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 CGL, OCS 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.
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Q1) “World Lung Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 23rd September
(2) 24th September
(3) 25th September
(4) 26th September
Q2) “World Deaf Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 24th September
(2) Last Sunday of September
(3) 26th September
(4) Last Monday of September
Q3) “World Rivers Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 25th September
(2) 26th September
(3) 4th Sunday of September
(4) 4th Monday of September
Q4) “World Environmental Health Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 24th September
(2) 25th September
(3) 26th September
(4) 27th September
Q5) “International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons” is observed every year on –
(1) 25th September
(2) 26th September
(3) 27th September
(4) 28th September
Q6) “World Contraception Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 25th September
(2) 26th September
(3) 27th September
(4) 28th September
Q7) “World Tourism Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 24th September
(2) 25th September
(3) 26th September
(4) 27th September
Q8) As per the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2022, Who has topped the list?
(1) Mukesh Ambani
(2) Gautam Adani
(3) Ratan Tata
(4) Kaivalya Vohra
Q9) Chandigarh airport will be renamed after which freedom fighter?
(1) Bhagat Singh
(2) Durgawati Devi
(3) Sukhdev Thapar
(4) Lala Lajpat Rai
Q10) India will receive its first flex-fuel vehicle that run on ethanol blended petrol and battery in –
(1) October 2022
(2) November 2022
(3) December 2022
(4) January 2023
Q11) Who has been appointed as the Chairman & Managing Director of RailTel?
(1) Rajesh Verma
(2) Sanjai Kumar
(3) Sanjay Khanna
(4) Sanjay Kumar Verma
Q12) Who has launched Virtual Conference ‘SymphoNE’ to boost Tourism Sector in North East India?
(1) Anurag Thakur
(2) Piyush Goyal
(3) G Kishan Reddy
(4) Amit Shah
Q13) India and which country has agreed to take forward Sapta Kosi high dam project?
(1) China
(2) Nepal
(3) Bhutan
(4) Pakistan
Q14) Which state government will launch the Chief Minister’s Health Insurance Scheme (CMHIS) on 1st October?
(1) Tripura
(2) West Bengal
(3) Assam
(4) Nagaland
Q15) Oscar-winning actress Louise Fletcher has passed away at 88. She was from –
(1) Denmark
(2) Australia
(3) UK
(4) USA
Q16) Government of India’s flagship programme ‘Make In India’ completes how many years in 2022?
(1) 5 years
(2) 7 years
(3) 8 years
(4) 9 years
Q17) Legendary Indian women’s fast bowler Jhulan Goswami has retired from international cricket. Her nickname –
(1) Lady Tigers
(2) Chakda Express
(3) Tigresses
(4) Ganga Express
Q18) Which Indian has been named winner of the first-ever ‘Queen Elizabeth II Award’?
(1) Rishika Aaira
(2) Vihana Divine
(3) Suella Braverman
(4) Devanshi Sara
Q19) India has exported the first consignment of plant-based Meat Products from which state?
(1) Bihar
(2) Gujarat
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Karnataka
Q20) What is the name of the Indian Sign Language (ISL) dictionary mobile application recently launched?
(1) ISL Seekho App
(2) Sign Learn App
(3) Bharat Sign App
(4) ISL App
Q21) Which country has discovered Lunar crystal named ‘Changesite-(Y)’ on the Moon?
(1) Israel
(2) China
(3) USA
(4) UAE
Q22) Which is the India’s first life insurance company to have a 74% stake held by a foreign partner?
(1) ICICI Prudential
(2) HDFC Ergo
(3) Tata AIA
(4) Ageas Federal
Q23) Dame Hilary Mantel, author of “Wolf Hall trilogy”, has passed away. She was from –
(1) UK
(2) Denmark
(3) Germany
(4) Canada
Q.24) Which Indian International Airport has received the Airport Service Quality award-2022?
(1) Chennai International Airport
(2) Cochin International Airport
(3) Indira Gandhi International Airport
(4) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Q25) Who has been appointed as the Director General of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)?
(1) Rajendra Kumar
(2) Aditya Negi
(3) Aditya Kumar Anand
(4) Ajay Kumar
Q.26) Who has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to the Republic of Madagascar?
(1) Akhilesh Mishra
(2) Bandaru Wilsonbabu
(3) Manoj Kumar Bharti
(4) Prashant Pise
Q27) Who has launched the “Operation Meghachakra” to deal with sexual harassment of children online?
(1) ED
(2) CID
(3) CBI
(4) None of these
Q28) Which state government will employ 2.5 lakh water ambassadors to create awareness about water conservation?
(1) Haryana
(2) Bihar
(3) West Bengal
(4) Assam
Q29) How many billion dollars will India invest for 4G, 5G connectivity to every village?
(1) $20 billion
(2) $30 billion
(3) $40 billion
(4) $50 billion
Q30) National Cinema Day was celebrated across India in –
(1) 25th September
(2) 26th September
(3) 23rd September
(4) 24th September
Q31) World Gorilla Day is observed every year on –
(1) 24th September
(2) 25th September
(3) 26th September
(4) 27th September
Q32) Antyodaya Divas is observed every year on –
(1) 23rd September
(2) 24th September
(3) 25th September
(4) 26th September
Q33) World Pharmacist Day is observed every year on –
(1) 23rd September
(2) 24th September
(3) 25th September
(4) 26th September
Q34) International Daughter’s Day is observed every year on –
(1) 25th September
(2) 4th Friday of September
(3) 26th September
(4) 4th Sunday of September
Q35) Which state government has decided to launch a campaign ‘Hamar Beti Hamar Maan’?
(1) Chhattisgarh
(2) West Bengal
(3) Odisha
(4) Telangana
Q36) Indian Army has installed India’s first Avalanche Monitoring Radar in which state/UT?
(1) Tripura
(2) Sikkim
(3) Jammu & Kashmir
(4) Meghalaya
Q37) Who has been elected as President of Hockey India?
(1) Dilip Tirkey
(2) Ignace Tirkey
(3) Dhanraj Pillay
(4) Biju Patnaik
Q38) Which of the following district has achieved 100% digitization of banking operations?
(1) Malappuram
(2) Indore
(3) Rampur
(4) Leh
Q39) Who has been appointed as the Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi?
(1) Dr. Vasudha Gupta
(2) Dr. Samir V. Kamat
(3) Dr. M Srinivas
(4) Dr. Nikhil Tandon
Q40) Who has been appointed as Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)?
(1) Dr. Vasudha Gupta
(2) Dr. Samir V. Kamat
(3) Dr. Rajiv Bahl
(4) Dr. M Srinivas
Q41) Which is the first e-commerce company to set up Solar Farms in India?
(1) Walmart
(2) Amazon
(3) Flipkart
(4) ebay
Q42) Which is the first Indian bank to get RBI approval for Rupee Trade?
(1) State Bank of India
(2) HDFC Bank
(3) UCO Bank
(4) Federal Bank
Q43) Who has been reappointed as the MD & CEO of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)?
(1) Vasudha Gupta
(2) Kalyan Chaubey
(3) Dilip Asbe
(4) Yamuna Kumar
Q44) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has launched an online learning platform “Bharat Vidya” in –
(1) Bangalore
(2) Hyderabad
(3) Mumbai
(4) Pune
Q45) How many South Asian Countries are formed in Palm oil Alliance?
(1) 5 Countries
(2) 6 Countries
(3) 7 Countries
(4) 10 Countries
Q46) India’s first full-arm transplant was successfully performed at Amrita Hospital in –
(1) Gujarat
(2) Kerala
(3) Karnataka
(4) Uttrakhand
Q47) India’s longest river cruise to start between Varanasi and Bogibeel from –
(1) 2023
(2) 2024
(3) 2025
(4) 2027
Q48) Who has been elected as the President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS)?
