Current Affairs August 2022 MCQ Test

1. Who has been appointed as its first brand ambassador DreamSetGo?

a.Virat Kohli

b.Mahendra Singh Dhoni

c.PV Sindhu

d.Sourav Ganguly

2. Who is the author of the book Lockdown Lyrics' released by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik?

a.Diksha Rawat

b.Sujata Sharma

c.Sonam Dixit

d.Sanjukta Dash

3. Who clinched India's 1st gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022?

a.Santoshi Matsa

b.Mirabai Chanu

c.Bindyarani Devi

d.Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu

4. Which Indian woman boxer has won Gold Medal in women’s 50kg Boxing at Commonwealth Games 2022?

a.Mary Kom

b.Nikhat Zareen

c.Lovlina Borgohain

d.Pooja Rani

5. Which state hosted the FIDE Chess Olympiad for the first time in India?

a.Maharashtra

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Odisha

d.Telangana

6. Which Investor launched India's first Gold and Silver Fund?

a.India Infoline

b.Edelweiss Mutual Fund

c.Axis Mutual Fund

d.invesco

7. Which pharma company has completed trials for its intranasal Covid vaccine candidate?

a.Biocon

b.Bharat Biotech

c.Dr Reddy’s

d.Serum Institute

8. Which is the first bank in India to list its Payment Gateway platform on the income tax department’s TIN 2.0 platform?

a.Axis Bank

b.State Bank of India

c.Punjab National Bank

d.Federal Bank

9. The world’s highest railway bridge is located in which Indian state/UT?

a.Sikkim

b.Jammu and Kashmir

c.Arunachal Pradesh

d.Assam

10. Which company is to roll out the 'First in India' seating system for Vande Bharat Express trains?

a.Bajaj Group

b.Mahindra Group

c.JSW Group

d.Tata Group

11. Roller Coaster Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.August 15th

b.August 17th

c.August 14th

d.August 16th

12. International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on?

a.August 30th

b.August 20th

c.August 25th

d.August 29th

13. World Elephant Day is observed annually on which date?

a.August 12th

b.August 10th

c.August 15th

d.August 9th

14. Manisha Kalyan, who was seen in the news, is associated with which sports?

a.Cricket

b.Boxing

c.Weight Lifting

d.Football

15. Which country hosted the bilateral air exercise named ‘Udarashakti’?

a.Bangladesh

b.Malaysia

c.Japan

d.UAE

16. Which state women's team has won its first-ever gold in the 12th Hockey India Senior Women's National Championship?

a.Odisha

b.Assam

c.Gujarat

d.Uttar Pradesh

17. What is the Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation recorded in July 2022?

a.4.71%

b.7.71%

c.6.71%

d.5.71%

18. What is the theme of World Organ Donation Day 2022?

a.Removing the taboo around organ donation

b.let's pledge to donate organs and save lives

c.Every blood donor is a hero

d.Donating an Organ Is Like Gifting A Life

19. Which Union Ministry launched the ‘SMILE-75 Initiative’?

a.Ministry of Labour and Employment

b.Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

c.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

d.Ministry of Home Affairs

20. Which ministry is associated with the Weapon of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems Amendment Bill 2022?

a.Ministry of Home Affairs

b.Ministry of External Affairs

c.Ministry of Defence

d.Ministry of Tribal Affairs

21. Who will inaugurate the National Conference of Rural Cooperative Banks in New Delhi?

a.Prime Minister Narendra Modi

b.Union Minister Amit Shah

c.Union Minister Rajnath Singh

d.Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

22. India’s first commercial space situational awareness observatory is to be established in which state/UT?

a.Uttarakhand

b.Sikkim

c.Gujarat

d.Arunachal Pradesh

23. Which Indian state/UT launched the Parivar Kalyan Card (PKC) Scheme?

a.Karnataka

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Madhya Pradesh

d.Bihar

24. Who has been elected as the 14th Vice President of India?

a.Venkaiah Naidu

b.Biman Banerjee

c.Jagdeep Dhankhar

d.Margaret Alva

25. What is the theme of the ‘World Water Week 2022’?

a.Biodiversity and climate change

b.Seeing the Unseen: The Value of Water

c.Global collaboration for water

d.Transforming the global water challenges

26. What is ‘Garba’, which was nominated by India to be inscribed on UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list?

