Monthly Current Affairs Quiz 2022: Current Affairs are very important for every competitive exam and as we all know, in the upcoming months, many government exams are going to be held whether it is OPSC, OSSC, OSSSC, SSC, Banking, Railways, or other state exams. current affairs are asked in every examination Prelims, mains or both.
Q1. Which institution published a global report on Racial Justice and Inequality?
(a)World Bank
(b)UNHRC
(c)IMF
(d)UNICEF
Ans: (b)UNHRC
Q2. What is the main objective of Toycathon 2021?
(a)Developing robust antivirus system
(b)Conceptualizing innovation in toy making
(c)Training Sportsmen for upcoming Olympics
(d)Skill Development for Children
Ans: (b)Conceptualizing innovation in toy making
Q3. Baihetan hydropower plant is situated in which country?
(a)Japan
(b)China
(c)South Korea
(d)Philippiness
Ans: (b)China
Q4. Which Indian state is implementing the ‘Kaval Plus programme’?
(a)Tamil Nadu
(b)Kerala
(c)Karnataka
(d)Andhra Pradesh
Ans: (b)Kerala
Q5. Which Union Ministry implements the FAME scheme, which was in the news recently?
(a)Ministry of Culture
(b)Ministry of Heavy Industries
(c)Ministry of External Affairs
(d)Ministry of Science and Technology
Ans: (b)Ministry of Heavy Industries
Q6. Which company has announced Rs 75,000 crore investment in Clean Energy Business?
(a)Tata Group
(b)Reliance Industries
(c)Adani Group
(d)Wadia Group
Ans: (b)Reliance Industries
Q7. Which institution conducted the first LiDAR-based project to map water requirements within forest areas?
(a)ISRO
(b)WAPCOS
(c)NPCC
(d)NHAI
Ans: (b)WAPCOS
Q8. What ratio is calculated as the amount of the dividend payable in a year to the net profit of a company?
(a)Income Ratio
(b)Profit Ratio
(c)Dividend Ratio
(d)Payout Ratio
Ans: (c)Dividend Ratio
Q9. Which state Government approved the Student Credit Card scheme has been approved?
(a)Tamil Nadu
(b)West Bengal
(c)Goa
(d)Himachal Pradesh
Ans: (b)West Bengal
Q10. Guillain-Barre Syndrome is reported to be associated with which vaccine?
(a)Astrazeneca-Oxford Vaccine
(b)Covaxin
(c)Sputnik
(d)Sinovac
Ans: (a)Astrazeneca-Oxford Vaccine
Q11. What is the new validity of the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) qualifying certificate?
(a)3 years
(b)7 years
(c)10 years
(d)Life Time
Ans: (d)Life Time
Q12. With reference to Covid, what are ‘Kappa’ and ‘Delta’?
(a)New Measure of Covid spread rate
(b)New Labels for Covid variants
(c)New category in Covid positivity rate
(d)New Global Vaccine initiatives
Ans: (b)New Labels for Covid variants
Q13. Which organization releases the Food Price Index, to track the international prices of a basket of food commodities?
(a)FAO
(b)World Bank
(c)IMF
(d)ILO
Ans: (a)FAO
Q14. Hubble Space Telescope has captured a detailed photo of NGC 691, a ………….
(a)Galaxy
(b)Meteor
(c)Cloud
(d)Exo-planet
Ans: (a)Galaxy
Q15. Who is the winner of the 2021 International Booker Prize?
(a)David Diop
(b)Douglas Stuart
(c)Margaret Atwood
(d)Bernardine Evaristo
Ans: (a)David Diop
Q16. Pooja Rani Bohra is associated with which sport?
(a)Table Tennis
(b)Boxing
(c)Athletics
(d)Archery
Ans: (b)Boxing
Q17. Leadership Group for Industry Transition, LeadIT, is the climate change initiative led by India and ………
(a)France
(b)Sweden
(c)Switzerland
(d)Germany
Ans: (b)Sweden
Q18. Which country has introduced a new legislation named as EAGLE Act?
(a)India
(b)USA
(c)Russia
(d)UK
Ans: (b)USA
Q19. Isaac Herzog, has been elected as the 11th president of which country?
(a)Iran
(b)Saudi Arabia
(c)Austria
(d)Israel
Ans: (d)Israel
Q20. White Monument, which was making news is a 4,000-year-old war memorial, located in which country?
