Daily Current Affairs Questions July 2022 Part 28

 

Daily Current Affairs Questions

July 2022 Part 28

Why in News

1.       Achuthan Kudallur

2.       All India Ayurveda Mahasammelan

3.       Ariosoma Bengalense

4.       Arooj Aftab

5.       Arvind Krishna

6.       Ashok Kumar

7.       Asia Cup Hockey

8.       Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championship

9.       Assam

10.    Ayodhya

11.    Azores High

12.    BharatNet project

13.    Bhupinder Singh

14.    Biplobi Bharat Gallery

15.    Book “BEYOND THE MISTY VEIL

16.    Book Crunch Time Narendra Modi’s National Security Crisis’

17.    Brachystelma attenuatum

18.    Canada

19.    Caste Based Enumeration

20.    Census Data Workstation

21.    Chandigarh

22.    Charudutt Mishra

23.    Chhattisgarh

24.    Community forest rights

25.    Country’s first ethanol plant

26.    COVID-19 Vaccinations

27.    Cynthia Rosenzweig’

28.    Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022

29.    Derecho

30.    Digi Yatra

31.    Empress

32.    Exercise ‘Khan Quest 2022

33.    Exercise Suraksha Kavach

34.    Exercise-Sampriti-

35.    Federal Reserve Bank

36.    First Liquid Mirror Telescope

37.    French Open Tennis Grand Slam

38.    Frontier

39.    Gaganyaan mission

40.    Garuda Aerospace

41.    Global Peace Ambassador

42.    Goa Shipyard Limited

43.    hafnium oxide

44.    Handguns

45.    Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM)

46.    India’s first LPG enabled and smoke free state

47.    India’s first pure green hydrogen plant

48.    India’s GDP growth forecast

49.    India-EU Security and Defense Consultations

50.    Indian Army

51.    International Moon Day

52.    Jammu and Kashmir

53.    Jharkhand

54.    Jyotirgamaya’ festival

55.    Kakrapar atomic plant

56.    Keshav Maharaj

57.    Khuvsgul Lake National Park

58.    Lleyton Hewitt

59.    Lovlina Borgohain

60.    LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ)

61.    Maharashtra Police

62.    Manipur

63.    Manoj Soni

64.    Mark Zuckerberg

65.    Menar bird village

66.    Mian Ka Bada

67.    Monetary Committee of England

68.    Morgan Stanley

69.    My Pad My Rights program

70.    National Commission for Minorities

71.    National Conference on Bajra

72.    National Food Laboratory of Food Safety and Standards Authority

73.    National Mission for Clean Ganga

74.    New York

75.    Olympic value education program

76.    Oncolytic Virotherapy

77.    P. Gopinathan Nair

78.    Param Ganga’

79.    Petersberg

80.    Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana

81.    Rafael Nadal

82.    Rashmi Sahu

83.    Rice

84.    Right to repair

85.    Sanjit Narvekar

86.    Sant Kabir Academy and Research Center

87.    Saraswati Samman

88.    Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve

89.    Seif Ahmed

90.    Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al Salem

91.    Shirui Lily Festival

92.    snow leopard conservation

93.    Speedtest Global Index

94.    Sri Lanka

95.    Switzerland

96.    Tarun Majumdar

97.    Tata Projects

98.    Third fastest Indian female runner

99.    Times Business Award

100. Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)

1.       Achuthan Kudallur, who has passed away, was a renowned for what?. Artist
Noted artist Achuthan Kudallur has passed away recently at the age of 77.

2.       From where has the President inaugurated the 59th General Conference of All India Ayurveda Mahasammelan? – Ujjain

3.       A new species named Ariosoma Bengalense was discovered in West Bengal. It belongs to which species? Eel

4.       Who has become the first Pakistani female singer to win Grammy Award? – Arooj Aftab

5.       Who has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York? – Arvind Krishna

6.       Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the National Mission for Clean Ganga? – Ashok Kumar

7.       South Korea has won the Asia Cup Hockey 2022 by defeating which country? – Malaysia

8.       Harshada Garuda has won which medal in Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championship – Gold Medal

