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) India’s 1st new mobility focussed cluster has been unveiled by –
(1) Telangana
(2) Karnataka
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Kerala
Ans. (1) Telangana
Q.2) 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.3) 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.4) 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.5) 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.6) 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.7) 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.8) 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.9) First G20 Tourism Working Group meeting has been organised in –
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Gujarat
(3) Uttarakhand
(4) Haryana
Ans. (2) Gujarat
Q.10) 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.11) 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.12) 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.13) 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.14) India ranks as World’s largest milk producer with how much contribution?
(1) 22%
(2) 24%
(3) 26%
(4) 28%
Ans. (2) 24%
Q.15) 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.16) PM Narendra Modi has launched the “E20 fuel” in –
(1) Chennai
(2) Bengaluru
(3) Hyderabad
(4) Mumbai
Ans. (2) Bengaluru
Q.17) 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.18) 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
Q.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
Q.20) Who becomes first Indian fintech to allow UPI payments abroad?
(1) Paytm
(2) Razorpay
(3) PhonePe
(4) Instamojo
Ans. (3) PhonePe
Q.21) Which company has been conferred with the “ATD Best Awards 2023“?
(1) Power Grid
(2) POSOCO
(3) NHPC
(4) NTPC
Ans. (4) NTPC
Q.22) Nearly 600 sea lions die due to Bird flu outbreak in –
(1) Peru
(2) Chile
(3) Ecuador
(4) Argentina
Ans. (1) Peru
Q.23) 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.24) 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.25) 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.26) 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.27) 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.28) The first G20 Sustainable Financial Working Group meeting was inaugurated in –
(1) Kolkata
(2) Guwahati
(3) Patna
(4) Indore
Ans. (2) Guwahati
Q.29) 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.30) What is India’s rank in the World Happiness Index 2023?
(1) 167th
(2) 165th
(3) 136th
(4) 121st
Ans. (3) 136th
Q.31) 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.32) Which country has topped as most inclusive nation for religious minorities?
(1) Japan
(2) USA
(3) South Korea
(4) India
Ans. (4) India
Q.33) 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.34) 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.35) 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.36) 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.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.38) 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.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
Q.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.41) 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.42) “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.43) India’s First Glass Igloo Restaurant has been opened in –
(1) Gulmarg
(2) Sonamarg
(3) Pahalgam
(4) Srinagar
Ans. (1) Gulmarg
Q.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
Q.45) Which organization has launched its smallest rocket “SSLV-D2” into space?
(1) SpaceX
(2) CNSA
(3) NASA
(4) IRSO
Ans. (4) IRSO
Q.46) 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.47) 3rd Khelo India Winter Games has been organized in –
(1) Gulmarg
(2) Jammu
(3) Srinagar
(4) Anantnag
Ans. (1) Gulmarg
Q.48) 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.49) 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.50) 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.51) What is the rank of India’s accreditation system at the Global Quality Infrastructure Index (GQII) 2021?
(1) 2nd
(2) 4th
(3) 5th
(4) 7th
Ans. (3) 5th
Q.52) Who has been selected as the Chief Astronaut of NASA?
(1) Joe Acaba
(2) Scott Kelly
(3) Buzz Aldrin
(4) Frank Borman
Ans. (1) Joe Acaba
Q.53) Who has received the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Unesco Peace Prize?
(1) Diane Kruger
(2) Angela Merkel
(3) Heidi Klum
(4) Dieter Bohlen
Ans. (2) Angela Merkel
Q.54) ‘Eagle 44’ is the first underground air force of which country?
(1) Israel
(2) Japan
(3) China
(4) Iran
Ans. (4) Iran
Q.55) CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has laid the foundation stone of ‘Himachal Niketan’ in –
(1) New Delhi
(2) Shimla
(3) Dharamshala
(4) Bilaspur
Ans. (1) New Delhi
Q.56) Which state government has launched the 2nd phase of ‘Pudhumai Pen Yojana’?
