Current Affairs Quiz 2022 – Part 3

1. Which bank launched the “interest-only home loan” facility in February 2022?

A.

Standard Chartered Bank


B.

HDFC Bank


C.

State Bank of India


D.

Citibank


Answer:

Option A: Standard Chartered Bank



2. Which movie won Academy Award for Best Picture in 2022?

A.

Spider-Man: No Way Home


B.

The Power of the Dog


C.

CODA


D.

King Richard


Answer:

Option C: CODA



3. What is the name of the Fast Patrol Vessel launched by the Indian Coast Guard in May 2022?

A.

Sarojini Naidu


B.

Aruna Asaf Ali


C.

Tara Rani Srivastava


D.

Kamla Devi


Answer:

Option D: Kamla Devi



4. Who won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award in 2022?

A.

P. V. Sindhu


B.

Mirabai Chanu


C.

Koneru Humpy


D.

Mary Kom


Answer:

Option B: Mirabai Chanu



5. Who is the current Chief Minister of Kerala since 2016?

A.

Pinarayi Vijayan


B.

Oommen Chandy


C.

V. S. Achuthanandan


D.

A. K. Antony


Answer:

Option A: Pinarayi Vijayan



6. Which edition of the Santosh Trophy was held in 2022?

A.

25th


B.

50th


C.

75th


D.

100th


Answer:

Option C: 75th



7. The main round of the Santosh Trophy tournament 2022 was held in which district of Kerala?

A.

Kasaragod


B.

Kozhikode


C.

Palakkad


D.

Malappuram


Answer:

Option D: Malappuram



8. Who is serving as India’s current Minister of External Affairs since May 2019?

A.

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar


B.

Sushma Swaraj


C.

Salman Khurshid


D.

Narendra Modi


Answer:

Option A: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar



9. Who was felicitated with the prestigious ‘Sports Icon’ award at the Maldives Sports Awards 2022?

A.

MS Dhoni


B.

Suresh Raina


C.

Ravindra Jadeja


D.

Rohit Sharma


Answer:

Option B: Suresh Raina



10. According to Henley Passport Index 2022, which countries have topped the list of the most powerful passport in the world?

A.

Japan and South Korea


B.

Germany and France


C.

Italy and Singapore


D.

Japan and Singapore


Answer:

Option D: Japan and Singapore



11. Who was appointed as India’s first National Maritime Security Coordinator?

A.

Satish Namdeo Ghormade


B.

Ajit Kumar P


C.

G. Ashok Kumar


D.

Karambir Singh


Answer:

Option C: G. Ashok Kumar



12. To support which mission of the Government of India, the World Bank has approved a USD 47 million project?

A.

National Rural Health Mission


B.

Make in India


C.

Digital India


D.

Mission Karmayogi


Answer:

Option D: Mission Karmayogi



13. India’s first Venus Mission Shukrayaan-1 is expected to be launched in which year?

A.

2022


B.

2023


C.

2024


D.

2025


Answer:

Option C: 2024



14. Which state government has signed an MoU with Samsung India and Abhitech to set up a Sports Digital Experience Centre?

A.

Nagaland


B.

Manipur


C.

Assam


D.

Goa


Answer:

Option B: Manipur



15. Which country will host the 2026 Commonwealth Games?

A.

New Zealand


B.

India


C.

Malaysia


D.

Australia


Answer:

Option D: Australia



16. Which one of the below launched the agroecology-based programme JIVA?

A.

NABARD


B.

ICAR


C.

DA&FW


D.

DADF


Answer:

Option A: NABARD



17. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of NASSCOM for the year 2022-23?

A.

Debjani Ghosh


B.

Krishnan Ramanujam


C.

U. B. Pravin Rao


D.

N. R. Narayana Murthy


Answer:

Option B: Krishnan Ramanujam



18. Which country’s president signed the “Emmett Till Antilynching Act” into law?

A.

United Kingdom


B.

