Current Affairs Quiz

April 2022 to June 2022

Classes 6 to 8

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Art and culture
1. Which organisation recently released photos of underground
rooms in the Taj Mahal?
2. Who won the Best New Artist at 2022 Grammys held in April?
3. Which famous painting was smeared with a cake by a climate
activist in June 2022?
4. Which military commander’s 400th birth anniversary
celebration was launched by the President of India?
5. Name the Indian rapper whose debut album was ranked 66th
in Billboard Canadian Albums Chart.
6. Who won the Whitely Gold Award in London in April 2022 for
work on snow leopards?
7. Who is named as the CEO of JioSaavn in May 2022?
8. Which track won the Song of the Year at the Grammys held in
2022?
9. Where was the Apricot Blossom Festival held in April 2022?
10. Who won the World Food Prize 2022?
11. When did Narendra Modi launch the Azadi ka Amrit
Mahotsav designed coins?
12. On which thematic route did India’s first Bharat Gaurav tourist
train make its maiden journey?
13. Which country created a new museum in June 2022 for
trafficked ancient artifacts?
14. Who became the first folk artist from India to walk at Cannes
2022 red carpet held in May?
15. Europe’s first Samurai Museum was opened in which city in
May 2022?
16. In which city was the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID)
campus inaugurated in May 2022?
17. Name the Indian state where the new Mesolithic site has been
discovered in May 2022.
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 18. Who among the following was invited as an Oscar member in
June 2022: Deepika Padukone or Kajol?
19. Which Indian actress was a member of the Jury of the 75th
Cannes Film Festival in May 2022?
20. India donated USD 800,000 to promote which language at the
United Nations?
21. Which ministry launched the ‘Temple 360’ website?
22. Where did PM Narendra Modi inaugurated a temple dedicated
to Saint Tukaram in June 2022?
23. Which cricketer’s biopic ‘Shabash Mithu’ was released in July
2022?
24. Where is the Centre of Excellence for Khadi, inaugurated in
May 2022, located?
25. At which film festival held in May 2022 was India selected as a
‘Country of Honour’?
26. Which district became the only place where all gram
panchayats have community libraries in April 2022?
27. Where was a special gallery dedicated to Satyajit Ray Films was
inaugurated in in May 2022?
28. Who received the Special Bangla Academy Award in May
2022?
29. Where is the revamped Mahakali temple that the PM has
inaugurated in June 2022?
30. Where was India’s biggest drone festival ‘Bharat Drone
Festival’ was held in May 2022?
31. Who hosted the 7th BRICS culture ministers meeting in May
2022?
32. Where was the three-day Vadnagar International conference
held in May 2022 to promote archaeological heritage and
culture?
33. Where did Narendra Modi inaugurate the Pradhanmantri
Sangrahalaya in April 2022?
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 34. Where was the three-day literary festival, Unmesh, held in June
2022?
35. Where was the foundation stone laid for India International
centre for Buddhist culture in May 2022?

Sports
1. Which Indian has won the world title at Women’s World
Boxing Championship 2022?
2. Which club won the Champion’s League 2022?
3. Which country won the Thomas Cup title in May 2022?
4. Who was named as the ICC men’s Player of the Month in April
2022?
5. Which country won the Uniphar U23 5-Nations Tournament
in June 2022?
6. Who recorded the best Indian performance in women’s 100m
Backstroke in May 2022?
7. Which team won the Ranji Trophy in June 2022?
8. Who won the gold medal in discuss throw at Qosanov
Memorial in June 2022?
9. Name the Indian cyclist to win silver at Asian Championship in
June 2022.
10. Who did Inter Milan defeat to win the Italian Cup 2022?
11. Who became the third fastest Indian woman to run in 200
metres in June 2022?
12. Which Indian has been honoured with the Golden
Achievement Award by the International Tennis Hall of Fame?
13. How many gold medals did the Indian women’s wrestling
team claim under 17 Asian Championship title at Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan, in June 2022?
14. Who won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2022 held in June 2022?

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 15. Who won the men's 55 kg IWF Youth World Championship
held in Leon, Mexico, in June 2022?
16. Which country hosted the ISSF Junior World Cup 2022 in
May?
17. Who set the new national record at the Paavo Nurmi Games in
Finland in June 2022 with a Javelin throw of 89.30 metres?
18. Who won the men’s singles title at the 2022 Indonesia Masters
Badminton?
19. Who has become the 74th Grandmaster of India during the
Cattolica Chess Festival 2022?
20. Who has been named the ICC Men’s Player of the Month in
May 2022?
21. Name the mascot for Fide Chess Olympiad released in June
2022.
22. Who won the 2022 French Open in women’s category?
23. Who has won the Canada Grand Prix 2022?
24. Who won the Roland Garros 2022 held in May?
25. Who won the UEFA Europa Football Title in May 2022?
26. Which team won the Indian Premier League 2022?
27. Which team won the Men’s Hockey Asia Cup 2022?
28. Who won the Purple Cap in the Indian Premier League 2022
for taking the highest number of wickets?
29. Who has been crowned the champions of 2021-2022 Premier
league held in May?
30. Who has become the youngest Indian to climb the Everest Base
Camp in May 2022?
31. Who has been voted as the ICC Women’s Player of the Month
for June 2022?
32. Who won the Australian Grand Prix 2022 held in April?
33. Name the youngest grandmaster in chess as on June 2022.

