Current Affairs Quiz - June 2022
11. As per a recent World Bank report (June 2022), what is the GDP growth forecast for India in FY23?
[A] 7.2 %
[B] 7.5 %
[C] 8 %
[D] 8.2 %
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Correct Answer: B [7.5 %]
Notes:
The World Bank released its latest edition of the ‘Global Economic Prospects’ report. As per the report, the World Bank cut its FY23 gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for India to 7.5 per cent from 8 per cent.
The reasons cited are inflationary pressures, supply-chain pressures, and geopolitical tensions due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. World Bank also lowered its global growth forecast for 2022 to 2.9 per cent from 4.1 per cent.
12. Which country’s top court curtailed the Government’s citizenship Powers?
[A] USA
[B] Australia
[C] UK
[D] Russia
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Correct Answer: B [Australia]
Notes:
Australia’s highest court has made a landmark ruling that will curtail the Government’s citizenship Powers and how governments can deal with extremists.
The High Court restored Delil Alexander’s Australian citizenship that was illegally cancelled in July last year by the then-Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews. Delil Alexander was suspected to be Islamic State group fighter.
13. Which country has partnered with China for modernisation of ‘Ream Naval Base’?
[A] Cambodia
[B] Vietnam
[C] Vatican City
[D] Philippines
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Correct Answer: A [Cambodia]
Notes:
Cambodia has partnered with China for modernisation of ‘Ream Naval Base’. It would be able to accommodate ships of up to 5,000 tons displacement.
Cambodia denied that it will allow any Chinese military presence at a port. United States and other countries have expressed concern that it will be used by China as a naval outpost on the Gulf of Thailand. China also recently signed a security deal with the Solomon Islands.
14. Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme is associated with which Union Ministry?
[A] Ministry of Science and Technology
[B] Ministry of Defence
[C] Ministry of Electronics and IT
[D] Ministry of MSME
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Correct Answer: B [Ministry of Defence]
Notes:
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the enhancement of funding under Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme to 50 crore rupees per project from 10 crore rupees.
In Union Budget 2022-23, 25 per cent of defence R&D budget was earmarked for private industry, start-ups and academia. The TDF scheme supports indigenous development of products and technologies by MSMEs and start-ups.
15. Which state/UT has launched an accidental insurance cover of Rs 15 lakh for government employees?
[A] Chhattisgarh
[B] Jammu and Kashmir
[C] Sikkim
[D] Jharkhand
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Correct Answer: B [Jammu and Kashmir]
Notes:
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launched an accidental insurance cover of Rs 15 lakh for government employees in the Union territory.
Jammu and Kashmir Bank will extend the new insurance cover which also includes terrorism attacks. The free group personal insurance cover is extended to all permanent employees in association with the Oriental Insurance Company. The LG also launched the Jammu and Kashmir Bank’s ‘Phone Pe Loan’ facility for government employees.
16. Which organisation adopted an India-sponsored resolution on multilingualism that mentions Hindi, Bangla and Urdu Language?
[A] United Nations
[B] World Economic Forum
[C] International Monetary Fund
[D] World Trade Organisation
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Correct Answer: A [United Nations]
Notes:
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted an India-sponsored resolution on multilingualism that mentions the Hindi, Bangla and Urdu language for the first time.
The resolution encourages the UN to provide important communications and messages in official and in non-official languages, including in Hindi language. ‘Hindi @ UN’ project was launched in 2018 to enhance the public outreach of the UN in the Hindi language.
17. Which country has supplied nuclear fuel to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP)?
[A] USA
[B] Russia
[C] UAE
[D] China
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Correct Answer: B [Russia]
Notes:
Rosatom State Corporation of Russia has supplied the first batches of reliable and cost-efficient nuclear fuel over the existing one, to India for the Units 1 & 2 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP).
The existing fuel is ‘TVS-2M nuclear fuel’ and after the refuelling, the power unit 1 will start operations in 18-month fuel cycle.
18. With reference to space science, what is the expansion of ‘FRB’, which was seen in the news recently?
[A] First Radio Burst
[B] Fast Radio Burst
[C] Fine Radio Burst
[D] Fast Reactive Burst
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Correct Answer: B [Fast Radio Burst]
Notes:
Astronomers have detected a signal from a galaxy, which is said to be nearly 3 billion light-years away called Fast Radio Burst (FRB).
The FRBs are intense and short flashes of radio frequency emissions that last milliseconds. The phenomenon was first detected in 2007 and the process is not fully understood by the scientists yet. The new Fast Radio Burst (FRB 20190520B) is said to be co-located with a compact radio source and associated with a dwarf host galaxy.
19. Which country, also a Constitutional Monarchy, appointed its first ‘Minister for the Republic’?
[A] USA
[B] Australia
[C] Ukraine
[D] United Kingdom
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Correct Answer: B [Australia]
Notes:Australia’s new Centre-Left Prime Minister Anthony Albanese recently named his cabinet. A junior Minister Matt Thistlethwaite was named as ‘Assistant minister for the republic’, for the first time ever.
This is seen as a significant step, as Australia is a Constitutional Monarchy. The United Kingdom’s 96-year-old Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her platinum jubilee, and her recently-elected government in Australia took a symbolic step toward her removal.
20. Which is the first country in the world to require that a warning be printed on every cigarette?
[A] Australia
[B] Germany
[C] Canada
[D] Italy
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Correct Answer: C [Canada]
Notes:
Canada is set to become the first country in the world to require that a warning be printed on every cigarette.
The move adds on Canada’s mandate to include graphic photo warnings on the packaging of tobacco products. This policy of Canada started an international trend when it was introduced two decades ago.
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