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 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) - Samant K. Goyal
 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) - Sujoy Lal Thaosen
 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) - V. S. Pathaniya
- 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 Service (RPFS) - Sanjay Chander
 Supreme Commander - President, Dropadi Murmu  Director General, Assam Rifles (AR)- Pradeep Chandran Nair
 Chief of Air Staff - V.R. Chaudhari (27th)  Chairman and Secretary of Commissions
 Chief of Naval Staff - R. Hari Kumar (25th)  Chairman, NITI Ayog - Prime Minister Narendra Modi
 Chief fo Army Staff - Manoj Pandey (29th)  Deputy Chairman, NITI Ayog - Suman Kumar Bery
 Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)- Lt. General Anil Chauhan (2nd)  CEO, NITI Ayog - 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 - Sunaina Singh
- Vivek Johri  Vice Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia - Prof. Najma Akhtar
 Chairman, National Dairy Development Board - Meenesh Shah  Director, NCERT - Dinesh Prasad Saklani
 Chairman, Company Law Board (CLB) - Mahesh Mittal Kumar  Chairman, CBSE - Nidhi Chibber
 Chairman, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board
 President, Sahitya Akademi - Chandrashekhar Kamber
- Sanjeev Nandan Sahay
 President, Sangeet Natak Akademi - Shekhar Sen
 Chairman, TRAI - P.D. Vaghela
 President, Lalit Kala Akademi - Uma Nanduri
 CEO, UIDAI - Saurabh Garg
 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 - .............
 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, International Olympic Committee (IOC)  Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India - T Rabi Shankar, M.
- Thomas Bach (Germany) Rajeshwar Rao, Mahesh Kumar Jain, Michael Devvrat Patra
 President, International Athletic Federation - Sebastian Coe (UK)  Chief Financial Officer, RBI - Sudha Balakrishnan
 President, Badminton Association of India (BAI)
 Heads of Public Banks/WBCs
- Hemant Biswa Sarma
 State Bank of India (Chairman) - Dinesh Kumar Khara
 President, FIFA - Gianni Infantino (Italy-Switzerland)
 President, Indian Weightlifting Federation - Mohamed Jalud  CFO, State Bank of India - Charanjit Singh Atra
 President, International Hockey Federation (FIH)  MD, SBI - Swaminathan Janakiraman, Ashwini Kumar
- 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, United Nations General Assembly at the 76th Session
 ICICI Bank - Sandeep Bakshi - Abdullah Shahid (Maldives)
 HDFC Bank (CEO) - Shashidhar Jagdishan  Specialized Agencies of the United Nations
 IDFC Bank - Mahendra Shah  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)
 Dhanlaxmi Bank - J.K. Shivan  DG, World Trade Organization (WTO) - Ngoji Okonjo-Iwela

 Jammu and Kashmir Bank (CEO) - Baldev Prakash  Secretary General, UNCTAD- Rebecca Grinspen (Costa Rica)
 Director General, UNESCO - Audre Azoulay (France)
 Paytm (COO) - Bhavesh Gupta
 DG, FAO - Qu Dongyu (China)
 CEO, Paytm Payments Bank - Surinder Chawala
 DG, ILO - Gilbert Houngbo (Togo)
 Chairman, SIDBI - S. Raman
 Head, UNICEF - Catherine Russell (USA)
 IDBI Bank (MD & CEO) - Rakesh Sharma  DG, World Health Organization (WHO) - Tedros Adhanom
 MD, EXIM Bank - Harsha Bhupendra Bangari  Administrator, United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
 Chairman, NABARD - Shaji KV - Achim Steiner (Brazil-Germany)
 Chairman, Indian Banks' Association (IBA) - A. K. Goel  Secretary General, SAARC - Isala Ruwan Weerakun (Sri Lanka)
 MD, National Housing Bank (NHB) - Sharda Kumar Hota  International and Regional Organizations
 CEO, RBL Bank - R. Subramaniakumar  Secretary General, Commonwealth - Patricia Scotland (Dominica)
 CEO, Karur Vysya Bank - B. Ramesh Babu  President, European Parliament - Roberta Metsola (Malta)
 President, African Union (AU) - Felix Antoine Tshedki (Congo)
 Chairman, Federal Bank - Dilip Sadarangani
 Secretary General, Organization of the Oil Exporting Countries
 CEO, Karnataka bank - Srikrishanan Harihar Sarma (OPEC) - Haitham Al-Ghais (Kuwait)
 IDFC First Bank (CEO) - V. Vaidyanathan  Secretary General, NATO - Jens Stoltenberg (Norway)
 Development Credit Bank (DCB Bank)- Murali M. Natarajan  Secretary General, ASEAN - Lim Jock Hoi (Brunei)
 Bhartiya Mahila Bank - S. M. Swati  Director, Amnesty International India - Avinash Kumar
 President, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Note: With effect from April 1, 2015, ING Vysya Bank has been
merged with Kotak Mahindra Bank. Recently Lakshmi Vilas Bank - Matsugu Asakawa (Japan)
has been merged with the Indian branch of DBS Bank of Singapore.  Secretary General, INTERPOL - Jurgen Stock (Germany)
 Chairman, INTERPOL - Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi (UAE)
Defence Equipment  President, International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Equipment Developed By What is ? - Joan Donoghue
 HELINA Developed in India Anti-tank Missile  Administrator, Space Agency NASA - Bil Nelson
 Chinook American Company Boeing Helicopter  President, New Development Bank (NDB) - Dilma Rousseff
 Barak-8 DRDO and Israel Surface to Air Missile  High Commissioner, United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) - Filippo Grandi (Italy)
 INS Vela France Scorpene Submarine
 President, United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
 Rafale France (Dassault Aviation) Fighter Aircraft
- Volker Turk (Austria)
 S-400 Russia Air Defense System
 Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency
 Pinaka India (First Indigenous) Rocket
- Rafael Grossi (Argentina)
 INS Kalvari Indigenously built Scorpene Submarine
 MS & CEO, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
 Apache America Fighter Helicopter - Stephanie von Friedeburg

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 Famous National Women Indian Ambassadorto to various countries
 Lance Naik Manju - First woman skydiver of the Indian Army Ambassador/
Country Capital
 Priyanka Mohite - 1st Indian woman to scale 5 peaks above 8000m High Commissioner
 Dr. Alka Mittal - First Woman Chairperson of ONGC  Cape Verde - Priya - Sanjeev Jain
 PT Usha - First woman President, Indian Olympic Association  Switzerland - Bern - Mridul Kumar
 Meghna Ahlawat- 1st woman President, Table Tennis Fed. India  Norway - Oslo - Dr. Aquino Vimal
 Nallathambi Kalaiselvi - First woman director of CSIR  Bahrain - Manama - Vinod K. Jacob
 Botswana - Gaborone - Bharath Kumar Kuthati
 Abhilasha Barak- First woman combat aviator of the Indian Army
 Greece - Athens - Rudrendra Tandon
 Madhavi Puri Buch - First woman chairperson of SEBI
 Iran - Tehran - Rudra Gaurav Shrestha
 Dhriti Banerjee- First woman director, Zoological Survey of India  Samoa - Apia - Neeta Bhushan
 Soma Mandal - First woman chairperson, SAIL  Chad - N'Djamena - Dr. Hifzur Rehman
 Ayesha Aziz - India's youngest female pilot  Namibia - Windhoek - M. Subbarayudu
 Sirisha Bandla - 2nd woman of Indian origin to go into space  Azerbaijan - Baku - M. Sreedharan
 Srishti Goswami - Chief Minister for 1 day, Uttarakhand State  Armenia - Yerevan - Nilakshi Saha Sinha
 Marshall Islands - Majuro - CB George
 S. Dhulipudi Pandit - First woman Vice-Chancellor of JNU
 Saudi Arabia - Riyad - Suhel Azaz Khan
 Pooja Devi - First woman bus driver of Jammu and Kashmir
 Niue - Alofi - Neeta Bhushan
 Bhavna Kant - India's first woman fighter pilot
 Comoros - Moroni - Bandaru Wilsonbabu
 M- Veeralakshmi - India's first woman ambulance driver  Cote d'Ivoire - Yamoussocro - Rajesh Ranjan
 Shivangi Singh - India's first woman fighter pilot  Slovak Republic - Bratislava - Apoorva Srivastava
 Jyoti Sharma - First woman judge of the Indian Army  Bosnia - Sarajevo - Pratha Satpathy
 Shivangi Joshi - First woman pilot of the Navy  Ginni - Conakry - Avtar Singh
 Chandrani Murmu - Youngest Parliamentarian  Kuwait - Kuwait City - Model Swaka
 Malta - Valletta - Gloria Gangte
 Indu Malhotra - First woman lawyer to become a judge in SC
 Colombia - Bogotá - Vanlalhumba
 Hina Jaiswal - First woman flight engineer of the Air Force
 Senegal - Dakar - Dinkar Asthana
Famous International Women  Madagascar - Antananarivo - Bandaru Wilsonbabu
 Georgia Meloni - First female Prime Minister of Italy  Benin - Porto Novo - G. Balasubramaniam
 Ayesha Malik - First woman Chief Justice of Pakistan  Seychelles - Victoria - Karthik Pandey
 Eritrea - Asmara - Prakash Chand
 Natasa Pirk Musar - First female president of Slovenia
 Japan - Tokyo - Sibi George
 Katalin Novak - First female President of Hungary
 New Zealand - Wellington - Ms. Neeta Bhushan
 Gita Gopinath - First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF
 Canada - Ottawa - Sanjay Kumar Verma
 Magdalena Andersson - Sweden's first female prime minister  Korea - Seoul - Amit Kumar
 Ngozi Okonjo Iweala - First female Director General of WTO  Thailand - Bangkok - Nagesh Singh
 Lauren Hubbard - First transgender to compete in the Olympics  UK - London - Vikram K. Doraiswamy
 Priyanka Radhakrishnan - New Zealand's first Indian-origin minister  Kenya - Nairobi - Namgya Singh Khampa
 Vietnam - Hanoi - Sandeep Arya
 Manisha Ropeta - First Hindu woman police officer, Pakistan
 Bangladesh - Dhaka - Pranay Kumar Verma
 Noura Al-Matrooshi - UAE's first female astronaut
 Bhutan - Thimphu - Sudhakar Dalela
 Samia Suluh Hassan - First female President of Tanzania
 Rep. of Haiti - Port-au-Prince - Ramu Abbagni
 Swollen Arnold - First female president of Walt Disney  Peru - Lima - Vishwas Vidu Sapkal
 Dr. Sara Gill - Pakistan's first transgender doctor  Bangladesh - Dhaka - Pranay Verma
 Xiomara Castre - First female President, Honduras  Turkey - Ankara - Virender Kumar Paul
 Ursula von der Leyen - First female President European Commission  United Nations - New York City - Ruchira Kamboj

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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  OneWeb India-2 26 March 2023 LVM3-M3
 Infosys - Salil Parekh  EOS-07 10 Feb. 2022 SSLV-D2
 Alphabet Inc./google - Sundar Pichai  OneWeb India-1 23 Oct. 2022 LVM3-M2
 Amazon - Andy Jassy  EOS-06 26 Nov. 2022 PSLV-C54
 Flipkart - Kalyan Krishnamurthy  DS-EO Mission 29 Jun. 2022 PSLV-C53
 YouTube - Neal Mohan  GSAT-24 23 Jun. 2022 Ariane-5 VA257
 Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg  EOS-04 14 Feb. 2022 GSLV-C52
 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
 Mangalyaan-2 2024 India's second Mars mission
 Facebook : Spoorthi Priya
 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  Europa Clipper 2024 For study of Jupiter's moon 'Europa'

 Telegram : Abhimanyu Yadav

Census of India-2011
 Instagram : Spoorthi Priya
 Total population of the country - 121.08 Crore
 Koo : Rahul Satyakam  World's population is in India - 17.5%
 LinkedIn : Tanya Mampili  Population in the age group 0-6 - 16.44 Crore (13.6%)
 Decadal population growth (2001-2011)- 18.19 Crore (17.7%)
Indian Airlines and their Heads  Population density - 382 persons / sq km.
Airlines Headquarters Head/CEOs  Sex ratio - 943 females / 1000 males
 Air India Delhi Campbell Wilson  Literacy rate - 73%
 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
 Buravi Tamil Nadu, Kerala Bay of Bengal Maldives  Rice China West Bengal
 Nivar Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Bay of Bengal Iran  Wheat China Uttar Pradesh
 Nisarga Maharashtra, Gujarat Arabian Sea Bangladesh  Maize America Karnataka
 Ampha n Odisha, W. Bengal Bay of Bengal Thailand  Pulses India Madhya Pradesh
 Gulab Odisha, Andhra Prad. Bay of Bengal Pakistan  Peanuts China Gujarat
 Shaheen Oman, Iran Arabian Sea Qatar  Sugarcane Brazil Uttar Pradesh
 Jute India West bengal
 Javad Odisha, Meaning - noble Bay of Bengal Saudi Arab
 Tobacco China Andhra Pradesh
 Asani Andhra Pradesh-Odisha Bay of Bengal Sri Lanka
 Natural rubber Thailand Kerala
 Sitrang Bangladesh Bay of Bengal Thailand
 Coffee Brazil Karnataka
 Mandous Tamilnadu Bay of Bengal UAE  Sunflower Ukraine Karnataka
 Mocha Bengal, Odisha Bay of Bengal Yemen  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
 Bandra-Versova Sea Bridge - Veer Savarkar Setu Phase I 16 January 2021 front line employees
 Islam Nagar Village (MP) - Jagdishpur Phase II 4 March 2021 60 years or more
 Mughal Garden (Delhi) - Amrit Udyan
1 April 2021 45 years or older
 Mopa Airport (Goa) - Manohar International Airport
Phase III 1 May 2021 18 years or older
 Hollongi Greenfield Airport (Arunachal P.) - Doni-Polo Airport
3 Jan 2022 Over 14 Years
 Chipi Airport (Maharashtra) - Barrister Nath Pai Airport
10 January 2022 Booster dose to
 Mahakal Corridor (Ujjain) - Shri Mahakal Lok
frontline workers &
 Faizabad Cantt - Ayodhya Cantt above 60 years
 Daulatabad Fort (Maharashtra) - Devgiri Fort 16 March 2022 12 to 14 years (child)
 Kibithu Military Camp (AP) - G. Bipin Rawat Military Garrison
10 April 2022 Precaution dose for
 Rajpath (Delhi) - Kartavaya Path normally 18-59 years
 Chandigarh Airport - Shaheed Bhagat Singh Int. Airport
26 April 2022 6 to 12 years (chid)
 Leicester Cricket Ground (Eng.) - Sunil Gavaskar Cricket Ground
Note : A gap of 9 months or 39 weeks from the date of the
 Point 5140 (Dras Sector) - Gun Hill
second dose was prescribed for the booster dose. Now it has
 Aurangabad District (Maharashtra) - Sambhaji Nagar been reduced to 6 months or 26 weeks.
 National Institute of Rail and Transport - Gatishakti University
 'Harijan' word - Dr. Ambedkar (by Delhi Government) Awards received by Prime Minister : 2016-23
 Ruchi Soya Industries - Patanjali Foods Limited  Amir Amanullah Khan Award 2016 - Afghanistan
 Miyan Ka Bada Railway Station (Raj.) - Mahesh Nagar Halt  Seoul Peace Prize 2018 - South Korea
 Hoshangabad / Shivpuri / Babai (M.P.)  Grand Collar Award 2018 - Palestine
- Narmadapuram / Kundeshwar Dham / Makhan Nagar  Champion of the Earth Award 2018 - United Nation
 Kevadiya Railway Station (Gujarat) - Ekta Nagar Railway Station  Global Goalkeeper Award 2019
 Jawaharlal Nehru Road (Sikkim) - Narendra Modi Marg - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

 Bihar Makhana - Mithila Makhana  The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance 2019 - Bahrain

 Mainpuri Sainik School (UP) - General Bipin Rawat Sainik School  Order of Zayed Award 2019 - United Arab Emirates (UAE)

 Jhansi Railway Station (UP) - Veerangana Laxmibai Railway Station  St. Andrews the Apostle Award 2019 - Russia

 Patalpani Railway Station (Indore) - Tribal Icon 'Tantya Mama'  Philip Kotler Award 2019 - Kellogg School of Management

 Lok Sabha-Rajya sabha TV - Sansad TV  Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen Award 2019 - Maldives

 Mid Day Meal Scheme - PM Poshan  Legion of Merit Award 2020 - America

 Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park (Assam) - Orang National Park  Nagda Pel Ji Khorlo 2021 - Bhutan

 Army Sports Institute (Pune) - Neeraj Chopra Stadium  The Companion of the Order of Fiji 2023- Papua New Guinea

 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

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 Schemes / Campaigns and States Schemes / Campaigns and States
Scheme / Yojana / Campaigm / Mission State/Govt. Scheme / Yojana / Campaigm / Mission State/Govt.

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

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 Festivals / Summits / Meetings : 2022-23 GI Tags : 2021-23
Festivals / Summits Venue Products Year States / UT's
 Heritage Festival 2023 - Goa  Kari Ishad Mango 2023 Uttar Karnataka
 Millets Festival 2023 - Dehradun (Utrakhand)  Manamadurai Pottery 2023 Tamil Nadu
 Thawe Festival 2023 - Gopalganj (Bihar)  Cumbum Grapes 2023 Tamil Nadu

 Madhavpur Mela 2023 - Gujarat  Gond painting 2023 Madhya pradesh

 Wood carving art 2023 Ladakh
 Rongali / Bohag Bihu 2023 - Assam
 Nagari Dubraj Rice 2023 Chhattisgarh
 Matua Mela 2023, Gangasagar Mela 2023 - West Bengal
 Marcha Rice 2023 Bihar
 G-20 Flower Festival 2023, Aadi Mahotsav 2022- New Delhi
 Basohli Painting 2023 Jammu and kashmir
 Science Literature Festival 2023, Divine Art Fair - Bhopal
 Banarasi Paan 2023 Uttar Pradesh
 National Youth Parliament Festival 2023 - New Delhi
 Langra Mango 2023 Uttar Pradesh
 9th International Yoga Festival 2023 - Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
 Ramnagar Bhanta 2023 Uttar Pradesh
 Maghi Mela 2023, Shrimp Fair - Punjab
 Adam Chini Rice 2023 Uttar Pradesh
 Yoshang Festival 2023 - Manipur  Basmati 'Nagri Dubraj' (Rice) 2023 Uttar Pradesh
 Purple Fest. 2023, Sao Joao Fest. 2022 - Goa  Morena's Gajak 2023 Madhya Pradesh
 Attukal Pongal 2023, Onam, Thrissur Pooram festival - Kerala  Sundarja Mango of Rewa 2023 Madhya Pradesh
 Kala Ghoda Art Festival, National Culture Festival - Mumbai  Kangra Tea (by European Union) 2023 Himachal Pradesh
 Khajuraho Dance Festival 2023 - Madhya Pradesh  Gamocha (Gamcha) 2022 Assam
 Ajanta-Ellora International Festival 2023 - Maharashtra  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 Avara 2022 Kerala
 Orange Festival 2023 - Kohima, Nagaland  Attappadi Thuvara (Red Gram) 2022 Kerala

 Magh / Bhogali Bihu, Ambubachi Mela, Baikho festival - Assam  Onattukara Pallu 2022 Kerala

 Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2023 - Maharashtra  Kanthallur-Vattavada Veluthulli 2022 Kerala

 26th National Youth Festival - Dharwad-Hubli (Karnataka)  Kodungallur Pottuvelari 2022 Kerala
 Mithila Makhana 2022 Bihar
 Cherchera Festival 2023 - Chhattisgarh
 Narasimhapettai Nagaswaram 2022 Tamil Nadu
 Torgya Festival, Pashuram Kund Festival - Arunachal Pradesh
 Vadakolam rice 2021 Maharashtra
 International Kite Festival 2023 - Ahmedabad, Gujarat
 Kuttiyattoor Mango / Adoor Chilli 2021 Kerala
 Tamu Lhosar 2022 - Sikkim
 Kanyakumari Clove 2021 Tamil Nadu
 Dhanu Yatra Festival 2022, Nuakhai Festival 2022 - Odisha
 Karuppur Kalamkari Painting 2021 Tamil Nadu
 Losar Festival 2022 - Ladakh
 Kallakuruchi Wood Carving 2021 Tamil Nadu
 10th North East Festival 2022 - New Delhi
 White Onion (Alibagh) 2021 Maharashtra
 Swar Dharohar Festival 2022 - New Delhi
Dictionaries Word of the Year
 Sangai Festival 2022, Shirui Lily Festival - Manipur
Dictionary Word of the Word of the
 Hornbill Festival 2022 - Nagaland Year 2021 Year 2022
 International Lusophone Festival 2022 - Goa
 Oxford Vax Goblin mode
 Groundnut Festival 'Kadalekai Parishe' 2022 - Karnataka Merriam-Webster Vaccine Gaslighting
 International Geeta Mahotsav 2022 - Kurukshetra, Haryana Cambridge NFT Homer
 Wangala Festival 2022, Behdinkhlam Festival 2022 - Meghalaya  Collins Perseverance Permacrisis
 Amur Falcon Festival 2022, Shumang Leela Festival - Manipur Dictionary.com Allyship Woman

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 Obituaries : 2022-23 Obituaries : 2022-23
Person Date Field Person Date Field
 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
 Badra Ali Jufe 17 Jan. Vice President of The Gambia  Ghaffar Nadiadwala 22 Aug Film Producer
 Kesari Nath Tripathi 8 Jan. Former Governor of West Bengal  Syed Sibte Razi 20 Aug Former Governor of Jharkhand
 Pele 29 Dec. Brazilian footballer  Samar Banerjee 20 Aug Footballer
 Kekela Satyanarayan 23 Dec. Actor  Narayan 16 Aug Author
 Sulochana Chauhan 10 Dec. Marathi Lavani singer  Amitabh Choudhary 16 Aug Former Chairman JPSC
 Grant Wahl 10 Dec. Journalist  Rakesh Jhunjhunwala 14 Aug Investors, Stock Market
 Manohar Devdas 7 Dec. Tamil writer  Maya Thevar 9 Aug First MP, AIADMK
 Krishnaji rao 7 Dec. Actor  Rudy Kurtzen 9 Aug Cricket umpire, South Africa
 Yogendra Alagh 6 Dec. Economist  Uma Pemmaraju 8 Aug Fox News Founder
 Dominique Lapierre 4 Dec. Writer (Padma Bhushan-2008)  Johnny Femchon 4 Aug Boxer (Australia)
 Jharna Das 1 Dec. Actress  Nirmala mishra 31 July Bengali singer
 Vikram Gokhale 26 Nov. Actor  Fidel Ramos 31 July Former President, Philippines
 Babu Mani 19 Nov. Fooballer  Atulananda Goswami 27 July Assamese writer
 Tabassum 18 Nov. Actress  Balwinder Safari 26 July Popular Punjabi singer from UK

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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
 Nritya Gopal Das - President, Ram Janmabhoomi Trust  Anita Bhatia - Deputy Executive Director of UN Women
 Vishal V Sharma - Permanent Representative UNESCO  Anshula Kant - CFO, World Bank
 Babita Singh - New Global Peace Ambassador 2022  Suman Kumari - First Hindu woman judge, Pakistan
 Pradip Kumar Mohanty - Lokpal of India  Joe Biden - President, America (46th)
 N. J. Ojha - Lokpal, MGNREGA  Kamala Harris - Vice President, America
 Ruchira Kamboj - Permanent Representative of India to UN  Michael Bloomberg - Climate Ambassador, United Nations
 Vineet Saran - BCCI Ethics Officer and Lokpal  S. Ramchandra Gulwani- 1st Hindu woman civil servant, Pakistan
 Vanessa Nakate - Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF  Magdalena Andersen - First female prime minister of Sweden
 Pankaj Tripathi - National Icon, Election Commission of India  Prof. Bimal Patel - Chairman, International Law Commission
 PT Usha - President, Indian Olympic Association  Ayesha Malik - Pakistan's first woman Supreme Court judge
 Arvind Walia - Engineer-in-Chief of the Indian Army  Geeta Gopinath - 1st Deputy Managing Director, IMF
 Ashwini Vaishnav - First Chancellor of Gati Shakti University  Pierre-Olivier Gourinches - Chief Economist, IMF
 Maithili Thakur - State Icon (Bihar)  Xiomara Castre - First female President, Honduras
 Ayushmann Khurrana - National Ambassador, UNICEF  Katalin Novak - First female president, Hungary

 MV Suchindra Kumar - Vice Chief, Army  Indermeet Gill - Chief Economist, World Bank

 Rajeev Raghuvanshi - Drug Controller General, India  Simon Steele - UN Climate Chief

 S. S. Dubey - Controller General of Accounts (CGA)  Charles III - King of UK

 Giorgia Meloni - First woman PM of Italy
 Craig Fulton - Head coach, Indian men's field hockey team
 Magdalena Andersson - First female Prime Minister of Sweden
 Tablesh Pandey & M Jagannath - Managing Director, LIC
 Rishi Sunak - Prime Minister, UK (57th)
 K. Krithivasan - CEO, Tata Consultancy Services
 Natasa Pirk Musar - First female President, Slovenia
 G. Krishnakumar - Chairman, Bharat Petroleum Corporation
 Dina Boluarte - First female President, Peru
 Manmeet K. Nanda - Managing Director & CEO, Invest India
 Claudine Gay - President, Harvard University
 Sheenu Jhawar - First Woman President of TiE Rajasthan
 Manuela Roca Botti - First female PM, Equatorial Guinea
 A. Madhavrao - CMD, Bharat Dynamics Limited
 Apsara A. Iyer - President, Harvard Law Review
 Rajeev K. Mishra - President, PTC India
 Arun Subramaniam - First Indian American Judge, New York Court
 Niranjan Gupta - CEO, Hero MotoCorp
 Vo Van Thuong - President, Vietnam
 Sanjay Jasjit Singh - Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
 Ram Chandra Poudel - President, Nepal
 Arun Sinha- President, Indian Technical Research Organization
 Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav - Third Vice President of Nepal
 Sandeep Singh - Military Advisor, National Security Council
 Eric Garcetti - US Ambassador to India
 A. K. Mohanty - Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
 Dilma Rousseff - President, New Development Bank
 Anant Maheshwari - President, NASSCOM
 Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed - Vice President, United Arab Emirates
 Praveen Sood - Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)  Sabbi Subramaniam - Warrant Officer, UK Royal Air Force
 Ashutosh Dixit - Vice Chief, Air Force  Kathleen Corradi - Rat Jar, New York City
 Ravneet Kaur- Chairperson, Competition Commission of India  Miguen Diaz-Canel - President, Cuba
 Dr. Manoj Soni- Chairman, Union Public Service Commission  Rowan Wilson - First Black Chief Justice of New York
 AK Jain- Chairman, Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board  Ajay Banga - President, World Bank
 Namdev Shirgaonkar - Head of India Taekwondo  Santiago Peña - President, Paraguay
 Dr. Govindaraj - President, Basketball Federation of India  Mark Nicholls - President, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
 R. Dinesh - President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)  Bola Tinubu - President, Nigeria
 Praveen Kumar Srivastava - Central Vigilance Commissioner  Recep Tayyip Erdogan - President, Türkiye

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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 Vishakhapatnam 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 Nitin Jamdar
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 Dr. S. Murlidhar
9. Rajasthan High Court 1949 Jodhpur Jaipur Rajasthan Augustine George Masih
10. Jammu and Kashmir 1928 Srinagar/Jammu Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh N. K. 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 S. V. Bhatti
13. Gujarat High Court* 1960 Ahmedabad Gujarat Ashish Jitendra Desai
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 Ujjal Bhuyan

25. Andhra P. High Court* 2019 Amravati Andhra Pradesh Akula Venkata Sesha Sai

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
 First state in the country to approve the Good Governance  Kerala's first tribal woman air hostess - Gopika Govind
Regulations - Maharashtra  Third Indian state with Food Security Atlas - Jharkhand
 India's first fully e-governed state - Kerala  Country's largest rubber dam - Gaya (Bihar)
 First state to make digital health card for children - Uttar Pradesh  India's first forestry university - Telangana
 First country to introduce health warnings on alcohol - Ireland  First state to get Har Ghar Jal Certification - Goa
 India's first International Multimodal Logistics Park - Assam  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
 The first state to launch its climate change mission - Tamil Nadu  India's first Omicron kit - Omisure
 First woman president, Indian Olympic Association - PT Usha  India's first LPG enabled and smoke free state - Himachal Pradesh
 First woman skydiver of Indian Army - Lance Naik Manju  Name of India's first cryptocurrency index - IC15
 Highest polling station in the world - Tashigang (H.P)  India's first indigenous server - Rudra (C-DAC built)
 First city to issue municipal bonds - Vadodara (Gujrat)  Country's first mobile honey processing van- Sirora, Ghaziabad
 State implementing uniform price of gold across the state - Kerala  Odisha's first child marriage free district- Ganjam district, Odisha
 State declared 100% 'Har Ghar Jal' - Gujarat  First state to declare cannabis cultivation legal - Himachal Pradesh
 India's first solar powered village - Modhera (Gujarat)  First State to start Cinnamon Cultivation - Himachal Pradesh
 First state to launch Gati Shakti Portal - Gujarat  India's first Dudang Conservation Reserve - Tamil Nadu
 Fully digitally literate Gram Panchayat - Pullampara (Kerala)  First state to implement e-cabinet system - Himachal Pradesh
 First state to release encyclopedia of tribes - Odisha  First country in world to have a four-and-a-half day work week - UAE
 First village with RO water for every household - Bharataul (U.P.)  First National Park equipped with satellite- Kaziranga (Assam)

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 MoUs Signed in the Year : 2022-23
Related Field Related Country / Institution Month
 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
 To drive digital transformation BPCL and Microsoft April 2022
 Drone Based Mineral Exploration NMDC and IIT Kharagpur March 2022
 To boost AI readiness Intel India and DST March 2022
 To preserve India's intangible cultural heritage UNESCO and Indian Hotels Company March 2022

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 Mobile Apps & Portals
App / Portal Issuer Purpose / Related Facts
 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.
 '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.
 Aab Prahari App IIT Delhi To tackle the problem of water logging in urban areas.
 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.
 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.
 JALDOOT App Ministry of Rural Development To assess the water level of wells in each village across the country.
 Lucky Bill App Kerala Govt. To curb GST evasion.
 Pariksha Sangam Por. CBSE To streamline Board Exam Results, Sample Papers in one every window.
 Aadhar Face RD App UIDAI For face authentication.
 EV Mitra App BESCOM Company To provide information about Electric Vehicle Charging Station.
 'Shaili' App Kerala Govt. To diagnose and control lifestyle diseases among the people in the state.
 14400 App Andhra Pradesh Govt. To ensure foolproof evidence to be produced before the court.
 AAYU App Karnataka Govt. To overcome chronic diseases and lifestyle disorders through Yoga.
 Beach Vigil App Goa Govt. To benefit tourists and institutions working in the overall management of beaches.
 ABHA Mobile App National Health Authority To manage health records.
 Sambhav Portal Uttar Pradesh Govt. For Public Grievances, Monitoring Programs and Redressal of Schemes.
 Gatishakti Sanchar Telecommunication Department For Centralized Right of Way approval.
 Jan Nigrani App Jammu & Kashmir To help people to register complaints related to schemes online.
 1064 Anti-Corruption Uttarakhand state To help citizens to register complaints related to corruption.
 Kaval Uthavi App Tamil Nadu State To send emergency alerts to Police Control Room.
 Lokpal App Union Ministry of Rural Development Releted to the implementation of MNREGA schemes
 Kisan Mobile App IIT Roorkee To provide agro-meteorological services to farmers.
 Quit Tobacco App WHO To help people become smokeless and quit tobacco.

