TOP 10+ CURRENT AFFAIR OF 06 OCTOBER 2022 IN ENGLISH RIGHT NOW
Q1. The Election Commission has launched a year-long voter awareness program on All India Radio. What is the name of this program?
(a) Voter Junction
(b) Matadata Junction
(c) Radio Junction
(d) Election Junction
(e) Awareness Junction
Ans.(b)
The Election Commission has launched Matadata Junction, a year-long voter awareness program on All India Radio.
Q2. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Report 2022, India’s economic growth is expected to decline to __ in 2022 from 8.2% in 2021.
(a) 7.7%
(b) 6.7%
(c) 5.7%
(d) 4.7%
(e) 6.3%
Ans.(c)
According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Report 2022, India’s economic growth is expected to decline to 5.7% in 2022 from 8.2% in 2021.
Q3. Who has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL)?
(a) Rajesh Verma
(b) Vijay Jasuja
(c) Vinayak Godse
(d) N S Rajana
(e) Sandeep Kumar Gupta
Ans.(e)
Sandeep Kumar Gupta has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL). It is the nation’s largest gas company.
Q4. Who has been appointed as Director General of the Indian Ordnance Factory Service (IOFS)?
(a) Rajesh Talwar
(b) Alok Chakrawal
(c) Ramesh Kandula
(d) Sanjeev Kishore
(e) Brijesh Gupta
Ans.(d)
A 1985 batch officer Sanjeev Kishore has been appointed as Director General of the Indian Ordnance Factory Service (IOFS).
Q5. Who has received the American Geophysical Union’s Devendra Lal Memorial Medal 2022?
(a) Aruna Lal
(b) Rajiv Kumar
(c) Raj Shukla
(d) Alvaro Lario
(e) Roxy Koll
Ans.(e)
Roxy Mathew Koll, a scientist at the Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) has received the American Geophysical Union’s Devendra Lal Memorial Medal 2022.
Q6. World Teachers’ Day is observed every year on which day?
(a) 6 October
(b) 7 October
(c) 5 October
(d) 3 October
(e) 4 October
Ans.(c)
World Teachers’ Day is observed every year on 5 October. In the year 1994, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proclaimed October 5 as World Teachers’ Day.
Q7. UNESCO has launched a list documenting 50 iconic Indian heritage textiles in October 2022, Thigma or wool tie and dye is associated with?
(a) Ladakh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Assam
(e) Kerala
Ans.(a)
Some of the iconic handcrafted textiles documented from north India are Khes from Panipat, Chamba rumals from Himachal Pradesh, Thigma or wool tie and dye from Ladakh and Awadh Jamdani from Varanasi.
Q8. On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, which of the following banks in India has announced that it will adopt 30 remote villages across India under the 4th phase of the ‘Gram Seva’ program?
(a) HDFC Bank
(b) Axis Bank
(c) State Bank of India
(d) Indian Bank
(e) Bank of Baroda
Ans.(c)
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the State Bank of India announced that it will adopt 30 remote villages across India under the 4th phase of the ‘SBI Gram Seva’ program.
Q9. Recently, National Payments Corporation of India and Central Bank Of which of the following country signed an MoU to launch the Rupay debit card in their country?
(a) UAE
(b) Kuwait
(c) Qatar
(d) Oman
(e) Jordan
Ans.(d)
National Payments Corporation of India and Central Bank Of Oman signed a historic MoU to launch the Rupay debit card in Oman, paving the way for a new era of financial connectivity.
Q10. Who among the following recently won UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award?
(a) Angela Merkel
(b) Ameen Jubran
(c) Saleema Rehman
(d) Rozma Ghafouri
(e) Alberto Cairo
Ans.(a)
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel won the United Nations refugee agency’s prestigious Nansen award for her “leadership, courage and compassion” in ensuring the protection of hundreds of thousands of desperate people at the height of the Syria crisis.
Q11. The theme of World Teachers’ Day 2022 is __.
(a) Teachers at the Heart of Education Recovery
(b) Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future
(c) The Transformation of Education Begins with Teachers
(d) Young Teachers: The Future of the Profession
(e) The right to education means the right to a qualified teacher
Ans.(c)
The theme of World Teachers’ Day 2022 is “The Transformation of Education Begins with Teachers”.