Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 25 and 26 August 2022

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Here is the quiz based on the Current Affairs of August 2022.

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Q1. Who has launched “Azadi Quest”, a series of online educational games based on India’s freedom struggle, developed in collaboration with Zynga India?

Ans: Union Minister Anurag Thakur

 

Q2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 300-bed Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at __________________.

Ans: Mullanpur, Mohali in Chandigarh

 

Q3. Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga elected as interim PM of Mali. What is the capital city and currency of Mali?

Ans: Capital: Bamako; Currency: Franc

 

Q4. Which country has launched world’s first fleet of hydrogen-powered passenger trains?

Ans: Germany

Germany Capital: Berlin; Currency: Euro

 

Q5. The cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath approved the proposal of the Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department to start the country’s first night safari in the ______________.

Ans: Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh Capital: Lucknow; Chief Minister: Yogi Aditya Nath; Governor: Anandiben Patel

 

Q6. In order to build 1,000 green energy businesses across the nation, the __________ and TP Renewable Microgrid Ltd (TPRMG), a fully owned subsidiary of Tata Power, have teamed up to launch green energy businesses programme.

Ans: Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)

SIDBI Formed: 2 April 1990; Headquarters: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh; Chairman & MD: Sivasubramanian Ramann

 

Q7. A first-of-its-kind, Composite Indoor Shooting Range (CISR) was inaugurated by Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta at_______________.

Ans: INS Karna

 

Q8. Transgenders will be covered under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY). PM-JAY was launched in which year?

Ans:  This scheme was launched on 23rd September 2018 in Ranchi, Jharkhand by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi.

 

Q9. The 20th edition of BioAsia 2023 will be hosted by the Government of ______________, the premier event of BioAsia 2023 for the life sciences and health tech, on February 24-26, 2023.

Ans: Telangana

Telangana Capital: Hyderabad; Chief Minister: K Chandrasekhar Rao; Governor: Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan

 

Q10. Who has been selected for the Pulitzer Prize 2022?

Ans: Bangladesh-born Fahmida Azim

 

Q11. Who has been awarded the UNESCO Peace Prize 2022 for “her efforts to welcome refugees”?

Ans: Former German chancellor Angela Merkel

UNESCO Founded: 16 November 1945; Headquarters: Paris, France; Members: 193 countries; Head: Audrey Azoulay

 

Q12. Which IIT’s researchers have created a fermentation process that uses ultrasound to safely generate Xylitol from sugarcane bagasse, the byproduct of crushing sugar cane?

Ans: IIT Guwahati

 

Q13. Internaut Day celebrates ever year on _____________ to mark the invention of the World Wide Web.

Ans: 23 August

August 23 marks the day when the World Wide Web was opened to the public back in the year 1991 for the first time by WWW inventor Tim Berners Lee as he allowed its access, CERN announced that the internet would be free to everyone and there would be no fee for its use.

 

Q14. Who became the youngest person to fly solo around the world in a small aircraft?

Ans: Mack Rutherford

 

Q15. India to have 1.8 lakh Kms of Highways & 1.2 lakh Kms of Rail Lines by ___________.

Ans: 2025

 

Q16. India’s first 3D-printed post office is slated to come up in ____________________.

Ans: Bengaluru, Karnataka

Karnataka Capital: Bengaluru; Chief Minister: Basavaraj Bommai; Governor: Thawar Chand Gehlot

 

Q17. According to its founder Jaggi Vasudev (Sadhguru), the Isha Foundation will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the _________ government to enhance soil health, as part of its “Save Soil” campaign.

Ans: Karnataka

Karnataka Capital: Bengaluru; Chief Minister: Basavaraj Bommai; Governor: Thawar Chand Gehlot

 

Q18. Who was appointed as Secretary of the Department of Defence Research and Development and Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)?

Ans: Distinguished scientist Samir V Kamat

 

Q19. Royal Enfield has partnered with _________ to promote and safeguard the ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage of India, beginning with the Himalayas.

Ans: UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation)

UNESCO Founded: 16 November 1945; Headquarters: Paris, France; Members: 193 countries; Head: Audrey Azoulay

 

Q20. Which Indian electric scooter maker announces a partnership with Jio-BP to provide EV charging and battery swapping solutions in India?

Ans: Hero Electric

 

Q21. The Corporate Affairs Ministry (MCA) accepts the merger of BPCL and ______________.

Ans: Bharat Gas

 

Q22. Which state/UT announce the Village Defence Guards Scheme 2022 (VDGS-2022)?

Ans: Jammu & Kashmir (J&K)

Jammu and Kashmir Capitals: Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter); Lieutenant Governor: Manoj Sinha

 

Q23. The fourth edition of India’s Clean Air Summit (ICAS) took place in ________________.

Ans: Bangalore

Karnataka Capital: Bengaluru; Chief Minister: Basavaraj Bommai; Governor: Thawar Chand Gehlot

 

Q24. Indian men’s volleyball team has won the ________ medal by defeating Korea 3-2 in the 14th Asian U-18 Championship in Tehran, Iran.

Ans: bronze

 

Q25. Who won the 28th Abu Dhabi, Masters Chess Tournament?

Ans: Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi

 

Q26. International Dog Day is celebrated annually on ____________ to promote the adoption of dogs instead of buying them from pet shops.

Ans: 26 August

 

Q27. When is the Women’s Equality Day observed every year?

Ans: 26 August

 

Q28. What is the theme of the Women’s Equality Day 2022?

Ans: Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow

 

Q29. Which is the venue of the ‘SCO Defence Ministers’ Meeting’ held in 2022?

Ans: Tashkent

Uzbekistan Capital: Tashkent and Currency: Uzbekistani soʻm

 

Q30. Which leader has been honoured with the ‘2022 Liberty Medal’?

Ans: Volodymyr Zelenskyy

 

Q31. What is the theme of the ‘World Water Week 2022’?

Ans: Seeing the Unseen: The Value of Water

 

Q32. Fahmida Azim, who has been selected for the 2022 Pulitzer prize, is from which country?

Ans: Bangladesh

Bangladesh Capital: Dhaka; Currency: Taka

 

Q33. The Anang Tal Lake, which was declared a monument of national importance, is located in which state/UT?

Ans: New Delhi

Delhi Chief Minister: Arvind Kejriwal; Lieutenant Governor: Vinai Kumar Saxena

 

Q34. Where is the ‘International Conference on Indian Minerals and Metals Industry’ held?

Ans: New Delhi

 

Q35. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) withdrew the restrictions on which credit card service after compliance with data storage norms?

Ans: American Express

 

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