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 Brand Ambassadors
 Tripura Tourism - Saurabh Ganguly Covid-19 : Important Facts
 Gucci (first Indian Global Brand Ambassador) - Alia Bhatt
 Corona virus started from - Wuhan, China in December, 2019
 Star Sports - Rishav Pant
 Corona's official name - COVID-19 (Corona Virus Desease)
 HSBC India - Virat Kohli
 Athlete Ambassador of Asian Hockey Fedration- Salima Tete  Declared a global pandemic by WHO - on March 11, 2020
 Viacom-18 - MS Dhoni  The part of the human body affected by corona virus - Lungs
 India's Ambassador 'She Changes Climate' - Shreya Ghodawat  First case of corona virus registered in India - In Kerala
 US Ambassador to India - Eric Garcetti  First death due to corona virus infection in India - in Karnataka
 Hand ambassador by Savlon India - Sachin Tendulkar
 Appeal of Janata Curfew by PM Modi - March 22, 2020
 National Mineral Development Corporation - Nikhat Zareen
 First lockdown in India - 25 March-14 April, 2020 (21 days)
 UNICEF India National Ambassador- Ayushmann Khurana
 Bihar's State Icon & Bihar Khadi - Maithili Thakur  First state to declare corona an epidemic - Haryana
 Puma India - Harmanpreet Kaur  First state to lockdown due to corona virus - Rajasthan
 Uttarakhand - Prasoon Joshi  India's first Covid-19 vaccine recipient - Manish Kumar
 Friendship Ambassador of Switzerland - Neeraj Chopra  First PM infected with Covid-19 - Boris Johnson (UK)
 TB eradication program 'Nikshay Mitra' - Deepa Malik
 First village to vaccinate 100% of adult population - Wayan (Jammu)
 T20 World Cup for the Blind - Yuvraj Singh
 First city to achieve 100% vaccination target - Bhubaneshwar
 Website 'Son of Maa Bharti' - Amitabh Bachchan
 Bandhan Bank - Saurabh Ganguly  First UT to achieve 100% vaccination target - Andaman-Nicobar

 Punyakoti Datu Yojana - Kicha Sudeep  First state to achieve 100% vaccination target - Himachal Pradesh
 National Icon of Election Commission - Pankaj Tripathi  KHUDOL initiative against COVID-19 is related to - Manipur
 Garuda Aerospace - M. S. Dhoni  First country to develop a corona vaccine for animals - Russia
 Karnataka Brain Health Initiative - Robin Uthappa  First Oxygen Express was run - Visakhapatnam to Nagpur
 My11Circle - Shubman Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad
 Second Oxygen Express was run - Bokaro to Lucknow
 Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (Gurugram) - Tanishka & Riddhika Kotia
 Covid vaccination campaign started in India - January 16, 2021
 'Krishi Network' & Fino Payment Bank - Pankaj Tripathi
 Bank of Baroda brand endorser - Shaifali Verma  Tika Utsav : COVID-19 Vaccination - 11th to 14th April, 2021
 Arunachal Pradesh Government - Sanjay Dutt
COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturer Company
 TRIFED Aadi Mahotsav - MC Mary Kom
 Bandhan Bank (Assam State) - Zubeen Garg  Covaxin - Bharat Biotech and ICMR
 Russian Film Festival 2021 - Imtiaz Ali  Covishield - Serum Institute & ICMR (Oxford-AstraZeneca)
 CoinDCX - Ayushmann Khurrana  Covax - Serum Institute of India, Pune
 Equitas Small Finance Bank - Rani Rampal and Smriti Mandhana  Corbevax - Biological E. Ltd., Hyderabad
 Commonwealth Bank - Sam Kar  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
 Al Mohed Al Hindi 2023 Indian Navy - Royal Saudi Navy Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia Navy
 Samudra Shakti IV 2023 India-Indonesia Batam, Indonesia 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
 13th Bold Kurukshetra 2023 India-Singapore Jodhpur Military Station, Rajasthan Army
 La Perouse-III Ex. 2023 Multinational Indian Ocean Region Navy
 Shinyuu 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 Garuda Shakti Exercise 2022 Indo-Indonesia Karawang, Indonesia Army
 13th Naseem Al-Bahr Ex. 2022 India-Oman Coast of Oman Navy
 26th Malabar Exercise 2022 Quad Countries (Multilateral) Yokosuka Island, Japan Navy
 29th SIMBEX Ex. 2022 Singapore-India Bay of Bengal / Visakhapatnam Navy
 Pitch Black-2022 Multinational Australia Air Force
 Tiger Triumph Exercise-2022 Indo-US Visakhapatnam Army
 JIMAX-VI 2022 Indo-Japan Bay of Bengal Navy
 Kakadu Exercise-2022 India-Australia Australia Navy
 Vostok exercise-2022 Multinational military exercise Russia Army
 'Udar Shakti' exercise 2022 India-Malaysia Malaysia Air Force
 13th Vajra Prahar 2022 Indo-US at Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh Army
 Vinbax 2022 Indo-Vietnam Chandimandir Army
 18th Yudh Abhayas 2022 Indo-US Auli, Uttarakhand Army
 Al Najah-IV Indo-Oman Rajasthan Army
 Vostok 2022 Multilateral Russia Army
 Maritime Partnership Ex.2022 India-Japan Andaman Sea Navy

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 Committees & Commissions
Inquiry Committees & Chairman
 AR Dave Committee - To oversee All India Football Federation
affairs.
 Pradeep Nandrajog Committee - For recovery of money from
defaulters.
 Committee constituted to inquire into security lapses during PM's
visit to Punjab - Chairman : Indu Malhotra/ Sudhir K. Saxena
 Committee to investigate Lakhimpur Kheri incident - Chairman
: Pradeep Srivastava
 Committee to investigate DTC bus purchase process-OP Aggarwal
 Committee for Protection of Language, Culture and Land of
Ladakh - Chairman : G. Kishan Reddy
 Committee for 125th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose - Chairman : PM Modi
 Committee to celebrate 75th anniversary of Independence -
Chairman : PM Modi
 Committee for TRP calculation - Shashi Shekhar Vempati
 Committee to improve urban planning education system -
Chairman : Rajiv Kumar
 Expert Committee on Stressed Assets - Chairman: KV Kamath
 Committee for the welfare of freedom fighters -G. Kishan Reddy
 Committee to monitor stubble burning - Madan B. Lokur
 Chairman of the empowered panel set up for covid-19 vaccine
- R. S. Sharma
 Ajay Bhalla Committee - To examine Chinese investments
 National Sports Awards 2020 Selection Committee -
Chairman : Mukundakam Sharma
 Experts committee to study covid-19 impact on human rights
- Chairman : Dr. K. S. reddy
 Dr. B. S. Chauhan Committee
- For judicial inquiry into Vikas Dubey case
 Drug Regulatory System Reform Committee - Rajesh Bhushan
 National Education Policy 2020 - Dr. K. Kasturirangan
 EGoM (Group of Ministers) - To oversee the corporatization of
(Chairman : Rajnath Singh) Ordnance Factory Board
 SCL Das Committee - To probe Assam gas well tragedy
of Assam Oil India Ltd.
 Pranab Sen Committee - Preventing Political Interference in
Government Figures
 K. V. Kamath Committee - To suggest financial parameters for
resolution of stressed assets
related to COVID-19
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New Education Policy 2020
The new education policy was announced by the HRD Minister
Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on July 29, 2020. A committee of experts
under the chairmanship of 'ISRO' chief K. Kasturirangan prepared
the draft of 'National Education Policy 2020' on May, 2019.
 Under the new education policy, the 5+3+3+4 model will be
implemented in place of the currently active 10+2 educational model.
 Himachal Pradesh is the first state to implement the New
Education Policy 2020.
Section-370 and 35A : Facts
 On August 11, 2019 the Govt. abolished the special status of the
state of Jammu and Kashmir.
 Clause-1 of the three sections of Article 370 is still in force.
 At the time of abrogation of Article 370, the Governor of Jammu
and Kashmir was Satya Pal Malik.
 On August 5, 2019, Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the
'Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill-2019' to remove Article
370 in the Rajya Sabha.
 Jammu and Kashmir came into existence on 31 October 2019 as
two union territories of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh.
 Girish Chandra Murmu became the first Lieutenant Governor
of the Union Territory of Jammu- Kashmir and Radha Krishna
Mathur became the first Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.
NITI Aayog
 NITI Aayog is constituted by the Govt. of India on January, 1,
2015 which has been created in place of Planning Commission.
 Full form is National Institute for Transforming India (NITI).
 NITI Aayog is headed by the Prime Minister.
 Arvind Panagariya was the first Deputy Chairman of NITI Aayog.
 Sindhushree Khullar was the first CEO of NITI Aayog.
Goods and Service Tax
 GST imlementation in India - 1st July, 2017 (GST Day- 1st July)
 Full form of GST is 'Goods and Services Tax'.
 The 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill for GST was
introduced in Parliament in 2014.
 President gave his assent to the GST Bill on 8 September 2016.
 GST was implemented in India under the 101st Constitutional
Amendment.
 There is a total of 15 digits in the GST registration number.
 Rates fixed for GST - 5%, 12%, 18%, 28%
 Full form of SGST is 'State Goods and Service Tax'
 International Organizations
Organizations Estd. Headquarters President / Gen. Secretary Members
 International Labor Organization (ILO) 1919 Geneva Gilbert Houngbo (1 Oct.) 187 (187th Member - Tonga)
 Interpol 1923 Lyons (France) Chairman-Nasser Al-Raisi 194 (194th Member - Kiribati)
 Commonwealth 1931 London (UK) Patricia Scotland (G.S) 54 (54th Country - Maldives)
 United Nations 1945 New York (US) Antonio Gutres 193 (193rd Member - South Sudan)
 International Monetary Fund (IMF) 1945 Washington DC Cristalina Georgieva 190 (190th Member - Andora)
 World Bank 1945 Washington DC 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 : 2021-22
 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 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 Bandar : Code of Balakot Strike.
 Operation Pravah : To protect the airport from flood hazards by Cochin Airport Limited.
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)  Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index: 2020-21
Issuer - Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs  Issuer - NITI Aayog
1st - Indore (M.P.) (2nd - Surat, 3rd - Navi Mumbai)  First place - Kerala (2nd - Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu)
 Rank of Bihar - 28th (Last) (Score - 52)
Cleanest Cantonment - Deolali
Fastage Movers City - Shimoga  Multi-dimensional Poverty Index: 2022
7-Star rated (Indore), 5-Star rated (Surat, Bhopal, Mysore, Issuer - UNDP and OPHI
Navi Mumbai, Visakhapanam and Tirupati) cities were Country with most poor population - India (2nd- Nigeria)
announced in the star rating of garbage free cities under Highest number of poor children - India (21.8%)
Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2-0. Fastest reducing poverty states - Goa, Jammu-Kashmir
 Public Affairs Index: 2022 Bihar, Jharkhand is the poorest state.
 Issuer - Public Affairs Center, Bangalore  India Innovation Index: 2021 (NITI Ayog)
 1st place (in large / small states) - Haryana / Kerala  First place in the states - Karnataka (Last-Chhattisgarh)
 Rank of Bihar - 15th  First among Union Territories - Chandigarh (Last-Ladakh)
 State Energy and Climate Index-2022  Rank of Bihar - 15th
 Issuer - NITI Aayog  Anemia Free India Index: 2020-21
 Top rank (in large / small states) - Gujarat / Goa  Issuer - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and UNICEF
 Rank of Bihar (in large states) - 15th  1st place - Madhya Pradesh (2nd - Odisha, 3rd - Himachal )
 State Food Security Index : 2021-22  Rank of Bihar - 22nd
 Issuer - FSSAI (as in June, 2022)  Municipal Performance Index: 2020
 1st place (in large / small states) - Tamil Nadu (82) / Goa (56)  Issuer - Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
 Rank of Bihar (in large states) - 16th  1st place (more /less than 10 lakhs) - Indore / New Delhi
 NFSA Ranking Index : 2022 (4th Edition)  Rank of Patna Municipality - 16th
Issuer - Union Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs  India Justice Report: 2020
NFSA (National Food Security Act)  Issuer - Tata Trust (Released in 2021)
Top-3 States of General Category - Odisha (Score-0.836),  1st place - Maharashtra (2nd - Tamil Nadu)
U.P. (Score-0.797), Andhra Pradesh (Score-0.794)  Last place - Uttar Pradesh
Worst Performing State - Goa (Score-0.631)
 Export Readiness Index-2021
Top Rank in Special Category - Tripura (Score-0.788)  Issuer - NITI Aayog
Rank of Bihar - 7th (Score-0.783)  First place - Gujarat (2nd - Maharashtra, 3rd - Karnataka)
 State Health Index : 2021  Good Governance Index-2021
 Issuer - NITI Aayog (in December, 2021)  Issuer - Home Minister Amit Shah
 1st place (in large / small states) - Uttar Pradesh / Mizoram  First state - Gujarat (Bihar Rank in Group 'B' - 6th)
 Logistics Performance Index: 2021  The World University Ranking 2022
 Issuer - Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal  Issuer - Times Higher Education (THE)
 1st place - Gujarat (2nd - Haryana)  In India - IISC Bangalore, IIT Ropar, IIT Indore
 Rank of Bihar - 19th  First in the world - Oxford University (UK)

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 Reports & Indexes : 2021-23
Reports / Indexes Issued by T. Contry First Rank India's Rank
 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
 Global Quality Infrastructure Index 21 - 184 Germany 10th
 Henley Passport Index 2023 Henley & Partners 193 Japan 85th (87 in 2022)
 Global Firepower Index 2023 Global Fire Power 145 America 4th
 Global Aviation Safety Ranking 2022 ICAO 187 Singapore 48th
 Network Readiness Index 2022 Portulace Institute, Washington DC 131 US 61st
 Climate Change Performance Index-23 German Watch 63 Denmark 8th (10 in 2022)
 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
 Digital Quality of Life Index 2021 Cyber Security Company 'Surfshark' 110 Denmark 59th (57 in 2020)
 Human Development Index 2021 United Nations Development Program 191 Switzerland 132 (131 in 2020)
 Economic Freedom Index 2022 Heritage (US Think Tank) 177 Singapore 131 (121 in 2021)
 Global Gender Gap Report 2022 World Economic Forum 146 Iceland 135th (140 in 2021)
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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 Government Schemes
State Scheme / Program
Uttar Pradesh  Abhyudaya Program
 Kisan Kalyan Mission
 UP Matrubhumi Yojana
 Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana
Madhya Pr.  Mukhyamantri Covid-19
Bal Seva Yojana
 Devaranya Scheme
 Launch Pad Scheme
 Ladli Lakshmi Yojana
 Jansunwai Yojana 2021
 CM Kisan Kalyan Yojana
 Rozgar Setu Scheme
 Ankur Yojana
Chhattisgarh  Bajra Mission
 Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Bhumihin
Majdur Nyay Yojana
 Garbage Cafe Scheme
 Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana
 Godhan-Nyay Yojana
West Bengal  Pathashree Abhiyan
 Krishak Bandhu Yojna
 Yuvashree Arpan Yojana
 Matir Smristi Yojana
 Chokher Alo Scheme
 Maa Ki Rasoi Yojana
Odisha  Gopabandhu Sambadika
Swasthya Yojana
 Bindu Sagar Safai Yojana
 Ashirvad Yojana
Karnataka  Arundhati and Maitri Yojana
 Arthika Spandana Scheme
 Nekkar Samman Yojana
Kerala  Namath Basai Program
 One School, One IAS Scheme
Gujarat  Vatan Prem Yojana
 Mukhayamantri Bal Seva Yojana
Important Points / Objectives
To provide free coaching to students preparing for various competitive exams.
To double the income of the farmers of Uttar Pradesh by the year 2022.
Under this 50 percent of the cost of development works will be borne by the government.
For school education to the children of child labourers, orphans, labourers, at the
age of 8 to 18 years.
For financial assistance of Rs 5000 per month to the children orphaned due to
Covid.
To promote Ayurvedic medicines and to link it with employment.
To provide a platform to the youth of 18 years of age to become self-reliant.
Under this, 20 thousand will be given to the students taking admission in colleges
and universities.
To share the complaint of your problem directly with the Chief Minister through
online medium.
4000 additional financial assistance to beneficiaries of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi.
To provide employment to migrant workers (by the police of Umaria district)
Under this, citizens will be honored for planting trees during monsoon.
Its main objective is to provide farmers with fair price rates for small grain crops.
To provide financial assistance to the landless citizens of the state doing agricultural
work. Under this, 12 lakh landless laborers will be given Rs 6000.
To provide food in lieu of plastic by Ambikapur Municipal Corporation
To provide 1500 rupees to the farmers as installment for the paddy crop.
To protect animals and help livestock farmers to increase their income along with
employment.
Ten campaigns have been started for repair of roads in Bengal.
To provide annual assistance of Rs 5000 per acre to the farmers in two installments.
To provide better employment opportunities to about 50000 youth of the state.
For generating income activities in Horticulture and Fisheries by engaging local people
To provide free eye treatment and spectacles to senior citizens.
To provide food for the poor and destitute at Rs.5.
To provide financial assistance to journalists who died of COVID-19.
To clean the Bindu Sagar Lake located in Bhubaneshwar.
For education, health and maintenance of COVID orphans.
Under this, financial assistance will be provided to the brides of Brahmin families.
For distribution of loans to help people during the time of COVID-19 and floods.
To provide financial assistance to the weavers (cotton, silk, woolen) of the state.
To provide medium of online education to tribal children at home
To provide free coaching for CBSE examinations for poor meritorious students
Under this, Gujaratis will be able to take projects and agencies of their choice by
paying an amount of 60 percent.
Children orphaned by Covid-19 will be given Rs.4000/- per month till the age of 18.
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 State Scheme / Program
Jharkhand  Mukhyamantri Sukanya Yojana
 Sujalam Sufalam Yojana
 CM Krishi Ashirvad Yojana
 Kisan Fasal Rahat Yojana
Andhra Pr.  Jagannan Chedodu Scheme
 SALT Program
 STREE Scheme
Tamil Nadu  Smart Black Board Scheme
Arunachal Pr.  Atmanirbhar Krishi Yojana
Telangana  Ryuthu Bandhu Scheme
 Akash Se Dawa Pariyojana
Rajasthan  CM Anupriti Coaching Yojana
 Mukhyamantri Kisan
Mitra Yojana
Maharashtra  Mission Vatsalya
 Mission Oxygen Self
Reliance Scheme
Haryana  Sanjeevani Project
 Gobardhan Yojana
 Pranavayu Devta Pension
Scheme
Delhi  Mukhayamantri Covid-19
Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana
Uttarakhand  CM Vatsalya Yojana
 Atal Ayushman Yojana
 Mission Hausla
J&K  Awaam ki Baat radio programme
Himachal Pr.  AYUSH ghar dwar program
 Parvat Dhara Yojana
Ladakh  Youn Tab Yojana
Sikkim  One Family, One Job
Assam  Mukhyamantri Covid-19
Vidhwa Sahayata Yojana
 Mukhyamantri Shishu
Seva Yojna
Bihar  CM Mahila Udyami Yojana
 Jal Jeevan Hariyali Abhiyan
 CM Vridhjan Pension Yojana
Punjab  Mera Kam Mera Man Yojana
 Har Ghar Pani Har Ghar Safai
Important Points / Objectives
For promoting women empowerment, completely ending child marriage.
Renovation of 5000 ponds and reservoirs in the state so that water can be stored.
To provide Rs.5000 to Rs.25000 to the farmers having 1 acre to 5 acres of land.
To provide security cover by the insurance company on the loss of crops due to
natural calamity.
Financial assistance to tailors, barbers and washermen unable to raise livelihood
due to Corona.
To strengthen schools and provide training and skill development to teachers.
To support and empower women against domestic violence (Hyderabad Police)
To ensure better learning environment in 80,000 government schools.
To promote agriculture/horticulture, Rs.60-60 crore will be given to agriculture
departments.
To provide Rs.8000 per acre to farmers for Kharif and Rabi crops.
To provide medicines through drones at primary health centres.
To provide education to economically backward class, SC and ST students.
One thousand rupees will be provided per month as a grant in the electricity bill of
the farmers.
Under this, 18 benefits, schemes and services will be provided to poor women who
lost their husbands due to Covid-19.
To encourage Oxygen producing industries.
To provide home treatment and care to COVID-19 patients.
To make provision for sale of organic manure and cow urine to the farmers.
For the maintenance of old trees above 75 years, Rs 2500/month will be given to
Panchayat.
Under this, amount of 50000 will be given to each family, which has lost a member
due to Covid-19.
To provide education to the children orphaned by Covid-19 till the age of 21 years.
Free medical treatment to all the residents of the state.
To help get oxygen, ventilators for COVID-19 patients by Uttarakhand Police.
To take steps taken by government for the interests of common people to the people.
To keep home-isolated COVID-19 positive patients healthy by practicing yoga.
To rejuvenate water bodies that are disappearing and to provide irrigation to the fields.
Under this, tablets will be distributed to 12300 students of class 6th to 12th.
To provide government job to at least one member of every family.
Under this, a one-time assistance of 2.5 lakh will be given to such women who have
lost their husband due to Covid-19 disease, whose family income is less than 5 lakh.
To provide financial assistance (Rs 3500/ month) to the children orphaned by
Covid-19.
10 lakh will be provided to women to start new employment.
To save water and greenery against climate change.
Rs.400 monthly pension to all persons in the age group of 60-79 years.
To provide employment to unemployed youth by providing them training.
To provide 100% potable water supply to all rural households by 2022.
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 Economic Scenario
 Under the 'Clean Note Policy' RBI has decided to withdraw  Odisha government was given the 'National MSME Award 2022'.
Rs. 2000 note from circulation.  Government of India has decided to allow 20% FDI in LIC.
 The Department of Expenditure of the Ministry of Finance
 The export of goods increased by 37 percent to $ 400.8 billion in
launched 'Vivad se Vishwas scheme' to provide relief to the Micro,
the financial year 2021-22 by March 21, 2022.
Small and Medium Enterprises.
 CEBR : India will be the third largest economy by the year 2035.
 India's unemployment rate in April rises to 8.11%
 Railway Company 'Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL)' was  India has become the first country to receive $100 billion in
upgraded from Miniratna to Navratna category. remittances.

 Solar Energy Corporation of India got the status of 'Miniratna  Razor-Pay becomes the first payment gateway to support credit
Category-I'. cards on UPI.

 Russia became India's largest oil supplier.  India's first Real Time Gold ATM has been opened in Hyderabad.

 America became India's largest trading partner. (2nd - China)  Apple became the world's first $3 trillion company.

 Egypt became a member of the BRICS New Development Bank.  Mastercard launches Carbon Calculator for Indian consumers.

 Employees' Provident Fund Organization increased the interest  India gets its 100th unicorn startup as neobank Open.
rate on Employees' Provident Fund to 8.15%.  Mumbai-based fintech company Kiya.ai launched India's first
 ICICI Lombard introduced country's first 'anywhere cashless' facility. banking metaverse 'Kiaverse'.

 The central government increased the dearness allowance of the
employees by 4%.
 IREDA got the status of 'Infrastructure Finance Company' from RBI.
 MobiKwik became the first app to support credit cards on UPI.
 India ranks first with 24% contribution to global milk production.
 Croatia became the 20th country to adopt the Euro as its currency.
 'Daksh' is a new suptech initiative launched by RBI.
 LIC ranked 98th in the list of Fortune Global 500 companies.
 Chennai Super Kings became the country's first sports unicorn.
 IDFC First Bank has launched 1st sticker based debit card 'FirstApp'.
 HDFC became the first bank in the country to issue Electronic
Bank Guarantee.

 Amazon has overtaken Apple to become the most valuable brand.  HDFC opened its first all women branch in Kozhikode, Kerala.

 US printed the first banknote with the signatures of two women  Russia has become the largest supplier of fertilizers to India.
(Janet Yellen and Marilyn Malerba).  JP Morgan becomes 1st bank in the world to enter the metaverse.
 World Bank has increased its growth forecast for the Indian  India became the second largest producer of steel in the world.
economy for the financial year 2022-23 from 6.5% to 6.9%  Indian Defence Ministry became the largest employer in the world.
 India ranked 5th in 'Hurun Global 500 list of companies'.  By 2029, India will become the third largest economy in the world.
 Kerala became the first state to introduce a uniform price for gold. India's GDP Growth Rate Estimates by Various Agency
 Recently, industrialist Ratan Tata, former judge KT Thomas and Institution 2021-22 2022-23
Kariya Munda have been made trustees of the PM Cares Fund.  Moody's Rating Agency 8.8% 5.5%
 REC became the 12th Maharatna company of India.  CRISIL Agency - 7.0%
 OmniCard has become the first Prepaid Payment Instrument to  Fitch Rating Agency 8.4% 6.0%
launch cash withdrawal facility from all ATMs through e-wallet.  India Rating and Research (Ind-Ra) 6.9% 7-7.2%
 National Customs and GST Museum was inaugurated in Goa.  ICRA Rating Agency 9.0% 7.2%
 RBI constituted a committee under the chairmanship of B.P.  IMF (International Monetary Fund) 9.0% 6.8%
Kanungo to evaluate the quality of customer service of financial  World Bank 8.3% 6.9%
institutions.  National Statistical Office (NSO) 8.9% 13.5%

 America became India's largest trading partner in year 2021-22.  UN 6.5% 6.7%

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 Science & Technology
 IIT Madras have developed a communication tool GBM Driver  India's first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fueled green truck was
to detect cancerous tumors in the brain and spinal cord. recently launched by Blue Energy Motors at Chakan, Pune.
 ICMR tests blood bag delivery under iDrone initiative.  World's first hydrogen-powered train has started in Germany.
 India's AI supercomputer 'Airavat' established at C-DAC Pune  Researchers in Hyderabad have developed a 3D-printed artificial
has been ranked 75th in the list of top 500 global supercomputing. cornea, which has been placed in a rabbit eye for the first time.
 Cyber defence exercise 'Locked Shields 2023' by NATO held in  Kerala has become the first state to have its own internet service.
Tallinn (Estonia).
 India's first passenger drone 'Varuna' was unveiled by PM Modi.
 Private space vehicle company 'Skyroot Aerospace' tested the
 Ola Electric unveiled India's first indigenously manufactured
advanced fully 3-D printed 'Dhawan-II cryogenic engine' in Nagpur.
Lithium Ion-cell NMC 2170.
 For the first time in the country, the Punjab and Haryana court
 Scientists of IIT Kanpur have prepared an 'artificial' heart.
gave its verdict on bail in a murder case with the help of ChatGPT.
 Indigo became the first airline to use the indigenous navigation
 Researchers at IIT Madras developed a pocket friendly device to
system GAGAN (GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation).
detect adulteration in milk.
 Battery operated dual-mode locomotive 'Navdoot' has been
 Asia's largest 4-metre International Liquid Mirror Telescope was
developed by West Central Railway (WCR).
launched at Deosthal in Uttarakhand.
 India's first EV-charging station powered by organic waste was
 Indian Air Force developed indigenous data link communication
inaugurated in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
'Vayulink'.
 India's first portable solar rooftop system has been inaugurated at
 Recently Google introduced AI chatbot 'Bard'.
Swaminarayan Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
 World's first intranasal COVID-19 vaccine, INNCOVACC has
 India's largest free-floating solar power project was inaugurated in
been developed by Bharat Biotech International Limited.
Thoodukudi, Tamil Nadu.
 Startup firm IG Drones has developed Skyhawk, India's first 5G
 India's first Graphene Innovation Center was set up in Kerala.
enabled drone.
 'Param Porul' supercomputer was installed at IIT Tiruchirappalli.
 EasyJet and aircraft engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce have tested
 India's first pure hydrogen pilot plant has been commissioned by
the world's first hydrogen-powered aircraft engine.
Oil India Limited (OIL) at Jorhat in Assam.
 IIT Madras has developed Ocean Web Energy Converter named
 Super computer 'Param Shakti' has been installed at IIT Kharagpur.
'Sindhuja' to generate electricity from ocean waves.
 Aerospace company Skyroot will launch India's first private rocket.
 India's first rocket facility to make 3D-printed engines launched in
 C-DAC has installed 'Param Ganga' supercomputer at IIT Roorkee.
Chennai.
 Country's first AI and Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK)
 PM Modi dedicated to the nation the 600 MW Kameng
was launched at IISc campus, Bengaluru.
Hydropower Station located in Arunachal Pradesh.
 Facebook parent company Meta built the world's fastest AI
 India's first National Center of Excellence for Green Port and
supercomputer.
Shipping was launched in Mumbai.
 Elon Musk's company SpaceX launched the world's most powerful
 India has been ranked 61st in the Network Readiness Index 2022.
rocket Falcon Heavy from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
 Cochin Shipyard will build the first hydrogen cell 'catamaran
 Elon Musk unveiled the prototype of the 'Optimus' robot.
vessel' in Varanasi.
 Supercomputer 'Param Kamrup' unveiled at IIT Guwahati.
 The construction work of the first Vedic clock started in Ujjain.
 Airtel became 1st telecom company to launch 5G services in India.
 World's largest 600 MW wind-solar hybrid power plant is being
constructed by Adani Green in Rajasthan.  China has created the world's first cloned wild arctic wolf 'Maya'.

 India's first lithium ion cell factory was inaugurated in Tirupati,  Supercomputer 'Param Pravega' installed at the IISc Bengaluru.
Andhra Pradesh.  IIT Madras became 1st Indian institute to join quantum network.
 NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute have launched India's  DRDO successfully test fires Pinaka Extended Rocket at Pokhran.
first national electric freight platform e-Fast India.  IIT Guwahati has produced sugar from sugarcane waste.

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 Defence & Security
 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.
 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.
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 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.
 Indian Navy decommissioned INS-Khukri after 32 years.
 Babur cruise missile was successfully tested by Pakistan.
 Recently, Indian Air Force (IAF) and DRDO successfully test-
fired the helicopter-launched SANT missile.
 INS-Vela, 4th Scorpene submarine, commissioned into Navy.
 Space Technology
 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
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.
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 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.
 China launched Earth science satellite Guangmu by Long March-6.
 Wang Yaping became the first Chinese woman astronaut to walk
in space.
 China launched 'Shijian-6 05' satellite for space exploration.
 Anil Menon of Indian origin became the first flight surgeon of SpaceX.
 US space agency NASA has launched the world's first mission
named DART to change the path of an asteroid.
 Environment & Ecology
 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
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
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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'.
 Srinagar has been included in UNESCO Creative Cities Network.
 Varanasi became the first Indian city to start a ropeway service.
 Pochampally of Telangana is the best tourist village in the world.
 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)
AIFF Footballer of the Year 2021-22
 Male Footballer of the Year - Sunil Chhetri
 Female Footballer of the Year - Manisha Kalyan
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
 Other Awards
 Jnanpith Award (Field-Literature)
2021 (57th) - Konkani novelist Damodar Moujo
2020 (56th) - Assamese poet Nilamani Phukan Jr.
 Vyas Samman (Field-Literature)
2022 (32th) - Gyan Chaturvedi (for book 'Pagalkhana')
2021 (31th) - Asghar Wajahat (for play 'Mahabali')
 Saraswati Samman (Field-literature)
2022 (32th) - Sivashankari (Tamil, for the book 'Surya Vansham')
2021 (31th) - Ramdarash Mishra (for the poem 'I am here')
 Dadasaheb Phalke Award (Field-Film)
2020 (52st) - Asha Parekh
2019 (51st) - Rajinikanth
 Dadasaheb Phalke International Filmfare Award 2023
Best Film - The Kashmir Files (Film of the Year - RRR)
Best Actor - Ranbir Kapoor (Film - Brahmastra)
Best Actress - Alia Bhatt (Film - Gangubai Kathiawadi)
 Bihari Award (Field-Literature)
2022 (32th) - Madhav Hada, for 'Pachrang Chola Pahar Sakhi Ri'
2021 (31th) - Madhu kankariya (Book-Hum Yahan The)
 Murti Devi Award (Field-Literature)
2019 (33rd) - Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
2017 (31st) - Joy Goswami
 Abel Prize (Field-Math)
2023 - Luis Caffarelli (Argentine-American mathematician)
2022 - Dennis Parnell Sullivan, America
 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
2021 - 'Pratham' NGO (To expand the scope of education in India)
2019 - Sir David Attenborough (Britain's famous broadcaster)
 Gandhi Peace Prize
2020 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Former President of Bangladesh)
2019 - Qaboos bin Said Al Said (Oman)
 Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavna Award
2018 - Gopal Krishna Gandhi
2017 - Mohammad Azharuddin and M. Gopala
 Booker Prize (Field-Literature)
2022 - Shehan Karunatilaka (Book-Seven Moons of Maali Almeida)
2021 - Damon Galgut (South Africa, Book-The Promise)
 International Booker Prize (Field Literature)
2023 - Georgi Gospodinov (Bulgaria, Novel - Time Shelter)
2022 - Geetanjali Shree (India, Novel - Tomb of Sand)
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 Skoch Silver Award 2023
- Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department, Chandigarh
 Dag Hammarskjold Medal
- Shishupal Singh and Sanwala Ram Vishnoi (posthumously)
 Highest Civilian Honor of France - N. Chandrasekaran
 Govind Swaroop Lifetime Achievement Award 2022
- Jayant Narlikar
 Sagar Shrestha Awards 2023 - Cochin Port
 Bharat Ratna Dr. Ambedkar Award - Yogi Adityanath
 Shatabdi Purush (Man of the Century) - Pandit Ramkishan
 United Nations Press Freedom Awards 2023
- Neelofar Hamidi, Elahel Mohammadi and Nargis Mohammadi
 Leipzig Book Prize 2023 - Maria Stepanova (Russian poetess)
 Goldman Environmental Prize - Alessandra Corap, Brazilian
 Australia's Highest Civilian Honor - Mr. Ratan Tata
 Ramon Magsaysay Award 1959 - Dalai Lama
 National Award for Fasal Bima Yojana - Karnataka
 Santokba Humanitarian Award - Sonam Wangchuk
 Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2023 - Asha Bhansle
 Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award - Raj Subramaniam
 Malcolm Adeshiya Award 2023 - Utsa Patnaik
 Business Leader of the Decade Award- Kumar Mangalam Birla
 2023 International Prize in Statistics - K. Radhakrishna Rao
 Poland's Highest Honor - Volodymyr Zelensky
 Young Urologist of the Year Award - Dr. Nitya Abraham
 SAARC Literary Award 2023 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
 Children Champion Award 2023 - 'Tapovan' NGO of Assam
 Wildlife Conservation Award 2023 - Alia Mir (Kashmir)
 Highest civilian honor of Kerala - MT Vasudevan Nair
 Sangeetha Kalanidhi Awards 2023 - Bombay Jayashree
 Central Banking 'Governor of the Year' 2023- Shaktikanta Das
 Pritzker Prize 2023 - David Chipperfield (British Architect)
 'Order of Australia' for distinguished service - Ratan Tata
 BBC Indian Sports Woman of the Year 2022- Mirabai Chanu
 PEN / Nabokov Lifetime Achievement Award 2023- Vinod Shukla
 BS 'Banker of the Year 2022' - Shashidhar Jagdishan
 Marconi Prize 2023 - Hari Balakrishna (Computer Scientist)
 Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 - Sajjan Jindal
 Gyanappana Awards 2023 - Poet V. Madhusudhanan Nair
 International Mother Tongue Award - Dr. Mahendra Mishra
 'Swaraj Trophy 2021-22' for Best District Panchayat- Kollam
 Akbar Kakkattil Award- Subhash Chandran (novel 'Samudrashila')
 UNESCO Peace Prize - Angela Merkel  Friends of Liberation War Honor - Edward M. Kennedy
 Maharashtra Bhushan Awards 2022- Appasaheb Dharmadhikari  Bailey's - Ashford Mendel 2022 - Dr. Subhash Babu
 Raja Ram Mehan Roy Award 2023 - A. B. K. Prasad  Chevalier Award (by the French government) - Aruna Sairam
 FIH President's Award 2023 - V.K. Pandian (Odisha)  National Florence Nightingale Awards 2021 - Nursing Profls.
 National Geographic's 'Pictures of the Year' - K. Subramaniam  Ezhuthachan Award 2022 (Kerala Govt.) - A. setumadhavan
 Most brilliant student in the world - Natasha Periyanayagam  Karnataka Ratna Awards 2022 - Late actor Puneeth Rajkumar
 ATD Best Awards 2023 - NTPC  Skoch Award 2022 - Laxmi Bhandar Yojana of West Bengal
 Mathrubhumi Book of the Year Award 2023 - Dr. Peggy Mohan  National Intellectual Property Awards 2021, 2022 - IIT Madras
(For the book 'Wanderers, Kings and Merchants')  Sakharov Freedom Prize 2022 - Ukrainian people
 Subhash Chandrambose Disaster Management Award 2023  Digital Transformation Award DX 2022 - Karnataka Bank
- Odisha State Disaster Management Authority and Lunglei Fire  Best Housing Finance Company Award - HDFC Bank
Station, Mizoram (In Institutional Category)  Prestigious Anuvrat Puraskar 2022 - Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
 Most Eminent Scientist of the Year 2022 - R. Vishnu  World Green City Award 2022 - Hyderabad City
 Best Sustainable Greenfield Airport Award  Devendra Lal Memorial Medal 2022 - Roxy Koll
- Manohar International Airport (Goa)  Sir Syed Excellence Award 2022 - Prof. Barbara Metcalf
 Bahrain's ISA Awards 2021-22 - Dr. Sanduk Ruit  Men's FIH Player 2021-22 - Harmanpreet Singh (Indian)
 'Golden Kailasha' Award - Rajasthani film 'Nanera'  Victorian Premier Award- Divyangna Sharma and Ritika Saxena
 28th Critics' Choice Awards 2023- Film RRR (For Best Song)  SASTRA Ramanujan Award 2022 - Yunking Tang
 World Habitat Award 2023 - 'Jaga' Mission of Odisha  Nansen Refugee Award 2022 - Angela Merkel
 International IACP Awards 2022- Nijat Abhiyan (Chhattisgarh)  Changemaker Award (UN SGD Action Awards) - Srishti Bakshi
 Dr. Patangrao Kadam Award - Adar Poonawalla  Ayushman Excellence Award 2022 - Uttar Pradesh
 Best Police Unit - Jalna and Nagpur  Harman Keston Award 2022 - Meena Kandasamy
 Atal Samman Award - Prabhu Chandra Mishra  Smita Patil Memorial Award 2022 - Alia Bhatt
 30th Eklavya Award 2022 - Indian Cyclist 'Swasti Singh'  Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar (1st Position) - Vigyan Pragati
 BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022 - Beth Mead  France's highest civilian award - Dr. Swati Piramal
 Rabindranath Tagore Literary Award 2021-22  World Literature Teacher Award - Prof. Arun Kumar Jha
- Sudeep Sen and Shobhana Kumar  Dinkar National Award 2022 - Dr. Satish Kumar Rai
 Rohani Nair Award - Sethrichem Sangatam  First Queen Elizabeth II Prize - Suella Braverman
 TIME Magazine's Person of the Year 2022 - Volodymyr Zelensky  Lata Mangeshkar award 2019 - Shailendra Singh
 PETA India's Person of the Year Award 2022- Sonakshi Sinha  Lata Mangeshkar award 2020 - Anand-Milind
 Jamnalal Bajaj Award 2022 - Dr. Ogirat Yunan  Lata Mangeshkar award 2021 - Kumar Sanu
 Para Sports Person of the Year Award - Avni Lekhra  UNESCO Peace Prize 2022 - Angela Merkel
 National Gopal Ratna Award - Sanjeev Valyan  UEFA Award 2022 - Karim Benzema and Alexia Putelas
 UN highest environmental award - Poornima Devi Varman  Pulitzer Prize 2022 - Fahmida Azim (Bangladeshi)
 Dr. Kalam Seva Puraskar - Ravi Kumar Sagar  Public Service Award 2022 - Jim Lattice (USA)
 Sumitra Charat Ram Award 2022 - Uma Sharma  Winston Churchill Leadership Award 2022 - Wlodimir Zelensky
 Gandhi Mandela Award 2022 - Dalai Lama  Frence's highest honour - Shashi Tharoor
 JCB Literary Award 2022 - Khalid Javed  Karnataka Ratna - Puneeth Rajkumar (Posthumous)
 Gandhi Mandela Award 2022 - Dalai Lama  Dipal RNGM Duston Award - Guru Dalai Lama
 Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award - Carlos Saura  ICCR Distinguished Ecologist Award 2021 - Jeffrey Armstrong
 Shri Lal Shukla Smriti IFFCO Literary Award - Jayanandan  Global Energy Prize - Prof. Kaushik Rajasekhar
 India Agribusiness Waste State Award - Haryana  J. C. Daniels Award 2022 - KP Kumaran (Film Producer)

