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 Constitutional Head  Defence Secretary - Ajay Kumar
 President - Dropadi Murmu (15th)  Revenue Secretary - Tarun Bajaj
 Vice President - Jagdeep Dhankhar (14th)  National Security Advisor (NSA) - Ajit Doval
 Prime Minister - Shri Narendra Modi (15th)  Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA) - Vikarm Misri
 Judicial Head  Chief Economic Advisor - Anantha Nageswaran
 Chief Justice, Supreme Court - Uday Umesh Lalit (49th)  Principal Scientific Adviser - Ajay Kumar Sood
 Attorney General of India - R. Vankataramani (16th)  Intelligence and Investigation Organizations Head
 Solicitor General of India - Tushar Mehta  Vigilance Commissioner, CVC - Suresh N. Patel
 Chairperson, National Green Tribunal - Adarsh Kumar Goyal  Director, CBI - Subodh Kumar Jaiswal
 Parliamentary Head  Chief Information Commissioner - Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha
 Speaker, Rajya Sabha - Jagdeep Dhankhar  Head, Intelligence Bureau (IB) - Tapan Kumar Deka
 Deputy Speaker, Rajya Sabha - Harivansh Narayan Singh  Head, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) - Samant K. Goyal
 Secretary General, Rajya Sabha - Pramod Chandra Mody  DG, National Investigation Agency (NIA) - Dinkar Gupta
 Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha - Mallikarjun kharge  Chief, Enforcement Directorate (ED) - Sanjay Kumar Mishra
 Leader of the ruling party, Rajya Sabha - Piyush Goyal  DG, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) - Satya Narayan Pradhan
 Speaker, Lok Sabha (17th) - Om Birla (17th)  Paramilitary Forces Head
 Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha - Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary  DG, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) - S. L. Thaosen
 Secretary General, Lok Sabha - Utpal Kumar Singh  DG, Border Security Force (BSF) - Pankaj Kumar Singh
 Election Commission  DG, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) - S. L. Thaosen
 Chief Election Commissioner - Rajiv Kumar (25th)  DG, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) - Sheel Vardhan Singh
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 Election Commissioners- Anup chandra Pandey, Rajiv Kumar  Director General, National Security Guard (NSG) - M. A. Ganpati
 Deputy Election Commissioners - R.K. Gupta, Umesh Sinha,  Director, Special Protection Group (SPG)- Arun Kumar Sinha
Chandrabhushan Kumar, Sudip Jain  Additional Director General, ITBP - Anish Dyal Singh
 Comptroller and Auditor General  DG, National Cadet Corps (NCC) - Gurbirpal Singh
 Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)  Director General, Indian Coast Guard (ICG) - V. S. Pathaniya
- Girish Chandra Murmu (14th)  Director General, National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF)
 Comptroller General of Accounts (CGA)- Sonali Singh (26th) - Atul Karwal
 Armed Forces Head  DG, Railway Protection Force Service (RPFS) - Sanjay Chander
 Supreme Commander - President, Dropadi Murmu  Director General, Assam Rifles (AR)- Pradeep Chandran Nair
 Chief of Air Staff - V.R. Chaudhari (27th)  Chairman and Secretary of Commissions
 Chief of Naval Staff - R. Hari Kumar (25th)  Chairman, NITI Ayog - Prime Minister Narendra Modi
 Chief fo Army Staff - Manoj Pandey (29th)  Deputy Chairman, NITI Ayog - Suman Kumar Bery
 Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)- Lt. General Anil Chauhan (2nd)  CEO, NITI Ayog - Parameswaran Iyer
 DG, Military Operations (DGMO) - Manoj Kumar Katiyar  Chairman, UPSC - Dr. Manoj Soni
 Secretaries and Advisors  Chairman, 21st Law Commission - Balbir Singh Chouhan
 Cabinet Secretary - Rajiv Gaba  Chairperson, National Commission for Women - Rekha Sharma
 Principal Adviser, Prime Minister – Traun Kapoor  Chairman, National Backward Classes Commission
 Principal Secretary, Prime Minister - PK Mishra - Bhagwan Lal Sahni
 Defence Finance Secretary - Gargi Kaul  Chairman, Staff Selection Commission - S. Kishor
 Foreign Secretary - Vinay Mohan Kwatra  Chairman, 7th Pay Commission - Ashok Kumar Mathur
 Home Secretary - Ajay Kumar Bhalla  Chairperson, Lokpal - Pradip Kumar Mohanty
 Finance Secretary - T.V. Somnathan  Chairman, 15th Finance Commission - N.K. Singh

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 Chairman, Competition Commission of India  Director, Engineers India Limited - Vartika Shukla
- Ashok Kumar Gupta  Director, NALCO - Sridhar Patra
 Chairman, National Commission for ST - Harsh Chaouhan  Director, Oil India Limited (OIL) - Ranjit Rath
 Chairman, National Commission for SC - Vijay Sampla  Director, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) - M.V. Govatma
 Chairman, National Human Rights Commission  Director, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)- R. Madhavan
- Arun Kumar Mishra (8th)  Director, NMDC - Sumit Deb
 Chairman, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights  Director, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) - Atul Bhatt
- Priyank Kanungo  Director, Shipping Corporation of India - Harjit Kaur Joshi
 Chairman, National Commission for Minorities  CMD, Neyveli Lignite Corporation- Prasanna Kumar Motupalli
- Iqbal Singh Lalpura  Head of Educational and Academic Institutions
 Indian Boards / Committees / Authorities and Chairman  Chairman, UGC - M. Jagdish Kumar
 Chairman & CEO, Railway Board - Vinay Kumar Tripathi  VC, IGNOU - Pro. Nageswara Rao
 Chairman, SEBI - Madhabi Puri Buch  VC, University of Delhi – Yogesh Singh
 CEO, Central Board of Films Certification - Ravindra Bhakar  Vice Chancellor, JNU - Shantisree Dhulipudi Pandit
 Chairman, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security - Zulfikar Hasan  Vice Chancellor, BHU ` - Rakesh Bhatnagar
 Chairman, CBDT - Nitin Gupta  Chancellor, Nalanda University - Dr. Vijay Bhatkar
 Chairman, Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs (CBIC)  Vice Chancellor, Nalanda University - Sunaina Singh
- Vivek Johri  Vice Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia - Prof. Najma Akhtar
 Chairman, National Dairy Development Board - Meenesh Shah  Director, NCERT - Dinesh Prasad Saklani
 Chairman, Company Law Board (CLB) - Mahesh Mittal Kumar  Chairman, CBSE - Nidhi Chibber
 Chairman, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board
 President, Sahitya Akademi - Chandrashekhar Kamber
- Dinesh K. Sharraf
 President, Sangeet Natak Akademi - Shekhar Sen
 Chairman, TRAI - P.D. Vaghela
 President, Lalit Kala Akademi - Uttam Pachharne
 CEO, UIDAI - Saurabh Garg
 Head of Press and Media
 Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India - Vivek Joshi
 Chairman, Prasar Bharati Board - Dr. A. Surya Prakash
 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee - Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary
 CEO, Prasar Bharati - Mayank Kumar Agarwal
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 Chairman, Estimates Committee - Girish Bapata

 Chairman, National School of Drama - Paresh Rawal
 Chairman, National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)
 President, Film and Television Institute of India - Shekhar Kapur
- Alka Upadhyay
 Director General, All India Radio - N. Venudhar Reddy
 Head of Maharatna Companies (Total-12)
 Chairman, Press Trust of India (PTI) - Aveek Sarkar
 Director, NTPC - Gurdeep Singh
 Chairman, United News of India (UNI) - Vishwas Tripathi
 First CMD, ONGC - Rajesh Kumar Srivastava
 Chairman, Indian News Paper Society (INS) - Mohit Jain
 Director, SAIL - Soma Mandal
 CMD, GAIL - Sandeep Kumar Gupta  Head of Scientific and Research Organizations
 Director, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.– Shrikant Madhav Vaig  Chairman, ISRO - S. Somnath
 Director, Coal India Ltd. (CIL) - Pramod Agarwal  Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
 Director, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited- Arun Kumar - Kamlesh Neelkanth Vyas
 Director, BHEL - Nalin Singhal  Chairman, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB)
 Director, HPCL - Pushp Kumar Joshi - G. Nageswara Rao
 Director, Power Grid Corporation - K. Sreekant  Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC)
 Director, Power Finance Corporation - Ravinder Singh Dhillon - Ajit Kumar Mohanty
 Director, REC (12th Maharatna) - Vivek kumar Dewangan  Chairman, Defence Research and Development Organization
 Chairman & CMD of Public Sector Enterprises (DRDO) - Samir V. Kamat
 Director, BSNL - P.K. Purwar  Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
 Chairman, Airports Authority of India (AAI) - Sanjeev Kumar (CSIR) - Nallathamby Kalaiselvi
 Director, ITDC - Sambit Patra  Chairman, Council of Industrial and Development Research
 Director, MTNL - Sunil Kumar - T. Ramasamy
 Director, NBCL - P.K. Gupta  Director, Vivram Sarabhai Space Center- Dr. Unnikrishanan Nair

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 Head of Sports Organizations  Head of Economic / Commercial Institutions
 Chairman, ICC - Greg Barclay (New Zealand)  Director General, FICCI - Arun Chawala
 Acting CEO, ICC - Geoff Allardice  President, FICCI - Sanjiv Mehata
 President, Asian Cricket Council (ACC) - Jay Shah  President, ASSOCHAM - Sumant Sinha
 First Independent Woman Director, ICC - Indra Nooyi
 General Secretary, ASSOCHAM - Saurabh Sanyal
 President, BCCI - Saurabh Ganguly (39th)
 President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - R. Dinesh
 CEO, BCCI - Hemang Amin
 Interim Head Coach, Indian Cricket Men Team - Rahul Dravid  Chairman, IFFCO - Dileep Sanghani
 Head Coach, Indian Women's Cricket Team - Ramesh Powar  Chairperson, NASSCOM - Krishnan Ramanujam
 Director General, Sports Authority of India - Neelam Kapoor  President, NASSCOM - Devjani Ghosh
 President, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI)  Chairman, Unit Trust of India (UTI) - Leo Puri
- Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh  President, International Chamber of Commerce India
 President, All India Tennis Association (AITA) - Anil Jain - Vikramjit Sahney
 Chief, All India Football Confederation (AIFF) - Kalyan Chaubey
 Chairman, National Stock Exchange (NSE)
 President, Volleyball Federation of India - Achyuta Samant
- Ashish Kumar Chouhan
 President, All India Chess Federation (AICF) - Sanjay Kapoor
 President, Hockey India - Dilip Tirkey  CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) - S. S. Mundra
 President, Athletic Federation of India (AFI) - Adil Sumariwala
Officials of Banks
 President, Boxing Federation of India (BFI) - Ajay Singh
 President, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) - Adil Sumariwala  Central Bank
 President, Archery Association of India (AAI) - Arjun Munda  Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) - Shaktikant Das (25th)
 President, International Olympic Committee (IOC)  Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India - T Rabi Shankar, M.
- Thomas Bach (Germany) Rajeshwar Rao, Mahesh Kumar Jain, Michael Devvrat Patra
 President, International Athletic Federation - Sebastian Coe (UK)  Chief Financial Officer, RBI - Sudha Balakrishnan
 President, Badminton Association of India (BAI)
 Heads of Public Banks/WBCs
- Hemant Biswa Sarma
 State Bank of India (Chairman) - Dinesh Kumar Khara
 President, FIFA - Gianni Infantino (Italy-Switzerland)
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 President, Indian Weightlifting Federation - Mohamed Jalud  CFO, State Bank of India - Charanjit Singh Atra
 President, International Hockey Federation (FIH)  MD, SBI - Swaminathan Janakiraman, Ashwini Kumar
- Seif Ahmed (Egypt) Tiwari, Alok Kumar Choudhary, Challa Srinivasulu Setty
 President, World Squash Federation (WSF)  Bank of Baroda - Sanjeev Chadha
- Jenna Wooldridge (England)  Bank of India - Atanu Kumar Das
 President, International Golf Federation (IGF)  Bank of Maharashtra - A. S. Rajeev
- Anika Saarenstam (Sweden)  Canara Bank - Lingam Venkata Prabhakar
 President, International Boxing Federation (AIBA)  Central Bank of India (MD & CEO) - Matam Venkata Rao
- Lovlina Borgohain
 Indian Bank - Shanti Lal Jain
 President, Indian Paralympic Committee (IPC) - Deepa Malik
 Indian Overseas Bank (CEO) - Ajay Kumar Srivastava
 Head of Insurance Institutions
 Punjab National Bank - Atul Kumar Goyal
 Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of  Punjab & Sind Bank - Sawrup Kumar Saha
India (IRDAI) - Debashish Panda
 UCO Bank - Soma Shankara Prasad
 Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) - M.R. Kumar
 MD, LIC - B.C. Patnayak  Union Bank of India - A. Manimekhalai
 Chairman, General Insurance Corporation - Devesh Srivastava Note: After the merger of 10 public sector banks with 4 large public
 CMD, New India Assurance Company Limited - Atul Sahay sector banks on August 30, 2019, the number of public sector banks
 Director, Oriental Insurance Company - S. N. Rajeshwari in India has increased to 12 at present. Allahabad Bank merged with
 CMD, United India Insurance Company Indian Bank, Andhra Bank merged with Union Bank of India, Oriental
- S. L. Tripathy Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India merged with Punjab
 Chairman, National Insurance Company- Tajinder Mukherjee National Bank, Syndicate Bank merged with Canara Bank, Vijaya
 MD & CEO, SBI General Insurance - Kishore Kumar Poludasu Bank and Dena Bank merged with Bank of Baroda.

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 Heads of Private Banks /Financial Institutions/CEO's Head of International Organizations
 Axis Bank - Amitabh Choudhary
 Head of the United Nations
 Bandhan Bank - Chandrashekhar Ghosh
 Secretary-General, United Nations - Antonio Guterres (Portugal)
 Kotak Mahindra Bank (CEO) - Uday Kotak
 Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations (UNO)
 Indusind Bank (CEO) - Sumant Kathpalia
- Amina J. Mohamed (Nigeria)
 Bank of West - Nandita Bakshi  President, United Nations General Assembly at the 76th Session
 ICICI Bank - Sandeep Bakshi - Abdullah Shahid (Maldives)
 HDFC Bank (CEO) - Shashidhar Jagdishan  Specialized Agencies of the United Nations
 IDFC Bank - Mahendra Shah  13th President, World Bank (IBRD) - David Malpass (USA)
 Yes Bank - Prashant Kumar  President, Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) - Ilham Aliyev
 City Union Bank - N. Kamakodi  Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
 India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) - J.Venkataramu - Kristalina Georgieva (Bulgaria)
 Dhanlaxmi Bank - J.K. Shivan  DG, World Trade Organization (WTO) - Ngoji Okonjo-Iwela

 Jammu and Kashmir Bank (CEO) - Baldev Prakash  Secretary General, UNCTAD- Rebecca Grinspen (Costa Rica)
 Director General, UNESCO - Audre Azoulay (France)
 Paytm (MD & CEO) - Vijay Shekhar Sharma
 DG, FAO - Qu Dongyu (China)
 CEO, Paytm Payments Services - Nakul Jain
 DG, ILO - Gilbert Houngbo (Togo)
 Chairman, SIDBI - S. Raman
 Head, UNICEF - Catherine Russell (USA)
 IDBI Bank (MD & CEO) - Rakesh Sharma  DG, World Health Organization (WHO) - Tedros Adhanom
 MD, EXIM Bank - Harsha Bhupendra Bangari  Administrator, United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
 Chairman, NABARD - Govind Rajulu Chintala - Achim Steiner (Brazil-Germany)
 Chairman, Indian Banks' Association (IBA) - A. K. Goel  Secretary General, SAARC - Isala Ruwan Weerakun (Sri Lanka)
 MD, National Housing Bank (NHB) - Sharda Kumar Hota  International and Regional Organizations
 CEO, RBL Bank - R. Subramaniakumar  Secretary General, Commonwealth - Patricia Scotland (Dominica)
 Part-time Chairman, Karur Vysya Bank - Meena Hemchandra  President, European Parliament - Roberta Metsola (Malta)
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 President, African Union (AU) - Felix Antoine Tshedki (Congo)

 Chairman, Federal Bank - Dilip Sadarangani
 Secretary General, Organization of the Oil Exporting Countries
 CEO, Federal Bank - Shyam Srinivasan (OPEC) - Haitham Al-Ghais (Kuwait)
 CEO, HDFC Life - Vibha Padalkar  Secretary General, NATO - Jens Stoltenberg (Norway)
 Development Credit Bank (DCB Bank)- Murali M. Natarajan  Secretary General, ASEAN - Lim Jock Hoi (Brunei)
 Bhartiya Mahila Bank - S. M. Swati  Director, Amnesty International India - Avinash Kumar
 President, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Note: With effect from April 1, 2015, ING Vysya Bank has been
merged with Kotak Mahindra Bank. Recently Lakshmi Vilas Bank - Matsugu Asakawa (Japan)
has been merged with the Indian branch of DBS Bank of Singapore.  Secretary General, INTERPOL - Jurgen Stock (Germany)
 Chairman, INTERPOL - Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi (UAE)
Defence Equipment  President, International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Equipment Developed By What is ? - Joan Donoghue
 HELINA Developed in India Anti-tank Missile  Administrator, Space Agency NASA - Bil Nelson
 Chinook American Company Boeing Helicopter  President, New Development Bank (NDB) - Marcos Troyjo
 Barak-8 DRDO and Israel Surface to Air Missile  High Commissioner, United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) - Filippo Grandi (Italy)
 INS Vela France Scorpene Submarine
 President, United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
 Rafale France (Dassault Aviation) Fighter Aircraft
- Federico Villegas (Argentina)
 S-400 Russia Air Defense System
 Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency
 Pinaka India (First Indigenous) Rocket
- Rafael Grossi (Argentina)
 INS Kalvari Indigenously built Scorpene Submarine
 MS & CEO, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
 Apache America Fighter Helicopter - Stephanie von Friedeburg

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 Famous National Women Indian Ambassadorto to various countries
 Soma Mandal - First woman chairperson, SAIL Ambassador/
Country Capital
 Arya Rajendran - Youngest woman to become the mayor High Commissioner
 Rekha M. Menon - First woman chairperson, NASSCOM
 Madagascar - Antananarivo - Bandaru Wilsonbabu
 Ayesha Aziz - India's youngest female pilot
 Benin - Porto Novo - G. Balasubramaniam
 Priyanka Mohite - First woman to scale Mount Annapurna
 Seychelles - Victoria - Karthik Pandey
 Sirisha Bandla - Second woman of Indian origin to go into
 Eritrea - Asmara - Prakash Chand
space (3rd : Indian-American)
 Japan - Tokyo - Sibi George
 Srishti Goswami - CM for 1 day, Uttarakhand State
 New Zealand - Wellington - Ms. Neeta Bhushan
 Madhavi Puri Buch - First woman chairman of SEBI
 Canada - Ottawa - Sanjay Kumar Verma
 Alka Mittal - First woman president of ONGC
 Korea - Seoul - Amit Kumar
 Shantisree Pandit - First Woman Vice Chancellor of JNU
 Thailand - Bangkok - Nagesh Singh
 Pooja Devi - First woman bus driver of Jammu-Kashmir
 UK - London - Vikram K. Doraiswamy
 Bhawna Kant - First woman fighter pilot of the country
 Kenya - Nairobi - Namgya Singh Khampa
to participate in the Republic Day Parade
 Vietnam - Hanoi - Sandeep Arya
 Bhawna Kant - India's first female fighter pilot
 Bangladesh - Dhaka - Pranay Kumar Verma
 M. Veeralakshmi - India's first woman ambulance driver
 Bhutan - Thimphu - Sudhakar Dalela
 Nupur Kulshreshtha - First woman DIG, Indian Coast Guard
 Rep. of Haiti - Port-au-Prince - Ramu Abbagni
 Shivangi Singh - India's first female rafale fighter pilot
 Jyoti Sharma - First woman judge of the Indian Army  Peru - Lima - Vishwas Vidu Sapkal

 Shivangi Joshi - First woman pilot of the Navy  Bangladesh - Dhaka - Pranay Verma
 Chandrani Murmu - Youngest MP  Turkey - Ankara - Virender Kumar Paul
 Indu Malhotra - First woman lawyer to become a judge in  United Nations - New York City - Ruchira Kamboj
Supreme Court  Nepal - Kathmandu - Navin Srivastava
 Minty Agarwal - First woman to receive Yudh Seva Medal  Ukraine - Kiev - Harsh Kumar Jain
 Gauri Sawant - First transgender election ambassador  Belize - Belmopan - Pankaj Sharma
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 Hina Jaiswal - IAF's first woman flight engineer  Salomon Islands - Honiara - S. Inbasekar
 Shalija Dhami - India's first woman flight commander  Liechtenstein - Vaduz - Sanjay Bhattacharya
 El Salvador - San Salvador - Manoj Kumar
Famous International Women  Andorra - Andorra La Vella - Dinesh K. Patnaik
 Ngozi Okonjo Iwela - WHO's first female Director General  Netherlands - Amsterdam - Reenat Sandhu
 Samia Suluh Hassan - First female President of Tanzania  Honduras - Tegucigalpa - Manoj Kumar Mohapatra
 Lauren Hubbard - First transgender to participate in  Suriname - Paramaribo - S. Balachandran
Olympics  Nigeria - Abuja - G. Balasubramaniam
 Priyanka Radhakrishnan - New Zealand's first Indian-origin minister  Kyrgyz - Bishkek - Arun Kumar Chatterjee
 Noura Al-Matroushi - UAE's first female astronaut  Barbados - Bridgetown - S. Balachandran
 Kaja Kalas - Estonia's first female prime minister  Macedonia - Skopje - Sanjay Rana
 Claire Connor - First female president, MCC  Mexico - Mexico City - Pankaj Sharma
 Kamala Harris - First Woman Vice President, America  China - Beijing - Pradeep Kumar Rawat
 Maya Angelou - First black woman to appear on a US coin  Cameroon - Ounde - Anindya Banerjee
 Sara Gill - Pakistan's first transgender doctor  Sudan - Khartoum - B.S. Mubarak
 Jasmine Harris - Youngest woman to cross Atlantic Ocean  Guatemala - Guatemala - Manoj Kumar Mohapatra
 Martha Koom - First female Chief Justice of Kenya  Myanmar - Ne-Pi-Taw - Vinay Kumar
 Xiomara Castre - First female President, Honduras  Cook Iceland - Reykjavik - Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi
 Ursula von der Leyen - Female President of European Commission  Estonia - Tallinn - Ajnish Kumar
 Tulsi Gabbard - First Hindu woman to contest USA  Switzerland - Bern - Sanjay Bhattacharya
Presidential election  Hungary - Budapest - Partha Satpathy

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 World's leading companies (CEOs) Awards received by Prime Minister : 2016-21
Company CEO  Order of Abdul Aziz Al Saud Award 2016 - Saudi Arabia
 Apple - Tim Cook  Amir Amanullah Khan Award 2016 - Afghanistan
 Microsoft (President) - Satya Nadella  Seoul Peace Prize 2018 - South Korea
 Serum Institute of India - Adar Poonawalla
 Grand Collar Award 2018 - Palestine
 Tata Sons - N. Chandrasekaran
 Champion of the Earth Award 2018 - United Nation
 Ola Cab - Bhavish Agarwal
 Global Goalkeeper Award 2019
 Uber Cab - Dara Khosrowshahi
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
 Pepsico - Ramon Laguarta
 The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance 2019 - Bahrain
 BSNL - Praveen Kumar Purwar
 Order of Zayed Award 2019 - United Arab Emirates (UAE)
 Master Card - Ajay Pal Singh Banga
 St. Andrews the Apostle Award 2019 - Russia
 Hindustan Unilever Limited - Sanjeev Mehta
 Philip Kotler Award 2019 - Kellogg School of Management
 Sony - Kenchiro Yosida
 Samsung - Kim Hyun Shuk  Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen Award 2019 - Maldives

 Nokia - Pekka Lundmark  Legion of Merit Award 2020 - America

 Sansad TV (CEO) - Utpal Kumar Singh  Nagda Pel Ji Khorlo 2021 - Bhutan
 Bharati Airtel - Gopal Vittal
Chief Guest, 2020-22 Republic Day Celebrations
 Vodafone-Idea (New Name-Vi) - Ravinder Takkar
 2022 (73th) - None (Theme : India@75) (Best Tableau Award -
 TCS - Rajesh Gopinath
 Infosys - Salil Parekh Kashi Vishwanath Corridor Tableau of Uttar Pradesh)

 Walmart India - Sameer Agarwal  2021 (72nd) - None (Due to COVID-19)

 Alphabet Inc./google - Sundar Pichai  2020 (71st) - Brazil President, Jair Bolsonaro
 Royal Enfield - B. Govindrajan
Colors and Pictures : Indian notes
 Amazon - Andy Jassy
 Rs 10 (Chocolate Brown) - Konark Sun Temple
 Flipkart - Kalyan Krishnamurthy
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 Rs 20 (Green-Yellow) - Ellora Caves

 Snapdeal - Kunal Behl
 YouTube - Susan Wojcicki  Rs 50 (Fluorescent Blue) - Hampi's stone chariot

 Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg  Rs.100 (Lavender Colour) - Rani Ka Vav

 Twitter - Parag Agrawal (Indian origin)  Rs. 200 (Bright Yellow) - Sanchi Stupa
 Whatsapp - Will Cathcart  Rs. 500 (Stone Grey) - Red Fort
 Instagram - Adam Mosseri  Rs. 2000 (Magenta) - Mangalyaan
 Telegram - Pavel Durov
Indian Airlines and their Heads
 Koo - Apramey Radhakrishna
Airlines Headquarters Head/CEOs
 Larsen & Toubro - S. N. Subrahmanyan
 Air India Delhi Campbell Wilson
 Wipro India - Satya Easwaran (Country Head)
 IndiGo Gurugram (Hariyana) Pieter Elbers
Resident Grievance Officer of a Social Media
 Air India Express Kochhi (Keral) Pradip Singh Khrola
 Facebook : Spoorthi Priya  Spice Jet Gurugram (Hariyana) Ajay Singh
 Twitter : Vinay Prakash  Go First Mumbai (Maharashtra) Kaushik Khona
 Whatsapp : Paresh B. Lal  Air Asia India Benguluru (Karnataka) S. Ramadurai
 Vistara Gurugram (Hariyana) Vinod Kannan
 Telegram : Abhimanyu Yadav
 Jet Airways Mumbai (Maharashtra) Sanjiv Kapoor
 Instagram : Spoorthi Priya
 Blue Dart Aviation Chennai (Tamilnadu) Tushar Jani
 Koo : Rahul Satyakam
 Pawan Hans Noida (U.P.) B.P. Sharma
 LinkedIn : Tanya Mampili  Deccan Charters Benguluru (Karnataka) G.R. Gopinath

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 Cyclones in India in 2020-21 Major Agricultural Producing : India & World
Name Affected Region Origin Naming Crop / Food grains First in the world First in India
 Yas Odisha, W. Bengal Bay of Bengal Oman  Rice China West Bengal
 Taucate Maharashtra, Gujarat Arabian Sea Myanmar  Wheat China Uttar Pradesh
 Maize America Karnataka
 Buravi Tamil Nadu, Kerala Bay of Bengal Maldives
 Pulses India Madhya Pradesh
 Nivar Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Bay of Bengal Iran
 Peanuts China Gujarat
 Nisarga Maharashtra, Gujarat Arabian Sea Bangladesh  Sugarcane Brazil Uttar Pradesh
 Ampha n Odisha, W. Bengal Bay of Bengal Thailand  Jute India West bengal
 Gulab Odisha, Andhra Prad. Bay of Bengal Pakistan  Tobacco China Andhra Pradesh
 Natural rubber Thailand Kerala
 Shaheen Oman, Iran Arabian Sea Qatar
 Coffee Brazil Karnataka
 Javad Odisha, Meaning - noble Bay of Bengal Saudi Arab
 Sunflower Ukraine Karnataka
 Asani Andhra Pradesh-Odisha Bay of Bengal Sri Lanka  Jowar America Karnataka
 Cotton China Gujarat
Top 3 Super Computers of the World and India
 Potato China Uttar Pradesh
Top 3 in the world Top 3 in India
 Onion China Maharashtra
 1st Frontier (USA)  1st Paramsiddhi(CDAC, Pune)  Tea China Assam
 2nd Fugaku (Japan)  2nd Pratyush (IITM, Pune)  Soyabean America Madhya Pradesh
 3rd Limi (Finland)  3rd Mihir (IITM, Pune)  Pulses India Madhya Pradesh
 Milk India Uttar Pradesh
India State of Forest Report-2021  Sugar India Maharashtra
 Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar released  Spices India Madhya Pradesh
India State of Forest Report 2021 (17th) on January 13, 2022.
Major Minerals Producing : India and World
Important facts
.

Minerals First in the world First in India

 Total forest and tree in the country - 8,09,537 sq. km. (24.62%)
 Coal China Jharkhand
 Total forest cover in the country - 7,13,789 sq. km. (21.71%)
 Diamond Russia Madhya Pradesh
 Total tree cover in the country - 95,748 sq km- (2.91%)
 Copper Chile Madhya pradesh
 Increase in forest and tree cover - 2,261 sq.km.
 Iron ore Australia Odisha
 Increase in forest cover - 1,540 sq.km.  Silver Mexico Rajasthan
 Increase in tree cover - 721 sq.km.  Crude oil America Rajasthan
 Total mangrove forest - 4,992 sq. km. (increase-17 sq.km.)  Natural Gas America Assam
 States with maximum mangrove forest area - West Bengal  Bauxite Australia Odisha
(42.33%), Gujarat (23.54%), Andaman-Nicobar (12.34%)  Manganese Ore South Africa Madhya Pradesh

 States with highest forest area - Madhya Pradesh (77,493 km2),  Gold China Karnataka
Arunachal Pradesh (66,688 km2), Chhattisgarh (55,717 km2)  Mica China Andhra pradesh
 Uranium Kazakhstan Andhra Pradesh
 States with least forest area - Haryana (1,603 km2), Punjab
 Tungsten China Andhra Pradesh
(1,847 km2), Goa (2,244 km2)
 Cadmium China Andhra pradesh
 Top states showing increase in forest cover - Andhra Pradesh
 Nickel Indonesia Odisha
(647 km2), Telangana (632 km2), Odisha (537 km2)
 Chromite South Africa Odisha
 States with highest forest cover percentage - Mizoram (84.53%),
 Chromite South Africa Odisha
Arunachal Pradesh (79.33%), Meghalaya (76.00%)
 Tin China Chhattisgarh
 Total carbon stock in country's forests - 7204 million tonnes  Platinum South Africa Odisha

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 Changed names of Cities & others GI Tags : 2019-21
Old Name Changed Name Products States / UT's
 Daulatabad Fort (Maharashtra) - Devgiri Fort  Hathei chilli, Tamenglong orange, Kachai Lemon - Manipur
 Kibithu Military Camp (AP) - G. Bipin Rawat Military Garrison  Terracotta - Gorakhpur
 Rajpath (Delhi) - Kartavaya Path
 Edayur Chilli / Kuttiattoor Mango - Kerala
 Chandigarh Airport - Shaheed Bhagat Singh Int. Airport
 Narsingpettai Nagaswaram (Instrument) - Tamil Nadu
 Leicester Cricket Ground (Eng.) - Sunil Gavaskar Cricket Ground
 Point 5140 (Dras Sector) - Gun Hill  Kovilpatti Kadalai Mittai (Peanut Candy) - Tamil Nadu
 Aurangabad District (Maharashtra) - Sambhaji Nagar  Palani Panchamirtham, Kanyakumari Clove - Tamil Nadu
 National Institute of Rail and Transport - Gatishakti University  Tawlohpuan / Pandunam / Ngotekheh Shawl - Mizoram
 'Harijan' word - Dr. Ambedkar (by Delhi Government)  Vada Kolam Rice, Jalgaon Banana, White Onion - Maharashtra
 Ruchi Soya Industries - Patanjali Foods Limited  Khaje (Sweet), Harmal Chilli, Myndoli Banana - Goa
 Tata Sky - Tata Play
 Tirur Betel Leaf, Marayur Jaggery - Kerala
 Shivpuri Gram Panchayat - Kundeshwar Dham
 Karuppur Painting, Kalakurichi Wood Carving - Tamil Nadu
 Miyan Ka Bada Railway Station (Raj.) - Mahesh Nagar Halt
 Hoshangabad / Shivpuri / Babai (M.P.)  Willow Bats, Gucchi Mushroom - Jammu and Kashmir
- Narmadapuram / Kundeshwar Dham / Makhan Nagar  Kolhappuri Chappal - Karnataka, Maharashtra
 Kevadiya Railway Station (Gujarat) - Ekta Nagar Railway Station  Naga Cucumber, Sweet Cucumber, King Chili - Nagaland
 Jawaharlal Nehru Road (Sikkim) - Narendra Modi Marg  Kangra Tea / Chamba Chappal - Himachal Pradesh
 Bihar Makhana - Mithila Makhana  Kandhamal Haldi, Rasagola - Odisha
 Mainpuri Sainik School (UP) - General Bipin Rawat Sainik School
 Tamta Products, Thulma (Blanket) - Uttarakhand
 Jhansi Railway Station (UP) - Veerangana Laxmibai Railway Station
 Idu Mishmi Fabric - Arunachal Pradesh
 Patalpani Railway Station (Indore) - Tribal Icon 'Tantya Mama'
 Habibganj Railway Station (MP) - Rani Kamlapati Railway Station  Dindigul Locks, Tirubhuvanam Sarees - Tamil Nadu
 Lok Sabha-Rajya sabha TV - Sansad TV  Srivillaputhur Palkova (Milk-Sweet) - Tamil Nadu
 Mid Day Meal Scheme - PM Poshan  Sojat Mehndi - Rajasthan
 Chhindwara University (M.P.) - Raja Shankar Shah University  Cumin rice - Chhattisgarh
.

 Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park (Assam) - Orang National Park  Sirsi Supari, Gulbarga Tur Dal - Karnataka
 Army Sports Institute (Pune) - Neeraj Chopra Stadium
 Mahoba's Paan, Rataul Mango (Bagpat, UP) - Uttar Pradesh
 Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) - Harigarh
 Erode Haldi, Kandangi Saree - Tamil Nadu
 Hisar Airport (Haryana) - Maharaja Agrasen Airport
 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award  Coorg/Chikmagalur/Bababudanagiri Arabica Coffee - Karnataka
- Major Dhyan Chand khel Ratna Award  Kumaon Chyura Oil, Munsiyari Rajma - Uttarakhand
 Kakori Kand - Kakori Train Action  Mihidana Sweets, Sundarban Honey - West Bengal
 Manduadih Railway Station (U.P.) - Banaras Junction  Araku Valley Arabica Coffee - Andhra Pradesh and Odisha
 Mohali Hockey Stadium- Balbir Singh Senior Hockey Stadium  Bhatiya Dan (Carpet), Aipan, Ringle Craft - Uttarakhand
 Gorewada Zoo - Balasaheb Thackeray Gorewada Park
 Pethapur Block Printing - Gujarat
 Majerhat Bridge (Kolkata, West Bengal) - Jai Hind Bridge
 Dal Khursini (Famous Chilli) - Sikkim
 Dandupur Railway Station (U.P) - Maa Barahi Devi Dham
 Motera Stadium (Ahmedabad, Gujarat) - Narendra Modi Stadium  Black Rice (Chak-Hao) - Manipur
 Ministry of Human Resource Dev. - Ministry of Education  Mithila Makhana, Silao Khaja, Madhubani Painting - Bihar
 Foreign Service Institute (FSI) - Sushma Swaraj FSI  Hapus Mango, Sangli Turmeric - Maharashtra
 RPF - Indian Railway Protection Force Service  Jardalu Mango, Shredded Rice, Shahi Litchi - Bihar
 Bhopal Metro Rail - Bhoj Metro Rail  Judima Rice Wine / Liquor, Tezpur Litchi - Assam
 Chenani Nashri Tunnel - Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Tunnel
 Chinnor Rice, Kadaknath Chicken - Madhya Pradesh
 Wheeler Island - APJ Abdul Kalam Island
 Adilabad Droka (bell metal craft), Toliya rumal - Telangana
 Havelock Island / Neil Island - Swaraj Dweep / Shaheed Dweep
 Ross Island - Netaji Subhash Chandrabose Island  India's first GI tag was given to Darjeeling tea (2004-05). Its
 Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium - Arun Jaitley Stadium registration is valid for 10 years.

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 Schemes / Campaigns and States Schemes / Campaigns and States
Scheme / Yojana / Campaigm / Mission State/Govt. Scheme / Yojana / Campaigm / Mission State/Govt.
 Chief Minister Health Insurance Scheme Nagaland  'Women @ Work' program Karnataka
 Humar Beti-Hummer Maan Yojana Chhattisgarh  'House work is work' initiative Axis Bank
 Vidyanidhi Yojana Karnataka  'Donate-a-Pension' initiative Ministry of Labor
 Mahila Nidhi Yojana Rajasthan  Matrishakti Udmita Yojana Haryana
 Rural Backyard Piggery Scheme Meghalaya  Aama Yojana and Bahini Yojana Sikkim
 Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme Rajasthan  Kaushalya Matritva Yojana Chhattisgarh
 Pudhumai Penn Yojana Tamil Nadu  Kunsnyom Yojana Ladakh
 CHHATA Rain Water Harvesting Scheme Odisha  'Waste to Wealth Creation' Program SIDBI
 Chief Minister Beggary Prevention Scheme Bihar  'Mera Policy, Mera Hath' Campaign Ministry Agriculture
 Vidya Rath-School on Wheels Project Assam  'JIVA' Program NABARD
 Chirag Yojana, SEHAT Yojana Haryana  Smile Scheme Central Govt.
 Egg and Milk Yojana Kerala  SeHAT Scheme Ministry Defence
 Kashi Yatra Yojana Karnataka  Platina Fixed Deposit Scheme Ujjivan Bank
 Chief Minister Breakfast Yojana Tamil Nadu  Mission Amanat RPF W. Railway
 Nari Ko Naman Yojana Himachal Pradesh  Padhe Bharat Campaign Ministry Education
 Single Use Plastic Buy Back Scheme Himachal Pradesh  #Bahane Chhodo Tax Bachao Campaign SBI G. Insurance
 Earn With Learn Scheme Tripura Govt.  Meendam Mejpai Scheme Tamil Nadu
 CM Udiyaman Khiladi Unnayan Yojana Uttarakhand  Sports Nursery Scheme Haryana
 Swanirbhar Nari Yojana Assam Govt.  SAHAY Scheme Jharkhand
 One nation one ration card scheme Assam Govt.  Dhanrekha Bachat LIC
 'Aanchal' campaign Rajasthan Govt.  #care4hockey campaign Bajaj Allianz
 CM Matrishakti and Poshan Sudha Yojana Gujarat Govt.  Milk Price Incentive Scheme Uttarakhand
 MEDISEP Scheme Kerala Govt.  Skill Cell Mission / Ration Aapke Gram Madhya Pradesh
.

 Ennam Ezhutham Scheme Tamil Nadu Govt.  STREE Pariyojana Kerala Tourism
 Bima Ratna Scheme LIC  Duare Ration Scheme West Bengal
 Lok Milani Yojana Punjab Govt.  'Keep Your Mouth Close' Campaign HDFC Bank
 e-Adhigam Yojana, Chara Bijai Yojana Haryana Govt.  Shramik Mitra Yojana Delhi Govt.
 Ladli Laxmi Yojana 2.0 Madhya Pradesh  Mukhyamantri Ration Aapke Dwar Yojana Madhya Pradesh
 CM Free Sewer Connection Scheme Delhi  'Mera Ghar Mere Naam' Yojana Punjab
 'Jivhala' loan scheme Maharashtra  'Mera Kam Mera Man' Yojana Punjab
 Mukhayamantri Mitan Yojana Chhattisgarh  Tendupatta Sangrahak Samajik Suraksha Yojana Chhattisgarh
 Nethanna Bima Scheme Telangana  Mukhyamantri Paryatan Udyog Sambal Yojana Punjab
 'Bharat Tap' Pahal Housing Mnstry.  Mukhyamantri Bagwani Bima Yojana Haryana
 SAANS Social Awareness Campaign Karnataka  Karkhandar Yojana Jammu-Kashmir
 Svanidhi Se Samridhi Yojana Housing Ministry  'Har Ghar Pani, Har Ghar Safai' Mission Punjab
 Him Prahari Scheme Uttarakhand  'One District, One Product' Yojana Uttar Pradesh
 One Station One Product Initiative SC Railway  Rojgar Setu Yojana Madhya Pradesh
 AVSAR Yojana Airports Authority  Matra Bhumi Yojana Uttar Pradesh
 Chief Minister Udyog Kranti Yojana Madhya Pradesh  Selfie with Temple Campaign Uttarakhand
 School Chalo Campaign Uttar Pradesh  My Pad, My Right Scheme Tripura
 Mukhyamantri Bagwani Yojana Haryana  'Shoonya' Campaign NITI Ayog
 Vinay Samarsya Yojana Karnataka  Prana Vayu Devta Pension Scheme Haryana
 CM Cha Shrami Kalyan Prakalpa Yojana Tripura  Dry Ration Scheme / Arshivad Scheme Odisha

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 Festivals / Summits / Meetings : 2021-22 Major Missions of ISRO : 2019-22
Festivals / Summits Venue Mission Launch Date Launch Vehicle
 Losar Festival 2022 / Spituk Gaster Festival 2022 - Ladakh  DS-EO Mission 29 Jun. 2022 PSLV-C53
 Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sports Festival 2021 - Kargil  GSAT-24 23 Jun. 2022 Ariane-5 VA257
 Shumang Leela / Shirui Lily / Kachai lemon Fest. - Manipur  EOS-04 14 Feb. 2022 GSLV-C52
 Bharat Drone Fest. 2022 / Jyotirgamya Fest. 2022 - New Delhi  EOS-03 12 Aug. 2021 GSLV-F10
 Hornbill Festival - Nagaland (2021) / Tripura (2020)  Amazonia-1 28 Feb. 2021 PSLV-C51
 Dol Utsav 2022 / Kobita Utsav - Kolkata (W.B)  CMS-01 17 Dec. 2020 PSLV-XL C50
 Rose Festival 2022 - Chandigarh  EOS-01 7 Nov. 2020 PSLV-C49
 Bali Yatra / Nuakhai / Raj Parv / Boit Bandna Utsav - Odisha
 Lavender Festival / Kanchoth / Aharbal / Herath - Jammu- Kashmir
Upcoming mission : ISRO
 Bharat Bhagya Vidhata Festival 2022 - Red Fort (Delhi) Mission Date Key Points / Objectives

 Aadi Mahotsav - Madhya Pradesh (2020) / New Delhi (2021)  Chandrayaan-3 2023 Another attempt to touch moon's surface
 Gaganyaan 2024 India's first manned space program
 40th Hunar Haat 2022 / Kala Ghoda Festival - Mumbai (MH)
 Shukrayaan-1 2024 To study Venus's atmosphere
 Flamingo Utsav / Bani / Kanuma Festival - Andhra Pradesh
 Mangalyaan-2 2024 India's second Mars mission
 Poetry Festival 'Kavitavij' / Dragonfly Festival - Kerala
 Aditya-L1 2023 India's first Space mission to the Sun
 Baikho Fest. 2022 / Tea Festival / Bohag Bihu - Assam
 NISAR 2023 1st Dual Band Radar Imaging Satellite
 Paryaya festival, Karavali Utsav / Kambala festival - Karnataka
 Europa Clipper 2024 For study of Jupiter's moon 'Europa'
 Thrissur Pooram / Thumbi / Makaravilakku / Pongal - Kerala
 International Yoga Festival 2021 - Rishikesh (Uttarakhand) New name proposed for Covid variant
 Sarhul Festival 2022 - Jharkhand  Country / Region Scientific Name WHO Name
 Medaram Jatara / Bathukamma / Bonalu festival - Telangana  Kent, UK B.1.1.7 Alpha
 Kharchi Utsav / Poush Parban Mela / Lai Haraoba - Tripura  South Africa B.1.351 Beta
 15th Toshali National Crafts Fair 2021 - Bhubaneswar (Odisha)
 Brazil P.1 Gamma
 4th Global Ayurveda Festival 2020 - Kochi, Kerala
.

 India B.1.617.2 Delta

 Strawberry Festival 2021 - Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh)
 Behdienkhlam / Cherry Blossom / Wangala Utsav- Meghalaya India's covid vaccination campaign
 Literature Festival 'UNMESH' 2022 - Simala (H.P) Different Phases From When Age Limit
 25th National Youth Festival 2022 / Sea PONDY - Puducherry
Phase I 16 January 2021 front line employees
 International Folk Art Festival 2022 - Dubai (UAE)
Phase II 4 March 2021 60 years or more
 9th North East Festival 2022 - Guwahati (Assam)
 Kalanamak Rice Festival 2021 - Siddharthnagar (U.P.) 1 April 2021 45 years or older
 Jaggery Festival 2021 - Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) Phase III 1 May 2021 18 years or older
 Kalrav Bird Festival 2021- Bihar (Jamui, Nagi-Nakti Century) 3 Jan 2022 Over 14 Years
 Wanchuwa Festival 2021, Shilpgram Festival 2021 - Assam
10 January 2022 Booster dose to
 Sao Joao Festival 2022 / Shigmo Festival 2021 - Goa
frontline workers &
 Marbat Festival 2022 - Nagpur (Maharashtra) above 60 years
 Phool Dei Festival - Uttarakhand
16 March 2022 12 to 14 years (child)
 Maru Festival 2022 / Pushkar / Elephant Festival - Rajasthan
10 April 2022 Precaution dose for
 Losang / Namsung festival 2022 / Saga Dawa festival- Sikkim
normally 18-59 years
 35th Surajkund International Crafts Fair 2022 - Faridabad
 Pongal / Jallikattu / Aadi Perukku / Thaipusam - Tamil Nadu 26 April 2022 6 to 12 years (chid)
 17th Shala Praveshotsav 2022 / Ugadi Festival - Gujarat Note : A gap of 9 months or 39 weeks from the date of the
 Torgya Festival 2022 / Solung Fest. 2021- Arunachal Pradesh second dose was prescribed for the booster dose. Now it has
 Corn / Chilli / Namaste Orchha / Mandu Festival - M. P. been reduced to 6 months or 26 weeks.

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 Obituaries : 2022 Obituaries : 2022
Person Date Field Person Date Field
 Hillary Mantle 22 Sep. First woman, two Booker Prizes  Polonji Mistry 28 Jun. Chairman of Shapoorji Pollonji
 Raju Srivastava 21 Sep. Comedian  Varinder Singh 28 Jun. Hockey player
 Krishnam Raju 11 Sep. Telugu actors  Ambika Rao 27 Jun. Malayalam actress
 Swami Swaroopanand 11 Sep. Shankaracharya of Dwarka Peeth  Dr. V. Krishnamurthy 26 Jun. Father of Public Enterprises
 B. B. Lal 10 Sep. Archaeologist  R. Raveendran 19 Jun. Veteran photojournalist
 Elizabeth II 8 Sep. Queen of britain  Gopi Chand Narang 15 Jun. Urdu critic and linguist Prof.
 K.N. Singh 8 Sep. Former judge  Hari Chand 13 Jun. Olympian Runner
 Valery Polyakov 7 Sep. Soviet cosmonaut  Leonid Kravchuk 10 Jun. 1st President of Ukraine
 Ramchandra Manjhi 7 Sep. Bhojpuri Folk Dancer  Nobuyuki Idei 2 Jun. Former Sony CEO
 Birju Sah 4 Sep. Boxer  Bhajan Sopori 2 Jun. Santoor player
 Cyrus Mistry 4 Sep. Former Chairman of Tata Group  KK 31 May Bollywood singer
 B. Sheikh Ali 1 Sep. Historian  Sidhu Moosewala 29 May Punjabi Singer
 Mikhail Gorbachev 30 Aug. Former President, Russia  Sultana Begum 28 May Author
 Abhijit Sen 29 Aug. Economist  Shivaji Patnaik 23 May Veteran communist leader
 Ghaffar Nadiadwala 22 Aug Film Producer  Andrew Simmons 14 May Former cricketer, Australia
 Syed Sibte Razi 20 Aug Former Governor of Jharkhand  Khalifa bin Zayed 13th President, UAE
 Samar Banerjee 20 Aug Footballer  Ramakant Shukla 11 May Eminent Hindi scholar
 Narayan 16 Aug Author  Pandit Sukh Ram 11 May Former Union Minister
 Amitabh Choudhary 16 Aug Former Chairman JPSC  Pt. Shiv K. Sharma 10 May Santoor player and Musician
 Rakesh Jhunjhunwala 14 Aug Investors, Stock Market  Rajat Kumar Kar 10 May Odia writer
 Maya Thevar 9 Aug First MP, AIADMK  Yuri Averbakh 7 May Chess Grandmaster
 Rudy Kurtzen 9 Aug Cricket umpire, South Africa  Tony Brooks 3 May Formula One Driver
 Uma Pemmaraju 8 Aug Fox News Founder  Salim Ghosh 28 April Film and TV actor
.

 Johnny Femchon 4 Aug Boxer (Australia)  J. D. Rimbai 21 Apr. Former CM, Meghalaya
 Nirmala mishra 31 July Bengali singer  Mawai Kibaki 21 Apr. Former President, Kenya
 Fidel Ramos 31 July Former President, Philippines  Praful kar 17 Apr. Oriya singer and composer
 Atulananda Goswami 27 July Assamese writer  Manju Singh 14 Apr. Television producer and actress
 Balwinder Safari 26 July Popular Punjabi singer from UK  Shiv K. Subramaniam 10 Apr. Actor-screenwriter
 David Trimble 25 July Peace Nobel Prize winner  Richard Howard 31 Apr. American poet
 Bob Rafelson 23 July 'The Monkeys' co-producer  Miguel Van Damme 29 Apr. footballer, belgium
 Anant Yashwant Khare 22 July Marathi writer  B. B. Gurung 28 Apr. Former CM, Sikkim
 Bhupinder Singh 18 July Ghazal singer  Madeleine Albright 23 Mar. America female Foreign minister
 Nirmal Singh Kahlon 16 July Former Speaker Punjab  RC Lohati 23 Mar. Former chief justice
 Avadh Kaushal 12 July Social worker  Shahabuddin Ahmed 19 Mar. Former president bangladesh
 Monty Norman 11 July James Bond Theme Composer  Eugene Parker 18 Mar. American astronomer
 Barry Sinclair 10 July New Zealand Cricketer  Kumudben Joshi 14 Mar. Former Governor, Andhra Pradesh
 Shinzo Abe 8 July Former Prime Minister of Japan  Rod Marsh 4 Mar. Australian cricketer
 Luis Echeveria 8 July Former President of Mexico  Shane Warne 4 Mar. Australian spinner
 Jose Eduardo dos 8 July Former President of Angola  Hemanand Biswal 25 Feb. Former CM of Odisha
 BK Single 9 July Father of Indian Internet  KPAC Lalita 22 Feb. Malayalam actress
 M. Sanusi Barkindo 5 July General Secretary OPEC  Shakuntala Choudhary 20 Feb. Freedom Fighter (Assam)
 P. Gopinath Nair 5 July Freedom Fighter Gandhian  Ravish Tiwari 19 Feb. Senior journalist
 EN Sudhir 3 July Former Indian Goalkeeper  Surjit Sengupta 17 Feb. Former Indian footballer

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 National Appointments : 2021-22 International Appointments : 2021-22
 Pinaki Chandra Ghosh - India's first Lokpal  Padma Lakshmi - Goodwill Ambassador of UNDP
 General Bipin Rawat - India's first CDS  Soumya Swaminathan - Chief Scientist of WHO
 Nritya Gopal Das - President, Ram Janmabhoomi Trust  Anita Bhatia - Deputy Executive Director of UN Women
 Vishal V Sharma - Permanent Representative UNESCO  Anshula Kant - CFO, World Bank
 R. S. Sharma - CEO, Ayushman Bharat Scheme  Suman Kumari - First Hindu woman judge, Pakistan
 Atul Dinkar Rane - CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace  Joe Biden - President, America (46th)
 Amir Subhani - Chief Secretary, Bihar  Kamala Harris - Vice President, America
 AK Sikri - Chairman, Chardham Project Committee  Michael Bloomberg - Climate Ambassador, United Nations
 Babita Singh - New Global Peace Ambassador 2022  Zoya Agarwal - Women's Spokesperson at United Nations
 A.P. Abdullakutty - Chairman, Haj Committee of India  S. Ramchandra Gulwani - 1st Hindu woman civil servant, Pakistan
 Pradip Kumar Mohanty - Lokpal of India  Najla Bouden Romdhane - First female PM, Tunisia
 N. J. Ojha - Lokpal, MGNREGA  Magdalena Andersen - First female prime minister of Sweden
 Zulfikar Hasan - DG, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security  Prof. Bimal Patel - Chairman, International Law Commission
 Ranjana Prakash Desai - Head, Press Council of India (PCI)  Olaf Scholz - Chancellor, Germany
 Ruchira Kamboj - Permanent Representative of India to UN  Ayesha Malik - Pakistan's first woman Supreme Court judge
 Akash Ambani - Chairman, Reliance Jio  Geeta Gopinath - 1st Deputy Managing Director, IMF
 T. Raja Kumar - Chairman, Financial Action Task Force  Pierre-Olivier Gourinches - Chief Economist, IMF
 R. Dinesh - President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)  Xiomara Castre - First female President, Honduras
 Sanjay Kumar - CMD, RailTel  Katalin Novak - First female president, Hungary
 Mustafizur Rahman - HC of Bangladesh to India
 Shahbaz Sharif - 23rd Prime Minister, Pakistan
 Vineet Saran - BCCI Ethics Officer and Lokpal  Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan - President, UAE
 Brijesh Gupta - MD, Ratan India Power  Elizabeth Bourne - Prime Minister, France
 Rajarshi Gupta - MD, ONGC Videsh Limited  Anthony Albanese - Prime Minister, Australia
.

 Vinayak Pai - MD, Tata Projects  Anwar Hussain Shaik - Chairman, WTO's Committee
 Rajesh Verma - Secretary, President  José Ramos Horta - President, East Timor
 Viswanathan Anand - Vice President, FIDE  Satish Pai - President, International Aluminum Institute
 Indrajit Kaimotra - CEO, Unity Small Finance Bank  Rabab Fatima - Under-Secretary-General, UN
 Shweta Singh - Director, PMO  Indermeet Gill - Chief Economist, World Bank
 Anuj Poddar - MD & CEO, Bajaj Electricals  Ferdinance Marcos Jr. - President, Philippines
 Satyendra Prakash - DG, Press Information Bureau  Sheikh Moh. Sabah Al Salem - Prime Minister, Kuwait
 Sameer V. Kamat - Chairman, DRDO  Bajram Begaj - President, Albania
 Nallathambi Kalaiseelvi - Director General, CSIR  K. Subramanian - Executive Director for India at IMF
 U.U. Lalit - Chief Justice, Supreme Court (49th)  William Ruto - President, Kenya
 Utpal Kumar Singh - CEO, Sansad TV  Simon Steele - UN Climate chief
 Adil Sumariwala - President, Indian Olympic Association  James Marep - Prime Minister, Papua New Guinea
 Shaji Prabhakaran - GS, All India Football Confederation  Ana Brnabic - Prime Minister, Serbia
 R. Venkataramani - 16th Attorney General of India  Charles III - King of UK
 Kalyan Choubey - President, All India Football Confederation  Liz Truss - Prime Minister, UK (56th)
 Vanessa Nakate - Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF  Mohammed bin Salman - Prime Minister, Saudi Arabia
 Dilip Turki - President, Hockey India  Giorgia Meloni - First woman PM of Italy
 Dr. Rajeev Behl - DG, Indian Council of Medical Research  Magdalena Andersson - First female Prime Minister of Sweden
 K. Raja Prasad Reddy - President, Indian News Paper Society  Suella Braverman - Home Secretary, UK
 Rajendra Kumar - DG, ESIC  Volker Turk - HC for Human Rights, United Nations

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 Union Cabinet Ministers
Cabinet Ministers 15th President of India : Dropadi Murmu
 Narendra Modi Prime Minister  Draupadi Murmu won the presidential election on July 21, 2022
 Rajnath Singh Defence Minister and became the first tribal President of India and the 15th
 Amit Shah Home Minister, Cooperation Minister President of the country with the swearing-in on July 25, 2022.
 Draupadi Murmu's rival in election was Yashwant Sinha.
 Nitin Jairam Gadkari Road Transport and Highways
 The counting of votes was done in four rounds in which a total
 Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Finance; Corporate Affairs
of 4754 votes were cast. 4701 votes were found valid and 53
 Narendra Singh Tomar Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
votes were found invalid. The value of total votes was 528491.
 S. Jaishankar External Affairs  Draupadi Murmu got 2824 votes whose value was 676803.
 Arjun Munda Tribal Affairs  Yashwant Sinha got total 1877 votes whose value was 380177.
 Smriti Irani Women and Child Development  She is the 2nd woman President of India after Pratibha Patil.
Minority Affairs (Additional Charge)  She was born on 20 June 1958 in Baidaposi village of
 Piyush Goyal Commerce and Industry, Consumer Mayurbhanj district of Odisha. She belongs to the Santhal

Affairs, Food, Textile community.

 Her father's name is Lt. Biranchi Narayan Tudu and husband's
 Dharmendra Pradhan Education, Skill Development and
name is Lt. Shyam Chandra Murmu.
Entrepreneurship
 She has done her graduation in Arts from Ramadevi Women's
 Prahlad Joshi Parliamentary Affairs, Coal, Mines
College (Bhubaneswar, Odisha).
 Narayan Rane Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
 She joined BJP in the year 1997 and started her political career
.

 Sarbananda Sonowal Ports, Shipping, Waterways, AYUSH as Councilor of Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat.
 Dr. Virendra Kumar Social Justice and Empowerment  Draupadi Murmu, a two-time MLA from Rairangpur seat on a
 Giriraj Singh Rural Development, Panchayati Raj BJP ticket, became the Minister of State (Independent Charge)
 Jyotiraditya Scindia Civil Aviation for Commerce and Transport in the Odisha Govt. in year 2000.
 The Legislative Assembly of Odisha honored him with the
Steel Ministry (Additional Charge)
'Neelkanth Puraskar' for the best MLA of the year 2007.
 Ashwini Vaishnav Railways, Communications, Electronic
 She was the first woman governor of Jharkhand till 2015-21.
and Information Technology
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 Kiren Rijiju Law and Justice UP 403 07 BJP - 255
 Raj Kumar Singh Power, Renewable Energy Punjab 117 01 AAP - 92
 Hardeep Singh Puri Petroleum and Natural Gas Uttarakhand 70 01 BJP - 47
 Mansukh Mandaviya Health, Chemicals and Fertilizers Goa 40 01 BJP - 20
 Bhupendra Yadav Environment, Labour, Forest, Climate Manipur 60 02 BJP - 32

 Mahendra Nath Pandey Heavy Industries On January 8, 2022, the Election Commission announced the
 Purushottam Rupala Dairy, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries schedule of assembly elections for five states (Uttar Pradesh, Punjab,
 G Kishan Reddy Culture, Tourism Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur). Polling began on February 10 and

 Anurag Thakur Information and Broadcasting, Sports results were declared on March 10.

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 States, Governors & Chief Ministers
State Capital Estd. Governor / Administrator Chief Minister
 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar 20 Feb. 1987 B.D. Mishra Pema Khandu
North Eastern States

 Tripura Agartala 21 Jan. 1972 Satyadev Narayn Arya Manik Saha

 Nagaland Kohima 01 Dec. 1963 Jagdish Mukhi (Additional Charge) Nephew Rio
 Manipur Imphal 21 Jan. 1972 La Ganeshan N. Biren Singh
 Mizoram Aizawl 20 Feb. 1987 Haribabu Kambhampati Jormathanga
 Assam Dispur 26 Jan. 1950 Jagdish Mukhi Hemant Biswa Sarma
 Meghalaya Shillong 21 Jan. 1972 B.D. Mishra (Additional Charge) Conrad Sangma
 Sikkim Gangtok 16 May 1975 Ganga Prasad Prem Singh Tamang
 Himachal Pradesh Shimla 25 Jan. 1971 Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar Jayaram Thakur
Uttarakhand Dehradun / 09 Nov. 2000 Lt. Gen. Gurmit Singh Puskar Singh Dhami
North India

Gairsain
 Punjab Chandigarh - Banwari Lal Purohit (Additional Charge) Bhagwant Man
 Haryana Chandigarh 01 Nov. 1966 Bandaru Dattatreya Manohar Lal Khattar
 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow 24 Jan. 1950 Anandiben Patel Yogi Adityanath
 Bihar Patna 22 Mar. 1912 Fagu Chauhan Nitish Kumar
Eastern

 Jharkhand Ranchi 15 Nov. 2000 Ramesh Bais Hemant Soren

 West Bengal Kolkata 26 Jan. 1950 La Ganesan Mamta Banerjee
 Odisha Bhubaneswar 01 Apr. 1936 Prof. Ganeshi Lal Naveen Patnaik
Western Central

 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal 01 Nov. 1956 Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel Shivraj Singh Chauhan
 Chhattisgarh Raipur 01 Nov. 2000 Anusuia Uikey Bhupesh Baghel
.

 Rajasthan Jaipur 30 Mar. 1949 Kalraj Mishra Ashok Gehlot

 Gujarat Gandhi Nagar 01 May 1960 Sri Acharya Devvrat Bhupendra Patel
 Maharashtra Mumbai 01 May 1960 Bhagat Singh Koshyari Eknath Shinde
 Karnataka Bangalore 01 Nov. 1956 Thawar Chand Gehlot Basavaraj Bommai
 Goa Panaji 30 May 1960 P.S. Sreedharan Pillai Pramod Sawant
South India

 Kerala Thiruvan- 01 Nov. 1956 Arif Mohammad Khan Pinarayi Vijayan

anthapuram
 Tamil Nadu Chennai 26 Jan. 1950 R. N. Ravi M.K. Stalin
 Andhra Pardesh Amravati 01 Oct. 1953 Vishwa Bhushan Harichandan Jagmohan Reddy
 Telangana Hyderabad 02 Jun. 2014 Dr. Tamilisai Soundarajan K. Chandrashekhar Rao
 Jammu - Kashmir Srinagar / 31 Oct. 2019 Manoj Sinha (Lt. Governer) -
Jammu
 Ladakh Leh 31 Oct. 2019 Radha Krishna Mathur (Lt. Governer) -
Union Territories (8)

 Delhi New Delhi - Vinai Kumar Saxena (Lt. Governor) Arvind Kejriwal
 Puducherry Puducherry - Dr. Tamilisai Soundarajan (Lt. Governor) N. Rangaswami
 Andaman and Port Blair - Devendra Kumar Joshi (Lt. Governer) -
Nicobar Islands
 Chandigarh Chandigarh 01 Nov. 1966 Banwari Lal Purohit (Administrator) -
 Dadra and Daman 26 Jan. 2020 Praful Patel (Administrator) -
Nagar Haveli and
Daman and Diu -
 Lakshadweep Kavarati 01 Nov. 1956 Praful Patel (Additional Charge) -

* Total Uumber of States - 28, Number of Union Territories - 8 [ 14 ]

 High Courts of India
High Court Estd. Seat Bench Territorial Jurisdiction Chief Justice
1. Calcutta High Court 1862 Kolkata Port Blair West Bengal, Andaman and Prakash Shrivastava
Nicobar Islands
2. Bombay High Court 1862 Mumbai Nagpur, Panaji Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Dipankar Dutta
And Aurangabad Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
3. Madras High Court 1862 Chennai Madurai Tamil Nadu, Puducherry T. Raja
4. Allahabad High Court 1866 Prayagraj Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Rajesh Bindal
5. Karnataka High Court 1884 Bangalore Dharwad, Gulbarga Karnataka Ritu Raj Awasthi
6. Patna High Court 1916 Patna Bihar Sanjay Karol
7. Gauhati High Court 1948 Guwahati Kohima, Aizawl, Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram Rashmin M. Chhaya
And Itanagar and Arunachal Pradesh
8. Orissa High Court 1948 Cuttack Odisha Dr. S. Murlidhar
9. Rajasthan High Court 1949 Jodhpur Jaipur Rajasthan Shinde Shambhaji Shiwaji
10. Jammu and Kashmir 1928 Srinagar/Jammu Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh Pankaj Mithal
and Ladakh
11. Madhya Pradesh HC 1956 Jabalpur Gwalior, Indore Madhya Pradesh Ravi Vijay Kumar Malimath
.

12. Kerala High Court 1956 Kochi Kerala, Lakshadweep S. Mani Kumar
13. Gujarat High Court 1960 Ahmedabad Gujarat Arvind Kumar
14. Delhi High Court 1966 New Delhi NCT Delhi Satish Chandra Sharma
15. Punjab and Haryana HC 1966 Chandigarh Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh Ravi Shankar Jha
16. Himachal Pradesh HC 1971 Shimla Himachal Pradesh Amjad Ahtesham Sayed
17. Sikkim High Court 1975 Gangtok Sikkim Vishwanath Somadder
18. Chhattisgarh High Court 2000 Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Arup Kumar Goswami
19. Uttarakhand High Court 2000 Nainital Uttarakhand Vipin Sanghi
20. Jharkhand High Court 2000 Ranchi Jharkhand Dr. Ravi Ranjan
21. Meghalaya High Court 2013 Shillong Meghalaya Sanjib Baberjee
22. Manipur High Court 2013 Imphal Manipur P.V. Sanjay Kumar
23. Tripura High Court 2013 Agartala Tripura Indrajit Mahanty
24. Telangana High Court 2019 Hyderabad Telangana Ujjal Bhuyan

25. Andhra P. High Court 2019 Amravati Andhra Pradesh Prashant Kumar Mishra

Note: India currently has a total of 25 High Courts. Three High Courts were established for the first time in India in 1862 - Calcutta High
Court, Bombay High Court and Madras High Court. The 24th High Court of India was established in Hyderabad in the name of Telangana
High Court in 2019. The latest 25th High Court of India is Andhra Pradesh which was established in Amravati in 2019.

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 Countries of World : Who, What, Where ?
Country Capital Currency Parliament President / King PM / Chancellor
 India New Delhi Rupee Parliament Dropadi Murmu Narendra Modi
 Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Jatiya Sansad Abdul Hamid Sheikh Hasina
 Afghanistan Kabul Afghan Afghani Shora Hibatullah Akhundzada Hasan Akhund
 Bhutan Thimphu Ngultram Tsogdu Jigme Khesar Namgal Wangchuk Lotay Tshering
 Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani Rupee National Assembly Arif Alvi Shahbaz Sarif (23rd)
 Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardene Kote Sri Lankan Rupee Parliament Ranil Wickremesinghe Dinesh Gunawardene
 Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese Rupee National Panchayat Vidya Devi Bhandari Sher Bahadur Deuba
 Myanmar Nay-Pyi-Taw Qayat Pyithu Hluttaw Myint Swe Min Aung Hlaing
 China Beijing Renminbi People's Congress Xi Jinping Li Kikiyang
 Maldives Male Maldivian Rufiyaa Majlis Ibrahim Mohamed Solih -
 Russia Moscow Ruble People's Congress Vladimir Putin Mikhail Mishustin
 Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal Majlis-Al-Sura Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Mohammed bin Salman
 Australia Canberra Australian Dollar Parliament Charles III Anthony Albanese
 Argentina Buenos Aires Nuevo Peso National Congress Alberto Fernandez -
 Ukraine Kyiv Ukrainian hryvnia Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Zelensky Denys Shmyhal
 Indonesia Nusantara Rupiah ** Joko Widodo -
 Brazil Brasilia Real National Congress Jair Bolsonaro -
 Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar Parliament Elizabeth-II Justin Trudeau
.

 Nitherland Amsterdam Gildar / Euro *** Willem Alexander (King) Mark Rutte
 Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian Rupee National Assembly Prithviraj Singh Roopun Pravind Jagannath
 Cuba Havana Cuban Peso People's Power Miguel Diaz Canal Manuel Marrero Cruz
 Italy Rome Euro / Lira Parliyament Sergio Mattarella Giorgia Meloni
 Denmark Copenhagen Denis Krone Folketing Margarethe-II Mette Frederiksen
 Egypt Cairo Egyptian Pound People's Assembly Abdel Fateh Al-Sisi Moustafa Madbouly
 Sweden Stockholm Swedish Kronor Riksdag Carl Gustaf XVI Magdalena Andersson
 France Paris Euro NationalAssembly Emmanuel Macron Elizabeth Bourne
 Germany Berlin Euro Bundestag Frank Walter Steinmeier Angela Merkel
 Iran Tehran Toman Majlis Ebraham Raisi -
 Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar National Assembly Barham Salih Mustafa Al-Qadhimi
 Israel Jerusalem New Shekel The Knesset Isaac Herzog Yair Lapid
 Japan Tokyo Yen Diet Akishino (Crown Prince) Fumio Kishida
 Lebanon Beirut Lebanese Pound National Assembly Michael Aoun Najib Mikati
 South Korea Seoul Won National Assembly Yoon Suk-yeol Han Duck-soo
 Vietnam Hanoi Dong National Assembly Nguyen Xuan Phuc Pham Minh Chinh
 America Washington DC Dollar Congress Joe Biden -
 Britain London Pound Sterling Parliament Charles III Liz Truss
 Norway Oslo Norwegian Dollar Storting Herald V (King) Jonas Gahr Store

** People's Consultative Assembly [ 16 ] *** House of Representative

 First in India & World : 2021-22
 First village with RO water for every household - Bharataul (U.P.)  First state to implement e-cabinet system - Himachal Pradesh
 Kerala's first tribal woman air hostess - Gopika Govind  First country in world to have a four-and-a-half day work week - UAE
 Third Indian state with Food Security Atlas - Jharkhand  First National Park equipped with satellite- Kaziranga (Assam)
 Country's largest rubber dam - Gaya (Bihar)  India's first Graphene Innovation Center - Kerala
 India's first forestry university - Telangana  India's first open rock museum - Hyderabad (Telangana)
 First state to get Har Ghar Jal Certification - Goa  India's first paperless High Court - Kerala High Court
 India's first indigenously built aircraft carrier - INS Vikrant  First country to go 100% paperless - Dubai
 First city to make traffic data public by Google - Aurangabad  First case of new variant of Corona OMICRON- South Africa
 First state to have its own internet facility - Kerala  First death from Corona's new variant OMICRON - UK
 Formation of India's first 'Balika Panchayat' - Gujarat  First case of OMICRON in India - Karnataka
 First metro city to get Biodiversity Register - Kolkata  India's first water plus city - Indore, Madhya Pradesh
 Country's first greenfield grain-based ethanol plant - Purnia  India's first TB free union territory - Lakshadweep
 First city to install vacuum based sewer system - Agra  India's first grass conservation center- Ranikhet, Uttarakhand
 Country's first district with library in every village - Jamtara  India's first aromatic garden- Lalkuan, Haldwani (Uttarakhand)
 India's first 'Amrit Sarovar' - Rampur (Uttar Pradesh)  India's first wildlife DNA Laboratory - Nagpur, Maharashtra
 First country to give legal rights to wild animals - Ecuador  India's first Green Industrial City - Kandla, Gujarat
 India's first 'carbon-neutral panchayat' - Palligram (J&K)  Country's first 'Grain ATM' - Gurugram, Haryana
 First state to start bus service equipped with digital system  India's first chess academy - Bhubaneshwar
- Maharashtra  First state to adopt ethanol promotion policy - Bihar
.

