Current Affairs: 5th March 2022

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1) “World Obesity Day” is observed every year on

A. 3rd March • World Obesity Day is observed every year on March

04.
B. 4th March • It is observed to spread awareness about obesity and
encourage action towards its elimination.
C. 5th March • Theme for World Obesity Day 2022: ‘Everybody
Needs to Act’.
D. 6th March

Ans-B
2) Sanjiv Kapoor has been appointed as the CEO of

• Sanjiv Kapoor has been appointed as the new Chief

A. Jet Airways Executive Officer (CEO) of Jet Airways, with effect
from April 4, 2022.
B. Air India • The Jalan Kalrock Consortium is the new promoter of
Jet Airways.
C. SpriceJet • Prior to this, Kapoor was the president of Oberoi
Hotels and has also worked as chief operating officer
D. Go First at SpiceJet and chief strategy and commercial officer
at Vistara

Ans-A
3) Who has resigned from the Post of Additional
Solicitor General of India?

• Senior Advocate Aman Lekhi has tendered his

resignation as the Additional Solicitor General (ASG)
A. Ranjit Kumar at the Supreme Court with immediate effect on
March 04, 2022.
B. P.S. Narasimha • He did not give any reason for his resignation.
• Aman Lekhi is the husband of Minister of State for
C. Aman Lekhi External Affairs, Meenakshi Lekhi.
• Lekhi was appointed as the ASG in March 2018 and
D. Shyam Divan was reappointed from July 1, 2020, for a period of
three years till June 30, 2023
Ans-C
4) 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup kicked off
on March 04, 2022 in -

• The 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup kicked off

on March 04, 2022 in New Zealand.
A. Australia • This is the 12 edition of the ICC Women’s Cricket
World Cup, being held in New Zealand from March
B. West Indies 04 to April 03, 2022.
• The opening match of the ICC Women’s World Cup
C. Bangladesh 2022 was held at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui
between West Indies and New Zealand, in which
D. New Zealand West Indies women beat New Zealand by 3 runs .
• The final match is scheduled to take place at the
Hagley Oval stadium.
Ans-D
5) Which Ministry starts Swadesh Darshan awards
in different categories?

• Tourism Ministry has started Swadesh Darshan

Awards in different categories.
A. Minister of Defence • The Ministry has asked the State Governments and
Union Territories to submit their entries online.
B. Ministry of Tourism • The Ministry of Tourism under its flagship scheme of
‘Swadesh Darshan’ has sanctioned 76 projects in 31
C. Minister of Finance states and Union Territories of India for more than
five thousand five hundred crore rupees.
D. None of the above • As part of this scheme, tourism related infrastructure
has been developed at more than five hundred
tourist destinations
Ans-B
6) Which among the following has become the
official partner of TATA IPL 2022?

• RuPay has become an official partner for TATA IPL 2022, as

per the announcement made by the Indian Premier
A. RuPay League Governing Council announced on March 3, 2022.
• RuPay is a flagship product of National Payments
Corporation of India (NPCI). This will be a multi-year
B. Paytm partnership.
• RuPay is the first-of-its-kind Global Card payment network
C. Visa from India. It provides a self-reliant card payments
network with innovative features that have made it a
D. BharatPe successful interoperable card.
• TATA IPL 2022 will start on March 26th and the final will
be played on May 29, 2022
Ans-A
7) ‘Herath’ or ‘Night of Hara’ festival has been
celebrated in which state/UT?

• Herath or the ‘Night of Hara (Shiva)’, generally known as Maha

Shivratri, is the main festival celebrated by the Kashmiri Pandits
across Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
A. Assam • The festival marks the marriage anniversary of Lord Shiva and
Goddess Uma (Parvathi).
B. Ladakh • 2022 Herath Festival was celebrated on 28th February 2022.
• Herath Festival is celebrated on “Trayodashi” or the 13th day of
C. Himachal Pradesh the dark half of the month of Phalguna (Hindu calendar),
between February and March. The Kashmiri Pandits celebrate
the festival by distributing walnuts as a mark of respect to the
D. Jammu & Kashmir Hindu deities.
• The rest of the nation celebrates the Maha Shivratri on
Chaturdashi or the 14th of Phalguna
Ans-D
8) Who has become the new Commanding-inChief
of the Western Command of the Indian Air Force?
• Air Marshal Sreekumar Prabhakaran has taken over
as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Air
A. Vivek Ram Command.
• He is a graduate of the National Defense Academy
B. Hardik Joshi and was commissioned as a fighter pilot on
December 22, 1983.
C. Sreekumar • He has succeeded Air Marshal Amit Dev, who retired
after 39 years of distinguished service in the Indian
Prabhakaran Air Force.
• In October 2005, he received the Vayu Sena Medal,
D. Dalbir Singh Suhag and in 2022, he was given the Ati Vishisht Seva
Medal.
Ans-C
9) Shri Nivetha, Esha Singh and Ruchita Vinerkar
recently represented India in which sports to win
gold medal?

