Current Affairs May 2022 MCQs Test Question Answers

1. Bathinda girl Shreya Singla won which medal in badminton at 24th Deaflympics in Brazil?

a.Silver

b.Bronze

c.Gold

d.None of these

2. Which country is the worst-ranked country in the world according to World Press Freedom Index 2022?

a.Vietnam

b.China

c.Iran

d.North Korea

3. In which city, the three-day 'Health Summit' will be organized?

a.Mumbai, Maharashtra

b.Kevadia, Gujarat

c.Udaipur, Rajasthan

d.Gurugram, Delhi

4. Which country hosted Deaflympics 2021?

a.France

b.Brazil

c.Spain

d.Canada

5. Which country reported its first-ever case of COVID-19?

a.North Korea

b.South Korea

c.Taiwan

d.New Zealand

6. World Portuguese language Day is being celebrated every year on which date?

a.May 02nd

b.May 05th

c.May 03rd

d.May 04th

7. How many gold medals have been won by Indian archers at Asia Cup 2022 Stage-2 campaign in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq?

a.2

b.8

c.11

d.4

8. The Sawa Lake, a biodiverse wetland seen in the news, is located in which country?

a.India

b.Afghanistan

c.Iraq

d.Sri Lanka

9. Who has been appointed as the next Deputy Chief of Army Staff?

a.Lieutenant General Baggavalli Somashekar Raju

b.Lieutenant General Nav Kumar Khanduri

c.Lieutenant General Yogendra Dimri

d.Lieutenant General Rana Pratap Kalita

10. Who is the chairman of the formation of the Cotton Council of India?

a.Ravi Dikshit

b.Deepak Verma

c.Suresh Bhai Kotak

d.Jitendra Bisht

11. Which bank has become the first public sector bank to go live on the account aggregator framework?

a.IDFC Bank

b.Union Bank

c.Kotak Mahindra Bank

d.HDFC bank

12. Which Indian conglomerate has acquired a franchise in the upcoming UAE's T20 League?

a.Aditya Birla Group

b.Reliance Industries

c.Adani Group

d.Tata Group

13. Who is the Union Minister for Education and Skill Development who has launched the NERC 2022 at IIT Guwahati?

a.Jyotiraditya M Scindia

b.Narayan Tatu Rane

c.Sarbananda Sonowal

d.Dharmendra Pradhan

14. India's first Amrit Sarovar has been inaugurated in which state?

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Rajasthan

c.Madhya Pradesh

d.Gujarat

15. International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia is being celebrated on which date?

a.May 17th

b.May 15th

c.May 16th

d.May 18th

16. Who has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, United States of America?

a.Shersingh B Khyalia

b.KS Mani

c.Arvind Krishna

d.Dileep Sanghani

17. Which edition of the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships has kick-started in Istanbul, Turkey?

a.11th

b.13th

c.14th

d.12th

18. Who has been appointed as the chairperson of the CBSE?

a.V. Krishnaswamy

b.Indrajit Mahanty

c.Manoj Ahuja

d.Nidhi Chibber

19. The Madras High Court has invoked the "parens patriae jurisdiction" to declare which entity is a 'living being'?

a.Tamil Language

b.Agricultural Lands

c.Food Grains

d.Mother Nature

20. Biplab Kumar Deb resigns as Chief Minister, He was Chief Minister of which state?

a.Tripura

b.Assam

c.Odisha

d.Bihar

21. A prominent crossing in Ayodhya will be developed and named after which personality?

a.Siddharoodha Swamiji

b.BS Yediyurappa

c.Shivkumar Sharma

d.Lata Mangeshkar

22. The launch of the UN-Energy Action Plan took place to reach the targets by which year?

a.2026

b.2024

c.2025

d.2023

23. Who has been appointed as Chairman of Direct Taxes CBDT?

a.J B Mohapatra

b.M Ajit Kumar

c.T V Narendran

d.Sangeeta Singh

24. Which institution released a report titled 'Child Alert' Report?

a.Oxfam International

b.UNICEF

c.World Bank

d.NITI Aayog

25. 'Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2022' topped by which institution?

