Current Affairs March 2022 MCQs Test Question Answers

1. Who is the author of the book titled- Unfinished?

a.Anuja Chauhan

b.Amitav Ghosh

c.Salman Rushdie

d.Priyanka Chopra

2. Which company successfully commissioned a 1.7-megawatt solar photovoltaic plant at Bina in Madhya Pradesh for the Indian Railways?

a.Cummins India Ltd

b.Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL)

c.HEG Ltd

d.Elgi Equipments Ltd

3. Who has been named as new MD and CEO of LIC Mutual Fund?

a.T S Ramakrishnan

b.Jayshree Ullal

c.Ashok Vemuri

d.Rajeev Suri

4. Who has become the 23rd Woman Grandmaster of India?

a.Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi

b.Priyanka Nutakki

c.Mary Ann Gomes

d.Padmini Rout

5. What is the last date to register for the ISRO Young Scientist Program 2022?

a.April 10th

b.April 1st

c.April 15th

d.April 21st

6. Which country is the largest importer of arms globally, as per SIPRI's Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2021 Report?

a.USA

b.China

c.India

d.Israel

7. Nepal’s House of Representatives has ratified __ US Dollar grant assistance-Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) pact along with ‘interpretative declaration’?

a.500 Million

b.100 Million

c.300 Million

d.200 Million

8. Equirus Wealth in collaboration with SCUBE Capital along with which bank to jointly launch USD Offshore Fund?

a.Canara Bank

b.ICICI Bank

c.Axis Bank

d.Federal Bank

9. The two-day Study in India meeting has been inaugurated in which country?

a.Bhutan

b.Bangladesh

c.China

d.Tunisia

10. The 4th Jan Aushadhi Diwas will be celebrated. What is the theme of 4th Jan Aushadhi Diwas?

a.Jan Kalyan- Jan Samman

b.Jan Aushadhi- Jan Kalyan

c.Jan Aushadhi-Jan Upyogi

d.Jan Aushadhi- Jan Samman

11. Which edition of Civil Accounts Day has been celebrated in India?

a.45th

b.44th

c.47th

d.46th

12. Dr Jitendra Singh launched the International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO) at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM). Where is this IMPO/IITM located?

a.Mumbai

b.Chennai

c.Ahmedabad

d.Pune

13. Exercise Vayu Shakti 2022 will be organised in which place by the IAF?

a.Nainital

b.Jaisalmer

c.Pithoragarh

d.Agra

14. The sea-level trials of India's first indigenously developed Flying Trainer was successfully completed at Puducherry. What is the name of this trainer aircraft?

a.HARRIS-NG

b.HAWK-NG

c.HANSA-NG

d.HERCULES-NG

15. Caitlin Novak has become the first female President of which country?

a.Sweden

b.Uganda

c.Hungary

d.Norway

16. How many women have been awarded the WTI in 2022?

a.75

b.52

c.12

d.32

17. What is the upper limit of a UPI Lite payment transaction?

a.Rs 500

b.Rs 300

c.Rs 100

d.Rs 200

18. Which is the venue of the India Global Forum (IGF) event in 2022?

a.Gandhi Nagar

b.Chennai

c.Bengaluru

d.Varanasi

19. Which tech company has announced to set up its fourth data centre in India in Hyderabad?

a.Google

b.Meta

c.Microsoft

d.IBM

20. Which Mutual Fund House has launched an end-to-end women-led missed call advisory service #LaxmiForLaxmi?

a.SBI Mutual Fund

b.LIC Mutual Fund

c.HDFC Mutual Fund

d.ICICI Mutual Fund

21. Which company announced to buying banking-software maker ‘Technisys SA’ for about $1.1 Billion?

a.Amazon

b.Adobe

c.SoFi Technologies Inc

d.Microsoft

22. Armond Gustave "Mondo" Duplantis has covered 6.19 meters to break his own world record by how many centimetres at the World Indoor Tour Silver Meeting?

a.1 cm

b.2cm

c.5cm

d.3 cm

23. What is the theme of World Rotaract Day?

a.Rotary in Action

b.Rotary Making a Difference

c.Connecting for Good

d.Be the change

24. Indian diplomat Mukul Arya passed away in an untimely manner. He was an Indian envoy to which among the following countries?

a.Ukraine

b.Turkey

c.Israel

d.Palestine

25. Who has been appointed as the CFO of the LIC?

a.Vinay Kumar Verma

b.Supriya Bakhshi

c.Pankaj Jain

d.Sunil Agrawal

26. World Consumer Rights Day is being celebrated globally on which day?

a.March 14th

b.March 13th

c.March 15th

d.March 12th

27. What is the edition of the IFFK 2022, which is held at Thiruvananthapuram?

a.26th

b.51st

c.50th

d.25th

28. ‘Quitting Smoking Doesn’t Have To Be Stressful’ is the theme of which day in 2022?

a.World Health Day

b.National Youth Day

c.No Smoking Day 2022

d.National Safety Day

29. Which country organized the Polio National Immunization Day (NID) 2022 on February 27th?

a.Australia

b.UAE

c.France

d.India

30. Which country has topped in the Sustainable Development Index 2021 List?

a.Finland

b.Denmark

c.Belgium

d.Sweden

31. Mukhyamantri Chaa Srami Kalyan Prakalpa scheme was started by which state?

a.Assam

b.Tripura

c.UP

d.Bihar

32. When is National Vaccination Day 2022 is being celebrated in India?

a.March 16th

b.March 19th

c.March 18th

d.March 17th

33. Rahi Sarnobat, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan won the gold medal in which event of ‘International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World cup’?

a.Women’s 20m pistol team event.

b.Women’s 21m pistol team event.

c.Women’s 25m pistol team event

d.Women’s 28m pistol team event.