(a)Japan
(b)China
(c)Syria
(d)Israel
Ans: (c)Syria
Q21. Which country recently passed anti-LGBT law ahead of 2022 election?
(a)Kenya
(b)Saudi Arabia
(c)Denmark
(d)Hungary
Ans: (d)Hungary
Q22. Which Indian institution releases periodical data on Household financial savings?
(a)Niti Aayog
(b)RBI
(c)SEBI
(d)BSE
Ans: (b)RBI
Q23. Which country recently announced the plan, “Antiviral Program for Pandemics”?
(a)Japan
(b)United States
(c)Canada
(d)China
Ans: (b)United States
Q24. Which country is home to the world’s largest variety of butterflies, as per a recent study?
(a)Colombia
(b)Fiji
(c)Papua New Guinea
(d)New Zealand
Ans: (a)Colombia
Q25. What is ‘ICMED 13485 PLUS’, which was seen in the news recently?
(a)Covid Insurance
(b)Quality Certification scheme
(c)Vaccine Passport
(d)DRDO Medicine
Ans: (b)Quality Certification scheme
Q26. Which scheme of providing additional food-grain to NFSA beneficiaries, has been extended till November?
(a)PM Kisan
(b)PM Garib Kalyan Yojana
(c)PM Atmanirbhar Yojana
(d)PM Food grain Yojana
Ans: (b)PM Garib Kalyan Yojana
Q27. M-Yoga application, launched by India recently, was developed in association with which organization?
(a)UN
(b)WHO
(c)CDC
(d)John Hopkins University
Ans: (b)WHO
Q28. Which country has launched the world’s first exclusive ‘Green rating system for High-Speed Rail’?
(a)USA
(b)India
(c)Israel
(d)Japan
Ans: (b)India
Q29. What is the name given to the water involved in the production and trade of commodities and services?
(a)Virtual Water
(b)Invisible Water
(c)Internal water
(d)Involved Water
Ans: (a)Virtual Water
Q30. Stefan Löfven, who was in the news recently, was the former Prime Minister of which country?
(a)France
(b)Sweden
(c)Switzerland
(d)Italy
Ans: (b)Sweden
Q31. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is a ______ member body.
(a)10
(b)15
(c)20
(d)30
Ans: (b)15
Q32. Mercury naval corvette, is the full-stealth ship, is being constructed by which country?
(a)china
(b)Russia
(c)USA
(d)Israel
Ans: (b)Russia
Q33. Abdulla Shahid, President-elect of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, is from which country?
(a)Israel
(b)Maldives
(c)Peru
(d)Argentina
Ans: (b)Maldives
Q34. Which Indian footballer has surpassed Lionel Messi in international goals?
(a)Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
(b)Sunil Chhetri
(c)Mohammad Yasir
(d)Amrinder Singh
Ans: (b)Sunil Chhetri
Q35. As per the report “The Costs of Climate Change in India”, by what % India’s poverty rate would increase by 2040 due to climate change?
(a)2%
(b)3.5%
(c)4%
(d) 10%
Ans: (b)3.5%
Q36. Abdulla Shahid, who has been elected as the next president of the United Nations General Assembly, belongs to which country?
(a)Maldives
(b)Iran
(c)Saudi Arabia
(d)UAE
Ans: (a)Maldives
Q37. Anup Chandra Pandey has been appointed to which constitutional position?
(a)Chief Justice of India
(b)Election commissioner
(c)CAG
(d)Solicitor Generia
Ans: (b)Election commissioner
Q38. Which regulatory body has barred Franklin Templeton Asset Management Company from launching a new debt scheme for two years?
(a)IRDAI
(b)Enforcement Directorate
(c)RBI
(d)SEBI
Ans: (d)SEBI
Q39. The minimum support prices (MSP) of paddy, sesamum, tur, and urad were hiked recently. These are ……… crops.
(a)Rabi
(b)Kharif
(c)Zaid
(d)None of the above
Ans: (b)Kharif
Q40. Ranjitsinh Disale, who has been appointed as an Advisor to the World Bank, is associated with which profession?
(a)Sports
(b)Teaching
(c)Business
(d)Judiciary
Ans: (b)Teaching
Q41. Which Ministry has approved a new policy for the Declassification of War histories?
(a)Ministry of Home Affairs
(b)Ministry of Defence
(c)Ministry of External Affairs
(d) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Ans: (b)Ministry of Defence
Q42. Which Indian state produces GI-certified Jardalu mangoes, which were recently exported to the UK?
