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Top 300 Monthly Current Affairs Questions – February 2023

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Q.1) Which country has become the “World’s most populous nation“?

(1) India

(2) Russia

(3) Indonesia

(4) Brazil

Ans. (1) India

 

Q.2) As per EY report, Indian economy will become $26 trillion economy by –

(1) 2045

(2) 2047

(3) 2050

(4) 2053

Ans. (2) 2047

 

Q.3) What is India’s rank for Tech venture capital Investments in 2022?

(1) 4th

(2) 5th

(3) 7th

(4) 9th

Ans. (1) 4th

 

Q.4) Which is India’s 1st district to provide basic documents to tribal people?

(1) Changlang

(2) Koderma

(3) Wayanad

(4) Bhiwani

Ans. (3) Wayanad

 

Q.5) A Science Literature Festival ‘Vigyanika’ has been organized at –

(1) Ahmedabad

(2) Jaipur

(3) Kolkata

(4) Bhopal

Ans.  (4) Bhopa

 

Q.6) Which city will host the FIDE World Chess Championship match 2023?

(1) Almaty

(2) Astana

(3) Delhi

(4) Sydney

Ans. (2) Astana

 

Q.7) Who has been awarded as the ‘most eminent scientist for the year 2022’?

(1) R.K. Vishnu Prasad

(2) Dinkar Khatri

(3) Ramnath Sangh

(4) Amit Srivastava

Ans. (1) R.K. Vishnu Prasad

 

Q.8) “BharOS“, Indigenous mobile operating system, has been developed by –

(1) IIT Delhi

(2) IIT Kanpur

(3) IIT Madras

(4) IIT Kharagpur

Ans. (3) IIT Madras

 

Q.9) Who became the first public sector bank to launch credit cards against FD digitally?

(1) Canara Bank

(2) PNB

(3) Bank of Baroda

(4) SBI

Ans. (2) PNB

 

Q.10) 5 km marathon ‘Run for Life’ was organized by the Indian Embassy in –

(1) Nepal

(2) Sri Lanka

(3) Bangladesh

(4) Vietnam

Ans. 1) Nepal

 

Q.11) Which International Airport wins ‘Best Sustainable Greenfield Airport Award’?

(1) Kempegowda

(2) Goa Manohar

(3) Kazi Nazrul

(4) Donyi Polo

Ans.  (2) Goa Manohar

 

Q.12) ‘World’s oldest dated Runestone’ has been discovered in –

(1) China

(2) Philippines

(3) Egypt

(4) Norway

Ans. (4) Norway

 

Q.13) Which state government has launched the ‘School of Eminence’ project?

(1) Rajasthan

(2) Haryana

(3) Punjab

(4) Uttarakhand

Ans. (3) Punjab

 

Q.14) Which state/UT police has launched the “Cyber Congress initiative“?

(1) Karnataka

(2) Chhattisgarh

(3) Telangana

(4) Odisha

Ans. (3) Telangana

 

Q.15) Who has become the World’s oldest living person?

(1) Branyas Morera

(2) Fusa Tatsumi

(3) Tomiko Itooka

(4) Edie Ceccarelli

Ans. (1) Branyas Morera

 

Q.16) Who has become the Youngest batsman to score a Double century in ODI?

(1) Ishan Kishan

(2) Rishabh Pant

(3) Shahbaz Ahmed

(4) Shubham Gill

Ans. (4) Shubham Gill

 

Q.17) Who has been appointed as the administrator of Shooting World Cup 2023?

(1) Arjan Kumar Sikri

(2) Rajiv Badyal

(3) Nalin Negi

(4) Vikas Purohit

Ans. (1) Arjan Kumar Sikri

 

Q.18) Which country has launched “Welcome Corps” scheme to offer sanctuaries to refugees?

(1) US

(2) Canada

(3) India

(4) Egypt

Ans. (1) US

 

Q.19) 8th India International Science Festival has been organized in –

(1) Bhopal

(2) Pune

(3) Kolkata

(4) Mumbai

Ans. 1) Bhopal

 

Q.20) Who has been elected as the Executive Director of the UN Environment Program (UNEP)?

(1) Pearl Berg

(2) Inger Andersen

(3) Nina Willis

(4) Yasue Okai

Ans. (2) Inger Andersen

 

Q.21) The first completely functional sand made battery has been installed in –

(1) Sweden

(2) Finland

(3) Denmark

(4) Belgium

Ans. 2) Finland

 

Q.22) ‘Parakram Diwas’ is observed every year on –

(1) 22nd January

(2) 23rd January

(3) 24th January

(4) 26th January

Ans.  (2) 23rd January

 

Q.23) What is the name of the 5th Kalvari class submarine inducted into the Indian Navy?

(1) INS Karanj

(2) INS Vagir

(3) INS Khanderi

(4) INS Vela

Ans. (2) INS Vagir

 

Q.24) Indian Navy has organized a six-day-long ‘AMPHEX 2023’ exercise in –

(1) Odisha

(2) Andhra Pradesh

(3) Tamil Nadu

(4) Karnataka

Ans. (2) Andhra Pradesh

 

Q.25) Which armed force has started an “OPS ALERT” exercise?

(1) Indian Army

(2) CRPF

(3) Assam Rifles

(4) BSF

Ans. (4) BSF

 

Q.26) India’s first STEM Innovation and Learning Center has been inaugurated in –

(1) Hyderabad

(2) Bengaluru

(3) Coimbatore

(4) Chennai

Ans. (4) Chennai

 

Q.27) Himachal Pradesh targets to be first ‘Green Energy State’ by –

(1) 2024

(2) 2025

(3) 2026

(4) 2027

Ans. (2) 2025

 

Q.28) Who is the Chief Guest at the Republic Day 2023 celebrations?

(1) Nawaf Al-Ahmad

(2) Abdel Fattah El Sisi

(3) Halimah Yacob

(4) Abiy Ahmed

Ans. (2) Abdel Fattah El Sisi

 

Q.29) Which state’s Moidams has been nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Site?

(1) Assam

(2) Manipur

(3) Sikkim

(4) Tripura

Ans. (1) Assam

 

Q.30) Which State Disaster Management Authority has been selected for Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-2023?

(1) Jharkhand

(2) Odisha

(3) West Bengal

(4) Nagaland

Ans.  (2) Odisha

 

Q.31) Which state’s Aska police station became India’s No.1 Police Station?

(1) Tamil Nadu

(2) Andhra Pradesh

(3) Odisha

(4) Telangana

Ans. (3) Odisha

 

Q.32) Who has been awarded with the Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Lifetime Achievement Award?

(1) Dr. Prabha Atre

(2) Aleida Guevara

(3) Shubha Mudgal

(4) Aruna Sairam

Ans. (1) Prabha Atre

 

Q.33) Who has won the India Open Badminton title 2023?

(1) Liang Weikeng

(2) Kunlavut Vitidsarn

(3) Viktor Axelsen

(4) Wang Chang

Ans. 2) Kunlavut Vitidsarn

 

Q.34) Who has been appointed as the director general of the Directorate of General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)?

