General Knowledge Quiz- 20 August 2022


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1. Logistics Data Bank (LDB) Project, which was seen in the news, is associated with which Ministry?

[A] Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
[B] Ministry of Commerce and Industry
[C] Ministry of MSME
[D] Ministry of Heavy Industries



2. India discussed with UN Secretary-General the recent attack on UN mission personnel in which country?

[A] Sudan
[B] Congo
[C] Ethiopia
[D] Sri Lanka



3. Nyaya Mitra program was launched in which year?

[A] 1998
[B] 2002
[C] 2017
[D] 2020



4. Who is the head of the task force recently set up by the Centre to monitor the monkey-pox situation in India?

[A] Amitabh Kant
[B] V K Paul
[C] Mansukh Mandaviya
[D] Bharati Pawar



5.‘Ex VINBAX 2022’ is a bilateral army exercise conducted between India and which country?

[A] France
[B] Japan
[C] Vietnam
[D] Oman



6. Jeremy Lalrinnunga, who won a Gold medal in the Commonwealth Games, plays which sports?

[A] Boxing
[B] Wrestling
[C] Weight-Lifting
[D] Shooting



7. What is the official slogan of the 2024 Paris Olympics?

[A] Inclusive and Impressive
[B] Games Wide Open
[C] Global Partnership
[D] Brotherly and Beautiful



8. Which is the first Indian city to publish the transportation emissions data in collaboration with Google?

[A] Pune
[B] Chennai
[C] Aurangabad
[D] Guwahati



9.‘Responsible AI for Youth 2022′ program was launched by National E-Governance Division along with which company?

[A] Google
[B] Microsoft
[C] Intel
[D] Accenture



10. Chandler wobble, which was seen in the news, is a phenomenon associated with which field?

[A] Mining of Crypto-currency
[B] Rotation of Planets
[C] Phase of Economic Crisis
[D] Strategy in Chess



Answers-


S1) Correct Answer: B [Ministry of Commerce and Industry]
Notes-

The 50 million EXIM containers handled by the NLDSL-NICDC Logistics Data Bank (LDB Project) is a significant milestone.
The achievement was praised by the Union Commerce and Industry Minister and NICDC Logistics Data Services. The National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation is known as NICDC. All of India's EXIM container volume is handled by LDB. For real-time tracking of the movement of EXIM containers, RFID technology is used in conjunction with the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, and cloud-based solutions.


S2) Correct Answer: B [Congo]
Notes-

Speaking with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought up the recent attack on UN mission workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He demanded a quick probe as well.
Two Indian peacekeepers were killed in the assault. 177 Indian troops have given their lives in total while participating in UN peacekeeping deployments.


S3) Correct Answer: C [2017]
Notes-

The Nyaya Mitra (NM) was introduced in 2017 to enable the quick resolution of matters that have been languishing in High Courts and Subordinate Courts for 10-15 years.

Recent information on state-by-state disposal under the scheme was supplied by the Union Law Minister. The 3495 old cases that the Nyaya Mitras have helped the courts resolve so far total 3495. From 2021 to 2026, 80 Nyaya Mitras will be employed all throughout the nation.


S4) Correct Answer: B [V K Paul]
Notes-

A task team has been set up by the central government to keep an eye on the monkeypox situation in India. Dr. VK Paul, a member of NITI Aayog (Health), is in charge of it.

The Union Health Ministry, Pharma, and Biotech are also members of the task group. The government will get advice from it on boosting diagnostic resources and researching illness vaccines. India has so far documented four instances of monkeypox, with three cases occurring in Kerala and one in Delhi.


S5) Correct Answer: C [Vietnam]
Notes-

The third Vietnam-India bilateral army exercise, known as "Ex VINBAX 2022," has started.

The Chandimandir in Haryana is where the 20-day military drill will take place. The deployment of an engineering company and a medical team as members of the United Nations contingent for peacekeeping operations is the exercise's central focus.


S6) Correct Answer: C [Weight-Lifting]
Notes-

At the Commonwealth Games, India's Jeremy Lalrinnunga won a gold medal in the men's 67kg weightlifting division.

In the snatch event, the 19-year-old athlete from Aizawl in Mizoram set a new Commonwealth Games record by lifting 140 kg. This was India's sixth medal in the weightlifting competition, following victories by Gururaj Poojary (silver), Sanket Sargar (silver), and Mirabai Chanu (gold) (bronze).


S7) Correct Answer: B [Games Wide Open]
Notes-

The 2024 Paris Olympics organizers launched "Games Wide Open" as they revealed ticket rates for the spectators.

The catchphrase is "Ouvrons large les Jeux" in French. The 33rd Olympiad, or the 2024 Summer Olympics, is slated to take place in July–August 2024.


S8) Correct Answer: C [Aurangabad]
Notes-

The first city in the nation to provide Google's Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE) data is Aurangabad.

Cities assess the sources of carbon emissions under the EIE feature, analyze the data, and develop emission-reduction plans. Only Aurangabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Pune in India have access to the EIE function, and Aurangabad was the first city to make the transportation emissions data available to the general public.


S9) Correct Answer: C [Intel]
Notes- 

The "Responsible AI for Youth 2022" program, developed by the National E-Governance Division (MeitY) in cooperation with Intel India and the Ministry of Education, was also introduced by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav. The initiative promotes greater knowledge of AI technology for students in classes 8 through 12 across India.

The celebration of "8 Years of MyGov" in New Delhi was also opened by Ashwini Vaishnav, the minister of electronics and information technology.


S10) Correct Answer: B [Rotation of Planets]
Notes- 

On June 29, the planet Earth's most recent rotation took 1.59 milliseconds or less than 24 hours.

Scientists hypothesized a number of explanations for the timing disparity, including the "Chandler wobble," a variation in the planet's rotational axis. Leap seconds have been utilized by scientists who keep an eye on atomic clocks to modify the Universal Coordinated Time in order to account for the shift.

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