Weekly 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 “Current Affairs” 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 Weekly Current affairs.
Q1) “World Lung Cancer Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 1st August
(2) 2nd August
(3) 3rd August
(4) 4th August
Q2) In India, “Muslim Women’s Rights Day” is celebrated every year on –
(1) 1st August
(2) 2nd August
(3) 3rd August
(4) 4th August
Q3) World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is observed every year on –
(1) 1st-7th Aug
(2) 8th-14th Aug
(3) 15th-21st Aug
(4) 22nd-28th Aug
Q4) 3rd India-Vietnam Bilateral Army Exercise “Ex VINBAX 2022” has been started in –
(1) Punjab
(2) Haryana
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Uttarakhand
Q5) 4th India-Oman Joint Military Exercise ‘AL NAJAH-IV’ has been started in –
(1) Gujarat
(2) Punjab
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Uttar Pradesh
Q6) Who is India’s youngest athlete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
(1) Priya Mohan
(2) Anahat Singh
(3) Mansi Nagi
(4) Rajitha Kunja
Q7) Who become India’s first athlete to win a medal at Weightlifter in Commonwealth Games 2022?
(1) Sanket Sargar
(2) Aniq Mohamad
(3) Gurdeep Singh
(4) Sathish Sivalingam
Q8) Who has won India’s 1st Gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022?
(1) Mirabai Chanu
(2) Sanket Sargar
(3) Avinash Sable
(4) Jyothi Yarraji
Q9) Which Indian has won Gold by lifting 300kg in men’s 67kg category at 2022 Commonwealth Games?
(1) Achinta Sheuli
(2) Guru Raja
(3) Sanket Sargar
(4) Jeremy Lalrinnunga
Q10) Which Indian has won Gold by lifting 313kg in men’s 73kg category at 2022 Commonwealth Games?
(1) Achinta Sheuli
(2) Sanket Sargar
(3) Sanket Mahadev
(4) Guru Raja
Q11) Bidyarani Devi has won which medal in women’s 55kg at 2022 Commonwealth Games?
(1) Silver
(2) Bronze
(3) Gold
(4) None of these
Q12) Which state held the most number of sittings of the State Assembly in 2021?
(1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Kerala
(3) Odisha
(4) Karnataka
Q13) Which state is the first to launch “Breakfast Scheme” for students?
(1) Kerala
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Odisha
(4) Chhattisgarh
Q14) Which state government become First to launched its online Taxi hiring service?
(1) Odisha
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) West Bengal
(4) Kerala
Q15) Who has surpassed China’s Yang Huiyan to become Asia’s richest woman?
(1) Leena Gandhi
(2) Roshni Nadar
(3) Savitri Jindal
(4) Radha Vembu
Q16) As per Kotak Private Banking Hurun list, Who has been named as the Richest Women in India?
(1) Roshni Nadar
(2) Falguni Nayar
(3) Nilima Motaparti
(4) Kiran Mazumdar
Q17) Which country has been emerged as the Top country with the highest FDI in India in FY22?
(1) Netherland
(2) USA
(3) Singapore
(4) UAE
Q18) India has signed an MoU with which country to promote the use of Palm oil?
(1) Indonesia
(2) Malaysia
(3) Thailand
(4) Singapore
Q19) Which country has launched Gold coins to tackle the Soaring inflation?
(1) Sri Lanka
(2) Sudan
(3) Zimbabwe
(4) Oman
Q20) Who has been appointed as India’s next High Commissioner to the Bangladesh?
(1) Karan Jaiswal
(2) Pranay Kumar Verma
(3) Satish Singh
(4) Sumit Kumar
Q21) Who has won the 2022 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix?
(1) Lewis Hamilton
(2) Max Verstappen
(3) George Russell
(4) Valtteri Bottas
Q22) Point 5140 at Dras in Kargil sector has been named as –
(1) Jolly Valley
(2) Kalsang
(3) Jolly Grant
(4) Gun Hill
Q23) “RACE goal” has been launched by which bank?
(1) Union Bank of India
(2) ICICI Bank
(3) Bandhan Bank
(4) Axis Bank
Q24) Which institution has launched the “Good for You, Good for the Planet” campaign?
(1) WWF
(2) UNEP
(3) IMF
(4) IEA
Q25) 1st ‘All India District Legal Services Authorities Meet’ has been hosted in –
(1) Ahmedabad
(2) Hyderabad
(3) Mumbai
(4) New Delhi
Q26) Which Institute has launched ‘AI4Bharat’ initiative?
(1) IIT Delhi
(2) IIT Roorkee
(3) IIT Madras
(4) IIT Kharagpur
Q27) Punjab Sports Department will host the ‘Punjab Khed Mela’ on which day?
(1) 1st September
(2) 29th August
(3) 15th August
(4) 10th September
Q28) Nobel Peace Prize winner David Trimble passed away at the age of 77. He was from –
(1) Northern Ireland
(2) Germany
(3) Italy
(4) France
Q29) Which country’s Gustav McKeon has become the first batter in T20I history to score consecutive hundreds?
(1) Ireland
(2) France
(3) Zimbabwe
(4) West Indies
Q30) “Mukhyamantri Mahtari Nyay Rath” has been launched by the CM of which state?
(1) Chhattisgarh
(2) Andhara Pradesh
(3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Jharkhand
Q31) Who gave away Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) Awards in New Delhi?
(1) Amit Shah
(2) Narendra Singh Tomar
(3) Pralhad Joshi
(4) Piyush Goyal
Q32) As per Kantar report, Which is the most chosen Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) brand in India?
(1) Parle
(2) Amul
(3) Dabur
(4) Brittania
Q33) Which company is set to establish first-ever India House at Paris Olympics 2024?
(1) TCS
(2) Reliance
(3) Infosys
(4) SBI
Q34) In India, “National Mountain Climbing Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 1st August
(2) 2nd August
(3) 3rd August
(4) 4th August
Q35) “World Wide Web Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 1st August
(2) 2nd August
(3) 3rd August
(4) 4th August
Q36) West Bengal is creating 7 new districts. What will be the total number of districts in the state?
(1) 30 districts
(2) 26 districts
(3) 37 districts
(4) 21 districts
Q37) Who has been appointed as the new Commissioner of the Delhi Police?
(1) Adhir Sharma
(2) Suman Bala
(3) Manoj Malaviya
(4) Sanjay Arora
Q38) Which state’s Indus International School has introduced the first Teaching Robot in India?
(1) Telangana
(2) Odisha
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Maharashtra
Q39) When did the Earth break its shortest day record?
(1) July 27th
(2) July 28th
(3) July 29th
(4) July 30th
Q40) Which city hosted the Chabahar Day Conference?
(1) Delhi
(2) Mumbai
(3) Bengaluru
(4) Hyderabad
Q41) Who has received the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Distinguished Indologist award for 2021?
