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Monthly Current Affairs One Liner

July ‘2022

~Department of General Studies, UEM Kolkata~

 Banking & Financial Awareness
1. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) published guidelines ordering
banks to test their currency sorting equipment every three months.
Following the release of the new series of banknotes, the central
bank updated the pre-existing standards for authentication and
sorting.
2. Axis Bank, a private lender, has announced the introduction of
Dining Delights for bank clients in collaboration with a top platform
for table reservations, cuisine discovery, and restaurant payments.
3. The government has transformed Banks Board Bureau (BBB), the
head hunter for directors of state- owned banks and financial
institutions, into Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) by
making some amendments. Guidelines for selection of general
managers and directors of public sector general insurance
companies have been made part of FSIB.
4. A bancassurance agreement has been reached between the Paschim
Banga Gramin Bank and SBI Life Insurance. Through the
cooperation, SBI Life’s assortment of protection, wealth
development, credit life, annuity, and savings products will be made
available at all Paschim Banga Gramin Bank branches throughout
West Bengal, therefore enhancing the region’s access to life
insurance solutions.
5. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved three private sector
banks to provide financial services to it for overseas procurement of
military hardware. The banks are HDFC Bank Ltd, ICICI Bank, and
Axis Bank.
6. Bank of Baroda (BoB) has partnered with Women’s World
Banking (WWB), a global NonProfit Organization (NPO), to launch
the third and broader phase of the ‘Baroda Jan Dhan-Plus’
programme across 25 districts of Uttar Pradesh and all 13 districts
of Uttarakhand.
✓ Objective: To enhance and promote the participation of low-
income women with formal financial services. The Phase 3 will
cover the existing BoB Jan Dhan clients via financial literacy
camps and business correspondents.

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 Obituaries
1. Japan’s longest-serving leader and former Prime Minister (PM)
Shinzo Abe passed away at the age of 67, after being shot by Tetsuya
Yamagami (41-year-old resident of Nara), in the city of Nara in
Japan.
2. Veteran Bengali film director, Tarun Majumdar has passed away
at the age of 92. Tarun Majumdar was known for helming popular
Bengali films such as Smriti Tuku Thak, Shriman Prithviraj,
Kuheli, Balika Badhu, Dadar Kirti, Chander Bari, among others in
his lifetime.
3. Former India international EN Sudhir, who played as a goalkeeper
for India in the 1970s, died in Mapusa, Goa.
4. Padma Shri winning noted social worker Avdhash Kaushal passed
away recently following a prolonged illness. He was 87. He was the
founder of the NGO named Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra
(based in Dehradun, Uttarakhand).
5. Legendary ghazal singer, Bhupinder Singh passed away due to
suspected colon cancer and COVID-19- related complications. He was
82.
6. Noted scientist and director of the Institute of Life Sciences
(ILS), Dr Ajay Kumar Parida has passed away at the age of 58. He
was awarded the Padma Shri Award by the President of India in
2014 for his outstanding contribution in the field of Science and
Engineering.

MoU’s Signed

1. Indian Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

with the Government of Haryana to distribute mobile phones to
consumers through e-unified payment interface (eupi) system. Under

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 this MoU, the Indian Bank in Haryana will organize the Mobile
distribution melas.
2. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between State Bank
of India (SBI) and the Indian Air Force for the Defence Salary
Package (DSP) plan has been extended, according to SBI.
✓ All active duty and former members of the Air Force, as well as
their families, will be eligible for a number of advantages and
features under this programme from the nation’s largest
lender.
3. The South Indian Bank has signed an agreement with Kerala’s Forest
and Wildlife Department to enable digital collection of payments at
eco-tourism centres, Vanasree shops, mobile Vanasree units and
eco-shops across the State.
4. Public sector bank, Punjab National Bank (PNB) has signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Air Force
(IAF) under its flagship scheme, PNB Rakshak Scheme.
✓ The MoU focus on providing a bouquet of benefits along with
specially designed products for the IAF personnel, including
personal insurance cover.
5. Airtel Payments Bank has partnered with Axis Bank to digitize the
cash collection system in small cities and semi-urban regions. Under
this partnership, Airtel Payments Bank will support Axis Bank in
digitisation of last mile cash collections through its digital-led
neighbourhood banking model.
6. Axis Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with the Indian Air Force to offer a defence service salary package
with best-in-class benefits and features under its ‘Power Salute’
initiative.
7. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
recently approved a Strategic Partnership Agreement between the
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and the
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

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 Important Days & Themes

1. 1st July : National Doctor’s Day.

