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29. The Women and Child Development Ministry 42. Name the author of the book “The Millennial Yogi:
celebrates the International Women’s Day week A modern-day parable about reclaiming one’s
from the _______. life”.
Answer: 1st March Answer: Deepam Chatterjee
30. What is the theme of Zero Discrimination Day 43. _________ has resigned as the MD and director of
2022? the board of BharatPe.
Answer: Remove laws that harm, create laws that Answer: Ashneer Grover
empower
44. International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO) has
31. Which country will host the 31st Southeast Asian been inaugurated at which place?
Games? Answer: IITM, Pune
Answer: Vietnam
45. What is the FDI Limit for LIC under the automatic
32. “One Among You” is an autobiography of which route?
politician? Answer: 20%
Answer: MK Stalin
46. Exercise Vayu Shakti 2022 will be organised in
33. India’s first ambulance for street animals has which place by the Indian Air Force (IAF)?
been launched in which city? Answer: Jaisalmer
Answer: Chennai
47. What is the rank of India in the ‘Wealth Report
34. Which estate was launched by President Ram 2022’ by Knight Frank, which ranks countries in
Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan to promote terms of most number of billionaires’ population?
the importance of Ayurvedic plants? Answer: 3rd
Answer: Arogya Vanam
48. The Geostationary Operational Environmental
35. Which organisation will release the National Satellite (GOES)-T is a next-generation weather
Gender Index in India? satellite launched by which space agency?
Answer: NITI Aayog Answer: NASA
73. Which state government has announced a ‘Camel 85. Oscar-winning Alan Ladd Jr passed away recently.
Protection and Development Policy’ in its budget He was a/an ______________.
2022-23? Answer: Producer
Answer: Rajasthan 86. The Rs 11,420 Crore Pune Metro Rail Project was
74. The ministry of Women & Child Development has inaugurated by which minister recently?
launched ‘Stree Manoraksha Project’ in Answer: Narendra Modi
collaboration with which organisation? 87. In 2022, CISF observed its which edition of
Answer: NIMHANS Raising Day celebrations?
75. Which company has obtained a letter of award Answer: 53rd
(LOA) to build a 150-megawatt solar power plant 88. The sea-level trials of India’s first indigenously
for a period of 25 years? developed Flying Trainer was successfully
Answer: Adani Green Energy completed recently at Puducherry. What is the
76. Which of these has been awarded the ‘Special Jury name of this trainer aircraft?
Answer: HANSA-NG
Award’ at the 9th edition of FICCI Water Awards?
Answer: National Mission for Clean Ganga 89. Who has been appointed as the Deputy Managing
Director (DMD) of State Bank of India?
77. India has signed Host Country Agreement (HCA)
Answer: Nitin Chugh
with International Telecommunication Union
(ITU) for the establishment of an Area Office & 90. Who is the author of the biography ‘The Queen of
Innovation Centre of ITU in which city of the Indian Pop: The Authorised Biography of Usha
country? Uthup’?
Answer: New Delhi Answer: Srishti Jha
78. “Vida” is a new brand name launched by which 91. The Blue Book: A Writer’s Journal’ is written by
company for its upcoming electric vehicles? which author?
Answer: Hero MotoCorp Answer: Amitava Kumar
79. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of the 92. Cricket player Mithali Raj has recently achieved
airline company Jet Airways? the feat of becoming the first women to appear in
Answer: Sanjiv Kapoor ________ World Cups.
Answer: 6
80. Cricket legend Shane Warne has passed away. He
played for which country? 93. Which state became the top performing state in
Answer: Australia India with a population over one crore in terms of
growth rate of Per Capita Net State Domestic
81. The 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup is Product?
being held in which country? Answer: Telangana
Answer: New Zealand
94. The Global System for Mobile Communications
82. What is the theme of the World Obesity Day Association (GSMA) has organised the 2022
2022? Mobile World Congress (MWC) in __________________.
Answer: Everybody Needs to Act Answer: Barcelona, Spain
83. Which Airlines has partnered with Switzerland 95. Which Insurance Company has launched Dog
based solar fuels start-up, Synhelion SA and is set Health Cover, a comprehensive health insurance
to become world’s first airline to use solar for pet dogs, and a digital campaign named ‘Oh My
aviation fuel? Dog!’?
