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1. Nagesh Singh has been appointed as In-
dia’s next ambassador to which country?
(A) USA
(B) U.K
(C) Thailand
(D) France
2. Which institution launched the NDAP?
(A) NITI Aayog
(B) C-DAC
(C) NASSCOM
(D) Reserve Bank of India
3. Who has been named as the new CEO of
FedEx?
(A) Arvind Krishna
(B) Raj Subramaniam
(C) Nikesh Arora
(D) Shantanu Narayen
4. India’s first Autonomous Navigation facil-
ity TiHAN has been inaugurated in which
institute?
(A) IIT Madras
(B) IIT Hyderabad
(C) IIT Bombay
(D) IIT Delhi
5. Which country has won FIH Hockey 5s
2022?
(A) India
(B) Poland
(C) Switzerland
(D) Sweden
6. Cabinet of which state has approved the
new Electric Vehicle Manufacturing and
Mobility Policy 2022 in October 2022?
(A) Assam
(B) Kerala
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Karnataka
7. Ramchandra Manjhi, who passed away
was related to which one of the following
folk dances?
(A) Rajasthani Folk Dance
(B) Tamil Fork Dance
(C) Bhojpuri Folk Dance
(D) Karnataka Folk Dance
8. Which state’s High Court has asked stu-
dents not to wear ‘religious things’ till the
disposal of the Hijab matter?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Telangana
(C) Karnataka
(D) Kerala
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. C 8. C
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9. Which country has become the first in the
world to allow Drones to operate in civil-
ian airspace?
(A) United States
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) Israel
10. Which bank has won the global ‘Cellent
Model Bank’ award?
(A) state Bank of India
(B) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(C) IndusInd bank
(D) HDFC bank
11. What is the name of the MD  CEO of Pun-
jab  Sind Bank Limited who is going to
retire from the role?
(A) S Krishnan
(B) Ramesh Tiwari
(C) Sameer Soni
(D) Dinkar Rawat
12. District Disability Rehabilitation centre is
an initiative of which Union Ministry?
(A) Ministry of Social Justice and Empow-
erment
(B) Ministry of Education
(C) Ministry of Tribal Affairs
(D) Ministry of Women and Child Develop-
ment
13. President Ram Nath Kovind has paid trib-
utes to Sant Kabir and inaugurated Sant
Kabir Academy and Research Centre and
Swadesh Darshan Yojana at which state?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Uttarakhand
(C) Gujarat
(D) Uttar Pradesh
14. RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs
93 lakh on which bank?
(A) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(B) Axis Bank
(C) Yes Bank
(D) ICICI Bank
15. Which Indian state/ UT is planning to
make the world’s largest Tiranga on Au-
gust 4th?
(A) Bihar
(B) UP
(C) Delhi
(D) Odisha
16. Jyothi Surekha Vennam has won a bronze
medal for India in which sports at The
World Games 2022 in Birmingham?
(A) Wrestling
(B) Archery
(C) Sprinting
(D) Shooting
17. Which institution released the report ti-
tled ‘Tobacco:Poisoning Our Planet’?
(A) UNICEF
(B) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(C) NITI Aayog
(D) World Health Organization
18. The UN World Food Programme in In-
dia has partnered with which organisation
to enhance the effectiveness of the PM-
POSHAN scheme?
(A) Goonj
(B) Reliance Foundation
(C) The Akshaya Patra Foundation
(D) Pratham
19. Which bank approved Shriram Group’s
merger of financial services businesses?
(A) RBI
(B) BOB
(C) SBI
(D) PNB
9. D 10. C 11. A 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. C 16. B 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. D
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20. Which actor has been awarded “the
Golden Visa” by The UAE government?
(A) Shah Rukh Khan
(B) Sanjay Dutt
(C) Rajinikanth
(D) Kamal Haasan
21. The CM of Sikkim, has declared whom as
“State Butterfly of Sikkim”?
(A) Blue Duke
(B) Sumalia
(C) Phaedyma
(D) Auzakia
22. Who has launched the fourth P17A stealth
frigate ‘Dunagiri’ in Kolkata?
(A) Ajit Doval
(B) Rajnath Singh
(C) Admiral R. Hari Kumar
(D) Narendra Modi
23. When was National War Memorial dedi-
cated to the nation?
(A) February 25, 2019
(B) February 25, 2018
(C) August 15, 2020
(D) August 15, 2015
24. Which institution hosted the OCEANS
2022 conference along with the National
Institution of Ocean Technology for the
first time in India?
(A) IIT-Guwahati
(B) IIT-Roorkee
(C) IIT-Kanpur
(D) IIT-Madras
25. Which of the following has signed the
world’s ‘longest’ gas supply deal with
China in November 2022?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Russia
(C) Qatar
(D) Azerbaijan
26. Bharti Airtel has acquired how much stake
in Navi Mumbai based Cnergee Technolo-
gies, under the Airtel Startup Accelerator
Program?
(A) 8%
(B) 6%
(C) 9%
(D) 7%
27. Japan has launched which communication
satellite from Tanegashima Space Center
via Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA 204
rocket?
(A) Inmarsat-6 F1
(B) Inmarsat-6 F2
(C) Inmarsat-6 F3
(D) Inmarsat-6 F4
28. World Migratory Bird Day is being cele-
brated on which date?
(A) May 15
(B) May 14
(C) May 13
(D) May 12
29. The Minister of State for External Affairs
V Muraleedharan has announced that the
12th World Hindi Conference is to be held
in which country?
(A) Vanuatu
(B) Tonga
(C) Fiji
(D) Samoa
30. Which is the first state/UT has to include
e-Cycles in its EV Policy?
(A) Odisha
(B) New Delhi
(C) Telangana
(D) Gujarat
21. A 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. D 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. B 31. B
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31. World Hand Hygiene Day (WHHD) is be-
ing celebrated across the globe on which
date?
(A) May 04
(B) May 05
(C) May 03
(D) May 06
32. Ashley Barty has won the prestigious
‘Don Award’ for the second time in which
Country?
(A) America
(B) Haiti
(C) Australia
(D) France
33. Indian diplomat Mukul Arya passed away
in an untimely manner. He was an Indian
envoy to which among the following coun-
tries?
(A) Ukraine
(B) Israel
(C) Turkey
(D) Palestine
34. Sustainable Gastronomy Day is being cel-
ebrated on which date?
(A) June 18
(B) June 20
(C) June 19
(D) June 16
35. ‘Khajuraho Dance Festival’ is a famous
event organized in which Indian state?
(A) Bihar
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Gujarat
(D) Maharashtra
36. The National Crime Records Bureau
(NCRB) observed it’s which Foundation
Day in 2022?
(A) 31st
(B) 39th
(C) 37th
(D) 35th
37. Post Harvest Management Center and Ru-
ral Collection Center have been inaugu-
rated in which state?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Tripura
(C) Assam
(D) Manipur
38. Which of the following state has achieved
the second rank in the country under
the ‘Best Performing State’ category in
the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban
scheme?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Uttarakhand
39. Wildlife Summit has adopted India’s pro-
posal for enhanced protection of which Tur-
tle species?
(A) Leather-back Sea Turtle
(B) Green Sea Turtle
(C) Painted Turtle
(D) Leith’s Softshell Turtle
40. International Tiger Day is being celebrated
on which date?
(A) July 29
(B) July 30
(C) July 28
(D) July 27
41. In which state the Central Government
has approved to host the Khelo India Youth
Games 2022-23?
(A) Kerala
(B) Haryana
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Rajasthan
32. C 33. D 34. A 35. B 36. C 37. B 38. B 39. D 40. A 41. C 42. A
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42. What is the theme of World Head Injury
Awareness Day 2022?
(A) “More Than My Brain Injury”
(B) ‘Inflicted Brain Injury in Children’
(C) “Change Your Mind.”
(D) “Not Alone.”
43. Where has the ‘Nethanna Bima’ scheme
been launched?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Kerala
(C) Telangana
(D) Tamil Nadu
44. The Prime Minister has lauded South
Western Railways for Sculpture made
from plastic  pet bottles at which Sta-
tion?
(A) Delhi Station
(B) KSR Hyderabad Station
(C) KSR Bengaluru Station
(D) KSR Kolkata Station
45. Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon is lo-
cated in which Indian state/UT?
(A) Jammu and Kashmir
(B) Sikkim
(C) Odisha
(D) Himachal Pradesh
46. Point 5140 at Dras sector has been named
Gun Hill to mark the victory of the Indian
Armed Forces during which Operation?
(A) Operation Bluestar
(B) Operation Goodwill
(C) Operation Meghdoot
(D) Operation Vijay
47. Who is the author of the biography ‘The
Queen of Indian Pop:The Authorised Biog-
raphy of Usha Uthup’?
(A) Srishti Jha
(B) Arjit Taneja
(C) Kanchi Kaul
(D) Manit Joura
48. Which is the most searched keyword in
Google search in India in 2022?
(A) Cowin
(B) IPL
(C) Fifa World Cup
(D) T20 World Cup
49. Who has inaugurated the silver jubilee edi-
tion of the Bengaluru Tech Summit?
(A) Amit Shah
(B) Narendra Modi
(C) Rajnath Singh
(D) Anurag Thakur
50. Which company is the first to obtain cap-
tive 5G spectrum directly to deploy solu-
tions globally for the parent group?
(A) L  T Tech
(B) Wipro
(C) Infosys
(D) Tech Mahindra
51. Who has launched the “Yogyata” mobile
phone application?
(A) Supreme Court of India
(B) National Green Tribunal
(C) Common Services Centers
(D) Election Commission of India
52. Which among the following States/UT
launched Single Window Clearance Sys-
tem?
(A) Ladakh
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Puducherry
(D) Jammu  Kashmir
53. Kwar Hydro-electric project, which has
been seen in the news, is located in which
state/UT?
(A) Sikkim
(B) Jammu and Kashmir
(C) Gujarat
(D) Arunachal Pradesh
43. C 44. C 45. C 46. D 47. A 48. B 49. B 50. A 51. C 52. D 53. B 54. A
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54. Who unveiled ‘SPRINT Challenges’ for the
Indian Navy in New Delhi?
(A) Narendra Modi
(B) Ram Nath Kovind
(C) Amit Shah
(D) Arvind Kejriwal
55. Which International Airport in India is set
to launch DigiYatra Programme from Au-
gust 18, 2022?
(A) Cochin International Airport
(B) Goa International Airport
(C) Chennai International Airport
(D) Hyderabad International Airport
56. Which country is hosting the ASEAN-India
Commemorative Summit?
(A) Cambodia
(B) Japan
(C) China
(D) Russia
57. Which is the only Indian company to rank
in the top 100 of Forbes World’s Best Em-
ployers Rankings 2022?
(A) Tata Consultancy Services
(B) Adani Group
(C) Infosys
(D) Reliance Industries
58. Amit Shah announced reservation for the
Pahadi community under the ST category
in which state/UT?
(A) Odisha
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Jammu and Kashmir
(D) Chandigarh
59. National Safe Motherhood Day is being
celebrated on which date?
(A) April 08
(B) April 09
(C) April 10
(D) April 11
60. Which actor has been appointed the new
brand ambassador for the Hero MotoCrop
(A) Varun Dhawan
(B) Salman Khan
(C) Akshay Kumar
(D) Ram Charan
61. According to the data revealed by 1 Lattice
(previously PNG), which of the following
banks dominated the credit cards market
in October 2022, with a 21% share?
(A) Axis Bank
(B) State Bank of India
(C) Indian Bank
(D) HDFC Bank
62. The first edition of the Global Media
Congress is taking place in which city?
(A) Paris
(B) New York
(C) Abu Dhabi
(D) Delhi
63. The Indian navy has participated in the
PASSEX exercise with which country?
(A) France
(B) Japan
(C) Russia
(D) China
64. Which pandemic PM Care for Children
scheme has been unveiled in India?
(A) Swine flu
(B) Plague
(C) Kavil
(D) Covid-19
65. HIV infection rate declines by what
amount between 2010 and 2021?
(A) 35%
(B) 46%
(C) 45%
(D) 49%
55. D 56. A 57. D 58. C 59. D 60. D 61. D 62. C 63. C 64. D 65. B 66. A
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66. Who has been appointed as the new chair-
man of the DRDO?
(A) Samir V Kamat
(B) Meenesh C Shah
(C) Rajesh Verma
(D) Rajiv Kumar
67. Who has won Italian F1 Grand Prix
2022?
(A) Max Verstappen
(B) Sebastian Vettel
(C) Charles Leclerc
(D) Lewis Hamilton
68. South Africa is to chair which BRICS sum-
mit in 2023?
(A) 12th
(B) 13th
(C) 14th
(D) 15th
69. Who has been appointed the new Vice-
Chairperson of NITI Aayog (in April
2022)?
(A) Jayati Ghosh
(B) Ramesh Chand
(C) Abhijeet Banerjee
(D) Suman K Bery
70. Which longest skywalk from the Khar
Road railway station to the nearby Bandra
Terminus has been opened for the passen-
gers to reach the platforms to board trains
easily?
(A) East Coast Railway
(B) Western Railway
(C) North Central Railway
(D) Northern Railway
71. Which Indian state constituted the Justice
Hema Commission?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) West Bengal
(C) Kerala
(D) Gujarat
72. What is the theme of 2022 World Philos-
ophy Day?
(A) Celebrating the Continuing Relevance
of Stoic Philosophy
(B) The institutionalisation of Philosophy
(C) Different interactions of human be-
ings in their social, cultural and political
environment
(D) The Human of the Future
73. What is the new name of the Ahmedabad
IPL team?
(A) Ahmedabad Giants
(B) Gujarat Lions
(C) Ahmedabad Titans
(D) Gujarat Titans
74. National Immunization Day is being cele-
brated on which day?
(A) March 16
(B) March 14
(C) March 15
(D) March 12
75. The newly designated Ramsar site Pala
wetland is located in which state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Assam
(D) Mizoram
76. Ministry of Defence has signed a contract
with which company for procurement of
1, 512 Mine Plough (MP) for Tank T-90
S/SK?
(A) DRDO
(B) GAIL
(C) BHEL
(D) BEML
67. A 68. D 69. D 70. B 71. C 72. D 73. D 74. A 75. D 76. D 77. C
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77. The Ministry of New and Renewable En-
ergy has set up a Project Development Cell
under whom to attract investment in clean
energy, especially in the solar sector?
(A) Pankaj Patel
(B) Balesh Sharma
(C) Amitesh Kumar Sinha
(D) Varun Berry
78. Uni-verse is the Metaverse Virtual Lounge
of which bank?
(A) State Bank of India
(B) City Union Bank
(C) Punjab National Bank
(D) Union Bank of India
79. In which city, did the Ministry of Culture
host the ‘Dhammacakka Day 2022 cele-
bration’?
(A) Varanasi
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Patna
(D) Sarnath
80. Which bank has completed technical inte-
gration with the new e-filing portal of the
Income Tax department?
(A) IDFC First Bank
(B) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(C) ICICI Bank
(D) IDBI Bank
81. The newly designated Ramsar site, Koon-
thankulam Bird Sanctuary is located in
which state?
(A) Goa
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Karnataka
82. WUD is being celebrated on which date?
(A) July 05
(B) July 03
(C) July 02
(D) July 01
83. Ministry of Textiles has extended the
timeline for submission of applications un-
der the PLI Scheme for Textiles. What is
the total outlay of PLI Scheme for Textile?
(A) Rs 8, 555 crore
(B) Rs 11, 578 crore
(C) Rs 10, 683 crore
(D) Rs 9, 725 crore
84. National Statistics Day is being celebrated
on which date?
(A) June 28
(B) June 26
(C) June 29
(D) June 27
85. Who has been conferred Singapore’s pres-
tigious military award, the Pingat Jasa
Gemilang (Tentera) or Meritorious Service
Medal (Military) (MSM(M))?
(A) Vice-Admiral Ram Dass Katari
(B) Admiral Adhar Kumar Chatterji
(C) Admiral Sunil Lanba
(D) Vice-Admiral Bhaskar Sadashiv So-
man
86. Which country co-chaired the High-Level
Dialogue on Migration and Mobility
(HLDMM ), with the European Union?
(A) Australia
(B) India
(C) France
(D) China
87. SEBI has introduced a T+1 settlement pe-
riod of stocks, which makes India only the
second country to implement this mecha-
nism. Which is the first country to do so?
(A) Singapore
(B) China
(C) United States
(D) Australia
78. D 79. D 80. B 81. C 82. C 83. C 84. C 85. C 86. B 87. B
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88. Indian Army conducted a pan-India satel-
lite communication exercise to test the op-
erational readiness and robustness of its
hi-tech satellite communication systems.
What has the name of this exercise?
(A) Spacelight
(B) Sunlight
(C) Moonlight
(D) Skylight
89. Fire-Boltt appointed which actor as its
new brand ambassador?
(A) Vijay Deverakonda
(B) KL Rahul
(C) Ayushmann Khurana
(D) Vidya Balan
90. India approved 98 FDI proposals from
countries sharing borders since in which
month 2020?
(A) May
(B) February
(C) April
(D) January
91. ‘The Queen of Indian Pop:The Authorised
Biography of Usha Uthup’, authored by
whom?
(A) Priya Jha
(B) Rishi Jha
(C) Sakshi Jha
(D) Srishti Jha
92. Which state CM Ashok Gehlot announced
12 gas cylinders a year at Rs 500 each for
poor families?
(A) Haryana
(B) Bihar
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Gujarat
93. Which tribal community does President-
elect Droupadi Murmu belong to?
(A) Santhal
(B) Paraja
(C) Gond
(D) Bonda
94. International Albinism Awareness Day is
being celebrated on which date?
(A) June 12
(B) June 11
(C) June 10
(D) June 13
95. India assumed the presidency of the UN
security council for which month?
(A) March
(B) October
(C) November
(D) December
96. Who has been appointed as the Brand Am-
bassador of PokerBaazi?
(A) Mira Rajput
(B) Kareena Kapoor
(C) Ranveer Singh
(D) Shahid Kapoor
97. What is the theme of National Doctors’
Day 2022?
(A) Family Doctors on the Front
(B) Family Doctors on the Front Line
(C) Love Doctors, Respect their duties
(D) Doctors on the Front Line
98. Who has been conferred with the presti-
gious Dr. Kalam Seva Puraskar?
(A) Tilak Mehta
(B) Kavita Shukla
(C) Ritesh Agarwal
(D) Ravi Kumar Sagar
99. How many Billion Dollars have been ap-
proved by the US Senate for the manufac-
ture of semiconductor chips?
(A) 62 Billion Dollars
(B) 32 Billion Dollars
(C) 52 Billion Dollars
(D) 42 Billion Dollars
88. D 89. A 90. C 91. D 92. C 93. A 94. D 95. D 96. D 97. B 98. D 99. C
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100. Who has been named as the first Indian-
origin woman to be appointed as an exter-
nal member of the Bank of England?
(A) Leena Nair
(B) Chanda Kochhar
(C) Swati Dhingra
(D) Roshni Nadar
101. The Tamil Nadu government has an-
nounced that every year Minorities Rights
Day will be celebrated on which date at
the state level?
(A) December 22
(B) December 21
(C) December 18
(D) December 19
102. NIESBUD and Which company have
signed an MoU for developing en-
trepreneurial skills among the youth?
(A) Tata Advanced Systems
(B) National Aerospace Laboratories
(C) Hindustan Unilever Limited
(D) Infosys Technologies
103. Which state assembly passed the Pro-
tection of Right to Freedom of Religion
Bill, 2021, popularly known as the Anti-
conversion Bill?
(A) Manipur
(B) Tripura
(C) Punjab
(D) Karnataka
104. Who has been appointed as the CEO of
public broadcaster Prasar Bharati?
(A) Uday Muhurkar
(B) Sandeep Unnithan
(C) Ashish Misra
(D) Gaurav Dwivedi
105. Which nation’s Yunqing Tang will earn
the SASTRA Ramanujan Prize in 2022?
(A) China
(B) Japan
(C) USA
(D) UK
106. Who has inaugurated the ‘Gatha Swaraj
ki’ gallery in Gwalior’s famous HH Ma-
haraja Jiwajirao Scindia museum?
(A) Jagdeep Dhankhar
(B) Droupadi Murmu
(C) Amit Shah
(D) Rajnath Singh
107. Rajesh Gopinathan is the MD and CEO of
which company?
(A) Infosys
(B) Wipro
(C) TCS
(D) IBM
108. Who has been named as chairperson of
the National Statistical Commission?
(A) Harshavardhan Sing
(B) Ravindar Kumar
(C) Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar
(D) Ananda Sachdeva
109. Who has been appointed as the new
Chairman of BARC India?
(A) Karan Bajaj
(B) Shashi Sinha
(C) Henry Tajer
(D) Raghavendra Rau
110. Who received VinFuture special prize
2022?
(A) Girish Patel
(B) Thalappil Pradeep
(C) Goldy Bahl
(D) Usha Prakash
111. Meghalaya Chief Minister has launched
which portal?
(A) Kailash Mansarovar Yatra Portal
(B) Residents Safety  Security Portal
100. C 101. C 102. C 103. D 104. D 105. A 106. C 107. C 108. C 109. B 110. B
111. B
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(C) Madad Portal
(D) Portal for Scholarship Program for Di-
aspora Children
112. The Government of India has made it
mandatory for the telecom companies to
store international calls, satellite phone
calls, conference calls and messages for a
minimum period of how many years?
(A) 2
(B) 1
(C) 3
(D) 5
113. CBIC initiated investigations into GST
evasion of what amount by gaming com-
panies?
(A) Rs. 30000 Crore
(B) Rs. 28000 Crore
(C) Rs. 44000 Crore
(D) Rs. 23000 Crore
114. Which country test-fired the ICBM
named Hwasong-17?
(A) China
(B) North Korea
(C) South Korea
(D) Japan
115. What is the rank of India in the EIU’s
2021 Democracy Index?
(A) 39
(B) 54
(C) 46
(D) 95
116. Which state has launched India’s first
Night Navigation mobile app for ferry ser-
vices on a river?
(A) Gujarat
(B) West Bengal
(C) Assam
(D) Maharashtra
117. Which state signed an MoU with NITI
Aayog for enhancement of the learning
outcome of students?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Assam
(C) Punjab
(D) Arunachal Pradesh
118. World Breastfeeding Week 2022 is be-
ing celebrated on which Week every year
to emphasize regular breastfeeding for ba-
bies?
(A) August 02-08
(B) August 05-11
(C) August 03-09
(D) August 01-07
119. Satyendra Nath Bose belonged to which
field?
(A) Mathematician
(B) Astronomer
(C) Freedom Fighter
(D) Social Reformer
120. The Centre has set up Rashtriya Khanij
Puraskar to promote which activity across
the country?
(A) Mining
(B) Sports
(C) Handloom
(D) Farming
121. Who is the winner of the Mrs World
2022 beauty pageant?
(A) Mrs America
(B) Mrs India
(C) Mrs Jordan
(D) Mrs UAE
122. UNICEF appointed Vanessa Nakate, a 25-
year-old climate activist from which coun-
try as the Goodwill Ambassador of the UN
Children’s Fund?
(A) Spain
112. A 113. D 114. B 115. C 116. C 117. D 118. D 119. A 120. A 121. A 122. D
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(B) India
(C) South America
(D) Uganda
123. Who has been ranked as the world’s top
billionaire in 2022 M3M Hurun Global Rich
List?
(A) Bill Gates
(B) Jeff Bezos
(C) Bernard Arnault
(D) Elon Musk
124. Burhanpur, which has been declared the
first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified district in the
country, is in which state?
(A) Kolkata
(B) Bihar
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Telangana
125. Rahi Sarnobat, Esha Singh and Rhythm
Sangwan have won the gold medal for In-
dia in which sports event?
(A) Boxing
(B) Weightlifting
(C) Sprinting
(D) Shooting
126. The UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize has
been given to Franca Ma-ih Sulem Yong
from Cameroon for?
(A) Promotion of Organic agricultural pol-
icy
(B) Promotion of Tolerance and Non-
Violence
(C) Promotion of elderly education
(D) Promotion of Forest conservation
127. Over 30, 000 years old rare mummified
baby woolly mammoth has been found in
a gold mine in which nation?
(A) Mexico
(B) Canada
(C) US
(D) Brazil
128. Mahindra  Mahindra Financial Services
has partnered with which payment bank
to further enhance credit access to a larger
customer base?
(A) Jio Payments Bank
(B) Airtel Payments Bank
(C) India Post Payments Bank
(D) Paytm Payments Bank
129. Which nation’s prime minister, Liz Truss,
has resigned?
(A) United Kingdom
(B) Australia
(C) France
(D) Italy
130. India’s first and one of the world’s
largest carbon fibre plants, Reliance Indus-
tries is being set up in which state?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Gujarat
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Uttar Pradesh
131. India is set to unveil the ‘Young Profes-
sionals Scheme’ with which country?
(A) UK
(B) Japan
(C) USA
(D) South Korea
132. ISRO planning to launch a mission to
Venus in December by which year?
(A) 2023
(B) 2021
(C) 2022
(D) 2024
133. Pralay Mondal has been appointed as the
interim MD  CEO of which of the bank?
(A) DCB Bank
(B) CSB Bank
(C) Federal Bank
(D) Indian Bank
123. D 124. C 125. D 126. B 127. B 128. C 129. A 130. B 131. A 132. D 133. B
134. C
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134. Which film bagged “Best Film award” at
the IFFM 2022?
(A) Sardar Udham
(B) Gangubai Kathiawadi
(C) 83
(D) Jai Bhim
135. Which company has launched wearable
ATM cards and Offline UPI?
(A) MasterCard
(B) Acemoney
(C) VISA
(D) RuPay
136. The central government has reinstated
the suspended five-year e-tourist visa
with immediate effect for citizens of how
many countries from March 2020?
(A) 78 countries
(B) 122 countries
(C) 45 countries
(D) 156 countries
137. Who is the head of the Committee consti-
tuted by the Finance Ministry to address
issues faced by VC and PE?
(A) Subash Chandra Garg
(B) M Damodaran
(C) Ajay Tyagi
(D) Mahalingam
138. Defence Ministry signed how many crore
deal for indigenous Astra Beyond Visual
Range missiles?