(1) Vikas Purohit

(2) Nick Walker

(3) Vikram Dev Dutt

(4) Sanjiv Chadha

Ans. (3) Vikram Dev Dutt

 

Q.35) How many Islands of Andaman & Nicobar was renamed after Param Vir Chakra Awardees?

(1) 21 islands

(2) 23 islands

(3) 26 islands

(4) 31 islands

Ans. (1) 21 islands

 

Q.36) Election Commission of India (ECI) has hosted the 2nd International Conference in –

(1) Kolkata

(2) Mumbai

(3) New Delhi

(4) Lucknow

Ans. (3) New Delhi

 

Q.37) Which small finance bank has bagged the Inclusive Finance India Awards 2022?

(1) ESAF

(2) Suryoday

(3) Ujjivan

(4) Utkarsh

Ans. (1) ESAF

 

Q.38) The 1st Business 20 inception meeting has been inaugurated in –

(1) Ludhiana

(2) Jodhpur

(3) Chandigarh

(4) Gandhinagar

Ans. (4) Gandhinagar

 

Q.39) Uttar Pradesh observed its foundation day every year on –

(1) 21st January

(2) 22nd January

(3) 23rd January

(4) 24th January

Ans. (4) 24th January

 

Q.40) “International Day of Education” is observed every year on –

(1) 22th January

(2) 23th January

(3) 24th January

(4) 25th January

Ans.  (3) 24th January

 

Q.41) “National Girl Child Day” is observed every year on –

(1) 23rd January

(2) 24th January

(3) 25th January

(4) 26th January

Ans. 2) 24th January

 

Q.42) North India’s largest floating Solar project has been inaugurated in –

(1) Lucknow

(2) Chandigarh

(3) Jaipur

(4) Delhi

Ans. (2) Chandigarh

 

Q.43) Which state/UT is going to host the “Saras Mela 2023” for the first time?

(1) Uttarakhand

(2) Delhi

(3) Ladakh

(4) Jammu & Kashmir

Ans. (4) Jammu & Kashmir

 

Q.44) Which state/UT has launched the “100 Days to Beat Plastic” campaign?

(1) Maharashtra

(2) Gujarat

(3) Delhi

(4) Uttarakhand

Ans. (3) Delhi

 

Q.45) How many students have been awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar?

(1) 09

(2) 10

(3) 11

(4) 12

Ans. (3) 11

 

Q.46) JUICE Space Mission is associated with –

(1) Asia

(2) Australia

(3) USA

(4) Europe

Ans. (4) Europe

 

Q.47) India is set to start supplying diesel to which country through a Friendship pipeline?

(1) Japan

(2) Nepal

(3) Sri Lanka

(4) Bangladesh

Ans. (4) Bangladesh

 

Q.48) Which is the first country to back the debt restructure programme of Sri Lanka?

(1) India

(2) Pakistan

(3) China

(4) Australia

Ans. (1) India

 

Q.49) “National Tourism Day” is observed every year on –

(1) 24th January

(2) 25th January

(3) 26th January

(4) 27th January

Ans.  (2) 25th January

 

Q.50) “National Voters’ Day” is observed every year on –

(1) 23rd January

(2) 24th January

(3) 25th January

(4) 26th January

Ans. (3) 25th January

 

Q.51) Chris Hipkins was sworn in as the 41st prime minister of –

(1) New Zealand

(2) Australia

(3) Indonesia

(4) Malaysia

Ans. (1) New Zealand

 

Q.52) 14th edition of “Aero India-2023” will be held on February in –

(1) Bengaluru

(2) Hyderabad

(3) Chennai

(4) Bhubaneswar

Ans.  (1) Bengaluru

 

Q.53) The 2023 edition of “TROPEX“, is the largest exercise of –

(1) Indian Army

(2) Indian Navy

(3) Air Force

(4) BSF

Ans.  (2) Indian Navy

 

Q.54) Which country team has become the No.1 ODI team by ICC?

(1) New Zealand

(2) Australia

(3) India

(4) Pakistan

Ans. (3) India

 

Q.55) Who has been selected as the ICC T20 Cricketer of the Year for the year 2022?

(1) Suryakumar Yadav

(2) Jos Buttler

(3) Virat Kohli

(4) Sikandar Raza

Ans. (1) Suryakumar Yadav

 

Q.56) The first India Stack Developer Conference has been organised in –

(1) Goa

(2) Karnataka

(3) Gujarat

(4) New Delhi

Ans. (4) New Delhi

 

Q.57) Who has been appointed as the CEO of Tata Trusts?

(1) Siddharth Sharma

(2) Vikram Dev Dutt

(3) Sanjiv Chadha

(4) Bharat Bhasker

Ans. (1) Siddharth Sharma

 

Q.58) Which Indian movie has been nominated for the Best Documentary Short in Oscar Awards 2023?

(1) All that Breathe

(2) The Elephant Whisperers

(3) RRR

(4) Tell it like a women

Ans.  (2) The Elephant Whisperers

 

Q.59) Which Ministry has organized 6-day mega event “Bharat Parv” at Red Fort?

(1) Tourism Ministry

(2) Foreign Ministry

(3) Education Ministry

(4) Home Ministry

Ans. (1) Tourism Ministry

 

Q.60) ‘Badra Ali Jofe’ has passed away in India. He was the Vice President of –

(1) Senegal

(2) Guinea

(3) Mauritania

(4) Gambia

Ans.  (4) Gambia

 

Q.61) ADB has approved a $130 million loan to promote horticulture in –

(1) Himachal Pradesh

(2) Uttarakhand

(3) Haryana

(4) Punjab

Ans. (1) Himachal Pradesh

 

Q.62) Recently, Anti-Copying Law comes into force in which state?

(1) Uttar Pradesh

(2) Uttarakhand

(3) Delhi

(4) Punjab

Ans. (2) Uttarakhand

 

Q.63) “National Productivity Day” is observed every year on –

(1) 9th February

(2) 10th February

(3) 11th February

(4) 12th February

Ans. (4) 12th February

 

Q.64) “International Darwin Day” is observed every year on –

(1) 11th February

(2) 12th February

(3) 13th February

(4) 14th February

Ans. (2) 12th February

 

Q.65) The ‘Black Galaxy’ or ‘Invisible Galaxy’ was recently discovered by –

(1) Greece

(2) France

(3) Italy

(4) Belgium

Ans. (3) Italy

 

Q.66) World Government Summit 2023 has been organized in –

(1) Dubai

(2) Paris

(3) Bangkok

(4) Singapore

Ans. (1) Dubai

 

Q.67) Who has won India’s 1st ever Formula E-race in Hyderabad?

(1) Eric Vergne

(2) Nick Cassidy

(3) Sebastian Beumi

(4) Jake Dennis

Ans. (1) Eric Vergne

 

Q.68) Who has inaugurated the “AMRPTEX 2023 – National Philatelic Exhibition” in Delhi?