• In shooting, the Indian trio of Shri Nivetha, Esha

A. Boxing Singh and Ruchita Vinerkar made India proud by
winning the Gold Medal in the women’s 10m air
B. Shooting pistol team event at ISSF World Cup in Cairo, Egypt,
on March 02, 2022.
C. Hockey • With this win, India is leading the medal table with
three medals, including two gold and a silver.
D. Weightlifting • Andrea Katharina Heckner, Sandra Reitz and Carina
Wimmer of Germany settled for the silver medal

Ans-B
10) "National Security Day " is observed every year
on
• In India, March 4 is celebrated as National Security Day (
Rashtriya Suraksha Diwas) every year, in the honor of the Indian
Security Forces.
• The first National Security Day (NSD) was held in 1972.
A. 3rd March • The National Security Day aims to show gratitude to all the
security forces, including policemen, para-military forces,
B. 4th March commandos, guards, army officers, and other persons involved
in security, who sacrifice their life in maintaining the peace and
C. 5th March security of the people of the country.
• It was on this day in 1966 that the National S ecurity Council (
NSC) of India was established by the Ministry of Labour,
D. 6th March Government of India.
• Apart from this, the National Security Week 2022 is being
celebrated from March 4 to March 10, 2022.
Ans-B
11) Cricket Legend Shane Warne passes away at 52.
He was from -
• Australian cricket legend Shane Warne has passed away at the
age of 52 years.
• The cricketer is suspected to have died of heart attack.
A. Australia • Warne played 145 Tests and 194 ODIs between 1992 and 2007
and took a combined 1001 wickets during his storied
international career.
B. New Zealand • Warne was named as one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the
Century for his unparalleled achievements in a 15-year career
C. England between 1992 and 2007.
• Warne was arguably the greatest leg-spinner of all time, with a
D. Zimbabwe tally of 708 Test match wickets. He also took 293 One-Day
International wickets and made more than 300 appearances for
Australia across all formats. Warne has also bagged more Ashes
wickets than any other bowler in history.
Ans-A
12) RBI has cancelled licence of which state’s
Sarjeraodada Naik Shirala Sahakari Bank?
• Reserve Bank of India canceled the license of
Sarjeraodada Naik Shirala Sahakari Bank, Sangli,
Maharashtra, as it did not have adequate capital and
A. Gujarat earning prospects.
• With the cancellation of the licence, Sarjeraodada
B. Uttar Pradesh Naik Shirala Sahakari Bank Ltd has ceased to carry on
banking business with effect from the close of
C. Maharashtra business hours on 2 March.
• On liquidation, every depositor would be entitled to
D. Madhya Pradesh receive deposit insurance claim amount of his/her
deposits up to a monetary ceiling of Rs 5 lakh from
the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee
Corporation (DICGC). Ans-C
13) Who has partnered with IRCTC for Unreserved
Platform Tickets?
• Digital payments company Paytm has announced that it
has further expanded its partnership with Indian Railway
Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to provide
A. Google Pay digital ticketing services to consumers through Automatic
Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM) installed at railway
stations across the country.
B. Paytm • This is the first time Indian Railways is providing an option
to pay digitally for ticketing services through UPI on
C. PhonePe ATVMs to promote cashless commuting among railway
passengers.
D. Razorpay • Passengers will be able to purchase unreserved train
journey tickets, platform tickets, renew their seasonal
tickets and recharge smart cards by scanning QR codes
generated on the screens Ans-B
14) Who inaugurated the 2nd edition of the
Roorkee Water Conclave?
• 2nd edition of the “Roorkee Water Conclave 2022” was
inaugurated on March 2, 2022 by the union minister for
A. Rajnath Singh Jal Shakti Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
• The conclave was inaugurated at by Indian Institute of
B. Gajendra Singh Technology, Roorkee.
• It is being organised from March 2, to March 4, 2022,
Shekhawat jointly by IIT Roorkee and National Institute of Hydrology.
• Conclave 2022 would focus on understanding water
C. M Venkaiah Naidu security and its multiple facets supporting sustainable
water resource management as a key component of the
social development.
D. None of these • The conclave focuses on the theme- “Water Security for
Sustainable Development”.
Ans-B
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