(A) Rs 3, 971 crore
(B) Rs 5, 971 crore
(C) Rs 4, 971 crore
(D) Rs 2, 971 crore
139. Who was appointed as Chairman  MD
of BHAVIN?
(A) Rajpal Kumar
(B) K. V. Suresh Kumar
(C) Sunil Gupta
(D) Naresh Malhotra
140. International Day of Innocent Children
Victims of Aggression is being celebrated
on which date?
(A) June 02
(B) June 04
(C) June 03
(D) June 01
141. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inau-
gurated the New Integrated Terminal
Building at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport.
Where it is located?
(A) Imphal
(B) Agartala
(C) Pune
(D) Lucknow
142. What is the rank of India in estimated
Crypto Gains in 2021?
(A) 12
(B) 41
(C) 21
(D) 32
143. NPCI extended the deadline for third-
party apps to comply with UPI Market
share guidelines by how many years?
(A) 3 Years
(B) 2 Years
(C) 5 Years
(D) 10 Years
144. Who has won the “Outstanding drama
series” award at the 74th Emmy Awards
2022?
(A) Squid Game
(B) Ozark
(C) Severance
(D) Succession
135. B 136. D 137. B 138. D 139. B 140. B 141. B 142. C 143. B 144. D 145. D
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145. Which country has launched its first
Project 22220 versatile nuclear-powered
icebreaker in the series?
(A) Australia
(B) America
(C) Japan
(D) Russia
146. Which country’s young cricketer Ishan
Kishan is the first cricketer in the world to
score the fastest double century in ODIs?
(A) Chad
(B) India
(C) China
(D) Finland
147. RBI cancelled the licence of Rupee Co-
operative Bank is located in which place?
(A) Gandhinagar
(B) Pune
(C) Lucknow
(D) Bhopal
148. Who took over as interim President of
the Indian Olympic Association?
(A) Anil Khanna
(B) Aslam Sher Khan
(C) Narinder Batra
(D) Adille Sumariwalla
149. National Thermal Engineer Day is being
celebrated on which date?
(A) July 23
(B) July 24
(C) July 26
(D) July 25
150. Jens Stoltenberg is the head of which of
the following organization?
(A) NATO
(B) WTO
(C) WEF
(D) ASEAN
151. Which institution released the ‘Hand-
book of Statistics on Indian States 2021-
22’?
(A) RBI
(B) SEBI
(C) NITI Aayog
(D) Department of Economic Affairs
152. International Jazz Day is being cele-
brated every year around the world on
which date?
(A) April 28
(B) April 29
(C) April 30
(D) May 01
153. Which Indian City will host India Interna-
tional Seafood Show 2023?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Kolkata
(C) Kochi
(D) Chennai
154. Who has been appointed as the Secre-
tary in the Department of Financial Ser-
vices in the Ministry of Finance?
(A) Anurag Jain
(B) Tarun Bajaj
(C) Debashish Panda
(D) Sanjay Malhotra
155. ‘Sonzal-2022’ is an annual youth festi-
val held in which state/UT?
(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Jammu and Kashmir
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Uttarakhand
156. Who has been named as the Head Coach
of the Mumbai Indians Emirates team?
(A) Sunil Gavaskar
(B) Kapil Dev
(C) Rahul Dravid
(D) Shane Bond
146. B 147. B 148. D 149. B 150. A 151. A 152. C 153. B 154. D 155. B 156. D
157. C
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157. Which of the following state’s Chief Min-
ister has launched ‘Kaushal Rozgar Nigam’
portal?
(A) Assam
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Haryana
(D) Bihar
158. Highest tunnel at Shinku La tunnel will
connect Ladakh with which state of the
country?
(A) Uttrakhand
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Sikkim
159. Mount Semeru volcano has erupted,
sending ash billowing into the sky and
sparking evacuations. Where is the vol-
cano located?
(A) Greece
(B) Holy See
(C) Ireland
(D) Indonesia
160. India and which country has decided to
set up a task force to prepare a five-year
roadmap to boost bilateral defence cooper-
ation?
(A) Oman
(B) Tanzania
(C) Singapore
(D) Bangladesh
161. Which is the first Asian country to join
NATO’s cyber defence group?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) India
(D) South Korea
162. India’s International Economic resilience
improves to what position in 2022?
(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 4
163. The 18th edition of the India-US joint
training exercise “Yudh Abhyas 22” is
scheduled to be conducted in which state?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Gujarat
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Uttarakhand
164. What is the rank of India in “The Impact
Rankings 2022”?
(A) 4
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
165. Who was appointed as chairman of the
National Commission for Backward?
(A) Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
(B) Anil kumar Dube
(C) Satish Sing
(D) Devendr Bhardwaaj
166. Japan recently signed ‘Reciprocal Access
Agreement (RAA)’ with which country?
(A) Brazil
(B) Australia
(C) USA
(D) Russia
167. Which bank has won the digital transfor-
mation award ‘DX 2021 Awards’ by the
CII?
(A) Karnataka Bank
(B) Axis
(C) ICICI
(D) HDFC
158. C 159. D 160. B 161. D 162. C 163. D 164. A 165. A 166. B 167. A 168. B
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168. ‘Education 4.0 India Report’ has been
launched by which institution?
(A) International Monetary Fund
(B) World Economic Forum
(C) World Bank
(D) Bill  Melinda Gates Foundation
169. The Prime Minister presided over the
40th edition of PRAGATI, an ICT-based
multi-modal platform. What is the mean-
ing of the abbreviation ‘T’ in PRAGATI?
(A) Transparency
(B) Tracing
(C) Timely
(D) Trade
170. Which institution released the ‘Living
Planet Report 2022’?
(A) FAO
(B) World Wide Fund
(C) UNEP
(D) UNESCO
171. Which country has become the first coun-
try to legalize cannabis?
(A) Vietnam
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) India
(D) Thailand
172. Who has won the silver medal at the on-
going Individual World Cup in Serbia?
(A) Kavita Dalal
(B) Babita Kumari Phogat
(C) Vinesh Phogat
(D) Anshu Malik
173. In which state country’s first ethanol
plant operated from coarse cereals has
been inaugurated?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Bihar
(C) Haryana
(D) Kerala
174. Who has inaugurated National Tribal Re-
search Institute in Delhi?
(A) Kiren Rijiju
(B) Nitin Gadkari
(C) Giriraj Singh
(D) Amit Shah
175. Airtel Payments Bank partnered with
which insurance company for providing cy-
ber security insurance?
(A) LIC
(B) HDFC ERGO General Insurance
(C) IFFCO Tokio General Insurance
(D) ICICI Lombard General Insurance
176. Who has been named as the new chief
economist of the IMF to replace Gita
Gopinath?
(A) Piotr Trabinski
(B) Pablo Moreno Garcia
(C) Paul Hilbers
(D) Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
177. Which global group announced the
‘Global Shield’ insurance initiative?
(A) G-20 and V20
(B) WEF
(C) UNEP
(D) G-7 and V20
178. Who has been appointed as the new
Prime Minister of Pakistan, removal of Im-
ran Khan by no-trust vote?
(A) Fawad Chaudhry
(B) Shehbaz Sharif
(C) Fazal-ur-Rehman
(D) Asif Ali Zardari
179. Whose birthday did Rotary International
establish World Polio Day to commemo-
rate?
(A) David Chiu
(B) Tammy Duckworth
(C) Joe Hayashi
(D) Jonas Salk
169. C 170. B 171. D 172. D 173. B 174. D 175. D 176. D 177. D 178. B 179. D
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180. Project ‘Vanikaran’ has been launched in
which state?
(A) Assam
(B) Manipur
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Kerala
181. When will Prime Minister Narendra Modi
visit Manipur and Tripura?
(A) January 07
(B) January 06
(C) January 04
(D) January 05
182. Which state government has launched
the ‘Nan Mudhalvan’ scheme for stu-
dents?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Karnataka
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Kerala
183. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation
has granted an aerodrome licence to Jey-
pore airport. It is located in which state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Odisha
184. Who among the following has received
the Gold Award at the 47th Interna-
tional Conference on Quality Control Coun-
cil (ICQCC-2022)?
(A) NTPC
(B) Renew Power
(C) JSW Energy
(D) Tata Power
185. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugu-
rated the World Dairy Summit 2022 in
Greater Noida, what is the theme of the
summit?
(A) Dairy for the youth
(B) Dairy and Healthy Lifestyle
(C) Importance of Dairy on Children
(D) Dairy for nutrition and livelihood
186. India has Ranked at which place in Over-
all Skill Proficiency Globally?
(A) 72nd
(B) 57th
(C) 68th
(D) 44th
187. How many seats went to the polls in the
sixth phase of UP Elections 2022?
(A) 48
(B) 45
(C) 57
(D) 62
188. Which bank has become the first to enter
the metaverse?
(A) Citibank
(B) JPMorgan
(C) Barclays
(D) UBS
189. System Administrator Appreciation Day
is being celebrated on which day?
(A) July 30
(B) July 29
(C) July 27
(D) July 28
190. Which country has awarded a USD 375
million contract to India for the BrahMos
missile?
(A) Philippines
(B) Indonesia
(C) Namibia
(D) Croatia
191. Which is the venue of the first Incredible
IIICC held in May 2022?
(A) Kochi
(B) Mumbai
(C) Srinagar
(D) Hyderabad
180. D 181. C 182. A 183. D 184. A 185. D 186. C 187. C 188. B 189. B 190. A
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192. Rodrigo Chaves has been sworn in as the
President of which country?
(A) Norway
(B) Sweden
(C) Costa Rica
(D) Denmark
193. Which country has launched its most ad-
vanced aircraft carrier named ‘Fujian’?
(A) North Korea
(B) UAE
(C) Iran
(D) China
194. PM Modi hosted the first India-Central
Asia Summit virtually. How many coun-
tries are officially recognized as Central
Asian region countries?
(A) 16
(B) 8
(C) 20
(D) 5
195. Who has been appointed as the new
Chairman and CEO of the Railway Board?
(A) Vinay Kumar Tripathi
(B) Naresh Salecha
(C) Sanjeev Mittal
(D) Ravinder Gupta
196. In which state ‘Four-Sowing Scheme’
has been started?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Punjab
(C) Haryana
(D) Uttar Pradesh
197. Which organization celebrated its 64th
foundation day on 1st January 2022?
(A) HAL
(B) NHPC
(C) ISRO
(D) DRDO
198. Who has been awarded the highest
civilian award of the French government
“Chevalier de la Legion d’honneur”?
(A) EAM S. Jaishankar
(B) Mukesh Ambani
(C) Shashi Tharoor
(D) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
199. Who has won the Women’s BWF World
Championship 2022?
(A) Tai Tzu Ying
(B) Chen Yu Fei
(C) Akane Yamaguchi
(D) An Se Young
200. Which bank has announced the launch of
the SmartHub Vyapar programme?
(A) ICICI Bank
(B) SBI
(C) Axis Bank
(D) HDFC Bank
201. Name of the minister who launched Vir-
tual Smart Grid Knowledge Center?
(A) Rajnath Singh
(B) Amit Shah
(C) R.K. Singh
(D) None
202. Name the IAS officer who has been
appointed as the new Chairperson of
the National Financial Reporting Authority
(NFRA)?
(A) Sanjeev Sanyal
(B) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
(C) Hasmukh Adhia
(D) Amitabh Kant
203. The ‘Ayurveda Aahar’ logo has been
launched by whom on the occasion of
World Food Safety Day?
(A) Smriti Irani
(B) Mansukh Mandaviya
(C) Baba Ramdev
(D) Narendra Modi
193. D 194. D 195. A 196. C 197. D 198. C 199. C 200. D 201. C 202. B 203. B
204. C
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204. In which place was the ‘Rural Tribal Tech-
nical Training’ project inaugurated?
(A) Patna
(B) Pune
(C) Bhopal
(D) Guwahati
205. Who has been appointed as the new
chairman and managing director of Hindus-
tan Petroleum Corporation Ltd?
(A) Pushp Kumar Joshi
(B) Rijwan
(C) Mukesh Kumar Surana
(D) Vipin Sachdeva
206. Which senior IFS officer has assumed
charge as India’s new Foreign Secretary?
(A) Rajiv Kumar
(B) Rohandeep Singh
(C) Vinay Mohan Kwatra
(D) Harsh Vardhan Shringla
207. Which day has been designated as Inter-
national Suicide Prevention Day?
(A) September 10
(B) September 11
(C) September 09
(D) September 08
208. Who has joined NARCL as Managing Di-
rector and CEO?
(A) Natarajan Sundar
(B) Vinay Verma
(C) Satish Kumar
(D) Sanjay Singh
209. How much amount of capital infusion
has been done by the government in NICL,
UICL and OICL insurance companies in April
2022?
(A) Rs 3000 crore
(B) Rs 10000 crore
(C) Rs 5000 crore
(D) Rs 7000 crore
210. Which state has topped Niti Aayog’s In-
dia Innovation Index 2022 major states?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Karnataka
(C) Haryana
(D) Telangana
211. International Master Harshvardhan
clinched the Asian junior chess title held
in which country?
(A) Philippines
(B) France
(C) Cuba
(D) Chad
212. Who among the following has been nom-
inated as the CEO-designate of Deloitte In-
dia?
(A) Charu Sehgal
(B) Romal Shetty
(C) Nandita Shyamsunder Pai
(D) Krishna Rangnath Chaturvedi
213. Which state got its 2nd railway station
in 119 years?
(A) Assam
(B) Odisha
(C) West Bengal
(D) Nagaland
214. Who has scripted history as he became
the first batter in history to reach 4000
runs in T20 Internationals?
(A) Paul Stirling
(B) Rohit Sharma
(C) Virat Kohli
(D) Martin Guptill
215. Which institution regulates the ‘Digital
lending activities’ in India?
(A) National Payments Corporation of In-
dia
(B) Reserve Bank of India
(C) Ministry of Finance
(D) NITI Aayog
205. A 206. C 207. A 208. A 209. C 210. B 211. A 212. B 213. D 214. C 215. B
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216. Nepal has signed the framework agree-
ment to join the India-led International So-
lar Alliance. Does it become which number
country who sign the agreement?
(A) 107th
(B) 105th
(C) 117th
(D) 112th
217. d Stop TB partnership board meeting
was addressed by which minister?
(A) Piyush Goyal
(B) M. Venkaiah Naidu
(C) Prakash Keshav Javadekar
(D) Dr Harsh Vardhan
218. Which state is the 1st Indian State to Ap-
prove a Policy for Drones?
(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Gujarat
(C) Karnataka
(D) Maharashtra
219. Bank credit growth accelerated to how
many percentages in the quarter that
ended June 2022?
(A) 16.2%
(B) 13.7%
(C) 12.8%
(D) 14.2%
220. “SURYA KIRAN-XVI” is a Joint Training
Exercise of India with which country?
(A) Nigeria
(B) Niger
(C) Nepal
(D) Norway
221. Which of the following nations won the
bronze medal in the Women’s Asia Cup
Hockey at Muscat in Oman?
(A) India
(B) China
(C) Pakistan
(D) Afghanistan
222. When was Maharishi Dayanand
Saraswati Jayanti 2022 observed?
(A) February 24
(B) February 23
(C) February 25
(D) February 26
223. What is the theme of ‘Vigilance Aware-
ness Week 2022’?
(A) Embodiment of Honesty
(B) Corruption-free India for a developed
Nation
(C) Ethics and Values
(D) Elimination of Corruption
224. Who has won the best FIFA Women’s
Player for 2020?
(A) Lucy Bronze
(B) Ada Hegerberg
(C) Megan Rapinoe
(D) Marta
225. Defence Ministry signed contract to pro-
cure 16, 479 light machine guns from
which country?
(A) Iran
(B) Russia
(C) USA
(D) Israel
226. Name the Indian-origin physician who
has been appointed as the new coordinator
of the COVID-19 response to the White
House?
(A) Suresh Benix
(B) Sanjay Mehta
(C) Sanjit Mishra
(D) Ashish Jha
216. B 217. D 218. A 219. D 220. C 221. A 222. D 223. B 224. A 225. D 226. D
227. D
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227. Home Delivery of medicines under the
Services e-Health Assistance and Telecon-
sultation scheme is effective has been
launched by which ministry?
(A) Ministry of Sports
(B) Ministry of Women  Child Develop-
ment
(C) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(D) Ministry of Defence
228. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush
Goyal has launched programme SETU in
San Francisco, US. What does E stand for
in SETU?
(A) Ecommerce
(B) Entrepreneurship
(C) Ecological
(D) Entrepreneurs
229. Which country assumed the chairman-
ship of the United Nations Security
Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee in
2022?
(A) Vietnam
(B) France
(C) Australia
(D) India
230. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi is slated
to be appointed as the which edition Attor-
ney General for India?
(A) 15th
(B) 13th
(C) 16th
(D) 14th
231. Which state replaced Bihar and West
Bengal to become the largest state in
terms of the outstanding portfolio of mi-
crofinance loans?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Uttarakhand
(C) Gujarat
(D) Tamil Nadu
232. On which date Air Force Day is cele-
brated in India?
(A) October 08
(B) October 09
(C) October 10
(D) October 11
233. Google India launched Start-up School,
which aims to guide how many start-ups
in smaller cities?
(A) 5, 000
(B) 20, 000
(C) 10, 000
(D) 15, 000
234. Which country has relocated its embassy
from Kyiv to Lviv?
(A) UK
(B) United States
(C) Australia
(D) Israel
235. How many states observed State Foun-
dation Day on 01st November?
(A) 7 states
(B) 8 states
(C) 6 states
(D) 9 states
236. Indian Navy’s all-female crew completes
its what edition of solo maritime mission?
(A) 2nd
(B) 4th
(C) 3rd
(D) 1st
237. Dr Jitendra Singh has launched Interna-
tional Monsoon Project Office at which In-
stitute?
(A) IITM Chennai
(B) IITM Delhi
(C) IITM Pune
(D) IITM Punjab
228. D 229. D 230. D 231. D 232. A 233. C 234. B 235. A 236. D 237. C 238. B
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238. Who has been appointed as the next
Deputy Chief of Army Staff?
(A) Lieutenant General Rana Pratap
Kalita
(B) Lieutenant General Baggavalli So-
mashekar Raju
(C) Lieutenant General Yogendra Dimri
(D) Lieutenant General Nav Kumar Khan-
duri
239. Which bank has partnered with the Na-
tional E-Governance Services Ltd to launch
an electronic bank guarantee?
(A) SBI
(B) Canara Bank
(C) BOI
(D) HDFC Bank
240. Who has been appointed as CMD of
NHPC?
(A) Adille Sumariwalla
(B) Yamuna Kumar Chaubey
(C) R K Gupta
(D) Dr. Vasudha Gupta
241. Which city hosted the first seminar of the
Agni Tattva campaign under the LiFE mis-
sion organised by Power Foundation of In-
dia and Vijnana Bharati?
(A) Chennai
(B) New Delhi
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Leh
242. India’s first hydrogen fuel cell car Toy-
ota Mirai has been launched by which min-
istry?
(A) Union Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways
(B) Ministry of Education
(C) Ministry of Child Development
(D) Ministry of Tribals
243. Who has launched an innovative project
NIPUN in New Delhi?
(A) Sarbananda Sonowal
(B) Hardeep Singh Puri
(C) Narayan Tatu Rane
(D) Dharmendra Pradhan
244. India’s first Amrit Sarovar has been inau-
gurated in which state?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Gujarat
(D) Uttar Pradesh
245. What is the rank of India in the ‘RSF
2022 World Press Freedom Index’?
(A) 176
(B) 150
(C) 104
(D) 87
246. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has un-
veiled a nearly 9.5 feet tall statue of Chha-
trapati Shivaji Maharaj in which city?
(A) Delhi
(B) Kolkata
(C) Mumbai
(D) Pune
247. President Vladimir Putin claimed Russia
is ready for talks to end the war in which
country?
(A) Finland
(B) Kenya
(C) Ukraine
(D) Myanmar
248. Which is the first country to use Facial
Recognition to pay taxes?
(A) India
(B) USA
(C) Singapore
(D) Norway
239. B 240. B 241. D 242. A 243. B 244. D 245. B 246. D 247. C 248. C 249. B
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249. India’s first rural tribal technical training
program was inaugurated in which state?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Jharkhand
250. Which city has hosted the three-day
‘Smart Cities, Smart Urbanization’ confer-
ence?
(A) Ahmedabad
(B) Indore
(C) Surat
(D) Jaipur
251. The RBI has approved which category
of banks to provide doorstep banking ser-
vices?
(A) Rural Cooperative Banks
(B) Payment Banks
(C) Local Area Banks
(D) Urban Cooperative banks
252. The International Day of Plant Health
(IDPH) is being celebrated every year on
which date?
(A) May 12
(B) May 10
(C) May 14
(D) May 15
253. Guru Tegh Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day is
observed every year on which date?
(A) November 19
(B) November 20
(C) November 22
(D) November 24
254. Which state’s Chief Minister has an-
nounced to build a stadium in Olympic gold-
medallist Neeraj Chopra’s native village?
(A) Haryana
(B) Maharashtra
(C) West Bengal
(D) Gujarat
255. PM Modi has declared which day as Veer
Baal Diwas annually from 2022?
(A) January 15
(B) November 10
(C) December 26
(D) February 14
256. A new book titled “Listen to Your
Heart:The London Adventure” authored by
whom?
(A) Chetan Bhagat
(B) Arundhati Roy
(C) Vikram Seth
(D) Ruskin Bond
257. The All India Football Federation has
launched a grassroots football develop-
ment (GFD) scheme in which state?
(A) Assam
(B) Bihar
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Bihar
258. International Museum Day is being cele-
brated on which date?
(A) May 18
(B) May 15
(C) May 17
(D) May 16
259. What is the theme of National Safety
Day (NSD) 2022?
(A) Enhance Safety and Health Perfor-
mance by Use of Advanced Technologies
(B) Cultivate and Sustain a safe culture
for building the nation
(C) Nurture young minds-Develop safety
culture
(D) Road safety
260. Which day is being celebrated as World
Down Syndrome Day?
(A) March 18
(B) March 20
(C) March 21
(D) March 19
250. C 251. D 252. A 253. D 254. A 255. C 256. D 257. C 258. A 259. C 260. C
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261. National Siblings Day is being celebrated
every year on which date?
(A) April 09
(B) April 10
(C) April 08
(D) April 07
262. What is the slogan for the World Ne-
glected Tropical Diseases Day 2022?
(A) Quicker Picker Upper
(B) From neglect to care
(C) A Diamond is Forever
(D) There Are Some Things Money Can’t
Buy
263. What is the growth forecast for India for
2022-23, as per ADB’s estimate?
(A) 8.2 %
(B) 8.0 %
(C) 7.8 %
(D) 7.2 %
264. Which Union Ministry has released the
‘States’ Start-ups Ranking 2021’?
(A) Ministry of Finance
(B) Ministry of MSME
(C) Ministry of Corporate Affairs
(D) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
265. The United Nations observes World Toi-
let Day every year. What is the theme of
World Toilet Day 2022?
(A) Making the invisible visible
(B) Sustainable sanitation and climate
change
(C) Leaving no one behind
(D) Valuation of toilets
266. Who is the winner of the women’s sin-
gles tennis title at the 2022 Adelaide In-
ternational 1 tournament?
(A) Naomi Osaka
(B) Karolina Pliskova
(C) Elena Rybakina
(D) Ashleigh Barty
267. Who has been appointed the director
general of the Employees’ State Insurance
Corporation?
(A) Rajni Mishra
(B) Parul Dahiya
(C) Manjeet Kataria
(D) Rajendra Kumar
268. ‘Health Star Rating’ is an initiative of
which organization?
(A) NABARD
(B) FSSAI
(C) Food Corporation of India
(D) NITI Aayog
269. NBFC Northern Arc Capital Enters Strate-
gic Partnership with which bank?
(A) Canara Bank
(B) HDFC Bank
(C) Axis Bank
(D) Indian Bank
270. India gifted 75 ambulances and 17 school
buses to which country?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Nepal
(C) Ukraine
(D) Sri Lanka
271. Samia Suluhu Hassan, who has been
seen in the news, is the first female Pres-
ident of which country?
(A) Libya
(B) South Africa
(C) Tanzania
(D) Egypt
272. TamiraSES project is being implemented
to restore which river?
(A) Godavari
(B) Pannar
(C) Narmada
(D) Thamirabarani
261. B 262. B 263. D 264. D 265. A 266. D 267. D 268. B 269. D 270. B 271. C
272. D 273. B
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273. Which union minister has inaugurated
the fourth Heli-India Summit 2022 in Sri-
nagar?
(A) Ministry of Railways
(B) Minister of Civil Aviation
(C) Ministry of Home Affairs
(D) Ministry of Defence
274. Blockchain network 5ire signed an MoU
with which state police to implement a
smart policing solution?
(A) Kerala Police
(B) Maharashtra Police
(C) Goa Police
(D) Delhi Police
275. Which state government has announced
to set up India’s first medical city ‘In-
drayani Medicity’?
(A) Bihar
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Uttrakhand
(D) Haryana
276. Who has won the last gold medal for In-
dia in Commonwealth Games 2022?
(A) Sudhir
(B) Vinesh Phogat
(C) Sharath Kamal
(D) Bajrang Punia
277. Who has been appointed as Ombudsman
under MGNREGA?
(A) Swarup Kumar Saha
(B) S L Thaosen
(C) N J Ojha
(D) Ajay Kumar Srivastava
278. Hardik Pandya led Team India against
which country for the T20I series?
(A) Australia
(B) Kenya
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Bangladesh
279. Narayan Debnath, who has passed
away, belongs to which profession?
(A) Politician
(B) Comic artist
(C) Filmmaker
(D) Singer
280. Hardeep Singh Puri has inaugurated the
5th South Asian Geoscience Conference
(GEO India 2022) in which city?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Bengaluru
(C) New Delhi
(D) Jaipur
281. International Equal Pay Day is being cel-
ebrated on which day?
(A) September 16
(B) September 17
(C) September 18
(D) September 19
282. Which country recorded the maximum
number of air pollution-related deaths?
(A) China
(B) USA
(C) India
(D) Russia
283. In which country did women soldiers of
the Indian army participate in the women’s
peace and security seminar?
