Current Affairs March 2022 MCQs Test Question Answers

1. World Civil Defence Day is being observed on which date?

a.01st March

b.28th February

c.27th February

d.02nd March

2. The International Day of Action for Rivers is being celebrated on which date?

a.March 13th

b.March 14th

c.March 15th

d.March 11th

3. Which country hosted BIMSTEC Summit 2022?

a.Bangladesh

b.Sri Lanka

c.Thailand

d.India

4. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of IRDAI in 2022?

a.Debasish Panda

b.A. Ramana Rao

c.Mamta Suri

d.Sanjay Kumar Verma

5. Whose translation 'Tomb of Sand' has been nominated for the International Booker Prize?

a.Arundhati Roy

b.Kiran Desai

c.Aravind Adiga

d.Geetanjali Shree

6. Integrated Approach in S&T for Sustainable Future’ is the theme of which day in 2022?

a.National Biology Day

b.National Internet Day

c.National Science Day

d.National Physics Day

7. RBI is observing the Digital Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) 2022. What is the theme of the celebrations?

a.Unified Payments Interface

b.Outreach and Availability of Digital Payments

c.Smarter Digital Payments

d.Go Digital, Go Secure

8. The DefExpo 2022 has been postponed till further orders. The event was scheduled to take place in which city?

a.Lucknow

b.Gandhinagar

c.Ranchi

d.Bengaluru

9. Instagram is No Longer Accessible in which country?

a.Germany

b.Russia

c.Canada

d.Norway

10. To recognize the importance of recycling, ‘Global Recycling Day’ celebrated on which date in 2022?

a.March 13th

b.March 14th

c.March 17th

d.March 18th

11. Which is the first state in the country to use the 'Crop Diversification Index'?

a.Tamil Nadu

b.Andhra Pradesh

c.Punjab

d.Telangana

12. Which two country started their annual Dharma Guardian exercise in Karnataka begin on February 27 to March 10, 2022?

a.India and Japan

b.India and Nepal

c.India and USA

d.India and Pakistan

13. What is the name of India's automatic train collision protection system?

a.Kavach

b.Dhaal

c.Suraksha

d.Raksha

14. Indian Navy received the 12th anti-submarine warfare aircraft P-8I from which Aerospace company?

a.Boeing

b.Blue Origin

c.Lockheed Martin

d.Airbus

15. Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya and CM Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated the 35th Surajkund International Crafts Mela in which place?

a.Jhajjar

b.Gurugram

c.Faridabad

d.Sonipat

16. Who is the author of the book titled - Blue Umbrella?

a.Ruskin Bond

b.RK Laxman

c.Arundhati Roy

d.R. K. Narayan

17. Who has become India's second-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket?

a.R Ashwin

b.Ishant Sharma

c.Mohammed Shami

d.Jasprit Bumrah

18. Indian Railways has planned to deploy its indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system called as ‘Kavach’ across 2,000 km of network in which fiscal year?

a.2024-25

b.2022-23

c.2025-26

d.2023-24

19. Gabriel Boric Font has been appointed as the youngest President of which country?

a.Chile

b.Peru

c.Argentina

d.Mexico

20. ‘2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup’ is the twelfth edition schedule between which dates?

a.4 March 2022 to 12 April, 2022

b.4 March 2022 to 5 April, 2022

c.4 March 2022 to 3 April, 2022

d.4 March 2022 to 10 April, 2022

21. Which coalfield in India is currently the largest coal-producing company of India after its production crossed 157 million tonnes in 2021-22?

a.South Eastern Coalfields Limited

b.Mahanadi Coalfields Limited

c.Bharat Coking Coal

d.Central Coalfields Limited

22. In which city did Reliance Industries Ltd open Indias first global destination named Jio World Center?

a.Ahmedabad

b.Mumbai

c.Nagpur

d.Noida

23. Name of the city of India that has created a Guinness record by lighting 11.71 lakh clay lamps (diyas) in 10 minutes, on the occasion of Mahashivratri 2022?

a.Ujjain

b.Haridwar

c.Varanasi

d.Delhi

24. Balikatan 2022 is a military drill of the US army with which country?

a.Japan

b.Philippines

c.South Korea

d.France

25. How much amount has been set as the target by the government for the NaBFID to sanction loans for the infrastructure sector in 2022-23?

a.Rs 5 trillion

b.Rs 3 trillion

c.Rs 2 trillion

d.Rs 1 trillion

26. Which Indian actress has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of Bharti AXA Life Insurance?

a.Shruti Haasan

b.Deepika Padukone

c.Kriti Sanon

d.Vidya Balan

27. Ministry of Women and Child Development will launch the 'Back to School' Campaign in partnership with which organization?

