January to May 2022

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Q.no.1.The Indian tiger reserve in which
has won the international TX2 award
recently is-
A] Kaziranga Tiger Reserve, Assam
B] Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve,
Tamilnadu
C] Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, Karnataka
D] Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand
Ans- Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve,
Tamilnadu
The award has been given for doubling its
tiger population since 2010
In 2020 Pilibhit Tiger reserve of UP had also
won the same award.
Q.no.2. ‘Tatrarakshak’ medals, approved
by the president will be given to which
section of our defense personals?
A] NSG
B] Indian Navy
C] Para Commandos
D] Indian Coast Guards
Ans- Indian Coastguards.
Q.no.3.Which famous personality was
given the Param Vishisht Seva medal in
2022.
A] PM Narendra Modi
B] Rahul Dravid
C] Neeraj Chopra
C] Late Gen. Bipin Rawat
Ans- Neeraj Chopra.
It’s a military award constituted in 1960.
Q.no.4. The famous Indian singer who
has won the Padmashri award in 2022 is-
A] Shankar Mahadevan
B] Sonu Nigam
C] Arijit Singh
D] Jubin Nautiyal
Ans- Sonu Nigam
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Q.no.5. Who has been awarded the
Padma Vibushan award in 2022
A] General Bipin Rawat
B] Ms. Prabha Atre
C] Shri Radheyshyam Khemka
D] Shri Kalyan Singh
E] All of the above
Ans- All of the above
General Bipin Rawat (Civil Services)
Ms. Prabha Atre (Art)
Shri Radheyshyam Khemka (Literature and
Education)
Shri Kalyan Singh (Public Affairs)
Q.no.6. Former PM of which country has
been awarded with Netaji award 2022
A] Japan
B] South Korea
C] Nepal
D] Russia
Ans- Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe was conferred with the Netaji Award
2022 by Netaji Research Bureau. It is
awarded on each 23rd Jan.
Q.no.7. The winner of Subhash Chandra
Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2022
is-
A] Rajendra Singh
B] Prof. Vinod Sharma
C] S S Murugesan
D] Mansukh Mandaviya
Ans- Prof. Vinod Sharma [Gujarat Institute
of Disaster Management (GIDM)]
Individuals and organizations awarded by
the Government Of India on every year on
January 23, the birth anniversary (Parakram
Diwas) of freedom fighter Netaji Subhash
Chandra Bose. (125th) for excellence in
disaster management
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Q.no.8. Ratan Tata has been awarded D] Meg Lanning
with the highest civilian award of which
state? Ans- Smriti Mandhana

A] Bihar Q.no.12. Sumeet Bhale from Maharashtra

B] Uttar Pradesh wins gold medal at the international folk
C] Assam art festival in Dubai for which art?
D] Tamilnadu
A] Tarangmel
Ans- Assam. The Assam Vaibhav B] Kuchipudi
Award carries a cash prize of ₹5 lakh C] Lavani
(US$6,600) and the recipient can avail D] Bharatnatyam
medical treatment throughout his life at
government expense. Ans-Lavani dance

Q.no.9. Who has been awarded with the
prestigious Genesis Prize for his efforts in
leading the development of COVID 19
vaccine?
A] Albert Bouria of Pfizer
B] Pascal Soriot of AstraZenca
C] Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla of Covishield
D] Kirill Dmitriev, RDIF
Ans- Albert Bouria of Pfizer
For "leadership, determination, and
willingness to assume great risk, which
resulted in Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine being
ready in record time: months instead of
years (1 million dollars)
Q.no.10. FIFA best player (male) for 2021
is-
A] Robert Lewandoski
B] Lionel Messi
C] Thomas Muller
D] Christiano Ronaldo
Ans- Robert Lewandoski of Bayern
Munich, Poland
Q.no.11. ICC’s woman cricketer of the
year,2021 has been awarded to
A] Smriti Mandhana
B] Mithali Raj
C] Alyessa Healy
Q.no.13. The winner of 2021
International Craft Award for Best
Village is-
A] Kerala Arts and Crafts Village
B] Andhra Pradesh Arts and Crafts Village
C] Gujarat Arts and Crafts Village
D] Tamilnadu Arts and Crafts Village
Ans--Kerala Arts and Crafts Village near
Kovalam
Q.no.14. The winner of best private bank
award at the Global Private Banking
Awards
A] Axis bank
B] ICICI Bank
C] HDFC Bank
D] Kotak Mahindra Bank
Ans- HDFC Bank
Q.no.15. Best film award at the Golden
Globes 2022 has been given to
A] Belfast
B] Succession
C] West Side Story
D] The Power of The Dog
Ans- The Power of the Dog

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Q.no.16. The best state award at the third Q.no.19. The name of the app launched
national water awards was given to- by SEBI to educate investors is-

A] Uttar Pradesh A] SIP

B] Gujarat B] Bull and Bear
C] Rajasthan C] Saarathi
D] Tamilnadu D] MarketGyan

Ans- Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Ans- Saarathi

Singh Shekhawat has declared the winners
of the third National Water Awards for the Q.no.20. India’s rank in the Henely
year 2020. Uttar Pradesh has been Passport Index, 2022 is-
adjudged as the Best State in water
conservation efforts in the National Water A] 93
Awards 2020. It is followed by Rajasthan B] 85
and Tamil Nadu respectively C] 104
D] 83
Q.no.17. the first ever Guinness World
record on Numerology was achieved by Ans- 83
which Indian- The Henley Passport Index is the original,
authoritative ranking of all the world’s
A] J C Chaudhury passports according to the number of
B] Vedanta Sharmaa destinations their holders can access without
C] Rajat Nayar a prior visa.
D] Pandit Jagannath Guruji
Q.no.21. Which banks is recognized by
Ans-The first ever Guinness World Record RBI as the Domestic Systemically
in Numerology and the first world record of Important Banks (D-SIBs)?
2022 was achieved by one of India's top
numerologists JC Chaudhury educating A] SBI
about the ancient science to around 6000 B] ICCI
participants C] HDFC
D] All of them
Q.no.18. Which Indian business group is
going to build UK’s largest Hydrogen Q.no.22. The new book titled ‘A little of
Hub at Stanlow? India’ is authored by-

A] Essar A] Ruskin Bond

B] Reliance Infrastructure India Ltd. B] Amitabh Ghosh
C] Tata Power C] Chetan Bhagat
D] L & T D] Arvind Adiga

Ans- Essar announced that it has formed Ans- Ruskin Bond

Vertex Hydrogen Limited, a transformative
new joint venture, with Progressive Energy,
to build the UK’s largest hydrogen hub at
the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex.
Q.no.23. Which country has become the
largest exporter of Cucumber recently?
A] Bangladeh
B] India

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C] Nepal Ans- Telengana
D] Bhutan Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission –
Launched by Ministry of Rural
Ans- India Development to implement integrated
project based infrastructure in rural areas in
Q.no.24. India signs contract which 2016.
country to obtain AT-4 anti armor
weapon- Q.no.28. Major Dhyanchand Sports
University is going to be built in which
A] France Indian state?
B] Germany
C] Sweden A] Gujarat
D] Netherlands B] Uttar Pradesh
C] Goa
Ans- Sweden D] Telengana

Q.no.25. Which IAF female pilot was seen Ans- Uttar Pradesh
at the IAF tableau at the republic day
parade- Q.no.29. Which country has recently
launched a first of its kind dual mode
A] Avani Chaturvedi vehicle which will run on both road and
B] Shivangi Singh railway rack?
C] Bhawana kanth
D] Mohana Singh A] Spain
B] India
Ans- Shivangi Singh C] Australia
The other three are first combat female D] Japan
pilots of India. Shivangi Singh is also the
first female Indian Rafale Fighter jet pilot. Ans- Japan.

