Current Affairs May 2022 MCQs Test Question Answers

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

a.Manipur

b.Goa

c.Meghalaya

d.Assam

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

a.Sushri Shobha Karandlaje

b.Darshana Vikram Jardosh

c.Rajeev Chandrasekhar

d.V. Muraleedharan

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

a.Unifying our Voices for Bird Conservation

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

c.Birds Connect Our World

d.Light pollution

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

a.Jayati Ghosh

b.Amartya Sen

c.Suman Berry

d.Nand Mulchandani

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

a.NSDL Payments Bank

b.Airtel Payments Bank

c.India Post Payments Bank

d.Paytm Payments Bank

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

a.Minister safety

b.Minister of Power

c.Minister of Steel

d.Minister of Railways

7. 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 30,200 crores

b.Rs 40,295 crores

c.Rs 70,213 crores

d.Rs 50,580 crores

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

a.None of these

b.Bronze

c.Gold

d.Silver

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

a.Prime Minister Wireless Access Network Interface scheme

b.Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Interface scheme

c.Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Intermission scheme

d.Prime Movable Wi-Fi Access Network Interface scheme

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

a.Iran

b.Saudi Arabia

c.UAE

d.Turkey

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

a.R Ashwin

b.Kagiso Rabada

c.Kuldeep Yadav

d.Yuzvendra Chahal

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

a.Lausanne, Switzerland

b.Suhl, Germany

c.Bonn, Germany

d.Montreal, Canada

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

a.May 14th

b.May 16th

c.May 15th

d.May 17th

14. International Nurses Day is celebrated on which date?

a.May 15th

b.May 11th

c.May 12th

d.May 13th

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

a.Zerodha

b.HDFC securities

c.Paytm Money

d.Groww

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

a.INS Kochi

b.INS Vishakhapatnam

c.INS Tuticorin

d.INS Surat

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

a.IDFC Bank

b.Kotak Mahindra Bank

c.Union Bank

d.HDFC bank

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

a.Rajiv Kumar

b.Rohandeep Singh

c.Harsh Vardhan Shringla

d.Vinay Mohan Kwatra

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

a.Vinod Kambli

b.Navjot Singh Sidhu

c.Gautam Gambhir

d.Chetan Chauhan

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

a.UNICEF

b.Oxfam International

c.NITI Aayog

d.World Bank

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

a.Piyush Goyal

b.Amit Shah

c.Giriraj Singh

d.Kiren Rijiju

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

a.1st

b.3rd

c.4th

d.2nd

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

a.Pawan Munjal

b.T V Narendran

c.Sanjiv Bajaj

d.R Dinesh

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

a.Pooja Rani

b.Laishram Sarita Devi

c.Nikhat Zareen

d.Lovlina Borgohain

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

a.May 14th

b.May 17th

c.May 16th

d.May 15th

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

a.Jitendra Bisht

b.Ravi Dikshit

c.Suresh Bhai Kotak

d.Deepak Verma

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

a.USA

b.China

c.Germany

d.Russia

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

a.Nicholas Pooran

b.Shimron Hetmyer

c.Shai Hope

d.Jermaine Blackwood

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

a.Harpreet Singh

b.Preeti Shenoy

c.Chetan Bhagat

d.Rajshree

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

a.Shivkumar Sharma

b.Lata Mangeshkar

c.Siddharoodha Swamiji

d.BS Yediyurappa

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

a.Surat

b.Mumbai

c.Delhi

d.Chennai

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

a.Mohammad Asif

b.Pramod Kumar

c.Deepak Sharma

d.Kishore Kumar Das

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

a.Bangladesh

b.Myanmar

c.Sri Lanka

d.Nepal

34. 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.AG Perarivalan

b.Ravichandran

c.Jayakumar

d.Robert Pious

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

a.Narendra Modi

b.Rajnath Singh

c.Om Birla

d.Amit Shah

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

a.J B Mohapatra

b.Sangeeta Singh

c.T V Narendran

d.M Ajit Kumar

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

a.Rajnish Kumar

b.Sambit Patra

c.Sanjiv Mehta

d.Sanjay Bandopadhyay

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

a.576

b.546

c.660

d.626

