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Q- India has collaborated with which country to form the Renewable Energy
Technology Action Platform (RETAP)?
Answer- United States of America
Q- Who is the First Woman to Head the Railway Board?

Answer- Jaya Verma Sinha
Q- Jaya Verma Sinha First Woman to Head the Railway Board will be replaced?
Answer-Anil Kumar Lahoti
Q-'Global India AI 2023' will be organised by which ministry of the Government of

India in October 2023?
Answer- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Government of India
Q- Who has been appointed as the chairman of the steering committee of the Global
IndiaAI 2023 conference?
Answer-Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Union Minister of State for Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship and Electronics and Information Technology)
Q- What is the name of the World's Most Advanced Arabic Large Language Model?
Answer - Jais
Q- Which country has released the World's Most Advanced Arabic Large Language
Model?
Answer - UAE
Q- Which is the world's largest AI supercomputer?

Answer -Condor Galaxy
Q- What is the name of an open-source large language model (LLM) through the
stateowned Technology Innovation Institute created in the UAE?
Answer - Falcon
Q- When was India's first metro built by Indian Railways?

Answer - on 24 October 1984 - Kolkata Metro Railway
Q- Which metro rail of the country has planned to convert its steel third rail into a
composite aluminium third rail?
Answer - Kolkata Metro
Q- Who was also known as the ‘Father of Indian Archaeology?

Answer - Alexander Cunnigham
Q- Who was the first director general of ASI?

Answer- Alexander Cunnigham
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Q- Name the mobile app launched under Adopt a Heritage 2.0.

Answer-‘Indian Heritage’
Q- Who will host the 'Global India AI 2023' conference?

Answer- India
Q- Who has been appointed as the Principal Director General of the Press Information
Bureau?
Answer- Manish Desai
Q- The Press Information Bureau comes under which Union ministry?

Answer- Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Q- Who became the first Indian in 1941 to be appointed as Principal Information

Officer?
Answer- J. Natarajan
Q- When the Central Bureau of Information's name was changed to Press Information
Bureau?
Answer- in 1946
Q- Who was the first Director of the Central Bureau of Information?

Answer- Dr. L.F. Rushbrook Williams
Q- Which armed forces of India conducted the Trishul Exercise in the month of
September 2023?
Answer -Indian Air Force's Western Command
Q- Which Indian has also been announced to be given the Ramon Magsaysay Award for
the year 2023?
Answer - Oncologist Ravi Kannan
Q- Which award is considered the Nobel Prize of Asia?

Answer - Ramon Magsaysay Award
Q- The Ramon Magsaysay Award is mainly given in which field?

Answer - Awarded in the field of emerging leadership
Q- Who has been announced to be given the Ramon Magsaysay Award for education
for the year 2023?
Answer - Rakshand Korvi of Bangladesh for education
Q- Who has been announced to be given the Ramon Magsaysay Award for
environmental protection for the year 2023?
Answer -Eugenio Lemos of Timor-Leste for environmental protection
Q- Who has been announced to be given the Ramon Magsaysay Award for peace and
women's participation for the year 2023?
Answer - Miriam Coronel Ferrer of the Philippines for peace and women's participation.
Q- Who releases the Index of Industrial Production in India?

Answer-By the Office of the Economic Adviser (OEA), Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Q- Name the eight core industries.

Answer- Coal, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Refinery Products, Fertilizers, Steel, Cement and
Electricity.
Q- In September 2023 Mahendragiri 17A frigate was launched by whom?

Answer- Dr. Sudesh Dhankhar
Q- On what basis was the frigate Mahendragiri named?

Answer-Frigate Mahendragiri is named after a mountain peak in the Eastern Ghats in Orissa.
Q- When to celebrate Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes Day in

Rajasthan?
Answer-31 August
Q- Who is the chairman of the Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes Board
President?
Answer- Smt. Urmila Yogi
2 September 2023
Q. According to the results declared in September 2023, which Indian-origin person has
been elected as the new President of Singapore?
Answer: Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Q. How many persons of Indian origin have been elected President in Singapore so far?
Answer: Three (Sellapan Ramanathan, Chengara Veetil Devan Nair and Tharman
Shanmugaratnam)
Q. Where will the speakers of parliament of G20 countries (P20) be held in the month of
October 2023?
Answer: New Delhi, in the new Parliament House
Q. During the G20 Presidency which country the speakers of Parliament of G20
countries was started?
Answer: Canada in 2010
Q. Where is the 26th edition of the Asian Table Tennis Championships 2023 being held
in the month of September 2023?
Answer: Pyeongchang, South Korea
Q. Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra belong to which sport?

Answer: Table Tennis
Q. The Asian Table Tennis Championship is held after — years?

Answer: Two years
Q. According to the results declared in September 2023, which Indian-origin person has
been elected as the new President of Singapore?
Answer: Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Q. How many persons of Indian origin have been elected President in Singapore so far?
Answer: Three (Sellapan Ramanathan, Chengara Veetil Devan Nair and Tharman
Shanmugaratnam)
Q. Former ISRO chief K Sivan has been appointed as the chairman of the board of
governance of which IIT?
Answer: Board of Governance of IIT Indore
Q. In whose place has former ISRO chief K Sivan been appointed as the chairman of
the board of governance of IIT Indore?
Answer: Dr. Deepak Phatak.
Q. Where is India’s first Indigenous Nuclear Power Station located?

Answer. Kakrapar, Gujarat
Q. Name the established or proposed Rajasthan's nuclear plants.

Answer. Rawatbhata and Mahi
Q. Uttar Pradesh's only nuclear power plant is located at?

Answer. Narora , Uttar Pradesh
Q. Who has been given an 'A+' rating among the top central bankers globally by the
American magazine Global Finance in its report?
Answer: Shaktikanta Das
Q Recently constituted One Nation One Election committee is headed by?

Answer: Ramnath Kovind
Q. Which Article of the Constitution provides for the tenure of both Houses (Lok Sabha
and Rajya Sabha) of the Parliament?
Answer: Article 83
Q. D. Gukesh related to which game?

Answer: Chess
Q. Who is India's top chess player in International ranking?

Answer: D Gukesh
Q. Which agency releases the economic growth figure of India?

Answer: National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation
Q. Which sector of the economy registered the lowest growth rate in the first quarter
(April-June) of the 2023-24 fiscal year?
Answer: Electricity, Gas, Water Supply and other Utility services. 2.9%
Q. Which is the fastest-growing major economy in the world?

Answer: India, 7.8% in the first quarter (April-June) 2023 -24
Q. What was the growth rate of the Agriculture sector during the first quarter
(AprilJune) of the financial year 2023 -24?
Answer: 3.5%
Q. What is the expected growth rate of the Indian economy in 2023-24 as per the Union
Ministry of Finance?
Answer: 6.5%
Q. Who got the first position in the 33rd National Youth Parliament Competition, 2022-
23?
Ans. - Chhindwara Central School, Madhya Pradesh
Q. Which award is given to Chhindwara Kendriya Vidyalaya for securing first position
in the 33rd National Youth Parliament Competition, 2022-23?
Answer: Nehru, let's go to Vaijayanti and the trophy.
Q. Which Union ministry is going to launch the U-WIN portal?

Answer: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Q. Which portal is being launched by the government to register and vaccinate every
pregnant woman and child under the Universal Immunisation Scheme?
Answer: U-WIN
Q. How many vaccines are provided under the Universal Immunisation Scheme of the
government of India?
Answer: 8
4 September 2023
Q. Which team apart from India has qualified from Asia to play in the inaugural FIH
Hockey5s World Cup to be held in Muscat, Oman in January 2024?
Answer: Pakistan, Malaysia and Oman as a host country
Q. India won the inaugural Men’s Asian Hockey 5s World Cup Qualifier played in
Oman by defeating which country?
Answer: Pakistan
Q. Where was the inaugural Men’s Asian Hockey 5s World Cup Qualifier tournament
2023 held?
Answer : Salalah, Oman
Q. Who was the captain of the Indian Men’s Hockey team at the inaugural Men’s Asian
Hockey 5s World Cup Qualifier played in Oman?
Answer: Mandeep Mor
Q. Gujarat declaration which was in the news recently is related to -?

Answer: Declaration issued after the conclusion of the first WHO Traditional Medicine
Global Summit 2023 held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat in August.
Q. What was the nickname given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to WHO
DirectorGeneral Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus?
Answer: Tulsi Bhai
Q. The WHO co-hosted the first WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit 2023 in
Gandhinagar with —?
Answer: Union Ministry of Ayush
Q. What was the theme of the first WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit 2023?
Answer: Towards Health and well-being of All’
Q. Famous Formula One driver Max Verstappenbelongs to which country?

Answer: Red Bull
Q. Which Formula One Grand Prix is also famous as the Monza circuit?
Answer: Italian Grand Prix. Monza is the name of the Italian city where the Italian Grand
Prix is held.
Q. Which driver broke the record of 9 consecutive Formula One wins of Sebastian
Vettel?
Answer: Max Verstappen, has 10 consecutive Formula One Grand Prix wins
Q. Where is the headquarters of FIA (Federation of International Automobiles), the

governing body of Formula One Race?
Answer: Paris, France
Q. Where will be the new Center of Excellence in Panchakarma established in

Rajasthan?
Answer: Chaksu, Jaipur
Q. Panchkarma is the method that comes under which stream?