Q.no.26. Which country among the Q.no.30. NASA’s most powerful telescope
following is not a part of Sea Dragon 22 the James Webb Space Telescope was
exercise conducted in the pacific ocean launched in which vehicle?

A] Australia A] Falcon 9
B] South Korea B] Delta II
C] India C] Ariane 5
D] Russia D] Orion

Ans- Russia Ans- Ariane 5

The telescope was launched from European
Q.no.27. Which state has topped in space agency in Dec, 2021. The first image
implementation of Shyama Prasad from it is expected in July 2022
Mukherji Rurban Mission
Q.no.31. Who became the first Indian
A] Gujarat origin woman to trek solo to South pole?
B] Uttar Pradesh
C] Goa A] Anuradha Goyal
D] Telengana B] Priyanka Mohite

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C] Radhika Nath D] Football
D] Harpreet Chandi.
Ans- Football
Ans- Harpreet Chandi.
She is a British army officer Q.no.36. Which ex-RBI Governor has
been appointed as the new vice president
Q.no.32. David Bennet, whose name of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
recently became famous internationally
for- A] Raghuram Rajan
B]Urjit patel
A] First man upon whom COVID vaccine C] Dr. D. Subbarao
was tested D] Dr. Bimal Jalan
B] First American man to be died of
COVID-19 Ans- Urjit patel
C] First man to a heart transplant from a AIIB HQ- Beijing, established in- 2016
genetically modified pig. Present RBI Governor- Shaktikant das
D] World’s tallest man
Q.no.37. Padma Bhushan award winner
Ans- He was declared as the first person in R Nagaswamy who died recently was a –
world to get a heart transplant from a
genetically modified pig. A] Astronomer
B] Archaeologist
Q.no.33. Who recently became the new C] Mathematician
chief of ISRO? D] Geologist
Ans- Astronomer.
A] Sreedhara Panicker Somanath
B] G. Satheesh Reddy He was awarded Padma Bhushan in the year
C] Ajit Kumar Mohanty 2018
D] K Sivan
Q.no.38. UNDP India’s first youth climate
Ans- Sreedhara Panicker Somanath champion is-
ISRO was established in 1969. K Sivan was
the last chief befor S P Somanath. A] Prajakta Koli
B] Licipriya Kangujam
Q.no.34. Pandit Briju Maharaj who died C] Sneha Shahi
recently was famous as a- D] Hina Saifi
A] Kathak dancer
B] Sattriya Dancer Ans- Prajakta Koli
C] Bharatnatyam Dancer
D] Kuchipudi dancer Q.no.39. Students up to which grade
participated in the 100 day reading
Ans- Kathak dancer campaign ‘Padhe Bharat’ launched by
Govt of India?
Q.no.35. Late Subhash Bhowmick was
related to which sports? A] VIII
B] IX
A] Cricket C] X
B] Hockey D] VII
C] Kabbadi

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Ans- VIII Q.no.44. Who won Bharat Ratna
Ambedkar awards 2022?
Q.no.40. Which state has been declared as
1st LPG enabled and smokes free ? A] Actrees Harshali Malhotra
B] Dr. Vijay Kedia.
A] Telengana C] Bhagat Singh Koshyari
B] UP D] Both A & B
C] Maharashtra
D] Himachal Pradesh Ans- Both A & B
Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh
Ans- Himachal Pradesh Koshyari presented the award.

Q.no.41. India’s first unique rock Q.no.45.The ‘Best Female Debut’ honour
museum is inaugurated in- at 2021 Paralympics Awards went to-

A] Hyderabad A] Simran Sharma

B] New Delhi B] Avani Lekhara
C] Kolkata C] Parul Parmar
D] Kanpur D] Ekta Bhyan

Ans- Hyderabad Ans- Avani Lekhara.

It has 35 different types of rocks with some
aging 3.3 billion years
Q.no.42. India’s first multi dimensional
sports expedition happened in which
country?
Earlier she created history by winning
India’s first gold medal in shooting at 2020
Tokyo Paralympics.
Q.no.46. What was the theme of National
Youth day 2022

A] Germany A] It’s all in the game

B] South Africa B] Give all you have
C] Poland C] It’s spirit of the game
D] France D] It’s all in the mind

Ans- France Ans- It’s all in the mind

Q.no.43. KVIC (Khadi & village
industries commission) recently launched
India’s first Mobile honey processing van
in-
12th Januray on the occasion of birth
anniversary of Swami Vivekananda
Also national youth festival was hosted in
Puducherry this time.

A] Bengaluru, Karnataka Q.no.47. According to ‘India state of

B] Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh forest report 2021’, which state has the
C] Ghaizabad UP. biggest forest cover area wise?
D] Madurai, tamilnadu
A] Arunachal Pradesh
Ans- Ghaizabad UP. B] Madhya Pradesh
It can process 300kg in 8 hours C] Mizoram
D] Uttarakhand

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Ans- Madhya Pradesh. Q.no.52.Which country has been elected
India’s total forest and tree cover= 80.9 as the new chairmanship of the
million hectre International Rubber Study Group-
By density, Mizoram has the highest.
A] China
Q.no.48. India’s first helicopter hub with B] Brazil
all aviation facilities will be in- C] India
D] Bangladesh
A] Gurugram
B] Ahmedabad Ans- India. Dr K N Raghavan, Executive
C] Newdelhi director of Rubber Board of India will head
D] Shimla the delegation

Ans- Gurugram Q.no.53. Soft drinks brand Thumbs Up

ropes which Bollywood actor as their new
Q.no.49. Govt has decided to celebrate brand ambassador?
National Start Up day on which date of
the year? A] Ranbir Kapoor
B] Alia Bhatt
A] January 12 C] Shahrukh Khan
B] January 23 D] Ajay Devgan
C] January 15
D] January 16 Ans- Shahrukh Khan
Adidas- Manika Batra Dish TV D2H
Ans- January 16 service- Rishav Pant Uttarakhand Tourism-
Akshay Kumar Bata India- Disha patani
Q.no.50. Govt is making how many
airbags as mandatory in cars in India? Q.no.54. Who was elected as the president
of Germany for his second term February
A] 4 this year?
B] 6
C] 8 A] Emmanuel Macron
D] 9 B] Frank Walter Steinmeier
C] Mark Rutte
Ans-6 D] Anthony Albanese

Q.no.51. The new chairperson of SEBI Ans- Frank Walter Steinmeier

appointed recently by GOI is-
Q.no.55. Santishree Pandit is appointed
A] Shaktikant Das as the first woman vice chancellor of
B] Madhabi Puri Buch which University?
C] Ajay Tyagi
D] Ashwani Bhatia A] Jawaharlal Nehru University
B] Aligarh Muslim University
Ans- Madhabi Puri Buch .She has been C] Benaras Hindu University
appointed for three years. She succeded D] Delhi University
Ajay Tyagi
Ans- Jawaharlal Nehru University

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Q.no.56.The new director of NCERT is-
A] Dinesh Prasad Saklani
B] Jyoti Chaudhary
C] Prof Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar
D] Nidhi Chhibber
Ans- Dinesh Prasad Saklani
Q.no.57.The new chairman of UGC is-
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Q.no.61. Atal tunnel which was build in
leh-Manali road entered the guiness book
of world records for-
A] Longest highway tunnel above 9000 feet.
B] Longest highway tunnel above 8000 feet.
C] Longest highway tunnel above 10000
feet.
D] Longest highway tunnel above 13000
feet.

