Contents

Chapters P. No.
1. Who, What, Where ? ..................................................................................................................................1-12
2. New Union Cabinet ...................................................................................................................................13
3. Capital of the states, Governor and Chief Minister ......................................................................................14
4. High courts of India ...................................................................................................................................15
5. Countries of the World : Who, What, Where? ...............................................................................................16
6. First in India and world : 2022-23 ...............................................................................................................17
7. Major MoUs signed in the year : 2022-23 ...................................................................................................18
8. Major Mobile Apps and Portals : 2022-23 ...................................................................................................19
9. Brand Ambassador (campaigns and institutions) .......................................................................................20
10. Joint Military Exercises : 2022-23 ............................................................................................................21
11. New Committees and Commissions ...........................................................................................................22
12. International Organizations : At a glance ....................................................................................................23
13. International Conferences : 2022-23 .........................................................................................................24
14. National Conferences : 2022-23 .....................................................................................................................25
15. Major Operations .......................................................................................................................................26
16. Major Reports of Government of India ........................................................................................................27
17. Indexes / Reports : 2021-23 ...........................................................................................................................28
18. Economic Survey : 2022-23 ........................................................................................................................ 29
19. Union Budget : 2023-24 ........................................................................................................................30-31
20. Central Government Schemes : 2014-23 ................................................................................................32-34
21. State Government Schemes : 2022-23 ......................................................................................................5-36
22. Economic Scenario ...................................................................................................................................37
23. Science & Technology ...............................................................................................................................38
24. Defence & Security .....................................................................................................................................39
25. Space Technology ......................................................................................................................................40
26. Environment & Ecology ...............................................................................................................................41
27. National Sports Award : 2020 .....................................................................................................................42
28. National / International : Awards ............................................................................................................43-47
29. Sports Panorma ...................................................................................................................................48-54
30. Books and Authors ....................................................................................................................................55
31. Important Days .........................................................................................................................................56
32. Important Days and Themes .................................................................................................................57-58
33. Important Conferences and Summits .........................................................................................................59
34. Latest Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................60
35. Current Affairs : Miscellaneous .................................................................................................................61-62
36. Current Affairs : One Liner ....................................................................................................................63-104
37. Current Affairs : MCQs ......................................................................................................................105-140
 Who, What, Where ?
 Constitutional Head  Defence Secretary - Giridhar Aramane
 President - Dropadi Murmu (15th)  Revenue Secretary - Sanjay Malhotra
 Vice President - Jagdeep Dhankhar (14th)  National Security Advisor (NSA) - Ajit Doval
 Prime Minister - Shri Narendra Modi (15th)  Deputy National Security Advisor - Pankaj Kumar Singh
 Judicial Head  Chief Economic Advisor - Anantha Nageswaran
 Chief Justice, Supreme Court - D Y Chandrachud (50th)  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 - Praveen Kumar Srivastava
 Chairperson, National Green Tribunal - Adarsh Kumar Goyal  Director, CBI - Praveen Sood
 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) - Ravi Sinha
 Secretary General, Rajya Sabha - Pramod Chandra Mody  DG, National Investigation Agency (NIA) - Dinkar Gupta
 Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha - ..................  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) - Rashmi Shukla
 Secretary General, Lok Sabha - Utpal Kumar Singh  DG, Border Security Force (BSF) - Nitin Agarwal
 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
 Election Commissioners - Arun Goyal, Anup chandra Pandey  Director General, National Security Guard (NSG) - M. A. Ganpati
 Deputy Election Commissioners - Ajay Bhadoo, R.K. Gupta,  Director, Special Protection Group (SPG)- Arun Kumar Sinha
Umesh 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) - Rakesh Pal (25th)
- Girish Chandra Murmu (14th)  Director General, National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF)
 Comptroller General of Accounts (CGA) - S. S. Dubey (28th) - Atul Karwal
 Armed Forces Head  DG, Railway Protection Force (RPF) - Manoj Yadav
 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 - B. V. R. Subrahmanyam
 DG, Military Operations (DGMO) - Manoj Kumar Katiyar  Chairman, UPSC - Dr. Manoj Soni
 Secretaries and Advisors  Chairman, 22nd Law Commission - Rituraj Awasthi
 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 - Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
 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
- Ravneet kaur  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 - Anil Kumar Lahoti  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 ` - Sudhir K. Jain
 Chairman, CBDT - Nitin Gupta  Chancellor, Nalanda University - Arvind Pangariya
 Chairman, Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs (CBIC)  Vice Chancellor, Nalanda University - Abhay Kumar 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
- Sanjeev Nandan Sahay
 President, Sangeet Natak Akademi - Shekhar Sen
 Chairman, TRAI - P.D. Vaghela
 President, Lalit Kala Akademi - Uma Nanduri
 CEO, UIDAI - Amit Agarwal
 Head of Press and Media
 Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India - MK Narayan
 Chairman, Prasar Bharati Board - ............
 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee - Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary
 CEO, Prasar Bharati - Gaurav Dwivedi
 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
- Santosh Kumar Yadav
 Director General, All India Radio - Dr. Vasudha Gupta
 Head of Maharatna Companies (Total-12)
 Chairman, Press Trust of India (PTI) - Aveek Sarkar
 Director, NTPC - Gurdeep Singh
 Chairman, United News of India (UNI) - S. Mukhopadhyay
 CMD, ONGC - Arun Kumar Singh
 Chairman, Indian News Paper Society (INS)-K Raja Prasad Reddy
 CMD, SAIL - Amrendu Prakash
 CMD, GAIL - Sandeep Kumar Gupta  Head of Scientific and Research Organizations
 Director, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.– Shrikant Madhav Vaig  Chairman, ISRO - S. Somnath
 CMD, Coal India Ltd. (CIL) - Polavarapu M. Prasad  Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
 Director, BPCL - G. Krishnakumar - A. K. Mohanty
 Director, BHEL - Nalin Singhal  Chairman, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB)
 Director, HPCL - Pushp Kumar Joshi - Dinesh Kumar Shukla
 Director, Power Grid Corporation - Kandikuppa Sreekant  Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC)
 CMD, Power Finance Corporation - Parminder Chopara - 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)  Secretary General, FICCI - Shailesh Pathak
 CEO, ICC - Geoff Allardice  President, FICCI - Subhrakant Panda
 President, Asian Cricket Council (ACC) - Jay Shah  President, ASSOCHAM - Ajay Singh
 First Independent Woman Director, ICC - Indra Nooyi
 General Secretary, ASSOCHAM - Deepak Sood
 President, BCCI - Roger Binni (36th)
 President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - R. Dinesh
 Chairman od Selecters, BCCI - Ajit Agarkar
 Head Coach, Indian Cricket Men Team - Rahul Dravid  Chairman, IFFCO - Dileep Sanghani
 Head Coach, Indian Women's Cricket Team - Ramesh Powar  Chairperson, NASSCOM - Anant Maheshwari
 Director General, Sports Authority of India - Neelam Kapoor  Chairman, Bombay Stock Exchange - S. S. Mundra
 President, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI)  Chairman, Unit Trust of India (UTI) - Leo Puri
- Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh  CEO, National Stock Exchange (NSE)
 President, Table Tennis Fedration of India - Meghana Ahlawat - Ashish Kumar Chauhan
 Chief, All India Football Confederation (AIFF) - Kalyan Chaubey
 Chairman, National Stock Exchange (NSE)
 President, Volleyball Federation of India - Achyuta Samant
- Girish Chandra Chaturvedi
 President, All India Chess Federation (AICF) - Sanjay Kapoor
 President, Hockey India - Dilip Tirkey  CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange- Sundararaman Ramamurthy
 President, Athletic Federation of India (AFI) - Adil Sumariwala
Officials of Banks
 President, Boxing Federation of India (BFI) - Ajay Singh
 President, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) - PT Usha  Central Bank
 President, Archery Association of India (AAI) - Arjun Munda  Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) - Shaktikant Das (25th)
 President, Olympic Council of Asia (IOC)  Deputy Governor, RBI - Swaminathan Janakiraman, T Rabi
- Sheikh Talal Shankar, M. Rajeshwar Rao, 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)
 President, Indian Weightlifting Federation - Mohamed Jalud  CFO, State Bank of India - Kameshwar Rao Kodavanti
 President, International Hockey Federation (FIH)  MD, SBI - Swaminathan Janakiraman, Ashwini Kumar
- Mohammad Tayyab Ikram Tiwari, Alok Kumar Choudhary, Challa Srinivasulu Setty
 President, World Squash Federation (WSF)  Bank of Baroda (MD) - Debadatta Chand
- Jenna Wooldridge (England)  Bank of India (MD) - Rajnish Karnatak
 President, International Golf Federation (IGF)  Bank of Maharashtra - A. S. Rajeev
- Anika Saarenstam (Sweden)  Canara Bank - K. Satyanarayan Raju
 President, International Boxing Association Athletes Committee  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 - Ashwani Kumar
 Interim Chairman, LIC - Siddhartha Mohanty
 Union Bank of India - A. Manimekhalai
 DG, ESIC - Dr. Rajendra Kumar
 Chairman, General Insurance Corporation - Devesh Srivastava Note: After the merger of 10 public sector banks with 4 large public
sector banks on August 30, 2019, the number of public sector banks
 CMD, New India Assurance Company Limited - Nirja Kapur
in India has increased to 12 at present. Allahabad Bank merged with
 CMD, Oriental Insurance Company - S. N. Rajeshwari Indian Bank, Andhra Bank merged with Union Bank of India, Oriental
 CMD, United India Insurance Company - Satyajeet Tripathy Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India merged with Punjab
 CMD, National Insurance Company - Suchita Gupta 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, 77th / 78th session at United Nations General Assembly
 ICICI Bank - Sandeep Bakshi
- Saba Korosi (Hungry) / Dennis Francis (Trinidad- Tobago)
 HDFC Bank (CEO) - Shashidhar Jagdishan
 Specialized Agencies of the United Nations
 IDFC Bank - Mahendra Shah
 14th President, World Bank (IBRD) - Ajay Banga
 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)
 DBS Bank (MD) - Rajat Verma
 DG, World Trade Organization (WTO) - Ngoji Okonjo-Iwela
 Jammu and Kashmir Bank (CEO) - Baldev Prakash
 Secretary General, UNCTAD- Rebecca Grinspen (Costa Rica)
 Paytm (COO) - Bhavesh Gupta
 Director General, UNESCO - Audre Azoulay (France)
 CEO, Paytm Payments Bank - Surinder Chawala
 DG, FAO - Qu Dongyu (China)
 Chairman, SIDBI - S. Raman
 DG, ILO - Gilbert Houngbo (Togo)
 IDBI Bank (MD & CEO) - Rakesh Sharma
 Head, UNICEF - Catherine Russell (USA)
 MD, EXIM Bank - Harsha Bhupendra Bangari
 DG, World Health Organization (WHO) - Tedros Adhanom
 Chairman, NABARD - Shaji KV
 Administrator, United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
 Chairman, Indian Banks' Association (IBA) - A. K. Goel
- Achim Steiner (Brazil-Germany)
 MD, National Housing Bank (NHB) - Sharda Kumar Hota
 Secretary General, SAARC - Isala Ruwan Weerakun (Sri Lanka)
 CEO, RBL Bank - R. Subramaniakumar
 International and Regional Organizations
 CEO, Karur Vysya Bank - B. Ramesh Babu
 Secretary General, Commonwealth - Patricia Scotland (Dominica)
 Chairman, Federal Bank - Dilip Sadarangani
 President, European Parliament - Roberta Metsola (Malta)
 CEO, Karnataka bank - Srikrishanan Harihar Sarma
 President, African Union (AU) - Felix Antoine Tshedki (Congo)
 IDFC First Bank (CEO) - V. Vaidyanathan
 Secretary General, OPEC - Haitham Al-Ghais (Kuwait)
 Development Credit Bank (DCB Bank)- Murali M. Natarajan
 Secretary General, NATO - Jens Stoltenberg (Norway)
 Bhartiya Mahila Bank - S. M. Swati
 Secretary General, ASEAN - Lim Jock Hoi (Brunei)
Note: With effect from April 1, 2015, ING Vysya Bank has been
 Director, Amnesty International India - Avinash Kumar
merged with Kotak Mahindra Bank. Recently Lakshmi Vilas Bank
 President, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
has been merged with the Indian branch of DBS Bank of Singapore.
- Matsugu Asakawa (Japan)
Defence Equipment  Secretary General, INTERPOL - Jurgen Stock (Germany)
Equipment Developed By What is ?  Chairman, INTERPOL - Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi (UAE)
 HELINA Developed in India Anti-tank Missile  President, International Court of Justice (ICJ) - Joan Donoghue
 Chinook American Company Boeing Helicopter  Administrator, Space Agency NASA - Bil Nelson
 Barak-8 DRDO and Israel Surface to Air Missile  President, New Development Bank (NDB) - Dilma Rousseff
 INS Vela France Scorpene Submarine  High Commissioner, United Nations High Commissioner for
 Rafale France (Dassault Aviation) Fighter Aircraft Refugees (UNHCR) - Filippo Grandi (Italy)
 S-400 Russia Air Defense System  President, United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC)
 Pinaka India (First Indigenous) Rocket - Volker Turk (Austria)
 INS Kalvari Indigenously built Scorpene Submarine  Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency
 Apache America Fighter Helicopter - Rafael Grossi (Argentina)

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 Famous National Women Indian Ambassadorto to various countries
 Deepika Mishra - 1st woman Air officer to receive Gallantry Medal Ambassador/
Country Capital
 Geeta Rana - First woman officer of the army in Ladakh High Commissioner

 Lance Naik Manju - First woman skydiver of the Indian Army  Syria - Damascus - Dr. Irshad Ahmed
 Dr. Alka Mittal - First Woman Chairperson of ONGC  South Africa - Pretoria - Prabhat Kumar
 Sao Tom - Sao Tom - Deepak Miglani
 PT Usha - First woman President, Indian Olympic Association
 Ghana - Accra - Manish Gupta
 Meghna Ahlawat- 1st woman President, Table Tennis Fed. India
 Lithuania - Vilnius - Devesh Uttam
 Abhilasha Barak- First woman combat aviator of the Indian Army  Equatorial Guinea - Malabo - Prashant Kumar Das
 Madhavi Puri Buch - First woman chairperson of SEBI  Venezuela - Caracas - PK Ashok Babu
 Dhriti Banerjee- First woman director, Zoological Survey of India  Cyprus - Nicosia - Mr. Manish
 Kazakhstan - Astana - TV Nagendra Prasad
 Soma Mandal - First woman chairperson, SAIL
 Lebanon - Beirut - Mohamad Nour Rahman
 Ayesha Aziz - India's youngest female pilot
 Panama - Panama City - Sumeet Seth
 Sirisha Bandla - 2nd woman of Indian origin to go into space  Serbia - Belgrade - Shubhadarshini Tripathi
 Srishti Goswami - Chief Minister for 1 day, Uttarakhand State  Qatar - Doha - Mr. Vipul
 Pooja Devi - First woman bus driver of Jammu and Kashmir  Uganda - Kampala - Upendra Singh Rawat
 Bhavna Kant - India's first woman fighter pilot  Cape Verde - Priya - Sanjeev Jain
 Switzerland - Bern - Mridul Kumar
 M. Veeralakshmi - India's first woman ambulance driver
 Norway - Oslo - Dr. Aquino Vimal
 Shivangi Singh - India's first woman fighter pilot
 Bahrain - Manama - Vinod K. Jacob
 Jyoti Sharma - First woman judge of the Indian Army  Botswana - Gaborone - Bharath Kumar Kuthati
 Shivangi Joshi - First woman pilot of the Navy  Greece - Athens - Rudrendra Tandon
 Chandrani Murmu - Youngest Parliamentarian  Iran - Tehran - Rudra Gaurav Shrestha
 Samoa - Apia - Neeta Bhushan
 Indu Malhotra - First woman lawyer to become a judge in SC
 Chad - N'Djamena - Dr. Hifzur Rehman
 Hina Jaiswal - First woman flight engineer of the Air Force
 Namibia - Windhoek - M. Subbarayudu
Famous International Women  Azerbaijan - Baku - M. Sreedharan
 Celeste Salo - First woman SG of World Meteorological Organization  Armenia - Yerevan - Nilakshi Saha Sinha
 Manuel Roca Bote - First female PM of Equatorial Guinea  Marshall Islands - Majuro - CB George
 Saudi Arabia - Riyad - Suhel Azaz Khan
 Dina Boluaart - First female President of Peru
 Niue - Alofi - Neeta Bhushan
 Georgia Meloni - First female Prime Minister of Italy
 Comoros - Moroni - Bandaru Wilsonbabu
 Rayana Barnaby - Saudi Arabia's first female astronaut  Cote d'Ivoire - Yamoussocro - Rajesh Ranjan
 Sana Gulbani - Pakistan's first Hindu woman assistant commissioner  Slovak Republic - Bratislava - Apoorva Srivastava
 Ayesha Malik - First woman Chief Justice of Pakistan  Bosnia - Sarajevo - Pratha Satpathy
 Natasa Pirk Musar - First female president of Slovenia  Ginni - Conakry - Avtar Singh
 Gita Gopinath - First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF  Kuwait - Kuwait City - Model Swaka
 Malta - Valletta - Gloria Gangte
 Magdalena Andersson - Sweden's first female prime minister
 Colombia - Bogotá - Vanlalhumba
 Ngozi Okonjo Iweala - First female Director General of WTO
 Senegal - Dakar - Dinkar Asthana
 Lauren Hubbard - First transgender to compete in the Olympics
 Madagascar - Antananarivo - Bandaru Wilsonbabu
 Priyanka Radhakrishnan - New Zealand's first Indian-origin minister  Benin - Porto Novo - G. Balasubramaniam
 Manisha Ropeta - First Hindu woman police officer, Pakistan  Seychelles - Victoria - Karthik Pandey
 Noura Al-Matrooshi - UAE's first female astronaut  Eritrea - Asmara - Prakash Chand
 Samia Suluh Hassan - First female President of Tanzania  Japan - Tokyo - Sibi George

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 World's leading companies (CEOs) Chief Guest, 2021-23 Republic Day Celebrations
Company CEO  2023 (74th) - Egypt President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (Best Tableau
 Apple - Tim Cook Award - Uttrakhand, based on the theme 'Manaskhand')
 Microsoft (President) - Satya Nadella
 2022 (73th) - None (Theme : India@75) (Best Tableau Award -
 Serum Institute of India - Adar Poonawalla
Kashi Vishwanath Corridor Tableau of Uttar Pradesh)
 Tata Sons / Tata Trust - N. Chandrasekaran / Sidharth Sharma
 2021 (72nd) - None (Due to COVID-19)
 MasterCard - Michael Miebach
 Hindustan Unilever Limited - Rohit Jawa Major Missions of ISRO : 2022-23
 Sansad TV (CEO) - Utpal Kumar Singh Mission Launch Date Launch Vehicle
 TCS - K Krithivasan  Chandrayaan-3 14 July 2023 LVM3-M4
 Infosys - Salil Parekh  NVS-01 29 May 2023 GSLV-F12
 Alphabet Inc./google - Sundar Pichai  TeLEOS-2 29 April] 2023 PSLV-C55
 Amazon - Andy Jassy  OneWeb India-2 26 March 2023 LVM3-M3
 Flipkart - Kalyan Krishnamurthy  EOS-07 10 Feb. 2022 SSLV-D2
 YouTube - Neal Mohan  OneWeb India-1 23 Oct. 2022 LVM3-M2
 Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg  EOS-06 26 Nov. 2022 PSLV-C54
 Twitter - Linda Yaccarino
 Whatsapp - Will Cathcart Upcoming mission : ISRO
 Meta India (Head) - Sandhya Devnathan Mission Date Key Points / Objectives
 FSSAI (CEO) - G. Kamala Vardhana Rao  Chandrayaan-3 2023 Another attempt to touch moon's surface
 Gaganyaan 2024 India's first manned space program
Resident Grievance Officer of a Social Media  Shukrayaan-1 2024 To study Venus's atmosphere
 Facebook : Spoorthi Priya  Mangalyaan-2 2024 India's second Mars mission
 Aditya-L1 2023 India's first Space mission to the Sun
 Twitter : Vinay Prakash
 NISAR 2023 1st Dual Band Radar Imaging Satellite
 Whatsapp : Paresh B. Lal

 Telegram : Abhimanyu Yadav Project Cheetah

 Under Project Cheetah, on 17 September 2022, 8 African
 Instagram : Spoorthi Priya
cheetahs (5 females and 3 males) were brought from Namibia
 Koo : Rahul Satyakam to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, out of which
 LinkedIn : Tanya Mampili one female cheetah Sasha has died.
 To monitor this, the government has constituted a 9 members
Indian Airlines and their Heads task force for a period of two years.
Airlines Headquarters Head/CEOs  Under this project, there is a plan to bring a total of 50 cheetahs
 Air India Delhi Campbell Wilson to India in the next 5 years.
 IndiGo Gurugram (Hariyana) Pieter Elbers
 Air India Express Kochhi (Keral) Pradip Singh Khrola
5th Tiger Census Report 2022
 Spice Jet Gurugram (Hariyana) Ajay Singh  Total number of tigers in India in 2022 - 3167 (2967 in 2018)
 Go First Mumbai (Maharashtra) Kaushik Khona  Increase in the number of tigers between 2018-2022 - 200 (6.7%)
 Increase in number of tigers between 2014-2018 - 741 (33%)
 Air Asia India Benguluru (Karnataka) S. Ramadurai
 Total number of tiger reserves - 53 (spread over 75000 Sq. Km)
 Vistara Gurugram (Hariyana) Vinod Kannan
 Best Managed Tiger Reserve - Periyar Tiger Reserve (Kerala)
 Jet Airways Mumbai (Maharashtra) Sanjiv Kapoor
 A decline in tiger numbers was observed in the Western Ghats,
 Blue Dart Aviation Chennai (Tamilnadu) Tushar Jani
Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Telangana.
 Pawan Hans Noida (U.P.) B.P. Sharma
 Shivalik hills, Gangetic plains and Eastern Ghats have recorded
 Deccan Charters Benguluru (Karnataka) G.R. Gopinath
the highest increase in the number of tigers.

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 Cyclones in India in 2021-23 Major Agricultural Producing : India & World
Name Affected Region Origin Naming Crop / Food grains First in the world First in India
 Nivar Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Bay of Bengal Iran  Rice China West Bengal
 Nisarga Maharashtra, Gujarat Arabian Sea Bangladesh  Wheat China Uttar Pradesh
 Ampha n Odisha, W. Bengal Bay of Bengal Thailand  Maize America Karnataka
 Gulab Odisha, Andhra Prad. Bay of Bengal Pakistan  Pulses India Madhya Pradesh
 Shaheen Oman, Iran Arabian Sea Qatar  Peanuts China Gujarat
 Sugarcane Brazil Uttar Pradesh
 Javad Odisha, Meaning - noble Bay of Bengal Saudi Arab
 Jute India West bengal
 Asani Andhra Pradesh-Odisha Bay of Bengal Sri Lanka
 Tobacco China Andhra Pradesh
 Sitrang Bangladesh Bay of Bengal Thailand
 Natural rubber Thailand Kerala
 Mandous Tamilnadu Bay of Bengal UAE  Coffee Brazil Karnataka
 Mocha Bengal, Odisha Bay of Bengal Yemen  Sunflower Ukraine Karnataka
 Biparjoy Maharashtra, Gujrat Arabian Sea Bangladesh  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 Rajasthan
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 India's covid vaccination campaign
Old Name Changed Name Different Phases From When Age Limit
 Adani Transmission - Adani Energy Solutions Phase I 16 January 2021 front line employees
 Bandra-Versova Sea Bridge - Veer Savarkar Setu
Phase II 4 March 2021 60 years or more
 Mumbai Trans Harbour Link - Atal Setu
1 April 2021 45 years or older
 Ahmadnagar District - Ahilyabai Holkar Nagar
Phase III 1 May 2021 18 years or older
 Shivamoga Airport - Kuvempu Airport (Proposed)
 Osmanabad City (Maharashtra) - Dharashiv 3 Jan 2022 Over 14 Years

 Churchgate Railway Station - CD Deshmukh Railway Station 10 January 2022 Booster dose to
 Rourkela Hockey Stadium- Birsa Munda Inter. Hockey Stadium frontline workers &
above 60 years
 Harris Park (Sydney, Australia) - Little India
16 March 2022 12 to 14 years (child)
 Islam Nagar Village (MP) - Jagdishpur
 Mughal Garden (Delhi) - Amrit Udyan 10 April 2022 Precaution dose for
normally 18-59 years
 Mopa Airport (Goa) - Manohar International Airport
 Hollongi Greenfield Airport (Arunachal P.) - Doni-Polo Airport 26 April 2022 6 to 12 years (chid)

 Chipi Airport (Maharashtra) - Barrister Nath Pai Airport Awards received by Prime Minister : 2016-23
 Kibithu Military Camp (AP) - G. Bipin Rawat Military Garrison
 Amir Amanullah Khan Award 2016 - Afghanistan
 Rajpath (Delhi) - Kartavaya Path
 Seoul Peace Prize 2018 - South Korea
 Chandigarh Airport - Shaheed Bhagat Singh Int. Airport
 Grand Collar Award 2018 - Palestine
 Leicester Cricket Ground (Eng.) - Sunil Gavaskar Cricket Ground
 Champion of the Earth Award 2018 - United Nation
 Point 5140 (Dras Sector) - Gun Hill
 Global Goalkeeper Award 2019
 Aurangabad District (Maharashtra) - Sambhaji Nagar - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
 National Institute of Rail and Transport - Gatishakti University  The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance 2019 - Bahrain
 'Harijan' word - Dr. Ambedkar (by Delhi Government)  Order of Zayed Award 2019 - United Arab Emirates (UAE)
 Miyan Ka Bada Railway Station (Raj.) - Mahesh Nagar Halt  St. Andrews the Apostle Award 2019 - Russia
 Kevadiya Railway Station (Gujarat) - Ekta Nagar Railway Station  Philip Kotler Award 2019 - Kellogg School of Management
 Jawaharlal Nehru Road (Sikkim) - Narendra Modi Marg  Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen Award 2019 - Maldives
 Bihar Makhana - Mithila Makhana  Legion of Merit Award 2020 - America
 Mainpuri Sainik School (UP) - General Bipin Rawat Sainik School  Nagda Pel Ji Khorlo 2021 - Bhutan
 Patalpani Railway Station (Indore) - Tribal Icon 'Tantya Mama'  Abakal Award by the Republic of Palau 2023 - Palau Republic
 Lok Sabha-Rajya sabha TV - Sansad TV  Companion of the Order of Fiji 2023 - Fiji
 Mid Day Meal Scheme - PM Poshan  Companion of the Order of Logohu 2023 - Papua New Guinea

 Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park (Assam) - Orang National Park  Order of the Nile 2023 - Egypt

 Army Sports Institute (Pune) - Neeraj Chopra Stadium  Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour 2023 - France

 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Colors and Pictures : Indian notes
- Major Dhyan Chand khel Ratna Award
 Rs 10 (Chocolate Brown) - Konark Sun Temple
 Kakori Kand - Kakori Train Action
 Rs 20 (Green-Yellow) - Ellora Caves
 Ministry of Human Resource Dev. - Ministry of Education
 Rs 50 (Fluorescent Blue) - Hampi's stone chariot
 Chenani Nashri Tunnel - Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Tunnel
 Rs.100 (Lavender Colour) - Rani Ka Vav
 Wheeler Island - APJ Abdul Kalam Island
 Rs. 200 (Bright Yellow) - Sanchi Stupa
 Havelock Island / Neil Island - Swaraj Dweep / Shaheed Dweep
 Rs. 500 (Stone Grey) - Red Fort
 Ross Island - Netaji Subhash Chandrabose Island  Rs. 2000 (Magenta) - Mangalyaan
 Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium - Arun Jaitley Stadium
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 Schemes / Campaigns and States Schemes / Campaigns and States
Scheme / Yojana / Campaigm / Mission State/Govt. Scheme / Yojana / Campaigm / Mission State/Govt.

 Sashakt Mahila Loan Scheme - Himachal Pradesh  Swachhta Hi Seva Campaign - Chhattisgarh
 Gajah Kotha Campaign - Assam  Chief Minister Dairy Plus Scheme - Madhya Pradesh
 Amrit Bharat Station Scheme - Southern Railway  Mahatma Gandhi Rural Industrial Park Scheme- Chhattisgarh
 Anna Bhagya Scheme - Karnataka  Football for All Initiative - Odisha
 CM Learn and Earn Scheme - Madhya Pradesh  Mission Life (from Kevadiya, Gujarat) - by PM Modi
 Griha Jyoti Yojana - Karnataka  Universal Health Insurance Scheme - Nagaland
 Polytechnic Chalo Abhiyan - Uttar Pradesh  Dhan Varsha Yojana / Bima Ratna Yojana - LIC
 Nand Baba Milk Mission Scheme - Uttar Pradesh  Vande Bharatam Initiative - Maharashtra
 Namo Shetkari Mahasaman Yojana - Maharashtra  Chief Minister Health Insurance Scheme - Nagaland
 Samarth Campaign - Minister Giriraj Singh  Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan - Ministry Social Justice
 Poshan Bhi, Study Bhi - Women-Child Development Ministry  Vigil Aunty Campaign - HDFC Bank
 START Program - ISRO  Humar Beti-Humar Maan Yojana - Chhattisgarh
 SWAGAT Initiative - Gujarat  Swami Vivekananda Yuva Shakti Yojana - Karnataka
 Geetha Karmikula Insurance Scheme - Telangana  Operation Mukti Abhiyan - Uttarakhand State
 75/25 Initiative - Union Health Ministry  Mukhyamantri Baal Aashirwad Yojana - Madhya Pradesh
 Housing Scheme 'Mo Ghara' - Odisha  Smile-75 Initiative - Ministry Social Justice
 CM Kaushal Unnayan Rojgar Yojana - Uttarakhand  One MLA One Pension Scheme - Punjab
 Mukhyamantri Seekho Kamao Yojana - Madhya Pradesh  Vidyanidhi Scheme - Karnataka
 Shasan Aplya Dari Initiative - Maharashtra  Mahila Nidhi Yojana - Rajasthan
 One Panchayat, One Playground Project - Kerala  Rural Backyard Piggery Scheme - Meghalaya
 'Sangathan Se Samriddhi' campaign - Ministry Rural Devt.  Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme - Rajasthan
 'A-Help' Program - Uttarakhand  Pudhumai Pen Scheme - Tamil Nadu
 Sanjeevani Project - Himachal Pradesh  CM Bhikshavriti Nivaran Yojana - Bihar
 School Chalo Abhiyan - Uttar Pradesh  Vidya Rath - School on Wheels Project - Assam
 Mukhyamntri Vriksh Sampada Yojana - Chhattisgarh  Catch the Rain Campaign - Ministry of Jal Shakti
 Ladli Bahna Yojana / Ladli Laxmi Yojana 2.0- Madhya Pradesh  Operation Mukti Abhiyan - Uttarakhand
 Didi Suraksha Kavach Abhiyan - West Bengal  Egg and Milk Scheme / MEDISEP Scheme - Kerala
 Jahaan Bandhan, Wahaan Trust Campaign - Bandhan Bank  Padhe Bharat Campaign / Yuva 2.0 - Education Ministry
 Friends of Library Scheme - Tamil Nadu  Puneet Sagar Abhiyan - NCC and NHAI
 Arunodaya 2.0 Scheme / Millet Mission - Assam  Chief Minister Breakfast Scheme - Tamil Nadu
 Seva Aapke Dwar 2.0 Scheme - Arunachal Pradesh  My Policy, My Hands Initiative - Ministry of Agriculture
 Amrit Bharat Station Scheme - Ministry of Railways  Tele-Manas Initiative - Ministry of Health
 Digital Shakti 4.0 - National Commission for Women  Nari Ko Naman Yojana - Himachal Pradesh
 One District, One Sport Scheme - Uttar Pradesh  Single Use Plastic Buy Back Scheme - Himachal Pradesh
 Aasara Pension Scheme / Kanti Velugu Scheme - Telangana  My Pad, My Rights Scheme, 'Jiva' Program - NABARD
 Har Ghar Gangajal Yojana - Bihar  Sujal Yojana / Matrushakti Udmita Yojana - Haryana
 CHHATA Scheme / AMLAN Campaign - Odisha  Earn with Learn Scheme - Tripura
 Good Governance Award Scheme / Chirag Scheme - Haryana  CM Udyam Khiladi Upgradation Scheme - Uttarakhand
 CM Dev Darshan Yatra Scheme - Goa  One Nation One Ration Card / Swanirbhar Nari Yojana - Assam
 CM Education Award Scheme - Odisha  'Aanchal' Campaign - Rajasthan
 Anti dust campaign - Delhi government  CM Matrushakti and Poshan Sudha Yojana - Gujarat

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 Festivals / Summits / Meetings : 2022-23 GI Tags : 2022-23
Festivals / Summits Venue Products Year States / UT's
 Divya Kala Mela 2023 - Jaipur  Authoor Betel Leaf 2023 Tamil Nadu
 Hemis Monastery Festival 2023 - Ladakh  Amroha Dholak 2023 Uttar Pradesh
 Bihu Kuh Festival 2023 - Arunachal Pradesh
 Baghpat Home Furnishings 2023 Uttar Pradesh
 First Tribal Sports Festival 2023 - Bhubaneswar (Odisha)
 Barabanki Handloom Product 2023 Uttar Pradesh
 Lavender Festival 2023, Vitasta Festival- Jammu & Kashmir
 Kalpi Handmade Paper 2023 Uttar Pradesh
 Heritage Festival 2023, Purple Fest., Sao Joao Fest. - Goa
 Mahoba Gaura Patthar Hastashlip 2023 Uttar Pradesh
 Monlam Chenmo Festival 2023, Losar Festival- Leh (Ladakh)  Mainpuri Tarkashi 2023 Uttar Pradesh
 Bihan Mela (by Kondh Tribe), Raja Parva 2023 - Odisha  Sambhal Horn Craft 2023 Uttar Pradesh
 Mata Kheer Bhavani Fair 2023 - Jammu & Kashmir  Kari Ishaad Mango 2023 North Karnataka
 Millets Festival 2023 - Dehradun (Utrakhand)  Araku Valley Coffee & Pepper 2023 Andhra Pradesh
 Thawe Festival 2023 - Gopalganj (Bihar)  Manamadurai Pottery 2023 Tamil Nadu
 Siang Uning Festival 2023 - Arunachal Pradesh  Cumbum Grapes 2023 Tamil Nadu
 Bhumchu Festival 2023, Tamu Lhosar 2022 - Sikkim  Gond Painting, Morena Gajak 2023 Madhya Pradesh
 Ganga Pushkaralu Festival 2023 - Varanasi (UP)  Rewa's Sunderja Mango 2023 Madhya Pradesh
 Madhavpur Mela 2023 - Gujarat  Sharbati Wheat 2023 Madhya Pradesh
 Rongali / Bohag Bihu 2023 - Assam  Wood Carving Art 2023 Ladakh
 Matua Mela 2023, Gangasagar Mela 2023 - West Bengal  Nagari Dubraj (Rice) 2023 Chhattisgarh

 G-20 Flower Festival 2023, Aadi Mahotsav 2022- New Delhi  Mircha Rice (West Champaran) 2023 Bihar

 Science Literature Festival 2023, Divine Art Fair - Bhopal  Basohli Painting 2023 Jammu and kashmir

 4th National Youth Parliament Festival 2023 - New Delhi  Banarasi Paan, Langra Mango 2023 Uttar Pradesh
 Hathras Hing, Adamchini Rice 2023 Uttar Pradesh
 9th International Yoga Festival 2023 - Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
 Nagina Wood Craft 2023 Uttar Pradesh
 Maghi Mela 2023, Vaishakhi, Shrimp Fair - Punjab
 Ramnagar Bhanta (Brinjal) 2023 Uttar Pradesh
 Gaan-Nagai Festival 2023, Yoshang Festival 2023 - Manipur
 Bakhira Brassware 2023 Uttar Pradesh
 Attukal Pongal 2023, Onam, Thrissur Pooram festival - Kerala
 Kangra Tea (by European Union) 2023 Himachal Pradesh
 Kala Ghoda Art Festival, National Culture Festival - Mumbai
 Gamocha (Gamcha) 2022 Assam
 Khajuraho Dance Festival 2023 - Madhya Pradesh
 Tandoor Lal Chane 2022 Telangana
 36th Surajkund International Crafts Mela - Faridabad, Haryana
 Raktse Carpo Apricot 2022 Ladakh
 Saras Fair 2023, Lavender Festival 2022 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Attappadi Attucombu (Beans) 2022 Kerala
 Orange Festival 2023 - Kohima, Nagaland  Attappadi Thuvara (Red Gram) 2022 Kerala
 Magh / Bhogali Bihu, Ambubachi Mela, Baikho festival - Assam  Onattukara Pallu (Sesame) 2022 Kerala
 Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2023 - Maharashtra
Dictionaries Word of the Year
 26th National Youth Festival - Dharwad-Hubli (Karnataka)
Dictionary Word of the Word of the
 Cherchera Festival 2023 - Chhattisgarh Year 2021 Year 2022
 Torgya Festival, Pashuram Kund Festival - Arunachal Pradesh
 Oxford Vax Goblin mode
 International Kite Festival 2023 - Ahmedabad, Gujarat Merriam-Webster Vaccine Gaslighting
 Dhanu Yatra Festival 2022, Nuakhai Festival 2022 - Odisha Cambridge NFT Homer
 10th North East Festival 2022 - New Delhi  Collins Perseverance Permacrisis
 Sangai Festival 2022, Shirui Lily Festival - Manipur Dictionary.com Allyship Woman

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 Obituaries : 2022-23 Obituaries : 2022-23
Person Date Field Person Date Field
 Brian Taber 23 July Former Wicketkeeper, Australia  Badra Ali Jufe 17 Jan. Vice President of The Gambia
 Oommen Chandy 18 July Former CM of Kerala  Kesari Nath Tripathi 8 Jan. Former Governor of West Bengal
 Mangala Narlikar 17 July Eminent Mathematician  Pele 29 Dec. Brazilian footballer
 Ravindra Mahajani 14 July Marathi Actor  Kekela Satyanarayan 23 Dec. Actor
 Namboodiri 7 July Famous Painter and Sculptor  Sulochana Chauhan 10 Dec. Marathi Lavani singer
 Imtiaz Ahmed 18 June Sociologist  Grant Wahl 10 Dec. Journalist
 Cormac McCarthy 13 June American novelist  Manohar Devdas 7 Dec. Tamil writer
 Silvio Berlusconi 13 June Former PM of Italy  Krishnaji rao 7 Dec. Actor
 Farooq Mehta 8 June Actor  Yogendra Alagh 6 Dec. Economist
 Gitanjali Iyer 7 June Anchor  Dominique Lapierre 4 Dec. Writer (Padma Bhushan-2008)
 Gufi Paintal 5 June Actor  Jharna Das 1 Dec. Actress
 Sulochana Latkar 4 June Actress  Vikram Gokhale 26 Nov. Actor
 Ama Ata Edu 31 May Writer (Ghana)  Babu Mani 19 Nov. Fooballer
 Ved Kumari Ghai 30 May Sanskrit scholar  Tabassum 18 Nov. Actress
 Tina Turner 24 May Swiss Singer  Daljit Kaur 17 Nov. Actress
 Sarath Babu 22 May Tamil Actor  Abbas Muntasir 16 Nov. Basketball player
 SP Hinduja 17 May Chairman of Hinduja Group  R. Ale. Kashyap 11 Nov. Mathematician
 AR Khaleel 10 May Former Vice President of PTI  Shyam Sharan Negi 5 Nov. Country's first voter
 Antonio Carbajal l 9 May Mexican footballer  Ila Bhatt 2 Nov. Social Worker
 Torrie Bowie 4 May American runner  Jamshed J- Irani 31 Oct. Popular 'Man of Steel India'
 N. Gopalakrishnan 1 May Famous Scientist  Nippon Goswami 27 Oct. Vajjan Actor
 Arun Gandhi 2 May Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi  Pinaki Choudhary 24 Oct. Bengali film director
 Ranjit Guha 28 Apr. Famous Indian historian  Anand Manani 23 Oct. Speaker of Karnataka Legislative
 Parkash Singh Badal 25 Apr. Former CM of Punjab  Liam Hamson 20 Oct. Rugby player
 Tarek Fateh 24 Apr. Pakistani-Canadian journalist  Subbu Arumugam 10 Oct. Exponent of 'Villupattu'
 Jalabala Vaidya 9 Apr. Famous theater actress  Mulayam Singh Yadav 10 Oct. Founder of Samajwadi Party
 Jagarnath Mahato 6 Apr. Education Minister of Jharkhand  Dr. Temsula Aao 9 Oct. Author (Nagaland)
 Sarah Thomas 1 Apr. Malayalam novelist  Arun Bali 7 Oct. Actor
 Salim Durani 2 April Former Cricketer  Lewis Fletcher 23 Sep. Oscar Winner
 Gordon Moore 24 Mar. Co-founder of Intel  Hillary Mantle 22 Sep. First woman, two Booker Prizes
 Pradeep Sarkar 24 Mar. Writer and Director  Raju Srivastava 21 Sep. Comedian
 Satish Kaushik 9 Mar. Actor and Filmmaker  Krishnam Raju 11 Sep. Telugu actors
 A M Ahmadi 2 Mar. Former Chief Justice of India  Swami Swaroopanand 11 Sep. Shankaracharya of Dwarka Peeth
 Satyavrat Mukherjee 3 Mar. Union Minister (BJP)  B. B. Lal 10 Sep. Archaeologist
 OP Kohli 22 Feb. Former Governor, Gujarat  Elizabeth II 8 Sep. Queen of britain
 Tulsidas Balaram 16 Feb. Indian Footballer  K.N. Singh 8 Sep. Former judge
 Balipa Bhagwat 16 Feb. Screenwriter and Singer  Valery Polyakov 7 Sep. Soviet cosmonaut
 Javed Khan Amrohi 14 Feb. Actor  Ramchandra Manjhi 7 Sep. Bhojpuri Folk Dancer
 Lalita Lajmi 13 Feb. Painter  Birju Sah 4 Sep. Boxer
 Pervez Musharraf 5 Feb. Former President, Pakistan  Cyrus Mistry 4 Sep. Former Chairman of Tata Group
 Vani Jayaram 4 Feb. Playback Singer  B. Sheikh Ali 1 Sep. Historian
 Balakrishna Doshi 24 Jan. Architect  Mikhail Gorbachev 30 Aug. Former President, Russia
 Neelmani Phukan 19 Jan. Poet  Abhijit Sen 29 Aug. Economist

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 National Appointments : 2022-23 International Appointments : 2022-23
 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
 Vishal V Sharma - Permanent Representative UNESCO  Anita Bhatia - Deputy Executive Director of UN Women
 Babita Singh - New Global Peace Ambassador 2022  Anshula Kant - CFO, World Bank
 Pradip Kumar Mohanty - Lokpal of India  Suman Kumari - First Hindu woman judge, Pakistan
 N. J. Ojha - Lokpal, MGNREGA  Joe Biden - President, America (46th)
 Ruchira Kamboj - Permanent Representative of India to UN  Kamala Harris - Vice President, America
 Vineet Saran - BCCI Ethics Officer and Lokpal  Michael Bloomberg - Climate Ambassador, United Nations
 Vanessa Nakate - Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF  S. Ramchandra Gulwani- 1st Hindu woman civil servant, Pakistan
 Pankaj Tripathi - National Icon, Election Commission of India  Magdalena Andersen - First female prime minister of Sweden
 PT Usha - President, Indian Olympic Association  Prof. Bimal Patel - Chairman, International Law Commission
 Ashwini Vaishnav - First Chancellor of Gati Shakti University  Ayesha Malik - Pakistan's first woman Supreme Court judge
 Maithili Thakur - State Icon (Bihar)  Geeta Gopinath - 1st Deputy Managing Director, IMF
 Ayushmann Khurrana - National Ambassador, UNICEF  Pierre-Olivier Gourinches - Chief Economist, IMF
 MV Suchindra Kumar - Vice Chief, Army  Indermeet Gill - Chief Economist, World Bank
 A. Madhavrao - CMD, Bharat Dynamics Limited  Simon Steele - UN Climate Chief
 Rajeev K. Mishra - President, PTC India  Charles III - King of UK
 Sanjay Jasjit Singh - Vice Chief of the Naval Staff  Giorgia Meloni - First woman PM of Italy
 Sandeep Singh - Military Advisor, National Security Council  Magdalena Andersson - First female Prime Minister of Sweden
 Praveen Sood - Director, CBI  Rishi Sunak - Prime Minister, UK (57th)
 Ashutosh Dixit - Vice Chief, Air Force  Natasa Pirk Musar - First female President, Slovenia
 Namdev Shirgaonkar - Head of India Taekwondo  Dina Boluarte - First female President, Peru
 Dr. Govindaraj - President, Basketball Federation of India  Claudine Gay - President, Harvard University
 Praveen Kumar Srivastava - Central Vigilance Commissioner  Manuela Roca Botti - First female PM, Equatorial Guinea
 Nirmala Laxman - President, The Hindu Group  Arun Subramaniam - First Indian American Judge, New York Court
 Janardan Prasad - DG, Geological Survey of India  Ram Chandra Poudel - President, Nepal
 Subodh Kumar Singh - DG, National Testing Agency (NTA)  Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav - Third Vice President of Nepal
 Nitin Agarwal - DG, Border Security Force (BSF)  Eric Garcetti - US Ambassador to India
 Amit Agarwal - CEO, UIDAI  Dilma Rousseff - President, New Development Bank
 Uttam Lal - Director, NHPC  Sabbi Subramaniam - Warrant Officer, UK Royal Air Force
 Ravi Sinha - Head, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)  Kathleen Corradi - Rat Jar, New York City
 Swaminathan Janakiraman - Deputy Governor, RBI  Rowan Wilson - First Black Chief Justice of New York
 P Vasudevan - Executive Director, RBI  Ajay Banga - President, World Bank
 Sheikh Talal - President, Olympic Council of Asia  Mark Nicholls - President, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
 Manoj Yadav - DG, Railway Protection Force (RPF)  Recep Tayyip Erdogan - President, Türkiye
 Satpal Bhanu - MD, LIC  Marcel Ciolacu - Prime Minister, Romania
 TV Narendran - CEO, Tata Steel  Edgar Rinkevics - President, Latvia
 TS Singh Deo - Deputy CM, Chhattisgarh  Petteri Orpo - Prime Minister, Finland
 Ajit Pawar - Deputy CM, Maharashtra  Denis Francis - President, 78th session of UNGA
 Ajay Bhatnagar - Special Director, CBI  Brajendra Navneet- India's Permanent Representative to WTO
 Ajit Agarkar - Chairman, BCCI Selection Committee  Abdulla Mandos - President, World Meteorological Organization
 Nivruti Rai - CEO, Invest India  Brijendra Navneet - Permanent Representative of India to WTO

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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
 She was the first woman governor of Jharkhand till 2015-21.
 Pashu Pati Kumar Paras Food Processing and Industries
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 Raj Kumar Singh Power, Renewable Energy UP 403 07 BJP - 255

 Hardeep Singh Puri Petroleum and Natural Gas Punjab 117 01 AAP - 92

 Mansukh Mandaviya Health, Chemicals and Fertilizers Uttarakhand 70 01 BJP - 47

 Kiren Rijiju Minister of Earth Sciences of India 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
results were declared on March 10.
 Anurag Thakur Information and Broadcasting, Sports

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

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

 Nagaland Kohima 01 Dec. 1963 La Ganesan Nephew Rio
 Manipur Imphal 21 Jan. 1972 Anusuiya Uikye N. Biren Singh
 Mizoram Aizawl 20 Feb. 1987 Haribabu Kambhampati Jormathanga
 Assam Dispur 26 Jan. 1950 Gulab chand katariya Hemant Biswa Sarma
 Meghalaya Shillong 21 Jan. 1972 Phagu Chauhan Conrad Sangma
 Sikkim Gangtok 16 May 1975 Lakshman Prasad Achary Prem Singh Tamang
 Himachal Pradesh Shimla 25 Jan. 1971 Shiv Pratap Shukla Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
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 Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar Nitish Kumar
Eastern

 Jharkhand Ranchi 15 Nov. 2000 CP Radhakrishnan Hemant Soren

 West Bengal Kolkata 26 Jan. 1950 C. V. Ananda Bose 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 Biswa Bhusan Harichandan 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 Ramesh Bais Eknath Shinde
 Karnataka Bangalore 01 Nov. 1956 Thawar Chand Gehlot Siddaramaiah
 Goa Panaji 30 May 1987 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 S Abdul Nazeer 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 B.D. Mishra (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 T. S. Sivagnanam
Nicobar Islands
2. Bombay High Court* 1862 Mumbai Nagpur, Panaji Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Devendra K. Upadhyaya
And Aurangabad Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
3. Madras High Court 1862 Chennai Madurai Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Sanjay v. Gangapurwala
4. Allahabad High Court 1866 Prayagraj Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Pritinker Diwaker
5. Karnataka High Court 1884 Bangalore Dharwad, Gulbarga Karnataka Prasanna B. Varale
6. Patna High Court 1916 Patna Bihar K. Vinod Chandran
7. Gauhati High Court 1948 Guwahati Kohima, Aizawl, Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram Sandeep Mehta
And Itanagar and Arunachal Pradesh
8. Orissa High Court 1948 Cuttack Odisha Subhasis Talapatra
9. Rajasthan High Court 1949 Jodhpur Jaipur Rajasthan Augustine George Masih
10. Jammu and Kashmir 1928 Srinagar/Jammu Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh N. Kotishwar Singh
and Ladakh
11. Madhya Pradesh HC 1956 Jabalpur Gwalior, Indore Madhya Pradesh Ravi Vijay Kumar Malimath
12. Kerala High Court 1956 Kochi Kerala, Lakshadweep Ashish Jitendra Desai
13. Gujarat High Court* 1960 Ahmedabad Gujarat Sunita Agarwal
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 MS Ramachandra Rao
17. Sikkim High Court 1975 Gangtok Sikkim Vishwanath Somadder
18. Chhattisgarh High Court 2000 Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Ramesh Sinha
19. Uttarakhand High Court 2000 Nainital Uttarakhand Vipin Sanghi
20. Jharkhand High Court 2000 Ranchi Jharkhand Sanjaya Kumar Mishra
21. Meghalaya High Court 2013 Shillong Meghalaya Sanjib Baberjee
22. Manipur High Court* 2013 Imphal Manipur M V Muralidharan
23. Tripura High Court 2013 Agartala Tripura Aparesh Kumar Singh
24. Telangana High Court 2019 Hyderabad Telangana Alok Aradhe

25. Andhra P. High Court* 2019 Amravati Andhra Pradesh Dhiraj Singh Thakur

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 Moh. Shahabuddin Chuppu Sheikh Hasina
 Afghanistan Kabul Afghan Afghani Shora Hibatullah Akhundzada Mullah 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 Ramchandra Paudel Pushpa Kamal Dahal
 Myanmar Nay-Pyi-Taw Qayat Pyithu Hluttaw - Min Aung Hlaing
 China Beijing Renminbi People's Congress Xi Jinping Li Qiang
 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 - 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 Lula da Silva -
 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 - Ulf Christerson
 France Paris Euro NationalAssembly Emmanuel Macron Elizabeth Bourne
 Germany Berlin Euro Bundestag Frank Walter Steinmeier Olaf Scholz
 Iran Tehran Toman Majlis Ebraham Raisi -
 Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar National Assembly Abdul Latif Rashid Mustafa Al-Qadhimi
 Israel Jerusalem New Shekel The Knesset Isaac Herzog Benjamin Netanyahu
 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 Vo Van Thuong Pham Minh Chinh
 America Washington DC Dollar Congress Joe Biden -
 Britain London Pound Sterling Parliament Charles III Rishi Sunak
 Norway Oslo Norwegian Dollar Storting Herald V (King) Jonas Gahr Store

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

 First in India & World : 2021-23
 India's first regional news anchor 'Lisa' unveiled by- Odisha TV  The first state to launch its climate change mission - Tamil Nadu
 First country to ban plastic product bags - New Zealand  First woman president, Indian Olympic Association - PT Usha
 India's first hydrogen-powered train flagged off from- Haryana  First woman skydiver of Indian Army - Lance Naik Manju
 world's first methane-powered rocket was launched by - China  Highest polling station in the world - Tashigang (H.P)
 First state in the country to approve the Good Governance  First city to issue municipal bonds - Vadodara (Gujrat)
Regulations - Maharashtra  State implementing uniform price of gold across the state - Kerala
 First state in the country to start its internet service - Kerala  State declared 100% 'Har Ghar Jal' - Gujarat
 India's first fully e-governed state - Kerala  India's first solar powered village - Modhera (Gujarat)
 India's first ODF+ district - Wayanad, Kerala  First state to launch Gati Shakti Portal - Gujarat
 First state to implement 'right to walk' - Punjab  Fully digitally literate Gram Panchayat - Pullampara (Kerala)
 India's first solar city - Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh  First state to release encyclopedia of tribes - Odisha
 India's first cable stayed bridge- Anji Khad (Jammu-Kashmir)  First village with RO water for every household - Bharataul (U.P.)
 First state to make digital health card for children - Uttar Pradesh  Kerala's first tribal woman air hostess - Gopika Govind
 India's first state to prepare water budget - Kerala  Third Indian state with Food Security Atlas - Jharkhand
 First country to introduce health warnings on alcohol - Ireland  Country's largest rubber dam - Gaya (Bihar)
 World's first Jatayu Conservation & Breeding Center - U.P.  India's first forestry university - Telangana
 India's first International Multimodal Logistics Park - Assam  First state to get Har Ghar Jal Certification - Goa
 India's first carbon neutral village - Bhiwandi (Maharashtra)  India's first indigenously built aircraft carrier - INS Vikrant
 First state to prepare DNA database of unidentified dead bodies  First city to make traffic data public by Google - Aurangabad
- Himachal Pradesh  First state to have its own internet facility - Kerala
 India's first underwater metro train - Kolkata Metro  Formation of India's first 'Balika Panchayat' - Gujarat
 World's first Asian King Vulture Conservation Center - U.P.  First metro city to get Biodiversity Register - Kolkata
 Country's first High Court to deliver bail verdict with the help of  Country's first greenfield grain-based ethanol plant - Purnia
AI based ChatGPT in murder case - Punjab & Haryana  First city to install vacuum based sewer system - Agra
 Asia's first woman Loco pilot to operate Vande Bharat Express  Country's first district with library in every village - Jamtara
- Surekha Yadav  India's first 'Amrit Sarovar' - Rampur (Uttar Pradesh)
 First woman officer to command a fighter unit in the Indian Air  First country to give legal rights to wild animals - Ecuador
Force - Shalija Dhami  India's first 'carbon-neutral panchayat' - Palligram (J&K)
 World's longest railway platform - Hubli (Karnataka)  India's first paperless state assembly - Nagaland
 India's first state with 100% electrified railway network - Haryana  India's first 'World Peace Center' - Gurugram (Haryana)
 First state to pass the 'Right to Health Bill' - Rajasthan  India's first alcohol museum - Goa
 First High Court to publish judgment in regional language - Kerala  First country to introduce Covid-19 DNA vaccine - India
 First municipal body to issue green bond - Indore  World's Largest Igloo Cafe - Jammu and Kashmir
 Country's first green energy based solar panel - Uttarakhand  City with India's first water metro project - Kochi (Kerala)
 Largest floating solar plant in North India - Chandigarh  India's first heli hub - Gurugram, Haryana
 First case of 'norovirus' infection - Kerala  India's first privately built cryogenic rocket - Dhawan-1
 Number One Police Station - Aska Police Station (Odisha)  Country to launch world's first Dual Mode Vehicle - Japan
 First country in the world to ban smoking - New Zealand  India's first sanitary napkin free village - Kumbalangi, Kerala
 India's first Gold ATM opened in - Hyderabad  India's First Food Safety Museum - Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

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 MoUs Signed in the Year : 2022-23
Related Field Related Country / Institution Month
 To jointly develop the semiconductor ecosystem India and Japan July 2023
 Artemis agreement to take space cooperation to new heights India and US June 2023
 Agreement for export of electricity India and Nepal June 2023
 Agreement to set up water technology center India and Israel May 2023
 To cooperate in field of migration and green hydrogen India and Australia May 2023
 To cooperate on industrial research and development India and Israel May 2023
 To develop touchless biometric system IIT Bombay and UIDAI April 2023
 To develop Secure Maritime Communication Indian Navy & Raman Research Institute April 2023
 To impart Chinese language training to military personnel Indian Army and Tezpur University April 2023
 To collaborate on research technology and innovation India and Mexico March 2023
 To cooperate in digital infra, climate action, clean energy India and Spain March 2023
 To enhance digital literacy CSC Academy and NIELIT February 2023
 To cooperate in reintroducing cheetahs to the Asian country India and South Africa February 2023
 Air India to order 500 new aircraft Airbus and Boing February 2023
 To promote spacetech startups in India ISRO and Microsoft Jan 2023
 To sell Indigenous Satellite Quantum Key Distribution Products IN-Space and QNu Labs December 2022
 For on-device storage of government IDs DigiLocker and Google December 2022
 To promote digital education Govt. of Assam and Google October 2022
 To promote millet produced products DA&FW & NAFED October 2022
 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

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 Mobile Apps & Portals
App / Portal Issuer Purpose / Related Facts
 Mobile Dost App UT of Jammu and Kashmir For mobile based delivery of citizen centric services
 Heritage Portal Ministry of Home Affairs To communicate the messages contained in the Vedas.
 PM Kisan App Minister Narendra Singh Tomar Farmers will be able to complete face scanner e-KYC from without OTP.
 Arunpol App Arunachal Pradesh Police For the security of the citizens of the state.
 Jharni Yuva Portal Jharkhand Government Government will provide a platform to the candidates looking for employment.
 Youth Portal Science & Technology Minister To connect and identify youth start-ups.
 Sanchar Saathi Portal Department of Telecom To verify the genuineness of a used device before purchasing it.
 My Life App Minister Bhupendra Yadav This app will showcase the power of citizens in saving the environment.
 Him Data Portal CM Himachal Pradesh To collect data of all organizations for distribution of welfare schemes.
 'Sathi' Portal Ministry of Agriculture To solve challenges in seed production and seed certification.
 Call Before You Dig PM Narendra Modi To avoid planned digging that could damage optical fiber cables
 AIS App Income Tax Department To view information related to TDS, interest, dividend, tax payment
 Sangam Youth Portal Ministry of Education & Skill To strengthen mutual understanding between youth of North East & other states.
 Aab Prahari App IIT Delhi To tackle the problem of water logging in urban areas.
 Prahari App BSF and Home Ministry For Proactive Governance Facility.
 Amar Sarkar Portal Tripura Government To take all the Central and State Govt. sponsored schemes to the doorstep.
 Right to Repair P. Food Minister Piyush Goyal To deal with the problem of water logging in urban areas.
 SHWAS App Tamil Nadu Government To promote the welfare of the sanitation workers & their family of state.
 Samarth e Portal Uttarakhand Education Depart. To improve higher education and provide quality education to the students.
 Jaldoot App Ministry of Rural Development To track water level in selected wells in villages across the country.
 e-KUMBH Portal President Draupadi Murmu It will have engineering courses and books in 12 scheduled Indian languages.
 Nidan Portal Narcotics Control Bureau To get details of criminal connected with drug trafficking.
 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.
 e-Amrit App NITI Aayog To promote electric mobility in India.
 Lucky Bill App Kerala Govt. To curb GST evasion.
 Pariksha Sangam 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.