Answer: Ayurveda
Q. What are the three doshas of the body according to Ayurveda?

Answer: Vata, Pitta and Kapha
Q. Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Rajasthan Ayurved University is located in which

district of Rajasthan?
Answer: Jodhpur
Q. National Institute of Ayurveda is located in which district of Rajasthan?

Answer: Jaipur
Q. Heath Streak died of cancer in September 2023; To which country did he belong?
Answer: Zimbabwe
Q. Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak was associated with which Indian domestic
cricket team?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
Q. Morgan Stanley has increased India's growth rate estimate for fiscal year 2024 to
how much?
Answer: - 6.4%
Q. What is the estimated growth rate of GDP in the first quarter of the financial year
2024?
Answer: .8%
Q. Famous Formula One driver Max Verstappenbelongs to which country?

Answer: Red Bull
Q. Which Formula One Grand Prix is also famous as the Monza circuit?
Answer: Italian Grand Prix. Monza is the name of the Italian city where the Italian Grand
Prix is held.
Q. Which driver broke the record of 9 consecutive Formula One wins of Sebastian
Vettel?
Answer: Max Verstappen, has 10 consecutive Formula One Grand Prix wins
Q. Where is the headquarters of FIA (Federation of International Automobiles), the

governing body of Formula One Race?
Q. Gujarat declaration which was in the news recently is related to –?

Answer: Declaration issued after the conclusion of the first WHO Traditional Medicine
Global Summit 2023 held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat in August.
Q. What was the nickname given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to WHO Director
General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus?
Answer: Tulsi Bhai
Q. The WHO co-hosted the first WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit 2023 in
Gandhinagar with —?
Answer: Union Ministry of Ayush
Q. What was the theme of the first WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit
2023?
Answer : Towards Health and well-being of All’
Q. What is the duration of the Education to Entrepreneurship Partnership signed

between the Central Government and META in September 2023?
Answer: Three years
Q. How many entrepreneurs will be trained by Meta in digital marketing skills under
the Education to Entrepreneurship partnership programme?
Answer: 5 lakhs
Q. Which social media giant has signed a partnership agreement with the Union Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship ministry to train entrepreneurs in Digital
marketing?
Answer: Meta (formerly Facebook)
Q. Who is the Union Minister for Education?

Answer: Dharmendra Pradhan.
Q.What does E stand for in NIESBUD?

Answer: Entrepreneurship, (National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Development)
Q. Who has been appointed by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to provide
ownership rights of property to the people living in unauthorised colonies of Delhi?
Answer: PM Uday Mitra
Q. Who was given the National Award for e-Governance 2023?

Answer: Swamitva Yojana
Q. In which field has Swamitva Yojana been given the National Award for eGovernance
2023?
Answer: Awarded for the application of emerging technologies to provide citizen-centric
services.
Q. On which date was the Swamitva scheme launched?

Answer: April 24, 2021 (on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day)
Q. Who was given the Swaminathan Award for the year 2021-2022 for doing
remarkable work in the agriculture sector?
Answer: Dr. P V Satyanarayan
Q. Who was given the first MS Swaminathan Award?

Answer: Dr Genda Lal Jain (Poultry Scientist)
Q. Who is known as the father of the Green Revolution in India?

Answer: MS Swaminathan
Q. Dr PV Satyanarayana has been awarded the 8th MS Swaminathan Award for which
year?
Answer: Year 2021-2022
Q. Where did the country's first toll plaza operated by Women Self Help Groups start?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
Q. Which places in Madhya Pradesh have the country's first toll plaza operated by
Women Self Help Groups?
Answer: Agar Malwa, Majjin and Nariyal of Chhatarpur
Q. How much toll collected will go to women's help Groups?

Answer: 30% of the toll collection
Q. Swine flu is caused by which influenza virus?

Answer: H1N1
Q. The African Swine Fever is which type of virus either RNA or DNA?
Answer: DNA virus
Q. In which state of India are more than 1000 pigs culled due to African Swine Fever?
Answer: Assam
Q. Which type of Influenza has caused pandemics?

Answer: Influenza A
Q. Name the types of Swine Flu.

Answer: H1N1, H1N2, H3N1
Q. Which country has decided to introduce the Golden Visa to attract foreign investors
by the end of 2023?
Answer: Indonesia
Q. The Indonesian government has decided to issue a Golden Visa to attract which kind
of people?
Answer: To attract foreign investors
Q. MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup belongs to which sports?

Answer: Men’s Hockey
Q. MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup is hosted in which city in India?

Answer: Chennai
Q. Who won the 94th MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup?

Answer: Indian Railways defeating Hockey Karnataka
Q. Where is Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in India?

Answer: Chennai
Q. Which hockey tournament in India was earlier known as the Madras Challenge
Cup?
Answer: MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup
Q. MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup belongs to which sports?

Answer: Men’s Hockey
Q. MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup is hosted in which city in India?

Answer: Chennai
Q. Who won the 94th MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup?

Answer: Indian Railways defeating Hockey Karnataka
Q. Where is Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in India?

Answer: Chennai
Q. Which hockey tournament in India was earlier known as the Madras Challenge
Cup?
Answer: MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup
Q. N Valaramathi who died recently belongs to which field?

Answer: ISRO scientist
Q. Who gave her voice to the countdown to the launch of ISRO’s Chandrayaan - 3
mission?
Answer: N Valaramathi
Q. Who is also known as the Rocket Women of India?

Answer: Ritu Karidhal
Q. Who is Nigar Sahji who was in the news recently?

Answer: She is the project director of AdityaL-1
Q. Who was the first women project director of the Indian Space Research
Organisation?
Answer: Vanitha Muthayya
Q. Who is also known as the missile woman of India?

Answer: Tessy Thomas of DRDO
Q. Where is Satish Dhawan Space Center located in India?

Answer: Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. It is the spaceport of ISRO from where rockets are
launched.
Q. Which storm caused significant damage in the South China Sea region in the first
week of September 2023?
Answer: Storm Saola and Haikui
Q. In the first week of September 2023, the storm Haikui caused maximum damage to
which country?
Answer: Taiwan
Q. 'Willy-Willy' is a storm coming in which country?

Answer: Australia
Q. By what name is the storm coming in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific Ocean
known?
Answer: Hurricane
Q. UNI Air and Mandarin Airlines are the major airlines of which country?
Answer: Taiwan
Q. Which is the world's longest earthen dam?

Answer: Hirakud Dam
Q. Hirakud Dam is constructed on which river?

Answer: Mahanadi River
Q. Hirakud Dam is situated in which city of Odisha?

Answer: Sambalpur
Q. In which year Hirakud Dam was inaugurated?

Answer: 1957
Q. After India’s independence, which dam is said to be one of the first major multi-use
river valley projects?
Answer: Hirakud Dam
Q. When did Poshan Abhiyaan start?

Answer: 8th March 2018 in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan.
Q. Which Ministry is celebrating Poshan Maah?

Answer: Ministry of Women and Child Development
Q. What is the theme of Poshan Maah?

Answer: Suposhit Bharat, Sakshar Bharat, Sashakt Bharat'' (Nutrition-rich India, Educated
India, Empowered India)
Q. The Ministry of Women and Child Development is celebrating which Poshan Maah?
Answer: 6th Poshan Maah
Q. Under which campaign Jan Andolan movement under Poshan Maah will serve as an
extended platform?
Answer: 'Meri Mati Mera Desh' campaign
5 September 2023
Q. Who has written the book ‘An Idealist View of Life’?

Answer: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Q. When is Teachers Day celebrated in India?

Answer: 5 September
Q. IREDA signed a MoU with which banks for co-financing renewable energy projects
in September 2023?
Answer: Union Bank of India and Bank of Baroda
Q. Who is the present Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Renewable Energy
Development Agency Limited (IREDA)?
Answer: Pradeep Kumar Das
Q. Who is the chief of the naval staff?

Answer: Admiral R Hari Kumar
Q. Who was the first chief of the naval staff?

Answer: Ram Dass Katari
Q. The first edition of the Naval Commanders' Conference was conducted.

Answer: The first edition was conducted onboard INS Vikrant in March 2023. Q. In which
country was Africa's first climate summit held in September 2023?
Answer: Kenya (Capital Nairobi)
Q. According to United Nations data, what percentage of African countries contribute

to global carbon emissions?
Answer: Contribution of only 3%
Q. Who announced a $20 million investment in renewable energy, clean cooking and
forest conservation in Congo in September 2023?
Answer: Rawbank and global energy trader Vitol
Q. Who is the Designate-Chairman of COP 28?

Answer: Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber
Q. In which country is the COP 28 United Nations summit proposed to be organised at

the end of November?
Answer: United Arab Emirate
Q. From which district of Rajasthan Mukhyamantri Kamdhenu Pashu Bima Yojana

will be started?
Answer: Gulabpura in Bhilwara district
Q. Which is the nodal department of Mukhyamantri Kamdhenu Pashu Bima Yojana?

Answer: Animal Husbandry Department, Rajasthan.
Q. What is the objective of Mukhyamantri Kamdhenu Pashu Bima Yojana?

