Current Affairs 1st September 2022 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which Indian Businessperson recently became the third-richest person in the world, as per the Bloomberg Billionaire Index?
A. Mukesh Ambani              
B. Gautam Adani
C. Cyrus Poonawala             
D. Radhakishan Damani
Answer [B] Gautam Adani
2. Which Institution/council released the ‘Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100’Report?
A. NITI Aayog                                                                        
B. Economic Advisory Council
C. National Council of Applied Economic Research       
D. Centre for Policy Research
Answer [B] Economic Advisory Council
3. Which Indian state/UT has inaugurated the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games’?
A. Assam                      
B. Rajasthan
C. Chhattisgarh           
D. Telangana
Answer [B] Rajasthan
4. Which city hosted the ‘UN’ session to save Biodiversity’?
A. New York          
B. Paris
C. Rome                 
D. Tokyo
Answer [A] New York        
5. Which state/UT got its second railway station after a gap of 100 years?
A. Arunachal Pradesh         
B. Nagaland
C. Assam                                
D. Mizoram
Answer [B] Nagaland
6. Indian Railways have set up ………… machines at Mumbai Stations to convert water vapour in the air into potable water.
A. Jaldoot                      
B. Jal Jeevan
C. Ocean Shakti          
D. Meghdoot
Answer [D] Meghdoot
7. Who has been appointed as India’s next ambassador to Thailand in August 2022?
A. Avanish Sharan          
B. Vivek Kumar Singh
C. Anoop Kumar              
D. Nagesh Singh
Answer [D] Nagesh Singh
8. Which Indian University has signed an MOU with the International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) to conduct joint research in the field of electric vehicles?
A. NorthCap University               
B. University of Delhi
C. Mumbai University                 
D. Lucknow University
Answer [A] NorthCap University             
9. India’s noted agriculture economist and former member of the erstwhile Planning Commission, ……….. passed away in August 2022.
A. Mohanlal Lallubhai Dantwala           
B. Ashok Gulati
C. Abhijit Sen                                            
D. Biplab Das Gupta
Answer [C] Abhijit Sen         
10. In which state, Reliance Industries has announced to set up India’s first and one of the World’s largest carbon fibre plants?
A. Maharashtra          
B. Gujarat
C. Tamil Nadu             
D. Uttar Pradesh
Answer [B] Gujarat