(1) Dilip Turkey
(2) K Raja Prasad Reddy
(3) Rakesh Sharma
(4) Tanmay Maheshwari
Q49) Which state government will launch the ‘Matrubhumi Yojana Portal’ recently?
(1) Gujarat
(2) Karnataka
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Uttrakhand
Q50) Raveena Tandon has been appointed as Wildlife Goodwill Ambassador of –
(1) Karnataka
(2) Gujarat
(3) Goa
(4) Maharashtra
Q51) Which cricket team become the first team to lose by 10 wickets in ODIs, T20s and Tests in a year?
(1) Australia
(2) New Zealand
(3) England
(4) Bangladesh
Q52) Who has become the leading six-hitter in T20 Internationals?
(1) Virat Kohli
(2) Shikhar Dhawan
(3) Rohit Sharma
(4) Hardik Pandya
Q53) Which state government has decided to withdraw the ‘Cattle Control Bill’?
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Gujarat
(4) Punjab
Q54) Who has been appointed by Supreme Court to amend the constitution of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA)?
(1) Nidhi Khatri
(2) Sunil Bajpai
(3) Sanjay Agrawal
(4) L Nageswara Rao
Q55) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has inaugurated the 3rd edition of the Lok Manthan program in –
(1) Bengaluru
(2) New Delhi
(3) Guwahati
(4) Ahmedabad
Q56) Recently, Which company has been given the ‘Maharatna’ company status by the central government?
(1) RINL
(2) REC Ltd.
(3) NTPC Ltd.
(4) Coal India Ltd.
Q57) World Bank has approved a loan of $350 million for health sector for which state?
(1) Kerala
(2) Punjab
(3) Gujarat
(4) West Bengal
Q58) Who has been appointed as the Director General of the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG)?
(1) Rajesh Kumar
(2) Mark Begor
(3) Bharat Lal
(4) Bhavish Aggarwal
Q59) RBI has canceled the license of which of the following co-operative bank?
(1) Laxmi Cooperative Bank
(2) Saraswat Cooperative Bank
(3) Bharat Cooperative Bank
(4) Janata Cooperative Bank
Q60) Who has been named as the recipient of the Hermann Kesten Prize by the PEN Centre in Germany’s Darmstadt?
(1) Nivedita Menon
(2) Meena Kandasamy
(3) Yashica Dutt
(4) Suraj Yengde
Q61) India will host its maiden Moto Grand Prix World Championships race 2023 at which city?
(1) Bengaluru
(2) New Delhi
(3) Chennai
(4) Greater Noida
Q62) What is the upper limit of the ‘UPI Lite’ payment transaction?
(1) Rs 1000
(2) Rs 500
(3) Rs 200
(4) Rs 100
Q63) ‘Swadesh Darshan’ scheme is an initiative of which Union Ministry?
(1) Culture Ministry
(2) Tourism Ministry
(3) Defence Ministry
(4) Education Ministry
Q64) Which planet’s natural satellites are called as ‘Galilean Moons’?
(1) Jupiter
(2) Saturn
(3) Mars
(4) Venus
Q65) Which city has topped the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) in 2022?
(1) Singapore
(2) New York
(3) London
(4) Hong Kong
Q66) As per World Bank, Which country has the highest food price inflation in the World?
(1) Venezuela
(2) Zimbabwe
(3) Lebanon
(4) Turkey
Q67) Who has been honoured with the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics for multiple discoveries?
(1) Gary Miller
(2) Michael Sipser
(3) Daniel A. Spielman
(4) Nikhil Srivastava
Q68) Which state government will use portable device ‘SAANS’ to prevent deaths of newborn children?
(1) Haryana
(2) Jammu Kashmir
(3) Assam
(4) Delhi
Q69) “Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Sabka Vishwas”, a book on PM Modi’s speeches has been launched by –
(1) Jagdeep Dhankhar
(2) Droupadi Murmu
(3) Ram Nath Kovind
(4) Venkaiah Naidu
Q70) Who has been appointed as the Brand Ambassadors of Max Life Insurance?
(1) Virat Kohli
(2) Ajinkya Rahane
(3) Shikhar Dhawan
(4) Rohit Sharma
Q71) “World Rose Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 21st September
(2) 22nd September
(3) 23rd September
(4) 24th September
Q7.2) “International Day of Sign Languages” is observed every year on –
(1) 23rd September
(2) 24th September
(3) 25th September
(4) 26th September
Q73) Who became first swimmer from Northeast India to cross the North Channel?
(1) Rehan Poncha
(2) Elvis Ali Hazarika
(3) Virdhawal Khade
(4) Anshul Kothari
Q74) Kashmir’s first-ever multiplex has been opened in –
(1) Jammu
(2) Anantnag
(3) Srinagar
(4) Gulmarg
Q75) Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has launched ‘SCALE’ app for skill development in –
(1) Technology Industry
(2) Food Industry
(3) Mining Industry
(4) Leather Industry
Q76) Rama Subramaniam Gandhi has been appointed as the Non-Executive (Part-time) Chairman of –
(1) Yes Bank
(2) Axis Bank
(3) Bandhan Bank
(4) CSB Bank
Q77) Who has been nominated as trustees of the PM CARES Fund?
(1) Ratan Tata
(2) KT Thomas
(3) Kariya Munda
(4) All of above
Q78) Project “Saaras” for menstruation health launched by Israeli embassy in which Indian city?
(1) Gurugram
(2) Ghaziabad
(3) Kolkata
(4) Hyderabad
Q79) India’s presidency of AIBD has been extended for how many years?
(1) one
(2) three
(3) four
(4) two
Q80) Who has been honored with the prestigious Smita Patil Memorial Award?
(1) Shraddha Kapoor
(2) Deepika Padukone
(3) Alia Bhatt
(4) Aishwarya Rai
Q81) Which city is the host of 2nd India-Japan 2+2 dialogue in 2022?
(1) Mumbai
(2) New Delhi
(3) Tokyo
(4) Osaka
Q82) Which bank has unveiled its ‘Bank on Wheels’ service for Gujarat?
(1) ICICI Bank
(2) Bandhan Bank
(3) Induslnd Bank
(4) HDFC Bank
Q83) Which is the first public sector bank to go live on the Direct Tax Collection System Tin 2.0?
(1) Bank of India
(2) RBL Bank
(3) Yes Bank
(4) IDBI Bank
Q84) ‘National Conference on agriculture for Rabi campaign 2022-23’ has been inaugurated by –
(1) Rajnath Singh
(2) Narendra Singh Tomar
(3) Piyush Goyal
(4) G. Kishan Reddy
Q85) India’s eastern-most military garrison of Kibithu is named after whom?
(1) General Bipin Rawat
(2) General Dalbir Singh Suhag
(3) General Manoj Pande
(4) General Manoj Mukund Naravane
Q86) Who has announced the launch of “Swachh Amrit Mahotsav“?
(1) Hardeep Singh Puri
(2) Narendra Modi
(3) Amit Shah
(4) B k Tyagi
Q87) Which country has honored former Indian Navy Chief Sunil Lamba with the Meritorious Service Medal?
(1) France
(2) Singapore
(3) New Zealand
(4) Russia
Q88) Who has been appointed as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) by SpiceJet airline?
(1) Ashish Kumar
(2) B K Tyagi
(3) Peter Albers
(4) Ravindra Takkar
Q89) Who has been appointed as the CEO of International Science and Public Relations Agency “Oglivy”?
(1) Ravindra Takkar
(2) Ranjith Rath
(3) Devika Bulchandani
(4) B K Tyagi
Q90) Which country’s cricketer Aaron Finch has announced his retirement from ODI cricket recently?
(1) England
(2) New Zealand
(3) Australia
(4) Canada
Answer:
S1. Ans. (3) 25th September
Explanation:
World Lung Day is celebrated on September 25, which aims to recognise the latest achievements in lung health.
Out of all the cancer cases, lung cancer accounts for 12.8%.
