Current Affairs 25/10/2022

1.Asia's Largest Compressed Biogas Plant has been inaugurated in which state?

1. Punjab
2.Chennai
3. Bengaluru
4. New Delhi

... Answer is 1)
Explanation: Asia's largest Compressed Biogas plant has been inaugurated by the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri in Punjab's Sangrur.

2.Which of the following conducted Indian Navy Sailing Championship 2022 at Marakkar Watermanship Training Centre in Kerala?

1. Indian Military Academy
2. Naval Institute of Aeronautical Technology
3. Indian Naval Academy
4. Army Air Defence College

... Answer is 3)
Explanation: Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala will conduct the Indian Navy Sailing Championship 2022 at Marakkar Watermanship Training Centre in Kerala.

3.Who has been elected as the President of the Indian National Congress?

1. Priyanka Gandhi
2. Mallikarjun Kharge
3. Sonia Gandhi
4. Shashi Tharoor

... Answer is 2)
Explanation: Mallikarjun Kharge has been elected as the President of the Indian National Congress.

4.Who has been appointed as Chairman of Yubi?

1. Rajiv Kumar
2. Sanjay Khanna
3. Atanu Chakraborty
4. Rajesh Verma

... Answer is 3)
Explanation: Atanu Chakraborty has been appointed as Chairman of Yubi (formerly CredAvenue).

5. Which bank has launched 'KBL Centenary Deposit Scheme?

1. Karnataka Bank
2. Karur Vyasya Bank
3. IndusInd Bank
4. HDFC Bank

... Answer is 1)
Explanation: Karnataka Bank has launched a Term Deposit Scheme "KBL Centenary Deposit Scheme" with a higher rate of interest.

6.Who has been named the high-performance director (HPD) for Indian boxing?

1 Santiago Nieva
2. Aryama Sundaram
3. Bernard Dunne
4. Joe Louis

... Answer is 3)
Explanation: Former Irish professional boxer Bernard Dunne has been named the high-performance director (HPD) for Indian boxing.

7. Who among the following has been elected as a member of the prestigious Academia Ophthalmological Internationalis (AOI) in October 2022?

1. Dr Sundaram Natarajan
2. Dr. Atul Kumar
3. Dr. Prashant Garg
4. Dr. Lingam Gopal

... Answer is 3)
Explanation: The Executive Chair of Hyderabad-based L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Dr Prashant Garg has been elected as a member of the prestigious Academia Ophthalmological Internationalis (AOI).

8.Who has been named as the new Defence Secretary by the Government of India?

1. Ajay Bhatt
2. Amarendra Tiwari
3. Aramane Giridhar
4. Radha Sridharan

... Answer is 1)
Explanation: Aramane Giridhar, Road Transport and Highways Secretary has been named as the new defence secretary as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Central Government.

9. Climber Elnaz Rekabi, who was reported missing, belongs to which country?

1. Qatar
2. UAE
3. Iran
4. Afghanistan

... Answer is 3)
Explanation:Iranian competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi, who was believed to have gone missing arrived back in Tehran.

10.As per the UN Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), which country has the largest number of poor people worldwide?

1. Indonesia
2. Congo
3. Nigeria 4. India

... Answer is 4)
Explanation: As per the report, the number of poor people in India fell by about 415 million between 2005-06 and 2019-21. India has the largest number of poor people worldwide (228.9 mn) followed by Nigeria (96.7 mn).

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