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CURRENT AFFAIRS- 2022 March: Questions & Answers

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CURRENT AFFAIRS- 2022 March


CURRENT AFFAIRS- 2022 March: Questions & Answers for PSC, SSC, UPSC, RRB etc. Examinations

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


1. What is the purpose of the “Project Banksakhi” launched by the Bank of Maharashtra?
[a] Gold Purchasing
[b] Online Shopping
[c] Invest In Bank Market
[d] Doorstep Account Opening
Answer: “Doorstep Account Opening” 

2. Which one of the following countries has recently launched its first series project 22220 versatile nuclear-powered icebreaker ‘ Sibir’ to boost India’s Arctic Plans via the North Sea Route?
[a] India
[b] Australia
[c] UAE
[d] Russia
Answer: “Russia” 

3. India has signed the “Host Country Agreement” with which organization?
[a] World Bank
[b] IMF
[c] EU
[d] International Telecommunication Union ( ITU)
Answer: “International Telecommunication Union ( ITU)”

4. The Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 has started in which country?
[a] India
[b] China
[c] Australia
[d] New Zealand
Answer: “New Zealand” 
Key Points:-
1. The 12th Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 is being organized from 4th march to 3rd April 2022.
2. There are 8 teams which are participating in this world cup – Australia, England, South Africa, India, Bangladesh, West Indies and Pakistan.

5. FATF has recently included which country in the grey list?
[a] India
[b] China
[c] South Korea
[d] UAE
Answer: “UAE”

6. Who is the new acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court?
[a] Arvind Kumar
[b] Prakash Shrivastava
[c] Manindra Mohan Srivastava
[d] Justice Rajesh Bindal
Answer: “Manindra Mohan Srivastava” 

7. “Naan Mudhalvan” Scheme has been launched in which state?
[a] Kerala
[b] Tamil Nadu
[c] Goa
[d] Sikkim
Answer: “Tamil Nadu

8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Pune Metro Rail Project. What is the length of this Metro Rail Project?
[a] 20 km
[b] 18 km
[c] 16 km
[d] 12 km
Answer: “12 km” 
Key Points:-
1. The foundation stone of the project was also laid by prime minister Narendra Modi on 24th December 2016.

9. Who is the new CEO of Jet Airways?
[a] Sanjiv Kapoor
[b] Ratan Tata
[c] T Birla
[d] Jalan Kalrock
Answer: “Sanjiv Kapoor” 

10. “Alan Ladd Junior” Has passed away recently. What was his profession?
[a] Cricketer
[b] Chess Player
[c] Politician
[d] Film producer
Answer: “Film Producer” 
Key Points:-
1. Alan Ladd Junior has also been awarded Oscar award for his movie ” Brave Heart “
2. He was also the producer of the movie series “Star War”.

11. Which day is observed on which date in 2022?
[a] 9 March
[b] 10 March
[c] 11 March
[d] 12 March
Answer: “9 March” 
Key Points:-
1. No Smoking day is celebrated on second Wednesday of march every year.
2. No Smoking day was first celebrated in United Kingdom in 1984

12. Who has become the 23rd “Woman Grandmaster of India” ?
[a] Saina Nehwal
[b] Priyanka Nutakki
[c] Padmini Rout
[d] Tania Sachdev
Answer:“Priyanka Nutakki”

13. Who has been awarded with the first prize in “Ispan Rajbhasa Award” for 2018-19 and 2021-21 and “Ispat Rajbhasha Prerna Award for 2019-20?
[a] DRDO
[b] NMDC
[c] NTPC
[d] NPCIL
Answer: “NMDC “ 
Key Points :-
1. NMDC stands for National Mineral Development Corporation.
2. The Union Minister of Steel, Shri Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, presented the accolades to Shri Sumit Deb, Chairman and Managing Director, NMDC.

14. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated a Metro project in which one of the following cities?
[a] New Delhi
[b] Patna
[c] Pune
[d] Mumbai
Answer: “Pune”

15. Which country is the largest Crude-Oil producer in the world as of 2022?
[a] India
[b] Germany
[c] Russia
[d] USA
Answer: “USA “
Key Points:-
1. USA is the largest crude oil producer in the world.
2. Russia is the second largest crude oil producer in the world. Russia produces approx. 11 million barrels of crude oil per day .

16. Kaushalya Matritva Yojana has been launched by which state government?
[a] Delhi
[b] Punjab
[c] Bihar
[d] Chhattisgarh
Answer: “Chhattisgarh” 
Key Points :-
1. Chhattisgarh government has recently launched the Kaushalya Matritva Yojana.
2. According to Kaushalya Matrivita Yojana, Women will get Rs 5000/- on the birth of second girl child.
3.This amount will help her to feed the newly born baby girl.

17. Which one of the following countries has recently announced that it will set up its fourth data centre in India?
[a] Google
[b] Yahoo
[c] Cloudways
[d] Microsoft
Answer: “Microsoft”
Key Points :-
1. Microsoft announced to set up its 4th data centre in Hyderabad, Telangana.
2. Microsoft has other data centres in Mumbai, Pune and Chennai.

18. International Women of Courage Award 2022 has been given to whom ?
[a] Hasan Foez Siddique
[b] Sharad Arvind Bobde
[c] Syed Rizwana Hasan
[d] Syed Arvind Hasan
Answer: “Syed Rizwana Hasan” 
Key Points :-
1. Syed Rizwana Hasan is the Chief Executive of Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (BELA)
2. International women of courage award is given by the USA Department of State.
3. This award was started in 2007.