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

a.Science for Nation Building

b.Integrated Approach in Science and Technology for Sustainable Future

c.Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future

d.Science for People and People for Science

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

a.TSMC

b.MediaTek

c.Qualcomm

d.Nvidia

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

a.ONGC

b.ISRO

c.BHEL

d.DRDO

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

a.Czechia

b.Poland

c.Austria

d.Slovakia

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

a.Bolivia

b.Chile

c.Peru

d.Venezuela

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

a.Belgium

b.Germany

c.Denmark

d.Spain

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

a.77.14 bn

b.80.12 bn

c.83.57 bn

d.62.47 bn

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

a.Roshan Lal

b.Krishna Kumar

c.Parvesh Verma

d.Charudutt Mishra

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

a.Global Co-operation

b.Cultural Exchange

c.Bio-restoration in Museums

d.The Power of Museums

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

a.Congo

b.Kenya

c.Eritrea

d.Cameroon

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

a.Jan Bhagidhari

b.Waste to Wealth

c.Jan Andolan

d.Grey Water Management

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

a.NIA

b.FBI

c.IB

d.CIA

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

a.Capital Adequacy Ratio

b.KYC norms

c.Interest rate on deposits

d.Priority sector lending

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

a.Assam

b.Odisha

c.Bihar

d.Tripura

53. 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

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

a.Shivkumar Sharma

b.Lata Mangeshkar

c.BS Yediyurappa

d.Siddharoodha Swamiji

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

a.Bharat Oman Refineries Limited

b.Indian Oil Corporation Limited

c.Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

d.Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Limited

56. 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

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

a.Singapore

b.Philippines

c.Malaysia

d.Nepal

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

a.Lionel Messi

b.LeBron James

c.Neymar

d.Cristiano Ronaldo

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

a.April 29th

b.May 01st

c.April 30th

d.May 02nd

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

a.Bank of India

b.Bank of Baroda

c.State Bank of India

d.Canara Bank

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

a.USD 600,000

b.USD 800,000

c.USD 700,000

d.USD 500,000

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

a.Manchester City

b.Real Madrid

c.Barcelona

d.Cheslea

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

a.South Korea

b.Singapore

c.Hong Kong

d.Mauritius

64. 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.Jonathan Sacks

c.Frank Wilczek

d.Abdullah II

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

a.India

b.Germany

c.Russia

d.Brazil

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

a.New Zealand

b.Taiwan

c.South Korea

d.North Korea

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

a.San Francisco

b.New York

c.Dallas

d.Chicago

68. 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.Frank Wilczek

b.Wesley Morgan

c.Campbell Wilson

d.Anna Qabale Duba

69. Which nation will host the 2027 SEA Games?

a.Australia

b.Malaysia

c.Maldives

d.Indonesia

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

a.Reliance Industries

b.Aditya Birla Group

c.Tata Group

d.Adani Group

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

a.IIT Madras

b.IIT Palakkad

c.IIT Delhi

d.IIT Kharagpur

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

a.Rajiv Kumar

b.Brijesh Sharma

c.Tarun Kapoor

d.Dinesh Pant

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

a.Ramesh Kandula

b.Amitava Kumar

c.Ramesh Thamilmani

d.Rasheed Kidwai

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

a.Jakob Lorso

b.Monte Paullu

c.Devasahayam Pillai

d.Filip Anthony

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

a.Odisha

b.Kerala

c.Telangana

d.Madhya Pradesh

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

a.Operation Sankal

b.Operation Meghdoot

c.Operation Satark

d.Operation Sard Hawa

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

a.V R Chaudhari

b.BS Raju

c.Manoj Kumar Mago

d.Manoj Pande

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

a.Andy Jesse

b.Julie Sweet

c.Felipe Gozon

d.C Vijayakumar

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

a.Families, education and well-being

b.Families and Climate Action: focus on SDG13

