Current Affairs August 2022 MCQ Test

1. 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.Faster, Higher, Stronger, Together

c.Held Your Hope High

d.Games Wide Open

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

a.Google

b.Wipro

c.HCL technology

d.Microsoft

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

a.Bangalore

b.Pune

c.Kolkata

d.Hyderabad

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

a.BARC

b.ICAR

c.ICMR

d.CSIR

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

a.HPCL

b.ONGC

c.BPCL

d.IOCL

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

a.Paris

b.Rome

c.Tokyo

d.New York

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

a.Weightlifting

b.Judo

c.Boxing

d.Badminton

8. 300-meter long Atal Bridge has been inaugurated in which city of Gujarat?

a.Rajkot

b.Surat

c.Vadodara

d.Ahmedabad

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

a.Pradhan Mantri Arbitration Centre

b.Bharat Arbitration Centre

c.India International Arbitration Centre

d.International Arbitration Centre

10. When is National Sports Day celebrated in India?

a.August 29th

b.August 31st

c.August 26th

d.August 25th

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

a.7th

b.4th

c.9th

d.5th

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

a.Telangana

b.Odisha

c.Maharashtra

d.Tamil Nadu

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

a.Cricket

b.Football

c.Boxing

d.Weight Lifting

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

a.Pondicherry University

b.University of Hyderabad

c.Anna University

d.Osmania University

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

a.Mexico

b.Japan

c.USA

d.Spain

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

a.Manohar Lal Khattar

b.Droupadi Murmu

c.Bandaru Dattatreya

d.Narendra Modi

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

a.Mizoram

b.Assam

c.Arunachal Pradesh

d.Nagaland

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

a.Oman

b.Bangladesh

c.Iran

d.India

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

a.Climate Change

b.Intellectual Property

c.Food distribution

d.Electronics Manufacturing

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

a.Jabalpur to Delhi

b.Mumbai to Ahmedabad

c.Ahmedabad to Lucknow

d.Chennai to Mumbai

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

a.Hyderabad

b.Gwalior

c.Vishakhapatnam

d.Mysuru

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

a.Ukraine

b.Germany

c.Poland

d.Russia

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

a.China

b.Russia

c.US

d.India

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

a.Sanjukta Dash

b.Sujata Sharma

c.Diksha Rawat

d.Sonam Dixit

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

a.6.71%

b.5.71%

c.7.71%

d.4.71%

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

a.PhonePe

b.Bhim App

c.Paytm

d.Google Pay

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

a.Sashidhar Jagdishan

b.Sandeep Bakhshi

c.Deepak Kumar Lalla

d.Dinesh Kumar Khara

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

a.Panipat

b.Ghaziabad

c.Hyderabad

d.Bathinda

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

a.VivekShraya

b.TaslimaNasrin

c.Marina Tabassum

d.RuvaniRanasinha

30. 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.Babita Kumari

c.Suman Kundu

d.Navjot Kaur

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

a.IAC Arihant

b.IAC Viraat

c.IAC Vikrant

d.IAC Vishal

32. Which country will organise Exercise Pitch Black?

a.Australia

b.Indonesia

c.Japan

d.Malaysia

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

a.Prakash

b.Roshini

c.Jagmag

d.Surya

34. ‘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

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

a.IIT Guwahati

b.IIT Delhi

c.IIT Madras

d.IIT Kanpur

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

a.USA

b.India

c.UK

d.Italy

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

a.Meghna Pant

b.Kanishk Tharoor

c.Nikita Singh

d.Sannidhya Sharma

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

a.Sanjay Kishan Kaul

b.Dhananjaya Y. Moonlight

c.S. Abdul Nazir

d.U. U. Lalit

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

a.Centre for Policy Research

b.NITI Aayog

c.National Council of Applied Economic Research

d.Economic Advisory Council

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

a.Super Vasuki

b.India Freight

c.Bharat Goods

d.Bharat Freight

41. 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

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

a.Maharashtra

b.Kerala

c.Karnataka

d.Punjab

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

a.Rajnath Singh

b.Amit Shah

c.Jyotiraditya Scindia

d.Anurag Thakur

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

a.DRDO

b.ISRO

c.NITI Aayog

d.BEL

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

a.SBI

b.Canara Bank

c.Bank of Baroda

d.HDFC

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

a.Kerala

b.Assam

c.Karnataka

d.Tamil Nadu

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

a.Himachal Pradesh

b.Manipur

c.Kerala

d.Assam

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

a.Hardik Pandya

b.Virat Kohli

c.Rohit Sharma

d.KL Rahul

49. 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