A] Dinesh Prasad Saklani Ans. Longest highway tunnel above 10000

B] Jyoti Chaudhary feet.
C] Prof Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar
D] Nidhi Chhibber Q.no.62. The best state tableau award of
republic day parade 2022 went to-
Ans- Prof Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar
A] Mizoram
Q.no.58. India’s most trusted public B] Uttar Pradesh
sector company award was given to- C] Assam
D] Goa
A] SAIL
B] Coal India Ltd Ans- Uttar Pradesh
C] ONGC
D] BHEL Q.no.63. How much percentage of foreign
direct investment has been permitted by
Ans- Coal India Ltd Govt in LIC

Q.no.59. The first Indian to be conferred A] 30%

with Boltzmann Medal is- B] 20%
C] 40%
A] Deepak Dhar D] 10%
B] G. N. Ramachandran
C] Arun K. Pati Ans- 20%
D] C.V. Raman
Q.no.64. With which country, India signs
Ans- Deepak Dhar CEPA to boost goods trade to dollar 100
billion in 5 years?
Q.no.60. Which film won the best film
award at the Dadasaheb Phalke Film A] USA
Awards 2022? B] Japan
C] UAE
A] Pushpa D] Russia
B] Shershah
C] Sardar Udham Singh Ans- UAE
D] Mimi
Q.no.65. Newly launched, ‘How to
Ans- Shershah prevent the next pandemic’ book is
written by-

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A] Jeff Bejos
B] Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus
C] Dr. Harsha Vardhan
D] Bill Gates
Ans- Bill Gates
Q.no.66 Q.no.17.The theme of National
Science Day 2022 was-
A] Integrated approach in science and
technology for Sustainable Future
B] Close the gap
C] Using technology for multilingual
learning: challanges and opportunities.
D] Mathematics for a better world
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D] USA
Ans- Japan
India- Indonesia- Garuda Shakti, India-
Nepal- Surya Kiran, India- Mongolia-
Nomadic Elephant, India- France- Shakti
Exercise, India- USA- Vajra Prahar, Yudh
Abhyas, India- Bangladesh- Sampriti
Q.no.69. Mission Vatsalya implemented
by Govt of India is aimed towards-
A] Child Protection
B] Women safety
C] Cow protection
D] Road Safety

Ans- Integrated approach in science and Ans- Child Protection

technology for Sustainable Future
To rehabilitate children from difficult
World Cancer Day, 22- Close the care gap circumstances
International mother language day,22- Using
technology for multilingual learning: Q.no.70. The first black woman
challenges and opportunities. nominated to the American Supreme
National Mathematics Day 2021- Court is-
Mathematics for a better world
A] Shirley Chisholm
Q.no.67. What was the theme set by RBI B] Sheila Jhonson
for Financial Literacy Week 2022- C] Maya Angelou
D] Ketanji Brown Jackson
A] It’s your Money
B] Spend more Ans- Ketanji Brown Jackson
C] Go digital, Go secure
D] Credit Discipline and Credit from Formal Q.no.71. Which is the first country in the
Institutions world to authorise the use of plant based
covid-19 vaccine?
Ans- Go digital, Go secure
A] Canada
Last option was the theme of 2021 of the B] Mexico
same C] Israel
D] Sikkim
Q.no.68. The military exercise titled
Dharma gaurdian is between India and Ans- Canada
which other country?
The vaccine is named Covifenz
A] Indonesia
B] Japan Q.no.72. RBI increases FPI limit in
C] Mongolia Indian debt market to-

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A] Rs 3.5 lakh crore A] IIT- Madras

B] Rs 2.5 lakh crore B] IIT- Kharagpur
C] Rs 5.5 lakh crore C] IIT- Guwahati
D] Rs 4.4 lakh crore D] IIT-Hyderabad

Ans- Rs 2.5 lakh crore Ans- IIT-Hyderabad

Q.no.73. Which company has surpassed Q.no.77. Indian army has signed contract
Intel as the world’s leading manufacturer with which company for the manufacture
of semiconductors? and supply of Konkurs-M, anti tank
guided missiles?
A] Taiwan Semiconductor Making
Company A] Hindustan Aeronautics
B] AMD B] Bharat Dynamics
C] Nvidia C] Bharat Electronics
D]Qualcomm D] Astra Microwave Ltd.

Ans- Taiwan Semiconductor Making Ans- Bharat Dynamics.

Company
A contract 0f 3131.82 crores has been
Q.no.74. Dabur has joined hands with signed under Atmanirbhar Bharat mission.
which company for direct to home sales?
Q.no.78.Which will be world’s first
A] Flipkart airport to be fully powered by solar
B] Bluedart energy?
C] Indian Oil
D] Adani Wilmar A] Cochin Airport
B] Delhi Airport
Ans- Indian Oil C] Singapore Changi Airport
D] Hamad Airport
Indian oil’s Indane LPG distributors will
become retail business partners for Dabur Ans- Kerela’s Cochin International
airport
Q.no.75. Which country has decided to
buy 420 broad gauge wagons from India Q.no.79.India’s first biosafety level 3
recently? mobile lab was launched in-

A] Russia A] Nashik
B] Nepal B] Hyderabad
C] Bangladesh C] Bangalore
D] Mongolia D] Deheradun

Ans- Bangladesh Ans- Nashik

Q.no.76. Which Indian educational The level 3 labs will investigate newly
institute has partnered with Suzuki emerging and re-emerging viral infections.
Motors Corporation to start Suzuki
innovation center in its campus?

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Q.no.80. On, 18 Feb 2022, Brahmos This was India’s 5th title. Yash Dhull was
supersonic cruise missile is test-fired India’s captain.
from-
Q.no.84. Country’s first water taxi service
A] INS Udaygiri is started in which city?
B] INS Vikramadtya
C] INS Vikrant A] Kolkata
D] INS Visakhapatnam B] Cochin
C] Guwahati
Ans- INS Visakhapatnam D] Mumbai

Brahmos missiles are joint venture of Russia Ans- Mumbai

and India (DRDO). The name is formed Joining it with Navi Mumbai
using the name of two rivers, Brahmaputra
(India) and Moskva (Russia) Q.no.85. South Asia’s largest Bio-CNG
plant has been built in-
Q.no.81. The first state of north east to
get a motor racing track is- A] Indore
B] Ahmedabad
A] Assam C] Mumbai
B] Mizoram D] Lucknow
C] Nagaland
D] Arunachal Pradesh Ans- Indore
Expected to produce 17000 tonnes of Biogas
Ans- Mizoram per day

Q.no.82. Which Indian athlete has won Q.no.86. Which Indian FMCG Company
the World Games Athlete Award for his has become the first plastic waste neutral
2021 performance – company?