Out of all the mortalities due to cancer, lung cancer accounts for 17.8%.
Smoking is responsible for developing lung cancer by 94%.
The risk of lung cancer is 24 to 36 times higher in smokers than in people who do not smoke.
S2. Ans. (2) Last Sunday of September
Explanation:
World Deaf Day is observed annually on the last Sunday of September.
This month, the day will be celebrated on September 25.
It aims to raise awareness on the issues faced by deaf people in their daily lives.
The World Deaf Day is part of the International Week of the Deaf People which will be observed from September 19 to September 25 this year. The week is an initiative by the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) and was first celebrated back in September 1958 in Rome, Italy.
The theme for this year’s International Week of the Deaf is ‘Building Inclusive Communities for All’.
S3. Ans. (3) 4th Sunday of September
Explanation:
World Rivers Day is observed every year on the fourth Sunday of September. This year, it falls on September 25.
Objective – To raise awareness regarding water bodies and to promote their conservation.
Theme 2022 – The importance of Rivers to Biodiversity
It was established in 2005 following a proposal from renowned river advocate, Mark Angelo.
S4. Ans. (3) 26th September
Explanation:
The World Environmental Health Day is observed every year on September 26 with an aim to increase awareness about the crucial work done by environmental health workers and encourage people to contribute to the protection of our environment.
Theme 2022: ‘Strengthening Environmental Health Systems for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals’
According to the WHO, 24% of global deaths are linked to the environment, which is roughly 7 million deaths a year.
The day was first observed by the International Federation of Environmental Health in the year 2011.
S5. Ans. (2) 26th September
Explanation:
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons is observed on September 26 every year.
The aim of the day is to enhance public awareness about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons and the necessity for their total elimination.
The United Nations’ (UN) objective to achieve total nuclear disarmament was underlined in the first resolution of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 1946.
The devastating impact of the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings is well known. This apart, over 2000 nuclear tests have been conducted to date; the last one in 2017, by North Korea. Such tests have caused cancers, birth defects and chronic diseases, among other illnesses in people, and severely damaged the natural world.
S6. Ans. (2) 26th September
Explanation:
World Contraception Day is celebrated on 26 September every year all around the world.
The main aim to celebrate World Contraception Day is to educate the youth about sexual awareness and the importance of contraception.
World Contraception Day 2022 History : It was in the year 2007 when the ten international family-planning organisations observed World Contraception Day on 26 September to raise awareness about contraception.
S7. Ans. (4) 27th September
Explanation:
World Tourism Day 2022 is observed on 27 September
This day is celebrated every year to focus on promoting tourism in various parts of the world.
Theme 2022: ‘Rethinking Tourism’
The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has started World Tourism Day in 1979. The celebrations for the same officially began in 1980.
S8. Ans. (2) Gautam Adani
Explanation:
As per the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2022, Gautam Adani has topped the list with an estimated wealth of Rs. 10,94,400 crore.
While Mukesh Ambani has been named as the 2nd richest in India with an estimated wealth of Rs. 7,94,700 crore.
Nykaa Founder & CEO, Falguni Nayar became India’s richest self-made woman, surpassed Biocon chief, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw in net worth. She is also the richest female in India, followed by Rekha Jhunjhunwala of Rare Enterprises.
The youngest richest person on the list was also a start-up founder, Kaivalya Vohra, the 19-year-old co-founder of quick grocery delivery app Zepto.
Co-founders of newly minted unicorn PhysicsWallah — Alakh Pandey and Prateek Maheshwari — also debuted in the list this year. They were both are ranked at the 399th position with a wealth of ₹4,000 crore.
S9. Ans. (1) Bhagat Singh
Explanation:
PM Modi has announced that the Chandigarh airport will be renamed after Shaheed Bhagat Singh as a tribute to the great freedom fighter.
Punjab & Haryana governments had last month (Aug 2022) agreed to name the airport after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.
Earlier in 2017, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha had also passed a resolution to name the airport as Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh International Airport.
The Rs 485-crore airport project is a joint venture of Airports Authority of India (AAI), and the governments of Punjab and Haryana.
List of some important renamed Airport:
Deoghar Airport (Jharkhand) – Atal Bihari Vajpayee Airport
Agartala Airport (Tripura) – Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport
Airport in Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) – Maryada Purshottam Shriram Airport.
Shivamogga airport (Karnataka) – BS Yediyurappa Airport
S10. Ans. (1) October 2022
Explanation:
India will get its first flex-fuel car, which can run on ethanol-blended petrol and battery, next month (October).
The Flex Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicle (FFVSHEV) imported from Brazil will be used as part of a pilot project to assess its performance in terms of reduced carbon emission.
The car will be flagged off by Union Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari in the second week of October 2022.
Experts and automobile industry players said flex-fuel vehicles will hit the Indian market from 2024 onwards.
In Brazil, nearly 85% of the cars sold run on flex fuel.
FFV engines can run on flexible fuel — a combination of petrol and ethanol, which can include up to 100% ethanol. The FFV-SHEV are the ones in which FFV is integrated along with strong hybrid electric technology.
S11. Ans. (2) Sanjai Kumar
Explanation:
Sanjai Kumar has been appointed as the Chairman & Managing Director of RailTel Corporation of India.
He was currently working as director of networking, planning & marketing at the company.
He is an officer of the Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) with around 30 years of varied experience in Railway functioning, Project Management, and marketing.
RailTel is a “Mini Ratna (Category-I)” Central Public Sector Enterprise is an information and communications technology (ICT) provider.
As on 30 June 2022, the Government of India holds 72.84% stake in the company.
S12. Ans. (3) G Kishan Reddy
Explanation:
Minister for Tourism and Culture G Kishan Reddy has launched Virtual Conference ‘SymphoNE’ to boost Tourism Sector in North East India.
North East India is blessed with amazing food, culture, stunning landscapes, heritage and architecture and ranks among the most beautiful places on the earth. But, there are grand opportunities that can be filled to boost Tourism Sector in the Region.
Objective – To create a roadmap to showcase the unexplored beauty of North East India & boost the tourism Sector in North Eastern Region.
S13. Ans. (2) Nepal
Explanation:
India and Nepal agree to take forward Sapta Kosi high dam project. It is a multipurpose project proposed to be constructed on the Sapta Koshi River of Nepal.
It is aimed to control floods in southeast Nepal and northern Bihar and to generate hydropower.
This was decided at the 9th meeting of the Joint Committee on Water Resources (JCWR).
These meetings comprehensively reviewed the bilateral water-sector cooperation between India and Nepal, including the implementation of the Mahakali Treaty, the Sapta Kosi-Sun Kosi Project and cooperation in areas of flooding and inundation.
The Mahakali Treaty was signed in 1996 over the integrated development of the Mahakali River, including the Sarada Barrage, Tanakpur Barrage, and Pancheshwar project.
S14. Ans. (4) Nagaland
Explanation:
Nagaland Government to launch its own health insurance scheme called the Chief Minister’s Health Insurance Scheme (CMHIS) on 1st October.
Objective – To reduce out-of-pocket expenditure on hospital care for all bonafide citizens of the state.
The beneficiary families will be entitled to free health insurance coverage of up to five lakh rupees per family per year.
The scheme will cover two beneficiary categories-State government employees and pensioners including legislators/ex-legislators and their dependents, and all the Indigenous and or Permanent residents of the State who are not beneficiaries under AB PM-JAY or any public-funded insurance scheme.
S15. Ans. (4) USA
Explanation:
An Oscar-winning actress Louise Fletcher from the USA has passed away at 88 in France.
She was awarded the Oscar in 1976 for her role as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975).
She was also a recipient of the BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
She was nominated for two Emmy Awards for her roles in the television series Picket Fences (1996) and Joan of Arcadia (2004).
Her final role was as Rosie in the Netflix series Girlboss (2017).