Answer: To provide insurance cover to the livestock farmers of the state in case of untimely
death of animals.
Q. How much insurance coverage will be provided under Mukhyamantri Kamdhenu

Pashu Bima Yojana?
Answer: Animal insurance up to Rs 40,000
Q. For how many animals animal owners can avail of insurance under Mukhyamantri
Kamdhenu Pashu Bima Yojana?
Answer: Upto two milch animals
Q. The semi-final of the 13th ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup will be held in which cities
in India?
Answer: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai and Eden Garden Stadium, Kolkata
Q. Who has been appointed as the Vice-Captain of the Indian cricket team for the ICC
World Cup 2023?
Answer: Hardik Pandya
Q. How many times has India won the ICC men’s ODI World Cup?
Answer: Twice, in 1983 and 2011.
Q. India hosted the ICC men’s World Cup 1996 in partnership with which
country/countries?
Answer: Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Q. Which country/countries will host the 14th ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in 2027?
Answer: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia
Q1. Dr. Pawan Kumar from Kurukshetra, Haryana awarded the Lalit Kala Akademi
Award in which field?
Answer: In photography
Q. For which photography was Dr Pawan Kumar from Kurukshetra, Haryana awarded
the Lalit Kala Akademi Award?
Answer: Light of Hope – II
Q. Lalit Kala Akademi Award was inaugurated by whom?

Answer: Minister for Education, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q. Lalit Kala Akademi Award is registered under which Act?

Answer: Societies Registration Act 1860
Q. Who is the chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi?

Answer: V. Nagdas
Q. The heads of countries participating in the G-20 summit being led by India have
decided not to participate in it.
Answer: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping
Q. Who is leading the Russian delegation in place of President Vladimir Putin at the G-
20 summit being led by India?
Answer: Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
Q. Who is leading the Chinese delegation in place of President Xi Jinping at the G-20
summit being led by India?
Answer: Prime Minister Li Kiang
Q. In September 2023, reconstruction work of an ancient Buddhist stupa of which

country was done with an Indian grant?
Answer: Nepal
Q. Which ancient Buddhist Stupa of Nepal was reconstructed in September 2023 with
an Indian grant?
Answer: Shrinepichand Mahavihar (Lalitpur district, seven km east of Kathmandu)
Q. In September 2023, reconstruction work of Nepal's ancient Buddhist stupa

Shrinapichandra Mahavihar was done with an Indian grant; In which century was it
originally built?
Answer: Fifth Century
Q. Piloo Reporter who died recently belongs to which field?

Answer: He was a cricket Umpire
Q. Which two Indian umpires hold the distinction of being the first neutral umpire in a
test match?
Answer: Piloo Reporter and V K Ramaswamy in Lahore test 1986(Pakistan) , played between
Pakistan and West Indies.
Q. When did the International Cricket Council introduce two neutral umpires in a test
match?
Answer: In 2022, India against West Indies played at Georgetown Guyana.
Q. Piloo Reporter who died recently belongs to which field?

Answer: He was a cricket Umpire
Q. Which two Indian umpires hold the distinction of being the first neutral umpire in a
test match?
Answer: Piloo Reporter and V K Ramaswamy in Lahore test 1986(Pakistan) , played between
Pakistan and West Indies.
Q. When did the International Cricket Council introduce two neutral umpires in a test
match?
Answer: In 2022, India against West Indies played at Georgetown Guyana.
Q. Where is India’s first community radio located?

Answer: Anna Community Radio (Anna CR), Anna University, Chennai
Q. When did the Jammu & Kashmir Union territory come into existence?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir came into existence on 31-10-2019 in terms of Jammu and
Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019
Q. Who was the founder of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh?

Answer: Maharaja Gulab Singh
Q. When did the Treaty of Amritsar was signed and who were the parties?
Answer: The Treaty of Amritsar between the British Government and Maharaja Gulab Singh
was signed on March 16, 1846.
Q. Who is the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir?

Answer: Manoj Sinha
Q. Which ministry will be the nodal agency for the Global Maritime India Summit
2023?
Answer: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Q. Who is the Minister of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways?

Answer. Sarbananda Sonowal
Q. Where and when Global Maritime India Summit 2023 will be organised?
Answer: In Chennai from 17th to 19th October 2023.
Q. What will be the theme of the Global Maritime India Summit 2023?
Answer: Connect Collaborate and Create
Q. What is the new name of Tuticorin Port?

Answer: V.O.Chidambaram Port
Q. Who has been appointed by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to provide
ownership rights of property to the people living in unauthorised colonies of Delhi?
Answer: PM Uday Mitra
Q. Who was given the National Award for e-Governance 2023?

Answer: Swamitva Yojana
Q. In which field has Swamitva Yojana been given the National Award for eGovernance
2023?
Answer: Awarded for the application of emerging technologies to provide citizencentric
services.
Q. On which date was the Swamitva scheme launched?

Answer: April 24, 2021 (on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day)
6 September 2023
Q. In which country is the meeting of Law and Justice Ministers of Shanghai

Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries proposed in the year 2024?
Answer: Kazakhstan
Q. Which country has been inducted as the ninth member of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO)?
Answer: - Iran
Q. Where was the 20th India-ASEAN summit to be held in September 2023?

Answer: - Jakarta
Q. Where was the 18th East Asia Summit to be held in September 2023?
Answer: - Jakarta
Q. What has been decided as the theme of the ASEAN Summit 2023 to be held in
Jakarta?
Answer: ASEAN Affairs: The Center for Development.
Q. How many member countries are included in the East Asia Group (EAS)?
Answer: - 18
Q. In which country was Africa's first climate summit held in September 2023?
Answer: Kenya (Capital Nairobi)
Q. According to United Nations data, what percentage of African countries contribute

to global carbon emissions?
Answer: Contribution of only 3%
Q. Who announced a $20 million investment in renewable energy, clean cooking and
forest conservation in Congo in September 2023? Answer: Rawbank and global energy
trader Vitol
Q. Who is the Designate-Chairman of COP 28?

Answer: Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber
Q. In which country is the COP 28 United Nations summit proposed to be organised at

the end of November?
Answer: United Arab Emirate
Q. Malini Rajurkar, who died recently belongs to which field?

Answer: Hindustani classical vocalist
Q. Malini Rajurkar belonged to which gharana of the Khayal form of Hindustani

classical music?
Answer: Gwalior
Q. There are two forms of classical music in India. One is Hindustani and the other is?
Answer: Carnatic
Q. Which form of Hindustani classical music is believed to have originated from

Samaveda?
Answer: Dhrupad
Q. According to the report released by social networking platform X, who is the most
followed politician in India?
Answer: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Q. According to the report released by social networking platform X, who is the most
followed Chief Minister in India?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
Q. Who is the most followed person on social networking platform X?

Answer: Elon Musk
Q. Malini Rajurkar, who died recently belongs to which field?

Answer: Hindustani classical vocalist
Q. Malini Rajurkar belonged to which gharana of the Khayal form of Hindustani

classical music?
Answer: Gwalior
Q. There are two forms of classical music in India. One is Hindustani and the other is?
Answer: Carnatic
Q. Which form of Hindustani classical music is believed to have originated from

Samaveda?
Answer: Dhrupad
Q. Which Indian bank has launched the Yono App?

Answer: State Bank of India
Q. In how many countries the SBI is going to launch its Yono app in the next 12
months?
Answer: Four countries
Q. Which Indian bank has the largest number of branches or offices outside India?
Answer: SBI It has 235 offices/branches in 29 foreign countries.
Q. Which bank's tagline is “banker to every Indian’?

Answer: SBI
Q. How many districts are in Madhya Pradesh?

Answer: 53
Q. Which new districts are announced in the cabinet decision of Madhya Pradesh?
Answer: Chachaura, Maihar and Nagda district.
Q. Sharda Temple of Madhya Pradesh is located in which district?

Answer: Satna
Q. Which new district will be formed with immediate effect in Madhya Pradesh?
Answer: Maihar
Q. Which company has signed an agreement with five states in the month of September
2023 to provide employment opportunities to Persons with Disabilities?
Answer: Amazon India
Q. With how many states have Amazon signed an agreement to provide employment
opportunities to Persons with Disabilities?
Answer: Five states, Haryana, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Q. Where is the headquarters of the Amazon company?

Answer: Seattle, United States of America
Q. Jeff Bezos has founded a tech company that is considered a Big Four tech company
in the United States. What is the name of the company he has founded?
Answer: Amazon, The other big four companies are Apple, Alphabet (owner of Google) and
Meta (earlier known as Facebook).
Q. Which city was inaugurated as the country's first solar city in September 2023?
Answer: Sanchi
Q. By which year Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a target to develop a solar city
in each state of the country?
Answer: Year 2070
7 September 2023
Q. How many medals have been won by India in the history of the Asian Table Tennis
Championship?
Answer: 5 medals. All have been bronze medals and have been won in the team event.
Q. Which country won the gold medal at the men’s team event of the 26th ITTFAsian
Table Tennis Championship 2023?
Answer: China
Q. Which country won the gold medal at the women’s team event of the 26th
ITTFAsian Table Tennis Championship 2023
Answer: China
Q. Which team defeated the Indian men’s table tennis team in the semi-final of the 26th
ITTF-Asian Table Tennis Championship 2023?
Answer: Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
Q. Where is Pyeongchang city which was in the news recently?