A] P R Sreejesh. A] Adani Wilmar

B] Rani Rampal B] Patanjali
C] Neeraj Chopra C] Dabur
D] Avinash Sable D] ITC Ltd

Ans- Hockey goalkeeper P R Sreejesh. Ans- Dabur

He is the second Indian to win it.India’s
woman hockey team captain Rani Rampal Q.no.87. Which cricket team has became
being the first. (2020) the first to play 1000 ODIs
A] India
Q.no.83. India beat which team to win the B] Australia
under-19 cricket world cup 2022? C] England
D] West Indies
A] Australia
B] Pakistan Ans- India.
C] England
D] Bangladesh They played 1000th match against West
Indies.
Ans- England

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Q.no.88. 16 years old Rameshbabu
Praggnanadhaa was recently in news for-
A] Youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest
B] Youngest player ever to defeat current
world champion in chess.
C] Youngest Indian to top world badminton
ranking
D] Youngest Indian to play IPL
Ans- Youngest player ever to defeat
current world champion Magnus Carlsen
in chess.
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Q.no.92. IIT-Delhi start-up Nanoclean
Global has launched the world’s smallest
wearable air purifier named-
A] Nano-95
B] Naso-95
C] Inhale-95
D] Nano-65
Ans- Naso-95
Q.no.93. Who discovered the HIV-Virus
who recently passed away?

Q.no.89. Which Indian cricketer become A] Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum

the first to score a triple century in his B] Dmitri Ivanowsky
debut first class match ? C ] Luc Montagnier
D] Richard Shope
A] Sakibul gani
B] Yash Dhull Ans-Luc Montagnier. He was a French
C] Taruwar Kohli virologist.
D] Abhijit Saket
Dmitri Ivanowsky was the first scientist to
Ans-Sakibul gani of Bihar. He scored 341 discover virus
against Mizoram
Q.no.94. Late Lata Mangeshkar was
Q.no.90. Which country won the highest awarded the Bharat Ratna award in the
golds in Beijing Winter Olympics 2022? year-
A] 2000
A] Germany V] 2001
B] China C] 2022
C] USA D] 2021
D] Norway
Ans- 2001
Ans- Norway (16 golds)
2nd position- Germany (12 golds) Q.no. 95. SBI launches Surya Shakti Cell
to process loan application for solar
Q.no.91.The first country in the world to projects in collaboration with-
approve COVID-19 DNA vaccine is-
A] Adani Power
A] China B] Suzlon Energy
B] India C] Relience Power
C] Canada D] Tata Power
D] Germany
Ans- Tata power systems
Ans- India
The name is ZyCoV-D. It uses the circular Q.no.96. India’s first geological park is
strands of DNA to prime the immune system going to be built in-
against the virus.

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A] Uttar Pradesh Q.no.101. Best state award in National
B] Madhya Pradesh Water Awards 2022 was won by-
C] Haryana
D] Punjab A] Uttar Pradesh
B] Telengana
Ans- Madhya Pradesh C] Kerala
D] Maharashtra
Q.no.97. India’s rank in democracy index
2021 is- Ans- Uttar Pradesh

A] 5th The award was launched in 2018 and given

B] 19th by Jal shakti Ministry for exemplary work in
C] 12th the field of water resource.
D] 4th
Q.no.102. On March 2022, Indian
Ans- 4th out of 165 countries. Airforce has celebrated the diamond
jubilee of which of it’s helicopters?
Q.no.98. India’s first AI based job portal
for persons with disabilities is named- A] Pabanhans
B] Chetak
A] Capability C] Chinook
B] Aatmanirbhar D] Dhurva
C] Swarajability
D] Eklavya Ans- Chetak

Ans- Swarajability The original name of this French based

IIT-Hyderabad provided the expertise and it helicopter was Aloutte and has been built
was funded by Kotak Mahindra Bank under license by HAL in India.

Q.no.99. Ministry of Micro, Small and Q.no.103. India’s first steel road made of
Medium Enterprises has joined hands steel waste was inaugurated in-
with which international company to
enhance production in the country? A] Gujrat
B] Madhya Pradesh
A] Flipkart C] Jammu and Kashmir
B] Amazon D] Bihar
C] Google
D] Facebook Ans- Gujrat’s Surat

Ans- Amazon Q.no.104.Which state has recently

launched a special scheme for tea workers
Q.no.100. This year’s Rashtriya Sanskriti named Mukhyamantri Cha Srami kalyan
Mahotsav was hosted by- Prakalpa?
A] Rajasthan
B] Himachal Pradesh A] West Bengal
C] Tamilnadu B] Assam
D] Andhra Pradesh C] Odisha
D] Tripura
Ans- Andhra Pradesh

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Ans- Tripura common fraudulent techniques. The title
of the book is-
Q.no.105. ‘Kaushalya Matritva Yojana’
which will provide financial assistance to A] Aware
woman giving birth to second girl child is B] Be(A)Ware
launched by- C] Protect
D] Alert
A] Kerala
B] Odisha Ans- Be(A)Ware
C] Chattisgarh
D] Jharkhand Q.no.109. The country which topped in
the World’s Happiest Nation is
Ans- Chattisgarh
A] Finland
Q.no.106. The theme of World water Day B] Norway
2022 was- C] Spain
D] Switzerland
A] Save every drop
B] Rainwater- gift from the sky Ans- Finland for fifth consecutive time
C] Groundwater-making the invisible visible
D] Water from mountains Afghanistan is the unhappiest of all.
India ranks 136th out of 146 countries.
Ans- Groundwater-making the invisible
visible Q.no.110. Miss World 2021 crown goes to
22nd march is the date Karolina Bielawska of-
International women’s day theme- Gender
equality today for a sustainable tomorrow A] Netherlands
World Wildlife Day theme- Recovering key B] Australia
species for ecosystem restoration C] Poland
World Consumer Rights day- Fair Digital D] Denmark
Finance
Ans- Poland
Q.no.107. Oscar for best film 2022 went
to- Q.no.111. Rizwana Hassan who won
United state’s International woman of
A] CODA courage award for 2022 is a-
B] King Richard
C] Parasite A] Women’s rights activist
D] The power of the dog B] Environmental Lawyer
C] Scientist
Ans- CODA directed by Sian Heder D] Journalist

Best Actor- Will Smith for King Richard Ans- Environmental Lawyer
Best Actress – Jessica Chastain for The Eyes
of Tammy Faye Q.no.112. In 2022, Hungary got its first
female president named-
Q.no.108. RBI has recently launched a
book elaborating on safeguards against A] Katalin Novak
B] Isabel Peron

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C] Ellen Sirleaf
D] None of the above A] Arunachal Pradesh
B] Nagaland
Ans- Katalin Novak C]Assam
D] Meghalaya
Q.no.113. Country’s largest iron ore
producer NMDC (National Mineral Ans- Nagaland
Development Corporation) joins hands
with which institute for drone based Q.no.117. Country’s first medical city to
mineral exploration- come up in-

A] IIT Madras A] Pune

B] IIT Delhi B] Nagpur
C] IIT Ahmadabad C] Cuttak
D] IIT Kharagpur D]Guwahati

Ans- IIT-Kharagpur Ans-Pune.

Recently Bihar Govt. has allowed It will have total 24 separate hospital
permission to explore “country’s largest” buildings to provide medical facilities and
gold reserve in Jamui district. education.

