Current Affairs 2nd May 2022 : Daily GK Update in English
1. ‘Special 301 Report’, which was seen in the news recently, is released by which country?
A. Russia
B. China
C. USA
D. Germany
Answer [C] USA
2. Which is the venue of the Conference of High Court Chief Justices 2022?
A. Chennai
B. Kolkata
C. New Delhi
D. Mumbai
Answer [C] New Delhi
3. The Union Cabinet approved an additional funding of Rs 820 crore for which bank, to expand its service?
A. India Post Payments Bank
B. Unity Small Finance Bank
C. NSDL Payment Bank
D. AU Small Finance Bank
Answer [A] India Post Payments Bank
4. Which is the first airline in Asia to use the ‘GAGAN’ satellite-based navigation system during landing?
A. Air India
B. IndiGo
C. Air Asia
D. Spice Jet
Answer [B] IndiGo
5. Which Institution releases the ‘Quarterly Employment Survey (QES)’?
A. NITI Aayog
B. Ministry of Labour & Employment
C. NASSCOM
D. FICCI
Answer [B] Ministry of Labour & Employment
6. Which company has launched Pencil Key, a contactless RuPay card in the form of keychain in April 2022?
A. MasterCard
B. Union Pay
C. American Express
D. Pencil ton
Answer [D] Pencil ton
7. The government has finalized disinvestment for helicopter service provider ………. In April 2022.
A. Arihant Helicopter Service India
B. Air Charters India
C. Bell Helicopter India
D. Pawan Hans Ltd.
Answer [D] Pawan Hans Ltd.
8. Who has released a Marathi Book ‘Amit Shah Ani Bhajapachi Vatchal’ in April 2022’?
A. Amit Shah
B. Uddhav Thackeray
C. Devendra Fadnavis
D. President Ram Nath Kovind
Answer [C] Devendra Fadnavis
9. Which day is celebrated as the World Veterinary Day in 2022?
A. 25 April
B. 28 April
C. 29 April
D. 30 April
Answer [D] 30 April
10. Under which mission INS Gharial arrived at Colombo to deliver critical lifesaving medicines on 29 April 2022?
A. MAITRI-22
B. DOSTI-V
C. MISSION DOSTI
D. SAGAR IX
Answer [D] SAGAR IX
11. Northern Regional Load Despatch Centre of Power System Operation Corp. Ltd. (POSOCO) has signed an MOU with ……..
1. IIT Delhi
B. IIT Kanpur
C. IIT Bombay
D. IIT Roorkee
Answer [A] IIT Delhi
12. Who won a gold metal in swimming at the Danish Open 2022 in Copenhagen, in April 2022?
A. Sartaj Singh Tiwana
B. Vedaant Madhavan
C. Govind Sunil Mahajan
D. D Gukesh
Answer [B] Vedaant Madhavan
13. The Health and Medical Education Minister of which state launched ‘Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully’ (SAANS), in April 2022?
A. Gujarat
B. Punjab
C. Karnataka
D. Odisha
Answer [C] Karnataka
14. Mwai Kibaki passed away in April 2022. He was the former President of which country?
A. Ethiopia
B. Kenya
C. Nigeria
D. South Africa
Answer [B] Kenya
15. Who has been officially recognized as a “Champion of the Earth” by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)?
A. David Attenborough
B. Ardeshir B.K. Dubash
C. Tarini Goyal
D. Aarefa Johari
Answer [A] David Attenborough
16. Who has been elected as the Chairperson of the Haj Committee of India, in April 2022?
A. Rajnish Kumar
B. LV Vaidyanathan
C. Suman K Bery
D. AP Abdullahkutty
Answer [D] AP Abdullahkutty
17. M Vijayan passed away in April 2022. He was a famous …..
A. Geologist
B. Biologist
C. Historian
D. Physicist
Answer [B] Biologist
18. India’s first ‘Amrit Sarovar’ has been completed in ……….. Gram Panchayat Patwai.
A. Amethi
B. Gonda
C. Rampur
D. Fatehpur
Answer [C] Rampur
19. The e-Proposal System of which state has won the UN Award –World Summit on the Information Society Forum (WSIS) Prizes 2022?
A. Meghalaya
B. Gujarat
C. Punjab
D. Kerala
Answer [A] Meghalaya
20. Who conferred the highest diplomatic award by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru in April 2022?
A. Tarini Goyal
B. Prabhat Patnaik
C. Nilamani Phookan
D. Ardeshir B.K. Dubash
Answer [D] Ardeshir B.K. Dubash