Daily Current Affairs Quiz : April 9, 2022
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1. Who is the chairperson of the advisory committee to guide the Semiconductor mission?
[A] Nandan Nilekani
[B] Ashwini Vaishnaw
[C] Sundar Pichai
[D] Satya Nadella
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Correct Answer: B [Ashwini Vaishnaw]
Notes:
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology formed a 17 member advisory committee to guide the Rs 76,000 crore-Semiconductor Mission.
The Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw will be the Chairperson of the committee. NITI Aayog member V K Saraswat, Principal Scientific Advisor, and Secretaries from the Ministry of External affairs, Departments of expenditure, economic affairs, and promotion of industry and internal trade, will be members of the committee.
2. Which is the first state/UT has to include e-Cycles in its Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy?
[A] Telangana
[B] New Delhi
[C] Gujarat
[D] Odisha
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Correct Answer: B [New Delhi]
Notes:
The Delhi government included electric cycles under its Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy and announced that it will offer a subsidy of 5,500 each to the first 10,000 buyers.
This will include both passenger and cargo e-cycles with a speed of less than 25 km/hour. The first 10,000 buyers will get 25 per cent of the purchase incentive on buying the e-cycle.
3. ‘Exo-planet K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb’, which has been recently found, is a near-identical twin of which planet?
[A] Saturn
[B] Jupiter
[C] Mars
[D] Neptune
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Correct Answer: B [Jupiter]
Notes:
Astronomers have recently found a near-identical twin of Jupiter which is located at a similar distance from its star as Jupiter is from our Sun.
Named K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb, the exo-planet located 17,000 light-years from Earth, has been detected by a team of astrophysicists using data obtained by NASA’s Kepler space telescope. Scientists used Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity and a method known as gravitational micro-lensing to spot this object.
4. As per the recent study of CEEW, which state had the highest number of forest fire incidences in the last two decades?
[A] Rajasthan
[B] Mizoram
[C] West Bengal
[D] Arunachal Pradesh
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Correct Answer: B [Mizoram]
Notes:
According to a study released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), the frequency and intensity of forest fires have increased in the past two decades.
The study, ‘Managing Forest Fires in a Changing Climate’, found that there has been a ten-fold increase in forest fires in the past two decades. More than 62 per cent of Indian states are prone to high-intensity forest fires. Mizoram had the highest number of forest fires in the last two decades, with more than 95 per cent of its districts being forest fire hotspots.
5. What is the Repo rate after the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held in April 2022?
[A] 4.50 %
[B] 4.25 %
[C] 4.00 %
[D] 3.75 %
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Correct Answer: C [4.00 %]
Notes:
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent for the 11th consecutive time.
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das announced that the MPC had voted unanimously to maintain the accommodative stance and added that the reverse repo rate too was kept unchanged at 3.35 per cent. Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and bank rate also were kept unchanged at 4.25 percent.
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