Top & Important Questions, Current Affairs 22 to 31 October

Top & Important Questions

              Current Affairs 22 to 31 October

The Accession Day of Jammu and Kashmir with the Union of India was  celebrated across the Union Territory on which date?

A.      26th October

B.      27th October

C.      28th October

D.      29th October

The Accession Day of Jammu and Kashmir on 26th October with the Union of India is being celebrated across the Union Territory.

 

 

 

 

 

The Defence ministry organised the ‘Shaurya Diwas’ celebrations in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir on which date?

A.      26th October

B.      27th October

C.      28th October

D.      29th October

The Defence ministry organised the ‘Shaurya Diwas’ celebrations in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) on October 27, 2022 to commemorate the 75th year of air landed operations of the Indian Army at Budgam Airport in 1947.

 

 

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Which  state/UTs has launched “Main Bhi Subhash” campaign?

A.      Jammu & Kashmir

B.      Punjab

C.      Ladakh

D.      Goa

Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal has launched “Main Bhi Subhash” campaign from Leh. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose-INA Trust in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture is organizing a series of events on the occasion of Netaji’s 125th Birth Anniversary on 23rd January 2023.

 

Terai Elephant Sanctuary has been approved by the central government in which states?

A.      Rajasthan

B.      Maharashtra

C.      Uttar Pradesh

D.      Gujarat

The Union Government has approved the Terai Elephant Reserve in Uttar Pradesh. It will cover 3,049 sq km area & will be developed in the joint forest areas of Dudhwa&Piliphit tiger reserves located in the Lakhimpur and Pilibhit districts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Which of the following Indian states has launched 'Women Friendly Tourism' scheme to ensure safe and hygienic places for women?

A.      Rajasthan

B.      Kerala

C.      Maharashtra

D.      Tamil Nadu

The Kerala state tourism department has launched a 'Women-Friendly Tourism' project to ensure safe and hygienic destinations for women.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Which Indian film won the Best International Film Award at Saturn Awards 2022?

A.      KGF 2

B.      RRR

C.      Dangal

D.      Baahubali 2

SS Rajamouli's period epic RRR was awarded the prestigious Saturn Award 2022 in the Best International Film category.

 

 

 

 

 

Who among the following has been appointed by the Government of India to chair the Civil 20 (C20), the official engagement group of the G20, in October 2022?

A.      Amit Shah

B.      Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

C.      Mata Amritanandamayi

D.      Balakrishna

The Government of India has appointed Mata Amritanandamayi as the Chair of Civil 20 (C20), an official engagement group of the G20. The G20 members consist of 19 countries plus the European Union and C20 is its platform for civil-society organizations (CSOs) to bring forth non-government and non-business voices to the G20 leaders.

 

 

 

 

What is the name of the author of the book “Delhi University: Celebrating 100 Glorious Years”?

A.      Shashi Tharoor

B.      Hardeep Singh Puri

C.      Kiran Rijiju

D.      Amitabh Bachchan

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India(GOI), Hardeep Singh Puri has authored a new book titled “DELHI UNIVERSITY: Celebrating 100 Glorious Years”.

 

 

 

 

India is conducting a mega military exercise 'Yudhabhyas' with which countries?

A.      UK

B.      US

C.      Germany

D.      France

India is gearing up for a major battalion-level land exercise with the US, which will be held from November 15 to December 2 in Uttarakhand's Auli, barely 100 km from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.

 

 

 

 

 

Nippon Goswami passed away recently. In which field was he famous?

A.      Actor

B.      Vocalist

C.      Writer

D.      Politician

Veteran Assamese actor Nipon Goswami passed away recently. Goswami made his debut as a child artist in the 1957 film Fani Sarma's PiyaliPhukan.

 

 

 

 

World Psoriasis Day is observed every year on ________ to raise public awareness.

A.      27th October

B.      28th October

C.      29th October

D.      30th October

World Psoriasis Day is observed every year on October 29th to make the general public aware of the important facts related to psoriasis and this disease and its treatment.

In the year 2022, World Psoriasis Day is being observed with the theme of “Unloading Psoriatic Disease”.

