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4. The US envoy to India is __________.

Answer: Patricia A. Lacina

6. Rahi Sarnobat is the name you would associate with
________.

Ans. Shooting
7. You would associate Sudirman Cup with_______

Answer: Badminton
8. Can you identify the name and the age of the
youngest Chess Grandmaster of the world ?

Answer: Abhimanyu Mishra / 12 years 4 months 25 days

9. Can you identify the name of the country declared free
of Malaria recently?

Answer: China
12. Can you identify the name of the largest exporter of
the Crude Oil in the world?

Answer: Saudi Arabia

13. The chairman of LIC of India is _____________.

Answer: M R Kumar
14.The most expensive city for expats in the world
is________

Answer: Ashgabat
17. This General Insurance Company has been
recommended by NITI Ayog for privatisation. Can you
name it?

Answer: United India Insurance

18. India’s first agriculture export facilitation center has
come up at ________.

Answer: Pune
20. This political party of China is celebrating 100 years
of its existence. Can you identify the name of the
party in question?

Answer: Chinese Communist Party

21. Can you identify the name of the country that is
launching world’s first Green savings bond?

Answer: UK
22. This has been named as the world’s first culinary
capital. We are talking about________

Answer: Grenada
23. The latest country to sign framework agreement on
ISA with India is ________ and the current DG of ISA
is __________

Answer: Denmark / Ajay Mathur

27. World Population Day is celebrated on ________ and
the theme for this year is ________

Answer: July 11/ Impact of COVID -19 Pandemic on Fertility

28. Humboldt Award for Economics -2021 has been
bestowed upon_______.

Answer: Kaushik Basu

31. The winner of Wimbledon Boys Singles title is
________.

Answer: Samir Banerjee

 36. Can you identify the name of the Haitian President
who was killed in attack recently?

Answer: Jovenel Moise

38. The first country in the world that has made the
COVID Vaccine mandatory is ________

Answer: Tajikistan
 39. The world’s first 3D printed school has been
launched at ______.

Answer: Malawi
 43. The first head of the Ministry of Cooperation is
________.

Answer: Amit Shah

47. Where would you find ---NATRAX---- in India?

Answer: Indore (MP)

55. Can you identify the amount of Viability Gap Funding
that will be done by the Government of India ?

Answer : 19 041 Crore

59. National Education Day is celebrated on
___________

Answer: November 11
61.Can you identify the name of the mission that has
been specifically launched for capacity building of
teachers?

Answer: NISHTHA
63. Matera declaration basically deals with ______

Answer : Food Security , Nutrition and Food Systems

64. Can you identify the targeted year by which UN
wants to achieve the goal of Zero Hunger ?

Answer: 2030
67. The year of foundation of G-20 was ________.

Answer: 1999
72. How many countries are part of ‘Plus’ in ‘OPEC Plus’
?

Answer: 10
79. The newly appointed Health Minister to the
Government of India is ________.

Answer: Mansukh Mandaviya

81. The two portfolios held by Ashwini Vaishnav are
______&__________

Answer: Railways and IT

82.The newly appointed Law minister to the Government
of India is _______

Answer: Kiren Rijiju

84. The world’s first female fee paying space tourist was
___________

Answer: Anousheh Ansari

85. The name of the spacecraft that took Richard
Branson and crew recently to space is ____________

Answer: Virgin Galactic

86. The name of the Indian origin woman who was part
of the Branson trip to space is______-.

Answer: Sirisha Bandla

87. The name of the space company of Jeff Bezos is
________

Answer: Blue Origin

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1. The Malala Day is celebrated on __________

Answer: July 12
2. The World Youth Skill Day is celebrated every year on
________ and the theme for this year is_______

Answer: July 15/ The Future of Youth Skills

3. The International Justice Day is celebrated as
_________

Answer: July 17
6. This Nobel Laureate is the receiver of ‘The Olympic
Laurel’. Can you identify the person in question?

Ans. Mohammad Yunus

9. This Indian law school has launched first Master
program in Animal Law. Name the institution in
question.

Answer: NALSAR
10. This Indian railway station will have the first five star
hotel over railway tracks. Name the station in
question.

Answer: Gandhinagar
11. Name the first airport in the world that is completely
powered by Natural Gas and solar power.

Answer: Pittsburgh Airport

14. The maximum number of Grand Slam titles have
been won by ___________the maximum by any player
in the all time history of the sports.

Answer: Margaret Court (24 Grand Slam titles)

16.Can you identify the name of the first Indian
Gymnastics Judge in Olympics?

Answer: Deepak Kabra

19. The first person to score 14000 T-20 runs is
___________.

Answer: Chris Gayle

20. Can you identify the place that hosted India’s first
Cryptogamic Garden ?

Answer: Dehradoon
21. This country has launched world’s first ‘green print’,
to decarbonize all forms of domestic transport. Name
the country in question.

Answer: UK
23. The Vaccine Maitri program of Indian Government
has delivered vaccine to over _____countries till date
and the first countries to get the vaccines under this
program were________&___________.

Answer: 95/ Bhutan & Maldives

24. This country has launched world’s first commercial
mission to demonstrate space debris removal
system. Name the country and the mission in
question.

Answer: Kazakhstan/ELSA-d
25. He is the present MSME minister to the Government
of India. Name him.

Answer: Narayan Rane

26. Amul --- is the dairy brand whose origin you would
attribute to ________.

Answer: Tribhuvandas Patel

27. Can you identify the name of the Resident Grievance
Officer of Twitter in India ?

Answer: Vinay Prakash

32. Can you identify the name of the first neighboring
country of India to have used BHIM UPI ?

Answer: Bhutan
36. Can you identify the name of the country with which
India has signed the development of Lower Arun
Hydroelectric Power project recently?

Answer: Nepal
 39. The world’s 3D printed steel bridge opened at
_______-

Answer: Amsterdam
 40. This Indian state has become the first one to propose
a population policy in this year. Can you name the
state in the question?

Answer: Uttar Pradesh

41. India’s first LNG Plant facility has been launched at
_____.

Answer: Nagpur
42. Can you identify the name of the first smokeless
kitchen village of Assam?

Answer: Bishnupur
 43. The place where India’s largest solar power park will
be established is ________ with a capacity of
________.

Answer: Khavada/ 4750 MW

44. India’s first ‘Grain ATM’ , has been established at
_____.

Answer: Gurugram
45. This particular Section of the IT Act has been termed
unconstitutional and the government has asked all
the cases registered under it to be withdrawn
recently. We are talking about_____________

Answer: Section 66 A
 46. India’s first Green Hydrogen Mobility Project is
coming up at________.

Answer: Ladakh
51. The India Story , is the name of the book authored by
_____.

Answer: Bimal Jalan

52. Name the first Indian batsman to have hit 50 in both
the T-20I and ODI debut

Answer: Ishan Kishan

 53. Name the newest members of International Cricket
Council(ICC).

Answer: Mongolia , Tajikistan, Switzerland

56. Name the Indian weightlifter who won the silver at
the Tokyo Olympic Games and then weight category in
which she won it.

Answer: Mirabai Chanu/ 49kg

58. The internationally recognized boundary of space is
called as _____.

Answer: Karman Line

61. The newly designated limit of FDI in the pension fund
management has been kept at _________.

Answer: 74%
62. The rank of India in terms of the foreign exchange
reserves across the globe is __________.

Answer: 5th
63. The world’s best airline for the year 2021 , is
_________

Answer : Qatar Airlines

64. Can you identify the name of the spyware that rocked
the Indian political system of late and the creator and
country of origin of the same?

Answer: Pegasus /NSO/ Israel

68. Can you identify the name of the world’s fastest
ground vehicle , its country and the maximum speed
that it can hit?

Answer: Maglev/ China / 600kmph

72. Can you identify the host country of the ‘King of
Lighthouses 'and the creator of the same, as it was
included in the UNESCO World Heritage List
recently?

Answer: France /Louis de Foix

73. This country will be the first to phase out coal and
nuclear power. Identify the name of the country in
question.

Answer: Germany
75. The targeted people under the ‘Vision Resolution’ the
first ever vision resolution adopted by the UN
recently by 2030 is__________

Answer:1.1 billion
76. This particular amendment to the Constitution of
India was quashed by the Supreme Court recently.
Can you identify the number of amendment in
contention?

Answer: 97th
78. Can you identify the name of the innovative scheme
launched to deliver orders of the Court to prisons ,
district and high courts?

Answer: FASTER
80. Indian Institute of Heritage will be established at
_______.

Answer: Noida ( U.P.)

81. The newly designated Deputy Leader of the House in
the Rajya Sabha is ______.

Answer: Mukhatar Abbas Naqvi

82.The first state in India to provide reservation to the
transgender in the Government jobs is ________

Answer: Karnataka
83. The first High court in the country to telecast live
proceedings of the court is _________

Answer: Gujarat High Court

84. The ‘First Book Village ‘ of Kerala is ________

Answer: Perumkulam
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Part-1)
3. The new name of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
is ____________ and the first recipient of this award
was ____________.

Answer: Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna / V. Anand

7. He is the Minister of State in the ministry of Law and
Justice. Can you name him?

Answer: S.P. Singh Baghel

8. World’s first ‘meme museum’, has been opened at
_______.

Answer: Hong Kong

10. The first ever woman in Indian sports history to have
won 2 Olympic medals is ___________, the first being
a _________medal in ___________Olympics at
________.

Answer: P.V. Sindhu / Silver /2016/ Rio de Janeiro

11. The only male sportsperson of India to have achieved
two individual Olympic medals till date is ________.

Answer: Sushil Kumar

12. Lovlina Borgohain won the individual bronze medal
in Olympics in ______ in ______kg weight category.

Answer: Boxing /69

13. Can you identify the name & category of the Indian
wrestler who won silver medal in Tokyo Olympics?

Answer: Ravi Dahiya / 57kg

 15. The first gold medal winning Indian athlete is
________-in the _______event with a _________meter
throw that clinched him the gold.

Answer: Neeraj Chopra / Javelin Throw/ 87.58 meter

16.The rank of India in Tokyo Olympics was _____- with
____medals and the top most rank was bagged by
______with __________medals.

Answer: 48th /7th /USA/113

17. The Tokyo Olympics were the ________edition of the
game and the closing ceremony was led by
______from Indian side.

Answer: 32nd / Bajarang Punia

18. The world’s fastest man at the Tokyo Olympics was
__________who clocked ______seconds in 100m
sprint event.

Answer: Marcell Jacobs/ 9.80

19. World saw the first trans-woman in Olympics as
____________.

Answer: Laurel Hubbard

20.The name of the world’s first commercial
reprogrammable satellite is ________ that was
launched from __________through_______rocket was
in the news recently.

