JANUARY 2022

IMPORTANT DAYS &

THEME
DATE DAY THEME/ REMARK

1 Jan DRDO Day Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

4 Jan World Hypnotism Day promotes benefits & remove myths of hypnotism.
to honor the Irish hypnotherapist, Dr. Jack Gibson

4 Jan World Braille Day marks the birthday of Louis Braille, creator of braille language

9 Jan NRI (Non-Resident Indian) The day commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South
Day or Pravasi Bharatiya Africa to Mumbai on 9 January 1915.
Diwas
10-Jan World Hindi Day to commemorate first anniversary of World Hindi Conference प्रथम
विश्ि हिन्दी सम्मेलन 10 जनिरी 1975 को नागपुर में आयोजजत
िुआ

11 Jan Lal Bahadur Shastri's Death second Prime Minister of India. He died in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Anniversary after signing a peace treaty to end the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War.
DATE DAY THEME/ REMARK
11- 17 National Road safety week Theme 2022 - “Sadak Suraksha – Jeevan Raksha” .
Jan

12-Jan National Youth Day Theme 2022 – “It's all in the mind”.
(Vivekananda Jayanti)

14-Jan Armed forces veteran day initially called Armistice Day. celebrated to honour the sacrifice
of our veterans in serving the nation.
Field Marshal KM Cariappa, the first Indian Commander-in-Chief
of the Indian Armed Forces retired on 14 January 1953.

14-Jan International Kite Day In Hindi, the festival is known as Uttarayan, while in other
regions of India, it is known as Makar Sankranti.

15-Jan Indian Army Day In recognition of Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa's (then a

Lieutenant General) taking over as the first Commander-in-Chief
of the Indian Army in 1949.
DATE DAY THEME
16 Jan National Startup Day Started in 2022
19-Jan National Disaster Response Force National Disaster Management Authority is the parent body of
(NDRF) Raising Day the NDRF. Located at 12 different locations in the country, there
are 12 NDRF battalions.

23-Jan "Parakram Divas" Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Jayanti

24-Jan National Girl Child Day Started by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and
the Government of India in 2008

24-Jan International Day of Education Theme 2022 - Changing Course, Transforming Education
(National Education Day – 11 November)

25-Jan National Tourism Day Theme 2022 - Rural and Community Centric Tourism

25-Jan National Voters Day Theme 2022 - ‘Making Elections Inclusive, Accessible and
Participative’
to mark the Foundation day of Election Commission of India
(1950)
DATE DAY THEME
26 Jan Veer Bal Diwas marks the day on which Sahibzada Zorawar Singh Ji and Sahibzada Fateh Singh
Ji (younger pair of Sahibzade), sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, attained
martyrdom.
26-Jan International Customs Day Theme - 'Scaling up Customs Digital Transformation by Embracing a
Data Culture and Building a Data Ecosystem’.
The day was instituted by the World Customs Organization (WCO)

27-Jan International Day of Commemoration Theme 2022 - “Memory, Dignity and Justice”.
in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.
Holocaust

30-Jan World Leprosy Eradication Day (Last Theme 2022 - “United for Dignity.”
Sunday of January) Leprosy or Hansen's Disease. World Leprosy Day is celebrated on
Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary.

30-Jan Martyr’s day or Shaheed Divas In 1948, Gandhiji was assassinated by Nathuram Godse. It is also
observed to pay homage to the freedom fighters who laid their lives for
the country's independence.
Which day is observed as ‘Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas’?
• 4 January
• 9 January
• 12 January
• 23 January
‘Parakram Divas’ is observed on:
• 12 January
• 15 January
• 19 January
• 23 January
24 January is observed as:
• International Customs Day
• National Tourism Day
• National Girl Child Day
• National Youth Day
Which day is observed as ‘National Disaster Response Force Raising
Day’?
• 15 January
• 19 January
• 25 January
• 26 January
What was the theme of the ‘National Youth Day’ 2022?
• Memory, Dignity and Justice
• It's all in the mind
• United for Dignity
• Changing Course, Transforming Education
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Books & Authors
Que:Who is the author of the new book titled “Mamata: Beyond 2021”?
Que:कौन “ममता: बियॉन्ड 2021″ नामक नई पुस्तक के लेखक िैं?
Ans: Jayanta Ghosal

• Translated by Arunava Sinha.

• Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister (CM) of

West Bengal and the leader of the Trinamool
Congress (TMC) party.
Que: Who has authored the new book titled “Gandhi’s Assassin: The Making of
Nathuram Godse and His Idea of India”?
Que:'गाांधी’ज असैससन, द मेककांग ऑफ नाथूराम गोडसे एांड हिज आइडडया ऑफ
इांडडया' नामक नई पस्
ु तक ककसने सलखी िै?
Ans: Dhirendra Jha

• The book explores Godse’s relationship with

the organizations that influenced his view
that led to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination.
Que: Who is the author of Ratan Tata’s authorized biography titled ‘Ratan N.
Tata: The Authorized Biography’?
Que: रतन टाटा की अधधकृत जीिनी 'रतन एन टाटा: द ऑथराइज्ड िायोग्राफी'
के लेखक कौन िैं?
Ans: Thomas Matthew
Que: “Indomitable: A Working Woman’s Notes on Life, Work and Leadership” is
the autobiography of ____________________.
Que:‘इांडोमेिल: ए िककिंग िुमन नोट्स ऑन लाइफ, िकक एांड लीडरसिप‘
_____________ की आत्मकथा िै ।
Ans: Arundhati Bhattacharya

• Retired Indian banker and former first-ever

woman Chairperson of the State Bank of
India.
Que:Who is the author of the new biography titled “Bose: The Untold
Story of An Inconvenient Nationalist”?
Que:“िोस: द अनटोल्ड स्टोरी ऑफ एन इनकन्िीननएांट नेिनसलस्ट”
नामक नई जीिनी के लेखक कौन िैं?
Ans: Chandrachur Ghose

The book contains thoughts and opinions of

Subhas Chandra Bose about development of
independent India, communalism, geopolitics
and political ideology.
Que: Who are the authors of the book ‘Legend of Birsa Munda’?
प्रश्नः 'लीजेंड ऑफ बिरसा मांडु ा' पस्
ु तक के लेखक कौन िैं?
Ans: Tuhin A. Sinha & Ankit Verma

• Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari

launched a book
• The book is written by BJP leader and author
Tuhin A. Sinha and co-authored by Ankita
Verma.
• The new book is about the lesser-known
contribution of Birsa Munda to India’s
freedom struggle.
Appointments
 Que: Who has been named as brand ambassador for EaseMyTrip?
Que:ननम्नसलखखत में से ककसे EaseMyTrip के सलए ब्ाांड एांिेसडर के रूप में
नासमत ककया गया िै ?
Ans:Vijay Raaz ,Varun Sharma

• EaseMyTrip founded by Nishant Pitti and

Rikant Pitti in 2008 was started as the
Business-to-Business (B2B) portal and
entered into the business-to-consumer (B2C)
segment in 2011.
Disney BYJU’s Early Learn App:
Neeraj Chopra & PV Sindhu
Uttarakhand State Brand
Ambassador: Rishabh Pant
Que: Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Energy Efficiency
Services Limited (EESL)?
Que:एनजी एकफसिएांसी सविकसेज सलसमटे ड (EESL) के मख् ु य कायककारी अधधकारी के
रूप में ककसे ननयुक्त ककया गया िै ?
Ans: Radhika Jha

• EESL is a joint venture between NTPC, Power Grid,

Power Finance Corp and REC, working to promote
energy efficiency in the country.

• Founded: 2009
• Headquarters: New Delhi
• Chairman: Arun Kumar Mishra
Que: Name the MD & CEO of Equitas Small Finance Bank who has been
reappointed recently.
Que:इजक्िटास स्मॉल फाइनें स िैंक के एमडी और सीईओ का नाम िताइए
जजन्िें िाल िी में कफर से ननयक्
ु त ककया गया िै ।
Ans: Vasudevan PN

• Founded: 2016
• Headquarters: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Tagline: It’s Fun Banking
Que: Who has been appointed as Managing Director and CEO of Jammu &
Kashmir Bank?
Que:जम्मू और कश्मीर िैंक के प्रिांध ननदे िक और सीईओ के रूप में ककसे
ननयक्
ु त ककया गया िै ?
Ans: Baldev Prakash

Other Bank Heads (Extra Facts):

• Bank of Baroda: Sanjiv Chadha
• Bank of India: Atanu Kumar Das
• Central Bank of India: Matam Venkata Rao
• Indian Bank: Shanti Lal Jain
• UCO Bank: Soma Sankara Prasad
• Indian Overseas Bank: Partha Pratim Sengupta
Que: Who took over as the 24th Director General of Indian Coast Guard?
Que: ककसने भारतीय तटरक्षक िल के 24िें मिाननदे िक के रूप में पदभार
ग्रिण ककया?
Ans: Virender Singh Pathania

Other Chiefs and DGS (Extra Facts)

IB- Arvind Kumar

BSF- Pankaj Kumar Singh
CBI (Director) – Subodh Kumar Jaiswal
CISF- Sheel Vardhan Singh
NCC: Gurbirpal Singh
ITBP- Sanjay Arora
NSG– M. A. Ganapathy
NDRF- SN Pradhan
RAW- Samant Goel
Que:Who is the chairman of the Energy Transition Advisory Committee set up by
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to Prepare Energy Transition Roadmap for
India?
Que:भारत के सलए ऊजाक सांक्रमण रोडमैप तैयार करने के सलए पेट्रोसलयम और
प्राकृनतक गैस मांत्रालय द्िारा स्थावपत ऊजाक सांक्रमण सलािकार ससमनत के अध्यक्ष
कौन िैं?
Ans: Tarun Kapoor

• The Government of India has been planning to

come up with an energy transition roadmap for
the oil and gas sector to enhance India’s efforts
to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070.
Que:ONGC has appointed first ever female as the CMD of the company on an interim
basis. Name the new interim CMD?
प्रश्न: ओएनजीसी ने अांतररम आधार पर कांपनी के सीएमडी के रूप में पिली महिला
को ननयुक्त ककया िै । नए अांतररम सीएमडी का नाम िताएां?
Ans: Alka Mittal

• She is the first woman to head the top post at

the Maharatna company. She replaces Subhash
Kumar who superannuated on December 31.

• ONGC Headquarters: New Delhi;

• ONGC Founded: 14 August 1956.

As of January 2022, there are 11 Maharatnas and 13 Navratna Companies in India.

PFC has become the 11th public sector enterprise to get the ‘Maharatna’ status in the country
Que: Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
the Vistara airline?
Que: विस्तारा एयरलाइन के मख्
ु य कायककारी अधधकारी (सीईओ) के रूप में ककसे
ननयुक्त ककया गया िै ?
Ans: Vinod Kannan

• Vistara is a 51:49 joint venture between Tata Sons

Private Limited and Singapore Airlines (SIA). Its
headquarter is based at Gurugram.

• Deepak Rajawat has been elevated to the role of

Vistara’s Chief Commercial Officer.
Que: Who have been appointed as new Executive Directors of
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
Que:भारतीय ररजिक िैंक (RBI) के नए कायककारी ननदे िक के रूप में ककसे
ननयक्
ु त ककया गया िै ?
Ans: Ajay Kumar Choudhary and Deepak Kumar

RBI (Extra Facts):

Governor: Shaktikanta Das
Deputy Governor: Mahesh Kumar Jain
Deputy Governor: M. D. Patra
Deputy Governor: M Rajeshwar Rao
Deputy Governor: T Rabi Sankar
 Que:Who has been appointed as Director General of National Mission for
Clean Ganga (NMCG) under the Ministry of Jal Shakti?
Que:जल िजक्त मांत्रालय के तित स्िच्छ गांगा के सलए राष्ट्ट्रीय समिन (NMCG) के
मिाननदे िक के रूप में ककसे ननयुक्त ककया गया िै ?
Ans: G Asok Kumar

• He succeeded Director-General, Rajiv Ranjan

Mishra.
• He is popularly known as ‘the Rain Man of India’
for his excellent work in rainwater harvesting
under the “Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain”
campaign.

• National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) was

registered as a society in 2011 under the Ministry of Jal
Shakti, towards the purification of River Ganga.
Que: Who has assumed the charge as Secretary in the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Dept of
Drinking Water and Sanitation?
Que:जल िजक्त मांत्रालय, पेयजल और स्िच्छता विभाग में सधिि के रूप में ककसने
पदभार ग्रिण ककया िै ?
Ans:Vini Mahajan
Que: Bank of Baroda (BoB) has appointed which Indian woman cricketer as the
Brand Endorser of the bank?
Que:िैंक ऑफ िडौदा (BoB) ने ककस भारतीय महिला कक्रकेटर को िैंक का ब्ाांड
एांडोसकर ननयुक्त ककया िै ?
Ans: Shafali Verma

• In 2019, at the age of 15, Shafali became the

youngest cricketer to play in a Women’s
Twenty20 International match for India.

• In 2021, she became the 1st Women Cricketer

to Hit 3 Sixes in Test Match.
Que: Who has been elected as the new Secretary General of OPEC, to replace
incumbent head Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo in August 2022?
प्रश्नः अगस्त 2022 में मौजद
ू ा प्रमख
ु मोिम्मद सानस ु ी िरककांडो को िदलने के
सलए ओपेक के नए मिासधिि के रूप में ककसे िन ु ा गया िै ?
Ans: Haitham Al-Ghais

• Haitham Al-Ghais, Kuwaiti candidate will take

charge from August 01 2022, for a period of
three years.

OPEC - Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is an

intergovernmental organization or cartel of 13 countries.
Que: Central government has reappointed whom as Chairman of the
Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP)?
Que:केंद्र सरकार ने ककसे कृवि लागत और मूल्य आयोग (CACP) के
अध्यक्ष के रूप में कफर से ननयक्
ु त ककया िै ?
Ans: Vijay Paul Sharma

• The CACP was established in 1965. It is an

apex advisory body that works under the
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Que: Who has been named as the new Chief Economist of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) to replace Gita Gopinath?
Que:गीता गोपीनाथ की जगि लेने के सलए अांतराकष्ट्ट्रीय मद्र
ु ा कोि (IMF) के नए
मख्
ु य अथकिास्त्री के रूप में ककसे नासमत ककया गया िै ?
Ans: Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

Gita Gopinath is now the First Deputy Managing

Director (FDMD) of the International Monetary Fund
(IMF).
Que: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a separate internal department for
fintech (Financial technology). Who has been appointed as the head of the
department for “FinTech”?
Que:भारतीय ररजिक िैंक (RBI) ने कफनटे क (वित्तीय प्रौद्योधगकी) के सलए एक अलग
आांतररक विभाग की स्थापना की िै । “कफनटे क” के सलए विभाग के प्रमख ु के रूप में
ककसे ननयुक्त ककया गया िै ?
Ans: Ajay Kumar Choudhary

FinTech department was set up on January 4, 2022.

Que:Alikhan Smailov has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of which of
the following country?
Que:अलीखान स्माइलोि को ननम्नसलखखत में से ककस दे ि का नया प्रधान मांत्री
ननयुक्त ककया गया िै ?
Ans: Kazakhstan

• capital: Nur-Sultan, formerly known as Astana

• Currency: Kazakhstani Tenge
Que: Daniel Ortega has been reappointed as the President of which country
recently for 4th straight term?
Que:डेननयल ओटे गा को िाल िी में लगातार िौथे कायककाल के सलए ककस दे ि
के राष्ट्ट्रपनत के रूप में कफर से ननयक्
ु त ककया गया िै ?
Ans: Nicaragua

Nicaragua Capital: Managua

Currency: Nicaraguan cordoba.
Que: Who has been appointed as chairman of the Indian Council of
Historical Research (ICHR)?
Que:ककसे भारतीय ऐनतिाससक अनस ु ांधान पररिद (ICHR) के अध्यक्ष के रूप में
ननयक्
ु त ककया गया िै ?
Ans: Raghuvendra Tanwar

• Founded:27 March 1972

• Headquarters:New Delhi
Ques. Who has been appointed as India’s Chef de Mission for Commonwealth
Games 2022 by Indian Olympic Association (IOA)?
Ques. भारतीय ओलांवपक सांघ (IOA) द्िारा राष्ट्ट्रमांडल खेलों 2022 के सलए भारत
के िेफ डी समिन के रूप में ककसे ननयक्ु त ककया गया िै ?
Ans:Rakesh Anand

The CWG 2022 games will be organized in

Birmingham, the United Kingdom from July 28
to August 8, 2022
Who has been appointed as India’s Chef de Mission for Asian Games 2022?
ककसे एसियाई खेलों 2022 के सलए भारत का िेफ डी समिन ननयुक्त ककया गया िै ?
Ans: Bhupender Singh Bajwa

Asian Games 2022 will be organized in

Hangzhou, China from September 10 to 25,
2022.
Que:Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Apparel Export
Promotion Council (AEPC)?
प्रश्नः पररधान ननयाकत सांिधकन पररिद (AEPC) के नए अध्यक्ष के रूप में
ककसे ननयुक्त ककया गया िै ?
Ans: Narendra Goenka

• AEPC is the official body of apparel exporters

in India, under the aegis of Ministry of
Textiles.
Que:Name the Prime Minister of Barbados who has been sworn in for a second
straight term in office in January 2022?
प्रश्न: िारिाडोस के प्रधान मांत्री का नाम िताइए, जजन्िोंने जनिरी 2022 में
लगातार दस ू रे कायककाल के सलए िपथ ली िै ?
Ans:Mia Mottley

• Mottley is serving as the Prime Minister of

Barbados since 2018.
• Mottley is the first woman prime minister of
the country as well as first PM under a
republic system.

Capital: Bridgetown
Currency: Barbados dollar
Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel appointed Vice President of
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Headquarters: Beijing, China
Membership: 104 Members
Formation: 16 January 2016
Region served: Asia and Oceania

Vinay Kumar Tripathi appointed as new

chairman-cum-CEO of Railway Board
Chinese diplomat Zhang Ming takes over as new Secretary-
General of SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization)

Zhang has taken charge from Vladimir Norov,

former Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan from
January 1 for a three-year term.
Dileep Sanghani elected as Chairman of IFFCO
(Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative)

S Somanath appointed as new Chairman

of ISRO, succeeds K Sivan
Bureaucrat Vikram Dev Dutt appointed new CMD of Air
India

• last year Centre had accepted Tata Sons bid of Rs 18,000 crore to acquire 100
per cent of the debt-laden state-run airline.
Anupam Ray appointed as India’s new permanent
representative at UN Conference on
Disarmament

CP Goyal appointed Director-General of Forests &

Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest
and Climate Change
Awards
President approves 384 Gallantry Awards and other defence
decorations to Armed Forces personnel on Republic Day

• Ashok Chakra to Assistant Sub

Inspector Babu Ram of the Jammu
and Kashmir Police (posthumous)
• Ashok Chakra is the country’s
highest peace-time gallantry award.
President approves conferment of Jeevan Raksha
Padak Series of Awards-2021
Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards - 2021 has been
conferred to 51 persons
• Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak (6)
• Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak (16)
• Jeevan Raksha Padak (29)

The award (Established in 1961) is given to a person for saving

someone’s life, in cases like drowning in water, accidents, fire incidents,
electrocution, natural calamities, rescue operation in mines etc.
Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak Awardees

Shri Sarath R. R. (Posthumous), Kerala

Shri Jatin Kumar(Posthumous), Uttar Pradesh

Shri Ramavtar Godara (Posthumous), Rajasthan

Shri Gyan Chand (Posthumous), Ministry of Railways

Shri Amit Kumar Bhowal (Posthumous), West Bengal

Shri Anil Kumar, Ministry of Railways

Que: How many children were honoured with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal
Puraskar 2022?
प्रश्न: ककतने िच्िों को प्रधानमांत्री राष्ट्ट्रीय िाल परु स्कार 2022 से सम्माननत ककया
गया?
Ans:29 (under Bal Shakti Puraskar category)

• instituted in 1996 to give recognition to children with

exceptional abilities and outstanding achievements in
the fields of innovation, scholastic achievements, social
service, art & culture, sports and bravery.

• These winners include 15 Boys and 14 Girls,

belonging to 21 States and UTs.
Tamil film Koozhangal (Pebbles) gets Best Film award at
Dhaka International Film Festival

• It’s a Tamil-language drama directed by director PS Vinothraj

Que: Professor Vinod Sharma has been honoured with Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda
Prabandhan Puraskar for the year 2022 in the Individual category. Name the winner
of the award in the Institutional category for 2022?
प्रश्नः प्रोफेसर विनोद िमाक को व्यजक्तगत िगक में ििक 2022 के सलए सुभाि िांद्र िोस
आपदा प्रिांधन परु स्कार से सम्माननत ककया गया िै । 2022 के सलए सांस्थागत श्रेणी
में पुरस्कार के विजेता का नाम िताएां?
Ans: Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management
Que:Which of these leaders has been conferred with the Netaji Award 2022 by the
Netaji Research Bureau, Kolkata?
प्रश्नः इनमें से ककस नेता को नेताजी अनुसांधान ब्यूरो द्िारा नेताजी पुरस्कार 2022 से
सम्माननत ककया गया िै ?
Ans: Shinzo Abe (former Japanese Prime Minister )
Que:Which Indian actor has recently won the International Association of
Working Women Award at the DC South Asian Film Festival (DCSAFF) 2021?
प्रश्नः ककस भारतीय असभनेता ने िाल िी में डीसी साउथ एसियन कफल्म फेजस्टिल
(डीसीएसएएफएफ) 2021 में इांटरनेिनल एसोससएिन ऑफ िककिंग िम ु न अिाडक जीता
िै ?
Ans: Sushmita Sen

• For her show ‘Aarya 2’, created by Ram Madhvani

• The DC South Asian Film Festival (DCSAFF) 2021 was

organised virtually from January 16 to January 30,
to showcase the best in alternative cinema from
India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal,
Bhutan, Tibet, and Sri Lanka.
Que: Who has recently become India’s first UN Development Programme
(UNDP) Youth Climate Champion?
प्रश्नः कौन िाल िी में भारत का पिला सांयुक्त राष्ट्ट्र विकास कायकक्रम
(यए ू नडीपी) यि
ु ा जलिायु िैंवपयन िना िै ?
Ans: Prajakta Koli

• She is a content creator on various online platforms

like youtube, Instagram, etc.
• She has been conferred the title for her
contribution towards mental health, women’s rights
and girl child education through various global
social campaigns.
• She is also the global ambassador for YouTube’s
‘Creators For Change’ initiative.
Que: Who has achieved the first-ever Guinness World Record in Numerology and
the first world record of 2022?
Que:ककसने अांक ज्योनति में पिली िार धगनीज िल्डक ररकॉडक और 2022 का पिला
विश्ि ररकॉडक िाससल ककया िै?
Ans: JC Chaudhry

• for educating around 6000 participants from the United

States, the United Kingdom, Middle East, and India.
• The Guinness World Record London office has opened a
new category, “Numerology” for this achievement.
• The initiative was organised by CNPL (Chaudhry
Nummero Pvt Ltd) and the Indian Institute of
Numerology to create awareness regarding numerology,
which is prevalent across ancient cultures like Greece,
Egypt, China and India.
Que: Name the Lavni artist who has won gold medal at the International Folk Art
Festival in Dubai.
Que: दिु ई में अांतराकष्ट्ट्रीय लोक कला मिोत्सि में स्िणक पदक जीतने िाली लािणी
कलाकार का नाम िताइए।
Ans: Sumit Bhale

• Lavani is a genre of music popular in

Maharashtra and is a combination
of traditional song and dance,
which is particularly performed to
the beats of Dholki.
FIFA Best Men’s & Women’s Player Award

• Poland's Robert Lewandowski won the Best FIFA Men's Player

Award on January 17, 2022.
• This is the second consecutive time that Lewandowski has won
the award.

