Current Affairs August 2022 MCQ Test

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

a.Spain

b.USA

c.Mexico

d.Japan

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

a.Prime Minister Narendra Modi

b.Desmond Tutu

c.Dalai Lama

d.Pope Francis

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

a.Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

b.Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

c.Ministry of Education

d.Ministry of Home Affairs

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

a.Mohali

b.Ahmedabad

c.New Delhi

d.Bhubaneswar

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

a.Sandeep Bakhshi

b.Deepak Kumar Lalla

c.Sashidhar Jagdishan

d.Dinesh Kumar Khara

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

a.TaslimaNasrin

b.RuvaniRanasinha

c.Marina Tabassum

d.VivekShraya

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

a.100

b.750

c.500

d.250

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

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Karnataka

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Bihar

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

a.France

b.Maldives

c.Thailand

d.Canada

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

a.National Payments Corporation of India

b.Reserve Bank of India

c.Ministry of Finance

d.NITI Aayog

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

a.Srinagar smart city

b.Kochi smart city

c.Pune smart city

d.Aurangabad smart city

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

a.Kazakhstan

b.India

c.Russia

d.China

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

a.Hima Das

b.Tejaswin Shankar

c.M Sreeshankar

d.Dutee Chand

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

a.Bangladesh

b.UAE

c.Japan

d.Malaysia

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

a.5.71%

b.4.71%

c.6.71%

d.7.71%

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

a.August 14th

b.August 16th

c.August 15th

d.August 13th

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

a.Assam

b.Manipur

c.Telangana

d.Haryana

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

a.Swachhjal.org

b.Swachhnadi.org

c.Swachhsagar.org

d.Swachbharat.org

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

a.Mumbai to Ahmedabad

b.Ahmedabad to Lucknow

c.Chennai to Mumbai

d.Jabalpur to Delhi

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

a.Mumbai

b.Kolkata

c.Chennai

d.Kochi

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

a.Shekhar Kapur

b.Shyam Benegal

c.Subhash Ghai

d.Shatrughan Sinha

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

a.IIT Guwahati

b.IIT Madras

c.IIT Kanpur

d.IIT Delhi

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

a.Kotak Mahindra Bank

b.ICICI Bank

c.Kota Bank

d.Karnataka Bank

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

a.Diksha Rawat

b.Sujata Sharma

c.Sanjukta Dash

d.Sonam Dixit

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

a.Gujarat

b.Uttarakhand

c.Madhya Pradesh

d.Himachal Pradesh

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

a.Rajasthan

b.Jharkhand

c.Gujarat

d.Haryana

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

a.IndusInd Bank

b.HDFC Bank

c.State Bank of India

d.Bank of Baroda

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

a.Lovlina Borgohain

b.Pooja Rani

c.Mary Kom

d.Nikhat Zareen

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

a.Latvia and Estonia

b.Croatia and Bulgaria

c.Greece and Hungary

d.Slovakia and Slovenia

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

a.Ghaziabad

b.Hyderabad

c.Panipat

d.Bathinda

31. When is National Handloom Day observed in India?

a.August 7th

b.August 8th

c.August 5th

d.August 6th

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

a.Ministry of Labour and Employment

b.Ministry of Commerce and Industry

c.Ministry of Science and Technology

d.Ministry of MSME

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

a.Thunder

b.Nacional

c.Terminators

d.Amigos

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

a.4th

b.7th

c.9th

d.5th

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

a.India

b.Mexico

c.Argentina

d.Australia

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

a.Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu

b.Mirabai Chanu

c.Santoshi Matsa

d.Bindyarani Devi

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

a.A U Bank

b.RBL Bank

c.HDFC Bank

d.Kotak Mahindra

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

a.Bharat Face RT

b.DigiYatra

c.Pradhan Mantri Digital Yatra Abhiyan

d.Bharat Yatra

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

a.KL Rahul

b.Virat Kohli

c.Hardik Pandya

d.Rohit Sharma

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

a.Jagmag

b.Prakash

c.Surya

d.Roshini

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

a.Rome

b.Paris

c.Tokyo

d.New York

42. Chandigarh International Airport will be renamed after whom?

a.Kartar Singh Sarabha

b.Shaheed Bhagat Singh

c.Udham Singh

d.Sukhdev Thapar

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

a.High Jump

b.Triple Jump

c.Wrestler

d.Javelin throw

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

a.Silver

b.Bronze

c.Gold & Silver

d.Gold

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

a.Germany

b.China

c.Norway

d.Finland