a.NITI Aayog

b.UNICEF

c.WHO

d.World Bank

28. In which state India's first Virtual Smart Grid Knowledge Center has been inaugurated?

a.Dehradun, Himachal Pradesh

b.Gandhinagar, Gujarat

c.Manesar, Haryana

d.Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

29. On Board: My Years in BCCI is an autobiography of which person?

a.Ratnakar Shetty

b.Diana Edulji

c.Anjum Chopra

d.Vinod Rai

30. The National Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society has started in which city?

a.Visakhapatanam

b.Jaipur

c.Delhi

d.Mumbai

31. The Virtual SGKC has been developed by which company?

a.Power Finance Corporation

b.Indian Oil Corporation

c.NTPC Limited

d.POWERGRID

32. The International Day of Forests is being celebrated on which date?

a.March 20th

b.March 18th

c.March 21st

d.March 19th

33. For How many days Yoga Mahotsav 2022 campaign has been started?

a.150 days

b.200 days

c.100 days

d.50 days

34. Name the Environmentalist as been selected for the IWOC Award for 2022?

a.Rizwana Hasan

b.Sunita Narain

c.Maneka Gandhi

d.Sumaira Abdulali

35. Equirus Wealth in collaboration with SCUBE Capital along with which bank to jointly launch USD Offshore Fund?

a.Axis Bank

b.Federal Bank

c.ICICI Bank

d.Canara Bank

36. Where 1.66 petaflops supercomputer named PARAM Ganga has been installed?

a.IIT Roorkee

b.IIT Hyderabad

c.IIT Pune

d.IIT Chennai

37. The Government of India has set a target of constructing 220 new airports in the country by which year?

a.2026

b.2024

c.2025

d.2027

38. What is the theme for World Tuberculosis Day 2022?

a.It's Time

b.Invest to End TB. Save Lives

c.The Clock is Ticking

d.It's time to end TB

39. On which day the International Day of the Unborn Child is being celebrated?

a.March 26th

b.March 27th

c.March 25th

d.March 28th

40. SLINEX' is a bilateral maritime exercise between India and which country?

a.Singapore

b.Sri Lanka

c.Oman

d.Japan

41. Which nation has threatened to detach itself from the International Space Station?

a.Russia

b.China

c.South Korea

d.USA

42. To handle the increasing e-waste, India’s first electronic-waste eco-friendly 20 acres park to be setup at where?

a.Punjab

b.Bihar

c.Karnataka

d.Delhi

43. Who has been appointed as the MD & CEO of Maruti Suzuki?

a.Shigetoshi Torii

b.Osamu Suzuki

c.Hisashi Takeuchi

d.Kenichi Ayukawa

44. Which company announced to buying banking-software maker ‘Technisys SA’ for about $1.1 Billion?

a.Amazon

b.Adobe

c.SoFi Technologies Inc

d.Microsoft

45. The first-ever Drone school has been inaugurated in which of these cities by the Minister of Civil Aviation?

a.Gwalior

b.Gurugram

c.Chandigarh

d.Dehradun

46. Exercise Vayu Shakti 2022 will be organised in which place by the IAF?

a.Pithoragarh

b.Agra

c.Nainital

d.Jaisalmer

47. Former Chief of the Indian Army, General S F Rodrigues has passed away. He had also served as the Governor of which state?

a.Haryana

b.Punjab

c.Madhya Pradesh

d.Rajasthan

48. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) observed it's which Foundation Day in 2022?

a.35th

b.31st

c.37th

d.39th

49. Who has been crowned Miss World 2021?

a.Anna Leitch

b.Shree Saini

c.Karolina Bielawaska

d.Karolina Vidales

50. Which US courier service company has announced the appointment of Indian-origin Raj Subramaniam as its next CEO?

a.DHL

b.FedEx

c.Agarwal Packers

d.United Parcel Services

51. Name the cargo vessel which has become the longest vessel ever to sail on the river Brahmaputra?

a.MV Northern Jaguar

b.MV Ram Prasad Bismil

c.MV MSC Valeria

d.MV APL Raffles

52. What is the theme of the International Day of Action for Rivers in 2022?

a.Water for Our Future

b.Women, Water, and Climate Change

c.The Importance of Rivers for Biodiversity

d.Rights of Rivers

53. Who has approved the establishment of the National Land Monetization Corporation?

a.Planning Commission

b.Supreme Court

c.Ministry of Education

d.Union Cabinet

54. Which country is the largest importer of arms globally, as per SIPRI's Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2021 Report?

a.India

b.China

c.USA

d.Israel

55. Due to the 2022 Russia-Ukraine War, which organization approved $1.4 billion emergency support for the Ukraine?

a.International Labor Organization

b.World Trade Organization

c.International Monetary Fund

d.European Union (EU)

56. Nepal’s House of Representatives has ratified __ US Dollar grant assistance-Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) pact along with ‘interpretative declaration’?

a.300 Million

b.100 Million

c.200 Million

d.500 Million

57. Deloitte's report titled "Global Powers of Retailing 2022, which company topped the list?

a.Walmart Inc

b.The Home Depot, Inc

c.Schwarz Group

d.Costco Wholesale Corporation

58. ‘Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration’ is the theme of which day in 2022?

a.World Meteorological Day

b.World Wildlife Day 2022

c.World TB Day

d.World Water Day

59. Cricket Sonny Ramadhin who passed away represented which cricket playing nation?

a.Sri Lanka

b.Pakistan

c.Bangladesh

d.West Indies

60. World’s most advanced technology – developed Green Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) ‘Mirai’ launched by which company?

a.Toyota

b.Tata

c.Hyundai

d.Wagon R

61. Which world number 1 female tennis player has announced her retirement?

a.Steffi Graf

b.Ashleigh Barty

c.Serena Williams

d.Maria Sharapova

62. ’73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament’ 2022 held in which city of Bulgaria?

a.Gabrovo

b.Ruse

c.Plovdiv

d.Sofia

63. Bank of Maharashtra has partnered with Mahagram to roll out the 'Bank Sakhi' project in which state of India?

a.Maharashtra

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Karnataka

d.Odisha

64. Which team has won the 3rd edition of the SAFF U-18 Women's Football Championship?

a.Bangladesh

b.Malaysia

c.South Korea

d.India

65. GOES-T is a next-generation weather satellite launched by which space agency to forecast hazardous environmental conditions?

