Current Affairs August 2022 MCQ Test

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

a.August 05th

b.August 03rd

c.August 01st

d.July 31st

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

a.Indian Navy

b.Indian Coast Guard

c.Indian Army

d.Indian Air Force

3. Which state launched the Cheerag scheme?

a.Haryana

b.Odisha

c.Telangana

d.Andhra Pradesh

4. 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.Panaji

c.Mizoram

d.Kerala

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

a.Union Ministry of MSME

b.Union Ministry of Textiles

c.Union Ministry of Culture

d.Union Ministry of Home Affairs

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

a.National Payments Corporation of India

b.NITI Aayog

c.Reserve Bank of India

d.Ministry of Finance

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

a.Chhattisgarh

b.Assam

c.Telangana

d.Rajasthan

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

a.Mirzapur

b.Mumbai Diaries 26/11

c.Asur

d.Jalsa

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

a.August 17th

b.August 16th

c.August 14th

d.August 15th

10. When is National Handloom Day observed in India?

a.August 8th

b.August 6th

c.August 5th

d.August 7th

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

a.142nd

b.149th

c.146th

d.147th

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

a.Kolkata

b.Indore

c.Patna

d.New Delhi

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

a.India

b.UK

c.USA

d.Italy

14. 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

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

a.United States of America

b.United Kingdom

c.China

d.Russia

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

a.China

b.Finland

c.Germany

d.Norway

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

a.Russia

b.France

c.Israel

d.United States

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

a.Pooja Rani

b.Lovlina Borgohain

c.Nikhat Zareen

d.Mary Kom

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

a.Kochi smart city

b.Aurangabad smart city

c.Srinagar smart city

d.Pune smart city

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

a.Canada

b.Japan

c.Russia

d.UK

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

a.IAC Vishal

b.IAC Viraat

c.IAC Arihant

d.IAC Vikrant

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

a.Gustavo Petro

b.Rodolfo Hernandez

c.Jose Antonio Ocampo

d.Francia Marquez

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

a.Last Panghal

b.Navjot Kaur

c.Suman Kundu

d.Babita Kumari

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

a.Shyam Benegal

b.Shatrughan Sinha

c.Subhash Ghai

d.Shekhar Kapur

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

a.Narendra Modi

b.Emmanuel Macron

c.Joe Biden

d.Volodymyr Zelensky

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

a.Bharat Goods

b.Bharat Freight

c.India Freight

d.Super Vasuki

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

a.K V Kamath

b.Urjit Patel

c.Ashish Chauhan

d.Arundhati Bhatacharya

28. Chandigarh International Airport will be renamed after whom?

a.Kartar Singh Sarabha

b.Shaheed Bhagat Singh

c.Udham Singh

d.Sukhdev Thapar

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

a.Karnataka

b.Maharashtra

c.Kerala

d.Punjab

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

a.Chhattisgarh

b.Karnataka

c.Odisha

d.West Bengal

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

a.Income Taxpayers

b.State Government Employees

c.Central Government Employees

d.Non-Resident Indians

32. 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

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

a.Adani Data Networks

b.Vodafone Group

c.Bharti Airtel

d.Reliance Jio

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

a.Karnataka

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Gujarat

d.Uttarakhand

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

a.Bihar

b.Karnataka

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Madhya Pradesh

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

a.Karnataka

b.Rajasthan

c.Punjab

d.Gujarat

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

a.Jharkhand

b.Karnataka

c.Assam

d.Punjab

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

a.Silver

b.Bronze & Silver

c.Bronze

d.Gold

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