Canada


C.

United States


D.

France


Answer:

Option C: United States



19. Who took charge as the Chief of the Army Staff on 30 April 2022?

A.

General Manoj Pande


B.

General Bipin Rawat


C.

General Dalbir Singh Suhag


D.

General Bikram Singh


Answer:

Option A: General Manoj Pande



20. Where was the 2022 ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup held?

A.

England


B.

West Indies


C.

India


D.

Afghanistan


Answer:

Option B: West Indies



21. Who is the current CEO of Alphabet and its subsidiary Google?

A.

Susan Wojcicki


B.

Sergey Brin


C.

Larry Page


D.

Sundar Pichai


Answer:

Option D: Sundar Pichai



22. The ‘Unbox Me campaign’ launched by UNAIDS is associated with which day?

A.

Zero Discrimination Day


B.

World Humanitarian Day


C.

International Transgender Day of Visibility


D.

International Day for People of African Descent


Answer:

Option C: International Transgender Day of Visibility



23. As per Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2022, which university secured the top position globally in the overall ranking?

A.

Arizona State University


B.

Western Sydney University


C.

King Abdulaziz University


D.

University of Auckland


Answer:

Option B: Western Sydney University



24. Which university from India was ranked in the global top 50 universities in Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2022?

A.

Osmania University


B.

Lovely Professional University


C.

Amity University


D.

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham


Answer:

Option D: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham



25. Which state was awarded the first prize in the Third National Water Awards 2020 in the best state category?

A.

Uttar Pradesh


B.

Madhya Pradesh


C.

Tamil Nadu


D.

Andhra Pradesh


Answer:

Option A: Uttar Pradesh



26. What is the rank of India in the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2022 published by the Institute for Economics and Peace?

A.

7th


B.

8th


C.

12th


D.

15th


Answer:

Option C: 12th



27. Which team was crowned as the champions of the 12th Senior Men’s National Hockey Championship 2022?

A.

Madhya Pradesh


B.

Tamil Nadu


C.

Maharashtra


D.

Haryana


Answer:

Option D: Haryana



28. The 12th Senior Men’s National Hockey Championship was held in which state?

A.

Karnataka


B.

Madhya Pradesh


C.

Maharashtra


D.

Gujarat


Answer:

Option B: Madhya Pradesh



29. The Semicon India Conference-2022 was hosted in which city?

A.

Hyderabad


B.

Chennai


C.

Bengaluru


D.

Pune


Answer:

Option C: Bengaluru



30. Who won the Vergani Cup chess tournament in 2022?

A.

Karthikeyan Murali


B.

S. P. Sethuraman


C.

Deep Sengupta


D.

M. R. Lalith Babu


Answer:

Option D: M. R. Lalith Babu



31. Who is the current Chief Minister of Telangana since 2014?

A.

K. Chandrashekar Rao


B.

Kiran Kumar Reddy


C.

N. Chandrababu Naidu


D.

Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy


Answer:

Option A: K. Chandrashekar Rao



32. Which digital payment platform has become the official payment partner for the Prime Minister’s museum in New Delhi?

A.

Google Pay


B.

Paytm


C.

WhatsApp Pay


D.

Phonepe


Answer:

Option B: Paytm



33. Who is currently serving as the President of Russia?

A.

Boris Yeltsin


B.

Dmitry Medvedev


C.

Vladimir Putin


D.

Alexander Rutskoy


Answer:

Option C: Vladimir Putin



34. The Indian Coast Guard conducted the _________ edition of the National Level Pollution Response Exercise from 19 to 20 April 2022?

A.

Eighth


B.

Ninth


C.

Tenth


D.

Eleventh


Answer:

Option A: Eighth



35. Which team won the 11th National Ice Hockey Championship?

A.

Indian Army


B.

Army Red


C.

Ladakh Scouts


D.

Indo-Tibetan Border Police


Answer:

Option D: Indo-Tibetan Border Police



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