a.University of Auckland

b.Western Sydney University

c.University of Guelph

d.University of Leicester

26. Which railway zone has developed the battery-operated dual-mode locomotive 'Navdoot'?

a.East Central Railway

b.Northern Railway

c.West Central Railway

d.Southern Railway

27. Who has been appointed as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff?

a.BS Raju

b.V R Chaudhari

c.Manoj Kumar Mago

d.Manoj Pande

28. Press Freedom Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.May 03rd

b.May 01st

c.May 04th

d.May 02nd

29. Which Union Ministry has launched the 'BHARAT TAP' initiative?

a.Ministry of Jal Shakti

b.Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

c.Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

d.Ministry of MSME

30. In the World Air Power Index 2022, which country has topped?

a.Japan Air Self-Preservation Power (JASDF)

b.Israeli Aviation based armed forces

c.United States Air Force (USAF)

d.Chinese Aviation based armed forces (PLAAF)

31. Which senior IFS officer has assumed charge as India's new Foreign Secretary?

a.Rohandeep Singh

b.Harsh Vardhan Shringla

c.Rajiv Kumar

d.Vinay Mohan Kwatra

32. When will the first total Lunar Eclipse of 2022 be visible?

a.May 15-16

b.May 10-11

c.May 25-26

d.May 13-14

33. Which cricketer-turned-politician has been sentenced by the Supreme Court to one-year imprisonment?

a.Vinod Kambli

b.Gautam Gambhir

c.Navjot Singh Sidhu

d.Chetan Chauhan

34. Who has been appointed as the new captain of the West Indies ODI and T20I Team?

a.Shai Hope

b.Shimron Hetmyer

c.Jermaine Blackwood

d.Nicholas Pooran

35. What is the surplus transfer by the RBI to the Government for 2021-22?

a.Rs 99500 crores

b.Rs 78784 crores

c.Rs 20201 crores

d.Rs 30307 crores

36. RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 59 lakh on KEB Hana Bank for non-compliance with the certain norms related to what?

a.Priority sector lending

b.Capital Adequacy Ratio

c.KYC norms

d.Interest rate on deposits

37. Which edition of the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships has kick-started in Istanbul, Turkey?

a.11th

b.12th

c.13th

d.14th

38. Coal Miners Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.May 04th

b.May 01st

c.May 02nd

d.May 03rd

39. International Labor Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.May 01st

b.May 02nd

c.April 30th

d.April 29th

40. MSDE signed MoU with which organization to begin its Training Program?

a.BHEL

b.ISRO

c.DRDO

d.ONGC

41. Which international institute has announced the opening of a regional office in GIFT City?

a.World Economic Forum

b.New Development Bank

c.World Health Organization

d.World bank

42. Who has been named under the Leaders category in the world's 100 most influential people of 2022 by TIME magazine?

a.Ratan Tata

b.Narendra Modi

c.Neeta Ambani

d.Khurram Parvez

43. Rajiv Ranjan and Sitikantha Pattanaik have been named executive directors by which bank?

a.ICICI Bank

b.Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

c.Federal Bank

d.Axis Bank

44. Which IIT has signed an agreement with the Indian Meteorological Department of the Ministry of Earth Sciences Government of India, to develop a user-friendly weather forecasting app?

a.IIT Guwahati

b.IIT Kharagpur

c.IIT Dharwad

d.IIT Bombay

45. Which medal has PV Sindhu won in the recent Asian Badminton Championships?

a.Gold

b.Silver

c.Bronze

d.Gold & Bronze

46. May 2022 Meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee, what is the revised Repo Rate?

a.5.20%

b.5.60%

c.4.40%

d.6.00%

47. Activist Cecile Ndjebet, who has won the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award, belongs to which country?

a.Eritrea

b.Kenya

c.Cameroon

d.Congo

48. Which state is the champion of the 12th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2022?

a.Odisha

b.Karnataka

c.West Bengal

d.Jharkhand

49. What is the theme of International Day of Families 2022?

a.Families and Climate Action: focus on SDG13

b.Families and New Technologies

c.Families, education and well-being

d.Families and Urbanizatiom

50. Which one has teamed up with MeiTY's C-DAC to assist Indian chipset startups?

a.Nvidia

b.Qualcomm

c.TSMC

d.MediaTek

51. International Day of Living Together in Peace is celebrated on which date?

a.May 12th

b.May 15th

c.May 13th

d.May 16th

52. Which Indian official has been appointed as the new chairman of the World Trade Organization committee?

a.Anwar Hussain Sheikh

b.Dinesh Sharma

c.Ashok Mishra

d.Kumar Vishwas

53. Who has been honoured with the prestigious Templeton Prize awarded to individuals whose life's work embodies a fusion of science and spirituality?

