CURRENT

AFFAIRS
20 JUNE 2022
1. Which country has become largest importer 3. International Picnic Day is observed on which
of Broken Rice from India? of the following day?
Broken Rice

(a) America/ (a) 17 June/ (b) 18 June/

(b) Russia/ (c) 19 June/ (d) 20 June/
(c) China/ Ans.(b)
(d) Bangladesh/ • 20 June – World Refugee Day
Ans.(c) • 21 June – Int. Yoga Day
• 2021 • 5 Oct – Int. Teachers Day
– USA • 16 January – Startup Day
• 2021 (Export) • 23 December – Farmers Day
– USA • 25 December – Good Governance Day
• 2021 (Import) • 26 January – Custom Day
– China 4. What is the rank of India in the World
• 2021 (Foreign Competitiveness Index for the year 2022?
Investment)
– Singapore
• Broken Rice Export by India
(a) 30th (b) 40th
– China
(c) 38 th
(d) 37th
2. The Agricultural and Processed Food Products
Ans.(d)
Export Development Authority (APEDA) has
• World Competitiveness Index
launched an 8-day-long Mango Festival in
– Rank 1 – Denmark
which of the following country?
– Rank 37 – India
By Inst. for Management Dev
(APEDA)
• Global Sustainability Index
(a) Bahrain/ (b) Sudan/ – India – Rank 121
(c) Jordan/ (d) Israel/ • World Press Freedom Index
Ans.(a) – India – Rank 150
APEDA • Global Happiness Index
• HQ – New Delhi – India – Rank 136
• Bahrain – – Manama • Environment Index
• Sudan – – Khartoum – India – Rank 180
• Jordan – – Amman • Global Hunger Index 2021
• Israel – – Jerusalem – India – Rank 101

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5. Centre has announced how many percentage (a) Lucknow/
reservation for Agniveers in the Central Armed (b) Delhi/
Police Forces (CAPF ) and Assam Rifles (c) Srinagar/
recruitment? (d) Dehradun/
(CAPF)
Ans.(c)
• GST
• GST Council
(a) 10% (b) 12%
– Article – 279 A
(c) 14% (d) 20%
– Chairman – Finance Minister
Ans.(a)
– 47th Meeting – Sri Nagar
6. Which state has signed an agreement with Tata
Technologies for upgrading the Industrial • GST – France
Training Institutes (ITIs) into Technology • GST Model – Canada
Centres? • GST – 40%
(ITIs) • GST – Assam
• GST Number – 15 digit
9. Recently which missilie has been successfully
(a) Telangana/ test fired from an integrated test range in
(b) Andhra Pradesh/ Odisha?
(c) Kerala/ Odisha
(d) Tamil Nadu/
Ans.(d) (a) Agni IV/ IV (b) BrahMos/
• State Anthem – T.N (c) Agni II/ II (d) Prithvi II/ II
• Equality Day – 14 April – T.N Ans.(d)
• Minority Rights Day – 18 Dec – T.N • Prithvi – II
• Integration Day – From Chandipur Coast
– Swami Siddalinga (Karnataka Govt) – Range 350 km
7. Who has been appointed as the new Lokayukta • 80 Rafale Buy From France – UAE
of Karnataka ? • BrahMos Buy From India – Philippines
Karnataka Lokayukta • India Buy S – 400 From – Russia
• Arrow Missile – Israel
(a) N. V. Ramana/ • Amazonia – 1 Satellite – Brazil
(b) U. U. Lalit/ Launched From India
(c) B.S. Patil/
10. Which Indian-origin physicist has been
(d) S. Bobde/
appointed as scientific advisor of American
Ans.(c)
president President Joe Biden?
Karnataka
• – 31
Joe Biden
• – 28
(a) Dr. Arun K. Shukla/
• – 12
• – 224 (b) Aarti Prabhakar/
• – 75 (c) Bhavya lal/
• CM – Basavaraj Bommai (d) Raj Iyer/
• Governor – Thawar Chand Gehlot Ans.(b)
8. In which of the following city, 47th meeting • Raj Iyer – US Army Chief Info. Officer
of GST Council to be held ? • Bhavya Lal – NASA Acting Chief
GST • Vanita Gupta – US Attorney General
• Lina Khan – US Federal Trade Commission

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 • Arti Prabhakar (c) Mohamed Hussein Roble/
– Joe Biden Scientific Advisor (d) None of these/
• Radha Tyenger Ans.(a)
– US Pentagon Chief Nominated • PM of Somalia – Hamza Abdi Barre
• Shanti Sethi • Somalia
– Kamala Harris Defence Advisor – Mogadishu
11. Which country will participate in NATO – Shilling
summit for the first time? • President of Somalia – Hasan Sheikh Mohd.
NATO • PM of Hungary – Viktor Orban
(a) Phillipines/ • President of Hungary – Katalin Novak
(b) Finland/ • PM of Sweden – M. Anderson
(c) Norway/ • PM of Barbados – Mia Mottley
(d) Japan/ 15. Which Indian state has been ranked at the first
Ans.(d) position in Asia’s Global Start-up Ecosystem
• NATO Summit 2022 – Madrid, Spain Report 2022?
• NATO Asia Global Start-up Ecosystem Report
HQ – Brussels, Belgium 2022
Member – (a) Maharashtra/
12. Padam Bhushan awardee Gopi Chand Narang (b) Gujarat/
passed away, he was related to which of the (c) Kerala/
following fields? (d) Karnataka/
Padam Bhushan Gopi Chand Ans.(c)
Narang 16. Which online food delivery platform and Jio-
bp have entered into an agreement to support
(a) Politician/ the Climate Group’s EV100 initiative of 100
(b) Director/ per cent EV fleet by 2030?
(c) Linguist Professor/ Climate Group EV fleet
(d) Historian/ EV100
Ans.(c) Jio-bp
13. To which states affected by drought, the
central government has provided additional (a) Foodpanda/ (b) Swiggy/
assistance of 1043 crores recently? (c) Zomato/ (d) DoorDash/
Ans.(c)
17. Which institution offers the skill based
(a) Rajasthan, Nagaland/ bachelor degree programme for ‘Agniveers’?
(b) Rajasthan, gujarat/ ‘Agniveers’
(c) Rajasthan, jharkhand/
(d) Rajasthan, telangana/ (a) IGNOU/
Ans.(a) (b) AICTE/
• 1004 Crore Rupees – Rajasthan (c) JNU/
• 39 Crore Rupees – Nagaland (d) None of these/
• Nagaland – – 16th – Shamator Ans.(a)
14. Who among the following has appointed as Agniveer
Prime minister of Somalia? • Age – 17.5 to 21 Years
(for 1st Year – Upto 23 Years Age)
• 4 Years Recruitment
(a) Hamza Abdi Barre/ • 3 Years Degree Course – IGNOU
(b) Hassan Sheikh Mohamud/ • 11.71 Lakh Rupees – Retirement Benefit

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