
June 2022, One Liner Current Affairs
JUNE 2022 : ONE LINER CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. | Sheryl Sandberg has stepped down as the Chief Operating Officer of which company? | Meta |
2 | When will James Webb Space Telescope send back its first full colour images? | July 12, |
3 | Who has been appointed as the new Director General of National Informatics Centre? | Rajesh Gera |
4 | Who among the following has launched a worldwide educational application? | Sourav Ganguly |
5 | What is the theme of International Yoga Day 2022? | Yoga for Humanity’. |
6 | Which novel has become the first Hindi novel to win International Booker Prize 2022? | Tomb of Sand’ |
7 | India’s first Liquid Mirror Telescope has been commissioned in which state? | Uttarakhand |
8 | Which nation has reported a record number of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever? | Iraq |
9 | Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami won a crucial bypoll from which seat? | Champawat |
10 | Which among the following countries has officially changed its name? | Turkey |
11 | When will nominations for Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2021 close? | June 16 |
12 | Which film won the Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival 2022? | ‘Joyland’, |
13 | What is the name of India’s first COVID-19 vaccine for animals? | Anocovax |
14 | Who is the author of ‘Fearless Governance’ book? | Kiran Bedi |
15 | When will the result of the Indian Presidential Polls 2022 be announced? | July 21 |
16 | What is India’s rank on Environmental Performance Index 2022? | 180 |
17 | RBI has increased policy repo rate to how much? | 4.90 percent |
18 | What is the name of NASA’s Venus Mission? | DAVINCI |
19 | Algeria has suspended two-decades-old friendship treaty with which nation? | Spain |
20 | Which Indian cricketer announced retirement from all forms of cricket on June 8? | Mithali Raj |
21 | Who won men’s singles final at Roland Garros 2022? | Rafael Nadal |
22 | Who has become the first England player to complete 17,000 runs in International cricket? | Joe Root |
23 | Which four countries have formed the I2U2 grouping? | India, Israel, UAE, and the US |
24 | An Abnormal Titanosaurid Dinosaur Egg has been discovered in which Indian state? | Madhya Pradesh |
25 | Which Indian city is sinking at an average rate of 2mm every year? | Mumbai |
26 | hich country has topped annual World Competitive Index 2022? | Denmark |
27 | Which Indian state has been ranked at the first position in Asia’s Global Start-up Ecosystem Report 2022? | Kerala |
28 | Who is the sole Indian cricketer to feature in the top 10 of ICC Men’s T20 Batsman Rankings 2022? | Ishan Kishan |
29 | Which country’s former President is suffering from amyloidosis? | Pakistan |
30 | Which country has proposed a plan to launch a solar power plant in space? | China |
31 | Who among the following has become the joint fifth highest goalscorer in international football history? | Sunil Chhetri |
32 | Who has become India’s first weightlifter to win a gold at the IWF Youth World Championships? | Gurunaidu Sanapathi |
33 | Who has been announced as the Presidential candidate of the ruling NDA coalition? | Droupadi Murmu |
34 | Who is the opposition’s candidate for the upcoming Presidential Elections? | Yashwant Sinha |
35 | Who will succeed TS Tirumurti as India’s Permanent Representative to UN? | Ruchira Kamboj |
36 | World’s largest bacterium has been discovered in which country? | France |
37 | Who has become the most followed person on TikTok? | Khaby Lame |
38 | Who has been appointed as the new Director-General of National Investigation Agency (NIA)? | Dinkar Gupta |
39 | Which country became India’s largest trading partner in FY 2021-22? | US |
40 | Who has developed India’s first body suit for Yoga in Space? | AIIMS Delhi |
41 | Which place set a new rainfall record of highest single-day rainfall in June since 1966? | Mawsynram |
42 | The Khuvsgul Lake National Park has been added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. Which nation is it located in? | Mongolia |
43 | Attorney General of India KK Venugopal’s term has been extended for how many months? | 3 Months |
44 | Who has been appointed as the new NITI Aayog CEO? | Parameswaran Iyer |
45 | Justice Satish Chandra Sharma has taken oath as which High Court’s Chief Justice? | Delhi High Court |
46 | Who has been appointed as the new Mumbai Police Commissioner? | Vivek Phansalkar |
47 | What is the new name of Aurangabad district in Maharashtra? | Sambhaji Nagar |
48 | Which two countries have applied to join BRICS Grouping? | Iran and Argentina |
49 | Which of the following two countries have been invited to join NATO? | Finland and Sweden |
50 | Which two Indian actors have been invited to become members of Oscar Academy’s Class of 2022? | Kajol and Suriya |
51 | Which is the world’s most liveable city as per Global Liveability Index 2022? | Vienna |
52 | Who has become the first black woman Judge of the US Supreme Court? | Brown Jackson |
53 | Who has become the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra? | Eknath Shinde |
54 | Who has become the 14th Prime Minister of Israel? | Yair Lapid |
55 | The Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) has been extended till which year? | 2025-26 |
