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) 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.2) India’s largest hockey stadium has been inaugurated in –
(1) Bhubaneswar
(2) Cuttack
(3) Rourkela
(4) Balasore
Ans. 3) Rourkela
Q.3) 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.4) 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.5) 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.6) India has deployed its “largest single contingent” of women peacekeepers in –
(1) Sudan
(2) Egypt
(3) Libya
(4) Eritrea
Ans. (1) Sudan
Q.7) “Purple Fest“, India’s first festival of inclusion, has been inaugurated in –
(1) Kerala
(2) Goa
(3) Karnataka
(4) Maharashtra
Ans. (2) Goa
Q.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.9) First meeting of “G-20” will be held in –
(1) New Delhi
(2) Puducherry
(3) Guwahati
(4) Kolkata
Ans. (2) Puducherry
Q.10) 3-day ‘North East Krishi Kumbha-2023’ has been inaugurated in –
(1) Tripura
(2) Nagaland
(3) Mizoram
(4) Meghalaya
Ans. (4) Meghalaya
Q.11) 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.12) 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.13) Amit Shah has inaugurated the 120 feet high ‘Polo Statue’ in –
(1) Manipur
(2) Meghalaya
(3) Mizoram
(4) Nagaland
Ans. (1) Manipur
Q.14) India have how many Indigenous Livestock Breeds as of January 2023?
(1) 184
(2) 194
(3) 202
(4) 212
Ans. (4) 212
Q.15) 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.16) 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.17) 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.18) 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.19) 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.20) 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.21) 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.22) “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.23) 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.24) “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.25) Which Indian state has become the first fully Digital Banking state?
(1) Kerala
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Gujarat
(4) Karnataka
Ans. (1) Kerala
Q.26) 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.27) 1st ‘Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion’ meeting of the G20, begin in –
(1) Chennai
(2) Kolkata
(3) Bangalore
(4) Bhopal
Ans. (2) Kolkata
Q.28) 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.29) 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.30) 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.31) 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.32) The “International Kite Festival 2023” began on –
(1) Punjab
(2) Gujarat
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Haryana
Ans. (2) Gujarat
Q.33) 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.34) 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.35) 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.36) 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.37) “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.38) A 100-day “Global City Campaign” has been launched in –
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Himachal Pradesh
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Tamil Nadu
Ans. (3) Uttar Pradesh
Q.39) 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.40) PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention at –
(1) Bhopal
(2) Gwalior
(3) Jabalpur
(4) Indore
Ans. (4) Indore
Q.41) 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.42) 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.43) 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.44) 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.45) Hugo Lloris announced his retirement from international football. He belongs to –
(1) Belgium
(2) Brazil
(3) Argentina
(4) France
Ans. (4) France
Q.46) 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.47) 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.48) 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.49) 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.50) 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.51) ‘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.52) Which year is the fifth warmest year of India since 1901?
(1) 2021
(2) 2022
(3) 2020
(4) 2019
Ans. (2) 2022
Q.53) What is India’s rank at the “Henley Passport Index 2023”?
(1) 81st
(2) 83rd
(3) 85th
(4) 87th
Ans. (3) 85th
Q.54) Which is India’s most polluted city, according to the CPCB report?
(1) Gurugram
(2) Ghaziabad
(3) Delhi
(4) Patna
Ans. (3) Delhi
Q.55) India and which country has started “Young Professionals Scheme”?
(1) Japan
(2) UK
(3) USA
(4) Canada
Ans. (2) UK
Q.56) 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.57) Khelo India Senior Women National Kho Kho league has been organised in –
(1) Punjab
(2) Haryana
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Delhi
Ans. (1) Punjab
Q.58) 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.59) 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.60) 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.61) 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.62) 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.63) “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.64) “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.65) ‘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.66) 26th National Youth Festival has been organised in –
(1) Karnataka
(2) Telangana
(3) Maharashtra
(4) Odisha
Ans. (1) Karnataka
Q.67) 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.68) 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.69) Who has released his memoir titled “Spare“?