a.Abdullah II

b.Jonathan Sacks

c.Frank Wilczek

d.Marcelo Gleiser

54. India is considering signing a PTA with which nation?

a.Hungary

b.Uzbekistan

c.Oman

d.Israel

55. What is the theme of National Technology Day 2022?

a.Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future

b.Integrated Approach in Science and Technology for Sustainable Future

c.Science for People and People for Science

d.Science for Nation Building

56. Which one has become India's 100th unicorn?

a.Bigbasket

b.Paytm Mall

c.Open

d.Zomato

57. Ranil Wickremesinghe has become the new Prime Minister of which country?

a.Sri Lanka

b.Myanmar

c.Bangladesh

d.Nepal

58. Which IIT has collaborated with Indian Railways to develop India's first indigenous hyperloop?

a.IIT Madras

b.IIT Delhi

c.IIT Kharagpur

d.IIT Palakkad

59. What is the theme of World Bee Day 2022?

a.Bee Engaged: Celebrating the diversity of bees and beekeeping systems

b.Protecting Bees

c.Save the Bees

d.Bee Engaged - Build Back Better for Bees

60. What is the theme of the 'Swachh Survekshan - SS-2023'?

a.Waste to Wealth

b.Grey Water Management

c.Jan Andolan

d.Jan Bhagidhari

61. What does 'PM-WANI scheme' stand for?

a.Prime Movable Wi-Fi Access Network Interface scheme

b.Prime Minister Wireless Access Network Interface scheme

c.Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Interface scheme

d.Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Intermission scheme

62. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has been sworn in as president of which country?

a.East Timor

b.Malaysia

c.Brunei

d.Indonesia

63. Which company has launched M15 petrol with a 15% blend of methanol with petrol?

a.Bharat Petroleum

b.Indian Oil Corporation

c.Hindustan Petroleum Corporation

d.Reliance Petroleum Limited

64. The 5G testbed has been developed as a multi-institute collaborative project by eight institutes led by which Institution?

a.IIT Delhi

b.IIT Palakkad

c.IIT Madras

d.IIT Kharagpur

65. India BCCI has banned which journalist for 2 years in the Wriddhiman Saha case?

a.Boria Majumdar

b.Jatin Sapru

c.Sanjeeb Mukherjee

d.Kadambari Murali

66. Which among has been removed from S&P 500 ESG Index, prompting Musk pushback?

a.Microsoft

b.Google

c.Tesla

d.Twitter

67. Which university has topped the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2022?

a.Harvard University

b.Western Sydney University

c.University of Oxford

d.Stanford University

68. India has signed a joint declaration with which country on agroecology and sustainable management of natural resources?

a.Germany

b.Australia

c.Denmark

d.Finland

69. RBI has hiked the policy repo rate by how many basis points?

a.40 basis points

b.45 basis points

c.35 basis points

d.30 basis points

70. Who has been appointed as the new NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman?

a.Amartya Sen

b.Nand Mulchandani

c.Jayati Ghosh

d.Suman Berry

71. Who launched the 90-day campaign 'Azadi Se Antyodaya Tak'?

a.Piyush Goyal

b.Kiren Rijiju

c.Amit Shah

d.Giriraj Singh

72. Which corporation signed an MoU with Energy Vault for gravity-based energy storage technology?

a.NTPC

b.NHPC

c.SJVN

d.GAIL

73. Which company has dethroned Apple In(c) to become the world's most valuable company?

a.Tata Consultancy Services

b.Reliance Industries

c.Saudi Aramco

d.Alphabet In(c)

74. Which bank has launched "World Gold", a new feature on its mobile banking platform for seniors and the elderly?

a.Bank of Baroda

b.Bank of India

c.State Bank of India

d.Canara Bank

75. What is the rank of India in the largest vehicle market in the world?

a.4th

b.2nd

c.3rd

d.1st

76. The WTISD is being celebrated on which date?

a.May 18th

b.May 14th

c.May 17th

d.May 15th

77. Charudutt Mishra has won the Whitley Gold Award for work on the conservation of which species?

a.Snow Leopard

b.Red Panda

c.Olive Ridley Turtles

d.Black Buck

78. World Tuna Day is being celebrated globally on which date?

a.April 30th

b.May 02nd

c.April 29th

d.May 01st

79. What is the theme for World Veterinary Day 2022?

a.The Veterinarian Response to the Covid-19 Crisis

b.Environment Protection for Improving Animal and Human Health

c.Strengthening Veterinary Resilience

d.Value of Vaccination

80. What is the theme for World Migratory Bird Day 2022?

a.Birds Connect Our World

b.Sing, Fly, Soar - Like a Bird!