 

 

 

 

International Internet Day is celebrated around the world every year on ________ to celebrate the first use of the Internet.

A.      27th October

B.      28th October

C.      29th October

D.      30th October

International Internet Day is celebrated on October 29 every year across the world to celebrate the usage of the internet for the first time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Affairs 22 October

 

Ø  World champion from Norway Magnus Carlsen sealed the overall Meltwater Champions Chess Tour title for the second year running — this time with an event to spare — after storming into the semifinals of the Aimchess Rapid.

Ø  Global Dignity Day is observed every year on the 3rd Wednesday of October. Global Dignity Day is an initiative to educate and inspire young people and help them to understand their self-worth and goals.

Ø  Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena has approved the proposal of setting up 4 Zila Sainik Boards in Delhi. The proposal was sent by the Delhi government in May this year and is aimed at the welfare of about 77,000 Ex-Servicemen (ESM), widows of ESM, and their families.

Ø  Tripura chief minister Manik Saha has inaugurated the first English medium general degree college of the state in the city with 100 intake capacity.

Ø  Madhya Pradesh Wildlife Board has approved a new reserve for tigers of Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR). It has been done because one-fourth of PTR will get submerged due to the linking of the Ken-Betwa Rivers.

Ø  Road Transport and Highways Secretary Aramane Giridhar will be new defence secretary, after the retirement of Ajay Kumar on October 31.

Ø  India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) & Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) Collaborate for innovations in Financial Product & Services

Ø  Youth from 70 countries is participate in a Global Youth Climate Summit inaugurates in Khulna, Bangladesh.

Ø  Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services has partnered with India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) to further enhance credit access to a larger customer base.

Ø  Former Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of the India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO).

Ø  Narendra Modi has launched Mission Schools of Excellence at Trimandir, Gujarat. He also inaugurated projects worth ₹4,260 crores.

Ø  21 October has been observed as National Police Commemoration Day in honour of the martyrs. The sacrifices of ten CRPF personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty.

Ø  Tazuni, a fun, football-loving penguin is unveiled as the Official Mascot of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023.

 

Current Affairs 23 October

 

Ø  The Agni Prime missile is an advanced variant of the new generation Agni-class missile. Which is considered capable of hitting the target from 1000 to 2000 km. Which has been successfully tested in Odisha.

Ø  India Chapter of the International Federation of Film Critics has released the list of the best 10 films of India.

Ø  IIT Kanpur has won the National Intellectual Property Award for October 2022?

Ø  Shankar Subramaniam has been appointed as the Principal Scientist of Aditya L of ISRO.

Ø  Shiv Nadar ji, the founder of HCL, has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award of “US-India Strategic Partnership Forum 2022”.

Ø  Gerty Cory and her husband Carl Corrie were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine on 23 October 1947 for their theory of the carbohydrate cycle.

Ø  Akash for Life Space” conference be held  in Dehradun.

Ø  From October 27, 2022, India's prestigious 39th Indian Oil Servo Surjeet Hockey Tournament will be played at the local Surjit Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Burleton Park (Gandhi Stadium) in Jalandhar, Punjab.

Ø  A panel has been constituted by the Tamil Nadu state government for the conservation of vultures.

Ø  The 3-day joint humanitarian assistance exercise 'Tiger Trump' was conducted by the armies of India and America as part of the increasing strategic cooperation between the two countries.

Ø  Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha and Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath, the first English medium general degree college with 100 admission capacity has been inaugurated in the city.

 

 

Current Affairs 24  October

 

Ø  14th Tribal Youth Exchange Program held recently in New Delhi.

Ø  Narendra Modi recently started “Mission Life Movement” at Kevadiya.

Ø  Australia and New Zealand countries recently unveiled the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023

Ø  “FATF” has recently removed pakistan from the gray list after four years

Ø  European Parliament's 2022 Sakharov Prize was presented to the people of Ukrainecorrect  and their President.

Ø  Jakshay Shah has been appointed as the President of the Quality Council of India

Ø  Suryakumar Yadav has been appointed by Pintola as its brand ambassador.