(1) Amit Shah

(2) Ashwini Vaishnaw

(3) Pralhad Joshi

(4) G. Kishan Reddy

Ans. (2) Ashwini Vaishnaw

 

Q.69) President Droupadi Murmu has inaugurated the 2nd Indian Rice Congress in –

(1) Bhubaneswar

(2) Rourkela

(3) Cuttack

(4) Sambalpur

Ans. (3) Cuttack

 

Q.70) Indian Armed Forces are set to procure armed “Predator MQ 9A” drones from which country?

(1) Germany

(2) France

(3) Russia

(4) USA

Ans. (4) USA

 

Q.71) Which country has launched a ‘Sniffing Robot’ to detect diseases and improve security checks?

(1) Israel

(2) Jordan

(3) Lebanon

(4) Egypt

Ans. (1) Israel

 

Q.72) Which country had decided to remove Chinese-made cameras from its offices?

(1) India

(2) Japan

(3) Pakistan

(4) Australia

Ans. (4) Australia

 

Q.73) “National Women’s Day” is observed every year on –

(1) 11th February

(2) 12th February

(3) 13th February

(4) 14th February

Ans. (3) 13th February

 

Q.74) “World Radio Day” is celebrated every year on –

(1) 12th February

(2) 13th February

(3) 14th February

(4) 15th February

Ans. (2) 13th February

 

Q.75) Which state has topped the medals tally at the 5th Khelo India Youth Games?

(1) Madhya Pradesh

(2) Rajasthan

(3) Haryana

(4) Maharashtra

Ans. (4) Maharashtra

 

Q.76) PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the “Aero India 2023” in –

(1) Bengaluru

(2) Chennai

(3) Hyderabad

(4) Visakhapatnam

Ans. (1) Bengaluru

 

Q.77) Ramesh Bais has been appointed as the new Governor of –

(1) Karnataka

(2) Maharashtra

(3) Telangana

(4) Chhattisgarh

Ans. (2) Maharashtra

 

Q.78) What is India’s place in the ICAO Aviation Safety Oversight Ranking?

(1) 43rd

(2) 51st

(3) 55th

(4) 68th

Ans. (3) 55th

 

Q.79) Nikos Christodoulides has been elected as the next President of –

(1) Cyprus

(2) Turkey

(3) Lebanon

(4) Syria

Ans.  (1) Cyprus

Q.80) Which state government has presented a plan to make all competitive exams free of cost in its Budget 2023?

(1) Gujarat

(2) Rajasthan

(3) Madhya Pradesh

(4) Punjab

Ans. (2) Rajasthan

 

Q.81) How many winners of ‘Veer Gatha 2.0’ competition have been honored by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh?

(1) 06

(2) 09

(3) 25

(4) 30

Ans. (3) 25

 

Q.82) Which bank has introduced ‘Vikram Credit Card’ for soldiers?

(1) PNB

(2) IndusInd Bank

(3) Bank of Baroda

(4) HDFC Bank

Ans.  (3) Bank of Baroda

 

Q.83) Teddy Hobbs has been named Britain’s youngest Mensa member, how old is he?

(1) 03 Years

(2) 04 Years

(3) 05 Years

(4) 10 Years

Ans.  (2) 04 Years

 

Q.84) Gurpreet Kaur Dev and Shashi Prabha Dwivedi have become the first women DGP in which state?

(1) Haryana

(2) Punjab

(3) Delhi

(4) Himachal Pradesh

Ans. (2) Punjab

 

Q.85) How many personnel have been awarded the Fire Service medal on Republic Day 2023?

(1) 43

(2) 47

(3) 50

(4) 53

Ans. (2) 47

 

Q.86) “International Customs Day” is observed every year on –

(1) 23rd January

(2) 24th January

(3) 25th January

(4) 26th January

Ans. (4) 26th January

 

Q.87) India has celebrated its ____ Republic Day on 26th January 2023.

(1) 73rd

(2) 74th

(3) 75th

(4) 76th

Ans. (2) 74th

 

Q.88) President Droupadi Murmu has approved how many Padma Awards for 2023?

(1) 115

(2) 106

(3) 128

(4) 119

Ans. (2) 106

 

Q.89) President Droupadi Murmu has approved how many Gallantry Awards for defense personnel?

(1) 412 awards

(2) 434 awards

(3) 456 awards

(4) 488 awards

Ans. (1) 412 awards

Q.90) Who has won the ICC cricketer of the year 2022 awards?

(1) Babar Azam

(2) Ben Stokes

(3) Marco Jansen

(4) Suryakumar Yadav

Ans. (2) Ben Stokes

 

Q.91) Sports Ministry has organized its first Mission Olympic Cell meeting outside Delhi in –

(1) Bhubaneswar

(2) Rourkela

(3) Raipur

(4) Bilaspur

Ans. (1) Bhubaneswar

 

Q.92) Name of the World’s 1st intranasal COVID-19 vaccine, unveiled by Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya?

(1) IntraCovid

(2) PenVacc

(3) iNNCOVACC

(4) NasalCOV

Ans. (3) iNNCOVACC

 

Q93) Who took charge as the new General Manager of Central Railway?

(1) Siddharth Sharma

(2) Prabdev Singh

(3) Naresh Lalwani

(4) Shamalbhai B Patel

Ans.  (3) Naresh Lalwani

 

Q.94) Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Film Festival has been organized in –

(1) Hyderabad

(2) New Delhi

(3) Kolkata

(4) Mumbai

Ans. (4) Mumbai

 

Q.95) 3rd edition of annual “Orange festival 2023” has been celebrated in –

(1) Manipur

(2) Sikkim

(3) Nagaland

(4) Tripura

Ans. (3) Nagaland

 

Q.96) Which country has unveiled the first commercial oil production drilling program?

(1) UAE

(2) Iraq

(3) Brazil

(4) Uganda

Ans. (4) Uganda

 

Q.97) “Himachal Pradesh Statehood Day” is observed every year on –

(1) 24th January

(2) 25th January

(3) 26th January

(4) 27th January

Ans. (2) 25th January

 

Q.98) India will buy 12 Cheetahs in February 2023 from which country?

(1) Kenya

(2) Zimbabwe

(3) Namibia

(4) South Africa

Ans. (4) South Africa

 

Q.99) The 30th National Child Science Congress has been organised at –

(1) Ahmedabad

(2) Surat

(3) Vadodara

(4) Gandhinagar

Ans. (1) Ahmedabad

 

Q.100) How many police personnel have been awarded Police Medals on Republic Day 2023?

(1) 864

(2) 887

(3) 901

(4) 934

Ans. 3) 901

Q.101) Which country has become the “World’s most populous nation“?

(1) India

(2) Russia

(3) Indonesia

(4) Brazil

Ans. (1) India

 

Q.102) As per EY report, Indian economy will become $26 trillion economy by –

(1) 2045

(2) 2047

(3) 2050

(4) 2053

Ans. (2) 2047

 

Q.103) What is India’s rank for Tech venture capital Investments in 2022?