Q.no.114.How much tax Indian Govt. has Q.no.118. Only state to achieve 90%
imposed on income from Crypto immunization under Mission
currencies- Indradhanush 4.0 is-

A] 17% A] Maharashtra
B] 15% B] Odisha
C] 16% C] Kerala
D] 30% D] Gujarat

Ans- 30% Ans- Odisha

Q.no.115. Who became the youngest and Q.no.119. The newest member of Indian
fastest female swimmer to swim across Offshore Coast Guard ship is titled-
the Palk Strait
A] Saksham.
A] Bhakti Sharma B] Bikram
B] Jia Rai C] Vigraha
C] Anita Sood D] Ishant
D] Shivani Kataria
Ans- Saksham
Ans- Jia rai, a autistic girl of just 13 years Got commissioned in Goa on March 16.
age belonging from Mumbai
Q.no.120. The theme for national
Q.no.116. Which Northeastern state has Vaccination day,2022 is-
became the first in the country to
implement National e-Vidhan application A] Precaution is better than cure
to make their state assembly completely B] Shield for life
paperless C] Vaccines work for all

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D] None of these
Ans- Vaccines work for all.
The day 16th March is also known as
national Immunization day.
Q.no.121. Tata group appoints who as the
chairman of Air India over which it
regained control after 69 years?
A] Campbell Wilson
B] Natarajan Chandrasekaran
C] Sanjiv Kapoor
D] Venkataramani Sumantran
Ans- Natarajan Chandrasekaran
Founder- JRD Tata (1932)
Q.no.122. India’s first ever digital water
bank titled ‘AQVERIUM’ for better
water management was launched in-
A] Telengana
B] Tamilnadu
C] Karnataka
D] Rajasthan
Ans- Karnataka
Q.no.123. Which state Govt. is going to
implement Aama Yojana to provide Rs
20000 to each non working mother.
A] Sikkim
B] Gujrat
C] Mizoram
D] Jharkhand
Ans- Sikkim
Q.no.124. India’s largest floating solar
power plant, inaugurated by Southern
Petrochemicals Industries Corporation
Ltd. (SPIC) is in-
A] Uttar Pradesh
B] Gujarat
C] Maharashtra
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D] Tamilnadu.
Ans- Tamilnadu
Q.no.125. National Supercomputing
Mission has deployed PARAM Ganga
super computer at-
A] IIT Roorkee
B] IIT Ahmadabad
C] IIT Madras
D] IIT Kanpur
Ans- IIT Roorkee.
It has a computing capacity of 1.66 petaflops.
1 petaflop=1000,000,000 Gigaflops
Intel i7 has 43 Gigaflop capacity
Also another Super Computer Param Shakti
got inaugurated recently in IIT-Kharagpur.
Param padma is the first super computer of
India.
Q.no.126. RBI Governer Shaktikanta Das
launched a 24*7 helpline for digital
payments named-
A] DigiTel
B] DigiSaathi
C] DigiCoin
D] DigiHelp
Ans- DigiSaathi
He also launched a new UPI service
UPI123Pay which can be used in feature
phones
Q.no.127. ‘Kanya Shiksha Pravesh
Utsav’- a campaign launched to bring
back girls of age 11-14 into education
system is a joint project of Ministry of
Education and-
A] Ministry of Social Welfare
B] Ministry of Human Resources
C] Ministry of Women and Child
development
D] UNICEF
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B] R Aswin
Ans- Ministry of Women and Child C] Bhubneswar Kumar
development D] Umesh Yadav

Q.no.128. Prasar Bharati signs MoU with Ans- R Aswin

which OTT platform to make DD India
available on OTT globally Q.no.132. The first woman cricketer to
represent her nation in six world cups is-
A] Hulu TV
B] Amazon Prime A] Mithali Raj
C] Netflix B] Jhulan Goswami
D] Yupp TV C] Neetu David
D] Anjum Chopra
Ans- Yupp TV
Ans-Mithali Raj
Q.no.129. This year’s BIMSTEC summit
is hosted by- Q.no.133. Who recently won Asian
Billiards Championship for the eighth
A] Sri Lanka time?
B] Nepal
C] India A] Pankaj Advani
D] Bangladesh B] Geet Sethi
C] Chitra Magimairaj
Ans- SRI LANKA D] Aditya Mehta

BIMSTEC stands for- Bay of Bengal Ans- Pankaj Advani

Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and
Economic Corporation.
Members- Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh,
Myanmar, Thailand, Nepal & Bhutan
Theme- towards a Resilient Region,
Prosperous Economic, healthy people
Q.no.130. 31st South-East Asian games
will be hosted by-
A] Myanmar
B] Thailand
C] India
D] Vietnam
Ans- Vietnam
Q.no.131. Which Indian bowler recently
became the second highest wicket taker
surpassing Kapil Dev?
Q.no.134. India’s first unicorn sports
enterprise is-
A] Royal Challengers Bangalore
B] Kolkata Night Riders
C] Chennai Super Kings
D] Mumbai Indians
Ans- Chennai Super Kings.
A unicorn enterprise is a private company
whose net valuation is more than 1 billion
dollars
Q.no.135. Country’s first Para-athlete to
win Padma Bhushan in 2022 is-
A] Mariyappan Thangavelu
B] Devendra Jhajharia
C] Avani Lekhara
D]Sumit Antil

A] Ishant Sharma Ans- Devendra Jhajharia

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who was recently made the vice president
Q.no.136. Which Indian ed-tech company of the institution belongs to-
has bagged the official sponsorship of
FIFA World Cup 2022? A] India
B] Afghanistan
A] Verandah learning solutions C] Bangladesh
B] BYJU’s D] Kuwait
C] Unacademy
D] Testbook Ans- Bangladesh

Ans- BYJU’s Q.no.141.Yoon Suk-Yeol has been elected

recently as the president of which country?
Q.no.137. Who became only the second
Indian Badminton player to win the Swiss A] Japan
open title in this year? B] South Korea
C] Thailand
A] Saina Nehwal D] Indonesia
B] P V Sindhu
C] Srikanth Kidambi Ans- South Korea
D] Pullela Gopichand
Q.no.142. The first ever ambulance in our
Ans- P V Sindhu. country for street animals was launched
First one being Saina Nehwal in which city?

Q.no.138. 20th National Para athletics A] Chennai

championship was held in- B] Kolkata
C] Madurai
A] Sikkim D] Chandigarh
B] Arunachal Pradesh
C] West Bengal Ans- Chennai
D] Odisha
Q.no.143. With which Island in south
Ans- Odisha western pacific sea, China signs a
security deal raising concerns in countries
Odisha will also host next year’s Junior like US and Australia?
Hockey World Cup
A] Solomon
Q.no.139. Who owns the record of taking B] Bora Bora
most wickets in test matches for Australia? C] Hawai
D] Kiritimati
A] Shane Warne
B] Glen Mcgrath Ans- Solomon
C] Brett Lee
D] Alan Border Q.no.144. The area comprising of 26
Ans- Shane Warne countries in Europe which abolished
passports at their mutual borders is know
Q.no.140. Q.no.43. World bank country as-
director for India Junaid Kamal Ahmed
A] West Europe

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B] Schengen Q.148. Bishnupur village which won PM’s
C]British Isles award for excellence for promoting sports
D] Scandinavia and wellness through Khelo India scheme
belongs to-
Ans- Schengen
A] Nagaland
Q.no.145. The biggest Intercontinental B] Uttar Pradesh
Ballastic Missile ever developed and C] Manipur
recently tested by North Korea is named- D] Rajasthan

A] Trident-II Ans- Manipur

B] DF-31
C] The Peacekeeper Another village named ‘Churu’ from
D] Hwasong-17 Rajasthan was also selected for the award.

