Current Affairs of April 2022

1. Name the programme organised jointly by the Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Textiles to celebrate the traditional Indian handicrafts, handlooms, art and culture.

Ans: Jharokha

 

2. According to the sanctions watchlist site Castellum.AI, which has become the most sanctioned country in the world?

Ans: Russia

 

3. Name the booklet launched by the RBI which features common modus operandi used by fraudsters and precautions to be taken while carrying out various financial transactions.

Ans: BE(A)WARE

 

4.  As per the report titled 'Freedom in the World 2022 -The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule', India has been termed as 'partly free'. The report was published by:

Ans: Freedom House

 

5. PARAM Ganga, a supercomputer designed by C-DAC was installed at:

Ans: IIT, Roorkee

 

6. Who was selected to represent India at the 2041 Climate Force Antarctica Expedition?

Ans: Aarushi Verma

 

7. World Health Organization Global Centre for Traditional Medicine is going to be established at:

Ans: Jamnagar, Gujarat

 

8. Name the Indian Grandmaster who wins the Grandiscacchi Cattolica International Open, held in Italy.

Ans: S.L. Narayanan

 

9. Who was elected as the first-ever female president of Hungary?

Ans: Katalin Novak

 

10. Who was elected as the new President of South Korea?

Ans: Yoon Suk-yeol

 

11. Which state has announced the ‘Sushrna Swaraj Award' for women for their significant achievements or contribution?

Ans: Haryana

 

12. Who was named as the Chairperson of the High-Powered Committee of the Chardham project?

Ans: Justice A.K. Sikri

 

13. Who was appointed as the chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)?

Ans: Debasish Panda

 

14. Name India's first medical city announced to set up in Pune.

Ans: Indrayani Medicity

 

15. Who was appointed as the youngest President of Chile?

Ans: Gabriel Boric Font

 

16. Who was appointed as the chairman of Air India?

Ans: N. Chandrasekaran

 

17. Name the first person to receive a genetically modified pig's heart, who passed away recently.

Ans: David Bennett

 

18. Name the practice of running out the non -striker, which was removed from Law 41 (Unfair Play) and clubbing it with Law 38 (Run out).

Ans: Mankading

 

19. Kerala's first Mathematics Park was opened at:

Ans: Govt. UPS, Nemom

 

20. Name the intramuscular vaccine developed by Biological E that is administered to the beneficiaries in the 12 to 14 years age group in India.

Ans: Corbevax

 

21. Name the chairman of the committee that recommended the Integrated Child Development Scheme in 1970.

Ans: Meena Swaminathan

 

22. India's first industrial park, wholly owned by women entrepreneurs is set up in:   

Ans: Hyderabad

 

23. India's first 'World Peace Center' will be established in:

Ans: Gurugram

 

24. Name the first Indian city to launch an Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK).

Ans: Bengaluru

 

25. Name the ancestral village of Bhagat Singh in which, Bhagwant Mann has sworn as the Chief Minister of Punjab?

Ans: Khatkar Kalan

 

26. Name India's First Digital Water Bank, that was launched in Bengaluru?

Ans: AQVERIUM

 

27. 'Which has become the biggest coal-producing firm of India?

Ans: Mahanadi Coalfields Limited

 

28. Which state had recorded the lowest Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) of 30 (per one lakh live births) in the country?

Ans: Kerala

 

29. Which is the longest vessel ever to sail from Ganga to tile Brabmaputra?

Ans: M.V. Ram Prasad Bismil

 

30. Who has won the 31st GD Birla Award for Scientific Research?

Ans: Prof. Narayan Pradhan

 

31. Which day was observed as the international Day to Combat Islamophobia by the U.N.O.?

Ans: March 15

 

32. Who has won the title of Miss World 2021?

Ans: Karolina Bielawska

 

33. Name the massive military drill conducted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Norway.

Ans: Cold Response 2022

 

34. What is the position of India in the United Nations' World Happiness Report for the year 2022?

Ans: 136

 

35. Who has been thorn in as the new President of Turkmenistan?

Ans: Serdar Berdimuhamedow

 

36. Name the Indian development economist who was appointed as a member of the UN's newly established Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism.