c.Light pollution

d.Unifying our Voices for Bird Conservation

81. The public sector banks have reported over a 51% dip in the amount involved in frauds to how many during the financial year ended March 2022?

a.Rs 70,213 crores

b.Rs 50,580 crores

c.Rs 40,295 crores

d.Rs 30,200 crores

82. Who has been appointed as the advisor of the Online lending platform, Indifi Technologies?

a.Sanjiv Mehta

b.Rajnish Kumar

c.Sanjay Bandopadhyay

d.Sambit Patra

83. Who is the author of "A Place Called Home" novel?

a.Harpreet Singh

b.Rajshree

c.Preeti Shenoy

d.Chetan Bhagat

84. National Dengue Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.May 17th

b.May 15th

c.May 16th

d.May 14th

85. Who is the first Indian layman to be declared Saint by The Vatican?

a.Devasahayam Pillai

b.Filip Anthony

c.Monte Paullu

d.Jakob Lorso

86. Which foundation day has been celebrated by the Border Roads Organization?

a.60th

b.68th

c.65th

d.62nd

87. Name the author and journalist who has won the William E. Colby Award 2022 for his book "The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley"?

a.Campbell Wilson

b.Wesley Morgan

c.Anna Qabale Duba

d.Frank Wilczek

88. Which bank launched India's First 'Open-For-All' digital ecosystem for MSMEs?

a.HDFC Bank

b.YES Bank

c.Axis Bank

d.ICICI Bank

89. Inter Milan won the 'Italian Cup' 2022 by defeating whom?

a.Juventus

b.SS Lazio

c.Parma FC

d.ACF Fiorentina

90. Nand Mulchandani has been appointed as the first-ever Chief Technology Officer of which agency?

a.CIA

b.IB

c.FBI

d.NIA

91. John Lee Ka-Chiu elected as which country's next Chief Executive?

a.Hong Kong

b.Singapore

c.Mauritius

d.South Korea

92. Who has won the UK's Commonwealth Points of Light Award?

a.Mohammad Asif

b.Deepak Sharma

c.Pramod Kumar

d.Kishore Kumar Das

93. Which country's Anna Qabale Duba has won the $250,000 Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award for fighting female genital mutilation?

a.Uganda

b.Rwanda

c.Tanzania

d.Kenya

94. NMCG approved how much amount for Water Infrastructure Projects?

a.626

b.660

c.546

d.576

95. Who is the head of the Delimitation Commission, which redrew the electoral map of Jammu and Kashmir?

a.Sushil Chandra

b.Justice Ranjan Gogoi

c.Justice Sadasivam

d.Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai

96. Which Indian has been appointed as the President of the Athletes Committee of the International Boxing Association?

a.Nikhat Zareen

b.Lovlina Borgohain

c.Laishram Sarita Devi

d.Pooja Rani

97. Who has launched the one-of-its-kind literary initiative Kalam website of the Prabha Khaitan Foundation?

a.Om Birla

b.Rajnath Singh

c.Amit Shah

d.Narendra Modi

98. Elisabeth Borne has (May 2022) appointed as the new prime minister of which country?

a.Netherlands

b.France

c.Canada

d.Switzerland

99. The Government of India made registration mandatory for the import of paper from which date?

a.01 October, 2022

b.01 November, 2022

c.01 December, 2022

d.01 September, 2022

100. Which film won the Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival 2022?

a.Stars at Noon

b.Triangle of Sadness

c.Close

d.Joyland

101. Special 301 Report, which has been seen in the news is released by which country?

a.Russia

b.Germany

c.USA

d.China

102. Which city to get Skill India International Centre to Prepare a Skilled Workforce for Overseas Employment?

a.Dispur

b.Indore

c.Varanasi

d.Patna

103. Who has been appointed as the new Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

a.Ashok Bhandari

b.Vivek Kumar

c.Kiran Deshmukh

d.Jagdish Mukhi

104. Who has been conferred with the Param Vishisht Seva Medal for his distinguished service of exceptional order at a defence investiture ceremony?