Answer: Swiss International Air Lines AG Answer: Future Generali India Insurance
99. What is theme of Jan Aushadhi Diwas 2022? 112. Who was the 23rd Woman Grandmaster of India?
Answer: Jan Aushadhi-Jan Upyogi Answer: Priyanka Nutakki
100. Jan Aushadhi Diwas is celebrated on ________ 2022 13. Who has unveiled a 9.5-feet tall statue of great
by the Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Bureau Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in
of India (PMBI). Maharashtra?
Answer: 7 March Answer: Narendra Modi
101. SAMARTH is a Special Entrepreneurship 114. Which digital payments company, announced that
Promotion Drive for Women launched by which it has expanded its partnership with the Indian
ministry? Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation
Answer: Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium (IRCTC)?
Enterprises Answer: Paytm
102. ‘Donate-a-Pension’ campaign has been launched 115. Which Navratna PSU has recently received Ispat
under central sector scheme by the government Rajbhasha Award for 2018-19 and 2020-21?
recently? Answer: National Mineral Development
Answer: Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan Corporation Ltd
103. The India-Sri Lanka bilateral maritime exercise 116. BEAnswer:WARE is a booklet featuring modus
SLINEX 2022 held in which place? operandi of financial frauds. The booklet has been
Answer: Visakhapatnam released by which organisation?
Answer: RBI
104. Bharti Airtel has joined hands with which bank to
launch a co-branded credit card to strengthen the 117. RBI has launched a 24×7 Helpline for Digital
growth of India’s digital ecosystem? Payments. What is the name of this initiative?
Answer: Axis Bank Answer: DigiSaathi
105. Microsoft has recently opened its largest data 118. Name the UPI facility launched by RBI for feature
centre in India in _________. phones.
Answer: Hyderabad Answer: UPI123pay
106. Which day is celebrated as the International 119. The PAN-India programme ‘Jharokha’ has been
Women’s Day (IWD) annually? launched by the Ministry of Culture and Ministry
Answer: 08 March of Textiles to promote traditional Indian
handicrafts, handlooms, and art & culture. The
107. What is the theme of the 2022 International inaugural celebration of the programme was held
Women’s Day? in which city?
Answer: Gender equality today for a sustainable Answer: Bhopal
tomorrow
120. How many women were felicitated with the ‘Nari
108. Which Indian Navy ship is representing the Shakti Puraskar’ for the year 2020 and 2021, on
country in the SLINEX 2022? the occasion of International Women’s Day?
Answer: INS Kirch Answer: 29
124. Freedom in the World 2022 report released by 132. The WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine
Freedom House to assess the political rights and (WHO GCTM) will come up in which of these
civil liberties of a country. India has been placed Indian cities?
under which category of freedom? Answer: Jamnagar
Answer: Partly free 133. Which bank has partnered with software
125. Which state government has announced company ToneTag for “VoiceSe UPI payments
Matrushakti Udaymita Scheme to provide support service”?
to women entrepreneurs, on International Answer: NSDL Payments Bank
Women’s Day? 134. S L Narayanan is an Indian player from which
Answer: Haryana sports event?
126. Which state government will implement ‘Aama Answer: Chess
Yojna’, a scheme for helping non-working 135. India`s largest reclining statue of Lord Buddha is
mothers & ‘Bahini Scheme’ benefitting girl being built at which pilgrim site?
students of the state? Answer: Bodh Gaya
Answer: Sikkim
136. Which state’s Chief Minister has inaugurated
127. Which Mutual Fund has launched a women-led India’s largest floating solar power plant
financial empowerment initiative constructed at a cost of Rs 150.4 crores?
‘LaxmiForLaxmi’? Answer: Tamil Nadu
Answer: HDFC Mutual Fund
137. International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has
128. ____________has been selected to represent India at banned the athlete’s entries from Russia and
the 2041 Climate Force Antarctica Expedition Belarus for the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics
which is set to be held in March 2022. due to the war in Ukraine. Where is the
Answer: Aarushi Verma headquarters of International Paralympic
Committee?
Answer: Bonn, Germany
138. Who has been appointed as the Brand
Ambassador of Lupin Limited’s Women’s
Cardiovascular Health Awareness Initiative –
‘Shakti Campaign’?
Answer: Mary Kom
139. No smoking Day is celebrated on __________.
Answer: Second Wednesday of March
140. Rafiq Tarar passed away recently. He was a/an
___________.
Answer: President & Supreme Court judge
142. India pacer ________ has announced his retirement 156. Who has released his autobiography titled “On
from all forms of domestic cricket recently. Board: My Years in BCCI"?