(1) 4th

(2) 5th

(3) 7th

(4) 9th

Ans. (1) 4th

 

Q.104) Which is India’s 1st district to provide basic documents to tribal people?

(1) Changlang

(2) Koderma

(3) Wayanad

(4) Bhiwani

Ans. (3) Wayanad

 

Q.105) A Science Literature Festival ‘Vigyanika’ has been organized at –

(1) Ahmedabad

(2) Jaipur

(3) Kolkata

(4) Bhopal

Ans.  (4) Bhopa

 

Q.106) Which city will host the FIDE World Chess Championship match 2023?

(1) Almaty

(2) Astana

(3) Delhi

(4) Sydney

Ans. (2) Astana

 

Q.107) Who has been awarded as the ‘most eminent scientist for the year 2022’?

(1) R.K. Vishnu Prasad

(2) Dinkar Khatri

(3) Ramnath Sangh

(4) Amit Srivastava

Ans. (1) R.K. Vishnu Prasad

 

Q.108) “BharOS“, Indigenous mobile operating system, has been developed by –

(1) IIT Delhi

(2) IIT Kanpur

(3) IIT Madras

(4) IIT Kharagpur

Ans. (3) IIT Madras

 

Q.109) Who became the first public sector bank to launch credit cards against FD digitally?

(1) Canara Bank

(2) PNB

(3) Bank of Baroda

(4) SBI

Ans. (2) PNB

 

Q.110) 5 km marathon ‘Run for Life’ was organized by the Indian Embassy in –

(1) Nepal

(2) Sri Lanka

(3) Bangladesh

(4) Vietnam

Ans. 1) Nepal

 

Q111) Who has set a new record in 200 metre steeplechase with a timing of 6.45.71 minutes in Khelo India Youth Games 2023?

(1) Sonam

(2) Siddharth Chaudhary

(3) Aparna Jha

(4) Ankita Lokhande

Ans. (1) Sonam

 

Q.112) Who has been appointed as the Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister?

(1) Poonam Gupta

(2) Shamika Ravi

(3) Nilesh Shah

(4) Sanjeev Sanyal

Ans. (2) Shamika Ravi

 

Q.113) Who has unveiled India’s 1st hydrogen combustion engine technology for heavy-duty trucks?

(1) Reliance

(2) Aditya Birla

(3) Hinduja Group

(4) ITC Limited

Ans. (1) Reliance

 

Q.114) India ranks as World’s largest milk producer with how much contribution?

(1) 22%

(2) 24%

(3) 26%

(4) 28%

Ans. (2) 24%

 

Q.115) RBI has increased the repo rate by how much percent in February 2023?

(1) 6.10%

(2) 6.25%

(3) 6.50%

(4) 6.75%

Ans. (3) 6.50%

 

Q.116) PM Narendra Modi has launched the “E20 fuel” in –

(1) Chennai

(2) Bengaluru

(3) Hyderabad

(4) Mumbai

Ans. (2) Bengaluru

 

Q.117) Upper Bhadra Project, which was mentioned in the Union Budget 2023-24, is located in –

(1) Kerala

(2) Telangana

(3) Maharashtra

(4) Karnataka

Ans. (4) Karnataka

 

Q.118) Which Municipal Corporation has become India’s first civic body to issue Green bonds?

(1) Hyderabad

(2) Madras

(3) Agartala

(4) Indore

Ans. (4) Indore

 

Q1.19) K Satyanarayana Raju has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of –

(1) Canara Bank

(2) Axis Bank

(3) Bandhan Bank

(4) CSB Bank

Ans.  (1) Canara Bank

1.20) Who becomes first Indian fintech to allow UPI payments abroad?

(1) Paytm

(2) Razorpay

(3) PhonePe

(4) Instamojo

Ans. (3) PhonePe

 

Q.121) Which company has been conferred with the “ATD Best Awards 2023“?

(1) Power Grid

(2) POSOCO

(3) NHPC

(4) NTPC

Ans. (4) NTPC

 

Q.122) Nearly 600 sea lions die due to Bird flu outbreak in –

(1) Peru

(2) Chile

(3) Ecuador

(4) Argentina

Ans. (1) Peru

 

Q.123) Which Indian-American has been named as “World’s Brightest” student for second time?

(1) Jayshree Ullal

(2) Apsara A Iyer

(3) Natasha Periyanayagam

(4) Swati Avasthi

Ans. (3) Natasha Periyanayagam

 

Q.124) Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has launched 108 ‘Namma Clinics’ in which city?

(1) Mysore

(2) Kalaburagi

(3) Bengaluru

(4) Mangalore

Ans. (3) Bengaluru

 

Q.125) Who has been awarded with the “Golden Book Awards 2023” for the book ‘Now You Breathe’?

(1) Ruskin Bond

(2) Rakhi Kapoor

(3) J.K Rowling

(4) Ankush Pare

Ans. (2) Rakhi Kapoor

 

Q.126) Telangana Budget 2023-24 has been introduced with an expenditure outlay of –

(1) ₹1,99,846 crore

(2) ₹2,52,127 crore

(3) ₹2,90,396 crore

(4) ₹3,15,284 crore

Ans. (3) ₹2,90,396 crore

 

Q.127) Recently, An earthquake was hit Turkey and Syria with how much magnitude?

(1) 7.3 magnitude

(2) 7.5 magnitude

(3) 7.8 magnitude

(4) 8.1 magnitude

Ans. (3) 7.8 magnitude

1

Q.128) The first G20 Sustainable Financial Working Group meeting was inaugurated in –

(1) Kolkata

(2) Guwahati

(3) Patna

(4) Indore

Ans. (2) Guwahati

 

Q.129) World’s 1st Super magnets for testing in nuclear fusion plant was developed in –

(1) UK

(2) USA

(3) Canada

(4) Japan

Ans. (1) UK

 

Q.130) What is India’s rank in the World Happiness Index 2023?

(1) 167th

(2) 165th

(3) 136th

(4) 121st

Ans.  (3) 136th

 

Q.131) As per CloudSEK report, Which country is the most targeted by Hackers in Asia in 2022?

(1) USA

(2) Indonesia

(3) India

(4) Russia

Ans. 

(3) India

Q.132) Which country has topped as most inclusive nation for religious minorities?

(1) Japan

(2) USA

(3) South Korea

(4) India

Ans. (4) India

 

Q.133) India has launched ‘Operation Dost’ to provide aid to which country?

(1) Sri Lanka

(2) Turkey

(3) Nepal

(4) South Africa

Ans. (2) Turkey

 

Q.134) Who has become the all-time leading scorer in the National Basketball Association (NBA)?

(1) Kareem Jabbar

(2) Kevin Durant

(3) LeBron James

(4) Michael Jordan

Ans. (3) LeBron James

 

Q.135) Which state government has launched an online portal, “Family ID – One Family One Identity“?