a.Manoj Pande

b.Joginder Jaswant Singh

c.Dalbir Singh Suhag

d.Bipin Rawat

105. Which state has won the Santosh Trophy 2022 by defeating Bengal?

a.Kerala

b.Telangana

c.Odisha

d.Madhya Pradesh

106. Which city is the first metro city in the country to prepare a detailed register of biodiversity?

a.Kanpur

b.Delhi

c.Lucknow

d.Kolkata

107. Which city hosted the India National Coir Conclave 2022?

a.Bengaluru

b.Coimbatore

c.Lucknow

d.Agartala

108. Who has become the first Indian woman to climb five peaks above 8000 metres?

a.Arunima Sinha

b.Malavath Poorna

c.Premlata Aggarwal

d.Priyanka Mohite

109. 'Utkarsh Samaroh' event has been held in which state to celebrate the achievement of four state government schemes?

a.Gujarat

b.Bihar

c.West Bengal

d.Madhya Pradesh

110. Which institution released the 'Quarterly Employment Survey QES'?

a.NITI Aayog

b.Ministry of Labour & Employment

c.FICCI

d.NASSCOM

111. Hasan Sheikh Mahmood has become the new President of which country?

a.Romania

b.Somalia

c.Denmark

d.Netherlands

112. NASA and which company has launched Starliner Spacecraft to carry astronauts to ISS?

a.Embraer

b.Boeing

c.SpaceX

d.Airbus

113. Marcos Jr has become the President of which country?

a.Singapore

b.Nepal

c.Malaysia

d.Philippines

114. ITEC is associated with which ministry?

a.Ministry of Finance

b.Ministry of Science and Technology

c.Ministry of External Affairs

d.Ministry of Electronics and IT

115. Who has won bronze at Asian Badminton Championships in Manila?

a.PV Sindhu

b.Sania Mirza

c.Saina Nehwal

d.N. Sikki Reddy

116. Name the operation under which focused effort has been launched by RPF?

a.Operation Sankal

b.Operation Sard Hawa

c.Operation Meghdoot

d.Operation Satark

117. Who has been appointed as President of the CII for the year 2022-23?

a.R Dinesh

b.Pawan Munjal

c.T V Narendran

d.Sanjiv Bajaj

118. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Amazon?

a.Felipe Gozon

b.Andy Jesse

c.Julie Sweet

d.C Vijayakumar

119. Which country has established a DMU to curb the authority of big tech companies over news publishers?

a.France

b.Australia

c.USA

d.UK

120. Who has defeated Juventus 4-2 after extra time in the Italian Cup final?

a.Inter Milan

b.Fiorentina

c.Roma

d.Cagliari Calcio

121. Who has been appointed as the new advisor to Prime Minister Modi?

a.Tarun Kapoor

b.Dinesh Pant

c.Rajiv Kumar

d.Brijesh Sharma

122. The central government announced that India has recorded which highest ever annual FDI inflow during FY22?

a.80.12 bn

b.62.47 bn

c.77.14 bn

d.83.57 bn

123. Who has won the purple cap in IPL 2022?

a.Yuzvendra Chahal

b.Kagiso Rabada

c.Kuldeep Yadav

d.R Ashwin

124. Bharti Airtel has acquired how much stake in Navi Mumbai based Cnergee Technologies, under the Airtel Startup Accelerator Program?

a.7%

b.6%

c.9%

d.8%

125. India has won 33 medals in total in ISSF Junior World Cup 2022, held at which state?

a.Suhl, Germany

b.Montreal, Canada

c.Lausanne, Switzerland

d.Bonn, Germany

126. Where has the 'Semicon India Conference-2022' been organized?

a.Mumbai

b.Kolkata

c.Chennai

d.Bengaluru

127. What is the theme of the Global Organic Expo 2022?

a.Ecosystem Restoration

b.Only Organic Earth

c.Time for Organic Nature

d.Profitability for Humanity

128. South Korea has won the Uber Cup 2022 defeating which country?

a.Indonesia

b.Japan

c.China

d.Singapore

129. Which company has launched a robo-advisory platform for all mutual fund investments?

a.Zerodha

b.Groww

c.Paytm Money

d.HDFC securities

130. The Union Cabinet approved additional funding of Rs 820 crore for which bank, to expand its services?

a.NSDL Payment Bank

b.India Post Payments Bank

c.AU Small Finance Bank

d.Unity Small Finance Bank

131. What is the theme of the International Nurses Day 2022?

a.Nurses: A Voice to Lead - Invest in Nursing and respect rights to secure global health

b.Nursing the World to Health

c.Health For All

d.Nurses: A Voice to Lead - A vision for future healthcare

132. In which state country's first ethanol plant operated from coarse cereals has been inaugurated?

a.Bihar

b.Haryana

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Kerala

133. Which state's e-offer system has won the prestigious United Nations award?

a.Manipur

b.Goa

c.Meghalaya

d.Assam

134. Which smartphone app has been launched by the National Health Authority for keeping health records?

a.Khata

b.ABHA

c.Health

d.ASHA

135. 'Sky Bridge 721', World's Longest Suspension Bridge is in which country?