(1) Kate Middleton
(2) Albert Duke
(3) Prince Louis
(4) Prince Harry
Ans. 4) Prince Harry
Q.70) 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.71) 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.72) 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.73) 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.74) 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.75) ‘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.76) 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.77) 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.78) What is the Mascot of the “Khelo India Youth Games 2022“?
(1) Savaj
(2) Dhakad
(3) Vijay
(4) Asha
Ans. (4) Asha
Q.79) World’s longest river cruise “Ganga Vilas” has been flagged off in –
(1) Varanasi
(2) Lucknow
(3) Prayagraj
(4) Dhaka
Ans. (1) Varanasi
Q.80) Which state government has launched the “Saharsh” special education program?
(1) Manipur
(2) Tripura
(3) Nagaland
(4) Sikkim
Ans. 2) Tripura
Q.81) 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.82) 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.83) 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.84) “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.85) 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.86) 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.87) 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.88) 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.89) 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.90) Which Indian city has topped the Start-up funding in 2022?
(1) Bengaluru
(2) Chennai
(3) Hyderabad
(4) Visakhapatnam
Ans. (1) Bengaluru
Q.90) Which country has become the 20th member of the Eurozone?
(1) Poland
(2) Estonia
(3) Cyprus
(4) Croatia
Ans. (4) Croatia
Q.91) 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.92) 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.93) 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.94) 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.95) 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.96) 2nd Phase of Sari Festival “VIRAASAT” Begins in which city?
(1) Chennai
(2) New Delhi
(3) Mumbai
(4) Ahmedabad
Ans. (2) New Delhi
Q.97) President Droupadi Murmu has inaugurated “Samvidhan Udyan” in –
(1) Jodhpur
(2) Udaipur
(3) Jaipur
(4) Jaisalmer
Ans. (3) Jaipur
Q.98) President Droupadi Murmu has inaugurated the 18th National Jamboree in –
(1) Rajasthan
(2) Gujarat
(3) Haryana
(4) Punjab
Ans. (1) Rajasthan
Q.99) 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
Q100) “World Habitat Awards 2023” has been won by –
(1) Uttarakhand
(2) Odisha
(3) West Bengal
(4) Telangana
Ans. (2) Odisha
Q101) 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
Q102) Nalin Negi has been appointed as the interim CEO of –
(1) PhonePe
(2) Paytm
(3) Razorpay
(4) BharatPe
Ans. (4) BharatPe
Q103) 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
Q104) 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
Q105) 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
Q106) 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
Q107) 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
Q108) “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
Q109) World’s First Palm-Leaf Manuscript Museum has been inaugurated in –
(1) Telangana
(2) Odisha
(3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Kerala
Ans. (4) Kerala
Q110) 700-ft-long ‘Wall of Peace Mural’ has been inaugurated in –
(1) Karnataka
(2) Goa
(3) Kerala
(4) Maharashtra
Ans. (3) Kerala
Q111) 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
Q112) 1st All India Annual State Ministers Conference has been organised in –
(1) Cuttack
(2) Bhopal
(3) Guwahati
(4) Chandigarh
Ans. (2) Bhopal
Q113) 2nd National Conference of Chief Secretaries has been organised in –
(1) Dharamshala
(2) Mumbai
(3) Kolkata
(4) Delhi
Ans. (4) Delhi
Q114) 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
Q115) 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
Q116) 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
Q117) 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
Q118) 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
Q119) 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
Q120) 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
Q121) 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
Q122) Which state government has announced to start the Kalasa Banduri Nala project?
(1) Karnataka
(2) Goa
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Maharashtra
Ans. (1) Karnataka
Q123) 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
Q124) 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
Q125) 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
Q126) 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
Q127) An organism which can monitor Air pollution is –
(1) Bacteria
(2) Lichen
(3) Algae
(4) Fungi
Ans. (2) Lichen
Q128) 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
Q129) Who among the following is known as the ‘Napoleon of India’?
