Current Affairs of SEPTEMBER 2022

1 - Which company has announced to build India’s first and one of the world’s largest Carbon Fibre plants at Hazira, Gujarat?

(A) Tata Power
(B) Reliance Industries
(C) NTPC
(D) GAIL

2 - Puli Thevar, whose birth anniversary was celebrated recently, was a freedom fighter from which state?

(A) West Bengal
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Odisha
(D) Gujarat

3 - What is the name of the national single-window source for all assessment-related information of education boards?

(A) NIPUN
(B) STARS
(C) PARAKH
(D) KALAM

4 - Which Union Ministry launched the ‘GENESIS initiative’?

(A) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(B) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(C) Ministry of MSME
(D) Ministry of Education

5 - Which pharma company launched India’s first indigenously developed qHPV) against cervical cancer?

(A) Dr Reddy’s Labs
(B) Serum Institute of India
(C) Biocon
(D) Bharat Biotech

6 - Which is the first Indian bank to get Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approval for rupee trade?

(A) State Bank of India
(B) HDFC Bank
(C) UCO Bank
(D) Federal Bank

7 - Which is the most richly endowed award in science in the world?

(A) Nobel Prize
(B) Breakthrough Prize
(C) Turing Award
(D) Albert Einstein World Award of Science

8 - Which state is the host of the ‘National Conference of Environment Ministers’?

(A) Maharashtra
(B) Goa
(C) Gujarat
(D) Kerala

9 - Defence Ministry signs deal for dual role Surface-to-Surface BrahMos missile with which company?

(A) Dassault Aviation
(B) Dhruv Aerospace
(C) DRDO
(D) BAPL

10 - Which is the first e-commerce company to set up solar farms in India?

(A) Walmart
(B) Amazon
(C) Flipkart
(D) ebay

11 - ‘Swadesh Darshan’ scheme is an initiative of which Union Ministry?

(A) Ministry of Culture
(B) Ministry of Tourism
(C) Ministry of External Affairs
(D) Ministry of Communications

12 - ‘Moonlighting’, which was seen in the news, is related to which field?

(A) Space Science
(B) Employment
(C) Psychology
(D) Finance

13 - Kigali Amendment, which was seen in the news, is related to which action?

(A) Increase Use of Electric Vehicles
(B) Reduction of hydrofluorocarbons
(C) Increase Renewable Energy Consumption
(D) Phasing out Coal plants

14 - When is the ‘International Day of Sign Languages’ observed every year?

(A) 20 September
(B) 23 September
(C) 25 September
(D) 27 September

15 - As per the recent Asian Development Outlook (ADO) update, what is the 2022-23 growth projection for India’s economy?

(A) 8.2 %
(B) 7.6 %
(C) 7.0 %
(D) 6.8 %

16 - SCALE App, which was launched recently, provides skill-development solutions for employees of which field?

(A) Textile
(B) Automobile
(C) Leather
(D) Electronics

17 - Which institution has unveiled a detailed framework for Social Stock Exchange (SSE)?

(A) RBI
(B) SEBI
(C) NITI Aayog
(D) Union Finance Ministry

18 - Which Union Ministry is associated with ‘Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill’?

(A) Ministry of Law and Justice
(B) Ministry of Home Affairs
(C) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(D) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

19 - IHCI is a Hypertension Control Initiative launched by which country?

(A) USA
(B) India
(C) Indonesia
(D) Bangladesh

20 - Which city is the host of ‘Global Clean Energy Action Forum’?

(A) New Delhi
(B) Pittsburg
(C) Paris
(D) Rome

21 - ‘District Disability Rehabilitation centre (DDRC)’ is an initiative of which Union Ministry?

(A) Union Social Justice and Empowerment
(B) Union Law and Justice
(C) Union Science and Technology
(D) Union Health and Family Welfare

22 - Which state celebrates ‘Social Justice Day’ on the birthday of reformist leader E V Ramasamy (Periyar)?

(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Kerala
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Karnataka

23 - Vigyan Pragati, which received the National Rajbhasha Kirti Award, is a science magazine released by which institution?

(A) ISRO
(B) BARC
(C) CSIR
(D) AIIMS

24 - Which country is the host of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in 2023?

(A) India
(B) Uzbekistan
(C) Pakistan
(D) China

25 - What is India’s logistics cost as a proportion of GDP, as of 2022?