Answer: South Korea
Q. When is the International Literacy Day observed?

Answer: September 8
Q. What is the theme of the International Literacy Day 2023?

Answer: Promoting literacy for a world in transition: Building the foundation for sustainable
and peaceful societies.
Q. Where is the headquarters of UNESCO?

Q. When was the International Literacy Day observed for the first time?
Answer: 1967
Q. What is G20?
Answer: G20 is a multilateral organisation for international economic cooperation. A
multilateral organisation consists of three or more countries that come together for common
objectives and goals. The G20 consists of 19 countries and the European Union. The
European Union is a group of 27 European countries.
Q. What is the date and venue of the 18th G20 Heads of State and Government Summit
2023 meeting?
Answer: The 18th G20 Heads of State and Government Summit 2023 meeting will be held on
9-10 September 2023 in New Delhi, India. The venue of the meeting is Bharat Mandapam in
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
Q. Which member countries' top leaders are not coming to the New Delhi G-20 summit
meeting?
Answer: Russian President Vladimir Putin is not coming as he told Prime Minister Modi that
he needs to concentrate on the Russian military operation in Ukraine. Russian foreign
minister Sergey Lavrov will represent Russia. Chinese President Xi Jinping is also not
coming. No reason has been given for his absence. China will be represented by its Premier
Li Qiang. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has tested corona positive, so he is also not
coming to India. Spain will be represented by acting First Vice-President Nadia Calvino and
Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares.
Q. Who will represent the European Union in the New Delhi Summit Meeting?
Answer: The European Union is a group of 27 European Countries. It has its own Parliament
and President. At the New Delhi G 20 summit, the European Union will be represented by
Ursula Von der Leyen, President of the European Commission and Charles Michel, President
of the European Council.
Q. What is the theme of the 18th G20 Summit Meeting?

Answer: The theme of the 18th G20 summit is “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”, or “One Earth ·
One Family · One Future”. It has been drawn from the ancient Sanskrit text of the Maha
Upanishad.
Q. What is the logo of the 18th G-20 Summit meeting G20 Summit Invitation
Controversy?
Answer: The logo of the G20 summit draws inspiration from the colours of the Indian
national flag Saffron, White and Green. It juxtaposes planet Earth with the lotus, India’s
national flower that reflects growth amid challenges. The Earth reflects India’s pro-planet
approach to life, one in perfect harmony with nature. The G20 logo is “Bharat”, written in the
Devanagari script.
Q. Which are the non-member countries that have been invited by India to participate
in the G20 summit meeting in 2023?
Answer: India has Invited Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman,
Singapore, Spain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the New Delhi Summit.
Q. Who are the member countries of G20? ‘

Answer: The G20 member countries that will participate in the 2023 summit are - Argentina,
Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico,
Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, the United States
and the European Union.
Q. Where is the headquarters of the G20?

Answer: Unlike other multilateral organisations, there is no permanent secretariat or
headquarters of G-20.
Q. When was the first summit meeting of the G20 countries held?
Answer: Initially, G 20 started as a forum for finance ministers and for finance ministers and
central bank governors. The first meeting was held in Berlin, Germany in 1999. The first G20
Leaders’ Summit (the ‘Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy’) was held in
Washington, DC in November 2008.
Q. What is troika in G 20?

Answer: The presidency of the G20 rotates every year among its members, with the country
that holds the presidency working together with its predecessor and successor, also known as
the Troika, to ensure the continuity of the agenda. Currently, Indonesia, India and Brazil are
the Troika countries. Indonesia was the President in 2022, India is the current President, and
Brazil will be the next President in 2024.
Q. What is the duration of the Indian Presidency of G 20?

Answer: India formally took over the Presidency of the G20 from Indonesia on 1st December
2022 and will hold the Presidency till 30th November 2023.
Q. Where will the next G20 Summit 2024 meeting be held?

Answer: The next 19th G20 Heads of State and Government Summit will be held in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, in 2024. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will symbolically hand over the G-20
Presidency to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula De Silva at the end of the New Delhi
summit. However, officially Brazil will take over the Presidency from 1 December 2023 till
30 November 2024.
Q. When is World Physical Therapy Day observed?

Answer: 8 September
Q. What is the theme of the World Physical Therapy Day 2023?

Answer: Arthritis
Q. Inflammation of human joints is called

— disease.
Q. When was World Physical Therapy Day observed for the first time?
Answer: 1996
Q. Who led India in the 48th Toronto International Film Festival?

Answer: Prithul Kumar
Q. Which is the 5th tiger reserve of Rajasthan?

Answer: Dholpur-Karauli Reserve
Q. Which proposed tiger reserve of Rajasthan has got in-principle approval from the
Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the month of September
2023?
Answer: Kumbhalgarh
Q. In September 2023, the Union Cabinet approved an amount of Rs 1164.53 crore for
the Industrial Development Scheme (IDS), 2017 for which states?
Answer: Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand
Q. Goyal Peace Prize 2021-22 was conferred to?

Answer: ISRO chairman S. Somnath
Q. Who constituted the Goyal Prize?

Answer: Goyal Prizes were instituted by a philanthropist Late Mr. S. Goyal, a nonresident
Indian settled in the USA
Q. In which field is the Goyal Prize given?

Answer: To honour Indian scientists and social activists working towards the service of our
country.
Q. Who will confer the Goyal Peace Prize?

Answer: Kurukshetra University
Q. Who is the chief minister of West Bengal?

Answer: Mamata Banerjee
Q. Which state legislative assembly has passed a resolution to observe Poila Baisakh as
its State day?
Answer: West Bengal
Q. Which state legislative assembly has passed a resolution to make 'Banglar Mati,
Banglar Jol' its state song?
Answer: West Bengal
Q, Who is the writer and composer of 'Banglar Mati, Banglar Jol' ?

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
Q. On which date in 1947 the non-muslim member of the Bengal legislative assembly
vote to partition Bengal and join India?
Answer: 20 June 1947
Q. Who was honoured with the National Teacher Award 2023 by Union Tribal Affairs
Minister Arjun Munda?
Answer: Dr. Yashpal Singh
Q. With which school is Dr. Yashpal Singh honoured with the National Teacher Award
2023?
Answer: Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Q. At which place National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is collaborating with
Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam and M/s Meerut STP Pvt. for the development of a Sewage
Treatment Plant (STP) and other infrastructure?
Answer: Meerut
Q. Between whom was an agreement signed for the development of a sewage treatment
plant (STP) and other infrastructure in Meerut?
Answer: National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam and M/s
Meerut STP Pvt. A tripartite agreement was made between Ltd.
Q. By which year a tripartite agreement for a sewage treatment plant in Meerut has
been signed by the National Mission for Clean Ganga?
Answer: 2025
Q. Who organised 'Bharat Drone Shakti 2023' to make better use of unmanned
platforms in India in September 2023?
Answer: Indian Air Force and Drone Federation of India
Q. At which place is it proposed to organise ‘Bharat Drone Shakti 2023’ to better utilise
unmanned platforms in India in September 2023?
Answer: LAF airbase at Hindon (Ghaziabad)
Q. Recently installed Nataraja Sculpture at Bharat Mandapam is made by?

Answer: Renowned sculptor Radhakrishnan Sthapaty from Swami Malai in Tamil Nadu
Q. From whom does Bharata Mandapam draw its inspiration?

Answer: Bharat Mandapam draws inspiration from “Lord Basaveshwara's concept of
Anubhav Mandapam
Q. What is the other name of Bharat Mandapam?

Answer: International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC)
Q. in which style Nataraja Sculpture was created?

Answer: Chila Tradition of South India
Q. When will the G20 Summit be organised?

Answer: G20 Summit 2023 is being organized in New Delhi on 9-10 September 2023
Q. Arun Kumar Sinha, who died in the month of September 2023 was the head of which
police/armed forces?
Answer: Special Protection Group
Q. Which security force in India is responsible for the security of the Prime Minister
and his family members living with him at his official residence?
Answer: Special Protection Group
Q. When is the foundation day of the Special Protection Group?

Answer: 8 April
Q. What is the motto of the Special Protection Group?

Answer: Shauryam Samarpanam Surakshanam
Q. Who is the longest-serving director of the Special Protection Group?

Answer: Arun Kumar Sinha
Q. India is the largest producer of which agricultural produce?

Answer: India is the largest producer of milk, mango papaya, guava, ginger, okra and buffalo
meats in the world.
Q. What was the theme of the 2nd World Food India 2023?
Answer: Processing for Prosperity’
Q. What was the Mascot of the 2nd World Food India 2023?
Answer: MillInd (Mill for millets and Ind for India)
Q. The government of India has renamed millets as —?

Answer: Shree Anna
Q. Where was the 2nd World Food India 2023 held in the month of September 2023?
Answer: New Delhi
September 8, 2023
Q. Which state government has launched a skill yatra in the month of September 2023
to create awareness about skill training amongst the Youth?
Answer: Assam Government
Q. Which state government has launched an Indigenous Skill Training by Gurus

scheme for upskilling of traditional trades?
Answer: Assam
Q. Who is the chief minister of Assam?