(1) Chandragupta
(2) Samudragupta
(3) Harshavardhana
(4) Ashoka
Ans. (2) Samudragupta
Q130) 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
Q131) Socialism is essentially a movement of –
(1) Intellectuals
(2) The poor people
(3) The middle classes
(4) The workers
Ans. (1) intellectuals
Q132) A group of interacting living organisms sharing a populated environment is:
(1) Biosphere
(2) Ecosystem
(3) Community
(4) Biome
Ans. 3) Community
Q133) Which of the following metals has least melting point?
(1) Gold
(2) Silver
(3) Mercury
(4) Copper
Ans. 3) Mercury
Q134) Density of population shows:
(1) Land capital ratio
(2) Land product ratio
(3) Land labour ratio
(4) Man land ratio
Ans. (4) Man land ratio
Q135) Who gave the title of ‘Sardar’ to Vallabhbhai Patel?
(1) Rajaji
(2) Gandhiji
(3) Nehru
(4) M.A. Jinnah
Ans. (3) Nehru
Q136) Name the Political Guru’ of Mahatma Gandhi.
(1) Gopalakrishna Gokhale
(2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(3) Aurobindo Ghosh
(4) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans. (1) Gopalakrishna Gokhale
Q137) The Indian National Congress had its first meeting in the city of –
(1) Calcutta
(2) Bombay
(3) Ahmedabad
(4) Allahabad
Ans. (2) Bombay
Q138) Begum Hazrat Mahal led the 1857 revolt from:
(1) Lucknow
(2) Kanpur
(3) Benares
(4) Allahabad
Ans. (1) Lucknow
Q139) Champaran Satyagraha was related to –
(1) Indigo
(2) Mill-owners
(3) Plague
(4) Fresh assessment of land
Ans. (1) Indigo
Q140) The Jawaharlal Nehru Port is located at:
(1) Paradip
(2) Cochin
(3) Mumbai
(4) Kolkata
Ans. (3) Mumbai
Q141) The theory of “Maximum Social Advantage” in Public Finance was given by –
(1) Robbins
(2) Musgrave
(3) Findley
(4) Dalton
Ans. (4) Dalton
Q142) In Modern Periodic Table, while moving left to right across a period, the metallic character –
(1) Increases
(2) Decreases
(3) Remain same
(4) First increases then decreases
Ans.(2) decreases
Q143) Name the Greek Ambassador at the Mauryan Court.
(1) Alexander
(2) Megasthanese
(3) Plato
(4) Aristotle
Ans. (2) Megasthanese
Q144) According to which article-State Legislative Council can be created or abolished?
(1) Article 167
(2) Article 168
(3) Article 169
(4) Article 170
Ans. (1) Article 167
Q145) “Winter Solstice Day 2022” was observed on –
(1) 20th December
(2) 21st December
(3) 22nd December
(4) 23rd December
Ans. (3) 22nd December
Q146) “National Consumer Rights Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 24th December
(2) 25th December
(3) 26th December
(4) 27th December
Ans. (1) 24th December
Q147) According to World Bank, what was the approximate land utilization percentage of India for agriculture purposes?
(1) 50%
(2) 60%
(3) 70%
(4) 45%
Ans. (2) 60%
Q148) In programming, Repeating Some Statements is usually called:
(1) Compiling
(2) Structure
(3) Looping
(4) Control structure
Ans. 3) Looping
Q149) A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses is called:
(1) Strait
(2) Peninsula
(3) Cape
(4) Isthmus
Ans. (4) Isthmus
Q150) The market price is related to –
(1) Very short period
(2) Short period
(3) Long period
(4) Very long period
Ans. (1) very short period
Q151) “Gandhi in Champaran” is written by:
(1) Arundhati Roy
(2) Fatima Bhutto
(3) Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar
(4) Harper Lee
Ans. (3) Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar
Q152) Dot Matrix is a type of:
(1) Tape
(2) Disk
(3) Printer
(4) Bus
Ans. (3) Printer
Q153) In the modern periodic table metals, metalloids and non-metals are found in Which block?