Answer: Ratnakar Shetty
Answer: S Sreesanth
157. Which day marks as the International Day of
143. Which state’s Chief Minister has launched the
Women Judges?
‘Kaushalya Matritva Yojana’? Answer: March 10
Answer: Chhattisgarh
158. Which state has retained its number one spot in
144. Zeta has partnered with which company to power the SKOCH State of Governance rankings for the
next-gen credit processing for banks, fintechs? second consecutive year?
Answer: Mastercard Answer: Andhra Pradesh
145. Which country will host a virtual meeting of 159. Which country recently elected its first-ever
agriculture ministers from the G7 countries? female president?
Answer: Germany Answer: Hungary
146. In 2022, which edition of the National Youth 160. Famous Golfer, _______ was formally inducted into
Parliament Festival (NYPF) has been organised? the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Answer: Tiger Woods
Answer: 3rd
161. RBI has recently stopped Paytm Payments Bank
147. World Kidney Day is observed every year on
Ltd from onboarding new customers under which
which day? section of which RBI Act?
Answer: Second Thursday of March Answer: Section 35 A
148. Who has been elected as the new President of 162. Who has been appointed as the new Chairperson
South Korea to replace incumbent President of the High Powered Committee (HPC) on the
Moon Jae-in? Chardham project by the Supreme Court?
Answer: Yoon Suk-yeol Answer: Justice AK Sikri
149. Which of these is not a part of All India Financial 163. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of
Institution (AIFI) under RBI? IRDAI in 2022?
Answer: SEBI Answer: Debasish Panda
150. What is the theme of 2022 World Kidney Day? 164. How many airports have been awarded as among
the ‘Best Airport by Size and Region’, by the
Answer: Kidney Health for All
Airports Council International (ACI)?
151. Which state government has launched Answer: 6
‘Women@Work’ program?
165. The first-ever Drone school has been inaugurated
Answer: Karnataka in which of these cities recently by the Minister of
152. Which state’s Chief Minister has announced a Civil Aviation?
‘Sushma Swaraj Award’ for women? Answer: Gwalior
Answer: Haryana 166. Which State Government has announced a special
scheme ‘Mukhyamantri Chaa Srami Kalyan
153. International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved
Prakalpa’ for tea workers?
how much emergency support for Ukraine?
Answer: Tripura
Answer: $ 1.4 billion
167. What is the rank of India in the Liberal
154. CRISIL has projected India’s GDP growth rate at Democratic Index released by V-Dem Institute at
__________for 2022-23. Sweden’s University?
Answer: 7.8% Answer: 93rd
240. Mahila Money and Transcorp Prepaid Payment 253. Which edition of the Surajkund International
Instruments (PPI) have launched Mahila Money Crafts Mela has been organised in 2022?
Prepaid Card with which company? Answer: 35
Answer: VISA 254. Which player has won the Formula One Bahrain
241. Ordnance Factories Day is observed in India on Grand Prix 2022?
Answer: Charles Leclerc
________________ every year.
Answer: 18 March 255. Which player has won the 19th Asian 100 UP
Billiards Championship 2022?
242. Eugene Newman Parker passed away recently. He
Answer: Pankaj Advani
was a/an ________________.
Answer: Astrophysicist 256. Name the Indian cricket player who has been
felicitated with the ‘Sports Icon’ award at the
243. What is the theme of the World Sleep Day in
Maldives Sports Awards 2022.
2022? Answer: Suresh Raina
Answer: Quality Sleep, Sound Mind, Happy World
257. Who received the ‘Sportstar of the Year (Male)’
244. What is the theme of Global Recycling Day 2022? award at the 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards?
Answer: Recycling fraternity Answer: Neeraj Chopra
245. According to Deloitte’s report titled “Global 258. Who is the author of the new book titled “More
Powers of Retailing 2022, which company topped than Just Surgery: Life Lessons Beyond the OT”?
the list? Answer: Tehemton Erach Udwadia
Answer: Walmart Inc
259. Who received the ‘Sportstar of the Year (Female)’
246. What is the upper limit of an UPI Lite payment award at the 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards?
transaction? Answer: Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
Answer: Rs 200
260. The Theme state for the Surajkund International
247. What is India’s rank in the United Nations’ World Crafts Mela in 2022 is _________ and the Partner
Happiness Report for the year 2022? nation is _____.
