1000+ Current Affairs October 2022 MCQ for UPSC IES [Solved]

1. Which payment bank has launched a group accident insurance plan with an accidental death coverage of Rs 10 lakh in partnership with TATA AIG and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance companies?
A. Paytm Payments Bank
B. Airtel Payments Bank
C. India Post Payment Bank
D. Jio Payments Bank
Answer : C

2. 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

3. Who was honoured with the 'Changemaker' award at UN SDG Action Awards?
A. Parul Tembhre
B. Anisha Malik
C. Srishti Bakshi
D. Neha Vashisht
Answer : C

4. When is the Police Commemoration Day observed in India?
A. October 21
B. October 24
C. October 20
D. October 30
Answer : A

5. Which Insurance company has appointed Kishore Kumar Poludasu as its new MD & CEO from October 2022?
A. Bharti AXA Life Insurance
B. SBI General Insurance
C. ICICI Lombard
D. Both A & C
Answer : B

6. The Storm Coaster, which has been declared the World's fastest vertical-launch roller coaster by the Guinness World Records, is situated in which country?
A. Japan
B. UAE
C. Singapore
D. Dubai
Answer : D

7. A transport aircraft manufacturing facility for the Indian Air Force is set to come up in which city?
A. Vadodara
B. Hyderabad
C. Bengaluru
D. Gandhi Nagar
Answer : A

8. Which film was declared the best Indian film of all time by the International Federation of Film Critics?
A. Garm Hava
B. Pyaasa
C. Charulata
D. Pather Panchali
Answer : D

9. Which one is the name of recently inducted indigenously-developed Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) in the Indian Air Force at Air Force Station, Jodhpur?
A. Bihari
B. Akash
C. Nag
D. Prachanda
Answer : D

10. The draft of the National Credit Framework for Public Consultation has been launched under which ministry?
A. Ministry of Education
B. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
C. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
D. Ministry of Finance
Answer : A

11. Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of the India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO)?
A. Aryama Sundaram
B. Pradeep Kharola
C. Harish Salve
D. Mukul Rohatgi
Answer : B

12. Which country has launched the first 'Inhalable Vaccine' against Covid?
A. China
B. Japan
C. India
D. USA
Answer : A

13. Who will become the first Asian American to appear on US currency?
A. Kamala Harris
B. Hiram Fong
C. David Chiu
D. Anna May Wong
Answer : D

14. The 7th Indian Art Festival was organized in which state?
A. Goa
B. Mumbai
C. New Delhi
D. Assam
Answer : C

15. Who has become the first Indian-origin Prime Minister of the UK?
A. Shami Chakrabarti
B. Seema Malhotra
C. Rishi Sunak
D. Krupesh Hiran
Answer : C

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

17. Which state has inaugurated the first English medium general degree college of the state in the city with a 100 intake capacity?
A. Manipur
B. Tripura
C. Assam
D. Nagaland
Answer : B

18. Which state has been awarded the Ayushmann Utkrishta award 2022 for adding various health facilities to the health facility register?
A. Bihar
B. UP
C. Haryana
D. Gujarat
Answer : B

19. The Prime Minister has lauded South Western Railways for Sculpture made from plastic & pet bottles at which Station?
A. Delhi Station
B. KSR Hyderabad Station
C. KSR Bengaluru Station
D. KSR Kolkata Station
Answer : C

20. Who won the girls under-12 in the FIDE World Cadets Chess Championship?
A. Neha Malik
B. Parul Malik
C. Shubi Gupta
D. A Charvi
Answer : C

21. COP27, the 27th annual UN meeting on climate will be held in which country?
A. Peru
B. Spain
C. Poland
D. Egypt
Answer : D

22. The 5th Assembly of International Solar Alliance (ISA) is being held under the presidency of which country?
A. India
B. Netherlands
C. France
D. Japan
Answer : A

23. FATF decided to include which country on its black list?
A. Rusia
B. Chian
C. Myanmar
D. Bangladesh
Answer : C

24. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and MD of Suzlon Energy?
A. Hasmukh Adhia
B. J. Packirisamy
C. Vinod R Tanti
D. S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao
Answer : C

25. Which state government has launched the trees outside forests in India (TOFI)' programme in association with USAID?
A. Manipur
B. Rajasthan
C. Haryana
D. Assam
Answer : D

26. India marked the 30th anniversary of relations with which regional bloc?
A. G-8
B. SAARC
C. G-20
D. ASEAN
Answer : D

27. The government of India will set up branches of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in all the states by which year to deal with terrorism cases?
A. 2030
B. 2023
C. 2025
D. 2024
Answer : D

28. As per the 'Portrait of Immigration to Canada' Report, which is the leading country of birth for recent immigration?
A. China
B. Indonesia
C. India
D. Sri Lanka
Answer : C

29. When will the English translation of the award-winning book Lata: Sur-Gatha be released?
A. January 2023
B. June 2023
C. December 2022
D. July 2023
Answer : A

30. Who has been named the FIH Player of the Year in the men's category in 2022?
A. Varun Kumar
B. Gurjit Kaur
C. PR Sreejesh
D. Harmanpreet Singh
Answer : D

31. World Habitat Day is being celebrated on which date?
A. October 03
B. September 01
C. October 01
D. October 02
Answer : A

32. All India Institute of Ayurveda has signed an MoU with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology NIAIST is located in which of the following country?
A. Russia
B. Japan
C. China
D. Australia
Answer : B

33. What is the name of the Indian-American who has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the United States?
A. Ashish Modi
B. Nahar Gupta
C. Vivek Lall
D. Ganesh Patel
Answer : C

34. International Solar Alliance's Fifth Assembly to be held in which city?
A. Gurugram
B. Beijing
C. Astana
D. New Delhi
Answer : D

35. Which institution has won the 'National Intellectual Property Awards 2021 and 2022'?
A. AIIMS New Delhi
B. IISc Bengaluru
C. IIT Bombay
D. IIT Madras
Answer : D

36. Who has been appointed as the CEO of MyGov, Ministry of Electronics and IT?
A. UdhayaChandran
B. Akash Tripathi
C. Irai Anbu
D. Amir Subhani
Answer : B

37. Who was awarded the Sir Syed Excellence Award 2022 by the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)?
A. Asghar Abbas
B. Tariq Mansoor
C. Ishtiaq Ahmad Zilli
D. Barbara Metcalf
Answer : D

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. Adani Green commissions the largest 600 MW wind-solar plant in which state?
A. Haryana
B. Bihar
C. Rajasthan
D. Kerala
Answer : C

40. Which company unveiled the humanoid robot prototype Optimus?
A. ISRO
B. NASA
C. Tesla
D. Amazon
Answer : C

41. India observed National Solidarity to honour whom?
A. DRDO
B. Armed Forces
C. ISRO
D. BRO
Answer : B

42. Which state Wildlife Board has approved a new reserve for tigers named called Durgavati Tiger Reserve?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Gujarat
D. Maharashtra
Answer : A

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

44. Fungal Priority Pathogens List has been released by which institution?
A. UNICEF
B. WHO
C. FAO
D. UNHCR
Answer : B

45. Amit Shah announced reservation for the Pahadi community under the ST category in which state/UT?
A. Odisha
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Jammu and Kashmir
D. Chandigarh
Answer : C

46. 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

47. Indian Railways has installed how many capacity solar rooftops?
A. 5 MW
B. 10 MW
C. 4 MW
D. 8 MW
Answer : C

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. 15th International Sufi Rang Mahotsav 2022 is being organized in which city?
A. Sonipat
B. Ajmer
C. Puri
D. Vidisha
Answer : B

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