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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
 Motto - United by Emotion
 Men's singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
 Women's Singles Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) Elena Rybakina (Kazakhastan)  India's flag bearer at opening ceremony
 Men's Rinky Hijikata (Australia) Hugo Nys (Monaco) - Mary Kom and Manpreet Singh
doubles Jason Kubler (Australia) Jan Zielinski (Poland)  India's flag bearer in closing ceremony
 Women's Barbora Krejcikova (Czechia) Shuko Aoyama (Japan) - Bajrang Punia (Palwan)
doubles Katerina Siniakova (Czech Repub.) Ena Shibahara (Japan)  Indian men's hockey team captain
 Mixed Luisa Stefani (Brazil) Sania Mirza (India)
- Manpreet Singh
doubles Rafael Matos (Brazil) Rohan Bopanna (India)
 Indian women's hockey team captain
French Open-2022
- Rani Rampal
Competition Winner Runner Up
 First transgender athlete to compete
 Men's Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Casper Ruud (Norwe)
in the Olympics - Laurel Hubbard
 Women's Singles Iga Swiatek (Poland) Coco Gauff (America)
 Won the first Olympic gold medal
 Men's Marcelo Arevalo (Al Salvadore) Ivan Dodig (Croatia)
- Yang Qian (in China, shooting)
doubles Jean-Julien Rojer (Nitherland) Austin Krajicek (America)
 Women's Carolone Garcia (French) CoCo Gauff (America)  First medal for India - Mirabai Chanu

doubles Kristina Mladenovic (France) Jessica Pegula (America)  Gold Medal for India - Neeraj Chopra
 1st Rank - America (Total-113 medals)
Event : From 22 May to 5 June 2022 at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris (France)
 2nd Rank - China (88-medals)
Wimbledon Open-2022  3rd Rank - Japan (58-medals)
Competition Winner Runner Up
 India's Rank - 48th (Total - 7 Medals)
 Men's Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) N. Kyrgios (Australia)
 33rd Olympics in 2024 - Paris (France)
 Women's Singles Elena Ribakina (Kazakhstan) Ons Jebeur (Tunisia)
 Men's Matheus Ebden (Australia) Nikola Mekti (Croatia) 16th Tokyo Paralympics - 2021
doubles Macus Purcell (Australia) Matte Pavic (Croatia)  Event - Tokyo (Japan)
 Women's Katerina Siniakovas (C. Republic) Zhang Shui (China)
 Mascot - Someity
doubles Barbora Krzykovas (C. Republic) Alyssa Mertens (Belgium)
 India's flag bearer at opening ceremony
Event : from June 27 to July 10, 2022 in London (UK) - Tek Chand (Javelin thrower)
US (American) Open-2022  Flag bearer of India at closing ceremony
Competition Winner Runner Up - Avni Lekhara (Shooter)
 Men's singles C. Alcaraz Garfia (Spain) Casper Ruud (Norwey)  First gold medal - Paige Greco (Australia)
 Women's Singles Iga Swiatek (Poland) Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)  First medal for India - Bhavina Patel
 Men's Rajeev Ram (America) W. Koolhofb (Nitherland)  First gold for India - Avni Lekhara
doubles Joe Salisbury (British) N. Skupski (Britain)
 1st Rank - China (96-gold, Total-207)
 Women's Barbora Krejcikova (Czech) C. McNally (America)
 2nd Rank - Great Britain (Total-124)
doubles Katerina Siniakova (Czech) T. Townsend (America)
 Mixed Storm Sanders (Australia) Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium)  3rd Rank - US (37-gold, Total-104)
doubles John Peers (Australia) Edouard Vasselin (France)  India's Rank- 24th (5-Gold, Total-19)
 The four Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US  Paralympic medal, first Indian woman
Open), also known as majors, are important tennis events. - Deepa Malik (silver medal)
 The Australian Open and US Open are both played on hard courts, while the French  Paralympics 2016 - Rio de Janeiro
Open is played on clay and Wimbledon is played on grass. (Brazil) (2024 - Paris, France)

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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)
 36th National Games Gujrat India 2022  Mascot - Asha (Cheetah)
 37th National Games Goa India 2023  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
Apr.-23 Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan) Narumol Chaiwai
 Swapna Burman Jalpaiguri, West Bengal Heptathlete
Mar.-23 Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) Henriette Ishimwe
Feb-23 Harry Brook (England) Ashley Gardner (Aus.)  Jinson Johnson Kozhikode, Kerala Sprinter
Jan-23 Shubman Gill (India) Grace Scrivens (England)  Dutee Chand Jajpur, Odisha Runner
Dec-22 Harry Brook (England) Ashley Gardner (Aus)  Deepika Kumari Ranchi, Jharkhand Archer
Nov-22 Jos Buttler (England) Sidra Ameen (Pakistan)  Jitu Rai Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Shooter
Oct-22 Virat Kohali (India) Nida dar (Pakistan)  Hima Das Dhing, Assam Runner
Sep-22 Mohammad Rizwan (Pak.) Harmanpreet Kaur (Ind.)  Sakshi Malik Rohtak, Haryana Wrestler
Aug-22 Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) Tahlia McGrath (Aust.)  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
 Green Park Stadium - Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)
 Dipa Karmakar Agartala, Tripura Gymnast
 Indira Gandhi Stadium - Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh)
 Abhinav Bindra Dehradun, Uttarakhand Shooter
 Varkatulha Khan Stadium - Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
 Mary Kom Imphal, Manipur Boxer
 Moin-ul-Haq Stadium - Patna (Bihar)
 Krishna Punia Agroha, Haryana Discus Thrower
 Eden Garden - Kolkata (West Bengal)
 Anju Bobby George Changanassery, Kerala Athletics, Jump
 Nehru Stadium - Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
 Narendra Modi Stadium - Ahmedabad (Gujarat)  Mithali Raj Jodhpur, Rajasthan Cricketer

 Sawai Mansingh Stadium - Jaipur (Rajasthan)  Karnam Malleswari Amdalavalas, Andhra P. Weightlifter
 Arun Jaitley Stadium - Delhi  Anjali Bhagwat Mumbai, Maharashtra Shooter
 Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium - Hyderabad (Telangana)  Rani Rampal Shahabad, Haryana Hockey Player
 Vidarbha CA Ground - Nagpur (Maharashtra)  Bhawani Devi Chennai, Tamil Nadu Sabre fencer
 M.A. Chidambaram Stadium - Chennai (Tamil Nadu)  Lovlina Borgohain Golaghat, Assam Boxer
 Holkar Stadium - Indore (Madhya Pradesh)  Manika Batra Naraina Vihar, Delhi Table Tennis
 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium - Bangalore (Karnataka)  Ravi kumar Dahiya Sonipat, Haryana Wrestler
 Manu Bhaker Jhajhar, Haryana Shooter
Sports / Games & Mascots
 Mirabai Chanu Imphal, Manipur Weightlifter
Sports Mascot
 Sanjita Chanu Kakching, Manipur Weightlifter
 FIFA World Cup 2018 - Zabiwaka
 Ms. Deepa Malik Sonipat, Haryana Para Athletics
 21st Commonwealth Games 2018 - Borobi
 Shreyasi Singh Jamui, Bihar Shooter
 22nd Commonwealth Games 2022 - Perry (a bull)
 18th Asian Games 2018 - Bhin Bhin, Atung, Kaka  Vinesh Phogat Balali, Haryana Wrestling
 19th Asian Games 2022 - Smart Triplets (Robots)  Saurabh Chaudhary Meerut, Uttar Pradesh Shooter
 Khelo India Youth Games 2022 - Dhakad  Neeraj Chopra Panipat, Haryana Ath., Javelin Throw
 22nd FIFA World Cup 2022 - La'eeb  Viswanathan Anand Mayiladuthurai, Tamil N. Chess
 32nd Summer Olympics 2021 - Miraitowa
 R. Pragnananda Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chess
 Tokyo Paralympics 2021 - Someity
 Kidambi Srikanth Mayiladuthurai, Tamil N. Badminton
 National Games 2020 - Bulbul 'Rubigula' (bird)
 National Games 2022 - Clouded Leopard  Seema Punia Sonipat, Haryana Discus Thrower

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

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 CRICKET FOOTBALL
 16th Indian Premier League 2023 (Venue - India)  Hero Super Cup 2023
Winner / Runner-up - Chennai Super Kings / Gurat Titans Winner / Runner-up - Odisha FC / Bengaluru FC

 ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 (Venue - South Africa)  Trination International Tournament 2023 (Held - Manipur)

Winner / Runner-up - Australia / South Africa Winner / Runner-up - India / Kyrgyz Republic

 Women's Premier League (WPL) 2023  Santosh Trophy (Edition - 76th, Venue - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Winner/Runner-Up - Mumbai Indians / Delhi Capitals Winner / Runner-up - Karnataka / Meghalaya
 Irani Trophy 2022-23  Spanish Super Cup 2023 (Hospitable – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

Winner/Runner-Up - Rest of India / Madhya Pradesh Winner/Runner-Up - Barcelona / Real Madrid

 First Under-19 Women's Cricket World Cup 2023  FIFA World Cup 2022 (Event - Doha, Qatar, Edition-22nd)

Winner/Runner-Up - India / England Winner/Runner-Up - Argentina / France

 Ranji Trophy 2022-23  FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022 (Host - India)
Winner / Runner-up - Saurashtra / Bengal Winner/Runner-Up - Spain / Colombia
 3rd Blind T20 World Cup 2022  Durand Cup 2022
Winner/Runner-Up - India / Bangladesh Winner / Runner-up - Bengluru FC / Mumbai City FC

 Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022  SAFF U-20 Championship 2022

Winner / Runner-up - Saurashtra / Maharashtra Winner / Runner-up - India / Sri Lanka

 ICC Men's T-20 World Cup 2022  Women's Euro Championship 2022

Winner / Runner-up - England / Pakistan Winner / Runner-up - England / Germany

 Duleep Trophy 2022  UEFA Champions League 2022

Winner / Runner-up - West Zone / South Zone Winner/runner-up - Real Madrid / Liverpool
 Asia Cup 2022  English Premier League 2021-22

Winner / Runner-up - Sri Lanka / Pakistan Winner/runner-up - Manchester City / Aston Villa
BADMINTON HOCKEY
 Madrid Masters 2023  Senior Women National Championship 2023

Men's/Women's Singles - Kenta Nishimoto / Gregoria Mariska Winner/Runner-Up - Madhya Pradesh / Maharashtra
 Swiss open 2023  National Ice Hockey Championship 2023

Men's/Women's Singles Winner - K. Watenbe / P. Chongwang Winner/Runner-Up - Indo-Tibetan Border Police / Ladakh Scouts
 All England Open 2023  Hockey World Cup 2023 (Hosting-Odisha)

Men's/Women's Singles Winner - Lai Xi Feng / An Xi Yong Winner/Runner-Up - Germany / Belgium

 BWF World Championships 2022 (Event- Tokyo, Japan)  3rd Sultan of Johor Cup 2022 (Host - Malaysia)
Men's/Women's Singles Winner - Viktor Axelsen / Akane Yamaguchi Winner/Runner-Up - India / Australia

 Uber Cup 2022  FIH Women's 5s Championship 2022

Winner/runner-up - South Korea / china Winner / Runner-up - India / Poland

 Thomas Cup 2022  Men's Asia Cup 2022

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

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 Women's Asia Cup 2022
Winner/runner-up - Japan / South Korea
 Asian Champions Trophy 2021
Winner/runner-up - South Korea / Japan
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
 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 (Hosting-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
 FIDE Women's World 2021
Winner / Runner-up - Alexandra Kosteniu / Aleksandra Goryachkina
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OTHER SPORTING EVENTS
 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
 2nd Khelo India University Games 2021 (Event - Karnataka)
1st / 2nd Place - Jain University / Lovely Professional University
 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
 Asian Boxing Championship 2021
1st Rank - Kazakhstan (India's Rank - 4th, 15-medal)
 Game Scenario: Miscellaneous
 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.
 3rd Khelo India University Games started in Uttar Pradesh.
 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
to score the fastest half-century (13 balls) in the history of IPL.
 Fakhar Zaman (Male, Pakistan) and Narumol Chaiwai (Female,
Thailand) have been selected as ICC Player of the Month April.
 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
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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.
 Raebareli's hockey stadium is named after Indian hockey player
Rani Rampal.
 Nepali wicketkeeper-batsman Asif Sheikh won the '2022
Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award'.
 Rohan Bopanna became the oldest tennis player to win the ATP
Masters 1000 title.
 Chennai's Vignesh NR became India's 80th Grandmaster.
 England's Ben Stokes has become the batsman to hit the most
sixes in Test cricket.
 Sania Mirza has been appointed as the mentor of the Royal
Challengers Bangalore team in the Women's Premier League.
 Smriti Mandhana became the costliest player in the inaugural
Women's Premier League auction. Royal Challengers Bangalore
bought him for 3.4 crores.
 Rohit Sharma has become the first Indian captain to score a
century in all three formats of cricket.
 Shubman Gill became the youngest batsman to score a double
century in ODIs.
 Suryakumar Yadav became 'ICC Men's T20 Cricketer of the Year'.
 Germany won Hockey World Cup 2023 title by defeating Belgium.
 Surya Kumar Yadav became the fastest player to score 1500
runs in T20.
 India became number-1 team in the ICC T-20 rankings 2023.
 5th Khelo India Youth Games held in Madhya Pradesh.
 Viacom18 bagged the media rights for the Women's IPL.
 France captain Hugo Lloris has retired from international football.
 Mascot of the 5th Khelo India Youth Games 2022 is 'Asha' while
the theme song is 'Hindustan Ka Dil Dhadka Do...' sung by
singer Shaan.
 Haryana defeated Madhya Pradesh to win the Khelo India Youth
Games 2022 Women's Under-18 Qualifier title, while Madhya
Pradesh won the Men's Under-18 Qualifier title by defeating Odisha.
 Koneru Humpy won the silver medal in the World Chess Blitz
Championship.
 Books & Authors
 Guts Amidst Bloodbath - Aditya Bhushan  Nalnada Until We Meet Again - Gautam Bora
 The Golden Years - Ruskin Bond  Now You Breathe - Rakhi Kapoor
 Made in India : 75 Years of Business and Enterprise - Amitabh Kant  From Dependence to Self-Reliance - Dr. Bimal Jalan
 Reflections - Mr. Narayanan Waghul  A Confused Mind Story - IRS Sahil Seth
 Smoke and Ashes - Amitabh Ghosh  The Philosophy of Modern Song - Bob Dylan
 Sachin @ 50 - Celebrating A Maestro - Boria Majumdar  Jeet Ji Allahabad - Mamta Kalia
 Azad - Ghulam Nabi Azad  Ambedkar A Life - Shashi Tharoor
 Gandhi : Politics and Communalism - Piyush Babele  India's Economy From Nehru to Modi - Pulape Balakrishnan
 India's Vaccine Growth Story - Sajjan Singh Yadav  Indian banking in Retrospect-75 Years of Independence - Ashutosh
 A Matter of Heart: Education in India - Anurag Behar  When the Heart Speaks : Moms of Acardiologist- Upendra Kaul
 War and Women - Dr. MA Hassan  Forging Metal : Nripendra Rao and the Nannar Story - Pawan C
 Bipin : The Man Behind the Uniform - Rachna Biswat Rawat  Ambedkar and Modi - Ilayaraja
 As Good As My Word - KM Chandrasekhar  Rajini's Mantra - PC Balasubramaniam
 Mundaka Upanishad : The Bridge to Mortality- Dr. Karan Singh  Will Power - Sjoerd Marin
 Victory City - Salman Rushdie  Lockdown Lyrics - Sanyukta Das
 Wanderers, Kings and Merchants - Dr. Peggy Mohan  Rusty Skies and Golden Winds - Sannidhya Sharma
 The Poverty of Political Economics - Meghnad Desai  A New India : Selected Writings 2014-19
 Modi : Shaping a Global Order in Flux - S. Jaishankar - Compilation of Arun Jaitley's articles (by Juggernaut)
 Forks in the Road : My Days at RBI and Beyond - C. Rangarajan  The McMahon Line : A Century of Discord - J.J. Singh
 Breaking Barrier - Madhav Rao  Dilip Kumar : In the Shadow of a Legend - Faisal Farooqui
 Why didn't you come earlier - Kailash Satyarthi  Beyond the Misty Veil - Ms. Aradhana Johri
 Human Anatomy - AK Dwivedi  The Life and Times of George Fernandes- Rahul Ramagundam
 Ambedkar: A Life - Shashi Tharoor  Gandhi and the Champaran Satyagraha - Suranjan Das
 Revolutionary - Sanjeev Sanyal  Gautam Adani : The Man Who Changed India -R. N. Bhaskar
 Jadoonama - Javed Akhtar  Ashtanga Yoga - Dr. Sonu Phogat
 Irrfan Khan : A Life in Movies - Shubhra Gupta  Indian Constitution : The Untold Story - Ram Bahadur Rai
 India's Knowledge Supremacy : The New Dawn  Modi @ 20: Dreams Meeting Delivery- Blue Craft Foundation
- Dr. Ashwin Fernandes  Decoding the Yoga Sutra by Patanjali-J. Singhania, Acharya Kaushal
 Bravehearts of Bharat - Vikram Sampath  Let Me Say It Now - Rakesh Maria
 The Chipko Movement : A People's History - Shekhar Pathak  The Struggle for Police Reforms in India - Prakash Singh
 Miracles of Face Yoga - Mansi Gulati  Place Called Home - Preeti Shenoy
 The Light We Carry : Overcoming in Uncertain Times - Michelle Obama  Tomb of Sand - Geetanjali Shree
 Fit At Any Age - PV Iyer  Listen to Your Heart: The London Adventure - Ruskin Bond
 The Indian Navy@75 - Ranjit B- Rai & Aritra Banerjee  The Great Tech Game - Anirudh Suri
 Delhi University : Celebrating 100 Glorious Years - Hardeep Singh Puri  The Tiger of Drass - Meena Nayyar
 Nuclearization of Asia - Rene Naba  The Magic Of Mangala Jodi - Avinash Khemka
 Winning the Inner Battle - Shane Watson  The Sikh History of East India - Avinash Khemka

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JANUARY
 9 - Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
 10 - World Hindi Day
 12 - National Youth Day
 15 - Army Day (India)
 23 - Parakram day (Netaji Subhash
Chandra birth anniversary)
 25 - National Voters' Day
 26 - Republic Day (India)
 30 - Martyrs' Day, World Leprosy Day
FEBRUARY
 4 - World Cancer Day
 11 - Samarpan Diwas (Pandit Dindyal
Upadhyay death anniversary)
 14 - Valentines Day
 20 - World Social Justice Day
 21 - World Mother Language Day
 28 - National Science Day
MARCH
 3 - World Wildlife Day
 4 - Chabahar Day
 8 - International Women's Day
 15 - World Consumer Rights Day
 22 - World Water Day, Bihar Day
 24 - World Tuberculosis Day
APRIL
 7 - World Health Day
 14 - Equality Day (Ambedkar Jayanti)
 18 - World Heritage Day
 22 - Earth Day
 25 - World Malaria Day
 26 - World Intellectual Property Day
MAY
 1 - International Workers' Day
3 - International Press Freedom Day
 
 7 - World Asthma Day
 8 - World Red Cross Day
 12 - International Nurses Day
 31 - World No Tobacco Day
Important Days
JUNE
 1 - World Milk Day
 5 - World Environment Day
 8 - World Oceans Day
 12 - World Day Against Child Labour
 14 - World Blood Donor Day
 20 - World Refugee Day
 21 - International Day of Yoga
 29 - National Statistics Day
JULY
 1 - Doctor's Day/GST Day
 11 - World Population Day
 19 - Bank Nationalization Day
 26 - Kargil Vijay Diwas
 28 - World Hepatitis Day
 29 - International Tiger Day
AUGUST
 6 - Hiroshima Day
 7 - Javelin Day (Niraj Chopra)
 12 - International Youth Day
 14 - Partition Horrors Remembrance Day
 15 - Independence Day (India)
 16 - Khela Hobe Diwas (W.B)
 20 - Sadbhavna Diwas (Rajiv Gandhi)
 29 - National Sports Day (Major
Dhyan Chand birth anniversary)
SEPTEMBER
 5 - Teacher's Day
 8 - International Literacy Day
 11 - Mahakavi Day (Death Anniver-
sary 'Subramania Bharati')
 14 - Hindi Day
 17 - Social Justice day
(E. V. Ramasamy's birthday)
 27 - World Tourism Day
 29 - World Heart Day
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OCTOBER
 2 - Non-violence Day/Gandhi Jayanti
 3 - World Animal Day
 5 - National Dolphin Day
 8 - Air Force Day
 9 - World Post Day
 11 - International Girl Child Day
 14 - World Standards Day
 15 - World Students Day (APJ Abdul
Kalam)
 16 - World Food Day
 24 - United Nations Day
 31 - National Unity Day (Sardar
Patel's birth anniversary)
 31 - Indira Gandhi Death anniversary
NOVEMBER
 7 - National Cancer Awareness Day
 11 - National Education Day
 12 - National Bird Day
 14 - Children's Day, World Diabetes Day
 15 - Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas
(Birsa Munda Birth Anniversary)
 16 - National Press Day
 19 - World Toilet Day
 20 - World Children's Day
 26 - National Milk Day
 26 - National Constitution Day
DECEMBER
1 - World AIDS Day

 2 - World Computer Literacy Day
 4 - Indian Navy Day
 5 - World Soil Day
 6 - Maitri Diwas (Bhar-Bangladesh)
 10 - International Human Rights Day
14 - World Energy Day
 16 - Vijay Diwas
 24 - National Consumer Rights Day
 25 - Good Governance Day
 14 - Veer Baal Diwas
 Important Days and Themes
Date Year Day / Diwas Theme
 31 May 2023 World No Tobacco Day - We need food, not tobacco
 30 May 2023 Goa State Foundation Day -
 29 May 2023 International Day of Peacekeepers - Peace Begins with Me
 24 May 2023 Indian Commonwealth Day - Forging a Sustainable and Peaceful Common Future
 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
 17 May 2023 World Hypertension Day - Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer
 15 May 2023 International Day of Families - Demographic Trends and Families
 13 May 2023 World Migratory Bird Day - Water and its importance for migratory birds
 12 May 2023 International Nurses Day - Our Nurses, Our Future
 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
 25 April 2023 World Malaria Day - Time to deliver zero malaria : Invest, innovate, implement
 24 April 2023 National Panchayati Raj Day - Sustainable Panchayat : Building Healthy, Water Sufficient, Clean
and Green Villages
 22 April 2023 World Earth Day - Invest in our planet
 19 April 2023 World Liver Day - Be vigilant, do a regular liver check-up, fatty liver can affect anyone
 18 April 2023 World Heritage Day - Heritage Changes
 14 April 2023 World Chagas Disease Day - Time to integrate Chagas disease into primary health care
 10 April 2023 World Homeopathy Day - One Health, One Family
 7 April 2023 World Health Day - Health for All
 5th April 2023 National Maritime Day - Amrit Kaal in Shipping
 27 March 2023 World Theater Day - Theater and the Culture of Peace
 24 March 2023 World Tuberculosis Day - Yes! We can end TB!
 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
 21 March 2023 International Day of Forests - Forests and health.
 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
 3 March 2023 World Wildlife Day - Partnerships for wildlife conservation
 28 February 2023 National Science Day - Global science day for Global Wellbeing
 22 February 2023 World Scout Day - Our world : Our common future: Environment and gender equality
 21 February 2023 International Mother Language Day - Multilingual Education - A necessity to transform education
 10 February 2023 World Pulses Day - Pulses for a Sustainable Future

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 Date Year Day Theme / Theme
 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 Tourism Day - Rural and Community Centered Tourism
 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
 1 January 2023 Global Day of Families - Families Together : Building Resilience for a Brighter Future
 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 ....
 30 June 2022 International Asteroid/Asteroid Day - Small is beautiful

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
 14th BRICS Summit 2022 Hosted by - China 23-24 June , 2022
 United Nations Ocean Conference 2022 Portugal 27 June, 2022
 32nd NATO Summit 2022 Madrid (Spain) 28-30 June, 2022
 First Summit of I2U2 (India, Israel, USA, UAE) 2022 Virtually (India-PM Modi) 14 July, 2022
 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference 2022 Canada 20-26 August 2022
 22nd Annual Summit of the Heads of State of the SCO Samarkand, Uzbekistan 15-16 September 2022
 6th India Mobile Congress 2022 New Delhi 1st October, 2022
 8th G-20 Parliamentary Speakers' Summit 2022 Jakarta (Indonesia) 6-7 October, 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
 3rd G-20 Tourism Working Group Meeting Srinagar 22-24 May , 2023
 76th World Health Assembly 2023 Geneva, Switzerland 21-30 May , 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 June, 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
 Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland have  Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve - Tamil Nadu
become the five new non-permanent members of the United Na-  Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary - Tamil Nadu
tions Security Council with effect from June 9, 2022 and he will  Sirpur Wetland - Indore, Madhya Pradesh
be a member of the council till December 31, 2024.  Pala Wetlands (54th) - Siaha District (Mizoram)
 Sakhya Sagar Lake (53rd) - Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh)
 After the merger of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu,
 Pichavaram Mangroves (52nd) - Pichavaram (Tamil Nadu)
Total UTs has become 8, with effect from January 26, 2020.
 Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest - Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
 Karikili Bird Sanctuary - Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu)
India's New Parliament House : Facts
 Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary - Sant Kabir Nagar (UP)
 The foundation stone of the new Parliament House has been laid
 Khijdia Bird Sanctuary - Jamnagar (Gujarat)
by PM Modi on December 10, 2020, the construction of which
 Haiderpur Wetland - Uttar Pradesh
will be completed in 2022 under the Central Vista project.
 Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary - Haryana
 The contract for the construction of the new Parliament House
 Sultanpur National Park - Haryana
has been taken by Tata Project Ltd. in 861.90 crore
 Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary - Gujrat
 The building has been designed by HCP Design & Planning
 Wadhwana Wetland - Gujrat
Company.
 Tso Kar Lake - Ladakh
 The shape of the new Parliament House will be triangular,
 Soor Sarovar (Keetham Lake) - Agra (Uttar Pradesh)
which will be of 4 storeys.
 Lonar Lake - Buldhana (Maharashtra)
 A total of Rs 971 crore will be spent for the construction.
 Kabartal Lake - Begusarai (Bihar)
 The new Parliament House will be spread over 64,500 sq km.
 A total of 1224 people will be able to sit in the joint session.  Asan Conservation Reserve - Uttarakhand
 The new Parliament House will have a seating arrangement of  Presently the total number of Ramsar sites in India - 75
888 members in the Lok Sabha and 384 in the Rajya Sabha.  State of India has maximum Ramsar site - Tamil Nadu (14)

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 Chandrayaan-2 : Important Facts 'Statues' installed in the year 2022
 Chandrayaan-2 (total weight-3.8 tonnes) was launched by the  Statue of Equality
ISRO on July 22, 2019 from Satish Dhawan Space Center in - The 'Statue of Equality' located in Hyderabad (Telangana) is
Sri Harikota by Bahubali rocket, GSLV Mark-3. 216 feet (65-5 m) high, a statue of Saint Sri Ramanujacharjee.
 The parts of Chandrayaan-2 were Orbiter, Lander and Rover. - It is the second largest statue in the world in sitting posture.
 'Lander' was named Vikram and 'Rover' was named Pragyan.  Statue of Knowledge
 At the time of the launch of Chandrayaan-2, the Chairman of - 70 feet high 'Statue of Knowledge' established in Latur,
ISRO was K-Sivan. Maharashtra is the statue of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
 Statue of Prosperity
Upcoming Goals of Government of India
- 108 feet tall 'Statue of Prosperity' located in Bengaluru
Target Year (Karnataka) is a statue of Shri Nath Prabhu Kempegowda.
 Target to eliminate Kala-azar completely by 2023  Statue of Peace
 Connecting capitals of all northeastern states 2023 - 27 feet high 'Statue of Peace' located at Jaitpura in Pali
with rail network district of Rajasthan is a statue of Jain Acharya Vijay Vallabh
 Target to complete Delhi-Mumbai Expressway 2023 Surishwar Ji Maharaj.
 Target of electrification of 100% broad gauge routes 2023  Statue of Peace / Shanti Pratima of Sri Ramanujacharya
 Target to make self-sufficient in fertilizer sector 2023 - Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled the 4 feet tall 'Statue of
Peace' of Sri Ramanujacharya in Srinagar, Jammu-Kashmir.
 Zero diesel use in agriculture, use of renewable energy 2024
 Statue of Unity
 Target of doubling the income of farmers 2024
- 182 m (597 ft) tall Statue of Unity is a statue of Sardar Vallabh-
 Target to provide housing for all 2024
bhai Patel, located on Narmada River in Kevadiya, Gujarat.
 Target of supply of tap/clean water in every house 2024
- It is the tallest statue in the world.
 Target to reduce road accident deaths by 50% 2024
- It is built by L&T company.
 Target to launch digital radio 2024
- The craftsman of this idol is Ram V-Sutar.
 Target to develop 100 new airports 2025
 Statue of Belief
 Target to lay optical fiber in all villages 2025
- The 112 m (369 ft) tall 'Statue of Belief (Vishwas Swaroopam)'
 Target to eliminate foot and mouth disease in cattle 2025 is a statue of Lord Shiva located in Nathdwara city of Rajasthan.
 Target to make India a $5 trillion economy 2025
 Target to make India a TB free country 2025 Launch of Vande Bharat Train (Train-18)
 Target of 20% blending of ethanol in petrol 2025  First train - 15 February, 2019 (Delhi to Varanasi)
 Doubling of milk processing capacity (108 MT) 2025  Second train - 3 October, 2019 (Delhi to Katra)
 Target to achieve 100 MT coal gasification 2030
 Third train - 30 Sept., 2022 (Mumbai Central to Gandhinagar)
 1 trillion dollar export target in services sector 2030
 Fourth train - 13 October, 2022 (Himachal to New Delhi)
 Reduction of 1 billion tonnes in total carbon emissions 2030
 Fifth train - 11 November, 2022 (Chennai to Mysore)
 Target to become world's third largest economy 2030
 Railway's aims to become net zero carbon emitter 2030  Sixth train - 11 December, 2022 (Nagpur to Bilaspur)
 Target of eradicating malaria completely from India 2030. India's first 'Kisan Rail'
 Target to make 30% electric vehicles in total vehicles 2030
 First Kisan Rail started : from Devtali in Maharashtra to
 To eliminate AIDS and eradicate malaria 2030
Danapur in Bihar on 7th August, 2020
 Target to achieve 500 GW of renewable energy 2030
 South India's first (country's second) Kisan Rail started -
 Target to achieve 280 GW of solar power 2030
from Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh to Adarsh Nagar in Delhi on
 Reducing the use of hydrofluoro-carbons by 80% 2047
September 9, 2020
 Aims to become an energy independent country 2047
 100th Kisan Rail started - from Sangola in Maharashtra to Shalimar
 Zero carbon emission target in Mumbai city 2050
in West Bengal on December 28, 2020
 Zero carbon emission target by India 2070
 1000th Kisan Rail started - from Savda in Maharashtra to Adarsh
 Net Zero target by India 2070
Nagar in Delhi on February 3, 2022