a.Art Form

b.Monument

c.Dance Form

d.Festival

27. Which series bagged "Best Series" at the IFFM 2022?

a.Mumbai Diaries 26/11

b.Jalsa

c.Mirzapur

d.Asur

28. The first Khelo India Women's Hockey League under-16 is scheduled to be held at the Major Dhyanchand Stadium in which state/UT?

a.Mumbai

b.New Delhi

c.Kolkata

d.Bhubaneswar

29. Which Indian State has inaugurated Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympics Games?

a.Haryana

b.Jharkhand

c.Gujarat

d.Rajasthan

30. Which state introduced the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2022 for insertion of a new article 3A?

a.Andhra Pradesh

b.Jharkhand

c.Kerala

d.Telangana

31. Who has become the 49th Chief Justice of India?

a.Shripathi Ravindra Bhat

b.Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud

c.Uday Umesh Lalit

d.Vineet Saran

32. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the IIBX in which state?

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Gujarat

c.Uttarakhand

d.Rajasthan

33. Fahmida Azim, who has been selected for the 2022 Pulitzer prize, is from which country?

a.India

b.Oman

c.Iran

d.Bangladesh

34. How many cities have recently declared themselves as ‘Safai Mitra Surakshit Shehar’ (as of August 2022)?

a.250

b.100

c.500

d.750

35. Which Union Ministry recently organised the ‘DST Startup Utsav’?

a.Ministry of Labour and Employment

b.Ministry of Science and Technology

c.Ministry of Commerce and Industry

d.Ministry of MSME

36. Durand Cup 2022, Asia's Oldest tournament is related to which sport?

a.Hockey

b.Football

c.Cricket

d.Kabaddi

37. The book, "Bibi: My Story" is the autobiography of whom?

a.Ehud Olmert

b.Benjamin Netanyahu

c.Yair Lapid

d.Naftali Bennett

38. The Indian badminton mixed team won which medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022?

a.Gold

b.Bronze

c.Bronze & Silver

d.Silver

39. Which telecom company has announced the rollout of 5G Services by Diwali in October 2022?

a.Reliance Jio

b.Adani Data Networks

c.Vodafone Group

d.Bharti Airtel

40. Which Indian state/UT implements the ‘Mukhyamantri Anuprati Coaching Yojana’?

a.Punjab

b.Rajasthan

c.Karnataka

d.Gujarat

41. Military exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas’ is held between India and which other country?

a.USA

b.Australia

c.France

d.Japan

42. When is the ‘World Photography Day’ celebrated?

a.August 20th

b.August 15th

c.August 22nd

d.August 19th

43. Which is the venue of the ‘India International Seafood Show (IISS)’?

a.Kolkata

b.Mumbai

c.Chennai

d.Kochi

44. Which country has become the seventh country in the world to launch a mission to the Moon?

a.France

b.Germany

c.Australia

d.South Korea

45. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first earthquake memorial in which state?

a.Gujarat

b.Madhya Pradesh

c.Himachal Pradesh

d.Uttarakhand

46. ‘Yudh Abhyas’ is a military exercise held between India and which country?

a.France

b.USA

c.Japan

d.Australia

47. Which city hosted the ‘UN session to save Biodiversity’?

a.Paris

b.New York

c.Tokyo

d.Rome

48. As per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which Indian has become the world’s third-richest person in the world?

a.Azim Premji

b.Gautam Adani

c.Mukesh Ambani

d.Shiv Nadar

49. The International Lefthanders Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.August 13th

b.August 15th

c.August 14th

d.August 12th

50. The Union Cabinet (in August 2022) approved to continue Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) till which year?

a.2024

b.2023

c.2027

d.2030

51. RBI imposed some limitations on Raigad Sahakari Bank of which state?

a.West Bengal

b.Maharashtra

c.Bihar

d.Karnataka

52. International Youth Day is celebrated on?

a.August 12th

b.August 9th

c.August 13th

d.August 11th

53. ‘NIPAM’, which was seen in the news, is associated with which field?