(1) Haryana

(2) Madhya Pradesh

(3) Uttarakhand

(4) Uttar Pradesh

Ans. (4) Uttar Pradesh

 

Q.136) Who has been honoured with the ATMA Lifetime Achievement Award 2023?

(1) K.M. Mammen

(2) Harsh Goenka

(3) Neeraj Kanwar

(4) Onkar Singh Kanwar

Ans. (1) K.M. Mammen

 

Q1.37) Who has become India’s first app to support credit cards on UPI?

(1) Paytm

(2) MobiKwik

(3) PhonePe

(4) Google Pay

Ans. (2) MobiKwik

 

Q.138) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank has launched a mobile banking application named –

(1) Now Ujjivan

(2) Ujjivan Pay

(3) Hello Ujjivan

(4) Ujjivan Lite

Ans. (3) Hello Ujjivan

1

Q.39) Who has launched India’s first traffic management system for drones?

(1) Amaryllo

(2) Skye Air

(3) IdeaForge

(4) Skylark

Ans. (2) Skye Air

 

Q1.40) Which cricketer scored 126 runs and set a new record for the highest individual score by an Indian in T20I cricket?

(1) Virat Kohli

(2) Shubman Gill

(3) Suryakumar Yadav

(4) Rohit Sharma

Ans.  (2) Shubman Gill

 

Q.141) India has received foreign inward remittances of how many US Dollars in 2021-22?

(1) $89,127 million

(2) $92,345 million

(3) $95,879 million

(4) $99,452 million

Ans. (1) $89,127 million

 

Q.142) “World Pulses Day” is observed every year on –

(1) 8th February

(2) 9th February

(3) 10th February

(4) 11th February

Ans.(3) 10th February 

 

Q.143) India’s First Glass Igloo Restaurant has been opened in –

(1) Gulmarg

(2) Sonamarg

(3) Pahalgam

(4) Srinagar

Ans. (1) Gulmarg

 

Q1.44) In a First in India, 59 lakh tonnes of Lithium have been found in –

(1) Jammu & Kashmir

(2) Uttarakhand

(3) Ladakh

(4) Assam

Ans. (1) Jammu & Kashmir

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Q.145) Which organization has launched its smallest rocket “SSLV-D2” into space?

(1) SpaceX

(2) CNSA

(3) NASA

(4) IRSO

Ans. (4) IRSO

 

Q.146) Who is the 1st Indian captain to score a century in all three formats?

(1) Ajinkya Rahane

(2) Rohit Sharma

(3) KL Rahul

(4) Virat Kohli

Ans. (2) Rohit Sharma

 

Q.147) 3rd Khelo India Winter Games has been organized in –

(1) Gulmarg

(2) Jammu

(3) Srinagar

(4) Anantnag

Ans. (1) Gulmarg

 

Q.148) Who has been conferred with ‘Maharashtra Bhushan’ award for 2022?

(1) Appasaheb Dharmadhikari

(2) Anil Kakodkar

(3) Babasaheb Purandare

(4) Asha Bhosle

Ans. (1) Appasaheb Dharmadhikari

 

Q.149) Who has been selected for the PCI’s Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Award 2020?

(1) Dr. A.B.K. Prasad

(2) Viswanathan Tripathi

(3) Sujoy Pandey

(4) Kunal Trivedi

Ans. (1) Dr. A.B.K. Prasad

 

Q.150) With the appointment of 2 new judges, the total number of Supreme Court judges are –

(1) 31 judges

(2) 32 judges

(3) 33 judges

(4) 34 judges

Ans. (4) 34 judges

 

Q.151) Centre has approved “Namami Gange Mission-II” with ₹22,500 crore outlay till –

(1) 2025

(2) 2026

(3) 2027

(4) 2028

Ans.  (2) 2026

 

Q.152) How many pilgrim centers in Karnataka, has been selected under the PRASHAD Scheme?

(1) 2 centers

(2) 3 centers

(3) 4 centers

(4) 5 centers

Ans. (3) 4 centers

 

Q.53) Who has won the 10th National Open Race Walking Championships 2023?

(1) Manpreet Singh

(2) Vikash Singh

(3) Suraj Panwar

(4) Akshdeep Singh

Ans.  (4) Akshdeep Singh

 

Q.154) Union Cabinet approved the “Vibrant Villages Programme” with financial allocation of –

(1) ₹4100 crore

(2) ₹4800 crore

(3) ₹5300 crore

(4) ₹5600 crore

Ans. (2) ₹4800 crore

 

Q.155) Who has become the first Indian to take 100 wickets in T20I cricket?

(1) Jhulan Goswami

(2) Poonam Yadav

(3) Deepti Sharma

(4) Ekta Bisht

Ans. (3) Deepti Sharma

 

Q.156) Who has been appointed as the Mentor of the RCB Women’s Team?

(1) Mary Kom

(2) Hima Das

(3) PV Sindhu

(4) Sania Mirza

Ans. (4) Sania Mirza

 

Q.157) Who has become the First to launch the UPI LITE feature?

(1) Paytm

(2) PhonePe

(3) MobiKwik

(4) Google Pay

Ans. (1) Paytm

 

Q.158) Which armed force has received ‘World’s First’ Fully Operational SWARM Drone System?

(1) Indian Navy

(2) Indian Army

(3) BSF

(4) CISF

Ans. (2) Indian Army

 

Q.159) Which Indian-American has announced his candidacy for the post of US President in 2024?

(1) Bobby Jindal

(2) John Tyler

(3) Shankara Kurup

(4) Nikki Haley

Ans.  (4) Nikki Haley

Q.160) IPS officer Ajay Kumar Singh has been appointed as the new DGP of which state?

(1) Bihar

(2) Jharkhand

(3) West Bengal

(4) Odisha

Ans.  (2) Jharkhand

 

Q.161) What is India’s rank at the ‘Global Labour Resilience Index 2023’?

(1) 65th

(2) 72nd

(3) 78th

(4) 88th

Ans. (1) 65th

 

Q.162) Which city center ranked as the World’s 2nd Slowest city to drive in?

(1) Pune

(2) Dublin

(3) London

(4) Bengaluru

Ans. (4) Bengaluru

 

Q.163) Tourism Ministry will organize the first Global Tourism Investors’ Summit on –

(1) May 2023

(2) Dec 2023

(3) June 2024

(4) Aug 2024

Ans. (1) May 2023

 

Q.164) India’s first Marine Spatial Planning framework has been launched in –

(1) Chennai

(2) Puducherry

(3) Hyderabad

(4) Lakshadweep

Ans. (2) Puducherry

 

Q.165) How many cheetahs have come from South Africa to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh?

(1) 8 cheetahs

(2) 10 cheetahs

(3) 12 cheetahs

(4) 15 cheetahs

Ans. (3) 12 cheetahs

 

Q.166) 6th phase of Sujalam-Sufalam Jal Abhiyan has been started in –

(1) Punjab

(2) Gujarat

(3) Rajasthan

(4) Haryana

Ans.  (2) Gujarat

 

Q.167) What is the name of chatbot to get an answer to their queries related to Aadhaar card?