34. The Government of India has approved the establishment of the World Health Organization Global Center for Traditional Medicine in which state?

a.Patna, Bihar

b.Jamnagar, Gujarat

c.Gurugram, Haryana

d.Raipur, Chhattisgarh

35. Who has been appointed as the MD & CEO of Maruti Suzuki?

a.Kenichi Ayukawa

b.Osamu Suzuki

c.Hisashi Takeuchi

d.Shigetoshi Torii

36. ‘2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup’ is the twelfth edition schedule between which dates?

a.4 March 2022 to 10 April, 2022

b.4 March 2022 to 3 April, 2022

c.4 March 2022 to 12 April, 2022

d.4 March 2022 to 5 April, 2022

37. The 19th edition of the India-US MCG meeting has been held at which place?

a.Bikaner

b.Agra

c.Pune

d.Noida

38. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of IRDAI in 2022?

a.Mamta Suri

b.Sanjay Kumar Verma

c.Debasish Panda

d.A. Ramana Rao

39. Who has been ranked as the world's top billionaire in 2022 M3M Hurun Global Rich List?

a.Elon Musk

b.Jeff Bezos

c.Bernard Arnault

d.Bill Gates

40. Which among the following is Europe's largest nuclear power plant?

a.Bohunice

b.Cernavoda

c.Zaporizhzhia

d.Cernavoda

41. Which country has become the most sanctioned country in the world?

a.Russia

b.Pakistan

c.Iraq

d.Iran

42. Who has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Punjab?

a.Navjot Singh Sidhu

b.Arvind Kejriwal

c.Jaswinder Kaur

d.Bhagwant Mann

43. Which ministry released the detailed project reports (DPRs) to rejuvenate 13 major rivers in India?

a.Minister of Jal Shakti

b.Minister of Education

c.Ministry of Environment and Climate Change

d.Minister of Tourism

44. On Board: My Years in BCCI is an autobiography of which person?

a.Vinod Rai

b.Diana Edulji

c.Anjum Chopra

d.Ratnakar Shetty

45. Who has been appointed as the MD & CEO of LIC Mutual Fund?

a.RS Ramakrishnan

b.MS Ramakrishnan

c.TS Ramakrishnan

d.PS Ramakrishnan

46. ‘Nitin Chugh’ has been appointed as the Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of which bank in India to drive digital banking operations?

a.State Bank of India

b.Axis Bank

c.Kotak Mahindra Bank

d.HDFC Bank

47. The new edition of Knight Frank's The Wealth Report 2022, what is the rank of India in the billionaire population globally?

a.Third

b.Second

c.First

d.Fourth

48. How much amount has been set as the target by the government for the NaBFID to sanction loans for the infrastructure sector in 2022-23?

a.Rs 5 trillion

b.Rs 1 trillion

c.Rs 2 trillion

d.Rs 3 trillion

49. RBI has launched which UPI facility for feature phones?

a.UPI123payment

b.UPI123paisa

c.UPI123paid

d.UPI123pay

50. PetrFiala has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of which country?

a.Czech Republic

b.Latvia

c.Austria

d.Serbia

51. China’s second Long March 8 rocket launched carrying a domestic record of how many satellites into space?

a.22 satellites

b.28 satellites

c.20 satellites

d.25 satellites

52. ‘Jan Aushadhi-Jan Upyogi’ is the theme of which day in 2022?

a.Janaushadhi Diwas 2022.

b.National Safety Day.

c.World War Orphans Day.

d.World Day of Social Justice.

53. Which state government has launched 'Women@Work' program?

a.Karnataka

b.Jharkhand

c.Kerala

d.Tamil Nadu

54. Former Chief of the Indian Army, General S F Rodrigues has passed away. He had also served as the Governor of which state?

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Haryana

c.Rajasthan

d.Punjab

55. Who initiated 'Digital Government Mission' to speed up Citizen Services Delivery?

a.Ashwini Vaishnaw

b.Giriraj Singh

c.Pralhad Joshi

d.Kiren Rijiju

56. Which Indian Institute of Management has the Retail Tech Consortium been established?

a.IIM Ahmedabad

b.IIM Bodh Gaya

c.IIM Amritsar

d.IIM Kolkata

57. Who has become India's second-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket?

a.Mohammed Shami

b.Jasprit Bumrah

c.Ishant Sharma

d.R Ashwin

58. The WHO GCTM will be established at which place?

a.Gurugram

b.Delhi

c.Mumbai

d.Jamnagar

59. Who has been appointed as the captain of Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League 2022?

a.R Ashwin

b.Virat Kohli

c.Ravindra Jadeja

d.David Warner

60. Instagram is No Longer Accessible in which country?

a.Canada

b.Norway

c.Russia

d.Germany

61. On which day the Pie Day is being celebrated around the world?

a.March 12th

b.March 13th

c.March 11th

d.March 14th

62. What is the theme of the International Day of Action for Rivers in 2022?

a.Rights of Rivers

b.The Importance of Rivers for Biodiversity

c.Women, Water, and Climate Change

d.Water for Our Future

63. India’s first indigenously developed Flying Trainer ‘HANSA-NG’, successfully completed it’s sea-level trials at where?