a.Electronics Manufacturing

b.Climate Change

c.Food distribution

d.Intellectual Property

54. Which institution/ council released the ‘Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100’ Report?

a.National Council of Applied Economic Research

b.NITI Aayog

c.Economic Advisory Council

d.Centre for Policy Research

55. Who has been elected as the President of Kenya?

a.Raila Odinga

b.William Ruto

c.Kalonzo Musyoka

d.Uhuru Kenyatta

56. Which institution regulates the ‘Digital lending activities’ in India?

a.Reserve Bank of India

b.Ministry of Finance

c.National Payments Corporation of India

d.NITI Aayog

57. Abhijit Sen, who passed away on 29 August 2022, was a renowned name in which field?

a.Economics

b.Biology

c.Psychology

d.Geography

58. Which is the location of the National Seed Congress in 2022?

a.Gwalior

b.Vishakhapatnam

c.Hyderabad

d.Mysuru

59. What is the theme of World Breastfeeding Week 2022?

a.Support breastfeeding for a healthier planet

b.Step Up for Breastfeeding: Educate and Support

c.Foundation of Life

d.Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding

60. Which ministry has launched the SMILE-75 initiative?

a.Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

b.Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

c.Ministry of Education

d.Ministry of Home Affairs

61. Which payment company has partnered with Samsung to deploy smart PoS (Point-of-Sale) devices?

a.Bhim App

b.Paytm

c.PhonePe

d.Google Pay

62. The Indian Navy received two MH-60 R multirole helicopters from which country?

a.United States

b.Russia

c.Israel

d.France

63. What is the name of India's first saline water lantern?

a.Roshini

b.Jagmag

c.Surya

d.Prakash

64. Which state signed an MoU with the National Institute of Ocean Technology for protecting Coastline?

a.Assam

b.Bihar

c.Gujarat

d.Odisha

65. Antim Panghal, who was seen in the news, plays which sports?

a.Wrestling

b.Weight lifting

c.Hockey

d.Badminton

66. Which country is hosting the 65th CPA in August 2022?

a.Maldives

b.Canada

c.Thailand

d.France

67. Which institution regulates the 'Digital lending activities' in India?

a.NITI Aayog

b.National Payments Corporation of India

c.Ministry of Finance

d.Reserve Bank of India

68. Which country passed the CHIPS Bill?

a.China

b.US

c.Israel

d.Japan

69. IAF contingent left which country to participate in a four-day bilateral exercise 'Udarashakti'?

a.Japan

b.France

c.Nepal

d.Malaysia

70. Which of the following has been approved as booster dose in India for people above 18 years of age?

a.Covaxin

b.Corbevax

c.Sputnik V

d.Covishield

71. Which state government has launched the 'Vidya Rath - School on Wheels' project to provide elementary education to underprivileged children?

a.Jharkhand

b.Karnataka

c.Assam

d.Punjab

72. Which state has won the Khelo India Youth Games 2021 title with 52 gold medals on the final day?

a.Gujarat

b.Karnataka

c.Haryana

d.Tamil Nadu

73. Which of the following two countries have withdrawn from the Cooperation Group between China and Central and Eastern European Countries?

a.Croatia and Bulgaria

b.Latvia and Estonia

c.Greece and Hungary

d.Slovakia and Slovenia

74. Colin de Grandhomme, who recently announced retirement, is related to which sport?

a.Tennis

b.Badminton

c.Cricket

d.Football

75. Which Indian state/UT implements the 'Mukhyamantri Anuprati Coaching Yojana'?

a.Rajasthan

b.Gujarat

c.Karnataka

d.Punjab

76. Who has been elected as the President of Colombia?

a.Gustavo Petro

b.Francia Marquez

c.Jose Antonio Ocampo

d.Rodolfo Hernandez

77. Mikhail Gorbachev, who passed away at 91, belonged to which country?

a.Poland

b.Ukraine

c.Russia

d.Germany

78. New Delhi International Arbitration Centre has been renamed as what?

a.Pradhan Mantri Arbitration Centre

b.Bharat Arbitration Centre

c.International Arbitration Centre

d.India International Arbitration Centre

79. As per recent changes in Atal Pension Yojana (APY) rules, which category of beneficiaries are excluded?

a.Central Government Employees

b.Non-Resident Indians

c.Income Taxpayers

d.State Government Employees

80. Which Indian state/UT has inaugurated the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games’?

a.Chhattisgarh

b.Assam

c.Telangana

d.Rajasthan

81. Which state launched the Cheerag scheme?

a.Odisha

b.Andhra Pradesh

c.Telangana

d.Haryana

82. Which bank has introduced a unique term deposit programme called "Utsav Deposit Scheme"?

a.Union Bank of India

b.Punjab National Bank

c.Canara Bank

d.State Bank of India

83. Which country is the host of the 'Pitch Black' air combat exercise?

a.Australia

b.USA

c.Japan

d.France

84. Which shipyard built India's first indigenous aircraft carrier- Vikrant?

a.Hindustan Shipyard

b.Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders

c.Cochin Shipyard

d.Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers

85. ‘The Crafts Village scheme’ is an initiative of which Union Ministry?