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

a.Kerala

b.Odisha

c.Karnataka

d.Goa

51. 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.Panaji

b.Mizoram

c.Kerala

d.Gujarat

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

a.Gujarat

b.Uttarakhand

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Rajasthan

53. International Youth Day is celebrated on?

a.August 9th

b.August 11th

c.August 13th

d.August 12th

54. 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

55. 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

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

a.Covishield

b.Covaxin

c.Sputnik V

d.Corbevax

57. 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.Croatia and Bulgaria

c.Greece and Hungary

d.Latvia and Estonia

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

a.Bihar

b.Madhya Pradesh

c.Assam

d.Arunachal Pradesh

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

a.Fencing

b.Water Polo

c.Rowing

d.Lawn Bowl

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

a.Karnataka

b.Gujarat

c.Uttarakhand

d.Tamil Nadu

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

a.Assam

b.Punjab

c.Karnataka

d.Jharkhand

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

a.August 15th

b.August 20th

c.August 22nd

d.August 19th

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

a.Gujarat

b.Madhya Pradesh

c.Uttarakhand

d.Himachal Pradesh

64. International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on?

a.August 30th

b.August 20th

c.August 25th

d.August 29th

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

a.S. Srinivasan

b.Ravi Kishan Takkar

c.Birendra Singh

d.Sunita Duggal

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

a.Google

b.Microsoft

c.Apple

d.Meta

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

a.Bihar

b.Karnataka

c.Maharashtra

d.West Bengal

68. 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

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

a.Prashant Pise

b.Vikram Doraiswami

c.Manoj Kumar Bharti

d.Akhilesh Mishra

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

a.Central Government Employees

b.Non-Resident Indians

c.State Government Employees

d.Income Taxpayers

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

a.Hindustan Shipyard

b.Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders

c.Cochin Shipyard

d.Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers

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

a.Ministry of Tribal Affairs

b.Ministry of Women and Child Development

c.Ministry of Health

d.Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

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

a.Telangana

b.Kerala

c.Jharkhand

d.Andhra Pradesh

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

a.Japan

b.Bangladesh

c.Malaysia

d.UAE

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

a.11

b.10

c.12

d.13

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

a.Kerala

b.Karnataka

c.Tamil Nadu

d.Telangana

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

a.Vaani Kapoor

b.Sakshi Tanwar

c.Shefali Shah

d.Kareena Kapoor

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

a.August 9th

b.August 10th

c.August 14th

d.August 12th

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

a.August 22nd

b.August 23rd

c.August 20th

d.August 21st

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

a.Ahmedabad

b.Bhubaneswar

c.New Delhi

d.Mohali

81. '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

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

a.2027

b.2023

c.2030

d.2024

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

a.Arundhati Bhatacharya

b.K V Kamath

c.Urjit Patel

d.Ashish Chauhan

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

a.Pradhan Mantri Digital Yatra Abhiyan

b.Bharat Yatra

c.Bharat Face RT

d.DigiYatra

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

a.Joe Biden

b.Volodymyr Zelensky

c.Narendra Modi

d.Emmanuel Macron

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

a.August 01st

b.August 05th

c.August 03rd

d.July 31st

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

a.State Bank of India

b.Punjab National Bank

c.Union Bank of India

d.Canara Bank

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

a.2022

b.2024

c.2025

d.2023

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

a.Bharat Arbitration Centre

b.Pradhan Mantri Arbitration Centre

c.India International Arbitration Centre

d.International Arbitration Centre

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

a.Raila Odinga

b.William Ruto

c.Uhuru Kenyatta

d.Kalonzo Musyoka

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

a.Kolkata

b.Chennai

c.Kochi

d.Mumbai

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

a.Lovlina Borgohain

b.Pooja Rani

c.Nikhat Zareen

d.Mary Kom

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

a.Azim Premji

b.Shiv Nadar

c.Mukesh Ambani

d.Gautam Adani

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

a.Gujarat

b.Bihar

c.Assam

d.Odisha

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

a.Monument

b.Festival

c.Dance Form

d.Art Form

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

a.Shekhar Kapur

b.Shyam Benegal

c.Shatrughan Sinha

d.Subhash Ghai