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 Brand Ambassadors
 ICC World Cup 2023 - Shahrukh Khan Covid-19 : Important Facts
 Wrangler - Smriti Mandhana
 Corona virus started from - Wuhan, China in December, 2019
 Tripura Tourism - Saurabh Ganguly
 Corona's official name - COVID-19 (Corona Virus Desease)
 Gucci (first Indian Global Brand Ambassador) - Alia Bhatt
 Declared a global pandemic by WHO - on March 11, 2020
 Star Sports - Rishav Pant
 HSBC India - Virat Kohli  The part of the human body affected by corona virus - Lungs

 Athlete Ambassador of Asian Hockey Fedration- Salima Tete  First case of corona virus registered in India - In Kerala
 Viacom-18 - MS Dhoni  First death due to corona virus infection in India - in Karnataka
 India's Ambassador 'She Changes Climate' - Shreya Ghodawat  Appeal of Janata Curfew by PM Modi - March 22, 2020
 US Ambassador to India - Eric Garcetti  First lockdown in India - 25 March-14 April, 2020 (21 days)
 Hand ambassador by Savlon India - Sachin Tendulkar  First state to declare corona an epidemic - Haryana
 National Mineral Development Corporation - Nikhat Zareen
 First state to lockdown due to corona virus - Rajasthan
 UNICEF India National Ambassador- Ayushmann Khurana
 India's first Covid-19 vaccine recipient - Manish Kumar
 Bihar's State Icon & Bihar Khadi - Maithili Thakur
 First PM infected with Covid-19 - Boris Johnson (UK)
 Uttarakhand - Prasoon Joshi
 First village to vaccinate 100% of adult population - Wayan (Jammu)
 Friendship Ambassador of Switzerland - Neeraj Chopra
 First city to achieve 100% vaccination target - Bhubaneshwar
 TB eradication program 'Nikshay Mitra' - Deepa Malik
 T20 World Cup for the Blind - Yuvraj Singh  First UT to achieve 100% vaccination target - Andaman-Nicobar

 Website 'Son of Maa Bharti' - Amitabh Bachchan  First state to achieve 100% vaccination target - Himachal Pradesh
 Punyakoti Datu Yojana - Kicha Sudeep  KHUDOL initiative against COVID-19 is related to - Manipur
 National Icon of Election Commission - Pankaj Tripathi  First country to develop a corona vaccine for animals - Russia
 Garuda Aerospace - M. S. Dhoni  First Oxygen Express was run - Visakhapatnam to Nagpur
 Karnataka Brain Health Initiative - Robin Uthappa  Second Oxygen Express was run - Bokaro to Lucknow
 My11Circle - Shubman Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad
 Covid vaccination campaign started in India - January 16, 2021
 Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (Gurugram) - Tanishka & Riddhika Kotia
 Tika Utsav : COVID-19 Vaccination - 11th to 14th April, 2021
 'Krishi Network' & Fino Payment Bank - Pankaj Tripathi
 Bank of Baroda brand endorser - Shaifali Verma COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturer Company
 Arunachal Pradesh Government - Sanjay Dutt  Covaxin - Bharat Biotech and ICMR
 TRIFED Aadi Mahotsav - MC Mary Kom
 Covishield - Serum Institute & ICMR (Oxford-AstraZeneca)
 Russian Film Festival 2021 - Imtiaz Ali
 Covax - Serum Institute of India, Pune
 CoinDCX - Ayushmann Khurrana
 Corbevax - Biological E. Ltd., Hyderabad
 Equitas Small Finance Bank - Rani Rampal and Smriti Mandhana
 ZyCoV-D - Zydus Cadila, Ahmedabad
 Global Vaccination Campaign (UNICEF) - David Behkam
 iNCOVACC - Bharat Biotech
 One District One Product Scheme (U.P.) - Kangana Ranaut
 Enocovax - ICR + NRC
 Mastercard - Magnus Carlsen
 Russia's Sputnik-V - Gamaleya Research Institute
 National Basketball Association (NBA) - Ranveer Singh
 America's Moderna Vaccine - Moderna
 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme' (Rajasthan) - Avni Lekhara
 Johnson & Johnson of America - Janssen Pharmaceutical
 Assam's Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan - Lovlina Borgehain
 Sputnik Light - Gamaleya Research Institute
 Desh Ke Mentor Program - Sonu Sood

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 Joint Military Exercise
Name Participants Venue Army
 Nomadic Elephant-2023 India-Mongolia at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Army
 7th JIMEX-2023 India-Japan Visakhapatnam Navy
 Security Bond-2023 China, Russia, Iran Gulf of Oman Navy
 'Khan Quest' Ex. 2023 Multinational Mongolia Army
 12th 'Ekuverin' Ex. 2023 India-Maldives Chaubatia, Uttarakhand Army
 6th 'Ektha' Ex. 2023 India-Maldives Maldives Navy
 'Sudarshan shakti' Ex. 2023 Sapt shakti command of army Rajasthan and Punjab Army
 'Tiger Shark 40' Ex. 2023 Bangladesh-US BNS Nirvik in Chattogram (Bangladesh) Navy
 'Al Mohed Al Hindi' Ex.2023 Indian Navy - Royal Saudi Navy Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia Navy
 4th 'Samudra Shakti' Ex. 2023 India-Indonesia Batam, Indonesia Navy
 35th CORPAT-2023 India-Thailand Andaman Sea Navy
 7th Ajay Warrior Ex. 2023 India-United Kingdom UK Army
 INIOCHOS Ex. 2023 Multinational Exercise Andravida Air Base of Greece Air Force
 Cope India Ex. 2023 Indo-US Arjan Singh (Panagarh), Kalaikunda, Agra Air Force
 10th SLINEX Ex. 2023 India-Sri Lanka Colombo Navy
 AFINDEX-2023 India-African Continent Pune Army
 FRINGEX-2023 India-France Tiruvanthapuram, Kerala Army
 Konkan Ex. 2023 India-UK Konkan Coast in the Arabian Sea Navy
 Cobra Warrior Ex. 2023 Multilateral United Kingdom Air Force
 13th Bold Kurukshetra 2023 India-Singapore Jodhpur Military Station, Rajasthan Army
 La Perouse-III Ex. 2023 Multinational Indian Ocean Region Navy
 Shinyu Maitri Exercise 2023 India-Japan Komatsu, Japan Air Force
 Dastlik-IV Ex. 2023 India-Uzbekistan Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand Army
 Dharma Guardian-IV Ex. 2023 India-Japan Camp Imamzam, Shinga Province, Japan Army
 Tarkash-VI Ex. 2023 Indo-US Chennai Army
 First Cyclone-1 Ex. 2023 India-Egypt Jaisalmer, Central Rajasthan Army
 Veer Guardian Exercise 2022 India-Japan Hayakuri & Airbase Japan Air Force
 21st Varuna Exercise 2022 India-France West Coast Navy
 12th Agni Warriors 2022 India-Singapore Deolali, Maharashtra Navy
 7th Sangam Exercise 2022 India-USA Goa Navy
 Kazind Ex 2022 India-Kazakhstan Umroi, Meghalaya Army
 16th Surya Kiran Exercise 2022 India-Nepal Nepal Army Battle School, Saljhandi (Nepal) Army
 8th Harimau Shakti Ex. 2022 India-Malaysia Malaysia Army
 8th Garuda Shakti Exercise 2022 Indo-Indonesia Karawang, Indonesia Army
 13th Naseem Al-Bahr Ex. 2022 India-Oman Coast of Oman Navy
 1st Austra Hind Exercise 2022 India-Australia Mahajan Field Firing Range, Rajasthan Army
 Maritime Partnership Ex. 2022 India-Australia Bay of Bengal Navy

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 Committees & Commissions
Inquiry Committees & Chairman
 To investigate the violence in Manipur
- Former Chief Justice Ajay Lamba
 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
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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 Ajay Banga 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 member - Colambia)
 NATO 1949 Brussels Jens Stoltenberg (G.S) 31 (31th member - Finland)
 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) Dilma Rousseff 9 (9th Member - Egypt)
 ASEAN 1967 Jakarta Lim Jock Hoi (G.S) 11 (11th Member - East Timor)
 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 : 2022-23
 32nd Arab League Summit, 2023  COP-15 UN Convention on Biological Diversity, 2022
 Event (19 May 2023) - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  Event (19 December 22) - Montreal (Canada)

 Chaired by - Moh. bin Salman (PM, Saudi Arabia)  Chaired by - China

 6th Indian Ocean Conference, 2023  Representation of India - Environment-Climate Minister Mr.

 Event (12-13 May 2023) - Dhaka, Bangladesh Bhupendra Yadav

 Chaired by - Sheikh Hasina (PM Bangladesh)  In this, 4 goals and 23 objectives were fixed for 2030.

 Theme - Partnership for Peace, Prosperity and a Resilient Future  COP-27 United Nations Climate Change Conference, 2022

 18th G-20 Summit, 2023  Event (6-20 Nov. 22) - Sharm-El-Sheikh (Egypt)

 Events - India  Chaired by - Egypt Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri

 Theme - Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (One  COP-26 - Glasgow, Scotland (UK, 2021)

Earth, One family, One Future)  COP-28 - United Arab Emirates (2023)

 Headed by – PM Narendra Modi  First I2U2 Summit, 2022

 Events (July 14) - Virtually
 Indian Sherpa - Amitabh Kant
 President from India - Prime Minister Narendra Modi
 1st G-20 Sherpa Meeting - Udaipur, Rajasthan
 Full form of I2U2 - India, Israel, USA, UAE
 17th Conference - Bali (Indonesia, 2022)
 Key Points - Six areas (Water, Energy, Transport,
 19th Conference - Brazil (in 2024)
Space, Health and Food Security) were
 49th G-7 Summit, 2023
discussed in this conference
 Events (May 19-21) - Hiroshima, Japan
 32nd NATO Summit, 2022
 Chaired by - Fumio Kishida (PM Japan)
 Events (28-30 June) - Madrid (Spain)
 Key Point - G7 stressed the need for global mini-
 Chaired by - Secretary-General : Jens Stoltenberg
mum emissions by 2025.
 Key Points - Finland and Sweden were invited to
 48th Summit - Germany, 2022
join the alliance during the conference
 50th Summit - Italy, 2024
 31st Conference (2021) - Brussels (Belgium)
 23rd SCO Summit 2023
 33rd Conference (2023) - Lithuania (Vilnius)
 Event (3-4 July 2023) - Samarkand, Uzbekistan
 14th BRICS Virtual Summit, 2022
 22th Summit - Samarkand, Uzbekistan (2022)
 Host (June 23-24, 2022) - China (Chaired by - Xi Jinping)
 First G-20 ECSWG meeting, 2023
 Representation of India - PM Narendra Modi (Virtually)
 Event - Bengaluru (9-11 February, 2023)
 Topic - Sustainable and Climate Resilient Blue  Theme of the Conference - Foster High-quality BRICS Partner-

Economy ship, Usher in a New Era for Global

Development
 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2023
 Events (16-20 January 22) - Davos, Switzerland  13th Summit - New Delhi, 2021

 Topic - Cooperation in a Fragmented World  15th Summit - South Africa, 2023

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 National Summit : 2022-23
 12th World Hindi Conference  India Water Impact Summit 2022
 Event - Nadi (Fiji) (February 15-17, 2023)  Event - New Delhi (December 15-17, 2023)
 Representation of India - External Affairs Minister Dr. S.  Theme - Restoration and Conservation of Small
Jaishankar Rivers in a Large Basin
 Theme of the conference - Hindi : From Traditional Knowledge  Defexpo 2022
to Artificial Intelligence  Events (18-22 Oct- 22) - Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar (Gujarat)
 14th Aero India 2023  Theme - Path to Pride
 Event - Bengaluru (February 13-17, 2023)  India Ideas Summit 2022
 Theme - The Runway to a Billion Opportunities  Event - New Delhi (September, 2022)
 Defence Ministers Conclave 2023  Theme - Maximizing the Next 75 Years of
 Venue - Bengaluru (February 14, 2023) U.S.–India Prosperity
 Theme - Shared Prosperity through  All India Official Language Conference
Enhanced Engagements in Defence  Event - Surat, Gujarat (September, 2022)
(SPEED)  Chaired by - Home Minister Amit Shah
 UP Global Investors Summit 2023  India Clean Air Summit 2022
 Event - Lucknow (February 11-12, 2023)  Event - Bengaluru (August, 2022)
 Theme - New India's Growth Engine  Purpose - To discuss the topics of air pollution,
 30th National Children's Science Congress climate change etc.
 Event - Ahmedabad (January 27-31, 2023)  Semicon India Conference, 2022
 Providing a unique opportunity to children in the age group of 10  Event - Bengaluru (April 2022)
to 17 years to harness their scientific temperament and knowledge  Objective - To establish India as one of the key
 CII Bio-Energy Summit 2023 partners in the global semiconductor
 Event - New Delhi (January 12, 2023) supply chain
 Theme - Energy Transition - Solutions for a  Wings India 2022
Sustainable Tomorrow  Venue - Hyderabad, Telangana (March, 2022)
 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Sammelan 2023  Theme - India@75: New Horizon for Aviation
 Event - Indore (MP) (January 8-10, 2023) Industry
 Chief Guest - Dr. Mohammed Irfan Ali (President,  Objective - To focus on trade investment, regional
Guyana) connectivity
 Theme - Diaspora : A reliable partner for India's  108th Indian Science Congress
progress in the Amritkal  Event - Pune, Maharashtra (January, 2022)
 1st All India Summit on Water Conservation  Theme - Science and Technology for Sustain-
 Event - New Delhi (January 5, 2023) able Development with Women
 Theme - Water Vision @ 2047 Empowerment

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 Various operations : 2021-23
 Operation Trinetra-2 : To flush out terrorists hiding in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir by Security forces (Army and Police).
 Operation Karuna : To assist Myanmar affected by Cyclone Mocha (By Indian navy).
 Operation Dhvast : To end organized crime and terrorism by NIA.
 Operation Kaveri : To bring back Indians stranded in war-torn Sudan by the Government of India.
 Operation Maryada : By Uttarakhand Police, with the objective of maintaining cleanliness in pilgrimage places and tourist places.
 Operation Sadbhavna : To help people in rural areas and areas near the LOC in Jammu and Kashmir by the Indian Army.
 Operation Alert : To enhance security along the India-Pakistan border by the Border Security Force (BSF).
 Operation Octopus : Raids by NIA and ED against Popular Front of India (PFI) for spreading violence and terror funding in country.
 Operation Dost : To help earthquake affected Turkey and Syria by Government of India
 Operation Garuda : CBI to eliminate drug network.
 Operation Meghchakra : CBI to trace people who are circulating child pornography.
 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 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
 Swachh Survekshan-2022 (7th Edition)  Logistics Performance Index: 2021
Issuer - Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs  Issuer - Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal
1st - Indore (M.P.) (2nd - Surat, 3rd - Navi Mumbai)  1st place - Gujarat (2nd - Haryana)
Cleanest Cantonment - Deolali  Rank of Bihar - 19th (Score-2.77)
Fastage Movers City - Shimoga  Good Governance Index-2021
7-Star rated (Indore), 5-Star rated (Surat, Bhopal, Mysore,  Issuer - Home Minister Amit Shah
Navi Mumbai, Visakhapanam and Tirupati) cities were
 First state - Gujarat (Bihar Rank in Group 'B' - 6th)
announced in the star rating of garbage free cities under
 3rd India Innovation Index: 2021 (NITI Ayog)
Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2-0.
 First place in the states - Karnataka (Last-Chhattisgarh)
 Public Affairs Index: 2022
 First among Union Territories - Chandigarh (Last-Ladakh)
 Issuer - Public Affairs Center, Bangalore
 Rank of Bihar - 15th (Score-11.58)
 1st place (in large / small states) - Haryana / Kerala
 Rank of Bihar - 15th (Score-0.461)  Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index: 2020-21
 World Air Quality Report: 2022  Issuer - NITI Aayog

 Issuer - IQ Air (Swiss organization)  1st Rank - Kerala (2nd - Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu)
 Most polluted country - Chad (2nd-Iraq, 3rd-Pakistan)  Rank of Bihar - 28th (Last) (Score - 52)
 India's Rank - 8th  National Multi-dimensional Poverty Index: 2023
 State Energy and Climate Index-2022  Issuer - NITI Ayog
 Issuer - NITI Aayog Most poor state - Bihar (33.76%)
 Top rank (in large / small states) - Gujarat / Goa Least poor state - Kerala
 Rank of Bihar (in large states) - 15th  3rd Export Readiness Index: 2022
 5th State Food Security Index : 2022-23  Issuer - NITI Aayog
 Issuer - FSSAI (7 June, 2023)
First place - Tamil Nadu (Issue-80.89)
1st place (in large states) - Kerala (2nd-Punjab, 3rd-Tamilnadu)
2nd / 3rd place - Maharashtra (78.20) / Karnataka (76.36)
 1st place (in small states) - Goa (2nd-Manipur, 3rd-Sikkim)
 India Justice Report: 2022
 NFSA Ranking Index : 2022 (4th Edition)
 Issuer - Tata Trust
Issuer - Union Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs
 1st place - Karnataka
NFSA (National Food Security Act)
 Rank of Bihar - 16th (Score - 4.32)
Top-3 States of General Category - Odisha (Score-0.836),
 2nd Export Readiness Index-2021
U.P. (Score-0.797), Andhra Pradesh (Score-0.794)
 Issuer - NITI Aayog
Worst Performing State - Goa (Score-0.631)
Top Rank in Special Category - Tripura (Score-0.788)  First place - Gujarat (2nd - Maharashtra, 3rd - Karnataka)

Rank of Bihar - 7th (Score-0.783)  Rank of Bihar - 22th (Score - 32.06)

 Health Index : 2020-21  THE World University Ranking 2023

 Issuer - NITI Aayog  Issuer - Times Higher Education (THE)
 1st place (in large / small states) - Kerala / Tripura  First in the world - Oxford University (UK)
Rank of Bihar - 19th (Rank of UP-18th)  The only incorporated Indian University - IISc Bengaluru

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 Reports & Indexes : 2022-23
Reports / Indexes Issued by T. Contry First Rank India's Rank
 Global Energy Transition Index 2023 World Economic Forum 120 Sweden 67th (87 in 2021)
 Global Peace Index 2023 Institute for Economics and Peace 163 Iceland 126th (135 in 2022)
 World Investment Report 2023 UNCTAD 187 America 7th
 Henley Passport Index 2023 Henley & Partners 193 Singapore 80th (85 in 2022)
 Global Gender Gap Index 2023 World Economic Forum 146 Iceland 127th (135 in 2022)
 Global Competitiveness Index 2023 Management Development Institute 64 Denmark 40th (37 in 2022)
 Sustainable Development Report 2023 SDSN 166 Finland 112th (121 in 2022)
 Intellectual Property Index 2023 Global Innovation Policy Center (US) 55 America 42th (43 in 2022)
 Global Slavery Index 2023 Human rights group 'Walk Free' 160 North Korea -
 Economic Freedom Index 2023 Heritage (US Think Tank) 184 Singapore 131 (131 in 2022)
 Good Government Index 2023 Chandler Institute 104 Singapore 57 (52 in 2022)
 World Press Freedom Index 2023 Reports Without Borders (France) 180 Norway 161 (150 in 2022)
 Logistics Performance Index 2023 World Bank 139 Singapore 38th (44 in 2018)
 Global Unicorn Index 2023 Huron 138 America 3rd
 World Happiness Report 2023 SDSN 136 Finland 126th (136 in 2022)
 World Air Quality Report 2023 Swiss firm IQAir 131 Chad 8th (5th in 2022)
 Global Terrorism Index 2023 Institute for Economics and Peace - Afghanistan 13th
 International IP Index 2023 US Chamber of Commerce 55 America 42nd
 Global Labour Resilience Index 2023 CEMS Corporate Partner Whiteshield 136 Denmark 65th
 Asia Power Index 2023 Lowy Institute (Sydney) 26 America 4th
 Global Firepower Index 2023 Global Fire Power 145 America 4th
 Electoral Democracy Index 2023 V-dem - Denmark 108th (100 in 2022)
 Climate Change Performance Index-23 German Watch 63 Denmark 8th (10 in 2022)
 Global Food Security Index 2022 Economist Impact 113 Finland 68th (71 in 2021)
 Global Aviation Safety Ranking 2022 ICAO 187 Singapore 48th
 Network Readiness Index 2022 Portulace Institute, Washington DC 131 US 61st
 Global Pension Index 2022 Mercer CFA Institute 44 Iceland 41st (40 in 2021)
 Global Hunger Index 2022 Welthungerhilf (German organization) 121 Belarus 107th (101st in 2021)
 Global Innovation Index 2022 Intellectual Property Organization 132 Switzerland 40th (46 in 2021)
 Global Crypto Adoption Index 2022 Blockchain Analysis Platform 146 Vietnam 4th
 Global Liveability Index 2022 Economist Intelligence Unit 173 Vienna, Austria (Delhi-112th)
 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)
 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)

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 Economic Survey : 2022-2023
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic
Survey 2022-23 in Parliament on January 31, 2023. This Economic
Survey has been prepared under the leadership of Chief Economic
Advisor V. Ananth Nageswaran.
Economic Survey 2022-23: Important Facts
 The growth rate of the economy is expected to be 7% (real) for
the year ending March 2023. The growth rate in the last financial
year was 8.7%.
 In last year's Economic Survey, the country's GDP growth rate
during 2022-23 was estimated to be 8-8.5%.
 India's GDP growth rate during the financial year 2023-24 to
6 - 6.8% is expected.
 The GDP growth rate for the financial year 2023-24 will be 6.5%
on real basis.
 India is the 3rd largest economy in terms of PPP (Purchasing
Power Parity), while it is the 5th largest economy in terms of
exchange rate.
 According to the first advance estimate for the financial year
2022-23, the per capita net national income (at constant prices)
in India is Rs.96522 and the annual growth rate of per capita
income is 5.5%.
 According to the survey, the number of GST taxpayers has
doubled from 70 lakh to 1.4 crore in 2022.
 Fiscal deficit during FY 2022-23 as per survey 6.4%, which has
been 6.7% in the previous financial year.
 The forex reserves stood at US$ 562.72 billion at the end of
December 2022.
 RBI has estimated the inflation rate to be 6.8% in the financial
year 2022-23.
 The Gross Value Added (GVA) of agriculture at basic prices in
FY 2022-23 stood at 3.5%, which is higher than 3.0% in the
previous financial year.
 Credit growth to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(MSME) sector has averaged over 30.5% during January-
November, 2022.
 During 2021-22, a record 5000 lakh tonnes of sugarcane has
been produced in the country. Out of this, 36 lakh metric tonnes
of sugar has been used for ethanol production.
 The Gross Value Added (GVA) of the industry sector in the
financial year 2022-23 was 4.1% at basic prices, which was much
lower than 10.3% in the previous financial year.
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 The growth rate of the services sector is estimated to be 9.1% in
FY2023, which is more than 8.4% in the previous financial year.
 Major partner countries of India's foreign trade -
India exports the most from - America > UAE > Netherlands
India imports the most to - China > UAE > America
 India is set to become the top remittance recipient globally by
receiving US$ 100 billion in 2022.
 India's e-commerce market is estimated to grow at a rate of
18% every year till 2025.
 The total fertility rate has become 2.1 which was earlier 2.4
 Infant mortality rate has gone up to 38.4, which was earlier 46.0
 Neonatal mortality rate is 24.9, which was earlier 29.5.
 Merchandise exports in April-Dec. 2022 stood at $332.5 billion.
 India's headline inflation reached 7.8% in April, 2022.
 Central and state government budgeted expenditure on health
sector to reach 2.1% of GDP in FY2023 (BE) and 2.2% in FY2022
(RE) from 1.6% in FY21 .
 Social sector expenditure to increase from Rs 9.1 Lakh Crore
in FY 2016 to Rs 21.3 Lakh Crore in FY 2023.
 More than 220 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine were given.
 India has expressed the resolve of 'Net Zero' to achieve the goal
of zero carbon emissions by the year 2070.
 India has achieved its target of 40% installed electricity capacity
from non-fossil fuel before 2030.
 India will reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 45% by
2030 from 2005 levels.
 With the National Green Hydrogen Mission, India will become
self-sufficient in energy by the year 2047.
 A mass movement was started for environment as a way of life.
 Private investment in agriculture increased to 9.3% in 2020-21.
 Continuous increase was given in the production of food grains.
 Under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) around
81.4 crore beneficiaries will get free food grains for one year.
 Overall gross value added (GVA) by the industrial sector grew
by 3.7%, which is higher than the average growth of 2.8% over
the past decade.
 India became the second largest mobile phone manufacturer.
 Till October, 2022 2359 Kisan Rails transported around 7.91
lakh tonnes of perishable goods.
 Launched in the year 2016, more than one crore air travellers
have benefited from the UDAN scheme.
 Central General Budget: 2023-24
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her 5th Union
Budget 2023-24 on February 1, 2023. Presented a total budget of 45.3
lakh crores, which is 7.5% more than the previous budget. This is the
first budget of Amrit Kaal.
 Vision for Amrit Kaal : An Empowered and Inclusive Economy
 Opportunities for citizens with special emphasis on youth
 Increase in employment generation
 Strong and stable macro-economic environment
 7 priorities or 'Saptarshi' of the budget 2023-24
 Inclusive Development  Reaching the Last Man
 Infrastructure and investment   Unleashing the potential
 Green Growth  Youth Power
 Financial sector
Budget Estimates: 2023-24
 Total Expenditure (2023-24) - 45.03 Lakh Crore
 Capital Expenditure (2023-24) - 10.01 Lakh Crore
 Revenue Expenditure (2023-24) - 35.02 Lakh Crore
 Effective Capital Expenditure (2023-24) - 13.71 Lakh Crore
 Total receipts (other than borrowings) - 27.2 lakh crore
 Revenue receipts (2023-24) - 26.32 lakh crore
 Capital receipts (2023-24) - 18.70 lakh crore
 Revenue deficit (2022-23) - 9.90 lakh crore (3.8% of GDP)
 Revenue deficit (2023-24) - 8.69 lakh crore (2.9% of GDP)
 Fiscal deficit (2022-23) - 16.61 lakh crore (6.4% of GDP)
 Fiscal Deficit (2023-24) – 17.86 Lakh Crore (5.9% of GDP)
 Primary Deficit (2023-24) - 7-06 Lakh Crore (2.3% of GDP)
Allocation to Specific Ministries
 Defence Ministry - Rs 5.94 lakh crore
 Road Transport and Highways - Rs 2.70 lakh crore
 Ministry of Railways - Rs 2.41 lakh crore
 Consumer Affairs and Food - Rs 2.06 lakh crore
 Home Ministry - Rs 1.96 lakh crore
 Ministry of Education - Rs 1.13 lakh crore
 Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers - Rs 1.78 lakh crore
 Ministry of Rural Development - Rs 1.60 lakh crore
 Agriculture and Farmers Welfare - Rs 1.25 lakh crore
 Ministry of Communications - Rs 1.23 lakh crore
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Fund Allocation for Major Schemes
 Jal Jeevan Mission - 70000 crores
 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – 79590 crores
 'Eklavya' Residential School - 5943 crores
 PM-Kisan - 60000 crores
 AMRUT and Smart Cities Mission - 16000 crores
 National Education Mission - 38953 crores
 National Health Mission - 36785 crores
 MNREGA - 60000 crores
 Micro Anganwadi and Nutrition 2.0 - 20554 crores
 Swachh Bharat Mission - 12192 crores
 Prime Minister's Crop Insurance Scheme - 13625 crores
 FAME Scheme - 5172 crores
 North-East Infrastructure Development Plan - 2491 crores
Union Budget 2023-24: Important Facts
 Indian economy is estimated to grow by 7% in the year 2023-24.
 Per capita income more than doubled to Rs 1.97 lakh.
 GST monthly revenue remained around Rs 1.5 lakh crore.
 10.5% GDP growth rate is estimated in 2023-24.
 Indian economy has become the 5th largest economy.
 The interest payment is estimated to be Rs.10.80 lakh crore,
which is 30.8% of the total revenue expenditure.
 Fiscal deficit is estimated to be 5.9% of GDP in the year 2023-24.
 Fiscal deficit will be brought down to 4.5% by the year 2025-26.
 The number of tax slabs has been reduced from 7 to 5.
 Now there will be no tax on those earning up to Rs 7 lakh.
 Payments made to Agniveers are tax free.
 Deduction limit from capital gains on investment in residential
house raised to Rs 10 crore.
 Under the new arrangement, the peak surcharge was reduced
from 37% to 25%.
 Standard deduction of up to Rs.50,000 has been proposed for
salaried individuals and up to Rs.15,000 for pensioners.
 For non-government employees, the tax exemption limit on leave
encashment received on retirement has been raised to Rs.25 lakh.
 Capital investment outlay increased by 33.4% to Rs 10 lakh crore.
 Under the PM Jan Dhan Yojana, 47.8 crore Jan Dhan accounts
were opened.
 220 crore vaccination of 102 crore people.
 9.6 crore LPG connections were given under Ujjwala.
 Construction of 11.7 crore toilets under Swachh Bharat Mission.
 Under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, a cash transfer of Rs 2.2
lakh crore has been made to over 11.4 crore farmers.
 One-time small savings scheme, Mahila Samman Bachat Patra,
will be made available for a period of 2 years till March 2025.
 Maximum deposit limit for Monthly Income Scheme increased
from Rs.4.5 lakh to Rs.9 lakh for single account and from Rs.9
lakh to Rs.15 lakh for joint account.
 Agri-accelerator fund will be set up to encourage agri-startups
by young entrepreneurs in rural areas.
 Self-reliant clean plant program will be started for high value
horticulture crops with an outlay of Rs.2200 crore.
 Skill training and financial assistance will be given to traditional
artisans and craftsmen under Pradhan Mantri Vishwakarma
Kaushal Samman.
 Under DAY-NRLM, 81 lakh self-help groups will be converted
into large production enterprises.
 Additional collateral-free loans of Rs 2 lakh crore to MSMEs.
 'Vishvas se Vishwas-1' will be brought to make contract execu-
tion easier for MSMEs.
 'Vishvas se Vishwas-2' will be brought for settlement of
contractual disputes between the government and government
undertakings.
 National Financial Information Registry will be established.
 The allocation of the Defence Budget for the year 2023-24 has
been increased from Rs.5.25 lakh crore to Rs.593537.64 crore.
 138205 crore has been allocated separately for defence pension.
 Rs 1.62 lakh crore has been earmarked for capital expenditure,
which includes purchase of new weapons, aircraft, warships
and other military hardware.
 The outlay for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana has been increased
by 66% to more than Rs.79,000 crore.
 100 labs will be set up for 5G applications.
 The third phase of the e-courts project will be started with an
outlay of Rs 7000 crore for efficient administration of justice.
 Sickle cell anemia eradication mission will be started.
 157 new nursing colleges will be established.
 National Digital Library will be set up.
 38000 teachers and supporting staff will be recruited in the
next 3 years for 740 Eklavya Model Residential Schools.
 Rs 2.4 lakh crore has been allocated to the Railways.
 A fund of Rs 75,000 crore has been allocated for the new schemes
of the Railways. 100 new schemes will be launched across the
country.
 In the budget estimate for the year 2023-24, an amount of Rs
487.51 crore has been set aside to compensate for the losses
incurred on the operation of the lines.
 50 additional airports, helicopters, water aerodromes and
advance landing grounds will be renovated.
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 Urban infrastructure will be created in Tier-2 and Tier-3
cities by setting up an Urban Infrastructure Development Fund
(UIDF), which will be managed by the National Housing Bank.
 DigiLocker and Aadhaar will be used as a one-stop solution for
identity and address updates.
 A 'Corporate DigiLocker' will be set up for secure storage and
sharing of documents.
 Under the GOBARdhan (Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Re-
sources Dhan) scheme, 500 new 'residual income' plants will
be set up.
 10000 bio-input processing centers will be set up, which will
create a fertilizer and pesticide manufacturing network at the
national level.
 Rs 5300 crore has been given to Upper Bhadra Project to
provide permanent micro irrigation and to fill surface tanks
for drinking water.
 To realize the vision of 'Make AI in India and Make AI Work
for India', three Centers of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence
(AI) will be set up in top educational institutions.
 PM-PRANAM program will be launched to promote balanced
use of alternative fertilizers and chemical fertilizers by the
State and Union Territories.
 Green credit program to be notified under the Environment
(Protection) Act for environmentally responsible works.
 Amrit Dharohar scheme will be implemented in the next three
years to encourage optimum use of wetlands.
 Mangrove plantation will be started on the coast line under
MISHTI.
 Direct Benefit Transfer will be launched under All India
National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme to provide
stipend support to 47 lakh youth in 3 years.
 'Bharat Shree' scheme for digitization of ancient manuscripts.
 Jan Vishwas Bill was introduced to amend 42 Central Acts.
 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
 Benefits - Accident insurance of Rs.2 lakh
 Make in India
 Launched - 25 September 2014
 Purpose - Promotion of manufacturing in the country
 Mission Indradhanush
 Launched - 25th December, 2014 by Union Health Ministry
 There will be vaccination for 7 diseases (Diphtheria, Whooping
cough, Tetanus, Polio, TB, Measles and Hepatitis 'B') under this.
 PAHAL Scheme
 Launched - January 1, 2015
 Purpose - To transfer the subsidy money of LPG directly to bank
 It is also known as DBTL (Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG)
 HRIDAY Plan
 Launched - 21st January, 2015 by Ministry of Urban Development
 HRIDAY : Heritage City Development and Augmentation Scheme
 Objective - To revive the cultural heritage of selected 12 cities.
 Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana
 Launched - 22nd January, 2015 by Ministry of Women and
Child Development
 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 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.
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 UJALA Yojana
 Launched - May 1, 2015
 UJALA : Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LED for All
 Objective - To make distribution of LED bulbs at low cost.
 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
amount deposited by him in the bank.
 AMRUT Yojana
 Launched - June 24, 2015
 AMRUT: Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
 Launched - June 25, 2015
 Objective - To build 2 crore new houses by 2022
 Digital India Mission
 Launched - 1st July, 2015
 Objective - To make all government services available to the
public electronically
 Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
 Launched - 1st July, 2015.
 Purpose - To provide water to farmers for agriculture
 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.
 Jharkhand is the first state to join this scheme.
 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission
 Launched - February 22, 2016
 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.
 DIKSHA Portal
 Launched - 5th September 2017 by Ministry of Human Resource
Development
 This portal is helpful in training and empowering the teacher.
 Pradhan mantri Ujjwala Yojana
 Launched - 1st May, 2016
 Purpose - To provide free LPG connection 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 with the aim of increasing interest in
postage stamp collection among school children of class 6th to 9th.
 Benefits - Max. 40 students get total scholarship of Rs.6000/ year
 Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana
 Launch - July 21, 2017
 Purpose - Guaranteed return of 8% for 10 years to senior citizens
in the age of 60 or more on opting for monthly pension option
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 Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana - Saubhagya
 Launched - 25th September, 2017 by Ministry of Power
 Objective - To ensure electrification of all households
 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.
 PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme
 Launched - February 1, 2019 by Piyush Goyal
 Purpose - Rs.6000 direct income support to all the farmers .
 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
 Launched - September 12, 2019 at Ranchi (Jharkhand)
 Benefit - Minimum Rs.3000 per month pension on attaining the
age of 60 years
 Eligible for the scheme - Farmers of 18 to 40 years who have
agricultural land up to 2 hectares only.
 Agneepath Yojana
 Scheme Announcement - June 14, 2022
 Qualification - 10th-12th pass (Age - 17.5 to 23 years)
 Under this, youth will be recruited in all the three services
(land, water, air) for 4 years, which will be called 'Agniveer'.
 On completion of four years, Agniveers will be paid Rs
11.71 lakh under the service fund package. On completion
of service, Agniveers will be given 10% reservation in
CAPF and Assam Rifles. Also 25% of Agniveers will be
selected permanently on the basis of merit.
 46000 thousand Agniveers will be recruited in the first year.
 Prime Minister Matsya Sampada Yojana
 Launched - September 10, 2020 by PM Narendra Modi
 Important Facts - This scheme focuses on the sustainable
development of fisheries in India. It will be implemented between
2020-21 and 2024-25. The project has an estimated investment
of Rs.20050 crore for its implementation under the scheme as
part of the package of self-reliant India.
 Schemes / Campaigns : At a glance  Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojana 12 Sep., 2019
Plan Launch  Atal Bhujal (Atal Jal) Yojana 25 Dec., 2019

 Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana 25 Aug., 2014  Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana 25 March, 2019
 Swamitava Yojana 24 April, 2020
 Make in India 25 Sep., 2014
 Atma Nirbhar Bharat Yojana 12 May, 2020
 Swachh Bharat Mission 2 Oct., 2014
 Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana 11 Oct., 2014  One Nation, One Ration Card Yojana 1 June, 2020

 Mission Indradhanush Yojana 15 Dec., 2014  PM Svanidhi Yojana 1 June, 2020

 HRIDAY Yojana 21 Jan., 2015  Garib Kalyan Rozgar Yojana 20 June, 2020

 Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao Yojana 22 Jan., 2015  New Education Policy 2020 30 July, 2020

 Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana 8 April, 2015  Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana 10 Sep., 2020

 Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana 9 May, 2015  'KAPILA' Kalam Programme 15 Oct., 2020

 Atal Pension Yojana 9 May, 2015  Ayushman Sahakar Yojana 19 Oct., 2020

 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana 25 June, 2015  Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojagar Yojana 12 Nov., 2020

 AMRUT Yojana 25 June , 2015  Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana 24 Nov., 2020

 Smart City Mission 25 June , 2015  PM-WANI Yojana 9 Dec., 2020

 Digital India Mission 1 July, 2015  Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 3.0 15 Jan., 2021
 Skill India Mission 15 July, 2015  Gram Ujala Yojana 19 March, 2021
 Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana 25 July, 2015  Jal Shakti Abhiyan : Catch the Rain 22 March, 2021
 Bharatmala Project 31 July, 2015  PM-Yuva Yojana 29 May, 2021
 One Rank-One Pension Yojana 7 Nov., 2015  SEGE Program 4 June, 2021
 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana 13 Jan., 2016  'Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum' Abhiyaan 8 June, 2021
 Start-up India 16 Jan., 2016  'Jaan hai to jahan hai' campaign 21 June, 2021
 Setu Bharatam Project 4 March, 2016  NIPUN India Program 3 July, 2021
 Stand Up India 5 April, 2016  Prime Minister's Ujjwala Yojana 2.0 10 Aug., 2021
 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 1 May, 2016  Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission 27 Sep., 2021
 Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana 1 April, 2017  Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0 1 Oct., 2021
 UDAN Scheme 27 April, 2017  AMRUT 2.0 1 Oct., 2021
 Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana 4 May, 2017  PM Mitra Scheme 6 Oct., 2021
 Darwaza Bandh Campaign 30 May, 2017  Pradhan Mantri Gatishakti Yojana 13 Oct., 2021
 Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar 25 Sep., 2017  SMILE Scheme 12 Feb., 2022
Yojana - 'Saubhagya'  AVSAR Scheme 8 April, 2022
 Deendayal 'Sparsh' scheme 3 Nov., 2017  Swanidhi Se Samridhi Yojana 12 April, 2022
 Bharatnet Yojana 13Nov., 2017  SHRESHTA Yojana 3 June, 2022
 Khelo India School Games 31 Jan., 2018  Agneepath Yojana 14 June, 2022
 India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) 1 Sep., 2018  Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojana 14 June, 2022
 PM-AASHA 12 Sep., 2018  RAMP Scheme 30 June, 2022
 Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana - 23 Sep., 2018  PM SHRI Yojana 5 Sep., 2022
Ayushman Bharat  Yuva 2.0 (Ministry of Education) 2 Oct., 2022
 PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme 1 Feb., 2019  Tele-MANAS 10 Oct., 2022
 Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi 15 Feb., 2019  Mission LiFE (Kevadiya, Gujarat, by PM) 20 Oct., 2022
Maandhan Yojana  Digital Shakti 4.0 16 Nov., 2022
 Prime Minister Karmayogi Maandhan Yojana 23 July, 2019  Amrit Bharat Station Scheme 27 Dec., 2022
 Jal Jeevan Mission Scheme 15 Aug., 2019  Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana 11 Jan., 2023
 Fit India Movement 29 Aug., 2019  Arogya Maitri Project 13 Jan., 2023

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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
 Govt. announced 8.15% interest rate for EPF a/c for FY 2022-23.
 In India, 13.5 crore people came out of poverty in last five years.
 Razorpay launches first international payment gateway in
Malaysia.
 ONGC becomes India's first PSU to get Anti-Bribery Management
System Certificate
 GAIL achieved the status of Authorized Economic Operator T3.
launch cash withdrawal facility from all ATMs through e-wallet.
 National Customs and GST Museum was inaugurated in Goa.
 RBI constituted a committee under the chairmanship of B.P.
Kanungo to evaluate the quality of customer service.
 America became India's largest trading partner in year 2021-22.
 Odisha government was given the 'National MSME Award 2022'.

 Federal Bank launched the campaign 'I am Adyar, Adyar is me'.  Government of India has decided to allow 20% FDI in LIC.
 RBI has announced 100 Days 100 Payments campaign for banks.  India has become the first country to receive $100 billion in
 Merger of Maratha Co. Bank with Cosmos Cooperative Bank. remittances.

 India's defence exports grew 23 times since 2014.  Razor-Pay becomes the first payment gateway to support credit
cards on UPI.
 India's total exports in May 2023 stood at US$ 60.29 billion.
 India's first Real Time Gold ATM has been opened in Hyderabad.
 India's fiscal deficit for FY23 stood at 6.4% of GDP.
 Apple became the world's first $3 trillion company.
 Patna becomes the first Municipal Corporation to use CBDC.
 Mastercard launches Carbon Calculator for Indian consumers.
 80% Financial assistance of the Center to promote green shipping.
 India gets its 100th unicorn startup as neobank Open.
 Withdrawal of Rs 2000 note under 'Clean Note Policy'.
 'Daksh' is a new suptech initiative launched by RBI.
 Finance Ministry launched the 'Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme'.
 LIC ranked 98th in the list of Fortune Global 500 companies.
 India's unemployment rate in April rises to 8.11%
 Chennai Super Kings became the country's first sports unicorn.
 'Rail Vikas Nigam Limited' got the status of Navratna category.
 IDFC First Bank has launched 1st sticker based debit card 'FirstApp'.
 Solar Energy Corporation got the status of Miniratna Category.
 HDFC became the first bank in the country to issue Electronic
 Russia became India's largest oil supplier.
Bank Guarantee.
 America became India's largest trading partner. (2nd - China)
 HDFC opened its first all women branch in Kozhikode, Kerala.
 Egypt became a member of the BRICS New Development Bank.
 Russia has become the largest supplier of fertilizers to India.
 Employees' Provident Fund Organization increased the interest
 JP Morgan becomes 1st bank in the world to enter the metaverse.
rate on Employees' Provident Fund to 8.15%.
 India became the second largest producer of steel in the world.
 ICICI Lombard introduced country's first 'anywhere cashless' facility.
 Indian Defence Ministry became the largest employer in the world.
 Govt. increased the dearness allowance of the employees by 4%.
 By 2029, India will become the third largest economy in the world.
 India's unemployment rate has increased to 8.11% in April.
 IREDA got the status of 'Infrastructure Finance Company' from RBI. India's GDP Growth Rate Estimates by Various Agency
 MobiKwik became the first app to support credit cards on UPI. Institution 2022-23 2023-24
 India ranks first with 24% contribution to global milk production.  Moody's Rating Agency 7.0% -
 Croatia became the 20th country to adopt the Euro as its currency.  CRISIL Agency 7.0 6.0%
 Amazon has overtaken Apple to become the most valuable brand.  Fitch Rating Agency 7.0% 7.0%

 US printed the first banknote with the signatures of two women  India Rating and Research (Ind-Ra) 7-7.2% 6.0%

(Janet Yellen and Marilyn Malerba).  ICRA Rating Agency 7.2% -

 India ranked 5th in 'Hurun Global 500 list of companies'.  IMF (International Monetary Fund) 6.1% 5.9%
 World Bank 6.9% 6.3%
 Kerala became the first state to introduce a uniform price for gold.
 National Statistical Office (NSO) 7.0% -
 REC became the 12th Maharatna company of India.
 UN 6.4% 5.8%
 OmniCard has become the first Prepaid Payment Instrument to

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 Science & Technology
 Google's Alphabet introduced AI powered chatbot Bard Chatbot.
 GSI discovered India's largest natural arch in Odisha.
 Twitter unveils new logo X.
 China launched the world's first methane fueled space rocket.
 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Integrated Simulator
Complex 'Dhruv' in Kochi.
 IIT Madras have developed a communication tool GBM Driver
to detect cancerous tumors in the brain and spinal cord.
 ICMR tests blood bag delivery under iDrone initiative.
 India's AI supercomputer 'Airavat' established at C-DAC Pune
has been ranked 75th in the list of top 500 global supercomputing.
 Cyber defence exercise 'Locked Shields 2023' by NATO held in
Tallinn (Estonia).
 Private space vehicle company 'Skyroot Aerospace' tested the
advanced fully 3-D printed 'Dhawan-II cryogenic engine' in Nagpur.
 For the first time in the country, the Punjab and Haryana court
gave its verdict on bail in a murder case with the help of ChatGPT.
 Researchers at IIT Madras developed a pocket friendly device to
detect adulteration in milk.
 Asia's largest 4-metre International Liquid Mirror Telescope was
launched at Deosthal in Uttarakhand.
 Indian Air Force developed indigenous data link communication
'Vayulink'.
 Recently Google introduced AI chatbot 'Bard'.
 World's first intranasal COVID-19 vaccine, INNCOVACC has
been developed by Bharat Biotech International Limited.
 Startup firm IG Drones has developed Skyhawk, India's first 5G
enabled drone.
 EasyJet and aircraft engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce have tested
the world's first hydrogen-powered aircraft engine.
 IIT Madras has developed Ocean Web Energy Converter named
'Sindhuja' to generate electricity from ocean waves.
 India's first rocket facility to make 3D-printed engines launched in
Chennai.
 PM Modi dedicated to the nation the 600 MW Kameng
Hydropower Station located in Arunachal Pradesh.
 India's first National Center of Excellence for Green Port and
Shipping was launched in Mumbai.
 India has been ranked 61st in the Network Readiness Index 2022.
 Cochin Shipyard will build the first hydrogen cell 'catamaran
vessel' in Varanasi.
 The construction work of the first Vedic clock started in Ujjain.
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 World's largest 600 MW wind-solar hybrid power plant is being
constructed by Adani Green in Rajasthan.
 India's first lithium ion cell factory was inaugurated in Tirupati,
Andhra Pradesh.
 NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute have launched India's
first national electric freight platform e-Fast India.
 India's first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fueled green truck was
recently launched by Blue Energy Motors at Chakan, Pune.
 World's first hydrogen-powered train has started in Germany.
 Researchers in Hyderabad have developed a 3D-printed artificial
cornea, which has been placed in a rabbit eye for the first time.
 Kerala has become the first state to have its own internet service.
 India's first passenger drone 'Varuna' was unveiled by PM Modi.
 Ola Electric unveiled India's first indigenously manufactured
Lithium Ion-cell NMC 2170.
 Scientists of IIT Kanpur have prepared an 'artificial' heart.
 Indigo became the first airline to use the indigenous navigation
system GAGAN (GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation).
 Battery operated dual-mode locomotive 'Navdoot' has been
developed by West Central Railway (WCR).
 India's first EV-charging station powered by organic waste was
inaugurated in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
 India's first portable solar rooftop system has been inaugurated at
Swaminarayan Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
 India's largest free-floating solar power project was inaugurated in
Thoodukudi, Tamil Nadu.
 India's first Graphene Innovation Center was set up in Kerala.
 'Param Porul' supercomputer was installed at IIT Tiruchirappalli.
 India's first pure hydrogen pilot plant has been commissioned by
Oil India Limited (OIL) at Jorhat in Assam.
 Super computer 'Param Shakti' has been installed at IIT Kharagpur.
 Aerospace company Skyroot will launch India's first private rocket.
 C-DAC has installed 'Param Ganga' supercomputer at IIT Roorkee.
 Country's first AI and Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK)
was launched at IISc campus, Bengaluru.
 Facebook parent company Meta built the world's fastest AI
supercomputer.
 Elon Musk's company SpaceX launched the world's most powerful
rocket Falcon Heavy from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
 Elon Musk unveiled the prototype of the 'Optimus' robot.
 Supercomputer 'Param Kamrup' unveiled at IIT Guwahati.
 Defence & Security
 INS Sunayna participated in 'Operation Southern Readiness 2023'
organized by the Combined Maritime Force at Seychelles.
 India gifted the missile corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam.
 Navy's 4th warship 'Sanshodhak' launched at Kattupalli, Chennai.
 'Agni Prime' ballistic missile test fired by DRDO.
 The first air bus C295 for India took its maiden flight.
 President Draupadi Murmu presented 37 gallantry awards
including 8 Kirti Chakras and 29 Shaurya Chakras.
 Air Force's MiG-21 crashed near Hanumangarh in Rajasthan.
 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the 'Indian Air Force
Heritage Centre' in Chandigarh.
 Indian Army inducted five women officers into its artillery regiment.
 Shivangi Singh, the first woman pilot of the Indian Air Force, will
participate in the multi-national exercise 'Orion' to be held in France.
 President Draupadi Murmu made a historic sortie in a Sukhoi
30 MKI fighter aircraft at Tezpur air station in Assam on 8 April.
 Bharat Dynamics (BDL) successfully flight tested its latest third
generation man-portable anti-tank guided missile Amogha-III.
 Bangladesh commissioned its first submarine base 'BNS Sheikh
Hasina'.
 President Murmu awarded President's Color to INS Dronacharya.
 Air India signs 470 aircraft deal with Airbus, Boeing.
 India's first hybrid rocket launched at Chengalpattu (Tamil Nadu).
 ISRO launched its smallest rocket SSLV-D2 into space.
 Indo-Russian Rifles Limited (IRRPL) will make AK-203 Assault
Rifle in Uttar Pradesh.
 Directorate General of Defence Estates (DGDE) has developed
an AI-based change detection software.
 Israeli Navy has successfully tested a long-range interceptor
missile against a cruise missile.
 5th Scorpene-class submarine 'INS Vagir' commissioned into Navy.
 Recently, North Korea successfully tested 'Hwasong-17'.
 Iran successfully test-fired Ghaem-100 solid-fuel rocket.
 The navies of India, Tanzania and Mozambique participated in the
first trilateral exercise. Indian ship INS Tarkash participated in it.
 DRDO successfully test-fired the nuclear capable ballistic missile
'Agni Prime' for the third time from Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha.
 INS Tarkash participated in exercise IBSAMAR in South Africa.
 Indian Naval Ship Sunayna participated in the first joint maritime
force exercise at Seychelles.
 Recently, North Korea declared itself a nuclear-rich country.
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 Recently Bangladesh has imported 36 F-7BGI aircraft from China.
 India will buy 6 Tu-160 long range bombers from Russia.
 DRDO and Army test fired the indigenous VL-SRSAM missile.
 Recently India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, built
by Cochin Shipyard, was commissioned into the Navy.
 Tata company has made an indigenous armored vehicle for Indian
Army, named Quick Reaction Fighting Vehicle Medium (QRFV).
 Advanced Light Helicopter Mk III inducted into the Coast Guard.
 India successfully test-fired Prithvi-2 ballistic missile.
 Warship Taragiri built by Mazagon Dock was commissioned.
 Light Combat Helicopter Prachanda manufactured by Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited was inducted into the Air Force.
 INS Nishank and INS Akshay, two warships involved in Kargil
and surgical strikes, were decommissioned at Mumbai Dockyard.
 Zircon missile tested by Russia.
 Indian Air Force ranked 3rd in World Air Power Index 2022.
 INS Gomti was decommissioned at Mumbai after 34 years.
 Two indigenously built warships INS 'Surat' and 'Udayagiri'
built by Manjhgaon Docks Ltd., Mumbai were commissioned.
 Survey vessel 'Nirdeshak' under construction for the Indian Navy
by Gail Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers was commissioned.
 Israel tests 'Iron Beam' laser missile-defence system.
 Russia test-fired RS-28 SARMAT, the world's most powerful
nuclear short-range intercontinental ballistic missile.
 Sixth Scorpene class submarine 'Vagsheer' launch at Mazagon Dock.
 DRDO successfully test fires Anti-Tank Guided Missile Helina.
 India test-fired the Pinaka Mk-1 (Advanced) rocket system.
 Recently DRDO successfully test fired the MRSAM missile.
 India's first indigenous flying trainer Hansa-NG completes trials.
 America's Boeing handed over the 20th P-8I maritime patrol
aircraft to India.
 Israel tests 'C-Dome' naval air defence system.
 ICGS 'Saksham' built by Goa Shipyard inducted into Coast Guard.
 Russia has handed over 70,000 AK-203 assault rifles to India.
 Recently, Israel tested the Arrow-3 anti-ballistic missile.
 Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) was
successfully test fired from Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha.
 Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missiles test-fired by Russia.
 The first S-400 air defence system was deployed in Punjab sector.
 Israel gave Heron drone to India to monitor Chinese activities.
 Recently India tested 'Pralay' missile off the Odisha coast.
 Space Technology
 Virgin Galactic completed the first manned mission to space.
 On July 14, 2023, India's 3rd moon mission Chandrayaan-3 was
launched by ISRO from Sriharikota on LVM3-M4 rocket.
 China has launched the world's first rocket powered by coal.
 XPosat India's first polar mission.
 India joins NASA's Artemis agreement for lunar exploration.
 China sent the first civilian astronaut Gui Haichao into space.
 SpaceX sent Saudi astronauts to space station on a private freeflight.
 ISRO successfully launched its PSLV-C55/TeLEOS-2 mission,
which sent two Singapore made satellites into space.
 SpaceX's 'Starship', the world's largest rocket, exploded during
its first test in space near Brownsville, Texas.
 China launched 'Fengyun-3' satellite.
 Kenya launched first operational Earth observation satellite Taifa-1.
 NASA has announced a team of four astronauts for Artemis-2, its
human spaceflight mission to the Moon.
 ISRO successfully conducted Reusable Launch Vehicle
Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX).
 Jupiter has become the planet with the most satellites (95).
 ISRO successfully launched India's largest Launch Vehicle
Mark-III (LVM3) rocket/One Wave India-2 mission with 36
satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Andhra Pradesh.
 ISRO brought down the 12-year-old satellite Megha Tropiques
in the Pacific Ocean.
 Recently China launched Zhongxing-26 satellite.
 Saudi Arabia will send its first female astronaut 'Rayna Barnawi'
to space this year.
 Earth observation satellite 'NISAR' jointly developed by NASA
and ISRO will be launched from India in September.
 Russia will send Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft to International Space
Station.
 Japan launched the world's first commercial moon lander.
 Japan used steam to propel the Moon spacecraft.
 ISRO will carry US equipment in upcoming Chandrayaan-3 mission.
 Arab world's first lunar rover 'Rashid Rover' was launched by the
United Arab Emirates on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
 Space tech startup company Agnikul Cosmos launched India's
first private launchpad and mission control center at Sri Harkota.
 Elon Musk's company SpaceX launched the world's most powerful
rocket Falcon Heavy from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
 India's first commercial Space Situational Awareness (SSA) facility
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will be set up in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand.
 Japan's I-Space launched the world's first commercial moon lander.
 ISRO launched India's first private rocket 'Vikram-S'.
 India test-fired Agni-III from APJ Abdul Kalam Island.
 NASA will launch a Dragonfly rotorcraft in 2027 to study Saturn's
largest moon Titan.
 ISRO successfully flight tested the RH200 sounding rocket.
 NASA launches lunar mission Artemis-1 from Kennedy Space Center.
 NASA will launch the Psyche mission to locate the golden asteroid.
 ISRO successfully launched the heaviest rocket LVM 3-M2.
 Russia successfully launched navigation satellite GLONASS-K.
 Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti became the first
European woman to command the International Space Station.
 China launched two experimental satellites Xian-14 and Xian-15.
 Recently NASA has discovered oxygen on Mars.
 NASA will send astronauts to the Moon under the Artemis program.
 ISRO launched three satellites of Singapore by PSLV-C53.
 Russia successfully launched the Iranian satellite 'Khayyam'.
 James Web telescope captured pictures of planet Jupiter.
 Iran launched indigenously made rocket Zuljana into space.
 ISRO successfully conducted static test of S200 human-rated
solid rocket booster (HS200) for Gaganyaan programme.
 China plans to search for the world's first habitable planet with a
space telescope.
 China launched satellite Gaofen-3 03 for Earth observation.
 Spacetech startup Pixel launched Shakuntala, the first satellite
on SpaceX.
 Iran successfully test-fired second military satellite Noor-2.
 Amazon has tied up with Arianespace, Blue Origin and United
Launch Alliance firms for its satellite internet launch.
 Space-X launched 49 Starlink satellites under the Starlink project.
 China's Long March-8 rocket launched 22 satellites into space.
 NASA will retire the International Space Station in 2031.
 Parker Solar Probe mission launched by NASA became the first
spacecraft to enter the Sun's atmosphere.
 Japan launched communication satellite INMARSAT-6 F1.
 Russia successfully test fired heavy vehicle rocket Angara-A5.
 NASA launched world's largest telescope named James Webb Space.
 China launched Jiayuan-1 02E satellite via Chang Zheng 4C.
 Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace successfully test-fired
Dhawan-1, India's first indigenously built cryogenic rocket engine.
 Environment & Ecology
 Rare bird Jordan's babbler sighted in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, UP.
 United Arab Emirates will host the world's largest 'IUCN World
Conservation Congress 2025'.
 New species of flying lizard 'Gecko mejormensis' found in
Mizoram.
 Amolops siju, a new species of frog discovered in Meghalaya.
 Recently a group of researchers has discovered a new species of
butterfly from the shores of Akkulam and Vembanad lakes in Kerala.
 ICAR discovered a new species of fish named 'Moray Eel' off the
Cuddalore coast of Tamil Nadu.
 Indian Council of Agricultural Research has developed a new variety
of wheat named HD-3385.
 Recently, Lithium reserves were found in Jammu and Kashmir.
 A new species of brain wobbler (Lisu) has been discovered in
Arunachal Pradesh.
 India's first dark night sky reserve will be built in Ladakh.
 Tamil Nadu became 1st state to launch a climate change mission.
 India's first converted bio village became Daspara village of Tripura.
 Tamil Nadu government has declared Aritappatti and
Meenakshipuram villages in Madurai district as the state's 'first
biodiversity heritage site'.
 To protect the environment, PM Narendra Modi launched the
Mission LiFE movement on October 20, 2022 in Kevadiya.
 Annamalai Reserve launched Jumbo Trails in Tamil Nadu.
 Mangarh Dham (Rajasthan) declared as National Memorial.
 Ranipur Tiger Reserve located in the Budelkhand region of Uttar
Pradesh became the 54th Tiger Reserve of India.
 India's first 'Elephant Death Audit' released in Tamil Nadu.
 World's 'largest wind solar power plant' of 600 MW capacity
was commissioned in Jaisalmer (Rajasthan).
 Terai Reserve of UP will be India's 33rd elephant sanctuary.
 World's largest 'Jungle Safari Park' will built in Haryana's Aravalli.
 Mawmluh Cave in Meghalaya became India's first geo-heritage site.
 Thundi and Kadmat beaches in Lakshadweep have received Blue
Flag certification. There are now 12 Blue Flag certified beaches.
 Serbian scientists have named a new species of beetle after tennis
player Novak Djokovic, who is a Serbian.
 Durgavati Tiger Reserve has been approved by MP Wildlife.
 Tamil Nadu government has notified the country's first Kadavur
Slender Loris Sanctuary in Karur and Dindigul districts.
 'Abode of the Unicorns', a monument made of ash collected from
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the horns of rhinos, was unveiled at Kaziranga Park in Assam.
 Country's first 'Night Sky Reserve' will be established in Ladakh.
 8 cheetahs brought from Namibia by PM Narendra Modi were
released in Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh.
 First 'Dugong Conservation Reserve' will be built in Tamil Nadu.
 Kerala got its first scientific 'bird atlas'.
 Tortoise 'Jonathan' declared world's oldest terrestrial animal.
 Varanasi declared as the first tourism and cultural capital of SCO.
 Andaman-Nicobar declared as India's 'First Clean Sujal Pradesh'.
 Nanjarayan Tank is Tamil Nadu's 17th bird sanctuary.
 India's first 'Geo Park' will be established in Madhya Pradesh.
 Darjeeling Zoo has been declared the best zoo in the country.
 Northeast India's first aqua park will be set up in Arunachal.
 A panel has been constituted for the protection of vultures in
Tamil Nadu.
 A new species of crab named Ghatiana bivarna 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 made in Lucknow (UP).
 A 170-carat rare diamond was discovered in Angola, Africa.
 Agasthyamalai Reserve of Tamil Nadu became the 31st elephant
reserve of India.
 World's largest plant 'Posidonia' has been discovered in Australia.
 Rare egg of Tamla dinosaur has been found in Madhya Pradesh.
 'Blue Duke' declared as 'State Butterfly' of Sikkim.
 Country's first Oncology laboratory was inaugurated in Kerala.
 North India's first Biotech Park established in Jammu & Kashmir.
 The species of monkey in Arunachal was named after Sela Pass.
 Chandrapur district of Maharashtra has been recorded as the
third hottest place in the world.
 Uttar Pradesh has become the top producer of vegetables.
 Living Root Bridge of Meghalaya included in UNESCO World
Heritage Site.
 In Netherlands, a species of yellow tulip flower was named 'Maitri'.
 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 MP.
 New species of rain frog named after Greta Thunberg.
 Askot Sanctuary of Uttarakhand declared as 'Eco Sensitive Zone'.
 National Sports Awards-2022
 Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna Award-2022 (1)  Dronacharya Award-2022: Lifetime Category (3)
1. Sharath Kamal Achant - Table Tennis 1. Dinesh Jawahar Lad - Cricket
 Arjuna Award-2022 (Total-25) 2. Bimal Prafulla Ghosh - Football
1. Seema Poonia - Athletics 3. Raj Singh - Wrestling
2. Eldouz Paul - Athletics  Dhyanchand Award-2022 (4)
3. Avinash Mukund Sable - Athletics 1. Ashwini Akkunji C. - Athletics
4. Lakshya Sen - Badminton 2. Dharamveer Singh - Hockey
5. Pranay HS - Badminton 3. BC Suresh - Kabîói
6. Amit - Boxing
4. Nir Bahadur Gurung - Para Athletics
7. Nikhat Zareen - Boxing
 National Sports Promotion Award (3 Institutes)
8. Bhattif Pradeep Kulkarni - Chess
1. TransStadia Enterprises Private Limited
9. R. Praggnanandha - Chess
2. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
10. Deep Grace Ekka - Hockey
3. Ladda Ski and Snowboard Association
11. Sushila Devi - Judo
12. Sakshi Kumari - Kabîói Dr Indian Grandmasters (Men & Women)
13. Nayan Moni Saikia - Lawn Bowl  82nd Grandmaster - Vuppala Prraneeth (Telangana)
14. Sagar Kailas Ovalkar - Mallamb  81th Grandmaster - Sayantan Das (Kolkata)
15. Elavenil Valarivan - Shooting  80th Grandmaster - Vignesh NR (Chennai)
16. Omprakash Mitharwal - Shooting  79th Grandmaster - Pranesh M (Tamil Nadu)

17. Sreeja Akula - Table Tennis  78th Grandmaster - Kaustav Chatterjee (Kolkata)

18. Vikas Thakur - Weightlifting  77th Grandmaster - Aditya Mittal (Mumbai)

19. Anshu - Wrestling  76th Grandmaster - Pranav Anand (Bengaluru)
20. Sarita - Wrestling  75th Grandmaster - V. Pranav (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
21. Parveen - Wushu  74th Grandmaster - Rahul Srivastava (Telangana)
22. Mansi Girish Chandra Joshi - Para Badminton  73rd Grandmaster - Bharat Subramaniam (Tamil Nadu)
23. Tarun Dhillon - Para Badminton  72nd Grandmaster - Mitrabh Guha (Kolkata)
24. Swapnil Sanjay Patil - Para Swimming National Sports Awards and Prize Money
25. Jerlin Anika J - Deaf Badminton Prize Prize Money
 Dronacharya Award-2022 : Regular Category (4)  Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Rs. 25 lakh
1. Jeevanjot Singh Teja - Archery  Arjuna Award Rs. 15 lakh
2. Mohammad Ali Qamar - Boxing  Dronacharya Award : Lifetime Category Rs.15 Lakh
3. Suma Siddharth Shirur - Mercury Shooting  Dronacharya Award : Regular Category Rs.10 Lakh
 Dhyan Chand Award Rs.10 Lakh
4. Sujit Mann - Wrestling
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 National / International : Awards

Nobel Prize-2022 Beauty Competitions : 2021-23

Field Recipient Special / why
Medicine  Svante Paabo (Sweden) For his research on the ex-
tinct hominid genomes and
the evolution of humans.
Physics  Alain Aspect (France) For their work on en
 John F Clauser (USA) tangled photon experi
 Anton Zeilinger ments, proving the viola
(Ausria) tion of Bell inequalities,
and developing the field of
quantum information sci-
ence.
Chemistry  Carolyn Bertozzi (USA) For the establishment of the
 Morten Meldal foundations of click chemis-
 Barry Sharpless (USA) try & bioorthogonal chem-
istry and also took chemis-
try into the functionalism
era.
Peace  Ales Bialiatski For encouraging the right
 Femina Miss India, 2023 - Nandani Gupta (RajSthan)
 Miss Universe, 2022 - R'Bonney Gabriel (America)
 Mrs. World, 2022 - Sargam Kaushal (Jammu-Kashmir)
 Miss Earth India, 2022 - Vanshika Parmar (Himachal Pardesh)
 Miss Diva Universe, 2022 - Divita Rai (Karnataka)
 Miss India USA, 2022 - Aarya Walvekar (India-America, Virginia)
 Mrs Universe Divine, 2022 - Pallavi Singh (Kanpur)
 Miss India Worldwide, 2022 - Khushi Patel (UK)
 Mrs. World 2021 - Shaylyn Ford (America)
 Miss World America, 2021 - Shree Saini (Indian-American)
 Miss World 2021 - Karolina Bilawska (Poland)
 Miss Universe, 2021 - Harnaaz Sandhu (India)
Nobel Prize-2021
Field Recipient Special / why
Medicine David Julius (USA) for discoveries of receptors
Ardem Patapoutian (Lebnan) for temperature and touch

 Memorial Human Rights to criticise power and pro Physics Syukuro Manabe (Japan) for the physical modelling
Organization (Russia) tect the citizen’s funda Klaus Hasselmann (Jermany) of Earth’s climate.

 Center for Civil Liberties mental rights. Giorgio Parisi (Itly) for discovery of disorder from
atomic to planetary scales.
Human Rights
Organisation (Ukrainian) Chemistry Benjamin List (Jermany) for the development of
David W.C. MacMillan (UK) asymmetric organocatalysis
Economics  Ben S. Bernanke For research on financial
 Douglas W. Diamond crises and banks Peace Maria Ressa (Phillipines) for his efforts to protect

 Philip H. Dybvig Dmitry Muratov (Russia) freedom of expression.