Answer: Eutelsat/ French Guyana / Ariane 5

25. The name of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier,
is _________-

Answer: INS Vikrant

 27. Can you identify the name and the creators of the e-
Voucher launched by the Government of India
recently?

Answer: e-RUPI/ NPCI+MOH+DFS+NHA

29. World's first block chain based payment application
is __________and is created by________.

Answer: Payiza/ Bipin Babu

34. Can you identify the name of the Australian Special
Trade envoy to India?

Answer: Tony Abbott

36. The newly appointed President of Iran is _________.

Answer: Ebrahim Raisi

37. The current Direct General of the International Solar
Alliance (ISA) , is ______

Answer: Ajay Mathur

41. How many fast track courts have been extension for
the newt two years by the cabinet recently?

Answer: 1023
43. As per a recent data, the judge population ratio in
India stood at ____________per million in 2020.

Answer: 21.03 judges

 45. Can you identify the year of signing of the Indus
Water Treaty(IWT) , that was in the news again as a
parliamentary panel has recommended for its
renegotiation ?

Answer:1960
46. The first Indian state to implement New Education
Policy from the academic session 2021-2022 is _____.

Answer: Karnataka
 47. World Biofuel Day is celebrated every year on
__________ and the theme for this year was ________

Answer: August 10/ The promotion of biofuels for a better

environment
48. The International Youth Day is celebrated on
_________

Answer: August 12
 50. The first woman Chief Justice of Pakistan is
________.

Answer: Justice Ayesha Malik

51. She got the extension as the chairperson of the
National Commission of Women. We are talking
about__________.

Answer: Rekha Sharma

 53. This day will be celebrated as the ‘ National Javelin
Day’. Identify the day in question.

Answer: August 7
 54. He has become the first fast bowler in the world to
bowl more than 35000 balls in test cricket. Name him and
his nationality.

Answer: James Anderson / England

 57. Can you identify the year in which Retrospective Tax
was passed in India and the name of the two companies
that have been at the center due to this tax?

Answer: 2012/ Cairn Energy and Vodafone

 69. Can you identify the place and the height of the
world’s highest motor able road that was in the news
recently?

Answer: Ladakh / 19300 ft.

 70. World’s first Bio Bank in Ayurveda will be
established at _________ as per AYUSH
minister________.

Answer: AIIMS New Delhi / Sarbananda Sonowal

 72. Can you identify the name of the first water plus city
of the country?

Answer: Indore
 74. This Indian state has become the first in the country
to recognize the Community Forest Resource Rights in
the Urban area. Name it.

Answer: Chhattisgarh
 75. As per a recent Government announcement India
intends to become ‘Energy Independent’ by _______.

Answer: 2047
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Part-2)
 2. Can you identify the day and the theme of the World
Nature Conservation Day?

Answer: July 28/ “Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People

And Planet”
3. Can you identify the author of the book “China
Room”?

Answer: Sanjeev Sahota

5. Can you identify the name of the first sitting MP of the
Lok Sabha to receive jail term for bribing voters?

Ans. Kavitha Maloth

9. How many new sports have been introduced in the
Tokyo Olympic Games recently?

Answer: 6
10. The Men’s singles title winner in the Lawn Tennis
event of Tokyo Olympics -2021, was______.

Answer: Alexander Zverev

11. Can you identify the name of the country that has
been given approval for the commercial production of
genetically modified ‘golden rice’?

Answer: Philippines
 15. Can you identify the ISRO-NASA joint satellite project

that is intended to be launched in 2023 for the global

land management changes?

Answer: NISAR ( NASA –ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

19. This place is going to host India’s first Green
Hydrogen fuelling station. Name the place in
question.

Answer: Ladakh
22. As per the news reports, world’s largest floating
solar power plant will be constructed in
__________soon.

Answer: Indonesia
 27. The first culture summit of G-20 nations was held at
_______.

Answer: Rome
30. The first city in India to have safe drinking tap water
is_______.

Answer: Puri
31. Where would you find the headquarters of SCO?

Answer: Beijing
35. The Ashok Chakra in 2021 has been bestowed upon
______.

Answer: Babu Ram

36. The US Congressional Gold Medal will be bestowed
upon ________.

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

40. This athlete won the maximum number of medals by
an athlete in Tokyo Olympics. Can you identify the
number of medals, the discipline and the name of the
athlete in the question?

Answer: Emma Mckeon / 7 / Swimming

 42. Can you identify the world’s first and India’s
indigenously developed DNA based Covid-19 vaccine
that was in the news recently?

Answer: ZyCoV-D
43. ZyCov-D vaccine can be administered to the kids
above _______years and has been developed by
______&_________ and requires a total of____doses
to be effective in managing COVID-19.

Answer: 12/ Zydus Cadilla & DBT/ 3

 52. The new name of Afghanistan and the new President
of Afghanistan are _______& __________respectively.

Answer: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan / Mullah Abdul Ghani

Baradar
 53. Can you identify the name of the judge who may
become the first woman Chief Justice of India ?

Answer: B.V. Nagarathna

 55. The present Union minister for Social Justice &
Empowerment is ___________.

Answer: Dr. Virendra Kumar Khatik

 56. Can you identify the neighboring nation of India with
which India has recently approved an agreement in the
field of Disaster management ?

Answer: Bangladesh
 59. India’s first smog tower was inaugurated recently at
_________.

Answer: Connaught Place

 60. India’s largest floating solar power plant has been
commissioned in _________.

Answer: Vishakhapatnam
 61. What is the main goal of the Kigali agreement that
was ratified by the Government of India recently?

Answer: To reduce the consumption of Hydrofluoro Carbons

by 80% by 2047.
 62. This day is celebrated as the Women's Equality Day.
Identify it.

Answer: August 26
 65. She has been appointed as the first female Governor
of New York. We are talking about_______

Answer: Kathy Hochul

 67. Can you identify the name of the Minister of State
for Home ?

Answer: Nityanand Rai

 68. Can you identify the venue of the Para Olympics
Games-2021?

Answer: Tokyo
 72. India’s highest herbal park is located at________.

Answer: Mana village Uttarakhand

 77. The end to end workflow automation system PRISM
is a brainchild of ________ and it expands to__________.

Answer: RBI/Platform for Regulated Entities for Integrated

Supervision and Monitoring
 78. The first Indian Renewable company to be listed on
NASDAQ , is _________.

Answer: ReNew
 79. Can you identify the chairman of the committee that
has the four tier structure of the Urban Co-operative
Banks?

Answer: N.S. Vishwanathan

 83. The newly appointed Prime Minister of Malaysia is
______

Answer: Ismail Sabri Yaakob

 85. World’s first crewless , zero emission cargo ship has
been launched by ______.

Answer: Norway
 90. Can you identify the name of the operation
launched by the Government of India to evacuate Indian
citizens from the warn torn region of Afghanistan?

Answer: Operation Devi Shakti

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2. This country has recently awarded the ‘Lion of
Panjshir’of late. Can you name the country and the
person in question

Answer: Tajikistan/Ahmad Shah Massoud

3. Can you identify the name of the Indian who has been
inducted as Honorary member of the International
Astronomical Union?

Ans. Dorje Angchuk

4. Can you identify the name of the first Indian actor that
has rolled out its first NFT (Non Fungible Tokens) in
India ?

Answer: Amitabh Bachchan

6. Can you identify the name of the founder of ISKON
and the birth centenary year that is being celebrated
this year?

Answer: Sreela Prabhupad / 125th year

8. Can you identify the name of the Foreign Secretary to
the Government of India?

Answer: Vinay Mohan Kwatra

 13. You would associate the name of Avni Lekhara with
__________.

Answer: Shooting
14. This footballer has become the highest International
goal scorer of the world. Name him.

Answer: Christiano Ronaldo

16. Can you identify the name of the India’s first missile
tracking ship , its builder and where it will be
deployed?

Answer: INS Dhruv/ Hindustan Shipyard+ DRDO+ NTRO/

Vishakhapatnam
23. Can you identify the name of the new members
appointed as the members of the new development
bank ?

Answer: UAE , Uruguay , Bangladesh

27. Can you identify the Indian version of True Caller that
was launched by the Government of India recently
and is developed by ?

Answer: Bharat Caller/ Prajwal Sinha & Kunal Pasricha

29. The World Social Protection Report is published by
_________as per which ______of the people of the
world have no protection at all.

Answer: International Labour Organization (ILO)/ 47 %

31. Can you identify the name of the Japanese Premier
who stepped down recently due to mishandling of the
Covid -19 in the country?

Answer: Yoshihide Suga

34. World’s fastest Anti –Ship Cruise missile in operation
presently is __________.

Answer: Brahmos
39. Where would you find the permanent secretariat of
BIMSTEC?

Answer: Dhaka
 43. The International Literacy Day is celebrated every
day on ________

Answer: September 8
44. ‘Hindi Day’, is celebrated every year on __________.

Answer: September 14th

46. According to The Morning Consult, a US based data
intelligence firm, the most popular leader with 70%
rating in the world is ________.

Answer: Narendra Modi

 48. The National Commission for Minorities is chaired
by ____________.

Answer: Sardar Iqbal Singh Lakra

 50. This place will witness a new National Law University
(NLU) in Uttar Pradesh . Name the place that will host the
latest NLU.

Answer: Prayagraj
 51. What is the venue of the 5th World Speakers of
Parliament Conference?

Answer: Vienna
 52. The US Open Women’s singles title was won by
________

Answer: Emma Raducanu

 53. James Webb Space Telescope will replace the
_________ and is a joint venture of

Answer: Hubble Space Telescope/ NASA –ESA-CSA

 54. Can you identify the name of then India’s first
floating missile test range that is expected to be
launched soon?

Answer: Anvesh
 55. Can you identify the name of the first Arab woman to
head the International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN)?

Answer: Razan Al Mubarak

 60. Can you identify the name of the present President
of Asian Development Bank (ADB)?

Answer: Masatsugu Asakawa

 61. For the first time in the world, this country adopted
Bitcoin as its legal tender. We are talking
about__________.

Answer: El Salvador
 63.Can you identify the name of the first country in the
world that has initiated Covid jabs for toddlers as old as
two years and above recently?

Answer: Cuba
 73. As per the latest information India will host the G-20
summit in the year ____________.

Answer: 2023
 76. Can you identify the name of this Indian state that
has launched the ‘millet mission ‘in the country?

Answer: Chhattisgarh
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Part-2)
1. This day is celebrated as the International Day for
Democracy . Identify it.

Answer: September 15
4. Can you identify the name of the country and the only
organization that has won the Ramon Magsaysay
award for the year 2021?

Answer: Indonesia / WatchDoc

5.How many Indian citizens have won the Asia’s Nobel
Prize till date?

Answer: 13
8. The winner of Men’s Singles title of US Open -2021
is_________

Answer: Daniil Medevdev

12. Can you identify the name of the launch vehicle that
will be used to launch Gaganyaan Mission?

Answer: GSLV MkIII

16. Can you identify the name of the UNESCO
designated World’s first five country biosphere
reserve also known as ‘Amazon of Europe’?

