Current Affairs 2022
Monthly Objective CA August
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| August Current Affairs 2022 |
Today, we have shared the most important current affairs in August 2022. As well as reading General Studies, you need to stay up to date with the latest important news and Current Affairs. You can visit the current affairs page to read the monthly Current Affairs 2022.
These Objectives and One-liners Current affairs on August 2022 will benefit your upcoming exams in 2022.
So go through the Most Important Top 50 Current Affairs in August 2022.
Monthly Current Affairs | August 2022
1. Which Indian firm is the top-ranked company in the 2022 Fortune Global 500 list among other Indian corporates?
Ans. Life Insurance Corporation (LIC).
2. Druk Wangyal Khang Zhang Chortens, is a memorial located in which country?
Ans. Bhutan.
3. Which corporation has topped the 2022 Fortune Global 500 list?
Ans. Walmart.
Important Notes:
✓ TOP 10 list of companies in 2022 FORTUNE GLOBAL 500
1. Walmart (U.S.)
2. Amazon.com (U.S.)
3. State Grid (China)
4. China National Petroleum (China)
5. Sinopec (China)
6. Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)
7. Apple (U.S.)
8. Volkswagen (Germany)
9. China State Construction Engineering (China)
10. CVS Health (U.S.)
4. Who will become the 49th Chief Justice of India?
Ans. Justice Uday U Lalit is set to become the 49th Chief Justice of India.
5. For the first time in the history of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), a
female Director general has been appointed. Name the newly appointed women DG of the
organisation?
Ans. Nallathamby Kalaiselvi becomes first woman DG of CSIR.
6. Which racing driver won the ‘2022 Hungarian Grand Prix title?
Ans. Max Verstappen.
7. Which card signs badminton players to promote digital payments in India?
Ans. Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have been signed as the
brand ambassadors of mastercard to promote digital payment in India.
8. India beat which country to win the 2022 SAFF U20 Championship title?
Ans. India beat Bangladesh 5-2 to clinch 2022 SAFF U20 Championship
9. Which state has become the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified State in the country?
Ans. Goa becomes the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified State in the country.
10. Martand Sun Temple, which was seen in the news, is located in which state/UT?
Ans. Jammu and Kashmir.
11. The World Photography Day is celebrated on which day?
Ans. World Photography Day is celebrated on 19 August every year to promote photography as a hobby and also inspire photographers around the globe to share a single photo with the rest of the world.
12. Deepak Punia has won the gold medal for India in which sports event at the CWG 2022?
Ans. Wrestler
13. Whis is the first Indian Company to be named in the Forbes Cloud 100 list ?
Ans. Razorpay.
14. Which Indian politician was conferred with France’s highest civilian award Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur?
Ans. Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is set to be conferred with France’s highest civilian award Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur.
15. Which is the first country to approve vaccine for Covid Omicron variant?
Ans. UK.
16. Wlliam Samoei Arap Ruto was sworn in as the President of which country ?
Ans. Kenya.
17. Who has been elected as the new and 14th Vice-President of India in the election held in
August 2022?
Ans. Jagdeep Dhankhar has been elected as the 14th Vice-President of India after he won the presidential polls to elect the next Vice-President on August 06, 2022.
Important Notes:
✓ List of Vice-Presidents of India
- 1. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 2. Zakir Hussain
- 3. Varahagiri Venkata Giri
- 4. Gopal Swarup Pathak
- 5. Basappa Danappa Jatti
- 6. Muhammad Hidayatullah
- 7. Ramaswamy Venkataraman
- 8. Shankar Dayal Sharma
- 9. Kocheril Raman Narayanan
- 10. Krishan Kant
- 11. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
- 12. Mohammad Hamid Ansari
- 13. M Venkaiah Naidu
- 14. Jagdeep Dhankhar
18. Achinta Sheuli, who clinched gold medal for India in the Commonwealth Games 2022, is associated with which sport?
Ans. 20 year old Achinta Sheuli clinched gold medal for India in the Commonwealth Games 2022 in 73-kg category of Weight lifting.
19. Who is the first cricketer to play 600 matches in T20 Cricket ?
Ans. Kieron Pollard.
20. The iconic green site ‘Padang’, where Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose gave the slogan of ‘Delhi Chalo’ in 1943, is located in which country.
Ans. Singapore government has declared the iconic green site Padang, as its 75th national monument on August 09, 2022, the day which marked the 57th National Day of Singapore.
21. The National Education Policy (NEP) was announced in which year?
Ans. 2020.
22. Sirpur wetland is located in which state?
Ans. Madhya Pradesh.
23. Which country has recently declared a water shortage, following an unusually dry summer?
Ans. The Dutch government (Netherlands) has recently declared a water shortage, following an unusually dry summer with no rain forecast in the near future.
24. Which day in the year is celebrated as World Humanitarian Day?
Ans. The World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is observed every year on 19 August to pay tribute to humanitarian personnel and those workers who lost or risked their lives while doing humanitarian service.
25. Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik has won gold medal for India in which category event at the CWG 2022?
Ans. Sakshi Malik won gold in the Women’s 62kg Freestyle wrestling final. She defeated Ana Godinez Gonzales of Canada
26. Which city hosted the conference on International Security 2022?
Ans. Moscow.
27. Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary and Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary, which were declared Ramsar sites, are located in which state?
Ans. Tamil Nadu.
28. Which International airport has been named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh?
Ans. The Punjab and Haryana governments have agreed to name the Chandigarh International Airport after Shaheed Bhagat Singh.
29. Which State launched a National Mission to make India No.1 ?
Ans. New Delhi.
30. Gustavo Petro has taken charge as the President of which country?
Ans. Gustavo Petro has been sworn in as the first leftist president of Colombia on August 07, 2022.
40. Which district has become the first fully "functionally literate" district in the country?
Ans. Madhya Pradesh's tribal-dominated 'Mandla' region has become the first fully "functionally literate" district in the country.
41. Which country is the host of Vostok 2022 military exercise ?
Ans. Russia.
42. President’s Tatrakshak Medal (PTM) is awarded to which Indian armed force?
Ans. Indian Coast Guard
43. Which state India's first Double Decker AC electric Bus unveiled ?
Ans. Mumbai.
44. Kukrail forest area, which was seen in the news recently, is located in which state/UT?
Ans. The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved a night safari park in Lucknow district’s Kukrail forest area. Under the project, the government will establish a zoological park and night safari in the 2,027-hectare forest in the forest area.
45. India’s para athlete, Bhavina Patel has won gold medal for India in which sports?
Ans. Table Tennis.
46. Who has been appointed as the Secretary to President?
Ans. Rajesh Verma.
47. "Dahi-Handi" Recognised as an Official Sport of which state?
Ans. Maharashtra.
48. Casper Ruud, who recently won the Swiss Open, is from which country?
Ans. Norway’s Casper Ruud defeated Italy’s Matteo Berrettini in the final of the Swiss Open in Gstaad and clinched the title.
49. ‘National Security Strategies (NSS) Conference 2022’ in which of the following city?
Ans. New Delhi
50. India’s Tejaswin Shankar has won bronze medal in which sports event at the 2022
Commonwealth Games (CWG)?
Ans. Indian athlete Tejaswin Shankar won bronze in the men’s high jump event. He cleared 2.22m to finish third. This is the first-ever CWG medal for India in high jump.
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