(A) Mongolia
(B) Germany
(C) Russia
(D) France
284. India won seven medals at the 2022
ISSF World Cup 2022 in Cairo, Egypt.
These included how many gold medals?
(A) 5
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8
274. C 275. B 276. C 277. C 278. C 279. B 280. D 281. C 282. C 283. A 284. B
285. B
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285. What is the projected Real GDP rate for
India as per RBI for fiscal 2022-2023?
(A) 7.4%
(B) 7.2%
(C) 7.1%
(D) 7.5%
286. Tata Power has signed an MoU with
which state to invest about Rs 3, 000
crore to set up the solar cell, and module
manufacturing unit in the state?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Odisha
(C) Kerala
(D) Madhya Pradesh
287. SpiceJet won the ‘Safety Performer of
the Year 2022’ award by which city Air-
port?
(A) Chennai
(B) Mumbai
(C) Delhi
(D) Bangalore
288. What is the name of India’s automatic
train collision protection system?
(A) Suraksha
(B) Dhaal
(C) Kavach
(D) Raksha
289. The first-ever Made-in-India Surgical
Robotic System has installed in RGCI in
July 2022, the Surgical Robotic System
is?
(A) SSI Agni
(B) SSI Mantra
(C) SSI Teja
(D) SSI Mitra
290. Which day is being celebrated as World
Homeopathy Day?
(A) April 10
(B) April 08
(C) April 11
(D) April 09
291. National Mountain Climbing Day is being
celebrated on which date?
(A) July 31
(B) August 02
(C) August 01
(D) July 30
292. What is the expansion of ‘LPA’ based on
which the IMD forecasts the monsoon?
(A) Least period average
(B) Least prime average
(C) Long prime average
(D) Long period average
293. Who won the women’s singles title at
the 2022 BWF Indonesia Masters Bad-
minton Championships?
(A) Busanan Ongbamarungfan
(B) Yamaguchi Akane
(C) Matsuyama Nami
(D) Chen Yufei
294. Who has been entrusted with the addi-
tional charge of chairman and managing di-
rector of ONGC for a period of 4 months?
(A) Rajesh Kumar Srivastava
(B) Rajib Kumar Mishra
(C) Subhash Kumar
(D) Alka Mittal
295. Which company has become the first LAB
manufacturing company in the world to get
BIS certification?
(A) Tamil Nadu Petroproducts
(B) Tata
(C) Adani
(D) Reliance
296. India observed National Solidarity to
honour whom?
(A) DRDO
286. A 287. C 288. C 289. B 290. A 291. C 292. D 293. D 294. A 295. A 296. B
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(B) Armed Forces
(C) ISRO
(D) BRO
297. Which state government has launched
‘Saans’ campaign to reduce the infant mor-
tality rate due to pneumonia?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Karnataka
298. Which football player announced retire-
ment after Qatar FIFA 2022?
(A) Lionel Messi
(B) Cristiano Ronaldo
(C) Xavi
(D) Andres Iniesta
299. Which institution has released a draft
battery swapping policy for Electric Vehi-
cles?
(A) NITI Aayog
(B) Ministry of New and Renewable En-
ergy
(C) Bureau of Energy Efficiency
(D) Ministry of Power
300. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has an-
nounced to give reservation to women
in 33 percent government jobs in which
state?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Karnataka
(C) Tripura
(D) Odisha
301. How much per cent of tax will be im-
posed on the transfer of virtual assets?
(A) 40%
(B) 10%
(C) 50%
(D) 30%
302. Which country’s museum has signed an
agreement with India to repatriate seven
stolen artefacts to India in August 2022?
(A) Switzerland
(B) Scotland
(C) Canada
(D) Denmark
303. National Fish Farmers’ Day is being cele-
brated on which date?
(A) July 11
(B) July 09
(C) July 08
(D) July 10
304. Who has won the women’s singles title
at Swiss Open 2022?
(A) PV Sindhu
(B) Sania Mirza
(C) Saina Nehwal
(D) Mary Kom
305. Which state received approval for a USD
300 million World bank-funded school ed-
ucation project?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Chhattisgarh
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Odisha
306. Rajat Mukherjee, who passed away, be-
longed to which profession?
(A) Director
(B) Actor
(C) Cricketer
(D) Journalist
307. India’s first greenfield grain-based
ethanol production plant is inaugurated
in which state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Assam
(C) Odisha
(D) Bihar
297. D 298. A 299. A 300. C 301. D 302. B 303. D 304. A 305. B 306. A 307. D
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308. Which state women’s team has won its
first-ever gold in the 12th Hockey India
Senior Women’s National Championship?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Odisha
(C) Assam
(D) Uttar Pradesh
309. Which nation has hosted the world’s
largest cyber exercise Locked Shields
2022?
(A) Ukraine
(B) Croatia
(C) Moldovia
(D) Estonia
310. Which state government has presented
the children’s budget for children?
(A) Government of Maharashtra
(B) Gujarat government
(C) Government of Kerala
(D) Government of Madhya Pradesh
311. Which state/UT witnessed the highest
unemployment rate in January 2022
(A) Jammu  Kashmir
(B) Tripura
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Haryana
312. Who has laid the Foundation stone for
the new terminal building of Rajmata Vija-
yaraje Scindia airport in Gwalior Madhya
Pradesh?
(A) Droupadi Murmu
(B) Narendra Modi
(C) Jyotiraditya Scindia
(D) Amit Shah
313. Which country plans to limit the amount
of foreign currency held by individuals?
(A) Pakistan
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Russia
(D) Sri Lanka
314. Which company roped Rohit Sharma and
Ritika Sajdeh as brand ambassadors?
(A) Amazon
(B) Paytm
(C) Max Life
(D) Honda
315. Which sports event becomes the world’s
first major sports event to resume after
COVID-19 lockdown?
(A) Copa America
(B) Asian Football Cup
(C) Bundesliga primary football league
(D) FIFA World Cup
316. The world’s highest railway bridge is lo-
cated in which Indian state/UT?
(A) Sikkim
(B) Assam
(C) Jammu and Kashmir
(D) Arunachal Pradesh
317. Who has been appointed as managing di-
rector of Union Bank of India?
(A) A Manimekhalai
(B) Suraj Srivastava
(C) Rajkiran Rai G
(D) Nidhu Saxena
318. Who has been appointed as the new
Chief Minister of Manipur state Assembly
elections 2022?
(A) Thongam Biswajit Singh
(B) Govindas Konthoujam
(C) Govindas Konthoujam
(D) N Biren Singh
319. The Rashtriya Khanij Puraskar is a na-
tional award given in which category?
(A) Literature
(B) Arts
(C) Mining
(D) Environment and Climate Change
309. D 310. D 311. D 312. D 313. D 314. C 315. C 316. C 317. A 318. D 319. C
320. B
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320. What is the theme of the ‘World Environ-
ment Day 2022’?
(A) 50th Environment Day
(B) Only One Earth
(C) Live with the Nature
(D) Invest in our Planet
321. Which state has topped the Export Readi-
ness Index released by NITI Aayog?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Kerala
(C) Punjab
(D) Karnataka
322. Which country is the frontrunner in
climate mitigation, as per the Climate
Change Performance Index?
(A) Denmark
(B) Germany
(C) Norway
(D) Australia
323. Manisha Kalyan, who has seen in the
news, is associated with which sports?
(A) Football
(B) Weight Lifting
(C) Boxing
(D) Cricket
324. Who approved as new DRDO Procure-
ment Manual 2020?
(A) Narendra Modi
(B) Rajnath Singh
(C) Amit Shah
(D) Nitin Gadkari
325. Which University has received an A
grade after obtaining 3.85 points in the
National Assessment and Accreditation
Council (NAAC) grading?
(A) I P University
(B) Maharishi Dayanand University
(C) Delhi University
(D) The Guru Nanak Dev University
326. India has inked CEPA with UAE. Aims to
increase the bilateral trade between the
two countries from the current USD 60 bil-
lion to how much in the next 5 years?
(A) USD 100 billion
(B) USD 120 billion
(C) USD 80 billion
(D) USD 150 billion
327. The Dredging Museum named Nikarshan
Sadan has been inaugurated in which city
of India?
(A) Chennai
(B) Vishakhapatnam
(C) Kochi
(D) Panaji
328. The Gandhi Mandiram (Gandhi temple)
and Smrithi Vanam dedicated to free-
dom fighters have been unveiled in which
state?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Odisha
(D) Karnataka
329. Which company has partnered with UN-
ESCO to promote and safeguard the ‘Intan-
gible Cultural Heritage of India?
(A) Ashoka Leyland
(B) Tata Motors
(C) Royal Enfield
(D) Mahindra  Mahindra
330. Who has been conferred with the V
Shantaram Lifetime achievement award at
MIFF 2022?
(A) Sanjay Bisht
(B) Vikram Arora
(C) Sanjit Narweka
(D) Ranjeet Tiwari
321. A 322. A 323. A 324. B 325. D 326. A 327. B 328. A 329. C 330. C 331. D
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331. Which world leaders will be visiting In-
dia for the first time on April 21?
(A) Vladimir Putin
(B) Joe Biden
(C) Olaf Scholz
(D) Boris Johnson
332. Which Indian Cricketer has been ap-
pointed as an ambassador for Karnataka
Brain Health Initiative?
(A) Robin Uthappa
(B) Ruturaj Gaikwad
(C) Devdutt Padikkal
(D) Ambati Rayudu
333. The 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World
Cup is being held in which country?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) India
(C) Australia
(D) New Zealand
334. Who was named the Mumbai Indians’
first head coach for the IPL 2023 season?
(A) Mark Boucher
(B) Virender Sehwag
(C) Ajit Agarkar
(D) Sunil Gavaskar
335. Veer Guardian 2023 Exercise is a maiden
bilateral air exercise set to be held be-
tween India and which country?
(A) Sudan
(B) Japan
(C) Canada
(D) Fiji
336. Who has topped the EdelGive Hurun In-
dia Philanthropy List 2022?
(A) Mukesh Ambani
(B) Mangalam Birla
(C) Shiv Nadar
(D) Azim Premji
337. What is the name of the Centre’s pas-
senger processing system based on facial
recognition technology?
(A) DigiYatra
(B) Pradhan Mantri Digital Yatra Abhiyan
(C) Bharat Yatra
(D) Bharat Face RT
338. Who among the following cricketer
achieved the world record for the highest-
ever individual score in List A cricket by
scoring a 141-ball 277 against Arunachal
Pradesh in Vijay Hazare Trophy?
(A) Narayan Jagadeesan
(B) Prithvi Shaw
(C) Ruturaj Gaikwad
(D) Yashavi Jaiswal
339. Who is the head of the task force set up
by the Centre to monitor the monkeypox
situation in India?
(A) Lav Agarwal
(B) VK Paul
(C) Rajesh Bhushan
(D) Balram Bhargava
340. Which one is the winning team of the
71st Women Senior National Basketball
Championship?
(A) Indian Railways
(B) Haryana
(C) Telangana
(D) Punjab
341. In the FIFA World Cup 2022, who won
Golden Ball for the best player?
(A) Cristiano Ronaldo
(B) Lionel Messi
(C) Mbappe
(D) Robert Lewandowski
342. New Covid-19 variant IHU has been de-
tected in which country?
(A) France
332. A 333. D 334. A 335. B 336. C 337. A 338. A 339. B 340. A 341. B 342. A
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(B) Spain
(C) Germany
(D) Denmark
343. Which state government approved the
first tiger reserve in Bundelkhand?
(A) Bihar
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Uttar Pradesh
344. Who has become the third Indian captain
to win an ODI series in England?
(A) Rohit Sharma
(B) Rishabh Pant
(C) KL Rahul
(D) Shikhar Dhawan
345. RIL Picks how many stakes in robotics
startup Addverb Technologies for $132
million?
(A) 65%
(B) 50%
(C) 54%
(D) 45%
346. Xiomara Castro has been appointed as
the first female president of which coun-
try?
(A) Paraguay
(B) Honduras
(C) Nicaragua
(D) Ecuador
347. As per the data by NPCI, which bank was
the largest recipient of the UPI transaction
amount in the October-December quarter
in 2021?
(A) Bank of Baroda
(B) State Bank of India
(C) Paytm Payments Bank
(D) Punjab National Bank
348. Which organization’s exercises Defender
Europe 2022  Swift Response 2022 held
in Poland and 8 other countries?
(A) South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation
(B) Association of Southeast Asian Na-
tions
(C) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(D) Shanghai Cooperation Organization
349. Which player has won the men’s singles
title at the 2022 Miami Open Tennis Tour-
nament?
(A) Casper Ruud
(B) Carlos Alcaraz
(C) Rafael Nadal
(D) Stefanos Tsitsipas
350. Which company earned Rs 1, 100 crores
in five years from foreign launches?
(A) DRDO
(B) ISRO
(C) SARC
(D) NASA
351. Who has been appointed as the new CEO
of Vodafone Idea?
(A) Pravin Kumar Purwar
(B) Kumar Mangalam Birla
(C) Akshaya Moondra
(D) Gopal Vittal
352. Who is the winner of the 56th Jnanpith
award for 2021?
(A) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
(B) Krishna Sobti
(C) Amitav Ghosh
(D) Nilmani Phookan
353. Which state in India has set up the coun-
try’s first Animation, Visual Effects, Gam-
ing and Comics Center of Excellence?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Karnataka
(C) Telangana
(D) Kerala
343. D 344. A 345. C 346. B 347. C 348. C 349. B 350. B 351. C 352. D 353. B
354. B
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354. Who has been appointed as the new CEO
of Sansad TV?
(A) Ravi Capoor
(B) Utpal Kumar Singh
(C) Vinod Kumar
(D) Saurabh Tripathi
355. The Indian Army version of MRSAM has
been developed by DRDO in partnership
with which country?
(A) Israel
(B) France
(C) Canada
(D) Sri Lanka
356. The SAH-BHAGITA scheme to reward
RWAs for property tax compliance was
launched in which state/UT?
(A) Delhi
(B) Assam
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Puducherry
357. What is the theme of International Plas-
tic Bag Free Day 2022?
(A) Stop choking the Earth
(B) Reuse Earth
(C) Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle today!
(D) Eliminate the use of plastic bags
358. Which country is the host of the 27th
Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN-
FCCC?
(A) Egypt
(B) UAE
(C) Australia
(D) Brazil
359. Ela Bhatt, who passed recently, was a
pioneer in which of these fields?
(A) Poverty eradication
(B) Women empowerment
(C) Education
(D) All of the above
360. CBI has registered the biggest ever bank
fraud case by which company?
(A) Mercator Limited
(B) ABG Shipyard
(C) Berger Paints
(D) Shalimar Works
361. The Chief Minister of which state N.
Biren Singh has launched the “Catch the
Rain Campaign-2022”?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Kerala
(C) Manipur
(D) Rajasthan
362. Who is the first Chairperson of the
RBIH?
(A) Viral Acharya
(B) Urjit Patel
(C) Abhijeet Banerjee
(D) Senapathy Kris Gopalakrishnan
363. Which edition of Women Transforming In-
dia Awards has been organized by NITI
Aayog’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Fo-
rum?
(A) 5th
(B) 9th
(C) 7th
(D) 8th
364. Which bank has achieved the maximum
number of awards at the IBA’s Annual
Banking Technology Awards 2021?
(A) ICICI Bank
(B) South Indian Bank
(C) State Bank of India
(D) The Jammu  Kashmir Bank
365. Indian Grandmaster, SL Narayanan has
won the “Grandiscchi Cattolica Interna-
tional Open” held in which country?
(A) Australia
(B) Italy
(C) UK
(D) Germany
355. A 356. A 357. C 358. A 359. B 360. B 361. C 362. D 363. A 364. B 365. B
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366. Japan’s parliament adopted a resolution
on which country’s “serious human rights
situation”?
(A) Syria
(B) China
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Venezuela
367. Which player is named ICC Men’s Player
of the Month for March 2022?
(A) Babar Azam
(B) David Warner
(C) Keegan Petersen
(D) Shreyas Iyer
368. Olympic bronze medallist Deon Lendore,
who has passed away was known for
which of the following sports event?
(A) Hockey
(B) Javelin throw
(C) Football
(D) Sprinting
369. Which Indian Institute of Science in India
has commissioned the fastest supercom-
puter named “Param Praveg” in India?
(A) Pune
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Delhi
(D) Gujarat
370. Which team has topped the medal tally
in the 36th National Games?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Goa
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Service Sports Control Board
371. Which country launched the “Affordable
Connectivity Program” to provide subsi-
dies on internet service to lower-income
households?
(A) USA
(B) Australia
(C) China
(D) UK
372. According to ICRA Ltd, what is the esti-
mated GDP growth rate of India for the
financial year 2022-2023?
(A) 10%
(B) 9%
(C) 8%
(D) 7%
373. Which company has partnered with bad-
minton players to promote digital pay-
ments in India?
(A) DigiCash
(B) MasterCard
(C) PhonePe
(D) Amazon Pay
374. India’s first gold ATM launched in which
city?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Pune
(C) Kolkata
(D) Lucknow
375. World Science Day for Peace and Devel-
opment is observed on which date?
(A) November 14
(B) November 10
(C) November 11
(D) November 05
376. India has become the first country to ad-
minister a DNA vaccine against COVID-19.
Which company has produced this plasmid
DNA vaccine?
(A) Serum Institute of India
(B) Ranbaxy Laboratories
(C) Zydus Cadila
(D) Bharat Biotech
366. B 367. A 368. D 369. B 370. D 371. A 372. B 373. B 374. A 375. B 376. C
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377. ‘Raisina Dialogue’ is a Conference in
which field?
(A) Information and Communication Tech-
nology
(B) Foreign policy
(C) Agriculture
(D) Climate Change
378. Which state has created a memorial for
rhinos using ashes named ‘Abode of the
Unicorns’?
(A) Bihar
(B) Assam
(C) Nagaland
(D) Meghalaya
379. The 19th edition of the India-US MCG
meeting has been held at which place?
(A) Noida
(B) Pune
(C) Bikaner
(D) Agra
380. Who has been appointed as the new
chairman of the International Aluminium
Institute?
(A) Madhabi Puri
(B) Aneel Prasad
(C) Satish Pai
(D) Vinod Rai
381. Which country has launched a military
satellite named “Noor-2”?
(A) India
(B) Iran
(C) Iraq
(D) China
382. Who has been appointed as the next
chief election commissioner of India?
(A) Rajiv Kumar
(B) Sushil Chandra
(C) Arvind Panagariya
(D) Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas
383. Which country has successfully test-fired
a new laser missile-defence system ‘Iron
Beam’?
(A) India
(B) Israel
(C) America
(D) China
384. Russia will be supplying which nation
with Iskander-m missile systems?
(A) Turkey
(B) Pakistan
(C) Belarus
(D) China
385. Which armed force has signed an MoU
with the IRCTC to ensure the safety and se-
curity of booking data under its air e-ticket
service?
(A) CISF
(B) BSF
(C) CRPF
(D) ITBP
386. What is the theme of World Sparrow Day
2022?
(A) “Monitor the Sparrows”
(B) “LOVE Sparrows”
(C) “Monitor the Sparrows  other com-
mon birds”
(D) ‘I Love Sparrows’
387. Who has been conferred with the
‘Friends of Liberation War’ honour posthu-
mously by Bangladesh?
(A) Edward M Kennedy
(B) Harry Reid
(C) Johnny Isakson
(D) Bob Dole
388. Which is India’s first state/UT to achieve
100 per cent coverage of precautionary
dose?
(A) Bihar
378. B 379. D 380. C 381. B 382. A 383. B 384. C 385. B 386. C 387. A 388. D
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(B) Puducherry
(C) Goa
(D) Andaman and Nicobar Island
389. Which company introduces a 19-seater
civil aircraft to be deployed under UDAN
Scheme?
(A) BEL
(B) GAIL
(C) HAL
(D) NTPC
390. Vijay Shekhar Sharma to continue as
Paytm MD  CEO for another how many
years?
(A) 7
(B) 5
(C) 1
(D) 6
391. Which state has announced the forma-
tion of 13 new districts?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Telangana
392. Which of the following states will estab-
lish the first graphene innovation centre in
India?
(A) Kerala
(B) Karnataka
(C) Goa
(D) Odisha
393. Who has secured a spot at the 2024
Paris Paralympics after winning the gold
medal in the Para Shooting World Cup in
women’s 10m air rifle?
(A) Anahat Singh
(B) Avani Lekhara
(C) Priyanka Mohite
(D) Jahnavi Dangeti
394. Ministry of Defence approves funding un-
der the DRDO TDF scheme to Rs. How
many crores for MSMEs, and startups?
(A) Rs.200 Cr
(B) Rs.100 Cr
(C) Rs.150 Cr
(D) Rs.50 Cr
395. Who will be the first woman to lead SEBI
in 2022?
(A) Preetha Reddy
(B) Chanda Kochhar
(C) Sikha Sharma
(D) Madhabi Puri Buch
396. Which bank has won the right to sell Vi-
jay Mallya’s London home?
(A) UBS
(B) BFC
(C) ADIB
(D) CAF
397. Every year on which date, does the
United Nations mark the Time of Remem-
brance and reconciliation for those who
lost their lives during the Second World
War?
(A) May 07-08
(B) May 05-06
(C) May 08-09
(D) May 06-07
398. Which state government has launched
‘Farmer Registration and Integrated Ben-
eficiary Information System’ or FRUITS
software?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Karnataka
(C) Punjab
(D) Odisha
399. Who has been appointed as Director of
IB?
(A) Rohan Pratap Singh
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(B) Tapan Kumar Deka
(C) Dr Manoj Soni
(D) Dinkar Gupta
400. Who is the winner of the women’s sin-
gles title at the Syed Modi International
badminton Tournament 2022?
(A) Anupama Upadhyaya
(B) Saina Nehwal
(C) PV Sindhu
(D) Malvika Bansod
401. WHO appointed whom as chief scientist,
to replace Soumya Swaminathan?
(A) William Jae
(B) Liam Federer
(C) Jeremy Farrar
(D) Elijah Fraj
402. Which state government has announced
launching drones in healthcare in 2022?
(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Haryana
(D) Uttarakhand
403. India test-fired more indigenous and im-
proved variants of BrahMos missile. It is
which type of missile?
(A) Cruise missile
(B) Ballistic missiles
(C) Conventional guided missile
(D) All of the above
404. Who won gold in wrestling in the 2022
National Games?
(A) Vinesh Phogat
(B) Bajrang Punia
(C) Neha Malik
(D) Antim Panghal
405. Who is the editor of the book “Gandhi
and the Champaran Satyagraha:Select
Readings”?
(A) Sanjeev Tripathi
(B) Dipesh Mishra
(C) Suranjan Das
(D) Vikram Joshi
406. Ikki Jathre or rice festival inaugurated in
which state?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Goa
(C) Kerala
(D) Chhattisgarh
407. Who has become the first Indian foot-
baller to play in UEFA Women’s Champions
League?
(A) Bala Devi
(B) Aditi Chauhan
(C) Manisha Kalyan
(D) Anju Tamang
408. Which organization developed the
nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile?
(A) DRDO
(B) BHEL
(C) ONGC
(D) ISRO
409. AS per IMF, What is the projected GDP
Growth rate of India in FY23?
(A) 7.5%
(B) 8.9%
(C) 8.2%
(D) 9%
410. Which country has assumed the rotating
presidency of the Council of the European
Union for six months beginning January
2022?
(A) THE UK
(B) India
(C) France
(D) China
400. C 401. C 402. D 403. A 404. D 405. C 406. C 407. C 408. A 409. C 410. C
411. A
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411. IMF projects India’s general fiscal deficit
at what percent of GDP for FY23?
(A) 9.9%
(B) 6.6%
(C) 7.6%
(D) 8.2%
412. Bihari Puraskar, which was seen in the
news, is associated with which field?
(A) Sports
(B) Literature
(C) Administration
(D) Culture
413. Which company has signed MOU with
TEC, UAE to explore new business oppor-
tunities in the field of defence?
(A) ISRO
(B) DRDO
(C) Bharat Dynamics Ltd
(D) HAL
414. The proposed Dark Sky Reserve will be
located at Hanle in Ladakh as a part of
which Wildlife Sanctuary?
(A) Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary
(B) Karkoram Wildlife Sanctuary
(C) Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary
(D) Overa-Aru Wildlife Sanctuary
415. The central government has approved
the construction of an iconic cable stayed-
cum-suspension bridge across which
River?
(A) Tungabhadra River
(B) Krishna River
(C) Nakkavagu River
(D) Godavari River
416. Which country will host the SCCWC
2023?
(A) England
(B) South Africa
(C) India
(D) Japan
417. Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad
Yadav has got how many years of impris-
onment in the fifth fodder scam verdict?
(A) 6 years
(B) 5 years
(C) 7 years
(D) 3 years
418. World Toilet day is celebrated on which
date?
(A) November 19
(B) November 18
(C) November 17
(D) November 20
419. Which country supplied upgraded N-fuel
to India’s Kudankulam plant with a longer
fuel cycle?
(A) UAE
(B) Russia
(C) China
(D) Brazil
420. What is the rate of unemployment in In-
dia in March 2022, as per the data by
CMIE?
(A) 7.6 per cent
(B) 8.4 per cent
(C) 7.8 per cent
(D) 8.1 per cent
421. Coronavirus Information Hub has been
launched by which social media platform?
(A) WhatsApp
(B) Facebook
(C) Tiktok
(D) Skype
422. Who has been appointed as a Whole-
time Member of the IBBI for five years?
(A) Jayanti Prasad
(B) Preeti Tiwari
(C) Priyanka Agrawal
(D) Roshi Dixit
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423. Which country will host the 31st South-
east Asian Games?
(A) Malaysia
(B) Thailand
(C) Cambodia
(D) Vietnam
424. Which state has become the first state
to launch Climate Change Mission?
(A) Meghalaya
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Mizoram
425. Which company will build three Giga fac-
tories to manufacture solar modules, wind
turbines, and hydrogen electrolyzers?
(A) Reliance Industries Limited
(B) Tata Group
(C) NTPC Limited
(D) Adani Group
426. India joined the Mangrove Alliance for
Climate (MAC) at COP 27, which of the fol-
lowing is the largest contiguous mangrove
forest in the world?