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 34. Who won the Monaco Grand Prix 2022 held in May 2022?
35. Which athlete broke his own record in javelin throw at
Stockholm Diamond League in June 2022?

Science and technology

1. PARAM ANANTA supercomputer was commissioned at
which institution in June 2022?
2. Where did India successfully test nuclear-capable Agni-4
ballistic missile in June 2022?
3. Name the organisation that decided to launch DAVINCI
mission to explore the atmosphere of Venus in June 2022.
4. Which country released the world’s most detailed map of the
moon in May 2022?
5. Which company announced the retirement of its 27-year-old
product ‘Internet Explorer’ in June 2022?
6. Where did Garuda Aerospace, an Indian drone start-up, set its
new facility in June 2022?
7. Where was a human-rated rocket booster (HS200), for the
Gaganyaan Mission tested in May 2022?
8. Name of the app launched by the government of Kerala in May
2022 which is aimed at diagnosing and controlling lifestyle
diseases.
9. Where was the largest bacteria in the world discovered in June
2022?
10. Name India’s first Covid-19 vaccine for animals launched in
June 2022.
11. Which of the following organisations launched CAPSTONE
mission to the moon in April 2022?
12. HomoSEP, a robot that cleans septic tanks, was developed in
June 2022 by which of these institutions?

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 13. Who carried out a maiden flight of an unmanned combat
aircraft?
14. Who launched the PSLV orbital experimental module in June
2022?
15. Where was Abhyas high-speed space expendable aerial target
launched in June 2022?
16. Which Indian institute has transformed an existing nitrogen
plant into an oxygen generator?
17. Which country invented a drug releasing contact lens to treat
glaucoma in May 2022?
18. Where was India’s first liquid mirror telescope installed in June
2022?
19. Where has been the new private spacecraft manufacturing
facility in India launched in June 2022?
20. In which of these places did Adani Green commissioned
India’s first wind-solar hybrid power plant?
21. The green satellite propulsion was successfully tested by which
organisation in June 2022?
22. Where is India’s first pure green hydrogen plant
commissioned?
23. Which company announced production of new gadgets at its
I/O Developers conference in May 2022?
24. Where was the Centre for Brain Research (CBR) inaugurated
in June 2022?
25. Which company introduced a platform of Cloud services for
Indian market in June 2022?
26. Where was Supercomputer Param Porul inaugurated in May
2022?
27. Which institution signed an MoU with Indian Meteorological
Department to develop a user-friendly forecasting app in April
2022?

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 28. India’s first polycentric prosthetic knee was unveiled by which
institute in April 2022?
29. Name the company that signed a contract with three firms to
launch its satellite internet in April 2022.
30. Where was ‘Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet’ successfully tested by
DRDO in April 2022?
31. Name the country that successfully launched a new earth
observation satellite ‘Gaofen-3 03’ in April 2022.
32. Which organisation, along with the Indian Army, successfully
flight-tested a new version of Pinaka Rocket System in April
2022?
33. Which company did Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
team up with in April 2022 for Cloud-based digitisation?
34. Name the company that tied up with IIT Bombay to develop
Green Hydrogen Technology.
35. Which state became the first one to reach 10 GW of cumulative
large-scale solar installations in May 2022?

Politics
1. Which country has been elected as the new chair of the
Association of Asian Election Authorities (AAEA) for 2022-
2024 in May 2022?
2. Who inaugurated the Global Patidar Business Summit on 30
April 2022?
3. Who has been sworn in as the new President of India in July
2022?
4. India donated USD 800,000 to promote which language at the
United Nations?
5. Which Indian state has approved the Khatua panel’s
recommendation to slash the fare prices of autorickshaws by 15
per cent for selected hours of a day?