S16. Ans. (3) 8 years
Explanation:
The flagship program of the Government of India, ‘Make in India’ completed 8 years on 25 September 2022.
The programme was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014 to transform the country into a leading global manufacturing and investment destination.
The initiative is an effort of the government to attract foreign investors to invest in India.
Make In India has substantial accomplishments across 27 sectors. These include strategic sectors of manufacturing and services as well.
S17. Ans. (2) Chakda Express
Explanation:
Legendary Indian women’s cricket fast bowler Jhulan Goswami has retired from international cricket on 24 September 2022.
Her nicknames: Babul, Chakda Express
She has recorded his last match as a win against England.
Jhulan Gowswami started her International career against England in 2002 as a fast bowler. At one time she was the fastest bowler in international women cricket.
The 39-year-old Jhulan has played 12 Tests, 203 ODIs and 68 T20Is for India, and has picked up 353 wickets across formats. Of those, 253 wickets have come in ODIs where she is the highest wicket-taker in women’s cricket.
She is at present the only women cricketer who has more than 200 wickets in ODI.
S18. Ans. (3) Suella Braverman
Explanation:
Britain’s Indian-origin Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been named winner of the first-ever Queen Elizabeth II Woman of the Year award at a ceremony in London.
The 42-year-old barrister, who was appointed to the Cabinet earlier this month by British Prime Minister Liz Truss, said it was the “honour of her life” to take on the new role at the Asian Achievers Awards (AAA) 2022 ceremony.
Braverman was previously served as attorney General between 2020-2022.
These awards were established in 2000 to honour south Asians for their great achievement in UK.
S19. Ans. (2) Gujarat
Explanation:
India has exported the first consignment of plant-based Meat Products from Kheda district of Gujarat to California in the United States.
The plant-based consignment is 5000 kg and consists of mini samosas, hot and spicy strips, momos, spring rolls, nuggets, grilled patty, and other vegan products.
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Authority (APEDA) facilitated the export of the first consignment of plant-based meat products under the Vegan Food category.
APEDA has planned to promote a variety of vegan food products to Australia, Israel, New Zealand, and others.
S20. Ans. (2) Sign Learn App
Explanation:
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched an Indian Sign Language (ISL) dictionary mobile application called ‘Sign Learn’.
It is based on the Indian sign language dictionary of the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC) which contains 10,000 words.
ISLRTC signed MoU with NCERT to convert NCERT textbooks from classes 1 to 12 into the Indian Sign Language to make the textbooks accessible to children with hearing disabilities.
S21. Ans. (2) China
Explanation:
Researchers in China have discovered a new type of crystal in the volcanic debris of the near side of the moon.
They also discovered potential fuel source for production of clean and efficient energy on Earth.
The small, transparent crystal has been named Changesite-(Y), after the Chinese moon goddess Chang’e.
S22. Ans. (4) Ageas Federal
Explanation:
Ageas Federal Life Insurance (AFLI) has become the first life insurance company in India to have a 74% stake held by a foreign partner.
Belgium-based Ageas Insurance International recently completed the acquisition of the 25% stake in the life insurance joint venture (JV) from IDBI Bank.
With this, shareholding of Ageas in the JV rose to 74% from the earlier-held 49%.
Federal Bank continues to hold a 26% stake in the life insurer, while IDBI Bank exited as a shareholder.
S23. Ans. (1) UK
Explanation:
Dame Hilary Mantel, an author of the best-selling Wolf Hall trilogy, she had passed away on 22nd Sep 2022 “suddenly yet peacefully”, at the age of 70. She was from United Kingdom.
She had been honoured with the Booker Prize for Wolf Hall (2009) and Bring Up the Bodies (2012).
Her notable works: Fludd; Beyond Black
Her first novel ‘Every Day is Mother’s Day’, was published in 1985.
She was also honoured with the Walter Scott Prize (2010, 2021) and Costa Novel Prize (2012).
S24. Ans. (2) Cochin International Airport
Explanation:
The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has won the Airport Service Quality award-2022 instituted by Airport Council International (ACI) for ensuring seamless traffic in the aftermath of the pandemic.
The Airport Authority has won recognition in the 5-15 million passenger category of airports operating in the Asia-Pacific region.
The ACI award is recognised as the highest honour in the global aviation sector owing to its extensive survey methodology practices.
S25. Ans. (1) Rajendra Kumar
Explanation:
Senior bureaucrat Rajendra Kumar has been appointed the director general of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, as part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre.
Kumar, a 1992-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, is currently an additional secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
As per the order, T Natarajan, a 1996-batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, will be an additional secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance.
V Hekali Zhimomi has been appointed as additional secretary in the Department of Health and Family Welfare. She is at present working as a joint secretary in the same department.
Jaideep Kumar Mishra, who is currently an additional secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, will now be additional secretary and financial adviser to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, replacing Srivastava.
Nitishwar Kumar has been appointed as additional secretary and financial adviser in the Ministry of Women and Child Development, by temporarily upgrading a vacant post of joint secretary and financial adviser in the ministry.
L Satya Srinivas, Additional Secretary in NATGRID, Ministry of Home Affairs, will be an additional secretary in the Department of Commerce.
V Radha, Additional Secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, has been named as additional secretary in NITI Aayog.
Ranjana Chopra, a 1994-batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, has been appointed additional secretary and financial adviser in the Ministry of Culture.
S26. Ans. (2) Bandaru Wilsonbabu
Explanation:
Bandaru Wilsonbabu, presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), has been appointed as Indian Ambassador to Madagascar.
Wilsonbabu, who has served as the joint Secretary in the Eurasia division, will be replacing ambassador Abhay Kumar.
There are about 17500 persons of Indian origin in Madagascar, including approximately 2500 Indian passport holders.
The first Indian settlers, mostly from Gujarat, arrived in Madagascar in 1880.
S27. Ans. (3) CBI
Explanation:
The Central Bureau of Investigation has carried out ‘Operation Meghachakra’ at 56 locations in 20 states against the circulation and sharing of child sexual abuse material online.
CBI launched the exercise code-named ‘Operation Meghachakra’ by using the inputs from the Interpol unit of New Zealand.
CBI carried out a similar exercise “Operation Carbon” in 2021 at 76 locations across the country.
CBI is the first probe agency to set up a cybercrime unit for the investigation of cybercrimes in the country.
S28. Ans. (4) Assam
Explanation:
The Assam government will engage 5 lakh water ambassadors for creating awareness on water conservation and related issues.
Director of Jan Jeevan Mission, Kailash Karthik N said that ten students of class IX to X will be engaged as water messengers in every scheme of the mission.
He said that the selected students would participate in a two-day workshop in which information about water sanitation and health would be given.
Shri Karthik further said that these students will visit the field to know about the working of piped water supply system. They will also be given test kits to monitor the water quality.
S29. Ans. (2) $30 billion
Explanation:
India will invest $30 billion for ensuring last mile accessibility to 4G and 5G services in every village, said telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at Global Fintech Fest on 22d Sep 2022.
Speaking at the ‘Global Fintech Fest 2022’, Vaishnaw said the government has reached out to over 1.5 lakh gram panchayats to date.
S30. Ans. (3) 23rd September
Explanation:
The National Cinema Day was previously announced to be held on September 16, however, on request from various stakeholders and in order to maximize participation, it was rescheduled to September 23.
The day has been scheduled by the Multiplex Association of India (MAI).
Over 4,000 screens at multiplexes from across the country, including PVR, INOX, Cinepolis, Carnival, and Delite, have teamed up to offer a “celebratory admission price” of Rs 75 to mark National Cinema Day.
S31. Ans. (1) 24th September
Explanation:
World Gorilla Day is observed on 24th September.
World Gorilla Day is an annual event celebrating gorillas and empowering global communities to take action for gorilla conservation.
