Assam Current Affairs and GK Quiz – Set 307: May Week – 4, 2022

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Assam Current Affairs and GK Quiz – Set 307: May Week 4, 2022

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Q1. Which Indian Bank launched the ‘Open-for-all’ Digital ecosystem for MSMEs?

  1. HDFC Bank
  2. Asix Bank
  3. State Bank of India
  4. ICICI Bank

D. ICICI Bank

ICICI Bank has launched ‘Open-for-all’ Digital ecosystem for MSMEs. The digital service for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) can be used by customers of other banks.

One of the new services it provides is sanction of instant and paperless overdraft facility up to Rs 25 lakh through ‘InstaOD Plus’. The feature enables customers of any bank to avail of an overdraft instantly.



Q2. Which is the first airline in Asia to use the ‘GAGAN’ satellite-based navigation system during landing?

  1. IndiGo
  2. Air India
  3. Air Asia
  4. Vistara Airlines

A.  IndiGo

IndiGo became the first airline in Asia to use the indigenously developed satellite-based navigation system ‘GAGAN’ during landing.

The system has been jointly developed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the Indian Space Research Organisation. It provides corrections to the global positioning system (GPS) signal to improve air traffic management, with the help of reference and uplink stations.



Q3. World Bee Day is celebrated on 

  1. May 20
  2. April 10
  3. May 05
  4. April 09

A.  May 20

World Bee Day is celebrated on May 20. On this day Anton Janša, the pioneer of beekeeping, was born in 1734. The purpose of the international day is to acknowledge the role of bees and other pollinators for the ecosystem.



Q4. Atal New India Challenge is a flagship program of Atal Innovation Mission of which institution?

  1. Parliament of India
  2. NASSCOM
  3. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
  4. NITI Aayog

D. NITI Aayog



Q5. Which organisation releases the State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) Report?

  1. Forest Survey of India
  2. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  3. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
  4. Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)

D. Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) 


Q6. The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) signed an MoU with which major telecom operators for cooperation in the area of IoT/M2M?

  1. Reliance Jio
  2. BSNL
  3. Vodafone India
  4. Airtel

C. Vodafone India

C-DOT and Vodafone Idea Limited sign MoU for cooperation in area of IoT/M2M.



Q7. The ‘Vulture Gene Bank’ is to be set up in which city for conservation of the critically-endangered species?

  1. Jodhpur
  2. Mangaluru
  3. Mysuru
  4. Haridwar

C. Mysuru


Q8. The headquarters of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is located in

  1. Geneva
  2. London
  3. New York
  4. Singapore
A. Geneva

 

Q9. Who Directed the India – Bangladesh co-production feature film ‘Mujib– The Making of a Nation’?

  1. Rituporno Ghosh
  2. Shyam Benegal
  3. Chashi Nazrul Islam
  4. Humayun Ahmed
B. Shyam Benegal

Mujib: The Making of a Nation is an upcoming Bangladeshi Bengali-language biographical film directed by Shyam Benegal. It stars Arifin Shuvoo as Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first President of Bangladesh popularly known as Bangabandhu, who lead his country to independence.

 

Q10. Which is the top ranked Indian firm in the Forbes’ latest Global 2000 list of public companies?

  1. Reliance Industries
  2. Tata Sons
  3. Adani Enterprises
  4. State Bank of India
A. Reliance Industries

 

Q11. Which state was crowned as the champion of the 12th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2022?

  1. Bihar
  2. Karnataka
  3. Jharkhand
  4. Odisha

D. Odisha

Odisha were crowned as the champions of the 12th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2022. Odisha clinched a 2-0 victory over Karnataka in the final of the competition, held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

Jharkhand earned a third-place finish in the competition after defeating Haryana.



Q12. Which is the first state in India to surpass 10 GW of cumulative large-scale solar installations?

  1. Karnataka
  2. Uttar Pradesh
  3. Rajasthan
  4. Gujarat

C.  Rajasthan

Rajasthan became the first state in India to surpass 10 GW of cumulative large-scale solar installations, as per Mercom’s India Solar Project Tracker



Q13. Which tennis player won the Italian Open 2022 women’s single title?

  1. Ashleigh Barty
  2. Ankita Raina
  3. Naomi Osaka
  4. Iga Swiatek

D. Iga Swiatek




Q14. Who won a gold medal recently in the 52kg flyweight category at the Women’s World Boxing Championships to become the fifth Indian woman to win a gold medal in a world championship? 

  1. Nikhat Zareen
  2. Pinki Jangra
  3. Laishram Sarita Devi
  4. Lovlina Borgohain

A. Nikhat Zareen

A 25-year-old boxer from the southern Indian state of Telangana has become the fifth Indian woman to win a gold medal in a world championship. Nikhat Zareen on Thursday beat Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas in the 52kg flyweight category at the Women’s World Boxing Championships held at Istanbul, Turkey. 20-05-2022



Q15. Which state was the top recipient of FDI equity inflows in FY 2021-22?

  1. Kerala
  2. Karnataka
  3. Andhra Pradesh
  4. Maharashtra
B. Karnataka 

Karnataka is the top recipient state with 38 per cent share of the total FDI equity inflow reported during the FY 2021-22 followed by Maharashtra (26 per cent) and Delhi (14 per cent)

 

 

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