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) India’s first 5G testbed has been unveiled by –
(1) Ram Nath Kovind
(2) Amit Shah
(3) Narendra Modi
(4) Piyush Goyal
Q2) Which state will launch India’s first state-owned OTT platform on November 1?
(1) Maharashtra
(2) Kerala
(3) Karnataka
(4) Gujarat
Q3) Which state/UT’s Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal resigned from his position?
(1) Ladakh
(2) Punjab
(3) Delhi
(4) Puducherry
Q4) Pieter Elbers has been appointed as the CEO of –
(1) IndiGo
(2) Vistara
(3) Air India
(4) SpiceJet
Q5) India overtakes which country to become the 4th largest vehicle market?
(1) Japan
(2) Australia
(3) Germany
(4) Indonesia
Q6) World Bank has sanctioned $350 billion to which state to implementing the “SRESTHA” project?
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Gujarat
Q7) Which is the first insurer to launch a dental health insurance plan?
(1) PNB Metlife
(2) LIC
(3) HDFC Ergo
(4) ICICI Prudential
Q8) Which has become India’s first Folk artist to walk the Cannes Red Carpet?
(1) Jangarh Singh
(2) Bhajju Shyam
(3) Mame Khan
(4) Jamini Roy
Q.9) Who has been named as the new non-executive chairman of Gram Unnati’s board?
(1) Ashok Lavasa
(2) Sushil Chandra
(3) Sunil Arora
(4) Anup Chandra Pandey
Q10) Who has won the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award?
(1) Ruiz Corzo
(2) Cécile Ndjebet
(3) Gertrude Kabusi
(4) Ribeiro Silva
Q11) B Govindarajan has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of –
(1) Honda
(2) Tata Motors
(3) Maruti Suzuki
(4) Royal Enfield
Q12) Which state government has launched “Lok Milni“, a public interaction programme?
(1) Gujarat
(2) Punjab
(3) Haryana
(4) Rajasthan
Q13) “International Tea Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 20th May
(2) 21st May
(3) 22nd May
(4) 23rd May
Q14) In India, “National Anti-Terrorism Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 19th May
(2) 20th May
(3) 21st May
(4) 22nd May
Q14) “World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development” is observed annually on –
(1) 18th May
(2) 19th May
(3) 20th May
(4) 21st May
Q16) “National Endangered Species Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 3rd Friday of May
(2) 3rd Sunday of May
(3) 3rd Monday of May
(4) 3rd Tuesday of May
Q17) Which Indian state has reported the first case of BA.4 Omicron Variant?
(1) Rajasthan
(2) Kerala
(3) Telangana
(4) Tamil Nadu
Q18) Who become the 5th Indian Women’s boxer to win a Gold at the World Championships?
(1) Pooja Rani
(2) Manju Rani
(3) Simranjit Kaur
(4) Nikhat Zareen
Q19) World’s 1st Urban Airport Pop-up “Air One” for flying cars & drones has been opened in –
(1) United Kingdom
(2) Hong Kong
(3) Japan
(4) China
Q20) World’s 1st Urban Airport Pop-up “Air One” for flying cars & drones has been opened in –
(1) the United Kingdom
(2) Hong Kong
(3) Japan
(4) China
Q21) Which Indian state was the top recipient of FDI equity inflows in FY 2021-22?
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Telangana
(4) Karnataka
Q22) Which nation plans to launch World’s 1st search for habitable planets through space telescope?
(1) Germany
(2) Israel
(3) India
(4) China
Q23) Centre has announced the formation of the “Cotton Council of India” under chairmanship of –
(1) Vinay Kumar Tripathi
(2) Alka Mittal
(3) Vijay Paul Sharma
(4) Suresh Amritlal Kotak
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Q24) S&P Global Ratings has projected India’s growth projection for FY23 at –
(1) 7.3%
(2) 8.2%
(3) 9.5%
(4) 10.3%
Q25) India’s 1st indigenously developed Flying Trainer Aircraft ‘HANSA-NG’ has been designed and developed by –
(1) National Research Development Corporation (NRDC)
(2) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
(3) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
(4) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Q26) Who is the author of the new novel titled ‘A Place Called Home’?
(1) Jagjeet Singh
(2) Prakash Singh
(3) Preeti Shenoy
(4) Rasheed Kidwai
Q27) Chief Minister of which state has honored 110-year-old Indian environmentalist Saalumarada Thimmakka?