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

a.August 14th

b.August 15th

c.August 16th

d.August 13th

47. International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on?

a.August 29th

b.August 30th

c.August 20th

d.August 25th

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

a.Philanthropy

b.Music

c.Acting

d.Sports

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

a.Karnataka

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Assam

d.Kerala

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

a.Covaxin

b.Sputnik V

c.Covishield

d.Corbevax

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

a.UK

b.USA

c.India

d.Italy

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

a.Mexico

b.USA

c.Spain

d.Russia

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

a.Maharashtra

b.Gujarat

c.Haryana

d.Uttar Pradesh

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

a.ISRO

b.DRDO

c.NITI Aayog

d.BEL

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

a.IOCL

b.ONGC

c.LIC

d.RIL

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

a.Bandaru Dattatreya

b.Droupadi Murmu

c.Manohar Lal Khattar

d.Narendra Modi

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

a.Suman Kundu

b.Babita Kumari

c.Last Panghal

d.Navjot Kaur

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

a.West Bengal

b.Karnataka

c.Chhattisgarh

d.Odisha

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

a.Edelweiss Mutual Fund

b.invesco

c.Axis Mutual Fund

d.India Infoline

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

a.Ranbeer Kapoor

b.Shaheed Kapoor

c.Hrithik Roshan

d.Ranveer Singh

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

a.Afghanistan

b.India

c.Pakistan

d.Bangladesh

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

a.Assam

b.Manipur

c.Kerala

d.Himachal Pradesh

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

a.Cricket

b.Football

c.Tennis

d.Badminton

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

a.Non-Resident Indians

b.Income Taxpayers

c.Central Government Employees

d.State Government Employees

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

a.Gold

b.Bronze

c.Silver

d.Bronze & Silver

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

a.Axis Bank

b.Punjab National Bank

c.State Bank of India

d.Federal Bank

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

a.Urjit Patel

b.K V Kamath

c.Arundhati Bhatacharya

d.Ashish Chauhan

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

a.Bangalore

b.Hyderabad

c.Pune

d.Kolkata

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

a.National Payments Corporation of India

b.NITI Aayog

c.Ministry of Finance

d.Reserve Bank of India

70. Which state launched the Cheerag scheme?

a.Telangana

b.Andhra Pradesh

c.Haryana

d.Odisha

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

a.Rajasthan

b.Punjab

c.Karnataka

d.Gujarat

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

a.2030

b.2023

c.2027

d.2024

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

a.United Kingdom

b.United States of America

c.Russia

d.China

74. Which country will host the IDF WDS 2022?

a.South Korea

b.Malaysia

c.India

d.Japan

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

a.Jammu and Kashmir

b.Arunachal Pradesh

c.Assam

d.Sikkim

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

a.Shripathi Ravindra Bhat

b.Uday Umesh Lalit

c.Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud

d.Vineet Saran

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

a.Weight lifting

b.Hockey

c.Wrestling

d.Badminton

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

a.Japan

b.Nepal

c.France

d.Malaysia

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

a.Dhananjaya Y. Moonlight

b.Sanjay Kishan Kaul

c.U. U. Lalit

d.S. Abdul Nazir

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

a.Maharashtra

b.Kerala

c.Karnataka

d.Punjab

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

a.Iraq

b.Iran

c.Afghanistan

d.Syria

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

a.Ministry of Tribal Affairs

b.Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

c.Ministry of Women and Child Development

d.Ministry of Health

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

a.Step Up for Breastfeeding: Educate and Support

b.Foundation of Life

c.Support breastfeeding for a healthier planet

d.Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding

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

a.6

b.4

c.7

d.5

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

a.Assam

b.Rajasthan

c.Telangana

d.Chhattisgarh

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

a.India International Arbitration Centre

b.Pradhan Mantri Arbitration Centre

c.International Arbitration Centre

d.Bharat Arbitration Centre

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

a.Shobhana Bhartia

b.Nallathamby Kalaiselvi

c.Meena Ganesh

d.Mallika Srinivasan

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

a.S. Srinivasan

b.Sunita Duggal

c.Birendra Singh

d.Ravi Kishan Takkar

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

a.August 20th

b.August 22nd

c.August 19th

d.August 15th

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

a.Together for a Shared Future

b.Held Your Hope High

c.Faster, Higher, Stronger, Together

d.Games Wide Open