(1) Alice Boner
(2) Jeffrey Armstrong
(3) Maurice Bloomfield
(4) Prasanna Kumar
Q42) Union Cabinet has approved the signing of guarantees for hosting the which FIFA World Cup 2022 in India?
(1) FIFA U-17 Women’s
(2) FIFA U-20 Women’s
(3) FIFA U-17 Men’s
(4) FIFA U-20 Men’s
Q43) A new species of Damselfly named “Anamalai Reed-tail” has been discovered in –
(1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Kerala
(3) Uttarakhand
(4) Assam
Q44) RBI has set the deadline for card tokenization to ________.
(1) 1st Sept 2022
(2) 1st Oct 2022
(3) 1st Nov 2022
(4) 1st Dec 2022
Q45) Nirmala Mishra has passed away recently. She was what?
(1) Writer
(2) Politician
(3) Singer
(4) Journalist
Q46) Former president Fidel Ramos has passed away recently. He was the president of –
(1) Netherland
(2) Philippine
(3) South Korea
(4) North Korea
Q47) Centre has constituted a special task force (STF) to monitor Monkeypox cases in India. Headed by –
(1) Aparna Dutt Sharma
(2) Randeep Guleria
(3) Vinod Kumar Paul
(4) Bharati Pravin Pawar
Q48) Pacific Dragon ballistic missile defense exercise has been started at –
(1) California
(2) New Jersey
(3) Hawaii
(4) Texas
Q49) England beat which team to win the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 Championship?
(1) Netherlands
(2) Germany
(3) Portugal
(4) Finland
Q50) Which state’s police have been presented the “President’s Colours” by VP Venkaiah Naidu?
(1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Kerala
(3) Karnataka
(4) Jharkhand
Q51) India’s Lawn Bowls Women’s Fours Team has won which medal at 2022 Commonwealth Games?
(1) Bronze
(2) Silver
(3) Gold
(4) None of these
Q52) Who will lead India in the 3-match ODI series against Zimbabwe?
(1) KL Rahul
(2) Shikhar Dhawan
(3) Rohit Sharma
(4) Rishabh Pant
Q53) Which telecom company is ready to roll out the World’s Most Advanced 5G network across India?
(1) Airtel
(2) Vodafone
(3) Adani
(4) Reliance Jio
Q54) India is likely to launch 5G services across the country by which month?
(1) August 2022
(2) October 2022
(3) December 2022
(4) January 2023
Q55) Which country will conduct the multinational air combat exercise “Pitch Black 2022”?
(1) Indonesia
(2) Malaysia
(3) Australia
(4) Japan
Q56) Which INS has conducted a Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) with French Naval Ships?
(1) INS Shivalik
(2) INS Godavari
(3) INS Tarkash
(4) INS Satpura
Q57) Who has been roped in by the World Bank as the Country Director for India?
(1) Mahmood A. Ayub
(2) Michael J.Gillette
(3) Auguste Tano Kouame
(4) Bilsel Alisbah
Q58) Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has flagged off Badi Sadri-Mavli gauge converted rail section in which city?
(1) Jaipur
(2) Udaipur
(3) Chittorgarh
(4) Jodhpur
Q59) How much amount of GST has been collected by the government for July 2022?
(1) ₹1,40,986 crore
(2) ₹1,48,995 crore
(3) ₹1,42,095 crore
(4) ₹1,67,540 crore
Q60) Who has been appointed as Principal DG of Press Information Bureau (PIB)?
(1) Jayanti Prasad
(2) Rajiv Kumar
(3) Satyendra Prakash
(4) Rajarshi Gupta
Q61) Indian Air Force will retire all squadrons of MiG-21 by –
(1) 2025
(2) 2028
(3) 2030
(4) 2035
Q62) Ministry of Culture has organised the Tiranga Utsav to celebrate which birth anniversary of Pingali Venkayya, the designer of India’s national flag?
(1) 143rd
(2) 146th
(3) 149th
(4) 147th
Q63) Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)?
(1) Homkar Amol Vinukant
(2) Sujoy Lal Thaosen
(3) Satya Narayan Pradhan
(4) Manvinder Singh Bhatia
Q64) ‘The Crafts Village scheme’ is an initiative of which Union Ministry?
(1) Culture Ministry
(2) Textiles Ministry
(3) Home Affairs Ministry
(4) MSME Ministry
Q65) Which country has drafted a constitution which states ‘Nature has rights’?
(1) Chile
(2) Peru
(3) Bolivia
(4) Argentina
Q66) Which is the parent company of DeepMind Technologies, that has developed ‘AlphaFold’ AI tool?
(1) LG
(2) Alphabet
(3) Meta
(4) Microsoft
Q67) A new Book titled “Lion Of The Skies: Hardit Singh Malik” written by –
(1) Neil Gaiman
(2) Stephen Barker
(3) Robin Sharma
(4) Caroline England
Q68) A new book titled “Dangerous Earth” has been written by –
(1) Ellen Prager
(2) Helen Scales
(3) Michael Boucher
(4) Sylvia Earle
Q69) Who has authored a new book titiled “The Journey of a Nation: 75 Years of Indian Economy”?
(1) Bina Agarwal
(2) Dilip Abreu
(3) Sanjay Baru
(4) Shankar Acharya
Q70) Which aviation company has decided to allow its pilots to fly till they are 65?
(1) Airlines
(2) Air India
(3) Indigo
(4) Jet Airways
Q71) “Hiroshima Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 4th August
(2) 5th August
(3) 6th August
(4) 7th August
Q72) Who has won India’s 1st-ever Gold in Para-Powerlifting sports at the Commonwealth Games?
(1) Farman Basha
(2) Sudhir
(3) Jaideep Deswal
(4) Rajinder Singh
Q73) Whose term has been extended for one-year as the Cabinet Secretary of India?
(1) Rajiv Gauba
(2) Pradeep Sinha
(3) Ajay Bhalla
(4) Nripendra Misra
Q74) Which state’s 106-year-old Astronomical Lab has been included in the UNESCO Heritage List?
(1) Bihar
(2) Jharkhand
(3) West Bengal
(4) Uttarakhand
Q75) PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of the Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Projects in which state?
(1) Uttarakhand
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Karnataka
(4) Gujarat
Q7.6) When is the General Elections going to be held in Nepal in 2022?
(1) November
(2) December
(3) October
(4) September
Q77) What was the profession of Mithilesh Chaturvedi, who has passed away recently?
(1) Economist
(2) Politician
(3) Actor
(4) Author
Q78) What is the projected Real GDP rate for India as per RBI for fiscal 2022-2023?
(1) 7.1%
(2) 7.5%
(3) 7.4%
(4) 7.2%
Q7.9) For March 2022, what is the Digital Payments Index (DPI) as announced by RBI?
(1) 312.12
(2) 379.40
(3) 304.09
(4) 349.30
Q80) Ministry of Culture has released the third comic book on stories of ______ Tribal Freedom Fighters.