a.Union Ministry of Culture

b.Union Ministry of Home Affairs

c.Union Ministry of Textiles

d.Union Ministry of MSME

86. Which senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, is all set to become the next CJI?

a.Sanjay Kishan Kaul

b.Dhananjaya Y. Moonlight

c.U. U. Lalit

d.S. Abdul Nazir

87. Which state launched ‘Vidya Rath-School on Wheels’ project?

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Arunachal Pradesh

c.Assam

d.Bihar

88. IAF contingent left which country to participate in a four-day bilateral exercise 'Udarashakti'?

a.Nepal

b.France

c.Japan

d.Malaysia

89. Government has notified the appointments of another how many High Court Judges in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?

a.13

b.11

c.12

d.10

90. What is the name of the 3.5-km-long freight train, which was recently tested?

a.India Freight

b.Bharat Freight

c.Super Vasuki

d.Bharat Goods

91. Who has been elected as the President of Kenya?

a.William Ruto

b.Uhuru Kenyatta

c.Kalonzo Musyoka

d.Raila Odinga

92. Vikas Thakur who won a silver medal for India at Commonwealth Games 2022 is associated with which sport?

a.Weightlifting

b.Judo

c.Boxing

d.Badminton

93. ‘Badhe Chalo’ campaign under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav has been launched by which Central Ministry?

a.Ministry of External Affairs

b.Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

c.Ministry of Home Affairs

d.Ministry of Culture

94. Who has been named as the Bharatiya Janata Party's UP President?

a.Jaswant Saini

b.Ramkesh Nishad

c.Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary

d.Ajit Singh Pal

95. On which date Aap-e-Azadi (Pakistan Independence Day) is being celebrated in August?

a.August 14th

b.August 15th

c.August 16th

d.August 13th

96. Bajrang Punia, who won the gold medal for India in the Commonwealth Games 2022, is associated with which sports?

a.Javelin throw

b.Wrestler

c.High Jump

d.Triple Jump

97. Which state/UT got its second railway station after a gap of 100 years?

a.Arunachal Pradesh

b.Mizoram

c.Assam

d.Nagaland

98. Which state government has announced to set up gramin aajeevika parks (rural industrial parks)?

a.Chhattisgarh

b.West Bengal

c.Odisha

d.Karnataka

99. Which Indian Armed Force launched the ‘Him Drone-a-thon’ programme?

a.Indian Coast Guard

b.Indian Army

c.Indian Navy

d.Indian Air Force

100. Which state has inaugurated Rajiv Gandhi Centre of Advance Technology (R-CAT)?

a.Sikkim

b.Rajasthan

c.Chhattisgarh

d.Punjab

101. Which country chairs the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee for 2022?

a.China

b.Russia

c.India

d.Kazakhstan

102. Which countries are associated with ‘Trans-Himalayan multi-dimensional connectivity network’?

a.India-Nepal

b.India-Bangladesh

c.China-Bangladesh

d.China-Nepal

103. Which state’s astronomical observatory has been included in the UNESCO list of Important Endangered Heritage Observatories?

a.Bihar

b.West Bengal

c.Maharashtra

d.Kerala

104. In the ongoing Asia Cup 2022, which team has become the first to qualify for Super Four Stage?

a.Afghanistan

b.India

c.Pakistan

d.Bangladesh

105. Agasthyamalai elephant reserve, which was notified recently, is located in which state?

a.Kerala

b.Karnataka

c.Tamil Nadu

d.Telangana

106. Who has been honoured with the 'Liberty Medal 2022'?

a.Joe Biden

b.Narendra Modi

c.Emmanuel Macron

d.Volodymyr Zelensky

107. Who took charge of SBICAP Securities as the new MD and CEO?

a.Deepak Kumar Lalla

b.Sandeep Bakhshi

c.Dinesh Kumar Khara

d.Sashidhar Jagdishan

108. Which state has announced to set up online monitoring system of medicines in government-run medical institutions?

a.Assam

b.Kerala

c.Karnataka

d.Tamil Nadu

109. What is the position of India in the Commonwealth Games 2022?

a.4th

b.7th

c.5th

d.9th

110. ‘Chabahar Port’, which was seen in the news, is located in which country?