• Spain's Alexia Putellas won the Best FIFA Women's

Player award.
Que: Which bank has been adjudged as the ‘Best Private Bank in India’ at
the Global Private Banking Awards 2021, by Professional Wealth
Management (PWM)?
Que:प्रोफेिनल िेल्थ मैनेजमें ट (PWM) द्िारा ग्लोिल प्राइिेट िैंककांग अिार्डकस
2021 में ककस िैंक को 'भारत में सिकश्रेष्ट्ठ ननजी िैंक' के रूप में िुना गया
िै ?

• The PWM is a magazine published by the

Financial Times, the world’s leading global
business publication.
National Startup Awards 2021
• Shri Piyush Goyal addresses the National Startup Awards 2021 ceremony (second
edition )
• 46 Startups announced winners of the National Startup Awards 2021 along with 1
incubator and 1 accelerator
Que: Who have been awarded with 12th Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award 2022?
Que: ककसे 12िें भारत रत्न डॉ अम्िेडकर परु स्कार 2022 से सम्माननत ककया गया िै ?
Ans: Dr. Vijay Kedia (MD of Kedia Securities) and
Harshali Malhotra (Bajrangi Bhaijan fame actress
Que:Which state bagged the best state award in the 3rd National Water Awards
2020 by the Ministry of Jal Shakti?
प्रश्नः जल िजक्त मांत्रालय द्िारा ििक 2020 के तीसरे राष्ट्ट्रीय जल परु स्कार में ककस
राज्य को सिकश्रेष्ट्ठ राज्य का पुरस्कार समला िै ?
Ans: Uttar Pradesh

• It is followed by Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu

respectively.
• The National Water Award was launched in
2018 to recognise and motivate individuals
and organizations doing exemplary work in
the field of water resources management.

Cabinet Minister: Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Golden Globe Awards 2022

• The 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards are announced by the Hollywood
Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for excellence in Film and Television.

• Best Motion Picture – Drama:

The Power of the Dog
• Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama:
Nicole Kidman for Being the Ricardos
• Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:
Will Smith for King Richard
• Best Director – Motion Picture:
Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog
Que: Who has received Dr Subhas Mukherjee Award from ICMR in recognition
for his outstanding contribution to the field of in-vitro fertilization (IVF)?
Que:इन–विट्रो फहटक लाइजेिन (आईिीएफ) के क्षेत्र में उनके उत्कृष्ट्ट योगदान के
सलए आईसीएमआर से डॉ सभ ु ाि मख ु जी परु स्कार ककसे समला िै ?
Ans: Satish Adiga

• Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Que:Who has won Ramnath Goenka Award in Photo journalism category?
Que:फोटो पत्रकाररता श्रेणी में रामनाथ गोयनका पुरस्कार ककसने जीता िै ?
Ans: Zishaan A Latif

• He documented the plight of people who were

dropped from the National Register of Citizens
(NRC) and put a face to an untold human story.

First awarded: 2006; 16 years ago

Awarded for: To recognise courage and commitment and showcase the
outstanding contributions of journalists from across the country
Presented by: Indian Express Group
Que: Name the person who has been awarded ‘Journalist of the Year’ award
for 2020 (RedInk Award 2020) by the Mumbai Press Club?
Que:उस व्यजक्त का नाम िताइए जजसे मांिु ई प्रेस क्लि द्िारा 2020 (रे डइांक अिाडक 2020) के
सलए ‘जनकसलस्ट ऑफ द ईयर‘ पुरस्कार से सम्माननत ककया गया िै ?
Ans:Danish Siddiqui (posthumously)

• Senior journalist Prem Shankar Jha bestowed

with the lifetime achievement award.

RedInk Awards for Excellence in Indian

Journalism was presented by CJI N V Ramana
virtually
Sahitya Akademi Awards 2021 in 20 languages

• Namita Gokhale (English novel) 'Things to Leave Behind’

• Daya Prakash Sinha (Hindi) नाटक ‘सम्राट अिोक’
Padma award 2022
• In 2022, the President has approved conferment of 128 Padma Awards
including 2 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list
below.
• 4 Padma Vibhushan
• 17 Padma Bhushan
• 107 Padma Shri Awards
• 34 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the
category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 Posthumous awardees.
Padma Vibhushan (4)
Name Field State/Country
Ms. Prabha Atre Art Maharashtra
Shri Radheyshyam Khemka Literature and
U.P.
(Posthumous) Education
General Bipin Rawat
Civil Service Uttarakhand
(Posthumous)

Shri Kalyan Singh (Posthumous) Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh

 Padma Bhushan (17)
Name Field State/Country
Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad Public Affairs Jammu and Kashmir
Shri Victor Banerjee Art West Bengal
Ms. Gurmeet Bawa
Art Punjab
(Posthumous)
Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Public Affairs West Bengal
Shri Natarajan Chandrasekaran Trade and Industry Maharashtra
Shri Krishna Ella and
Trade and Industry Telangana
Smt. Suchitra Ella* (Duo)
Ms. Madhur Jaffery Others-Culinary USA
Shri Devendra Jhajharia Sports Rajasthan
Padma Bhushan (17)
Name Field State/Country
Shri Rashid Khan Art Uttar Pradesh

Shri Rajiv Mehrishi Civil Service Rajasthan

Shri Satya Narayana Nadella Trade and Industry USA

Shri Sundararajan Pichai Trade and Industry USA

Shri Cyrus Poonawalla Trade and Industry Maharashtra

Shri Sanjaya Rajaram (Posthumous) Sci and Engg Mexico

Ms. Pratibha Ray Literature and Education Odisha

Swami Sachidanand Literature and Education Gujarat

Shri Vashishth Tripathi Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh

Obituaries
Legendary Kathak dancer Pandit Birju Maharaj passes away at 83

• He was an exponent of the Lucknow Kalka- Bindadin

Gharana of Kathak dance in India.
• Birju Maharaj's father and guru Achhan Maharaj

Awards
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Padma Vibhushan
Kalidas Samman
Lata Mangeshkar Puraskar
Sangam Kala Award
Andhra Ratna
National Nritya Shiromani Award
Que: Padma Bhushan awardee HPS Ahluwalia passed away recently. He was
a/an __________________________.
Que: पद्म भि
ू ण परु स्कार से सम्माननत एिपीएस अिलि
ू ासलया का िाल िी में ननधन
िो गया। िि एक ___________________ थे।
Ans: Mountaineer

Major Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia - one of six Indian men

to climb Mount Everest (1965).

Awards - Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, Arjuna Award,

Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award.
Padma Shri awardee Shanti Devi who has passed away at the age of 88 was a social
activist from which state?
पद्म श्री से सम्माननत िाांनत दे िी जजनका 88 ििक की आयु में ननधन िो गया, ककस
राज्य की सामाजजक कायककताक थीां?
Ans: Odisha

• Also called as Lugdi Devi.

• She was known for restoring peace in the
Maoist-affected areas in Odisha.
• Shanti Devi received the prestigious Padma
Shri award from President Ram Nath Kovind on
November 9, 2021.
Que: What was the profession of Padma Shri awardee Narayan Debnath
who has passed away recently?
प्रश्नः पद्म श्री से सम्माननत नारायण दे िनाथ, जजनका िाल िी में ननधन िो गया,
का पेिा क्या था?
Ans: Comic artist

➢ He holds the record of longest running comics by an

individual artiste for ‘Handa Bhonda’ comics series
which completed its continuous 60 years of running.

➢ In 2021, Debnath was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth

highest civilian award in India.
 Que:The famous Indian tigress popularly known as ‘Collarwali’ recently
passed away at which Tiger Reserve?
प्रश्नः 'कॉलरिाली' के नाम से प्रससद्ध प्रससद्ध भारतीय िानघन का िाल िी
में ककस टाइगर ररजिक में ननधन िो गया?
Ans: Pench Tiger Reserve, MP

• India’s “Supermom” tigress, ‘Collarwali’ was known

for giving birth to 29 cubs during her lifetime, which
is believed to be a world record.
• The official name given by the forest department
was T-15

• 53rd Tiger Reserve of India - Guru Ghasidas National Park of Chhattisgarh

• 52nd Tiger Reserve in India - Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary (Rajasthan)
Que: Name the Padma Shri awardee theatre personality who has passed away
recently.
Que:पद्म श्री पुरस्कार विजेता धथएटर व्यजक्तत्ि का नाम िताइए, जजनका िाल िी
में ननधन िो गया।
Ans:Saoli Mitra

• Sangeet Natak Akademi in 2003

• Padma Shri in 2009 in arts.
• West Bengal also conferred the Banga
Bibhushan award on her in 2012.
Kathakali dancer Milena Salvini dies; awarded Padma Shri in 2019
• Ms. Milena Salvini will be remembered for her
passion towards Indian culture. She made numerous
efforts to further popularise Kathakali across France,"
Modi tweeted.

Que: A veteran journalist Kamal Khan passed away at the age of 61 on January
14, 2022. He worked with which media channel?
Que: एक अनुभिी पत्रकार कमाल खान का 61 ििक की आयु में 14 जनिरी, 2022
को ननधन िो गया। उन्िोंने ककस मीडडया िैनल के साथ काम ककया?
Ans: NDTV
Kamal Khan was a recipient of The Ramnath
Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award
Que:Ramachandran Nagaswamy, who has passed away recently was one of the renowned
__________ of Tamil Nadu
प्रश्न: रामिांद्रन नागास्िामी, जजनका िाल िी में ननधन िो गया, तसमलनाडु के प्रससद्ध
__________ में से एक थे
Ans: Archaeologist

• He first director of Tamil Nadu government’s

Department of Archaeology.
• Nagaswamy was known for his work on temple
inscriptions and art history of Tamil Nadu.
• In 2018, Nagaswamy was conferred with the
Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian
award.
Que: Padma Shri awardee Sindhutai Sapkal who has passed away
recently was a ____________
प्रश्न: पद्म श्री पुरस्कार से सम्माननत ससांधत
ु ाई सपकाल जजनका िाल िी में ननधन
िो गया, एक ____________ थीां
Ans: Social Worker

• She was referred to ‘Mother of Orphans’.

• She was from Maharashtra. A biopic on her

life titled “Mee Sindhutai Sapkal“ was
released in the year 2010.
Que: Legendary Indian sportsperson Subhas Bhowmick has passed away
recently at the age of 72. He was associated with which sports?
Que:मिान भारतीय खखलाडी सुभाि भौसमक का िाल िी में 72 ििक की आयु में
ननधन िो गया। िि ककस खेल से जड ु े थे?
Ans: Football

• He was part of the Indian Football team that

won a bronze medal at the 1970 Asian
Games (held in Bangkok).

• He had also served as the coach for football

teams like Mohun Bagan and East Bengal.
Que:Name the first Black actor to win the best actor Oscars award, who has
passed away recently?
प्रश्नः सिकश्रेष्ट्ठ असभनेता का ऑस्कर परु स्कार जीतने िाले पिले अश्िेत
असभनेता का नाम िताइए, जजनका िाल िी में ननधन िो गया?
Ans: Sidney Poitier

• Poitier won the Academy Award for best lead

performance in 1964 for his film Lilies of the
Field.
Que: Recently, the oldest sloth bear of India passed away aged 40 at Van Vihar
National Park and Zoo of Bhopal. What was the name of the bear?
Que:िाल िी में , भारत के सिसे िज ु क भालू का 40 ििक की आयु में िन वििार
ु ग
राष्ट्ट्रीय उद्यान और भोपाल के धिडडयाघर में ननधन िो गया। भालू का नाम क्या
था?
Ans: Gulabo

• Gulabo was the oldest sloth bear of the country.

She died at the age of 40.

• She was rescued from a street performer

(Madaari) in May 2006, when she was 25 years.
State News
UP: Jhansi Railway Station renamed as Veerangana
Laxmibai Railway Station

Rani Laxmibai was the Maharani consort of the Maratha Princely

State of Jhansi from 1843 to 1853 as the wife of Maharaja
Gangadhar Rao.

Old Name New Name

Faizabad Junction Railway Station Ayodhya Cantt

Allahabad Station Prayagraj Junction Railway Station

Mughalsarai Railway Station Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction

Jhansi Railway Station Veerangana Laxmibai Railway Station

PM laid Foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports
University at Meerut (U.P.)

• This will be the first sports university in Uttar

Pradesh.
• The estimated cost of setting up the
University is about Rs.700 crore.
Que:Which state government slashed Rs 25 per litre on petrol and diesel prices for
two-wheelers owned by the poor?
प्रश्न: ककस राज्य सरकार ने गरीिों के स्िासमत्ि िाले दोपहिया िािनों के सलए पेट्रोल
और डीजल की कीमतों पर 25 रुपये प्रनत लीटर की कटौती की?
Ans: Jharkhand

• The concession will be given for 10 litres of petrol

for every month.
• An amount of Rs 25 per litre would be
transferred to the bank account of poor ration
card holders.

Jharkhand Chief Minister: Hemant Soren

Que: Which state government’s assembly has passed ‘Shakti Criminal Laws’ to
include death penalty as punishment in cases of rape and gangrape?
Que:ककस राज्य सरकार की विधानसभा ने िलात्कार और सामूहिक िलात्कार के
मामलों में मत्ृ यद
ु ां ड को सजा के रूप में िासमल करने के सलए िजक्त आपराधधक
कानून पाररत ककया िै ?
Ans: Maharashtra

• Maharashtra became the second state in India after Andhra

Pradesh (Andhra Pradesh’s Disha Act) to approve death penalty
for heinous offences of rape and gangrape.
Que: Which state is the first state in India to observe ‘Sahibzada Diwas’?
प्रश्न: साहििजादा हदिस मनाने िाला भारत का पिला राज्य कौन सा िै ?
Ans: Uttar Pradesh

• in remembrance of martyrdom of four sons

(Sahibzadas) of Guru Gobind Singh.

• since the year 2020 when chief minister Yogi

Adityanath announced that the sacrifice of the
Sikh Gurus should be part of the school
curriculum.
Highlights of PM Modi visit to Manipur

• PM inaugurated 13 developmental projects valued at

Rs 1858 crore and laid foundation stones for nine more
infrastructure projects worth Rs 2,957 crore in Manipur
(road infrastructure, urban development, drinking water
supply, health, housing, skill development, Information
Technology and art and culture).

• PM inaugurated the Steel Bridge built over the Barak

River on NH-37, to ensure connectivity between Silchar
and Imphal.
• PM laid the foundation stone of a state-of-the-art
cancer hospital in Imphal.

• Projects inaugurated under Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas

Karyakaram for the benefit of the minorities.

• The renovated and refurbished Govindajee Temple at

Imphal inaugurated.

• Manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura Statehood Day: ???

• Chief Minister of Manipur: N. Biren Singh. He became the first-ever BJP CM in Manipur.
Highlights of PM Modi visit to Tripura
• 'HIRA' (H-highways, I- internet way, R-railways, A-airport)
model of development in Tripura.

• PM inaugurated the new Terminal Building of Maharaja

Bir Bikram Airport.

• Mukhyamantri Tripura Gram Sammridhi Yojana

inaugurated, to promote tap water for every
household, housing, Ayushman coverage, insurance • Chief Minister of Tripura:
cover, etc. Biplab Kumar Deb (BJP)

• Tripura will also receive the Project Mission 100 of

Vidyajyoti Schools.
Que:Which state has the highest number of villages as ODF plus under the Swachh
Bharat Mission (Gramin) phase II programme?
प्रश्न: स्िच्छ भारत समिन (ग्रामीण) िरण II कायकक्रम के तित ककस राज्य में
ओडीएफ प्लस के रूप में सिसे अधधक गाांि िैं?
Ans: Telangana (96.74%)

• The phase -2 of SBM was announced by

Prime Minister Modi in February, 2020.
• The phase -1 concluded in October 2019 with
grand declaration of the Nation as Open
Defecation Free.
• The Phase -2 emphasizes upon the
sustainability of achievements under phase - • Founded: 2 June 2014
1 and to provide adequate facilities for • Governor: Tamilisai Soundararajan
Solid/Liquid & plastic waste management in • Capital: Hyderabad
rural India. • CM: K. Chandrashekar Rao
Que: Which state has become the first LPG (Liquefied petroleum gas)
enabled and smoke free Indian state?
Que:कौन सा राज्य पिला एलपीजी (तरलीकृत पेट्रोसलयम गैस) सक्षम और धम्र ू पान
मक्
ु त भारतीय राज्य िन गया िै ?
Ans: Himachal Pradesh

This success is backed by the Central Government’s

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) scheme and
HP Government’s Mukhya Mantri Grihini Suvidha
Yojana (GSY).

• Capital: Shimla (Summer),

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana was launched by PM
Narendra Modi on 1 May 2016 to distribute 50
million LPG connections to women of Below Poverty
Line families.
Dharamshala (Winter)
• Governor: Rajendra Arlekar
• Chief Minister: Jai Ram Thakur
Que: Azure Power Global has commissioned a 600 MWs Interstate
Transmission System (ISTS) connected solar project allocated by Solar
Energy Corporation of India (SECI) in which state?
Que: Azure Power Global ने ककस राज्य में भारतीय सौर ऊजाक ननगम (SECI)
द्िारा आिांहटत 600 मेगािाट की अांतरराज्यीय पारे िण प्रणाली (ISTS) से जड
ु ी सौर
पररयोजना िुरू की िै ?
Ans: Rajasthan (Bikaner)

• This is the largest solar power project in

India, owned and operated at a single
location by any developer.

Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI):

Established: 20th September 2011

Headquarters: New Delhi, Delhi
Chairman: Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi
Managing Director: Suman Sharma
Que: Which state has declared a child marriage free district, the first in the
State?
प्रश्न: ककस राज्य ने िाल वििाि मुक्त जजला घोवित ककया िै , जो राज्य में पिला
िै ?
Ans: Odisha (Ganjam district)

• Result of a programme Nirbhaya Kadhi

(Fearless bud).

• The administration also made the production of

Aadhaar cards mandatory for any marriages to
take place.
Que:Which state/UT has recognised Takht Damdama Sahib, as the fifth Takht of
Sikhs?
Que:ककस राज्य/केंद्र िाससत प्रदे ि ने तख्त दमदमा साहिि को ससखों के पाांििें
तख्त के रूप में मान्यता दी?
Ans: Delhi

• Delhi Assembly passed an amendment Bill to the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara

Act, 1971, to recognise Takht Damdama Sahib as the fifth Takht of
Sikhs.
• A Takht, or a throne, is a seat of temporal authority for Sikhs. There
are five Sikh Takhts, three in Punjab and one each in Maharashtra and
Bihar.
Que: Which state’s Chief Minister has launched the UNNATI portal, website
and the mobile application of the State’s Industrial Development Corporation
Limited?
Que: ककस राज्य के मख् ु यमांत्री ने राज्य के औद्योधगक विकास ननगम सलसमटे ड का
“उन्ननत” पोटक ल, िेिसाइट और मोिाइल एजप्लकेिन लॉन्ि ककया िै ?
Ans: Himachal Pradesh

• The UNNATI portal will allow the user to work in collaboration with
others and focus on individual projects.
Que: Which state celebrates Losoong (Namsoong) Festival?
Que:कौन सा राज्य लोसूांग (नामसूांग) मिोत्सि मनाता िै ?
Ans: Sikkim

• Sikkimese New Year festival and carnival which

celebrates the end of the annual harvest season
• primarily celebrated by Bhutia and Lepcha tribes in
India, Bhutan and Nepal.
• Losoong is also known as Sonam Losoong by the
Bhutias and Namsoong among the Lepchas

• Sikkim is called the first organic state.