a.IIT Delhi

b.IIT Madras

c.IIT Guwahati

d.IIT Kanpur

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

a.M Sreeshankar

b.Tejaswin Shankar

c.Dutee Chand

d.Hima Das

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

a.Gujarat

b.Sikkim

c.Uttarakhand

d.Arunachal Pradesh

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

a.Hrithik Roshan

b.Ranveer Singh

c.Shaheed Kapoor

d.Ranbeer Kapoor

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

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Uttarakhand

c.Gujarat

d.Himachal Pradesh

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

a.Chhattisgarh

b.Sikkim

c.Rajasthan

d.Punjab

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

a.Goa

b.Kerala

c.Odisha

d.Karnataka

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

a.New York

b.Paris

c.Tokyo

d.Rome

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

a.Kazakhstan

b.Afghanistan

c.Iran

d.Nepal

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

a.Tokyo

b.Berlin

c.Paris

d.Tehran

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

a.New Delhi

b.Bhubaneswar

c.Mohali

d.Ahmedabad

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

a.China-Nepal

b.India-Bangladesh

c.India-Nepal

d.China-Bangladesh

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

a.Prashant Pise

b.Manoj Kumar Bharti

c.Akhilesh Mishra

d.Vikram Doraiswami

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

a.Federal Bank

b.Punjab National Bank

c.Axis Bank

d.State Bank of India

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

a.Slovakia and Slovenia

b.Latvia and Estonia

c.Croatia and Bulgaria

d.Greece and Hungary

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

a.Dhananjaya Y. Moonlight

b.U. U. Lalit

c.Sanjay Kishan Kaul

d.S. Abdul Nazir

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

a.Ministry of Defence

b.Ministry of Tribal Affairs

c.Ministry of External Affairs

d.Ministry of Home Affairs

56. 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

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

a.August 20th

b.August 21st

c.August 23rd

d.August 22nd

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

a.Manipur

b.Assam

c.Telangana

d.Haryana

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

a.Odisha

b.Bihar

c.Gujarat

d.Assam

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

a.Syria

b.Afghanistan

c.Iran

d.Iraq

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

a.Apple

b.Meta

c.Microsoft

d.Google

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

a.Gwalior

b.Vishakhapatnam

c.Mysuru

d.Hyderabad

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

a.Anurag Thakur

b.Jyotiraditya Scindia

c.Amit Shah

d.Rajnath Singh

64. 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

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

a.Haryana

b.Bihar

c.Punjab

d.Rajasthan

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

a.Madras astronomical observatory

b.Vainu Bappu Astronomical Observatory

c.Bihar Astronomical Observatory

d.IUCAA Girawali Observatory

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

a.Uday Umesh Lalit

b.Vineet Saran

c.Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud

d.Shripathi Ravindra Bhat

68. Which country passed the CHIPS Bill?

a.Japan

b.Israel

c.China

d.US

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

a.Gujarat

b.Jharkhand

c.Haryana

d.Rajasthan

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

a.Afghanistan

b.Nepal

c.Iran

d.Kazakhstan

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

a.Gujarat

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Karnataka

d.Haryana

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

a.Union Ministry of MSME

b.Union Ministry of Culture

c.Union Ministry of Textiles

d.Union Ministry of Home Affairs

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

a.Edelweiss Mutual Fund

b.India Infoline

c.invesco

d.Axis Mutual Fund

74. Which country will organise Exercise Pitch Black?

a.Australia

b.Japan

c.Malaysia

d.Indonesia

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

a.Ministry of Labour and Employment

b.Ministry of Home Affairs

c.Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

d.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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

