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CURRENT AFFAIRS - MAY 2022 MCQs

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Question 171. Air Works has Collaborated with which company on the Indian Navy's P-8i Fleet?
  1.    Embraer
  2.    Lockheed Martin
  3.    Boeing
  4.    Airbus
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Boeing

Boeing India, Headquartered in Delhi is a subsidiary of a US-based company that has collaborated with Indian company Air Works Group to deliver Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) services for the Indian Navy's P-8I maritime patrol aircraft fleet.


Question 172. Who became the first Indian woman to scale five peaks above 8,000m?
  1.    Premlata Agrawal
  2.    Santosh Yadav
  3.    Priyanka Mohite
  4.    Bachendri Pal
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Priyanka Mohite

Priyanka Mohite, a young woman of 30 from Satara district in Maharashtra, has made India proud by becoming the first Indian woman to climb five peaks above 8000 m.


Question 173. World Red Cross Day is being celebrated globally on which date?
  1.    May 06
  2.    May 05
  3.    May 08
  4.    May 04
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> May 08

World Red Cross Day is being celebrated globally on 8th May every year.


Question 174. Who is the head of the high-level committee formed by the Supreme Court for recovery of money from the defaulters against whom the NSEL has secured money decrees?
  1.    D Murugesan
  2.    Apoorva Chandra
  3.    Pradeep Nandrajog
  4.    Ashwini Vaishnav
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Pradeep Nandrajog

The Supreme Court formed a high-level committee, headed by retired Bombay High Court Judge Pradeep Nandrajog, for recovery of money from the defaulters against whom the National Spot Exchange (NSEL) has secured money decrees.


Question 175. Who took charge as the Director-General of the Indian Air Force?
  1.    Sanjeev Kapoor
  2.    Vivek Ram Chaudhari
  3.    Rakesh Kumar Singh
  4.    Virender Singh Pathania
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Sanjeev Kapoor

Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor has assumed the appointment of Director General (Inspection and Safety) of the Indian Air Force at Air HQ New Delhi.


Question 176. Who has been appointed as chairman of the Board of Directors of IndiGo by InterGlobe Aviation?
  1.    Venkataramani Sumantran
  2.    Rahul Bhatia
  3.    Ajay Kumar Choudhary
  4.    Vinod Kannan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Venkataramani Sumantran

InterGlobe Aviation announced that Venkataramani Sumantran has been named chairperson of the IndiGo board.


Question 177. What is the name of NASA's climate research scientist who has won the World Food Prize 2022 from the World Food Prize Foundation?
  1.    Dennis P. Sullivan
  2.    Francis Kere
  3.    Rizwana Hasan
  4.    Cynthia Rosenzweig
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Cynthia Rosenzweig

A senior research scientist and head of the Climate Impacts Group at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City, Cynthia Rosenzweig has received the 2022 World Food Prize from the World Food Prize Foundation.


Question 178. World Thalassaemia Day is being celebrated on which date?
  1.    May 06
  2.    May 04
  3.    May 08
  4.    May 05
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> May 08

It is being celebrated on May 8 to spread awareness about thalassaemia being a blood disorder, myths related to the disease, and to help the patients lead a normal life.


Question 179. Which city hosted the India National Coir Conclave 2022?
  1.    Lucknow
  2.    Coimbatore
  3.    Agartala
  4.    Bengaluru
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Coimbatore

Union Minister for MSME Narayan Rane inaugurated the 'Enterprise India National Coir Conclave 2022' being organized under the "Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav" at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.


Question 180. The launch of the UN-Energy Action Plan took place to reach the targets by which year?
  1.    2026
  2.    2023
  3.    2025
  4.    2024
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 2025

The launch of an UN-Energy Plan of Action Towards 2025 took place recently.


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