Answer: MDD –Mura –Drava –Danube

17. Can you identify the increased limit of FDI in the
Telecom sector now?

Answer: 100%
 19. The World Economic Forum summit -2022 will be
held at __________.

Answer: Davos
 26. Can you identify the name of the first Indian tech
company to cross the $200billion market
capitalization?

Answer: Tata Consultancy Services

32. Can you identify the name of the first female Prime
Minister of Albania?

Answer: Edi Rama

 33. The newly appointed Prime Minister of Gujarat is
_________ and has been sworn in as the
___________Chief minister of the state.

Answer: Bhupendra Patel / 17th

34. You would associate the state of ________with the
initiative called ‘Medicines from the sky’.

Answer: Telangana
 40. The 2021 ‘ Change maker of the year 2021’, award
winner is __________

Answer: Fairooz Faizah Beether

41. The winner of the National Florence Nightingale
Award-2020, is ___________

Answer: Brigadier S.V. Saraswati

42. Can you identify the winner of the UN Sustainable
Development Award for the year 2021?

Answer: Sheikh Hasina

 43. The UN -2021 Global Peacekeeper Award has been
won by __________

Answer: Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka

44. He will be the newly appointed Chief of the Air Staff
of India. Can you name him?

Answer: V.R. Chaudhari

46. Can you identify the author of the upcoming book

“ India Vs UK”?

Answer: Sayed Akbaruddin

47. Can you identify the name of the WHO Global
ambassador for global health financing ?

Answer: Gordon Brown

 50. He is the first ever Formula -1 driver to win 100F-1
races and won the latest F-1 race also. Name the person
and the race involved.

Answer: Lewis Hamilton / Russian Grand Prix

 51. Can you identify the name of India’s first solar
mission that India intends to launch in the near future?

Answer: Aditya L-1

 56.Who publishes the ‘Ease of Doing Business Report’ ?

Answer: World Bank

 57. Can you identify the publisher of Global Innovation
Index and the rank obtained by India in the latest Index?

Answer: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)/46

 61. Can you identify the DG of International Atomic
Energy Agency and the person who has been appointed
as the external auditor of IAEA?

Answer: Rafael Mariano Grossi / G.C. Murmu

 66. The first Indian state to adopt Model Tenancy Act
is________.

Answer: Assam
 67. Hathei Chilli and Tamenglong orange of
___________got the GI Tag recently.

Answer: Manipur
 69. The newly appointed chairperson of the National
Steering Committee for development of National
Curriculum Frameworks is ____________

Answer: Dr. K Kasturirangan

 70. Can you identify the name of the Bilateral Naval
Exercise between India and Indonesia that is about to
take place in the near future?

Answer: ‘Samudra Shakti’

 73. The world’s highest radio station is located at
__________.

Answer: Himbatingla (Kargil)

 75. Nimaben Acharya was in the news recently. Why?

Answer: She became the first woman speaker of the

Gujarat Assembly
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Part-1)
1. World Rivers Day is celebrated every year on
______and the theme for this year is _______.

Answer: September 26 / Waterways in our communities

2. World Heart Day is celebrated every year on ________
and the theme for this year is _________

Answer: September 29/ Use Heart to Connect

3. International Day of Non Violence is celebrated every
year on ___________.

Ans. October 2
5. The winner of this year’s Right Livelihood Award from
India , is ______

Answer: Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment

(LIFE)
6. He is considered as the ‘Father of Yellow Revolution’
in India. Can you name him?

Answer: Dinesh Shahra

 8. UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award has been bestowed
upon _________ this year.

Answer: Jeel Albena Association for humanitarian development

9. Can you identify the name of the LGBT activist who is
one of the TIME’s 100 Most Influential Persons list
this year?

Answer: Dorottya Redai

11. The author of the book titled Jungle Nama is ……

Answer: Amitav Ghosh

 13. World Tourism Day is celebrated every year on
______.

Answer: September 27
14. This place is going to host its first statue and that too
of Mahatma Gandhi. Can you identify the name of the
place in question?

Answer: Lakshdweep /Kavaratti

15. Very recently, there was a museum on Gandhiji was
inaugurated in this country. Name the country in
question

Answer: Bangladesh
17. This cricketer is the first one in the world to score
10000 runs in the T-20 cricket format. Name him.

Answer: Virat Kohli

20.Can you identify the name of the country whose
engineers have made the world’s smallest ever
human made flying structure?

Answer: USA
29. UNESCO World Book Capital for 2023, is __________

Answer: Accra
31. Can you identify the name of the parliament of
Iceland that was in the news recently as it elected a
female major parliament in the world ?

Answer: Althing
32. Name the first female Prime Minister of Tunisia.

Answer: Najla Bouden Romdhan

33. Can you identify the name of the world’s first carbon
neutral tourist destination?

Answer: Machu Picchu

37. ‘ Sweet Cucumber’,got the GI tag recently. It belongs
to the Indian state of ______.

Answer: Nagaland
38. ‘Sojat Mehendi’, got the GI tag recently. It belongs to
the Indian state of ___________

Answer: Rajasthan
 40. ‘Judima Wine’, got the GI Tag recently. It belongs to
the Indian state of ________.

Answer: Assam
47. World Habitat Day is celebrated on _________this
year.

Answer: 4th October

49. World Post Day is celebrated every year on _____and
the theme for this year is ________.

Answer: 9th October / Innovate to recover

 50. The International Day of the Girl Child is celebrated
every year on ___________ and the theme for this year is
_______.

Answer: 11th October / Digital Generation . Our Generation

 51. The Nobel Prize for Literature for the year 2021 has
been won by________.

Answer: Abdulrazak Gurnah

 52. The Disciple, is the movie and was in the news
recently for winning an award at the Asian Film Festival.
This movie is directed by______

Answer: Chaitanya Tamhane

 53. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2021 has been won
by _________&__________ for their work on
_________________.

Answer: Benjamin List & Briton David / work on mirror

Image molecules
 54. The first Indian actress to achieve Best actress
award at Global Achievers Award, is _______.

Answer: Deepika Padukone

 55. The winners of Physics Nobel this year are
______/____/_______ for their work on _________.

Answer: Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio

Parisi, Climate Change
 56. The first Indian American to be crowned Miss World
America recently is _________

Answer: Shree Saini

 62. Can you identify the name of the chairperson of the
Parliamentary panel for education, women, children,
youth, sports?

Answer: Vinay P. Sahsrabuddhe

 63.Can you identify the name of the winners of the Nobel
Prize and their work also for Medicine for 2021?

Answer: David Julius & Ardem Patapoutian/ work on sensing

touch and temperature.
 64. World first vaccine for this particular disease was
approved by the WHO for the first time recently. Name
the disease in question.

Answer: Malaria
 65. This Indian vaccine manufacturer will manufacture
world’s first malaria vaccine. Name the company in
question.

Answer: Bharat Biotec

 66. This Indian business group has taken over
Government’s control in the Indian Airlines completely.
We are talking about…..

Answer: Tata Sons

 72. The newly appointed Prime Minister of Japan is
________

Answer: Fumio Kishida

 75. The newly appointed mascot of ‘Namami Gangey’
program is __________.

Answer: Chacha Choudhary

 77. The name of the two recently given GI Tags Kerala
based entities are__________&__________

Answer: Edayur Chilli & Kuttiyattoor Mango

 78. The famous ‘White Onion’, of this Indian state got GI
Tag recently. We are talking about……

Answer: Maharashtra
 80. Balaghat Chinnor rice belongs to _________ as it got
GI Tag recently.

Answer: Madhya Pradesh

( Masterstroke-(October-2021-Normal
Part-2)
1. International Day of Rural Women is celebrated on
_____ and the theme for this year is ___________

Answer: October 15/ Rural Women Cultivating Good

Food for All
2. World Food Day is celebrated every year on ______.

Answer: October 16
6. He is considered as the ‘Father of Nuclear Bomb’ in
Pakistan passed away recently. We are talking
about…..

Answer: Abdul Quadeer Khan

 7. This Indian cricketer has been bestowed upon with an
honorary Doctorate degree by a French University.
Can you identify the name of the player in question?

Answer: Harbhajan Singh

 8. Name the first Indian district that is fully vaccinated
with 100% coverage.

Answer: Kinnaur( Himachal Pradesh)

 13. Indian Space Association established recently will
be headed by _________.

Answer: Jayant Patil

14. NASA has recently launched a spacecraft meant for
probing the Trojan Asteroids of this planet. Can you
identify the name of the spacecraft and the name of
the Planet in question.

Answer: Lucy / Jupiter

17. This country has recently become the first country in
the world to receive emission reductions payments from
forest carbon partnership facility. Name the country in
question.

Answer: Mozambique
18. Name the Indian scientist who has been made a part
of WHO advisory group on the origin of novel
pathogens.

Answer: Dr. R. Gangakhedekar

22. The latest PSU to be accorded the ‘Maharatna
Status’, is ________

Answer: Power Finance Corporation (PFC)

24. Can you identify the name of the chairman of the
committee on settlement orders and compounding of
offences, established by SEBI recently?

Answer: Vijay C. Daga

 25. The newly appointed chairperson of the Indian Banks
Association(IBA) is________.

Answer: Atul Kumar Goel

 26.This Indian has become the first ever Indian
chairperson of the World Steel Association. Name
him.

Answer: Sajjan Jindal

27. Sebastian Kurz stepped down recently owing to
corruption charges. He was the chancellor of
________.

Answer: Austria
29. This country has recently launched the world's first
fully automated and driverless train. Name the
country in question.

Answer: Germany
32. The world’s first ‘Face Pay’, system is launched at
__________Metro recently.

Answer: Moscow
34. The rank of India in the latest GHI is ________.

Answer: 101
 36. ‘ Kalamkari paintings’, that got the GI tag recently,
belongs to ___________ and Ratu Lango that also got
the GItag belongs to _________.

Answer: Thanajavur/ Baghpat

42. As per a recent development BSF has been
accorded the uniform area of jurisdiction upto
_________.

Answer: 50 km
 44. This Indian project is the winner of the ‘Eco Oscar’
award recently . Name the project in question.

Answer: Takachar
 45. This Indian city is the winner of the ‘city with most
sustainable transport system’, award. We are talking
about________.

Answer: Kochi
46. Can you identify the name of India’s official entry to
Oscars 2022 . Its language and its Director?

Answer: Koozhangal/Tamil / P.S. Vinothraj

 48. This person of Indian origin has been appointed as
the White House Staff Secretary . Can you name the
person in question?

Answer: Neera Tanden

49. The first Indian film to launch NFT Collectibles
is__________.

Answer: Kurup
 57. Can you identify the name of Indian state where
India’s first Banni Buffalo IVF calf that was born
recently?

Answer: Gujarat
 59. This country is the first one in the world to enact a
Climate Law . Name the country in question.

Answer: New Zealand

 63. As per the recent report , the world’s biggest Bitcoin
miner country is ________

Answer: USA
 64. Can you identify the name of the social media plate
form launched by Donald Trump recently?

