1000+ Current Affairs October 2022 MCQ for IIFT [Solved]

1. Who has launched the Single Integrated Pensioners' Portal?
A. Piyush Goyal
B. Jitendra Singh
C. Anurag Thakur
D. Suresh Prabhu
Answer : B

2. Who won the 2022 UN Refugee Award?
A. Angela Merkel
B. Hilary Clinton
C. Nisha Gupta
D. Vibhi Snehwal
Answer : A

3. Vedanta founder Anil Agarwal was honoured with Global Indian Award in which country?
A. USA
B. Canada
C. UAE
D. Saudi Arabia
Answer : B

4. Which bank has launched 'KBL Centenary Deposit Scheme?
A. Karnataka Bank
B. Karur Vyasya Bank
C. IndusInd Bank
D. HDFC Bank
Answer : A

5. What is the theme of Global Handwashing Day 2022?
A. Our Future is at Hand - Let's Move Forward Together
B. SAVE LIVES: Clean your hands
C. Clean Hands for All
D. Unite for Universal Hand Hygiene
Answer : D

6. Pakistan to take part in the SCO Anti-Terror Exercise hosted by which country?
A. India
B. Brazil
C. Russia
D. USA
Answer : A

7. The government appointed whom as the acting chairperson of the Competition Commission of India?
A. Tanu Dixit
B. Bhavana Kumari
C. Sangeeta Verma
D. Soniya Sharma
Answer : C

8. Which one became the cleanest city in the country for the sixth time in a row?
A. Faridabad
B. Indore
C. Bhopal
D. Devgarh
Answer : B

9. Which state government signed MoU with US Based IT Firm Boston Group?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C. Assam
D. Kerala
Answer : A

10. Pangasius Icaria, which was recently discovered in the Cauvery River, belongs to which species?
A. Crocodile
B. Catfish
C. Snake
D. Bird
Answer : B

11. Who has been elected as the Prime Minister of Sweden?
A. Ebba Busch
B. Ulf Kristersson
C. Jimmie Akesson
D. Johan Pehrson
Answer : B

12. Which state governments would offer farmers a unique farm ID, similar to an Aadhaar number?
A. Rajasthan
B. Gujarat
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Punjab
Answer : C

13. World Maritime Day is celebrated on which date?
A. September 29
B. July 29
C. August 29
D. May 29
Answer : A

14. Who has been named the brand ambassador of the T20 World Cup for the Blind?
A. Yuvraj Singh
B. Virender Sehwag
C. MS Dhoni
D. Dinesh Karthik
Answer : A

15. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses the 4th Defence Attaches Conference being held in which state/ UT?
A. Haryana
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Rajasthan
D. New Delhi
Answer : D

16. Who has won SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2022?
A. Ian Stewart
B. Yunqing Tang
C. Peter Sarnak
D. Terence Tao
Answer : B

17. Who among the following has been elected as a member of the prestigious Academia Ophthalmological Internationalis (AOI) in October 2022?
A. Dr Sundaram Natarajan
B. Dr. Atul Kumar
C. Dr. Prashant Garg
D. Dr. Lingam Gopal
Answer : C

18. IMF has cut down India's GDP growth forecast to what percent in 2022?
A. 7.8
B. 6.8
C. 5.8
D. 4.8
Answer : B

19. What amount of money has the government approved to install 25K mobile towers in 500 days?
A. 25000 crore
B. 1000 crore
C. 500 crore
D. 26000 crore
Answer : D

20. How many satellites have been placed into orbit by ISRO's heaviest rocket LVM3 M2?
A. 31
B. 36
C. 35
D. 32
Answer : B

21. Government of India has launched MBBS Course books in which language for the very first time?
A. Bhojpuri
B. Hindi
C. Punjabi
D. Tamil
Answer : B

22. Pitt Island, where hundreds of pilot whales were stranded dead, is located in which country?
A. New Zealand
B. Japan
C. USA
D. Indonesia
Answer : A

23. Which country is set to host the 90th Interpol General Assembly?
A. China
B. India
C. Vietnam
D. Turkey
Answer : B

24. Who has launched the 1st National Project Upper Bhadra Scheme in Karnataka?
A. Srujana
B. Nataraj Kumar
C. Basavaraj Bommai
D. Sudharshan Reddy
Answer : C

25. Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless were awarded Nobel Prize for which category?
A. Literature
B. Chemistry
C. Mathematics
D. Physics
Answer : B