(A) Baratang Island Mangrove Forest
(B) Bhitarkanika Mangroves Forest
(C) Pichavaram Mangroves Forest
(D) Sundarbans Reserve Forest
427. Which bank is in partnership with Emi-
rates Skywards and launched co-branded
credit cards?
(A) ICICI Bank
(B) Bank of Baroda
(C) Indian Overseas Bank
(D) State Bank Of India
428. World Oceans Day is being celebrated on
which date?
(A) June 06
(B) June 08
(C) June 05
(D) June 09
429. Who has become the Vice President of
the Global System of Mobile Communica-
tion Association (GSMA)?
(A) Sunil Taldar
(B) Sunil Bharti Mittal
(C) Segun Ogunsanya
(D) Gopal Vittal
430. Ratan Tata, K.T. Thomas and Kariya
Munda were appointed trustees of which
fund?
(A) Public Fund
(B) PM Cares Fund
(C) Disaster Fund
(D) Consolidated Fund of India
431. Which album has received the “Album
of the Year” award at the 64th Grammy
Awards 2022?
(A) Leave the door open
(B) We Are
(C) Love for Sale
(D) Mother Nature
432. Which day of the year is marked as Na-
tional Deworming Day in India?
(A) February 11
(B) February 10
(C) February 12
(D) February 09
433. According to the WHO’s Global TB Re-
port 2022, how many TB cases were noti-
fied in India in 2021?
(A) 51.4 lakh
(B) 11.4 lakh
(C) 31.4 lakh
(D) 21.4 lakh
434. Which institute topped among institutes
of national importance?
(A) IIT Kanpur
(B) IIT Madras
(C) IIT Delhi
(D) IIT Lucknow
423. D 424. B 425. D 426. D 427. A 428. B 429. D 430. B 431. B 432. B 433. D
434. B
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435. Which UT has become the first one to be
integrated with the National Single Win-
dow System?
(A) Ladakh
(B) New Delhi
(C) Puducherry
(D) Jammu and Kashmir
436. What is the name of the app launched by
the government to bring forth the story of
the Indian freedom movement?
(A) Swantantrata Diwas app
(B) Deshbhakti App
(C) Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav app
(D) Azadi Quest App
437. The Regional Office of the Coconut De-
velopment Board has been inaugurated in
which state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Gujarat
438. Who received the 2022 Para Sports Per-
son of Year award?
(A) Shivani Gupta
(B) Kajal Verma
(C) Priyanka Tandan
(D) Avani lekhara
439. PV Sindhu beat which of the player to
lift the women’s singles title at the 2022
Swiss Open Badminton Tournament?
(A) Pornpawee Chochuwong
(B) Busanan Ongbamrungphan
(C) Ratchanok Intanon
(D) Yeo Jia Min
440. Spikevax, which received full approval
from US FDA, was manufactured by which
pharma company?
(A) Astrazeneca
(B) Pfizer
(C) Johnson and Johnson
(D) Moderna
441. h Khelo India Youth Games to be held at
which state?
(A) Odisha
(B) Kerala
(C) Haryana
(D) Bihar
442. Where was India’s Second National
Model Vedic School inaugurated recently?
(A) Dwarka
(B) Puri
(C) Badrinath
(D) Guwahati
443. Which among the following has launched
the 4th phase of the Digital Shakti Cam-
paign?
(A) Reserve Bank of India
(B) Election Commission
(C) NITI Aayog
(D) National Commission for Women
444. WESP Mid-year Update 2022 report has
declined India’s GDP growth projections
from 6.7% to what percent for 2022-
23?
(A) 5.4%
(B) 6.4%
(C) 7.4%
(D) 4.4%
445. Which country has become the first to
give legal rights to individual wild ani-
mals?
(A) Ecuador
(B) Peru
(C) Dominican Republic
(D) Colombia
435. D 436. D 437. D 438. D 439. B 440. D 441. C 442. B 443. D 444. B 445. A
446. A
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446. International Day of Older Persons is be-
ing observed on which date?
(A) October 01
(B) October 04
(C) October 05
(D) October 10
447. Prasar Bharati has signed an MoU on co-
operation and collaboration in Broadcast-
ing with ORTM in which country?
(A) Madagascar
(B) Ethiopia
(C) Tanzania
(D) Mozambique
448. Quit India Day is being celebrated on
which date?
(A) August 08
(B) August 05
(C) August 04
(D) August 09
449. Who has been awarded the ‘Chevalier
Prize’ by the French government?
(A) Badshah Khan
(B) Aruna Sairam
(C) Shahrukh Khan
(D) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
450. Which country’s legendary footballer
Pele dies at the age of 82?
(A) China
(B) Iraq
(C) Bhutan
(D) Brazil
451. Which of the following institutes devel-
oped “Swasner”?
(A) IIIT Bombay
(B) IIIT Roorkee
(C) IIIT Bhubaneshwar
(D) IIIT Delhi
452. Which nation’s Prime Minister has of-
fered his resignation?
(A) Denmark
(B) Finland
(C) Italy
(D) Romania
453. Who has unveiled the ‘Statue of Peace’
of Swamy Ramanujacharya in Srinagar, lo-
cated in a temple in the Sonwar region?
(A) Amit Shah
(B) Ram Nath Kovind
(C) Narendra Modi
(D) Manoj Sinha
454. Which state has announced conducting
a ‘Migration Survey’ to expand the data
bank of expatriates?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Gujarat
(C) Punjab
(D) Kerala
455. Which COVID-19 vaccine has become the
second one in India to get emergency use
approval for administration among those
aged below 18 years?
(A) Sputnik
(B) Covishield
(C) Corbevax
(D) Johnson  Johnson
456. On 14th August 2022, how many wet-
lands from India are declared as Ramsar
sites during the year 2022?
(A) 20
(B) 21
(C) 28
(D) 25
457. Which state become 1st state to intro-
duce uniform gold prices based on bank
rates?
(A) Maharashtra
447. A 448. A 449. B 450. D 451. C 452. C 453. A 454. D 455. C 456. C 457. D
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(B) Gujarat
(C) Karnataka
(D) Kerala
458. Which one has released a new digital
publication ‘BLO e-Patrika’ at an event in
New Delhi?
(A) NABARD
(B) NITI Aayog
(C) RBI
(D) Election Commission of India
459. Which country will host the IDF WDS
2022?
(A) India
(B) Malaysia
(C) Japan
(D) South Korea
460. IBM has launched a new cybersecurity
hub to address cyberattacks in the Asia
Pacific (APAC) region. Where is the hub
located?
(A) Bengaluru
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Mumbai
(D) Chennai
461. Bestu Varsh is widely celebrated in
which state/UT?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Andaman  Nicobar
(C) Goa
(D) Assam
462. Suranga Lakmal has announced his retire-
ment from international cricket in March
2022. He plays international matches for
which country?
(A) South Africa
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) West Indies
463. Akshay Urja Diwas is being celebrated
on which date?
(A) August 22
(B) August 20
(C) August 23
(D) August 21
464. Rosh Hashanah festival belongs to which
community?
(A) Hindu
(B) Jain
(C) Buddhist
(D) Jewish
465. Which institution has issued the world’s
first wildlife conservation bond?
(A) World Bank
(B) United nations
(C) New Development Bank
(D) United Nations security council
466. Year 2022 marked which birth anniver-
sary of the first Prime Minister of India
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru?
(A) 136th
(B) 133rd
(C) 135th
(D) 134th
467. “Shabaash Mithu”, is starred by which
actress?
(A) Sara Ali Khan
(B) Taapsee Pannu
(C) Kangana Ranaut
(D) Anushka Sharma
468. In which state ‘Dol Utsav’ has been cel-
ebrated?
(A) Telangana
(B) Karnataka
(C) West Bengal
(D) Tamil Nadu
458. D 459. A 460. A 461. A 462. B 463. B 464. D 465. A 466. B 467. B 468. C
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469. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugu-
rated BJP Mayor’s Conclave in which
state?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Gujarat
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Karnataka
470. Who is the winner of the Men’s Ballon
d’Or award 2022?
(A) Mohamed Salah
(B) Robert Lewandowski
(C) Karim Benzema
(D) Cristiano Ronaldo
471. Monthly pension amount of differently-
abled persons was raised in which state?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Assam
472. Which one is the first state in India to
launch a bus service with a digital ticket-
ing system?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) UP
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Rajasthan
473. Election Commission has hiked the Par-
liamentary constituencies poll expenditure
limit. What is the new expenditure limit
for candidates in bigger states?
(A) Rs 75 lakhs
(B) Rs 70 lakhs
(C) Rs 90 lakhs
(D) Rs 95 lakhs
474. Who represented India as flag bearer at
the closing ceremony of CWG 2022?
(A) Esha Singh, Pinki Rani
(B) Sharath Kamal, Nikhat Zareen
(C) Mary Kom, Sharath Kamal
(D) Nikhat Zareen, Neeraj Chopra
475. India hosted the LeadIT Summit with
which country on the sidelines of COP27
in Egypt?
(A) Sweden
(B) Canada
(C) Norway
(D) Japan
476. Which state is the champion of the
12th Hockey India Senior Women National
Championship 2022?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Odisha
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Karnataka
477. World Civil Defence Day is being ob-
served on which date?
(A) March 01
(B) March 02
(C) February 28
(D) February 27
478. Which country has for the first time re-
ferred to what it called “the militarization
of the Taiwan Strait”, marking a rare in-
stance?
(A) Pakistan
(B) Russia
(C) Bangladesh
(D) India
479. The Laver Cup belongs to which game?
(A) Boxing
(B) Football
(C) Tennis
(D) Badminton
480. The World Unani Day is marked annually
on which date?
(A) February 11
(B) February 10
(C) February 09
(D) February 08
470. C 471. B 472. C 473. D 474. B 475. A 476. B 477. A 478. D 479. C 480. A
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481. Which state/UT is set to host India’s
“first and largest” citywide Shopping Fes-
tival from January 28 to February 26,
2023?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Delhi
(C) Chandigarh
(D) Gujarat
482. What is the theme of World Milk Day
2022?
(A) Drink Milk:Today  Everyday
(B) Dairy Net Zero
(C) Drink Move Be Strong
(D) The 20th Anniversary of World Milk
Day
483. How much does India contribute to Vol-
untary Trust Funds for the protection of hu-
man rights?
(A) Rs 4 crore
(B) Rs 2 crore
(C) Rs 1 crore
(D) Rs 3 crore
484. Which state launched Mukhyamantri
Vayu Swasthya Seva for remote tribal dis-
tricts?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Odisha
(C) Haryana
(D) Karnataka
485. Who has been appointed as Chairman
and Managing Director of NHPC?
(A) Yamuna Kumar Chaubey
(B) Praveer Sinha
(C) Gurdeep Singh
(D) T. V. Narendran
486. Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra has
won which medal in the 2022 World Ath-
letics Championships?
(A) Bronze
(B) Silver
(C) Gold
(D) None of the above
487. Who is the new election commissioner of
India?
(A) Arun Goel
(B) Anurag Singh Thakur
(C) Mayawati
(D) Amit Shah
488. Who was appointed CEO of the 2032
Olympic and Paralympic Games Organiz-
ing Committee?
(A) Cindy Hook
(B) Reval Federer
(C) Angela Markel
(D) Christiana Leo
489. World Day to Combat Desertification
and Drought is being celebrated on which
date?
(A) June 15
(B) June 17
(C) June 14
(D) June 16
490. What is the theme of The World Creativ-
ity and Innovation Day 2022?
(A) Sustainable Development
(B) Creative Economy for Sustainable De-
velopment
(C) Creative Economy
(D) Collaboration
491. As per the NSO Data, what is India’s
GDP growth rate in the first quarter (April-
June) of this fiscal year 2022-23?
(A) 12.3 %
(B) 15.2 %
(C) 13.5 %
(D) 14.7 %
481. B 482. B 483. D 484. B 485. A 486. B 487. A 488. A 489. B 490. D 491. C
492. A
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492. Which country will host FIFA U-17
Women’s World Cup this year?
(A) India
(B) Australia
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Bangladesh
493. International Day of the Victims of En-
forced Disappearances is being celebrated
on which date?
(A) August 31
(B) August 30
(C) August 28
(D) August 29
494. How much amount has been sanctioned
under Jal Jeevan Mission the scheme for
FY2022-23?
(A) Rs. 70, 000 Crore
(B) Rs. 40, 000 Crore
(C) Rs. 60, 000 Crore
(D) Rs. 50, 000 Crore
495. Which is the “Best Performing UT” in the
PMAY-U Awards 2021?
(A) Jammu and Kashmir
(B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman
and Diu
(C) Puducherry
(D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
496. Mv Ram Prasad Bismil has become the
longest ship ever from Ganga to which
river?
(A) Yamuna
(B) Narmada
(C) Brahmaputra
(D) Cauvery
497. India has signed a Host Country Agree-
ment with the International Telecommuni-
cation Union (ITU) for the establishment of
an Area Office  Innovation Centre of ITU
in which city of the country?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Pune
(C) Chennai
(D) Noida
498. ‘Mission Vatsalya’, which has been seen
in the news, is a scheme implemented by
which Union Ministry?
(A) Ministry of Education
(B) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(C) Ministry of Women and Child Develop-
ment
(D) Ministry of MSME
499. World Alzheimer’s Day 2022 was ob-
served on which date?
(A) September 21
(B) September 20
(C) September 19
(D) September 18
500. Which of the following General Insur-
ance companies has launched the compre-
hensive health insurance plan, ‘Activ Fit
policy’?
(A) HDFC Life Insurance Company
(B) Future Generali India Life Insurance
(C) IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company
(D) Aditya Birla Health Insurance
501. Which nation’s presidential palace has
been stormed by protestors?
(A) UK
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Pakistan
(D) US
502. National Panchayati Raj Day is being cel-
ebrated on which date?
(A) April 26
(B) April 24
(C) April 25
(D) April 27
493. B 494. C 495. A 496. C 497. A 498. C 499. A 500. D 501. B 502. B 503. D
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503. In which Indian state is the ‘Giant Metre-
wave Radio Telescope’ located?
(A) Sikkim
(B) Gujarat
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Maharashtra
504. What is India’s rank in the United Na-
tions’ World Happiness Report for the
year 2022?
(A) 134
(B) 136
(C) 139
(D) 137
505. Which company has launched M15 petrol
with a 15% blend of methanol with
petrol?
(A) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
(B) Bharat Petroleum
(C) Indian Oil Corporation
(D) Reliance Petroleum Limited
506. Which language is Gazeta Wyborcza’s
newspaper published in?
(A) Polish
(B) English
(C) French
(D) Hindi
507. Which nation flagged off direct shipping
services to Europe?
(A) Nepal
(B) India
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Sri Lanka
508. Who has won Rampur Lok Sabha bypoll
2022?
(A) Ghanshyam Lodhi
(B) Mohd. Asim Raja
(C) Dinesh Lal Yadav
(D) Dharmendra Yadav
509. Who has been appointed as Director Gen-
eral of the Indian Ordnance Factory Service
(IOFS)?
(A) Neha Uppal
(B) Harish Dubey
(C) Sanjeev Kishore
(D) M D Shah
510. Dr Manik Saha has inaugurated the first
Government English Medium College in
which state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Tripura
(C) Assam
(D) Karnataka
511. Which country’s Guadalajara City was
named World Book Capital for the year
2022 by UNESCO?
(A) Spain
(B) El Salvador
(C) Mexico
(D) Guatemala
512. India Ranked at which place for the first
time in the Global Innovation Index Rank-
ing?
(A) 39th
(B) 40th
(C) 35th
(D) 59th
513. PM Modi laid the foundation stone of 23
projects worth over Rs 17, 500 crore in
which state?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Uttarakhand
(C) West Bengal
(D) Bihar
514. Which state CM stepped down to dis-
solve the coalition with BJP?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Bihar
(C) Gujarat
(D) Assam
504. B 505. C 506. A 507. C 508. A 509. C 510. B 511. C 512. B 513. B 514. B
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515. The Waste to Wealth Creation pro-
gramme of SIDBI has been launched in
which state?
(A) Telangana
(B) Maharashtra
(C) West Bengal
(D) Uttarakhand
516. Which Union Territory has declared Pub-
lic Health Emergency?
(A) Chandigarh
(B) New Delhi
(C) Lakshadweep
(D) Puducherry
517. Centre has launched the revamped web-
site and mobile app of the Central Gov-
ernment Health Scheme named MyCGHS.
In which year was the CHHS scheme
launched?
(A) 1991
(B) 1980
(C) 1973
(D) 1954
518. Who has become the first black woman
Judge of the US Supreme Court?
(A) Angel Kelly
(B) Ketanji Brown Jackson
(C) Karen M. Williams
(D) Patricia Tolliver Giles
519. Which State/UT is to host the first-ever
Mountain Bicycle World Cup?
(A) Haryana
(B) Delhi
(C) Ladakh
(D) Punjab
520. Which of the following real estate firm
will develop a 500000 sq ft shopping Mall
in Jammu  Kashmir?
(A) Omaxe Group
(B) China Evergrande Group
(C) DLF Group
(D) Emaar Group
521. Which state education department
launches the e-Governance portal
Samarth?
(A) Uttarakhand
(B) Sikkim
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Odisha
522. Which edition of the annual Mangaluru
Kambala has been started in Mangaluru,
Karnataka?
(A) Fifth Edition
(B) Third edition
(C) Fourth Edition
(D) Seventh Edition
523. The India-Central Asia Summit 2022 co-
incided with which anniversary of the
establishment of diplomatic relations be-
tween India and Central Asian countries?
(A) 45th
(B) 30th
(C) 50th
(D) 25th
524. Who was awarded the first Rohini Nay-
yar prize for outstanding contribution to
rural development?
(A) Rhea Kapoor
(B) Neelam Arora
(C) Sethrichem Sangtam
(D) Vishal Dadlani
525. Which country has started the world’s
longest metro line?
(A) Australia
(B) Japan
(C) America
(D) China
515. C 516. D 517. D 518. B 519. C 520. D 521. A 522. A 523. B 524. C 525. D
526. A
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526. Which nation’s Prime Minister is likely to
visit Russia on the first trip in 23 years?
(A) Pakistan
(B) North Korea
(C) Bangladesh
(D) China
527. The Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia
has inaugurated the first Drone School in
which city?
(A) Gwalior
(B) Patna
(C) Guwahati
(D) Jaipur
528. Hemidactylus easai is the name of which
new species, identified in the Western
Ghats, Kerala?
(A) Frog
(B) Snake
(C) Spider
(D) Gecko
529. Shia Leader Muqtada al-Sadr belongs to
which country?
(A) Syria
(B) Afghanistan
(C) Iraq
(D) Iran
530. World Bank cleared USD how many Bil-
lion loan for PM Ayushman Bharat Health
Infrastructure Mission?
(A) $4 Billion
(B) $5 Billion
(C) $2 Billion
(D) $1 Billion
531. Which bank has launched an online plat-
form, ‘Trade nxt’, which enables corpo-
rate, and MSMEs?
(A) Central Bank of India
(B) Bank of Baroda
(C) State Bank of India
(D) Union Bank of India
532. What is the total outlay of the new
scheme RAMP?
(A) USD 900 million
(B) USD 808 million
(C) USD 701 million
(D) USD 551 million
533. High alert declared in the Philippines due
to which typhoon?
(A) Sedaru
(B) Noru
(C) Hypero
(D) Hondurs
534. Which country hosted Deaflympics
2021?
(A) France
(B) Brazil
(C) Spain
(D) Canada
535. Which state has launched ‘CM Udy-
man Khiladi Unnayan Yojana’ on National
Sports Day?
(A) Uttarakhand
(B) Jharkhand
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Rajashthan
536. After the merger of HDFC Ltd with HDFC
Bank, what will be the share of public
shareholders in the merged entity?
(A) 41%
(B) 75%
(C) 55%
(D) 100%
537. Which Union Ministry is associated
with the Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS)
scheme?
(A) Ministry of Rural Development
(B) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers
(C) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare
(D) Ministry of Urban and Housing Affairs
527. A 528. D 529. C 530. D 531. D 532. B 533. B 534. B 535. A 536. D 537. B
538. B
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538. Which state became the first state in In-
dia to have its own internet service?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Kerala
(C) Karnataka
(D) Tamil Nadu
539. CCS and IESH are conducted by which
one?
(A) RBI
(B) CSO
(C) SEBI
(D) DPIIT
540. Which state Assembly passed Bill to re-
move Governor as the Chancellor of the
state’s universities?
(A) Kerala
(B) Goa
(C) Assam
(D) Odisha
541. The No Smoking Day 2022 is being cele-
brated on which date?
(A) March 07
(B) March 10
(C) March 11
(D) March 09
542. Union Health Minister Mansukh Man-
daviya inaugurated ICMR-NARFBR (Na-
tional Animal Resource Facility for Biomed-
ical Research) at which place?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Jaipur
(C) Kolkata
(D) Mussoorie
543. Annual Meeting of Defence Ministers of
SCO will be held in which country?
(A) Uzbekistan
(B) India
(C) Tajikistan
(D) Russia
544. Which institute launched ‘Nilekani Cen-
tre at AI4Bharat’ to advance Indian lan-
guage technology?
(A) IIT Kanpur
(B) IIT Delhi
(C) IIT Madras
(D) IIT Guwahati
545. Who has been named as the new Chair-
person of COAI for 2022-23?
(A) Pramod K Mittal
(B) Rahul Bhatia
(C) Uday Kotak
(D) Shiv Nadar
546. Neiphiu Rio is the chief minister of which
state?
(A) Manipur
(B) Nagaland
(C) Meghalaya
(D) Mizoram
547. The FIEO has launched the first-of-its-
kind online marketplace In which year
Federation of Indian Export Organisations
founded?
(A) 1960
(B) 1947
(C) 1950
(D) 1965
548. Which city is hosting the ‘India Chem
2022’ conference?
(A) Pune
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Delhi
549. What is the projected GDP growth rate
of India in the calendar year 2022 as per
Moody’s?
(A) 9.1%
(B) 7.1%
(C) 8.8%
(D) 9.5%
539. A 540. A 541. D 542. A 543. A 544. C 545. A 546. B 547. D 548. D 549. A
550. B
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550. Who has launched the Single Integrated
Pensioners’ Portal?
(A) Piyush Goyal
(B) Jitendra Singh
(C) Anurag Thakur
(D) Suresh Prabhu
551. Which tech giant has partnered with
Bharti Airtel to invest USD 1 billion in the
telecom major to accelerate the growth of
India’s digital ecosystem?
(A) Apple
(B) Microsoft
(C) Google
(D) Amazon
552. Which airport has become the only 5G-
enabled airport in India?
(A) Kochin Airport
(B) Guwahati Airport
(C) New Delhi Airport
(D) Hyderabad Airport
553. Deloitte’s report titled “Global Powers
of Retailing 2022, which company topped
the list?
(A) Schwarz Group
(B) Costco Wholesale Corporation
(C) The Home Depot, Inc
(D) Walmart Inc
554. 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) 3 cm
(B) 4 cm
(C) 2 cm
(D) 1 cm
555. What is the theme of the International
Day of Action for Rivers in 2022?
(A) The Importance of Rivers for Biodiver-
sity
(B) Rights of Rivers
(C) Women, Water, and Climate Change
(D) Water for Our Future
556. Which Bank signed a Master Risk Par-
ticipation Agreement for supporting trade
transactions with FirstRand Bank (FRB) to
boost India-Africa trade?
(A) FICCI
(B) RBI
(C) CII
(D) EXIM Bank
557. Scientists have detected a new strain of
Covid-19 that combines both Delta and
Omicron in which nation?
(A) Sweden
(B) Denmark
(C) Switzerland
(D) Cyprus
558. Which state has become India’s first one
to connect a Vehicle location tracking de-
vice to the emergency response support
system?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Uttarakhand
(C) Sikkim
(D) Himachal Pradesh
559. As of 2022, which country is the largest
bilateral lender to Sri Lanka?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) Australia
(D) USA
560. Who has become the Indian Skipper over-
took New Zealand’s Martin Guptill to be-
come the leading run-scorer in men’s T20
Internationals?
(A) Rishab Pant
(B) Hardik Pandya
(C) Dinesh Kartik
(D) Rohit Sharma
551. C 552. C 553. D 554. D 555. A 556. D 557. D 558. D 559. B 560. D 561. B
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561. Who was appointed as the MD  CEO of
NPCI?
(A) Preeti Jhingyani
(B) Dilip Asbe
(C) Harish Patel
(D) Kalep Yadav
562. Which Indian city is ranked as the second
noisiest city in the world?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Pune
(C) New Delhi
(D) Moradabad
563. Which state government has decided to
give football training to one lakh stu-
dents?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Kerala
(C) Assam
(D) Karnataka
564. The revised GDP growth rate of India in
FY22 has been projected at what percent
by Fitch Ratings in March 2022 Outlook?
(A) 8.7%
(B) 8.5%
(C) 8.1%
(D) 8.4%
565. What is the name of India’s first IAC?
(A) IAC Arihant
(B) IAC Vikrant
(C) IAC Vishal
(D) IAC Viraat
566. Which country’s largest and fourth busi-
ness jet terminal was commissioned at
Cochin International Airport?
(A) Australia
(B) America
(C) France
(D) India
567. The National Centre of Excellence in Car-
bon Capture and Utilisation has been es-
tablished at which institution?
(A) DRDO
(B) ISRO
(C) IIT-Bombay
(D) IISc-Bengaluru
568. The NASA space agency has recently un-
veiled Phase 2 of the ‘Deep Space Food
Challenge’ in partnership with the space
agency of which country?
(A) Canada
(B) Russia
(C) Japan
(D) India
569. Who is the author of the biography
‘Bose:The Untold Story of An Inconvenient
Nationalist’?
(A) Punya Prasun Bajpai
(B) Ramachandra Guha
(C) Chandrachur Ghose
(D) Prem Parkash
570. Which Indian company has joined hands
with the ‘Africa50’ investment plat-
form to develop the ‘Kenya Transmission
Project’?
(A) Power Grid Corporation
(B) ONGC
(C) Power Finance Corporation
(D) Rural Electrification Corporation
571. What was the rank of the Reserve Bank
of India in terms of buying Gold among the
world’s Central Banks in 2021?