c.Families and New Technologies

d.Families and Urbanizatiom

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

a.Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

b.Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

c.Ministry of MSME

d.Ministry of Jal Shakti

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

a.Kenton Cool

b.Karina Oliani

c.Carlos Hatuka

d.Adele Pennington

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

a.Cagliari Calcio

b.Inter Milan

c.Fiorentina

d.Roma

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

a.YES Bank

b.ICICI Bank

c.Axis Bank

d.HDFC Bank

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

a.Poly Medicure Ltd

b.Zydus Life sciences Ltd

c.Meril Life sciences Pvt Ltd

d.Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd

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

a.Lucknow

b.Agartala

c.Coimbatore

d.Bengaluru

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

a.Black Buck

b.Red Panda

c.Olive Ridley Turtles

d.Snow Leopard

87. 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.Frank Wilczek

c.Marcelo Gleiser

d.Jonathan Sacks

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

a.Agricultural Lands

b.Tamil Language

c.Mother Nature

d.Food Grains

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

a.Axis Bank

b.Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

c.ICICI Bank

d.Federal Bank

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

a.01 November, 2022

b.01 October, 2022

c.01 December, 2022

d.01 September, 2022

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

a.Lieutenant General Nav Kumar Khanduri

b.Lieutenant General Rana Pratap Kalita

c.Lieutenant General Baggavalli Somashekar Raju

d.Lieutenant General Yogendra Dimri

92. 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.Reliance Industries

b.Adani Group

c.HDFC

d.TATA

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

a.Oman

b.Uzbekistan

c.Hungary

d.Israel

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

a.Piyush Bansal

b.Hem Singhal

c.Nitin Sharma

d.Ajay Piramal

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

a.Simona Halep

b.Ashleigh Barty

c.Iga Swiatek

d.Naomi Osaka

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

a.Bharat Petroleum

b.Hindustan Petroleum Corporation

c.Reliance Petroleum Limited

d.Indian Oil Corporation

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

a.May 15th

b.May 12th

c.May 13th

d.May 14th

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

a.IIT Madras

b.IIT Palakkad

c.IIT Kharagpur

d.IIT Delhi

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

a.V M Kwatra

b.K Rajaraman

c.Piyush Goyal

d.Harsh Vardhan Shringla

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

a.Gujarat

b.Bihar

c.Madhya Pradesh

d.West Bengal

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

a.5.20%

b.6.00%

c.4.40%

d.5.60%

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

a.Ministry of Jal Shakti

b.Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

c.Ministry of MSME

d.Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

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

a.Indonesia

b.China

c.Singapore

d.Japan

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

a.Jammu and Kashmir

b.Ladakh

c.Himachal Pradesh

d.Uttrakhand

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

a.Vietnam

b.North Korea

c.Iran

d.China

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

a.Jon Albert

b.Alex Hawke

c.Anthony Albert

d.Anthony Albanese

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

a.May 16th

b.May 18th

c.May 17th

d.May 15th

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

a.May 17th

b.May 15th

c.May 14th

d.May 16th

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

a.Joginder Jaswant Singh

b.Dalbir Singh Suhag

c.Bipin Rawat

d.Manoj Pande

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

a.Bruno Mars

b.Jonas Brothers

c.Destiny's Child

d.BTS

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

a.Biplab Kumar Deb

b.Manik Saha

c.Satyadeo Narain Arya

d.Rajesh Kumar

112. 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.Margaret Sanger

b.Florence Nightingale

c.Clara Barton

d.Mary Eliza Mahoney

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

a.Bihar

b.Kerala

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Haryana

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

a.New Development Bank

b.World Health Organization

c.World bank

d.World Economic Forum

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

a.Switzerland

b.France

c.Netherlands

d.Canada

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

a.Reliance Industries

b.Saudi Aramco

c.Alphabet In(c)

