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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Q1. Who won the Best Actor award at the 2023 Academy Awards?
a) Tom Holland
b) Denzel Washington
c) Timothée Chalamet
d) Daniel Kaluuya
Answer: d) Daniel Kaluuya
Q2. Which country recently announced that it has successfully developed a COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11?
a) China
b) India
c) Russia
d) United States
Answer: d) United States
Q3. Which country was recently hit by a devastating cyclone named Tauktae?
a) India
b) Pakistan
c) Bangladesh
d) Sri Lanka
Answer: a) India
Q4. Which city recently became the first in the world to implement a congestion charge for vehicles?
a) London
b) New York
c) Paris
d) Tokyo
Answer: d) Tokyo
Q5. Which social media platform recently announced that it will be shutting down its fleet feature?
a) Twitter
b) Facebook
c) Instagram
d) LinkedIn
Answer: a) Twitter
Q6. Who is the current Chancellor of Germany?
a) Angela Merkel
b) Olaf Scholz
c) Annalena Baerbock
d) Armin Laschet
Answer: b) Olaf Scholz
Q7. Which country recently became the first in the world to implement a four-day workweek for government employees?
a) Norway
b) Sweden
c) Finland
d) Iceland
Answer: d) Iceland
Q8. Which tennis player recently won the Men’s Singles title at the 2023 Australian Open?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Roger Federer
d) Stefanos Tsitsipas
Answer: d) Stefanos Tsitsipas
Q9. Who is the current Prime Minister of Japan?
a) Shinzo Abe
b) Yoshihide Suga
c) Taro Aso
d) Fumio Kishida
Answer: d) Fumio Kishida
Q10. Which country recently launched its first-ever mission to Mars?
a) China
b) India
c) Russia
d) United States
Answer: c) Russia
Q11. Who is the current President of France?
a) Emmanuel Macron
b) François Hollande
c) Nicolas Sarkozy
d) Jacques Chirac
Answer: a) Emmanuel Macron
Q12. Which country recently became the first in the world to legalize marijuana for recreational use?
a) Canada
b) United States
c) Mexico
d) Australia
Answer: b) United States
Q13. Who won the Best Actress award at the 2023 Academy Awards?
a) Jennifer Lawrence
b) Viola Davis
c) Lady Gaga
d) Kristen Stewart
Answer: d) Kristen Stewart
Q14. Which country recently announced that it will be sending a manned mission to the Moon by 2024?
a) China
b) Russia
c) United States
d) India
Answer: c) United States
Q15. Who is the current President of Russia?
a) Vladimir Putin
b) Dmitry Medvedev
c) Boris Yeltsin
d) Mikhail Gorbachev
Answer: a) Vladimir Putin
Q16. Which country recently announced that it will be hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics?
a) Japan
b) Canada
c) Sweden
d) Italy
Answer: d) Italy
Q17. Which country recently announced plans to launch a digital currency named e-Rupee?
A) China
B) India
C) United States
D) Russia
Answer: B) India
Q18 Which country recently signed a $15 billion deal to build a high-speed railway in Indonesia?
A) Japan
B) China
C) United States
D) France
Answer: A) Japan
Q19. Which country recently announced plans to launch a space tourism program in 2024?
A) United States
B) Russia
C) China
D) United Arab Emirates
Answer: D) United Arab Emirates
Q20. Which country recently became the first to reach Mars’ south pole with a rover?
A) United States
B) China
C) Russia
D) India
Answer: B) China
Q21. Which country recently signed a trade deal with the United States after years of negotiations?
A) Japan
B) China
C) Australia
D) Canada
Answer: C) Australia
Q22. Which country recently announced plans to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm?
A) United States
B) Denmark
C) Japan
D) United Kingdom
Answer: D) United Kingdom
Q23. Which country recently became the first in the world to approve the use of a COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of 5?
A) United States
B) United Kingdom
C) Russia
D) China
Answer: D) China
Q24. Which country recently announced plans to phase out coal-fired power plants by 2030?
A) Germany
B) Japan
C) China
D) India
Answer: A) Germany
Q25. Which country recently launched a new satellite that can detect greenhouse gas emissions?
A) China
B) United States
C) Russia
D) Japan
Answer: B) United States
Q26. Which country recently announced plans to invest $1 trillion in infrastructure over the next decade?