(A) 2
(B) 1
(C) 3
(D) 5
562. D 563. B 564. A 565. B 566. D 567. C 568. A 569. C 570. A 571. A 572. C
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572. NTPC commissioned capacities of 150
MW  90 MW Devikot Solar PV Projects
at Jaisalmer in which state?
(A) Tripura
(B) Haryana
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Punjab
573. Which figure states the WPI in July
2022?
(A) 13.93%
(B) 15.93%
(C) 12.93%
(D) 11.93%
574. By which year has the Uttar Pradesh
government announced to make Mathura
Vrindavan a carbon-neutral tourist desti-
nation?
(A) 2041
(B) 2050
(C) 2052
(D) 2030
575. Which has become the first state in the
country to have a dedicated semiconductor
policy?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Gujarat
(D) Uttar Pradesh
576. The International Day of Happiness is be-
ing celebrated every year on which date?
(A) March 19
(B) March 20
(C) March 15
(D) March 18
577. What is the last date to register for the
ISRO Young Scientist Program 2022?
(A) April 21st
(B) April 10th
(C) April 15th
(D) April 1st
578. The electronic trading platform promoted
by Rubber Board went live in which the
Ahmedabad-based i-Sourcing Technologies
is the technology partner. What is the
name of this electronic trading platform?
(A) rRube
(B) iRube
(C) tRube
(D) mRube
579. Gabriel Boric Font has become the
youngest President of which country?
(A) Syria
(B) Chile
(C) Netherlands
(D) Norway
580. # LaxmiForLaxmi is a missed call advi-
sory service for financial empowerment of
the women population. Which fund house
has launched this campaign?
(A) HDFC Mutual Fund
(B) ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund
(C) UTI Mutual Fund
(D) SBI Mutual Fund
581. Where did the Geological Survey of India
(GSI) discover the country’s largest gold
deposits?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Bihar
(C) Gujarat
(D) Karnataka
582. Name the winner of the RedInk Award
for ‘Journalist of the Year’ 2020?
(A) Rana Ayyub
(B) Rohit Sardana
(C) Danish Siddiqui
(D) Arfa Khanum Sherwani
573. A 574. A 575. C 576. B 577. B 578. D 579. B 580. A 581. B 582. C 583. B
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  • 5. Contents 1 CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
  • 7. 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 1. Nagesh Singh has been appointed as In- dia’s next ambassador to which country? (A) USA (B) U.K (C) Thailand (D) France 2. Which institution launched the NDAP? (A) NITI Aayog (B) C-DAC (C) NASSCOM (D) Reserve Bank of India 3. Who has been named as the new CEO of FedEx? (A) Arvind Krishna (B) Raj Subramaniam (C) Nikesh Arora (D) Shantanu Narayen 4. India’s first Autonomous Navigation facil- ity TiHAN has been inaugurated in which institute? (A) IIT Madras (B) IIT Hyderabad (C) IIT Bombay (D) IIT Delhi 5. Which country has won FIH Hockey 5s 2022? (A) India (B) Poland (C) Switzerland (D) Sweden 6. Cabinet of which state has approved the new Electric Vehicle Manufacturing and Mobility Policy 2022 in October 2022? (A) Assam (B) Kerala (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Karnataka 7. Ramchandra Manjhi, who passed away was related to which one of the following folk dances? (A) Rajasthani Folk Dance (B) Tamil Fork Dance (C) Bhojpuri Folk Dance (D) Karnataka Folk Dance 8. Which state’s High Court has asked stu- dents not to wear ‘religious things’ till the disposal of the Hijab matter? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Telangana (C) Karnataka (D) Kerala 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. C 8. C
  • 8. NARAYAN CHANGDER 4 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 9. Which country has become the first in the world to allow Drones to operate in civil- ian airspace? (A) United States (B) France (C) Germany (D) Israel 10. Which bank has won the global ‘Cellent Model Bank’ award? (A) state Bank of India (B) Kotak Mahindra Bank (C) IndusInd bank (D) HDFC bank 11. What is the name of the MD CEO of Pun- jab Sind Bank Limited who is going to retire from the role? (A) S Krishnan (B) Ramesh Tiwari (C) Sameer Soni (D) Dinkar Rawat 12. District Disability Rehabilitation centre is an initiative of which Union Ministry? (A) Ministry of Social Justice and Empow- erment (B) Ministry of Education (C) Ministry of Tribal Affairs (D) Ministry of Women and Child Develop- ment 13. President Ram Nath Kovind has paid trib- utes to Sant Kabir and inaugurated Sant Kabir Academy and Research Centre and Swadesh Darshan Yojana at which state? (A) Maharashtra (B) Uttarakhand (C) Gujarat (D) Uttar Pradesh 14. RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 93 lakh on which bank? (A) Kotak Mahindra Bank (B) Axis Bank (C) Yes Bank (D) ICICI Bank 15. Which Indian state/ UT is planning to make the world’s largest Tiranga on Au- gust 4th? (A) Bihar (B) UP (C) Delhi (D) Odisha 16. Jyothi Surekha Vennam has won a bronze medal for India in which sports at The World Games 2022 in Birmingham? (A) Wrestling (B) Archery (C) Sprinting (D) Shooting 17. Which institution released the report ti- tled ‘Tobacco:Poisoning Our Planet’? (A) UNICEF (B) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (C) NITI Aayog (D) World Health Organization 18. The UN World Food Programme in In- dia has partnered with which organisation to enhance the effectiveness of the PM- POSHAN scheme? (A) Goonj (B) Reliance Foundation (C) The Akshaya Patra Foundation (D) Pratham 19. Which bank approved Shriram Group’s merger of financial services businesses? (A) RBI (B) BOB (C) SBI (D) PNB 9. D 10. C 11. A 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. C 16. B 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. D
  • 9. 5 20. Which actor has been awarded “the Golden Visa” by The UAE government? (A) Shah Rukh Khan (B) Sanjay Dutt (C) Rajinikanth (D) Kamal Haasan 21. The CM of Sikkim, has declared whom as “State Butterfly of Sikkim”? (A) Blue Duke (B) Sumalia (C) Phaedyma (D) Auzakia 22. Who has launched the fourth P17A stealth frigate ‘Dunagiri’ in Kolkata? (A) Ajit Doval (B) Rajnath Singh (C) Admiral R. Hari Kumar (D) Narendra Modi 23. When was National War Memorial dedi- cated to the nation? (A) February 25, 2019 (B) February 25, 2018 (C) August 15, 2020 (D) August 15, 2015 24. Which institution hosted the OCEANS 2022 conference along with the National Institution of Ocean Technology for the first time in India? (A) IIT-Guwahati (B) IIT-Roorkee (C) IIT-Kanpur (D) IIT-Madras 25. Which of the following has signed the world’s ‘longest’ gas supply deal with China in November 2022? (A) Sri Lanka (B) Russia (C) Qatar (D) Azerbaijan 26. Bharti Airtel has acquired how much stake in Navi Mumbai based Cnergee Technolo- gies, under the Airtel Startup Accelerator Program? (A) 8% (B) 6% (C) 9% (D) 7% 27. Japan has launched which communication satellite from Tanegashima Space Center via Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA 204 rocket? (A) Inmarsat-6 F1 (B) Inmarsat-6 F2 (C) Inmarsat-6 F3 (D) Inmarsat-6 F4 28. World Migratory Bird Day is being cele- brated on which date? (A) May 15 (B) May 14 (C) May 13 (D) May 12 29. The Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan has announced that the 12th World Hindi Conference is to be held in which country? (A) Vanuatu (B) Tonga (C) Fiji (D) Samoa 30. Which is the first state/UT has to include e-Cycles in its EV Policy? (A) Odisha (B) New Delhi (C) Telangana (D) Gujarat 21. A 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. D 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. B 31. B
  • 10. NARAYAN CHANGDER 6 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 31. World Hand Hygiene Day (WHHD) is be- ing celebrated across the globe on which date? (A) May 04 (B) May 05 (C) May 03 (D) May 06 32. Ashley Barty has won the prestigious ‘Don Award’ for the second time in which Country? (A) America (B) Haiti (C) Australia (D) France 33. Indian diplomat Mukul Arya passed away in an untimely manner. He was an Indian envoy to which among the following coun- tries? (A) Ukraine (B) Israel (C) Turkey (D) Palestine 34. Sustainable Gastronomy Day is being cel- ebrated on which date? (A) June 18 (B) June 20 (C) June 19 (D) June 16 35. ‘Khajuraho Dance Festival’ is a famous event organized in which Indian state? (A) Bihar (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Gujarat (D) Maharashtra 36. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) observed it’s which Foundation Day in 2022? (A) 31st (B) 39th (C) 37th (D) 35th 37. Post Harvest Management Center and Ru- ral Collection Center have been inaugu- rated in which state? (A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Tripura (C) Assam (D) Manipur 38. Which of the following state has achieved the second rank in the country under the ‘Best Performing State’ category in the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban scheme? (A) Rajasthan (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand 39. Wildlife Summit has adopted India’s pro- posal for enhanced protection of which Tur- tle species? (A) Leather-back Sea Turtle (B) Green Sea Turtle (C) Painted Turtle (D) Leith’s Softshell Turtle 40. International Tiger Day is being celebrated on which date? (A) July 29 (B) July 30 (C) July 28 (D) July 27 41. In which state the Central Government has approved to host the Khelo India Youth Games 2022-23? (A) Kerala (B) Haryana (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Rajasthan 32. C 33. D 34. A 35. B 36. C 37. B 38. B 39. D 40. A 41. C 42. A
  • 11. 7 42. What is the theme of World Head Injury Awareness Day 2022? (A) “More Than My Brain Injury” (B) ‘Inflicted Brain Injury in Children’ (C) “Change Your Mind.” (D) “Not Alone.” 43. Where has the ‘Nethanna Bima’ scheme been launched? (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Kerala (C) Telangana (D) Tamil Nadu 44. The Prime Minister has lauded South Western Railways for Sculpture made from plastic pet bottles at which Sta- tion? (A) Delhi Station (B) KSR Hyderabad Station (C) KSR Bengaluru Station (D) KSR Kolkata Station 45. Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon is lo- cated in which Indian state/UT? (A) Jammu and Kashmir (B) Sikkim (C) Odisha (D) Himachal Pradesh 46. Point 5140 at Dras sector has been named Gun Hill to mark the victory of the Indian Armed Forces during which Operation? (A) Operation Bluestar (B) Operation Goodwill (C) Operation Meghdoot (D) Operation Vijay 47. Who is the author of the biography ‘The Queen of Indian Pop:The Authorised Biog- raphy of Usha Uthup’? (A) Srishti Jha (B) Arjit Taneja (C) Kanchi Kaul (D) Manit Joura 48. Which is the most searched keyword in Google search in India in 2022? (A) Cowin (B) IPL (C) Fifa World Cup (D) T20 World Cup 49. Who has inaugurated the silver jubilee edi- tion of the Bengaluru Tech Summit? (A) Amit Shah (B) Narendra Modi (C) Rajnath Singh (D) Anurag Thakur 50. Which company is the first to obtain cap- tive 5G spectrum directly to deploy solu- tions globally for the parent group? (A) L T Tech (B) Wipro (C) Infosys (D) Tech Mahindra 51. Who has launched the “Yogyata” mobile phone application? (A) Supreme Court of India (B) National Green Tribunal (C) Common Services Centers (D) Election Commission of India 52. Which among the following States/UT launched Single Window Clearance Sys- tem? (A) Ladakh (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Puducherry (D) Jammu Kashmir 53. Kwar Hydro-electric project, which has been seen in the news, is located in which state/UT? (A) Sikkim (B) Jammu and Kashmir (C) Gujarat (D) Arunachal Pradesh 43. C 44. C 45. C 46. D 47. A 48. B 49. B 50. A 51. C 52. D 53. B 54. A
  • 12. NARAYAN CHANGDER 8 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 54. Who unveiled ‘SPRINT Challenges’ for the Indian Navy in New Delhi? (A) Narendra Modi (B) Ram Nath Kovind (C) Amit Shah (D) Arvind Kejriwal 55. Which International Airport in India is set to launch DigiYatra Programme from Au- gust 18, 2022? (A) Cochin International Airport (B) Goa International Airport (C) Chennai International Airport (D) Hyderabad International Airport 56. Which country is hosting the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit? (A) Cambodia (B) Japan (C) China (D) Russia 57. Which is the only Indian company to rank in the top 100 of Forbes World’s Best Em- ployers Rankings 2022? (A) Tata Consultancy Services (B) Adani Group (C) Infosys (D) Reliance Industries 58. Amit Shah announced reservation for the Pahadi community under the ST category in which state/UT? (A) Odisha (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Jammu and Kashmir (D) Chandigarh 59. National Safe Motherhood Day is being celebrated on which date? (A) April 08 (B) April 09 (C) April 10 (D) April 11 60. Which actor has been appointed the new brand ambassador for the Hero MotoCrop (A) Varun Dhawan (B) Salman Khan (C) Akshay Kumar (D) Ram Charan 61. According to the data revealed by 1 Lattice (previously PNG), which of the following banks dominated the credit cards market in October 2022, with a 21% share? (A) Axis Bank (B) State Bank of India (C) Indian Bank (D) HDFC Bank 62. The first edition of the Global Media Congress is taking place in which city? (A) Paris (B) New York (C) Abu Dhabi (D) Delhi 63. The Indian navy has participated in the PASSEX exercise with which country? (A) France (B) Japan (C) Russia (D) China 64. Which pandemic PM Care for Children scheme has been unveiled in India? (A) Swine flu (B) Plague (C) Kavil (D) Covid-19 65. HIV infection rate declines by what amount between 2010 and 2021? (A) 35% (B) 46% (C) 45% (D) 49% 55. D 56. A 57. D 58. C 59. D 60. D 61. D 62. C 63. C 64. D 65. B 66. A
  • 13. 9 66. Who has been appointed as the new chair- man of the DRDO? (A) Samir V Kamat (B) Meenesh C Shah (C) Rajesh Verma (D) Rajiv Kumar 67. Who has won Italian F1 Grand Prix 2022? (A) Max Verstappen (B) Sebastian Vettel (C) Charles Leclerc (D) Lewis Hamilton 68. South Africa is to chair which BRICS sum- mit in 2023? (A) 12th (B) 13th (C) 14th (D) 15th 69. Who has been appointed the new Vice- Chairperson of NITI Aayog (in April 2022)? (A) Jayati Ghosh (B) Ramesh Chand (C) Abhijeet Banerjee (D) Suman K Bery 70. Which longest skywalk from the Khar Road railway station to the nearby Bandra Terminus has been opened for the passen- gers to reach the platforms to board trains easily? (A) East Coast Railway (B) Western Railway (C) North Central Railway (D) Northern Railway 71. Which Indian state constituted the Justice Hema Commission? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) West Bengal (C) Kerala (D) Gujarat 72. What is the theme of 2022 World Philos- ophy Day? (A) Celebrating the Continuing Relevance of Stoic Philosophy (B) The institutionalisation of Philosophy (C) Different interactions of human be- ings in their social, cultural and political environment (D) The Human of the Future 73. What is the new name of the Ahmedabad IPL team? (A) Ahmedabad Giants (B) Gujarat Lions (C) Ahmedabad Titans (D) Gujarat Titans 74. National Immunization Day is being cele- brated on which day? (A) March 16 (B) March 14 (C) March 15 (D) March 12 75. The newly designated Ramsar site Pala wetland is located in which state? (A) Kerala (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Assam (D) Mizoram 76. Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with which company for procurement of 1, 512 Mine Plough (MP) for Tank T-90 S/SK? (A) DRDO (B) GAIL (C) BHEL (D) BEML 67. A 68. D 69. D 70. B 71. C 72. D 73. D 74. A 75. D 76. D 77. C
  • 14. NARAYAN CHANGDER 10 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 77. The Ministry of New and Renewable En- ergy has set up a Project Development Cell under whom to attract investment in clean energy, especially in the solar sector? (A) Pankaj Patel (B) Balesh Sharma (C) Amitesh Kumar Sinha (D) Varun Berry 78. Uni-verse is the Metaverse Virtual Lounge of which bank? (A) State Bank of India (B) City Union Bank (C) Punjab National Bank (D) Union Bank of India 79. In which city, did the Ministry of Culture host the ‘Dhammacakka Day 2022 cele- bration’? (A) Varanasi (B) Bengaluru (C) Patna (D) Sarnath 80. Which bank has completed technical inte- gration with the new e-filing portal of the Income Tax department? (A) IDFC First Bank (B) Kotak Mahindra Bank (C) ICICI Bank (D) IDBI Bank 81. The newly designated Ramsar site, Koon- thankulam Bird Sanctuary is located in which state? (A) Goa (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Karnataka 82. WUD is being celebrated on which date? (A) July 05 (B) July 03 (C) July 02 (D) July 01 83. Ministry of Textiles has extended the timeline for submission of applications un- der the PLI Scheme for Textiles. What is the total outlay of PLI Scheme for Textile? (A) Rs 8, 555 crore (B) Rs 11, 578 crore (C) Rs 10, 683 crore (D) Rs 9, 725 crore 84. National Statistics Day is being celebrated on which date? (A) June 28 (B) June 26 (C) June 29 (D) June 27 85. Who has been conferred Singapore’s pres- tigious military award, the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) or Meritorious Service Medal (Military) (MSM(M))? (A) Vice-Admiral Ram Dass Katari (B) Admiral Adhar Kumar Chatterji (C) Admiral Sunil Lanba (D) Vice-Admiral Bhaskar Sadashiv So- man 86. Which country co-chaired the High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Mobility (HLDMM ), with the European Union? (A) Australia (B) India (C) France (D) China 87. SEBI has introduced a T+1 settlement pe- riod of stocks, which makes India only the second country to implement this mecha- nism. Which is the first country to do so? (A) Singapore (B) China (C) United States (D) Australia 78. D 79. D 80. B 81. C 82. C 83. C 84. C 85. C 86. B 87. B
  • 15. 11 88. Indian Army conducted a pan-India satel- lite communication exercise to test the op- erational readiness and robustness of its hi-tech satellite communication systems. What has the name of this exercise? (A) Spacelight (B) Sunlight (C) Moonlight (D) Skylight 89. Fire-Boltt appointed which actor as its new brand ambassador? (A) Vijay Deverakonda (B) KL Rahul (C) Ayushmann Khurana (D) Vidya Balan 90. India approved 98 FDI proposals from countries sharing borders since in which month 2020? (A) May (B) February (C) April (D) January 91. ‘The Queen of Indian Pop:The Authorised Biography of Usha Uthup’, authored by whom? (A) Priya Jha (B) Rishi Jha (C) Sakshi Jha (D) Srishti Jha 92. Which state CM Ashok Gehlot announced 12 gas cylinders a year at Rs 500 each for poor families? (A) Haryana (B) Bihar (C) Rajasthan (D) Gujarat 93. Which tribal community does President- elect Droupadi Murmu belong to? (A) Santhal (B) Paraja (C) Gond (D) Bonda 94. International Albinism Awareness Day is being celebrated on which date? (A) June 12 (B) June 11 (C) June 10 (D) June 13 95. India assumed the presidency of the UN security council for which month? (A) March (B) October (C) November (D) December 96. Who has been appointed as the Brand Am- bassador of PokerBaazi? (A) Mira Rajput (B) Kareena Kapoor (C) Ranveer Singh (D) Shahid Kapoor 97. What is the theme of National Doctors’ Day 2022? (A) Family Doctors on the Front (B) Family Doctors on the Front Line (C) Love Doctors, Respect their duties (D) Doctors on the Front Line 98. Who has been conferred with the presti- gious Dr. Kalam Seva Puraskar? (A) Tilak Mehta (B) Kavita Shukla (C) Ritesh Agarwal (D) Ravi Kumar Sagar 99. How many Billion Dollars have been ap- proved by the US Senate for the manufac- ture of semiconductor chips? (A) 62 Billion Dollars (B) 32 Billion Dollars (C) 52 Billion Dollars (D) 42 Billion Dollars 88. D 89. A 90. C 91. D 92. C 93. A 94. D 95. D 96. D 97. B 98. D 99. C
  • 16. NARAYAN CHANGDER 12 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 100. Who has been named as the first Indian- origin woman to be appointed as an exter- nal member of the Bank of England? (A) Leena Nair (B) Chanda Kochhar (C) Swati Dhingra (D) Roshni Nadar 101. The Tamil Nadu government has an- nounced that every year Minorities Rights Day will be celebrated on which date at the state level? (A) December 22 (B) December 21 (C) December 18 (D) December 19 102. NIESBUD and Which company have signed an MoU for developing en- trepreneurial skills among the youth? (A) Tata Advanced Systems (B) National Aerospace Laboratories (C) Hindustan Unilever Limited (D) Infosys Technologies 103. Which state assembly passed the Pro- tection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, popularly known as the Anti- conversion Bill? (A) Manipur (B) Tripura (C) Punjab (D) Karnataka 104. Who has been appointed as the CEO of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati? (A) Uday Muhurkar (B) Sandeep Unnithan (C) Ashish Misra (D) Gaurav Dwivedi 105. Which nation’s Yunqing Tang will earn the SASTRA Ramanujan Prize in 2022? (A) China (B) Japan (C) USA (D) UK 106. Who has inaugurated the ‘Gatha Swaraj ki’ gallery in Gwalior’s famous HH Ma- haraja Jiwajirao Scindia museum? (A) Jagdeep Dhankhar (B) Droupadi Murmu (C) Amit Shah (D) Rajnath Singh 107. Rajesh Gopinathan is the MD and CEO of which company? (A) Infosys (B) Wipro (C) TCS (D) IBM 108. Who has been named as chairperson of the National Statistical Commission? (A) Harshavardhan Sing (B) Ravindar Kumar (C) Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar (D) Ananda Sachdeva 109. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of BARC India? (A) Karan Bajaj (B) Shashi Sinha (C) Henry Tajer (D) Raghavendra Rau 110. Who received VinFuture special prize 2022? (A) Girish Patel (B) Thalappil Pradeep (C) Goldy Bahl (D) Usha Prakash 111. Meghalaya Chief Minister has launched which portal? (A) Kailash Mansarovar Yatra Portal (B) Residents Safety Security Portal 100. C 101. C 102. C 103. D 104. D 105. A 106. C 107. C 108. C 109. B 110. B 111. B
  • 17. 13 (C) Madad Portal (D) Portal for Scholarship Program for Di- aspora Children 112. The Government of India has made it mandatory for the telecom companies to store international calls, satellite phone calls, conference calls and messages for a minimum period of how many years? (A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 5 113. CBIC initiated investigations into GST evasion of what amount by gaming com- panies? (A) Rs. 30000 Crore (B) Rs. 28000 Crore (C) Rs. 44000 Crore (D) Rs. 23000 Crore 114. Which country test-fired the ICBM named Hwasong-17? (A) China (B) North Korea (C) South Korea (D) Japan 115. What is the rank of India in the EIU’s 2021 Democracy Index? (A) 39 (B) 54 (C) 46 (D) 95 116. Which state has launched India’s first Night Navigation mobile app for ferry ser- vices on a river? (A) Gujarat (B) West Bengal (C) Assam (D) Maharashtra 117. Which state signed an MoU with NITI Aayog for enhancement of the learning outcome of students? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Assam (C) Punjab (D) Arunachal Pradesh 118. World Breastfeeding Week 2022 is be- ing celebrated on which Week every year to emphasize regular breastfeeding for ba- bies? (A) August 02-08 (B) August 05-11 (C) August 03-09 (D) August 01-07 119. Satyendra Nath Bose belonged to which field? (A) Mathematician (B) Astronomer (C) Freedom Fighter (D) Social Reformer 120. The Centre has set up Rashtriya Khanij Puraskar to promote which activity across the country? (A) Mining (B) Sports (C) Handloom (D) Farming 121. Who is the winner of the Mrs World 2022 beauty pageant? (A) Mrs America (B) Mrs India (C) Mrs Jordan (D) Mrs UAE 122. UNICEF appointed Vanessa Nakate, a 25- year-old climate activist from which coun- try as the Goodwill Ambassador of the UN Children’s Fund? (A) Spain 112. A 113. D 114. B 115. C 116. C 117. D 118. D 119. A 120. A 121. A 122. D
  • 18. NARAYAN CHANGDER 14 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 (B) India (C) South America (D) Uganda 123. Who has been ranked as the world’s top billionaire in 2022 M3M Hurun Global Rich List? (A) Bill Gates (B) Jeff Bezos (C) Bernard Arnault (D) Elon Musk 124. Burhanpur, which has been declared the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified district in the country, is in which state? (A) Kolkata (B) Bihar (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Telangana 125. Rahi Sarnobat, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan have won the gold medal for In- dia in which sports event? (A) Boxing (B) Weightlifting (C) Sprinting (D) Shooting 126. The UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize has been given to Franca Ma-ih Sulem Yong from Cameroon for? (A) Promotion of Organic agricultural pol- icy (B) Promotion of Tolerance and Non- Violence (C) Promotion of elderly education (D) Promotion of Forest conservation 127. Over 30, 000 years old rare mummified baby woolly mammoth has been found in a gold mine in which nation? (A) Mexico (B) Canada (C) US (D) Brazil 128. Mahindra Mahindra Financial Services has partnered with which payment bank to further enhance credit access to a larger customer base? (A) Jio Payments Bank (B) Airtel Payments Bank (C) India Post Payments Bank (D) Paytm Payments Bank 129. Which nation’s prime minister, Liz Truss, has resigned? (A) United Kingdom (B) Australia (C) France (D) Italy 130. India’s first and one of the world’s largest carbon fibre plants, Reliance Indus- tries is being set up in which state? (A) Rajasthan (B) Gujarat (C) Maharashtra (D) Uttar Pradesh 131. India is set to unveil the ‘Young Profes- sionals Scheme’ with which country? (A) UK (B) Japan (C) USA (D) South Korea 132. ISRO planning to launch a mission to Venus in December by which year? (A) 2023 (B) 2021 (C) 2022 (D) 2024 133. Pralay Mondal has been appointed as the interim MD CEO of which of the bank? (A) DCB Bank (B) CSB Bank (C) Federal Bank (D) Indian Bank 123. D 124. C 125. D 126. B 127. B 128. C 129. A 130. B 131. A 132. D 133. B 134. C