a.Boxing

b.Cricket

c.Football

d.Weight Lifting

77. 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

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

a.Nagaland

b.Arunachal Pradesh

c.Mizoram

d.Assam

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

a.Ministry of Health

b.Ministry of Tribal Affairs

c.Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

d.Ministry of Women and Child Development

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

a.Serum Institute

b.Dr Reddy’s

c.Biocon

d.Bharat Biotech

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

a.ONGC

b.IOCL

c.BPCL

d.HPCL

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

a.August 13th

b.August 15th

c.August 16th

d.August 14th

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

a.Gautam Adani

b.Azim Premji

c.Ratan Tata

d.Mukesh Ambani

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

a.Union Ministry of Textiles

b.Union Ministry of Culture

c.Union Ministry of Home Affairs

d.Union Ministry of MSME

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

a.Psychology

b.Biology

c.Geography

d.Economics

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

a.Maharashtra

b.Haryana

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Gujarat

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

a.Ruani Ranasinha

b.Rukhsana Ahmed

c.Taslima Nasreen

d.Marina Tabas

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

a.BEL

b.DRDO

c.ISRO

d.NITI Aayog

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

a.Bathinda

b.Panipat

c.Hyderabad

d.Ghaziabad

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

a.Karnataka

b.Maharashtra

c.Tamil Nadu

d.Gujarat

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

a.Assam

b.Kerala

c.Karnataka

d.Tamil Nadu

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

a.Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu

b.Santoshi Matsa

c.Bindyarani Devi

d.Mirabai Chanu

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

a.Marina Tabassum

b.TaslimaNasrin

c.RuvaniRanasinha

d.VivekShraya

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

a.Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders

b.Cochin Shipyard

c.Hindustan Shipyard

d.Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers

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

a.Tamil Nadu

b.Kerala

c.Telangana

d.Karnataka

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

a.William Ruto

b.Raila Odinga

c.Kalonzo Musyoka

d.Uhuru Kenyatta

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

a.France

b.Japan

c.Australia

d.USA

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

a.K V Kamath

b.Urjit Patel

c.Arundhati Bhatacharya

d.Ashish Chauhan

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

a.USA

b.Japan

c.Australia

d.France

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

a.SBI

b.Bank of Baroda

c.Canara Bank

d.HDFC

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

a.Virat Kohli

b.Hardik Pandya

c.Rohit Sharma

d.KL Rahul

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

a.Russia

b.US

c.China

d.India

103. When is National Sports Day celebrated in India?

a.August 31st

b.August 25th

c.August 26th

d.August 29th

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

a.Gold

b.Silver

c.Gold & Silver

d.Bronze

105. What is the full form of BBPS?

a.Bill Bharat Pay System

b.Bill Bharat Payment System

c.Bharat Bill Pay System

d.Bharat Bill Payment System

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

a.Kotak Mahindra

b.RBL Bank

c.HDFC Bank

d.A U Bank

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

a.France

b.South Korea

c.Australia

d.Germany

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

a.Food distribution

b.Electronics Manufacturing

c.Intellectual Property

d.Climate Change

109. 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.Kolkata

b.Bhubaneswar

c.New Delhi

d.Mumbai

110. 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

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

a.Hyderabad

b.Kolkata

c.Pune

d.Bangalore

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

a.Deep Supriyam

b.Preity Zinta

c.Dia Mirza

d.Lara Dutta

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

a.2030

b.2024

c.2027

d.2023

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

a.Swachhnadi.org

b.Swachbharat.org

c.Swachhsagar.org

d.Swachhjal.org

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

a.August 14th

b.August 15th

c.August 13th

d.August 16th

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

a.Francia Marquez

b.Jose Antonio Ocampo

c.Rodolfo Hernandez

d.Gustavo Petro

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

a.Sikkim

b.Assam

c.Jammu and Kashmir

d.Arunachal Pradesh

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

a.Poonam Chopra

b.Thoudam Kalpana Devi

c.Linthoi Chanambam

d.Avtar Singh

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

a.Assam

b.Odisha

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Gujarat

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

a.BARC

b.CSIR

c.ICAR

d.ICMR

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

a.Madras astronomical observatory

b.Bihar Astronomical Observatory

c.Vainu Bappu Astronomical Observatory

d.IUCAA Girawali Observatory

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

a.Chennai

b.Mumbai

c.Kolkata

d.Kochi

123. International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on?

a.August 30th

b.August 29th

c.August 25th

d.August 20th