 India's first paperless state assembly - Nagaland  World's largest floating solar farm - Singapore
 India's first 'World Peace Center' - Gurugram (Haryana)  India's first pod taxi service launched - Noida to Film City
 India's first alcohol museum - Goa  India's first fully electrified railway zone - West Central Railway
 First country to introduce Covid-19 DNA vaccine - India  India's largest floating solar power plant - Telangana
 World's Largest Igloo Cafe - Jammu and Kashmir  Youth who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro - Virat Chandra
 City with India's first water metro project - Kochi (Kerala)  Country's first millet research institute - Barmer (Rajasthan)
 India's first heli hub - Gurugram, Haryana  India's first 'Cryptogamic Garden' - Uttarakhand
 India's first privately built cryogenic rocket - Dhawan-1  India's first 'Chinese Museum' - Shivajinagar, Pune
 Country to launch world's first Dual Mode Vehicle - Japan  India's first 'Forest Medical Center' - Uttarakhand
 India's first sanitary napkin free village - Kumbalangi, Kerala  India's first 'World Skill Centre' - Odisha
 India's First Food Safety Museum - Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu  India's first submerged tunnel is in - Mumbai
 India's first Omicron kit - Omisure  First state to present paperless budget - Uttar Pradesh
 India's first LPG enabled and smoke free state - Himachal Pradesh  India's first rabies free state - Goa
 Name of India's first cryptocurrency index - IC15  World's first genetically modified rubber planted in - Assam
 India's first indigenous server - Rudra (C-DAC built)  India's first animal ambulance launched - Andhra Pradesh
 Country's first mobile honey processing van- Sirora, Ghaziabad  World's first artificial Intelligence ship to cross Atlantic Ocean
 Odisha's first child marriage free district- Ganjam district, Odisha - Mayflower-400
 First state to declare cannabis cultivation legal - Himachal Pradesh  World's tallest sand castle built in - Denmark
 First State to start Cinnamon Cultivation - Himachal Pradesh  India's first centralized AC railway station - Sir M. Visvesvaraya
 India's first Dudang Conservation Reserve - Tamil Nadu  World's tallest wind power plant - Sinon, South Korea

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 MoUs Signed in the Year : 2021-22
Related Field Related Country / Institution Month
 To develop Boxing Analytics software IIT Madras and IIS September 2022
 To increase digital literacy in India AICTE and Adobe September 2022
 To set up a hybrid solar-wind energy power plant in Gujarat. UPL Ltd. and Clean Max September 2022
 To set up charging infrastructure for electric two-wheelers in country Hero MotoCorp and HPCL September 2022
 To promote agriculture Govt. of Karnataka - Isha Foundation August 2022
 To protect India's cultural heritage UNESCO-Royal Enfield August 2022
 To make the economy of UP 10 trillion Govt. of UP - Deloitte India August 2022
 For Tele Education (e-VBAB : e-Vidya Bharti and e-Arogya Bharti) India-Madagascar July 2022
 For bilateral cooperation on climate change India-Canada June 2022
 To provide motor insurance PhonePe-Kotak General Insurance June 2022
 To boost women's employment LinkedIn - UN Women June 2022
 For cooperation in the fertilizer sector India-Jordan May 2022
 To upgrade Railway Telecom Ministry of Railways and C-DOT May 2022
 To find indigenous technology for technology development Indian Air Force and IIT Madras April 2022
 To convert civilian passenger aircraft into multi-mission tanker transport HAL and Israel Aerospace April 2022
 To prepare country's first report on 'India's children's state' NITI Aayog and UNICEF April 2022
 To drive digital transformation BPCL and Microsoft April 2022
 Drone Based Mineral Exploration NMDC and IIT Kharagpur March 2022
.

 To boost AI readiness Intel India and DST March 2022

 To preserve India's intangible cultural heritage UNESCO and Indian Hotels Company March 2022
 To promote tourism India and Australia February 2022
 To finance solar projects Tata Power and SBI February 2022
 To develop Kenya transmission project Africa-50 and Power Grid Corporation January 2022
 For modernization of Light Combat Aircraft Tejas HAL and BEL January 2022
 For Strengthening Tech Startup Ecosystem STPI and HDFC Bank January 2022
 To procure AK-203 assault rifles India and Russia December 2021
 For 83 LCA Tejas MK1A fighter jets HAL and BEL December 2021
 For Green Hydrogen Production BPCL and NTPC December 2021
 To collaborate on renewable energy IOCL and NTPC November 2021
 Technical Cooperation in Value Addition and Sustainability of the India and Germany October 2021
Cotton Economy
 To buy 56 transport aircraft of C-295 MW model India and Spain September 2021
 To rebuild 117 heritage sites damaged during earthquake India and Nepal September 2021
 For cooperation in the field of disaster management India and Italy September 2021
 For Greater Mail Connectivity Project India and Maldives August 2021
 To buy K-103 rifles India and Russia August 2021
 For cooperation in remote sensing satellite data sharing Brazil, Russia, India, China, South-Africa August 2021

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 Mobile Apps & Portals
App / Portal Issuer Purpose / Related Facts
 SAANS Portal Assam Government To prevent neonatal deaths.
 SCALE App Education Minister D. Pradhan Solutions for the skill learning and employment needs of the leather industry.
 CM Da Hesi Portal Chief Minister Manipur To address the grievances of Public.
 E-Samadhan Portal UGC For monitoring of grievances of students and employees in the University.
 JALDOOT App Ministry of Rural Development To assess the water level of wells in each village across the country.
 Lucky Bill App Kerala Govt. To curb GST evasion.
 Pariksha Sangam Por. CBSE To streamline Board Exam Results, Sample Papers in one every window.
 Aadhar Face RD App UIDAI For face authentication.
 EV Mitra App BESCOM Company To provide information about Electric Vehicle Charging Station.
 'Shaili' App Kerala Govt. To diagnose and control lifestyle diseases among the people in the state.
 14400 App Andhra Pradesh Govt. To ensure foolproof evidence to be produced before the court.
 AAYU App Karnataka Govt. To overcome chronic diseases and lifestyle disorders through Yoga.
 Beach Vigil App Goa Govt. To benefit tourists and institutions working in the overall management of beaches.
 ABHA Mobile App National Health Authority To manage health records.
 Sambhav Portal Uttar Pradesh Govt. For Public Grievances, Monitoring Programs and Redressal of Schemes.
 Gatishakti Sanchar Telecommunication Department For Centralized Right of Way approval.
 Jan Nigrani App Jammu & Kashmir To help people to register complaints related to schemes online.
.

 1064 Anti-Corruption Uttarakhand state To help citizens to register complaints related to corruption.
 Kaval Uthavi App Tamil Nadu State To send emergency alerts to Police Control Room.
 Lokpal App Union Ministry of Rural Development Releted to the implementation of MNREGA schemes
 Kisan Mobile App IIT Roorkee To provide agro-meteorological services to farmers.
 Quit Tobacco App WHO To help people become smokeless and quit tobacco.
 Apna Kangra App Himachal Pradesh To provide hassle free experience to tourists and to promote sale of handicrafts.
 Saarthi App SEBI To empower investors with accurate knowledge of the securities market
 My Parking App Ministry of Information To provide digital on-spot and advance booking of vehicle parking
 Garuda App Election Commission For digital maping of all polling station
 PRAGATI App LIC For special performance analysis of Development Officers
 Samarpan Portal Government of Haryana On this you will be able to register for the work of your wish sitting at home
 Y-Break App Ministry of AYUSH 5-Minute Yoga as Protocol for Office Goers
 e-Gopala App National Dairy Board To help dairy farmers
 Audio Kumbh App Mohan Bhagwat (RSS) By this app people will be able to listen to books of national importance for free
 PRANA Portal Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav For regulation of air pollution in 132 cities across the country
 Fit India App Sports Minister Anurag Thakur To make people more aware of fitness
 E-Shram Portal Labour & Employment Ministry To link unorganized workers with social security schemes
 Yuktdhara Portal Giriraj Singh To enable planning of MGNREGA assets using remote sensing
 PROOF App Governor Jammu-Kashmir To monitor the progress of projects

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 Brand Ambassadors
 Max Life Insurance - Rohit Sharma-Ritika Sajdeh  Kids Footbeer Brand 'Plato' - Rahul Dravid
 UAE Health Service 'Burjeel Holdings' - Shahrukh Khan  Bandhan Bank (Assam State) - Zubeen Garg
 Punyakoti Datu Yojana - Kicha Sudeep  Fashion brand 'Dior' - Aima Radukanu
 Dabur Redpaste - Amitabh Bachchan  Russian Film Festival 2021 - Imtiaz Ali
 Fastrack - Sanya Malhotra  CoinSwitch Kuber - Ranveer Singh
 Springfit Mattress - Karina Kapoor  CoinDCX - Ayushmann Khurrana
 Uttarakhand - Rishabh Pant  Equitas Small Finance Bank - Rani Rampal and Smriti Mandhana
 Godrej Consumer Products - Shahrukh Khan  Commonwealth Bank - Sam Kar
 PokerBaazi.com - Shahid Kapoor  Global Vaccination Campaign (UNICEF) - David Behkam
 Fancode - Ravi Shastri  One District One Product Scheme (U-P) - Kangana Ranaut
 Realme - K. L. Rahul  FloBiz Neobank - Pankaj Tripathi
 Garuda Aerospace - M. S. Dhoni  Adidas globly - Deepika Padukone
 Titan Raga - Alia Bhatt  Mastercard - Magnus Carlsen
 Louis Vuitton - Deepika Padukone  ASICS - Joshna Chinappa
 Medimix - Katrina Kaif  Olay India - Tara Sutaria
 Karnataka Brain Health Initiative - Robin Uthappa  National Basketball Association (NBA) - Ranveer Singh
 Pharm Easy - Aamir Khan  Watch company 'Fossil' and 'Wonderchef' - Kriti Sanon
 PUMA - George Russell  Tata AIA Life Insurance - Neeraj Chopra
 My11Circle - Shubman Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad  'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme' (Rajasthan) - Avni Lekhara
 Lupine Ltd. - Mary Kom  Assam's Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan - Lovlina Borgehain
.

 Bharti AXA Life Insurance - Vidya Balan  Desh Ke Mentor Program - Sonu Sood
 Game 24x7 - Hrithik Roshan  Kerala Adventure Tourism - PR Shreejesh
 Dish TV and Hercules Cycles - Rishabh Pant  Banking Fraud Awareness Campaign (by RRB) - Neeraj Chopra
 Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (Gurugram) - Tanishka & Riddhika Kotia  HomeLane - M. S. Dhoni
 Adidas - Tennis Player Manika Batra  Amway India - Mirabai Chanu
 Gaming app A23 and Thumps up - Shahrukh Khan  MotoGP - John Abraham
 Bihar Khadi - Manoj Tiwari  'Bvlgari' & 'Parle Agro' - Priyanka Chopra
 'Krishi Network' & Fino Payment Bank - Pankaj Tripathi  'AU Small Finance Bank' & 'Vedantu' - Amir Khan
 Bata India - Disha Patani  'Believe in Sports' Campaign - P. V. Sindhu & Michelle Li
 'Medibody' and Amway India - Amitabh Bachchan  Khadi Prakritik Paint - Nitin Gadkari
 Plant Based Meat Company 'Gooddot' - Neeraj Chopra  'MyLab' & 'Dabur Chyawanprash' - Akshay Kumar
 'RenewBuy', 'Cashify' & 'SYSKA' - Rajkumar Rao  Forest Frontline Heroes at WWF India - Upasana Kamineni
 Bank of Baroda brand endorser - Shaifali Verma
 EaseMyTrip - Vijay Raj and Varun Sharma
Census of India-2011
 Mobile accessories manufacturing brand 'Unix' - Jasprit Bumrah  Total population of the country - 121.08 Crore
 Kinara Capital & Japanese brand 'ASICS' - Ravindra Jadeja  World's population is in India - 17.5%
 Uttarakhand State - Akshay Kumar  Population in the age group 0-6 - 16.44 Crore (13.6%)
 Arunachal Pradesh Government - Sanjay Dutt  Decadal population growth (2001-2011)- 18.19 Crore (17.7%)
 GUVI - Smriti Mandhana  Population density - 382 persons / sq km.
 TRIFED Aadi Mahotsav - MC Mary Kom  Sex ratio - 943 females / 1000 males
 Cricket Platform 'My11Circle' - Mohammad Siraj  Literacy rate - 73%

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 Joint Military Exercise
Name Participants Venue Army
 JIMAX-VI 2022 Indo-Japan Bay of Bengal Navy
 Kakadu Exercise-2022 India-Australia Australia Navy
 Vostok exercise-2022 Multinational military exercise Russia Army
 'Udar Shakti' exercise 2022 India-Malaysia Malaysia Air Force
 13th Vajra Prahar 2022 Indo-US at Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh Army
 Vinbax 2022 Indo-Vietnam Chandimandir Army
 18th Yudh Abhayas 2022 Indo-US Auli, Uttarakhand Army
 Al Najah-IV Indo-Oman Rajasthan Army
 Vostok 2022 Multilateral Russia Army
 Maritime Partnership Ex.2022 India-Japan Andaman Sea Navy
 Sea Guardian-2 2022 China-Pakistan Military Port near Shanghai Navy
 Ex-Sampriti-X Indo-Bangladesh Jashore Military Station (Bangladesh) Army
 38th IND-INDO CORPAT India-Indonesia Andaman Sea Navy
 BALTOPS Multilateral (16 countries) Baltic Sea Navy
 Ex Khan Quest-2022 Multilateral (16 Countries) Mongolia Army
 Bongosagar-III 2022 Indo-Bangladesh Port Mongla, Bangladesh Navy
 CORPAT-IV 2022 India-Bangladesh North Bay of Bengal Navy
 NATPOLREX-VIII 2022 Indian Coast Guard Mormugao Port, Goa -
 1st IONS Maritime Exercise Indian Navy Goa and Arabian Sea Navy
.

 9th Khanjar Exercise 2022 Indo-Kyrgyzstan Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh Army

 20th Varuna Exercise 2022 Indo-French Arabian Sea Navy
 Balikatan 2022 US-Philippines Philippines region Luzon near Taiwan Army
 Ex DUSTLIK-III 2022 India-Uzbekistan Yangirik, Uzbekistan Army
 LAMITIYE-IX 2022 India-Seychelles Seychelles Defence Academy, Seychelles Army
 SLINEX-IX 2022 India-Sri Lanka Visakhapatnam Navy
 Dharma Guardian-2022 Indo-Japan Belagavi (Belgam), Karnataka Army
 MILAN-2022 Multilateral Visakhapatnam's 'City of Destiny' Navy
 Cobra Warrior-22 Multinational Waddington, UK Air Force
 Eastern Bridge-VI Exercise Indo-Oman Air Force Station, Jodhpur (Rajasthan) Air Force
 Cop South-22 US-Bangladesh Bangladesh Air Force
 Paschim Lehar (XPL-2022) Navy, IAF, Army & Coast Guard West Coast, Arabian Sea Navy
 CHIRU-2Q22 Russia-China-Iran Gulf of Oman Navy
 PASSEX-2022 India-Russia Cochin Port in Arabian Sea Navy
 Sea Dragon-2022 Indo-Canada-South Korea Guam in the Western Pacific Navy
 EKUVERIN-11th 2021 India-Maldives Kadhu Island, Maldives Army
 CARAT-Exercise 2021 US-Bangladesh Bay of Bengal Navy
 Dosti-15th 2021 Maldives, India and Sri Lanka Maldives Navy
 SITMAX-2021 India, Singapore and Thailand Andaman Sea Navy
 EX SHAKTI-VI 2021 India-France Freezes, France Army
 Konkan Shakti-2021 India-UK Arabian Sea Navy

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 Committees & Commissions
Inquiry Committees & Chairman
 AR Dave Committee - To oversee All India Football Federation
affairs.
 Pradeep Nandrajog Committee - For recovery of money from
defaulters.
 Committee constituted to inquire into security lapses during PM's
visit to Punjab - Chairman : Indu Malhotra/ Sudhir K. Saxena
 Committee to investigate Lakhimpur Kheri incident - Chairman
: Pradeep Srivastava
 Committee to investigate DTC bus purchase process-OP Aggarwal
 Committee for Protection of Language, Culture and Land of
Ladakh - Chairman : G. Kishan Reddy
 Committee for 125th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose - Chairman : PM Modi
 Committee to celebrate 75th anniversary of Independence -
Chairman : PM Modi
 Committee for TRP calculation - Shashi Shekhar Vempati
 Committee to improve urban planning education system -
Chairman : Rajiv Kumar
 Expert Committee on Stressed Assets - Chairman: KV Kamath
Committee for the welfare of freedom fighters -G. Kishan Reddy
.
 
 Committee to monitor stubble burning - Madan B. Lokur
 Chairman of the empowered panel set up for covid-19 vaccine
- R. S. Sharma
 Ajay Bhalla Committee - To examine Chinese investments
 National Sports Awards 2020 Selection Committee -
Chairman : Mukundakam Sharma
 Experts committee to study covid-19 impact on human rights
- Chairman : Dr. K. S. reddy
 Dr. B. S. Chauhan Committee
- For judicial inquiry into Vikas Dubey case
 Drug Regulatory System Reform Committee - Rajesh Bhushan
 National Education Policy 2020 - Dr. K. Kasturirangan
 EGoM (Group of Ministers) - To oversee the corporatization of
(Chairman : Rajnath Singh) Ordnance Factory Board
 SCL Das Committee - To probe Assam gas well tragedy
of Assam Oil India Ltd.
 Pranab Sen Committee - Preventing Political Interference in
Government Figures
 K. V. Kamath Committee - To suggest financial parameters for
resolution of stressed assets
related to COVID-19
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New Education Policy 2020
The new education policy was announced by the HRD Minister
Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on July 29, 2020. A committee of experts
under the chairmanship of 'ISRO' chief K. Kasturirangan prepared
the draft of 'National Education Policy 2020' on May, 2019.
 Under the new education policy, the 5+3+3+4 model will be
implemented in place of the currently active 10+2 educational model.
 Himachal Pradesh is the first state to implement the New
Education Policy 2020.
Section-370 and 35A : Facts
 On August 11, 2019 the Govt. abolished the special status of the
state of Jammu and Kashmir.
 Clause-1 of the three sections of Article 370 is still in force.
 At the time of abrogation of Article 370, the Governor of Jammu
and Kashmir was Satya Pal Malik.
 On August 5, 2019, Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the
'Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill-2019' to remove Article
370 in the Rajya Sabha.
 Jammu and Kashmir came into existence on 31 October 2019 as
two union territories of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh.
Girish Chandra Murmu became the first Lieutenant Governor
of the Union Territory of Jammu- Kashmir and Radha Krishna
Mathur became the first Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.
NITI Aayog
 NITI Aayog is constituted by the Govt. of India on January, 1,
2015 which has been created in place of Planning Commission.
 Full form is National Institute for Transforming India (NITI).
 NITI Aayog is headed by the Prime Minister.
 Arvind Panagariya was the first Deputy Chairman of NITI Aayog.
 Sindhushree Khullar was the first CEO of NITI Aayog.
Goods and Service Tax
 GST imlementation in India - 1st July, 2017 (GST Day- 1st July)
 Full form of GST is 'Goods and Services Tax'.
 The 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill for GST was
introduced in Parliament in 2014.
 President gave his assent to the GST Bill on 8 September 2016.
 GST was implemented in India under the 101st Constitutional
Amendment.
 There is a total of 15 digits in the GST registration number.
 Rates fixed for GST - 5%, 12%, 18%, 28%
 Full form of SGST is 'State Goods and Service Tax'
 International Organizations
Organizations Estd. Headquarters President / Gen. Secretary Members
 International Labor Organization (ILO) 1919 Geneva Gilbert Houngbo (1 Oct.) 187 (187th Member - Tonga)
 Interpol 1923 Lyons (France) Chairman-Nasser Al-Raisi 194 (194th Member - Kiribati)
 Commonwealth 1931 London (UK) Patricia Scotland (G.S) 54 (54th Country - Maldives)
 United Nations 1945 New York (US) Antonio Gutres 193 (193rd Member - South Sudan)
 International Monetary Fund (IMF) 1945 Washington DC Cristalina Georgieva 190 (190th Member - Andora)
 World Bank 1945 Washington DC David Malpas 189 (189th member - Nauru)
 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 1945 Rome (Italy) Qu Dongue 197
 International Court of Justice (ICJ) 1945 Hague, Nitherland Joan Donoghue 194
 UNESCO 1945 Paris (France) Andre Azole 195
 UNICEF 1946 New York Head-Catherine Russell 191
 World Health Organization (WHO) 1948 Geneva Tedros Adhanom 194
 OECD 1961 Paris (France) Mathias Cormann (G.S) 37 (37th - Colambia)
 NATO 1949 Brussels Jens Stoltenberg (G.S) 30 (30th - Northern Macedonia)
 UNHCR 1950 Geneva Filippo Grandi (H.C) 135
 European Union (EU) 1958 Brussels Ursula von der Leyen 27 (Britain is not a member of EU)
 OPEC 1960 Vienna (Austria) Haitham Al-Ghais 13 (Qatar & Ecuador is out now)
 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) 1961 Jakarta Ilham Aliyev 120
 Amnesty International 1961 London (UK) Agnes Calmard (G.S) 150
.

 UNCTAD 1964 Geneva Rebecca Greenspan (G.S.) -

 UNDP 1965 New York Achim Steiner -
 Asian Development Bank (ADB) 1966 Manila Matsugu Asakawa 68
 New Development Bank (NDB) 2014 Shanghai (China) Marcos Trijo 9 (9th Member - Egypt)
 ASEAN 1967 Jakarta Lim Jock Hoi (G.S) 10
 SAARC 1985 Kathmandu Isala Ruwan Weerakoon 8 (Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal,
Pakistan, Sri Lanka)
 G-15 1989 Geneva - 17 (Developing countries)
 APEC 1989 Singapore Prayut Chan-o Wongsuwan 21 (21st Member - Vietnam)
 United Nations Human Rights Council 2006 Geneva Federico Villegas 47
 World Trade Organization (WTO) 1995 Geneva Nagoji Okonjo-Evela 164 (164th Member - Afghanistan)
 ASEM 1996 Brusels - 53
 BIMSTEC 1997 Dhaka Shahidul Islam (G.S) 7
 Shanghai Cooperation Org. (SCO) 2001 Bijing Zhang Ming (G.S) 9 (9th Member - Iran)
 International Criminal Court (ICC) 2002 Hague, Nitherland Piotr Hofmanski 124 (124th Member - Malaysia)
 African Union (AU) 2002 Addis Ababa Felix Antoine Tshedky 55
 IBSA 2004 Lugano (Swit.) - 3 (India, Brazil, South Africa)
 BRICS 2008 Shanghai (China) Sergei Ryabkov 5 (Brazil, Russia, India, China, S. Africa)
 International Solar Alliance (ISA) 2015 Gurugram DG - Ajay Mathur 102 (102nd - Antigua & Barbuda)

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 International Summits : 2021-22
 First I2U2 Summit, 2022  16th East Asian Virtual Summit, 2021
 Events (July 14) - Virtually  Venue (27 Oct - 2021) - Seri Begawan Town (Brunei)
 President from India - Prime Minister Narendra Modi  Chaired by - Joe Biden (President-USA)
 Full form of I2U2 - India, Israel, USA, UAE  Representation of India - Prime Minister Narendra Modi

 Key Points - Six areas (Water, Energy, Transport,  16th G20 Summit, 2021
Space, Health and Food Security) were  Venue (30-31 Oct. 2021) - Rome (Italy)

discussed in this conference  Theme - People, Planet, Prosperity

 32nd NATO Summit, 2022  Chaired by - Mario Draghi (Prime Minister-Italy)
 Events (28-30 June) - Madrid (Spain)  Representation of India - Prime Minister Narendra Modi

 Chaired by - Secretary-General : Jens Stoltenberg  15th Summit - Riyadh (in Saudi Arabia, 2020)

 Key Points - Finland and Sweden were invited to  17th Summit - Indonesia (in 2022)

join the alliance during the conference  COP-26 UN Climate Change Conference, 2021

 31st Conference (2021) - Brussels (Belgium)  Events - October 29 to November 2, 2021

 33rd Conference (2023) - Lithuania (Vilnius)  Hosted by - Glasgow (Scotland, United Kingdom)

 48th G-7 Summit, 2022  Chaired by - Alok Sharma

 Goal - To secure Global Net-Zero by year
 Events (June 26-28) - Bavarian Alps, Germany
.

2050 and keep temperature 1.5 degree.

 Chaired by - Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz
 India aims to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2070.
 Theme - Investing in a better Better Future
 COP-25 Organized - Madrid (Spain, 2019)
 Representation of India - Prime Minister Narendra Modi
 Sustainable Development Impact Summit, 2021
 47th Summit - Cornwall (UK), 2021
 Venue (20-23 Sept. 2021) - Geneva (Switzerland)
 49th Summit - Japan, 2023
 It was organized by the 'World Economic Forum'.
 14th BRICS Virtual Summit, 2022
 Subject - Shaping an Equitable] Enclusive and Sustainable Recovery
 Host (June 23-24, 2022) - China (Chaired by - Xi Jinping)
 Global COVID-19 Summit, 2021
 Representation of India - PM Narendra Modi (Virtually)  Event - September 22, 2021 (Virtually)
 Theme of the Conference - Foster High-quality BRICS Partner-  Host - America
ship, Usher in a New Era for Global
 Subject - Ending the Pandemic and Building
Development Back better health Security to Prepare
 13th Summit - New Delhi, 2021 for the Next
 15th Summit - South Africa, 2023  Address from India - Prime Minister Narendra Modi
 4th Quad Summit, 2022  20th World Sustainable Development Summit, 2021
 Venue (May 24, 2022) - Tokyao (Chaired by - Japan)  Event (Virtually) - February 10 to 12, 2021
 Participating Countries - Australia, India, Japan, USA  Theme - Redefining our common future : Safe
 5th Summit - Australia (in 2023) and Secure Environment for All

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 Covid-19 : Important Facts
 Corona virus started from - Wuhan, China in December, 2019 Operations / Missions related Covid-19
Corona's official name - COVID-19 (Corona Virus Desease)

 Operation %To keep itself free from corona virus
 Declared a global pandemic by WHO - on March 11, 2020
Namaste infection by Indian Army .
 The part of the human body affected by corona virus - Lungs  Vande Bharat %Campaign launched to bring home 14800
 First case of corona virus registered in India - In Kerala Mission Indian citizens stranded abroad.
 The world's first mask-free country in Corona period - Israel  Mission Sagar %To help Maldives, Seychelles,
 First death due to corona virus infection in India - in Karnataka Madagascar and Comoros by the Navy
 Appeal of Janata Curfew by PM Modi - March 22, 2020  Operation %Indian Navy's operation to bring back
 First lockdown in India - 25 March-14 April, 2020 (21 days) Samudra Setu Indians stranded in Maldives.

 First state to declare corona an epidemic - Haryana

 Operation %Under this 6.2 tons of medicines were
Sanjivani delivered to Maldives by Air Force
 First state to impose complete curfew due to corona virus - Punjab
 Operation Shield %To completely seal the areas most
 First state to lockdown due to corona virus - Rajasthan
affected by Covid-19 by Delhi Govt.
 India's first Covid-19 vaccine recipient - Manish Kumar  Break the Chain %Kerala Government campaign.
 First PM infected with Covid-19 - Boris Johnson (UK)  Namaste over %Karnataka Government campaign.
 First country to develop conjugate vaccine for Covid-19 - Cuba handshake
 First country to get free vaccine under UN COVAX scheme - Ghana  5T scheme %To stop spread of infection by Delhi Govt.
 First village to vaccinate 100% of adult population - Wayan (Jammu)  V-safe tunnel %To sanitize people in Telangana
 First city to achieve 100% vaccination target - Bhubaneshwar
 Karuna Pahal %By Civil Service Officers Association
 Mo Jeevan Program %By Government of Odisha
.

 First UT to achieve 100% vaccination target - Andaman-Nicobar

 First state to achieve 100% vaccination target - Himachal Pradesh Apps released during Covid-19
 KHUDOL initiative against COVID-19 is related to - Manipur  Corona Kavach App - Electronics & Technology Ministry
 First European country to be free from COVID-19 - Slovenia  NAADI App - Puducherry Government
 India's first airport to have Covid-19 test facility - Delhi  PRAGYAAM App - Jharkhand Government
 First country to claim to have developed a corona vaccine- Russia  Covid Care App - Arunachal Pradesh Govt.
 'Jeevan Vayu' device is developed by - IIT Ropar  Arogya Setu App - Government of India
 The name of the strain of two variants of corona virus 'Kappa'  Aayu & Sehat Sathi App - Rajsthan Government
and 'Delta' found in India - B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2.  iGOT / YUKTI Portal - Human Resource & Development
 First country to develop a corona vaccine for animals - Russia  n Covid-19 App - Nagaland Government
 Indian Railways ran the first Oxygen Express for the transporta-  Covid Kavach App - Maharashtra Government
tion of oxygen cylinders from - Visakhapatnam to Nagpur
 CoWIN Portal - Central Health Ministry
 Second Oxygen Express was run - Bokaro to Lucknow
 CORANTINE App - IIT Bombay
 Manufacture of India's first corona vaccine 'Covaxin' - Bharat
 Sanjeevan App - Government of Bihar
Biotech and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
 Pravasi Rojgar App - Sonu Sood
 Manufacture of 'Covishield' vaccine - Serum Institute, Pune
 Ayush Kavach App - Government of Uttar Pradesh
 Covid vaccination campaign started in India - January 16, 2021
 Covid Pharma App - Government of Andhra Pradesh
 Tika Utsav : COVID-19 Vaccination - 11th to 14th April, 2021
 T COVID-19 App - Government of Telangana
 Digital platform for pre-vaccination registration - CO-WIN
 Jan Aapurti App - Government of Uttarakhand
 Ventilators developed by 'ISRO' - SVAST, Prana & VaU

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 Various operations : 2021-22
 Operation Narcos : To stop drug smuggling through rail by Railway Protection Force.
 Mission Amanat : For tracking of lost luggage of passengers by Indian Railways.
 Operation Ganga : To bring back Indian citizens and students trapped in war-torn Ukraine by the Government of India.
 Operation Olivia : To rescue the Olive Ridley turtles of Odisha by the Indian Coast Guard.
 Operation Vigilant : To prevent smuggling of illicit tobacco and illicit liquor in trains by Railway Protection Force.
 Opr. Devi Shakti : To rescue Indians trapped in Taliban-occupied Afghanistan by the Ministry of External Affairs.
 Operation Available : To curb black marketing of railway tickets by Railway Protection Force and to make available to the people.
 Opr. Blue Freedom : By the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for tracking people with disabilities on the Siachen Glacier.
 Operation AAHT : To save women and children from traffickers by Railway Protection Force.
 Operation Sard Hawa : To prevent incidents of infiltration by BSF in dense fog along the Western International Border of Rajasthan.
 Operation Parivartan : To end the cultivation and supply of cannabis by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
 Operation Green : To cover 22 more perishable agricultural products by the Center besides tomatoes, onions and potatoes.
 Opr. Samudra Setu : To bring back Indians stranded in Maldives during COVID-19 by the Navy.
 Opr. Samudra Setu-II : For rapid shipment of oxygen containers by the Navy.
 Operation Namaste : By the Indian Army to keep itself free from the infection of Kovid-19.
 Opr. Vande Bharat : To bring home 14800 Indian nationals stranded abroad during COVID-19 by the Ministry of External Affairs.
 Opr. Mission Sagar : For food supply to Maldives, Madagascar, Seychelles and Comoros to combat COVID-19.
 Operation Vanilla : Humanitarian aid and disaster relief mission by the Navy.
 Operation Sankalp : Carried out by the Indian Navy in the Gulf for maritime security.
.

 Operation Bandar : Code of Balakot Strike.

 Operation Pravah : To protect the airport from flood hazards by Cochin Airport Limited.
 Operation Sudarshan : To strengthen the anti-infiltration measures along the Pakistani border in Punjab and Jammu by BSF.
 Operation Thirst : To stop the sale of unauthorized branded water bottles by RPFs on Railway premises and on trains.
 Opr. Samudra Maitri : To help Indonesia affected by earthquake and tsunami.
 Operation CO-JEET : To support anti-COVID-19 efforts by the Indian Armed Forces as an oxygen supply chain.
 Operation Thunder : To stop black marketing of reserved tickets by Railways.
 Operation 25 : To capture the mastermind of Pulwama terrorist Ghazi Rashid.
 Opr. Black Tornado : To locate terrorists at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai by the National Security Guard in 2008.
 Operation Vijay : To remove infiltrators from the Kargil war sector in 1998.
 Operation Bluestar : To remove Sikh separatists from the Sikh temple in Amritsar in 1984.

Operation Ganga : Facts Major Terrorist and Anti-Terrorist Activities

 On 26 February 2022, Operation Ganga was launched by the  Galwan Valley skirmish (India-China) - 15-16 June 2020
Govt. of India in collaboration with the Ministry of External  Balakot Air Strike - 26 February 2019
Affairs to rescue Indian students and people trapped in Ukraine.  Pulwama Attack - 14 February 2019
 For the successful implementation, the central government sent  Surgical Strike (by Indian Army) - 29 September, 2016
four of its ministers to neighboring countries adjoining Ukraine.  Pathankot attack - 2 January 2016
(1) Kiren Rijiju - Slovakia (2) Hardeep Puri - Hungary  Mumbai Attack - 26 November 2008
(3) V.K. Singh - Poland (4) Jyotiraditya Scindia - Romania  Airlines 814 Hijack (Tribhuvan Airport Kathmandu) - 1999

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 Major Reports of Govt. of India
 State Food Security Index : 2021-22  India Innovation Index: 2021 (NITI Ayog)
 Issuer - FSSAI (as in June, 2022)  First place in the states - Karnataka (Last-Chhattisgarh)
 1st place (in large / small states) - Tamil Nadu / Goa  First among Union Territories - Chandigarh (Last-Ladakh)
 Rank of Bihar (in large states) - 16th  Rank of Bihar - 15th
 State Energy and Climate Index-2022  Anemia Free India Index: 2020-21
 Issuer - NITI Aayog  Issuer - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and UNICEF
 Top rank (in large / small states) - Gujarat / Goa  1st place - Madhya Pradesh (2nd - Odisha, 3rd - Himachal )
 Rank of Bihar (in large states) - 15th  Rank of Bihar - 22nd
 Swachh Survekshan Report-2022 (7th Edition)  Municipal Performance Index: 2020
 Issuer - Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs  Issuer - Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
 1st place - Indore (M.P.) (2nd-Gujarat, 3rd-Navi Mumbai)  1st place (more /less than 10 lakhs) - Indore / New Delhi

 State Health Index : 2021  Rank of Patna Municipality - 16th

 Issuer - NITI Aayog (in December, 2021)

 India Justice Report: 2020
 Issuer - Tata Trust (Released in 2021)
 1st place (in large / small states) - Uttar Pradesh / Mizoram
 1st place - Maharashtra (2nd - Tamil Nadu)
 Among the Union Territories - Delhi (2nd - Jammu-Kashmir)
 Last place - Uttar Pradesh
 Public Affairs Index: 2021
 Export Readiness Index-2021
 Issuer - Public Affairs Center, Bangalore
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 Issuer - NITI Aayog

 First among big states - Kerala
 First place - Gujarat (2nd - Maharashtra, 3rd - Karnataka)
 First among small states - Sikkim
 Good Governance Index-2021
 Union Territory - Puducherry
 Issuer - Home Minister Amit Shah
 Rank of Bihar - 17th
 First state - Gujarat (Bihar Rank in Group 'B' - 6th)
 Logistics Performance Index: 2021  The World University Ranking 2022
 Issuer - Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal  Issuer - Times Higher Education (THE)
 1st place - Gujarat (2nd - Haryana)  In India - IISC Bangalore, IIT Ropar, IIT Indore
 Rank of Bihar - 19th  First in the world - Oxford University (UK)
 Sustainable Development Goals India Index: 2020-21 Leoard Census Report 2018
 Issuer - NITI Aayog  Issuer - Ministry of Environment
 First place - Kerala (2nd - Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu)  Total number of leopard in India - 12,852
 Rank of Bihar - 28th (Last) (2nd from bottom - Jharkhand)  Tiger population growth between 2014 and 2018 - 60%
 First among union territories - Chandigarh  State with highest leopard - M.P. (3421)>Karnataka>Maharashtra

 Ease of Living Index: 2020 Tiger Census Report 2018

 Issuer - Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs  Total number of tigers in India - 2967 (Bihar - 31)
 1st place (in big/small cities) - Bengaluru/Shimla  Tiger population growth between 2014 and 2018 - 33%
 Rank of Patna - 33rd  State with Highest tiger - M.P. (526)>Karnataka>Uttarakhand

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 Reports & Indexes : 2021-22
Reports / Indexes Issued by T. Countries First Rank India's Rank
 Global Crypto Adoption Index 2022 Blockchain Analysis Platform 146 Vietnam 4th
 Digital Quality of Life Index 2021 Cyber Security Company 'Surfshark' 110 Denmark 59th (57 in 2020)
 Human Development Index 2021 United Nations Development Program 191 Switzerland 132 (131 in 2020)
 Economic Freedom Index 2022 Heritage (US Think Tank) 177 Singapore 131 (121 in 2021)
 Henley Passport Index 2022 (Q-3) Henley & Partners 199 Japan 87th (90 in 2021)
 Global Gender Gap Report 2022 World Economic Forum 146 Iceland 135th (140 in 2021)
 Expat Insider Ranking 2022 Internations 52 Mexico 36th
 Global Liveability Index 2022 Economist Intelligence Unit 173 Vienna, Austria (Delhi-112th)
 Global Peace Index 2022 Institute for Economics and Peace 163 Iceland 135th (135 in 2021)
 World Competitiveness Index 2022 Management Development Institute 63 Denmark 37 (43 in 2021)
 Environmental Performance Index 2022 World Economic Forum 180 Denmark 180 (168 in 2021)
 Travel & Tourism Development Index World Economic Forum 117 Japan 54 (46 in 2019)
 World Press Freedom Index 2022 Reports Without Borders (France) 180 Norwey 150 (142 in 2021)
 Wealth Report 2022 Knight Frank - America 3rd
 Global House Price Index Q1 2021 Knight Frank 56 Turkey 51 (56 in 2020)
 World Happiness Report 2022 Solutions Network (SDSN) 146 Finland 136 (139 in 2021)
 Sustainable Development Index 2021 Solutions Network (SDSN) 165 Finland 120 (117 in 2020)
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 International Intellectual Global Innovation Center 53 America 43 (40 in 2021)

Property Index 2022
 Global Democracy Index 2021 Economist Intelligence Unit 167 Norway 46th (53 in 2020)
 Corruption Perceptions Index 2021 Transparency International 180 Denmark 85th (86 in 2020)
 Global Health Security Index 2021 Johns Hopkins Center for Health 195 USA 66th
 Asia Power Index 2021 Lowy Institute (Sydney) 26 America 4th
 Global Bribery Risk Ranking 2021 TRACE Organisation 194 Denmark 82nd (77th in 2020)
 Climate Change Performance Index 2021 German Watch 57 Denmark 10th (10 in 2020)
 Global Food Security Index 2021 Economist Impact (London) 113 Ireland 71st
 Global Hunger Index 2021 Welthungerhilf (Germany) 116 Belarus 101st (94 in 2020)
 Global Innovation Index 2021 Intellectual Property Organization 132 Switzerland 46th (48 in 2020)
 Global Manufacturing Risk Index 2021 Cushman & Wakefield 47 China 2nd (3rd in 2020)
 Global Youth Development Index 2020 Commonwealth Secretariat (London) 181 Singapore 122th
 Global Giving Index 2021 Charities Aid Foundation 114 Indonesia 14th
 Global Domestic Price Index Q1-2021 Knight Frank (London) 56 Turkey 55 (43 in 2020)
 Chandler Good Governance Index-21 Chandler Institute of Governance 104 Finland 49th
 COVID-19 Performance Index 2021 Lowy Institute (Sydney) 98 Vietnam 86
 Global Firepower Index 2021 Global Firepower 133 America 4
 Global Climate Risk Index 2021 Germanwatch - Mozambique 7 (5 in 2020)

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 Economic Survey : 2021-2022
 The Economic Survey 2021-22 was presented by Finance Minis-
ter Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on January 31, 2021.
 The Economic Survey 2021-22 was prepared by a team led by
Principal Economic Adviser Sanjeev Sanyal and released by
present Chief Economic Adviser Ananth Nageswaran.
 The core theme of the Economic Survey 2021-22 is 'The Agile
Approach' which is based on feedback, immediate monitoring of
actual findings, practical responses, safeguards, etc.
Economic Review : Interesting Facts
 The Indian economy is projected to grow by 8-8.5% in the
financial year 2022-23.
 The Indian economy is projected to grow at 9.2% in 2021-22
after a 7.3% decline in the financial year 2020-21.
 Agriculture and allied sectors are expected to grow by 3.9 %.
 The industry sector is expected to grow by 11.9% and the service
sector by 8.2%.
 The capital expenditure during April-November 2021 has increased
by 13.5% on a yearly basis.
 India will continue to be the world's fastest growing economy for
the next three years.
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 There has been an increase of 67.2% in the revenue receipts of the
Central Government during April-November 2021.
 Gross tax revenue has increased by more than 50% during April-
November, 2021 on a yearly basis.
 Gross capital inflows increased to $65.6 billion in the first half
of 2021-22.
 The foreign exchange reserves have reached the level of 633.6
billion dollars as on 31st December, 2021.
 Expenditure on social services has increased to 8.6% as compared
to GDP in 2021-22, from 6.2% in 2014-15.
 India was the fourth largest foreign exchange reserve country after
China, Japan and Switzerland at the end of November 2021.
 Bank credit has increased by 9.2 % till December 31, 2021.
 89,066 crore was raised through 75 Initial Public Corporations
(IPOs), which is more than any year in the last decade.
 CPI-C inflation has come down to 5.2% in 2021-22.
 Food inflation is at an average of 2.9% in 2021-22.
 India's overall score on the NITI Aayog SDG India Index and
Dashboard has improved to 66 in 2020-21. This score was 60 in
2019-20 and 57 in 2018-19.
 India is the country with the tenth largest forest area in the world.
 Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2021 were notified in
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August 2021, which aims to eliminate single use plastic by 2022.
 Prime Minister announced ambitious targets to be achieved by
2030 to reduce emissions at the 26th Conference of the Parties
(COP-26) held in Glasgow in 2021.
 The total value addition of the country increased by 18.8 %
(2021-22), thus registering an increase of 3.6 % in 2020-21 and
3.9 % in 2021-22.
 The government further expanded the food security network
coverage through schemes such as the Pradhan Mantri Garib
Kalyan Yojana (PMGSAY).
 The livestock sector has been growing at a CAGR of 8.15% in
the last five years ending 2019-20.
 The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) has increased to 17.4
% (YoY) during 2021.
 Railway capital expenditure increased to Rs 155,181 crore in
2020-21 and increased to Rs 215,058 crore in 2021-22, which is
five times higher than the level of 2014.
 In the year 2020-21, the limit of road construction per day
increased to 365 km. In 2019-20 it was 28 km per day. Thus an
increase of 30.4% has been registered in comparison to the
previous year.
 The services sector received over US$ 16.7 billion Foreign
Direct Investment (FDI) during the first half of the year 2021-22,
which is about 54% of the total FDI inflows into India.
 India has become the third largest startup ecosystem in the
world after the US and China.
 44 Indian start-ups achieved unicorn status in 2021, taking the
total number of unicorn start-ups to 83.
 Till January 16, 2022, 157.94 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine
have been given. This includes 91.39 crores first and 66.05 crores
second doses.
 The total fertility rate has come down to 2 in 2019-21 from 2.2 in
2015-16.
 There has been a decrease in the mortality rate of infants under
five years of age.
 GST collections remained above Rs 1 lakh crore since July 2021.
 Corporate tax collections have seen an increase of 90% during
April-November 2021.
 The net profit of Public Sector Banks (PIBs) has increased from
Rs 14,688 crore in 2020-21 to Rs 31,144 crore in 2021-22.
 Consumer inflation in December, 2021 was 5.6%.
 Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, 83 districts have become 'Har
Ghar Jal' districts.
 Central General Budget: 2022-23
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (for the fourth  Corporation Tax - 15%
time) presented the paperless Union Budget 2022-23 in Parliament  Income Tax - 15%
on 1 February 2022.  Central Excise Duty - 7%
 The total budget size for 2022-23 is 39.45 lakh crores.  Non Tax Revenue - 5%
 This budget emphasizes on development in 4 priorities for the  Customs - 5%
next 25 years (entering the Amritkal of India@100).  Non-Debit Capital Receipts - 2%
1. PM GatiShakti  Government expense –
2. Inclusive Development  interest payment - 20%
3. Productivity Enhancement and Investment, Sunrise  state's share in taxes and duties - 17%
Opportunities, Energy Transition and Climate action  Central Sector Scheme - 15%
4. Financing of Investments  Finance Commission and other transfers - 10%
 Centrally Sponsored Scheme - 9%
Fiscal Management
 Defence - 8%
 Budget Estimates 2021-22: 34.83 lakh crore  Subsidy - 8%
 Revised Estimates 2021-22: 37.70 lakh crore  Pension - 4%
 Total estimated expenditure in 2022-23 - 39.45 lakh crore  Other Expenses - 9%
 Total receipts other than borrowings in 2022-23 - 22.84 lakh  Under the production linked incentive scheme in 14 sectors, 60
crore lakh new jobs will be created.
 Effective Capital Expenditure - 10.68 Lakh Crore (4.1% of GDP)  Digital Rupee will be issued soon by RBI.
 Revenue Deficit - 9.90 lakh crore (3.8% of GDP)  Taxes on electronics will be exempted. At the same time, the
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 Fiscal Deficit - 16.61 lakh crore (6.4% of GDP)
 Primary Deficit - 7.21 lakh crore (2.8% of GDP)
Union Budget 2022-23 : Facts
 India's economic growth rate is estimated to be 9.27% in the
financial year 2021-22.
 The outlay for capital expenditure has risen sharply to 7.50 lakh
crore in the year 2022-23 from 5.54 lakh crore in the current year.
 The outlay in the year 2022-23 will be 2.9% of GDP.
 There has been no change in income tax slabs and rates.
 The tax deduction limit for Central and State Government
employees will be increased from 10% to 14%.
 Income of digital currency (cryptocurrency) will be taxed 30%.
Apart from this, 1% tax will have to be paid on the transfer of
virtual currency.
 Income from long term capital gains will be taxed at 15%.
 Corporate surcharge has been reduced from 12% to 7%.
 Surcharge on unlisted shares has been reduced from 28% to 23%.
 The share of various items in the receipts of the Government -
 Borrowings and Other Liabilities - 35%
 GST - 16%
custom duty on gems and jewelery has been reduced to 5%.
 Five river linking projects for different states - Damanganga-
Pinjal, Par-Tapi-Narmada, Godavari-Krishna, Krishna-
Pennar, Pennar-Cauvery
 1400 crore has been allocated for the Ken-Betwa link project.
This will provide irrigation facility to 9.08 lakh hectares of land.
 A new scheme named 'Prime Minister's Development Initia-
tive for North East Region (PM-DevINE) will be brought through
the North East Council.
 Gatishakti masterplan will be prepared to create world class
infrastructure.
 In 2022-23, Multimodal Logistics Park will be started in PPP
model at four locations.
 100 PM Gatishakti Cargo Terminals will be arranged for
multimodal logistics facilities.
 National Ropeway Development Program for inaccessible hilly
areas, mountain ranges will be brought in PPP format.
 Changes will be made in the Special Economic Zone Act soon.
 Animation, Gaming Task Force will be formed.
 E-passport will also be issued from 2022-23.
 25000 km of National Highways will be built in 2022-23.

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 400 new Vande Bharat trains will be built in the next three years.
 More than 2000 km of rail network will be brought under
indigenous world class technology cover for safety and capacity
addition.
 The year 2023 has been declared as the 'National Year of Millets'.
 The program 'Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance
(RAMP)' will be launched in 5 years.
 A 'National Telemental Health Program' has been started to
address mental health issues.
 An open platform has been launched for the National Digital
Health Eco System.
 Integrated benefits will be provided to women and children through
the Mission Shakti, Mission Vatsalya, Saksham Anganwadi
and Poshan 2.0 scheme under the Ministry of Women and Child
Development.
 2 lakh Anganwadis will be upgraded into efficient Anganwadis.
 Four new private projects have been talked about for coal
gasification and conversion of coal into chemicals.
 48,000 crore will be allocated to complete the construction of 80
lakh houses under PM Awas Yojana in rural and urban areas in
2022-23.
 1 lakh crore has been allocated to the states to induce overall
investment in the economy. This 50-year interest-free loan is
higher than the normal lending to states.
 19,500 crore additional allocation has been made for manufacturing
of solar modules to achieve the target of 280 Gigawatts (GW) of
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installed solar power by 2030.
 To promote self-reliance in the defence sector, 68 percent of
the capital procurement budget has been earmarked for the domestic
industry, which is higher as compared to 58 percent in 2021.
 60,000 crores has been allocated for tap to water scheme in 3.8
crore households.
 An open platform will be created for the national digital health
ecosystem.
 Fund to be set up for financing agriculture, rural start-ups.
 PM e-Vidhya's 'One Class-One TV Channel' program will be
expanded to 200 TV channels.
 750 virtual labs in science and maths and 75 skilling e-labs for
simulated learning environment will be set up in 2022-23.
 A digital university will be established.
 For the purchase of wheat and paddy, 1.63 crore farmers will be
made direct payment of MSP price of Rs. 2.37 lakh crore.
 Chemical free natural farming will be promoted in India. Initially,
the focus will be on the land of the farmers having a corridor up to
a width of 5 km adjacent to the river Ganga.
 'Kisan Drones' for crop estimation, digitization of land records,
pesticides and nutrients.
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 Under the BharatNet project, the contract for laying optical
fiber in the villages will be given.
 5% of Universal Service Obligation Fund will be allocated for
broadband service access in rural and remote areas.
 Contracts will be awarded for 8 ropeway projects of 60 km
length in 2022-23.
 Udyam, E-Shram, NCS and Aseem portals will be interlinked.
 Additional credit will be given to 130 lakh MSMEs under the
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS).
 ECLGS will be extended till March 2023.
 Guarantee cover under ECLGS will be increased by Rs 50,000
crore to give a total of Rs 5 lakh crore.
 An additional credit of Rs 2 lakh crore will be given to micro and
small enterprises under the Micro and Small Credit Guarantee
Trust (EGTMSE).
 1.5 lakh post offices will be brought on 100% core banking
system.
 Scheduled commercial banks will set up 75 digital banking units
in 75 districts.
 An International Arbitration Center will be set up for the timely
settlement of disputes under the International Majority Area.
 Sovereign Green Bonds will be issued to mobilize resources for
every infrastructure.
 In thermal power plants, 5 to 7 percent biomass pallets will be
powered.
38 MMT of carbon dioxide will be saved annually.
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 Blended funds will be promoted for sunrise areas.
 In the year 2022-23, states will be allowed a fiscal deficit of 4%
of GSDP, which will be used for 0.5% of power sector reforms.
 Last date for commencement of manufacturing and production under
section 115BAB has been extended by a year to March 31, 2024.
 Central Government Schemes
 Namami Gange Scheme
 Launched - 10th July, 2014 by Ministry of Water Resources
 Purpose - For the protection and purification of river Ganga
 Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana
 Launched - August 28, 2014 by Ministry of Finance
 Purpose - At least one bank account in all households
 38.18 crore accounts have been opened till February 26, 2020
 Benefits - Accident insurance of Rs.2 lakh and life insurance of
Rs.30,000
 Make in India
 Launched - 25 September 2014
 Purpose - Promotion of manufacturing in the country
 Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
 Launched - October 11, 2014 on Jayaprakash Narayan's birthday
 Purpose - To develop three villages by the year 2019 and a total
of 8 villages by the year 2024 by adopting each MP.
 Mission Indradhanush
 Launched - 25th December, 2014 by Union Health Ministry
.
 Objective - To promote gender equality and increase sex ratio
 Prime Minister 'MUDRA' Scheme
 Launched - April 8, 2015
 MUDRA : Micro Unit Development and Refinance Agency
 Purpose - To provide financial assistance and to provide loans
(Types - Shishu, Kishor and Tarun) for the development of micro
enterprises sector.
 There is a provision to give loans up to Rs 50 thousand under
Shishu, Rs 5 lakh under Kishor and Rs 10 lakh under Tarun.
 UJALAYojana
 Launched - May 1, 2015
 UJALA : Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LED for All
 Objective - To make distribution of LED bulbs at low cost to
reduce power consumption
 Atal Pension Yojana
 Launched - 9th May, 2015 by Ministry of Finance
 Under this scheme, any person in the age group of 18 to 40 years
can get a pension of 1 thousand to 5 thousand on the basis of the

 Objective - To achieve the goal of complete immunization by

amount deposited by him in the bank.
2020
 AMRUTYojana
 There will be vaccination for 7 diseases (Diphtheria, Whooping
 Launched - June 24, 2015
cough, Tetanus, Polio, TB, Measles and Hepatitis 'B') under this
 AMRUT: Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban
scheme.
Transformation
 PAHAL Scheme
 The plan includes plans to build 100 smart cities, develop
 Launched - January 1, 2015
infrastructure in 500 cities and build houses for all in urban areas
 Purpose - To transfer the subsidy money of LPG cylinder directly
by 2022.
to the bank accounts of the consumers
 It is also known as DBTL (Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG)  Smart City Mission
scheme.  Launched - June 25, 2015

 HRIDAY Plan  Objective - Developing by selecting 100 cities (in collaboration

 Launched - 21st January, 2015 by Ministry of Urban with Singapore)

Development  Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
 HRIDAY : Heritage City Development and Augmentation Scheme  Launched - June 25, 2015
 Objective - To revive the cultural heritage of selected 12 cities of  Objective - To build 2 crore new houses by 2022
the country  Digital India Mission
 Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana  Launched - 1st July, 2015
 Launched - 22nd January, 2015 by Ministry of Women and  Objective - To make all government services available to the
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 Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
 Launched - 1st July, 2015.
 Purpose - To provide water to farmers for agriculture
 Skill India Mission
 Launched - July 15, 2015
 Objective - To develop skills of the youth of the country by
2022
 Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
 Launched - 25th July, 2015.
 Objective - To electrify all the villages, improve the financial
condition of the distribution companies and do proper monitoring
 Sagarmala Project
 Launched - July 31, 2015
 Objective - Development of ports and connecting them with
road/rail transport
 UDAYYojana
 Launched - 5th November, 2015 by Ministry of Coal and Energy
 UDAY: Ujjwal Discom Assurance Scheme
 Objective - Financial reforms and recovery of power distribution
companies (discoms) from losses.
 Jharkhand is the first state to join this scheme.
 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission
 Launched - February 22, 2016
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 Objective - Cluster based development of villages
 Setu Bharatam Yojana
 Launched - 4th March, 2016 by Union Ministry of Road and
Transport
 Objective - Construction of over/under bridges to make National
Highways free of railway crossings
 Stand up India
 Launched - 5th April, 2016 by Ministry of Finance
 Purpose - Loan from 10 lakh to 1 crore to SC / ST and women
entrepreneurs to set up new companies
 UDAN Plan
 Launched - on 27th April, 2017
 Full name - Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik
 Purpose - To provide cheap air travel to the common citizens of
the country
 DIKSHA Portal
 Launched - 5th September, 2017 by Ministry of Human Resource
Development
 This portal is helpful in training and empowering the teacher.
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 Pradhan mantri Ujjwala Yojana
 Launched - 1st May, 2016
 Purpose - To provide free LPG connection to BPL families
 Under this scheme, financial assistance of Rs 1600 per connection
is provided by the government to BPL families.
 Varistha Pension Bima Yojana
 Launched : January 1, 2017 by Life Corporation of India (LIC)
 Purpose - Guaranteed interest rate for 10 years to senior citizens
aged 60 years and above will be 8%.
 Deen Dayal Upadhyay 'SPARSH' Yojana
 Launched - November 3, 2017
 SPARSH: Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude and Research
in Stamp as a Hobby
 It is a scholarship scheme launched with the aim of increasing
interest in postage stamp collection among school children of
class 6th to 9th.
 Benefits - Maximum 40 students get total scholarship of Rs.6000
per year
 Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana
 Launch - July 21, 2017
 Purpose - Guaranteed return of 8% for 10 years to senior citizens
in the age group of 60 or more on opting for monthly pension
option
 Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana - Saubhagya
 Launched - 25th September, 2017 by Ministry of Power
 Objective - To ensure electrification of all households in the
country
 Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana - Ayushman Bharat
 Launched - 23rd September, 2018 from Ranchi (Jharkhand)
 Objective - To provide free cashless health facility up to 5 lac for
poor families.
 PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme
 Launched - February 1, 2019 by Piyush Goyal
 Purpose - Rs.6000 direct income support to all the farmers of the
country.
 This assistance will be transferred directly to the account of farmers
in three equal installments of Rs.2000 each.
 Prime Minister Shram Yogi Maandhan Yojana
 Launched - February 15, 2019
 Eligible for the scheme - Unorganized sector workers in the age
group of 18-40 years whose monthly income is Rs 15000 or less.
 Benefit - Monthly pension of Rs.3000 on attaining the age of 60
 Prime Minister Kisan Maandhan Yojana  Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar 25 Sep., 2017
 Launched - September 12, 2019 at Ranchi (Jharkhand) Yojana - 'Saubhagya'
 Benefit - Minimum Rs.3000 per month pension on attaining the  Deendayal 'Sparsh' scheme 3 Nov., 2017
age of 60 years  Bharatnet Yojana 13Nov., 2017
 Eligible for the scheme - Farmers of 18 to 40 years who have  Khelo India School Games 31 Jan., 2018
agricultural land up to 2 hectares only.  India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) 1 Sep., 2018
 Agneepath Yojana  PM-AASHA 12 Sep., 2018
 Scheme Announcement - June 14, 2022  Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana - 23 Sep., 2018
 Qualification - 10th-12th pass (Age - 17.5 to 23 years) Ayushman Bharat
 Under this, youth will be recruited in all the three services  PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme 1 Feb., 2019
(land, water, air) for 4 years, which will be called 'Agniveer'.  Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi 15 Feb., 2019

 On completion of four years, Agniveers will be paid Rs Maandhan Yojana

 Prime Minister Karmayogi Maandhan Yojana 23 July, 2019
11.71 lakh under the service fund package. On completion
 Jal Jeevan Mission Scheme 15 Aug., 2019
of service, Agniveers will be given 10% reservation in
 Fit India Movement 29 Aug., 2019
CAPF and Assam Rifles. Also 25% of Agniveers will be
 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojana 12 Sep., 2019
selected permanently on the basis of merit.
 Atal Bhujal (Atal Jal) Yojana 25 Dec., 2019
 Under this Yojana, 46000 thousand Agniveers will be
 Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana 25 March, 2019
recruited in the first year.
 Swamitava Yojana 24 April, 2020
Schemes / Campaigns : At a glance  Atma Nirbhar Bharat Yojana 12 May, 2020
Plan Launch  One Nation, One Ration Card Yojana 1 June, 2020
 Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana 25 Aug., 2014  PM Svanidhi Yojana 1 June, 2020
 Make in India 25 Sep., 2014  Garib Kalyan Rozgar Yojana 20 June, 2020
 Swachh Bharat Mission 2 Oct., 2014  New Education Policy 2020 30 July, 2020
 Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana 11 Oct., 2014  National Digital Health Mission 15 Aug., 2020
 Mission Indradhanush Yojana 15 Dec., 2014  Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana 10 Sep., 2020
.

 HRIDAY Yojana 21 Jan., 2015  'KAPILA' Kalam Programme 15 Oct., 2020

 Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao Yojana 22 Jan., 2015  Ayushman Sahakar Yojana 19 Oct., 2020
 Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana 8 April, 2015  Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojagar Yojana 12 Nov., 2020
 Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana 9 May, 2015  Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana 24 Nov., 2020
 Atal Pension Yojana 9 May, 2015  PM-WANI Yojana 9 Dec., 2020
 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana 25 June, 2015  Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 3.0 15 Jan., 2021
 AMRUT Yojana 25 June , 2015  Gram Ujala Yojana 19 March, 2021
 Digital India Mission 1 July, 2015  Jal Shakti Abhiyan : Catch the Rain 22 March, 2021
 Skill India Mission 15 July, 2015  PM-Yuva Yojana 29 May, 2021
 Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana 25 July, 2015  PM-CARES for Children Scheme 29 May, 2021
 Bharatmala Project 31 July, 2015  SEGE Program 4 June, 2021
 One Rank-One Pension Yojana 7 Nov., 2015  'Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum' Abhiyaan 8 June, 2021
 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana 13 Jan., 2016  'Jaan hai to jahan hai' campaign 21 June, 2021
 Start-up India 16 Jan., 2016  NIPUN India Program 3 July, 2021
 Setu Bharatam Project 4 March, 2016  Prime Minister's Ujjwala Yojana 2.0 10 Aug., 2021
 Stand Up India 5 April, 2016  Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission 27 Sep., 2021
 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 1 May, 2016  Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0 1 Oct., 2021
 Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana 1 April, 2017  AMRUT 2.0 1 Oct., 2021
 UDAN Scheme 27 April, 2017  Pradhan Mantri Gatishakti Yojana 13 Oct., 2021
 Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana 4 May, 2017  Svanidhi Se Samridhi Yojana 12 Apr., 2022
 Darwaza Bandh Campaign 30 May, 2017  Agneepath Yojana 14 June, 2022

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 State Government Schemes
State Scheme / Program
Uttar Pradesh  Abhyudaya Program
 Kisan Kalyan Mission
 UP Matrubhumi Yojana
 Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana
Madhya Pr.  Mukhyamantri Covid-19
Bal Seva Yojana
 Devaranya Scheme
 Launch Pad Scheme
 Ladli Lakshmi Yojana
 Jansunwai Yojana 2021
 CM Kisan Kalyan Yojana
 Rozgar Setu Scheme
 Ankur Yojana
Chhattisgarh  Bajra Mission
 Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Bhumihin
Majdur Nyay Yojana
 Garbage Cafe Scheme
 Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana
 Godhan-Nyay Yojana
West Bengal  Pathashree Abhiyan
 Krishak Bandhu Yojna
 Yuvashree Arpan Yojana
 Matir Smristi Yojana
 Chokher Alo Scheme
 Maa Ki Rasoi Yojana
Odisha  Gopabandhu Sambadika
Swasthya Yojana
 Bindu Sagar Safai Yojana
 Ashirvad Yojana
Karnataka  Arundhati and Maitri Yojana
 Arthika Spandana Scheme
 Nekkar Samman Yojana
Kerala  Namath Basai Program
 One School, One IAS Scheme
Gujarat  Vatan Prem Yojana
 Mukhayamantri Bal Seva Yojana
Important Points / Objectives
To provide free coaching to students preparing for various competitive exams.
To double the income of the farmers of Uttar Pradesh by the year 2022.
Under this 50 percent of the cost of development works will be borne by the government.
For school education to the children of child labourers, orphans, labourers, at the
age of 8 to 18 years.
For financial assistance of Rs 5000 per month to the children orphaned due to
Covid.
To promote Ayurvedic medicines and to link it with employment.
To provide a platform to the youth of 18 years of age to become self-reliant.
Under this, 20 thousand will be given to the students taking admission in colleges
and universities.
To share the complaint of your problem directly with the Chief Minister through
online medium.
4000 additional financial assistance to beneficiaries of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi.
To provide employment to migrant workers (by the police of Umaria district)
Under this, citizens will be honored for planting trees during monsoon.
Its main objective is to provide farmers with fair price rates for small grain crops.
To provide financial assistance to the landless citizens of the state doing agricultural
work. Under this, 12 lakh landless laborers will be given Rs 6000.
To provide food in lieu of plastic by Ambikapur Municipal Corporation
.
To provide 1500 rupees to the farmers as installment for the paddy crop.
To protect animals and help livestock farmers to increase their income along with
employment.
Ten campaigns have been started for repair of roads in Bengal.
To provide annual assistance of Rs 5000 per acre to the farmers in two installments.
To provide better employment opportunities to about 50000 youth of the state.
For generating income activities in Horticulture and Fisheries by engaging local people
To provide free eye treatment and spectacles to senior citizens.
To provide food for the poor and destitute at Rs.5.
To provide financial assistance to journalists who died of COVID-19.
To clean the Bindu Sagar Lake located in Bhubaneshwar.
For education, health and maintenance of COVID orphans.
Under this, financial assistance will be provided to the brides of Brahmin families.
For distribution of loans to help people during the time of COVID-19 and floods.
To provide financial assistance to the weavers (cotton, silk, woolen) of the state.
To provide medium of online education to tribal children at home
To provide free coaching for CBSE examinations for poor meritorious students
Under this, Gujaratis will be able to take projects and agencies of their choice by
paying an amount of 60 percent.
Children orphaned by Covid-19 will be given Rs.4000/- per month till the age of 18.
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 State Scheme / Program
Jharkhand  Mukhyamantri Sukanya Yojana
 Sujalam Sufalam Yojana
 CM Krishi Ashirvad Yojana
 Kisan Fasal Rahat Yojana
Andhra Pr.  Jagannan Chedodu Scheme
 SALT Program
 STREE Scheme
Tamil Nadu  Smart Black Board Scheme
Arunachal Pr.  Atmanirbhar Krishi Yojana
Telangana  Ryuthu Bandhu Scheme
 Akash Se Dawa Pariyojana
Rajasthan  CM Anupriti Coaching Yojana
 Mukhyamantri Kisan
Mitra Yojana
Maharashtra  Mission Vatsalya
 Mission Oxygen Self
Reliance Scheme
Haryana  Sanjeevani Project
 Gobardhan Yojana
 Pranavayu Devta Pension
Scheme
Delhi  Mukhayamantri Covid-19
Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana
Uttarakhand  CM Vatsalya Yojana
 Atal Ayushman Yojana
 Mission Hausla
J&K  Awaam ki Baat radio programme
Himachal Pr.  AYUSH ghar dwar program
 Parvat Dhara Yojana
Ladakh  Youn Tab Yojana
Sikkim  One Family, One Job
Assam  Mukhyamantri Covid-19
Vidhwa Sahayata Yojana
 Mukhyamantri Shishu
Seva Yojna
Bihar  CM Mahila Udyami Yojana
 Jal Jeevan Hariyali Abhiyan
 CM Vridhjan Pension Yojana
Punjab  Mera Kam Mera Man Yojana
 Har Ghar Pani Har Ghar Safai
Important Points / Objectives
For promoting women empowerment, completely ending child marriage.
Renovation of 5000 ponds and reservoirs in the state so that water can be stored.
To provide Rs.5000 to Rs.25000 to the farmers having 1 acre to 5 acres of land.
To provide security cover by the insurance company on the loss of crops due to
natural calamity.
Financial assistance to tailors, barbers and washermen unable to raise livelihood
due to Corona.
To strengthen schools and provide training and skill development to teachers.
To support and empower women against domestic violence (Hyderabad Police)
To ensure better learning environment in 80,000 government schools.
To promote agriculture/horticulture, Rs.60-60 crore will be given to agriculture
departments.
To provide Rs.8000 per acre to farmers for Kharif and Rabi crops.
To provide medicines through drones at primary health centres.
To provide education to economically backward class, SC and ST students.
One thousand rupees will be provided per month as a grant in the electricity bill of
the farmers.
Under this, 18 benefits, schemes and services will be provided to poor women who
lost their husbands due to Covid-19.
To encourage Oxygen producing industries.
To provide home treatment and care to COVID-19 patients.
To make provision for sale of organic manure and cow urine to the farmers.
For the maintenance of old trees above 75 years, Rs 2500/month will be given to
Panchayat.
.
Under this, amount of 50000 will be given to each family, which has lost a member
due to Covid-19.
To provide education to the children orphaned by Covid-19 till the age of 21 years.
Free medical treatment to all the residents of the state.
To help get oxygen, ventilators for COVID-19 patients by Uttarakhand Police.
To take steps taken by government for the interests of common people to the people.
To keep home-isolated COVID-19 positive patients healthy by practicing yoga.
To rejuvenate water bodies that are disappearing and to provide irrigation to the fields.
Under this, tablets will be distributed to 12300 students of class 6th to 12th.
To provide government job to at least one member of every family.
Under this, a one-time assistance of 2.5 lakh will be given to such women who have
lost their husband due to Covid-19 disease, whose family income is less than 5 lakh.
To provide financial assistance (Rs 3500/ month) to the children orphaned by
Covid-19.
10 lakh will be provided to women to start new employment.
To save water and greenery against climate change.
Rs.400 monthly pension to all persons in the age group of 60-79 years.
To provide employment to unemployed youth by providing them training.
To provide 100% potable water supply to all rural households by 2022.
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 Economic Scenario
 India overtook Britain to become 5th largest economy in the world.
 Gautam Adani has become the third richest man in the world.
 Foreign exchange reserves came down to $553.105 billion.
 India's first international bullion exchange was launched in Gujarat.
 South Korea has the lowest fertility rates in the world (0.81).
 Edelweiss MF introduced India's first gold and silver fund.
 State Bank of India has launched 'Utsav Fixed Deposit' scheme.
 Indian market will have 100% electric two wheelers by 2026-27.
 According to UN, India will be the most populous country by 2023.
 India ranked 7th among FDI recipients according to UNCTAD.
 India received FDI of $83.57 billion during the year 2021-22.
 Russia became India's second largest oil supplier after Iraq.
 India is the third largest oil importing country in the world.
 US became India's largest trading partner, leaving China behind.
 Saudi Aramco became the world's most valuable company.
 Recently HDFC Life has joined the UN as a signatory.
 According to the World Bank, India has overtaken Mexico to
become the top remittance receiving country in 2021.
 India's trade deficit increased by 88% in FY 2022.
 Nexo has launched the world's first crypto-enabled payment card.
.
 HDFC Bank launched 'Keep your mouth closed' campaign.
 Video Life Certificate service launched by SBI for pensioners.
 PNB launches 6S-Abhiyan under Customer Outreach Programme.
 According to CEBR, India will be the third largest economy in 2031.
 RBI has given scheduled bank status to Paytm Payments Bank.
 Gujarat has become the largest manufacturing hub of India.
 India has become world's largest recipient of remittances in 2021.
 Moody's upgrades India's rating outlook from negative to stable.
 HDFC Bank has been adjudged 'Most Outstanding Company in
India' by Asia Money.
 Recently, the Central Government has set up Bharat Debt Resolu-
tion Company Limited (IDRCL) for the management of bad debts.
 World Bank Group ceases publication of its 'Doing Business' report.
 Kandla has become the first Green Special Economic Zone.
 4445 crore has been allocated for PM Mitra Park scheme.
 India's first Green Bond issued by Ghaziabad Municipal.
 Power Finance Corporation Ltd. has issued India's first Euro
Green Bond.
 Union Minister Piyush Goyal has launched the National Single
Window System (NSWS) for investors and businesses.

 Axis Bank was awarded the 'Asian Bank of the Year'.
 IMF board has approved $1.4 billion in emergency aid for Ukraine.
 HDFC Mutual Fund has launched a women-led financial em-
powerment initiative 'LakshmiForLakshmi'.
 The limit for investment of public debt through UPI has been
increased by SEBI to Rs. 5 lakh.
 India ranked 40th in the Global Pension Index 2021.
 Coin-DCX became India's first crypto unicorn.
 Bandhan Bank has launched 'Shaurya Salary Account' to
provide financial services to the personnel of Armed Forces.
 Dearness Allowance of Central Government employees has been
increased from 28% to 31%.

