Weekly Current affairs play a very important role in the competitive examinations and hence, aspirants have to give undivided attention to it while doing preparation for the government examinations. The CGLRE, OCS examinations comprise a section of “Current Affairs” to evaluate how much the aspirant is aware of the daily happenings taking place around the world. To complement your preparation, we are providing you with a compilation of Weekly Current affairs.
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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) Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Amul brand?
(1) Varun Berry
(2) Rajesh Gandhi
(3) Vijay Chauhan
(4) Shamalbhai B Patel
Ans. (4) Shamalbhai B Patel
Q.62) 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.63) 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.64) 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.65) 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.66) “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.67) India has celebrated its ____ Republic Day on 26th January 2023.
(1) 73rd
(2) 74th
(3) 75th
(4) 76th
Ans. (2) 74th
Q.68) President Droupadi Murmu has approved how many Padma Awards for 2023?
(1) 115
(2) 106
(3) 128
(4) 119
Ans. (2) 106
Q.69) 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.70) 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.71) 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.72) 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
Q.73) 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.74) Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Film Festival has been organized in –
(1) Hyderabad
(2) New Delhi
(3) Kolkata
(4) Mumbai
Ans. (4) Mumbai
Q.75) 3rd edition of annual “Orange festival 2023” has been celebrated in –
(1) Manipur
(2) Sikkim
(3) Nagaland
(4) Tripura
Ans. (3) Nagaland
Q.76) Which country has unveiled the first commercial oil production drilling program?
(1) UAE
(2) Iraq
(3) Brazil
(4) Uganda
Ans. (4) Uganda
Q.77) “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.78) 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.79) The 30th National Child Science Congress has been organised at –
(1) Ahmedabad
(2) Surat
(3) Vadodara
(4) Gandhinagar
Ans. (1) Ahmedabad
Q.80) 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.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 country has announced to introduce the ‘Debbie Hockley Medal’ to honor top women cricketers?
(1) Australia
(2) England
(3) South Africa
(4) New Zealand
Ans. (4) New Zealand
Q.83) Who is the “Iron Man of India“, who passed away recently at the age of 67?
(1) Sabir Ali
(2) Aneesh Kumar
(3) Sanjiv Chadha
(4) Mohit Grewal
Ans. (1) Sabir Ali
Q.84) Who has become the first Asian actress to register an Oscar nomination for Best Actress?
(1) Deepika Padukone
(2) Michelle Yeoh
(3) Mindy Kaling
(4) Jessica Henwick
Ans. (2) Michelle Yeoh
Q.85) “World Data Privacy Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 27th January
(2) 28th January
(3) 29th January
(4) 30th January
Ans. (2) 28th January
Q.86) Luminous will build “India’s first green solar panel factory” in –
(1) Uttarakhand
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Gujarat
(4) Rajasthan
Ans. (1) Uttarakhand
Q.87) 13th century Hoysala period “Hero Stone” has been discovered in –
(1) Kerala
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Karnataka
Ans. (4) Karnataka
Q.88) G20 Startup20 Engagement meeting has been organised in –
(1) Bengaluru
(2) Hyderabad
(3) Chennai
(4) Greater Noida
Ans. (2) Hyderabad
Q.89) World’s first photonic-based quantum computer will be built by –
(1) China
(2) Canada
(3) Russia
(4) United Kingdom
Ans. (2) Canada
Q.90) Which railway station has been awarded the ‘Green Railway Station Certification’?
(1) Rajahmundry
(2) Vijayawada
(3) Tirupati
(4) Visakhapatnam
Ans. (4) Visakhapatnam
Q.91) Who has become the 79th Grandmaster of India?
(1) Sandipan Chanda
(2) Surya Sekhar
(3) Pranesh M
(4) Koustav Chatterjee
Ans. (3) Pranesh M
Q.92) India’s largest hockey stadium has been inaugurated in –
(1) Bhubaneswar
(2) Cuttack
(3) Rourkela
(4) Balasore
Ans. 3) Rourkela
Q.93) Northeastern cultural festival “Octave 2023” has been organised in –
(1) Tamil Nadu
(2) West Bengal
(3) Odisha
(4) Andhra Pradesh
Ans. (1) Tamil Nadu
Q.94) India has overtaken which country to become the World’s 3rd largest auto market?
(1) U.S
(2) Japan
(3) China
(4) South Korea
Ans. (2) Japan
Q.95) Which city police has won the ‘Best Police Unit’ award for 2021?