Capital: Gangtok
• Sikkim has the largest area for Cardamom production Governor: Ganga Prasad
and also it is the highest producer of large cardamom Chief minister: Prem Singh Tamang
in India.
Que:____________ Arts and Crafts Village Organization was awarded with the
‘International Craft Award for 2021’ for the best craft village in the world by the
World Crafts Council International.
Que:_________ कला और सिल्प ग्राम सांगठन को विश्ि सिल्प पररिद इांटरनेिनल
द्िारा दनु नया के सिकश्रेष्ट्ठ सिल्प गाांि के सलए ‘2021 के सलए अांतराकष्ट्ट्रीय सिल्प
परु स्कार‘ से सम्माननत ककया गया।
Ans: Kerala

• Dalavayi Kullayappa (India) shared Craft Persons of the Year

Que: The Indian Railways has renamed Kevadiya railway station as____________
Que:भारतीय रे लिे ने केिडडया रे लिे स्टे िन का नाम िदलकर _________ कर
हदया िै
Ans: Ekta Nagar railway station

• The Statue of Unity’s Kevadiya railway station

falls under the Vadodara division.
Que: Which state’s Forest Department has launched first of its kind mobile app
named ‘Urban Forest Parks’?
Que: ककस राज्य के िन विभाग ने ‘अिकन फॉरे स्ट पाकक‘ नाम से अपनी तरि का
पिला मोिाइल ऐप लॉन्ि ककया िै ?
Ans: Telangana

• ‘Urban Forest Parks’ that gives all information about theme based
Urban Forest Parks and facilitates the visitors to plan their visits and
journey.
Que: Which Indian airport has been ranked 8th in global list for on-time
performance?
Que: समय पर प्रदिकन के सलए ककस भारतीय ििाई अर्डडे को िैजश्िक सि
ू ी में
8िाां स्थान हदया गया िै?
Ans: Chennai International Airport

• among large international airports Rank Airports

globally for 2021 by Cirium — a provider
Miami Airport (United States
of aviation data to the travel, finance, 1st
)
aerospace and aviation industries.
2nd Fukuoka Airport (Japan)
• It is the only Indian airport ranked in the
top 10. 3rd Haneda Airport ( Japan)
Ques: Which becomes the first State /UT to achieve 100% COVID
vaccination for children in the age group of 15 to 18 years?
प्रश्न: 15 से 18 ििक के आयु िगक के िच्िों के सलए 100% COVID टीकाकरण प्राप्त
करने िाला पिला राज्य / केंद्र िाससत प्रदे ि कौन िन गया िै?

Ans. Lakshadweep
 Que: The 18th edition of the Kachai Lemon Festival was recently held in
which state?
Que: किाई लेमन फेजस्टिल का 18िाां सांस्करण िाल िी में ककस राज्य में
आयोजजत ककया गया?

• an annual festival organised in Manipur to

promote its unique lemon fruit and
encourage the lemon farmers.
• The theme of the two-day long festival was
‘Organic Kachai Lemon for Safe Environment
and Rural Transformation’.

Kachai Lemon of Manipur is accorded Geographical Indication (GI) registration tag

as it is a rich source of ascorbic acid and famous for its juice content.
It is widely grown in the Kachai Village of Ukhrul district.
Que: Which state has finished first out of 26 states and union territories in the
‘IndiaSkills 2021’ national competition?
Que: ककस राज्य ने ‘इांडडयाजस्कल्स 2021‘ राष्ट्ट्रीय प्रनतयोधगता में 26 राज्यों
और केंद्र िाससत प्रदे िों में से पिला स्थान िाससल ककया िै ?
Ans: Odisha (with 51 medals)

• the country’s biggest skill competition

• organised by National Skill Development Corporation under the
guidance of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
• Maharashtra stood second (With 30 medals), while Kerala took
third place (with 25 medals).
• The winners of the India Skills 2021 competition will get the
opportunity to compete in the World Skills International
Competition in Shanghai, China, in October 2022.
• ‘Magh Mela-2022’ is an annual religious fair held in which state?
• 'माघ मेला-2022' ककस राज्य में आयोजजत िोने िाला िाविकक
धासमकक मेला िै ?
• Ans: Uttar Pradesh

The 47-day annual religious fair ‘Magh Mela-

2022’ has been inaugurated with thousands of
pilgrims taking holy dip on the banks of the
Sangam in Prayagraj.
• Hydrophis gracilis, a rare sea snake, has been spotted in which state/UT?
• िाइड्रोकफस ग्रैसससलस, एक दल ु भक समुद्री साांप, ककस राज्य/केंद्र िाससत प्रदे ि
में दे खा गया िै ?
• Ans: Kerala

During a water bird census, an uncommon sea

snake was spotted by a team of bird watchers.

Hydrophis gracilis, the small-headed sea snake,

was spotted at the Perumathura coast in
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
• Which state has announced to launch an employment mission called
the ‘Rojgar Mission’ to create 15 lakh job opportunities in the state in
the next five years?
• ककस राज्य ने अगले पाांि ििों में राज्य में 15 लाख रोजगार के अिसर
पैदा करने के सलए “रोजगार समिन” िरू ु करने की घोिणा की िै ?
• Ans: Chhattisgarh

The mission will leverage experts from IITs, IIITs, IIMs.

The chief minister Bhupesh Baghel is the chairman of

the implementing committee.

Capital: Raipur
Governor: Anusuiya Uikey
• Que: Which state government has launched Mana Ooru Mana Badi
programme?
• Que: ककस राज्य सरकार ने मन ऊरु मन िडी कायकक्रम िुरू ककया िै ?
• Ans: Telangana

• To create school infrastructure in the state.

• at a cost of Rs 7,289 crores.
• More than 19.84 lakh children are to benefit from the
programme.

on 2nd June 2014 when Telangana was inaugurated

as a separate State and Sri K Chandrashekhar Rao • Capital: Hyderabad
• Governor: Tamilisai Soundararajan
became its first Chief Minister. • Chief minister: K. Chandrashekar Rao
E S L Narasimhan became the first Governor
Que: Haryana state government has partnered with which state to revive the
Saraswati river?
प्रश्नः सरस्िती नदी को पुनजीवित करने के सलए िररयाणा राज्य सरकार ने ककस
राज्य के साथ साझेदारी की िै ?
Ans: Himachal Pradesh

• The MoU was signed in the presence of Haryana CM Manohar Lal

Khattar and Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur in Panchkula

• Under the MoU, the Haryana Government will construct a dam and a
reservoir in Adi Badri area near Yamunanagar district, which is situated
on the border of Himachal Pradesh.

• The cost of the project is estimated at Rs 215.33 crore

• 224 hectare metre water from Som river
that (which starts from Himachal Pradesh &
is a tributary of the Yamuna) — will be
diverted to dam.
• Out of the 224 hectare metre water, 62
hectare metre water will be given to
Himachal Pradesh and the remaining 162
hectare metre water will be used for the
Saraswati river in Haryana throughout
the year.
• The Sarasvati River is a deified river
mentioned in the Rig Veda and later
Vedic and post-Vedic texts. It played an
important role in the Vedic religion.
Que: Which states/UTs has declared Jerri hamlet as its first ‘Milk Village’?
प्रश्नः ककस राज्य/केंद्र िाससत प्रदे ि ने जेरी िै मलेट को अपना पिला 'दध ू गाांि'
घोवित ककया िै ?
Ans: Jammu and Kashmir (Reasi district)

• Lieutenant Governor: Manoj Sinha

• Formation (Union territory): 31 October 2019
Que: Which state government has launched India’s first Animation, Visual
Effects, Gaming, and Comics (AVGC) Center of Excellence (CoE)?
Que:ककस राज्य सरकार ने भारत का पिला एननमेिन, विजुअल इफेक्ट्स,
गेसमांग और कॉसमक्स(AVGC) सेंटर ऑफ एक्सीलेंस (CoE) लॉन्ि ककया िै ?
Ans: Karnataka (in Bengaluru)

• AVGC CoE was launched with pioneering high

technology digital media hub under its Innovate
Karnataka initiative.
• it is also the biggest center in Asia.
• It is funded by Department of Electronics
Information Technology Biotechnology and
Science & Technology.

Chief Minister: Basavaraj S Bommai

Governor: Thawar Chand Gehlot
Que: Which state has got first-of-its-kind State-level bird atlas in India?
Que: ककस राज्य को भारत में अपनी तरि का पिला राज्य स्तरीय पक्षी एटलस
समला िै ?
Ans: Kerala

• Kerala Bird Atlas (KBA) - about the distribution and abundance

of bird species across all major habitats.
• Conducted as a citizen science-driven exercise with over 1000
volunteers of the bird watching community
• KBA accounted for nearly three lakh records of 361 species.
• It is arguably Asia’s largest bird atlas in terms of geographical
extent, sampling effort and species coverage
Kerala Facts:
• Kerala - first state to be declared as “Complete Digital State
• Kocchi is World’s first airport completely powered by solar energy
• Black pepper – 95% of country’s production
• Cardamom – Kerala’s share in the national production is 75% on upland
mainly form Idukki, Wayanad
• The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve was the first biosphere reserve in India
established in the year 1986.

Capital: Thiruvananthapuram
Governor: Arif Mohammad Khan
Chief Minister: Pinarayi Vijayan
• Que:Which state has announced the formation of 13 new districts?
• प्रश्नः ककस राज्य ने 13 नए जजलों के गठन की घोिणा की िै ?
Ans: Andhra Pradesh

• Andhra Pradesh government has announced the formation of 13 new districts

under the AP Districts Formation Act, Section 3(5)

• Governor Biswabhushan Harichandan said the government was proposing to

create 13 more districts in the state with effect from Ugadi, the Telugu New
Year Day, falling on April 2, 2022.

• If implemented, it will bring the total number of districts in the state to 26.
Que: Which state/UT Police has bagged 115 Police Medals for Gallantry (PMG),
out of a total of 189 awarded this year?
Que: ककस राज्य/केंद्र िाससत प्रदे ि की पसु लस ने इस ििक हदए गए कुल 189 पसु लस
पदकों में से 115 पुसलस पदक िीरता (पीएमजी) िाससल ककए िैं?
ans: Jammu and Kashmir

• the highest number from any police force this year,

• followed by CRPF with 30, Chhattisgarh Police with 10, Odisha

Police with 9, and Maharashtra Police with 7.
Defence &
Science-Tech
Que: Which country’s defence company ‘Saab’ has been selected by the Indian Armed Force
for the supply of single-shot anti-armour weapon AT4?
Que: भारतीय सिस्त्र िल द्िारा एकल–िॉट एांटी–आमकर िधथयार AT4 की आपनू तक के सलए
ककस दे ि की रक्षा कांपनी ‘साि‘ का ियन ककया गया िै ?
Ans: Sweden

• AT4 will be used by the Indian Army and the Indian

Air Force.
• AT4 will be operated by a single soldier and its
single-shot system has proven efficacy against
structures landing craft helicopters armoured
vehicles and personnel.

Capital: Stockholm
Currency: Swedish krona
Que:ISRO recently tested an engine that will be used to power India’s first
human-carry rocket under Gaganyaan human space mission. What is the
name of this engine?
प्रश्नः इसरो ने िाल िी में एक ऐसे इांजन का परीक्षण ककया िै जजसका उपयोग गगनयान
मानि अांतररक्ष समिन के तित भारत के पिले मानि ले जाने िाले रॉकेट को िजक्त प्रदान
करने के सलए ककया जाएगा। इस इांजन का नाम क्या िै ?
Ans: Vikas Engine

• This qualification test was conducted by ISRO

at Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu.
• More such tests on Vikas Engine will be
conducted in the future by ISRO.

Scientist S Somanath - Chairman of Indian Space

Research Organisation (ISRO) and Secretary of the
Department of Space (DoS)
• Which Indian navy ship participated in the PASSEX exercises with
Russian navy ships in the Arabian Sea in January 2022?
• जनिरी 2022 में ककस भारतीय नौसेना के जिाज ने अरि सागर में
रूसी नौसेना के जिाजों के साथ PASSEX अभ्यास में भाग सलया?
• Ans: INS Kochi

• The Indian Navy’s indigenously designed and built guided-missile

destroyer, INS Kochi, took part in the exercise.
• PASSEX - Passage Exercise
• A passage exercise is normally undertaken whenever an
opportunity arises, in contrast to pre-planned maritime drills.
Que:What is the theme of Naval Exercise Milan 2022?
प्रश्न: नौसेना अभ्यास समलान 2022 का वििय क्या िै ?
Ans: Camaraderie, Cohesion and Collaboration

• The Indian Navy will host its largest ever biennial

multinational naval exercise Milan in Visakhapatnam in
February 2022.
• India has invited total 46 friendly foreign countries to
participate Exercise Milan.

• The Harbour Phase of Milan 2022 will take place from February 25 till February 28, 2022.
• Sea Phase is planned to be held from March 01 to 04 2022.
• Indian Navy is organizing Ex- Milan biennially since 1995
• So far the exercise has been held at Port Blair but has been shifted to Visakhapatnam in
2022 to offer more space and infrastructure.
Que: ‘Seema Bhawani’ is the name of which team of the Border Security Force
(BSF)?
Que:सीमा सरु क्षा िल (िीएसएफ) की ककस टीम का नाम 'सीमा भिानी' िै ?
Ans: All-women Biker Team

• ‘Seema Bhawani’ is the all-women biker team of the

Border Security Force (BSF). The team showcased their
talent on the Republic Day.
• Seema Bhawani team was formed in the year 2016 and
they participated in the Republic Day parade in 2018,
for the first time.
Que: Which country has inked deal with India to purchase BrahMos Shore-
Based cruise Missile System for its navy?
Que:ककस दे ि ने अपनी नौसेना के सलए ब्ह्मोस िोर-आधाररत क्रूज
समसाइल ससस्टम खरीदने के सलए भारत के साथ समझौता ककया िै ?

• The estimated deal cost is worth $374 million.

• The deal is for the shore based anti-ship variant supersonic cruise
missiles.
• This is the first time India has a deal for exporting a missile which
has been made in India under an Indo-Russian Joint Venture.
• This agreement will give a big boost to India’s defence
manufacturing system.
Que: India has signed the contract to procure AK-203 assault rifles from which country
and how many rifles have been received by the Indian Armed Forces recently?
प्रश्नः भारत ने ककस दे ि से AK-203 असॉल्ट राइफलें खरीदने का अनि ु ांध ककया िै और
िाल िी में भारतीय सिस्त्र िलों को ककतनी राइफलें प्राप्त िुई िैं?
Ans: Russia; 70,000

• Indian Armed Forces had placed an order for 670,000 rifles, for
which the contract was signed on December 06, 2021 between
India and Kalashnikov (Russian defense manufacturing unit).

The remaining 600,000 rifles will be manufactured by an Indo-

Russian joint venture company, Indo-Russia Rifles Private Limited
(IRRPL), based at Amethi, Uttar Pradesh under transfer of
technology (ToT) [at Korwa Rifle Factory, Amethi]
Que:The joint maritime exercise Paschim Lehar (XPL-2022) was recently
conducted by which naval command?
प्रश्नः सांयुक्त समद्र
ु ी अभ्यास पजश्िम लिर (XPL-2022) िाल िी में ककस
नौसेना कमान द्िारा आयोजजत ककया गया था?
Ans: Western Naval Command

• to enhance Inter-Service synergy among the Indian Navy, IAF, Indian

Army and Coast Guard.

• The Western Naval Command (HQ- Mumbai) is one of the three

command–level formations of the Indian Navy.

• Other two are Eastern Naval Command (HQ- Visakhapatnam) and

Southern Naval Command (HQ- Kochi)
Rajasthan: BSF to conducted ‘Operation Sard Hawa’ along
Pak border from Jan 23 to 28

• The BSF conducts "Operation Garam Hawa" in summer

and "Operation Sard Hawa" in winter every year.
HAL signs contract for export of Advanced Light Helicopter to
Mauritius

• Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to export of one

Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH)-MkIII for the Mauritius
Police Force

• The move is also in line with Government’s vision to

boost defence exports to friendly nations.
Que: India has participated in ‘__________’ 2022 exercise at Guam in the
Western Pacific.
Que: भारत ने पजश्िमी प्रिाांत क्षेत्र के गुआम में '__________' 2022 अभ्यास
में भाग सलया िै ।
Ans: Sea Dragon

• The six nations that participated in the exercise

are the United States, Australia, Canada, India,
Japan and South Korea.

• The exercise, primarily focused on anti-

submarine warfare (ASW) training
Que: DRDO has successfully flight tested the final deliverable configuration of the
Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) at a range in Southern India.
MPATGM will be manufactured by _________________________.
Que: रक्षा अनुसांधान और विकास सांगठन (DRDO) ने दक्षक्षणी भारत में एक सीमा पर
मैन पोटे िल एांटी–टैंक गाइडेड समसाइल (MPATGM) के अांनतम वितरण योग्य विन्यास का
सफलतापूिक क परीक्षण ककया िै । MPATGM का ननमाकण ___________________ द्िारा
ककया जाएगा।
Ans: Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL)

It is indigenously developed anti-tank missile low weight (15kg), fire

and forget missile and is launched from a man portable launcher
ICMR approves India-made kit to detect Omicron

• manufactured by Tata Medical and Diagnostics

and is named OmiSure

• The test run time of this kit is 85 minutes. The

result turnaround time, including sample
collection and RNA extraction is 130 minutes.
Two new Covid-19 vaccines:

• India has got two new COVID-19 vaccines-Covovax

& Corbevax

• after they received emergency use authorisation

from Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation
(CDSCO).
CORBEVAX Covid vaccine

• India's first indigenously developed RBD protein (receptor-binding domain)

sub-unit vaccine against COVID-19.
• It will be manufactured by Hyderabad-based firm Biological-E.
• CORBEVAX is the third vaccine developed in India after Bharat Biotech's
Covaxin and SII's Covishield. The Centre has already made an advance booking
to procure 300 million doses of the vaccine at a cost of Rs 1,500 crore.

COVOVAX Covid vaccine

• developed by US drug manufacturer Novavax.
• It will be manufacured in India by Pune-based Serum Institute of India.
• The vaccine has already received emergency use approval from the World Health
Organisation (WHO).
• Which technology platform launched the ‘JagrukVoter’ campaign?
• ककस प्रौद्योधगकी मांि ने 'जागरुक िोटर' असभयान िुरू ककया?
• Ans:Twitter

• ‘JagrukVoter’ campaign, which aims to

empower citizens with right knowledge before
they vote.
• The series of initiatives aims to enhance
engagement of the platform with voters.
• It includes the launch of a customized emoji,
with notification and reminder, to support the
conversation around #AssemblyElections2022.
• Que:Which Indian Naval Ship has participated in the Maritime Partnership
Exercise held between Indian Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force
(JMSDF) in the Bay of Bengal?
• Que:िांगाल की खाडी में भारतीय नौसेना और जापान मैरीटाइम सेल्फ डडफेंस
फोसक (JMSDF) के िीि आयोजजत समद्र ु ी साझेदारी अभ्यास में ककस भारतीय
नौसेना के जिाज ने भाग सलया िै ?
• Ans: INS Kadmatt and INS Shivalik

• Aim: Strengthening bilateral relations, promoting defence

cooperation, enhancing mutual understanding and interoperability,
and sharing best practices between IN and JMSDF.
• Que:The Food-ordering startup Swiggy has gained the status of decacorn, as
it has exceeded the valuation of __________
• प्रश्न: फूड-ऑडकर करने िाले स्टाटक अप जस्िगी ने डेकाकॉनक का दजाक प्राप्त कर
सलया िै , क्योंकक यि __________ के मल् ू याांकन से अधधक िो गया िै ।
• Ans: $10 billion

• A decacorn is a startup with a valuation of more

than $10 billion (1000 crores).
Que: Halodule uninervis, a species of sea grass, is found to have strong activity against
which disease?
प्रश्न: समद्र
ु ी घास की एक प्रजानत िलोदल ु े यन
ू ीनविकस में ककस रोग के प्रनत प्रिल सकक्रयता
पाई जाती िै ?
Ans: Cancer

• It is a species of sea-grass found in the coastal region

near Rameswaram in southern Tamil Nadu.
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from playing the game.
National News
Que:Kalpana Chawla Centre for Research in Space Science & Technology has been
inaugurated in which university?
प्रश्नः कल्पना िािला सेंटर फॉर ररसिक इन स्पेस साइांस एांड टे क्नोलॉजी का उद्घाटन
ककस विश्िविद्यालय में ककया गया िै?
Ans: Chandigarh University

• Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated

• The research centre has been established with the objective of

training students in space science, satellite development and to
meet future challenges in space research
Que: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of a
96.42% stake in _____________________ by Worldone Private Limited.
Que:भारतीय प्रनतस्पधाक आयोग (CCI) ने Worldone Private Limited द्िारा
_____________ में 96.42% हिस्सेदारी के अधधग्रिण को मांजरू ी दे दी िै
Ans: Jindal Power Limited

• Worldone Private Ltd is a private company owned by the Promoter Group of

JSPL
• JSPL is a part of the OP Jindal Group that works in steel, power, mining and
infrastructure sectors.
• The Proposed Combination is notifiable to the CCI under Section 5 (a) of the
Competition Act, 2002.

Competition Commission of India (CCI):

Founded: 14 October 2003

Headquarters: New Delhi
Chairperson: Ashok Kumar Gupta
Que:The Indian Army has established the Quantum Lab at the Military College
of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE), in Military Headquarters of War
(Mhow) in which city?
Que:भारतीय सेना ने ककस ििर में सैन्य मख् ु यालय यद् ु ध (Mhow) में समसलट्री
कॉलेज ऑफ टे लीकम्यनु नकेिन इांजीननयररांग (MCTE) में क्िाांटम लैि की स्थापना
की िै ?
Ans: Indore

Natioanl Parks in MP:

Panna national park
satpura national park
Bandhavgarh national park
Sanjay national park
Madhav national park
Pench national park
Van vihar national park
Fossils national park
PM Modi launches blockchain-based digital degrees at IIT
Kanpur
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launches 100 days
reading campaign ‘Padhe Bharat’

• will focus on children studying in Balvatika to Grade 8.

