CURRENT AFFAIRS

Q.1) Which country has delivered advanced Heron drones to Indian Armed Forces?
Ans) Israel
Q.2) Which state has signed Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt as the brand ambassador for its Golden
jubilee celebrations?
Ans) Arunachal Pradesh
Q.3) Xiomara Castro, has been elected as the first female President of which country?
Ans) Honduras
Q.4) What is the name of India’s first biometrics-based digital processing system in Airports?
Ans) Digi Yatra
Q.5) Which country won the Davis Cup Title in 2021?
Ans) Russia
Q.6) “Sandhayak”, first indigenous large survey vessel, was launched by which company?
Ans) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Q.7) Semeru volcano, which erupted recently, is located in which country?
Ans) Indonesia
Q.8) Yutu-2 moon rover, which was making news recently, was launched by which country?
Ans) Chaina
Q.9) As per a recent research from IISc, which chemical compound can suppress HIV?
Ans) Hydrogen sulphide
Q.10) Which Indian bureaucrat was invited to join the board of advisers of International ‘IDEA’?
Ans) Sunil Arora
Q.11) Which South American country recently approved a law allowing same-sex marriage?
Ans) Chile
Q.12) Which country has retained its top spot on the latest World Talent Ranking report?
Ans) Switzerland
Q.13) Balakrishna Doshi, who won the Royal Gold Medal 2022, is associated with which profession?
Ans) Architect
Q.14) ‘Red umbrella’ is a symbol for the rights of which section of the population?
Ans) Sex workers
Q.15) Which sportsperson received his knighthood from British Prince Charles recently?
Ans) Lewis Hamilton
Q.16) Which is India’s first large state to record 100 per cent first-dose vaccinations?
Ans) Telangana
Q.17) VS Pathania has taken charge as the Director-General of which Armed Forces Unit in India?
Ans) Indian Coast Guard
Q.18) Which state/UT is set to host India’s first Water-Taxi Service?
Ans) Maharastra
Q.19) Who is the head of the committee set up by Union Home Ministry, to probe on Prime Minister’s Security
Lapse?
Ans) Sudhir Kumar Saxena
Q.20) Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan, who were seen in the news, are associated with which
sport?
Ans) Tennis
Q.21) ‘Magh Mela-2022’ is an annual religious fair held in which state?
Ans) Uttar Pradesh
Q.22) Which country played host to the ‘AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2022’?
Ans) India
Q.23) ‘Infinity Bridge’ is the iconic architectural structure located in which country?
Ans) UAE
Q.24) On January 23, 2022, India celebrated 125th Birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
His birth anniversary is also marked as “Parakram Diwas or Courage Day.
Q.25) ‘World CEO Winner of the year 2021 award’ won by whom?
Ans) Kishore Kumar Yedam (CEO at FSS, Federal Soft Systems Inc.)
Q.26) Google Cloud has announced the appointment of Bikram Singh Bedi as the Managing Director for its
India business. With the current appointment, Bedi will succeed Karan Bajwa, who was recently
elevated as the Vice President of Google's Asia Pacific Cloud.
Q.27) Gautam Thakar has been appointed as Global CEO of which pre-owned car marketplace?
Ans) OLX Autos
Q.28) Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan have won 2021 Nobel Prize in which category?
Ans) Chemistry
Q.29) Who have been jointly awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine 2021?
Ans) David Julius, Ardem Patapoutian
Q.30) Who has been named the brand ambassador of Uttar Pradesh's one-district, one-product scheme?
Ans) Kangana Ranaut
Q.31) Mont Blanc, which was seen in the news recently, is the highest peak in which mountain range?
Ans) Alps
Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe. The summit of the Mont Blanc
peak, has shrunk by two metres over the past 20 years.
Q.32) What are ‘Pandora Papers’ which is seen in the news recently?
Ans) Documents revealing undisclosed wealth and tax avoidance
Q.33) Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, who received Nobel Peace Prize, are associated with which
profession?
Ans) Journalism
Q.34) Which racing driver won the Turkish Grand Prix 2021?
Ans) Valtteri Bottas
Q.35) As per an index by BrokerChoose, which country has the largest number of individuals owning
cryptocurrency?
Ans) India
Q.36) Who is the first Indian to be elected as the Chairman of World Steel Association (WSA)?
Ans) Sajjan Jindal

