Current Affairs 5th August 2022 : Daily GK Update in English
1. Which Union Ministry implements the ‘Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0’ scheme?
A. Ministry of Health
B. Ministry of Women and Child Development
C. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
D. Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Answer [B] Ministry of Women and Child Development
2. ‘Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)’ which is seen in the news, is a term related to which field?
A. Economy
B. Climate Change
C. Defence
D. Industry
Answer [B] Climate Change
3. Which state launched the ‘Chief Minister Equal Education Relief, Assistance and Grant (Cheerag)’ scheme?
A. Telangana
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Haryana
D. Odisha
Answer [C] Haryana
4. As of August 2022, how many start-ups are registered in India?
A. 25000
B. 50000
C. 75000
D. 90000
Answer [C] 75000
5. Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary and Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary, which were declared Ramsar Sites, are located in which state?
A. Odisha
B. Karnataka
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Uttarakhand
Answer [C] Tamil Nadu
6. Who has taken over as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Oil India Ltd (OIL) in August 2022?
A. Ranjit Rath
B. S. Ramaswamy
C. Satish Gupta
D. Madhukar Singh
Answer [A] Ranjit Rath
7. Which company has partnered with Indian Railways to boost its delivery services in the country?
A. Ecom Express
B. BlueDart
C. Amazon India
D. Delhivery
Answer [C] Amazon India
8. Which Indian company has entered the Fortune Global 500 list for the first time in August 2022?
A. Life Insurance Corporation
B. Infosys
C. Tata Motors
D. Reliance Industries
Answer [A] Life Insurance Corporation
9. Who has been appointed as the MD and CEO of telecom operator Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi) in August 2022?
A. Raj Kalpana Singh
B. Anoop Kumar
C. Birendra Pandey
D. Ravinder Takkar
Answer [D] Ravinder Takkar
10. Who has won a bronze medal at Commonwealth Games in men’s 109 Kg weightlifting in August 2022?
A. Lovepreet Singh
B. Vikas Thakur
C. Gurdeep Singh
D. Sathish Sivalingam
Answer [A] Lovepreet Singh