(1) s-Block
(2) p-block
(3) d-block
(4) f-block
Ans. (2) p-block
Q154) The colour of the carrots is due to the presence of –
(1) Carotene
(2) Chlorophyll
(3) Phycocyanin
(4) Phycoerythirn
Ans. (1) Carotene
Q155) India shares longest international boundary with which country?
(1) Pakistan
(2) Bangladesh
(3) Nepal
(4) China
Ans. (2) Bangladesh
Q156) Which is India’s first “Global Telecom City” in the following?
(1) Hyderabad
(2) Noida
(3) Kolkata
(4) Bengaluru
Ans. (4) Bengaluru
Q157) According to World Bank, what was the approximate land utilization percentage of India for agriculture purposes?
(1) 50%
(2) 60%
(3) 70%
(4) 45%
Ans. (2) 60%
Q158) In programming, Repeating Some Statements is usually called:
(1) Compiling
(2) Structure
(3) Looping
(4) Control structure
Ans. 3) Looping
Q159) A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses is called:
(1) Strait
(2) Peninsula
(3) Cape
(4) Isthmus
Ans. (4) Isthmus
Q160) The market price is related to –
(1) Very short period
(2) Short period
(3) Long period
(4) Very long period
Ans. (1) very short period
Q161) “Gandhi in Champaran” is written by:
(1) Arundhati Roy
(2) Fatima Bhutto
(3) Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar
(4) Harper Lee
Ans. (3) Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar
Q162) Dot Matrix is a type of:
(1) Tape
(2) Disk
(3) Printer
(4) Bus
Ans. (3) Printer
Q163) In the modern periodic table metals, metalloids and non-metals are found in Which block?
(1) s-Block
(2) p-block
(3) d-block
(4) f-block
Ans. (2) p-block
Q164) The colour of the carrots is due to the presence of –
(1) Carotene
(2) Chlorophyll
(3) Phycocyanin
(4) Phycoerythirn
Ans. (1) Carotene
Q165) Who is the author of the book “No Full Stops in India“?
(1) RK. Narayan
(2) Ved Mehta
(3) Nirad C. Choudhuri
(4) Mark Tully
Ans. (2) Ved Mehta
Q166) The National Emblem of Italy is:
(1) Eagle
(2) White Eagle
(3) White Lily
(4) Lily
Ans. (3) White Lily
Q167) What is the minimum age to qualify for Lok Sabha Elections?
(1) 25 years
(2) 30 years
(3) 21 years
(4) 18 years
Ans. (1) 25 years
Q168) First Indian to score a triple century in Test Cricket:
(1) Sachin Tendulkar
(2) Virendra Sehwag
(3) Sourav Ganguly
(4) MS Dhoni
Ans. (2) Virendra Sehwag
Q169) Where is the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee located?
(1) Italy
(2) Switzerland
(3) Belgium
(4) France
Ans. (2) Switzerland
Q170) Dry bleach is done by –
(1) Ozone
(2) Hydrogen peroxide
(3) Sulphur dioxide
(4) Chlorine
Ans. (1) Ozone
Q171) Cryolite is:
(1) Al (OH)3
(2) KAl Si3O8
(3) Na3 AlF6
(4) Al2O3
Ans. (3) Na3 AlF6
Q172) The snow leopard population in India is estimated to be –
(1) 400 – 1000
(2) 100 – 200
(3) 400 – 500
(4) 400 – 700
Ans. (4) 400 – 700
Q173) Which of the following was published by Gandhiji during his stay in South Africa?
(1) Young India
(2) Indian Opinion
(3) Nav Jivan
(4) None of these
Ans. (2) Indian Opinion
Q174) Who is referred to as ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
(1) Sheikh Abdullah
(2) Manilal Gandhi
(3) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(4) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Ans. (3) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Q175) Who referred to Mahatma Gandhi as “Father of the Nation” for the first time?