(1) Aadhar Sathi

(2) Aadhar Bharat

(3) Aadhaar Mitra

(4) Aadhar Sahyogi

Ans. (3) Aadhaar Mitra

 

Q.168) European Parliament approved the law to ban the sale of new gas and diesel cars from –

(1) 2030

(2) 2035

(3) 2040

(4) 2050

Ans. (2) 2035

 

Q.169) Which country has approved a law to provide ‘menstrual leave’ for the first time in Europe?

(1) Spain

(2) France

(3) Portugal

(4) Belgium

Ans. (1) Spain

 

Q.170) Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar – 2019, 2020 & 2021 were presented to how many artists?

(1) 95 artists

(2) 102 artists

(3) 110 artists

(4) 116 artists

Ans. (2) 102 artists

 

Q.171) “G20 Model Meeting” has been organized in which city?

(1) Chennai

(2) Kolkata

(3) Mumbai

(4) New Delhi

Ans. (4) New Delhi

 

Q.172) Arjuna awardee Tulsidas Balaram passed away. He was associated with –

(1) Cricket

(2) Boxing

(3) Football

(4) Badminton

Ans. (3) Football

 

Q.173) Who has inaugurated the ‘IFFCO Nano Urea Liquid Plants’ in Uttar Pradesh?

(1) Mansukh Mandaviya

(2) Amit Shah

(3) Piyush Goyal

(4) Narendra Modi

Ans. (1) Mansukh Mandaviya

 

Q.174) DGP Virendra has been appointed as the next Chief Information Commissioner of –

(1) Bihar

(2) Odisha

(3) West Bengal

(4) Assam

Ans. (3) West Bengal

 

Q.175) Who is the President of the World Bank, who has announced his resignation?

(1) Ben S. Bernanke

(2) David Malpass

(3) Jim Yong Kim

(4) Kenneth Rogoff

Ans. (2) David Malpass

 

Q.176) ‘Karnataka Sri’ awardee Balipa Narayana passed away. He was associated with –

(1) Teacher

(2) Lawyer

(3) Singer

(4) Journalist

Ans. (3) Singer

 

Q.177) Who has resigned from the post of Chief Selector of Team India?

(1) Chetan Sharma

(2) Salil Ankola

(3) Soham Desai

(4) Kamlesh Jain

Ans. (1) Chetan Sharma

 

Q.178) First Sunderbans Bird Festival was organized in February 2023. How many species of birds were seen in it?

(1) 200

(2) 152

(3) 300

(4) 145

Ans. (4) 145

 

Q.179) Who has become India’s 1st private sector bank to enable linking of RuPay Credit Card on UPI?

(1) Axis Bank

(2) Bandhan Bank

(3) ICICI Bank

(4) HDFC Bank

Ans.  (4) HDFC Bank

 

Q.180) Which country has been elected as the President of the 62nd session of the UN Commission for Social Development?

(1) India

(2) Bangladesh

(3) Vietnam

(4) Singapore

Ans. (1) India

 

Q.181) India’s 1st new mobility focussed cluster has been unveiled by –

(1) Telangana

(2) Karnataka

(3) Andhra Pradesh

(4) Kerala

Ans. (1) Telangana

 

Q.182) Who is set to become the World’s First Living Heritage University?

(1) Nalanda University

(2) Visva-Bharati University

(3) Sharada Peeth University

(4) Pushpagiri Vihara University

Ans.  (2) Visva-Bharati University

 

Q.183) The inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 will be held in –

(1) Mumbai

(2) Kolkata

(3) Chennai

(4) Ahmedabad

Ans. (1) Mumbai

 

Q.184) Which Arm force has won the 12th edition of National Ice Hockey Championship?

(1) Assam Rifles

(2) Border Security Force

(3) Central Reserve Police Force

(4) Indo Tibetan Border Police

Ans. (4) Indo Tibetan Border Police

 

Q.185) Who has received the “Hurun India’s award 2022“?

(1) Manmohan Singh

(2) Akshaya Kavya

(3) VP Nandakumar

(4) Ricky Kej

Ans. 3) VP Nandakumar

 

Q.186) Who has announced a Global Climate Resilience Fund of $50 million for women?

(1) Hillary Clinton

(2) Barack Obama

(3) Donald Trump

(4) Thomas Jefferson

Ans.  (1) Hillary Clinton

 

Q.187) Who become 1st Indian-American woman to be elected as president of Harvard Law Review?

(1) Swati Avasthi

(2) Poornima DeBolle

(3) Jayshree Ullal

(4) Apsara A Iyer

Ans. (4) Apsara A Iyer

 

Q.188) Who has won the ‘Mathrubhumi Book of the Year’ award?

(1) Dr Peggy Mohan

(2) Shrilal Shukla

(3) Bhisham Sahni

(4) Vinod Deval

Ans. (1) Dr Peggy Mohan

 

Q.189) First G20 Tourism Working Group meeting has been organised in –

(1) Uttar Pradesh

(2) Gujarat

(3) Uttarakhand

(4) Haryana

Ans. (2) Gujarat

 

Q.190) Which Union Ministry has launched the “Yuva Sangam” portal?

(1) Defence Ministry

(2) Ayush Ministry

(3) Education Ministry

(4) Finance Ministry

Ans.  (3) Education Ministry

 

Q.191) Who has set a new record in 200 metre steeplechase with a timing of 6.45.71 minutes in Khelo India Youth Games 2023?

(1) Sonam

(2) Siddharth Chaudhary

(3) Aparna Jha

(4) Ankita Lokhande

Ans. (1) Sonam

 

Q.192) Who has been appointed as the Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister?

(1) Poonam Gupta

(2) Shamika Ravi

(3) Nilesh Shah

(4) Sanjeev Sanyal

Ans. (2) Shamika Ravi

 

Q.193) Who has unveiled India’s 1st hydrogen combustion engine technology for heavy-duty trucks?

(1) Reliance

(2) Aditya Birla

(3) Hinduja Group

(4) ITC Limited

Ans. (1) Reliance

 

Q.194) India ranks as World’s largest milk producer with how much contribution?

(1) 22%

(2) 24%

(3) 26%

(4) 28%

Ans. (2) 24%

 

Q.195) RBI has increased the repo rate by how much percent in February 2023?

(1) 6.10%

(2) 6.25%

(3) 6.50%

(4) 6.75%

Ans. (3) 6.50%

 

Q.196) PM Narendra Modi has launched the “E20 fuel” in –

(1) Chennai

(2) Bengaluru

(3) Hyderabad

(4) Mumbai

Ans. (2) Bengaluru

 

Q.197) Upper Bhadra Project, which was mentioned in the Union Budget 2023-24, is located in –

(1) Kerala

(2) Telangana

(3) Maharashtra

(4) Karnataka

Ans. (4) Karnataka

 

Q.198) Which Municipal Corporation has become India’s first civic body to issue Green bonds?