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

a.Tehran

b.Paris

c.Berlin

d.Tokyo

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

a.Mumbai Diaries 26/11

b.Mirzapur

c.Jalsa

d.Asur

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

a.750

b.500

c.100

d.250

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

a.Kotak Mahindra Bank

b.Karnataka Bank

c.ICICI Bank

d.Kota Bank

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

a.Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry

b.Union Health Ministry

c.Union Women and Child Development Ministry

d.Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Ministry

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

a.July 30th

b.July 31st

c.August 02nd

d.August 01st

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

a.Iran

b.Afghanistan

c.Nepal

d.Kazakhstan

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

a.Milan

b.Barcelona

c.Eintracht Frankfurt

d.Real Madrid

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

a.Bangladesh

b.India

c.Pakistan

d.Afghanistan

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

a.Santoshi Matsa

b.Mirabai Chanu

c.Bindyarani Devi

d.Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu

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

a.India

b.China

c.Russia

d.Kazakhstan

108. 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

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

a.Maharashtra

b.Karnataka

c.Tamil Nadu

d.Gujarat

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

a.Gustavo Petro

b.Jose Antonio Ocampo

c.Francia Marquez

d.Rodolfo Hernandez

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

a.China

b.United Kingdom

c.United States of America

d.Russia

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

a.Sourav Ganguly

b.Mahendra Singh Dhoni

c.Virat Kohli

d.PV Sindhu

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

a.4

b.5

c.6

d.7

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

a.August 12th

b.August 10th

c.August 15th

d.August 9th

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

a.Polio

b.Covid-19

c.Chickenpox

d.Monkeypox

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

a.Rodolfo Hernandez

b.Jose Antonio Ocampo

c.Francia Marquez

d.Gustavo Petro

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

a.Kochi smart city

b.Pune smart city

c.Srinagar smart city

d.Aurangabad smart city

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

a.Dia Mirza

b.Preity Zinta

c.Lara Dutta

d.Deep Supriyam

119. 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

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

a.Gujarat

b.Karnataka

c.Haryana

d.Tamil Nadu

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

a.Biology

b.Geography

c.Psychology

d.Economics

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

a.Japan

b.France

c.Malaysia

d.Nepal

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

a.Seeing the Unseen: The Value of Water

b.Biodiversity and climate change

c.Transforming the global water challenges

d.Global collaboration for water

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

a.Iraq

b.Afghanistan

c.Syria

d.Iran

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

a.Philanthropy

b.Acting

c.Music

d.Sports

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

a.Ministry of Finance

b.Reserve Bank of India

c.NITI Aayog

d.National Payments Corporation of India

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

a.State Bank of India

b.HDFC Bank

c.Bank of Baroda

d.IndusInd Bank

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

a.Union Ministry of Culture

b.Union Ministry of Textiles

c.Union Ministry of Home Affairs

d.Union Ministry of MSME

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

a.Russia

b.France

c.Israel

d.United States

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

a.August 15th

b.August 13th

c.August 14th

d.August 16th

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

a.India-Bangladesh

b.China-Bangladesh

c.India-Nepal

d.China-Nepal

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

a.Naftali Bennett

b.Ehud Olmert

c.Yair Lapid

d.Benjamin Netanyahu

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

a.August 30th

b.August 28th

c.August 26th

d.August 22nd

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

a.Margaret Alva

b.Venkaiah Naidu

c.Biman Banerjee

d.Jagdeep Dhankhar

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

a.Triple Jump

b.Javelin throw

c.High Jump

d.Wrestler

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

a.Punjab

b.Haryana

c.Bihar

d.Rajasthan

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

a.Odisha

b.West Bengal

c.Karnataka

d.Chhattisgarh

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

a.Kolkata

b.Mumbai

c.Chennai

d.Kochi

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

a.Gold

b.Gold & Silver

c.Silver

d.Bronze

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

a.Uzbekistan

b.Ukraine

c.Russia

d.India

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

a.Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

b.Union Minister Amit Shah

c.Union Minister Rajnath Singh

d.Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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