a.Slovakia

b.Poland

c.Austria

d.Czechia

136. Which district has become the first district in India to cover 100% households under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana?

a.Gurugram

b.Pune

c.Samba

d.Madurai

137. Which tennis player has won the Italian Open 2022 women's single title?

a.Ashleigh Barty

b.Iga Swiatek

c.Naomi Osaka

d.Simona Halep

138. CCEA has approved the highest bid of Star9 Mobility Private Limited, how many crores?

a.156.30 Cr

b.223.34 Cr

c.200.11 Cr

d.211.14 Cr

139. Who has been given the prestigious 'Whitley Gold Award' for snow leopard conservation?

a.Roshan Lal

b.Charudutt Mishra

c.Krishna Kumar

d.Parvesh Verma

140. Which company has become the largest FMCG in India beating HUL?

a.Tata Power

b.Adani Wilmar Limited

c.Ruchi Soya

d.ITC Limited

141. Which nation will host the 2027 SEA Games?

a.Maldives

b.Indonesia

c.Malaysia

d.Australia

142. Who is the author of the new book titled "Leaders, Politicians, Citizens"?

a.Rasheed Kidwai

b.Ramesh Kandula

c.Amitava Kumar

d.Ramesh Thamilmani

143. Who has been honoured with the prestigious Templeton Prize awarded to individuals whose life's work embodies a fusion of science and spirituality?

a.Marcelo Gleiser

b.Abdullah II

c.Frank Wilczek

d.Jonathan Sacks

144. John Lee Ka-Chiu elected as which country's next Chief Executive?

a.Singapore

b.Mauritius

c.South Korea

d.Hong Kong

145. The Digital India RISC-V Microprocessor (DIR-V) Program has been launched by whom?

a.V. Muraleedharan

b.Rajeev Chandrasekhar

c.Darshana Vikram Jardosh

d.Sushri Shobha Karandlaje

146. What are 'Surat' and 'Udaygiri' launched by the Defence Minister?

a.Missiles

b.Fighter Jets

c.Warships

d.Space Launch Vehicles

147. Ardeshir B K Dubash has been conferred the highest diplomatic award by which country's government?

a.Chile

b.Venezuela

c.Bolivia

d.Peru

148. Which band has won the most Billboard Music Awards in history?

a.Destiny's Child

b.BTS

c.Bruno Mars

d.Jonas Brothers

149. When is Satyajit Ray's birth anniversary is being celebrated?

a.May 01st

b.April 29th

c.May 02nd

d.April 28th

150. What is the objective of the Lok Milani program launched by the Punjab Government?

a.To provide education related help to the people

b.To provide health facilities to the people

c.To provide a single window platform

d.To provide a single window platform to the people for redressal of their grievances