Ø  Karnataka Bank Limited bank recently won the National Digital Transformation Award DX 2022

 

CurrenT Affairs 25 October

Recently who among the following has been appointed as the new US Ambassador to India?

ANSWER: Elizabeth Jones

Who was appointed as the High Commissioner of India to St. Vincent and the Grenadines in October 2022?

ANSWER: S Balachandran

Recently who released the book titled Stars in My Sky in October 2021?

ANSWER: Divya Dutta

 

Which country has been included in the 12 top chess playing countries for the Men's 2022 World Team Chess Championship recently?

ANSWER:            India

 

Recently who has become the first Indian wrestler to win a gold medal in the Under-23 World Wrestling Championship?

ANSWER:            Aman Sehrawat

 

Recently the Uttar Pradesh government announced to change the name of Faizabad railway junction to what?

ANSWER:            Ayodhya Cantt Railway Junction

Ø  Rishi Sunak has become the first Indian-origin Prime Minister of Britain.

Ø  Which of the following institutes recently started a magazine named Children First Journal on Child Lives?: Delhi Child Development Protection Commission

Ø  Myanmar has been recently added to the list of high risk countries by FATF.

Ø  Rajasthan government started the campaign with the administration village

Ø  Austrian billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz, the co-founder of energy drink company Red Bull and founder and owner of the Red Bull Formula One racing team, has died.

Ø  The Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) announced former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh as their brand ambassador for the 3rd T20 World Cup for the Blind to be held in India in December.

Ø  United Nations Day is observed on October 24 every year to commemorate its official creation in 1945.

Ø  PM Modi launched the ‘Rozgar Mela’,a recruitment drive for 10 lakh personnel.Earlier in June, the prime minister had asked various government departments and ministries to undertake the recruitment of 10 lakh people on a”mission mode” in the next year and a half.

Ø  UNESCO has announced the theme for this year’s MIL week as “Nurturing trust: A Media and Information Literacy Imperative.”

Ø  The 7th Ayurveda Day was celebrated on a magnificent scale in India and at the international level. The theme of this year’s Ayurveda Day is “Har Din Har Ghar Ayurveda”, with the motive to propagate the benefits of Ayurveda to masses and grass-root communities.

Ø  Each year the United Nations marks October 24 as World Development Information Day. This day is observed to create awareness towards the problems surrounding development in different nations and how to overcome them.

Ø  Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has put Myanmar on the ‘black list’ and has called on members to apply enhanced due diligence to business relations and transactions in Myanmar.

Ø  The 7th Ayurveda Day is celebrated worldwide on 23rd October. Dhanawantari Jayanti is being celebrated as Ayurveda Day since 2016 to promote the country’s most ancient and well-documented system of medicine.

Ø  The 47-member UN human rights body, based in Geneva,endorsed the appointment of activist and professor of political science, Ashwini K.P as Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT AFFAIRS 26 OCTOBER

Which ministry will organise ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’, a month-long programme, from the 16 Nov 2022 in Varanasi?

ANSWER:            Ministry of Education

 

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has granted an aerodrome licence to Jeypore airport. It is located in which of the following state?

ANSWER:            Odisha

 

Which state government in association with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the “Out-of-Forest Trees in India (TOFI)” program?

ANSWER:            ASSAM

 

The European Parliament has awarded its top human rights prize ‘Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought’ to who among the following?

ANSWER:            PEOPLE OF UKRAINE

The European Parliament has awarded its top human rights prize to the people of Ukraine. The Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought named after the late Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov and has been awarded annually since 1988 to individuals and organizations defending human rights and freedoms.

 

Who among the following is set to become the first Asian American to appear on US currency?

ANSWER:            Anna May Wong

Anna May Wong is set to become the first Asian American to appear on US currency. This year, four other quarters were into production featuring poet and activist Maya Angelou.

 

As per recent newspaper report, Netherlands has emerged as India’s third-largest export destination, ahead of China and Bangladesh. Which is the second largest Export Destinations of India?