  • 19. 15 134. Which film bagged “Best Film award” at the IFFM 2022? (A) Sardar Udham (B) Gangubai Kathiawadi (C) 83 (D) Jai Bhim 135. Which company has launched wearable ATM cards and Offline UPI? (A) MasterCard (B) Acemoney (C) VISA (D) RuPay 136. The central government has reinstated the suspended five-year e-tourist visa with immediate effect for citizens of how many countries from March 2020? (A) 78 countries (B) 122 countries (C) 45 countries (D) 156 countries 137. Who is the head of the Committee consti- tuted by the Finance Ministry to address issues faced by VC and PE? (A) Subash Chandra Garg (B) M Damodaran (C) Ajay Tyagi (D) Mahalingam 138. Defence Ministry signed how many crore deal for indigenous Astra Beyond Visual Range missiles? (A) Rs 3, 971 crore (B) Rs 5, 971 crore (C) Rs 4, 971 crore (D) Rs 2, 971 crore 139. Who was appointed as Chairman MD of BHAVIN? (A) Rajpal Kumar (B) K. V. Suresh Kumar (C) Sunil Gupta (D) Naresh Malhotra 140. International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is being celebrated on which date? (A) June 02 (B) June 04 (C) June 03 (D) June 01 141. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inau- gurated the New Integrated Terminal Building at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport. Where it is located? (A) Imphal (B) Agartala (C) Pune (D) Lucknow 142. What is the rank of India in estimated Crypto Gains in 2021? (A) 12 (B) 41 (C) 21 (D) 32 143. NPCI extended the deadline for third- party apps to comply with UPI Market share guidelines by how many years? (A) 3 Years (B) 2 Years (C) 5 Years (D) 10 Years 144. Who has won the “Outstanding drama series” award at the 74th Emmy Awards 2022? (A) Squid Game (B) Ozark (C) Severance (D) Succession 135. B 136. D 137. B 138. D 139. B 140. B 141. B 142. C 143. B 144. D 145. D
  • 20. NARAYAN CHANGDER 16 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 145. Which country has launched its first Project 22220 versatile nuclear-powered icebreaker in the series? (A) Australia (B) America (C) Japan (D) Russia 146. Which country’s young cricketer Ishan Kishan is the first cricketer in the world to score the fastest double century in ODIs? (A) Chad (B) India (C) China (D) Finland 147. RBI cancelled the licence of Rupee Co- operative Bank is located in which place? (A) Gandhinagar (B) Pune (C) Lucknow (D) Bhopal 148. Who took over as interim President of the Indian Olympic Association? (A) Anil Khanna (B) Aslam Sher Khan (C) Narinder Batra (D) Adille Sumariwalla 149. National Thermal Engineer Day is being celebrated on which date? (A) July 23 (B) July 24 (C) July 26 (D) July 25 150. Jens Stoltenberg is the head of which of the following organization? (A) NATO (B) WTO (C) WEF (D) ASEAN 151. Which institution released the ‘Hand- book of Statistics on Indian States 2021- 22’? (A) RBI (B) SEBI (C) NITI Aayog (D) Department of Economic Affairs 152. International Jazz Day is being cele- brated every year around the world on which date? (A) April 28 (B) April 29 (C) April 30 (D) May 01 153. Which Indian City will host India Interna- tional Seafood Show 2023? (A) Mumbai (B) Kolkata (C) Kochi (D) Chennai 154. Who has been appointed as the Secre- tary in the Department of Financial Ser- vices in the Ministry of Finance? (A) Anurag Jain (B) Tarun Bajaj (C) Debashish Panda (D) Sanjay Malhotra 155. ‘Sonzal-2022’ is an annual youth festi- val held in which state/UT? (A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Jammu and Kashmir (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand 156. Who has been named as the Head Coach of the Mumbai Indians Emirates team? (A) Sunil Gavaskar (B) Kapil Dev (C) Rahul Dravid (D) Shane Bond 146. B 147. B 148. D 149. B 150. A 151. A 152. C 153. B 154. D 155. B 156. D 157. C
  • 21. 17 157. Which of the following state’s Chief Min- ister has launched ‘Kaushal Rozgar Nigam’ portal? (A) Assam (B) Rajasthan (C) Haryana (D) Bihar 158. Highest tunnel at Shinku La tunnel will connect Ladakh with which state of the country? (A) Uttrakhand (B) Arunachal Pradesh (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Sikkim 159. Mount Semeru volcano has erupted, sending ash billowing into the sky and sparking evacuations. Where is the vol- cano located? (A) Greece (B) Holy See (C) Ireland (D) Indonesia 160. India and which country has decided to set up a task force to prepare a five-year roadmap to boost bilateral defence cooper- ation? (A) Oman (B) Tanzania (C) Singapore (D) Bangladesh 161. Which is the first Asian country to join NATO’s cyber defence group? (A) Bangladesh (B) Sri Lanka (C) India (D) South Korea 162. India’s International Economic resilience improves to what position in 2022? (A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 4 163. The 18th edition of the India-US joint training exercise “Yudh Abhyas 22” is scheduled to be conducted in which state? (A) Rajasthan (B) Gujarat (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand 164. What is the rank of India in “The Impact Rankings 2022”? (A) 4 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 165. Who was appointed as chairman of the National Commission for Backward? (A) Hansraj Gangaram Ahir (B) Anil kumar Dube (C) Satish Sing (D) Devendr Bhardwaaj 166. Japan recently signed ‘Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA)’ with which country? (A) Brazil (B) Australia (C) USA (D) Russia 167. Which bank has won the digital transfor- mation award ‘DX 2021 Awards’ by the CII? (A) Karnataka Bank (B) Axis (C) ICICI (D) HDFC 158. C 159. D 160. B 161. D 162. C 163. D 164. A 165. A 166. B 167. A 168. B
  • 22. NARAYAN CHANGDER 18 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 168. ‘Education 4.0 India Report’ has been launched by which institution? (A) International Monetary Fund (B) World Economic Forum (C) World Bank (D) Bill Melinda Gates Foundation 169. The Prime Minister presided over the 40th edition of PRAGATI, an ICT-based multi-modal platform. What is the mean- ing of the abbreviation ‘T’ in PRAGATI? (A) Transparency (B) Tracing (C) Timely (D) Trade 170. Which institution released the ‘Living Planet Report 2022’? (A) FAO (B) World Wide Fund (C) UNEP (D) UNESCO 171. Which country has become the first coun- try to legalize cannabis? (A) Vietnam (B) Sri Lanka (C) India (D) Thailand 172. Who has won the silver medal at the on- going Individual World Cup in Serbia? (A) Kavita Dalal (B) Babita Kumari Phogat (C) Vinesh Phogat (D) Anshu Malik 173. In which state country’s first ethanol plant operated from coarse cereals has been inaugurated? (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Bihar (C) Haryana (D) Kerala 174. Who has inaugurated National Tribal Re- search Institute in Delhi? (A) Kiren Rijiju (B) Nitin Gadkari (C) Giriraj Singh (D) Amit Shah 175. Airtel Payments Bank partnered with which insurance company for providing cy- ber security insurance? (A) LIC (B) HDFC ERGO General Insurance (C) IFFCO Tokio General Insurance (D) ICICI Lombard General Insurance 176. Who has been named as the new chief economist of the IMF to replace Gita Gopinath? (A) Piotr Trabinski (B) Pablo Moreno Garcia (C) Paul Hilbers (D) Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas 177. Which global group announced the ‘Global Shield’ insurance initiative? (A) G-20 and V20 (B) WEF (C) UNEP (D) G-7 and V20 178. Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan, removal of Im- ran Khan by no-trust vote? (A) Fawad Chaudhry (B) Shehbaz Sharif (C) Fazal-ur-Rehman (D) Asif Ali Zardari 179. Whose birthday did Rotary International establish World Polio Day to commemo- rate? (A) David Chiu (B) Tammy Duckworth (C) Joe Hayashi (D) Jonas Salk 169. C 170. B 171. D 172. D 173. B 174. D 175. D 176. D 177. D 178. B 179. D
  • 23. 19 180. Project ‘Vanikaran’ has been launched in which state? (A) Assam (B) Manipur (C) Jharkhand (D) Kerala 181. When will Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit Manipur and Tripura? (A) January 07 (B) January 06 (C) January 04 (D) January 05 182. Which state government has launched the ‘Nan Mudhalvan’ scheme for stu- dents? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Karnataka (C) Jharkhand (D) Kerala 183. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has granted an aerodrome licence to Jey- pore airport. It is located in which state? (A) Kerala (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Rajasthan (D) Odisha 184. Who among the following has received the Gold Award at the 47th Interna- tional Conference on Quality Control Coun- cil (ICQCC-2022)? (A) NTPC (B) Renew Power (C) JSW Energy (D) Tata Power 185. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugu- rated the World Dairy Summit 2022 in Greater Noida, what is the theme of the summit? (A) Dairy for the youth (B) Dairy and Healthy Lifestyle (C) Importance of Dairy on Children (D) Dairy for nutrition and livelihood 186. India has Ranked at which place in Over- all Skill Proficiency Globally? (A) 72nd (B) 57th (C) 68th (D) 44th 187. How many seats went to the polls in the sixth phase of UP Elections 2022? (A) 48 (B) 45 (C) 57 (D) 62 188. Which bank has become the first to enter the metaverse? (A) Citibank (B) JPMorgan (C) Barclays (D) UBS 189. System Administrator Appreciation Day is being celebrated on which day? (A) July 30 (B) July 29 (C) July 27 (D) July 28 190. Which country has awarded a USD 375 million contract to India for the BrahMos missile? (A) Philippines (B) Indonesia (C) Namibia (D) Croatia 191. Which is the venue of the first Incredible IIICC held in May 2022? (A) Kochi (B) Mumbai (C) Srinagar (D) Hyderabad 180. D 181. C 182. A 183. D 184. A 185. D 186. C 187. C 188. B 189. B 190. A 191. B 192. C
  • 24. NARAYAN CHANGDER 20 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 192. Rodrigo Chaves has been sworn in as the President of which country? (A) Norway (B) Sweden (C) Costa Rica (D) Denmark 193. Which country has launched its most ad- vanced aircraft carrier named ‘Fujian’? (A) North Korea (B) UAE (C) Iran (D) China 194. PM Modi hosted the first India-Central Asia Summit virtually. How many coun- tries are officially recognized as Central Asian region countries? (A) 16 (B) 8 (C) 20 (D) 5 195. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and CEO of the Railway Board? (A) Vinay Kumar Tripathi (B) Naresh Salecha (C) Sanjeev Mittal (D) Ravinder Gupta 196. In which state ‘Four-Sowing Scheme’ has been started? (A) Rajasthan (B) Punjab (C) Haryana (D) Uttar Pradesh 197. Which organization celebrated its 64th foundation day on 1st January 2022? (A) HAL (B) NHPC (C) ISRO (D) DRDO 198. Who has been awarded the highest civilian award of the French government “Chevalier de la Legion d’honneur”? (A) EAM S. Jaishankar (B) Mukesh Ambani (C) Shashi Tharoor (D) Prime Minister Narendra Modi 199. Who has won the Women’s BWF World Championship 2022? (A) Tai Tzu Ying (B) Chen Yu Fei (C) Akane Yamaguchi (D) An Se Young 200. Which bank has announced the launch of the SmartHub Vyapar programme? (A) ICICI Bank (B) SBI (C) Axis Bank (D) HDFC Bank 201. Name of the minister who launched Vir- tual Smart Grid Knowledge Center? (A) Rajnath Singh (B) Amit Shah (C) R.K. Singh (D) None 202. Name the IAS officer who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA)? (A) Sanjeev Sanyal (B) Ajay Bhushan Pandey (C) Hasmukh Adhia (D) Amitabh Kant 203. The ‘Ayurveda Aahar’ logo has been launched by whom on the occasion of World Food Safety Day? (A) Smriti Irani (B) Mansukh Mandaviya (C) Baba Ramdev (D) Narendra Modi 193. D 194. D 195. A 196. C 197. D 198. C 199. C 200. D 201. C 202. B 203. B 204. C
  • 25. 21 204. In which place was the ‘Rural Tribal Tech- nical Training’ project inaugurated? (A) Patna (B) Pune (C) Bhopal (D) Guwahati 205. Who has been appointed as the new chairman and managing director of Hindus- tan Petroleum Corporation Ltd? (A) Pushp Kumar Joshi (B) Rijwan (C) Mukesh Kumar Surana (D) Vipin Sachdeva 206. Which senior IFS officer has assumed charge as India’s new Foreign Secretary? (A) Rajiv Kumar (B) Rohandeep Singh (C) Vinay Mohan Kwatra (D) Harsh Vardhan Shringla 207. Which day has been designated as Inter- national Suicide Prevention Day? (A) September 10 (B) September 11 (C) September 09 (D) September 08 208. Who has joined NARCL as Managing Di- rector and CEO? (A) Natarajan Sundar (B) Vinay Verma (C) Satish Kumar (D) Sanjay Singh 209. How much amount of capital infusion has been done by the government in NICL, UICL and OICL insurance companies in April 2022? (A) Rs 3000 crore (B) Rs 10000 crore (C) Rs 5000 crore (D) Rs 7000 crore 210. Which state has topped Niti Aayog’s In- dia Innovation Index 2022 major states? (A) Maharashtra (B) Karnataka (C) Haryana (D) Telangana 211. International Master Harshvardhan clinched the Asian junior chess title held in which country? (A) Philippines (B) France (C) Cuba (D) Chad 212. Who among the following has been nom- inated as the CEO-designate of Deloitte In- dia? (A) Charu Sehgal (B) Romal Shetty (C) Nandita Shyamsunder Pai (D) Krishna Rangnath Chaturvedi 213. Which state got its 2nd railway station in 119 years? (A) Assam (B) Odisha (C) West Bengal (D) Nagaland 214. Who has scripted history as he became the first batter in history to reach 4000 runs in T20 Internationals? (A) Paul Stirling (B) Rohit Sharma (C) Virat Kohli (D) Martin Guptill 215. Which institution regulates the ‘Digital lending activities’ in India? (A) National Payments Corporation of In- dia (B) Reserve Bank of India (C) Ministry of Finance (D) NITI Aayog 205. A 206. C 207. A 208. A 209. C 210. B 211. A 212. B 213. D 214. C 215. B
  • 26. NARAYAN CHANGDER 22 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 216. Nepal has signed the framework agree- ment to join the India-led International So- lar Alliance. Does it become which number country who sign the agreement? (A) 107th (B) 105th (C) 117th (D) 112th 217. d Stop TB partnership board meeting was addressed by which minister? (A) Piyush Goyal (B) M. Venkaiah Naidu (C) Prakash Keshav Javadekar (D) Dr Harsh Vardhan 218. Which state is the 1st Indian State to Ap- prove a Policy for Drones? (A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Gujarat (C) Karnataka (D) Maharashtra 219. Bank credit growth accelerated to how many percentages in the quarter that ended June 2022? (A) 16.2% (B) 13.7% (C) 12.8% (D) 14.2% 220. “SURYA KIRAN-XVI” is a Joint Training Exercise of India with which country? (A) Nigeria (B) Niger (C) Nepal (D) Norway 221. Which of the following nations won the bronze medal in the Women’s Asia Cup Hockey at Muscat in Oman? (A) India (B) China (C) Pakistan (D) Afghanistan 222. When was Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti 2022 observed? (A) February 24 (B) February 23 (C) February 25 (D) February 26 223. What is the theme of ‘Vigilance Aware- ness Week 2022’? (A) Embodiment of Honesty (B) Corruption-free India for a developed Nation (C) Ethics and Values (D) Elimination of Corruption 224. Who has won the best FIFA Women’s Player for 2020? (A) Lucy Bronze (B) Ada Hegerberg (C) Megan Rapinoe (D) Marta 225. Defence Ministry signed contract to pro- cure 16, 479 light machine guns from which country? (A) Iran (B) Russia (C) USA (D) Israel 226. Name the Indian-origin physician who has been appointed as the new coordinator of the COVID-19 response to the White House? (A) Suresh Benix (B) Sanjay Mehta (C) Sanjit Mishra (D) Ashish Jha 216. B 217. D 218. A 219. D 220. C 221. A 222. D 223. B 224. A 225. D 226. D 227. D
  • 27. 23 227. Home Delivery of medicines under the Services e-Health Assistance and Telecon- sultation scheme is effective has been launched by which ministry? (A) Ministry of Sports (B) Ministry of Women Child Develop- ment (C) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (D) Ministry of Defence 228. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has launched programme SETU in San Francisco, US. What does E stand for in SETU? (A) Ecommerce (B) Entrepreneurship (C) Ecological (D) Entrepreneurs 229. Which country assumed the chairman- ship of the United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee in 2022? (A) Vietnam (B) France (C) Australia (D) India 230. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi is slated to be appointed as the which edition Attor- ney General for India? (A) 15th (B) 13th (C) 16th (D) 14th 231. Which state replaced Bihar and West Bengal to become the largest state in terms of the outstanding portfolio of mi- crofinance loans? (A) Maharashtra (B) Uttarakhand (C) Gujarat (D) Tamil Nadu 232. On which date Air Force Day is cele- brated in India? (A) October 08 (B) October 09 (C) October 10 (D) October 11 233. Google India launched Start-up School, which aims to guide how many start-ups in smaller cities? (A) 5, 000 (B) 20, 000 (C) 10, 000 (D) 15, 000 234. Which country has relocated its embassy from Kyiv to Lviv? (A) UK (B) United States (C) Australia (D) Israel 235. How many states observed State Foun- dation Day on 01st November? (A) 7 states (B) 8 states (C) 6 states (D) 9 states 236. Indian Navy’s all-female crew completes its what edition of solo maritime mission? (A) 2nd (B) 4th (C) 3rd (D) 1st 237. Dr Jitendra Singh has launched Interna- tional Monsoon Project Office at which In- stitute? (A) IITM Chennai (B) IITM Delhi (C) IITM Pune (D) IITM Punjab 228. D 229. D 230. D 231. D 232. A 233. C 234. B 235. A 236. D 237. C 238. B
  • 28. NARAYAN CHANGDER 24 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 238. Who has been appointed as the next Deputy Chief of Army Staff? (A) Lieutenant General Rana Pratap Kalita (B) Lieutenant General Baggavalli So- mashekar Raju (C) Lieutenant General Yogendra Dimri (D) Lieutenant General Nav Kumar Khan- duri 239. Which bank has partnered with the Na- tional E-Governance Services Ltd to launch an electronic bank guarantee? (A) SBI (B) Canara Bank (C) BOI (D) HDFC Bank 240. Who has been appointed as CMD of NHPC? (A) Adille Sumariwalla (B) Yamuna Kumar Chaubey (C) R K Gupta (D) Dr. Vasudha Gupta 241. Which city hosted the first seminar of the Agni Tattva campaign under the LiFE mis- sion organised by Power Foundation of In- dia and Vijnana Bharati? (A) Chennai (B) New Delhi (C) Bengaluru (D) Leh 242. India’s first hydrogen fuel cell car Toy- ota Mirai has been launched by which min- istry? (A) Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (B) Ministry of Education (C) Ministry of Child Development (D) Ministry of Tribals 243. Who has launched an innovative project NIPUN in New Delhi? (A) Sarbananda Sonowal (B) Hardeep Singh Puri (C) Narayan Tatu Rane (D) Dharmendra Pradhan 244. India’s first Amrit Sarovar has been inau- gurated in which state? (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Rajasthan (C) Gujarat (D) Uttar Pradesh 245. What is the rank of India in the ‘RSF 2022 World Press Freedom Index’? (A) 176 (B) 150 (C) 104 (D) 87 246. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has un- veiled a nearly 9.5 feet tall statue of Chha- trapati Shivaji Maharaj in which city? (A) Delhi (B) Kolkata (C) Mumbai (D) Pune 247. President Vladimir Putin claimed Russia is ready for talks to end the war in which country? (A) Finland (B) Kenya (C) Ukraine (D) Myanmar 248. Which is the first country to use Facial Recognition to pay taxes? (A) India (B) USA (C) Singapore (D) Norway 239. B 240. B 241. D 242. A 243. B 244. D 245. B 246. D 247. C 248. C 249. B
  • 29. 25 249. India’s first rural tribal technical training program was inaugurated in which state? (A) Karnataka (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Jharkhand 250. Which city has hosted the three-day ‘Smart Cities, Smart Urbanization’ confer- ence? (A) Ahmedabad (B) Indore (C) Surat (D) Jaipur 251. The RBI has approved which category of banks to provide doorstep banking ser- vices? (A) Rural Cooperative Banks (B) Payment Banks (C) Local Area Banks (D) Urban Cooperative banks 252. The International Day of Plant Health (IDPH) is being celebrated every year on which date? (A) May 12 (B) May 10 (C) May 14 (D) May 15 253. Guru Tegh Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day is observed every year on which date? (A) November 19 (B) November 20 (C) November 22 (D) November 24 254. Which state’s Chief Minister has an- nounced to build a stadium in Olympic gold- medallist Neeraj Chopra’s native village? (A) Haryana (B) Maharashtra (C) West Bengal (D) Gujarat 255. PM Modi has declared which day as Veer Baal Diwas annually from 2022? (A) January 15 (B) November 10 (C) December 26 (D) February 14 256. A new book titled “Listen to Your Heart:The London Adventure” authored by whom? (A) Chetan Bhagat (B) Arundhati Roy (C) Vikram Seth (D) Ruskin Bond 257. The All India Football Federation has launched a grassroots football develop- ment (GFD) scheme in which state? (A) Assam (B) Bihar (C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Bihar 258. International Museum Day is being cele- brated on which date? (A) May 18 (B) May 15 (C) May 17 (D) May 16 259. What is the theme of National Safety Day (NSD) 2022? (A) Enhance Safety and Health Perfor- mance by Use of Advanced Technologies (B) Cultivate and Sustain a safe culture for building the nation (C) Nurture young minds-Develop safety culture (D) Road safety 260. Which day is being celebrated as World Down Syndrome Day? (A) March 18 (B) March 20 (C) March 21 (D) March 19 250. C 251. D 252. A 253. D 254. A 255. C 256. D 257. C 258. A 259. C 260. C
  • 30. NARAYAN CHANGDER 26 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 261. National Siblings Day is being celebrated every year on which date? (A) April 09 (B) April 10 (C) April 08 (D) April 07 262. What is the slogan for the World Ne- glected Tropical Diseases Day 2022? (A) Quicker Picker Upper (B) From neglect to care (C) A Diamond is Forever (D) There Are Some Things Money Can’t Buy 263. What is the growth forecast for India for 2022-23, as per ADB’s estimate? (A) 8.2 % (B) 8.0 % (C) 7.8 % (D) 7.2 % 264. Which Union Ministry has released the ‘States’ Start-ups Ranking 2021’? (A) Ministry of Finance (B) Ministry of MSME (C) Ministry of Corporate Affairs (D) Ministry of Commerce and Industry 265. The United Nations observes World Toi- let Day every year. What is the theme of World Toilet Day 2022? (A) Making the invisible visible (B) Sustainable sanitation and climate change (C) Leaving no one behind (D) Valuation of toilets 266. Who is the winner of the women’s sin- gles tennis title at the 2022 Adelaide In- ternational 1 tournament? (A) Naomi Osaka (B) Karolina Pliskova (C) Elena Rybakina (D) Ashleigh Barty 267. Who has been appointed the director general of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation? (A) Rajni Mishra (B) Parul Dahiya (C) Manjeet Kataria (D) Rajendra Kumar 268. ‘Health Star Rating’ is an initiative of which organization? (A) NABARD (B) FSSAI (C) Food Corporation of India (D) NITI Aayog 269. NBFC Northern Arc Capital Enters Strate- gic Partnership with which bank? (A) Canara Bank (B) HDFC Bank (C) Axis Bank (D) Indian Bank 270. India gifted 75 ambulances and 17 school buses to which country? (A) Bangladesh (B) Nepal (C) Ukraine (D) Sri Lanka 271. Samia Suluhu Hassan, who has been seen in the news, is the first female Pres- ident of which country? (A) Libya (B) South Africa (C) Tanzania (D) Egypt 272. TamiraSES project is being implemented to restore which river? (A) Godavari (B) Pannar (C) Narmada (D) Thamirabarani 261. B 262. B 263. D 264. D 265. A 266. D 267. D 268. B 269. D 270. B 271. C 272. D 273. B
  • 31. 27 273. Which union minister has inaugurated the fourth Heli-India Summit 2022 in Sri- nagar? (A) Ministry of Railways (B) Minister of Civil Aviation (C) Ministry of Home Affairs (D) Ministry of Defence 274. Blockchain network 5ire signed an MoU with which state police to implement a smart policing solution? (A) Kerala Police (B) Maharashtra Police (C) Goa Police (D) Delhi Police 275. Which state government has announced to set up India’s first medical city ‘In- drayani Medicity’? (A) Bihar (B) Maharashtra (C) Uttrakhand (D) Haryana 276. Who has won the last gold medal for In- dia in Commonwealth Games 2022? (A) Sudhir (B) Vinesh Phogat (C) Sharath Kamal (D) Bajrang Punia 277. Who has been appointed as Ombudsman under MGNREGA? (A) Swarup Kumar Saha (B) S L Thaosen (C) N J Ojha (D) Ajay Kumar Srivastava 278. Hardik Pandya led Team India against which country for the T20I series? (A) Australia (B) Kenya (C) Sri Lanka (D) Bangladesh 279. Narayan Debnath, who has passed away, belongs to which profession? (A) Politician (B) Comic artist (C) Filmmaker (D) Singer 280. Hardeep Singh Puri has inaugurated the 5th South Asian Geoscience Conference (GEO India 2022) in which city? (A) Mumbai (B) Bengaluru (C) New Delhi (D) Jaipur 281. International Equal Pay Day is being cel- ebrated on which day? (A) September 16 (B) September 17 (C) September 18 (D) September 19 282. Which country recorded the maximum number of air pollution-related deaths? (A) China (B) USA (C) India (D) Russia 283. In which country did women soldiers of the Indian army participate in the women’s peace and security seminar? (A) Mongolia (B) Germany (C) Russia (D) France 284. India won seven medals at the 2022 ISSF World Cup 2022 in Cairo, Egypt. These included how many gold medals? (A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8 274. C 275. B 276. C 277. C 278. C 279. B 280. D 281. C 282. C 283. A 284. B 285. B
