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Weekly Current Affairs Quiz For OPSC ASO | 21st March to 27th March

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. India’s 1st ‘Steel Road’ has been built in –

(a) Ahmedabad

(b) Vadodara

(c) Surat

(d) Gandhinagar

S1. Ans.(c) Surat

 

Q2. Who won the Best Actor honor at Oscars 2022?

(a) Robert Downey

(b) Johnny Depp

(c) Nicolas Cage

(d) Will Smith 

S2. Ans.(d) Will Smith

 

Q3. Who has become the First World No.1 player of Poland in Tennis history?

(a) Naomi Osaka

(b) Magda Line

(c) Iga Swiatek

(d) Marta Doma

S3. Ans.(c) Iga Swiatek

 

Q4. Robert Abela has been sworn as the Prime Minister of –

(a) Libya

(b) Malta

(c) Tunisia

(d) Italy  

S4. Ans. (b) Malta

 

Q5.Ritu Khanduri has become the first woman speaker of the Legislative Assembly of which state?

(a) Punjab

(b) Uttarakhand

(c) Goa

(d) Uttar Pradesh

S5. Ans. (b) Uttarakhand

 

Q6. Who has been elected as the President of the Badminton Association of India?

(a) Jimmy Soni

(b) Deepam Chatterjee

(c) Himanta Biswa Sarma

(d) None of these

S6. Ans. (c) Himanta Biswa Sarma

Q7. Which Indian actress has been awarded with the “TIME100 Impact Awards 2022“?

(a) Deepika Padukone

(b) Alia Bhatt

(c) Katrina Kaif

(d) Vidya Balan

S7.Ans.(a) Deepika Padukone

 

Q8. US and Philippines military begins their largest combat drills ‘Balikatan 2022’ on which Island?

(a) Mindanao

(b) Luzon

(c) Boracay

(d) Siargao 

S8. Ans.(b) Luzon

 

Q9. Name of the Ink Manufacturing Unit of BRBNMPL dedicated to the nation by RBI governor?

(a) Toyo Ink

(b) Siegwerk

(c) Kohinoor

(d) Varnika 

S9. Ans.(d) Varnika 

 

Q10. Who has won the Formula One 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix?

(a) Carlos Sainz

(b) Charles Leclerc

(c) Max Verstappen

(d) Lance Stroll 

S10. Ans. (c) Max Verstappen

 

Q11. SIDBI has signed an MoU with which state government to develop MSME ecosystem in the state?

(a) Meghalaya

(b) Mizoram

(c) Tripura

(d) Sikkim

S11. Ans. (a) Meghalaya

 

Q12. Which country has hosted the 5th edition of the BIMSTEC Summit?

  1. a) Nepal
  2. b) Myanmar
  3. c) India
  4. d) Sri Lanka

S12. Ans. d) Sri Lanka

 

Q13.Who has been appointed the next Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO)?

(a) Imran Khan

(b) Robert Abela

(c) James Marape

(d) Gilbert Houngbo

S13. Ans. (d) Gilbert Houngbo

 

Q14.Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India?

(a) Nakul Chopra

(b) Shashi Sinha

(c) Punit Goenka

(d) Pralay Mondal

S14. Ans.(b) Shashi Sinha

 

Q15.When Bangladesh has celebrated its ’51st Independence Day’?

(a) 24 March

(b) 26 March

(c) 25 March

(d) 28 March 

S15. Ans. (b) 26 March

 

Q16. Which team has won the 3rd edition of SAFF U-18 Women’s Football Championship?

(a) India

(b) Malaysia

(c) Bangladesh

(d) South Korea

S16. Ans.(a) India

 

Q17. Delhi government has directed how many world-class urban forests are to be constructed on 3000 acres of land?

(a) 20

(b) 15

(c) 17

(d) 22

S17. Ans. (c) 17

 

Q18. Where has the police started the ‘Sunday Street’ initiative?

(a) Delhi

(b) Mumbai

(c) Kolkata

(d) Patna

S18. Ans. (b) Mumbai

 

Q19. Which state government has approved a drinking water project for 120 villages?

(a) Bihar

(b) Karnataka

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Kerala 

S19. Ans. (b) Karnataka

 

Q20. Which state’s police has set up the Defense Forces Help Desk?

(a) Punjab

(b) Uttarakhand

(c) Odisha

(d) Haryana

S20. Ans. (b) Uttarakhand

 

 

Q21. Which medal has been won by the Railways women’s team in the National Cross Country Championship?

(a) Silver

(b) Bronze

(c) Gold

(d) None of these

S21. Ans. (c) Gold

 

Q22. Decentralized Waste Management Technology Park has been inaugurated recently in which city?

(a) Noida

(b) Kanpur

(c) East Delhi

(d) Agra

S22. Ans. (c) East Delhi

 

Q23. Which IIT has developed smart ventilator named ‘Jeevan Lite’?

(a) IIT Kharagpur

(b) IIT Hyderabad

(c) IIT Bombay

(d) IIT Madras

S23. Ans. (b) IIT Hyderabad

 

Q24. Which state won first prize (Best State) in National Water Awards 2022?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Kerala

S24. Ans. (a) Uttar Pradesh

 

Q25. As per Hurun, Which country have Highest self-made Billionaires under 40?

(a) China

(b) India

(c) USA

(d) UK

S25. Ans. (c) USA