 India ranks third in the population of billionaires globally.  Krishi Udan 2.0 scheme has been launched by the Ministry of
 Nepal became the first country to adopt India's UPI system. Civil Aviation.
 JP Morgan has become the first bank to enter the metaverse.  Recently the Center has approved 100% FDI in Telecom Sector.
 In the financial year 2020-21, the corpus of PM Cares Fund has India's GDP Growth Rate Estimates by Various Agency
increased three times to Rs 10,990.17 crore.
Institution 2021-22 2022-23
 America has become the top trade partner of India in the year 2021.
 Moody's Rating Agency 8.8% 7.7%
 LIC ranked 10th most valuable insurance brands globally.
 CRISIL Agency - 7.3%
 Paytm has introduced India's first intelligent messenger 'POPs'.
 Fitch Rating Agency 8.4% 7.0%
 Formal transfer of Air India to Tata Sons for 18000 crores.
 India Rating and Research (Ind-Ra) 6.9% 7-7.2%
 Global unemployment estimated at 207 million in 2022.
 ICRA Rating Agency 9.0% 12-13%
 India's foreign exchange reserves declined to $632.95 billion.
 Deposits in PM Jan Dhan accounts exceed Rs 1.5 lakh crore.  IMF (International Monetary Fund) 9.0% 7.4%

 Apple became the first company to achieve a market value $3 billion.  World Bank 8.3% 7.5%

 RBI has given scheduled bank status to Airtel Payments Bank.  National Statistical Office (NSO) 8.9% 8.7%
 JP Morgan named as the world's most systemic bank.  UN 6.5% 6.4%

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 Science & Technology
 China has created the world's first cloned wild arctic wolf 'Maya'.
 IIT Madras became the first Indian institute to join quantum network.
 DRDO successfully test-fired Pinaka Extended Rocket at Pokhran.
 The first hydrogen-powered train was introduced in Germany.
 Researchers at IIT Guwahati have developed a method to produce
sugar from sugarcane waste.
 Supercomputer 'Param Anant' has been installed at IIT Gandhinagar.
 The Drug Controller of India has approved Cervavac, India's first
vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India for cervical cancer.
 India's first autonomous navigation facility 'TiHAN' was
inaugurated at IIT Hyderabad.
 Recently DRDO conducted the first flight test of 'Autonomous
Flying Technology Demonstrator' in Chitradurga, Karnataka.
 Asia's largest and India's first Liquid Mirror Telescope has been
installed on a hill in Uttarakhand.
 Microsoft has announced the closure of Internet Explorer, its
oldest browser after 27 years.
 Instagram has launched a new feature called Amber Alert, which
will help in locating missing children.
 Param Porul Supercomputer was installed at NIT Tiruchirappalli.
.
 US-made Frontier was voted the world's fastest supercomputer.
 World's longest suspension bridge has opened in the Czech Republic.
 Recently the longest glass bridge has been built in Vietnam.
 Ethosh Digital set up its first IIT training and service center in Leh.
 The country's first AI and Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK)
was launched in Bengaluru.
 C-DAC has installed 'Param Ganga' supercomputer at IIT Roorkee.
 Recently a biodegradable nano particle has been made by IIT Kanpur.
 Assam became the first state in the country to launch night
navigation mobile app in rivers.
 Jio has partnered with SES for satellite based broadband.
 Indian Institute of Science Bangalore has commissioned the
supercomputer Param Pravega.
 Dubai-based firm The Jet Zeromission has announced the launch
of the world's first hydrogen-powered flying boat 'The Jet'.
 Recently a new coronavirus strain IHU has been identified in France.
 Recently IIT-Roorkee has been ranked first amongst the most
innovative institutes by CII.
 Recently Germany has launched the world's first self-driving train.
 Recently, WHO has approved a malaria vaccine named RTS, S/AS01
 Scientists have discovered the northernmost island of the Earth off the
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coast of Greenland, which will be named 'Qeqertaq Avannarleq'.
 Recently, the government has given approval for the emergency use
of the Covid-19 vaccine 'Sinofarm' developed by China.
 Recently, the world's first plant based smart air purifier 'Ubreath
Life' has been developed by IIT-Ropar.
 Recently, Biotech-PRIDE guidelines have been announced by the
Department of Bio-Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology.
 Recently, IIT Ropar has developed a first of its kind oxygen
rationing device named AMLEX.
 Hyderabad-based company Grene Robotics has designed and
developed India's first indigenous Drone Defence Dome 'Indralal'.
 India's first indigenous temperature data logger 'Ambitag' has been
developed by IIT Ropar.
 Interpol has launched a global database named 'I-Familia' to
identify missing persons.
 Recently, ISRO has developed three different types of ventilators
and oxygen concentrators. It has been named Prana, Vayu and Swasth.
 Recently, India and Britain have jointly developed a sensor that
will be able to detect the corona virus present in water.
 China has recently become the first country in the world to ban
synthetic cannabinoids.
 Recently, WHO has approved the emergency use of the Covid-19
vaccine Sinoform developed by China.
 DRDO has approved the Anti-Covid Medicine, 2-DG (2-Deoxy-
D-Glucose), developed in Reddy's Laboratories (Hyderabad).
 Recently, CSIR has introduced a new technology called SWASTIK
to disinfect water.
 Recently, 'Covid-19 Antibody Detection kit' named DIPCOVAN
has been developed by the Research Laboratory of DRDO.
 The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved a
rapid antigen test kit named 'CoviSelf' developed by Mylab
Discovery Solutions to test for COVID-19 at home.
 Recently, a huge iceberg broke away from the continent of Antarctica,
which has been named A-76. It is the largest iceberg in the world.
 According to International Energy Agency, India will become the
third largest energy consumer country after China and US by 2030.
 Recently, scientists have discovered the smallest known black hole
in the Milky-way galaxy, named Unicorn.
 UK's Met Office has tied up with Microsoft to build the world's
most powerful computer.
 Mayflower-400 is the world's largest artificial intelligence ship.
 Iran has developed its most powerful supercomputer Simurgh.
 Defence & Security
 Recently North Korea declared itself a nuclear state.
 Recently Bangladesh has imported 36F-7BGI aircraft from China.
 India will buy 6 TU-160 long-range bombers from Russia.
 DRDO and Indian Army test-fire indigenous VL-SRSAM missile.
 India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant built by Cochin
Shipyard will be inducted into the Navy on 2 September 2022.
 Tata company has made an indigenous armored vehicle for the Indian
Army, named Quick Reaction Fighting Vehicle Medium (QRFV).
 The Advanced Light Helicopter Mk III joins the Coast Guard fleet.
 India successfully test-fired Prithvi-II ballistic missile.
 INS Nishank and INS Akshay, two warships involved in Kargil
and Surgical Strike were decommissioned.
 Russia test-fires Zircon missile.
 Indian Air Force ranked third in the World Air Power Index 2022.
 Recently, Indian Navy decommissioned INS Gomati from Naval
Dockyard (Mumbai) after 34 years of service.
 Recently, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched two Made-in-
India warships INS 'Surat' and 'Udayagiri' at Mazagaon docks.
 Recently Russia tested the world's most powerful nuclear capable
intercontinental ballistic missile RS-28 SARMAT.
.
 Scorpene class submarine 'Vagsheer' was inaugurated at Mazagon
Dock Limited.
 Recently Israel successfully test-fired a new laser missile-defence
system 'Iron Beam'.
 Recently, DRDO successfully flight-tested the anti-tank guided
missile 'Helina'.
 India successfully test-fired Pinaka MK-1 rocket system.
 Recently DRDO successfully test-fired MRSAM missile.
 India's first indigenous Flying Trainer Hansa-NG (HANSA-NG)
completed trials at sea level.
 America handed over the 20th P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to India.
 Israel test-fires a naval air defence system named 'C-Dome'.
 India's Goa Shipyard Ltd. handed over its 5th ship ICGS 'Saksham'
to the Navy.
 North Korea tested the most powerful missile Hwasong-12.
 Recently Russia handed over 70,000 AK-203 assault rifles to India.
 Recently Israel test-fired the Arrow-3 anti-ballistic missile.
 The Suprasonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART)
was successfully launched from Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha.
 Russia test-fires Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missiles.
 First S-400 air defense system was deployed in the Punjab sector.
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 Israel gave Heron drone to India to monitor Chinese activities.
 Recently India test-fired 'Pralaya' missile from the Odisha coast.
 Recently, Indian Navy decommissioned INS-Khukri after 32 years.
 Recently, the Indian Air Force (IAF) and DRDO successfully test-
fired the SANT missile, launched from a helicopter.
 The Indian Navy has commissioned the indigenously built fourth
Scorpene class submarine INS-Vela at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.
 South Korea launched the first indigenous space rocket Nuri.
 Recently, the Russian Navy successfully test-fired the 'Zircon'
hypersonic cruise missile from a nuclear submarine for the first time.
 North Korea tested Hwasong-8 hypersonic missile.
 The name of India's first floating missile test range is INS-Anvesh.
 Recently a new weapon MRSAM (Missile System) has been
included in the Indian Air Force.
 Recently the country's first nuclear missile tracking ship has been
launched, named INS-Dhruv.
 INS-Khanjar has become the first Indian Naval Ship to be called
at the heritage coastal port of Gopalpur in Odisha.
 Recently, Indian Naval Ship INS-Talvar participated in a
multinational maritime exercise named Cutlass Express 2021.
 Recently, the Indian Army has named the firing range located in
Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir after Bollywood actress Vidya Balan.
 Recently, India has gifted a Rs. 100 crore patrol vessel PS
Zoroaster to Seychelles.
 According to a report, India is the fourth strongest army in the world.
 Three indigenously Light Helicopters ALH MK-III manufactured
by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited were inducted into Indian Navy.
 Recently, the Indian Army decommissioned its first destroyer ship
INS-Rajput after 41 years in Visakhapatnam.
 Indian Army and DRDO have jointly developed India's first
indigenous 9 mm machine pistol named 'ASMI'.
 Recently, Pakistan has successfully test-fired surface-to-surface
nuclear ballistic missile 'Shaheen-1A'.
 DRDO has successfully test-fired the new generation nuclear
protection ballistic missile Agni-P from APJ Abdul Kalam Island ,Odisha.
 Recently, the Short Span Bridging System (SSBS)-10M developed
by DRDO has been inducted into the Indian Army.
 Navy has recently decommissioned two artillery systems 130 mm
Self Propelled M-46 Catapult Guns and 160 mm Tempela Mortar.
 Defence Ministry has signed a contract with Bharat Dynamics
Ltd. for 4960 MILAN-2T Anti-Tank Guided Missiles for the Army.
 Space Technology
 Recently NASA has discovered oxygen on Mars.
 NASA is preparing to send astronauts to the Moon under the Artemis
program.
 Recently, ISRO successfully placed three Singapore satellites
into space orbit under the PSLV-C53/DS-EO mission.
 Russia successfully launched Iranian satellite 'Khayyam'.
 James Webb Telescope captured pictures of the planet Jupiter.
 Iran launched indigenously built rocket Juljana into space.
 ISRO has planned the Venus mission by December 2024.
 Recently ISRO successfully conducted static test of S2000 Manned-
Rated Solid Rocket Booster (HS200) for Gaganyaan program 2023.
 China plans to discover the world's first habitable planet with a
space telescope.
 Space data startup Pixxle has launched its first satellite on SpaceX.
 China launched new satellite Gawfen-3 03 for earth observation.
 Astronomers have discovered an identical twin of Jupiter, dubbed
as K2-2016-BLG-005Lb, which has the same mass.
 Amazon has tied up with Arianespace, Blue Origin and United
Launch Alliance firms for its satellite internet launch.
 Recently ISRO successfully test-fired the solid fuel based booster
.
stage of its new small satellite launch vehicle SSLV.
 Iran successfully test-fired the 2nd military satellite Noor-2.
 China's Long March-8 rocket launched 22 satellites into space.
 ISRO successfully launched Earth observation satellite EOS-04.
 NASA will retire the International Space Station in 2031.
 Recently Japan has launched Inmarsat-6 F1 communication satellite.
 Recently, NASA has launched the world's largest telescope named
James Webb Space.
 China has launched 'Shijian-6 05' satellite for space exploration.
 Indian-origin Anil Menon has become SpaceX's first flight surgeon.
 Recently the US Space Agency NASA has launched the world's first
mission DART to change the path of an asteroid.
 Recently NASA launched its first mission 'Lucy' to Jupiter's Trojan
asteroids on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401 rocket.
 Recently NASA launched Earth observation satellite Landsat-9.
 The International Astronomical Union has named a lunar crater
at the Moon's south pole after Arctic explorer Matthew Henson.
 India's space agency ISRO has become the first private company
to enter into an agreement with 'Skyroot Aerospace'.
 ISRO launched the earth observation satellite EOS-3 on August
12, 2021 from rocket GSLV-F10, which failed due to engine failure.
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 European Space Agency (ESA) recently launched Eutelsat
Quantum, the world's first fully re-programmable commercial satellite.
 US space agency NASA has selected the California-based spacecraft
SpaceX for the Europa mission to Jupiter's moon. Europa Clipper
mission will be launched in October 2024 on a Falcon Heavy rocket.
 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made his space flight through the New
Shepard spacecraft of the American aerospace company Blue
Origin. The other three crew members accompanying him were Mark
Bezas (Jeff Bezos' brother), Wally Funk (female) and Oliver Damon.
 Recently, ISRO has launched a sounding rocket RH-560 from
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) to study neutral winds and practical
integrals in plasma dynamics.
 Recently, Google Cloud and SpaceX have tied up to provide
internet service through Starlink satellite.
 NASA has announced to send the first mobile robot to the Moon
by the year 2023 under the mission Artemish. The name of its
rover is VIPER.
 Recently, the European Space Agency (ESA) has announced the
appointment of the world's first disabled astronaut.
 Recently, China has launched a meteorological satellite Fengyun-4B.
India's 42nd communication satellite CMS-01 was launched by

PSLV-C50 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota (A.P.).
 PSLV-C49 spacecraft successfully launched 10 satellites
simultaneously by ISRO from Satish Dhawan Space Center.
 The US space agency NASA announced the launch of two robotic
missions to Venus, DaVinci and Veritas, in 2028 and 2030.
 China sent the first astronauts to its space station. The three
astronauts (Ni Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hogbo) were
launched from a Shenzhou spacecraft on a Long March-2F rocket.
 Recently, 70-year-old British billionaire Richard Branson has
become the world's first billionaire to travel to space by Space
Ship Two of his space company Virgin Galactic on July 12, 2021.
 SpaceX has launched 60 new satellites under the Starlink satellites.
 Recently, China has achieved success in successfully landing the
first Mars rover 'Zhurong' on Mars from the spacecraft Tianwen-1.
 Recently, New Zealand has announced to launch the world's first
wooden satellite 'WISA Woodsat' by the end of 2021.
 Timanzhou-2 is the country's cargo spacecraft.
 Recently, the picture of Arp273 galaxies in 'Cosmic Rose' shape
has been released by the space agency NASA.
 The Russian agency Roskosmos launched its first satellite Arktika-
M to monitor the climate and environment of the Arctic region.
 Environment & Ecology
 Country's first 'Night Sky Reserve' will be established in Ladakh.
 India's first Dugong Conservation Reserve will be set up in Tamil
Nadu.
 Varanasi has been declared as the first tourism and cultural capital
of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
 Recently Andaman and Nicobar Islands has been declared as the
'First Clean Sujal Pradesh' of India.
 Tamil Nadu government has issued orders for setting up of 17th
Bird Sanctuary at Nanjarayan Tank in Tirur district.
 Darjeeling zoo got the status of best zoo in the country.
 Uttar Pradesh government has identified 14 districts for the
protection of vultures.
 A new species of crab named Ghatiyana Dwivarna has been
discovered in Karnataka.
 Thrissur and Nilambur in Kerala and Warangal in Telangana have
been included in the UNESCO Global Network of Living Cities.
 Country's first night safari will be built in Lucknow (U.P).
 A rare 170 carat diamond was discovered in Angola (African country).
 Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve in Tisnelveli district of Tamil
Nadu has been ranked as the fifth elephant reserve of Tamil Nadu.
.
 At present the number of Rasar sites in India has gone up to 75.
 The world's largest plant Posidonia has been discovered in Australia.
 A rare egg of Tamla dinosaur has been found in Madhya Pradesh.
 Blue Duke declared 'state butterfly' of Sikkim.
 Animal corona vaccine Anocovax has been launched in India which
has been developed by ICAR in Haryana.
 Lipstick plant has been discovered in Anja district of Arunachal
Pradesh.
 North India's first Biotech Park was inaugurated at Ghati in Kathua
district in Jammu and Kashmir.
 The country's first oncology laboratory was inaugurated in Kerala.
 Recently a new species of monkey found in Arunachal Pradesh
has been named after Sela Pass.
 A 5000-year-old jewelery factory has been found in Rakhigarhi,
Haryana.
 Chandrapur district of Maharashtra was recorded as the third
hottest place in the world.
 Uttar Pradesh has become the top producer of vegetables.
 Meghalaya's Living Root Bridge included in UNESCO World
Heritage Site.
 President Ram Nath Kovind named a species of yellow tulip
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flower as 'Maitri' on his visit to Netherlands.
 Kerala became 1st state to introduce carbon neutral farming methods.
 Assam government declared the entire state as a 'disturbed area'.
 India's first biomass based hydrogen plant will be set up in
Madhya Pradesh.
 Scientists have named a new species of rain frog after Greta
Thunberg.
 Recently Raigarh Wildlife Sanctuary was notified as the fourth
tiger reserve of Rajasthan.
 Haiderpur Wetland in UP has been recognized as Ramsar Site.
 Kajuveli Wetland has been declared as the 16th Bird Sanctuary
of Tamil Nadu.
 Varanasi has become the first Indian city to start ropeway service.
 HSBC India has launched India's first credit card made of fully
renewable PVC plastic .
 Recently, the United Nations World Tourism Organization
has selected Pochampally village in Nalgonda district of Telangana
as the best tourism village in the world.
 Indore has become the cleanest city in India for 5th time in recently
released Central Government's 'Swachhta Survekshan-2021'.
 Recently India's first 'grass conservation center' was inaugurated in
Ranikhet (Uttarakhand).
 Recently Parambikulam Tiger Conservation has won the 'Earth
Guardian Award', which was instituted by NatWest Group India.
 Recently India's largest open air fernery was inaugurated in
Ranikhet, Uttarakhand.
 Kaziranga National Park has become the first national park in
India to be equipped with a satellite.
 Chhattisgarh is the first state to recognize community forest
resource rights in urban areas.
 Recently Guru Ghasidas National Park located in Chhattisgarh
has become the 53rd Tiger Reserve of the country.
 Kovalam in Tamil Nadu and Eden Coast of Puducherry have been
granted Blue flag certification. Total number has became 10.
 Kendrapara is the only district to have all the three species of crocodile.
 Recently, Indian biologist Shailendra Singh has won the Global
Award in tortoise conservation.
 Recently the area of Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam
has been declared as an eco-sensitive area.
 India's largest oil company Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) will
build the country's first green hydrogen plant at Mathura Refinery.
 National Sports Awards-2021
 Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award-2021 (Total-12)  Varun Kumar (Hockey)

 Neeraj Chopra (Athletics)  Simranjit Singh (Hockey)

 Ravi Kumar (Wrestling)  Yogesh Kathouniya (Para Athletics)

 Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing)  Nishad Kumar (Para Athletics)

 PR Sreejesh (Hockey)
 Avani Lekhra (Para Shooting)
 Sumit Antil (Para Athletics)
 Pramod Bhagat (Para Badminton)
 Krishna Nagar (Para Badminton)
 Manish Narwal (Para Shooting)
 Mithali Raj (Cricket)
 Sunil Chhetri (Football)
 Manpreet Singh (Hockey)
 Arjuna Award-2021 (Total-34)
 Arpinder Singh (Athletics)
 Simranjit Kaur (Boxing)
 Shikhar Dhawan (Cricket)
 CA Bhavani Devi (Fencing)
.
 Praveen Kumar (Para Athletics)
 Suhas Yathiraj (Para Badminton)
 Sinharaj Adhana (Para Shooting)
 Bhavina Patel (Para Table Tennis)
 Harvinder Singh (Para Archery)
 Sharad Kumar (Para Athletics)
 Dronacharya Award-2021 : Lifetime Category (Total-5)
 TP Ossef (Athletics)
 Sarkar Talwar (Cricket)
 Sarpal Singh (Hockey)
 Ashan Kumar (Kabaddi)
 Tapan Kumar Panigrahi (Swimming)
 Dronacharya Award-2021 : Regular Category (Total-5)

 Monica (Hockey)  Radhakrishnan Nair P. (Athletics)

 Vandana Kataria (Hockey)  Sandhya Gurung (Boxing)
 Sandeep Narwal (Kabaddi)
 Pritam Siwach (Hockey)
 Himani Uttam Parab (Mallakhamb)
 Jaiprakash Nautiyal (Para Shooting)
 Abhishek Verma (Shooting)
 Subramanian Raman (Table Tennis)
 Ankita Raina (Tennis)
 Deepak Poonia (Wrestling)  Dhyanchand Award-2021 (Total-5)
 Dilpreet Singh (Hockey)  Sajjan Singh (Wrestling)
 Harmanpreet Singh (Hockey)  Leica Casey (Boxing)
 Rupinder Pal Singh (Hockey)  Abhijit Kunte (Chess)
 Amit Rohidas (Hockey)  Davinder Singh Garcha (Hockey)
 Birendra Lakra (Hockey)  Vikas Kumar (Kabaddi)
 Sumit (Hockey)
National Sports Awards and Prize Money
 Nilakanta Sharma (Hockey)
Prize Prize Money
 Hardik Singh (Hockey)
 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Rs. 25 lakh
 Vivek Sagar Prasad (Hockey)
 Arjuna Award Rs. 15 lakh
 Gurjant Singh (Hockey)
 Dronacharya Award : Lifetime Category Rs.15 Lakh
 Mandeep Singh (Hockey)
 Dronacharya Award : Regular Category Rs.10 Lakh
 Shamsher Singh (Hockey)
 Dhyan Chand Award Rs.10 Lakh
 Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (Hockey)

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 National / International : Awards

Nobel Prize-2021 Beauty Competitions : 2019-22

Field Recipient Special / why  Miss Earth India, 2022 - Vanshika Parmar (Himachal Pardesh)
Medicine David Julius (USA) for discoveries of receptors  Miss Diva Universe, 2022 - Divita Rai (Karnataka)
Ardem Patapoutian (Lebnan) for temperature and touch  Miss India USA, 2022 - Aarya Walvekar (India-America, Virginia)
Physics Syukuro Manabe (Japan) for the physical modelling  Mrs Universe Divine, 2022 - Pallavi Singh (Kanpur)
Klaus Hasselmann (Jermany) of Earth’s climate.  Miss India, 2022 - Sini Shetty (Karnataka)
Giorgio Parisi (Itly) for discovery of disorder from  Miss India Worldwide, 2022 - Khushi Patel (UK)
atomic to planetary scales.
 Mrs. India World, 2022 - Sargam Kaushal (Jammu)
Chemistry Benjamin List (Jermany) for the development of  Mrs. World 2022 - Shaylyn Ford (America)
David W.C. MacMillan (UK) asymmetric organocatalysis
 Miss World America, 2021 - Shree Saini (Indian-American)
Peace Maria Ressa (Phillipines) for his efforts to protect  Miss Earth India, 2021 - Rashmi Madhuri (Bengaluru, Karnatka)
Dmitry Muratov (Russia) freedom of expression.
 Miss International World, 2021 - Dr. Akshata Prabhu
Economics David Card (Canada-USA) for Contribution to Labor  Miss Trans Queen India, 2020 - Shaine Soni (Delhi)
Economics
 Miss Universe, 2020 - Andrea Meza (Mexico)
Joshua D. Angrist (USA) for their methodological
 Miss World, 2019 - Toni Ann Singh (Jamaica)
Guido Imbens (Nitherlands) contributions to the analy-
sis of causal relationships. Nobel Prize-2020
Literature Abdulrazak Gurnah For his uncompromising and Field Recipient Special / why
.

(Tanzanian novelist) compassionate penetration  Medicine Michael Houghton (Britain) For the discovery of the
(Novel - Paradise) of the effects of colonialism
Harvey J. Alter (USA) Hepatitis-C virus.
and the fate of the refugee
Charles M Rice (USA)
in the gulf between cultures
 Physics Roger Penrose (Britain) The formation of black
and continents.
Reinhard Genzel (Germany) holes for a strong
Miss World-2021
Andrea Ghez (USA) prediction of the theory of
Poland's Karolina Bilawska won the Miss World 2021 title at relativity.
the 70th edition of Miss World held in Puerto Rico. Indian-American  Chemist Emmanuel Charpier (France) For the development of a
Srisaini finished second and Cote d'Ivoire's Olivia Yes third. Jennifer A. Doudna (US) method for genome editing.
Miss Universe-2021 Peace World Food Program To fight the global war
(Agency of the USA) against hunger. It helped 10
India's Harnaaz Sandhu won the 70th Miss Universe 2021
crore people.
pageant. Paraguay's Nadia Ferreira finished second, while South
 Eco- Paul R. Milgrom (US) To improve auction theory
Africa's Lalela Maswane came third.
nomics Robert B. Wilson (US) and invent new methods of
Bharat Ratna Award-2019 auction.

Former President Pranab Mukherjee, renowned musician Bhupen  Literary Louise Gluck For a brilliant poetic style

Hazarika and philanthropist Nanaji Deshmukh were awarded India's (American poetess) that brings global recogni-

highest civilian award Bharat Ratna for the year 2019. tion.

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 Sahitya Akademi Award-2021
 English - Namita Gokhale (Novel-Jeepahe Jawa Snam Thamipadak)
 Hindi - Daya Prakash Singha (Drama - Emperor Ashoka)
 Punjabi - Khalid Hussain (Story Collection - Soolan Da Salan)
 Sanskrit - Vindeshwari Prasad Mishra (Shreejati Shankhnadam Kill)
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award-2021
 Biology - Dr. Amit Singh, Dr. Arun Kumar Shukla
 Chemistry - Dr. Kanishka Biswas, Dr. T Govindaraju
 Earth, Atmosphere and Planetary Science
- Dr, Binoy Kumar Saikia
 Engineering Science
- Dr. Debdeep Mukhopadhyay,
 Mathematics Science
- Dr. Anish Ghose, Dr. Saket Saurabh
 Medical Science - Dr. Jeemon Pannimmakal, Dr. Achutha Menon
 Physics - Dr. Kanak Saha
64th Ramon Magsaysay Award-2022
 Sotheara Chhim - Cambodia (Mental Health Advocate)
 Tadashi Hattori - Japan (Sight Saving Humanitarian)
 Bernadette J. Madrid - Philippines (Children Right Crusader)
 Gary Bencheghib - Indonesia (Anti-Plastic Pollution Warrior)
68th National Film Awards-2022
.
 Best Film - Soorarai Pottru (Tamil Film)
 Best Hindi Film - Toolsidas Junior (Director-Mridul Mahendra)
 Best Actor - Ajay Devgan (Tanhaji) & Suriya (Soorarai)
 Best Actress - Aparna Balamurali (Films - Soorarai Pottru)
 Best Director - SChidanandan KR (Ayyappanum Koshiyum)
75th Cannes Film Awards - 2022
 Palme d'or Award (Best Film) - Triangle of Sadness
 Best Actor - Song Kang-ho (Korea, Film - Broker)
 Best Actress - Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Irani, Film - Holy Spider)
 Best Director - Park Chan-wook (Korea, Film-Decision to Leave)
 Indian Jury member - Deepika Padukone
 Best Documentary
- All That Breathes (Indian film, Director-Shaunak Sen)
94rd Oscar Awards-2022
 Best Film - CODA
 Best Director - Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
 Best Actor - Will Smith (Kind Richard)
 Best Actress - Jessica Chastian (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
 Best Animated Feature Film - Encanto
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64rd Grammy Awards-2022
 Album of the Year - We Are (Jon Batiste)
 Record of the Year - Leave the Door Open
 Song of the Year - Ed Sheeran (Bad Habits)
 Best Rap Song - DMX, Jay-Z, Nas (Bath Salts)
 Best Folk Album - They're Calling Me Home
67th Filmfare Awards-2022
 Best Film - Shershaah (Director-Vishnuvardhan)
 Best Director - Vishnuvardhan (Film - Shershaah)
 Best Actor - Ranveer Singh (Film - 83 as Kapil Dev)
 Best Actress - Kriti Sanon (Film-Mimi)
 Best Supporting Actor (male) - Pankaj Tripathi (Mimi)
 Best Supporting Actor (female) - Sai Tamhankar (Mimi)
75th BAFTA Awards-2022
 Best Film - The Power of the Dog
 Best Director - Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
 Best Actor - Will Smith (King Richard)
 Best Actress - Joanna Scanlan (After Love)
Pulitzer Prize-2022
 National Reporting - The staff of 'The New York Times'
 Explanatory Reporting - Staff of Quanta Magazine
 Local reporting - Madison Hopkins & Cecilia Reyes
 International Reporting - The staff of 'The New York Times'
 Editorial Writing - Lisa Falkenberg, Michael Lindenberger, Joe
Holley and Luis Carrasco
 Breaking News Reporting - The staff of the 'Miami Herald'
 Feature photography - Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, Amit
Dave and Late Danish Siddiqui for image of Covid's toll in india
Padma Awards-2022
On January 26, 2022, President Ram Nath Kovind announced
the Padma Awards to 128 individuals. These include 4 Padma
Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri awards.
Padma Vibhushan (Total- 4 persons)
 Ms. Prabha Atre (Art, Maharashtra)
 Radheshyam Lemka (Posthumous) (Literature and Edu., UP)
 Gen. Bipin Rawat (Posthumous) (Civil Service, Uttarakhand)
 Kalyan Singh (Posthumous) (Public Affairs, Uttar Pradesh)
Padma Bhushan (Total-17 persons)
 Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad (Public Affairs, Jammu & Kashmir)
 Mr. Victor Banerjee (Arts, West Bengal)
 Ms. Gurmeet Bawa (Posthumous) (Arts, Punjab)
 Buddhadeb Bhattalacharya (Public Affairs, West Bengal)
 Natarajan Chandrasheran (Trade & Industry, Maharashtra)
 Krishna Ella & Mrs. Suchitra Ella (Trade-Industry, Telangana)
 Madhur Jaffrey (Other-Culinary Arts, USA)
 Devendra Jhajharia (Rail, Rajasthan)
 Rashid Ran (Arts, Uttar Pradesh)
 Rajiv Mehrishi (Civil Service, Rajasthan)
 Satya Narayan Nadella (Trade & Industry, USA)
 Sundararajan Pichai (Trade & Industry, USA)
 Cyrus Poonawalla (Trade & Industry, Maharashtra)
 Sanjay Rajaram (Posthumous) (Science & Eng., Mexico)
 Pratibha Rai (Literature and Education, Odisha)
 Swami Satchidananda (Literature and Education, Gujarat)
 Vashisht Tripathi (Literature and Education, Uttar Pradesh)
Padma Shri (Total-107 persons) - chief among whom
Prahlad Rai Agrawal (Trade and Industry, WB), Prof. Najma
Akhtar (Literature and Education, Delhi), Sumit Antil (Sport,
Haryana), T. Senka A. (Literature and Education, Nagaland),
Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana (Arts, Uttar Pradesh),
Subbanna Ayyappan (Science and Engineering, Karnataka), JK
Bajaj (Literature-Education, Delhi), Sirpi Balasubramaniam (Lit-
erature-Education, Tamil Nadu), Srimad Baba Baliya (Social Work,
Odisha), Sanghamitra Bandopadhyay (Science and Engineering,
West Bengal), Ms. Madhuri Barthwal (Arts, Uttar Pradesh), Alon
Asgar Ali Basharat (Literature and Education, Ladakh), Himmatrao
Bavaskar (Medicine, Maharashtra), Harmohinder Singh Bedi (Lit-
.
erature and Education, Punjab), Pramod Bhagat (Sport, Odisha),
S. B. Bhajantri (Arts, Tamil Nadu), Andu Wangchuk Bhutia (Arts,
Sikkim), Maria Christopher Byrsky (Literature and Education,
Poland), Acharya Chandnaji (Social Work, Bihar), Sulochana
Chavan (Arts, Maharashtra), Neeraj Chopra (Sport, Haryana),
Shakuntala Choudhary (Social Work, Assam), Sankaranarayanan
Menon Chundayil (Sport, Kerala), Shri S Damodaran (Social Work,
Tamil Nadu), Faisal Ali Dar (Sport, Jammu)
79th Golden Globe Awards - 2022
 Best Film (Drama) - The Power of the Dog
 Best Actress (Drama) - Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
 Best Actor (Drama) - Will Smith (King Richard)
 Best Actor (Music/Comedy) - Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick--Boom)
 Best Director - Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
 Best Film (Music/Comedy) - Rachel Ziegler (West Side Story)
World Athletics Award-2021
 World Athlete of the Year (Male) - Karsten Warholm (Norway)
 World Athlete of the Year (Female) - Ellen Thompson-Hera
 Best Female of the Year Award - Anju Aubie George (India)
 Inspiration Award - Mutaz Barshim (Qatar) and Gianmarco (Italy)
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52st International Film Festival of India 2021 (Goa)
 Golden Peacock Award (Best Film) - Ring Wandering (Japanese)
 Best Actor (Silver Peacock) - J. Bhikulal Joshi (Godavari)
 Best Actress - Angela Molina (Charlotte)
 Best Director - Václav Kadranka (Saving One Who Was Dead)
 Focus Country - BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, S. Africa)
 Indian Film Personality of the Year Award - Prasoon Joshi
 ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Prize - Lingui : The Sacred Bond
IIFA Awards 2022
 Best Film - Shershaah (Director – Vishnuvardhan)
 Best Actor - Vicky Kaushal (Sardar Udham)
 Best Actress - Kriti Sanon (mimi)
 Director - Vishnuvardhan (Shershah)
ICC Awards 2021
 ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year - Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan)
 ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year - Smriti Mandhana (India)
 ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year - Babar Azam (Pakistan)
 ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of Year - Lizelle Lee (The- Africa)
 ICC Men's T-20 Cricketer of the Year- Mo- Rizwan (Pakistan)
 ICC Women's T-20 Cricketer of Year - Tammy Beaumont (Eng.)
22th Laureus World Sports Awards-2022
 Sportsman of the Year - Max Verstappen (Belgium)
 Sportswoman of the Year - Ellen Thompson-Hera (Jamaica)
Best FIFA Football Awards-2021
 Best FIFA Men's Player - Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
 Best FIFA Women's Player - Alexia Putelas (Spain)
 FIFA Fair Play Award - Football Team (Denmark) & Medical Staff
ICC Player of the Month Award 2021-22
Month Male Female
Aug-22 Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) Tahlia McGrath (Aust.)
July-22 Prabath Jayasuriya (Sri lanka) Emma Lamb (England)
June-22 Jonny Bairstow (England) Marizanne Kapp (Africa)
May-22 Angelo Mathew (Sri Lanka) Tuba Hasan (Pakistan)
Apr-22 Keshav Maharaj (South Africa) Alyssa Healy (Aust.)
Mar-22 Babar Azam (Pakistan) Rachel Haynes (Aust.)
Feb-22 Shreyas Iyer (India) Amelia kerr (NZ)
Jan-22 Keegan Peterson (S. Africa) Heather Knight (England)
First-21 Shashabh Pant (1st winner) Shabnim Ismail (S.Africa)
 Other Awards  Harman Keston Award 2022 - Meena Kandasamy
 Smita Patil Memorial Award 2022 - Alia Bhatt
 Jnanpith Award (Field-Literature)
 Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar (1st Position) - Vigyan Pragati
2021 (57th) - Konkani novelist Damodar Moujo
 France's highest civilian award - Dr. Swati Piramal
2020 (56th) - Assamese poet Nilamani Phukan Jr.
 World Literature Teacher Award - Prof. Arun Kumar Jha
 Vyas Samman (Field-Literature)
 Dinkar National Award 2022 - Dr. Satish Kumar Rai
2021 (30th) - Asghar Wajahat (for play 'Mahabali')
 First Queen Elizabeth II Prize - Suella Braverman
2020 (30th) - Sharad Pagare (for the novel 'Pataliputra ki Samragi')
 Lata Mangeshkar award 2019 - Shailendra Singh
 Saraswati Samman (Field-literature)
 Lata Mangeshkar award 2020 - Anand-Milind
2021 (31th) - Ramdarash Mishra (for the poem 'I am here')
 Lata Mangeshkar award 2021 - Kumar Sanu
2020 (30th) - Sharankumar Limbale (Marathi, Book 'Sanatan')
 UNESCO Peace Prize 2022 - Angela Merkel
 Dadasaheb Phalke Award (Field-Film)
 UEFA Award 2022 - Karim Benzema and Alexia Putelas
2020 (52st) - Asha Parekh
 Pulitzer Prize 2022 - Fahmida Azim (Bangladeshi)
2019 (51st) - Rajinikanth
 Public Service Award 2022 - Jim Lattice (USA)
 Dadasaheb Phalke International Filmfare Award 2022
 Winston Churchill Leadership Award 2022 - Wlodimir Zelensky
Best Film - Shershaah (Film of the Year - Pushpa : The Rise)  Frence's highest honour - Shashi Tharoor
Best Actor - Ranveer Singh (Film-83)  Karnataka Ratna - Puneeth Rajkumar (Posthumous)
Best Actress - Kriti Sanon (Film-Mimi)  Dipal RNGM Duston Award - Guru Dalai Lama
 Bihari Award (Field-Literature)  ICCR Distinguished Ecologist Award 2021 - Jeffrey Armstrong
2022 (32th) - Madhav Hada, for 'Pachrang Chola Pahar Sakhi Ri'  Global Energy Prize - Prof. Kaushik Rajasekhar
2021 (31th) - Madhu kankariya (Book-Hum Yahan The)  J. C. Daniels Award 2022 - KP Kumaran (Film Producer)
 Murti Devi Award (Field-Literature)  World's Best SME Bank (by Euromoney) - DBS Bank
2019 (33rd) - Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari  Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institute Award - NAARM
2017 (31st) - Joy Goswami  International Ranger Award 2022 - Orang National Park (Assam)
 Abel Prize (Field-Math)  Japan's highest honor 'The Collar of the Supreme Order of
.

2022 - Dennis Parnell Sullivan, America the Chrysanthemus' - Former PM of Japan Shinzo Abe
2021 - Avi Wigderson (America) & Laszlo Lovasz (Hungary)  Mother Teresa Memorial Award - Dia Mirza and Afroz Shah
 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize  Japan's 'Order of the Rising Sun Award' - Narayanan Kumar
2021 - 'Pratham' NGO (To expand the scope of education in India)  Mrs Universe Divine Award - Pallavi Singh (Kanpur, UP)
2019 - Sir David Attenborough (Britain's famous broadcaster)  Fields Medal 2022 - Marya Vyazovska (Mathematician, Ukraine)
 Gandhi Peace Prize  Shiromani Award 2022 (in the UK) - Michelle Poonawalla
2020 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Former President of Bangladesh)  Femina Miss India 2022 - Sini Shetty (Karnataka)
2019 - Qaboos bin Said Al Said (Oman)  Ayurveda Ratna Award (by UK Parliament) - Tanuja Nesari
 Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavna Award  Microsoft Partner of the Year Award 2022 - HCL Technology
2018 - Gopal Krishna Gandhi  CII Quality Ratna Award 2021 - Ashok Soota
2017 - Mohammad Azharuddin and M. Gopala  National MSME Awards 2022 (1st Prize) - Govt. of Odisha
 Man Booker Prize (Field-Literature)  Global Airwards Best Drone Organization Award - IG Drones
2021 - Damon Galgut (South Africa, Book-The Promise)  Kempegowda International Award
2020 - Douglas Stuart (Scotland, Book-Shuggie Bain) - S.M. Krishna, Narayana Murthy, Prakash Padukone
 International Booker Prize (Field Literature)  Golden Achievement Award - Vijay Amritraj
2022 - Geetanjali Shree & Daisy Rockwell (Novel - Tomb of Sand)  UN Public Service Award - Odisha's transport service 'Mo Bus'
2021 - David Diop (France, Book - At Night All Blood is Black)  Women's Fiction Award - Ruth Ojeki (US-Canadian)
 Outstanding Parliamentarian Award  Best Airport 2022 - Hamad International Airport (Qatar)
2016 - Dinesh Trivedi  Bangla Academy Award - Mamta Banerjee
2017 - Bhartrihari Mehtab  MBE Award 2022 - Guruswamy Krishnamurthy

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 Times Business Award 2022 - Rashmi Sahu  Business Standard Banker of the Year 2020-21 - Sandeep Bakshi
 Sitara-e-Pakistan Award - Darren Sammy (West Indies)  18th Late Madhavrao Limaye Award 2020-21 - Nitin Gadkari
 V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award - Sanjit Narvekar  DX 2021 Award (by CII) - Karnataka Bank
 Excellence in Cinema Award - Nawazuddin Siddiqui  Best Tableau Award, Republic Day 2022 - Tableau of UP
 Vasvik Industrial Research Award 2020 - A- Gopalakrishnan  Subhash Chandrabose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2022
 Sangeet Kalanidhi Award 2020 - Santan Gopalan - Vinod Sharma
 Sangeet Kalanidhi Award 2021 - Bhaktavatsalay  Genesis (Genesis) Prize 2022 - Dr. Albert Borla (CEO Pfizer)
 Sangeet Kalanidhi Award 2022 - Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi  National e-Governance Award 2020-21
 William E Colby Award 2022 - Wesley Morgan - Mon District Administration of Nagaland
 Order of the British Empire Award - Ajay Piramal  National Water Award 2020 (Best State) - Uttar Pradesh
 Wangari Mathai Forest Champion Award 2022  Skoch Award 2021 - Forensic Science Laboratory, Delhi
- Cameroonian Activist  TX2 Award - Satyam Mangalam Tiger Reserve (Tamil Nadu)
 Templeton Prize 2022 - Frank Wilczek  Assam Vaibhav Award 2022 - Ratan Tata
 Royal Gold Medal 2022 - Balkrishna Doshi (Architect)  Param Vishisht Seva Medal - Neeraj Chopra
 World Food Prize 2022 - Cynthia Rosenzweig
 Netaji Award 2022 - Shinzo Abe (Former PM Japan)
 Best Infrastructure Project Award - Atal Tunnel
 International Association of Working Women Award 2021
 Champions of the Earth Lifetime Award - David Attenborough
- Sushmita Sen
 John F. Kennedy Award - Volodymyr Zelensky
 Mrs World 2022 - Shaylyn Ford (USA)
 Entrepreneur Leadership Award 2022 - Vivek Lal
 Global Women Health Tech Award - NIRAMAI and InnAccel
 National Metallurgist Award 2021 - Ministry of Steel
 12th Bharat Ratna Dr. Ambedkar Award 2022 - Harshali Malhotra
 Global Celent Model Bank Award - IndusInd Bank  ICMR's Dr. Subhash Mukherjee Award - Satish Adiga
 Malcolm Adisesia Award 2022 - Prabhat Patnaik  3rd National Water Awards 2020 (Best State) - Uttar Pradesh
 International Gandhi Award 2021- Dr. Bhushan Kumar (indi-  Ramnath Goenka Award (Photo Journalism) - Zeeshan E Latif
vidual category) and Sahyog Leprosy Yagya Trust Gujarat
 Red Ink Awards 2020 - Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui
.

 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2021 - Falguni Nair  Global Environment and Climate Action Citizen Award 2021
 First Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award - PM Narendra Modi - Sudhirbhai Desai (popularly known as the Greenman of Gujarat)
 O Henry Award - Amar Mitra (Bengali writer)  PETA India 2021 Person of the Year - Alia Bhatt
 World Press Photo of the Year 2022 - Kamloops Residential School  Global Environment and Climate Action Citizen Award 2021
 Chameli Devi Jain Award 2021 - Journalist Arifa Johri - Viral Desai
 President's Colors Award - Indian Naval Ship 'Valsura'  Sushila Devi Award 2021 - Anukreethy Upadhyay's Kintsugi
 Stockholm Water Prize 2022 - Pro-Emeritus Wilfried Brutsaart  Mother Teresa Memorial Award 2021 - Anil Prakash Joshi
 TIME100 Impact Award - Deepika Padukone  Digital Innovation of the Year - OP Jindal Global University
 Covid Champion Award at Wings India 2022 - CIL  BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2021 - Emma Radukanu
 Governor of the Year Award 2022 - Mario Marcel  Golden Peacock Environmental Management Award 2021 - SAIL
 Abel Prize 2022 - Dennis Parnell Sullivan  Global Entrepreneur of the Year 2021- Kumar Mangalam Birla
 Pritzker Prize 2022 - Francis Kéré (first African to win)  Time Magazine 2021 Athlete of the Year - Simone Biles
 Sportsman of the Year (Sportstar Aces 2022) - Neeraj Chopra  Bhutan's highest civilian award 'Nagdag Pel Ji Khorlo'
 Sports Icon Award (by Maldives Government) - Suresh Raina - Prime Minister Narendra Modi
 Miss World 2021 - Karolina Bilawska (Poland)  Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2021 - Elon Musk
 31st GD Birla Award - Narayan Pradhan  Miss Universe 2021 - Harnaaz Sandhu (India)
 Asian Bank of the Year (Asia Award 2021) - Axis Bank  Ramanujan Award 2021 - Neena Gupta
 US International Women of Courage Award - Rizwana Hassan  Dr. Ida S. Scudder Oration Award 2021 - Azim Premji
 Boltzmann Medal - Pro. Deepak Dhar (First Indian)  7th Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Award 2021 - V. Praveen Rao
 Pakistan's civilian honor 'Hilal-e-Pakistan' - Bill Gates  Indian Film Personality Award 2021 - Hema Malini and Prasun Joshi

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 Sports Panorma
32nd Tokyo Olympics - 2021
 Host City - Tokyo (Japan)
 Dates - July 23 - August 8, 2021
 Total Sports - 33 (Total Events-339) (Edition-32nd)
 Mascot - Miraitowa
 Tokyo Paralympic Games Mascot - Somity
 Number of Athletes of India - 119 (Male-67, Female-52)
 Motto of Olympics 2020 - United by Emation
 India's official Olympic theme Song - Lakshya Hai Tere Samne
 India's Olympic Cheer Song - Hindustani Way (A.R. Rahman)
 India's flag bearers at the opening ceremony of Tokyo Olym-
pics - Mary Kom (boxer) and Manpreet Singh (hockey)
 India's flag bearer at the closing ceremony of Tokyo Olym-
pics - Bajrang Punia (Pahalwan)
 India's flag bearer at Tokyo Paralympic Games - Mariyappan
Thangavelu
 Principal Sponsor for Tokyo Olympics - MPL
 Official Sponsor of Indian Olympic Team - INOX
 First Indian gymnastics judge in Olympics - Deepak Kabra
.
 IOC granted Olympic Games status to - Break dance
 First Indian female fencer to qualify for Olympics - Bhavani Devi
 First woman sailor to qualify for Olympics - Nertha Kumanan
 First Indian referee to officiate in wrestling - Ashok Kumar
 First Indian female golfer to qualify for Olympics - Aditi Ashok
 First Indian swimmer to qualify for Olympics - Sajan Prakash
 Which country was banned by the International Weightlifting
Federation from lifting weights in Tokyo Olympics - Romania
 Indian men's Hockey team captain - Manpreet Singh
 Indian Women's Hockey team captain - Rani Rampal
 First trans athlete to compete in Olympics - Laurel Hubbard
 First Olympic Gold Medal - Yang Qian (China, in Shooting)
 India's first medal - Mirabai Chanu (Silver , Weightlifting, 49 g)
 India's first gold medal - Neeraj Chopra (Javelin , 87.58m throw)
 Top 3 countries in Tokyo Olympic - America > china > Japan
 The most medals in Tokyo Olympic - America (39-gold, 41-
silver, 33-bronze, Total-113 Medals)
 India's Rank - 48th (1-gold, 2-silver, 4-bronze, Total-7 Medals)
 After how many years Indian Hockey Team won medal - 41
 33rd Olympics 2024 will be held at - Paris (France)
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16th Tokyo Paralympics - 2021
 Host City - Tokyo (Japan) (August 24 - September 5, 2021)
 Mascot - Somity (Edition-16th)
 Theme Song - Kar De Kamal Tu (Writer-Lyricist - Sanjeev Singh)
 Motto - United by Emation
 Total countries - 163 (number of players of Indian team - 54)
 India's flag bearer at opening ceremony - Tek Chand (Good Throw)
 India's flag bearer at closing ceremony - Avni Lekhara (Shooter)
 1st Gold Medal - Paige Greco (Australia, Cyclist)
 First medal for India - Bhavina Patel (Silver, Table Tennis)
 First Gold Medal for India - Avani Lekhara, (10 m. Air Rifle)
 First Indian woman to win a gold medal in Paralympics
- Avani Lekhara
 First archer to qualify for Tokyo Paralympics
- Harminder Singh and Vivek Chikara
 Youngest athlete to participate in Tokyo Paralympics
- Palak Kohli (19 years old, Indian, badminton player)
 First IAS officer to win a medal in Paralympic Games
- Suhas Yathiraj (Silver Medal, Badminton, DM Noida)
 Gold medal for India (5) - Avani Lekhara (Rajasthan, 10m. Air
Rifle), Manish Narwal (Haryana, 50m. Pistol), Pramod Bhagat
(Bihar, Badminton), Sumit Antil (Haryana, 68.55m. Javelin
throw), Krishna Nagar (Rajasthan, Badminton)
 Silver medal for India (8) - Bhavina Patel (Gujarat, Table
Tennis), Yogesh Kathuniya (New Delhi, Discus Throw),
Devendra Jhajharia (Rajasthan, Javelin Throw), Nishad Kumar
(Himachal pradesh, High Jump), Mariyappan Thangavelu ( Tamil
Nadu, High Jump), Praveen Kumar (U.P., High Jump), Suhas Yathiraj
(Karnataka, Badminton), Singhraj Adhana (Haryana, Shooting)
 Bronze medal for India (6) – Singhraj Adhana (Haryana, Shoot-
ing), Sharad Kumar (Bihar, High Jump), Avani Lekhara (Rajasthan,
Shooting), Harvinder Singh (Haryana, Archery), Manoj Sarkar
(Uttarakhand, Badminton), Sunder Singh Gurjar (Rajsthan, Jav-
elin Throw)
 1st rank - China (96-gold, 60-silver, 51-bronze, total-207)
 2nd rank - Great Britain (41-gold, 38-silver, 45-bronze, total-124)
 3rd rank - America (37-gold, 36-silver, 31-bronze, total-104)
 India's rank - 24th (5-gold, 8-silver, 6-bronze, total-19 medals)
 Paralympic medal, first Indian woman - Deepa Malik (Silver)
 Paralympics 2016 - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (2024 - Paris, France)
 Grand Slam Tennis Competitions : 2022 Commonwealth Games 2022
 Event - Birmingham (England)
Australian Open-2022
 Edition - 22nd (July 28 to August 8)
Competition Winner Runner Up
 Opening and Closing Ceremony
 Men's singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
- Alexander Stadium, Birmingham
 Women's Singles Ashleigh Barty (Australia) Daniel Collins (USA)
 Men's Thanasi Kokinakis (Australia) Matthew Ebden (Australia)  Mascot - Perry the Bull
doubles Nick Kyrgios (Australia) Max Purcell (Australia)  Motto & Sport is just the beginning
 Women's Barbora Krejcikova (Belgium) Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan)  Countries - 72 (Test-280, Sports-20)
doubles Katerina Siniakova (Czech Repub.) Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil)  Indian Athletes Participated
 Mixed Kristina Mladenovic (France) Jamie Forlis (Australia) - 210 (Male-106, Female-104)
doubles Ivan Dodig (Croatia) Jason Kubler (Australia)
 Current Secretary General of CWG
French Open-2022 - Patricia Scotland, QC
Competition Winner Runner Up  Indian flag bearer at opening ceremony
 Men's Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Casper Ruud (Norwe) - PV Sindhu & Manpreet Singh
 Women's Singles Iga Swiatek (Poland) Coco Gauff (America)  Indian flag bearer at closing ceremony
 Men's Marcelo Arevalo (Al Salvadore) Ivan Dodig (Croatia) - Achant S. Kamal and Nikhat Zareen
doubles Jean-Julien Rojer (Nitherland) Austin Krajicek (America) Medal table
 Women's Carolone Garcia (French) CoCo Gauff (America) Rank / Country Gold Silver Bronz Total
doubles Kristina Mladenovic (France) Jessica Pegula (America) 1. Australia 67 57 54 178
Event : From 22 May to 5 June 2022 at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris (France) 2. England 57 66 53 176

Wimbledon Open-2022 3. Canada 26 32 34 92

Competition Winner Runner Up 4. India 22 16 23 61
 Men's Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) N. Kyrgios (Australia) 5. New Zealand 20 12 17 49
.

 Women's Singles Elena Ribakina (Kazakhstan) Ons Jebeur (Tunisia)

 First medal for India - Sanket Mahadev
 Men's Matheus Ebden (Australia) Nikola Mekti (Croatia)
Sargar (Silver, Weightlifting, 55 KG)
doubles Macus Purcell (Australia) Matte Pavic (Croatia)
 First Gold Medal for India - Mirabai
 Women's Katerina Siniakovas (C. Republic) Zhang Shui (China)
Chanu (Weightlifting, 39 KG, Manipur)
doubles Barbora Krzykovas (C. Republic) Alyssa Mertens (Belgium)
 India's most medals (in players) -
Event : from June 27 to July 10, 2022 in London (UK) Sharath Kamal (Table Tennis, Medals-4)
 India's most medals (in sports) -
US (American) Open-2022
Wrestling (Total-12, 6-Gold, 1-Silver)
Competition Winner Runner Up
 Youngest Indian athlete
 Men's singles C. Alcaraz Garfia (Spain) Casper Ruud (Norwey)
- Anahata Singh (14 years, squash)
 Women's Singles Iga Swiatek (Poland) Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)
 Oldest Indian athlete
 Men's Rajeev Ram (America) W. Koolhofb (Nitherland)
- Sunil Bahadur (45 years, Lawn Bowles)
doubles Joe Salisbury (British) N. Skupski (Britain)
 David Dixon Award for Best Athlete
 Women's Barbora Krejcikova (Czech) C. McNally (America)
doubles Katerina Siniakova (Czech) T. Townsend (America) - Tianwei Fang (Table Tennis)
 Mixed Storm Sanders (Australia) Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium)  21st Commonwealth Games 2018
doubles John Peers (Australia) Edouard Vasselin (France) - Gold Coast (Australia)
 The four Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US  23rd Commonwealth Games 2026
Open), also known as majors, are important tennis events. - Victoria (Australia)
 The Australian Open and US Open are both played on hard courts, while the French  First Commonwealth Games held
Open is played on clay and Wimbledon is played on grass. - in 1930 (in Hamilton, Canada)

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 National / International Stadiums Players, States and Sports
Stadium City Players States Sports
 Weyborne / Wankhede Stadium - Mumbai (Maharashtra)  Bajrang Punia Jhajjar, Haryana Wrestler
 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium - Hyderabad (Telangana)  Swapna Burman Jalpaiguri, West Bengal Heptathlete
 Green Park Stadium - Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)  Jinson Johnson Kozhikode, Kerala Sprinter
 Indira Gandhi Stadium - Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh)  Dutee Chand Jajpur, Odisha Runner
 Varkatulha Khan Stadium - Jodhpur (Rajasthan)  Deepika Kumari Ranchi, Jharkhand Archer
 Moin-ul-Haq Stadium - Patna (Bihar)  Jitu Rai Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Shooter
 Eden Garden - Kolkata (West Bengal)  Hima Das Dhing, Assam Runner
 Lord's / Oval Cricket Ground - London (England)
 Sakshi Malik Rohtak, Haryana Wrestler
 Nehru Stadium - Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
 PV Sindhu Hyderabad, Andhra P. Badminton
 Narendra Modi Stadium - Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
 Saina Nehwal Hisar, Haryana Badminton
 Sawai Mansingh Stadium - Jaipur (Rajasthan)
 Sania Mirza Mumbai, Maharashtra Tennis
 Jinha Stadium - Sialkot (Pakistan)
 Geeta Phogat Bhiwani, Haryana Wrestler
 Arun Jaitley Stadium - Delhi
 Sydney Cricket Ground - Sydney (Australia)  PT Usha Kozhikode, Kerala Runner
 Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium - Hyderabad (Telangana)  Milkha Singh Punjab, India Runner
 Vidarbha CA Ground - Nagpur (Maharashtra)  Dipa Karmakar Agartala, Tripura Gymnast
 M.A. Chidambaram Stadium - Chennai (Tamil Nadu)  Abhinav Bindra Dehradun, Uttarakhand Shooter
 Holkar Stadium - Indore (Madhya Pradesh)  Mary Kom Imphal, Manipur Boxer
 Eden Park - Auckland (New Zealand)  Krishna Punia Agroha, Haryana Discus Thrower
 Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne (Australia)  Anju Bobby George Changanassery, Kerala Athletics, Jump
 Gaddafi Stadium - Lahore (Pakistan)  Mithali Raj Jodhpur, Rajasthan Cricketer
 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium - Bangalore (Karnataka)
 Karnam Malleswari Amdalavalas, Andhra P. Weightlifter
 Madhorao Scindia Cricket Ground - Rajkot (Gujarat)
Anjali Bhagwat Mumbai, Maharashtra Shooter
.


 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium - New Delhi
 Rani Rampal Shahabad, Haryana Hockey Player
 Kinnan Stadium - Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)
 Bhawani Devi Chennai, Tamil Nadu Sabre fencer
 Baravati Stadium - Cuttack (Odisha)
 Lovlina Borgohain Golaghat, Assam Boxer
 Narendra Modi Stadium (Formerly named - Motera Cricket
Stadium) is the largest stadium in the world and with the largest  Manika Batra Naraina Vihar, Delhi Table Tennis
capacity of spectators.  Ravi kumar Dahiya Sonipat, Haryana Wrestler
 Manu Bhaker Jhajhar, Haryana Shooter
Sports / Games & Mascots
 Mirabai Chanu Imphal, Manipur Weightlifter
Sports Mascot
 Sanjita Chanu Kakching, Manipur Weightlifter
 FIFA World Cup 2018 - Zabiwaka
 Ms. Deepa Malik Sonipat, Haryana Para Athletics
 21st Commonwealth Games 2018 - Borobi
 Shreyasi Singh Jamui, Bihar Shooter
 22nd Commonwealth Games 2022 - Perry (a bull)
 18th Asian Games 2018 - Bhin Bhin, Atung, Kaka  Vinesh Phogat Balali, Haryana Wrestling
 19th Asian Games 2022 - Smart Triplets (Robots)  Saurabh Chaudhary Meerut, Uttar Pradesh Shooter
 Khelo India Youth Games 2022 - Dhakad  Neeraj Chopra Panipat, Haryana Ath., Javelin Throw
 Youth Olympic Games 2020 - Yodli  Viswanathan Anand Mayiladuthurai, Tamil N. Chess
 32nd Summer Olympics 2021 - Miraitowa
 R. Pragnananda Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chess
 Tokyo Paralympics 2021 - Someity
 Kidambi Srikanth Mayiladuthurai, Tamil N. Badminton
 National Games 2020 - Bulbul 'Rubigula' (bird)
 National Games 2022 - Clouded Leopard  Seema Punia Sonipat, Haryana Discus Thrower

 Winter Olympics 2022 - Bing Dwen Dwen  Jerome Lalrinnunga Mizoram Weightlifter
 Asian Para Games 2022 - Fei Fei  Waichung Bhutia Tinkitam, Sikkim Football

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 Major Sports Venues 15th Asia Cup - 2022
Sports Venues / cities Countries / States Year Events - United Arab Emirates (UAE)
 32nd Summer Olympic Games Tokyo Japan 2021  Final - Dubai Inter. Cricket Stadium
 Title Sponsor - Dp World
 33rd Summer Olympic Games Paris France 2024
 Format - T-20
 34th Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles America 2028  Total Teams - 6 (Total Matches - 13)
 35th Summer Olympic Games - Brisbane 2032  Winner - Sri Lanka (6th time)
 24th Winter Olympic Games Beijing China 2022  Captain of Sri Lanka - Dasun Shanaka
 Indian team captain - Rohit Sharma
 25th Winter Olympic Games - Italy 2026
 Runner-up - Pakistan
 4th Youth Olympic Games Dakar Senegal 2026
 Most runs - Mohammad Rizwan (281)
 4th Asian Para Games Hangzhou China 2022  Most wickets - Bhuvneshwar Kumar (11)
 38th National Games Uttarakhand India 2021 Man of the Series - Wanindu Hasaranga
 39th National Games Meghalaya India 2022 Player of the Match - Bhanuka Rajapaksa

 16th Asia Cup 2023 - In Pakistan

 19th Asian Games Hangzhou China 2022
Team winning most times - India (7 times)
 20th Asian Games Nagoya Japan 2026
 3rd Asian Youth Games - China 2021 15th Indian Premier League-2022

 22nd Commonwealth Games Birmingham England 2022  Edition - 15th (26 March-29 May 2022)
 Final - Narendra Modi Stadium
 22nd FIFA Football World Cup --- Qatar 2022
 Title Sponsor - TATA
 23rd FIFA Football World Cup --- America, Mexico, Canada 2026
 Official Boradcaster - Star Sports
 FIFA Women's World Cup --- Australia & New Zealand 2023  Winner - Gujrat Titans (1st times)
 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup --- India 2022  Runner-up - Rajsthans Royals
 FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup --- Peru 2023  Two new Teams - Gujrat & Lucknow
 Orange Cap (Most Runs)
.

 FIFA U-20 Men's World Cup --- Indonesia 2023

- Jos Buttler (863 runs)
 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup --- Costa Rica 2023
 Purple Cap (Most wickets)
 12th Women's World Cup Cricket --- New Zealand 2022 - Yuzvendra Chahal (27 wickets)
 13th Cricket World Cup --- India 2023  Most 6's and 4's - Jos Buttler
 14th Cricket World Cup --- South Africa 2027  Most valuable player - Jos Buttler
 Emerging player - Umran Malik
 9th ICC Champions Trophy --- India 2021
 Fair play award - Rajsthan Royals
 7th Women's T-20 World Cup --- Australia 2020
 IPL 2021 winner - Chennai Super Kings
 7th Men's T-20 World Cup --- UAE 2021  IPL team winning most times
 8th Men's T-20 World Cup --- Australia 2022 - Mumbai Indians (5 times)
 8th Women's T-20 World Cup --- South Africa 2023
24th Winter Olympics 2022
 15th Men's World Cup Hockey Bhubaneswar India 2023
 Venue - Beijing (China)
 15th Women's Hockey World Cup --- Spain and Netherlands 2022  Mascot - Wing Dwayne Dwayne
 Men's Rugby World Cup --- France 2023  1st Rank- Norway (16-gold, total-37)
 Women's Rugby Championship --- New Zealand 2022  2nd Rank- Germany (12-gold, total -27)

 14th South Asian Games --- Pakistan 2023  3rd Rank - China (9-gold, total-15)
 India's Rank- Did not win any medals
 18th World Athletics Champion. Eugene America 2022
 Two new countries - Haiti, Saudi Arabia
 19th World Athletics Champion. Budapest Hungary 2023  Only Indian player to participate -
 World Military Games Bogota Colombia 2023 Moh. Arif Khan (J & K., Skier Sport)

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 CRICKET FOOTBALL
 Asia Cup 2022  Durand Cup 2022
Winner / Runner-up - Sri Lanka / Pakistan Winner / Runner-up - Bengluru FC / Mumbai City FC

 Duleep Trophy 2022  SAFF U-20 Championship 2022

Winner / Runner-up - West Zone / Siuth Zone Winner / Runner-up - India / Sri Lanka

 Ranji Trophy 2022  Women's Euro Championship 2022

Winner / Runner-up - Madhya Pradesh / Mumbai Winner / Runner-up - England / Germany
 15th Indian Premier League 2022  UEFA Champions League 2022

Winner / Runner-up - Gujrat Titans / Rajsthan Royals Winner/runner-up - Real Madrid / Liverpool

 U-19 World Cup 2022  English Premier League 2021-22

Winner / Runner-up - India / England Winner/runner-up - Manchester City / Aston Villa

 The Aces Series 2021-22  Santosh Trophy 2022
Winner / Runner-up - Australia / England Winner/runner-up - Kerala / West Bengal
 20th Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021  Spanish Football League 'La-Liga 2022'
Winner / Runner-up - Himachal Pradesh / Tamil Nadu Winner / Runner-up - Real Madrid / Espanyol

 Men's T-20 World Cup 2021  Italian Cup 2022

Winner / Runner-up - Australia / New Zealand Winner / Runner-up - Inter Milan / Juventus

 ICC World Test Championship 2021  Indian Super League 2022

Winner / Runner-up - New Zealand / India Winner/Runner-up - Hyderabad FC / Kerala Blasters

 7th Women's T20 World Cup 2020  FIFA Club World Cup Championship 2021
.

Winner / Runner-up - Australia / India Winner/runner-up - English club Chelsea / Brazilian club Palmeiras
BADMINTON  AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022

 Malaysia Open 2022 Winner/runner-up - People's Republic of China / South Korea

Men's/Women's Singles - Viktor Axelsen / Rachanock Inthanon HOCKEY
 Singapore Open 2022  FIH Women's 5s Championship 2022

Winner / Runner-up - PV Sindhu (India) / Wang Ji Yi (China) Winner / Runner-up - India / Poland
 Uber Cup 2022  Men's Asia Cup 2022

Winner/runner-up - South Korea / china Winner/runner-up - South Korea / Malesia

 Thomas Cup 2022  Women's Asia Cup 2022

Winner/runner-up - India / Indonesia Winner/runner-up - Japan / South Korea

 Swiss Open Badminton 2022  11th Junior National Championship 2021
Women's Singles Winner - PV Sindhu Winner / Runner-up - Uttar Pradesh Hockey / Hockey Chandigarh

 Syed Modi Badminton 2022  Asian Champions Trophy 2021

Women's Singles Winner / Runner-up - PV Sindhu / Malvika Bansod Winner/runner-up - South Korea / Japan

 BWF World Championship 2021  Junior Hockey World Cup 2021

Men's/Women's Singles Winner - Loh Keen Yu / Akane Yamaguchi Winner / Runner-up - Argentina / Germany

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 TENNIS
 Swiss Open Tennis 2022
Winner/runner-up - Casper Rudd (Norway) / Matteo Berrettini
 Italian Open 2022
Men's/Women's Singles Winner - Novak Djokovic / Inga Switek
 Madrid Open 2022
Men's/Women's Singles Winner - Carlos Alcaraz / Ons Jabur
 Miami Open Tennis Tournament 2022
Men's/Women's Singles Winner - Carlos Alcaraz / Caspar Roode
 Mexican Open 2022
Winner/runner-up - Rafael Nadal / Cameron Norie
 Sydney International 2022
Men's/Women's Singles Winner - Aslan Karatsev / Paula Bedosa
 ATP Cup 2022 (Event - Sydney, Australia)
Winner / Runner-up - Canada / Spain
 Davis Cup 2021
Winner/runner-up - Russian Tennis Federation / Croatia
 WTA Finals 2021 (Event - Zapopan, Mexico)
Women's Winner / Runner-up - Garbine Muguruza / Annette Kontavet
 ATP 2021 (Event - Zurich, Italy)
.
Men's singles winner / runner-up - Alexander Zverev / Daniil Medvedev
 Vienna Tennis Open 2021
Winner / Runner-up - Alexander Zverev (Germany) / Francis Tiafo
 Asian Table Tennis Championships 2021 (Event - Doha)
1st place - Japan (India-5th, 3-Bronze medal)
FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX
 Dutch Grand Prix 2022
Winner/runner-up - Max Verstappen/George Russell
 Italavi Grand Prix 2022
Winner/runner-up - Max Verstappen/Charles Leclerc
 Belgian Grand Prix 2022
Winner/runner-up - Max Verstappen/Lewis Hamilton
 French Grand Prix 2022
Winner/runner-up - Max Verstappen/Lewis Hamilton
 Austrian Grand Prix 2022
Winner/runner-up - Charles Leclerc/Max Verstappen
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CHESS
 Formentera Open Chess 2022
Winner / Runner-up - D. Gukesh / K. Sasikiran
 Reykjavik Open 2022
Winner / Runner-up - R. Praggnandhaa / D. Gukesh
 FIDE World Cup 2021
Winner / Runner-up - Jan-Krzysztof Duda / Sergey Karjakin
 FIDE Women's World 2021
Winner / Runner-up - Alexandra Kosteniu / Aleksandra Goryachkina
 FIDE World Chess Championship 2021
Winner / Runner-up - Magnus Carlsen / Ian Nepomniachtchi
OTHER SPORTING EVENTS
 10th Asian Billiards Championship 2022
Winner / Runner-up - Pankaj Advani / Dhruv Sitwala
 4th Khelo India Youth Games 2021 (Panchkula, England)
1st / 2nd place - Haryana / Maharashtra
 2nd Khelo India University Games 2021 (Event - Karnataka)
1st / 2nd Place - Jain University / Lovely Professional University
 8th Pro Kabaddi League 2021-22 (Event - Benglure)
Winner / Runner-up - Delhi Dabang / Patna Pirates
 World Snooker Championship 2022 (Sheffield, England)
Winner/Runner-up - Ronnie O'Sullivan (England) / Jude Trump
 World Table Tennis Championships 2021 (Event-Houston)
Men's / Women's Singles Winner - Fan Zedong / Wang Mannu
 Asian Boxing Championship 2021
1st Rank - Kazakhstan (India's Rank - 4th, 15-medal)
 World Wrestling Championships 2021 (Event - Oslo, Norway)
Top Rank - Iran (India's Rank - 15th, 1-Silver, 1-Bronze)
 Ryder Cup Golf Tournament 2021
Winner/runner-up - Americas / Europe
 Archery World Cup Stage-1 : 2021
Men / Women Winner - Atanu Das (Ind.) / Deepika Kumari (Ind)
 Khelo India Winter Games 2021 (Venue-Gulmarg, J. Kashmir)
1st / 2nd Rank - Jammu and Kashmir / Karnataka
 Londom Marathon 2021
Winner/runner-up - Sisay Lemma / Vincent Kipchumba
 Sports : Miscellaneous  India's Rumeli Dhar has retired from all forms of international cricket.
 India's women's wrestling team won Under-17 Asian Championship.
 Sikandar Raza (Zim.) and Tahlia McGrath (Aus.) have been
 Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the javelin throw event at the
adjudged ICC Player of the Month for the month of August 2022.
Kuorten Games in Finland.
 Neeraj Chopra has become the first Indian to win Diamond League
 As announced by FIFA, the matches of the 2026 World Cup will be
Final title with a throw of 88.44m.
held in cities in the US, Mexico and Canada.
 Pranav Anand became the 76th Chess Grandmaster of India.
 In the Khelo India Youth Games 2021, Haryana stood first with
 Suresh Raina announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
50-gold, while Maharashtra stood second and Karnataka third.
 Rohit Sharma became the highest run-scorer in T20.
 Rahul Srivastava has become the 74th Grandmaster of India.
 Sunil Chhetri (Men) and Manisha Kalyan (Female) were adjudged
 Women's cricketer Mithali Raj retired from international cricket.
AIFF's Best Footballer for the 2021-22 season.
 D. Gukesh won the Sunway Formentera Open Chess Tournament.
 Tennis star Serena Williams (USA) has announced her retirement.
 India defeated Poland to win the FIH Hockey 5s title.
 India won SAFF Under-20 Championship 2022 by defeating Sri Lanka.
 India won 33 medals including 13-gold in ISSF Junior World Cup 2022.
 'Games Wide Open' unveiled as slogan for Paris Olympics 2024.
 Shikhar Dhawan became first player in IPL to hit 700 boundaries.
 England defeated Germany to win Women's Euro Championship 2022.
 Argentine footballer Lionel Messi has topped the Forbes list of
 Asia Cup 2022 was held in the UAE instead of Sri Lanka.
highest-paid athletes.
 England's Leicester Cricket Ground is named after Sunil Gavaskar.
 Recently Harshada Sharad Garud became the first Indian woman
 Chess player V. Pranav became the 75th Chess Grandmaster of India.
to win a gold medal at the IWF Junior World Championships.
 BCCI made Mastercard the new title sponsor of the Indian team.
 The 19th Asian Games 2022 has been postponed till 2023.
 Australian Lleyton Hewitt inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame.
 Dhanush Srikanth won the gold medal in the 24th Deaflympics.
 India will host the Women's ODI World Cup in 2025.
 R. Pragyanand defeated Magnus Carlsen for the second time.
 Sports Authority of India has launched 'Create for India' campaign.
 Recently, Germany's Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Rangers to win
 Neeraj Chopra Won silver medal World Athletics 2022 final.
the UEFA Europa football League title.
 Runners S Dhanalakshmi and Aishwarya Babu have been found
 JAIN University (Bangalore) won the '2nd Khelo India University
guilty in the dope test.
Games 2022' with a total of 32 medals (20-Gold, 7-Silver, 5-Bronze).
 Bangladeshi cricketer Tamim Iqbal retires from T20I.
.