a.China space agency (CNSA)

b.ISRO

c.Roscosmos

d.NASA

66. What is the edition of the IFFK 2022, which is held at Thiruvananthapuram?

a.51st

b.50th

c.25th

d.26th

67. Mukhyamantri Chaa Srami Kalyan Prakalpa scheme was started by which state?

a.Tripura

b.Assam

c.UP

d.Bihar

68. Which city has been the hottest place on earth with a record 53.2 degree Celsius?

a.Kuwait

b.Delhi

c.Chennai

d.Dubai

69. Armond Gustave "Mondo" Duplantis has covered 6.19 meters to break his own world record by how many centimetres at the World Indoor Tour Silver Meeting?

a.5cm

b.3 cm

c.1 cm

d.2cm

70. Who among these is an Arjuna award winner in this sport, who has part of an Asian Games bronze medal-winning side?

a.Robert George

b.Jimmy George

c.Kiran George

d.George Gervin

71. ‘Quitting Smoking Doesn’t Have To Be Stressful’ is the theme of which day in 2022?

a.National Safety Day

b.World Health Day

c.National Youth Day

d.No Smoking Day 2022

72. Which Rating Agency has projected India’s GDP growth forecast for 2022-23 (FY23) at 7.9%?

a.S&P Global

b.Morgan Stanley

c.Moody’s Analytics

d.Fitch Ratings

73. India's first hydrogen fuel cell car Toyota Mirai has been launched by which ministry?

a.Ministry of Education

b.Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

c.Ministry of Education

d.Ministry of Child Development

74. Which one of the following has been released as the framework for geo-tagging of payment system touchpoints?

a.NITI Aayog

b.Planning Commission

c.Ministry of Finance

d.Reserve Bank of India

75. Which organization has launched the military drill 'Cold Response 2022'?

a.Association of South East Nations

b.United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

c.International Development Association

d.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

76. Which film has won the Best Picture award at the 94th Academy Awards?

a.King Richard

b.The Power of the Dog

c.CODA

d.Belfast

77. Lakshya Sen lost to which of the following player to settle for silver at the men's singles badminton final of German Open 2022?

a.Thomas Rouxel

b.Kunlavut Vitidsarn

c.Viktor Axelsen

d.Lee Zii Jia

78. Who is the author of the biography 'The Queen of Indian Pop: The Authorised Biography of Usha Uthup'?

a.Arjit Taneja

b.Srishti Jha

c.Kanchi Kaul

d.Manit Joura

79. Sarjeraodada Naik Shirala Sahakari Bank’ license has been cancelled by Reserve Bank of India. Where is the main office of this bank?

a.Maharashtra

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Tripura

80. Which country has become the most sanctioned country in the world?

a.Iraq

b.Iran

c.Russia

d.Pakistan

81. National Safety Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.05th March

b.09th March

c.04h March

d.07th March

82. Which ministry has launched the Donation-e-Pension campaign under the PM-SYM scheme?

a.Ministry of Labor

b.Ministry of Science

c.Ministry of Tribals

d.Ministry of Education

83. When will India resume scheduled commercial International passenger flights?

a.26th March

b.28th March

c.25th March

d.27th March

84. Who has been awarded the 2022 Governor of the year award at the Central Banking Awards?

a.Sushant Khatri

b.Joy Shah

c.Jef Marcel

d.Mario Marcel

85. Prabha Narasimhan has been appointed as the CEO and MD of which company in place of Ram Raghavan?

a.Coal India

b.HDFC Group

c.Colgate-Palmolive Ltd

d.Google

86. Who has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Punjab?

a.Bhagwant Mann

b.Jaswinder Kaur

c.Arvind Kejriwal

d.Navjot Singh Sidhu

87. Rahi Sarnobat, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan won the gold medal in which event of ‘International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World cup’?

a.Women’s 25m pistol team event

b.Women’s 20m pistol team event.

c.Women’s 21m pistol team event.

d.Women’s 28m pistol team event.

88. The International Day of Mathematics (IDM) is being celebrated on which date?

a.March 12th

b.March 13th

c.March 15th

d.March 14th

89. Which state has topped in the released Scotch State of Governance Ranking 2021?

a.Karnataka

b.Telangana

c.Andhra Pradesh

d.Odisha

90. What is the last date to register for the ISRO Young Scientist Program 2022?

a.April 21st

b.April 10th

c.April 1st

d.April 15th

91. Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the license of which of these banks?

a.People's Co-Operative Bank Ltd

b.Canara Bank

c.Bank of Baroda

d.Bank of Maharashtra

92. Where has the EX-DUSTLIK exercise between the armies of India and Uzbekistan started?

a.Ranikhet, Uttarakhand

b.Tashkent, Uzbekistan

c.Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

d.Yangiarik, Uzbekistan

93. The Bhasha Sangam mobile app has been released by the Ministry of Education in how many scheduled Indian languages?

a.22

b.18

c.17

d.14

94. ‘Nitin Chugh’ has been appointed as the Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of which bank in India to drive digital banking operations?

