Daily Current Affairs Quiz 21 April 2022

 Daily Current Affairs Quiz 21 April 2022: This post contains Questions/Quiz based on the Current Affairs and Important News of 21 April 2022. These questions have been framed keeping in mind the pattern of banking and competitive exams and hence this current affairs quiz will be helpful for upcoming competitive exams. Give our online current affairs test every day to be prepared for all Current Affairs competitive exams

1. The Global AYUSH Investment & Innovation Summit has been inaugurated by PM Modi in which city?
   A) Bhopal
   B) Noida
   C) Lucknow
   D) Gandhinagar
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   Option D

   Explanation: On April 20, 2022, Prime Minister inaugurated the Global AYUSH Investment & Innovation Summit at Gandhinagar.
2. The World Creativity and Innovation Day is marked annually on which day?
   A) 21 April
   B) 19 April
   C) 20 April
   D) 18 April
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   Option A

   Explanation:The World Creativity and Innovation Day (#WCID) is celebrated on April 21 every year. Theme in 2022: Collaboration
3. India’s first-ever internet radio channel for the visually impaired people has been launched in which city?
   A) Pune
   B) Nagpur
   C) Hyderabad
   D) Chennai
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   Option B

   Explanation:India’s first-ever internet radio channel for the visually impaired people, named ‘Radio Aksh’ has been launched in Nagpur.
4. The Indian Army conducted Ex Kripan Shakti in which place recently?
   A) Jabalpur
   B) Ahmednagar
   C) Siliguri
   D) Leh
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   Option C

   Explanation:The Indian Army’s Trishakti Corps conducted Ex Kripan Shakti at the Teesta Field Firing Firing Ranges (TFFR) near Siliguri in West Bengal on April 19, 2022.
5. PM Narendra Modi recently dedicated to the nation a new dairy complex and potato processing plant at Diyodar, Banaskantha district. In which state is it located?
   A) Uttar Pradesh
   B) Jharkhand
   C) West Bengal
   D) Gujarat

1. The first-ever pure Green Hydrogen plant in India has been unveiled in which state?
   A) Maharashtra
   B) Assam
   C) Telangana
   D) Sikkim
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   Option B

   Explanation:India’s first 99.999% pure Green Hydrogen pilot plant has been commissioned by the Oil India Limited (OIL) at its Jorhat Pump Station in Assam on April 20, 2022.
2. What is the name of the sixth and final submarine in the Scorpene-class under Project 75, which has been launched by Indian Navy recently?
   A) Vagsheer
   B) Vela
   C) Vagir
   D) Varsha
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   Option A

   Explanation:The Indian Navy launched the sixth and last submarine, Yard 11880, of the French Scorpene-class under Project 75, on April 20, 2022 at the Kanhoji Angre Wet Basin of Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in Mumbai. The submarine has been named as ‘Vagsheer’
3. Which crypto lending company has partnered with Mastercard to launch the world’s first “crypto-backed” payment card?
   A) CoinRabbit
   B) Blockfi
   C) Celsius
   D) Nexo
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   Option D

   Explanation: Crypto lender Nexo has partnered with Mastercard to launch the world’s first “crypto-backed” payment card. The card allows users to spend without having to sell their digital assets such as bitcoin. These will be used as collateral to back the credit granted.
4. Which chess player has won the 48th La Roda International Open chess tournament in Spain?
   A) Nihal Sarin
   B) R. Praggnanandhaa
   C) D. Gukesh 
   D) Raunak Sadhwani
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   Option C

   Explanation:Young Indian Chess Grandmaster D. Gukesh has emerged as the winner of the 48th La Roda International Open chess tournament, held in Castile-La Mancha, in Spain.
5. Civil Services Day is observed in India on which day?
   A) 19 April
   B) 21 April
   C) 20 April
   D) 18 April
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   Option B

   Explanation:In India, the ‘Civil Services Day’ is celebrated on April 21 every year as a thanks giving day to all the Civil Servants for their service to the society and also for Civil Servants to ‘rededicate themselves to the cause of citizen and renew their commitments to public service’.