Answer: 136 Answer: Jammu & Kashmir and Uzbekistan
248. Which organization has launched the military drill 261. Indian Army is participating in the Joint Military
‘Cold Response 2022’? Exercise ‘LAMITIYE-2022’ with which country?
Answer: NATO Answer: Seychelles
262. Who has been appointed as the new Chief
249. Rajesh Gopinathan is the Managing Director (MD)
Minister of Manipur following the state Assembly
and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of which
elections 2022?
company?
Answer: N Biren Singh
Answer: TCS
263. When is the World Water Day observed by the
250. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
United Nations?
celebrated which edition of its raising day on
Answer: March 22
March 19, 2022?
Answer: 83 264. Name the Indian economist who has been roped
in by the United Nations as a member of its newly
251. When is World Sparrow Day celebrated every established Advisory Board on Effective
year? Multilateralism?
Answer: 20 March Answer: Jayati Ghosh
267. What is the theme for the World Water Day 2022? 277. Which city has been adjudged as the world’s most
Answer: Groundwater, Making the Invisible polluted capital city in IQAir’s 2021 World Air
Visible Quality Report?
Answer: New Delhi
268. The World Poetry Day is celebrated every year on
which day? 278. How many women have been awarded with the
Answer: 21 March Women Transforming India Awards (WTI) in
2022?
269. Which day of the year is observed as the World Answer: 75
Down Syndrome Day?
Answer: 21 March 279. What is the name of the joint military training
exercise between the Indian army and Uzbekistan
270. Defence Secretary of India, Dr Ajay Kumar has which kicked off in March 2022 at Yangiarik?
commissioned the Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Answer: Ex-Dustlik
_______ recently.
Answer: Saksham 280. What is the rank of India in Global House Price
Index Q4 2021 as per Knight Frank?
271. Name the author of the book "Wrist Assured: An Answer: 51
Autobiography".
Answer: Gundappa Ranganatha Vishwanath 281. Which day of the year is observed as the World
Meteorological Day across the world?
272. Which state celebrated the ‘Dol Utsav’ or ‘Dol Answer: 23 March
Jatra’, the festival of colours?
Answer: West Bengal 282. March 23 is observed as the Martyrs Day to
commemorate the death anniversary of which
273. Which team clinched their maiden Indian Super Indian freedom fighters?
League title 2022? Answer: Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and
Answer: Hyderabad FC Shivaram Rajguru
274. Pritzker Prize is an international award given 283. Late Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga was the former
annually to recognize the contributions in which Prime Minister of which country?
field? Answer: Mali
Answer: Architecture
284. What is the theme of the 2022 World
Meteorological Day?
Answer: Early Warning and Early Action
285. Which state became the first state in the country
to implement the National e-Vidhan Application
(NeVA) programme to become completely
paperless?
Answer: Nagaland
286. Which state’s handmade Narasingapettai
Nagaswaram got geographical identification tag
under the category of musical instruments of class
15?
Answer: Tamil Nadu
293. Who is the author of the book “Unfilled Barrels: 306. Name the winner of the Abel prize for the year
India’s oil story”? 2022.
Answer: Richa Mishra Answer: Dennis Parnell Sullivan
294. Who has been appointed as the new Chief 307. Which country will host the Bersama Shield 2022
Minister of Uttarakhand? training exercise?
Answer: Pushkar Singh Dhami Answer: Malaysia
295. When is “International Day for the Right to the 308. Which organisation has issued the Wildlife
Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations Conservation Bond (WCB) to support of South
Africa’s efforts to conserve endangered species of
and for the Dignity of Victims” observed?
Rhino Bond?
Answer: March 24
Answer: World Bank
296. When is the World Tuberculosis Day observed
309. Mario Marcel, who has been awarded the 2022
every year?
Governor of the year award at the Central
Answer: 24 March
Banking Awards is the Governor of the Central
297. What is the theme for World Tuberculosis Day bank of which country?
2022? Answer: Chile
Answer: Invest to End TB. Save Lives
310. How much amount has been set as the target by
298. Which state in India is set to become the first in the government for the National Bank for
the country to introduce Carbon-neutral farming Financial Infrastructure and Development
for better soil health? (NaBFID) to sanction loans for infrastructure
Answer: Kerala sector in 2022-23?
Answer: Rs 1 trillion
299. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the
license of People’s Co-operative Bank Limited 311. Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, who has passed away
based at ___________________, Uttar Pradesh. recently, was the former ________ of India.
Answer: Kanpur Answer: Chief Justice of India