Current Affairs MCQs September-2022

Ans: C - 30 September

• World Maritime Day is celebrated every year on the last Thursday of September.
• In the year 2022, it is celebrated on 29th September.
• The day highlights the role that each Marine officer, service agent and sailor plays in their personal lives.
• India celebrates its Maritime Day every year on 5th April.
• Theme of 2022 - 'New Technologies for Greener Shipping'
  

Ans: A - New Delhi

• Union Minister for Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the 13th FICCI Global Skills Summit 2022 in New Delhi on 27 September 2022.
• FICCI was established in the year 1927 and is the largest and oldest non-governmental, non-profit apex business organization in India.

• Theme of 2022 - 'Education to Employability – Making it Happen'

Ans: D - All of the above

• Playback singers Kumar Sanu, Shailendra Singh and music composer duo Anand-Milind have been honored with the National Lata Mangeshkar Award.
• Shailendra Singh was awarded the National Lata Mangeshkar Award for the year 2019, Anand-Milind for the year 2020 and Kumar Sanu for the year 2021.

• She was given this honor by the Madhya Pradesh government in a program organized in Indore on the birth anniversary of Swar Kokila Lata Mangeshkar.

Ans: D - Both of the above

• Eliminating the distinction between married and unmarried in the matter of abortion, the Supreme Court held that all women in India, whether married or unmarried, are entitled to a safe and legal abortion.

• The Supreme Court, while amending the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, said that unmarried women also have the right to have an abortion like a married woman.

Ans: A - 40th

• India has reached the 40th position in the World Intellectual Property Organization's Global Innovation Index.
• This is a big progress in the last seven years when India's ranking has improved by 41 places.

• Switzerland has maintained the first place for the 12th year in a row, while the US has been in second place.

Ans: C - Soararai Potru

• President Draupadi Murmu presented the 68th National Film Awards in New Delhi.
• Tamil film Soorarai Pottru has won the Best Feature Film award.
• Ajay Devgan and Suriya were selected for the Best Actor Award.

• In this, veteran actress Asha Parekh was also honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

Ans: D - 29 September

• World Heart Day is celebrated every year on 29 September.
• Its purpose is to make people aware against heart diseases, because every year millions of people die from heart disease around the world.
• Celebration of World Heart Day was started by the World Heart Federation.

• Theme of 2022 - 'Use Heart for Every Heart'

Ans: B - Politician

• Jayanti Patnaik was the first chairperson of the National Commission for Women and a former MP.
• Four-time MP Jayanti Patnaik, the late former Chief Minister of Odisha, J. B. Patnaik's wife.

• Apart from politics and social service, she was also a writer.