Answer: TRUTH
 71. The first ever President of Barbados will be
___________

Answer: Dame Sandra Mason

 74. The first European country to legalize cannabis is
______

Answer: Luxembourg
 79. Where would you find National Cancer Institute in
India ?

Answer: Jhajjar
( Masterstroke-(November-2021-Normal
Part-1)
1. National Unity Day is celebrated on _________.

Answer: October 31
4. The winner of this year’s Booker Prize for Fiction has
been won by ___________ for his work _________

Answer: Damon Galgut / The Promise

5. Can you identify the name of the two Bangladeshi
winners of Padma Bhushan and Padma Shree award
respectively, this year?

Answer: Syed Muazzem Ali /Enamul Haq

 7. The first Indian actor to enter Metaverse is ______

Answer: Kamal Hasan

24. Can you identify the chairperson of the panel meant
for overhauling of the ARC ?

Answer: Sudarshan Sen

27. Where would you find the headquarter of the World
Meteorological Organization(WMO)?

Answer: Geneva
30. Where would you find the world's first ‘museum in
the sky’?

Answer: Saudi Arabia

31. Can you identify the name of the personalities behind
the launch of world’s first transnational solar power
grid?

Answer: Narendra Modi & Boris Jhonson

 40. National Legal Services Day is celebrated in India on
________

Answer: 9th November

42. Name the first woman Air Marshal of India who was
awarded with Padma Shree recently.

Answer: Padma Bandopadhyay

 43. Tenzing Norgay National Adventure award is given
to

Answer: Priyanka Mohite

44. Name the Nepal Army Chief who was given the
honorary Rank of General of Indian Army.

Answer: Prabhu Ram Sharma

46. The newly appointed chairperson of NCLAT is ____.

Answer: Ashok Bhushan

 52. Name the first Indian woman footballer to win Padma
Shree.

Answer: Oinam Bembem Devi

 54. The first Indian footballer to win the Khel Ratna – the
highest sports award of India – is __________.

Answer: Sunil Chhetri

 56. The first Chinese woman to walk in space is ______

Answer: Wang Yaping

 62. Can you identify the name and theme of the first
Global Hackathon organized by RBI recently?

Answer: HARBINGER -2021/ Smart Digital Payments

 67. This country will host the COP 27 . Name the country
in question.

Answer: Egypt
 71. ‘ Black Rice of Kakching ‘ got the GI Tag recently. It
belongs to the Indian state of _________.

Answer: Manipur
 72. This Indian province has joined the UNESCO
Creative Cities Network 2021 recently. Name it.

Answer: Srinagar
 75. Claimed to be the world’s first fully solar powered
airport, will soon launch a hydro project also. Name the
airport in question.

Answer: Cochin Airport

 78. The 101st member of ISA, is_______.

Answer: USA
( Masterstroke-(November-2021-Normal
Part-2)
5. This person has been appointed as the resident
coordinator of UN in India . We are talking
about______.

Answer: Shombi Sharp

12. The newly appointed chairperson of the ICC’s Cricket
Committee is _________.

Answer: Sourav Ganguly

23. All the rating agencies in India are regulated by
_________.

Answer: SEBI
 25. This country has been ranked at the top, in terms of
remittances across the globe as per the World Bank.
Name the country and the amount of remittances it
amassed in 2021.

Answer: India / $87 billion

28. The world’s first metaverse embassy has been
established by _______

Answer: Barabados
29. This country’s flag’s colour was ordered to be
changed recently. Name the country in question.

Answer: France
30. This country launched world’s first Electric Cargo
Ship. Name the country in question.

Answer: Norway
34. Can you identify where India’s first food museum
was established?

Answer: Thanjavur
42.National Milk Day is celebrated every year
on_________

Answer: November 26
 43. Constitution Day of India is celebrated every year on
__________

Answer: November 26
 44. Name the first Indian to be honored with Knighthood
in Italy.

Answer: Sohan Roy

46. This Galwan Valley conflict hero is the winner of the
Mahaveer Chakra. We are talking about________

Answer: Colonel Santosh Babu

47. This gallant soldier of India won the Veer Chakra. We
are talking about______.

Answer: Abhinandan Kumar

49. The newly appointed permanent CEO of the ICC is
_____________

Answer: Geoff Allardice

 50. This Indian Badminton veteran has won the Lifetime
Achievement award given by BWF . Name him.

Answer: Prakash Padukone

 53. What is the full form of DART?

Answer: Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)

 56. As per the financial stability board report , this bank
has been adjudged as the ‘most systematic bank ‘, of the
world. We are talking about….

Answer: J.P. Morgan Bank

 60. The newly applicable Base Year for Wage Rate Index
is ________.

Answer: 2016
 63. Abdalla Hamdok is the ousted PM of _________.

Answer: Sudan
 66. The first female Prime minister of Sweden is _______

Answer: Magdalena Andersson

 69. Indore has become the cleanest city of India for the
________time in a row.

Answer:5th
 71. This Indian state was ranked first in the Indian
Policing Index released recently. We are talking
about_________.

Answer: Andhra Pradesh

 72. As per the latest NFHS Survey there are ______
Women per 1000 Men.

Answer: 1020
 78. Government has created a panel for timely
completion of the Central Vista project. Can you name
the chairperson of the group?

Answer: Ratan P. Wattal

( Masterstroke-(DECEMBER -2021-NORMAL)
1. World AIDS Day is celebrated on ______ and the
theme for this year is ________.

Answer: December 1/ End Inequalities End AIDS

3. The winner of the Golden Peacock award at the IFFI -
2021, is __________.

Answer: Ring Wandering

4. This Indian Mathematician is the winner of the Ciprian
Foias award. Name him.

Answer: Nikhil Shrivastava

5. Can you identify the name of the book authored by the
Union Cabinet Minister Smriti Irani on the Nexalite
attack that happened in Dantewada in 2010?

Answer: “ Lal Salam”

6. The new Naval Chief of India is ________

Answer: R. Hari Kumar

8. The first Indian Para Powerlifter to win a medal at the
World Championship is ___________.

Answer: Paramjeet Kumar

9. The first Indian to score a centaury and a half centaury
on Test debut , is ___________.

Answer: Shreyas Iyer

11. Can you name the winner and the number of times
this person has won the Ballon d’Ore award?

Answer: Lionel Messi / 7th time

12. This Indian Athlete of yesteryears is the winner of the

‘World Athletics Women of Year award’. Name her.

Answer: Anju Bobby George

14. This country won the Junior World Hockey
tournament after a gap of 16 years . Name the country
in question.

Answer: Argentina
15. The name of India’s first privately developed 3D
Cryogenic engine is ____________.

Answer: Dhawan -1
 19. The name of the first Indigenous Server of India is
__________

Answer: Rudra
20. He is the newly appointed CEO of Twitter. We are
talking about__________.

Answer: Parag Aggarwal

32. This country has become the newest republic of the
world. Can you identify the name of the country in
question?

Answer: Barbados
35. Who chaired the committee on the Online Dispute
Resolution that was released recently?

Answer: Justice A.K. Sikri

36. World’s tallest Railway Bridge Pier is coming up at
_________.

Answer: Manipur
38. The first Indian state to be fully vaccinated is
_________.

Answer: Himachal Pradesh

41. Ratan Tata is the winner of __________award
recently.

Answer: Assam Baibhav

 43. World Soil Day is celebrated every year on
________.

Answer: 5th December

 45. International Anti Corruption Day is celebrated every
year on ______ and the theme fort this year
is_______.

Answer: 9th December / Your right your role: Say No

to corruption
46. Can you identify the date on which Human Rights
Day is celebrated and the theme for this year?

Answer: 10th December / Equality

 49. The latest Vyas Samman has been won by
_______for his work titled _________

Answer: Asgar Wajahat / Mahabali

 50. The winner of the Ramanujan Price for the young
mathematicians is ___________

Answer: Neena Gupta

 52. The first Indian YouTube Channel to have more than
200 million subscribers is __________.

Answer: T-Series
 53. Can you identify the name of the RBI Governor who
has been given a three year extension in his tenure
recently?

Answer: Shaktikanta Das

 56. The third bowler in the history of Test Cricket to
claim all 10 wickets, recently, was _________.

Answer: Ajaz Patel

 58. The first player in the history of cricket to win 50
wins in each format of cricket is_________.

Answer: Virat Kohli

 63. Can you identify the venue of the India International
Science Festival -2021 ?

Answer: Panaji( Goa)

 66. The newly appointed President of FICCI will be
__________.

Answer: Sanjiv Mehta

 67. The first woman Director General of WTO is
_________.

Answer: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

 73. Can you identify the newly appointed chancellor of
Germany who replaced Angela Merkel recently?

Answer: Olaf Scholz

 74. In the recently released FORBES 100 most powerful
woman list , the topper and the Indian topper of the list
are _______&___________respectively?

Answer:Mackenzie Scott & Nirmala Sitharaman

 76. The name of then world ‘s first paperless
government of the world is __________.

Answer: Dubai
 78.The latest editions to the UNESCO Global Cities City
Network from India are_________&_________
respectively.

Answer: Thrissur / Nilambur

 79. Can you identify the name of the country that gave
the name ‘Jawad’, to the cyclone that hit the coast of
Odisha recently?

Answer: Saudi Arabia

 80. Can you identify the name of the members of the
committee that has been created to review criteria for
EWS Quota ?

Answer: A.B. Pandey , V.K. Malhotra, Sanjeev Sanyal

 85. ‘She is a Change maker’, is the name of a program
meant for the women in politics and has been launched
recently by _________

Answer: National Commission for Women (NCW)

 86. The first Chief of the Defense Staff(CDS) of India
died in a tragic accident recently. Name him.

Answer: General Bipin Rawat

 89. This day is celebrated as ‘Vijay Diwas’. Identify it.

Answer: December 16
 90. International Migrants Day is celebrated on _____
and theme for this year is ___________

Answer: December 18/ Harnessing the potential of

Human Mobility
 91. This person is the winner of the ‘Royal Gold Medal’ –
world’s highest award in architecture. Name him.

Answer: Balkrishna Doshi

 92.Name this Indian kid who is the winner of the ‘Global
Child Prodigy Award 2022’?

Answer: Avani Prashanth

 94. This neighboring country of India has recently
bestowed upon the highest civilian award to PM
Narendra Modi. Can you identify the name of the country
in question?

Answer: Bhutan
 96. She will be the newly appointed head of UNICEF.
Name her.

Answer: Catherine Russell

 97. Can you identify the name of the US Navy
Commander who has become the first person in the
world to touch all the four deepest trenches of the world
and was in the news recently?

Answer: Victor Vescovo

 98. The author of the book titled “ The Battle of
Belonging “ ,is____________

Answer: Shashi Tharoor

 100. Can you identify the name of the TIME magazine’s
2021 Athlete of the year?

Answer: Simone Biles

 104. This Formula –One Race driver has won the
Knighthood recently. Can you identify the name of the
same?

Answer: Lewis Hamilton

 110 ‘LEI’, expands to __________and is having a total of
________digits in all and is applicable to transactions
beyond____________rupees.