a.Japan

b.USA

c.Australia

d.France

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

a.Australia

b.USA

c.France

d.Japan

144. What is the full form of BBPS?

a.Bill Bharat Payment System

b.Bharat Bill Payment System

c.Bharat Bill Pay System

d.Bill Bharat Pay System

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

a.Bronze

b.Silver

c.Bronze & Silver

d.Gold

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

a.Hyderabad

b.Ahmedabad

c.Mysuru

d.Pune

147. ‘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 Home Affairs

d.Union Ministry of Culture

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

a.Avtar Singh

b.Linthoi Chanambam

c.Poonam Chopra

d.Thoudam Kalpana Devi

149. 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

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

a.Bihar Astronomical Observatory

b.Vainu Bappu Astronomical Observatory

c.Madras astronomical observatory

d.IUCAA Girawali Observatory

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

a.Shaheed Kapoor

b.Ranveer Singh

c.Hrithik Roshan

d.Ranbeer Kapoor

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

a.Squash

b.Weightlifting

c.Judo

d.Track and Field

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

a.Afghanistan

b.Nepal

c.Kazakhstan

d.Iran

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

a.IOCL

b.ONGC

c.LIC

d.RIL

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

a.NHPC Limited

b.NTPC Limited

c.Gail India

d.Power Grid Corporation of India

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

a.Radhakishan Damani

b.Cyrus Poonawala

c.Gautam Adani

d.Mukesh Ambani

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

a.Arundhati Bhatacharya

b.Ashish Chauhan

c.K V Kamath

d.Urjit Patel

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

a.Cricket

b.Tennis

c.Football

d.Badminton

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

a.HDFC Bank

b.RBL Bank

c.Kotak Mahindra

d.A U Bank

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

a.Azim Premji

b.Mukesh Ambani

c.Ratan Tata

d.Gautam Adani

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

a.Rajasthan

b.Sikkim

c.Punjab

d.Chhattisgarh

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

a.Axis Mutual Fund

b.India Infoline

c.invesco

d.Edelweiss Mutual Fund

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

a.CommuniSAT

b.GramSAT

c.BharatSat

d.AzaadiSAT

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

a.France

b.Malaysia

c.Japan

d.Nepal

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

a.Japan

b.Australia

c.USA

d.France

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

a.Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding

b.Support breastfeeding for a healthier planet

c.Step Up for Breastfeeding: Educate and Support

d.Foundation of Life

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

a.Haryana

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Maharashtra

d.Gujarat

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

a.Thailand

b.Canada

c.Maldives

d.France

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

a.Australia

b.South Korea

c.Germany

d.France

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

a.Hockey

b.Weight lifting

c.Wrestling

d.Badminton

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

a.Meena Ganesh

b.Mallika Srinivasan

c.Shobhana Bhartia

d.Nallathamby Kalaiselvi

172. When is National Handloom Day observed in India?

a.August 7th

b.August 8th

c.August 6th

d.August 5th

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

a.August 16th

b.August 14th

c.August 17th

d.August 15th

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

a.Vodafone Group

b.Bharti Airtel

c.Adani Data Networks

d.Reliance Jio

175. Which state launched the Cheerag scheme?

a.Telangana

b.Odisha

c.Andhra Pradesh

d.Haryana

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

a.Bharat Biotech

b.Dr Reddy’s

c.Biocon

d.Serum Institute

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

a.Bihar

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Karnataka

d.Madhya Pradesh

178. 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.Mumbai

b.Bhubaneswar

c.New Delhi

d.Kolkata

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

a.Bajaj Group

b.Mahindra Group

c.JSW Group

d.Tata Group

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

a.Dalai Lama

b.Desmond Tutu

c.Prime Minister Narendra Modi

d.Pope Francis

181. Which country will host the IDF WDS 2022?

a.South Korea

b.Malaysia

c.Japan

d.India

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