CURRENT AFFAIRS :-

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1. Association Government has set an objective to expand the quantity of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras to 10000 by March 2024.

2. Association Home Minister Amit Shah tends to get-together on 150th Birth commemoration of Sri Aurobindo in Puducherry.

3. State leader Narendra Modi has presented the first "Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award" on 24 April 2022.

4. Head of the state Narendra Modi was introduced the seventh version of "Raisina Dialog" on 25 April 2022. Leader of the European Union Ursula Von Der Leyen was the main visitor in the Dialog.

5. As indicated by The President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Sourav Ganguly, the "Ladies' T20 Challenge" 2022 will be held at Lucknow's Ekana Stadium between 24 to 28 May 2022.

6. Previous Governor of different states and senior Congress pioneer K Shankaranarayanan died at Palakkad in Kerala on 24 April 2022. He was 89.

7. Street Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on 24 April 2022 introduced 7 National Highway Projects worth 5569 crore rupees in Aurangabad.

8. India's Deepak Punia won the 86kg men's free-form silver award while Viky secured bronze in 92kg on the last day of the Asian Wrestling Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on 24 April 2022.

 23rd April Current Affairs 2022

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1. The Oil India Limited (OIL) commissioned India’s first 99.999 percent pure green hydrogen plant in the state of Assam. OIL, the second largest national production and exploration firm commissioned the green hydrogen plant at its Jorhat Pump Station. The plant has an installed capacity of producing 10 kg of hydrogen each day. It is also India’s first plant to use AEM (anion exchange membrane).

2. NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL), the international arm of NPCI, has entered the UAE market by partnering with NeoPay, the payment subsidiary of Mashreq Bank. BHIM UPI service has been made live on NeoPay terminals.This partnership will offer Unified Payments Interface-based payments for Indians travelling to these regions. This is NPCI’s third such international expansion after Bhutan and Singapore.

3. Vijay Kumar Dev takes oath as Delhi's new State Election Commissioner.

4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 21 April 2022 conferred the prestigious Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration, 2021 for Best Performance in the implementation of Promoting excellence in sports and wellness through Khelo India Scheme to Bishnupur District of Manipur.

5. The Additional Director General of Police for Ladakh, SS Khandare, has inaugurated Ethosh Digital's first IT Training and Services Center in Leh. Ethosh Digital is a California-based Multinational Company, working in the field of digital communications and AR-VR products.

6. World Earth Day, also known as International Mother Earth Day, is celebrated every year on April 22. World Earth Day 2022 will mark the 52nd Anniversary of the day since it started being observed in 1970. Earth Day was renamed officially by the UN in 2009 as International Mother Earth Day.

7. Defence secretary Ajay Kumar launched INS Vagsheer, the sixth Scorpene-class submarine under Project-75. It is named after the sand fish, a predator of the Indian Ocean. The Mazagon Dock has already delivered four Scorpene-class submarines under the project to the Indian Navy – INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi, INS Karanj and INS Vela. The fifth submarine ‘Vagir’ is under trial at sea, and is set to be commissioned before the end of this year.

8. ‘Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit 2022’ was organised by the AYUSH Ministry to seek investments into the sector and to develop India as the hub for traditional medicine practices. It is organised in the city of Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy (Ayush) Ministry has received Letter of Intent (LOI) from 28 companies amounting to Rs. 6000 crores. This will help create over 5.5 lakh jobs across the country.

CURRENT AFFAIRS :- 28.11.2021

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1. Sri Lanka's Hambantota International Port (HIP) announced that it has become the South Asian country's first port to comply to internationally-recognized integrated management system standards.

2. Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shantanu Thakur inaugurated/launched a number of projects at the Haldia Dock Complex of Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata.