ANSWER:            UAE

The US and the UAE continue to be the largest and second-largest export destinations, respectively, for India. The exports to the US climbed 18.3% until August to $35.2 billion, while those to the UAE shot up 27.3% to $13.8 billion.

 

 

Who has won the 2022 Formula 1 Aramco United States Grand Prix 2022?

ANSWER:            Max Verstappen

 

Diwali will be a public school holiday in which city from 2023?

ANSWER:            New York

Diwali will be a public school holiday in New York City from 2023, announced the city’s mayor, Eric Adams. For this, legislators swapped out Anniversary Day, traditionally celebrated on the first Thursday in June, for Diwali in the public school calendar.

 

Which IIT has been conferred the ‘National Intellectual Property Awards 2021 and 2022’ by the Government of India?

ANSWER:            IIT Madras

 

Which strong cyclones made its landfall in Bangladesh bringing heavy rains to the coastal areas of West Bengal, Odisha and North Eastern States?

ANSWER:            Sitrang

 

 

CURRENT AFFAIRS 27 OCTOBER

 

Researchers from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and which of the following Institutes in India have studied the interactions between microbes in the International Space Station in October 2022?

ANSWER:            IIT Madras

 

In October 2022, which of the following soft drinks has become a $1-billion brand in the Indian market?

ANSWER:            Sprite

 

 

The government appointed whom as the acting chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

ANSWER:            Sangeeta Verma

 

Indian Army Infantry Day is celebrated on October 27 every year. This year Indian army celebrates its which Infantry Day?

ANSWER:            76th

 

Which of the following state/UTs has launched “Main Bhi Subhash” campaign?

ANSWER:            Ladakh

Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal has launched “Main Bhi Subhash” campaign from Leh. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose-INA Trust in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture is organizing a series of events on the occasion of Netaji’s 125th Birth Anniversary on 23rd January 2023.

 

 

Which team has won the Air Force Lawn Tennis Championship 2022-23 held at Head Quarter MC, Vayusena Nagar, Nagpur?

ANSWER:            Western Air Command

 

Jakson Green has signed an MoU with which of the following state governments to invest Rs 22,400 crore to set up a green hydrogen and green ammonia project, in phases in the state?

ANSWER:            Rajasthan

 

 

Name the dirtiest man in the world, who passed away recently.

ANSWER:            Amou Haji

Amou Haji, an Iranian man dubbed the “dirtiest man in the world, ” died at the age of 94 in the village of Dejgah, in the southern province of Fars.

 

Which  film has been declared the best Indian film of all time by the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI)?

ANSWER:            Pather Panchali

 

Bestu Varas or the _________ New Year is celebrated a day after Diwali on the Pratipada Tithi in the month of Kartik.

ANSWER:            Gujarati

 

CURRENT AFFAIRS 28 to 31  OCTOBER

 

Who has launched a one-time property tax amnesty scheme “SAMRIDDHI 2022-23”?

ANSWER:            Vinai Kumar Saxena

 

Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi is the 10th busiest airport in the world. Which airport topped the list?

ANSWER:            Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

 

Which State/UT has launched a common credit portal SAFAL’ (Simplified Application for Agricultural Loans) for the welfare of farmers?

ANSWER:            Odisha

 

Which Stock Exchange has launched Electronic Gold Receipt (EGR) on its platform recently?

ANSWER:            Bombay Stock Exchange

 

Gujarat was declared as a ‘Har Ghar Jal’ state, earlier, which of the following Union Territories had become the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified Union Territory (UT) in the country?

ANSWER:            Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

 

 

Who has presented the Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to the President’s Bodyguard (PBG)?

ANSWER:            Droupadi Murmu

The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, presented the Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to the President’s Bodyguard (PBG) at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi.

 

India will set-up branches of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in all the states by which year to deal with terrorism cases?

ANSWER:            2024

 

 

The Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan has announced that 12th World Hindi Conference to be held in which of the following country?

ANSWER:            Fiji

12th World Hindi Conference to be held in Nadi, Fiji in February 2023. The Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan has announced at an event in New Delhi on 27 October 2022 that the 12th World Hindi Conference will be held in Nadi, Fiji from 15-17 February 2023.