 Keshav Maharaj (Male) and Alyssa Healy (Female) have been

 Indian weightlifter Harshada Garud won a gold medal in the Asian
adjudged the ICC Player of the Month winners for the month of April.
Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships.
 Max Verstappen has been named Laureus Sportsman of the Year 2022.
 Los Angeles (USA) will host the 2028 Summer Games.
 Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah have been named 'Five Cricketers
 England all-rounder Ben Stokes retires from ODI cricket.
of the Year' by Wisden Almanack.
 West Indies cricketers Lendl Simmons and Denesh Ramdin retire.
 Recently Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh has won the title of 48th La
 India's Mairaj Ahmed Khan won the gold medal in ISSF World Cup.
 PV Sindhu won her first Super 500 title at the Singapore Open 2022. Roda International Open Chess Tournament.

 Indian bowler Mohammed Shami has become the fastest Indian
bowler to take 150 wickets in ODI cricket.
 New Zealand team got 1st place in the ICC ODI Team Rankings 2022.
 India's D. Gukesh won the Gijon Chess Masters.
 Novak Djokovic became the first player to win 80 matches in all four
Grand Slams.
 Deepak Punia won bronze in U-23 Asian Wrestling Championship.
 Cyclist Ronaldo Singh became the first Indian to win a silver medal
at the Asian Trek Championships.
 Hardik Pandya became the first Indian captain to take a wicket in
T20 cricket.
 In the FIFA rankings, India's men's football team has reached the
104th position, while the women's team has reached the 56th position.
(Top position - Brazil)
 Recently New Zealand fast bowler Hamish Bennett announced his
retirement from all forms of cricket.
 Pragyanand won the prestigious Reykjavik Open chess tournament.
 2026 Commonwealth Games will be held in cities of Victoria.
 Netherlands defeated Germany to win FIH Junior Women's Hockey
World Cup.
 Ravichandran Ashwin has become the first player in IPL to retire out.
 Australia defeated England by 71 runs to win the 7th ICC Women's
Cricket World Cup 2022.
 Mirabai Chanu won the title of BBC Indian Sportswoman of the
Year 2021.
 Australian tennis player Ashleigh Barty announced her retirement.
 Pankaj Advani won his eighth title by defeating Dhruv Sitwala in
the '19th Asian 100 UP Billiards Championship 2022'.

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 Books & Authors
 India's Economy From Nehru to Modi - Pulape Balakrishnan  Unfield Barrels : India Oil Story - Richa Mishra
 Indian banking in Retrospect-75 Years of Independence - Ashutosh  Wrist Assured : An Autobiography - R. Kaushik
 When the Heart Speaks : Moms of Acardiologist- Upendra Kaul  Soli Sorabji : Life and Times - Abhinav Chandrachud
 Forging Metal : Nripendra Rao and the Nannar Story - Pawan C  Rahul Bajaj : An Extraordinary Life - Geeta Piramal
 Ambedkar and Modi - Ilayaraja  Role of Labor in India's Development - Bhupendra Yadav
 Rajini's Mantra - PC Balasubramaniam  The Blue Book - Amitav Kumar
 Will Power - Sjoerd Marin  The Millennial Yogi - Deepam Chatterjee
 Lockdown Lyrics - Sanyukta Das  Udaan Ek Majdoor Bachhe Ki - Mithilesh Tiwari
 Rusty Skies and Golden Winds - Sannidhya Sharma  The Founders : The Story of PayPal - Jimmy Sonny
 A New India : Selected Writings 2014-19  A History of Sriniketan : Rabindranath Tagore- Uma Das Gupta
- Compilation of Arun Jaitley's articles (by Juggernaut)  A Nation to Protect - Priyam Gandhi Modi
 The McMahon Line : A Century of Discord - J.J. Singh  Dignity in a Digital Age : Making Tech Work for All Us - Ro Khanna
 Dilip Kumar : In the Shadow of a Legend - Faisal Farooqui  Humane : How the United States Abandoned Peace - Samuel Moyen
 Beyond the Misty Veil - Ms. Aradhana Johri  How to Prevent the Next Pandemic - Bill Gates
 The Life and Times of George Fernandes- Rahul Ramagundam  India-Africa Relations : Changing Horizons - Rajeev Bhatia
 Gandhi and the Champaran Satyagraha - Suranjan Das  Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Sagarika Ghosh
 Gautam Adani : The Man Who Changed India -R. N. Bhaskar  Golden Boy Neeraj Chopra - Navdeep Singh Gill
 Ashtanga Yoga - Dr. Sonu Phogat  The Class Of 2006 - Aakash Kansal
 Indian Constitution : The Untold Story - Ram Bahadur Rai  Operation Khatma - R.C. Ganju and Ashwini Bhatnagar
.

 Modi @ 20: Dreams Meeting Delivery- Blue Craft Foundation  India, that is Bharat - J Sai Deepak
 Decoding the Yoga Sutra by Patanjali-J. Singhania, Acharya Kaushal  Fearless Governance - Kiran Bedi
 Let Me Say It Now - Rakesh Maria  A Little Book of India: Celebrating 75 Years of Independence
 The Struggle for Police Reforms in India - Prakash Singh - Ruskin Bond
 Place Called Home - Preeti Shenoy  The $10 Trillion Dream - Subhash Garg
 Tomb of Sand - Geetanjali Shree  The Legend of Birsa Munda- Tuhin-e-Sinha and Ankita Verma
 Listen to Your Heart: The London Adventure - Ruskin Bond  Bose: The Untold Story of an Inconvenient Nationalist
 The Great Tech Game - Anirudh Suri - Chandrachur Ghosh
 The Tiger of Drass - Meena Nayyar  Indomitable : A Working Woman's Notes on Life, Work and
 The Magic Of Mangala Jodi - Avinash Khemka Leadership - Arundhati Bhattacharya
 The Sikh History of East India - Avinash Khemka  Ratan N Tata: The Authorized Biography - Dr. Thomas Mathew
 The Boy Who wrote a Constitution - Rajesh Talwar  Gandhi's Assassin : The Making of Nathuram Godse - Dhirendra Jha
 Hear Yourself - Prem Rawat  Mamta: Beyond 2021 - Jayant Ghoshal
 Not Just a Nightwatchman : My Innings with BCCI - Vinod Rai  Indian Innings : The Journey of Indian Cricket from 1947 - Ayaz Menon
 Birsa Munda - Janjatiya Nayak - Alok Chakrawal  The Midway Battle - Gautam Chintamani
 Queen of Fire - Devika Rangachari  The Ambuja Story - Narottam Sekhsaria
 Crunch Time : Narendra Modi's National Security Crisis  Bachelor Dad - Tusshar Kapoor
- Shri Ram Chowlia  Democracy, Politics and Governance - Dr. A. Suryaprakash
 Unfield Barrels: India Oil Story - Richa Mishra  Pride, Prejudice and Punditry - Dr. Shashi Tharoor
 The Book of Bihari Literature - Abhay K  The Modi Gambit : Decoding Modi 2.0 - Sanju Verma

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JANUARY
 9 - Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
 10 - World Hindi Day
 12 - National Youth Day
 15 - Army Day (India)
 23 - Parakram day (Netaji Subhash
Chandra birth anniversary)
 25 - National Voters' Day
 26 - Republic Day (India)
 30 - Martyrs' Day, World Leprosy Day
FEBRUARY
 4 - World Cancer Day
 11 - Samarpan Diwas (Pandit Dindyal
Upadhyay death anniversary)
 14 - Valentines Day
 20 - World Social Justice Day
 21 - World Mother Language Day
 28 - National Science Day
MARCH
 3 - World Wildlife Day
 4 - Chabahar Day
 8 - International Women's Day
 15 - World Consumer Rights Day
 22 - World Water Day, Bihar Day
 24 - World Tuberculosis Day
APRIL
 7 - World Health Day
 14 - Equality Day (Ambedkar Jayanti)
 18 - World Heritage Day
 22 - Earth Day
 25 - World Malaria Day
 26 - World Intellectual Property Day
MAY
 1 - International Workers' Day
3 - International Press Freedom Day
 
 7 - World Asthma Day
 8 - World Red Cross Day
 12 - International Nurses Day
 31 - World No Tobacco Day
Important Days
JUNE
 1 - World Milk Day
 5 - World Environment Day
 8 - World Oceans Day
 12 - World Day Against Child Labour
 14 - World Blood Donor Day
 20 - World Refugee Day
 21 - International Day of Yoga
 29 - National Statistics Day
JULY
 1 - Doctor's Day/GST Day
 11 - World Population Day
 19 - Bank Nationalization Day
 26 - Kargil Vijay Diwas
 28 - World Hepatitis Day
 29 - International Tiger Day
AUGUST
.
 6 - Hiroshima Day
 7 - Javelin Day (Niraj Chopra)
 12 - International Youth Day
 14 - Partition Horrors Remembrance Day
 15 - Independence Day (India)
 16 - Khela Hobe Diwas (W.B)
 20 - Sadbhavna Diwas (Rajiv Gandhi)
 29 - National Sports Day (Major
Dhyan Chand birth anniversary)
SEPTEMBER
 5 - Teacher's Day
 8 - International Literacy Day
 11 - Mahakavi Day (Death Anniver-
sary 'Subramania Bharati')
 14 - Hindi Day
 17 - Social Justice day
(E. V. Ramasamy's birthday)
 27 - World Tourism Day
 29 - World Heart Day
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OCTOBER
 2 - Non-violence Day/Gandhi Jayanti
 3 - World Animal Day
 5 - National Dolphin Day
 8 - Air Force Day
 9 - World Post Day
 11 - International Girl Child Day
 14 - World Standards Day
 15 - World Students Day (APJ Abdul
Kalam)
 16 - World Food Day
 24 - United Nations Day
 31 - National Unity Day (Sardar
Patel's birth anniversary)
 31 - Indira Gandhi Death anniversary
NOVEMBER
 7 - National Cancer Awareness Day
 11 - National Education Day
 12 - National Bird Day
 14 - Children's Day, World Diabetes Day
 15 - Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas
(Birsa Munda Birth Anniversary)
 16 - National Press Day
 19 - World Toilet Day
 20 - World Children's Day
 26 - National Milk Day
 26 - National Constitution Day
DECEMBER
1 - World AIDS Day

 2 - World Computer Literacy Day
 4 - Indian Navy Day
 5 - World Soil Day
 6 - Maitri Diwas (Bhar-Bangladesh)
 10 - International Human Rights Day
14 - World Energy Day
 16 - Vijay Diwas
 24 - National Consumer Rights Day
 25 - Good Governance Day
 14 - Veer Baal Diwas
 Important Days and Themes
Date Year Day / Diwas Theme
 28 Sept. 2022 World Rabies Day - Rabies : One Health, Zero Deaths
 27 Sept. 2022 World Tourism Day - Rethinking Tourism
 25 Sept. 2022 World River Day - Importance of Rivers for Biodiversity
 23 Sept. 2022 International Sign Language Day - Sign languages, unite us
 21 Sept. 2022 World Alzheimer's Day - Know Dementia, Know Alzheimer's
 21 Sept. 2022 International Day of Peace - End Racism, Build Peace
 17 Sept. 2022 World Patient Safety Day - Medication without harm
 16 Sept. 2022 World Ozone Day - Global Cooperation to protect Life on Earth
 10 Sept. 2022 World Suicide Prevention Day - Creating hope through action
 9 Sept. 2022 Himalaya Day - Himalayas will be safe only when the interests of its residents....
 8 Sept. 2022 International Literacy Day - Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces
 2 Sept. 2022 World Coconut Day - Growing Coconut for a Better Future and Life
 19 August 2022 World Photography Day - Pandemic lockdown through the lens
 12 August 2022 World Youth Day - Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a world for all ages
 10 August 2022 Biofuel Day - To Promote the use of biofuel over conventional resources
 28 July 2022 World Hepatitis Day - Bringing hepatitis care closer to you
 22 July 2022 World Brain Day - Brain Health for All
 18 July 2022 Nelson Mandela International Day - Do what you can, with what you have, where you are
.

 15 July 2022 World Youth Skills Day - Transforming Youth Skills for the Future
 11 July 2022 World Population Day - A World of 8 Billion : Towards a Resilient Future for All ....
 7 July 2022 World Kishwhili Language Day - Kishwhili for Peace and Prosperity
 1 July 2022 National Doctor's Day - Family Doctors on the Front Line
 30 June 2022 International Asteroid/Asteroid Day - Small is beautiful
 29 June 2022 Statistics Day - Data for Sustainable Development
 25 June 2022 International Sailor Day - Your voyage - then and now, share your adventure
 23 June 2022 International Olympic Day - Together for a Peaceful World
 21 June 2022 International Day of Yoga - Yoga for Humanity
 20 June 2022 World Refugee Day - Together We Heal, Learn and Shine
 17 June 2022 Day for Prevention of Desertification - Rising from Drought Together
 8 June 2022 World Oceans Day - Revitalizing: Collective Action for the Ocean
 7 June 2022 World Food Safety Day - Safe food, better health
 5 June 2022 World Environment Day (50th) - Only One Earth
 31 May 2022 World No Tobacco Day - Tobacco: Dangerous for the environment
 24 May 2022 Indian Commonwealth Day - Providing a Common Future
 22 May 2022 International Day of Biodiversity - Building a Common Future for All Life
 8 May 2022 World Red Cross Day - Be Human Kind
 3 May 2022 World Asthma Day - Bridging the gap in asthma care

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 Date Year Day Theme / Theme
 3 May 2022 World Press Freedom Day - Journalism Under Digital Siege
 26 April 2022 World Intellectual Property Day - IP and Youth : Innovating for a better future
 22 April 2022 World Earth Day - Invest in our Planet
 18 April 2022 World Heritage Day - Heritage and Climate
 7 April 2022 World Health Day - Our Planet, Our Health
 5 April 2022 National Maritime Day - Sustainable Shipping Beyond COVID-19
 2 April 2022 World Autism Awareness Day - Inclusive Quality Education for All
 26 March 2022 Earth Hour - Shape Our Future
 24 March 2022 World Tuberculosis (TB) Day - Invest to End TB. Save Lives.
 22 March 2022 World Water Day - Groundwater Making the Invisible Visible
 20 March 2022 World Sparrow Day - Love Sparrow
 15 March 2022 World Consumer Rights Day - Fair Digital Finance
 14 March 2022 International Mathematics Day - Mathematics Unites
 10 March 2022 World Kidney Day - Kidney Health for All
 8 March 2022 International Women's Day - Gender equality today for a sustainable tommorow
 3 March 2022 World Wildlife Day - Safeguarding key species for ecosystem restoration
 1 March 2022 Zero Discrimination Day - Remove Laws That Harm, Create Laws That Empower
 28 February 2022 National Science Day - Integrated Approach in Science & Technology for a Sustainable Future
 4 February 2022 World Cancer Day - Close the care gap
 2 February 2022 World Wetlands Day - Wetlands Action for People and Nature
 30 January 2022 World Leprosy Day - United for Dignity
 25 January 2022 National Voters' Day - Making Elections Inclusive,Accessible and Participating
.

 12 January 2022 National Youth Day - It's All in the mind

 10 Dec. 2021 Human Rights Day - Equality, reducing inequalities, advancing human rights
 1 Dec. 2021 World AIDS Day - End Inqualities, End AIDS
 20 Nov. 2021 World Children's Day - A better future for every child

Month/Fortnight/Week Year Declared by the United Nations

 1-7 September, 2022 : National Nutrition Week  2019 - International Year of Indigenous Languages
 23 Aug. – 1 Sept. 2022 : World Water Week  2020 - International Year of Plant Health
 1-7 August, 2022 : World Breastfeeding Week
International year of nurses and midwives
 12-20 June, 2022 : Child labor Eradication Week
 2021 - International Year of Peace and Trust
 14-18 February, 2022 : Financial Literacy Week (RBI)
 2022 - International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture
 1-7 February, 2022 : World Interfaith Harmony Week
 2023 - International Year of Millet
 20-25 December, 2021 : Good Governance Week
 2024 - International Year of Camelids
 18-24 November, 2021 : World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
International Decade
 15-21 November, 2021 : National Newborn Baby Week
 9-14 November, 2021 : International Week of Science and Peace  2022-32 : International Decade of Indigenous Languages

 26 Oct.-1 Nov., 2021 : Vigilance Awareness Week  2021-30 : United Nations Ecology Restoration Day

 4-10 October, 2021 : World Investor Week / World Space Week  2019-28 : Decade of Peace, Nelson Mandela Decade

 20-26 September, 2021 : International Week of the Deaf  2018-27 : International Decade for the Eradication of Poverty

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 Important Conferences & Summits
Conference / Summit Venue / Chairman Event Date
 1st Quad Summit 2021 (by India, USA, Japan, Australia) Hosted by - US March 12, 2021
 2nd United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference Beijing (China) 14-16 October, 2021
 4th ISA (International Solar Alliance) Assembly Virtually (Chaired-R.K. Singh) 18-21 October, 2021
 18th ASEAN-India and 16th East Asia Summit 2021 Brunei / virtually 27-28 October, 2021
 38th and 39th ASEAN Conference 2021 Brunei 26 October, 2021
 16th G-20 Summit 2021 Rome (Italy) 30-31 October, 2021
 26th UN Climate Change Summit (COP-26) 2021 Glasgow (Scotland, UK) 29 Oct.-2 Nov, 2021
 First Global Buddhist Conference 2021 Nalanda (Bihar) 19-20 November, 2021
 25th International Film Festival of India 2021 Goa (India) 20-28 November, 2021
 13th ASEM Summit 2021 Presidency-Cambodia 25-26 November, 2021
 5th Indian Ocean Conference 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE) 5 December, 2021
 21st India-Russia Annual Summit New Delhi 6 December, 2021
 1st India-Russia 2+2 Dialogue New Delhi 6 December, 2021
 7th Indian International Science Festival Panaji (Goa) 10-13 December, 2021
 108th Indian Science Congress Pune (Maharashtra) 3-7 January, 2022
 24th National Conference on e-Governance Hydrabad, Telangana 7-8 January, 2022
 1st BRICS Sherpa meeting Chaired - China 18-19 January, 2022
 1st India-Central Asia Summit Host-Narendra Modi 27 January, 2022
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 One Ocean Summit 2022 France 9-11 February, 2022

 TERI's 21st World Sustainable Development Summit 2022 India (Virtually) 16-18 February, 2022
 5th BIMSTEC Summit 2022 Hosted by - Sri Lanka 30 March, 2022
 7th Raisina Dialogue 2022 Chaired by - PM Modi 25 April 2022
 41st Hunar Haat 2022 Agra (Uttar Pradesh) 18-29 May, 2022
 COP-15 Summit on Desertification 2022 Abidjan (Arrivory Coast) 9-20 May, 2022
 BRICS Culture Ministers' 7th Meeting Hosted by - China 24 May, 2022
 4th Quad Summit 2022 Tokyo (Japan) 24 May, 2022
 14th BRICS Summit 2022 Hosted by - China 23-24 June , 2022
 United Nations Ocean Conference 2022 Portugal 27 June, 2022
 48th G-7 Summit 2022 Germany 26-28 June, 2022
 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) Kigali (Rwanda) 20-25 June, 2022
 32nd NATO Summit 2022 Madrid (Spain) 28-30 June, 2022
 First Summit of I2U2 (India, Israel, USA, UAE) 2022 Virtually (India-PM Modi) 14 July, 2022
 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference 2022 Canada 20-26 August 2022
 India-Japan 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue 2022 Tokyo 8 September, 2022
 22nd Annual Summit of SCO Heads of State Samarkand, Uzbekistan 15-16 September 2022
 12th Defence Expo 2022 Gandhinagar (Gujarat) 28-22 October, 2022
 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas 2023 Indore (Madhya Pradesh) 9 January, 2023

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 Latest Abbreviations
 RAISE : Responsible Artificial Intelligence for Social  RTGS : Real Time Gross Settlement
Empowerment  IFSC : Indian Financial System Code
 LEAD : Learning through E-resources Made  UJALA : Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All
Accessible for Delhi
 AMRUT : Atal Mossion for Rejuvenation and Urban
 HOPE : Helping Out People Everywhere Transformation
 SATHI : Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help  HRIDAY : Heritage City Development and Augmentation
Institute
 ISIS : Islamic State in Iraq and al-sham/Syria
 nCoV : Nobel Corona Virus
 NITI : National Institution for Transforming India
 Covid : Corona Virus Desease
 TRAI : Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
 CAB/CAA : Citizenship Amendment Bill/Act
 IRDA : Insurance Regulatory and Development
 NRC : National Register of Citizens
Authority
 BIMSTEC : Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral
 UIDAI : Unique Identification Authority of India
Technical and Economic Cooperation
 IRCTC : Indian Railway Catering and Tourism
 EVM : Electronic Voting Machine
Corporation
 VVPAT : Voter Varifiable Paper Audit Trail
 ASHA : Accredited Social Health Activist
 NOTA : None of the Above
 NABARD : National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
 NDA : National Democratic Alliance Development
 UPA : United Progressive Alliance  IMEI : International Mobile Equipment Identity
 PPP : Public Private Partnership
.

 SEBI : Securities and Exchange Board of India

 FSSAI : Food Safety and Standards Authority  CNG : Compressed Natural Gas
 MoU : Memorandum of Understanding  DTH : Direct to Home
 ODF : Open Defection Free  NRI : Non-Resident Indian
 NGT : National Green Tribunal  CRR : Cash Reserve Ratio
 PETA : People of Ethical Treatment for Animals  SLR : Statutory Liquidity Ratio
 NEFRA : National Finance Reporting Authority  LAF : Liquidity Adjustment facility
 RERA : Real Estate Regulatory Authority  IPO : Initial Public Offering
 Li-Fi : Light Fidelity  NPA : Non Performing Asset
 UNHRC : United Nations Human Rights Council  GPS : Global Positioning System
 GST : Goods and Service Tax  CAG : Comptroller and Auditor General of India
 BHIM : Bharat Interface for Money  NDRF : National Disaster Response Force
 UDAY : Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana  FEMA : Foreign Exchange Management Act
 UDAN : Ddeyn Desh ke Aam Nagrik  FERA : Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
 PCS : Provincial Civil Service  CET : Common Eligibility Test
 PSC : Public Service Commission  SAARC : South Asian Association for Regional
 UPI : Unified Payments Interface Cooperation
 NEFT : National Electronic Fund Transfer  KYC : Know Your Customer
 IMPS : Immediate Payment Service  PAN : Permanent Account Number

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 Current Affairs : Miscellaneous
Monetary Rates : Reserve Bank of India Ramsar Sites of India : 2021-22
 Bank Rate – 6.15%  CRR – 4.50%  Shalbug Wetland Conservation Reserve - Jammu-Kashmir (75th)
 Repo Rate – 5.90%  SLR – 18.00%  Hygum Wetland Conservation Reserve - Jammu-Kashmir
 Reverse Repo Rate – 3.35%  MSF – 6.15%  Thane Creek - Maharashtra
(As on October, 2022)  Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary - Tamil Nadu
 Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary - Tamil Nadu
Citizenship Amendment Act. (CAA)  Suchindram Theroor Wetland Complex - Tamil Nadu
 Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), 2019 was passed by the  Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary - Tamil Nadu
Lok Sabha on 9 December 2019 and by the Rajya Sabha on 11  Yashwant Sagar - Madhya Pradesh
December 2019.  Ansupa Lake - Odisha
 Indian Citizenship Act 1955 was amended by this bill. Also the  Hirakud Reservoir - Odisha
bill passed by both the houses has become law after the President's  Tampara Lake - Odisha
approval/signature on 12th December, 2019.  Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary - Karnataka
 Now instead of 11 years, citizenship will be given after staying in  Nanda Lake - Goa
India for 5 years.  Satkoshia Gorge - Odisha
 CAB 2019 is 126th amendment bill to be passed in Lok Sabha.  Vembannur Wetland Complex - Tamil Nadu
 CAA/CAB - Citizenship Amendment Act/Bill  Vellode Bird Sanctuary - Tamil Nadu
 Vandanthangal Bird Sanctuary - Tamil Nadu
New Non-permanent Members : Security Council  Udaya Marthandapuram Bird Sanctuary - Tamil Nadu
 Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland have  Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve - Tamil Nadu
.

become the five new non-permanent members of the United Na-  Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary - Tamil Nadu
tions Security Council with effect from June 9, 2022 and he will  Sirpur Wetland - Indore, Madhya Pradesh
be a member of the council till December 31, 2024.  Pala Wetlands (54th) - Siaha District (Mizoram)
 Sakhya Sagar Lake (53rd) - Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh)
 After the merger of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu,
 Pichavaram Mangroves (52nd) - Pichavaram (Tamil Nadu)
Total UTs has become 8, with effect from January 26, 2020.
 Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest - Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
 Karikili Bird Sanctuary - Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu)
India's New Parliament House : Facts
 Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary - Sant Kabir Nagar (UP)
 The foundation stone of the new Parliament House has been laid
 Khijdia Bird Sanctuary - Jamnagar (Gujarat)
by PM Modi on December 10, 2020, the construction of which
 Haiderpur Wetland - Uttar Pradesh
will be completed in 2022 under the Central Vista project.
 Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary - Haryana
 The contract for the construction of the new Parliament House
 Sultanpur National Park - Haryana
has been taken by Tata Project Ltd. in 861.90 crore
 Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary - Gujrat
 The building has been designed by HCP Design & Planning
 Wadhwana Wetland - Gujrat
Company.
 Tso Kar Lake - Ladakh
 The shape of the new Parliament House will be triangular,
 Soor Sarovar (Keetham Lake) - Agra (Uttar Pradesh)
which will be of 4 storeys.
 Lonar Lake - Buldhana (Maharashtra)
 A total of Rs 971 crore will be spent for the construction.
 Kabartal Lake - Begusarai (Bihar)
 The new Parliament House will be spread over 64,500 sq km.
 A total of 1224 people will be able to sit in the joint session.  Asan Conservation Reserve - Uttarakhand
 The new Parliament House will have a seating arrangement of  Presently the total number of Ramsar sites in India - 75
888 members in the Lok Sabha and 384 in the Rajya Sabha.  State of India has maximum Ramsar site - Tamil Nadu (14)

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 Chandrayaan-2 : Important Facts Statue of Equality
 Chandrayaan-2 (total weight-3.8 tonnes) was launched by the  PM, Narendra Modi, on February 5, 2022, on the occasion of
ISRO (Headquarter-Bengaluru, Karnataka) on July 22, 2019 the 1000th birth anniversary of Sant Sri Ramanujacharya, at
from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sri Harikota (Andhra Muchintal, near Shamshabad in Hyderabad (Telangana),
Pradesh) by India's most powerful 640-tonnes Bahubali rocket, unveiled the Statue of Equality, 216 ft (68.5 m) tall 2nd Statue
GSLV Mark-3, whose landing was to take place after 48 days of the World, in a sitting position.
on September 7, 2019 but before 2.1 km from reaching the  Statue of Equality is the statue of Saint Sri Ramanujacharya.
Moon contact with ISRO was lost.  This statue has been installed on a 54 feet high base building
 The three important parts of Chandrayaan-2 were Orbiter, Lander named Bhadra Vedi in the premises of Sri Chinna Jeeyar
and Rover.
Swamy Ashram.
 'Lander' was named Vikram and 'Rover' was named Pragyan.
 Statue of Equality is made of five types of metals.
 The total cost of this mission was Rs 978 crore.
 1000 crores have been spent in its construction.
 The women project directors of this mission were M. Vanitha
 World's tallest statue in a sitting statue is the Buddha statue in
and Ritu Karidhal.
Thailand.
 At the time of the launch of Chandrayaan-2, the Chairman of
ISRO was K-Sivan.
Statue of Unity
 Chandrayaan-1 was launched on 22 October 2008 from PSLV-
 PM Narendra Modi unveiled the world's tallest Statue of Unity
C11 rocket by ISRO under the chairmanship of G. Madhavan Nair.
on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 143rd birth anniversary with 182
Upcoming Goals of Government of India m (597 ft) height near Narmada Valley, Kevadiya Colony,
Target Year Narmada District, Gujarat on October 31, 2018.
 Overall height with base - 240 meter (787.40 feet)
 Target of doubling farmers' income 2022
 Designer - Ram V. Sutar
 The goal of making the country free from single use plastic 2022
 Manufacturing Company - L&T
 Aim to provide housing for all 2024
 Total Cost - 2400 Crore (Additional 650 Cr. on Maintenance)
 Providing electricity and LPG connection to every family 2022
.

 Target to connect all villages with broadband 2022

Lockdown in India
 The target of blending ethanol in petrol by 10% 2022 Phase Duration Declarer
 Target to complete Delhi-Mumbai Expressway 2023  Janata Curfew March 22, 2020 PM
 Target of electrification of 100 broad gauge routes 2023
 Lockdown-1 25 March-14 April, 2020 (21 days) PM
 The goal of making self-reliant in the fertilizer sector 2023
 Lockdown-2 15 April-3 May, 2020 (19 days) PM
 Tap water / clean water supply target in every house 2024
 Lockdown-3 4 May-17 May, 2020 (14 days) Home Min.
 Target to develop 100 new airports 2025
 Lockdown-4 18 May-31 June , 2020 (14 days) Home Min.
 The goal of making the world's third largest economy 2030
 Lockdown-5 1 June -30 June, 2020 (30 days) Home Min.
 Aim to eliminate foot and mouth disease in cattle 2025
 Aim to make India a 5 trillion dollar economy 2025 India's first 'Kisan Rail'
 Aim to make India TB free country 2025  Launched : On 7th August, 2020 by Railway Minister Piyush
 Doubling of milk processing capacity (108 million tonnes) 2025 Goyal and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar (from
 The target of completing the National Rail Plan 2030 Devtali in Maharashtra to Danapur in Bihar)
 India aims to eradicate malaria completely 2030  Objective - To reach the perishable products of the farmers to
 100% Target of Electric Vehicle / Car 2030 the market at the earliest.
 The goal of ending HIV AIDS 2030  South India's first (country's second) Kisan Rail started - from
 The target of blending ethanol in petrol 20% 2025 Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh) to Adarsh Nagar (Delhi) on
 Target to achieve 500 GW renewable energy 2030 September 9, 2020
 The goal of becoming an energy independent country 2047  100th Kisan Rail launched - by PM Modi on December 28, 2020
 Zero carbon emissions target 2070 (from Sangola in Maharashtra to Shalimar in West Bengal)

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 Current Affairs : One Liner
 Which day was celebrated on 1st Nov. - World Vegetarian Day
 Who has won the title of 'First Miss India 2021' - Pearl Agarwal
 Where has the 'COP-26' climate change summit started on No-
vember 1, 2021 - Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
 Who topped the 'Public Affairs Index 2021' - Kerala
 Who has received the 'Ezhuthachan Award' - P. Valsala
 Which lake got its first open air floating theater on 1 Nov. - Dal Lake
 Which state's Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla
Wildlife Sanctuary have been declared as a Tiger Reserve on No-
vember 2, 2021 - Chhattisgarh
 Which word has become the Oxford Dictionary's 'Word of the
Year 2021' - VAX (2020-Lockdown, 2019-Climate Emergency)
 Which day was celebrated on 2nd Nov. - National Ayurveda Day
 In which country the 'World Deaf Judo Championship' has been
held on November 3, 2021 - France
 In which country the multilateral warfare exercise 'Blue Flag 2021'
has been concluded on November 3, 2021 - Israel's Ovda Airbase
 On November 3, 2021, who has become the first country to
recognize the 'Novavax' vaccine of Covid-19 - Indonesia
.
 Which country has announced a ban on the use of foreign curren-
cies on November 4, 2021 - Afghanistan
 Which country's author 'Damon Galgut' has won the Booker Prize-
2021 on November 4, 2021 - South Africa (Book - The Promise)
 Who has topped the 'ICC T-20 Batting Ranking' - Babar Azam
 Who has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian men's
team on November 4, 2021 - Rahul Dravid
 Which mission has been included in the Guinness Book of World
Records on 4th November - National Mission for Clean Ganga
 Which country has approved the Pfizer vaccine for children aged
5 to 11 on November 4, 2021 - America
 Which day was celebrated on 5th November, 2021 - World Tsu-
nami Awareness Day
 The 'Cook Strait' separating the North and South islands of which
country has been in discussion on 4th November - New Zealand
 Which country has launched the world's first earth science satel-
lite 'Guangmu' on November 4, 2021 - China
 Which state has launched two new schemes 'Jansevak' and
'Jansapandan' on November 4, 2021 - Karnataka
 Which state's 'Kumaon chyura oil' has got GI tag - Uttarakhand
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 Which country's cricketer 'Dwayne Bravo' has announced his
retirement from international cricket - West Indies
 Who has unveiled the statue of famous Guru 'Adi Shankaracharya'
in Kedarnath Dham on November 4, 2021 - Narendra Modi
 Which Indian language has been declared as Rajyotsava Day by
the US state of Georgia on November 4, 2021 - Kannada
 Which country's parliament has introduced a bill to declare Diwali
as a national holiday on November 4, 2021 - America
 Who has won the Nelson Mandela Nobel Peace Prize 2021 on
November 6, 2021 - Ajay Sharma
 Which state government has started 'Jai Bhim Mukhyamantri
Pratibha Vikas Yojana' on November 6, 2021 - Delhi
 Who has become the first Indian player to play in Australia's Big
Bash League on November 6, 2021 - Unmukt Chand
 Which day was celebrated on 7th November, 2021 - National
Cancer Awareness Day
 C.S. Venkatakrishnan has been appointed as the CEO of which
bank on November 7, 2021 - Barclays
 Which country's player Sarah Taylor has become the first woman
coach of men's franchise cricket team on 7th November - England
 On November 7, 2021, with $ 642 billion, India has reached
which place in terms of foreign exchange reserves - fourth
 Who topped the QS Asia University Rankings 2022 released on
November 7, 2021 - Singapore University
 Which day was celebrated on 8th Nov. - World Urbanization Day
 Which state's 'Chamba Chappal' has got GI tag on November 8,
2021 - Himachal Pradesh
 Which bank has started video life certificate facility for pension-
ers on November 8, 2021 - SBI
 Who will be awarded the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure
Award for 2020 on November 8, 2021 - Priyanka Mohit
 Which medal Saurabh Chaudhary won in ISSF President's Cup
on November 8, 2021 - Silver
 On November 8, 2021, from which state the country's first bam-
boo cricket bat and stump has been developed - Tripura
 Who became the 71st Grandmaster of India - Sankalp Gupta
 Who has won the Mexico City Grand Prix on November 8, 2021
- Max Verstappen (2nd place - Lewis Hamilton)
 Who has become the youngest bowler to take 400 T-20 wickets
 on November 8, 2021 - Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
 Where is the first Khelo India Archery Tournament inaugurated
on November 8, 2021 - Sonipat
 Who has become the first Chinese woman to walk in space on
November 8, 2021 - Wang Yaping
 Which day was celebrated on 9th November - National Legal
Services Day
 On November 9, 2021, Sanjay Bangar became the head coach of
which team - Royal Challengers Bangalore
 Where has India's first 'Open Air Rooftop Drive in Movie The-
atre' inaugurated on 9th November, 2021 - Mumbai
 Who has become the 72nd Grandmaster of India- Mitrabha Guha
 Who has won the WTT Contenders Table Tennis Tournament on
9th November, 2021 - Monica Batra and Archana Kamath
 Where will the first National Yogasana Championship be orga-
nized as on 9th November, 2021 - Bhubaneshwar
 Which state govt. has launched 'Shramik Mitra Yojana' - Delhi
 Which day was celebrated on November 10, 2021 - World Sci-
ence Day for Peace and Development
 Who has become the third cricketer to score 3000 runs in Men's
T-20 International on November 10, 2021 - Rohit Sharma
 Which city has joined the 'UNESCO Network of Creative Cities'
on November 10, 2021 - Srinagar
 Who has become the head of NDRF on November 10 - Atul Karwal
.
 Who has topped the 'Global Drug Policy Index 2021' released on
November 10, 2021 - Norway (India's rank-18th)
 Who became the first Indian state to approve tissue culture based
seed potato regulations on November 10, 2021 - Punjab
 Which day was celebrated on 11th Nov. - National Education Day
 Which state government has launched the road safety initiative
'Rakshak' on November 11, 2021 - Odisha
 What is the rank of India in the 'Climate Change Performance
Index 2021' released on November 11, 2021 - 10th
 Who has become the richest self-made woman in the country on
November 11, 2021 - Falguni Nair
 On November 11, Central Government has announced to celebrate
the birth anniversary of 'Birsa Munda' as - Tribal Pride Day
 Which country has joined the 'International Solar Alliance' as the
101st member on November 11, 2021 - America
 On November 11, 2021, under which project the Indian Navy has
got the fourth Scorpion submarine 'Vela' - Project 75
 Who has become the fastest player to score 2500 T-20 interna-
tional runs on November 12, 2021 - Babar Azam (Pakistan)
 Which day was celebrated on 13th Nov. - World Kindness Day
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 Who has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador of 'UN-
WFP' on 13th November, 2021 – Daniel Brühl
 Which ministry has launched the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav'
app on November 13, 2021 - Ministry of Culture
 Which state is related to 'Hase Art' - Karnataka
 Which day was celebrated on 14th Nov. - World Diabetes Day
 In which famous river of London, seahorse, seal and shark have
been found during health check - River Thames
 Who has become the first bowler to give zero runs in T-20 on
November 14, 2021 - Akshay Karnawar
 Which social media platform has launched two cyber security
campaigns named 'Safe Stree' and 'My Kanoon' - Instagram
 Which country's ambassador 'Nguyen Honge Thao' has been re-
elected to the International Law Commission - Vietnam
 Vivek Sagar Prasad has been chosen as the captain for the Hockey
Junior World Cup in which state - Odisha
 How many Indian metros have been included in the top 10 most
polluted cities of the world on 14th November, 2021 - 3
 Where has the trade fair of 'Jauljibi' been inaugurated-
Uttarakhand
 Which country has won its first T-20 World Cup on November
15, 2021 - Australia (beating New Zealand by 8 wickets)
 On 15th November, 2021 the Institute of Defence Studies in
New Delhi is named after - Manohar Parrikar
 Which state's foundation day was celebrated on 15 Nov.- Jharkhand
 On November 15, 2021, Bhopal 'Habibganj Railway Station' is
named after whom - Rani Kamalapati
 Where did the 44th 'Wangala Utsav' celebrated - Meghalaya
 On November 15, 2021, India and which country have started the
bilateral military exercise 'EX Shakti' - France
 Which state government has adopted the 'Pukke Declaration' on
November 16, 2021 - Arunachal Pradesh
 Where was India's first grass conservation area inaugurated on
November 16, 2021 - Ranikhet, Uttarakhand
 Which day was observed on 16th November, 2021 - Interna-
tional Day of Tolerance, National Press Day
 Where was the 44th 'Vangla festival' celebrated - Meghalaya
 Which state government has approved 'Kaiser-e-Hind' as state
butterfly on November 16, 2021 - Arunachal Pradesh
 Where is India's first food safety museum opened - Thanjavur
 Which country's cricketer 'Usman Shinwari' has announced his
retirement from Test cricket on November 16, 2021 - Pakistan
 Which country has launched the 41st scientific expedition to
Antarctica on November 16, 2021 - India
 Which country has topped the list of richest countries - China
 Which day was celebrated on 17th November, 2021 - World
COPD Day and National Epilepsy Day
 Which state's Pochampally village has been adjudged as the best
tourism village on November 17, 2021 - Telangana
 Who topped the 'Global Bribery Risk List' on 17th Nov.- Denmark
 Indian Railways has inaugurated the first 'Pod Hotel' in - Mumbai
 Which bank has launched the second edition of 'Muh Band Rakho'
campaign on 17th November, 2021 - HDFC Bank
 Which language film Koozhangal has been selected for release in
IFFI on 17th November 2021 - Tamil
 Which state government has launched 'Duare Ration (Ration at
Home) Scheme' on November 17, 2021 - West Bengal
 Where was the three-day 'Rashtra Raksha Samarpan Parv' orga-
nized on November 17, 2021 - Jhansi
 Which day was celebrated on 18th November - Naturopathy Day
 Which country has started supplying 'S-400 Air Defence System'
to India - Russia
 Which actor has been posthumously honored with 'Karnataka Ratna'
award by the Government of Karnataka - Puneet Rajkumar
 Which ministry has inaugurated 'Techneev@75' on November
18, 2021 - Ministry of Science and Technology
 Where did Piyush Goyal launch India's first digital food museum
on November 18, 2021 - Tamil Nadu
.
 In which state 'Kalpathy Rath Festival' is celebrated - Kerala
 Where India's first Fisheries Business Incubator has been launched
on 18th November, 2021 - Gurugram
 Which day was celebrated on 19th November - World Toilet Day
 Who will host the 14th edition of ICC Under 19 Men's World
Cup as of November 19, 2021 - West Indies
 Which country's player AB de-Villiers has announced his retire-
ment from all forms of cricket - South Africa
 Where has the Western Naval Command organized the exercise
'Prasthan' on 19th November, 2021 - Mumbai
 Where has the first anti-air pollution tower of Uttar Pradesh been
inaugurated on November 19, 2021 - Noida
 Which state's 'Dang' has become a 100% organic farming district
on November 19, 2021 - Gujarat
 Who has won the Vienna Tennis Open 2021 - Alexander Zverev
 Who has been selected for the Indian Film Personality Award -
Hema Malini and Prasoon Joshi
 Which day was celebrated on Nov. 20 - World Children's Day
 How many medals did India win in the Asian Archery Champion-
ship held on November 20, 2021 - Seven
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 Who has received Manipur State Award for his novel- Beryl Thanga
 Which state has topped in the 'IPF Smart Policing Index 2021'
released on November 20, 2021 - Andhra Pradesh
 Who has been honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by
BWF on November 20, 2021 - Prakash Padukone
 Which city has won the title of cleanest city in India - Indore
 Which day was celebrated on 21st Nov. - World Television Day
 On November 21, 2021, the rare original copy of the constitution
of which country has been auctioned for $ 43 million - America
 Which state's player Arif Khan has qualified for Beijing Winter
Olympics 2022 on November 21, 2021 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Where did External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar address the
Bloomberg New Economy Forum on November 21 - Singapore
 Which ministry has launched a unified mobile app for the Amrit
Festival of Independence - Ministry of Culture
 Where was the meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Indian
Ocean Rim Association held on 21st November, 2021 - Dhaka
 Where has the 'Bundi Utsav' started on November 22 - Rajasthan
 Which organization has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Peace
Prize 2021 on November 22, 2021 - PRATHAM NGO
 On November 22, 2021, by when the Delhi government has re-
solved to completely clean the 'Yamuna River' - 2025
 Who has won the Qatar Grand Prix on 22 Nov. - Lewis Hamilton
 Who has won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction on
November 22, 2021 - Jason Mott
 Who has won the Indonesia Masters badminton tournament on
November 22, 2021 - Kanto Momota
 Which state's Balasore district has been awarded as the best mari-
time district on November 22, 2021 - Odisha
 Which police station has been rated as the best police station by
the Ministry of Home Affairs - Delhi Sadar Bazar
 Which state government has announced the repeal of the three-
capital law on November 23, 2021 - Andhra Pradesh
 Which state's 'Patalpani Railway Station' has been renamed on
November 23, 2021 - Madhya Pradesh
 Which country's musicians have set the world's largest orchestral
record on November 23, 2021 - Venezuela
 Which country has announced the creation of the world's first
'Bitcoin City' on November 23, 2021 - EL Salvador
 Who has been selected for the Tata Literature Live Lifetime
Achievement Award on 23rd November, 2021 - Anita Desai
 In which state 'Boita Bandana Festival' was celebrated - Odisha
 President Ram Nath Kobind has honored Group Captain
Abhinandan Varthaman with which award - Vir Chakra
 Who has won the 'Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021' - Tamil Nadu
 Where was Laachis Day celebrated on 24th November - Assam
 Who has won the Best Actor title at the International Emmy
Awards 2021 released on November 24, 2021 - David Tennant
 Who has launched 'Tejaswini and Hausala Schemes' of J&K Bank
on 24th November, 2021 - Nirmala Sitharaman
 Which state's cabinet has approved the 'New Sports Policy' on
November 24, 2021 - Uttarakhand
 Where has the first International Conference on Hydrogen
Energy inaugurated on November 24, 2021 - New Delhi
 On November 24, 2021, the Chief Minister of which state has
approved the 'Electronics Policy 2021' - Odisha
 Who will host the 2025 Asian Youth Para Games - Uzbekistan
 With which state government has signed an agreement to build a
data center on November 24, 2021 - Tamil Nadu
 Which day was celebrated on November 25, 2021 - Interna-
tional Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
 Who has launched the world's first 'DART mission' on November
25, 2021 - NASA
 India, Maldives and which country have organized the biennial
trilateral exercise 'Dosti' on November 25, 2021 - Sri Lanka
 Who has become the 'most polluted city' in the world - Lahor
 Who has topped the SDG Urban Index of NITI Aayog on
November 25, 2021 - Shimla
.
 On November 25, 2021, Which word has been named as its 2021
Word of the Year by Collins Dictionary - NFT (2020-Lockdown)
 On November 25, 2021, Magdalena Andersen became the first
female Prime Minister of which country - Sweden
 Which day was celebrated on 26th November, 2021 - National
Milk Day and Constitution Day
 Who has won the 'National Blind Cricket Tournament' on 26th
November, 2021 - Andhra Pradesh
 Who has represented India in the 13th ASEM Summit on 26th
November, 2021 - M Venkaiah Naidu
 Who has been elected as the representative of India to the Execu-
tive Committee of Interpol on 26 November 2021 - Pravin Sinha
 From which country of the Indian Air Force has received two
'Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft' on November 26, 2021 - France
 According to the report released on November 26, 2021, 50% of
the population of which state is multidimensionally poor - Bihar
 Which day was celebrated on 27th November - National Organ
Donation Day
 Where did 'Cherry Blossom Festival' celebrated - Shillong
 Where is the 'Dakshin Shakti' military exercise held - Jaisalmer
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 Who has topped the new disaster report of SBI - America
 In which state India's first 'Grass Conservation Area' has been
developed - Uttarakhand
 Which smartphone company has made India's first 5G call on
November 28, 2021 - Oppo
 With which country the Defence Acquisition Council has
approved the mass production of AK-203 rifles - Russia
 On November 28, 2021, which Test cricket team's captain Tim
Paine has announced to take an break in cricket - Australia
 Which state's 'Malkapur Urban Co-operative Bank' has been
banned by RBI on November 28, 2021 - Maharashtra
 Who has been honored with the honorary title of 'Knight of Part
Gulfa' in Italy on November 28, 2021 - Sohan Roy
 Which state government has approved the proposal to make India's
first cyber tehsil on November 27, 2021 - Madhya Pradesh
 Where is the Indian Railways building the world's highest bridge
Setu on November 29, 2021 - Manipur
 On November 28, 2021, which physicist's co-written relativity
theory manuscript was sold for $13 million - Albert Einstein
 Which state government has changed the name of Minto Hall on
November 29, 2021 - Madhya Pradesh
 On November 29, 2021, India and which country have started the
WISER program for women researchers - Germany
 As on November 29, 2021, the World Health Organization has
classified the Covid-19 variant B.1.1529 as - Omicron
 Which state's Legislative Assembly has passed a bill for online
sale of movie tickets on November 29, 2021 - Andhra Pradesh
 Which word has been declared 'Word of the Year 2021' by Merriam-
Webster Dictionary on November 30, 2021 - Vaccine
 Which India's first privately built cryogenic rocket engine has
been test-fired by Skyroute on November 30, 2021 - Dhawan-1
 With whom Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has tied up for Drone
Insurance on 30th November, 2021 - Tropogo
 Who has become the first woman President of Indian Mountain-
eering Foundation on November 30, 2021 - Harshwanti Bisht
 Which state's tribal woman Matilda Kullu has been included in
the Forbes list of most powerful women on 30 November - Odisha
 Which country has become a fully republic country after separating
from the United Kingdom on 30 November 2021 - Barbados
 On 30 November 2021, which country's film director Naomi
Kawase has become the goodwill ambassador of UNESCO - Japan
 Where is the first Aharbal Festival organized to promote tourism
on 30 November 2021 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Who has won the men's Ballon d'Or for the seventh time on 30
 November 2021 - Lionel Messi
 Who has won the Malaysian Open Squash Championship 2021
on 30th November 2021 - Saurabh Ghoshal
 On 1 December 2021, 'Sandra Mason' became the first woman
President of which country - Barbados
 Sanjeev Kaushal has been appointed as the 35th Chief Secretary
of which state on 1st December 2021 - Haryana
 Which has become the first Indian city to start ropeway service
on 1st December 2021 - Varanasi
 Who has become the new President of International Criminal
Police Organization (Interpol) on 1st December - Nasser Al Raisi
 Who has been appointed as the head of 'National Defence College'
on 1st December 2021 - Manoj Kumar Mago
 Which day was celebrated on 2nd December 2021 - World
Computer Literacy Day
 Who has won the seventh 'Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Award' on 2nd
December 2021 - V. Praveen Rao
 According to the report released on 2 December 2021, who has
topped in the production of 'plastic waste' - America
 Who has topped the list of world's most expensive cities released
by London's EIU on 2nd December 2021 - Tel Aviv
 In which state the Pushkar Festival has been celebrated after 12
years on December 2, 2021 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Who has won the World Athletics Woman of the Year Award on
.
2nd December 2021 - Anju Bobby George
 Which state has celebrated its foundation day on 1st Dec. - Nagaland
 Which day was celebrated on 3rd December 2021 - International
Day of Persons with Disabilities
 Which country has announced to end child marriage by 2030 on
3rd December 2021 - South Sudan
 India and which country have decided to celebrate 6th December
as 'Friendship Day' on 3rd December 2021 - Bangladesh
 Which state's police has been honored with 'President Color Award'
on 3rd December 2021 - Himachal Pradesh
 Where is Hornbill Festival celebrated on 3rd Dec. - Nagaland
 On 3 December 2021, who has been appointed as IMF first
Deputy Managing Director - Geeta Gopinath
 Who has been adjudged the BWF Men's Player of the Year on 4th
December 2021 - Viktor Axelsen
 The first server built in the country has been introduced on 4
December 2021. What is its name - Rudra
 Ratan Tata has received the highest civilian state award of which
state on 4th December 2021 - Assam
 Who topped the list of India's Most Powerful Women 2021 released
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by Fortune India - Nirmala Sitharaman (2nd place- Nita Ambani)
 Who has become the first female chairman of Disney's board on
December 4, 2021 - Susan Arnold
 Who has become the third bowler to take all 10 wickets in an
innings on 4th December 2021 - Ejaz Patel
 Which day was celebrated on 5th December 2021 - International
Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
 Alipore Zoological Garden has been in discussion on 5 December
2021. In which state it is - West Bengal
 Semeru volcano erupted on the island of Java of which country
on 5 December 2021 - Indonesia
 On 5th Dec., the Central Government has approved the production
of K-203 assault rifle in which state of Korwa - Uttar Pradesh
 Which state government has launched 'Back to Work Scheme' for
women on 5th December 2021 - Rajasthan
 On 5th December 2021, which state has become the first fully
covid-19 vaccinated state - Himachal Pradesh
 After the vaccine on December 5, 2021, the second indigenous
vaccine ZyCov-D has been launched in how many states - 7
 Alexia Putellas has won the women's Ballon d'Or on 5 December
2021. Which country does she belong to - Spain
 Which day was celebrated on 6th Dec. - Mahaparinirman Diwas
 The 11th edition of joint military exercise EKUVERIN between
India and which country will be held from 6 December- Maldives
 Who has been declared as the Word of the Year 2021 by Cambridge
Dictionary - Perserverance (2020-Quarantine)
 Who has won the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup 2021 on
6th December 2021 - Argentina
 Which state's Chief Minister has launched 'Hamar Apna Budget
Web Portal' on 6th December 2021 - Jharkhand
 Who has become the first Indian to win Miss Trans Global 2021
on 6th December 2021 - Shruti Sitara
 Which day was celebrated on 7th December - National Armed
Forces Flag Day
 Which country has approved euthanasia device for painless death
on 7th December 2021 - Switzerland
 Where Vivek Paul has received Asia's Most Creative Entrepreneur
Award on 7th December 2021 - Dubai
 Who has won the women's singles title in the ITF World Tour
Championship on 7th December 2021 - Pranjala Yadlapally
 On 7th December 2021, which Indian-origin person has been
selected for the Moon and Mars mission by NASA - Anil Menon
 Which day was celebrated on 8th December - SAARC Charter Day
 Who has won the Davis Cup tennis tournament - Russia
 Which country has announced diplomatic boycott of Beijing
Winter Olympics on 8 December 2021 - America
 Where was the joint military exercise PANEX-21 held on 8
December 2021 between the BIMSTEC countries - Pune
 On 8 December 2021, who has received the 56th Jnanpith Award
for the year 2020 - Assamese poet Nilamani Phukan Jr.
 On 8 December 2021, who has received the 57th Jnanpith Award
for the year 2021 - Konkani novelist Damodar Moujo
 Which country has become the number 1 food supplier for Arab
countries on 8 December 2021 - India
 Who has become the first country in the world to adopt a working
week of four and a half days on 8th December 2021 - UAE
 On 8th December 2021, 'She is a Changemaker Program' has been
started by - National Commission for Women
 Which day was celebrated on 9th December 2021 - International
Anti-Corruption Day
 Kajuveli Wetlands has been declared as the 16th Bird Sanctuary
of which state on 9th December 2021 - Tamil Nadu
 On 9 Dec., Canada, UK and which other country has joined the
diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics - Australia
 Which new app has been launched by the Ministry of Education
on 9th December 2021 - Bhasha Sangam
 Who has topped the list of 100 most powerful women in the
world released by Forbes on 9th December 2021 - Mackenzie
.
Scott (Four Indian women have been included)
 Which country has topped the Asia Power Index 2021 released
on 9th December 2021- USA (India's rank-4)
 Who has won the 'Young Geospatial Scientist Award' on 9th
December 2021 - Ropesh Goyal
 Which medal won by PV Sindhu in BWF World Tour Finals 2021
on 9th December 2021 - Silver
 Olaf Scholz has been elected as the chancellor of - Germany
 Who has launched 'E-Ride India E-Bus Alliance' on 9th December
2021 - NITI Aayog
 Which day is celebrated on 10th December - Human Rights Day
 Which state has started the Re-Hub project on 10th Dec. - Assam
 Where did the 7th edition of the four-day India International
Science Festival begin from 10 December 2021 - Goa
 Chief Minister of which state has laid the foundation stone of
technical ammonium nitrate complex on 10th December - Odisha
 Which state government has implemented commissionerate
system for its two cities on 10th Dec. - Madhya Pradesh
 When will India launch its manned space mission Gaganyaan - 2023
 Who has won the Senior Women's National Football
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Championship on 10th December 2021 - Manipur
 Who will be awarded the Royal Gold Medal 2022 on December
10, 2021 - Balkrishna Doshi
 Who has become the first woman president of 'Pennsylvania
State University' on 10th December 2021 - Neeli Bendapudi
 Which day was celebrated on 11th December - International
Mountain Day
 Who has given observer status to the International Solar Alliance
on 11 December 2021 - United Nations General Assembly
 Who has been awarded the Ramanujan Prize 2021 for Young
Mathematicians on 11th December 2021 - Neena Gupta
 Who has been appointed as the new Executive Director of
UNICEF on 11th December 2021 - Katherine Russell
 Which state's Chief Minister has launched Milk Price Promotion
Scheme on 11th December 2021 - Uttarakhand
 How many medals India has won in Asia Youth Para Games 2021
on 11th December 2021 - 41
 Who has received the 'Kalinga Literary Award 2021' on 11th
December 2021 - Srinivas Udgata
 Which state's Haiderpur wetland has been recognized as Ramsar
site on 11th December 2021 - Uttar Pradesh
 Who has topped the India Skills Report 2022 released on 11th
December 2021 - Maharashtra
 Which medal has been won by 'Jeremy Lalrinnunga' in
Commonwealth Championship on 11th December 2021 - Gold
 Which day was observed on 12th December, 2021 - International
Universal Health Coverage Day
 Which space agency has launched a new X-ray mission from
Kennedy Space Center Florida on 12 December 2021 - NASA
 Which country has announced to become a smoke-free country
by 2027 on 12 December 2021 - New Zealand
 Which country has hosted the first summit of democracy on 12
December 2021 - America
 Who has topped the World Talent Ranking Report released on
12th December 2021 - Switzerland
 Who has become the first Japanese tourist to visit the International
Space Station on 12 December 2021 - Yusaku Maezawa
 Who topped the Global Health Security Index 2021 on 12th
December 2021 - America
 Who has been honored with the 21st Century Icon Award in the
House of Lords on 12 December 2021 - Amit Goenka
 Which medal has been won by 'Hazarika Poppy' in Commonwealth
Championship on 12th December 2021 - Silver
 Who has topped the list of maximum beneficiaries under the Self-
 Reliant India Employment Scheme on 13th Dec. - Maharashtra
 Which medal has been won by Chanddeep Singh in Para World
Taekwondo Championship on 13th December 2021 - Silver
 Who has won the FIDE World Chess Championship 2021 on
13th December 2021 - Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
 On 13 December 2021, How many million USD loan has been
approved by ADB for improving India's urban services - 350
 Who has received the Dr. Ida S. Scudder Oration Award on 13th
December 2021 - Azim Premji
 Who has launched Delhi Police's e-learning platform 'Unnati' on
13th December 2021 - Rakesh Asthana
 Where is the 34th edition of Hunar Haat inaugurated on 13th
December 2021 - Gujarat
 Who has won the 70th 'Miss Universe 2021' crown on 13th
December 2021 - Harnaaz Sandhu (India)
 Who has been named Time magazine's 2021 'Person of the Year'
on 14 December 2021 - Elon Musk
 Who has taken over as the CEO of Children's Films Society of
India on 14th December 2021 - Ravinder Bhakar
 Where has the foundation stone of Maa Umiya Dham development
project been laid on 14th December 2021 - Gujarat
 Which state has received the National Energy Conservation Award
on 15 December 2021 - Rajasthan
 Which day was celebrated on 15th Dec. - International Tea Day
.
 Which country has launched Shijian-6 05 satellite for space
exploration on 15 December 2021 - China
 Which state's Mithila Makhana has been given GI tag on 15th
December 2021 - Bihar
 Who has been selected as the Men's ICC Player of the Month for
November on 15th December 2021 - David Warner (Australia)
 Who has been chosen as the Women's ICC Player of the Month
for November on 15th Dec. - Hayley Mathews (West Indies)
 On 15 December 2021, the scientists of which country have
started the trial of the first needleless Covid-19 vaccine - Britain
 Which state's 'Ascot Wildlife Sanctuary' has been declared as Eco
Sensitive Zone on 16 December 2021 - Uttarakhand
 Who has taken over as the head of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
on 16th December 2021 - M. M. Naravane
 Who has topped the list of most admired personalities released
on 16 Dec. - Barack Obama (Narendra Modi at 8th position)
 Which space agency's vehicle Parker Solar Probe has touched the
Sun on 16 December 2021 - NASA
 Who has topped the 'Basic Literacy Index' released on 17th
December 2021 - West Bengal
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 Which country's Prime Minister has given the highest civilian honor
'Nagdag Pel Ji Khorlo' to Narendra Modi on 17th Dec. - Bhutan
 On 17 December 2021, the Union Cabinet has decided to increase
the age of marriage of women from 18 to how many years - 21
 Which country's Defence Minister Florence Parly has visited
India on 17 December 2021 - France
 Who has received the 'Global Entrepreneur of the Year' award on
17th December 2021 - Kumar Mangalam Birla
 Who has received the title of 'Knighthood' at Windsor Castle,
London on 17th December 2021 - Lewis Hamilton
 Which bank's base rate has increased by 0.1 percent on 17th
December 2021 - SBI
 On 17th December 2021, how many villages have been announced
digital payment festival by whatsapp - 500
 Who has been named Time Magazine's Athlete of the Year on 17
December 2021 - Simone Biles
 On December 18, CM of which state has launched 'Sahay Yojana'
with the aim of nurturing young sports talent - Jharkhand
 Who will receive the César d'Honneur Award for French Cinema
on 18 December 2021 - Cate Blanchett
 Which bank has been authorized by RBI to collect indirect tax on
18th December 2021 - RBL Bank
 Who has won the title of Best Female Debut at Paralympic
Awards 2021 on 18th December 2021 - Avani Lekhara
Which state government has declared 'Thai Vazhthu' as its state

