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

1. How many Zila Sainik Boards will be established in Delhi as a result of the proposal being approved by Delhi's Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
Answer : B

2. Nitin Gadkari launched a pilot project on Flex Fuel-Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicle (FFV-SHEV)?
A. Maruti
B. Toyota
C. MG
D. BMW
Answer : B

3. ISRO is planning to launch 'Chandrayaan-3' in which year?
A. 2023
B. 2022
C. 2024
D. 2025
Answer : A

4. Which bank has received CII digital transformation awards?
A. State Bank of Mysore
B. State Bank of Indore
C. Karnataka Bank
D. State Bank of Saurashtra
Answer : C

5. Which state enacted the Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Ordinance, 2022?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Telangana
C. Kerala
D. Odisha
Answer : A

6. Who has been appointed as the new Controller General of Accounts?
A. Bharati Das
B. Sonali Singh
C. Shakuntla Devi
D. P.L. Sahu
Answer : A

7. World Animal Welfare Day is celebrated on which date?
A. October 01
B. October 03
C. October 02
D. October 04
Answer : D

8. Defence Minister performed 'Shastra Pooja' at which Military Station?
A. Guwahati
B. Jaipur
C. Auli
D. Patna
Answer : C

9. IEA predicted Global Emissions to peak in which year?
A. 2025
B. 2023
C. 2022
D. 2030
Answer : A

10. 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

11. Who took over as director, of refineries, at HPCL?
A. Harish Vani
B. Ganesh Patel
C. S Bharathan
D. Vinod S Shenoy
Answer : C

12. Who has been announced to replace Sourav Ganguly as the president of BBCI?
A. Ravi Shastri
B. Kapil Dev
C. Roger Binny
D. Sunil Gavaskar
Answer : C

13. 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

14. Which nation received bilateral assistance from India in the form of locally manufactured motorcycles?
A. USA
B. Syria
C. Lebanon
D. Germany
Answer : C

15. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated India's second National Model Vedic School in which city?
A. Jaipur
B. Banaras
C. Allahabad
D. Puri
Answer : D

16. The 81st annual convention of the Indian Roads Congress has been held in which of the following city after 11 years?
A. Chennai
B. Lucknow
C. Bengaluru
D. Ahmedabad
Answer : B

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

18. 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

19. Who received the American Geophysical Union Devendra Lal Memorial Medal 2022?
A. Roxy Mathew Koll
B. V. Ramanathan
C. Syukuro Manabe
D. None of the above
Answer : A

20. Which country approved the commercial cultivation of Genetically modified Indian mustard species 'Brassica juncea'?
A. Bangladesh
B. USA
C. UAE
D. Australia
Answer : D

21. Who is the author of the book titled 'The most incredible world cup stories -Anecdotes from Football World Cup, From Uruguay in 1930 to the present day'?
A. Maurice Hamilton
B. Luciano Wernicke
C. Robert Lewandowski
D. Diego Maradona
Answer : B

22. Which city is the host of the United Nations World Geospatial Congress (UNWGIC) 2022?
A. Dhaka
B. Hyderabad
C. Bengaluru
D. Male
Answer : B

23. In order to raise awareness about Central Bank Digital Currency, which bank released a concept note?
A. State Bank of India
B. Reserve Bank of India
C. Central Bank of India
D. Asian Development Bank
Answer : B

24. Which country has been included in the 12 top chess-playing nations for Men's 2022 World Team Chess Championship?
A. South Korea
B. Japan
C. Russia
D. India
Answer : D

25. 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

26. Which company has developed India's first aluminium freight train rake?
A. Vedanta Limited
B. NALCO
C. Hindalco
D. Jindal Aluminium
Answer : C

27. Arun Bali, who was suffering from a disease called Myasthenia Gravis, was related to which field?
A. Attorney
B. Actor
C. Architect
D. Author
Answer : B

28. 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

29. For which language has ICCR signed an MoU with Google for easy search?
A. Sanskrit
B. Hindi
C. English
D. Assamese
Answer : A

30. Nalagarh, where a 350-crore Medical Device Park is set to be built, is located in which state?
A. Karnataka
B. Kerala
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Himachal Pradesh
Answer : D

31. Which is the mascot of the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023?
A. Tazuni
B. Naranjito
C. Gauchito
D. Juanito
Answer : A

32. Which state has been declared as 100% Har Ghar Jal State?
A. Rajasthan
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Gujarat
D. Uttar Pradesh
Answer : C

33. World Trauma Day was observed on which date?
A. October 16
B. October 19
C. October 18
D. October 17
Answer : D

34. Which union minister has inaugurated the fourth Heli-India Summit 2022 in Srinagar?
A. Ministry of Railways
B. Minister of Civil Aviation
C. Ministry of Home Affairs
D. Ministry of Defence
Answer : B

35. How many airbags in passenger cars are to become compulsory from 1st October 2023?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 10
Answer : B

36. The All India Football Federation has launched a grassroots football development (GFD) scheme in which state?
A. Assam
B. Bihar
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Bihar
Answer : C

37. After the recent Monetary Policy Committee Meeting of RBI (October 2022), what is the 2022-23 growth projection for India?
A. 8.5 %
B. 6.5 %
C. 7.0 %
D. 6.4 %
Answer : C

38. Which country has become the first in the Pacific to host World Hindi Conference?
A. The Marshall Islands
B. Fiji
C. New Zealand
D. Kiribati
Answer : B

39. Who has won Nobel Prize 2022 in Literature?
A. Leila Slimani
B. Annie Ernaux
C. Michel Houellebecq
D. Yasmina Reza
Answer : B

40. Which country is now India's Seventh-Largest Trading Partner?
A. Ukraine
B. Russia
C. Japan
D. China
Answer : B

41. Which city was the venue of the Heads of Asian Coast Guard Agencies Meeting?
A. New Delhi
B. Kolkata
C. Mumbai
D. Chennai
Answer : A

42. FATF has removed which country from the grey list after four years?
A. Russia
B. Italy
C. Sweden
D. Pakistan
Answer : D

43. 'PM-DevINE' Scheme, which was seen in the news, aimed at the development of which region?
A. North-Eastern regions
B. Coastal regions
C. Border areas
D. Hilly regions
Answer : A

44. Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) celebrated its 54th foundation day on which date?
A. October 02
B. October 04
C. October 06
D. October 03
Answer : B

45. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated how many Digital Banking Units (DBUs) to the nation through video conferencing?
A. 154
B. 200
C. 75
D. 100
Answer : C

46. Which nation hosted the sixth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA)?
A. Egypt
B. Iran
C. Kazakhstan
D. Iran
Answer : C

47. Which city's Principal Accountant General launched Pension at your doorstep?
A. Ahmedabad
B. Bengaluru
C. Hyderabad
D. Mumbai
Answer : D

48. Who has released a book titled 'Pandemic Disruptions and Odisha's Lessons in Governance'?
A. Ganeshi Lal
B. Jagdeep Dhankhar
C. Droupadi Murmu
D. Naveen Patnaik
Answer : D

49. India has inked a defence export deal with which country?
A. USA
B. Syria
C. Israel
D. Armenia
Answer : D

50. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Rajasthan state?
A. Ramesh Kandula
B. Rajesh Talwar
C. Umesh Mishra
D. Alok Chakrawal
Answer : C