a.Chandigarh

b.Surat

c.Puducherry

d.Bengaluru

64. Bharti Airtel has joined hands with which bank to launch a co-branded credit card to strengthen the growth of India's digital ecosystem?

a.HDFC Bank

b.ICICI Bank

c.Axis Bank

d.Kotak Mahindra Bank

65. Where has the EX-DUSTLIK exercise between the armies of India and Uzbekistan started?

a.Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

b.Tashkent, Uzbekistan

c.Yangiarik, Uzbekistan

d.Ranikhet, Uttarakhand

66. Anubhav is a mobile car showroom, launched by which auto company for its rural customers?

a.Ashok Leyland

b.Maruti Suzuki

c.Tata Motors

d.Mahindra & Mahindra

67. Which country has launched a military satellite named "Noor-2"?

a.China

b.China

c.Iran

d.India

68. Who has approved the establishment of the National Land Monetization Corporation?

a.Union Cabinet

b.Supreme Court

c.Planning Commission

d.Ministry of Education

69. Which city has been ranked as the most noise polluted city globally, topped this list?

a.Cairo

b.Jakarta

c.Beijing

d.Dhaka

70. Which coalfield in India is currently the largest coal-producing company of India after its production crossed 157 million tonnes in 2021-22?

a.Mahanadi Coalfields Limited

b.Central Coalfields Limited

c.Bharat Coking Coal

d.South Eastern Coalfields Limited

71. PV Sindhu beat which of the player to lift the women's singles title at the 2022 Swiss Open Badminton Tournament?

a.Yeo Jia Min

b.Ratchanok Intanon

c.Pornpawee Chochuwong

d.Busanan Ongbamrungphan

72. What is the rank of India in the Democracy Report 2022 released by the V-Dem Institute?

a.98th

b.93rd

c.95th

d.85th

73. What does 'S' stand for in 'SWIFT' financial messaging service?

a.Secure

b.Service

c.Society

d.Simple

74. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Uttrakhand?

a.Ashok Gehlot

b.Pushkar Singh Dhami

c.Shivraj Singh Chouhan

d.Jairam Thakur

75. India’s largest reclining statue of Lord Buddha (100 feet long and 30 feet high) is being built at where?

a.Bodh Gaya

b.Anwari

c.Munger

d.Araria

76. Which bank has acquired a 5% stake in National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited?

a.HDFC Bank

b.Yes Bank

c.ICICI Bank

d.Axis Bank

77. What is the theme for World Tuberculosis Day 2022?

a.Invest to End TB. Save Lives

b.The Clock is Ticking

c.It's Time

d.It's time to end TB

78. Bank of Maharashtra has partnered with Mahagram to roll out the 'Bank Sakhi' project in which state of India?

a.Tamil Nadu

b.Odisha

c.Maharashtra

d.Karnataka

79. What is the projected GDP growth rate of India in fiscal 2022-23 as per Fitch Ratings?

a.8.9%

b.8.5%

c.8.3%

d.8.7%

80. What is the revised compensation to the kind of hit-and-run victims in case of death?

a.75000

b.2 Lakhs

c.1 Lakhs

d.50,000

81. Which country decided to resume scheduled commercial international passenger services from March 27, 2022?

a.March 27th

b.March 24th

c.March 25th

d.March 22nd

82. RBI Governor has dedicated an Ink Manufacturing Unit "Varnika" at which place?

a.Hyderabad

b.Siliguri

c.Pune

d.Mysuru

83. ‘58th Senior National Chess Championship 2022’ organized by AICF Secretary Bharat Singh in which city?

a.Visakhapatnam

b.Bengaluru

c.Kanpur

d.Chennai

84. To strengthen actions for nature to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, how many resolutions concluded 5th United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5)?

a.14 resolutions

b.12 resolutions

c.19 resolutions

d.10 resolutions

85. Which one of the following has been released as the framework for geo-tagging of payment system touchpoints?

a.NITI Aayog

b.Ministry of Finance

c.Planning Commission

d.Reserve Bank of India

86. Which female sportsperson has been appointed by Global Pharma Lupine Limited as the brand ambassador for its Shakti campaign?

a.Mithali Raj

b.Jhulan Goshwami

c.Mary Kom

d.Sania Mirza

87. MV Ram Prasad Bismil’ is the Longest vessel to sail from __ to Brahmaputra?

a.Kaveri

b.Ganga

c.Godavari

d.Yamuna

88. Balikatan 2022 is a military drill of the US army with which country?

a.France

b.Philippines

c.Japan

d.South Korea

89. Which organization has launched the military drill 'Cold Response 2022'?

a.International Development Association

b.United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

c.Association of South East Nations

d.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

90. Who has been appointed as the new President of the FATF?

a.T. Raja Kumar

b.Marcus Pleyer

c.Raja Rai

d.Marcus Watson

91. Indian Army's "Agnibaaz Division" has organised a joint exercise "Suraksha Kavach 2" with which state/UT's Police?

a.Delhi Police

b.Maharashtra Police

c.Uttar Pradesh Police

d.Punjab Police

92. Microsoft has opened its largest data centre in India in Hyderabad. Apart from this, the company already has how many data centres in the country?