The reading campaign will be organized for 100 days (14
weeks) starting from January 1, 2022, to April 10, 2022.
• The reading campaign aims to have the participation of
all stakeholders at the national and state level including
children, teachers, parents, community, educational
administrators etc.
• One activity per week per group has been designed with
the focus on making reading enjoyable and build a
lifelong association with the joy of reading.
• The 100 days reading campaign will also focus
on Indian languages including mother
tongue/local/regional languages.
• It is in this regard, February 21 which is
celebrated as International Mother Tongue Day,
has also been integrated with this campaign.
• This day will be celebrated with the activity of
Kahani Padho Apni Bhasa Main (Reading story in
own language) across the country by
encouraging children to read in their mother
tongue/local language. This will help in
promoting the local language and culture of our
society.
India chairs UNSCs Counter-Terrorism Committee for one year
from January 2022

• India has assumed the chairmanship of the

United Nations Security Council’s Counter-
Terrorism Committee for one year, beginning
from January 01, 2022.
• India is chairing this committee after a gap of
10 years.
• Prior to this, India held the chairmanship of
the committee in 2011-12.
1st electric boat built for Kochi Water Metro Project

• The battery-powered water metro boat can

carry 100 passengers.
• The fully air-conditioned boat is among the
23 boats being built by the Cochin Shipyard
for the 747-crore rupee Kochi Water Metro
project.
Que:Who has become the first Indian-origin woman to trek solo to South Pole?
प्रश्नः दक्षक्षण ध्रि
ु की एकल यात्रा करने िाली पिली भारतीय मलू की महिला कौन िनी
िै ?
Ans:Harpreet Chandi

• A 32-year-old Indian-origin British Sikh Army

officer, Captain Harpreet Chandi has created
history by becoming the first woman of colour
to complete a solo unsupported trek to the
South Pole.
Que:Name the world’s first company which has recently hit $3 trillion market cap?
प्रश्न: दनु नया की पिली कांपनी का नाम िताइए, जजसने िाल िी में 3 हट्रसलयन
डॉलर का माकेट कैप िाससल ककया िै?
Ans: Apple

• The market cap of Apple hit $182.86 per share,

which made it the world’s first company to touch
$3 trillion mark.

• The iPhone maker passed $2 trillion (£1.4tn) in

2020 and over $1 trillion (£740,000m) in 2018.
Que:’SMILE’ scheme is to be implemented by which Union Ministry?
प्रश्न: स्माइल' योजना ककस केंद्रीय मांत्रालय द्िारा लागू की जानी िै ?
Ans: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

• SMILE (Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood

and Enterprise) is an umbrella scheme being formulated by
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
• It includes two sub-schemes for the welfare of transgender
persons and persons engaged in begging. The scheme will
include rehabilitation, medical facilities, counselling,
education, skill development and economic linkages.
Que: Ministry of Education has recently announced a new initiative to provide the best-
developed ed-tech solutions and courses to students on a single platform. What is the
name of this solution?
प्रश्न: सिक्षा मांत्रालय ने िाल िी में एक मांि पर छात्रों को सिोत्तम विकससत एड-टे क
समाधान और पाठ्यक्रम प्रदान करने के सलए एक नई पिल की घोिणा की िै । इस
समाधान का नाम क्या िै ?
Ans: NEAT 3.0

• Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched National

Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT 3.0),
and regional language textbooks prescribed by
AICTE, on January 03, 2022.
• NEAT 3.0 aims to provide the best-developed ed-
tech solutions and courses to students on a single
platform
• It is a Public-Private partnership model between the Government (through its
implementing agency AICTE) and the Education Technology companies.
• 58 global and Indian ed-tech startup companies have come together for this
solution and are offering 100 courses and e-resources to enhance learning
outcomes, developing employable skills as well as overcome learning loss.
• Que:Ayush Minster Sarbananda Sonowal has recently laid the
foundation stone for the Heartfulness International Yoga academy at
which place?
• प्रश्नः आयुि मांत्री सिाकनांद सोनोिाल ने िाल िी में ककस स्थान पर िाटक फुलनेस
इांटरनेिनल योग अकादमी की आधारसिला रखी िै?
• Ans:Hyderabad

• Apart from this the academy has therapeutic

Yoga rooms for consultation, one to one training
spaces or small group classes; pre-natal Yoga
rooms; a lecture hall with 200 sitting capacity

• Yoga hall fully equipped for Live online Yoga

Classes; a Yoga library with books from every
Yoga Institutions and access to Yoga research
articles.
• Que:CryptoWire has launched India’s first cryptocurrencies index. How
many cryptocurrencies will be monitored on this platform?
• प्रश्न: कक्रप्टोिायर ने भारत का पिला कक्रप्टोकरें सी इांडक्
े स लॉन्ि ककया िै । इस
प्लेटफॉमक पर ककतनी कक्रप्टोकरें सी की ननगरानी की जाएगी?
• Ans:15

• The global cryptocurrency app CryptoWire has

launched India’s first index of
cryptocurrencies named IC15.
• IC15 is a rule-based broad market index that
will track and measure the performance of the
top 15 widely traded liquid cryptocurrencies
globally, in terms of market capitalization,
listed on leading crypto exchanges of the
world
• The base value of the index is set at 10,000.
• The base date is set at April 01, 2018.
• The index will be maintained, monitored and administered by the
governance committee of CryptoWire, which will rebalance the index
every quarter.
• Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Binance coin, Solana, Cardano,
Ripple, Terra, Dogecoin and Shiba inu will be monitored by the platform.
• Que:‘PM’s Excellence Award’ is being awarded for which sector?
• प्रश्नः 'पीएम एक्सीलें स अिाडक' ककस क्षेत्र के सलए हदया जा रिा िै ?
• Ans:Public Administration

• The Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances

(DARPG) awards the “Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in
Public Administration” since 2006.

• Union Minister Jitendra Singh has recently launched the Web Portal
for PM’s Excellence Award, whose registrations began. The prize
money was doubled this year from 10 lakh rupees to 20 lakh rupees.
Que:Which place has been handpicked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to host
the 25th National Youth Festival?
Que:25िें राष्ट्ट्रीय युिा मिोत्सि की मेजिानी के सलए प्रधान मांत्री नरें द्र मोदी ने
ककस स्थान को िन ु ा िै ?
Ans:Puducherry

• The 25th National Youth Festival is going to be

held in Puducherry from 12th to 16th January
2022. The festival has been organised as part
of the Azadi ki Amrit Mahotsav marking the
75th year of Independence, said Union
Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports and
Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur.
• National Youth Festival started in 1995 as a
major activity under the programme held by
National Integration Camp (NIC).
Que:Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi(IGRUA), which was making news
recently, is located at which state?
Que:इांहदरा गाांधी राष्ट्ट्रीय उडान अकादमी (IGRUA), जो िाल िी में ििाक में रिी,
ककस राज्य में जस्थत िै ?
Ans:Uttar Pradesh

• Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi(IGRUA) was

established by the Government of India in the year
1986 at Fursatganj Airfield. It is located in the state of
Uttar Pradesh.
• IGRUA is an Autonomous Body and it is administered
by a Governing Council under Ministry of Civil
Aviation. During 2021, IGRUA recorded 19000 hours
of flying as against an average yearly flying output of
15000 per year during the previous five years. It also
targets 25000 flying hours in 2022.
Que:On 5th January 2022, the Power Ministry successfully completed 7 years of
distributing and selling LED lights under its flagship UJALA programme. How many LEDs
have been distributed across the country so far (as on 5th January 2022) under UJALA
initiative?
Que:5 जनिरी 2022 को, बिजली मांत्रालय ने अपने प्रमख ु उजाला कायकक्रम के तित
एलईडी लाइटों के वितरण और बिक्री के 7 साल सफलतापूिक क पूरे ककए। उजाला पिल के
तित अि तक (5 जनिरी 2022 तक) दे ि भर में ककतनी एलईडी वितररत की गई िैं?
Ans:36.78 crores

• As on 5th January 2022, 47,778 million (~48 billion)

kilowatt-hour (kWh) per annum energy has been
saved. The demand of 9,565 Megawatt (MW) has
been avoided, along with 386 crore tonnes of
reduction in CO2 emissions.
244 Meri Saheli Teams deployed at major
Railway Stations
• The Railway Protection Force has deployed 244 Meri Saheli teams at major railway
stations in the country in order to provide security to the lady passengers in long-
distance trains, particularly those who are travelling alone.
• As per the Railway Ministry, the Railway Protection Force collects feedbacks from
the women passengers at the end of their journeys to assess the efficacy of the
initiative.
• The ministry also informed that other preventive measures to ensure the security of
the lady passengers such as CCTV system, train escorting and regular drives against
unauthorized passengers in ladies coaches are also being implemented.
• The Railway Protection Force, in 2021, had arrested more than 3000 criminals that
were involved in the offences against the passengers.
Que:PM Modi has recently inaugurated a new campus of Chittaranjan
National Cancer Institute (CNCI) in which city?
प्रश्नः प्रधानमांत्री मोदी ने िाल िी में ककस ििर में धित्तरां जन राष्ट्ट्रीय कैं सर
सांस्थान (सीएनसीआई) के एक नए पररसर का उद्घाटन ककया िै?
Ans:Kolkata

• The new campus has been built at an

estimated cost of over Rs 530 crore.
• Out of this, Rs 400 crores have been provided
by the Union government and remaining by
West Bengal government, in the ratio of
75:25.
• The existing CNCI unit is located at Hazra
More in Kolkata. It was inaugurated on
January 02, 1950.
Que:The 24th National Conference on e-Governance was organised in which
city?
प्रश्नः ई-गिनेंस पर 24िें राष्ट्ट्रीय सम्मेलन का आयोजन ककस ििर में ककया
गया?
Ans:Hyderabad
• The Union Minister of Science and
Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated
the 24th National Conference on e-
Governance in Hyderabad, Telangana on
January 07, 2022.
• The theme of the two-day Conference is
‘India’s Techade: Digital Governance in a Post
Pandemic World’.
Que:Election Commission has hiked the Parliamentary constituencies poll
expenditure limit in January 2022. What is the new expenditure limit for
candidates in bigger states?
प्रश्न: िनु ाि आयोग ने जनिरी 2022 में सांसदीय ननिाकिन क्षेत्रों के िन ु ाि
खिक की सीमा िढा दी िै । िडे राज्यों में उम्मीदिारों के सलए नई व्यय सीमा
क्या िै ?
Ans:Rs 95 lakhs

• The new limits will be applicable in all

upcoming elections in the country.
• The previous major revision in the election
expenditure limit was done in 2014. It was
further increased by 10% in 2020
Parliamentary constituencies poll expenditure ceiling:

• Bigger states (Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal

and Karnataka)- Increased to Rs 95 lakh from previous limit of Rs 70 lakh.
• Smaller states (Goa, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and UTs) – Increased to 75
lakh from previous Rs 54 lakh.
• UT of Jammu and Kashmir has been raised to 95 lakhs.
Assembly constituencies poll expenditure limits:
• Bigger states: Increased to Rs 40 lakh from Rs 28 lakhs
• Smaller states: Increased to Rs 28 lakhs from Rs 20 lakhs
• The Election Commission of India is the election
conducting body. Article 324 of the Indian constitution
envisages the Election Commission of India (ECI).
• The appointment of the chief election commissioner and
other election commissioners shall be made by the
president.
• The Chief Election Commissioner and other election
commissioners hold office for 6 years or till they attain
the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
• They can resign at any time by addressing their
resignation to the president. The president can remove
any of the commissioners following the procedure
provided in the constitution.
Que:India’s first Mobile Honey Processing Van has been launched by KVIC in
which place?
प्रश्नः केिीआईसी द्िारा भारत की पिली मोिाइल िनी प्रोसेससांग िैन का
िभ ु ारां भ ककस स्थान पर ककया गया िै ?
Ans:Ghaziabad

• The Van was inaugurated by Vinai Kumar Saxena, Chairman of Khadi and Village
Industries Commission (KVIC).
• Its has been designed in-house by KVIC at its Multi-disciplinary training centre,
Panjokehra.
• The cost of developing the unit is around Rs 15 lakh.

• India’s first Mobile Honey Processing Van has been launched at Village Sirora in
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh on January 07, 2022 by KVIC.
• It can process about 300 kg of honey in 8 hours.
• The van also has a testing laboratory to instantly examine the quality of honey.
Que:The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has appointed which company as the
service provider for the second phase of the Passport Seva Programme (PSP-
V2.0)?
प्रश्नः विदे ि मांत्रालय (एमईए) ने पासपोटक सेिा कायकक्रम (पीएसपी-िी2.0) के दस
ू रे
िरण के सलए ककस कांपनी को सेिा प्रदाता ननयक् ु त ककया िै?
Ans:Tata Consultancy Services

TCS will be the service provider for the Passport

Seva Project, which it has been for over 10
years.
Que:Centre has approved an MoU with which country for the construction of a
bridge over Mahakali River at Dharchula in Uttarakhand?
प्रश्नः केंद्र ने उत्तराखांड के धारिल
ू ा में मिाकाली नदी पर पल
ु के ननमाकण के
सलए ककस दे ि के साथ समझौता ज्ञापन को मांजरू ी दी िै ?
Ans:Nepal

• The bridge will connect the twin town of

Dharchula in Uttarakhand with Dharchula in
the territory of Nepal.
• The construction of the bridge will be
completed within three years.
• It will strengthen the relationship and further
improve the diplomatic ties between the two
countries.
Que:Name the Indian company which has recently acquired controlling stake
in Mandarin Oriental New York five star hotel?
Que:उस भारतीय कांपनी का नाम िताइए जजसने िाल िी में मांदाररन ओररएांटल
न्यय
ू ॉकक फाइि स्टार िोटल में ननयांत्रण हिस्सेदारी िाससल की िै ?
Ans:Reliance Industries

• RIL through its wholly owned arm Reliance Industrial

Investments and Holdings Limited has acquired the entire
share capital of Cayman Islands-based Columbus Centre
Corporation (Cayman), for an equity value of
approximately $98.15 million(Rs 735 crore).
• Cayman is the parent company of Mandarin Oriental
hotel. It had an indirect ownership of 73.37 percent stake
in the hotel.
Que:As per the latest data by Finance Ministry, what is the approx amount
deposited in bank accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
(PMJDY) scheme as on December-end 2021?
Que:वित्त मांत्रालय के निीनतम आांकडों के अनस
ु ार, हदसांिर-अांत 2021 तक प्रधानमांत्री
जन धन योजना (पीएमजेडीिाई) योजना के तित खोले गए िैंक खातों में जमा की
गई रासि लगभग ककतनी िै ?
Ans:Rs 1.5 lakh crore
• The data revealed that over 44.23 crore accounts have
been opened under the scheme.
• Of this, 34.9 crore accounts were opened with the
public sector banks, 8.05 crore with regional rural
banks, and the remaining 1.28 crore with private sector
banks.
• RuPay Debit Cards were issued to 31.28 crore PMJDY
beneficiaries under this scheme.
Que:Which city has become India’s first city to have a Water Metro Project after the
launch of its first boat in December 2021, namely ‘Muziris’?
Que:हदसांिर 2021 में अपनी पिली नाि, जजसका नाम ‘मजु ़िररस‘ िै , के लॉन्ि के िाद
जल मेट्रो पररयोजना िाला भारत का पिला ििर कौन सा ििर िन गया िै ?
Ans: Kochi

• among the 23 battery-powered electric boats being

manufactured by Cochin Shipyard Limited.
• This launch is a part of Rs 747-crore project which is
operated by Kochi Water Metro Ltd (KWML). The boats
will be called Water Metros.

• Capital: Thiruvananthapuram
• Governor: Arif Mohammad Khan
• Chief minister: Pinarayi Vijayan
Que:Name the mission launched by the Western zone of the Indian Railways to track
lost belongings of passengers
Que:याबत्रयों के खोए िुए सामान को ट्रै क करने के सलए भारतीय रे लिे के पजश्िमी
क्षेत्र द्िारा िरू
ु ककए गए समिन का नाम िताएां?
Ans:Mission Amanat

• Railway Protection Force (RPF)

• This will help the passengers in tracking and
getting back their lost belongings as well as
ensure the safety and security of passengers
and their luggage and belongings.
Que:The government is set to become the single largest shareholder of which
telecom company?
प्रश्नः सरकार ककस दरू सांिार कांपनी की अकेली सिसे िडी िेयरधारक िनने जा
रिी िै ?
Ans:Vodafone Idea

• The Indian government will own a 36 percent

stake in Vodafone Idea, the country's third-
largest wireless phone operator in a new
rescue plan.
• Vodafone Group Plc will own around 28.5
percent stake and Aditya Birla Group will own
about 17.8 percent stake.
Que:India’s first heli-hub has recently been inaugurated in which place, having
all aviation facilities?
Que:भारत के पिले िे ली-िि का िाल िी में ककस स्थान पर उद्घाटन ककया
गया िै , जजसमें सभी विमानन सवु िधाएां िैं?

• The first of its kind heli-hub will have all

facilities at one place for helicopters, such as
heliport, hangars, maintenance of air taxis
and charted helicopters.
• The main purpose of this heli-hub is to put in
place the landing and take-off points for
various helicopter services for the national
capital.
• The first governor of Haryana: Dharma Vira
• First Chief Minister of Haryana: Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (1 Nov 1966 – 23
March 1967)
• Haryana’s longest-serving chief minister: Bansi Lal
• Assembly seats in Haryana:90
• Lok Sabha seats in Haryana: 10
• Rajya Sabha seats in Haryana: 5
• The State animal of Haryana: Blackbuck
• Surajkund International Fair, Faridabad
• Manushi Chhillar became Miss world in 2017. She belongs to the Bamnoli
village of Jhajjar District.
Que:World’s largest Khadi National Flag was put to display to celebrate the “Army
Day” on January 15, 2022 at Longewala in _____________________.
Que:विश्ि का सिसे िडा खादी राष्ट्ट्रीय ध्िज 15 जनिरी, 2022 को
_____________ के लोंगेिाला में “सेना हदिस” मनाने के सलए प्रदसिकत ककया गया
था।
Ans:Jaisalmer

• It was displayed at Longewala, along the India –

Pakistan Border in Jaisalmer. Longewala was the
centre stage of historic battle of 1971 between
India and Pakistan. It will be the fifth public display
of the Khadi flag.
• The Monumental National Flag is 225 feet long and
150 feet wide. It is approximately 1400 kgs in
weight.
POWERGRID signed Joint Development Agreement with
Africa50 to develop Africa’s 1st PPP Transmission Project in
Kenya
• The project involves the development, financing, construction, and operation of
the 400kV Lessos – Loosuk and 220kV Kisumu – Musaga transmission lines under
a PPP framework.
• Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID):

• Founded:23 October 1989

• Headquarters: Gurgaon, Haryana
• CMD: Kandikuppa Sreekant
Currency: Kenyan shilling
President: Uhuru Kenyatta
Official languages: Swahili, English
Maasai Mara Reserve
Govt inaugurates India’s first coal to methanol plant
built by BHEL in Hyderabad

• Union Minister for Heavy Industries Mahendra Nath Pandey on Saturday

dedicated India's first BHEL-built 'coal to methanol' (CTM) pilot plant to the
nation here, as part of the ongoing 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' celebrations
• The 0.25 TPD (tonnes per day) capacity CTM pilot plant that has been
indigenously designed, developed and installed by BHEL is currently producing
methanol with purity of more than 99 per cent from high-ash Indian coal.
• Significantly, this conversion of high-ash Indian coal to methanol through the
gasification route is the first-of-its-kind technology demonstration in India, the
release added.
• What is the theme of the digital WEF’s Davos Agenda 2022 Summit?
• डडजजटल WEF के दािोस एजेंडा 2022 सिखर सम्मेलन का वििय क्या
िै ?
• Ans:The State of the World

• The “Davos Agenda 2022” summit is being held

digitally from January 17 to January 21, 2022,
due to the Covid-19 pandemic..

• India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will

address the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s)
Davos Agenda Summit 2022
• The week-long digital summit will begin with a special address by
Chinese President Xi Jinping.
• The ‘Davos Agenda 2022’ will be the first global platform for Heads of
state and government as well as CEOs and other leaders to share
their visions for 2022 on critical collective challenges and how to
address them.
• This is the second consecutive year that the event is being held
virtually.
• Founded: January 1971
• Founder & Executive Chairman: Klaus Schwab
• Headquarters: Cologny, Switzerland
Republic Day celebrations to begin from
January 23 every year

• The Republic Day celebrations in India will now begin from January
23 every year instead of the 24th. The decision has been taken to
include the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Subhash Chandra
Bose.
• The Birth Anniversary of Subhash Chandra Bose is observed as
Parakram Divas in India.
• Earlier, the Government had also announced to celebrate August 14
as the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day and 31st October as Ekta
Divas National Unity Day.
• During the Republic Day parade, five Rafale will fly over the Rajpath
in the Vinaash formation.

• PRO Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force, Indranil Nandi

informed that the Indian Navy’s MiG29K and P-81 Surveillance
aircraft will fly in Varuna formation.

• Nandi also added that 17 jaguar aircraft will also fly in the shape of
75 to celebrate the Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav. This will be the
grandest flypast to take place over Rajpath with 75 aircraft including
the planes from the Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Navy.
• Que:What amount of capital infusion has been approved by the cabinet in the
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited, (IREDA) in 2022?
• Que:2022 में इांडडयन ररन्यूएिल एनजी डेिलपमें ट एजेंसी सलसमटे ड, (IREDA) में
कैबिनेट द्िारा ककतनी रासि के पांज
ू ी प्रिाि को मांजरू ी दी गई िै ?
• Ans:Rs 1,500 crore

• This infusion will raise the lending capacity

of IREDA to Rs 12,000 crore to the renewable
energy sector.
• The Cabinet has also approved an extension
of tenure of the National Commission for
Safai Karamcharis beyond March 31, 2022,
for three years.
➢This will help in employment generation of nearly 10,200 jobs-year and CO2
equivalent emission reduction of approximately 7.49 Million Tonnes CO2/year, it
said.
➢At COP26 in Glasgow last November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced
India's aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070 and also committed to
achieving 500 GW of installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by
2030.
➢The country has installed electricity generation capacity of 392 GW, constituting
209 GW of coal and 104 GW of renewables.
 PM Modi to host first India-Central Asia Summit
virtually on January 27

• The summit will be held with the participation of

the Presidents of the Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan,
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan.