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 Current Affairs : One Liner
 Where has NTPC launched India's largest floating solar power
project on July 1, 2022 - Telangana
 Which medal has been won by Neeraj Chopra in Diamond League
Meet on July 1, 2022 - Silver
 According to the information, what will be the share of electric two
wheeler in the Indian market in the financial year 2026-27 - 100%
 Which state government has started 'Nari Ko Naman Yojana' on
July 2, 2022 - Himachal Pradesh
 Who has received the prestigious Shiromani Award on 2nd July -
Michelle Poonawalla
 Who has been awarded the CII Quality Ratna Award 2021 on
July 2, 2022 - Ashok Soota
 Who has topped the 'Best Students Cities Index 2023' released
by QS on July 2, 2022 - London (In India - Mumbai)
 Where was the 'NATO Summit 2022' organized - Madrid (Spain)
 Who has topped the Asia Pacific Sustainability Index 2021 –
Singapore (1st among Indian cities – Bengaluru)
 Which cricketer has set the world record for most runs in an over
in a test match on July 3, 2022 - Jasprit Bumrah
 Who has topped the 'Ease of Doing Business Index 2022' released
by DPIIT on July 3, 2022 - Andhra Pradesh
 125th birth anniversary of which freedom fighter was celebrated
on July 4, 2022 - Alluri Sitarama Raju
 Who has won the men's and women's singles title in 'Malaysia
Open 2022' - Viktor Axelson and Rachanok Inthanon
 Who has won the Femina Miss India 2022 title - Sini Shetty
 Where's Parliament has honored Tanuja Nesari with 'Ayurveda
Ratna Award' on July 4, 2022 - Britain
 Who has been appointed as the Speaker of the Legislative
Assembly of Maharashtra on July 4, 2022 - Rahul Narvekar
 'Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train' has been flagged off between India
and which country on July 5, 2022 - Nepal
 Who has topped the state ranking for implementation of National
Food Security Act as on July 5, 2022 – Odisha
 Who has topped in the 3rd 'Start Up Ranking 2021' - Gujarat
and Karnataka (in the northeastern states-Meghalaya)
 A part of the forest has been named after the woman of which
state on July 5, 2022 - Odisha
 The 'Lisbon Declaration', which was in the news on July 5, 2022,
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is related to the protection of - Ocean
 On July 6, 2022, Mathematician of which country Maryina
Vyjowska has won the prestigious 'Fields Medal 2022' - Ukraine
 Who has launched 'Pariksha Sangam Portal' - CBSE
 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has participated in the
G-20 Foreign Ministers' meeting in which country - Indonesia
 Who has become the new director of National Center for Cytology
on July 6, 2022 - Dr. Mohan Wani
 Which medal has been won by Indian boxer Alfia Pathan in the
'Elorda Boxing Cup 2022' on July 6, 2022 - Gold
 The scientists of which country have developed a test called
'CoverScan' to quickly identify corona virus variants - America
 7th July is celebrated as which day - World Kistivli Day
 Where has the first 'Animal Health Summit' inaugurated - Delhi
 According to the report released on July 7, 2022, India's
unemployment rate has increased to how much - 7.80 percent
 Which Indian has been included in Forbes' list of America's richest
self-made women on July 7, 2022 - Jayshree Ullal
 Who has got the additional charge of the Ministry of Minority
Affairs on July 7, 2022 - Smriti Irani
 Where has Western Railway opened its longest skywalk - Mumbai
 Which IIT has developed a new fast charging sodium ion battery
- IIT Kharagpur
 Where did Prime Minister Modi inaugurate the mid-day meal
kitchen of Akshaya Patra on July 8, 2022 - Varanasi
 On July 8, the Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep
Singh Puri has started the 'Svanidhi Mahotsav' in - New Delhi
 On July 8, 2022, Where the hill of Mangarh has been declared a
monument of national importance - Rajasthan
 Who has written the book 'Getting the Bread : The Gen Z Way to
Success', which was published on July 8, 2022 - Prathana Batra
 Who has represented India in the 8th meeting of BRICS
communication ministers on July 8, 2022 - Ashwini Vaishnav
 Who has been appointed as the Sherpa of G-20 - Amitabh Kant
 Where has Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled the Statue of Peace,
the statue of Swami Ramanujacharya on July 8, 2022 - Srinagar
 Who topped the State Ranking Index for the National Security
Act released on July 9, 2022 - Odisha
 On July 9, 2022 Where researchers have developed a prototype
 of an analog chipset named Aryabhata-1 - IISc Bangalore
 Where has the 'Kharchi Utsav' started on July 9, 2022 - Tripura
 Which state has become the first state in the country to build 13
expressways on July 9, 2022 - Uttar Pradesh
 'Global Findex Database 2021' has been released by - World Bank
 Who has become the first captain to win 13 consecutive T-20
matches on July 9, 2022 - Rohit Sharma
 Who became the first woman and second Indian to appear on
IMF's 'Wall of Former Economists' on July 9 - Gita Gopinath
 Who became Mrs Universe Divine 2022 - Pallavi Singh
 Which state has become the first state to link One District One
Product with ONDC on July 10, 2022 – Uttar Pradesh
 Who has won the Wimbledon men's and women's singles title
- Novak Djokovic and Elina Ribakina respectively
 Which day was celebrated on 11th July - World Population Day
 Who became the first bowler to bowl 500 dot balls in T-20 history
on July 11, 2022 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar
 Who has become the 68th country to be included in Interpol's
child sexual abuse database on July 12, 2022 - India
 Which medal has been won by 94-year-old Bhagwani Devi Dagar
in Finland on July 12, 2022 - Gold (3 medals in total)
 How many medals has India won in Asian Under-20 Wrestling
Championship on July 12, 2022 - 22 (4-Gold, 9-Silver, 9-Bronze)
 Which medal did Arjun Babuta of India win in the 'ISSF World
Cup' on July 12, 2022 - Gold Medal (in 10m Air Rifle event)
 Who has won the Gijon Chess Masters on 12th July - D. Gukesh
 Which IIT has developed AI tool for personalized cancer diagnosis,
on July 12, 2022 - IIT Madras
 Who has become the first state to implement the Center's 'New
Education Policy' at the pre-primary level - Uttarakhand
 Who has been honored with Japan's 'Order of the Rising Sun'
award on July 13, 2022 - Narayanan Kumar
 According to the information of July 13, 2022, which airport will
become the country's first carbon neutral airport - Leh
 Who has become the fastest Indian bowler to take 150 ODI
wickets on July 13, 2022 - Mohammed Shami
 On July 13, 2022 Who has won the IC Player of the Month
Award for June 2022 – Jonny Bairstow and Marizanne Kapp
 Which state government has decided to rejoin the Prime Minister's
Fasal Bima Yojana on July 13, 2022 - Andhra Pradesh
 According to WHO on July 13, 2022, in which country two
suspected cases of Marburg virus have been reported - Ghana
 Adani Group has received LOI (Letter of Intent) for 5G services
in which state on July 13, 2022 - Gujarat
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 On July 14, 2022 which medal did Abhishek Verma and Jyothi
Surekha Vannam win in the World Games 2022 - Bronze
 Who topped the WEF's Gender Gap Report 2022, released on
July 14, 2022 - Iceland (India's rank-135)
 Which state govt. has launched 'Earn With Learn' scheme - Tripura
 Who has introduced India's first indigenously made Lithium Ion
cell on July 15, 2022 - Ola Electric
 Which city will be the first cultural and tourism capital of SCO as
of July 16, 2022 - Varanasi
 Where has the World Athletics Championships 2022 started on
July 16, 2022 - Eugene (North America)
 What is the GST rate applicable for the sale of Indian National
Flag by the Ministry of Finance as on July 16 - Zero percent
 In which state India's first monkeypox case has been confirmed
on July 16, 2022 - Kerala
 On July 16, 2022, which country did a sensitive experiment named
Lux Zeplin to detect dark matter in the universe - America
 Which state's Chief Minister has launched the e-FIR service on
July 16, 2022 - Uttarakhand
 Diya Mirza and Afroz Shah have received Mother Teresa Memorial
Award by which state government - Maharashtra
 Which state has been included in Time magazine's 'World's 50
Greatest Places of 2020' on July 17, 2022 - Kerala
 Who won the men's and women's singles title at Singapore Open
2022 - Anthony Sinisuka and P.V. Sindhu respectively
 Who has launched the Unmentioning feature on July 17 - Twitter
 Where is National Watershed Conference 2022 organized - Delhi
 Who became the first Indian to enter the final of men's long jump
at the World Athletics Championships - Murali Sri Shankar
 Who has won the Paracin Open 'A' Chess Tournament 2022 in
Serbia on July 18, 2022 - R. Pragyanand
 Which medal did Aishwarya Tomar won at the ISSF Shooting
World Cup in Changwon on July 18, 2022 - Gold
 Which state celebrated its foundation day on 18 July - Tamil Nadu
 Who won FIH Women's Hockey World Cup 2022 - Netherlands
 Which state has started the first digital Lok Adalat - Rajasthan
 Where is the 'Happiness Utsav' celebrated on July 19 - Delhi
 Which medal did Mairaj Ahmed Khan won in the men's skeet
event at the ISSF World Cup on July 19, 2022 - Gold
 Who has become the fastest Asian batsman to score 1000 runs in
international cricket on July 19, 2022 - Babar Azam
 With whom NTPC has tied up for renewable energy - Indian Oil
 Who topped the Expect Insider Ranking 2022 released on July
19, 2022 - Mexico (India's rank-36th)
 Which former captain of the Indian cricket team has been honored
by the British Parliament on July 19, 2022 - Sourav Ganguly
 Which IIT institute has developed a bio-inspired artificial muscle
for a space robot, on July 20, 2022 - IIT Kanpur
 Where has the 'Mukhyamantri Udyaman Khiladi Unnayan Yojana'
started on July 20, 2022 - Uttarakhand
 Who has been appointed as Ethics Officer of BCCI - Vineet Saran
 Which has been adjudged the world's best SME bank by
Euromoney on July 20, 2022 - DBS Bank
 Which medal has Harshada Garud won in Asian Youth and Junior
Weightlifting Championship on July 20, 2022 - Gold
 Which country's player Tamim Iqbal has announced his retirement
from T20I cricket on July 20, 2022 - Bangladesh
 Who has launched 'Payment in Chat' feature - Instagram
 Chief Minister of which state has launched 'Swanirbhar Nari
Yojana' for the welfare of indigenous weavers - Assam
 With which country India has signed an agreement to bring back
cheetahs on July 21, 2022 - Namibia
 Which telecom company has successfully tested India's first 5G
private network on July 21, 2022 - Airtel
 Which state has topped in utilization of Smart City Fund as on
21st July, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Who has topped the 'Henley Passport Index 2022' released on
July 21, 2022 - Japan (India's rank-87)
 By what name has the central government prepared a new national
action plan for cleaning sewer and septic tanks - Namaste
 Who has been honored with the 'Daniel Award 2022' on July 22,
2022 - K.P. Kumaran
 Where has Prime Minister Modi unveiled India's first manned
passenger drone 'Varuna' on July 22, 2022 - New Delhi
 Which has become India's first 100% 'Landlord Model' port on
July 22, 2022 - Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Mumbai)
 Who topped the medal tally in ISSF Shooting World Cup 2022 on
July 22, 2022 – India (47-Medal, 17-Gold, 21-Silver, 9-Bronze)
 On July 22, 2022, who has been appointed by the Central
Government as the chairman of the committee constituted to
strengthen the MSP system - Sanjay Agarwal
 Who has topped in NITI Aayog's 'India Innovation Index 2021'
released on July 22, 2022 - Karnataka
 Who has won the most favorable state award for films at the 68th
National Film Awards on July 23, 2022 - Madhya Pradesh
 Who has won the 'Global Energy Prize 2022' - Kaushik
Rajasekhar
 Where has ISRO inaugurated 'Human Spaceflight Expo' on July
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23, 2022 - Bengaluru
 Which film actor has been honored by UAE with his Golden Visa
on July 23, 2022 - Kamal Hassan
 Which state's 'Burhanpur' has become the country's first 'Har
Ghar Jal' certified district on July 23, 2022 - Madhya Pradesh
 The citizens of which country have won the 'Dissident Human
Rights Award 2022' on July 24, 2022 - Ukraine
 In which country the Asia Under-20 Wrestling Championship
has been organized on July 24, 2022 - Oman
 The Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) was held between
India and which country on July 24, 2022 - Japan
 Which IIT has launched the NIRMAN accelerator program on
July 24, 2022 - IIT Kanpur
 Which state has launched 'Tourism Policy 2021' - Jharkhand
 Which country has recorded the first case of polio after a decade
- America
 What is the rank of India in the 18th World Athletics
Championships - 33rd (1st place - America)
 Who has become the highest paid FMCG CEO - Saugat Gupta
 Which country Wasifa Nazreen has become the first woman to
conquer K-2 on July 25, 2022 - Bangladesh
 According to the WHO report, how many billion dollars India has
received in the form of foreign money orders in 2021 - $ 87 billion
 Where is India's first brain health clinic started - Bangalore
 Which medal has been won by Neeraj Chopra in javelin throw
event (88.13m) in World Athletics on July 25, 2022 - Silver
 Who has won the 2022 Swiss Open title - Casper Roode
 Which day was celebrated on 26th July - Kargil Vijay Diwas
 On July 26, 2022, the Chief Minister of which state has launched
'Smart E-Beat' system for police - Haryana
 Who has been appointed as the 'Chief Economist' of the World
Bank on July 26, 2022 - Indermeet Gill
 India has contributed 2.5 million US dollars to UHNRWA for
which country's refugees on July 26 - Filistine
 Who has launched the 'Create for India' campaign to encourage
the Indian team on 26 July - Sports Authority of India (SAI)
 Which state has established District Climate Change Mission on
July 26, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Where will the grand statue of Amar Shaheed Chandrashekhar be
installed - Bhopal
 On July 26, 2022, ADB has approved $96 million loan for safe
drinking water in which state - Himachal Pradesh
 According to the information of July 26, 2022, which country's
Sakurajima volcano has erupted for three consecutive days - Japan
 Who won the '2022 Tour de Shanes' - Jonas Winggaard
 Which IIT institute is planning to set up a campus in Tanzania
- IIT Madras
 Which animal is included in the logo of the 36th National Games
2022 to be held in Gujarat on July 27, 2022 - Lion
 How many new Ramsar sites have been designated by India on
July 27, 2022 - 5
 Who is the new title sponsor of BCCI - Mastercard
 Who became the youngest batsman to score a century in the
history of International Men's T20 Cricket - Gustav McKeon
 What is the position of IGI Airport in the list of world's top 20
busiest airports released on July 27, 2022 - 13th
 Which country has decided to leave the International Space Center
after 2024 on July 27, 2022 - Russia
 Where is the 44th Chess Olympiad starting from July 28, 2022 -
Mahabalipuram (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
 Where did the 22nd National Games begin on 28 July -
Birmingham (UK)
 Who has been made the flag bearer of the Indian contingent in the
opening ceremony of the 22nd National Games - PV Sindhu
 With what theme was the World Tiger Day celebrated on July 29
- India Launches Project Tiger to Rib the Tiger Population
 Who is at the top in the ODI Team Rankings 2022 - New Zealand
(2nd place-England, 3rd place-India)
 Where will the first Mahila Bank open as on 30th July - Rajasthan
 In which field 'Dinesh Shahara Lifetime Award' has been started
on July 30, 2022 - In the field of music
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's first 'International
Bullion Exchange' in which state - Gujrat
 Who has signed a contract with Coca-Cola to promote Limca
Sports - Neeraj Chopra
 England's Leicester Cricket Ground is named after whom on July
31, 2022 - Sunil Gavaskar
 According to the information of July 31, 2022, who has
become the richest woman in India - Roshni Nadar (2nd -
Falguni Nair)
 According to the data released on July 31, 2022, how many tigers
have been killed in India in the last three years - 329
 Who was presented the Sir Winston Churchill Award on July 31,
2022 - Volodymyr Zelensky
 Who has declared a healthy environment as a human right on July
31, 2022 - United Nations General Assembly
 Where has Swami Vivekananda Yuva Shakti Yojana launched on
July 31, 2022 - Karnataka
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 Who has become the richest woman in Asia on July 31, 2022 -
Savitri Jindal (2nd place - China's Yang Huayan)
 Which country has launched gold coins named 'Mosi-o-Tunya' to
tackle inflation on July 31, 2022 - Zimbabwe
 Who has become the first player to score two consecutive centu-
ries in T20 - Gustav McCon
 Where was the Minjar Mela held - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh
 On July 31, 2022, the Union Cabinet has approved the merger of
Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) with – BSNL
 In the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 , Gururajan Pujari
has won which medal in the 61 KG category - Bronze
 Fourth edition of the joint military exercise 'Al Najah'
between India and which country has started on August 1st-
Oman
 Who has become the Director General of Indian Council of Agri-
cultural Research (ICAR) on August 1, 2022 - Himanshu Pathak
 Which state government has decided to create seven new districts
on August 1, 2022 - West Bengal
 Where did Chabahar Day convention begin on August 1st-
Mumbai
 Who has been appointed as the new Police Commissioner of
Delhi on August 1, 2022 - Sanjay Arora
 3rd edition of the military exercise 'VINBAX' between India and
which country began in Chandimandir - Vietnam
 Who has won the title of Women's Euro Championship football
competition 2022 - England (runners-up - Germany)
 On August 1, 2022, the Vice President has presented the
prestigious 'President Colours' to the police of which state -
Tamil Nadu
 Who has become the head of the task force set up by the Center
to monitor the situation of monkeypox in India - V.K. Paul
 Who has launched the 'Good for You Good for the Planet'
campaign on August 2, 2022 - WWF
 Who has been honored with the 'Dr. C. Narayana Reddy National
Literary Award 2022' on August 2, 2022 - Pratibha Ray
 Which IIT has established a Center of Excellence for Biomedical
Device and Diagnostic Innovation on August 2 - IIT Guwahati
 Which state has become the first state to launch online govern-
ment e-taxi service on August 2, 2022 - Kerala
 Which country's cricketer Deandra Dottin has announced retire-
ment on August 2, 2022 - West Indies
 Whose 146th birth anniversary was celebrated on 2nd August
2022 - Pingali Venkaiah
 On August 3, 2022, who has become the first female Hindu Deputy
 Superintendent of Police of Pakistan - Manisha Ropeta
 On August 3, 2022, who has been honored with the 'DREAMSS
2022 Award' for promoting education - Satyanarayan Mundayur
 Who won the 44th 'Chess Olympiad' - Tania Sachdev
 Who has been appointed as the Country Director of the World
Bank for India on August 3, 2022 - August Tano Kuamey
 In which state 'Adipuram Festival' is celebrated - Tamil Nadu
 In which country India will join the 'Pitch-Black' exercise
- Australia (It is a multi-national exercise)
 Which medal has been won by Indian men's table tennis team in
CWG 2022 on August 3, 2022 - Gold
 According to the information, where will the world's first vertical
city named 'The Line' be established - Saudi Arabia
 Which has become the first city in India to make traffic data
public by Google - Aurangabad
 On August 5, 2022, Who has been approved by the US Senate to
join NATO - Sweden and Finland
 Which IIT has partnered with DRDO to develop indigenous
defence equipment on August 5, 2022 - IIT Roorkee
 Which state's astronomical observatory has been included in
UNESCO's important endangered heritage observatories - Bihar
 Where will the world's largest floating solar power plant be built
- Madhya Pradesh
 Where has India's first 'Himalayan Spice Garden' established
- Ranikhet
 Which state government has launched 'Panchamrit Yojana' on
August 6, 2022 - Uttar Pradesh
 Which state has become the first to launch 'Punyakoti Dattu
Scheme' for cow adoption on 6th August, 2022 - Karnataka
 Which company has topped the Fortune Global 500 list for the
9th consecutive year in 2022 - Walmart
 Which state government has decided to develop one Sanskrit
speaking village in each district - Uttarakhand
 India has won the SAFF U-20 Football Championship by defeat-
ing which country - Bangladesh
 On August 7, 2022, in which place 'Machhal Women Cricket
League' was organized for the first time - Kashmir
 Who has launched the 'India ki Udaan' initiative on the 75th anni-
versary of independence - Ministry of Culture and Google
 Which country's government has honored 'Kannan Sundaram' with
the Chevalier Award on August 8, 2022 - France
 Who has been honored with the highest civilian honor of Ladakh
on August 8, 2022 - Guru Dalai Lama
 Which country has launched its first moon mission 'Danuri' on
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August 8, 2022 - South Korea
 Who bacame the first woman Director General of CSIR on Au-
gust 8, 2022 - Nallathambi Kalaiselvi
 Who has become the 75th Grandmaster of India - V. Pranav
 Who has won the title of 'Miss India USA 2022' on August 8,
2022 - Arya Balvekar (Indian-American from Virginia)
 Where will the 12th edition of Defence Expo be held with the
theme 'Path to Pride' - Gandhinagar, Gujarat
 On August 9, 2022, the scientists of which country have pre-
pared the world's first artificial embryo - Israel
 Who has topped the medal tally in Commonwealth Games 2022
- Australia (India's Rank - 4th)
 Who has been named AIFF Footballer of the Year 2021-22 on
August 10, 2022 - Sunil Chhetri and Manisha Kalyan
 Who has been named ICC Player of the Month for July 2022 -
Prabhat Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) and Emma Lamb (England)
 Which former Indian cricketer has been appointed as the head
coach of 'Nepal cricket team' - Manoj Prabhakar
 Who topped the ICC Women's T-20 Player Rankings - Beth
Mooney (Australia)
 Which medal has been won by the Indian men's and women's
team in the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 - Bronze
 Which state has introduced the Constitution (Amendment) Bill
2022 to insert a new 'Article-3A' - Andhra Pradesh
 Who has won the final match of 'UEFA Super Cup 2022' - Real
Madrid (runners-up - Eintracht Frankfurt)
 According to the report released on August 12, 2022, who is on
top in terms of holding cryptocurrency - Ukraine
 According to the information, which leader will be honored with
France's 'highest civilian honor' - Shashi Tharoor
 Which state got its fifth elephant reserve in Agasthyamalai on
August 13, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Who has launched a new virtual space museum 'Spark' - ISRO
 Who has launched the SMILE-75 initiative on August 13, 2022 -
Ministry of Social Justice
 Who has become the first South Asian woman to win the Lisbon
Achievement Award on August 13, 2022 - Marina Tabassum
 On August 14, 2022, the central government has approved a
booster dose of the vaccine named Corbevax. Who made it -
Biological E Limited (Hyderabad, Telangana)
 Which state government has started 'Chief Minister Bal Ashirwad
Yojana' on August 14, 2022 - Madhya Pradesh
 In which state the Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill 2022
has been passed on August 14, 2022 - Himachal Pradesh
 Which bank has launched 'Utsav Fixed Deposit Scheme' - SBI
 Which country's research ship has been allowed by Sri Lanka to
dock at Hambantota port on August 15, 2022 - China
 Which country has handed over the Dornier maritime surveil-
lance aircraft to the Sri Lankan Navy on August 15, 2022 - India
 In which state the Village Defence Guard Scheme 2022 has been
implemented on August 15, 2022 - Jammu and Kashmir
 How many police personnel have been awarded Police Medals
on the occasion of Independence Day 2022 - 1082
 Who has been appointed as the CEO of NetGrid - Piyush Goyal
 Which Pakistani cricketer has been honored with the 'Sitara-e-
Imtiaz' award on August 16, 2022 - Babar Azam
 Who has started 'Operation Yatri Suraksha' on August 16 - RPF
 Where is the Durand Cup, Asia's oldest football tournament,
started on August 16, 2022 - Kolkata
 Who has become the first country to provide free sanitary prod-
ucts to all women - Scotland
 Which state's third airport has been named 'Donyi Polo Airport'
on August 16, 2022 - Arunachal Pradesh
 Which country's football federation has been suspended by FIFA
on August 16, 2022 - India
 Which country has become the first country to make a vaccine for
the Omicron variant - Britain
 Who has started 'Make India No 1' mission - Arvind Kejriwal
 Where was the 9th meeting of the India-Thailand Joint Commis-
sion held on August 17, 2022 - Bangkok (Thailand)
 Where is India's first 3D printed human cornea developed on
August 17, 2022 - Hyderabad
 Who has won the Best Actor title at the Indian Film Festival of
Melbourne (IFFM) Awards on August 17, 2022 - Ranveer Singh
 Which country's cricketer Kevin O'Brien has retired from inter-
national cricket on August 17, 2022 - Ireland
 Which state government has announced to give 2% reservation to
the players on August 17, 2022 - Karnataka
 Who has launched India's first friendship startup for senior
citizens on August 17, 2022 - Ratan Tata
 Asia's largest compressed biogas plant has started operation in -
Sangrur (Punjab)
 Which state has launched the school cleanliness education
program initiative on August 17, 2022 - Uttarakhand
 Which state government has started 'Mukhyamantri Anupriti
Coaching Scheme' on August 18, 2022 - Rajasthan
 Where was the 4th India-Philippines Strategic Dialogue held on
August 18, 2022 - Manila
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 Which state government has launched the 'Vidya Rath-School on
Wheels' project on August 18, 2022 - Assam
 Who has been appointed as the climate chief of United Nation -
Simon Steele (Former Minister of Granada)
 The house of which eminent member of the Indian freedom
struggle has received the 'Blue Plaque award' - Dadabhai Naoroji
 Who has been elected as the first representative of the Indian
community in Germany - Gurdeep Randhawa
 In which state 'Drug from the sky' has been successfully launched
by drone - Arunachal Pradesh
 Where did SBI open its first branch dedicated to startups on
August 18, 2022 - Bangalore
 On August 18, 2022, the Chief Minister of which state has
launched Amma and Vatsalya Yojana - Sikkim
 Where has the country's first electric double decker AC bus started
on August 19, 2022 - Mumbai
 Which state's tribal dominated 'Mandla' district has become the
first 'functionally literate' district of India - Madhya Pradesh
 Who has become the first Indian footballer to play UEFA Women's
Champions League on August 19, 2022 - Manisha Kalyan
 On August 19, 2022, HDFC Bank has opened a branch operated
by women employees only in - Kozhikode (Kerala)
 Which has become the first state to get 'Har Ghar Jal' certification
on August 19, 2022 - Goa
 Which bank has signed MoU with Food Corporation of India on
August 19, 2022 - Axis Bank
 Which state government has announced to give sports status to
Dahi Handi - Maharashtra
 Which state has become the first to use blockchain technology for
seed distribution, on August 20, 2022 - Jharkhand
 Where will the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2023 be organized -
Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
 Which state's first tribal novelist 'Narayan' passed away on
August 20, 2022 - Kerala
 According to the information, from which country India will buy
six TU-160 long-range bombers - Russia
 Which has become the second largest domestic airline of India on
August 20, 2022 - Vistara
 Which country has launched the anti-polio vaccination campaign
on August 20, 2022 - Pakistan
 Which female wrestler has won silver medal in World U-20
Championship 2022 on August 20, 2022 - Priya Malik
 Which organization has launched India's first portal named
'NIDAAN' on August 20, 2022 - NCB
 On August 20, the birth anniversary of which former Prime Min-
ister of India was celebrated as Sadbhavna Diwas - Rajiv Gandhi
 Which country has signed $750 billion climate change and health
care bill on August 21, 2022 - USA
 Who has introduced India's first Gold and Silver Fund on August
21, 2022 - Edelweiss Mutual Fund
 Which company has been awarded 'Asia's Best Employer Brand
Award' on 21st August, 2022 - NTPC
 On August 21, 2022, the Scottish Museum has signed an agree-
ment to return how many ancient artifacts to India - 7
 On August 21, 2022, Chandigarh International Airport has been
announced to be named after - Shaheed Bhagat Singh
 Which state's 'Mithila Makhana' has been given GI Tag - Bihar
 Where will the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference
2022 be held - Canada
 Who has been defeated by R. Pragyanand in the Crypto Cup on
August 22, 2022 - Magnus Carlsen
 In which state 'Mokshadham Yojana' has been started on 22nd
August, 2022 - Himachal Pradesh
 Who has been nominated by the Bill Gates Foundation to its
board of trustees on August 22, 2022 - Ashish Dhawan
 Which state government will develop India's first education town-
ship as on August 22, 2022 - Uttar Pradesh
 Where is India's first indigenously manufactured hydrogen fuel
cell bus launched on 22nd August 2022 - Pune
 On August 22, 2022, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has
unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in - Paragway
 With which country India has signed MoU for smooth move-
ment of seafarers on 23 August 2022 - Iran
 Which country's army has appointed Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga
as its internal Prime Minister on August 23, 2022 - Mali
 Which medal has been won by the Indian men's volleyball team in
the U-18 Championship on August 23, 2022 - Bronze
 Which dance has been nominated by India to be included in the
list of UNESCO - Garba
 Where has Silk Park Expo inaugurated on August 23 - New Delhi
 Who has won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Illustrated Reporting on
August 23, 2022 – Fahmida Azim (Bangladesh)
 Who has topped the International Astronomy and Astrophysics
Olympiad on August 23, 2022 - Iran
 Which country's President will be given 'Liberty Medal 2022'
- Ukraine
 Who has topped the U-20 Junior World Wrestling Champion-
ship 2022 - Japan
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 Where will India's first Night Safari be built - Lucknow
 On August 24, 2022, DRDO and Indian Navy successfully test-
fired the VL-SRSAM missile system in – Odisha
 On August 24, 2022, 'James Web Telescope' has captured new
pictures of which planet - Jupiter
 Where has PM Modi inaugurated 'Amrita Hospital' - Faridabad
 On August 24, NPCL has started its first biogas compressed
from cow dung project in – Sanchore (Jalore district Rajasthan)
 In which state, Prime Minister Modi has inaugurated Homi Bhabha
Cancer Hospital and Research Center on August 24, 2022 - Punjab
 Where has hydrogen-powered passenger train started - Germany
 Who has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of
Neurology on August 25, 2022 - N.V. Sundara
 Which country has the lowest fertility rate (0.81) - South Korea
 The longest freight train (3.5 km) was tested by Indian Railways
on August 25, 2022. What is its name - Super Vasuki
 Who has won the "UNESCO Peace Prize" for its efforts to
welcome refugees, on August 25, 2022 - Angela Merkel
 Where Anangtal has been declared a National Monument - Delhi
 Who will be given 'Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2022' for
novel 'Pramaya' in Hindi language - Bhagwant Anmol
 Who has been appointed as the Executive Director of India in
IMF on August 26, 2022 - K. Subramanian
 In which state the first case of a virus named 'tomato flu' has been
found - Kerala
 Where is India's 'first 3D Printed Post Office' being built
- Bangalore
 On August 27, 2022, who has become the youngest pilot to fly
alone in the whole world - Mac Rutherford
 By which time India has announced to achieve the target of
net-zero carbon emissions - 2070
 Where has the 15th Asia Cup cricket tournament started - UAE
 Who has become the first Indian to win the Lausanne Diamond
League 2022 on August 27, 2022 - Neeraj Chopra
 Which country has been hit by Tropical Cyclone Ma-on on
August 27, 2022 - Philippines
 Who was sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of the country on
August 27, 2022 - Uday Umesh Lalit (UU Lalit)
 Where was the 'Marbat Utsav' celebrated on August 28 - Nagpur
 Russia's nuclear power company Rosatom will start construc-
tion of two nuclear reactors in which country - Hungary
 Who has won the European Football Federation's Best Footballer
of the Year 2022 award on August 29, 2022 - Karim Benzema
and Alexia Putelas
 Which state has become the first state in India to launch the Shoe
and Leather Products Policy 2022 on August 29 – Tamil Nadu
 Where did the 13th edition of the joint exercise 'Vajra Prahar'
between India and the US concluded - Himachal Pradesh
 Who has taken over as the interim President of the Indian Olym-
pic Association on August 29, 2022 - Adil Sumariwala
 Which medal has been won by Indian judo player Linthoi
Channambam in 'Cadet World Championship' on August 30 - Gold
 Which state got second railway station after 100 years - Nagaland
 Who has become the highest run-scorer in T-20 - Rohit Sharma
 On August 30, 2022, NITI Aayog has announced to set up 500
Atal Tinkering Labs in – Jammu and Kashmir
 On August 30, 2022, Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi
dedicate the country's first earthquake memorial - Bhuj, Gujarat
 Who has been appointed as the new Director of National Insti-
tute of Immunology on August 31, 2022 - Debashish Mohanty
 In which city India's first 'Regional National Center for Disease
Control' has been announced on August 31 - Bhopal (MP)
 Who has become the most successful fast bowler of international
cricket on August 31, 2022 - James Anderson (England)
 Who became Miss Diva Universe 2022 - Divita Rai (Karnataka)
 In which state 'Shumang Leela Festival' was celebrated - Manipur
 Who has released the book 'Science Behind Surya Namaskar' on
August 31, 2022 - Shri Munjpara
 On August 31, the CM of which state has expanded the 'Vidyanidhi
Yojana' for the children of agricultural laborers - Karnataka
 Which country's largest warship 'HMS Prince of Wales' has been
damaged on August 31, 2022 - UK
 Who became the third richest person in the world - Gautam Adani
 Recently, where was the 'Nuakhai festival' celebrated - Odisha
 Who has been appointed as the DG of News Services Division
by All India Radio on September 1, 2022 - Vasudha Gupta
 Which country's cricketer 'Colin de Gandholm' has retired from
international cricket on September 1, 2022 - New Zealand
 Where is the first Homeopathy International Health Summit held
on September 1, 2022 - Dubai
 Where did Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav address
the G-20 Environment and Climate Ministerial meeting - Bali
 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
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 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
 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
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 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
 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
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compulsory sports period and 'No Bag Day' in schools - Bihar
 Which medal has Bajrang Punia won in the 2022 World Wrestling
Championship on September 19, 2022 - Bronze
 Who has won the 131st edition of the Durand Cup on 19th
September, 2022 - Bengaluru FC (Runner up - Mumbai
City FC)
 According to the information, which state government will increase
the reservation of scheduled castes from 6% to 10% - Telangana
 Who has been elected as new President of SIAM - Vinod Agarwal
 Which medal has been won by Devendra Jhanjhadia in the World
Para Athletics Grand Prix on September 19, 2022 - Silver medal
 Which state government has notified Nanjarayan tank as a bird
sanctuary on September 19, 2022 - Tamil Nadu
 Which country will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) in 2023 - India
 On September 20, 2022, 'CM Da Hesi' portal has been launched
for the grievances of common people in - Imphal (Manipur)
 In which state of Adani Green has started 325 MW wind power
project on September 20, 2022 - Madhya Pradesh
 Which Bangladesh cricketer has announced his retirement from
Test on September 20, 2022 - Rubal Hossain
 Which city of Uttar Pradesh has been declared as the 'First SCO
Tourism and Cultural Capital' on September 20, 2022 - Varanasi
 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
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 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
 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
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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
 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-
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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
 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 -
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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
 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
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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
 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
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 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
 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
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 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
 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
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 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
 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
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 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
 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
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 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)
 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
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 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
 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
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 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
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
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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
 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
 Who has become the first person to lose $ 200 billion in wealth on
January 2, 2023 - Elon Musk
 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
 According to the information, the unemployment rate in the
country has increased to what percent in December - 8.3%
 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
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 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.
 Which state government has started the caste survey on January
7, 2023 - Bihar
 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 the 'Odakkuzhal Award' on January 8,
2023 - 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
 According to the report, 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)
 Which day is celebrated on 12 January - National Youth Day
 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
 Who has been appointed as the head of global business in India
by Facebook parent company 'Meta' - Vikas Purohit
 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
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 Which day is celebrated on 15 January - Indian Army Day
 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 on January
15, 2023 - 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
 January 16, 2023 was celebrated as – National Startup Day
 Where Jallikattu ceremony started on January 16 - Tamil Nadu
 Who has been appointed Chief Economist by OECD – Claire
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 topped the list of richest actors released on January 17,
2023 - Jerry Seinfeld
 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 on January 20,
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 on January 20, 2023 -
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
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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 the rank of India in 'Global Fire Power Index 2023' released
on January 22, 2023 - Fourth
 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
 How many people have been announced for Padma Awards 2023
on the eve of 74th Republic Day on January 25, 2023 - 106 people
(6-Padma Vibhushan, 9-Padma Bhushan, 91-Padma Shri)
 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 has become the number-1 bowler in ODI cricket on January
26, 2023 - Mohammad Siraj
 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)
 Which Indo-American has been appointed in the rank of Brigadier
General in the US Air Force on January 30, 2023 - Raja J Chari
 Joint exercise 'Veer Guardian 2023' between India and which
country was concluded on January 30, 2023 - Japan
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 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
 On January 31, 2023 the Chief Minister of which state has
announced the '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
 Who has been named as the partner country for 'BioAsia 2023' on
January 31, 2023 - UK
 Which organization has celebrated its 47th Foundation Day on
February 1, 2023 - Indian Coast Guard
 Who has written a new book titled 'The Poverty of Political
Economy' on February 1, 2023 - Meghnad Desai
 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
 Who has been declared as the new capital of Andhra Pradesh on
February 1, 2023 – Visakhapatnam
 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
 Who has been appointed as the Country Head for India by Morgan
Stanley on February 2, 2023 – Arun Kohli
 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
 According to the RBI report on February 2, 2023, which state
has received the maximum GST - Maharashtra
 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)
 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 made 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
 Where has '36th Surajkund International Crafts Mela' started on
February 5, 2023 - Faridabad (Haryana)
 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
 On February 7, 2023, Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav has
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started 'Save Wetland Campaign' in - Goa
 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 planet with the most satellites - Jupiter (92)
 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 on February
9, 2023 - Gulmarg (Jammu and Kashmir)
 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 the Kenya Ladies Open title 2023 -
Aditi Ashok
 What is the rank of India in the 'Global Quality Infrastructure
Index 2021' - 10th (Top position - Germany)
 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
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 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 second most polluted city in the world on
February 16, 2023 - Mumbai
 Who has been awarded the Kakkattil Award of Kerala on February
16, 2023 - Subhash Chandran
 Which country has been elected as the President of the 62nd
session of the United Nations Social Development Commission
on February 17, 2023 - India
 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 17, 2023, the joint training exercise 'Dharma Guardian'
between India and which country has started - Japan
 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
 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
 Where has the Indo-Uzbekistan training exercise 'Dustlik' started
– Uttarakhand
 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 appointed as the new CEO of NITI Aayog on
February 20, 2023 - B.V.R. Subramaniam
 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 the 2023 Ranji Trophy title on February 21, 2023
- Saurashtra (defeating Bengal by 9 wickets)
 La Ganesan has been sworn in as the 21st Governor of which
state on February 22, 2023 – Nagaland
 Who has become the child rights ambassador of UNICEF India
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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
 Who has won the 'Argentina Open title' - Carlos Alcaraz
 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 on February 27, 2023 - 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 Qatar Open Tennis 2023 - Daniil Medvedev
 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)
 On March 2, 2023, the Indian Air Force participated in the 'Shinyu
Friendship Exercise' in which country - Japan
 Which state will establish India's first government 'Mother Milk
Bank' - Uttarakhand
 Where has the fourth edition of 'National Youth Parliament
Festival' started on March 2, 2023 - New Delhi
 Where was the '7th International Dharma-Dhamma Conference'
organized - Bhopal
 Who became the coach of Indian men's hockey team - Craig Fulton
 Who has launched NASA's Crew-6 mission on March 3 - JAXA
 'Vo Van Thuong' has become the new President of which country
- Vietnam
 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
 Which day is celebrated on 4th March – National Security Day
 Where did Anurag Thakur start the 'Yuva Utsav' - IIT Ropar
 On March 4, 2023, iPhone maker Foxconn will invest one billion
dollars in which state - Karnataka
 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
 On March 5, 2023, in 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
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 India and which country's forces will participate in a joint military
exercise 'Frinjex-23' - France
 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' mission to promote
digital payments on March 7, 2023 - 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 been appointed as the world's first 'hand ambassador' by
Savlon India for its Swasth Bharat Mission - Sachin Tendulkar
 Who has become the world number one tennis player in the ATP
rankings released on March 7, 2023 – Novak Djokovic
 Who has won the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix – Max Verstappen
 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
 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 recently erupted -
Indonesia
 Where was Asia's largest Tulip Garden opened - Jammu and
Kashmir
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 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
 Which day was celebrated on March 15 - Consumer Rights Day
 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
 Who was given the 'Governor of the Year 2023' award -
Shaktikanta Das
 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 be given the '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)
 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
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 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
 March 24 was celebrated as which day-World Tuberculosis Day
 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
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
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 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
 Who has been appointed as the CEO of Hero MotoCorp on April
1, 2023 - Niranjan Gupta
 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)
 Who has won the Delhi International Open Chess title on April 2,
2023 - Arvind Chitambaram
 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
 Who has been appointed as the new Executive Director of RBI on
April 3, 2023 - Neeraj Nigam
 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
 On April 4, 2023, which state's world famous 'Basohli Painting'
has got the GI tag - Jammu and 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
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 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
 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
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 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
 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
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 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
 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
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 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
 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
 Who has won the 'Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2023' on May 1, 2023
- Sergio Perez
 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
 As per the information of May 2, 2023, who is going to get
BAFTA Fellowship in London - Meera Syal
 Who has won the 'Leipzig Book Prize 2023' on May 2, 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 the World Snooker Championship title on May 3,
2023 – Luca Brecel
 Who has topped the 'World Press Freedom Index' released on
May 3, 2023 - Norway
 Who has won the "ACC Men's Premier Cup" on May 3, 2023 -
Nepal
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 '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 on May
5, 2023 - Russia
 Who has become the fastest player to score 5000 runs in ODI
cricket on May 6, 2023 – Babar Azam
 Which country has adopted the 'Basic Plan on Ocean Policy' on
May 6, 2023 - 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 on
May 8, 2023 - 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
 On May 10, 2023, Fitch Ratings has predicted India's GDP growth
rate at what percent in 2023-24 - 6%
 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
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 CM of which state has been given the Bharat Ratna Dr. Ambedkar
Award - Uttar Pradesh (Yogi Adityanath)
 Rajeev Luthra passed away on May 12, 2023. Who were they -
Lawyers
 Who inaugurated the exhibition 'Buddha Sharanam Gachhami' on
May 12, 2023 - Meenakshi Lekhi
 Where has the five-day 'Monlam Chenmo' festival started on
May 12, 2023 - Leh
 Which day was celebrated on May 13, 2023 - World Migratory
Bird Day
 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)
 On May 13, 2023, which actor has been included in the 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
 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
 May 15, 2023 was celebrated as which day - International Day
of Families
 Who has become the 82nd Grandmaster of India on May 15,
2023 - 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 the new director of CBI on May 15,
2023 - 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 on May 19, 2023
- Anjum Moudgil
 For which country affected by the cyclone on May 19, 2023,
India has started 'Operation Karuna' - Myanmar
 According to the information of May 19, 2023, 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
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 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 on May
21, 2023 - 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
 May 22, 2023 was celebrated as which day – International
Biodiversity Day
 Which country has won the record 13th Sudirman Cup title on
May 22, 2023 - China
 In which country 2025 will be celebrated as special tourism year
- Nepal
 Who has won the Italian Open 2023 on May 22 - 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 on May 22, 2023 - Rohit Sharma
 By when the government has set a target of increasing the network
of highways to 2 lakh km - 2025
 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' on May 24,
2023 - 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
 Where has the third edition of 'Khelo India University Games'
started on May 24, 2023 - Uttar Pradesh
 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 on May 26, 2023 -
Uttar Pradesh
 Where is the 'Bhoto Jatra festival' celebrated on May 26, 2023 -
Nepal
 Who has achieved 100% coverage of PMJDY on May 26, 2023 -
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 on May 27,
2023 - 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 in the news? -
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
the Bandra Versova sea bridge be named - V.D. Savarkar
 Who has won the Best Actor Award at IIFA Awards 2023 on
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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
 Who has become the second country to impose health warnings
on alcohol on May 29, 2023 - Iceland
 Who has received the 57th Jnanpith Award on May 29, 2023 -
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, 2023 -
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
on May 30, 2023 - Head Constable Shishupal Singh and
Sanwala Ram Vishnoi
 Who has been sworn in as the President of Nigeria on May 30,
2023 – Bola Tinubu
 Who has won the CAVA Women's Challenge title on May 30,
2023 - India
 Who has been appointed as India's representative in the
International Civil Aviation Organization on May 30, 2023 -
Angshumali Rastogi
 In which state 'Devi Lok Mahotsav' has started on May 30, 2023
– Madhya Pradesh
 According to the SBI report released on May 30, 2023, 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
 According to the information of May 31, 2023, 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
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Dhan Yojana? 18. With the aim of spreading awareness about which disease, a
(A) Telangana (B) Rajasthan National Day is celebrated across the country on 16th May every
(C) Maharashtra (D) Uttar Pradesh year?
8. Which country has launched 'Typhoon', a short-range ballistic (A) Chikungunya (B) Dengue
missile? (C) Malaria (D) Zika virus
(A) Pakistan (B) Iran 19. Which Indian state has celebrated its foundation day on 16 May
(C) Brazil (D) Türkiye 2023?
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(A) Geneva, Switzerland (B) Banka, India (C) Sikkim (D) Manipur
(C) New York, America (D) None of these 20. Recently, who has been appointed as the new CEO of micro-
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fashion brand Gucci? (C) Ranveer Singh (D) Anil Kapoor
(A) Anushka Sharma (B) Harmanpreet Kaur 34. Who has been made the 'First Village of India' by the Border
(C) Sania Mirza (D) Alia Bhatt Roads Organization (BRO)?
23. Which female player has recently won the ICC Player of the (A) Gokrana (Karnataka) (B) Almora (Uttarakhand)
Month award for April-2023? (C) Mana (Uttarakhand) (D) Khonoma (Nagaland)
(A) Shafali Verma (India) (B) Narumol Chaiwai (Thailand) 35. In which state India's first water metro service has been
(C) Babar Azam (Pakistan) (D) Bismah Maroof (Pakistan) inaugurated?
24. Which male player has recently won the ICC Player of the Month (A) Kerala (B) Bihar
award for April-2023? (C) Sikkim (D) Assam
(A) Joe Root (England) (B) Suryakumar Yadav (India) 36. Which state has recently become the first state in the country to
(C) Travis Head (Australia) (D) Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan) approve the State Good Governance Regulation?
25. Which male sportsperson has recently won the 'Laureus World (A) West Bengal (B) Bihar
Sportsman of the Year' award for the year 2023? (C) Maharashtra (D) Uttar Pradesh
(A) Carlos Alcaraz (B) Lionel Messi 37. Which country has won the Sudirman Cup 2023 title for a record
(C) Lewis Hamilton (D) Max Verstappen 13th time?
26. Recently the winners of Pulitzer Prize 2023 have been announced. (A) India (B) Japan
In which field are these awards given? (C) UAE (D) China
(A) Physics (B) Medicine 38. Which press has won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize 2023 for
(C) Journalism (D) Peace 'International Reporting' of Russia-Ukraine War?
27. Recently, Shabnim Ismail, a female player belonging to which (A) The Washington Post (B) New York Times
country, has retired from international cricket? (C) The Hindu (D) BBC India
(A) Bangladesh (B) Pakistan 39. Where was the Petersberg Climate Dialogue 2023 held on climate
(C) South Africa (D) Australia change from May 1 to 2, 2023?
28. What is the rank of India among 180 countries in the recently (A) Rajgir, India (B) Beijing, China
released World Press Freedom Index 2023? (C) Bali, Indonesia (D) Berlin, Germany
(A) 160th (B) 161st 40. Which star player of India has won the title of Doha Diamond
(C) 163rd (D) 169th League 2023?
29. Recently who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of (A) Neeraj Chopra (B) Arjun Sehrawat
Bank of India in place of Atan Kumar Das? (C) Aman Dubey (D) Vedant Madhavan
(A) Rajesh Choksi (B) Rajneesh Karnataka 41. Which has become the first Indian state to provide free air travel
(C) Mahavir Vaishnav (D) Rajendra Chowdhary to pilgrims?
30. The foundation day of which two states is celebrated every year (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Rajasthan
on 1st May? (C) Uttarakhand (D) Karnataka
(A) Rajasthan and Gujarat 42. Who has recently been declared as the kit sponsor of the Indian
(B) Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh Cricket Team by the ICC?
(C) Punjab and Haryana (A) Nike (B) Adidas
(D) Maharashtra and Gujarat (C) Rebook (D) Shivnaresh
31. Who has become the first world chess champion player of China? 43. In which state of India, the largest 'Skywalk bridge' has been
(A) Zhang Suis (B) Hao Su inaugurated recently?
(C) Ding Liren (D) Lit Era (A) Bihar (B) Jharkhand
32. Who has become the new President of the Cycling Federation of (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Uttarakhand
India (CFI)? 44. At which place the 125 feet tall statue of 'Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar'
(A) Naveen Jindal (B) Swaroop Verma has been unveiled on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake?
(C) Pankaj Singh (D) Ajay Devgoda (A) Pune (B) Hyderabad
33. Who has won the Best Actor Award at Filmfare Awards 2023? (C) Indore (D) Mumbai