9.       India’s first pure green hydrogen plant has been started in which state? – Assam

10.    Which city’s prominent crossing will be named after Lata Mangeshkar? – Ayodhya

11.    Azores High was seen in news. It is related to what? Weather Phenomenon

12.    BharatNet project is most often seen in the news. It aims to what?
BharatNet project aims to provide broadband connectivity to India's approximately 2.6 lakh Gram Panchayats (GPs). As per the Union Cabinet's approval on June 30, 2021, the project's scope has been extended to all inhabited villages beyond GPs. In the last five years (2017-18 to 2021-22), a total of Rs. 22,676 crores has been disbursed upto March 31, 2022, under the BharatNet Project by Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL).  As per Union Budget 2022-23 announcement, all villages are expected to be connected through optical fibre by 2025.

13.    Bhupinder Singh, a notable ghazal singer, has recently died. He was born in which city?
PM Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the passing away of noted singer Shri Bhupinder Singh. He took birth in Amritsar, Punjab, British India, on February 6, 1940. 

14.    Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Biplobi Bharat Gallery in which city? – Kolkata
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Biplobi Bharat Gallery at Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata on the occasion of Shaheed Diwas.

15.    Name the author of the book “BEYOND THE MISTY VEIL” Temple Tales of Uttarakhand. Aradhana Johri
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami released the book “BEYOND THE MISTY VEIL”, Temple Tales of Uttarakhand written by Ms Aradhana Johri (Senior IAS) on the temples of Uttarakhand.

16.    The book ‘Crunch Time: Narendra Modi’s National Security Crisis’ authored by whom has been released? – Shriram Chaulia

17.    A plant species, Brachystelma attenuatum, which scientists had presumed extinct has been rediscovered after 188 years in which  states?  Himachal Pradesh

18.    In which country a new bill has been introduced to limit the trade of handguns? – Canada

19.    Which state has decided to conduct caste based census named as ‘Caste Based Enumeration’? – Bihar

20.    Census Data Workstation was inaugurated in which institutions? IIT, Delhi

21.    The Indian Air Force has announced to build a heritage center in which city? – Chandigarh

22.    Who has been given the prestigious ‘Whitley Gold Award’ for snow leopard conservation? – Charudutt Mishra

23.    Which state has become the second state to recognize community forest rights in the national park area? – Chhattisgarh
In 2016, the Odisha government was the first to recognise Community Forest Resources (CFRs) inside the Simlipal National Park.

24.    Which state has become the second state to recognize community forest rights in the national park area? – Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh has become only the second state in the country to recognise Community Forest Resource (CFR) rights of a village inside a Kanger Ghati National Park.

25.    In which state the country’s first ethanol plant operated from coarse cereals has been inaugurated? – Bihar

26.    In July 2022, India achieved the major landmark of 200 Crore COVID-19 Vaccinations, India’s nation-wide COVID19 vaccination program was launched on which date?  January 16th 2021
India’s nation-wide COVID19 vaccination program was launched by PM on 16th January 2021.

27.    Which climate research scientist of NASA has been awarded the World Food Prize 2022 – ‘Cynthia Rosenzweig’

28.    A commission has been set up for carrying out a fresh delimitation exercise of the municipal wards in Delhi. Maximum how many municipal wards can be created under the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022? 250

29.    A system called Derecho was seen in news. It is related to which of the following?  Wind Storm

30.    ‘DIGI YATRA’ project is most often seen in the news. Consider the following statements about it:
1. It is a project conceived to achieve contactless, seamless processing of passengers at airports.
2. It will be based on Facial Recognition Technology (FRT).
Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct? Select the correct answer using the codes below:
a Only 1
B Only 2
C Both 1 and 2
D Neither 1 nor 2
The Consultative Committee meeting of the Ministry of Civil Aviation on the DIGI YATRA project was held in New Delhi on July 18, 2022.  ‘DIGI YATRA’ project aims to achieve contactless, seamless processing of passengers at airports based on Facial Recognition Technology (FRT). The project envisages that any traveller may pass through various checkpoints at the airport through contactless and paperless processing, using facial features to establish the identity which would be linked to the boarding pass.  