Answer: HImanta Biswa Sarma
Q. Where is the capital of Assam?

Answer: Dispur
Q. Which is the first UPI app-enabled White Label ATM in India?

Answer: Hitachi Money Spot. It was launched by Hitachi Payment Service Limited in
collaboration with NPCI.
Q. What is the maximum withdrawal limit per day for a bank customer at a white-label
ATM in India?
Answer: Rs 10,000 per day
Q. Which law empowers the Reserve Bank of India to licence the White Label ATM
operator in India?
Answer: Payment and Settlement Act 2007.
Q. What is a Brown ATM?

Answer: It is set up by a bank in collaboration with a company.
Q. Where is the headquarters of Hitachi Payment Service Limited, which operates a

white-label ATM under the brand name Hitachi Money Spot?
Answer: Mumbai
Q. Which India shipyard has signed a Master Ship Repair Agreement with the US Navy
in the month of September 2023?
Answer: Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL)
Q. Where is the headquarters of the: Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL)?

Answer: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Q. Which was the first Indian shipyard to sign a Master Ship Repair Agreement with
the US Navy?
Answer: Larsen and Toubro, the ships will be serviced at its Kattupalli Shipyard, near
Chennai.
Q. Where is Kattupalli Shipyard situated in India?

Answer: Chennai, India. It is owned by the Larsen and Toubro company.
Q. Who is the Chairman of the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL)?

Answer: Sanjeev Singhal
Q. Headquarters of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute located in?

Answer: Kochi, Kerala.
Q. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) Decoded the Genome of which
species?
Answer: Indian Oil Sardines
Q. National Marine Fisheries Data Centre (NMFDC) is maintained by which institute in

India?
Answer: Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI)
Q. Who is the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

Answer: Shaktikanta Das
Q. What is the full form of NPCI?

Answer: National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
Q. What stands for UPI?

Answer: Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
Q. NPCI is registered under which Act?

Answer: Companies Act 2013
Q. Which institution in India launched UPI?

Answer: National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
Q. Where will Exercise Bright Star23 be conducted?

Answer: At Port Alexandria, Egypt
Q. Which INS will take part in Exercise Bright Star 23?

Answer: INS Sumedha
Q. INS Sumedha a type of?

Answer: Saryu Class Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels
Q. Mention the name of Saryu Class Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels.

Answer: INS Saryu, INS Sunayna, INS Sumedha and INS Sumitra
Q. Who is conducting Ex Bright Star 23?

Answer: U.S. military forces and Egyptian Armed Forces
Q. Where was Phase II of the India-French Naval Exercise Varuna 2023 held?
Answer: Arabian Sea
Q. Indian Navy conducts bilateral maritime exercise Varuna with which country’s
Navy?
Answer: French Navy
Q. When was the Varuna Naval exercise started between India and France?
Answer: 1993.
9 September 2023
Q. Which state government launched a skill yatra in September 2023 to create

awareness about skill training amongst the Youth?
Answer: Assam Government
Q. Which state government has launched an Indigenous Skill Training by Gurus

scheme for upskilling of traditional trades?
Answer: Assam
Q. Who is the chief minister of Assam?

Answer: HImanta Biswa Sarma
Q. Where is the capital of Assam?

Answer: Dispur
Q. India's financial inclusion has been praised in the 'G-20 document' recently released
by which institution?
Answer: World Bank
Q. Whose role has the World Bank mentioned in India's financial inclusion in the G-20
document?
Answer: Jan Dhan Bank Account, Aadhaar and Mobile Phone (JAM Trinity).
Q. What is the full form of the acronym BIS?

Answer: Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
Q. For which metal does BIS provide hallmarking?

Answer: Gold and Silver
Q. Who is the President of BIS?

Answer: Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Q. From which Act BIS came into effect?

Answer: BIS is the National Standard Body of India established under the BIS Act 2016
Q. On which currency note of India Konark Sun Temple is depicted?

Answer: Rupee 10 Note
Q. Where is Konark Sun temple located?

Answer: Puri, Odisha
Q. Which architecture is used in Konark Sun temple?

Answer: Kalinga
Q. Who constructed the Sun Temple of Konark?

Answer: King Narasimhadeva I hails from the Eastern Ganga dynasty between 1238-1250
CE.
Q. Konark Wheel Symbolizes?

Answer: Kalchakra
Q. Which species of Rhino is found in India?

Answer: Great One-Horn Rhino
Q. Which national park has the highest species of rhino in India?

Answer: Kaziranga National Park
Q. Kaziranga National Park is located in which state of India?

Answer: Assam
Q. Name the National Park of Assam where Rhino species are found.
Answer: Dibru Saikhowa National Park, Kaziranga National Park, Orang National Park,
Manas National Park
Q. What is the conservation status of Indian rhinos according to IUCN?

Answer: Vulnerable
Q. Which is India's first public sector bank to launch UPI-enabled Atm?

Answer: Bank of Baroda
Q. India’s International Bank is the tagline of which bank in India?

Answer: Bank of Baroda
Q. Where is the headquarters of the Bank of Baroda?

Answer: Vadodara, Gujarat
Q. Who has launched Unified Interface Payment (UPI) in India?

Answer: National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI)
Q. In which order, the conference of G20 countries was organized in New Delhi on 9
September 2023?
Answer: 18th summit of G20 countries
Q. Who was included as the 21st member in the 18th summit of G20 countries?
Answer: African Union
Q. Which country/organisation has recently been made a permanent member of the G-

20?
Answer: African Union. It was earlier a non-permanent member of the G20.
Q. Which African leader is credited with the creation of the African Union?
Answer: Libyan leader Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi.
Q. When was the African Union formed?

Answer: 2002. It replaced the Organisation of African Unity.
Q. How many countries /organisations have been included in the G-20 since its creation
in 1999?
Answer: Only one, African Union which joined G 20 at the 2023 New Delhi summit.
Q. Who is the current chairman of the African Union?

Answer: Azali Assoumani. He is the President of Comoros.
Q. Where is the headquarters of the African Union?

Answer: Addis Ababa, the Capital of Ethiopia.
Q. The Sirte Declaration of 1999 led to the creation of which multilateral organisation?
Answer: The Sirte Declaration called for the setting up of the African Union to replace the
existing Organisation of African Unity organisation.
Q. Which pair won the men's doubles title at the US Open Championship 2023?
Ans. - Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury
Q. Who did the pair of Rajiv Ram and Joe Salisbury defeat to win the men's doubles
title at the US Open Championship 2023?
Ans. - Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden
Q. Who holds the record of being the oldest player to reach a Grand Slam final in the
Open Era?
Ans. - Rohan Bopanna
Q. Which country organises the annual Kings Cup football tournament?

Answer: Thailand
Q. Which country has won the 49th Annual King’s Cup Football Tournament 2023?
Answer: Iraq defeated Thailand in the final
Q. Which team won the SAFF football tournament 2023 held in Karnataka?
Answer: India defeated Kuwait in the final played at the Kanteerava stadium, Bengaluru,
Karnataka
Q. Where is Sree Kanteerava stadium in India?

Answer: Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Q. Where is the 700th Anniversary Stadium?

Answer: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Q. Which football team is also known as Blue Tigers?

Answer: Indian men’s football team
Q. Which country/organisation has recently been made a permanent member of the G-

20?
Answer: African Union. It was earlier a non-permanent member of the G20.
Q. Which African leader is credited with the creation of the African Union?
Answer: Libyan leader Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi.
Q. When was the African Union formed?

Answer: 2002 It replaced the Organisation of African Unity.
Q. How many countries /organisations have been included in the G-20 since its creation
in 1999?
Answer: Only one, African Union which joined G 20 at the 2023 New Delhi summit.
Q. Who is the current chairman of the African Union?

Answer: Azali Assoumani. He is the President of Comoros.
Q. Where is the headquarters of the African Union?

Answer: Addis Ababa, the Capital of Ethiopia.
Q. The Sirte Declaration of 1999 led to the creation of which multilateral organisation?
Answer: The Sirte Declaration called for the setting up of the African Union to replace the
existing Organisation of African Unity organisation.
Q. What is the capital of Timor Leste?

Answer: Dili
Q. When will Timor Leste become a member of the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations)?
Answer: 2025 At present, it has observer status.
Q. In the month of September Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India
will establish a diplomatic mission in which country?
Answer: Timor Leste
Q. Timor Leste is located in which part of the world?

Answer: Southeast Asia.
Q. Which global leader launched the Global Biofuel Alliance?

Answer: Narendra Modi during the 18th G 20 summit in New Delhi.
Q. How many countries have joined the newly launched Global Biofuel Alliance?
Answer: 19 countries and 12 international organisation has agreed to join the Global Biofuel
Alliance.
Q. Where was the Global Biofuel Alliance launched?

Answer: New Delhi, during the G20 summit by PM Modi.
11 September 2023
Q. Which Mughal emperor granted freedom to the Khaps in matters of religion and
internal administration?
Answer: Akbar
Q. Khap Panchayat is mainly present in?

Answer: Haryana, western UP and eastern Rajasthan.
Q. Which state recently decided to run e-Buses under the PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme?
Q. PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme was announced in which budget?

Answer: 2021-22 budget
Q. How many urban cities of Uttar Pradesh will have e-bus?