Ans- Hwasong-17 (15000 kms )
India is developing AGNI-VI which will
have a range around- 11000 kms. AGNI-V
can hit a target at 8000 kms.
Q.no.146. Who won the first Lata
Deenanath Mangeskar Award?
Q.no.149. The global ‘Celent Model bank’
award for payments system
transformation went to-
A] HDFC Bank
B] SBI
C] Punjab National Bank
D] Indusind Bank

A] Shankar mahadevan Ans- Indusind Bank

B] Ratan Tata
C] Narendra Modi Q.150. This year’s Grammy award for the
D] Shreya Ghosal album of the year went to-

Ans- PM Narendra Modi A] We Are by Jon Batiste

Q.147. The social entrepreneur who was
recently named as a global peace
ambassador for India in India
International Conclave- 2022 is-
B] Back of my mind by H.E.R.
C] Winner by Jazmine Sullivan
D] None of these
Ans- We Are by Jon Batiste

A] Babita Singh Q.no.151. The sportstar of the year

B] K.A. Paul awards in the Sportstar Aces Awards
C] Dia Mirza went to-
D] Priyanka Chopra
A] Neeraj Chopra
Ans- Babita Singh B] Mirabai Chanu
C] Nikhil Advani
UNEP ‘s goodwill ambassador of India- Dia D] Both A& B
Mirza
UNICEF’s goodwill ambassador- Priyanka Ans- D] Both A & B
Chopra Q.no.152. Noted Author Rajesh Talwar
wrote and published a book on B. R.
Ambedkar titled-

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A] The man who fought for the deprived
B] The boy who wrote a constitution
C] The man who challenged racism
D] The boy who changed India
Ans- The boy who wrote a constitution
Q.no.153. The first Indian company to
reach 19 lakh cr market valuation is-
A] Adani enterprise
B] Tata Consultancy Services
C] Reliance Industries
D] Patanjali
Ans- Reliance Industries
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Ans- Boeing P8I
It’s a America made patrolling aircraft. At
present Indian Navy have 12 of them.
Q.no.157 Which heavy lift chopper of
Indian air force recently made a record
by flying nonstop from Chandigarh
(Punjab) to Jorhat (Assam)
A] Boeing CH-47 Chinook
B] Boeing P8I
C] Boieng 777
D] None of these
Ans- Boeing CH-47 Chinook
It covered the 1910 km distance in 7 hours
30 minutes.

Q.no.154. On April 2022, Mazgaon Dock Q.no.158. ‘HELINA’, which was tested
Shipbuilders launched INS Vagsheer recently in Pokhran by IAF is a –
which is a-
A] Anti tank missile
A] Patrolling Boat B] Cruise Missile
B] War Ship C] Intercontinental Ballistic missile
C] Aircraft carrier D] Hypersonic Ballistic missile
D] Submarine
Ans-Anti Tank missile. The range is 7-10
Ans- Submarine kms. Other antitank missiles we have are
Nag and Amogha
Q.no.155. National Level Pollution
Response Exercise was recently Q.no.159. Laureus World Sportsman of
conducted by- the year award was won by-

A] Indian Coast Gaurds A] Rafale Nadal

B] Indian Navy B] Ben Stokes
C] Indian Army C] Max Verstappen
D] Indian Airforce D] Michael Phelps

Ans- Indian Coast Guards Ans- F1 champion Max Verstappen

Q.no.156. Q.no.12.Indian Navy sent Q.no.160.World’s oldest person Kane

which aircraft to Australia to participate Tanaka, who died recently belonged to-
in coordinated maritime operations?
A] South Korea
A] HAL Dhruv B] North Korea
B] Mig-29K C] China
C] Rafael D] Japan
D] Boeing P8I

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Ans- Japan. He passed away at the age of Q.no.165.Information and Broadcasting
119. is collaborating with which OTT platform
to make a video series on the lives of
Q.no.161. World’s largest cyber exercise woman change makers?
named The locked shields was hosted by-
A] Hotstar
A] Estonia B] Amazon Prime
B] Uruguay C] Netflix
C] Israel D] Sony Liv
D] Cuba
Ans- Estonia Ans- Netflix

Q.no.162. Indian American US navy Q.no.166. Which foreign country became

commander who was recently appointed the fourth to launch RuPay payment
as Kamala Harris’s defense advisor is- card, the Indian electronic payment
system?
A] Aziz Ansari
B] Sanjay Gupta A]Nepal
C] Shanti Sethi B] Bhutan
D] Arundhati Goyal C] Singapore
D] UAE
Ans- Shanti Sethi
Ans-Bhutan, Singapore and UAE already
Q.no.163. As of May 2022, World’s had it.
busiest airport in terms of passenger
number is – Q.no.167. The award for best
infrastructure in the Indian Building
A] Washington Dulles International Congress was won by –
B] Beijing Daxing International
C]Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International A] The Chenab Bridge
Airport B] Atal Tunnel
D] None of the above C] Dibang Dam
D] Syama Prasad Mookerjee Tunnel
Ans- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport Ans- Atal Tunnel.
Length-9.2 kms, Location- Rohtang Pass,
Q.no.164. Recently in the news, Yangtze Himachal Pradesh
River Three Gorges 1 is –
Q.no.168.Which panchayat became
A] Artificial Sun built by China India’s first carbon neutral Panchayat?
B] Worlds largest electric cruise ship built
by China. A] Chhotkei in Odisha
C] Largest dam of the world B] Dhorra Mafi in Uttar Pradesh
D] New satellite C] Shani Shinganapur in Maharashtra
D] Palli in J&K
Ans-Worlds largest electric cruise ship
built by China. Ans- Palli in J&K
Chhotkei- first smart village of India
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A] Chhindwara, MP
Q.no.169. Country’s first district with B] Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
library in each village is- C] Nagpur, Maharashtra
D] Harangajao, Assam
A] Jamtara in Jharkhanda
B] Dhorra Mafi in Uttar Pradesh Ans- Chhindwara, MP
C] Gahmar in Gujrat
D] Dong Arunachal Pradesh Q.no.174. ‘Irada kar liya humne’ is an
educational song launched by which
Ans- Jamtara in Jharkhanda state/UT Govt.?
Gahmar- Largest village
Dong- Easternmost village A] Bihar
B] Rajasthan
Q.no.170. A 165 tall Indian National Flag C] Jharkhand
will be installed in INA headquarter of D] Delhi
which state?
Ans- Delhi
A] Sikkim
B] Himachal Pradesh Q.no.175. Industry Conclave 2022 was
C] Nagaland hosted by-
D] Uttarakhand A] IIT Ahmadabad
B] IIT Bombay
Ans- Nagaland. It will highest flag in north- C] IIT Madras
east region. D] JNU

Q.no.171. Oil India Ltd commissioned Ans- IIT Madras

country’s first pure hydrogen plant in-
Q.no.176. The logo of 2nd edition of Khelo
A] Uttar Pradesh India University Games is named-
B] Jammu and Kashmir A] Veera
C] Assam B] Dhakad
D] Telengana C] Jaya
D] Bijoy
Ans- Jorhat
Ans- Veera
Q.no.172. Nation’s first portable solar hosted by Karnataka from 24th April
rooftop was inaugurated in- Khelo India Youth Games mascot name-
Dhakad , hosted by- Haryana from June 4
A] Konark Temple, Odisha
B] Kamakhya Temple, Assam Q.no.177. The official mascot of FFIA
C] Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple, World cup Qatar 2022 is named-
Gujrat
A]Habib
Ans- Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple, B] La’eeb
Gandhinagar, Gujrat C] Al naeem
D] Fuleco
Q.no.173. Satpuda Orange is the new
name of oranges coming from- Ans- La’eeb