Literature  Annie Ernaux (France) For the bravery and clinical
acuity with which she
reveals the origins,
estrangements, and
collective restrictions of
personal memory.
Bharat Ratna Award-2019
Former President Pranab Mukherjee, renowned musician Bhupen
Economics David Card (Canada-USA) for Contribution to Labor
Economics
Joshua D. Angrist (USA) for their methodological
Guido Imbens (Nitherlands) contributions to the analy-
sis of causal relationships.
Literature Abdulrazak Gurnah For his uncompromising and
(Tanzanian novelist) compassionate penetration
(Novel - Paradise) of the effects of colonialism
and the fate of the refugee

Hazarika and philanthropist Nanaji Deshmukh were awarded India's in the gulf between cultures
and continents.
highest civilian award Bharat Ratna for the year 2019.

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 Sahitya Akademi Award-2022
 English - Anuradha Roy (Novel - All the lives we never lived)
 Hindi - Badri Narayan (Poetry - Tumadi Ke Shabd)
 Urdu - Anis Ashfaq (Novel - Khwab Saraab)
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)
76th Cannes Film Awards - 2023
 Palme d'Or Award (Best Film) - Anatomy of a Fall
 Best Actor/Actress - Koji Yakusho / Merve Dijdar
 Best Director - Tran An Hung (The Pot-au-Freu)
 Best Screenplay - Monster, written by Yuji Sakamoto
 Samantha Ruth Prabhu's 'Shakuntalam' won the Best Indian
Film at the Cannes Film Festival.
95rd Oscar Awards-2023
 Best Film - Everything Everywhere All at Once
 Best Director - Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
 Best Actor - Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
 Best Actress - Michelle Yeoh
 Best Documentary Short Film - The Elephant Whispers (India)
 Best Original Song - Naatu Naatu (Film-RRR)
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65rd Grammy Awards-2023
 Album of the Year - Harry's House (Harry Styles)
 India's music composer Ricky Kej wins Grammy Award for
album 'Divine Tides'
 Song of the Year - Just Like That (Bonnie Raitt)
 Record of the Year - About Damn Time (Lijon)
68th Filmfare Awards-2023
 Best Film - Gangubai Kathiawadi
 Best Director - Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
 Best Actor - Rajkummar Rao (Badhaai Do)
 Best Actress - Alia Bhatt (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
 Best Supporting Actor (male) - Anil Kapoor (Jug Jugg Jeeyo)
 Best Supporting Actor (female) - Sheeba Chaddha (Badhaai Do)
76th BAFTA Awards-2023
 Best Film - All Quiet on the Western Front
 Best Director - Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front)
 Best Actor - Austin Butler (Elvis)
 Best Actress - Cate Blanchett (TÁR)
Pulitzer Prize-2023
 National Reporting - Caroline Kitchener of The Washing Post
 Explanatory reporting - The Atlantic's Caitlin Dickerson
 Local Reporting - Anna Wolfe of Mississippi Today, Ridgeland
 International Reporting - The New York Times Staff
 Audio reporting - Gimlet Media staff
 Breaking News Reporting - Photography Staff of Associated Press
 Feature Photography - Christina House of the Los Angeles Times
 Critic - Andrea Long Chu of New York Magazine
Padma Awards-2023
President Ram Daraupadi Murmu announced the Padma Awards
to 106 individuals. These include 6 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan
and 91 Padma Shri awards.
Padma Vibhushan (Total- 6 persons)
 Balkrishna Doshi (posthumously, Architecture, Gujarat)
 Zakir Hussain (Arts, Maharashtra)
 S.M. Krishna (Public Affairs, Karnataka)
 Dilip Mahalanobis (Posthumously, Medicine, West Bengal)
 Srinivas Vardhan (Science and Engineering, US)
 Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous, Public Affairs, UP)
Padma Bhushan (Total-9 persons)
 Shri S L Bhairappa (Literature and Education), Karnataka
 Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla (Trade & Industry), Maharashtra
 Shri Deepak Dhar (Sc & Engg), Maharashtra
 Ms. Vani Jayaram (Arts), Tamil Nadu
 Swami Chinna Jeeyar (Others - Spiritualism), Telangana
 Ms. Suman Kalyanpur (Arts), Maharashtra
 Shri Kapil Kapoor (Literature & Education), Delhi
 Ms. Sudha Murthy (Social Work) Karnataka
 Shri Kamlesh D Patel (Others - Spiritualism) Telangana
Padma Shri (Total-91 persons) - chief among whom
Dr. Sukma Acharya (Others-Spiritualism) Haryana, Ms.
Jodhaiya Bai Baiga (Arts) Madhya Pradesh, Premji Tabaria (Arts)
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Usha Barle (Arts)
Chhattisgarh, Munishwar Chandawar (Medical) Madhya Pradesh,
Hemant Chauhan (Arts) Gujarat, Subhadra Devi (Arts) Bihar,
Rakesh Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala (Posthumous) (Trade and
Industry) Maharashtra, Ratan Chandra Kar (Medical) Andaman
and Nicobar Islands, Mahipat Kavi (Arts) Gujarat, M-M-
Keeravani (Arts) Andhra Pradesh, Arij Nambata (Posthumous)
(Trade & Industry) Gujarat, Parshuram Komaji Tune (Arts)
Maharashtra, Ganesh Nagappa Krishnarajanagara (Science &
Engineering) Andhra Pradesh, Maguni Charan Kuar (Arts) Orissa,
Anand Kumar (Literature & Engineering) Education) Bihar, Kapil
Dev Prasad (Arts) Bihar, Raveena Ravi Tandon (Arts) Maharashtra
80th Golden Globe Awards - 2023
 Best Drama Series - House of Dragons
 Best Picture Drama - The Fablemen
 Best Actress (Drama) - Cate Blanchett (Tar)
 Best Actor (Drama) - Austin Butler (Elvis)
 Best Director - Steven Spielberg (The Fablemen)
 Best Picture Animation - Pinocchio
World Athletics Award-2022
 World Athlete of the Year (Male) - Mondo Duplantis (USA)
 World Athlete of the Year (Female) - Sydney McLaughlin (USA)
 Rising Star of the Year (Male) - Arian Knighton
 Rising Star of the Year (Female) - Adriana Villagos
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53rd International Film Festival of India 2022 (Goa)
 Best Film (Golden Peacock Award) - I Have Electric Dreams
 Best Actor - Wahid Mobusheri (No End)
 Best Actress - Daniela Marin (I Have Electric Dreams)
 UNESCO Gandhi Award - Payam Iskandari
 Best Director - Nader Saiwer (No End)
 Focus Country - France
 Indian Film Personality of the Year Award - Chiranjeevi
23rd IIFA Awards 2023
 Best Film - Drishyam 2 (Director - Jeethu joseph)
 Best Actor - Hrithik Roshan (Film - Vikram Vedha)
 Best Actress - Alia Bhatt (Film - Gangubai Kathiawadi)
 Director - R Madhavan (Rocketry : The Nambi Effect)
ICC Awards 2022
 ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year - Babar Azam (Pakistan)
 ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year - Natalie Sciver (England)
 ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year - Babar Azam (Pakistan)
 ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of Year - Natalie Scivar (England)
 ICC Men's T-20 Cricketer of the Year- Surya Kumar Yadav
 ICC Men's Test Cricketer of Year - Ben Stokes (England)
Wisden Cricket Awards 2023
 Wisden Cricketer of the Year - Harmanpreet Kaur
 Wisden T-20 Cricketer of the Year - Suryakumar Yadav
23rd Laureus World Sports Awards - 2023
 Sportsman of the Year - Lionel Messi (Argentina)
 Sportswoman of the Year - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica)
FIFA Awards 2022
 Best FIFA Men's Player - Lionel Messi (Argentina)
 Best FIFA Women's Player - Alexia Putellas (Spain)
 Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper - Emiliano Martinez (Argentina)
 Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper - Mary Earps (England)
FIH Hockey Awards 2021-22
 Player of the Year (Male) - Harmanpreet Singh
 Player of the Year (Women) - Felice Albers
 Best Goalkeeper (Men) - P. R. Sreejesh
 Best Goalkeeper (Women) - Savita Punia
 Important Awards  International Booker Prize (Field Literature)

 Jnanpith Award (Field-Literature) 2023 - Georgi Gospodinov (Bulgaria, Novel - Time Shelter)

2021 (57th) - Konkani novelist Damodar Moujo 2022 - Geetanjali Shree (India, Novel - Tomb of Sand)

2020 (56th) - Assamese poet Nilamani Phukan Jr.  Subhash Chandrambose Disaster Management Award 2023

 Vyas Samman (Field-Literature) In Institutional Category - Odisha State Disaster Management

Authority and Lunglei Fire Station, Mizoram
2022 (32th) - Gyan Chaturvedi (for book 'Pagalkhana')
In individual category - not given to any individual
2021 (31th) - Asghar Wajahat (for play 'Mahabali')
 Subhash Chandrambose Disaster Management Award 2022
 Saraswati Samman (Field-literature)
In Institutional Category - Gujarat State Disaster Management
2022 (32th) - Sivashankari (Tamil, for the book 'Surya Vansham')
In individual category - Prof. Vinod Verma
2021 (31th) - Ramdarash Mishra (for the poem 'I am here')
 4th National Water Awards 2022
 Dadasaheb Phalke Award (Field-Film)
Best Performing State - Madhya Pradesh
2020 (52st) - Asha Parekh
Best District - Ganjam (Odisha)
2019 (51st) - Rajinikanth
Best Gram Panchayat - Jagannathpuram (Telangana)
 Dadasaheb Phalke International Filmfare Award 2023
Best Film - The Kashmir Files (Film of the Year - RRR) Other Awards
Best Actor - Ranbir Kapoor (Film - Brahmastra)
 Maharashtra Govt. first 'Udyog Ratna' Award - Ratan Tata
Best Actress - Alia Bhatt (Film - Gangubai Kathiawadi)
 Miles Franklin Literary Award 2023 - Shankari Chandran
 Bihari Award (Field-Literature)
 Points of Light Award (UK) - Moksha Rai (Indian)
2022 (32th) - Madhav Hada, for 'Pachrang Chola Pahar Sakhi Ri'
 Eni Award - Professor Thalappil Pradeep
2021 (31th) - Madhu kankariya (Book-Hum Yahan The)
 Golden Peacock Environment Management Awards 2023
 Murti Devi Award (Field-Literature)
- Adani Transmission Ltd.
2019 (33rd) - Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
 Highest civilian award of France - PM Narendra Modi
2017 (31st) - Joy Goswami
 British National Award - Director Shekhar Kapur
 Abel Prize (Field-Math)
 PEN Pinter Prize 2023 - British author Michael Rosen
2023 - Luis Caffarelli (Argentine-American mathematician)
 Sahitya Akademi Children's Literature Award 2023 - Priya AS
2022 - Dennis Parnell Sullivan, America
 Point of Light Award - Rajendra Singh Dhatt
 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
 AIFF Men's Footballer of the Year - Lallianzuala Chhangte
2022 - Indian Medical Association and Trend Nurses Organization
 AIFF Women's Footballer of the Year - Manisha Kalyan
2021 - 'Pratham' NGO (To expand the scope of education in India)
 Olympic Order (by IOC) - Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus
 UNESCO Peace Prize
 Peace Prize 2023 of the German Book Trade - Salman Rushdie
2022 - Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel to welcome refu-
gees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan etc.  First Kothapalli Jaishankar Award 2023 - Acharya N. Gopi

 Gandhi Peace Prize  45th European Essay Prize - Arundhati Roy (essay 'Azadi')

2021 - Geeta Press, Gorakhpur (UP, India)  4th National Water Award (State topper) - Madhya Pradesh

2020 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Former President of Bangladesh)  Governor of the Year (Banking Award) - Shaktikanta Das

 Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavna Award  International Green Apple Award - Telangana

2018 - Gopal Krishna Gandhi  Iqbal Singh Award of America - Advocate Lalitha Natarajan

2017 - Mohammad Azharuddin and M. Gopala  RSL Christopher Bland Award 2023 - Patterson Joseph

 Booker Prize (Field-Literature)  Highest civilian honor of Surinam - President D. Murmu

2022 - Shehan Karunatilaka (Book-Seven Moons of Maali Almeida)  Environmental Airline of the Year 2023 - Etihad Airways
2021 - Damon Galgut (South Africa, Book-The Promise)  Elizabeth Longford Prize 2023- Book 'Rebels Against the Raj'

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 WHO Award - Indian film 'When Climate Change Turns Violent'  'Swaraj Trophy 2021-22' for Best District Panchayat- Kollam
in 'Health for All' category  Akbar Kakkattil Award- Subhash Chandran (novel 'Samudrashila')
 Skoch Silver Award 2023  UNESCO Peace Prize - Angela Merkel
- Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department, Chandigarh  Maharashtra Bhushan Awards 2022- Appasaheb Dharmadhikari
 Dag Hammarskjold Medal  Raja Ram Mehan Roy Award 2023 - A. B. K. Prasad
- Shishupal Singh and Sanwala Ram Vishnoi (posthumously)  FIH President's Award 2023 - V.K. Pandian (Odisha)
 Highest Civilian Honor of France - N. Chandrasekaran  National Geographic's 'Pictures of the Year' - K. Subramaniam
 Govind Swaroop Lifetime Achievement Award 2022  Most brilliant student in the world - Natasha Periyanayagam
- Jayant Narlikar  ATD Best Awards 2023 - NTPC
 Sagar Shrestha Awards 2023 - Cochin Port  Mathrubhumi Book of the Year Award 2023 - Dr. Peggy Mohan
 Bharat Ratna Dr. Ambedkar Award - Yogi Adityanath (For the book 'Wanderers, Kings and Merchants')
 Shatabdi Purush (Man of the Century) - Pandit Ramkishan  Subhash Chandrambose Disaster Management Award 2023
 United Nations Press Freedom Awards 2023 - Odisha State Disaster Management Authority and Lunglei Fire
- Neelofar Hamidi, Elahel Mohammadi and Nargis Mohammadi Station, Mizoram (In Institutional Category)
 Leipzig Book Prize 2023 - Maria Stepanova (Russian poetess)  Most Eminent Scientist of the Year 2022 - R. Vishnu
 Goldman Environmental Prize - Alessandra Corap, Brazilian  Best Sustainable Greenfield Airport Award
 Australia's Highest Civilian Honor - Mr. Ratan Tata - Manohar International Airport (Goa)
 Ramon Magsaysay Award 1959 - Dalai Lama  Bahrain's ISA Awards 2021-22 - Dr. Sanduk Ruit
 National Award for Fasal Bima Yojana - Karnataka  'Golden Kailasha' Award - Rajasthani film 'Nanera'
 Santokba Humanitarian Award - Sonam Wangchuk  28th Critics' Choice Awards 2023- Film RRR (For Best Song)
 Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2023 - Asha Bhansle  World Habitat Award 2023 - 'Jaga' Mission of Odisha
 Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award - Raj Subramaniam  International IACP Awards 2022- Nijat Abhiyan (Chhattisgarh)
 Malcolm Adeshiya Award 2023 - Utsa Patnaik  Dr. Patangrao Kadam Award - Adar Poonawalla
 Business Leader of the Decade Award- Kumar Mangalam Birla  Best Police Unit - Jalna and Nagpur
 2023 International Prize in Statistics - K. Radhakrishna Rao  Atal Samman Award - Prabhu Chandra Mishra
 Poland's Highest Honor - Volodymyr Zelensky  30th Eklavya Award 2022 - Indian Cyclist 'Swasti Singh'
 Young Urologist of the Year Award - Dr. Nitya Abraham  BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022 - Beth Mead
 SAARC Literary Award 2023 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman  Rabindranath Tagore Literary Award 2021-22
 Children Champion Award 2023 - 'Tapovan' NGO of Assam - Sudeep Sen and Shobhana Kumar
 Wildlife Conservation Award 2023 - Alia Mir (Kashmir)  Rohani Nair Award - Sethrichem Sangatam
 Highest civilian honor of Kerala - MT Vasudevan Nair  TIME Magazine's Person of the Year 2022 - Volodymyr Zelensky
 Sangeetha Kalanidhi Awards 2023 - Bombay Jayashree  PETA India's Person of the Year Award 2022- Sonakshi Sinha
 Central Banking 'Governor of the Year' 2023- Shaktikanta Das  Jamnalal Bajaj Award 2022 - Dr. Ogirat Yunan
 Pritzker Prize 2023 - David Chipperfield (British Architect)  Para Sports Person of the Year Award - Avni Lekhra
 'Order of Australia' for distinguished service - Ratan Tata  National Gopal Ratna Award - Sanjeev Valyan
 BBC Indian Sports Woman of the Year 2022- Mirabai Chanu  UN highest environmental award - Poornima Devi Varman
 PEN / Nabokov Lifetime Achievement Award 2023- Vinod Shukla  Dr. Kalam Seva Puraskar - Ravi Kumar Sagar
 BS 'Banker of the Year 2022' - Shashidhar Jagdishan  Sumitra Charat Ram Award 2022 - Uma Sharma
 Marconi Prize 2023 - Hari Balakrishna (Computer Scientist)  Gandhi Mandela Award 2022 - Dalai Lama
 Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 - Sajjan Jindal  JCB Literary Award 2022 - Khalid Javed
 Gyanappana Awards 2023 - Poet V. Madhusudhanan Nair  Gandhi Mandela Award 2022 - Dalai Lama
 International Mother Tongue Award - Dr. Mahendra Mishra  Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award - Carlos Saura

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 Sports Panorma
22nd Commonwealth Games-2022 36th National Games - 2022
 Event - Birmingham (in England, July 28 to August 8, 2022)  Event - Gujarat (in 6 cities, from 29 September to 12 October)
 Opening and Closing Ceremonies - Alexander Stadium  Mascot - Savage (Asiatic Lion)
 Mascot - Perry the Bull (Designer - Emma Lu)  Theme - Celebration of Unity through Sports
 Motto - Sport is just the beginning  Theme Song - Joinga India, Jeetega India
 Total Countries - 72 (Sports - 280, Games - 20)  Motto - Bmsaminjpadah nadpjal jeetwanhi lavanji
 Number of Indian athletes - 213  Best Male Sportsman Award - Sajan Prakash (Swimming)
 Current Secretary-General CW - Patricia Scotland  Best Sportswoman Award - Harshika Ramachandran (Swimming)
 Flag bearer of Indian contingent at the opening ceremony  Two sports included for first time - Yogasan and Mallakhamb
- PV Sindhu and Manpreet Singh  Youngest player to win medal in National Games
 Flag bearer of Indian contingent at the closing ceremony - Shauryajit Khair (Mallakhamb)
- Achant Sharath Kamal and Nikhat Zareen  First player to win gold in Yogasana - Pooja Patel
 Won the first medal for India
Medal Table
- Sanket Mahadev Sargar (Silver, Weightlifting, 55 Kg)
Rank State / UT Gold Silver Bronz Total
 Won the first gold medal for India
Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting, 39 Kg, Manipur) 1- Services 61 35 32 128
 Which player of India won the maximum number of medals 2- Maharashtra 39 38 63 140
- Achant Sharath Kamal (Table Tennis, total medals-4) 3- Haryana 38 38 39 115
 In which sport did India win maximum medals 4- Gujrat 13 15 21 49
- Wrestling (Total-12, 6-Gold, 1-Silver, 5-Bronze)
8th ICC Men's T-20 World Cup - 2022
 Youngest Indian athlete
- Anahat Singh (14 years, playing squash)  Event - Australia (16 October to 13 November 2022)
 Oldest indian athlete  Winner - England (2nd time, by 5 wickets, Captain-Jos Buttler)
- Sunil Bahadur (45 years, Lawn Bowls)  Runner-up - Pakistan (Captain- Babar Azam)
 David Dixon Award for Best Athlete  First match played - Sri Lanka-Namibia (Winner-Namibia)
- Tianwei Feng (Table Tennis, Singapore)  Man of the match in the final - Sam Karan (England)
 Where was the 21st Commonwealth Games 2018 held  Player of the Series - Sam Karan (England)
- Gold Coast (Australia)  9th T20 World Cup - 2024 (in West Indies and UAE)
 Where will 23rd Commonwealth Games be held in 2026
- Victoria (Australia) First Women's Premier League (WPL) 2023
 First commonwealth games  Event - In Maharashtra (Edition-First)
- in 1930 (in Hamilton, Canada)  Winner - Mumbai Indians (Captain - Harmanpreet Kaur)
Medal Table  Runner-up - Delhi Capitals (Captain-Meg Lanning)
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronz Total  Purple Cap (Most wickets) - Hayley Mathews
1- Austrailia 67 57 54 178  Orange Cup (Most Runs) - Meg Lanning
2- England 56 65 53 175  Emerging Player of the Year - Yastika Bhatia
3- Canada 26 32 34 92  Player of the Year in the Final Match - Natalie Sciver Brunt
4- India 22 16 23 61  Most Valuable Player - Hayley Matthews

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 Grand Slam Tennis Competitions : 2022-23 32nd Tokyo Olympic - 2021
 Event - Tokyo (Japan)
Australian Open-2023
 Mascot - Miraitova
Competition Winner Runner Up
 India's flag bearer at opening ceremony
 Men's singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
 Women's Singles Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) Elena Rybakina (Kazakhastan) - Mary Kom and Manpreet Singh
 Men's Rinky Hijikata (Australia) Hugo Nys (Monaco)  India's flag bearer in closing ceremony
doubles Jason Kubler (Australia) Jan Zielinski (Poland) - Bajrang Punia (Palwan)
 Women's Barbora Krejcikova (Czechia) Shuko Aoyama (Japan)  1st Rank - America (Total-113 medals)
doubles Katerina Siniakova (Czech Repub.) Ena Shibahara (Japan)  2nd Rank - China (88-medals)
 Mixed Luisa Stefani (Brazil) Sania Mirza (India)
 3rd Rank - Japan (58-medals)
doubles Rafael Matos (Brazil) Rohan Bopanna (India)
 India's Rank - 48th (Total - 7 Medals)
French Open-2023
 33rd Olympics in 2024 - Paris (France)
Competition Winner Runner Up
 Men's Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Casper Rud (Norway) 16th Tokyo Paralympics - 2021
 Women's Singles Iga Swiatek (Poland) Karolina Muchova (Czech Repub.)  Event - Tokyo (Japan)
 Men's Ivan Dodig (Croatia) Sander Gille (Belgium)  Mascot - Someity
doubles Austin Krajicek (America) Joran Vliegen (Belgium)  India's flag bearer at opening ceremony
 Women's Hsieh Su-wei (Taiwan) Leylah Fernandez(America) - Tek Chand (Javelin thrower)
doubles Wang Xinyu (China) Taylor Townsend (Canada)
 Flag bearer of India at closing ceremony
Event : From 28 May to 11 June 2023 at the Roland Garros Stadium, Paris (France) - Avni Lekhara (Shooter)

Wimbledon Open-2023  1st Rank - China (96-gold, Total-207)

Competition Winner Runner Up  2nd Rank - Great Britain (Total-124)

 Men's Singles Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) Novak Djokovic (Serbia)  3rd Rank - US (37-gold, Total-104)
 Women's Singles Marketa Vondrousova (C. Republic) Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)  India's Rank- 24th (5-Gold, Total-19)
 Men's Wesley Koolhof (Dutch) Horacio Zeballos (Argentina)
Khelo India University Games 2023
doubles Neal Skupski (British) Marcel Granollers (Spain)
 Women's Barbora Strýcová (C. Republic) Elise Mertens (Belgium)  Event - Uttar Pradesh (in 4 cities)
doubles Hsieh Su-wei (Taiwan) Storm Sanders (Australia)  Mascot - Jeetu (Reindeer)

Event : from June 26 to July 16, 2023 in London (UK)  Edition - Third
 Anthem - Khelo India-Har Dil Mein Desh
US (American) Open-2022
 Age of players involved - 18-25 years
Competition Winner Runner Up
 Men's singles C. Alcaraz Garfia (Spain) Casper Ruud (Norwey)  Opening ceremony - Lucknow

 Women's Singles Iga Swiatek (Poland) Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)  Closing Ceremony - Varanasi
 Men's Rajeev Ram (America) W. Koolhofb (Nitherland)  Best Male Athlete - Shiv Sridhar
doubles Joe Salisbury (British) N. Skupski (Britain)  Best Female Athlete - Shrungi Bandek
 Women's Barbora Krejcikova (Czech) C. McNally (America)
 First sport included - rowing
doubles Katerina Siniakova (Czech) T. Townsend (America)
 Mixed Storm Sanders (Australia) Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium)  1st Rank- Panjab University (Chandigarh,
doubles John Peers (Australia) Edouard Vasselin (France) 26-Gold, 17-Silver, 26-Bronze, Total-69)

 The four Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US  2nd Rank - Guru Nanak Dev University
Open), also known as majors, are important tennis events. (24-Gold, 27-Silver, 17-Bronze, Total-68)

 The Australian Open and US Open are both played on hard courts, while the French  3rd Rank - Jain University (Karnataka,
Open is played on clay and Wimbledon is played on grass. 16-Gold, 10-Silver, 6-Bronze, Total-32)

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 Major Sports Venues 22nd FIFA World Cup 2022
Sports Venues / cities Countries / States Year  Venue - Doha (Qatar)
 32nd Summer Olympic Games Tokyo Japan 2021  Mascot - La'eeb
 33rd Summer Olympic Games Paris France 2024  Winner - Argentina (Runner - France)
 34th Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles America 2028  Golden Boot - Kylian Mbappe (France)
 35th Summer Olympic Games - Brisbane 2032  Golden Ball Award - Lionel Messi
 24th Winter Olympic Games Beijing China 2022  Golden Glove - Emiliano Martinez
 25th Winter Olympic Games - Italy 2026  Most goals - Kylian Mbappe (8 goals)
 4th Youth Olympic Games Dakar Senegal 2026 5th Khelo India Youth Games
 4th Asian Para Games Hangzhou China 2022
 Event - Madhya Pradesh (in 8 cities)
 37th National Games Goa India 2023  Mascot - Asha (Cheetah)
 38th National Games Uttarakhand India 2024  Theme - Hindustan ka dil dhadka do
 19th Asian Games Hangzhou China 2023  1st - Maharashtra (56-Gold, Total-161)
 20th Asian Games Nagoya Japan 2026  2nd - Haryana (41-Gold, Total-128)

 21th Asian Games Doha Qtar 2030  3rd - MP (39-Gold, Total-96)

 22th Asian Games Riyad Saudi Arab 2034 16th Indian Premier League-2023

 22nd Commonwealth Games Birmingham England 2022 Event - India (31 March-29 May 2023)
 23rd Commonwealth Games Victoriya Austrailia 2026  Title Sponsor - Tata
 Umpire Partner - Paytm
 22nd FIFA Football World Cup --- Qatar 2022
 Winner - Chennai Super Kings
 23rd FIFA Football World Cup --- America, Mexico, Canada 2026
 Runner-up - Gujarat Titans
 FIFA Women's World Cup --- Australia & New Zealand 2023
Captain Gujarat Giants - Hardik Pandya
 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup --- India 2022
 Most centuries - Shubman Gill (GT)
 FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup --- - 2023
 Fastest fifty - Yashasvi Jaiswal
 FIFA U-20 Men's World Cup --- Indonesia 2023
 Orange Cap Award (Most Runs)
 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup --- Costa Rica 2023 - Shubman Gill (851 runs)
 13th Cricket World Cup --- India 2023  Purple Cap Award (Most wickets)
 14th Cricket World Cup --- South Africa 2027 - Mohammed Shami (28 wickets)
 10th ICC Champions Trophy --- Pakistan 2025 Player of Match (Final) - David Conway
 11th ICC Champions Trophy --- India 2029  Most Valuable Player - Shubman Gill
Emerging Player of Year - Yashasvi Jaiswal
 8th Men's T-20 World Cup --- Australia 2022
 Fair Play Award - Delhi Capitals
 8th Women's T-20 World Cup --- South Africa 2023
 15th Men's World Cup Hockey Bhubaneswar India 2023 15th Asia Cup - 2022
 15th Women's Hockey World Cup --- Spain and Netherlands 2022 Events - United Arab Emirates (UAE)
 Title Sponsor - Dp World
 Men's Rugby World Cup --- France 2023
 Winner - Sri Lanka (6th times)
 Women's Rugby Championship --- New Zealand 2022
 Runner-up - Pakistan
 14th South Asian Games --- Pakistan 2023
 Most runs - Mohammad Rizwan (281)
 18th World Athletics Champion. Eugene America 2022  Most wickets - Bhuvneshwar Kumar (11)
 19th World Athletics Champion. Budapest Hungary 2023 Man of the Series - Wanindu Hasaranga
 5th Khelo India Youth Games In 8 Cities Madhya Pradesh 2023 Player of the Match - Bhanuka Rajapaksa

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 ICC Player of the Month Award 2022-23 Players, States and Sports
Month Male Female Players States Sports
 Bajrang Punia Jhajjar, Haryana Wrestler
June-23 Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) Ashleigh Gardner (Aus.)
 Swapna Burman Jalpaiguri, West Bengal Heptathlete
May-23 Harry Tector (Ireland) Thipatcha Putthawong
Apr.-23 Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan) Narumol Chaiwai  Jinson Johnson Kozhikode, Kerala Sprinter

Mar.-23 Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) Henriette Ishimwe  Dutee Chand Jajpur, Odisha Runner
Feb-23 Harry Brook (England) Ashley Gardner (Aus.)  Deepika Kumari Ranchi, Jharkhand Archer
Jan-23 Shubman Gill (India) Grace Scrivens (England)  Jitu Rai Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Shooter
Dec-22 Harry Brook (England) Ashley Gardner (Aus)  Hima Das Dhing, Assam Runner
Nov-22 Jos Buttler (England) Sidra Ameen (Pakistan)  Sakshi Malik Rohtak, Haryana Wrestler
Oct-22 Virat Kohali (India) Nida dar (Pakistan)  PV Sindhu Hyderabad, Andhra P. Badminton
 Saina Nehwal Hisar, Haryana Badminton
National / International Stadiums
 Sania Mirza Mumbai, Maharashtra Tennis
Stadium City
 Geeta Phogat Bhiwani, Haryana Wrestler
 Weyborne / Wankhede Stadium - Mumbai (Maharashtra)  PT Usha Kozhikode, Kerala Runner
 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium - Hyderabad (Telangana)  Milkha Singh Punjab, India Runner
 Indira Gandhi Stadium - Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh)
 Dipa Karmakar Agartala, Tripura Gymnast
 Varkatulha Khan Stadium - Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
 Abhinav Bindra Dehradun, Uttarakhand Shooter
 Narendra Modi Stadium - Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
 Mary Kom Imphal, Manipur Boxer
 Arun Jaitley Stadium - Delhi
 Krishna Punia Agroha, Haryana Discus Thrower
 Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium - Hyderabad (Telangana)
 Anju Bobby George Changanassery, Kerala Athletics, Jump
 M.A. Chidambaram Stadium - Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
 Holkar Stadium - Indore (Madhya Pradesh)  Mithali Raj Jodhpur, Rajasthan Cricketer

 Baravati Stadium - Cuttack (Odisha)  Karnam Malleswari Amdalavalas, Andhra P. Weightlifter

 Anjali Bhagwat Mumbai, Maharashtra Shooter
Sports / Games & Mascots  Rani Rampal Shahabad, Haryana Hockey Player
Sports Mascot  Bhawani Devi Chennai, Tamil Nadu Sabre fencer
 15th Hockey World Cup 2023 - Oli (Olive Riley Turtle)  Lovlina Borgohain Golaghat, Assam Boxer
 FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 - Tajuni  Manika Batra Naraina Vihar, Delhi Table Tennis
 Women's World Boxing Championships 2023 - Veera  Ravi kumar Dahiya Sonipat, Haryana Wrestler
 22nd FIFA World Cup 2022 (Qatar) - La'eeb  Manu Bhaker Jhajhar, Haryana Shooter
 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022 (India) - IBHA  Mirabai Chanu Imphal, Manipur Weightlifter
 22nd Commonwealth Games 2022 (England) - Perry (Bull)  Sanjita Chanu Kakching, Manipur Weightlifter
 19th Asian Games 2022 (Hangzhou, China) - Smart Triplets  Ms. Deepa Malik Sonipat, Haryana Para Athletics
 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 (Chennai) - Thambi  Shreyasi Singh Jamui, Bihar Shooter
 5th Khelo India Youth Games 2022 (MP) - ASHA  Vinesh Phogat Balali, Haryana Wrestling
 Third Khelo India University Games 2023 (U.P.) - Jeetu  Saurabh Chaudhary Meerut, Uttar Pradesh Shooter
 24th Winter Olympics 2022 (China) - Wing Dwayne Dwayne  Neeraj Chopra Panipat, Haryana Ath., Javelin Throw

 Winter Paralympics 2022 (Beijing, China) - Shui Ron Ron  Viswanathan Anand Mayiladuthurai, Tamil N. Chess
 Asian Para Games 2022 (Hangzhou, China) - Fei-Fei  R. Pragnananda Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chess
 Summer Olympics 2021 (Tokyo) - Miraitova  Kidambi Srikanth Mayiladuthurai, Tamil N. Badminton
 Paralympics 2021 (Tokyo) - Someity  Seema Punia Sonipat, Haryana Discus Thrower
 36th National Games 2022 (Gujarat) - Savaj (Asiatic Lion)  Jerome Lalrinnunga Mizoram Weightlifter
 37th National Games 2023 (Goa, India) - Moga  Waichung Bhutia Tinkitam, Sikkim Football

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 CRICKET
 ICC World Test Championship 2023 (Venue - Oval, London)
Winner / Runner-up - Australia / India
 16th Indian Premier League 2023 (Venue - India)
Winner / Runner-up - Chennai Super Kings / Gurat Titans
 ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 (Venue - South Africa)
Winner / Runner-up - Australia / South Africa
 Women's Premier League (WPL) 2023
Winner/Runner-Up - Mumbai Indians / Delhi Capitals
 Irani Trophy 2022-23
Winner/Runner-Up - Rest of India / Madhya Pradesh
 First Under-19 Women's Cricket World Cup 2023
Winner/Runner-Up - India / England
 Ranji Trophy 2022-23
Winner / Runner-up - Saurashtra / Bengal
 3rd Blind T20 World Cup 2022
Winner/Runner-Up - India / Bangladesh
 Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022
Winner / Runner-up - Saurashtra / Maharashtra
 ICC Men's T-20 World Cup 2022
Winner / Runner-up - England / Pakistan
 Duleep Trophy 2022
Winner / Runner-up - West Zone / South Zone
BADMINTON
 Madrid Masters 2023
Men's/Women's Singles - Kenta Nishimoto / Gregoria Mariska
 Swiss open 2023
Men's/Women's Singles Winner - K. Watenbe / P. Chongwang
 All England Open 2023
Men's/Women's Singles Winner - Lai Xi Feng / An Xi Yong
 BWF World Championships 2022 (Event- Tokyo, Japan)
Men's/Women's Singles Winner - Viktor Axelsen / Akane Yamaguchi
 Uber Cup 2022
Winner/runner-up - South Korea / china
 Thomas Cup 2022
Winner/runner-up - India / Indonesia
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FOOTBALL
 SAFF Championship 2023
Winner/Runner-Up - India / Kuwait
 23rd FIFA U-20 World Cup Football 2023 (Hosting-Qatar)
Winner/Runner-Up - Uruguay (1st time) / Italy
 3rd Intercontinental Cup 2023
Winner/Runner-Up - India / Lebanon
 Hero Super Cup 2023
Winner / Runner-up - Odisha FC / Bengaluru FC
 Trination International Tournament 2023 (Held - Manipur)
Winner / Runner-up - India / Kyrgyz Republic
 Santosh Trophy (Edition - 76th, Venue - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Winner / Runner-up - Karnataka / Meghalaya
 Spanish Super Cup 2023 (Hospitable – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Winner/Runner-Up - Barcelona / Real Madrid
 FIFA World Cup 2022 (Event - Doha, Qatar, Edition-22nd)
Winner/Runner-Up - Argentina / France
 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022 (Host - India)
Winner/Runner-Up - Spain / Colombia
 Durand Cup 2022
Winner / Runner-up - Bengluru FC / Mumbai City FC
 English Premier League 2021-22
Winner/runner-up - Manchester City / Aston Villa
HOCKEY
 FIH Pro League 2023 (Venue - Netherlands)
Winner/Runner-Up - India / Argentina
 Men's Junior Asia Cup Hockey 2023 (Venue-Oman)
Winner/Runner-Up - India / Pakistan
 Senior Women National Championship 2023
Winner/Runner-Up - Madhya Pradesh / Maharashtra
 National Ice Hockey Championship 2023
Winner/Runner-Up - Indo-Tibetan Border Police / Ladakh Scouts
 Hockey World Cup 2023 (Hosting-Odisha)
Winner/Runner-Up - Germany / Belgium
 3rd Sultan of Johor Cup 2022 (Host - Malaysia)
Winner/Runner-Up - India / Australia
 FIH Women's 5s Championship 2022
Winner / Runner-up - India / Poland
 Men's Asia Cup 2022
Winner/runner-up - South Korea / Malesia
TENNIS
 Italian open 2023
Men's/Women's Singles - Daniil Medvedev / Elena Rybakina
 Madrid open 2023
Winner/Runner-Up - Carlos Alcaraz / Yann Lenard Struff
 Indian Wells Masters 2023
Winner/Runner-up - Carlos Alcaraz / Elena Rybakina
 Davis Cup 2022 (Edition-110th)
Winner/Runner-Up - Canada / Australia
 ATP Finals 2022 (Event-Turin, Italy)
Men's Singles Winner/Runner-Up - Novak Djokovic / Casper Ruud
 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
 ATP Cup 2022 (Event - Sydney, Australia)
Winner / Runner-up - Canada / Spain
CHESS
 17th World Chess Championship 2023 (Venue - Kazakhstan)
Winner/Runner-Up - Ding Liren (China) / Ian Nepomniachtchi
 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 (Venue - Chennai)
Winner/Runner-Up Uzbekistan/Armenia
 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
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OTHER SPORTING EVENTS
 Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023
Winner / Runner-up - India / Iran
 World Squash Championship 2023
Winner / Runner-up - Midd / Malaysia
 Snooker World Championship 2023
Winner / Runner-up - Luca Brecel / Mark Selby
 ISSF World Cup 2023 (Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)
1st Position / India's Position - China / 2nd (Total Medals-7)
 Asian Billiards Championship 2023 (Doha, Qatar)
Winner / Runner-up - Pankaj Advani / Brijesh Damani
 Women's Snooker World Cup 2023 (Bangkok, Thailand)
Winner / Runner-up - India-A / England-A
 World Golf Championship 2023
Winner - Sam Burns (USA)
 Billiards World Championship 2022
Winner / Runner-up - Pankaj Advani / Saurav Kothari
 11th Women's Basketball World Cup 2022
Winner / Runner-up - USA / China
 10th Asian Billiards Championship 2022
Winner / Runner-up - Pankaj Advani / Dhruv Sitwala
 18th World Athletics Championships 2022 (Hosting-USA)
1st position - America (India's position -33rd, 1-medal)
 5th Khelo India Youth Games 2022 (Madhya Pradesh)
1st / 2nd / 3rd place - Maharashtra / Haryana / Madhya Pradesh
 9th Pro Kabaddi League 2022
Winner / Runner-up - Jaipur Pink Panthers / Puneri Paltan
 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
 World Wrestling Championships 2022 (Belgrade, Serbia)
Top Rank - USA (15 Medal) (2nd Rank - Japan, 13 Medal)
 Archery World Cup Stage-4 2022
Men's/Women's Winner - Miguel Alvarino / A San
 Game Scenario: Miscellaneous
 Virat Kohli equaled Sir Don Bradman's record by playing his
500th international match against West Indies.
 Shahrukh Khan has been chosen as the brand ambassador of
the ICC World Cup 2023.
 Spain's Carlos Alcaraz defeated four-time defending champion
Novak Djokovic to win his first Wimbledon title.
 Marketa Vondrousova became the first unseeded player in Open
Era to win the women's singles championship at Wimbledon 2023.
 India finished third with 27 medals, while Japan stood first in
the 'Asian Athletics Championships 2023' held in Bangkok.
 Wanindu Hasaranga (Male, Sri Lanka) and Ashley Gardner
(Female, Australia) have been selected as the ICC Player of the
Month for the month of June.
 India topped the medal tally in the 34th Biology Olympiad.
 Lakshya Sen of India won the Canada Open.
 Sheikh Talal became the President of the Asian Olympic Council.
 India ranked 2nd in World Archery Youth Championships 2023.
 Parth Sanlukhe became the first male archer to win a gold medal
in the recurve event.
 BCCI appointed Ajit Agarkar as chairman of selection committee.
 Shreyanka Patil became the first Indian cricketer to be a part of
the Women's Caribbean Premier League (WCPL).
 India won SAFF Championship 2023 title by defeating Kuwait.
 Neeraj Chopra topped the Lausanne Diamond League 2023.
 Portugal's star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo set a Guinness World
Record for playing 200 international matches.
 India ranked 100th in FIFA men's football rankings.
 Bhavani Devi became the first Indian fencer to win a medal
(bronze) in the Asian Championships.
 Mascot named 'Moga' was launched for the 37th National Games.
 In the Under-17 Asian Wrestling Championship, Ankush won
the gold medal in the freestyle 55 kg. weight category.
 Pakistan's Nahida Khan retired from international cricket.
 Sunil Kumar won the gold medal in the decathlon event at the
Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships.
 India won the CAVA Women's Challenge Cup 2023 title.
 Uttar Pradesh Hockey won the '13th Hockey India Sub Junior
National Championship 2023'.
 Namdev Shirgaonkar was elected as the head of India Taekwondo.
 BCCI appointed Adidas as new kit sponsor of ndian cricket team.
 Neeraj Chopra secured number-1 ranking in men's javelin throw.
 Vuppal Praneeth of Telangana became 82nd Grandmaster of India.
 Rajasthan Royals batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal became the player
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to score the fastest half-century (13 balls) in the history of IPL.
 India won three silver medals in the Asian Weightlifting
Championships 2023.
 Babar Azam became the fastest player to score 5000 ODIs runs.
 India won a total of 14 medals in Archery Asia Cup Stage 2.
 Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won Doha Diamond League 2023.
 Ding Liren became China's first world chess champion.
 India beat Australia to become the number one Test team.
 MasterCard took over as the global sponsor of the ICC.
 Kerala govt. launched 'One Panchayat, One Playground' project.
 Kenyai athlete Kelvin Kiptum wins the London Marathon.
 England cricketer Gary Ballance retired from all forms of cricket.
 India won four medals in the Archery World Cup 2023 held in
Antalya, Turkey.
 Kagiso Rawada became the fastest player to take 100 IPL wickets.
 Harmanpreet Kaur and Surya Kumar Yadav were included in
the Wisden Cricketers 2022 list.
 India secured the seventh position in the Asian Wrestling
Championship 2023 with a total of 14 medals.
 Aleksander Ceferin has been elected president of the Union of
European Football Associations.
 FIFA rankings 2023, Argentina became the number one team.
 India reached 101st position in FIFA rankings 2023.
 Russian Daniil Medvedev won the Miami Open 2023 title.
 Sprinter Lashinda Demus was awarded the Olympic gold medal
after a decade at the 2012 London Games.
 New Zealand's Kim Cotton became the first female umpire to
officiate men's T-20I match.
 'Iron man' Krishna Prakash became the first person to swim
from the Gateway of India to the Elephanta Caves.
 16th edition of IPL (2023) is being played in the country of India.
 England's Sam Curran has become the most expensive player in
the history of IPL. Punjab Kings bought him for 18.50 crores.
 Mayank Agarwal became the costliest Indian player in the IPL
2023 auction. Sun Risers Hyderabad bought him for 8.25 crores.
 Weightlifter Sanjita Chanu banned for 4 years by NADA.
 Shakib Al Hasan became the highest wicket taker in T20 cricket.
 Sayantan Das of Kolkata became the 81st Grandmaster of India.
 Salima Tete has been appointed as the Athlete Ambassador by
the Asian Hockey Federation.
 India's Lovlina Borgohain won the gold medal in the 75kg final
at the World Women's Boxing Championships.
 D. Gukesh was selected as the best player of the year by the
Asian Chess Federation.
 Books & Authors
 As The Wheel Turns - Ranjit Pratap  Irrfan Khan : A Life in Movies - Shubhra Gupta
 Krishna - The 7th Sense - Debashish Chatterjee  Bravehearts of Bharat - Vikram Sampath
 Prism : The Ancestral Abode of Rainbow - Vinod Mankara  The Chipko Movement : A People's History - Shekhar Pathak
 Master Residential Real Estate - Ashwinder R Singh  Miracles of Face Yoga - Mansi Gulati
 The Yoga Sutras for Children - Rupa Pai  The Light We Carry : Overcoming in Uncertain Times - Michelle Obama

 Rebels Against the Raj - Ramachandra Guha  Fit At Any Age - PV Iyer
 Freedom - Arundhati Roy  The Indian Navy@75 - Ranjit B- Rai & Aritra Banerjee
 Finance Minister of India - AK Bhattacharya  Delhi University : Celebrating 100 Glorious Years - Hardeep Singh Puri

 Ringside - Jiya Darda  Nuclearization of Asia - Rene Naba

 Ajay to Yogi Adityanath - Shantanu Gupta  Winning the Inner Battle - Shane Watson
 Master Residential Real Estate - Ashwinder Singh  Nalnada Until We Meet Again - Gautam Bora
 The Power of One Thought - BK Shivani  Now You Breathe - Rakhi Kapoor
 Guts Amidst Bloodbath - Aditya Bhushan  From Dependence to Self-Reliance - Dr. Bimal Jalan
 The Golden Years - Ruskin Bond  A Confused Mind Story - IRS Sahil Seth
 Made in India : 75 Years of Business and Enterprise - Amitabh Kant  The Philosophy of Modern Song - Bob Dylan
 Reflections - Mr. Narayanan Waghul  Jeet Ji Allahabad - Mamta Kalia
 Smoke and Ashes - Amitabh Ghosh  Ambedkar A Life - Shashi Tharoor
 Sachin @ 50 - Celebrating A Maestro - Boria Majumdar  India's Economy From Nehru to Modi - Pulape Balakrishnan
 Azad - Ghulam Nabi Azad  Indian banking in Retrospect-75 Years of Independence - Ashutosh
 Gandhi : Politics and Communalism - Piyush Babele  When the Heart Speaks : Moms of Acardiologist- Upendra Kaul
 India's Vaccine Growth Story - Sajjan Singh Yadav  Forging Metal : Nripendra Rao and the Nannar Story - Pawan C
 A Matter of Heart: Education in India - Anurag Behar  Ambedkar and Modi - Ilayaraja
 War and Women - Dr. MA Hassan  Rajini's Mantra - PC Balasubramaniam
 Bipin : The Man Behind the Uniform - Rachna Biswat Rawat  Will Power - Sjoerd Marin
 As Good As My Word - KM Chandrasekhar  Lockdown Lyrics - Sanyukta Das
 Mundaka Upanishad : The Bridge to Mortality- Dr. Karan Singh  Rusty Skies and Golden Winds - Sannidhya Sharma
 Victory City - Salman Rushdie  A New India : Selected Writings 2014-19
 Wanderers, Kings and Merchants - Dr. Peggy Mohan - Compilation of Arun Jaitley's articles (by Juggernaut)
 The Poverty of Political Economics - Meghnad Desai  The McMahon Line : A Century of Discord - J.J. Singh
 Modi : Shaping a Global Order in Flux - S. Jaishankar  Dilip Kumar : In the Shadow of a Legend - Faisal Farooqui
 Forks in the Road : My Days at RBI and Beyond - C. Rangarajan  Beyond the Misty Veil - Ms. Aradhana Johri
 Breaking Barrier - Madhav Rao  The Life and Times of George Fernandes- Rahul Ramagundam
 Why didn't you come earlier - Kailash Satyarthi  Gandhi and the Champaran Satyagraha - Suranjan Das
 Human Anatomy - AK Dwivedi  Gautam Adani : The Man Who Changed India -R. N. Bhaskar
 Ambedkar: A Life - Shashi Tharoor  Ashtanga Yoga - Dr. Sonu Phogat
 Revolutionary - Sanjeev Sanyal  Indian Constitution : The Untold Story - Ram Bahadur Rai
 Jadoonama - Javed Akhtar  Modi @ 20: Dreams Meeting Delivery- Blue Craft Foundation

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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
 3 - International Biosphere Reserve Day
 20 - World Children's Day
 26 - World sustainable transport 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 July 2023 World Hepatitis Day - We are not waiting
 22 July 2023 World Brain Day - Brain, health and disability : leave no one behind
 18 July 2023 Nelson Mandela International Day - Climate, Food and Solidarity
 17 July 2023 International Day of Justice - Overcoming Obstacles and Seizing Opportunities for Social Justice..
 12 July 2023 International Malala Day - I Am Malala
 11 July 2023 World Population Day - Unleashing the power of gender equality----
 1 July 2023 International Day of Cooperatives - Cooperatives for Sustainable Development
 1 July 2023 National Doctor's Day - Celebrating Resilience and Healing Hands
 30 June 2023 International Day of Parliamentarism - Parliament for the Planet
 29 June 2023 National Statistics Day - Alignment of State Indicator Framework with National Indicator...
 26 June 2023 World Drug Day - People First : Stop stigma and discrimination, strengthen prevention
 23 June 2023 International Olympic Day - Let's Move
 21 June 2023 9th International Day of Yoga Day - Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (One Earth, One Family, One Future)
 20 June 2023 World Refugee Day - Hope Far From Home
 14 June 2023 World Blood Donor Day - Give Blood, Give Plasma, Share Life, Share Often
 12 June 2023 World Day Against Child Labor - Social Justice for All. end child labor
 9 June 2023 World Accreditation Day - Accreditation : supporting the future of global business
 8 June 2023 World Oceans Day - Planet Ocean : The Tides Are Changing
 7 June 2023 World Food Safety Day - Food Standards Save Lives
 5 June 2023 World Environment Day - The solution to plastic pollution
 3 June 2023 World Bicycle Day - Riding together for a sustainable future
 31 May 2023 World No Tobacco Day - We need food, not tobacco
 22 May 2023 International Biological Diversity day - Agreement to Action: Build Back Biodiversity
 20 May 2023 World Metrology Day - Measurements supporting the global food system
 15 May 2023 International Day of Families - Demographic Trends and Families
 7 May 2023 World Athletics Day - Athletics for All - A New Beginning
 3 May 2023 World Press Freedom Day - Shaping a Future of Rights
 26 April 2023 World Intellectual Property Day - Women and IP : Accelerating Innovation and Creativity
 22 April 2023 World Earth Day - Invest in our planet
 23 March 2023 World Meteorological Day - The Future of Weather, Climate and Water Across Generations
 22 March 2023 World Water Day - Accelerating Change to Solve Water and Sanitation Crises
 22 March 2023 Bihar Diwas - Progress of Yuva Shakti Bihar
 16 March 2023 National Immunization Day - Vaccine work for everyone.
 15 March 2023 World Consumer Rights Day - Empowering Consumers Through Clean Energy Transitions
 8 March 2023 International Women's Day - DigitALL : Innovation and technology for gender equality
 4 March 2023 National Safety Day - Our Aim : Zero Harm

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 Date Year Day Theme / Theme
 3 March 2023 World Wildlife Day - Partnerships for wildlife conservation
 28 February 2023 National Science Day - Global science day for Global Wellbeing
 21 February 2023 International Mother Language Day - Multilingual Education - A necessity to transform education
 4 February 2023 World Cancer Day - Close the Care Gap
 2 February 2023 World Wetlands Day - It's time for wetland restoration
 29 January 2023 World Leprosy Day - Act now. End Leprosy
 25 January 2023 National Voter's Day - Voting is unmatched, I must vote
 12 January 2023 National Youth Day - Developed Youth Developed India
 10 January 2023 World Hindi Day - Hindi – Traditional Knowledge to Artificial Intelligence
 9 January 2023 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas - Diaspora : Reliable partners for India's progress in the Amrit kaal
 24 December 2022 National Consumer Rights Day - Fair Digital Finance
 22 December 2022 National Mathematics Day - Mathematics Unites
 5 December 2022 World Soil Day - Soils : Where food begins
 1 December 2022 World AIDS Day - Equalize
 11 Nov. 2022 National Education Day - Changing Course, Transforming Education
 24 October 2022 World Polio Day - A Clean Future for Mothers and Children
 20 October 2022 World Statistics Day - Data for Sustainable Development
 16 October 2022 World Food Day - Leave no one Behind
 5 October 2022 World Teacher's Day - The transformation of education begins with the teacher
 28 Sept. 2022 World Rabies Day - Rabies : One Health, Zero Deaths
 27 Sept. 2022 World Tourism Day - Rethinking Tourism
 10 Sept. 2022 World Suicide Prevention Day - Creating hope through action
 8 Sept. 2022 International Literacy Day - Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces
 12 August 2022 World Youth Day - Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a world for all ages
 28 July 2022 World Hepatitis Day - Bringing hepatitis care closer to you
 11 July 2022 World Population Day - A World of 8 Billion : Towards a Resilient Future for All ....

Month/Fortnight/Week Year Declared by the United Nations

 15 May-21 May 2023 : United Nations Global Road Safety Week  2019 - International Year of Indigenous Languages
(Topic - Sustainable Transport)  2020 - International Year of Plant Health
 March 20-April 3, 2023 : 5th Poshan Pakhwada International year of nurses and midwives
(Topic - Nutrition for All : Towards Healthy Food Together)  2021 - International Year of Peace and Trust
 19-25 December, 2022 : Good Governance Week  2022 - International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture
 4-10 October, 2022 : World Space Week  2023 - International Year of Millet
(Theme - Space and Sustainability)  2024 - International Year of Camelids
 2-8 October, 2022 : Wildlife Week
International Decade
 1-7 September, 2022 : National Nutrition Week
 2022-32 : International Decade of Indigenous Languages
(Theme - Celebrate a World of Flavours)
 23 Aug. – 1 Sept. 2022 : World Water Week  2021-30 : United Nations Ecology Restoration Day

 1-7 August, 2022 : World Breastfeeding Week  2019-28 : Decade of Peace, Nelson Mandela Decade

 12-20 June, 2022 : Child labor Eradication Week  2018-27 : International Decade for the Eradication of Poverty

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 Important Conferences & Summits
Conference / Summit Venue / Chairman Event Date
 22nd Annual Summit of the Heads of State of the SCO Samarkand, Uzbekistan 15-16 September 2022
 5th ISA (International Solar Alliance) Assembly New Delhi 6 October, 2022
 1st Global Drone Expo 2022 Chennai (Tamil Nadu) 8 October, 2022
 22nd World Blockchain Summit 2022 Atlantis (Dubai) 17-19 October , 2022
 12th Defence Expo 2022 Gandhinagar (Gujarat) 18-22 October, 2022
 27th Climate Change Conference (COP-27) Sharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt) 6-18 November 2022
 17th G-20 Summit 2022 Bali (Indonesia) 15-16 November, 2022
 53rd International Film Festival of India Goa 20-28 November, 2022
 1st Sherpa Meeting of India's G20 Presidency Udaipur, Rajsthan 4 December, 2022
 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas 2023 Indore (Madhya Pradesh) 9 January, 2023
 Asia's biggest air show 'Aero India 2023' Bengaluru (Karnataka) 13-17 February, 2023
 14th World Spice Congress Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra) 16-18 February, 2023
 12th World Hindi Sammelan Fiji 15-17 February, 2023
 18th World Security Congress Jaipur (by UIC & RPF) 21-23 February , 2023
 22nd World Sustainable Development Summit New Delhi 22-24 February, 2023
 International Yoga Festival 2023 Rishikesh, Uttarakhand 1-7 March, 2023
 8th Raisina Dialogue 2023 New Delhi 2 March, 2023
 7th International Dharma-Dhamma Conference Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 3 March, 2023
 23rd Commonwealth Legal Conference Goa 5-9 March, 2023
 Global Millets (Sri Anna) Conference New Delhi 18 March, 2023
 1st G-20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group Meeting Gandhinagar, Gujarat 30 March, 2023
 2nd Women 20 (W-20) International Meeting Jaipur, Rajasthan 13 April, 2023
 First Global Buddhist Summit New Delhi 20 April, 2023
 42nd ASEAN Summit 2023 Labuan Bajo, Indonesia 10 May , 2023
 6th Indian Ocean Conference 2023 Dhaka, Bangladesh 12-13 May , 2023
 32nd Arab League Summit 2023 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 19 May , 2023
 49th G-7 Summit 2023 Hiroshima, Japan 19-21 May , 2023
 G-20 Labor Engagement Group meeting Patna (Bihar) 22-24 May, 2023
 3rd G-20 Tourism Working Group Meeting Srinagar 22-24 May , 2023
 76th World Health Assembly 2023 Geneva, Switzerland 21-30 May , 2023
 G-20 Tourism Working Group and Tourism Ministerial Meeting Goa 19-21 June, 2023
 Startup-20 Summit 2023 Gurugram (Haryana) 2 July, 2023
 Urban 20 (U20) Mayoral Summit 2023 Ahmedabad & Gandhinagar 7-8 July, 2023
 3rd Sherpa G-20 meeting Hampi, Karnataka (India) 13 July, 2023
 G-20 Global Food Regulatory Summit 2023 New Delhi, India 20-21 July, 2023
 3rd World Hindu Convention 2023 Bangkok, Thailand 24-26 November , 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 – 6.75%  CRR – 4.50%  Shalbug Wetland Conservation Reserve - Jammu-Kashmir (75th)
 Repo Rate – 6.50%  SLR – 18.00%  Hygum Wetland Conservation Reserve - Jammu-Kashmir
 Reverse Repo Rate – 3.35%  MSF – 6.75%  Thane Creek - Maharashtra
(As on 1 August, 2023)  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
 Algeria, Guyana, Korea (S. Korea), Sierra Leone and
 Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve - Tamil Nadu
Slovenia have become the five new non-permanent members of
 Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary - Tamil Nadu
the United Nations Security Council. Their membership of two
 Sirpur Wetland - Indore, Madhya Pradesh
years will start from January, 2024.
 Pala Wetlands (54th) - Siaha District (Mizoram)
 After the merger of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu,  Sakhya Sagar Lake (53rd) - Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh)
Total UTs has become 8, with effect from January 26, 2020.  Pichavaram Mangroves (52nd) - Pichavaram (Tamil Nadu)
 Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest - Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
India's New Parliament House : Facts  Karikili Bird Sanctuary - Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu)
 PM Modi inaugurated the new Parliament House on May 28,  Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary - Sant Kabir Nagar (UP)
2023, on the occasion of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's 140th  Khijdia Bird Sanctuary - Jamnagar (Gujarat)
birth anniversary, the foundation stone of which was laid by  Haiderpur Wetland - Uttar Pradesh
PM Modi on December 10, 2020.  Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary - Haryana
 Rs. 75 coin was launched to mark the inauguration.  Sultanpur National Park - Haryana
 New building is part of Central Vista project, to be constructed  Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary - Gujrat
by Tata Limited at an estimated cost of Rs. 971 crore.  Wadhwana Wetland - Gujrat
 The design of the building has been done by HCP Design and  Tso Kar Lake - Ladakh
Planning Company.  Soor Sarovar (Keetham Lake) - Agra (Uttar Pradesh)
 The area of the triangular shaped building is 64500 sq. m.  Lonar Lake - Buldhana (Maharashtra)
 Kabartal Lake - Begusarai (Bihar)
 1272 people will sit in joint session of New Parliament House.
 Asan Conservation Reserve - Uttarakhand
 New Parliament House will have seating arrangements for 888
members in Lok Sabha and 384 members in the Rajya Sabha.  Presently the total number of Ramsar sites in India - 75
 The architect of the new parliament building is Bimal Patel.  State of India has maximum Ramsar site - Tamil Nadu (14)