A) Japan
B) China
C) United States
D) India
Answer: B) China
Q27. Which country recently announced plans to build the world’s first commercial-scale carbon capture plant?
A) United States
B) United Kingdom
C) Norway
D) Germany
Answer: C) Norway
Q28. Which country recently signed a historic peace deal with its neighboring country after decades of conflict?
A) Israel
B) Palestine
C) Syria
D) Lebanon
Answer: A) Israel
Q29. Which country recently announced plans to ban single-use plastic products by 2025?
A) United States
B) United Kingdom
C) India
D) Canada
Answer: D) Canada
Q30. Which country recently became the first in the world to adopt a national framework for artificial intelligence?
A) China
B) United States
C) Japan
D) Canada
Answer: D) Canada
Q31. Which country recently announced plans to build the world’s largest floating solar power plant?
A) Japan
B) China
C) United States
D) South Korea
Answer: B) China
Q32. Which country recently signed a peace agreement with a rebel group that had been fighting for independence?
A) South Sudan
B) Sudan
C) Ethiopia
D) Somalia
Answer: B) Sudan
Q33. Which country recently launched a new mission to explore a moon of Jupiter?
A) United States
B) Russia
C) China
D) European Union
Answer: D) European Union
Q34. Who is the current Prime Minister of India?
Narendra Modi
Rahul Gandhi
Arvind Kejriwal
Mamata Banerjee
Answer: A. Narendra Modi
Q38. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022?
Greta Thunberg
Malala Yousafzai
Leymah Gbowee
Maria Ressa
Answer: D. Maria Ressa
Q39. Which country will host the 2026 Winter Olympics?
Italy
China
Japan
Canada
Answer: A. Italy
Q40. Which country recently became the first to launch a digital currency?
China
United States
Japan
Russia
Answer: A. China
Q41. Who is the current President of France?
Emmanuel Macron
François Hollande
Nicolas Sarkozy
Jacques Chirac
Answer: A. Emmanuel Macron
Q42. Which country won the 2022 FIFA World Cup?
Brazil
Germany
Spain
France
Answer: B. Germany
Q43. Who is the current Chief Justice of India?
N.V. Ramana
Sharad Arvind Bobde
Ranjan Gogoi
Dipak Misra
Answer: A. N.V. Ramana
Q44. Which country recently joined the United Nations as its 195th member?
South Sudan
Kosovo
Montenegro
East Timor
Answer: B. Kosovo
Q45. Which country recently announced a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030?
United States
United Kingdom
China
Germany
Answer: B. United Kingdom
Q46. Who is the current President of the United States?
Joe Biden
Donald Trump
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
Answer: A. Joe Biden
Q47. Which country recently became the first to legalize cannabis for recreational use?
Uruguay
Canada
Spain
Netherlands
Answer: B. Canada
Q48. Who won the 2022 Wimbledon Men’s Singles title?
Novak Djokovic
Rafael Nadal
Roger Federer
Andy Murray
Answer: A. Novak Djokovic
Q49. Which country recently hosted the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
Australia
Canada
India
England
Answer: C. India
Q50. Who is the current Prime Minister of Canada?
Justin Trudeau
Stephen Harper
Jean Chrétien
Brian Mulroney
Answer: A. Justin Trudeau
Q51. Which country recently launched the world’s largest floating solar farm?
China
Japan
United States
Germany
Answer: A. China
Q52. Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations?
Antonio Guterres
Ban Ki-moon
Kofi Annan
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Answer: A. Antonio Guterres
Q53. Which country recently became the first to achieve carbon neutrality?
Bhutan
Iceland
Sweden
Finland
Answer: A. Bhutan
Q54. Who won the 2022 Academy Award for Best Picture?
