Current Affairs 22/04/2022

1.Madhavpur Ghed Fair has been organised in which state of the country?

1. Haryana
2. Gujarat
3.Madhya Pradesh
4 West Bengal

... Answer is 2)
Explanation: The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the five-day long Madhavpur Ghed Fair at Madhavpur Ghed, Porbandar in Gujarat.

2.Which nation will host the 2026 Commonwealth Games?

1. Austria
2. Germany
3.New Zealand 4. Australia

... Answer is 4)
Explanation: The Australian state of Victoria has been confirmed as the host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

3. ADB has signed a $2 million loan agreement with India to support development projects in which state?

1. Meghalaya
2. Nagaland
3. Assam
4. Manipur

... Answer is 2)
Explanation: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a loan agreement worth $2 million with the Indian Government to support the designing of climate-resilient urban infrastructure and strengthening institutional capacity and improving municipal resource mobilisation in Nagaland.

4.The 'Made in India' Dornier 288 aircraft, which has flagged off today, will connect which state's remote towns to Assam?

1. Manipur
2. Meghalaya
3. Arunachal Pradesh
4. Nagaland

... Answer is 3)
Explanation: The first-ever 'Made in India' Dornier 228 passenger aircraft has been flagged off by Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia along with Union Minister Kiren Rijiju in Phasighat. The aircraft, manufactured by central PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), took off from Dibrugarh in Assam and landed at Pasighat in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh.

5. Which player has won the Formula One (F1) 2022 Australian Grand Prix?

1. Charles Leclerc
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Max Verstappen

... Answer is 1)
Explanation: Charles Leclerc (Ferrari- Monaco) has won the Formula One (F1) 2022 Australian Grand Prix, held in Melbourne, Victoria.

6. Who will be the first recipient of Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar?

1. Narendra Modi
2. Dharmendra
3.A. R. Rahman
4.Amitabh Bachchan

... Answer is 1)
Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to be honoured with the first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award at the 80th annual Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Awards ceremony on April 24.

7.Which Indian writer has been conferred with the prestigious 2022 O. Henry Prize for short stories?

1. Ruskin Bond
2. Devdutt Pattanaik
3. Amit Majmudar 4. Amar Mitra

... Answer is 4)
Explanation: Bengali author Amar Mitra has been conferred with the prestigious 2022 O. Henry Prize for short stories.

8.The International Day of Human Space Flight is being celebrated on which date?

1. April 12
2. April 1
3. April 15
4. April 19

... Answer is 1)
Explanation: The International Day of Human Space Flight is being celebrated annually on April 12 to mark the anniversary of the first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961.

9.Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan, removal of Imran Khan by no-trust vote?

1. Asif Ali Zardari
2.Fazal-ur-Rehman
3. Shehbaz Sharif
4.Fawad Chaudhry

... Answer is 3)
Explanation: Pakistan's opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif has been elected unopposed as the new Prime Minister of the country through voting in the National Assembly.

10. India signed a new Space Situational Awareness arrangement with which nation?

1. Australia
2. France
3. Germany 4. US

... Answer is 4)
Explanation: India and the United States finalised the signing of a new Space Situational Awareness arrangement during the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue.

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