(1) Kerala
(2) Telangana
(3) Karnataka
(4) Tamil Nadu
Q28) Who has released the e-book ‘Civil List – 2022 of IAS officers’?
(1) Kiren Rijiju
(2) Dharmendra Pradhan
(3) Anurag Thakur
(4) Jitendra Singh
Q29) Which country has chaired the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meet in 2022?
(1) Japan
(2) China
(3) Russia
(4) India
Q30) Assam Rifles and Axis Bank partnered to establish a Centre of Excellence and Wellness in which state?
(1) Tripura
(2) Assam
(3) Manipur
(4) Nagaland
Q31) Rajiv Ranjan and Sitikantha Pattanaik were appointed as the executive directors of –
(1) RBI
(2) SBI
(3) Axis Bank
(4) HDFC Bank
Q32) “India-UAE Start-up Bridge” has been launched in –
(1) Chennai
(2) Hyderabad
(3) Mumbai
(4) Bengaluru
Q33) “International Day for Biological Diversity” is celebrated every year on –
(1) 22nd May
(2) 23rd May
(3) 24th May
(4) 25th May
Q34) “World Turtle Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 21st May
(2) 22nd May
(3) 23rd May
(4) 24th May
Q35) “International Day to End Obstetric Fistula” is observed every year on –
(1) 22nd May
(2) 23rd May
(3) 24th May
(4) 25th May
Q36) In the United States, Armed Forces Day is marked every year on –
(1) 3rd Tuesday of May
(2) 3rd Thursday of May
(3) 3rd Friday of May
(4) 3rd Saturday of May
Q37) World’s Highest Weather Station has been installed on –
(1) Kanchenjunga
(2) Mount Everest
(3) Nanda Devi
(4) K2
Q38) Who has become the first Bangladeshi batsman to score 5000 runs in a test match?
(1) Tamim Iqbal
(2) Mushfiqur Rahim
(3) Shakib Al Hasan
(4) Taijul Islam
Q39) Vipin Sanghi has become the Chief Justice of which state High Court?
(1) Uttarakhand
(2) Rajasthan
(3) Maharashtra
(4) West Bengal
Q40) BRICs’ New Development Bank (NDB) will open its first regional office in India in –
(1) West Bengal
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Gujarat
(4) Karnataka
Q41) Which company will acquire wealth management platforms Wealthdesk & OpenQ?
(1) PhonePe
(2) Google Pay
(3) Paytm
(4) Bharat
Q42) Who has been reappointed as CEO & MD of Infosys?
(1) Gopal Vittal
(2) SS Mundra
(3) Kamal Bawa
(4) Salil Parekh
Q43) Who has been appointed as Additional Director of Paytm for a tenure of 5 years?
(1) Vijay Shekhar Sharma
(2) Madhur Deora
(3) Ritesh Agarwal
(4) Manoj Soni
Q44) Who has won the 1st prize for the Amazon Smbhav Entrepreneurship Challenge 2022?
(1) Bhushan Kumar
(2) Subhash Ola
(3) Aarefa Johari
(4) Amar Mitra
Q45) Which football club has won UEFA Europa Football League title in 2022?
(1) Chelsea
(2) Eintracht Frankfurt
(3) Barcelona
(4) Real Madrid
Q46) Who has been appointed as the head coach of England’s white ball cricket team?
(1) Ricky Ponting
(2) Brian Lara
(3) Matthew Mott
(4) Ramesh Powar
Q47) “Mujib – The Making of a Nation” movie is jointly produced by –
(1) Bangladesh & Srilanka
(2) Bangladesh & India
(3) India & Nepal
(4) India & Bhutan
Q48) Which country has launched the “Child online safety toolkit“?
(1) THE USA
(2) China
(3) the UK
(4) Russia
Q49) 41st edition of Hunar Haat has been inaugurated in –
(1) Varanasi
(2) Mathura
(3) Agra
(4) Kanpur
Q50) “World Thyroid Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 22nd May
(2) 23rd May
(3) 24th May
(4) 25th May
ANSWER:
S1. Ans. (3) Narendra Modi
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India’s first 5G testbed, allowing startups and industry players to test and certify their technologies domestically and lessen reliance on foreign facilities.