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

a.Sannidhya Sharma

b.Nikita Singh

c.Meghna Pant

d.Kanishk Tharoor

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

a.Jalsa

b.Asur

c.Mumbai Diaries 26/11

d.Mirzapur

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

a.Indian Navy

b.Indian Air Force

c.Indian Army

d.Indian Coast Guard

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

a.Covid-19

b.Chickenpox

c.Polio

d.Monkeypox

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

a.Maharashtra

b.Gujarat

c.Tamil Nadu

d.Karnataka

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

a.West Bengal

b.Maharashtra

c.Bihar

d.Karnataka

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

a.Indore

b.Patna

c.New Delhi

d.Kolkata

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

a.Tamil Nadu

b.Telangana

c.Odisha

d.Maharashtra

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

a.Weightlifting

b.Track and Field

c.Judo

d.Squash

100. When is National Sports Day celebrated in India?

a.August 26th

b.August 31st

c.August 25th

d.August 29th

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

a.IAC Viraat

b.IAC Vikrant

c.IAC Vishal

d.IAC Arihant

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

a.August 10th

b.August 15th

c.August 9th

d.August 12th

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

a.10

b.11

c.12

d.13

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

a.Milan

b.Eintracht Frankfurt

c.Barcelona

d.Real Madrid

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

a.Mukesh Ambani

b.Radhakishan Damani

c.Gautam Adani

d.Cyrus Poonawala

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

a.Linthoi Chanambam

b.Poonam Chopra

c.Thoudam Kalpana Devi

d.Avtar Singh

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

a.Naftali Bennett

b.Benjamin Netanyahu

c.Yair Lapid

d.Ehud Olmert

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

a.Gwalior

b.Hyderabad

c.Mysuru

d.Visakhapatnam

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

a.Biodiversity and climate change

b.Seeing the Unseen: The Value of Water

c.Transforming the global water challenges

d.Global collaboration for water

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

a.Ministry of External Affairs

b.Ministry of Defence

c.Ministry of Tribal Affairs

d.Ministry of Home Affairs

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

a.HPCL

b.BPCL

c.ONGC

d.IOCL

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

a.Urjit Patel

b.Arundhati Bhatacharya

c.Ashish Chauhan

d.K V Kamath

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

a.Aditya Kumar

b.Naresh Chandra

c.Dinesh Kumar

d.Rajesh Verma

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

a.Gautam Adani

b.Azim Premji

c.Mukesh Ambani

d.Shiv Nadar

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

a.Cricket

b.Boxing

c.Weight Lifting

d.Football

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

a.Gujarat

b.Madhya Pradesh

c.Rajasthan

d.Bihar

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

a.Afghanistan

b.Kazakhstan

c.Nepal

d.Iran

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

a.Hindustan Shipyard

b.Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders

c.Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers

d.Cochin Shipyard

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

a.Punjab

b.Karnataka

c.Jharkhand

d.Assam

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

a.France

b.USA

c.Australia

d.Japan

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

a.Karnataka

b.Gujarat

c.Rajasthan

d.Punjab

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

a.Union Minister Amit Shah

b.Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

c.Prime Minister Narendra Modi

d.Union Minister Rajnath Singh

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

a.Tamil Nadu

b.Telangana

c.Kerala

d.Karnataka

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

a.Rodolfo Hernandez

b.Francia Marquez

c.Jose Antonio Ocampo

d.Gustavo Petro

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

a.NITI Aayog

b.Economic Advisory Council

c.National Council of Applied Economic Research

d.Centre for Policy Research

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

a.Venkaiah Naidu

b.Biman Banerjee

c.Jagdeep Dhankhar

d.Margaret Alva

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

a.August 03rd

b.July 31st

c.August 05th

d.August 01st

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

a.Super Vasuki

b.Bharat Goods

c.India Freight

d.Bharat Freight

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

a.Arunachal Pradesh

b.Nagaland

c.Mizoram

d.Assam

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

a.Dia Mirza

b.Preity Zinta

c.Deep Supriyam

d.Lara Dutta

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

a.Rodolfo Hernandez

b.Francia Marquez

c.Jose Antonio Ocampo

d.Gustavo Petro

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

a.Virat Kohli

b.PV Sindhu

c.Mahendra Singh Dhoni

d.Sourav Ganguly

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

a.Arunachal Pradesh

b.Bihar

c.Assam

d.Madhya Pradesh

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

a.2024

b.2022

c.2023

d.2025

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

a.Ukraine

b.Germany

c.Poland

d.Russia

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