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45. In which state is the famous 'Tulja Bhavani Temple' located? 57. Which port has recently been conferred with the 'Sagar Shrestha
(A) West Bengal (B) Maharashtra Samman' award by Sarbananda Sonowal for best performance?
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Karnataka (A) Cochin Port (B) Kandla Port
46. The Reserve Bank of India has announced the return of how (C) Mangalore port (D) Mumbai port
many rupee notes? 58. Which country has recently become the 7th country in the world
(A) Rs.100 (B) Rs.500 to legalize euthanasia?
(C) Rs 2000 (D) Rs 200 (A) New Zealand (B) Netherlands
47. The Gujarat Corps of the Indian Army recently conducted a joint (C) Portugal (D) Belgium
flood relief exercise named 'Jal Rahat' in which state?
59. According to the survey of the Ministry of Commerce, which
(A) Assam (B) Karnataka
country has recently become the third largest exporter of India?
(C) Goa (D) Haryana
(A) China (B) Netherlands
48. Which country's highest honor 'Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur'
(C) Bhutan (D) Kenya
has been conferred to Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekhar?
60. Vuppala Praneeth has recently become the 82nd Grandmaster of
(A) Australia (B) South Korea
India. To which state does he belong?
(C) Russia (D) France
(A) West Bengal (B) Tamil Nadu
49. Where did the Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurate
(C) Odisha (D) Telangana
the first Heritage Center of the Indian Air Force on May 8, 2023?
(A) Chandigarh (B) Ladakh 61. Which country has recently confirmed the first polio death in the

(C) Jammu and Kashmir (D) Lakshadweep year 2023?

50. One of the oldest landing ships of the Indian Navy has been (A) India (B) Pakistan
decommissioned after 36 years of service. What is the name of (C) Bangladesh (D) Afghanistan
this ship? 62. Which state has recently won the 13th Hockey India Sub-Junior
(A) INS Magar (B) INS Kalvari Women's National Championship?
(C) INS Vikrant (D) INS Vikramaditya (A) Haryana (B) Jharkhand
51. Which state government has launched the 'Chief Minister Kaushal (C) Odisha (D) Uttar Pradesh
Unnayan Rozgar Yojana'? 63. Recently who has become the chairman of the Union Public
(A) Jharkhand (B) Assam Service Commission?
(C) Odisha (D) Uttarakhand (A) Ganesh Thakur (B) Manoj Soni
52. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the (C) Manjit Thakral (D) Rakesh Bhadauria
COVID-19 global health emergency. Can you tell which date is
64. With which state is the 'Him Data Portal' launched for digital
this?
services?
(A) May 5, 2023 (B) May 6, 2023
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) May 7, 2023 (D) May 8, 2023
(C) Sikkim (D) Uttarakhand
53. Which state/UT has been ranked as the most 'innovative' state in
65. Recently between which two countries the fourth edition of joint
the recent National Manufacturing Innovation Survey?
exercise 'Samudra Shakti' has been organized?
(A) Delhi (B) Karnataka
(A) India and Indonesia (B) India and Bangladesh
(C) Maharashtra (D) Goa
54. Who has recently taken over as the 17th 'Commander in Chief'? (C) India and Pakistan (D) India and Australia

(A) Saju Balakrishnan (B) L. Ganesan 66. Which state government has launched 'Geetha Karmikula Bima
(C) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (D) S.P. Bala Subramaniam Yojana'?
55. Recently who has been elected as the president of 'All India (A) Odisha (B) Rajasthan
Theater Council'? (C) Haryana (D) Telangana
(A) Dilip Singh (B) Rakesh Nishad 67. 62 new satellites of Saturn, the second largest planet of the solar
(C) Prashant Damle (D) Ramprasad Dubey system, have been discovered recently. Now how many satellites
56. Where has a new species of flying lizard been found recently? do Saturn have in total?
(A) Assam (B) Mizoram (A) 97 satellites (B) 111 satellites
(C) Rajasthan (D) Meghalaya (C) 89 satellites (D) 145 satellites

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68. According to a recent report, tourists from which country have 79. 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
(C) Saudi Arabia (D) Afghanistan 80. Which institute of technology has partnered with DRDO to
69. After Jammu and Kashmir, in which state India's largest lithium develop technology for underwater communication?
reserves have been found? (A) IIT, Delhi (B) IIT, Kharagpur
(A) Bihar (B) Jharkhand (C) IIT, Roorkee (D) IIT, Madras
(C) Rajasthan (D) Uttarakhand 81. In which city police has recently launched 'Stay in your lane'
70. President Draupadi Murmu honored how many people with Kirti campaign?
Chakra at the Defence Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati (A) Mumbai (B) Cape Town
Bhavan on May 9, 2023? (C) Sharjah (D) Islamabad
(A) 8 (B) 12 82. Where was the three-day 'International Museum Expo 2023' held
from 18-20 May 2023?
(C) 26 (D) 37
(A) New Delhi (B) Rajgir
71. After how many years India has won a medal (Gold) in men's
(C) Thiruvananthapuram (D) Coimbatore
doubles in the Asian Badminton Championship 2023?
83. Who was the first Muslim woman to do Post Graduate (PG) in
(A) 23 years (B) 35 years
Malayalam language, who passed away recently?
(C) 58 years (D) 87 years
(A) Nabeesa Ummal (B) Aafia Naaz
72. India has started operating 'Sitwe Port' in which country?
(C) Alia Naaz (D) Musarrat Praveen
(A) Bhutan (B) Bangladesh
84. At what position, did India win 14 medals in the Asia Cup Stage-
(C) Myanmar (D) Afghanistan
II Archery World Ranking Tournament held in Tashkent?
73. Which has become the first state to make 'Digital Health Card' for
(A) first (B) second
children?
(C) fifth (D) last
(A) Karnataka (B) Odisha
85. Film 'Love in the Nineties' is the first film made on the Tagin
(C) Kerala (D) Uttar Pradesh
community. To which state does it belong?
74. With whom is 'Project Sanjay' in the news related? (A) Assam (B) Mizoram
(A) ISRO (B) Indian Railways (C) Meghalaya (D) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Indian Army (D) Bihar Police 86. Which American of Indian origin has recently been appointed as
75. On 6 May 2023, the first 'Border Haat' was inaugurated in the Domestic Policy Adviser in the US?
Bholaganj between India and which country? (A) Ajay Banga (B) Rita Devi
(A) China (B) Nepal (C) Neera Tandon (D) Lovely Lovelesh
(C) Pakistan (D) Bangladesh 87. Fitch Ratings has estimated India's GDP growth rate to be what
76. Which day was celebrated on May 15, 2023 with the theme percent in the financial year 2023-24?
'Family and Demographic Change'? (A) 6.0% (B) 7.8 %
(A) International Population Day (C) 4.9% (D) 8.2%
(B) International Family Day 88. By whom has a campaign named 'Poshan Bhi Padhi Bhi' been
(C) International Planning Day launched recently?
(D) International Suspension Day (A) Narendra Modi (B) Nitish Kumar
77. Which Indian-American has recently been appointed as the US (C) Smriti Irani (D) Piyush Goyal
envoy for women's issues? 89. Which edition of the 'Ocean Conference' was held in Dhaka,
(A) Neena Gupta (B) Geeta Rao Gupta Bangladesh on May 12-13, 2023?
(C) Shaili Singh (D) Seema Thakur (A) fifth (B) sixth
78. Which country's former all-rounder player Grant Bradburn has (C) twelfth (D) third
recently been appointed as the new coach of the Pakistan cricket 90. Which has become the first state in India to implement the 'right
team? to walk'?
(A) England (B) Australia (A) Karnataka (B) Goa
(C) New Zealand (D) South Africa (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Punjab

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91. Which state police is running a special campaign called 'Operation 103. Where is the world's largest cyber defence exercise 'Locked Shield
Maryada' to maintain cleanliness at tourist places? 2023' organized by NATO?
(A) Bihar (B) Kerala (A) Beijing (China) (B) Tallinn (Estonia)
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand (C) Samarkand (Uzbekistan) (D) Birmingham (England)
92. In which country is 'Fuego' volcano which was in news recently? 104. Prakash Singh Badal has passed away recently. To which political
(A) Tanzania (B) Guatemala party did he belong?
(C) Belarus (D) Cambodia (A) Indian National Congress (B) Shiromani Akali Dal
93. Which woman journalist imprisoned in Iran has been awarded the (C) Bharatiya Janata Party (D) Communist Party of India
UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize 2023? 105. Which countries participated in the Cope India-2023 air exercise
(A) Niloufar Hamidi (B) Elaheh Mohammadi recently?
(C) Nargis Mohammadi (D) All of the above (A) India and Russia (B) India and Japan
94. Which country has given this name to the cyclonic storm 'Mocha' (C) India and America (D) India and Vietnam
in the Bay of Bengal? 106. Which country has honored Ratan Tata with its highest civilian
(A) Pakistan (B) Bangladesh honour?
(C) Myanmar (D) Yemen (A) France (B) Japan
95. Antonio Carbajal has passed away recently. He was related to (C) Australia (D) Singapore
which of the following?
107. By what name will the first village of India be known?
(A) Volleyball (B) Football
(A) Bancha (Madhya Pradesh) (B) Mana (Uttarakhand)
(C) Polo (D) Archery
(C) Mandhera (Gujarat) (D) Kublangi (Kerala)
96. Which company has recently replaced 'Bharat Pay' as the global
108. What is the rank of India in the World Bank's 'Logistic Performance
sponsor of ICC?
Index-2023'?
(A) Master Card (B) Bata
(A) 35th (B) 38th
(C) Lenscort (D) Fevicol
(C) 43rd (D) 46th
97. On the occasion of National Technology Day, Prime Minister
109. With which theme 'World Earth Day' was celebrated on 22 April?
Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and inaugurated scientific
(A) invest in our planet
projects worth how many crores on May 11, 2023?
(B) our life, our planet
(A) 3470 crore (B) 4430 crore
(C) protecting the earth, protecting us
(C) 5800 crore (D) 6700 crore
(D) one earth, one life
98. Which state government has inaugurated the 'Sea Harrier Museum'?
110. Recently, the famous writer 'Tarikh Fateh' belonging to which
(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Odisha
country has passed away at the age of 73?
(C) Tripura (D) Nagaland
(A) Pakistan (B) Afghanistan
99. Who has been honored with the Bharat Ratna Dr. Ambedkar
Award 2023? (C) Bangladesh (D) Syria
(A) Narendra Modi (B) Yogi Adityanath 111. When is the National Panchayati Raj Day celebrated every year?
(C) M.K. Stalin (D) Nitish Kumar (A) 23rd April (B) 24th April
100. Who has become the first athlete to win both the Laureus World (C) 20th April (D) 25th April
Sportsman of the Year Award and the World Team of the Year 112. Who has become the fastest Indian to score 7000 runs in T20
Award? cricket?
(A) Lionel Messi (Argentina) (B) Kylian Mbappé (France) (A) Virat Kohli (B) Suryakumar Yadav
(C) Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) (D) Sunil Chhetri (India) (C) Rohit Sharma (D) K. L. Rahul
101. According to the recently released SIPRI report, which country 113. The Government of India has launched 'Operation Kaveri' to
has topped the global military expenditure? bring back about 500 Indians stranded in which war-torn country?
(A) Russia (B) America (A) Malaysia (B) Sudan
(C) India (D) China (C) Tanzania (D) Uganda
102. Who won the prestigious Hero Super Cup 2023 of football? 114. Who has topped the list of 10 richest cities in the world?
(A) Odisha FC (B) Bengaluru FC (A) New York (B) Vienna
(C) West Bengal (D) Tamil Nadu (C) London (D) Lahore

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115. Which cricketer has been appointed by Star Sports as its 'Believe 127. Which great man's birth anniversary is celebrated on 14th April
Ambassador'? all over India?
(A) Virat Kohli (B) Tishabh Pant (A) Mangal Pandey (B) Chandrashekhar Azad
(C) Rohit Sharma (D) Mithali Raj (C) Bhikaji Cama (D) Bhimrao Ambedkar
116. Which has become the first state in the country to adopt 'Water 128. Who was honored with the 'Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award
Budget' recently? 2023'?
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Odisha (A) Narendra Modi (B) Asha Parekh
(C) Sikkim (D) Kerala (C) Asha Bhosle (D) Shreya Ghoshal
117. Which state has started 'One Panchayat, One Playground' 129. Which male cricketer has been awarded the ICC Player of the
scheme? Month for March-2023?
(A) Bihar (B) Kerala (A) Steven Smith (Australia)
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Uttar Pradesh (B) Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
118. At which ground will the final match of IPL 2023 be played? (C) Somya Sarkar (Bangladesh)
(A) Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (D) Enrich Norkia (South Africa)
(B) Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata 130. In which city India's first 3D printed post office will be opened?
(C) Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad (A) Jaipur (B) Hyderabad
(D) Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur (C) Bangalore (D) Thiruvananthapuram
119. Which Indian Institute of Technology will soon set up its first 131. Which country has recently launched its first 'Operational Earth
international campus in the African country of Tanzania? Observation Satellite 'Taifa-1'?
(A) IIT Madras (B) IIT Kharagpur (A) Bhutan (B) Kenya
(C) IIT Mumbai (D) IIT Roorkee (C) Nepal (D) Pakistan
120. Who has become the new chairman of National Technical Research 132. Where will the world's first Asian Vulture Conservation Center
Organization (NTRO)? be set up?
(A) Arun Sinha (B) Vimal Singh (A) Karnataka (B) Uttarakhand
(C) Vikrant Das (D) Raju Vashisht (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Uttar Pradesh
121. Who has become the first woman officer of the Indian Air Force 133. Recently the launch of the world's largest and most powerful
to receive a gallantry award? rocket 'Starship' failed. Who launched it?
(A) Neelam Shah (B) Deepika Mishra (A) ISRO (B) European Space Agency
(C) Vimla Singh (D) Rajni Rajput (C) NASA (D) SpaceX
122. In which state assembly was the 'Factory Amendment Act 2023' 134. Recently who has been honored with 'Pravasi Bhartiya Samman'?
passed recently? (A) Raj Subramaniam (B) Taranjit Singh Sandhu
(A) Karnataka (B) Bihar (C) Mahima Bharadwaj (D) Kishan Bharadwaj
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Maharashtra 135. Which ministry has launched 'Saathi' portal and mobile app?
123. Who has topped the 'Global Unicorn Index 2023' released by (A) Ministry of Education (B) Ministry of External Affairs
Hurun? (C) Ministry of Agriculture (D) Ministry of Home Affairs
(A) India (B) China 136. The Indian Army has tied up with which university to impart
(C) Japan (D) America Chinese language training to military personnel?
124. Which beauty has won the Femina Miss India 2023 crown (A) Delhi University (B) Tezpur University, Assam
recently? (C) Mumbai University (D) Banaras Hindu University
(A) Neena Rao (B) Asmita Shukla 137. What is the name of India's first semi-high-speed regional train
(C) Deepti Haritwal (D) Nandini Gupta renamed?
125. Which state celebrated its 75th foundation day on April 15, 2023? (A) NIPPOX (B) RAPIDX
(A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Himachal Pradesh (C) MOXEX (D) WOKEX
(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu 138. Which state government has recently passed a bill to ban online
126. Who has become the fastest bowler to take 100 wickets in IPL? gambling?
(A) Kagiso Rabada (B) Pete Cummins (A) Kerala (B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Mitchell Starc (D) Andre Russell (C) Haryana (D) Rajasthan

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139. In the Asian Wrestling Championship 2023 held in Astana, 151. According to a recently released report, which state has topped
Kazakhstan, India finished seventh rank with how many medals in the implementation of 'Fasal Bima Yojana'?
in total? (A) Assam (B) Bihar
(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Karnataka
(C) 14 (D) 15 152. Who has become the 31st member country of NATO?
140. With which theme was World Health Day celebrated on 7th April? (A) Ukraine (B) Sweden
(A) Health is most (B) Health for all (C) Iraq (D) Finland
(C) Health is important (D) Let's have good health 153. Who became the first female umpire to officiate in men's T-20I
141. How many US dollars has been announced by the US as the 36th cricket?
security package for Ukraine? (A) Jacqueline Williams (B) Kim Cotton
(A) $200 million (B) $325 million (C) Claire Polosak (D) Kathy Kross
(C) $475 million (D) $500 million 154. Where has the Election Commission started 'Vote from Home' for
142. How many crore rupees have been sanctioned under the 'National the first time?
Quantum Mission'? (A) Karnataka (B) Bihar
(A) 1000 crores (B) 3000 crores (C) Jharkhand (D) Kerala
(C) 6000 crore (D) 8000 crore 155. When was the Foundation Day of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
143. Who is the first Indian woman cricketer to be elected 'Wisden celebrated?
Cricketers of the Year'? (A) on 1st April (B) on 2nd April
(A) Jhulan Goswami (B) Mithali Raj (C) on 30th March (D) on 31st March
(C) Harmanpreet Kaur (D) Poonam Yadav 156. According to the recently released United Nations World
144. Projects worth how many crores have been approved under the Population Report, what has been the population of India?
National Mission for Clean Ganga? (A) 140.86 Crore (B) 142.86 Crore
(A) 538 crore (B) 638 crore (C) 142.57 Crore (D) 141.86 Crore
(C) 700 crore (D) 1000 crore 157. What is 'ilsa' who was in news from Australia recently?
145. Which Union Minister has launched the 'Youth Portal' in New Delhi? (A) Active volcano (B) Space mission
(A) Aye Jaishankar (B) Piyush Goyal (C) Cyclonic storm (D) none of these
(C) Smriti Irani (D) Dr. Jitendra Singh 158. Which transgender has been made Bihar State Election State Icon?
146. In which city did the Apple company launch its first store? (A) Monika Das (B) Sonia Singh
(A) Bangalore (B) New Delhi (C) Rakul Dubey (D) Shivanya Kumari
(C) Kolkata (D) Mumbai 159. Which automobile company has recently launched the online retail
147. In which district of Uttar Pradesh Prime Minister Narendra Modi sales platform 'Wheels on Web'?
has inaugurated 'PM Mitra Park'? (A) Toyota (B) Tata Motors
(A) Hardoi (B) Lucknow (C) Mahindra (D) Hyundai
(C) Both the above are correct (D) None of these 160. Who has become the first Indian to score a century in IPL 2023?
148. Which union minister has launched the 'Sangathan Se Samriddhi' (A) Shikhar Dhawan (B) Rituraj Gaikwad
campaign? (C) Venkatesh Iyer (D) Shubman Gill
(A) Smriti Irani (B) Giriraj Singh 161. Where was the 100th meeting of the G-20 Working Group held
(C) Piyush Goyal (D) R.K. Singh under the chairmanship of India?
149. In which city did the meeting of the G-20 Digital Economy (A) New Delhi (B) Varanasi
Working Group take place? (C) Jaipur (D) Prayagraj
(A) Hyderabad (B) Guwahati 162. Which country has closed its last three nuclear reactors?
(C) Varanasi (D) Jaipur (A) Russia (B) Germany
150. Which state has become the first to prepare a DNA database for (C) France (D) China
identification of unidentified dead bodies? 163. Which country has become India's largest trading partner?
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Bihar (A) China (B) USA
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Gujarat (C) UK (D) Australia

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164. Recently which state's Cumbum grapes have been given GI tag? (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Assam 176. Who has become the fastest batsman to score 6000 runs in IPL?
(C) Jammu and Kashmir (D) Uttarakhand (A) Virat Kohli (B) David Warner
165. In which city was the trial of the underwater metro train done for (C) Rohit Sharma (D) K.L. Rahul
the first time? 177. Which Indian-American mathematician has been awarded the 2023
(A) Chennai (B) Kolkata International Prize in Statistics?
(C) Mumbai (D) Cuttack (A) P.C. Mahalanobis (B) C. Radhakrishna Rao
166. How many medals did India win in the Women's Asian Wrestling (C) Harish Chandra (D) D.R. Kaprekar
Championship 2023? 178. According to the 'Freedom in the World Index 2023' released by
(A) 4 (B) 5 the Global Watchdog, which country has got the status of the
(C) 6 (D) 7 least free country in the world?
167. Which company has recently been given the status of Miniratna (A) Bhutan (B) Tibet
Category-I? (C) Myanmar (D) Pakistan
(A) RailTel Corporation 179. Recently President Draupadi Murmu has launched the
(B) Solar Energy Corporation of India 'BHOROXA' app. What is it related to?
(C) IRCTC (A) Rail Passenger Safety (B) Women Safety
(D) Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (C) Cyber security (D) None of these
168. Indian Navy has tied up with whom to develop Secure Maritime 180. Which state has recently declared the birth anniversary of Mahatma
Communication? Jyotiba Phule as a public holiday?
(A) Tata Telecommunication (B) Raman Research Institute (A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Haryana
(C) DRDO (D) C DAC (C) Assam (D) Rajasthan
169. Which state government has given OBC status to the transgender 181. In which country did External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar
community? launch the 'Tulsi Ghat Restoration Project' recently?
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh (A) Uganda (B) Mozambique
(C) Bihar (D) Assam (C) Belarus (D) Canada
170. Which country has launched an initiative to license crypto firms? 182. Which Indian has recently been chosen as the winner of the Time
(A) Morocco (B) Cuba 100 poll?
(C) El Salvador (D) Argentina (A) Virat Kohli (B) Ranveer Singh
171. Which state government has recently launched 'A-Help' program (C) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (D) Shahrukh Khan
for the purpose of animal protection? 183. Who has topped the FIFA World Ranking 2023?
(A) Uttarakhand (B) Bihar (A) India (B) Sweden
(C) Jharkhand (D) West Bengal (C) Japan (D) Argentina
172. According to the report, the number of tigers in the country has 184. Which product of Varanasi has been given GI tag?
increased to how much? (A) Banarasi Paan (B) Banarasi Langda Mango
(A) 2032 (B) 2167 (C) Both A and B are correct (D) None of these
(C) 3167 (D) 4167 185. Which Indian space start-up successfully tested a 3D-printed
173. Which political party has got the status of National Party cryogenic engine?
recently? (A) Dhruv Space (B) Skyroot Aerospace
(A) Samajwadi Party (B) Aam Aadmi Party (C) Astrom Technologies (D) Vesta Space Technology
(C) Rashtriya Janata Dal (D) Bharatiya Janata Party 186. Recently, which woman weightlifter has been banned for four
174. Who has become the fastest Indian to take 100 wickets in IPL? years for failing a dope test?
(A) Harshat Patel (B) Avesh Khan (A) Sanjita Chanu (B) Renu Bala Chanu
(C) Deepak Chahar (D) Bhuvneshwar Kumar (C) Sakina Khatoon (D) Kavita Devi
175. Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently launched the 'Vibrant 187. Which state has topped the India Justice Report-2022?
Village Program' in which state? (A) Karnataka (B) Uttar Pradesh
(A) Sikkim (B) Arunachal Pradesh (C) Maharashtra (D) Tamil Nadu