song on 18th December 2021 - Tamil Nadu
 Who has won the title of 2021 ITF World Champion on 18
December 2021 - Novak Djokovic
 Which day was celebrated on 19th Dec. - Goa Liberation Day
 Which medal has Purnima Pandey won in Commonwealth
Weightlifting Championship on 19 December 2021 - Gold
 From where did Prime Minister Modi lay the foundation stone of
Ganga Expressway on 19th December 2021 - Shahjahanpur
 Which country is most affected by the powerful storm 'Rai' on 19
December 2021 - Philippines
 Where did India test a new generation ballistic missile 'Agni Pre'
capable of carrying nuclear weapons on 19 December - Odisha
 Who has been appointed as the President of Indian Newspaper
Society on 19th December 2021 - Mohit Jain
 Where government has decided to issue Hindi Urdu and English
trilingual land passbook on 19th Dec - Jammu and Kashmir
 On 19 December 2021, India, Iran and which country have agreed
on the joint use of Chabahar port - Uzbekistan
 Which day was celebrated on 20 December 2021 - International
Human Unity Day
 How many Starlink satellites has been launched by SpaceX from
California base by Chambamg on 20 December 2021 - 52
 Which country has become the most affected by spam calls in
2021 as on 20 December 2021 - Brazil
 Who has become the first union territory to vaccinate 100% on
20 December 2021 - Andaman and Nicobar
 Who has won the title of Mubadala World Tennis Championship
on 20 December 2021 - Andrey Rublev
 Which state government has launched Khel Nursery Scheme 2022-
23 to promote sports on 20th December 2021 - Haryana
 Which state government has started 'UDAN scheme' on 21st
December 2021 - Rajasthan
 Who has been appointed as the new director of NCRB on 21st
December 2021 - Vivek Gogia
 Karl Nehmer was sworn in as the Chancellor of which country on
21st December 2021 - Austria
 Where has India's first International Arbitration and Conciliation
Center inaugurated on 21st December 2021 - Telangana
 On 21 December 2021, Gabriel Boric became the youngest
President of which country - Chile
 On 21st December 2021, GAIL has signed an agreement to set up
'Bioethanol Plant' in which state - Gujarat
 Who has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2021
award on 21st December 2021 - Emma Radukanu
.
 Which state govt. has created three new districts named Tseminyu,
Niuland and Chumukedima on 21st December 2021 - Nagaland
 Who has been awarded the Golden Peacock Environmental
Management Award 2021 on 21st December 2021 - SAIL
 According to the report of WADA on 22 December 2021, Who is
on top of violating anti-doping rules - Russia
 Which state government has announced reservation in police for
transgenders on 22 December 2021 - Karnataka
 Where has the successful test of Surface to Surface Guided Ballistic
Missile 'Pralaya' on 22 December 2021 - Odisha
 Who has been appointed as 'Chef de Mission' of the Indian
contingent for the Beijing Olympics on 22 Dec. - Harjinder Singh
 How many crores has been crossed by the account of Pradhan
Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana on 22 December 2021 - 44
 Which state government has given the tag of 'State Festival' to
Jagannath Rath Yatra on 22nd December 2021 - Punjab
 Which country has test-fired 'Babur' cruise missile 1B - Pakistan
 Which day is celebrated on 23rd December 2021 - Indian
National Farmers Day
 Who has won the UN Women's Award for Leadership
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Commitment 2021, on 23rd December 2021 - Divya Hegde
 According to the information of 23 December 2021, who will
host the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2022 - West Indies
 Which one has been on top in terms of unicorn companies as on
23 December 2021 - America
 On 23 December 2021, the Legislative Assembly of which state
has passed a bill to stop mob violence and lynching - Jharkhand
 On 23 December 2021, India won the bronze medal by defeating
which country in the Asian Men's Champions Trophy - Pakistan
 Who has won the Junior US Open Squash Tournament on 23rd
December 2021 - Anahata Singh
 Which day was celebrated on 24 December 2021 - National
Consumer Rights Day
 Who has won the Mother Teresa Memorial Award on 24th
December 2021 - Anil Prakash Joshi
 Which state's cabinet has approved the establishment of the first
teacher's university on 24 December 2021 - Delhi
 On December 24, 2021 Who has launched a messaging application
'ASIGMA' - Indian Army
 Where has the Indian Air Force (IAF) deployed the first squadron
of S-400 missile system on 24 December 2021 - Punjab
 Who has won his 11th National Billiards title on 24th December
2021 - Pankaj Advani
 Which day was celebrated on 25 Dec. - Good Governance Day
 Where has DRDO successfully test-fired the indigenous high-
speed HEAT exercise on 25 December 2021 - Odisha
 Which country's team has won the 'SAFF Under-19 Women's
Championship' on 25 December 2021 - Bangladesh
 Who has partnered with Greater Noida Authority for the recycling
of plastics on 25th December 2021 - NTPC
 Who has received the 'Journalist of the Year honor of Mumbai
Press' on 25 December 2021 - Danish Siddiqui
 Which state assembly has passed the Protection of Right to
Freedom of Religion Bill on 26 December 2021 - Karnataka
 Who has topped the Good Governance Index released on 26
December 2021 - Gujarat
 Who has topped the men's rankings released by FIH 2021 on 26
December 2021 - Australia
 Who has been selected for the prestigious 'South African of the
Year' award on 26th December 2021 - Dr. Imtiaz Suleiman
 Who has secured the first position in the Most Innovative Research
Institutions on 26 December 2021 - IIT Rudki
 Indian Navy ship INS Khukri was decommissioned on 26
December 2021 after serving how mny years - 32
 On 26 December 2021, who has launched the world's largest
telescope 'James Web Space' - NASA
 Which day is celebrated on 27 December 2021 - International
Day of Pandemic Preparedness
 Who became the new co-chairman of FIDE - Kamlesh Gandhi
 Which state government has started river festival in honor of
rivers on 27th December 2021 - Gujarat
 Who has won the 11th Hockey India Junior National
Championship on 27th December 2021 - Uttar Pradesh
 Whose novel Kintsugi has won the Sushila Devi Award 2021 on
27th December 2021 - Anukreethy Upadhyay
 Where has the World Sangeet Tansen festival started on 27
December 2021 - Madhya Pradesh
 Where has Oil India Limited announced to set up a hydrogen
plant on 27 December 2021 - Assam
 Which country has banned the marriage of foreigners without
NOC on 28 December 2021 - Sri Lanka
 Which former diplomat has been made the country's new Deputy
National Security Advisor on 28 December 2021 - Vikram Misri
 Who has won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021 on 28th December
2021 - Himachal Pradesh (Runner-up-Tamil Nadu)
 Which country has lifted the ban on import of poultry from India
on 29th December 2021 - UAE
 Who has won the Global Environment and Climate Action Citizen
.
Award 2021 on 29th December 2021 - Viral Desai
 Which country has launched 'Inmarsat-6 F1' communication
satellite on 29 December 2021 - Japan
 On 29th December 2021 Who has been chosen as PETA India's
2021 'Person of the Year' - Alia Bhatt
 Who will chair the Anti-Terrorism Committee of the United
Nations Security Council on 30 December 2021 - India
 Who topped the 'Atal Innovation Ranking 2021' released on 30th
December 2021 - IIT Madras
 Who has become the Director General of Forests and Special
Secretary on 30 December 2021 - CP Goyal
 Which state topped in implementing Shyama Prasad Mookerjee
Rurban Mission as on 30th December 2021 - Telangana
 Which airport has received the National Energy Conservation
Award 2021 on 31st December 2021 - Hyderabad
 Which country has successfully launched heavy vehicle rocket
Angara-A5 on 31 December 2021 - Russia
 Where 'Surai Ecotourism Zone' has been inaugurated on 31st
December 2021 - Uttarakhand
 Which state has achieved the target of applying the first dose of
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covid to 100% of the population on 31 Dec. 2021 - Telangana
 On 31 December 2021, 'Aamir Subhani' has been appointed as
the new Chief Secretary of which state - Bihar
 Who has been awarded the 'Order of Canada' on 31st December
2021 - Dr. Vaikuntam Iyer Laxman, Navjit Singh Dhillon
and Dr. Pradeep Merchant
 Who has been honored with the 'World CEO Winner of the Year
2021' award on 31st December 2021 - Kishore Kumar Yedam
 Which country's player 'Quinton de Kock' has announced his
retirement from Test cricket on 31 December 2021 - South Africa
 Who has won the U-19 Asia Cup title on 1 January 2022 - India
 Who has celebrated its 64th foundation day on 1st Jan. - DRDO
 On January 1, 2022, which country has announced to make artificial
sun by 2026 - South Korea
 Which country has announced to rename the islands after Queen
Elizabeth on 1 January 2022 - Australia
 Who has won the title of 'Mrs India Galaxy 2021' on 1st January
2022 - Nikita Sokal
 Which day was celebrated on 1st January - Global Family Day
 Which state's Veterinary and Animal Sciences University has
received the National Award for breed conservation - Kerala
 In which state has PM Modi inaugurated the Savra Kuddu
Hydroelectric Project on January 2, 2022 - Himachal Pradesh
 Which state's High Court has become the country's first paperless
court on January 2, 2022 - Kerala
 For which language, Sahitya Akademi has selected Daya Prakash
Sinha for Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 on 2nd Jan. - Hindi
 Where has the 'Right to Pee' campaign launched on 2 January
2022 to improve the condition of public toilets - Maharashtra
 In which country the first case of Florona infection has been
reported on January 2, 2022 - Israel
 Who has been honored with the prestigious 'KBE Samman' on
2nd January 2022 - Ajay Kumar Kakkar
 According to the report of the National Tiger Conservation
Authority, how many tigers have died in India in 2021 - 126
 Which country has assumed the presidency of the European
Union Council for the first time on 3 January 2022 - France
 Which state has become the first clean smoke free state of the
country on 3rd January 2022 - Himachal Pradesh
 Which Indian woman player has been declared the best player of
the year on 3 January 2022 - Smriti Mandhana
 Which country has launched the Better Health Smoke Free campaign
on 3 January 2022 - UK
 Who has been awarded 'Bihar Vibhuti Samman' - Rohit Kumar
 Which day was celebrated on 4 January 2022 - World Braille Day
 Who has become the first US company to reach 3 trillion market
value on January 4, 2022 - Apple
 Which country has discovered a new variant IHU of Covid-19 on
4 January 2022 - France
 Who has been appointed as the first woman CMD of ONGC on
4 January 2022 - Alka Mittal
 Which has become the first Union Territory with District Level
Good Governance Index on 4 Jan. - Jammu and Kashmir
 Who has assumed charge as the Director General of the National
Mission for Clean Ganga on 4 January 2022 - G. Ashok Kumar
 Which state has topped in the highest number of ODF villages on
January 4, 2022 - Telangana
 Where is the Losar Festival celebrated on 5th Jan. - Ladakh
 Who has won the Ramnath Goenka Award in Photo Journalism
on 5th January 2022 - Zeeshan E Latif
 Who became the first woman of Indian origin to travel solo to the
South Pole on 5 January 2022 - Harpreet Chandi
 On 5 January 2022, the first indigenous test kit for the Omicron
variant was approved. What is its name - Omisure
 Which state's Ganjam district has now been declared child marriage
free on 5 January 2022 - Odisha
 Who has become the head of America India Business Council on
5 January 2022 - Atul Keshap
.
 Who has been appointed as the new Executive Director of RBI -
Deepak Kumar and Ajay Kumar Choudhary
 Which country has set a world record by extracting 70 million
degree Celsius energy from artificial sun for 17 minutes - China
 Who has acquired Israeli cyber security startup Simplify for $
500 million on 6 January 2022 - Google
 Which state government has approved one-time internet allowance
for students on 6 January 2022 - Punjab
 Who has been honored with Mother Teresa Memorial Award
2021 on 6 January 2022 - Denmark
 Who has achieved the first Guinness World Record in numerology
on 6th January 2022 - Jesse Choudhary
 Which country became the 102nd country to join the ISA on 6
January 2022 - Antigua and Barbuda
 Where has India's first Open Rock Museum inaugurated on 7
January 2022 - Hyderabad
 Which is the only airport in India to be included in the top 10
global list on 7 January 2022 - Chennai Airport
 Who has launched the country's first crypto index IC15 to track
cryptocurrencies in India on 7th January 2022 - Crypto Wire
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 India and which country have signed an agreement on 7 January
for the redevelopment of Trikomali oil tank farm - Sri Lanka
 Who has taken over as the 20th IG of Assam Rifles (North) on 7
January 2022 - Vikas Lakhera
 Which state has been adjudged as the best state in water
conservation efforts on 8 January 2022 - Uttar Pradesh
 Which country's cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has announced
retirement from Test cricket on 8 January 2022 - Sri Lanka
 Which day was celebrated on 9 January - Pravasi Bharatiya
Divas
 On 9 January, the Uttar Pradesh government has announced to
name Mainpuri Sainik School after whom - General Bipin Rawat
 On 9 January 2022, Khelo India Games 2023 has been announced
in which state - Madhya Pradesh
 The first black actor to win the Oscar for Best Actor, died on 9
January 2022 - Sidney Poitier
 On 9 January 2022, the National Health Mission has launched
the project 'Niramay' in which of the following - Assam
 Which bank has won the UiPath Automation Excellence Award
2021 on 9th January 2022 - South Indian Bank
 Which day was celebrated on 10 January - World Hindi Day
 Who has won the World Rapid Chess Championship 2021 on 10
January 2022 - Nodirbek Abdusatorov
 Which state government has declared four villages near Nepal
border as revenue villages on 10 January 2022 - Uttar Pradesh
 Which tennis player has won the Adelaide International on 10
January 2022 - Ashleigh Barty
 Where has the new covid variant named 'Deltacron' found - Cyprus
 When Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced to celebrate
Veer Bal Diwas - 26 December
 Where was the Losang Festival celebrated on 10 Jan. - Sikkim
 Who has become the 73rd Chess Grandmaster of India on 10
January 2022 - Bharat Subramaniam
 What has been renamed as Kevadiya Railway Station on 11th
January 2022 - Ekta Nagar Railway Station
 Which state government has increased the benefit of maternity
leave from 90 days to 180 days on 11 January 2022 - Odisha
 Who has replaced Vivo as the title sponsor of IPL - Tata Group
 Which day was celebrated on 12 January - National Youth Day
 Which mission has been launched by Railway Protection Force
on 12 January 2022 to track the lost luggage - Mission Amanat
 Who has topped the Henley Passport Index released on 12
January 2022 - Japan and Singapore
 Which has become the first city in India to have a water metro
 project on 12 January 2022 - Kochi
 Who has been awarded the 12th Bharat Ratna Dr. Ambedkar
Award on 12 January 2022 - Harshali Malhotra
 Which country's player Chris Morris has retired from all forms
of cricket on 12 January 2022 - South Africa
 David Bennett became the first person in the world to receive a
pig heart transplant. Which country do they belong to - America
 Who has become the first Indian female shuttler to become the
junior number one player on 13 January 2022 - Tasneem Mir
 Where did India's oldest bear 'Rose' died - Madhya Pradesh
 According to the India State of Forest Report 2021, where are
the maximum forests in terms of area - Madhya Pradesh
 On 13 January 2022, PoSCO of South Korea has tied up with
Adani Group to set up a steel mill in which state - Gujarat
 Ittira Davis has been appointed as MD & CEO of which bank on
13th January 2022 – Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
 Who has been selected for the 16th Queen's Battle Relay on 14
January 2022 - Vinisha Umashankar
 Which country has launched its first national security policy on
14 January 2022 - Pakistan
 Which state's Kumbalangi village became India's first sanitary
napkin-free village on 14 January 2022 - Kerala
 Which state government has approved the new nursing policy on
14 January 2022 - Haryana
.
 Where did the 18th Kachai Lemon Festival begin - Manipur
 Which has been named as the Best Private Bank in India - HDFC
 Which day was celebrated on 15 January - Indian Army Day
 Who has been appointed as the chairman of the inquiry committee
of the Prime Minister's security lapse case - Indu Malhotra
 What has been changed by the Indian Railways to the post of
Train Guard on 15 January 2022 - Train Manager
 Which country has announced to buy BrahMos cruise missiles
from India on 15 January 2022 - Philippines
 Which has become the first union territory of the country to
vaccinate all children of 15-18 years on 15 Jan. - Lakshadweep
 Who topped the Forbes list of highest-paid female players on
January 15, 2022 - Naomi Osaka
 Who became the first black woman to appear on a US coin on 15
January 2022 - Maya Angelou
 Who has won the title of Sydney Tennis Classic tournament on
16 January 2022 - Aslan Kartsev
 Which country has introduced Radio Frequency Identification
based e-passport on 16 January 2022 - India
 Which state's Arts and Crafts Village organization has won the
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International Craft Award on 16 January 2022 - Kerala
 Which app has been launched by CSC to provide skill based
vocational education on 17th January 2022 - Aptitude
 Which country's former cricketer Clive Loyad got knighthood on
17 January 2022 - West Indies
 Which state's police has launched its first podcast 'Kissa Khaki
Ka' on 17 January 2022 - Delhi
 Who became the captain of the Indian women's hockey team on
17 January 2022 - Savita Punia
 Where the world's first hotel for camels has been built on 17
January 2022 - Saudi Arabia
 On January 18, 2022, the scientists of which country have made
an artificial moon on the earth itself - China
 Where is the 'Paryaya Mahotsav' celebrated - Karnataka
 Who has been crowned Mrs World 2022 - Shaylyn Ford
 In which state the country's first 'justice clock' has been installed
- Gujarat
 Where has the 9th Women's National Ice Hockey Championship
2022 started on 18 January 2022 - Himachal Pradesh
 Who has won the title of 'Best FIFA Men's Player' on 19 January
2022 - Robert Lewadowski
 Who has been awarded the 'Genesis Prize' - Albert Boerla
 Who has assumed the presidency of the Parliament of the
European Union on 19 January 2022 - Roberta Matsola
 Where is the Infinity Bridge opened for traffic for the first time
on 19th January 2022 - Dubai
 By how many years the age limit of government job candidates
has been increased in the Meghalaya cabinet - 5
 Under whose chairmanship the first BRICS Sherpa meeting of
2022 has been organized on 20 January 2022 - China
 Who has been included in the ICC T20I Women's Team of the
Year on 20 January 2022 - Smriti Mandhana
 Which country has completed successful test of Arrow-3 - Israel
 Which country has declared 'Nusantara' as its new capital on 20
January 2022 - Indonesia
 Who has become the highest run-scorer in ODIs - Virat Kohli
 On January 21, 2022, the scientists of which country have
announced the detection of corona with X-ray - Scotland
 Which country has named a metro station after Mahatma Gandhi
on 21st January 2022 - Mauritius
 Who has been declared the Children's Word of the Year 2021 by
Oxford University on 21 January 2022 - Anxity
 Who has become the captain of ICC T20I team of the year on
21st January 2022 - Babar Azam
 Sara Gill became the first transgender doctor of which country -
Pakistan
 On 22 January 2022, who has become the youngest woman to
fly solo around the world - Zara Rutherford
 Jerry Hamlet has been declared as the 'Milk Village' of which
state on 22 January 2022 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Which state's Sunderbans Mini Zoo has launched the 'Adopt An
Animal' initiative on 22 January 2022 - Gujarat
 Whose 125th birth anniversary is celebrated on 23rd January
2022 - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
 Which country's 'former prime minister' has been honored with
Netaji Award 2022 on 23 January 2022 - Japan
 Who has written the book 'Operation Khatma' on 23 January
2022 - RC Ganju and Ashwini Bhatnagar
 Who has won the title of Syed Modi International Badminton
Tournament on 23 January 2022 - P.V. Sindhu
 Who has become the first UNDP youth climate champion on 23
January 2022 - Prajakta Koli
 Which space agency has launched 49 Star Link satellites - SpaceX
 According to the announcement, who will be given the 'Assam
Vaibhav Samman' - Ratan Tata
 BSF has launched 'Operation Sard Hawa' in - Rajasthan
 Which day is celebrated on 24 Jan. - International Education Day
 A new species of rain frog discovered in the jungle of Panama on
.
24 January 2022 has been named after - Greta Thumberg
 Where has India's first Para Badminton Academy started- Lucknow
 Which state's Chief Minister has launched 'Apna Kangra' app on
24 January 2022 - Himachal Pradesh
 On 24 January 2022, Jio has tied up with which country's
University of Oulu to accelerate 6G research - Finland
 Who has become the largest exporter of cucumber in the world -
India
 Which Indian film has won the Best Film Award at the 20th
Dhaka International Film Festival - Koozhangal
 India has sought UNESCO World Heritage tag for the 'Living
Root Bridge' built in which state on 24 January 2022 - Meghalaya
 Which day was celebrated on 25 January - Indian National
Tourism Day
 Who has won the 9th Women's National Ice Hockey
Championship on 25 January 2022 - Ladakh
 Rajkot's Under Bridge is named after - General Bipin Rawat
 With which state government has the Himachal Pradesh
government signed an agreement for the construction of Adi Badri
Dam on 25 January 2022 - Haryana
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 Which state got the country's first graphene center - Kerala
 How many employees have been awarded the President's Fire
Service Medal on 25 January 2022 - 42
 What is the official name of the Lucknow IPL team announced on
25 January 2022 - Lucknow Super Jiants
 Who has been awarded the highest number of Police Medals for
Gallantry on 25 January 2022 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Who has topped the Corruption Perceptions Index 2021 - Denmark
 Who has developed Omicron test kit named OM - CDRI
 The former Chief Minister of which state has refused the Padma
Bhushan Award on 26 January 2022 - West Bengal
 Which state government has approved the formation of 13 new
districts on 26 January 2022 - Andhra Pradesh
 Who became the first woman Rafale fighter jet pilot in the Republic
Day parade on 26 January 2022 - Shivangi Singh
 How many children have been awarded the Prime Minister's
National Children's Award 2022 on 26 January 2022 - 29
 Who has launched Platina Fixed Deposit Scheme on 26 January
2022 - Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
 Which film has been nominated for Oscar 2022 on 26 January
2022 - Jai Bhim and Marakkar
 Ramgarh Wildlife Sanctuary has been notified as the fourth tiger
reserve of which state on 27 January 2022 - Rajasthan
 Which state got the first scientific bird atlas on 27 Jan. - Kerala
 Russia, China and which country have organized joint naval
exercise CHIRU-2022 on 27 January 2022 - Iran
 Whose 157th birth anniversary was celebrated on 28 January
2022 - Lala Lajpat Rai
 What Tata Sky has announced to change its name - Tata Play
 Dakshin Mabuang became the first ODF plus village of which
state on 28 January 2022 - Mizoram
 Which country's Air Asia changed its name to Capital A on 28
January 2022 - Malaysia
 Which country has declared environmental emergency due to oil
spill on 28 January 2022 - Peru
 Which state's Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve has won the TX2
award on 28 January 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Which country has implemented the online safety bill on 28
January 2022 - Australia
 Who has launched a new app called 'Digital Parliament' on 29
January 2022 - Lok Sabha Secretariat
 Researchers of which country have discovered a new type of
coronavirus neokov on 29 January 2022 - China
 Where is India's largest EV charging station opened on 29th
 January 2022 - Gurugram
 Where was the world's largest canal lock inaugurated on 29
January 2022 - Netherlands
 Which medal India won in Hockey Women's Asia Cup on 29
January 2022 - Bronze
 Who has been officially handed over to Air India by the
Government of India on 29 January 2022 - Tata Group
 Which day was celebrated on 30 January 2022 - Martyrs' Day
 Who has won the men's and women's singles title of Australian
Open 2022 - Rafael Nadal and Ashleigh Barty respectively
 Saudi Arabia has restored relations with which country after 30
years of dispute over the stolen gems - Thailand
 Who has organized the joint maritime exercise Paschim Lehar
XPL-2022 on 30 January 2022 - Indian Navy
 Who has won the record 21st Grand Slam title - Rafael Nadal
 Who has won the Bigg Boss season-15 trophy - Tejashwi Prakash
 Where has the Spituk Guster Festival 2022 started - Ladakh
 Which became the country's first sports unicorn company on
January 1, 2022 - Chennai Super Kings
 Who has won the Women's Asia Cup 2022 on January 1 - Japan
 Who has won the 'World Games Athlete of the Year Award 2021'
on 1st February 2022 - PR Sreejesh
 Who has been appointed as the new chief of Defence Intelligence
Agency on 2 February 2022 - GAV Reddy
.
 Which city has become the recipient of Climate Action Plan on
2nd February 2022 - Nashik
 With which theme 'World Wetland Day' was celebrated on 2nd
February 2022 - Wetland Action for People and Nature
 Which country has become the largest producer of steel in the
world on February 2, 2022 - China
 According to the information, where will India's first Geological
Park be built - Jabalpur
 Which country has test-fired the most powerful ballistic missile
'Hwasong-12' on February 2, 2022 - North Korea
 Gandhi Mandiram Smriti Vanam has been built in Srikakulam in
which state on February 2, 2022 - Andhra Pradesh
 Which country has been declared by the US as its major
non-NATO ally on February 2, 2022 - Qatar
 Where was the 'Torgya Festival' celebrated - Arunachal Pradesh
 According to the announcement of February 3, 2022, Where will
the first station of the country's first bullet train be built? - Surat
 Which state's Khijadia Bird Sanctuary has been listed as Ramsar
site on February 3, 2022 - Gujarat
 Which cricket team has become the first team in the world to
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play 1000th ODI match - India
 Who has become the Director General of NIELIT on February 3,
2022 - Dr. Madan Mohan Tripathi
 Who has been nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award on
February 3, 2022 - Neeraj Chopra
 Which state has launched Project Sadbhavna to improve
governance on February 3, 2022 - Assam
 Who has become the world's most valuable insurance brand as
per the report released on February 3, 2022 - Ping In Insurance
 According to the information, where will the world's first
hydrogen-powered flying boat be launched - UAE
 On February 3, 2022, 'Justice Umar Bandiyal' has become the
new Chief Justice of which country - Pakistan
 Which day was celebrated on 4th February - World Cancer Day
 Which state government has announced to start open air classroom
'Param Shikshaalaya' on February 4, 2022 - West Bengal
 Who has been selected as the best state tableau in the Republic
Day Parade 2022 - Uttar Pradesh
 With which bank has the Ministry of Culture signed an agreement
for development of a 'Self-reliant India Design Center' - SBI
 Which country has entered the new year 'Year of Tiger' - China
 Who has won the 'ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2021' on February
4, 2022 - Daryl Mitchell
 Which country has topped as India's trade partner in 2021 on
February 4, 2022 - America (2nd-China)
 In which state 'Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Bhumiless Krishi Mazdoor
Nyay Yojana' has been started - Chhattisgarh
 Whose 100th birth anniversary was celebrated on 5th February,
2022 - Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
 Which country has announced a diplomatic boycott of the opening
and closing ceremony of Winter Olympics 2022 - India
 Where is the lowest unemployment rate recorded in January
2022 as reported on February 5, 2022 - Telangana
 Who has won the title of U-19 Cricket World Cup 2022 - India
 Which person of Madhya Pradesh has been honored with
Padma Shri in the field of art - Durga Bai Vyam
 Which player has won the first gold of Winter Olympics 2022 on
February 6, 2022 - Therese Johog (Norway)
 Recently India's most powerful computer 'Param Pravega' has
been installed in which national institute - PPB Bangalore
 What is the name given by scientists to a mountain three times
bigger than the Himalayas found recently - Super Mountains
 Which bank has been presented the DX 2021 award by the
Confederation of Indian Industry - Karnataka Bank
 On 7th February, 2022, Which has become the first country to
have a DNA vaccine against covid-19 - India
 The Government of India approved the renaming of three places
(Hoshangabad, Shivpuri, Babai) in which state - Madhya Pradesh
 Who has won the title of '2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup'- China
 Which day was celebrated on February 8 - Secure Internet Day
 Which skier from India led the Indian contingent in the opening
ceremony of Winter Olympics on February 8 - Mohd Arif Khan
 Which state government has announced the Lata Mangeshkar
Award on February 8, 2022 - Madhya Pradesh
 Where was the Ratha Saptami festival celebrated - Andhra
Pradesh
 On February 8, 2022, who has launched a nationwide 'Operation
AAHT' to curb human trafficking - RPF
 According to the Forbes report, who has become the richest
person in Asia - Gautam Adani
 Which state has topped the India Press Freedom Report 2021
released on February 8, 2022 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Who has won the title of Africa Cup of Nations 2021- Senegal
 Where is 'Kanchoth Parv' celebrated on Feb. 9 - Jammu -Kashmir
 Anti-conversion bill has been approved by the cabinet of which
state on February 9, 2022 - Haryana
 Who became the new President of 'Pfizer India'- Pradeep Shah
 Which state has became the first union territory to be integrated
.
with the Single Window System on Feb. 9 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Who has become the host country of the African Union Summit
2022 on February 9, 2022 - Ethiopia
 Which day was celebrated on February 10 - World Pulses Day
 Where will India's first biomass based hydrogen plant be set up
as on February 10, 2022 - Madhya Pradesh
 According to the report, who has become the second largest
buyer of gold in 2021 - Reserve Bank of India
 Who has received the 18th Late Madhavrao Limaye Award on
February 10, 2022 - Nitin Gadkari
 What is the official name of IPL team Ahmedabad - Gujarat Titans
 Which country has been affected the most by Cyclone Basirai -
Madagascar
 Who topped the Sales Force Global Digital Skills Index 2020
released on February 11, 2022 - India
 The world's largest igloo cafe has been opened- Jammu-Kashmir
 Who has topped in India's Democracy Index 2021 released on
February 11, 2022 - Norway (India's rank-46th)
 Which day was celebrated on 12 Feb. - National Productivity Day
 In which country archaeologists have found an ancient Roman
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settlement on February 12, 2022 - UK
 Which organization has started 'JIVA Program' to promote natural
farming on February 12, 2022 - NABARD
 Which country's 'Koala' has been designated as an endangered
species on February 12, 2022 - Australia
 On February 12, 2022, the annual status report of education has
been published by - PRATHAM Foundation
 Who has presided over the One Ocean Summit 2022 to preserve
the oceans on February 12, 2022 - France
 Which day was celebrated on February 13 - World Radio Day
 on February 13, 2022 NASA Parker Solar Probe has taken pictures
of the surface of which planet from space - Venus
 By which year the central government has set a target to replace
diesel with renewable energy in the agriculture sector - 2024
 Which space agency has disabled the INSAT-4B satellite on
February 13, 2022 - ISRO
 Which day was observed on 13th February - International
Epilepsy Day
 Which has become 100% plastic waste neutral company in India
on February 14, 2022 - Dabur
 Where has the 'Maru Utsav' started on February 14 - Rajasthan
 Who has become the new president of ICAI - Devashish Mitra
 February 15, 2022 was celebrated as which day - International
Childhood Cancer Day
 Paisa Bazar and which bank have tied up to offer 'Paisa on
Demand' credit card on February 15, 2022 - RBL Bank
 According to the report, which state has topped the 'Saubhagya
Yojana' solar electrification scheme - Rajasthan
 Which Country has became the first country to allow drones to
fly in civilian airspace on February 15, 2022 - Israel
 Who has successfully launched EOS-04 on February 15 - ISRO
 Which country's Prime Minister has invoked the Emergency Act
for the first time on February 15, 2022 - Canada
 What has Turkey given its new name on February 16 - Turkiye
 Which team has won the title of 15th CEC Women's Ice Hockey
Championship 2022 on February 16, 2022 - Kharu Team
 Which Indian company has signed an agreement with Taiwanese
company to manufacture semiconductors - Vedanta
 Where was the 'Medaram Jatara' festival celebrated - Telangana
 Which country has hosted the World Sustainable Development
Summit on February 16, 2022 - India
 Who has launched 'Kunsyom Yojana' for disabled persons on
February 17, 2022 - LAHDC (Ladakh)
 Who has launched 'Quit Tobacco App' on 17 Feb., 2022 - WHO
 According to the information , where will the largest bio-chemical
plant in South Asia be built - Madhya Pradesh
 Who has become the first police in the country to introduce
smart card arms license on February 17, 2022 - Delhi Police
 Who has become the Deputy Chief of ARMY Staff on February
17, 2022 - Channira Bansi Ponnappa
 Who has launched the 'Waste to Wealth Creation Program' on
February 17, 2022 - SIDBI
 Which country has said to open its embassy on the Solomon
Islands on February 17, 2022 - America
 Who has become the first foreign country to adopt India's UPI
system as a payment platform on February 18, 2022 - Nepal
 Who has been appointed as India's first National Maritime
Security Coordinator on February 18, 2022 - G. Ashok Kumar
 Which day was celebrated on 19th February - Seventh Soil
Health Card Day
 According to the information, In which country India will set up
its first IIT outside the country under the trade deal - UAE
 According to the announcement of WHO, how many African
countries will be given mRNA Technology - 6
 Which bank has appointed Jaimini Bhagwati as additional director
on February 19, 2022 - IDFC First Bank
 Who has become the new director of the Institute of Economic
Development on February 19, 2022 - Chetan Ghate
.
 Where has the career counseling workshop 'Pramarsh 2022' started
on February 19, 2022 - Bikaner
 Where was the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile test fired on
February 19, 2022 - Visakhapatnam
 Who has become the first player to score a triple century in the
Ranji Trophy 2022 - Sakibul Ghani
 Who will host the session of the International Olympic Committee
in 2023, as on February 19, 2022 - Mumbai
 Which day was celebrated on Feb. 20 - World Social Justice Day
 Which state government has unveiled a new biotechnology policy
on February 20, 2022 - Gujarat
 Which has become the first bank to enter the metaverse, on
February 20, 2022 - JP Morgan Bank
 Where did Prime Minister Modi inaugurate Asia's largest
Gobardhan plant on February 20, 2022 - Indore
 Who has been chosen as the Business Standard Banker of the
Year 2020-21 on February 20, 2022 - Sandeep Bakshi
 Where was the 4th meeting of QUAD group of foreign ministers
held on February 20, 2022 - Australia
 On February 20, 2022, the woman of which country has become
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the first woman in the world to be cured of HIV - America
 Who has received the 'Business Leader of the Year 2022' award in
the fifth edition of URJA Awards - Yohan Poonawalla
 Which day was celebrated on 21st February, 2022 - International
Mother Language Day
 Who has risen to the top of the ICC T-20 team rankings on 21st
February, 2022 - India
 Which film has won the Best Film Award at Dadasaheb Phalke
International Film Festival 2022 - Sher Shah
 Who has been awarded the Hilal-e-Pakistan honor for efforts to
eradicate polio on February 21, 2022 - Bill Gates
 On February 21, 2022, France has announced military withdrawal
from which country after 9 years - Mali
 Who has launched the KISAN mobile app - IIT Roorkee
 Who has started the New India Literacy Program for the education
of adults on February 21, 2022 - Ministry of Education
 Which day was celebrated on 22 Feb. - World Thinking Day
 Which has become the first university in India to get the NBA
recognition - Chandigarh University
 Which country has become the seventh country to ratify the
work in the fisheries convention on February 22, 2022 - Kenya
 Who has won the most medals in the Beijing Winter Olympics
2022 - Norway (2nd - Germany)
 According to the information, where is the Indian Railways
building the country's first cable rail bridge - Jammu-Kashmir
 Which ministry has launched 'Meri Policy, Mera Haath' campaign
on 22nd February, 2022 - Agriculture Ministry
 Where did Himachal Pradesh get its first Biodiversity Park on
February 22, 2022 - Mandi
 Which country has successfully test-fired a naval air defence
system on February 22, 2022 - Israel
 On February 22, 2022, Adani Group has tied up with Ballard
Power Systems of which country for hydrogen fuel cell - Canada
 Who has been re-elected as the President of the IOC Athletes
Commission on February 22, 2022 - Emma Terho
 Which female cricketer has announced her retirement from all
formats on February 22, 2022 - V.R. Vanitha
 Which country has launched its first hydrogen-powered train on
February 23, 2022 - Japan
 Where was the documentary 'Before I Die' made, got the award in
Germany - Haryana
 Which state's startup mission has tied up with Google on
February 23, 2022 - Kerala
 India and which country have signed the blue economy roadmap
 on 23 February 2022 - France
 Which regions of eastern Ukraine have been declared independent
by Russia on February 23, 2022 - Donetsk and Luhansk
 Which country's Carlos Alcaraz has become the youngest ATP
500 winner on February 23, 2022 - Spain
 Which has become the first state in the country to launch Night
Navigation Mobile App in rivers on February 23, 2022 - Assam
 Who has become the new chairman of International Rubber Study
Group on 23 February 2022 - K.N. Raghavan
 Which day was celebrated on 24th February - Central Excise Day
 Who has become the brand ambassador of 'Beti Bachao, Beti
Padhao Yojana' in Gurugram - Tanishka Kotia & Riddhika Kotia
 Which state government has announced to restore the old pension
scheme in the budget on February 24, 2022 - Rajasthan
 Who will start its first Cyber Security Center in India - IBM
 On February 24, 2022, Roorkee has launched 'Kisan Mobile
App' in which state - Uttarakhand
 Which country has successfully test-fired a new naval air defence
system named C-Dome on February 24, 2022 - Israel
 Which state's Chamba district has become the country's 100th
'Har Ghar Jal District' on February 24, 2022 - Himachal Pradesh
 Jet Airways has appointed former CEO Vipula Gunatileka of
which country's airlines as the new CFO - Sri Lanka
 Which woman cricketer has become the first woman player to
.
score 50 runs in 26 balls on February 24, 2022 - Richa Ghosh
 On February 24, 2022, the Government of India has launched
'Jan Bhagidari Empowerment Portal' in - Jammu and Kashmir
 Who has been appointed as the first woman CEO by Ikea India
on February 24, 2022 - Susanne Pulverer
 Which country's President Gitanas Nauseda has declared a state
of emergency on February 25, 2022 - Lithuania
 Who has become the first youngest Indian to defeat world No. 1
player Magnus Carlsen in chess on February 25 - R. Pragyananda
 Where has the Indian Navy's multilateral exercise 'Milan 2022'
started on February 25, 2022 - Visakhapatnam
 The government has launched Jan Bhagidari Empowerment Portal
in which union territory - Jammu-Kashmir
 Who has written the book 'The Great Tech Game' which was in
discussion on February 25, 2022 - Aniruddha Suri
 Which state's cabinet has approved the country's first e-waste
eco park to deal with e-waste on February 25, 2022 - Delhi
 Who has been given the Ramanujan Award - Neena Gupta
 Which state has formed Marine Elite Force for the conservation
of marine life on February 25, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
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 On February 25, 2022, which country has certified the first plant-
based Covid-19 vaccine - Canada
 Who has launched 'Lokpal App' for Mahatma Gandhi NREGA
on February 25, 2022 - Giriraj Singh
 Where has a conference on Indian temple architecture
'Devayatanam' inaugurated on February 25, 2022 - Karnataka
 Who has become the highest run-scorer in T-20 - Rohit Sharma
 Where is India's first alcohol museum established - Goa
 Who has released a signature tune for 'Vande Bharatam' - Minister
of State for Culture Meenakshi Lekhi
 Indian Navy's multilateral exercise 'Milan 2022' has started on 26
February 2022 in - Visakhapatnam (the city of fortune)
 Which medal has Mirabai Chanu won at Singapore Weightlifting
International on February 27, 2022 - Gold
 Between which two countries 'Dharma Guardian-2022' military
exercise has started in Belgam (Karnataka) - India-Japan
 What is the rank of India in the International Intellectual Property
Index released on February 27, 2022 - 43rd (1st-America)
 With which theme 'National Science Day' was celebrated on 28th
February, 2022 - Integr ated Approach in Science and
Technology for a Sustainable Future
 Who has won the title of Dubai Tennis Championship on Febru-
ary 28, 2022 - Andre Rublev
 What percentage of foreign investment has been approved by the
Union Cabinet on February 28, 2022 - 20%
 Who has won the Qatar Oman women's singles title - Iga Swiatek
 Which country has been hit by 'Cyclone Imnati' on February 28,
2022 - Madagascar
 Who destroyed the world's largest aircraft 'Maria' - Russia
 Who has reached the top of ATP men's ranking- Daniil Medvedev
 Which medal has been won by Pooja Jatyan in 'Para Archery
World Championship' on March 1, 2022 - Silver
 On March 1, 2022, the IOC withdrew the top Olympic honor
from the President of which country - Russia
 Which country's Long March-8 rocket has put 22 satellites in
space on March 2, 2022 - China
 Where is the first ambulance for street animals launched - Chennai
 Which day was celebrated on March 3 - World Wildlife Day
 Which state government has declared the entire state as a
disturbed area on March 3, 2022 - Assam
 According to the report who has topped in terms of the number
of billionaires population globally - USA
 Who has become the CEO of Yash Raj Films - Akshay Vidhani
 Which medal won by Nikhat Zareen and Neetu at Strandja
 Memorial Boxing Tournament on March 3, 2022 - Gold
 Who has become the new Commanding-in-Chief of the Western
Command of the Indian Air Force - Sri kumar Prabhakaran
 Which day was celebrated on 4th March - National Safety Day
 Where was the 'Hearth' Mahotsav celebrated on March 4, 2022 -
Jammu and Kashmir
 Which country has topped at 'Sustainable Development Index
2021' released on March 4, 2022 - Finland
 Which IIT has developed a biodegradable nanoparticle on March
4, 2022 - IIT Kanpur
 Where has the 12th ICC Women's Cricket World Cup started on
March 4, 2022 - New Zealand
 Russia and which country's athletes are banned from the 2022
Winter Paralympic Games on March 4, 2022 - Belarus
 In which state Kaliyattam festival started on March 5 - Kerala
 Which team has won the Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 title on
March 5, 2022 - Dabang Delhi
 Who has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan
High Court on March 5, 2022 - M. M. Srivastava
 Which automotive company has launched a new EV brand 'Vida'
on March 5, 2022 - Hero
 Which airline is going to become the first airline in the world to
use solar fuel from March 5, 2022 - Swiss Airlines
 Which country has been included in FATF gray list - UAE
.
 Who has presented the National ICT Award to 49 teachers
across the country for improving educational
institutions - Annapurna Devi
 Which medal did Mr. Nivetha won in the women's 10m air pistol
event at ISSF World Cup on March 6, 2022 - Gold
 Where is India's first Smart Managed EV Charging Station
launched on March 6, 2022 - New Delhi
 Where was the trial of the country's first indigenous flying trainer
aircraft 'Hansa NG' completed on March 6, 2022 - Puducherry
 Which state government has launched the 'Amma and Bahini
Yojana' initiative on March 6, 2022 - Sikkim
 Who has been appointed as the chairman of Telecom Disputes
Settlement and Appellate Tribunal on March 6, 2022 - DN Patel
 Which day was celebrated on 7th March - Jan Aushadhi Diwas
 According to the announcement, who will be awarded the Nari
Shakti Puraskar posthumously - Dr. Ila Lodh
 Who has become the first woman cricketer to participate in six
Cricket World Cups on March 7, 2022 - Mithali Raj
 According to the report released on March 7, 2022, which state
has topped in terms of per capita net income - Telangana
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 Where has the ninth edition of Indo-Sri Lanka naval exercise
SLINEX started on March 7, 2022 - Visakhapatnam
 According to the information of March 7, 2022, which space
agency has started developing 'Europa Clipper spacecraft' - NASA
 Who has been honored with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Life-
time Achievement Award on March 7 - Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
 Where is the Mobile World Congress 2022 organized on March
7, 2022 - Barcelona
 Which foundation day did the CISF celebrate on March 6- 53rd
 Which day was celebrated on March 8, 2022 - International
Women's Day
 Who has become the 23rd woman Grandmaster of India on March
8, 2022 - Priyanka Nutkki
 Which state has launched 'Nan Mudhalvan' scheme - Tamil Nadu
 As per the information, Microsoft will set up India's largest data
center area in - Hyderabad
 Which ministry has launched 'Donate a Pension' initiative on
March 8, 2022 - Labor Ministry
 Which day was celebrated on March 9 - No Smoking Day
 In which state Home Minister Amit Shah has announced to give
33% reservation to women in government jobs - Tripura
 Who has presented Vishwakarma National Award on March 9,
2022 - Bhupendra Yadav
 According to the information, who will get the US International
Women of Courage Award for 2022 - Rizwana Hassan
 Who has been appointed as the President of FATF - T. Raja Kumar
 Who has become the world's most 'rejected country' - Russia
 Which state government has announced 'Matrishakti Entrepre-
neurship Scheme' on March 9, 2022 - Haryana
 According to the information, where is the largest sleeping statue
of Lord Buddha being built in India - Bodh Gaya
 Which state government has started 'Kaushalya Matritva Yojana'
on March 9, 2022 - Chhattisgarh
 Which country has successfully test-fired the second military
satellite 'Noor-2' on March 9, 2022 - Iran
 Where was the FLO Industrial Park inaugurated - Telangana
 Which country has become the world's largest producer of crude
oil on March 9, 2022 - America
 Who has retired from all forms of first-class cricket on March 10,
2022 - S. Sreesanth
 Which state government has completed 100 years of 'Pal
Dadhwav massacre' on March 10, 2022 - Gujarat
 Which state has secured the first position in Mission
Indradhanush on March 10, 2022 - Odisha
 'Yun Suk Yol' became the President of which country - South Korea
 On March 10, 2022, IPC has banned Russia and which country
in the Beijing Winter Paralympics - Belarus
 Which state government has inaugurated India's largest floating
solar power project on March 10, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Who has become the joint highest wicket-taker in the Women's
ODI World Cup on March 10, 2022 - Jhulan Goswami
 On March 11, 2022, 'Caitlin Novak' has been elected as the first
female President of which country - Hungary
 Which state government has launched 'Women@work' program
on March 11, 2022 - Karnataka
 Which country topped the medal tally in ISSF World Cup 2022
on March 11, 2022 - India
 On March 11, 2022, the Chief Minister of which state has
announced 'Sushma Swaraj Award' for women - Haryana
 Who has been appointed by the government as the chairman of
the National Financial Authority - Ajay Bhushan Pandey
 Who has been ranked first in the Scotch State of Governance
Ranking 2021 on March 11, 2022 - Andhra Pradesh
 Which IIT has installed 'Param Ganga' super computer - IIT
Roorkee
 Which state government will start doorstep delivery of digital
land records - Bihar
 Which state government has launched the 'Mukhyamantri Cha
.
Shrami Kalyan Prakalpa' scheme on March 12, 2022 - Tripura
 Who has been appointed President of IRDAI - Debashish Panda
 Where has the first Gati Shakti Cargo Terminal of Indian Rail-
ways been started - Thaparnagar (Jharkhand)
 Who has become the new Commandant of the Indian Air Force
Academy on March 12, 2022 - B. Chandrashekhar
 Who has been appointed as the new chairman of 'Chardham
Project Committee' on March 12, 2022 - Justice AK Sikri
 With whose cooperation the Ministry of Education has launched
the campaign 'Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav' - UNICEF
 Who has become the first Unicorn Sports Enterprise of India on
March 13, 2022 - Chennai Super Kings
 Which famous golfer has been formally inducted into the 'World
Golf Hall of Fame' on March 13, 2022 - Tiger Woods
 Which ministry has launched a special entrepreneurship
promotion campaign for women named 'Samarth' - MSME
 Who has launched the '#Laxmi for Laxmi' initiative on March 13,
2022 - HDFC Mutual Fund
 Which state government has presented 'Children's Budget' for
the first time on March 14, 2022 - Madhya Pradesh
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 Gabriel Boric Font became the President of which country - Chile
 Hindi novel 'Tomb of Sand' translated by whom has been nomi-
nated for International Booker Prize - Gitanjali Shree
 Pandrethan temple, which was in discussion on March 14, 2022,
is located in which state - Jammu and Kashmir
 Which day was celebrated on 15th March, 2022 - World
Consumer Rights Day
 Who has been elected as new Chairman of Air India
- N. Chandrasekhar
 Which bank has launched Green Deposit Program - DBS Bank
 Who has won the Leading Actor Award at 'BAFTA awards 2022'
on March 15, 2022 - Will Smith
 Who has won the Best Film Award at 'BAFTA Awards 2022'
- The Power of the Dog
 According to the SIPRI report released on March 15, 2022, which
country has become the largest importer of arms - India
 Which day was celebrated on 16th March - National Immuni-
zation Day
 On March 16, 2022, India has temporarily shifted its embassy
from Ukraine to which country - Poland
 Where has the country's first robotics technology park been
launched on March 16, 2022 - Bangalore
 According to the information released on March 16, 2022, where
will India's first 'World Peace Center' be established - Gurugram
 Which country will host the BIMSTEC summit 2022- Sri Lanka
 Which filmmaker was awarded the Royal Knighthood on March
17, 2022 - Steve McQueen
 Which country has launched 'Rossgram' instead of 'Instagram' on
March 17, 2022 - Russia
 Who has been selected for the UK Children's Book Award on
March 17, 2022 - Manjit Man
 Who has become the richest person in Asia with a wealth of $103
billion on March 17, 2022 - Mukesh Ambani
 Where is the Mahatma Gandhi Green Triangle unveiled on March
17, 2022 - Madagascar
 Who has won the Miss World 2021 title - Karolina Bilawska
 Who has been nominated for the GD Birla Award for Scientific
Research on March 17, 2022 - Narayan Pradhan
 Where did ISRO successfully test the solid fuel based booster
stage of SSLV on March 17, 2022 - Andhra Pradesh
 Which day was celebrated on March 18, 2022 - Ordnance Manu-
facturing Day
 Where has the 26th edition of the International Film Festival
started on March 18, 2022 - Thiruvananthapuram
 Which state government has launched the new sports policy
2022-27 on March 18, 2022 - Gujarat
 Which state became the first to use Crop Diversification Index
on March 18, 2022 - Telangana
 Which day was celebrated on 19th March - International Day
of Happiness
 Where has '35th Surajkund International Crafts Mela' - Faridabad
 According to the report released on March 19, 2022, who has
become the happiest country in the world - Finland
 According to the information of March 19, 2022, which state
government will constitute the 'State OBC Commission' - Assam
 Which day was celebrated on March 20 - World Sparrow Day
 Who has topped the Hurun Global Rich List 2022 - Elon Musk
 Which bank has been honored with the 'Asian Bank of the Year'
award on March 20, 2022 - Axis Bank
 Which foundation day of CRPF was celebrated on March 20,
2022 - 38th
 'MV Ram Prasad Bismil', which went from Ganga to which river
has become the longest ship ever - Brahmaputra
 According to the report released by CSI on March 20, 2022,
which has become the most polluted city in India - Ghaziabad
 Which day was celebrated on March 21, 2022 - International
Day of Forests
 Where has the 6th NATO military exercise 'Cold Response 2022'
.
started on March 21, 2022 - Norway
 Who has been adjudged 'Sportsman of the Year' at the 2022
Sportstar Aces Awards on March 21, 2022 - Neeraj Chopra
 NMDC has tied up with which IIT for drone based mineral
exploration on March 21, 2022 - IIT Kharagpur
 Which state became the first state to implement the 'NeVA'
program on March 21, 2022 - Nagaland
 Which country's government has honored Suresh Raina with the
'Sports Icon Award' on March 21, 2022 - Maldives
 Where is 'Putul Utsav' organized on March 21 - New Delhi
 Who won the 'Bahrain Grand Prix' 2022 - Charles Leclerc
 Who has won the Asian Billiards title 8th time - Pankaj Advani
 Which day was celebrated on March 22 - World Water Day
 The 9th joint military exercise LIMITIYE-2022 between India
and which country has started on March 22, 2022 - Seychelles
 Who has become the youngest woman swimmer to swim across
the Pak Strait on March 22, 2022 - Jia Rai
 Who has become the first African to win the 'Pritzker Prize 2022'
on March 22, 2022 - Francis Carey
 In which state 'Dol Utsav' was celebrated - West Bengal
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 Who has won their maiden 'Indian Super League' title on March
22, 2022 - Hyderabad FC (Runners-up-Kerala Blasters)
 Which day was celebrated on 23 March, 2022 - World Meteoro-
logical Day
 The joint training exercise named Ex-DUSTLIK between the
armies of India and which country has started - Uzbekistan
 Who has won the 13th Greenstorm Photography Award on
March 23, 2022 - Mohd Raza Masumi
 Which state's Tarsingpettai Nagaswarna has got GI tag on March
23, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Who has become the world's most polluted capital - Delhi
 Which Indian-origin doctor has been appointed as the White
House's COVID-19 response co-ordinator - Ashish Jha
 Which state celebrated its foundation day on 22 March - Bihar
 Which country's tennis player Ashleigh Barty has announced
retirement on March 23, 2022 - Australia
 Which day was celebrated on March 24, 2022 - World Tubercu-
losis Day
 Who has been awarded the Abel Prize for the year 2022 on
March 24, 2022 - Dennis Parnell
 Which country topped the Global Home Price Index Q4 2021
released by Knight Frank on March 24, 2022 - Turkey
 On March 24, 2022 how many new planets have been discov-
ered outside the Earth's solar system by NASA - 45
 Which state has become the first to introduce carbon neutral
farming practices on March 24, 2022 - Kerala
 What is the rank of Lakshyasen of India in 'All England Open
Badminton Championship 2022' on March 24, 2022 - Second
 Who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of Maruti
Suzuki India on March 25, 2022 - Hisashi Takeuchi
 Where has the National Conference of the Indian Psychiatric
Society started on March 25, 2022 - Visakhapatnam
 On March 25, 2022, the government has set a target to build how
many new airports by 2025 - 220
 Who has become the first Indian company to sponsor FIFA
World Cup 2022 on March 25, 2022 - Byju's
 Which state has topped the Export Readiness Index released by
NITI Aayog on March 26, 2022 - Gujarat
 On March 26, 2022, who has become the new captain of IPL
team Chennai Super Kings - Ravindra Jadeja
 Who has won the 'Governor of the Year' award at the Central
Banking Awards 2022, on March 26, 2022 - Mario Marcel
 Who has inaugurated the 10-day festival 'Bharat Bhagya Vidhata'
on March 26, 2022 - Smriti Irani
 According to the report, which state has topped in terms of per
capita income - Sikkim
 Who has been appointed as chairman of BARC India on March
27, 2022 - Shashi Sinha
 Which day was celebrated on March 27, 2022 - Earth Hour
 On March 27, 2022, who has become the first world No. 1
player of Poland in tennis history - Iga Swietek
 On March 28, 2022, Ritu Khanduri became the first woman
speaker of which state's assembly - Uttarakhand
 Who has been appointed as the next Director-General of the ILO
on March 28, 2022 - Gilbert Hongbo
 Which day was celebrated on March 28 - World Theater Day
 Which Indian actor has been appointed as the brand ambassador
of Yes Island in Abu Dhabi on March 28, 2022 - Ranbir Singh
 Which ship of the Indian Navy has been awarded the prestigious
'President's Colours' on March 28, 2022 - INS Balasura
 Who won the title of 'Swiss Open Badminton 2022' - PV Sindhu
 When has been decided to celebrate National Dolphin Day - 5th
October
 On March 29, 2022, 'Shankar Prasad Sharma' has been appointed
as the ambassador of which country in India - Nepal
 Who got the 'Outstanding Leadership Award 2022' on March 29,
2022 - Seema Rekha
 Who has been appointed as the chairman of ASSOCHAM -
.
Sumant Sinha
 On March 30, 2022, who has received the 'TIME100 Impact
award' for mental health awareness - Deepika Padukone
 On March 30, 2022, Robert Abela was sworn in as the Prime
Minister of which country - Malta
 Who has become the new CEO of FedEx on March 30, 2022 -
Raj Brahmamanyam
 What is the rank of India in the Hurun Global U40 Self-Made
Billionaires 2022 list released on March 31, 2022 - 4th place
 Who has been elected as the Speaker of Uttar Pradesh Legislative
Assembly on March 31, 2022 - Satish Mahana
 Where was the 11th edition of 'Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav
2022' organized on March 31, 2022 - Andhra Pradesh
 Which coveted cup has been won by the Indian Railways men's
hockey team on March 31, 2022 - Obaidullah Khan Heritage Cup
 Which country has signed agreement on security co-operation
with Solomon Islands on March 31, 2022 - China
 Who has won the BBC Sportswoman of the Year Award 2021 on
March 31, 2022 - Mirabai Chanu
 Which state's Living Root Bridge has been included in the World
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Heritage List of Chhattisgarh on March 31, 2022 - Meghalaya
 Which day was celebrated on April 1, 2022 - Utkal Divas
 The 20th Bilateral Naval Exercise Varun-2022 between India and
which country has started on April 1, 2022 - France
 Which state's Chief Minister has launched 'Catch the Rain
Campaign 2022' on April 1, 2022 - Manipur
 The book 'The Tiger of Drass' authored by whom has been
published on 1st April, 2022 - Meena Nayyar
 Who became the highest wicket-taker in IPL - Dwayne Brabo
 Which day was celebrated on 2nd April - International
Children's Award Day
 Which country has declared a public emergency due to economic
crisis on April 2, 2022 - Sri Lanka
 Which state has become the largest producer of vegetables in
India on April 2, 2022 - Uttar Pradesh
 Where was the Matua Dharma Mahamela 2022 organized on
April 2, 2022 - West Bengal
 The new ball for the FIFA World Cup 2022 has been released on
April 2, 2022. What is it named - Al Rihla
 Which country's cricketer Peter Neville has announced his
retirement on April 2, 2022 - Australia
 Who has won the 'ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022' on
April 3, 2022 - Australia
 Which ministry launched 'Temple 360' website on April 3, 2022
- Union Ministry of Culture
 Which state government has launched the crop insurance portal
of Mukhayamantri Bagwani Bima Yojana - Haryana
 Who has ranked first among the states with the lowest
unemployment rate in the country - Chhattisgarh
 Who has won the Miami Open tennis title 2022 on April 4, 2022
- Inga Svitek
 Who has won the 'Best Children Music Album' award under the
Grammy Awards on April 4, 2022 - Falguni Shah
 Which state's Chandrapur has been recorded as the third hottest
place in the world on April 4, 2022 - Maharashtra
 Which day was celebrated on 5th April, 2022 - National Sea Day
 Which state has got a new map with 13 new districts on April 5,
2022 - Andhra Pradesh
 From which district CM of Uttar Pradesh has started 'School
Chalon Abhiyan' on April 5, 2022 - Shravasti
 Which state's Chief Minister has launched 'Kaval Uthavi' app on
5th April, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Which day was observed on 6th April - International Sports
Day for Development and Peace
 Community museum has started in Gya-Sasoma village of which
state on 6th April, 2022 - Ladakh
 Who has topped the Hurun Richest Self-Made Women in the
World 2022 released on April 6, 2022 - China
 Who has received the 'Chameli Devi Jain Award 2021' on 6th
April, 2022 - Arifa Johri
 Which day was celebrated on 7th April - World Health Day
 Who has topped the list of 2022 billionaires released by Forbes
on April 7, 2022 - Elon Musk
 Who was nominated for 'Saraswati Samman 2021' on April 7,
2022 - Ramdarash Mishra
 On April 7, 2022, in which city of India, a new variant of Corona
has been found - Mumbai
 On April 7, 2022, President Ram Nath Kovind has named a species
of yellow tulip flower as 'Maitri' in which country - Netherlands
 On April 8, 2022, who has tied up with three firms for satellite
internet launch - Amazon
 Who has been honored with the 'Sant Namdev National Award'
on April 8, 2022 - Satya Pal Malik
 Who has topped the QS World University Rankings - MIT
 Which country has successfully launched new satellite Gawfen-
3 03 for Earth observation on April 8, 2022 - China
 In which state One Health Framework has been started as a pilot
project on 9th April, 2022 - Uttarakhand
.
 Which country's photographer has won the World Press Photo of
the Year 2022 title on April 9, 2022 - Canada
 Who has launched the 'AVSAR' scheme on 9th April, 2022 -
Airports Authority of India (AAI)
 Which day was celebrated on 10th April - World Homeopathy Day
 Which Covid vaccine has been suspended by WHO - Covaccine
 Who topped the list of world's richest self-made women 2022 on
April 10, 2022 - Wu Yajun
 On April 10, 2022, Pixel launched its first satellite with SpaceX.
What is her name - Shakuntala
 Which day was celebrated on 11 April - World Parkinson's Day
 Which country has successfully test fired Shaheen 3 missile on
April 11, 2022 - Pakistan
 Who has won the prestigious O Henry Award - Amar Mitra
 Who has launched 'One Station One Product' initiative on 11th
April, 2022 - South Central Railway
 Who has topped the NITI Aayog's State Energy and Climate Index
on April 11, 2022 - Gujarat
 How many medals India has won in Thailand Open Boxing
Tournament 2022 on April 11, 2022 - 10
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 Who won the F1 Australian Grand Prix 2022 - Charles Leclerc
 Which state's Kangra tea will get GI tag - Himachal Pradesh
 Which day was celebrated on 12 April - International Day of
Human Space Flight
 Who has been honored with the 56th Jnanpith Award on April 12,
2022 - Nilmani Phukan
 Where did DRDO successfully test anti-tank guided missile 'Helina'
on April 12, 2022 - Rajasthan
 Which IIT has made India's first indigenous polycentric prosthetic
knee on April 12, 2022 - IIT Madras
 Where was the 4th US-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held on
April 12, 2022 - Washington DC
 Which day was celebrated on 13 April - Siachen Day
 Who will host the 2026 Commonwealth Games - Australia
 Who has become the fastest Indian player to hit 100 sixes on April
13, 2022 - Hardik Pandya
 Where is the first Khelo India National Ranking Women's Archery
tournament held on April 13, 2022 - Jharkhand
 Which country has become the first to give legal rights to wild
animals on April 13, 2022 - Equador
 Who was awarded the first 'Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award'
on April 13, 2022 - PM Narendra Modi
 Who will host the ICC Men's T-20 World Cup 2024 - West Indies
and America
 Who has won the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award on April 13,
2022 - Falguni Nair
 Which day was celebrated on 14 April - World Chagas Disease Day
 Who has won the 'FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup 2022'
on April 14, 2022 - Netherlands
 Who has become the new head coach of Australia men's cricket
team on April 14, 2022 - Andrew McDonald
 Who has won the prestigious Reykjavik Open Chess tournament
on April 14, 2022 - R. Pragyanand
 Which state celebrated its foundation day on 15th April - Himachal
Pradesh
 Which country will host 'Street Child Cricket World Cup 2023' - India
 Which state government has announced to launch 'Him Prahari'
scheme on April 15, 2022 - Government of Uttarakhand
 With which IIT and the Indian Air Force has an agreement been
signed for the maintenance of weapon systems - IIT Madras
 Who was awarded the International Gandhi Prize 2021 for Leprosy
on April 15, 2022 - Bhushan Kumar and Leprosy Trust (Gujarat)
 Which day was celebrated on 16th April - World Voice Day
 Where is the New Year festival 'Poila Baishakh' celebrated -
 Bangladesh
 Who won the 71st Senior National Basketball Championship on
April 16, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Where did the 40th edition of Hunar Haat begin - Mumbai
 Who has been honored with 'Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2022' on
April 16, 2022 - Prabhat Patnaik
 'Neptune Missile System', which was in the news on April 16,
2022, is related to which country - Ukraine
 Which country has successfully test-fired 'Iron Beam' on April 16,
2022 - Israel
 Which state government has announced to celebrate 14 April as
'Equality Day' - Tamil Nadu
 'Moskva', which was in the news on April 16, 2022, is the famous
warship of which country - Russia
 According to the information of April 17, 2022, where will NHPC
develop green hydrogen project - Himachal Pradesh
 Which state's Chief Minister has launched '1064 Anti-Corruption
Mobile App' on April 17, 2022 - Uttarakhand
 Who has become the 'largest consumer of gold' in the world - China
 Which IIT has tied up with NTPC to develop energy efficient
technology on April 17, 2022 - IIT Guwahati
 Which day was celebrated on 18th April - World Heritage Day
 Which state has become the first to develop 'Migration Tracking
System App' on April 18, 2022 - Maharashtra
.
 Where has India's first internet radio 'Radio Daksh' launched for
visually impaired people on April 18, 2022 - Nagpur
 Which country has suspended agricultural imports from India on
April 18, 2022 - Indonesia
 Which country has successfully launched 'Zhongxing-6D' satellite
into space on April 18, 2022 - China
 Which day was celebrated on 19th April - World Liver Day
 Where has the Trishakti Corps of the Indian Army organized
'Kripan Shakti Exercise' on April 19, 2022 - West Bengal
 Tropical storm 'Megi' has caused massive destruction in which
country on April 19, 2022 - Philippines
 Which state has become the first in the country to get L-Root
server on April 20, 2022 - Rajasthan
 Which Indian American has been appointed as Defence Advisor
to Kamala Harris on April 20, 2022 - Shanti Sethi
 Who has been appointed as Director (Finance) and CFO by ONGC
on April 20, 2022 - Pomila Jaspal
 Where is the Karaga Temple Festival celebrated - Karnataka
 Who has won the title of 48th La Roda International Open Chess
Tournament on April 20, 2022 - D Gukesh
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 Who has launched the world's first crypto-enabled payment card
on April 20, 2022 - Nexo
 Which country has successfully test-fired the nuclear capable
missile 'Sarmat' on April 21, 2022 - Russia
 Which country's cricketer 'Kieron Pollard' has retired from
international cricket on April 21, 2022 - West Indies
 Who topped the Haroon Global Healthcare Rich List 2022 released
on April 21, 2022 - Cyrus S. Poonawalla
 Where has the 'Guruji Student Credit Card Scheme' started on
April 21, 2022 - Jharkhand
 Shivamogga airport under construction in Karnataka will be named
after - B.S. Yediyurappa
 Where India's first pure green hydrogen plant has started on April
21, 2022 - Assam
 Which day was celebrated on 22nd April - World Earth Day
 Who has become the first country in the world to ban destructive
satellite on April 22, 2022 - America
 Who has been honored with the 'Young Global Leader Award' on
April 22, 2022 - Raghav Chaddha
 Where will the world's largest electric three wheeler factory be set
up - Telangana
 Which state's Bishnupur district has received the Prime Minister's
Award for Excellence on April 22, 2022 - Manipur
 With which country has the Kerala government signed an agreement
for the Kosmos Malabaricus project - Netherlands
 Who will host India's first International Cruise Conference - Mumbai
 Which day was celebrated on 23rd April - World Book and
Copyright Day
 Which Indian cricketer has been named in 'Wisden's 5 Cricketers
of the Year 2022' on April 23, 2022 - Rohit Sharma
 Who has been elected as the new Global Peace Ambassador on
April 23, 2022 - Babita Singh
 Who has become the chairman of Haj Committee - Abdullah Kutty
 Who has been appointed as the General Manager of ICC on April
23, 2022 - Wasim Khan
 Which day was celebrated on 24th April - National Panchayati
Raj Day
 Who has tied up with Delhi Jal Board to convert waste into
energy on April 24, 2022 - NTPC
 Where has the new ship 'Urja Pravah' been inducted in the Indian
Coast Guard on April 24, 2022 - Bharuch
 On April 24, 2022, the government has set a target of how many
metric tonnes of food grains production for 2022-23 - 328
 For how many days the Prime Minister's Garib Kalyan Package
 has been extended - 180
 Which day was celebrated on 25th April - World Malaria Day
 With whom has MG Motor India partnered to promote EV
charging infrastructure on April 25, 2022 - BPCL
 Which day was celebrated on 26th April - World Intellectual
Property Day
 Which country has topped the global military expenditure
according to SIPRI report released on April 26, 2022 - America
 Which state's Jamtara district has become the first district to have
library in every village - Jharkhand
 Where is 'Khongjom Day' celebrated - Manipur
 Who has participated as 'Guest of Honor Country' at Paris Book
Festival 2022 on 26th April, 2022 - India
 Which state has announced to celebrate 'Minority Rights Day' on
December 18, on 26 April 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Who has received the 'Champions of the Earth Life Time
Achievement Award' on April 27, 2022 - Sir David Attenborough
 Which has been named the 'UNESCO World Book Capital' for
2022 on April 27, 2022 - Guadalajara
 The President of which country has received the 'John F. Kennedy
Prize' on April 27, 2022 - Ukraine
 Where has India's first community radio station 'Doodh Vani'
inaugurated on April 27, 2022 - Gujarat
 Where is the 'Pranahita Pushkarlu festival 2022' celebrated on
.
April 27, 2022 - Telangana
 Which space agency's Perseverance has captured the video of
solar eclipse on Mars on April 27, 2022 - NASA
 Which state government has launched a social awareness campaign
'SAANS' on April 27, 2022 - Karnataka
 Who has been sworn in as the Assistant Commerce Minister for
Global Markets on April 27, 2022 - Arun Venkataraman
 Which day was celebrated on 28 April - Global Day for Safety
and Health at Work
 Who will host the 21st World Congress of Accounts 2022 - India
 Which state government has launched a music project to promote
music on April 28, 2022 - Meghalaya
 Who has signed an agreement with Equinor of Norway for clean
energy on April 28, 2022 - ONGC
 'M Vijayan' has passed away on April 28, 2022. who were they -
biologists
 Who became the first city to install vacuum based sewer system
on April 28, 2022 - Agra (Uttar Pradesh)
 Which day was celebrated on 29th April, 2022 - International
Dance Day
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 Which has become the first Indian company to reach M-Cap of
Rs 19 lakh crore as on April 29, 2022 - Reliance Industries
 Robert Golov has been elected as the new Prime Minister of
which country - Slovenia
 With whom has L & T signed an agreement to develop Green
Hydrogen on April 29, 2022 - IIT Bombay
 According to the information released on April 30, 2022, which
country will host the world's largest cyber exercise - Estonia
 Who became the first airline to use indigenous navigation system
GAGAN on April 30, 2022 – Indigo
 What is the rank of India in SIPRI's 'Trends in World Military
Expenditure Report 2021' released on April 30, 2022 - 3rd
 Which day was celebrated on 30th April - World Veterinary Day
 Who has been appointed as the new Deputy Chief of the Army
Staff - Lt. Gen. B.S. Raju
 Who has won the prestigious 'Wheatley Gold Award' on 30th April,
2022 - Charudutt Mishra
 Which day was celebrated on May 1, 2022 - Labor Day
 Which Indian actress was inducted as the jury member of the 75th
Cannes Film Festival - Deepika Padukone
 On May 1, 2022, under the 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana',
which district of India became the first district to cover 100% of
the families - Samba (Jammu and Kashmir)
 What has been renamed as 'Miyan Ka Bada Railway Station' in
Rajasthan - Mahesh Nagar Halt
 Which university topped the Times Higher Education Impact Rank-
ing 2022 - Western Sydney University (Australia)
 Which day was celebrated on 2nd May, 2022 - World Tuna Day
 Which country's landscape garden 'Citio Burle Marques' has
received the status of UNESCO World Heritage Site - Brazil
 Which state's education board has banned three Sikh history books
on May 2, 2022 - Punjab
 Which state approved the Gene bank project - Maharashtra
 Which state government has amended the 'Industrial Investment
Policy' on May 2, 2022 - Himachal Pradesh
 Which has become the first public sector bank to go live on the
account aggregator ecosystem, on May 2 - Union Bank of India
 Which day was celebrated on 3rd May, 2022 - Press Freedom Day
 Who became the winner of Khelo India University Games 2021
with 20 gold medals - JAIN University, Bangalore (Karnataka)
 According to information, where was the world's first taxi flying
airport Urban Air One Vertiport built - in England
 Who has been awarded the Nirmala Desh Pandey Memorial World
Peace Prize on May 3, 2022 - General Tej Kaul
 Who became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the
IWF Junior World Championship - Harshada Sharad Garuda
 On May 4, 2022, Nicholas Pooran became the new captain of
which country's cricket team - West Indies
 On May 4, 2022, the Chief Minister of which state has launched
'Mukhyamantri Mitan Yojana' - Chhattisgarh
 Who has won the title of Santosh Trophy 2022 - Kerala
 In which district of Bihar did Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugu-
rate the country's first ethanol plant on May 4, 2022 - Purnia
 Who became the number one T20 team in the world - India
 Which state government has launched a special loan scheme named
'Jivahala' on May 5, 2022 - Maharashtra
 Who won the World Snooker title on May 5 - Ronnie O'Sullivan
 Who has won the Spanish football league 'La Liga 2022' title on
May 5, 2022 - Real Madrid (runners-up - Espanyol)
 Which company has launched M15 petrol with 15% blend of
methanol with petrol on May 5, 2022 - IOCL
 Which state of India has recorded the highest sex ratio - Ladakh
 In which country the world's longest glass bridge 'White Dragon'
was opened on May 6, 2022 - Vietnam
 Who has launched 'Operation Satrak' to stop smuggling in trains - RPF
 Where was India's first 'Flow Chemistry Technology Hub' estab-
lished on May 6, 2022 - Hyderabad
 Who has released 'The State of World Forest Report' - FAO
.
 Which day was celebrated on 7th May - World Athletics Day
 Who celebrated his 62nd Foundation Day on May 7, 2022 - BRO
 Which medal did Dhanush Srikkanth won in the 24th Deaf lympics
on May 7, 2022 - Gold
 Who was awarded the World Food Prize 2022- Cynthia Rosenzweig
 8 May was observed as which day - World Red Cross Day
 Who topped the Global Crypto Adoption Index - USA
 On May 8, 2022, which state has passed a startup policy to
support 15000 startups by 2030 - Delhi
 Whose birth anniversary was celebrated on 9th May - Gopal
Krishna Gokhale
 Who has won the men's singles Madrid Open title - Carlos Alcaraz
 Who has broken his own record by conquering Mount Everest
for the 26th time on May 9, 2022 - Kami Rita Sherpa (Nepal)
 How long Has the 19th Asian Games 2022 been postponed - 2023
 10th May is celebrated as which day - World Lupus Day
 Who was awarded the British Empire's highest honor 'MBE' on
May 10, 2022 - Guruswami Krishnamurthy
 Who has become the first woman to climb five peaks above 8000
meters on May 10, 2022 - Priyanka Mohite
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 Which state government has launched 'Mukhyamantri Free Sewer
Connection Scheme' on May 10, 2022 - Delhi
 Where was India's first biogas powered EV charging station
inaugurated on May 10, 2022 - Mumbai
 Which state government has announced to provide breakfast with
'Mid Day Meal' in government schools - Tamil Nadu
 On May 10, 2022, all Pomai areas of which state have been
declared as 'Drug Free Zone' - Manipur
 Who has won the Sunway Formentera Open Chess Tournament
on May 10, 2022 - D. Gukesh
 Which day was celebrated on 11 May - National Technology Day
 Where was the first Khadi Center of Excellence inaugurated on
May 11, 2022 - New Delhi
 Who has been appointed as the Vice President of Maritime Anti
Corruption Network on May 11, 2022 - Rajesh Unni
 Where a crossing will be named after Lata Mangeshkar - Ayodhya
 Which state has launched 'Ladli Laxmi Yojana 2.0' - MP
 Which four Indians won the Pulitzer Prize 2022 in the Feature
Photography category - Danish Siddiqui (posthumously),
Adnan Abidi, Sana Irshad Mattoo and Amit Dabe
 Which day was celebrated on 12th May - International Plant
Health Day
 Who has become the world's most valuable company - Saudi Aramco
 Which Indian architect was awarded the prestigious Royal Gold
Medal 2022 on May 12, 2022 - Balkrishna Doshi
 On May 12, 2022, who has become the first Asian country to
join the NATO Cyber Defence Group – South Korea
 Who has been honored with the Special Bangla Academy Award
on May 12, 2022 - Mamta Banerjee
 According to the information of May 12, 2022, cases of 'tomato
flu' have been registered in many parts of which state - Kerala
 Where has the 12th AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship
started on May 12, 2022 - Turkey
 Which state government has started 'Fodder-seeding scheme' on
May 12, 2022 - Haryana
 Who presided over the 2nd Global COVID Virtual Summit 2022
on May 13, 2022 - Joe Biden
 Where was 'Thrissur Pooram Festival 2022' celebrated - Kerala
 Who topped the Forbes Highest Paid Athletes - Lionel Messi
 Who was given the Templeton Prize 2022 - Frank Wilczek
 Where was the UNCCD-COP-15 summit against deforestation
organized on May 13, 2022 - Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
 In which country the world's largest glass bottom bridge 'Bach
Long Pedestrian Bridge' has been opened - Vietnam
 Where is the world's longest suspension footbridge opened on
May 14, 2022 - Czech Republic
 Who won the Italian Cup 2022 on May 14, 2022 - Inter Milan
 Where was the 'Utkarsh Utsav' held on May 14, 2022 - Gujarat
 Who won the Women's Hockey Asia Cup 2022 - Japan
 Which country will host the '34th Southeast Asian Games 2027'
- Malaysia
 Which country's former cricketer Andrew Symonds died in a road
accident on May 14, 2022 - Australia
 Which day was celebrated on 14 May - World Migratory Bird Day
 Which Indian firm has become the top ranked Indian firm in the
Forbes Global 2000 list on May 15, 2022 - Reliance
 Who has successfully test-fired the Human Rated HS-200 Solid
Rocket Booster on May 15, 2022 - ISRO
 Who has launched 'Girl Empowerment Mission' - NTPC
 Which country has won the Thomas Cup for the first time - India
 Who inaugurated the National Cyber Forensic Laboratory in
Hyderabad on May 15, 2022 - Amit Shah
 Which state's Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve was declared as
the state's fourth and the country's 52nd tiger reserve - Rajasthan
 Which state has started e-learning scheme on 16th May - Haryana
 Which institute has launched the 'National Data Analytics Plat-
form' on May 16, 2022 - NITI Aayog
 Which country's nurse 'Anna Kabale Duba' has become the world's
.
best nurse on May 16, 2022 - Kenya
 Which state celebrated its foundation day on 16th May - Sikkim
 Recently, Russia's electricity supply company RAO Nordic has
banned the electricity supply of which country - Finland
 Who has won the BWF Uber Cup on May 17 - South Korea
 Who has won 'Italian Open 2022' tennis tournament - Inga Swiatek
 Elizabeth Bourne became the PM of which country - France
 Who inducted two indigenously built warships 'Surat' and 'Udayagiri'
into the Indian Army - Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
 Which institute has made nanobots on May 17 - IISc Bangalore
 Which day was celebrated on 18th May - International
Museum Day
 Who was awarded the highest British honorary award 'Com-
mander of the Order of the British Empire' - Ajay Piramal
 On May 18, 2022, the second phase of 'Suposhit Maa Abhiyan'
has been started in - Kota (Rajasthan)
 Who has won the Wangari Mathai Forest Champion Award 2022
on May 18, 2022 - Cecil Nadjebet
 Who won the 12th Hockey India Senior Women's National Cham-
pionship 2022 on May 18, 2022 - Odisha
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 Which British mountaineer climbed Mount Everest for the 16th
time on May 18, 2022 - Canton Cool
 Where will the 53rd International Film Festival of India - Goa
 Who has developed dual mode locomotive 'Navdoot', on 19th
May 2022 - West Central Railway
 Which convict of Rajiv assassination case has been ordered to be
released after 31 years by the Supreme Court - AG Perarivalan
 On May 19, 2022, by amending the biofuel policy, the cabinet
has extended the ethanol blending target till - 2025-26
 Which two countries have formally applied to join the NATO
alliance on May 19, 2022 - Finland and Sweden
 On May 19, 2022, the Chief Minister of which state has launched
'Lok Milani' scheme for redressal of public grievances - Punjab
 Which lake of Tamil Nadu has been declared as the 17th bird
sanctuary of the state on May 19, 2022 - Nanjarayan Lake
 How many medals did India win in the Deaflympics 2022 - 16
 Who won the 'William E Colby Prize' on May 19 - Wells Morgan
 Which country hosted the meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers
on May 19, 2022 - China
 Which day was celebrated on 20th May - World Bee Day
 Where is the 41st Hunar Haat organized on May 20, 2022 - Agra
 Which state has launched the first government OTT platform on
May 20, 2022 - Kerala
 Who has become the first Bangladeshi batsman to score 5000
runs in a test match on May 20, 2022 - Mushfiqur Rahim
 Who has been appointed as the head coach of England's white ball
cricket team on May 20, 2022 - Matthew Matt
 Which day was celebrated on 21st May - Anti-Terrorism Day
 Where is the Nechiphu tunnel - Arunachal Pradesh
 Which insurance company has launched India's first dental health
insurance plan on May 21 - PNB MetLife India Insurance
 Who has represented India in the 8th meeting of BRICS Environ-
ment Ministers on May 21 - Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav
 According to the information, which state has achieved the target
of 100% electrification - Goa
 Which country has planned to discover the world's first habitable
planet with a space telescope on May 22, 2022 - China
 The National Geographic Society has established the world's high-
est weather station on which Himalaya - Mount Everest
 Who has won the franchise in UAE T20 League - Adani Group
 Which day was celebrated on 23 May - World Turtle Day
 Who has won the 12th 'Hockey India Senior Women's National
Championship' title on May 23 - Odisha (by defeating Karnataka)
 On May 23, 2022, who has defeated world champion Magnus
 Carlsen for the second time in 2022 - R. Pragyanand
 Which country's swimmer Ariane Titmus has set a world record
in 400 meters freestyle on May 23, 2022 - Australia
 Who won the Spanish Grand Prix on May 23 - Max Verstappen
 Which country has become the first country to make quarantine
mandatory for monkeypox patients - Belgium
 Who has won the CII EXCON Committed Leader Award on
May 23, 2022 - Anjali Pandey
 Which day was celebrated on 24th May - Indian Common-
wealth Day
 Which has become the first state to launch drone in healthcare
sector on May 24, 2022 - Uttarakhand
 Who has become the first player to hit '700 fours' in IPL history
on May 24, 2022 - Shikhar Dhawan
 Who has won the 'Hockey India Sub Junior Women's National
Championship' on May 24, 2022 - Haryana
 Which three Indians have been included in the list of 100 most
influential people in the world for 2022 by Time magazine -
Karuna Nandi, Gautam Adani and Khurram Parvez
 On May 24, 2022, Indian Railways and which IIT have partnered
to develop India's first indigenous hyperloop - IIT Madras
 Who topped the WEF's 'Travel and Tourism Development Index
2021' on May 24, 2022 - Japan (India's rank-54th)
 Who addressed the 75th session of the World Health Assembly
.
on May 24 - Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
 Which state launched 'Sambhav Portal' on May 24 - Uttar Pradesh
 Who won the English Premier League 2021-22 title on May 24,
2022 - Manchester City (beating Liverpool)
 Which day was celebrated on May 25, 2022 - World Thyroid
Awareness Day
 Where did 'Shirui Lily Festival 2022' begin on May 25 - Manipur
 Who became the head of WHO - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
 India's first 'Olympic Value Education Program' was launched on
May 25, 2022 in - Odisha
 The third edition of the Bongosagar exercise between India and
which country's navy has started on May 25, 2022 - Bangladesh
 Which state government has launched 'Integrated Agriculture
Development Scheme' on May 25, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Which state government has adopted EV policy to convert 10%
vehicles to electric on May 25, 2022 - Tripura
 Who represented India in the 7th meeting of BRICS Culture Min-
isters on May 25, 2022 - Minister of State for Culture and
External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi
 On May 25, 2022, BPCL has tied up with which state govern-
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ment for renewable energy projects - Uttarakhand
 On May 26, 2022, who has been appointed as the chairman of
Panel B in the 75th Health Assembly of WHO - Rajesh Bhushan
 Which has become the first metro city to get its Biodiversity
Register on May 26, 2022 - Kolkata
 Who has won the 'Vasvik Industrial Research Award 2020' on
May 26, 2022 - A. Gopalakrishnan
 Who has become the first woman fighter aviator of the Indian
Army on May 26, 2022 - Abhilasha Barak
 Where has the super computer named 'Param Porul' been inaugu-
rated on 26 May 2022 - at NIT Tiruchirappalli
 Who has been awarded the highest British honor on 26 May 2022
- Kishore Jayaraman
 Who inaugurated the first National Conference of Women
Legislators on May 26, 2022 - President Ram Nath Kovind
 Where is the 'Param Yoddha Sthal' - New Delhi
 Who was awarded the Excellence in Cinema Award at the 'French
Riviera Film Festival' on May 27, 2022 - Nawazuddin Siddiqui
 Which country topped the Women's World Boxing Championship
2022 on May 27 - Turkey (Second-Ireland, Third-Canada)
 Who has become the first crypto company to enter the Fortune
500 list on May 27, 2022 - Coinbase
 By which year the Government of India has set a target of achiev-
ing 100 million tonnes of coal gasification on May 27 - by 2030
 Where was the 'National Mineral Congress 2022' organized by
the Union Coal Ministry on May 27, 2022 - Bhubaneswar
 Who became the first Indian woman to win the International
Booker Prize - Geetanjali Shree (for the novel 'Tomb of Sand')
 Which day was celebrated on 28 May 2022 - World Menstrual
Hygiene Day
 Where was 'Drone Festival 2022' organized - New Delhi
 On May 28, 2022, in which river of Ladakh's Tuktuk sector, 7
soldiers died when a vehicle fell - Shyok river
 Who inaugurated India's first 'Lavender Festival' in Jammu and
Kashmir on May 28, 2022 - Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh
 Who became the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest
without oxygen support on May 28, 2022 - Piyali Basak
 Which state has become the second state to recognize CFR rights
on May 28, 2022 - Chhattisgarh
 The world's first nano urea plant has been inaugurated on May
28, 2022 at - IFFCO-Kalol, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
 Who has become the chairman of IBA Athletes Committee on
May 28, 2022 - Lovlina Borgohain
 Which day was celebrated on May 29, 2022 - International
 Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
 Which country has been chosen as the Focus Country at the 17th
Mumbai International Film Festival - Bangladesh
 Where did the 'Global Organic Expo 2022' begin - New Delhi
 Who won IPL 2022 title on May 29, 2022 - Gujarat Titans
(beating Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets)
 Which Indian documentary was awarded the Golden Eye Award
at the Cannes Film Festival - All That Breathes (Director-
Shaunak Sen)
 Which state has received the SKOCH Award in the field of educa-
tion on May 29, 2022 - West Bengal
 On May 30, 2022, the government has decided to sell what
percentage of stake in BPCL - 53%
 Which state has decided to appoint the Chief Minister as the Vice
Chancellor of the University on May 30, 2022 - West Bengal
 Which country topped the ISSF Junior World Cup 2022 on May
30 - India (13-Gold, 15-Silver, 5-Bronze, Total-33 medals)
 Where was the Indian Naval Ship INS Gomati decommissioned
after 34 years on May 31, 2022 - Naval Dockyard, Mumbai
 According to the report released on May 31, 2022, who has
become the largest trading partner of India in 2021-22 - America
 Where was the first Industrial Biotech Park of North India inau-
gurated on May 31, 2022 - Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir
 Who has been honored with the 'Dr. V Shantaram Lifetime
.
Achievement Award' on May 31, 2022 - Sanjit Narvekar
 Which day was celebrated on 1st June - Global Mother and
Father's Day
 Who topped the FIH World Rankings on June 1, 2022 - Australia
 Which honor was posthumously awarded to Indian Air Force
Group Captain Varun Singh on June 1, 2022 - Shaurya Chakra
 On June 1, 2022, who has released the Biodiversity Policy for
environmental protection - NTPC
 Which state has become the largest producer of sugar in India as
on June 1, 2022 - Maharashtra
 Which country's supercomputer 'Frontier' has become the world's
fastest supercomputer - America
 Which state celebrated its foundation day on June 2 - Telangana
 Who has received the Times Business Award 2022 - Rashmi Sahu
 Which medal has been won by the Indian men's hockey team in
the Asia Cup Hockey 2022 on June 2, 2022 - Bronze
 Which state government has announced to confer the Rajiv Gandhi
Rural Olympic Award to the sportspersons of the state - Rajasthan
 Which country's former captain Darren Sammy has been given
the 'Sitara-e-Pakistan' award on June 2, 2022 - West Indies
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 Which state government has started e-stamp facility instead of
physical stamp paper to prevent evasion of revenue - Punjab
 Which day was celebrated on 3rd June - World Bicycle Day
 On June 3, 2022, the government of which state has announced to
name colonies and roads after Babasaheb Ambedkar - Delhi
 Who has taken over as a full time member of SEBI - Ashwini Bhatia
 On June 3, 2022, who has become the Goodwill Ambassador of
UNICEF for the 20th consecutive year - Sachin Tendulkar
 On June 3, 2022, which state has decided to conduct a caste based
census named as 'Caste Based Enumeration' - Bihar
 Who has been appointed as the new Chief Operating Officer of
META on June 3, 2022 - Javier Olivan
 Where is India's first Liquid Mirror Telescope launched on June
3, 2022 - Uttarakhand
 Who has won the best project award at the United Nations World
Summit on June 4, 2022 - Meghalaya
 On June 4, 2022, India and which country have adopted a vision
statement to promote defence cooperation - Israel
 Who tops the Times Higher Education Asia Universities Ranking
2022 released on June 4, 2022 - Tsinghua University
 In which state 4th 'Khelo India Youth Games' started - Haryana
 In which country the world's largest plant has been discovered by
researchers on June 4, 2022 - Australia
 According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index who has become the
richest person in Asia, surpassing Gautam Adani - Mukesh Ambani
 Which state government has launched a special care campaign
'Aanchal' for pregnant women - Rajasthan
 On June 4, 2022, the third passenger train 'Mitali Express' has
been flagged off between India and which country - Bangladesh
 Which day was celebrated on June 5 - World Environment Day
 Which social networking site has launched 'Amber Alert' feature
to help locate missing children on June 5, 2022 - Instagram
 India and which country have hosted the Industry Transition
Dialogue in Stockholm on June 5, 2022 - Sweden
 Which country has voted to join the EU's defence policy on June
5, 2022 - Denmark
 Which company will build the country's largest Jewar airport - Tata
 Which all-rounder has been appointed as the captain of the Test
team for the third time by Bangladesh - Shakib Al Hasan
 Who won 'Golden Conch Award' for Best Documentary at MIFF,
2022 - Dutch documentary film 'Turn Your Body to the Sun'
 Which day was celebrated on June 6 - Russian Language Day
 Who have won the Best Actor and Actress awards at IIFA Awards
2022 - Vicky Kaushal and Kriti Sanon respectively
 Who has become the first gold medalist of Khelo India Youth
Games 2021 on June 6, 2022 - Kajol Sargar
 In which tiger reserve a male tiger 'Kumbha' died on June 6, 2022
- Ranthambore Tiger Reserve
 Who won the men's and women's singles title in French Open
Tennis 2022 - Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud respectively
 Which country has won the FIH Hockey 5s Championship for
the first time on June 6, 2022 - India (runners-up - Poland)
 Where did the joint military exercise 'Sampriti' between India and
Bangladesh begin on June 6 - Jashor Military Station (Bangladesh)
 Which state has topped the 'State Food Security Index 2022'
- Tamil Nadu (2nd-Gujarat, 3rd-Maharashtra)
 Who has topped the Environmental Performance Index 2022
released on June 7, 2022 - Denmark (India's rank-180th)
 Where was the Agni-4 missile test-fired on June 7, 2022 - Odisha
 Which state has declared 'Blue Duke' as the state butterfly on
June 7, 2022 - Sikkim
 Where has the multinational peace exercise 'Ex Khan Quest 2022'
started on June 7, 2022 - Mongolia
 Which Indian institute has remained the best institute in the country
in the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2022
released on June 7, 2022 - Indian Institute of Science (IISc),
Bangalore (ranked 42nd in the world)
 Who became the brand ambassador of Garuda Aerospace on 7th
.
June - M.S. Dhoni
 Who launched the 'My Paid My Right' program in Leh on June 7,
2022 - NABARD Chairman Govind Rajulu Chintala
 Which day was celebrated on 8th June - World Ocean Day
 Which country has sent a rocket named 'Shenzhou 14' to space on
June 8, 2022 - China
 Where was the 'Sital Shashthi' festival celebrated - Odisha
 Who topped the ICC Women's ODI Batting Rankings released on
June 8, 2022 - Alyssa Healy (Australia)
 In which state 'Baikho Utsav' was celebrated - Assam
 Where has Maruti Suzuki installed Asia's largest 20 MW solar
plant on June 8, 2022 - Manesar (Haryana)
 Who has become the first telecom company to provide 4G services
in Ladakh's Pangong Lake, on June 8, 2022 - Reliance Jio
 Who has become the first railway officer to complete IRONMAN
Triathlon on June 8 - Shreyas Hosur
 Which day was celebrated on 9th June - World Accreditation Day
 Which country has released a new geological map of the moon
'Geological Map' on June 9, 2022 - China
 Who has launched India's first Rupee based crypto index CRE8
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on June 9, 2022 - Coinswitch Kuber
 Who launched SMBSathi Utsav initiative on June 9 - WhatsApp
 Who has been appointed as the Director of IMF's Asia Pacific on
June 9, 2022 - Krishna Srinivasan
 Who has topped the recipients of FDI in 2021 - US
 Who became the first state to approve the 'Drone Policy' on June
10, 2022 - Himachal Pradesh
 Where has the world's first 'right to repair' law for digital electronics
been passed on June 10, 2022 - New York
 Which medal has been won by shooter Avani Lekhara in Para
World Cup on June 10, 2022 - Gold
 Who has been appointed as the ambassador of 'Season of Culture' to
mark the 75th anniversary of India's independence - A. R. Rahman
 Who topped the “QS World University Rankings 2023” released
on June 10, 2022 – MIT (USA) (IISc Bangalore ranked 155)
 Who has been honored for the tobacco control effort on June 10,
2022 - PGI Chandigarh
 Who hosted the Shangri-La Dialogue (Asia Security Conference)
on June 11, 2022 - Singapore
 'Priyanka Mohite' of which state has become the first Indian
woman to climb five peaks above 8000 meters - Maharashtra
 Who has been appointed as MNREGA Lokpal - N.J. Ojha
 Which company has become the largest FMCG company in India,
leaving behind Hindustan Unilever on June 11 - Adani Wilmar
 Which bank has launched 'e-broking' on June 11 - Indian Bank
 By what name did India launch its first Covid-19 vaccine for
animals on June 11, 2022 - Anocovax
 On June 11, 2022 Manish Narwal and Singhraj Adhana won which
medal in 50m pistol event - Silver
 Who has been appointed as the UN chief's envoy on technology
on June 11, 2022 - Amandeep Singh Gill
 Which day was celebrated on 12th June - World Day Against
Child Labor
 Which state has got 12 new conservation reserves and 3 wildlife
sanctuaries on June 12, 2022 - Maharashtra
 Who has been appointed as the UN Secretary General on June
12, 2022 - Rabab Fatima
 Who has won the Men's Hockey Asia Cup 2022 – South Korea
 Which Indian Grandmaster has won the 'Sunway Formentera
Open Chess Tournament' on June 12, 2022 - D. Gukesh
 On June 12, 2022, the name of the former iconic crossing of
Ayodhya has been announced after whom - Lata Mangeshkar
 Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and which country has been
elected as a non-permanent member of the UNSC - Switzerland
 Which country has become the first country in the world to direct
every cigarette to have a warning printed - Canada
 Which state's governor has conferred an honorary doctorate on
Ratan Tata on June 13, 2022 - Maharashtra
 On June 13, 2022, Nirmala Sitharaman has inaugurated the
National Customs and GST Museum in – Goa
 Who became the 74th Grandmaster of India - Rahul Srivastava
 Which day was celebrated on 14th June - World Blood Donor Day
 Which state won the Khelo India Youth Games 2021 title -
Haryana (2nd place - Maharashtra, 3rd place - Karnataka)
 On June 14, 2022, who has become India's second largest oil
supplier country after Iraq, leaving behind Saudi Arabia - Russia
 Who has been adjudged the ICC Player of the Month for May -
Angelo Mathews (Male) and Tuba Hassan (Female)
 Who topped the ICC ODI Rankings - New Zealand
 Which state government has launched 'Suraksha Mitra Project' on
June 15, 2022 - Kerala
 Who has become India's first Blockchain-enabled UPI service
provider on June 15, 2022 - XPay.Life
 Which country topped the 'World Competitiveness Index 2022'
released on June 15, 2022 - Denmark (India's rank-37th)
 Where did Asia's longest toothed elephant 'Bhogeshwar' died on
June 15, 2022 - Karnataka
 Neeraj Chopra has set a new national record by throwing the
.
javelin of how many meters - 89.30
 Who became the Lokayukta of Karnataka - B.S. Patil
 Which day was observed on June 16, 2022 - International Day
of Family Remittances
 On June 16, 2022, the Chief Minister of which state has launched
a pilot project 'Sujal' for water conservation - Haryana
 India, Israel, UAE and which country have formed the new I2U2
group on June 16, 2022 - America
 Who has been appointed as the President of Press Council of
India (PCI) - Ranjana Prakash Desai
 Which airport has become the first airport to start hybrid power
project on June 16, 2022 - Mumbai Airport
 Which state has tied up with NLC India to set up 1GW solar
power project on June 16, 2022 - Assam
 Which day was celebrated on 17th June - World Day of
Desertification and Drought Prevention
 Where was the 'UNMESH' International Literature Festival
organized on June 17, 2022 - Himachal Pradesh
 Who has topped Coursera Global Skills Report 2022 - Switzerland
 Who has been nominated to the top post of Pentagon by Joe
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Biden on June 17, 2022 - Radha Iyengar
 The Chief Minister of which state has launched the 'Ennam
Ezhutham Scheme' on June 17, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Who was crowned Mrs India World 2022-23 - Sargam Kaushal
 Which day was celebrated on 18th June - Sustainable
Gastronomy Day
 Who became the first state in the country to start 'Balika Panchayat'
- Gujarat
 Where scientists have discovered a new species of bats living in
bamboo 'Glycropus meghlanus' on June 18, 2022 - Meghalaya
 Which airport has been ranked as the best in India and South Asia
according to the report released on June 18 - Bangalore Airport
 According to the information of June 18, 2022, which country
will participate in the NATO summit for the first time - Japan
 Which IIT institute has developed a robot to clean septic tanks,
on June 18, 2022 - IIT Madras
 Which day was celebrated on 19th June - World Refugee Day
 Which small finance bank has launched a special savings account
'Enjoi' for children - Equitas Small Finance Bank
 Which social network and UN women have signed an agreement
to promote women's employment on June 19, 2022 - LinkedIn
 On June 19, 2022, who has launched a special three-year skill-
based bachelor's degree program for 'Agniveer' - IGNOU
 Who has won Syed Modi Badminton 2022 - P.V. Sindhu
 Which telecom company has launched India's first multiplex in
Metaverse on June 19, 2022 - Bharti Airtel Limited
 Which country has launched its third aircraft carrier 'Fujian' - China
 In which country the world's largest living plant 'Coposidonia
australis' has been discovered - Australia
 Under which scheme India's first private train service was flagged
off on June 19, 2022 - Bharat Gaurav Yojana
 Which country has been retained in the gray list of 'FATF' as of
June 20, 2022 - Pakistan
 'Mukhyamantri Matrushakti Yojana' has been launched in which
- Gujarat
 Which country has made the world record for scoring the most
498 runs in international ODI cricket on June 20, 2022 - England
 Where was 12th Ministerial Conference of WTO held - Geneva
 Which country has topped the 'Global Peace Index 2022' released
on June 20, 2022 - Iceland (India's rank-135)
 Which international airport has been voted the best airport in the
world on June 20, 2022 - Hamad International Airport (Qatar)
 Which day was celebrated on 21st June - World Music Day
 Which country has provided $ 50 million aid to Sri Lanka - Australia
 Who has been appointed President of Colombia - Gustavo Petro
 Which project has been started by Union Minister Hardeep Singh
Puri for skill training of construction workers in New Delhi - Nipun
 Who has won the Women's Fiction Award for the novel 'The
Book of Form and Emptiness' - Ruth Ojeki (Canada)
 Who has become the first woman president of Federation of
International Cricketers Association (FICA) - Lisa Sthalekar
 Which country's women's wrestling team has won the Under-17
Asian Championship title - India (Gold medal-8)
 On June 22, 2022, who has been elected as the Permanent
Representative of India to the UN - Ruchira Kamboj
 Which country's 'Khuvsgul Lake' has been included in UNESCO's
World Network of Biosphere Reserves - Mongolia
 Who has been chosen by Hockey India as the captain for the FIH
Women's Hockey World Cup on June 22, 2022 - Savita Poonia
 Who became the 36th state to implement One Nation One Ration
Card on June 22, 2022 - Assam
 Where has the world's largest freshwater fish been caught -
Cambodia
 Which day was celebrated on 23 June - International Olympic Day
 Which country has topped the Asian Cycling Championship 2022
by winning 27 medals - Japan
 Which city topped the 'Global Liveability Index 2022' released
on June 23, 2022 - Vienna (Austria) (Delhi-112th)
.
 Which country's journalist 'Dmitry Muratov' has sold his Nobel
Peace Prize to help Ukraine's children on June 23, 2022 - Russia
 Which has become the first airport in India to run completely
renewable energy - Delhi Airport
 Where has the 26th Sindhu Darshan Yatra started - Leh
 Which country has successfully launched 'Nuri' rocket on June
23, 2022 - South Korea
 Which country hosted the 14th BRICS summit held - China
 Which day was celebrated on 24th June - Passport Seva Diwas
 On June 24, 2022, the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry
inaugurated the Mango Festival in – Belgium
 On June 24, 2022, Europe's largest startup conference 'VivaTech
2020' has recognized India as - Country of the Year
 Who became the first Indian mountaineer to climb Annapurna
Peak without the help of oxygen - Skaljang Rigzin (Ladakh)
 Which country topped the FIFA Rankings 2022 - Brazil (India's
rank-104th)
 Who will host the 'G-20 Summit 2023' - Jammu and Kashmir
 Where is 8th 'World Parliamentarians Conference 2022' held on
Tibet on June 24, 2022 - America
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 Which day was celebrated on 25 June - International Sailor Day
 Who launched India's communication satellite GSAT-24 from
'Ariane-5' rocket - French company Arianespace
 Which country's Senate has passed 'Gun Control Bill' - America
 Who has been awarded the first prize in the National MSME
Awards 2022 - Odisha
 Garuda Aerospace is going to set up its first aerospace plant in -
Malaysia
 Which state has approved 3700 MW Adani Green Energy Project
on June 26, 2022 - Andhra Pradesh
 Who has been honored with the 'Golden Achievement Award' at
the International Tennis Hall of Fame - Vijay Amritraj
 Which state government has announced to start MEDISEP scheme
from 1st July 2022 - Kerala
 In which state the species of 'rare carnivorous plants' has been
found for the first time - Uttarakhand
 Who won the title of 'Ranji Trophy 2022' - Madhya Pradesh
(runner-up-Mumbai)
 Where was the 'UN Ocean Conference 2022' organized - Portugal
 Who has been appointed as the new Director of Intelligence Bureau
on June 27, 2022 - Tapan Kumar Deka
 Which state has launched the vehicle monitoring system 'Suraksha
Mitra Project' on June 27, 2022 - Kerala
 Which state's public transport service named 'Mo Bus' has been
awarded the United Nations Public Service Award - Odisha
 Where was the 48th G-7 summit held on June 28, 2022 - Germany
 Which state has become the third state to enter uranium mining
after Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh on June 28, 2022 - Rajasthan
 Togo and which country became a member of the Commonwealth
Association on June 28, 2022 - Gabon
 Ambubachi Mela has started on 28th June, in which state - Assam
 On June 28, 2022, Tata Power has launched India's largest floating
solar project in which state - Kerala
 Who was crowned 'Miss India Worldwide 2022'- Khushi Patel
 Who has become the new chairman of CBDT - Nitin Gupta
 Where was 'Sao Joao' festival celebrated on June 29, 2022 - Goa
 Which medal did Deepak Punia win at the U-23 Asian Wrestling
Championship on June 29, 2022 - Bronze
 Who has been selected for the 'Kampegowda International Award'
- S.M. Krishna, Narayana Murthy and Prakash Padukone
 Who took oath as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on June
30, 2022 - Satish Chandra Sharma
 Who has become the chairman of Reliance Jio - Akash Ambani
 On June 30, 2022, the Union Agriculture Minister inaugurated
 the Honey Testing Lab in which - Nagaland
 30 June was celebrated as which day - International Asteroid Day
 Where did India successfully test the 'High Speed Expandable
Aerial Target' ABHYAS on June 30, 2022 - Odisha
 Where has ISRO launched 'PSLV-C53' rocket on June 30, 2022 -
Andhra Pradesh
 On June 30, 2022, who has successfully launched the 'Capstone'
spacecraft from New Zealand on the Moon - NASA
 Who was honored with the 'Indian Sports Fan Award 2022' on
June 30, 2022 - Karthikeya Sharma
 Which country has approved the production and sale of its first
Covid vaccine 'SkyCovin' on June 30, 2022 - South Korea
 On June 30, 2022, who has been elected as the first female speaker
of the lower house of the French Parliament - Yael Browne Pivet
 Who has become the first player to win 80 matches in all the four
Grand Slams on June 30, 2022 - Novak Djokovic
 Which day was celebrated on 1st July - National Medical Day
 Where has NTPC launched India's largest floating solar power
project on July 1, 2022 - Telangana
 Which medal has been won by Neeraj Chopra in Diamond League
Meet on July 1, 2022 - Silver
 According to the information, what will be the share of electric two
wheeler in the Indian market in the financial year 2026-27 - 100%
 Iran and which country has applied to join the 'BRICS' grouping
.
on July 1, 2022 - Argentina
 Which state government has started 'Nari Ko Naman Yojana' on
July 2, 2022 - Himachal Pradesh
 Who has received the prestigious Shiromani Award on 2nd July -
Michelle Poonawalla
 Who has been awarded the CII Quality Ratna Award 2021 on
July 2, 2022 - Ashok Soota
 On July 2, 2022, Prime Minister Modi has inaugurated the Smart
Campus of Bosch India in which city - Bangalore
 Who has topped the 'Best Students Cities Index 2023' released
by QS on July 2, 2022 - London (In India - Mumbai)
 3 July was celebrated as - International Plastic Bag Free Day
 Where was the 'NATO Summit 2022' organized - Madrid (Spain)
 Which ministry has amended the Foreign Contribution Regulation
Act on July 3, 2022 - Ministry of Home Affairs
 Who has topped the Asia Pacific Sustainability Index 2021 –
Singapore (1st among Indian cities – Bengaluru)
 Which cricketer has set the world record for most runs in an over
in a test match on July 3, 2022 - Jasprit Bumrah
 Who has topped the 'Ease of Doing Business Index 2022' released
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by DPIIT on July 3, 2022 - Andhra Pradesh
 According to the information of July 3, 2022, which state will
host the 36th National Games 2022 - Gujarat
 125th birth anniversary of which freedom fighter was celebrated
on July 4, 2022 - Alluri Sitarama Raju
 Who has won the men's and women's singles title in 'Malaysia
Open 2022' - Viktor Axelson and Rachanok Inthanon
 Who has won the Femina Miss India 2022 title - Sini Shetty
 Where's Parliament has honored Tanuja Nesari with 'Ayurveda
Ratna Award' on July 4, 2022 - Britain
 Who has been appointed as the Speaker of the Legislative
Assembly of Maharashtra on July 4, 2022 - Rahul Narvekar
 'Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train' has been flagged off between India
and which country on July 5, 2022 - Nepal
 Who has topped the state ranking for implementation of National
Food Security Act as on July 5, 2022 – Odisha
 Who has topped in the 3rd 'Start Up Ranking 2021' - Gujarat
and Karnataka (in the northeastern states-Meghalaya)
 Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Advisory Committee
to Assist the Committee of Administrators - Ranjit Bajaj
 A part of the forest has been named after the woman of which
state on July 5, 2022 - Odisha
 The 'Lisbon Declaration', which was in the news on July 5, 2022,
is related to the protection of - Ocean
 6th July is celebrated as which day - World Zoonos Day
 On July 6, 2022, Mathematician of which country Maryina
Vyjowska has won the prestigious 'Fields Medal 2022' - Ukraine
 Who has launched 'Pariksha Sangam Portal' - CBSE
 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has participated in the
G-20 Foreign Ministers' meeting in which country - Indonesia
 Who has become the new director of National Center for Cytology
on July 6, 2022 - Dr. Mohan Wani
 Which medal has been won by Indian boxer Alfia Pathan in the
'Elorda Boxing Cup 2022' on July 6, 2022 - Gold
 The scientists of which country have developed a test called
'CoverScan' to quickly identify corona virus variants - America
 7th July is celebrated as which day - World Kistivli Day
 On July 7, 2022, where Prime Minister Modi has inaugurated the
All India Education Conference - Varanasi
 Where has the first 'Animal Health Summit' inaugurated - Delhi
 According to the report released on July 7, 2022, India's
unemployment rate has increased to how much - 7.80 percent
 Which Indian has been included in Forbes' list of America's richest
self-made women on July 7, 2022 - Jayshree Ullal
 Who has got the additional charge of the Ministry of Minority
Affairs on July 7, 2022 - Smriti Irani
 Where has Western Railway opened its longest skywalk - Mumbai
 Which IIT has developed a new fast charging sodium ion battery
- IIT Kharagpur
 Where did Prime Minister Modi inaugurate the mid-day meal
kitchen of Akshaya Patra on July 8, 2022 - Varanasi
 On July 8, the Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep
Singh Puri has started the 'Svanidhi Mahotsav' in - New Delhi
 On July 8, 2022, Where the hill of Mangarh has been declared a
monument of national importance - Rajasthan
 Who is at the top of the ICC Test Rankings - Joe Root
 Who has written the book 'Getting the Bread : The Gen Z Way to
Success', which was published on July 8, 2022 - Prathana Batra
 Who has represented India in the 8th meeting of BRICS
communication ministers on July 8, 2022 - Ashwini Vaishnav
 Who has been appointed as the Sherpa of G-20 - Amitabh Kant
 Where has Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled the Statue of Peace,
the statue of Swami Ramanujacharya on July 8, 2022 - Srinagar
 Who topped the State Ranking Index for the National Security
Act released on July 9, 2022 - Odisha
 On July 9, 2022 Where researchers have developed a prototype
of an analog chipset named Aryabhata-1 - IISc Bangalore
 Where has the 'Kharchi Utsav' started on July 9, 2022 - Tripura
.
 Which state has become the first state in the country to build 13
expressways on July 9, 2022 - Uttar Pradesh
 'Global Findex Database 2021' has been released by - World Bank
 Who has become the first captain to win 13 consecutive T-20
matches on July 9, 2022 - Rohit Sharma
 Who became the first woman and second Indian to appear on
IMF's 'Wall of Former Economists' on July 9 - Gita Gopinath
 Who became Mrs Universe Divine 2022 - Pallavi Singh
 Which state has become the first state to link One District One
Product with ONDC on July 10, 2022 – Uttar Pradesh
 Who has won the Wimbledon men's and women's singles title
- Novak Djokovic and Elina Ribakina respectively
 Which day was celebrated on 11th July - World Population Day
 Who became the first bowler to bowl 500 dot balls in T-20 history
on July 11, 2022 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar
 12th July is celebrated as which day - World Malala Day
 Who has become the 68th country to be included in Interpol's
child sexual abuse database on July 12, 2022 - India
 Which medal has been won by 94-year-old Bhagwani Devi Dagar
in Finland on July 12, 2022 - Gold (3 medals in total)
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 How many medals has India won in Asian Under-20 Wrestling
Championship on July 12, 2022 - 22 (4-Gold, 9-Silver, 9-Bronze)
 Which medal did Arjun Babuta of India win in the 'ISSF World
Cup' on July 12, 2022 - Gold Medal (in 10m Air Rifle event)
 Who has won the Gijon Chess Masters on 12th July - D. Gukesh
 Which IIT has developed AI tool for personalized cancer diagnosis,
on July 12, 2022 - IIT Madras
 Which day was celebrated on 12th July - World Paper Bag Day
 On July 13, 2022, who has become the first state in the country
to implement the Center's 'New Education Policy' at the
pre-primary level - Uttarakhand
 Who has been honored with Japan's 'Order of the Rising Sun'
award on July 13, 2022 - Narayanan Kumar
 According to the information of July 13, 2022, which airport will
become the country's first carbon neutral airport - Leh
 Who has become the fastest Indian bowler to take 150 ODI
wickets on July 13, 2022 - Mohammed Shami
 On July 13, 2022 Who has won the IC Player of the Month
Award for June 2022 – Jonny Bairstow and Marizanne Kapp
 Which state government has decided to rejoin the Prime Minister's
Fasal Bima Yojana on July 13, 2022 - Andhra Pradesh
 According to WHO on July 13, 2022, in which country two
suspected cases of Marburg virus have been reported - Ghana
 Adani Group has received LOI (Letter of Intent) for 5G services
in which state on July 13, 2022 - Gujarat
 14th July is celebrated as which day - Bastille Day
 On July 14, 2022 which medal did Abhishek Verma and Jyothi
Surekha Vannam win in the World Games 2022 - Bronze
 Who topped the WEF's Gender Gap Report 2022, released on
July 14, 2022 - Iceland (India's rank-135)
 Which state govt. has launched 'Earn With Learn' scheme - Tripura
 Which day was celebrated on 15th July - World Youth Skills Day
 Who has introduced India's first indigenously made Lithium Ion
cell on July 15, 2022 - Ola Electric
 Who has topped the 'India Ranking 2022' released on July 15,
2022 - IIT Madras (2nd - IISc Bangalore, 3rd - IIT Bombay)
 Who has developed the world's fastest 'Graphics DRAM', on
July 15, 2022 - Samsung
 Which city will be the first cultural and tourism capital of SCO as
of July 16, 2022 - Varanasi
 Where has the World Athletics Championships 2022 started on
July 16, 2022 - Eugene (North America)
 What is the GST rate applicable for the sale of Indian National
Flag by the Ministry of Finance as on July 16 - Zero percent
 In which state India's first monkeypox case has been confirmed
on July 16, 2022 - Kerala
 On July 16, 2022, which country did a sensitive experiment named
Lux Zeplin to detect dark matter in the universe - America
 Which state's Chief Minister has launched the e-FIR service on
July 16, 2022 - Uttarakhand
 Diya Mirza and Afroz Shah have received Mother Teresa Memorial
Award by which state government - Maharashtra
 Who has become the winner in the 41st Vila de Benasque
International Chess Open - Arvind Chitambaram
 Which day was celebrated on 17 July - International Justice Day
 Which state has been included in Time magazine's 'World's 50
Greatest Places of 2020' on July 17, 2022 - Kerala
 Who won the men's and women's singles title at Singapore Open
2022 - Anthony Sinisuka and P.V. Sindhu respectively
 Who has launched the Unmentioning feature on July 17 - Twitter
 Where is the National Watershed Conference 2022 organized on
July 17, 2022 - New Delhi
 Who became the first Indian to enter the final of men's long jump
at the World Athletics Championships - Murali Sri Shankar
 18th July was celebrated as which day - Nelson Mandela
International Day
 Who has won the Paracin Open 'A' Chess Tournament 2022 in
Serbia on July 18, 2022 - R. Pragyanand
.
 INS Sindhudhwaj has been decommissioned in Visakhapatnam
on July 18, after how many years of service to the nation - 35
 Which medal did Aishwarya Tomar won at the ISSF Shooting
World Cup in Changwon on July 18, 2022 - Gold
 Which state celebrated its foundation day on 18 July - Tamil Nadu
 Who won FIH Women's Hockey World Cup 2022 - Netherlands
 Which state has started the first digital Lok Adalat in India on
July 19, 2022 - Rajasthan
 Where is the 'Happiness Utsav' celebrated on July 19 - Delhi
 Which medal did Mairaj Ahmed Khan won in the men's skeet
event at the ISSF World Cup on July 19, 2022 - Gold
 Who has become the fastest Asian batsman to score 1000 runs in
international cricket on July 19, 2022 - Babar Azam
 With whom NTPC has tied up for renewable energy - Indian Oil
 Who topped the Expect Insider Ranking 2022 released on July
19, 2022 - Mexico (India's rank-36th)
 Which former captain of the Indian cricket team has been honored
by the British Parliament on July 19, 2022 - Sourav Ganguly
 20th July is celebrated as which day - World Chess Day
 Which IIT institute has developed a bio-inspired artificial muscle
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for a space robot, on July 20, 2022 - IIT Kanpur
 Where has the 'Mukhyamantri Udyaman Khiladi Unnayan Yojana'
started on July 20, 2022 - Uttarakhand
 Who has been appointed as the new Ethics Officer of BCCI on
20th July - Vineet Saran
 Which has been adjudged the world's best SME bank by Euromoney
on July 20, 2022 - DBS Bank
 Who has become the new member of UPSC on July 20 - Raj Shukla
 Which medal has Harshada Garud won in Asian Youth and Junior
Weightlifting Championship on July 20, 2022 - Gold
 Which country's player Tamim Iqbal has announced his retirement
from T20I cricket on July 20, 2022 - Bangladesh
 Who has launched 'Payment in Chat' feature - Instagram
 Chief Minister of which state has launched 'Swanirbhar Nari Yojana'
for the welfare of indigenous weavers - Assam
 With which country India has signed an agreement to bring back
cheetahs on July 21, 2022 - Namibia
 Which telecom company has successfully tested India's first 5G
private network on July 21, 2022 - Airtel
 Which state has topped in utilization of Smart City Fund as on
21st July, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Where has the 13th Petersburg Climate Dialogue started - Germany
 Who has topped the 'Henley Passport Index 2022' released on July
21, 2022 - Japan (India's rank-87)
 By what name has the central government prepared a new national
action plan for cleaning sewer and septic tanks - Namaste
 Which day was celebrated on 22nd July - World Brain Day
 Who has been honored with the 'Daniel Award 2022' on July 22,
2022 - K.P. Kumaran
 Where has Prime Minister Modi unveiled India's first manned
passenger drone 'Varuna' on July 22, 2022 - New Delhi
 Which has become India's first 100% 'Landlord Model' port on
July 22, 2022 - Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Mumbai)
 Who topped the medal tally in ISSF Shooting World Cup 2022 on
July 22, 2022 – India (47-Medal, 17-Gold, 21-Silver, 9-Bronze)
 On July 22, 2022, who has been appointed by the Central
Government as the chairman of the committee constituted to
strengthen the MSP system - Sanjay Agarwal
 Who has topped in NITI Aayog's 'India Innovation Index 2021'
released on July 22, 2022 - Karnataka
 Who has won the most favorable state award for films at the 68th
National Film Awards on July 23, 2022 - Madhya Pradesh
 Who has won the 'Global Energy Prize 2022' - Kaushik Rajasekhar
 Where has ISRO inaugurated 'Human Spaceflight Expo' on July 23,
 2022 - Bengaluru
 Who became the 15th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on 23 July -
Dinesh Gunawardene
 Which film actor has been honored by UAE with his Golden Visa
on July 23, 2022 - Kamal Hassan
 Which state's 'Burhanpur' has become the country's first 'Har Ghar
Jal' certified district on July 23, 2022 - Madhya Pradesh
 24th July was observed as which day - Income Tax Day
 The citizens of which country have won the 'Dissident Human
Rights Award 2022' on July 24, 2022 - Ukraine
 In which country the Asia Under-20 Wrestling Championship has
been organized on July 24, 2022 - Oman
 The Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) was held between India
and which country on July 24, 2022 - Japan
 Which IIT has launched the NIRMAN accelerator program on
July 24, 2022 - IIT Kanpur
 Which state has launched 'Tourism Policy 2021' - Jharkhand
 Which country has recorded the first case of polio after a decade -
America
 What is the rank of India in the 18th World Athletics Championships
- 33rd (1st place - America)
 Who has become the highest paid FMCG CEO - Saugat Gupta
 Which country Wasifa Nazreen has become the first woman to
conquer K-2 on July 25, 2022 - Bangladesh
.
 According to the WHO report, how many billion dollars India has
received in the form of foreign money orders in 2021 - $ 87 billion
 Where is India's first brain health clinic started - Bangalore
 Which medal has been won by Neeraj Chopra in javelin throw
event (88.13m) in World Athletics on July 25, 2022 - Silver
 Who has won the 2022 Swiss Open title - Casper Roode
 Which day was celebrated on 26th July - Kargil Vijay Diwas
 On July 26, 2022, the Chief Minister of which state has launched
'Smart E-Beat' system for police - Haryana
 Who has been appointed as the 'Chief Economist' of the World
Bank on July 26, 2022 - Indermeet Gill
 India has contributed 2.5 million US dollars to UHNRWA for
which country's refugees on July 26 - Filistine
 Who has launched the 'Create for India' campaign to encourage
the Indian team on 26 July - Sports Authority of India (SAI)
 Which state has established District Climate Change Mission on
July 26, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Where will the grand statue of Amar Shaheed Chandrashekhar be
installed - Bhopal
 On July 26, 2022, ADB has approved $96 million loan for safe
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drinking water in which state - Himachal Pradesh
 According to the information of July 26, 2022, which country's
Sakurajima volcano has erupted for three consecutive days - Japan
 Who won the '2022 Tour de Shanes' - Jonas Winggaard
 On 27th July who celebrated its 83rd Raising Day - CRPF
 Which IIT institute is planning to set up a campus in Tanzania
- IIT Madras
 Which animal is included in the logo of the 36th National Games
2022 to be held in Gujarat on July 27, 2022 - Lion
 How many new Ramsar sites have been designated by India on
July 27, 2022 - 5
 Who is the new title sponsor of BCCI - Mastercard
 Who became the youngest batsman to score a century in the
history of International Men's T20 Cricket - Gustav McKeon
 What is the position of IGI Airport in the list of world's top 20
busiest airports released on July 27, 2022 - 13th
 Which country has decided to leave the International Space Center
after 2024 on July 27, 2022 - Russia
 Where is the 44th Chess Olympiad starting from July 28, 2022 -
Mahabalipuram (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
 Which day was celebrated on 28 July 2022 - World Nature
Conservation Day and World Hepatitis Day
 Where did the 22nd National Games begin on 28 July -
Birmingham (UK)
 Who has been made the flag bearer of the Indian contingent in the
opening ceremony of the 22nd National Games - PV Sindhu
 With what theme was the World Tiger Day celebrated on July 29
- India Launches Project Tiger to Rib the Tiger Population
 Who is at the top in the ODI Team Rankings 2022 - New Zealand
(2nd place-England, 3rd place-India)
 Where will the first Mahila Bank open as on 30th July - Rajasthan
 In which field 'Dinesh Shahara Lifetime Award' has been started
on July 30, 2022 - In the field of music
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's first 'International
Bullion Exchange' in which state - Gujrat
 Who has signed a contract with Coca-Cola to promote Limca
Sports - Neeraj Chopra
 England's Leicester Cricket Ground is named after whom on July
31, 2022 - Sunil Gavaskar
 According to the information of July 31, 2022, who has become the
richest woman in India - Roshni Nadar (2nd - Falguni Nair)
 According to the data released on July 31, 2022, how many tigers
have been killed in India in the last three years - 329
 Who was presented the Sir Winston Churchill Award on July 31,
 2022 - Volodymyr Zelensky
 Who has declared a healthy environment as a human right on July
31, 2022 - United Nations General Assembly
 Where has Swami Vivekananda Yuva Shakti Yojana launched on
July 31, 2022 - Karnataka
 Who has become the richest woman in Asia on July 31, 2022 -
Savitri Jindal (2nd place - China's Yang Huayan)
 Which country has launched gold coins named 'Mosi-o-Tunya' to
tackle inflation on July 31, 2022 - Zimbabwe
 Who has become the first player to score two consecutive centu-
ries in T20 - Gustav McCon
 Where was the Minjar Mela held - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh
 On July 31, 2022, the Union Cabinet has approved the merger of
Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) with – BSNL
 In the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 , Gururajan Pujari
has won which medal in the 61 KG category - Bronze
 Fourth edition of the joint military exercise 'Al Najah'
between India and which country has started on August 1st- Oman
 Who has become the Director General of Indian Council of Agri-
cultural Research (ICAR) on August 1, 2022 - Himanshu Pathak
 Which state government has decided to create seven new districts
on August 1, 2022 - West Bengal
 Where did Chabahar Day convention begin on August 1st- Mumbai
 Who has been appointed as the new Police Commissioner of
.
Delhi on August 1, 2022 - Sanjay Arora
 3rd edition of the military exercise 'VINBAX' between India and
which country began in Chandimandir - Vietnam
 Who has won the title of Women's Euro Championship football
competition 2022 - England (runners-up - Germany)
 On August 1, 2022, the Vice President has presented the presti-
gious 'President Colours' to the police of which state - Tamil Nadu
 Which day was celebrated on 1st August - Muslim Women's
Rights Day
 Who has become the head of the task force set up by the Center
to monitor the situation of monkeypox in India - V.K. Paul
 Who has launched the 'Good for You Good for the Planet'
campaign on August 2, 2022 - WWF
 Who has been honored with the 'Dr. C. Narayana Reddy National
Literary Award 2022' on August 2, 2022 - Pratibha Ray
 Which IIT has established a Center of Excellence for Biomedical
Device and Diagnostic Innovation on August 2 - IIT Guwahati
 Which state has become the first state to launch online govern-
ment e-taxi service on August 2, 2022 - Kerala
 Which country's cricketer Deandra Dottin has announced retire-
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ment on August 2, 2022 - West Indies
 Whose 146th birth anniversary was celebrated on 2nd August
2022 - Pingali Venkaiah
 On August 3, 2022, who has become the first female Hindu Deputy
Superintendent of Police of Pakistan - Manisha Ropeta
 On August 3, 2022, who has been honored with the 'DREAMSS
2022 Award' for promoting education - Satyanarayan Mundayur
 Who won the 44th 'Chess Olympiad' - Tania Sachdev
 Who has been appointed as the Country Director of the World
Bank for India on August 3, 2022 - August Tano Kuamey
 In which state 'Adipuram Festival' is celebrated - Tamil Nadu
 In which country India will join the 'Pitch-Black' exercise
- Australia (It is a multi-national exercise)
 Which medal has been won by Indian men's table tennis team in
CWG 2022 on August 3, 2022 - Gold
 According to the information, where will the world's first vertical
city named 'The Line' be established - Saudi Arabia
 Which has become the first city in India to make traffic data
public by Google - Aurangabad
 On August 5, 2022, Who has been approved by the US Senate to
join NATO - Sweden and Finland
 Which IIT has partnered with DRDO to develop indigenous
defence equipment on August 5, 2022 - IIT Roorkee
 Which state's astronomical observatory has been included in
UNESCO's important endangered heritage observatories - Bihar
 Where will the world's largest floating solar power plant be built
- Madhya Pradesh
 Where has India's first 'Himalayan Spice Garden' established
- Ranikhet
 Which state government has launched 'Panchamrit Yojana' on
August 6, 2022 - Uttar Pradesh
 Which state has become the first to launch 'Punyakoti Dattu
Scheme' for cow adoption on 6th August, 2022 - Karnataka
 Which company has topped the Fortune Global 500 list for the
9th consecutive year in 2022 - Walmart
 Which day was celebrated on 7 August - National Handloom Day
 Which state government has decided to develop one Sanskrit
speaking village in each district - Uttarakhand
 India has won the SAFF U-20 Football Championship by defeat-
ing which country - Bangladesh
 On August 7, 2022, in which place 'Machhal Women Cricket
League' was organized for the first time - Kashmir
 Who has launched the 'India ki Udaan' initiative on the 75th anni-
versary of independence - Ministry of Culture and Google
 Which country's government has honored 'Kannan Sundaram' with
the Chevalier Award on August 8, 2022 - France
 Who has been honored with the highest civilian honor of Ladakh
on August 8, 2022 - Guru Dalai Lama
 Which country has launched its first moon mission 'Danuri' on
August 8, 2022 - South Korea
 Who bacame the first woman Director General of CSIR on Au-
gust 8, 2022 - Nallathambi Kalaiselvi
 Who has become the 75th Grandmaster of India - V. Pranav
 Who has won the title of 'Miss India USA 2022' on August 8,
2022 - Arya Balvekar (Indian-American from Virginia)
 Where will the 12th edition of Defence Expo be held with the
theme 'Path to Pride' - Gandhinagar, Gujarat
 On August 9, 2022, the scientists of which country have pre-
pared the world's first artificial embryo - Israel
 Who has topped the medal tally in Commonwealth Games 2022
- Australia (India's Rank - 4th)
 Who has been named AIFF Footballer of the Year 2021-22 on
August 10, 2022 - Sunil Chhetri and Manisha Kalyan
 Who has been named ICC Player of the Month for July 2022 -
Prabhat Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) and Emma Lamb (England)
 Which former Indian cricketer has been appointed as the head
coach of 'Nepal cricket team' - Manoj Prabhakar
 Who topped the ICC Women's T-20 Player Rankings - Beth
.
Mooney (Australia)
 Which medal has been won by the Indian men's and women's
team in the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 - Bronze
 Which state has introduced the Constitution (Amendment) Bill
2022 to insert a new 'Article-3A' - Andhra Pradesh
 Who has won the final match of 'UEFA Super Cup 2022' - Real
Madrid (runners-up - Eintracht Frankfurt)
 According to the report released on August 12, 2022, who is on
top in terms of holding cryptocurrency - Ukraine
 According to the information, which leader will be honored with
France's 'highest civilian honor' - Shashi Tharoor
 Which day was celebrated on August 13, 2022 - World Organ
Donation Day
 Which state got its fifth elephant reserve in Agasthyamalai on
August 13, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Who has launched a new virtual space museum 'Spark' - ISRO
 Who has launched the SMILE-75 initiative on August 13, 2022 -
Ministry of Social Justice
 Who has become the first South Asian woman to win the Lisbon
Achievement Award on August 13, 2022 - Marina Tabassum
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 On August 14, 2022, the central government has approved a
booster dose of the vaccine named Corbevax. Who made it -
Biological E Limited (Hyderabad, Telangana)
 Which state government has started 'Chief Minister Bal Ashirwad
Yojana' on August 14, 2022 - Madhya Pradesh
 In which state the Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill 2022
has been passed on August 14, 2022 - Himachal Pradesh
 August 14th was celebrated as which day - Partition Horror
Remembrance Day
 Which bank has launched 'Utsav Fixed Deposit Scheme' - SBI
 Which country's research ship has been allowed by Sri Lanka to
dock at Hambantota port on August 15, 2022 - China
 Which country has handed over the Dornier maritime surveil-
lance aircraft to the Sri Lankan Navy on August 15, 2022 - India
 In which state the Village Defence Guard Scheme 2022 has been
implemented on August 15, 2022 - Jammu and Kashmir
 How many police personnel have been awarded Police Medals
on the occasion of Independence Day 2022 - 1082
 Who has been appointed as the CEO of NetGrid - Piyush Goyal
 Which Pakistani cricketer has been honored with the 'Sitara-e-
Imtiaz' award on August 16, 2022 - Babar Azam
 Who has started 'Operation Yatri Suraksha' on August 16 - RPF
 Where is the Durand Cup, Asia's oldest football tournament,
started on August 16, 2022 - Kolkata
 Who has become the first country to provide free sanitary prod-
ucts to all women - Scotland
 Which state's third airport has been named 'Donyi Polo Airport'
on August 16, 2022 - Arunachal Pradesh
 Which country's football federation has been suspended by FIFA
on August 16, 2022 - India
 Which country has become the first country to make a vaccine for
the Omicron variant - Britain
 Who has started 'Make India No 1' mission - Arvind Kejriwal
 Where was the 9th meeting of the India-Thailand Joint Commis-
sion held on August 17, 2022 - Bangkok (Thailand)
 Where is India's first 3D printed human cornea developed on
August 17, 2022 - Hyderabad
 Who has won the Best Actor title at the Indian Film Festival of
Melbourne (IFFM) Awards on August 17, 2022 - Ranveer Singh
 Which country's cricketer Kevin O'Brien has retired from inter-
national cricket on August 17, 2022 - Ireland
 Which state government has announced to give 2% reservation to
the players on August 17, 2022 - Karnataka
 Who has launched India's first friendship startup for senior
 citizens on August 17, 2022 - Ratan Tata
 Asia's largest compressed biogas plant has started operation in -
Sangrur (Punjab)
 Which state has launched the school cleanliness education
program initiative on August 17, 2022 - Uttarakhand
 Which state government has started 'Mukhyamantri Anupriti
Coaching Scheme' on August 18, 2022 - Rajasthan
 Where was the 4th India-Philippines Strategic Dialogue held on
August 18, 2022 - Manila
 Which state government has launched the 'Vidya Rath-School on
Wheels' project on August 18, 2022 - Assam
 Who has been appointed as the climate chief of United Nation -
Simon Steele (Former Minister of Granada)
 The house of which eminent member of the Indian freedom
struggle has received the 'Blue Plaque award' - Dadabhai Naoroji
 Who has been elected as the first representative of the Indian
community in Germany - Gurdeep Randhawa
 In which state 'Drug from the sky' has been successfully launched
by drone - Arunachal Pradesh
 Where did SBI open its first branch dedicated to startups on
August 18, 2022 - Bangalore
 On August 18, 2022, the Chief Minister of which state has
launched Amma and Vatsalya Yojana - Sikkim
 Where has the country's first electric double decker AC bus started
.
on August 19, 2022 - Mumbai
 Which state's tribal dominated 'Mandla' district has become the
first 'functionally literate' district of India - Madhya Pradesh
 Who has become the first Indian footballer to play UEFA Women's
Champions League on August 19, 2022 - Manisha Kalyan
 On August 19, 2022, HDFC Bank has opened a branch operated
by women employees only in - Kozhikode (Kerala)
 Paytm has tied up with whom to install 'POS Equipment' – Samsung
 Which has become the first state to get 'Har Ghar Jal' certification
on August 19, 2022 - Goa
 Which bank has signed MoU with Food Corporation of India on
August 19, 2022 - Axis Bank
 Which state government has announced to give sports status to
Dahi Handi - Maharashtra
 Which day was celebrated on August 20 - World Mosquito Day
 Which state has become the first to use blockchain technology for
seed distribution, on August 20, 2022 - Jharkhand
 Where will the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2023 be organized -
Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
 Which state's first tribal novelist 'Narayan' passed away on
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August 20, 2022 - Kerala
 According to the information, from which country India will buy
six TU-160 long-range bombers - Russia
 Which has become the second largest domestic airline of India on
August 20, 2022 - Vistara
 Which country has launched the anti-polio vaccination campaign
on August 20, 2022 - Pakistan
 Which female wrestler has won silver medal in World U-20
Championship 2022 on August 20, 2022 - Priya Malik
 Which organization has launched India's first portal named
'NIDAAN' on August 20, 2022 - NCB
 On August 20, the birth anniversary of which former Prime Min-
ister of India was celebrated as Sadbhavna Diwas - Rajiv Gandhi
 Which day was celebrated on 21 August, 2022 - World Senior
Citizen Day
 Which country has signed $750 billion climate change and health
care bill on August 21, 2022 - USA
 Who has introduced India's first Gold and Silver Fund on August
21, 2022 - Edelweiss Mutual Fund
 Which company has been awarded 'Asia's Best Employer Brand
Award' on 21st August, 2022 - NTPC
 On August 21, 2022, the Scottish Museum has signed an agree-
ment to return how many ancient artifacts to India - 7
 On August 21, 2022, Chandigarh International Airport has been
announced to be named after - Shaheed Bhagat Singh
 Which state's 'Mithila Makhana' has been given GI Tag - Bihar
 Where will the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference
2022 be held - Canada
 Who has been defeated by R. Pragyanand in the Crypto Cup on
August 22, 2022 - Magnus Carlsen
 In which state 'Mokshadham Yojana' has been started on 22nd
August, 2022 - Himachal Pradesh
 Who has been nominated by the Bill Gates Foundation to its
board of trustees on August 22, 2022 - Ashish Dhawan
 Which state government will develop India's first education town-
ship as on August 22, 2022 - Uttar Pradesh
 Where is India's first indigenously manufactured hydrogen fuel
cell bus launched on 22nd August 2022 - Pune
 On August 22, 2022, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has
unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in - Paragway
 With which country India has signed MoU for smooth move-
ment of seafarers on 23 August 2022 - Iran
 Which country's army has appointed Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga
as its internal Prime Minister on August 23, 2022 - Mali
 Which medal has been won by the Indian men's volleyball team in
the U-18 Championship on August 23, 2022 - Bronze
 Where will the meeting of SCO Defence Ministers be held -
Tashkent
 Which dance has been nominated by India to be included in the
list of UNESCO - Garba
 Where has Silk Park Expo inaugurated on August 23 - New Delhi
 Who has won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Illustrated Reporting on
August 23, 2022 – Fahmida Azim (Bangladesh)
 Who has topped the International Astronomy and Astrophysics
Olympiad on August 23, 2022 - Iran
 Which country's President will be given 'Liberty Medal 2022'
- Ukraine
 Who has topped the U-20 Junior World Wrestling Champion-
ship 2022 - Japan
 Where will India's first Night Safari be built - Lucknow
 On August 24, 2022, DRDO and Indian Navy successfully test-
fired the VL-SRSAM missile system in – Odisha
 On August 24, 2022, 'James Web Telescope' has captured new
pictures of which planet - Jupiter
 Where has PM Modi inaugurated 'Amrita Hospital' - Faridabad
 Adani Group has acquired what percent stake in NDTV - 29.2%
 On August 24, NPCL has started its first biogas compressed
.
from cow dung project in – Sanchore (Jalore district Rajasthan)
 In which state, Prime Minister Modi has inaugurated Homi Bhabha
Cancer Hospital and Research Center on August 24, 2022 - Punjab
 Where has hydrogen-powered passenger train started - Germany
 Which bank has partnered with Tata New to launch credit card on
August 25, 2022 - HDFC Bank
 Who has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of
Neurology on August 25, 2022 - N.V. Sundara
 Which country has the lowest fertility rate (0.81) - South Korea
 The longest freight train (3.5 km) was tested by Indian Railways
on August 25, 2022. What is its name - Super Vasuki
 Who has released the book titled 'New India : Selected Writings
2014-19' on August 25, 2022 - M. Venkaiah Naidu
 Who has won the "UNESCO Peace Prize" for its efforts to
welcome refugees, on August 25, 2022 - Angela Merkel
 Where Anangtal has been declared a National Monument - Delhi
 Who will be given 'Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2022' for
novel 'Pramaya' in Hindi language - Bhagwant Anmol
 Who has been appointed as the Executive Director of India in
IMF on August 26, 2022 - K. Subramanian
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 In which state the first case of a virus named 'tomato flu' has been
found - Kerala
 Where is India's 'first 3D Printed Post Office' being built
- Bangalore
 On August 27, 2022, who has become the youngest pilot to fly
alone in the whole world - Mac Rutherford
 By which time India has announced to achieve the target of
net-zero carbon emissions - 2070
 Where has the 15th Asia Cup cricket tournament started - UAE
 Who has become the first Indian to win the Lausanne Diamond
League 2022 on August 27, 2022 - Neeraj Chopra
 Which country has been hit by Tropical Cyclone Ma-on on
August 27, 2022 - Philippines
 Who was sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of the country on
August 27, 2022 - Uday Umesh Lalit (UU Lalit)
 Where was the 'Marbat Utsav' celebrated on August 28 - Nagpur
 Who has become the only Indian player to play 100 matches for
the country - Virat Kohli
 Russia's nuclear power company Rosatom will start construc-
tion of two nuclear reactors in which country - Hungary
 Which day was celebrated on August 29 - National Sports Day
 Who has won the European Football Federation's Best Footballer
of the Year 2022 award on August 29, 2022 - Karim Benzema
and Alexia Putelas
 Which state has become the first state in India to launch the Shoe
and Leather Products Policy 2022 on August 29 – Tamil Nadu
 Where did the 13th edition of the joint exercise 'Vajra Prahar'
between India and the US concluded - Himachal Pradesh
 Who has taken over as the interim President of the Indian Olym-
pic Association on August 29, 2022 - Adil Sumariwala
 Which medal has been won by Indian judo player Linthoi
Channambam in 'Cadet World Championship' on August 30 - Gold
 Which state got second railway station after 100 years - Nagaland
 Who has become the highest run-scorer in T-20 - Rohit Sharma
 On August 30, 2022, NITI Aayog has announced to set up 500
Atal Tinkering Labs in – Jammu and Kashmir
 On August 30, 2022, Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi
dedicate the country's first earthquake memorial - Bhuj, Gujarat
 Who has been appointed as the new Director of National Insti-
tute of Immunology on August 31, 2022 - Debashish Mohanty
 In which city India's first 'Regional National Center for Disease
Control' has been announced on August 31 - Bhopal (MP)
 Who has become the most successful fast bowler of international
cricket on August 31, 2022 - James Anderson (England)
 Who became Miss Diva Universe 2022 - Divita Rai (Karnataka)
 In which state 'Shumang Leela Festival' was celebrated - Manipur
 Who has released the book 'Science Behind Surya Namaskar' on
August 31, 2022 - Shri Munjpara
 On August 31, the CM of which state has expanded the 'Vidyanidhi
Yojana' for the children of agricultural laborers - Karnataka
 Which country's largest warship 'HMS Prince of Wales' has been
damaged on August 31, 2022 - UK
 Who became the third richest person in the world - Gautam Adani
 Recently, where was the 'Nuakhai festival' celebrated - Odisha
 Who has been appointed as the DG of News Services Division by
All India Radio on September 1, 2022 - Vasudha Gupta
 Which country's cricketer 'Colin de Gandholm' has retired from
international cricket on September 1, 2022 - New Zealand
 Where is the first Homeopathy International Health Summit held
on September 1, 2022 - Dubai
 Where did Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav address
the G-20 Environment and Climate Ministerial meeting - Bali
 Which day was celebrated on 2nd September - World Coconut Day
 Who became the first Indian woman to reach the finals of the World
Junior Swimming Championships - Apeksha Fernandez
 Ranveer Singh has received the Best Actor Award for which of his
films in 67th filmfare awards 2022 - Film 83
.
 In which country the road is named after AR Rahman - Canada
 Which state government has launched a loan scheme 'Mahila Nidhi'
for women on September 3, 2022 - Rajasthan
 Recently, India has become the fifth largest economy in the world,
overtaking which country - Britain
 In which state schools will be bagless once a week - Madhya Pradesh
 Which state's education department has launched the e-governance
portal 'Samarth' on September 3, 2022 - Uttarakhand
 With which country India has signed MoU for the establishment of
Cultural Council on September 3, 2022 - UAE
 Where will the government set up the country's first night sky
sanctuary to promote astro tourism - Ladakh
 Which state government has decided to develop 'State Capital Region'
on the lines of NCR on September 4, 2022 - Uttar Pradesh
 Which Cambodian psychiatrist has been honored with the 64th
Ramon Magsaysay Award 2022 - Sothiara Chhim
 Which Bangladeshi cricketer has announced his retirement from
T-20 International cricket on 5th September - Mushfiqur Rahim
 Which medal has Anishka Biyani won in Malaysian Chess
competition on September 5, 2022 - Gold
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 Who has been appointed as the new CMD of the Shipping
Corporation of India on September 5, 2022 - B.K. Tyagi
 Which country has become the first to approve the 'sniffing corona
vaccine' on September 6, 2022 - China
 Which state's Bharataul village has become the first village with RO
water for every household on September 6, 2022 - Uttar Pradesh
 Recently, Indian Army Chief Manoj Pandey has been conferred
the honorary rank of Army General of which country - Nepal
 What has been announced by the Central Government on September
6, 2022 to change the name of Rajpath - Kartavya Path
 Which state government has announced to start employment
guarantee scheme on September 7, 2022 - Rajasthan
 Who has got the title sponsorship rights for international and
domestic matches of BCCI as on September 7, 2022 - Mastercard
 Suella Braverman became the Home Secretary of which country on
7th September - Britain
 Which day was celebrated on 8th September - International
Literacy Day
 Which Indian city has been included in the UNESCO Global
Network of Learning Cities - Thrissur, Nilambur and Warangal
 Which nasal vaccine has been approved by CDSCO to deal with
the covid crisis on September 8, 2022 - CHAD-36
 Who has been awarded the Loknayak Foundation Literary Award
on September 8, 2022 - Tanikela Bharani
 On which planet NASA has discovered oxygen - Mars
 On September 8, 2022, the President of which country has gifted
the horse 'Tejas' to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh - Mongolia
 Where was the India-Japan 2nd Ministerial Dialogue organized on
September 8, 2022 - Tokyo
 Who has topped the United Nations Human Development Index
released on September 9, 2022 - Switzerland (India's rank-132nd)
 Who has become the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
on September 9, 2022 - Volker Turk
 Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win the Diamond League
Final title with a throw of how many meters - 88.44 meters
 Who has launched the Prime Minister's TB Free Campaign on
September 9, 2022 - President Draupadi Murmu
 Recently, the Chief Minister of which state has inaugurated India's
longest rubber dam on the river Falgu - Bihar (in Gaya)
 Which state government has launched 'Varsha Jal Sanchay Yojana'
named 'CHHATA' on September 9, 2022 - Odisha
 Who has won the Miss Earth India 2022 title - Vanshika Parmar
 In which state 'National Maritime Heritage Complex' will be built
- Gujarat
 Which state will host Ranji Trophy matches for first time - Sikkim
 Which country's cricketer Aaron Finch has announced retirement
from ODI cricketer on September 10, 2022 - Australia
 Which country has honored former Indian Navy Chief Sunil Lanba
with the Meritorious Service Medal - Singapore
 'Nikshay 2.0 Portal' was launched on September 11, 2022. It is
related to which disease - T.B.
 Who has been appointed by the Balochistan government as the first
woman Deputy Commissioner in Nasirabad district - Ayesha Zehri
 In which district of Rajasthan will the world's first Sanskar Kendra
be opened - Jhunjhunu
 Who has become the richest person of India in 'Fortune India
Rich List 2022' - Gautam Adani
 In which state India's easternmost military garrison has been
named after General Bipin Rawat - Arunachal Pradesh
 On September 12, 2022, President Murmu has nominated 'Ghulam
Ali' of which state to the Rajya Sabha - Jammu and Kashmir
 Who has won the US Open 2022 men's singles title on September
12, 2022 - Carlos Alcaraz Garfia
 Who has been appointed as the chairman of PMLA Appellate
Tribunal on September 12, 2022 - Munishwar Nath Bhandari
 Where has the Indian Navy launched the third stealth frigate
'Taragiri' of Project 17A on September 12, 2022 - Mumbai
 Which country has declared itself a 'nuclear state' - North Korea
.
 Who has won the final of 'Asia Cup 2022' on September 12, 2022
- Sri Lanka (Beating Pakistan by 23 runs)
 Which state government has constituted a committee on Uniform
Civil Code on September 12, 2022 - Uttarakhand
 In which state the world's largest Harappan culture museum will
be established - Haryana
 On September 13, 2022, 'Joao Lourenco' has been elected President
of which country for the second time - Angola
 Who has been appointed as the CEO of the Indian unit by
American Express on September 13, 2022 - Sanjay Khanna
 Who has been named ICC Player of the Month for August 2022
- Sikandar Raza (Male) and Tahlia McGrath (Female)
 Who has been appointed as the chairman of 'Naira Energy' on
September 13, 2022 - Prasad K. Panikar
 Which country's 'Harlem city' has become the first city to ban
meat advertisements - Netherlands
 Where will Reliance Industries build the world's largest carbon
fiber plant by 2025 - Gujarat
 Where is the first Naga Chilli Festival celebrated - Nagaland
 Which day was celebrated on 14th September, 2022 - Hindi Diwas
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 Where will India's first forestry university be established - Telangana
 Which state government has announced monthly stipend to the
recipients of National Awards - Punjab
 According to the information, which country will India invite as
a guest country during the G-20 presidency - Bangladesh
 Which state became the third state with 'Food Security Atlas' on
14th September, 2022 - Jharkhand
 Who became the first cricketer to have 50 million followers on
twitter - Virat Kohli
 Which state has topped in the implementation of 'Mission Amrit
Sarovar' on September 15, 2022 - Uttar Pradesh
 Which zoo has been declared the best zoo in India - Darjeeling Zoo
 Which medal has Vinesh Phogat won at the World Wrestling
Championships in Serbia on September 15, 2022 - Bronze
 Which country's former umpire 'Asad Rauf' passed away on
September 15, 2022 - Pakistan
 Who has received the 'Top Honor' for Robotic Surgery on
September 15, 2022 - Sandeep Nair
 With which country India has signed an agreement for the training
of diplomats - Madagascar
 Which Indian cricketer has announced his retirement from all
forms of cricket on September 15, 2022 - Robin Uthappa
 Which day was celebrated on 16 September - World Ozone Day
 Who has been elected as the member of Asia Pacific Forum on 16
September 2022 - Arun Mishra
 Recently, Indian-origin Shefali Razdan has been appointed as the
ambassador of which country to the Netherlands - America
 Who has become the new 'Commerce Secretary' - Sunil Barthwal
 According to the information, Ahmedabad Medical College is
named after whom - Narendra Modi
 Which country hosted the SCO Summit 2022 - Uzbekistan
 Which tennis player has announced his retirement from
professional tennis on September 16, 2022 - Roger Federer
 Who has won the 'SAFF U-17' title on 16th September - India
 In which state the Chief Minister Breakfast Scheme has been
launched on September 16, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Recently, Who has become India's most valuable brand - TCS
 17th September was observed as - World Patient Safety Day
 Who has become the new CEO of CSB Bank Limited on
September 17, 2022 - Pralay Mandal
 Which country has announced a $ 600 million arms package to
Ukraine on September 17, 2022 - America
 Which state government has announced to name its secretariat
after Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on September 17, 2022 - Telangana
 Recently, Swati Piramal has been awarded the highest civilian
honor of which country - France
 Who has become the 76th Chess Grandmaster of India - Pranav
Anand
 Which state government has announced to declare a public holiday
on the birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh on September
17, 2022 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Where has India's first Lithium ion Cell Factory inaugurated on
September 17, 2022 - Andhra Pradesh
 Who inaugurated the 'Hyderabad Liberation Day' celebrations on
September 17, 2022 - Amit Shah
 On September 17, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released
8 cheetahs brought from which country in the Kuno National
Park of Madhya Pradesh on his birthday - Namibia
 Which day was celebrated on 18th September - World Bamboo Day
 On September 18, who has been appointed by Mumbai Indians-
owned franchise 'MI Emirates' as its head coach - Shane Bond
 Which organization has organized the 'Aangan 2022' conference
on September 18, 2022 - Bureau of Energy Efficiency
 Who has become the first state to digitize property registration
on September 18, 2022 - Maharashtra
 Which country's climate activist Vanessa Nakate has been
appointed UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassador - Uganda
 Which country has hosted the 'World Water Congress and
.
Exhibition 2022' on September 18, 2022 - Denmark
 Who has chaired the 18th meeting of the National Board of
MSMEs on September 18, 2022 - Narayan Rane
 Which country's vice-captain Rachel Haynes has announced her
retirement from all forms of cricket on September 18 - Australia
 Who has topped the Global Crypto Adoption Index 2022 released
on September 18, 2022 - Vietnam (India's Rank - 4th)
 Which state has won Youth Under-14, the 61st Subroto Cup
International Football Tournament on September 18 - Manipur
 In which country U-19 Women's T20 World Cup 2023 will be
played - South Africa
 Recently, Lieutenant Governor of which state has dedicated the
120 feet long national flag to the nation - Jammu and Kashmir
 Where was the National Conference of Tourism Ministers of
States and Union Territories organized on 19th September, 2022
- Himachal Pradesh
 Who has become the CMD of LIC India Limited on September
19, 2022 - Prasanna Kumar Motupally
 According to the information, which state government will set up
a body like 'NITI Aayog' - Maharashtra
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 In which state 512 new Indira Rasoi have been launched on
September 19, 2022 - Rajasthan
 On September 19, 2022, who became the first clean state of India
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
 Recently, Which state government has decided to introduce
compulsory sports period and 'No Bag Day' in schools - Bihar
 Which medal has Bajrang Punia won in the 2022 World Wrestling
Championship on September 19, 2022 - Bronze
 Who has won the 131st edition of the Durand Cup on 19th
September, 2022 - Bengaluru FC (Runner up - Mumbai City FC)
 According to the information, which state government will increase
the reservation of scheduled castes from 6% to 10% - Telangana
 Who has been elected as new President of SIAM - Vinod Agarwal
 Which medal has been won by Devendra Jhanjhadia in the World
Para Athletics Grand Prix on September 19, 2022 - Silver medal
 Which state government has notified Nanjarayan tank as a bird
sanctuary on September 19, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Which country will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) in 2023 - India
 On September 20, 2022, 'CM Da Hesi' portal has been launched
for the grievances of common people in - Imphal (Manipur)
 In which state of Adani Green has started 325 MW wind power
project on September 20, 2022 - Madhya Pradesh
 Which Bangladesh cricketer has announced his retirement from
Test on September 20, 2022 - Rubal Hossain
 Which city of Uttar Pradesh has been declared as the 'First SCO
Tourism and Cultural Capital' on September 20, 2022 - Varanasi
 On September 20, 2022, who has become the Secretary of the
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare - Vijay Kumar
 Which country has emerged as the largest lender of Sri Lanka,
overtaking China on September 20, 2022 - India
 Which day was celebrated on 21st September - International
Day of Peace
 Which language film 'Chhelo Show' has been nominated for Oscar
2023 on September 21, 2022 - Gujarati
 According to the information, the cabinet of which state has
decided to legalize the making of liquor - Manipur
 In which state 'Pang Lhabsol Festival 2022' was celebrated - Sikkim
 Who has been honored with the prestigious Smita Patil Memorial
Award on September 21, 2022 - Alia Bhatt
 Which state government has announced to change the name of
'Daulatabad Fort' to 'Devagiri Fort' - Maharashtra
 Who has launched a global digital platform named 'Green Fins
Hub' to promote maritime tourism - UNEP
 Which country has changed the name of its capital to 'Astana' on
September 21, 2022 - Kazakhstan
 Who topped the ICC T-20I Batting Rankings as on September
22, 2022 - Mohammad Rizwan
 Where has India's first 'Dugong Conservation Reserve' been
notified on September 22, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 With whom has the NCC signed an agreement to eliminate plastic
pollution on September 22, 2022 - UNEP
 Who has become the oldest Indian to swim across the North
Channel on September 22, 2022 - Elvis Ali Hazarika
 On September 22, 2022, who has been appointed by the
government as the new trustee of PM Cares Fund - Ratan Tata
 Which country has won the United Nations Prize for Hypertension
Control Initiative on September 22, 2022 - India
 23rd September 2022 was observed as which day - International
Sign Language Day
 Which state government will use portable device 'SAANS' to
prevent deaths of newborn children - Assam
 Who has won the title of 'Chennai Open 2022' on September 23,
2022 - Linda Fruhvirtova
 According to the information, which state will start its own health
insurance scheme 'CMHIS' from 1 October - Nagaland
 Which state government has decided to withdraw the Cattle Control
Bill on September 23, 2022 - Gujarat
.
 On 23 September 2022, a day was reserved for women MLAs in
the Legislative Assembly of which state - Uttar Pradesh
 Which country will preside over the BRICS summit for the year
2023 - South Africa
 Who has been named as the new Director General of the 'National
Center for Good Governance' by the Central Govt. - Bharat Lal
 Who has become the first e-commerce company to set up solar
farms in India on September 24, 2022 - Amazon
 Which state has started 'Humar Beti-Humar Mann' campaign on
September 24, 2022 - Chhattisgarh
 Who has become new President of Hockey India - Dilip Tirkey
 Where was the meeting of foreign ministers of G-4 (India, Japan,
Brazil, Germany) held on September 24, 2022 - New York
 25th September was celebrated as which day - Antyodaya Day
 Who has become the Indian batsman to hit the most sixes in T-20
cricket on September 25, 2022 - Rohit Sharma
 On September 25, 2022, Israel and which country have conducted
a joint naval operation in the Red Sea using AI - America
 Recently, in which country's lab, a new wolf 'Maya' has been
prepared by cloning arctic wolves for the first time - China
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 Which Indian writer has won the 'Herman Keston Prize-2022' on
26 September 2022 - Meena Kandasamy
 On 26 September 2022, who has been appointed by RailTel Corp
as its MD and Chairman - Sanjay Kumar
 According to the information, 'Chandigarh Airport' will be named
after - Shaheed Bhagat Singh
 Who has won the first 'Queen Elizabeth II Award' on 26 September
2022 - Suella Braverman
 In which state 'Bathukamma festival' was celebrated - Telangana
 Which day was celebrated on 27th Sept. - World Tourism Day
 The Chief Minister of which state has released the 'Encyclopedia
on Tribals' on September 27, 2022 - Odisha
 Which state has received 'Ayushman Excellence Award 2022' on
September 27, 2022 - Uttar Pradesh
 According to the information, who will become the first female
Prime Minister of Italy - Giorgia Meloni
 Which ministry has developed 'Jaldoot App' on September 27,
2022 - Ministry of Rural Development
 According to the information, who will be honored with the 52nd
Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2020 - Asha Parekh
 Which country has granted its citizenship to former US security
contractor Edward Snowden on September 27, 2022 - Russia
 Who became the Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia on September
28, 2022 - Mohammed bin Salman
 With which theme 'World Rabies Day 2022' was celebrated on
September 28, 2022 - Rabies : One Health, Zero Deaths
 Which state's cabinet has approved to control 'online gambling'
on September 28, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 On September 28th, Bangladesh has launched its first interactive
gaming platform by which name to mark the 75th birth anniversary
of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina - Hasina & Friends
 Who represented India in G-20 summit held in Bali on 28th
September - Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar
 Which country has launched two new experimental satellites
Xian-14 and Xian-15 on September 29, 2022 - China
 Which state government has approved the proposal regarding the
establishment of 'Ranipur Tiger Reserve' on September 29, 2022
- Uttar Pradesh
 As on 30 September 2022, who has been appointed as the 16th
Attorney General of India - R. Venkataramani
 Who has been appointed as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)
on September 30, 2022 - Lt. G. Anil Chauhan
 The Legislative Assembly of which state has passed a bill for
International Buddhist University on 30 September - Tripura
 Current Affairs : MCQs
1. Recently the Indian player 'Jhulan Goswami' related to which 12. Recently Swachh Toycathon competition has been started by
sport has retired from international sport? which Union Ministry?
(A) Cricket (B) Hockey (A) Ministry of Home Affairs
(C) Football (D) Badminton (B) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
2. Who will become the first female Prime Minister of Italy? (C) Ministry of Culture
(A) Giorgia Meloni (B) Mara Carfagna (D) Ministry of Education
(C) Daniela Santanche (D) Mariastella Gelmini 13. 'World Rose Day' is celebrated every year on 22nd September for
3. When is 'World Tourism Day' celebrated every year? the people suffering from which disease?
(A) 23rd September (B) 27th September (A) Cancer (B) Diabetes
(C) 29th September (D) 30th September (C) Jaundice (D) Diarrhea
4. Recently, who has been given the 52nd Dadasaheb Phalke Award 14. When is the 'International Day of Peace' celebrated every year?
for the year 2020? (A) 20th September (B) 21st September
(A) Shreya Ghoshal (B) Asha Parekh (C) 22nd September (D) 24th September
(C) Madhuri Dixit (D) Hema Malini 15. Which country has recently discovered a rare lunar crystal and
5. Who has been elected as the new President of Hockey India? nuclear power source near the Moon?
(A) Suresh Mathur (B) Anish Khan (A) China (B) Germany
(C) Prajesh Thakur (D) Dilip Tirkey (C) India (D) USA
6. Recently who has become the new Director General of ICMR? 16. Recently who has won the title of SAIF Women's Championship
(A) Dr. Sanjeev Ranjan (B) Dr. Manish Rana 2022?
(C) Dr. Sushil Sharma (D) Dr. Rajeev Behl (A) India (B) Nepal
.