a.Afghanistan

b.Nepal

c.Kazakhstan

d.Iran

111. Which of the following bank launched a new campaign called "Vigil Aunty"?

a.Kotak Mahindra

b.HDFC Bank

c.A U Bank

d.RBL Bank

112. Which astronomical observatory in India has been added to UNESCO list?

a.Bihar Astronomical Observatory

b.Madras astronomical observatory

c.IUCAA Girawali Observatory

d.Vainu Bappu Astronomical Observatory

113. Tulika Mann has won a silver medal in which sport at Commonwealth Games?

a.Judo

b.Track and Field

c.Squash

d.Weightlifting

114. 'Muslim Women's Rights Day' is celebrated on which date?

a.August 05th

b.August 03rd

c.August 01st

d.July 31st

115. Who became the first Indian woman winner to win a gold medal at the Under 20 Women's Wrestling Championship 2022?

a.Navjot Kaur

b.Babita Kumari

c.Last Panghal

d.Suman Kundu

116. Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra set a new national record at the Paavo Nurmi Games in which country?

a.Finland

b.China

c.Germany

d.Norway

117. Who has been appointed as an additional director on LIC HFL's Board?

a.S. Srinivasan

b.Ravi Kishan Takkar

c.Sunita Duggal

d.Birendra Singh

118. Which Union Minister has inaugurated a conference on drug trafficking and national security?

a.Anurag Thakur

b.Narendra Modi

c.Smriti Irani

d.Amit Shah

119. Who inaugurated India's Largest Private Hospital in Faridabad?

a.Narendra Modi

b.Bandaru Dattatreya

c.Droupadi Murmu

d.Manohar Lal Khattar

120. 'The Crafts Village scheme' is an initiative of which Union Ministry?

a.Union Ministry of Textiles

b.Union Ministry of Home Affairs

c.Union Ministry of Culture

d.Union Ministry of MSME

121. Who is the first South Asian to win the Lisbon Triennale Lifetime Achievement Award?

a.Ruani Ranasinha

b.Taslima Nasreen

c.Marina Tabas

d.Rukhsana Ahmed

122. Which company is India's highest-ranked company in the Fortune 500 Global List 2022?

a.LIC

b.RIL

c.IOCL

d.ONGC

123. Which institution launched ‘SPARK’, virtual space tech park?

a.DRDO

b.ISRO

c.BEL

d.NITI Aayog

124. In which state, world’s largest floating solar power plant is set to be built?

a.Gujarat

b.Madhya Pradesh

c.Bihar

d.Rajasthan

125. Which country will hold the presidency of the G20 from 1st December 2022 to 30th November 2023?

a.Argentina

b.India

c.Mexico

d.Australia

126. Who has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the UK?

a.Akhilesh Mishra

b.Vikram Doraiswami

c.Manoj Kumar Bharti

d.Prashant Pise

127. ‘The Crafts Village scheme’ is an initiative of which Union Ministry?

a.Union Ministry of MSME

b.Union Ministry of Textiles

c.Union Ministry of Culture

d.Union Ministry of Home Affairs

128. Which company developed the ‘2nd generation (2G) Ethanol Plant’, which was recently inaugurated?

a.HPCL

b.IOCL

c.BPCL

d.ONGC

129. India's first underwater metro will be inaugurated in which city?

a.Kolkata

b.Bangalore

c.Pune

d.Hyderabad

130. UGC declared how many universities as fake recently?

a.22

b.29

c.27

d.21

131. Which country is conducting its largest-ever military drills around Taiwan?

a.India

b.Russia

c.China

d.US

132. Who has won the BWF World Championships 2022 title in Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles categories?