a.August 13th

b.August 15th

c.August 12th

d.August 14th

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

a.HDFC

b.SBI

c.ICICI

d.Yes Bank

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

a.New Delhi

b.Bhubaneswar

c.Kolkata

d.Mumbai

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

a.Bank of Baroda

b.HDFC

c.Canara Bank

d.SBI

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

a.Tamil Nadu

b.Haryana

c.Gujarat

d.Karnataka

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

a.Microsoft

b.HCL technology

c.Google

d.Wipro

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

a.Karnataka

b.Goa

c.Odisha

d.Kerala

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

a.Volodymyr Zelensky

b.Emmanuel Macron

c.Narendra Modi

d.Joe Biden

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

a.Japan

b.France

c.Malaysia

d.Nepal

145. What is the full form of BBPS?

a.Bill Bharat Pay System

b.Bharat Bill Payment System

c.Bharat Bill Pay System

d.Bill Bharat Payment System

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

a.China-Nepal

b.India-Bangladesh

c.India-Nepal

d.China-Bangladesh

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

a.India

b.China

c.US

d.Russia

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

a.France

b.Japan

c.USA

d.Australia

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

a.Kabaddi

b.Cricket

c.Hockey

d.Football

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

a.Madras astronomical observatory

b.IUCAA Girawali Observatory

c.Vainu Bappu Astronomical Observatory

d.Bihar Astronomical Observatory

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

a.William Ruto

b.Kalonzo Musyoka

c.Uhuru Kenyatta

d.Raila Odinga

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

a.Vikram Doraiswami

b.Manoj Kumar Bharti

c.Akhilesh Mishra

d.Prashant Pise

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

a.Donating an Organ Is Like Gifting A Life

b.Every blood donor is a hero

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

d.Removing the taboo around organ donation

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

a.Mumbai

b.Kolkata

c.Bangalore

d.Pune

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

a.IUCAA Girawali Observatory

b.Vainu Bappu Astronomical Observatory

c.Madras astronomical observatory

d.Bihar Astronomical Observatory

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

a.August 12th

b.August 10th

c.August 14th

d.August 9th

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

a.Telangana

b.Jharkhand

c.Kerala

d.Andhra Pradesh

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

a.Gujarat

b.Kerala

c.Panaji

d.Mizoram

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

a.Vishakhapatnam

b.Gwalior

c.Hyderabad

d.Mysuru

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

a.Sudan

b.Ghana

c.Zimbabwe

d.Oman

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

a.Union Ministry of Home Affairs

b.Union Ministry of Textiles

c.Union Ministry of MSME

d.Union Ministry of Culture

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

a.UK

b.Canada

c.Japan

d.Russia

163. International Youth Day is celebrated on?

a.August 12th

b.August 9th

c.August 11th

d.August 13th

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

a.Food distribution

b.Climate Change

c.Electronics Manufacturing

d.Intellectual Property

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

a.Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary

b.Ajit Singh Pal

c.Jaswant Saini

d.Ramkesh Nishad

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

a.Australia

b.Japan

c.USA

d.France

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

a.France

b.Australia

c.Germany

d.South Korea

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

a.United States

b.France

c.Russia

d.Israel

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

a.Ahmedabad

b.Mysuru

c.Hyderabad

d.Pune

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

a.Bhim App

b.Google Pay

c.Paytm

d.PhonePe

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

a.Jyotiraditya Scindia

b.Anurag Thakur

c.Amit Shah

d.Rajnath Singh

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

a.Ministry of Home Affairs

b.Ministry of Labour and Employment

c.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

d.Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

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

a.Sikkim

b.Punjab

c.Chhattisgarh

d.Rajasthan

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

a.International Arbitration Centre

b.Pradhan Mantri Arbitration Centre

c.Bharat Arbitration Centre

d.India International Arbitration Centre

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

a.Oman

b.Bangladesh

c.Iran

d.India

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

a.Monument

b.Dance Form

c.Festival

d.Art Form

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

a.Weightlifting

b.Badminton

c.Boxing

d.Judo

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

a.Gujarat

b.Assam

c.Odisha

d.Bihar

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

a.Viktor Axelsen and Akane Yamaguchi

b.Kento Momota and Nozomi Okuhara

c.Lee Chong Wei and Chen Yufei

d.Lee Zii Jia and Tai Tzu-Ying

180. 300-meter long Atal Bridge has been inaugurated in which city of Gujarat?