(1) 15
(2) 20
(3) 25
(4) 30
ANSWER:
S1. Ans. (1) 1st August
Sol. Every year, the World Lung Cancer Day is observed on August 01 to raise awareness about the causes and treatment of lung cancer and highlight the issues of lack of sufficient research funding for the ailment.
The campaign was first organised in 2012 by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), in collaboration with the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) and also the American College of Chest Physicians.
The IASLC is the largest organisation in the world of its kind that only deals with lung
S2. Ans. (1) 1st August
Sol. In India, the “Muslim Women’s Rights Day” is celebrated across the nation on August 01 to celebrate the enactment of the law against Triple Talaq.
The first Muslim Women’s Rights Day was observed in 2020.
The Government of India enacted the law against Triple Talaq on August 01, 2019 to make the social malpractice of Triple Talaq a criminal offense.
The law is formally called the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.
It prohibits the practice of instant divorce by Muslim men and any violation of the law is punishable by jail term of up to three years.
S3. Ans. (1) 1st-7th Aug
Sol. The World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is marked every year in the first week of August, between 1 to 7 August.
The main objective of WBW is to raise awareness on the importance of breastfeeding for mothers and infants.
The theme of the World Breastfeeding Week 2022 is “Step Up for Breastfeeding: Educate and Support”.
The week is organized by WABA, WHO and UNICEF since 1991.
S4. Ans. (2) Haryana
Sol. The third edition of Vietnam-India Bilateral Army Exercise “Ex VINBAX 2022” has been started at Chandimandir, a military cantonment of the Indian Army located in Panchkula district of Haryana, from August 01 to 20, 2022.
The theme of Ex VINBAX 2022 is Employment and deployment of an Engineer Company and a Medical Team as part of United Nations Contingent for Peace Keeping Operations.
The exercise will further strengthen the bilateral relations between India and Vietnam.
The previous edition of the bilateral exercise was conducted in Vietnam in 2019.
S5. Ans. (3) Rajasthan
Sol. The 4th Edition of India-Oman Joint Military Exercise ‘AL NAJAH-IV’ has been started in Rajasthan at the Foreign Training Node of Mahajan Field Firing Ranges.
The exercise will take place between contingents of Indian Army and the Royal Army of Oman from August 01 to 13, 2022.
The 3rd edition of Ex AL NAJAH IV was held at Muscat from 12 to 25 March 2019.
The Indian Army will be represented by troops from the 18 Mechanised Infantry Battalion at the AL NAJAH-IV.
The Royal Army of Oman contingent will be represented by the Sultan of Oman Parachute Regiment.
S6. Ans. (2) Anahat Singh
Sol. India’s 14-year-old squash player, Anahat Singh, is the youngest athlete to represent Indian contingents at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
This is also the first time time that Anahat is participating in senior tournament.
Anahat hails from Delhi and is currently studying in Class 9.
S7. Ans. 1) Sanket Sargar
Sol. India’s Sanket Sargar has scripted history, by becoming the first athlete from India to win a medal at Commonwealth Games 2022.
He won a silver medal in the men’s 55kg event with a total of 248kg (113kg in snatch, 135 in clean and jerk) to finish behind Malaysia’s Aniq Mohamad, who took gold with a total of 249 kg (107kg in snatch, 142kg in clean and jerk).
Maharashtra’s Sanket Sargar, who took up wrestling when he was 13-year-old, has been finishing on the podium at major international events, including the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2021 in Tashkent, helps his father, who owns a pan shop and a food stall in Sangli, Maharashtra.
Sanket Sagar, who set a new Commonwealth and national record at the Asian qualifiers in Singapore in February 2022 (snatch – 113kg; clean and jerk 143kg – total of 256kg), was at his best as he cleared all his 3 weights in his first attempt in snatch.
S8. Ans. (1) Mirabai Chanu
Sol. Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won India’s first gold at the ongoing Commonwealth Games after she brought home the laurel in women’s 49kg weightlifting final.
The 27-year-old lifted a total of 201kg to win the yellow metal and this was India’s third medal of Day 2 of the ongoing event after Sanket Sargar (silver) and Gururaja (bronze) delivered earlier in the day.
Chanu, who had won the gold medal at the 2018 CWG in Gold Coast in Australia, was miles ahead of the competition as she picked up 88kg in snatch and 113 kg in clean and jerk.
S9. Ans. (4) Jeremy Lalrinnunga
Sol. India’s Jeremy Lalrinnunga has won gold medal in men’s 67kg category weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The 19-year-old Youth Olympic champion lifted a total of 300kg (140kg+160kg) to get the first position.
This is the second gold for the country and fifth medal overall.
Samoan weightlifter Vaipava Nevo Ioane secured silver medal with a lift of 293 (127kg + 166kg)
Nigeria’s Edidiong Joseph Umoafia won bronze, 290kg (130kg+160kg)
S10. Ans. (1) Achinta Sheuli
Sol. 20-year-old Indian weightlifter Achinta Sheuli has won the gold medal in the men’s 73kg category by lifting a total of 313kg (143kg 170kg).
This is the third gold medal for India and 6th overall at the 2022 Commonwealth Games so far.
Malaysia’s Erry Hidayat Muhammad performed his best effort of 303kg (138kg 165kg) to claim silver.
Canada’s Shad Darsigny came third with a total lift of 298kg (135kg 163kg).
S11. Ans. (1) Silver
Sol. Indian weightlifter Bidyarani Devi clinched silver medal in the women’s 55kg final at the Commonwealth Games 2022, to get fourth medal for India.
The 23-year-old Manipur girl lifted a total of 202kg (86kg + 116kg) to grab the second position.
Adijat Adenike Olarinoye of Nigeria won gold with 203 kg (92 + 111).
Fraer Morrow of England won bronze with 198kg.
S12. Ans. (2) Kerala
Sol. As per the recent study of the think tank PRS Legislative Research (PRS), Kerala held the most number of sittings of the State Assembly in 2021 at 61 days.
Between 2016 and 2019, it remained at the top with an average of 53 days.
Kerala is followed by Odisha with 43 sitting days, Karnataka with 40 days and Tamil Nadu with 34 days.
S13. Ans. (2) Tamil Nadu
Sol. Tamil Nadu government has issued an order to implement the first phase of the Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme at 1,545 government primary schools for the benefit of over 14 lakh children in Classes I-V during 2022-23.
The cost would be 33.56 crores. Breakfast consisting of a meal with sambar and vegetables will be provided to children in all working schools.
Every student is to be provided a 150-500 gram breakfast with sambar with vegetables. On two days, the breakfast will be made of millets.
S14. Ans. (4) Kerala
Sol. The Kerala Labour Department is set to launch its own e-taxi service named ‘Kerala Savari’.