a.Lee Chong Wei and Chen Yufei

b.Viktor Axelsen and Akane Yamaguchi

c.Lee Zii Jia and Tai Tzu-Ying

d.Kento Momota and Nozomi Okuhara

133. Who is the author of the book titled 'Rusty Skies and Golden Winds'?

a.Kanishk Tharoor

b.Nikita Singh

c.Sannidhya Sharma

d.Meghna Pant

134. Which smart city is the first smart city in India to receive data from Google's EIE?

a.Kochi smart city

b.Srinagar smart city

c.Pune smart city

d.Aurangabad smart city

135. Larsen & Toubro signed a MoU with which state to set up an IT and ITeS technology park?

a.Karnataka

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Gujarat

d.Maharashtra

136. What is the name of the website launched to boost the Coastal Clean-Up Campaign?

a.Swachhnadi.org

b.Swachhjal.org

c.Swachbharat.org

d.Swachhsagar.org

137. When is National Sports Day celebrated in India?

a.August 25th

b.August 26th

c.August 29th

d.August 31st

138. Who has launched India's first Companionship Startup for senior citizens?

a.Gautam Adani

b.Mukesh Ambani

c.Ratan Tata

d.Azim Premji

139. Which company has partnered with the MSDC and CBC for capacity building of civil servants of India?

a.Microsoft

b.HCL technology

c.Wipro

d.Google

140. When is the ‘World Bio-fuel Day’ celebrated?

a.August 12th

b.August 10th

c.August 14th

d.August 9th

141. Who has won the "Best Actor award" at the IFFM 2022?

a.Shaheed Kapoor

b.Ranbeer Kapoor

c.Ranveer Singh

d.Hrithik Roshan

142. Which institute launched 'Nilekani Centre at AI4Bharat' to advance Indian language technology?

a.IIT Delhi

b.IIT Guwahati

c.IIT Kanpur

d.IIT Madras

143. Shumang Leela is a traditional festival held in which state/UT?

a.Assam

b.Himachal Pradesh

c.Kerala

d.Manipur

144. Shia Leader Muqtada al-Sadr belongs to which country?

a.Iran

b.Afghanistan

c.Syria

d.Iraq

145. India’s first indigenously developed Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus has been inaugurated in which city?

a.Mysuru

b.Hyderabad

c.Ahmedabad

d.Pune

146. What is the name of the Centre’s passenger processing system based on facial recognition technology?

a.DigiYatra

b.Bharat Face RT

c.Pradhan Mantri Digital Yatra Abhiyan

d.Bharat Yatra

147. Which astronomical observatory in India has been added to the UNESCO list?

a.Bihar Astronomical Observatory

b.Vainu Bappu Astronomical Observatory

c.Madras astronomical observatory

d.IUCAA Girawali Observatory

148. What is the name of the satellite developed by 750 girls across 75 rural schools to be launched by ISRO?

a.GramSAT

b.CommuniSAT

c.BharatSat

d.AzaadiSAT

149. As per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Report, which city has been announced as the safest city in India in 2021?

a.Pune

b.Bangalore

c.Mumbai

d.Kolkata

150. Who has been elected as the President of Colombia?

a.Jose Antonio Ocampo

b.Francia Marquez

c.Rodolfo Hernandez

d.Gustavo Petro

151. Who has been named as the new MD and CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE)?

a.Ashish Chauhan

b.Urjit Patel

c.Arundhati Bhatacharya

d.K V Kamath

152. Which is the first ‘Har Ghar Jal certified’ state in India?

a.Kerala

b.Karnataka

c.Odisha

d.Goa

153. Which bank will manage the IVAC in Bangladesh for two more years?

a.SBI

b.Bank of Baroda

c.HDFC

d.Canara Bank

154. Which power company has been honoured with 'Asia's Best Employer Brand Award-2022'?

a.NHPC Limited

b.Gail India

c.NTPC Limited

d.Power Grid Corporation of India

155. Which bank introduced a new Term Deposit Scheme, "KBL Amrit Samriddhi"?

a.Kotak Mahindra Bank

b.Kota Bank

c.ICICI Bank

d.Karnataka Bank

156. Loktak Lake, the largest freshwater lake in India, is located in which state?

a.Telangana

b.Haryana

c.Assam

d.Manipur

157. Chandigarh International Airport will be renamed after whom?

a.Shaheed Bhagat Singh

b.Sukhdev Thapar

c.Udham Singh

d.Kartar Singh Sarabha

158. Which bank has opened its first all-women branch in Kozhikode in the North Kerala region?

a.Yes Bank

b.SBI

c.HDFC

d.ICICI

159. Bennington Battle Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.August 14th

b.August 16th

c.August 15th

d.August 13th

160. Delhi-based Mangalanam Swaminathan Foundation has announced a pension scheme for the first time in the country for the victims of political violence in which state?

