Current Affairs April 2022 (Part 1)

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Current GK Quiz: April 2022

Question 1) Which among the following has won the Miami Open tennis title 2022?
A) Maria Sakkari
B) Iga Swiatek
C) Anett Kontaveit
D) Naomi Osaka
E) None of these
Answer – B) Iga Swiatek
Explanation:
Miami Open tennis title 2022 – Iga Swiatek

Question 2) Who among the following has won the Saraswati Samman 2021?
A) Kunwar Narayan
B) Ashok Vajpayi
C) Mohan Rana
D) Geet Chaturvedi
E) Ramdarash Mishra
Answer – E) Ramdarash Mishra
Explanation:
Ramdarash Mishra – Saraswati Samman 2021(For ‘Mein to Yahan Hun’, a Hindi poetry collection)

Question 3) Who among the following has won the Chameli Devi Jain Award, a prestigious recognition for women mediapersons?
A) Barkha Dutt
B) Sucheta Dalal
C) Shereen Bhan
D) Aarefa Johari
E) Shaili Chopra
Answer – D) Aarefa Johari
Explanation:
Aarefa Johari (Mumbai) – Chameli Devi Jain Award

Question 4) Who among the following has named a new breed of yellow tulips ‘Maitri’ to commemorate the 75^th anniversary of India-Netherlands diplomatic relations?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Ram Nath Kovind
C) M. Venkaiah Naidu
D) Mark Rutte
E) None of these
Answer – B) Ram Nath Kovind
Explanation:
President Ram Nath Kovind & the First Lady Smt Savita Kovind have visited Keukenhof in Amsterdam. He has named a new breed of yellow tulips ‘Maitri’~ to commemorate the 75^th anniversary of India-Netherlands diplomatic relations.

Question 5) Who among the following has been appointed as India’s new Foreign Secretary?
A) Harsh Vardhan Shringla
B) Vinay Mohan Kwatra
C) Manjeev Singh Puri
D) Taranjit Singh Sandhu
E) None of these
Answer – B) Vinay Mohan Kwatra
Explanation:
India’s new Foreign Secretary – Vinay Mohan Kwatra

Question 6) A book titled “The Maverick Effect: The Inside Story of India’s IT Revolution” is authored by ______
A) Prem Rawat
B) Anirudh Suri
C) Jimmy Soni
D) Chetan Bhagat
E) Harish Mehta
Answer – E) Harish Mehta
Explanation:
Book : “The Maverick Effect: The Inside Story of India’s IT Revolution”
Author: Harish Mehta

Question 7) A book titled “Tiger of Drass: Capt. Anuj Nayyar, 23, Kargil Hero” is authored by ______
A) Meena Nayyar
B) Anirudh Suri
C) Himmat Singh
D) Both (A) and (B)
E) Both (A) and (C)
Answer – E) Both (A) and (C)
Explanation:
Book : “Tiger of Drass: Capt. Anuj Nayyar, 23, Kargil Hero”
Author: Meena Nayyar(Mother of Captain Anuj Nayyar) and Himmat Singh

Question 8) A book titled “Decoding Indian Babudom” is authored by ______
A) Prem Rawat
B) Anirudh Suri
C) Ashwini Shrivastava
D) Chetan Bhagat
E) Harish Mehta
Answer – C) Ashwini Shrivastava
Explanation:
Book : “Decoding Indian Babudom”
Author: Ashwini Shrivastava

Question 9) A book titled “Queen of Fire” is authored by ______
A) Jhumpa Lahiri
B) Devika Rangachari
C) Anita Desai
D) Arundhati Roy
E) Anuja Chauhan
Answer – B) Devika Rangachari
Explanation:
Book : “Queen of Fire”
Author: Devika Rangachari

Question 10) Sarhul, a new year festival celebrated by various tribes in ______
A) Karnataka
B) Jharkhand
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Assam
E) Meghalaya
Answer – B) Jharkhand
Explanation:
Sarhul Festival – Jharkhand

Question 11) Which among the following states has set up its First ‘she Auto’ Stands to provide safe transportation to women?
A) Karnataka
B) Jharkhand
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Andhra Pradesh
E) Meghalaya
Answer – D) Andhra Pradesh
Explanation:
Andhra Pradesh has set up its First ‘she Auto’ Stands to provide safe transportation to women.

