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 of the last week.
Q1. Vedanta has formed JV with which company to manufacture semiconductors in India?
(A) Foxconn
(B) TSMC India
(C) Solex Energy
(D) Saankhya Labs
S1. Ans. (A) Foxconn
Q2. When was Lantern Festival celebrated in China this year?
(A) February 12th
(B) February 13th
(C) February 14th
(D) February 15th
S2. Ans. (D) February 15th
Q3. Which country is hosting the World Sustainable Development Summit 2022?
(A) India
(B) UK
(C) France
(D) Russia
S3. Ans. (A) India
Q4. Who has won the ICC men’s Player of the Month award for January 2022?
(A) Keegan Petersen
(B) Dewald Brevis
(C) Ebadot Hossain
(D) Dewald Brevis
S4. Ans. (A) Keegan Petersen
Q5. APEDA has celebrated its 36th Foundation Day on –
(A) 12th February
(B) 15th February
(C) 14th February
(D) 13th February
S5. Ans. (D) 13th February
Q6. Who has been appointed as the MD & Chairman of Rockefeller International?
(A) Ruchir Sharma
(B) Khwaja Ahmad
(C) Tufail Ahmad
(D) Prayaag Akbar
S6. Ans. (A) Ruchir Sharma
Q7. India signed MoU with UN’s World Food Programme to hand over Wheat to –
(A) Tajikistan
(B) Afghanistan
(C) Pakistan
(D) Turkmenistan
S7. Ans. (B) Afghanistan
Q8. Who has become the Khadi brand ambassador of Bihar?
(A) Akshay Kumar
(B) Sanjay Misra
(C) Manoj Tiwari
(D) Khesari LAL
S8. Ans. (C) Manoj Tiwari
Q9. Which team has won the “2021 FIFA Club World Cup“?
(A) Monterrey
(B) Al Hilal
(C) Chelsea
(D) Palmeiras
S9. Ans. (C) Chelsea
Q10. Which team has won the 2021 Senior National Volleyball championship in the men’s category?
(A) Haryana
(B) Odiaha
(C) Kerala
(D) Indian Railway
S10. Ans. (A) Haryana
Q11. “Cope South 22” is an air exercise will be held in which country?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) India
(C) USA
(D) Bangladesh
S11. Ans. (D) Bangladesh
Q12. Twitter has partnered with which payments app for its ‘Tips’ feature in India?
(A) Paytm
(B) Google Pay
(C) Amazon Pay
(D) JIO Money
S12. Ans. (A) Paytm
Q13. Channaveera Kanavi was a noted poet and writer of which literature?
(A) Bengali
(B) Kannada
(C) Tamil
(D) Assamese
S13. Ans. (B) Kannada
Q14. Who has authored a book titled ‘Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War’?
(A) Dan Brown
(B) Wendell Berry
(C) Samuel Moyn
(D) John Barth
S14. Ans. (C) Samuel Moyn
Q15. Who has been made its brand ambassador by the gaming app “A23”?
(A) Akshay Kumar
(B) Pankaj Tripathi
(C) Shah Rukh Khan
(D) Virat Kohli.
S15. Ans. (D) Shah Rukh Khan
Q16. Which state has started “Operation Parivartan” to end the cultivation of cannabis?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Odisha
(C) Maharashtra
(D) West Bengal
S16. Ans. (A) Andhra Pradesh
Q17. Who has become the new chairman of Rajasthan Public Service Commission?
(A) Gita Mittal
(B) Debashis Mitra
(C) Sanjay Shrotriya
(D) Satya Narayan
S17. Ans. (C) Sanjay Shrotriya
Q18. Which Union territory has launched “Kunsnyoms scheme” for differently-abled persons?
(A) Puducherry
(B) Lakshadweep
(C) Delhi
(D) Ladakh
S18. Ans. (D) Ladakh
Q19. Which state has topped in “Saubhagya Yojana: Solar Electrification Scheme“?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Odisha
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Chhattisgarh
S19. Ans. (A) Rajasthan
Q20. Name the app launched by WHO to help Quit Tobacco in all forms?
(A) Quit Tobacco App
(B) Quit Now
(C) Smoke-Free
(D) Quit Tracker
S20. Ans. (A) Quit Tobacco App
Q21. What is the theme of FIntech Open Month by NITI Aayog?
(A) Achieve
(B) StartUps
(C) FREE
(D) OPEN
S21. Ans. (D) OPEN
Q22. Which country will host the G20 summit in 2023?
(A) India
(B) Russia
(C) Italy
(D) Indonesia
S22. Ans. (A) India
Q23. SIDBI has launched the ‘Waste to Wealth Creation’ programme for women in –
(A) Bihar
(B) West Bengal
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Sikkim
S23. Ans. (B) West Bengal
Q24. Singer- Music composer Bappi Lahiri passes away at 69. His real name was –
(A) Bansu Lahiri
(B) Lahiri Mohan
(C) Alokesh Lahiri
(D) Aparesh Lahiri
S24. Ans. (C) Alokesh Lahiri
Q25. India and Australia organized which edition of the India-Australia Energy Dialogue in February 2022?
(A) 2nd edition
(B) 3rd edition
(C) 4th edition
(D) 5th edition
S25. Ans. (C) 4th edition