31.    The Chief Minister of which state has flagged off the luxury cruise liner ‘Empress’? – Tamil Nadu

32.    In which country Indian Army contingent has participated in the exercise ‘Khan Quest 2022’? – Mongolia

33.    The Indian Army has conducted the ‘Suraksha Kavach 2’ exercise with the police of which state? – Maharashtra Police

34.    Joint military exercise-Sampriti-X has been started between India and which country? – Bangladesh

35.    Who has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York? – Arvind Krishna

36.    In which state the country’s first Liquid Mirror Telescope has been installed? – Uttarakhand

37.    Who won the title of French Open Tennis Grand Slam 2022? – Rafael Nadal

38.    ‘Frontier’ became the world’s fastest supercomputer overtaking Japan’s ‘Fugaku’, it belongs to which country? – America

39.    Recently ISRO has successfully test fired S2000 manned rocket booster for which mission? – Gaganyaan mission

40.    In which country Indian Garuda Aerospace is going to set up its first aerospace plant? – Malaysia

41.    Who has been elected as the new Global Peace Ambassador 2022? – Babita Singh

42.    Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay has been elected as the Chairman and CMD of Goa Shipyard Limited, a PSU, under which ministry? Ministry of Defence

43.    A team of Indian scientists of which organization has recently developed a memory device with excellent switching characteristics and low-power requirements for data storage applications?
Swathi S P and Dr S Angappane of the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) have developed a low-power memory device with excellent switching characteristics made from the chemical hafnium oxide, a replacement for silicon oxide, for data storage applications.  CeNS is an autonomous institution of the Central government's Department of Science and Technology. 

44.    In which country a new bill has been introduced to limit the trade of handguns? – Canada

45.    Built Operate and Transfer (BOT), Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) and Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) are often seen in the news. Consider the following statements about them:
1. Built Operate and Transfer (BOT) model puts financial liability on the private entity.
2. Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) model puts financial liability on the government.
3. Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) puts financial liability on both government and private entities.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct with respect to India? Select the correct answer using the codes below:
a  1 and 2 only
B 2 and 3 only
C 1 and 3 only
D 1, 2 and 3
Built Operate and Transfer (BOT) model puts financial liability on the private entity. Under the BOT model, a private player will finance, build and operate a project for a period of time (20 or 30-year period). The developers will be recouping the investments through user charges or tolls charged from customers using the facility. So, the first statement is correct.  Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) model puts financial liability on the government, and government invites engineering knowledge from private entities. So, the second statement is also correct.  Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) puts financial liability on both government and private entities. HAM is a mix of the Built Operate and Transfer (BOT) model and the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) model. So, the third statement is also correct. 

46.    India’s first LPG enabled and smoke free state has become? – Himachal Pradesh

47.    India’s first pure green hydrogen plant has been started in which state? – Assam
Oil India Limited (OIL) has taken the first significant step towards Green Hydrogen Economy in India with the commissioning of India’s First 99.999% pure Green Hydrogen pilot plant, with an installed capacity of 10 kg per day at its Jorhat Pump Station in Assam

48.    Asian Development Bank (ADB), has slashed India’s GDP growth forecast to what  for FY23. (b) 7.2 per cent
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), has slashed India’s GDP growth forecast to 7.2 per cent for FY23. Earlier this was estimated at 7.5 per cent.

49.    In which city India-EU Security and Defense Consultations were held for the first time? – Brussels

50.    In which state has the Indian Army announced the opening of coaching centers for poor students? – Manipur

51.    International Moon Day, a United Nations-designated international day to be observed annually on which date?. 20 July
The General Assembly declared International Moon Day, a United Nations-designated international day to be observed annually on 20 July.

52.    In which state and union territory India’s first Biotech Park has been inaugurated? – Jammu and Kashmir

53.    The World Health Organization has announced to reward which Indian state for tobacco control? – Jharkhand

54.    Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy has launched the ‘Jyotirgamaya’ festival in which city? – New Delhi

55.    As per the Government of India, Unit 3 of the Kakrapar atomic plant is expected to commence commercial operation by December 2022. Kakrapar atomic plant is located in which city?
As per the Government of India, Unit 3 of the Kakrapar atomic plant is expected to commence commercial operation by December 2022. Kakrapar atomic plant is located near the Tapi river in Gujarat.