• Prime Minister Modi had also paid a historic visit to

all the Central-Asian countries in 2015, a year after
winning the Lok Sabha elections. Subsequently,
there have also been exchanges at the high levels at
bilateral and multilateral forums between India and
Central Asia.
Amar Jawan Jyoti to be merged with flame at National
War Memorial in New Delhi on Jan 21

The historic ceremony will be presided over by

the Integrated Defence Staff chief Air Marshal
Balabadhra Radha Krishna who will be merging
the two flames.
Amar Jawan Jyoti
• The India Gate was built by the British in memory of 84,000 Indian Army
soldiers who martyred during World War-I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War
(1919) between 1914-1921. The India Gate has names of the soldiers
inscribed on its surface.
• The Amar Jawan Jyoti was included in the memorial structure in the 1970s
after India's massive victory over Pakistan in 1971, which paved the way for
the creation of Bangladesh.
• The Amar Jawan Jyoti flame was built under the arch of the India Gate by the
Indira Gandhi government in 1972 to honour the 3,843 soldiers who had
martyred in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.
• The flame has been burning for 50 years, ever since it was established.
National War Memorial
• The National War Memorial was built in the India Gate complex by the
Narendra Modi government and inaugurated in February 2019.
• The National War Memorial was built in memory of all the Indian soldiers and
unsung heroes who down their lives for India in different operations starting
from the 1947-48 war with Pakistan.
• The names of 26,466 martyred soldiers are etched on the walls of the
National War Memorial. The names of soldiers who lost their lives in counter-
terrorist operations are also included.
• After its inauguration, all military ceremonial events were shifted from Amar
Jawan Jyoti to the National War Memorial.
PM to unveil 216-foot statue of Ramanujacharya in
Hyderabad on Feb 5

• The statue, described as the 'Statue of

Equality', is located in a 45-acre complex at
Shamshabad on the outskirts of the city.
• Sri Ramanujacharya, an 11th century Bhakti
saint, and a revolutionary social reformer
• The event, along with a 1,035 'yaaga' fire oblation, is said to be the largest in
modern history, and other spiritual activities like mass mantra-chanting are to
be conducted as part of Ramanuja Sahasrabdi ‘Samaroham’.
• It is to celebrate the 1,000th birth anniversary of the saint, it said.
• The Rs 1,000-crore project was funded entirely by donations from devotees
globally.
• The statue is made of 'panchaloha', a mix of five metals - gold, silver, copper,
brass and zinc.
• The complex has identical recreations of 108 Divya Desams, the 108 ornately
carved Vishnu temples mentioned in the works of the Alwars, mystic Tamil
saints.
• The foundation stone for the project was laid in 2014, the release said.
• The 54-foot high base building named ‘Bhadra Vedi’ has dedicated floors for
a Vedic digital library and research centre, ancient Indian texts, a theatre,
an educational gallery and a robust multi-language audio tour detailing
many works of Ramanujacharya.
• President Ram Nath Kovind would unveil the inner chamber of the statue of
Ramanuja on February 13, the release said.
• The outdoor 216-foot statue would be one of the tallest statues in a sitting
posture, it said.
Que:India’s first para-badminton academy has been set up in which city?
प्रश्नः भारत की पिली पैरा-िैडसमांटन अकादमी ककस ििर में स्थावपत की गई िै ?
Ans:Lucknow

• The set up will improve India’s medal prospects

at the 2024 Paralympics to be held in Paris,
France at Stade de France stadium.
• The badminton center has been launched by the
head national coach of Indian para-badminton
team, Gaurav Khanna, in association with Ageas
Federal Life Insurance.
Que:The Azadi Ke Amrit Mahotsav se Swarnim Bharat Ki Ore’programme is a year long
initiatives dedicated to celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav by which organisation?
प्रश्न: आ़िादी के अमत ृ मिोत्सि से स्िखणकम भारत की ओर’कायकक्रम ककस सांगठन
द्िारा आ़िादी का अमत ृ मिोत्सि मनाने के सलए समवपकत एक साल की पिल िै ?
Ans: Brahma Kumaris

• The national level program includes seven year

long initiatives dedicated to celebration of Azadi
Ka Amrit Mahotsav by the Brahma Kumaris.
• More than 30 campaigns and over 15000
programs and events will be conducted under
these initiative by the Brahma Kumaris.
• Which of the following state panchayat is set to become the country’s first
sanitary napkin-free panchayat?
• ननम्नसलखखत में से कौन सी राज्य पांिायत दे ि की पिली सैननटरी नैपककन
मक्
ु त पांिायत िनने के सलए तैयार िै ?
• Ans:Kerala

• Kerala’s Kumbalanghi is set to become the country’s first sanitary

napkin-free panchayat.
• This move is a part of the ‘Avalkayi’ initiative, which is being
implemented in the Ernakulam parliamentary constituency, in
association with the “Thingal Scheme” of HLL Management
Academy’s and Indian Oil Corporation.
• Under this initiative, menstrual cups will be distributed to
women aged 18 and above in Kumbalangi village. 5000
menstrual cups will be distributed under it.
• In the same event, Governor will also declare Kumbalangi village as a model village.
• The model village project is implemented as a part of ‘Pradhan Mantri Sansad Adarsh
Gram Yojana (PM-SAGY)’. A new tourist information centre will also be set up in the
village.
• Kerala Governor: Arif Mohammad Khan
• Kerala Capital: Thiruvananthapuram
• Kerala Chief minister: Pinarayi Vijayan.
Que:Jahnavi Dangeti has become the only Indian to complete the International Air and
Space Program (IASP) at NASA Launch Operations’ Kennedy Space Centre. Jahnavi is
from which state?
प्रश्नः जाह्निी डाांगेती नासा लॉन्ि ऑपरे िांस के कैनेडी स्पेस सेंटर में अांतराकष्ट्ट्रीय िायु
और अांतररक्ष कायकक्रम (आईएएसपी) को परू ा करने िाली एकमात्र भारतीय िन गई िैं।
जाह्निी ककस राज्य से िैं?
Ans:Andhra Pradesh

• Jahnavi was one among only 20 young

people from all over the world selected for
IASP programme.
• Jahnavi, who hails from Palakollu, of West
Godavari, Andhra Pradesh is currently
pursuing her engineering second year from a
private university in Punjab.
Que:India’s First “District Good Governance Index” has been unveiled recently for
districts of which states/UTs?
प्रश्नः भारत का पिला “जजला सि ु ासन सि
ू काांक” िाल िी में ककन राज्यों/केंद्र िाससत
प्रदे िों के जजलों के सलए जारी ककया गया िै ?
Ans:Jammu and Kashmir

The Union Minister of Home and Cooperation

Shri Amit Shah has virtually released India’s
First “District Good Governance Index” for 20
districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu district
has topped the Index.
• The top 5 districts in the District Good Governance Index”
are (1) Jammu, (2) Doda, (3) Samba, (4) Pulwama and (5)
Srinagar.
• This index has been prepared by the Department of
Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) in
collaboration with the Government of Jammu & Kashmir.
• The District Good Governance Index (DGGI) is a framework
document comprising of performance under ten governance
sectors having 58 indicators with 116 data points.

National Parks in J&K and Ladakh:

Dachigam National Park (Srinagar)
Kishtwar National Park (Kishtwar)
Hemis High Altitude National Park (Ladakh)
Salim Ali National Park (Srinagar)
Kazinag National Park (Baramula)
Que:What amount of maximum subsidy on purchasing drones for farm mechanization
has been approved under the Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)?
प्रश्न: कृवि मिीनीकरण पर उप-समिन (एसएमएएम) के तित कृवि मिीनीकरण के
सलए ड्रोन खरीदने पर अधधकतम ककतनी सजब्सडी स्िीकृत की गई िै ?
Ans: Rs 10 lakh

• to provide 40-100 percent subsidy until

March 2023 in purchasing drones for farm
mechanization

• After the amendment, a grant for the

purchase of drones up to 100 percent of the
cost of agriculture drones or ₹10 lakhs,
whichever is less, can be given.
Que:What amount of capital infusion has been announced by the Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy in the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)?
प्रश्नः निीन एिां निीकरणीय ऊजाक मांत्रालय ने सोलर एनजी कॉरपोरे िन ऑफ इांडडया
(एसईसीआई) में ककतनी रासि की पांज ू ी डालने की घोिणा की िै ?
Ans:Rs 1000 crores

• As per present RBI norms, an agency can extend loans on 20

percent of its net worth. With infusion of Rs 1000 crore in SECI
its network will increase and hence it can extend more loans.
• With this additional capital infusion, the government aims at
financing renewable energy (RE) capacity of 3,300 megawatt
(MW).
• In 2015 Government had allowed the change of name from
“Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)” to “Renewable
Energy Corporation of India (RECI)”
• Que:“Yogyata” mobile phone application was launched by ……….
• प्रश्न: “योग्यता” मोिाइल फोन एजप्लकेिन ……… द्िारा लॉन्ि ककया गया था।
• Ans:Common Services Centers (CSC)

• It aims to provide vocational education and skill

enhancement opportunities to youth and other citizens in
rural areas.
• It includes the access to courses like Cyber Security, CAD and
3D printing, to increase employability The training content is
on a continuous learning mode and the courses are yearly
subscription-based.
Que:The Spices Board of India has launched India’s first portal for spice exports.
What is the name of the portal?
प्रश्न: भारतीय मसाला िोडक ने मसाला ननयाकत के सलए भारत का पिला पोटक ल लॉन्ि
ककया िै । पोटक ल का नाम क्या िै?
Ans:Spice Xchange India

• The Union Minister of State for Commerce and

Industry Som Parkash inaugurated India’s first
portal for spice exports named ‘Spice Xchange
India’ at a hybrid event held in Kochi.
• The spicexchangeindia.com portal has been
launched by the Spices Board of India.
• The portal is a 3D virtual platform, that makes use
of artificial intelligence (AI)-based technology to
connect India’s spice exporters with buyers from
around the world.
Que:India has recently launched a commemorative logo jointly with which country, to mark
30 years of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries?
प्रश्नः भारत ने िाल िी में दोनों दे िों के िीि राजननयक सांिांधों की स्थापना के 30 ििक परू े
िोने पर ककस दे ि के साथ सांयुक्त रूप से एक स्मारक लोगो लॉन्ि ककया िै ?
Ans:Israel

• The logo was unveiled jointly by Ambassador of Israel to India

Naor Gilon and Indian envoy to Israel, Sanjeev Singla thorugh
virtual mode.
• The logo features the respective symbols of the national flags of
both countries, that is Ashoka Chakra and the Star of David.
Capital: Jerusalem
The symbols forms the numeral 30 depicting the 30th anniversary President: Isaac Herzog
of bilateral relations. Prime minister: Naftali Bennett
The diplomatic relations between Israel and India was established Currency: Israeli Shekel
on 29 January 1992.
Que:Centre has launched the revamped website and mobile app of the Central Government
Health Scheme (CGHS) named MyCGHS. In which year was the CGHS scheme launched?
प्रश्नः केंद्र ने केंद्र सरकार की स्िास््य योजना (सीजीएिएस) की सांिोधधत िेिसाइट और
मोिाइल ऐप सीजीएिएस लॉन्ि ककया िै । सीजीएिएस योजना ककस ििक िुरू की गई थी?
Ans:1954

• The website is www.cghs.gov.in and the mobile

app is called “MyCGHS”.
• The new features will benefit more than 40
lakh beneficiaries with real-time information
from the convenience of their homes.
• The website has been made 3U compliant,
where u stands for Usable, User-Centric and
Universally Accessible.
Centre changed the spending norms for Contingency
Fund of India
• Union government has changed spending norms for Contingency Fund of India.
Budget 2021-22 had proposed to enhance the Contingency Fund of India to Rs 30,000
crore from Rs 500 crore, through Finance Bill.
• As per the new norm, an amount equivalent to 40 percent of the total Fund corpus
has to be placed at the disposal of the secretary, ministry of finance (expenditure
secretary), to meet the unforeseen expenditure.
• Beyond this limit, all other Contingency Fund releases has to be made with approval
of secretary, department of economic affairs, after the approval of secretary,
department of expenditure.
• The contingency fund of India is held by the department of economic affairs
on behalf of President of India. It can be operated by executive action. The
fund is used in case of disasters and related unforeseen expenditures. Funds
can be withdrawn, after approval of the secretary of department of economic
affairs, in accordance with Contingency Fund of India Act, 1950.
• There are three types of funds of the Central Government – Consolidated
Fund of India (Article 266), Contingency Fund of India (Article 267) and Public
Accounts of India (Article 266) mentioned in the Indian Constitution.
• Que:India’s first Graphene Innovation Centre will be established in which of the
following state?
• Que:भारत का पिला ग्राफीन इनोिेिन सेंटर ननम्नसलखखत में से ककस राज्य में
स्थावपत ककया जाएगा?
Graphene is approximately 200 times stronger than steel,
• Ans:Kerala similar to diamond resistance, but much lighter.

The Digital University Kerala (DUK) has announced a partnership with the Centre
for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) in Thrissur, Kerala to establish
India’s first Graphene Innovation Centre in Kerala.

➢The project will also receive a funding of Rs 86.41 crores from the Ministry of Elections
and Information Technology, to set up India’s first-ever Graphene Research and
Development (R&D) incubator.
➢Tata Steel Limited is roped in as the Industrial partner for this project. AP James of DUK
and Dr. A Seema of C-MET are the Chief investigators for this project.
➢Graphene is an allotrope of carbon consisting of a single layer of atoms arranged in a
two-dimensional honeycomb lattice nanostructure.
• Que:Which Ministry has come out with the pictorial comic book titled ‘India’s
Women Unsung Heroes’?
• प्रश्नः ककस मांत्रालय ने 'इांडडयाज िीमेन अनसांग िीरोज' नामक धित्रात्मक कॉसमक
िक ु जारी की िै ?
• Ans:Ministry of Culture

The book has been prepared by the Ministry of

Culture in partnership with Amar Chitra Katha,
an Indian publisher of Indian comics and
graphic novels..
• Que:Scientists from IIT Kharagpur have developed a portable device for detecting
which disease?
• प्रश्नः आईआईटी खडगपुर के िैज्ञाननकों ने ककस िीमारी का पता लगाने के सलए
पोटे िल डडिाइस विकससत ककया िै ?
• Ans:Oral Cancer

• Scientists from IIT Kharagpur have developed a

portable, inexpensive device for detecting oral cancer.
The estimated cost per device is within USD500.
• The new technology enables a clinician in a community
health centre detect potential vulnerable cases early
enough, during the first examination.
India emerged as world’s largest exporters of cucumber and
gherkins
➢1,23,846 Metric Tonnes with a value of USD 114 million during April-October,
2021.
➢India had shipped 2,23,515 Metric Tonnes of cucumber and gherkins with a
value of USD 223 million in 2020-21. Currently, India grows around 15% of
world’s total gherkins
➢Gherkin is also known as a pickled cucumber. It is a cucumber that has been
pickled in vinegar, brine, or other solution and left to ferment for some time.
Farmers can take two crops of gherkins annually since it is a 90-day crop.
 Parliament launches Digital Sansad App
➢Parliament has launched Digital Sansad App to make its live proceedings
accessible to citizens of the country.
➢Now, people can watch parliamentary proceedings and other initiatives taken by
clicking a button on the phone. The app will also allow citizens to check what
their members of Parliament are doing.
➢The app will contain members' speeches and participation in all proceedings.
Que:Tata Group has recently chosen three banks as its preferred bankers
for Air India. Which of these banks?
प्रश्न: टाटा समि
ू ने िाल िी में एयर इांडडया के सलए अपने पसांदीदा िैंकरों के रूप में
कौन से तीन िैंकों को िन ु ा िै ?
Ans. SBI, Bank of Baroda, HDFC Bank

▪ Air India is the largest international carrier out of India with an 18.6%
market share.
▪ Tata Sons have availed of a Rs 10,000-crore loan from SBI and a Rs
5,000-crore loan from BoB. The loan from HDFC Bank is not known yet.
• Que:India has collaborated with which country to create 150 ‘Villages of
Excellence’ in 12 States of India?
• प्रश्न: भारत ने भारत के 12 राज्यों में 150 'उत्कृष्ट्टता के गाांि' िनाने के सलए
ककस दे ि के साथ सियोग ककया िै ?
• Ans:Israel

• The Government of India has joined hands

with the Government of Israel to create
150 ‘Villages of Excellence’ in 12 States of
the country, to help farmers to adopt latest
technology in the farm sector..
• 75 villages out of 150 would be taken up in
2022. The remaining villages would be
taken up subsequently.
• Que:Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) has
set up two new bank note printing lines. Where are these two located?
• Que:Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) has
set up two new bank note printing lines. Where are these two locate
• Ans:Nashik and Dewas

❑SPMCIL is a Government of India-owned Miniratna

company and is engaged in the manufacture/production of
Currency and Bank Notes, Security Paper.
❑In India, we have four printing presses for printing and
supply of Banknotes. These are at Dewas in Madhya
Pradesh, Nasik in Maharashtra (owned by SPMCIL) Mysore
in Karnataka, and Salboni in West Bengal (owned by
Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited
(BRBNMPL)).
Que:How much amount has been approved by the government under the PLI
Scheme for the textile sector?
प्रश्न: कपडा क्षेत्र के सलए पीएलआई योजना के तित सरकार द्िारा ककतनी रासि
स्िीकृत की गई िै ?
Ans:Rs 10,683 crore

Ministry of Textiles has extended the timeline

for submission of applications under the PLI
Scheme for Textiles till February 14, 2022.
Earlier this deadline was 31st January 2022.

➢The scheme will be in operation from September 24, 2021 to March 31,
2030. The incentive under the scheme will be payable for five years.
➢The Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS) chaired by the Cabinet
Secretary will monitor the progress of this PLI scheme;
➢Total financial outlay- Rs 10,683 crore
• Que:India’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging station has been
inaugurated at which place?
• प्रश्नः भारत के सिसे िडे इलेजक्ट्रक िािन (ईिी) िाजजिंग स्टे िन का उद्घाटन
ककस स्थान पर ककया गया िै ?
• Ans:Gurugram

Sector 52 of Gurugram at Delhi-Jaipur

National Highway

➢The charging station has been installed and operated by tech-piloting

company Alektrify.
➢The new station has a capacity of 100 charging points for four-wheelers.
This includes 72 units as AC slow chargers and 24 units as DC fast
chargers.
➢Before this, the largest EV charging station in India was located in Navi
Mumbai, comprising 16 AC and 4 DC chargers.
 • Que:Two tiger reserves have been jointly awarded the TX2 Award for 2022.
If one of them is Bardia National Park from Nepal, then name the Indian
Tiger Reserve to bag the award.
• प्रश्न: दो िाघ अभयारण्यों को सांयुक्त रूप से 2022 के सलए TX2 पुरस्कार से
सम्माननत ककया गया िै । यहद उनमें से एक नेपाल का िहदक या राष्ट्ट्रीय उद्यान िै ,
तो पुरस्कार प्राप्त करने के सलए भारतीय िाघ अभयारण्य का नाम िताइए।
• Ans:Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

➢The Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Erode district of Tamil Nadu

and Bardia National Park in Nepal have jointly won the prestigious TX2
Award for 2022, for doubling their tiger populations since 2010.
➢Sathyamangalam was designated a Tiger Reserve in 2013. The
population of tigers increased from only 25 tigers in 2011 to an
estimated 80 individuals currently.
➢Similarly, the tiger population in Bardia National Park increased by
almost five-fold from less than 20 tigers in 2009 to 87 in 2018.
Banking & Finance
Que: Which Mutual Fund company has recently been renamed as WhiteOak
Capital Mutual Fund?
Que:िाल िी में ककस म्यिू अ
ु ल फांड कांपनी का नाम िदलकर व्िाइटऑक
कैवपटल म्यिू अ
ु ल फांड कर हदया गया िै ?
Ans:YES Mutual Fund

• The change in the names are effective from

January 12, 2022.
• In November 2021, White Oak Capital group,
through its subsidiary, GPL Finance and
Investments, acquired the mutual fund
business, Yes Asset Management, of Yes
Bank.
Que:As per the data by NPCI, which bank was the largest recipient of the UPI
transaction amount in the October-December quarter in 2021?
Que:एनपीसीआई के आांकडों के अनस ु ार, 2021 में अक्टूिर-हदसांिर नतमािी में
यपू ीआई लेनदे न रासि का सिसे िडा प्राप्तकताक कौन सा िैंक था?
Ans:Paytm Payments Bank

• In December 2021, PPBL received 926.17

million UPI transactions in a single month.
The lender became the first beneficiary bank
in the country to achieve this landmark.
• In the October to December 2021 quarter,
PPBL registered 2,507.47 million beneficiary
transactions
• PPBL was also the largest UPI beneficiary
bank throughout the year
Que:Which insurance company has launched the awareness campaign
#BahaneChhodoTaxBachao?
प्रश्न: ककस िीमा कांपनी ने जागरूकता असभयान #BahaneChhodoTaxBachao िरू
ु
ककया िै ?
Ans:SBI General Insurance

• The campaign aims to increase awareness on

how people can save tax by buying health
insurance .
• #BahaneChhodoTaxBachao will also
underline other benefits of opting for health
insurance.
• The campaign consists of videos in a Vox Pop
format featuring anchor Rudraksh Singh.
SBI makes online IMPS transactions upto Rs 5 lakh free

• The State Bank of India decided on

January 4, 2022 to enhance the free
IMPS online transactions limit to Rs 5
lakh from earlier Rs 2 lakh to
encourage customers to adopt digital
banking.

• SBI will not levy any service charge

on Immediate Payment Service
(IMPS) transactions up to Rs 5 lakh
done through Internet banking or
Mobile Banking.
• Que:World Bank has projected India’s economy growth rate at ____________ in
the fiscal year 2021-2022.
• Que:विश्ि िैंक ने वित्तीय ििक 2021-2022 में भारत की अथकव्यिस्था की विकास
दर _________ िोने का अनम ु ान लगाया िै ।
• Ans:8.3%

FY 2021-2022 – 8.3%
FY 2022-2023 – 8.7%
FY 2023-2024 – 6.8%

• World Bank has lowered the Global economy growth rate as follows:
• 2021 – 5.5 percent
• 2022 – 4.1 percent
• 2023 – 3.2 percent
Que:The Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank Ltd. (PMC Bank) has been
amalgamated with which bank with effect from January 25, 2022?
प्रश्नः पांजाि एांड मिाराष्ट्ट्र को-ऑपरे हटि िैंक सलसमटे ड (पीएमसी िैंक) का 25 जनिरी,
2022 से ककस िैंक में विलय िो aगया िै ?
Ans:Unity Small Finance Bank
• Unity Small Finance Bank Limited is promoted by Centrum
Financial Services Limited along with Resilient Innovation
Private Limited.
• Both the promotors have infused capital of ₹1105.10 crore
in the bank.
• After the amalgamation of PMC Bank with Unity SFB, Unity SFB will pay the
customers of PMC Bank the amount it receives from DICGC (maximum upto amount
insured by DICGC i.e Rs 5 Lakh) in installments of 10 years.
• Section 45 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 empowers the Reserve Bank of India
to prepare a scheme of reconstruction or amalgamation of banking companies
(which include co-operative banks).
Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation
of India (DICGC)
• Establishment: Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) came
into existence on July 15, 1978.
• DICGC was formed by merging Deposit Insurance Corporation (DIC) and Credit
Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd. (CGCI)
• Role of DICGC: DICGC was established for providing insurance of deposits and
guaranteeing of credit facilities. At present, DICGC insures each depositor of a
registered insured bank upto a maximum of Rs.5 Lakh for all bank deposits, such as
saving, fixed, current, recurring deposits.

