Current Affairs of March 2022

1. By which year, India will achieve zero-diesel use in agriculture and replace fossil fuel with renewable energy?

Ans: 2024

 

2. Indian Railways is going to set up India's biggest Wrestling Academy in:

Ans: Kishanganj, Delhi

 

3. Which country has recently has invoked never before-used emergency powers to deal with the “Freedom Convoy" protests?

Ans: Canada

 

4. Which is the first-ever country to allow drone flights in civilian airspace?

Ans: Israel

 

5. Who was re-elected as the German President for a second term of five years?

Ans: Frank- Walter Steinmeier

 

6. Who was appointed by the Delhi High Court, as the Chairperson of the Committee of Administrators of the Table Tennis Federation, of India?

Ans: Gita Mittal

 

7. Who was appointed as the new CEO and MD of Air India?

Ans: Ilker Ayci

 

8. Which telecom company has tied up with Luxembourg-based satellite and telecom services provider SES to provide satellite-based

broadband communication services in India?

Ans: Reliance Jio

 

9. Which Launch Vehicle has injected Earth Observation Satellite EOS-04 into the orbit?

Ans: PSLV- C52

 

10. Who has authored the book 'How to Prevent the Next Pandemic'?

Ans: Bill Gates

 

11. Who was appointed as the brand ambassador of Uttarakhand?

Ans: Akshay Kumar

 

 

12. Which state had signed a MoU with the Social Alpha's Energy Lab to support innovative and clean energy technology programme?

Ans: Kerala

 

13. India's first commercial-scale biomass-based hydrogen plant will set up at:

Ans: Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh

 

14. Who was appointed as Chairman, Staff Selection Commission?

Ans: S. Kishore

 

15. Which has been officially certified as the World's Longest Highway Tunnel above 10,000 Feet by the World Book of Records?

Ans: Atal Tunnel

 

16. Name the programme launched by NABARD to promote natural farming under its existing watershed and wadi programmes in 11 states?

Ans: JIVA

 

17. What is the position of India in the 2021 Democracy Index's global ranking, published by the Economist Intelligence Unit?

Ans: 46

 

18. Name the French virologist who discovered the virus that causes AIDS, who passed away recently.

Ans: Luc Montagnier

 

19. Name the environmentalist who has resigned as Chairman of the Supreme Court's High -Powered Committee on the Char Dham

project?  

Ans: Ravi Chopra

 

20. Name the director of the Indian documentary 'Writing with Fire' that has been nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category at the

94th edition of the Academy Awards?

Ans: Rintu Thomas

 

 

21. Who is the first woman director of Indian Oil Corporation?

Ans: Sukla Mistry

 

22. Which district panchayat has won the Swaraj Trophy for the best district panchayat in the State for the fourth consecutive time?

Ans: Thiruvananthapuram   

 

23. Who has penned down the book titled Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War'?

Ans: Samuel Moyn

 

24. Name the scheme approved by the Ministry of Education to cover all the aspects of Adult Education for the period of 2022-2027.

Ans: New India Literacy Programme

 

25. Kerala's first Caravan park is all set to come up in:

Ans: Vagamon

 

26. Who was appointed as India's first national maritime security coordinator?

Ans: G Ashok Kumar

 

27. Which has become the world's first bank to set up shop in the metaverse, a virtual universe where users can do multiple activities like socialising, shopping or attending events through their avatar?

Ans: J.P. Morgan

 

28. Which team has won the women's title in Senior National Volleyball Championship 2021-22?

Ans: Kerala

 

29. Which has become the first country to adopt India's UPI system?

Ans: Nepal

 

30. Name the first player in history to score a triple century on his first-class debut.

Ans: Sakibul Gani

 

31. Name the undersea pipeline that directly links Russian gas to Europe via Germany.

Ans: Nord Stream 2

 

32. Name the village in Kerala included in the list of the 30 best places to visit in 2022 published by Conde Nast Traveller magazine.

Ans: Aymanam

 

33. Name the initiative launched by the Narcotics Control Bureau to find solutions to counter drug trafficking through the darknet.

Ans: Darkathon- 2022

 

34. Who has authored the autobiography 'Ungalil Oruvan'?

Ans: M.K. Stalin

 

35. Which Corporation has won Ayyankali Award?

Ans: Kollam

 

36. What is the real name of the Malayalam poet known by the pen name Ravana Prabhu?

Ans: Menath Ramakrishnan Nair

 

37. Who was appointed as the new Managing Director of Kerala Medical Service Corporation?

Ans: Sriram V enkitaraman

 

38. Which is the first digital bank of U.A.E.?  

Ans: Zand

 

39. Which are the two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine recognised as the independent countries by Russian President Vladimir Putin?

