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A Learning Portal from Recruitment India
A Learning Portal from Recruitment India
Hamza Abdi Barre has been appointed as the prime minister of which country?
Zimbabwe
Somalia
Sudan
Kenya
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option BExplanation
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday appointed Hamza Abdi Barre as the country’s new prime minister to replace Mohamed Roble who has been in office since September 2020.
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Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami won a crucial by-poll from which seat?
Champawat
Badrinath
Purola
Khatima
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option AExplanation
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami won the crucial by-poll in Uttarakhand to retain his Chief Ministerial post. He had earlier lost from Khatima seat in the Uttarakhand Assembly elections 2022. In the by-polls, he contested from Champawat and won by a margin of over 55000 votes.
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Kapil Sibal has resigned from Congress and filed Rajya Sabha’s nomination as an independent candidate with the support of which party?
BJP
TMC
BSP
SP
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option DExplanation
Veteran Congress leader Kapil Sibal announced on May 25, 2022, that he has resigned from the Indian National Congress. The political leader filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha as an independent candidate with the support of the Samajwadi Party in the presence of SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav. Sibal said that he is no longer a Congress leader and that he had resigned from the Congress Party on May 16. He stressed that it is important to be an independent voice in parliament.
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The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has partnered with which of the following institutes to conduct capacity-building programs for MSDE officials?
Institute of Management Technology
Indian School of Business
T. A. Pai Management Institute
Management Development Institute
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option BExplanation
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) recently partnered with the Indian School of Business (ISB) to conduct capacity-building programs for MSDE officials
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Which country has been elected as the new Chair of the Association of Asian Election Authorities (AAEA)?
Malaysia
Maldives
India
Bangladesh
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option CExplanation
India was unanimously elected as the new Chair of the Association of Asian Election Authorities (AAEA) for 2022-2024 at a recent meeting of the Executive Board and General Assembly in Manila, the Philippines on May 7, 2022. Manila is the current chair of AAEA and the new members of the Executive Board include Russia, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
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‘John Lee’, who was in the news recently, is the newly elected leader of which country?
Malaysia
Taiwan
Hong Kong
South Korea
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option CExplanation
John Lee was elected as Hong Kong’s next leader by an Election committee that cast their votes in a secret ballot. The committee included around 1,500 largely pro-Beijing members.
Lee, who was formerly Hong Kong’s Chief Secretary, will begin his five-year term by replacing outgoing Chief Executive Carrie Lam. Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China that returned to Chinese rule in 1997 from the UK.
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Emmanuel Macron has won the Presidential Election in which country?
South Africa
Germany
France
UK
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option CExplanation
Emmanuel Macron has won the Presidential Election of France amidst historic challenges from far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.
Macron became the first French leader to be re-elected to the Office in 20 years. The historic elections were keenly noted as it could have shattered the Western alliance against Russia, and jeopardized the survival of the European Union.
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Pakistan’s opposition leader, _______ has been elected unopposed as the 23rd Prime Minister of the country.
Nisar Ali Khan
Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah
Nawaz Sharif
Shehbaz Sharif
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option DExplanation
Pakistan’s opposition leader, Shehbaz Sharif has been elected unopposed as the 23rd Prime Minister of the country through voting in the National Assembly.
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Which ministry has launched the Broadcast Seva Portal to improve the ease of doing business in the broadcast industry in April 2022?
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option AExplanation
NEW DELHI: The information and broadcasting ministry on Monday launched the ‘Broadcast Seva’ portal to facilitate the application and processing of licenses, permissions, and registrations for broadcasters.
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Viktor Orban has registered a fourth consecutive win in which nation’s general elections?
Switzerland
Sweden
Hungary
Armenia
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option CExplanation
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban registered a fourth consecutive in the General Elections on April 3, 2022. As per preliminary results, Orban’s Fidesz party was leading with 53.1 percent of the votes versus 35 percent for Marki-Zay’s opposition alliance.
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GoI is setting up a museum of all former Prime Ministers to showcase their life, times, and contribution. How many Prime Ministers have been there in India to date?
13
11
14
16
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Answer: Option CExplanation
Being built at Delhi’s Teen Murti Estate, the museum covers the life and times of all the 14 Indian prime ministers so far and will showcase their contributions. The collections and works of Jawaharlal Nehru will stay at the Nehru Memorial Museum.
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Which country’s president has dissolved the parliament, 8 months after suspending it?
Turkmenistan
Libya
Nigeria
Tunisia
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option DExplanation
Tunisia’s president, Kais Saied, issued a decree on March 30, 2022 dissolving parliament. He dissolved the parliament after it defied him by voting to repeal decrees he had used to assume near-total power.
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BJP MLA Ritu Khanduri becomes the first woman speaker of which state Assembly.
Uttarakhand
Tamil Nadu
Rajasthan
Nagaland
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option AExplanation
Ritu Khanduri Bhushan, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) MLA from Uttarakhand’s Kotdwar assembly, became the first woman speaker of the state assembly. She was unanimously elected unopposed for the post and has become the speaker of the fifth Uttarakhand legislative assembly.
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Who has been elected as the new chairman of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC India) in March 2022?
Rajesh Gopinathan
Gurdeep Singh
Sanjiv Mehta
Shashi Sinha
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option DExplanation
The board of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has elected Shashi Sinha as the new chairman. He will take over from Punit Goenka, who served as chairman of the TV viewership measurement agency for the last three years.
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How many MLAs were sworn in as Cabinet Ministers of Uttarakhand on March 23, 2022?