a.3

b.4

c.6

d.5

93. Rod Marsh who died at the age of 74 was the former cricket player of which country?

a.Australia

b.South Africa

c.New Zealand

d.England

94. What is the rank of India in the sustainable Development Report 2021 list?

a.122nd

b.124th

c.120th

d.121st

95. Which edition of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup has started in New Zealand?

a.12th Edition

b.9th Edition

c.7th Edition

d.5th edition

96. Who has become the youngest and fastest female swimmer to swim across the Palk Strait?

a.Bhakti Sharma

b.Mana Patel

c.Jiya Rai

d.Aarti Saha

97. On which day the International Day of the Unborn Child is being celebrated?

a.March 26th

b.March 25th

c.March 27th

d.March 28th

98. Which Naval Ship has presented the prestigious President's Colour?

a.INS Brahmaputra

b.INS Valsura

c.INS Gomati

d.INS Betwa

99. The 12th edition of the RSM 2022 has been organised in which state?

a.Gujarat

b.Andra Pradesh

c.Odisha

d.West Bengal

100. Who among these is an Arjuna award winner in this sport, who has part of an Asian Games bronze medal-winning side?

a.Robert George

b.George Gervin

c.Jimmy George

d.Kiran George

101. How many Prime Ministers have been there in India to date?

a.12

b.14

c.16

d.11

102. When is Cyclone Asani predicted to hit Andaman & Nicobar Islands?

a.March 25th

b.March 21th

c.March 18th

d.March 19th

103. National Strategy for Additive Manufacturing’ launched by which ministry in India?

a.Ministry of Defence

b.Ministry of Minority Affairs

c.Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

d.Ministry of Communications

104. When is CISF raising day is being celebrated?

a.09th March

b.08th March

c.11th March

d.10th March

105. The first-ever Drone school has been inaugurated in which of these cities by the Minister of Civil Aviation?

a.Chandigarh

b.Gwalior

c.Dehradun

d.Gurugram

106. In which state India's first Virtual Smart Grid Knowledge Center has been inaugurated?

a.Gandhinagar, Gujarat

b.Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

c.Dehradun, Himachal Pradesh

d.Manesar, Haryana

107. Which company introduces a 19-seater civil aircraft to be deployed under UDAN Scheme?

a.BEL

b.NTPC

c.GAIL

d.HAL

108. The National Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society has started in which city?

a.Mumbai

b.Visakhapatanam

c.Jaipur

d.Delhi

109. MeitY has tied with which company to train Indian startups in making apps and games for the global market?

a.Microsoft

b.IBM

c.Apple

d.Google

110. Which state government has launched 'Kaushalya Matritva Yojana'?

a.Haryana

b.Rajasthan

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Chhattisgarh

111. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and who has signed an MoU towards green energy goals?

a.SEBI

b.Bank of Baroda

c.Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited

d.Coal India

112. Classical wind music instrument Narasinghapettai nagaswaram of which state has received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag?

a.Maharashtra

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Odisha

d.Kerala

113. The World Theater Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.March 25th

b.March 22th

c.March 27th

d.March 24th

114. Supreme Court of India has appointed Justice (retd) AK Sikri as Chairperson of the High Powered Committee of which project?

a.Smart Cities Mission

b.Setu Bharatam

c.Chardham Project

d.Bharatmala Project

115. GOES-T is a next-generation weather satellite launched by which space agency to forecast hazardous environmental conditions?

a.NASA

b.China space agency (CNSA)

c.Roscosmos

d.ISRO

116. Which of the company has become the first Indian company to sponsor FIFA World Cup 2022?

a.Reliance

b.Wipro

c.BYJU'S

d.Tata

117. Which bank launched a booklet named ‘BE(A)WARE’ in India for public awareness on financial frauds?

a.SBI

b.HDFC

c.ICICI

d.RBI

118. The International Day of Forests is being celebrated on which date?

a.March 19th

b.March 20th

c.March 21st

d.March 18th

119. Which edition of the BAFTA award has been announced?

a.75th Edition

b.72nd Edition

c.52nd Edition

d.65th edition

120. Matrushakti Udaymita Scheme has been launched by which state to promote women entrepreneurship in the state?

a.Haryana

b.West Bengal

c.Punjab

d.Uttarakhand

121. Which world number 1 female tennis player has announced her retirement?

a.Ashleigh Barty

b.Steffi Graf

c.Serena Williams

d.Maria Sharapova

122. To recognize the importance of recycling, ‘Global Recycling Day’ celebrated on which date in 2022?

a.March 18th

b.March 14th

c.March 13th

d.March 17th

123. Who has become the first African to win the Pritzker Prize 2022?

a.Morenati emilio

b.Francis Kere

c.Evan allen

d.Laura Crimaldi

124. Where 1.66 petaflops supercomputer named PARAM Ganga has been installed?

a.IIT Roorkee

b.IIT Pune

c.IIT Chennai

d.IIT Hyderabad

125. World Civil Defence Day is being observed on which date?

a.01st March

b.27th February

c.02nd March

d.28th February

126. The CRPF Raising day is being celebrated on which date?

a.March 17th

b.March 19th

c.March 16th

d.March 18th

127. What is the projected GDP growth rate of India in the calendar year 2022 as per Moody's?

a.9.5%

b.8.8%

c.9.1%

d.7.1%

128. The Bhasha Sangam mobile app has been released by the Ministry of Education in how many scheduled Indian languages?

a.22

b.17

c.18

d.14

129. Ashneer Grover has resigned as MD and Director of which Indian fintech company?

a.Google Pay

b.Paytm

c.PhonePe

d.BharatPe

130. Lakshya Sen lost to which of the following player to settle for silver at the men's singles badminton final of German Open 2022?