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It’s an Arabic word meaning super skilled Launched in SapceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.
player. The tournament will start from 21st
November 2022 Q.no.182. Who has been recently
appointed as the new chairman of UPSC
Q.no.178. Winner of ICC Women’s world
cup 2022 is- A] Dr Manoj Soni
B] Prof Anil Sahasrabudhe
A] Australia C] Prof M. Jagadesh Kumar
B] Pakistan D] Nidhi Chibber
C] England
D] Newzeland Ans- Dr Manoj Soni
Ans- Australia. They beat England. Alyessa
Healy scored hundred in both semi final and AICTE – Prof Anil Sahasrabudhe
the final. UGC- Prof M. Jagadesh Kumar
CBSE- Nidhi Chibber
Q.no.179.Who emerged as the winner of
Q.no.183. Pakistan’s new prime minister
71st National basketball championship
is-
A] Haryana
A] Shehbaz Sharif
B] Tamilnadu
B] Bilawal Bhutto
C] Punjab
C] Khalid Maqbool
D] Madhya Pradesh
D] Shujaat Hussain
Ans- Tamil Nadu. They defeated Punjab
Ans- Shehbaz Sharif
12th Senior Men’s hockey tournament
winner- Haryana Q.no.184. Which state was selected by
WHO for World No Tobacco Day Award
Q.no.180. Which two cricketers were 2022 for it’s efforts to control tobacco
named among ‘Wisden’s five cricketer of consumption?
thr year’ this year-
A] Manipur
A] Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli B] Himachal Pradesh
B] Virat Kohli & Hardik Pandya C] Bihar
C] Rohit Sharma & R Aswin D] Jharkhand
D] Rohit Sharma & Jasprit Bumrah
Ans- Jharkhand. The state cell received the
Ans- Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah
award on World No Tobacco Day on 31st
Q.no.181. Indian space start up tech May
Pixxel with SpaceX launched India’s first
commercial satellite named- Q.no.185. Palme d’Or best picture award
at the Cannes Film Festivel was awarded
A] Parvati to-
B] Durga
C] Shakuntala A] Power of the Dog
D] Anuradha B] Triangle of Sadness
C] Boy from heaven
Ans- Shakuntala. D] Nostalgia

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Ans- Triangle of Sadness Q.no.190. Which Indian state’s e-proposal
system wins prestigious UN award in
Q.no.186. Who became the first Hindi World Summit on the information society
language writer to win the prestigious forum?
booker prize?
A] Maharashtra
A] Amrita Pritam B] Gujrat
B] Mannu Bhandari C] Tamilnadu
C] Gitanjali Shree D] Meghalaya
D]Bhisham sahni
Ans- Meghalaya. A part of Meghalaya
Ans-Geetanjali Shree Enterprise Architecture, it reduces 75%
Book name- Tomb of Sand physical file work in departments

Q.no.187. Which state police force Q.no.191. The fifth person to win UN’s
recently become the 10th to be awarded prestigious ‘Champion of the Earth’
with the President’s Colors honor by award is-
home minister Amit Shah recently?
A] Greta Thunberg
A] Assam Police B] Maria Kolesnikova
B] Tripura Police C] Sir David Attenborough
C] Punjab Police D] Frank Bainimarama
D] Nagaland Police
Ans- Sir David Attenborough known for
Ans- Assam Police
documentaries like Planet Earth, Blue Planet,
Q.no.188. Indian photographer who won Life on Earth.
the Pulitzer prize this year was-
Q.no.192. According to the recent survey
A] Adnan Abidi of RBI, which currency note is most
B] Danish Siddiqui. preferred by Indian people-
C] Sanna Irshad Matoo A] Rs 100
D] Amit Dave
B] Rs 50
E] All of the above
C] Rs 200
Ans- All of the above. D] Rs 500
Gobind Behari Lal, a member of Ghadar
party was the first Indian to win the award in Ans- Rs 100
1937.
Q.no.193. BRICS’ country’s New
Q.no.189.Charudutt Mishra who won the
development Bank (NDB) will set up it’s
prestigious Whitley Gold award is a-
first regional office in Inda’s-
A] Snow leopard conservationist
B] Rhino conservationist A] West Bengal
C] White tiger conservationist B] Gujarat
D] Crime Journalist C] Karnataka
D] Andhra Pradesh
Ans- Snow leopard conservationist

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Ans- Gujarat B]2nd
C]3rd
Q.no.194. RBI has recently raised the D]5th
Cash Reserve Ratio upto-
Ans- 3rd
A] 5.5 % 1st –USAF
B] 7.0 % 2nd – Russian Air force
C] 4.5%
D] 5.0% Q.no. 198. INS Gomti, which was
decommissioned recently gave a service of
Ans- 4.5% how many years-
CRR is the %ge of bank’s total deposits that
it needs to maintain as liquid cash. A]34
B]44
Q.no. 195. Indian Govt has banned the C]54
export of which food item in May, 2022 to D]45
manage food security?
Ans- 34 years
A] Wheat New Survey vessel ‘Nirdeshak’ and
B] Maze warships ‘Surat’ & ‘Udaygiri’launched
C] Rice
D] Milk Q.no.199. The new director general of
IAF is-
Ans- Wheat
A] Manoj Pandey
Q.no.196.Captain Abhilasha Barak was B] Sanjeev kapoor
recently in the news for- C] R. Hari Kumar
D] Bipin Rawat
A] First woman pilot to fly Rafael jet
B] Getting honored during republic day Ans-Air marshal Sanjeev kapoor
parade
C] Indian Navy’s first woman pilot Q.no.200. Which state Govt has launched
D] Indian Army’s first woman combat a loan scheme for jail inmates named
aviator. ‘Jivhala’

Ans- Indian Army’s first woman combat A] West Bengal

aviator. B] Uttarakhand
C] Haryana
Q.no.197. What is the rank obtained by D] Maharashtra
India Air Force on World Air Power
Index 2022? Ans- Maharashtra

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Q.no.201. The theme of World Red Cross Ans- Kenton Cool of South West England.
day 2022 is- He climbed the mountain for the 16th time in
2022
A] BeHumanKind Otherwise Kami Rita Sherpa holds the
B]BeKind record. He has climbed 26th times.
C]BeHuman Q.no. 205. The bach long bridge, world’s
D] Let’s live together longest glass bottom bridge is opened in-

Ans- BeHumanKind. A] Vietnam

8 May is the birth anniversary of Henry B]China
Dunant who founded the organisation C] Indonesia
D] Thailand
Q.no.202. Which country became the first
to make quarantine compulsory for Ans- Vietnam
monkey pox patients?
Q.no.206. World’s highest paid
A] Brazil sportsperson as per Forbes 2022 list is-
B] China
C] Ecuador A] Virat Kohli
D] Belgium B] Tiger woods
C] Lionel Messi
Ans- Belgium. D] Christiano Ronaldo

Q.no.203. World’s longest suspension Ans- Lionel Messi

bridge ‘Sky Bridge 721’ has been opened
in- Q.no.207. Sri Lanka has appointed whom
as their new PM after Mahinda
A] China Rajapaksa had resigned
B] Australia
C] Czech Republic A] Ranil Wickremesinghe
D] North America B] Gotabaya Rajapaksa
C] Maithripala Sirisena
Ans- Czech Republic D] D.M. Jayaratne