(a)Bihar
(b)Maharastra
(c)Andhra Pradesh
(d)Uttar Pradesh
Ans: (a)Bihar
Q43. Which African country conducted a nationwide massive campaign to plant five million trees on a single day?
(a)Zimbabwe
(b)Ghana
(c)Ethiopia
(d)Egypt
Ans: (b)Ghana
Q44. NASA is set to install new solar power arrays at which location?
(a)Mars Rover
(b)Venus rover
(c)ISS
(d)Kennedy Space Centre
Ans: (c)ISS
Q45. Which Indian state/UT released the draft proposal for Master Plan 2041?
(a)Karnataka
(b)New Delhi
(c)Kerala
(d)Chandigarh
Ans: (b)New Delhi
Q46. Which country plays host to the World Blood Donor Day 2021 events?
(a)USA
(b)Germany
(c)Italy
(d)UAE
Ans: (c)Italy
Q47. Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) functions under the aegis of which Union Ministry?
(a)Ministry of Finance
(b)Ministry of Corporate Affairs
(c)Ministry of Labour and Employment
(d) Ministry of Law and Justice
Ans: (c)Ministry of Labour and Employment
Q48. Who is the first player in the last 52 years to win all four Grand Slams twice?
(a)Roger Federer
(b)Rafael Nadal
(c)Novak Djokovic
(d)Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ans: (c)Novak Djokovic
Q49. As per the recent report of the WHO, around ……… million people are affected by foodborne diseases every year.
(a)250
(b)350
(c)600
(d)750
Ans: (c)600
Q50. Which financial body has approved USD 125 million support program for the ‘Resilient Kerala Program’?
(a)ADB
(b)World Bank
(c)UNDP
(d)IMF
Ans: (b)World Bank
Q51. According to Ind-Ra, what is the projected GDP growth rate of Indian
Economy for 2021-22 (FY22)?
(a)10.7%
(b)8.1%
(c)7.5%
(d)9.65
Ans: (d)9.65
Q52. When is the Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day observed globally?
(a)27 June
(b)25 June
(c)26 June
(d)24 June
Ans: (a)27 June
Q53. Who has been appointed as the acting Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) of India?
(a)Nittoor Srinivasa Rau
(b)K.V.Chowdary
(c)Praveen Sinha
(d)Suresh N Patel
Ans: (d)Suresh N Patel
Q54. Jharkhand State Cricket Association has signed an MoU with SAIL to set up state’s third international cricket stadium in which city?
(a)Hazaribagh
(b)Bokaro
(c)Dhanbad
(d)Deogarh
Ans: (b)Bokaro
Q55. The encrypted messaging application ‘Wickr’ has recently been acquired by which tech giant?
(a)Facebook
(b)Twitter
(c)Google
(d)Amazon
Ans: (d)Amazon
Q56. Ashgabat was named the world’s most expensive city for foreign workers in Mercer Cost of Living Survey recently. What was Mumbai’s rank in the survey?
(a)158
(b)117
(c)78
(d)170
Ans: (c)78
Q57. Which of the following bank has partnered with Paisabazaar to launch Step Up credit card?
(a)State Bank of India
(b)SBM Bank
(c)Airtel payment Bank
(d)IPPB
Ans: (b)SBM Bank
Q58. Who among the following has won the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix?
(a)Max Verstappen
(b)Valtteri Bottas
(c)Lewis Hamilton
(d)S.Perez
Ans. (a)Max Verstappen
Q59. Name the author of the book ‘Fiercely Female: The Dutee Chand Story’.
(a)Swati Sharm
(b)Vinesh Gupta
(c)Sundeep Mishra
(d)Sanjeev Bisht
Ans. (c)Sundeep Mishra
Q60. Who has becomes joint top-scorer in men’s international football?
(a)Lionel Messi
(b)Cristiano Ronaldo
(c)Neymar
(d)Sunil Chhetri
Ans: (b)Cristiano Ronaldo
Q61. Who has been granted this year’s Spanish Princess of Asturias Literature Award?
(a)Fred Vargas
(b)Siri Hustvedt
(c)Emmanuel Carrere
(d)Adam Zagajewski
Ans: (c)Emmanuel Carrere
Q62. Which Indian state has topped the India Smart Cities Awards Contest
(ISAC) 2020?