(1) Hyderabad

(2) Madras

(3) Agartala

(4) Indore

Ans. (4) Indore

1.99) K Satyanarayana Raju has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of –

(1) Canara Bank

(2) Axis Bank

(3) Bandhan Bank

(4) CSB Bank

Ans.  (1) Canara Bank

 

Q.200) Who becomes first Indian fintech to allow UPI payments abroad?

(1) Paytm

(2) Razorpay

(3) PhonePe

(4) Instamojo

Ans. (3) PhonePe

 

Q.201) Which company has been conferred with the “ATD Best Awards 2023“?

(1) Power Grid

(2) POSOCO

(3) NHPC

(4) NTPC

Ans. (4) NTPC

 

Q202) Nearly 600 sea lions die due to Bird flu outbreak in –

(1) Peru

(2) Chile

(3) Ecuador

(4) Argentina

Ans. (1) Peru

 

Q.203) Which Indian-American has been named as “World’s Brightest” student for second time?

(1) Jayshree Ullal

(2) Apsara A Iyer

(3) Natasha Periyanayagam

(4) Swati Avasthi

Ans. (3) Natasha Periyanayagam

 

Q.204) Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has launched 108 ‘Namma Clinics’ in which city?

(1) Mysore

(2) Kalaburagi

(3) Bengaluru

(4) Mangalore

Ans. (3) Bengaluru

 

Q.205) Who has been awarded with the “Golden Book Awards 2023” for the book ‘Now You Breathe’?

(1) Ruskin Bond

(2) Rakhi Kapoor

(3) J.K Rowling

(4) Ankush Pare

Ans. (2) Rakhi Kapoor

 

Q.206) Telangana Budget 2023-24 has been introduced with an expenditure outlay of –

(1) ₹1,99,846 crore

(2) ₹2,52,127 crore

(3) ₹2,90,396 crore

(4) ₹3,15,284 crore

Ans. (3) ₹2,90,396 crore

 

Q.207) Recently, An earthquake was hit Turkey and Syria with how much magnitude?

(1) 7.3 magnitude

(2) 7.5 magnitude

(3) 7.8 magnitude

(4) 8.1 magnitude

Ans. (3) 7.8 magnitude

 

Q.208) The first G20 Sustainable Financial Working Group meeting was inaugurated in –

(1) Kolkata

(2) Guwahati

(3) Patna

(4) Indore

Ans. (2) Guwahati

 

Q209) World’s 1st Super magnets for testing in nuclear fusion plant was developed in –

(1) UK

(2) USA

(3) Canada

(4) Japan

Ans. (1) UK

 

Q.210) What is India’s rank in the World Happiness Index 2023?

(1) 167th

(2) 165th

(3) 136th

(4) 121st

Ans.  (3) 136th

 

Q.121) As per CloudSEK report, Which country is the most targeted by Hackers in Asia in 2022?

(1) USA

(2) Indonesia

(3) India

(4) Russia

Ans. 

(3) India

Q.212) Which country has topped as most inclusive nation for religious minorities?

(1) Japan

(2) USA

(3) South Korea

(4) India

Ans. (4) India

 

Q.213) India has launched ‘Operation Dost’ to provide aid to which country?

(1) Sri Lanka

(2) Turkey

(3) Nepal

(4) South Africa

Ans. (2) Turkey

 

Q.214) Who has become the all-time leading scorer in the National Basketball Association (NBA)?

(1) Kareem Jabbar

(2) Kevin Durant

(3) LeBron James

(4) Michael Jordan

Ans. (3) LeBron James

 

Q.215) Which state government has launched an online portal, “Family ID – One Family One Identity“?

(1) Haryana

(2) Madhya Pradesh

(3) Uttarakhand

(4) Uttar Pradesh

Ans. (4) Uttar Pradesh

 

Q.216) Who has been honoured with the ATMA Lifetime Achievement Award 2023?

(1) K.M. Mammen

(2) Harsh Goenka

(3) Neeraj Kanwar

(4) Onkar Singh Kanwar

Ans. (1) K.M. Mammen

 

Q.217) Who has become India’s first app to support credit cards on UPI?

(1) Paytm

(2) MobiKwik

(3) PhonePe

(4) Google Pay

Ans. (2) MobiKwik

 

Q.218) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank has launched a mobile banking application named –

(1) Now Ujjivan

(2) Ujjivan Pay

(3) Hello Ujjivan

(4) Ujjivan Lite

Ans. (3) Hello Ujjivan

 

Q.219) Who has launched India’s first traffic management system for drones?

(1) Amaryllo

(2) Skye Air

(3) IdeaForge

(4) Skylark

Ans. (2) Skye Air

 

Q.220) Which cricketer scored 126 runs and set a new record for the highest individual score by an Indian in T20I cricket?

(1) Virat Kohli

(2) Shubman Gill

(3) Suryakumar Yadav

(4) Rohit Sharma

Ans.  (2) Shubman Gill

 

Q.221) India has received foreign inward remittances of how many US Dollars in 2021-22?

(1) $89,127 million

(2) $92,345 million

(3) $95,879 million

(4) $99,452 million

Ans. (1) $89,127 million

 

Q122) “World Pulses Day” is observed every year on –

(1) 8th February

(2) 9th February

(3) 10th February

(4) 11th February

Ans.(3) 10th February 

 

Q223) India’s First Glass Igloo Restaurant has been opened in –

(1) Gulmarg

(2) Sonamarg

(3) Pahalgam

(4) Srinagar

Ans. (1) Gulmarg

 

Q224) In a First in India, 59 lakh tonnes of Lithium have been found in –

(1) Jammu & Kashmir

(2) Uttarakhand

(3) Ladakh

(4) Assam

Ans. (1) Jammu & Kashmir

 

Q.225) Which organization has launched its smallest rocket “SSLV-D2” into space?

(1) SpaceX

(2) CNSA

(3) NASA

(4) IRSO

Ans. (4) IRSO

 

Q.226) Who is the 1st Indian captain to score a century in all three formats?

(1) Ajinkya Rahane

(2) Rohit Sharma

(3) KL Rahul

(4) Virat Kohli

Ans. (2) Rohit Sharma

 

Q.227) 3rd Khelo India Winter Games has been organized in –

(1) Gulmarg

(2) Jammu

(3) Srinagar

(4) Anantnag

Ans. (1) Gulmarg

 

Q.228) Who has been conferred with ‘Maharashtra Bhushan’ award for 2022?

(1) Appasaheb Dharmadhikari

(2) Anil Kakodkar

(3) Babasaheb Purandare

(4) Asha Bhosle

Ans. (1) Appasaheb Dharmadhikari

 

Q.229) Who has been selected for the PCI’s Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Award 2020?

(1) Dr. A.B.K. Prasad

(2) Viswanathan Tripathi

(3) Sujoy Pandey

(4) Kunal Trivedi

Ans. (1) Dr. A.B.K. Prasad

 

Q.230) With the appointment of 2 new judges, the total number of Supreme Court judges are –

(1) 31 judges

(2) 32 judges

(3) 33 judges

(4) 34 judges

Ans. (4) 34 judges

Q231. Safer Internet Day 2023 is observed on which of the following day?