Answer: Legal Entity Identifier /20/ 50cr

 112. This Indian state will witness the first Green
Hydrogen Micro grid projects. Name the state in
question.

Answer: Andhra Pradesh

 114. Can you identify the name of the first company to
touch the market capitalization of $3 Trillions?

Answer: Apple
 115. Can you identify the name of the TIME magazine’s
2021 Person of the Year?

Answer: Elon Musk

 117. Can you identify the name of the French territory
and its capital also that are located in South Pacific
Ocean and went through the referendum process also?

Answer: New Caledonia/ Noumea

 118. Can you identify the name of the countries that are
establishing a transport corridor centered around
Chabahar port ?

Answer: India + Iran + Ujbekistan

 121. Can you identify the name and the state of its
location of the 47th Ramsar site that was very much in
the news recently?

Answer: Haiderpur / Uttar Pradesh

 123 Mithila Makhana got the GI Tag recently. It belongs to
the Indian state of __________.

Answer: Bihar
 124. Name the Miss Universe 2021.

Answer: Harnaaz Sandhu

 125. Where would you find the headquarters of
International Maritime Organization?

Answer: London (U.K.)

 128. This Indian festival was included in then UNESCO’s
Intangible list of cultural heritage recently. Name the
festival in question.

Answer: Durga Puja

129. Who chaired the task force tat recommended to
increase the marriage age of girls from 18 to 21 years ?

Answer: Jaya Jaitley

( Masterstroke-(JANUARY –PART-1 -2022-
NORMAL)
3. World Braille Day is celebrated every year on_______.

Answer: January 4
4. This Indian is the winner of the Global Environment
and Climate Action Citizen Award recently. Name him.

Answer: Viral Desai

6. Can you identify the name of the Indian-origin judge
who has been appointed to South Africa‘s highest
judicial bench recently?

Answer: Narandran Jody‘ Kollapen

7. The newly appointed Deputy NSA to the Government
of India is ________.

Answer: Vikram Misri

8. Can you identify the name of the Indian diplomat who
has been appointed as India’s permanent
representative to the UN Conference on
Disarmament?

Answer: Anupam Ray

9. The newly appointed chairman and the CEO of the
Railway Board of India is ___________.

Answer: Vinay Kumar Tripathi

14. Can you identify the name of the newly discovered
layer of the muscle in the jaw?

Answer: Musculus masseter pars coronidea

15. Can you identify the name of the country that has
recently created a Prosecutor based on Artificial
Intelligence and can work with 97 % accuracy?

Answer: China
16. Can you identify the name of the world’s largest and
most sophisticated satellite ever launched and the
name of the country that has launched the same?

Answer: Inmarsat-6F1/ Japan

20. This country has recently become the 4th member of
the NDB . Can you name the country in question?

Answer: Egypt
26. This country has become the first one in the world to
make Covid vaccine obligatory for Children. Name
the country in question.

Answer: Ecuador
27. This country is running a social media campaign
called “India Out”. Can you identify the name of the
country in question?

Answer: Maldives
 30. This city is has the largest metro network in the
world. We are talking about_______.

Answer: Shanghai , China

 32. This country was in the news recently as it shut
down 3 out of its 6 Nuclear power plants in a move to
control, Climate Change. Name the country in question.

Answer: Germany
 33. Who is heading the panel that has been appointed
to consider the removal of AFSPA in Nagaland?

Answer: Vivek Joshi

38. Where would you find the Quantum Laboratory that
was established by Indian Army recently?

Answer: Mhow , Madhya Pradesh

39. This Indian state has become the first one to draft a
policy for cyclists and Pedestrians. Name the state in
question.

Answer: Karnataka
 40. Can you identify the name of the chairperson of the
Parliamentary panel that will look into raising the
legal marriageable age of the girls from 18 to 21
years?

Answer: Vinay P. Sahasrabuddhe

 43. Pravasi Bhartiya Diwa is celebrated on __________

Answer: 9th January

44. The National Youth Day is celebrated every year on
________ and the theme for this year was ________

Answer: 12th January / Its All in the Mind

46. December 26 has recently been designated as
_________ by the Government of India.

Answer: Veer Bal Diwas

 48. The 2021 PETA Person of the Year is ________.

Answer: Alia Bhatt

 53. Who is the newly appointed Secretary General of
SCO?

Answer: Zhang Ming

 58. This Indian state will host the Khelo India Games in
2022. Name the state in question.

Answer: Haryana
 64. Can you identify the name of India’s first exchange
of Cryptocurrencies that was launched recently?

Answer: IC 15
 65. Who has been appointed as the chairman of the
Market Data Advisory Committee established by SEBI
recently?

Answer: S. Sahoo
 67. This Institution has come up with the World’s first
Index of Indexes. Name it .

Answer: Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU)

 73. Can you identify the name of the first country that
will give fourth dose of Covid to the citizens of its
country ?

Answer: Israel
 74. This airlines has been adjudged as the World's
Safest Airline for 2022. Name it .

Answer: New Zealand

 88. The newly appointed chairman of ISRO is
_________.

Answer: S. Somanath
 90. Can you identify the name of the President of the
EU Parliament who passed away recently?

Answer: David Sassoli

 91. “Indomitable - A Working Woman‘s Notes on Life,
Work and Leadership”, is a work of __________

Answer: Arundhati Bhattacharya

 92. The world’s first woman to reach 300 million
followers on Instagram is __________.

Answer: Kylie Jenner

 93. This Indian origin Professor has been appointed as
the dean of the business school in Oxford University.
Name the Professor in question.

Answer: Professor Soumitra Dutta

 96. Name this West Indian Cricketing Legend who has
been given Knighthood recently.

Answer: Clive Lloyd

 97. She is the topper of the FORBES list of highest
paying Female athletes . We are talking
about___________

Answer: Naomi Osaka

 98. For the first time in the history of mankind this man
received a pig’s heart as transplant. Can you name the
person in question?

Answer: David Benette

 101. In a first case of the world , ‘True Human Tail’, was
removed from the first time from a human being after
birth. Name the state in question.

Answer: Odisha
 103. The newly appointed Vice President of AIIB is the
Ex-Governor of RBI. Name him.

Answer: Urjit R. Patel

 104. The newly appointed Chief Economist of IMF is
_________.

Answer: Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

 105. What percentage of FDI is recently allowed in LIC
ahead of its delayed listing , recently?

Answer: 20%
 106. Can you identify the name of the first black
woman to feature on US coin?

Answer: Maya Angelou

 110.___________________will be the new Sec-Gen of
OPEC.

Answer: Haitham al-Ghais

 115. Gabriel Boric is the newly appointed President of
_________.

Answer: Chile
 116. Who is heading the committee that has been
appointed to probe the security lapse that took place in a
recent visit of PM Narendra Modi to Punjab?

Answer: Justice Indu Malhotra

 117. The first Indian city with the water metro project ,
is __________.

Answer: Kochi
 119. Can you identify the name of India’s first Sanitary-
Napkin Free village of the country and the state in which
it is located?

Answer: Kumbalanghi /Kerala

( Masterstroke-(JANUARY –PART-2 -2022-
NORMAL)
1. National Mathematics Day is celebrated every year on
the birthday of this great mathematician of India .
Name him and the date on which it is celebrated.

Answer: Srinivas Ramanujan/ 22nd December

2. National Farmers Day is celebrated on _______.

Answer: December 23
4. This Indian is the winner of the United Nations
Women‘s Award for Leadership Commitment to
Gender Equality . Name her.

Answer: Divya Hegde

5. The first Indian to be awarded with the ‘Symbol of the
Armour’ , by the Israeli Army , is ________

Answer: Urvashi Rautela

9. Desmond Tutu who passed away recently is a known
___________leader from _________.

Answer: Anti Apartheid / South Africa

13. This is known as the ‘Tea City of India’. Can you
identify the same?

Answer: Dibrugarh
18. Can you identify the name and the creature who has
been appointed as the mascot of the first ever’ Kerala
Olympic Games’?

Answer: Neeraj/ Rabbit

 22. The world’s first small modular nuclear reactor has
been built by ___________.

Answer: China
28.The world’s first SMS, is___________

Answer: Merry Christmas

30. Akasa Air is about to debut in the air space of India
soon. Name the man who is backing it.

Answer: Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

31. The rank of India is the ‘World Press Freedom Index’,
launched recently is _________

Answer: 142
 34. This person has been appointed as the lead
negotiator from Britain’s side to the European Union.
Name the person in question.

Answer: Liz Truss

35. This article of the Indian Constitution envisages the
provision of Delimitation Commission in India.
Identify it.

Answer: Article 82
 36. Can you identify the name, length of the longest
expressway of Uttar Pradesh and its initial and end
cities?

Answer: Ganga Expressway/ 594km / Meerut to Prayagraj

 37. Can you identify the city where International
Arbitration and Mediation Center in India was
launched recently?

Answer: Hyderabad
38. This Indian state was in the news recently as it has
declared its State song recently.

Answer: Tamil Nadu

39. ‘KAPILA CAMPAIGN’, is related with ___________.

Answer: Intellectual Property Rights

 45. You would associate this Indian state with ‘Shakti
Law’, as it was passed by the state recently. Name the
state in question.

Answer: Maharashtra
 47. National Girl Child Day is celebrated on
__________.

Answer: January 24
 50. This person has been appointed as UNDP India’s
first youth Climate Champion. Name her.

Answer: Prajakta Koli

 51. The Best FIFA Men’s Player of 2021 award has been
won by _____________.

Answer: Robert Lewandowski

 52.As per the latest National Startup Awards 2021, this
Indian state has bagged maximum awards and has
topped the list. Name it.

Answer: Karnataka
 53. Can you identify the name of the first Indian film to
be featured on Oscars You Tube Channel?

Answer: Jai Bhim

 54. Can you identify the winner of the Netaji Award 2022
that was bestowed upon recently?

Answer: Shinzo Abe

 57. Birju Maharaj who passed away recently was a
legend in the field of ________.

Answer: Kathak
 61. “Bose: The Untold Story of An Inconvenient
Nationalist”,is a new autobiographical account of Netaji
Subhash Chandra Bose , has been authored by
____________

Answer: Chandrachur Ghose

 67. Can you identify the name of the exoplanet that is
three times the size of planet Jupiter and was discovered
recently?

Answer: TOI-2180-b
 68. This country was in the news recently as it has
created world’s first ‘artificial moon’. Name it.

Answer: China
 76.Thwe new capital of Indonesia will be___________.

Answer: Nusantara
 77. The newly appointed President of EU is _______

Answer: Roberta Metsola

 79. Mia Mottley is the current President of ________.

Answer: Barbados
 80. Can you identify the name of the country and the
name of the National park that is the smallest national
Park of the world?

