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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF JULY 2022

NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS

The Government of India has set up a Rashtriya Khanij Puraskar, a Mining

nationwide award to promote which activity in the country?

Youngsters above which age are now allowed by the Election 17 years
Commission of India (ECI) to apply in advance for having their names
enrolled in the voters list?

What is the name of India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier that was Vikrant
delivered to the Indian Navy recently?

Which Indian State was the highest receiver of FDI Equity Inflow during Karnataka
FY 2021-22 with 37.55 percent inflow, followed by Maharashtra (26.26
percent) and Delhi (13.93 percent)?

Narendra Singh Tomar, the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers 5 years
Welfare launched the 11th Agricultural Census (2021-22) on July 28,
2022. Agriculture Census is conducted in a gap of how many years?

Who was India's Flag bearers at the opening ceremony of Birmingham PV Sindhu and
Commonwealth Games 2022? Manpreet Singh

The newly designated Ramsar site - Pala wetland is located in which Mizoram
state?

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has restricted which Spicejet
airlines operations to only 50 percent of flights for eight weeks?

On which day Kargil Vijay Diwas was observed? 26 July

The Central Government has amended which part of the Flag Code of Part II
India 2002 to allow the Tricolour to be hoisted day and night if it is in
the open and hoisted by a member of the public?

Name the Olympic gold medalist and star Indian javelin thrower who Neeraj Chopra
has pulled out of Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham due to an
injury?

Who has become the first-ever Indian to win silver at World Athletics Neeraj Chopra
Championships?

Who took oath as the 15th President of India on July 25, 2022? Droupadi Murmu

Who is the first Indian President to be born in independent India? Droupadi Murmu

Which film won the Best Feature Film award at the 68th National Film Soorarai Pottru
Awards?

Who won the 68th National Film Awards for the Best Actor category? Ajay Devgan and
Suriya

For which film, Ajay Devgan won the 68th National Film Awards Best Tanhaji: The
Actor award? Unsung Warrior

For which film, Suriya won the 68th National Film Awards Best Actor Soorarai Pottru
award?

Who won the 68th National Film Awards for the Best Actress category Aparna Balamurali
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for the film - Soorarai Pottru?

Who won the Best Director award at the 68th National Film Awards? Sachidanandan KR

Which State has topped Niti Aayog's India Innovation Index 2022 among Karnataka
major States? Telangana has been placed second and Haryana third.

Which State has become the first in the country to connect all registered Himachal Pradesh
commercial vehicles equipped with Vehicle Location Tracking Device
(VLTD) with Emergency Response Support System (ERSS)?

With which country, India has signed a memorandum of understanding Namibia

(MoU) to reintroduce cheetahs in the country after nearly seven
decades? Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh is likely to receive the
first tranche of eight cheetahs by 15th August.

Name the veteran Indian shooter who created history on July 18, 2022 Mairaj Ahmed Khan
by winning India's first-ever ISSF World Cup gold medal in the men's
skeet shooting final in Changwon, South Korea?

How much percent GST consumers will have to pay on pre-packed, 5 per cent
labelled food items like atta, paneer and curd?

Name the MD and CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) who has been Ashish Kumar
appointed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) as the Chauhan
next Chief of National Stock Exchange (NSE)?

Name the Navy's Kilo-class submarine which was decommissioned from INS Sindhudhvaj
service at Visakhapatnam after 35 years in service?

Name the Governor of Manipur who has been given additional charge as La Ganesan
the Governer of West Bengal following the resignation of Jagdeep
Dhankhar who has been selected by the National Democratic Alliance
(NDA) as its vice presidential candidate?

Which Indian city has been declared the first Cultural and Tourism Varanasi
Capital of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) for the year
2022-23?

Who has become the third Indian cricket captain to win an ODI series in Rohit Sharma
England?

In a first, a new blood group has been found in India, which is also the EMM Negative
rarest in the world. What is the name of this unique blood group?

India's first Monkeypox case has been reported in which State? Kerala

Which Indian State has been named on Times List of World's Greatest Kerala and
Places 2022? The list includes the 50 most extraordinary and Ahmedabad
mesmerizing destinations across the world.

In which State, PM Narendra Modi recently inaugurated Deoghar Jharkhand

airport?