The testbed was built at a cost of approximately Rs 220 crore.
The Prime Minister said the 5G testbed is a significant step toward self-reliance in the direction of critical and modern technologies while speaking at the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s silver jubilee celebrations.
The 5G testbed was created as a collaboration project between eight institutes, led by IIT Madras.
S2. Ans. (2) Kerala
Sol. Kerala will launch a state-owned over-the-top (OTT) platform ‘CSpace’ on November 1, 2022.
The platform will offer an array of movies, short films and documentaries of their choice.
The platform is an initiative of Kerala State Film Development Corporation (KSFDC) on behalf of the state government, through video conferencing at a function in Kalabhavan Theatre.
S3. Ans.(3) Delhi
Sol. Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has submitted his resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind, as per sources.
Baijal, who took over office on December 31, 2016, after the sudden resignation of Najeeb Jung.
Baijal has served as the Delhi LG for five years and four months, resigned citing personal reasons.
Baijal is a 1969 batch AGMUT cadre, short for Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory, IAS officer. He has served in Delhi as a former vice-chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
S4. Ans.(1) IndiGo
Sol. Pieter Elbers has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of IndiGo by the Board of Directors of InterGlobe Aviation Limited.
The statement released by IndiGo read that he will join IndiGo on or before October 1, 2022.
He succeeds Ronojoy Dutta, who will retire on September 30, 2022.
Since 2014, Mr Elbers, 52, has served as the President and CEO of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
S5. Ans.(3) Germany
Sol. According to the report released by Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d’Automobiles (OICA), India has surpassed Germany to become the 4th largest vehicle market in the world.
The 1st was occupied by China, followed by the US and Japan.
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, India sold 3,759,398 vehicles in 2021 as compared to 2,973,319 vehicles in Germany. This is almost 26 per cent of growth and the only country to register double-digit growth among the top 5 countries.
India is expected to become the third-largest Vehicle market by 2025, However, it requires India to surpass Japan which sold 4,448,340 units in 2021.
S6. Ans.(4) Gujarat
Sol. The World Bank has approved 350 million dollars aid for the Systems Reform Endeavors for Transformed Health Achievement in Gujarat -SRESTHA-G project.
SRESTHA-G project will be a 500 million dollars project.
The project will include transforming key health delivery systems in the state.
Under the SRESTHA-Gujarat project, the government will undertake the initiative to improve the quality of the health system of the state by expanding the health services to the rural and urban people and strengthening the epidemic prevention system of the state.
S7. Ans.(1) PNB Metlife
Sol. Private insurer PNB MetLife India Insurance Co has launched a dental health insurance plan.
This is the first insurance plan in India that covers fixed-benefit outpatient expenses and provides financial assistance with costs related to overall dental health.
To provide convenience to its customers, PNB MetLife has tied up with more than 340 dental clinics.
S8. Ans. (3) Mame Khan
Sol. Mame Khan was a part of the official Indian contingent at Cannes led by Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur.
Rajasthani singer Mame Khan scripted history as he became the first Indian folk artist to walk the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival.
On the red carpet, the Rajasthani folk singer was dressed in traditional Rajasthani attire.
He wore a vibrant pink kurta set with an embroidered navy blue jacket and the look was completed with a Rajasthani headgear and sunglasses.
S9. Ans.(3) Sunil Arora
Sol. Sunil Arora, the former chief election commissioner, has been named as the new non-executive chairman of Gram Unnati’s board.
Arora is a retired civil servant (IAS) with over 36 years of experience.
He has worked as the secretary of two important ministries, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
Gram Unnati is a social venture that helps farmers increase their net income by increasing price realisation, enhancing agricultural productivity, and lowering cultivation costs.
Sunil Arora, the 23rd Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born on April 13, 1956. He also serves as the president of the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB). He is a retired Rajasthan cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the 1980 batch.
S10. Ans.(2) Cécile Ndjebet
Sol. Cameroon Activist, Cécile Ndjebet has won the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to preserving forests and improving the lives of people who depend on them.
This award celebrates Cécile Ndjebet’s energy and dedication over three decades to promoting women’s rights to land and forests.
She has actively shown that women’s participation in forest governance and preservation is fundamental to achieving sustainable forest management.
The award was presented by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), which is chaired by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
S11. Ans. (4) Royal Enfield
Sol. Eicher Motors has appointed B Govindarajan as the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Enfield.