The online taxi hiring service will serve as an alternative to popular corporate online cab services.
This is considered to be the first such initiative by any state government in the country.
The state will link the existing auto-taxi networks in the state to ensure safe travel for the public at affordable rates.
S15. Ans. (3) Savitri Jindal
Sol. Savitri Jindal, the Chairperson Emeritus of OP Jindal Group, has surpassed China’s Yang Huiyan to become Asia’s richest woman, as per the real-time Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
The 72-year-old Savitri Jindal who also holds the position of the the richest woman in India, has a total fortune of $11.3 billion.
The fortune of Yang Huiyan, owner of China’s largest real estate developer ‘Country Garden Holdings’, dropped by more than half in 2022, from $24 billion to $11 billion. She had been Asia’s richest women for the past five years.
S16. Ans. (1) Roshni Nadar
Sol. The third edition of ‘Kotak Private Banking Hurun – Leading Wealthy Women List’ was released recently.
Roshni Nadar Malhotra, the chairperson of HCL Technologies, is the richest woman in India with a wealth of ₹84,330 crore. She also retained the position for the second year in a row.
Falguni Nayar of Nykaa overtook Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw of Biocon to become the richest self-made woman in India with a wealth of ₹57,520 crore.
Delhi NCR was named as the preferred city of residence, with 25 entrepreneurs residence.
S17. Ans. 3) Singapore
Sol. Singapore, the USA, Mauritius, Netherlands and Switzerland have emerged as the top 5 countries for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows into India in FY2021-22.
Singapore has emerged as the top sourcing nation with a contribution of 01 percent, followed by the USA at 17.94 percent.
Mauritius, The Netherlands and Switzerland follow the top two nations with contributions standing at 15.98 percent, 7.86 percent and 7.31 percent respectively.
While among the states, Karnataka led the pack in with a share of 55 percent of the total FDI inflow in FY22, followed by neighbouring state Maharashtra at 26.26 percent and national capital Delhi at 13.93 percent.
India has improved one position to 7th rank among the top 20 host economies for 2021, as per the UNCTAD World Investment Report 2022.
FDI equity inflow in manufacturing sectors has risen by 76% in FY 22 at USD 21.34 billion as compared with the previous fiscal at USD 12.09 billion.
S18. Ans. (2) Malaysia
Sol. The Indian Vegetable Oil Producers’ Association (IVPA) and the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) have signed an MoU to further cooperation between the two organizations to promote the use of Palm oil.
The MoU also seeks to create greater awareness of Malaysian palm oil, benchmarked through the Malaysian Sustainability Palm Oil (MSPO) certification standards.
The MoU aims to help educate Indian consumers on the nutritional and health benefits of palm oil and improve overall understanding of palm oil and its applications while elucidating its strengths and benefits.
About Malaysia: Capital – Kuala Lumpur; Currency – Ringgit; Prime Minister – Ismail Sabri Yaakob
S19. Ans. (2) Malaysia
Sol. The Indian Vegetable Oil Producers’ Association (IVPA) and the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) have signed an MoU to further cooperation between the two organizations to promote the use of Palm oil.
The MoU also seeks to create greater awareness of Malaysian palm oil, benchmarked through the Malaysian Sustainability Palm Oil (MSPO) certification standards.
The MoU aims to help educate Indian consumers on the nutritional and health benefits of palm oil and improve overall understanding of palm oil and its applications while elucidating its strengths and benefits.
About Malaysia: Capital – Kuala Lumpur; Currency – Ringgit; Prime Minister – Ismail Sabri Yaakob
S20. Ans. (2) Pranay Kumar Verma
Sol. Senior diplomat Pranay Verma has appointed India’s new high commissioner to Bangladesh. Verma is a 1994-batch Indian Foreign Service officer.
He is currently serving as India’s Ambassador to Vietnam.
He will succeed current High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami. Doraiswami is set to assume charge as Indian High Commissioner to the UK.
Indian High Commissioner to the UK Gaitri Issar Kumar retired from service on June 30.
About Bangladesh: Capital– Dhaka; Currency – Taka; President – Mohammad Abdul Hamid; Prime Minister – Sheikh Hasina
S21. Ans. (2) Max Verstappen
Sol. Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands) has won the Formula One (F1) 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix, held on July 31, 2022.
For Max, this is his overall 28th race win and the 10th win of the 2022 season.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Britain) stood second and George Russell (Mercedes – Britain) came third.
S22. Ans. (4) Gun Hill
Sol. The Point 5140, a strategically important mountain peak at Dras, in the Kargil sector has been christened as “Gun Hill”, to commemorate the victory of Indian Armed Forces and pay tribute to the supreme sacrifice of the ‘Gun and Gunners’ in “Operation Vijay”.
Operation Vijay was the Kargil war of Indian Army with Pakistan in 1999.
During the war, the Indian Army successfully captured the Point 5140, which is located at an altitude of 16,962 feet above sea level.
S23. Ans. (1) Union Bank of India
Sol. The Union Bank of India has set “RACE” as the goal for the year.
RACE stands for “grow RAM (retail, agriculture and MSME) loans, improve Asset quality, increase CASA (current account, savings account deposits) and increase Earnings.”
This goal is in line with the effort of the UBI bank to be among the top three largest PSB in the next couple of years.
MD & CEO of UBI – A Manimekhalai (first women chief of UBI).
S24. Ans. (1) WWF
Sol. WWF has launched the “Good for you, Good for the planet” campaign to guide people towards eating a planet friendly diet.
A new study by WWF and Tesco revealed that food waste amounts to 10 per cent of GHG, a jump from previous estimates of eight per cent.
The report said 2 billion tones of food was left wasted on farms and additionally, 931 million tonnes was left wasted in retail and consumption too.
Overall, 2.5 billion tonnes of food goes uneaten globally. The report said approximately 40 per cent of all food grows uneaten worldwide, up from the previous estimated figure of 33 per cent.
S25. Ans. (4) New Delhi
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed the inaugural session of First All India District Legal Services Authorities Meet at Vigyan Bhawan on 30th July 2022.
First All India District Legal Services Authorities Meet is being organized by National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).
District Legal Services Authority is constituted in every District so that there must be proper implementation of Legal Aid Programmes and Schemes in the District.
There are a total 676 District Legal Services Authorities (DLSAs) in the country. They are headed by the District Judge who acts as Chairman of the authority.
S26. Ans. (3) IIT Madras
Sol. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has launched the ‘AI4Bharat’ initiative to build open-source language AI for Indian languages.
Recently the institution launched ‘Nilekani Centre at AI4Bharat’, which is being supported through Nilekani Philanthropies.
It aims to promote Indian language technology with the intention to create a societal impact.
S27. Ans. (2) 29th August
Sol. The “Khed Mela” to be held from block to the state level will kick start on the occasion of the National Sports Day on 29th August 2022.