(a) 3 February

(b) 4 February

(c) 5 February

(d) 6 February

(e) 7 February

S231. Ans.(e)

Sol. Safer Internet Day began as an initiative of the EU SafeBorders project in 2004. Safer Internet Day 2023 was observed on 7 February.

 

Q232. Who authored the novel “Victory City”, an “epic tale” of a 14th-century woman who defies a patriarchal world to rule a city?

(a) Vikran Seth

(b) Salman Rushdie

(c) Sudha Murty

(d) Anita Desai

(e) T.P. Rajeevan

 

S232. Ans.(b)

Sol. Salman Rushdie published his new novel “Victory City”, an “epic tale” of a 14th-century woman who defies a patriarchal world to rule a city.

 

 

 

Q233. ISRO-NASA ____ satellite to be launched from India in September 2023

(a) NISAR

(b) AQUA

(c) ALOS-2

(d) EOS-04

(e) RISAT-1

 

S233. Ans.(a)

Sol. ISRO-NASA ‘NISAR’ satellite to be launched from India in September 2023.

 

 

Q234. Which platform becomes India’s first app to support credit cards on UPI?

(a) Paytm

(b) MobiKwik

(c) PhonePe

(d) BharatPay

(e) GooglePay

S234. Ans.(b)

Sol. MobiKwik becomes India’s first app to support credit cards on UPI.

 

Q235. Which university is declared the world’s first living heritage university by UNESCO?

(a) University of Madras

(b) Takshashila University

(c) University of Mumbai

(d) Visva-Bharati University

(e) Serampore College

S235. Ans.(d)

Sol. UNESCO to declare Visva-Bharati University as the world’s first living heritage university.

 

Q236. ______ bagged ‘ATD Best Awards 2023’ for the 6th consecutive year.

(a) Amravati Thermal Power plant

(b) Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station

(c) Tiroda Thermal Power Plant

(d) Talcher Super Thermal Power station

(e) National Thermal Power Corporation

S236. Ans.(e)

Sol. National Thermal Power Corporation bagged ‘ATD Best Awards 2023’ for the 6th consecutive year.

 

Q237. ______ reported the death of 585 sea lions and 55,000 wild birds due to the H5N1 bird flu virus

(a) India

(b) Peru

(c) Argentina

(d) Brazil

(e) Uruguay

S237. Ans.(b)

Sol. Peru reported the death of 585 sea lions and 55,000 wild birds due to the H5N1 bird flu virus.

 

Q238. India’s First Glass Igloo Restaurant is inaugurated in which state?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Assam

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Jammu & Kashmir

(e) West Bengal

S238. Ans.(d)

Sol. India’s First Glass Igloo Restaurant is inaugurated in Gulmarg, Jammu & Kashmir.

 

Q239. Kala Ghoda Arts Festival begins in _____ After a break of two years

(a) Mumbai

(b) Pune

(c) Bengaluru

(d) Bhubaneshwar

(e) Cuttack

S239. Ans.(a)

Sol. Kala Ghoda Arts Festival begins in Mumbai after a break of two years.

 

Q240. Where will the ICC T-20 Women’s World Cup 2023 be held?

(a) USA

(b) China

(c) India

(d) South Africa

(e) Sri Lanka

S240. Ans.(d)

Sol. ICC T-20 Women’s World Cup will be held in South Africa.

 

Q241. Which country has been named the world’s happiest country for the fifth year in a row?

(a) India

(b) Finland

(c) Russia

(d) Australia

(e) Belgium

S241. Ans.(b)

Sol. Finland was named the world’s happiest country for the fifth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report.

 

Q242. _________ presented the ATMA Lifetime Achievement Award by Maruti Suzuki India MD & CEO Hisashi Takeuchi.

(a) K.M. Mammen

(b) Suresh Narayanan

(c) Sandeep Sangwan

(d) Shenu Agarwal

(e) Neeraj Kanwar

S242. Ans.(a)

Sol. MRF Ltd. Chairman and Managing Director K.M. Mammen was presented the ATMA Lifetime Achievement Award by Maruti Suzuki India MD & CEO Hisashi Takeuchi.

 

Q243. What is the rank of India in the World Happiness Index 2023?

(a) 142

(b) 136

(c) 115

(d) 155

(e) 160

S243. Ans.(b)

Sol. India ranked 136th in the World Happiness Report 2022.

 

Q244. India is sending a field hospital, medicines, and rescue teams to earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria under “_________”.

(a) Operation Mitra

(b) Operation Sath

(c) Operation Dost

(d) Operation Sakhi

(e) Operation Earth

S244. Ans.(c)

Sol. India is sending a field hospital, medicines, and rescue teams to earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria under “Operation Dost”.

 

Q245. Defence Ministry signs deal with L&T for procurement of 41 modular bridges worth _______.

(a) Rs 6,585 crore

(b) Rs 5,585 crore

(c) Rs 4,585 crore

(d) Rs 3,585 crore

(e) Rs 2,585 crore

S245. Ans.(e)

Sol. Defence Ministry signs deal with L&T for procurement of 41 modular bridges worth Rs 2,585 crore.

Q246. Which payment platform released a QR Code with a G20 theme to commemorate India’s presidency?

(a) Paytm

(b) GooglePay

(c) PhonePe

(d) BharatPe

(e) Amazon Pay

S246. Ans.(a)

Sol. Paytm releases a QR Code with a G20 theme to commemorate India’s presidency.

 

Q247. Who is appointed as the new governor of Maharashtra?

(a) Gulab Chand Kataria

(b) Acharya Devvrat

(c) Ramesh Bais

(d) C.P. Radhakrishnan

(e) Thawar Chand Gehlot

S247. Ans.(c)

Sol. Ramesh Bais was appointed as the New Governor of Maharashtra, after the former governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyar resigned.

 

Q248. President of India Inaugurated the 2nd Indian Rice Congress at ______.

(a) Vishakhapatnam

(b) Kolkata

(c) Mumbai

(d) Cuttack

(e) Pune

S248. Ans.(d)

Sol. The President of India Inaugurated the 2nd Indian Rice Congress at Cuttack in the presence of the governor of Odisha Prof. Ganeshi Lal.

 

Q249. Which edition of World Hindi Conference was inaugurated in Fiji by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar?

(a) 6th

(b) 10th

(c) 35th

(d) 50th

(e) 12th

S249. Ans.(e)

Sol. 12th edition of the World Hindi Conference was inaugurated in Fiji by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.

 

Q250. Who inaugurated the AMRITPEX 2023?

(a) Prime Minister Narendra Modi

(b) Home Minister Amit Shah

(c) Communication Minister Ashwini Vaishnav

(d) Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

(e) Culture Minister G. Kishan Reddy

S250. Ans.(c)

Sol. AMRITPEX 2023 was inaugurated by Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

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