(a)Maharastra
(b)Gujrat
(c)Madhya Pradesh
(d)Uttar Pradesh
Ans: (d)Uttar Pradesh
Q63. Who has been honoured with the highest civilian award of Mongolia
“The Order of Polar Star”?
(a)Prakhar Joshi
(b)Shikhar Mittal
(c)RK Sabharwal
(d)Rakesh Halder
Ans: (c)RK Sabharwal
Q64. Which Indian state has become the first state in the country to be Rabies free?
(a)Goa
(b)Tamil Nadu
(c)Sikkim
(d)Kerala
Ans: (a)Goa
Q65. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture held on which day of The year?
(a)25 June
(b)26 June
(c)27 June
(d)28 June
Ans: (b)26 June
Q66. What is the theme of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafficking 2021?
(a)Better Knowledge for Better Care
(b)Health for Justice, Justice for Health
(c)Share Facts on Drugs,Save Lives
(d)Listen First
Ans: (c)Share Facts on Drugs,Save Lives
Q67. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has informed that India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-I), is planned to be commissioned by ______.
(a)2021
(b)2022
(c)2023
(d)2024
Ans: (b)2022
Q68. Which of the following has launched a centralized web-based
Workflow-based IT platform called “e-PGS”?
(a)LIC
(b)SBI
(c)Kotak Mahindra Bank
(d)NSDC
Ans: (a)LIC
Q69. Microsoft officially launched its new Windows operating system ‘___________’.
(a)Windows Max
(b)Windows 10 pro
(c)Windows 10.2
(d)Windows 11
Ans: (d)Windows 11
Q70. Which of the following state/UT has launched “Mukhyamantri
COVID-19 pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana”?
(a)Himachal Pradesh
(b)Laddakh
(c)Uttar Pradesh
(d)Delhi
Ans: (d)Delhi
Q71. According to Bank for International Settlements, what is India’s bank
Credit-to-GDP ratio growth percentage in 2020?
(a)42%
(b)56%
(c)73%
(d)66%
Ans: (b)56%
Q72. Which of the following social media platform has recently joined with
NSDC to launch the Digital skill Champions program?
(a)Whatsapp
(b)Facebook
(c)Instagram
(d)Telegram
Ans: (a)Whatsapp
Q73. Reliance Jio has recently collaborated with which of the following
Technology giant to provide 5G?
(a)Apple
(b)Microsoft
(c)Google Cloud
(d)Amazon
Ans: (c)Google Cloud
Q74. With which country, India has jointly launched the “Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB)”?
(a)Vietnam
(b)Thailand
(c)Bhutan
(d)Maldives
Ans: (c)Bhutan
Q75. With which organization, India has signed a $484 million loan to upgrade road network in Chennai–Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor
(CKIC)in Tamil Nadu?
(a)World bank
(b)International Monetary fund
(c)Asian Development Bank
(d)Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Ans: (c)Asian Development Bank
Q76. Which company has recently got approval from regulator IRDAI to
Undertake insurance broking?
(a)Policybazar
(b)Bharatpe
(c)Tata Digital
(d)Paycare
Ans: (a)Policybazar
Q77. World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is observed on __________every year.
(a)13 June
(b)14 June
(c)15 June
(d)17 June
Ans: (d)17 June
Q78. Prime Minister, Narendra Modi virtually addressed the _______ edition of VivaTech.
(a)1st
(b)2nd
(c)3rd
(d)5th
Ans: (d)5th
Q79. What is the theme of the Conference of BRICS Network Universities 2021?
(a)Partnership for Global Stability, Security and Prosperity
(b)Unlocking BRICS Universities
(c)Pragmatic Cooperation and International Education
(d)Electric Mobility
Ans: (d)Electric Mobility
Q80. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the implementation of “Deep Ocean Mission”. Who among the following is the present Union Minister of Earth Sciences?
(a)Prakash Javadekar
(b)Harsh Vardhan
(c)Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
(d)Ravi Shankar Prasad
Ans: (b)Harsh Vardhan
Q81. Which of the following country expanding nuclear arsenal, according to SIPRI Yearbook 2021?
(a)India
(b)China
(c)Pakistan
(d)All of the above
Ans: (d)All of the above
Q82. Which of the following state has launched the accelerator programme called “Revv Up”?