With an aim to identify talent, making conducive environment for sports and increasing health awareness, the sports department is going to organise “Punjab Khed Mela” in which events of 30 sports will be held in under 14 to 60 years veteran group.
Sports Minister said that around three lakh players of Punjab will participate in the Sports Mela.
S28. Ans. (1) Northern Ireland
Sol. David Trimble, Northern Ireland’s Nobel peace prize-winning former first minister, has died at the age of 77.
Trimble played a crucial role in the negotiations of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 largely ended 30 years of conflict in Northern Ireland that killed 3,500 people.
David Trimble won the award in 1998 along with his Republican counterpart John Hume.
After the 1998 agreement, he served as the First Minister of Northern Ireland.
S29. Ans. (2) France
Sol. The 18-year-old French cricketer Gustav McKeon is unstoppable in his early T20I career.
Recently, the right-handed opening batter created history by becoming the first to score back-to-back T20I centuries.
Also, he has scored 286 runs in 3 T20I games in his career at an average of 95.33 and a strike rate of 170.23, including 2 tons and 1 half-century.
His tally of 286 runs is the highest runs scored by a batter in the first three innings of a men’s T20I career. He broke the record of Azhar Andani, who registered scores of 46, 100 and 81 in his first three innings for Portugal last year.
S30. Ans. (1) Chhattisgarh
Sol. To educate the state’s women about their constitutional rights and laws, the Chhattisgarh Women Commission will host the Mukhyamantri Mahtari Nyay Rath Yatra.
On the occasion of the Hareli Tihaar festival, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will set off the “Mukhyamantri Mahtari Nyay Rath”.
Through short films, messages, and booklets, the chariots will visit all of the districts to educate people about the legal protections for women and their constitutional rights.
S31. Ans. (2) Narendra Singh Tomar
Sol. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on 30th July presented Agriculture Infrastructure Fund Awards in New Delhi.
The Agriculture Infrastructure Fund was launched two years ago on 2020, under the ambitious Aatmanirbhar Bharat Package, as a dedicated Central Government scheme.
It provides a medium-long term credit facility for investment in the creation of post-harvest management infrastructure and community farming assets.
AIR Correspondent reports that as of now, out of 23,000 plus applications received on the integrated portal of Agri Infra Fund, 13,700 applicants have been sanctioned over Rs 10,000 crore.
S32. Ans. (1) Parle
Sol. According to the data and rankings from Kantar India’s annual Brand Footprint 2022 report, the top ten most chosen FMCG brands in 2021 are Parle, Amul, Britannia, Clinic Plus, Tata, Ghadi, Nandini, Colgate, Aavin and Lifebuoy.
The report also revealed that with a CRP score of 6,531 million, Parle has managed to hold the top spot for a record 10th year in a row. The brand reported a 14 per cent growth in CRP against the last year’s rankings.
On the other hand, the CRP of Amul grew 9 per cent while that of Britannia increased 14 per cent in the current rankings compared to the year-ago period.
S33. Ans. (2) Reliance
Sol. Reliance Industries (RIL) and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) are set to together establish the first-ever India House at Paris Olympics 2024.
RIL announced a long-term partnership with IOA to elevate the performances of Indian athletes, support national sports federations and build credentials of India as a global sporting nation.
RIL will support Indian athletes in all major multi-sport events India is also be hosting the 140th IOC Session in June 2023 at the Jio World Centre in Mumbai.
S34. Ans. (1) 1st August
Sol. On August 1 every year, National Mountain Climbing Day is celebrated in India to promote mountain climbing which will further facilitate good health.
The day was established to honour Bobby Matthews and his friend Josh Madigan who successfully climbed the 46 peaks of the Adirondack Mountains on 1st August 2015. On the same day in 2015, the duo triumphed at the final peak called Whiteface Mountain.
S35. Ans. (1) 1st August
Sol. World Wide Web Day is observed on 1st of August every year.
The day is marked in honour of the ability of people to browse information freely using the Web.
The WWW was created by English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, while he was working for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland.
The day aims to highlight the importance of the web in improving people’s lives by facilitating communication, access to information and resources, education and empowerment.
S36. Ans. (1) 30 districts
Sol. The West Bengal Government, led-by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has announced 7 new districts for the state.
With the launch of the 7 new districts, the total number of districts in West Bengal has increased to 30.
Earlier there were 23 districts in the state.
List of new districts are given below:
Sunderban
Ichhemati
Ranaghat
Bishnupur
Jangipur
One more district will be named in the Basirhat region.
S37. Ans. (4) Sanjay Arora
Sol. Sanjay Arora, a 1988 batch IPS officer has been appointed as the new Commissioner of the Delhi Police.
He replaced Rakesh Asthana and assumed the charge on 1 August.
Earlier, He had taken the charge of DG ITBP on 31 August 2021 as the 31st Chief.
He is the recipient of many awards including the Police Special Duty medal, Antrik Suraksha Padak and the UN Peacekeeping medal.
S38. Ans. (1) Telangana
Sol. Indus International School has launched the innovative and first Teaching Robot in India, the “Eagle Robot“.
Three of the Indus Schools have 21 Eagle Robots deployed, with seven in each of Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Pune.
Eagle Robot is very interactive, personalises the experience, and emulates emotions through the digital face.
Eagle Robot is capable of instructing kids in grades 5 through 11 both alone and in a classroom setting with a human teacher.
Indus International School has committed to serve the worthy cause of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao after being moved by the Telangana Government’s goal to establish model schools throughout the state.
S39. Ans. (3) July 29th
Sol. Earth broke its shortest day record on July 29, 2022 by completing its full rotation in a time that was 59 milliseconds shorter than the regular 24 hours time.
Noticeably, the Earth has been rotating faster than earlier years.
The Earth had recorded the shortest month in 2020 and July 19 of that year was recorded as the shortest day of all time.
On July 19, 2020 the Earth completed its rotation in a time 47 milliseconds lesser than a standard 24-hour day.
S40. Ans. (2) Mumbai
Sol. Union Shipping Minister Sarbanand Sonowal has launched Chabahar Day Conference in Mumbai on July 31, 2022.
The event was attended by dignitaries from Kazakhstan, Iran, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan.
The Chabahar port plays a key role in India’s Indo-Pacific vision to connect with Eurasia with Indian Ocean Region.
India and Iran had inked the bilateral agreement regarding the same in May 2016.
S41. Ans. (2) Jeffrey Armstrong
Sol. Canadian scholar Jeffrey Armstrong has received the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Distinguished Indologist award for 2021.
Jeffrey Armstrong was presented the award in a ceremony by Manish, India’s consul-general in Vancouver.
This award has been conferred upon Armstrong ‘in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the study of India’s history & culture’.
The first recipient of the award in 2015 was Professor Heinrich Freiherr Von Stietencron from Germany.
The award comprises a citation, a gold-plated medallion, and USD 20,000 (approximately ₹1.6 million).