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 Chandrayaan-3 : Important Facts
 Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14, 2023 by LVM3-M4
rocket from Sriharikota in Andhra-Pradesh under the chairman-
ship of S. Somnath. It has 3 modules - Propulsion Module,
Lander Module and Rover. Orbiter is not built in it.
 Theme of Mission Chandrayaan-3 - Science of the Moon
 Chandrayaan-2 was launched on July 22, 2019 on a GSLV
Mark-III rocket by ISRO headed by K Sivan.
Upcoming Goals of Government of India
Target Year
 Target to eliminate Kala-azar completely by 2023
 Connecting capitals of all northeastern states 2023
with rail network
 Target to complete Delhi-Mumbai Expressway 2023
 Target of electrification of 100% broad gauge routes 2023
 Target to make self-sufficient in fertilizer sector 2023
 Zero diesel use in agriculture, use of renewable energy 2024
 Target of doubling the income of farmers 2024
 Target to provide housing for all 2024
 Target of supply of tap/clean water in every house 2024
 Target to reduce road accident deaths by 50% 2024
 Target to launch digital radio 2024
 Target to develop 100 new airports 2025
 Target to lay optical fiber in all villages 2025
 Target to eliminate foot and mouth disease in cattle 2025
 Target to make India a $5 trillion economy 2025
 Target to make India a TB free country 2025
 Target of 20% blending of ethanol in petrol 2025
 Doubling of milk processing capacity (108 MT) 2025
 Target to achieve 100 MT coal gasification 2030
 1 trillion dollar export target in services sector 2030
 Reduction of 1 billion tonnes in total carbon emissions 2030
 Target to become world's third largest economy 2030
 Railway's aims to become net zero carbon emitter 2030
 Target of eradicating malaria completely from India 2030.
 Target to make 30% electric vehicles in total vehicles 2030
 To eliminate AIDS and eradicate malaria 2030
 Target to achieve 500 GW of renewable energy 2030
 Target to achieve 280 GW of solar power 2030
 Reducing the use of hydrofluoro-carbons by 80% 2047
 Aims to become an energy independent country 2047
 Zero carbon emission target in Mumbai city 2050
 Zero carbon emission target by India 2070
 Net Zero target by India 2070
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'Statues' installed in the year 2022
 Statue of Equality
- The 'Statue of Equality' located in Hyderabad (Telangana) is
216 feet (65-5 m) high, a statue of Saint Sri Ramanujacharjee.
- It is the second largest statue in the world in sitting posture.
 Statue of Knowledge
- 70 feet high 'Statue of Knowledge' established in Latur,
Maharashtra is the statue of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
 Statue of Prosperity
- 108 feet tall 'Statue of Prosperity' located in Bengaluru
(Karnataka) is a statue of Shri Nath Prabhu Kempegowda.
 Statue of Peace
- 27 feet high 'Statue of Peace' located at Jaitpura in Pali
district of Rajasthan is a statue of Jain Acharya Vijay Vallabh
Surishwar Ji Maharaj.
 Statue of Peace / Shanti Pratima of Sri Ramanujacharya
- Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled the 4 feet tall 'Statue of
Peace' of Sri Ramanujacharya in Srinagar, Jammu-Kashmir.
 Statue of Unity
- 182 m (597 ft) tall Statue of Unity is a statue of Sardar Vallabh-
bhai Patel, located on Narmada River in Kevadiya, Gujarat.
- It is the tallest statue in the world.
- It is built by L&T company.
- The craftsman of this idol is Ram V-Sutar.
 Statue of Belief
- The 112 m (369 ft) tall 'Statue of Belief (Vishwas Swaroopam)'
is a statue of Lord Shiva located in Nathdwara city of Rajasthan.
Vande Bharat Train : Facts
 First train - 15 February, 2019 (Delhi to Varanasi)
 Second train - 3 October, 2019 (Delhi to Katra)
 First woman driver to run Vande Bharat - Surekha Yadav
 Construction of Vande Bharat - Integral Coach Factory, Chennai
 Old name of Vande Bharat - Train-18
 South India's first Vande Bharat train - Bangalore to Chennai
India's first 'Kisan Rail'
 First Kisan Rail started : from Devtali in Maharashtra to
Danapur in Bihar on 7th August, 2020
 South India's first (country's second) Kisan Rail started -
from Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh to Adarsh Nagar in Delhi on
September 9, 2020
 100th Kisan Rail started - from Sangola in Maharashtra to Shalimar
in West Bengal on December 28, 2020
 1000th Kisan Rail started - from Savda in Maharashtra to Adarsh
Nagar in Delhi on February 3, 2022
 Current Affairs : One Liner
 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
 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 - MP
 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
 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 - Uttar Pradesh
 Recently, Indian Army Chief Manoj Pandey has been conferred
the honorary rank of Army General of which country - Nepal
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 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 - Britain
 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 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
 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
 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 - Hindi Diwas
 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
 Which medal has Vinesh Phogat won at the World Wrestling
Championships in Serbia on September 15, 2022 - Bronze
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 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
 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
 Who has become the new CEO of CSB Bank Limited on
September 17, 2022 - Pralay Mandal
 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
 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 - 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
 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
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 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
 Which country has emerged as the largest lender of Sri Lanka,
overtaking China on September 20, 2022 - India
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
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 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
 Who has been appointed as the new CEO of the Data Security
Council of India on 30 September 2022 - Vinayak Godse
 Which state has received the 'Best Adventure Tourism Destina-
tion Award' on 30 September 2022 - Uttarakhand
 Who topped the Haroon India Under-40 Rich List on 30th Sep-
tember, 2022 - Nikhil Kamat
 Adani Greens has commissioned the world's largest 'wind solar
power plant' on 30th September, 2022 in - Rajasthan
 Who was honored with the 'National Lata Mangeshkar Award' -
Shailendra Singh, Anand Milind and Kumar Sanu
 Who has topped the Global Innovation Index 2022 released on
September 30, 2022 - Switzerland (India's rank - 40th )
 Which state government has approved the first tiger reserve of
Bundelkhand 'Ranipur Tiger Reserve' - Uttar Pradesh
 Which Indian has been included in Time magazine's list of 100
rising leaders on September 30, 2022 - Akash Ambani
 Which state's Pullampara Panchayat has become the country's
first digitally literate panchayat on September 30, 2022 - Kerala
 Which operation has been started by the CBI on 30 September
2022 to eliminate the drug network - Operation Garuda
 Who has won the 'Changemaker' award at the UN SDG Action
Awards on September 30, 2022 - Srishti Bakshi
 Which state government has launched 'Aasra Pension' scheme on
October 1, 2022 - Telangana
 Which medal did Bhavani Devi won in the 'National Games' on
October 1, 2022 - Gold
 On October 1, 2022, Russian President Putin announced control
over how many Ukrainian territories - 4 (Donetsk, Luhansk,
Zaporizhzhya, Kherson)
 Where did India participate in the third meeting of G-20 Sherpas
on October 1, 2022 - Indonesia
 Which medal did Haryana's Anveesh won in the 36th 'National
Games' on October 2, 2022 - Gold
 The second round of Foreign Office Consultations was held
between India and which country on October 2, 2022 - Nigeria
 Who became the first Indian player to play 400 T-20 matches on
October 3, 2022 - Rohit Sharma
 Which country's Svante Pabo was awarded the 2022 Nobel in
Medicine - Sweden
 Who has been elected as the new Vice President of 'International
Astronautical Federation' on October 3, 2022 - Anil Kumar
 Which has been declared as the cleanest state of the country in the
Swachh Survekshan - 2022 on October 3, 2022 - Madhya Pradesh
 Which state's Deputy Chief Minister has launched 'Vande
Mataram Initiative' on October 4, 2022 - Maharashtra
 Who has launched the portal for 'Prime Minister Excellence
Awards' on October 4, 2022 - Dr. Jitendra Singh
 Who has been declared as its 'National Icon' by the Election Com-
mission of India on October 4, 2022 - Pankaj Tripathi
 Who has won the men's singles title in Korean Open Tennis on
October 4, 2022 - Yoshihito Nishioka
 Who will be honored with the 32nd Bihari Award - Dr. Madhav
Hada (Book - Pachrang Chola Pahar Sakhi Ri)
 Whose book 'Jeete ji Allahabad' has received the 'Valley of Words
Award' on October 4, 2022 - Mamta Kalia
 Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the year
2022 - Alain Aspect, Anton Zillinger and John of Clauser
 Which day was celebrated on 5 October - World Teacher's Day
 What will be the name of 'Faizabad Cantt' - Ayodhya Cantt
 BD Mishra has been given the additional charge of the Governor
of which state - Meghalaya
 Who has won the 'United Nations Refugee Award' on October 5,
2022 - Angela Merkel
 Who has become the annual star player of world hockey on Oc-
tober 5, 2022 - Mumtaz Khan
 Which company launched 'Optimus' prototype humanoid robot
on October 5, 2022 - Tesla
 Who has become the only Indian to be included in the umpiring
panel for the World Cup on October 5, 2022 - Nitin Menon
 Who has been selected as the best male goalkeeper by 'International
Hockey Federation' - P.R. Sreejesh (Female-Savita Punia)
 Who has become the Presiding Officer of UAPA Tribunal on 6th
October, 2022 - Dinesh Kumar
 Who has won the title of 'Ultraman India' - Col. Swaroop Singh
 Which state government has given instructions to make industrial
park policy on October 6, 2022 - Jharkhand
 Who will host the 2029 Asian Winter Games - Saudi Arabia
 Who has received the 'Devendra Lal Memorial Medal-2022' on
October 6, 2022 - Roxy Koll
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 Which country has emerged as the world's largest sugar producer
on October 6, 2022 - India
 On October 6, 2022, where Home Minister Amit Shah has an-
nounced ST status for hills - Jammu and Kashmir
 Who will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2022 -
Caroline Bertozzi, Barry Sharpless and Morten Medel
 Who has launched 'Crew-5 mission' on October 7, 2022 - SpaceX
 Which tennis player has won the 2022 Tel Aviv Open title on
October 7, 2022 - Novak Djokovic
 Which medal was won by the Antim Panghal in the 'National
Games 2022' on October 7, 2022 - Gold
 Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2022 -
Annie Arnoux
 Who will get the Sastra Ramanujan Award 2022 - Yunking Tang
 'White Shipping Information Exchange' agreement has been signed
between India and which country on October 8 - New Zealand
 Which state is the worst in terms of child marriage - Jharkhand
 A new species of fish has been discovered in Dikhu river of which
state on October 8, 2022 - Nagaland
 Which medal has Pooja Patel won in Yogasan in the 'National
Games 2022' on October 8, 2022 - Gold
 Who will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2022 - Ales
Bialiyatsky, Memorial and Center for Civil Liberties
 Who has been awarded the Seva Ratna Award for social service on
October 8, 2022 - Ratan Tata
 On October 9, the government has increased the emergency loan
guarantee scheme from 400 crores to how many crores - 1500
 Where was the 8th Summit of the Speakers of the G-20 Parlia-
ments held on October 9, 2022 - in Jakarta
 Where will Sultan Johar Cup 2022 be organized - Malaysia
 Where has Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled the statue of Iron
Man Sardar Patel - Gangtok
 World's tallest 351 feet Shiva statue will be installed in which city
of Rajasthan - Nathdwara
 Who has been chosen as FIH Player of the Year on October 10,
2022 -Harmanpreet Singh and Felice Albers
 Who has won the 25th world title in billiards - Pankaj Advani
 Who has won the 90th ATP title on October 10 - Novak Djokovic
 Which state's Modhera has been declared as India's first 24×7
solar powered village on October 10, 2022 - Gujarat
 Which medal did Srihari Nataraja win in men's 100m freestyle
swimming in the 36th National Games - Gold
 Which state government has launched a new scheme named
'HIMCAD' on October 11, 2022 - Himachal Pradesh
 Chief Minister of which state has launched the 'Football for All'
program on October 11, 2022 - Odisha
 Who will become the first actor to shoot in space - Tom Cruise
 Who became the first player to score 700 goals in club football on
October 11, 2022 - Cristiano Ronaldo
 Where will the 37th National Games be organized in 2023 - Goa
 Who has been named as the next Chief Justice of the country on
October 12, 2022 - DY Chandrachud (from November 9)
 Who has taken charge as a whole-time member of SEBI on Octo-
ber 12, 2022 - AN Gopalakrishnan
 Which state has announced 'Mental Health and Social Care Policy'
for the first time on October 12, 2022 - Meghalaya
 Who has won the 'Japan Open men's singles title' on October 12,
2022 - Taylor Fritz
 On October 13, 2022, the World Bank has given a loan of 250
million for the SALT project in which state - Andhra Pradesh
 On October 13, 2022, who has been appointed as the new CEO
of the Data Protection Council of India - Vinayak Godse
 Who has become the director of National Disaster Management
Authority (NDMA) on October 13 - Mrinalini Srivastava
 Which Indian discus thrower has been banned for three years for
doping on October 13, 2022 - Kamalpreet Kaur
 Indian Navy has conducted offshore security exercise 'Prasthan'
on October 13, 2022 in - Andhra Pradesh
 Which country has successfully launched the first solar observa-
tory 'Kuafu-1' on October 13, 2022 - China
 Which country has topped the CRI Index released on October 13,
2022 - Norway (India's rank - 123rd)
 Which state government has notified India's first Slender Loris
Sanctuary on October 13, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Who has been appointed as the High Commissioner of UK to
India on 13 October 2022 - Jagriti Yadav
 Where has the 'Megha Kayak Festival 2022' started on October
14, 2022 - Meghalaya
 What is the rank of India in the 'Global Hunger Index 2022'
released on October 15, 2022 - 107th
 Where will the '17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas' be organized in
2023 - Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
 Who topped the 'World University Rankings 2023' released on
October 15, 2022 - IISc Bangalore
 On October 15, 2022, the central government has approved India's
first 'suspension bridge' on which river - Krishna
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 Which state topped the 'Public Affairs Index 2022' released on
October 15, 2022 - Haryana
 Which city has won the 'World Green City Award 2022' on Octo-
ber 15, 2022 - Hyderabad
 Which day was celebrated on 16 October - World Food Day
 Which state has become the first state to provide medical and
engineering education in Hindi on October 16 - Madhya Pradesh
 On October 16, 2022, the Indian Army has tied up with how
many banks for the Agniveer Salary Package - 11
 Country's first indigenous 'nuclear submarine' was successfully
test-fired on October 16, 2022, what is its name - INS Arihant
 Which state has become the only state to achieve 'Jal Jeevan
Mission target' in 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Which country hosted the 90th General Assembly of 'Interpol'
from October 18-21, 2022 - India (91st-Vienna, in 2023)
 Who has won the 'San Diego Open Title' on October 17, 2022 -
Inga Swietec
 On October 17, 2022, which former Indian President has been
announced to confer the prestigious Anuvrat Award for 2022 -
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
 Which country has won the 2022 'Women's Asia Cup T-20 title'
on October 17, 2022 - India (Runner-up : Sri Lanka)
 Who has won the 'Jeev Milkha Singh International Golf Tourna-
ment' on October 17, 2022 - Gaganjeet Bhullar
 Which country will lift the ban on remarriage on pregnant women
- Japan
 Where did Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav inaugurate India's
first 'Aluminum Freight Rake' on October 17 - Bhubaneswar
 Which country will host the 2023 Asian Cup football tournament
- Qatar
 Where was the fifth meeting of the International Solar Alliance
held - New Delhi (Chairman-Shri R.K. Singh)
 Where has the 22nd Blockchain Summit started on October 17th,
2022 - Atlantis (Dubai)
 Who has been elected as 36th President of BCCI - Roger Binny
 Which country has been on top in the production of fish in the
world - China (India's position - third)
 Who has become the youngest player to debut in T-20 World
Cup on October 18, 2022 - Ayan Khan
 Which country's novelist Shehan Karunatilaka's novel has
received the 2022 Booker Prize on October 18, 2022 - Sri Lanka
 Which state has been declared as the best state in socio-economic
and political justice on October 18, 2022 - Haryana
 According to the UN report released on October 18, 2022, which
country has the most poor - India
 Where was the 12th edition of Def Expo held - Gandhinagar
(Gujarat)
 Who has been honored with the 2022 Sir Syed Excellence Award
on October 19, 2022 - Barbara Metcalf
 Javelin thrower DP Manu has won which medal in National Open
Athletics on 19 October 2022 - Gold
 Who has won the 2022 Ballon d'Or Prize on October 19, 2022 -
Karim Benzema and Alexia Putelas
 Where was the Asia's largest Compressed Biogas Plant inaugu-
rated on October 19, 2022 - Punjab
 Who has taken over as the new Controller General of Accounts
on October 19, 2022 - Bhartiya Das
 Kati Bihu festival was celebrated in which state - Assam
 In which Indian city the first case of Omicron subvariant BQ-1
was found on October 19, 2022 - Pune
 Which country hosted the 'Global Youth Climate Summit' on
October 20, 2022 - Bangladesh
 Who has become the head of JP Morgan India on October 20,
2022 - Kaustubh Kulkarni
 Who has become the first Indian to win a medal in the U-23 World
Championship - Sajan Bhanwal
 Which state government has constituted a panel for the conserva-
tion of vultures on October 20, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Prime Minister Modi has launched 'Mission School of Excel-
lence' on October 20, 2022 in - Gandhinagar
 Where will the '5th Khelo India Youth Games' be organized -
Madhya Pradesh (in 8 cities)
 Where will the '14th edition of World Spice Congress' be held as
on October 20, 2022 - Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra)
 On October 20, 2022, Prime Minister Modi has started 'Mission
Life Movement' in - Kevadia (Gujarat)
 According to the Haroon report on October 21, 2022, who has
become the most generous person of India - Shiv Nadar
 Who has been named the Principal Scientist of ISRO's 'Aditya L-
1 Mission' on October 21, 2022 - Shankar Subramaniam
 Who has been declared the worst day of the week by the Guinness
Book of World Records on October 21, 2022 - Monday
 With whom Jio has partnered for high speed 5G - Nokia
 Who has become the first Indian to be appointed as the UNHRC
Special Envoy on October 21, 2022 - Dr. K.P. Ashwini
 Which IIT has won the National Intellectual Property Award on
October 21, 2022 - IIT Madras
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 Which country has been removed from the gray list after four
years by 'FATF' on October 22, 2022 - Pakistan
 The Wildlife Board has approved Durgavati Tiger Reserve as a
new tiger reserve in which state - Madhya Pradesh
 Who has received the highest honor at PMAY-U Awards 2021 on
October 22, 2022 - Uttar Pradesh
 On October 22, 2022, the armies of India and which country have
conducted the 'Tiger Trump' exercise - America
 What is the rank of India in the Mercer CFA 'Global Pension
Index' - 41st (1st place-Iceland)
 Which bank has received the 'DX 2022 Award' on October 23,
2022 - Karnataka Bank
 Who has been given 'Karnataka Ratna Award' - Puneet Rajkumar
 In which country 'Constitutional Amendment' reducing the pow-
ers of President has been passed on 23 October 2022 - Sri Lanka
 Which country unveiled the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023
mascot 'Tazuni' on October 24 - Australia and New Zealand
 Who has become the new Prime Minister of UK - Rishi Sunak
 Guinness Book of World Record has been created by lighting how
many lakh lamps in 'Ayodhya Deepotsav' - 15.76 lakhs
 On October 24, 2022, who has become the first Indian woman to
complete the 100 meters hurdles in 13 seconds - Jyoti Yaraji
 Which quiz has got place in 'World Book of London' on October
24, 2022 - Gujarat Gyan Guru Quiz
 Which day was celebrated on 24 October - United Nations Day
 Who has become the highest run-scorer in T-20 cricket - Virat
Kohli
 Sakharov Prize of the European Parliament was presented to the
people of which country and their President - Ukraine
 Which country has been included in the list of 'High Risk Coun-
tries' by FATF on October 25, 2022 - Myanmar
 Which country has overtaken China to become India's third
largest export market on October 25, 2022 - Netherlands
 Who became the first Indian to win a gold medal in the U-20
Wrestling Championship on October 25, 2022 - Aman Sehrawat
 Where was the International Conference on Climate Change held
on October 25, 2022 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Who has won India's third Paris 2024 Olympic quota on October
26, 2022 - Swapnil Kusale
 Which country has named the cyclonic storm 'Sitrang' that hit the
Bay of Bengal on October 26, 2022 - Thailand
 Who has been elected as the new President of 'Indian Banks
Association' on October 26, 2022 - AK Goyal
 On October 26, Chief Minister of which state has launched a
 mobile app to prevent cyber crimes against children - Kerala
 Which Indian American entrepreneur has been honored with North
Carolina's highest state honor on October 26 - Swadesh
Chatterjee
 Who has become the brand ambassador of T-20 World Cup for
the blind on October 27, 2022 - Yuvraj Singh
 In which state one-time property tax waiver scheme 'Samraddhi'
has been launched on October 27, 2022 - Delhi
 Who has won the Best International Film Award at the Saturn
Awards 2022 on October 27, 2022 - RRR
 Which country's cricket team coach Phil Simmons has resigned
on October 27, 2022 - West Indies
 Where was the 'Main Bhi Subhash Abhiyan' launched - Ladakh
 Which state government has launched 'Women Friendly Tourism
Project' on October 28, 2022 - Kerala
 Which state has become the state with 100% household tap con-
nection under Jal Jeevan Mission on October 28, 2022 - Gujarat
 'World's dirtiest man' living in which country has died on October
29, 2022 - Iran
 Which State's Two new Indian beaches (Thundi and Kadmat)
have got the 'Blue Flag Certificate' - Lakshadweep
 Which film has been declared as the best Indian film of all time by
FIPRESCI on October 29, 2022 - Pather Panchali
 On October 30, researchers from NASA and which IIT have
studied microscopic organisms in the space station - IIT Madras
 Who has announced equal pay for Indian men's and women's
team on October 30, 2022 - BCCI
 According to the information of October 31, 2022, where will the
12th World Hindi Conference be held - Nandi, Fiji
 On October 31, 2022, who has acquired micro-blogging site Twit-
ter for $ 44 billion - American billionaire Elon Musk
 Which has become the busiest airport in the world on October 31,
- Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport of America
 On October 31, 2022, the central government has approved 'Terai
Elephant Reserve' in which state - Uttar Pradesh
 Which country has launched the first 'inhalable vaccine' against
Covid-19 on October 31, 2022 - China
 Which company has been entrusted with the responsibility of
making C-295 transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force - Tata
 Which country has become India's seventh largest trading partner
on October 31, 2022 - Russia
 Which country has been banned from attending the Nobel Prize
ceremony on October 31, 2022 - Iran
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 Where was the world's tallest statue of Lord Shiva unveiled on
October 31, 2022 - Nathdwara (Rajasthan)
 India has won the Sultan of Johor Cup 2022 by defeating which
country on October 31, 2022 - Australia
 On October 31, the Maumluh cave located in which state has
been recognized as the first Indian geo-heritage site - Meghalaya
 Who won the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup - Spain
 Which state's 'Lakshmi Bhandar Yojana' has received the Scotch
Award on November 1, 2022 - West Bengal
 Prime Minister Modi has declared 'Mangarh Dham' located in
which state as a national monument - Rajasthan
 Which state's Ranipur has become the country's 53rd Tiger Reserve
- Uttar Pradesh
 According to the information the first 'Aqua Park' of Northeast
will be established in which state - Arunachal Pradesh
 Who represented India in the 21st meeting of SCO Heads of
Government on November 1, 2022 - Dr. S. Jaishankar
 Which union territory has celebrated its 'Liberation Day' on
November 1, 2022 - Puducherry
 Which country has launched a lab module named 'Mengtian' for
its space station on November 2, 2022 - China
 Which company has acquired AI avatar startup 'Alter' - Google
 Who has launched the world's most powerful rocket 'Falcon
Heavy' on November 2, 2022 - SpaceX
 Which country's Prime Minister has honored Edward M. Kennedy
with the 'Friends of Liberation War' honor - Bangladesh
 When has the UGC directed to celebrate 'Indian Language Day' -
11 December
 Which Indian cricketer has become the world's number one T-20
batsman - Surya Kumar Yadav
 Which word is salected as 'Word of the Year' by Collins Dictionary
on November 3, 2022 - Permacrisis
 Which company has received India's first 'Responsible Steel
Certification' on November 3, 2022 - Tata Steel
 On which date Tamil Nadu Government has announced to celebrate
the birth anniversary of 'Raja Raja Chola' every year - 3 November
 In which state has Adani New Industries installed India's largest
wind turbine on November 4, 2022 - Gujarat
 In which state did the country's first voter 'Shyam Sharan Negi'
vote on November 4, 2022 - Himachal Pradesh
 Which famous Malayalam novelist has been selected for the
Ezhuthachan Award on November 4, 2022 - A. Sethumadhavan
 On November 5, 2022, the Chief Minister of which state has
launched e-gift portal and CM Dash Board - Haryana
 Who led the Indian delegation to 'COP-27' in Egypt - Environment
Minister Bhupendra Yadav
 Which state government has included a lesson on Fathima Shekhar
in the textbooks on November 5, 2022 - Andhra Pradesh
 Which state's Chief Minister has inaugurated 'Lakhpati Didi Mela'
on November 5, 2022 - Uttarakhand
 Which medal has been won by the 'Indian men's squash team' on
November 5, 2022 - Gold
 'Byju's' has appointed whom as the Global Ambassador of
'Education for All Initiative' - Lionel Messi
 Which state government has made it mandatory for school girls to
do '10 minutes of yoga' every day - Karnataka
 Who has been awarded the Chevalier Award by the French
government on November 5, 2022 - Aruna Sairam
 Which country has launched the 'Beidou' satellite navigation
system on November 6, 2022 - China
 On November 6, 2022 'Niva Bupa' has partnered with which
bank for bancassurance - IDFC First Bank
 Which country has partnered America to build its first nuclear
power plant on November 6, 2022 - Poland
 On November 6, 2022, MEIL has won the contract for 'Greenfield
oil refinery project' in which country - Mongolia
 Which chatbot has been launched by 'UIDAI' on November 6,
2022 for better user experience - Aadhaar Mitra
 Which team has won the 'Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2022' for the
first time - Mumbai (Runner-up : Himachal Pradesh)
 Who has become the first Indian player to score 1000 T-20 runs
in a calendar year on November 7, 2022 - Surya Kumar Yadav
 Where will the world's first 'Vedic clock' be installed - Ujjain
 Where is the 'Rising Sun Water Fest-2022' concluded - Meghalaya
 President of which country will be the chief guest at 17th Pravasi
Bharatiya Divas Convention - Guyana (Mohamad Irfan Ali)
 Who has become the chairman of the National Monument
Authority on November 7, 2022 - Kishore Kumar Basa
 Which state has won the Central Government's award for best
public transport services on November 7, 2022 - Kerala
 Which medal has been won by Pramod Bhagat in the BWF Para
Badminton Championship on November 7, 2022 - Gold
 According to the information of November 8, 2022, who will be
given the International Kannada Ratna Award - YKC Wadiyar
 Where did 'Malabar Exercise 2022' start on November 8 - Japan
 How many Indians have been included in Forbes list of 20 Asian
women entrepreneurs on November 8, 2022 - 3
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 Where has the '15th Asian Airgun Championship 2022' started on
November 9, 2022 – South Korea
 Which company has emerged as India's best employer as per
Forbes report on November 9, 2022 - Reliance Industries
 On November 9, 2022, who has become the state to implement a
uniform price of gold in the entire state - Kerala
 Which state's foundation day was celebrated on 9th November -
Uttarakhand
 Which state's 'Anamalai Tiger Reserve' has unveiled the elephant
adoption scheme on November 9, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Which state government has launched Handicraft Policy 2022 to
revive traditional art on November 9, 2022 - Rajasthan
 Who has been awarded the 'Bailey K Ashford Medal for 2022' -
Dr. Subhash Babu
 Which aerospace company will launch India's first privately
developed rocket on November 9, 2022 - Skyroot Aerospace
 Who will host the Women's World Boxing Championship in
2023 - India
 Which city has issued 'Municipal Bonds' for the first time on
November 10, 2022 - Vadodara
 Which country's cricketer Stephen Myberg has announced his
retirement on November 10, 2022 - Netherlands
 According to the information, where will the 'PM Gati Shakti
Multimodal Waterways Summit' be held - Varanasi
 Who will host 2023 Khelo India University Games
- Uttar Pradesh
 Who has become the first player to score 4000 runs in T-20 on
November 10, 2022 - Virat Kohli
 According to the information, Ajit Anjum and which journalist
will get the Kuldip Nayar Journalism Award - Arfa Khanum
 In which state the Indian Army has organized the Walong Mela
on November 11, 2022 - Arunachal Pradesh
 Who has won the 'India Agribusiness Best State Award' on
November 11, 2022 - Haryana
 Which is the world's highest polling station - Tashigang (H.P)
 Aruna Miller has become the first Indian American to hold the
post of Lieutenant Governor of which US state - Maryland
 Which tennis player has won the 2022 men's singles Paris Masters
title on November 11, 2022 - Holger Rune
 Neeraj Chopra has become the Friendship Ambassador of which
country on November 12, 2022 – Switzerland
 Who has launched 'Toofan and Toofani' as the mascots of 'Fit
India School Week' on November 12, 2022 - PV Sindhu
 On November 12, 2022, with which country India has signed
 MoU in the field of culture, wildlife, health - Cambodia
 Who has been awarded the UK's Royal Order of Merit on
November 12, 2022 - Venky Ramakrishnan
 Where did Prime Minister Modi unveil Kempegowda's 108 feet
tall statue 'Statue of Prosperity' - Bengaluru
 Which medal has been won by Indian boxer Lovleen Borgohain in
the Asia Boxing Championship on November 12, 2022 - Gold
 Who has received the 32nd and 31st Bihari Awards on November
12, 2022 - Madhav Hada and Madhu Kankaria respectively
 Which institute in India topped the QS Asia University Rankings
released on November 13, 2022 - IIT Bombay
 Which country will host 'U-19 World Cup-2024' - Sri Lanka
 Which medal has been won by Mahuli Ghosh in the Asian Airgun
Championship on November 13, 2022 - Gold
 Which country has become the leading producer of millet with
41% in global production on November 13, 2022 - India
 Which Bollywood actor has been honored with the 'Global Icon
Award' on November 13, 2022 - Shah Rukh Khan
 Who has been honored with 'Shri Lal Shukla Smriti IFFCO Sahitya
Samman' of 2022 on November 13, 2022 - Jayanandan
 In which state the bill has been passed to increase the reservation
of poor backward classes to 77% - Jharkhand
 In which city the first Vande Bharat Express of South India has
been flagged off on November 13, 2022 - Bengaluru
 Which state has notified 'Kaveri Dakshin Wildlife Sanctuary' as
the 17th wildlife sanctuary on November 13, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Who has been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame on November
13, 2022 - Shivnarine Chanderpaul
 Which railway station has received the '4 Star Eat Right Station'
certificate on November 14, 2022 - Bhopal Railway Station
 Who will host the Kabaddi World Cup 2025 – Britain
 Who will host the IBSA Blind Football Women's Asian
Championship 2022, as reported on November 14, 2022 - India
 Where was '7th Amur Falcon Festival' celebrated - Manipur
 Where was the 7th edition of Indo-French joint air exercise held
on November 14, 2022 - Jodhpur
 Which year has been declared as ASEAN-India Friendship Year
- 2022
 Which day was celebrated on 15 Nov. - Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas
 Who has been included in the Most Valued Team of the ICC T-20
World Cup - Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav
 Which state celebrated the foundation day on 15th November –
Jharkhand
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 Which company will build India's first multi-modal logistics park
- Reliance
 Who has been elected the 'first female President' of Slovenia on
November 15, 2022 - Natasa Pirk Musar
 Where has 'Wangla Festival' been celebrated - Meghalaya
 According to the information, who will be given the 'Satyajit Ray
Lifetime Achievement Award' - Carlos Saura
 Who has been nominated by the government as a director on the
Central Board of RBI on November 16, 2022 - Vivek Joshi
 Who has topped the Climate Change Performance Index 2022
released on November 16 - Denmark (India's position-8th)
 On November 16, 2022, which country's runner Kenneth Kiprop
Renju has been banned for doping for five years - Kenya
 Which state government has implemented 'PESA law' on
November 16, 2022 - Madhya Pradesh
 Which country has won the first 'Billie Jean King Cup' on
November 16, 2022 - Switzerland
 Which medal has been won by Shiv Narwal in the Asian Airgun
Championship on November 16, 2022 - Gold
 Who has been appointed as full time member of NITI Aayog on
November 17, 2022 - Arvind Virmani
 Who has launched Artemis-1 rocket on a mission to Moon on
November 17, 2022 – NASA
 On November 17, 2022, CEC Rajeev Kumar has been invited as
an international observer for the election of which country - Nepal
 Where has Uttarakhand High Court been shifted from Nainital on
November 17, 2022 – Haldwani
 Who has become the first Indian to be elected in the 'ITTF' Athletes
Commission on November 17, 2022 - Sharath Kamal
 Which state's Chief Minister has launched 'Bajra Mission' on
November 17, 2022 - Assam
 Who has become the second largest producer of crude steel on
November 17, 2022 - India
 Where is the second edition of Northeast Olympic Games
concluded on November 17, 2022 - Shillong
 Which country has won the Excellence in Leadership in Family
Planning Award on November 18, 2022 - India
 Which became the first Indian company to set up the European
Work Council on November 18, 2022 - Wipro
 Who has become Cambridge Dictionary's 'Word of the Year 2022'
on November 18, 2022 - Homer
 Where has the 9th Norway-India Joint Working Group meeting
been organized on November 18, 2022 - Mumbai
 On November 19, 2022, who has been elected as the chairman of
IOA's 'Athlete Commission' - Mary Kom
 Which state's Forest Department has introduced India's first
Elephant Death Audit Framework on November 19 - Tamil Nadu
 Who has become the first woman skydiver of the Indian Army on
November 19, 2022 - Lance Naik Manju
 CM of which state has launched the 'Amar Sarkar' portal - Tripura
 On November 19, 2022, where did Prime Minister Modi inaugurate
'Doni Polo Airport' - Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)
 Who has become the youngest world No. 1 ATP player on
November 19, 2022 - Carlos Alcaraz
 Where is the meeting of 'APEC' economic leaders held - Bangkok
 How many gold medals have India won in the 15th Asian Airgun
Championship on November 20, 2022 - 25
 On November 20, where did Prime Minister Modi dedicate the
600 MW 'Kameng Hydroelectric Project' - Arunachal Pradesh
 Which medal has been won by 'Manika Batra' in Asia Cup Table
Tennis on November 20, 2022 - Bronze
 On November 20, 2022, where did Army Chief 'General Manoj
Pandey' receive 'Guard of Honour' - Paris
 Where has the 53rd 'International Film Festival of India' started
on November 20, 2022 - Goa
 Which state government has given permission for minor mineral
mining on private land on November 20, 2022 - West Bengal
 Who was honored with 'Gandhi Mandela Award 2022' on
November 21, 2022 - Dalai Lama
 Who has been awarded the JCB Literary Award for 2022 on
November 21, 2022 - Khalid Javed
 Who has won the 'Abu Dhabi Grand Prix' - Max Verstappen
 Who has won the sixth 'ATP Finals title' - Novak Djokovic
 Which country has launched 'Hansong-17 or Monster Missile' on
November 21, 2022 - North Korea
 Who has topped the 'Network Readiness Index 2022' released on
November 21, 2022 - America (India's rank-61st)
 On November 21, 2022, the Chief Minister of which state has
launched the 'Chief Minister Education Award Scheme' - Odisha
 Which state's cricket deaf team has won the T-20 National
Championship 2022 trophy on November 22, 2022 - Haryana
 Who has been honored with the 'Jaipur Foot USA's first Global
Humanitarian Award' on November 22, 2022 - Danish Manzoor
 On November 22, 2022, the 'Naseem Al Bahar' exercise has started
between the Navy of India and which country - Oman
 Who has been awarded the 'Indian Film Personality of the Year
2022' on November 22, 2022 - Chiranjeevi
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 Who has been honored with 'Sumitra Charat Ram Award' on
November 22, 2022 - Uma Sharma
 On November 22, 2022, which country's Supreme Court has
ruled to vote at the age of 16 - New Zealand
 Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of the online
fantasy platform 'Real11' on November 22, 2022 - Kuldeep Yadav
 Where was the 'Shatrunash Abhyas' organized by the South Western
Command of the Indian Army on November 22 - Rajasthan
 Which state's team won the gold medal in the 48th National Junior
Volleyball Championship on November 22, 2022 - Haryana
 Who has been honored with the prestigious 'Dr. Kalam Seva Award'
on November 23, 2022 - Ravi Kumar Sagar
 On November 23, 2022, who has been appointed as the Deputy
Mayor of Brampton city of Canada - Harkirat Singh
 Where has Anamalai Tiger Reserve launched 'Jumbo Trails' on
November 23, 2022 - Coimbatore
 Which country has become the 'top supplier of fertilizers' to
India on November 23, 2022 - Russia
 What is the rank of India in the 'Climate Change Performance
Index 2022' - Eighth (Top position - Denmark)
 Where has the Indian Air Force organized 'Air Fest 2022' on
November 23, 2022 - Nagpur
 Who has launched the UNESCO Indian African Hackathon on
November 23, 2022 - Yogi Adityanath
 With which country Qatar has signed the world's longest gas
supply deal on November 23, 2022 - China
 On November 24, 2022, which country has been declared by the
European Parliament as a 'terrorist sponsoring country' - Russia
 On November 24, 2022, Aritappatti and Meenakshipuram became
the first biodiversity heritage site of which state - Tamil Nadu
 Which bank has launched the first sticker based debit card
'FIRSTAP' on November 24, 2022 - IDFC First Bank
 On November 24, 2022, who has been awarded the 'United
Nations highest environmental award' - Poornima Devi Varman
 Where has the groundnut festival 'Kadalekai Parishe' started on
November 24, 2022 - Karnataka
 Where has India test-fired Agni-III missile on Nov. 24 - Odisha
 In which state 'Sangai Festival 2022' has started - Manipur
 Where's Lieutenant Governor has inaugurated the annual youth
festival 'Sonjal 2022' on November 24 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Which footballer has become the first player to score five World
Cup goals on November 25, 2022 - Cristiano Ronaldo
 Who has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by
FICCI on November 25, 2022 - Rajendra Pawar
 Who will host the first G-20 Sherpa meeting in India - Udaipur
 Which medal did Vishwanath, Vanshaj and Devika win in the
World Youth Men and Women Boxing Championship - Gold
 Which day was celebrated on November 26 - Constitution Day
 According to the announcement, who will be the chief guest of
'Republic Day 2023' - Egypt President Abdel Fateh al-Sisi
 On November 27, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar inaugurated the first
phase of 'Ganga Water Supply Scheme' in - Rajgir
 NCC celebrated which foundation day on November 27 - 74th
 Which film won the Prasad DI Award at the 53rd International
Film Festival of India - Bangladeshi film 'Agantuk'
 Joint military exercise 'Harimau Shakti 2022' started between
which two countries on November 28, 2022 - India-Malaysia
 On November 28, 2022, India-Australia military exercise 'Austra
Hind-22' started in - Rajasthan
 Where was the 22nd meeting of the Council of Ministers of the
Indian Ocean Rim Association held on Nov. 28 - Bangladesh
 Who won the first Davis Cup by defeating Australia - Canada
 In which state, a draft of cleanliness will be prepared on the lines
of Indore in the matter of cleanliness - Uttar Pradesh
 On November 29, which country's Stephanie Frapart has become
the first woman to officiate in the men's FIFA World Cup - France
 According to the information, where is India's first Night Sky
Sanctuary being established - Jammu and Kashmir
 Who has been awarded the 'Dr. Mangalam Swaminathan National
Award 2022' for excellence in journalism - Vishnu Tripathi
 Who has become the first state to create the role of Director
General of Audit on November 30, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 According to the information, who became the first woman
president of the Indian Olympic Association - PT Usha
 On November 30, 2022, the maternal mortality ratio in India has
come down to how much per one lakh live births - 97
 What has been declared as the 'Word of the Year for 2022' by
Merriam-Webster - Gaslighting (2021-Vaccine)
 Which country's film 'Nargesi' has won the 'ICFT UNESCO
Gandhi Medal' at the International Indian Film Festival - Iran
 Where was 'Lusophone Festival' organized on November 30 - Goa
 Who has received the 'Para Sports Person of the Year' award on
November 30, 2022 - Avni Lekhra
 Who has addressed the 7th edition of Global Technology Summit
on November 30, 2022 - S. Jaishankar
 To which country India has provided financial assistance of US $
100 million on November 30, 2022 - Maldives
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 Which state government has appointed Prasoon Joshi as its brand
ambassador on December 1, 2022 - Uttarakhand
 What is the rank of Mumbai in the 'Global Prime Cities Index'
- 22nd
 Who has been honored with 'The Emissary of Peace Award' in
America on December 1, 2022 - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
 Which state government has launched the anemia eradication
program 'AMLAN' on December 1, 2022 - Odisha
 Where was the 'Sudarshan Prahar' exercise organized - Rajasthan
 Which state celebrated its 60th foundation day on 1st December
- Nagaland
 Where has 23rd Hornbill Festival celebrated - Nagaland
 Which country's Navy has successfully tested a long-range
interceptor missile against a cruise missile on December 2 - Israel
 Where was the 12th edition of 'Agni Warrior Exercise' concluded
on December 2, 2022 - Maharashtra
 Where was the Tribal Winter Festival organized for the first time
on December 2, 2022 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Which state's Chief Minister has launched 'One District One
Sport' scheme on December 2, 2022 - Uttar Pradesh
 Who has topped the list of countries at risk of violence on
December 3, 2022 - Pakistan
 Who has become the new chairman of the National Statistical
Commission on December 3, 2022 - Rajiv Laxman Karandikar
 Which country has successfully used steam to propel Moon
spacecraft on December 3, 2022 - Japan
 Who has won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022 on December 3,
2022 - Saurashtra (by defeating Maharashtra by 5 wickets)
 Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the National
Backward Classes Commission (NBCC) - Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
 Which day was celebrated on 4th December - Indian Navy Day
 Which bank has won the 'Bankers Bank of the Year Award 2022'
on December 4, 2022 - Canara Bank
 Who has been appointed as the chairman of the National
Biodiversity Commission - C. Achalendra Reddy
 On December 4, 2022, the CEO of which company has been
awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India - Google
 Which state has passed a bill to make the anti-conversion bill
stricter on December 4, 2022 - Uttarakhand
 Which space agency has discovered a new Earth-like planet on
December 4, 2022 - NASA
 Which medal has been won by Sarabjot Singh in the 65th National
Shooting Championship on December 4, 2022 - Gold
 Which day was celebrated on 5 December - World Soil Day
 Who has won the Best Director Award at the New York Film
Critics Circle on December 5, 2022 - S. S. Rajamouli
 In which city the first G-20 Sherpa meeting was held under the
chairmanship of India - Udaipur (Rajasthan)
 Who has become the sixth batsman to score the most runs for
India in ODIs on December 5, 2022 - Rohit Sharma
 Where will India's first Dark Night Sky Reserve be built - Ladakh
 Who has topped the 'Global Aviation Safety Ranking 2022' on
December 5, 2022 - Singapore
 Mount Semeru volcano has erupted in which country - Indonesia
 Which medal has been won by Anish Thoppani in the Badminton
Asia Junior Championship in the U-15 category - Silver
 Which birth anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar was celebrated
on December 6, 2022 - 66th
 Which IIT has developed 'Ocean Web Energy Converter' to gen-
erate electricity from ocean waves - IIT Madras
 Where has Adani Green started its third hybrid power plant on
December 6, 2022 - Jaisalmer
 Where has India's first gold ATM opened - Hyderabad
 Who has become the first country to receive remittance of $100
billion on December 6, 2022 - India
 Who has joined the 'Forbes Heroes of Philanthropy' list on
December 6, 2022 - Gautam Adani
 7th edition of 'Sangam exercise' between the Navy of India and
which country has concluded in Goa - America
 Which metro has successfully created a Guinness World Record
on December 6, 2022 - Nagpur Metro
 According to the information of December 7, 2022, where will
India organize the '12th World Hindi Conference' - Fiji
 Which two countries celebrated 51st Friendship Day on Decem-
ber 6, 2022 - India-Bangladesh
 Which medal has been won by veteran shuttler Sukant Kadam at
Peru Para Badminton International on December 7, 2022 - Gold
 How many Indian women have been included in BBC's list of 100
most talented women on December 7, 2022 - 4 (Priyanka Chopra,
Gitanjali Shree, Sneha Jawale, Sirisha Bandla)
 Who has been appointed as the batting coach of the Indian women's
cricket team on December 7, 2022 - H. Kanitkar
 Which medal has been won by Mirabai Chanu in the Weightlifting
World Championship on December 7, 2022 - Silver
 Who has been appointed chairman of NABARD - Shaji KV
 On December 8, 2022 Oxford Dictionaries has chosen the word
of the year for 2022 - Goblin Mode (2021-Wax)
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 Which country's President has been chosen by Time Magazine as
the 'Person of the Year' for 2022 - Ukraine (Vlodymir Zelensky)
 Who has been elected the first woman president of the Table
Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) - Meghna Ahlawat
 Where was the opening ceremony of the International Year of
Millets 2023 held on December 9, 2022 - in Rome
 Who has topped the list of world's strongest passports released
by Arton Capital on December 9, 2022 - UAE
 Where is the 9th World Ayurveda Congress and Arogya Expo
2022 inaugurated on December 9, 2022 - Goa
 What is the rank of Nirmala Sitharaman in the list of 100 most
powerful women in the world released by Forbes - 36th
 Where has the Conference on Biodiversity (COP-15) started to
save nature on December 9, 2022 - Canada
 On December 9, 2022, which teacher of Indian origin has received
the 'Prime Minister's Award for 2022' in Australia - Veena Nair
 Who has won Australia's prestigious top sports award 'Dawn
Award' for the second time on December 10, 2022 - Ashley Barty
 Which country's player Eden Hazard has announced his
retirement from international football - Belgium
 In which state a new species of 'Wren Babbler' has been discovered,
which has been named 'Lisu Wren Babbler' - Arunachal Pradesh
 Who has scored the fastest double century in the history of ODI
cricket on December 10 - Ishan Kishan (210 runs off 131 balls)
 According to the information, how long has the Central Govern-
ment extended the 'Rooftop Solar Scheme' - 2026
 Japan has tied up with UK and which country to develop 'Next
Generation Fighter Jet' by 2035 - Italy
 Who becomes India's first payment gateway to support credit
cards on UPI on December 10, 2022 - Razor-Pay
 Who has won the 'World Athlete of the Year 2022' award in the
female and male category on December 11, 2022 - Sydney
McLaughlin-Levron and Mondo Duplantis respectively
 Who has become the first transgender councilor of Delhi MCD
on December 11, 2022 - Bobby Kinnar
 On December 11, 2022, in which country Air Warrior Corporal
Amar Singh Devanda has secured the sixth position in the
24-hour ultra marathon - Taiwan
 Who has released the Climate Investment Opportunity in India's
Cooling Sector report on December 11, 2022 - World Bank
 How many Khelo India centers will be opened across the
country by August 15, 2023 - 1000
 On December 11, 2022, which country has signed a currency
swap agreement with the 'Monetary Authority' - Maldives
 Who has been awarded the 'Jamnalal Bajaj Award 2022' on De-
cember 11, 2022 - Dr. Ogiran Yunan
 On December 11, 2022, the Election Commission has accepted
the proposal to change the name of TRS to – BRS
 Which medal has been won by Indian sailor Anandi Nandan
Chandavarkar in the '34th King's Cup Regatta 2022' - Gold medal
 Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has been sworn in as the Chief Minister
of which state on December 12, 2022 - Himachal Pradesh
 According to the information, which state's Shishupal hill will be
developed as a tourist destination - Chhattisgarh
 Who has topped the list of '2022 Hurun Global 500 Valuable
Companies' on December 12, 2022 - USA
 Who will host the first festival of persons with disabilities in
January on December 12, 2022 - Goa
 Who has become the first state to launch its climate change mis-
sion on December 12, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Which country has printed the first banknote with the signature
of women on December 12, 2022 - America
 A seed farm located in Aluva of which state has been declared the
country's first carbon neutral farm - Kerala
 According to information, where will 21 uninhabited islands be
named after Paramveer Chakra winners - Andaman and Nicobar
 According to the information of December 12, 2022, who will
host the meeting of G-20 Development Ministers - Varanasi
 Who has got the first prize in the category for 'Ayushman Bharat
Health Account ID Generation' - Jammu and Kashmir
 Which state government has launched the 7th edition of 'Seva Aapke
Dwar 2.0' campaign on December 12, 2022 - Arunachal Pradesh
 Which medal did the India Rugby Girls team win in the 'Asia
Rugby Under-18 Sevens Championship 2022' - Silver
 Which country has successfully launched the first ever Arab-
made lunar spacecraft on December 13, 2022 - UAE
 Who has been awarded the '25th Shri Chandrasekharendra
Saraswati National Excellence Award' - Venkaiah Naidu
 Mopa International Airport has been inaugurated - in Goa
 Which country's Ispace has launched the world's first commercial
moon lander on December 13, 2022 - Japan
 Where did Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin unveil the statue of
Mahakavi Subramanyam Bharathiar - Varanasi
 Who became the champion of '4th Tennis Premier League 2022' -
Hyderabad Strikers (Runner-up - Mumbai Lion Army)
 Which medal did Manu Bhaker win in the National Shooting
Championship on December 14, 2022 - Gold
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 Who won the BWF Female Para Badminton Player of the Year
Award on December 14, 2022 - Manisha Ramdas
 Which country has passed the world's first tobacco law to ban
smoking on December 14, 2022 - New Zealand
 Where will the 'India International Science Festival' be organized
in 2023 - Bhopal
 Where was the 17th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of ILO held on
December 14, 2022 – Singapore
 How many Himalayan medicines have been included in the IUCN
Red List on December 14, 2022 - Three
 Where has the first meeting under India's G-20 chairmanship
started on December 14, 2022 - Bengaluru
 How many gold medals has India won in the International Junior
Science Olympiad on December 15, 2022 - 6
 Which medal has been won by Divya TS in the 65th National
Shooting Championship on December 15, 2022 - Gold
 Who has become the third player to take 10,000 runs and 50
wickets in Tests on December 15, 2022 - Joe Root
 On December 15, 2022, the joint military exercise 'Kazind-2022'
between India and which country has started - Kazakhstan
 Which Indian film has received two Golden Global Awards on
December 15, 2022 - RRR
 Who has become India's largest oil supplier - Russia
 Who has set the national record in women's 100m breaststroke on
December 15, 2022 - Chahat Arora
 Who has been honored with the 'Safety Performer of the Year
Award' by GMR Delhi Airport on December 15 - Spice Jet
 Joint training exercise 'Surya Kiran' has started between India and
which country on December 16, 2022 - Nepal
 Which state government has launched 'Arunodaya 2.0 Yojana' on
December 16, 2022 - Assam
 On December 16, 2022, which country has been out of the 'United
Nations Pro-Women Commission' - Iran
 Which state's 'Tandoor Lal Chane' has got GI tag - Telangana
 On December 16, 2022 ISRO has successfully tested the 160
meter Trisonic Wind Tunnel in - Kerala
 According to the information, who will become the first country
to auction spectrum for satellite communication - India
 The Government of India has allowed the citizens of which coun-
try to keep Indian Rupees worth 10000 USD in cash - Sri Lanka
 On December 17, 2022, 'Rehan Ahmed' has become the youngest
cricketer of which country - England
 December 17, 2022 Microsoft and Baysat have partnered to
provide internet globally till - 2025
 Which state's 'Gamocha' got the GI tag on December 17 - Assam
 Who has topped the 'World Wide Cost of Living Index 2022'
released by EIU on December 17, 2022 - New York
 Who has formally applied to join the European Union - Kosovo
 Who won the 'Third Blind T-20 World Cup' on December 17,
2022 - India (by defeating Bangladesh by 120 runs)
 Who has launched an international mission to survey Earth's water
on December 18, 2022 - NASA
 Which state's 'Raktse Carpo Khubani' has got GI tag - Ladakh
 On December 18, 2022, the Lok Sabha approved the bill to add
Hati community to the ST list of which state - Himachal Pradesh
 Who has become the most written athlete of 2022 - Neeraj Chopra
 Who has been honored by the International Tennis Federation as
“2022 ITF World Champions”– Inga Swiatek and Rafael Nadal
 Who has won the title of 'Mrs World 2022' - Sargam Kaushal
 Which state government has set up a development board for
'nomadic communities' on December 19, 2022 - Karnataka
 Rajwinder Singh Bhatti has been appointed as the DGP of - Bihar
 Which state government has launched 'Friends of Library' scheme
to promote reading on December 19, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Who has been chosen as PETA India's 'Person of the Year 2022'
on December 19, 2022 - Sonakshi Sinha
 Which country's women's hockey team has won the FIH Hockey
Nations Cup on December 19, 2022 - India
 Who was awarded the Golden Ball Award in FIFA World Cup
2022 on December 19, 2022 - Lionel Messi (Argentina)
 Who has topped the 'Social Progress Index' - Puducherry
 Indian Railways has launched the country's longest (12.89 km)
tunnel 'Escape Tunnel' has been opened - Jammu and Kashmir
 In which state is 'Sela Pass Tunnel' located - Arunachal Pradesh
 Who has been appointed as the first black president of Howard
University on December 20, 2022 - Claudine Gay
 What is the name of the fifth Scorpion class submarine that joined
the Indian Navy on December 20, 2022 - INS Vagir
 Which state government has made Aadhaar card mandatory for all
its schemes on December 20, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 What is the name of the P15B stealth guided missile inducted into
the Indian Navy on December 20, 2022 - INS Mormugao
 Which country's footballer Karim Benzema has announced his re-
tirement from international football on December 20, 2022 - France
 Which country has launched a test satellite for the development
of its first spy satellite on December 21, 2022 - North Korea
 Where has India's first and world's second Infantry Museum
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been inaugurated on December 21, 2022 - Indore
 Who has launched India's first green steel brand 'Kalyani Foresta'
on December 21, 2022 - Jyotiraditya Scindia
 Which state government has announced to give industry status to
its tourism sector on December 21, 2022 - Assam
 Who has been named in the panel of Deputy Speaker in the
Upper House of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) - PT Usha
 Who has become the only Indian university to get A grade from
NAAC - Guru Nanak Dev University (Amritsar)
 Who has won the 9th season of 'Vivo Pro Kabaddi League' -
Jaipur Pink Panthers (Runner-up Puneri Paltan)
 According to the information, who will host the '13th World
Trade Organization Ministerial Meeting 2024' - UAE
 Who has topped the 'FIFA World Rankings 2022' - Brazil (2nd
place - Argentina, 3rd place - France)
 According to the information, to which country America will
provide its major Patriot missile defence system - Ukraine
 Which state's Modhera Sun Temple has been included in
UNESCO's tentative list on December 22, 2022 - Gujarat
 Who will host the '36th Asian Wrestling Championship 2023' as
per information dated December 22, 2022 - New Delhi
 On December 22, 2022, 10 Asian giant tortoises have been
released in the protected area of which state - Nagaland
 Who will host the 'Football Club World Cup' in 2023 - Morocco
 Who will host the 'World Table Tennis Series' for the 1st time - India
 On December 23, 2022, which country has become a member of
the United Nations Peace Building Commission - Nepal
 Where has the art of shouting started on December 23 - Kashmir
 Who has been nominated for the 'United World Wrestling Rising
Star of the Year Award' on December 23, 2022 - Antim Panghal
 Which country's equipment will be taken by ISRO in the upcom-
ing Chandrayaan-3 mission - America
 Who has been honored with the 'Rohini Nair Award' on December
23, 2022 - Sethrichem Sangatam (Nagaland)
 Where has the 'North East Festival' celebrated - New Delhi
 On December 24, 2022, the Chief Minister of which state has
started 'Drink from Tap' facility in 19 cities and towns - Odisha
 The first bilateral air combat exercise 'Veer Guardian 23' will be
held between India and which country - Japan
 According to the information, Sania Mirza of which state is going
to become India's first Muslim woman fighter - Uttar Pradesh
 Who became the most expensive player in IPL history on De-
cember 24 - Sam Karan (Punjab Kings bought for 18.50 crores)
 Who has been awarded the 'BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Award' on December 24, 2022 - Beth Mead
 Who has jointly won the 'Rabindranath Tagore Literary Award
2021-22' - Sudip Sen and Shobhana Kumar
 Where was the 'Losar Festival' celebrated - Ladakh
 Where is the 'Dhemaji Project' located - Assam
 Sri Lanka and which country have agreed to use the Indian rupee
for 'international trade' on December 25, 2022 - Russia
 Which country has passed a new 'transgender law' - Spain
 Who has made it to the world's top 25 highest paid female
athletes released by Forbes on 25 December - PV Sindhu
 Sitwini Rabuka has become the President of which country – Fiji
 Who has won India's Best Globally Competitive Power Com-
pany award on December 25, 2022 - NHPC
 On December 25, 2022 Who has received the 'Best Film' award at
the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) - 'Upon Entry'
and 'The Golden Wings of Watercocks'
 Who has become the first state to humanize its prisons on
December 26, 2022 - Arunachal Pradesh
 Who has been awarded the '30th Eklavya Award' on December
26, 2022 - Indian cyclist 'Swasti Singh'
 Which country has recorded a decline in the number of polar
bears - Canada
 Who has won the Junior International Badminton Championship
on December 26, 2022 - Gato Sora
 On December 26, 2022, who has been elected as a Fellow of
UNESCO-TWAS - Prof. K. S. Rangappa
 Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has become the new Prime
Minister of which country on December 26, 2022 - Nepal
 Who has unveiled the 'Right to Repair' portal - Piyush Goyal
 Which IIT's scientists have prepared 'artificial heart' - IIT Kanpur
 Which medal has Mirabai Chanu won in the 49 kg women's
category at the IWF World Championships - Silver
 After whom the International Space Registry (ISR) has named a
star on December 27, 2022 - Atal Bihari Vajpayee
 Who has been given the 'Sahitya Akademi Award' for the year
2022 for his novel 'Kala Pani' - M. Rajendran
 Which state's Dharmadum has become India's first full library
constituency on December 27, 2022 - Kerala
 According to the information, in which country has the first death
occurred due to brain eating amoeba - South Korea
 According to the information of December 27, 2022, in which
city of Madhya Pradesh 'Atal Memorial' will be built - Gwalior
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 Which country's former President 'Abdullah Yameen' has been
sentenced to 11 years on December 27, 2022 - Maldives
 Who has topped the 'Archery Asia Cup 2022' medal tally - India
 Which medal has been won by Lovlina Borgohain in the 6th Elite
National Women's Boxing Championship - Gold
 On December 28, 2022, Governor Cathy Hochul has declared a
state of emergency due to the historic blizzard - New York
 According to the information, India will deploy 'Pralaya ballistic
missiles' on the border of which country - China and Pakistan
 Who was given 'Atal Samman Award' - Prabhu Chandra Mishra
 In which state on December 28, 2022, India and ADB have signed
an agreement to improve urban services - Tamil Nadu
 On December 29, 2022, the Ministry of Home Affairs has
approved the renaming of two places (Mundera Bazar and Telia
Afghan) in which state - Uttar Pradesh
 Which country's cricketer Farhan Behardeen has announced his
retirement on December 29, 2022 - South Africa
 Who has been appointed as the Engineer-in-Chief of the Indian
Army on December 29, 2022 - Arvind Walia
 On December 29, 2022, the 'Jeliangrong United Front' has made a
peace agreement with the Center and which state - Manipur
 NTPC has tied up with which country's firm for the production
of green methanol on December 30, 2022 - Italy
 According to the information, how many small railway stations
will be renovated under 'Amrit Bharat Station Scheme' - 1000
 Which country has renamed the annual award in honor of 'Shane
Warne' on December 30, 2022 - Australia
 Which male cricketer has been nominated for 'ICC Emerging Crick-
eter of the Year 2022' on December 31, 2022 - Arshdeep Singh
 Who has become the first state in the country to pass the Lokayukta
Bill on December 31, 2022 - Maharashtra
 On December 31, 2022, which country has established the world's
first fully functioning 'sand battery' - Finland
 Which state's 'Nijat Abhiyan' has received the 'IACP 2022' award
on December 31, 2022 - Chhattisgarh
 Where is India's second longest cable-stayed eight-lane 'Juari
Bridge' inaugurated on December 31, 2022 - Goa
 Which has been the worst performing state in RTI responsiveness
as on December 31, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Who became the 20th country to adopt Euro as its official currency
on January 2, 2023 - Croatia
 Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo is associated with which
football club - Al Nasr
 India's first IVF mobile unit for animals has been launched on
January 2, 2023 in which state - Gujarat
 On January 2, 2023, where has the Center approved the 'Kalasa
Banduri Project' - Karnataka
 On January 3, 2023, the Election Commission has appointed
'Maithili Thakur' as the 'State Icon' of which state - Bihar
 Where was the 108th Indian Science Congress organized - Nagpur
 DRDO has celebrated which foundation day on January 1 - 65th
 On January 3, 2023, Railways has launched a plan to achieve net
zero carbon emissions by when - 2030
 Which has become the first state to have separate registration for
vintage vehicles on January 3, 2023 - Odisha
 Whose 192nd birth anniversary was celebrated on January 3,
2023 - Savitribai Phule
 What will be the new name of Ahmedabad-Delhi Sampark Kranti
Express - Akshardham Express
 Where has 'Gan Nagai Festival' been celebrated - Manipur
 Who has become the first woman officer to be posted in Siachen
- Shiva Chauhan
 On January 4, 2023, which state government has acquired the
'Matiyabagh Hawa Mahal' - Assam
 Where has President Murmu inaugurated the 'Constitution Garden'
on January 4, 2023 - Jaipur
 According to the information, which state has recorded the highest
unemployment in December 2022 - Haryana
 Which country has inaugurated 'Pokhara International Airport' in
collaboration with China on January 5, 2023 - Nepal
 In which state 'Wall of Peace Mural' has been made - Kerala
 Which state government will provide free rice for one year under
the State Food Security Scheme - Odisha
 Which state's Chief Minister has started 'Didi Suraksha Kavach
Abhiyan' on January 5, 2023 - West Bengal
 Where has the first All India Annual State Ministers' Conference
on Water been organized on January 6, 2023 - Bhopal
 Where will the first meeting of G-20 be held - Puducherry
 Where has the world's first 'Manuscript Museum' of palm leaves
been opened on January 6, 2023 - Kerala
 On January 6, 2023, India has overtaken which country to become
the third largest auto market globally - Japan
 Where has Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the 120
feet high 'Polo Statue' on January 6, 2023 - Manipur
 Which bank has started 'Jahan Bandhan, waha trust' campaign on
January 6, 2023 - Bandhan Bank
 Who became India's 79th 'Grandmaster' - Pranesh M.
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 Who has taken charge as the Secretary General of 'Asian Pacific
Postal Union' on January 7, 2023 - Dr. Vinay Prakash Singh
 In which state the 'Bailey Suspension Bridge' has been inaugurated
on January 7, 2023 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Where was the country's first 'Purple Fest' organized - Goa
 On January 8, 2023, the International Hockey Federation has
made whom as its global partner - JSW
 Which writer has won 'Odakkuzhal Award' - Ambikasuthan
Mangad
 Who has been awarded the 'Best Police Unit' award for the year
2021 on January 8, 2023 - Jalna and Nagpur
 Which railway station has received the 'Eat Right Station'
certificate from FSSAI on January 8, 2023 - Varanasi Cantt
 Where was 'Cher-chera Festival' celebrated - Chhattisgarh
 According to the information, who will be honored with the
'Award for Global Leadership' - DY Chandrachud
 Osmanabad district court has become the first e-court of which
state on January 9, 2023 - Maharashtra
 On January 9, 2023, Manpreet Monika Singh has been sworn in
as the first woman Sikh judge in which country – America
 Who has won the Best Director Award at the New York Film
Critics Circle on January 9, 2023 - S.S. Rajamouli
 Who was the chief guest of the Pravasi Bharatiya Sammelan 2023
held in Indore on January 9, 2023 - Dr. Mohammed Irfan Ali,
President of Guyana (Theme 'Diaspora: Reliable Partner
for India's Progress in the Amrit Kaal')
 Which day is celebrated on 10 January - World Hindi Day
 Which state's JAGA mission has won UN Habitat's World Habitat
Award 2023 on January 10, 2023 - Odisha
 Who has received the 'Patangrao Kadam Award' - Adar Poonawalla
 Which country's cricketer Dwayne Pretorius has announced his
retirement from international cricket on January 10 - South Africa
 Who has become the first fully digital banking state of the country
on January 10, 2023 - Kerala
 Who has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the
'Jaipur Film Festival' on January 11, 2023 - Aparna Sen
 DRDO has test-fired short-range ballistic missile Prithvi II in - Odisha
 Who has been the most polluted city in India in 2022 - Delhi
 Who has topped the 'Henley Passport Index 2023' released on
January 11, 2023 - Japan (India's rank-85th)
 Who has been awarded the 'Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award
2023' on January 12, 2023 - Thiru S. Nadesan
 Which country's government has decided to include Punjabi
language in public schools on January 12, 2023 - Australia
 Which state government has launched 'Saharsh' special education
program on January 12, 2023 - Tripura
 In which state is Kumarakom and Beypore selected under the
Swadesh Darshan 2.0 scheme on January 12, 2023 - Kerala
 Who has become the first woman pilot of India to fly Sukhoi
fighter aircraft on January 12, 2023 - Avni Chaturvedi
 Which country's captain 'Hugo Loris' has retired from international
football on January 12, 2023 - France
 Where has 'Bajra Utsav' been celebrated - Gandhinagar
 On January 13, the Ministry of Petroleum has announced the
percentage of ethanol to be added to petrol from April 1, 2023 - 20%
 On January 13, 2023, Prime Minister Modi launched the world's
longest cruise 'Ganga Vilas' from Varanasi to - Dibrugarh
 Which IIT has started India's largest student-run festival 'Sarang'
on January 13, 2023 - IIT Madras
 According to the information, where will India's first Center of
Excellence in online gaming be established - Shillong
 Which medal has been won by 'Falak Mumtaz' in the 23rd National
Ski Championship on January 14, 2023 - Gold
 Who has been chosen to lead UN's COP-28 climate talks on
January 14, 2023 - Sultan Al Jaber (UAE)
 Who has published the 18th edition of 'Global Vulnerability Report'
on January 14, 2023 - WEF
 Who has become the first woman officer to be posted in BRO -
Surbhi Jakhmola
 Where is the 15th Hockey World Cup inaugurated - Cuttack
 Which country has announced the end of the outbreak of 'Ebola'
disease on January 14, 2023 - Uganda
 Who has won the prestigious 'Golden Peacock CSR Award' on
January 15, 2023 - Jindal Steel
 Which company has planned to set up 25000 EV charging points
across the country on January 15, 2023 - Tata Power
 On January 15, 2023 Whose scientists have developed an A-I
tool to predict lung cancer - MIT
 Who has been sworn in as a senator in the US state of Kansas –
Usha Reddy
 Which country has planned to halve the army by 2030- Sri Lanka
 Who has become the first state to implement the policy to control
blindness on January 15, 2023 - Rajasthan
 In which city will Tata Power set up India's first solar plant for
housing societies - Mumbai
 Where Jallikattu ceremony started on January 16 - Tamil Nadu
 Who has been appointed Chief Economist by OECD – Claire
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Lombardi
 Where is the 75th 'Army Day Celebration' organized - Bengaluru
 Where was the World Economic Forum 2023 held – Switzerland
 According to the report of Oxfam, what percentage of the
country's wealth is owned by 1% rich in India - 40%
 Where has the 'Think 20' meeting under G-20 started on January
16, 2023 - Bhopal
 Who has become the first European country to sign a reciprocal
access agreement with Japan on January 16, 2023 - UK
 Where was the Bhogali Bihu festival celebrated - Assam
 India has announced to donate 12500 doses of pentavalent
vaccines to which country on January 16, 2023 - Cuba
 Who has been chosen as the winner of 'Miss Universe 2022' on
January 17, 2023 - R'Bonnie Gabriel (USA)
 Which state government has gone completely digital by ending all
offline services on January 17, 2023 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Which country will issue a postage stamp with Jawaharlal Nehru's
picture on its 75th Independence Day - Sri Lanka
 Who has won the Spanish Super Cup for the 14th time – Barcelona
 Which state's 'Kollam' has become India's first constitution literate
district on January 17, 2023 - Kerala
 Who has bought the media rights of 'Women's IPL' for Rs 951
crore on January 17, 2023 - Viacom18
 Who has won the men's singles title in Malaysia Open 2023 on
January 18, 2023 - Viktor Axelsen
 Who has become Deputy National Security Advisor on January
18, 2023 - Pankaj Kumar Singh
 On January 18, 2023 IMD has announced to cover the country
with Doppler Weather Radar till - 2025
 Who has received the 'Golden Kailasha' award for the best film at
the Ajanta Ellora Film Festival on January 18, 2023 - Nanera
 On January 18, 2023 ASI has discovered two 1200 years old
miniature stupas in - Bihar
 Who celebrated its foundation day on January 19, 2023 - NDRF
 Which company has launched the second phase of Girls4Tech
STEM initiative in India on January 19, 2023 - Mastercard
 On January 19, 2023, which country's Vice President 'Badara Ali
Juf' died in India after a short illness - Gambia
 Who became India's fourth largest trading partner - Russia
 India's first 3X platform wind turbine generator has been installed
in which state on January 19, 2023 - Karnataka
 Who has become the youngest batsman to score a double century
in One Day International cricket - Shubman Gill
 Who has been honored with the 'Martin Luther King Grand Parade
Special Award' on January 19, 2023 - Krishna Vavilala
 On January 20, 2023 Which IIT has developed indigenous self-
sufficient mobile operating system 'BiharOS' - IIT Madras
 Which country's cricketer Hashim Amla has announced his
retirement from all forms of cricket - South Africa
 Who has been appointed as the director of the National Health
Authority on January 20, 2023 - Praveen Sharma
 Who topped the Brand Guardianship Index 2023 - Jensen Huang
 On January 20, 2023, which state's Kanger Ghati National Park
has found a rare orange colored bat - Chhattisgarh
 Which state government has allowed 60 days maternity leave to
students on January 20, 2023 - Kerala
 Who has won Bahrain's ISA award for service to humanity on
January 20, 2023 - Sanduk Ruit
 Who has become the first queer woman of colour to become a
member of the American City Council - Janani Ramachandran
 Where was the '8th India International Science Festival' organized
on January 21, 2023 - Bhopal
 On January 21, 2023, the first joint exercise between India and
which country 'Cyclone-I' was held in Jaisalmer – Egypt
 Who has become India's strongest brand - Jio
 Manipur, Meghalaya and which state has celebrated its foundation
day on January 21, 2023 - Tripura
 Which district has become the first in the country to provide
basic documents to all tribals on January 21, 2023 - Wayanad
 Who has been given the Most Distinguished Scientist Award for
the year 2022 on January 21, 2023 - R.V. Prasad
 On January 21, 2023, UNESCO will dedicate International
Education Day to which country's girls - Afghanistan
 Which has been selected as the best police station for 2022 - Aska
Police Station (Ganjam District, Odisha)
 According to the information, India's first online gaming center of
excellence will be established in which state - Meghalaya
 Who has been elected as the Executive Director of the United
Nations Environment Program on January 22 - Inger Andersen
 Who has become the champion in the men's section of the Dhaka
Marathon 2023 - Stanley Kiprotich Bett
 Which state government has launched the 'School of Eminence'
project on January 22, 2023 - Punjab
 Who has won the National Sports Club of India Snooker Open
Crown 2023 on January 22, 2023 – Laxman Rawat
 What is rank of India in 'Global Fire Power Index 2023' - Fourth
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 Which British Indian has been honored with the 'Freedom of City
of London' award on January 22, 2023 - Manish Tewari
 Who has been appointed as the administrator of the Shooting
World Cup 2023 on January 23, 2023 - A.K. Sikri
 According to the information, where will the G-20 Environment
Working Group meeting be held - Karnataka
 Who has been appointed as the next Director General of DGCA
on January 23, 2023 - Vikram Dev Dutt
 Who has won the women's singles final in the India Open
Badminton Championship on January 23, 2023 - Un Siang
 On January 23, 2023, how many islands of the Andaman and
Nicobar Islands were named after Param Vir Chakra winners - 21
 Chief Minister of which state has set a target of 2025 to make the
state the country's first green state - Himachal Pradesh
 Who has been honored with 'Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Award'
on January 23, 2023 - Dr. Prabha Atre
 Where did the International Millet Fair begin - Bengaluru
 Which state government has launched water conservation scheme
for farmers on January 24, 2023 - Jharkhand
 Who has been appointed by the US President as the Human
Rights Ambassador to North Korea - Julie Turner
 Where has the '100 Days to Beat Plastic' campaign been launched
on January 24, 2023 - Delhi
 Where was the 'Mamani Festival' organized - Ladakh
 Which state celebrated its foundation day on 24 January - U.P.
 Which airport has won the 'Best Sustainable Green Field Airport
Award' on January 24, 2023 - Goa Airport
 Which state has celebrated its 53rd foundation day on January
25, 2023 - Himachal Pradesh
 Where has North India's largest floating solar project been
inaugurated on January 25, 2023 - Chandigarh
 Who has become the only Indian to be included in the ICC Men's
Test Team of the Year 2022 on January 25, 2023 - Rishabh Pant
 Where was the 'Orange Festival' celebrated - Nagaland
 President Draupadi Murmu has approved how many gallantry
awards on the eve of 74th Republic Day on January 25 - 412
 In which state cases of 'norovirus' have been confirmed - Kerala
 Who was the chief guest of India on the 74th Republic Day on
January 26, 2023 - Egypt President Abdel Fateh al-Sisi
 Who has won the title of 'ICC Men's T20 Cricketer of the Year
2022' on January 27, 2023 - Surya Kumar Yadav
 Who won the title of 'Men's Cricketer of the Year' under "ICC
Awards 2022" on January 27, 2023 - Babar Azam (Pakistan)
 Where was the 30th National Children's Science Congress
organized on January 27, 2023 - Ahmedabad
 Which railway station has been awarded the 'Green Railway
Station Certificate' - Visakhapatnam Railway Station
 Who has been elected Vice President at the FAO session on the
Technical Working Group on January 28, 2023 - India
 According to the information, which country will host the 'FIDE
World Championship 2023' - Kazakhstan
 Where was the 13th century Hoysala art diamond stone discovered
- Karnataka
 By what name has Google created its AI-based chatbot - Sparrow
 Which country has announced to start 'Debbie Hockley Medal'
to honor women cricketers on January 29, 2023 - New Zealand
 Who was awarded the 'ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2022' on
January 30, 2023 - Asif Sheikh (Nepal)
 Where was the National Summit on Organic Quality organized on
January 31, 2023 - New Delhi
 Who has been appointed as the new General Manager of Central
Railway on January 31, 2023 - Naresh Lalwani
 Who has become the first Asian to receive an Oscar nomination
for Best Actress on January 31, 2023 - Michelle Yoh (Malaysia)
 Which state's 'Har Gaon Hariyali' initiative has created a record of
planting 90 lakh saplings - Jammu and Kashmir
 Which state has announced 'Ladli Bahna' scheme - Madhya Pradesh
 Which state's tableau has won the first prize in the 74th Republic
Day Parade on January 31, 2023 - Uttarakhand
 Which organization has celebrated its 47th Foundation Day on
February 1, 2023 - Indian Coast Guard
 On February 1, 2023, the Prime Minister of which country has
changed the name of 'Al Minhad city' to 'Hind City' - UAE
 In which state 'Samata Kumbh' has started - Telangana
 Where has Prajnesh Gunneswaran won the final of the ITF men's
tennis tournament on February 1, 2023 - Kuwait
 In which country has Adani Group acquired Haifa port on
February 2, 2023 - Israel
 Manuela Roca Bote has been appointed as the first woman Prime
Minister of which country – Equatorial Guinea
 Where has Asia's first floating festival started - Mandsaur (MP)
 On February 2, 2023, the Chief Minister of which state has
started 'Aarohini Pahal Training Program' for girls - Uttar Pradesh
 Which city has hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Film Festival 2023 on February 2, 2023 - Mumbai
 Where has the Indian Army's 'Exercise Topchi' been organized on
February 2, 2023 - Deolali (Nashik, Maharashtra)
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 Which state government will partner with Denmark for ethanol
production - Uttar Pradesh
 Which country has opened its embassy in Solomon Islands after
30 years on February 3, 2023 - America
 Which state government has launched 'The Vision for All School
Eye Health' program on February 3, 2023 - Goa
 Who has won the first 'National Beach Soccer Championship
2023' on February 3, 2023 - Kerala
 Which medal has been won by Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat in
Zagreb Open 2023 on February 3, 2023 - Bronze
 On February 3, 2023, which country has been welcomed by India
to join the International Solar Alliance - Congo
 India's first green energy based solar panel factory will be built by
Luminous in which state - Uttarakhand
 On February 4, 2023, which country has announced the removal
of pictures of the British monarchy from its currency - Australia
 On February 4, 2023, the Chief Minister of which state has
launched an initiative called 'Mero Rukh Mero Santati' - Sikkim
 Who has won four gold medals in water sports in 'Khelo India
Youth Games' on February 4, 2023 - Madhya Pradesh
 Which country will host 2027 Football Asia Cup - Saudi Arabia
 Which has become the first district to register 10000 new MSMEs
on February 4, 2023 – Ernakulam
 Where was 'The Pulse Conclave 2023' organized - Mumbai
 'Yaya Tso' will be the first biodiversity site of which state - Ladakh
 Which state government has changed the name of 'Islam Nagar
village' to Jagdishpur on February 5, 2023 - Madhya Pradesh
 Who has won the men's singles title of 'Australian Open 2023' on
February 5, 2023 - Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
 February 5, 2023 Swasthgarbh app for pregnant women has been
developed by AIIMS and which IIT - IIT Roorkee
 Who has won the 'Matrubhumi Book of the Year' award on
February 6, 2023 - Dr. Peggy Mohan
 Where has the 'Kala Ghoda Art Festival' started - Mumbai
 On February 6, 2023, Prime Minister Modi has launched 'India
Energy Week 2023' in which city - Bengaluru
 Which country has become a full member of the International
Solar Alliance on February 6, 2023 - Brazil
 On February 6, 2023, who has launched 'Whatsapp' food delivery
facility for passengers – Indian Railways
 Who will develop the spaceflight training module for ISRO - IIT
Madras
 Which music composer has won the prestigious Grammy Award
2023 on February 6, 2023 – Ricky Kej
 Which state government has announced India's first new mobility
focused cluster on February 7, 2023 - Telangana
 Who has become the first municipal body to issue 'Green Bond'
on February 7, 2023 - Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
 Who has been appointed as the head coach by 'Nepal Cricket
Association' on February 7, 2023 - Monty Desai
 Which neighboring country of India has declared martial law in its
37 cities on February 7, 2023 - Myanmar
 The 9th edition of 'Shakling Literary Festival' will be organized in
which city of Odisha - Bhubaneswar
 Who has become the number-1 country in milk production - India
 Where has 'Sculpture Park' been inaugurated - New Delhi
 Who has won the Golden Books Award 2023 for 'Now You
Breathe' on February 8, 2023 - Rakhi Kapoor
 On February 8, 2023, Myanmar and which country have signed
an agreement to develop nuclear energy - Russia
 Who has been included in the list of world's most admired
companies on February 8, 2023 - TCS
 Which country's player Kamran Akmal has announced his
retirement from all forms of cricket on February 8, 2023 - Pakistan
 Which country has announced the fifth dose of the Covid-19
vaccine to people above 18 years of age - Australia
 Where has the 'ICC T20 Women's World Cup' started - South Africa
 Where is India's first 'Glass Igloo restaurant' opened - Gulmarg
 Who has released his new novel 'Victory City' - Salman Rushdie
 Who has been named as the 'world's most brilliant student' on
February 9, 2023 - Natasha Periyanayagam
 Who has become the first app in India to support credit cards on
UPI on February 9, 2023 - Mobikwik
 Which state's Chief Minister has launched the second phase of
'Pudhumai Pen Scheme' on February 9, 2023 - Tamil Nadu
 Who has been honored with ATD Best Awards for the sixth
consecutive year on February 9, 2023 - NTPC
 Where has the meeting of Urban-20 City Sherpas' started on
February 9, 2023 – Ahmedabad
 On February 10, 2023, which country has declared a 'national
disaster' in the midst of a severe energy crisis - South Africa
 On February 10, 2023, for the first time in India, where has
lithium reserves been found - Jammu and Kashmir
 Which country has started 'Operation Dost' to help Turkey and
Syria on February 10, 2023 - India
 Which Indian golfer has won Kenya Ladies Open - Aditi Ashok
 What is the rank of India in the 'Global Quality Infrastructure
Index 2021' - 10th (Top position - Germany)
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 Where has the third edition of 'Khelo India Winter Games' started
on February 10, 2023 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Who has been selected as NASA's chief astronaut - Joe Acaba
 With whom has Meta partnered for the G-20 campaign on
February 11, 2023 - Meity
 Which country's World Cup skiing medalist Elena Fanchini has
passed away on February 11, 2023 - Italy
 Who has been given the 'Raja Ram Mohan Roy 2023 Award' on
February 11, 2023 - A.B.K. Prasad
 Who has signed a deal with Airbus and Boeing to buy 500 new
aircraft - Air India
 In which country a new species of silent frog has been discovered
- Tanzania
 Which state government has presented a plan to make all
competitive examinations free in its budget - Rajasthan
 ISRO has launched the smallest rocket SSLV-D2 from which center
on February 12, 2023 - Satish Dhawan Space Center
 In which state anti-copying law has come into force - Uttarakhand
 Which country's researchers have discovered the invisible Galaxy
- Italy
 HAL has given the first Advanced Light Helicopter Mark III to
which country on February 13, 2023 - Mauritius
 Who has topped the 'World Happiness Index 2023' released on
February 13, 2023 - Finland (India's rank-136th)
 Who has been awarded the UNESCO Peace Prize - Angela Merkel
 Where has '2nd Indian Rice Congress' been inaugurated - Cuttack
 Which country has been engulfed by 'Cyclone Gabriel' - New Zealand
 Who has won the men's recurve title in the national ranking archery
tournament on February 13, 2023 - Tarundeep Rai
 Who has been awarded the 'Maharashtra Bhushan Award' on
February 13, 2023 - Appasaheb Dharmadhikari
 On February 13, 2023, the World Bank has announced how many
billion dollars in aid for earthquake-affected Turkey - 1.78
 The President of which country has presented the Global Best
M-GOV Award to the students of IIT Indore - Egypt
 Who has topped the medal tally of the 5th Khelo India Youth
Games – Maharashtra (2nd- Haryana, 3rd- Madhya Pradesh)
 Where did PM Modi inaugurate 'Aadi Mahotsav' - Delhi
 Where has India's first AC double decker electric bus started on
February 14, 2023 - Mumbai
 Who has won the highest bid of Rs 2.5 crore in 'WPL' - Smriti
Mandhana
 Who is the first Saudi Arabian female astronaut to go on a space
mission in 2023 - Rayana Barnawi
 Where was the 23rd edition of the India International Seafood
Show held on February 14, 2023 - Kolkata
 Which city will host an international conference on urban river
conservation - Pune
 On February 15, 2023, Air India has tied up with which country's
Airbus to acquire 250 aircraft - France
 Which state hosted the first Frozen Lake Marathon - Ladakh
 Which state's cabinet has decided to implement the PM-SHRI
scheme on February 15, 2023 - Maharashtra
 On February 15, 2023, Union Minister Amit Shah has given
President's color to the police of which state - Haryana
 Where has the Marburg virus disease outbreak been confirmed on
February 15, 2023 - Equatorial Guinea
 Where has the first G-20 Environment and Climate Sustainability
Working Group meeting been held - Bengaluru
 Which state government has allocated 18.3% of its budget for
education - Bihar
 On February 16, 2023, where has the cabinet approved the
construction of 'Shinku La Tunnel' - Ladakh
 Who has become the first Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in
T-20 International on February 16, 2023 - Deepti Sharma
 Prime Minister Modi has virtually inaugurated 'Jal Jan Abhiyan'
in which state on February 16, 2023 - Rajasthan
 Who has won the National Race Walking Championship on
February 16, 2023 - Akshdeep Singh and Priyanka Goswami
 Where has the sixth edition of Indo-US joint exercise 'Tarkash'
concluded on February 16, 2023 - Chennai
 Who has become the 2nd most polluted city in world - Mumbai
 Who has been awarded the Kakkattil Award of Kerala on February
16, 2023 - Subhash Chandran
 On February 17, 2023, Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has unveiled
the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in which country – Fiji
 Where will India's first 'waste to hydrogen plant' be set up - Pune
 On February 17, 2023, India and which country have signed an
agreement for cooperation in the agriculture sector - Chile
 On February 18, 2023, AICTE in collaboration with whom has
launched the national level hackathon 'Kavach 2023' - BPRD
 On February 18, 2023, which AIIMS has tried to deliver
tuberculosis medicines through drones - AIIMS Rishikesh
 Who has topped the OECD's Services Trade Restrictions Index
on February 18, 2023 - Japan
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 Where has the first state level 'Prawn Fair' started - Punjab
 Which country has lifted the ban on India's frozen seafood - Qatar
 The government of which country has passed a law providing
'menstrual leave' for the first time in Europe - Spain
 Who has topped the 'Global Labour Resilience Index 2023' released
on February 18, 2023 - Denmark (India's rank-65th)
 Which bank has launched 'Electronic Bank Guarantee Scheme' on
February 18, 2023 - Indian Overseas Bank
 Which AI chatbot has been launched by UIDAI to solve Aadhaar
related queries on February 19, 2023 - Aadhaar Mitra
 Who has become the first private sector bank to integrate Rupay
credit card on UPI on February 19, 2023 - HDFC Bank
 Which district has won the 'Swaraj Trophy 2021-22' for the best
District Panchayat - Kollam (Kerala) on February 19, 2023
 Where has the Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated
the Nano Urea Plant of IFFCO on February 19 - Uttar Pradesh
 Which life insurance has launched 'Anmol Suraksha Kavach' on
February 20, 2023 - Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance
 Who has become the batsman with the most sixes in Test cricket
on February 20, 2023 - Ben Stokes (England)
 Which state has celebrated its foundation day on February 20,
2023 - Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh
 Who has been elected to chair the 62nd session of the United
Nations Social Commission - Ruchira Kamboj
 Which country has successfully tested the 'Hwasong-15'
intercontinental ballistic missile on February 21 - North Korea
 Which Indian-origin scientist has won the National Geographic
'Pictures of the Year' award - Karthik Subramaniam
 Where was the '18th World Security Congress' organized - Jaipur
 Who has won Ranji Trophy 2023 - Saurashtra
 Who has become the child rights ambassador of UNICEF India
on February 22, 2023 - Ayushmann Khurrana
 Where is the 18th World Security Congress being held - Jaipur
 Where is the first nuclear plant of North India being built -
Haryana
 Which film has been chosen as the 'Film of the Year' at the
Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival 2023 - RRR
 Who has become India's 80th Grandmaster - Vignesh NR
 On February 23, 2023, Vishwabhushan Harichandan has taken
oath as the Governor of which state - Chhattisgarh
 Which country has won the 10m air pistol mixed team gold in the
ISSF World Cup on February 23, 2023 - India
 Which country has announced an $800 billion mega project
'Muqaab' on February 24, 2023 - Saudi Arabia
 Which country has hosted the 'Munich Security Conference' on
February 24, 2023 - Germany
 To promote cultural relations, which country has entered into a
friendship cultural partnership with India - Australia
 On February 25, 2023 Who has bagged the title sponsor rights for
the Women's Premier League till 2027 - Tata Group
 Who has been awarded the 'International Mother Language Award'
on February 25, 2023 - Dr. Mahendra Mishra
 Who has been given the 'Gyanappan Award of 2023' on February
25, 2023 - V. Madhusudanan Nair
 Which has become the first High Court in the country to publish
judgments in regional language - Kerala High Court
 According to the information of February 26, 2023, who will
become the new kit sponsor of Team India - Adidas
 Where has India's first Agri Chatbot 'Ama Krushai' been launched
on February 26, 2023 - Odisha
 Who has become the first city in America to ban racial
discrimination - Seattle
 On February 27, who has been appointed by the United Nations
as the head of the campaign to end malnutrition - Afshan Khan
 On February 28, 2023, India and which country have signed an
agreement to share information in maritime security - Seychelles
 What has been renamed as 'Churchgate Railway Station' in Mumbai
on February 28, 2023 - Chintamanrao Deshmukh Station
 Which country has won the Women's T20 World Cup title for the
sixth time on February 28 - Australia (by defeating S. Africa)
 Who has won the 2023 Marconi Prize - Hari Balakrishnan
 Who has won the '13th Senior Women's National Hockey
Championship 2023' - Madhya Pradesh (2nd-Maharashtra)
 Where has the 20th BioAsia Summit 2023 concluded - Hyderabad
 Who has become the highest wicket-taker in the 'Women's T20
World Cup' on February 28 - Shabnam Ismail (South Africa)
 Who has won the silver medal in men's singles at 'Spanish Para
Badminton International Tournament' - Pramod Bhagat
 On February 28, 2023 who has won the Best FIFA Men's Player
award for 2022 - Lionel Messi
 Who has won the women's singles title of 'National Badminton
Championship' on March 1, 2023 - Anupama Upadhyay
 Which country's Prime Minister was the chief guest at the '8th
Raisina Dialogue' on March 2, 2023 - Italy (Giorgio Meloni)
 Which state will establish India's first government 'Mother Milk
Bank' - Uttarakhand
 Where was the '7th International Dharma-Dhamma Conference'
organized - Bhopal
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 Who became the coach of Indian men's hockey team - Craig Fulton
 Who has launched NASA's Crew-6 mission on March 3 - JAXA
 Where was the meeting of G-20 foreign ministers held - New Delhi
 Who has been awarded the 'Player of the Year Award' by the Asia
Chess Federation on March 3, 2023 - D. Gukesh
 Where did Anurag Thakur start the 'Yuva Utsav' - IIT Ropar
 In which country on March 4, 2023, Nobel Peace Prize 2022
winner Ales Baliatsky has been sentenced to 10 years - Belarus
 Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research has
discovered lithium reserves in which state - Madhya Pradesh
 13th century temple has been discovered in Cuddapah district of
which state - Andhra Pradesh
 Which state a 1300-year-old Buddhist stupa has been found - Odisha
 On March 5, 2023, Hekani Jakhalu has created history by becoming
the first woman legislator in which state - Nagaland
 In which state a new virus named Adenovirus has been found on
March 5, 2023 - West Bengal
 Who has topped the Electoral Democracy Index released on March
6, 2023 - Denmark (India's rank-108th)
 Who has won the Santosh Trophy after 54 years - Karnataka
 On March 6, 2023 Who has won the title of 'BBC Indian
Sportswoman of the Year' for 2022 - Mirabai Chanu
 'Mauganj' has become the 53rd district of which state - MP
 On March 6, 2023, the National Minorities Commission has
evacuated all the stranded Indians from which country – Libya
 Who has launched 'Har Payment Digital' - RBI
 Chief Minister of which state has announced the launch of a self-
employment scheme for single women - Uttarakhand
 Which has been declared as the best and cleanest airport in the
Asia Pacific region on March 7, 2023 – Delhi Airport
 On March 7, 2023, which Indo-American woman has been named
the first judge of a US district court - Tejal Mehta
 Where was the '23rd Commonwealth Law Conference' held - Goa
 On March 7, 2023, the Education Minister has launched the new
BS Course (Bachelor of Science course) in which IIT – IIT Madras
 Who has become the world number one tennis player in the ATP
rankings released on March 7, 2023 – Novak Djokovic
 On March 8, 2023, 'Sheikh Ahmed Nawaf Al Ahmed Al Sabah'
has been appointed as the Prime Minister of - Kuwait
 In which country a new species of lizard 'Philurus fimbriatus' has
been discovered - Australia
 Who has become the first woman to command an Indian Air
Force (IAF) unit on March 8, 2023 - Shalija Dhami
 On March 8, 2023 Salhoutuonuo has become the first woman
minister to lead the cabinet of which state – Nagaland
 On March 8, 2023 ONGC has signed MoU with Total Energies
of which country for deep water exploration – France
 Who has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at
the 8th National Photography Awards ceremony - Shipra Das
 Where is the '5th ASEAN India-Business Summit 2023' held on
March 9, 2023 - Kuala Lumpur
 Where was 'Bhumchu festival' celebrated - Sikkim
 On March 9, 2023, in which country, for the first time in 25
years, women have been allowed to join the army - Colombia
 Who has been chosen as the winner of the 'Pritzker Architecture
Prize 2023' on March 9, 2023 - Sir David Chipperfield
 In which state 'Attukal Pongal' is celebrated - Kerala
 Where is the highest iconic national flag hoisted in Jammu and
Kashmir on March 9, 2023 - Doda
 Where was the five-day 'Yoshang festival' celebrated - Manipur
 Who has been appointed as the first Indian-American judge in the
New York Court on March 9, 2023 - Arun Subramaniam
 Which foundation day of CISF was celebrated on March 10 - 54th
 According to the United Nations report of March 10, 2023, which
is the world's most oppressive country for women - Afghanistan
 Which state health minister has launched a new health program
'Arogya Mahila' on March 10, 2023 - Telangana
 Who has become the first state in India to cultivate Organized
Licorice (Mulethi) on March 10, 2023 – Himachal Pradesh
 Who has become the first woman officer to command the unit
near the China border in Ladakh on March 10 - Geeta Rana
 on March 10, which country's former Prime Minister Muhyiddin
Yassin has been arrested on charges of corruption - Malaysia
 According to the report, what is the percentage increase in the
number of pregnant women suffering from malnutrition - 25%
 On March 11, 2023, the Indian Air Force has signed a contract
with HAL to buy how many Dornier-288 aircraft - 6
 Which country's cricketer Shaun Marsh has announced his
retirement from first-class cricket on March 11, 2023 - Australia
 Iran and which country have agreed to open embassies in each
other's country on March 11, 2023 - Saudi Arabia
 On March 11, 2023, Indian Railways has started the Bharat Gaurav
train from which station – Mumbai (from Mumbai to Madurai)
 On March 12, 2023, which country has organized the TROPEX
2023 exercise in the Indian Ocean Region - India
 Rare moth species 'Mimusemia Ceylonica' has been seen in which
state - Kerala
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 On March 12, what percentage of reservation has been announced
by the Central Government for ex-Agniveers in BSF - 10%
 Which state has recorded the first death due to H3N2 influenza
virus on March 12, 2023 - Karnataka
 Where has PM Modi inaugurated the world's longest railway
platform on March 13- Hubli Railway Platform (Karnataka)
 Which country's Mount Merapi volcano has erupted - Indonesia
 Where was Asia's largest Tulip Garden opened - Jammu and
Kashmir
 On March 13, 2023, the novel 'Pagalkhana' written by whom has
been selected for 'Vyas Samman 2022' - Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi
 According to the report, in which state the maximum forest area
has been developed - Andhra Pradesh
 Which state's entire broad gauge network has been electrified by
the Indian Railways on March 14, 2023 - Uttarakhand
 Where was the G-20 flower festival celebrated - New Delhi
 Who has been appointed as India's ambassador for 'She Changes
Climate' on March 14, 2023 - Shreya Ghodawat
 What is the name of Asia's first woman loco pilot to operate
Vande Bharat Express - Surekha Yadav
 Who has become the world's largest arms importer - India
 Who has become the brand ambassador of Women's World Boxing
Championship - Farhan Akhtar and MC Mary Kom
 According to report which state has the lowest literacy rate - Bihar
 Where has the joint India-Singapore exercise 'Bold Kurukshetra'
concluded on March 15, 2023 - Jodhpur
 Who has become the first state in India to launch insurance scheme
for silk growers on March 15, 2023 - Uttarakhand
 According to the report of Swiss firm IQAir, which is the world's
most polluted country - Chad (India's position-8th)
 According to the report, what percentage has the female literacy
rate increased in India after independence - 9%
 Who has become the first country to import CO 2 and store it
under the sea - Denmark
 Who has been selected for Saraswati Samman 2022 - Shivshankari
 On March 16, 2023, which country's Senate has recognized the
McMahon Line as the international border - America
 Where will India's first behavioral laboratory be established - Jaipur
 Eric Garcetti has been appointed as US Ambassador to which
country on March 16, 2023 – India
 According to the government survey, what percentage of rural
households do not have toilet facilities - 21%
 Who has launched new artificial intelligence chatbot GPT-4 on
March 16, 2023 - Open AI
 Which airport has topped the list of world's top airports released
by Skytrax - Singapore Changi Airport
 Where will meeting of SCO Tourism Ministers be held - Lucknow
 Who has become the first NATO member country to give MiG-
29 aircraft to Ukraine - Poland
 Which country has been out of the list of least developed countries
on March 17, 2023 - Bhutan
 Who has been elected as the third Vice President of Nepal -
Ramshay Prasad Yadav
 On March 18, 2023, the Chief Minister of which state has
announced 19 new districts and three new divisions - Rajasthan
 Which Indian place has been included in the time list of the world's
greatest places of 2023 - Ladakh and Mayurbhanj
 Who has topped the 'Global Terrorism Index' released on March
18, 2023 - Afghanistan (India's rank-13th)
 Indian Railways aims to become 'net zero carbon emitter' by
when - 2030
 On March 19, 2023, the International Criminal Court has issued
an arrest warrant against the President of which country – Russia
 Who has become the fastest Indian person to swim across the
Pak Strait on March 19, 2023 - Sampanna Ramesh
 In how many states will the government develop mega textile
parks under the PM Mitra scheme - 7 (First park - Tamil Nadu)
 'Friendship Pipeline' has been inaugurated between India and which
country on March 19, 2023 – Bangladesh
 Where has the Indian Navy's P-8I aircraft arrived to participate in
exercise 'Sea Dragon 23' on March 19, 2023 - USA
 Which country's bank has opened an Indian Rupee denominated
Nostro account on March 20, 2023 - Sri Lanka
 Where was the 'ISSF World Cup Shooting Championship'
organized on March 20, 2023 – Bhopal
 On March 20, 2023, the Chief Minister of which state has launched
'Jharniyojan Portal' for employment registration - Jharkhand
 Who will receive 'Sangeet Kalanidhi Award 2023' - Bombay Jayshree
 Who has been declared the first tourism and cultural capital of
SCO on March 20, 2023 – Varanasi
 Which country's former cricketer Tim Paine has announced his
retirement from cricket on March 20, 2023 - Australia
 Who has been enrolled in the Bar Council of the state as the first
transgender lawyer of Kerala on March 21, 2023 - Papra Lakshmi
 Which country has topped the 'World Happiness Index 2023'
released on March 21, 2023 - Finland (India's rank-126th)
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 Which country has started its first submarine base with the help
of China on March 21 - Bangladesh (at Pekua in Cox's Bazar)
 Where was the second G-20 Sustainable Finance Working Group
meeting under the G-20 Presidency held on March 21-23– Udaipur
 Who has become India's most valuable celebrity of 2022 -
Ranveer Singh
 Where has the stadium been named after hockey player Rani
Rampal on March 22, 2023 - Raebareli
 Which state's foundation day was celebrated on March 22 - Bihar
 Who has become the first state to pass the 'Right to Health Bill'
on March 22, 2023 - Rajasthan
 On March 23, 2023 In which country polio cases have been
registered for the first time in 30 years - Burundi
 Who has topped the QS World University Rankings in Engineering
& Technology in India on March 23, 2023 - IIT Bombay
 Which medal has been won by Sarabjot Singh in the men's 10m
pistol event at the ISSF World Cup on March 23, 2023 - Gold
 On March 23, 2023, who has been conferred with the highest
civilian honor of Kerala 'Kerala Jyoti' - MT Vasudevan Nair
 Where was the horse festival 'Ghode Jatra' celebrated - Nepal
 Where has the government approved the establishment of the
Statue of Knowledge - Latur
 Which state's Chief Minister has launched 'Mission Lifestyle for
Environment' on March 23, 2023 - Assam
 Which country topped the self-made billionaires list – China
 Where was ChatGPT's rival 'Falcon LLM' launched on March
24, 2023 Where - Abu Dhabi (UAE)
 According to the UNESCO report, what percentage of the world's
population does not have safe drinking water - 26%
 On March 25, 2023, who has been conferred with Assam's highest
civilian honor 'Assam Vaibhav' - Dr. Tapan Saikia
 Which state government has started Mukhyamantri Vriksh
Sampada Yojana' - Chhattisgarh
 Which country has tested an underwater nuclear capable attack
drone on March 25, 2023 - North Korea
 Which country's hockey federation has been awarded the 'Best
Organizer Award' by the Asian Hockey Federation - India
 Who has been given the 'Abel Prize 2023' - Luis Caffarelli
 'Tanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary' has been declared as the 18th
wildlife sanctuary of which state - Tamil Nadu
 Which country has become the new member of BRICS New
Development Bank on March 25, 2023 - Egypt
 Which state government has released the disaster management
policy on March 26, 2023 - Tamil Nadu
 In the news, Siniyah Island is located in which country – UAE
 Which state government has declared Gandhamardan Hill Range
as Biodiversity Heritage Site on March 26, 2023 - Odisha
 On March 26, 2023, which country has given permission to NHPC
Limited to study the Seti River Hydroelectric Project - Nepal
 On March 26, 2023 NGT has imposed a fine of Rs 10 crore on
which state for failing to protect Ramsar sites - Kerala
 Who has been appointed as the athlete ambassador of the Asian
Hockey Federation on March 26, 2023 - Salima Tete
 Who has won the Women's Premier League 2023 title on March
27, 2023 - Mumbai Indians (by defeating Delhi Capitals)
 ISRO has launched India's heaviest LVM3 rocket with how many
satellites on March 27, 2023 - 36
 Which medal has been won by Manu Bhaker in the 25m pistol
event at the ISSF World Cup 2023 on March 27, 2023 - Bronze
 Where will the 2nd Climate and Environmental Sustainability
Working Group meeting be held - Gandhinagar
 Who has won the Wildlife Conservation Award 2023 – Alia Mir
 Which country's former President Dilma Rousseff has been elected
as the President of the New Development Bank (NDB) - Brazil
 Who has unveiled the idols of Lord Vasaveshwara and Nadaprabhu
Kempegowda in Bengaluru on March 28, 2023 - Amit Shah
 On March 28, Prime Minister of which country has announced the
suspension of judicial reforms after nationwide protests - Israel
 Who has become the first person to swim from Gateway of India
to Elephanta Caves on March 28, 2023 - Krishna Prakash
 Which bank has acquired Silicon Valley Bank on March 28, 2023
– First Citizens Bank
 'Hopi', which was in discussion on March 28, 2023, is an ethnic
group of people living in which country - America
 The Employees' Provident Fund Organization has increased the
interest rate for the year 2022-23 to what percent - 8.15%
 Who has been elected as the Vice President of the International
Boxing Association on March 29, 2023 - Ajay Singh
 Which bank has issued its first electronic bank guarantee - Yes Bank
 Which country has declared an outbreak of deadly Marburg virus
disease on March 29, 2023 – Tanzania
 On March 29, 2023, which state's NGO 'Tapovan' has been
awarded the Children's Champion Award 2023 - Assam
 Which country has become the dialogue partner of Shanghai
Cooperation Organization on March 29, 2023 - Saudi Arabia
 Who has topped the Passport Index 2023 released by Arton
Capital on March 30, 2023 - UAE
 Where has the G-20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group
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meeting started on March 30, 2023 – Gandhinagar (Gujarat)
 Which is the most represented country in Asia as per QS World
Universities Ranking 2023 as on March 30, 2023 – China
 Which state's Chief Minister has launched the 'Pathashree-
Rastashree Project' on March 30, 2023 - West Bengal
 Which state's 'Kangra tea' has got the European GI tag on March
30, 2023 - Himachal Pradesh
 A book named 'Phoolange' has been released on March 30, 2023.
Who wrote it - Lekhnath Chhetri (Author of Darjeeling)
 Who has become the highest wicket-taker in T20Is on March 30,
2023 - Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
 Which state's foundation day has been celebrated on 30 March -
Rajasthan
 Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan has become the new Vice
President of which country on March 31, 2023 – UAE
 Who has been named as the official partner for Tata IPL 2023 by
BCCI on March 31, 2023 - Herbalife
 Who has become India's 81st Chess Grandmaster on March 31,
2023 - Sayantan Das (Kolkata)
 In which city the first International Quantum Communication
Conclave has been organized on March 30, 2023 – New Delhi
 Which state government has notified 10% MWS (economically
weaker sections) quota in education and employment - Karnataka
 In which state Indian Railways has achieved 100% rail
electrification on April 1, 2023 - Haryana
 Where will the world's third and India's second largest cricket
stadium be built - Jaipur (Rajasthan)
 Which state government has released the Lake Development
Program on April 2, 2023 - Telangana
 According to the information of April 2, 2023, where will the
second G-20 Tourism Working Group meeting be held - Siliguri
 Who became the 31st member country of NATO - Finland
 According to the report on April 2, 2023, which country has been
on top in terms of contribution to temperature rise - America
 Which country has been removed from the list of high-risk third
country jurisdictions by the European Union - Pakistan
 Where has the second Energy Transition Working Group meeting
started on April 2, 2023 - Gandhinagar, Gujarat
 On April 2, 2023, India and which country have agreed to trade in
rupees - Malaysia
 Which tennis player has won her maiden Miami Open title on
April 2, 2023 - Petra Kvitova
 Which became the first US state to condemn Hinduphobia on
April 3, 2023 - Georgia
 Which country has held a referendum on the new constitution on
April 3, 2023 - Uzbekistan
 Who has become the fastest Indian to take 50 wickets in IPL
history on April 3, 2023 - Khaleel Ahmed
 On April 4, 2023, China has announced the renaming of 11 places
in which Indian state - Arunachal Pradesh
 Who has been invited by France to the 'Bastille Day Parade' on
April 4, 2023 - Narendra Modi
 Which has become the first country in the world to develop its
own model for projected TB cases on April 4, 2023 - India
 Who has conquered Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa wearing a lounger
on April 4, 2023 - Anjali Sharma
 Which state's 'Basohli Painting' has got GI tag - Jammu-Kashmir
 Who has taken over as the 40th President of FICCI Women's
Organization on April 4, 2023 - Sudha Shivkumar
 Which state government has launched the 'Cool Roof' policy to
beat the heat on April 4, 2023 - Telangana
 Which startup has successfully tested '3D printed cryogenic engine'
on April 5, 2023 - Skyroot Aerospace
 According to the information, which country will buy Hellfire
missiles and MK-54 torpedoes from America - India
 Which country has launched 'Golden Licence' on April 5, 2023 to
attract large investments - Bahrain
 On April 5, 2023, which country has launched the new 'Ofek-13'
spy satellite into space - Israel
 Which state's Mircha rice has got GI tag on April 5, 2023 - Bihar
 Which state topped the 'India Justice Report 2022' - Karnataka
 Who has been awarded the highest civilian award of France on
April 5, 2023 - Kiran Nadar
 'Marylebone Cricket Club' has given lifetime honorary membership
to how many Indian players including Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 5
 Which country has been elected to the United Nations Statistical
Commission on April 6, 2023 - India
 Which country's President has received Poland's top award on
April 6, 2023 - Ukraine
 Which state government has repealed the Loktantra Prahari
Samman Act on April 6, 2023 - Himachal Pradesh
 Who has become the first woman to become an umpire in ICC
Men's T20I cricket on April 6, 2023 - Kim Cotton
 Which state's 'Wood Carving' has got GI tag - Ladakh
 Who has been declared the world's busiest airport on April 7,
2023 - Hartsfield Jackson, Atlanta
 Which state's 'Nagri Dubraj Chawal' has got GI tag - Chhattisgarh
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 On April 7, 2023, NADA has banned weightlifter 'Sanjita Chanu'
for how many years - 4 years
 Who topped FIFA rankings released on April 7, 2023 - Argentina
 Which state government has started the first women's cooperative
fund 'Mahila Nidhi' on April 7, 2023 - Rajasthan
 Which country has been removed from hosting the men's U-17
FIFA World Cup on April 7, 2023 - Peru
 In which state a 54 feet tall statue of Lord Hanuman has been
unveiled on April 7, 2023 - Gujarat
 On April 7, 2023, who has been named the winner of the Time
100 Reader Poll for 2023 - Shah Rukh Khan
 Where is the joint military exercise 'Kavach' organized on April 7,
2023 - Andaman and Nicobar
 Who topped the list of billionaires by Forbes - Bernard Arnold
 Who has launched 'Pravah Portal' on April 8, 2023 - RBI
 In which country has Adani Power Limited started power supply
on 8 April 2023 - Bangladesh
 Which state's 'Langda Mango' has got GI tag - Uttar Pradesh
 Where has the Indian Navy organized the offshore security exercise
'Prasthan' on April 8, 2023 - Mumbai
 Who became India's largest crude oil supplier for the sixth
consecutive month on April 8, 2023 - Russia
 Which country's space company 'Space Pioneer' successfully
tested Tianlong-2 rocket on April 8, 2023 - China
 Where is the second meeting of 'G-20 Development Working
Group' held on April 9, 2023 - Kerala
 Who has been appointed as Warrant Officer of UK's Royal Air
Force on April 9, 2023 - Sabbi Subramaniam
 On April 9, 2023, where did President Murmu make a historic
flight in Sukhai 30 MKI aircraft - Assam
 Where has Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav released the cover
of 'Go Green, Go Organic' on April 9, 2023 - Sikkim
 Which country has tested underwater nuclear attack drone
'Hail-2' on April 9, 2023 - North Korea
 According to the information, Indian Rafale will participate in the
multinational exercise 'Orion' of which country - France
 Who became the fastest player to score 6000 runs in IPL on April
10, 2023 - David Warner
 Which state assembly has passed a bill for the welfare of orphans
on April 10, 2023 - Himachal Pradesh
 In which district of Uttar Pradesh, the world's first Asian King
Vulture Conservation Center has been built - Maharajganj
 According to the tiger census, the population of tigers in India has
increased to how much by the year 2022 - 3167
 Who has inaugurated 'Tulip Garden' in Jammu - Manoj Sinha
 Who has won the 'Orleans Masters 2023' men's singles title on
April 10, 2023 - Priyanshu Rajawat
 Who has won the 'International Prize in Statistics 2023' - C.R. Rao
 Where did Home Minister Amit Shah launch the Vibrant Village
Program on April 10, 2023 - Arunachal Pradesh
 Who got the status of the world's least free country in the World
Freedom Index 2023 of Freedom House - Tibet
 Which state government has launched 'Sanjeevani Project' to
support dairy farmers on April 11, 2023 - Himachal Pradesh
 On April 11, 2023, Where has Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar
launched the 'Tulsi Ghat Restoration Project' - Uganda
 Which IIT has partnered with UIDAI to develop touchless
biometric system on April 11, 2023 - IIT Bombay
 According to the report released on April 11, 2023, who has
topped the list of cities with the best public transport - Berlin
 Who has won 'Maratha Udyog Ratna 2023 Award'- Nilesh Sambre
 Which Indian has won the World Chess Armageddon Asia and
Oceania event title on April 11, 2023 - D. Gukesh
 Who has become the fastest Indian to take 100 wickets in ICC on
April 11, 2023 - Harshal Patel
 What is the name of India's first semi high speed regional rail
service - RAPIDX
 Which country has started the initiative to license crypto firms
on April 12, 2023 - El Salvador
 According to the information, which state will celebrate Savarkar's
birthday as 'Swatantra Veer Gaurav Divas' - Maharashtra
 On April 12, 2023, the governor of which state has approved a
bill banning online gambling - Tamil Nadu
 According to the information of April 12, 2023, which country
will close the last remaining nuclear plants - Germany
 On April 12, 2023 Indian Navy has tied up with whom to develop
Secure Maritime Communication - Raman Research Institute
 Who has been declared as the best maintained 'Tiger Reserve' on
April 12, 2023 - Periyar Tiger Reserve
 Which medal has been won by Nisha Dahiya at the Asian Wrestling
Championship in Kazakhstan on April 12, 2023 - Silver
 Which state's 'Gond painting' has got GI tag - Madhya Pradesh
 When did SEBI celebrate its 35th Foundation Day - 12 April
 On April 13, 2023, which has become the first company to receive
Agri Drone Subsidy - Garuda Aerospace
 Who has topped the ranking of most criminal countries- Venezuela
 According to the information of April 13, 2023, where will India's
first 3D printed post office open - Bengaluru
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 According to the ADR report, who is the Chief Minister with the
most assets in the country - Jagan Mohan Reddy
 India's first underwater metro train has been successfully trialled
on April 13, 2023 in which city - Kolkata
 On April 13, 2023, in which country has the world's first death
from H3N8 bird flu been recorded - China
 The first photographic evidence of tigers has been recorded in the
Suhelwa Sanctuary of which state - Uttar Pradesh
 Who has topped the AI Index Report 2023 - America
 Which company has been given the status of Miniratna Category-
I on April 13, 2023 - Solar Energy Corporation of India
 Who has launched its coffee table book 'The Banker to Every
Indian' on April 14, 2023 - SBI
 Which state has topped the 'State Energy Efficiency Index 2022'
on April 14, 2023 - Andhra Pradesh
 Who was awarded the 'Business Leader of the Decade' award on
April 14, 2023 - Kumar Mangalam Birla
 Where was the first Global Buddhist Conference inaugurated -
New Delhi
 Which Indian has been included in Time's list of 100 most
influential people on April 14, 2023 - Shahrukh Khan
 Who has become the first country to approve Oxford malaria
vaccine for children on April 14, 2023 - Ghana
 Which medal has been won by Aman Sehrawat in the 'Asian
Wrestling Championship' on April 14, 2023 - Gold
 On April 14, 2023, the Chief Minister of which state has started
the "A-Help" program for animal protection - Uttarakhand
 India, Japan and France have launched a common platform for
financial assistance to which country - Sri Lanka
 In which state has the tallest Ambedkar statue in India been
unveiled on April 14, 2023 - Telangana
 The Meitei community of which state has celebrated Cheiraoba
Lunar New Year - Manipur
 Which state celebrated its statehood day on 15th April - Himachal
Pradesh
 On April 15, 2023, Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has inaugurated
the Buji Bridge in which country - Mozambique
 Where was 'Bharat Gaurav tourist train' flagged off - New Delhi
 On April 16, 2023 Which IIT has partnered with Defence Chain
to focus on innovation - IIT Kanpur
 According to UNCTAD's report, what percentage of India's
economic growth rate is expected in the financial year 2023 - 6%
 Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam is going to build 669 MW Lower Arun
Hydropower Project in which country - Nepal
 On April 16, 2023, Phone Pen has received how mach million
dollar investment from US-based equity firm - 100
 On April 16, 2023 'TCG Anadolu' has become the largest warship
of which country and the world's first drone carrier - Turkey
 In which city the first 'Rat Jar' has been appointed - New York
 Who has won the title of 'Femina Miss India 2023' - Nandini Gupta
 Where was 'Thave festival' celebrated - Gopalganj (Bihar)
 Where was the Center of Academic Excellence inaugurated by
DRDO on April 17, 2023 - IIT Hyderabad
 According to the information, who will host the 'G20 Space
Economy Leaders Meet' - Meghalaya
 Which country has become the founding member of the
International Big Cat Alliance on April 17, 2023 - Nepal
 According to the report, which country has become India's largest
trading partner in the financial year 2022-23 - America
 Who has become the fastest player to take 100 wickets in IPL on
April 17, 2023 - Kagiso Rabada
 Who has become the first Indian to score a century in IPL 2023
on April 17, 2023 - Venkatesh Iyer
 In which country the Indian High Commission has started its
16th Visa Application Center on April 17, 2023 - Bangladesh
 Who has been named in the 'US India Task Force' on April 18,
2023 - Neeli Bendapudi
 Where did Apple launch its first store in India - Mumbai
 Which medal has been won by Nithya in 'Brazil Para Badminton
International' on April 18, 2023 - Gold
 According to the information of April 18, 2023, which country
has become the world's largest 'Narco State' - Syria
 Where will PM Mitra Park be started in Uttar Pradesh - Lucknow
and Hardoi
 Which state has adopted water budget for the first time to deal
with the problem of water shortage in summer - Kerala
 Who has been honored with 'Pravasi Bharatiya Samman' on April
18, 2023 - Raj Subramaniam
 Who has been awarded the 'Malcolm Adiseshia Award 2023' on
April 18, 2023 - Utsa Patnaik
 Who has received the 'highest honor of Germany'- Angela Merkel
 Which state government has set a target of having 100% electric
vehicles in all its government departments - Uttar Pradesh
 Who topped the list of top-10 richest cities in the world - New York
 According to the information of April 19, 2023, which country
will host the 'Under-20 FIFA World Cup' - Argentina
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 Which country's 'TelEOS-2 satellite' will be launched by ISRO -
Singapore
 Which state's 'Cumbum Grapes' has got GI tag - Tamil Nadu
 Which state government has announced 4% reservation for
disabled employees on April 19, 2023 - Maharashtra
 Who has been conferred with the prestigious Santokba
Humanitarian Award on April 19, 2023 - Sonam Wangchuk
 Who has become the first Indian woman cricketer to be elected
Wisden Cricketers of the Year - Harmanpreet Kaur
 Where has the Election Commission started 'Vote from Home' for
the first time on April 20, 2023 - Karnataka
 Which city has topped in digital transactions in the country -
Bengaluru
 Who has launched 'Saathi' portal and mobile app on April 20,
2023 - Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar
 Which country's cricketer 'Gary Ballance' has announced his
retirement from all forms of cricket on April 20, 2023 - England
 Which country has launched Fengyun-3 satellite recently - China
 According to the information, who will be honored with the 'Lata
Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2023' - Asha Bhosle
 Which state has topped in man day production under MNREGA
- Rajasthan
 Who will host the Intercontinental Cup in June 2023 - Odisha
 Which country has launched its first 'Operational Earth
Observation Satellite Taifa-1' on April 20, 2023 - Kenya
 Which bank has launched India's first voice biometric
authentication app on April 20, 2023 - City Union Bank
 Where has the Indian Navy conducted the offshore security
exercise 'Prasthan' on April 20, 2023 - Mumbai
 Where is Northeast's largest multipurpose indoor stadium being
built - Shillong
 In which state 'Salokha Yojana' has been implemented - Maharashtra
 Who has topped the Global Unicorn Index released by Hurun on
April 21, 2023 - America
 Which state has topped the implementation of 'Pradhan Mantri
Fasal Bima Yojana' - Karnataka
 On April 21, 2023, who has become the first woman IAF officer
to receive a gallantry award - Deepika Mishra
 April 22 was celebrated as which day - World Earth Day
 The launch of the world's largest and most powerful rocket
'Starship' failed by which spacecraft manufacturer - SpaceX
 Indian Air Force will participate in the multilateral exercise
INIOCHOS of which country on April 22, 2023 - Greece
 Who has become the first state to have a DNA database of
unidentified dead bodies - Himachal Pradesh
 Which state government has launched the 'One Panchayat, One
Playground' project to revive the sports culture- Kerala
 As per information, which bank will raise $500 million through
dollar bonds - SBI
 Who has been selected to represent India in the Jujutsu
International Federation's World Championship - Sabakat Malik
 Which IIT will set up its first international campus in Tanzania -
IIT Madras
 Narayan Prasad Saud has taken charge as the new foreign minister
of which country on April 23, 2023 - Nepal
 The Factory (Amendment) Act 2023 was passed in which state
assembly on April 23, 2023 - Tamil Nadu
 Indian Army has tied up with which university to impart Chinese
language training to military personnel - Tezpur University
 In which country 'Jeetgarhi festival' was celebrated - Nepal
 As on April 23, 2023, who has topped the list of states with
maximum number of ponds and reservoirs - West Bengal
 Which state's Chief Minister has launched India's first heavy-lift
logistic drone on April 23, 2023 - Odisha
 Which country has launched '1 Billion Mills Endowment' campaign
on April 24, 2023 - UAE
 Which state's Van Vihar National Park has banned single-use plastic
on April 24, 2023 - Madhya Pradesh
 Which medal has been won by Dheeraj Bombadevara in the Archery
World Cup on 24 April 2023 - Bronze
 Who has become the fastest Indian player to score 7000 runs in
T20 cricket on April 24, 2023 - KL Rahul
 Where 'Khongjom Day' was celebrated on April 24 - Manipur
 On April 24, 2023, 'Operation Kaveri' has been launched to bring
about 500 stranded Indians to which country - Sudan
 Who has won the Barcelona Open title - Carlos Alcaraz
 A gate named after which Indian player has been unveiled at the
Sydney Cricket Ground on April 24, 2023 - Sachin Tendulkar
 World's second deepest blue hole at 900 feet has been revealed in
- Mexico
 Which state's Manamadurai pottery has got GI tag - Tamil Nadu
 On April 25, 2023, where DRDO and Indian Navy have
successfully tested Ballistic Missile Defence Interceptor - Odisha
 On April 25, 2023, 'Mana' has been declared as the first Indian
village. It is located in which state - Uttarakhand
 Which IIT scientists have developed time bomb liquid marble on
April 25, 2023 - IIT Guwahati
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 Who has been awarded the prestigious 'Goldman Environment
Prize' on April 25, 2023 - Alessandra Korap
 Who has been made a member of New York City's Racial Justice
Advisory Board on April 26, 2023 - Uday Tambar
 Where has SBI inaugurated its fourth startup focused branch on
April 26, 2023 - Mumbai
 After which Indian player a stand has been named at Sharjah
Stadium on April 26, 2023 - Sachin Tendulkar
 Which day was celebrated on April 26, 2023 - World Intellectual
Property Day
 Who became the youngest bowler to take 200 T20I wickets on
April 27, 2023 - Shaheen Afridi
 According to the information, which country's company will start
a biodiesel project in Ayodhya - Belgium
 Which country's 'Commercial Lunar Lander' went missing after
unsuccessful landing on the moon on April 27, 2023 - Japan
 Which country has honored Ratan Tata with its highest civilian
honor on April 28, 2023 - Australia
 Who has been appointed as the President of NASSCOM on
April 28, 2023 - Anant Maheshwari
 According to the SIPRI report released on April 28, 2023, which
country topped the global military expenditure - America
 Which organization has released a report titled 'State of Global
Climate' on April 29, 2023 - WMO
 Who has received Ramon Magsaysay Award individually after
64 years on April 29, 2023 - Dalai Lama
 Who won the prestigious 'Hero Super Cup 2023' title of football
- Odisha FC (by defeating Bengaluru FC)
 On April 29, 2023, with which country India has announced to
set up 'Net Zero' Innovation Virtual Center - UK
 Which country's health ministry has approved the country's first
abortion pill on April 30, 2023 - Japan
 Which company has got the status of Navratna Central Public
Sector Enterprises on April 30, 2023 - Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
 Diwali has been declared an official holiday in which US state on
April 30, 2023 - Pennsylvania
 Where was the North Sea Summit organized with European
countries on April 30, 2023 - Belgium
 Who has become the first Indian to complete the prestigious
Golden Globe Race on April 30, 2023 - Abhilash Tomy
 Which state has received the 'HUDCO Award' for cleanliness on
April 30, 2023 - Uttar Pradesh
 Where is the Science 20 Engagement Group meeting held on May
1, 2023 - Lakshadweep
 Where has India's first cable stayed rail bridge (Anji Khad) been
completed on May 1, 2023 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Who has become the largest supplier of refined fuel in Europe -
India
 According to RBI on May 1, 2023 which state has topped the
market borrowing for the third consecutive year – Tamil Nadu
 On May 1, 2023, 'Ding Liren' has become the first world chess
champion of which country - China
 On May 1, 2023, which became India's sixth most valuable
company leaving behind Infosys - ITC
 On May 2, 2023, the President of which country has won the
referendum to rewrite the constitution - Uzbekistan
 A rare melanistic tiger is found dead in Simlipal Tiger Reserve of
which state on May 2, 2023 – Odisha
 Who has taken over as the 17th 'Commander in Chief' on May 2,
2023 - Saju Balakrishnan
 Who is going to get BAFTA Fellowship in London - Meera Syal
 Who has won the 'Leipzig Book Prize 2023' - Maria Stepanova
 Which became the number 1 Test team in the 'ICC Men's Test
Team Rankings' - India
 Who has been awarded Honorary MBE by King Charles III on
May 2, 2023 - Dr. M.N. Nandakumar
 After Bihar, in which state the backward class survey has started
- Odisha
 Who has topped the Forbes list of Highest Paid Athletes of 2023
on May 3, 2023 - Cristiano Ronaldo
 On May 3, 2023, three women journalists of which country
jailed have won the top UN award - Iran
 Who has won World Snooker Championship 2023– Luca Brecel
 Who has topped the 'World Press Freedom Index' - Norway
 Who has won the "ACC Men's Premier Cup" - Nepal
 'Mukhyamantri Kaushal Unnayan Rojgar Yojana' has been
launched by which state government - Uttarakhand
 Who has been declared a country of special concern by the
'USCIRF' report - India
 Which state has been ranked as the 'Innovative' state in the National
Manufacturing Innovation Survey on May 4, 2023 - Karnataka
 Who has secured the first position in the ODF Plus ranking -
Wayanad
 Who has been invited as the guest of honor at the Bastille Day
parade in France on May 5, 2023 - Narendra Modi
 Who has won its first 'Italian Serie A title' on May 5, 2023 - Nepal
 Which country has launched its own chat GPT Gigachat - Russia
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 Who has become the fastest player to score 5000 runs in ODI
cricket on May 6, 2023 – Babar Azam
 Which country has adopted 'Basic Plan on Ocean Policy' - Japan
 On May 6, 2023, which country's athlete Nigel Amos has been
banned for three years due to doping - Botswana
 Where is India's first International Multimodal Logistics Park
being built - Assam
 On May 6, 2023, where after violence broke out, the Center
invoked Article 355 - Manipur
 In which state 'Bihan Mela' has been celebrated by the Kondh
tribe on May 7, 2023 - Odisha
 Who celebrated its foundation day on May 7, 2023 - BRO
 On May 7, 2023 India's star javelin athlete Neeraj Chopra has
won gold medal in which event - Doha Diamond League
 Where has the Indian Army organized 'Buland Bharat Abhyas' on
May 7, 2023 - Arunachal Pradesh
 Which country has named the cyclonic storm 'Cyclone Mocha' in
the Bay of Bengal on May 7, 2023 - Yemen
 Where the Indian Air Force Heritage Center has been inaugurated
on May 8, 2023 - Chandigarh
 Who has been appointed as the domestic policy advisor in the
Biden administration on May 8, 2023 - Neera Tandon
 Which country's spacecraft returned to Earth after 276 days - China
 On May 8, 2023, the first 'Border Haat' has been inaugurated in
Bholaganj between India and which country - Bangladesh
 On May 8, 2023, after Jammu and Kashmir, where Lithium
reserves have been discovered - Rajasthan
 Who has become the first player in IPL history to score 7000
runs on May 8, 2023 – Virat Kohli
 Which became the first US state to ban the use of gas stoves in
new buildings on May 8, 2023 - New York
 Which state's police is running a special operation 'Operation
Maryada' - Uttarakhand
 Coal mining has legally resumed in which state after a 9-year ban
on May 9, 2023 - Meghalaya
 Which state has become the first to make digital health cards for
children on May 9, 2023 - Uttar Pradesh
 Where the Asian Summit has started on May 9, 2023 - Indonesia
 Which state's Tungnath temple will be declared as a temple of
national importance - Uttarakhand
 Who has been selected as the ICC Player of the Month for April
2023 on May 9, 2023 - Fakhar Zaman and Narumol Chaiwai
 On May 9, 2023, India has started operating 'Sittwe Port' in
which country - Myanmar
 Where has the third G-20 Development Working Group meeting
been held - Goa
 Which country has hosted the 'Petersburg Climate Dialogue' on
May 10, 2023 – Germany
 Which ministry has launched the learning management information
system 'Saksham' on May 10, 2023 - Ministry of Health
 'Indira Gandhi Mahila Samman Nidhi' has been launched in which
state on May 10, 2023 - Himachal Pradesh
 Who has won the Laureus Sportsman of the Year 2023 Award on
May 10, 2023 – Lionel Messi
 Which country's Supreme Court has decriminalized
homosexuality on May 10, 2023 - Sri Lanka
 Who hosted the 6th 'Indian Ocean Conference' - Dhaka
 Who has become the first state to implement 'right to walk' on
May 11, 2023 - Punjab
 Who has replaced BharatPe as the global sponsor of ICC on May
11, 2023 - Mastercard
 Which state's Chief Minister has inaugurated the 'Sea Harrier
Museum' on May 11, 2023 - Andhra Pradesh
 Which bank has launched RuPay Credit Card for self employed
customers on May 11, 2023 - AU Small Finance Bank
 On May 12, 2023 Which IIT has partnered with DRDO to develop
technology for underwater communication - IIT Madras
 Which city's police has started 'Stay in your lane' campaign on
May 12, 2023 - Sharjah
 CM of which state has been given the Bharat Ratna Dr. Ambedkar
Award - Uttar Pradesh (Yogi Adityanath)
 Who inaugurated the exhibition 'Buddha Sharanam Gachhami' on
May 12, 2023 - Meenakshi Lekhi
 Where was the 'Monlam Chenmo' festival celebrated - Leh
 Who has received 'Govind Swaroop Puraskar 2023' on May 13,
2023 - Jayant Vishnu Narlikar
 Which port has been awarded 'Sagar Shrestha' - Kochi Port
 Who has scored the fastest half-century in the history of IPL on
May 13, 2023 - Yashasvi Jaiswal (in just 13 balls)
 Which actor has been included in Indian contingent as ambassador
for the Special Olympics Tour in Berlin - Ayushmann Khurrana
 On May 14, 2023, the Chief Minister of which state has launched
the 'Gita Karmikula Insurance Scheme' - Telangana
 On May 14, 2023, 'Grant Bradburn' has become the head coach
of which country's cricket team - Pakistan
 Who has been appointed as the US envoy for women's issues on
May 14, 2023 - Geeta Rao Gupta
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 Who has become the first spinner in the world to take 550 wickets
in T20 cricket on May 14, 2023 - Rashid Khan
 Indian pair TS and Sarabjot Singh has won which medal in the
ISSF Shotgun World Cup on May 14, 2023 - Gold
 Who has become the 82nd Grandmaster of India - Vuppala
Praneeth
 Bhopal became the first Indian city to track progress towards the
Sustainable Development Goals on May 15, 2023
 Who has been appointed as new director of CBI - Praveen Sood
 Bilateral exercise 'Samudra Shakti-23' has taken place between
India and which country on May 15, 2023 - Indonesia
 Which country has reported the first death from polio in 2023 -
Afghanistan
 Who has become the second person to conquer Everest for the
26th time on May 15, 2023 - Pasang Daba Sherpa
 Which medal has been won by Pramod Bhagat in Thailand Para
Badminton International on May 15, 2023 - Gold
 Who has won the La-Liga title for the first time since 2019 on
May 15, 2023 - Barcelona
 Which state has won the 13th Hockey India Sub-Junior Women's
National Championship on May 16, 2023 - Haryana
 Which state's Chief Minister has launched 'Him Data Portal' for
digital services on May 16, 2023 - Himachal Pradesh
 According to the survey of the Ministry of Commerce, which
country has become India's third largest exporter - Netherlands
 On May 17, 2023, who has reached the second position in the list
of most received GI tags - Uttar Pradesh
 Where has a new species of flying lizard been found - Mizoram
 On May 17, 2023, Ludovit Odar took over as the caretaker Prime
Minister of which country – Slovakia
 According to the information, where will HPCL set up 'Ethanol
Plant' at a cost of Rs 500 crore - Himachal Pradesh
 Who has launched 'Sanchar Sathi Portal' - Ashwini Vaishnav
 Who has been appointed as the chairman of the Petrol and Natural
Gas Regulatory Board on May 18, 2023 - AK Jain
 Where was the third G-20 Tourism Working Group meeting held
- Srinagar
 Who has become the highest ranking South Asian woman in the
New York Police Department on May 18 - Pratima Bhullar
 Which medal has been won by Jyoti Yaraji in the women's 100
meters hurdles on May 18, 2023 - Gold
 On May 18, 2023, Tata Sons Chairman N. Chandrasekhar has
been honored with the highest honor of which country - France
 Who has been honored with the Arjuna Award - Anjum Moudgil
 For which country affected by the cyclone on May 19, 2023,
India has started 'Operation Karuna' - Myanmar
 According to the information, which country's Navy has deployed
P8I aircraft to save the sunken Chinese ship - India
 Who has become the first US state to ban TikTok - Montana
 On May 20, 2023, the Chief Minister of which state has launched
a 'patch reporting app' for repairing potholes - Uttarakhand
 On May 20, 2023, which country's 5000-year-old Great
Grandfather tree has been declared the world's oldest tree - Chile
 On May 20, 2023, which state government has launched 'Sahas'
initiative to make workplace safe for women - Telangana
 On May 20, 2023, Space-X has launched how many second
generation Starlink satellites into orbit - 22
 Which country has expressed its desire to adopt India's digital
payment system UPI on May 20, 2023 - Japan
 In which city of Maharashtra has the fifth phase of 'Sagar
Parikrama' started on May 21, 2023 - Raigarh
 Where has the 32nd summit of the Arab League been held - Jeddah
 According to the information of May 21, 2023, which traditional
game will be included in the 37th National Games - Gatka
 How many gold medals have been won by India in the South
Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships 2023 - 16
 On May 21, who became the first Indian player to score a century
in Test, T20I ODI and IPL in the same year - Shubman Gill
 Which country has won the record 13th Sudirman Cup - China
 In which country 2025 will be celebrated as special tourism year
- Nepal
 Who has won the Italian Open 2023 - Daniil Medvedev
 Which country's Mount Etna volcano has erupted once again on
May 22, 2023 - Italy
 Which has become the first state in the country to provide free air
travel to pilgrims on May 22, 2023 - Madhya Pradesh
 Which country's highest honor has been conferred on Prime
Minister Modi on May 22, 2023 - Fiji
 'Al Mohd Al Hindi 2023' naval exercise has been organized between
India and which country - Saudi Arabia
 Who has been declared as the kit sponsor of Team India by BCCI
on 22nd May, 2023 – Adidas
 Who has become the second Indian player to complete 11000
runs in T20 - Rohit Sharma
 By when the government has set a target of increasing the network
of highways to 2 lakh km - 2025
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 Who has become the world's number one player in the Javelian
rankings released on May 23, 2023 - Neeraj Chopra
 Which state's Kapileshwar temple is being included in the list of
protected monuments of ASI on May 23, 2023 - Odisha
 Where Harris Park has been renamed as 'Little India' - Australia
 Who has become the youngest player to score 700 runs in a
season of IPL on May 24, 2023 – Shubman Gill
 Who has become the first Arab female astronaut to go to space on
May 24, 2023 - Rayana Baraghani
 On May 24, 2023, U.T. Khadar has been elected the first Muslim
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of which state - Karnataka
 Which Indian firm has been included in the Top 50 Most Innovative
Firms on May 25, 2023 - Tata
 Which country has become the first country in the world to
impose health warnings on alcohol on May 25, 2023 - Ireland
 Who has won the International Booker Prize for 'Time Shelter' on
May 25, 2023 - Georgi Gospodinov
 Navegaon Nagjira Tiger Reserve was in discussion in which state
- Maharashtra
 Who has tested its short-range ballistic missile 'Tephoon' on May
25, 2023 - Turkey
 Which state has been declared completely 'e-governance' on May
25, 2023 - Kerala
 Which state government has inaugurated the online education
program 'Pahal' for the students of rural areas - Uttar Pradesh
 Where is the 'Bhoto Jatra festival' celebrated - Nepal
 Who has achieved 100% coverage of PMJDY - Telangana
 On May 26, 2023, the Chief Minister of which state has launched
Jungle Safari in Jaisamand Wildlife Sanctuary - Rajasthan
 Which state's 'Araku Coffee' has received organic certificate on
May 27, 2023 - Andhra Pradesh
 Where has the 76th World Health Assembly started - Geneva
 Which country has launched its domestic space launch vehicle
KSLV-II Nuri on May 27, 2023 - South Korea
 Who has joined the Advisory Committee of COP-28 President
on May 27, 2023 - Mukesh Ambani
 In which country is the Vladivostok port located - Russia
 Between which two cities the first Vande Bharat Express train of
Uttarakhand has started on May 28, 2023 - Delhi-Dehradun
 'City of Dead' is in discussion on May 28, 2023. It is a UNESCO
World Heritage Site located in which country - Egypt
 Which Indian shuttler has won the Malaysia Masters 2023 title
on May 29, 2023 – HS Pranay
 According to the information of May 29, 2023, after whom will
theBandraVersova seabridgebenamed - V.D. Savarkar
 Who has won the Best Actor Award at IIFA Awards 2023 on
May 29, 2023 – Hrithik Roshan
 On May 29, 2023, the first Vande Bharat Express of Northeast
has been run between which two cities - Guwahati-Jalpaiguri
 Where has the G-20 Anti-Corruption Working Group meeting
been held on May 29, 2023 - Tehri (Rishikesh, Uttarakhand)
 Who has become the second country to impose health warnings
on alcohol on May 29, 2023 - Iceland
 Who has received the 57th Jnanpith Award - Damodar Maujo
 Who won the IPL 2023 title by defeating Gujarat Titans by 5
wickets on May 29, 2023 - Chennai Super Kings
 Who has won the Emerging Player of the Season title in IPL 2023
on May 29, 2023 – Yashasvi Jaiswal
 Which state celebrated its foundation day on May 30 - Goa
 In which state Kheer Bhawani fair has been organized on May
30, 2023 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Who has been appointed as the external auditor of the World
Health Organization on May 30, 2023 - Girish Chandra Murmu
 Who was posthumously awarded the Dag Hammarskjold Medal -
Head Constable Shishupal Singh and Sanwala Ram Vishnoi
 Who has been sworn in as President of Nigeria – Bola Tinubu
 Who has won the CAVA Women's Challenge title 2023 - India
 Who has been appointed as India's representative in the
International Civil Aviation Organization - Angshumali Rastogi
 In which state 'Devi Lok Mahotsav' has started– Madhya Pradesh
 According to the SBI report, what percentage of India's GDP is
estimated to be in the financial year 2023 - 7.1%
 With which theme 'World No Tobacco Day' was celebrated on
May 31, 2023 - We want food, not tobacco
 Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become the President of which country
on May 31, 2023 – Turkey
 In which country the first PPP will open outside India - Tanzania
 Which state's cabinet has approved the gender inclusive tourism
policy on May 31, 2023 - Maharashtra
 Which state government has announced to open de-addiction
centers in all districts on May 31, 2023 - Telangana
 Which state's cabinet has approved the gender inclusive tourism
policy on May 31, 2023 - Maharashtra
 Who has won the CAVA Women's Challenge Cup 2023 title on
May 31, 2023 - India (runner-up - Kazakhstan)
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 Who has been appointed as India's representative in the
International Civil Aviation Organization - Angshumali Rastogi
 Who has been elected the first Indian-origin Lord Mayor of
Birmingham on May 31, 2023 - Chaman Lal
 On May 31, 2023, which country has announced to send humans
to the moon by 2030 - China
 Which Airways has been named as 'Environmental Airline of the
Year 2023' on May 31, 2023 – Etihad Airways
 Which country has become the first country to write health
warnings on individual cigarettes - Canada
 Which became the most valuable football club according to Forbes
- Real Madrid
 Which state government has launched the 'Namo Shetkari
Mahasamman Yojana' on June 1, 2023 - Maharashtra
 Who has become the first woman NCC Cadet to complete the
mountaineering course on June 1, 2023 - Shalini Singh
 Which state's police has started OPS Clean campaign - Punjab
 Which railway zone named train engines after martyrs on June 1,
2023 - Northern Railway
 Which country's company 'Alstom' will make 100 Vande Bharat
trains - France
 Who has been named Smile Ambassador for the oral hygiene
campaign in Maharashtra – Sachin Tendulkar
 Which country has withdrawn from the United States-led maritime
alliance on June 1, 2023 - UAE
 Which country has emerged as the top source country of FDI in
Dubai – India
 Who has successfully tested drug delivery through drones on
June 1, 2023 - Dubai
 Which state celebrated its foundation day on 2nd June - Telangana
 Who has won the presidency of the World Meteorological
Organization - UAE
 India has signed MoU with which country for 'Phukot Karnali
Hydro Electric Project' on June 2, 2023 - Nepal
 In which state the world's first 3D printed Hindu temple is being
built - Telangana
 Who has launched PM Swanidhi mobile app - Hardeep Singh
Puri
 Which IIT has signed MoU with HCL Tech for petroleum
engineering - IIT Kharagpur
 Who has won the Junior Men's Asia Cup Hockey title - India
 Where has the new 'Liberation War Gallery' been inaugurated on
June 2, 2023 - Dhaka
 Where was 'Vaikasi Visakam' celebrated to please Lord Murugan
- Tamil Nadu
 Muthamiz Selvi has become the first woman from which state to
climb Mount Everest on June 3, 2023 - Tamil Nadu
 Submerged mud volcano has been seen in which country – Norway
 NASA has discovered a new moon in space. What's her name -
Quasi Moon
 Who has taken charge as DG of Geological Survey of India on
June 3, 2023 - Mr. Janardan Prasad
 Sanchi will become the first solar city of which state - Madhya
Pradesh
 Who has been appointed as the first woman Secretary-General of
the World Meteorological Organization - Celeste Saulo
 In which country the inflation rate has reached a record 37.97% –
Pakistan
 Where has Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the National
Food Safety and Standards Training Center - Ghaziabad
 India has signed an agreement with which country to export
electricity - Nepal
 Which medal has been won by Manjeet in the UWW Ranking
Series Wrestling in Kyrgyzstan on June 3, 2023 - Bronze
 Where is NATO's Arctic military exercise being held - Finland
 On June 4, 2023, where did India successfully test medium-range
ballistic missile Agni-I - Odisha
 On June 4, 2023 Who has won the bid to host IUCN's World
Conservation Congress in 2025 - UAE
 In which state the name of Ahmednagar will be changed to
Ahilyanagar - Maharashtra
 Which state government has constituted an expert panel to review
the reservation formula - Meghalaya
 Which payment gateway has launched 'Turbo UPI' service - Razorpay
 Who has been appointed as a member of UPSC on June 4, 2023
- Vidyut Bihari Swain
 On June 4, 2023, the US and which country have signed a trade
deal amid China's protest - Taiwan
 Which AIIMS has received recognition from the National Board
of Accreditation on June 4, 2023 - AIIMS Nagpur
 Which medal has been won by Tanjim Fayaz in the All India Inter
University Judo Championship on June 4, 2023 - Silver
 Where has the Integrated Command and Control Center been
established under the Smart City Mission - Srinagar
 Which ministry has organized 'National Conclave on SupportTech'
on June 4, 2023 - Ministry of Textiles
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 Which day was celebrated on 5th June - World Environment Day
 Where will Tata Group set up India's first Lithium Ion Cell
Manufacturing Giga Factory - Gujarat
 Where is the secret meeting of the world's intelligence chiefs held
- Singapore
 According to the information, India's first carbon-free village is
being developed in Bhiwandi of which state - Maharashtra
 Who has been elected as the 78th President of the United Nations
General Assembly on June 5, 2023 - Denis Francis
 Who has topped the NIRF ranking 2023 - IIT Madras
 Who has won the Spanish Grand Prix 2023 – Max Verstappen
 Where has the G-20 Third Employment Working Group meeting
been organized on June 5, 2023 - Geneva
 Which medal has been won by Abhinav Shaw and Gautami Bhanot
in the ISSF Junior World Cup on June 5, 2023 - Gold
 Where has 'Lavender Festival' been celebrated - Jammu- Kashmir
 Which country's footballer Zlaitan Ibrahimovich has announced
his retirement from football on June 6, 2023 - Sweden
 Which state government has signed MoU with Oil India Limited
for green hydrogen on June 6, 2023 - Himachal Pradesh
 Who has become the President of the World Meteorological
Organization - Abdullah Mandos
 Where is the historic Dhalpur Shiva temple inaugurated - Assam
 Which country has conferred its highest civilian honor on President
Draupadi Murmu on June 6, 2023 - Surinam
 Which bank has launched 'Project Kuber' in Bengaluru - SBI
 Who has become the new chairperson of The Hindu Group -
Nirmala Laxman
 Which country's government has introduced digital birth certificate
on June 6, 2023 - Israel
 Which university has topped in 'Khelo India University Games
2023' - Panjab University (Chandigarh)
 Which medal has been won by Siddharth Chowdhary in the Asian
Under-20 Athletics Championship - Gold
 According to the data released by IQAir, who has topped the
world's 10 most polluted cities - Lahore
 Which country has recorded its highest monthly inflation in a
decade - Bangladesh
 Mazagon Dock has tied up with which country for the
construction of diesel submarines on June 7, 2023 – Germany
 Who has co-chaired the first 'India-Namibia Joint Commission'
on June 7, 2023 - S. Jaishankar
 India's first international cruise has left for which country on
June 7, 2023 - Sri Lanka
 Which bank has started UPI cash withdrawal facility on its ATMs
– Bank of Baroda
 On June 7, 2023 Which country has set a target of making women
at least 30% directors in major farms by 2030 - Japan
 Which country has tested the first self-driving taxi - Israel
 Which state has started 'Nand Baba Milk Mission Scheme' -
Uttar Pradesh
 Where has the 'Agni prime' ballistic missile been successfully
tested by DRDO on June 8, 2023 - Odisha
 Which country has become the second largest producer of crude
steel - India
 Which country plans to ban Swastika and other Nazi symbols on
June 8, 2023 – Australia
 Which state has topped the 'Food Security Index' - Kerala
 Who has been awarded as India's Most Valuable Brand - Tata
Group
 Which country has hosted the sixth edition of exercise 'Ektha' on
June 9, 2023 - Maldives
 According to the CSE report, who is on top in terms of
environment - Telangana
 According to 'India Rankings 2023', which institution has retained
its first position in the time category - IIT Madras
 Which state's first 'District Good Governance Index' has been
released on June 9, 2023 - Arunachal Pradesh
 India, France and which country have started the first joint
maritime exercise on June 9, 2023 - UAE
 Who will host the first global conference on Artificial Intelligence
Security - Britain
 Which state government has launched the 'Shakti Smart Card'
scheme - Karnataka
 In which country Miss World 2023 will be organized after 27
years – India
 On June 9, 2023, which state's first Ashoka Chakra winner
Havaldar Alby D'Cru has passed away - Kerala
 Who has topped the 'International Shooting Sport Federation'
Junior World Cup - India
 Who has started the seventh phase of 'Sagar Parikrama' on June
10, 2023 - Purushottam Rupala
 Which country will issue the world's first digital government
bond - Israel
 Which state government has extended 100 percent subsidy in
crop insurance premium for farmers on June 10, 2023 - Meghalaya
 Where is the world's most powerful hypersonic wind tunnel
opened - China
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 Which state government has announced to release a white paper
on the economic status of the state - Himachal Pradesh
 Which country will integrate energy with India through the grid
by 2030 - Sri Lanka
 Which is the most expensive city for expatriates in India according
to Mercer's Cost of Living survey - Mumbai
 Which country is on top in terms of maximum digital payments –
India
 Where has flower festival 'Mindok' started - Ladakh and Kargil
 Where has Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the first 'National
Training Conference' on June 11, 2023 - New Delhi
 Which state's Chief Minister has launched the Biennial Integrated
Water Resources Action Plan on June 11, 2023 - Haryana
 Which country will deploy strategic nuclear weapons in Belarus
by July 2023 – Russia
 Which bank has launched the campaign 'I am Adyar, Adyar is Me'
on June 11, 2023 - Federal Bank
 In which country the Kakhovka dam on the Nipro river has broken
- Ukraine
 Where will the first global summit on security be held - Britain
 Which state government has launched the Family ID portal -
Uttar Pradesh
 Which country has claimed a substantial increase in the security
of CL-20 - China
 Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary is in discussion in which state -
Assam
 Who has won the men's singles title at the 2023 ITTF World
Table Tennis Championships - Fan Jadog
 Who has won the 'World Test Championship 2023' - Australia
 Where is the meeting of G-20 development ministers held - Varanasi
 According to the information, which country has emerged as the
fourth largest investor in India in the financial year 2023 - UAE
 In which state 'CM Learn and Earn' scheme has been started -
Madhya Pradesh
 Karen Kazi became the youngest software engineer of which
company – SpaceX
 Which country has won the Hockey Junior Asia Cup by defeating
Korea - India
 Which IIT has generated hydrogen from seawater using solar
energy – IIT Madras
 Who has won a record 23rd men's Grand Slam title - Novak
Jokovich
 On June 12, 2023, under whose leadership the Central Government
has formed a peace committee in Manipur - Anasuiya Udke
 On June 13, 2023, the 12th edition of joint military exercise
'Ekuverin' between India and which country has started - Maldives
 Where was the first Tribal Sports Festival held - Bhubaneswar
 Who has become the new CEO of UIDAI - Amit Agarwal
 Who has won the FIFA U-20 World Cup title on June 13 - Urugway
 Which state has reached the top in terms of 'installed wind power
capacity' on June 13, 2023 - Gujarat
 Which became the first Indian stock to touch Rs 1 lakh per share
mark on June 13, 2023 - MRF
 Which state government has announced a monthly grant of Rs
10,000 for Padma awardee - Haryana
 Which university will start Hindu Studies Center in 2023-24 - DU
 Where has Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the National Training
Conclave on June 13, 2023 - New Delhi
 Which city's police has declared June 14 as 'No Horning Day' -
Mumbai
 Where is the Squash World Cup inaugurated in India - Chennai
 Who has become the new Director General of National Testing
Agency (NTA) on June 14, 2023 - Subodh Kumar Singh
 Which railway station has received the certification of 'Eat Right
Station' on June 14, 2023 - Guwahati Railway Station
 Where has the country's first CNG-powered 'toy train' started -
Rajasthan
 In which state 'Raja' Festival has been celebrated - Odisha
 Where has RBI opened its regional office in Northeast - Nagaland
 Who has won the 'Iqbal Masih Award 2023' - Lalitha Natarajan
 Where has RBI Governor Shaktikant Das received the 'Governor
of the Year Award' on June 14, 2023 - London
 How many medals have India won in U-17 Asian Wrestling
Championship - 7
 Where is the third meeting of the G-20 Digital Economy Working
Group held on June 15, 2023 - Pune
 Which state's Niwari district has become the country's second
'Har Ghar Jal District' - Madhya Pradesh
 In which state 'Bihu Kuh festival' is celebrated - Arunachal Pradesh
 Where's Chief Minister has unveiled the 'One Time Settlement
Scheme' on June 15, 2023 - Delhi
 Where has IOC partnered with 'Lanzajet' to set up an aviation
fuel plant - Haryana
 Which state will end the 'Anti-Conversion Law' - Karnataka
 Where will the Asia Cup 2023 be played - Sri Lanka and Pakistan
 Who has been honored with the 'International Green Apple Award'
on June 16, 2023 - Telangana
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 Where's Chief Minister has named the jails as 'Sudhaar Grih
(Reform Homes)' - Uttar Pradesh
 Where has the first 'Panchayat Ranking' been released - Jammu
and Kashmir
 Whose book 'Rebels Against the Raj' has won the Elizabeth
Longford Prize - Ramachandra Guha
 Which country has launched 41 satellites into space - China
 Where was the first women's kabaddi league inaugurated - Dubai
 Where did Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chair the 'consultation
meeting on self-reliance' on June 17, 2023 - Bengaluru
 Which state has topped in adoption of wind power during FY
2022-23 - Rajasthan
 Where was the 'Science-20' conference organized under G-20 -
Bhopal
 World Bank has launched its first road safety project in which
country in South Asia – Bangladesh
 Where 'Dugdh Sankalp Sathi Mobile App' was launched -
Uttarakhand
 Which country's parliament has passed a bill to increase the age
of consent - Japan
 Where will the Ministry of Education host the meeting of the
'G-20 Fourth Education Working Group' - Pune
 Who has won the RSL Christopher Bland Award 2023 – Patterson
Joseph
 Who has taken charge as the chairman of Hinduja Group –
Gopichand
 Which country has started 'Y break-yoga at office chair' - India
 Where is the first 'Hindu-America Summit' to be held in the US on
June 18, 2023 - Capitol Hill
 The Ministry of Defence has approved the purchase of 31 MQ-
9B drones from which country – America
 Who has launched an outreach program named 'Julie Ladakh' in
the Ladakh region - Indian Navy
 According to the Sipri report, which country has the largest
number of nuclear weapons in the world - China
 Where is the new species of flying lizard found in India - Mizoram
 Which country will join UNESCO again in July – America
 'Gorakhpur Geeta Press' has been honored with which award on
completion of 100 years - Gandhi Peace Prize 2021
 India's first 'Women's Kabaddi League' has been inaugurated in
which city - Dubai
 Who has won the Squash World Cup title - Egypt
 Who has got the first prize in the Best State category in the
National Water Awards 2022 - Madhya Pradesh
 For which country SpaceX has launched SATRIA-1
communication satellite on June 19, 2023 - Indonesia
 Which state government has started 'Griha Jyoti Yojana' -
Karnataka
 By defeating whom India has won the 'Intercontinental Cup' -
Lebanan
 Who has been appointed as the first Ambassador of India to
Panama – Sumit Seth
 Who has been awarded the 'European Essay Prize 2023' -
Arundhati Roy (for the essay 'Freedom')
 Who has won the 'Canadian Grand Prix' - Max Verstappen
 Which state government has adopted 'Co-operative Policy 2023'
- Madhya Pradesh
 Where has the Indian Army participated in the multinational
exercise 'Khan Quest 2023' on June 20, 2023 - Mongolia
 Who will become the first Muslim woman federal judge in
American history - Nusrat Chaudhary
 Which became the first Baltic country to legalize same-sex marriage
- Estonia
 Where is the meeting of the 'G-20 Tourism Working Group and
Tourism Ministers' held on June 21, 2023 - Goa
 Who has topped the 'Global Gender Equality Index' - Iceland
 Who has unveiled 'Teddy Bear' as the mascot of 'Euro 2024' on
June 21, 2023 - Germany
 Who was honored with the 'German Peace Prize 2023' - Salman
Rushdie
 Where will the world's largest Ramayana temple be built - Bihar
 Which has become India's most valuable private company -
Reliance
 India has gifted Corvette 'INS Kirpan' to which country - Vietnam
 Which medal has been won by Pramod Bhagat in Canada Para
Badminton International 2023 - Silver
 Who has topped 'Startup Ecosystem Global List' - Silicon Valley
 Who has topped the 'Global Liveability Index' released by EIU
on June 22, 2023 - Vienna
 Where is North India's first 'Skin Bank' inaugurated - New Delhi
 Which state government has launched 'Vitthal Rukmini Varkari
Bima Chhatra Yojana' on June 22, 2023 - Maharashtra
 Which state government has implemented LADCS to provide
free legal aid to the poor on June 22, 2023 - Uttar Pradesh
 Who has received the prestigious 'Professor Kothapalli Jaishankar
Award' on June 22, 2023 - Acharya N. Gopi
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 Where has a Middle Stone Age rock painting been discovered by
an archaeologist - Andhra Pradesh
 Who has become India's most attractive 'Employer Brand' on
June 22, 2023 - Tata Power
 Where has the 'Guinness World Record' been set for the largest
gathering of people for a state-level yoga session - Surat
 Where has the Indian Army organized the exercise 'Agneastra-1'
on June 23, 2023 - Ladakh
 On June 23, 2023, Fitch Ratings has predicted India's GDP growth
rate in the financial year 2023-24 at what percent - 6.3%
 Which day was celebrated on 23 June - International Olympic
Day
 Where has the first Olympic e-sports week started - Singapore
 Who has hosted the first 'International Sports Film Festival' on
June 23, 2023 - Kolkata
 On June 23, 2023, which state government has announced 50%
fee waiver for EWS students - Maharashtra
 Which country will open two new consulates in India - America
 Which state government has started 'Polytechnic Chalo Abhiyan'
- Uttar Pradesh
 Who has launched 'PM Kisan Mobile App' with face
authentication feature on June 24, 2023 - Agriculture Minister
Narendra Singh Momar
 Who has partnered with NDDB to set up milk processing unit on
June 24, 2023 - Himachal Pradesh
 Which IIT has successfully conducted a test flight for 'Cloud
Seeding' - IIT Kanpur
 Where is the country's largest private rail coach factory inaugurated
on June 24, 2023 - Telangana
 According to the information, where will the US chip company
'Micron' set up a semiconductor assembly in India - Gujarat
 Which medal has been won by Ryan Rajmi in the Asian U-21
Snooker Championship on June 24, 2023 - Bronze
 Home Minister Amit Shah has inaugurated 'Balidan Stambh' on
June 25, 2023 - Srinagar
 On June 25, 2023, Paytm has tied up with whom to promote
startup ecosystem - Arunachal Pradesh
 On June 25, 2023, HAL has tied up with whom to produce the
Indian Air Force's Light Combat Aircraft - GE Aerospace
 Which state's hockey team has won the Hockey India Junior
Men's National Championship 2023 - Madhya Pradesh
 On June 26, 2023, India and which country have signed Mutual
Legal Assistance Treaty for investigation - Belgium
 Which state government has launched the PCTS mobile app to
ensure better health care - Rajasthan
 Who has become the third fastest cricketer to complete 15 centuries
in ODIs - Shai Hope
 Which country has joined NASA's Artemis program - India
 On June 26, 2023, who has created a 'Guinness World Record' for
playing 200 international matches - Cristiano Ronaldo
 Who was honored with the highest state honor 'Order of the Nile'
on June 26, 2023 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi
 Who was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in Britain on
June 26, 2023 - Singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan
 On June 27, 2023, IFFCO has tied up with which country for the
export of Nano Liquid Urea – America
 Where has 'Vitasta Festival' been celebrated - Jammu-Kashmir
 Who tops the Asia University Rankings 2023 - Tsinghua University
 Which IIT has proposed sports quota to promote diversity on
June 27, 2023 - IIT Madras
 On June 27, 2023, which state's police has started a new scheme
for women traveling alone at night - Tamil Nadu
 Who has received the Most Preferred Workplace of 2023-24
award on June 28, 2023 - NTPC
 Where has the 8th Global Drug Quality Conference been organized
on June 28, 2023 - Mumbai
 Who has become the top source of international travelers in Asia
– India
 How much percent of the money of Indians in Swiss bank has
reduced to 30000 crores - 11%
 Who has launched the knowledge sharing platform on June 28,
2023 – NHAI
 Who has inaugurated the silica reduction plant project at SAIL on
June 29, 2023 - Jyotiraditya Scindia
 India and which country have launched new defence initiative
Indus-X on June 29, 2023 - America
 Where has the 'India in Paris' campaign been flagged off on June
29, 2023 - New Delhi
 Who has released his new book 'Symphony to Jazz' on June 29,
2023 - Ankit Khemka
 Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of BRICS CCI Women
Vertical on June 29, 2023 – Ruby Sinha
 Which bank has signed MoU with 'Tamil Nadu State Rural
Livelihood Mission' on June 29, 2023 - IOB
 Which bank has signed MoU with 'Tamil Nadu State Rural
Livelihood Mission' on June 29, 2023 - IOB
 Who topped the 'Lausanne Diamond League 2023' with a best
throw of 87.66m on June 30, 2023 - Neeraj Chopra
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 What is the rank of India in the FIFA men's football rankings
released on June 30, 2023 - 100th (1st Rank - Argentina)
 Who won the title of 'Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023' held in
Busan (Korea) on June 30, 2023 – India (Runner-up : Iran)
 Where is 'Chikhal Kalo festival' celebrated on 30th June - Goa
 Which state's seven 'handicraft products' have got GI tag on June
30, 2023 - Uttar Pradesh
 Where Itwari railway station will be named after Subhash Chandra
Bose - Maharashtra
 Who has become the first country in the world to ban plastic bags
- New Zealand
 Where has India's first indigenous nuclear reactor started operating
on July 1, 2023 - Gujarat
 Who has been honored with the prestigious PEN Pinter Award
2023 on July 1, 2023 - Michael Rosen
 In which state India's largest natural arch has been discovered by
GSI on July 1, 2023 - Odisha
 Who has become the first female player to sign up for the Women's
CPL on July 1, 2023 - Shreyanka Patil
 Which state's Chief Minister has launched the 'Jagananna Amma
Vodi scheme' on July 1, 2023 - Andhra Pradesh
 On July 1, 2023, the Prime Minister of which country has honored
a 101-year-old Sikh veteran Rajindar Singh Dhatt with the 'Points
of Light Award' - Britain
 Which state has emerged as India's top electronics exporter in
2023 - Tamil Nadu
 Who has been named Global Indian Icon at the UK India Awards
on July 2, 2023 - Mary Kom
 Who has been selected as the new main jersey sponsor of the
Indian cricket team on July 2, 2023 - Dream11
 Where has Startup 20 summit started on July 3, 2023 - Gurugram
 Which country has failed to qualify for the World Cup 2023 for
the first time on July 3, 2023 - West Indies
 Where is UAE-India summit to be held on July 3 - Abu Dhabi
 Who has become the most peaceful country in 'Global Peace
Index 2023' - Iceland (India's rank-126th)
 Who has won the 6th Youth Women's National Championship on
July 3, 2023 - Haryana
 Who has won the Austrian Grand Prix 2023 on July 3, 2023 -
Max Verstappen
 Which swimmer has set a new national record in the backstroke
event in the National Swimming Championship - Mana Patel
 In which city dedicated monkey forests will be built - Lucknow
 Which state government has increased the retirement age for
professors to 65 years on July 4, 2023 - Jammu and Kashmir
 Who has been re-appointed as India's ambassador to WTO on
July 4, 2023 - Brajendra Navneet
 More than 205 species of birds have been found in the bird census
in which state on July 4, 2023 - Bihar
 Who has been appointed as the National Cyber Security
Coordinator on July 4, 2023 - M.U. Nair
 On July 4, 2023, in which state the foundation of the country's
first cooperative operated Sainik School has been laid - Gujarat
 Who has topped the ICC Women's ODI Batting Rankings released
on July 4, 2023 - C. Atapattu
 Who has become the first woman from Assam to make it to the
Indian women's team on July 4, 2023 - Uma Chhetri
 Who has been appointed by the BCCI as the chairman of the
senior men's cricket selection committee on July 5 - Ajit Agarkar
 India has won the 9th SAFF Championship by defeating which
country on July 5, 2023 - Kuwait
 Which country has become the new permanent member of Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) on July 5, 2023 - Iran
 Where has President Draupadi Murmu attended the 125th birth
anniversary of 'Alluri Sitarama Raju' on July 5, 2023 - Hyderabad
 Which state is associated with 'Ekamra Project' - Odisha
 Who has won the 'AIFF Men's Footballer of the Year' award on
July 5, 2023 - Lallianzuala Chhangte
 Who has won the Best Director award at the British National
Awards on July 6, 2023 - Shekhar Kapur
 Who has been appointed by Google as India Policy Head on July
6, 2023 - Srinivasa Reddy
 Which state government has doubled the amount of insurance
under 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana' - Gujarat
 Which bank has become the first to launch 'Mahila Samman Savings
Certificate Scheme' on July 6, 2023 - BOI
 Who has been elected President of Basketball Federation of India
on July 6, 2023 - Adhav Arjun
 Which state government has announced an insurance cover of up
to Rs 4 lakh to gig workers on July 7, 2023 - Karnataka
 On July 7, 2023, which state government has given exemption to
forest personnel for the use of firearms - Odisha
 Which country's cricketer Tamim Iqbal has announced his
retirement from international cricket on July 7, 2023 - Bangladesh
 Which country's men's team has won the second FIH Hockey
Pro League title on July 7, 2023 - Netherlands
 On July 8, 2023, which country has declared emergency due to
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Ubinas volcano - Peru
 On July 8, 2023, India and which country have signed MoU on
Electoral Cooperation - Panama
 Which state has launched the 'Ama Pokhari' project - Odisha
 Which country has destroyed its last declared chemical weapons
on July 8, 2023 - America
 Which state's Chief Minister has presented the Guaranteed Budget
on July 9, 2023 - Karnataka
 Which state has overtaken Tamil Nadu to become India's largest
MFI market on July 9, 2023 - Bihar
 On July 9, 2023, who has been appointed by the UNHRC as a
member of the Ukraine Commission of Inquiry - Vrinda Grover
 Who has won the gold medal in the men's 800m freestyle event at
the National Swimming Championships on July 9 - Aryan Nehra
 Which medal has been won by Indian pair Priyansh and Avneet
Kaur in the World Archery Youth Championship - Gold
 According to the information of July 9, 2023, which state
government will soon start 'Mo Jangal Jami Yojana' - Odisha
 Who has been appointed acting chairman of NGT - S.K. Singh
 Who has won the men's singles title of 'Canada Open Badminton
Tournament' on July 10, 2023 - Lakshya Sen
 Who took command of the Indian Air Force contingent at the
Bastille Day Parade in Paris on July 10, 2023 - Sindhu Reddy
 India and which country have started trade agreements in local
currencies on July 10, 2023 - Tanzania
 On July 10, 2023 'Mukhara' became the first insured village of
which state - Telangana
 Where is the third World Hindu Conference going to be held -
Bangkok (Thailand)
 Who has become the first Indian to win gold in the recurve category
of the Youth World Archery Championships on July 10, 2023 -
Parth Salunkhe
 Where has the third G-20 Culture Working Group meeting started
on July 10, 2023 - Karnataka
 Brain-eating amoeba has caused the death of a boy in which state
on July 10, 2023 - Kerala
 Who has become the first transgender woman to win Miss Universe
Netherlands on July 10, 2023 - Rikki Ballery Kole
 On July 11, 2023, India and which country have launched
'Operation Broader Sword' to stop drug trafficking - America
 On July 11, 2023, which country has launched its own computer
operating system, 'OpenCylin' - China
 Where has the pilot project of Antyodaya Shramik Suraksha Yojana
been launched on July 11, 2023 - Gujarat
 According to the Goldman Sachs ratio, when will India become
the second largest economy in the world - 2075
 According to the data of 'Global Firepower' released on July 11,
2023, who has the world's most powerful army - America
 With which country India has started bilateral trade in rupees on
July 12, 2023 - Bangladesh
 Who has received the ICC Player of the Month award for the
month of June - Wanindu Hasaranga and Ashley Gardner
 Who has become the most valuable franchise of the Indian Premier
League on July 12, 2023 - Chennai Super Kings
 Who has topped the 'Grievance Redressal Index' - Sikkim
 Where has the third trade and investment working group meeting
been held on July 12, 2023 - Kevadia (Gujarat)
 On July 12, 2023, where a health emergency has been declared
due to the outbreak of Guillain-Barre syndrome - Peru
 Where has India's first Vedic theme park opened - Noida
 Who has won the 34th 'International Biology Olympiad' - India
 Where has India's first AI anchor 'Lisa' been unveiled - Odisha
 On July 13, 2023, Japan has offered medical scholarship for the
students of which country - Bhutan
 On July 13, 2023 India has won how many medals in the World
Archery Youth Championship 2023 - 11
 Who has become the first PSU in India to get the Anti-Bribery
Management System Certificate on July 13, 2023 - ONGC
 On July 13, 2023 Which IIT's researchers have developed an AI
based model for knee X-ray - IIT Guwahati
 In the 50th meeting of the GST Council on July 13, 2023, what
percentage of GST has been fixed on 'online gaming' - 28%
 Which country's highest honor 'Grand Cross of the Legion of
Honor' has been awarded to Prime Minister Modi - France
 In which state is famous Mukurthi National Park - Tamil Nadu
 Who has released a new AI based notes app named 'NotebookLM'
on July 14, 2023 - Google
 Who has become the first Indian bowler in cricket history to
dismiss father and son on July 14, 2023 - Ravichandran Ashwin
 Who is the director of 'Chandrayaan-3' mission launched on July
14, 2023 - P. Veeramuthuvel
 Which country's epsilon rocket engine exploded during testing on
July 15, 2023 - Japan
 Who has been named the World's Best Bank for Corporate
Responsibility by Euromoney on July 15, 2023 - DBS Bank
 In which state 'Gajah Kotha Abhiyan' has been started - Assam
 Where is the meeting of G-20 Finance and Central Bank
representatives on July 15, 2023 - Gandhinagar (Gujarat)
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 Which medal has been won by Jyoti Yaraji in the Asian Athletics
Championships 2023 on July 15, 2023 - Gold
 Which state's 'Namda Art' has been successfully revived by Skill
India on July 16, 2023 - Jammu and Kashmir
 July 16, 2023 The government has set a target to gasify 100
million tonnes of coal by when - 2030
 On July 16, 2023, which state's 'Authoor betel leaves' have got
the GI tag - Tamil Nadu
 Which country has declared a state of emergency on July 16,
2023 to deal with rising food prices - Nigeria
 Which state's 'Kaleshwaram Project' has been restarted on July
16, 2023 - Telangana
 How many gold medals have been won by the Indian team in the
64th International Mathematics Olympiad on July 16, 2023 - 2
 On July 17, 2023 Japan, South Korea and which country have
organized trilateral missile defence exercise - US
 On July 17, 2023 Adani group has launched India's first
international power project in - Jharkhand
 On July 17, 2023, India has signed MoU with whom to promote
the use of local currencies - UAI
 Who has won the Wimbledon 2023 men's singles title on July 17,
2023 - Carlos Alcaraz
 Where has 'Bonalu festival' been celebrated - Hyderabad
 Joint military exercise 'Nomadic Elephant' has started between
India and which country on July 17, 2023 - Mongolia
 In which state 'Harela Parv 2023' has started - Uttarakhand
 According to the information, where the campus of IIT Delhi will
be established outside India - Abu Dhawi
 Which medal has been won by Shubham Bisla in the ISSF World
Championship 2023 on July 17, 2023 - Gold medal
 Which state's Gopalpur port has created a national record in
cargo handling on July 18, 2023 - Odisha
 In which country Louvre Museum is located - France
 Which Indian American has been appointed by Joe Biden to the
President's Export Council on July 18, 2023 - Shamina Singh
 Which country has launched the world's first methane-powered
rocket on July 18, 2023 - China
 Who has released the 'National Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index'
on July 18, 2023 - NITI Aayog
 Who has topped the NITI Aayog's 'Export Preparedness Index'
released on July 19, 2023 - Tamil Nadu
 Who has topped the 'Henley Passport Index 2023' - Singapore
 Where is the clean energy partnership ministerial meeting between
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 India and the US held on July 19, 2023 - New Delhi
 Which Indian musician has been awarded the Chevalier Award by
French govt. - Aruna Sairam and Shashank Subramaniam
 On July 19, 2023 Which company has launched the world's first
Generative AI tool for insurance - Simplify
 On July 19, 2023, what percentage of India's growth rate has
been estimated by ADB in the current financial year - 6.4%
 Who has won the prestigious International Annie Award on July
20, 2023 - Thalappil Pradeep
 Which wrestler has been exempted from the Asian Games trials
by the Indian Olympic Association on July 20 - Bajrang Punia
 Which state government has introduced a bill to guarantee minimum
income on July 20, 2023 - Rajasthan
 According to the information, which state will host the 69th
edition of the Filmfare Awards - Gujarat
 Which state government has announced financial assistance of Rs
56 crore for tendu leaf workers on July 20, 2023 - Odisha
 On July 21, 2023, the Chief Minister of which state has launched
the 'Empowered Women's Loan Scheme' - Himachal Pradesh
 Who has won the UK Prime Minister's 'Point of Light' award on
July 21, 2023 - Moksha Roy
 Who has acquired the TV rights for the FIFA Women's World
Cup 2023 July 21, 2023 - DD Sports
 Where has the mascot of the 'Hockey Asian Champions Trophy
2023' 'Bomman' been unveiled on July 21, 2023 - Chennai
 Who has been appointed as the new coach of the Indian women's
volleyball team on July 21, 2023 - Ravindra Banstu
 Which bank has launched 'Amrit Mahotsav FD Scheme' - IDBI
 On July 21, 2023 India and which country have signed MoU to
develop semiconductor ecosystem - Japan
 Who has become the youngest swimmer to cross the North
Channel by swimming on July 21, 2023 - Anshuman Jhingaran
 On July 22, 2023, which state's Chief Minister has launched
'Gramin Awas Nyay Yojana' - Chhattisgarh
 Who has become the first woman in US history to become the
top naval officer on July 22, 2023 - Lisa Franchetti
 Which state government has decided to phase out single use plastic
on July 22, 2023 - Assam
 India and which country have signed a cooperation agreement in
the field of renewable energy - Sri Lanka
 Which state government has started interest-free crop loan up to
Rs 1 lakh on July 23, 2023 - Odisha
 Who has become the brand ambassador of ICC World Cup 2023
- Shah Rukh Khan
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 Where is the 'Asia Surfing Championship' organized - Maldives
 Who has topped the QS Best Student Cities 2024 ranking - London
 Who has become the 10th player to play 500 matches in
international cricket on July 24, 2023 - Virat Kohli
 Gambusia fish will be used in which state to deal with malaria and
dengue - Andhra Pradesh
 To which country has India handed over the warship 'INS Kirpan'
on July 24, 2023 - Vietnam
 Where has the last meeting of the 'G-20 Disaster Risk Reduction
Working Group' been held on July 24, 2023 - Chennai
 Who has won the Nordea Open title - Andrey Rublev
 Which state government has unveiled the semiconductor policy
on July 25, 2023 - Gujarat
 Who has taken charge as the CEO of Noida - Lokesh M
 In which state the first transgender birth certificate has been issued
on July 26, 2023 - Rajasthan
 Who has applied to join the BRICS group on July 26, 2023 -
Algeria
 Which day was celebrated on July 26, 2023 - Kargil Vijay Diwas
 Where did PM Modi inaugurate Gujarat's first greenfield airport
on July 27, 2023 - at Hirasar village in Rajkot city
 Tenzing Yangki has become the first woman IPS officer of which
state on July 27, 2023 - Arunachal Pradesh
 Which foundation day did the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
celebrate on July 27, 2023 - 85th
 In which African country, on July 28, 2023, the army has removed
the President from office in a coup - Niger
 Who has been appointed as the captain of the junior Indian hockey
team for the hockey tournament in Germany - Uttam Singh
 'Meri Mati Mera Desh' campaign is an initiative of which ministry
- Ministry of Rural Development
 Which country has banned sex change and transgender marriage
on July 29, 2023 - Russia
 Which medal has been won by Kamaljeet in ISSF Junior Shooting
World Championship 2023 on July 29, 2023 - Gold
 Who has become the first woman to preside over the Rajya Sabha
from Nagaland on July 29, 2023 - Phangnon Konyak
 According to the information of July 30, 2023, who will get the
Rising Global Superstar Award of Indian Cinema - Karthik Aryan
 Which state government has appointed Ashwamedha Devi as the
chairman of the State Women's Commission on July 30 - Bihar
 According to Deloitte India's data released on July 30, 2023, how
much India's growth rate is likely to be in the current financial
year ending March 31, 2024 - 6 to 6.3%
 Current Affairs : MCQs
1. 'Meri Mati Mera Desh' campaign is an initiative of which ministry? (A) Shashank Subramaniam (B) Arun Sairam
(A) Ministry of Panchayati Raj (C) Gitanjali Shree (D) A and B both
(B) Ministry of Rural Development 12. Which country has recently launched the world's first methane
(C) Ministry of Mines fueled space rocket?
(D) Ministry of Health Welfare (A) India (B) China
2. Which is the first state in India to make minimum income guarantee (C) Japan (D) France
law? 13. In which country was the Asian Surfing Championship organized?
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Jharkhand (A) Maldives (B) Sri Lanka
(C) Chhattisgarh (D) Rajasthan (C) India (D) Thailand
3. Recently the parties of the opposition parties of India have formed 14. India has signed an agreement with which country for joint
an alliance of what name for the election of the year 2024? development of semiconductor ecosystem?
(A) INDIA (B) BHARAT (A) Brazil (B) Japan
(C) National (D) Hindustan (C) Argentina (D) Germany

