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Q1. PM Narendra Modi has recently launched the India International Bullion Exchange (IIBX) in which state/UT?
Maharashtra
Gujarat
New Delhi
Uttar Pradesh
B. Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the ‘India International Bullion Exchange (IIBX)’, at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) near Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Q2. Which state hosted the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022, conducted for the first time in India?
Telangana
Haryana
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
D. Tamil Nadu
The 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad is being organised at the Four Points by Sheraton in Mahabalipuram near Chennai.
The Nona Gaprindashvili Trophy is given to the teams with the best combined performance in the Open and Women’s tournaments (sum of their positions in both results tables). It was won by the first teams of India, with the United States being runners up.
Q3. Chenab Bridge, the World’s highest railway bridge is being constructed in which Indian state/UT?
Manipur
Sikkim
Jammu and Kashmir
Arunachal Pradesh
C. Jammu and Kashmir
Q4. Who replaced China Yang Huiyan as the richest woman in Asia?
Savitri Jindal
Falguni Nayar
Roshni Nadar Malhotra
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
A. Savitri Jindal
Q5. Indian weightlifter from Aizawl who won gold in the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
Mirabai Chanu
Jeremy Lalrinnunga
Jaismine Lamboria
Achinta Sheuli
B. Jeremy Lalrinnunga
Jeremy represented India in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. He won the gold medal in the Boys’ 62 kg category weightlifting, India’s first gold medal in the Youth Olympics Games.
Q6. Who has been appointed as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) of India?
Pratyush Sinha
Suresh N. Patel
Deepak Kumar Chaudhary
PJ Thomas
B. Suresh N. Patel
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is an apex statutory body created in 1964 to address governmental corruption.
It has the status of an autonomous body, free of control from any executive authority, charged with monitoring all vigilance activity under the Central Government of India, advising various authorities in central Govt organizations in planning, executing, reviewing and reforming their vigilance work.
Q7. Who clinched India’s 1st gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022?
Mirabai Chanu
Achinta Sheuli
Jaismine Lamboria
Bindyarani Devi
A. Mirabai Chanu
Q8. Who is about to be sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI)?
Sudhanshu Dhulia
Justice S Abdul Nazeer
Justice UU Lalit
Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala
C. Justice UU Lalit
Q9. The first state in India to formulate a dedicated semiconductor policy?
Tamil Nadu
Gujarat
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
B. Gujarat
The Gujarat government has announced a dedicated ‘Gujarat Semiconductor Policy 2022-27.
Q10. India has started the bilateral Army exercise “Ex VINBAX 2022” with which country?
Vietnam
China
Thailand
Taiwan
A. Vietnam
Q11. India’s first underwater Metro train will be inaugurated in which city?
Ahmedabad
Bangalore
Pune
Kolkata
D. Kolkata
Q12. Nagasaki Day is being celebrated on which date?
August 01
August 04
August 06
August 09
D. August 09
United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict.
In 2022 the world is observing the 77th anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing that took place on August 9, 1945
Q13. Which country was the top country for FDI equity inflows into India in FY 2021-22?
United State
Singapore
UAE
Mauritius
B. Singapore
Top sourcing nations in FDI equity flows into India in FY2021-22.
Singapore (27.01%)
USA (17.94%)
Mauritius (15.98%)
Netherland
Switzerland
Q14. The first global Big Tech Company to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) is
Alphabet
Twitter
Apple
Microsoft
D. Microsoft
Microsoft has become the first global Big Tech Company to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC).
ONDC is an Indian government initiative for developing a first-of-its-kind open network for digital commerce. Microsoft has planned to introduce social e-commerce through its app in the Indian market shortly.
Q15. What is India’s position in the medal tally in the Commonwealth Games 2022?