November Month Current Affairs

National :
1. Longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century took place on Nov 19, 2021.
2. Guru Nanak Jayanti 2021’ also known as Gurupurab celebrated on November 19, 2021.
3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Solar Power Park at in
Jhansi (MP).
4. Road safety initiative named Rakshak launched by Odisha state in India.
5. ‘India’s first Food Museum’ inaugurated in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
6. India’s first world-class railway station launched at Habibganj in Bhopal.
7. Chhattisgarh state in has won the Cleanest State in the ‘Swachh Survekshan’ Awards
2021.
Sports :
1. Jyothi Surekha Vennam. won a gold medal for India in 2021 Asian Archery
Championships.
2. MC Mary Kom has been appointed as brand ambassador of TRIFED Aadi Mahotsav.
3. T20 World Cup 2021 final was won by Australia.
4. Andhra Pradesh wins National blind cricket tournament.
International:
1. Venezuela’s Youth and Children’s Orchestras – known as ‘El Sistema broke the
record with 8,573 musicians in the orchestra.
2. A new book titled ‘Cooking To Save Your Life’ has been launched and written by
Nobel Prize-winning economist Abhijit Banerjee.
3. An Earth science satellite called ‘Guangmu’ launched into space by China.
4. India and UK launched the “One Sun, One World, One Grid” initiative.
 5. Astronaut Wang Yaping became the 1st Chinese woman to walk in space.

December Month Current Affairs

National :
1. Neena Gupta has been honoured with the Mathematician Ramanujan Prize 2021.
2. Phase 1 of Kashi Vishwanath Dham in Varanasi inaugurated by PM Shri Narendra
Modi.
3. Due to Covid19, Union Minister announced ‘Chandrayaan-3’ is scheduled for launch in
Third quarter of 2022.
4. To promote paperless air travel, Digi Yatra, India’s first facial recognition technology-
based biometric boarding system going to launch in India.
5. India’s first credit card made from recycled PVC plastic has been developed by HSBC
India.
6. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh is first Indian city to start ropeway service to ease the traffic
congestion.
7. ‘Fortune India 50 Most Powerful Women list’ topped by Nirmala Sitharaman.
8. Parag Aggarwal has been named the chief executive officer of Twitter.
9. General Bipin Rawat died on 8 December 2021, he passed away in a helicopter crash,
along with 13 others.

International:
1. 70th Miss Universe Pageant title ‘Miss Universe 2021’ won by India’s Harnaaz
Sandhu.
2. Neeraj Chopra is the Google’s 2021 most searched-for personality in India.
3. Due to rising sea levels South Korea country soon going to get the world’s first
floating city.
4. France signed a 14 billion euro agreement for 80 Rafale warplanes with UAE.
5. Indian-origin person Anil Menon has been named as SpaceX’s first flight surgeon.
Sports :
1. Indian Shuttler PV Sindhu won silver at BWF World Tour Finals 2021.
2. The Badminton World Championships 2021 was held in the Huelva, Spain.
3. The World Swimming Championships was held from 16 to 21 December 2021 in Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
4. 2021 Men's Asian Champions Trophy was held in Dhaka and won by South Korea.

January

1. Karnataka is set to host the next edition of Khelo India Games in 2023.

2. ISRO is likely to launch “Aditya-L1 mission” to study the sun, in year

2022.

3. On January 27, 2022, the first goods train reached the Rani Gaidinliu
station of Manipur.

4. On January 28, 2022, central government announced its decision to

convert around 150 villages into ‘Villages of Excellence’ across 12
States.

5. China is creating artificial snow flakes for the winter Olympics to be

held in 2022.

6. On January 28, 2022, the United States (US) and European Union (EU)
announced that they are working together on guaranteeing energy
security in Europe and Ukraine.

7. Senior rocket scientist S. Somanath appointed as chief of ISRO.

8. Vinay Kumar Tripathi appointed as new Chairman, CEO, of Railway
Board, NewDelhi.
9. Senior bureaucrat Durga Skankar Mishra to be the new Uttar Pradesh
Chief Secretary.
10. The theme of Zero Discrimination Day 2021: “End Inequalities”.
A butterfly is the symbol of Zero Discrimination Day.
11. Olympian Neeraj Chopra honoured with Param Vishisht Seva
Medal.
12. National science fiction day is celebrated every year on 2nd
January.
13. Kerela University developed "fifth generation (5G)" microwave
absorbers
14. PV Sindhu wins title at Syed Modi badminton on January 24,
2022.
15. The 2022 Syed Modi International Badminton Championship
was held at Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow, Uttar
Pradesh from 18 to 23 January 2022.
16. Australian Open 2022: Rafael Nadal beats Daniil Medvedev (
January 31, 2022 ).
17. Virat Kohli quits as India’s Test captain after seven years 2022 (
January 16, 2022 ).
18. The 2022 Australian Open was the first Grand Slam tennis
tournament of the year that took place at Melbourne Park, Australia
from [17 to 30 January 2022].
19. Gandhi's Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and His
Idea of India was written by Dhirendra Jha. It was originally
published on 4 January 2022
20. Intense Tropical Cyclone Batsirai was a deadly cyclone in 2022
that became the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Madagascar. It
was first noted on 24 January. It fluctuated in intensity and became a
moderate tropical storm on 27 January, after which it unexpectedly
rapidly intensified into an intense tropical cyclone.