Current Affairs Quiz (July 2022) Part -1
Q1. Name the Tamil Nadu triple jumper who has set a new meet record of 17.18m at the ongoing National Inter-State Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai. He has qualified for the upcoming World Championships in Oregon.
Answer: Praveen Chitravel
Q2. Name the first Asian country that has legalised cannabis for medicinal use.
Answer: Thailand
Q3. Who has won the Women's Single title of the Singapore Open Badminton tournament?
Answer: P V Sandhu
Q4. Which city has been selected as the host city for the 2025 World Athletics Championships?
Answer: Tokyo
Q5. International Moon Day is marked annually on which day?
Answer: 20 July
Q6. Name the port that has become the first 100 per cent Landlord Major Port of India having all berths being operated on the PPP model.
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru Port
Q7. Name the Indian Grandmaster who won the 41st Villa de Benasque International Open chess tournament in Benasque, Spain.
Answer: Aravindh Chithambaram
Q8. Which Indian city has been declared as the first cultural and tourism capital of 'Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)'?
Answer: Varanasi
Q9. Which state has become the first and only state in the country to have its own internet service?
Answer: Kerala
Q10. Which institute has emerged as the top institution in the Union ministry of education's India Rankings 2022 of Higher Educational Institutions?
Answer: The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras
Q11. In which state, India's first Monkeypox case was reported?
Answer: Kerala
Q12. World Day of International Justice is celebrated every year on which day. It is celebrated to commemorate all the advocates who work towards bringing justice to victims of international criminal acts like crimes against humanity, genocide or war crimes, and who aid in preserving the human rights of such individuals.
Answer: July 17
Q13. Name the butterfly that Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang declared the state butterfly.
Answer: Blue Duke
Blue Duke is unique to Sikkim and the eastern Himalayas. It was discovered in the state in 1858.
Q14. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin unveiled the mascot and the logo for FIDE Chess Olympiad in Chennai. What is the name of the mascot?
Answer: Thambi (means younger brother)
Q15. What is the rank of India in the 'Global Gender Gap Index 2022' released by the World Economic Forum (WEF)?
Answer: 135
Q16. In which state the Indian space startup Agnikul Cosmos was inaugurated? It is India's first '3D Printed Rocket Engine' factory.
Answer: Chennai
Q17. With the help of which telescope the US space agency 'NASA' has captured the deepest and most colourful image of the universe?
Answer: James Webb Space Telescope
Q18. Which state has become the first state in the country to initiate the process of implementing the Centre’s New Education Policy (NEP)?
Answer: Uttrakhand
Q19. Who became the first officer from the Indian Railways to complete the gruelling ‘Ironman’ Triathlon, considered to be the toughest single-day sports event in the world?
Answer: Shreyas G. Hosur
This event includes 3.8 km of swimming, 180 km of cycling and 42.2 km of running
Q20. Who has become the youngest woman to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian award?
Answer: Simone Biles
Q21. Who won a seventh Wimbledon title and 21st Grand Slam crown?
Answer: Novak Djokovic
Q22. Which company has become the first company in the country to receive Bureau of Indian Standards certification for its lithium-ion cells?
Answer: Godi India
Q23. Who has become the first woman and second Indian to feature on the 'wall of former chief economists of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
Answer: Gita Gopinath
Q24. Which has become the first state in the country to have 13 Expressways?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
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