a.Axis Bank

b.Kotak Mahindra Bank

c.HDFC Bank

d.State Bank of India

95. Which country has topped in the Sustainable Development Index 2021 List?

a.Finland

b.Sweden

c.Denmark

d.Belgium

96. Which party has won the highest number of seats in the Goa Assembly Elections?

a.BSP

b.INC

c.BJP

d.AAP

97. Who initiated 'Digital Government Mission' to speed up Citizen Services Delivery?

a.Pralhad Joshi

b.Kiren Rijiju

c.Giriraj Singh

d.Ashwini Vaishnaw

98. Which ground test of ISRO has been successfully completed?

a.SS3

b.SSLV

c.SS2

d.SS1

99. Which state government has launched the 'Nan Mudhalvan' scheme for students?

a.Karnataka

b.Kerala

c.Tamil Nadu

d.Jharkhand

100. How many seats went to the polls in the sixth phase of UP Elections 2022?

a.45

b.48

c.57

d.62

101. Which national level shooter woman has been selected to represent India for the 2041 Climate Force Antarctica Campaign?

a.Aarushi Verma

b.Manu Bhaskar

c.Apurvi Chandela

d.Avni Accounts

102. At the 2022 ISSF World Cup, who won gold medal in Men’s 10m Air Pistol event?

a.Jitu Rai

b.Saurabh Chaudhary

c.Gagan Narang

d.Vijay Kumar

103. Who has been named as new MD and CEO of LIC Mutual Fund?

a.T S Ramakrishnan

b.Rajeev Suri

c.Ashok Vemuri

d.Jayshree Ullal

104. Caitlin Novak has become the first female President of which country?

a.Sweden

b.Hungary

c.Norway

d.Uganda

105. Which Naval Ship has presented the prestigious President's Colour?

a.INS Valsura

b.INS Betwa

c.INS Brahmaputra

d.INS Gomati

106. Who is the winner of the 2022 Mexican Open tennis tournament?

a.Stefanos Tsitsipas

b.Daniil Medvedev

c.Novak Djokovic

d.Rafael Nadal

107. What is the revised compensation to the kind of hit-and-run victims in case of death?

a.50,000

b.1 Lakhs

c.75000

d.2 Lakhs

108. Which Mutual Fund House has launched an end-to-end women-led missed call advisory service #LaxmiForLaxmi?

a.SBI Mutual Fund

b.HDFC Mutual Fund

c.LIC Mutual Fund

d.ICICI Mutual Fund

109. Asia's largest Tulip Garden is at which place?

a.Srinagar

b.Ladakh

c.Chennai

d.Delhi

110. The Government of India has approved the establishment of the World Health Organization Global Center for Traditional Medicine in which state?

a.Jamnagar, Gujarat

b.Gurugram, Haryana

c.Patna, Bihar

d.Raipur, Chhattisgarh

111. India's largest EV charging station for 4 wheelers, with 121 charging points, has been launched in which city?

a.New Delhi

b.Gurugram

c.Chennai

d.Pune

112. Which company successfully commissioned a 1.7-megawatt solar photovoltaic plant at Bina in Madhya Pradesh for the Indian Railways?

a.HEG Ltd

b.Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL)

c.Elgi Equipments Ltd

d.Cummins India Ltd

113. Immigration Visa Foreigners Registration Tracking (IVFRT) Scheme continuation approved by Indian government till which date?

a.31 May, 2026

b.31 March, 2026

c.31 April, 2026

d.31 October, 2026

114. Which country will host the Bersama Shield 2022 training exercise?

a.Singapore

b.Australia

c.Japan

d.Malaysia

115. CICI bank to acquire up to 5 per cent equity holding in NARCL with total cash consideration of up to __ in tranches?

a.Rs 135.5 crore

b.Rs 131.5 crore

c.Rs 137.5 crore

d.Rs 134.5 crore

116. 2022 BNP Paribas Open Tennis Tournament has held in which country?

a.China

b.Japan

c.India

d.America

117. China’s second Long March 8 rocket launched carrying a domestic record of how many satellites into space?

a.28 satellites

b.22 satellites

c.25 satellites

d.20 satellites

118. Which edition of the BAFTA award has been announced?

a.65th edition

b.75th Edition

c.52nd Edition

d.72nd Edition

119. What is the theme set for the International Day of Mathematics (IDM) 2022?

a.Indian Mathematics

b.Mathematics is Everywhere

c.Mathematics for a Better World

d.Mathematics Unites!

120. Indian Army has banned how many Apps to prevent leaking of information to its personnel?

a.99 Apps

b.79 Apps

c.69 Apps

d.89 Apps

121. The CRPF Raising day is being celebrated on which date?

a.March 18th

b.March 17th

c.March 16th

d.March 19th

122. India’s largest reclining statue of Lord Buddha (100 feet long and 30 feet high) is being built at where?

a.Munger

b.Bodh Gaya

c.Anwari

d.Araria

123. Which of the company has become the first Indian company to sponsor FIFA World Cup 2022?

a.BYJU'S

b.Wipro

c.Reliance

d.Tata

124. March 4th is being celebrated as which date?

a.World Diet Food Day

b.World Service Day

c.World Obesity Day

d.World Post Day

125. What is the theme for the year 2022 for Sujalam 2.0 campaign?

a.Groundwater: making the invisible visible

b.Greywater: the indispensable part of life

c.Groundwater: the indispensable part of life

d.Greywater: making the invisible visible

126. Which country test-fired the ICBM named Hwasong-17?

a.North Korea

b.China

c.South Korea

d.Japan

127. To strengthen actions for nature to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, how many resolutions concluded 5th United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5)?

