Current Affairs 12th July 2022 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Indian Navy’s stealth frigate INS Tarkash conducted a Maritime Partnership Exercise with which country’s navy?
A. France            
B. Oman
C. Sudan              
D. Japan
Answer [C] Sudan
2. Where is the ‘Artificial Intelligence in Defence’ (AlDef) symposium and exhibition organised?
A. New Delhi            
B. Pune
C. Dehradun              
D. Hyderabad
Answer [A] New Delhi          
3. Which Union Ministry identified and published poems, writings and publications that were banned by the British Government?
A. Ministry of Culture              
B. Ministry of External Affairs
C. Ministry of Defence             
D. Ministry of Home Affairs
Answer [A] Ministry of Culture  
4. Shinzo Abe, who was recently assassinated, is the former Prime Minister of which country?
A. Japan                    
B. China
C. Indonesia             
D. South Korea
Answer [A] Japan 
5. As per the recent notification by the Finance Ministry, what is the GST applied for sale of the Indian national flag?
A. 18 per cent                 
B. 12 per cent                
C. 5 per cent                  
D. 0 per cent              
Answer [D] 0 per cent    
6. Who has won the Wimbledon men’s singles title in July 2022?
A. Rafael Nadal                   
B. Demitri Medvedev
C. Roger Federer               
D. Novak Djokovic
Answer [D] Novak Djokovic
7. Which company will be the ‘sports performance and lifestyle partner’ of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for the upcoming Common wealth, Asian and Olympic games?
A. Adani Sportsline           
B. Gameplan Sports Pvt Ltd
C. IMG-Reliance                
D. JSW Inspire
Answer [D] JSW Inspire
8. Which formula One racing driver has won the Austrian F1 Grand Prix on 10 July 2022?
A. Max Verstappen             
B. Carlos Sainz
C. Lewis Hamilton               
D. Charles Leclerc
Answer [D] Charles Leclerc
9. Which Indian Indigenous Aircraft Carrier successfully completed its fourth phase of sea trial on 10 July 2022?
A. INS Vajra                            
B. INS Viraat
C. INS Vikramaditya              
D. INS Vikrant
Answer [D] INS Vikrant
10. Who has become the youngest person to complete the Analog Astronaut programme at the Analog Astronaut Training Centre (AATC) in Poland?
A. Satya Pandey               
B. Shefali Raj
C. Aaditi Raju                     
D. Jahnavi Dangeti
Answer [D] Jahnavi Dangeti