(A) 9-10 %
(B) 13-14 %
(C) 15-16 %
(D) 19-20 %

26 - Which institution leads the Coastal Clean-up Day Campaign in India?

(A) NCC
(B) Indian Coast Guard
(C) Indian Navy
(D) NSS

27 - Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana, is associated with which Union Ministry?

(A) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(B) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers
(C) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(D) Ministry of Law and Justice

28 - Which institution organised the ‘ANGAN 2022’ Conference?

(A) Reserve Bank of India
(B) Bureau of Energy Efficiency
(C) NITI Aayog
(D) Central Board of Indirect Taxes

29 - Which state has announced India’s first ‘Breakfast scheme for government school students’?

(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Kerala
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Telangana

30 - Roger Federer, the veteran Tennis player, represents which country?

(A) France
(B) Switzerland
(C) Serbia
(D) Italy

31 - ‘The Green Fins Hub’, the first-ever global marine tourism industry platform, is associated with which institution?

(A) WEF
(B) IMF
(C) UNEP
(D) UNICEF

32 - Which country is the host of the World Water Congress and Exhibition 2022?

(A) Spain
(B) Germany
(C) Denmark
(D) Hungary

33 - Which country is the host of FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup 2022?

(A) Sri Lanka
(B) UAE
(C) India
(D) Bangladesh

34 - Which Indian zoological park tops the Central Zoo Authority’s recent rankings?

(A) Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Chennai
(B) Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, Darjeeling
(C) Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Mysore
(D) Thiruvananthapuram Zoo

35 - Shoonya Campaign, which was seen in the news, is aimed at which process?

(A) Reduce Air Pollution by banning crackers
(B) Reduce Air Pollution by using EVs
(C) Promote Rain Water Harvesting
(D) Promote Afforestation

36 - Which country is the host of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2022?

(A) India
(B) Kazakhstan
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Uzbekistan

37 - Which planet disappeared from sight on September 14, due to a phenomenon called ‘Lunar occultation’?

(A) Mercury
(B) Venus
(C) Uranus
(D) Saturn

38 - MeitY Startup Hub (MSH) partnered with which company to launch ‘XR Startup Program’?

(A) Amazon
(B) Apple
(C) Meta
(D) IBM

39 - Which city is the host of ‘All-India Official Language Conference’ held in 2022?

(A) Surat
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Pune

40 - How many drugs are included in the ‘National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM)’?

(A) 84
(B) 184
(C) 284
(D) 384

41 - Who is the head of the Committee constituted by the Finance Ministry to address issues faced by venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE)?

(A) Ajay Tyagi
(B) Mahalingam
(C) M Damodaran
(D) Subash Chandra Garg

42 - What is the share of government health expenditure in GDP in 2018-19?

(A) 0.85 %
(B) 1.01 %
(C) 1.28 %
(D) 2.0 %

43 - Which organisation in its report stated that 50 million people worldwide are stuck in ‘modern slavery’?

(A) FAO
(B) IMF
(C) ILO
(D) WEF

44 - India is set to re-introduce Cheetahs from Namibia in which National Park?

(A) Kuno Palpur National Park
(B) Jim Corbett National Park
(C) Ranthambore National Park
(D) Kaziranga National Park

45 - FAO and World Food Program warned recently about acute food insecurity in which neighbouring country of India?

(A) Myanmar
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Nepal
(D) Afghanistan

46 - What is the retail inflation in August in India, as per the official data?

(A) 6.5 %
(B) 7.0 %
(C) 7.5 %
(D) 8.0 %

47 - India recently pulled out of which pillar of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)?

(A) Fair Economy Pillar
(B) Trade Pillar
(C) Clean Economy Pillar
(D) Supply Chains Pillar

48 - Which Indian Armed Force conducted the ‘Parvat Prahar’ Exercise?

(A) Indian Air Force
(B) Indian Army
(C) Indian Navy
(D) Indo-Tibetan Border Police

49 - Who is the winner of the US Open Tennis Tournament 2022?

(A) Casper Ruud
(B) Carlos Alcaraz
(C) Novak Djocovic
(D) Rafael Nadal

50 - Which Indian city is the host of ‘National Defence MSME Conclave and Exhibition’?