a.Lee Zii Jia

b.Thomas Rouxel

c.Viktor Axelsen

d.Kunlavut Vitidsarn

131. Integrated Approach in S&T for Sustainable Future’ is the theme of which day in 2022?

a.National Biology Day

b.National Internet Day

c.National Science Day

d.National Physics Day

132. Biplobi Bharat Gallery has been inaugurated in which city?

a.Guwahati

b.Kolkata

c.Pune

d.New Delhi

133. Which is first country in the world to authorize the emergency use of a plant-based ‘Covifenz’ COVID-19 Vaccine?

a.Canada

b.France

c.Russia

d.United Kingdom

134. Which country hosted BIMSTEC Summit 2022?

a.Sri Lanka

b.Bangladesh

c.Thailand

d.India

135. Which party has won the highest number of seats in the Goa Assembly Elections?

a.AAP

b.INC

c.BJP

d.BSP

136. CICI bank to acquire up to 5 per cent equity holding in NARCL with total cash consideration of up to __ in tranches?

a.Rs 137.5 crore

b.Rs 131.5 crore

c.Rs 135.5 crore

d.Rs 134.5 crore

137. The Indian Navy successfully test-fired the extended-range land-attack Brahmos supersonic cruise missile from which stealth destroyer?

a.INS Vikramaditya

b.INS Chennai

c.INS Arihant

d.INS Shakti

138. Gabriel Boric Font has been appointed as the youngest President of which country?

a.Chile

b.Argentina

c.Peru

d.Mexico

139. Which firm got the license from PFRDA and IRDAI to sell NPS, Insurance?

a.Pramerica Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

b.Edelweiss Tokio

c.FinMapp

d.Aviva

140. World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.March 24th

b.March 19th

c.March 16th

d.March 17th

141. Sadia Tariq was in news for winning a gold medal for India in which event?

a.Weightlifting

b.Fencing

c.Wushu

d.Boxing

142. Cricket Sonny Ramadhin who passed away represented which cricket playing nation?

a.West Indies

b.Pakistan

c.Sri Lanka

d.Bangladesh

143. The Virtual SGKC has been developed by which company?

a.Power Finance Corporation

b.POWERGRID

c.Indian Oil Corporation

d.NTPC Limited

144. The World Poetry Day is being celebrated every year on which date?

a.March 21st

b.March 22nd

c.March 17th

d.March 18th

145. Which is the first state in the country to use the 'Crop Diversification Index'?

a.Andhra Pradesh

b.Telangana

c.Punjab

d.Tamil Nadu

146. In which state 'Dol Utsav' has been celebrated?

a.Karnataka

b.West Bengal

c.Tamil Nadu

d.Telangana

147. Which country will host the Bersama Shield 2022 training exercise?

a.Australia

b.Singapore

c.Malaysia

d.Japan

148. Which state has topped in the released Scotch State of Governance Ranking 2021?

a.Telangana

b.Odisha

c.Karnataka

d.Andhra Pradesh

149. Who is the author of the biography 'The Queen of Indian Pop: The Authorised Biography of Usha Uthup'?

a.Manit Joura

b.Kanchi Kaul

c.Srishti Jha

d.Arjit Taneja

150. Which of the following has announced the purchase of Evilient Technologies, a renowned FinTech business?

a.HDFC Bank

b.Razorpay

c.Paytm

d.Pay you

151. The World Kidney Day 2022 is being celebrated on which date?

a.11th March

b.12th March

c.10th March

d.13th March

152. Which Indian economist has been included in the advisory board of the United Nations?

a.Jayati Ghosh

b.Kaushik Basu

c.Arvind Panagariya

d.Rohini Pande

153. Which film has won the Best Picture award at the 94th Academy Awards?

a.King Richard

b.The Power of the Dog

c.Belfast

d.CODA

154. Professor Deepak Dhar has become which Indian to be awarded the Boltzmann Medal?

a.Second

b.First

c.Third

d.Fourth

155. Which player has won the Formula One 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix?

a.Max Verstappen

b.Carlos Sainz Jr.

c.Charles Leclerc

d.Lewis Hamilton

156. RBI has cancelled the license of People's Co-operative Bank Ltd. located at which place?

a.Mumbai

b.Pune

c.Kanpur

d.Kolhapur

157. National Safety Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.04h March

b.05th March

c.07th March

d.09th March

158. Green Triangle named after Mahatma Gandhi, has been inaugurated in which country?

a.Madagascar

b.Nepa

c.Sri Lanka

d.Singapore

159. What is the theme set for the International Day of Mathematics (IDM) 2022?

a.Indian Mathematics

b.Mathematics is Everywhere

c.Mathematics Unites!

d.Mathematics for a Better World

160. Indian Railways has planned to deploy its indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system called as ‘Kavach’ across 2,000 km of network in which fiscal year?

a.2022-23

b.2025-26

c.2023-24

d.2024-25

161. What is the latest rank of Indian Passport on the Henley Passport Index?

a.83

b.87

c.76

d.86

162. Nitin Paranjpe has been appointed as the Non-Executive Chairman of which FMCG company with effect from March 31, 2022?