a.12 resolutions

b.14 resolutions

c.10 resolutions

d.19 resolutions

128. Which of the following automobile company has unveiled a new brand "Vida" for electric vehicles?

a.Hero Motocorp

b.Hyundai Motocorp

c.Honda MotoCorp

d.Yamaha MotoCorp

129. Which is the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)?

a.New York

b.Geneva

c.Vienna

d.Moscow

130. Which female player has won the women's singles title of Swiss Open 2022?

a.Caroline Marine

b.PV Sindhu

c.Nozomi Okura

d.Saina Nehwal

131. World Consumer Rights Day is being celebrated globally on which day?

a.March 12th

b.March 13th

c.March 14th

d.March 15th

132. Kalpana Chawla's birth anniversary is being observed on which date?

a.March 19th

b.March 17th

c.March 25th

d.March 15th

133. Pralay Mondal has been appointed as the interim MD & CEO of which of the bank?

a.CSB Bank

b.DCB Bank

c.Indian Bank

d.Federal Bank

134. Who has been appointed as the new President of the FATF?

a.Raja Rai

b.T. Raja Kumar

c.Marcus Pleyer

d.Marcus Watson

135. Who has been appointed as the captain of Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League 2022?

a.Ravindra Jadeja

b.David Warner

c.R Ashwin

d.Virat Kohli

136. N Biren Singh has taken oath as the Chief Minister of which state for the second term?

a.Nagaland

b.Sikkim

c.Manipur

d.Uttarkhand

137. MeitY has tied with which company to train Indian startups in making apps and games for the global market?

a.Microsoft

b.Apple

c.Google

d.IBM

138. Which is the venue of the India Global Forum (IGF) event in 2022?

a.Gandhi Nagar

b.Chennai

c.Varanasi

d.Bengaluru

139. RBI Governor has dedicated an Ink Manufacturing Unit "Varnika" at which place?

a.Mysuru

b.Pune

c.Hyderabad

d.Siliguri

140. 'Donate-a-Pension' campaign has been launched under the central sector scheme by the government?

a.PM-SYM

b.PMJJBY

c.PMFBY

d.PMSBY

141. Who is the author of the biography "Soli Sorabjee: Life and Times"?

a.Karuna Nundy

b.Gautam Bhatia

c.Abhinav Chandrachud

d.P. N. Bhagwati

142. When is National Vaccination Day 2022 is being celebrated in India?

a.March 19th

b.March 16th

c.March 18th

d.March 17th

143. ‘Jan Aushadhi-Jan Upyogi’ is the theme of which day in 2022?

a.World War Orphans Day.

b.Janaushadhi Diwas 2022.

c.National Safety Day.

d.World Day of Social Justice.

144. The Rs 11,420 Crore Pune Metro Rail Project was inaugurated by which minister?

a.Amit Shah

b.Rajnath Singh

c.Narendra Modi

d.Piyush Goyal

145. The OCEANS 2022 Conference and Exposition was held in which city?

a.Mumbai

b.Chennai

c.Kochi

d.Kolkata

146. How many years of diplomatic relations have been completed between India and Belgium?

a.55 years

b.65 years

c.85 years

d.75 years

147. A massive earthquake of 7.4 magnitudes hit which nation?

a.Japan

b.New Zealand

c.Australia

d.China

148. Which country organized the Polio National Immunization Day (NID) 2022 on February 27th?

a.France

b.UAE

c.Australia

d.India

149. Indian diplomat Mukul Arya passed away in an untimely manner. He was an Indian envoy to which among the following countries?

a.Palestine

b.Turkey

c.Israel

d.Ukraine

150. Which tech company has announced to set up its fourth data centre in India in Hyderabad?

a.Meta

b.IBM

c.Microsoft

d.Google

151. Which Indian economist has been included in the advisory board of the United Nations?

a.Rohini Pande

b.Jayati Ghosh

c.Kaushik Basu

d.Arvind Panagariya

152. Which among the following is Europe's largest nuclear power plant?

a.Zaporizhzhia

b.Cernavoda

c.Bohunice

d.Cernavoda

153. When is Cyclone Asani predicted to hit Andaman & Nicobar Islands?

a.March 25th

b.March 21th

c.March 18th

d.March 19th

154. Which player has won the Formula One 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix?

a.Charles Leclerc

b.Lewis Hamilton

c.Carlos Sainz Jr.

d.Max Verstappen

155. Ashneer Grover has resigned as MD and Director of which Indian fintech company?

a.PhonePe

b.Paytm

c.Google Pay

d.BharatPe

156. Dr Jitendra Singh launched the International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO) at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM). Where is this IMPO/IITM located?

a.Chennai

b.Pune

c.Mumbai

d.Ahmedabad

157. On which day the Pie Day is being celebrated around the world?

a.March 12th

b.March 14th

c.March 13th

d.March 11th

158. World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.March 16th

b.March 24th

c.March 19th

d.March 17th

159. Which organization has issued the first wildlife bond to save African black rhinoceros?

a.UNESCO

b.IFA

c.World Bank

d.Moody's

160. International Judo Federation’ has suspended whom as Honorary President and Ambassador of the federation?

a.Vladimir Putin

b.Elizabeth II

c.Boris Johnson

d.Shinzo Abe

161. Which is first country in the world to authorize the emergency use of a plant-based ‘Covifenz’ COVID-19 Vaccine?

a.United Kingdom

b.Russia

c.France

d.Canada

162. Anubhav is a mobile car showroom, launched by which auto company for its rural customers?

a.Ashok Leyland

b.Mahindra & Mahindra

c.Tata Motors

d.Maruti Suzuki

163. What is the position of India in the global investment in digital shopping 2021?

a.First

b.Second

c.Third

d.Fourth

164. Which state government has announced "Camel Protection and Development Policy" in its budget 2022-23?

a.Gujarat government

b.Government of Kerala

c.Government of Maharashtra

d.Government of Rajasthan

165. When is CISF raising day is being celebrated?

a.09th March

b.08th March

c.11th March

d.10th March

166. How many Prime Ministers have been there in India to date?

a.14

b.16

c.11

d.12

167. Which female sportsperson has been appointed by Global Pharma Lupine Limited as the brand ambassador for its Shakti campaign?