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

a.Kazakhstan

b.Russia

c.India

d.China

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

a.Global collaboration for water

b.Biodiversity and climate change

c.Transforming the global water challenges

d.Seeing the Unseen: The Value of Water

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

a.Desmond Tutu

b.Prime Minister Narendra Modi

c.Pope Francis

d.Dalai Lama

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

a.Poland

b.Ukraine

c.Russia

d.Germany

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

a.Judo

b.Badminton

c.Boxing

d.Weightlifting

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

a.Sashidhar Jagdishan

b.Deepak Kumar Lalla

c.Sandeep Bakhshi

d.Dinesh Kumar Khara

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

a.Kerala

b.Himachal Pradesh

c.Manipur

d.Assam

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

a.Badminton

b.Tennis

c.Football

d.Cricket

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

a.Sourav Ganguly

b.PV Sindhu

c.Mahendra Singh Dhoni

d.Virat Kohli

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

a.Union Health Ministry

b.Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry

c.Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Ministry

d.Union Women and Child Development Ministry

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

a.France

b.Japan

c.Malaysia

d.Nepal

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

a.August 15th

b.August 9th

c.August 10th

d.August 12th

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

a.Covishield

b.Sputnik V

c.Covaxin

d.Corbevax

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

a.Sakshi Tanwar

b.Kareena Kapoor

c.Shefali Shah

d.Vaani Kapoor

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

a.National Council of Applied Economic Research

b.Centre for Policy Research

c.NITI Aayog

d.Economic Advisory Council

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

a.Spain

b.Japan

c.USA

d.Mexico

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

a.Acting

b.Sports

c.Music

d.Philanthropy

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

a.Bihar

b.West Bengal

c.Maharashtra

d.Kerala

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

a.Badminton

b.Weight lifting

c.Wrestling

d.Hockey

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

a.Mysuru

b.Ahmedabad

c.Pune

d.Hyderabad

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

a.Prime Minister Narendra Modi

b.Union Minister Amit Shah

c.Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

d.Union Minister Rajnath Singh

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

a.GramSAT

b.CommuniSAT

c.BharatSat

d.AzaadiSAT

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

a.Anurag Thakur

b.Narendra Modi

c.Amit Shah

d.Smriti Irani

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

a.William Ruto

b.Raila Odinga

c.Uhuru Kenyatta

d.Kalonzo Musyoka

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

a.Union Bank of India

b.State Bank of India

c.Canara Bank

d.Punjab National Bank

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

a.Naftali Bennett

b.Yair Lapid

c.Ehud Olmert

d.Benjamin Netanyahu

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

a.Gail India

b.NTPC Limited

c.NHPC Limited

d.Power Grid Corporation of India

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

a.4.71%

b.7.71%

c.6.71%

d.5.71%

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

a.LIC

b.RIL

c.ONGC

d.IOCL

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

a.Chickenpox

b.Monkeypox

c.Covid-19

d.Polio

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

a.Ministry of Labour and Employment

b.Ministry of MSME

c.Ministry of Science and Technology

d.Ministry of Commerce and Industry

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

a.Malaysia

b.Nepal

c.Japan

d.France

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

a.Kolkata

b.Mumbai

c.Bangalore

d.Pune

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

a.Cyrus Poonawala

b.Radhakishan Damani

c.Mukesh Ambani

d.Gautam Adani

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

a.Kota Bank

b.Kotak Mahindra Bank

c.ICICI Bank

d.Karnataka Bank

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

a.Nallathamby Kalaiselvi

b.Meena Ganesh

c.Mallika Srinivasan

d.Shobhana Bhartia

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

a.Lee Zii Jia and Tai Tzu-Ying

b.Viktor Axelsen and Akane Yamaguchi

c.Lee Chong Wei and Chen Yufei

d.Kento Momota and Nozomi Okuhara

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

a.France

b.Thailand

c.Canada

d.Maldives

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

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

b.Removing the taboo around organ donation

c.Every blood donor is a hero

d.Donating an Organ Is Like Gifting A Life

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

a.Ajit Singh Pal

b.Jaswant Saini

c.Ramkesh Nishad

d.Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary

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

a.Venkaiah Naidu

b.Biman Banerjee

c.Margaret Alva

d.Jagdeep Dhankhar

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

a.August 14th

b.August 15th

c.August 13th

d.August 12th

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

a.August 10th

b.August 12th

c.August 14th

d.August 9th

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

a.Mumbai

b.Kolkata

c.Kochi

d.Chennai

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

a.Gujarat