World Gorilla Day creates the opportunity for people all over the world to come together in celebrating gorillas, and more importantly, taking action to protect gorillas in the wild.
World Gorilla Day originated on 24, 2017, to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the work of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. It was on that day in 1967 that Dian Fossey set up her two tents and began groundbreaking mountain gorilla research in the forests of Rwanda.
S32. Ans. (3) 25th September
Explanation:
Antyodaya Diwas is celebrated annually on 25th September in India.
It marks the birth anniversary of Indian leader Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya and is celebrated in his honour to remember his life and legacy.
He was one of the most prominent personalities in the history of Indian politics.
This year, the Antyodaya Diwas marks the 105th birth anniversary of Upadhyaya. He was the co-founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) and a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) thinker.
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya was born on 25th September 1916 in the Chandrabhan village near the Fareh town in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. He was born into a Brahmin family
S33. Ans. (3) 25th September
Explanation:
World Pharmacist Day is observed every year on 25 September.
Objective – To promote pharmacists’ contributions to global health improvement through their work.
Theme 2022 – Pharmacy united in action for a healthier world
World Pharmacist Day was introduced in 2009 at the World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Istanbul, Turkey, by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
S34. Ans. (4) 4th Sunday of September
Explanation:
International Daughter’s Day is observed every year on the fourth Sunday of September.
This year, the day is being celebrated on September 25.
Objective – To cherish our daughters who bring love and happiness to our lives.
To mark this day, people across the globe celebrate by spending some quality time with their daughters and doing something special for them.
S35. Ans. (1) Chhattisgarh
Explanation:
Chhattisgarh government has decided to launch a campaign on women’s safety titled ‘Hamar Beti Hamar Maan’ (our daughter, our honour)
Objective – To create awareness on safety measures among school- and college-going girls and prioritize registration and investigation of women-related crimes.
Under this campaign, the girls will be taught about various necessary subjects, including their legal rights, good touch-bad touch, and sexual crimes.
A helpline number will also be issued under the Hamar Beti Hamar Maan campaign.
S36. Ans. (2) Sikkim
Explanation:
The Indian Army and the Defence Geo-informatics and Research Establishment (DGRE) have jointly installed India’s first Avalanche Monitoring Radar in north Sikkim.
Besides being used for detection of avalanches, this radar can also be employed to detect landslides.
This radar has the capability to detect avalanches within three seconds of their triggering and will assist in saving the valuable life of troops and civilians as also vehicles in super high altitude areas.
S37. Ans. (1) Dilip Tirkey
Explanation:
Dilip Tirkey, a former India hockey captain and member of the gold medal-winning team at the 1998 Asian Games, was unanimously elected as Hockey India president.
First time in history, a former sportsperson and an Olympian has been elected as the head of Hockey India.
Tirkey has a record 412 international matches as a defender in his career spanning more than 15 years.
S38. Ans. (4) Leh
Explanation:
Leh district of Ladakh has achieved 100 percent digitization of banking operations.
Leh district has completed the digitization of all the operating banks in a short span of a year.
In 2019, RBI put forward a proposal to make at least one district of every state in the country have 100 percent digitization of banking operations.
Thrissur district of Kerala became the first fully digital banking district of the country in August 2021.
Kerala is also the first state in India to achieve the target of Financial Inclusion of having at least one bank account in a family.
S39. Ans. (3) Dr. M Srinivas
Explanation:
The Central Government has appointed M Srinivas as the Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi.
Srinivas will be succeeding Randeep Guleria, who has served as the director since March 2017.
M Srinivas will be serving as the director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS Delhi for a period of five years or till he attains the age of 65.
Guleria, who was appointed in 2017, had his term extended twice. His term initially came to an end on March 24, 2022, but was extended for another three months – twice, due to the delay in finalizing the new director.
S40. Ans. (3) Dr. Rajiv Bahl
Explanation:
Rajiv Bahl has been appointed as Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) & Secretary of the Department of Health Research for a period of three years.
Bahl is currently working at the World Health Organization in Geneva.
His predecessor, Dr Balram Bhargava’s extended tenure as Director General of ICMR and Secretary of the Department of Health Research ended in July.
ICMR is the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest medical research bodies in the world.
S41. Ans. (2) Amazon
Explanation:
Amazon announced its first solar project in India with three new solar farms in Rajasthan, with a combined energy capacity of 420 megawatts (MW).
Amazon aims to use 100% renewable energy across its business by 2025.
The Indian project includes a 210-MW project to be developed by ReNew Power, a 100-MW project to be developed by Amp Energy India, and a 110-MW project to be developed by Brookfield Renewable Partners.
S42. Ans. (3) UCO Bank
Explanation:
India’s Public sector lender UCO Bank is the first bank to receive the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) approval for Rupee Trade.
The Kolkata-based bank will open a special vostro account with Gazprombank of Russia for trade settlement in Indian rupees.
In July, RBI announced its decision to allow Indian banks to settle trade in Indian currency in July.
RBI also allowed trade settlements between India and other countries, including Sri Lanka and Russia.
S43. Ans. (3) Dilip Asbe
Explanation:
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has reappointed Dilip Asbe as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of the company for a period of five years.
Dilip Asbe took over as MD & CEO of NPCI in January 2018.
NPCI is an umbrella organisation for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India.
S44. Ans. (4) Pune
Explanation:
The Union Minister for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman has launched “Bharat Vidya“, an online learning platform for Oriental and South Asian studies, in Pune, on 21 September 2022.
Bharat Vidya has been developed by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune.
It is a first-of-its-kind online platform, which will offer both free and paid courses covering various aspects of Indology pertaining to art, architecture, philosophy, language and science.
S45. Ans. (1) 5 Countries
Explanation:
Edible oil trade associations from five palm oil importing countries in South Asia – India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, announced the setting up of Asian Palm Oil Alliance (APOA).
The idea is to gain collecting bargaining power and make imports sustainable.
Palm oil is currently the world’s most consumed vegetable oil.
India’s annual imports of edible oil is around 13-14 million tonne (MT). Around 8 MT of palm oil is imported from Indonesia and Malaysia, while other oils, such as soya and sunflower, come from Argentina, Brazil, Ukraine and Russia.
India is the largest importer of palm oil in Asia, accounting for 15% of global imports, followed by China (9%), Pakistan (4%) and Bangladesh (2%).
S46. Ans. (2) Kerala
Explanation:
Two bilateral hand transplants have been performed successfully on two patients at the Amrita Hospital in Kochi.
A patient from Karnataka, Amaresh, 25, and another from Iraq, Yousif Hasan Saeed Al Zuwaini, 29 who lost both their hands due to electric shock underwent transplantation with limbs harvested from donors who were victims of fatal road accidents in Kerala.
A team led by Dr Subramania Iyer and Dr Mohit Sharma, comprising 20 surgeons and 10 anaesthetists, performed the surgery.
Only three shoulder-level full-arm transplants have been performed in the world, and this is the first in India.
S47. Ans. (1) 2023
Explanation:
India’s longest river cruise service will be launched early next year between Varanasi and Bogibeel.
Two floating jetties are being constructed at Dibrugarh’s Bogibeel and Guijan in Tinsukia district.
The cruise service will be traversing a distance of more than 4000 kms across Ganga, Indo Bangladesh Protocol Route (IBPR), and Brahmaputra.
The cruise would be the latest in a string of connectivity and development projects in the northeast.
National Waterways on the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and Barak rivers are also being developed to reduce travel costs to Bangladesh.
S48. Ans. (2) K Raja Prasad Reddy
Explanation:
K Raja Prasad Reddy from Telugu daily Sakshi has been elected as the president of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS).
Rakesh Sharma from Aaj Samaj, a Hindi language newspaper, was elected as the INS deputy president and Mathrubhumi Arogya Masika’s M V Shreyams Kumar the society’s vice president at its 83rd annual general meeting.
