31. Which football team won the Durand Cup in 2022?
[A] Mumbai City FC
[B] Bengaluru FC
[C] Chennaiyin FC
[D] Kerala Blasters
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Correct Answer: B [Bengaluru FC]
Notes:
Bengaluru FC and their captain Sunil Chhetri won their maiden Durand Cup football tournament title after beating Mumbai City FC in the final clash.
The 38-year-old Sunil Chhetri clinched his first Durand Cup. Bengaluru FC has achieved first Durand Cup victory since coming into existence in 2013.
32. India, the UAE and France held their first trilateral Foreign Ministers’ meeting in which city?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Dubai
[C] New York
[D] Paris
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Correct Answer: C [New York]
Notes:
India, the UAE and France held their first trilateral Foreign Ministers’ meeting in New York on the sidelines of a UN General Assembly (UNGA) session.
The Ministers discussed contemporary ways of doing diplomacy with a focus on active exchange of ideas between strategic partners and UNSC members. India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also met UN General Assembly President and had bilateral meetings with his counterparts from across the world.
33. What is the theme of 2022 International Week of Deaf People?
[A] Leaving No one behind
[B] Building Inclusive Communities for All
[C] Sustainability and Inclusivity
[D] Accessible Technologies
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Correct Answer: B [Building Inclusive Communities for All]
Notes:
The full week ending on the last Sunday of September is observed as the International Week of the Deaf (IWD), every year.
In 2022, IWD is being observed from September 19 to 25 September 2022. The theme of the 2022 International Week of Deaf People is “Building Inclusive Communities for All”. The IWD is an initiative of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) and was first launched in 1958 in Rome.
34. Who has been elected as a member of the Governance Committee of the Asia Pacific Forum (APF), from India?
[A] Justice Ranjan Gogoi
[B] Justice Sadasivan
[C] Justice Arun Kumar Mishra
[D] Justice N V Ramana
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Correct Answer: C [Justice Arun Kumar Mishra]
Notes:
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson, retired Justice Arun Kumar Mishra has been elected as a member of the Governance Committee of the Asia Pacific Forum (APF).
He has also been elected as a member of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) Bureau. The GANHRI is one of the world’s largest human rights networks.
35. India signed MoU with which African country on cooperation in the field of Defence?
[A] South Africa
[B] Egypt
[C] Kenya
[D] Sudan
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Correct Answer: B [Egypt]
Notes:
India and Egypt have agreed to identify proposals for expanding cooperation between defence industries of the two countries.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held bilateral talks with his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo. They signed a MoU on cooperation in the field of defence for enhancing defence cooperation across all sectors of mutual interest. The Egyptian Defence Minister was invited to India-Africa Defence Dialogue and IOR Defence Ministers’ Conclave to be held as part of Defence Expo in Gandhinagar.
36. As per a recent survey, the highest portion of donations collected in India went to which organisations?
[A] Political parties
[B] Religious organisations
[C] Charity institutions
[D] Education institutions
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Correct Answer: B [Religious organisations]
Notes:
As per a recent study by the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy (CSIP), out of total donations worth Rs 23,700 crore given by Indians between October 2020 and September 2021, the maximum of 64% went to religious organisations.
As per the study “How India Gives 2020-21”, the highest number of donations was made by lower-income and middle-class households. The amount donated was higher in urban areas, while the number of donations was more in India’s rural areas.
37. What is the upper limit of the ‘UPI Lite’ payment transaction?
[A] Rs 1000
[B] Rs 500
[C] Rs 200
[D] Rs 100
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Correct Answer: C [Rs 200]
Notes:
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, Shaktikanta Das recently launched three key digital payment initiatives at the Global Fintech Fest 2022.
The initiatives include RuPay Credit Card on UPI, UPI LITE, Bharat BillPay Cross-Border Bill Payments. Through UPI Lite on BHIM App, users will be able to make small-value transactions in near-offline mode. The upper limit of a UPI Lite payment transaction will be ₹200. The total limit of the UPI Lite digital payment mode on the wallet on a device would be ₹2,000 at any point in time.
38. When is the ‘International Day of Sign Languages’ observed every year?
[A] 20 September
[B] 23 September
[C] 25 September
[D] 27 September
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Correct Answer: B [23 September]
Notes:
The UN General Assembly declared 23 September as the International Day of Sign Languages(IDSL), to raise awareness of importance of sign language in realization of the human rights of people who are deaf.
It commemorates the day on which the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) was established in Rome in 1951. The International Day of Sign Languages was first celebrated in 2018 as part of the International Week of the Deaf.
39. Skill India has partnered with which technology company to upskill youth in emerging technologies in India?
[A] Samsung
[B] Nokia
[C] IBM
[D] Qualcomm
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Correct Answer: A [Samsung]
Notes:
Union government’s ‘Skill India’ initiative, the Electronics Sector Skill Council of India (ESSCI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ‘Samsung India’ to upskill youth in India.
Under ‘Samsung Innovation Campus’, it aims to upskill over 3,000 unemployed youths from 18-25 years of age in emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Big Data and Coding and Programming.
40. Who has been appointed as the Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)?
[A] Rajiv Bahl
[B] Preeti Sudan
[C] Rajesh Bhushan
[D] Amit Khare
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Correct Answer: A [Rajiv Bahl]
Notes:
The Appointments committee of the Cabinet appointed Rajiv Bahl- a senior World Health Organisation researcher- as the Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
Bahl is the head of research on maternal and newborn child, adolescent health and aging at the World Health Organisation (WHO). He will also be the Secretary, department of health research (DHR). Prior to joining WHO, he was a Senior Scientist at the AIIMS for 10 years.