a.Cricket

b.Kabaddi

c.Hockey

d.Football

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

a.Ghana

b.Sudan

c.Zimbabwe

d.Oman

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

a.Sikkim

b.Gujarat

c.Uttarakhand

d.Arunachal Pradesh

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

a.August 13th

b.August 12th

c.August 15th

d.August 14th

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

a.Pune

b.Mumbai

c.Bangalore

d.Kolkata

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

a.Gwalior

b.Mysuru

c.Hyderabad

d.Visakhapatnam

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

a.Ministry of Education

b.Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

c.Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

d.Ministry of Home Affairs

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

a.M Sreeshankar

b.Dutee Chand

c.Tejaswin Shankar

d.Hima Das

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

a.Ruani Ranasinha

b.Marina Tabas

c.Taslima Nasreen

d.Rukhsana Ahmed

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

a.Gujarat

b.Punjab

c.Karnataka

d.Rajasthan

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

a.Uhuru Kenyatta

b.William Ruto

c.Raila Odinga

d.Kalonzo Musyoka

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

a.Indian Army

b.Indian Coast Guard

c.Indian Navy

d.Indian Air Force

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

a.New Delhi

b.Indore

c.Kolkata

d.Patna

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

a.Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

b.Ministry of Labour and Employment

c.Ministry of Home Affairs

d.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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

a.Dinesh Kumar

b.Naresh Chandra

c.Aditya Kumar

d.Rajesh Verma

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

a.Ajit Singh Pal

b.Ramkesh Nishad

c.Jaswant Saini

d.Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary

198. UGC declared how many universities as fake recently?

a.21

b.27

c.22

d.29

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

a.Uday Umesh Lalit

b.Shripathi Ravindra Bhat

c.Vineet Saran

d.Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud

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

a.Swachhjal.org

b.Swachhnadi.org

c.Swachbharat.org

d.Swachhsagar.org

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

a.Vainu Bappu Astronomical Observatory

b.IUCAA Girawali Observatory

c.Madras astronomical observatory

d.Bihar Astronomical Observatory

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

a.USA

b.Russia

c.Mexico

d.Spain

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

a.Gujarat

b.Assam

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Odisha

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

a.August 13th

b.August 14th

c.August 15th

d.August 16th

205. 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.Lee Chong Wei and Chen Yufei

c.Viktor Axelsen and Akane Yamaguchi

d.Kento Momota and Nozomi Okuhara

206. Chandigarh International Airport will be renamed after whom?

a.Udham Singh

b.Shaheed Bhagat Singh

c.Sukhdev Thapar

d.Kartar Singh Sarabha

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

a.Jharkhand

b.Rajasthan

c.Haryana

d.Gujarat

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

a.Chhattisgarh

b.Assam

c.Rajasthan

d.Telangana

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

a.Telangana

b.Haryana

c.Manipur

d.Assam

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

a.Punjab

b.Karnataka

c.Rajasthan

d.Gujarat

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

a.Japan

b.Canada

c.Russia

d.UK

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

a.Donating an Organ Is Like Gifting A Life

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

c.Removing the taboo around organ donation

d.Every blood donor is a hero

213. 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.142nd

c.149th

d.146th

214. Which country passed the CHIPS Bill?

a.Japan

b.Israel

c.US

d.China

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

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Gujarat

c.Rajasthan

d.Bihar

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

a.Assam

b.Sikkim

c.Arunachal Pradesh

d.Jammu and Kashmir

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

a.China

b.Germany

c.Norway

d.Finland

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

a.Amigos

b.Thunder

c.Terminators

d.Nacional

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