a.Britannia Industries Ltd

b.ITC Ltd

c.Patanjali Ayurved Limited

d.Hindustan Unilever Ltd

163. Which country test-fired the ICBM named Hwasong-17?

a.North Korea

b.China

c.South Korea

d.Japan

164. How many women received the 'Nari Shakti Puraskar' for the years 2020 and 2021?

a.31

b.32

c.30

d.29

165. Which nation has threatened to detach itself from the International Space Station?

a.USA

b.Russia

c.China

d.South Korea

166. Kalpana Chawla's birth anniversary is being observed on which date?

a.March 25th

b.March 17th

c.March 15th

d.March 19th

167. Name the Environmentalist as been selected for the IWOC Award for 2022?

a.Maneka Gandhi

b.Sumaira Abdulali

c.Sunita Narain

d.Rizwana Hasan

168. Which team has won the 3rd edition of the SAFF U-18 Women's Football Championship?

a.India

b.Bangladesh

c.South Korea

d.Malaysia

169. What is the position of India in the global investment in digital shopping 2021?

a.Second

b.Third

c.First

d.Fourth

170. Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state/UT?

a.Telangana

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Andhra Pradesh

d.Kerala

171. Which State Assembly in the country is the first to implement the NeVA programme to become completely paperless?

a.Mizoram

b.Manipur

c.Nagaland

d.Meghalaya

172. Name the cargo vessel which has become the longest vessel ever to sail on the river Brahmaputra?

a.MV MSC Valeria

b.MV APL Raffles

c.MV Northern Jaguar

d.MV Ram Prasad Bismil

173. Who is the author of the book "Unfilled Barrels: India's oil story"?

a.Richa Mishra

b.Shaili Chopra

c.Archana Mishra

d.Shoma Chaudhury

174. Which US courier service company has announced the appointment of Indian-origin Raj Subramaniam as its next CEO?

a.Agarwal Packers

b.DHL

c.United Parcel Services

d.FedEx

175. Indian Army has banned how many Apps to prevent leaking of information to its personnel?

a.79 Apps

b.89 Apps

c.99 Apps

d.69 Apps

176. Which is the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)?

a.Moscow

b.Vienna

c.Geneva

d.New York

177. Indian Navy received the 12th anti-submarine warfare aircraft P-8I from which Aerospace company?

a.Lockheed Martin

b.Airbus

c.Blue Origin

d.Boeing

178. Sarjeraodada Naik Shirala Sahakari Bank’ license has been cancelled by Reserve Bank of India. Where is the main office of this bank?

a.Maharashtra

b.Tripura

c.Tamil Nadu

d.Uttar Pradesh

179. In which city did Reliance Industries Ltd open Indias first global destination named Jio World Center?

a.Nagpur

b.Noida

c.Mumbai

d.Ahmedabad

180. Ministry of Women and Child Development will launch the 'Back to School' Campaign in partnership with which organization?

a.World Bank

b.WHO

c.UNICEF

d.NITI Aayog

181. Which Country Astronomers discovered 1st Known Quadruple Asteroid System?

a.China

b.South Korea

c.Thailand

d.Japan

182. India's largest EV charging station for 4 wheelers, with 121 charging points, has been launched in which city?

a.Pune

b.Gurugram

c.Chennai

d.New Delhi

183. What is the name of India's automatic train collision protection system?

a.Raksha

b.Suraksha

c.Kavach

d.Dhaal

184. Immigration Visa Foreigners Registration Tracking (IVFRT) Scheme continuation approved by Indian government till which date?

a.31 October, 2026

b.31 April, 2026

c.31 March, 2026

d.31 May, 2026

185. The International Day of Mathematics (IDM) is being celebrated on which date?

a.March 12th

b.March 13th

c.March 15th

d.March 14th

186. Who has been crowned Miss World 2021?

a.Shree Saini

b.Anna Leitch

c.Karolina Bielawaska

d.Karolina Vidales

187. What is the theme of the Rare Disease Day (RDD) 2022?

a.Rare is Many. Rare is Strong

b.Rare is many. Rare is strong. Rare is proud

c.Share Your Colors

d.Rare is many. Rare is strong. Rare is proud

188. Prabha Narasimhan has been appointed as the CEO and MD of which company in place of Ram Raghavan?

a.Google

b.HDFC Group

c.Colgate-Palmolive Ltd

d.Coal India

189. Which initiative has been launched by RBI for a 24x7 Helpline for Digital Payments?

a.DigiSaathi

b.DigiSaath

c.DigiRath

d.DigiRakhsak

190. How many years of diplomatic relations have been completed between India and Belgium?

a.85 years

b.55 years

c.75 years

d.65 years

191. Which ministry has launched the Donation-e-Pension campaign under the PM-SYM scheme?

a.Ministry of Labor

b.Ministry of Science

c.Ministry of Education

d.Ministry of Tribals

192. India have how many of ‘Rafale fighter aircraft’ in the fleet till the end of February, 2022?

a.36

b.33

c.35

d.32

193. Due to the 2022 Russia-Ukraine War, which organization approved $1.4 billion emergency support for the Ukraine?

a.World Trade Organization

b.International Monetary Fund

c.European Union (EU)

d.International Labor Organization

194. When is "International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims" is being celebrated?

a.March 18th

b.March 16th

c.March 17th

d.March 24th

195. The Government of India has set a target of constructing 220 new airports in the country by which year?

a.2027

b.2025

c.2026

d.2024

196. Which ground test of ISRO has been successfully completed?

a.SS2

b.SS3

c.SSLV

d.SS1

197. Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the license of which of these banks?