Ans: Jayati Ghosh

 

37. Who has become first African to win Pritzker Prize 2022?

Ans: Francis Kere

 

38. Name the former cricketer who has penned down the book titled 'Wrist Assured: An Autobiography'.

Ans: G.R. Viswanath

 

39. Who has won the She The People's inaugural Women Writer's Prize 2021 for the novel Budhini?

Ans: Sarah Joseph

 

40. Who has been granted the 'Spirit of Cinema Award' in the 26th International Film Festival of Kerala?

Ans: Lisa Alan

 

41. Who has penned down the book ‘K-Rail for whom’?

Ans: Ramesh Chennithala

 

42. Which is the first cyclone of 2022 over the Bay of Bengal?

Ans: Asani

 

43. Who has won 2021 Thakazhi Sahithya Puraskaram?

Ans: Ans: M. Leelavathi

 

44. Which is the first State Assembly in the country to implement the National e-Vidhan Application (NVA) programme to become completely paperless?

Ans: Nagaland

 

45. Which is the world's most polluted capital city as per IQAir's 2021 World Air Quality Report?

Ans: New Delhi

 

46. The 3rd edition of the exercise EX-DUSTLIK between the Indian army and Uzbekistan army was held at:

Ans: Yangiarik

 

47. Name the state in which Narasingapettai Nagaswaram which got geographical identification tag was made.

Ans: Tamil Nadu

 

48. Biplobi Bharat Gallery was inaugurated at:

Ans: Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata

 

49. Which has become the first state to introduce carbon-neutral farming methods?

Ans: Kerala

 

50. A new interdisciplinary water management and policy centre known as 'AquaMAP' to address India's water issues was built at:

Ans: IIT Madras

 

51. What was the theme of Asia's largest event on Civil Aviation 'WINGS INDIA 2022' jointly organized by Ministry of Civil Aviation and FICCI?

Ans: India@75: New Horizon for Aviation Industry

 

52. Who has become the first para-athlete to receive Padma Bhushan?

Ans: Devendra Jhajharia

 

53. Who has won Abel prize for 2022?

Ans: Dennis P. Sullivan

 

54. Name the Australian female tennis player who has announced retirement from tennis at the age of 25 years.

Ans: Ashleigh Barty

 

55. Who has authored the book titled 'Unfilled Barrels India's Oil Story?

Ans: Richa Mishra

 

56. Who issued Wildlife Conservation Bond to support South Africa's efforts to conserve endangered species of Black Rhino?

Ans: World Bank

 

57. Who was named as MD and CEO of Maruti Suzuki?

Ans: Hisashi Takeuchi

 

58. Name the picture book edition co-authored by Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Ans: The Little Book of Joy

 

59. Name the creator of the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) format, who passed away recently?

Ans: Stephen Wilhite

 

60. Which day is declared as the National Dolphin Day by the Union Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change?

Ans: October 5

 

61. Which state had topped in the Niti Aayog's Export Preparedness Index 2021?

Ans: Gujarat

 

62. As per the ‘Annual Frontier Report, 2022 published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which is the most noise

polluted city globally?

Ans: Dhaka

 

63. Which airport has won the 'Covid champion award at Wings India 2022?

Ans: Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL)

 

64. Who has been appointed as the Director of the Coordination Office of the G20 Global Initiative on environmental protection?

Ans: Dr. Muralee Thummarukudy

 

65. Which Indian company was named a sponsor of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022?

Ans: Byju's

66. Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya or the Museum of Prime Ministers, has been built at:

 Ans: Teen Murti Estate, Delhi

 

 67. Who was re-elected as President of Badminton Association of India?

 Ans: Himanta Biswa Sarma

 

 68. Which are the two north-eastern states that have signed an agreement to resolve a border issue in six disputed districts?

 Ans: Assam and Meghalaya

 

 69. Who has bagged 'BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award 2021?

 Ans: Mirabai Chanu

 

 70. Name the Living Root Bridge found in Meghalaya which has been included in the tentative list of World Heritage Sites of the UNESCO.

 Ans: Jingkieng Jri

 

 71. Name the digital platform that allows the supreme court to send interim orders, stay orders, and bail orders to the appropriate authorities via a secure electronic channel.

 Ans: Fast and Secured Transmission of Electronic Record's (FASTER)

 

 72. Who has been re-elected as the Chairman of Payments Council of India?

 Ans: Vishwas Patel

 

 73. World's Biggest Electric Cruise Ship made in:

 Ans: China

 

 74. Name the digital platform where anyone can visit or do darshan of 12 Jyotirlinga and Char Dham from any location.

 Ans: Temple 360

 

 75. Name the Indian who was appointed to a High-Level Expert Group on the Net -Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities.

