Q.1 Moradabad city in Uttar Pradesh state of India has been ranked as the world’s second-most noise polluted city, as per ‘Annual Frontiers Report, 2022’ of UNEP. Which city has topped this list?
a. Dhaka
b. Beijing
c. Cairo
d. Jakarta
Q.2 The World Theatre Day is observed globally on which of these days?
a. 28 March
b. 26 March
c. 27 March
d. 25 March
Q.3 President Ramnath Kovid presented President’s Colour to INS Valsura. In which city is this INS Valsura based?
a. Gurugram
b. Jamnagar
c. Jamshedpur
d. Nagpur
Q.4 RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has recently dedicated an Ink Manufacturing Unit “Varnika” an which place?
a. Hyderabad
b. Mysuru
c. Siliguri
d. Pune
Q.5 The foundation stone to set up a Learning and Development Centre (LDC) of BRBNMPL has been laid at which place?
a. Kochi
b. Bhopal
c. Mysuru
d. Belagavi
Q.6 Which film has won the Best Picture award at the 94th Academy Awards?
a. Belfast
b. CODA
c. The Power of the Dog
d. King Richard
Q.7 The first-ever road project, made out of waste steel has come up in which city of India?
a. Surat
b. Gurugram
c. Hyderabad
d. Jamshedpur
Q.8 Who among the following has been featured in the TIME100 Impact Awards 2022?
a. Priyanka Chopra
b. Kangana Ranaut
c. Deepika Padukone
d. Anuskha Sharma
Q.9 Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of BARC India?
a. Karan Bajaj
b. Shashi Sinha
c. Henry Tajer
d. Raghavendra Rau
Q.10 Who has authored the book “The Little Book of Joy” along with Archbishop Desmond?
a. Tenzin Gyatso
b. Azim Premji
c. Ratan Tata
d. Mukesh Ambani
Q.11 Which Naval Ship has presented the prestigious President’s Colour?
a. INS Gomati
b. INS Betwa
c. INS Valsura
d. INS Brahmaputra
Q.12 Which organization has issued the first wildlife bond to save African black rhinoceros?
a. IFA
b. World Bank
c. UNESCO
d. Moody’s
Q.13 Asia’s largest Tulip Garden is at which place?
a. Delhi
b. Ladakh
c. Srinagar
d. Chennai
Q.14 Which team has won the 3rd edition of the SAFF U-18 Women’s Football Championship?
a. South Korea
b. India
c. Bangladesh
d. Malaysia
Q.15 The 12th edition of the RSM 2022 has been organised in which state?
a. West Bengal
b. Odisha
c. Gujarat
d. Andhra Pradesh
Q.16 Who has been appointed as advisor in the Defense Ministry?
a. Sushila Shahi
b. Sunil Chandra
c. Amerjeet Singh Bedi
d. Vinod G Khandare
Q.17 Which Union Minister has inaugurated the ‘Bharat Bhagya Vidhata Mahotsav’?
a. Smriti Irani
b. Sarbananda Sonowal
c. Nirmala Sitharaman
d. Narendra Singh Tomar
Q.18 The central government has extended the “Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana” for how long?
a. June 2022
b. August 2022
c. July 2022
d. September 2022
Q.19 Who is the winner of the Stockholm Water Prize for 2022?
a. Andrea Rinaldo
b. Ignacio Rodriguez
c. Wilfried Brutsaert
d. George Pinder
Q.20 Which state has topped the Export Readiness Index released by NITI Aayog?
a. Gujarat
b. Kerala
c. Punjab
d. Karnataka
Answers –
Q.1 a) Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, has been ranked as the most noise polluted city globally, according to the recent ‘Annual Frontier Report, 2022’ published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).As per the report, the city recorded a noise pollution of 119 decibels at its highest (dB) in 2021.
Q.2 c)
Q.3 b) President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presented the prestigious President’s Colour to Indian Naval Ship (INS) Valsura at Jamnagar in Gujarat on March
Q.4 b) Shri Shaktikanta Das (Governor of RBI) has dedicated “Varnika”, the Ink Manufacturing Unit of Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL) to the nation in Mysuru.
Q.5 c) Shri Shaktikanta Das (Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)) has laid the foundation stone for the establishment of a Learning and Development Centre (LDC) of the Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL) in Mysuru.
Q.6 b) Best Picture-CODA (Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger)
Q.7 a) India’s first-of-its kind road made out of steel waste has come up in Surat city of Gujarat at the Hazira Industrial Area.
Q.8 c) Veteran Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone has been named as one of the awardees of the TIME100 Impact Awards 2022.
Q.9 b) The board of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has elected Shashi Sinha as the new chairman.
Q.10 a) “The Little Book of Joy” is a picture book written by Tenzin Gyatso – Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Nobel Peace Prize winner 14th Dalai Lama.
Q.11 c) The President of India Ram Nath Kovind presented the prestigious President’s Colour to INS Valsura.
Q.12 b) The World Bank has issued the first wildlife bond for the conservation of the endangered species of Black Rhino/Africa’s Black Rhinoceros.
Q.13 c) Asia’s largest Tulip Garden is located in Srinagar where Tulip Festival has been started.
Q.14 b) India has been declared the winners of the 3rd edition of the SAFF U-18 Women’s Football Championship.
Q.15 d) The Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER Shri G. K Reddy and Andhra Pradesh Governor Shri Biswabhusan Harichandan inaugurated the 12th edition of the Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM) 2022 at the Government Art College grounds in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.
Q.16 d)
Q.17 a) The ten-day mega Red Fort Festival – Bharat Bhagya Vidhata, kick-started Red Fortin Delhi. Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani has inaugurated the ten-day mega Red Fort Festival, ‘Bharat Bhagya Vidhata’ at Red Fort in Delhi. The Red Fort festival has been organised by the Union Ministry of Culture, as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
Q.18 d)
Q.19 c) The renowned hydrologist Wilfried Brutsaert is awarded the Stockholm Water Prize 2022 for his groundbreaking work to quantify environmental evaporation, helping to make accurate predictions of the impact that climate change has on local rainfall patterns and water sources.
Q.20 a) Gujarat topped the NITI Aayog’s Export Preparedness Index 2021, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka at the second and third positions.