Delhi Public School, Knowledge Park – V

CURRENT AFFAIRS (2022-23)

SPORTS

1. ‘World Deaf T20 Cricket Championship 2023’ will be held in which state of India?
a)
Tamil Nadu
b)
Kerala
c)
New Delhi
d)
Karnataka

2. India’s former doubles World No. 1 champion, ___________, has announced that she will
retire from professional tennis in February 2023 at the WTA 1000 event in Dubai. a) Saina
Nehwal

b) P V Sindhu

c) Mary Kom

d) Sania Mirza

3. Which of the following country has won U19 Women’s T20 World Cup.
a)
England
a)
New Zealand
b)
India
c)
Sri Lanka

4. ___ has been appointed CEO of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing
Committee?
a)
Cindy Hook
b)
Liam Morgan
c)
PV Sindhu
d)
Nita Ambani
 5. India’s Pranesh M, who has become the Youngest Grandmaster at 16, belongs to which state
of India?
a)
Uttar Pradesh
b)
Himachal Pradesh
c)
Karela
d)
Tamil Nadu

NATIONAL AFFAIRS –

6. Who took oath as 50th Chief Justice of India (CJI) on 9 November 2022?
a) Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana
b) Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar
c) Justice Uday Umesh Lalit
d) Justice Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachud.

7. ‘2023 Gaan Ngai festival’ celebrated by which state in India? a) Gujrat

b) Manipur
c) Maharashtra
d) Tamil Nadu

8. India won how many gold medals at the 19th International Junior Science Olympiad in Bogota? a)
Six Medals
b) Ten Medals
c) Five Medals
d) Two Medals

9. Who was the chief guest at the 74th Republic Day parade?
a) President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al Sisi

b) President of Brazil President of Brazil

 c) President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa

d) Cyril Ramaphosa Nguyễn Xuân Phúc

10. Which Government agency successfully test-launched the short-range ballistic missile Prithvi
II in Odisha state?
a) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

b) Indian Space Research Organization. (ISRO)

c) National Aeronautics and Space Administration

d) Indian Institute of Remote Sensing

MISCELLANEOUS -

11. Which country became second in the world to launch Hydrogen-powered trains? a) China

b) Germany

c) India

d) France

12. Who has been appointed as the first female President of Peru?
a) Falguni Nayar

b) Roshni Nadar

c) Dina Boluarte

d) Isabel Perón

13. 74th Republic Day was also the first time the parade was held on the revamped Rajpath that was
renamed the __________ last year.
a) Kartavya Path

b) Veer Path

c) Pradhan Mantri Path

d) Kingsway
14. International E-Waste Day (IEWD) is celebrated on which date every year? a) 20 November
b) 12 April
c) 14 October
d) 1 January

15. Bilateral military training exercise ‘Austra Hind 22’ between which two countries? a) India and
China
b) China and Japan
c) India and Australia
d) India and Bangladesh

16. Which country in East Asia unveiled a 320 billion USD plan for a military build-up – the largest
since the World War II?
a) India
b) China
c) Korea
d) Japan

17. 119 million year old skeleton of ‘Confuciusornis shifan’ bird has been found in which country? a)
India
b) Australia
c) China
d) Argentina

18. What is the name of the World’s first intranasal COVID-19 vaccine?
a) iNNCOVACC
b) COVAXIN
c) HNVAC
d) Comvac 5

19. Which Indian-American has been nominated for appointment to the grade of Air Force Brigadier
General?

a) Darshan Shah
b) Bhagvati Bose
c) Uday Singh Tounke
 d) Raja J Chari

20. Which Indian poet has been elected as the corresponding member of the Academy of Letters of
Brazil?

a) A K Mehrotra
b) Dilip Chitre
c) Shiv K Kumar
d) Abhay K