  • 32. NARAYAN CHANGDER 28 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 285. What is the projected Real GDP rate for India as per RBI for fiscal 2022-2023? (A) 7.4% (B) 7.2% (C) 7.1% (D) 7.5% 286. Tata Power has signed an MoU with which state to invest about Rs 3, 000 crore to set up the solar cell, and module manufacturing unit in the state? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Odisha (C) Kerala (D) Madhya Pradesh 287. SpiceJet won the ‘Safety Performer of the Year 2022’ award by which city Air- port? (A) Chennai (B) Mumbai (C) Delhi (D) Bangalore 288. What is the name of India’s automatic train collision protection system? (A) Suraksha (B) Dhaal (C) Kavach (D) Raksha 289. The first-ever Made-in-India Surgical Robotic System has installed in RGCI in July 2022, the Surgical Robotic System is? (A) SSI Agni (B) SSI Mantra (C) SSI Teja (D) SSI Mitra 290. Which day is being celebrated as World Homeopathy Day? (A) April 10 (B) April 08 (C) April 11 (D) April 09 291. National Mountain Climbing Day is being celebrated on which date? (A) July 31 (B) August 02 (C) August 01 (D) July 30 292. What is the expansion of ‘LPA’ based on which the IMD forecasts the monsoon? (A) Least period average (B) Least prime average (C) Long prime average (D) Long period average 293. Who won the women’s singles title at the 2022 BWF Indonesia Masters Bad- minton Championships? (A) Busanan Ongbamarungfan (B) Yamaguchi Akane (C) Matsuyama Nami (D) Chen Yufei 294. Who has been entrusted with the addi- tional charge of chairman and managing di- rector of ONGC for a period of 4 months? (A) Rajesh Kumar Srivastava (B) Rajib Kumar Mishra (C) Subhash Kumar (D) Alka Mittal 295. Which company has become the first LAB manufacturing company in the world to get BIS certification? (A) Tamil Nadu Petroproducts (B) Tata (C) Adani (D) Reliance 296. India observed National Solidarity to honour whom? (A) DRDO 286. A 287. C 288. C 289. B 290. A 291. C 292. D 293. D 294. A 295. A 296. B
  • 33. 29 (B) Armed Forces (C) ISRO (D) BRO 297. Which state government has launched ‘Saans’ campaign to reduce the infant mor- tality rate due to pneumonia? (A) Maharashtra (B) Rajasthan (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Karnataka 298. Which football player announced retire- ment after Qatar FIFA 2022? (A) Lionel Messi (B) Cristiano Ronaldo (C) Xavi (D) Andres Iniesta 299. Which institution has released a draft battery swapping policy for Electric Vehi- cles? (A) NITI Aayog (B) Ministry of New and Renewable En- ergy (C) Bureau of Energy Efficiency (D) Ministry of Power 300. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has an- nounced to give reservation to women in 33 percent government jobs in which state? (A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Karnataka (C) Tripura (D) Odisha 301. How much per cent of tax will be im- posed on the transfer of virtual assets? (A) 40% (B) 10% (C) 50% (D) 30% 302. Which country’s museum has signed an agreement with India to repatriate seven stolen artefacts to India in August 2022? (A) Switzerland (B) Scotland (C) Canada (D) Denmark 303. National Fish Farmers’ Day is being cele- brated on which date? (A) July 11 (B) July 09 (C) July 08 (D) July 10 304. Who has won the women’s singles title at Swiss Open 2022? (A) PV Sindhu (B) Sania Mirza (C) Saina Nehwal (D) Mary Kom 305. Which state received approval for a USD 300 million World bank-funded school ed- ucation project? (A) Karnataka (B) Chhattisgarh (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Odisha 306. Rajat Mukherjee, who passed away, be- longed to which profession? (A) Director (B) Actor (C) Cricketer (D) Journalist 307. India’s first greenfield grain-based ethanol production plant is inaugurated in which state? (A) Kerala (B) Assam (C) Odisha (D) Bihar 297. D 298. A 299. A 300. C 301. D 302. B 303. D 304. A 305. B 306. A 307. D 308. B
  • 34. NARAYAN CHANGDER 30 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 308. Which state women’s team has won its first-ever gold in the 12th Hockey India Senior Women’s National Championship? (A) Gujarat (B) Odisha (C) Assam (D) Uttar Pradesh 309. Which nation has hosted the world’s largest cyber exercise Locked Shields 2022? (A) Ukraine (B) Croatia (C) Moldovia (D) Estonia 310. Which state government has presented the children’s budget for children? (A) Government of Maharashtra (B) Gujarat government (C) Government of Kerala (D) Government of Madhya Pradesh 311. Which state/UT witnessed the highest unemployment rate in January 2022 (A) Jammu Kashmir (B) Tripura (C) Rajasthan (D) Haryana 312. Who has laid the Foundation stone for the new terminal building of Rajmata Vija- yaraje Scindia airport in Gwalior Madhya Pradesh? (A) Droupadi Murmu (B) Narendra Modi (C) Jyotiraditya Scindia (D) Amit Shah 313. Which country plans to limit the amount of foreign currency held by individuals? (A) Pakistan (B) Bangladesh (C) Russia (D) Sri Lanka 314. Which company roped Rohit Sharma and Ritika Sajdeh as brand ambassadors? (A) Amazon (B) Paytm (C) Max Life (D) Honda 315. Which sports event becomes the world’s first major sports event to resume after COVID-19 lockdown? (A) Copa America (B) Asian Football Cup (C) Bundesliga primary football league (D) FIFA World Cup 316. The world’s highest railway bridge is lo- cated in which Indian state/UT? (A) Sikkim (B) Assam (C) Jammu and Kashmir (D) Arunachal Pradesh 317. Who has been appointed as managing di- rector of Union Bank of India? (A) A Manimekhalai (B) Suraj Srivastava (C) Rajkiran Rai G (D) Nidhu Saxena 318. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Manipur state Assembly elections 2022? (A) Thongam Biswajit Singh (B) Govindas Konthoujam (C) Govindas Konthoujam (D) N Biren Singh 319. The Rashtriya Khanij Puraskar is a na- tional award given in which category? (A) Literature (B) Arts (C) Mining (D) Environment and Climate Change 309. D 310. D 311. D 312. D 313. D 314. C 315. C 316. C 317. A 318. D 319. C 320. B
  • 35. 31 320. What is the theme of the ‘World Environ- ment Day 2022’? (A) 50th Environment Day (B) Only One Earth (C) Live with the Nature (D) Invest in our Planet 321. Which state has topped the Export Readi- ness Index released by NITI Aayog? (A) Gujarat (B) Kerala (C) Punjab (D) Karnataka 322. Which country is the frontrunner in climate mitigation, as per the Climate Change Performance Index? (A) Denmark (B) Germany (C) Norway (D) Australia 323. Manisha Kalyan, who has seen in the news, is associated with which sports? (A) Football (B) Weight Lifting (C) Boxing (D) Cricket 324. Who approved as new DRDO Procure- ment Manual 2020? (A) Narendra Modi (B) Rajnath Singh (C) Amit Shah (D) Nitin Gadkari 325. Which University has received an A grade after obtaining 3.85 points in the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) grading? (A) I P University (B) Maharishi Dayanand University (C) Delhi University (D) The Guru Nanak Dev University 326. India has inked CEPA with UAE. Aims to increase the bilateral trade between the two countries from the current USD 60 bil- lion to how much in the next 5 years? (A) USD 100 billion (B) USD 120 billion (C) USD 80 billion (D) USD 150 billion 327. The Dredging Museum named Nikarshan Sadan has been inaugurated in which city of India? (A) Chennai (B) Vishakhapatnam (C) Kochi (D) Panaji 328. The Gandhi Mandiram (Gandhi temple) and Smrithi Vanam dedicated to free- dom fighters have been unveiled in which state? (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Odisha (D) Karnataka 329. Which company has partnered with UN- ESCO to promote and safeguard the ‘Intan- gible Cultural Heritage of India? (A) Ashoka Leyland (B) Tata Motors (C) Royal Enfield (D) Mahindra Mahindra 330. Who has been conferred with the V Shantaram Lifetime achievement award at MIFF 2022? (A) Sanjay Bisht (B) Vikram Arora (C) Sanjit Narweka (D) Ranjeet Tiwari 321. A 322. A 323. A 324. B 325. D 326. A 327. B 328. A 329. C 330. C 331. D
  • 36. NARAYAN CHANGDER 32 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 331. Which world leaders will be visiting In- dia for the first time on April 21? (A) Vladimir Putin (B) Joe Biden (C) Olaf Scholz (D) Boris Johnson 332. Which Indian Cricketer has been ap- pointed as an ambassador for Karnataka Brain Health Initiative? (A) Robin Uthappa (B) Ruturaj Gaikwad (C) Devdutt Padikkal (D) Ambati Rayudu 333. The 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup is being held in which country? (A) Bangladesh (B) India (C) Australia (D) New Zealand 334. Who was named the Mumbai Indians’ first head coach for the IPL 2023 season? (A) Mark Boucher (B) Virender Sehwag (C) Ajit Agarkar (D) Sunil Gavaskar 335. Veer Guardian 2023 Exercise is a maiden bilateral air exercise set to be held be- tween India and which country? (A) Sudan (B) Japan (C) Canada (D) Fiji 336. Who has topped the EdelGive Hurun In- dia Philanthropy List 2022? (A) Mukesh Ambani (B) Mangalam Birla (C) Shiv Nadar (D) Azim Premji 337. What is the name of the Centre’s pas- senger processing system based on facial recognition technology? (A) DigiYatra (B) Pradhan Mantri Digital Yatra Abhiyan (C) Bharat Yatra (D) Bharat Face RT 338. Who among the following cricketer achieved the world record for the highest- ever individual score in List A cricket by scoring a 141-ball 277 against Arunachal Pradesh in Vijay Hazare Trophy? (A) Narayan Jagadeesan (B) Prithvi Shaw (C) Ruturaj Gaikwad (D) Yashavi Jaiswal 339. Who is the head of the task force set up by the Centre to monitor the monkeypox situation in India? (A) Lav Agarwal (B) VK Paul (C) Rajesh Bhushan (D) Balram Bhargava 340. Which one is the winning team of the 71st Women Senior National Basketball Championship? (A) Indian Railways (B) Haryana (C) Telangana (D) Punjab 341. In the FIFA World Cup 2022, who won Golden Ball for the best player? (A) Cristiano Ronaldo (B) Lionel Messi (C) Mbappe (D) Robert Lewandowski 342. New Covid-19 variant IHU has been de- tected in which country? (A) France 332. A 333. D 334. A 335. B 336. C 337. A 338. A 339. B 340. A 341. B 342. A
  • 37. 33 (B) Spain (C) Germany (D) Denmark 343. Which state government approved the first tiger reserve in Bundelkhand? (A) Bihar (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Maharashtra (D) Uttar Pradesh 344. Who has become the third Indian captain to win an ODI series in England? (A) Rohit Sharma (B) Rishabh Pant (C) KL Rahul (D) Shikhar Dhawan 345. RIL Picks how many stakes in robotics startup Addverb Technologies for $132 million? (A) 65% (B) 50% (C) 54% (D) 45% 346. Xiomara Castro has been appointed as the first female president of which coun- try? (A) Paraguay (B) Honduras (C) Nicaragua (D) Ecuador 347. As per the data by NPCI, which bank was the largest recipient of the UPI transaction amount in the October-December quarter in 2021? (A) Bank of Baroda (B) State Bank of India (C) Paytm Payments Bank (D) Punjab National Bank 348. Which organization’s exercises Defender Europe 2022 Swift Response 2022 held in Poland and 8 other countries? (A) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (B) Association of Southeast Asian Na- tions (C) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (D) Shanghai Cooperation Organization 349. Which player has won the men’s singles title at the 2022 Miami Open Tennis Tour- nament? (A) Casper Ruud (B) Carlos Alcaraz (C) Rafael Nadal (D) Stefanos Tsitsipas 350. Which company earned Rs 1, 100 crores in five years from foreign launches? (A) DRDO (B) ISRO (C) SARC (D) NASA 351. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Vodafone Idea? (A) Pravin Kumar Purwar (B) Kumar Mangalam Birla (C) Akshaya Moondra (D) Gopal Vittal 352. Who is the winner of the 56th Jnanpith award for 2021? (A) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (B) Krishna Sobti (C) Amitav Ghosh (D) Nilmani Phookan 353. Which state in India has set up the coun- try’s first Animation, Visual Effects, Gam- ing and Comics Center of Excellence? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Karnataka (C) Telangana (D) Kerala 343. D 344. A 345. C 346. B 347. C 348. C 349. B 350. B 351. C 352. D 353. B 354. B
  • 38. NARAYAN CHANGDER 34 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 354. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Sansad TV? (A) Ravi Capoor (B) Utpal Kumar Singh (C) Vinod Kumar (D) Saurabh Tripathi 355. The Indian Army version of MRSAM has been developed by DRDO in partnership with which country? (A) Israel (B) France (C) Canada (D) Sri Lanka 356. The SAH-BHAGITA scheme to reward RWAs for property tax compliance was launched in which state/UT? (A) Delhi (B) Assam (C) Maharashtra (D) Puducherry 357. What is the theme of International Plas- tic Bag Free Day 2022? (A) Stop choking the Earth (B) Reuse Earth (C) Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle today! (D) Eliminate the use of plastic bags 358. Which country is the host of the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN- FCCC? (A) Egypt (B) UAE (C) Australia (D) Brazil 359. Ela Bhatt, who passed recently, was a pioneer in which of these fields? (A) Poverty eradication (B) Women empowerment (C) Education (D) All of the above 360. CBI has registered the biggest ever bank fraud case by which company? (A) Mercator Limited (B) ABG Shipyard (C) Berger Paints (D) Shalimar Works 361. The Chief Minister of which state N. Biren Singh has launched the “Catch the Rain Campaign-2022”? (A) Gujarat (B) Kerala (C) Manipur (D) Rajasthan 362. Who is the first Chairperson of the RBIH? (A) Viral Acharya (B) Urjit Patel (C) Abhijeet Banerjee (D) Senapathy Kris Gopalakrishnan 363. Which edition of Women Transforming In- dia Awards has been organized by NITI Aayog’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Fo- rum? (A) 5th (B) 9th (C) 7th (D) 8th 364. Which bank has achieved the maximum number of awards at the IBA’s Annual Banking Technology Awards 2021? (A) ICICI Bank (B) South Indian Bank (C) State Bank of India (D) The Jammu Kashmir Bank 365. Indian Grandmaster, SL Narayanan has won the “Grandiscchi Cattolica Interna- tional Open” held in which country? (A) Australia (B) Italy (C) UK (D) Germany 355. A 356. A 357. C 358. A 359. B 360. B 361. C 362. D 363. A 364. B 365. B
  • 39. 35 366. Japan’s parliament adopted a resolution on which country’s “serious human rights situation”? (A) Syria (B) China (C) Afghanistan (D) Venezuela 367. Which player is named ICC Men’s Player of the Month for March 2022? (A) Babar Azam (B) David Warner (C) Keegan Petersen (D) Shreyas Iyer 368. Olympic bronze medallist Deon Lendore, who has passed away was known for which of the following sports event? (A) Hockey (B) Javelin throw (C) Football (D) Sprinting 369. Which Indian Institute of Science in India has commissioned the fastest supercom- puter named “Param Praveg” in India? (A) Pune (B) Bengaluru (C) Delhi (D) Gujarat 370. Which team has topped the medal tally in the 36th National Games? (A) Karnataka (B) Goa (C) Maharashtra (D) Service Sports Control Board 371. Which country launched the “Affordable Connectivity Program” to provide subsi- dies on internet service to lower-income households? (A) USA (B) Australia (C) China (D) UK 372. According to ICRA Ltd, what is the esti- mated GDP growth rate of India for the financial year 2022-2023? (A) 10% (B) 9% (C) 8% (D) 7% 373. Which company has partnered with bad- minton players to promote digital pay- ments in India? (A) DigiCash (B) MasterCard (C) PhonePe (D) Amazon Pay 374. India’s first gold ATM launched in which city? (A) Hyderabad (B) Pune (C) Kolkata (D) Lucknow 375. World Science Day for Peace and Devel- opment is observed on which date? (A) November 14 (B) November 10 (C) November 11 (D) November 05 376. India has become the first country to ad- minister a DNA vaccine against COVID-19. Which company has produced this plasmid DNA vaccine? (A) Serum Institute of India (B) Ranbaxy Laboratories (C) Zydus Cadila (D) Bharat Biotech 366. B 367. A 368. D 369. B 370. D 371. A 372. B 373. B 374. A 375. B 376. C 377. B
  • 40. NARAYAN CHANGDER 36 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 377. ‘Raisina Dialogue’ is a Conference in which field? (A) Information and Communication Tech- nology (B) Foreign policy (C) Agriculture (D) Climate Change 378. Which state has created a memorial for rhinos using ashes named ‘Abode of the Unicorns’? (A) Bihar (B) Assam (C) Nagaland (D) Meghalaya 379. The 19th edition of the India-US MCG meeting has been held at which place? (A) Noida (B) Pune (C) Bikaner (D) Agra 380. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the International Aluminium Institute? (A) Madhabi Puri (B) Aneel Prasad (C) Satish Pai (D) Vinod Rai 381. Which country has launched a military satellite named “Noor-2”? (A) India (B) Iran (C) Iraq (D) China 382. Who has been appointed as the next chief election commissioner of India? (A) Rajiv Kumar (B) Sushil Chandra (C) Arvind Panagariya (D) Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas 383. Which country has successfully test-fired a new laser missile-defence system ‘Iron Beam’? (A) India (B) Israel (C) America (D) China 384. Russia will be supplying which nation with Iskander-m missile systems? (A) Turkey (B) Pakistan (C) Belarus (D) China 385. Which armed force has signed an MoU with the IRCTC to ensure the safety and se- curity of booking data under its air e-ticket service? (A) CISF (B) BSF (C) CRPF (D) ITBP 386. What is the theme of World Sparrow Day 2022? (A) “Monitor the Sparrows” (B) “LOVE Sparrows” (C) “Monitor the Sparrows other com- mon birds” (D) ‘I Love Sparrows’ 387. Who has been conferred with the ‘Friends of Liberation War’ honour posthu- mously by Bangladesh? (A) Edward M Kennedy (B) Harry Reid (C) Johnny Isakson (D) Bob Dole 388. Which is India’s first state/UT to achieve 100 per cent coverage of precautionary dose? (A) Bihar 378. B 379. D 380. C 381. B 382. A 383. B 384. C 385. B 386. C 387. A 388. D
  • 41. 37 (B) Puducherry (C) Goa (D) Andaman and Nicobar Island 389. Which company introduces a 19-seater civil aircraft to be deployed under UDAN Scheme? (A) BEL (B) GAIL (C) HAL (D) NTPC 390. Vijay Shekhar Sharma to continue as Paytm MD CEO for another how many years? (A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 1 (D) 6 391. Which state has announced the forma- tion of 13 new districts? (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Andhra Pradesh (C) Rajasthan (D) Telangana 392. Which of the following states will estab- lish the first graphene innovation centre in India? (A) Kerala (B) Karnataka (C) Goa (D) Odisha 393. Who has secured a spot at the 2024 Paris Paralympics after winning the gold medal in the Para Shooting World Cup in women’s 10m air rifle? (A) Anahat Singh (B) Avani Lekhara (C) Priyanka Mohite (D) Jahnavi Dangeti 394. Ministry of Defence approves funding un- der the DRDO TDF scheme to Rs. How many crores for MSMEs, and startups? (A) Rs.200 Cr (B) Rs.100 Cr (C) Rs.150 Cr (D) Rs.50 Cr 395. Who will be the first woman to lead SEBI in 2022? (A) Preetha Reddy (B) Chanda Kochhar (C) Sikha Sharma (D) Madhabi Puri Buch 396. Which bank has won the right to sell Vi- jay Mallya’s London home? (A) UBS (B) BFC (C) ADIB (D) CAF 397. Every year on which date, does the United Nations mark the Time of Remem- brance and reconciliation for those who lost their lives during the Second World War? (A) May 07-08 (B) May 05-06 (C) May 08-09 (D) May 06-07 398. Which state government has launched ‘Farmer Registration and Integrated Ben- eficiary Information System’ or FRUITS software? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Karnataka (C) Punjab (D) Odisha 399. Who has been appointed as Director of IB? (A) Rohan Pratap Singh 389. C 390. B 391. B 392. A 393. B 394. D 395. D 396. A 397. C 398. B 399. B
  • 42. NARAYAN CHANGDER 38 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 (B) Tapan Kumar Deka (C) Dr Manoj Soni (D) Dinkar Gupta 400. Who is the winner of the women’s sin- gles title at the Syed Modi International badminton Tournament 2022? (A) Anupama Upadhyaya (B) Saina Nehwal (C) PV Sindhu (D) Malvika Bansod 401. WHO appointed whom as chief scientist, to replace Soumya Swaminathan? (A) William Jae (B) Liam Federer (C) Jeremy Farrar (D) Elijah Fraj 402. Which state government has announced launching drones in healthcare in 2022? (A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Rajasthan (C) Haryana (D) Uttarakhand 403. India test-fired more indigenous and im- proved variants of BrahMos missile. It is which type of missile? (A) Cruise missile (B) Ballistic missiles (C) Conventional guided missile (D) All of the above 404. Who won gold in wrestling in the 2022 National Games? (A) Vinesh Phogat (B) Bajrang Punia (C) Neha Malik (D) Antim Panghal 405. Who is the editor of the book “Gandhi and the Champaran Satyagraha:Select Readings”? (A) Sanjeev Tripathi (B) Dipesh Mishra (C) Suranjan Das (D) Vikram Joshi 406. Ikki Jathre or rice festival inaugurated in which state? (A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Goa (C) Kerala (D) Chhattisgarh 407. Who has become the first Indian foot- baller to play in UEFA Women’s Champions League? (A) Bala Devi (B) Aditi Chauhan (C) Manisha Kalyan (D) Anju Tamang 408. Which organization developed the nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile? (A) DRDO (B) BHEL (C) ONGC (D) ISRO 409. AS per IMF, What is the projected GDP Growth rate of India in FY23? (A) 7.5% (B) 8.9% (C) 8.2% (D) 9% 410. Which country has assumed the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union for six months beginning January 2022? (A) THE UK (B) India (C) France (D) China 400. C 401. C 402. D 403. A 404. D 405. C 406. C 407. C 408. A 409. C 410. C 411. A
  • 43. 39 411. IMF projects India’s general fiscal deficit at what percent of GDP for FY23? (A) 9.9% (B) 6.6% (C) 7.6% (D) 8.2% 412. Bihari Puraskar, which was seen in the news, is associated with which field? (A) Sports (B) Literature (C) Administration (D) Culture 413. Which company has signed MOU with TEC, UAE to explore new business oppor- tunities in the field of defence? (A) ISRO (B) DRDO (C) Bharat Dynamics Ltd (D) HAL 414. The proposed Dark Sky Reserve will be located at Hanle in Ladakh as a part of which Wildlife Sanctuary? (A) Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary (B) Karkoram Wildlife Sanctuary (C) Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary (D) Overa-Aru Wildlife Sanctuary 415. The central government has approved the construction of an iconic cable stayed- cum-suspension bridge across which River? (A) Tungabhadra River (B) Krishna River (C) Nakkavagu River (D) Godavari River 416. Which country will host the SCCWC 2023? (A) England (B) South Africa (C) India (D) Japan 417. Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has got how many years of impris- onment in the fifth fodder scam verdict? (A) 6 years (B) 5 years (C) 7 years (D) 3 years 418. World Toilet day is celebrated on which date? (A) November 19 (B) November 18 (C) November 17 (D) November 20 419. Which country supplied upgraded N-fuel to India’s Kudankulam plant with a longer fuel cycle? (A) UAE (B) Russia (C) China (D) Brazil 420. What is the rate of unemployment in In- dia in March 2022, as per the data by CMIE? (A) 7.6 per cent (B) 8.4 per cent (C) 7.8 per cent (D) 8.1 per cent 421. Coronavirus Information Hub has been launched by which social media platform? (A) WhatsApp (B) Facebook (C) Tiktok (D) Skype 422. Who has been appointed as a Whole- time Member of the IBBI for five years? (A) Jayanti Prasad (B) Preeti Tiwari (C) Priyanka Agrawal (D) Roshi Dixit 412. B 413. C 414. A 415. B 416. C 417. B 418. A 419. B 420. A 421. A 422. A
  • 44. NARAYAN CHANGDER 40 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 423. Which country will host the 31st South- east Asian Games? (A) Malaysia (B) Thailand (C) Cambodia (D) Vietnam 424. Which state has become the first state to launch Climate Change Mission? (A) Meghalaya (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Jharkhand (D) Mizoram 425. Which company will build three Giga fac- tories to manufacture solar modules, wind turbines, and hydrogen electrolyzers? (A) Reliance Industries Limited (B) Tata Group (C) NTPC Limited (D) Adani Group 426. India joined the Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC) at COP 27, which of the fol- lowing is the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world? (A) Baratang Island Mangrove Forest (B) Bhitarkanika Mangroves Forest (C) Pichavaram Mangroves Forest (D) Sundarbans Reserve Forest 427. Which bank is in partnership with Emi- rates Skywards and launched co-branded credit cards? (A) ICICI Bank (B) Bank of Baroda (C) Indian Overseas Bank (D) State Bank Of India 428. World Oceans Day is being celebrated on which date? (A) June 06 (B) June 08 (C) June 05 (D) June 09 429. Who has become the Vice President of the Global System of Mobile Communica- tion Association (GSMA)? (A) Sunil Taldar (B) Sunil Bharti Mittal (C) Segun Ogunsanya (D) Gopal Vittal 430. Ratan Tata, K.T. Thomas and Kariya Munda were appointed trustees of which fund? (A) Public Fund (B) PM Cares Fund (C) Disaster Fund (D) Consolidated Fund of India 431. Which album has received the “Album of the Year” award at the 64th Grammy Awards 2022? (A) Leave the door open (B) We Are (C) Love for Sale (D) Mother Nature 432. Which day of the year is marked as Na- tional Deworming Day in India? (A) February 11 (B) February 10 (C) February 12 (D) February 09 433. According to the WHO’s Global TB Re- port 2022, how many TB cases were noti- fied in India in 2021? (A) 51.4 lakh (B) 11.4 lakh (C) 31.4 lakh (D) 21.4 lakh 434. Which institute topped among institutes of national importance? (A) IIT Kanpur (B) IIT Madras (C) IIT Delhi (D) IIT Lucknow 423. D 424. B 425. D 426. D 427. A 428. B 429. D 430. B 431. B 432. B 433. D 434. B