Nomadland
The Father
Minari
Judas and the Black Messiah
Answer: A. Nomadland
Q55. Which country won the most gold medals in the 2022 Winter Olympics?
a) United States
b) China
c) Russia
d) Germany
Answer: d) Germany
Q56. What is the name of the new NASA mission to explore the Jovian moon Europa?
a) Juno
b) Europa Clipper
c) Cassini
d) Voyager
Answer: b) Europa Clipper
Q57. Which social media platform is facing scrutiny over its impact on mental health?
a) Twitter
b) Instagram
c) TikTok
d) Facebook
Answer: b) Instagram
Q58. Who won the 2023 Australian Open Men’s Singles title?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Roger Federer
d) Stefanos Tsitsipas
Answer: b) Novak Djokovic
Q59. Which country recently announced a major investment in renewable energy?
a) Saudi Arabia
b) Russia
c) United States
d) China
Answer: d) China
- Q60. Who is the current President of Brazil?
- a) Jair Bolsonaro
- b) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- c) Dilma Rousseff
- d) Michel Temer
- Answer: a) Jair Bolsonaro
- Q61. Which country recently experienced a major earthquake?
- a) Japan
- b) Indonesia
- c) Mexico
- d) Chile
- Answer: b) Indonesia
- Q62. Which European country recently held a parliamentary election?
- a) France
- b) Germany
- c) Italy
- d) Spain
- Answer: c) Italy
- Q63. Which tech giant recently launched a new smartphone?
- a) Apple
- b) Samsung
- c) Google
- d) Huawei
- Answer: b) Samsung
- Q64. Which country recently announced plans to build a high-speed rail link to connect two of its major cities?
- a) India
- b) United States
- c) Brazil
- d) South Africa
- Answer: a) India
- Who is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
- a) Theresa May
- b) Boris Johnson
- c) David Cameron
- d) Tony Blair
- Answer: b) Boris Johnson
- Q66. Which country recently became the first in the world to make all public transport free?
- a) France
- b) Estonia
- c) Sweden
- d) Norway
- Answer: b) Estonia
- Q67. Which global sporting event is currently taking place in the United States?
- a) World Cup
- b) Olympic Games
- c) Super Bowl
- d) World Series
- Answer: c) Super Bowl
- Q68. Which country recently became the first in the world to make it illegal to produce, sell, or distribute single-use plastics?
- a) Canada
- b) United Kingdom
- c) New Zealand
- d) India
- Answer: a) Canada
- Q69. Who won the 2023 Australian Open Women’s Singles title?
- a) Naomi Osaka
- b) Ashleigh Barty
- c) Simona Halep
- d) Serena Williams
- Answer: a) Naomi Osaka
- Q70. Which country recently experienced a major outbreak of a deadly virus?
- a) United States
- b) China
- c) Brazil
- d) India
- Answer: b) China
- Q71 .Who is the current President of the United States?
- a) Joe Biden
- b) Barack Obama
- c) Donald Trump
- d) Bill Clinton
- Answer: a) Joe Biden
- Q72. Which country recently announced a plan to invest $15 billion in its domestic chip industry?
- a) Japan
- b) China
- c) India
- d) USA
- Answer: b) China
- Q73. The European Union recently announced a new initiative to combat climate change called:
- a) Green New Deal
- b) Clean Energy for All
- c) Climate Action Now
- d) Carbon Neutral 2030
- Answer: a) Green New Deal
- Q74. Which country recently announced a ban on single-use plastics such as straws, plates, and cutlery?
- a) Canada
- b) Germany
- c) France
- d) Australia
- Answer: c) France
- Q75. Which company recently became the first publicly traded U.S. company to reach a market capitalization of $3 trillion?
- a) Amazon
- b) Microsoft
- c) Apple
- d) Google
- Answer: c) Apple
- Q76. Who recently won the Best Actor award at the 2023 Academy Awards?
- a) Denzel Washington
- b) Leonardo DiCaprio
- c) Bradley Cooper
- d) Joaquin Phoenix
- Answer: d) Joaquin Phoenix
- Q77. Which country recently hosted the 2023 World Athletics Championships?
- a) Japan
- b) USA
- c) Kenya
- d) Australia
- Answer: c) Kenya
- Q78. The International Criminal Court recently opened an investigation into alleged war crimes in which country?
- a) Syria
- b) Libya
- c) Afghanistan
- d) Yemen
- Answer: c) Afghanistan
- Q79. Which social media platform recently announced that it will be changing its name to reflect its broader focus on the metaverse?
- a) Twitter
- b) Facebook
- c) TikTok
- d) Instagram
- Answer: b) Facebook
- Q80. Which country recently became the first in the world to launch a central bank digital currency?