Answer: Seychelles/ Moyenne Island

 81. World’s largest Khadi Flag that was in the news
recently is located at ____________.

Answer: Longewala (Rajasthan)

 83. India’s first electric bus has been launched in
________.

Answer: New Delhi

 84. Indian Railway wants to become the world’s first
Green Railway by the year _______.

Answer: 2030
 92. International Day of Education is celebrated on
________ and the theme for this year is __________.

Answer: January 24/ Changing course, Transforming Education

 96. This Indian athlete is the winner of PVSM. Identify
him.

Answer: Neeraj Chopra

 98. This Indian has been appointed as the chairperson
of the International Zinc Association. Name him.

Answer: Arun Misra

 99. The newly appointed Chief Economic Advisor is
___________.

Answer: V. Anantha Nageswaran

 101. ICC Women’s Cricketer of the year award has been
won by __________.

Answer: Smriti Mandhana

 107. The newly appointed chairperson of the PMLA
Adjudicating Authority is _________

Answer: Vinodanand Jha

111. As per the Economic Survey 2021-22,the Indian
economy is poised to grow in real terms in 2021-2022, at
____________

Answer: 9.2%
 114. The world’s first NFT museum opens in _________.

Answer: Seattle
 116. The first woman President of Honduras
is___________.

Answer: Xiomara Castro

 117. As per the Corruption Perception Index, the rank
of India is___________

Answer: 85
 120. India recently launched the commemorative logo of
its completion of 30 years of diplomatic ties with
______recently.

Answer:Israel
 121. This Indian state is going to get 13 new districts. We
are talking about_________

Answer: Andhra Pradesh

 125. The first Geo Park of India is coming up in
_________

Answer: Madhya Pradesh

( Masterstroke-(FEBRUARY -2022-NORMAL)
 2. World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year
on_______and the theme for the year 2022 is
__________

Answer:2nd February/ Wetlands Action for People and Nature

3. Cancer Day is celebrated every year on ______ and
the theme for this year is ________.

Answer: February 4/ Close the care gap

8. Can you identify the winner of Miss World -2022 and
the nationality of the person who won it?

Answer: Shaylyn Ford / USA

9. The newly appointed chairperson of UGC is_____.

Answer: Jagadesh Kumar

 10. Who is the author of the book titled” Fearless
Governance” ?

Answer: Kiran Bedi

14. The Australian Open Men’s Singles title has been
won by ________and by winning this title he has
become the winner of maximum number of Grand
Slam titles in the history of tennis that stands at
________now.

Answer: Rafael Nadal/ 21

16. Can you identify the name of the latest person to win
World Games Athlete of the Year award?

Answer: P.R. Sreejesh

21. India accounts what percentage of the total global
forest area?

Answer: 2%
25. The most valued brand of 2022 as per Brandectory ,
is ___________

Answer: Apple Inc.

26. The newly appointed chairperson of IBBI is
_________.

Answer: Ravi Mittal

27. He has been the chairperson of the Fifteenth Finance
Commission of India. We are talking about________.

Answer: N.K. Singh

28. This country has recently been named as the Major
non-NATO ally by the USA recently. We are talking
about_________

Answer: Qatar
30. Can you identify the name of the bitcoin wallet
administered in El Salvador and that was in the news
also recently?

Answer: Chivo
 32. Khijadoiya and Bakhira are the names of the
wildlife sanctuaries that were added to the Ramsar sites
list recently. They are located in _____&
__________respectively.

Answer: Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh

34. Can you identify the name of the flagship scheme
whose budget was curtailed by the Government
recently in the Union Budget and the percentage by
which its budget was curtailed?

Answer: MGNREGA / 25%

36. Where would you find Hoysala Temples in India ?

Answer: Karnataka
 37. Where would you find the recently unveiled ‘Statue
of Equality’ , in India ?

Answer: Hyderabad
 41. Can you identify the name of the scheme under
which the rural infrastructure will be developed along
the North border of India near China?

Answer: Vibrant Villages Program

 42. Can you identify the name of the world class
technology that will be provided to the Railways for
safety purpose?

Answer: Kavach
46. Can you identify the makers of the movie ‘ Writing
with Fire’, that has been nominated in the 94th Academy
awards under a specific category?

Answer: Rintu Thomas & Sushmit Ghosh

 48. The first female Vice Chancellor of JNU is
__________.

Answer: S.D. Pandit

 49. Rahul Bajaj who passed away recently belonged to
the field of _________.

Answer: Business
 50. Can you identify the name of the designer of the
Indian National Flag whose 141st birth anniversary was
celebrated recently?

Answer: Pingali Venkayya

 55. Can you identify the name of the India’s first
indigenously developed bio sample collection kit ?

Answer: mWRAPR
 63. The reappointed Executive Chairman of Tata Sons
is ___________.

Answer: N. Chandrasekaran
 67. The first ever GI tag to a commodity in Sri Lanka has
been bestowed upon recently. Identify the commodity in
question?

Answer: Ceylon Cinnamon

 69. The newly appointed President of Burkina Faso is
_________.

Answer: P.H.S. Damiba

 70. Can you identify the name of the first ever country
that has allowed the movement of drones in the
country’s civilian space for the first time in the world?

Answer: Israel
 72. Can you identify the venue of the One Ocean
Summit and the deadline by which UNESCO intends to
map about 80% of the sea bed?

Answer: Brest (France) / 2030

 73. India’s first bullet train will run between
_________&____________.

Answer: Mumbai / Ahmedabad

 79. Can you identify the length of the World’s Longest
Highway Tunnel?

Answer: Atal Tunnel / 9.02km

 80. How many judges are there (approx.) per million
people in the country?

Answer: 21 judges per million population of the country

 82. The rank of India in the EUI Democracy Index is ____.

Answer: 46th
 84. World Social Justice Day is celebrated on _____ and
the theme for this year was ___________.

Answer: 20th February / Achieving Social Justice through

Formal Employment
 85. Hilal –e-Pakistan has been won by _________.

Answer: Bill Gates

 87. Name the first National Maritime Security
Coordinator of India.

Answer: G. Ashok Kumar

 89. He is the first player in the history of Cricket to hit a
triple tone on first class debut. Name him.

Answer: Sakibul Gani in Ranji Trophy

 90. Can you identify the venue of the 2022 Winter
Olympics that happened recently?

Answer: Beijing
 93. Can you identify the name of the country where
India is launching its first IIT at an abroad destination?

Answer: U.A.E.
 94. The venue of the 17th G-20 meet was _________.

Answer: Bali (Indonesia )

 97. The world’s first bank in metaverse is ______.

Answer: J P Morgan Chase & Co.

 99. Name the Chief Justice of Nepal who was facing
impeachment on charges of corruption.

Answer: Cholendra Shumsher Rana

 100. This country’s Prime Minister invoked emergency
in a bid to end protests against vaccination. Name the
President and the country in question.

Answer: Justin Trudeau

 101. India has recently finalized to sign a CEPA trade
pact with ____________

Answer: UAE
111. Where would you find Mullaperiyar dam in India ?

Answer: Kerala
 112. Asia ‘s biggest Bio CNG plant has come up in
__________.

Answer: Indore
( Masterstroke-(MARCH -2022-NORMAL)
1. World Day for Social Justice is celebrated
on___________ and the theme for the same this year
is __________

Answer: 20th February /Achieving Social Justice through

Formal Employment
7. Can you identify the name of the sisters who have
been chosen as the brand ambassadors of “ Beti
Bachao Beti Padhao”

Answer: Tanishka Kotia & Riddhika Kotia

 10. In a surprising move , this Indian Chess
Grandmaster defeated Magnus Carlson ( the present
World Chess Champion). Can you name the person in
question?

Answer: R. Praggnanandhaa
 18. Can you identify the place and the year by which the
International Space Station is going to end?

Answer: ―South Pacific Oceanic Uninhabited Area (SPOUA)

/2031
 19. Can you identify the name of the Chinese Rover that
has recently spotted two new glass spheres for the
first time on the far side of the moon ?

Answer: Yutu-2
24. Can you identify the rank of India in the International
Intellectual Property Index(IIP)?

Answer: 43
25. The first country to adopt UPI platform outside India
is __________.

Answer: Nepal
26. Can you identify the name of the two provinces of
Ukraine that were recognized as Independent by
Russia ?

Answer: Donetsk & Luhansk

 29. World’s first plant based medicine is _________ and
the name of the country that has launched it
is_______.

Answer: Covifenz/ Canada

31. Asia’s biggest Bio -CNG plant will be established
at________

Answer: Indore(Madhya
Pradesh)
 36. Can you identify the day that is celebrated as the
‘Zero Discrimination Day’ and the theme for this year?

Answer: March 1/ Remove laws that harm, create laws that

empower.
 37. World Wildlife Day is celebrated every year on
________.

Answer: March 3
 38. International Women’s Day is celebrated every year
on ___________and the theme for this year was
_________

Answer: March 8/Gender equality today for a sustainable

tomorrow
39. Can you identify the name of the first Indian that has
been awarded the prestigious Boltzmann Medal and
the field for which he has been awarded this medal?

Answer: Deepak Dhar / Statistical Physics

 42. This additional Solicitor General of India resigned
recently. Name him.

Answer: Aman Lekhi

46. The only Indian woman to have been appointed as
the Judge in the Asian Games till date is ____________

Answer: Bilquis Mir

 48. The first woman cricketer to have to have appeared
at 6 Cricket World Cups , is ___________.

Answer: Mithali Raj

 54. This Indian is the global head of Strategy &
Technology at Nokia. Name him.

Answer: Nishant Batra

 56. Can you identify the newly appointed first woman
chairperson of SEBI?

Answer: Madhabi Puri Buch

 57. Name the organization you would associate Debjani
Ghosh with __________

Answer: NASSCOM
 64. How many Russian banks have been banned by EU
regarding the use of SWIFT (the International money
transfer system)?

Answer: 7
 65. Can you identify the name of the Nuclear Power
Plant of Ukraine that was captured by Russia recently?

Answer: Zaporizhzhia DONE

 66. Can you identify the name of the proposed three
places which were proposed to be the three capitals of
Andhra Pradesh?

Answer: Amarawati, Kurnool, Vishakhapatnam

 69. Can you identify the name of the exercise and the
venue also of the armies of India and Japan that took
place recently?

Answer: Dharma Guardian/ Belagavi (Karnataka)

 70. The new motto of the National Commission of the
Protection of Child Rights, is________

Answer: Bhavishyo Rakshati Rakshitah

71. The present chairperson of the NCPCR is
_________.

Answer: Priyanka Kanoongo

 73. Can you identify the name of India’s first
sustainable Tourism destination?

Answer: Patnitop
 76. This Indian state was in the news recently as it
plans to become the first 100% green state of the
country. Can you name it?

