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    1. Who was recently (in Aug ‘22) chaired the 9th governing body meeting of the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) in New Delhi, Delhi?
      1) Parshottam Rupala
      2) L. Murugan
      3) Sanjeev Kumar Balyan
      4) Narendra Singh Tomar
      5) Piyush Goyal
      Answer & Explanation
      Answer-1) Parshottam Rupala
      Explanation:
      Union Minister Parshottam Rupala, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, presided over the 9th governing body meeting of the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), which was held in New Delhi, Delhi.
      i. The National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) was established in 2006 as an autonomous body under the administrative supervision of the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying.
      ii. Objective: To increase fish production and productivity in India, as well as to coordinate fishery development in a holistic and integrated manner.

    2. Which of the following points are ‘correct’ with respect to the Mercom India Research released in August 2022?
      1) Solar capacity installations in India rose by 59 per cent to record 7.2 gigawatt (GW) during the first half of 2022
      2) Cumulative large-scale solar PV installations in Rajasthan reached almost 13 GW as of June 2022.
      3) During the Q2 of 2022, Andhra Pradesh were the top states for large-scale solar, accounting for 53%.
      4) Only 1 & 2
      5) All 1, 2 & 3
      Answer & Explanation
      Answer- 4) Only 1 & 2
      Explanation:
      Solar capacity installations in India rose by 59% to record 7.2 gigawatt (GW) during the first half of 2022, as per the report released by Mercom India Research.
      i. Cumulative large-scale solar PV installations in Rajasthan reached almost 13 GW as of June 2022.
      Rajasthan became the first state to cross 10 GW of cumulative large-scale solar installations at the end of March 2022.
      ii. Rajasthan topped the large-scale solar installations during the Q2 of 2022 with 53% followed by Gujarat (14%) and Maharastra (9 %).

    3. Name the organization that recently (in August ‘22) signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) with ExxonMobil Corporation for Deepwater Exploration on the Indian East and West coasts.
      1) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
      2) Bharat Petroleum
      3) Hindustan Petroleum
      4) Indian Oil Corporation
      5) Oil India Limited
      Answer & Explanation
      Answer-1) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
      Explanation:
      Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) with ExxonMobil Corporation for an exploration of oil and gas in the deep sea on India’s East and West coasts.
      i. They would focus on the Godavari – Krishna basin on the East coast and Kutch – Mumbai basin on the West coast.
      ii. The pact on signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2019, to undertake joint studies between these two firms is included in this work on deepwater.

    4. At which Indian Naval Ship (INS), India’s first Composite Indoor Shooting Range (CISR) was launched by Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta in August 2022?
      1) INS Vikramaditya
      2) INS Virbahu
      3) INS Karna
      4) INS Dega
      5) INS Kalinga
      Answer & Explanation
      Answer-3) INS Karna
      Explanation:
      India’s first Composite Indoor Shooting Range (CISR) was launched by Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta, a serving Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command (ENC), at Indian Naval Ship (INS) Karna on the Eastern Seaboard, near Bheemili, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh(AP).
      i. The Competent Authority in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been accepted and approved by the CISR.
      ii. The first in the Navy and the only Military unit in the country to set up CISR is INS Karna.

    5. In August 2022, Indian Navy Ships(INS) (warships) on Sail to 6 Continents to Celebrate 75 years of Independence.
      Which of the following INS and Continent are ‘wrongly’ matched:?

      1) INS Saryu- Asia Continent
      2) INS Tabar (F44)- Africa Continent
      3) INS Tarkash- South America Continent
      4) INS Satpura- North America Continent
      5) INS Sumedha- Europe Continent
      Answer & Explanation
      Answer- 5) INS Sumedha- Europe Continent
      Explanation:
      In a first-of-its-kind effort, the Indian Navy Ships(INS) (warships) set sail to 6 continents – North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia – as a part of the celebration of 75 years of Independence of India Patrol vessels.
      INS Sumedha docked at Perth in Australia.
      INS Saryu entered the Changi Naval Base in Singapore, Asia Continents.
      Talwar-class frigate INS Tabar (F44) arrived at Mombasa, Kenya, Africa Continents.
      INS Tarkash docked at Rio De Janeiro in Brazil and this is first deployment of an Indian Naval Ship to South America Continents in over 20 years.
      INS Satpura docked at San Diego Harbor, the USA, North America Continents
      The Made-in-India naval ship INS Tarangini, docked at Thames Quay in east London, UK in Europe Continents.

