Current Affairs 22-05-2022

1.Which cricketer-turned-politician has been sentenced by the Supreme Court to one-year imprisonment?

1. Chetan Chauhan
2. Navjot Singh Sidhu
3. Gautam Gambhir
4. Vinod Kambli

... Answer is 2)
Explanation: The Supreme Court sentenced Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu to a one-year jail term in a three-decade-old road rage case in which a person had died.

2. Who is the new Finance Minister of Tripura?

1. Ratan Lal Nath
2. Manoj Kanti Deb
3. Pranajit Singha Roy 4. Jishnu Dev Varma

... Answer is 4)
Explanation: Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma will continue to hold his previous portfolios including Finance, Power, Rural Development and Science and Technology under the new portfolio allocations by the new Tripura CM Manik Saha.

3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country's first 5G test bed to enable start-ups and industry players to test their products, what is the cost of a 5G testbed?

1. 210 crores
2. 220 crores
3. 230 crores
4. 200 croresh

... Answer is 2)
Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country's first 5G test bed to enable start-ups and industry players to test their products locally.

4.What is the rank of India in the largest vehicle market in the world?

1. 1st
2. 3rd
3. 4th
4. 2nd

... Answer is 3)
Explanation: Organisation Internationale des Constructeursd 'Automobiles (OICA), India has overtaken Germany and has become the 4th largest vehicle market in the world.

5. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been selected as the next President of which country?

1. Somalia
2. South Africa
3. France
4. Argentina

... Answer is 1)
Explanation: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud elected president for the second time in Somalia, defeating incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in a final round.

6. Activist Cecile Ndjebet, who has won the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award, belongs to which country?

1. Cameroon
2. Kenya
3. Eritrea
4. Congo

... Answer is 1)
Explanation: A veteran Cameroonian activist, Cecile Ndjebet is the recipient of the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), which is chaired by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

7. Which country hosted Deaflympics 2021?

1. Canada
2. Spain
3. France 4. Brazil

... Answer is 4)
Explanation: Deaflympics 2021 was held at the Festa da Uva Main Pavilion in Caxias do Sul city in southern Brazil.

8. ITEC is associated with which ministry?

1. Ministry of External Affairs
2. Ministry of Finance
3. Ministry of Electronics and IT
4. Ministry of Science and Technology

... Answer is 1)
Explanation: India won 14 medals - eight golds, four silvers and two bronze, in Archery Asia Cup 2022 Stage 2.

9. 'India Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC)' is associated with which Ministry?

1. Ministry of Science and Technology
2. Ministry of Finance
3. Ministry of External Affairs
4. Ministry of Electronics and IT

... Answer is 3)
Explanation: India Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme is an initiative of the Ministry of External Affairs, wherein participants from ITEC member countries are trained.

10. Retired IAS Officer Anil Baijal is the current Lieutenant Governor of which state/ UT?

1. Puducherry
2. Ladakh
3. Goa 4. Delhi

... Answer is 4)
Explanation: President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed former bureaucrat Anil Baijal (70) as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.

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