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188. Which has been recognized as 'Tree Cities of the World'? (A) Indian Army (B) Indian Coast Guard
(A) Delhi (B) Mumbai (C) Indian Navy (D) Indian Air Force
(C) Bangalore (D) Kolkata 201. Who was the chief guest at the passing out parade of the first
189. In which country has the world's first death from H3N8 word flu batch of Agniveers from INS Chilka?
been recorded? (A) PT Usha (B) Mithali Raj
(A) Sweden (B) Japan (C) Admiral R Harikumar (D) Defence Personnel
(C) Netherlands (D) China 202. What is the height of the world's highest railway bridge 'Chenab
190. Which bank recently opened its first branch for startups? Bridge'?
(A) Bank of India (B) Bank of Maharashtra (A) 359 m (B) 350 m
(C) State Bank of India (D) Punjab National Bank (C) 400 m (D) 450 m
191. The World Bank has reduced India's growth rate for the financial 203. What is the name of the launch vehicle used for 'One Wave India
year 2024 from 6.6% to how much? Mission-2' to be launched by ISRO on March 26, 2023?
(A) 6.5 percent (B) 6.35 percent (A) LVM3-M3 (B) PSLV-C50
(C) 6.30 per cent (D) 6.20 per cent (C) GSLV-Mk III (D) GSLV-F10
192. NASA has announced the names of how many astronauts for its 204. What is the name of Asia's largest Tulip Garden (Jammu and
lunar mission 'Artemis-2'? Kashmir)?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (A) Siraj Bagh (B) Dal Lake
(C) 4 (D) 5
(C) Indira Gandhi Memorial (D) Jabarwan Range
193. Which state government has recently launched 'School Chalo
205. Which High Court has used Artificial Intelligence based ChatGPT
Abhiyan 2023'?
while hearing bail plea in murder case?
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Bihar
(A) Delhi (B) Punjab and Haryana
(C) Jharkhand (D) Uttarakhand
(C) Gauhati (D) Patna
194. Which company has recently acquired Karaikal Port?
206. Recently who has been conferred with the highest civilian honor
(A) Reliance Group (B) Adani Group
'Kerala Jyoti' in Kerala?
(C) Hinduja Group (D) Tata Group
(A) MT Vasudevan Nair (B) Anuj Mehta
195. Who has been appointed as the first head of NASA's 'Moon to
(C) Piyush Goyal (D) Dr. Tapan Saikia
Mars Programme'?
207. Who has been selected for the 'Sangeet Kalanidhi Award 2023' by
(A) James L. Green (B) Karthik Raj
the Sangeet Akademi?
(C) Natalie Batala (D) Amit Regional
(A) Lalgudi Jayaraman (B) T R Balamani
196. Which state has become the first state in India to have 100%
(C) Asha Bhosle (D) Bombay Jayshree
electrified railway network?
208. Recently, the central government has increased the dearness
(A) Assam (B) Himachal Pradesh
allowance of central employees by 4% to .......... .
(C) Haryana (D) Bihar
(A) 38% (B) 40%
197 With whom has the Ministry of Defence entered into an agreement
(C) 42% (D) 44%
under 'Project Akashteer'?
(A) Bharat Electronics Limited (B) Tata Group 209. Recently, Luis Caffarelli of Argentina has received the Abel Prize
2023. In which field is this award given?
(C) DRDO (D) New Space India Limited
198. According to a report, by when India will become the second (A) Medicine (B) Mathematics
largest solar manufacturer in the world? (C) Economics (D) Peace
(A) 2024 (B) 2028 210. Which state has recently become the first state in India to pass
(C) 2026 (D) 2030 the 'Right to Health Bill'?
199. In which city was the first International Quantum Communication (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Punjab
Conclave organized? (C) Haryana (D) Rajasthan
(A) Jaipur (B) Mumbai 211. Which country's 'Tim Paine' retired from all forms of cricket?
(C) Bangalore (D) New Delhi (A) England (B) Australia
200. Who conducted the 'Regional Level Search and Rescue Exercise' (C) Ireland (D) New Zealand
in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh? 212. Which language's famous writer 'Shivashankari' has received the

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 Saraswati Samman for the year 2022 for her 2019 autobiography (A) 51st (B) 54th
'Suryavansham'? (C) 58th (D) 67th
(A) Tamil (B) Kannada 225. Who has become the first woman commander of a fighter unit in
(C) Punjabi (D) Marathi the Indian Air Force?
213. What is the rank of India in the recently released World Happiness (A) Kalpana Singh (B) Rita Shaha
Report for the year 2023? (C) Shalija Dhami (D) Manisha Rani
(A) 120th (B) 126th 226. By when has the Railways aimed to become a 'net-zero carbon
(C) 128th (D) 132nd emitter'?
214. Who made the record for the fastest swim across the Pak Strait in (A) 2040 (B) 2025
the under-21 group? (C) 2030 (D) 2045
(A) Sampanna Ramesh Shelar (B) Shivani Kataria 227. Who has recently won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2023?
(C) Dhanushkodi (D) Sandeep Sejwal (A) Sir David Chipperfield (B) Moody Jonesland
215. On which date 'National Immunization Day' is celebrated? (C) Steven Clarke (D) Atham Morris
(A) on 15th March (B) on 16th March 228. Who has won the 'BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2022
(C) on 18th March (D) on 19th March award'?
216. Where was the first International Conference on Common (A) PV Sindhu (B) Sakshi Malik
Buddhist Heritage held? (C) Mirabai Chanu (D) Neetu Ghangs
(A) Hyderabad (B) Mumbai 229. Who has won the women's singles title in National Badminton
(C) New Delhi (D) Goa Championship 2023?
217. Recently who has become the first Indian-origin person to be the (A) Gayatri Gopichand (B) Treesa Jolly
Assistant Defence Minister of the US Airforce? (C) Anupama Upadhyay (D) Kanika Kanwal
(A) Naveen Pandey (B) Raja Mathur 230. 'Hekani Jakhalu' has become the first woman MLA of which state
(C) Manish Jindal (D) Ravi Chowdhary of India?
218. Recently, who has become the new ambassador of America in (A) Tripura (B) Meghalaya
India? (C) Assam (D) Nagaland
(A) Josh Ford (B) Eric Garcetti 231. Which female footballer has recently won the FIFA Player of the
(C) John Gehry (D) Tom Franklin Year 2022 award?
219. According to the recently released SIPRI report for the year 2023, (A) Alex Morgan (B) Alexia Putellas
which country has become the world's largest arms importer? (C) Sam Kerr (D) Lucy Bronze
(A) China (B) Pakistan 232. Which male footballer has recently won the FIFA Player of the
(C) India (D) Ukraine Year 2022 award?
220. What is the rank of India in the World Air Quality Report 2022? (A) Cristiano Ronaldo (B) Robert Lewandowski
(A) Fourth (B) Fifth (C) Lionel Messi (D) Kevin de Brion
(C) eighth (D) tenth 233. What is the rank of India among 55 countries in the recently
221. Which male cricketer has been awarded the ICC Player of the released Global Innovation Index for the year 2023?
Month for the month of February? (A) 40th (B) 42nd
(A) Ben Stokes (England) (B) Travis Head (Australia) (C) 44th (D) 48th
(C) Harry Brook (England) (D) Liton Das (Bangladesh) 234. Which cricket team has recently won the title of ICC Women's
222. Recently who has been selected for the 'Vyas Samman' for the T-20 World Cup 2023?
year 2022? (A) India (B) Pakistan
(A) Dr. Ram Raghuvanshi (B) Dr. Gopal Khanna (C) England (D) Australia
(C) Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi (D) Dr. Mahesh Sharma 235. Who has been appointed as the world's first 'hand ambassador'
223. Who has won the Best Actor Award at the Oscar Awards 2023? by Savlon India?
(A) Brendan Fraser (B) Tom Jones (A) Virat Kohli (B) Virender Sehwag
(C) Steve Lara (D) Bunt Michael (C) Sachin Tendulkar (D) Akshay Kumar
224. Which foundation day has CISF celebrated on 10th March? 236. Who has won the title of Ranji Trophy 2022-23?

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 (A) Saurashtra (B) Bengal (A) 5 (B) 19
(C) Gujarat (D) Madhya Pradesh (C) 31 (D) 36
237. Which has become the first city in America to ban caste 249. Who has become the second Indian to win more than one gold
discrimination? medal in the Women's World Boxing Championships?
(A) Seattle (B) Boston (A) Nikhat Zareen (B) Mary Kom
(C) Chicago (D) San Francisco (C) Lovlina Borgohain (D) Sweety Boora
238. Which Indian film won the Oscar 2023 in the Best Documentary 250. Who has been conferred with Assam's highest civilian award
Short Film category at 95th Academy Awards? 'Assam Vaibhav' for the year 2023?
(A) Brahmastra (B) Lagan (A) Yogi Adityanath (B) Anuj Mehta
(C) The Elephant Whispers (D) RRR (C) Piyush Goyal (D) Dr. Tapan Saikia
239. With which campaign theme 'International Women's Day' was 251. Which team has won the Women's Premier League 2023 title?
celebrated on 8th March 2023? (A) Delhi Capitals (B) UP Warriors
(A) Each for Equal (B) Embrace equity (C) Mumbai Indians (D) Royal Challengers Bangalore
(C) Choose to challenge (D) Press for progress 252. In which city will the Uttarakhand government set up a sports
240. Which bank has issued its first electronic bank guarantee? university?
(A) Union Bank of India (B) Bandhan Bank (A) Bageshwar (B) Haldwani
(C) Axis Bank (D) Yes Bank (C) Almora (D) Dehradun
241. Where has the meeting of SCO National Security Advisors been 253. Who has become the CEO of online text editing platform
held? 'Grammarly'?
(A) Beijing (B) New Delhi (A) Rahul Roy Chowdhury (B) Brad Hoover
(C) Moscow (D) Astana (C) Jack Dorsey (D) Ajay Banga
242. Who has been elected as the Vice President of the International 254. Which country's hockey federation has recently been honored
Boxing Association (IBA)? with the 'Best Organizer Award' by the Asian Hockey Federation?
(A) Ajay Singh (B) Gagan Mohanty (A) Malaysia (B) Netherlands
(C) Vijender Singh (D) Mary Kom (C) India (D) Australia
243. Which country's embassy launched Spanish-Hindi football 255. Which country has recently become the new member of BRICS
dictionary in New Delhi? New Development Bank?
(A) Spain (B) Brazil (A) Egypt (B) Argentina
(C) Portugal (D) Argentina (C) New Zealand (D) South Korea
244. Flagship program PM Shree is the initiative of which ministry? 256. When is 'World Water Day' celebrated every year across the world?
(A) Ministry of Finance (B) Ministry of Agriculture (A) on 22nd March (B) on 24th March
(C) Ministry of Education (D) Ministry of External Affairs (C) on 25th March (D) on 29th March
245. Which Indian youth player has won the bronze medal in the 257. Where was the meeting of the G-20 Sustainable Finance Working
'World Youth Weightlifting Championship'? Group held?
(A) Dhanush Loganathan (B) Priyam Garg (A) Udaipur (B) Jaipur
(C) Vikas Thakur (D) Lovepreet Singh (C) Lucknow (D) New Delhi
246. Who has been appointed as the interim captain of Kolkata Knight 258. Who launched the 'Call Before You Dig' app?
Riders? (A) Narendra Modi (B) Ashwini Vaishnav
(A) Sunil Narine (B) Shardul Thakur (C) Piyush Goyal (D) Smriti Irani
(C) Andre Russell (D) Nitish Rana 259. Who won the title of Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2023?
247. Which bank has acquired 'all deposits and loans' of Silicon Valley (A) Max Verstappen (B) Sergio Perez
Bank? (C) Fernando Alonso (D) George Russell
(A) Citi Group (B) First-Citizens Bank 260. Who has taken over as the CEO of coffee house company
(C) Bank of America (D) Wells Fargo Starbucks?
248. Recently ISRO launched how many satellites of Network Access (A) Laxman Narasimhan (B) Ajay Sinha
Associated Limited (OneWeb) simultaneously? (C) Howard Schultz (D) David Howard

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261. Who won the gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol event at the 2023' by the International Publication Central Banking?
ISSF World Cup Shooting Championships? (A) Raghuram Rajan (B) Urjit Patel
(A) Sarabjit Singh (B) Suma Shirur (C) Shaktikanta Das (D) Mahesh Kumar Jain
(C) Jeetu Rai (D) Saurabh Chowdhary 273. Who has launched the new Artificial Intelligence Chatbot GPT-4?
262. Which Indian-American actress has been awarded the 'National (A) Open AI (B) Google
Humanity Medal' by US President Joe Biden? (C) Signature AI (D) Twitter
(A) Mindy Kaling (B) Sonia Shah 274. Who has become the first woman loco pilot of Vande Bharat
(C) Dolly Singh (D) Amita Naik Express train?
263. Who has acquired the Swiss bank 'Credit Suisse Bank' which is (A) Shiva Chauhan (B) Meera Nayak
facing financial crisis? (C) Aditi Singh (D) Surekha Yadav
(A) Credit Agricole (B) HSBC 275. Who has been appointed as the ambassador of 'She Changes
(C) Standard Chartered (D) UBS Group Climate' initiative in India?
264. Who has won the singles title of Indian Wells Masters recently? (A) Poornima Devi Burman (B) Licypriya Kangujam
(A) Carlos Alcaraz (B) Daniil Medvedev (C) Shreya Ghodawat (D) Anushka Sharma
(C) Rafael Nadal (D) Matt Ebden 276. Which company has recently got the status of Infrastructure
265. Who has become the oldest player to win the ATP Masters 1000 Finance Company from RBI?
title? (A) IRDA (B) Bharat Dynamics
(A) Andy Murray (B) Matthew Ebden (C) NTPC (D) Coal India
(C) Daniil Medvedev (D) Rohan Bopanna 277. In which city was the G-20 Flower Festival organized?
266. Which country has recently launched the National Cinema (A) Lucknow (B) Mumbai
Strategy? (C) Guwahati (D) New Delhi
(A) Qatar (B) India 278. Which movie's song 'Naatu Naatu' has won the award in the
(C) United Arab Emirates (D) China Original Song category at the 95th Oscar Awards ceremony?
267. In how many states will PM Mitra Mega Textile Park be set up? (A) everything everywhere all at once
(A) 5 (B) 6 (B) The whale
(C) 7 (D) 8 (C) RRR (D) The Elephant Whispers
268. Which airport topped the list of world's top airports released by 279. With which country India has signed an MoU on Research,
Skytrax? Technology and Innovation Cooperation?
(A) Munich Airport (A) Germany (B) Mexico
(B) Zurich Airport (C) Brazil (D) Italy
(C) Singapore Changi Airport 280. Which actress won the Best Actress Award at the Oscar Awards
(D) Indira Gandhi International Airport 2023?
269. Who has been sworn in as the third Vice-President of Nepal? (A) Michelle Yeoh (B) Jennifer Lawrence
(A) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' (C) Anne Hathaway (D) Emma Watson
(B) Sher Bahadur Deuva 281. Which bank of America has declared itself bankrupt?
(C) Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav (A) Wells Fargo (B) Silicon Valley Bank
(D) Arju Rana Deuba (C) J.P. Morgan Chase (D) Bank of America
270. Which bank has become the official banking partner of Mumbai 282. In which state did PM Modi inaugurate the world's longest railway
Indians? platform 'Hubli Railway Platform' (1507 metres)?
(A) HDFC Bank (B) IDFC First Bank (A) Bihar (B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) State Bank of India (D) Axis Bank (C) Karnataka (D) Gujarat
271. The Union Home Ministry has announced 10 percent reservation 283. Which team won the title of 76th edition of Santosh Trophy?
for ex-Agniveers in which security force? (A) Meghalaya (B) Karnataka
(A) CISF (B) CRPF (C) Maharashtra (D) Services
(C) RAF (D) ITBP 284. Rest of India won the prestigious 'Irani Cup' by defeating whom?
272. Recently, who has been honored with the 'Governor of the Year (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Uttar Pradesh

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 (C) Haryana (D) Gujarat (A) Craig Fulton (B) Dilip Tirkey
285. The first edition of Naval Commanders' Conference 2023 was (C) Graham Reid (D) Mario Lemieux
organized on which aircraft carrier? 297. In which city the Union Agriculture Minister has inaugurated
(A) INS Mumbai (B) INS Shardul 'Agriunifest'?
(C) INS Kolkata (D) INS Vikrant (A) Patna (B) Bangalore
286. Who has recently become the 81st Chess Grandmaster of India? (C) Lucknow (D) Jaipur
(A) Vignesh NR (B) Sayantan Das 298. Recently, the central government has approved the purchase of
(C) Pranesh M (D) Rahul Srivastava how many HTT-40 basic trainer aircraft?
287. What is the theme of World Wildlife Day 2023? (A) 50 (B) 60
(A) Youth Effort for Wildlife Conservation (C) 70 (D) 80
(B) Partnership for Wildlife Conservation 299. Recently, Sameer Khakhar has passed away. To which field does
(C) Partnership for Green Wildlife he belong?
(D) Wildlife Conservation for Earth (A) Journalism (B) Acting
288. Which sportsperson has won the gold medal in the men's shot (C) medicine (D) singing
put event of the AFI National Throw Championship? 300. What is the theme of National Science Day 2023?
(A) Inderjit Singh (B) Om Prakash Singh (A) Global Science for Youth
(C) Tejinderpal Singh Toor (D) Tek Chand (B) Global Science for Global Wellbeing
289. Exercise 'Dustlik 2023' was organized between India and which
(C) New technology for future
country?
(D) Global Innovation for Future
(A) Kyrgyzstan (B) France
301. Which has become the first High Court of the country to publish
(C) Uzbekistan (D) Brazil
judgments in regional languages?
290. Who is the author of the book 'Bipin : The Man Behind the
(A) Gujarat High Court (B) Kerala High Court
Uniform'?
(C) Allahabad High Court (D) Patna High Court
(A) Rajdeep Sardesai (B) Rachna Biswat Rawat
302. Who has been appointed by UNICEF India as its National
(C) Chetan Bhagat (D) Manoj Sinha
Ambassador?
291. Who has been honored with the 'Player of the Year Award' by the
(A) KL Rahul (B) Raveena Tandon
Asian Chess Federation?
(C) Ayushmann Khurrana (D) Harmanpreet Kaur
(A) Parimarjan Negi (B) D. Gukesh
303. Who has become India's 80th Grandmaster in Chess?
(C) Krishnan Sasikiran (D) Vidit Gujarati
(A) Jayesh Sinha (B) Vishesh Rana
292. The International Monetary Fund has given a bailout package of
(C) Vignesh NR (D) Amit Jain
how many billion dollars to Sri Lanka facing financial crisis?
(A) 1 billion (B) 2 billion 304. Recently who has been honored with 'International Mother
Language Award'?
(C) 3 billion (D) 4 billion
293. Who won the women's singles title of National Badminton (A) Dr. Mahendra Mishra (B) V. Madhusudan Nair
Championship? (C) Lakshti Pawar (D) Angad Chowdhary
(A) Aakarshi Kashyap (B) Anupama Upadhyay 305. In which state the first nuclear power plant of North India is
(C) P.V. Sindhu (D) Sayali Gokhale being set up?
294. American Space Agency NASA has appointed whom as its Science (A) Rajasthan (B) Haryana
Chief? (C) Punjab (D) Delhi
(A) Ellen Stofan (B) James L. Green 306. Where has India's first Agri Chatbot 'Ama Krushai' been launched?
(C) Jennifer Wiseman (D) Nicola Fox (A) Rajasthan (B) Odisha
295. Who has been elected as the next leader of the Scottish National (C) Punjab (D) Delhi
Party? 307. Who has become the new CEO of NITI Aayog?
(A) Keith Brown (B) Hamza Yousuf (A) BVR Subramaniam (B) MK Chattopadhyay
(C) Nicola Sturgeon (D) Rohan Khanna (C) LK Narasimha (D) RPK Narottam
296. Who has been appointed as the new coach of the Indian Men's 308. With which country has Russia recently broken the treaty called
Hockey team? 'New Start'?

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 (A) America (B) Japan (C) Ireland (D) Australia
(C) England (D) Ukraine 321. Which state government has launched a scheme called 'Ladli Bahna'?
309. Which film has been given the 'Best Film' award at the Dadasaheb (A) Gujarat (B) Rajasthan
Phalke International Film Festival 2023? (C) Bihar (D) Madhya Pradesh
(A) Pathan (B) Lal Singh Chadha 322. Which raising day has the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) celebrated
(C) The Kashmir Files (D) Congratulations on February 1, 2023?
310. Which cricket team has won the Ranji Trophy 2022-23 title? (A) 42nd (B) 45th
(A) Mumbai (B) Vidarbha (C) 47th (D) 49th
(C) Gujarat (D) Saurashtra 323. Who has become the new Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force
311. Who has received the 'Best Actor' award at the BAFTA Awards- (IAF)?
2023? (A) Govind Chakradhar (B) Dinesh Sharma
(A) Barry K. O'Ghan (B) Len Kenning (C) Jaman Chowdhary (D) Amar Preet Singh
(C) Mayo Johnson (D) Austin Butler 324. Which team has won the title of Men's Hockey World Cup 2023?
312. Who has been appointed as the next Vice Chief of the Indian (A) Pakistan (B) India
Army? (C) Germany (D) Australia
(A) MV Suchindra Kumar (B) KS Mukesh Kumar 325. Who has won the men's singles title in Australian Open 2023?
(C) LK Manish Rana (D) JP Gopal Sharma (A) Novak Djokovic (B) Rafael Nadal
313. Who has become the new CEO of YouTube? (C) Stefanos Tsitsipas (D) Jason Kubler
(A) Prakash Tiwari (B) Ashok Verma 326. Who has won the Women's U-19 T-20 World Cup 2023 title?
(C) Jayant Mukesh (D) Neel Mohan (A) Australia (B) England
314. Who has become the first Indian cricketer to take 100 wickets in (C) India (D) Pakistan
T-20I? 327. Which birth anniversary of 'Lal Lajpat Rai' has been celebrated on
(A) Deepti Sharma (B) Rajeshwari Gaikwad 28 January?
(C) Radha Yadav (D) Jhulan Goswami (A) 156th (B) 158th
315. Who was honored with the 'Maharashtra Bhushan Award' for the (C) 159th (D) 161st
year 2022? 328. Who has won the Best Female Cricketer of the Year award at the
(A) Amitabh Bachchan (B) Appasaheb Dharmadhikari ICC Awards 2022?
(C) Sachin Tendulkar (D) Anil Kakodkar (A) Deepti Sharma (India) (B) Nat Shiver (England)
316. Recently which female cricketer has been awarded the ICC Player (C) Tahila McGrath (Aus) (D) Beth Mooney (Aus)
of the Month for the month of January? 329. Who has won the Male Cricketer of the Year award at the ICC
(A) Megan Scott (Australia) (B) Grace Scrivens (England) Awards 2022?
(C) Chloe Tyrone (S. Africa) (D) Sophia Ikley (England) (A) Suryakumar Yadav (India) (B) Tom Latham (New Zealand)
317. Who has become the first Indian captain to score a century in all (C) Babar Azam (Pakistan) (D) Jos Buttler (England)
three formats of cricket? 330. Which country recently joined 'The Agriculture Innovation
(A) Virat Kohli (B) Ravichandran Ashwin Mission for Climate' initiative?
(C) Rohit Sharma (D) KL Rahul (A) Japan (B) Israel
318. In which city India's first Glass Igloo restaurant has been opened? (C) India (D) Mexico
(A) Kutch (B) Kashmir 331. Which Indian American has recently presented his candidature
(C) Panaji (D) Dehradun for the US presidential election?
319. French player 'Rafael Varane' has retired from which international (A) Rashid Hussain (B) Vivek Ramaswamy
game? (C) Har Dayal (D) Raja Krishnamurthy
(A) Tennis (B) Badminton 332. Which became the first American city to ban caste discrimination?
(C) Football (D) Cricket (A) New York (B) Seattle
320. Which country's 'Aaron Finch' has retired from international (C) Boston (D) San Francisco
cricket? 333. Who has been appointed as the captain by Sunrisers Hyderabad
(A) England (B) New Zealand for IPL?

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 (A) Mayank Agarwal (B) Bhuvneshwar Kumar (A) Axio (B) Lentra
(C) Aiden Markram (D) David Warner (C) Velocity (D) Razer-pay
334. In which state was the Frozen Lake Half Marathon organized? 345. In which state did PM Modi inaugurate the 'Jal Jan Abhiyan'?
(A) Ladakh (B) Jammu and Kashmir (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Bihar
(C) Chandigarh (D) Delhi (C) Rajasthan (D) Himachal Pradesh
335. Who has been chosen by the BCCI as the title sponsor of the 346. Who has been appointed as the mentor of the Royal Challengers
Women's Premier League? Bangalore women's cricket team?
(A) Tata Group (B) Jio (A) Mohammad Kaif (B) Sania Mirza
(C) Master Card (D) Dream 11 (C) Jhulan Goswami (D) Anjum Chopra
336. Indian Railways recently completed the electrification of all broad 347. In which country was the 12th 'World Hindi Conference'
gauge routes in which state? organized?
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Assam (A) Fiji (B) Nepal
(C) Bihar (D) Uttar Pradesh (C) Mauritius (D) USA
337. Which film was chosen as the 'Film of the Year' at the Dadasaheb 348. Which start-up has manufactured the Swarm drone system
Phalke International Film Festival 2023? inducted in the Indian Army?
(A) Kantara (B) Mangubai Kathiawadi (A) Sagar Defence
(C) RRR (D) The Kashmir Files (B) Alpha Design Technologies
338. Who won the bronze medal in Badminton Asia Mixed Team (C) NewSpace Research and Technologies
Championship? (D) Paras Aerospace
(A) India (B) China
349. Who is the first female astronaut from Saudi Arabia, who is
(C) South Korea (D) Malaysia involved in a mission to the International Space Station?
339. In which state was the Indo-Uzbekistan biennial military training (A) Jessica Meer (B) Rayana Barnawi
exercise 'Dustlik-2023' organized?
(C) Noura Al Matrosh (D) Jasmine Moghbeli
(A) Uttarakhand (B) Himachal Pradesh
350. 'Healthy Mind, Healthy Home' is an initiative launched by which
(C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Rajasthan
ministry?
340. Which country has been elected as the President of the 62nd
(A) Ministry of AYUSH
session of the United Nations Social Development Commission?
(B) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(A) Germany (B) Canada
(C) Ministry of Education
(C) Australia (D) India
(D) Ministry of Home Affairs
341. With whom did AICTE launch the national level hackathon
351. How many billion dollars has been announced by the World Bank
'Kavach-2023'?
for earthquake affected Turkey?
(A) IIT Delhi
(A) $1.50 billion (B) $1.20 billion
(B) Bureau of Police Research and Development
(C) $1.78 billion (D) $2.00 billion
(C) Central Bureau of Investigation
352. Who has become the new Lieutenant Governor of the Union
(D) UIDAI
Territory of Ladakh?
342. What is the name of the new AI chatbot released by UIDAI
(A) Gulab Chand Kataria (B) Fagu Chauhan
recently?
(A) Aadhaar Sahayata (B) Aadhaar Mitra (C) Ramesh Bais (D) B.D. Mishra

(C) Aadhaar Saathi (D) Aadhaar Help 353. Which team bought India's star batsman 'Smriti Mandhana' in the
343. Which Indian tech startup unveiled the solar-powered drone 'Suraj' first Women's Premier League auction?
at the Aero India 2023 show? (A) Delhi Capitals (B) UP Warriors
(A) Alpha Design Technologies (C) Mumbai Indians (D) Royal Challengers Bangalore
(B) Garuda Aerospace 354. What is the theme of Aero India-2023 show?
(C) Ideaforge Technology (A) The Runway to a Billion Opportunities
(D) Drone Acharya Aerial Innovations (B) Aero Show for Billion Opportunities
344. 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

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355. For the first time in India, in which Union Territory Lithium 366. Which country has become a full member of the 'International
reserves have been found? Solar Alliance'?
(A) Jammu and Kashmir (B) Ladakh (A) Vietnam (B) China
(C) Andaman-Nicobar Islands (D) Chandigarh (C) Austria (D) Brazil
356. Recently ISRO has installed how many satellites in low earth 367. Who has launched WhatsApp food delivery facility for
orbit with SSLV-D2 rocket? Passengers?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (A) Air India (B) Indian Railways
(C) 3 (D) 2 (C) Vistara Airlines
357. What is the rank of India in 'Global Quality Infrastructure Index (D) Uttarakhand Transport Corporation
2021'? 368. 'Digi Yatra' facility will be implemented at how many more
(A) 5th (B) 8th airports in the country?
(C) 10th (D) 20th (A) 4 (B) 6
358. Digital Payment Utsav is an initiative launched by which ministry? (C) 5 (D) 8
(A) Ministry of Education (B) Ministry of Finance 369. Who has signed the International Solar Alliance Framework
(C) Ministry of Science and Technology Agreement?
(D) Ministry of Electronics and IT (A) Vietnam (B) Uruguay
359. In which city the meeting of Urban-20 City Sherpas' has been (C) Congo (D) Kenya
organized? 370. Which Indian wrestler has won bronze medal in Zagreb Open
(A) Lucknow (B) Bhopal Championship?
(C) Ahmedabad (D) Jaipur (A) Aman Sehrawat (B) Bajrang Punia
360. The government of which country has announced the 5th dose of (C) Deepak Dahiya (D) Ravi Kumar Dahiya
the Covid-19 vaccine to all citizens aged 18 years and above? 371. Who has become the youngest cricketer to score a century in all
(A) Germany (B) New Zealand three formats of international cricket?
(C) France (D) Australia (A) Ishan Kishan (B) Suryakumar Yadav
361. Which AI powered chatbot has been launched by Google (C) Shubman Gill (D) Prithvi Shaw
recently? 372. Which state's team has won all the four gold medals in water
(A) Alphabet (B) Bard sports 'Canoeing and Kayaking' in the Khelo India Youth Games
(C) Brain Fast (D) Ernie 2022?
362. In the wake of the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, what (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh
is the name given to the operation being carried out by India? (C) Maharashtra (D) Haryana
(A) Operation Raksha (B) Operation Madad 373. How many lakh crore rupees capital outlay has been allocated for
(C) Operation Dost (D) Operation Goodness the Indian Railways in the Union Budget 2023?
363. Who has won the 'ADT Best Awards-2023' for the sixth (A) 1.90 lakh crore (B) 3.00 lakh crore
consecutive year? (C) 2.000 lakh crore (D) 2.40 lakh crore
(A) NTPC (B) ONGC 374. How many tourist places will be developed under the complete
(C) IOCL (D) GAIL tourism package?
364. Which has become the first civic body in the country to launch (A) 50 (B) 30
green bonds? (C) 20 (D) 40
(A) Indore Municipal Corporation 375. As per Budget 2023-24, what is the revised average processing
(B) Varanasi Municipal Corporation time for ITR?
(C) Mumbai Municipal Corporation (A) 21 days (B) 20 days
(C) Patna Municipal Corporation (C) 18 days (D) 16 days
365. Which music composer of India has won the prestigious Grammy 376. In the budget 2023-24, the government has presented the total
Awards 2023? expenditure estimate?
(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

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377. What is the forecast of India's growth rate in the year 2023 as per (A) Incovac (B) Covaxin
the World Economic Outlook report of IMF? (C) Hanvac (D) Comvac 5
(A) 7.1 percent (B) 6.9 percent 390. Who has been appointed as the new General Manager of Central
(C) 7.0 percent (D) 6.1 percent Railway?
378. Which state's tableau included in the 74th Republic Day parade (A) Anil Kumar Lohoti (B) Naresh Lalwani
has been awarded the first prize? (C) Ashok Kumar Mishra (D) Alok Singh
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Gujarat 391. Who has developed the 'Visible Emission Line Coronagraph'
(C) Uttarakhand (D) Maharashtra payload for ISRO's Aditya L1 project?
379. Which budget has been called the first budget of Amrit Kaal? (A) DRDO
(A) 2016-17 (B) 2020-21 (B) Bhabha Atomic Research Center
(C) 2022-23 (D) 2023-24 (C) Indian Institute of Astrophysics
380. Which state has announced monthly allowance to unemployed (D) IIT Mumbai
youth from next financial year? 392. On which date 'World Cancer Day' is celebrated every year?
(A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra (A) on 4th February (B) on 5th February
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Chhattisgarh (C) on 6th February (D) on 7th February
381. In which city was the 3rd National Children's Science Congress 393. Google paid tribute to which actress of Malayalam cinema on her
organized? 120th birth anniversary through a doodle?
(A) Mumbai (B) Ahmedabad (A) Sheela Ravichandran (B) Maheshwari Amma
(C) Varanasi (D) Pune (C) Shobhana (D) P.K. Rosie
382. What has been renamed as the Mughal Garden at Rashtrapati 394. Who has been appointed as the first woman PM of the Central
Bhavan? African country, Equatorial Guinea?
(A) Rajendra Prasad Udyan (B) Amrit Udyan (A) Teodoro Obiang Nguema (B) Alphonse Obiang
(C) Peace Garden (D) Ananda Garden (C) Manuela Roca Botti (D) Francisco Asu
383. Indian Under-19 women's cricket team won the first T20 World 395. In which state did PM Modi inaugurate the Hindustan Aeronautics
Cup by defeating which team in the final? Limited, a greenfield helicopter factory?
(A) Sri Lanka (B) Australia (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Maharashtra
(C) South-Africa (D) England (C) Karnataka (D) Kerala
384. Which team has won the title of Men's Hockey World Cup 2023? 396. In which city the meeting of G-20 Employment Working Group
(A) Germany (B) Belgium has been organized?
(C) England (D) Australia (A) Jodhpur (B) Jaipur
385. In which state was the 5th Khelo India Youth Games 2022 held? (C) Guwahati (D) Lucknow
(A) Gujarat (B) Madhya Pradesh 397. Which Indian athlete has won gold in the shot put event at the
(C) Maharashtra (D) Karnataka Asian Indoor Athletics Championships?
386. India has signed MoU with which country to bring 12 Cheetahs (A) Tajinderpal Singh Toor (B) Vikas Gowda
to India annually? (C) Parduman Singh Brar (D) Manpreet Kaur
(A) South Africa (B) Kenya 398. Who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of Pfizer India?
(C) Namibia (D) Tanzania (A) Leena Nair (B) Meenakshi Neotia
387. In the budget 2023-24, how many visions have been told for (C) Jayshree Ullah (D) Revati Advaiti
Amrit Kaal? 399. Recently the European Union has announced to ban the sale of
(A) 4 (B) 5 gas and diesel cars from which year?
(C) 7 (D) 3 (A) From the year 2035 (B) From the year 2040
388. Which Indian-American has been nominated for appointment to (C) From the year 2045 (D) From the year 2050
the rank of Brigadier General in the US Air Force? 400. In view of Cyclone Gabriel, which country has declared National
(A) Darshan Shah (B) Bhagwati Bose Emergency?
(C) Uday Singh Taunke (D) Raja J Chari (A) Indonesia (B) Australia
389. What is the name of India's first intranasal Covid-19 vaccine? (C) New Zealand (D) Philippines