56.    Who has been named ICC Men’s Player of the Month for April? – Keshav Maharaj

57.    Which country’s Khuvsgul Lake National Park has been included in the UNESCO Reserve list – Mongolia

58.    Lleyton Hewitt was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in July 2022, Hewaitt belongs to which country? Australia
Lleyton Hewitt, a two-time Grand Slam champion and former world number one, was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

59.    Which Tokyo bronze medalist has been made the chairman of IBA Athletes Committee – Lovlina Borgohain

60.    An experiment named LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) has been used to detect which in the Universe? Dark Matter

61.    The Indian Army has conducted the ‘Suraksha Kavach 2’ exercise with the police of which state? – Maharashtra Police

62.    In which state has the Indian Army announced the opening of coaching centers for poor students? – Manipur

63.    Who has been named as the new chairman of UPSC?- Manoj Soni

64.    Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that the company is launching a new “payments in chat” feature on which App? Instagram
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company is launching a new “payments in chat” feature on Instagram.

65.    In which state Menar bird village has been declared as wetland area? – Rajasthan

66.    The name of ‘Mian Ka Bada’ railway station of which state has been changed to ‘Mahesh Nagar Halt’? – Rajasthan

67.    Which Indian-origin woman has been appointed to the Monetary Committee of England – Swati Dhingra

68.    Morgan Stanley has sharply lowered India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for 2023 to what?  7.2%
American brokerage Morgan Stanley cut its FY23 real GDP expansion estimate for India by 0.40 percent to 7.2 per cent.

69.    In which state/UT has been launched by NABARD My Pad My Rights program? – Leh

70.    Who has been appointed as the chairman of National Commission for Minorities? – S Iqbal Singh Lalpura

71.    From where has Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated the National Conference on Bajra? – New Delhi
Union Minister of State for M/o Food Processing Industries, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel  inaugurated the National Conference on Millets on the theme ‘The Future Super Food for India' in New Delhi, organised by industry body ASSOCHAM with the support of M/o Food Processing Industries.
The production of coarse cereals in the country has increased to 17.96 million tonnes in 2020-21 from 14.52 million tonnes in 2015-16 and the production of bajra (pearl millet) has also increased to 10.86 million tonnes in the same period.

72.    In which state the National Food Laboratory of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has been inaugurated? – Bihar

73.    Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the National Mission for Clean Ganga? – Ashok Kumar

74.    Which legislature has passed the world’s first ‘right to repair’ law for digital electronics? – New York

75.    In which state Olympic value education program has been started?- Odisha
The Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was launched in Odisha by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, in collaboration with the Abhinav Bindra Foundation Trust (ABFT).

76.    Recently researchers in the US developed “Oncolytic Virotherapy”. It is associated with the treatment of which of the following?
A HIV-AIDS
B Small Pox
C Cancer
D None of the above
Explanation
Researchers in the US have developed a novel strategy in Oncolytic Virotherapy (OV) to improve a cancer therapy that can kill tumour cells while leaving nearby healthy tissues intact.
Oncolytic viruses can kill cancer cells while leaving nearby healthy cells and tissues intact.
In oncolytic virotherapy, the treatment also exerts its influence by activating an antitumor immune response made of immune cells such as Natural Killer (NK) cells.
However, sometimes those natural killers limit the oncolytic viruses, and so despite the exciting development in the OV field in recent years, there is room for improvement to tackle some limitations, including the relatively weak therapeutic activity and lack of means for effective systemic delivery.
Hence, option C is correct.

77.    Freedom fighter P. Gopinathan Nair passed away. He mainly participated in which of the following freedom struggle movements?  Quit India Movement, 1942

78.    In which ITI institute ‘Param Ganga’ supercomputer has been installed by C-DAC? – IIT Roorkee

79.    13th Petersberg Climate Dialogue has hosted in which city? Berlin
The 13th Petersburg Climate Dialogue has concluded in Berlin Germany. The two-day informal ministerial meet has chaired by Germany and Egypt, hosts of this year’s annual climate meet (COP-27).