Q.no.204. The foreigner who scaled the Ans- Ranil Wickremesinghe

Mt. Everest most times is
Q.no.208. Theme of World Press Freedom
A] Kami Rita Sherpa Day is-
B] Kenton Cool
C] George Mallory A] Journalism under danger
D] Rob Hall B] Journalism in the shadow of guns
C] Journalism under Digital Siege
D] The age digital media

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Ans- Journalism under Digital Siege.
It is celebrated on 3rd M ay every year
Q.no.209. The theme of 8th International
Yoga Day (21st June) is –
A] Yoga for Society
B] Yoga for humanity
C] Yoga to explore your mind
D] Yoga for good health
Q.no.213. Bengaluru based startup Neobank
was recently in the news for-
A] India’s 50th unicorn startup
B] India’s 100th unicorn startup
C] India’s 200th unicorn startup
D] India’s 500th unicorn startup
Ans- India’s 100th unicorn startup.
A unicorn startup is one with valuation of 1
billion dollars

Ans-Yoga for Humanity. Q.no.214. To build India’s first

indigenous hyper loop system, Indian
Q.no.210. Who has been newly given the railway is collaborating with which
charge of Lokpal chairman institute?

A] Rajib Kumar A] IIT Kharagpur

B] Ranjan Gogoi B] IIT Ahmadabad
C] Pradip Kumar Mohanty C] IIT Guwahati
D] Pinaki Chandra Ghose D] IIT Madras

Ans- Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty Ans- IIT Madras.

It’s a technology that uses magnetic
Q.no.211. North India’s first Biotech park levitation in low pressure tubes for
is inaugurated in- transportation

A] Kathua, Jammu Q.no.215. With which other country India

B] Kanpur, Uttarpradesh recently signed a joint declaration of
C] Jodhpur, Rajasthan intent on forest landscape restoration?
D] Jalandhar, Punjab
A] Germany
Ans-Kathua, Jammu B] Japan
C] Israel
Q.no.212. Indian Govt. has decided to sell D] France
how much percentage of Hindustan Zinc
Ltd. ? Ans- Germany
A] 39.5%
B] 48.5% Q.no.216. Which Indian boxer has been
C] 19.9 % recently elected as the chair and a voting
D] 29.5% member on the board of directors for the
International Boxing Association’s
Ans- 29.5% athlete's committee?

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Q.no.220. In 2022, Telecom Regulatory
A] Mary Kom Authority of India is celebrating it’s –
B] Lovlina Borgohain
C] Vijender Singh A] Silver Jubilee
D]Shiva Thapa B] Golden Jubilee
C] Diamond Jubilee
Ans- Olympics bronze medalist Lovlina D] Platinum Jubilee
Borgohain
Ans- Silver Jubilee. PM Modi has also
Q.no.217. India’s biggest Drone festival inaugurated postal stamps related to the
‘Bharat Drone Mahotsav’ was event.
inaugurated by PM Modi in-
Q.no.221. Which state Govt has recently
A] Jaipur inducted two robots to extinguish fire in
B] Udaypur difficult places ?
C] Delhi
D] Kolkata A] Maharashtra
B] Kerala
Ans- Delhi C] Punjab
D] Delhi
Q.no.218. International Olympics
association recently launched India’s first Ans- Delhi
Olympics value education program in-
Q.no.222. Vedanta, who won gold in
A] West Bengal swimming at Danish Open 2022 is a son
B] Punjab of which popular Indian actor
C] Odisha
D] Haryana A] Vijay Sethupathi
B] R. Madhavan
Ans- Odisha C] Kamal Hasan
D] Mohanlal
Q.no.219. India recently launched it’s
first gas trading exchange named ‘Indian Ans- Ranganathan Madhavan
Gas Exchange’. Which company became
the first to trade in it? Q.no.223. First Indian weight lifter who
won gold medal at IWF junior
A] OIL India Ltd championship is-
B] ONGC
C] Gujrat Gas A] Sanket Sargar
D] Bharat Petroleum B] Shubham Kolekar
C] Ajay Singh
Ans- ONGC D] Harshada Sharad Garud

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Ans- Harshada Sharad Garud D]Amit Panghal
Q.no.224. Which university became
champion in recently concluded Khelo
Ans- Nikhat Zareen
India University games?
from Telengana.
A] Jawaharlal Nehru University She defeated Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas
B] Jain University
C] University of Hyderabad Q.no.228. Which club was crowned 2021-
22 premier league champions?
D] Delhi University
A] Manchester United
Ans- Jain University B] Manchester City
C] Liverpool
Q.no.225. Who won Santosh trophy 2022 D] Chelsea

A] Kerala Ans- Manchester City. It was their fourth

B] West Bengal win in five seasons
C] Manipur Q.no.229. Italian open tennis tournament
D] Tamilnadu 2022 in the male category was won by-

Ans- Kerala A] Rafael nadal

B] Roger Federer
Q.no.226. India beat which team to win C] Novac Djokovic
D] Daniil Medvedev
it’s first ever Thomas cup?
Ans- Novac Djokovic (Male)
A] Japan
B] Thiland Iga Swiatek (Female).
C] Russia Australian open- Rafael nadal (M), Ashleigh
D] Indonesia Barty (Female)
French open –Rafael nadal (M), Iga Swiatek
(Female)
Ans- Indonesia Ashleigh Barty retired after that to pursue
It’s a tournament of Badminton. her other dreams. She is 25
The team included- Lakshya sen, Kidamb
Srikanth, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Q.no.230. Who is the head coach of IPL
Rankireddy champions Gujrat Titans?
South Korea won Uber Cup
A] Ashish Nehra
B] Gautam Gambhir
Q.no.227. Which Indian boxer has
C] Ricky Ponting
recently won Gold in the 52nd kg category
D] Kumar Sangakara
at the Women’s World Boxing
Championship?
Ans- Ashish Nehra
A] Lovlina Borgohain
B] Nikhat Zareen
C] Shiva Thapa

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Q.no.231. The name of the human tested C] Antonio Guterres
solid rocket booster which was recently D] David Malpass
tested by ISRO is-
Ans-Tedros Ghebreyesus
A] HS-200 WHO founded in 1948
B] HS-400 HQ- Geneva Switzerland
C] RS-400 Q.no.235. India’s first ‘Amrit Sarovar’ to
D] RS-200 generate and develop water bodies is
completed in-
Ans- HS-200
It’s a key component of Gaganyan mission A] Telengana
B] Rajasthan
Q.no.232. Pandit Shivakumar Sharma C] Gujarat
who recently passed away played which D] Uttar Pradesh
musical instrument?
Ans- Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur
A] Dholki
B] Sitar
C] Santoor
D] Sarangi

Ans- Santoor.
He contributed in making music of films
like Silsila, Lamhe, Chandni and darr

Q.no.233. BSE (Bombay stock exchange )

has appointed whom as their new
chairman

A] Girish Chandra Chaturvedi

B] S S Mundra
C] R.H. Patil
D] Madhabi Puri Buch

Ans- S S Mundra.

It was established in 1875.

NSE was established in 1992, Girish
Chandra Chaturvedi is the new chairperson
(Also SEBI, Securities and Exchange Board
of India was established in the same year)
Founder of NSE- R.H. Patil
SEBI Chairman – Madhabi Puri Buch

Q.no.234. Who has been re appointed as

the head of WHO?

A] Tedros Ghebreyesus
B] Catherine Russel

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