(A) Gandhi Nagar
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Kota
(D) Vishakhapatnam

51 - India’s longest rubber dam ‘Gayaji Dam’ was inaugurated in which state/UT?

(A) Sikkim
(B) Odisha
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Bihar

52 - Which state is the host of first ‘National Conference on Sustainable Coastal Management in India’?

(A) Goa
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Odisha
(D) Kerala

53 - Qimingxing-50 is the name of first fully solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of which country?

(A) Japan
(B) Israel
(C) China
(D) South Korea

54 - Which state has set up a Committee on Uniform Civil Code headed by judge Ranjana Prakash Desai?

(A) Gujarat
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Karnataka

55 - Which Union Ministry organised the ‘EU-India Green Hydrogen Forum’?

(A) Ministry of Power
(B) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
(C) Ministry of External Affairs
(D) Ministry of Commerce and Industry

56 - WHO launched a USD 1.5 billion campaign to include a vaccine for which disease across Africa by 2030?

(A) Bacterial meningitis
(B) Covid-19
(C) Polio
(D) Hepatitis

57 - Which state launched a multi-purpose online portal called ‘Residents Safety and Security Act’?

(A) West Bengal
(B) Meghalaya
(C) Sikkim
(D) Odisha

58 - Which businessperson was ranked first in the Fortune India’s list of ‘India’s Richest’ for 2022?

(A) Mukesh Ambani
(B) Gautam Adani
(C) Cyrus Poonawala
(D) Adi Godrej

59 - Which sportsperson of India recently became ‘Diamond League Champion’?

(A) P V Sindhu
(B) Neeraj Chopra
(C) H S Prannoy
(D) Hima Das

60 - What is the rank of India in the UNDP’s Human Development Index 2021?

(A) 121
(B) 125
(C) 129
(D) 132

61 - Which state celebrates September 9 as ‘Himalaya Diwas’?

(A) Bihar
(B) Assam
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Sikkim

62 - The Indian Government has prepared an action plan for facilitation of special rupee accounts for trade settlements, with which institution?

(A) SEBI
(B) RBI
(C) NITI Aayog
(D) BSE

63 - As per the policy for long-term leasing of railway land for PM Gati Shakti, what is the tenure up to which land lease is provided?

(A) 10
(B) 15
(C) 25
(D) 35

64 - Which state launched ‘Pudhumai Penn Scheme’, to provide monthly financial assistance for female students to complete UG programmes?

(A) Odisha
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Karnataka
(D) Andhra Pradesh

65 - ‘Ni-kshay 2.0 portal’, which was launched recently, is associated with which disease?

(A) Cancer
(B) Tuberculosis
(C) COVID-19
(D) Anaemia

66 - India conducted a Cyber Security Exercise part of the International Counter Ransom ware Initiative, in collaboration with which country?

(A) Japan
(B) France
(C) UK
(D) Australia

67 - Which company developed iNCOVACC, India’s first intra-nasal Corona vaccine?

(A) BioCon
(B) Dr Reddy’s Lab
(C) Bharat Biotech
(D) Serum Institute of India

68 - Which country inaugurated Maitree Super Thermal Power Project, constructed under India’s concessional financing scheme?

(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Nepal
(D) Myanmar

69 - As of March 2022, what is India’s external debt, as per the Finance Ministry’s data?

(A) USD 220 billion
(B) USD 420 billion
(C) USD 620 billion
(D) USD 820 billion

70 - The Union Environment Ministry approved the New Coastal Zone Management Plan for which state?

(A) Kerala
(B) Karnataka
(C) Goa
(D) Maharashtra

71 - PM SHRI Yojana, which was launched recently, is associated with which field?

(A) Electronics
(B) Export
(C) Education
(D) Research and Development

72 - ISRO partnered with which country’s space agency in space technology during Bengaluru Space Expo?

(A) USA
(B) Japan
(C) Australia
(D) France

73 - ‘Indira Gandhi Shehari Rojgar Guarantee Yojana’ is an initiative of which state/UT?

(A) Chhattisgarh
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Punjab
(D) New Delhi

74 - The Government has approved an Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) in which city?

(A) Chennai
(B) Pune
(C) New Delhi
(D) Bengaluru

75 - Which cities have joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities?

