Current Affairs Quiz 2022 – Part 7

1. Who assumed charge as the Chief Election Commissioner of India in May 2022?

A.

Sunil Arora


B.

Rajiv Kumar


C.

Sushil Chandra


D.

Om Prakash Rawat


Answer:

Option B: Rajiv Kumar



2. Who is the richest woman in India, according to the Forbes’ Billionaires List 2022?

A.

Savitri Jindal


B.

Leena Tewari


C.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw


D.

Falguni Nayar


Answer:

Option A: Savitri Jindal



3. Which Indian city will host International Olympic Committee (IOC) session in 2023?

A.

Kolkata


B.

New Delhi


C.

Chennai


D.

Mumbai


Answer:

Option D: Mumbai



4. What was the name of the evacuation operation by the Government of India to evacuate stranded Indians from Ukraine?

A.

Operation Devi Shakti


B.

Operation Ganga


C.

Operation Raahat


D.

Operation Blue Star


Answer:

Option B: Operation Ganga



5. Which guided-missile frigate of the Indian Navy was decommissioned on May 28, 2022?

A.

INS Gomati


B.

INS Ganga


C.

INS Godavari


D.

INS Krishna


Answer:

Option A: INS Gomati



6. Which insurance company is not identified as a Domestic Systemically Important Insurers (D-SIIs) for 2021-22?

A.

Life Insurance Corporation of India


B.

SBI Life Insurance


C.

General Insurance Corporation of India


D.

New India Assurance


Answer:

Option B: SBI Life Insurance



7. Who is the author of the book “The Maverick Effect: The Inside Story of India’s IT Revolution”?

A.

Devika Rangachari


B.

Vinod Rai


C.

Harish Mehta


D.

Prem Rawat


Answer:

Option C: Harish Mehta



8. Who was the chief guest at the Delhi Republic Day parade 2022?

A.

Jair Bolsonaro


B.

Cyril Ramaphosa


C.

Boris Johnson


D.

No chief guest


Answer:

Option D: No chief guest



9. Who won the World Games Athlete of the Year award for 2021?

A.

Rani Rampal


B.

Bajrang Punia


C.

PR Sreejesh


D.

Mithali Raj


Answer:

Option C: PR Sreejesh



10. Who has been appointed as a whole-time member of SEBI in 2022?

A.

Ajay Seth


B.

Rajesh Verma


C.

Rajeshwar Rao


D.

Ashwani Bhatia


Answer:

Option D: Ashwani Bhatia



11. The 64th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held in which city?

A.

Las Vegas


B.

Los Angeles


C.

New York City


D.

San Francisco


Answer:

Option A: Las Vegas



12. India’s first portable solar rooftop system was inaugurated in which city?

A.

Gandhinagar


B.

Ahmedabad


C.

Chandigarh


D.

Noida


Answer:

Option A: Gandhinagar



13. How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites are there in India as of 2022?

A.

20


B.

30


C.

40


D.

50


Answer:

Option C: 40



14. Who has been appointed as the MD & CEO of Maruti Suzuki India Limited in April 2022?

A.

Kenichi Ayukawa


B.

Hisashi Takeuchi


C.

Shinzo Nakanishi


D.

Shigetoshi Torii


Answer:

Option B: Hisashi Takeuchi



15. Steve Wilhite, who passed away in 2022 was the creator of which image format?

A.

JPEG


B.

PNG


C.

GIF


D.

BMP


Answer:

Option C: GIF



16. Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Seema Darshan Project at Nadabet, is located in which Indian state?

A.

Rajasthan


B.

Gujarat


C.

Punjab


D.

Haryana


Answer:

Option B: Gujarat



17. Which country topped the 2022 International Intellectual property (IP) Index?

A.

United States


B.

Germany


C.

France


D.

Japan


Answer:

Option A: United States



18. Who is the Chief Executive Officer at Royal Enfield?

A.

Siddhartha Lal


B.

Vinod Dasari


C.

B. Govindarajan


D.

Vipin Sondhi


Answer:

Option C: B. Govindarajan



19. Which book has won the 2022 International Booker Prize?

A.

Cursed Bunny


B.

After the Sun


C.

Tomb of Sand


D.

The Book of Mother


Answer:

Option C: Tomb of Sand



20. Who is the author of the book “Not Just A Nightwatchman: My Innings in the BCCI”?

A.

Vijayendra Nath Kaul


B.

Vinod Rai


C.

Shashi Kant Sharma


D.

V. K. Shunglu


Answer:

Option B: Vinod Rai



21. Which bank won the Celent Model Bank award under the category ‘Payments System Transformation’?

A.

ICICI Bank


B.

IndusInd Bank


C.

HDFC Bank


D.

Yes Bank


Answer:

Option B: IndusInd Bank



22. How many Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX were destroyed by a geomagnetic storm in February 2022?

A.

10


B.

20


C.

30


D.

40


Answer:

Option D: 40



23. Who became the first Indian woman to climb five peaks above 8000 meters?

A.

Priyanka Mohite


B.

Mamta Sodha


C.

Malavath Purna


D.

Tine Mena


Answer:

Option A: Priyanka Mohite



24. What is the name of the official match ball for FIFA World Cup 2022?

A.

Brazuca


B.

Telstar 18


C.

Al Rihla


D.

Jabulani


Answer:

Option C: Al Rihla



25. Al Rihla is the Arabic word for?

A.

The Journey


B.

The Guardian


C.

The Sun


D.

The Star


Answer:

Option A: The Journey



26. The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022 was introduced in Lok Sabha on?

A.

January 1


B.

February 1


C.

March 1


D.

April 1


Answer:

Option D: April 1



27. Who introduced ‘The Indian Antarctic Bill 2022’ in Lok Sabha?

A.

Rao Inderjit Singh


B.

Jitendra Singh


C.

Bhagwanth Khuba


D.

Shripad Naik


Answer:

Option B: Jitendra Singh



28. According to the Wealth Report 2022, what is the rank of India in the billionaire population globally?

A.

First


B.

Second


C.

Third


D.

Fourth


Answer:

Option C: Third



29. Which one of the below is not a host country of the 2026 FIFA World Cup?

A.

Brazil


B.

United States


C.

Mexico


D.

Canada


Answer:

Option A: Brazil



30. What is the name of India’s oldest sloth bear which died at Van Vihar National Park and Zoo in Bhopal?

A.

Munna


B.

Gulabo


C.

Sitara


D.

Arjuna


Answer:

Option B: Gulabo



31. Who won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2022?

A.

Charles Leclerc


B.

George Russell


C.

Max Verstappen


D.

Esteban Ocon


Answer:

Option C: Max Verstappen



32. Who won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2022?

A.

Jane Campion


B.

Steven Spielberg


C.

Christopher Nolan


D.

Sam Mendes


Answer:

Option A: Jane Campion



33. Who is appointed as India’s Chef de Mission for the Asian Games 2022?

A.

Harjinder Singh


B.

Birendra Prasad Baishya


C.

Rakesh Anand


D.

Bhupender Singh Bajwa


Answer:

Option D: Bhupender Singh Bajwa



34. Which Indian state signed a pact with WWF India to develop the State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (SBSAP)?

A.

Assam


B.

Nagaland


C.

Arunachal Pradesh


D.

Tripura


Answer:

Option C: Arunachal Pradesh



35. Who became the Player of the Tournament in the 2022 ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup?

A.

Shubman Gill


B.

Dewald Brevis


C.

Mehidy Hasan


D.

Will Bosisto


Answer:

Option B: Dewald Brevis



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