a.Gujarat

b.Mizoram

c.Panaji

d.Kerala

161. Which state's Sports Department is to hold 'Khed Mela' from Aug 29?

a.Rajasthan

b.Punjab

c.Bihar

d.Haryana

162. Which university is the first Indian University in the 2022 Nature Index ranking?

a.Osmania University

b.University of Hyderabad

c.Anna University

d.Pondicherry University

163. PM Modi inaugurated a 2G Ethanol Plant in which city/state?

a.Panipat

b.Hyderabad

c.Bathinda

d.Ghaziabad

164. Who has been conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award at the 67th Filmfare Awards?

a.Shatrughan Sinha

b.Shyam Benegal

c.Subhash Ghai

d.Shekhar Kapur

165. Dr N. Kalaiselvi has become the first Woman Director General of which Indian Research Organisation?

a.ICAR

b.ICMR

c.BARC

d.CSIR

166. Who has become the first Indian Cricketer to play 100 matches in all the formats?

a.Hardik Pandya

b.KL Rahul

c.Rohit Sharma

d.Virat Kohli

167. Dinesh Shahra Lifetime Award' is associated with which fields?

a.Acting

b.Sports

c.Music

d.Philanthropy

168. Which nation has decided to quit the International Space Station after 2024?

a.UK

b.Canada

c.Russia

d.Japan

169. What is the name of India's first IAC?

a.IAC Vishal

b.IAC Vikrant

c.IAC Viraat

d.IAC Arihant

170. Which is the location of the National Seed Congress in 2022?

a.Visakhapatnam

b.Mysuru

c.Hyderabad

d.Gwalior

171. Who has been named as the new MD and CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE)?

a.Urjit Patel

b.Arundhati Bhatacharya

c.Ashish Chauhan

d.K V Kamath

172. ‘Chabahar Port’, which was seen in the news, is located in which country?

a.Nepal

b.Afghanistan

c.Kazakhstan

d.Iran

173. Indian men's volleyball team won which medal in the 14th Asian U18 Championship?

a.Silver

b.Gold

c.Bronze

d.Gold & Silver

174. The 14th Asian U-18 Championship is held in which city?

a.Paris

b.Tehran

c.Berlin

d.Tokyo

175. Who has become the first woman director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research?

a.Nallathamby Kalaiselvi

b.Meena Ganesh

c.Shobhana Bhartia

d.Mallika Srinivasan

176. Who has won India's first-ever medal in the high jump at Commonwealth Games 2022?

a.Tejaswin Shankar

b.Hima Das

c.Dutee Chand

d.M Sreeshankar

177. Who has been honoured with the Highest Civilian Honour of Ladakh?

a.Prime Minister Narendra Modi

b.Pope Francis

c.Desmond Tutu

d.Dalai Lama

178. Which state govt decided to develop one Sanskrit-speaking village in each district?

a.Karnataka

b.Gujarat

c.Tamil Nadu

d.Uttarakhand

179. The Ministry of Culture has organised the Tiranga Utsav to celebrate which birth anniversary of Pingali Venkayya, the designer of India's national flag?

a.142nd

b.146th

c.147th

d.149th

180. Akshay Urja Diwas is being celebrated on which date?

a.August 20th

b.August 22nd

c.August 21st

d.August 23rd

181. Who has launched "Azadi Quest", a series of online educational games based on India's freedom struggle, developed in collaboration with Zynga India?

a.Anurag Thakur

b.Jyotiraditya Scindia

c.Amit Shah

d.Rajnath Singh

182. Which state has announced that 'Dahi-Handi' will now be recognized as an official sport in the state?

a.Maharashtra

b.Gujarat

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Haryana

183. When is National Handloom Day observed in India?

a.August 6th

b.August 7th

c.August 5th

d.August 8th

184. What is the new slogan for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 that has revealed in July 2022?

a.Faster, Higher, Stronger, Together

b.Held Your Hope High

c.Games Wide Open

d.Together for a Shared Future

185. Which is the first global Big Tech Company to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)?

a.Meta

b.Apple

c.Microsoft

d.Google

186. Which country won the gold medal in the open section of 44th Chess Olympiad?

a.Uzbekistan

b.India

c.Russia

d.Ukraine

187. Who has won the "Best Actress award" at the IFFM 2022?

a.Vaani Kapoor

b.Sakshi Tanwar

c.Kareena Kapoor

d.Shefali Shah

188. Which Indian City will host India International Seafood Show 2023?

a.Kolkata

b.Chennai

c.Mumbai

d.Kochi

189. Where did Bandhan Bank open its first currency chest?

a.Patna

b.New Delhi

c.Indore

d.Kolkata

190. Which country will organise Exercise Pitch Black?

a.Australia

b.Malaysia

c.Japan

d.Indonesia

191. The 1st Edition of Women Indian Premier League will be starting by which year?

a.2023

b.2024

c.2022

d.2025

192. Who becomes the first South Asian to win the Lisbon Triennale Lifetime Achievement Award?

a.TaslimaNasrin

b.Marina Tabassum

c.RuvaniRanasinha

d.VivekShraya

193. India won a historic gold in which sports for the first-ever time at Commonwealth Games?

a.Fencing

b.Water Polo

c.Lawn Bowl

d.Rowing

194. Which is the first country to approve a vaccine for Covid Omicron variant?

a.India

b.Italy

c.USA

d.UK

195. Which Indian businessperson recently became the third-richest person in the world, as per the Bloomberg Billionaire Index?