(A) Warangal, Thrissur and Nilambur
(B) Mysuru, Varanasi and Jaipur
(C) Kochi, Mysuru and Varanasi
(D) Kanchipuram, Dolavira and Mysuru

76 - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed a former president of which country as his new special envoy for Afghanistan?

(A) Kyrgyzstan
(B) Pakistan
(C) Kazakhstan
(D) Thailand

77 - Which is the first country to approve needle-free, inhaled version of Covid-19 vaccine?

(A) USA
(B) China
(C) Russia
(D) Israel

78 - Which state hosted the ‘Conclave of State Science & Technology (S&T) Ministers’?

(A) Maharashtra
(B) Gujarat
(C) Bihar
(D) Madhya Pradesh

79 - What is the name of the mascot for the 36th National Games Ahmedabad?

(A) Sher
(B) Savaj
(C) Vikas
(D) Leo

80 - Liz Truss was named as the new Prime Minister of which country?

(A) France
(B) Australia
(C) United Kingdom
(D) Germany

81 - Who has been nominated as executive chairman of the National Legal Services Authority?

(A) Justice Ranjan Gogoi
(B) Justice D Y Chandrachud
(C) Justice N V Ramana
(D) Justice U U Lalit

82 - Which is the venue of the 30th Southern Zonal Council meeting held recently?

(A) Thiruvananthapuram
(B) Chennai
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Hyderabad

83 - National Green Tribunal (NGT) slashed a Rs 3500 crore fine on which state government for violating waste management rules?

(A) New Delhi
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) West Bengal
(D) Assam

84 - India’s first-ever ‘Night Sky Sanctuary’ is set to come up in which state/UT?

(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) New Delhi
(C) Ladakh
(D) Rajasthan

85 - As per the latest figures from the IMF (September 2022), which country is the fifth largest economy in the world?

(A) UK
(B) India
(C) France
(D) Australia

86 - Who is the head of the Expert Committee constituted by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on EV battery safety standards?

(A) Nandan Nilekani
(B) Ramesh Chand
(C) Parameswaran Iyer
(D) Tata Narsingh Rao

87 - Which organisation manufacturers Tejas Mark-2 Fighter Jets?

(A) DRDO
(B) BEL
(C) HAL
(D) BDL

88 - Which Union Ministry presents Smart Solutions Challenge and Inclusive Cities Awards?

(A) Ministry of MSME
(B) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(C) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(D) Ministry of Science and Technology

89 - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a loan of USD 2.9 billion to which country to tackle its economic crisis?

(A) Iran
(B) Afghanistan
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Venezuela

90 - The New Naval Ensign features the national emblem inside which shape?

(A) Green Hexagon
(B) Blue Octagon
(C) Orange Hexagon
(D) White Octagon

91 - Which state/UT Police is the first in the country to make collection of forensic evidence mandatory?

(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Delhi
(C) Karnataka
(D) Odisha

92 - Mikhail Gorbachev, who passed away recently, was a former President of which country?

(A) Ukraine
(B) Russia
(C) Belarus
(D) Bulgaria

93 - As per the latest NCRB report, the highest number of sedition cases were registered in which state?

(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Gujarat

94 - Which institution conducted the Cyber Security Exercise ‘Synergy’?

(A) CERT-In
(B) Indian Air Force
(C) Defence Research and Development Organisation
(D) Indian Space Research Organisation

95 - Which Indian state/UT launched the “country’s first virtual school”?

(A) Karnataka
(B) New Delhi
(C) Telangana
(D) Kerala

96 - As per the recent NSO Data, what was India’s GDP growth rate in the first quarter (April-June) of this fiscal year 2022-23?

(A) 12.3 %
(B) 13.5 %
(C) 14.7 %
(D) 15.2 %

97 - India recently signed a MoU with which country on biodiversity conservation?

(A) Japan
(B) Nepal
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Australia

98 - Which regulatory body has notified a framework introducing a Social Stock Exchange (SSE) in India?

(A) Reserve Bank of India
(B) Securities and Exchange Board of India
(C) Department of Financial Services
(D) Economic Advisory Council

99 - Which institution has released the report incidence, mortality, morbidity and socioeconomic burden of snakebite in the country?

(A) AIIMS
(B) ICMR
(C) NITI Aayog
(D) IMA

100 - Which country holds the G20 Presidency in 2022?

(A) India
(B) China
(C) Indonesia
(D) Sri Lanka