4. Which Indian scientist has been honored with 'Annie Award'? 15. Which state government has started a scheme called 'Griha
Lakshmi' to provide monthly financial assistance to women?
(A) Vashisht Narayan (B) Thalappil Pradeep
(A) Rajasthan (B) Punjab
(C) P Veera Muthuvel (D) None of these
(C) Karnataka (D) Bihar
5. Who has become the 10th cricketer to play 500 matches in
16. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has launched the Rs 5600 crore
international cricket?
National Highway Project in which state?
(A) Rohit Sharma (B) Virat Kohli
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Steve Smith (D) Ravindra Jadeja
(C) Rajasthan (D) Assam
6. In which state will the 69th edition of the Filmfare Awards be
17. Which Indian city has topped the QS Best Student Cities 2024
organized in the year 2024?
ranking in India?
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Maharashtra
(A) Mumbai (B) Delhi
(C) Gujarat (D) Goa
(C) Bangalore (D) Indore
7. Who has become the new MD & CEO of Invest India?
18. Which Indian company has announced to set up a Global Battery
(A) Malika Sharma (B) Anita Tripathi Cell Gigafactory in the United Kingdom?
(C) Varsha Meghwal (D) Nivroopati Rai (A) Adani Group (B) Tata Sons
8. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador for the ICC (C) Mahindra & Sons (D) Reliance Industries
ODI Cricket World Cup 2023? 19. Who has won the women's singles title at Wimbledon 2023?
(A) Aamir Khan (B) Shah Rukh Khan (A) Ons Jabeur (B) Marketa Vondrousova
(C) Ranveer Singh (D) Kareena Kapoor (C) Barbora Strikova (D) Hsieh Su-wei
9. Who is the first woman in US history to become the top naval 20. Which foundation day has the Indian Council of Agricultural
officer? Research (ICAR) celebrated on July 16, 2023?
(A) Liza Franchetti (B) Ashley Barty (A) 93rd (B) 94th
(C) Helena Trump (D) None of these (C) 95th (D) 99th
10. Who inaugurated the first Global Food Regulatory Summit 2023 21. Who has won the men's singles title in Wimbledon 2023?
in New Delhi? (A) Novak Djokovic (B) Wesley Koolhof
(A) Gopal Hari Singh (B) Mansukh Mandaviya (C) Carlos Alcaraz (D) Roger Federer
(C) Narendra Modi (D) Rajnath Singh 22. Which Indian badminton player has won the title of Canada Open?
11. Which Indian musician has been honored with the 'Chevalier Award' (A) Parupalli Kashyap (B) Srikanth Kidambi
by the French Government? (C) Lakshya Sen (D) B Sai Praneeth