He will also serve as the Wholetime Director of the Board of Eicher Motors Limited.
Since 2021 August, Govindarajan had been serving the company as the executive director, prior to which he was associated as the chief operating officer since 2013.
Royal Enfield is an Indian multinational motorcycle manufacturing company headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The company is the oldest global motorcycle brand in continuous production and operates manufacturing plants in Chennai in India.
S12. Ans. (2) Punjab
Sol. Bhagwant Mann, the Chief Minister of Punjab heard the grievances of the people of the state and issued redressal directions in ‘Lok Milni’, a first-of-its-kind public interaction program that was launched on 16th May 2022.
Aim: providing a platform to the people of the state for the redressal of the complaints that they have.
As many as 61 complainants listed their grievances before the chief minister during this ‘Lok Milni’.
S13. Ans. (2) 21st May
Sol. International Tea Day is observed globally on May 21 on the recommendation of India.
The purpose of International Tea Day is to try to improve the condition of tea producers and tea workers.
The United Nations recognized International Tea Day by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to raise awareness of the deep cultural and economic significance of tea around the world and promote its importance in fighting hunger and poverty.
The United Nations General Assembly has designated May 21 as International Tea Day based on a proposal moved by India at the FAO Intergovernmental Group (IGG) on Tea in October 2015.
Before 2019, December 15 is celebrated as International Tea Day in tea-producing nations such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Uganda, India and Tanzania.
S14. Ans. (3) 21st May
Sol. In India, the National Anti-Terrorism Day is observed on May 21 to commemorate the death anniversary of former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi.
The day is also observed to spread the message of peace, harmony, and humankind and to promote unity among the people.
Rajiv Gandhi was India’s youngest Prime Minister. He was appointed as the sixth Prime Minister of the country and served the nation from 1984 to 1989.
Mr Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991, by a human bomb. He was killed in Tamil Nadu in a campaign by a terrorist. Then, under the P. Singh government, the centre has decided to observe 21st May as Anti-Terrorism Day.
S15. Ans.(4) 21st May
Sol. World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development is observed globally on 21 May every year.
The day aims to celebrate the richness of the world’s cultures and highlight the significance of its diversity as an agent of inclusion and positive change for achieving peace and sustainable development.
In the year 2001, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted the ‘Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity’ as a result of the destruction of the Buddha statues of Bamiyan in Afghanistan in 2001.
Then in December 2002, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in its resolution 57/249, declared 21 May to be World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.
S16. Ans.(1) 3rd Friday of May
Sol. Every year on the third Friday of May, people across the globe observe National Endangered Species Day.
This year the day is celebrated on May 20.
This year, it marks the 16th National Endangered Species Day.
National Endangered Species Day is celebrated with the main emphasis on conserving our planet Earth’s flora and fauna.
The National Endangered Species Day theme 2022 is “Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration”. Every year the awareness campaign takes place around a theme.
National Endangered Species Day was founded and started by David Robinson and the Endangered Species Coalition in 2006. Since 2006 third Friday of May is observed as National Endangered Species Day.
S17. Ans. (3) Telangana
Sol. India has reported the first confirmed case of 4 Variant in Hyderabad, Telangana.
The news was revealed on May 19, 2022, by the COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Program.
Reportedly, the sample was found in an African National who had arrived in India at Hyderabad airport. After sequencing the sample from the individual, it was found that he was carrying BA.4 Omicron Variant.
The 4 is a sub-variant of Omicron. The sub-variant of Omicron was first detected in South Africa in January 2022.
S18. Ans. (4) Nikhat Zareen
Sol. Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen won the Gold medal in the 52kg category at the Women’s World Boxing Championship 2022.
She beat Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas in the fly-weight final in Istanbul, Turkey on May 19, 2022.
Nikhat has become the only fifth Indian women’s boxer after Mary Kom (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2018), Sarita Devi (2006), Jenny RL (2006) and Lekha KC (2006) to win a gold at the World Championships.
This is India’s first gold medal in four years. Mary Kom (48kg) had won the last title in 2018.
S19. Ans. (1) the United Kingdom
Sol. The Coventry City Council and Urban-Air Port Limited, United Kingdom (UK) based Start-up partnered to set up the world’s first Urban airport Pop-up ‘Air-One’, for electric drones and flying cars in the city of Coventry, England.