This award was instituted in 2015.
S42. Ans. (1) FIFA U-17 Women’s
Sol. The Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Narendra Modi, has approved the signing of guarantees for hosting the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 in India.
The tournament is scheduled to be held across 3 cities – Bhubaneswar, Goa and Mumbai from October 11 to 30, 2022.
It will be the seventh edition of the tournament.
It will be the first time that India hosts a FIFA women’s football tournament.
FIFA Upcoming Event
FIFA World Cup 2022 – Qatar (32 Teams)
FIFA World Cup 2026 – Canada, Mexico, USA (48 teams)
FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2022 – Costa Rica
FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 – India
FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2023 – Australia and New Zealand
S43. Ans. (2) Kerala
Sol. A new species of Damselfly has been discovered in the Western Ghats of Peechi Wildlife Sanctuary in Thrissur, Kerala.
The species has been named The Anamalai Reed-tail.
The species was discovered by researchers from Travancore Nature History Society with support from Peechi Wildlife Division.
S44. Ans. (2) 1st Oct 2022
Sol. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released guidelines to ease the transition to new norms on card-on-file (CoF) tokenization and licensing of payment aggregators (PAs) in two separate notifications.
While reiterating that with effect from October 1, no entity in the card transaction chain, other than card issuers and card networks, shall store CoF data, the central bank notified two interim measures.
For handling other post-transaction activities, acquiring banks can continue to store CoF data until January 31, 2023.
About Reserve Bank of India (RBI): Founded – 1 April 1935; RBI Nationalized – 1 January 1949; Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra
S45. Ans. (3) Singer
Sol. Renowned Bengali singer Nirmala Mishra has passed away. She was 81.
She sang various songs in Bengali, Odia, and Assamese
The West Bengal government has also awarded her ‘Sangeet Samman’, ‘Sangeet Mahasamman’ and ‘Bangabhibhushan’
She has been conferred with the Sangeet Sudhakar Balakrushna Das Award for her lifetime contribution to the Odia music.
S46. Ans. (2) Philippine
Sol. Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos has passed away at the age of 94.
He was the 12th president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998.
During his tenure, the Philippines was recognized as a budding “tiger economy”.
Ramos became a hero to many for defecting from Marcos’s government, in which he led the national police force, spurring the dictator’s downfall during the 1986 popular uprising against his rule.
He was from the military background, become the chief of the Philippine Constabulary and then Vice Chief-of-Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines during the time of President Ferdinand E Marcos Sr.
S47. Ans. (3) Vinod Kumar Paul
Sol. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has constituted a special task force (STF) to monitor monkeypox cases in India.
NITI Aayog member (health) Vinod Kumar Paul will be the head the task force.
Other members of the STF will include officials from the Health ministry and representatives of the major medical and research institutes in the country.
The STF has been tasked to monitor and provide guidance to the government on the expansion of diagnostic facilities and to explore vaccination for the infection in the country.
So far, India has reported four Monkeypox cases, which includes three cases in Kerala and one in Delhi.
S48. Ans. (3) Hawaii
Sol. The biennial Pacific Dragon ballistic missile defense exercise between the military of South Korea, the United States and Japan is being held from August 01 to August 14, 2022 off the coast of Hawaii.
Pacific Dragon is basically a trilateral ballistic missile defense (BMD) tracking event between the U.S. Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Republic of Korea Navy.
However, apart from the three countries, Canada and Australia is also taking part in the multilateral drill in 2022, which is being led by the US Pacific Fleet.
The Pacific Dragon exercise aims to improve interoperability and tactical and technical coordination among participants in detecting, tracking, reporting and assessing ballistic targets. It also aims to enhance the readiness against escalating threats from North Korea.
S49. Ans. (2) Germany
Sol. England beat Germany, 2-1, after extra time, to win the Euro 2022 trophy in the finals played at the Wembley stadium in London on July 31, 2022.
This is for the first time that England team has ever won the European Championships.
Also, it is the first major trophy for England after 1966, since the England’s men’s team won the World Cup in 1966.
The 2022 UEFA European Women’s Football Championship, or simply Euro 2022, was the 13th edition of the UEFA Women’s Championship, the quadrennial internation
S50. Ans. (1) Tamil Nadu
Sol. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on 31st July 2022, presented the President’s colour to the Tamil Nadu Police and released a Special Cover to honour the occasion.
The President’s Colour is the highest honour given to the military, paramilitary and police forces of States and Union Territories.
Naidu appreciated the Tamil Nadu state Police for receiving the prestigious colour as the first in Southern India.
Naidu said that Tamil Nadu is the only State to have a police unit to investigate smuggling of idols and statues.
He said that the State ranks second in the list of more women in the police force and observed that the State was the first to create a women commando force.
Vice President appreciated the formation of the State Marine Police Force to prevent crimes and protect the 1076 km long coastline of Tamil Nadu.
S51. Ans. (3) Gold
Sol. The Indian team of lawn bowls has created historic moment at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham after they won Gold medal in women’s fours event, by beating South Africa, 17-10 in the finals.
This is the first-ever medal won by India in lawn bowls event at CWG.
The women’s fours team comprised of skipper Rupa Rani Tirkey, Lovely Choubey, Pinki and Nayanmoni Saikia.
S52. Ans. (2) Shikhar Dhawan
Sol. Shikhar Dhawan will lead a 15-member Indian squad in the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe.
This was informed by the Board of Control for Cricket on July 30, 2022.
India vs Zimbabwe ODI Squad 2022 has been picked by the All-India Senior Selection Committee.
Senior players including Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah have been rested for the India vs Zimbabwe 2022 series. Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer and Yuzvendra Chahal have also been left out.
S53. Ans. (4) Reliance Jio
Sol. Reliance Jio, India’s largest digital services provider, is ready to roll-out the world’s most advanced 5G Network to make India a global leader in Digital Connectivity and Digital Solutions.
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited has acquired spectrum in 700MHz, 800MHz, 1800MHz, 3300MHz and 26GHz bands in the 5G auctions conducted by the Department of Telecommunications.
The acquisition will enable Jio to build the world’s most advanced 5G network and strengthen India’s global leadership in wireless broadband connectivity.
S54 Ans. (2) October 2022
Sol. The fifth generation (5G) telecom services are likely to launch in India by October 2022.
This was informed by Union Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on August 1, 2022 after announcing the successful completion of 5G spectrum auction with winning bids worth over Rs 1.50 lakh by four companies including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Adani Data Networks.
A total of 72,098 MHz of spectrum was up for bids, out of which 51,236 MHz or around 71 per cent has been sold in the auction.
S55. Ans. (3) Australia
Sol. India will be part of the mega air combat exercise “Pitch Black 2022” among 17-nations, to be held in the Northern Territory of Australia.
The three-week-long military exercise Pitch Black is scheduled to take place from August 19 to September 6, 2022.