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 6. Name the newly appointed chief minister of Maharashtra who
took charge in June 2022.
7. Who met the Sikh delegation to discuss youth empowerment,
farmer’s welfare etc., among other topics in April 2022?
8. What is the name of the new complex for the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry inaugurated in June 2022?
9. Who is the newly appointed Lieutenant General of Delhi?
10. Who took oath as the new chief minister of Tripura on 15 May
2022?
11. Name the Prime Minister of Pakistan whose tenure ended in
April 2022.
12. Name the former US President who was directed to donate
USD 250 million in June 2022 for claiming the presidential
election results in 2020 to be fraudulent.
13. Which state government launched the Mukhyamantri Udyam
Kranti Yojana in April 2022?
14. Name the newly appointed President of France in April 2022.
15. Name the Chinese Foreign Minister who was on a diplomatic
tour in South Pacific in May 2022.
16. Name the urban employment scheme announced by Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in May 2022.
17. Name the former chief minister of Maharashtra who ended his
term in June 2022 and is also the president of Shiv Sena.
18. Name the Royal Member of United Kingdom who celebrated
70 years on the throne in April 2022.
19. Who has been re-appointed as Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
in April 2022?
20. What is the name of the ex-petroleum secretary who is now
appointed as an advisor to Prime Minister in May 2022?
21. Who is the newly appointed Foreign Secretary of India?

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 22. Which country ran out of fuel and had to shut their non-
essential services due to acute fuel shortage in June 2022?
23. How many Rajya Sabha seats were up for election in June 2022?
24. Which organisation visited Sri Lanka in June 2022 to restore its
economic stability?
25. Name the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra who was
appointed in June 2022.
26. With which state did the Delhi State government signed a
knowledge-agreement in April 2022?
27. Egypt gave its approval to import wheat from which country
amidst the Ukraine- Russia war in April 2022?
28. Which country’s defence minister has signed a vision statement
in June 2022 with India?
29. Where was the G7 summit held in June 2022 to exchange
contemporary views on environment, energy, and climate?
30. Which country placed an order to import 500,000 tonnes of
wheat from India in May 2022?

Miscellaneous
1. Which state launched the Ennum Ezhuthum scheme in June
2022 for school students, to bridge the learning gap caused
because of COVID-19 pandemic?
2. Which musical band did Shreya Lenka from Odisha join and
became India’s first k-pop singer in May 2022?
3. Where is the biggest living plant discovered in May 2022?
4. What was the name of Asia’s longest tusked elephant who died
in June 2022?
5. Who became the first Indian railways officer to complete
Ironman triathlon in June 2022?
6. Which Indian American won the 2022 Scripps National Spell
Bee?

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 7. Which airline started using indigenous navigation system
GAGAN in June 2022?
8. Which state became the top producer of vegetables in India in
April 2022?
9. Who was appointed as the new Director of Intelligence Bureau
in June 2022?
10. Where is India’s first ‘Amrit Sarovar’ a scheme targeted to
build ponds, inaugurated in May 2022?
11. Name the airport that switched entirely to hydro and solar
energy in June 2022.
12. Which state government in India inducted two robots in their
fire-fighting fleet in May 2022?
13. Which Indian city got its first EV charging station powered by
biogas in May 2022?
14. Where was the Semicon India Conference 2022 held with
the objective to be a leader in electronics manufacturing,
semiconductor design, production, and innovation?
15. In which state was India’s first ethanol plant inaugurated in
May 2022?
16. Which state government launched e-Adhigam scheme to
distribute tablets to students in May 2022?
17. Which state is chosen for the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD)
Award-2022 by WHO, for its efforts to reduce tobacco
consumption?
18. From where did the chief minister of Tamil Nadu flag off the
luxury cruise liner ‘Empress’ in June 2022?
19. Where was the 9th edition of India-Kyrgystan Joint Special
Forces exercise held in April 2022?
20. Which Indian bank got the Digital CX Awards 2022 for
Outstanding Digital CX SME Payments app in April 2022?
21. Which state government launched a new health and wellness
app named AAYU to address and heal disorders through yoga
in May 2022?
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 22. Who is the present Chief of the Army Staff who took office in
May 2022?
23. Which state assembly underwent a floor test in the month of
June 2022?
24. How much percent GST will be levied on pre-packaged
and labelled food items as per the announcement of finance
ministry in July 2022?
25. What name is given to the seven thrust areas of Centre’s
healthcare vision which Narendra Modi elaborated on 29 April
2022?
26. What new name has been given to Aurangabad by the
Maharashtra cabinet in June 2022?
27. Who inaugurated National Yoga Olympiad in June 2022?
28. Who inaugurated the National Museum of Customs and GST
in Goa in June 2022?
29. Who inaugurated the Amrit Samagam, A two-day national
conference on Cooperation Policy organized in New Delhi, in
April 2022?
30. Where is north India’s first biotech park inaugurated by Lt.
Governor Manoj Sinha and Union Minister Jitendra Singh?
31. Which forest department has planned to install automatic
sirens near the national highway to protect elephants from June
2022?
32. India signed two MoUs on Global Innovation Partnership and
Nuclear Energy Partnership with which country?
33. Which government has decided to incentivise e-cycles under
the Electric Vehicle policy in April 2022?
34. Which state celebrated the birth anniversary of Dr BR
Ambedkar as Equality Day on 14 April 2022?
35. Which government is launching ‘single use plastic buy back’
scheme?