Chairman:Dr. M.D. Patra

Authorised Capital : Rs 50 Crore.
Headquarters: Mumbai
• Que:Name the app launched by SEBI on investor education to create awareness
about the basic concepts of securities market?
• Que:प्रनतभनू त िाजार की िुननयादी अिधारणाओां के िारे में जागरूकता पैदा करने
के सलए सेिी द्िारा ननिेिक सिक्षा पर िरू ु ककए गए ऐप का नाम िताएां?
• Ans:SaaRthi/ Saa₹thi

• In the app SaaRthi, R is denoted using the Indian Rupee (INR) symbol.
• The main aim of this app is to create awareness among investors about the
basic concepts of securities market and empower the investors with
knowledge about securities market, KYC process, trading and settlement,
mutual funds, recent market developments, investor grievances redressal
mechanism, etc.
Que:What is the projected GDP growth rate of India in FY22 as per IMF’s latest world
economic outlook?
प्रश्न: आईएमएफ के निीनतम विश्ि आधथकक दृजष्ट्टकोण के अनुसार वित्त ििक 2012 में
भारत की अनुमाननत जीडीपी विकास दर क्या िै ?
Ans: 9%

• Earlier this was estimated at 9.5%

• IMF has projected the growth forecast for India
in 2022-23 (FY23) at 7.1%
• IMF has projected the global growth rate in
2022 to 4.4%, and in 2023 to 3.8%.
• Que:Pops is India’s first intelligent messenger. Which entity has launched
this facility?
• प्रश्न: पॉप्स भारत का पिला िुद्धधमान सांदेििािक िै । ककस सांस्था ने यि सवु िधा
िरू ु की िै ?
ans:Paytm Money

• Messenger ‘Pops’ will allow its user to

receive specific information related to
their stocks, analysis about their portfolio,
market news, and important market
movements, all in one place.
• One97 Communications Limited owns the
Paytm Money platform.
Que:Reserve Bank of India has released the Annual Report of the Ombudsman
Schemes for 2020-21. The volume of complaints received under all the 3 Ombudsman
Schemes increased by ___________ percent on an annualized basis and stood at
3,03,107.
Que:भारतीय ररजिक िैंक ने 2020-21 के सलए लोकपाल योजनाओां की िाविकक ररपोटक
जारी की िै । सभी 3 लोकपाल योजनाओां के तित प्राप्त सिकायतों की मात्रा में िाविकक
आधार पर ___________ प्रनतित की िद् ृ धध िुई और यि 3,03,107 रिी।
Ans:22.27%

• Founded: April 1, 1935

• Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Governor: Shaktikanta Das
• Deputy Governors: Mahesh Kumar Jain,
Michael Debabrata Patra, M Rajeshwar Rao, T
Rabi Sankar
Que:Which company has recently invested USD 200 million in delivery plaform
Dunzo to acquire its 25.8% stake?
Que:ककस कांपनी ने िाल िी में डडलीिरी प्लेटफॉमक डां़िो में अपनी 25.8%
हिस्सेदारी िाससल करने के सलए 200 समसलयन अमरीकी डालर का ननिेि ककया िै ?
Ans:Reliance Retail

This funding will help the Bengaluru-based

startup, Dunzo to become the largest quick
commerce business in the country.
Que:Which bank has partnered with the National Payments Corporation of
India (NPCI) to launch ‘RuPay Business Platinum Debit Card’ for corporates?
Que:कॉरपोरे ट्स के सलए ‘रुपे बिजनेस प्लैहटनम डेबिट काडक‘ लॉन्ि करने के
सलए ककस िैंक ने नेिनल पेमेंट्स कॉरपोरे िन ऑफ इांडडया (एनपीसीआई) के
साथ साझेदारी की िै?
Ans:Central Bank of India

• The domestic card offers an ATM withdrawal limit of 1 lakh along with a purchase
of up to Rs.3 lakh at Point on Sale (POS) or E-Commerce.
• International card users can also withdraw up to 75,000 at ATMs abroad and
perform purchases globally worth up to Rs. 3 lakh at Point On Sale (POS) or E-
Commerce and international online merchants.

• Other Benefits includes Purchase Protection coverage Founded: 21 December 1911

of 2 lakh, Accidental death coverage worth Rs. 10 Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
MD & CEO: Matam Venkata Rao
lakh, and Air accident coverage Rs. 20 lakh. Tagline: ‘Central’ to you since 1911
Que:Which insurance company has inaugurated “Digi Zone”, at Bandra Kurla
Complex, Mumbai, Maharashtra, as part of its effort to enhance its digital
footprint?
Que:ककस िीमा कांपनी ने अपने डडजजटल पदधिह्न को िढाने के प्रयास के तित
िाांद्रा कुलाक कॉम्प्लेक्स, मि
ांु ई, मिाराष्ट्ट्र में “डडजी जोन” का उद्घाटन ककया िै?
Ans:Life Insurance Corporation of India

• Founded: 1956
• Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Chairperson: M R Kumar
• LIC’s Digi Zone can be used by the customers
to purchase policies online, pay the premium
and avail of other services.
Que:Name the Indian company which has recently acquired controlling stake
in Mandarin Oriental New York five star hotel?
Que:उस भारतीय कांपनी का नाम िताइए जजसने िाल िी में मांदाररन ओररएांटल
न्यय
ू ॉकक फाइि स्टार िोटल में ननयांत्रण हिस्सेदारी िाससल की िै ?
Ans:Reliance Industries

• RIL through its wholly owned arm Reliance Industrial

Investments and Holdings Limited has acquired the entire
share capital of Cayman Islands-based Columbus Centre
Corporation (Cayman), for an equity value of
approximately $98.15 million(Rs 735 crore).
• Cayman is the parent company of Mandarin Oriental
hotel. It had an indirect ownership of 73.37 percent stake
in the hotel.
AIIB invested USD 150 million in the development of
data centres serving Asia
➢Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a multilateral development
bank has committed USD 150 million to invest in the development of data
centres that mostly serve emerging Asia through the Keppel Data Centre
Fund II (KDCF II), a closed-end private equity vehicle managed by Alpha
Investment Partners Limited.
➢This project is being AIIB’s 1st data centre project. India is a key founding
member of AIIB.
List of Loan approved by AIIB in 2020-21
➢$750 million -Help the government strengthen its battle against Covid-19
➢$145 million-Improve irrigation services in West Bengal
➢$500 Million: Improve the network capacity, service quality and safety of the
suburban railway system in Mumbai.
➢$67 million: For the expansion of the Chennai Metro Rail System
➢USD 150 Million: for the implementation of the Sustainable Urban Services
Program (SUSP) for the Chennai Metropolitan Area.
Que:Which bank has launched EASY PAY integrated Debit Card facility in a Fitness
Watch?
प्रश्न: ककस िैंक ने कफटनेस िॉि में ईजी पे इांटीग्रेटेड डेबिट काडक सवु िधा िरू
ु की िै ?
Ans:City Union Bank

• City Union Bank, in partnership with GOQii (smarttech-

enabled preventive healthcare platform) and National
Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced the
launch of RuPay On –The-Go Payment solution through their
Debit Card in a Fitness Watch.

• CUB EASY PAY is a payment method by City Union Bank. Now the bank has
integrated this feature of Debit Card in a Fitness Watch. For this Customers need to
hold this wristwatch in front of the PoS device during payment like tapping the card
on PoS. For payments above Rs. 5,000, customers need to tap and enter their PIN.
Que:Recently which bank was in news after hackers siphoned Rs 12 crore from the banks
fund to various other bank accounts by hacking the server of the bank?
प्रश्न: िाल िी में िै कसक द्िारा िैंक के सिकर को िै क करके विसभन्न अन्य िैंक खातों में
िैंक फांड से 12 करोड रुपये ननकालने के िाद कौन सा िैंक खिरों में था?
Ans:Andhra Pradesh Mahesh Co-op Urban Bank

• An amount of Rs 12 crore was transferred from

funds of Andhra Pradesh Mahesh Co-op Urban
Bank by hackers to various other bank accounts by
hacking the server of the AP Mahesh Co-op Urban
Bank.
• The head office of AP Mahesh Co-op Urban Bank
is located at Hyderabad, Telangana.
Que:The GST Council has decided to defer the increase in GST Rate on which product?
प्रश्नः जीएसटी पररिद ने ककस उत्पाद पर जीएसटी दर में िद् ृ धध को टालने का ननणकय सलया
िै ?
Ans:Textile

• The GST Council decided to defer the increase in the rate for textiles to 12% from 5%.
• The GST on all readymade textile items, except those made with cotton, was earlier hiked to
12 per cent. The GST on footwear, except those below Rs 1,000, was also hiked to 12 per
cent from 5 per cent.

➢ Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect tax which has been implemented in India on 1 July 2017.
➢ India's GST is based on the Canadian model.
➢ GST in India was made on the recommendation of Vijay Kelkar Committee.
➢ The first state which implemented the GST was Assam.
➢ Amitabh Bachchan has been made the brand ambassador of GST.
➢ GST has been implemented under Article 279 of the Indian constitution.
IRDAI selects LIC, GIC Re and New India Assurance as Domestic
Systemically Important Insurers
✓Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has chosen the
following insurers as Domestic Systemically Important Insurers (D-SIIs) for 2021-22:
✓Life Insurance Corporation of India;
✓General Insurance Corporation of India; and
✓The New India Assurance Co. Ltd.

❖Domestic Systemically Important Insurers (D-SIIs) are the insurance companies

that are considered “Too Big to Fail”. i.e its failure will impact the economy and
insurance sector to a great extend.
❖IRDAI has chosen these three insurers on the basis of their size, market
importance and domestic and global interconnectedness whose distress or failure
would cause significant dislocation in the domestic financial system.
Que:How many banks are classified as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs)
by RBI?
प्रश्न: आरिीआई द्िारा ककतने िैंकों को घरे लू व्यिजस्थत रूप से मित्िपूणक िैंकों (डी-
एसआईिी) के रूप में िगीकृत ककया गया िै ?
Ans:3

• Reserve Bank of India has retained State Bank of India, ICICI

Bank and HDFC Bank as Domestic Systemically Important
Banks (D-SIBs).

• These three banks have continued to be on the D-SIBs list

published by RBI, since Sep 04, 2017.
RBI approved Fino Payments Bank for international
remittance business

• The approval will enable the customers of Fino

Payments Bank to receive money sent from
foreign countries.

• The Bank plans to implement the service in its

mobile applications as well and it also plans to
partner with more leading money transfer
operators (MTOs) to improve its cross-border
remittance.
SEBI reconstitutes advisory committee on market data

• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has restructured its
advisory committee on market data.
• The 20-member committee recommends policy measures pertaining
to areas like securities market data access and privacy.
• S Sahoo, former chairperson of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of
India (IBBI) and Professor at National Law University, Delhi is the new
head of the panel.
• Earlier this panel was headed by Madhabi Puri Buch, ex-whole time
member of Sebi.
Que:Which of the following bank will acquire up to 9.95 per cent stake in
India International Clearing Corporation (IFSC) Ltd?
प्रश्नः ननम्नसलखखत में से कौन सा िैंक इांडडया इांटरनेिनल जक्लयररांग
कॉरपोरे िन (आईएफएससी) सलसमटे ड में 9.95 प्रनतित तक हिस्सेदारी का
अधधग्रिण करे गा?
Ans:State Bank of India
• Bank of Bengal was established in Kolkata in 1806. It was first presidency bank
of India.
• Bank of Bombay was established in 1840.
• Bank of Madras was established in 1843.
• These three banks were private shareholder’s bank during British period.
• According to the Paper Currency Act, 1861, these presidency banks were
received rights to issue paper currency.
SBI authorised to issue electoral bonds

• The State Bank of India (SBI) has been authorised to issue Electoral Bonds
through its select 29 branches during January 1-10, 2022.
• This was informed by the Finance Ministry on December 30, 2021.
• The Electoral Bonds shall be valid for 15 days from the date of issuance and no
payment shall be made to any payee Political Party if the Electoral Bond is
deposited after expiry of the validity period.
• The Electoral Bond deposited by an eligible Political Party in its account shall be
credited on the same day.
• Only the Political Parties registered under Section 29A of the
Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951) and which secured not
less than one per cent of the votes polled in the last General Election to the
House of the People or the Legislative Assembly of the State, shall be
eligible to receive the Electoral Bonds.

• The Electoral Bonds shall be encashed by an eligible Political Party only

through a Bank account with the Authorized Bank.
Que:Ratings agency ICRA has projected India’s GDP growth at
________________ in FY22.
Que:रे हटांग एजेंसी ICRA ने वित्त ििक 2022 में भारत की जीडीपी िद्
ृ धध
_________ िोने का अनम ु ान लगाया िै ।
Ans: 9.0%
• Net loss to economy from pandemic
estimated at ₹39.3 trillion during 2021-23.

• The Agency is expecting the Cost Price

Inflation (CPI) to an average of 5-5.0 Percent
in FY23 from 5.5 Percent in FY22.
Extra Info:
• Fitch Ratings-8.4%
• UN-7.5%
• IMF-9.5%
• India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra)- 4%
• S&P Global Ratings-5%
• Moody- FY22 at 9.3% and FY23 at 7.9%
• Care Rating– 8.8 to 9%
Index/Report/Ranking
Que:Which IIT has emerged as the best institute under the “CFTIs, Central
University, & Institute of National Importance” category in the Atal Rankings
of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021?
Que:इनोिेिन अिीिमें ट्स 2021 पर सांस्थानों की अटल रैंककांग (ARIIA) में
“CFTIs, केंद्रीय विश्िविद्यालय और राष्ट्ट्रीय मित्ि के सांस्थान” श्रेणी के तित
कौन सा IIT सिकश्रेष्ट्ठ सांस्थान के रूप में उभरा िै?
Ans:IIT Madras

• IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi.

• This 3rd edition of ARIIA has introduced a special framework for non-technical
institutions that further strengthen the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem in
Indian higher education institutions.
Que:As on January 1, 2022, what is the estimated population of the world, as per
the US Census Bureau?
प्रश्नः अमेररकी जनगणना ब्यूरो के अनुसार 1 जनिरी, 2022 को विश्ि की
अनम ु ाननत जनसांख्या ककतनी िै ?
Ans:7.8 billion

• This represents an increase of 74 million people, or a 0.9% growth rate from New Year’s Day
2021.

• 4.3 births and two deaths are expected every second worldwide.

• China remains the world’s most-populous country with 1.4 billion people and India would
overtake it by 2025.
 RBI released report on “Trend and Progress of Banking in India
2020-21
• which presents the performance of the banking sector, including co-
operative banks, and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) during
FY21 and FY22 (till December 2021).
• The gross non-performing assets (GNPA) ratio of SCBs (Scheduled
Commercial Banks) declined from 8.2% at end of March 2020 to 9% at the
end-September 2021.

• The increase in deposit insurance from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh augmented

the share of co-operative depositors’ coverage from 42.7 percent (at end
March 2019) to 69.4 percent (at end-March 2021).
• Founded: April 1, 1935
• Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Governor: Shaktikanta Das
• Deputy Governors: Mahesh Kumar Jain, Michael Debabrata Patra, M Rajeshwar Rao, T Rabi Sankar
• Que:What is the rank of India in the latest Henley Passport Index 2022?
• Que:निीनतम िे नले पासपोटक इांडक् े स 2022 में भारत का रैंक क्या िै ?
• Ans:83rd
• India has improved its position by seven places to rank at 83rd place among 111
countries in the latest Henley Passport Index, released for Q1 of 2022.
• India ranked at 90th spot among 116 countries in Q4 of 2021 in October.

• The Indian passport has visa-free access to 60 destinations worldwide in Q1 2022,

as compared to 58 destinations in Q4 of 2021.
• Oman and Armenia are the latest destinations where Indian passport holders can
visit without obtaining a visa.
• Japan and Singapore have retained the joint top position in the Henley Global
Mobility Report 2022 Q1. Their passports holders are allowed to travel visa-free
to 192 countries.
• Afghanistan has world’s least powerful passports, with visa-free score of 26.
Henley Passport Index 2022 rankings:
• Rank 1: Japan, Singapore
• Rank 2: Germany, South Korea
• Rank 3: Finland, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain
• Rank 108: Pakistan
• Rank 109: Syria
• Rank 110: Iraq
• Rank 111:Afghanistan

• India’s Other Rankings:

• World Talent Ranking report 2021: 56th
• Global Health Security Index 2021: 66th
• 5th Truecaller’s Global Spam & Scam Report 2021: 4th
• Hurun’s Global Unicorn Index 2021: 3rd; US topped
• “2019 Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) Report: 3rd; Russia topped
• Which of the following organization has recently released “Inequality Kills”
report?
• ननम्नसलखखत में से ककस सांगठन ने िाल िी में “इनइक्िसलटी ककल्स” ररपोटक
जारी की िै ?
• Ans:Oxfam India

• According to Oxfam India “Inequality Kills” report, wealth of India’s richest

families reached to a record high in 2021.
• In the report, India was described as ‘very unequal,’ country, as top 10 people in
India holds 57 per cent of the wealth. On the other hand, share of bottom half is
13 per cent.
• Report states that, 84% of Indian households witnessed an income decline amid
covid-19 pandemic. Richest 98 Indians own the same wealth as bottom 552
million people.
• Number of Indian billionaires increased from 102 to 142, during 2021. Wealth of
the top 100 families is Rs 57.3 trillion.
• Que:The World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) Trends 2022 report has
been released by which organisation?
• Que:िल्डक एम्प्लॉयमें ट एांड सोिल आउटलक ु (WESO) ट्रें र्डस 2022 ररपोटक ककस
सांगठन द्िारा जारी की गई िै ?
• Ans:International Labour Organisation (ILO)

➢ Key figures in WESO Trends 2022

➢ The global unemployment level in 2022 is estimated at 207
million, compared to 186 million in 2019.
➢ Total working hours globally in 2022 is projected to be 2%
below the pre-pandemic level, and that is equivalent to the • Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
loss of 52 million full-time jobs. • Head: Director-General; Guy Ryder
➢ The global labour force participation rate in 2022 is projected • Founder: Paris Peace Conference
to remain 1.2 percentage points below that of 2019, before • Founded: 1919
the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic began. • Award(s): 1969 Nobel Peace Prize
• Parent organization: United Nations
➢ In 2022 around 40 million people will no longer be
participating in the global labour force.
• Que:As per the World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2022
(WESO Trends) report, the global unemployment level in 2022 is estimated
at ___________
• Que:िल्डक एम्प्लॉयमें ट एांड सोिल आउटलक ु - ट्रें र्डस 2022 (WESO ट्रें र्डस)
ररपोटक के अनस ु ार, 2022 में िैजश्िक िेरोजगारी का स्तर ___________
अनम ु ाननत िै
• Ans:207 million
PM Modi most popular world leader, tops global rating
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has topped the list
of most popular world leaders with an approval
rating of 71 per cent.
• The list includes 13 world leaders. While US
president Joe Biden is ranked at the 6th place with
43 per cent, Canadian President Justin Trudeau is at
the 7th place with 43 per cent rating and Australian
Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the 8th place with
41 per cent approval rating.
Que:As per the UNCTAD data, the FDI in India in 2021 was recorded what percent lower
than in 2020?
प्रश्न: अांकटाड के आांकडों के अनुसार, भारत में 2021 में एफडीआई 2020 की तुलना में
ककतने प्रनतित कम दजक ककया गया?
Ans:26%

• The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to India fell by 26 percent in 2021,
compared to 2020, as per the UN Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) Investment Trends Monitor published
• UNCTAD said that low FDI in India was mainly because large cross-border
mergers & acquisitions (M&A) deals recorded in 2020 were not repeated.
Que:What was the amount of global FDI flow in 2021 as per UNCTAD Global Investment
Trends Monitor?
प्रश्न: अांकटाड ग्लोिल इन्िेस्टमें ट ट्रें ड मॉननटर के अनुसार 2021 में िैजश्िक एफडीआई
प्रिाि की मात्रा ककतनी थी?
Ans:USD 1.65 trillion

• In 2020, FDI to India was recorded at USD 64 billion. This was 27 percent more
compared to USD 51 billion FDI in 2019. For 2021, the FDI in India is $47.36
billion.

• The global FDI flows increased by 77 percent to an estimated USD 1.65 trillion in
2021, from USD 929 billion in 2020.
Que:The report titled ‘Banking on Electric Vehicles in India’ has been released by which
organisation in collaboration with Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), and RMI India?
प्रश्नः रॉकी माउां टे न इांस्टीट्यट
ू (आरएमआई) और आरएमआई इांडडया के सियोग से ककस
सांगठन द्िारा ‘िैंककांग ऑन इलेजक्ट्रक व्िीकल्स इन इांडडया’ िीिकक िाली ररपोटक जारी की गई
िै ?
Ans:NITI Aayog

The report has indicated electric two-wheelers,

three-wheelers, and commercial four-wheelers
as early segments to prioritise under Priority
Sector Lending.