a.Radhakishan Damani

b.Cyrus Poonawala

c.Mukesh Ambani

d.Gautam Adani

196. National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) is associated with which Union Ministry?

a.Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Ministry

b.Union Women and Child Development Ministry

c.Union Health Ministry

d.Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry

197. When is the National Small Industry Day observed in India?

a.August 28th

b.August 26th

c.August 30th

d.August 22nd

198. Which country has launched gold coins to tackle the soaring inflation?

a.Ghana

b.Oman

c.Zimbabwe

d.Sudan

199. World Wide Web Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.August 01st

b.July 30th

c.July 31st

d.August 02nd

200. Which country president proposed that the top commission should include Pope Francis, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, and Indian PM Narendra Modi?

a.USA

b.Spain

c.Russia

d.Mexico

201. Which bank will soon provide its customers with WhatsApp-based banking?

a.State Bank of India

b.Bank of Baroda

c.HDFC Bank

d.IndusInd Bank

202. The famous footballer Luis Suarez, announced that he will sign with which club with whom he started his senior career?

a.Thunder

b.Terminators

c.Amigos

d.Nacional

203. Which Union Ministry implemented the 'Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0' scheme?

a.Ministry of Women and Child Development

b.Ministry of Tribal Affairs

c.Ministry of Health

d.Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

204. What is the full form of BBPS?

a.Bill Bharat Pay System

b.Bharat Bill Payment System

c.Bill Bharat Payment System

d.Bharat Bill Pay System

205. Which Indian woman has won the Miss Elite World title?

a.Lara Dutta

b.Preity Zinta

c.Dia Mirza

d.Deep Supriyam

206. India has launched the first indigenously-developed RT-PCR kit for testing which disease in August 2022?

a.Monkeypox

b.Covid-19

c.Polio

d.Chickenpox

207. 300-meter long Atal Bridge has been inaugurated in which city of Gujarat?

a.Vadodara

b.Surat

c.Ahmedabad

d.Rajkot

208. Who has been appointed as secretary to the president Droupadi Murmu?

a.Dinesh Kumar

b.Naresh Chandra

c.Aditya Kumar

d.Rajesh Verma

209. Which has become the world’s first country to approve Omicron Vaccine?

a.Russia

b.United Kingdom

c.United States of America

d.China

210. New Delhi International Arbitration Centre has been renamed as what?

a.Pradhan Mantri Arbitration Centre

b.India International Arbitration Centre

c.Bharat Arbitration Centre

d.International Arbitration Centre

211. Which country's president proposed the inclusion of Pope Francis,in the High Commission?

a.USA

b.Japan

c.Spain

d.Mexico

212. In second T20 match of Asia Cup 2022, India won the match against Pakistan by how many wickets?

a.6

b.5

c.7

d.4

213. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in which city?

a.New Delhi

b.Mohali

c.Bhubaneswar

d.Ahmedabad

214. Who has become the first Indian to win Gold at World Cadet Judo Championships 2022?

a.Poonam Chopra

b.Linthoi Chanambam

c.Avtar Singh

d.Thoudam Kalpana Devi

215. First flight of Akasa Air has been inaugurated between which of the following two cities in India?

a.Ahmedabad to Lucknow

b.Chennai to Mumbai

c.Mumbai to Ahmedabad

d.Jabalpur to Delhi

216. Which state has implemented the "One MLA, One Pension" programme?

a.Kerala

b.Karnataka

c.Maharashtra

d.Punjab

217. Who is the winner of the 2022 UEFA Super Cup?

a.Real Madrid

b.Barcelona

c.Eintracht Frankfurt

d.Milan

218. Which country will host the IDF WDS 2022?

a.Malaysia

b.India

c.Japan

d.South Korea

Current Affairs August 2022 MCQ Test

Submit a Comment Cancel reply

General

CBSE School Lessons

Popular Pages