7. Who has recently become the youngest Indian to become the (C) Bangladesh (D) Sri Lanka
owner of 1000 crores of assets? 17. Recently the famous person 'Raju Srivastava' has passed away at
(A) Mahesh Chakraborty (B) Rajesh Singh the age of 58. Who was he?
(C) Kaivalya Vohra (D) Jitesh Patel (A) Comedian (B) Singer
8. 'Jaldoot App' has been developed by which ministry? (C) Scientist (D) Commentator
(A) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs 18. Who has become the 76th Grandmaster of India recently?
(B) Ministry of Food Processing Industries (A) Naveen Singhal (B) R. Ojha
(C) Ministry of Rural Development (C) T. Pushpendra (D) Pranav Anand
(D) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change 19. Elvis Ali Hazarika, the first North-East Indian to cross the North
9. On whose birth anniversary 'Antyodaya Day' is celebrated every Channel, belongs to which state?
year on 25 September all over India? (A) Assam (B) Manipur
(A) Chaudhary Charan Singh (B) Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay (C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Tripura
(C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (D) Morarji Desai 20. Which state has launched the 'CM da Haisi' web portal?
10. When is the 'International Sign Language Day' celebrated every (A) Assam (B) Tripura
year? (C) Manipur (D) Manipur
(A) 25th September (B) 20th September 21. Which film has been announced as India's official entry in Oscar
(C) 23rd September (D) 21st September 2023?
11. In which city did President Draupadi Murmu recently inaugurate (A) RRR (B) The Kashmir Files
HAL's Integrated Cryogenic Engine Manufacturing Facility? (C) Shyama Singha Roy (D) Chhelo Show
(A) Pune (B) Ahmedabad 22. Recently, the former Indian player 'Naresh Kumar' related to
(C) Chennai (D) Bangalore which sport has passed away at the age of 93?