Name the veteran singer who has been arrested in a 19-year-old human Daler Mehndi
trafficking case and sentenced to two years of imprisonment by a
district court in Patiala?

Name the Union Minister who has been retained as BJP's leader in the Piyush Goyal
Rajya Sabha?

Name the cricketer who is now the fastest Indian bowler and joint-third Mohammed Shami
fastest bowler in the world to take 150 ODI wickets along with Rashid
Khan, after Australia's Mitchell Starc and Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq?
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Which Union Minister has been given the additional charge of the Smriti Irani
Ministry of Minority Affairs?

Who has resigned as Union Minister of Minority Affairs? Mukhtar Abbas

Naqvi

Name the athlete popularly known as Payyoli Express who recently took PT Usha
oath as Rajya Sabha MP?

Name the 21-year-old from Karnataka who was crowned Femina Miss Sini Shetty
India World 2022?

On which day death anniversary of Swami Vivekanand was observed? 4 July

Who has become the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra? Eknath Shinde

Which district of Madhya Pradesh, popularly known as the 'Darwaza of Burhanpur

Dakhin', became the first 'Har Ghar Jal' certified district in the country?

Name the renowned ghazal singer who died of a cardiac arrest at the age Bhupinder Singh
of 82?

Name the former chairman of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) Brijendra Kumar
who passed away at the age of 82? He was fondly called "the father of Syngal
Indian Internet".

Name the Union Minister of Civil Aviation who has taken over additional Jyotiraditya Scindia
charge as the Union Minister of Steel following the resignation of Shri
Ramchandra Prasad Singh on completion of his Rajya Sabha term?

INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS

On which day International Tiger Day was observed? 29 July

In which country, the Asia Cup 2022 will be conducted from August UAE
27th to September 11, 2022?

On which day World Hepatitis Day was observed? 28 July

Which country will host the ICC Women's ODI Cricket World Cup 2025? India

Which country is hosting the 44th Chess Olympiad from July 28 to India
August 10, 2022?

Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka? Dinesh
Gunawardena

Which country has decided to quit the International Space Station after Russia
2024?

Name the West Indies batsman who became the tenth batsman to score Shai Hope
a century in his 100th ODI on July 24, 2022?

On which day International Moon Day was observed? 20 July

Which country has the most powerful passport in the world according to Japan
the Henley & Partners Passport Index of 2022?

Who has been elected as the new President of Sri Lanka on July 20, Ranil
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2022? Wickremesinghe

Which country will host the postponed 19th edition of Asian Games in China
2023?

Which country in West Africa has officially confirmed two cases of the Ghana
deadly Marburg virus?

Which English cricketer has announced his retirement from ODI Ben Stokes
Cricket?

Name the former West Indies captain and wicketkeeper-batsman who Denesh Ramdin
announced his retirement from international cricket on July 18, 2022?

On which day Nelson Mandela International Day was observed? 18 July

Which city will host the World Athletics Championships 2025? Tokyo

Who won his 7th Wimbledon title and 21st Grand Slam on July 10, Novak Djokovic
2022 with a four-set win over Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios?

What is the name of the Supermoon that was visible on July 13, 2022? Buck Moon

The European Union has given final approval to which country to join Croatia
euro currency in 2023?

Name the tennis player from Kazakhastan who won the Wimbledon Elena Rybakina
2022 Women's Singles by defeating Ons Jabeur by 3-6, 6-2, 6-2? She
became the first Asian woman to win the Wimbledon title.

On which day World Population Day was observed? 11 July

According to a UN report, which country is projected to surpass China India

as the world’s most populous country next year?

Name the former Prime Minister of Japan who was shot dead at a Shinzo Abe
campaign event on July 8, 2022?

Who has become the first captain in the history of T20 cricket to record Rohit Sharma
13 successive T20I wins?

Name the Prime Minister of United Kingdom (UK) who resigned recently? Boris Johnson

Over which region scientists have discovered a large hole in ozone gas Tropics
layer which is seven times larger than the one over Antarctica?

Name the Secretary General of the OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Mohammed
Exporting Countries) who passed away at the age of 63? Barkindo

When was the Earth at Aphelion this year? Aphelion is the point in the 4 July
orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is furthest from the Sun.

Who has been appointed as the 14th Prime Minister of Israel? Yair Lapid