(a)Telangana
(b)Andhra Pradesh
(c)West Bengal
(d)Kerala
Ans: (a)Telangana
Q83. Which of the following bank has announced the launch of ‘ICICI STACK for Corporates’, a comprehensive set of digital banking solutions for corporates.
(a)Kotak Mahindra
(b)HDFC Bank
(c)Yes Bank
(d)ICIC Bank
Ans: (d)ICIC Bank
Q84. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the budgetary support of ________ for iDEX-DIO for the next five years.
(a)Rs 298.8 crore
(b)Rs 398.8 crore
(c)Rs 498.8 crore
(d)Rs 598.8 crore
Ans: (c)Rs 498.8 crore
Q85. Who among the following has been appointed as the new chairman of Microsoft?
(a)Judson Althoff
(b)Satya Nadella
(c)Steve Ballmer
(d)John W. Thompson
Ans: (b)Satya Nadella
Q86. _______ hosts “Conference of BRICS Network Universities 2021”.
(a)IIT Delhi
(b)IIT RoPar
(c)IIT Bombay
(d)IIT Madras
Ans: (c)IIT Bombay
Q87. Govt launches ‘___________’ to increase supply of medical oxygen.
(a)Project O2 for India
(b)Mission Oxygen self-Reliance
(c)Oxygen on Wheels
(d)Oxygen Express
Ans: (a)Project O2 for India
Q88. Rajnath Singh has approved a policy on archiving, declassification, compilation and publication of war and operations histories. According to the policy, records should ordinarily be declassified in ________.
(a)30 years
(b)50 years
(c)35 years
(d)25 years
Ans: (d)25 years
Q89. What is the theme of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2021?
(a)Let’s grow the future together
(b)Land has true value. Invest in it
(c)Restoration. Land. Recovery. We build back better with healthy land
(d)Food. Feed. Fibre. The links between consumption and land
Ans: (c)Restoration. Land. Recovery. We build back better with healthy land
Q90. Which of the following city has topped the Global Liveability Index 2021,published by the Economist Intelligence Unit?
(a)Auckland
(b)Osaka
(c)Adelaide
(d)Tokyo
Ans: (a)Auckland
Q91. Ferrari has named Benedetto Vigna as its new company CEO. Ferrari is a luxury sports car manufacturer based in ____________.
(a)France
(b)Germany
(c)Italy
(d)UK
Ans: (c)Italy
Q92. Who has been appointed as the first chairwoman of the Football Association?
(a)Debbie Hewitt
(b)Daniel Hewitt
(c)Margret Thacher
(d)Maria Hewitt
Ans: (a)Debbie Hewitt
Q93. Indian actress _________ has made the country proud by winning the Best Actor award at the 2021 UK Asian Film Festival.
(a)Shrenik Rao
(b)Smita Patil
(c)Neena Gupta
(d)Tilotama Shome
Ans: (d)Tilotama Shome
Q94. Which of the following country has benefited the most in Bitcoin Investment Gain in 2020?
(a)China
(b)US
(c)India
(d)Japan
Ans: (c)India
Q95. Who was conferred with the regional award as Asia Pacific productivity Champion from Asian Productivity Organisation?
(a)Pinky Tiwari
(b)Saurabh Joshi
(c)Rashmi Desai
(d)R.S.Sodhi
Ans: (d)R.S.Sodhi
Q96. Which of the following state recently launched “Chief Minister Sishu Seva Scheme”for COVID-19 orphans?
(a)Assam
(b)Tripura
(c)Rajasthan
(d)West Bengal
Ans: (a)Assam
(b)Tripura
Q97. BharatPe announces acquisition of loyalty platform _________ India.
(a)Times Card
(b)Citi Rewards
(c)Times points
(d)Payback
Ans: (d)Payback
Q98. Who was named chef de cabinet by the incoming UN general assembly president, Maldivian foreign minister Abdulla Shahid?
(a)Kuldeep Singh
(b)Rohit Negi
(c)Sanjay Tripathi
(d)Nagaraj Naidu
Ans: (d)Nagaraj Naidu
Q99. What is the rank of India in Bitcoin Investment Gain in 2020?
(a)17th
(b)16th
(c)18th
(d)19th
Ans: (c)18th
Q100. Thales recently announced the appointment of _________ as Vice-President and Country Director for India.
(a)Sachin Verma
(b)Ashish Saraf
(c)Sankalp Kumar
(d)Vikram Dang
Ans: (b)Ashish Saraf