3. Union Minister of Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan visited IIT Guwahati and inaugurated the state-of-the-art Centre for Nanotechnology (CNT) and Centre for Indian Knowledge System (CIKS) as well as two hostels at the Institute.

4. Dr Rohit Lahori, pain and palliative care specialist at a premier government hospital in Jammu, was awarded with the International Award for Low Cost Treatment for Interventional Pain Management for 2021.

5. Telangana was adjudged best performer in inland fisheries, while Andhra Pradesh was named the best marine state in the country by the Centre.

6. Union Minister for Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the newly constructed building of Kendriya Hindi Sansthan in Shillong.

7. Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman was awarded the Vir Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind at an investiture ceremony for shooting down a Pakistani F-16 fighter aircraft in February 2019.

8. Union Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah laid Foundation Stone of Rani Gaidinliu Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum in Luangkao Village, Tamenglong District, Manipur

CURRENT AFFAIRS :- 17.11.2021

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1. Spanish-German actor Daniel Bruel has been named a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations World Food Programme.

2. Boeing has reached an agreement with the families of the victims of a March 2019 crash in Ethiopia of one of its 737-Max aircraft that claimed 157 lives.

3. Meghalaya got its 12th district -- Eastern West Khasi Hills -- with its headquarters in Mairang, which is one of the oldest civil sub-divisions inaugurated exactly 45 years ago.

4. The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved declaration of 15th November as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas.

5. The Indian Air Force (IAF) Contingent has inducted for participation in the biennial Dubai Air Show to be held at the Al Maktoum International Airport from 14th to 18th November 21.

6. National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) launches ‘Digital Payment Gateway’.

7. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia launched an online platform through which aviation regulator DGCA will provide its 298 services including pilot licensing and medical examination.

8. Olympic bronze-medallist Vivek Sagar Prasad will lead the 18-strong Indian men's hockey squad's title defence at the FIH men's junior World Cup starting from November 24.

CURRENT AFFAIRS :- 16.11.2021

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1. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged off the trial run of the Kanpur Metro.

2. Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has launched a $738 million investment fund to fast-track emerging low emissions technologies including carbon capture and storage.

3. NASA delayed putting astronauts back on the moon until 2025 at the earliest, missing the deadline set by the Trump administration.

4. DRDO & Directorate of Defence R&D, Israel sign Bilateral Innovation Agreement for development of dual use technologies.

5. The Indian Army has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics (BISAG-N), Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

6. The fourth submarine of the Project – 75, Yard 11878 was delivered to the Indian Navy. Project – 75 includes construction of six submarines of Scorpene design.

7. President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the honorary rank of General of Indian Army to Nepal Army Chief Prabhu Ram Sharma at a special function at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

8. Government has appointed Vice Admiral R. Hari Kumar as the next Chief of the Naval Staff.

CURRENT AFFAIRS :- 14.11.2021

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1. The Jammu and Kashmir Tribal Affairs department sanctioned projects worth Rs 38 crore for Poonch district during the current fiscal.

2. Former international umpire Sunit Kumar Ghosh died. He was 87.

3. The Abu Dhabi cricket stadium's Indian chief curator, Mohan Singh, was found dead hours before the T20 World Cup game between Afghanistan and New Zealand.

4. Former cabinet minister and veteran BJP leader Jai Narayan Poonia died. He was 88.

5. India is among 27 countries to sign up to a sustainable agriculture action agenda at the conclusion of the first week of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, laying out new commitments to make farming more sustainable and less polluting.

6. The US has partnered with the UK and India-led Green Grids Initiative of a global energy grid launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.

7. In an effort to facilitate the movement of devotees to Pandharpur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for four laning of five sections of Shri Sant Dnyaneshawar Maharaj Palkhi Marg (NH-965) and three sections of Shri Sant Tukaram Maharaj Palkhi Marg (NH-965G) via video conferencing.

8. Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan assumed charge as Chief of Staff of the Western Naval Command.