Current Affairs Quiz – 02 August 2022

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1. The Ministry of Culture has organised the Tiranga Utsav to celebrate which birth anniversary of Pingali Venkayya, the designer of India’s national flag?
   A) 143rd
   B) 146th
   C) 149th
   D) 147th
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: “Tiranga Utsav” organised by the Ministry of Culture at Indira Gandhi Stadium, in New Delhi, on the occasion of his 146th Birth Anniversary  of Pingali Venkayya, the designer of India’s national flag..
2. Recently India inked six agreements with that country whose President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih visited India to further deepen the ties among the two nations. Name that country.
   A) Maldives
   B) Sri Lanka
   C) Indonesia
   D) Bangladesh
   
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   Option A
   Explanation:On August 02, 2022, the two countries inked six agreements to expand cooperation in several key areas which includes cooperation in capacity building, cyber security, housing, disaster management and infrastructure development in the Maldives. PM Modi even announced a Line of Credit of USD 100 million (one million = 10 lakh) for Maldives, for the completion of development projects in a time-bound manner.
3. Which country will conduct the multinational air combat exercise “Pitch Black 2022” in August 2022 in which India will participate along with 16 other nations?
   A) Singapore
   B) United States
   C) Australia
   D) United Arab Emirates
   
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   Option C
   Explanation:India will be part of the mega air combat exercise “Pitch Black 2022” among 17-nations, to be held in the Northern Territory of Australia.
4. Vijay Kumar Yadav has won bronze medal for India in which game at the 2022 CWG in Birmingham?
   A) Archery
   B) Shooting
   C) Weightlifting
   D) Judo
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: Indian judoka Vijay Kumar Yadav won bronze medal in men’s 60kg judo after he beat Petros Christodoulides of Cyprus.
5. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in place of Sanjay Arora?
   A) Homkar Amol Vinukant
   B) Sujoy Lal Thaosen
   C) Satya Narayan Pradhan
   D) Manvinder Singh Bhatia
   
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   Option B
   Explanation:Sujoy Lal Thaosen, the Director General (DG) of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), has been given the additional charge as DG Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), with effect from August 01, 2022.
6. Name the author of the book “Dangerous Earth: What we wish we knew about volcanoes, hurricanes, climate change, earthquakes and more”.
   A) Ellen Prager
   B) Helen Scales
   C) Michael Boucher
   D) Sylvia Earle
   
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   Option A
   Explanation:Marine biologist Ellen Prager has come out with a book titled “Dangerous Earth: What we wish we knew about volcanoes, hurricanes, climate change, earthquakes and more”.
7. Indian Judoka Likmabam Sushila Devi has won a silver medal in which category of women’s weightlifting event at the 2022 Birmingham CWG?
   A) 40kg
   B) 61kg
   C) 48kg
   D) 51kg
   
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   Option C
   Explanation:Indian Judoka Likmabam Sushila Devi, helped India in getting its seventh medal the at the Commonwealth Games 2022 as she won the silver medal in the women’s 48kg category.
8. An India-origin professor has been honoured with the 2022 Global Energy Prize along with two more recipients. Name the Indian origin winner.
   A) Hrudeep P Janardhanan
   B) Ajeet Peter Dungdung
   C) Indrajeet Mahatha
   D) Kaushik Rajashekara
   
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   Option D
   Explanation:Kaushik Rajashekara, an Indian-origin professor of Engineering at the University of Houston, USA, has won the Global Energy Prize for 2022. The other two 2022 laureate are:Viktor Orlov and Mercouri Kanatzidis
9. Who is the author of the book titled “Lion of the Skies: Hardit Singh Malik, the Royal Air Force and the First World War”?
   A) Neil Gaiman
   B) Stephen Barker
   C) Robin Sharma
   D) Caroline England
   
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   Option B
   Explanation:A new book titled“Lion of the Skies: Hardit Singh Malik, the Royal Air Force and the First World War” is all about an “India’s first fighter pilot” who participated in the World War, long before the Indian Air Force was born.The book has been written by author Stephen Barker
10. Who among these has been roped in by the World Bank as the Country Director for India?
    A) Mahmood A. Ayub
    B) Michael J.Gillette
    C) Auguste Tano Kouame
    D) Bilsel Alisbah
    
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    Option C
    Explanation:The World Bank has appointed Côte d’Ivoire national, Auguste Tano Kouame, as the Country Director for India.
11. The Government of India has announced what amount of Line of Credit to Maldives for the completion of development projects in a time-bound manner?
    A) USD 100 million
    B) USD 150 million
    C) USD 200 million
    D) USD 250 million
    
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    Option A
    Explanation: PM Modi even announced a Line of Credit of USD 100 million (one million = 10 lakh) for Maldives, for the completion of development projects in a time-bound manner.
12. Indian weightlifter Harjinder Kaur has won which medal in the Women’s 71kg final at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games?
    A) Silver
    B) Bronze
    C) Gold
    D) Not Qualified
    
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    Option B
    Explanation:Indian weightlifter Harjinder Kaur has won a bronze medal in the Women’s 71kg final at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games on August 01, 2022. Harjinder claimed the medal after she lifted a total of 212kg (93kg in snatch and 119kg in clean and jerk). 

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