a.Jhulan Goshwami

b.Mary Kom

c.Sania Mirza

d.Mithali Raj

168. The World Theater Day is being celebrated on which date?

a.March 24th

b.March 25th

c.March 27th

d.March 22th

169. ‘58th Senior National Chess Championship 2022’ organized by AICF Secretary Bharat Singh in which city?

a.Bengaluru

b.Visakhapatnam

c.Chennai

d.Kanpur

170. Which of the following eCommerce company acquired electronics reverse commerce (or recommerce) company Yaantra?

a.Mesho

b.Flipkart

c.Amazon

d.eBay

171. MV Ram Prasad Bismil’ is the Longest vessel to sail from __ to Brahmaputra?

a.Kaveri

b.Yamuna

c.Ganga

d.Godavari

172. Hyperspectral Studies for Mineral Exploration in the country. For this NMDC which institute has signed MoU?

a.IIT Bombay

b.IIT Kharagpur

c.IIT Madras

d.IIT Kanpur

173. Which edition of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup has started in New Zealand?

a.5th edition

b.7th Edition

c.12th Edition

d.9th Edition

174. What is the rank of India in the Democracy Report 2022 released by the V-Dem Institute?

a.95th

b.98th

c.85th

d.93rd

175. Who is the author of the book "Unfilled Barrels: India's oil story"?

a.Richa Mishra

b.Archana Mishra

c.Shaili Chopra

d.Shoma Chaudhury

176. Which edition of Civil Accounts Day has been celebrated in India?

a.46th

b.47th

c.45th

d.44th

177. The 19th edition of the India-US MCG meeting has been held at which place?

a.Agra

b.Noida

c.Pune

d.Bikaner

178. What is the projected GDP growth rate of India in the calendar year 2022 as per Moody's?

a.9.5%

b.8.8%

c.9.1%

d.7.1%

179. The two-day Study in India meeting has been inaugurated in which country?

a.Tunisia

b.China

c.Bangladesh

d.Bhutan

180. Who has been appointed as the MD & CEO of LIC Mutual Fund?

a.PS Ramakrishnan

b.TS Ramakrishnan

c.RS Ramakrishnan

d.MS Ramakrishnan

181. The Indian Navy successfully test-fired the extended-range land-attack Brahmos supersonic cruise missile from which stealth destroyer?

a.INS Shakti

b.INS Arihant

c.INS Vikramaditya

d.INS Chennai

182. India have how many of ‘Rafale fighter aircraft’ in the fleet till the end of February, 2022?

a.36

b.32

c.35

d.33

183. The Indian Army version of MRSAM has been developed by DRDO in partnership with which country?

a.Russia

b.France

c.United States

d.Israel

184. Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state/UT?

a.Andhra Pradesh

b.Telangana

c.Tamil Nadu

d.Kerala

185. Indian Army's "Agnibaaz Division" has organised a joint exercise "Suraksha Kavach 2" with which state/UT's Police?

a.Uttar Pradesh Police

b.Punjab Police

c.Delhi Police

d.Maharashtra Police

186. What is the rank of India in the sustainable Development Report 2021 list?

a.120th

b.122nd

c.124th

d.121st

187. The FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO) was established in which year?

a.1991

b.1983

c.1999

d.1981

188. The WHO GCTM will be established at which place?

a.Jamnagar

b.Gurugram

c.Mumbai

d.Delhi

189. Which firm got the license from PFRDA and IRDAI to sell NPS, Insurance?

a.Pramerica Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

b.Aviva

c.FinMapp

d.Edelweiss Tokio

190. Biplobi Bharat Gallery has been inaugurated in which city?

a.Pune

b.Kolkata

c.Guwahati

d.New Delhi

191. The World Poetry Day is being celebrated every year on which date?

a.March 22nd

b.March 18th

c.March 21st

d.March 17th

192. Which ministry released the detailed project reports (DPRs) to rejuvenate 13 major rivers in India?

a.Minister of Tourism

b.Minister of Jal Shakti

c.Ministry of Environment and Climate Change

d.Minister of Education

193. When is "International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims" is being celebrated?

a.March 16th

b.March 18th

c.March 17th

d.March 24th

194. PV Sindhu beat which of the player to lift the women's singles title at the 2022 Swiss Open Badminton Tournament?

a.Busanan Ongbamrungphan

b.Pornpawee Chochuwong

c.Yeo Jia Min

d.Ratchanok Intanon

195. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Uttrakhand?