✓ Theme: Family Doctors on the Front Line
2. 2nd July : World Sports Journalist Day.
3. 11th July : World Population day.
✓ Theme : “A world of 8 billion: Towards a
resilient future for all – Harnessing
opportunities and ensuring rights and choices
for all”
4. 15th July: World Youth Skills Day ‘2022.
5. 17th July : World day for International Justice.
6. 23rd July : National Broadcasting Day.
7. 28th July : World Hepatitis Day.
✓ Theme: ‘Bringing hepatitis care closer to you.’
8. 29th July : International Tiger Day.
✓ Theme : “India launches Project Tiger to revive the
tiger population”.

Appointments
1. Attorney General (A-G), K.K. Venugopal has been reappointed as
the country’s top law officer for a period of three months.
2. Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Director for Finance at Indian Oil
Corporation, has been picked to head India’s largest gas utility GAIL
(India) Ltd.
3. The public enterprise’s selection board (PESB) has selected Sanjai
Kumar for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, RailTel
Corporation of India Ltd (RCIL).
4. The international financial institution, World Bank has appointed
Indermit Gill, as its chief economist and senior vice-president for
development economics at the multilateral development bank.
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 National News

1. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has

successfully launched Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C53, which
placed three Singaporean satellites, DS-EO, NeuSAR and
SCOOB1, in an intended orbit of 570km from the second
launchpad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra
Pradesh.

✓ This is the second dedicated commercial mission of New Space

India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of ISRO.

2. The 28th edition of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise

2022 has been held at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

(JBPHH), a US military base on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii. The

theme of RIMPAC 2022 is ‘capable, adaptive, partners.

✓ Participants: 26 nations: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile,

Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, India,
Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands,
New Zealand, Peru, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines,
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, the United Kingdom
and the United States.

3. ABHYAS, a high-speed expendable aerial target (HEAT), has

been successfully flight tested from the Integrated Test Range
(ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha by the Defence Research
and Development Organisation (DRDO)

✓ ABHYAS has been developed by the Aeronautical Development

Establishment (ADE), a Bengaluru-based facility of the DRDO.

4. The Government of India (GoI) has made seven key amendments

to the existing Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA)
rules 2011, which were renamed as the Foreign Contribution

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 (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2022, with effect from 1st July
2022.

✓ The new amendment allows Indians to receive Rs.10 lakh in a

year from relatives staying abroad without informing the
authorities. The earlier limit was Rs.1 lakh. If the amount
exceeds, the individuals will now have 90 days to inform the
government, instead of 30 days earlier.

5. The Vivek Express covers India's longest railway route, traveling

4,273 kilometers over rails in 80 hours and 15 minutes with
roughly 55 scheduled stops. It runs from Dibrugarh in Assam to
Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu.

Snippets : The Vivek Express is a chain of Express trains on the

Indian railway network. These Express trains started to
commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami
Vivekananda which was held in 2013. There are 4 pairs of
Vivek Express in India. Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari Vivek
Express, Okha-Tuticorin Vivek Express, Bandra Terminus
Jammu Tawi Vivek Express, and Santragachi-Mangalore
Central Vivek Express.

World's longest train route: The longest train route in the

world is in Russia. The train journey takes six days and crosses
multiple time zones. It runs between Moscow to Vladivostok. It
covers a distance of 9,250 kilometers.

6. Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science (IISc) researchers

have developed a design framework to build next-generation
analog computing chipsets. Using this design framework, they
have built a prototype of an analog chipset called ARYABHAT-1.

7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 8th edition

of the “Digital India Week 2022” and a Digital Expo at Mahatma
Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. It has been organized from 4 th
July to 9th July 2022 under the theme ‘Catalyzing New India’s
Techade’.

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 8. India's first floating terminal for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
is likely to be operational in the second half of 2022. It will be
located in Jaigarh in Maharashtra. While another floating
terminal at Jafrabad in Gujarat is also likely to begin operations
in 2022.

9. Agnikul Cosmos, Indian space-tech start-up, has launched

‘Rocket Factory – 1’, India's firstever rocket facility for 3D printed
space engines at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras
Research Park.

10. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved

‘Cervavac’, India’s first Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus
Vaccine (qHPV), to treat cervical cancer in women in an
affordable and accessible manner.

✓ Cervical cancer, a malignant tumour of the cervix, is the second

most common cancer among women in India, especially in the
rural areas. It is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV).

11. The National Conference of State Agriculture and

Horticulture Ministers has been organized in Bengaluru,
Karnataka. It has been organized by the Union Ministry of
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in coordination with the
Government of Karnataka to commemorate Azadi ka Amrit
Mahotsav.

12. Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre (RGCI) has
installed the first-ever Made-inIndia Surgical Robotic System,
“SSI-Mantra”, devised by new-age Indian med-tech start-up SS
Innovations.

15th President of India:

Smt. Droupadi Murmu has been elected as the 15th President of
India in the 16th Presidential Election of 2022.

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 She is the first tribal woman and second Indian woman to be elected
President of India.

Profile of Ma’am Droupadi Murmu (15th President of India):

✓ She was born on 20th June 1958 in Mayurbhanj, Odisha.

✓ She belongs to the Santhal tribe in Odisha.

✓ She served as the former Governor of Jharkhand between 2015

and 2021. She served as the ninth Governor of Jharkhand.

✓ She is the first President of India who hails from Odisha.

✓ She was awarded the prestigious ‘Nilakantha Award for Best

MLA’ in 2007 by the legislative assembly.

International News

1. The United States and its allies, Australia, New Zealand, Japan
and the United Kingdom, have launched a new initiative called
‘Partners in the Blue Pacific’ for effective and efficient cooperation
with the region’s small island nations.
2. A Virgin Orbit’s fully mobile Launcher One system has conducted
its first ever evening flight from a bare concrete pad and a runway
at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California which carried 7 United
States (US) Defence Department Satellites.
3. The 10th edition of the World Peace Forum 2022 has been
organised by Tsinghua University, in Beijing, China. It has been
organised under the theme :Preserving International Stability:
Commonality, Comprehensiveness and Cooperation”.

✓ The forum comprises of topics including preservation of world

peace, United Nations, European security order, and world
order.

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 4. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has
tested a new waste disposal technology by releasing about 78 kg of
garbage from the International Space Station (ISS).

5. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) has selected

SpaceX to launch the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space telescope,
a next-generation space telescope scheduled to launch in 2026.
6. India and the United Kingdom have inked a pact for mutual
recognition of educational degrees of students of bachelor, masters
and doctoral courses.
✓ Under this pact, UK degrees will be recognised as equivalent
to Indian degrees.
✓ Indian senior secondary school or pre-university certificates
will also be considered for entry into UK’s higher education
institutions, enabling mobility of students.

Defence News
1. Indian Navy has commissioned the first Indian Naval Air Squadron
(INAS) 324 named "KESTRELS” on the Eastern Seaboard operating
the Advanced Light Helicopter MK III in Vishakhapatnam to boost
its maritime surveillance.

2. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has

successfully carried out the maiden flight of the Autonomous Flying
Wing Technology Demonstrator from the Aeronautical Test Range,
Chitradurga, Karnataka.

3. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has launched indigenously

built ‘Y- 3023 Dunagiri’, Project 17A frigates onto the River Hooghly
in Kolkata, West Bengal.

✓ ‘Dunagiri’ is the fourth ship of Project 17A Frigates.

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 ✓ It is named after a mountain range in the state of Uttarakhand.
It is the reincarnation of the erstwhile ‘Dunagiri’, the Leander
Class ASW Frigate.
✓ It is built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders Limited (GRSE).

4. Indian Navy has received India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier ‘INS
Vikrant’. It is designed by the Indian Navy's Directorate of Naval
Design (DND), and the carrier has been built at Cochin Shipyard
Limited, a public sector shipyard under the Ministry of Shipping.

Honours & Awards

1. Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari

has honoured Maha Metro and National Highway Authority of
India (NHAI) with the prestigious Asia Book of Records and India
Book of Records certification for constructing the longest multi-layer
via duct in Asia and three metro stations under the Nagpur Metro
Rail project.
2. Ukrainian maths professor, Maryna Viazovska, who won the top
mathematics prize, the Fields Medal 2022.
3. HCL Technologies’ Chairperson, Roshni Nadar Malhotra has
retained her position as the richest woman in India, for the second
year in a row according to the third edition of ‘Kotak Private Banking
Hurun – Leading Wealthy Women List’.
4. HCL Technologies was recognised at Microsoft Partner of the Year
Awards 2022, for innovation and implementing customer solutions
based on Microsoft technology.
5. Tanuja Nesari, Director of All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA)
was awarded with the Ayurveda Ratna Award by the UK
Parliament.
6. India-born Gita Gopinath became the first woman and second
Indian to feature on the ‘wall of former chief economists’ of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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 7. India’s Pallavi Singh has won the Mrs Universe Divine Title at the
finals held at Yeosu City, South Korea.
8. The government of Japan has conferred the ‘Order of the Rising
Sun, Gold and Silver Star’ award on Sanmar Group Vice Chairman
Narayanan Kumar in recognition of his contribution toward
strengthening economic relations between Japan and India.

Books and Authors

1. Hachette India has announced the expanded paperback edition of
five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand’s widely
acclaimed memoir “Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a
Champion’s Life”.
2. Young YouTuber Prarthna Batra’s debut book ‘Getting the Bread:
The Gen-Z Way to Success’ launched by sporting icon Sakshi
Malik.
3. Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture,
Meenakshi Lekhi has launched a book in Gujarati commemorating
the contributions of freedom fighters at a function.

✓ The book, ‘Swadhinata Sangram Na Surviro’, celebrates 75

freedom fighters and shares the stories of the sacrifices made
by them for the country. The book is a part of the “Swadhinta
Ka Amrit Mahotsav” to mark the 75th year of the country’s
Independence.
4. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar launched ‘Connecting
through Culture’, an anthology of essays on various aspects of
India’s soft power strengths, at Sushma Swaraj Bhavan in New Delhi,
India.
5. The Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Rajendra Vishwanath
Arlekar, recently released a book titled “The McMahon line: A
century of discord”.
✓ The book has been authored by General JJ Singh (Retd), the
former Governor of Arunachal Pradesh and former Chief of
Army Staff (CoAS).

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 Sports News

1. Serbia Novak Djokovic won a seventh Wimbledon men’s title and

21st Grand Slam crown with a four-set triumph over Nick Kyrgios.
2. Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina made a brilliant comeback after
being set down to beat Tunisian third-seed Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
and win the Women’s Singles title at Wimbledon.
3. International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the ICC Player
of the Month awards for June 2022. England’s in-form batter Jonny
Bairstow bagged the Men’s Player of the Month title while South
Africa’s power-hitting batter Marizanne Kapp was awarded with
Women’s Player of the Month
4. Arjun Babuta of India earned his first gold medal in shooting at the
Changwon, South Korea, International Shooting Sport Federation
(ISSF) World Cup stage.
5. Indian grapplers had a fantastic outing at the U20 Asian Wrestling
Championships in Manama, Bahrain where they won as many as 22
medals that concluded. Winning 4 gold medals, 9 silver and 9
bronze, the talented bunch of grapplers put up a good show and gave
a stiff fight to worthy competitors from Iran and Kazakhstan, among
other strong nations.
6. Indian Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram has emerged winner
in the 41st Villa De Benasque International Chess Open in Spain.
7. The World Athletics Council has selected Tokyo (Japan) to host the
2025 World Athletics Championships.
8. The 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games will be hosted
in Los Angeles, United States. The opening ceremony for the 2028
Los Angeles Olympics will take place on July 14, 2028, and continue
till July 30.
9. 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games kicked off with a glitzy
opening ceremony at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United
Kingdom.
✓ PV Sindhu and Manpreet Singh were India’s flag-bearers at
the parade of the CWG opening ceremony.

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 10. Two-time Grand Slam champion and former world number
one, Lleyton Hewitt was inducted into the International Tennis Hall
of Fame.

PRACTICE MCQ’S
1. How many new unicorns will be in India in the next two years, as per the
ASK Private Wealth Hurun India Future Unicorn Index 2022 released in
June 2022?
A. 200
B. 169
C. 100
D. 157
E. 122

2. The Rim of the Pacific 2022 (RIMPAC 2022) recently (in June ’22)
commenced on the island of Oahu in ____________.
A. Samoa
B. Papua New Guinea
C. Tonga
D. Hawaii
E. Fiji
3. Name the organisation that recently (in June’22) approved a USD 1 Billion
Loan to Support India’s Health Sector.
A. Asian Development Bank
B. World Bank
C. United Nations Children's Fund
D. World Health Organization
E. International Monetary Fund
4. In June 2022, K.K Venugopal was re-appointed as the Attorney General
(AG) of India for __________.
A. 8 Months
B. 2 Months
C. 5 Months
D. 3 Months

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 E. 6 Months
5. When was the International Asteroid Day 2022 observed across the globe
by the United Nations (UN)?
A. 8th June 2022
B. 26th June 2022
C. 30th June 2022
D. 27th June 2022
E. 29th June 2022
6. In July 2022, the Government of India (GoI) decided to retain the same
interest rates on small savings schemes for Q2 FY23. What is the current
(as of July’22) interest rates of the Public Provident Fund (PPF)?
A. 4%
B. 7.1%
C. 5.5%
D. 6.8%
E. 7.4%
7. In which city, T-Hub 2.0, the world’s largest innovation campus was
inaugurated in June 2022?
A. Ahmedabad, Gujarat
B. Hyderabad, Telangana
C. New Delhi, Delhi
D. Chennai, Tamil Nadu
E. Bengaluru, Karnataka
8. What is the theme of National Doctors Day 2022 that was observed across
India on 1st July 2022?
A. Building the future with Doctors
B. Zero tolerance to violence against Doctors
C. Family Doctors on the Front Line
D. Lessen the mortality of COVID 19
E. Family Doctors, Always There to Care!

9. In July 2022, __________ signed a loan agreement for Japanese Yen (JPY)
____________ with Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions and conserve the global environment.
A. National Thermal Power Corporation Limited; 30 billion
B. Power Grid Corporation of India; 50 billion
C. Power Finance Corporation Limited; 30 billion
D. National Thermal Power Corporation Limited; 10 billion
E. Power Finance Corporation Limited; 50 billion

10. Which company recently (in July ’22) announced an initiative named
‘Startup School India’ for small-city entrepreneurs?
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 A. HCL Technologies
B. Infosys
C. Google
D. Wipro
E. Tata Consultancy Services

11. In July 2022, India got elected as a state member of the

Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention for the
Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage for _________ years.
A. 1 year
B. 2 years
C. 3 years
D. 4 years
E. 5 years

12. Japan’s longest-serving leader and former PM Shinzo Abe recently

(in July’22) passed away. In which year did the Netaji Research Bureau
Honour him with the Netaji Award?
A. 2018
B. 2019
C. 2022
D. 2020
E. 2021

13. Which bank recently (in July ’22) became India's 1st bank to launch
‘Uni-verse’, the bank’s Metaverse Virtual Lounge?
A. Axis Bank
B. Union Bank of India
C. City Union Bank
D. UCO Bank
E. State Bank of India

14. Name the personality who recently (in July ’22) won the 2022
Austrian Grand Prix.
A. Carlos Sainz
B. Charles Leclerc
C. Lewis Hamilton
D. Max Verstappen
E. Sergio Pérez

15. Recently (in July’22) Brijendra Kumar Syngal passed away. He was
known as __________.
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 A. Father of Indian Communism
B. Father of Indian Internet
C. Father of Indian Economic Reforms
D. Father of Indian Animation
E. Father of Indian Software Industry

16. Which state will host the 36th National Games of India in 2022 for
the first time?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Karnataka
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Gujarat
E. Kerala
17. Name the Indian athlete who recently (in June’22) won a silver
medal & created a new national record by throwing 89.94 metres at the
Diamond League 2022 in Stockholm, Sweden.
A. Neeraj Chopra
B. Jabir Madari Pilliyalil
C. Avinash Sable
D. Kamalpreet Kaur
E. Sandeep Kumar

18. Which of the following points are ‘correct’ with respect to the 5th
Test Match (Rescheduled) of Pataudi Trophy held in July 2022 at Edgbaston
Cricket Ground in Birmingham, England?
1) The England cricket team defeated the Indian cricket team, led by
Jasprit Bumrah, in the fifth Test match (rescheduled), drawing the five-
match series & sharing the Pataudi Trophy by Both teams.
2) Jasprit Bumrah scored 35 runs in an over against Stuart Brad and broke
Brain Lara’s (West Indies) world record of 29 runs in an over.
3) Rishabh Pant made a total tally of 203 runs (146 & 57), which is the
highest by an Indian batsman in a Test at Edgbaston, by surpassing Virat
Kohli’s tally of 200 (149 & 51 runs) in 2018.
A. All 1, 2 & 3
B. Only 1 & 2
C. Only 2 & 3
D. Only 1 & 3
E. Only 1

19. Which of the following points is ‘Incorrect’ with respect to the 135th
edition of Wimbledon Championships 2022 held at London, United
Kingdom in July 2022?

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 1) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) won the 2022 Gentlemen’s Singles title against
Matthew Ebden (Croatia), and he claimed his 5th Wimbledon title.
2) Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) won the 2022 women’s singles
Wimbledon title by defeating Ons Jabeur (Tunisia), claiming her first
grand slam title.
3) Novak Djokovic became the first player in history to win 80 matches in
all four Grand Slams by defeating Kwon Soon-woo.
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Only 3
D. Only 1 & 2
E. Only 2 & 3

20. Name the company that recently (in July ’22) launched India’s first
indigenously developed lithium-ion cell.
A. Hero Electric
B. Ola Electric
C. TVS Motor
D. Ampere Vehicles
E. Bajaj Auto

21. Which city will get India’s first-ever underwater metro train in
2023?
A. Kolkata, West Bengal
B. Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
C. Puri, Odisha
D. Pune, Maharashtra
E. Kutch, Gujarat

22. Which of the following places was recently (in July’22) named as the
first “Cultural & Tourism Capital of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO)?
A. Hisor, Tajikistan
B. Beijing, China
C. Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
D. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
E. Moscow, Russia

23. Name the Indian Naval Ship (INS) submarine that was recently (in
July’22) decommissioned by the Indian Navy (IN) after serving for about
35 years in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
A. INS Khanderi

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 B. INS Sindhuratna
C. INS Arihant
D. INS Kalvari
E. INS Sindhudhvaj

24. In July 2022, ________ from India won the Women’s Singles in the
Singapore Open 2022 Super 500 trophy, while Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
from ________ won the Men’s Singles title.
A. Apriyani Rahayu; Japan
B. PV Sindhu; Indonesia
C. Wang Zhi Yi; China
D. PV Sindhu; Japan
E. Wang Zhi Yi; Indonesia
25. As per the “Henley Passport Index 2022” released by Henley &
Partners in July 2022, _______ secured 1st rank as the world’s most
powerful passport, while India secured ______ rank in the list.
A. Spain; 80th
B. Japan; 87th
C. South Korea; 65th
D. Japan; 80th
E. South Korea; 87th

26. When was World Chess Day observed across the globe by the United
Nations (UN)?
A. 20th July 2022
B. 19th July 2022
C. 18th July 2022
D. 17th July 2022
E. 16th July 2022
27. Name the personality from India who was recently (in July’22) appointed
as the Chief Economist & Senior Vice President of World Bank.
A. Amartya Sen
B. Indermit Gill
C. Ravi Kanbur
D. Kaushik Basu
E. Tapan Mitra
28. In July 2022, Google Maps launched its “Street View” service across
10 cities in India along with which of the following companies?
A. Genesys International
B. Tech Mahindra
C. Tata Consultancy Services
D. Both A & B
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 E. Both B & C

29. Which state government recently (in July’22) approved the creation
of Barak Bhuban Wildlife Sanctuary?
A. Gujarat
B. Odisha
C. West Bengal
D. Assam
E. Mizoram

30. Which of the following points are ‘correct’ with respect to the Flag
Code of India 2002 (as of July’22)?
1) In July 2022, the Ministry of Home Affairs amended the Flag Code
of India 2002, to allow the tricolour to be displayed in open & on
individual houses or buildings throughout the day & night.
2) In 2021, the Flag Code of India, 2002 was amended allowing the
use of polyester in addition to cotton, wool, silk, khadi for hand-
spun, hand-woven & machine-made Flags.
3) The Flag Code of India, 2002 & the Prevention of Insults to
National Honour Act, 1971, govern the display, hoisting, and use
of the Indian National Flag.
A. All 1, 2 & 3
B. Only 1 & 2
C. Only 2 & 3
D. Only 1 & 3
E. Only 1

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