151. Who has won the winner of the Indian Medical Device Innovation of the Year?

a.Meril Life sciences Pvt Ltd

b.Poly Medicure Ltd

c.Zydus Life sciences Ltd

d.Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd

152. What does 'PM-WANI scheme' stand for?

a.Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Intermission scheme

b.Prime Movable Wi-Fi Access Network Interface scheme

c.Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Interface scheme

d.Prime Minister Wireless Access Network Interface scheme

153. Which country has become the first country to introduce compulsory monkey pox quarantine?

a.Belgium

b.Denmark

c.Germany

d.Spain

154. The International Day of Plant Health (IDPH) is being celebrated every year on which date?

a.May 15th

b.May 12th

c.May 14th

d.May 10th

155. What is the theme of the 'International Museum Day 2022'?

a.The Power of Museums

b.Bio-restoration in Museums

c.Global Co-operation

d.Cultural Exchange

156. Vesak Day or Buddha Purnima is being celebrated on which day in 2022?

a.May 16th

b.May 15th

c.May 17th

d.May 14th

157. Who has won the Presidential Election in the Philippines?

a.Benigno Aquino III

b.Fidel V. Ramos

c.Rodrigo Duterte

d.Ferdinand Marcos Junior

158. The World AIDS Vaccine Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.May 16th

b.May 18th

c.May 15th

d.May 17th

159. Which country became the first Asian country to join in NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence?

a.India

b.China

c.Bangladesh

d.South Korea

160. Who has led the Indian delegation at WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland?

a.V M Kwatra

b.Piyush Goyal

c.Harsh Vardhan Shringla

d.K Rajaraman

161. Which bank has launched an online platform, 'Trade nxt', which enables corporate, and MSMEs?

a.Bank of Baroda

b.Central Bank of India

c.Union Bank of India

d.State Bank of India

162. What is the name of the technology in which the DNA of an organism is changed?

a.Genome Editing

b.Genome Regulation

c.Genetic Change

d.Genetic Modification

163. Which is the top-ranked Indian firm on Forbes Global 2000 List 2022?

a.State Bank of India

b.ONGC

c.HDFC Bank Limited

d.Reliance Industries

164. A prominent crossing in Ayodhya will be developed and named after which personality?

a.Shivkumar Sharma

b.BS Yediyurappa

c.Siddharoodha Swamiji

d.Lata Mangeshkar

165. Which cricket stadium will host TATA IPL Final 2022?

a.Narendra Modi

b.Wankhede

c.Arun Jaitley Stadium

d.Eden Gardens

166. Which company has dethroned Apple In(c) to become the world's most valuable company?

a.Reliance Industries

b.Saudi Aramco

c.Tata Consultancy Services

d.Alphabet In(c)

167. Who has been appointed as the new CEO and MD of Air India?

a.Campbell Wilson

b.Vipula Gunatilleka

c.Ilker Ayci

d.Vikram Dev Dutt

168. Real-time payments expected to boost India's GDP by $45.9 billion in which year?

a.2025

b.2026

c.2023

d.2024

169. Who has been crowned 2021/22 Premier League champions?

a.Barcelona

b.Manchester City

c.Cheslea

d.Real Madrid

170. Who has topped the list of Forbes Highest-Paid Athletes 2022 with a reported income of $130 million?

a.Cristiano Ronaldo

b.LeBron James

c.Neymar

d.Lionel Messi

171. Prasar Bharati has signed an MoU on cooperation and collaboration in Broadcasting with ORTM in which country?

a.Tanzania

b.Madagascar

c.Ethiopia

d.Mozambique

172. Who has been sworn in as Australia's 31st Prime Minister?

a.Anthony Albert

b.Jon Albert

c.Alex Hawke

d.Anthony Albanese

173. Who has become the first foreign climber to scale Mount Everest for the 16th time?

a.Carlos Hatuka

b.Kenton Cool

c.Adele Pennington

d.Karina Oliani

174. Which company has become the first to be traded on the Indian Gas Exchange?

a.Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

b.Bharat Oman Refineries Limited

c.Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Limited

d.Indian Oil Corporation Limited

175. International Jazz Day is being celebrated every year around the world on which date?

a.April 28th

b.April 29th

c.April 30th

d.May 01st

176. World Hypertension Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.May 17th

b.May 16th

c.May 14th

d.May 15th

177. Name the life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case who was released on 18 May 2022 after 31 years of imprisonment following the Supreme Court of India order?

a.Jayakumar

b.Ravichandran

c.Robert Pious

d.AG Perarivalan

178. Which new facility has been rolled out for POSB Account holders?

a.NEFT, RTGS

b.AI Chat bot

c.UPI

d.Mobile Banking

179. Which airline has become the first to use the indigenous navigation system GAGAN?

a.IndiGo

b.Air India

c.Spice Jet

d.Vistara

180. International Dance Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.April 29th

b.April 30th

c.April 28th

d.April 27th

181. May 12 is being celebrated as International Nurses' Day across the world to honour the services of nurses. It is the birth anniversary of whom?

a.Mary Eliza Mahoney

b.Florence Nightingale

c.Margaret Sanger

d.Clara Barton

182. World Migratory Bird Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.May 15th

b.May 13th

c.May 14th

d.May 12th

183. Who has received an honorary CBE by Her Majesty The Queen?

a.Nitin Sharma

b.Hem Singhal

c.Ajay Piramal

d.Piyush Bansal

184. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has been appointed President of which country?

