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02 JANUARY 2023
1. Which city will be the country's first water • Brazil – No.1 Football Ranking
smart city? • Brazil – Brasilia
water smart city Brazil – Real
(a) Varanasi/ (b) Mirzapur/ Brazil – Lula da Silva
(c) Prayagraj/ (d) Ayodhya/
Ans.(a) 4. The vibrant Dhanu Yatra is associated with
• 1st water smart City–Varansi (IIT BHU) the culture of which of the following states?
(Denmark Technologies) Dhanu Yatra
• 1st state – Goa
• One District One sports – U.P. Govt. (a) Bihar/
(b) Chhattisgarh/
2. Which country’s Men’s Test Player of the Year (c) Odisha/
award will now be named in honour of the late (d) West Bengal/
Shane Warne? Ans.(c)
Test Player of the Year • Odisha District – 30
Shane Warne Odisha – Naveen Patnaik
(a) Australia/ Odisha – Ganeshi Lal
(b) New Zealand/ • Odisha Dance's
(c) England/ – Odisi – Bagh Nach
(d) South Africa/ – Ghumura
Ans.(a) • Odisha Festivals
• Shane Warne – Death in 2022 – Dhanu Yatra – Bali Jatra
(Australia Cricketer) – Naukhai – Nabakalebara
Shane Warne Test Player of The Year
• Shane Waston (Australia Cricketer) 5. In which state,world-class Kayaking-Canoeing
Winning the Inner Battle Academy is to be set up at Tehri?
• Andrew Symonds – Death 2022 Tehri Kayaking-Canoeing
– Australia Cricketer Academy
(a) Uttar Pradesh/
3. Which country's football legend Edson Arantes (b) Uttarakhand/
do Nascimento, famously called Pelé, has (c) Bihar/
passed away aged 82? (d) Himachal Pradesh/
Pele Ans.(b)
•
(a) Brazil/ (b) Argentina/ Tehri Dam, Bhagirathi River,
(c) France/ (d) Spain/ – Uttarakhand
Ans.(a) • Kayaking Canoeing Academy
• Edson Arantes "Pele" – Brazil – Uttarakhand
Died in 2022. • Uttarakhand Anti Corruption Helpline

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• Uttarakhand High Court New Location • Atal Samman 2022
– Haldwani – Prabhu Chandra Mishra
• Bihari Puraskar – Madhav Hada
6. Which country's cricketer Farhaan Behardien • Vyas Samman – Asgar Wazahat
announced retirement from international • Saraswati Samman – Ramdarsh Mishra
cricket? • Chameli Devi Award – Arifa Johri
• Dada Saheb Phalke Award – Asha Parekh

(a) England/ 9. Under which scheme, Railways will modernize

(b) South Africa/ stations to improve amenities for passengers?
(c) Zimbabwe/
(d) New Zealand/
Ans.(b) (a) Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana
• Farhan Behardien – South Africa
• Dale Steyn – South Africa (b) Yatri Mitra/
• Chris Morris – South Africa (c) Gati Shakti/
• Quinton de kock – South Africa (d) Amrit Bharat Station/
• Ross Taylor – New Zealand Ans.(d)
• Hamish Bennett – New Zealand •
• Ryan Ten Doeschette – Netherland – Amrit Bharat Station
• 1st Rail University (Gati Shakti University)
7. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Vadadora, Gujarat
has expressed concern over which country's • Operation Amanat –
decision to close all schools above class VI for • Operation Uplabadh –
girls? • Operation Aahat –
(UNSC)
10. Recently the first metro rail service has
started in which country's capital Dhaka?
(a) Iran/
(b) Afghanistan/
(c) Iraq/ (a) Bhutan/
(d) Pakistan/ (b) Bangladesh/
Ans.(b) (c) Sri Lanka/
• Afghanistan (Taliban Control) (d) Myanmar/
– Kabul Ans.(b)
– Afghani • Bangladesh
– Pashto & Dari – Sheikh Haseena
– Islamic Emirate of – Abdul Hamid
Afghanistan – Taka
• UNSC – – 26 March
– 31 Dec 2022
11. India & ADB have signed $125 million loan to
8. Who has been awarded Atal Samman Award improve Urban Services in which state?
for excellence in field of science & research? ADB
Atal $125
Samman Award (a) Tamil Nadu/
(a) Prabhu Chandra Mishra/ (b) Kerala/
(b) Raj Reddy/ (c) Karnataka/
(c) S. Somanath/ (d) Maharashtra/
(d) Ajit Kumar Mohanty/ Ans.(a)

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 • ADB – Asian Development Bank • I do what I do – Raghuram Rajan
HQ – Manila • Forks in the Road – C. Rangarajan
Member – 68 • The India Story – Bimal Jalan
• From Dependence to Self Reliance
12. E-sports as part of multisports events has got – Bimal Jalan
recognition from Government of India, which • Indomitable – Arundhati
ministry will be responsible for esports?
Multisports events esports 14. Who has been appointed as Engineer-in-Chief
esports of Army?

(a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (a) Surinder Singh Mahal/
(b) Amardeep Singh Bhinder/
(b) Ministry of Communications/ (c) Ajai Kumar Singh/
(c) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (d) Arvind Walia/
Ans.(d)
(d) Ministry of S kill Development and • Army Chief – Manoj Pandey
Entrepreneurship/ • 2nd CDS – Anil Chauhan
• Engineer in Chief of Army – Arvind Walia
Ans.(c) • Nepal Govt Army Chief
13. Who has authored a book titled “Forks in the
Road: My Days at RBI and Beyond”?
“Forks in the Road: My Days at RBI and
Beyond”
(a) Shaktikanta Das/
(b) C. Rangarajan/
(c) Raghuram Rajan/
(d) Amartya Sen/
Ans.(b)

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