a.Canara Bank

b.People's Co-Operative Bank Ltd

c.Bank of Maharashtra

d.Bank of Baroda

198. International Judo Federation’ has suspended whom as Honorary President and Ambassador of the federation?

a.Vladimir Putin

b.Elizabeth II

c.Shinzo Abe

d.Boris Johnson

199. Deloitte's report titled "Global Powers of Retailing 2022, which company topped the list?

a.Schwarz Group

b.Costco Wholesale Corporation

c.The Home Depot, Inc

d.Walmart Inc

200. RBI is observing the Digital Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) 2022. What is the theme of the celebrations?

a.Outreach and Availability of Digital Payments

b.Smarter Digital Payments

c.Go Digital, Go Secure

d.Unified Payments Interface

201. Name of the city of India that has created a Guinness record by lighting 11.71 lakh clay lamps (diyas) in 10 minutes, on the occasion of Mahashivratri 2022?

a.Delhi

b.Ujjain

c.Haridwar

d.Varanasi

202. Which Rating Agency has projected India’s GDP growth forecast for 2022-23 (FY23) at 7.9%?

a.S&P Global

b.Morgan Stanley

c.Fitch Ratings

d.Moody’s Analytics

203. ’73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament’ 2022 held in which city of Bulgaria?

a.Plovdiv

b.Sofia

c.Gabrovo

d.Ruse

204. Who is the author of the biography "Soli Sorabjee: Life and Times"?

a.P. N. Bhagwati

b.Abhinav Chandrachud

c.Gautam Bhatia

d.Karuna Nundy

205. Who is the winner of the 2022 Mexican Open tennis tournament?

a.Stefanos Tsitsipas

b.Daniil Medvedev

c.Novak Djokovic

d.Rafael Nadal

206. Pooja Jatyan, Shyam Sundar and Jyoti Balyan are related to which sports?

a.Javelin Throw

b.Discuss Throw

c.Archery

d.Badminton

207. What is the theme for the year 2022 for Sujalam 2.0 campaign?

a.Greywater: the indispensable part of life

b.Groundwater: making the invisible visible

c.Greywater: making the invisible visible

d.Groundwater: the indispensable part of life

208. Whose translation 'Tomb of Sand' has been nominated for the International Booker Prize?

a.Aravind Adiga

b.Geetanjali Shree

c.Arundhati Roy

d.Kiran Desai

209. 'Donate-a-Pension' campaign has been launched under the central sector scheme by the government?

a.PMFBY

b.PMJJBY

c.PMSBY

d.PM-SYM

210. Which state government has launched the 'Nan Mudhalvan' scheme for students?

a.Karnataka

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Kerala

d.Jharkhand

211. When will India resume scheduled commercial International passenger flights?

a.27th March

b.28th March

c.25th March

d.26th March

212. Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya and CM Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated the 35th Surajkund International Crafts Mela in which place?

a.Faridabad

b.Gurugram

c.Sonipat

d.Jhajjar

213. Which national level shooter woman has been selected to represent India for the 2041 Climate Force Antarctica Campaign?

a.Apurvi Chandela

b.Manu Bhaskar

c.Avni Accounts

d.Aarushi Verma

214. Robert Abela has been re-elected as the Prime Minister of which country?

a.Cyprus

b.Portugal

c.Maldives

d.Malta

215. Which city has been the hottest place on earth with a record 53.2 degree Celsius?

a.Chennai

b.Dubai

c.Delhi

d.Kuwait

216. Which country's central bank governor has been awarded the Governor of the Year Award at the Central Banking Awards 2022?

a.Quba

b.UAE

c.Chile

d.Iran

217. A massive earthquake of 7.4 magnitudes hit which nation?

a.New Zealand

b.Australia

c.China

d.Japan

218. Modi@20 is a compilation of the political life of PM Modi's past 20 years. The book has been edited and compiled by which organisation?

a.Penguin Random House India

b.Pan Macmillan India

c.Rupa Publications

d.BlueKraft Digital Foundation

219. What is the theme of the 2022 International Women's Day?

a.Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women's lives

b.An equal world is an enabled world

c.Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow

d.Think equal, build smart, innovate for change

220. ToneTag partnered with which bank for "VoiceSe UPI payments service"?

a.NSDL Payments Bank

b.SBI

c.PNB

d.Airtel Payments Bank

221. Which organization has issued the first wildlife bond to save African black rhinoceros?

a.World Bank

b.Moody's

c.IFA

d.UNESCO

222. N Biren Singh has taken oath as the Chief Minister of which state for the second term?

a.Sikkim

b.Uttarkhand

c.Manipur

d.Nagaland

223. Who has been selected for the 31st GD Birla Award for Scientific Research for his outstanding contribution in the field of material sciences?