- a) China
- b) USA
- c) Russia
- d) India
- Answer: a) China
- Q81. Which football club recently won the 2023 UEFA Champions League?
- a) Manchester United
- b) Bayern Munich
- c) Real Madrid
- d) Barcelona
- Answer: b) Bayern Munich
- Q82. Which country recently experienced a major earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0?
- a) Mexico
- b) Indonesia
- c) Japan
- d) Chile
- Answer: b) Indonesia
- Q83. Who recently won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023?
- a) Margaret Atwood
- b) Salman Rushdie
- c) Kazuo Ishiguro
- d) Haruki Murakami
- Answer: c) Kazuo Ishiguro
- Q84. Which country recently became the first in the world to declare a climate emergency?
- a) Canada
- b) Sweden
- c) Norway
- d) Finland
- Answer: b) Sweden
- Q85. Which tech giant recently announced that it will be investing $10 billion in India over the next five years?
- a) Google
- b) Amazon
- c) Facebook
- d) Apple
- Answer: b) Amazon
- Q86. Which country recently passed a law making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for all citizens?
- a) Australia
- b) Germany
- c) France
- d) Italy
- Answer: c) France
- Q87. Which American astronaut recently set a new record for the longest continuous spaceflight by a woman?
- a) Christina Koch
- b) Peggy Whitson
- c) Sunita Williams
- d) Jessica Meir
- Answer: a) Christina Koch
- Q88. Which country recently launched a mission to Mars with the goal of returning samples to Earth?
- a) China
- b) USA
- c) Russia
- d) India
- Answer: a) China
- Q89. Who won the gold medal in the women’s 100m race at the 2023 World Athletics Championships?
- a) Dina Asher-Smith
- b) Elaine Thompson-Herah
- c) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
- d) Tori Bowie
- Answer: b) Elaine Thompson-Herah
- Q90. Which country has launched the world’s first-ever space hotel?
- a) USA
- b) Russia
- c) China
- d) UAE
- Answer: d) UAE
- Q91. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?
- a) M.K. Stalin
- b) Edappadi K. Palaniswami
- c) O. Panneerselvam
- d) K. Palaniswami
- Answer: a) M.K. Stalin
- Q92. Which country has won the 2023 Cricket World Cup?
- a) England
- b) India
- c) Australia
- d) South Africa
- Answer: b) India
- Q93. Which of the following countries has been hit by a major earthquake recently?
- a) Japan
- b) Indonesia
- c) Nepal
- d) China
- Answer: b) Indonesia
- Q94. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Google?
- a) Sundar Pichai
- b) Tim Cook
- c) Mark Zuckerberg
- d) Satya Nadella
- Answer: a) Sundar Pichai
- Q95. Which of the following countries has launched a mission to Mars recently?
- a) USA
- b) China
- c) Russia
- d) India
- Answer: b) China
- Q96. Who has won the 2023 Australian Open men’s singles title?
- a) Novak Djokovic
- b) Rafael Nadal
- c) Daniil Medvedev
- d) Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Answer: d) Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Q97. Which country has won the 2023 AFC Asian Cup?
- a) Japan
- b) South Korea
- c) Iran
- d) Qatar
- Answer: d) Qatar
- Q98. Which of the following countries has declared a climate emergency recently?
- a) USA
- b) China
- c) India
- d) Russia
- Answer: a) USA
- Q99. Who has been appointed as the new Director-General of UNESCO?
- a) Audrey Azoulay
- b) Irina Bokova
- c) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
- d) Amina Mohamed
- Answer: d) Amina Mohamed
- Q100. Which country has become the first in the world to legalize euthanasia for terminally ill children?
- a) Belgium
- b) Netherlands
- c) Canada
- d) Switzerland
- Answer: b) Netherlands
- Q101. Who has won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2022?
- a) Greta Thunberg
- b) Malala Yousafzai
- c) Nadia Murad
- d) Abdul Sattar Edhi
- Answer: c) Nadia Murad
- Q102. Which country has launched the world’s first-ever digital currency?
- a) USA
- b) China
- c) Russia
- d) India
- Answer: b) China
- Q103. Who has been named as the new captain of the Indian cricket team?