(1) Kerala
(2) Karnataka
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Tamil Nadu
Ans.(4) Tamil Nadu
Q.57) World First Satellite based two way messaging system has been launched by –
(1) Micron
(2) Samsung
(3) Intel
(4) Qualcomm
Ans. (4) Qualcomm
Q.58) “World Unani Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 8th February
(2) 9th February
(3) 10th February
(4) 11th February
Ans. (4) 11th February
Q.59) PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, Arabic Academy in –
(1) New Delhi
(2) Mumbai
(3) Hyderabad
(4) Kochi
Ans. (2) Mumbai
Q.60) India’s 1st ever Formula E-race has been organised in –
(1) Kochi
(2) Mumbai
(3) Chennai
(4) Hyderabad
Ans. (4) Hyderabad
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
Q.111) 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.112) ‘World’s oldest dated Runestone’ has been discovered in –
(1) China
(2) Philippines
(3) Egypt
(4) Norway
Ans. (4) Norway
Q.113) Which state government has launched the ‘School of Eminence’ project?
(1) Rajasthan
(2) Haryana
(3) Punjab
(4) Uttarakhand
Ans. (3) Punjab
Q.114) Which state/UT police has launched the “Cyber Congress initiative“?
(1) Karnataka
(2) Chhattisgarh
(3) Telangana
(4) Odisha
Ans. (3) Telangana
Q.115) 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.116) 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.117) 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.118) Which country has launched “Welcome Corps” scheme to offer sanctuaries to refugees?
(1) US
(2) Canada
(3) India
(4) Egypt
Ans. (1) US
Q.119) 8th India International Science Festival has been organized in –
(1) Bhopal
(2) Pune
(3) Kolkata
(4) Mumbai
Ans. 1) Bhopal
Q.120) 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.121) The first completely functional sand made battery has been installed in –
(1) Sweden
(2) Finland
(3) Denmark
(4) Belgium
Ans. 2) Finland
Q.122) ‘Parakram Diwas’ is observed every year on –
(1) 22nd January
(2) 23rd January
(3) 24th January
(4) 26th January
Ans. (2) 23rd January
Q.123) 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.124) 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.125) Which armed force has started an “OPS ALERT” exercise?
(1) Indian Army
(2) CRPF
(3) Assam Rifles
(4) BSF
Ans. (4) BSF
Q1.26) India’s first STEM Innovation and Learning Center has been inaugurated in –
(1) Hyderabad
(2) Bengaluru
(3) Coimbatore
(4) Chennai
Ans. (4) Chennai
Q.127) Himachal Pradesh targets to be first ‘Green Energy State’ by –
(1) 2024
(2) 2025
(3) 2026
(4) 2027
Ans. (2) 2025
Q.128) 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.129) Which state’s Moidams has been nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Site?
(1) Assam
(2) Manipur
(3) Sikkim
(4) Tripura
Ans. (1) Assam
Q.130) 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.131) 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.132) 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.133) 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.134) 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.135) 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.136) 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.137) Which small finance bank has bagged the Inclusive Finance India Awards 2022?
(1) ESAF
(2) Suryoday
(3) Ujjivan
(4) Utkarsh
Ans. (1) ESAF
Q.138) The 1st Business 20 inception meeting has been inaugurated in –
(1) Ludhiana
(2) Jodhpur
(3) Chandigarh
(4) Gandhinagar
Ans. (4) Gandhinagar
Q.139) 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.140) “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.141) “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.142) North India’s largest floating Solar project has been inaugurated in –
(1) Lucknow
(2) Chandigarh
(3) Jaipur
(4) Delhi
Ans. (2) Chandigarh
Q.143) 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.144) Which state/UT has launched the “100 Days to Beat Plastic” campaign?
(1) Maharashtra
(2) Gujarat
(3) Delhi
(4) Uttarakhand
Ans. (3) Delhi
Q.145) How many students have been awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar?