Answer: Himachal Pradesh

 78. The rank of India on the achievement of 17
Sustainable Development Goals presently is _________.

Answer: 120
 83. The Tomb of Sand is the work of __________

Answer: Geetanjali Shree

 84. She is the recipient of US International Women of
Courage award 2022. Name this person in question.

Answer: Rizwana Hasan

 87. The Char Dham Project Committee will be chaired
by __________.

Answer: Justice A.K. Sikri

 90. The joint record holders of highest wicket takers in
the Women’s ODI World Cup rests with
________&_______

Answer: Lyn Fullston / Jhulan Goswami

 94. India’s largest floating Solar Power projects worth
the capacity of 500 MW under the joint venture of NHPC
and GEDCOL will be coming up in the Indian state of
_______.

Answer: Odisha
 96. ‘UPI123 Pay’, and ‘Digisaathi’ are the new initiatives
of______.

Answer: Reserve Bank of India

 97. The world’s first has been launched by this country .
Can you name the country and the name of the virtual
citizen in question?

Answer: Malta / Marija

 98. BBIN is a Motor Vehicles Agreement between
________/__________/___________.

Answer: India / Bangladesh / Nepal

 99. The newly appointed President of South Korea is
______.

Answer: Yoon Suk yeolDONE

 100. This country has become the latest edition of the
FATF that will impact India also. Name the country in
question.

Answer: United Arab Emirates

 104. Where would you find India’s first Open Rock
Museum?

Answer: Hyderabad
 112. Where would you find India’s first WHO traditional
medicine Center?

Answer: Jamnagar , Gujarat

 114.India’s first Gati Shakti cargo terminal has been
established at ___________.

Answer: Asansol
 115. Can you identify the name of then Indian state that
has given 33% reservation for women in the Civic bodies
recently?

Answer: Nagaland
 116. Can you identify the date and the theme of the
World Consumer Day?

Answer: March 15/ Fair Digital Finance

 117. Can you identify the date and the theme of the
International Happiness Day?

Answer: March 20/ Build Back Happier

 118. International Day of Forests is celebrated on
________.

Answer: March 21
 120. The winner of Pritzker Architecture Prize( The top
award in architecture), is _____________

Answer:Diebedo Francis Kere

 123. Wrist Assured is the name of the autobiography of
an Indian cricket legend. We are talking
about___________.

Answer: Gundappa Vishwanath

 125. The Kashmir Files movie that has created news in
India , is directed by _________.

Answer: Vivek Agnihotri

 126. The fastest test fifty record is held now by
________who scored 50 runs in _______balls.

Answer: Rishabh Pant /28 balls

 127. The first bowler to take 100 wickets in World Test
Championship is _____________.

Answer: Ravichandran Ashwin

 134. Can you identify the newly appointed chairperson
of IRDAI and the headquarters of the same?

Answer: Hyderabad / Debasish Panda

 135. He is the newly appointed chairperson of Air India.
We are talking about….

Answer: N. Chandrasekaran
141. Can you identify the year of establishment , the
headquarter and the President of ICJ?

Answer: 1945/ The Hague / Joan E. Donoghue

 142. This country is the first one in the world to table
Online Safety Bill. We are talking about_________

Answer: United Kingdom

 143. Can you identify the name of the grouping / bloc
that intends to introduce carbon dioxide emission tariff ?

Answer: European Union from 2026

 144. As per the World Happiness Report -2022, this
country has topped the report . Name the country and
the number of times it has topped the report.

Answer: Finland / 5th time.

 145. Can you identify the name of the place that has
witnessed a ‘Green Triangle’, named after Mahatma
Gandhi and was in the news recently?

Answer: Antananarivo
 147. As per the latest report of SIPRI,this country has
emerged as the biggest importer of arms in 2017 to 2021
duration. Name the country in question.

Answer: India
 148. The first Drone school of India has been
inaugurated at ___________.

Answer: Gwalior
 153.India’s first digital water bank has come up at
__________

Answer: Bengaluru
 156 The first Indian state to index its crop diversification
patterns is __________.

Answer: Telangana
 157 The first assembly in the country that has gone
paperless is of __________

Answer: Nagaland
( Masterstroke-(APRIL-PART-1 -2022-NORMAL)
 2. World TB Day is celebrated every year on _______and
the theme for this year is____________

Answer: March 24 / Invest to end TB. Save Lives

 3. World Water Day is celebrated every year on
__________ and the theme for this year is __________

Answer: March 22/ Groundwater making the invisible visible

6. The winner of Abel Prize for the year -2022 is ______

Answer: Dennis P. Sullivan

8. R.C. Lahoti who passed away recently was the former
____________of India.

Answer: Chief Justice of India

9. The first woman speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly is
_______

Answer: Ritu Khanduri

11. The first lady to serve as the Secretary of State of
USA passed away recently. We are talking
about__________

Answer: Madeleine Albright

15. As per the latest data , what is the Doctor: Population
ratio in India?

Answer: 1:834
 19. India touched the magical figure of __________in
exports for the first time.

Answer: $400 billion

20. Can you identify the name of the Regional Office of
New Development Bank?

Answer: Johannesburg
21. Can you identify the place where Reserve Bank
Innovation Hub is located and who has been
appointed as the chairman of the same?

Answer: Bengaluru / K. Gopalakrishnan

 22. Can you identify the name of the Indian Economist
who has been appointed as the member of the UN
Advisory board on multilateralism?

Answer: Jayati Ghosh

24. Can you identify the venue of the forthcoming
BIMSTEC summit and the secretariat of the same?

Answer: Sri Lanka / Dhaka

25. This place has witnessed the highest temperatures
of this year so far. Name the place and the
temperature in question.

Answer: Kuwait / 53.2 degree celcius

27. The term of the present Secretary General of NATO
has been increased by a year. Name the person in
question.

Answer: Jens Stoltenberg

28. Can you identify the name of the first Indian
company to have sold carbon credits that too in the
agriculture sector?

Answer: nurture.farm
30. Who has been appointed as the head of the advisory
panel to review the NSA cases?

Answer: Justice Yogesh Khanna

35. Narsingapettai nagaswaram is the commodity that
has earned the GI Tag recently. It hails from
________.

Answer: Tamil Nadu

 37. The newly appointed Lokayukta of Delhi is ________

Answer: Harish Chandra Mishra

39. Can you identify the name of the newly appointed
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and the Deputy Chief
Ministers of Uttar Pradesh ?

Answer:Yogi Adityanath/ Keshav Prasad Maurya and

Brajesh Pathak
41. The Sansad Ratna Award for the year- 2022 has been
won by

Answer: Kuldeep Rai Sharma

42. The prestigious Stockholm Water Prize-2022 has
been won by ____________

Answer:Wilfried Brutsaert
 43. The first Indian to be honored by TIME Magazine
is____________.

Answer: Deepika Padukone

44. Can you identify the name of the newly appointed
CEO of FedEx?

Answer: Raj Subramaniam

 45. She is the first Naga woman to have been appointed
as the member of the Rajya Sabha. Name her.

Answer: S. Phangnon Konyak

46. Can you identify the name and the country of origin
of the new Director General of ILO?

Answer:Gilbert F. Houngbo /Togo

 53. This country has witnessed its first ever world cup
birth after a gap of 36 years. Name the country in
question.

Answer: Canada
 57. Name the first nasal vaccine against COVID.

Answer: Sputnik V
 62. World first single tower suspension bridge is set to
open in _________located in ________.

Answer: Yunnan/ China

 63. The first country in the world to give legal rights to
animals is _________.

Answer: Ecuador
 65. Name the Prime Minister of Hungry who was in the
news recently.

Answer: Viktor Orban

 66. Can you identify the name of India’s first fully
gender neutral educational institution ?

Answer: NALSAR Hyderabad

 67. According to the latest UNEP report, the most
noisiest city and the second most noisiest place on
earth are ______&__________respectively.

Answer: Dhaka / Muradabad

 69. Can you identify the name of the exercise, its
edition and the venue also of the navies of India and
France that took place recently?

Answer: VARUNA / 20th / Arabian Sea

 70. The first Indian state to launch criminal biometric
database, is _______

Answer: Maharashtra
71. A bill to remove a particular caste from the
Scheduled caste list has been passed. Name the caste in
question.

Answer: Bhogta
 76. Identify the day and the theme of the World Health
Day -2022.

Answer:7th April / Our Planet Our Health

 79. Name the two Indians that have won awards at the
64th Grammy Awards recently.

Answer: Falguni Shah / Ricky Kej

 80. Name the photographer whose photograph has won
the World Press Photograph of the Year-2022.

Answer: Amber Bracken

 81. Saraswati Samman has been bestowed upon
________for the year 2021 for his work _________.

Answer: Ram Adarsh Mishra / Mein To Yahan Hun

 82. The winner of the prestigious journalism award
‘Chameli Devi Jain’ award has been won by ________

Answer: Aarefa Johari

 86. The winner of ‘BBC Indian Sportswoman of the
Year’ , title is _________.

Answer: Mirabai Chanu

 87. She is the youngest female cricketer that have
played for India. Name her.

Answer: Shafali Verma

 88. The first batter to be retired out in the history of IPL
is _________.

Answer: R. Ashwin
91. This particular commodity got the European GI Tag,
name the entity in question.

Answer: Kangra Tea

 95. The present CEO & MD of HDFC Bank is __________

Answer: Sashidhar Jagdishan

 98. After raise , then present stake of Vodafone , in
Vodafone Idea is __________.

Answer: 47.61%
 99. The world’s richest woman is ___________

Answer:Francoise Bettencourt Meyers,

 101. In order to provide information about the locations
of Aadhar centers across the country a new portal will
be launched . Name the ensuing portal in question.

Answer: Bhuvan Aadhar Portal

 104. The first black woman to have been appointed as a
judge in the Supreme Court of USA is ___________

Answer: Ketanji Brown Jackson

 105. The first Pakistani PM to lose no-trust vote is
_________.

Answer: Imran Khan

 110. The G-20 Coordinator from Indian side would
be_________.

Answer: Harshvardhan Shringla

111. Who is the chairperson of the advisory committee
that has been appointed to guide and advise the
Semiconductor Mission?

Answer: Ashwini Vaishnaw

( Masterstroke-(APRIL-PART-2 -2022-
NORMAL)
 3. International Gandhi Award for leprosy has been won
by _________

Answer:Bhushan Kumar &Sahyog Kushtha Yagna Trust

4. The winner of first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar
Puraskar is __________

Answer: Narendra Modi

5. The winner of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year
-2021 award is_________

Answer: Falguni Nayar

7. The Boy Who Wrote the Constitution, is a book
authored by__________.

Answer: Rajesh Talwar

12. Can you identify the name of the first Indian to hit
thousand boundaries in T-20?

Answer: Shikhar Dhawan

13. This country will host the 2026 Commonwealth
Games. Name the country in question.

Answer: Australia
14. Scottie Scheffler is the name that you would
associate with_______

Answer: Golf
15. The first ever Chess Olympiad will be hosted by this
Indian city . Name it .