a.Jairam Thakur

b.Shivraj Singh Chouhan

c.Ashok Gehlot

d.Pushkar Singh Dhami

196. Which bank has acquired a 5% stake in National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited?

a.Axis Bank

b.HDFC Bank

c.Yes Bank

d.ICICI Bank

197. Which state government has announced to set up India's first medical city 'Indrayani Medicity'?

a.Haryana

b.Bihar

c.Uttrakhand

d.Maharashtra

198. Microsoft has opened its largest data centre in India in Hyderabad. Apart from this, the company already has how many data centres in the country?

a.5

b.4

c.6

d.3

199. Who has been selected for the 31st GD Birla Award for Scientific Research for his outstanding contribution in the field of material sciences?

a.Jayendra Saraswat

b.Narayan Pradhan

c.Vijay Anand

d.Narayan Murthi

200. Rod Marsh who died at the age of 74 was the former cricket player of which country?

a.Australia

b.New Zealand

c.England

d.South Africa

201. Sadia Tariq was in news for winning a gold medal for India in which event?

a.Wushu

b.Weightlifting

c.Fencing

d.Boxing

202. Which Indian Institute of Management has the Retail Tech Consortium been established?

a.IIM Amritsar

b.IIM Ahmedabad

c.IIM Bodh Gaya

d.IIM Kolkata

203. What is the projected GDP growth rate of India in fiscal 2022-23 as per Fitch Ratings?

a.8.3%

b.8.7%

c.8.9%

d.8.5%

204. What is the theme of the Rare Disease Day (RDD) 2022?

a.Share Your Colors

b.Rare is many. Rare is strong. Rare is proud

c.Rare is many. Rare is strong. Rare is proud

d.Rare is Many. Rare is Strong

205. Who has become the youngest and fastest female swimmer to swim across the Palk Strait?

a.Bhakti Sharma

b.Aarti Saha

c.Jiya Rai

d.Mana Patel

206. PetrFiala has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of which country?

a.Czech Republic

b.Austria

c.Serbia

d.Latvia

207. Which city has been ranked as the most noise polluted city globally, topped this list?

a.Dhaka

b.Beijing

c.Jakarta

d.Cairo

208. Which country decided to resume scheduled commercial international passenger services from March 27, 2022?

a.March 25th

b.March 24th

c.March 27th

d.March 22nd

209. How many women have been awarded the WTI in 2022?

a.32

b.75

c.52

d.12

210. Modi@20 is a compilation of the political life of PM Modi's past 20 years. The book has been edited and compiled by which organisation?

a.BlueKraft Digital Foundation

b.Pan Macmillan India

c.Penguin Random House India

d.Rupa Publications

211. Which State Assembly in the country is the first to implement the NeVA programme to become completely paperless?

a.Meghalaya

b.Nagaland

c.Manipur

d.Mizoram

212. Supreme Court of India has appointed Justice (retd) AK Sikri as Chairperson of the High Powered Committee of which project?

a.Bharatmala Project

b.Smart Cities Mission

c.Chardham Project

d.Setu Bharatam

213. Which state government has launched 'Kaushalya Matritva Yojana'?

a.Chhattisgarh

b.Haryana

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Rajasthan

214. Belgium have been ranked __ in the Sustainable Development Index 2021 List?

a.4th

b.8th

c.1st

d.5th

215. The 4th Jan Aushadhi Diwas will be celebrated. What is the theme of 4th Jan Aushadhi Diwas?

a.Jan Aushadhi-Jan Upyogi

b.Jan Aushadhi- Jan Kalyan

c.Jan Kalyan- Jan Samman

d.Jan Aushadhi- Jan Samman

216. Professor Deepak Dhar has become which Indian to be awarded the Boltzmann Medal?

a.Third

b.Second

c.Fourth

d.First

217. Which bank launched a booklet named ‘BE(A)WARE’ in India for public awareness on financial frauds?

a.ICICI

b.RBI

c.SBI

d.HDFC

218. In which state 'Dol Utsav' has been celebrated?

a.Telangana

b.West Bengal

c.Karnataka

d.Tamil Nadu

219. India’s first indigenously developed Flying Trainer ‘HANSA-NG’, successfully completed it’s sea-level trials at where?

a.Surat

b.Chandigarh

c.Puducherry

d.Bengaluru

220. Who has become the 23rd Woman Grandmaster of India?

a.Priyanka Nutakki

b.Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi

c.Padmini Rout

d.Mary Ann Gomes

221. Tapan Singhel has been re-appointed as the MD & CEO of which company?

a.HDFC ERGO General Insurance

b.Reliance General Insurance

c.ICICI Lombard General Insurance

d.Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

222. Which country has launched a military satellite named "Noor-2"?

a.China

b.Iran

c.India

d.China

223. National Strategy for Additive Manufacturing’ launched by which ministry in India?

a.Ministry of Minority Affairs

b.Ministry of Defence

c.Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

d.Ministry of Communications

224. The first-ever road project, made out of waste steel has come up in which city of India?

a.Jamshedpur

b.Hyderabad

c.Surat

d.Gurugram

225. What is the theme of the 2022 World Down Syndrome Day?

a.We Decide

b.Leave no one behind

c.What I bring to the Workplace

d.Connect

226. Which initiative has been launched by RBI for a 24x7 Helpline for Digital Payments?

a.DigiRakhsak

b.DigiSaathi

c.DigiSaath

d.DigiRath

227. Who is the author of the book titled- Unfinished?

a.Amitav Ghosh

b.Anuja Chauhan

c.Salman Rushdie

d.Priyanka Chopra

228. What is the theme of 2022 World Kidney Day?

a.Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere

b.Living Well with Kidney Disease

c.Kidney health for everyone everywhere from prevention to detection and equitable access to care

d.Kidney Health for All: Bridge the knowledge gap to better kidney care

229. Classical wind music instrument Narasinghapettai nagaswaram of which state has received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag?