(1) Nagpur Police
(2) Delhi Police
(3) Ahmedabad Police
(4) Mumbai Police
Ans. (1) Nagpur Police
Q.96) India has deployed its “largest single contingent” of women peacekeepers in –
(1) Sudan
(2) Egypt
(3) Libya
(4) Eritrea
Ans. (1) Sudan
Q.97) “Purple Fest“, India’s first festival of inclusion, has been inaugurated in –
(1) Kerala
(2) Goa
(3) Karnataka
(4) Maharashtra
Ans. (2) Goa
Q.9.8) Which country has approved the use of the World’s 1st Vaccine for Honey bees?
(1) Japan
(2) India
(3) America
(4) Spain
Ans. (3) America
Q.99) First meeting of “G-20” will be held in –
(1) New Delhi
(2) Puducherry
(3) Guwahati
(4) Kolkata
Ans. (2) Puducherry
Q.100) 3-day ‘North East Krishi Kumbha-2023’ has been inaugurated in –
(1) Tripura
(2) Nagaland
(3) Mizoram
(4) Meghalaya
Ans. (4) Meghalaya
Q.101) Who has won the Best Director Award at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2022?
(1) SS Rajamouli
(2) Mani Ratnam
(3) Anurag Kashyap
(4) Rajkumar Hirani
Ans. (1) SS Rajamouli
Q.102) Who has won the title of 48th National Women’s Chess Championship?
(1) Divya Deshmukh
(2) Harika Dronavalli
(3) Koneru Humpy
(4) Prithu Gupta
Ans. (1) Divya Deshmukh
Q.103) Amit Shah has inaugurated the 120 feet high ‘Polo Statue’ in –
(1) Manipur
(2) Meghalaya
(3) Mizoram
(4) Nagaland
Ans. (1) Manipur
Q.104) India have how many Indigenous Livestock Breeds as of January 2023?
(1) 184
(2) 194
(3) 202
(4) 212
Ans. (4) 212
Q.105) Which state government has demanded the National Status for “Gangasagar Mela“?
(1) West Bengal
(2) Bihar
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Assam
Ans. (1) West Bengal
Q.106) Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has presented the 1st Gouriamma award to –
(1) Gloria Estefan
(2) Andy Garcia
(3) Miguel Díaz
(4) Aleida Guevara
Ans. (4) Aleida Guevara
Q.107) As per a survey by Avtar, Which city is India’s top city for women’s employment?
(1) Chennai
(2) Pune
(3) Bengaluru
(4) Hyderabad
Ans. (1) Chennai
Q.108) Who is the First Indian to win a WTA singles title?
(1) Sania Mirza
(2) Mahesh Bhupathi
(3) Ankita Raina
(4) Rohan Bopanna
Ans. (1) Sania Mirza
Q.109) Who became the first online bond platform provider to receive a debt brokerage license from SEBI?
(1) Zerodha
(2) GoldenPi
(3) 24CARAT
(4) Religare
Ans. (2) GoldenPi
Q.110) In January 2023, Which state has begun Caste Surveys in different parts?
(1) Bihar
(2) Jharkhand
(3) West Bengal
(4) Uttar Pradesh
Ans. (1) Bihar
Q.111) Bharat Petroleum has launched the low-smoke superior kerosene oil for –
(1) BSF
(2) Indian Army
(3) Indian Navy
(4) CRPF
Ans. (2) Indian Army
Q.112) “Hiraba Smriti Sarovar“, named after PM Modi’s mother Hiraben, situated in –
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Gujarat
(3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Assam
Ans. (2) Gujarat
Q.113) A new book “Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom”, written by –
(1) Kaki Madhava
(2) Shashi Tharoor
(3) Sanjeev Sanyal
(4) Ashvini Kumar
Ans. (3) Sanjeev Sanyal
Q.114) “Pravasi Bhartiya Divas” is observed every year on –
(1) 7th January
(2) 8th January
(3) 9th January
(4) 10th January
Ans. (3) 9th January
Q.115) Which Indian state has become the first fully Digital Banking state?
