Current affairs play a very important role in the competitive examinations and hence, aspirants have to give undivided attention to it while doing preparation for the government examinations. The ASO examinations comprise a section of “General Awareness” to evaluate how much the aspirant is aware of the daily happenings taking place around the world. To complement your preparation, we are providing you with a compilation of the current affairs on every week.
Q1. “World Health Day” is celebrated every year on –
(a) 4th April
(b) 5th April
(c) 6th April
(d) 7th April
S1. Ans. (d) 7th April
Q2. Which state’s Chief Minister has launched “Udyam Kranti Yojana”?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Telangana
S2. Ans.(c) Madhya Pradesh
Q3. Aleksandar Vučić has been re-elected as the President of –
(a) Serbia
(b) Hungary
(c) Albania
(d) Poland
S3. Ans.(a) Serbia
Q4. Murli M Natarajan has been re-appointed as the MD & CEO of which bank?
(a) DCB Bank
(b) RBL Bank
(c) IDBI Bank
(d) CSB Bank
S4. Ans. (a) DCB Bank
Q5. “SAMBHAV” is a digital transformation project launched by which bank?
(a) Federal Bank
(b) Yes Bank
(c) HDFC Bank
(d) Union Bank of India
S5. Ans. (d) Union Bank of India
Q6. Which edition of India–Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces Exercise was held in March-April 2022?
(a) 7th edition
(b) 9th edition
(c) 6th edition
(d) 8th edition
S6. Ans. (b) 9th edition
Q7. Ministry of Environment has released a mascot and various initiatives for Plastic Waste Management (PWM). What is the name of the mascot?
(a) Parivesh
(b) Vikalp
(c) Prakriti
(d) Kavach
S7. Ans.(c) Prakriti
Q8. Which city has reported India’s first case of the new COVID variant XE?
(a) Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Kochi
S8. (b) Mumbai
Q9. Which country will get weaponized drones for the first time ever?
(a) Israel
(b) France
(c) UK
(d) Germany
S9. Ans. (c) UK
Q10. Which state government has launched the ‘Kaaval Uthavi’ app to seek police assistance?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Telangana
(c) Odisha
(d) Tamil Nadu
S10.Ans.(d) Tamil Nadu
Q11.Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected India’s GDP to grow at _____ for FY22.
(a) 6.9%
(b) 7.5%
(c) 8.0%
(d) 9.3%
S11.Ans.(b) 7.5%
Q12.Which company has acquired Poly for $1.7 billion in a bid to become a full-service hybrid work ecosystem provider?
(a) HP
(b) Dell
(c) Asus
(d) Lenovo
S12. Ans.(a) HP
Q13.TATA Power Solar has commissioned 160 MW solar project in –
(a) Haryana
(b) Punjab
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Gujarat
S13.Ans.(c) Rajasthan
Q14.Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2022 kicked-off in in –
(a) Kanpur
(b) Lucknow
(c) Bhopal
(d) Jaipur
S14. Ans.(c) Bhopal
Q15. “International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action” is celebrated every year on –
(a) 4th April
(b) 3rd April
(c) 2nd April
(d) 1st April
S15. Ans.(d) 1st April
Q16.Who has been re-elected as the President of FIFA?
(a) Henry Winter
(b) Gianni Infantino
(c) Pini Zahavi
(d) Mario Balotelli
S16. Ans.(b) Gianni Infantino
Q17.Who beat Naomi Osaka to win “2022 Miami Open tennis title“?
(a) Ashleigh Barty
(b) Iga Swiatek
(c) Naomi Osaka
(d) Johanna Konta
S17. Ans.(b) Iga Swiatek
Q18.The 4th edition of India Boat & Marine Show (IBMS) has been held in –
(a) Chennai
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Kochi
(d) Hyderabad
S18. Ans.(c) Koch
Q19.Which Union Minister has launched ‘Temple 360’ website?
(a) Meenakshi Lekhi
(b) G. Kishan Reddy
(c) Raj Kumar Singh
(d) Bhupendra Yadav
S19. Ans.(a) Meenakshi Lekhi
Q20.Who has been appointed as the new MD of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)?
(a) Manoj Joshi
(b) Vikas Kumar
(c) Sujit Kumar
(d) Dheeraj Kumar
S20. Ans.(b) Vikas Kumar
Q21.What is the current bilateral trade between India-Australia?
(a) $45 billion
(b) $50 billion
(c) $34 billion
(d) $27 billion
S21. Ans.(d) $27 billion
Q22.Which state has become the Top Producer of Vegetables in India in 2021–22 Crop Year (CY) (July–June)?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) West Bengal
(d) Andhra Pradesh
S22. Ans.(b) Uttar Pradesh
Q23.Who has topped the recent Duff & Phelps Celebrity Brand Valuation Report 2021?
(a) Virat Kohli
(b) Amitabh Bachchan
(c) Akshay Kumar
(d) Alia Bhatt
S23. Ans.(a) Virat Kohli
Q24.20th India-France Bilateral Naval Exercise ‘VARUNA -2022’ kicks-off in –
(a) Persian Gulf
(b) Andaman Sea
(c) Arabian Sea
(d) Bay of Bengal
S24. Ans.(c) Arabian Sea
Q25. Which state government has announced “Vinaya Samarasya Yojana“?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Gujarat
(c) Odisha
(d) Kerala
S25. Ans.(a) Karnataka