56 | A ‘2,100-Year-Old Farmstead’ was recently discovered in which country? | Israel |
57 | Which Indian public sector enterprise issued renewed Biodiversity Policy 2022? | NTPC |
58 | The ‘International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories’ is observed in which month? | May |
59 | The Union Cabinet expanded the scope of Government e-Marketplace (GeM) to allow which entity to register as buyers? | Cooperative Societies |
60 | Who has topped the 2021 Fortune 500 list of the most highly compensated CEOs? | Elon Musk |
61 | In which month of 2022, did the GST revenues crossed the Rs 1.40 lakh crore mark for the first time since inception? | March 2022 |
62 | What is the position of India in the Asia Cup hockey tournament 2022? | Third |
63 | India hosted the ‘Industry Transition Dialogue’ with which country? | Sweden |
64 | Panna Tiger Reserve is located in which state/UT? | Madhya Pradesh |
65 | Luxury cruise liner “Empress” has been flagged off from which state/UT? | Tamil Nadu |
66 | What is the target of Ethanol blending in petrol, set by India to reach by 2025? | 20 % |
67 | What is the repo rate after the RBI’s June 2022 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting? | 4.9 % |
68 | Which Union Ministry launched India’s first national air sports policy (NASP 2022)? | Ministry of Civil Aviation |
69 | ‘Revitalisation: Collective Action for the Ocean’ is the theme of which international day celebrated on June 8? | World Ocean Day |
70 | What is the GDP Growth projection for India in FY23, as per OECD’s recent report (June 2022)? | 6.9 % |
71 | Which is the venue of the ‘Biotech Startup Expo – 2022’, which was inaugurated by the Indian Prime Minister? | New Delhi |
72 | Which country has recently launched ‘Carbon emissions market’ to reach its climate goals? | Canada |
73 | Which emerged as the best higher education institution in India in the latest edition of QS World University Rankings? | IISc Bangalore |
74 | Which global bloc voted for a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035? | European Union |
75 | What is the unique feature of ‘Anocovax’, which was recently launched in India? | COVID-19 vaccine for animals |
76 | The headquarters of ‘IN-SPACe’ has been inaugurated in which city? | Ahmedabad |
77 | Which country has supplied nuclear fuel to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP)? | Russia |
78 | Which country has supplied nuclear fuel to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP)? | Russia |
79 | With reference to space science, what is the expansion of ‘FRB’, which was seen in the news recently? | Fast Radio Burst |
80 | ‘IDCF-2022’ launched by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry is associated with which disease? | Diarrhoea |
81 | Which state/UT launched ‘Farmer Registration & Unified Beneficiary Information System’ (FRUITS) software? | Karnataka |
82 | Which country overtook Saudi Arabia to become India’s second-largest supplier of crude oil in May 2022? | Russia |
83 | Which state government has passed a Bill replacing Governor with Chief Minister as Chancellor of state-run Universities? | West Bengal |
84 | Which tennis player none of the ‘Big Three’ became the World No. 1 men’s player in the ATP rankings? | Daniil Medvedev |
85 | Who chaired India’s ‘First National Conference of Chief Secretaries’ in 2022? | Prime Minister |
86 | Which major country announced emergency measures including using of coal, after shortage of supply of Gas from Russia? | Germany |
87 | Khumbu glacier, which was recently making news, is located at__? | Nepal |
88 | Which year has been designated as ASEAN-India Friendship year? | 2022 |
89 | Which of the following is a tri-state protected area? | National Chambal Sanctuary |
90 | Which country is currently India’s largest trading partner? | United States |
91 | Swadesh Darshan scheme is the initiative of which union ministry? | Ministry of Tourism |
92 | Demodex folliculorum, which was in news recently, is a__? | Mite |
93 | The high-resolution camera DRACO, is part of which NASA mission? | DART |
94 | When is International Day of Women in Diplomacy observed? | June 24 |
95 | India recently announced ‘Commonwealth Diplomatic Academy programme’ with which country? | UK |
96 | Ambubachi Mela, which kicked off recently, is organized in which state? | Assam |
97 | Bharat-NCAP is the initiative of which union ministry? | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
98 | Where was the new species of jumping spider named Pseudomogrus sudhii discovered? | Rajasthan |
99 | ‘Open Network for Digital Commerce’ (ONDC) is the initiative of which government body? | DPIIT |
100 | BepiColombo Mission, which recently made news, is the first European mission to which planet? | Mercury |
101 | Mandakini River, which was recently found in the news, is the tributary of which river? | Alaknanda River |
102 | Which global bloc launched a USD 600 billion- Global Infrastructure Plan? | G 7 |
103 | When is the ‘International Day of the Tropics’ celebrated? | June 29 |
104 | Who was called as the ‘Father of Public Sector Undertakings’ in India? | V Krishnamurthy |
105 | Eoin Morgan, who announced retirement from international cricket, was from which team? | England |