Ans: Donetsk and Luhansk

 

40. Which country has successfully tested a new naval air defence system `C-Dome'?

Ans: Israel

 

41. Which state has launched India's first Night Navigation mobile application for ferry services?

Ans: Assam

 

42. Who is the new Chairman of the International Rubber Study Group?

Ans: K.N. Raghavan

 

43. Name the country with which India signed a roadmap to enhance bilateral exchanges on the blue economy and ocean governance.

Ans: France

 

44. Name the Indian Grandmaster who defeated Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters, an online rapid chess tournament.

Ans: R Praggnanandhaa

 

45. Name the country in which the Indian Institute Praggnanandhaa of Technology is going to establish its first branch outside India.

Ans: United Arab Emirates

 

46. Which has become the 100th 'liar Ghar Jal' district?

Ans: Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

 

47. Which city is going to host the South Asian Athletic Federation (SAAF) cross country championship and 56th National Cross-Country athletics championships?

Ans: Kohima

 

48. Name the autobiography of KPAC Lalitha?

Ans: Katba Thudarum

 

49. Name the two-day international conference on Indian temple architecture organised by Archaeological Survey of India at Hampi, Karnataka.

Ans: Devayatanam- An odyssey of Indian temple architecture

 

50. What is the rank of India on the International Intellectual Property Index 2022 released by the Global Innovation Policy Center of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce? 

Ans: 43

 

51. What is the name given to the mission to evacuate Indian nationals from Ukraine due to the Russia-Ukraine tension?

Ans: Operation Ganga

 

52. Name the place in which the Cochin International Airport Limited has recently commissioned its 12 MWp solar power plant?

Ans: Payyanur, Kannur

 

53. Which had become the first country in the world that has authorized the use of a plant based COVED-19 vaccine?

Ans: Canada

 

54. Who was named as first woman chief of SEBI?

Ans: Madhabi Puri Buch

 

55. Which city is going to setting up India's first of its kind electronic-waste eco-park?

Ans: Delhi

 

56. Name the largest plane in the world of Ukraine which was destroyed by Russian attack.

Ans: Antonov- 225 cargo plane

 

57. Who was appointed as the chairman of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)?

Ans: Professor Bhushan Patwardhan

 

58. Who was appointed as the new President of Kerala Sahithya Academy?

Ans: K. Sachidanandan

 

59. India's first ambulance for street animals has been launched in:

Ans: Chennai

 

60. Who has become the first Indian to be awarded the Boltzmann Medal?

Ans: Deepak Dhar

 

61. Which country is going to host the 31st Southeast Asian Games?

Ans: Vietnam

 

62. Which team has won the Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 title?

Ans: Dabang Delhi K C

 

63. Which space agency has launched the next -generation GOES-T satellite to track hazardous weather?

Ans: NASA

 

64. What is the theme of World Wildlife Day 2022?

Ans: Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration

 

65. Name initiative launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and NIMHANS Bengaluru for improving women's mental health in India.

Ans: Stree Manoraksha Project

 

66. Which terminal has received India's first floating storage and regasification unit?

Ans: Jaigarh, Maharashtra

 

67. Which is the World's First airline to use Solar Aviation fuel?

Ans: Swiss International Air Lines AG

 

68. Which country hosts the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022?

Ans: New Zealand

 

69. 2022 Study in India meet was held in:

Ans: Dhaka

 

70. Who has become the first woman to appear in six World Cups?

Ans: Mithali Raj

 

71. Who is the author of the biography of pop icon Usha Uthup titled "The Queen of Indian Pop: The Authorised Biography of Usha Uthup'?

Ans: Vikas Kumar Jha

 

72. Who is the new president of the Financial Action Task Force?

Ans: T. Raja Kumar

 

73. Who has won the 2022 Balamani Amma Award?    

Ans: Prof. M. K Sanu

 

74. Name the scientist who pushed the button on India's first nuclear weapon test at Pokhran and passed away recently.

Ans: Pranab Dastidar

 

75. Who has won the 2022 Njanapana Award?

Ans: K Jayakumar

 

76. Who is the recently appointed Mayor of Chennai Corporation?

Ans: Priya Rajan

 

77. Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is located at:

Ans: Ukraine

 

78. Which is the first boat in Kochi Metro?

Ans: Mussaris

 

79. Who was appointed as the director of ISRO's Human Space Flight Centre?

Ans: R. Umamahaswaran