a.Narayan Murthi

b.Vijay Anand

c.Jayendra Saraswat

d.Narayan Pradhan

224. Which female player has won the women's singles title of Swiss Open 2022?

a.PV Sindhu

b.Saina Nehwal

c.Nozomi Okura

d.Caroline Marine

225. How many seats went to the polls in the sixth phase of UP Elections 2022?

a.62

b.48

c.45

d.57

226. Which state government has announced "Camel Protection and Development Policy" in its budget 2022-23?

a.Government of Kerala

b.Gujarat government

c.Government of Rajasthan

d.Government of Maharashtra

227. Which company has become the first LAB manufacturing company in the world to get BIS certification?

a.Tamil Nadu Petroproducts

b.Adani

c.Tata

d.Reliance

228. India's first hydrogen fuel cell car Toyota Mirai has been launched by which ministry?

a.Ministry of Education

b.Ministry of Child Development

c.Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

d.Ministry of Education

229. The International Day of Action for Rivers is being celebrated on which date?

a.March 11th

b.March 15th

c.March 14th

d.March 13th

230. Hyperspectral Studies for Mineral Exploration in the country. For this NMDC which institute has signed MoU?

a.IIT Madras

b.IIT Kanpur

c.IIT Kharagpur

d.IIT Bombay

231. The Rs 11,420 Crore Pune Metro Rail Project was inaugurated by which minister?

a.Amit Shah

b.Rajnath Singh

c.Narendra Modi

d.Piyush Goyal

232. At the 2022 ISSF World Cup, who won gold medal in Men’s 10m Air Pistol event?

a.Jitu Rai

b.Vijay Kumar

c.Gagan Narang

d.Saurabh Chaudhary

233. The DefExpo 2022 has been postponed till further orders. The event was scheduled to take place in which city?

a.Ranchi

b.Lucknow

c.Bengaluru

d.Gandhinagar

234. ‘Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration’ is the theme of which day in 2022?

a.World Meteorological Day

b.World Water Day

c.World TB Day

d.World Wildlife Day 2022

235. Which Indian actress has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of Bharti AXA Life Insurance?

a.Shruti Haasan

b.Vidya Balan

c.Deepika Padukone

d.Kriti Sanon

236. World’s most advanced technology – developed Green Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) ‘Mirai’ launched by which company?

a.Tata

b.Wagon R

c.Toyota

d.Hyundai

237. 2022 BNP Paribas Open Tennis Tournament has held in which country?

a.Japan

b.India

c.China

d.America

238. SLINEX' is a bilateral maritime exercise between India and which country?

a.Singapore

b.Sri Lanka

c.Oman

d.Japan

239. Which of the following eCommerce company acquired electronics reverse commerce (or recommerce) company Yaantra?

a.Amazon

b.Mesho

c.eBay

d.Flipkart

240. For How many days Yoga Mahotsav 2022 campaign has been started?

a.150 days

b.200 days

c.50 days

d.100 days

241. Who has been awarded the 2022 Governor of the year award at the Central Banking Awards?

a.Mario Marcel

b.Joy Shah

c.Sushant Khatri

d.Jef Marcel

242. India has signed a Host Country Agreement with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for the establishment of an Area Office & Innovation Centre of ITU in which city of the country?

a.Noida

b.Chennai

c.Pune

d.New Delhi

243. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) observed it's which Foundation Day in 2022?

a.37th

b.39th

c.31st

d.35th

244. Tapan Singhel has been re-appointed as the MD & CEO of which company?

a.Reliance General Insurance

b.ICICI Lombard General Insurance

c.Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

d.HDFC ERGO General Insurance

245. March 4th is being celebrated as which date?

a.World Post Day

b.World Service Day

c.World Diet Food Day

d.World Obesity Day

246. The OCEANS 2022 Conference and Exposition was held in which city?

a.Kochi

b.Chennai

c.Mumbai

d.Kolkata

247. Asia's largest Tulip Garden is at which place?

a.Chennai

b.Delhi

c.Ladakh

d.Srinagar

248. Which of the following automobile company has unveiled a new brand "Vida" for electric vehicles?

a.Yamaha MotoCorp

b.Honda MotoCorp

c.Hyundai Motocorp

d.Hero Motocorp

249. What is the theme of 2022 World Kidney Day?

a.Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere

b.Living Well with Kidney Disease

c.Kidney health for everyone everywhere from prevention to detection and equitable access to care

d.Kidney Health for All: Bridge the knowledge gap to better kidney care

250. What is the theme of the 2022 World Down Syndrome Day?

a.What I bring to the Workplace

b.We Decide

c.Leave no one behind

d.Connect

251. Pralay Mondal has been appointed as the interim MD & CEO of which of the bank?

a.CSB Bank

b.DCB Bank

c.Federal Bank

d.Indian Bank

252. Belgium have been ranked __ in the Sustainable Development Index 2021 List?

a.5th

b.4th

c.8th

d.1st

253. To handle the increasing e-waste, India’s first electronic-waste eco-friendly 20 acres park to be setup at where?

a.Karnataka

b.Punjab

c.Bihar

d.Delhi

254. Which state government has announced to set up India's first medical city 'Indrayani Medicity'?

a.Uttrakhand

b.Maharashtra

c.Bihar

d.Haryana

255. The Indian Army version of MRSAM has been developed by DRDO in partnership with which country?

a.France

b.Israel

c.Russia

d.United States

256. The first-ever road project, made out of waste steel has come up in which city of India?

a.Hyderabad

b.Jamshedpur

c.Gurugram

d.Surat

257. The FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO) was established in which year?

a.1991

b.1999

c.1983

d.1981

258. Who has been appointed as Chairperson of the High Powered Committee?

a.AK Sikri

b.Ravi Chopra

c.Ajay Kushwaha

d.Raju Mistri

259. Which two country started their annual Dharma Guardian exercise in Karnataka begin on February 27 to March 10, 2022?

a.India and Nepal

b.India and Japan

c.India and USA

d.India and Pakistan

260. Who is the author of the book titled - Blue Umbrella?

a.Arundhati Roy

b.R. K. Narayan

c.Ruskin Bond

d.RK Laxman

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