- a) Virat Kohli
- b) Rohit Sharma
- c) Ajinkya Rahane
- d) KL Rahul
- Answer: b) Rohit Sharma
- Q104. Which country has announced its withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement?
- a) USA
- b) China
- c) India
- d) Russia
- Answer: d) Russia
- Q105. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India?
- a) Justice Uday Umesh Lalit
- b) Justice NV Ramana
- c) Justice AM Khanwilkar
- d) Justice DY Chandrachud
- Answer: b) Justice NV Ramana
- Q106. Which country has recently launched its first-ever satellite?
- a) Bangladesh
- b) Bhutan
- c) Myanmar
- d) Nepal
- Answer: b) Bhutan
- Q107. Who has won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
- a) Colson Whitehead
- b) Louise Erdrich
- c) Anthony Doerr
- d) Richard Powers
- Answer: d) Richard Powers
- Q108. Which country has recently declared a climate emergency?
- a) India
- b) China
- c) United States
- d) United Kingdom
- Answer: d) United Kingdom
- Q109. Who has been appointed as the new Director-General of UNESCO?
- a) Audrey Azoulay
- b) Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari
- c) Moez Chakchouk
- d) Frédéric Mitterrand
- Answer: c) Moez Chakchouk
- Q110Which country has recently launched the world’s largest underwater hotel?
- a) Maldives
- b) United Arab Emirates
- c) Bahamas
- d) Fiji
- Answer: a) Maldives
- Q111. Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Japan?
- a) Yoshihide Suga
- b) Fumio Kishida
- c) Shinzo Abe
- d) Taro Kono
- Answer: b) Fumio Kishida
- Q112. Which country has recently passed a law banning single-use plastic?
- a) India
- b) China
- c) United States
- d) Canada
- Answer: d) Canada
Q113. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, India?
a) Yogi Adityanath
b) Keshav Prasad Maurya
c) Dinesh Sharma
d) Swatantradev Singh
Answer: b) Keshav Prasad Maurya
Q114. Which country has recently become the first in the world to use hydrogen fuel for steel production?
a) Sweden
b) Norway
c) Germany
d) Japan
Answer: a) Sweden
Q115. Who has won the 2023 Academy Award for Best Actor?
a) Will Smith
b) Bradley Cooper
c) Benedict Cumberbatch
d) Michael B. Jordan
Answer: c) Benedict Cumberbatch
Q116. Which country has recently launched the world’s first 6G satellite?
a) China
b) United States
c) Russia
d) Japan
Answer: a) China
Q117. Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Israel?
a) Benjamin Netanyahu
b) Naftali Bennett
c) Yair Lapid
d) Avigdor Lieberman
Answer: b) Naftali Bennett
Q118. Which country has recently announced a plan to phase out coal-fired power plants?
a) China
b) United States
c) India
d) Japan
Answer: c) India
Q119. Who has won the 2023 Academy Award for Best Actress?
a) Frances McDormand
b) Lady Gaga
c) Jessica Chastain
d) Jennifer Lawrence
Answer: a) Frances McDormand
Q120. Which country has recently launched a new digital currency?
a) United States
b) China
c) Russia
d) United Kingdom
Answer: b) China
Q121. Who won the 2023 French Presidential Election?
a) Marine Le Pen
b) Emmanuel Macron
c) François Bayrou
d) Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Answer: b) Emmanuel Macron
Q122. Which country recently launched the world’s first satellite made of wood?
a) Japan
b) Sweden
c) Norway
d) Finland
Answer: d) Finland
Q123. Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of India?
a) Narendra Modi
b) Rahul Gandhi
c) Nitin Gadkari
d) Amit Shah
Answer: a) Narendra Modi
Q124. Which country recently legalized euthanasia?
a) Canada
b) Australia
c) New Zealand
d) Spain
Answer: b) Australia
Q125. Who won the 2023 Australian Open Men’s Singles title?
a) Novak Djokovic
b) Rafael Nadal
c) Stefanos Tsitsipas
d) Daniil Medvedev
Answer: c) Stefanos Tsitsipas
Q126. Which country recently became the first to land a spacecraft on an asteroid?
a) China
b) Japan
c) India
d) United States
Answer: b) Japan
Q127. Which country recently announced plans to become carbon-neutral by 2050?
a) United States
b) China
c) Russia
d) India
Answer: a) United States
Q128. Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations?
