1. Which Indian personality has won the ‘Changemaker’ award at the UN SDG Action Awards?
[A] Srishti Bakshi
[B] Kapil Mandawewala
[C] Amit Saraogi
[D] Kaif Ali
Show Answer
Correct Answer: A [Srishti Bakshi]
Notes:
Srishti Bakshi, a women’s rights activist from India, was honoured with the ‘Changemaker’ award at the UN SDG Action Awards.
The activist has travelled 3,800km around the country in less than a year to raise awareness on gender-based violence and inequality. She was awarded for “confronting gender-based violence and advocating for safe access to public spaces.”
2. Which businessperson topped the ‘IIFL Wealth Hurun India 40 & Under Self-Made Rich List 2022’?
[A] Nikhil Kamath
[B] Bhavish Aggarwal
[C] Divyank Turakhia
[D] Kaivalya Vohra
Show Answer
Correct Answer: A [Nikhil Kamath]
Notes:
Nikhil Kamath, the cofounder of Zerodha, topped the ‘IIFL Wealth Hurun India 40 & Under Self-Made Rich List 2022’ with a net worth of Rs 17,500 crore.
Bhavish Aggarwal (Rs 11,700 crore), the founder of Ola, came in second place and Divyank Turakhia (Rs 11,200 crore) of Media.net in third place. Kaivalya Vohra, the 19-year-old co-founder of Zepto, instant Grocery app, is the youngest self-made entrepreneur, while Neha Narkhede, co-founder of Confluent, streaming data Tech Company, is the youngest self-made woman entrepreneur.
3. Which state is set to set up world’s largest jungle safari park across 10,000 acres?
[A] Tamil Nadu
[B] Madhya Pradesh
[C] Haryana
[D] Nagaland
Show Answer
Correct Answer: C [Haryana]
Notes:
Haryana has announced that two international firms will be hired to develop the world’s largest jungle safari park spread across 10,000 acres in the Aravalli range.
The proposed project will be jointly developed by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change and the Haryana government. At present, the largest curated safari park outside Africa is in Sharjah, which spans 2,000 acres.
4. Which city is the host of ‘Indian Mobile Congress’ in 2022?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Mumbai
[C] Ahmedabad
[D] Bengaluru
Show Answer
Correct Answer: A [New Delhi]
Notes:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially announced the launch of 5G in select cities, during the ‘Indian Mobile Congress’ held in 2022 in New Delhi.
Leading Telecom companies like Bharti Airtel and Jio confirmed that it will roll out 5 G services in select cities.
5. Which country is the leading exporter of Basmati Rice to the global market as of 2021-22?
[A] China
[B] India
[C] Iran
[D] Israel
Show Answer
Correct Answer: B [India]
Notes:
India is the leading exporter of Basmati Rice to the global market, as it exported 3,948,161 MT of Basmati Rice worth Rs. 26,416 Crores during 2021-22.
The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) recently organised ‘Kisan Sampark Yatra’ in Haryana and Punjab to obtain feedback on the three newly released IARI Basmati varieties. Pusa Basmati 1847, Pusa Basmati 1885 and Pusa Basmati 1886 were by ICAR-IARI with inbuilt resistance to Bacterial blight and blast diseases.
6. Which institution released guidelines for engaging ‘Professors of Practice’ at Higher Education institutions?
[A] AICTE
[B] UGC
[C] NTA
[D] Ministry of Education
Show Answer
Correct Answer: B [UGC]
Notes:
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued guidelines for engaging ‘Professors of Practice’ or distinguished experts from different fields at Higher Education institutions.
As per the guidelines, these professors are not required to have the educational qualifications generally mandated for teaching and they can be paid through corporate sponsorship or an honorarium. Distinguished experts with an experience of at least 15 years will be eligible for the scheme.
7. Which public sector undertaking (PSU) presents the ‘Valley of Words Book Awards’?
[A] PFC
[B] ONGC
[C] BEL
[D] SAIL
Show Answer
Correct Answer: A [PFC]
Notes:
Power Finance Corporation has partnered with Valley of Words initiative to present PFC-VoW Book Awards.
The sixth edition of the award was presented recently. Anees Salim’s The Odd Book of Baby Names and Rudrangshu Mukherjee’s Tagore & Gandhi: Walking Alone, Walking Together were adjudged the best books of the year in English fiction and English non-fiction categories.
8. India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was launched in which year?
[A] 2012
[B] 2014
[C] 2016
[D] 2018
Show Answer
Correct Answer: B [2014]
Notes:
India’s Mars orbiter craft has completed eight years in its orbit, beyond its designed mission life of six months.
The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is the maiden interplanetary mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in September 2014 in its first attempt. ISRO is yet to announce its plans on a follow-on ‘Mangalyaan’ mission to the Mars.
9. Bharatskills Forum was launched under which Union Ministry?
[A] Ministry of Education
[B] Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
[C] Ministry of MSME
[D] Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Show Answer
Correct Answer: B [Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship]
Notes:
The Directorate General of Training (DGT) has launched Bharatskills Forum, a new feature allows sharing of books, notes, videos, question bank for skill learners.
It has been added to the Bharatskills learning platform developed by DGT. It is the apex organisation under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) for coordination at national level for vocational training programmes.
10. Which term is used to define people whose gender identity and expression match the identity assigned to them at birth?
[A] Same-gender people
[B] Cisgender people
[C] Pro-gender people
[D] May-gender
Show Answer
Correct Answer: B [Cisgender people]
Notes:
In an important judgment, the Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional to distinguish between married and unmarried women while allowing abortion when the foetus is between 20-24 weeks.
The court also said the term ‘woman’ in the judgment included persons other than cisgender women. ‘Cisgender’ is used to define people whose gender identity and expression match the identity assigned to them at birth. For transgender people, their sense of gender identity does not match the one assigned to them at birth.