d.Tata Consultancy Services

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

a.April 30th

b.April 29th

c.April 27th

d.April 28th

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

a.May 04th

b.May 02nd

c.May 01st

d.May 03rd

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

a.Rs 30307 crores

b.Rs 20201 crores

c.Rs 78784 crores

d.Rs 99500 crores

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

a.Bee Engaged - Build Back Better for Bees

b.Save the Bees

c.Protecting Bees

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

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

a.Jagdish Mukhi

b.Ashok Bhandari

c.Kiran Deshmukh

d.Vivek Kumar

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

a.ITC Limited

b.Adani Wilmar Limited

c.Tata Power

d.Ruchi Soya

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

a.8

b.2

c.4

d.11

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

a.SS Lazio

b.ACF Fiorentina

c.Juventus

d.Parma FC

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

a.Missiles

b.Fighter Jets

c.Space Launch Vehicles

d.Warships

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

a.Bengaluru

b.Kolkata

c.Mumbai

d.Chennai

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

a.Saina Nehwal

b.Sania Mirza

c.N. Sikki Reddy

d.PV Sindhu

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

a.Narendra Modi

b.Eden Gardens

c.Wankhede

d.Arun Jaitley Stadium

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

a.April 29th

b.April 30th

c.April 28th

d.May 01st

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

a.Brunei

b.Indonesia

c.East Timor

d.Malaysia

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

a.Saudi Aramco

b.Alphabet In(c)