a.UAE

b.Saudi Arabia

c.Iran

d.Turkey

185. Who takes oath as Tripura's chief minister?

a.Manik Saha

b.Biplab Kumar Deb

c.Rajesh Kumar

d.Satyadeo Narain Arya

186. Which Indian Navy Destroyer and INS Frigate Udaygiri were launched by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh?

a.INS Tuticorin

b.INS Surat

c.INS Vishakhapatnam

d.INS Kochi

187. B Govindarajan has been appointed as the CEO of which company?

a.TATA Motors

b.Royal Enfield

c.KIA India

d.Harley-Davidson India

188. India's first EV charging station powered by bio-gas has been inaugurated in which city?

a.Delhi

b.Chennai

c.Surat

d.Mumbai

189. Who has been appointed as the new CEO and MD of Air India?

a.Vikram Dev Dutt

b.Ilker Ayci

c.Vipula Gunatilleka

d.Campbell Wilson

190. May 12 is being celebrated as International Nurses' Day across the world to honour the services of nurses. It is the birth anniversary of whom?

a.Clara Barton

b.Florence Nightingale

c.Mary Eliza Mahoney

d.Margaret Sanger

191. What is the theme of World Thalassemia Day 2022?

a.Universal access to quality thalassaemia healthcare services: Building bridges with and for a patient

b.The dawning of a new era for thalassaemia

c.Thalassaemia past, present and future: Documenting country progress and patients' needs globally

d.Be Aware.Share.Care: Working with the global community as one to improve thalassemia knowledge

192. Which Life Insurance company has launched its financial literacy campaign 'InspiHE?-Enabling an empowered future'?

a.Oriental Insurance Company

b.Star Health and Allied Insurance Company

c.Bharti AXA Life Insurance

d.Religare Health Insurance Company

193. Which nation has hosted the world's largest cyber exercise Locked Shields 2022?

a.Moldovia

b.Croatia

c.Ukraine

d.Estonia

194. International Nurses Day is celebrated on which date?

a.May 13th

b.May 11th

c.May 15th

d.May 12th

195. Which Union Ministry has launched the 'BHARAT TAP' initiative?

a.Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

b.Ministry of MSME

c.Ministry of Jal Shakti

d.Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

196. Inter solar Europe conference will take place in which country?

a.Brazil

b.Germany

c.Russia

d.India

197. Which payment bank has introduced issuer charges for the AePS?

a.NSDL Payments Bank

b.Airtel Payments Bank

c.Paytm Payments Bank

d.India Post Payments Bank

198. Who has become the first Indian to become the brand ambassador of Louis Vuitton?

a.Deepika Padukone

b.Priyanka Chopra

c.Raveena Tandon

d.Madhuri Dixit

199. India contributes how much amount to Promote the Hindi Language At the UN?

a.USD 700,000

b.USD 500,000

c.USD 600,000

d.USD 800,000

200. Which Life Insurance company has launched its financial literacy campaign 'InspiHE?-Enabling an empowered future'?

a.Religare Health Insurance Company

b.Oriental Insurance Company

c.Bharti AXA Life Insurance

d.Star Health and Allied Insurance Company

201. Which Indian company is set to acquire swiss multinational company Holcim's stake in Indian companies Ambuja Cements and its subsidiary ACC for $10.5 bn including the open offers?

a.HDFC

b.Adani Group

c.Reliance Industries

d.TATA

202. Which is the first Indian sports documentary to feature among FIFA+ Originals?

a.Beyond All Boundaries

b.Born to Run

c.Sachin: A Billion Dreams

d.Maitanam

203. Which ministry has signed an agreement with the C-DOT?

a.Minister safety

b.Minister of Power

c.Minister of Railways

d.Minister of Steel

204. IBM Chairman Arvind Krishna has been elected to which Board of Federal Reserve Bank?

a.Chicago

b.New York

c.Dallas

d.San Francisco

205. Which company has indigenously built Swathi weapon-locating radars?

a.BDL

b.HAL

c.DRDO

d.BEL

206. Who has launched the Project 'NIGAH' at ICD Garhi Harsaru, Gurugram?

a.Surjit Bhujabal

b.Lalita Paswan

c.Mehak Patil

d.Ravi Desai

207. Atal Tunnel has received the 'Best Infrastructure Project' awar(d) Atal Tunnel is located in which state/UT?

a.Himachal Pradesh

b.Uttrakhand

c.Jammu and Kashmir

d.Ladakh

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