a.Kerala

b.Odisha

c.Tamil Nadu

d.Maharashtra

230. What is the theme of World Rotaract Day?

a.Connecting for Good

b.Rotary Making a Difference

c.Rotary in Action

d.Be the change

231. Pooja Jatyan, Shyam Sundar and Jyoti Balyan are related to which sports?

a.Archery

b.Badminton

c.Javelin Throw

d.Discuss Throw

232. The 12th edition of the RSM 2022 has been organised in which state?

a.Odisha

b.West Bengal

c.Andra Pradesh

d.Gujarat

233. Who has been appointed as the CFO of the LIC?

a.Vinay Kumar Verma

b.Sunil Agrawal

c.Supriya Bakhshi

d.Pankaj Jain

234. Matrushakti Udaymita Scheme has been launched by which state to promote women entrepreneurship in the state?

a.Punjab

b.Uttarakhand

c.West Bengal

d.Haryana

235. India has signed a Host Country Agreement with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for the establishment of an Area Office & Innovation Centre of ITU in which city of the country?

a.Noida

b.Pune

c.New Delhi

d.Chennai

236. The sea-level trials of India's first indigenously developed Flying Trainer was successfully completed at Puducherry. What is the name of this trainer aircraft?

a.HARRIS-NG

b.HERCULES-NG

c.HAWK-NG

d.HANSA-NG

237. Which company introduces a 19-seater civil aircraft to be deployed under UDAN Scheme?

a.NTPC

b.BEL

c.HAL

d.GAIL

238. ToneTag partnered with which bank for "VoiceSe UPI payments service"?

a.NSDL Payments Bank

b.SBI

c.Airtel Payments Bank

d.PNB

239. What is the theme of the 2022 International Women's Day?

a.Think equal, build smart, innovate for change

b.Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women's lives

c.Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow

d.An equal world is an enabled world

240. Robert Abela has been re-elected as the Prime Minister of which country?

a.Portugal

b.Malta

c.Maldives

d.Cyprus

241. Which company has become the first LAB manufacturing company in the world to get BIS certification?

a.Reliance

b.Tata

c.Adani

d.Tamil Nadu Petroproducts

242. Who has been appointed as Chairperson of the High Powered Committee?

a.Raju Mistri

b.Ajay Kushwaha

c.Ravi Chopra

d.AK Sikri

243. Who has become the first African to win the Pritzker Prize 2022?

a.Laura Crimaldi

b.Francis Kere

c.Morenati emilio

d.Evan allen

244. Nitin Paranjpe has been appointed as the Non-Executive Chairman of which FMCG company with effect from March 31, 2022?

a.Patanjali Ayurved Limited

b.Hindustan Unilever Ltd

c.ITC Ltd

d.Britannia Industries Ltd

245. Which state government has launched 'Women@Work' program?

a.Karnataka

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Jharkhand

d.Kerala

246. What is the latest rank of Indian Passport on the Henley Passport Index?

a.76

b.83

c.87

d.86

247. What is the upper limit of a UPI Lite payment transaction?

a.Rs 200

b.Rs 500

c.Rs 300

d.Rs 100

248. RBI has cancelled the license of People's Co-operative Bank Ltd. located at which place?

a.Kanpur

b.Pune

c.Mumbai

d.Kolhapur

249. RBI has launched which UPI facility for feature phones?

a.UPI123paid

b.UPI123paisa

c.UPI123payment

d.UPI123pay

250. The new edition of Knight Frank's The Wealth Report 2022, what is the rank of India in the billionaire population globally?

a.Second

b.Third

c.First

d.Fourth

251. Green Triangle named after Mahatma Gandhi, has been inaugurated in which country?

a.Nepa

b.Madagascar

c.Sri Lanka

d.Singapore

252. Who has been ranked as the world's top billionaire in 2022 M3M Hurun Global Rich List?

a.Jeff Bezos

b.Elon Musk

c.Bill Gates

d.Bernard Arnault

253. How many women received the 'Nari Shakti Puraskar' for the years 2020 and 2021?

a.31

b.30

c.32

d.29

254. The World Kidney Day 2022 is being celebrated on which date?

a.12th March

b.10th March

c.13th March

d.11th March

255. Which of the following has announced the purchase of Evilient Technologies, a renowned FinTech business?

a.HDFC Bank

b.Paytm

c.Pay you

d.Razorpay

256. Bharti Airtel has joined hands with which bank to launch a co-branded credit card to strengthen the growth of India's digital ecosystem?

a.HDFC Bank

b.Kotak Mahindra Bank

c.ICICI Bank

d.Axis Bank

257. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and who has signed an MoU towards green energy goals?

a.Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited

b.Coal India

c.SEBI

d.Bank of Baroda

258. Which Country Astronomers discovered 1st Known Quadruple Asteroid System?

a.China

b.South Korea

c.Thailand

d.Japan

259. What does 'S' stand for in 'SWIFT' financial messaging service?

a.Simple

b.Service

c.Secure

d.Society

260. Which country's central bank governor has been awarded the Governor of the Year Award at the Central Banking Awards 2022?

a.Quba

b.UAE

c.Chile

d.Iran

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