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 (A) Tennis (B) Cricket (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Badminton (D) Hockey (C) Gujarat (D) Himachal Pradesh
23. Recently, the player related to which sport 'Roger Federer' has 35. Recently, the government of which state has launched 'Indira
announced his retirement? Gandhi Shahari Rozgar Yojana'?
(A) Badminton (B) Tennis (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Rajasthan
(C) Cricket (D) Hockey (C) Chhattisgarh (D) Gujarat
24. On which date 'National Hindi Day' is celebrated every year? 36. Recently, which country's cricket team has won the Asia Cup
(A) 12th September (B) 14th September 2022?
(C) 10th September (D) 15th September (A) India (B) Pakistan
25. Recently which male cricketer has been awarded the ICC Player (C) Sri Lanka (D) Bangladesh
of the Month for August-2022? 37. Recently, who has become the new head of the United Nations
(A) Asif Ali (Pakistan) (B) Aaron Finch (Australia) Human Rights Commission?
(C) Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) (D) David Malan (England) (A) Alex Finch (B) Volker Turk
26. Who has been appointed as the next (16th) Attorney General of (C) Milne John (D) Cervia Fardi
India? 38. What is the rank of India in the Human Development Index for
(A) Sushil Verma (B) Mukul Rohatgi the year 2021 released by UNDP recently?
(C) Anand Mishra (D) R. Venkataramani (A) 132nd (B) 134th
27. Recently which has become the first bank in India to have (C) 123rd (D) 127th
electronic bank guarantee system? 39. Recently Indian-origin barrister Suella Braverman has become the
(A) HDFC (B) SBI new Home Minister of which country?
(C) PNB (D) DCB (A) Japan (B) Britain
28. Which country has recently changed the name of its capital again (C) Sweden (D) France
to Astana? 40. Which naval ship was decommissioned by the Indian Navy on
(A) Uzbekistan (B) Tajikistan September 19, 2022, which had served for 32 years?
(C) Kazakhstan (D) Turkmenistan (A) INS Ajay (P34) (B) INS Khukri
.

29. Which country will host the Cricket Women's Asia Cup 2022? (C) INS Khirch (D) INS Khanjar
(A) India (B) Sri Lanka 41. In which country's lab a new wolf 'Maya' has been prepared by
(C) United Arab Emirates (D) Bangladesh cloning arctic wolves for the first time in the world?
30. In which country the first trilateral foreign ministers meeting (A) Japan (B) South Korea
between India, France and United Arab Emirates has been held? (C) Russia (D) China
(A) France (B) India 42. Indian Army has decided to shift the Army Day Parade of 2023
(C) USA (D) Germany to which area?
31. Who has become the new CEO of American Express India? (A) Southern Command (B) Eastern Command
(A) Vineet Choudhary (B) Avesh Mathur (C) Northern Command (D) Central Command
(C) Sanjay Khanna (D) Rajesh Nigam 43. The science magazine 'Vigyan Pragati', which receives the
32. Which tennis player has won the men's singles title at the US 'Rajbhash a Kirti P uraskar 2022', is released by which
Open 2022 Championship? institute?
(A) Kasper Rudd (B) Joy Salisbury (A) ICAR (B) ICSR
(C) Wesley Kullhof (D) Carlos Alcaraz (C) Cescra (D) CSIR
33. Which country will preside over the BRICS summit in the year 44. Who has become the first Indian to win 4 medals at the World
2023? Wrestling Championships?
(A) Brazil (B) South Africa (A) Ravi Kumar Dahiya (B) Bajrang Punia
(C) India (D) China (C) Deepak Punia (D) Yogeshwar Dutt
34. Which state government has decided to withdraw the 'Cattle 45. Which country has emerged as the largest bilateral lender to
Control Bill'? Sri Lanka?

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 (A) India (B) China 57. India's first lithium cell manufacturing plant has been started in
(C) United States of America (D) Japan which state of India?
46. For the session 2022-23, which Indian city has been named as the (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Jharkhand
SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital for the first time? (C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Andhra Pradesh
(A) Lucknow (B) Ujjain 58. Recently who has become the third richest person in the world?
(C) Varanasi (D) Surat (A) Mukesh Ambani (B) Ratan Tata
47. In which national park cheetahs have been brought under 'Project (C) Gautam Adani (D) Lakshmi Mittal
Cheetah'? 59. The United States has announced a new $600 million arms
(A) Panna National Park (B) Kuno National Park package for which country?
(C) Kanha Tiger Reserve (D) Pench National Park (A) Taiwan (B) Ukraine
48. What has the Central Government renamed as 'Rajpath'? (C) Afghanistan (D) Israel
(A) Azad-way (B) Bharat Path 60. Engineers Day in India is celebrated to commemorate whose birth
(C) Kartavya path (D) Atal-way anniversary?
49. 'Liz Truss' has become the third woman Prime Minister of which (A) C.V. Raman (B) M. Visvesvaraya
country so far? (C) Sarvpalli Radhakrishnan (D) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
(A) Australia (B) Brazil 61. How many celebrities have received the 'Ramon Magsaysay Award'
(C) Britain (D) Canada for the year 2022?
50. Recently, Neeraj Chopra has become the first Indian to win a gold (A) three (B) four
medal in Javelin in which championship? (C) five (D) seven
(A) Diamond League Championship 62. Who has become the new CEO of the Indian-origin multinational
(B) European Athletics Championship company Starbucks?
(C) World Athletics Championship (A) Sunil Sikka (B) Manoj Desai
(D) Asian Games (C) Laxman Narasimhan (D) Prabhudheva Gautam
51. Who has become the new King of the United Kingdom? 63. In which union territory India's first 'Virtual School' has been
(A) Prince Charles II (B) Prince Andrew launched?
.

(C) Prince Edward (D) Prince William (A) Jammu and Kashmir (B) Puducherry
52. In which city of Bangladesh the Maitree Super Thermal Power (C) Delhi (D) Ladakh
Project has been established? 64. Recently who has been appointed as the new Director General of
(A) Dhaka (B) Monarchy News Services Division of All India Radio?
(C) Khulna (D) Chittagong (A) Nirmala Chauhan (B) Shobha Devdutt
53. Vedanta Patel of Indian origin is the head of the State Department (C) Priyanka Maurya (D) Vasudha Gupta
of which country Deputy Spokesperson? 65. When is 'World Coconut Day' celebrated every year?
(A) Australia (B) United States (A) 2nd September (B) 4th September
(C) New Zealand (D) Canada (C) 1st September (D) 31st August
54. Who has become the new President of All India Football Federa- 66. Which Indian beauty has recently won the title of Miss Diva
tion (AIFF)? Universe 2022?
(A) Suresh Das (B) Rajkumar Dinda (A) Anishka Gaur (B) Kanika Sharma
(C) Kamlesh Mathur (D) Kalyan Choubey (C) Ginni Gupta (D) Divita Rai
55. After which Indian singer, recently a street in the Canadian city 67. Who has received the 'Best Actor' award at the 67th Filmfare
of Markham has been named? Awards 2022?
(A) Sonu Nigam (B) Jubin Nautiyal (A) Varun Dhawan (B) Ranveer Singh
(C) AR Rahman (D) Udit Narayan (C) Riteish Deshmukh (D) Aamir Khan
56. Green Finns Hub, a global digital platform for sustainable 68. Colin de Grandhome, the player of which country has retired
maritime tourism, is associated with which global institution? from international cricket?
(A) ILO (B) UNICEF (A) Australia (B) England
(C) UNEP (D) UNDP (C) New Zealand (D) South Africa

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69. On which date 'National Sports Day' is celebrated every year? 81. Which state will host the Men's Hockey World Cup 2023?
(A) 30th August (B) 29th August (A) Odisha (B) Maharashtra
(C) 26th August (D) 31st August (C) Gujarat (D) Delhi
70. Recently in which city India's first 'Regional National Center for 82. How many states will the Congress party run the 'Bharat Jodo
Disease Control' has been announced? Yatra'?
(A) Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) (B) Jaipur (Rajasthan) (A) 20 (B) 11
(C) Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) (D) Chandigarh (Punjab) (C) 15 (D) 12
71. Who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of IDFC Bank 83. In which state India's first bio-village has been established?
for the next two years? (A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Manipur
(A) Virender Singh (B) Ajit Thakur (C) Tripura (D) Assam
(C) Suresh Jha (D) Mahendra Shah 84. India's first Night Sky Sanctuary will be opened in which state/
72. Who has been voted the Men's Player of the Year at the UEFA UT?
Awards 2022? (A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Ladakh
(A) Virgil Van Dik (B) Cristiano Ronaldo (C) Uttarakhand (D) Chandigarh
(C) Karim Benzema (D) Lionel Messi 85. Who has been elected as the 56th Prime Minister of the United
73. Recently who has become the first Indian female wrestler to win Kingdom?
two medals in the World Championship? (A) Liz Truss (B) Rishi Sunak
(A) Ritu Phogat (B) Babita Kumari (C) Priti Patel (D) Penny Mordot
(C) Vinesh Phogat (D) Geeta Phogat 86. In which country Indian Army Chief Manoj Pandey has been
74. After whom is the Kibithu Military Camp named? awarded the honorary rank of Army General?
(A) Rajesh Pilot (B) GMC Balayogi (A) Bhutan (B) Japan
(C) Gopinath Munde (D) General Bipin Rawat (C) Bangladesh (D) Nepal
75. Which state has recently started 'School Breakfast Programme'? 87. Which organization has developed India's first nasal vaccine
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) West Bengal related to COVID-19, which has got DCGI approval?
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Andhra Pradesh (A) Serum Institute of India (B) Bharat Biotech
.

76. Which planet disappeared from sight during the lunar eclipse on (C) Genomics (D) Bharat Pharma
September 14, 2022? 88. In which state of India will the 36th National Games be
(A) Mercury (B) Mars organized?
(C) Uranus (D) Venus (A) Gujarat (B) Uttar Pradesh
77. India has decided to invite which country as a guest during the (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) New Delhi
G-20 Presidency? 89. In which state of India, a new species of crab named Ghatiyana
(A) Chile (B) North Korea Dwivarna has been discovered?
(C) Sri Lanka (D) Bangladesh (A) Karnataka (B) Madhya Pradesh
78. In which year India will host the G-20 summit? (C) Uttarakhand (D) Kerala
(A) 2022 (B) 2024 90. Which country has become the fifth largest economy in the world,
(C) 2023 (D) 2025 overtaking the United Kingdom?
79. In which state India's longest rubber dam has been inaugurated (A) Russia (B) India
recently? (C) South Korea (D) Italy
(A) Bihar (B) Uttar Pradesh 91. Which Indian company has announced to build India's first and
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Jharkhand world's largest carbon fiber plant in Gujarat?
80. Which Indian cities have joined the UNESCO Global Network of (A) Reliance Industries (B) Tata Group
Learning Cities? (C) Adani Group (D) Birla Group
(A) Varanasi, Lucknow and Kochi 92. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled the new flag (mark)
(B) Surat, Mysore and Kancheepuram for which armed force?
(C) Warangal, Thrissur and Nilambur (A) Indian Army (B) Indian Navy
(D) Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Pune (C) Indian Air Force (D) Indian Coast Guard

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93. Which state has launched 'Rural Backyard Piggery Yojana' for the (C) Arun Jaitley (D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
welfare of farmers? 105. With which neighboring country India has signed consultancy
(A) Meghalaya (B) Arunachal Pradesh agreement for two railway projects?
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Maharashtra (A) Bangladesh (B) Sri Lanka
94. Which team became the first team to qualify for the super four (C) Nepal (D) Bhutan
stage in the Asia Cup 2022? 106. Which senior leader has recently resigned from all posts of the
(A) Afghanistan (B) India Indian National Congress party?
(C) Pakistan (D) Bangladesh (A) Sachin Pilot (B) Ashok Gehlot
95. Who was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the (C) Jairam Ramesh (D) Ghulam Nabi Azad
67th Filmfare Awards? 107. Where was the 8th India-Brazil Joint Commission meeting held
(A) Shatrughan Sinha (B) Shyam Benegal recently?
(C) Shekhar Kapur (D) Subhash Ghai (A) Ahmedabad (B) New Delhi
96. Which city has been declared as the safest city in India in 2021 as (C) Fortaleza (D) Brasilia
per the report of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)? 108. Who has bagged the contract as the official national team sponsor
(A) Mumbai (B) Kolkata of the Sri Lanka cricket team for the Asia Cup 2022?
(C) Bangalore (D) Pune (A) MPL (B) Fairplay News
97. Who has become the first Indian to win gold at the World Cadet (C) Jio (D) Samsung
Judo Championship 2022 ? 109. Who has been appointed as the interim coach of the Indian cricket
(A) Avtar Singh (B) Linthoi Chanambam team for the Asia Cup 2022?
(C) Poonam Chopra (D) Thoudam Kalpana Devi (A) Virender Sehwag (B) V.V. S. Laxman
98. In which state has Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently (C) Anil Kumble (D) Harbhajan Singh
inaugurated India's first earthquake memorial? 110. Who has been awarded the 'Liberty Medal 2022'?
(A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Gujarat (A) Volodymyr Zeleski (B) Joe Biden
(C) Uttarakhand (D) Madhya Pradesh (C) Narendra Modi (D) Emmanuel Macron
99. Who has been sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India? 111. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Homi Bhabha
.

(A) Vineet Saran (B) Sripati Ravindra Bhatt Cancer Hospital and Research Center in which state?
(C) Dhananjay Y. Chandrachud (D) Uday Umesh Lalit (A) Punjab (B) Haryana
100. Who has won the men's and women's singles title of BWF World (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand
Championship 2022? 112. Under which category Bangladesh-origin Fahmida Azim has won
(A) Kento Momota and Nozomi Okuhara the Pulitzer Prize 2022?
(B) Viktor Axelson and Akane Yamaguchi (A) Breaking News Photography
(C) Li Jie Jia and Tai Tzu-ying (B) Commentary
(D) Lee Chong Wei and Chen Yufei (C) Illustrated Reporting and Commentary
101. When is Women's Equality Day celebrated every year? (D) Editorial Writing
(A) 23 August (B) 25 August 113. James Web Space Telescope has recently captured new pictures
(C) 26 August (D) 30 August of which planet?
102. Who has been awarded the UNESCO Peace Prize 2022? (A) Mars (B) Jupiter
(A) Emmanuel Macron (B) Angela Merkel (C) Saturn (D) Venus
(C) Volodymyr Zelensky (D) Joe Biden 114. Which country has become the fastest aging country in the
103. Recently, how many teachers have been selected for the National European Union?
Teacher Award 2022? (A) France (B) Italy
(A) 46 (B) 38 (C) Portugal (D) Belgium
(C) 42 (D) 54 115. In which state India's first observatory will be set up to monitor
104. On the death anniversary of which leader the book 'New India' space activity?
was released? (A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Manipur
(A) Sushma Swaraj (B) Manohar Parrikar (C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand

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116. Which folk dance has been nominated by the Government of 128. In which South American country, External Affairs Minister S.
India to be included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Jaishankar has unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi?
List? (A) Paragway (B) Brazil
(A) Garba (B) Giddha (C) Peru (D) Colombia
(C) Bhangra (D) Lavani 129. In which city India's first double decker AC electric bus has been
117. In which country the annual meeting of Defence Ministers of unveiled?
SCO will be held? (A) Hyderabad (B) Bangalore
(A) Tajikistan (B) India (C) Mumbai (D) Pune
(C) Uzbekistan (D) Russia
130. Which leader has not been nominated as a member of the BJP
118. India's first hydrogen fuel cell bus has been unveiled in which
Parliamentary Committee?
city?
(A) K. Laxman (B) B.L. Santosh
(A) Mumbai (B) Chennai
(C) Nitin Gadkari (D) Sudha Yadav
(C) Bangalore (D) Pune
131. In which city India's first 3D printed cornea has been developed?
119. Chandigarh International Airport will be renamed after whom?
(A) Chennai (B) Hyderabad
(A) Udham Singh (B) Sukhdev Thapar
(C) Delhi (D) Pune
(C) Shaheed Bhagat Singh (D) Kartar Singh Sarabha
132. In which state will the Border Roads Organization build Steel
120. India's first indigenously developed RT-PCR kit to test for
Slag Road?
monkeypox disease has been developed by which company?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Jharkhand
(A) Ambeo Limited (B) TransAsia Bio-Medicals
(C) Calantha Biote Pvt. Ltd. (D) AGD Biomedical Pvt. Ltd (C) Meghalaya (D) Manipur

121. What is the name of India's first indigenously built Aircraft 133. Which country has signed $750 billion climate change and health
Carrier? care bill?
(A) INS Vikrant (B) INS Viraat (A) New Zealand (B) United States of America
(C) INS Arihant (D) INS Vishal (C) Canada (D) Australia
122. How many medals has the Indian wrestling team won in the U-20 134. In which city State Bank of India has launched its first branch for
2World Championship? start-ups?
.

(A) 15 (B) 12 (A) Pune (B) Mumbai

(C) 16 (D) 14 (C) Bangalore (D) Delhi
123. In which country was the biennial warfare exercise Pitch Black 135. 'Manthan Manch' has been started by the Government of India
held? for what purpose?
(A) United States (B) Australia (A) Cooperation in R&D (B) Artificial Intelligence
(C) China (D) North Korea (B) Supply Chain Management (D) Quality Assurance
124. Syed Sibte Razi, who died on 20 August. He served as the gover-
136. Sadbhavna Diwas is celebrated on 20th August as the birth anni-
nor of which state?
versary of which former Prime Minister of India?
(A) Jharkhand (B) Kerala
(A) Indira Gandhi (B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(C) Chhattisgarh (D) Uttarakhand
(C) Rajiv Gandhi (D) Lal Bahadur Shastri
125. Who has become the first Indian female wrestler to win gold in
137. Which international airport in India has launched the 'DigiYatra'
the U-20 World Wrestling Championship?
program from August 18, 2022?
(A) Sonam Malik (B) Priyanka
(A) Chennai International Airport
(C) Antim Panghal (D) Arzoo
126. Dahi Handi is recognized as an official sport in which state? (B) Hyderabad International Airport

(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Delhi (C) Goa International Airport

(C) Gujarat (D) Maharashtra (D) Cochin International Airport
127. Which state has become the first Har Ghar Jal certified state in 138. India has gifted the Dornier Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft to
India? which neighboring country?
(A) Haryana (B) Goa (A) Maldives (B) Bangladesh
(C) Kerala (D) Punjab (C) Sri Lanka (D) Nepal

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139. Who has launched India's first Friendship Startup for Senior (A) Coveshield (B) Corbevax
Citizens? (C) Covaxin (D) Sputnik-T
(A) Gautam Adani (B) Ratan Tata 150. Recently who has been honored with the highest civilian honor of
(C) Azim Premji (D) Mukesh Ambani the Union Territory of Ladakh?
140. Which Union Ministry has launched the SMILE-75 initiative? (A) Narendra Modi (B) Pope Francis
(A) Ministry of Home Affairs (C) Dalai Lama (D) Desmond Tutu
(B) Ministry of Defence 151. World Elephant Day is celebrated every year on which date?
(C) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (A) 10th August (B) 15th August
(D) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (C) 9th August (D) 12th August
141. 'School Cleanliness Education Programme' is an initiative launched 152. When is World Lion Day celebrated?
in which state? (A) 9th August (B) 8th August
(A) Chhattisgarh (B) Uttarakhand (C) 10th August (D) 7th August
(C) Odisha (D) Uttar Pradesh 153. Recently in which state Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
142. Which country has become the first country in the world to dedicated 2G Ethanol Plant to the nation?
approve the Omicron vaccine? (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh
(A) Russia (B) United States (C) Uttarakhand (D) Haryana
(C) United Kingdom (D) China 154. When is World Biofuel Day celebrated?
143. Which organization on the occasion of Independence Day 2022, (A) 8th August (B) 10th August
from the earth Indian national flag is hoisted 30 km above? (C) 9th August (D) 7th August
(A) Space Kids India (B) Space Zone India 155. India's first underwater metro will be inaugurated in which city?
(C) Spectra Academy (A) Hyderabad (B) Kolkata
(D) Periyar Science and Technology Center (C) Banklore (D) Pune
144. The Agasthyamalai region of which state has been designated by 156. When will the 12th edition of Defensce Expo be held in Gujarat?
the central government as the fifth elephant reserve of the state? (A) November, 2022 (B) December, 2022
(A) Karnataka (B) Andhra Pradesh (C) September, 2022 (D) October, 2022
.

(C) Kerala (D) Tamil Nadu 157. New Delhi International Arbitration Center has been renamed as?
145. Who has been given the highest civilian honor of France 'Cheva- (A) Prime Minister's Arbitration Center
lier de la Legion d'Honneur' recently? (B) India Arbitration Center
(A) Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) India International Arbitration Center
(B) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar (D) International Arbitration Center
(C) Shashi Tharoor 158. How many medals has India won in the Commonwealth Games
(D) Mukesh Ambani 2022 held in Birmingham?
146. Bilateral exercise 'Udarshakti' is being organized between India (A) 51 (B) 41
and which country? (C) 61 (D) 71
(A) Russia (B) Japan 159. Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurate
(C) Singapore (D) Malaysia Asia's largest private hospital 'Amrita Hospital'?
147. When is International Youth Day celebrated? (A) Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh (B) Nawada, Bihar
(A) 12th August (B) 11th August (C) Faridabad, Haryana (D) Gandhinagar, Gujarat
(C) 9th August (D) 13th August 160. Parwaz Market Linkage Scheme, has been launched by which
148. Which two countries have withdrawn from a cooperation group union territory of India?
formed between China and Central and Eastern European (A) Puducherry (B) Jammu and Kashmir
countries? (C) Delhi (D) Chandigarh
(A) Greece and Hungary (B) Slovakia and Slovenia 161. Dr. N. Kalaiselvi has become the first woman Director General of
(C) Croatia and Bulgaria (D) Latvia and Estonia which Indian research organization?
149. Which of the following has been approved as a booster dose in (A) Indian Council of Social Science Research
India for people above 18 years of age? (B) Indian Council of Agricultural Research

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 (C) Indian Agricultural Statistical Research Institute 173. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of DRDO?
(D) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) (A) Arjun K- Singh (B) Vineet M. Sharma
162. Which Indian state has appointed Deloitte India as its advisor? (C) Sameer V- Kamat (D) Purshotam L. Rao
(A) Uttarakhand (B) Uttar Pradesh 174. Recently, Uttar Pradesh government has announced to build India's
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Gujarat first 'Night Safari' on the lines of Singapore in which city?
163. How many gold medals has the Indian contingent won in the (A) Kanpur (B) Agra
Commonwealth Games 2022? (C) Lucknow (D) Sultanpur
(A) 30 (B) 28 175. Recently which state has become the first state in India to create
(C) 22 (D) 20 'Education Township'?
164. Who has been elected as the 14th Vice President of India? (A) Uttarakhand (B) Uttar Pradesh
(A) Margaret Alva (B) Jagdeep Dhankhar (C) Odisha (D) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Venkaiah Naidu (D) Biman Banerjee 176. Recently who has become the new director of National Institute
165. Where was the fourth edition of 'India Clean Air Summit 2022' of Immunology (NII)?
held? (A) Debashish Mohanty (B) Vikram Sardesai
(A) Bhubaneswar, Odisha (B) Ranchi, Jharkhand (C) Rahul Chaturvedi (D) Ram Singh Khanna
(C) Bangalore, Karnataka (D) Imphal, Mizoram 177. Recently which country has again broken its own record of
166. Between which two cities in India Akasa Air's first flight has been lowest fertility rate in the world?
inaugurated?
(A) Bhutan (B) North Korea
(A) Ahmedabad to Lucknow (B) Jabalpur to Delhi
(C) Nepal (D) South Korea
(C) Chennai to Mumbai (D) Mumbai to Ahmedabad
178. Recently which district of India has become 'functionally liter-
167. Under the Amrit Festival of Independence, 'Badhe Chalo'
ate'?
campaign has been started by which Union Ministry?
(A) Barhmer (Rajasthan) (B) Mandla (Madhya Pradesh)
(A) Ministry of Culture (B) Ministry of External Affairs
(C) Jalgaon (Maharashtra) (D) Khanna (Punjab)
(C) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
179. Recently 'Syed Sibte Razi', who was the former governor of which
(D) Ministry of Home Affairs
two states, has passed away at the age of 83?
.

168. The military exercise 'Yudh Abhyas' has been organized with
(A) Jharkhand and Bihar (B) Jharkhand and Assam
India and which country?
(C) Punjab and Assam (D) Haryana and Odisha
(A) Australia (B) Japan
180. Recently who has become the first Indian football player to play
(C) USA (D) France
UEFA Champions League?
169. Which astronomical observatory in India has been notified in the
(A) Shanti Malik (B) Manisha Kalyan
list of UNESCO?
(C) Bala Chauhan (D) Dalima Chhibber
(A) Madras Astronomical Observatory
181. Which country has become the first country in the world to
(B) Venu Bappu Astronomical Observatory
implement a law for 'free period products'?
(C) IUCAA Giravali Observatory
(D) Bihar Astronomical Observatory (A) New Zealand (B) Scotland

170. Which Indian female boxer has won the gold medal in the women's (C) Australia (D) America
50 kg boxing category at the Commonwealth Games 2022? 182. On which date 'World Photography Day' is celebrated every year?
(A) Nikhat Zareen (B) Lovlina Borgehain (A) 16th August (B) 17th August
(C) Mary Kom (D) Pooja Rani (C) 19th August (D) 20th August
171. In which city of India, India's first Regional National Center for 183. When is 'World Humanitarian Day' celebrated every year?
Disease Control has been announced recently? (A) on 17th August (B) on 19th August
(A) Bhopal (B) Jaipur (C) on 20th August (D) on 15th August
(C) Kanpur (D) Chandigarh 184. Recently which country's player 'Kevin O'Brien' has retired from
172. Who has become the new Executive Director of IMF in India? international cricket?
(A) MK Chakradhar (B) K. Subramanian (A) Scotland (B) Bangladesh
(C) J.P. Prajapat (D) S.K. Sinha (C) Ireland (D) New Zealand

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185. On which date 'World Organ Donation Day' is celebrated every 'Sanskrit-Gram' in each of its districts?
year? (A) Uttarakhand (B) Gujarat
(A) on 10th August (B) on 12th August (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Haryana
(C) on 13th August (D) on 14th August 197. Recently, the Ministry of Energy has announced to build the
186. Who has been adjudged by AIFF for Men's Footballer of the Year world's largest floating solar power plant in which state?
2021-22 season? (A) Rajasthan (B) Uttarakhand
(A) Sandesh Jhingan (B) Anirudh Thapa (C) Uttarakhand (D) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Sunil Chhetri (D) Manveer Singh 198. Recently, who has been appointed as the new Director of the
187. Which country has recently started the first service of hydrogen- Prime Minister's Office for the next 3 years?
powered train? (A) Neetu Kanwar (B) Renuka Verma
(A) America (B) China (C) Ashwini Gupta (D) Shweta Singh
(C) Japan (D) Germany 199. Recently, it has been announced to create 7 new districts in West
188. ISRO successfully put three satellites of which country into space Bengal. Now what will be the number of districts in the state?
orbit with PSLV-C53? (A) 28 (B) 30
(A) America (B) Singapore (C) 32 (D) 35
(C) Brazil (D) Spain 200. Which has become the first state in India to start the 'Semicon-
189. Recently who has been appointed as 49th Chief Justice of ductor Policy'?
India? (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Gujarat
(A) Justice PV Sharma (B) Justice K.K. Aman (C) Maharashtra (D) Karnataka
(C) Justice UU Lalit (D) Justice J.P. Gupta 201. Recently, Wasifa Nazreen has become the first woman of which
190. Which male cricketer has recently received the ICC Player of the country to conquer K2?
Month award for July-2022? (A) Bangladesh (B) Pakistan
(A) Prabhat Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) (C) Afghanistan (D) Nepal
(B) Hardik Pandya (India) 202. Who has become the highest paid FMCG CEO recently?
(C) Ben Stokes (England) (A) Kaushik Rajasekhar (B) Saugat Gupta
.

(D) Nicholas Pooran (Windies) (C) Vinayak Pai (D) Shriram Cholia
191. Which beauty has recently won the title of Miss India USA 203. For how many months Bangladesh fast bowler Shohidul Islam
2022? has been banned by ICC for committing doping violations?
(A) Neerja Singh (B) Preeti Khanna (A) 5 months (B) 10 months
(C) Arya Balvekar (D) Suman Grover (C) 4 months (D) 11 months
192. Which anniversary of 'Quit India Movement' was celebrated all 204. Who is considered the father of Internet revolution in India, who
over India on 8th August, 2022? passed away recently?
(A) 77th (B) 79th (A) Brijendra Kumar Single (B) Rahul Sachdeva
(C) 80th (D) 84th (C) Mohan Agnihotri (D) Sanjay Tripathi
193. Which chess player has recently become the 75th Grandmaster 205. Recently, Neeraj Chopra participated in the javelin throw event
of India? in World Athletics. Which medal did he win?
(A) G Mukesh (B) M Chawla (A) Gold (B) Silver
(C) G Agarwal (D) V Pranav (C) Bronze (D) None of these
194. Who has become the first woman Director General of CSIR? 206. Recently India and which country have started maritime partner-
(A) Natalie Zorothova (B) Aruna Chandrapanth ship exercise?
(C) Nallathambi Kalaiselvi (D) Visakha Nagarkoti (A) Bangladesh (B) Japan
195. When is the 'National Handloom Day' celebrated every year across (C) Sri Lanka (D) Taiwan
India? 207. Who has been appointed as the Chief Economist of the World
(A) on 5th August (B) on 7th August Bank recently?
(C) on 8th August (D) on 11th August (A) Kaushik Rajasekhar (B) Indermeet Gill
196. Recently the government of which state has decided to develop a (C) Sanjeev Mathur (D) Rajeev Kumar

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208. Who has been given the most favorable state award for films in (A) Rekha Niyamgiri (B) Sushila Devi
the 68th National Film Awards recently? (C) Draupadi Murmu (D) Sita Rajkiran
(A) Maharashtra (B) Karnataka 220. What is the rank of Indian passport in the recently released Henley
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Uttar Pradesh Passport Index for the year 2022?
209. Who has recently won the 2022 Tour de France title? (A) 81st (B) 97th
(A) Bjarne Rees (B) Tadej Pogakar (C) 87th (D) 99th
(C) Jonas Wingguard (D) None of these 221. In which state India's first 'Digital Lok Adalat' has been launched
210. Drone start-up Garuda Aerospace has tied up with Hilse Global recently?
(Hilsey Drones) to set up its first aerospace plant in which (A) Punjab (B) Rajasthan
country? (C) Uttarakhand (D) Kerala
(A) China (B) Nepal 222. Recently, Sea Guardians-2 maritime exercise was organized by
(C) Malaysia (D) Pakistan China and which country?
211. Which state has recently established District Climate Change (A) Pakistan (B) Nepal
Mission? (C) Russia (D) India
(A) Maharashtra (B) Tamil Nadu 223. Which IT company will acquire Denmark-based Base Life
(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Madhya Pradesh Science for 110 million euros?
212. 'Kargil Vijay Diwas' is celebrated on which date? (A) Wipro (B) Infosys
(A) 26th July (B) 28th July (C) Accenture (D) TCS
(C) 21st July (D) 24th July 224. Who has become the new MD & CEO of National Stock
213. Recently who has become the first district of India to get 'Har Exchange (NSE)?
Ghar Jal' scheme certified? (A) Ashish Kumar Chauhan (B) Radheshyam Garhwal
(A) Kota (Rajasthan) (C) Varun Kumar Sharma (D) Jigresh Kumar Singh
(B) Burhanpur (Madhya Pradesh) 225. Which security force has recently recovered narcotic products
(C) Agra (Uttar Pradesh) (D) Gandhinagar (Gujarat) worth Rs 7.40 crore under 'Operation Narcos'?
214. Recently who has been appointed as the new CEO of telecom (A) Sashastra Seema Bal
.

company Vodafone-Idea? (B) Railway Protection Force

(A) Ravindra Jha (B) Shailesh Tripathi (C) Central Industrial Security Force
(C) Ravinder Takkar (D) Ashish Dinkar (D) Central Reserve Police Force
215. Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 226. Which state tops the ranking of states to implement the National
replacing Ranil Wickremesinghe? Food Security Act (NFSA) through ration shops?
(A) Likama Mathews (B) Niwara Kaltekar (A) Punjab (B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Dinesh Gunawardene (D) Nuwan Simphala (C) Bihar (D) Odisha
216. Recently who has become the first state to connect commercial 227. 30 NATO allies signed the accession protocol for Sweden and
vehicles with 'Emergency Response Support System'? which country?
(A) Uttarakhand (B) Himachal Pradesh (A) China (B) Russia
(C) West Bengal (D) Maharashtra (C) Finland (D) Ukraine
217. When is the 'National Flag Day' celebrated every year all over 228. Junior Ferdinand Marcos was sworn in as the 17th President of
India? which country?
(A) 19th July (B) 21st July (A) Thailand (B) Vietnam
(C) 22nd July (D) 24th July (C) Malaysia (D) Philippines
218. Who has received the Best Actress Award under the 68th 229. Which Indian badminton player has won the women's singles
National Film Awards 2022? title at the Singapore Open 2022?
(A) Deepika Padukone (B) Nithya Menon (A) Jwala Gupta (B) Saina Nehwal
(C) Anushka Sharma (D) Aparna Balamurali (C) PV Sindhu (D) Ashwini Ponnappa
219. Who has become the 15th and first tribal woman President of 230. When is the 'World International Day of Justice' celebrated every
India? year?

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 (A) 15th July (B) 17th July (C) Daryl Mitchell (D) Ben Stokes
(C) 19th July (D) 21st July 242. Which Indian has won the title of 'Mrs Universe Divine 2022'?
231. Recently who has been appointed as the High Commissioner of (A) Radhika Gupta (B) Sushmita Rao
Bangladesh to India? (C) Pallavi Singh (D) Aditi Pandey
(A) Abdul Mahmood (B) Mustafizur Rahman 243. Which tennis player has recently won the men's singles title at
(C) Zubair Alsafa (D) Farooq Iqbal Wimbledon 2022?
232. According to the Time Out 2022 Index, which country's capital (A) Rafael Nadal (B) Daniil Medvedev
Edinburgh is the best city in the world? (C) Novak Djokovic (D) Roger Federer
(A) Ireland (B) Iraq 244. On which date 'World Population Day' is celebrated every year?
(C) Scotland (D) Iran (A) 11th July (B) 12th July
233. Which country celebrates 14th July every year as National Day (C) 10th July (D) 8th July
which is also known as 'Bastil Day'? 245. Which Lieutenant General of India has been appointed as the new
(A) China (B) Pakistan military commander of the UN Mission in South Sudan
(C) Russia (D) France (UNMISS)?
234. Recently which institute has made a tool named 'PIVOT' to (A) Mohan Subramaniam (B) Arun Puri
detect genes responsible for cancer? (C) Upendra Dwivedi (D) BS Raju
(A) IIT Madras (B) IIT Bombay 246. Who has recently won the title of Femina Miss India 2022?
(C) IIT Kanpur (D) IIT Kharagpur (A) Aditi Verma (B) Varsha Jain
235. What is the rank of India in the recently released 'Global Gender (C) Sini Shetty (D) Ayushi Mathur
Gap Report' for the year 2022? 247. Recently 'Yer Lapid' has become the 14th Prime Minister of which
(A) 138th (B) 135th country?
(C) 143th (D) 127th (A) Nigeria (B) Israel
236. Which has become the first state to implement the Center's New (C) Singapore (D) New Zealand
Education Policy (NEP) in primary education? 248. Which fugitive businessman has recently been sentenced to 4
(A) Punjab (B) Rajasthan months in jail by the Supreme Court in the 2017 contempt case
.

(C) Uttarakhand (D) Assam related to hiding information from the court?
237. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in which (A) Nirav Modi (B) Vijay Mallya
country two suspected cases of Marburg virus disease were (C) Mehul Choksi (D) Lalit Modi
reported? 249. Nepal has recently started exporting cement to which country for
(A) Ghana (B) Kenya the first time?
(C) Uganda (D) China (A) Pakistan (B) India
238. Which country recently conducted a highly sensitive experiment (C) China (D) Russia
named Lux-Zeplin to detect dark matter in the universe? 250. Recently which person of Indian origin has been appointed as the
(A) Japan (B) America new chairman of Financial Action Task Force (FATF)?
(C) Nepal (D) Bangladesh (A) T. Raja Kumar (B) M. Vijay Shankar
239. In which city did the Union Mines Minister Prahlad Joshi inau- (C) R.J. Chaturvedi (D) D. Singh Bhama
gurate the 6th National Conference on Mines and Minerals? 251. Which medal has been won by Arjun Babuta of India in the Inter-
(A) Patna (B) Lucknow national Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup stage?
(C) Delhi (D) Ranchi (A) Gold Medal (B) Silver Medal
240. Reserve Bank of India has approved Meena Hemchandra as the (C) Bronze medal (D) None of these
part-time chairman of which bank? 252. Who has been appointed as the new head of GAIL recently?
(A) Punjab National Bank (B) Karur Vysya Bank (A) Lokesh Bhardwaj (B) Rajendra Tripathi
(C) State Bank of India (D) Axis Bank (C) Sandeep Gupta (D) Manish Dhankar
241. Which male player has received the ICC Player of the Month 253. Recently Ketanji Brown Jackson has become the first black woman
award for June 2022? judge of the Supreme Court of which country?
(A) Jonny Bairstow (B) Hardik Pandya (A) Japan (B) Australia

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 (C) France (D) America (A) India (B) Nepal
254. When is the 'National Statistics Day' celebrated every year? (C) Russia (D) Pakistan
(A) 29th June (B) 30th June 265. Who has recently been included in the 'Wall of Former Chief
(C) 1st July (D) 2nd July Economists' of the International Monetary Fund?
255. Who has been given the additional charge of the Ministry of (A) Rahul Sachdeva (B) Geeta Gopinath
Minority Affairs? (C) Angoji Okonjo-Iwela (D) S Patnaik
(A) Smriti Irani (B) Rajnath Singh 266. Which state government has recently launched Mission 'Kushal
(C) Amit Shah (D) Prahlad Singh Patel Karmi Yojana'?
256. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia was given additional (A) Bihar (B) Punjab
charge of which ministry? (C) Delhi (D) Tamil Nadu
(A) Ministry of Cooperation (B) Ministry of Steel 267. World Malala Day is celebrated on which day?
(C) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (A) 10th January (D) 18th August
(D) Ministry of Tribals (C) 17th November (D) 12th July
257. Who has been elected as the Vice President of Confederation of 268. In which country was the World Peace Forum 2022 organized?
Indian Industry (CII)? (A) Russia (B) China
(A) Rahul Sachdeva (B) Anil Agnihotri (C) India (D) Pakistan
(C) Sanjeev Puri (D) Nidesh Rai 269. Indian captain Rohit Sharma has become the first Asian player to
hit how many fours in men's T20 cricket?
258. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Central
Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)? (A) 300 (B) 100
(C) 150 (D) 500
(A) Asif Khan (B) Ravindra Gautam
270. India has provided more than 44000 tonnes of urea under the loan
(C) Lokesh Jain (D) Nitin Gupta
facility to which country which is facing severe economic crisis?
259. Recently, who has become the first Indian captain to take a wicket
(A) Pakistan (B) Nepal
in T-20 International cricket?
(C) Ukraine (D) Sri Lanka
(A) Rishabh Pant (B) Deepak Hooda
271. Which former CEO of the think tank NITI Aayog was appointed
(C) Hardik Pandya (D) Shikhar Dhawan
by the Central Government India's new Sherpa has been selected
.

260. Which cricket team has recently won the title of 'Ranji Trophy'
for G-20?
for the first time?
(A) Amitabh Kant (B) Sindhushree Khullar
(A) Gujarat (B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Parameshwara Iyer (D) Rahul Sachdeva
(C) Saurashtra (D) Rajasthan
272. Which has become the first state in the country to have 13
261. How many crore rupees has been imposed by the Reserve Bank expressway?
of India on Ola Financial Services? (A) Bihar (B) Uttar Pradesh
(A) Rs 2.37 crore (B) Rs 1.67 crore (C) Punjab (D) Karnataka
(C) Rs 1.17 crore (D) Rs 3.70 crore 273. Which former Prime Minister of Japan has died after being shot
262. The government of which country has decided to honor former while delivering a speech in the city of Nara?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (posthumously) with the 'Supreme (A) Yoshihiko Noda (B) Shinzo Abe
Order of the Chrysanthemum'? (C) Yasuo Fukuda (D) Taro Aso
(A) Japan (B) Russia 274. The Union Health Ministry has reduced the gap of booster dose
(C) China (D) America from 9 months to how many months for people above 18 years
263. Recently Papraja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park has launched of age?
an ambitious program to release how many red pandas into the (A) 2 months (B) 3 months
wild in about five years? (C) 4 months (D) 6 months
(A) 20 (B) 17 275. From which ministerial post has Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi resigned?
(C) 15 (D) 12 (A) Union Minister for Minority Affairs
264. According to the United Nations, which of the following country (B) Minister of Fertilizers and Chemicals
will overtake China to become the world's most populous coun- (C) Minister of Law and Justice
try in 2023? (D) Minister of Tribal Affairs

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276. Which country has signed agreement for supply of technology 286. Which state government has recently launched the 'Nari Ko Naman'
for Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu? scheme for the women of the state?
(A) China (B) Nepal (A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Jharkhand
(C) Russia (D) Pakistan (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Assam
277. In which country the government has declared a state of 287. India's largest floating solar power plant has been fully commis-
emergency in the five northern regions around the Po river in view sioned by NTPC in which state?
of the severe drought in the country? (A) Karnataka (B) Bihar
(A) China (B) Italy (C) Punjab (D) Telangana
(C) Nepal (D) Iran 288. International Cooperative Day is celebrated on which day?
278. In which state Scientific Kai Chutney has been submitted for (A) First Saturday of July (B) First Sunday of March
Geographical Indication (GI) Registry? (C) First Monday of August (D) First Tuesday of December
(A) Odisha (B) Bihar 289. Which medal has been won by Neeraj Chopra while performing
(C) Jharkhand (D) Tamil Nadu brilliantly in the Diamond League recently?

279. Recently the people of which state have celebrated 'Sao Joao' (A) Silver Medal (B) Gold Medal

festival? (C) Bronze Medal (D) None of these

290. In which city the Ministry of Dairying and Animal Husbandry
(A) Bihar (B) Jharkhand
has launched the 'One Health' pilot project on 28th June 2022?
(C) Goa (D) Delhi
(A) Bangalore (B) Patna
280. The first Indo-Nepal Bharat Gaurav tourist train has been flagged
(C) Delhi (D) Ranchi
off from which railway station?
291. What has been renamed as Aurangabad district of Maharashtra?
(A) Rajendra Nagar Railway Station
(A) Dawood Nagar (B) Sambhaji Nagar
(B) Safdarjung Railway Station
(C) Mohan Nagar (D) Kamal Nagar
(C) Charbagh railway station
292. According to QS Best Student Cities 2023, which is the highest
(D) Ranchi railway station
ranked city in India in terms of living for students from all over
281. Which state government has announced the first Kempegowda
the world?
Award to SM Krishna, SR Narayana Murthy and Prakash
.

(A) Delhi (B) Patna

Padukone?
(C) Lucknow (D) Mumbai
(A) Bihar (B) Punjab
293. Which medal has been won by Deepak Punia in the Under-23
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Karnataka Asian Wrestling Championship in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan?
282. Which state has recently launched the medical insurance scheme (A) Silver Medal (B) Gold Medal
'MEDISEP' scheme for state employees, pensioners? (C) Bronze Medal (D) None of these
(A) Assam (B) Kerala 294. Which country has announced to transfer 'Iskander-M missile
(C) Karnataka (D) Rajasthan system' to Belarus?
283. Who has been appointed as the chairman of the advisory commit- (A) Russia (B) China
tee to assist the Committee of Administrators appointed by the (C) Pakistan (D) India
Supreme Court recently? 295. From which date the central government has banned the use of
(A) Rajiv Ranjan Prasad (B) Vishal Agnihotri single-use plastic?
(C) Vinay Tripathi (D) Ranjit Bajaj (A) November 1, 2022 (B) July 1, 2022
284. Which state has been ranked first in Asia in the recently released (C) 1st December, 2022 (D) 1st July, 2022
Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) in Affordable Talent? 296. Recently who has become the first woman president of Federa-
(A) Kerala (B) Jharkhand tion of International Cricketers Association?
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Delhi (A) Lisa Sthalekar (B) Shikha Pandey
285. According to the report of the World Gold Council (WGC), which (C) Poonam Raut (D) Anjum Chopra
of the following has India ranked in the global gold recycling? 297. Which country has launched solid fuel rocket Juljana into space?
(A) third (B) second (A) China (B) Nepal
(C) fourth (D) seventh (C) Pakistan (D) Iran

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298. Which state has launched the vehicle monitoring system 'Suraksha (C) Karachi (D) Dhaka
Mitra Project'? 310. Which state government has recently launched a medical insur-
(A) Bihar (B) Punjab ance scheme called MEDISEP for government employees and
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Kerala pensioners?
299. What is the rank of India in the recently released World Press (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala
Freedom Index 2022? (C) Jharkhand (D) Meghalaya
(A) 150th (B) 140th 311. Which airport has become the first airport in the country to meet
(C) 130th (D) 120th renewable energy requirements?
300. What is the position of Indian men's football team in the recently (A) Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
released FIFA World Rankings? (B) Biju Patnaik International Airport
(A) 110th (B) 104th (C) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
(C) 112th (D) 118th (D) Indira Gandhi International Airport
301. Who has been appointed as the new head of the National Inves- 312. Recently which country has successfully launched 'Nuri Rocket'?
tigation Agency (NIA)? (A) Nepal (B) India
(A) Rahul Sachdeva (B) Mohan Agnihotri (C) South Korea (D) China
(C) Sachin Malhotra (D) Dinkar Gupta 313. In which country the 48th G-7 summit 2022 was organized?
302. Which state has recently approved 3700 MW Adani Green (A) Russia (B) Germany
Energy Project? (C) Pakistan (D) India
(A) Rajasthan (B) Gujarat 314. Which country has topped the Asian Cycling Championships
(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Maharashtra 2022 with 27 medals?
303. Who has been honored with the 'Golden Achievement Award (A) Japan (B) China
2021' by the International Tennis Hall of Fame and International (C) India (D) Russia
Tennis Association recently?
315. Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Home Affairs has announced
(A) Vijay Amritraj (B) Umar Nisar
to reserve what percentage of jobs for 'Agnivars' after four years
(C) Charudat Mishra (D) B. V. Doshi of service?
.

304. Recently who has become the 27th Chief Justice of Himachal (A) 20 per cent (B) 10 per cent
Pradesh High Court?
(C) 30 per cent (D) 40 per cent
(A) Amjad Ahtesham Sayed (B) Raghvendra Singh Chauhan
316. Which Australian player has become the second cricketer in ODI
(C) Ravi Shankar Jha (D) Abdul Hamid Qureshi
history to be stumped for 99 runs?
305. Mukhyamantri Bal Gopal Yojana is related to which state?
(A) Mitchell Marsh (B) Marnus Labuschagne
(A) Rajasthan (B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Alex Carey (D) David Warner
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Bihar
317. Which has become the last state in the country to join the 'One
306. Recently who has been awarded the first prize in the National Nation, One Ration Card Scheme'?
MSME Awards 2022?
(A) Assam (B) Bihar
(A) Assam (B) Odisha
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Gujarat (D) Uttar Pradesh 318. Which state has won the title of the 1st Under-19 T20 National
307. Passport Seva Diwas is celebrated on which day? Cricket Championship organized by the Deaf Cricket Associa-
(A) 12 March (B) 24 June tion of India (IDCA)?
(C) 18 May (D) 20 April (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Bihar
308. International Olympic Day is celebrated on which day? (C) Punjab (D) Tamil Nadu
(A) 10 January (B) 12 March 319. Who has been nominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party for the
(C) 23 June (D) 18th July Presidential election?
309. According to 'The Global Liveability Index 2022' of the Econo- (A) Yashwant Sinha (B) Piyush Goyal
mist Intelligence Unit, which is the best city in the world to (C) Lal Krishna Advani (D) Draupadi Murmu
live in? 320. Which Indian Institute of Technology has developed a robot to
(A) Vienna (B) Delhi clean septic tanks?

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 (A) IIT Delhi (B) IIT Kharagpur (A) China (B) Russia
(C) IIT Kanpur (D) IIT Madras (C) America (D) Nepal
321. Which state government has recently launched 'Ennam Ezhutham 333. Who has been conferred with Honorary Doctor of Literature by
Yojana'? HSNC University, Maharashtra recently?
(A) Jharkhand (B) Tamil Nadu (A) Mukesh Ambani (B) Ratna Tata
(C) Karnataka (D) Kerala (C) Gautam Adani (D) Anil Ambani
322. Which country has launched the largest and most modern aircraft 334. Recently who has been appointed as the Under-Secretary-Gen-
carrier 'Fujian'? eral of the United Nations?
(A) Russia (B) Japan (A) Komal Malhotra (B) Geeta Devi
(C) Bangladesh (D) China (C) Rabab Fatima (D) Sarita Gupta
323. 'World Sickle Cell Awareness Day' is observed on which day? 335. Which country has agreed to abolish compulsory death penalty?
(A) 19 June (B) 18 August (A) Bangladesh (B) Malaysia
(C) 10 January (D) 12 March (C) China (D) Russia
324. In which country will the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup be 336. In which city India's first Display Fabrication Unit will be set
organized? up?
(A) Nepal (B) China (A) Delhi (B) Patna
(C) India (D) Russia (C) Ranchi (D) Hyderabad
325. What is the theme of International Yoga Day 2022? 337. International Family Dispatch Day is observed on which day?
(A) Yoga for Humanity (A) 10 January (B) 12 March
(B Yoga for Well-being (C) 16 June (D) 17 July
(C) Yoga for Health - Yoga for Home 338. French power company 'Total Energies' will acquire what
(D) None of these percent stake in Adani Group's green hydrogen venture?
326. On which day 'World Refugee Day' is celebrated? (A) 35 per cent (B 25 per cent
(A) 20 June (B) 10 March (C) 45 per cent (D) 10 per cent
(C) 12 April (D) 18 August 339. The government of which country has decided to remove the
.

327. Who has become the oldest Indian player to score T20 fifty? strict visa restrictions imposed on Indians due to the Covid
(A) Harbhajan Singh (B) Rohit Sharma epidemic?
(C) Dinesh Karthik (D) Virat Kohli (A) China (B) Bangladesh
328. How many years has the central government increased the upper (C) Nepal (D) Sri Lanka
limit of the 'Agneepath' scheme from 21 years for the first year? 340. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is observed on which day?
(A) 22 years (B 23 years (A) 10 January (B) 12 March
(C) 24 years (D) 25 years (C) 17 August (D) 15 June
329. Which country's former captain, 37-year-old William Porterfield 341. Recently which state government has launched Suraksha-Mitra
has retired from international cricket? Project?
(A) Scotland (B) Australia (A) Bihar (B) Punjab
(C) England (D) Ireland (C) Kerala (D) Tamil Nadu
330. Which Indian-American has been nominated by US President Joe 342. Which medal did Gurunaidu Senapati win for India at the 2022
Biden to a top Pentagon post? IWF Youth World Championship in Mexico?
(A) Radha Iyengar Plumb (B) Shanti Sethi (A) Silver Medal (B) Bronze Medal
(C) Mahindra Tuk (D) Pramila Jayapal (C) Gold Medal (D) None of these
331. Who has been appointed as the President of the Press Council of 343. Recently who has won gold medal in Under-15 Asian Junior
India (PCI)? Squash Championship?
(A) Rahul Sachdeva (B) Ranjana Prakash Desai (A) Komal Singh (B) Komal Agarwal
(C) Prakash Malhotra (D) Mohan Agarwal (C) Anahata Singh (D) Jaya Agnihotri
332. Aarti Prabhakar has been appointed as the Science Advisor to the 344. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of
President of which country? NITI Aayog?

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 (A) Ramnath Tripathi (B) Vineet Jindal (A) 35th (B 37th
(C) Parameswaran Iyer (D) Prabhudheva Sridhar (C) 41st (D) 46th
345. Who has been appointed as the new chief of Intelligence Bureau 357. Between which two cities the country's first private train has
(IB)? been operated under the 'Bharat Gaurav Yojana'?
(A) Ashish Mittal (B) Bhupendra Chowdhary (A) Mathura to Raipur (B) Coimbatore to Shirdi
(C) Varun Jakhar (D) Tapan Deka (C) Ayodhya to Jaipur (D) Bhopal to Mumbai
346. Recently which country's female cricketer 'Rumeli Dhar' has 358. Recently which scheme has been launched by the Central Gov-
retired from international cricket? ernment to recruit youth for 4 years in the Indian Army?
(A) Bangladesh (B) England (A) Himmatbal Yojana (B) Agneepath Scheme
(C) India (D) Pakistan (C) Bharatvansh Yojana (D) Yuva Sena Scheme
347. Recently who has become the first woman President of Federa- 359. Recently which country has become the first country in the world
tion of International Cricketers Association (FICA)?
to print warnings on cigarettes?
(A) Mithali Raj (B) Alyssa Perry
(A) Nigeria (B) Australia
(C) Katherine Bunt (D) Lisa Starlaker
(C) Canada (D) Nepal
348. On which date 'International Widow Day' is celebrated every
360. Recently the great Indian man 'Hari Chand' has passed away at
year?
the age of 69, he was?
(A) 20th June (B 22nd June
(A) Runner (B) Singer
(C) 23rd June (D) 24th June
(C) Writer (D) Journalist
349. Who has become the first women batch of India to clear the NDA
361. Which male cricketer has been awarded the ICC Player of the
exam?
Month for May-2022?
(A) Vanitha Chaudhary (B) Komal Jakhar
(A) Wanindu Hasaranga (B) David Miller
(C) Shanan Dhaka (D) Nidhi Garhwal
(C) Angelo Mathews (D) Temba Babuma
350. Recently, who has been appointed as the next Permanent Repre-
362. Which state has become the winner of Khelo India Youth Games
sentative of India to the United Nations?
2021?
(A) Lalita Varman (B) Ruchira Kamboj
(A) Haryana (B) Maharashtra
.

(C) Jyoti Ojha (D) Meenakshi Rao

(C) Karnataka (D) Punjab
351. Which 'International Yoga Day' is celebrated on 21st June?
363. Which chess player has recently become the 74th Grandmaster
(A) third (B fourth
of India?
(C) eighth (D) tenth
(A) Manish Lamba (B) Rahul Srivastava
352. Recently Gustavo Petro has become the new President of which
country? (C) Arogya Singh (D) Rishabh Mavi

(A) Bolivia (B) Colombia 364. On which date 'World Blood Donor Day' is celebrated every

(C) Brazil (D) Ecuador year?

353. Recently the world's largest plant (150 km) has been discovered (A) 12th June (B) 14th June
off the coast of Australia, which is named? (C) 15th June (D) 13th June
(A) Elizodadeus sanifira (B) Poseidonia australis 365. Who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of RBL Bank?
(C) Lusacera petipotium (D) Orthopedic australis (A) S. Jyotiraditya (B) M.K. Swaminathan
354. On which date 'World Refugee Day' is celebrated every year? (C) R. Subramaniakumar (D) K.K. Venugopal
(A) 18th June (B) 20th June 366. Recently, India's first Covid-19 vaccine for animals has been
(C) 22nd June (D) 24th June launched, which is named?
355. Recently which Indian person has become the new CEO of (A) Anoplacex (B) Anocovax
American telecom company 'Verizon'? (C) Amymax (D) Appiehex
(A) Niteshwar Khanna (B) Soumyanarayan Sampath 367. Which has become the first Asian country to lift the ban on
(C) Atul Maheshwari (D) Deepdayal Chawla 'Bhang'?
356. What is the rank of India in the 'Global Competitiveness Index- (A) Bangladesh (B) Nepal
2022' released by IMD? (C) India (D) Thailand

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368. When is 'World Child Labor Prohibition Day' celebrated every 380. On which date 'World Environment Day' is celebrated every year?
year? (A) 5th June (B) 6th June
(A) 11th June (B 12th June (C) 3rd June (D) 7th June
(C) 13th June (D) 14th June 381. The Delhi Government has decided to use which word in place of
369. Which has become the first state in India to formulate a drone the word 'Harijan'?
policy? (A) Gandhi (B) Dr. Ambedkar
(A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Himachal Pradesh (C) Sivanandan (D) Kushwaha
(C) West Bengal (D) Uttar Pradesh 382. In which state of India has the world's first 'Liquid Mirror
370. Famous female player 'Mithali Raj' has announced her retirement Telescope' been installed recently?
from which international sport? (A) Jharkhand (B) Bihar
(A) Cricket (B) Hockey (C) Uttarakhand (D) Haryana
(C) Football (D) Badminton 383. Which Indian-American student has recently won the prestigious
371. Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director of SBI 'Spelling Bee Competition-2022'?
replacing 'Ashwini Bhatia'? (A) Nirmala Rai (B) Anjum Sharma
(A) Alok Kumar Choudhary (B) Naveen Kumar Sinha (C) Harini Logan (D) Devaki Musal
(C) Rajesh Kumar Thakur (D) Ashok Kumar Jangid 384. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Operating Officer
372. When is the 'World Ocean Day' celebrated every year? (COO) of Facebook's parent company META?
(A) 4th June (B) 8th June (A) Albert Kinnoz (B) Joy Meredith
(C) 7th June (D) 9th June (C) Mike Bright (D) Xavier Olivan
373. What is the rank of India among 180 countries of the Global 385. On which date 'World Bicycle Day' is celebrated every year?
Environment Performance Index-2022? (A) 1 June (B) 2 June
(A) 167th (B) 176th (C) 3 June (D) 4 June
(C) 178th (D) 180th 386. Recently the famous person 'Pt. Bhajan Sopori' has passed away
374. Who has become the new chairman of International Aluminum at the age of 74, he was?
Institute (IAI)? (A) Writer (B) Santoor player
.

(A) Varun Padukone (B) Satish Pai (C) Painter (D) Actor
(C) Manish Chawla (D) Arvind Ghoshal 387. Who has become the new Director General of National Informatics
375. Recently 'Bajram Begaz' has become the new President of which Center (NIC)?
country? (A) Shravan Mehta (B) Lokesh Jangid
(A) Poland (B) Albania (C) Vishesh Rajput (D) Rajesh Gera
(C) Austria (D) Romania 388. Which state has celebrated its 9th foundation day on 2nd June?
376. On which date 'World Food Safety Day' is celebrated every year? (A) Telangana (B) Manipur
(A) 3rd June (B 5th June (C) Sikkim (D) Odisha
(C) 6th June (D) 7th June 389. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Sashastra
377. Who has received the 'Best Actor' award at the IIFA Awards Seema Bal (SSB)?
2022? (A) L.T. Meghraj (B) P.J. Srivastava
(A) Pankaj Tripathi (B) Varun Dhawan (C) S.L. Thoisen (D) G.S. Mathur
(C) Vicky Kaushal (D) Aamir Khan 390. On which date 'World Milk Day' is celebrated every year?
378. Which tennis player has won the men's singles title at the French (A) 31st May (B) 30th May
Open 2022? (C) 1st June (D) 2nd June
(A) Kaspar Rudd (B) Novak Djokovic 391. Recently famous personality 'Krishna Kumar Kunnath' has passed
(C) Rafael Nadal (D) Daniil Medvedev away at the age of 53, he was?
379. Recently who has been appointed as the new Managing Director (A) Singer (B) Painter
(MD) of Union Bank of India? (C) Author (D) Scientist
(A) M.K. Jyotisree (B) A. Manimekhalai 392. Which state's 35th foundation day has been celebrated on 30
(C) K.K. Anjali (D) V.K. Chattopadhyay May 2022?

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 (A) Sikkim (B) Goa 405. What is the theme of 'Swachh Survekshan-2023'?
(C) Manipur (D) Kerala (A) Waste to Wealth (B) Gray Water Management
393. When is 'World No Tobacco Day' celebrated every year? (C) Jana Movement (D) Public Participation
(A) 30th May (B) 31st May 406. Which institute has recently established a super computer named
(C) 28th May (D) 26th May 'Param Porul'?
394. On which date 'Hindi Journalism Day' is celebrated every year? (A) IIT Madras (B) NIT Calicut
(A) 31st May (B) 30th May (C) NIT Warangal (D) NIT Tiruchipalli
(C) 28th May (D) 25th May 407. Which former Union Minister announced that he has resigned
395. Which films' famous singer and actor 'Sidhu Musewala' has passed from the Indian National Congress party on 25 May 2022?
away at the age of 29? (A) Kapil Sibal (B) Bhupinder Singh Hooda
(A) Punjabi (B) Marathi (C) Manish Tewari (D) Anand Sharma
(C) Gujarati (D) Bhojpuri 408. Which country has recently become the first Gulf country to
396. In which city India's first 'Nano Liquid Urea Plant' has been register a case of Monkeypox?
inaugurated recently? (A) Kuwait (B) Oman
(A) Jodhpur (Rajasthan) (B) Nashik (Maharashtra) (C) Qatar (D) UAE
(C) Gandhinagar (Gujarat) (D) Jhajjar (Haryana) 409. Who has been elected as the head of the World Health Organization
397. When is the 'World Menstrual Hygiene Day' celebrated every (WTO) recently?
year? (A) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
(A) 22nd May (B) 28th May (B) Maria Van Kerkhove
(C) 29th May (D) 31st May (C) Soumya Swaminathani (D) Rahul Sachdeva
398. Which Bollywood actor has received the Excellence in Cinema 410. Who won the Best Actor Award at the 75th Cannes Film Festival
Award at the French Riviera Film Festival? held in Paris, France on May 29, 2022?
(A) Akshay Kumar (B) Nawazuddin Siddiqui (A) Jar Amir Ibrahmi (B) Song Kang-ho
(C) Amitabh Bachchan (D) Varun Dhawan (C) Park Chan-wook (D) Charlotte Vandermarsh
399. Who has become the first Indian author to win the Booker Prize? 411. India has slipped to what position in the Global Travel and Tourism
.

(A) Ashmita Apte (B) Anita Jha Development Index?