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Uttarakhand

d.Rajasthan

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

a.August 30th

b.August 28th

c.August 22nd

d.August 26th

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

a.Australia

b.India

c.Argentina

d.Mexico

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

a.Dinesh Kumar

b.Aditya Kumar

c.Rajesh Verma

d.Naresh Chandra

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

a.2022

b.2025

c.2024

d.2023

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

a.Mumbai to Ahmedabad

b.Jabalpur to Delhi

c.Chennai to Mumbai

d.Ahmedabad to Lucknow

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

a.Triple Jump

b.High Jump

c.Javelin throw

d.Wrestler

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

a.Real Madrid

b.Eintracht Frankfurt

c.Milan

d.Barcelona

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

a.9th

b.5th

c.4th

d.7th

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

a.Foundation of Life

b.Step Up for Breastfeeding: Educate and Support

c.Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding

d.Support breastfeeding for a healthier planet

178. UGC declared how many universities as fake recently?

a.21

b.27

c.29

d.22

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

a.Bank of Baroda

b.IndusInd Bank

c.HDFC Bank

d.State Bank of India

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

a.Nacional

b.Thunder

c.Amigos

d.Terminators

181. International Youth Day is celebrated on?

a.August 9th

b.August 12th

c.August 11th

d.August 13th

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

a.Birendra Singh

b.Ravi Kishan Takkar

c.Sunita Duggal

d.S. Srinivasan

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

a.Sonam Dixit

b.Sanjukta Dash

c.Sujata Sharma

d.Diksha Rawat

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

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Gujarat

c.Rajasthan

d.Bihar

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

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Assam

c.Arunachal Pradesh

d.Bihar

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

a.Oman

b.Bangladesh

c.India

d.Iran

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

a.Kabaddi

b.Hockey

c.Cricket

d.Football

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

a.Wipro

b.HCL technology

c.Google

d.Microsoft

189. 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

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

a.Track and Field

b.Weightlifting

c.Judo

d.Squash

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

a.10

b.12

c.11

d.13

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

a.Punjab

b.Rajasthan

c.Gujarat

d.Karnataka

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

a.August 01st

b.August 02nd

c.July 30th

d.July 31st

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

a.750

b.500

c.250

d.100

195. Which country will host the IDF WDS 2022?

a.Malaysia

b.India

c.South Korea

d.Japan

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

a.Bhim App

b.PhonePe

c.Paytm

d.Google Pay

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

a.ICICI

b.Yes Bank

c.HDFC

d.SBI

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

a.7

b.5

c.6

d.4

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

a.Nikita Singh

b.Kanishk Tharoor

c.Sannidhya Sharma

d.Meghna Pant

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

a.Jharkhand

b.Andhra Pradesh

c.Telangana

d.Kerala

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

a.Malaysia

b.Bangladesh

c.Japan

d.UAE

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

a.Uzbekistan

b.Ukraine

c.India

d.Russia

203. 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

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

a.Australia

b.Japan

c.France

d.USA

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

a.Bharat Yatra

b.DigiYatra

c.Pradhan Mantri Digital Yatra Abhiyan

d.Bharat Face RT

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

a.August 19th

b.August 15th

c.August 22nd

d.August 20th

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

a.Roshini

b.Prakash

c.Surya

d.Jagmag

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

a.JSW Group

b.Mahindra Group

c.Tata Group

d.Bajaj Group

209. 300-meter long Atal Bridge has been inaugurated in which city of Gujarat?

a.Vadodara

b.Ahmedabad

c.Surat

d.Rajkot

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

a.Ghana

b.Oman

c.Sudan

d.Zimbabwe

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

a.Monument

b.Festival

c.Art Form

d.Dance Form

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

a.Ministry of Culture

b.Ministry of Home Affairs

c.Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

d.Ministry of External Affairs

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

a.Pondicherry University

b.University of Hyderabad

c.Osmania University

d.Anna University

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

a.Manohar Lal Khattar

b.Narendra Modi

c.Droupadi Murmu

d.Bandaru Dattatreya

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

a.Karnataka

b.West Bengal

c.Bihar

d.Maharashtra

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

a.Gwalior

b.Mysuru

c.Visakhapatnam

d.Hyderabad

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

a.Water Polo

b.Rowing

c.Fencing

d.Lawn Bowl

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

a.Odisha

b.Maharashtra

c.Telangana

d.Tamil Nadu

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