(1) Kerala
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Gujarat
(4) Karnataka
Ans. (1) Kerala
Q.116) Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Mela “PMNAM” was held in –
(1) 242 districts
(2) 247 districts
(3) 240 districts
(4) 249 districts
Ans. (1) 242 districts
Q.117) 1st ‘Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion’ meeting of the G20, begin in –
(1) Chennai
(2) Kolkata
(3) Bangalore
(4) Bhopal
Ans. (2) Kolkata
Q.118) India’s 1st coal gasification-based Talcher Fertilizer Plant will be inaugurated in –
(1) Jharkhand
(2) Chhattisgarh
(3) Odisha
(4) Bihar
Ans. (3) Odisha
Q.119) Who has received the Patangrao Kadam award for contribution in the fight against Covid-19?
(1) Sharvil Patel
(2) Adar Poonawalla
(3) Krishna Ella
(4) Albert Bourla
Ans. (2) Adar Poonawalla
Q.120) What’s the name of the first Kashmiri Jhanpith awardee who died recently?
(1) Qurratulain Hyder
(2) Kedarnath Singh
(3) Rehman Rahi
(4) Ali Sardar Jafri
Ans. (3) Rehman Rahi
Q.121) Which Indian athlete has won the under-15 British open squash title recently?
(1) Dipika Pallikal
(2) Krishna Mishra
(3) Advita Sharma
(4) Anahat Singh
Ans. (4) Anahat Singh
Q.122) The “International Kite Festival 2023” began on –
(1) Punjab
(2) Gujarat
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Haryana
Ans. (2) Gujarat
Q.123) Senior leader of BJP, Keshari Nath Tripathi passed away at 88. He was former governor of –
(1) West Bengal
(2) Assam
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Odisha
Ans. (1) West Bengal
Q.124) Which Indian has been selected for the “Award for Global Leadership” by the Harvard Law School Center?
(1) Uday Umesh Lalit
(2) Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana
(3) Sharad Arvind Bobde
(4) Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud
Ans. (4) Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud
Q.125) Who has been appointed as its global partner by the International Hockey Federation?
(1) Jio
(2) Wipro
(3) JSW Group
(4) Amazon
Ans. (3) JSW Group
Q.126) Who has been re-appointed as the Chairman of the BCCI’s selection committee?
(1) Shiv Sunar Das
(2) Salil Ankola
(3) Chetan Sharma
(4) Subroto Banerjee
Ans. (3) Chetan Sharma
Q.127) “World Hindi Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 9th January
(2) 10th January
(3) 11th January
(4) 12th January
Ans. (2) 10th January
Q.128) A 100-day “Global City Campaign” has been launched in –
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Himachal Pradesh
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Tamil Nadu
An
129) Osmanabad district court has become the first ‘e-court’ of which state?
(1) Assam
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Madhya Pradesh
Ans. (2) Maharashtra
Q.130) PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention at –
(1) Bhopal
(2) Gwalior
(3) Jabalpur
(4) Indore
Ans. (4) Indore
Q.131) Which start-up built the ‘AzaadiSAT’ satellite, made by 750 school girls?
(1) Dhruv Aerospace
(2) Pixxel
(3) Space Kidz India
(4) Astra
Ans. (3) Space Kidz India
Q.132) PM Modi has launched the “Aspirational Block Programme (ABP)”, which will cover –
(1) 100 districts
(2) 200 districts
(3) 500 districts
(4) 1000 districts
Ans. (3) 500 districts
Q.133) Who has become the fastest player to reach 1,500 runs in T20I?
(1) Suryakumar Yadav
(2) Kuldeep Yadav
(3) Hardik Pandya
(4) Shreyas Iyer
Ans. (1) Suryakumar Yadav
Q.134) Which University has bagged the ‘Overall Championship’ at the 36th Inter University South Zone Youth Festival?
(1) Mahatma University
(2) Kerala University
(3) Amrita University
(4) SASTRA University
Ans. (2) Kerala University
Q.135) Hugo Lloris announced his retirement from international football. He belongs to –
(1) Belgium
(2) Brazil
(3) Argentina
(4) France
Ans. (4) France
Q.136) Who has released the Theme of the National Science Day 2023?
(1) Piyush Goyal
(2) Anurag Thakur
(3) Manoj Sinha
(4) Jitendra Singh
Ans. (4) Jitendra Singh
Q.137) Who is known as the “Father of laparoscopic surgery“, passed away at 88?
(1) Dr. Asok Kumar
(2) Dr. Biplab Chatte
(3) Dr. Tehemton E Udwadia
(4) Dr. Anirban Biswas
Ans. (3) Dr. Tehemton E Udwadia
Q.138) Facebook-parent Meta appointed whom as the Director of global business group in India?
