Assam Current Affairs and GK Quiz – Set 332: November 2022, Week 4

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Assam Current Affairs and GK Quiz – Set 332: November 2022, Week 4

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Q1. Kameng Hydro Power Station has been recently inaugurated in which state?

  1. Meghalaya
  2. Mizoram
  3. Assam
  4. Arunachal Pradesh

 Arunachal Pradesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 600 MW Kameng Hydro Power Station in Arunachal Pradesh.

 

Q2. ‘Sangai Festival’ is a cultural festival celebrated in which state?

  1. Mizoram
  2. Arunachal Pradesh
  3. Manipur
  4. Assam

 Manipur

Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy inaugurated the ‘Manipur Sangai Festival 2022’ at the Sangai Ethnic Park.

 

Q3. Who has become the first Indian table tennis player to win a medal at the Asian Cup Tennis Tournament?

  1. Achanta Sharath Kamal
  2. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
  3. Manika Batra
  4. Sreeja Akula

Manika Batra

Indian Table Tennis Player Manika Batra defeated World No. 6 Hina Hayata of Japan in the Asian Cup 2022 women’s singles bronze medal match in Bangkok, Thailand.

 

Q4. The Union Minister of AYUSH has recently inaugurated the North East’s 1st Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine in which city

  1. Shillong
  2. Silchar
  3. Agartala
  4. Dimapur

 Silchar

The Unani medicine institute in Silchar of Assam was inaugurated by Union Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal.

 

Q5. The conservationist from Assam who has won the UN’s highest environmental award ‘Champions of the Earth’ for 2022?

  1. Jadav Payeng
  2. Vandana Shiva
  3. Purnima Devi Barman
  4. Krithi Karanth


Purnima Devi Barman

Assam’s leading conservationist Purnima Devi Barman has been awarded the United Nation’s highest environmental honour, ‘Champions of the Earth’, for 2022.

Q6. Who was honoured with the Indian Film Personality of the Year 2022 award at the 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?

  1. Chiranjeevi
  2. Amitabh Bhachchan
  3. Hema Malini
  4. Mohanlal

 Chiranjeevi

At the opening ceremony of the 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi was honoured with the Indian Film Personality of the Year 2022 award.

 

Q7. India’s rank as per the ‘Network Readiness Index 2022 Report’ is

  1. 32
  2. 40
  3. 45
  4. 61

61

India has improved its position by six slots and is now placed at 61st rank as per the Network Readiness Index 2022 report.

 

Q8. ‘Constitution Day’ is observed on

  1. November 26
  2. November 12
  3. November 24
  4. December 05

November 26

Since 2015, November 26 is observed as Constitution Day to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India by the Constituent Assembly in 1949.

 

Q9. Which village has been recently notified as Tamil Nadu’s first biodiversity heritage site?

  1. Odunthurai
  2. Navinipatti
  3. Arittapatti
  4. Kidaripatti

 Arittapatti

The Government of Tamil Nadu issued a notification declaring Arittapatti Village near Melur in the Madurai district as a biodiversity heritage site.


Q10. Which state is to get India’s first Buddhist University?

  1. Himachal Pradesh
  2. Haryana
  3. Madhya Pradesh
  4. Tripura

Tripura

Tripura is to get India’s first Buddhist Varsity whose foundation stone is to be laid on November 29.

 

Q11. The seventh edition of the Amur Falcon Festival organized in which state?

  1. Nagaland
  2. Mizoram
  3. Meghalaya
  4. Manipur

Manipur

With an objective to spread awareness on the protection and conservation of Amur falcon, Manipur forest authority is gearing up for the seventh edition of the Amur Falcon Festival at Tamenglong district headquarters, 150 km West of Imphal on November 14.

 

Q12. Which country recently launched the ‘Orion spacecraft’? 

  1. China
  2. Japan
  3. Russia
  4. USA

 USA

NASA’s Orion spacecraft has successfully performed its first Moon flyby as part of the uncrewed Artemis I mission It has passed within 130 kilometres of the lunar surface. Orion will travel about 57,287 miles beyond the Moon at its farthest point from the Moon, passing the record set by Apollo 13. Orion will enter a distant retrograde orbit beyond the Moon.

 

Q13. Who has been recently appointed as Election Commissioner of India?

  1. Arun Goel
  2. Anurag Singh Thakur
  3. Ashok Lavasa
  4. Y. Chandrachud

Arun Goel

Current Election Commissioners are

  • Rajiv Kumar (15 May 2022 )
  • Anup Chandra Pandey (8 June 2021)
  • Arun Goel (19 November 2022)

 

Q14. Which country launched the ‘Middle East Green Initiative’?

  1. Qatar
  2. Iran
  3. UAE
  4. Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the kingdom would contribute USD 2.5 billion to ‘Middle East Green Initiative’ over the next ten years, and host its headquarters. The Middle East Green Initiative was launched by the crown prince in 2021 as part of efforts to reduce regional carbon emissions. The initiative aims to reduce carbon emissions from regional hydrocarbon production by more than 60%.

 

Q15. Which state became the first state in India to get 5G service in all districts?

  1. Maharashtra
  2. Tamil Nadu
  3. Gujarat
  4. Kerala

 Gujarat

Gujarat became the first state in the country to get 5G service in all districts.

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