Answer: 19 Urban Cities
Q. Which country will give back Wagah Nakh, Sword of Chhatrapati Shivaji?
Answer: United Kingdom
Q. What is Wagah Nakh?

Answer: Wagah Nakh is a claw-like dagger that belongs to Chhatrapati Shivaji
Q. Chhatrapati Shivaji used Wagah Nakh to kill whom?

Answer: Bijapur general Afzal Khan
Q How many scientists have been selected for the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for
the year 2022?
Answer: Selection of 12 scientists
Q. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award: In how many categories are awards given?
Answer: Awards are given in seven categories
Q. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are given in which field?

Answer: Science and Technology
Q. With whom has the Bharat 6G Alliance signed an agreement for cooperation on 6G
wireless technologies?
Answer: NextG Alliance
Q. Which Railway zone is developing an Artificial Intelligence-based Railway Driver

Assistance System?
Answer: Northeast Frontier Railway
Q. Where is the headquarters of the Northeast Frontier Railway?

Answer : Maligaon, Guwahati
Q. Which is the longest railway platform in the world?

Answer: Hubballi railway platform, Karnataka is the longest platform in the world. It is 1507
meters long.
Q. Which country has the largest railway network in the world?

Answer: United States of America. China has the second largest and India third largest
network in the world.
Q. Which was the 17th Railway zone in India?

Answer: Kolkata Metro railway. It was made a railway zone in 2010.
Q. Who won the men's singles title of the US Open 2023?

Answer: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Q. Who won the US Open 2023 women's singles title?

Answer: Coco Gough (United States)
Q. Whose record has Novak Djokovic equalled by winning 24 Grand Slams in the US
Open 2023?
Answer: Margaret Court's record of winning 24 Grand Slam titles
12 September 2023
Q. In September 2023, which state has decided not to give government jobs in the state
to those accused of molesting and raping girls and women?
Answer: Chhattisgarh
Q. The only state in India where tin concentrate is produced?

Answer: Chhattisgarh
Q. When did Chhattisgarh come into existence as a separate state?

Answer: November 1, 2000
Q. Which state has recently launched ‘Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0’ (IMI 5.0)?
Answer: Punjab
Q. From where Punjab has recently launched ‘Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0’
(IMI 5.0)?
Answer: Mohali
Q. When was Mission Indradhanush launched?

Answer: On 25th December 2014.
Q. What is Mission Indradhanush?

Answer: It is a mission to vaccinate all the children and pregnant women left out from the
Universal Immunization Programme.
Q. What was the previous name of the Universal Immunization Programme?

Answer. Expanded programme on Immunization
Q. Which state has recently launched the Chambal River Front?

Answer: Rajasthan
Q. Chambal River originates from?

Answer: Janapav, south of Mhow town, near Manpur, Indore, on the south slope of the
Vindhya Range in Madhya Pradesh.
Q. What is the ancient name of the Chambal River?

Answer: Charmanvati
Q. mention the tributaries of the Chambal River.

Answer: Banas, Kali Sindh, Sipra, and Parbati
Q. Chulia waterfall is on which river?

Answer: Chambal River
Q. From which place the Chambal River enters Rajasthan?

Answer: Chaurasigarh, Chittorgarh.
Q. Chambal is a tributary of?

Answer: Yamuna
Q. Where does Chambal meet Yamuna?

Answer: Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh
Q. Is the dam in Madhya Pradesh located on the Chambal River?

Answer: Gandhi Sagar
Q. Kota Barrage is located on which river?

Answer: Chambal
Q. What is Matsya 6000?

Answer: A manned submersible vehicle
Q. Who developed Matsya 6000?

Answer: National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT)
Q. The headquarters of the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) is?

Answer: Chennai
Q. Which ministry is the nodal agency of Project Samudrayaan?

Answer: Ministry of Earth Sciences
Q. In which Project Matsya 6000 is being developed?

Answer: Project Samudrayaan
Q. The Indian government has started DNA profiling of which animals to stop the
illegal trafficking of its parts.
Answer: Captive elephant.
Q. Gajah Suchana App has been launched by which Union ministry?

Answer: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in collaboration
with the Wildlife Institute of India collects biological samples of captive elephants for
genome mapping
Q. When was the elephant declared as a national heritage by the government of India?
Answer: 2010
Q. Which was the 33rd Elephant Reserve in India?

Answer: Terai Elephant Reserves in Uttar Pradesh was notified as the 33rd elephant reserve
in 2022. There are 33 elephant reserves in India.
Q. What was the theme of the World Elephant Day 2023?

Answer: Ending the illegal Wildlife Trade. 12th August is observed as World Elephant Day.
Q. Which cities with a population of more than one million have got the top position in
the Clean Air Survey 2023?
Answer: Indore
Q. Which position has Delhi got in the Clean Air Survey 2023 among cities with a
population more than one million?
Answer: Ninth place
Q. Clean Air Survey 2023 was conducted by whom?

Answer: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Q. With whom has the Indian Navy signed an MoU to provide safe and affordable
vehicle facilities for personal travel of naval personnel and their families?
Answer: Uber
Q. NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL) signed a MoU with which company for green
hydrogen production in India?
Answer: Nayara Energy
Q. What is the tagline of the ICICI bank?

Answer: Hum Hai Na, Khayal Apka
Q. RBI has approved the reappointment of Sandeep Bakshi as the managing director
and chief executive officer of ICICI bank for how many years?
Answer: Three years till 3rd October 2026.
Q. Sandeep Bakshi, who was in the news recently belongs to which field?
Answer: He is a banker. He has been reappointed as the managing director and chief
executive officer of ICICI Bank.
Q. Where is the headquarters of the ICICI bank?

Answer: Mumbai
Q. Which is the second largest private sector bank in India after HDFC Bank?
Answer: ICICI bank
Q. When is the International Day for South-South Cooperation?

Answer: September 12
Q. Where was the International Day for South-South Cooperation observed for the first
time?
Answer: 2011 on September 12
Q. What is the theme of the International Day for South-South Cooperation 2023?
Answer: Solidarity, Equity and Partnership: Unlocking South-South Cooperation to Achieve
the SDGs.
Q. Where is Buenos Aires situated?

Answer: Capital of Argentina
Q. Which Indian company will set up a green steel plant in Saudi Arabia?
Answer: Essar Global Fund
Q. Where is Ras Al Khair which was in the news recently?

Answer: Saudi Arabia. Essar Group will set up the region's first green steel plant at this place.
Q. Which of the following countries are members of the Gulf Cooperation Council?
Answer: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
Q. Who is the Chief Executive Officer of Essar Global Fund?

Answer: Prashant Ruia
Q. Essar has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with which company to develop

renewable energy solutions for its proposed steel plant in Saudi Arabia.
Answer: Desert Technologies of Saudi Arabia. It is an independent solar photovoltaic (PV)
and smart infrastructure holding company of Saudi Arabia.
Q. India is planning to develop a West Coast refinery project with which country?
Answer: Saudi Arabia
Q. When was the India-Saudi Arabia Strategic Partnership Council established?

Answer: In 2019
Q. Dennis Austin died at the age of 76, in which field was he famous?
Answer: Computer Science (one of the co-creators of Microsoft PowerPoint software)
Q. With whom did Dennis Austin develop Microsoft PowerPoint software and present it
in 1987?
Answer: Robert Gaskins
Q. Which book was written by Dennis Austin?

Answer: Sweating Bullets: Notes about Inventing PowerPoint
Q. When is the International Day for South-South Cooperation?

Answer: September 12
Q. Where was the International Day for South-South Cooperation observed for the first
time?
Answer: 2011 on September 12
Q. What is the theme of the International Day for South-South Cooperation 2023?
Answer: Solidarity, Equity and Partnership: Unlocking South-South Cooperation to Achieve
the SDGs.
Q. Where is Buenos Aires situated?

Answer: Capital of Argentina
13 September 2023
Q. Which state has appointed Actress Meeta Vashisth as chairperson of the governing
council of the Haryana Film and Entertainment Policy?
Answer: Haryana
Q. Meeta Vashisth who has recently been appointed chairperson of the governing
council of the Haryana Film and Entertainment Policy will take the place of which
actor?
Answer: Late Satish Kaushik
Q. Who was the first chairperson of the governing council of the Haryana Film and
Entertainment Policy?
Answer: Late Satish Kaushik
Q. When did Haryana Film and Entertainment Policy come into effect?
Answer: 2018
Q. Name the four committees of Haryana Film Promotion Board?

Answer: Haryana Film Promotion Board which will consist of four Committees, namely (i)
Governing Council, (ii) Executive Committee, (iii) Screening-cumEvaluation Committee and
(iv) Finance Committee
Q. What are the major causative means for communicable disease?

Answer: Respiratory droplets, contaminated food or water, insect bites, sexual contact, and
blood transfusions.
Q. Name any four Non communicable diseases?

Answer: Cancer, Diabetes, Asthma, hypertension
Q. Tuberculosis caused by?

Answer: Mycobacterium tuberculosis- Bacteria
Q. What is the full form of acronym HIV?

Answer: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Q. COVID19 is which type of disease?