(C) Divya Chauhan (D) Geetanjali Shree (A) 60 (B) 54
400. Which cricket team has recently won the title of 'Ranji Trophy' (C) 52 (D) 48
for the first time? 412. The President of which country recently announced the creation
(A) Gujarat (B) Madhya Pradesh of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF)
(C) Saurashtra (D) Rajasthan in Japan?
401. Who won the 15th edition of IPL 2022 in the final match played (A) Nepal (B) Russia
at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, on May 29, 2022? (C) Pakistan (D) America
(A) Gujarat Titans (B) Rajasthan Royals 413. Which organization has honored one million ASHA workers of
(C) Chennai Super Kings (D) Kolkata Knight Riders India for their outstanding contribution in advancing global health?
402. Which state has recently decided that in all its state universities, (A) WHO (B) UNICEF
instead of the governor, the chief minister will be the chancellor? (C) UNHRC (D) UNEP
(A) Kerala (B) Karnataka 414. The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the appointment of
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) West Bengal how many additional judges of the Allahabad High Court as
403. Where has India's first 'Olympic Value Education Programme' permanent judges?
started recently? (A) 10 (B) 12
(A) Odisha (B) Kerala (C) 20 (D) 15
(C) Karnataka (D) Tripura 415. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated India's first
404. Which has become the first metro city to get its own biodiversity? 5G testbed. For how many crores has it been set up?
(A) Delhi (B) Mumbai (A) Rs 220 crore (B) Rs 320 crore
(C) Kolkata (D) Chennai (C) Rs 290 crore (D) Rs 140 crore

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416. India celebrates National Anti-Terrorism Day every year on 21st 427. Who has been appointed as the head coach of England's white-
May. This day is observed as the death anniversary of which ball cricket team?
former Prime Minister? (A) Brian Lara (B) Ricky Ponting
(A) Rajiv Gandhi (B) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (C) Matthew Mott (D) VVS Laxman
(C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (D) Indira Gandhi 428. Which country was offered the use of Chittagong port in
417. International Tea Day is celebrated on which date? Bangladesh by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh?
(A) 10 April (B) 18 July (A) Nepal (B) China
(C) 21 May (D) 30 November (C) Bhutan (D) India
418. Which Indian-origin businessman has been elected mayor of the 429. What is the theme of 'International Museum Day 2022'?
London Borough of Southwark for the second time? (A) The power of the museum
(A) Sunil Chopra (B) Ratan Tata (B) The Future of Museums : Recover and Reimagine
(C) Gautam Adani (D) Mukesh Ambani (C) Equality : Diversity and Inclusion
419. Which country has been elected by the United Nations General (D) Museum for Sustainable Societies
Assembly in a secret ballot to replace the Czech Republic in the 430. World AIDS Vaccine Day is observed on which day?
United Nations Human Rights Council? (A) 10th January (B) 12th March
(A) Nepal (B) Sri Lanka (C) 19th November (D) 18th May
(C) Bhutan (D) Russia 431. Which Mumbai Indians fast bowler has become the first Indian
420. Global Accessibility Awareness Day is observed on which day? pacer to take 250 wickets in T20 cricket?
(A) Third Thursday of May (B) Third Monday of January (A) Jasprit Bumrah (B) Suryakumar Yadav
(C) Third Friday of March (D) Third Tuesday of August (C) Arjun Tendulkar (D) Ramandeep Singh
421. The High Court has canceled the famous existing 'Ghar-Ghar 432. Anna Kabale Duba of which country was honored with Aster
Ration Distribution Scheme' (Chief Minister Ghar Ghar Ration Guardian Global Nursing Award 2022 (world's best nurse) in
Scheme) of which state government? Dubai?
(A) Delhi (B) Bihar (A) Kenya (B) Vietnam
(C) Jharkhand (D) Assam (C) Thailand (D) Ukraine
.

422. Which institution has announced up to $30 billion in aid to address 433. Which country's President Emmanuel Macron has appointed
food security? Labor Party leader Elisabeth Bourne as the country's new Prime
(A) IMF (B) World Bank Minister?
(C) WTO (D) WHO (A) Germany (B) France
423. Which Congress leader has been sentenced to one year (C) Australia (D) Poland
imprisonment by the Supreme Court in the three-decade old road 434. Recently Finland and which country have shown interest to join
rage case? the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
(A) Navjot Singh Sidhu (B) RPN Singh (A) Russia (B) Denmark
(C) P. Chidambaram (D) Ajay Maken (C) Netherlands (D) Sweden
424. Which country recently hosted the Deaflympics 2021? 435. Recently who has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tripura?
(A) France (B) Spain (A) Tirath Singh Rawat (B) Bhupendra Rawat
(C) Brazil (D) Canada (C) Manika Saha (D) Rahul Sachdeva
425. Which state/UT government is planning to launch Urban 436. On which day is the World Agri-Tourism Day celebrated?
Agriculture Policy? (A) 20th January (B) 12th March
(A) Rajasthan (B) Gujarat (C) 18th August (D) 16th May
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Delhi 437. Which country has been elected as the new President of Association
426. The Punjab Government has announced to increase the of Asian Election Authorities (AAEA) for 2022-24?
compensation amount to the families of martyr soldiers from Rs (A) Nepal (B) India
50 lakh to how many crores? (C) China (D) Bangladesh
(A) Rs 60 lakh (B) Rs 70 lakh 438. Katalin Novak has been elected the first female President of which
(C) Rs 80 lakh (D) Rs 1 crore country?

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 (A) Romania (B) Hungary year?
(C) Ukraine (D) Belarus (A) 18th May (B) 14th May
439. Who has been appointed as the head coach of the England men's (C) 17th May (D) 19th May
Test team? 451. Recently 'Sun Sheikh Mahmood' has been elected as the new
(A) Shane Watson (B) Ajit Agarkar President of which country?
(C) Wasim Jaffer (D) Brayden McCullum (A) Ethiopia (B) Somalia
440. Recently who has become the first woman officer to join the (C) Kenya (D) Yemen
Army Aviation Corps as a 'Combat Aviator'? 452. Recently who has become the new Prime Minister of France?
(A) Anita Khanna (B) Neelam Phogat (A) Maryam Alkhomri (B) Tokia Saifi
(C) Sushma Karthik (D) Abhilasha Barak (C) Elizabeth Bourne (D) Katherine Taska
441. Which birth anniversary of 'Rajaram Mohan Roy' was celebrated 453. Recently India's first 'Amrit Sarovar' was inaugurated by Mukhtar
all over India on 22nd May, 2022? Abbas Naqvi in Patwai of which state?
(A) 250th (B) 257th (A) Punjab (B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) 269th (D) 275th (C) Rajasthan (D) Haryana
442. Recently who has been appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor 454. On which date 'International Family Day' is celebrated every
(LG) of Delhi by President Ram Nath Kovind? year?
(A) Aditya Singh Chopra (B) Vinay Kumar Saxena (A) 15th May (B) 16th May
(C) Jignesh Kumar Gautam (D) Kripal Singh Patel (C) 17th May (B) 18th May
443. Which male cricketer has been awarded the ICC Player of the 455. Recently 'Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan' has become
Month for April-2022? the new President of which Gulf country?
(A) David Warner (B) Pete Cummins (A) UAE (B) Qatar
(C) Keshav Maharaj (D) KL Rahul (C) Oman (D) Bahrain
444. When is the International Day of Biodiversity celebrated every 456. Recently which country's badminton team has won the title of
year? Thomas Cup 2022?
(A) 22nd May (B) 23rd May (A) China (B) Indonesia
.

(C) 25th May (D) 20th May (C) Malaysia (D) India
445. Recently who has been appointed as the new private secretary of 457. Which country's former cricketer Andrew Symonds has passed
PM Modi? away recently?
(A) Jitendra Shah (B) Vivek Kumar (A) England (B) Australia
(C) Ajit Khanna (D) Rishabh Nagar (C) New Zealand (D) The Africa
446. Recently 'Anthony Albanese' has become the new Prime Minister 458. Recently who has won the 'Templeton Prize' for the year 2022?
of which country? (A) Frank Wilczek (B) Tom Jackson
(A) Australia (B) Brazil (C) Max Keedy (D) James Clarke
(C) New Zealand (D) Israel 459. Recently who has been appointed as the new chairperson of the
447. On which date 'World Bee Day' is celebrated every year? Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)?
(A) 19th May (B) 20th May (A) Radhika Jha (B) Shubhangi Malhotra
(C) 22nd May (D) 16th May (C) Nidhi Chhibber (D) Aruna Chakradhar
448. Recently who has become the new CEO of Indian airline company 460. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Air India recently?
Indigo? (A) Martin Joseph (B) Peter Heinsberg
(A) Mark Janice (B) Ganesh Gautam (C) Campbell Wilson (D) Adam Charles
(C) Pieter Elbers (D) Rajeev Shukla 461. Recently who has become the first Indian brand ambassador of
449. Recently who became the new chairman of India's major stock French fashion company 'Louis Vuitton'?
exchange BSE? (A) Anushka Sharma (B) Deepika Padukone
(A) SS Mundra (B) N Swaminathan (C) Alia Bhatt (D) Kangana Ranaut
(C) L Chidambaram (D) KK Saluja 462. Recently Dinesh Gunawardena has become the Prime Minister
450. On which date 'World Hypertension Day' is celebrated every of which country?

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 (A) Sri Lanka (B) Nepal (C) Ganesh Mavi (D) Sudarshan Venu
(C) Bangladesh (D) Bhutan 475. On which date 'World Red Cross Day' is celebrated every year?
463. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner (A) on 5th May (B) on 7th May
of India recently? (C) on 8th May (D) on 9th May
(A) Avichal Chaturvedi (B) Rajeev Kumar 476. Recently who has received the 'World Food Prize' for the year
(C) Kalpesh Nigam (D) Zeeshan Mohammed 2022?
464. In which city India's first biogas-powered EV charging station (A) Zenithly Excella (B) Tenny Robinson
has been started recently? (C) Ripa Hazlewood (D) Cynthia Rosenzweig
(A) Jodhpur (B) Gurugram 477. Recently which state's 'Miyan Ka Bada' railway station has been
(C) Mumbai (D) Dehradun renamed as 'Mahesh Nagar Halt'?
465. Recently famous personality 'Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma' has (A) Rajasthan (B) Uttar Pradesh
passed away at the age of 84. who was he? (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Gujarat
(A) Musician (B) Scientist 478. Recently who has become the first Indian woman to scale Mount
(C) Mathematician (D) Actor Kangchenganga?
466. Recently who has become the first state in India to provide (A) Deepti Sinha (B) Geeta Samota
breakfast in government schools along with mid-day meal? (C) Priyanka Mohite (D) Kamala Bishnoi
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Odisha 479. Recently who has won the title of 'World Snooker Championship-
(C) Rajasthan (D) Punjab 2022'?
467. When is the 'National Technology Day' celebrated every year? (A) Mark Selby (B) Ronnie O'Sullivan
(A) 11th May (B) 12th May (C) Nell Robertson (D) Stephen Maaguri
(C) 10th May (D) 14th May 480. Recently who has become the first Indian weightlifter to win a
468. Recently who has become the new secretary of the Ministry of gold medal at the IWF Junior World Championships?
Electronics and Information Technology? (A) Ankita Chaudhary (B) Raveena Nayak
(A) Alkesh Kumar Sharma (B) Rishab Nath Golda (C) Harshada Garud (D) Sushmita Rao
(C) Vimlesh Singh Daroga (D) Arun Pal Pandya 481. Which football team has recently won the title of Santosh Trophy-
.

469. Recently which tennis player has won the men's singles title in 2022?
Madrid Open-2022? (A) Bengal (B) Services
(A) Novak Djokovic (B) Carlos Alcaraz (C) Meghalaya (D) Kerala
(C) Alexander Zverev (D) Daniil Medvedev 482. Recently the government of which state has started
470. Recently which Indian journalist has received the 'Pulitzer Prize 'Mukhyamantri Mitan Yojana' to provide government services to
2022' posthumously? the people sitting at home?
(A) Rohit Sardana (B) Radhakrishna Muralidhar (A) Chhattisgarh (B) Jharkhand
(C) Danish Siddiqui (D) Anjana Bandyopadhyay (C) Odisha (D) Kerala
471. Recently the government of which state has started a loan scheme 483. What is the rank of India in the recently released 'World Press
named 'Jivhala' for the prisoners in jail? Freedom Index' for the year 2022?
(A) Rajasthan (B) Chhattisgarh (A) 133rd (B) 139th
(C) Uttarakhand (D) Maharashtra (C) 147th (D) 150th
472. When is 'World Thalassemia Day' celebrated every year? 484. On which date 'World Press Freedom Day' is celebrated every
(A) on 5th May (B) on 8th May year?
(C) on 9th May (D) on 10th May (A) on 1st May (B) on 2nd May
473. When is 'Mother's Day' celebrated every year all over India? (C) on 3rd May (D) on 4th May
(A) Second Sunday of May (B) Second Tuesday of May 485. When is 'World Asthma Day' celebrated every year?
(C) Second Saturday of May (D) Second Wednesday of May (A) on the first Sunday of the month of May
474. Recently who has become the new Managing Director of TVS (B) on the first Tuesday of the month of May
Motor? (C) on the first Friday of the month of May
(A) Akash Rawat (B) Kamal Patnaik (D) on the first Saturday of the month of May

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486. Recently who has been appointed as the new advisor to Prime (A) Soila (Uttarakhand) (B) Palli (Jammu-Kashmir)
Minister Narendra Modi? (C) Juana (Odisha) (D) Revasa (Rajasthan)
(A) Rajesh Agarwal (B) Manish Gupta 498. Who has recently become the new CEO of non-bank lender
(C) Anant Pandey (D) Tarun Kapoor company 'Aditya Birla Capital'?
487. Which Indian-origin person has recently become the new Chief (A) Jyoti Khanna (B) Rashmi Chauhan
Technology Officer (CTO) of the US intelligence agency? (C) Vishakha Mulay (D) Anita Desai
(A) Vesh Sherawat (B) Anant Tripathi 499. Who has become the new chairman of Haj Committee of India
(C) Dheeraj Shukla (D) Nand Moolchandani recently?
488. Which two states celebrated their foundation day on 1st May (A) FK Rahman (B) AP Abdullakutty
2022? (C) Adil Malnas (D) Arif Mohammad
(A) Gujarat and Maharashtra 500. Recently who has been selected as 'Laureus Sportsman of the
(B) Gujarat and Karnataka Year-2022'?
(C) Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra (A) Neeraj Chopra (B) Rafael Nadal
(D) Punjab and Haryana (C) Max Verstappen (D) Andy Murray
489. Recently which state has become the first state in India to set up 501. Recently Elon Musk has announced to buy Twitter for how
a Gene bank project? many billion dollars?
(A) Rajasthan (B) Gujarat (A) $44 billion (B) $34 billion
(C) Maharashtra (D) Odisha (C) $ 54 billion (D) $ 74 billion
490. On which date 'International Workers' Day' is celebrated every 502. On which date 'World Intellectual Property Day' was celebrated
year? recently?
(A) on 2nd May (B) on 1st May (A) 10 January (B) 26 April
(C) on 30th April (D) on 27th April
(C) 12th March (D) 30th November
491. Recently who has been appointed as the new Vice Chief of Indian
503. In which city, Union Minister Anurag Thakur has recently
Army?
inaugurated the second edition of 'Khelo India University Games'?
(A) Lt. Gen. AP Singh (B) Lt. Gen. MK Jakhar
(A) Patna (B) Delhi
(C) Lt. Gen. BS Raju (D) Lt. Gen. KK Saluja
.

(C) Bangalore (D) Lucknow

492. When is 'World Veterinary Day' celebrated every year?
504. Recently the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has
(A) 30 April (B) 27 April
demanded the tag of 'State Sponsor of Terrorism' for Russia from
(C) 29 April (D) 24 April
the President of which country?
493. Recently who has become the first airline company in India to
(A) America (B) China
use GAGAN technology?
(C) Japan (D) France
(A) Spice Jet (B) Go First
505. What is the rank of India in terms of military expenditure according
(C) Vistara (D) IndiGo
to the recently released SIPRI report for the year 2021?
494. Recently the former Chief Minister of which state 'James
(A) first (B) third
Dringwell Rimbai' has passed away at the age of 88?
(C) fourth (D) fifth
(A) Meghalaya (B) Sikkim
506. Recently the former President of which country 'Mawai Kibaki'
(C) Assam (D) Manipur
has passed away at the age of 90?
495. Recently which city has become the first in India to use 'vacuum
sewer technology'? (A) Kenya (B) Ecuador
(A) Chennai (B) Mumbai (C) Tanzania (D) Uzbekistan
(C) Agra (D) Patna 507. Who has been appointed as the new Vice Chairman of NITI
496. Recently with which sport former Indian female player 'Elvera Aayog recently?
Britto' has passed away at the age of 81? (A) Chanchal Thakur (B) Virender Singh
(A) Hockey (B) Football (C) Piyush Sharma (D) Suman Berry
(C) Cricket (D) Badminton 508. When is 'World Book Day' celebrated every year in the world?
497. Which village has become India's first 'Carbon Neutral Panchayat' (A) 21st April (B) 22nd April
recently? (C) 23rd April (D) 24th April

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509. Recently who has been appointed as the new Principal Scientific 521. Recently who has become the new President of Indian Pulses and
Adviser to PM Modi? Grains Association (IPGA)?
(A) Vimal Chaturvedi (B) Avichal Rao (A) Naveen Chaturvedi (B) Bimal Kothari
(C) Ajay Sood (D) Rajendra Gautam (C) Rajesh Choudhary (D) Surendra Sinha
510. Recently the famous writer of which language 'Binapani Mohanty' 522. On which date 'World Liver Day' is celebrated every year?
has passed away at the age of 85? (A) 19th April (B) 20th April
(A) Oriya (B) Telugu (C) 14th April (D) 22nd April
(C) Kannada (D) Marathi 523. Recently 'Praful Kar' has passed away at the age of 83. who was
511. Recently who has become the first district in India to have library he?
in every village? (A) Lyricist (B) Mathematician
(A) Kota (Rajasthan) (B) Jamtara (Jharkhand) (C) Journalist (D) Painter
(C) Sikar (Rasthan) (D) Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) 524. Recently who has been appointed as the next Chief of Army Staff
512. On which date 'World Malaria Day' is celebrated every year? of India?

(A) 25th April (B) 22th April (A) KK Madhav (B) Suresh Jha
(C) Tike Sharma (D) Manoj Pandey
(C) 26th April (D) 28th April
525. Recently in which city India's first radio channel for the blind has
513. When is 'National People's Day' celebrated every year all over
been launched named 'Radio Aksh'?
India?
(A) Jodhpur (B) Chandigarh
(A) on 18 April (B) on 21 April
(C) Bangalore (D) Nagpur
(C) on 20th April (D) on 22nd April
526. Which state has celebrated its 75th foundation day on 15th April,
514. Recently the player of which team 'Kieron Pollard' has retired
2022?
from international cricket?
(A) West Bengal (B) Arunachal Pradesh
(A) Zimbabwe (B) West Indies
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Uttar Pradesh
(C) New Zealand (D) Sri Lanka
527. When is 'World Art Day' celebrated every year?
515. Recently who has become the new country head of technology
(A) on 11th April (B) on 13th April
company Wipro in India?
(C) on 15th April (D) on 16th April
.

(A) Manish Chawla (B) Ashok Chandel

528. Which country has recently got the host of 'Street Child Cricket
(C) Yunus Mohammed (D) Satya Easwaran
World Cup 2023'?
516. Recently which state has become the first state in India to establish
(A) New Zealand (B) India
L-root Server at the state level?
(C) England (D) Australia
(A) Maharashtra (B) Gujarat
529. Recently who has won the honor of 'EY Entrepreneur of the
(C) Karnataka (D) Rajasthan Year-2021'?
517. When is 'World Earth Day' celebrated every year? (A) Nita Ambani (B) Ritesh Arora
(A) 22nd April (B) 23rd April (C) Aditya Mishra (D) Falguni Nair
(C) 24th April (D) 20th April 530. On which date 'World Heritage Day' is celebrated every year?
518. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Delhi (A) on 18 April (B) on 19 April
recently? (C) on 16th April (D) on 14th April
(A) Vijay Mali (B) Naresh Kumar 531. When is 'World Haemophilia Day' celebrated every year?
(C) Ravindra Dutta (D) Ashok Tripathi (A) on 18 April (B) on 17 April
519. Recently in which state India's first Pure Green Hydrogen Plant (C) on 13th April (D) on 15th April
has been started by OIL? 532. Tamil Nadu government has recently announced to celebrate which
(A) Assam (B) Odisha date every year as 'Equality Day'?
(C) Gujarat (D) Manipur (A) on 14th April (B) on 16th April
520. Recently who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of the (C) on 11th April (D) on 17th April
insurance company 'Digit Insurance'? 533. When is 'World Voice Day' celebrated every year around the world?
(A) Jasleen Kohli (B) Naveen Jhunjhunwala (A) on 16th April (B) on 13th April
(C) Ramsingh Bajia (D) Vinita Chattopadhyay (C) on 15th April (D) on 19th April

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534. When is 'Ambedkar Jayanti' celebrated every year across India? 546. Recently which tennis player has won the men's singles title in
(A) on 11th April (B) on 14th April Miami Open 2022?
(C) on 15th April (D) on 16th April (A) Carlos Alcaraz (B) Cameron Nouri
535. Recently which male player has received the honor of ICC Player (C) Casper Rudd (D) Denis Shapovalov
of the Month for March-2022? 547. Which cricket team has recently won the title of ICC Women’s
(A) KL Rahul (B) Babar Azam World Cup 2022?
(C) David Warner (D) Wanindu Hashranga (A) England (B) Australia
536. Recently who has become the new chairman of the Union Public (C) New Zealand (D) India
Service Commission (UPSC)? 548. Recently who has been appointed as the new Managing Director
(A) Dr. Manoj Soni (B) Dr. Nirmal Rathod of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)?

(C) Dr. Shubham Shahu (D) Dr. Mahesh Dutta (A) Vikas Kumar (B) Bhupendra Choudhary

537. Recently 'Shahbaz Sharif' has become the new Prime Minister of (C) Kamlesh Jakhar (D) Tarachand Roy
which neighboring country of India? 549. Recently who has been given 'Saraswati Samman' for the year
2021?
(A) Sri Lanka (B) Bangladesh
(A) Venugopal Verma (B) Ashish Chanderkar
(C) Pakistan (D) Myanmar
(C) Ramdarash Mishra (D) Prakash Devdutt
538. Recently, who has become the first player to be 'retired out' in
550. Recently Viktor Orban became the Prime Minister of which
IPL cricket?
country for the fourth time?
(A) Andre Russell (B) Glenn Maxwell
(A) Netherlands (B) Azerbaijan
(C) Jos Buttler (D) Ravichandran Ashwin
(C) Hungary (D) Brazil
539. Which driver has recently won the F1 Australian Grand Prix
551. Who has won the Best International Feature Film award in 2022.
2022 ?
(A) The Kashmir File (B) West Side Story
(A) Orlando Norris (B) Daniel Ricciardo
(C) Drive My Car (D) The Suicide Squad
(C) Charles Leclerc (D) George Russell
552. Recently Pramod Sawant has become the Chief Minister of which
540. Recently which country has become the first country in the world
state for the second time in a row?
to give legal rights to wild animals?
.

(A) Manipur (B) Sikkim

(A) New Zealand (B) Brazil
(C) Goa (D) Odisha
(C) Equador (D) Kenya
553. Which Indian player has recently won the women's singles title in
541. When is the 'National Safe Motherhood Day' celebrated every
the 'Swiss Open Badminton Championship-2022'?
year in India?
(A) Jwala Gutta (B) PV Sindhu
(A) on 13th April (B) on 10th April
(C) Ashwini Ponnappa (D) Saina Nehwal
(C) on 14th April (D) on 11th April
554. Recently which day has been announced by the Central
542. Recently who was honored with the first 'Lata Deenanath
Government to be celebrated as 'National Dolphin Day'?
Mangeshkar Award'?
(A) 11th July (B) 5th October
(A) Amitabh Bachchan (B) Anna Hazare
(C) 25th August (D) 29th December
(C) Sachin Tendulkar (D) Narendra Modi 555. Who has been appointed as the new Foreign Secretary of India
543. When is 'World Homeopathy Day' celebrated every year? recently?
(A) on 11th April (B) on 10th April (A) Jayesh Kumar Sharma (B) Vinay Mohan Kwatra
(C) on 9th April (D) on 12th April (C) Praveen Singh Jangar (D) Alok Singh Rawat
544. On which date 'World Health Day' is celebrated every year? 556. Recently who has become the new president of NABH?
(A) on 3rd April (B) on 7th April (A) Rajendra Singh (B) Mahesh Verma
(C) on 8th April (D) on 5th April (C) Ashok Kumar (D) Tejpal Thakur
545. Who has won the 'Best New Artist' award at the 64th Grammy 557. Recently who has become the new Director General of the
Awards? Geological Survey of India (GSI)?
(A) Jack Antonoff (B) Angelique Kidjo (A) Dr. K. Nagar (B) Dr. P. Sinha
(C) Aruj Aftab (D) Olivia Rodrigo (C) Dr. S. Raju (D) Dr. T. Varun

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558. Who has recently won the 'BBC Indian Sports Woman of The (A) UNEP (B) FAO
Year 2021'? (C) NABARD (D) ICAR
(A) Koneru Hampi (B) PV Sindhu 570. Which state's 'Jingqing Zari or Living Root Bridge' has been
(C) Mirabai Chanu (D) Shefali Verma included in the tentative list of World Heritage Sites of UNESCO?
559. The birthday of 'Anandi Gopal Joshi' is celebrated all over India (A) Meghalaya (B) Mizoram
on 31st March, she was -------? (C) Tripura (D) Assam
(A) India's first woman doctor 571. India's first World Peace Center is being established in which city
(B) India's first woman engineer of the country?
(C) India's first woman teacher (A) Chennai (B) Hyderabad
(D) First woman governor of India (C) Gurugram (D) Pune
560. When is 'Rajasthan Day' celebrated every year? 572. In which of its division Indian Railways has commissioned the
(A) 31st March (B) 30th March first 'Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal' (GCT)?
(C) 28th March (A) 25th March (A) Raipur (B) Prayagraj
561. Which Indian-origin person has recently become the new
(C) Asansol (D) Vijayawada
CEO of American courier service company FedEx?
573. In which Indian city the first road project made of waste steel has
(A) Yash Prajapat (B) Raj Subramaniam
started?
(C) Hrithik Verma (D) Nitish Kumar
(A) Surat (B) Gurugram
562. When was the foundation day of 'Reserve Bank of India'
(C) Hyderabad (D) Jamshedpur
celebrated?
574. Which state has topped in NITI Aayog's Export Preparedness
(A) 1st April (B) 31st March
Index 2021?
(C) 2nd April (D) 30th March
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Maharashtra
563. The foundation day of which state is celebrated every year on 1st
(C) Gujarat (D) Uttar Pradesh
April?
575. Which Indian state is all set to become the first state in the country
(A) Odisha (B) Kerala
to introduce carbon-neutral farming for better soil health?
(C) Maharashtra (D) Punjab
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala
.

564. Recently who has become the highest wicket-taker (171) in IPL
(C) Maharashtra (D) Uttar Pradesh
cricket till date?
576. Which institution has issued the world's first Wildlife Conservation
(A) Andu Toy (B) Jasprit Bumrah
Bond (WBC)?
(C) Mohammed Shami (D) Dwayne Bravo
(A) International Monetary Fund (B) World Bank
565. Recently the former Chief Minister of which state 'Bhim Bahadur
Gurung' has passed away at the age of 93? (C) UNDP (D) World Economic Forum

(A) Sikkim (B) Manipur 577. Pralaya Mandal was appointed as the interim MD and CEO of
(C) Assam (D) Uttarakhand which bank?
566. In which state India's first steel road has been built recently? (A) CSB Bank (B) Federal Bank
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Uttarakhand (C) Indian Bank (D) DCB Bank
(C) Maharashtra (D) Gujarat 578. “AutoFirst” application has been launched by which bank to
567. Madeleine Albright, the first woman foreign minister of which provide fully automatic auto loans?
country has recently passed away at the age of 84? (A) HDFC bank (B) ICICI bank
(A) Singapore (B) Russia (C) Kotak Mahindra Bank (D) IndusInd Bank
(C) Ukraine (D) America 579. What is the total limit of UPI Lite balance for 'On-Device Wallet'?
568. Which state has topped under the Best State category in the 3rd (A) Rs 1000 (B) Rs 2000
National Water Awards? (C) Rs 5000 (D) Rs 6000
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh 580. Which is the first state in the country to use 'Crop Diversification
(C) Karnataka (D) Gujarat Index'?
569. With which organization the book 'Indian Agriculture Towards (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Telangana
2030' was released by NITI Aayog? (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Punjab

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581. With which Northeast country has Germany signed an energy (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Bihar
pact to reduce its dependence on Russia? (C) Jharkhand (D) Madhya Pradesh
(A) Kuwait (B) Qatar 593. In which country will the 51st Southeast Asian Games be held in
(C) Oman (D) UAE the year 2022?
582. Name the cargo ship that has become the longest ever to sail on (A) Vietnam (B) Indonesia
the Brahmaputra river? (C) Singapore (D) Thailand
(A) MV northern jaguar (B) MV MSC Valeria 594. The Indian Army version of the Medium Range Surface-to-Air
(C) MV Ram Prasad Bismil (D) MV APL Raffles Missile (MRSAM) has been developed by DRDO in partnership
583. India's first Virtual Smart Grid Knowledge Center (Virtual SGKC) with which country?
has been developed by which company? (A) Israel (B) Russia
(A) NTPC Limited (B) Indian Oil Corporation (C) France (D) United States
(C) Power Grid (D) Power Finance Corporation
595. Which institute has set up a new interdisciplinary water
584. 'Wrist Assured' is the autobiography of which former cricketer? management and policy center named 'AquaMAP' to solve water
(A) EAS Prasanna (B) Dilip Veng Sarkar problems in India?
(C) GR Vishwanath (D) Sunil Gavaskar (A) IIT Kanpur (B) IIT Madras
585. Who has become the first para-athlete to receive the Padma
(C) IIT Bombay (D) IIT Delhi
Bhushan award?
596. Which film has won the Best Film Award at the 94th Academy
(A) Mariyappan Thangavelu (B) Devendra Jhajharia
Awards?
(C) Deepa Malik (D) Pooja Jattayan
(A) Belfast (B) Koda
586. Who was announced as the 23rd latest female Grandmaster of
(C) The Power of the Dog (D) King Richard
India?
597. What is the theme of 'World Theater Day' in the year 2022?
(A) Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (B) Padmini Raut
(A) Theater and Culture of Peace
(C) Priyanka Nutki (D) Mary N. Gomes
(B) Tales of Theater
587. In which country the 'Mahatma Gandhi Green Triangle' was
(C) Theater of Nations
inaugurated by the Embassy of India, as a part of India's 'Azadi
(D) Theater and Drama in Education
.

Ka Amrit Mahotsav' festival?

(A) Maldives (B) Seychelles 598. Who has written the children's book 'The Little Book of Joy'?

(C) Madagascar (D) Sri Lanka (A) Desmond Tutu (B) Tenzin Gyatso

588. Which country was the largest exporter of arms during 2017-21 (C) Penpa Tsering (D) A and B both
as per the SIPRI report? 599. Which country has announced to honor the President of Ukraine
(A) United States of America (B) Russia Vladimir Zelensky with its top state honour?
(C) France (D) China (A) Czech Republic (B) Poland
589. Recently which ministry has organized all India program (C) U.K. (D) Austria
'Jharokha'? 600. Which railway zone has launched India's first Gati Shakti
(A) Ministry of Education (B) Ministry of Textiles Multimodal Cargo Terminal?
(C) Ministry of Culture (D) Both B and C (A) Eastern Railway Zone
590. In which state of India will the country's first International (B) North Eastern Railway Zone
Furniture Park be built? (C) South Western Railway Zone
(A) Gujarat (B) Madhya Pradesh (D) Northern Railway Zone
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Andhra Pradesh 601. Who has recently won its first 'Indian Super League' title?
591. In which city the country's first drone school has been inaugurated (A) Jamshedpur FC (B) Hyderabad FC
recently? (C) Kerala Blaster (D) None of these
(A) Gwalior (B) Pune 602. Who has become the new MD & CEO of 'Maruti Suzuki India'
(C) Indore (D) Bikaner recently?
592. In which state is the world's tallest statue of Lord Gautam (A) Osaka Romaya (B) Hisashi Takeuchi
Buddha being constructed in the sleeping posture? (C) Nizalo Titaya (D) Bhu Yin Mikati

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603. Which has become the first state to implement 'NeVA' program (A) France (B) Italy
recently? (C) Japan (D) None of these
(A) Manipur (B) Nagaland 615. When has 'World Sparrow Day' been celebrated recently?
(C) Mizoram (D) none of these (A) 18 March (B) 20 March
604. Recently, 'Yogi Adityanath' has become the Chief Minister of (C) 19th March (D) None of these
Uttar Pradesh for which consecutive time? 616. Recently Australian player 'Ashleigh Barty' has announced to
(A) second (B) third retire from which sport?
(C) fourth (D) fifth (A) Badminton (B) Tennis
605. Recently famous personality 'Ramesh Chandra Lahoti' has passed (C) Cricket (D) Hockey
away at the age of 81. who was he? 617. In the recently released 'World Air Quality Report' of IQAir,
(A) Former Chief Justice (B) Former Governor which has become the world's most polluted capital city in 2021?
(C) Former Cricketer (D) Former Chief Minister (A) Dhaka (B) Kathmandu

606. Who has been elected as the Speaker of the Punjab Legislative (C) Delhi (D) Baghdad
Assembly? 618. Who has written Soli Sorabji's biography 'Soli Sorabji : Life and
(A) Jaswinder Singh (B) Kuljit Singh Randhawa Times' recently?
(A) Sanjay Pandey (B) Abhinav Chandrachud
(C) Kultar Singh Sandhwa (D) None of these
(C) Akshay Vidhi (D) None of these
607. Who has won the Formula-1 'Bahrain Grand Prix' 2022 title?
619. Which state government will constitute the 'State OBC
(A) Max Verstappen (B) Lewis Hamilton
Commission'?
(C) Charles Leclerc (D) None of these
(A) Odisha (B) Assam
608. Recently 'Dennis Parnell Sullivan' has received the Abel Prize for
(C) Rajasthan (D) none of these
the year 2022. In which field is this award given?
620. On which date 'World Tuberculosis Day' is celebrated every year?
(A) Healing (B) Peace
(A) 21st March (B) 24th March
(C) Physics (D) Mathematics
(C) 26th March (D) 28th March
609. Recently, where is the SAFF U-18 Women's Championship 2022
621. 'Pushkar Singh Dhami' has become the Chief Minister of which
organized?
.

state for the second time?

(A) Rajasthan (B) Jharkhand
(A) Manipur (B) Uttarakhand
(C) Maharashtra (D) None of these
(C) Punjab (D) Uttar Pradesh
610. Where has the 35th 'Surajkund International Crafts Mela' started
622. Recently, Who has become the brand ambassador of sports brand
recently?
'PUMA'?
(A) Kochi (B) Faridabad
(A) Virat Kohli (B) Akshay Kumar
(C) Chennai (D) None of these
(C) George Russell (D) None of these
611. When is the 'World Meteorological Day celebrated every
623. Where has the 26th edition of International Film Festival started
year?
recently?
(A) 18th March (B) 20th March (A) Kochi (B) Thiruvananthapuram
(C) 21st March (D) 23rd March (C) Chennai (D) None of these
612. Who has become the first para athlete to receive the Padma 624. The foundation day of which state is celebrated every year on
Bhushan award? 22nd March?
(A) Manish Narwal (B) Krishna Nagar (A) Jharkhand (B) Goa
(C) Devendra Jhajhadia (D) Manoj Sarkar (C) Bihar (D) Odisha
613. In which state India's first paperless state assembly has been 625. Recently, Ritu Khanduri has become the first woman speaker of
formed recently? which state's assembly?
(A) Uttarakhand (B) Manipur (A) Punjab (B) Uttarakhand
(C) Nagaland (D) Bihar (C) Goa (D) None of these
614. Recently India and which country have started 'Clean Energy 626. Who among the following has topped in terms of per capita
Partnership'? income?

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 (A) Goa (B) Sikkim 639. Which Indian-origin doctor has recently been appointed as the
(C) Delhi (D) none of these White House's co-ordinator for the COVID-19 response?
627. Recently who has been appointed as the new President of BARC (A) Jayant Ghosh (B) Steve Waugh
India? (C) Ashish Jha (D) None of these
(A) Jayant Ghosh (B) Dhirendra Jha 640. Who has been appointed as the next Director General of ILO?
(C) Shashi Sinha (D) None of these (A) Shashi Sinha (B) Dhirendra Jha
628. Recently the government has set a target to build how many new (C) Gilbert Hongbo (D) none of these
airports by 2025? 641. Who has topped the Export Preparedness Index released by NITI
(A) 220 (B) 145 Aayog?
(C) 170 (D) None of these (A) Karnataka (B) Maharashtra
629. When is the 'International Happiness Day' celebrated every year? (C) Gujarat (D) None of these
(A) 21st March (B) 20th March 642. Recently who has been appointed as the new Commandant of
Indian Air Force Academy?
(C) 18th March (D) 19th March
(A) AK Ranveer (B) M. Prajapati
630. Recently, who has won the crown of 'Miss World 2021'?
(C) T. Raghunathan (D) B. Chandrasekhar
(A) Nimars Crisil (B) Jecky Peterson
643. What is the rank of India in the recently released 'World Happiness
(C) Karolina Bilawska (D) Perry Matthews
Report 2022'?
631. Who has got the Best Film Award in BAFTA Awards 2022?
(A) 133rd (B) 134th
(A) The Power of the Dog (B) No Time to Die
(C) 136th (D) 138th
(C) A Quiet Place (D) The Fire
644. On which date every year 'National Immunization Day' is
632. When is 'World Water Day' celebrated every year?
celebrated across India?
(A) 20 March (B) 22 March
(A) 11th March (B) 13th March
(C) 23 March (D) 25 March
(C) 16th March (D) 19th March
633. N. Biren Singh has become the Chief Minister of which state for
645. In which city India's first wholly woman-owned FLO industrial
the second time?
park has opened recently?
(A) Uttarakhand (B) Goa
.

(A) Jabalpur (B) Bhopal

(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Manipur
(C) Hyderabad (D) Bangalore
634. Who recently won the 'BBC Indian Supportswoman of the Year
646. Recently who has become the first female President of Hungary?
Award 2021'?
(A) Elijah Frakes (B) Kaitlin Novak
(A) Mary Kom (B) Mirabai Chanu
(C) Melania Tudro (D) Kiplina Guterres
(C) Avani Lekhara (D) Saina Nehwal
647. Which state government has recently announced to give 'Sushma
635. Recently who has won the men's singles title in All England Swaraj Puraskar' to women?
Badminton 2022 Championship?
(A) Chhattisgarh (B) Gujarat
(A) Viktor Axelsen (B) Lakshya Sen (C) Haryana (D) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Bagus Maulana (D) Tai Tzu-Ying 648. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the National
636. When is 'World Poetry Day' celebrated every year? Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) recently?
(A) 20 March (B) 21 March (A) Ajay Bhushan Pandey (B) Naveen Singh Jindal
(C) 19 March (D) 22 March (C) Rajkumar Nehra (D) Babu Lal Devgoda
637. Recently which Indian company has become the first Indian 649. Which state government has recently launched a new sports policy
company to sponsor FIFA World Cup 2022? 2022-27?
(A) Paytm (B) Byju's (A) Odisha (B) Gujarat
(C) Unacademy (D) None of these (C) Rajasthan (D) None of these
638. Recently Pushkar Singh Dhami has taken oath as which Chief 650. In which state the tallest statue (100 feet) of Lord Buddha in
Minister of Uttarakhand? sleeping posture is being constructed?
(A) 11th (B) 9th (A) Assam (B) Bihar
(C) 10th (D) none of these (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Nagaland

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651. Recently which country's government has given 'Sports Icon 663. Recently who has become the new chairman of Insurance
Award' to former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina? Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)?
(A) Japan (B) Bangladesh (A) Abhimanyu Rana (B) Mukush Rundala
(C) Maldives (D) Nepal (C) Ganesh Rathor (D) Devashish Panda
652. Recently which male player has been given the ICC Player of the 664. Recently which state has become the first to use Crop
Month award for February 2022? Diversification Index?
(A) Hasan Ali (Pakistan) (B) Moeen Ali (England) (A) Haryana (B) Maharashtra
(C) Shreyas Iyer (India) (D) Soeb Malik (Pakistan) (C) Telangana (D) none of these
653. Who has been appointed as an advisor in the Defence Ministry? 665. The government of which state has recently started 'Kaushalya
(A) Jayant Ghosh (B) Dhirendra Jha Matritva Yojana' for daughters?
(C) Vinod G Khandare (D) None of these (A) Rajasthan (B) Jharkhand
654. Who has recently won the 'Governor of the Year' award in the (C) Chhattisgarh (D) Madhya Pradesh
Central Banking Awards 2022? 666. Recently which country's former President 'Rafiq Tarar' has passed
(A) Shaktikanta Das (B) Mario Marcel away at the age of 92?
(C) Abhishek Chatterjee (D) None of these (A) Bangladesh (B) Afghanistan
655. Recently the 9th joint military exercise LAMITIYE-2022 has (C) Pakistan (D) Uzbekistan
started between India and which country? 667. Recently, Australian player Shane Warne, related to which sport,
(A) Ngya (B) Seychelles has passed away at the age of 52?
(C) France (D) none of these (A) Cricket (B) Tennis
656. When is 'International Mathematics Day' celebrated every year? (C) Badminton (D) Golf
(A) on 14 March (B) on 15 March 668. When was the 187th 'Assam Rifles Raising Day' celebrated
(C) on 13th March (D) on 11th March recently?
657. Recently who has become the fastest Indian batsman to score the (A) 22 March (B) 24 March
fastest fifty (28 balls) in Test cricket? (C) 23 March (D) None of these
(A) Rohit Sharma (B) Mayank Agarwal 669. Who has topped the Global Home Price Index Q4 2021 released
.

(C) Rishabh Pant (D) KL Rahul by Knight Frank recently?

658. Recently 'Bhagwant Man' has become the 17th Chief Minister of (A) Australia (B) New Zealand
which state? (C) Turkey (D) none of these
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Punjab 670. Recently a joint training exercise named Ex-DUSTLIK has started
(C) Uttarakhand (D) Goa between the armies of India and which country?
659. Recently who has become the new Chairman and Managing (A) Chile (B) Turkmenistan
Director of Oil India Limited (OIL)? (C) Uzbekistan (D) none of these
(A) Ashok Sharma (B) Ranjit Rath 671. Who has recently won the 13th Greenstorm Photography Award?
(C) Vishal Gautam (D) Mukesh Choudhary (A) Francis Kere (B) Mohammad Reza Masumi
660. Recently 'Yoon Suk Yeol' has become the new President of which (C) Yvonne Farrell (D) None of these
country? 672. Recently which state's Tarsingpettai Nagaswarna has got GI tag?
(A) Vietnam (B) South Korea (A) Kerala (B) Karnataka
(C) Japan (D) Iceland (C) Tamil Nadu (D) None of these
661. Recently the tech company SAMSUNG has opened India's first 673. Recently the government of which state has announced to
women operated mobile store in which city? implement 'Camel Protection and Development Policy'?
(A) Mumbai (B) Jaipur (A) Gujarat (B) Manipur
(C) Ahmedabad (D) Chandigarh (C) Rajasthan (D) Madhya Pradesh
662. Recently who has been appointed as the new CEO by Colgate 674. Recently which country's former cricketer 'Rod Marsh' has passed
Palmolive (India)? away at the age of 74?
(A) Prabha Narasimhan (B) Varsha Khokhar (A) England (B) Australia
(C) Geeta Pandal (D) Ashmita Jha (C) New Zealand (D) Bangladesh

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675. On which date the Raising Day of the 'Central Industrial Security (C) on 24th February (D) on 25th February
Force (CISF)' is celebrated every year? 688. According to the recent announcement, in which country the first
(A) 6th March (B) 8th March IIT institute will be opened outside India?
(C) on 10th March (D) on 11th March (A) Sri Lanka (B) Nepal
676. On which date 'World Wildlife Day' is celebrated every year? (C) UAE (D) China0p
(A) on 1st March (B) on 3rd March 689. Recently who has become the first Indian player to win a silver
(C) on 5th March (D) on 2nd March medal in the 'Para World Championship'?
677. Who has recently been appointed as the new Police Commissioner (A) Nisha Gokhale (B) Nidhi Sharma
of Mumbai by the Government of Maharashtra? (C) Renu Jakhar (D) Puja Jatayan
(A) Amit Srivastava (B) Ashish Chakraborty 690. Recently who has been appointed as its new brand ambassador
(C) Sanjay Pandey (D) Vimal Choudhary by Bharati AXA Life Insurance?
678. Recently who has been appointed as the new chairman of the (A) Amitabh Bachchan (B) Rahul Dravid
Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT)? (C) Vidya Balan (D) Priyanka Chopra
(A) Justice Ranjan Gogoi (B) Justice NV Ramanna 691. Recently, who has become the woman cricketer to play the most
(C) Justice MA Bobde (D) Justice DN Patel number of ICC World Cup?
679. When is 'International Women's Day' celebrated every year? (A) Haider Knighted (England) (B) Smriti Mandhana (India)
(A) 6th March (B) 7th March (C) Sarah Taylor (England) (D) Mithali Raj (India)
(C) 8th March (D) 9th March 692. Recently who has been appointed as the new CEO of the airline
680. When has 'Earth Hour 2022' been celebrated recently? company 'Jet Airways'?
(A) 24 March (B) 26 March (A) Ramesh Nagar (B) Subhash Devgan
(C) 25 March (D) None of these (C) Harshit Soni (D) Sanjeev Kapoor
681. With which country has India recently signed an agreement for 693. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Yash Raj Films?
cooperation in the field of education? (A) Namita Ghoshal (B) Priyanka Chaudhary
(A) Japan (B) South Korea (C) Lokesh Vaishnav (D) Akshay Vidhi
(C) Maldives (D) None of these 694. Recently who has become the first Indian person to be awarded
.

682. Recently who has been appointed as the new Chief Financial the 'Boltzman Medal'?
Officer (CFO) of LIC? (A) Raman Singh (B) Ashok Mehra
(A) Akhilesh Jain (B) Sunil Agarwal (C) Prashant Kamal (D) Deepak Dhar
(C) Varun Chopra (D) Tarun Sen 695. Recently the former Chief Minister of which state 'Hemanand
683. When is the 'World Civil Defence Day' celebrated every year? Biswal' has passed away at the age of 82?
(A) on 1st March (B) on 2nd March (A) Assam (B) Odisha
(C) 28th February (D) 26th February (C) Punjab (D) Madhya Pradesh
684. Recently how many women have been honored with the 'Nari 696. The government of which state has recently announced the
Shakti Puraskar' for the year 2020 and 2021? creation of India's first E-Waste Eco-Park?
(A) 29 (B) 34 (A) Haryana (B) Punjab
(C) 21 (D) 47 (C) Delhi (D) Madhya Pradesh
685. In which state India's first 'Alcohol Museum' has been opened 697. Recently, who has been appointed as the first woman president
recently? of SEBI?
(A) Rajasthan (B) Assam (A) Preeti Singh Rawat (B) Anita Rampal
(C) Goa (D) Tamil Nadu (C) Madhavi Puri Vuch (D) Varsha M Kumari
686. Recently who has been appointed as the new brand ambassador 698. Which campaign has been launched recently by the Ministry of
of Dish TV India? Education to promote cultural diversity?
(A) Rishabh Pant (B) Shahrukh Khan (A) Bhasha Certificate Selfie (B) Bhasha Center Resolution
(C) PV Sindhu (D) Sania Mirza (C) Cultural Certificate Power (D) Cultural Centre Bharat
687. When is the 'Central Excise Day' celebrated every year? 699. Which player has recently won the men's singles title in the
(A) on 20th February (B) on 22nd February 'Mexico Open Tennis Tournament 2022'?

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 (A) Jimmy Connors (B) Roger Federer (A) Mark Zuckerberg (B) Ajit Doval
(C) Rafael Nadal (D) Ivan Lendl (C) Bill Gates (D) Narendra Modi
700. Who has won the Leading Actor Award in 'BAFTA Awards 2022'? 713. Which ministry has recently launched 'Meri Policy Mera Haath'
(A) Tom Cruise (B) Will Smith campaign?
(C) Brad Pitt (D) None of these (A) Ministry of Agriculture (B) Ministry of Transport
701. Which country has launched its first hydrogen-powered train? (C) Ministry of Health (D) None of these
(A) China (B) Japan 714. Recently Adani Group has tied up with Ballard Power System of
(C) America (D) None of these which country for hydrogen fuel cell?
702. India and which country signed the blue economy roadmap? (A) Kenya (B) Italy
(A) France (B) Italy (C) Canada (D) None of these
(C) Germany (D) None of these 715. Recently which film has been selected as 'Film of the Year' at the
703. Which country has recently divided Ukraine into three parts? Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Awards-2022?
(A) America (B) France (A) Atrangi Re (B) Pushpa : The Rise
(C) Russia (D) none of these (C) Satyamev Jayate-2 (D) Paglet
704. The government of which state has recently launched India's first 716. Recently who has reached the top of the ICC T-20 team rankings?
Night Navigation Mobile App for ferry services? (B) Pakistan (B) England
(B) Assam (B) Odisha (C) India (D) None of these
(C) Bihar (D) Karnataka 717. When is 'International Mother Language Day' celebrated every
705. Who has recently become the new chairman of the International year?
Rubber Study Group?
(A) 20th February 20 (B) 21st February
(A) V.R. Vanitha (B) Suresh Goswami
(C) 18th February (D) 24th February
(B) K.N. Raghavan (D) None of these
718. According to the recent Hurun India Wealth Report, by what
706. Which company has recently launched India's first 'Gold Powered
percentage has India's millionaire households increased in 2021?
Card'?
(A) 11% (B) 17%
(A) HSBC (B) Metaphor
(C) 13% (D) None of these
(B) Credila (D) DHFL
.

719. Who became the first country to adopt India's UPI payment
707. Recently, which has become the first university in India to get the
system?
NBA recognition?
(A) Sri Lanka (B) Pakistan
(A) Sharda University (B) GLA University
(C) Bhutan (D) Nepal
(B) Chandigarh University (D) None of these
720. Which has become the first Indian company to have 'Plastic Waste
708. Recently, Indian player 'VR Vanitha' has announced to retire from
Neutral'?
which sport?
(B) Hindustan Unilever (B) Hyundai India
(A) Badminton (B) Cricket
(C) Tennis (D) Hockey (C) Ashok Leyland (D) Dabur India
709. Who has won the most medals in the Winter Olympics 2022? 721. Recently which film has received the Best Film Award at the
(A) Norway (B) Germany Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival 2022?
(C) Australia (D) China (A) KFG (B) Sher Shah
710. Where is the Indian Railways building the country's first cable (C) Pushpa : The Rise (D) none of these
rail bridge? 722. Who has written the famous book 'A History of Sriniketan'?
(A) Ladakh (B) Jammu and Kashmir (A) Uma Das Gupta (B) Adisha Das
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) None of these (C) Priyam Gandhi Modi (D) None of these
711. Where did Himachal Pradesh get its first Biodiversity Park 723. France has announced military withdrawal from which country
recently? after 9 years?
(A) Shimla (B) Mandi (A) Kenya (B) Italy
(C) Dharamshala (D) None of these (C) Mali (D) None of these
712. Recently who has been given Pakistan's second highest civilian 724. Recently who has become the first state in India to introduce
award 'Hilal-e-Pakistan'? smart card for arms licence?

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 (A) Punjab (B) Delhi (A) Sushma Swaraj (B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Bihar (C) Lata Mangeshkar (D) Savitribard Phule
725. Recently the President of Turkey has changed the name of his 737. Where will South Asia's largest bio-chemical plant be built?
country to what? (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Odisha
(A) Turkish (B) Turkish (C) Maharashtra (D) none of these
(B) Turkiye (C) Turkeya 738. Who has become the Deputy Chief of Army Staff recently?
726. Recently who has been appointed as the first National Maritime (A) Sanjay Shrotriya (B) Devashish Mitra
Security Coordinator (NMSC)? (C) Channira Ponnappa (D) None of these
(A) G. Ashok Kumar (B) P. Bajrang Choudhary 739. Recently who has started the program 'Waste to Wealth Creation'?
(B) M. Ramachandra Rao (K) K. Ganesh Chopra (A) Ministry of Finance (B) SIDBI
727. Recently who has launched the KISAN mobile app?
(C) Ministry of Environment (D) None of these
(A) IIT Delhi (B) IIT Roorkee
740. On which day 'World Radio Day' is celebrated every year?
(C) IIT Kanpur (D) None of these
(A) 11th February (B) 13th February
728. In which country India will set up the first IIT under the latest
(C) 15th February (D) 16th February
trade?
741. What is the rank of India in EIU Democracy Index 2021?
(A) Bhutan (B) Sri Lanka
(A) 46th (B) 55th
(C) UAE (D) None of these
(C) 67th (D) 89th
729. According to the declaration of WHO, how many African
742. Recently which has become the first union territory of India to
countries will be given the mRNA technology?
join the National Single Window System (NSWS)?
(A) 4 (B) 6
(A) Ladakh (B) Jammu Kashmir
(C) 5 (D) none of these
(C) Puducherry (D) Andaman-Nicobar
730. Recently which country has become the first country in the world
743. According to the recent announcement, in which city India's first
to allow drones to fly in civilian airspace?
bullet train station will be built?
(A) Ukraine (B) Russia
(A) Ahmedabad (B) Mumbai
(C) Israel (D) Japan
(C) Kanpur (D) Surat
731. Which men's player has won the ICC Player of the month award
.

for January 2022?
(A) Stuart Broad
(C) Mustafizur Rahman
732. Who became the first player to score a triple century in the Ranji
Trophy 2022?
(A) Prabhat Sinha
(C) Rajiv Joshi
744. Which has become the most congested city in India as per the
recently released 'TomTom Traffic Index 2021'?
(B) Keegan Peterson
(A) Bangalore (B) Delhi
(D) Wanindu Hasranga
(C) Mumbai (D) Jaipur
745. Recently which Indian company has tied up with Taiwanese
company to manufacture semiconductors?
(B) Sakibul Ghani
(D) none of these (A) Wipro (B) Vedanta

733. US and which other country will organize joint air exercise 'Cop (C) Tata Group (D) None of these
South 22'? 746. In which country is Laska fever spreading very fast?
(A) India (B) Bangladesh (A) Nepal (B) Britain
(C) Sri Lanka (D) none of these (C) Singapore (D) None of these
734. Recently who has been chosen as the 'Business Standard Banker 747. When has the 'International Childhood Cancer Day' been
of the Year 2020-21'? celebrated recently?
(A) Prateek Sinha (B) Chetan Ghate (A) 13th February (B) 15th February
(C) Sandeep Bakshi (D) None of these (C) 14th February (D) None of these
735. Who has been elected as the new President of ICAI for the year 748. Recently, what name has been announced by Ahmedabad's new
2022-23? franchise of IPL?
(A) Devashish Mitra (B) Mayank Bhullar (A) Gujarat Titans (B) Gujarat Lions
(C) Rashmi Desai (D) Anjali Mathur (C) Gujarat Tigers (D) Gujarat Paltan
736. On whose birthday is National Women's Day celebrated every 749. Who has been recently appointed by the Central Government as
year on 13th February across India? the new Secretary of the Department of Financial Services?

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 (A) Ajit Ghoshal (B) Narendra Wadekar DRDO?
(C) Sanjay Malhotra (D) Abhishek Verma (A) A.K. Anil Sibal (B) G.A. Srinivasa Murthy
750. 'World Pulses Day' is celebrated every year on which date? (C) P.S. Lokesh Singh (D) D.K. Ganesh Chandan
(A) on 12th February (B) on 10th February 762. Recently which player has received the 'ICC Spirit of Cricket
(C) on 8th February (D) on 11th February Award 2021'?
751. Recently who has become the new chairman of pharmaceutical (A) Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)
company 'Pfizer India'? (B) Kushal Perera (Sri Lanka)
(A) Aman Tendulkar (B) Piyush Khandwa (C) Glenn Maxwell (Australia)
(C) Pradeep Shah (D) Brijesh Mishra (D) Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand)
752. According to the latest Bloomberg report released recently, who 763. Recently who has won the title of Under-19 World Cup 2022?
has become the richest person in Asia? (A) England (B) Pakistan
(A) Mukesh Ambani (B) Chanpeng Zhao (C) Bangladesh (D) India
(C) Jackma Yoon (D) Gautam Adani 764. Recently in whose memory PM Modi has dedicated a statue
753. Which space agency has recently launched the PSLV-C52 named 'Statue of Equality' to the nation?
satellite? (A) Advaita Acharya (B) Sant Ramanujacharya
(A) NASA (B) JAXA (C) Brahmananda Swami (D) Sant Charandas
(C) ISRO (D) None of these 765. Which country has recently boycotted the Winter Olympics
754. Which football team has recently won the title of AFC Women’s 2022?
Asian Cup 2022? (A) Australia (B) India
(A) India (B) China (C) Japan (D) England
(C) Philippines (D) Bangladesh 766. Which of its raising day is celebrated by the Indian Coast Guard
755. Which country has recently become the first country in the world (ICG) on February 1, 2022?
to have a DNA vaccine against Covid-19?? (A) 43rd (B) 46th
(A) Australia (B) Japan (C) 49th (D) 51st
(C) Ukraine (D) India 767. Recently which Indian player has won the title of 'World Games
.

756. Recently who has released the Reimagining 'Healthcare in India Athlete of the Year 2021'?
report'? (A) Gurinder Singh (B) Mandeep Singh
(A) Ministry of Finance (B) Ministry of Health (C) PR Sreejesh (D) Neelkanth Sharma
(C) NITI Aayog (D) None of these 768. Recently 'Xiomara Castro' has become the first female President
757. Which space agency has deactivated the INSAT-4B satellite? of which country?
(A) NASA (B) JAXA (A) Honduras (B) Panama
(C) ISRO (D) None of these (C) Haiti (D) Nicaragua
758. Recently who has become the first cricket team in the world to 769. What is the theme of World Wetlands Day celebrated on 2nd
play 1000 ODIs? February, 2022?
(A) Australia (B) England (A) Wetlands Action for People and Nature
(C) India (D) West Indies (B) Wetlands and People
759. Recently in which state India's first 'Graphene Innovation (C) Wetlands and Climate Change
Center' has been announced to be established? (D) Wetlands and Ecosystem
(A) Odisha (B) Assam 770. Who won the women's singles title in 'Odisha Open 2022'
(C) Kerala (D) Punjab recently?
760. Who has recently become the new chairman of the Insolvency (A) Unnati Hooda (B) P.V. Sindhu
and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)? (C) Saina Nehwal (D) Jwala Gutta
(A) Jayesh Pratap (B) Ajay Sharma 771. Omar Ata Bandiyal has become the 28th Chief Justice of which
(C) Venugopal Khanna (D) Ravi Mittal neighboring country?
761. Recently, who has become the director of Defence Research and (A) Bangladesh (B) Nepal
Development Laboratory (DRDL), the flagship laboratory of (C) Pakistan (D) Sri Lanka

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772. Who has recently become the new Director General of National recently?
Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT)? (A) Chennai (B) Nashik
(A) Ramnath Thakur (B) Madan Mohan Tripathi (C) Kolkata (D) None of these
(C) Vijay Pal Vaishnav (D) Raj Kumar Nanda 785. Recently which bank has tied up with Tata Power for financing
773. Recently who has become the new chief of Defence Intelligence solar projects?
Agency (DIA)? (A) PNB (B) BOB
(A) A.K.S. Tripathi (B) T.K.S. Mathur (C) SBI (D) None of these
(C) G.A.V. Reddy (D) P.K.R. Rao 786. Which country has recently been declared by the US as its major
774. According to the recent announcement, in which city India's first non-NATO ally?
Geological Park will be built? (A) Oman (B) Sudan
(A) Dehradun (B) Chandigarh (C) Qatar (D) none of these
(C) Jabalpur (D) Panaji 787. Recently which state's Khijadia Bird Sanctuary has been listed as
775. Recently which state has been connected with goods train for the Ramsar site?
first time? (A) Uttarakhand (B) Uttar Pradesh
(A) Manipur (B) Tripura (C) Gujarat (D) None of these
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Meghalaya 788. Recently who has been selected as the best state tableau in the
776. In which Gulf country was the first Yoga Festival organized Republic Day Parade 2022?
recently? (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Karnataka
(A) Saudi Arabia (B) United Arab Emirates (C) Meghalaya (D) None of these
(C) Kuwait (D) Qatar 789. Recently which country has entered the New Year 'Year of Tiger'?
777. Recently Who has won the men's singles title in Australian 'Open (A) China (B) Russia
2022'? (C) Japan (D) All of the above
(A) Daniil Medvedev (B) Roger Federer 790. Recently which country has topped as India's trade partner in
(C) Novak Djokovic (D) Rafael Nadal 2021?
778. Recently in which city the foundation stone of India's first (A) China (B) America
.

'Constitution Park' has been laid? (C) Saudi Arabia (D) None of these
(A) Ahmedabad (B) Gandhinagar 791. Who has written the famous book 'Golden Boy Neeraj Chopra'?
(C) Panipat (D) Jaipur (A) Navdeep Singh Gill (B) Shivang Joshi
779. Who has won the record 21st Grand Slam title recently? (C) Amrita Joshi (D) All of the above
(A) Roger Federer (B) Rafael Nadal 792. Where is the lowest unemployment rate recorded in January 2022?
(B) Daniil Medvedev (D) None of these (A) Kerala (B) Karnataka
780. Who has recently won the 'Bigg Boss' season 15 trophy? (C) Telangana (D) None of these
(A) Karan Kundra (B) Prateek Sahajpal 793. Which player has won the first gold of 24th Winter Olympics
(D) Tejasswi Prakash (D) None of these 2022 recently?
781. Who has launched India's first intelligent messenger 'POPs'? (A) Anthony Jakra (B) Therese Johang
(A) Upstox (B) Paytm Money (C) Adova Hassan (D) None of these
(C) Angel One (D) None of these 794. What name have scientists given to a mountain three times bigger
782. Recently, who has become the first sports unicorn company of than the Himalayas found recently?
the country? (A) Snow Mountains (B) Peak Mountains
(A) Mumbai Indians (B) Chennai Super Kings (C) Super mountains (D) None of these
(C) Kolkata Knight Riders (D) None of these 795. Recently who has launched the nationwide 'Operation AAHT' to
783. Who has overtaken Bengaluru as the startup capital of India curb human trafficking?
recently? (A) BSF (B) Delhi Police
(A) Mumbai (B) Gurugram (C) RPF (D) None of these
(C) Delhi (D) none of these 796. Who has topped in the recently released India Press Freedom
784. Which city has become the recipient of Climate Action Plan Report 2021?

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 (A) Rajasthan (B) Jammu and Kashmir ANSWERS
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) None of these 1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (D) 7. (C)
797. Who has become the second largest buyer of gold in 2021? 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (C) 11. (D) 12. (B) 13. (A) 14. (B)
(A) State Bank of India (B) Central Bank of Thailand
15. (A) 16. (C) 17. (A) 18. (D) 19. (A) 20. (C) 21. (D)
(C) Reserve Bank of India (D) None of these
22. (A) 23. (B) 24. (B) 25. (C) 26. (D) 27. (A) 28. (C)
798. Where has the world's largest 'Igloo cafe' opened recently?
29. (D) 30. (C) 31. (C) 32. (D) 33. (B) 34. (C) 35. (B)
(A) Ladakh (B) Jammu and Kashmir
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) none of these 36. (C) 37. (B) 38. (A) 39. (B) 40. (A) 41. (D) 42. (A)

799. Who has started 'JIVA Program' to promote natural farming? 43. (D) 44. (B) 45. (A) 46. (C) 47. (B) 48. (C) 49. (C)
(A) Ministry of Education (B) Ministry of Agriculture 50. (A) 51. (A) 52. (C) 53. (B) 54. (D) 55. (C) 56. (C)
(C) NABARD (D) None of these 57. (D) 58. (C) 59. (B) 60. (B) 61. (B) 62. (C) 63. (C)
800. Who has recently chaired the 'One Ocean Summit 2022' to 64. (D) 65. (A) 66. (D) 67. (B) 68. (C) 69. (B) 70. (A)
preserve the oceans?
71. (D) 72. (C) 73. (C) 74. (D) 75. (A) 76. (C) 77. (D)
(A) China (B) Italy
78. (C) 79. (A) 80. (C) 81. (A) 82. (D) 83. (C) 84. (B)
(C) France (D) None of these
85. (A) 86. (D) 87. (B) 88. (A) 89. (A) 90. (B) 91. (A)
801. Who has recently won the title of mixed doubles champion in
tennis tournament Australian Open 2022? 92. (B) 93. (A) 94. (A) 95. (D) 96. (B) 97. (B) 98. (B)

(A) Ivan Doding (B) Kristina Mladenovic 99. (D) 100. (B) 101. (C) 102. (B) 103. (A) 104. (C) 105. (A)
(C) both of the above (D) None of these 106. (D) 107. (D) 108. (B) 109. (B) 110. (A) 111. (A) 112. (C)
802. Who has written the book 'The $10 Trillion Dream' recently? 113. (B) 114. (C) 115. (D) 116. (A) 117. (C) 118. (D) 119. (C)
(A) Ruskin Bond (B) Subhash Garg 120. (B) 121. (A) 122. (C) 123. (B) 124. (A) 125. (C) 126. (D)
(C) Mridula Ramesh (D) None of these
127. (B) 128. (A) 129. (C) 130. (C) 131. (B) 132. (A) 133. (B)
803. Recently who has launched a new app named 'Digital Parliament'?
134. (C) 135. (A) 136. (C) 137. (B) 138. (C) 139. (B) 140. (D)
.

(A) Election Commission (B) Lok Sabha Secretariat

141. (B) 142. (C) 143. (A) 144. (D) 145. (C) 146. (D) 147. (A)
(C) NITI Aayog (D) None of these
804. Recently Tata Sky has announced to change its name to what? 148. (D) 149. (B) 150. (C) 151. (D) 152. (C) 153. (D) 154. (B)

(A) Tata Go (B) Tata Play 155. (B) 156. (D) 157. (C) 158. (C) 159. (C) 160. (B) 161. (D)
(C) Tata Plus (D) None of these 162. (B) 163. (C) 164. (B) 165. (C) 166. (D) 167. (A) 168. (C)
805. Who has been appointed as the Chief Economic Adviser by the 169. (D) 170. (A) 171. (A) 172. (B) 173. (C) 174. (C) 175. (B)
Government of India recently? 176. (A) 177. (D) 178. (B) 179. (B) 180. (B) 181. (B) 182. (C)
(A) Rajeshwar Rao (B) Ananth Nageswaran
183. (B) 184. (C) 185. (C) 186. (C) 187. (D) 188. (B) 189. (C)
(C) KV Subramaniam (D) None of these
190. (A) 191. (C) 192. (C) 193. (D) 194. (C) 195. (B) 196. (A)
806. Where has India's largest charging station opened recently?
197. (D) 198. (D) 199. (B) 200. (B) 201. (A) 202. (B) 203. (B)
(A) Gurugram (B) Mumbai
(C) New Delhi (D) All of the above 204. (A) 205. (B) 206. (B) 207. (B) 208. (C) 209. (C) 210. (C)

807. Recently Dakshin Mabuang has become the first ODF plus village 211. (B) 212. (A) 213. (B) 214. (C) 215. (C) 216. (B) 217. (C)
of which state? 218. (D) 219. (C) 220. (C) 221. (B) 222. (A) 223. (B) 224. (A)
(A) Tripura (B) Mizoram 225. (B) 226. (D) 227. (C) 228. (D) 229. (C) 230. (B) 231. (B)
(C) Manipur (D) None of these 232. (C) 233. (D) 234. (A) 235. (B) 236. (C) 237. (A) 238. (B)
808. Recently Ramgarh Wildlife Sanctuary has been notified as the
239. (C) 240. (B) 241. (A) 242. (C) 243. (C) 244. (A) 245. (A)
fourth tiger reserve of which state?
246. (C) 247. (B) 248. (B) 249. (B) 250. (A) 251. (A) 252. (C)
(A) Rajasthan (B) Odisha
253. (D) 254. (A) 255. (A) 256. (B) 257. (C) 258. (D) 259. (C)
(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) None of these

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358. (B) 359. (C) 360. (A) 361. (C) 362. (A) 363. (B) 364. (B)
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.
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484. (C) 485. (B) 486. (D) 487. (D) 488. (A) 489. (C) 490. (B)
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519. (A) 520. (A) 521. (B) 522. (A) 523. (A) 524. (D) 525. (D)
526. (C) 527. (C) 528. (B) 529. (D) 530. (A) 531. (B) 532. (A)
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554. (B) 555. (B) 556. (B) 557. (C) 558. (C) 559. (A) 560. (B)
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568. (A) 569. (B) 570. (A) 571. (C) 572. (C) 573. (A) 574. (C)
575. (B) 576. (B) 577. (A) 578. (A) 579. (B) 580. (B) 581. (B)
582. (C) 583. (C) 584. (C) 585. (B) 586. (C) 587. (C) 588. (A)
589. (D) 590. (C) 591. (A) 592. (B) 593. (A) 594. (A) 595. (B)
596. (B) 597. (A) 598. (D) 599. (A) 600. (A) 601. (B) 602. (B)
603. (B) 604. (A) 605. (A) 606. (C) 607. (C) 608. (D) 609. (B)
610. (B) 611. (D) 612. (C) 613. (C) 614. (C) 615. (B) 616. (B)
617. (C) 618. (B) 619. (B) 620. (B) 621. (B) 622. (C) 623. (B)
624. (C) 625. (B) 626. (A) 627. (C) 628. (A) 629. (B) 630. (C)
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666. (B) 667. (A) 668. (B) 669. (C) 670. (C) 671. (B) 672. (C)
673. (C) 674. (B) 675. (C) 676. (B) 677. (C) 678. (D) 679. (C)
680. (B) 681. (C) 682. (B) 683. (A) 684. (A) 685. (C) 686. (A)
687. (C) 688. (C) 689. (D) 690. (C) 691. (D) 692. (D) 693. (D)
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701. (B) 702. (A) 703. (C) 704. (A) 705. (C) 706. (B) 707. (C)
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736. (B) 737. (A) 738. (C) 739. (B) 740. (B) 741. (A) 742. (B)
743. (D) 744. (C) 745. (B) 746. (B) 747. (B) 748. (A) 749. (C)
750. (B) 751. (C) 752. (D) 753. (C) 754. (B) 755. (D) 756. (C)
757. (C) 758. (C) 759. (C) 760. (D) 761. (B) 762. (D) 763. (D)
764. (B) 765. (B) 766. (B) 767. (C) 768. (A) 769. (A) 770. (A)
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785. (C) 786. (C) 787. (C) 788. (A) 789. (A) 790. (B) 791. (A)
792. (C) 793. (B) 794. (C) 795. (C) 796. (B) 797. (C) 798. (B)
799. (C) 800. (C) 801. (C) 802. (B) 803. (B) 804. (B) 805. (B)
806. (A) 807. (B) 808. (A)