Tanmay Maheshwari from Hindi daily Amar Ujala was elected as the INS treasurer.
S49. Ans. (3) Uttar Pradesh
Explanation:
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced to launch ‘Mathrubhumi Yojana’ portal on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
The aim of the scheme is to make common citizens direct participants in the development work of the state.
S50. Ans. (4) Maharashtra
Explanation:
Bollywood actor Raveena Tandon has been appointed as the Wildlife Goodwill Ambassador of Maharashtra.
Tandon described it as an honour to serve as the wildlife goodwill ambassador of Maharashtra.
The mission is to work to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and nature.
S51. Ans. (3) England
Explanation:
Pakistan created T20 cricket history on 22nd September to level the seven-match home T20I series with a dominating 10-wicket win against England in the second game of the series.
Though England managed to score 199/5 in 20 overs, Pakistan reached the target in 3 overs without losing a wicket.
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan’s record-breaking opening partnership in the T20 cricket second innings helped Pakistan to manage a record T20 cricket chase without losing a wicket.
Pakistan also became the first team to successfully chase the 200+ target in T20 cricket without losing any wicket.
S52. Ans. (3) Rohit Sharma
Explanation:
Rohit Sharma has became the leading six-hitter in T20 Internationals as he surpassed New Zealand’s Martin Guptill to claim the top spot during India’s second match against Australia in Nagpur.
West Indies legend Chris Gayle, however, leads the all-time list in Twenty20 cricket with 1056 maximums to his name. Gayle is the only batter to smash over 1000 sixes in cricket’s shortest format. He also 124 sixes in T20Is from just 79 matches and ranks third behind Rohit and Gayle.
Rohit Sharma (India) – Sixes: 177, Matches: 139, Runs: 3694, HS: 118, SR: 141.15
Martin Guptill (New Zealand) -Sixes: 172, Matches: 121, Runs: 3497, HS: 105, SR: 135.80
Chris Gayle (West Indies) -Sixes: 124, Matches: 79, Runs: 1899, HS: 117, SR: 137.50
Eoin Morgan (England) -Sixes: 120, Matches: 115, Runs: 2458, HS: 91, SR: 136.17
S53. Ans. (3) Gujarat
Explanation:
Gujarat Assembly had passed the ‘Cattle Control Bill’ that aimed at prohibiting the movement of stray cattle on roads and public places in the urban areas of the state.
However, five months after passing the bill, the state government decided to withdraw it after massive protests against the bill.
The issue of stray cattle is faced by many states across India. In August, Haryana government informed that about 900 deaths occurred because of road accidents caused by stray cattle in the last 5 years. While over 1 lakh stray animals have been rehabilitated during 2020-21 and 2021-22 to various shelters, around 3,000 people have been injured.
S54. Ans. (4) L Nageswara Rao
Explanation:
The Supreme Court has appointed former court judge Justice L Nageswara Rao for amending the constitution of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and preparing Electoral College.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 8 Sept 2022 issued a final warning to IOA to “resolve its governance issues’ and hold elections by December, failing which the IOC will ban India.
The apex court asked Justice Rao to prepare a road map for amending the constitution and holding elections by December 15, 2022.
It also gave its permission to Rajeev Mehta, who is currently the secretary general of IOA, and Adille Sumariwalla, vice president of IOA, to participate in the September 27 meeting with the International Olympic Committee.
S55. Ans. (3) Guwahati
Explanation:
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has inaugurated the third edition of the Lok Manthan programme in Guwahati, Assam.
The 3-day event will have discussions, seminars, cultural events and exhibitions which will showcase the rich diversity of our nation.
Theme 2022 – Lokparampara (Lok traditions)
The 1st edition of the Lokmanthan which focused on Desh-Kal-Sthithi was held in 2016.
S56. Ans. (2) REC Ltd.
Explanation:
Power sector-focussed non-banking finance company (NBFC) REC Ltd. has been accorded the status of a ‘Maharatna’ Central Public Sector Enterprise, thus providing it with greater operational and financial autonomy.
Incorporated in 1969, REC is a non-banking finance company (NBFC), focusing on power sector financing and development across India. It comes under the aegis of Power Ministry.
REC Ltd. is the 12th company to be given the Maharatna Status.
The board of a ‘Maharatna’ CPSE can make equity investments to undertake financial joint ventures and wholly-owned subsidiaries and undertake mergers and acquisitions in India and abroad, subject to a ceiling of 15 percent of the net worth of the CPSE concerned, limited to Rs 5,000 crore in one project.
It was earlier known as Rural Electrification Corporation.
S57. Ans. (3) Gujarat
Explanation:
The World Bank has approved a loan of $350 million (over ₹2,832 crores) to the state of Gujarat for spending on healthcare services.
It will be specially focused on adolescent girls & disease surveillance.
The funding will come from the World Bank arm International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), carrying a maturity of 18 years including a grace period of 5.5 years.
Loan approved by World Bank in 2021-22:
USD125 million- for social protection services in West Bengal
USD 150 million- Partial Guarantee Facility Agreement (PGFA) with Axis Bank for a partial guarantee programme
USD 600 million– to Sri Lanka to make payments for essential imports
USD 47 million- for the Mission Karmayogi, a national program to build civil service capacity
USD 30 billion- fund for food security crisis
S58. Ans. (3) Bharat Lal
Explanation:
Retired Gujarat cadre officer, Bharat Lal has been appointed as the Director General, National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG).
Bharat Lal, a 1988-batch Indian Forest officer of Gujarat cadre, had served as Gujarat government’s resident commissioner in Delhi and has been known to be close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the then chief minister of the state.
Earlier, during December 2021, Lal was appointed as the Secretary to the Lokpal.
S59. Ans. (1) Laxmi Cooperative Bank
Explanation:
The Reserve Bank of India has canceled the license of Maharashtra-based Laxmi Co-operative Bank.
The reason is a lack of adequate capital.
Upon the liquidation of the bank, every depositor will be entitled to receive a deposit insurance claim amounting up to 5 lakh.
Banks whose license got cancelled by RBI recently:
RBI cancels the licence of Independence Co-operative Bank Limited, Nashik, Maharashtra.
RBI has canceled the license of Deccan Urban Co-operative Bank, Karnataka.
Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the licence of Pune-based Rupee Co-operative Bank Ltd.
RBI cancelled licence of Mudhol Co-op Bank, Bagalkot, Karnataka.
RBI cancelled license of People’s Co-operative Bank Ltd Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the license of Sarjeraodada Naik Shirala Sahakari Bank, Sangli, Maharashtra
S60. Ans. (2) Meena Kandasamy
Explanation:
Indian author and poet Meena Kandasamy has been announced as this year’s recipient of the Hermann Kesten Prize by the PEN Centre in Germany’s Darmstadt.
The Hermann Kesten Prize honours to those personalities who are in the spirit of the charter of the PEN association and stand up for the rights of persecuted authors and journalists.
Born in 1984 in Chennai, Kandasamy is a feminist and anti-caste activist whose work revolves around the issue of gender, caste, sexuality, patriarchy, and oppression by the Brahmanical system. Her novels have been shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the International Dylan Thomas Prize, the Jhalak Prize and the Hindu Lit Prize.
She previously held an editorial role at the English-language magazine ‘The Dalit’.
S61. Ans. (4) Greater Noida
Explanation:
India will host its maiden Moto Grand Prix World Championships race at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida in 2023.
MotoGP commercial rights owner Dorna has signed an MoU with the Noida-based race promoters Fairstreet Sports to host the premier two-wheel racing event in India for the next seven years.
MotoGP has plans to also introduce MotoE into the Indian racing scenario which will not only be a first in Asia but a green initiative with net zero carbon emission.
Formula 1 – the world’s premier four-wheel racing – too came to India with a lot of pomp and show 11 years back but lasted only three years – from 2011 to 2013 – despite a five-year contract due to financial, tax and bureaucratic hurdles.
