulam
Answer: C [Visakhapatnam]

5.‘National Level Awareness Programme – Sambhav’ is an initiative of whichUnionMinistry?
[A]MinistryofEducation
[B]MinistryofMSME
[C]MinistryofSkillDevelopmentandEntrepreneurship
[D]MinistryofLabourandEmployment
Answer: B [Ministry of MSME]

Today's GK (01-03-22)

1.What is the theme of the ‘National Science Day 2022’?
[A] Integrated Approach in Science and Technology for Sustainable Future
[B]ScienceandTechnologyforAtmanirbharBharat
[C]VigyanSarvatraPujyate
[D] Amrut Kaal Vigyan
Answer: A [Integrated Approach in Science and Technology for Sustainable Future]

2.What does ‘S’ stand for in ‘SWIFT’ financial messaging service?
[A]Secure
[B]Society
[C]Simple
[D] Service
Answer: B [Society]

3.‘Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)’ is an initiative of which country?
[A]USA
[BRussia
[C]China
[D] Japan
Answer: A [USA]

4.What is the revised compensation to the kin of hit-and-run victims in case of death?
[A]Rs50000
[B]Rs1lakh
[C]Rs2lakh
[D] Rs 3 lakh
Answer: C [Rs 2 lakh]

5.Which is the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)?
[A]Geneva
[B]Vienna
[C]NewYork
[D] Moscow
Answer: B [Vienna]