 Ans: Arunabha Ghosh

 

 76. 4th edition of India's only and most influential Boat and Marine industry related G.S. Lakshmi exhibition 'India Boat & Marine Show' was held at:

 Ans: Kochi

 

 77. Which team has won ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022?

 Ans: Australia

 

 78. Who has penned down the book ‘Crunch Time: Narendra Modi's National Security Crises?

 Ans: Sreeram Chaulia

 

 79. Who has won Fourth Term as Prime Minister of Hungary?

 Ans: Viktor Orban

 

80. Who was appointed as the world's first independent expert for human rights and climate change by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)?

 Ans: Dr. Ian Fry

 

 81. Who has authored a novel titled 'Queen of Fire', that explores the story of Rani Lakshmibai?

 Ans: Devika Rangachari

 

 82. What is the name of autobiography of Sreekumaran Thampi?

 Ans: Jeevitham Oru Pendulam

 

 83. Name the the Mirabai Chanu national food and cultural expo organised by Kudumbashree Mission under National Rural Livelihood Mission in

Thiruvananthapuram?

 Ans: Saras Mela 2022

 

 84. What is the official soundtrack of FIFA World Cup 2022 held in Qatar?

 Ans: Hayya Hayya (Better Together)

 

 85. Who is the first-ever woman appointed as the referee for the final of the Women's World Cup 2022?

 Ans: G.S. Lakshmi

 

86. How many new districts was inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh by the Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy?

Ans: 13

87. Who was appointed as the new Foreign Secretary of India?

Ans:  Vinay Mohan Kwatra

88. Who was awarded the Chameli Devi Jain Award for an Outstanding Woman Media person 2021?

Ans: Aarefa Johari

89. Who penned down the book Decoding Indian Babudom', a first-of-its-kind book by a journalist covering the bureaucratic system of India?

Ans: Ashwini Shrivastava

90. Name the villages of the Leh district in which a community museum was opened to preserve and promote the region's rich cultural history.

Ans: Gya Sasoma

91. Who was re-elected as the President of Serbia?

Ans: Aleksandar Vucic

92. Who was selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman 2021, for his collection of poems 'Mein to Yahan Hun'?

Ans: Prof, Rainda rash Mishra

93. Name the book written by Harish Mehta that tells the untold story of how a 'band of dreamers' joined hands to create NASSCOM and pave the way for the IT revolution in India.

Ans: The Maverick Effect

94. Name the Indian-American Singer who is the Winner of Best Children's Music Album in Grammys 2022?

Ans: Falguni Shah

95. Who is the author of 'Tomb of Sand', a first Hindi novel to get shortlisted for International Booker Prize?

Ans: Geetanjali Shree

96. Who has penned a book titled as, 'Not Just A Nightwatcbman: My Innings with BCCI'?

Ans: Vinod Rai

97. Name the first Sail Training Ship of the Indian Navy that had departed for Lokayan -2022 from Kochi.

Ans: INS Tarangini

98. Name the programme launched by the Kerala state to bring more fallow land under cultivation.

Ans: Njangalum Krishiyilekku

99. Which is the Projec1G.S. Lakshml between Leiden University of the Netherlands and the Kerala Council of Historical Research and National Archives of the Netherlands on digitising 17th century archives and making them available to researchers?

Ans: of the Netherlands

100. Who has penned down the book 'Communist Keralam'?

Ans: K Balakrishnan

101. Name the virtual currency which is going to . be introduced by the Facebook's financial arm, Meta Financial Technologies?

Ans: Zuek Bucks

102. Name the scheme launched by the Central Government to recruitment soldiers for the period of 3 years.

Ans: Agneepath Pravesh Yojana

103. Name the 70-feet tall statue of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar unveiled in Latur city of Maharashtra.

Ans: Statue of Knowledge

104. India's first underwater tunnel is constructing under the river:

Ans: Hooghly

105. Name the book written by DGP B. Sandhya on the involvement of the Police in the flood relief efforts in Kerala.

Ans: Mahapratayarn

106. Name the collection of essays on women, sexuality and morality written by the Former Chairperson of Kerala Women's Commission M.G. Josephine.

Ans: Sthree Laimgikatha Sadacharam

107. Name the WhatsApp chatbot launched by the Kerala Tourism to enable tourists to access all information and updates about the tourism in the state.   

Ans: Maya