Current Affair Of 21 September 2022 In English

Current Affair Of 21 September 2022 In English

Q1. What is the rank of India in the Global Crypto Adoption index 2022?
(a) 1st
(b) 2nd
(c) 3rd
(d) 4th
Ans.(d)
India ranked fourth on Global Crypto Adoption Index 2022. A Chainalysis Global Crypto Adoption report 2022 has released that for the second consecutive year.

Q2. Which of the following has been nominated as the first-ever Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Tourism and Cultural Capital during the period 2022-2023?
(a) Ayodhya
(b) Varanasi
(c) Ujjain
(d) Puri
Ans.(b)
Varanasi has been nominated as the first-ever Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Tourism and Cultural Capital during the period 2022-2023.

Q3. Who has been conferred with France’s top civilian honour ‘Knight of the Legion of Honour’?
(a) Nita Ambani
(b) Roshni Nadar
(c) Swati Piramal
(d) Divya Gupta
Ans.(c)
Prominent Indian scientist & Vice Chairperson of Piramal Group Swati Piramal has been conferred with France’s top civilian honour ‘Knight of the Legion of Honour’.

Q4. International Week of Deaf People 2022 is celebrated on _.
(a) September 19 to 25 September 2022
(b) September 20 to 26 September 2022
(c) September 21 to 27 September 2022
(d) September 22 to 28 September 2022
Ans.(a)
Every year, the full week ending on the last Sunday of September is observed as the International Week of the Deaf (IWD). In 2022, IWD is being observed from September 19 to 25 September 2022.

Q5. What is the theme of the International Week of Deaf People 2022?
(a) We Sign For Human Rights
(b) Building Inclusive Communities for All
(c) A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19
(d) With Sign Language, Everyone is Included!
Ans.(b)
The theme of the 2022 International Week of Deaf People is “Building Inclusive Communities for All”.

Q6. Who among the following has been elected as a member of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) Bureau at the 27th Annual General Meeting of the Asia Pacific Forum in September 2022?
(a) Mahesh Mittal Kumar
(b) Dnyaneshwar Manohar Mulay
(c) Rajiv Jain
(d) Arun Kumar Mishra
Ans.(d)
NHRC chairperson justice (retd) Arun Kumar Mishra has been elected as a member of the Governance Committee of the Asia Pacific Forum (APF). He has also been elected as a member of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) Bureau at the 27th Annual General Meeting of the APF.

Q7. Which of the following is India’s first state/UT to achieve 100 per cent coverage of precautionary dose?
(a) Puducherry
(b) Goa
(c) Bihar
(d) Andaman and Nicobar Island
Ans.(d)
Andaman Nicobar Islands becomes India’s first state/UT to achieve a cent percent coverage of precautionary dose.

Q8. Union Minister _ to lead delegation to US for Global Clean Energy Action Forum.
(a) Jitendra Singh
(b) Nitin Jairam Gadkari
(c) Narendra Singh Tomar
(d) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Ans.(a)
Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh will lead a joint ministerial delegation to the US to participate in the Global Clean Energy Action Forum.

Q9. Google Cloud has announced it has launched the first cohort of its computing foundations with Kubernetes course in collaboration with __.
(a) Nasscom
(b) HCL
(c) Wipro
(d) TCS
Ans.(a)
Google Cloud has announced it has launched the first cohort of its computing foundations with Kubernetes course in collaboration with FutureSkills Prime, an IT Ministry and Nasscom digital skilling initiative.

Q10. India’s 1st lithium-ion cell factory has been inaugurated in which of the following state?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Gujarat
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans.(d)
The Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar has launched the pre-production run of India’s first lithium cell manufacturing facility at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.