Mahindra Racing is the only Indian team to have taken part during MotoGP weekends. They took part as a team from 2011 to 2014 in Moto3 before becoming an independent constructor till 2017.
S62. Ans. (3) Rs 200
Explanation:
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, Shaktikanta Das recently launched three key digital payment initiatives at the Global Fintech Fest 2022.
The initiatives include RuPay Credit Card on UPI, UPI LITE, Bharat BillPay Cross-Border Bill Payments.
Through UPI Lite on BHIM App, users will be able to make small-value transactions in near-offline mode.
The upper limit of a UPI Lite payment transaction will be ₹200.
The total limit of the UPI Lite digital payment mode on the wallet on a device would be ₹2,000 at any point in time.
S63. Ans. (2) Ministry of Tourism
Explanation:
The Ministry of Tourism had identified 15 tourist circuits under its Swadesh Darshan scheme including Ramayana Circuit, Buddhist Circuit, Coastal Circuit and Desert Circuit among others.
Union Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy announced a special tourist train to cover the ‘Ambedkar Circuit’.
The train will visit key sites associated with Dr BR Ambedkar including Mhow (his birthplace called Dr. Ambedkar Nagar in Indore), London (where he resided and studied), Nagpur (also studied here), Delhi (where he passed away) and finally Mumbai (where he was cremated.)
S64. Ans. (1) Jupiter
Explanation:
The Galilean moons or Galilean satellites are the four largest moons of Jupiter namely Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
They were first identified by Galileo Galilei in 1609-1610.
On September 26, Jupiter is set to make its closest approach to Earth in the last 59 years according to NASA.
The planet’s banding and three or four of the Galilean moons will be visible when seen with binoculars.
S65. Ans. (2) New York
Explanation:
New York topped the 32nd edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 32) as the most favoured financial centre in the world.
The top three most favored financial centres in the world are New York, London and Singapore.
New York has retained the top position for the past four years.
Singapore has overtaken Hong Kong to the third rank.
In India, New Delhi and Mumbai are ranked 68th and 70th ranks respectively.
S66. Ans. (3) Lebanon
Explanation:
As per the latest World Bank assessment, Sri Lanka ranks 5th in the highest food price inflation in the world.
The list is led by Lebanon followed by Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and Turkey.
Sri Lanka’s inflation surged to 70.2 per cent in August from 66.7 per cent a month ago as the country is grappling with the worst economic crisis. According to official data, food prices have risen by 84.6 per cent. In mid-April, Sri Lanka declared its international debt default due to the forex crisis.
S67. Ans. (3) Daniel A. Spielman
Explanation:
Daniel A. Spielman has been honoured with the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics for multiple discoveries in theoretical computer science and mathematics.
For the eleventh year, the Breakthrough Prize, renowned as the “Oscars of Science,” recognizes the world’s top scientists.
Each prize is $3 million and presented in the fields of Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics.
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Awarded to Clifford P. Brangwynne and Anthony A. Hyman; Demis Hassabis and John Jumper; Emmanuel Mignot and Masashi Yanagisawa.
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Awarded to Charles H. Bennett, Gilles Brassard, David Deutsch and Peter Shor.
Six New Horizons Prizes Awarded for Early-Career Achievements in Physics and Mathematics.
Three Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prizes Awarded to Women Mathematicians for Early-Career Achievements.
S68. Ans. (3) Assam
Explanation:
Following the success of a pilot project to reduce neonatal mortality with a special equipment ‘SAANS’, the Assam government has decided to use the air pressure machine developed by a Bangalore-based start-up across its hospitals.
‘SAANS’ is a portable neonatal Continuous Positive Air Pressure (CPAP) system that can provide lifesaving breathing support to infants in hospital settings as well as during travel.
More than 50 SAANS devices have been deployed across medical colleges in Assam to date with more deployments underway to district hospitals
S69. Ans. (4) Venkaiah Naidu
Explanation:
A collection of selected speeches of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been released at Akashvani Bhawan in New Delhi.
The book titled ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas-Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks’ portrays the PM’s vision of a new India.
The book was released by former Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur and Governor of Kerala Arif Mohammed Khan.
The book has 86 speeches of Prime Minister Modi from May 2019 to May 2020 covering various subjects. It is divided into ten thematic areas.
S70. Ans. (4) Rohit Sharma
Explanation:
Max Life Insurance has appointed Indian men’s cricket team captain, Rohit Sharma and his wife Ritika Sajdeh as their new brand ambassadors for two years.
The collaboration will increase the awareness of life insurance among the younger generation and help the company grow further.
The core message of Max Life Insurance is to be prepared mentally, physically, and financially for emerging challenges.
Objective – To promote the Max Life brand ethos of valuing the ‘self’ to determine the right financial value to protect themselves and their family.
Recent Brand Ambassador:
Punyakoti Dattu Yojana (Karnataka)- Kiccha Sudeep
Vaani Kapoor – Noise X-Fit 2 smartwatch
Ravi Shastri – FanCode
Mahendra Singh Dhoni – Garuda Aerospace
Robin Uthappa – Karnataka Brain Health Initiative (Ka-BHI)
Shubman Gill & Ruturaj Gaikwad – My11Circle
Rishabh Pant – Dish TV India
Jhulan Goswami -All Women Match Official Team
Rishabh Pant – Uttarakhand’s brand ambassador
Jasprit Bumrah- Unix
Ravindra Jadeja – Kinara Capital
Smriti Mandhana – IIT Madras incubated startup, GUVI
Saurav Ganguly – Century LED
S71. Ans. (2) 22nd September
Explanation:
World Rose Day is observed every year on September 22 for the welfare of Cancer Patients.
It is celebrated to show support and love towards the people suffering from World’s second deadliest disease.
World Rose Day was first observed in honour of 12-year-old cancer patient Melinda Rose from Canada, who died in 1996. According to reports, Rose was diagnosed with Askin’s Tumour in 1994, which is a rare form of blood cancer.
S72. Ans. (1) 23rd September
Explanation:
The International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL) is celebrated annually across the world on 23 September.
This day is celebrated to raise awareness of sign languages and strengthen the status of sign languages.
Theme 2022: “Sign Languages Unite Us”
The International Day of Sign Languages was first celebrated in 2018 as part of the International Week of the Deaf.
S73. Ans. (2) Elvis Ali Hazarika
Explanation:
Elvis Ali Hazarika a Veteran swimmer from Assam has become the first from the North East to cross the North Channel.
He also became the oldest Indian swimmer to swim across the North Channel.
Hailing from Guwahati, 40-year-old Elvis clocked a time of 14 hours and 38 minutes to accomplish what remains a dream for many swimmers.
The strait between north-eastern Northern Ireland and south-western Scotland is the North Channel.
Last year, Elvis achieved the feat of becoming the first Assamese to swim from Dharamtar Jetty to the Gateway of India in Mumbai.
Four years ago, he swam 29 kilometres of the 34-km English Channel, again becoming the first Assamese to achieve the feat.
Again, in August 2019, he became the first Assamese swimmer to successfully cross the Catalina Channel.
S74. Ans. (3) Srinagar
Explanation:
Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has inaugurated Kashmir’s first multiplex in the Sonwar area of Srinagar.
With this, cinema halls are back in Kashmir after a gap of three decades.
The multiplex designed by INOX has 3 movie theatres with a total capacity of 520 seats.
On Dec 31, 1990, all cinema halls in the Kashmir valley were closed amid the spread of terrorism.
S75. Ans. (4) Leather industry
Explanation:
Union Minister of Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan has launched the SCALE (Skill Certification Assessment for Leather Employees) app.
It provides a one-stop solution for the skilling, learning, assessment, & employment needs of the leather industry.
It has been developed by the Leather Skill Sector Council.
People from all age groups interested in leather craft can access online classes on this app.