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 ANSWERS
Art and culture

1. Archaeological 11. 6 June 24. NIFT, New Delhi

Survey of India 12. Ramayana circuit 25. Cannes Festival
2. Olivia Rodriguez 13. Italy 26. Jamtara
3. Mona Lisa 14. Mame Khan 27. Mumbai
4. Lachit 15. Berlin 28. Mamata Banerjee
Borphukan
16. Bengaluru 29. Gujarat
5. Siddhu
17. Telangana 30. Pragati Maidan,
Moosewala
18. Kajol New Delhi
6. Charudutt
19. Deepika 31. China
Mishra
Padukone 32. Gujarat
7. Sahas Malhotra
20. Hindi 33. New Delhi
8. Leave the door
open 21. Ministry of 34. Shimla
Culture 35. Nepal
9. Ladakh
22. Pune
10. Cynthia
Rosenzweig 23. Mithali Raj

Sports

1. Nikhat Zareen 10. Juventus 17. Neeraj Chopra

2. Real Madrid 11. Sekar 18. Viktor Axelsen
3. India Dhanalakshmi 19. Rahul Srivatshav
4. Keshav Maharaj 12. Vijay Amritraj P
5. Netherlands 13. Eight 20. Angelo Mathews
6. Manaa Patel 14. Max Verstappen 21. Thambi
7. Madhya Pradesh 15. Gurunaidu 22. Iga Swiatek
8. Navjeet Dhillon Sanapathi 23. Max Verstappen
9. Ronaldo Singh 16. Germany

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24. Rafael Nadal 28. Yuzvendra 32. Charles Leclerc
25. Eintracht Chahal 33. Abhimanyu
Frankfurt 29. Manchester City Mishra
26. Gujarat Titans 30. Rhythm 34. Sergio Perez
27. India Mamania 35. Neeraj Chopra
31. Marizanne Kapp

Science and technology

1. IIT Gandhinagar 11. NASA 24. Indian Institute

2. APJ Abdul 12. IIT Madras of Science,
Kalam Island, 13. DRDO Bengaluru
Odisha 14. ISRO 25. Oracle
3. NASA 15. Chandipur 26. NIT
4. China Tiruchirappalli
16. IIT Bombay
5. Microsoft 27. IIT Bombay
17. China
6. Malaysia 28. IIT Madras
18. Nainital
7. Sriharikota, 29. Amazon
19. Bengaluru
Andhra Pradesh 30. Odisha
20. Jaisalmer
8. Shaili 31. China
21. Bellatrix
9. Guadeloupe, Aerospace 32. DRDO
France 33. Microsoft
22. Jorhat, Assam
10. Ancovax 34. L&T
23. Google
35. Rajasthan

Politics

1. India 6. Eknath Shinde 11. Imran Khan

2. Narendra Modi 7. Narendra Modi 12. Donald Trump
3. Smt Droupadi 8. Vanijya Bhawan 13. Madhya Pradesh
Murmu 9. Vinai Kumar 14. Elisabeth Borne
4. Hindi Saxena 15. Wang Yi
5. Maharashtra 10. Manik Saha
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16. Indira Gandhi 21. Vinay Mohan 26. Punjab
Urban Kwatra 27. India
Employment 22. Sri Lanka 28. Israel
Scheme 23. 57 29. Germany
17. Uddhav Thackery 24. International 30. Egypt
18. Queen Elizabeth II Monetary Fund
19. Patrick Achi 25. Devendra
20. Tarun Kapoor Fadnavis

Miscellaneous

1. Tamil Nadu 15. Bihar 28. Nirmala

2. Black Swan 16. Haryana Sitharaman,
3. Australia 17. Jharkhand Union Finance
4. Bhogeswara 18. Chennai minister
5. Shreyas G Hosur 19. Himachal 29. Amit Shah,
6. Harini Logan Pradesh Union Home
7. IndiGo 20. IndusInd Bank minister
8. Uttar Pradesh 21. Karnataka 30. Kathua district,
J&K
9. Tapan Kumar 22. Manoj Pande
Deka 31. Dhenkanal forest
23. Maharashtra
department,
10. Rampur, Uttar 24. 5 per cent
Odisha
Pradesh 25. Swasthya ke
32. United Kingdom
11. Indira Gandhi Saptrishi
International 33. Delhi
26. Sambhajinagar
Airport government
27. Dharmendra
12. New Delhi 34. Tamil Nadu
Pradhan, Union
13. Mumbai 35. Himachal
Education
Pradesh
14. Bengaluru minister

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