    6. Name the bank that recently (in Aug ‘22) formed a co-lending partnership with Protium Finance and InCred Financial Services Limited (IFSL) to provide loans to MSME borrowers.
      1) Bank of Maharashtra
      2) Central Bank of India
      3) Bank of Baroda
      4) Indian Bank
      5) Punjab National Bank
      Answer & Explanation
      Answer-2) Central Bank of India
      Explanation:
      Central Bank of India, a Public Sector Bank (PSB), has formed co-lending partnership with Protium Finance and InCred Financial Services Limited (IFSL) [Formerly “KKR India Financial Services Limited”] in order to provide loans to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) borrowers.
      i. The collaboration will enable the bank and these players to broaden their portfolios.

    7. Name the personality who was recently (in Aug ‘22) appointed as the Secretary to the President of India Droupadi Murmu by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
      1) Ajay Bhadoo
      2) Joseph Antony
      3) Rajesh Verma
      4) Jagannath Srinivasan
      5) K D Tripathi
      Answer & Explanation
      Answer-3) Rajesh Verma
      Explanation:
      Rajesh Verma, a 1987-batch Odisha-cadre IAS officer has been appointed as the Secretary to the President of India Droupadi Murmu by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
      i. Rajesh Verma currently serves as Ministry Corporate Affairs Secretary (MCA).
      ii. Rajesh Verma will replace the incumbent Kapil Dev Tripathi, a 1980-batch IAS officer.

    8. Who authored the book, “NETAJI: Subhas Chandra Bose’s Life, Politics and Struggle”?
      1) Sengupta Bratin
      2) Roy Chowdhury Shankar
      3) Joshi Kailash
      4) Gupta Banarsi Das
      5) Krishna Bose
      Answer & Explanation
      Answer-5) Krishna Bose
      Explanation:
      New book titled “NETAJI: Subhas Chandra Bose’s Life, Politics and Struggle” was penned by late scholar & former Member of Parliament (MP) Krishna Bose was unveiled on the eve of 76th Independence Day.
      i. The book was edited and translated (to English from Bengali) by Indian political scientist Sumantra Bose, son of Krishna Bose.
      ii. The book is published by Picador India imprint of Pan Macmillan India.

    9. The Sadbhavana Diwas 2022 was celebrated across India on 20th August 2022 to mark the birth anniversary of ____________, the former Prime Minister (PM) of India.
      1) Rajiv Gandhi
      2) Morarji Desai
      3) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
      4) Indira Gandhi
      5) Manmohan Singh
      Answer & Explanation
      Answer-1) Rajiv Gandhi
      Explanation:
      Sadbhavana Diwas 2022 was celebrated across India on 20th August 2022 to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister (PM) of India Rajiv Gandhi.
      i. The Sabhavana Diwas literally means “Harmony Day” is dedicated to promote national integration, social peace and harmony among the people of all religions and Languages.
      ii. The Sadbhavana Diwas 2022 marks the 78th birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi (born on 20th August 1944) and his birth anniversary is also celebrated as Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas.

    10. Name the state government that recently (in Aug ‘22) Collaborated with the Government of India (GoI) to Develop ‘District Good Governance Portal’.
      1) Maharashtra
      2) Gujarat
      3) Arunachal Pradesh
      4) Kerala
      5) Andhra Pradesh
      Answer & Explanation
      Answer-3) Arunachal Pradesh
      Explanation:
      The Government of India (GoI) intends to work with the Arunachal Pradesh Government (Govt.) to create a “District Good Governance Portal” to track and assess the performance of each district in the state on a monthly basis.
      i. The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) has established a District Good Governance Index, a first for NE States, in partnership with the of Arunachal Pradesh & the Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad (Telangana), to improve the efficiency of governance across districts.
      ii. Arunachal Pradesh has designated 2022-23 the year of e-governance and has already deployed a 100 % e-office, as well as e-assembly and e-cabinet modules, in the state civil secretariat.





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