The aim of the project is to reduce Urban congestion and Pollution. It’s designed for zero-emission electric drones and air taxis and the airport itself is powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
A first-of-its-kind hub, Air-One will serve as a blueprint for over 200 ‘vertiports’ being planned around the world, including the West Midlands, London, Los Angeles, Australia, South Korea, France, Germany, Scandinavia, and Southeast Asia.
S20. Ans. (1) $83.57 billion
Sol. India recorded the highest-ever annual FDI inflow of USD 83.57 billion in the Financial Year 2021-22, overtaking last year’s FDI by USD 1.60 billion.
India’s FDI inflow has witnessed a 23 percent rise post-COVID-19 outbreak despite lockdowns and Russian military operations in Ukraine.
In terms of top investor countries, Singapore is at the top with 27 percent followed by the US (18 percent) and Mauritius (16 percent) during the last fiscal.
S21. Ans. (4) Karnataka
Sol. Karnataka was the top recipient of the FDI equity inflow in Financial Year 2021-22 with a share of 38 percent during the FY 2021-22 followed by Maharashtra (26%) and Delhi (14%).
A majority of FDI inflow in Karnataka was reported in `Computer Software & Hardware (35%), Automobile Industry (20%), and `Education’ (12%) sectors.
S22. Ans. (4) China
Sol. Chinese scientists have proposed a project named Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES) to hunt for habitable Earth-like planets outside our solar system through a space telescope.
This is will be the world’s first space mission specially designed to search for habitable planets in the universe.
The CHES will observe about 100 Sun-like stars 32 light-years away on a long-term survey, and will hopefully discover roughly 50 Earth-like planets or super-Earths, planets that are up to about 10 times the mass of Earth.
S23. Ans. (4) Suresh Amritlal Kotak
Sol. The Cotton Council of India will be formed under the Chairmanship of Suresh Bhai Kotak. It will have representatives from Textiles, Agriculture, Commerce, Cotton Corporation of India, Cotton Research Institute, and the Finance Ministry.
The first meeting of the Cotton Council of India will be organized on 28th May 2022.
The main aim of the council is to bring improvement in the field of Cotton in India. It will discuss the issues related to the Cotton sector and prepare a robust action plan for improvement in this field.
In India, low cotton productivity is the biggest challenge. The cotton production is less despite a large area under cotton cultivation.
Union Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal emphasized the use of better quality seeds for improving the productivity of cotton.
He urged to spinning and trading community for supplying cotton and yarn first to the domestic industry.
S24. Ans. (1) 7.3%
Sol. S&P Global Ratings cut India’s growth projection for the current fiscal to 3% from 7.8% on rising inflation and the longer-than-expected Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The rating agency increased its inflation forecast for India by 90 basis points (bps) to 6.3% for the current fiscal year.
S&P had in December last year pegged India’s GDP growth in 2022-23 fiscal, which began on April 1, 2022, at 7.8%. For the next fiscal the growth has been pegged at 6.5%.
S25. Ans. (4) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Sol. India’s First Indigenous Trainer Aircraft ‘HANSA-NG’ was successfully completed in-flight engine relight test at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) facility of Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) at Challakere on 17th May.
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) designed and developed ‘HANSA-NG’.
The flight test was carried out at an altitude of 7000-8000 feet with a speed range of 60 to 70 knots by Wing Commanders K V Prakash and NDS Reddy.
The flight tests were monitored by Abbani Rinku, project director of HANSA along with the design team of CSIR-NAL and flight test crew from ASTE – wing commander Senthil Kumar, flight test director, Squad
S26. Ans. (3) Preeti Shenoy
Sol. Bestselling author Preeti Shenoy is set to publish a new novel titled “A Place Called Home”, a story set in a coffee estate in Sakleshpur, Karnataka with a strong female protagonist at its core.
The new novel is about secrets, family, and finding yourself.
The book published by HarperCollins Publishers India is set to be released in June 2022.
Preeti Shenoy has authored around 15 novels which include, When Love Came Calling, Wake Up Life is Calling, Life is What You Make it, The Rule Breakers, A Hundred Little Flames, It’s All In The Planets, Why We Love The Way We Do, The Secret Wish List, The One You Cannot Have and many others.