(1) Vikas Purohit
(2) Rajiv Kumar
(3) Anil Chandulal Shah
(4) Sundar Srinivasan
Ans. 1) Vikas Purohit
Q.139) India has discovered two lithium mines and one copper mine in which country?
(1) New Zealand
(2) Scotland
(3) Brazil
(4) Argentina
Ans. (4) Argentina
Q.140) Who has been appointed as the new Chief Technologist of the NASA?
(1) Nalin Negi
(2) Rajiv Badyal
(3) AC Charania
(4) Surinder Chawla
Ans. (3) AC Charania
Q.141) ‘The Kashmir Files’ has been shortlisted for Oscars 2023. Directed by –
(1) Rishabh Shetty
(2) Vivek Agnihotri
(3) SS Rajamouli
(4) Paan Nalin
Ans. (2) Vivek Agnihotri
Q.142) Which year is the fifth warmest year of India since 1901?
(1) 2021
(2) 2022
(3) 2020
(4) 2019
Ans. (2) 2022
Q.143) What is India’s rank at the “Henley Passport Index 2023”?
(1) 81st
(2) 83rd
(3) 85th
(4) 87th
Ans. (3) 85th
Q.144) Which is India’s most polluted city, according to the CPCB report?
(1) Gurugram
(2) Ghaziabad
(3) Delhi
(4) Patna
Ans. (3) Delhi
Q.145) India and which country has started “Young Professionals Scheme”?
(1) Japan
(2) UK
(3) USA
(4) Canada
Ans. (2) UK
Q.146) Who has carved the World’s largest hockey stick on the banks of Mahanadi River?
(1) Ronnie Chibber
(2) Sudarshan Patnaik
(3) Nitish Bharti
(4) Manisha Swarnkar
Ans. (2) Sudarshan Patnaik
Q.147) Khelo India Senior Women National Kho Kho league has been organised in –
(1) Punjab
(2) Haryana
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Delhi
Ans. (1) Punjab
Q.148) Alain Claude Bilie By Nze has been appointed as the Prime Minister of –
(1) Guinea
(2) Gabon
(3) Congo
(4) Cameroon
Ans. (2) Gabon
Q.149) An autobiography of K.K. Abdul Gaffar ‘Njaan Sakshi’ was released by –
(1) Yuvraj Singh
(2) Kapil Dev
(3) Virat Kohli
(4) MS Dhoni
Ans. (4) MS Dhoni
Q.150) Which song has won the Best Original Song award at the Golden Globe Awards 2023?
(1) Naatu Naatu
(2) Hold My Hand
(3) Lift Me Up
(4) Ciao Papa
Ans. (1) Naatu Naatu
Q.151) Who has equaled Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most centuries at Home in ODI cricket?
(1) Rohit Sharma
(2) KL Rahul
(3) Virat Kohli
(4) Shreyas Iyer
Ans. (3) Virat Kohli
Q.152) Uttar Pradesh will built a museum in the memory of Chandrashekhar Azad in which district?
(1) Amethi
(2) Unnao
(3) Mahoba
(4) Hamirpur
Ans. (2) Unnao
Q.153) “National Human Trafficking Awareness Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 10th January
(2) 11th January
(3) 12th January
(4) 13th January
Ans. (2) 11th January
Q.154) “National Youth Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 11th January
(2) 12th January
(3) 13th January
(4) 14th January
Ans. 2) 12th January
Q.155) ‘Veer Guardian-2023’ is the 1st bilateral air exercise between India and –
(1) Japan
(2) Indonesia
(3) Thailand
(4) South Korea
Ans. (1) Japan
Q.156) 26th National Youth Festival has been organised in –
(1) Karnataka
(2) Telangana
(3) Maharashtra
(4) Odisha
Ans. (1) Karnataka
Q.157) PM Narendra Modi has virtually inaugurated the two-day Global Investors Summit in –
(1) Indore
(2) Jaipur
(3) Lucknow
(4) Chennai
Ans. (1) Indore
Q.158) Who has become the 1st National Sports Federation to enter Metaverse?
(1) Indian Polo
(2) Rugby India
(3) Hockey India
(4) BCCI
Ans. (3) Hockey India
Q.159) Who has released his memoir titled “Spare“?