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23. India and which country have signed MoU to develop be organized?
'semiconductor ecosystem'? (A) South Korea (B) India
(A) Japan (B) America (C) China (D) Singapore
(C) Australia (D) None of the above 36. India has recently signed an agreement with which country to
24. Where was the 3rd Trade and Investment Working Group meeting develop new generation military equipment?
held under the G-20 chairmanship of India? (A) China (B) UK
(A) Gandhinagar (B) Ahmedabad (C) France (D) Germany
(C) Kevadia (D) Surat 37. Who has become the first unseeded female player to win the
25. Which Indian Grandmaster won the Super GM Chess tournament Wimbledon Grand Slam?
in Hungary? (A) Marketa Vondrousova (B) Ons Jabeur
(A) Nihal Sarin (B) Adhiban Bhaskaran (C) Barbora Strycova (D) Hsieh Su-wei
(C) Parimarjan Negi (D) R. Praggnananda 38. Recently PM Modi inaugurated the Integrated Terminal of Veer
26. Which state government has launched 'Shashakt Mahila Loan Savarkar International Airport. In which state/UT is it located?
Yojana'? (A) Puducherry (B) Sikkim
(A) Karnataka (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Lakshadweep
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Uttar Pradesh (D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
27. Who has recently become the youngest swimmer to swim across 39. Where was the 3rd G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank
the North Channel? Governors meeting held recently?
(A) Mohan Lal (B) Sandesh Singh (A) Lucknow (B) Jaipur
(C) Anshuman Jhingaran (D) Mohit Sinha (C) Gandhinagar (D) Bhopal
28. Which bank has launched 'Amrit Mahotsav FD Scheme'? 40. In which state 'Chachin Grazing' festival has been celebrated
(A) HDFC Bank (B) IDBI Bank recently?
(C) Axis Bank (D) PNB Bank (A) Nagaland (B) Manipur
29. On which date 'Nelson Mandela International Day' is celebrated (C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Assam
every year? 41. Which male cricketer has been awarded the ICC Player of the
(A) on 13th July (B) on 18th July Month for June-2023?
(C) on 19th July (D) on 21st July (A) Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
30. Which country has awarded its highest honor 'Grand Cross of the (B) Nicholas Pooran (Windies)
Legion of Honour' to PM Modi? (C) Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka)
(A) Japan (B) Britain (D) Wayne Stokes (England)
(C) France (D) Canada 42. Who has become the first Indian player to win gold in the recurve
31. On which date 'International Malala Day' is celebrated? event of the Youth World Archery Championship?
(A) on 10th July (B) on 12th July (A) Naresh Chowdhary (B) Amit Meena
(C) on 14th July (D) on 17th July (C) Sunil Choksi (D) Parth Salunkhe
32. Which female cricketer has been awarded the ICC Player of the 43. On which date 'World Population Day' is celebrated?
Month for June-2023? (A) on 11th July (B) on 10th July
(A) Stafanie Taylor (Windies) (B) Ashley Gardner (Aus) (C) on 13th July (D) on 17th July
(C) Smriti Mandhana (India) (D) Belinda Clarke (Australia) 44. Who has become the new chairman of International Financial
33. Which foundation day is celebrated by NABARD on 2nd July? Services Center Authority?
(A) 34th (B) 38th (A) P. Chawla (B) K. Rajaraman
(C) 42nd (D) 44th (C) N. Mathur (D) J. Haritwal
34. What is the rank of Indian passport as per Henley Passport Index 45. Who has become the new chairman of the National Consumer
2023? Disputes Redressal Commission?
(A) 80th (B) 81st (A) Justice Deepak Mishra (B) Justice NV Ramana
(C) 82nd (D) 83rd (C) Justice AP Sahi (D) Justice TS Thakur
35. In which country will the 'International Defence Exhibition 2023' 46. Which State/UT has launched Mobile-Dost-App?

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 (A) Jammu and Kashmir (B) Uttar Pradesh 58. With which country did India participate in the military exercise
(C) Delhi (D) Madhya Pradesh 'Nomadic Elephant-2023'?
47. The Ministry of Defence has approved the purchase of how (A) France (B) Indonesia
many Rafale fighter jets for the Indian Navy? (C) Mongolia (D) Thailand
(A) 22 (B) 24 59. Who won the bronze medal in the ISSF Shotgun World Cup?
(C) 26 (D) 30 (A) Prithviraj Tondiman (B) Saurabh Chowdhary
48. Which Indian has won silver medal in Para Athletics World (C) Vijay Kumar (D) Manu Bhaker
Championship 2023? 60. Who has recently released the 'National Multidimensional
(A) Arjun Sinha (B) Rupesh Kumar Poverty Index'?
(C) Vinay Awasthi (D) Nishad Kumar (A) Home Ministry (B) NITI Aayog
49. Who has recently been awarded the 'Golden Peacock Environment (C) Ministry of Finance (D) Ministry of Agriculture
Management Award 2023'? 61. Recently related to which sports Bangladeshi player 'Tamim Iqbal'
has retired from international sports?
(A) Adani Transmission Limited (B) Reliance Industries
(A) Hockey (B) Cricket
(C) Microsoft (D) Tata Sons
(C) Tennis (D) Football
50. In which city is the Global Food Regulatory Summit (2023) held
62. Who has been honored with the Best Member Federation Award
for the first time in India?
by the Asian Athletics Federation?
(A) Pune (B) Delhi
(A) Indonesian Athletics Association
(C) Rajkot (D) Goa
(B) Athletics Federation of India
51. Which company has launched the world's first Generative AI tool
(C) Bangladesh Athletics Federation
for insurance?
(D) Chinese Athletics Association
(A) Tata Max (B) Infosys
63. 'Lord Hanuman' has been declared as the official mascot of which
(C) Simplify (D) Meta
championship?
52. Which wrestler has been exempted from the trials for the Asian
(A) Asian Athletics Championships
Games by the Indian Olympic Association?
(B) Cricket Asia Cup
(A) Yogeshwar Dutt (B) Ravi Dahiya
(C) Davis Cup
(C) Bajrang Punia (D) Vijay Kumar
(D) World Athletics Championships
53. Which city of Australia has decided not to host the Commonwealth
64. With which country India has started bilateral trade in rupees?
Games 2026?
(A) Bhutan (B) Sri Lanka
(A) Gold Coast (B) Perth
(C) Nepal (D) Bangladesh
(C) Sydney (D) Victoria
65. What is the rank of India among 163 countries in the 'Global
54. Which state has topped among hill/Himalayan states in the third Peace Index 2023'?
edition of Export Preparedness Index 2022 released by NITI
(A) 122nd (B) 124th
Aayog?
(C) 126th (D) 129th
(A) Meghalaya (B) Sikkim
66. Which country has become the 9th permanent member of the
(C) Uttarakhand (D) Assam Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)?
55. Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to (A) Bangladesh (B) Myanmar
Lithuania? (C) Iran (D) Qatar
(A) Alok Sinha (B) Devesh Uttam 67. In which city India's first drone police unit has been launched?
(C) Shweta Anand (D) Rajeev Kumar (A) Ahmedabad (B) Nagpur
56. ADB has retained India's growth rate forecast for the current (C) Dehradun (D) Chennai
financial year at what percent? 68. Which men's football team has won the SAFF Championship
(A) 6.3 percent (B) 6.4 percent 2023 title?
(C) 6.5 percent (D) 6.6 percent (A) Kuwait (B) Pakistan
57. Recently in which Indian state 'Harela festival' has been organized? (C) India (D) Maldives
(A) Uttarakhand (B) Tripura 69. In which city was the meeting of the G-20 Culture Working Group
(C) Nagaland (D) West Bengal organized?

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 (A) Hampi (B) Jaipur (C) UAE (D) Bela Russia
(C) Patna (D) Kushinagar 80. In which city IIT Delhi is going to open its first global campus?
70. Who has become the champion of FIH Hockey Pro League (A) Dubai (B) Muscat
2022-23 season? (C) Havana (D) Abu Dhabi
(A) Belarus (B) Belgium 81. In which country will the first IIT campus outside India be set
(C) Netherlands (D) India up?
71. RBI has canceled the license of which operative bank? (A) Kenya (B) South Africa
(A) Abhyudaya Co-operative Bank (C) Egypt (D) Tanzania
(B) United India Co-operative Bank 82. Which pair won the junior mixed team compound gold medal in
(C) Bharat Co-operative Bank the World Archery Youth Championships 2023?
(D) Janata Sahakari Bank Limited (A) Priyansh and Avneet Kaur
72. India has signed MoU with which country for Electoral (B) Tarundeep and Deepika Kumari
Corporation? (C) Atanu Das and Dola Banerjee
(A) Brazil (B) Argentina (D) Tarundeep and Avneet Kaur
(C) Panama (D) Kenya 83. Who has been named the AIFF Men's Players of the Year 2023?
73. In which country is the Ubinas volcano located, due to which (A) Sunil Chhetri (B) Lallianzuala Changte
emergency has been declared there? (C) Deepak Kumar (D) Ravi Dahiya
(A) Uruguay (B) Chile 84. According to the 'Global Peace Index 2023', which is the most
(C) Peru (D) Japan peaceful country in the world?
74. Which ministry has won the 'Best Engagement' award for (A) Denmark (B) Ireland
procurement through GeM portal? (C) New Zealand (D) Iceland
(A) Ministry of Coal (B) Ministry of Home Affairs 85. Who won the gold medal in the men's 800m freestyle event at the
(C) Ministry of Agriculture (D) Ministry of Health National Swimming Championships?
75. Ministry of Culture has tied up with which bank to provide (A) Mahesh Kohli (B) Mridul Sinha
financial assistance to experienced artistes? (C) Ravi Nayak (D) Aryan Nehra
(A) Canara Bank (B) State Bank of India 86. With which state or union territory is the famous 'Namda Kala'
(C) Yes Bank (D) Punjab National Bank associated?
76. On whose birthday 'National Doctor's Day' is celebrated every (A) Bihar (B) Karnataka
year on 1st July all over India? (C) Jammu and Kashmir (D) Assam
(A) Dr. Anandi Gopal Joshi 87. Who has been elected as the new Deputy Chairman of Rajya
(B) Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Sabha?
(C) Dr. Upendranath Brahmachari (A) Smriti Irani (B) Kuldeep Singh
(D) Dr. Narendra Dabholkar (C) Abhishek Awasthi (D) S Phangnon Konyak
77. Which team has won the title of Asian Kabaddi Championship 88. Where has the Adani group started India's first international power
2023? project?
(A) Iran (B) India (A) Assam (B) Bihar
(C) Japan (D) Hong Kong (C) Jharkhand (D) Uttar Pradesh
78. Who has become the first bowler to play 100 consecutive test 89. Who is the Project Director in the recently launched Chandrayaan-
matches in world cricket? 3 mission?
(A) Ravichandran Ashwin (India) (A) P. Veera Muthuvel (B) S. Somnath
(B) Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) (C) K. Sivan (B) None of these
(C) Nathan Lyon (Australia) 90. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has nominated from which
(D) Moeen Ali (England) state for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections?
79. Which country has declared a state of emergency to deal with (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Tamil Nadu
rising food prices? (C) Gujarat (D) Kerala
(A) Nigeria (B) Tanzania 91. Who is the most valuable franchise of the Indian Premier League?

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 (A) Mumbai Indians (B) Chennai Super Kings (A) Bhavani Devi (B) Tanishka Khatri
(C) Royal Challengers Bangalore (D) Gujarat Titans (C) Kabita Devi (D) Medhana Shivakumar
92. In which country a national health emergency has been declared 104. Which player has recently won the Canadian Grand Prix title?
due to 'Guillain-Barre Syndrome'? (A) Max Verstappen (B) Sergio Perez
(A) Cuba (B) Brazil (C) Luwis Hamilton (D) Charles Lecarage
(C) Chile (D) Peru 105. India has recently gifted INS Kirpan to which country?
93. Which player has won gold medal in World Shooting Para Sports (A) Pakistan (B) Myanmar
World Cup? (C) Bangladesh (D) Vietnam
(A) Vaibhav Sinha (B) Rudransh Khandelwal 106. Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri scored a hat-trick to
(C) Nihal Singh (D) Mridul Saxena defeat Pakistan 4-0 in SAFF Championship 2023. Can you tell
94. Under whose chairmanship was the 23rd summit of the Shanghai which edition of this competition is this year?
Cooperation Organisation held? (A) 11th (B) 10th
(A) India (B) Pakistan (C) 14th (D) 16th
(C) China (D) Russia 107. Which 'International Yoga Day' has been celebrated across the
95. Who is the first player from Assam to make it to the Indian world on 21 June 2023?
women's team? (A) fifth (B) seventh
(A) Jintimoni Kalita (B) Uma Chhetri (C) eighth (D) ninth
(C) Sneh Rana (D) Anusha Baredy 108. Recently who has become the first Muslim woman federal judge
96. Which swimmer has created a new national record in the backstroke in America?
event in the National Swimming Championships? (A) Sumaiya Chauhan (B) Fatima Ahmed
(A) Chahat Arora (B) Mana Patel (C) Nusrat Chowdhary (D) Zainab Abdullah
(C) Poorva Shetty (D) Anita Sood 109. Which medal has been won by Pramod Bhagat in the singles event
97. Which country won the title of South Asian Football Federation of Canada Para Badminton International 2023?
Championship 2023? (A) Gold Medal (B) Silver Medal
(A) India (B) Kuwait (C) Bronze medal (D) None of these
(C) Pakistan (D) Saudi Arabia 110. Who has recently been awarded the 'German Peace Prize 2023'?
98. Who has been appointed as the chief selector of the Indian men's (A) Shashi Tharoor (B) Salman Rushdie
cricket team? (C) Kailash Satyarthi (D) Gitanjali Shree
(A) Sourav Ganguly (B) Virender Sehwag 111. Where will the 'European Championship' or 'Euro 2024' be held
(C) Ajit Agarkar (D) Venkatesh Prasad next year, for which the mascot 'Teddy Bear' has been unveiled
99. With whom has DGCA tied up for drone technology? recently?
(A) ISRO (B) Guru Aerospace (A) India (B) Italy
(C) NASA (D) EASA (C) Germany (D) France
100. Who launched the 'India 6G Alliance' in New Delhi? 112. What has been renamed as Nehru Memorial Museum and Library
(A) Narendra Modi (B) Amit Shah Society by the Central Government recently?
(C) Ashwini Vaishnav (D) S Jaishankar (A) PM Memorial Museum and Library Society
101. What is the rank of India in the list of 146 countries in the recently (B) India Memorial Museum and Library Society
released Global Gender Gap Report 2023? (C) Bharat Memorial Museum and Library Society
(A) 122nd (B) 125th (D) Gandhi Memorial Museum and Library Society
(C) 127th (D) 129th 113. Recently in which state of India a new species of flying lizard
102. Who has become the first male footballer to play 200 international named 'Gecko Mizoramensis' has been discovered?
matches? (A) Odisha (B) Mizoram
(A) Lionel Messi (B) Robert Lewandowski (C) Bihar (D) M anipur
(C) Cristiano Ronaldo (D) Mohammad Allah 114. Which country's female player 'Nahida Khan' has recently retired
103. Who has recently become the first Indian swordsman to win a from international cricket?
medal in the Asian Championship? (A) Afghanistan (B) Bangladesh

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 (C) Pakistan (D) Nepal (A) Russia (B) India
115. Which country has recently won the 'Hero Intercontinental Cup (C) Britain (D) Britain
2023' of football? 127. According to the SIPRI report, which country has increased the
(A) India (B) Pakistan maximum number of nuclear weapons in the world?
(C) Bangladesh (D) Sri Lanka (A) China (B) America
116. SpaceX has launched a communication satellite named 'SATRIA- (C) Ukraine (D) China
1' for which country? 128. The first 'Hindu-America Summit' was recently organized at
(A) Pakistan (B) Indonesia Capitol Hill. Tell me where is it located?
(B) India (D) Sri Lanka (A) Australia (B) Japan
117. In which state of India '37th National Games 2023' will be (C) America (D) Russia
organized? 129. Which state has been selected for the 'International Green Apple
(A) Kerala (B) Bihar Award' for its beautiful buildings and structures?

