Q1. Rodrigo Chaves has been sworn in as the President of which country?

Ans:- Costa Rica

Q2. Who will chair the Advisory Committee for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) related matters in the securities market, constituted by SEBI?

Ans:- Navneet Munot

Q3. Who has been honored with the prestigious Pulitzer Prize 2022 in the feature photography category for “images of COVID’s toll in India”?

Ans:- All of the above

Q4. National Technology Day is observed every year on _________ across the country.

Ans:- 11th May

Q5. According to a periodic labor force survey by the National Statistical Office, the unemployment rate for persons of 15 years and above in urban areas slipped to________ in October-December 2021.

Ans:- 8.7 per cent

Q6. Which private sector lender, has introduced 30-minute ‘Xpress Car Loans’, an end-to-end digital new car loan solution for both existing and non-customers?

Ans:- HDFC Bank

Q7. Who has launched the one-of-its-kind literary initiative Kalam website of the Prabha Khaitan Foundation?

Ans:- Om Birla

Q8. Which state/UT has launched the second phase of the Ladli Laxmi scheme (Ladli Laxmi scheme-2.0) to encourage girl children?

Ans:- Madhya Pradesh

Q9. John Lee Ka-Chiu elected as ______________’s next Chief Executive.

Ans:- Hong Kong

Q10. Who among the following took charge as Vice-Chair at Denmark-based Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN)?

Ans:- Rajesh Unni

Q11. Indian music composer and ____________ player Pandit Shivkumar Sharma passed away recently.

Ans:- Santoor

Q12. What is the theme of National Technology Day 2022?

Ans:- Integrated Approach to Science and technology for a sustainable future

Q13. World’s Largest Glass Bottom Bridge named was opened in __________.

Ans:- Vietnam

Q14. Unified Payments Interface (UPI), India’s flagship digital payments platform, has recorded 5.58 billion(bn) transactions worth ______ in April 2022.

Ans:- Rs 9.83 trillion

Q15. Name the author of the book “The Struggle for Police Reforms in India: Ruler’s Police to People’s Police”

Ans:- Prakash Singh

Q16. The United Nations has projected India's economy to grow by how much in 2022?

Ans:- 10.1 percent

Q17. Who was the founder of modern nursing?

Ans:- Florence Nightingale

Q18. When is International Nurses Day observed?

Ans:- May 12th

Q19. The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) has approved which COVID-19 vaccine for phase 2 and 3 human clinical trials on 2 to 18-year-olds?

Ans:- Covaxin

Q20. Who has become the first person from India to win the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Book Award?

Ans:- Tahera Qutbuddin.