S27. Ans. (2) Telangana
Sol. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao felicitated a 110-year-old Indian environmentalist, Saalumarada Thimmakka, at Pragati Bhavan on May 18.
She is from Karnataka and is a real-life embodiment of mother nature.
Thimmakka is noted for her work in planting and tending almost 400 banyan trees near her home on a forty-five-kilometre stretch of highway between Hulikal and Kudur.
She found solace in planting trees, and with the support of her husband, she has also grown about 8,000 other trees.
Saalumarada Thimmakka was awarded the fourth highest civilian honour of the country, Padma Shri, in 2019 by President Ram Nath Kovind. In 2016, the BBC enlisted her as one of the 100 most influential and inspirational women in their year edition.
S28. Ans. (4) Jitendra Singh
Sol. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions released the e-book ‘Civil List – 2022 of IAS officers’ at North Block, Secretariat Building, New Delhi.
This is an effort by the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) as a part of the Digital India initiative of the Government of India.
This is the 67th edition of the Civil List and the 2nd edition of the e-book in pdf with unique search facilities and hyperlinking of contents for ease of access of information.
S29. Ans. (2) China
Sol. China hosted the BRICS foreign ministers’ meet in 2022.
The BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting was chaired by Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councillor Wang Yi.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of India S Jai Shankar participated in the meeting, where the foreign ministers discussed the situation in Ukraine and supported talks between Russia and Ukraine.
India handed over the BRICS Chairmanship to China in January 2022.
The theme for BRICS 2022 is ‘Foster High-Quality BRICS Partnership Usher in a New Era for Global Development’.
S30. Ans. (4) Nagaland
Sol. Assam Rifles inked a Tripartite MoU with Axis Bank and National Integrity and Educational Development Organisation (NIEDO) to establish a Centre of Excellence and Wellness to secure a better future for the youth of Nagaland.
The center named after Late Capt N Kenguruse MVC Centre of Excellence and Wellness will be located at Chieswema in Kohima district.
Under the MoU, 30 children including boys and girls from economically weaker sections, will be selected from Nagaland and provided free residential coaching to prepare the students for entry to medical and engineering colleges.
S31. Ans. (1) RBI
Sol. Rajiv Ranjan and Sitikantha Pattanaik have been appointed as the executive directors of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Rajiv Ranjan was Adviser-in-Charge of the Monetary Policy Department and Secretary to the Monetary Policy Committee before being appointed to executive director. Pattanaik was an adviser at the Department of Economic and Policy Research before being appointed to ED.
Rajiv Ranjan will oversee the Monetary Policy Department as Executive Director, while Pattanaik will oversee the Department of Economic and Policy Research (DEPR).
S32. Ans. (3) Mumbai
Sol. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy, United Arab Emirates has launched “India-UAE start-up bridge” at India-UAE Economic Partnership Summit in Mumbai.
This bridge will act as a one-stop platform where information regarding the Indian and UAE startup ecosystem will be easily accessible to entrepreneurs and stakeholders from both countries.
This is the first such bridge/platform by the UAE with any country.
S33. Ans. (1) 22nd May
Sol. International Day for Biological Diversity or World Biodiversity Day is observed on 22nd May every year to increase awareness and understanding of the issues of biodiversity.
When first created by the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly in late 1993, 29 December (the date of entry into force of the Convention of Biological Diversity), was designated the International Day for Biological Diversity.
In December 2000, the UN General Assembly adopted 22 May as IDB, to commemorate the adoption of the text of the Convention on 22 May 1992 by the Nairobi Final Act of the Conference for the Adoption of the Agreed Text of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Theme 2022: “Building a shared future for all life.”
S34. Ans. (3) 23rd May
Sol. The World Turtle Day is observed on May 23 every year by American Tortoise Rescue, a nonprofit organization.
The day is celebrated to raise awareness among people to protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats around the world.
The day is being celebrated since 2000 by American Tortoise Rescue, a nonprofit organization established in 1990 for the protection of all species of tortoise and turtle.
The theme for World Turtle Day 2022 is – ‘Shellebrate!’ Asks Everyone to Love and Save Turtles.
S35. Ans. (2) 23rd May
Sol. Every year, United Nations (UN) International Day to End Obstetric Fistula is marked on 23rd May since 2013 to promote action towards treating and preventing obstetric fistula, a condition that affects many girls and women during childbirth in developing countries.