80.    Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana has completed five years on 21st July 2022. It is implemented through which of the following organisations? Life Insurance Corporation of India
Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana has completed five years on 21st July 2022. The scheme was formally launched on this day in 2017. It is being implemented through Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India.

81.    Who won the title of French Open Tennis Grand Slam 2022? – Rafael Nadal

82.    Which young female entrepreneur has won the Times Business Award 2022? – Rashmi Sahu

83.    India has recently witnessed a shortfall in rice acreage due to delayed monsoon. Rice is a which crop?
India has witnessed a shortfall in rice acreage while the overall crop coverage has risen. Paddy cultivation takes place across a wider geography, unlike wheat grown only in a few states north of the Vindhyas. Also, rice is both a Kharif (monsoon) and rabi (winter-spring) season crop. So, the losses in one area or season can potentially be recouped from the other.  India is the second largest rice producer country in the world after China. It is India’s largest agricultural crop (accounting for over 40% of the total foodgrain output). At the same time, India is the world’s biggest exporter (around 40% of the world’s export).  

84.    Which legislature has passed the world’s first ‘right to repair’ law for digital electronics? – New York

85.    Who has been honored with V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award at Mumbai International Film Festival of India 2022? – Sanjit Narvekar

86.    In which state President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated Sant Kabir Academy and Research Center? – Uttar Pradesh

87.    Who will be honored with Saraswati Samman 2021? – Ramdarash Mishra

88.    Which tiger reserve has been given Tx2 award 2022 for doubling the tiger population- Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve
India’s Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) in Erode, Tamil Nadu, and Nepal’s Bardiya National Park has jointly won the TX2 award 2022 for doubling their tiger populations since 2010.
The awards are presented by the Conservation Assured|Tiger Standards (CA|TS), Fauna and Flora International (FFI), Global Tiger Forum (GTF), IUCN’s (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme (ITHCP), Panthera, UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), The Lion’s Share, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) Tigers Alive Initiative.
CA|TS, FFI, GTF, IUCN’s ITHCP, Panthera, UNDP, The Lion’s Share, WCS, and WWF have launched two awards such as TX2 Award and Tiger Conservation Excellence Award to recognise and celebrate sites that have either made significant progress towards tiger recovery since 2010.

89.    Egypt’s Seif Ahmed has been appointed as the International Hockey Federation’s acting president following Narinder Batra’s resignation, the International Hockey Federation’s headquarters is located in which city?.  Lausanne
Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH)- Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland.

90.    Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al Salem has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of which country- Kuwait

91.    In which state the fourth edition of Shirui Lily Festival 2022 has been started?- Manipur

92.    Who has been given the prestigious ‘Whitley Gold Award’ for snow leopard conservation? – Charudutt Mishra

93.    As per the Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index, what is the rank of India in mobile speeds Index 2022?  118th
India’s rankings fell by three spots in the median mobile speeds, according to Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index. India has at the number 115th spot in May this year, but it dropped down to 118th in June.

94.    Recently Ranil Wickremesinghe has become the new President of which country- Sri Lanka

95.    In which country the World Summit of Information Society 2022 has been organized? – Switzerland

96.    Famous Bengali film director Tarun Majumdar passed away. He received the Padma Shri in which years? 1990

97.    Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of Tata Projects- Vinayak Pai

98.    Who has become the third fastest Indian female runner in 200 meters race? – Dhanalakshmi
Ace sprinter Sekar Dhanalakshmi ran her personal best time to win 200m gold at the Qosanov Memorial Athletics. Dhanalakshmi ran a creditable sub-23 second, clocking 22.89s to better her earlier personal best of 23.14s
Dhanalakshmi is only the third Indian woman to run sub-23s after national record holder Saraswati Saha (22.82s) and Hima Das (22.88s).

99.    The young female entrepreneur has won the Times Business Award 2022?- Rashmi Sahu

100. Former Army Training Command chief Lt Gen Raj Shukla (Retd) has been appointed as a member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in July 2022. Who is the chairman of UPSC?  Manoj Soni
Former Army Training Command chief Lt Gen Raj Shukla (Retd) has been appointed as a member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) ,Department of Personnel and Training informed. Gen. Shukla, a recipient of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 2021. Chairperson of UPSC- Dr. Manoj Soni.

 

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