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 of the last week.
Q1. Which day is marked as “Zero Discrimination Day“?
(A) 1st March
(B) 2nd March
(C) 3rd March
(D) 4th March
S1. Ans.(A) 1st March
Q2.“World Civil Defense Day” is observed every year on –
(A) 4th March
(B) 2nd March
(C) 1st March
(D) 3rd March
S2. Ans. (C) 1st March
Q3. Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) observes the “Civil Accounts Day” every year on –
(A) 4th March
(B) 1st March
(C) 3rd March
(D) 2nd March
S3. Ans.(B) 1st March
Q4.What is the theme of “Janaushadhi Diwas 2022“?
(A) Seva Bhi – Rozgar bhi
(B) Jan Aushadhi-Jan Upyogi
(C) Jan Aushadhi ka saath
(D) Suvidha Se Samman
S4. Ans.(B) Jan Aushadhi-Jan Upyogi
Q5.How many medals have been won by India at the Singapore Weightlifting International 2022?
(A) 6 medals
(B) 8 medals
(C) 9 medals
(D) 11 medals
S5. Ans.(B) 8 medals
Q6. India’s 1st ‘Smart Managed Electric Vehicle Charging Station’ has been launched in –
(A) New Delhi
(B) Mumbai
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Bengaluru
S6. Ans.(A) New Delhi
Q7.Madhabi Puri Buch has been appointed as the new Chairperson of which organization?
(A) IRDA
(B) TRAI
(C) SEBI
(D) NABARD
S7. Ans.(C) SEBI
Q8.‘Bhasha Certificate Selfie’ campaign has been launched by which ministry?
(A) AYUSH Ministry
(B) Defense Ministry
(C) Railways Ministry
(D) Education Ministry
S8. Ans.(D) Education Ministry
Q9. Which airport in India is to get the status of Power Positive Airport?
(A) Cochin Airport
(B) Chennai Airport
(C) Goa Airport
(D) Shimla Airport
S9. Ans.(A) Cochin Airport
Q10. Who has been appointed as the new National e-Governance Division (NeGD) chief?
(A) Vineet Joshi
(B) Ravi Chopra
(C) Sandeep Bakhshi
(D) Abhishek Singh
S10. Ans.(D) Abhishek Singh
Q11.Who has become the CEO of the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI)?
(A) Nitin Paranjpe
(B) Rakesh Sharma
(C) Sanjay Malhotra
(D) Sandeep Bakhshi
S11. Ans.(B) Rakesh Sharma
Q12.Name the winner of the 2022 Mexican Open tennis tournament?
(A) Stefanos Tsitsipas
(B) Daniil Medvedev
(C) Rafael Nadal
(D) Novak Djokovic
S12. Ans.(C) Rafael Nadal
Q13.Who has been suspended by International Judo Federation as the Honorary President?
(A) Volodymyr Zelenskyy
(B) Mikhail Zelenskiy
(C) Joe Biden
(D) Vladimir Putin
S13. Ans.(D) Vladimir Putin
Q14. Which cricket team arrived in Pakistan for first tour in 24 years on February 27, 2022?
(1) England
(2) Australia
(3) Sri Lanka
(4) New Zealand
S14. Ans.(2) Australia
Q15.Which state become India’s 1st in overall installed renewable energy capacity surpassing Karnataka?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Odisha
(D) Kerala
S15. Ans. (B) Tamil Nadu
Q16. India has renewed the Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA) of up to $75 billion with –
(A) United States
(B) UK
(C) Germany
(D) Japan
S16. Ans.(D) Japan
Q17.Who has become the first Indian to win a silver in an individual section of the Para Archery World Championships in Dubai, UAE?
(A) Devendra Jhajharia
(B) Deepa Malik
(C) Pooja Jatyan
(D) Varun Singh Bhati
S17. Ans.(C) Pooja Jatyan
Q18. Legendary spinner Sonny Ramadhin passed away. He was associated with which country’s cricket team?
(A) West Indies
(B) India
(C) South Africa
(D) New ZealandV
S18. Ans. (A) West Indies
Q19. “Ideal Finance Ltd” has announced to rebrand its company as –
(A) Bajaj Ideal Finance
(B) Mahindra Ideal Finance
(C) Muthoot Ideal Finance
(D) Tata Ideal Finance
S19. Ans.(B) Mahindra Ideal Finance
Q20. Who has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India (NCDFI)?
(A) Surajit Sengupta
(B) Ilker Ayci
(C) Gita Mittal
(D) KS Mani
S20. Ans. (D) KS Mani
Q21.Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) has observed “53rd Raising Day” on –
(A) 6th March
(B) 5th March
(C) 4th March
(D) 7th March
S21. Ans.(A) 6th March(A) 6th March
Q22. India’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging station for 4 wheelers has been opened in –
(A) Bengaluru
(B) Lucknow
(C) Mumbai
(D) Gurugram
S22. Ans. (D) Gurugram
Q23.What is the name of India’s automatic train collision protection system?
(A) Dhaal
(B) Raksha
(C) Suraksha
(D) Kavach
S23. Ans.(D) Kavach
Q24.Who has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of Bharti AXA Life Insurance?
(A) Vidya Balan
(B) Arshad Warsi
(C) Varun Dhawan
(D) Shahid Kapoor
S24. Ans.(A) Vidya Balan
Q25.What is the name of India’s 1st indigenous Flying Trainer?
(A) HJT-36 Sitara
(B) ARDC Turbo
(C) HANSA-NG
(D) HAL HTT-40
S25. Ans. (C) HANSA-NG