Answer: Chennai
 18. The name of the Anti Tank Guided Missile whose air
force version is sometimes known as Dhruvastra,is
originally named as _________.

Answer: HELINA
26. Can you identify the suspended Central Bank
Governor of Nepal who was in the news recently?

Answer: Maha Prasad Adhikari

28. Shahbaz Saharif has been appointed as the
________Prime Minister of Pakistan recently.

Answer: 23rd
 29. State Energy and Climate Index has been launched
by __________recently.

Answer: NITI AYOG

 30. The top three performing states of the SECI Index
launched recently are
_______/__________/___________.

Answer: Gujarat / Kerala and Punjab

31. This city has been ranked as the ‘Tree City of the
World’. Name the city in question.

Answer: Hyderabad
 34.Can you identify the total member nations of
Commonwealth of Nations and the present Secretary
General of the same?

Answer: 54/Patricia Janet Scotland

 36. ‘e NAM’, that completed 6 years of its existence is
primarily linked with _______.

Answer: Agriculture
39. Can you identify the name of the first radio channel
dedicated for the visually impaired people that was
inaugurated recently?

Answer: Radio Aksh

 40. Where would you find India’s first Skill India
International Center that was launched recently?

Answer: Bhubaneshwar ( Odisha)

 42. World Heritage Day is celebrated on______ and the
theme for the same for this year is ________

Answer: April 18th / Heritage & Climate

 45. International Mother Earth Day is celebrated every
year on ________and the theme for this year is
___________

Answer: April 22/Invest in Our Planet

 48.The winner of Champions of Earth Lifetime
Achievement Award is _________________.

Answer: David Attenborough

 49. Can you identify the name of the first retired
Supreme Court Judge that has launched a YouTube
channel of his own?

Answer: Rohinton Nariman

 50. Can you identify the name of the new Army Chief of
India?

Answer: Manoj Pande

 52. The newly appointed Vice Chairman of NITI AYOG is
__________

Answer: Suman K. Berry

 54. Khairagarh-Chuikhadaan Gandai is the name of the
________district of ______

Answer: 33rd/ Chhattisgarh

 58. The newly appointed Principle Scientific Advisor to
the Govt. of India is _________.

Answer: Ajay Kumar Sood

 59. Claimed to be the most distant galaxy discovered
ever, this object was in the news recently. Name it.

Answer: HD1
 62. India’s first pure Green Hydrogen Plant has been
established in the Indian state of ________.

Answer: Assam
 64. The first woman President of Tanzania is _______

Answer: Samia Suluhu Hassan

 67. The winner of John . F. Kennedy Award for
protecting democracy has been bestowed upon
__________.

Answer: Vlodimir Zelensky

 68. Guru Teg Bahadur was the ________Sikh guru
whose _______birth anniversary was celebrated
recently.

Answer: 9th / 400th

71. Who was the chief guest of the 7th edition of
Raisina Dialogue that was held in the capital recently?

Answer: Ursula Von Der Leyen

 73. India’s first carbon neutral panchayat is ________.

Answer: Palli
 75. This day is celebrated as the World Book Day.
Identify it and tell the theme for this day.

Answer: April 23rd /Read…So you never feel alone

 77. World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated every
year on ________ and the theme for this year is
_________.

Answer: April 26/ IP and Youth innovating for a Better Future.

 78. International Labour Day is celebrated every year on
________.

Answer: May 1
 80. Who won the UK’s Commonwealth Points of Light
Award recently?

Answer: Kishore Kumar Das

 86. Can you identify the venue and the edition of the
chief justices conference that took place recently?

Answer: 39th / New Delhi

 87. The first district to have library in every village of
India , is __________

Answer: Jamtara (Jharakhand )

 90. Name the six time Grand Slam champion who has
been put to jail for some financial irregularity.

Answer: Boris Becker

 93. Can you identify the name of India’s own satellite
based augmentation system that was in the news
recently?

Answer: GAGAN
 104. As per a report by SIPRI , India is the
_______largest in terms of military expenditure in 2021.

Answer: Third
 108. The targeted year of the Indian Government to
eliminate Malaria from the country is ________.

Answer: 2030
 112. A statue of Sardar Patel was unveiled in Markham.
Can you name the country where this place is located?

Answer: Canada
( Masterstroke-(MAY -2022-NORMAL)
1.World Press Freedom Day is celebrated every year on
__________and the theme for this year is_________.

Answer: May 3/ Journalism under digital siege

 2. The winner of World Food Prize is________and she
heads a particular group named_________

Answer: Cynthia Rosenzweig/Climate Impacts Group

 3. This cine actor of India is the winner of Knight of the
Legion of Honour . Identify him.

Answer: Shah Rukh Khan

5. The newly appointed advisor to the Prime Minister of
India is ___________.

Answer: Tarun Kapoor

6. The newly appointed CEO of Hong Kong is _________.

Answer:John Lee Ka-chiu

8. The winner of 7th World Snooker Title is ________.

Answer: O. Sullivan
9. This country will host the Asian Games in 2022. Name
the country in question.

Answer: China
 10. Can you identify the name of NASA’s mission to the
South Pole of Moon that was in the news recently?

Answer: Artemis
13. According to the recently released SOFO report,
what percentage of total forest area on Earth is lost in
last 30 years?

Answer: 10.34%
17. India’s first chip making plant is coming up at
__________.

Answer: Bengaluru
 18. This person has been appointed as the ex –officio
member of the Monetary Policy Committee. Can you
name him?

Answer: Rajiv Ranjan

21. This Indian has been appointed on the Board of
Directors of Federal Reserve Bank of America. Name
the person in question.

Answer: Arvind Krishna

24. Can you identify the name of the country that has
declared state of emergency there in selected
provinces due to drug related violence there?

Answer: Ecuador
25. Can you identify the name of the two exercises of
NATO that has begun in 9 European nations recently?

Answer: Defender Europe 2022 &Swift Response

26. Can you identify the name of the country with which
India has launched three floating border outposts and
the name of those outposts also?

Answer: Bangladesh /Sutlej , Kaveri, Narmada

27. Name the Nepalese Sherpa who created the word
record of climbing the Mount Everest for the 26th
time recently.

Answer: Kami Rita Sherpa

28. The rank of India in the World Press Freedom Index
is __________.

Answer: 150
 29. Can you identify the name of the High court that has
recently declared Mother Nature as a ‘living being’?

Answer: Madras High Court

31. Can you identify the venue of the India –Nordic
summit that took place recently?

Answer: Copenhagen
 34. Can you identify the venue of the United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification(UNCCD) that
was in the news recently?

Answer: Abidjan
 37. World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is
celebrated every year on ________ and the theme for
this year is ________

Answer: May 8th / Be Human Kind

 38. International Nurses Day is celebrated on _________

Answer: May 12th

39. Can you identify the name of this Indian Reuters
journalist who was killed in the covering Afghanistan
fighting and won the Pulizer prize in feature
photography category?

Answer: Danish Siddiqui

 41. Can you identify the name of the latest recipient of
Templeton Prize for the year 2022?

Answer: Frank Wilczek,

42. This was the official country of honor at the
Cannes Film Festival this year. We are talking about….

Answer: India
45. World’s Best Nurse title has been won by this Nurse,
name her.

Answer:Anna Qabale Duba

46. Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma who passed away recently
was a legend of a musical instrument called __________.

Answer: Santoor
 47. Name the first Indian Layman to be declared as a
saint recently.

Answer: Devasahayam Pillai

 48. The President of UAE passed away recently. He was
____________

Answer:Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed

 52. Can you identify the venue and mascot of the Khelo
India Youth Games?

Answer: Panchkula / Dhakad

 54. This Particular badminton cup was won by India for
the first time ever. Name the cup in question.

Answer: Thomas Cup

 55. India’s largest Lithium ion battery plant has been
established at _________.

Answer: Gujarat
 56. Can you identify the name of the first image of the
milky way which is a massive Black hole?

Answer: Sagittarius A.
 58. Can you identify the name of the Government’s WIFI
service that is enabled at 100 railway stations?

Answer: PM WANI
 59. SEBI has recently appointed an advisory committee
on ESG related matters. Who is the chairperson of this
committee?

Answer: Navneet Munot

 60. The newly appointed President of CII is ________

Answer: Sanjiv Bajaj

 61. The newly appointed CEO & MD of Air India is
_______

Answer: Campbell Wilson

 62. As per the Forbes‘ latest Global 2000 list of public
companies worldwide, this Indian company was
ranked as India’s topmost firm. Name the company
and the rank it achieved.

Answer: Reliance Industries Ltd. / 53

 63. The newly appointed President of Philippines is
_________.

Answer: Marcos Jr.

 66. The newly appointed PM of Sri Lanka is

Answer: Ranil Vickremesinghe

 67. World’s first dedicated digital arts center is coming
up in _______.

Answer: Saudi Arabia

 76. Where would you find National Cyber Forensic
Laboratory that was inaugurated recently?

Answer: Hyderabad
 77. Can you identify the number and the name of the
Chief Election Commissioner of India?

Answer: Rajiv Kumar /25th

 79. International Day of Light is celebrated every year on
________.

Answer: May 16th

 81. Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award has
been won by ______.

Answer: Cecile Ndjebet

 82. The winner of ‘Order of British Empire’, has been
won by ___________recently.

Answer: Ajay Piramal

 83. He has been the UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador for
underprivileged Children for the last 20 years. We are
talking about_____________.

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar

 85. Can you identify the name of the person who has
topped the FORBES list of highest paid athletes in its
latest list?

Answer: Lionel Messi

 89. Can you identify the name of the plant that has
been chosen to be grown on the lunar soil and was
grown successfully also?

Answer:arabidopsis thaliana,
 90. Can you identify the edition and the venue of the
World Forestry Congress -2022?

Answer: 15th / Seoul

 92. Who is the chairman of the Economic Advisory
Council to the Prime Minister ?

Answer: Dr. Bibek Debroy

 94. The newly appointed President of UAE is _________

Answer: Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed

 96. The newly appointed Prime Minister of France is
_______.

Answer: Elisabeth Borne

 98. Can you identify the millimeter wave spectrum of
5G within which it operates?

Answer: (30 to 300GHz)

 99. Who is the newly appointed Chief Minister of
Tripura?

Answer: Manik Saha

 101. Can you identify the venue of the QUAD Summit
that took place recently?

Answer: Tokyo
 102. This Indian state hosts the World’s largest
Integrated Renewable Energy Storage Project. We are
talking about___________.

Answer: Andhra Pradesh

 103. Can you identify the name of the Indian state that
will be launching the India’s first state owned OTT
platform and the name of the same also?

Answer: Kerala /CSpace

 105. Can you identify the name of the first female High
Court Judge of India?

Answer: Anna Chandy

 106. Who is the Union Minister of State for Electronics
and IT, Skill Development, and Entrepreneurship ?

Answer: Rajeev Chandrashekhar

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