(C) Goa (D) Karnataka (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) West Bengal
(C) Telangana (D) Uttar Pradesh
118. Recently the government of which state has announced a monthly
pension of Rs.10,000 to all the Padma awardees in the state? 130. Which state has recently launched an app called 'Arunpol'?
(A) Sikkim (B) Odisha
(A) Karnataka (B) Haryana
(C) Assam (D) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Punjab (D) Rajasthan
131. In which state 'Vihu Kuh' festival has been celebrated recently?
119. Recently which female player has been awarded the ICC Player
(A) Mizoram (B) Assam
of the Month for May-2023?
(C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand
(A) Denny Watts (England) (B) Thipacha Puthavong (Thailand)
132. Which Indian-American has been appointed as the ambassador
(C) Tahila McGrath (Australia) (D) Omaima Sohail (Pakistan)
for women's issues?
120. Who will be honored with the 'Gandhi Peace Prize' for the year
(A) Geeta Rao Gupta (B) Neena Gupta
2021?
(C) Madhulia Singh (D) Rashmi Rati
(A) Geeta Press (Uttar Pradesh) (B) Hindustan Press (Delhi)
133. 'Raja Mahotsav', which was in the news recently, is related to
(C) Gulzarbagh Press (Bihar) (D) None of these
which state?
121. Which will be the 7th Tiger Reserve of Madhya Pradesh?
(A) Nagaland (B) Ladakh
(A) Ranipur Tiger Reserve
(C) Odisha (D) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve
134. Which railway station has recently been awarded the certification
(C) Valmiki Nagar Tiger Reserve (D) Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve of 'Eat Right Station'?
122. Which medal has been won by the pair of Chirag Shetty and (A) Patna Railway Station (B) Guwahati Railway Station
Satwik Sairaj in the men's doubles of 'Indonesia Open 2023'? (C) Mumbai Central Station (D) Deendayal Railway Station
(A) Gold Medal (B) Silver Medal 135. In which city of Rajasthan, the country's first CNG-powered
(C) Bronze medal (D) None of these 'toy train' has started?
123. Which country's team has won the Squash World Cup 2023 title? (A) Jaipur (B) Udaipur
(A) Egypt (B) India (C) Jaisalmer (D) Ajmer
(C) Argentina (D) Indonesia 136. Who has recently won the 'Iqbal Masih Award for the year 2023'?
124. Which tennis player has won the women's singles title in French (A) Lalitha Natarajan (B) Rita Bahuguna
Open 2023? (C) Savita Thakral (D) Gunjan Ganguly
(A) Karolina Mukova (B) Inga Svetik 137. Where has RBI recently opened its regional office in the North
(C) Sieh Su-wei (D) Wang Jinyu East?
125. Recently an agreement has been signed between India and which (A) Aizawl, Mizoram (B) Kohima, Nagaland
country on the export of electricity? (C) Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh(D) None of these
(A) Nepal (B) Japan 138. Which university will set up a Center for Hindu Studies in the
(C) Indonesia (D) Cambodia academic session 2023-24?
126. The government of which country has recently launched an (A) Nalanda University (B) Delhi University
initiative called Y Break (Yoga at Office Chair) for its employees? (C) Andhra Open University (D) Allahabad University

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139. Which state has recently topped in terms of installed wind power 151. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) has recently
capacity? launched a program by what name?
(A) Rajasthan (B) Tamil Nadu (A) Vigyan Vidushi (B) Gyan Ganga
(C) Gujarat (D) Kerala (C) Gyan and Vigyan (D) Shulabh Gyan
140. Recently ADB and India have signed $130 million loan agreement 152. Where has the 12th edition of the joint military exercise 'Ex
to promote horticulture in which state? Ekuverine' between India and Maldives started?
(A) Bihar (B) Karnataka (A) Chaubatia (B) Jaisalmer
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu (C) Kota (D) Jaipur
141. Which country has recently ordered Indian journalists to leave 153. Which has become the first Indian stock to touch Rs 1 lakh per
the country? share mark recently?
(A) North Korea (B) China (A) Reliance (B) MRF
(C) Pakistan (D) Russia (C) Tata (D) Apollo
142. Which city's police has recently declared June 14, 2023 as 'No 154. Where was the first 'Round Table Joint Meeting' between India
Horning Day'? and New Zealand held recently?
(A) Patna (B) Delhi (A) New Delhi (B) Pune
(C) Mumbai (D) Kolkata (C) Rajkot (D) Mumbai
143. According to a report, which country has reached the top in 155. Which state has got the first place in the field of environment in
terms of digital payments? the 'State of India's Environment 2023 in Figures' report?
(A) America (B) Singapore (A) Kerala (B) Telangana
(C) Brazil (D) India (C) Bihar (D) Tamil Nadu
144. Where has the secret meeting of the world's intelligence chiefs 156. Which has recently got the title of India's Most Valuable Brand?
been held? (A) Adani Group (B) Birla Group
(A) Singapore (B) India (C) Tata Group (D) Ambani Group
(C) Pakistan (D) Belgium 157. Which state has got the first place among big states under the
145. In which state is 'Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary' located? recently released '5th State Food Security Index 2023-24'?
(A) Odisha (B) Rajasthan (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Bihar
(C) Assam (D) Bihar (C) Punjab (D) Kerala
146. What is the position of India in the medal table of the recently 158. By whom was the seventh phase of Sagar Parikrama started?
held 'Asian U-20 Athletics Championship 2023'? (A) Amit Shah (B) Purushottam Rupala
(A) first (B) third (C) Narendra Modi (D) Amit Shah
(C) last (D) fifth 159. Which state has released the first 'District Good Governance
147. Who has won the Women's Junior Asia Cup Hockey title? Index'?
(A) China (B) Argentina (A) Kerala (B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) India (D) Pakistan (C) Assam (D) Bihar
148. Which country has recently emerged as the fourth largest investor 160. By whom has the Sustainable Green Airport Mission been
in India? launched recently?
(A) UAE (B) Singapore (A) Airports Authority of India(B) ISRO
(C) Mauritius (D) America (C) DRDO (D) SAIL
149. Who has recently become the male player to win the most Grand 161. Who has recently launched an outreach program called 'Julie
Slam titles in the history of tennis? Ladakh'?
(A) Novak Djokovic (B) Casper Rud (A) Navy (B) Air Force
(C) Rafael Nadal (D) Sania Mirza (C) Army (D) DRDO
150. Who has become the first Chief Minister of the country with 25 162. Which tennis player has won the men's singles title in French
million followers on Twitter? Open 2023?
(A) Nitish Kumar (B) Yogi Adityanath (A) Casper Rud (B) Novak Jokovich
(C) M.K. Stalin (D) Shivraj Singh Chouhan (C) Rafael Nadal (D) Roger Federer

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163. Which cricket team has recently won the title of World Test (C) Bihar (D) Uttar Pradesh
Championship 2023? 175. Chief Minister of which state has renamed the jails as 'Sudhaar
(A) England (B) India Grih (Reform Homes)'?
(C) Australia (D) New Zealand (A) Maharashtra (B) Uttarakhand
164. Which Indian state has recently become the first state to launch (C) Goa (D) Uttar Pradesh
its own internet broadband service? 176. Which state will end the 'Anti-Conversion Law'?
(A) Bihar (B) Kerala (A) Telangana (B) Karnataka
(C) Karnataka (D) Orissa (C) West Bengal (D) Chhattisgarh
165. In the recently released National Institute Ranking Framework 177. Who has recently won the 'Elizabeth Longford Award'?
for the year 2023, who has got the first position in the overall (A) Ramachandra Guha (B) Shashi Tharoor
ranking? (C) Gitanjali Shree (D) Satyarth Prakash
(A) IIT Bombay (B) IIT Kanpur 178. Britain's senior diplomat 'Jane Marriott' has been announced to
(C) IIT Madras (D) IIT Bangalore be appointed as the first female envoy to which country?
166. Which district of Maharashtra state has been renamed as 'Ahilyabai (A) India (B) Bangladesh
Holkar Nagar'?
(C) Pakistan (D) Nepal
(A) Nanded (B) Amaravati
179. Which state of India has celebrated its 10th foundation day on
(C) Kolhapur (D) Ahmednagar
2 June 2023?
167. Who has become the first woman Secretary General of 'World
(A) Odisha (B) Telangana
Meteorological Organization (WMO)'?
(C) Nagaland (D) Manipur
(A) Tie Franklin (B) Celeste Saulo
180. Which country's author 'Georgi Gospodinov' has recently won
(C) Alice Moody (D) Jonathan Hales
the International Booker Prize 2023?
168. Who has won the title of Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup 2023?
(A) Somalia (B) Netherlands
(A) China (B) Pakistan
(C) Bulgaria (D) Ukraine
(C) India (D) Thailand
181. Which state has recently become India's first fully e-governed
169. In the National Junior Rugby Boys Championship held at Pune
state?
(Maharashtra), Bihar became the champion by defeating which
(A) Punjab (B) Rajasthan
team in the final?
(C) Bihar (D) Kerala
(A) Odisha (B) Maharashtra
182. Where was the Agni prime ballistic missile successfully test fired
(C) Rajasthan (D) Gujarat
by DRDO recently?
170. Where was the two-day Science-20 conference organized recently
(A) Rajasthan (B) Odisha
under the G-20 chairmanship of India?
(A) Pune (B) Panaji (C) West Bengal (D) Tamil Nadu

(C) Bhopal (D) Delhi 183. After how many years the Miss World pageant (71st) (2023) will
171. Where was the third meeting of 'G-20 Digital Economy Working be held in India?
Group' held recently? (A) 27 years (B) 22 years
(A) Cuttack (B) Rajgir (C) 24 years (D) 28 years
(C) Pune (D) Lucknow 184. Where has the India-France-UAE joint maritime exercise been
172. In which city of Tamil Nadu has the 'Women 20 summit' been held recently?
organized recently? (A) Arabian Sea (B) Gulf of Oman
(A) Mahabalipuram (B) Chennai (C) Bay of Bengal (D) None of these
(C) Coimbatore (D) Shivaganga 185. What is the position of India with how many medals in the medal
173. In which country Asia Cup 2023 will be organized? list of ISSF Junior World Cup 2023 held in Germany?
(A) Pakistan (B) Sri Lanka (A) 9 medals - 3rd position (B) 12 medals - 2nd position
(C) India (D) A and B both (C) 15 medals - 1st position (D) None of the above
174. Who has been honored with the Best State Award under '4th 186. Which country has named 'Biparjoy Cyclone' in the Arabian Sea?
National Water Awards 2022' held recently? (A) Bangladesh (B) Myanmar
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Kerala (C) Yemen (D) Sri Lanka

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187. Which state government has started the 'Nand Baba Milk Mission (A) Bhiwandi, Maharashtra (B) Cuttack, Odisha
Scheme'? (C) Tankuppa, Bihar (D) Ranchi, Jharkhand
(A) Bihar (B) Uttar Pradesh 199. Which bank has recently launched '100 Days 100 Pay' campaign?
(C) Uttarakhand (D) Madhya Pradesh (A) SBI (B) RBI
188. Which of the following Indian-American has been appointed as (C) CBI (D) NABARD
the Vice-Chairman of the Department of Finance, Harvard 200. Which country has prepared a plan to send man to the moon by
University? 2030?
(A) Megha Singh (B) Ritu Kalra (A) Japan (B) China
(C) Rakhi Bhatnagar (D) Aparna Ghosh (C) Iran (D) Iraq
189. Where was the 8th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 201. Recently 'Al Mohd Al Hindi 2023' naval exercise has been
International Solar Alliance (ISA) held? organized between India and which country?
(A) New Delhi (B) Pune (A) Qatar (B) Saudi Arabia
(C) Rajkot (D) Bombay (C) Pakistan (D) Iran
190. Which has topped the list of engineering institutes in the recently 202. Which country has recently decided to celebrate the year 2025 as
released National Institute Ranking Framework 2023? 'Special Tourism Year'?
(A) IIT Delhi (B) IIT Roorkee (A) India (B) Nepal
(C) IIT Madras (D) IIT Kanpur (C) Bhutan (D) Bangladesh
191. Who has been elected as the 78th President of the United Nations 203. Where has Harris Park been renamed as 'Little India' recently?
General Assembly? (A) America (B) Australia
(A) Denis Francis (B) Antonio Guterres (C) South Africa (D) New Zealand
(C) Boutros Ghali (D) Martin Lecarage 204. The Government of India has recently launched 'Operation
192. In which state four projects worth Rs 1450 crore were recently Karuna' for relief and rescue in which country affected by the
inaugurated by Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin cyclone?
Gadkari? (A) Bangladesh (B) Myanmar
(A) Bihar (B) Assam (C) Palestine (D) Nepal
(C) Odisha (D) Arunachal Pradesh 205. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred with which
193. Who has recently announced setting up of India's first Lithium country's highest award 'Companion of the Order of Fiji'?
Ion Cell Manufacturing Giga Factory in Gujarat? (A) Zimbabwe (B) Israel
(A) Adani Group (B) Tata Group (C) Papua New Guinea (D) Fiji
(C) Aditya Birla Group (D) Ambani Group 206. Who won the IPL 2023 title?
194. Which country's President Chandrika Prasad Santokhi has honored (A) Delhi Capitals (B) Gujarat Titans
Indian President Draupadi Murmu with the country's highest (C) Sunrisers Hyderabad (D) Chennai Super Kings
civilian award 'Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star'? 207. Which state has achieved 100% coverage of Pradhan Mantri Jan
(A) Suriname (B) Nepal Dhan Yojana?
(C) Cambodia (D) Indonesia (A) Telangana (B) Rajasthan
195. Which anniversary of World Environment Day has been celebrated (C) Maharashtra (D) Uttar Pradesh
on 5 June 2023? 208. Which country has launched 'Typhoon', a short-range ballistic
(A) 75th (B) 45th missile?
(C) 50th (D) 52nd (A) Pakistan (B) Iran
196. Where was the Khelo India University Games held recently? (C) Brazil (D) Türkiye
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Punjab 209. Where was the 76th World Health Assembly organized recently?
(C) Bihar (D) Gujarat (A) Geneva, Switzerland (B) Banka, India
197. Which state's 'Sanchi' city will become India's first solar city? (C) New York, America (D) None of these
(A) Bihar (B) Madhya Pradesh 210. Where was the third Games India University Games inaugurated
(C) Goa (D) Uttar Pradesh recently?
198. Where will India's first carbon neutral village be developed? (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Uttarakhand

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 (C) Nagaland (D) Gujarat fashion brand Gucci?
211. Who has become the first Arab woman to go into space? (A) Anushka Sharma (B) Harmanpreet Kaur
(A) Zoya Khan (B) Rayyana Barnaby (C) Sania Mirza (D) Alia Bhatt
(C) Ayesha Begum (D) Nimisha Eram 223. Which female player has recently won the ICC Player of the
212. Recently who has been appointed as the new brand ambassador Month award for April-2023?
of Tripura State Tourism? (A) Shafali Verma (India) (B) Narumol Chaiwai (Thailand)
(A) Aamir Khan (B) Saurabh Ganguly (C) Babar Azam (Pakistan) (D) Bismah Maroof (Pakistan)
(C) Amitabh Bachchan (D) KL Rahul 224. Which male player has recently won the ICC Player of the Month
213. When is 'International Biodiversity Day' celebrated every year award for April-2023?
across the world? (A) Joe Root (England) (B) Suryakumar Yadav (India)
(A) on 18th May (B) on 20th May (C) Travis Head (Australia) (D) Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan)
(C) on 21st May (D) on 22nd May 225. Which male sportsperson has recently won the 'Laureus World
214. Which tennis player has won the men's singles title in Italian Sportsman of the Year' award for the year 2023?
Open 2023? (A) Carlos Alcaraz (B) Lionel Messi
(A) Novak Djokovic (B) Holger Rune (C) Lewis Hamilton (D) Max Verstappen
(C) Daniil Medvedev (D) Robin Haase 226. Recently the winners of Pulitzer Prize 2023 have been announced.
215. Recently who has been appointed as the new Master General In which field are these awards given?
Sustainer (MGS) of the Indian Army? (A) Physics (B) Medicine
(A) Amardeep Singh Aujla (B) Ramswaroop Deshpande (C) Journalism (D) Peace
(C) Manish Singh Rana (D) Govind Singh Prajapati 227. Recently, Shabnim Ismail, a female player belonging to which
216. Recently, who has been appointed as the new Law Minister of country, has retired from international cricket?
India in place of Kiren Rijiju by the Central Government? (A) Bangladesh (B) Pakistan
(A) Subedhanand Saraswati (B) Arjun Ram Meghwal (C) South Africa (D) Australia
(C) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (D) Jyotiraditya M. Scindia 228. What is the rank of India among 180 countries in the recently
217. Recently 'Siddaramaiah' has become the new (22nd) Chief Minister released World Press Freedom Index 2023?
of which southern state? (A) 160th (B) 161st
(A) Telangana (B) Andhra Pradesh (C) 163rd (D) 169th
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Karnataka 229. Recently who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of
218. With the aim of spreading awareness about which disease, a Bank of India in place of Atan Kumar Das?
National Day is celebrated across the country on 16th May every (A) Rajesh Choksi (B) Rajneesh Karnataka
year? (C) Mahavir Vaishnav (D) Rajendra Chowdhary
(A) Chikungunya (B) Dengue 230. The foundation day of which two states is celebrated every year
(C) Malaria (D) Zika virus on 1st May?
219. Which Indian state has celebrated its foundation day on 16 May (A) Rajasthan and Gujarat
2023? (B) Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
(A) Karnataka (B) Kerala (C) Punjab and Haryana
(C) Sikkim (D) Manipur (D) Maharashtra and Gujarat
220. Recently, who has been appointed as the new CEO of micro- 231. Who has become the first world chess champion player of China?
blogging site Twitter? (A) Zhang Suis (B) Hao Su
(A) Ninja Silly (B) Alyssa Martin (C) Ding Liren (D) Lit Era
(C) Linda Yacarino (D) Petey Hughes 232. Who has become the new President of the Cycling Federation of
221. Who has become the fastest batsman to score the fastest fifty (13 India (CFI)?
balls) in IPL so far? (A) Naveen Jindal (B) Swaroop Verma
(A) Tilak Verma (B) Nicholas Pooran (C) Pankaj Singh (D) Ajay Devgoda
(C) Yashasvi Jaiswal (D) Andre Russell 233. Who has won the Best Actor Award at Filmfare Awards 2023?
222. Who has become the first Indian global brand ambassador of (A) Akshay Kumar (B) Rajkumar Rao

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 (C) Ranveer Singh (D) Anil Kapoor (A) West Bengal (B) Maharashtra
234. Who has been made the 'First Village of India' by the Border (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Karnataka
Roads Organization (BRO)? 246. The Reserve Bank of India has announced the return of how
(A) Gokrana (Karnataka) (B) Almora (Uttarakhand) many rupee notes?
(C) Mana (Uttarakhand) (D) Khonoma (Nagaland) (A) Rs.100 (B) Rs.500
235. In which state India's first water metro service has been (C) Rs 2000 (D) Rs 200
inaugurated? 247. The Gujarat Corps of the Indian Army recently conducted a joint
(A) Kerala (B) Bihar flood relief exercise named 'Jal Rahat' in which state?
(C) Sikkim (D) Assam (A) Assam (B) Karnataka
(C) Goa (D) Haryana
236. Which state has recently become the first state in the country to
248. Which country's highest honor 'Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur'
approve the State Good Governance Regulation?
has been conferred to Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekhar?
(A) West Bengal (B) Bihar
(A) Australia (B) South Korea
(C) Maharashtra (D) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Russia (D) France
237. Which country has won the Sudirman Cup 2023 title for a record
249. Where did the Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurate
13th time?
the first Heritage Center of the Indian Air Force on May 8, 2023?
(A) India (B) Japan
(A) Chandigarh (B) Ladakh
(C) UAE (D) China
(C) Jammu and Kashmir (D) Lakshadweep
238. Which press has won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize 2023 for
250. One of the oldest landing ships of the Indian Navy has been
'International Reporting' of Russia-Ukraine War? decommissioned after 36 years of service. What is the name of
(A) The Washington Post (B) New York Times this ship?
(C) The Hindu (D) BBC India (A) INS Magar (B) INS Kalvari
239. Where was the Petersberg Climate Dialogue 2023 held on climate (C) INS Vikrant (D) INS Vikramaditya
change from May 1 to 2, 2023? 251. Which state government has launched the 'Chief Minister Kaushal
(A) Rajgir, India (B) Beijing, China Unnayan Rozgar Yojana'?
(C) Bali, Indonesia (D) Berlin, Germany (A) Jharkhand (B) Assam
240. Which star player of India has won the title of Doha Diamond (C) Odisha (D) Uttarakhand
League 2023? 252. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the
(A) Neeraj Chopra (B) Arjun Sehrawat COVID-19 global health emergency. Can you tell which date is
(C) Aman Dubey (D) Vedant Madhavan this?
241. Which has become the first Indian state to provide free air travel (A) May 5, 2023 (B) May 6, 2023
to pilgrims? (C) May 7, 2023 (D) May 8, 2023
253. Which state/UT has been ranked as the most 'innovative' state in
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Rajasthan
the recent National Manufacturing Innovation Survey?
(C) Uttarakhand (D) Karnataka
(A) Delhi (B) Karnataka
242. Who has recently been declared as the kit sponsor of the Indian
(C) Maharashtra (D) Goa
Cricket Team by the ICC?
254. Who has recently taken over as the 17th 'Commander in Chief'?
(A) Nike (B) Adidas
(A) Saju Balakrishnan (B) L. Ganesan
(C) Rebook (D) Shivnaresh
(C) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (D) S.P. Bala Subramaniam
243. In which state of India, the largest 'Skywalk bridge' has been
255. Recently who has been elected as the president of 'All India
inaugurated recently?
Theater Council'?
(A) Bihar (B) Jharkhand (A) Dilip Singh (B) Rakesh Nishad
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Uttarakhand (C) Prashant Damle (D) Ramprasad Dubey
244. At which place the 125 feet tall statue of 'Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar' 256. Where has a new species of flying lizard been found recently?
has been unveiled on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake? (A) Assam (B) Mizoram
(A) Pune (B) Hyderabad (C) Rajasthan (D) Meghalaya
(C) Indore (D) Mumbai 257. Which port has recently been conferred with the 'Sagar Shrestha
245. In which state is the famous 'Tulja Bhavani Temple' located? Samman' award by Sarbananda Sonowal for best performance?

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 (A) Cochin Port (B) Kandla Port (C) Saudi Arabia (D) Afghanistan
(C) Mangalore port (D) Mumbai port 269. After Jammu and Kashmir, in which state India's largest lithium
258. Which country has recently become the 7th country in the world reserves have been found?
to legalize euthanasia? (A) Bihar (B) Jharkhand
(A) New Zealand (B) Netherlands (C) Rajasthan (D) Uttarakhand
(C) Portugal (D) Belgium 270. President Draupadi Murmu honored how many people with Kirti
259. According to the survey of the Ministry of Commerce, which Chakra at the Defence Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati
country has recently become the third largest exporter of India? Bhavan on May 9, 2023?
(A) China (B) Netherlands (A) 8 (B) 12
(C) Bhutan (D) Kenya (C) 26 (D) 37
260. Vuppala Praneeth has recently become the 82nd Grandmaster of 271. After how many years India has won a medal (Gold) in men's
India. To which state does he belong? doubles in the Asian Badminton Championship 2023?
(A) West Bengal (B) Tamil Nadu (A) 23 years (B) 35 years
(C) Odisha (D) Telangana (C) 58 years (D) 87 years
261. Which country has recently confirmed the first polio death in the 272. India has started operating 'Sitwe Port' in which country?
year 2023? (A) Bhutan (B) Bangladesh
(A) India (B) Pakistan (C) Myanmar (D) Afghanistan
(C) Bangladesh (D) Afghanistan 273. Which has become the first state to make 'Digital Health Card' for
262. Which state has recently won the 13th Hockey India Sub-Junior children?
Women's National Championship? (A) Karnataka (B) Odisha
(A) Haryana (B) Jharkhand (C) Kerala (D) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Odisha (D) Uttar Pradesh 274. With whom is 'Project Sanjay' in the news related?
263. Recently who has become the chairman of the Union Public (A) ISRO (B) Indian Railways
Service Commission? (C) Indian Army (D) Bihar Police
(A) Ganesh Thakur (B) Manoj Soni 275. On 6 May 2023, the first 'Border Haat' was inaugurated in
(C) Manjit Thakral (D) Rakesh Bhadauria Bholaganj between India and which country?
264. With which state is the 'Him Data Portal' launched for digital (A) China (B) Nepal
services? (C) Pakistan (D) Bangladesh
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Himachal Pradesh 276. Which day was celebrated on May 15, 2023 with the theme
(C) Sikkim (D) Uttarakhand 'Family and Demographic Change'?
265. Recently between which two countries the fourth edition of joint (A) International Population Day
exercise 'Samudra Shakti' has been organized? (B) International Family Day
(A) India and Indonesia (B) India and Bangladesh (C) International Planning Day
(C) India and Pakistan (D) India and Australia (D) International Suspension Day
266. Which state government has launched 'Geetha Karmikula Bima 277. Which Indian-American has recently been appointed as the US
Yojana'? envoy for women's issues?
(A) Odisha (B) Rajasthan (A) Neena Gupta (B) Geeta Rao Gupta
(C) Haryana (D) Telangana (C) Shaili Singh (D) Seema Thakur
267. 62 new satellites of Saturn, the second largest planet of the solar 278. Which country's former all-rounder player Grant Bradburn has
system, have been discovered recently. Now how many satellites recently been appointed as the new coach of the Pakistan cricket
do Saturn have in total? team?
(A) 97 satellites (B) 111 satellites (A) England (B) Australia
(C) 89 satellites (D) 145 satellites (C) New Zealand (D) South Africa
268. According to a recent report, tourists from which country have 279. Where has the 'Monlam Chenmo' festival been held recently?
registered maximum presence in Sri Lanka tourism sector? (A) Rajgir (B) Leh
(A) Russia (B) India (C) Agartala (D) Kohima

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280. Which institute of technology has partnered with DRDO to (A) Bihar (B) Kerala
develop technology for underwater communication? (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand
(A) IIT, Delhi (B) IIT, Kharagpur 292. In which country is 'Fuego' volcano which was in news recently?
(C) IIT, Roorkee (D) IIT, Madras (A) Tanzania (B) Guatemala
281. In which city police has recently launched 'Stay in your lane' (C) Belarus (D) Cambodia
campaign? 293. Which woman journalist imprisoned in Iran has been awarded the
(A) Mumbai (B) Cape Town UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize 2023?
(C) Sharjah (D) Islamabad (A) Niloufar Hamidi (B) Elaheh Mohammadi
282. Where was the three-day 'International Museum Expo 2023' held (C) Nargis Mohammadi (D) All of the above
from 18-20 May 2023? 294. Which country has given this name to the cyclonic storm 'Mocha'
(A) New Delhi (B) Rajgir in the Bay of Bengal?
(C) Thiruvananthapuram (D) Coimbatore (A) Pakistan (B) Bangladesh
283. Who was the first Muslim woman to do Post Graduate (PG) in (C) Myanmar (D) Yemen
Malayalam language, who passed away recently? 295. Antonio Carbajal has passed away recently. He was related to
(A) Nabeesa Ummal (B) Aafia Naaz which of the following?
(C) Alia Naaz (D) Musarrat Praveen (A) Volleyball (B) Football
284. At what position, did India win 14 medals in the Asia Cup Stage- (C) Polo (D) Archery
II Archery World Ranking Tournament held in Tashkent? 296. Which company has recently replaced 'Bharat Pay' as the global
(A) first (B) second sponsor of ICC?
(C) fifth (D) last (A) Master Card (B) Bata
285. Film 'Love in the Nineties' is the first film made on the Tagin (C) Lenscort (D) Fevicol
community. To which state does it belong? 297. On the occasion of National Technology Day, Prime Minister
(A) Assam (B) Mizoram Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and inaugurated scientific
(C) Meghalaya (D) Arunachal Pradesh projects worth how many crores on May 11, 2023?
286. Which American of Indian origin has recently been appointed as (A) 3470 crore (B) 4430 crore
the Domestic Policy Adviser in the US? (C) 5800 crore (D) 6700 crore
(A) Ajay Banga (B) Rita Devi 298. Which state government has inaugurated the 'Sea Harrier Museum'?
(C) Neera Tandon (D) Lovely Lovelesh (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Odisha
287. Fitch Ratings has estimated India's GDP growth rate to be what (C) Tripura (D) Nagaland
percent in the financial year 2023-24? 299. Who has been honored with the Bharat Ratna Dr. Ambedkar
(A) 6.0% (B) 7.8 % Award 2023?
(C) 4.9% (D) 8.2% (A) Narendra Modi (B) Yogi Adityanath
288. By whom has a campaign named 'Poshan Bhi Padhi Bhi' been (C) M.K. Stalin (D) Nitish Kumar
launched recently? 300. Who has become the first athlete to win both the Laureus World
(A) Narendra Modi (B) Nitish Kumar Sportsman of the Year Award and the World Team of the Year
(C) Smriti Irani (D) Piyush Goyal Award?
289. Which edition of the 'Ocean Conference' was held in Dhaka, (A) Lionel Messi (Argentina) (B) Kylian Mbappé (France)
Bangladesh on May 12-13, 2023? (C) Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) (D) Sunil Chhetri (India)
(A) fifth (B) sixth 301. According to the recently released SIPRI report, which country
(C) twelfth (D) third has topped the global military expenditure?
290. Which has become the first state in India to implement the 'right (A) Russia (B) America
to walk'? (C) India (D) China
(A) Karnataka (B) Goa 302. Who won the prestigious Hero Super Cup 2023 of football?
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Punjab (A) Odisha FC (B) Bengaluru FC
291. Which state police is running a special campaign called 'Operation (C) West Bengal (D) Tamil Nadu
Maryada' to maintain cleanliness at tourist places? 303. Where is the world's largest cyber defence exercise 'Locked Shield

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 2023' organized by NATO? (A) Virat Kohli (B) Tishabh Pant
(A) Beijing (China) (B) Tallinn (Estonia) (C) Rohit Sharma (D) Mithali Raj
(C) Samarkand (Uzbekistan) (D) Birmingham (England) 316. Which has become the first state in the country to adopt 'Water
304. Prakash Singh Badal has passed away recently. To which political Budget' recently?
party did he belong? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Odisha
(A) Indian National Congress (B) Shiromani Akali Dal (C) Sikkim (D) Kerala
(C) Bharatiya Janata Party (D) Communist Party of India 317. Which state has started 'One Panchayat, One Playground'
305. Which countries participated in the Cope India-2023 air exercise scheme?
recently? (A) Bihar (B) Kerala
(A) India and Russia (B) India and Japan (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Uttar Pradesh
(C) India and America (D) India and Vietnam 318. At which ground will the final match of IPL 2023 be played?
306. Which country has honored Ratan Tata with its highest civilian (A) Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
honour? (B) Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata
(A) France (B) Japan (C) Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
(C) Australia (D) Singapore (D) Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
307. By what name will the first village of India be known? 319. Which Indian Institute of Technology will soon set up its first
(A) Bancha (Madhya Pradesh) (B) Mana (Uttarakhand) international campus in the African country of Tanzania?
(C) Mandhera (Gujarat) (D) Kublangi (Kerala) (A) IIT Madras (B) IIT Kharagpur
308. What is the rank of India in the World Bank's 'Logistic Performance (C) IIT Mumbai (D) IIT Roorkee
Index-2023'? 320. Who has become the new chairman of National Technical Research
(A) 35th (B) 38th Organization (NTRO)?
(C) 43rd (D) 46th (A) Arun Sinha (B) Vimal Singh
309. With which theme 'World Earth Day' was celebrated on 22 April? (C) Vikrant Das (D) Raju Vashisht
(A) invest in our planet (B) our life, our planet 321. Who has become the first woman officer of the Indian Air Force
(C) protecting the earth, protecting us to receive a gallantry award?
(D) one earth, one life (A) Neelam Shah (B) Deepika Mishra
310. Recently, the famous writer 'Tarikh Fateh' belonging to which (C) Vimla Singh (D) Rajni Rajput
country has passed away at the age of 73? 322. In which state assembly was the 'Factory Amendment Act 2023'
(A) Pakistan (B) Afghanistan passed recently?
(C) Bangladesh (D) Syria (A) Karnataka (B) Bihar
311. When is the National Panchayati Raj Day celebrated every year? (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Maharashtra
(A) 23rd April (B) 24th April 323. Who has topped the 'Global Unicorn Index 2023' released by
(C) 20th April (D) 25th April Hurun?
312. Who has become the fastest Indian to score 7000 runs in T20 (A) India (B) China
cricket? (C) Japan (D) America
(A) Virat Kohli (B) Suryakumar Yadav 324. Which beauty has won the Femina Miss India 2023 crown
(C) Rohit Sharma (D) K. L. Rahul recently?
313. The Government of India has launched 'Operation Kaveri' to (A) Neena Rao (B) Asmita Shukla
bring back about 500 Indians stranded in which war-torn country? (C) Deepti Haritwal (D) Nandini Gupta
(A) Malaysia (B) Sudan 325. Which state celebrated its 75th foundation day on April 15, 2023?
(C) Tanzania (D) Uganda (A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Himachal Pradesh
314. Who has topped the list of 10 richest cities in the world? (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu
(A) New York (B) Vienna 326. Who has become the fastest bowler to take 100 wickets in IPL?
(C) London (D) Lahore (A) Kagiso Rabada (B) Pete Cummins
315. Which cricketer has been appointed by Star Sports as its 'Believe (C) Mitchell Starc (D) Andre Russell
Ambassador'? 327. Which great man's birth anniversary is celebrated on 14th April

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 all over India? 339. In the Asian Wrestling Championship 2023 held in Astana,
(A) Mangal Pandey (B) Chandrashekhar Azad Kazakhstan, India finished seventh rank with how many medals
(C) Bhikaji Cama (D) Bhimrao Ambedkar in total?
328. Who was honored with the 'Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award (A) 12 (B) 13
2023'? (C) 14 (D) 15
(A) Narendra Modi (B) Asha Parekh 340. With which theme was World Health Day celebrated on 7th April?
(C) Asha Bhosle (D) Shreya Ghoshal (A) Health is most (B) Health for all
329. Which male cricketer has been awarded the ICC Player of the (C) Health is important (D) Let's have good health
Month for March-2023? 341. How many US dollars has been announced by the US as the 36th
(A) Steven Smith (Australia) security package for Ukraine?
(B) Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) (A) $200 million (B) $325 million
(C) Somya Sarkar (Bangladesh) (C) $475 million (D) $500 million
(D) Enrich Norkia (South Africa) 342. How many crore rupees have been sanctioned under the 'National
330. In which city India's first 3D printed post office will be opened? Quantum Mission'?
(A) Jaipur (B) Hyderabad (A) 1000 crores (B) 3000 crores
(C) Bangalore (D) Thiruvananthapuram (C) 6000 crore (D) 8000 crore
331. Which country has recently launched its first 'Operational Earth 343. Who is the first Indian woman cricketer to be elected 'Wisden
Observation Satellite 'Taifa-1'? Cricketers of the Year'?
(A) Bhutan (B) Kenya (A) Jhulan Goswami (B) Mithali Raj
(C) Nepal (D) Pakistan (C) Harmanpreet Kaur (D) Poonam Yadav
332. Where will the world's first Asian Vulture Conservation Center 344. Projects worth how many crores have been approved under the
be set up? National Mission for Clean Ganga?
(A) Karnataka (B) Uttarakhand (A) 538 crore (B) 638 crore
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Uttar Pradesh (C) 700 crore (D) 1000 crore
333. Recently the launch of the world's largest and most powerful 345. Which Union Minister has launched the 'Youth Portal' in New Delhi?
rocket 'Starship' failed. Who launched it? (A) Aye Jaishankar (B) Piyush Goyal
(A) ISRO (B) European Space Agency (C) Smriti Irani (D) Dr. Jitendra Singh
(C) NASA (D) SpaceX 346. In which city did the Apple company launch its first store?
334. Recently who has been honored with 'Pravasi Bhartiya Samman'? (A) Bangalore (B) New Delhi
(A) Raj Subramaniam (B) Taranjit Singh Sandhu (C) Kolkata (D) Mumbai
(C) Mahima Bharadwaj (D) Kishan Bharadwaj 347. In which district of Uttar Pradesh Prime Minister Narendra Modi
335. Which ministry has launched 'Saathi' portal and mobile app? has inaugurated 'PM Mitra Park'?
(A) Ministry of Education (B) Ministry of External Affairs (A) Hardoi (B) Lucknow
(C) Ministry of Agriculture (D) Ministry of Home Affairs (C) Both the above are correct (D) None of these
336. The Indian Army has tied up with which university to impart 348. Which union minister has launched the 'Sangathan Se Samriddhi'
Chinese language training to military personnel? campaign?
(A) Delhi University (B) Tezpur University, Assam (A) Smriti Irani (B) Giriraj Singh
(C) Mumbai University (D) Banaras Hindu University (C) Piyush Goyal (D) R.K. Singh
337. What is the name of India's first semi-high-speed regional train 349. In which city did the meeting of the G-20 Digital Economy
renamed? Working Group take place?
(A) NIPPOX (B) RAPIDX (A) Hyderabad (B) Guwahati
(C) MOXEX (D) WOKEX (C) Varanasi (D) Jaipur
338. Which state government has recently passed a bill to ban online 350. Which state has become the first to prepare a DNA database for
gambling? identification of unidentified dead bodies?
(A) Kerala (B) Tamil Nadu (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Bihar
(C) Haryana (D) Rajasthan (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Gujarat

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351. According to a recently released report, which state has topped 364. Recently which state's Cumbum grapes have been given GI tag?
in the implementation of 'Fasal Bima Yojana'? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Assam
(A) Assam (B) Bihar (C) Jammu and Kashmir (D) Uttarakhand
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Karnataka 365. In which city was the trial of the underwater metro train done for
352. Who has become the 31st member country of NATO? the first time?
(A) Ukraine (B) Sweden (A) Chennai (B) Kolkata
(C) Iraq (D) Finland (C) Mumbai (D) Cuttack
353. Who became the first female umpire to officiate in men's T-20I 366. How many medals did India win in the Women's Asian Wrestling
cricket? Championship 2023?
(A) Jacqueline Williams (B) Kim Cotton (A) 4 (B) 5
(C) Claire Polosak (D) Kathy Kross (C) 6 (D) 7
354. Where has the Election Commission started 'Vote from Home' for 367. Which company has recently been given the status of Miniratna
the first time? Category-I?
(A) Karnataka (B) Bihar (A) RailTel Corporation
(C) Jharkhand (D) Kerala (B) Solar Energy Corporation of India
355. When was the Foundation Day of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (C) IRCTC
celebrated? (D) Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
(A) on 1st April (B) on 2nd April 368. Indian Navy has tied up with whom to develop Secure Maritime
(C) on 30th March (D) on 31st March Communication?
356. According to the recently released United Nations World (A) Tata Telecommunication (B) Raman Research Institute
Population Report, what has been the population of India? (C) DRDO (D) C DAC
(A) 140.86 Crore (B) 142.86 Crore 369. Which state government has given OBC status to the transgender
(C) 142.57 Crore (D) 141.86 Crore community?
357. What is 'ilsa' who was in news from Australia recently? (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh
(A) Active volcano (B) Space mission (C) Bihar (D) Assam
(C) Cyclonic storm (D) none of these 370. Which country has launched an initiative to license crypto firms?
358. Which transgender has been made Bihar State Election State Icon? (A) Morocco (B) Cuba
(A) Monika Das (B) Sonia Singh (C) El Salvador (D) Argentina
(C) Rakul Dubey (D) Shivanya Kumari 371. Which state government has recently launched 'A-Help' program
359. Which automobile company has recently launched the online retail for the purpose of animal protection?
sales platform 'Wheels on Web'? (A) Uttarakhand (B) Bihar
(A) Toyota (B) Tata Motors (C) Jharkhand (D) West Bengal
(C) Mahindra (D) Hyundai 372. According to the report, the number of tigers in the country has
360. Who has become the first Indian to score a century in IPL 2023? increased to how much?
(A) Shikhar Dhawan (B) Rituraj Gaikwad (A) 2032 (B) 2167
(C) Venkatesh Iyer (D) Shubman Gill (C) 3167 (D) 4167
361. Where was the 100th meeting of the G-20 Working Group held 373. Which political party has got the status of National Party
under the chairmanship of India? recently?
(A) New Delhi (B) Varanasi (A) Samajwadi Party (B) Aam Aadmi Party
(C) Jaipur (D) Prayagraj (C) Rashtriya Janata Dal (D) Bharatiya Janata Party
362. Which country has closed its last three nuclear reactors? 374. Who has become the fastest Indian to take 100 wickets in IPL?
(A) Russia (B) Germany (A) Harshat Patel (B) Avesh Khan
(C) France (D) China (C) Deepak Chahar (D) Bhuvneshwar Kumar
363. Which country has become India's largest trading partner? 375. Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently launched the 'Vibrant
(A) China (B) USA Village Program' in which state?
(C) UK (D) Australia (A) Sikkim (B) Arunachal Pradesh

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 (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand 388. Which has been recognized as 'Tree Cities of the World'?
376. Who has become the fastest batsman to score 6000 runs in IPL? (A) Delhi (B) Mumbai
(A) Virat Kohli (B) David Warner (C) Bangalore (D) Kolkata
(C) Rohit Sharma (D) K.L. Rahul 389. In which country has the world's first death from H3N8 word flu
377. Which Indian-American mathematician has been awarded the 2023 been recorded?
International Prize in Statistics? (A) Sweden (B) Japan
(A) P.C. Mahalanobis (B) C. Radhakrishna Rao (C) Netherlands (D) China
(C) Harish Chandra (D) D.R. Kaprekar 390. Which bank recently opened its first branch for startups?
378. According to the 'Freedom in the World Index 2023' released by (A) Bank of India (B) Bank of Maharashtra
the Global Watchdog, which country has got the status of the (C) State Bank of India (D) Punjab National Bank
least free country in the world? 391. The World Bank has reduced India's growth rate for the financial
(A) Bhutan (B) Tibet year 2024 from 6.6% to how much?
(C) Myanmar (D) Pakistan (A) 6.5 percent (B) 6.35 percent
379. Recently President Draupadi Murmu has launched the (C) 6.30 per cent (D) 6.20 per cent
'BHOROXA' app. What is it related to? 392. NASA has announced the names of how many astronauts for its
(A) Rail Passenger Safety (B) Women Safety lunar mission 'Artemis-2'?
(C) Cyber security (D) None of these (A) 2 (B) 3
380. Which state has recently declared the birth anniversary of Mahatma (C) 4 (D) 5
Jyotiba Phule as a public holiday? 393. Which state government has recently launched 'School Chalo
(A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Haryana Abhiyan 2023'?
(C) Assam (D) Rajasthan (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Bihar
381. In which country did External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar (C) Jharkhand (D) Uttarakhand
launch the 'Tulsi Ghat Restoration Project' recently? 394. Which company has recently acquired Karaikal Port?
(A) Uganda (B) Mozambique (A) Reliance Group (B) Adani Group
(C) Belarus (D) Canada (C) Hinduja Group (D) Tata Group
382. Which Indian has recently been chosen as the winner of the Time 395. Who has been appointed as the first head of NASA's 'Moon to
100 poll? Mars Programme'?
(A) Virat Kohli (B) Ranveer Singh (A) James L. Green (B) Karthik Raj
(C) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (D) Shahrukh Khan (C) Natalie Batala (D) Amit Regional
383. Who has topped the FIFA World Ranking 2023? 396. Which state has become the first state in India to have 100%
(A) India (B) Sweden electrified railway network?
(C) Japan (D) Argentina (A) Assam (B) Himachal Pradesh
384. Which product of Varanasi has been given GI tag? (C) Haryana (D) Bihar
(A) Banarasi Paan (B) Banarasi Langda Mango 397 With whom has the Ministry of Defence entered into an agreement
(C) Both A and B are correct (D) None of these under 'Project Akashteer'?
385. Which Indian space start-up successfully tested a 3D-printed (A) Bharat Electronics Limited (B) Tata Group
cryogenic engine? (C) DRDO (D) New Space India Limited
(A) Dhruv Space (B) Skyroot Aerospace 398. According to a report, by when India will become the second
(C) Astrom Technologies (D) Vesta Space Technology largest solar manufacturer in the world?
386. Recently, which woman weightlifter has been banned for four (A) 2024 (B) 2028
years for failing a dope test? (C) 2026 (D) 2030
(A) Sanjita Chanu (B) Renu Bala Chanu 399. In which city was the first International Quantum Communication
(C) Sakina Khatoon (D) Kavita Devi Conclave organized?
387. Which state has topped the India Justice Report-2022? (A) Jaipur (B) Mumbai
(A) Karnataka (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Bangalore (D) New Delhi
(C) Maharashtra (D) Tamil Nadu 400. Who conducted the 'Regional Level Search and Rescue Exercise'

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 in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh? 412. Which language's famous writer 'Shivashankari' has received the
(A) Indian Army (B) Indian Coast Guard Saraswati Samman for the year 2022 for her 2019 autobiography
(C) Indian Navy (D) Indian Air Force 'Suryavansham'?
401. Who was the chief guest at the passing out parade of the first (A) Tamil (B) Kannada
batch of Agniveers from INS Chilka? (C) Punjabi (D) Marathi
(A) PT Usha (B) Mithali Raj 413. What is the rank of India in the recently released World Happiness
(C) Admiral R Harikumar (D) Defence Personnel Report for the year 2023?
402. What is the height of the world's highest railway bridge 'Chenab (A) 120th (B) 126th
Bridge'? (C) 128th (D) 132nd
(A) 359 m (B) 350 m 414. Who made the record for the fastest swim across the Pak Strait in
(C) 400 m (D) 450 m the under-21 group?
403. What is the name of the launch vehicle used for 'One Wave India (A) Sampanna Ramesh Shelar (B) Shivani Kataria
Mission-2' to be launched by ISRO on March 26, 2023? (C) Dhanushkodi (D) Sandeep Sejwal
(A) LVM3-M3 (B) PSLV-C50 415. On which date 'National Immunization Day' is celebrated?
(C) GSLV-Mk III (D) GSLV-F10 (A) on 15th March (B) on 16th March
404. What is the name of Asia's largest Tulip Garden (Jammu and (C) on 18th March (D) on 19th March
Kashmir)? 416. Where was the first International Conference on Common
(A) Siraj Bagh (B) Dal Lake Buddhist Heritage held?
(C) Indira Gandhi Memorial (D) Jabarwan Range (A) Hyderabad (B) Mumbai
405. Which High Court has used Artificial Intelligence based ChatGPT (C) New Delhi (D) Goa
while hearing bail plea in murder case? 417. Recently who has become the first Indian-origin person to be the
(A) Delhi (B) Punjab and Haryana Assistant Defence Minister of the US Airforce?
(C) Gauhati (D) Patna (A) Naveen Pandey (B) Raja Mathur
406. Recently who has been conferred with the highest civilian honor (C) Manish Jindal (D) Ravi Chowdhary
'Kerala Jyoti' in Kerala? 418. Recently, who has become the new ambassador of America in
(A) MT Vasudevan Nair (B) Anuj Mehta India?
(C) Piyush Goyal (D) Dr. Tapan Saikia (A) Josh Ford (B) Eric Garcetti
407. Who has been selected for the 'Sangeet Kalanidhi Award 2023' by (C) John Gehry (D) Tom Franklin
the Sangeet Akademi? 419. According to the recently released SIPRI report for the year 2023,
(A) Lalgudi Jayaraman (B) T R Balamani which country has become the world's largest arms importer?
(C) Asha Bhosle (D) Bombay Jayshree (A) China (B) Pakistan
408. Recently, the central government has increased the dearness (C) India (D) Ukraine
allowance of central employees by 4% to .......... . 420. What is the rank of India in the World Air Quality Report 2022?
(A) 38% (B) 40% (A) Fourth (B) Fifth
(C) 42% (D) 44% (C) eighth (D) tenth
409. Recently, Luis Caffarelli of Argentina has received the Abel Prize 421. Which male cricketer has been awarded the ICC Player of the
2023. In which field is this award given? Month for the month of February?
(A) Medicine (B) Mathematics (A) Ben Stokes (England) (B) Travis Head (Australia)
(C) Economics (D) Peace (C) Harry Brook (England) (D) Liton Das (Bangladesh)
410. Which state has recently become the first state in India to pass 422. Recently who has been selected for the 'Vyas Samman' for the
the 'Right to Health Bill'? year 2022?
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Punjab (A) Dr. Ram Raghuvanshi (B) Dr. Gopal Khanna
(C) Haryana (D) Rajasthan (C) Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi (D) Dr. Mahesh Sharma
411. Which country's 'Tim Paine' retired from all forms of cricket? 423. Who has won the Best Actor Award at the Oscar Awards 2023?
(A) England (B) Australia (A) Brendan Fraser (B) Tom Jones
(C) Ireland (D) New Zealand (C) Steve Lara (D) Bunt Michael

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424. Which foundation day has CISF celebrated on 10th March? 336. Who has won the title of Ranji Trophy 2022-23?
(A) 51st (B) 54th (A) Saurashtra (B) Bengal
(C) 58th (D) 67th (C) Gujarat (D) Madhya Pradesh
425. Who has become the first woman commander of a fighter unit in 337. Which has become the first city in America to ban caste
the Indian Air Force? discrimination?
(A) Kalpana Singh (B) Rita Shaha (A) Seattle (B) Boston
(C) Shalija Dhami (D) Manisha Rani (C) Chicago (D) San Francisco
426. By when has the Railways aimed to become a 'net-zero carbon 338. Which Indian film won the Oscar 2023 in the Best Documentary
emitter'? Short Film category at 95th Academy Awards?
(A) 2040 (B) 2025 (A) Brahmastra (B) Lagan
(C) 2030 (D) 2045 (C) The Elephant Whispers (D) RRR
427. Who has recently won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2023? 339. With which campaign theme 'International Women's Day' was
(A) Sir David Chipperfield (B) Moody Jonesland celebrated on 8th March 2023?
(C) Steven Clarke (D) Atham Morris (A) Each for Equal (B) Embrace equity
428. Who has won the 'BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2022 (C) Choose to challenge (D) Press for progress
award'? 340. Which bank has issued its first electronic bank guarantee?
(A) PV Sindhu (B) Sakshi Malik (A) Union Bank of India (B) Bandhan Bank
(C) Mirabai Chanu (D) Neetu Ghangs (C) Axis Bank (D) Yes Bank
429. Who has won the women's singles title in National Badminton 341. Where has the meeting of SCO National Security Advisors been
Championship 2023? held?
(A) Gayatri Gopichand (B) Treesa Jolly (A) Beijing (B) New Delhi
(C) Anupama Upadhyay (D) Kanika Kanwal (C) Moscow (D) Astana
430. 'Hekani Jakhalu' has become the first woman MLA of which state 342. Who has been elected as the Vice President of the International
of India? Boxing Association (IBA)?
(A) Tripura (B) Meghalaya (A) Ajay Singh (B) Gagan Mohanty
(C) Assam (D) Nagaland (C) Vijender Singh (D) Mary Kom
331. Which female footballer has recently won the FIFA Player of the 343. Which country's embassy launched Spanish-Hindi football
Year 2022 award? dictionary in New Delhi?
(A) Alex Morgan (B) Alexia Putellas (A) Spain (B) Brazil
(C) Sam Kerr (D) Lucy Bronze (C) Portugal (D) Argentina
332. Which male footballer has recently won the FIFA Player of the 344. Flagship program PM Shree is the initiative of which ministry?
Year 2022 award? (A) Ministry of Finance (B) Ministry of Agriculture
(A) Cristiano Ronaldo (B) Robert Lewandowski (C) Ministry of Education (D) Ministry of External Affairs
(C) Lionel Messi (D) Kevin de Brion 345. Which Indian youth player has won the bronze medal in the
333. What is the rank of India among 55 countries in the recently 'World Youth Weightlifting Championship'?
released Global Innovation Index for the year 2023? (A) Dhanush Loganathan (B) Priyam Garg
(A) 40th (B) 42nd (C) Vikas Thakur (D) Lovepreet Singh
(C) 44th (D) 48th 346. Who has been appointed as the interim captain of Kolkata Knight
334. Which cricket team has recently won the title of ICC Women's Riders?
T-20 World Cup 2023? (A) Sunil Narine (B) Shardul Thakur
(A) India (B) Pakistan (C) Andre Russell (D) Nitish Rana
(C) England (D) Australia 347. Which bank has acquired 'all deposits and loans' of Silicon Valley
335. Who has been appointed as the world's first 'hand ambassador' Bank?
by Savlon India? (A) Citi Group (B) First-Citizens Bank
(A) Virat Kohli (B) Virender Sehwag (C) Bank of America (D) Wells Fargo
(C) Sachin Tendulkar (D) Akshay Kumar 348. Recently ISRO launched how many satellites of Network Access

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 Associated Limited (OneWeb) simultaneously? (C) Howard Schultz (D) David Howard
(A) 5 (B) 19 461. Who won the gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol event at the
(C) 31 (D) 36 ISSF World Cup Shooting Championships?
349. Who has become the second Indian to win more than one gold (A) Sarabjit Singh (B) Suma Shirur
medal in the Women's World Boxing Championships? (C) Jeetu Rai (D) Saurabh Chowdhary
(A) Nikhat Zareen (B) Mary Kom 462. Which Indian-American actress has been awarded the 'National
(C) Lovlina Borgohain (D) Sweety Boora Humanity Medal' by US President Joe Biden?
350. Who has been conferred with Assam's highest civilian award (A) Mindy Kaling (B) Sonia Shah
'Assam Vaibhav' for the year 2023? (C) Dolly Singh (D) Amita Naik
(A) Yogi Adityanath (B) Anuj Mehta 463. Who has acquired the Swiss bank 'Credit Suisse Bank' which is
(C) Piyush Goyal (D) Dr. Tapan Saikia facing financial crisis?
351. Which team has won the Women's Premier League 2023 title? (A) Credit Agricole (B) HSBC
(A) Delhi Capitals (B) UP Warriors (C) Standard Chartered (D) UBS Group
(C) Mumbai Indians (D) Royal Challengers Bangalore 464. Who has won the singles title of Indian Wells Masters recently?
352. In which city will the Uttarakhand government set up a sports (A) Carlos Alcaraz (B) Daniil Medvedev
university? (C) Rafael Nadal (D) Matt Ebden
(A) Bageshwar (B) Haldwani 465. Who has become the oldest player to win the ATP Masters 1000
(C) Almora (D) Dehradun title?
353. Who has become the CEO of online text editing platform (A) Andy Murray (B) Matthew Ebden
'Grammarly'? (C) Daniil Medvedev (D) Rohan Bopanna
(A) Rahul Roy Chowdhury (B) Brad Hoover 466. Which country has recently launched the National Cinema
(C) Jack Dorsey (D) Ajay Banga Strategy?
354. Which country's hockey federation has recently been honored (A) Qatar (B) India
with the 'Best Organizer Award' by the Asian Hockey Federation? (C) United Arab Emirates (D) China
(A) Malaysia (B) Netherlands 467. In how many states will PM Mitra Mega Textile Park be set up?
(C) India (D) Australia (A) 5 (B) 6
455. Which country has recently become the new member of BRICS (C) 7 (D) 8
New Development Bank? 468. Which airport topped the list of world's top airports released by
(A) Egypt (B) Argentina Skytrax?
(C) New Zealand (D) South Korea (A) Munich Airport
456. When is 'World Water Day' celebrated every year across the world? (B) Zurich Airport
(A) on 22nd March (B) on 24th March (C) Singapore Changi Airport
(C) on 25th March (D) on 29th March (D) Indira Gandhi International Airport
457. Where was the meeting of the G-20 Sustainable Finance Working 469. Who has been sworn in as the third Vice-President of Nepal?
Group held? (A) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'
(A) Udaipur (B) Jaipur (B) Sher Bahadur Deuva
(C) Lucknow (D) New Delhi (C) Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav
458. Who launched the 'Call Before You Dig' app? (D) Arju Rana Deuba
(A) Narendra Modi (B) Ashwini Vaishnav 470. Which bank has become the official banking partner of Mumbai
(C) Piyush Goyal (D) Smriti Irani Indians?
459. Who won the title of Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2023? (A) HDFC Bank (B) IDFC First Bank
(A) Max Verstappen (B) Sergio Perez (C) State Bank of India (D) Axis Bank
(C) Fernando Alonso (D) George Russell 471. The Union Home Ministry has announced 10 percent reservation
460. Who has taken over as the CEO of coffee house company for ex-Agniveers in which security force?
Starbucks? (A) CISF (B) CRPF
(A) Laxman Narasimhan (B) Ajay Sinha (C) RAF (D) ITBP

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472. Recently, who has been honored with the 'Governor of the Year (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Uttar Pradesh
2023' by the International Publication Central Banking? (C) Haryana (D) Gujarat
(A) Raghuram Rajan (B) Urjit Patel 485. The first edition of Naval Commanders' Conference 2023 was
(C) Shaktikanta Das (D) Mahesh Kumar Jain organized on which aircraft carrier?
473. Who has launched the new Artificial Intelligence Chatbot GPT-4? (A) INS Mumbai (B) INS Shardul
(A) Open AI (B) Google (C) INS Kolkata (D) INS Vikrant
(C) Signature AI (D) Twitter 486. Who has recently become the 81st Chess Grandmaster of India?
474. Who has become the first woman loco pilot of Vande Bharat (A) Vignesh NR (B) Sayantan Das
Express train? (C) Pranesh M (D) Rahul Srivastava
(A) Shiva Chauhan (B) Meera Nayak 487. What is the theme of World Wildlife Day 2023?
(C) Aditi Singh (D) Surekha Yadav (A) Youth Effort for Wildlife Conservation
475. Who has been appointed as the ambassador of 'She Changes (B) Partnership for Wildlife Conservation
Climate' initiative in India? (C) Partnership for Green Wildlife
(A) Poornima Devi Burman (B) Licypriya Kangujam (D) Wildlife Conservation for Earth
(C) Shreya Ghodawat (D) Anushka Sharma 488. Which sportsperson has won the gold medal in the men's shot
476. Which company has recently got the status of Infrastructure put event of the AFI National Throw Championship?
Finance Company from RBI? (A) Inderjit Singh (B) Om Prakash Singh
(A) IRDA (B) Bharat Dynamics (C) Tejinderpal Singh Toor (D) Tek Chand
(C) NTPC (D) Coal India 489. Exercise 'Dustlik 2023' was organized between India and which
477. In which city was the G-20 Flower Festival organized? country?
(A) Lucknow (B) Mumbai (A) Kyrgyzstan (B) France
(C) Guwahati (D) New Delhi (C) Uzbekistan (D) Brazil
478. Which movie's song 'Naatu Naatu' has won the award in the 490. Who is the author of the book 'Bipin : The Man Behind the
Original Song category at the 95th Oscar Awards ceremony? Uniform'?
(A) everything everywhere all at once (A) Rajdeep Sardesai (B) Rachna Biswat Rawat
(B) The whale (C) Chetan Bhagat (D) Manoj Sinha
(C) RRR (D) The Elephant Whispers 491. Who has been honored with the 'Player of the Year Award' by the
479. With which country India has signed an MoU on Research, Asian Chess Federation?
Technology and Innovation Cooperation? (A) Parimarjan Negi (B) D. Gukesh
(A) Germany (B) Mexico (C) Krishnan Sasikiran (D) Vidit Gujarati
(C) Brazil (D) Italy 492. The International Monetary Fund has given a bailout package of
480. Which actress won the Best Actress Award at the Oscar Awards how many billion dollars to Sri Lanka facing financial crisis?
2023? (A) 1 billion (B) 2 billion
(A) Michelle Yeoh (B) Jennifer Lawrence (C) 3 billion (D) 4 billion
(C) Anne Hathaway (D) Emma Watson 493. Who won the women's singles title of National Badminton
481. Which bank of America has declared itself bankrupt? Championship?
(A) Wells Fargo (B) Silicon Valley Bank (A) Aakarshi Kashyap (B) Anupama Upadhyay
(C) J.P. Morgan Chase (D) Bank of America (C) P.V. Sindhu (D) Sayali Gokhale
482. In which state did PM Modi inaugurate the world's longest railway 494. American Space Agency NASA has appointed whom as its Science
platform 'Hubli Railway Platform' (1507 metres)? Chief?
(A) Bihar (B) Uttar Pradesh (A) Ellen Stofan (B) James L. Green
(C) Karnataka (D) Gujarat (C) Jennifer Wiseman (D) Nicola Fox
483. Which team won the title of 76th edition of Santosh Trophy? 495. Who has been elected as the next leader of the Scottish National
(A) Meghalaya (B) Karnataka Party?
(C) Maharashtra (D) Services (A) Keith Brown (B) Hamza Yousuf
484. Rest of India won the prestigious 'Irani Cup' by defeating whom? (C) Nicola Sturgeon (D) Rohan Khanna