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401. Where was the third 'Orange Festival 2023' celebrated recently? (C) Kannada (D) Gujarati
(A) Kohima (Nagaland) (B) Aizawl (Mizoram) 413. 'Chris Hipkins' has been elected as the 41st Prime Minister of
(C) Imphal (Manipur) (D) Guwahati (Assam) which country?
402. On the eve of 74th Republic Day 2023, six Padma, nine Padma (A) Australia (B) New Zealand
Bhushan and how many Padma Shri were announced under the (C) Britain (D) Poland
Padma Awards 2023? 414. Who has become the first 'constitutional literate district' of India?
(A) 81 (B) 91 (A) Sikar (Rajasthan) (B) Kollam (Kerala)
(C) 71 (D) 106 (C) Gandhinagar (Gujarat) (D) Dimapur (Nagaland)
403. On January 24 'National Girl Child Day' is celebrated in honor of 415. How many children have been honored with the Prime Minister's
which woman? National Child Award-2023?
(A) Sushma Swaraj (B) Savitribai Phule (A) 9 (B) 10
(C) Indira Gandhi (D) Sarojini Naidu (C) 11 (D) 12
404. Who became the new Director General of Directorate General of 416. Who was the chief guest at the 74th Republic Day celebrations of
Civil Aviation (DGCA)? India?
(A) Amit Sisodia (B) Gopal Tiwari (A) Abdel Fateh al-Sisi (B) Aung San Suu Kyi
(C) Rakesh Chowdhary (D) Vikram Devdutt (C) Frank-Walter Steinmeier (D) Volodymyr Zelensky
405. On whose birth anniversary 'Parakram Diwas' is celebrated on 417. With which country did the Indian Army start the joint training
23rd January? exercise Cyclone-1?
(A) B.R. Ambedkar (B) APJ Abdul Kalam (A) Sri Lanka (B) Japan
(C) Subhash Chandrabose (D) JRD Tata (C) Nepal (D) Egypt
406. Which Indian film has been nominated in the 'Documentary Short 418. Which Foundation Day was celebrated by the National Disaster
Subject Category' at the Oscars 2023? Response Force (NDRF) recently?
(A) All That Breathes (B) The Elephant Whispers (A) 16th (B) 18th
(C) RRR (D) Tell it like and woman (C) 19th (D) 21st
407. How many personnel have been awarded the President's Fire 419. How many tableaux were displayed in the 74th Republic Day
Service Medal on Republic Day 2023? Parade?
(A) 43 (B) 47 (A) 22 (B) 23
(C) 50 (D) 53 (C) 24 (D) 25
408. Who has become the first Indian-American to become the 420. How many islands of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands have
lieutenant governor of the US state of Maryland? been named after Param Vir Chakra winners?
(A) Anita David (B) Seema Watson (A) 14 (B) 21
(C) Aruna Miller (D) Manvi Alex (C) 25 (D) 28
409. Which honor has been announced by the Government of India to 421. Who has become the new Deputy National Security Advisor of
posthumous Mulayam Singh Yadav, popularly known as 'Son of India?
the Earth'? (A) Sunil Singh Rana (B) Rajendra Mal Sharma
(A) Padma Bhushan (B) Padma Vibhushan (C) Pankaj Kumar Singh (D) Varun Singh Dutta
(C) Padma Shri (D) Bharat Ratna 422. Which country's R'Bonnie Gabriel has been elected Miss Universe
410. Who won the men's singles title of 'India Open Badminton 2022?
Championship' recently? (A) Brazil (B) Australia
(A) Kunlavut Witidsarn (B) Lakshya Sen (C) America (D) Switzerland
(C) Victor Axelsen (D) Srikanth Kidambi 423. What is the rank of India in Henley Passport Index 2023?
411. India's first indigenous mobile operating system 'BharOS' was (A) 81st (B) 85th
successfully tested in which IIT institute? (C) 87th (D) 89th
(A) IIT Delhi (B) IIT Madras 424. Which person of Indian origin has become the Technical Chief of
(C) IIT Mumbai (D) IIT Varanasi NASA?
412. Which language poet 'Neelmani Phukan' has passed away recently? (A) MS Muralidhar (B) KK Venugopal
(A) Assamese (B) Marathi (C) AC Charania (D) JP Dogiwal

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425. Who has become the first woman officer in BRO to be posted on 437. In which state India's first mobile IVF lab for animals has been
foreign assignment? started?
(A) Captain Meenakshi Chaturvedi (A) Karnataka (B) Haryana
(B) Captain Surabhi Jakhmola (C) Chhattisgarh (D) Gujarat
(C) Captain Manisha Jhajjar 438. Which country has recently become the 20th European country
(D) Captain Pallavi Goswami to adopt 'Euro currency'?
426. On whose birthday 'National Youth Day' is celebrated on 12th (A) Ireland (B) Croatia
January? (C) Cyprus (D) Bulgaria
(A) Swami Vivekananda (B) Jawaharlal Nehru 439. Which company has recently announced the expansion of its
(C) Rajiv Gandhi (D) Paramahansa Yoganda 'Girls4Tech STEM' education program in India?
427. Who has won the award in the category of 'Best Film Drama' at (A) Mastercard (B) Paytm
the 80th edition of the Golden Globe Awards? (C) Reliance Industries (A) Tata Motors
(A) Avatar (B) The Fablemons 440. India's first 3X platform wind turbine generator has been installed
(C) Top Gun (D) King Richard by Renew Power in which state?
428. Which female cricketer has been awarded the ICC Player of the (A) Rajasthan (B) Odisha
Month for December 2022?
(C) Telangana (D) Karnataka
(A) Ashley Gardner (B) Stafanie Taylor
441. Who has recently become the 78th Grandmaster of India?
(C) Deepti Sharma (D) Sophie Devin
(A) Kaustav Chatterjee (B) Rajesh Mehra
429. On which date 'World Hindi Day' is celebrated?
(C) Anish Khanna (D) Mukesh Kala
(A) on 10th January (B) on 11th January
442. How many times has 'Benjamin Netanyahu' become the Prime
(C) on 13th January (D) on 15th January
Minister of Israel?
430. Who has been given Bahrain's 'ISA Award' for human service?
(A) Fourth (B) Fifth
(A) Carol Shields (B) Nepali Dr. Sanduk Ruit
(C) sixth (D) eighth
(C) Malik y Kahuk (D) Donald Tan
443. Which country's famous footballer 'Pele' has passed away
431. Which has become the first state in India to have fully digital
recently?
banking?
(A) Brazil (B) Croatia
(A) Kerala (B) Meghalaya
(C) Portugal (D) Argentina
(C) Karnataka (D) Haryana
444. Which country's social activist 'Elida Gvera' has been selected for
432. Which Indian state has been awarded the UN-Habitats World
the '1st KR Gauri Amma National Award'?
Habitat Award 2023 for 'Jaga Mission'?
(A) Brazil (B) Cuba
(A) Rajasthan (B) Maharashtra
(C) Odisha (D) Bihar (C) Croatia (D) Argentina

433. Who has become India's fastest bowler recently? 445. Which Indian has got the second rank globally in 'Brand
(A) Jasprit Bumrah (B) T Natarajan Guardianship Index 2023'?

(C) Umran Malik (D) Mohsin Khan (A) Gautam Adani (B) Mukesh Ambani
434. Who has become the first woman officer to be actively deployed (C) Anand Mahindra (D) Sunil Bhartiya Mittal
in Siachen? 446. After Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Punjab, which state has recently
(A) Captain Anisha Khan (B) Captain Zoya Begum revived the old pension scheme for government employees?
(C) Captain Anita Verma (D) Captain Shiva Chauhan (A) Karnataka (B) Gujarat
435. Who has become the new chairman of the Atomic Energy (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Maharashtra
Regulatory Board (AERB)? 447. In which city was the first Health Working Group meeting
(A) Deepak Singh Chawla (B) Arvind Singh Pathak organized under the G-20 chairmanship of India?
(C) Manish Kumar Singh (D) Dinesh Kumar Shukla (A) Guwahati (B) Ahmedabad
436. How many people were given the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (C) Srinagar (D) Thiruvananthapuram
Award for the year 2023? 448. 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

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 (C) Manish Tewari (D) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw 459. Which public sector bank has recently partnered with 'Garuda
449. Who has become the youngest batsman to score a double century Aerospace' under 'Kisan Pushpak Yojana'?
in One Day International cricket? (A) Punjab National Bank (B) Union Bank of India
(A) Ishan Kishan (B) Harry Brooke (C) Canara Bank (D) State Bank of India
(C) Cameron Green (D) Shubman Gill 460. Which film won the Best Foreign Language Film award at the
450. Which country's Vice-President 'Badara Aliyu Juf' passed away Critics' Choice Awards 2023?
in India recently after a illness? (A) The Whale (B) Argentina 1985
(A) Guyana (B) Ghana (C) R.R.R. (D) Decision of Leave
(C) Gambia (D) Mozambique 461. Which organization has released the '17th Global Risk Report
2023'?
451. Indo-Russian joint venture has made the first batch of AK-203
(A) World Bank (B) International Monetary Fund
assault rifles at Korba Ordnance Factory. Korwa Ordnance
Factory is in which state? (C) Asian Development Bank (D) World Economic Forum
462. Which country's famous singer 'Lisa Marie Presley' passed away
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Gujarat
recently?
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Maharashtra
(A) England (B) Germany
452. Which Indian-American has been honored with the 'Martin Luther
(C) Italy (D) USA
King Grand Parade Special Award'?
463. PM Modi flagged off the river cruise 'MV Ganga Vilas' from
(A) Harmeet Dhillon (B) Krishna Vavilala
Varanasi. In which city will this journey end?
(C) Rohit Khanna (D) Maya Ajmera
(A) Patna (B) Kolkata
453. Which organization has released 'Rural Health Statistics Report'
(C) Dibrugarh (D) Guwahati
recently?
464. In which city will Tata Power Renewables set up India's first
(A) NITI Aayog
solar plant for housing societies?
(B) Indian Military Academy
(A) Pune (B) Bhopal
(C) AIIMS
(C) Mumbai (D) Ahmedabad
(D) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
465. According to the 'Global Economic Prospects Report' of the World
454. Which country will issue a postage stamp with the portrait of Bank, what is the expected economic growth of India in 2023-24?
India's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru on its 75th Independence Day?
(A) 5.5% (B) 6.6%
(A) Bhutan (B) Nepal
(C) 7.0 % (D) 7.7 %
(C) Fiji (D) Sri Lanka 466. 'Year of Enterprises Project' is a major scheme of which state?
455. What is the theme of the 2023 annual meeting of the World (A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra
Economic Forum?
(C) Rajasthan (D) Kerala
(A) Unity for World Wealth
467. India's first 5G-enabled drone has been developed by which tech
(B) Cooperation in a Fragmented World startup?
(C) One World One Business Model (A) Skylark Drone (B) Teja Aerospace & Dynamics
(D) Cooperation for World Business Model (C) IG Drones (D) Garuda Aerospace
456. Naval exercise 'Varun' was organized between India and which 468. Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has inaugurated the 'School
country? of Logistics, Waterway and Communication' in which city?
(A) USA (B) Germany (A) Guwahati (B) Shillong
(C) France (D) Australia (C) Agartala (D) Itanagar
457. Which company has recently acquired the media rights of the 469. In which state are Kumarakom and Beypore selected under the
Women's IPL? Swadesh Darshan-2.0 scheme?
(A) Paytm (B) Viacom 18 (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala
(C) Disney Star (D) Sony (C) Rajasthan (D) Uttar Pradesh
458. In which state is Vidisha, the first aspirational district to implement 470. Recently the song 'Naatu Naatu' from the film RRR has received
6G technology, located? the Golden Globe Song Award. Who is the director of RRR?
(A) Odisha (B) Gujarat (A) Siddharth Anand (B) Sanjay Leela Bhansali
(C) Kerala (D) Madhya Pradesh (C) Vivek Agnihotri (D) S.S. Rajamouli

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471. According to the CPCB report, which was the most polluted city (A) Bihar (B) Haryana
in India in the year 2022? (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Andhra Pradesh
(A) Gurugram (B) Delhi 484. Recently which country's 'Pokhra Airport' had a major accident?
(C) Ghaziabad (D) Patna (A) Sri Lanka (B) Bhutan
472. In which city was the 83rd All India Presiding Officers Conference (C) Nepal (D) Bangladesh
held? 485. The President of which country is Mohammad Irfan Ali, who has
(A) Bhopal (B) Jaipur been honored with the 'Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award'?
(C) Chennai (D) Ahmedabad (A) Guyana (B) United Arab Emirates
473. Which Indian public sector bank has received RBI approval to (C) Israel (D) Iran
hold exclusive Rupee Vostro accounts of three Sri Lankan banks? 486. In which state has the 'Mukhyamantri Awas Bhoomi Adhikar
(A) State Bank of India (B) Canara Bank Yojana' been launched recently?
(C) Punjab National Bank (D) Indian Bank (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Uttar Pradesh
474. Which Indian player has scored the second highest ever score in (C) Haryana (D) Punjab
Ranji Trophy history? 487. Which player has recently won both the World Rapid and World
(A) Cheteshwar Pujara (B) Shubman Gill Blitz Chess titles?
(C) Prithvi Shaw (D) Shreyas Iyer (A) R Praggnanandha (B) Koneru Humpy
475. Which country's footballer 'Gareth Bale' has retired recently? (C) Harika Dronavalli (D) Magnus Carlsen
(A) France (B) England 488. Where did PM Modi inaugurate the 108th Indian Science
(C) Wales (D) Portugal Congress?
476. In which city the 75th Army Day was organized on 15th January? (A) Ahmedabad (B) Lucknow
(A) Bhopal (B) Pune (C) Nagpur (D) Patna
(C) Bangalore (D) Ahmedabad 489. Who has been appointed as the 'State Icon' of Bihar by the Election
477. Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated the 'National Commission of India to create awareness among the voters?
Genome Editing and Training Center' in which state? (A) Shatrughan Sinha (B) Manoj Bajpai
(A) Punjab (B) Himachal Pradesh (C) Maithili Thakur (D) Pawan Singh
(C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Sikkim 490. 'Cristiano Ronaldo' of Portugal is associated with which football
478. Who won the Best Director Award at the New York Film Critics club?
Circle? (A) Al-Nassar (B) Manchester United
(A) Prashant Neel (B) Hanu Raghavapudi (C) Juventus (D) Al-Shabab
(C) S.S. Rajamouli (D) Ayan Mukerji 491. Which Indian player has been shortlisted for the ICC Men's T20
479. In which city was the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas organized? Cricketer of the Year 2022?
(A) Indore (B) Ahmedabad (A) Suryakumar Yadav (B) Hardik Pandya
(C) Chennai (D) Dehradun (C) Arshdeep Singh (D) Ishan Kishan
480. Where has the 'Bailey Suspension Bridge' been inaugurated 492. Which Indian Institute has been named as the 'Secretariat of the
recently? G-20 Science Working Group'?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Jammu and Kashmir (A) IIT Madras (B) IIT Bombay
(C) Assam (D) Karnataka (C) IISc Bangalore (D) IIT Delhi
481. Which Indian player has recently won the prestigious Under-15 493. 'Daksh' is a payment fraud reporting module run by which
British Open Squash title? organization?
(A) Dipika Pallikal (B) Krishna Mishra (A) SEBI (B) NITI Aayog
(C) Advita Sharma (D) Anahat Singh (C) State Bank of India (D) Reserve Bank of India
482. Recently RBI has announced to issue 'Sovereign Green Bond' 494. In which city was the G-20 Digital Innovation Alliance summit
worth how many crores? organized?
(A) 16000 crores (B) 5000 crores (A) Bangalore (B) New Delhi
(C) 10000 crore (D) 20000 crore (C) Ahmedabad (D) Mumbai
483. According to the latest CMIE report, which state has recorded 495. How many MW of 'Mangdechhu Hydropower Project' has been
the highest unemployment rate in December 2022? handed over by India to Bhutan's Druk Green Power Corp.?

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 (A) 720 MW (B) 500 MW (A) IIT Roorkee (B) IIT Kanpur
(C) 1024 MW (D) 1200 MW (C) IIT Bombay (D) IIT Kharagpur
496. In which city has the Indian Army inaugurated the first 3-D 507. 'Sitwini Rabuka' has become the new Prime Minister of which
printed house? country?
(A) Ahmedabad (B) Dehradun (A) Fiji (B) Micronesia
(C) Itanagar (D) Srinagar (C) Australia (D) Tonga
497. National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMC) is an initiative of 508. Who has topped the 'FIFA World Rankings 2022'?
which Union Ministry? (A) France (B) America
(A) Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (C) Brazil (D) Argentina
(B) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare 509. Who has recently become the most expensive player in the history
(C) Ministry of Defence of IPL by getting Rs 18.50 crore?
(D) Ministry of Rural Development (A) Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
498. What is the name of the new scheme announced under the Station (B) Nicholas Pooran (West Indies)
Redevelopment Campaign of the Ministry of Railways? (C) Sam Curran (England)
(A) Atmanirbhar Bharat Station Scheme (D) David Miller (South Africa)
(B) Amrit Dhara Station Scheme 510. Who has received the Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi language
in 2022?
(C) Bharat Rail Station Scheme (D) Atal Station Scheme
(A) Mahesh Thakur (B) Badri Narayan
499. Which country has recently released a special stamp to mark the
(C) Jagdeep Metre (D) Ashfaq Khan
75th anniversary of India's independence?
511. Which cricket team has won the title of Blind T-20 World Cup
(A) Russia (B) Serbia
2022?
(C) Spain (D) Argentina
(A) Pakistan (B) Bangladesh
500. With whom NTPC has signed an MoU for the development of
(C) India (D) Africa
facility for commercial production of 'Green Methanol'?
512. Which country's Karim Benzema has retired from international
(A) Technimont Group (B) Tata Power
football?
(C) Lettuce Grow (D) Blue Apple
(A) France (B) Uruguay
501. Who has topped the medal tally in 'Archery Asia Cup 2022'
(C) Brazil (D) Argentina
recently?
513. Who has been selected as the PETA India Person of the Year
(A) China (B) India
2022?
(C) Japan (D) America (A) Sonakshi Sinha (B) Virat Kohli
502. Who has been given the '30th Eklavya Puraskar 2022' recently? (C) Ravish Kumar (D) Madhuri Dixit
(A) Aruna Singh (B) Avni Lekhra 514. Which football team has won the FIFA World Cup 2022 title?
(C) Swasti Singh (D) Deepa Malik (A) Brazil (B) Uruguay
503. Recently who has become the new Chairman and CEO of Railway (C) France (D) Argentina
Board? 515. Which Indian beauty has won the Mrs. World 2022 contest?
(A) Manish Kumar Nigam (B) Anil Kumar Lahoti (A) Nandini Chawla (B) Radhika Chauhan
(C) Alok Kumar Verma (D) Ram Gopal Chowdhary (C) Namita Rao (D) Sargam Kaushal
504. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the National 516. The government of which first country in the world has imposed
Highways Authority of India (NHAI)? a lifetime ban on youth smoking?
(A) Subhashish Panda (B) Hitesh Kumar Makwana (A) Australia (B) Brazil
(C) Santosh Kumar Yadav (D) Manish Kumar Nigam (C) Canada (D) New Zealand
505. On whose birthday 'Good Governance Day' is celebrated every 517. Who has become the Women's Air Pistol National Champion in
year on 25th December all over India? NSCC-2022?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay (A) Anita Disam (B) Divya TS
(C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (C) CK Suman (D) Preeti JK
506. Which Indian institute has recently succeeded in preparing an 518. Recently who has become the first woman president of Table
artificial heart? Tennis Federation of India?

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 (A) Raveena Gautam (B) Anita Khanna (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Haryana
(C) Nagma Khan (D) Meghna Ahlawat (C) Gujarat (D) Goa
519. Which Indian-origin woman has recently become the first Vice 531. Which organization has recently set up the 'Central Excise and
President of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York? Service Tax Settlement Commission'?
(A) Vanita Rao (B) Suman Jha (A) SEBI (B) CBIC
(C) Sushmita Shukla (D) Avni Ghoshal (C) CBDT (D) Directorate of Enforcement
520. When is 'International Human Rights Day' celebrated every year? 532. Which Union Minister has launched the 'Right to Repair Portal'?
(A) on 10th December (B) on 12th December (A) Nirmala Sitharaman (B) Anurag Thakur
(C) on 13th December (D) on 15th December (C) Piyush Goyal (D) Ashwini Vaishnav
521. Which cricket team has won the title of Vijay Hazare Trophy 533. After whom has the International Space Registry named a star?
2022? (A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Sushma Swaraj
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Maharashtra (C) Manohar Parrikar (D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(C) Jharkhand (D) Saurashtra 534. Who has been sworn in as the new PM of Nepal recently?
522. Which initiative of India has been ranked among the top 10 world (A) Ravi Lamichhane (B) Sher Bahadur Deuba
restoration flagships by the United Nations? (C) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'
(A) Har-Ghar Jal Yojana (B) Namami Gange (D) Rajendra Lingden
(C) Make in India (D) Start up India 535. Which French footballer has announced his retirement from
523. Which airlines has recently won the 'Safety Performer of the Year' international football on his 35th birthday?
award from GMR Delhi Airport? (A) Alphonse Areola (B) Karim Benzema
(A) SpiceJet (B) Indigo (C) Hugo Lloris (D) Benjamin Pavard
(C) Air India (D) Vistara 536. Which State/UT has the highest score under the recently released
524. Recently India conducted another successful test of ballistic missile 'Social Progress Index (SPI)'?
Agni-5. What is its firepower? (A) Puducherry (B) Goa
(A) 2000-3000 km (B) 2000-3500 km (C) Sikkim (D) Delhi
(C) 4000-4500 km (D) 5000-5500 km 537. What is the name of the fifth Scorpene submarine inducted into
525. Who has become the first woman police commissioner of the the Indian Navy?
state of Uttar Pradesh? (A) INS Kalavari (B) INS Khanderi
(A) Laxmi Singh (B) Nandini Singh (C) INS Vagir (D) INS Kharanj
(C) Vimla Goyal (D) Rajni Chauhan 538. Which state has recently approved the 'Warehousing and Logistics
526. Which foundation day has the Border Security Force (BSF) Policy-2022'?
celebrated on 1st December? (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Assam
(A) 52nd (B) 54th (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Himachal Pradesh
(C) 58th (D) 62nd 539. Which Indian wrestler has been nominated for the 'United World
527. Who has become the first woman President of the Indian Olympic Wrestling Rising Star of the Year' award?
Association (IOA)? (A) Anshu Malik (B) Vinesh Phogat
(A) Deepa Karmakar (B) Mary Kom (C) Sakshi Malik (D) Last Panghal
(C) PT Usha (D) Karnam Malleswari 540. Which state has recently given industry status to its tourism
528. Which country's tennis team has won the Davis Cup 2022 title? sector?
(A) Australia (B) Croatia (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Assam
(C) Spain (D) Canada (C) Gujarat (D) Uttarakhand
529. 'Anwar Ibrahim' has become the new Prime Minister of which 541. The song 'Natu-Natu' from the blockbuster film 'RRR' has been
Asian country? shortlisted for the Oscars 2023. Who is the composer of this
(A) Thailand (B) Singapore song?
(C) Malaysia (D) Indonesia (A) Rahul Siliplagunj (B) MM Keeravani
530. Recently the Union Sports Minister launched the logo of the 5th (C) Alison Doody (D) Chandrabose
Khelo India Youth Games 2022. In which state will this game be 542. Which Indian documentary film has been nominated in the
organized in 2023? 'Documentary Short Film Category' at the Oscars 2023?

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 (A) All That Breathes (B) The Elephant Whisperers (C) Indore (D) Mumbai
(C) The Last Film Show (D) Nothing is Lost 554. What is the name of the P15B stealth-guided missile destroyer
543. Which athlete has been nominated to the Vice-Chairman panel in inducted into the Indian Navy?
Rajya Sabha? (A) INS Mormugao (B) INS Kolkata
(A) P.T. Usha (B) Hima Das (C) INS Kochi (D) INS Chennai
(C) Neeraj Chopra (D) Annu Rani 555. Who has been honored with the Golden Ball Award in the FIFA
544. What is the name of the first ship of the Anti-Submarine Warfare World Cup 2022?
Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) project launched by the Indian (A) Kylian Mbappe (B) Luka Modric
Navy? (C) Enzo Fernandez (D) Lionel Messi
(A) INS Vagir (B) INS Arnala 556. In which city the National Animal Resources Facility for
(C) INS Mormugao (D) INS Vikrant Biomedical Research (ICMR-NARFBR) has been inaugurated?
545. Recently Jyotiraditya Scindia has launched the country's first (A) Mumbai (B) Chennai
green steel brand. What is its name? (C) Kolkata (D) Hyderabad
(A) Kalyani Foresta (B) Jeremis 557. In which state of India, exercise 'Kazind-2022' was organized by
(C) HBIS Group (D) Duberdrola the armies of India and Kazakhstan?
546. Which is the only university in India to get A grade by NAAC? (A) Uttarakhand (B) Assam
(A) University of Delhi (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Meghalaya
(B) Maharishi Dayanand University 558. Who has won the title of 'BBC Sports Personality of the Year'?
(C) Guru Nanak Dev University (A) Beth Mead (B) Inga Swetek
(D) Chandigarh University (C) Karim Benzema (D) Roger Federer
547. Which award has been won by the Ministry of Housing and 559. In which state/UT of India, India's first dark-sky reserve has been
Urban Affairs at the Digital India Awards 2022? established?
(A) Platinum Icon (B) Bronze Icon (A) Karnataka (B) Ladakh
(C) Gold Icon (D) Silver Icon (C) New Delhi (D) Goa
548. Which country has launched the 'Group of Friends' to promote 560. Which country has been thrown out of the UN Women group?
accountability for crimes against peacekeepers? (A) Russia (B) Ukraine
(A) Bangladesh (B) China (C) Japan (D) Iran
(C) Sri Lanka (D) India 561. Who has been selected as the next Chief Scientist of WHO?
549. Where will the first meeting of the G-20 Finance Track Agenda (A) Dr. Amelia Latu Afuhamango Tuipulotu
under the G-20 Presidency be held? (B) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
(A) Bangalore (B) New Delhi (C) Dr. Jeremy Farrar
(C) Ahmedabad (D) Bhopal (D) Soumya Swaminathan
550. Which is the first payment gateway in India to support credit 562. By whom has the 'International Climate Club' been started?
cards on UPI? (A) G-7 (B) World Bank
(A) Paytm (B) Google Pay (C) G-20 (D) SAARC
(C) Phone Pay (D) Razor Pay 563. Who has launched India's first mass-segment flex-fuel car?
551. Which organization has released the report 'Climate Investment (A) Kia Motors (B) Maruti Suzuki
Opportunities in India's Cooling Sector'? (C) Tata Motors (D) Hyundai
(A) UNESCO (B) World Bank 564. Which Indian cricketer has recently broken the record of Chris
(C) World Economic Forum (D) NITI Aayog Gayle to score the fastest 200 runs in an ODI innings?
552. Who has topped the Forbes 2022 list of the 100 most powerful (A) Virat Kohli (B) K.L. Rahul
women in the world? (C) Rohit Sharma (D) Ishan Kishan
(A) Michelle Obama (B) Mahsa Amini 565. Who has won the title of 'BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year'?
(C) Nirmala Sitharaman (D) Ursula von der Leyen (A) PT Usha (B) PV Sindhu
553. Which city of India has been selected to host the U-20 Cycle, (C) Mirabai Chanu (D) Avni Lekhra
under the Presidency of G-20 of India? 566. Which player has been awarded the 'ICC Men's Player of the
(A) Ahmedabad (B) Lucknow Month' for the month of November 2022?

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 (A) Adil Rashid (B) Jos Buttler (A) Hyderabad (B) Bhopal
(C) Shaheen-Shah Afridi (D) Virat Kohli (C) Goa (D) Pune
567. Which player has been awarded the 'ICC Women's Player of the 580. Who has won the silver medal in the Weightlifting World
Month' for the month of November 2022? Championship 2022 held in Colombia?
(A) Beth Mooney (England) (B) Mithali Raj (India) (A) K. Sanjita Chanu (B) Sukhen Dey
(C) Sidra Amin (Pakistan) (D) Suzy Bates (New Zealand) (C) Ganesh Mali (D) Mirabai Chanu
568. With which country India has signed a Joint Declaration on 581. World Bank will provide financial assistance of US $ 250 million
Migration and Mobility? to which country for environmental management?
(A) Finland (B) Denmark (A) Japan (B) Bangladesh
(C) Ireland (D) Sweden (C) India (D) Pakistan
569. Which state has become the first state in India to launch its own 582. Which volcano erupted in Indonesia on 4th December?
climate change mission? (A) Mauna Laua (B) Semeru Mount
(A) Kerala (B) Gujarat (C) Mount Etna (D) Mount Merapi
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu 583. India's first Real Time Gold ATM has been set up in which city?
570. Which player has won Gold in Women's Air Pistol at the 65th (A) New Delhi (B) Ahmedabad
National Shooting Championship, 2022? (C) Hyderabad (D) Bhopal
(A) Sanskriti Bana (B) Divya T.S. 584. When is Navy Day celebrated in India?
(C) Manu Bhaker (D) Rhythm Sangwan (A) 29th November (B) 4th December
571. After whom is the Mopa International Airport in Goa named? (C) 1st December (D) 22nd December
(A) Arun Jaitley (B) Manohar Parrikar 585. Which doubles pair has won the mixed team pistol title in the
(C) Pramod Sawant (D) Nilesh Kabral National Shooting Championship?
572. Who has become the 18th Chief Minister of Gujarat recently? (A) Anjali and Sagar (B) Yashasvi and Abhinav
(A) Bhupendra Patel (B) JP Nadda (C) Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot (D) Divya and Imroz
(C) Vijay Rupani (D) Anandiben Mafatbhai Patel 586. The first G-20 Sherpa meeting under the chairmanship of India
573. Which country has launched the first Arab-made lunar spacecraft? has been organized in which city?
(A) Qatar (B) Bahrain (A) Jaipur (B) Udaipur
(C) United Arab Emirates (D) Saudi Arabia (C) New Delhi (D) Lucknow
574. Which word has won the 'Oxford Word of the Year' for 2022? 587. What is the rank of India in 'Global Aviation Safety Ranking'?
(A) Matavars (B) IStandWith (A) 102 (B) 48
(C) Goblin mode (D) Slovenly (C) 54 (D) 63
575. Which state has established the first Divyang Department in 588. When is World AIDS Day celebrated?
India? (A) 1st December (B) 5th December
(A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra (C) 15th December (D) 30th December
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Karnataka 589. In which state was the Hornbill Festival celebrated recently?
576. Who has been chosen as the 'Person of the Year 2022' by Time (A) Manipur (B) Nagaland
magazine? (C) Assam (D) Meghalaya
(A) Greta Thunberg (B) Joe Biden 590. Which union ministry has launched the 'Nai Chetna Abhiyan'?
(C) Volodymyr Zelensky (D) Elon Musk (A) Ministry of Home Affairs
577. Who has been sworn in as the first female President of Peru? (B) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(A) Liz Truss (B) Dina Boluarte (C) Ministry of Rural Development
(C) Ada Rivas (D) Ana Zara (D) Ministry of Women and Child Development
578. What is the rank of India in the 'World's Strongest Passport' list in 591. In which country scientists have revived 48500 years old zombie
2022 published by Arton Capital? virus buried in ice?
(A) 83 (B) 87 (A) Iceland (B) Denmark
(C) 89 (D) 77 (C) Georgia (D) Russia
579. Where has the 9th World Ayurveda Congress and Expo 2022 been 592. Who is set to become the first woman referee in a men's World
inaugurated? Cup game?

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 (A) Yoshimini Yamashita (B) Stephanie Frapart 604. Who has been honored with the prestigious Dr. Kalam Seva
(C) Salima Mukansanga (D) Katerina Manju Award?
593. Who has been named as the ambassador of 'Nikshaya Mitra-an (A) Ritesh Agarwal (B) Kavita Shukla
initiative' under the Prime Minister's TB-free India campaign? (C) Tilak Mehta (D) Ravi Kumar Sagar
(A) Deepa Malik (B) Amitabh Bachchan 605. What is the rank of India in Network Readiness Index 2022?
(C) PV Sindhu (D) Neeraj Chopra (A) 60th (B) 61st
594. Which airline will be merged with Tata owned Air India by March (C) 28th (D) 50th
2024? 606. Which country's Parliament has passed a Free Trade Agreement
(A) Indigo (B) SpiceJet with India?