(1) Kate Middleton
(2) Albert Duke
(3) Prince Louis
(4) Prince Harry
Ans. 4) Prince Harry
Q.160) ReNew Power has installed India’s first 3x platform wind turbine generators (WTGs) in –
(1) Maharashtra
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Kerala
(4) Karnataka
Ans. (4) Karnataka
Q.161) Which bank got the approval from RBI to hold special rupee Vostro accounts of three banks from Sri Lanka?
(1) State Bank of India
(2) Canara Bank
(3) Punjab National Bank
(4) Indian Bank
Ans. (4) Indian Bank
Q.162) DRDO has successfully test launch the “Prithvi II” missile on the coast of –
(1) Odisha
(2) Gujarat
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Karnataka
Ans. (1) Odisha
Q.163) Constantine II passed away at 82. He was former and last King of –
(1) France
(2) Siberia
(3) Greece
(4) Spain
Ans. (3) Greece
Q.164) Which is the fastest payment app of India which has been launched recently?
(1) RuPay
(2) PayRup
(3) PesaPay
(4) GPay
Ans. (2) PayRup
Q.165) ‘Kumarakom and Beypore’, which were selected under the Swadesh Darshan 2.0 Scheme, are located in which state?
(1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Kerala
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Haryana
Ans. (2) Kerala
Q.166) Which Indian language is all set to be taught in public schools of Australia?
(1) Bengali
(2) Kannada
(3) Marathi
(4) Panjabi
Ans. (4) Panjabi
Q.167) Union Ministry has observed the “Road Safety Week” from –
(1) 10th to 16th January
(2) 11th to 17th January
(3) 12th to 18th January
(4) 13th to 19th January
Ans. (2) 11th to 17th January
Q.168) What is the Mascot of the “Khelo India Youth Games 2022“?
(1) Savaj
(2) Dhakad
(3) Vijay
(4) Asha
Ans. (4) Asha
Q.169) World’s longest river cruise “Ganga Vilas” has been flagged off in –
(1) Varanasi
(2) Lucknow
(3) Prayagraj
(4) Dhaka
Ans. (1) Varanasi
Q.180) Which state government has launched the “Saharsh” special education program?
(1) Manipur
(2) Tripura
(3) Nagaland
(4) Sikkim
Ans. 2) Tripura
Q.181) Central Government has named the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) with an outlay of –
(1) ₹1 crore
(2) ₹2 crore
(3) ₹3 crore
(4) ₹4 crore
Ans. (2) ₹2 crore
Q.182) India has established a Hindi Chair at the Sabaragamuwa University of –
(1) Bangladesh
(2) Sri Lanka
(3) Nepal
(4) Vietnam
Ans. (2) Sri Lanka
Q.183) India’s first 5G-enabled drone has been developed by –
(1) Skylark Drones
(2) Teja Aerospace and Dynamics
(3) IG Drones
(4) Garuda Aerospace
Ans. (3) IG Drones
Q.184) “Saarang 2023“, India’s largest student-run festival has been organised at –
(1) IIT Bombay
(2) IIT Madras
(3) IIT kharagpur
(4) IIT Kanpur
Ans. (2) IIT Madras
Q.185) Which state has created the Guinness Book of World Records by taking 4,500 penalty kicks in 12 hours?
(1) Gujarat
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Telangana
(4) Kerala
Ans. (4) Kerala
Q.186) Which state’s “Year of Enterprises” project gets recognition for ‘best practice model’ to promote MSMEs?
(1) Odisha
(2) Gujarat
(3) Kerala
(4) Rajasthan
Ans. (3) Kerala
Q.187) Who has become the India’s 1st woman pilot fly Sukhoi fighter aircraft?
(1) Ankita Singh
(2) Avni Chaturvedi
(3) Vartika Mishra
(4) Mansi Gulati
Ans. (2) Avni Chaturvedi
Q.188) A Santhi Kumari has been appointed as the 1st Woman Chief Secretary of –
(1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Karnataka
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Telangana
Ans. (4) Telangana
Q.189) A new book titled “Jadunama” written on about the life of –
(1) Salim Khan
(2) Javed Akhtar
(3) Anurag Kashyap
(4) Gulzar
Ans. (2) Javed Akhtar
Q.190) Which Indian city has topped the Start-up funding in 2022?
(1) Bengaluru
(2) Chennai
(3) Hyderabad
(4) Visakhapatnam
Ans. (1) Bengaluru
Q.190) Which country has become the 20th member of the Eurozone?