26. Ministry of Finance has released an amount of 1,764 crores to how many States for providing grants to Million Plus Urban Cities?
A. 6
B. 4
C. 5
D. 12
Answer : B

27. Which Union Ministry is associated with the 'Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups (CGSS)'?
A. Ministry of Home Affairs
B. Ministry of MSME
C. Ministry of Finance
D. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Answer : D

28. The Union Cabinet has approved an increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all Rabi Crops for the Marketing Season 2023-24. The highest increase has been cleared for lentils with a hike of how many rupees per quintal?
A. 500
B. 700
C. 750
D. 505
Answer : A

29. On which day World Sight Day 2022 is being observed?
A. October 10
B. October 11
C. October 12
D. October 13
Answer : D

30. Which country has topped the 2022 Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index prepared by Oxfam International and Development Finance International (DFI)?
A. Sweden
B. Finland
C. Norway
D. Netherlands
Answer : C

31. India celebrated the 118th birth anniversary which Prime Minister on October 02?
A. Jawahar Lal Nehru
B. Lal Bahadur Shastri
C. Atal Bihar Vajpayee
D. Narender Modi
Answer : B

32. Which round of the emergency procurement of the Army will be entirely from the domestic industry?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 5
D. 4
Answer : D

33. Who is the only Indian on Time's 100 emerging leaders' list?
A. Anil Ambani
B. Mukesh Ambani
C. Gautam Adani
D. Akash Ambani
Answer : D

34. The central government has approved the construction of an iconic cable stayed-cum-suspension bridge across which River?
A. Tungabhadra River
B. Krishna River
C. Nakkavagu River
D. Godavari River
Answer : B

35. Who has become the first Indian Wrestler to win Gold Medal at U-23 World Wrestling Championships?
A. Aman Sehrawat
B. Sajan Bhanwala
C. Vikas
D. Nitesh
Answer : A

36. NASA's Dragonfly rotorcraft is scheduled to reach the Selk Crater region on Saturn's moon Titan in which year?
A. 2034
B. 2025
C. 2026
D. 2029
Answer : A

37. When is the annual Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Day observed?
A. October 08
B. October 09
C. October 07
D. October 06
Answer : B

38. Government hiked interest rate on small savings schemes to be raised by which amount?
A. 0.4%
B. 1%
C. 0.2%
D. 2.4%
Answer : C

39. What is the theme of World Cerebral Palsy Day 2022?
A. Navigating crises
B. Secure Future
C. Promotes inclusion?? One of the big goals
D. Millions of Reasons
Answer : D

40. How much of the national cap on channel owning was eliminated by the government's simplification of the financial qualifying standards under FM radio policy?
A. 10%
B. 15%
C. 20%
D. 45%
Answer : B

41. Which state decided to name the Chipi greenfield airport in Sindhudurg district after the late barrister Nath Pai?
A. Kerala
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Bihar
D. Maharashtra
Answer : D

42. Who among the following has been appointed as the new CEO of Adani Airports?
A. Irfan Khan
B. Arun Bansal
C. Sonam Dixit
D. Vipin Sharma
Answer : B

43. Who was awarded the Sports Journalists' Federation of India (SJFI) medal for 2019?
A. Prakash Padukone
B. Vijay Amritraj
C. Mary Kom
D. Mithali Raj
Answer : A

44. Who has laid the Foundation stone for the new terminal building of Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia airport in Gwalior Madhya Pradesh?
A. Droupadi Murmu
B. Narendra Modi
C. Jyotiraditya Scindia
D. Amit Shah
Answer : D

45. To whom did Droupadi Murmu give a silver trumpet and a trumpet banner?
A. RPF
B. President's Bodyguard
C. CISF
D. BSF
Answer : B

46. Which edition of the National Games in October 2022 saw the debut of the Indian Indigenous sport Mallakhamb?
A. 39th
B. 36th
C. 35th
D. 34th
Answer : B

47. Who among the following is set to become the first Asian American to appear on US currency?
A. Nina Otero-Warren
B. Anna May Wong
C. Sally Ride
D. Maya Angelou
Answer : B

48. How many scientists have received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 'for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry'?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 3
D. 8
Answer : C

49. Which organization has released the 'Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2022' Report?
A. SBI
B. World Bank
C. Reserve Bank of India
D. Asian Development Bank
Answer : B

50. On which date Air Force Day is celebrated in India?
A. October 08
B. October 09
C. October 10
D. October 11
Answer : A