(1) Jawaharlal Nehru
(2) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(3) C. Rajgopalachari
(4) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans. (4) Subhash Chandra Bose
Q176) The Political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi was –
(1) Dadabhai Naoroji
(2) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(3) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans. (2) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Q177) Kanha National Park is located in –
(1) Bihar
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Tamil Nadu
Ans. (2) Madhya Pradesh
Q178) Project tiger programme was launched in:
(1) 1975
(2) 1973
(3) 1994
(4) 1971
Ans. (2) 1973
Q179) The Wild Ass is found in –
(1) Kachchh
(2) Assam
(3) Jammu and Kashmir
(4) Tamil Nadu
Ans. (1) Kachchh
Q180. Which team has been crowned as champions of 4th Tennis Premier League (TPL) 2022?
(a) Hyderabad Strikers
(b) Mumbai Leon Army
(c) Ruby Trichy Warriors
(d) iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans
(e) Siecham Madurai Panthers
Ans.(a) Hyderabad Strikers
Q181. General Mirosław Hermaszewski, who passed away recently at the age of 81, was the only astronaut of which country?
(a) France
(b) Russia
(c) UK
(d) USA
(e) Poland
Ans.(e) Poland
Q182. Which Indian film has been nominated in two categories at the Golden Globe Awards to be held in January 2023?
(a) Gangubai Kathiawadi
(b) RRR
(c) Kantara
(d) Chhello Show
(e) Sardar Udham
Ans.(b) RRR
Q183. The 6th Edition of Indo – Kazakhstan joint training exercise “KAZIND-22” is conducted at Umroi ________.
(a) Meghalaya
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
(e) Sikkim
Ans.(a) Meghalaya
Q184. Which country recently passed a law to completely end tobacco smoking by banning youth from buying cigarettes for life?
(a) Italy
(b) Canada
(c) Australia
(d) Ireland
(e) New Zealand
Ans.(e) New Zealand
Q185. Which country replaces Iraq as top oil supplier to India in November?
(a) Russia
(b) Qatar
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) Lebanon
(e) USA
Ans.(a) Russia
Q186. Which IIT has signed an MoU with Army Training Command to set up centre of excellence?
(a) IIT Madras
(b) IIT Ropar
(c) IIT Roorkee
(d) IIT Delhi
(e) IIT Bombay
Ans.(b) IIT Ropar
Q187. Which of the following banks launched its sixth annual grants program for social startups in partnership with the Government of India’s flagship initiative ‘Startup India’-Parivartan SmartUp Grants?
(a) Axis Bank
(b) ICICI Bank
(c) Federal Bank
(d) HDFC Bank
(e) YES Bank
Ans.(d) HDFC Bank
Q188. Govt allocates ______ crore to New India Literacy Programme for next 5 years.
(a) Rs 1017.90 crore
(b) Rs 1027.90 crore
(c) Rs 1037.90 crore
(d) Rs 1047.90 crore
(e) Rs 1057.90 crore
Ans.(c) Rs 1037.90 crore
Q189. India plans to commission 20 nuclear power plants by _______.
(a) 2035
(b) 2034
(c) 2033
(d) 2032
(e) 2031
Ans.(e) 2031
Q190. Who is the father of Fédération internationale de Football Association (FIFA)?
(a) Joao Havelange
(b) Issa Hayatou
(c) Sepp Blatter
(d) Jules Rimet
(e) Stanley Rous
Ans.(d) Jules Rimet
Q191. Who won the best Young Player Award in FIFA World Cup 2022?
(a) Lukas Podolski
(b) Thomas Muller
(c) Enzo Fernandez
(d) Landon Donovan
(e) Kylian Mbappe
Ans.(c) Enzo Fernandez
Q192. In the 2022 World Cup who won the Silver Boot?
(a) Lionel Messi
(b) Cristiano Ronaldo
(c) Thomas Muller
(d) Denis Cheryshev
(e) Kylian Mbappe
Ans.(a) Lionel Messi
Q193. Who invented Modern football?
(a) Pop Warner
(b) John Heisman
(c) Walter Camp
(d) George Halas
(e) Alonzo Stagg
Q194) India’s 1st underwater Metro will be started in –
(1) Kolkata
(2) Delhi
(3) Mumbai
(4) Hyderabad
Ans. 1) Kolkata
Q195) Which country is set to build “British Indian Army Memorial“?
(1) Wales
(2) Ireland
(3) Norway
(4) Scotland
Ans. (4) Scotland
Q196) Indian Army has inaugurated first-ever two-storey 3-D printed dwelling unit in –
(1) Ahmedabad
(2) Varanasi
(3) Pune
(4) Jammu
Ans. 1) Ahmedabad
Q197) PM Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben Modi passed away on December 30, at what age?
(1) 98 years
(2) 99 years
(3) 100 Years
(4) 101 years
Ans. (3) 100 Years
Q198) Who has been appointed by US Vice President Kamala Harris in the National Space Council Advisory Group?
(1) Geto Sora
(2) Harshit Raja
(3) A Setumadhvan
(4) Rajiv Badyal
Ans. 4) Rajiv Badyal
Q199) Which cricketer has been shortlisted for the ICC Man’s T20I cricketer of the year 2022?
(1) Suryakumar Yadav
(2) Hardik Pandya
(3) Arshdeep Singh
(4) Ishaan Kishan
Ans. (1) Suryakumar Yadav
Q200) India’s first Nilgiri Tahr project has been commenced in –
(1) Kerala
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Odisha
(4) Karnataka
Ans. (2) Tamil Nadu
Q201) India’s 2nd longest cable-stayed 8-lane “Zuari Bridge” opens in –
(1) Goa
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Gujarat
(4) Delhi
Ans. (1) Goa
Q202) Portugal Football team captain Cristiano Ronaldo has joined in which club?
(1) Al Nassr
(2) Chelsea
(3) Nassef Sawiris
(4) Al-Khelaifi
Ans. (1) Al Nassr
Q203) Which state’s women team has won the “Khelo India Youth Games 2022” title?
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Odisha
(3) Haryana
(4) Jharkhand
Ans. (3) Haryana
Q204) Which state’s men team has won the “Khelo India Youth Games 2022” title?
(1) Jharkhand
(2) Haryana
(3) Odisha
(4) Madhya Pradesh
Ans. 4) Madhya Pradesh
Q205) Who has won India’s first-ever silver medal in FIDE World Blitz Chess Championships?
(1) Harika Dronavalli
(2) Koneru Humpy
(3) Bhakti Kulkarni
(4) Priyanka Nutakki
Ans. (2) Koneru Humpy
Q206) Who has taken over as the Director General of Border Security Force (BSF)?
(1) Sitiveni Rabuka
(2) Shamsher Singh
(3) Pushpa Kamal Dahal
(4) Sujoy Lal Thaosen
Ans. (4) Sujoy Lal Thaosen
Q207) Who has been appointed as the MD and CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)?
(1) Hemant Gupta
(2) Sundararaman Ramamurthy
(3) Aloke Singh
(4) Suhel Ajaz Khan
Ans. (2) Sundararaman Ramamurthy
Q208) Ajay Kumar Srivastava has taken over as the MD and CEO of –
(1) Canara Bank
(2) Indian Overseas Bank
(3) Karnataka Bank
(4) Karur Vysya Bank
Ans. (2) Indian Overseas Bank
Q209) Who has been appointed as UP’s first woman Police Commissioner in Noida?
(1) Neelmani N. Raju
(2) Laxmi Singh
(3) Darpan Ahluwalia
(4) Manjari Jaruhar
Ans. (2) Laxmi Singh
Q210) Indian Oil has announced TB eradication project in –
(1) Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh
(2) Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
(3) Rajasthan and Gujarat
(4) Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
Ans. (2) Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
Q211) Who has taken over the charge as the CEO of FSSAI?
(1) Rajwinder Singh Bhatti
(2) AK Singh
(3) G Kamala Vardhana Rao
(4) Sanjib Banerjee
Ans. (3) G Kamala Vardhana Rao
Q212) Which state government has introduced a lesson in schools on India’s First Muslim Woman Teacher Fatima Sheikh?
(1) Odisha
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Telangana
(4) Karnataka
Ans. (2) Andhra Pradesh
Q213) Four districts has been merged in which state?
(1) West Bengal
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Assam
Ans. (4) Assam
Q214) Which country has assumed the Chairmanship of the Wassenaar Arrangement?
(1) India
(2) Nepal
(3) Bangladesh
(4) Srilanka
Ans. (1) India
Q215) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took oath as the President of –
(1) Brazil
(2) Bolivia
(3) Argentina
(4) Chile
Ans. (1) Brazil
Q216) Who became the only person in history to loss $200 billion?
(1) Gautam Adanai
(2) Bill Gates
(3) Warren Buffet
(4) Elon Musk
Ans. (4) Elon Musk
Q217) “Global Family Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 1st January
(2) 2nd January
(3) 3rd January
(4) 4th January
Ans. (1) 1st January
Q218) Who has become the 78th Grandmaster of India?
(1) Sandipan Chanda
(2) Surya Sekhar
(3) Humpy Ganguly
(4) Koustav Chatterjee
Ans. (4) Koustav Chatterjee
Q219) Who has been appointed as the State Icon for Bihar?
(1) Shatrughan Sinha
(2) Manoj Vajpayee
(3) Maithili Thakur
(4) Pawan Singh
Ans. (3) Maithili Thakur
Q220) Which state government has launched the “CM’s Sukhashray Sahayata Kosh“?
(1) Assam
(2) Himachal Pradesh
(3) Uttarakhand
(4) Haryana
Ans. (2) Himachal Pradesh
Q221) Dr Manjula Subramaniam passed away at 74. She was first woman chief secretary of –
(1) Gujarat
(2) Rajasthan
(3) Maharashtra
(4) Karnataka
Ans. (1) Gujarat
Q222) Which year has been selected for the International Year of the millets?
(1) 2022
(2) 2023
(3) 2024
(4) 2025
Ans. (2) 2023
Q223) Who has taken over the command of the Western Air Command of the Indian Air Force?
(1) Pankaj Mohan Sinha
(2) Sandeep Singh
(3) Vibhas Pande
(4) Suraj Kumar Jha
Ans. (1) Pankaj Mohan Sinha
Q224) Which country took over the Presidency of the European Union Council?
(1) Finland
(2) Germany
(3) Italy
(4) Sweden
Ans. (4) Sweden
Q225) PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 108th Indian Science Congress on –
(1) Nagpur
(2) Ahmedabad
(3) Patna
(4) Lucknow
Ans. 1) Nagpur
Q226) Election Commission of India (ECI) has started ‘Mission 929’ in –
(1) Nagaland
(2) West Bengal
(3) Sikkim
(4) Tripura
Ans. (4) Tripura
Q227) Who has reintroduced the “Yo-Yo” test for the selection of the Indian national team?
(1) Indian Polo
(2) BCCI
(3) Hockey India
(4) Sports Authority of India
Ans. (2) BCCI
Q228) “World Braille Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 1st January
(2) 2nd January
(3) 3rd January
(4) 4th January
Ans. (4) 4th January
Q229) Which state government has abolished the “Revenue policing system“?
(1) Haryana
(2) Uttarakhand
(3) Gujarat
(4) Rajasthan
Ans. 2) Uttarakhand
Q230) NTPC has started India’s first green hydrogen blending operation in –
(1) Gujarat
(2) Punjab
(3) Uttarakhand
(4) Uttar Pradesh
Ans. (1) Gujarat