Over 100 aircraft and 2,500 military personnel from 17 nations will be part of the drill.
The exercise is being conducted after a gap of four-years due to Covid. The last edition was held in 2018.
The participating countries include the US, India, Australia, Japan, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, the Netherlands, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, the UAE and the UK.
Ex Pitch Black is a biennial multi-national large force employment warfare exercise, hosted by Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
The objectives for the exercise is to foster closer relationship between the participating forces and promote interoperability through exchange of knowledge and experience.
S56. Ans. (3) INS Tarkash
Sol. The Indian Navy’s guided-missile frigate INS Tarkash (while on her long-range overseas deployment) has conducted a Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) with French naval ships in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Replenishment at sea was exercised between Tarkash and the French Fleet Tanker FNS Somme.
This was followed by joint air operations with the maritime surveillance aircraft Falcon 50 participating in multiple simulated missile engagements and air defence drills.
The successful conduct of these surface and aerial exercises symbolizes the high degree of professionalism and interoperability that exists between the two navies.
S57. Ans. (3) Auguste Tano Kouame
Sol. The World Bank has appointed Côte d’Ivoire national, Auguste Tano Kouame, as the Country Director for India.
The term of Auguste is effective from August 01, 2022, for a period of five-years.
He replaces Junaid Kamal Ahmad of Bangladesh.
Prior to this, Auguste served as the World Bank’s Country Director for the Republic of Turkey.
S58. Ans. (3) Chittorgarh
Sol. Union Rail Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has inaugurated the Badi Sadri-Mavli gauge converted rail section.
He flagged off Badi Sadri-Udaipur City daily special and Rewa-Udaipur City weekly special and Siuri-Sealdah MEMU train virtually in the program organized at Badi Sadri in Chittorgarh Rajasthan.
The railway stations that are currently in the redevelopment phase are being built with a plan keeping in mind the next 50 years.
S59. Ans. (2) ₹1,48,995 crore
Sol. GST collection has risen 28 percent to touch the second-highest level of Rs 1.49 lakh crore in July on the back of economic recovery and steps taken to curb tax evasion.
Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection stood at Rs 1,16,393 crore in the same month a year ago (July 2021).
GST, introduced in July 2017, touched a record high of Rs 1.68 lakh crore in April 2022.
This is the sixth time that the monthly GST collection crossed the Rs 1.40-lakh-crore mark since the inception of GST and fifth month at a stretch since March 2022.
GST Collection of Previous Months in 2022
January – 1,40,986 crore
February – 1,33,026 crore
March – 1,42,095 crore
April – 1,67,540 crore
May – 1,40,885 crore
June – 1,44,616 crore
July – 1,48,995 crore
S60. Ans. (3) Satyendra Prakash
Sol. Satyendra Prakash has been appointed as Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau (PIB). He is an Indian Information Service officer of the 1988 batch.
He succeeded Jaideep Bhatnagar who superannuated on 31 July 2022.
Prior to this, Prakash held the position of Principal DG, Central Bureau of Communication.
In a career spanning over three decades, Prakash has served in various capacities in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, including as Additional Director General, News & Current Affairs in Doordarshan, and Director (Media), Ministry of Communications & IT, and Ministry of Civil Aviation in the Press Information Bureau.
S61. Ans. (1) 2025
Sol. The Indian Air Force will retire one of its four remaining squadrons, MiG-21 (Russian combat aircraft) fighter jets by 2022 September and other three scheduled to be phased out by 2025.
The old MiG-21s will be replaced with newer fighter jets.
Six MiG-21s have been lost in crashes in the last 20 months, killing five pilots.
The MiG-21s were supposed to be retired a long time ago but delays in induction of the LCA Tejas aircraft have forced the IAF to continue flying these planes.
The air force received its first single-engine MiG-21 in 1963.
The fighter jet has been participated in many operations like Safed Sagar (Kargil, 1999), operation of India in Pakistan in February 2019.
S62. Ans. (2) 146th
Sol. August 02, 2022 marks the 146th birth anniversary of Pingali Venkayya, the designer of India’s national flag.
To mark the birth anniversary of Pingali Venkayya, the Government of India will release a special commemorative postage stamp in his honor for his invaluable contribution to the country.
The stamp will be released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an event “Tiranga Utsav” organised by the Ministry of Culture at Indira Gandhi Stadium, in New Delhi, on the occasion of his 146th Birth Anniversary.
The event will also display the original design of the national flag made by Pingali Venkayya. The current flag is the modified version of the first design of the flag.
The Tiranga Utsav will also witness the grand launch of the “Har Ghar Tiranga” anthem and video.
Venkayya, born on August 02, 1876, near Machilipatnam town in Andhra Pradesh, was a freedom fighter and a follower of Gandhian principles.
S63. Ans. (2) Sujoy Lal Thaosen
Sol. Sujoy Lal Thaosen, the Director General (DG) of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), has been given the additional charge as DG Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), with effect from August 01, 2022.
Thaosen has taken the charge from former ITBP DG Sanjay Arora who has now been appointed as the new Delhi Police Commissioner.
Thaosen is a 1988-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officers from the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
S64. Ans. (2) Textiles Ministry
Sol. ‘The Crafts Village scheme’ aims to develop handicrafts as a sustainable livelihood option for artisans in the clusters.
It is an initiative of Union Textiles Ministry for ‘Linking Textile with Tourism’.
It aims to promote craft and tourism by providing infrastructure support to handicraft clusters.
Eight craft villages are selected under the scheme. They are Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Vadaj (Gujarat), Naini (Uttar Pradesh), Raghurajpur (Odisha), Anegundi (Karnataka), Mahabalipuram (Tamil Nadu), Taj Ganj (Uttar Pradesh) and Amer (Rajasthan).
S65. Ans.(1) Chile
Sol. Chile has democratically drafted a constitution for the first time in Chile’s history.
The proposed text was written by a 154-member body elected through a popular vote.
The current 1980 constitution that focuses on private rights and free market principles was written during the Augusto Pinochet military dictatorship.
Some of the new features include proposals including the president could be re-elected consecutively once, an entire article for environment stating that ‘nature has rights’ and that animals are ‘subjects of special protection’.
S66. Ans. (2) Alphabet
Sol. AlphaFold is an Artificial Intelligence tool developed by Alphabet-owned AI research company DeepMind Technologies.
The tool has predicted and published the structures of over 200 million protein structures in collaboration with the European Bioinformatics Institute.
This is considered as the most influential database for biological research.
S67. Ans. (2) Stephen Barker
Sol. A new book titled “Lion of the Skies: Hardit Singh Malik, the Royal Air Force and the First World War” is all about an “India’s first fighter pilot” who participated in the World War, long before the Indian Air Force was born.
The book has been written by author Stephen Barker, who describes in great detail, how challenging it was for an Indian to serve in the British armed forces, fighting racial discrimination – both institutional and interpersonal.