(1) 09
(2) 10
(3) 11
(4) 12
Ans. (3) 11
Q.146) JUICE Space Mission is associated with –
(1) Asia
(2) Australia
(3) USA
(4) Europe
Ans. (4) Europe
Q.147) 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.148) 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.149) “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.150) “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.151) 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.152) 14th edition of “Aero India-2023” will be held on February in –
(1) Bengaluru
(2) Hyderabad
(3) Chennai
(4) Bhubaneswar
Ans. (1) Bengaluru
Q.153) 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.154) 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.155) 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.156) The first India Stack Developer Conference has been organised in –
(1) Goa
(2) Karnataka
(3) Gujarat
(4) New Delhi
Ans. (4) New Delhi
Q.157) 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.158) 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.159) 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.160) ‘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.160) 3-day ‘North East Krishi Kumbha-2023’ has been inaugurated in –
(1) Tripura
(2) Nagaland
(3) Mizoram
(4) Meghalaya
Ans. (4) Meghalaya
Q.161) 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.162) 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.163) Amit Shah has inaugurated the 120 feet high ‘Polo Statue’ in –
(1) Manipur
(2) Meghalaya
(3) Mizoram
(4) Nagaland
Ans. (1) Manipur
Q.164) India have how many Indigenous Livestock Breeds as of January 2023?
(1) 184
(2) 194
(3) 202
(4) 212
Ans. (4) 212
Q.165) 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.166) 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.167) 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.168) 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.169) 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.170) 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.171) 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.172) “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.173) 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.174) “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.175) Which Indian state has become the first fully Digital Banking state?
(1) Kerala
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Gujarat
(4) Karnataka
Ans. (1) Kerala
Q.176) 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.177) 1st ‘Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion’ meeting of the G20, begin in –
(1) Chennai
(2) Kolkata
(3) Bangalore
(4) Bhopal
Ans. (2) Kolkata
Q.178) 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.179) 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.180) 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.181) 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.182) The “International Kite Festival 2023” began on –
(1) Punjab
(2) Gujarat
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Haryana
Ans. (2) Gujarat
Q.183) 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.184) 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.185) 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.186) 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.187) “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.188) A 100-day “Global City Campaign” has been launched in –
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Himachal Pradesh
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Tamil Nadu
An
189) 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.190) PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention at –
(1) Bhopal
(2) Gwalior
(3) Jabalpur
(4) Indore
Ans. (4) Indore
Q.191) 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.192) 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.193) 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.194) 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.195) Hugo Lloris announced his retirement from international football. He belongs to –
(1) Belgium
(2) Brazil
(3) Argentina
(4) France
Ans. (4) France
Q.196) 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.197) 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.198) 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.199) 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.200) 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.201) ‘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.202) Which year is the fifth warmest year of India since 1901?
(1) 2021
(2) 2022
(3) 2020
(4) 2019
Ans. (2) 2022
Q.203) What is India’s rank at the “Henley Passport Index 2023”?
(1) 81st
(2) 83rd
(3) 85th
(4) 87th
Ans. (3) 85th
Q.204) Which is India’s most polluted city, according to the CPCB report?
(1) Gurugram
(2) Ghaziabad
(3) Delhi
(4) Patna
Ans. (3) Delhi
Q.205) India and which country has started “Young Professionals Scheme”?
(1) Japan
(2) UK
(3) USA
(4) Canada
Ans. (2) UK
Q.206) 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.207) Khelo India Senior Women National Kho Kho league has been organised in –
(1) Punjab
(2) Haryana
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Delhi
Ans. (1) Punjab
Q.208) 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.209) 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.210) 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.211) 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.212) “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.213) 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.214) “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.215) Which Indian state has become the first fully Digital Banking state?
(1) Kerala
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Gujarat
(4) Karnataka
Ans. (1) Kerala
Q.216) 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.217) 1st ‘Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion’ meeting of the G20, begin in –
(1) Chennai
(2) Kolkata
(3) Bangalore
(4) Bhopal
Ans. (2) Kolkata
Q.218) 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.219) 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.220) 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.221) 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.222) The “International Kite Festival 2023” began on –
(1) Punjab
(2) Gujarat
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Haryana
Ans. (2) Gujarat
Q.223) 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.224) 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.225) 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.226) 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.227) “World Hindi Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 9th January
(2) 10th January
(3) 11th January
(4) 12th January
Ans. (2) 10th January
229) 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.230) PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention at –
(1) Bhopal
(2) Gwalior
(3) Jabalpur
(4) Indore
Ans. (4) Indore