Answer: Communicable Diseases
Q.In the month of September 2023 the outbreak of Nipah virus case was reported from
which state?
Answer: Kozhikode district, Kerala
Q. Nipah virus was first reported in which country?

Answer: Malaysia in 1999
Q. Who is the chief minister of Kerala?

Answer : Pinnari Vijayan
Q. Where is the National Institute of Virology located?

Answer : Pune,Maharatsra
Q. Which animal is the natural host of Nipah virus ?

Answer Fruit bats of the family Pteropodidae – particularly species belonging to the Pteropus
genus
Q. Where will the new refinery complex be inaugurated?

Answer: Bina, Madhya Pradesh
Q. Which is India’s first refinery?

Answer: Digboi Assam
Q. Which is India’s first refinery after independence?

Answer: Mumbai Refinery
Q. How much investment was done for the Bina refinery?

Answer: Rs. 49,000
Q. Which petroleum company is a major part in the Bina refinery?

Answer: Bharat Petroleum
Q. Where was the Under-19 Junior National Badminton Championship held?

Answer: Bengaluru
Q. Who got a silver medal from Haryana in the National Flooring event at the Under-19
Junior National Badminton Championship?
Answer: Anmol Kharb
Q. Who is the President of the Haryana Badminton Association?

Answer: Devendra Singh
Q. With whom did Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurate the ‘Vidya
Samiksha Kendra’ in September 2023?
Ans. - Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami
Q. At which place did Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurate 141 PM Shri
Schools in September 2023?
Ans. - Dehradun
Q. In September 2023, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has laid the foundation
stone of which school to complete the education of neglected children.
Ans. - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Residential School.
Q. President Draupadi Murmu launched the 'National e-Vidhan Application' (Neva) in

which state in September 2023?
Ans. - Gujarat
Q. President Draupadi Murmu launched 'National e-Vidhan Application' (Neva) in

Gandhinagar in September 2023, which type of project is it?
Ans. - Digital House Project
Q. Which date is celebrated every year as Democracy Festival?

Ans. - 15 September
Q. Which institution organized the ‘Loktantra Utsav’ 2023 on 15 September?

Ans. - Nalanda University of Bihar
Q. Who organized the ‘Loktantra Utsav’ on 15 September 2023?

Ans. - Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
Q. Within how many days banks have to return the original moveable or immovable
property paper to the borrower after the repayment of loans?
Answer : within 30 days of repayment of loans .
Q. How much fine will the banks have to pay if they fail to return the original moveable
or immovable property paper to the borrower after the repayment of loans within 30
days?
Answer : Rs 5000 per day for each day of delay
Q. Under which law RBI has the power to regulate the NBFC involved in the business of
providing loans?
Answer : Reserve Bank of Act 1934
Q. Who is the governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

Answer : Shaktikanta Das
Q. Property which has no physical existence is called as?

Answer : Intangible property .It includes patents, copyrights,trademarks, service marks etc.
Q. By whom was the ‘Ayushman Bhava’ campaign launched in September 2023?

Ans. - President Draupadi Murmu
Q. From which place did President Draupadi Murmu launch the visionary health
program ‘Ayushman Bhava’ campaign in September 2023?
Ans. - Raj Bhavan of Gandhinagar
Q. Who is running the Ayushman Bhava campaign?

Ans. - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
Q. In which state or Union Territory is the Nyoma Airfield, which was in news in
September 2023, located?
Ans. - Ladakh (Union Territory)
Q. How many total infrastructure projects of BRO at a cost of over Rs 2,900 crore was
dedicated to the nation by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on September 12, 2023?
Ans. - 90 infrastructure projects
Q. In which state/UT is the ‘Nechifu Tunnel’, which was in news in September 2023,
located?
Ans. - Arunachal Pradesh
Q. In the month of September 2023 the Government of India has extended the Pradhan
Mantri Ujjwala Yojana for how many years ?
Answer: Three years , from 2023-24 to 2025-26.
Q. Which ministry administers the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana?

Answer : Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas .
Q. Where was the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana launched by the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in 2016?
Answer : Ballia, Uttar Pradesh on 1st May 2016 .
Q. How many beneficiaries will be covered under the 3rd phase of the Pradhan Mantri
Ujjwala Yojana from 2023-24 to 2025-26.
Answer: 75 lakh LPG connections
Q. How much subsidy is provided to the beneficiary of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala
Yojana per cylinder?
Answer : Rs 200 per cylinder and subsidy is provided for 12 cylinders in a year. Gas stove
and first cylinders provided free with the connection under the scheme.
Q. With which countries India has signed an agreement for cooperation in sharing
successful Digital Solutions implemented at Population Scale for Digital
Transformation?
Answer: Armenia, Antigua and Barbuda and Sierra Leone.
Q. What is the duration of the agreement signed between the government of India and
Armenia, Sierra Leone , Antigua and Barbuda for cooperation in sharing successful
Digital Solutions implemented at Population Scale for Digital Transformation?
Answer: Three years
Q. Where is the capital of Armenia?

Answer: Yerevan
Q. What is the currency of Sierra Leone?

Answer: Leone
Q. The Island country of Antigua and Barbuda lies in which sea?

Answer: Caribbean Sea
Q. In which continent lies the country of Armenia?

Answer: Asia
14 September 2023
Q. Which cricket board has made it mandatory for the batsman to wear a neck
protector against fast bowlers?
Answer: Australia
Q. Where was the 8th Eastern Economic Forum summit meeting held in the month of
September 2023?
Answer: Vladivostok, Russia
Q. Which country has agreed to train Indian sailors in navigating the partially frozen
polar and arctic water?
Answer: Russia. They will be trained at the Russian Maritime Training Institute, Vladivostok.
Q. Who represented India at the 8th Eastern Economic Forum summit meeting held in
the month of September 2023 in Vladivostok, Russia?
Answer: Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush
Q. The proposed Eastern Maritime Corridor will connect the Russian port of
Vladivostok with which India Port?
Answer: Chennai Port
Q. Where is Murmansk port located in the world?

Answer: North Western Russia. Despite being near the Arctic Circle it is ice free due to the
warm North Atlantic Ocean current.
Q. Which country's Navy Chief Admiral Nazmul Hasan visited India on a fiveday visit
in September 2023?
Ans. - Bangladesh
Q. With which country does India organize bilateral military exercise ‘Sampriti’?
Ans. - Bangladesh
16 September 2023
Q. Which bank has launched the 'Sustainable Access and Aligning Technology for
Holistic Inclusion (SAATHI)' initiative ?
Answer : Indian Bank
Q. Where is the headquarters of the Indian Bank ?

Answer : Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Q. According to the RBI a bank’s banking outlet has to provide a minimum banking
service for — hours for at least five days a week ?
Answer : At the Banking Outlet the bank has to provide the services of accepting deposits
and encashment of cheques/ cash withdrawal or lending of money for a minimum of 4 hours
per day for at least five days a week.
Q. What is a bank mitra ?

Answer : Bank Mitra or Business Correspondents are the agents of the banks which provide
banking and financial services to the customers in unbanked and underbanked areas.
Q.Who is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Indian Bank ?
Answer : Shanti Lal Jain
Q. Which type of bank is Indian Bank ?

Answer : It is a public sector bank owned by the government of India. It is a scheduled
commercial bank.
Q. For how long Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) is celebrated?

Answer: For a fortnight from 15 September to 2 October
Q. When does Swachh Bharat Diwas come?

Answer: 2nd October
Q. 2nd October is celebrated as?

Answer: Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
Q. What is the theme for Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) 2023?

Answer: The theme for SHS 2023 is “Garbage Free India”
Q. What are the components of Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS)?

Answer: Indian Swachhata League 2.0, SafaiMitra Suraksha Shivir and Swachhata Hi Seva –
Fortnight long Cleanliness Drives
Q. Who has been ranked among the world's most popular leaders in a survey by
Morning Consult?
Ans. - Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Q. In a survey by Morning Consult, what percentage of people in the world have

described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a popular leader?
Ans. - 76%
Q. Who has been described as the world's least popular leader in a survey by Morning
Consult?
Ans. - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Q. How many world leaders were included in the survey conducted by Morning
Consult?
Ans. - Based on a survey of 22 global leaders
Q. Which state government has recently declared the entire state as a natural calamity
affected area due to death and destruction caused by heavy rains?
Answer : Himachal Pradesh
Q. Which state government has announced to provide free LPG kits and rations to the
people affected by heavy rains?
Answer : Himachal Pradesh
Q. Where is the capital of Himachal Pradesh ?

Answer : Shimla
Q. The rain affected people of Himachal Pradesh will get free ration and LPG kit till ?
Answer : March 31, 2024
Q. Who was the founder of Sikhism?

Answer: Guru Nanak
Q. The Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb beheaded a sikh guru?

Answer: Guru Teg Bahadur
Q. Kartarpur Corridor connects Punjab’s Gurdaspur with which country?

Answer: Pakistan
Q. Which Sikh guru established Amritsar?

Answer: Guru Ram Das
Q. Who is the last sikh Guru?

Answer: Guru Gobind Singh
Q. Which sect was formed by Guru Gobind Singh after the end of Guruship?
Answer: Khalsa Sect
Q. Why were Ranjitha, Krishnaveni and Ramyabe of Tamil Nadu in the news recently ?
Answer : They are the first three females qualified to become the priests of temples managed
by the state government.
Q. Who is the chief minister of Tamil Nadu ?

