CURRENT

AFFAIRS
22 AUGUST 2022
1. Who among the following has been appointed 3. Which Bank has announced the launch of a
to the high-level UN internet panel on internet new campaign titled ‘Vigil Aunty’?
governance ? ‘Vigil Aunty’

(a) SBI/
(a) Vinod Dham/
(b) ICICI/
(b) Sabeer Bhatia/
(c) HDFC/
(c) Amit Singhal/
(d) UBI/
(d) Alkesh Kumar Sharma/
Ans.(d) Ans.(c)
• Internet Governance Forum – 10 Member • Vigil Aunty
– By UNO – To Reduce Cyber Frauds
– India's Member Alkesh Kumar Sharma – By HDFC Bank
• Ministry of Electronics & Information • HDFC Bank
Technology – HQ – Mumbai
– Ministry – Ashwini Vaishnaw – MD & CEO – Sashidhar Jagdishan
– Secretary – Alkesh Kumar Sharma • Private Bank
• UNO Day – 24 Oct – MD
• UNO 4. Bajaj Electricals has appointed who among the
– Ruchira Kamboj following as the Managing director and chief
• UNO – Antonio Guterres, Portugal
executive officer of the company ?
2. Prime minister Narendra Modi has announced
Bajaj Electricals
‘Panch Pran’ target for next how many year?
‘Panch
Pran’ (a) Manish Sharma/
(a) 10 (b) 15 (b) Anuj Poddar/
(c) 20 (d) 25 (c) Nalin Negi/
Ans.(d) (d) Sumit Kumar/
2022 – Ans.(b)
2022 – 2047 • ONGC Videsh Ltd – MD – Rajarshi Gupta
2047 – 100 Year Independence • BCCI Ethic's Officer – Vineet Saran
"Vishwa Guru Bharti" • Uttar Pradesh SC/ST Commission
– Proud of India's History – Asim Arun
– Unity
• PGCIL CFO – Pramod Kumar
– Citizen Duties
• PIB Chief – Satyendra Prakash
– Abolition of Slavery
• Nepal Cricket Coach – Manoj Prabhakar
– Great Conviction

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5. Which state launched ‘Vidya Rath-School on • Har Ghar Jal Yojana – 2024
Wheels’ project? • – 2022
‘Vidya Rath-School on Wheels’ • Housing For All – 2022
• Electricity For All – 2022
(a) Madhya Pradesh/ • – 2023
(b) Rajasthan/ • T.B. – 2025
(c) Assam/ • Goa CM – Pramod Sawant
(d) Arunachal Pradesh/ Goa Governor – P.S. Sreedharan Pillai
Ans.(c) Goa District – 02
6. How many cities have recently declared 9. In which city, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari
themselves as ‘Safai Mitra Surakshit Shehar’ has unveiled India's first Electric Double
(as of August 2022)? Decker bus?
‘Safai Mitra Surakshit Nitin Gadkari
Shehar’
(a) 450 (b) 500 (a) Ahmedabad/
(c) 600 (d) 750 (b) Surat/
Ans.(b) (c) Mumbai/
7. In which country, Hindustan Aeronautics (d) Nagpur/
Limited (HAL) has announced to open its first Ans.(c)
international marketing and sales office ? • – Nagpur
(HAL) • Digital Bus – Mumbai
• – Mumbai
• – Delhi
(a) Thailand/ (b) Vietnam/ • NHAI – Chairperson – Alka Upadhyay
(c) Malaysia/ (d) Indonesia/ 10. Which online Marketplace application has been
Ans.(c) launched to help the fish farmers?
• HAL – HQ – Bengaluru
• BEL – HQ – Bengaluru Marketplace application
• DRDO – HQ – New Delhi (a) Fish Bazar/
• Thailand (b) Jal Bazar/
– Bangkok (c) Azad Bazar/
– Baht (d) Aqua Bazar/
• Vietnam Ans.(d)
– Hanoi • Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry
– Dong & Dairy – Parshottam Rupala
• Indonesia • Fish Farmer – Market – Aqua Bazar
– Nusantara • Fishries Production
– Rupiah – Blue Revolution
• Malaysia (Father – Hiralal Chaudhary & Arun
– Kuala Lumpur Krishnan)
– Ringgit 11. In which north east state, Border Roads
8. Which state has become the first 'Har Ghar Organization (BRO) is going to build Steel Slag
Jal' certified State in the country ? Road on a pilot project?
'Har Ghar Jal' (BRO)
Steel Slag Road
(a) Himachal Pradesh/ (a) Assam/
(b) Goa/ (b) Sikkim/
(c) Kerala/ (c) Goa/
(d) Sikkim/ (d) Arunachal Pradesh/
Ans.(b) Ans.(d)

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 • Steel Road – Surat, Gujarat 15. Who has won the gold medal at the WSPS
• BRO – Chief – Rajeev Choudhary Shooting World Cup 2022 in Changwon, South
• BRO – Atal Tunnel – Himachal Pradesh Korea ?
• BRO – Chenani Nashri Tunnel – J & K Changwon WSPS
• BRO – Highest Motorable Road – Ladakh
• Best Infrastructure Award – Atal Tunnel (a) Rahul Jakhar/
12. Which district of Madhya Pradesh has become (b) Satish Jalaun/
the first fully "functionally literate" district (c) Anand Ahuja/
in the country? (d) Jatin Jhajharia/
Ans.(a)
16. 'Dahi-Handi’ is Now an Official Sport of which
(a) Mandla/ (b) Indore/ state?
'Dahi-Handi'
(c) Bhopal/ (d) Riwa/
(a) Uttarakhand/
Ans.(a)
(b) Uttar Pradesh/
• MP
(c) Gujarat/
District – 52
(d) Maharashtra/
• Alirajpur District
Ans.(d)
–
• MP – Official Sports – Mallakhamb
• Mandla District
• Maharashtra – Official Sports
–
– Dahi – Handi
13. Who has become the first Indian footballer to
17. Which of the following is India’s First Portal
play at the UEFA Women's Champions League? On Arrested Narco Offenders?
UEFA Women's Champions League Narco Portal

(a) Aditi Chauhan/ (a) SAMAJH/ (b) NIDAAN/

(b) Manisha Kalyan/ (c) HOSH/ (d) JOSH/
(c) Anju Tamang/ Ans.(b)
(d) None of these/ 18. India to buy Six Tu-160 long-range Bombers
Ans.(b) from which country?
• FIFA Tu-160 Bombers
HQ – Zurich
Chief – Gianni Infantino (a) America/ (b) Israel/
• AIFF – FIFA (c) France/ (d) Russia/
HQ – New Delhi Ans.(d)
14. Sadbhavna Diwas is observed on which of the • S – 400 – Russia
following day? • Rafael – France
Sadbhavna Diwas • Brahmos – India Export – Philippines
• Tu – 160 – Bomber – Russia
(a) 18 August/ 19. ‘Bibi: My Story’ is autobiography of which
(b) 19 August/ country former prime minister ?
(c) 20 August/ ‘Bibi: My Story’
(d) 21 August/
(a) Israel/ (b) Iran/
Ans.(c)
(c) Iraq/
• Rajiv Gandhi
(d) None of these/
• 20 Aug – Birth Anniversary
Ans.(a)
– (Sadbhavna Diwas)
• Bibi – My Story
• 21 May – Death Anniversary
– Autobiography of Netanyahu
– (National Anti Terrorism Day)
(Ex PM of Israel)

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