a.Rajkot

b.Ahmedabad

c.Vadodara

d.Surat

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

a.Azim Premji

b.Mukesh Ambani

c.Gautam Adani

d.Ratan Tata

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

a.147th

b.146th

c.149th

d.142nd

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

a.GramSAT

b.BharatSat

c.AzaadiSAT

d.CommuniSAT

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

a.August 22nd

b.August 30th

c.August 28th

d.August 26th

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

a.Tokyo

b.Berlin

c.Paris

d.Tehran

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

a.William Ruto

b.Uhuru Kenyatta

c.Raila Odinga

d.Kalonzo Musyoka

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

a.JSW Group

b.Tata Group

c.Bajaj Group

d.Mahindra Group

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

a.Rowing

b.Lawn Bowl

c.Fencing

d.Water Polo

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

a.Rukhsana Ahmed

b.Marina Tabas

c.Ruani Ranasinha

d.Taslima Nasreen

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

a.University of Hyderabad

b.Pondicherry University

c.Osmania University

d.Anna University

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

a.Rajasthan

b.Punjab

c.Bihar

d.Haryana

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

a.Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry

b.Union Women and Child Development Ministry

c.Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Ministry

d.Union Health Ministry

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

a.Union Ministry of Culture

b.Union Ministry of MSME

c.Union Ministry of Home Affairs

d.Union Ministry of Textiles

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

a.Bihar

b.Maharashtra

c.Kerala

d.West Bengal

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

a.Arunachal Pradesh

b.Uttarakhand

c.Gujarat

d.Sikkim

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

a.August 15th

b.August 17th

c.August 16th

d.August 14th

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

a.Biology

b.Economics

c.Psychology

d.Geography

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

a.Uttarakhand

b.Gujarat

c.Karnataka

d.Tamil Nadu

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

a.Smriti Irani

b.Narendra Modi

c.Anurag Thakur

d.Amit Shah

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

a.Union Ministry of Textiles

b.Union Ministry of Home Affairs

c.Union Ministry of Culture

d.Union Ministry of MSME

201. UGC declared how many universities as fake recently?

a.21

b.22

c.29

d.27

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

a.ICAR

b.ICMR

c.BARC

d.CSIR

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

a.Uzbekistan

b.India

c.Russia

d.Ukraine

204. Which country passed the CHIPS Bill?

a.Israel

b.US

c.China

d.Japan

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

a.August 01st

b.July 30th

c.July 31st

d.August 02nd

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

a.Vaani Kapoor

b.Sakshi Tanwar

c.Shefali Shah

d.Kareena Kapoor

207. Which country will organise Exercise Pitch Black?

a.Malaysia

b.Indonesia

c.Japan

d.Australia

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

a.Meta

b.Apple

c.Microsoft

d.Google

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

a.NTPC Limited

b.NHPC Limited

c.Power Grid Corporation of India

d.Gail India

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

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Assam

c.Odisha

d.Gujarat

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

a.Biocon

b.Serum Institute

c.Bharat Biotech

d.Dr Reddy’s

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

a.August 22nd

b.August 20th

c.August 23rd

d.August 21st

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

a.Adani Data Networks

b.Bharti Airtel

c.Vodafone Group

d.Reliance Jio

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

a.Gujarat

b.Uttarakhand

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Rajasthan

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

a.Iran

b.Nepal

c.Afghanistan

d.Kazakhstan

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

a.Chennai

b.Mumbai

c.Kolkata

d.Kochi

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

a.Punjab National Bank

b.State Bank of India

c.Union Bank of India

d.Canara Bank

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

a.Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

b.Ministry of Culture

c.Ministry of External Affairs

d.Ministry of Home Affairs

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