The leather industry plays a major role in generating large-scale employment in the country with over 44 lakh people currently working in this industry.
S76. Ans. (1) Yes Bank
Explanation:
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the appointment of Rama Subramaniam Gandhi as the Non-Executive (Part-time) Chairman of Yes Bank for a tenure of 3 years.
Gandhi is currently a financial sector policy expert and adviser. At present, Gandhi advises banks, finance companies, fintech entities, payment system entities, investors, and funds on subjects ranging from financial regulations to and Indian economy.
Gandhi was also a deputy governor of RBI for three years from 2014 to 2017. He had been a seasoned and accomplished central banker for 37 years.
S77. Ans. (4) All of above
Explanation:
Veteran Industrialist Ratan Tata, Former Supreme Court Judge KT Thomas, and Former Deputy Lok Sabha Speaker Kariya Munda have been nominated as trustees of the PM CARES Fund.
The Trust further decided to nominate other eminent persons for the constitution of Advisory Board to the PM CARES Fund.
Advisory Board: Rajiv Mehrishi, Sudha Murthy, and Anand Shah (Former CEO of Piramal Foundation).
Objective – To provide wider perspectives on the functioning of the PM CARES Fund.
Donations to PM CARES Fund would qualify for 80G benefits for 100% exemption under the Income Tax Act. As per Centre’s data, a total of ₹7,031.99 crores was collected under PM CARES Fund between 2020-21.
S78. Ans. (2) Ghaziabad
Explanation:
The centre was inaugurated on 20th Sep 2022 by Naor Gilon, the Israeli ambassador to India as part of project “Saraas”, an initiative of the Israeli embassy in India, in collaboration with NGO Khushii, that aims at spreading awareness about menstrual health and hygiene, and building skills and capacity for women.
27-year-old Uzma Kazmi is popular among the women of Arthala village in Ghaziabad; it was she who helped them cope better with those “uncomfortable days” of the month by spreading awareness about menstrual health and hygiene and bringing within their reach cost-effective and eco-friendly sanitary napkins, “Saraas”.
The facility can already produce 10,000 sanitary pads every day and currently has a workforce of 15 women, the most of whom are from Arthala.
The cost of each pack of 10 is £20, which is significantly less expensive than the equivalent product’s lowest price on the market.
S79. Ans. (1) one
Explanation:
India’s Presidency of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Broadcasting Development (AIBD), has been extended for one more year.
The Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati and Director General of Doordarshan Mayank Kumar Agrawal is the President of AIBD.
The decision to extend AIBD was taken at the two-day General Conference of the AIBD held in New Delhi on 19th September 2022. The conference was inaugurated by the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur.
AIBD stands for Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development. The AIBD was formed in the year 1977.
S80. Ans. (3) Alia Bhatt
Explanation:
The 29-year-old actress, Alia Bhatt has been awarded the Best Actor at the prestigious Priyadarshni Academy Smita Patil Memorial Award.
This award is given for her commendable contribution to Indian cinema at the 38th-anniversary celebrations of the premier non-profit, socio-cultural and educational organisation, Priyadarshini Academy.
Ms Kiara Advani, Actress, India, received Priyadarshni Academy’s Smita Patil Memorial Award 2021 for Best Actress.
Ms Taapsee Pannu, Actress, India, received Priyadarshni Academy’s Smita Patil Memorial Award 2020 for best actress.
Priyadarshni Academy’s Smita Patil Memorial Award; which started in the year 1986, honours the Actresses who have done notable work in the field of acting.
S81. Ans. (3) Tokyo
Explanation:
The second India-Japan 2+2 Dialogue was recently in Tokyo.
It was attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar along with their counterparts.
Both sides re-affirmed their resolve to make India-Japan ties more robust and complementary, while respecting sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations.
This Dialogue reviewed the bilateral cooperation across domains.
S82. Ans. (4) HDFC Bank
Explanation:
HDFC Bank unveiled its state-of-the art ‘Bank on Wheels’ service, for the state of Gujarat.
It is part of a pilot project to offer banking services in unbanked locations.
The Rural Banking segment of HDFC bank has introduced ‘Bank on Wheels’ vans which will visit remote villages located 10 – 25 km from the nearest branch.
The van will cover 3 villages in a day and customers can access 21 banking products and services.
S83. Ans. (1) Bank of India
Explanation:
Bank of India (BOI) has become the first public sector bank to go live on Income Tax Department’s new Direct Tax Collection System Tin 2.0.
With this integration, taxpayers will now get a single platform for their tax payments and the e-filing of tax returns.
Taxpayers can now make direct tax payment at any branch of the Bank of India across the country.
S84. Ans. (2) Narendra Singh Tomar
Explanation:
The National Conference on agriculture for Rabi campaign 2022-23 has been inaugurated by the Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on 7th September.
It included discussions on crops, prospects of further progress, challenges, technologies, solutions and government’s plans and processes.
The production of food grains in the country is estimated at 3157 lakh tones, which is higher by 50 lakh tonnes than 2020-21.
S85. Ans. (1) General Bipin Rawat
Explanation:
The Kibithu Military Garrison in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh, located close to the LAC with China, was on 10th Sep 2022 renamed “General Bipin Rawat” Military Garrison in honour of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff.
As a young Colonel, Rawat commanded his Battalion 5/11 Gorkha Rifles at Kibithu from 1999-2000 and contributed immensely to strengthening the security structure in the area.
Along with the renaming of the military camp, the 22km Kibithu-Wallong Road, was also renamed General Bipin Rawat Road. A gate to the garrison built in traditional style was also inaugurated besides the unveiling of a life-size mural of Rawat.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Khandu announced a financial package of Rs 10 crore to make the garrison one of the best military stations in forward locations.
S86. Ans. (1) Hardeep Singh Puri
Explanation:
Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry Hardeep Singh Puri has announced to launch a 15-day campaign on September 17 to mark the completion of eight years of the Swachh Bharat Mission.
The campaign, ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav’, will focus on mobilising citizen action and commitment towards the vision of building garbage-free cities.
Its launch will coincide with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday.
S87. Ans. (2) Singapore
Explanation:
Former Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba (retd) has been conferred with the prestigious Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) honour by the President of Singapore Halimah Yacob.
It is also called the Meritorious Service Medal (Military).
During the tenure of Admiral Lanba, the Indian Navy hosted the 25th edition of the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) at Visakhapatnam in 2018.
S88. Ans. (1) Ashish Kumar
Explanation:
Budget carrier SpiceJet said it has appointed Ashish Kumar as its Chief Financial Officer.
He succeeds Sanjeev Taneja, who quit the struggling carrier on August 31.
Before joining the Gurugram-based low-cost airline, Mr Kumar was serving as vice president for corporate finance at Interglobe Enterprises since January 2019.
Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer at Interglobe Hotels for five years from 2014 to 2018.
S89. Ans. (3) Devika Bulchandani
Explanation:
Indian-origin Devika Bulchandani has been appointed as the Global Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ogilvy, the global advertising and public relations agency has announced.
Bulchandani will succeed Andy Main, who stepped down from the post and will serve as a Senior Advisor until the end of the year.
Prior to joining Ogilvy, Bulchandani spent 26 years at McCann in various leadership roles including president, McCann North America.
S90. Ans. (3) Australia
Explanation:
Aaron Finch, Australia’s captain announced his retirement from one-day international cricket after Australia’s third and final ODI against New Zealand.
Finch will continue to be the captain of the Australian cricket team for T20 and will lead it in defense of its world title in the T20 World Cup which is going to be held in October and November in Australia.
Finch is known as one of the Most Damaging Opening Batters in the world, Finch has scored 5,401 runs in the ODI format with an average of close to 40, and 17 centuries.
Aaron Finch is a top-order Batsman and is known for his ability to finish matches with his amazing batting skills. In 2006, Finch earned his place in the U-19 Australian cricket team for World Cup.