c.Tata Consultancy Services

d.Reliance Industries

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

a.May 12th

b.May 15th

c.May 13th

d.May 16th

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

a.Harley-Davidson India

b.TATA Motors

c.KIA India

d.Royal Enfield

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

a.2024

b.2026

c.2023

d.2025

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

a.AI Chat bot

b.Mobile Banking

c.NEFT, RTGS

d.UPI

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

a.Bangladesh

b.China

c.India

d.South Korea

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

a.Environment Protection for Improving Animal and Human Health

b.Strengthening Veterinary Resilience

c.The Veterinarian Response to the Covid-19 Crisis

d.Value of Vaccination

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

a.Benigno Aquino III

b.Fidel V. Ramos

c.Ferdinand Marcos Junior

d.Rodrigo Duterte

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

a.Triangle of Sadness

b.Stars at Noon

c.Joyland

d.Close

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

a.East Central Railway

b.Southern Railway

c.Northern Railway

d.West Central Railway

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

a.Germany

b.Denmark

c.Australia

d.Finland

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

a.May 15th

b.May 16th

c.May 17th

d.May 18th

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

a.ABHA

b.ASHA

c.Khata

d.Health

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

a.Somalia

b.Romania

c.Netherlands

d.Denmark

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

a.V. Krishnaswamy

b.Manoj Ahuja

c.Indrajit Mahanty

d.Nidhi Chibber

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

a.Ilker Ayci

b.Vikram Dev Dutt

c.Vipula Gunatilleka

d.Campbell Wilson

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

a.Udaipur, Rajasthan

b.Gurugram, Delhi

c.Mumbai, Maharashtra

d.Kevadia, Gujarat

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

a.Delhi

b.Lucknow

c.Kolkata

d.Kanpur

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

a.Maitanam

b.Sachin: A Billion Dreams

c.Beyond All Boundaries

d.Born to Run

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

a.Profitability for Humanity

b.Only Organic Earth

c.Time for Organic Nature

d.Ecosystem Restoration

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

a.223.34 Cr

b.211.14 Cr

c.200.11 Cr

d.156.30 Cr

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

a.45 basis points

b.30 basis points

c.35 basis points

d.40 basis points

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

a.Western Sydney University

b.University of Guelph

c.University of Leicester

d.University of Auckland

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

a.Spice Jet

b.Air India

c.IndiGo

d.Vistara

155. 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

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

a.April 28th

b.May 01st

c.April 29th

d.May 02nd

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

a.Health For All

b.Nursing the World to Health

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

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

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

a.May 02nd

b.May 03rd

c.May 04th

d.May 01st

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

a.Dharmendra Pradhan

b.Narayan Tatu Rane

c.Sarbananda Sonowal

d.Jyotiraditya M Scindia

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

a.Dinesh Sharma

b.Anwar Hussain Sheikh

c.Ashok Mishra

d.Kumar Vishwas

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

a.Malavath Poorna

b.Arunima Sinha

c.Premlata Aggarwal

d.Priyanka Mohite

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

a.Odisha

b.Jharkhand

c.West Bengal

d.Karnataka

163. The WTISD is being celebrated on which date?

a.May 15th

b.May 14th

c.May 18th

d.May 17th

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

a.State Bank of India

b.Bank of Baroda

c.Central Bank of India

d.Union Bank of India

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

a.HDFC Bank Limited

b.State Bank of India

c.Reliance Industries

d.ONGC

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

a.Bharti AXA Life Insurance

b.Star Health and Allied Insurance Company

c.Oriental Insurance Company

d.Religare Health Insurance Company

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

a.May 10-11

b.May 25-26

c.May 13-14

d.May 15-16

168. 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 Dharwad

b.IIT Bombay

c.IIT Guwahati

d.IIT Kharagpur

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

a.Neeta Ambani

b.Khurram Parvez

c.Ratan Tata

d.Narendra Modi

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

a.Madhuri Dixit

b.Raveena Tandon

c.Deepika Padukone

d.Priyanka Chopra

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

a.Airbus

b.Embraer

c.SpaceX

d.Boeing

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

a.Silver

b.Bronze

c.Gold & Bronze

d.Gold

173. 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

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

a.Stanford University

b.Western Sydney University

c.University of Oxford

d.Harvard University

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

a.USA

b.UK

c.France

d.Australia

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

a.Lalita Paswan

b.Surjit Bhujabal

c.Ravi Desai

d.Mehak Patil

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

a.India

b.Sri Lanka

c.Afghanistan

d.Iraq

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

a.May 14th

b.May 15th

c.May 10th

d.May 12th

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

a.Madurai

b.Pune

c.Samba

d.Gurugram

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

a.Indore

b.Patna

c.Varanasi

d.Dispur

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

a.May 02nd

b.May 04th

c.May 05th

d.May 03rd

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

a.HAL

b.BEL

c.DRDO

d.BDL

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

a.Open

b.Paytm Mall

c.Bigbasket

d.Zomato

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

a.Genetic Modification

b.Genetic Change

c.Genome Regulation

d.Genome Editing

185. ITEC is associated with which ministry?

a.Ministry of External Affairs

b.Ministry of Science and Technology

c.Ministry of Electronics and IT

d.Ministry of Finance

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

a.Moldovia

b.Estonia

c.Ukraine

d.Croatia

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

a.14th

b.13th

c.11th

d.12th

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

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

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

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

d.The dawning of a new era for thalassaemia

189. Which country hosted Deaflympics 2021?

a.France

b.Canada

c.Spain

d.Brazil

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

a.Jatin Sapru

b.Sanjeeb Mukherjee

c.Kadambari Murali

d.Boria Majumdar

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

a.NHPC

b.GAIL

c.NTPC

d.SJVN

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

a.65th

b.62nd

c.60th

d.68th

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

a.Unity Small Finance Bank

b.NSDL Payment Bank

c.India Post Payments Bank

d.AU Small Finance Bank

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

a.To provide health facilities to the people

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

c.To provide education related help to the people

d.To provide a single window platform

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

a.8%

b.7%

c.9%

d.6%

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

a.May 02nd

b.April 30th

c.May 01st

d.April 29th

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

a.Mozambique

b.Ethiopia

c.Tanzania

d.Madagascar

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

a.NASSCOM

b.FICCI

c.Ministry of Labour & Employment

d.NITI Aayog

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

a.13th

b.11th

c.12th

d.14th

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

a.Tanzania

b.Kenya

c.Uganda

d.Rwanda

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

a.Gujarat

b.Madhya Pradesh

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Rajasthan

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

a.Campbell Wilson

b.Vikram Dev Dutt

c.Vipula Gunatilleka

d.Ilker Ayci

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

a.Tesla

b.Twitter

c.Microsoft

d.Google

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

a.United States Air Force (USAF)

b.Japan Air Self-Preservation Power (JASDF)

c.Israeli Aviation based armed forces

d.Chinese Aviation based armed forces (PLAAF)

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

a.Justice Ranjan Gogoi

b.Justice Sadasivam

c.Sushil Chandra

d.Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai

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

a.2023

b.2026

c.2024

d.2025

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

a.South Korea

b.Hong Kong

c.Mauritius

d.Singapore

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