(1) Poland
(2) Estonia
(3) Cyprus
(4) Croatia
Ans. (4) Croatia
Q.191) Who has inaugurated the 100-metre, “Siyom Bridge” in Arunachal Pradesh?
(1) Amit Shah
(2) Nitin Gadkari
(3) Narendra Modi
(4) Rajnath Singh
Ans. (4) Rajnath Singh
Q.192) Who is the first female officer to be appointed in the Siachen Battlefield?
(1) Puja Singh
(2) Arti Shah
(3) Shivani Singh
(4) Shiva Chouhan
Ans. (4) Shiva Chouhan
Q.193) Chief Minister’s Residential Land Rights Scheme has been inaugurated in –
(1) Jharkhand
(2) Telangana
(3) Chhattisgarh
(4) Madhya Pradesh
Ans. (4) Madhya Pradesh
Q.194) Which state government has acquired “Matiyabagh Hawa Mahal” to preserve it as a heritage site?
(1) Assam
(2) Odisha
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Uttar Pradesh
Ans. (1) Assam
Q.195) Who has become the fastest bowler in India?
(1) Jaspreet Bumrah
(2) Umran Malik
(3) Mohammed Shami
(4) Navdeep Saini
Ans. (2) Umran Malik
Q.196) 2nd Phase of Sari Festival “VIRAASAT” Begins in which city?
(1) Chennai
(2) New Delhi
(3) Mumbai
(4) Ahmedabad
Ans. (2) New Delhi
Q.197) President Droupadi Murmu has inaugurated “Samvidhan Udyan” in –
(1) Jodhpur
(2) Udaipur
(3) Jaipur
(4) Jaisalmer
Ans. (3) Jaipur
Q.198) President Droupadi Murmu has inaugurated the 18th National Jamboree in –
(1) Rajasthan
(2) Gujarat
(3) Haryana
(4) Punjab
Ans. (1) Rajasthan
Q.199) Which state has become the first state to have a separate registration for Vintage vehicles?
(1) Odisha
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Uttar Pradesh
Ans. (1) Odisha
Q200) “World Habitat Awards 2023” has been won by –
(1) Uttarakhand
(2) Odisha
(3) West Bengal
(4) Telangana
Ans. (2) Odisha
Q201) Which state government will provide free 5 Kg rice per month for one year?
(1) West Bengal
(2) Chhattisgarh
(3) Odisha
(4) Jharkhand
Ans. (3) Odisha
Q202) Nalin Negi has been appointed as the interim CEO of –
(1) PhonePe
(2) Paytm
(3) Razorpay
(4) BharatPe
Ans. (4) BharatPe
Q203) A new book titled ‘Ambedkar: A Life’, was authored by –
(1) Akash Kansal
(2) Vikas Kumar Jha
(3) Shashi Tharoor
(4) Abhay Kumar
Ans. (3) Shashi Tharoor
Q204) Union Government approves how many crores in National Green Hydrogen Mission with initial outlay?
(1) ₹15,120 crore
(2) ₹16,547 crore
(3) ₹19,744 crore
(4) ₹24,698 crore
Ans. 3) ₹19,744 crore
Q205) Union Government has approved 382 MW Sunni Dam Hydro Electric Project in –
(1) J&K
(2) Himachal Pradesh
(3) Ladakh
(4) Uttarakhand
Ans. (2) Himachal Pradesh
Q206) With which Organisation has India signed a $1.2 billion loan for infrastructure projects?
(1) World Bank
(2) ADB
(3) EBRD
(4) NDB
Ans. (2) ADB
Q207) A new book titled “Human Anatomy” was written by –
(1) Dr. Uttam Pramanik
(2) Dr. Shagufta Kulsum
(3) Dr. Prabir Besai
(4) Dr Ashvini Kumar Dwivedi
Ans. (4) Dr Ashvini Kumar Dwivedi
Q208) “World Day of War Orphans” is marked every year on –
(1) 3rd January
(2) 4th January
(3) 5th January
(4) 6th January
Ans. (4) 6th January
Q209) World’s First Palm-Leaf Manuscript Museum has been inaugurated in –
(1) Telangana
(2) Odisha
(3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Kerala
Ans. (4) Kerala
Q210) 700-ft-long ‘Wall of Peace Mural’ has been inaugurated in –
(1) Karnataka
(2) Goa
(3) Kerala
(4) Maharashtra
Ans. (3) Kerala
Q211) Who has been selected for the ‘Assam Baibhav’ award?
