Exercise :: April 6, 2022 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
- April 6, 2022 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
| 1. | Which Indian musician took home the 2022 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: It must be noted that Indian music composer, Ricky Kej also won the Grammy Award for his album Divine Tides, for the Best New Age Album.
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| 2. | Who is the author of the book title "Crunch Time: Narendra Modi's National Security Crises"? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: It has been authored by Sreeram Chaulia, a social scientist and an opinion maker on international issues.
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| 3. | Which player has won the men's singles title at the 2022 Miami Open Tennis Tournament? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) beat Casper Ruud (Norway) to win the men's singles title at the 2022 Miami Open Tennis Tournament.
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| 4. | Who has been appointed as the inaugural Special Rapporteur for human rights and climate change by UNHRC? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has appointed Dr Ian Fry as the world's first independent expert on human rights and climate change.
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| 5. | Which state has launched the portal of 'Mukhya Mantri Bagwani Bima Yojana' with an initial corpus of Rs 10 crore for the scheme? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: The Haryana Agriculture Minister J P Dalal launched the portal of 'Mukhya Mantri Bagwani Bima Yojana' with an initial corpus of Rs 10 crore for the scheme.
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| 6. | Viktor Orban has been elected as the Prime Minister of which country? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: Viktor Orban, Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister has been elected again for the successive fourth term.
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| 7. | Which Indian Space-tech startup has launched its first commercial satellite `Shakuntala' from SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: An Indian space tech startup Pixxel grabbed attention after it successfully launched its first fully-fledged commercial satellite called 'Shakuntala' or Pixxel TD-2.
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| 8. | The award for the Best Record of the Year in 2022 Grammy has been bestowed on which one? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Silk Sonic's "Leave The Door Open" won the GRAMMY for Record Of The Year at the 2022 GRAMMYs.
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| 9. | Which Indian city is to be covered with Artificial Intelligence-based cameras, as part of the Road Safety Project? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: About sixty Artificial Intelligence-based cameras are to be installed around the Kozhikode city of Kerala, as a part of the State-level road safety project.
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| 10. | Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister inaugurated 13 new districts of the state. What is the total number of districts in the state? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: The total number of districts in the state has increased to 26 districts.
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| 11. | The El Dorado weather website, which Indian state's Chandrapur district has been recorded as the third hottest place in the world? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: Chandrapur district of Maharashtra records third hottest place in the world. According to the El Dorado weather website, Chandrapur has the fourth hottest city in the world.
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| 12. | Who has launched the Broadcast Services Portal of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in Delhi? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur launched the Broadcast Seva Portal in New Delhi, and said that the ease of doing business will get promoted with its launch.
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| 13. | What is the name of the website launched for services related to broadcast in India? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Broadcast Seva, an initiative by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, provides a single point facility for broadcast related activities. The government has launched a new broadcast services website to ensure faster filing and processing of applications for broadcast licenses, permissions and registrations.
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| 14. | What is the name of the platform to focus on development in rural areas and equitable access to growth opportunities for women communities? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: The Flipkart Foundation, is a new platform with a focus on development in rural areas and providing equitable access to growth opportunities for women and other disadvantaged communities.
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| 15. | Which Indian billionaire topped the 'Hurun Richest Self-Made Women in the World 2022' in the country? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: Falguni Nayar of Nykaa, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw of Biocon and Radha Vembu of Zoho feature in the latest Hurun list of women self-made billionaires.
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| 16. | Viktor Orban has been re-elected as the Prime Minister of which country in 2022 General Elections for the 4th straight year? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban won a fourth successive term in office by a landslide victory in the country's general elections for 2022.
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| 17. | India is being celebrated National Maritime Day on which date? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: The National Maritime Day is observed on 5 April (since 1964).
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| 18. | What is the name of the super app mobile application that will be launched by Tata Group in close competition with Whatsapp, Google Pay, and AmazonPay? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: The salt-to-software conglomerate, Tata Group has announced to launch of its one-stop mobile app called Tata Neu.
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| 19. | Which Indian state signed a pact with WWF India to develop SBSAP? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Arunachal Pradesh signed a pact with WWF India to develop the State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (SBSAP).
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| 20. | What is the rate of unemployment in India in March 2022, as per the data by CMIE? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: The data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), the overall unemployment rate in India fell to 7.6 per cent in March 2022.
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