Current Affairs Quiz
Here is the Today’s Current Affairs Quiz of 21st April 2022 for all the candidates who are preparing for the Teaching Exam 2022. Candidates will be able to brush up on their knowledge and understanding of the national and international Current Affairs on daily basis. There are various teaching exam like DSSSB, NVS, KVS, APS, REET and others where current affairs section are included in the question paper. Thus, covering current affairs on a regular basis become of paramount importance for the candidates who are preparing for such exams. In the following section candidates will find the Current Affairs Quiz of 11th April 2022 for all Teaching Exam 2022.
Today’s Current Affairs Quiz
Q1. The first Ayushman Bharat-Health & Wellness Centre was inaugurated on ____________.
(a) April 2018
(b) February 2019
(c) March 2019
(d) February 2020
Q2. World Bank has cut the global growth forecast for 2022 to _______% due to the impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
(a) 1.5%
(b) 2.7%
(c) 3.2%
(d) 4.4%
Q3. SBI has raised 3-year funds of _______________ through a syndicated loan facility at “very fine pricing” through its IFSC Gift City branch.
(a) $ 100 million
(b) $ 150 million
(c) $ 250 million
(d) $ 500 million
Q4. Which company has launched world’s 1st crypto-backed payment card with Mastercard & DiPocket?
(a) Torque
(b) Aave
(c) Nuo
(d) Nexo
Q5. Which bank has won global ‘Celent Model Bank’ Award under the category of ‘Payments System Transformation’ for building a best-in-class Enterprise Payments Hub (EPH)?
(a) Bank of Baroda
(b) State Bank of India
(c) IndusInd Bank
(d) HDFC Bank
Q6. Name the Indian Grandmaster who has clinched the 48th La Roda International Open chess tournament title in Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
(a) R Praggnanandhaa
(b) Dommaraju Gukesh
(c) Harshit Raja
(d) Sankalp Gupta
Q7. The UN Chinese Language Day is observed on _____ annually. The day has been chosen to pay tribute to Cangjie.
(a) April 16
(b) April 17
(c) April 18
(d) April 20
Q8. Where is the India’s first portable solar rooftop system inaugurated?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra
Q9. International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed the gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for India in FY23 to _____.
(a) 10.2 per cent
(b) 9.2 per cent
(c) 8.2 per cent
(d) 7.2 per cent
Q10. Who among the following has been appointed Wipro India country head?
(a) Sanjeev Dhaam
(b) Sumit Singhal
(c) Vijay Tripathi
(d) Satya Easwaran
Q11. The World Health Organization launched its Global Centre for Traditional Medicine at a site in _____.
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Q12. Who among the following has been topped the Hurun Global Healthcare Rich List 2022?
(a) Dr Cyrus S. Poonawalla
(b) Thomas Frist Jr
(c) Li Xiting
(d) Xu Hang
Q13. Which of the following country has the most healthcare industry billionaires?
(a) India
(b) Germany
(c) Switzerland
(d) China
Q14. Supreme Court reconstitutes expert committee for Delhi-Dehradun Corridor project. Who will be the Chairperson of the reconstituted Committee?
(a) Anil Prakash Joshi
(b) Chandra Prakash Goyal
(c) Vijay Dhamsana
(d) Ajay Rawat
Q15. Indian Coast Guard (ICG) kicked-off ____ edition of two-day National Level Pollution Response Exercise, ‘NATPOLREX-VIII’, Mormugao harbour, Goa.
(a) 7th
(b) 9th
(c) 8th
(d) 10th
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Solutions
S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. The inauguration of the first AB-HWC was on 14th April 2018, at Jangla, a serene village in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. The World Bank has cut the global growth forecast for 2022 to 3.2% from 4.1% due to the impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. State Bank of India (SBI) has raised 3-year funds of $500 million (over Rs 3,800 crore) through a syndicated loan facility at “very fine pricing” through its IFSC Gift City branch.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Nexo has joined hands with global payments company Mastercard to launch the world’s first “crypto-backed” payment card. Electronic money firm DiPocket is Nexo’s card issuer.
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. IndusInd Bank has been awarded the global ‘Celent Model Bank’ award under the category of ‘Payments System Transformation’ for building a best-in-class Enterprise Payments Hub (EPH).
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. Indian Grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh has clinched the 48th La Roda International Open chess tournament title in Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. The UN Chinese Language Day is observed on April 20 annually. The day has been chosen to pay tribute to Cangjie, who is a mythical figure who is presumed to have invented Chinese characters about 5,000 years ago.
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. The first portable solar rooftop system in India has been inaugurated at Swaminarayan Akshardham temple complex in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed the gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for India in FY23 to 8.2 per cent.
S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. IT major Wipro has announced the appointment of Satya Easwaran as the Country Head for India.
S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. The World Health Organization launched its Global Centre for Traditional Medicine at a site in Gujarat.
S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. Chairman and Managing Director of Serum Institute of India(SII), Dr Cyrus S. Poonawalla has topped the Hurun Global Healthcare Rich List 2022 and became the richest billionaire in the healthcare sector 2022.
S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. China (34) has the most healthcare industry billionaires, followed by the United States of America (16), Switzerland (15), Germany (11), and India (9).
S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Director-General of Forests, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change will be the Chairperson of the reconstituted Committee. Chandra Prakash Goyal is currently appointed as the Director-General of Forests and Special Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) kicked-off 8th edition of two-day National Level Pollution Response Exercise, ‘NATPOLREX-VIII’, on April 19, 2022 off Mormugao harbour, Goa.
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