  • 45. 41 435. Which UT has become the first one to be integrated with the National Single Win- dow System? (A) Ladakh (B) New Delhi (C) Puducherry (D) Jammu and Kashmir 436. What is the name of the app launched by the government to bring forth the story of the Indian freedom movement? (A) Swantantrata Diwas app (B) Deshbhakti App (C) Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav app (D) Azadi Quest App 437. The Regional Office of the Coconut De- velopment Board has been inaugurated in which state? (A) Kerala (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Hyderabad (D) Gujarat 438. Who received the 2022 Para Sports Per- son of Year award? (A) Shivani Gupta (B) Kajal Verma (C) Priyanka Tandan (D) Avani lekhara 439. PV Sindhu beat which of the player to lift the women’s singles title at the 2022 Swiss Open Badminton Tournament? (A) Pornpawee Chochuwong (B) Busanan Ongbamrungphan (C) Ratchanok Intanon (D) Yeo Jia Min 440. Spikevax, which received full approval from US FDA, was manufactured by which pharma company? (A) Astrazeneca (B) Pfizer (C) Johnson and Johnson (D) Moderna 441. h Khelo India Youth Games to be held at which state? (A) Odisha (B) Kerala (C) Haryana (D) Bihar 442. Where was India’s Second National Model Vedic School inaugurated recently? (A) Dwarka (B) Puri (C) Badrinath (D) Guwahati 443. Which among the following has launched the 4th phase of the Digital Shakti Cam- paign? (A) Reserve Bank of India (B) Election Commission (C) NITI Aayog (D) National Commission for Women 444. WESP Mid-year Update 2022 report has declined India’s GDP growth projections from 6.7% to what percent for 2022- 23? (A) 5.4% (B) 6.4% (C) 7.4% (D) 4.4% 445. Which country has become the first to give legal rights to individual wild ani- mals? (A) Ecuador (B) Peru (C) Dominican Republic (D) Colombia 435. D 436. D 437. D 438. D 439. B 440. D 441. C 442. B 443. D 444. B 445. A 446. A
  • 46. NARAYAN CHANGDER 42 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 446. International Day of Older Persons is be- ing observed on which date? (A) October 01 (B) October 04 (C) October 05 (D) October 10 447. Prasar Bharati has signed an MoU on co- operation and collaboration in Broadcast- ing with ORTM in which country? (A) Madagascar (B) Ethiopia (C) Tanzania (D) Mozambique 448. Quit India Day is being celebrated on which date? (A) August 08 (B) August 05 (C) August 04 (D) August 09 449. Who has been awarded the ‘Chevalier Prize’ by the French government? (A) Badshah Khan (B) Aruna Sairam (C) Shahrukh Khan (D) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 450. Which country’s legendary footballer Pele dies at the age of 82? (A) China (B) Iraq (C) Bhutan (D) Brazil 451. Which of the following institutes devel- oped “Swasner”? (A) IIIT Bombay (B) IIIT Roorkee (C) IIIT Bhubaneshwar (D) IIIT Delhi 452. Which nation’s Prime Minister has of- fered his resignation? (A) Denmark (B) Finland (C) Italy (D) Romania 453. Who has unveiled the ‘Statue of Peace’ of Swamy Ramanujacharya in Srinagar, lo- cated in a temple in the Sonwar region? (A) Amit Shah (B) Ram Nath Kovind (C) Narendra Modi (D) Manoj Sinha 454. Which state has announced conducting a ‘Migration Survey’ to expand the data bank of expatriates? (A) Maharashtra (B) Gujarat (C) Punjab (D) Kerala 455. Which COVID-19 vaccine has become the second one in India to get emergency use approval for administration among those aged below 18 years? (A) Sputnik (B) Covishield (C) Corbevax (D) Johnson Johnson 456. On 14th August 2022, how many wet- lands from India are declared as Ramsar sites during the year 2022? (A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 28 (D) 25 457. Which state become 1st state to intro- duce uniform gold prices based on bank rates? (A) Maharashtra 447. A 448. A 449. B 450. D 451. C 452. C 453. A 454. D 455. C 456. C 457. D
  • 47. 43 (B) Gujarat (C) Karnataka (D) Kerala 458. Which one has released a new digital publication ‘BLO e-Patrika’ at an event in New Delhi? (A) NABARD (B) NITI Aayog (C) RBI (D) Election Commission of India 459. Which country will host the IDF WDS 2022? (A) India (B) Malaysia (C) Japan (D) South Korea 460. IBM has launched a new cybersecurity hub to address cyberattacks in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Where is the hub located? (A) Bengaluru (B) Hyderabad (C) Mumbai (D) Chennai 461. Bestu Varsh is widely celebrated in which state/UT? (A) Gujarat (B) Andaman Nicobar (C) Goa (D) Assam 462. Suranga Lakmal has announced his retire- ment from international cricket in March 2022. He plays international matches for which country? (A) South Africa (B) Sri Lanka (C) Zimbabwe (D) West Indies 463. Akshay Urja Diwas is being celebrated on which date? (A) August 22 (B) August 20 (C) August 23 (D) August 21 464. Rosh Hashanah festival belongs to which community? (A) Hindu (B) Jain (C) Buddhist (D) Jewish 465. Which institution has issued the world’s first wildlife conservation bond? (A) World Bank (B) United nations (C) New Development Bank (D) United Nations security council 466. Year 2022 marked which birth anniver- sary of the first Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru? (A) 136th (B) 133rd (C) 135th (D) 134th 467. “Shabaash Mithu”, is starred by which actress? (A) Sara Ali Khan (B) Taapsee Pannu (C) Kangana Ranaut (D) Anushka Sharma 468. In which state ‘Dol Utsav’ has been cel- ebrated? (A) Telangana (B) Karnataka (C) West Bengal (D) Tamil Nadu 458. D 459. A 460. A 461. A 462. B 463. B 464. D 465. A 466. B 467. B 468. C 469. B
  • 48. NARAYAN CHANGDER 44 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 469. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugu- rated BJP Mayor’s Conclave in which state? (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Gujarat (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Karnataka 470. Who is the winner of the Men’s Ballon d’Or award 2022? (A) Mohamed Salah (B) Robert Lewandowski (C) Karim Benzema (D) Cristiano Ronaldo 471. Monthly pension amount of differently- abled persons was raised in which state? (A) Gujarat (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Rajasthan (D) Assam 472. Which one is the first state in India to launch a bus service with a digital ticket- ing system? (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) UP (C) Maharashtra (D) Rajasthan 473. Election Commission has hiked the Par- liamentary constituencies poll expenditure limit. What is the new expenditure limit for candidates in bigger states? (A) Rs 75 lakhs (B) Rs 70 lakhs (C) Rs 90 lakhs (D) Rs 95 lakhs 474. Who represented India as flag bearer at the closing ceremony of CWG 2022? (A) Esha Singh, Pinki Rani (B) Sharath Kamal, Nikhat Zareen (C) Mary Kom, Sharath Kamal (D) Nikhat Zareen, Neeraj Chopra 475. India hosted the LeadIT Summit with which country on the sidelines of COP27 in Egypt? (A) Sweden (B) Canada (C) Norway (D) Japan 476. Which state is the champion of the 12th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2022? (A) West Bengal (B) Odisha (C) Jharkhand (D) Karnataka 477. World Civil Defence Day is being ob- served on which date? (A) March 01 (B) March 02 (C) February 28 (D) February 27 478. Which country has for the first time re- ferred to what it called “the militarization of the Taiwan Strait”, marking a rare in- stance? (A) Pakistan (B) Russia (C) Bangladesh (D) India 479. The Laver Cup belongs to which game? (A) Boxing (B) Football (C) Tennis (D) Badminton 480. The World Unani Day is marked annually on which date? (A) February 11 (B) February 10 (C) February 09 (D) February 08 470. C 471. B 472. C 473. D 474. B 475. A 476. B 477. A 478. D 479. C 480. A
  • 49. 45 481. Which state/UT is set to host India’s “first and largest” citywide Shopping Fes- tival from January 28 to February 26, 2023? (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Delhi (C) Chandigarh (D) Gujarat 482. What is the theme of World Milk Day 2022? (A) Drink Milk:Today Everyday (B) Dairy Net Zero (C) Drink Move Be Strong (D) The 20th Anniversary of World Milk Day 483. How much does India contribute to Vol- untary Trust Funds for the protection of hu- man rights? (A) Rs 4 crore (B) Rs 2 crore (C) Rs 1 crore (D) Rs 3 crore 484. Which state launched Mukhyamantri Vayu Swasthya Seva for remote tribal dis- tricts? (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Odisha (C) Haryana (D) Karnataka 485. Who has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of NHPC? (A) Yamuna Kumar Chaubey (B) Praveer Sinha (C) Gurdeep Singh (D) T. V. Narendran 486. Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra has won which medal in the 2022 World Ath- letics Championships? (A) Bronze (B) Silver (C) Gold (D) None of the above 487. Who is the new election commissioner of India? (A) Arun Goel (B) Anurag Singh Thakur (C) Mayawati (D) Amit Shah 488. Who was appointed CEO of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organiz- ing Committee? (A) Cindy Hook (B) Reval Federer (C) Angela Markel (D) Christiana Leo 489. World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is being celebrated on which date? (A) June 15 (B) June 17 (C) June 14 (D) June 16 490. What is the theme of The World Creativ- ity and Innovation Day 2022? (A) Sustainable Development (B) Creative Economy for Sustainable De- velopment (C) Creative Economy (D) Collaboration 491. As per the NSO Data, what is India’s GDP growth rate in the first quarter (April- June) of this fiscal year 2022-23? (A) 12.3 % (B) 15.2 % (C) 13.5 % (D) 14.7 % 481. B 482. B 483. D 484. B 485. A 486. B 487. A 488. A 489. B 490. D 491. C 492. A
  • 50. NARAYAN CHANGDER 46 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 492. Which country will host FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup this year? (A) India (B) Australia (C) Sri Lanka (D) Bangladesh 493. International Day of the Victims of En- forced Disappearances is being celebrated on which date? (A) August 31 (B) August 30 (C) August 28 (D) August 29 494. How much amount has been sanctioned under Jal Jeevan Mission the scheme for FY2022-23? (A) Rs. 70, 000 Crore (B) Rs. 40, 000 Crore (C) Rs. 60, 000 Crore (D) Rs. 50, 000 Crore 495. Which is the “Best Performing UT” in the PMAY-U Awards 2021? (A) Jammu and Kashmir (B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (C) Puducherry (D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands 496. Mv Ram Prasad Bismil has become the longest ship ever from Ganga to which river? (A) Yamuna (B) Narmada (C) Brahmaputra (D) Cauvery 497. India has signed a Host Country Agree- ment with the International Telecommuni- cation Union (ITU) for the establishment of an Area Office Innovation Centre of ITU in which city of the country? (A) New Delhi (B) Pune (C) Chennai (D) Noida 498. ‘Mission Vatsalya’, which has been seen in the news, is a scheme implemented by which Union Ministry? (A) Ministry of Education (B) Ministry of Commerce and Industry (C) Ministry of Women and Child Develop- ment (D) Ministry of MSME 499. World Alzheimer’s Day 2022 was ob- served on which date? (A) September 21 (B) September 20 (C) September 19 (D) September 18 500. Which of the following General Insur- ance companies has launched the compre- hensive health insurance plan, ‘Activ Fit policy’? (A) HDFC Life Insurance Company (B) Future Generali India Life Insurance (C) IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company (D) Aditya Birla Health Insurance 501. Which nation’s presidential palace has been stormed by protestors? (A) UK (B) Sri Lanka (C) Pakistan (D) US 502. National Panchayati Raj Day is being cel- ebrated on which date? (A) April 26 (B) April 24 (C) April 25 (D) April 27 493. B 494. C 495. A 496. C 497. A 498. C 499. A 500. D 501. B 502. B 503. D
  • 51. 47 503. In which Indian state is the ‘Giant Metre- wave Radio Telescope’ located? (A) Sikkim (B) Gujarat (C) Uttarakhand (D) Maharashtra 504. What is India’s rank in the United Na- tions’ World Happiness Report for the year 2022? (A) 134 (B) 136 (C) 139 (D) 137 505. Which company has launched M15 petrol with a 15% blend of methanol with petrol? (A) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (B) Bharat Petroleum (C) Indian Oil Corporation (D) Reliance Petroleum Limited 506. Which language is Gazeta Wyborcza’s newspaper published in? (A) Polish (B) English (C) French (D) Hindi 507. Which nation flagged off direct shipping services to Europe? (A) Nepal (B) India (C) Bangladesh (D) Sri Lanka 508. Who has won Rampur Lok Sabha bypoll 2022? (A) Ghanshyam Lodhi (B) Mohd. Asim Raja (C) Dinesh Lal Yadav (D) Dharmendra Yadav 509. Who has been appointed as Director Gen- eral of the Indian Ordnance Factory Service (IOFS)? (A) Neha Uppal (B) Harish Dubey (C) Sanjeev Kishore (D) M D Shah 510. Dr Manik Saha has inaugurated the first Government English Medium College in which state? (A) Kerala (B) Tripura (C) Assam (D) Karnataka 511. Which country’s Guadalajara City was named World Book Capital for the year 2022 by UNESCO? (A) Spain (B) El Salvador (C) Mexico (D) Guatemala 512. India Ranked at which place for the first time in the Global Innovation Index Rank- ing? (A) 39th (B) 40th (C) 35th (D) 59th 513. PM Modi laid the foundation stone of 23 projects worth over Rs 17, 500 crore in which state? (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Uttarakhand (C) West Bengal (D) Bihar 514. Which state CM stepped down to dis- solve the coalition with BJP? (A) Karnataka (B) Bihar (C) Gujarat (D) Assam 504. B 505. C 506. A 507. C 508. A 509. C 510. B 511. C 512. B 513. B 514. B
  • 52. NARAYAN CHANGDER 48 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 515. The Waste to Wealth Creation pro- gramme of SIDBI has been launched in which state? (A) Telangana (B) Maharashtra (C) West Bengal (D) Uttarakhand 516. Which Union Territory has declared Pub- lic Health Emergency? (A) Chandigarh (B) New Delhi (C) Lakshadweep (D) Puducherry 517. Centre has launched the revamped web- site and mobile app of the Central Gov- ernment Health Scheme named MyCGHS. In which year was the CHHS scheme launched? (A) 1991 (B) 1980 (C) 1973 (D) 1954 518. Who has become the first black woman Judge of the US Supreme Court? (A) Angel Kelly (B) Ketanji Brown Jackson (C) Karen M. Williams (D) Patricia Tolliver Giles 519. Which State/UT is to host the first-ever Mountain Bicycle World Cup? (A) Haryana (B) Delhi (C) Ladakh (D) Punjab 520. Which of the following real estate firm will develop a 500000 sq ft shopping Mall in Jammu Kashmir? (A) Omaxe Group (B) China Evergrande Group (C) DLF Group (D) Emaar Group 521. Which state education department launches the e-Governance portal Samarth? (A) Uttarakhand (B) Sikkim (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Odisha 522. Which edition of the annual Mangaluru Kambala has been started in Mangaluru, Karnataka? (A) Fifth Edition (B) Third edition (C) Fourth Edition (D) Seventh Edition 523. The India-Central Asia Summit 2022 co- incided with which anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations be- tween India and Central Asian countries? (A) 45th (B) 30th (C) 50th (D) 25th 524. Who was awarded the first Rohini Nay- yar prize for outstanding contribution to rural development? (A) Rhea Kapoor (B) Neelam Arora (C) Sethrichem Sangtam (D) Vishal Dadlani 525. Which country has started the world’s longest metro line? (A) Australia (B) Japan (C) America (D) China 515. C 516. D 517. D 518. B 519. C 520. D 521. A 522. A 523. B 524. C 525. D 526. A
  • 53. 49 526. Which nation’s Prime Minister is likely to visit Russia on the first trip in 23 years? (A) Pakistan (B) North Korea (C) Bangladesh (D) China 527. The Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has inaugurated the first Drone School in which city? (A) Gwalior (B) Patna (C) Guwahati (D) Jaipur 528. Hemidactylus easai is the name of which new species, identified in the Western Ghats, Kerala? (A) Frog (B) Snake (C) Spider (D) Gecko 529. Shia Leader Muqtada al-Sadr belongs to which country? (A) Syria (B) Afghanistan (C) Iraq (D) Iran 530. World Bank cleared USD how many Bil- lion loan for PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission? (A) $4 Billion (B) $5 Billion (C) $2 Billion (D) $1 Billion 531. Which bank has launched an online plat- form, ‘Trade nxt’, which enables corpo- rate, and MSMEs? (A) Central Bank of India (B) Bank of Baroda (C) State Bank of India (D) Union Bank of India 532. What is the total outlay of the new scheme RAMP? (A) USD 900 million (B) USD 808 million (C) USD 701 million (D) USD 551 million 533. High alert declared in the Philippines due to which typhoon? (A) Sedaru (B) Noru (C) Hypero (D) Hondurs 534. Which country hosted Deaflympics 2021? (A) France (B) Brazil (C) Spain (D) Canada 535. Which state has launched ‘CM Udy- man Khiladi Unnayan Yojana’ on National Sports Day? (A) Uttarakhand (B) Jharkhand (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Rajashthan 536. After the merger of HDFC Ltd with HDFC Bank, what will be the share of public shareholders in the merged entity? (A) 41% (B) 75% (C) 55% (D) 100% 537. Which Union Ministry is associated with the Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) scheme? (A) Ministry of Rural Development (B) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers (C) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (D) Ministry of Urban and Housing Affairs 527. A 528. D 529. C 530. D 531. D 532. B 533. B 534. B 535. A 536. D 537. B 538. B
  • 54. NARAYAN CHANGDER 50 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 538. Which state became the first state in In- dia to have its own internet service? (A) Gujarat (B) Kerala (C) Karnataka (D) Tamil Nadu 539. CCS and IESH are conducted by which one? (A) RBI (B) CSO (C) SEBI (D) DPIIT 540. Which state Assembly passed Bill to re- move Governor as the Chancellor of the state’s universities? (A) Kerala (B) Goa (C) Assam (D) Odisha 541. The No Smoking Day 2022 is being cele- brated on which date? (A) March 07 (B) March 10 (C) March 11 (D) March 09 542. Union Health Minister Mansukh Man- daviya inaugurated ICMR-NARFBR (Na- tional Animal Resource Facility for Biomed- ical Research) at which place? (A) Hyderabad (B) Jaipur (C) Kolkata (D) Mussoorie 543. Annual Meeting of Defence Ministers of SCO will be held in which country? (A) Uzbekistan (B) India (C) Tajikistan (D) Russia 544. Which institute launched ‘Nilekani Cen- tre at AI4Bharat’ to advance Indian lan- guage technology? (A) IIT Kanpur (B) IIT Delhi (C) IIT Madras (D) IIT Guwahati 545. Who has been named as the new Chair- person of COAI for 2022-23? (A) Pramod K Mittal (B) Rahul Bhatia (C) Uday Kotak (D) Shiv Nadar 546. Neiphiu Rio is the chief minister of which state? (A) Manipur (B) Nagaland (C) Meghalaya (D) Mizoram 547. The FIEO has launched the first-of-its- kind online marketplace In which year Federation of Indian Export Organisations founded? (A) 1960 (B) 1947 (C) 1950 (D) 1965 548. Which city is hosting the ‘India Chem 2022’ conference? (A) Pune (B) Ahmedabad (C) Bengaluru (D) Delhi 549. What is the projected GDP growth rate of India in the calendar year 2022 as per Moody’s? (A) 9.1% (B) 7.1% (C) 8.8% (D) 9.5% 539. A 540. A 541. D 542. A 543. A 544. C 545. A 546. B 547. D 548. D 549. A 550. B
  • 55. 51 550. Who has launched the Single Integrated Pensioners’ Portal? (A) Piyush Goyal (B) Jitendra Singh (C) Anurag Thakur (D) Suresh Prabhu 551. Which tech giant has partnered with Bharti Airtel to invest USD 1 billion in the telecom major to accelerate the growth of India’s digital ecosystem? (A) Apple (B) Microsoft (C) Google (D) Amazon 552. Which airport has become the only 5G- enabled airport in India? (A) Kochin Airport (B) Guwahati Airport (C) New Delhi Airport (D) Hyderabad Airport 553. Deloitte’s report titled “Global Powers of Retailing 2022, which company topped the list? (A) Schwarz Group (B) Costco Wholesale Corporation (C) The Home Depot, Inc (D) Walmart Inc 554. 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) 3 cm (B) 4 cm (C) 2 cm (D) 1 cm 555. What is the theme of the International Day of Action for Rivers in 2022? (A) The Importance of Rivers for Biodiver- sity (B) Rights of Rivers (C) Women, Water, and Climate Change (D) Water for Our Future 556. Which Bank signed a Master Risk Par- ticipation Agreement for supporting trade transactions with FirstRand Bank (FRB) to boost India-Africa trade? (A) FICCI (B) RBI (C) CII (D) EXIM Bank 557. Scientists have detected a new strain of Covid-19 that combines both Delta and Omicron in which nation? (A) Sweden (B) Denmark (C) Switzerland (D) Cyprus 558. Which state has become India’s first one to connect a Vehicle location tracking de- vice to the emergency response support system? (A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Uttarakhand (C) Sikkim (D) Himachal Pradesh 559. As of 2022, which country is the largest bilateral lender to Sri Lanka? (A) China (B) India (C) Australia (D) USA 560. Who has become the Indian Skipper over- took New Zealand’s Martin Guptill to be- come the leading run-scorer in men’s T20 Internationals? (A) Rishab Pant (B) Hardik Pandya (C) Dinesh Kartik (D) Rohit Sharma 551. C 552. C 553. D 554. D 555. A 556. D 557. D 558. D 559. B 560. D 561. B
  • 56. NARAYAN CHANGDER 52 Chapter 1. CURRENT AFFAIRS-2022 561. Who was appointed as the MD CEO of NPCI? (A) Preeti Jhingyani (B) Dilip Asbe (C) Harish Patel (D) Kalep Yadav 562. Which Indian city is ranked as the second noisiest city in the world? (A) Mumbai (B) Pune (C) New Delhi (D) Moradabad 563. Which state government has decided to give football training to one lakh stu- dents? (A) Maharashtra (B) Kerala (C) Assam (D) Karnataka 564. The revised GDP growth rate of India in FY22 has been projected at what percent by Fitch Ratings in March 2022 Outlook? (A) 8.7% (B) 8.5% (C) 8.1% (D) 8.4% 565. What is the name of India’s first IAC? (A) IAC Arihant (B) IAC Vikrant (C) IAC Vishal (D) IAC Viraat 566. Which country’s largest and fourth busi- ness jet terminal was commissioned at Cochin International Airport? (A) Australia (B) America (C) France (D) India 567. The National Centre of Excellence in Car- bon Capture and Utilisation has been es- tablished at which institution? (A) DRDO (B) ISRO (C) IIT-Bombay (D) IISc-Bengaluru 568. The NASA space agency has recently un- veiled Phase 2 of the ‘Deep Space Food Challenge’ in partnership with the space agency of which country? (A) Canada (B) Russia (C) Japan (D) India 569. Who is the author of the biography ‘Bose:The Untold Story of An Inconvenient Nationalist’? (A) Punya Prasun Bajpai (B) Ramachandra Guha (C) Chandrachur Ghose (D) Prem Parkash 570. Which Indian company has joined hands with the ‘Africa50’ investment plat- form to develop the ‘Kenya Transmission Project’? (A) Power Grid Corporation (B) ONGC (C) Power Finance Corporation (D) Rural Electrification Corporation 571. What was the rank of the Reserve Bank of India in terms of buying Gold among the world’s Central Banks in 2021? (A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 5 562. D 563. B 564. A 565. B 566. D 567. C 568. A 569. C 570. A 571. A 572. C
  • 57. 53 572. NTPC commissioned capacities of 150 MW 90 MW Devikot Solar PV Projects at Jaisalmer in which state? (A) Tripura (B) Haryana (C) Rajasthan (D) Punjab 573. Which figure states the WPI in July 2022? (A) 13.93% (B) 15.93% (C) 12.93% (D) 11.93% 574. By which year has the Uttar Pradesh government announced to make Mathura Vrindavan a carbon-neutral tourist desti- nation? (A) 2041 (B) 2050 (C) 2052 (D) 2030 575. Which has become the first state in the country to have a dedicated semiconductor policy? (A) Karnataka (B) Maharashtra (C) Gujarat (D) Uttar Pradesh 576. The International Day of Happiness is be- ing celebrated every year on which date? (A) March 19 (B) March 20 (C) March 15 (D) March 18 577. What is the last date to register for the ISRO Young Scientist Program 2022? (A) April 21st (B) April 10th (C) April 15th (D) April 1st 578. The electronic trading platform promoted by Rubber Board went live in which the Ahmedabad-based i-Sourcing Technologies is the technology partner. What is the name of this electronic trading platform? (A) rRube (B) iRube (C) tRube (D) mRube 579. Gabriel Boric Font has become the youngest President of which country? (A) Syria (B) Chile (C) Netherlands (D) Norway 580. # LaxmiForLaxmi is a missed call advi- sory service for financial empowerment of the women population. Which fund house has launched this campaign? (A) HDFC Mutual Fund (B) ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund (C) UTI Mutual Fund (D) SBI Mutual Fund 581. Where did the Geological Survey of India (GSI) discover the country’s largest gold deposits? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Bihar (C) Gujarat (D) Karnataka 582. Name the winner of the RedInk Award for ‘Journalist of the Year’ 2020? (A) Rana Ayyub (B) Rohit Sardana (C) Danish Siddiqui (D) Arfa Khanum Sherwani 573. A 574. A 575. C 576. B 577. B 578. D 579. B 580. A 581. B 582. C 583. B