Answer : M K Stalin
Q. Where is the SriRangam place, which was in the news recently ?

Answer : It is a place inTamil Nadu which is famous for its Ranganathaswamy Temple . The
state government’s Archakar Payirchi Palli’ (School for Priests’ Training) is located here
from where for the first time three women Ranjitha, Krishnaveni and Ramyabe have
completed their training as a temple priest.
Q. Which Hindu temple complex is considered to be the largest functioning Hindu

complex in the world ?
Answer : Ranganathaswamy Temple,Tiruchirappalli ,Tamil Nadu.
Q. Yashobhoomi will be inaugurated in which city?

Answer: Dwarka, New Delhi
Q. What is the name of the recently inaugurated International Convention and Expo
Centre (IICC)?
Answer: Yashobhoomi
Q. Name the two recently inaugurated international convention centers of India?

Answer: Bharat Mandpam and Yashobhoomi
Q. In India which council gives Green Building Rating certification?

Answer: Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)
Q. Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) is a part of which organisation?

Answer: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Q. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit
Award to how many artists in September 2023?
Ans. - 84 artists
Q. Which type of artists are honored with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Award?
Ans. - Given to those artists above 75 years of age who have not yet received any national
honor.
Q. Who was honored with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award by President Draupadi
Murmu in February 2023?
Ans. - Dr. Mokshada (Mamata) Chandrakar (Chancellor of Indira Kala Sangeet University,
Khairagarh)
Q. Which Indian company has secured the highest rank in the recently released TIME
World’s Best 750 Companies 2023 list?
Answer : Infosys . It has been ranked 64.
Q. How many Indian companies have been included in the TIME World’s Best 750
Companies 2023 list?
Answer : 8 companies , Infosys followed by Wipro, Mahindra Group,Reliance Industries
Limited,HCL Technologies,HDFC Bank, WNS Global Services, ITC limited
Q. Which company has been ranked number 1 in the recently released TIME World’s
Best 750 Companies 2023 list?
Answer : Microsoft , It is an American Company
Q. Where is the headquarters of Infosys company ?

Answer : Bengaluru
Q. Which is the second ranked Indian company in the recently released TIME World’s
Best 750 Companies 2023 list?
Answer : Wipro
Q. Who has been appointed as an interim Director of the Directorate of Enforcement

(ED) by the government in the month of September 2023 ?
Answer : Rhul Navin
Q.Sanjay Kumar Mishra who was in the news recently was the head of which
government agency ?
Answer : He was the Director of the Directorate of Enforcement for almost five years . He
had to resign after his tenure came to an end on 15 September due to a Supreme Court ruling .
Q. Which central government agency enforces the criminal provisions of

the Prevention of Money of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) 2022 ?
Answer : Directorate of Enforcement (ED)
Q. Where is the headquarters of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED)?

Answer : New Delhi
Q. The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) comes under which ministry of the

government of India ?
Answer : Union Ministry of Finance.
Q. Who was awarded the first prestigious Official Language Kirti Award in the
category of Ministries/Departments for 2022-23?
Ans. - Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare
Q. Which public bank was awarded the Rajbhasha Kirti Award for 2022-23?
Ans. Rajbhasha Kirti Award also given to Central Bank of India
Q. Toolkit incentive up to what amount will be provided to the beneficiaries under PM

Vishwakarma Yojana?
Ans. - Toolkit incentive of Rs 15,000
Q. Basic skills training with a stipend of how many rupees per day will be provided to
the beneficiaries of PM Vishwakarma Yojana?
Ans. - Stipend of Rs 500 per day
Q. Under PM Vishwakarma Yojana, out of how many families, one person from each
family will be linked to this scheme?
Ans. - 30 lakh families
Q. With what concessional interest rate will the loan assistance be provided to the
beneficiaries under PM Vishwakarma Yojana?
Ans. - 5 percent
Q. How many traditional crafts have been included in the PM Vishwakarma Yojana?
Ans. - 18 traditional crafts
Q. Number one under 19 Table Tennis Player Suhana Saini belongs to which state?
Answer: Rohtak, Haryana
Q. Who is the partner of Suhana Saini in fetching the number one Rank in Under 19
Table Tennis?
Answer: Yashasvi Ghorpade
Q. Suhana Saini is associated with which game?

Answer: Under 19 Table Tennis
Q. In which category Suhana Saini got first rank in Table Tennis?

Answer: Under 19 category
17 September 2023
Q. Which Indian site has been included in the UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2023?
Answer : Shantiniketan in the Birbhum district of West Bengal ,established by Asia’s first
Nobel laureate Gurudev RabindranathTagore
Q. Which is the only central university in West Bengal ?

Answer : Vishwa Bharati in Shantiniketan.
Q. How many Indian sites have been included in the UNESCO's World Heritage List?
Answer : 41 , the 41st site is Shantiniketan in West Bengal.
Q. Where is the headquarters of UNESCO?

Answer : Paris, France
Q. Which was the 40th Indian site to be included in the UNESCO's World Heritage
List?
Answer : Dholavira,an Indus Valley site in Gujarat
Q. When Rabindranath Tagore established Shantiniketan?

Answer : Rabindranath Tagore established Shantiniketan in the rural areas of the Birbhum
district of West Bengal in 1901.
Q. Who won the 2023 Singapore Grand prix Formula 1 race ?

Answer : Carlos Sainz of team Ferrari
Q.Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz belongs to which country ?

Answer : Spain. He won the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix.
Q. Where is the R Premadasa cricket stadium?

Answer : Colombo, Sri Lanka
Q. Which are the Indian cricket team captain apart from Rohit Sharma to win the
men’s Asian cricket cup ?
Answer : Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2010,2016) and Mohammed Azharuddin(1990,1995).
Rohit Sharma won it in 2018 and 2023.
Q. Who was the player of the series at the 16th ACC Men’s Cricket Asia Cup 2023?
Answer : Kuldeep Yadav of India . He took 9 wickets in 5 matches.
Q. How many times has India won the Men’s Cricket Asia Cup ?
Answer : 8 times . India has won the trophy in 984,1988,1990,1995,2010,2016,2018 and
2023.
Q. Who was the man of the match in the final of the 16th ACC Men’s Cricket Asia Cup
2023?
Answer : muhammad Siraj
Q. Who is the coach of the Indian cricket team which won the 16th ACC Men’s Cricket
Asia Cup 2023?
Answer : Rahul Dravid
Q. Who was the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team which was defeated by India in
the final of the 16th ACC Men’s Cricket Asia Cup 2023?
Answer : Dasun Shanaka.
Q. On which date the World Patient Safety Day is observed?

Answer : September 17
Q. What is the theme of the World Patient Safety Day 2023?

Answer : “Engaging patients for patient safety”.
Q. When was the first World Patient Safety Day observed ?

Answer : 2019.
Q. When is World Health Day ?

Answer : 7 April. On this day in 1948, the World Health Organisation was founded.
Q. Where is the headquarters of the World Health Organisation ?

Answer : Geneva, Switzerland
Q. On which date the International Day for Preservation of Ozone is observed?

Answer : 15 September
Q. When was the first International Day for Preservation of Ozone observed?
Answer : 1995
Q. What is the theme of the 29th International Day for Preservation of Ozone 2023?
Answer : Montreal Protocol: fixing the ozone layer and reducing climate change.
Q. Kigali amendment is an international treaty to phase out which harmful gas from the
world ?
Answer : Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
Q. Montreal protocol is related to which field ?

Answer : Environment . The principal aim of the Montreal Protocol is to protect the ozone
layer by taking measures to control total global production and consumption of substances
that deplete it. It came into force on 16 September 1987.
Q.By which year the government of India has committed itself to reduce the
consumption of HFCs gases as per the Kigali amendment?
Answer : India will reduce its production and consumption of HFCs by 10% in 2032, 20% in
2037, 30% in 2042 and 85% in 2047.
Q. Why is International Day for Preservation of Ozone observed on 16 September every

year ?
Answer : The Montreal protocol which provides for eliminating the consumption and
production of Ozone depleting substances from earth came into force on September 16, 1987
18 September 2023
Q. Who topped the Diamond League 2023?
Ans. - Jacob Wadlake
Q. What position did Neeraj Chopra get in America's Diamond League 2023?
Ans. - Second (Silver Medal)
Q. Where was the Diamond League 2023 organized?

Ans. - The Diamond League 2023 competition was held in Eugene, United States.
Q. Who won the first Diamond League title for India?

Ans. - Neeraj Chopra
Q. Jacob Wadlake, who topped the Diamond League 2023, belongs to which country?
Ans. - Czech Republic
Q. Where have scientists unearthed dinosaur eggs?

Answer: Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
Q. Who was the main scientist who discovered dinosaur eggs in Jaisalmer?
Answer: Dr Narayan Das Inkhiya
Q. In which city Akal Wood Fossil Park is located?

Answer: Jaisalmer
Q. Which city of Rajasthan is known as Golden City?

Answer: Jaisalmer
Q. Who discovered the Akal Wood Fossil Park?

Answer: The park was discovered in 1947 by a geologist named Dr. Amni
Q. