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CURRENT AFFAIRS - MAY 2022 MCQs

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Question 371. Which railway zone has developed the battery-operated dual-mode locomotive 'Navdoot'?
  1.    Northern Railway
  2.    Southern Railway
  3.    East Central Railway
  4.    West Central Railway
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> West Central Railway

West Central Railway has developed a battery operated dual-mode locomotive named Navdoot.


Question 372. Which country recorded the maximum number of air pollution-related deaths?
  1.    Russia
  2.    USA
  3.    China
  4.    India
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> India

Air pollution has responsible for 16.7 lakh deaths in India in 2019, which is 17.8% of all deaths in the country that year.


Question 373. Which country is at 1st position in the terms of the largest vehicle market in the World?
  1.    India
  2.    Germany
  3.    USA
  4.    China
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> China

China has been placed at 1st position in the terms of the largest vehicle market in the World.


Question 374. Who is the chairman of the formation of the Cotton Council of India?
  1.    Deepak Verma
  2.    Suresh Bhai Kotak
  3.    Jitendra Bisht
  4.    Ravi Dikshit
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Suresh Bhai Kotak

The Union Government has announced the formation of the Cotton Council of India under the Chairmanship of renowned veteran cotton man Suresh Bhai Kotak.


Question 375. Which state is the host of the 'Vadnagar International Conference'?
  1.    Madhya Pradesh
  2.    Maharashtra
  3.    Rajasthan
  4.    Gujarat
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Gujarat

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the Vadnagar International Conference in Gandhinagar in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Cultural Affairs.


Question 376. Who has received an honorary CBE by Her Majesty The Queen?
  1.    Nitin Sharma
  2.    Piyush Bansal
  3.    Ajay Piramal
  4.    Hem Singhal
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Ajay Piramal

Chairman of the Piramal Group, Ajay Piramal has received an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Her Majesty The Queen.


Question 377. Who has become the first foreign climber to scale Mount Everest for the 16th time?
  1.    Carlos Hatuka
  2.    Kenton Cool
  3.    Karina Oliani
  4.    Adele Pennington
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Kenton Cool

Kenton Cool, a British mountaineer, has successfully climbed the summit of Mount Everest 16th time. He is the first non-Nepalese and the first British citizen to do so.


Question 378. S&P Global Ratings cut India's growth projection for the current fiscal to what per cent from 7.8 per cent earlier?
  1.    7.5
  2.    7.3
  3.    7.6
  4.    7.4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 7.3

S&P Global Ratings cut India's growth projection for the current fiscal to 7.3 per cent from 7.8 per cent earlier on rising inflation and the longer-than-expected Russia-Ukraine conflict.


Question 379. Which among has been removed from S&P 500 ESG Index, prompting Musk pushback?
  1.    Microsoft
  2.    Twitter
  3.    Google
  4.    Tesla
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Tesla

Index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices has removed Tesla (TSLA) from its widely-tracked S&P 500 ESG Index.


Question 380. NIELIT Centre has inaugurated at Leh by whom?
  1.    PM Modi
  2.    Amit Shah
  3.    Ashwini Vaishnav
  4.    Dr Jitendra Singh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Ashwini Vaishnav

Union Cabinet Minister of Electronics & Information Technology, Communications and Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw has inaugurated the NIELIT.


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