Current Affairs 08/05/2022

1.Who has won the UK's Commonwealth Points of Light Award?

1. Kishore Kumar Das
2. Pramod Kumar
3.Mohammad Asif
4. Deepak Sharma

... Answer is 1)
Explanation: Kishore Kumar Das, founder of Bangladesh's educational charity 'Bidanando', has been selected for the United Kingdom's Commonwealth Points of Light Award.

2. Where has the 'Semicon India Conference-2022' been organized?

1. Kolkata
2.Chennai
3. Bengaluru
4.Mumbai

... Answer is 3)
Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Semicon India Summit-2022 in Bengaluru.

3.Which state Govt has launched 'Mukhyamantri Mitaan Yojana' - a Scheme For Doorstep Delivery of Public Services?

1. Punjab
2. Chhattisgarh
3. Nagaland
4.Telangana

... Answer is 2)
Explanation The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel launched 'Mukhyamantri Mitaan Yojana' (Mitaan stands for a friend).

4.In which state country's first ethanol plant operated from coarse cereals has been inaugurated?

1. Bihar
2.Jharkhand
3.Jammu & Kashmir
4. Manipur

... Answer is 1)
Explanation: Bihar country's first ethanol plant has inaugurated in the Purnea district yesterday.

5. Which corporation signed an MoU with Energy Vault for gravity-based energy storage technology?

1. NTPC
2. GAIL
3.SJVN
4. NHPC

... Answer is 1)
Explanation: NTPC Ltd., India's largest power utility, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Energy Vault Holdings, Inc, a leader in sustainable, grid-scale energy storage solutions.

6.Real-time payments expected to boost India's GDP by $45.9 billion in which year?

1 2033
2. 2028
3. 2026
4. 2029

... Answer is 3)
Explanation: Real-time payments are expected to enhance India's GDP by US$ 45.9 billion by 2026.

7.Which one has teamed up with MeiTY's C-DAC to assist Indian chipset startups?

1. MediaTek
2. Nvidia
3. Qualcomm
4.TSMC

... Answer is 3)
Explanation: Qualcomm India Private Limited, a subsidiary of Qualcomm Inc., has teamed up with MeiTY's C-DAC to assist Indian chipset startups.

8.Which bank has become the first public sector bank to go live on the Account Aggregator framework?

1. Union Bank of India
2. Canara Bank
3. Punjab National Bank
4. IDBI

... Answer is 1)
Explanation: Union Bank of India became the first public sector bank to go live on the Account Aggregator (AA) ecosystem.

9. Which bank issued guidelines on Compensation of KMPs & Senior Management in NBFCs?

1. NABARD
2.IMF
3. RBI
4.SEBI

... Answer is 3)
Explanation: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued Guidelines on Compensation of Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) and Senior Management in NBFCs.

10.Bharti Airtel has acquired how much stake in Navi Mumbai based Cnergee Technologies, under the Airtel Startup Accelerator Program?

1.2%
2. 78%
3.7%
4. 9%

... Answer is 3)
Explanation: Bharti Airtel acquired a 7% stake in Navi Mumbai based Cnergee Technologies, a cloud-based networking solution

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