19. Who has topped the International Shooting Sports Federation’s World Cup held recently?
[a] Russia
[b] China
[c] India
[d] America
Answer: “India” 

20. What is the name of the Made in India Petascale Supercomputer which has been installed at IIT Roorkee?
[a] Param Sindh
[b] Ganga
[c] Param Ganga
[d] Mihir
Answer: “Param Ganga” 

21. NTPC has recently signed an agreement with whom to set up a solar power plant in Sampur, eastern Trincomalee district in Sri Lanka?
[a] Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB )
[b] Sri Lanka Bijli Nigam
[c] UHBVN
[d] RBVN
Answer: “Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB )”

22. Indian Embassy in Ukraine has been temporarily shifted to which country?
[a] Russia
[b] Germany
[c] Poland
[d] Belarus
Answer: ” Poland”
Key Points :-
1. India shifted its embassy from Kyiv to Lviv city on 1st March 2022 temporarily and on 13th March it has been shifted to Poland.

23. Name the first to manufacture “Linear Alkylbenzene (LAB)” and is certified by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS )?
[a] Solvo Chemical
[b] Indian Chemical Company
[c] Delhi Petroproducts
[d] Tamil Nadu Petro Products Ltd.
Answer: “Tamil Nadu Petro Products ltd. “ 

24. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated new campus building of “Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) ” in which state ?
[a] New Delhi
[b] Gujarat
[c] Haryana
[d] Uttar Pradesh
Answer: “Gujarat” 

Q25. Which country has topped in the Global Investment In Digital Shopping in 2021 ?
[a] India
[b] USA
[c] Sri Lanka
[d] China
Answer: “USA” 
Key Points:-
1. USA scored rank one in the Global Investment in Digital Shopping in 2021
2. India scored second place in the Global Investment in Digital Shopping in 2021.
3. China Scored third Place in the Global Investment in Digital Shopping in 2021.

26. Which is the first city in Maharashtra to complete 100% Covid 19 vaccination of both doses?
[a] Pune
[b] Nasik
[c] Nagpur
[d] Navi Mumbai
Answer: “Navi Mumbai”

27. In which country’s territory, an Indian Army missile has fallen due to a technical fault within 124 km?
[a] Bangladesh
[b] China
[c] Nepal
[d] Pakistan
Answer: “Pakistan”

28. Indian Railways has commissioned first Gati Shakti Cargo Terminal in which state recently ?
[a] Haryana
[b] Kerala
[c] Uttar Pradesh
[d] Jharkhand
Answer: “Jharkhand” 

29. India’s first ever GI tagged ‘Kashmir Carpets” has been flagged to which country?
[a] UAE
[b] Russia
[c] Nepal
[d] Germany
Answer: “Germany”

30. Which bank has become the one of the stakeholders of India Debt Resolution Company Ltd by acquiring 3%of its stake?
[a] Canara Bank
[b] IDBI Bank
[c] UCO Bank
[d] None of Above
Answer: “UCO Bank” 
Key Points :-
1. According to the bank, its holding of 3% in IDRCL amounts to 1.50 crore, requires no approval and the agreement is in accordance with Regulation 30 of SEBI.

31. ‘YUva Vigyani KAryakram” (YUVIKA) is organised by which organization to create awareness about emerging trends in science and technology for school children?
[a] DRDO
[b] CBSE
[c] HBSE
[d] NITI Aayog
Answer: “Niti Aayog” 

32. Who has been awarded with the leading Actor Award in “BAFTA Award 2022′?
[a] Salman Khan
[b] Tom Cruise
[c] Will Smith
[d] None of ABove
Answer: “Will Smith”
Key Points :-
1. BAFTA stands for “British Academy of Film and Television Award.

33. World Consumer Rights Day is observed on which day ?
[a] 15 March
[b] 16 March
[c] 17 March
[d] 18 March
Answer: “15 March” 
Key Points :-
1. 15 March is observed as World Consumer Rights Day.
2. Theme for World Consumer Rights Day for the year 2022: Fair Digital Finance.

34. Who is the new chairman of Air India ?
[a] Deepak Dhar
[b] Banmali Agarawala
[c] Bhaskar Bhatt
[d] N Chandrasekaran
Answer: “N Chandrasekaran” 

35. “Wrist Assured ” is the biography of whom ?
[a] Kiran Bedi
[b] Yuvraj
[c] MS Dhoni
[d] Gundappa Vishwanath
Answer: “Gundappa Vishwanath” 

36. As per the new report if SIPRI , what was the rank of India in terms of largest importer of arms during 2017-21 ?
[a] First
[b] Second
[c] Third
[d] Fourth
Answer: “First”
Key Points :-
1. SIPRI Stands for ” Stockholm International Peace Research Institute”
2. As per the report India and Saudi Arabia are the largest importer of arms during 2017-21
3. Both the country accounted 11% of all global arms sales.

37. Consumer Price Inflation surges _______ percentage in February?
[a] 10
[b] 15
[c] 6.07
[d] 5.03
Answer: “6.07 “ 

38. Lakshya Sen has won which medal in “German Open Badminton 2022” ?
[a] Gold
[b] Bronze
[c] Silver
[d] None
Answer: “Silver “

39. India’s First “World Peace Center ” Will be established in which place ?
[a] Chandigarh
[b] Noida
[c] Gurugram
[d] New Delhi
Answer: “Gurugram” 

40. Who became the first Singaporean to be appointed as president of FATF ?
[a] T Raja Kumar
[b] Sanjiv Kumar
[c] H E Houlin Zhao
[d] Deepak Dhar
Answer: “T Raja Kumar”
Key Points :-
1. T Raja Kumar is a Singaporean administrator who serves as a senior advisor (International) at the Ministry of Home Affair. 

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