The day is being observed to significantly raise awareness and intensify actions towards ending obstetric fistula, as well as urging post-surgery follow-up and tracking of fistula patients.
Obstetric fistula is one of the most serious and tragic injuries that can occur during childbirth.
S36. Ans.(4) Third Saturday of May
Sol. In the United States, Armed Forces Day is marked on the third Saturday of May. This year, the day will be marked on 21 May.
This day is celebrated to pay tribute to the men and women who served the US Armed Forces.
Armed Forces Day honours people who have served, or are currently serving, the United States in uniform in times of peace and war. The day also honours individuals who are part of the US Coast Guard, National Guard and Reserve units.
S37. Ans.(2) Mount Everest
Sol. National Geographic Society has installed the “World’s highest weather station” on Mount Everest at an altitude of 8,830 metres to automatically measure various meteorological phenomena.
Nepal’s Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) said the automatic weather station was installed a few metres below the summit point last week as the snow and ice on the summit are not suitable for fixing equipment.
The weather monitoring system, powered by solar energy, is supposed to measure various meteorological phenomena like air temperature, wind speed and direction, air pressure, change in surface height of snow, and incoming and outgoing short and longwave radiation.
The NatGeo team, led by climate scientist Baker Perry from the Appalachian State University in the US, consisted of climbers and scientists, many of whom scaled the world’s highest peak while installing the weather station.
S38. Ans. (2) Mushfiqur Rahim
Sol. Bangladesh batter Mushfiqur Rahim achieved the distinction of being the first cricketer in the country to score 5000 runs in test matches.
Mushfiqur achieved this feat after playing 149 innings in 81 tests after his debut in 2005. He has scored 8 centuries and 26 half-centuries till now.
The feat has been achieved 22 years after Bangladesh played its first test match.
He is the 99th cricketer in the world to achieve this goal.
Another Bangladesh batter Tamim Iqbal needed 152 runs to score 5000 in the test match but he retired hurt on the third day of the match after scoring 133, remaining short of 19 runs from the coveted goal of 5000 runs.
S39. Ans. (1) Uttarakhand
Sol. Vipin Sanghi, who was till now the acting chief justice of Delhi high court, has been appointed as the chief justice of Uttarakhand high court by a Supreme Court collegium led by chief justice of India CV Ramana and other senior SC judges.
Sanghi will be taking over from Uttarakhand HC’s current acting chief justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra.
S40. Ans. (3) Gujarat
Sol. The New Development Bank (NDB), the BRICS countries’ multilateral bank based in Shanghai, will open its first regional office in India at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) to address the country’s infrastructural and sustainable development needs.
The India office will concentrate on extending its presence in the country by developing, implementing, and monitoring new projects.
NDB’s existing regional offices will be supplemented by the new India office. Its Africa Regional Center (ARC) opened in Johannesburg in 2017, the Americas Regional Office (ARO) in So Paulo with a sub-office in Brasil in 2019, and the Eurasian Regional Centre (ERC) in Moscow in 2020.
The NDBwas founded in July 2015 by the BRICS countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Since then, Bangladesh, UAE, Egypt, and Uruguay have joined the bank.
S41. Ans. (1) PhonePe
Sol. Phonepe will acquire wealth management platforms Wealthdesk & OpenQ
Flipkart’s PhonePe, an Indian payments business backed by Walmart Inc., is acquiring two wealth management firms for $75 million in total.
WealthDesk will cost roughly $50 million, while OpenQ will cost nearly $25 million, including debt.
Customers may invest in equities and exchange-traded funds through WealthDesk, which was formed in 2016 and is based in Mumbai, India’s financial hub. OpenQ also provides trading baskets and investing analytics to consumers and institutional customers.
PhonePe, managed by Sameer Nigam and started in 2015, was partially split out from Flipkart in 2020. Walmart directly owns around 10% of PhonePe, while the e-commerce behemoth owns roughly 87 percent.
S42. Ans. (4) Salil Parekh
Sol. IT major Infosys announced that its Board of Directors has reappointed Salil S. Parekh as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director (CEO & MD) of the Company effective from July 1, 2022 for a period of five years till March 31, 2027, subject to the approval of shareholders.
Salil Parekh has been the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Infosys since January 2018 and has successfully led Infosys over the last 4 years.