The report has been developed by NITI Aayog

in collaboration with US-based non-profit
organisation Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI),
and RMI India.
 National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog
• Government of India established on 1 January 2015 as a
replacement for the Planning Commission.
• It serves as an advisory body or a “Think Tank” of the
government of India to advice on social and economic
issues.
• Mr. Amitabh Kant serves as the Chief Executive Officer of
NITI Aayog.
• Dr. Rajiv Kumar is Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, in the rank and
status of a Cabinet Minister.
Que:Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has released ‘Climate of India during 2021’
report. As per the report, the year 2021 was the _______________ warmest year in India
since country-wide records started in India in 1901.
Que:भारतीय मौसम विभाग (IMD) ने ‘2021 के दौरान भारत की जलिायु‘ ररपोटक जारी की
िै । ररपोटक के अनुसार, ििक 2021 भारत में ___________ सिसे गमक ििक था, जि से
भारत में 1901 में इस दे िव्यापी ररकॉडक की िरु ु आत िुई थी।
Ans:5th

• As per the report, the year 2021 was the fifth

warmest year in India since country-wide
records started in India in 1901. The highest
warming was observed during 2016.
• India reported a loss of 1,750 lives because of
extreme weather events in 2021. Maharashtra
was the most adversely affected state, with
350 deaths.
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)
• Among extreme weather events, lightning & thunderstorms were responsible for the
highest 787 lives followed by floods, heavy rains, and landslides, causing deaths of 759
people. Cyclones were responsible for 172 deaths in different states in 2021.
• In India, the annual mean land surface air temperature during 2021 was 44 degrees C
above the “long period average (LPA)”. 2021 annual rainfall over India as a whole was
105% of its LPA, based on 1961-2010 period

• Founded: 1875
• Headquarters: New Delhi
• Director-General of Meteorology: Mrutyunjay Mohapatra
2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) of Berlin, Germany-based non-
governmental organisation Transparency International

• Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranks 180 countries and

territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption on
a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean)

• India's score stands at 40 and is ranked 85

• Bangladesh's CPI is 26 and stands at 147th position.
• Top-performing countries are Denmark, Finland and New Zealand
- all having a corruption perceptions score of 88 - followed by
Norway, Singapore and Sweden, all of them scoring 85.
• In 2020, Pakistan's CPI was 31 and it was ranked 124 out of 180 countries.
According to Transparency International, the country's corruption score has
now deteriorated to 28 while it is ranked 140 out of the total 180 countries on
the index.

• The worst-performing countries were South Sudan with a corruption

perceptions score of 11, followed by Syria (13), Somalia (13, Venezuela (14)
and Afghanistan (16)

• Since its inception in 1995, the CPI has become the leading global indicator of
public sector corruption.

• The Index scores 180 countries and territories around the world based on
perceptions of public sector corruption, using data from 13 external sources,
including the World Bank, World Economic Forum, private risk and consulting
companies, think tanks and others.
Que:Which brand has emerged as the world’s most valuable brand in 2022 according
to the Brand Finance 2022 Global 500 report?
प्रश्न: ब्ाांड फाइनेंस 2022 ग्लोिल 500 ररपोटक के अनुसार कौन सा ब्ाांड 2022 में
दनु नया का सिसे मल् ू यिान ब्ाांड िनकर उभरा िै ?
Ans: Apple

• Apple has retained its position as the most valuable

brand in 2022 as well, according to the Brand Finance
2022 Global 500 report.
• The brand valuation of Apple was recorded at $355.1
billion in 2022, which is an increase of 35% from last
year.
• This is the highest brand value ever recorded in the
Brand Finance Global 500 ranking history.
• Other brands in top 10 are
• Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Walmart, Samsung, Facebook, Industrial and
Commercial Bank of China, Huawei and Verizon respectively.
• Top Indian brand
• The Indian conglomerate Tata Group emerged as the most valuable brand from
India and also in South Asia. It is only brand from the country in the top 100.
• Global Rank – 78
• Brand value – US$23.9 billion.
• Que:The World Gold Council (WGC) data shows that the total gold demand
in India rose to ________ tonnes in 2021
• प्रश्न: विश्ि स्िणक पररिद (डब्ल्यूजीसी) के आांकडों से पता िलता िै कक 2021 में
भारत में सोने की कुल माांग िढकर ________ टन िो गई
• Ans:797.3 tonnes

➢The World Gold Council (WGC) in its ‘Gold Demand Trends 2021’ Report
has informed that the global gold demand rose 10 percent in 2021 to
4,021.3 tonnes.
➢The overall gold demand during 2020 stood at 3,658.8 tonnes.
➢Meanwhile, India’s total gold demand surged by 78.6 percent to 797.3
tonnes in 2021 from 446.4 tonnes during 2020.
Sports
ICC Cricket Team Rankings 2022
• ICC Test Team Rankings 2022

Matches/
Rank Team Rating
Points
1 Australia 23/ 2,736 119
2 New Zealand 28/ 3,264 117
3 India 32/ 3,717 116
4 England 41/ 4,151 101
5 South Africa 23/ 2,271 99
• ICC ODI Team Rankings 2022

Matches/
Rank Team Rating
Points
1 New Zealand 17/ 2,054 121
2 England 32/ 3,793 119
3 Australia 28/ 3,244 116
4 India 32/ 3,624 113
5 South Africa 25/ 2,459 98
• ICC T20I Team Rankings 2022

Matches/
Rank Team Rating
Points
1 England 9,354 275
2 India 9,627 267
3 Pakistan 12,207 265
4 New Zealand 9,707 255
5 South Africa 8,858 253
• Que:Which player has won the Australian Open 2022 women’s singles title?
• प्रश्नः ककस खखलाडी ने ऑस्ट्रे सलयन ओपन 2022 महिला एकल का खखताि जीता िै ?
• Ans:Ashleigh Barty

• In tennis, World Number 1 Ashleigh Barty of Australia

defeated Danielle Collins of the US, 6-3 7-6, to win
women’s singles final title at the Australian Open
2022.
• With this win the 25-year-old Barty has become the
first Australian woman in 44 years to win a Grand
Slam title at home.
• Before this, Chris O’Neil was the last Australian
woman to lift Australian Open in 1978.
• This is the 15th career title and third Grand Slam title
won by Barty after French Open in 2019 and
Wimbledon in 2021.
• Que:Indian team beat which country to win bronze medal at the 2022
Women’s Hockey Asia Cup?
• Que:भारतीय टीम ने 2022 महिला िॉकी एसिया कप में काांस्य पदक जीतने के सलए
ककस दे ि को िराया?
• Ans:China

• Japan defeated South Korea 4-2 in the final to win

their third title at Women’s Hockey Asia Cup
tournament.
• The 2022 Women’s Hockey Asia Cup was the 10th
edition of the quadrennial Women’s Hockey Asia Cup.
• The tournament was held from January 21 to 28, 2022
at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat,
Oman.
• Que:Which player has won the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s
Cricketer of the Year 2021?
• प्रश्नः ककस खखलाडी ने आईसीसी महिला कक्रकेटर ऑफ द ईयर 2021 के सलए
रािेल िे िो ज्लांट ट्रॉफी जीती िै ?
• Ans:Smriti Mandhana

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the winners of 17th edition of
ICC Awards for the year 2021 to recognise and honour the best international cricket
players of the previous 12 months, between January 01, 2021 and December 31, 2021.

• ICC Umpire of the Year – Marais Erasmus

• ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year – Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)
• ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year – Tammy Beaumont (England)
• ICC Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Year – Janneman Malan (South Africa)
• ICC Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year – Fatima Sana (Pakistan)
• Que:Name the player who has been conferred with the Sir Garfield Sobers
Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2021?
• प्रश्न: उस खखलाडी का नाम िताइए जजसे ICC मेन्स कक्रकेटर ऑफ द ईयर
2021 के सलए सर गारफील्ड सोिसक ट्रॉफी से सम्माननत ककया गया िै ?
• Ans:Shaheen Afridi

• ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year

– Babar Azam (Pakistan)
• ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the
Year – Lizelle Lee (South Africa)
• ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year
– Joe Root (England)
• Que:Which team has won the 9th National Women’s Ice Hockey Championship
in 2022 held in Himachal Pradesh?
• प्रश्नः ककस टीम ने 2022 में हिमािल प्रदे ि में आयोजजत 9िीां राष्ट्ट्रीय महिला
आइस िॉकी िैंवपयनसिप जीती िै ?
• Ans:Ladakh

• A total of six teams participated in the

championship from Delhi, Ladakh, Himachal
Pradesh, Chandigarh, Telangana and the
Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
• The current President of the Association is
Dr. Surinder Mohan Bali.
Lucknow IPL team to be called Lucknow Super Giants

• The official IPL team of Lucknow, owned by

RPSG Group, decided to take public opinions
from its fans and the name was shared by
owner Sanjiv Goenka in a video message on
Monday.
Que:Name the winner of women’s single title at the Syed Modi International
badminton Tournament 2022?
प्रश्नः सैयद मोदी अांतरराष्ट्ट्रीय िैडसमांटन टूनाकमेंट 2022 में महिला एकल खखताि
की विजेता का नाम क्या िै ?
Ans:PV Sindhu

• Sindhu beat fellow Indian Malvika Bansod 21-

13 21-16 to win her second Syed Modi title
after 2017.
• The 2022 Syed Modi International badminton
tournament was held at Babu Banarasi Das Thomas Badminton
1949
Indoor Stadium in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Cup (Men)
from 18 to 23 January 2022. Badminton
Uber Cup 1957
(Women)
Sudirman
Badminton 1989
Cup
Que:India’s first para-badminton academy has been set up in which city?
प्रश्नः भारत की पिली पैरा-िैडसमांटन अकादमी ककस ििर में स्थावपत की गई िै ?
Ans:Lucknow

• The set up will improve India’s medal prospects at

the 2024 Paralympics to be held in Paris, France at
Stade de France stadium.
• The badminton center has been launched by the
head national coach of Indian para-badminton
team, Gaurav Khanna, in association with Ageas
Federal Life Insurance.
Que:Name the Indian-American golfer who has won The Bahamas Great Exuma
Classic on the Korn Ferry Tour.
Que:उस भारतीय–अमेररकी गोल्फर का नाम िताइए, जजसने कोनक फेरी टूर पर द
ििामास ग्रेट एक्समु ा क्लाससक जीता िै ।
Ans:Akshay Bhatia

The win made him the third-youngest player to

win a Korn Ferry Tour event since the Tour’s
establishment in 1990.
Que:Which India’s first women’s tennis superstar has announced her retirement
after the 2022 season?
प्रश्नः भारत की ककस पिली महिला टे ननस सप ु रस्टार ने 2022 सत्र के िाद
सांन्यास की घोिणा की िै ?
Ans:Sania Mirza

• She is a former doubles No. 1 and has won 6

Grand Slams in her career.
• From 2003 until her retirement from Singles
in 2013, Mirza was ranked by the Women’s
Tennis Association as India’s No.1 player.
• Sania Mirza has also won a total of 14 medals (including 6 gold) at three
major multi-sport events, namely the Commonwealth Games, Asian
Games, and the Afro-Asian Games.
• Mirza was appointed as the UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador for South
Asia during the event organized to mark the International Day to End
Violence Against Women on November 25, 2013.

• Sania Mirza was also named Time Magazine’s 2016 list of the 100 most
influential people in the world.
• Que:The 9th Women National Ice Hockey Championship 2022 has
been organised at which place?
• प्रश्नः 9िीां महिला राष्ट्ट्रीय आइस िॉकी िैजम्पयनसिप 2022 का
आयोजन ककस स्थान पर ककया गया िै ?
• Ans:Lahaul And Spiti

• The event was inaugurated by Himachal

Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur.
• The national-level ice hockey competition is
being held in Himachal Pradesh for the first
time.
• Six teams from Himachal Pradesh, Telangana,
Ladakh, ITBP Ladakh, Chandigarh and Delhi
are participating in the mega event.
Que:Which city will host the 2022 AFC Women’s football Asian Cup
India?
Que:2022 एएफसी महिला फुटिॉल एसियाई कप भारत की मेजिानी
कौन सा ििर करे गा?
Ans:Mumbai and Pune
• The tournament will witness 12 teams competing for the trophy. AFC Women’s
Asian Cup India will also be the final stage of Asian qualification for the 2023
FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
• Asian Football Confederation (AFC):

• Founded: 8 May 1954, Manila, Philippines

• Headquarters: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• President: Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa
• Which player has won the women’s single Indian Open (Badminton) 2022?
• ककस खखलाडी ने महिला एकल इांडडयन ओपन (िैडसमांटन) 2022 जीता िै ?
• Ans:Busanan Ongbamrungphan

• Men’s Single – Lakshya Sen (India)

• Women’s Single – Busanan Ongbamrungphan
(Thailand)
• Men’s Double – Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj
Rankireddy (India)
• Which country is hosting the ICC U19 World Cup 2022?
• ICC U19 विश्ि कप 2022 की मेजिानी कौन सा दे ि कर रिा िै ?
• Ans: West Indies

• The 14th edition of the ICC Under-19 Cricket

World Cup is currently underway in the West
Indies.
• The ICC U19 World Cup 2022 began on
January 14th with the opening match between
West Indies and Australia.
Que:In January 2022, who among the following has received Knighthood from Prince
William, the Duke of Cambridge at Windsor Castle, for his services towards the game
of cricket?
Que:जनिरी 2022 में , कक्रकेट के खेल के प्रनत उनकी सेिाओां के सलए, ननम्नसलखखत
में से ककसने विांडसर कैसल में र्डयक
ू ऑफ कैजम्ब्ज वप्रांस विसलयम से नाइटिुड प्राप्त
ककया िै ?
Ans:Clive Lloyd
• The Former West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd received
Knighthood from Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge
at Windsor Castle, for his services towards the game of
cricket.
• A knighthood is a title that is given to a man by a British
king or queen for his achievements or his service to his
country. A man who has been given a knighthood can put
‘Sir’ in front of his name instead of ‘ Mr’.
• On the same day, England’s world cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan was
awarded with CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) by Prince
William for his services towards the game of cricket.
• The CBE is the highest-ranking Order of the British Empire award, followed
by OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) and then MBE (Member
of the Order of the British Empire).
Que:The 2022 Women’s Hockey Asia Cup will be held in which country?
Que:2022 महिला िॉकी एसिया कप ककस दे ि में आयोजजत ककया जाएगा?
Ans:Oman

• The 2022 Women’s Hockey Asia Cup will be

held from 21 to 28 January 2022 at the
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat,
Oman.
• It will be the 10th edition of the
quadrennial Women’s Hockey Asia Cup,
organized by the Asian Hockey Federation.
Que:Which player has been named as the captain of the Indian women’s team
participating in the 2022 Women’s Hockey Asia Cup?
Que:2022 महिला िॉकी एसिया कप में भाग लेने िाली भारतीय महिला टीम के
कप्तान के रूप में ककस खखलाडी को नासमत ककया गया िै ?
Ans:Savita Punia

• The 18-member Indian squad, taking part in

the tournament will be captained by
Goalkeeper Savita Puni.
• Seven other teams competing at the
Women’s Hockey Asia Cup 2022 are China,
Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South
Korea and Thailand.
Que:Indian player Tasnim Mir was in news recently for becoming first Indian
world number one in which sports?
Que:भारतीय खखलाडी तसनीम मीर िाल िी में ककस खेल में पिली भारतीय
विश्ि नांिर एक िनने के सलए ििाक में थीां?
Ans:Badminton

• With this feat the 16-year-old Tasnim has

become the first Indian to top the under-19
girls’ singles world rankings.
• Tasnim is at the top of the pile with 10,810
points.
• She hails from Mehsana, Gujarat.
 Lakshya Sen beats world champion Loh Kean Yew to win
India Open 2022
• Lakshya Sen became the first Indian to win an Indian Open men's singles title
on debut in the tournament
• This is Lakshya's first Super 500 title on the BWF tour. He had earlier won
bronze in the 2021 World Championships after losing to Srikanth in the semi-
final.
Australia claim Ashes series 4-0
• Australia beats England by 146 runs, completes 4-0 Ashes win

• Ashes Series • Irani Trophy

• Asia Cup • MRF World Cup
• Benson and Hedges • Nehru Cup
• C. K. Naidu Trophy (Jawaharlal Nehru
Cup)
• Deodhar Trophy
• Rani Jhansi Trophy
• Duleep Trophy
• Ranji Trophy
• G. D. Birla Trophy
• Reliance Cup
• Ghulam Ahmed
Trophy • Sahara Cup
Que:What is India’s current rank on the ICC world Test championship table
2021-23?
Que:ICC विश्ि टे स्ट िैंवपयनसिप तासलका 2021-23 में भारत की ितकमान रैंक
क्या िै ?
Ans:5th
Que:India will be its first ever World Deaf T20 Cricket Championship in 2023
in which state?
Que:भारत ककस राज्य में 2023 में अपनी पिली विश्ि िधधर टी20 कक्रकेट
िैंवपयनसिप िोगी?

• The International Committee of Sports for

the Deaf (ICSD) has given its approval to the
All India Sports Council of the Deaf (AISCD) to
organise the World Deaf T20 Cricket
Championship in 2023.
• A minimum eight countries are expected to
take part in the championship.
• Que:Which state/UT will host the next Khelo India Games in 2023?
• Que:कौन सा राज्य/केंद्र िाससत प्रदे ि 2023 में अगले खेलो इांडडया गेम्स की
मेजिानी करे गा?
• Ans:Karnataka

• Karnataka Minister for Youth Empowerment and Sports, K.C. Narayana

Gowda announced that Karnataka will host the next Khelo India Games
in 2023.
• He also announced that over 75 sports students are being trained in
the State to take part in the next Olympics.
• Khelo India Games for 2021 is scheduled to be held in February 2022
at Panchkula, Haryana.
IPL title sponsor 2022
• The Chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Brijesh Patel has confirmed
that Tata will replace Vivo as the title sponsor of ipl 2022.
• Brijesh Patel further informed that Vivo had a deal of Rs. 2,200 crores for the
title sponsorship rights of IPL from 2018-2022, however, after the Galwan
Valley military face-off between India and China, Vivo took a break for a year
with Dream 11 replacing it.
Que:How many total athletes are there currently in the list of athletes
selected for Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)?
Que:टारगेट ओलांवपक पोडडयम स्कीम (TOPS) के सलए िन ु े गए एथलीटों की
सिू ी में ितकमान में कुल ककतने एथलीट िैं?
Ans: 301

• The Mission Olympic Cell under the Ministry of Youth

Affairs and Sports has added ten athletes to the list of
athletes who would be provided support under the
Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS).

• With the 10 new addition, the total number of athletes

under TOPS has increased to 301, which includes 107 in
the Core group while 294 in Development group.
Que:Which tennis player has won the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 men’s
single title?
Que:ककस टे ननस खखलाडी ने 2022 मेलिनक समर सेट 1 परु ु ि एकल खखताि
जीता िै ?
Ans:Rafael Nadal

• World number six Rafael Nadal won the

men’s singles tennis title at 2022 Melbourne
Summer Set 1 on January 09, 2022.
• Nadal beat American qualifier Maxime Cressy
7-6(6), 6-3 to earn his 89th career ATP title.
• In the women’s singles, Simona Halep beat
Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova 6–2, 6–3 to
win her 23rd career WTA title.
Que:Legends League Cricket (LLC) has appointed whom as an Ambassador to
its All Women Match Official Team to promote Women’s Empowerment
initiatives of the LLC and to increase participation of women in cricket?
Que:लीजेंर्डस लीग कक्रकेट (एलएलसी) ने एलएलसी की महिला अधधकाररता
पिल को िढािा दे ने और कक्रकेट में महिलाओां की भागीदारी िढाने के सलए
अपनी ऑल िम ू ेन मैि आधधकाररक टीम में ककसे राजदत ू ननयक्
ु त ककया िै ?
Ans:Jhulan Goswami
• The LLC set up an All Women Match Official Team for the
League.
• Match Referee for entire season: Shandre Fritz (South Africa)
• Umpires: Shubhda Bhosle Gaikwad (youngest female umpire
of India)
• organized from January 20 2022 at Oman Cricket Stadium in
Muscat, Oman.
• Legends League Cricket (LLC) 2022 teams: Indian Maharaja,
Aisan Lions, World Giants
Que:Who among the following has won the World Rapid Chess Championship
2021?
Que:ननम्नसलखखत में से ककसने विश्ि रै वपड ितरां ज िैजम्पयनसिप 2021 जीती
िै ?
Ans:Nodirbek Abdusattorov
14-year-old Bharath Subramaniyam becomes India's 73rd
Grandmaster

• Mitrabha Guha had become the country's

72nd Grand Master in November last,
Sankalp Gupta became the 71st GM two days
after his.
Sri Lanka batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa retires from
international cricket

Rajapaksa represented Sri Lanka in five

ODIs and 18 T20Is, scoring a total of runs 409
across formats which included three fifties.
He was part of Sri Lanka's T20 World Cup
2021 squad and finished as the third-highest
run-scorer for his team
• Que:All-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has announced retirement from international
cricket. He played for which nation's cricket team?
• प्रश्नः ऑलराउां डर मोिम्मद िफीज ने अांतरराष्ट्ट्रीय कक्रकेट से सांन्यास की घोिणा की िै ।
िि ककस दे ि की कक्रकेट टीम के सलए खेले?
• Ans:Pakistan

✓ The 41-year-old had announced his retirement from

Test cricket earlier in 2018. He will now be retiring
from all forms of international cricket
✓ He is nicknamed “The Professor”.
Que:Who has won doubled gold medal (Men’s singles & doubles category)
at the 4th Para-Badminton National Championship, conducted in
Bhubaneswar, Odisha?
Que:भि ु नेश्िर, ओडडिा में आयोजजत िौथी पैरा–िैडसमांटन राष्ट्ट्रीय
िैजम्पयनसिप में डिल स्िणक पदक (परु ु ि एकल और यग ु ल िगक) ककसने
जीता िै ?
Ans:Nitesh Kumar

• Haryana’s Nitesh along with his partner Tarun Dhillon

defeated World No. 1 Paralympic Games gold
medallist Pramod Bhagat and Manoj Sarkar

• Nitesh also won the gold medal in the Men’s singles category.
• World No 1 SL3 Para-Badminton player Parul Parmar from Gujarat also
secured gold while Mandeep Kaur from Uttarakhand won Silver and Mansi
won bronze.
 India beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets to win U-19 Asia Cup
title in Dubai
• Player of the match in U-19 Asia Cup Final: Angkrish Raghuvanshi (IND)
• 9th Asia Cup

Runners
Year Winner Host Nation
-up
Sri
2018 India Bangladesh
Lanka
Bangla
2019 India Sri Lanka
desh
Sri United Arab
2021 India
Lanka Emirates
Rishabh Pant becomes fastest Indian wicket keeper to
reach 100 dismissals in Test

Wicketkeepers with 100

Test Matches
dismissals

Rishabh Pant 26
MS Dhoni 36
Kiran More 39
Nayan Mongia 41

Syed Kirmani 42
Que:Which team has won the 11th Junior National Men’s Hockey
Championship in Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu?
Que:तसमलनाडु के कोविलपट्टी में 11िीां जनू नयर राष्ट्ट्रीय पुरुि िॉकी
िैजम्पयनसिप ककस टीम ने जीती िै ?
Ans:Uttar Pradesh

• Tournament top scorer Sharda Nand Tiwari

opened the scoring for Uttar Pradesh.
• victory over Chandigarh
South Africa's Quinton de Kock retires from Test cricket

Test Debut- February 20,2014

Last Test- December 26,2021

2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China to include cricket in
T20 format

➢E-sports and breakdancing will debut in the 2022 Asian Games ..