(1) Dr. Tapan Saikia
(2) Shashidhar Phukan
(3) Nayanmoni Saikia
(4) Dr. Binoi Kumar
Ans. (1) Dr. Tapan Saikia
Q212) 1st All India Annual State Ministers Conference has been organised in –
(1) Cuttack
(2) Bhopal
(3) Guwahati
(4) Chandigarh
Ans. (2) Bhopal
Q213) 2nd National Conference of Chief Secretaries has been organised in –
(1) Dharamshala
(2) Mumbai
(3) Kolkata
(4) Delhi
Ans. (4) Delhi
Q214) Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the “Bailey Suspension Bridge” in –
(1) Jammu & Kashmir
(2) Arunachal Pradesh
(3) Assam
(4) Karnataka
Ans. (1) Jammu & Kashmir
Q215) Mohamed Irfaan Ali, a recipient of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, is the President of –
(1) Guyana
(2) UAE
(3) Israel
(4) Ukraine
Ans. (1) Guyana
Q216) Who has been selected for the “Odakuzhal Award 2022”?
(1) Kamala Surayya
(2) Ambikasuthan Mangad
(3) Vasudevan Nair
(4) Muttathu Varkey
Ans. (2) Ambikasuthan Mangad
Q217) Mopa International Airport in Goa has been named after whom?
(1) Manohar Parrikar
(2) Narendra Modi
(3) Laxmikant Parsekar
(4) Dayanand Bandodkar
Ans. (1) Manohar Parrikar
Q218) Which country inaugurated the Pokhara Regional International Airport (PRIA), with the support of China?
(1) Sri Lanka
(2) Bhutan
(3) Nepal
(4) Bangladesh
Ans. (3) Nepal
Q219) Who become the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the first over of a Ranji Trophy match?
(1) Ishaan Gadekar
(2) Shubham Desai
(3) Vaibhav Govekar
(4) Jaydev Unadkat
Ans. (4) Jaydev Unadkat
Q220) Who has become the first country to name a national stadium in honor of former footballer Pele?
(1) Comoros
(2) Cape Verde
(3) Namibia
(4) Zimbabwe
Ans. (2) Cape Verde
Q221) Which player has been named the “IFFHS Men’s World’s Best Player of 2022“?
(1) Lionel Messi
(2) Kylian Mbappe
(3) Karim Benzema
(4) Luka Modric
Ans. (1) Lionel Messi
Q222) Which state government has announced to start the Kalasa Banduri Nala project?
(1) Karnataka
(2) Goa
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Maharashtra
Ans. (1) Karnataka
Q223) Who become the 1st Woman Cricketer to get a Bronze Statue?
(1) Belinda Clark
(2) Sarah Taylor
(3) Meghann Lanning
(4) Mithali Raj
Ans. (1) Belinda Clark
Q224) India’s 1st ABB FIA Formula E World Championship Race will be host by –
(1) Bengaluru
(2) Chennai
(3) Hyderabad
(4) Coimbatore
Ans. (3) Hyderabad
Q225) Which country has taken over the leadership of the Asian Pacific Postal Union (APPU)?
(1) Bangladesh
(2) Nepal
(3) Sri Lanka
(4) India
Ans. (4) India
Q226) Which one of the following coasts of India is most affected by violent tropical cyclones?
(1) Malabar
(2) Andhra
(3) Konkan
(4) Gujarat
Ans. (2) Andhra
Q227) An organism which can monitor Air pollution is –
(1) Bacteria
(2) Lichen
(3) Algae
(4) Fungi
Ans. (2) Lichen
Q228) In the human body, which of the following organs is responsible for water balance?
(1) Heart
(2) Liver
(3) Kidneys
(4) Lungs
Ans. (3) Kidneys
Q229) Who among the following is known as the ‘Napoleon of India’?
(1) Chandragupta
(2) Samudragupta
(3) Harshavardhana
(4) Ashoka
Ans. (2) Samudragupta
Q230) Who was the founder of ‘Ghadar Party’?
(1) Sachindranath Sanyal
(2) Chandrashekhar Azad
(3) Lala Har Dayal
(4) Batukeshwar Dutt
Ans. (3) Lala Har Dayal