S43. Ans. (1) Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Sol. Vijay Shekhar Sharma has been re-appointed as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Paytm for another 5 years term. His tenure will be from December 19, 2022, to December 18, 2027.
One 97 Communications which is listed under the Paytm brand, also announced the appointment of Madhur Deora as Additional Director of the company for a tenure of 5 years from May 20, 2022, to May 19, 2027.
Further, the Board has also approved the appointment of Deora as the Whole-time director designated as “Whole-time Director and Chief Financial Officer” of the Company. Deora is the President and Group Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
S44 Ans. (4) Amar Mitra
Sol. An innovator from Rajasthan who has developed the technology of saving energy in boilers by recycling steam, Subhash Ola has won the 1st prize for the Amazon Smbhav Entrepreneurship Challenge 2022 and his enterprise “Geniusenergy Critical Innovation Private Limited” has won the Start-up of the Year award.
The technology was first developed to make khoya and other milk products, and the portfolio of applications was later extended to textile, milk and food, pharma, plywood, paper mills, leather industry, chemical industry, hot water boiler generator, plastic recycle, laundry, hospitals and so on.
Geniusenergy Critical Innovation, a start-up recognized by of India, was incubated by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF), an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.
S45. Ans. (2) Eintracht Frankfurt
Sol. German club Eintracht Frankfurt has won their first European trophy in 42 years after defeating the Rangers by 5-4 on penalties in Seville, Spain.
Goalkeeper, Kevin Trapp has saved at the end of extra time and another in the shootout to help give Frankfurt the 5-4 win on penalties.
Scottish club Rangers was also trying to win its first European title since the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1972.
Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt) was Man of the Match.
S46. Ans. (3) Matthew Mott
Sol. Former Australian women’s team coach Matthew Mott has been appointed the new head coach for England men’s white-ball team.
Mott, 48, has signed a four-year agreement and is expected to be in place for England’s three-match ODI series against The Netherlands in Amsterdam next month.
Mott has led the Australian Women’s Team since 2015 and during his seven years in charge has overseen one of the world’s best winning records across international sport.
S47. Ans. (2) Bangladesh & India
Sol. The 90-second trailer of the feature film on ‘Mujib – The Making of a Nation’ directed by Shyam Benegal was released recently.
The Ministry of Information Broadcasting, Government of India and the Ministry of Information Broadcasting, Government of Bangladesh are producers of the film.
National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) of India and Bangladesh’s Film Development Corporation (FDC) signed the Agreement for the film on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 2020.
S48. Ans. (3) UK
Sol. Britain-based NGO 5Rights developed and released the ‘Child online safety toolkit’ to make the online experience safe for children.
The tool kit highlights that children’s rights and needs are prioritised in the digital world.
Any government can use the toolkit as a building block to personalise it according to its own culture, for their own set of guidelines for online safety.
S49. Ans. (3) Agra
Sol. Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak has inaugurated the 41st ‘Hunar Haat’, which provides market exposure and employment opportunities to artisans, craftsmen and traditional culinary experts.
More than 800 artisans and craftsmen from 32 states and Union Territories are participating in the 12-day ‘Hunar Haat’, being organised at Shilpgram in Agra’s Tajganj.
Stressing that ‘Hunar Haat’ is a credible confluence of ‘vocal for local’, ‘swadeshi’, ‘self-reliant India’ and ‘ek bharat shreshtha bharat’ initiatives.
Cutting across barriers of caste, community, region and religion, ‘Hunar Haat’ has provided employment and self-employment opportunities to about 10.5 lakh artisans and craftsmen from all sections of the society in the last six years. More than 50 per cent beneficiaries are women artisans from all sections.
S50. Ans. (4) 25th May
Sol. World Thyroid Day is observed globally on 25 May every year.
The main purpose of the WTD is to aware of the importance of Thyroid and the prevention and treatment of thyroid diseases.
This day is established in 2008 as a part of the campaign led by the European Thyroid Association (ETA) and the American Thyroid Association (ATA) followed by the Latin American Thyroid Society (LATS) and Asia Oceania Thyroid Association (AOTA) to commemorate the patients with Thyroid diseases and doctors and physicians who treat them.
The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in the throat that produces T3 (Thyroxine) and T4 (Triiodothyronine) and maintained by the Thyroid-stimulating hormone(TSH).
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