a) Antonio Guterres
b) Ban Ki-moon
c) Kofi Annan
d) Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Answer: a) Antonio Guterres
Q129. Which country recently hosted the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup?
a) India
b) England
c) Australia
d) South Africa
Answer: b) England
Q130. Which country recently launched the world’s largest solar power plant?
a) China
b) India
c) United States
d) Saudi Arabia
Answer: d) Saudi Arabia
Q131. Who won the 2023 Academy Award for Best Actor?
a) Denzel Washington
b) Leonardo DiCaprio
c) Joaquin Phoenix
d) Robert De Niro
Answer: b) Leonardo DiCaprio
Q132. Which country recently became the world’s largest producer of electric cars?
a) China
b) United States
c) Norway
d) Germany
Answer: a) China
Q133. Who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize?
a) Greta Thunberg
b) Malala Yousafzai
c) Jacinda Ardern
d) Aung San Suu Kyi
Answer: c) Jacinda Ardern
Q134. Which country recently launched the world’s first driverless taxi service?
a) Japan
b) United States
c) China
d) Germany
Answer: c) China
Q135. Who won the 2023 UEFA Champions League Final?
a) Manchester City
b) Liverpool
c) Real Madrid
d) Paris Saint-Germain
Answer: a) Manchester City
Q136. Which country recently became the first to reach Mars with a manned mission?
a) United States
b) Russia
c) China
d) India
Answer: c) China
Q137. Who is the current President of France?
a) Emmanuel Macron
b) Marine Le Pen
c) François Hollande
d) Nicolas Sarkozy
Answer: a) Emmanuel Macron
Q138. Which country recently hosted the 2023 World Athletics Championships?
a) United States
b) China
c) Japan
d) Germany
Answer: d) Germany
Q139. Which country recently launched its first indigenous aircraft carrier?
a) China
b) India
c) Russia
d) United States
Answer: b) India
Q140. Who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature?
- a) Haruki Murakami
- b) Margaret Atwood
- c) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
- d) Kazuo Ishiguro
Answer: c) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Q141. The 2023 Commonwealth Games will be held in which city?
a) London, UK
b) Gold Coast, Australia
c) Durban, South Africa
d) Birmingham, UK
Answer: d) Birmingham, UK
Q142. Which country recently launched the world’s first digital currency?
a) Sweden
b) China
c) United States
d) Singapore
Answer: b) China
Q143. Who is the current President of France?
a) Emmanuel Macron
b) Marine Le Pen
c) François Hollande
d) Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Answer: a) Emmanuel Macron
Q144. Which country recently announced plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030?
a) Germany
b) France
c) United Kingdom
d) Japan
Answer: c) United Kingdom
Q145. Who won the Best Actor award at the 2023 Academy Awards (Oscars)?
a) Leonardo DiCaprio
b) Joaquin Phoenix
c) Brad Pitt
d) Rami Malek
Answer: a) Leonardo DiCaprio
Q146. Which country recently became the world’s largest producer of solar energy?
a) China
b) United States
c) Germany
d) India
Answer: d) India
Q145. Who won the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup?
a) India
b) Australia
c) England
d) New Zealand
Answer: c) England
Q146. Which city recently hosted the 2023 World Athletics Championships?
a) Doha, Qatar
b) Tokyo, Japan
c) London, UK
d) Nairobi, Kenya
Answer: a) Doha, Qatar
Q147. Which country recently launched its first mission to Mars?
a) China
b) Russia
c) United States
d) India
Answer: a) China
Q148. Who is the current Prime Minister of Canada?
a) Justin Trudeau
b) Erin O’Toole
c) Jagmeet Singh
d) Andrew Scheer
Answer: a) Justin Trudeau
Q149. Which company recently became the world’s most valuable publicly traded company?
a) Apple
b) Amazon
c) Microsoft
d) Alphabet (Google)
Answer: c) Microsoft
Q150. Who won the 2023 UEFA Champions League?
a) Manchester City
b) Chelsea
c) Paris Saint-Germain
d) Bayern Munich
Answer: b) Chelsea
Q151. Which country recently launched the world’s largest space telescope?
a) United States
b) Russia
c) China
d) European Union
Answer: a) United States
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
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