➢Sony Pictures Networks India, (SPN), has acquired the exclusive rights for the
2022 Asian Games from November 2021 to September 2023.
➢Cricket was a part of the Asian Games back in 2010 and 2014 but wasn't included
for the 2018 edition in Indonesia. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) welcomed
the OCA's decision to include cricket for the next season.
➢The 40 sports for the Asian Games 2022 includes a number of Olympic sports
consisting of swimming, archery, athletics, badminton, equestrian, fencing,
football, hockey, judo, kabaddi, among others.
International News
Que:Which country has been added as the fourth new member of BRICS
New Development Bank?
Que:बब्क्स न्यू डेिलपमें ट िैंक के िौथे नए सदस्य के रूप में ककस दे ि को
जोडा गया िै?
Ans: Egypt

• Bangladesh, UAE, and Uruguay joined BRICS New

Development Bank in September 2021.
• Membership expansion enables New Development
Bank to position itself as a premier development
institution for emerging economies.
New Development Bank:

Founded: 15 July 2014, Fortaleza,

Brazil
Headquarters: Shanghai, China
President: Marcos Prado Troyjo
Que:Which city has become the city with the largest Metro network in the
world?
Que:कौन सा ििर दनु नया का सिसे िडा मेट्रो नेटिकक िाला ििर िन गया िै ?
Ans:Shanghai, China

• Shanghai has opened two new metro lines, upholding its rank as the city with
the largest Metro network in the world.
• With the inauguration of the new Metro lines, the Shanghai subway network
will expand largely along 831km.
• Now, Shanghai city boasts 508 stations. Over 10 million people use the system
on an average workday.
Capital: Beijing
Currency: Renminbi
President: Xi Jinping
China is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases:- China produced 9.3 metric gigatonnes of carbon
dioxide which is around 28% of total CO2 emission in the world. It is followed by the USA and
India.
Que:KSLV-II Nuri rocket, is the first domestically produced space launch
vehicle of which country?
Que:KSLV-II नरू ी रॉकेट, ककस दे ि का पिला घरे लू स्तर पर ननसमकत अांतररक्ष
प्रक्षेपण यान िै ?
Ans:South Korea

• South Korea’s first domestically produced

space launch vehicle KSLV-II Nuri rocket failed
due to a loose helium tank.
• All the three stages of the rocket worked,
taking it to a height of 700 kilometres, and the
1.5-tonne payload separated successfully. The
mission failed as the third-stage engine
stopped burning 46 seconds earlier than
schedule.
France takes over EU Presidency for six months from January
2022

• France has assumed the rotating presidency of the Council of the European
Union with effect from January 01, 2022.

• The country will continue to hold the EU presidency for the next six months
till June 30, 2022.
• This is the 13th time that France has taken over the rotating presidency.
• The motto of France as EU President is “recovery, strength, belonging.”
• The presidency of EU rotates every six months among the member states of
the 27-nation bloc.
• Upon the completion of six months presidency, France will be replaced by the
Czech Republic.
Que:Abdalla Hamdok resigned as Prime Minister of which nation on January 2,
2022?
प्रश्नः अब्दल्
ु ला िमदोक ने 2 जनिरी, 2022 को ककस दे ि के प्रधानमांत्री पद से
इस्तीफा दे हदया?
Ans:Sudan

• He has resigned six weeks after returning to his

post in a deal with the military which stated that
this could save a transition of Sudan towards
democracy.
Que:Which country’s Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has been
suspended over allegations of corruption?
Que:ककस दे ि के प्रधान मांत्री मोिम्मद िुसैन रोिले को भ्रष्ट्टािार के आरोप में
ननलांबित कर हदया गया िै ?
Ans:Somalia

• President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has

suspended Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble over
allegations of corruption, misuse of public land and trade
allegations over the holding up of parliamentary elections.
• The president has also suspended Brigadier General Abdihamid
Mohamed Dirir, the commander of the Somali Navy.

Capital: Mogadishu
Currency: Somali shilling
President: Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
 2 Women diplomats appointed by the US to represent Washington in
Afghanistan

• Rina Amiri has been appointed as a special envoy for Afghan women, girls, and human
rights. She served under the former US President Barack Obama as a senior adviser to the
US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
• • Stephanie Foster will be the new senior adviser for women and girls to the US Operations
for evacuating and resettling the Afghans at risk.
• • The move by the United States has also come close on the heels of the Taliban imposing
fresh restrictions on women in Afghanistan.
Que:Which country has joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA) as the 102nd
member by signing the International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement?
Que:अांतराकष्ट्ट्रीय सौर गठिांधन फ्रेमिकक समझौते पर िस्ताक्षर करके कौन सा दे ि
102िें सदस्य के रूप में अांतराकष्ट्ट्रीय सौर गठिांधन (आईएसए) में िासमल िो गया िै ?
Ans:Antigua and Barbuda

• ISA was jointly launched by India and France in

2015 during the 21st session of the United
Nations Climate Change COP-21 in Paris,
France to promote solar energy.

• Capital – Saint John’s

• Currency – East Caribbean Dollar
• Prime Minister – Gaston Browne
Que:China has found traces of coronavirus in which fruit?
Que:िीन को ककस फल में कोरोना िायरस के ननिान समले िैं?
Ans:Dragon fruit

• China has shut down several supermarkets after coronavirus traces were
found in fruits that were imported from Vietnam, as per reports.

• The reports claim that coronavirus samples were found in dragon fruit in
at least nine cities in Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces.

• China has begun emergency screening of imported food products and

fruit testing in all nine cities. The authorities have also ordered fruit
buyers to quarantine themselves.
• Que:Which tech-giant has acquired Israeli cybersecurity startup
Siemplify?
• प्रश्न: ककस टे क-हदग्गज ने इजरायली साइिर सरु क्षा स्टाटक अप ससएम्प्लीफाई का
अधधग्रिण ककया िै ?
• Ans:Google

• Alphabet Inc-owned Google has acquired Israeli

cybersecurity startup Siemplify, in a deal worth $500
million
• As a part of Google Cloud’s security team, Siemplify
will help companies better manage their threat
response.
• This purchase marks fourth acquisition of an Israeli
company by Google

• Siemplify was founded in 2015 by Amos Stern (CEO), Alon Cohen (CTO) and
Garry Fatakhov (COO). It has offices in Tel Aviv and headquarters in New
York.
Que:Centre has approved an MoU with which country for the construction of a
bridge over Mahakali River at Dharchula in Uttarakhand?
प्रश्नः केंद्र ने उत्तराखांड के धारिल
ू ा में मिाकाली नदी पर पल
ु के ननमाकण के
सलए ककस दे ि के साथ समझौता ज्ञापन को मांजरू ी दी िै ?
Ans:Nepal

• The bridge will connect the twin town of

Dharchula in Uttarakhand with Dharchula in
the territory of Nepal.
• The construction of the bridge will be
completed within three years.
• It will strengthen the relationship and further
improve the diplomatic ties between the two
countries.
Philippines bans child marriage
• As per the Britain-based rights organization
Plan International, the Philippines has the
world’s 12th highest rate of child marriage.
• The President of Philippines Rodrigo Duterte
signed a law prohibiting Child Marriage
• The law banning child marriage in Philippines
stipulates that marrying or cohabiting with
anybody under the age of 18 years can result
in a 12-years prison sentence.
• One in every six girls in the Southeast Asian
Country marries before the age of 18.
Que:Japan has signed a ‘landmark’ defence treaty named the Reciprocal Access
Agreement (RAA) with which country to counter China’s expansionary military
and economic policies?
Que:जापान ने िीन की विस्तारिादी सैन्य और आधथकक नीनतयों का मक ु ािला
करने के सलए ककस दे ि के साथ पारस्पररक पिुांि समझौते (आरएए) नामक
एक ‘ऐनतिाससक‘ रक्षा सांधध पर िस्ताक्षर ककए िैं?
Ans: Australia

• It is the second deal signed between Japan &

Australia after Quadrilateral Security
Dialogue (QUAD).
• The treaty was signed between Australian
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese
PM Fumio Kishida in a virtual conference
organized in Tokyo, Japan.
Que: Scientists have detected a new strain of Covid-19 that combines both
Delta and Omicron in which nation?
Que:िैज्ञाननकों ने कोविड -19 के एक नए तनाि का पता लगाया िै जो डेल्टा
और ओमाइक्रोन दोनों को ककस दे ि में जोडता िै ?
Ans:Cyprus

• The discovery was named “Deltacron” due

to the identification of Omicron-like
genetic signatures within the Delta
genomes
 Sri Lanka launches Jaffna-Colombo luxury train service with
India’s assistance

• The intercity rail service with all facilities was

launched on Sunday, where India provided
AC Diesel Multiple Units (AC DMUs) under
the loan facility.

• covering a distance of approximately 386

km.
Poet Maya Angelou becomes first Black Woman to
feature on US Coin

✓ As per the press release from the agency, the US Mint has
started shipping the first coins with Maya Angelou’s
likeness on the American Quarter, a 25 cent piece.

✓ Maya Angelou was born in Missouri in 1928. She was an

essayist and poet who had worked with Martin Luther King
Jr. and Malcolm X during the Civil Rights Movement.
• Which country has built an artificial moon on Earth that can make gravity
disappear?
• ककस दे ि ने प्
ृ िी पर एक कृबत्रम िांद्रमा िनाया िै जो गुरुत्िाकिकण को गायि
कर सकता िै ?
• Ans: China

China has built an artificial low-gravity research facility

where gravity can be controlled with the use of powerful
magnets by scientists to such low levels that it can
successfully simulate the moon’s gravity.
• Que:Under SpaceX’s Transporter-3 Mission, which of the following
African nation has launched its first ‘made In Africa’ Satellites?
• प्रश्नः स्पेसएक्स के ट्राांसपोटक र-3 समिन के तित ननम्नसलखखत में से ककस
अफ्रीकी दे ि ने अपना पिला 'मेड इन अफ्रीका' उपग्रि लॉन्ि ककया िै ?
• Ans: South Africa

Transporter-3, SpaceX’s third dedicated

rideshare mission, carried a total of 105
spacecraft for various organisations and
governments, including CubeSats, microsats,
PocketQubes and orbital transfer vehicles.
• The ‘Infinity Bridge’, which was recently opened for public traffic, is built in
which of these place?
• 'इजन्फननटी बब्ज', जजसे िाल िी में सािकजननक यातायात के सलए खोला गया
था, इनमें से ककस स्थान पर िनाया गया िै ?
• Ans:Dubai

The iconic ‘Infinity Bridge’ in Dubai, United Arab

Emirates, was formally opened to traffic for the
first time on January 16, 2022.

• The bridge is named ‘Infinity’ as its design resembles the mathematical sign for
infinity (∞). It also represents limitless, infinite goals of Dubai.
• The bridge consists of six lanes in each directions and a combined 3-metre track for
pedestrians and cyclists
• It is 300 metres long and 22 metres wide. The bridge is built over the Dubai Creek
and can accommodate 24,000 vehicles in both directions each hour.
• It shall connect Deira to Bur Dubai and vice-versa.
Que:The first BRICS Sherpas meeting of 2022 was held virtually on January 18-19
2022 under the chairship of which country?
Que:2022 की पिली बब्क्स िेरपा िैठक िस्तुतः 18-19 जनिरी 2022 को ककस दे ि
की अध्यक्षता में आयोजजत की गई थी?
Ans:China

• China has taken on the rotating chairmanship of BRICS in 2022.

BRICS is a grouping of five major emerging economies — Brazil,
Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
• India’s BRICS Sherpa: Sanjay Bhattacharyya
Que:Which word has been chosen as the Oxford University Press Children’s
Word of the Year 2021?
प्रश्न: ककस िब्द को ऑक्सफोडक यनू निससकटी प्रेस धिल्ड्रन िडक ऑफ द ईयर
2021 िन ु ा गया िै ?
Ans:Anxiety

Apart from “anxiety” (21%), “Challenging”

(19%), “isolate” (14%), “Wellbeing” (13%) and
“resilience” (12%) were the children’s top five
words.
In 2020, Coronavirus was the Children’s Word
of the Year by OUP.
Que:Rare instance of snowfall was witnessed in which desert recently?
Que:िाल िी में ककस रे धगस्तान में हिमपात का दल ु भ
क उदािरण दे खा गया िै ?
Ans:Sahara

• In a rare phenomenon, snowfall was captured on the dunes of the Sahara

Desert after the temperatures dropped below zero.
• This is the 5th time in 42 years that it has snowed in the Sahara desert. The
earlier times were in 1979, 2016,2018 and 2021.
• The maximum temperature in the desert reaches to about 58 degrees in
the summer.
Que:Which country recently test-flighted Arrow-3 anti-ballistic missile system and its
interceptors?
प्रश्नः िाल िी में ककस दे ि ने एरो-3 एांटी-िैसलजस्टक समसाइल ससस्टम और उसके
इांटरसेप्टर का परीक्षण ककया?
Ans: Israel

• The Arrow 3 interceptor is designed to

intercept ballistic missiles outside of the
earth’s atmosphere.
• The advanced Arrow weapon system (AWS) is
jointly funded, developed and produced by
Israel and the United States, through Israel
Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Boeing.
Que:US scientists have recently discovered an underground ocean buried beneath the
surface of a moon named Mimas. This moon Mimas belong to which planet?
प्रश्न: अमेररकी िैज्ञाननकों ने िाल िी में मीमास नामक िांद्रमा की सति के नीिे दिे
एक भसू मगत मिासागर की खोज की िै । यि िांद्रमा मीमास ककस ग्रि से सांिांधधत िै ?
Ans: Saturn

• A team of Scientists at Southwest Research Institute

(SwRI) in the US have discovered an underground ocean
buried beneath the surface of the ‘Death Star’-like moon
of Saturn, named Mimas.
• The new discovery would help the scientists in better
understanding Saturn’s rings and pave the way for further
investigation towards possible signs of life on the planet.
Saturn

• Saturn is a gas giant made up mostly of hydrogen and helium. Saturn's

volume is greater than 760 Earths, and it is the second most massive
planet in the solar system, about 95 times Earth's mass.
• Saturn is the least dense among all the planets. Its density is less than
that of water.
• Galileo Galilei was the first to see Saturn's rings in 1610
• The largest, Titan, is slightly larger than Mercury, and is the second-
largest moon in the solar system behind Jupiter's moon Ganymede.
(Earth's moon is the fifth largest.)
Que:Which inter-governmental alliance is holding a maritime exercise named
“Neptune Strike ’22” in the Mediterranean Sea?
प्रश्नः भम
ू ध्य सागर में "नेप्च्यन
ू स्ट्राइक '22" नामक समद्र
ु ी अभ्यास कौन सा
अांतरसरकारी गठिांधन कर रिा िै ?
Ans: NATO

• The naval drill will end on February 04, 2022.

• The main purpose of this exercise will be to demonstrate and test NATO’s wide
range of maritime capabilities.
• The NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) member countries will be
conducting a 12-day maritime exercise in the Mediterranean Sea from January
24, 2022.
NATO
• 30 member countries, two are located in North America (Canada
and the United States), 28 are in Europe, one of which (Turkey) is
in both Europe and Asia.
• Founded: 4 April 1949, Washington, D.C., United States
• Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
• NATO is a political and military alliance, whose principal task is to
ensure the protection of its citizens and to promote security and
stability in the North Atlantic area.
• Que:The NASA space agency has recently unveiled Phase 2 of the ‘Deep Space
Food Challenge’ in partnership with the space agency of which country?
• प्रश्नः नासा अांतररक्ष एजेंसी ने िाल िी में ककस दे ि की अांतररक्ष एजेंसी के
साथ साझेदारी में ‘डीप स्पेस फूड िैलेंज’ के दस ू रे िरण का अनािरण ककया
िै ?
• Ans:Canada

• The competition invites teams to design, build, and demonstrate

innovative and sustainable prototypes of food production
technologies and produce food for judging.
• The technology will help future astronauts to produce nutritious,
tasty, and satisfying meals on long-duration space missions, that
require minimal resources and produce minimal waste.
• The Phase 2 of the challenge includes a prize of $1 million.
Que:Researchers have recently name which species of animal after Swedish
environmental activist Greta Thunberg?
प्रश्नः िोधकताकओां ने िाल िी में स्िीडडि पयाकिरण कायककताक ग्रेटा थनिगक के नाम
पर ककस प्रजानत के जानिर का नाम रखा िै?
Ans: Rainfrog

• The unique known species of frog was discovered in

2012 in Panama’s Mount Chucantí by an international
team led by Dr Abel Batista and Dr Konrad Mebert and
was thought to be part of already categorised
Pristimantis family.
• In 2018, through DNA analysis the team confirmed that
the frog is a new species.
Que:Armen Sarkissian has recently resigned from the post of president of which of the
following country?
Que:आमेन सरककससयन ने िाल िी में ननम्नसलखखत में से ककस दे ि के राष्ट्ट्रपनत पद से
इस्तीफा दे हदया िै ?
Ans:Armenia

• Armenia’s political crisis followed the war

between Armenia and its rival Azerbaijan for
control of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh
region.
• Armen Sarkissian served as prime minister
between 1996 and 1997. He was Armenia’s
ambassador to the UK when he was elected
president in March 2018.

Capital: Yerevan
Currency: Armenian Dram
Que:Which country is associated with the “Aboriginal flag”, which was seen in
the news recently?
प्रश्नः िाल में खिरों में रिे “आहदिासी ध्िज” से कौन सा दे ि जुडा िै ?
Ans: Australia

• The Australian government has bought the

copyright of the Aboriginal flag, to free the
symbol of identity from fights over who can use
it.
• Indigenous artist Harold Thomas created the flag
in 1971 as a protest image. It is used as the
dominant Aboriginal emblem and an official
national flag. Now, the flag can be reproduced by
anyone without fear of legal threats.
 Bangladesh: Rural hospital wins prestigious RIBA (Royal
Institute of British Architects) prize for most transformative
building of the world

• Friendship Hospital, in the southwestern town of

Satkhira in Bangladesh has been adjudged the
most transformative building of the world for the
year 2021 by the Royal Institute of British
Architects (RIBA). The 80 bed community
hospital designed by the Bangladeshi architect
Kasef Chowdhury is designed to ‘work with and
withstand the climate change effects of rising sea
water in the adjoining area’, said the RIBA in an
announcement.
• Que:The world’s largest canal lock has recently been unveiled in which
country?
• प्रश्नः िाल िी में ककस दे ि में विश्ि के सिसे िडे कैनाल लॉक का अनािरण ककया
गया िै ?
• Ans:The Netherlands

• The sea lock was inaugurated by Dutch

King Willen-Alexander on January 26,
2022.
• The Ijmuiden sea lock is 500-meter (1,640-
feet) long and 70-meter wide.
• The overall cost of constructing the
project is $338 million.
• Que:India has collaborated with which country to create 150 ‘Villages of
Excellence’ in 12 States of India?
• प्रश्न: भारत ने भारत के 12 राज्यों में 150 'उत्कृष्ट्टता के गाांि' िनाने के सलए
ककस दे ि के साथ सियोग ककया िै ?
• Ans:Israel

• The Government of India has joined hands with the Government of

Israel to create 150 ‘Villages of Excellence’ in 12 States of the country,
to help farmers to adopt latest technology in the farm sector..
• 75 villages out of 150 would be taken up in 2022. The remaining villages
would be taken up subsequently.
 Tonga volcano
➢Recently, a volcano erupted in the southern
Pacific Island of Tonga, which triggered Tsunami
waves around the Pacific.
➢The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano
erupted 30 kilometres (19 miles) into the air on
Saturday sending ash, gas and acid rain across a
large area of the Pacific. The ashfall and
tsunami affected more than 100,000 people,
virtually the entire Tongan population.
• It is an Undersea Volcanic
Eruption consisting of two
small uninhabited islands,
Hunga-Ha’apai and Hunga-
Tonga.
➢Impact:
➢Huge volcanic eruptions can sometimes cause temporary global cooling as sulfur
dioxide is pumped into the stratosphere. But in the case of the Tonga eruption, initial
satellite measurements indicated the amount of sulfur dioxide released would only
have a tiny effect of perhaps 0.01 Celsius global average cooling.
➢The waves crossed the Pacific, drowning two people in Peru and causing minor
damage from New Zealand to Santa Cruz, California.
➢The US Geological Survey estimated the eruption caused the equivalent of a
magnitude 5.8
• Que:Which company is purchasing the gaming company Activision Blizzard
Inc?
• Que:गेसमांग कांपनी Activision Blizzard Inc को कौन सी कांपनी खरीद रिी िै ?
• Ans:Microsoft

• $68.7 billion. ($95.00 per share)

• Activision Blizzard is famous as the maker of Candy Crush
and Call of Duty, Xbox, among other leading video games.
• Upon the completion of the deal, Microsoft will become
the world’s third-largest gaming company by revenue,
behind Tencent and Sony.

➢ Activision Blizzard, Inc. is an American video game holding company

based in Santa Monica, California. It was founded in July 2008
through the merger of Activision, Inc. and Vivendi Games.
➢ Founder: Bobby Kotick