Question 12) Which among the following states has launched the portal of Mukha Mantri Bagwani Bima Yojana’ with an initial corpus of Rs 10 crore for the scheme?
A) Karnataka
B) Jharkhand
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Assam
E) Haryana
Answer – E) Haryana
Explanation:
The state government of Haryana has launched the portal of ‘Mukha Mantri Bagwani Bima Yojana’ with an initial corpus of Rs 10 crore for the scheme.
‘Mukha Mantri Bagwani Bima Yojana’ :
The farmers will be compensated for the damage caused to their crops due to adverse weather and natural calamities via four categories such as 25% 50%, 75% and 100% based on the survey.
● Rs 30,000 per acre for vegetables and Spices
● Rs 40,000 per acre for fruits

Question 13) Viktor Orban has won the fourth term as the Prime Minister of _______
A) Czechia
B) Hungary
C) Estonia
D) Lithuania
E) Moldova
Answer – B) Hungary
Explanation:
Viktor Orban – Prime Minister of Hungary

Question 14) UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed ________ to his new ‘High-Level Expert Group on Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities’.
A) Arunabha Ghosh
B) Kinkri Devi
C) Rajendra Singh
D) M. C. Mehta
E) None of these
Answer – A) Arunabha Ghosh
Explanation:
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has selected Dr. Arunabha Ghosh to be a part of the new ‘High-Level Expert Group on Net-Zero Emission Commitment of Non-State Entities’.

Question 15) Which among the following has introduced the Vinaya Samarasya Yojana as a public awareness campaign against caste prejudice in the state’s gram panchayats?
A) Karnataka
B) Jharkhand
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Assam
E) Haryana
Answer – A) Karnataka
Explanation:
The state government of Karnataka has introduced the Vinaya Samarasya Yojana as a public awareness campaign against caste prejudice in the state’s gram panchayats.

Question 16) The 20^thedition of the Bilateral Naval Exercise between Indian and French Navies – ‘VARUNA’ 2022 conducted in the ________
A) Bay of Bengal
B) Arabian Sea
C) Andaman Sea
D) Indian Ocean
E) None of these
Answer – B) Arabian Sea
Explanation:
Exercise Varuna 2022 (Varuna 22) — the 20^th edition of the Indo-French naval exercise – Arabian Sea.

Question 17) Which among the following has launched the Startups Founders Hub platform in India?
A) Google
B) Microsoft
C) IBM
D) Wipro
E) None of these
Answer – B) Microsoft
Explanation:
Microsoft Corporation has launched the Startups Founders Hub platform for India.

Question 18) Which among the following teams has won the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022?
A) England
B) India
C) Australia
D) New Zealand
E) None of these
Answer – C) Australia
Explanation:
Australian team won their 7^th World Cup by beating England in the finals of the 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup.

Question 19) The 57^thCentral Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Valour Day (Shaurya Diwas) is observed on _________
A) April 7
B) April 8
C) April 9
D) April 6
E) None of these
Answer – C) April 9
Explanation:
The 57th Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Valour Day (Shaurya Diwas) is observed on April 9.

Question 20) Which among the following has unveiled ‘Al Rihla’, the Official Match Ball for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022?
A) Nike
B) Adidas
C) Kipsta
D) Nivia
E) None of these
Answer – B) Adidas
Explanation:
Adidas has unveiled ‘Al Rihla’, the Official Match Ball for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

Question 21) Which among the following states has launched ‘1064 Anti-Corruption Mobile App’?
A) Karnataka
B) Jharkhand
C) Uttarakhand
D) Assam
E) Meghalaya
Answer – C) Uttarakhand
Explanation:
The state government of Uttarakhand has launched ‘1064 Anti-Corruption Mobile App’

Question 22) Shehbaz Sharif has been elected as 23rd Prime Minister of _______
A) Bangladesh
B) Pakistan
C) Afghanistan
D) Iran
E) None of these
Answer – B) Pakistan
Explanation:
Shehbaz Sharif – 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan

Question 23) Who among the following has won the 56^th Jnanpith Award, India’s highest literary award?
A) DamodarMauzo
B) NilamaniPhookan
C) Pundalik Narayan Naik
D) AkkithamAchuthan Namboothiri
E) None of these
Answer – B) NilamaniPhookan
Explanation:
The winner of 56^th Jnanpith Award – NilamaniPhookan

Question 24) The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated five-day long MadhavpurGhed Fair in _____
A) Karnataka
B) Jharkhand
C) Uttarakhand
D) Assam
E) Gujarat
Answer – E) Gujarat
Explanation:
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated five-day long MadhavpurGhed Fair in Gujarat

Question 25) ‘Seema Darshan’ tourism project at Nadabet along the India-Pakistan border in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district was inaugurated by _____
A) Narendra Modi
B) Ram Nath Kovind
C) M. Venkaiah Naidu
D) Amit Shah
E) None of these
Answer – D) Amit Shah
Explanation:
‘Seema Darshan’ tourism project at Nadabet along the India-Pakistan border in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district was inaugurated by the Home Minister Amit Shah.

Question 26) Which among the following has launched the country’s first indigenously developed polycentric prosthetic knee, ‘Kadam’?
A) IIT Bombay
B) IIT Madras
C) IIT Delhi
D) IIT Roorkee
E) None of these
Answer – B) IIT Madras
Explanation:
The IIT Madras has launched the country’s first indigenously developed polycentric prosthetic knee, ‘Kadam’.

Question 27) Which among the following has introduced the “One Station, One Product” campaign at six main stations across its six divisions?
A) South Central Railway
B) South Western Railway
C) Central Railway zone
D) Northern Railway zone
E) None of these
Answer – A) South Central Railway
Explanation:
South Central Railway (SCR) zone has begun the campaign “One Station, One Product” at 6 main stations across its 6 divisions.