During the First World War, Hardit Singh Malik served as fighter pilot for both Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) for fighting Germans.
He is also the first Indian Ambassador to France.
S68. Ans. (1) Ellen Prager
Sol. Marine biologist Ellen Prager has come out with a book titled “Dangerous Earth: What we wish we knew about volcanoes, hurricanes, climate change, earthquakes and more”.
In the book, the author seeks to respond to the most compelling question: Why can’t we better predict the natural disasters?
However, Prager has also concluded that preparation and not prediction of natural events, holds the key to prepare for what lies ahead.
S69. Ans. (3) Sanjay Baru
Sol. A new book titled “The Journey of a Nation: 75 Years of Indian Economy: Re-emerge, Reinvest, Re-engage” authored by Sanjaya Baru and published by Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.
As India celebrates 75 years of Independence, it is important to recall that as a democratic republic, it has been able to overcome the burden of colonialism and emerge as the world’s third-largest economy.
Sanjaya Baru, economist, and political analyst trace the nature of this transformation, introducing the ideas and events that have shaped economic policy, transforming a feudal, agrarian economy into a modern, industrial and services-based one.
75 Years of Indian Economy is a part of the series Journey of a Nation.
S70. Ans. (2) Air India
Sol. Tata Group-owned Air India (AI) has decided to raise their retirement age from 58 to 65.
DGCA ((Directorate General of Civil Aviation) allows pilots to fly till the age of 65 years, compared to Air India retirement age of 58 years.
S71. Ans. (3) 6th August
Sol. On 6th August, Hiroshima Day is observed every year to spread awareness of the horrific effects of the atom bomb blasts and to promote peace politics.
On this day in 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a Japanese city during World War II. The atomic blast was massive and destroyed 90 per cent of the city and killed thousands of people. It killed almost 20,000 soldiers, and 70,000 to 126,000 civilians. Three days later, another city in Japan, Nagasaki was bombed leading to the death of 80,000 people. This was the first time that a nuclear bomb was used in a war other than testing. Since then, no atom bombs or nuclear bombs were used in any war. Hiroshima Day 2022 marks the 77th anniversary of the killings.
S72. Ans. (2) Sudhir
Sol. Indian para powerlifter Sudhir has won gold medal for India in the men’s heavyweight final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Sudhir lifted a total weight of 212kg.
He also created a new games record with his final score of 134.5 points.
This is India’s first ever Gold medal in Para-Powerlifting sports at the Commonwealth Games.
S73. Ans. (1) Rajiv Gauba
Sol. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved an extension in service of Rajiv Gauba as Cabinet Secretary of India for a further period of one-year, beyond, August 30, 2022.
This is his second extension as Cabinet Secretary.
Mr Rajiv Gauba is a 1982-batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
He was appointed to the country’s top bureaucratic post in 2019 for two years.
Then in August 2021, he was given first one year extension.
Prior to being appointed on this post, Mr Gauba has also served as the secretary in the Union Urban Development Ministry, Additional Secretary in the Home Ministry.
S74. Ans. (1) Bihar
Sol. An astronomical observatory in India, which is 106-year-old, has been included on the UNESCO list of important endangered heritage observatories of the world.
The astronomical observatory is located at Langat Singh College, in Muzaffarpur, Bihar.
This observatory was the first of its kind in eastern India. It was established in the college in 1916 to impart astronomical knowledge to the students in detail.
Langat Singh College was set up in 1899. It is affiliated to Bhim Rao Ambedkar Bihar University, (BRABU).
S75. Ans. (4) Gujarat
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various projects of the Shrimad Rajchandra Mission worth more than 300 crores at Dharampur in Gujarat on August 5, 2022.
He has inaugurated Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital at Dharampur in Valsad district, Gujarat. The entire project costs around 200 crore rupees. It is a 250-bed multispecialty hospital.
He has laid the foundation stone of Shrimad Rajchandra Animal Hospital.
He has laid the foundation stone of the Shrimad Rajchandra Center of Excellence for Women. It will employ over 700 tribal women. It will provide a livelihood to thousands of others.
Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur is a spiritual movement for inner transformation. It was founded by Gurudevshri Rakeshji. It works through 196 centres in five continents.
S76. Ans. (1) November
Sol. In Nepal, the general elections will be held in a single phase on November 20, 2022.
The decision to this effect was taken in a Cabinet meeting which was chaired by the Prime Minister of Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba.
There are a total of 275 seats in the House of Representatives, out of which 165 members are directly elected, while the remaining 110 are elected through proportional representation.
S77. Ans. (3) Actor
Sol. Noted Indian actor Mithilesh Chaturvedi, who has featured in several TV shows and films has passed away due to cardiac arrest. He was 67.
The veteran actor was best known for playing small yet strong supporting roles in multiple films.
Some of his famous films are ‘Satya’, ‘Koi Mil Gaya’, ‘Asoka’, ‘Gadar Ek Prem Katha’ and ‘Aks’.
His last TV show was ‘Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story’.
S78. Ans. (4) 7.2%
Sol. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held on August 05, 2022 has decided to:
Increase the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 50 basis points to 40 percent with immediate effect. Earlier this was 4.90 percent.
Consequently the various rates are as under:
Policy Repo Rate : 5.40%
Standing Deposit Facility (SDF)= 5.15%
Marginal Standing Facility Rate : 5.65%
Bank Rate : 5.65%
CRR : 4.50%
SLR : 18.00%
The MPC decided to continue with the accommodative stance.
The real GDP growth projection has been retained at 2 percent for FY2022-23.
S79. Ans. (4) 349.30
Sol. Reserve Bank of India has announced Digital Payments Index (DPI) for March 2022 at 30 as against 304.06 for September 2021.
RBI has introduced Digital Payments Index in January 2021 with March 2018 as the base year to capture the extent of digitisation of payments across the country. This means that the DPI score for March 2018 is set at 100.
RBI has started publishing the Digital Payments Index (DPI) on a semi-annual basis from March 2021 onwards with a lag of 4 months. This means that the DPI will be released by RBI for March and September every year in the months of July and January respectively.
S80. Ans. (2) 20
Sol. Ministry of Culture has released the third Comic book on stories of 20 Tribal Freedom Fighters on at Tiranga Utsav celebration in New Delhi.
This collection of stories recalls the sacrifices of some of the bravest men and women who inspired their tribes and gave up their lives to fight British rule.
Ministry of Culture as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKM) has released pictorial books on 75 freedom fighters in collaboration with Amar Chitra Katha (ACK) to create awareness among the youth and children about the supreme sacrifice and patriotism of our lesser-known heroes of freedom struggle.
The first ACK Comic book on India’s 20 Women Unsung Heroes.
The Second Comic book on stories of 15 Women elected to the Constituent Assembly has been released earlier.
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