Current affairs play a very important role in the competitive examinations and hence, aspirants have to give undivided attention to it while doing preparation for the government examinations. The ASO examinations comprise a section of “General Awareness” to evaluate how much the aspirant is aware of the daily happenings taking place around the world. To complement your preparation, we are providing you with a compilation of the current affairs on every week.
Q1.“International Day of Happiness” is celebrated every year on –
(A) 21st March
(B) 19th March
(C) 20th March
(D) 18th March
S1. Ans.(C) 20th March
Q2. “World Oral Health Day” is marked every year on –
(A) 19th March
(B) 20th March
(C) 21st March
(D) 18th March
S2. Ans.(B) 20th March
Q3. “World Puppetry Day” is observed every year on –
(A) 21st March
(B) 18th March
(C) 20th March
(D) 19th March
S3. Ans.(A) 21st March
Q4. “International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination” is observed annually on –
(A) 18th March
(B) 21st March
(C) 19th March
(D) 20th March
S4. Ans. (B) 21st Marc
Q5. “World Poetry Day” is celebrated every year on –
(A) 20th March
(B) 18th March
(C) 21st March
(D) 19th March
S5. Ans.(C) 21st March
Q6. CRPF has celebrated its 83rd Raising Day on –
(A) 21st March
(B) 19th March
(C) 18th March
(D) 20th March
S6. Ans. (B) 19th March
Q7. ‘Cold Response 2022’ is organised in which country?
(A) Norway
(B) Canada
(C) Bulgaria
(D) Belgium
S7. Ans.(A) Norway
Q8. What is India’s rank in the “World Happiness Report 2022“?
(A) 79th
(B) 136th
(C) 139th
(D) 84th
S8. Ans.(B) 136th
Q9. Which Indian has been awarded the ‘Sports Icon’ award at the Maldives Sports Awards 2022?
(A) Virat Kohli
(B) Suresh Raina
(C) Rohit Sharma
(D) Rishabh Pant
S9. Ans. (B) Suresh Raina
Q10. Who has won the 19th Asian 100 UP Billiards Championship 2022?
(A) Aditya Mehta
(B) Sourav Kothari
(C) Pankaj Advani
(D) Dhruv Sitwala
S10. Ans. (C) Pankaj Advani
Q11. Who has won the “F1 Bahrain Grand Prix 2022“?
(A) Lewis Hamilton
(B) Sebastian Vettel
(C) Max Verstappen
(D) Charles Leclerc
S11. Ans.(D) Charles Leclerc
Q12. SBI will set up its Innovation, Incubation and Acceleration Centre (IIAC) in –
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Chennai
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Puducherry
S12. Ans. (A) Hyderabad
Q13. Who has been re-appointed as the President of Asian Cricket Council (ACC)?
(A) Nazmul Hassan
(B) Geoff Allardice
(C) Sourav Ganguly
(D) Jay Shah
S13. Ans.(D) Jay Shah
Q14. RBI Innovation Hub has partnered with which institute to boost fintech startups in India?
(A) IIT Madras
(B) IIT Kanpur
(C) IIT Roorkee
(D) IIT Hyderabad
S14. Ans.(A) IIT Madras
Q15. NMDC has inked a MoU with which institution for ‘Drone-Based Mineral Exploration’?
(A) IIT Bombay
(B) IIT Madras
(C) IIT Kharagpur
(D) IIT Delhi
S15. Ans. (C) IIT Kharagpur
Q16.What is the total limit of UPI Lite balance for an “On-device wallet”?
(A) ₹1000
(B) ₹3000
(C) ₹2000
(D) ₹5000
S16. Ans. (C) ₹2000
Q17. NCRTC unveils coaches of India’s first rapid rail for which corridor?
(A) Howrah–Haldia
(B) Mumbai–Nagpur
(C) Rajkot–Veraval
(D) Delhi–Meerut
S17. Ans. (D) Delhi–Meerut
Q18.Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of CII Southern Region for 2022-23?
(A) Indranil Ghosh
(B) Satish Pandey
(C) Rohit Henry
(D) Suchitra K Ella
S18. Ans. (D) Suchitra K Ella
Q19. Rajesh Gopinathan has been appointed as MD & CEO of which company?
(A) Infosys
(B) Wipro
(C) Mphasis
(D) TCS
S19. Ans.(D) TCS
Q20. “World Water Day” is observed every year on –
(A) 19th March
(B) 20th March
(C) 21st March
(D) 22nd March
S20. Ans.(D) 22nd March
Q21. Who has received the ‘Sportstar of the Year (Female)’ award?
(A) Deepika Kumari
(B) Mirabai Chanu
(C) Mary Kom
(D) Mithali Raj
S21. Ans. (B) Mirabai Chanu
Q22.Serdar Berdymukhamedov sworn in as the President of –
(A) Kazakhstan
(B) Uzbekistan
(C) Turkmenistan
(D) Iran
S22. Ans. (C) Turkmenistan
Q23.“LAMITIYE-2022” is a joint military exercise of Indian Army with the Army of which country?
(A) Mauritius
(B) Kenya
(C) Madagascar
(D) Seychelles
S23. Ans. (D) Seychelles
Q24. N Biren Singh takes oath as the Chief Minister of –
(A) Manipur
(B) Nagaland
(C) Mizoram
(D) Assam
S24. Ans. (A) Manipur
Q25.Which institute has established a water management and policy centre called ‘AquaMAP’?
(A) IIT Madras
(B) IIT Kanpur
(C) IIT Bombay
(D) IIT Delhi
S25. Ans. (A) IIT Madras
Weekly Current Affairs Quiz For OPSC ASO