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496. Who has been appointed as the new coach of the Indian Men's 508. With which country has Russia recently broken the treaty called
Hockey team? 'New Start'?
(A) Craig Fulton (B) Dilip Tirkey (A) America (B) Japan
(C) Graham Reid (D) Mario Lemieux (C) England (D) Ukraine
497. In which city the Union Agriculture Minister has inaugurated 509. Which film has been given the 'Best Film' award at the Dadasaheb
'Agriunifest'? Phalke International Film Festival 2023?
(A) Patna (B) Bangalore (A) Pathan (B) Lal Singh Chadha
(C) Lucknow (D) Jaipur (C) The Kashmir Files (D) Congratulations
498. Recently, the central government has approved the purchase of 510. Which cricket team has won the Ranji Trophy 2022-23 title?
how many HTT-40 basic trainer aircraft? (A) Mumbai (B) Vidarbha
(A) 50 (B) 60 (C) Gujarat (D) Saurashtra
(C) 70 (D) 80 511. Who has received the 'Best Actor' award at the BAFTA Awards-
499. Recently, Sameer Khakhar has passed away. To which field does 2023?
he belong? (A) Barry K. O'Ghan (B) Len Kenning
(A) Journalism (B) Acting (C) Mayo Johnson (D) Austin Butler
(C) medicine (D) singing 512. Who has been appointed as the next Vice Chief of the Indian
500. What is the theme of National Science Day 2023? Army?
(A) Global Science for Youth (A) MV Suchindra Kumar (B) KS Mukesh Kumar
(B) Global Science for Global Wellbeing (C) LK Manish Rana (D) JP Gopal Sharma
(C) New technology for future 513. Who has become the new CEO of YouTube?
(D) Global Innovation for Future (A) Prakash Tiwari (B) Ashok Verma
501. Which has become the first High Court of the country to publish (C) Jayant Mukesh (D) Neel Mohan
judgments in regional languages? 514. Who has become the first Indian cricketer to take 100 wickets in
(A) Gujarat High Court (B) Kerala High Court T-20I?
(C) Allahabad High Court (D) Patna High Court (A) Deepti Sharma (B) Rajeshwari Gaikwad
502. Who has been appointed by UNICEF India as its National (C) Radha Yadav (D) Jhulan Goswami
Ambassador? 515. Who was honored with the 'Maharashtra Bhushan Award' for the
(A) KL Rahul (B) Raveena Tandon year 2022?
(C) Ayushmann Khurrana (D) Harmanpreet Kaur (A) Amitabh Bachchan (B) Appasaheb Dharmadhikari
503. Who has become India's 80th Grandmaster in Chess? (C) Sachin Tendulkar (D) Anil Kakodkar
(A) Jayesh Sinha (B) Vishesh Rana 516. Recently which female cricketer has been awarded the ICC Player
(C) Vignesh NR (D) Amit Jain of the Month for the month of January?
504. Recently who has been honored with 'International Mother (A) Megan Scott (Australia) (B) Grace Scrivens (England)
Language Award'? (C) Chloe Tyrone (S. Africa) (D) Sophia Ikley (England)
(A) Dr. Mahendra Mishra (B) V. Madhusudan Nair 517. Who has become the first Indian captain to score a century in all
(C) Lakshti Pawar (D) Angad Chowdhary three formats of cricket?
505. In which state the first nuclear power plant of North India is (A) Virat Kohli (B) Ravichandran Ashwin
being set up? (C) Rohit Sharma (D) KL Rahul
(A) Rajasthan (B) Haryana 518. In which city India's first Glass Igloo restaurant has been opened?
(C) Punjab (D) Delhi (A) Kutch (B) Kashmir
506. Where has India's first Agri Chatbot 'Ama Krushai' been launched? (C) Panaji (D) Dehradun
(A) Rajasthan (B) Odisha 519. French player 'Rafael Varane' has retired from which international
(C) Punjab (D) Delhi game?
507. Who has become the new CEO of NITI Aayog? (A) Tennis (B) Badminton
(A) BVR Subramaniam (B) MK Chattopadhyay (C) Football (D) Cricket
(C) LK Narasimha (D) RPK Narottam 520. Which country's 'Aaron Finch' has retired from international

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 cricket? 533. Who has been appointed as the captain by Sunrisers Hyderabad
(A) England (B) New Zealand for IPL?
(C) Ireland (D) Australia (A) Mayank Agarwal (B) Bhuvneshwar Kumar
521. Which state government has launched a scheme called 'Ladli Bahna'? (C) Aiden Markram (D) David Warner
(A) Gujarat (B) Rajasthan 534. In which state was the Frozen Lake Half Marathon organized?
(C) Bihar (D) Madhya Pradesh (A) Ladakh (B) Jammu and Kashmir
522. Which raising day has the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) celebrated (C) Chandigarh (D) Delhi
on February 1, 2023? 535. Who has been chosen by the BCCI as the title sponsor of the
(A) 42nd (B) 45th Women's Premier League?
(C) 47th (D) 49th (A) Tata Group (B) Jio
523. Who has become the new Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force (C) Master Card (D) Dream 11
(IAF)? 536. Indian Railways recently completed the electrification of all broad
(A) Govind Chakradhar (B) Dinesh Sharma gauge routes in which state?
(C) Jaman Chowdhary (D) Amar Preet Singh (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Assam
524. Which team has won the title of Men's Hockey World Cup 2023? (C) Bihar (D) Uttar Pradesh
(A) Pakistan (B) India 537. Which film was chosen as the 'Film of the Year' at the Dadasaheb
(C) Germany (D) Australia Phalke International Film Festival 2023?
525. Who has won the men's singles title in Australian Open 2023? (A) Kantara (B) Mangubai Kathiawadi
(A) Novak Djokovic (B) Rafael Nadal (C) RRR (D) The Kashmir Files
(C) Stefanos Tsitsipas (D) Jason Kubler 538. Who won the bronze medal in Badminton Asia Mixed Team
526. Who has won the Women's U-19 T-20 World Cup 2023 title? Championship?
(A) Australia (B) England (A) India (B) China
(C) India (D) Pakistan (C) South Korea (D) Malaysia
527. Which birth anniversary of 'Lal Lajpat Rai' has been celebrated on 539. In which state was the Indo-Uzbekistan biennial military training
28 January? exercise 'Dustlik-2023' organized?
(A) 156th (B) 158th (A) Uttarakhand (B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) 159th (D) 161st (C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Rajasthan
528. Who has won the Best Female Cricketer of the Year award at the 540. Which country has been elected as the President of the 62nd
ICC Awards 2022? session of the United Nations Social Development Commission?
(A) Deepti Sharma (India) (B) Nat Shiver (England) (A) Germany (B) Canada
(C) Tahila McGrath (Aus) (D) Beth Mooney (Aus) (C) Australia (D) India
529. Who has won the Male Cricketer of the Year award at the ICC 541. With whom did AICTE launch the national level hackathon
Awards 2022? 'Kavach-2023'?
(A) Suryakumar Yadav (India) (B) Tom Latham (New Zealand) (A) IIT Delhi
(C) Babar Azam (Pakistan) (D) Jos Buttler (England) (B) Bureau of Police Research and Development
530. Which country recently joined 'The Agriculture Innovation (C) Central Bureau of Investigation
Mission for Climate' initiative? (D) UIDAI
(A) Japan (B) Israel 542. What is the name of the new AI chatbot released by UIDAI
(C) India (D) Mexico recently?
531. Which Indian American has recently presented his candidature (A) Aadhaar Sahayata (B) Aadhaar Mitra
for the US presidential election? (C) Aadhaar Saathi (D) Aadhaar Help
(A) Rashid Hussain (B) Vivek Ramaswamy 543. Which Indian tech startup unveiled the solar-powered drone 'Suraj'
(C) Har Dayal (D) Raja Krishnamurthy at the Aero India 2023 show?
532. Which became the first American city to ban caste discrimination? (A) Alpha Design Technologies (B) Garuda Aerospace
(A) New York (B) Seattle (C) Ideaforge Technology
(C) Boston (D) San Francisco (D) Drone Acharya Aerial Innovations

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544. Which fintech company has launched India's first Chat (C) The Runway of Atmanirbhar Bharat
GPT-powered AI chatbot 'Lexi'? (D) Trade Expo and Defence Expo Show
(A) Axio (B) Lentra 555. For the first time in India, in which Union Territory Lithium
(C) Velocity (D) Razer-pay reserves have been found?
545. In which state did PM Modi inaugurate the 'Jal Jan Abhiyan'? (A) Jammu and Kashmir (B) Ladakh
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Bihar (C) Andaman-Nicobar Islands (D) Chandigarh
(C) Rajasthan (D) Himachal Pradesh 556. Recently ISRO has installed how many satellites in low earth
546. Who has been appointed as the mentor of the Royal Challengers orbit with SSLV-D2 rocket?
Bangalore women's cricket team? (A) 5 (B) 6
(A) Mohammad Kaif (B) Sania Mirza (C) 3 (D) 2
(C) Jhulan Goswami (D) Anjum Chopra 557. What is the rank of India in 'Global Quality Infrastructure Index
547. In which country was the 12th 'World Hindi Conference' 2021'?
organized? (A) 5th (B) 8th
(A) Fiji (B) Nepal (C) 10th (D) 20th
(C) Mauritius (D) USA 558. Digital Payment Utsav is an initiative launched by which ministry?
548. Which start-up has manufactured the Swarm drone system (A) Ministry of Education (B) Ministry of Finance
inducted in the Indian Army? (C) Ministry of Science and Technology
(A) Sagar Defence (D) Ministry of Electronics and IT
(B) Alpha Design Technologies 559. In which city the meeting of Urban-20 City Sherpas' has been
(C) NewSpace Research and Technologies organized?
(D) Paras Aerospace (A) Lucknow (B) Bhopal
549. Who is the first female astronaut from Saudi Arabia, who is (C) Ahmedabad (D) Jaipur
involved in a mission to the International Space Station? 560. The government of which country has announced the 5th dose of
(A) Jessica Meer (B) Rayana Barnawi the Covid-19 vaccine to all citizens aged 18 years and above?
(C) Noura Al Matrosh (D) Jasmine Moghbeli (A) Germany (B) New Zealand
550. 'Healthy Mind, Healthy Home' is an initiative launched by which (C) France (D) Australia
ministry? 561. Which AI powered chatbot has been launched by Google
(A) Ministry of AYUSH recently?
(B) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (A) Alphabet (B) Bard
(C) Ministry of Education (C) Brain Fast (D) Ernie
(D) Ministry of Home Affairs 562. In the wake of the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, what
551. How many billion dollars has been announced by the World Bank is the name given to the operation being carried out by India?
for earthquake affected Turkey? (A) Operation Raksha (B) Operation Madad
(A) $1.50 billion (B) $1.20 billion (C) Operation Dost (D) Operation Goodness
(C) $1.78 billion (D) $2.00 billion 563. Who has won the 'ADT Best Awards-2023' for the sixth
552. Who has become the new Lieutenant Governor of the Union consecutive year?
Territory of Ladakh? (A) NTPC (B) ONGC
(A) Gulab Chand Kataria (B) Fagu Chauhan (C) IOCL (D) GAIL
(C) Ramesh Bais (D) B.D. Mishra 564. Which has become the first civic body in the country to launch
553. Which team bought India's star batsman 'Smriti Mandhana' in the green bonds?
first Women's Premier League auction? (A) Indore Municipal Corporation
(A) Delhi Capitals (B) UP Warriors (B) Varanasi Municipal Corporation
(C) Mumbai Indians (D) Royal Challengers Bangalore (C) Mumbai Municipal Corporation
554. What is the theme of Aero India-2023 show? (C) Patna Municipal Corporation
(A) The Runway to a Billion Opportunities 565. Which music composer of India has won the prestigious Grammy
(B) Aero Show for Billion Opportunities Awards 2023?

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 (A) M.M. Keeravani (B) Pritam Chakraborty (A) 45.03 lakh crore (B) 50.03 lakh crore
(C) Ricky Kej (D) AR Rahman (C) 37.04 lakh crore (D) 43.03 lakh crore
566. Which country has become a full member of the 'International 577. What is the forecast of India's growth rate in the year 2023 as per
Solar Alliance'? the World Economic Outlook report of IMF?
(A) Vietnam (B) China (A) 7.1 percent (B) 6.9 percent
(C) Austria (D) Brazil (C) 7.0 percent (D) 6.1 percent
567. Who has launched WhatsApp food delivery facility for 578. Which state's tableau included in the 74th Republic Day parade
Passengers? has been awarded the first prize?
(A) Air India (B) Indian Railways (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Gujarat
(C) Vistara Airlines (C) Uttarakhand (D) Maharashtra
(D) Uttarakhand Transport Corporation 579. Which budget has been called the first budget of Amrit Kaal?
568. 'Digi Yatra' facility will be implemented at how many more (A) 2016-17 (B) 2020-21
airports in the country? (C) 2022-23 (D) 2023-24
(A) 4 (B) 6 580. Which state has announced monthly allowance to unemployed
(C) 5 (D) 8 youth from next financial year?
569. Who has signed the International Solar Alliance Framework (A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra
Agreement? (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Chhattisgarh
(A) Vietnam (B) Uruguay 581. In which city was the 3rd National Children's Science Congress
(C) Congo (D) Kenya organized?
570. Which Indian wrestler has won bronze medal in Zagreb Open (A) Mumbai (B) Ahmedabad
Championship? (C) Varanasi (D) Pune
(A) Aman Sehrawat (B) Bajrang Punia 582. What has been renamed as the Mughal Garden at Rashtrapati
(C) Deepak Dahiya (D) Ravi Kumar Dahiya Bhavan?
571. Who has become the youngest cricketer to score a century in all (A) Rajendra Prasad Udyan (B) Amrit Udyan
three formats of international cricket? (C) Peace Garden (D) Ananda Garden
(A) Ishan Kishan (B) Suryakumar Yadav 583. Indian Under-19 women's cricket team won the first T20 World
(C) Shubman Gill (D) Prithvi Shaw Cup by defeating which team in the final?
572. Which state's team has won all the four gold medals in water (A) Sri Lanka (B) Australia
sports 'Canoeing and Kayaking' in the Khelo India Youth Games (C) South-Africa (D) England
2022? 584. Which team has won the title of Men's Hockey World Cup 2023?
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh (A) Germany (B) Belgium
(C) Maharashtra (D) Haryana (C) England (D) Australia
573. How many lakh crore rupees capital outlay has been allocated for 585. In which state was the 5th Khelo India Youth Games 2022 held?
the Indian Railways in the Union Budget 2023? (A) Gujarat (B) Madhya Pradesh
(A) 1.90 lakh crore (B) 3.00 lakh crore (C) Maharashtra (D) Karnataka
(C) 2.000 lakh crore (D) 2.40 lakh crore 586. India has signed MoU with which country to bring 12 Cheetahs
574. How many tourist places will be developed under the complete to India annually?
tourism package? (A) South Africa (B) Kenya
(A) 50 (B) 30 (C) Namibia (D) Tanzania
(C) 20 (D) 40 587. In the budget 2023-24, how many visions have been told for
575. As per Budget 2023-24, what is the revised average processing Amrit Kaal?
time for ITR? (A) 4 (B) 5
(A) 21 days (B) 20 days (C) 7 (D) 3
(C) 18 days (D) 16 days 588. Which Indian-American has been nominated for appointment to
576. In the budget 2023-24, the government has presented the total the rank of Brigadier General in the US Air Force?
expenditure estimate? (A) Darshan Shah (B) Bhagwati Bose

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 (C) Uday Singh Taunke (D) Raja J Chari (A) Indonesia (B) Australia
589. What is the name of India's first intranasal Covid-19 vaccine? (C) New Zealand (D) Philippines
(A) Incovac (B) Covaxin 601. Where was the third 'Orange Festival 2023' celebrated recently?
(C) Hanvac (D) Comvac 5 (A) Kohima (Nagaland) (B) Aizawl (Mizoram)
590. Who has been appointed as the new General Manager of Central (C) Imphal (Manipur) (D) Guwahati (Assam)
Railway? 602. On the eve of 74th Republic Day 2023, six Padma, nine Padma
(A) Anil Kumar Lohoti (B) Naresh Lalwani Bhushan and how many Padma Shri were announced under the
(C) Ashok Kumar Mishra (D) Alok Singh Padma Awards 2023?
591. Who has developed the 'Visible Emission Line Coronagraph' (A) 81 (B) 91
payload for ISRO's Aditya L1 project? (C) 71 (D) 106
(A) DRDO 603. On January 24 'National Girl Child Day' is celebrated in honor of
(B) Bhabha Atomic Research Center which woman?
(C) Indian Institute of Astrophysics (A) Sushma Swaraj (B) Savitribai Phule
(D) IIT Mumbai (C) Indira Gandhi (D) Sarojini Naidu
592. On which date 'World Cancer Day' is celebrated every year? 604. Who became the new Director General of Directorate General of
(A) on 4th February (B) on 5th February Civil Aviation (DGCA)?
(C) on 6th February (D) on 7th February (A) Amit Sisodia (B) Gopal Tiwari
593. Google paid tribute to which actress of Malayalam cinema on her (C) Rakesh Chowdhary (D) Vikram Devdutt
120th birth anniversary through a doodle? 605. On whose birth anniversary 'Parakram Diwas' is celebrated on
(A) Sheela Ravichandran (B) Maheshwari Amma 23rd January?
(C) Shobhana (D) P.K. Rosie (A) B.R. Ambedkar (B) APJ Abdul Kalam
594. Who has been appointed as the first woman PM of the Central (C) Subhash Chandrabose (D) JRD Tata
African country, Equatorial Guinea? 606. Which Indian film has been nominated in the 'Documentary Short
(A) Teodoro Obiang Nguema (B) Alphonse Obiang Subject Category' at the Oscars 2023?
(C) Manuela Roca Botti (D) Francisco Asu (A) All That Breathes (B) The Elephant Whispers
595. In which state did PM Modi inaugurate the Hindustan Aeronautics (C) RRR (D) Tell it like and woman
Limited, a greenfield helicopter factory? 607. How many personnel have been awarded the President's Fire
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Maharashtra Service Medal on Republic Day 2023?
(C) Karnataka (D) Kerala (A) 43 (B) 47
596. In which city the meeting of G-20 Employment Working Group (C) 50 (D) 53
has been organized? 608. Who has become the first Indian-American to become the
(A) Jodhpur (B) Jaipur lieutenant governor of the US state of Maryland?
(C) Guwahati (D) Lucknow (A) Anita David (B) Seema Watson
597. Which Indian athlete has won gold in the shot put event at the (C) Aruna Miller (D) Manvi Alex
Asian Indoor Athletics Championships? 609. Which honor has been announced by the Government of India to
(A) Tajinderpal Singh Toor (B) Vikas Gowda posthumous Mulayam Singh Yadav, popularly known as 'Son of
(C) Parduman Singh Brar (D) Manpreet Kaur the Earth'?
598. Who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of Pfizer India? (A) Padma Bhushan (B) Padma Vibhushan
(A) Leena Nair (B) Meenakshi Neotia (C) Padma Shri (D) Bharat Ratna
(C) Jayshree Ullah (D) Revati Advaiti 610. Who won the men's singles title of 'India Open Badminton
599. Recently the European Union has announced to ban the sale of Championship' recently?
gas and diesel cars from which year? (A) Kunlavut Witidsarn (B) Lakshya Sen
(A) From the year 2035 (B) From the year 2040 (C) Victor Axelsen (D) Srikanth Kidambi
(C) From the year 2045 (D) From the year 2050 611. India's first indigenous mobile operating system 'BharOS' was
600. In view of Cyclone Gabriel, which country has declared National successfully tested in which IIT institute?
Emergency? (A) IIT Delhi (B) IIT Madras

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 (C) IIT Mumbai (D) IIT Varanasi 624. Which person of Indian origin has become the Technical Chief of
612. Which language poet 'Neelmani Phukan' has passed away recently? NASA?
(A) Assamese (B) Marathi (A) MS Muralidhar (B) KK Venugopal
(C) Kannada (D) Gujarati (C) AC Charania (D) JP Dogiwal
613. 'Chris Hipkins' has been elected as the 41st Prime Minister of 625. Who has become the first woman officer in BRO to be posted on
which country? foreign assignment?
(A) Australia (B) New Zealand (A) Captain Meenakshi Chaturvedi
(C) Britain (D) Poland (B) Captain Surabhi Jakhmola
614. Who has become the first 'constitutional literate district' of India? (C) Captain Manisha Jhajjar
(A) Sikar (Rajasthan) (B) Kollam (Kerala) (D) Captain Pallavi Goswami
(C) Gandhinagar (Gujarat) (D) Dimapur (Nagaland) 626. On whose birthday 'National Youth Day' is celebrated on 12th
615. How many children have been honored with the Prime Minister's January?
National Child Award-2023? (A) Swami Vivekananda (B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) Rajiv Gandhi (D) Paramahansa Yoganda
(C) 11 (D) 12 627. Who has won the award in the category of 'Best Film Drama' at
616. Who was the chief guest at the 74th Republic Day celebrations of the 80th edition of the Golden Globe Awards?
India? (A) Avatar (B) The Fablemons
(A) Abdel Fateh al-Sisi (B) Aung San Suu Kyi (C) Top Gun (D) King Richard
(C) Frank-Walter Steinmeier (D) Volodymyr Zelensky 628. Which female cricketer has been awarded the ICC Player of the
617. With which country did the Indian Army start the joint training Month for December 2022?
exercise Cyclone-1? (A) Ashley Gardner (B) Stafanie Taylor
(A) Sri Lanka (B) Japan (C) Deepti Sharma (D) Sophie Devin
(C) Nepal (D) Egypt 629. On which date 'World Hindi Day' is celebrated?
618. Which Foundation Day was celebrated by the National Disaster (A) on 10th January (B) on 11th January
Response Force (NDRF) recently? (C) on 13th January (D) on 15th January
(A) 16th (B) 18th 630. Who has been given Bahrain's 'ISA Award' for human service?
(C) 19th (D) 21st (A) Carol Shields (B) Nepali Dr. Sanduk Ruit
619. How many tableaux were displayed in the 74th Republic Day (C) Malik y Kahuk (D) Donald Tan
Parade? 631. Which has become the first state in India to have fully digital
(A) 22 (B) 23 banking?
(C) 24 (D) 25 (A) Kerala (B) Meghalaya
620. How many islands of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands have (C) Karnataka (D) Haryana
been named after Param Vir Chakra winners? 632. Which Indian state has been awarded the UN-Habitats World
(A) 14 (B) 21 Habitat Award 2023 for 'Jaga Mission'?
(C) 25 (D) 28 (A) Rajasthan (B) Maharashtra
621. Who has become the new Deputy National Security Advisor of (C) Odisha (D) Bihar
India? 633. Who has become India's fastest bowler recently?
(A) Sunil Singh Rana (B) Rajendra Mal Sharma (A) Jasprit Bumrah (B) T Natarajan
(C) Pankaj Kumar Singh (D) Varun Singh Dutta (C) Umran Malik (D) Mohsin Khan
622. Which country's R'Bonnie Gabriel has been elected Miss Universe 634. Who has become the first woman officer to be actively deployed
2022? in Siachen?
(A) Brazil (B) Australia (A) Captain Anisha Khan (B) Captain Zoya Begum
(C) America (D) Switzerland (C) Captain Anita Verma (D) Captain Shiva Chauhan
623. What is the rank of India in Henley Passport Index 2023? 635. Who has become the new chairman of the Atomic Energy
(A) 81st (B) 85th Regulatory Board (AERB)?
(C) 87th (D) 89th (A) Deepak Singh Chawla (B) Arvind Singh Pathak

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 (C) Manish Kumar Singh (D) Dinesh Kumar Shukla (A) Guwahati (B) Ahmedabad
636. How many people were given the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (C) Srinagar (D) Thiruvananthapuram
Award for the year 2023? 648. Which British-Indian has recently been honored with the 'Freedom
(A) 24 (B) 27 of the City of London' award?
(C) 29 (D) 34 (A) Lakshmi Niwas Mittal (B) Gopi Hinduja
637. In which state India's first mobile IVF lab for animals has been (C) Manish Tewari (D) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
started? 649. Who has become the youngest batsman to score a double century
(A) Karnataka (B) Haryana in One Day International cricket?
(C) Chhattisgarh (D) Gujarat (A) Ishan Kishan (B) Harry Brooke
638. Which country has recently become the 20th European country (C) Cameron Green (D) Shubman Gill
to adopt 'Euro currency'? 650. Which country's Vice-President 'Badara Aliyu Juf' passed away
(A) Ireland (B) Croatia in India recently after a illness?
(C) Cyprus (D) Bulgaria (A) Guyana (B) Ghana
639. Which company has recently announced the expansion of its (C) Gambia (D) Mozambique
'Girls4Tech STEM' education program in India? 651. Indo-Russian joint venture has made the first batch of AK-203
(A) Mastercard (B) Paytm assault rifles at Korba Ordnance Factory. Korwa Ordnance
(C) Reliance Industries (A) Tata Motors Factory is in which state?
640. India's first 3X platform wind turbine generator has been installed (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Gujarat
by Renew Power in which state? (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Maharashtra
(A) Rajasthan (B) Odisha 652. Which Indian-American has been honored with the 'Martin Luther
King Grand Parade Special Award'?
(C) Telangana (D) Karnataka
(A) Harmeet Dhillon (B) Krishna Vavilala
641. Who has recently become the 78th Grandmaster of India?
(C) Rohit Khanna (D) Maya Ajmera
(A) Kaustav Chatterjee (B) Rajesh Mehra
653. Which organization has released 'Rural Health Statistics Report'
(C) Anish Khanna (D) Mukesh Kala
recently?
642. How many times has 'Benjamin Netanyahu' become the Prime
(A) NITI Aayog
Minister of Israel?
(B) Indian Military Academy
(A) Fourth (B) Fifth
(C) AIIMS
(C) sixth (D) eighth
(D) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
643. Which country's famous footballer 'Pele' has passed away
654. Which country will issue a postage stamp with the portrait of
recently?
India's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru on its 75th Independence Day?
(A) Brazil (B) Croatia
(A) Bhutan (B) Nepal
(C) Portugal (D) Argentina
(C) Fiji (D) Sri Lanka
644. Which country's social activist 'Elida Gvera' has been selected for
655. What is the theme of the 2023 annual meeting of the World
the '1st KR Gauri Amma National Award'? Economic Forum?
(A) Brazil (B) Cuba (A) Unity for World Wealth
(C) Croatia (D) Argentina (B) Cooperation in a Fragmented World
645. Which Indian has got the second rank globally in 'Brand (C) One World One Business Model
Guardianship Index 2023'? (D) Cooperation for World Business Model
(A) Gautam Adani (B) Mukesh Ambani 656. Naval exercise 'Varun' was organized between India and which
(C) Anand Mahindra (D) Sunil Bhartiya Mittal country?
646. After Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Punjab, which state has recently (A) USA (B) Germany
revived the old pension scheme for government employees? (C) France (D) Australia
(A) Karnataka (B) Gujarat 657. Which company has recently acquired the media rights of the
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Maharashtra Women's IPL?
647. In which city was the first Health Working Group meeting (A) Paytm (B) Viacom 18
organized under the G-20 chairmanship of India? (C) Disney Star (D) Sony

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658. In which state is Vidisha, the first aspirational district to implement (C) Rajasthan (D) Uttar Pradesh
6G technology, located? 670. Recently the song 'Naatu Naatu' from the film RRR has received
(A) Odisha (B) Gujarat the Golden Globe Song Award. Who is the director of RRR?
(C) Kerala (D) Madhya Pradesh (A) Siddharth Anand (B) Sanjay Leela Bhansali
659. Which public sector bank has recently partnered with 'Garuda (C) Vivek Agnihotri (D) S.S. Rajamouli
Aerospace' under 'Kisan Pushpak Yojana'? 671. According to the CPCB report, which was the most polluted city
(A) Punjab National Bank (B) Union Bank of India in India in the year 2022?
(C) Canara Bank (D) State Bank of India (A) Gurugram (B) Delhi
660. Which film won the Best Foreign Language Film award at the (C) Ghaziabad (D) Patna
Critics' Choice Awards 2023? 672. In which city was the 83rd All India Presiding Officers Conference
(A) The Whale (B) Argentina 1985 held?
(C) R.R.R. (D) Decision of Leave (A) Bhopal (B) Jaipur
661. Which organization has released the '17th Global Risk Report (C) Chennai (D) Ahmedabad
2023'? 673. Which Indian public sector bank has received RBI approval to
(A) World Bank (B) International Monetary Fund hold exclusive Rupee Vostro accounts of three Sri Lankan banks?
(C) Asian Development Bank (D) World Economic Forum (A) State Bank of India (B) Canara Bank
662. Which country's famous singer 'Lisa Marie Presley' passed away (C) Punjab National Bank (D) Indian Bank
recently? 674. Which Indian player has scored the second highest ever score in
(A) England (B) Germany Ranji Trophy history?
(C) Italy (D) USA (A) Cheteshwar Pujara (B) Shubman Gill
663. PM Modi flagged off the river cruise 'MV Ganga Vilas' from (C) Prithvi Shaw (D) Shreyas Iyer
Varanasi. In which city will this journey end? 675. Which country's footballer 'Gareth Bale' has retired recently?
(A) Patna (B) Kolkata (A) France (B) England
(C) Dibrugarh (D) Guwahati (C) Wales (D) Portugal
664. In which city will Tata Power Renewables set up India's first 676. In which city the 75th Army Day was organized on 15th January?
solar plant for housing societies? (A) Bhopal (B) Pune
(A) Pune (B) Bhopal (C) Bangalore (D) Ahmedabad
(C) Mumbai (D) Ahmedabad 677. Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated the 'National
665. According to the 'Global Economic Prospects Report' of the World Genome Editing and Training Center' in which state?
Bank, what is the expected economic growth of India in 2023-24? (A) Punjab (B) Himachal Pradesh
(A) 5.5% (B) 6.6% (C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Sikkim
(C) 7.0 % (D) 7.7 % 678. Who won the Best Director Award at the New York Film Critics
666. 'Year of Enterprises Project' is a major scheme of which state? Circle?
(A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra (A) Prashant Neel (B) Hanu Raghavapudi
(C) Rajasthan (D) Kerala (C) S.S. Rajamouli (D) Ayan Mukerji
667. India's first 5G-enabled drone has been developed by which tech 679. In which city was the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas organized?
startup? (A) Indore (B) Ahmedabad
(A) Skylark Drone (B) Teja Aerospace & Dynamics (C) Chennai (D) Dehradun
(C) IG Drones (D) Garuda Aerospace 680. Where has the 'Bailey Suspension Bridge' been inaugurated
668. Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has inaugurated the 'School recently?
of Logistics, Waterway and Communication' in which city? (A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Jammu and Kashmir
(A) Guwahati (B) Shillong (C) Assam (D) Karnataka
(C) Agartala (D) Itanagar 681. Which Indian player has recently won the prestigious Under-15
669. In which state are Kumarakom and Beypore selected under the British Open Squash title?
Swadesh Darshan-2.0 scheme? (A) Dipika Pallikal (B) Krishna Mishra
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala (C) Advita Sharma (D) Anahat Singh

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682. Recently RBI has announced to issue 'Sovereign Green Bond' (C) State Bank of India (D) Reserve Bank of India
worth how many crores? 694. In which city was the G-20 Digital Innovation Alliance summit
(A) 16000 crores (B) 5000 crores organized?
(C) 10000 crore (D) 20000 crore (A) Bangalore (B) New Delhi
683. According to the latest CMIE report, which state has recorded (C) Ahmedabad (D) Mumbai
the highest unemployment rate in December 2022? 695. How many MW of 'Mangdechhu Hydropower Project' has been
(A) Bihar (B) Haryana handed over by India to Bhutan's Druk Green Power Corp.?
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Andhra Pradesh (A) 720 MW (B) 500 MW
684. Recently which country's 'Pokhra Airport' had a major accident? (C) 1024 MW (D) 1200 MW
(A) Sri Lanka (B) Bhutan 696. In which city has the Indian Army inaugurated the first 3-D
(C) Nepal (D) Bangladesh printed house?
685. The President of which country is Mohammad Irfan Ali, who has (A) Ahmedabad (B) Dehradun
been honored with the 'Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award'? (C) Itanagar (D) Srinagar
(A) Guyana (B) United Arab Emirates 697. National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMC) is an initiative of
(C) Israel (D) Iran which Union Ministry?
686. In which state has the 'Mukhyamantri Awas Bhoomi Adhikar (A) Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
Yojana' been launched recently? (B) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Ministry of Defence
(C) Haryana (D) Punjab (D) Ministry of Rural Development
687. Which player has recently won both the World Rapid and World 698. What is the name of the new scheme announced under the Station
Blitz Chess titles? Redevelopment Campaign of the Ministry of Railways?
(A) R Praggnanandha (B) Koneru Humpy (A) Atmanirbhar Bharat Station Scheme
(C) Harika Dronavalli (D) Magnus Carlsen (B) Amrit Dhara Station Scheme
688. Where did PM Modi inaugurate the 108th Indian Science (C) Bharat Rail Station Scheme (D) Atal Station Scheme
Congress? 699. Which country has recently released a special stamp to mark the
(A) Ahmedabad (B) Lucknow 75th anniversary of India's independence?
(C) Nagpur (D) Patna (A) Russia (B) Serbia
689. Who has been appointed as the 'State Icon' of Bihar by the Election (C) Spain (D) Argentina
Commission of India to create awareness among the voters? 700. With whom NTPC has signed an MoU for the development of
(A) Shatrughan Sinha (B) Manoj Bajpai facility for commercial production of 'Green Methanol'?
(C) Maithili Thakur (D) Pawan Singh (A) Technimont Group (B) Tata Power
690. 'Cristiano Ronaldo' of Portugal is associated with which football (C) Lettuce Grow (D) Blue Apple
club? 701. Who has topped the medal tally in 'Archery Asia Cup 2022'
(A) Al-Nassar (B) Manchester United recently?
(C) Juventus (D) Al-Shabab (A) China (B) India
691. Which Indian player has been shortlisted for the ICC Men's T20 (C) Japan (D) America
Cricketer of the Year 2022? 702. Who has been given the '30th Eklavya Puraskar 2022' recently?
(A) Suryakumar Yadav (B) Hardik Pandya (A) Aruna Singh (B) Avni Lekhra
(C) Arshdeep Singh (D) Ishan Kishan (C) Swasti Singh (D) Deepa Malik
692. Which Indian Institute has been named as the 'Secretariat of the 703. Recently who has become the new Chairman and CEO of Railway
G-20 Science Working Group'? Board?
(A) IIT Madras (B) IIT Bombay (A) Manish Kumar Nigam (B) Anil Kumar Lahoti
(C) IISc Bangalore (D) IIT Delhi (C) Alok Kumar Verma (D) Ram Gopal Chowdhary
693. 'Daksh' is a payment fraud reporting module run by which 704. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the National
organization? Highways Authority of India (NHAI)?
(A) SEBI (B) NITI Aayog (A) Subhashish Panda (B) Hitesh Kumar Makwana

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 (C) Santosh Kumar Yadav (D) Manish Kumar Nigam (A) Australia (B) Brazil
705. On whose birthday 'Good Governance Day' is celebrated every (C) Canada (D) New Zealand
year on 25th December all over India? 717. Who has become the Women's Air Pistol National Champion in
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay NSCC-2022?
(C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (A) Anita Disam (B) Divya TS
706. Which Indian institute has recently succeeded in preparing an (C) CK Suman (D) Preeti JK
artificial heart? 718. Recently who has become the first woman president of Table
(A) IIT Roorkee (B) IIT Kanpur Tennis Federation of India?
(C) IIT Bombay (D) IIT Kharagpur (A) Raveena Gautam (B) Anita Khanna
707. 'Sitwini Rabuka' has become the new Prime Minister of which (C) Nagma Khan (D) Meghna Ahlawat
country? 719. Which Indian-origin woman has recently become the first Vice
(A) Fiji (B) Micronesia President of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York?
(C) Australia (D) Tonga (A) Vanita Rao (B) Suman Jha
708. Who has topped the 'FIFA World Rankings 2022'? (C) Sushmita Shukla (D) Avni Ghoshal
(A) France (B) America 720. When is 'International Human Rights Day' celebrated every year?
(C) Brazil (D) Argentina (A) on 10th December (B) on 12th December
709. Who has recently become the most expensive player in the history (C) on 13th December (D) on 15th December
of IPL by getting Rs 18.50 crore? 721. Which cricket team has won the title of Vijay Hazare Trophy
(A) Kane Williamson (New Zealand) 2022?
(B) Nicholas Pooran (West Indies) (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Maharashtra
(C) Sam Curran (England) (C) Jharkhand (D) Saurashtra
(D) David Miller (South Africa) 722. Which initiative of India has been ranked among the top 10 world
710. Who has received the Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi language restoration flagships by the United Nations?
in 2022? (A) Har-Ghar Jal Yojana (B) Namami Gange
(A) Mahesh Thakur (B) Badri Narayan (C) Make in India (D) Start up India
(C) Jagdeep Metre (D) Ashfaq Khan 723. Which airlines has recently won the 'Safety Performer of the Year'
711. Which cricket team has won the title of Blind T-20 World Cup award from GMR Delhi Airport?
2022? (A) SpiceJet (B) Indigo
(A) Pakistan (B) Bangladesh (C) Air India (D) Vistara
(C) India (D) Africa 724. Recently India conducted another successful test of ballistic missile
712. Which country's Karim Benzema has retired from international Agni-5. What is its firepower?
football? (A) 2000-3000 km (B) 2000-3500 km
(A) France (B) Uruguay (C) 4000-4500 km (D) 5000-5500 km
(C) Brazil (D) Argentina 725. Who has become the first woman police commissioner of the
713. Who has been selected as the PETA India Person of the Year state of Uttar Pradesh?
2022? (A) Laxmi Singh (B) Nandini Singh
(A) Sonakshi Sinha (B) Virat Kohli (C) Vimla Goyal (D) Rajni Chauhan
(C) Ravish Kumar (D) Madhuri Dixit 726. Which foundation day has the Border Security Force (BSF)
714. Which football team has won the FIFA World Cup 2022 title? celebrated on 1st December?
(A) Brazil (B) Uruguay (A) 52nd (B) 54th
(C) France (D) Argentina (C) 58th (D) 62nd
715. Which Indian beauty has won the Mrs. World 2022 contest? 727. Who has become the first woman President of the Indian Olympic
(A) Nandini Chawla (B) Radhika Chauhan Association (IOA)?
(C) Namita Rao (D) Sargam Kaushal (A) Deepa Karmakar (B) Mary Kom
716. The government of which first country in the world has imposed (C) PT Usha (D) Karnam Malleswari
a lifetime ban on youth smoking? 728. Which country's tennis team has won the Davis Cup 2022 title?

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 (A) Australia (B) Croatia sector?
(C) Spain (D) Canada (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Assam
729. 'Anwar Ibrahim' has become the new Prime Minister of which (C) Gujarat (D) Uttarakhand
Asian country? 741. The song 'Natu-Natu' from the blockbuster film 'RRR' has been
(A) Thailand (B) Singapore shortlisted for the Oscars 2023. Who is the composer of this
(C) Malaysia (D) Indonesia song?
730. Recently the Union Sports Minister launched the logo of the 5th (A) Rahul Siliplagunj (B) MM Keeravani
Khelo India Youth Games 2022. In which state will this game be (C) Alison Doody (D) Chandrabose
organized in 2023? 742. Which Indian documentary film has been nominated in the
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Haryana 'Documentary Short Film Category' at the Oscars 2023?
(C) Gujarat (D) Goa (A) All That Breathes (B) The Elephant Whisperers
731. Which organization has recently set up the 'Central Excise and (C) The Last Film Show (D) Nothing is Lost
Service Tax Settlement Commission'? 743. Which athlete has been nominated to the Vice-Chairman panel in
(A) SEBI (B) CBIC Rajya Sabha?
(C) CBDT (D) Directorate of Enforcement (A) P.T. Usha (B) Hima Das
732. Which Union Minister has launched the 'Right to Repair Portal'? (C) Neeraj Chopra (D) Annu Rani
(A) Nirmala Sitharaman (B) Anurag Thakur 744. What is the name of the first ship of the Anti-Submarine Warfare
(C) Piyush Goyal (D) Ashwini Vaishnav Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) project launched by the Indian
733. After whom has the International Space Registry named a star? Navy?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Sushma Swaraj (A) INS Vagir (B) INS Arnala
(C) Manohar Parrikar (D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (C) INS Mormugao (D) INS Vikrant
734. Who has been sworn in as the new PM of Nepal recently? 745. Recently Jyotiraditya Scindia has launched the country's first
(A) Ravi Lamichhane (B) Sher Bahadur Deuba green steel brand. What is its name?
(C) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' (A) Kalyani Foresta (B) Jeremis
(D) Rajendra Lingden (C) HBIS Group (D) Duberdrola
735. Which French footballer has announced his retirement from 746. Which is the only university in India to get A grade by NAAC?
international football on his 35th birthday? (A) University of Delhi
(A) Alphonse Areola (B) Karim Benzema (B) Maharishi Dayanand University
(C) Hugo Lloris (D) Benjamin Pavard (C) Guru Nanak Dev University
736. Which State/UT has the highest score under the recently released (D) Chandigarh University
'Social Progress Index (SPI)'? 747. Which award has been won by the Ministry of Housing and
(A) Puducherry (B) Goa Urban Affairs at the Digital India Awards 2022?
(C) Sikkim (D) Delhi (A) Platinum Icon (B) Bronze Icon
737. What is the name of the fifth Scorpene submarine inducted into (C) Gold Icon (D) Silver Icon
the Indian Navy? 748. Which country has launched the 'Group of Friends' to promote
(A) INS Kalavari (B) INS Khanderi accountability for crimes against peacekeepers?
(C) INS Vagir (D) INS Kharanj (A) Bangladesh (B) China
738. Which state has recently approved the 'Warehousing and Logistics (C) Sri Lanka (D) India
Policy-2022'? 749. Where will the first meeting of the G-20 Finance Track Agenda
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Assam under the G-20 Presidency be held?
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Himachal Pradesh (A) Bangalore (B) New Delhi
739. Which Indian wrestler has been nominated for the 'United World (C) Ahmedabad (D) Bhopal
Wrestling Rising Star of the Year' award? 750. Which is the first payment gateway in India to support credit
(A) Anshu Malik (B) Vinesh Phogat cards on UPI?
(C) Sakshi Malik (D) Last Panghal (A) Paytm (B) Google Pay
740. Which state has recently given industry status to its tourism (C) Phone Pay (D) Razor Pay

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751. Which organization has released the report 'Climate Investment 763. Who has launched India's first mass-segment flex-fuel car?
Opportunities in India's Cooling Sector'? (A) Kia Motors (B) Maruti Suzuki
(A) UNESCO (B) World Bank (C) Tata Motors (D) Hyundai
(C) World Economic Forum (D) NITI Aayog 764. Which Indian cricketer has recently broken the record of Chris
752. Who has topped the Forbes 2022 list of the 100 most powerful Gayle to score the fastest 200 runs in an ODI innings?
women in the world? (A) Virat Kohli (B) K.L. Rahul
(A) Michelle Obama (B) Mahsa Amini (C) Rohit Sharma (D) Ishan Kishan
(C) Nirmala Sitharaman (D) Ursula von der Leyen 765. Who has won the title of 'BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year'?
753. Which city of India has been selected to host the U-20 Cycle, (A) PT Usha (B) PV Sindhu
under the Presidency of G-20 of India? (C) Mirabai Chanu (D) Avni Lekhra
(A) Ahmedabad (B) Lucknow 766. Which player has been awarded the 'ICC Men's Player of the
(C) Indore (D) Mumbai Month' for the month of November 2022?
754. What is the name of the P15B stealth-guided missile destroyer (A) Adil Rashid (B) Jos Buttler
inducted into the Indian Navy? (C) Shaheen-Shah Afridi (D) Virat Kohli
(A) INS Mormugao (B) INS Kolkata 767. Which player has been awarded the 'ICC Women's Player of the
(C) INS Kochi (D) INS Chennai Month' for the month of November 2022?
755. Who has been honored with the Golden Ball Award in the FIFA (A) Beth Mooney (England) (B) Mithali Raj (India)
World Cup 2022? (C) Sidra Amin (Pakistan) (D) Suzy Bates (New Zealand)
(A) Kylian Mbappe (B) Luka Modric 768. With which country India has signed a Joint Declaration on
(C) Enzo Fernandez (D) Lionel Messi Migration and Mobility?
756. In which city the National Animal Resources Facility for (A) Finland (B) Denmark
Biomedical Research (ICMR-NARFBR) has been inaugurated? (C) Ireland (D) Sweden
(A) Mumbai (B) Chennai 769. Which state has become the first state in India to launch its own
(C) Kolkata (D) Hyderabad climate change mission?
757. In which state of India, exercise 'Kazind-2022' was organized by (A) Kerala (B) Gujarat
the armies of India and Kazakhstan? (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu
(A) Uttarakhand (B) Assam 770. Which player has won Gold in Women's Air Pistol at the 65th
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Meghalaya National Shooting Championship, 2022?
758. Who has won the title of 'BBC Sports Personality of the Year'? (A) Sanskriti Bana (B) Divya T.S.
(A) Beth Mead (B) Inga Swetek (C) Manu Bhaker (D) Rhythm Sangwan
(C) Karim Benzema (D) Roger Federer 771. After whom is the Mopa International Airport in Goa named?
759. In which state/UT of India, India's first dark-sky reserve has been (A) Arun Jaitley (B) Manohar Parrikar
established? (C) Pramod Sawant (D) Nilesh Kabral
(A) Karnataka (B) Ladakh 772. Who has become the 18th Chief Minister of Gujarat recently?
(C) New Delhi (D) Goa (A) Bhupendra Patel (B) JP Nadda
760. Which country has been thrown out of the UN Women group? (C) Vijay Rupani (D) Anandiben Mafatbhai Patel
(A) Russia (B) Ukraine 773. Which country has launched the first Arab-made lunar spacecraft?
(C) Japan (D) Iran (A) Qatar (B) Bahrain
761. Who has been selected as the next Chief Scientist of WHO? (C) United Arab Emirates (D) Saudi Arabia
(A) Dr. Amelia Latu Afuhamango Tuipulotu 774. Which word has won the 'Oxford Word of the Year' for 2022?
(B) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (A) Matavars (B) IStandWith
(C) Dr. Jeremy Farrar (C) Goblin mode (D) Slovenly
(D) Soumya Swaminathan 775. Which state has established the first Divyang Department in
762. By whom has the 'International Climate Club' been started? India?
(A) G-7 (B) World Bank (A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra
(C) G-20 (D) SAARC (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Karnataka

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776. Who has been chosen as the 'Person of the Year 2022' by Time magazine? (A) Manipur (B) Nagaland
(A) Greta Thunberg (B) Joe Biden (C) Assam (D) Meghalaya
(C) Volodymyr Zelensky (D) Elon Musk 790. Which union ministry has launched the 'Nai Chetna Abhiyan'?
777. Who has been sworn in as the first female President of Peru? (A) Ministry of Home Affairs
(A) Liz Truss (B) Dina Boluarte (B) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(C) Ada Rivas (D) Ana Zara (C) Ministry of Rural Development
778. What is the rank of India in the 'World's Strongest Passport' list in (D) Ministry of Women and Child Development
2022 published by Arton Capital? 791. In which country scientists have revived 48500 years old zombie
(A) 83 (B) 87 virus buried in ice?
(C) 89 (D) 77 (A) Iceland (B) Denmark
779. Where has the 9th World Ayurveda Congress and Expo 2022 been (C) Georgia (D) Russia
inaugurated? 792. Who is set to become the first woman referee in a men's World
(A) Hyderabad (B) Bhopal Cup game?
(C) Goa (D) Pune (A) Yoshimini Yamashita (B) Stephanie Frapart
780. Who has won the silver medal in the Weightlifting World (C) Salima Mukansanga (D) Katerina Manju
Championship 2022 held in Colombia? 793. Who has been named as the ambassador of 'Nikshaya Mitra-an
(A) K. Sanjita Chanu (B) Sukhen Dey initiative' under the Prime Minister's TB-free India campaign?
(C) Ganesh Mali (D) Mirabai Chanu (A) Deepa Malik (B) Amitabh Bachchan
781. World Bank will provide financial assistance of US $ 250 million (C) PV Sindhu (D) Neeraj Chopra
to which country for environmental management? 794. Which airline will be merged with Tata owned Air India by March 2024?
(A) Japan (B) Bangladesh (A) Indigo (B) SpiceJet
(C) India (D) Pakistan (C) Go first (D) Vistara
782. Which volcano erupted in Indonesia on 4th December? 795. Which company has developed the world's first Nasal Covid vaccine?
(A) Mauna Laua (B) Semeru Mount (A) Serum Institute of India (B) Johnson & Johnson
(C) Mount Etna (D) Mount Merapi (C) Bharat Biotech (D) Pfizer
783. India's first Real Time Gold ATM has been set up in which city? 796. What is the theme of the 7th Global Technology Summit?
(A) New Delhi (B) Ahmedabad (A) Geopolitics of technology (B) Today's view for technology
(C) Hyderabad (D) Bhopal (C) Technology and its geo-political importance
784. When is Navy Day celebrated in India? (D) Technology and its impact in present times
(A) 29th November (B) 4th December 797. Which has become the first Indian state to get Jio 5G services in
(C) 1st December (D) 22nd December all its districts?
785. Which doubles pair has won the mixed team pistol title in the (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Gujarat
National Shooting Championship? (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Madhya Pradesh
(A) Anjali and Sagar (B) Yashasvi and Abhinav 798. The President of which country has been invited by the
(C) Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot (D) Divya and Imroz Government of India as the chief guest for the Republic Day
786. The first G-20 Sherpa meeting under the chairmanship of India 2023 celebrations?
has been organized in which city? (A) Egypt (B) United Arab Emirates
(A) Jaipur (B) Udaipur (C) Israel (D) Maldives
(C) New Delhi (D) Lucknow 799. In which city will Aero India 2023 be held?
787. What is the rank of India in 'Global Aviation Safety Ranking'? (A) Bangalore (B) Hyderabad
(A) 102 (B) 48 (C) Chennai (D) Delhi
(C) 54 (D) 63 800. Which state will get India's first integrated rocket facility by
788. When is World AIDS Day celebrated? Skyroot Aerospace?
(A) 1st December (B) 5th December (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Telangana
(C) 15th December (D) 30th December (C) Karnataka (D) Odisha
789. In which state was the Hornbill Festival celebrated recently? 801. Which Indian zoologist has recently received the UNEP

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 Champions of the Earth Award for the year 2022? ANSWERS
(A) Poornima Devi Varman (B) Mamta Devi Kaushik 1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (D)
(C) Ahilya Nath Verma (D) Renuka Singh Gautam
8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (B) 11. (D) 12. (B) 13. (B) 14. (B)
802. Recently which word has been chosen by the Cambridge
15. (C) 16. (C) 17. (A) 18. (B) 19. (B) 20. (C) 21. (C)
Dictionary as the 'Word of the Year 2022'?
(A) Sunak (B) Tumed 22. (C) 23. (A) 24. (C) 25. (D) 26. (C) 27. (C) 28. (B)
(C) Homer (D) Kipaw 29. (B) 30. (C) 31. (B) 32. (B) 33. (C) 34. (A) 35. (A)
803. Which star footballer has left Manchester United recently? 36. (C) 37. (A) 38. (D) 39. (C) 40. (C) 41. (C) 42. (D)
(A) Jadon Malik Sancho (B) Marcus Rashford 43. (A) 44. (B) 45. (C) 46. (A) 47. (C) 48. (D) 49. (A)
(C) Cristiano Ronaldo (D) Anthony Marshall
50. (B) 51. (C) 52. (C) 53. (D) 54. (C) 55. (B) 56. (B)
804. Who has been honored with the prestigious Dr. Kalam Seva
57. (A) 58. (C) 59. (A) 60. (B) 61. (B) 62. (B) 63. (A)
Award?
(A) Ritesh Agarwal (B) Kavita Shukla 64. (D) 65. (C) 66. (C) 67. (D) 68. (C) 69. (A) 70. (C)
(C) Tilak Mehta (D) Ravi Kumar Sagar 71. (B) 72. (C) 73. (C) 74. (A) 75. (A) 76. (B) 77. (B)
805. What is the rank of India in Network Readiness Index 2022? 78. (C) 79. (A) 80. (D) 81. (D) 82. (A) 83. (B) 84. (D)
(A) 60th (B) 61st 85. (D) 86. (C) 87. (D) 88. (C) 89. (A) 90. (C) 91. (B)
(C) 28th (D) 50th
92. (D) 93. (B) 94. (A) 95. (B) 96. (B) 97. (A) 98. (C)
806. Which country's Parliament has passed a Free Trade Agreement
99. (D) 100. (C) 101. (C) 102. (C) 103. (A) 104. (A) 105. (D)
with India?
(A) United Kingdom (B) New Zealand 106. (C) 107. (D) 108. (C) 109. (B) 110. (B) 111. (C) 112. (A)
(C) Australia (D) Denmark 113. (B) 114. (C) 115. (A) 116. (B) 117. (C) 118. (B) 119. (B)
807. In which state was the Integrated Fire Power Exercise 'Shatrunash' 120. (A) 121. (B) 122. (A) 123. (A) 124. (B) 125. (A) 126. (B)
organized by the Indian Army recently?
127. (D) 128. (C) 129. (C) 130. (D) 131. (C) 132. (A) 133. (C)
(A) Rajasthan (B) Odisha
134. (B) 135. (B) 136. (A) 137. (B) 138. (B) 139. (C) 140. (C)
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand
808. In which country was the 'Sarang-Indian Film Festival' recently 141. (B) 142. (C) 143. (D) 144. (A) 145. (C) 146. (B) 147. (C)
organized by the Indian Embassy? 148. (A) 149. (A) 150. (B) 151. (A) 152. (A) 153. (B) 154. (A)
(A) France (B) South Korea 155. (B) 156. (C) 157. (D) 158. (B) 159. (B) 160. (A) 161. (A)
(C) Russia (D) Singapore 162. (B) 163. (C) 164. (B) 165. (C) 166. (D) 167. (B) 168. (C)
809. Recently, what is the rank of India in the Climate Change
169. (C) 170. (C) 171. (C) 172. (A) 173. (D) 174. (A) 175. (D)
Performance Index released for the year 2023?
176. (B) 177. (A) 178. (C) 179. (B) 180. (C) 181. (D) 182. (B)
(A) Fourth (B) Eighth
(C) Tenth (D) Thirteenth 183. (A) 184. (B) 185. (C) 186. (A) 187. (B) 188. (B) 189. (A)
810. How many players have been honored with the Arjuna Award in 190. (C) 191. (A) 192. (B) 193. (B) 194. (A) 195. (C) 196. (A)
the National Sports Awards for the year 2022? 197. (B) 198. (A) 199. (B) 200. (B) 201. (B) 202. (B) 203. (B)
(A) 22 (B) 25
204. (B) 205. (D) 206. (D) 207. (A) 208. (D) 209. (A) 210. (A)
(C) 28 (D) 30
211. (B) 212. (B) 213. (D) 214. (C) 215. (A) 216. (B) 217. (D)
811. What is the theme of the 25th National Conference on
e-Governance? 218. (B) 219. (C) 220. (C) 221. (C) 222. (D) 223. (B) 224. (D)

(A) Bringing citizens, industry and government closer 225. (B) 226. (C) 227. (C) 228. (B) 229. (B) 230. (D) 231. (C)
(B) Digital governance of the entire government 232. (C) 233. (B) 234. (C) 235. (A) 236. (C) 237. (D) 238. (B)
(C) Role of e-governance 239. (D) 240. (A) 241. (A) 242. (B) 243. (C) 244. (B) 245. (B)
(D) Bringing the ruler and the citizens closer
246. (C) 247. (A) 248. (D) 249. (A) 250. (A) 251. (D) 252. (A)
812. Who has been honored with the JCB Prize for Literature 2022?
253. (B) 254. (A) 255. (C) 256. (B) 257. (A) 258. (C) 259. (B)
(A) Shirin Dalvi (B) Ashok Banker
260. (D) 261. (D) 262. (A) 263. (B) 264. (B) 265. (A) 266. (D)
(C) Khalid Javed (D) Sumit Basu

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267. (D) 268. (B) 269. (C) 270. (A) 271. (C) 272. (C) 273. (D)
274. (C) 275. (D) 276. (B) 277. (B) 278. (C) 279. (B) 280. (D)
281. (C) 282. (A) 283. (A) 284. (A) 285. (D) 286. (C) 287. (A)
288. (C) 289. (B) 290. (D) 291. (D) 292. (B) 293. (D) 294. (D)
295. (B) 296. (A) 297. (C) 298. (A) 299. (B) 300. (A) 301. (B)
302. (A) 303. (B) 304. (B) 305. (C) 306. (C) 307. (B) 308. (B)
309. (A) 310. (A) 311. (B) 312. (D) 313. (B) 314. (A) 315. (B)
316. (D) 317. (B) 318. (C) 319. (A) 320. (A) 321. (B) 322. (C)
323. (D) 324. (D) 325. (B) 326. (A) 327. (D) 328. (C) 329. (B)
330. (C) 331. (B) 332. (D) 333. (D) 334. (A) 335. (C) 336. (B)
337. (B) 338. (B) 339. (C) 340. (B) 341. (B) 342. (C) 343. (C)
344. (B) 345. (D) 346. (D) 347. (C) 348. (B) 349. (A) 350. (C)
351. (D) 352. (D) 353. (B) 354. (A) 355. (A) 356. (B) 357. (C)
358. (A) 359. (A) 360. (C) 361. (B) 362. (B) 363. (B) 364. (A)
365. (B) 366. (D) 367. (B) 368. (B) 369. (B) 370. (C) 371. (A)
372. (C) 373. (B) 374. (A) 375. (B) 376. (B) 377. (B) 378. (B)
379. (B) 380. (D) 381. (A) 382. (D) 383. (D) 384. (C) 385. (B)
386. (A) 387. (A) 388. (B) 389. (D) 390. (C) 391. (C) 392. (C)
393. (A) 394. (B) 395. (D) 396. (C) 397. (A) 398. (C) 399. (D)
400. (B) 401. (C) 402. (A) 403. (A) 404. (C) 405. (B) 406. (A)
407. (D) 408. (C) 409. (B) 410. (D) 411. (B) 412. (A) 413. (B)
414. (A) 415. (B) 416. (C) 417. (D) 418. (B) 419. (C) 420. (C)
421. (C) 422. (C) 423. (A) 424. (B) 425. (C) 426. (C) 427. (A)
428. (C) 429. (C) 430. (D) 431. (B) 432. (C) 433. (B) 434. (D)
435. (C) 436. (A) 437. (A) 438. (C) 439. (B) 440. (D) 441. (B)
442. (A) 443. (A) 444. (C) 445. (A) 446. (D) 447. (B) 448. (D)
449. (A) 450. (D) 451. (C) 452. (B) 453. (A) 454. (C) 455. (A)
456. (A) 457. (A) 458. (A) 459. (B) 460. (A) 461. (A) 462. (A)
463. (D) 464. (A) 465. (D) 466. (C) 467. (C) 468. (C) 469. (C)
470. (B) 471. (A) 472. (C) 473. (A) 474. (D) 475. (C) 476. (A)
477. (D) 478. (C) 479. (B) 480. (A) 481. (B) 482. (C) 483. (B)
484. (A) 485. (D) 486. (B) 487. (B) 488. (C) 489. (C) 490. (B)
491. (B) 492. (C) 493. (B) 494. (D) 495. (B) 496. (A) 497. (B)
498. (C) 499. (B) 500. (B) 501. (B) 502. (C) 503. (C) 504. (A)
505. (B) 506. (B) 507. (A) 508. (A) 509. (C) 510. (D) 511. (D)
512. (A) 513. (D) 514. (A) 515. (B) 516. (B) 517. (C) 518. (B)
519. (C) 520. (D) 521. (D) 522. (C) 523. (D) 524. (C) 525. (A)
526. (C) 527. (B) 528. (B) 529. (C) 530. (C) 531. (B) 532. (B)
533. (C) 534. (A) 535. (A) 536. (D) 537. (C) 538. (A) 539. (A)
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540. (D) 541. (B) 542. (B) 543. (B) 544. (C) 545. (C) 546. (B)
547. (A) 548. (C) 549. (B) 550. (B) 551. (C) 552. (D) 553. (D)
554. (A) 555. (A) 556. (C) 557. (C) 558. (D) 559. (C) 560. (D)
561. (B) 562. (C) 563. (A) 564. (A) 565. (C) 566. (D) 567. (B)
568. (A) 569. (C) 570. (A) 571. (C) 572. (B) 573. (D) 574. (A)
575. (D) 576. (A) 577. (D) 578. (C) 579. (D) 580. (D) 581. (B)
582. (B) 583. (D) 584. (A) 585. (B) 586. (A) 587. (D) 588. (D)
589. (A) 590. (B) 591. (C) 592. (A) 593. (D) 594. (C) 595. (C)
596. (A) 597. (A) 598. (B) 599. (A) 600. (C) 601. (C) 602. (B)
603. (C) 604. (D) 605. (C) 606. (B) 607. (B) 608. (C) 609. (B)
610. (A) 611. (B) 612. (A) 613. (B) 614. (B) 615. (C) 616. (A)
617. (D) 618. (B) 619. (B) 620. (B) 621. (C) 622. (C) 623. (B)
624. (C) 625. (B) 626. (A) 627. (B) 628. (A) 629. (A) 630. (B)
631. (A) 632. (C) 633. (C) 634. (D) 635. (D) 636. (B) 637. (D)
638. (B) 639. (A) 640. (D) 641. (A) 642. (C) 643. (A) 644. (B)
645. (B) 646. (C) 647. (D) 648. (C) 649. (D) 650. (C) 651. (A)
652. (B) 653. (D) 654. (D) 655. (B) 656. (C) 657. (B) 658. (D)
659. (B) 660. (C) 661. (D) 662. (D) 663. (C) 664. (C) 665. (B)
666. (D) 667. (C) 668. (C) 669. (B) 670. (D) 671. (B) 672. (B)
673. (D) 674. (C) 675. (C) 676. (C) 677. (A) 678. (C) 679. (A)
680. (B) 681. (D) 682. (A) 683. (B) 684. (C) 685. (A) 686. (A)
687. (D) 688. (C) 689. (C) 690. (A) 691. (A) 692. (C) 693. (D)
694. (A) 695. (A) 696. (A) 697. (D) 698. (B) 699. (B) 700. (A)
701. (B) 702. (C) 703. (B) 704. (C) 705. (D) 706. (B) 707. (A)
708. (C) 709. (C) 710. (B) 711. (C) 712. (A) 713. (A) 714. (D)
715. (D) 716. (D) 717. (B) 718. (D) 719. (C) 720. (A) 721. (D)
722. (B) 723. (A) 724. (D) 725. (A) 726. (C) 727. (C) 728. (D)
729. (C) 730. (A) 731. (B) 732. (C) 733. (D) 734. (C) 735. (B)
736. (A) 737. (C) 738. (C) 739. (D) 740. (B) 741. (B) 742. (B)
743. (A) 744. (B) 745. (A) 746. (C) 747. (A) 748. (D) 749. (A)
750. (D) 751. (B) 752. (D) 753. (A) 754. (A) 755. (D) 756. (D)
757. (D) 758. (A) 759. (B) 760. (D) 761. (C) 762. (A) 763. (B)
764. (D) 765. (C) 766. (B) 767. (C) 768. (A) 769. (D) 770. (B)
771. (B) 772. (A) 773. (C) 774. (C) 775. (B) 776. (C) 777. (B)
778. (B) 779. (C) 780. (D) 781. (B) 782. (B) 783. (C) 784. (B)
785. (C) 786. (B) 787. (B) 788. (A) 789. (B) 790. (C) 791. (D)
792. (B) 793. (A) 794. (D) 795. (C) 796. (A) 797. (B) 798. (A)
799. (A) 800. (B) 801. (A) 802. (C) 803. (C) 804. (D) 805. (B)
806. (C) 807. (A) 808. (B) 809. (B) 810. (B) 811. (A) 812. (C)
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