6th June 2022

Q.1) Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy has launched the Pan-India
Rooftop Solar Awareness Campaign titled as “Ghar Ke Upar Solar Is Super” at Bidar,
Karnataka. Which country is collaborating with India for this campaign?

[a] Denmark

[b] Germany

[c] Netherlands

[d] USA

[e] UK
• Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy has launched the Pan-India Rooftop
Solar Awareness Campaign titled as “Ghar Ke Upar Solar Is Super” at Bidar,
Karnataka.

• The campaign will be run by the National Solar Energy Federation of India, in
collaboration with the German Solar Association and the German Federal Ministry of
Economic Cooperation and Development under the Sequa KVP Programme.
• It is a 3 year long program aimed at increasing awareness of Solar Rooftops among 100 Indian
towns and cities, especially tier 2 and tier 3 towns/cities.

• The Ministry is providing 40% of subsidy for households to install solar panels.

• In this scheme, farmers will be given 30% subsidy each by centre and state to install solar
pumps.
Q.2) Which IIT has announced a course on “Out of the Box Thinking” through mathematics?

[a] IIT-Delhi

[b] IIT-Dharwad

[c] IIT-Madras

[d] IIT-Ropar

[e] IIT-Kharagpur
• In a first, the IIT-Madras has announced a course on “Out of the Box Thinking” through
mathematics.

• Purpose - to encourage innovative thinking and targeted at one million schoolchildren and
college students, besides working professionals and researchers, the three-month course
will be available in online mode, free of cost, to people in India and abroad.
• The course will be offered through IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation, a Section
8 company of IIT Madras.

• IIT Madras Director - V Kamakoti

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Q.3) Which institute has designed a new class of artificial peptides or mini-proteins that
they say can render viruses like SARS-CoV-2 inactive?

[a] IISc

[b] IIIM

[c] IISER

[d] GGSIU

[e] DSEU
• Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore has designed a new class of artificial peptides or
mini-proteins that they say can render viruses like SARS-CoV-2 inactive.

• The mini-proteins can not only block virus entry into our cells but also clump virus particles
together, reducing their ability to infect.
Q.4) Blue Duke is the state butterfly of which state?

[a] Sikkim

[b] Assam

[c] West Bengal

[d] Kerala

[e] Telangana
• Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has declared Blue Duke as the state butterfly on
the occasion of World Environment Day.

• A total of 720 species of butterflies are found in Sikkim.

• Scientific name of the Blue Duke is Bassarona durga durga.

• Krishna Peacock (Papilio Krishna) is another very famous butterfly of Sikkim.

• State Butterfly of Maharashtra (the first state in the country to declare a State Butterfly):
Blue Mormon

• State Butterfly of Karnataka: Southern Bird Wing

• State Butterfly of Uttarakhand: Common Peacock

• State Butterfly of Tamil Nadu: Tamil Yeoman, meaning, the Tamilian Warrior

• State Butterfly of Arunachal Pradesh: Kaiser-i-Hind, means the ‘emperor of India’

• State Butterfly of Kerala: Buddha Mayoori (Malabar banded peacock)

Q.5) What is the venue of the ‘SAMPRITI’ 2022 exercise?

[a] Chail Military School

[b] College of Military Engineering

[c] Air Force Technical College

[d] Jashore Military Station

[e] Belgaum Military School

• India and Bangladesh have conducted the 10th edition of their army exercise ‘SAMPRITI’ at
Jashore Military Station in Bangladesh.
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Name of Exercise Country

Garuda Shakti Indonesia

Ekuverin Maldives

Hand-in-Hand China

Kurukshetra Singapore

Mitra Shakti Sri Lanka

Nomadic Elephant Mongolia

Maitree Exercise India & Thailand

Vajra Prahar India & US

Yudh Abhyas India & US

Shakti Exercise India & France

Dharma Guardian India & Japan

Name of Exercise Country

Surya Kiran India & Nepal

SIMBEX India & Singapore

Exercise LAMITYE India & Seychelles

Q.6) What is the venue of Ex Khaan Quest 2022?

[a] Georgia

[b] Armenia

[c] Azerbaijan

[d] Mongolia

[e] Estonia
• A multinational peacekeeping exercise- Ex Khaan Quest 2022- featuring participation from
military contingents from 16 countries (including India) was conducted in Mongolia.

• President of Mongolia - Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh

Q.7) With which country has signed an MOU for enhancing co-operation to increase
cooperation on climate action, environmental protection, and conservation through a range
of initiatives in areas such as renewable energy and plastic pollution?

[a] Netherlands

[b] Canada

[c] Portugal

[d] Japan

[e] Australia
• India and Canada have signed an MOU for enhancing co-operation to increase cooperation
on climate action, environmental protection and conservation through a range of initiatives
in areas such as renewable energy and plastic pollution.

• By 2030, India will be the world’s third largest economy and it is currently the world’s third
largest emitter of greenhouse gases, after China and the US.

• Targets of India – Reducing the emissions intensity of its GDP from 35% to 45% and
generating half of its electricity from renewables by 2030, up from 40%.
Q.8) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has organized the BALTOPS (Baltic
Operations) 2022 naval exercise in the Baltic Sea. When was the first edition of this exercise
organized?

[a] 1995

[b] 1996

[c] 1982

[d] 1990

[e] 1972
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has organized the BALTOPS (Baltic Operations)
naval exercise in the Baltic Sea.

• BALTOPS was initiated in 1972.

• Participants – NATO members and two aspiring members (Finland and Sweden)

• BALTOPS 22 is scheduled to end in the German port of Kiel on June 17.

Q.9) Which company has launched 'Har Time EMI On Time’?

[a] Power Finance Corporation Limited

[b] Bajaj Finance Limited

[c] Muthoot Finance Ltd

[d] Tata Capital Financial Services Ltd.

[e] Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited

• Bajaj Finance Limited has launched 'Har Time EMI On Time', it’s digital its public awareness
campaign, to create awareness about the benefits of paying their monthly loan EMIs on
time and the negative side effects of missing their loan payments on their overall financial
health in the long run.
Q.10) Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a special series of coins (for Re 1, Rs
2, 5, 10 and 20 denominations) that are also 'visually impaired friendly'. As per the Coinage Act of
2011, coins of all denominations are minted by the Govt of India. RBI is responsible for bringing
the coins into circulation under the RBI Act, 1934. In how many states are the Government Mint
facilities located?

[a] Thirteen

[b] Five

[c] Four

[d] Six

[e] Seven
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a special series of coins (for Re 1, Rs 2, 5, 10
and 20 denominations) that are also 'visually impaired friendly’.

• The coins will have the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) design. They are not
commemorative coins and will be part of circulation.
• As per the Coinage Act of 2011, coins of all denominations are minted by the Govt of India.

• RBI is responsible for bringing the coins into circulation under the RBI Act, 1934.

• There are only four Government Mints in India, which are located at Mumbai, Alipore
(Kolkata), Saifabad (Hyderabad), Cherlapally (Hyderabad) and NOIDA (UP).