7
10
8
11
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option CExplanation
Eight MLAs were sworn in as Cabinet Ministers on March 23, 2022. The swearing-in took place alongside the oath-taking ceremony of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. The 8 Cabinet Ministers include Satpal Maharaj, Premchand Aggarwal, Ganesh Joshi, Dhan Singh Rawat, Subodh Uniyal, Rekha Arya, Chandan Ram Das, and Saurabh Bahuguna.
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N Biren Singh was sworn in as the Chief Minister of which Indian state?
Manipur
Chhattisgarh
Goa
Punjab
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Answer: Option AExplanation
N Biren Singh was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Manipur for the second consecutive term. The oath of office was administered by Manipur Governor La Ganesan.
In the recently held Assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won an absolute majority by winning 32 seats in the 60-member House.
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Who has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Manipur following the state Assembly elections 2022?
N Biren Singh
Govindas Konthoujam
Thongam Biswajit Singh
Govindas Konthoujam
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Answer: Option AExplanation
Senior BJP leader N Biren Singh took the oath as Chief Minister of Manipur for a second consecutive five-year term on March 21, 2022.
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Which nation will invest Rs 3.2 lakh crores in India in the next five years, as per PM Modi?
Japan
Poland
Australia
Israel
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Answer: Option AExplanation
Japan will invest 5 trillion Yen or Rs 3.2 lakh crores in the next five years in India, informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 14th India-Japan Annual Summit held in New Delhi, India on March 19, 2022. PM Modi emphasized that there has been progress in the economic partnership between India- Japan economic partnership and that Japan is one of the largest investors in India.
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Who has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Punjab?
Bhagwant Mann
Navjot Singh Sidhu
Jaswinder Kaur
Arvind Kejriwal
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option AExplanation
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Mann has been sworn in as the 18th Chief Minister of Punjab on March 16, 2022.
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Which of the following state government has withdrawn security cover of 122 former ministers and MLAs?
Manipur
Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra
Punjab
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Answer: Option DExplanation
The Punjab government has withdrawn the security cover of 122 former ministers and MLAs.
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Which state’s chief minister lost his seat despite his party’s big win in the state in Assembly Elections 2022?
Uttar Pradesh
Manipur
Goa
Uttarakhand
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option DExplanation
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami submitted his resignation along with that of his cabinet to the Uttarakhand Governor Gurmit Singh. The move comes after Dhami lost from Khatima constituency to INC’s Bhuwan Chandra Kapri by a margin of 6579 votes despite BJP reporting a comfortable victory in the Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022 with 47 seats in the 70-member assembly.
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Who among the following won-lost both the seats he was contesting from in Punjab Elections 2022?
Parkash Singh Badal
Charanjit Singh Channi
Navjot Singh Sidhu
Captain Amarinder Singh
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Congress leader and Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi lost from both Bhadaur and Chamkaur Sahib by 37558 votes and 7942 votes respectively in the recently held Punjab Assembly Elections 2022. The ruling Congress party could not stop the massive AAP wave that swept across the state, storming to power with 92 seats in the 117-member assembly, while Congress was reduced to 18 seats and the Akali Dal nearly demolished with just 3 seats.
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Which party has won the highest number of seats in the Goa Assembly Elections?
INC
AAP
BSP
BJP
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Answer: Option DExplanation
The Bharatiya Janata Party has achieved a hat-trick in Goa by winning 20 seats in the 40-member Goa Assembly. The party will be forming government in the state with the support of 2 MGP (Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party) MLAs and three Independents.
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Which party is predicted to win an overwhelming majority in Uttar Pradesh Exit Polls 2022?
INC
BSP
SP
BJP
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Answer: Option DExplanation
The BJP is predicted to win an overwhelming majority in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls 2022, as per Exit Polls 2022. The party is projected to break the state’s anti-incumbency past and come to power for a historic second term with over 300 seats in the 403 member state assembly
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Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid is appointed as interim Prime Minister of which country?
Slovenia
Croatia
Somalia
Slovakia
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Answer: Option CExplanation
President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed appointed Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid as the interim Prime Minister of Somalia following the impeachment of Hassan Ali Khaire, the previous Prime Minister of Somalia.
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Who is the guardian of fundamental Rights enumerated in Indian Constitution?
Parliament
Supreme Court
President
Constitution
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option BExplanation
Explanation:
The Judiciary is the guardian of fundamental Rights enumerated in Indian Constitution.
In a criminal case, the judge has the power to decide whether the accused’s rights have been violated.
As with most disputes, the courts decide when a right has been violated. They then have the power to act in order.
Here the Supreme Court is tyhe Highest of the Judiciary in India.
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For the first time Indian Legislature was made “Bi-cameral” under
Government of India Act, 1861
Government of India Act, 1915
Government of India Act, 1919
Government of India Act, 1892
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Answer: Option CExplanation
Government of India Act, 1919
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By which Constitutional Amendment Act was the number of Lok sabha seats increased from 525 to 545 ?
Thirty-first Constitutional Amendment Act, 1973.
The Twentieth Amendment Act, 1966.
The Forty-fourth Amendment Act, 1978.
The Forty-second Amendment Act, 1976.
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Answer: Option AExplanation
31st Constitutional Amendment Act, 1973 – By this amendment the seats of Lok Sabha was increased from 525 to 545 but reduced the representatior of UT’s in Lok Sabha from 25 to 20.
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Which of the following statements is incorrect?
The Vice-President of India is the ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha
Members of Lok Sabha are directly elected by the eligible voters
Money Bills can only be introduced in Lok Sabha
President nominates four members of Anglo-Indian Community to Lok Sabha
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Fourth statement is incorrect. President used to nominate two members of Anglo-Indian Community to Lok Sabha till 2020. As of now, nomination of members of Anglo-Indian community to Lok Sabha has been abolished.
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