Question 28) Who among the following has won India’s first gold medal at WSF World Doubles Championships?
A) Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal
B) JoshnaChinappa and Saurav Ghosal
C) Dipika Pallikal and Mahesh Mangaonkar
D) JoshnaChinappa and Mahesh Mangaonkar
E) None of these
Answer – A) Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal
Explanation:
India’s first gold medal at WSF World Doubles Championships was won by Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal.

Question 29) Who among the following has won the Formula One (F1) 2022 Australian Grand Prix?
A) Charles Leclerc
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Max Verstappen
D) Daniel Ricciardo
E) None of these
Answer – A) Charles Leclerc
Explanation:
Formula One (F1) 2022 Australian Grand Prix – Charles Leclerc

Question 30) Union Minister of Ayush, SarbanandaSonowal inaugurated a two-day scientific convention on ‘Homoeopathy: People’s Choice for Wellness’ at ____
A) Hyderabad
B) Bengaluru
C) New Delhi
D) Cochin
E) Mumbai
Answer – C) New Delhi
Explanation:
Union Minister of Ayush, SarbanandaSonowal inaugurated a two-day scientific convention on ‘Homoeopathy: People’s Choice for Wellness’ at New Delhi.

Question 31) Who among the following conferred the Sangeet NatakAkademi Fellowship and Sangeet Natak Awards for the year 2018 and National Awards of Lalit Kala Akademi for the year 2021 to eminent artists?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Ram Nath Kovind
C) M. Venkaiah Naidu
D) Amit Shah
E) None of these
Answer – B) Ram Nath Kovind
Explanation:
Vice President, Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Sangeet NatakAkademi Fellowship and Sangeet Natak Awards for the year 2018 and National Awards of Lalit Kala Akademi for the year 2021 to eminent artists.

Question 32) The “World Homeopathy Day” is observed every year on April 10 to commemorate the Birthday of _____
A) Robert Ellis Dudgeon
B) James Tyler Kent
C) Samuel Hahnemann
D) Mélanie Hahnemann
E) None of these
Answer – C) Samuel Hahnemann
Explanation:
“World Homeopathy Day” – April 10 to commemorate the Birthday of Samuel Hahnemann(the founder of Homeopathy)

Question 33) IT Major, Infosys and Rolls-Royce have launched a joint aerospace engineering research centre in _____
A) Hyderabad
B) Bengaluru
C) New Delhi
D) Cochin
E) Mumbai
Answer – B) Bengaluru
Explanation:
IT Major, Infosys and Rolls-Royce have launched a joint aerospace engineering research centre in Bengaluru.

Question 34) Who among the following has won the DGC Ladies Open Amateur Golf Championship?
A) Lexi Thompson
B) Riya Jadon
C) Aditi Ashok
D) Cristie Kerr
E) None of these
Answer – B) Riya Jadon
Explanation:
Riya Jadon – DGC Ladies Open Amateur Golf Championship

Question 35) Which among the following has introduced the ‘AVSAR’ scheme to provide a platform to SHGs for selling/showcasing the self-made products of their region?
A) ISRO
B) AAI
C) Indian Railways
D) IATA
E) None of these
Answer – B) AAI
Explanation:
Airport Authority of India(AAI) has launched ‘AVSAR'( (Airport as Venue for Skilled Artisans Of The Region) Scheme to provide a platform to Self Help Groups(SHGs) selling/showcasing the self-made products of their region.

Question 36) The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the extension of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), till _____
A) December 2023
B) April 2023
C) March 2023
D) January 2023
E) None of these
Answer – C) March 2023
Explanation:
GOI has approved the extension of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), till March 2023.

Question 37) Which among the following has been named World Press Photo of the Year 2022?
A) Amazonian Dystopia
B) Saving Forests with Fire
C) Blood is a Seed
D) Kamloops Residential School
E) None of these
Answer – D) Kamloops Residential School
Explanation:
“Kamloops Residential School” by Amber Bracken, Canada, for The New York Times – World Press Photo of the Year 2022.

Question 38) The Joint Special Forces Exercises “Khanjar 2022” between India and ____
A) Kiribati
B) Kazakhstan
C) Kyrgyzstan
D) Kuwait
E) None of these
Answer – C) Kyrgyzstan
Explanation:
The Joint Special Forces Exercises “Khanjar 2022” between India and Kyrgyzstan.

Question 39) National Safe Motherhood Day is observed every year on ____
A) April 17
B) April 18
C) April 11
D) April 16
E) None of these
Answer – C) April 11
Explanation:
National Safe Motherhood Day – April 11

Question 40) World Parkinson’s Day is observed on ____ to raise awareness of Parkinson’s disease
A) April 17
B) April 18
C) April 11
D) April 16
E) None of these
Answer – C) April 11
Explanation:
World Parkinson’s Day – April 11

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