(C) Go first (D) Vistara (A) United Kingdom (B) New Zealand
(C) Australia (D) Denmark
595. Which company has developed the world's first Nasal Covid
vaccine? 607. In which state was the Integrated Fire Power Exercise 'Shatrunash'
organized by the Indian Army recently?
(A) Serum Institute of India (B) Johnson & Johnson
(A) Rajasthan (B) Odisha
(C) Bharat Biotech (D) Pfizer
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand
596. What is the theme of the 7th Global Technology Summit?
608. In which country was the 'Sarang-Indian Film Festival' recently
(A) Geopolitics of technology
organized by the Indian Embassy?
(B) Today's view for technology
(A) France (B) South Korea
(C) Technology and its geo-political importance
(C) Russia (D) Singapore
(D) Technology and its impact in present times
609. Recently, what is the rank of India in the Climate Change
597. Which has become the first Indian state to get Jio 5G services in Performance Index released for the year 2023?
all its districts?
(A) Fourth (B) Eighth
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Gujarat (C) Tenth (D) Thirteenth
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Madhya Pradesh 610. How many players have been honored with the Arjuna Award in
598. The President of which country has been invited by the the National Sports Awards for the year 2022?
Government of India as the chief guest for the Republic Day (A) 22 (B) 25
2023 celebrations? (C) 28 (D) 30
(A) Egypt (B) United Arab Emirates 611. What is the theme of the 25th National Conference on
(C) Israel (D) Maldives e-Governance?
599. In which city will Aero India 2023 be held? (A) Bringing citizens, industry and government closer
(A) Bangalore (B) Hyderabad (B) Digital governance of the entire government
(C) Chennai (D) Delhi (C) Role of e-governance
600. Which state will get India's first integrated rocket facility by (D) Bringing the ruler and the citizens closer
Skyroot Aerospace? 612. Who has been honored with the JCB Prize for Literature 2022?
(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Telangana (A) Shirin Dalvi (B) Ashok Banker
(C) Karnataka (D) Odisha (C) Khalid Javed (D) Sumit Basu
601. Which Indian zoologist has recently received the UNEP 613. When is 'World Diabetes Day' celebrated every year across the
Champions of the Earth Award for the year 2022? world?
(A) Poornima Devi Varman (B) Mamta Devi Kaushik (A) on 10th November (B) on 12th November
(C) Ahilya Nath Verma (D) Renuka Singh Gautam (C) on 14th November (D) on 17th November
602. Recently which word has been chosen by the Cambridge 614. Which cricket team has recently won the ICC Men's T20 World
Dictionary as the 'Word of the Year 2022'? Cup title?
(A) Sunak (B) Tumed (A) Pakistan (B) India
(C) Homer (D) Kipaw (C) Sri Lanka (D) England
603. Which star footballer has left Manchester United recently? 615. Who has been honored with the prestigious 'Sumitra Charat Ram
(A) Jadon Malik Sancho (B) Marcus Rashford Award'?
(C) Cristiano Ronaldo (D) Anthony Marshall (A) Saswati Sen (B) Pali Chandra

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 (C) Sharm Bhate (D) Uma Sharma (A) Meghalaya (B) Assam
616. Who has prepared the first scientific map of the Atlantic Ocean, (C) Tripura (D) Manipur
Ocean floor recently? 628. Kameng Hydro Power Station has been inaugurated in which
(A) Mary Tharp (B) Alice Wilson state?
(C) Moira Dunbar (D) Florence Bascom (A) Manipur (B) Assam
617. Who has been named as the 'Indian Film Personality of the Year' (C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Meghalaya
at IFFI 2022? 629. Who has become the first Indian woman player to win a medal in
(A) Sharmila Tagore (B) Naseeruddin Shah the Asian Cup Table Tennis tournament?
(C) Chiranjeevi (D) Nagarjuna (A) Manika Batra (B) Sreeja Akula
618. Who has recently been honored with the Gandhi-Mandela Award (C) Ankita Das (D) Sutirtha Mukherjee
2022? 630. Which country has given exemption to Indian citizens to submit
(A) Malala Yusufzai (B) Dalai Lama police clearance certificate for obtaining visa?
(C) Kailash Satyarthi (D) Barack Obama (A) Saudi Arabia (B) Qatar
619. Which two writers have received the 31st and 32nd 'Bihari (C) Midd (D) United Arab Emirates
Puraskar'? 631. India hosted the LEAD IT Summit with which country on the
(A) Raju Sharma and Pushkar Nath sidelines of COP-27 in Egypt?
(B) Madhu Kankaria and Mahesh Verma (A) Norway (B) Sweden
(C) Madhu Kankaria and Madhav Hada (C) Canada (D) Japan
(D) Lankesh Mathur and Raman Tripathi 632. In which city the first edition of Global Media Congress is being
620. From which country India has acquired the chairmanship of 'Global organized?
Partnership on Artificial Intelligence'? (A) New York (B) Abu Dhabi
(A) Japan (B) Italy (C) Delhi (D) Paris
(C) France (D) Canada 633. Moon rocket 'Artemis 1' has been launched by which country?
621. Who has won the 2022 ATP Finals singles title? (A) United States of America (B) Russia
(A) Rafael Nadal (B) Novak Djokovic (C) China (D) India
(C) Caspar Rude (D) Carlos Alcaraz 634. Who has been appointed as full time member of NITI Aayog?
622. Which of the following groups has agreed to set up a 'Special Loss (A) N.K. Singh (B) Vishal Narayan
and Damage Fund'? (C) Arvind Virmani (D) Duvvuri Subbarao
(A) COP-27 (B) G-20 635. Which state has implemented the Panchayat Extension to
(C) BRICS (D) ASEAN Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act?
623. Who has become the first woman skydiver of the Indian Army? (A) Chhattisgarh (B) Madhya Pradesh
(A) Abhilasha Barak (B) Aarti Sarin (C) Jharkhand (D) Odisha
(C) Rajshree Ramsetu (D) Lance Naik Manju 636. Who has been appointed as the 'Friendship Ambassador' of
624. Which cricket team has recently won the title of Syed Mushtaq Switzerland Tourism?
Ali Trophy for the year 2022? (A) Virat Kohli (B) Shah Rukh Khan
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Mumbai (C) PV Sindhu (D) Neeraj Chopra
(C) Gujarat (D) Baroda 637. When is the foundation day of Jharkhand celebrated?
625. When is the International Students' Day celebrated every year? (A) 12th November (B) 15th November
(A) 15th November (B) 14th November (C) 20th November (D) 10th November
(C) 17th November (D) 20th November 638. According to United Nations estimates, what is the global
626. Who has become the first Indian to be elected to the Athletes population by November, 2022?
Commission of ITTF? (A) 7 billion (B) 10 billion
(A) Soumyajit Ghosh (B) Sarat Kamal (C) 8 billion (D) 6 billion
(C) Manika Batra (D) Harmeet Desai 639. When is the National Press Day celebrated every year?
627. Which state has become the overall team champion of the North (A) 11th November (B) 16th November
East Olympic Games 2022? (C) 14th November (D) 20th November

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640. Who has been elected as the chairman of the 'Athletes (A) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (B) Cochin Shipyard
Commission' of the Indian Olympic Association? (C) Garden Reach Shipbuilders (D) Hindustan Shipyard
(A) PV Sindhu (B) Achanta Sharath Kamal 652. Who has been elected as the first woman President of Slovenia?
(C) Mirabai Chanu (D) Mary Kom (A) Tanja Fajon (B) Katarina Kressal
641. Who will be given the Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna Award (C) Natasa Pirk Musser (D) Violet Bulkeley
2022? 653. Which country will host the U-19 Men's T-20 World Cup 2024?
(A) Soumyajit Ghosh (B) Manika Batra (A) Sri Lanka (B) Thailand
(C) Neha Agarwal (D) Sharat Kamal Achanta (C) Nepal (D) Bangladesh
642. Who will be honored with the Satyajit-Ray Lifetime Achievement 654. Which state has celebrated Millet Day on November 10, 2022, to
Award 2022? promote the cultivation and consumption of the crop?
(A) Carlos Saura (B) Quentin Tarantino (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Karnataka
(C) Christopher Nolan (D) David Fincher (C) Kerala (D) Odisha
643. Who has been named the 'Player of the Tournament' in the ICC 655. Recently who has become the new chairman of the National
Men's T20 World Cup 2022? Monuments Authority (NMA) for the next 3 years?
(A) Virat Kohli (B) Suryakumar Yadav (A) Raman Naga (B) Sohan Singh
(C) Sam Curran (D) Jos Buttler (C) Kishore Basa (D) Preet Verma
644. Which group has launched a $1.4 billion fund to tackle the next 656. Recently who has become the new chairman of the Law
global pandemic? Commission of India?
(A) COP-27 (B) G-20 (A) Jagdish Thakur (B) Rituraj Awasthi
(C) Quad (D) BRICS (C) Alkesh Chowdhary (D) Mahendra Nagjeevan
645. Who has been awarded the 'Royal Order of Merit' of Britain for 657. Which aerospace company will launch India's first privately
his distinguished service to science? developed rocket?
(A) C.N.R. Rao (B) Majula Reddy (A) Skylabs Aerospace (B) Collins Aerospace
(C) Venky Ramakrishnan (D) Jitendra Nath Goswami (C) Stardoor Aerospace (D) Skyroot Aerospace
646. Who has got the contract to build India's first multimodal logistics 658. In which state a bill has been passed to increase reservation for
park? poor, backward classes to 77 percent?
(A) Reliance Industries (B) Larsen & Toubro (A) Chhattisgarh (B) Meghalaya
(C) Adani Group (D) Tata Group (C) Jharkhand (D) Andhra Pradesh
647. Which country has been removed by the United States of America 659. Who has been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame 2022?
from its currency monitoring list? (A) Ramnaresh Sarwan (B) Darren Ganga
(A) Malaysia (B) Germany (C) Shivnarine Chanderpaul (D) Ridley Jacobs
(C) China (D) India 660. Which state has approved a proposal to involve retired army
648. What is the name of India's first repository for life science data? veterans for training of state police personnel?
(A) Indian Life Sciences Data Center (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Assam
(B) Indian Biotadata Center (C) Meghalaya (D) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Indian Biological Data Center 661. Aruna Miller has become the first Indian American to hold the
(D) Life Science Data Center post of Lieutenant Governor of which US state?
649. In which city has the first Vande Bharat Express of South India (A) Maryland (B) Georgia
been flagged off? (C) Florida (D) Alaska
(A) Mysore (B) Bangalore 662. Which is the only Indian company to feature in the top 100 in the
(C) Chennai (D) Vellore Forbes World Top Employers Ranking 2022?
650. Which country will host the Women's World Boxing (A) Adani Group (B) Tata Consultancy Services
Championship 2023? (C) Reliance Industries (D) Infosys
(A) India (B) Turkey 663. ISRO is planning to explore the shadow side of the Moon in
(C) China (D) South Korea collaboration with which country?
651. Which shipyard company will build India's first 'Hydrogen Fuel (A) Russia (B) Japan
Cell Catamaran' vessel? (C) United States of America (D) France

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664. Which word has been declared as the 'Word of the Year 2022' by (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Odisha
Collins Dictionary? (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Gujarat
(A) Pandemic (B) Lockdown 676. Who has been posthumously awarded the 'Friends of Liberation
(C) Permacrisis (D) Vaccine War' honor by Bangladesh?
665. Which country has operated the 'world's longest passenger train'? (A) Edward M. Kennedy (B) Johnny Isaacson
(A) Japan (B) China (C) Harry Reid (D) Bob Dole
(C) Australia (D) Switzerland 677. India's first Aqua Park will be set up in which state?
666. India's Edtech major Byju's has appointed whom as the Global (A) Meghalaya (B) Arunachal Pradesh
Ambassador of 'Education for All' initiative? (C) Goa (D) Maharashtra
(A) Barack Obama (B) Lionel Messi 678. In which state the first data center of North India has been set up?
(C) Roger Federer (D) Virat Kohli (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Rajasthan
667. What is the theme of India's G-20 Presidency in 2023? (C) Uttarakhand (D) Himachal Pradesh
(A) One Earth, One Family, One Future 679. Who has been appointed as the captain of the Indian team for the
(B) One World Sustainable World upcoming T-20 series in New Zealand?
(A) Shikhar Dhawan (B) Rishabh Pant
(C) Recover Together Recover Stronger
(C) Rohit Sharma (D) Hardik Pandya
(D) Building a consensus for fair and sustainable development
680. Which company has recently received India's first Responsible
668. The Mother Language Survey of India (MTSI) has been organized
Steel certification?
by which ministry?
(A) JSW Steel (B) Jindal Steel
(A) Ministry of Home Affairs (B) Ministry of Culture
(C) ESL Steel Limited (D) Tata Steel
(C) Ministry of Law and Justice (D) Ministry of Tribal Affairs
681. T.P. Rajeevan, who passed away on 2 November, was famous in
669. By whom has the 'State of the Global Climate 2022' report been
which field?
released?
(A) singing (B) dancing
(A) UNEP
(C) writing (D) painting
(B) International Maritime Organization
682. Which Indian cricketer has become the No. 1 T-20 batsman in the
(C) Food and Agriculture Organization
world?
(D) World Meteorological Organization
(A) Virat Kohli (B) Suryakumar Yadav
670. Who has become the first G-7 leader to visit China in 3 years?
(C) Rohit Sharma (D) K.L. Rahul
(A) Justin Tudeau (B) Olaf Scholz
683. What is the theme of the seventh 'India Water Week'?
(C) Georgia Meloni (D) Fumio Kishida
(A) Water security and sustainable development
671. For the first time in which paramilitary force two women officers (B) Sustainable Development and Equity
have been promoted to the rank of IG?
(C) Water security for sustainable development and equity
(A) CRPF (B) CISF (D) Water conservation for sustainable development
(C) NSG (D) Assam Rifles 684. 'National Integration Day' is celebrated in India on the occasion of
672. Which country has launched the lab module 'Mengtian' for its whose birth anniversary?
space station? (A) Sardar Vallabhai Patel (B) Subhash Chandra Bose
(A) United States of America (B) Russia (C) APJ Abdul Kalam (D) Rajendra Prasad
(C) India (D) China 685. Who has won the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022 title?
673. Which social media platform has recently announced fee for verified (A) Germany (B) Nigeria
accounts? (C) Colombia (D) Spain
(A) Twitter (B) Instagram 686. India's first floating financial literacy camp has been organized in
(C) Facebook (D) WhatsApp which city?
674. Who has been awarded the Karnataka Ratna Award (A) Srinagar (B) Bhopal
posthumously? (C) Udaipur (D) Nainital
(A) Jubilee (B) Sanchari Vijay 687. Which Indian firm will set up Mongolia's first greenfield refinery?
(C) K.V. Raju (D) Puneeth Rajkumar (A) Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Limited
675. Which state has announced child friendly police stations? (B) Himcon Engineers India Private Limited

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 (C) Oriental Structural Engineers Pvt Ltd (A) Harmanpreet Singh (B) Manpreet Singh
(D) Steloid Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (C) Mandeep Singh (D) Gujranj Singh
688. Which Indian pair has won the French Open Men's Doubles title 699. Which social media platform has recently been taken over by
in Badminton? Tesla chief Elon Musk?
(A) Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun (A) Twitter (B) Snapchat
(B) S Sanjit and Manish Gupta (C) Instagram (D) Facebook
(C) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty 700. Who has been appointed as the Governor of West Bengal?
(D) B Sumeeth Reddy and Manu Attri (A) Arvind Kumar Sharma (B) C.V. Anand Bose
689. According to the World Energy Outlook 2022 report, by which (C) Atanu Chakraborty (D) Nripendra Mishra
year will global emissions be at their highest level? 701. Recently, who has become the brand ambassador of T-20 World
(A) 2026 (B) 2030 Cup for the blind?
(C) 2028 (D) 2025 (A) Sunil Gavaskar (B) Sachin Tendulkar
690. In which state of India the Orbital Rail Corridor has been launched? (C) Yuvraj Singh (D) Virender Sehwag
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Haryana 702. Recently, who of Indian origin has become the new Prime Minister
(C) Gujarat (D) Madhya Pradesh of Britain?
691. Which airport in India has been declared as the 10th busiest airport (A) Aman Panda (B) Dilip Boland
in the world? (C) Rajesh David (D) Rishi Sunak
(A) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai 703. Recently 'Ulf Christerson' has become the new Prime Minister of
(B) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata which European country?
(C) Chennai International Airport, Chennai (A) Sweden (B) Poland
(D) Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi (C) Hungary (D) Italy
692. Which state of India celebrated its foundation day on November 704. Who has topped in the recently released Haroon India's list of
9, 2022? Donors for the year 2022?
(A) Rajasthan (B) Gujarat (A) Azim Premji (B) Shiv Nadar
(C) Uttarakhand (D) Odisha (C) Gautam Adani (D) Mukesh Ambani
693. Which country will become the first country in the Pacific region 705. Which country has been recently added to the list of high risk
to host the World Hindi Conference? countries by FATF?
(A) Fiji (B) New Zealand (A) DR Congo (B) France
(C) Kiribati (D) Marshall Islands (C) Myanmar (D) Singapore
694. Which state or union territory has launched the 'Samruddhi' tax 706. Who has become the first Indian wrestler to win a gold medal in
waiver scheme? Under-23 World Wrestling Championship?
(A) Gujarat (B) Jammu and Kashmir (A) Sajan Bhanwala (B) Aman Sehrawat
(C) Delhi (D) Telangana (C) Nitesh (D) Vikas
695. Who has been awarded the '2022 Sakharov Prize' for freedom of 707. Which country has been included in the top 12 chess playing
thought? nations for the Men's 2022 World Team Chess Championship?
(A) Alexey Navalny (B) Malala Yousafzai (A) Russia (B) Japan
(C) Dalai Lama (D) People of Ukraine (C) South Korea (D) India
696. Which state has recently been declared as 100% Har Ghar Jal 708. How many satellites have been put into orbit by ISRO's heaviest
State? rocket LVM3 M2?
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Uttar Pradesh (A) 35 (B) 36
(C) Gujarat (D) Rajasthan (C) 31 (D) 32
697. Which country has recently passed the 'Plain Language Act'? 709. Recently, who has been appointed as the new Revenue Secretary
(A) New Zealand (B) United States of India in place of Tarun Bajaj?
(C) France (D) Australia (A) Sanjay Malhotra (B) Gopal Vohra
698. Who has been appointed as the captain of the Indian hockey team (C) Gurmeet Singh (D) Rishi Soni
for the FIH Pro League 2022-2023? 710. Recently, who has been elected as the new President of BCCI?

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 (A) Kapil Dev (B) Sachin Tendulkar (A) Tata (B) Jaguar
(C) Roger Binny (C) Zaheer Khan (C) Volkswagen (D) Toyota
711. Justice 'DY Chandrachud' has become the new Chief Justice of 723. Recently which has become India's first solar powered village?
India (CJI)? (A) Khudi (Rajasthan) (B) Modhera (Gujarat)
(A) 45th (B) 50th (C) Nokha (Maharashtra) (D) Mingari (Karnataka)
(C) 52nd (D) 55th 724. Which state has launched a website listing the most polluting
712. Who has been appointed as the new US Ambassador to India? industrial units?
(A) Elizabeth Jones (B) Atul Keshapi (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Chhattisgarh
(C) Patricia A. Lasina (D) Kinesis Jester (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Jharkhand
713. Which state has secured the first position in the Pradhan Mantri 725. When is World Statistics Day celebrated?
Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) Awards 2021? (A) 19 October (B) 15 October
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) 22 October (D) 20 October
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Gujarat
726. Who has been elected as the President of the Indian National
714. Recently which male footballer has received the Ballon d'Or award Congress?
for the year 2022?
(A) Mallikarjun Kharge (B) Sonia Gandhi
(A) Robert Lewandowski (B) Kevin D'Brien
(C) Shashi Tharoor (D) Priyanka Gandhi
(C) Karim Benzema (D) Mohamed Salah
727. Recently which female cricketer has been awarded the ICC Player
715. In which year is ISRO planning to launch 'Chandrayaan-3'?
of the Month for September-2022?
(A) 2022 (B) 2024
(A) Sasikala Shrivardhan (Sri Lanka)
(C) 2023 (D) 2025
(B) Harmanpreet Kaur (India)
716. In which state will the fifth Khelo India Youth Games-2023 be
(C) Sana Mir (Pakistan)
organized?
(D) Shefali Verma (India)
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh
728. Recently which male cricketer has been awarded the ICC Player
(C) Gujarat (D) Maharashtra
of the Month for September-2022?
717. According to the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022,
(A) Babar Azam (Pakistan)
which country had the highest number of poor people in the
(B) Suryakumar Yadav (India)
world in 2020?
(C) David Miller (The Africa)
(A) Congo (B) Bangladesh
(D) Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)
(C) Sri Lanka (D) India
729. Recently, how many people have received the Nobel Prize for the
718. Which city of the United States of America has declared a public
year 2022 in the field of economics?
school holiday on Diwali from the year 2023?
(A) two (B) three
(A) Los Angeles (B) Chicago
(C) four (D) six
(C) New York (D) Boston
719. Who has been appointed as the new brand ambassador of Bandhan 730. In which state has Prime Minister Modi launched 'Mission Life'?
Bank? (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Himachal Pradesh
(A) Amitabh Bachchan (B) Akshay Kumar (C) Gujarat (D) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Virender Sehwag (D) Sourav Ganguly 731. Asia's largest compressed biogas plant has been inaugurated in
720. When is 'World Food Day' celebrated every year? which state?
(A) 16th October (B) 18th October (A) Gujarat (B) Punjab
(C) 15th October (D) 20th October (C) Haryana (D) Madhya Pradesh
721. 'Abdul Latif Rashid' has become the new President of which 732. Who has been named as the new Defence Secretary by the
country? Government of India?
(A) Iran (B) Iraq (A) Armane Giridhar (B) Amarendra Tiwari
(C) Azerbaijan (D) Syria (C) Ajay Bhatt (D) Radha Sreedharan
722. Which car manufacturer has launched India's first fuel-flex 733. The draft National Credit Framework for Public Consultancy has
engine car? been launched under which ministry?

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 (A) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs 745. Who has become the new Director General of Central Reserve
(B) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Police Force (CRPF)?
(C) Ministry of Finance (D) Ministry of Education (A) Sujoy Lal Thoussen (B) Rakesh Kumar Astana
734. Which of its raising day was celebrated by the Indian Air Force on (C) Anish Dayal Singh (D) Manoj Kumar Mago
October 8, 2022? 746. Recently who has received the Nobel Prize for the year 2022 in
(A) 88th (B) 89th the field of medicine?
(C) 90th (D) 93rd (A) Elle Jons (B) George Mathews
735. Recently 'Ales Bialiyatsky' and human rights organizations have (C) Svante Pabo (D) Andy Booker
received the Nobel Prize for the year 2022 in which field?
747. Who has received the 'Best Actress' award in the recently given
(A) Literature (B) Peace 68th National Film Awards?
(C) Economics (C) Medicine
(A) Deepika Padukone (B) Sonam Kapoor
736. Recently, who has received the Nobel Prize in Literature for the
(C) Shraddha Kapoor (D) Aparna Balamurali
year 2022?
748. What is the rank of India in the recently released 'Global Innovation
(A) Max Ford (B) Mini Charles
Index' for the year 2022?
(C) Annie Arnoux (D) Demi Jul
(A) 45th (B) 40th
737. Who has been appointed by the Central Government as the new
(C) 49th (D) 53rd
Deputy Election Commissioner?
749. Recently 'Chandigarh airport' has been renamed after which
(A) Bhupendra Beniwal (B) Rakesh Sharma
freedom fighter?
(C) Ajay Bhadoo (D) Sunil Garhwal
738. How many scientists have received the 2022 Nobel Prize for (A) Tatya Tope (B) Mangal Pandey
Physics? (C) Bhagat Singh (D) Kunwar Singh
(A) two (B) three 750. Who has recently become the second Chief of Defensce Staff
(C) four (D) five (CDS) of India?
739. Who has been elected as the President and Co-Chair of the (A) Lt. G. Anil Chauhan (B) Lt. G. Manish Choudhary
International Solar Alliance? (C) Lt. G. Mohan Chawla (D) Lt. G. Gopal Pratap
(A) India and France (B) UAE and Netherlands 751. Who has won the Booker Prize 2022?
(C) Sweden and Germany (D) Italy and Norway (A) Claire Keegam (B) Noviellet Bulawayo
740. Who has been appointed as the new Controller General of (C) Sheehan Karunatilka (D) Elizabeth Stroud
Accounts? 752. Who has become the first Indian woman hurdler to break the
(A) Sonali Singh (B) Bharti Das 100m hurdles in 13 seconds?
(C) Shakuntala Devi (D) P.L. Sahu (A) Reeth Abraham (B) Anuradha Biswal
741. In which state is the National Maritime Heritage Complex being (C) Debashree Majumdar (C) Jyoti Yaraji
built? 753. Living Planet Report 2022 has been released by which institute?
(A) Maharashtra (B) Tamil Nadu (A) UNEP (B) World Wide Fund
(C) Gujarat (D) Goa
(C) FAO (D) UNESCO
742. Who has won India's first Greco-Roman medal in Under-23
754. Which Indian city has won the World Green City Award 2022?
Wrestling World Championship?
(A) Hyderabad (B) Indore
(A) Sajan Bhanwala (B) Antim Panghal
(C) Bhopal (D) Pune
(C) Aman Sehrawat (D) Sagar Jaglan
755. The 5th meeting of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) is being
743. What is the name of the Unified Pensioners Portal for Pensioners
held under the chairmanship of which country?
launched by the Central Government?
(A) Netherlands (B) France
(A) Welfare (B) Sankalpa
(C) Japan (D) India
(C) life (D) future
756. In which Indian language the Government of India has launched
744. In the cleanliness survey of the year 2022, which has become the
cleanest city of India for the 6th time in a row? MBBS course books for the first time?

(A) Lucknow (B) Surat (A) Tamil (B) Hindi

(C) Indore (D) Panaji (C) Bhojpuri (D) Punjabi

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757. On which route Vande-Bharat based freight service is being started? 769. ‘Education 4.0 India Report’ has been launched by which institute?
(A) Gandhinagar-Mumbai (B) Delhi-Varanasi (A) World Bank
(C) Delhi-Mumbai (D) Delhi-Katra (Jammu) (B) International Monetary Fund
758. The objective of PM-Divine scheme is for the development of (C) World Economic Forum
which region of India? (D) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
(A) Border area (B) Coastal region 770. In which city of Madhya Pradesh is the famous Shri
(C) Hilly region (D) North-Eastern region Mahakaleshwar Temple located?
759. With which country India has extended the Vaccine Action Program (A) Ujjain (B) Bhopal
till the year 2027? (C) Jabalpur (D) Gwalior
(A) France (B) Germany 771. Which academician has won the UAE's Top Alternative Medicine
(C) United States of America (D) Russia Award?
760. Which company has developed India's first aluminum freight train (A) A.K.M. Ghosh (B) K.S. Gill
rake? (C) Venu Govindaraju (D) Wajahat Hussain
(A) NALCO (B) Vedanta Ltd. 772. Who has won the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for the year
(C) Jindal Aluminum (D) Hindalco 2022?
761. Which country hosted the 90th Interpol General Assembly? (A) Justin Tudo (B) Emmanuel Macron
(A) Turkey (B) India (C) Joe Biden (D) Angela Merkel
(C) China (D) Vietnam 773. Who has been appointed as the Presiding Officer of the UAPA
762. What is the rank of India in the Global Hunger Index 2022? Tribunal by the Government of India?
(A) 110th (B) 103rd (A) Pankaj Bhatia (B) Dinesh Kumar Sharma
(C) 107th (D) 102nd (C) Vivek Verma (D) Rajeev Mishra
763. In which IIT President Draupadi Murmu has launched 'Param 774. Which state has launched anti-dust campaign to control air
Kamrup' supercomputer facility? pollution?
(A) III Bombay (B) IIT BHU (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Haryana
(C) IIT Delhi (D) IIT Guwahati (C) Delhi (D) Punjab
764. PM Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of Bulk Drug 775. Which company has got India's first micro category drone
Park in which state? certification?
(A) Uttarakhand (B) Gujarat (A) Shivayu Aerospace
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Tripura (B) Throttle Aerospace Systems Pvt Ltd
765. In which country was the 6th summit of the Conference on (C) Ada Aerospace Pvt Ltd
Interaction and Confidence Building Measure in Asia (CICA) held? (D) Asteria Aerospace Limited
(A) Egypt (B) Kazakhstan 776. Who has won the Sastra Ramanujan Award 2022?
(C) Iran (D) Iraq (A) Peter Saranac (B) Ian Stewart
766. Recently in which country scientists have discovered an ecosystem (C) Yunqing Tang (D) Terence Tao
'The Trapping Zone'? 777. Justice Pankaj Mithal has been appointed as the Chief Justice of
(A) Australia (B) Japan which High Court?
(C) Thailand (D) Maldives (A) Karnataka High Court
767. India has won the bronze medal by defeating which country in (B) Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
the ISSF World Championship 2022? (C) Allahabad High Court (D) Rajasthan High Court
(A) Egypt (B) Germany 778. Tele Manas initiative is an initiative related to which health service?
(C) China (D) Indonesia (A) Mental Health (B) Child Health
768. Which country has recently imposed visa restrictions on members (C) Communicable Diseases (D) Women's Health
of the Taliban responsible for the oppression of women and girls 779. Which state has announced India's first 'Kadavur Slender Loris
in Afghanistan? Sanctuary'?
(A) United States of America (B) New Zealand (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Australia (D) France (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Uttarakhand

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780. Which country has launched Kafau-I satellite to unravel the 791. Which Indian-American has been honored with the Lifetime
mysteries of the Sun? Achievement Award by the United States of America?
(A) South Korea (B) China (A) Kash Patel (B) Parag Agarwal
(C) Japan (C) North Korea (C) Vivek Lal (D) Laxman Narasimhan
781. Which company has manufactured the India-made Drone 'Drone'? 792. What is the name of the first Made-in India Light Combat
(A) Hawking Industries Pvt. Ltd Helicopter (HCH) inducted into the Indian Air Force?
(B) Arc drone (A) Dhruva (B) Prachanda
(C) Garuda Aerospace (C) Mangusta (D) Apache

(D) Trusted Aerospace Engineering Pvt. Ltd. 793. Which state has won the 'Ayushman Excellence Award 2022'?

782. In which category Caroline Bertozzi, Morton Meldel, K. Barry (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Gujarat
Sharpless jointly won the 2022 Nobel Prize? (C) Maharashtra (D) Uttar Pradesh

(A) Chemistry (B) Literature 794. Which Gram panchayat of Kerala has become the first fully
digitally literate panchayat in India?
(C) Physics Science (C) Medicine
(A) Kunnathukal (B) Pullampara
783. Which country has become the largest producer of sugar in the
(C) Villappi (D) Kallar
world?
795. Who has been appointed as India's second Chief of Defence Staff
(A) China (B) Thailand
(CDS)?
(C) Brazil (D) India
(A) Manoj Mukund Naravane
784. Who has become the first American-born woman to travel in
(B) Anil Chauhan
space?
(C) Hari Kumar
(A) Kayla Barron (B) Anne McClain
(D) Vivek Ram Choudhary
(C) Nicole Mann (D) Christina Koch
796. For which area has the Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved Ranipur
785. In which state was the 'Vishal Kisan Sammelan' workshop
Tiger Reserve?
2organized by the National Mission for Clean Ganga and
(A) Bundelkhand (B) Pilibhit
Co-operative India?
(C) Awadh (D) Rohilkhand
(A) Haryana (B) Uttar Pradesh
797. Who has become the first European woman to command the
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Punjab
International Space Station?
786. Who has been made 'National Icon' by the Election Commission
(A) Annara Kikina (B) Johanna Meslinger
of India?
(C) Samantha Cristoforetti (D) Yelena Serova
(A) Neeraj Chopra (B) Pankaj Tripathi
798. In which state has the Archaeological Survey of India recently
(C) Amitabh Bachchan (D) PV Sindhu
found the remains of Buddhist caves and temples?
787. India has handed over Made-in-India motorbikes to which country
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Maharashtra
as a bilateral trade?
(C) Rajasthan (D) Madhya Pradesh
(A) Lebanan (B) Saudi Arabia
799. Recently who has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Woman
(C) Qatar (D) Morocco of the Year Award?
788. With which country Indian Navy has signed an agreement on (A) Rishi Sunak (B) LizTruss
White Shipping Information Exchange?
(C) Suella Braverman (D) Alok Sharma
(A) Australia (B) Japan 800. Who has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to
(C) New Zealand (D) United States of America Canada?
789. ‘herSTART’ is a startup platform created by which university? (A) Sanjay Kumar Verma
(A) University of Delhi (B) University of Mumbai (B) Naresh Kumar Singh
(C) Rajasthan University (C) Gujarat University (C) Alok Kumar Verma
790. Who has won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology? (D) Hardik Singh Panwar
(A) Ufrfe Ravnskov (B) Mikel Nordford 801. Recently the Indian player 'Jhulan Goswami' related to which
(C) Svante Pabo (D) Arne Merman sport has retired from international sport?

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 (A) Cricket (B) Hockey ANSWERS
(C) Football (D) Badminton 1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (D) 7. (A)
802. Who will become the first female Prime Minister of Italy?
8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (A) 11. (B) 12. (B) 13. (D) 14. (C)
(A) Giorgia Meloni (B) Mara Carfagna
15. (A) 16. (B) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (C) 21. (C)
(C) Daniela Santanche (D) Mariastella Gelmini
22. (D) 23. (B) 24. (D) 25. (B) 26. (C) 27. (C) 28. (B)
803. When is 'World Tourism Day' celebrated every year?
(A) 23rd September (B) 27th September 29. (B) 30. (D) 31. (C) 32. (C) 33. (B) 34. (C) 35. (A)

(C) 29th September (D) 30th September 36. (C) 37. (D) 38. (B) 39. (D) 40. (A) 41. (A) 42. (B)
804. Recently, who has been given the 52nd Dadasaheb Phalke Award 43. (C) 44. (B) 45. (B) 46. (C) 47. (A) 48. (D) 49. (A)
for the year 2020? 50. (A) 51. (D) 52. (A) 53. (B) 54. (A) 55. (C) 56. (B)
(A) Shreya Ghoshal (B) Asha Parekh
57. (A) 58. (C) 59. (B) 60. (D) 61. (D) 62. (A) 63. (B)
(C) Madhuri Dixit (D) Hema Malini
64. (B) 65. (A) 66. (D) 67. (D) 68. (B) 69. (C) 70. (A)
805. Who has been elected as the new President of Hockey India?
71. (C) 72. (C) 73. (D) 74. (C) 75. (D) 76. (B) 77. (B)
(A) Suresh Mathur (B) Anish Khan
(C) Prajesh Thakur (D) Dilip Tirkey 78. (C) 79. (B) 80. (D) 81. (C) 82. (A) 83. (A) 84. (A)
806. Recently who has become the new Director General of ICMR? 85. (D) 86. (B) 87. (A) 88. (C) 89. (B) 90. (D) 91. (D)
(A) Dr. Sanjeev Ranjan (B) Dr. Manish Rana 92. (B) 93. (D) 94. (D) 95. (B) 96. (A) 97. (C) 98. (A)
(C) Dr. Sushil Sharma (D) Dr. Rajeev Behl 99. (B) 100. (A) 101. (B) 102. (A) 103. (B) 104. (B) 105. (C)
807. Who has recently become the youngest Indian to become the
106. (C) 107. (B) 108. (B) 109. (A) 110. (A) 111. (B) 112. (D)
owner of 1000 crores of assets?
113. (B) 114. (A) 115. (B) 116. (D) 117. (B) 118. (C) 119. (A)
(A) Mahesh Chakraborty (B) Rajesh Singh
120. (A) 121. (B) 122. (C) 123. (D) 124. (D) 125. (B) 126. (A)
(C) Kaivalya Vohra (D) Jitesh Patel
808. 'Jaldoot App' has been developed by which ministry? 127. (D) 128. (C) 129. (B) 130. (C) 131. (B) 132. (D) 133. (D)
(A) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs 134. (A) 135. (C) 136. (B) 137. (B) 138. (B) 139. (C) 140. (B)
(B) Ministry of Food Processing Industries 141. (B) 142. (C) 143. (C) 144. (B) 145. (D) 146. (D) 147. (C)
(C) Ministry of Rural Development 148. (B) 149. (A) 150. (C) 151. (D) 152. (D) 153. (B) 154. (A)
(D) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
155. (A) 156. (B) 157. (C) 158. (A) 159. (A) 160. (C) 161. (B)
809. On whose birth anniversary 'Antyodaya Day' is celebrated every
162. (B) 163. (B) 164. (A) 165. (B) 166. (D) 167. (B) 168. (B)
year on 25 September all over India?
169. (B) 170. (C) 171. (A) 172. (C) 173. (B) 174. (A) 175. (B)
(A) Chaudhary Charan Singh (B) Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay
(C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (D) Morarji Desai 176. (B) 177. (B) 178. (B) 179. (B) 180. (D) 181. (A) 182. (D)
810. When is the 'International Sign Language Day' celebrated every 183. (D) 184. (C) 185. (B) 186. (A) 187. (A) 188. (B) 189. (D)
year? 190. (B) 191. (C) 192. (C) 193. (A) 194. (B) 195. (D) 196. (C)
(A) 25th September (B) 20th September 197. (A) 198. (C) 199. (D) 200. (B) 201. (C) 202. (A) 203. (A)
(C) 23rd September (D) 21st September
204. (C) 205. (B) 206. (A) 207. (D) 208. (C) 209. (B) 210. (D)
811. In which city did President Draupadi Murmu recently inaugurate
211. (B) 212. (A) 213. (B) 214. (A) 215. (B) 216. (C) 217. (D)
HAL's Integrated Cryogenic Engine Manufacturing Facility?
(A) Pune (B) Ahmedabad 218. (B) 219. (C) 220. (C) 221. (C) 222. (C) 223. (A) 224. (B)

(C) Chennai (D) Bangalore 225. (C) 226. (C) 227. (A) 228. (C) 229. (C) 230. (D) 231. (B)
812. Recently Swachh Toycathon competition has been started by 232. (C) 233. (B) 234. (D) 235. (C) 236. (A) 237. (A) 238. (C)
which Union Ministry? 239. (B) 240. (D) 241. (B) 242. (A) 243. (A) 244. (C) 245. (A)
(A) Ministry of Home Affairs
246. (D) 247. (B) 248. (D) 249. (A) 250. (D) 251. (C) 252. (B)
(B) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
253. (A) 254. (C) 255. (A) 256. (A) 257. (A) 258. (A) 259. (B)
(C) Ministry of Culture
260. (A) 261. (A) 262. (A) 263. (D) 264. (A) 265. (D) 266. (C)
(D) Ministry of Education

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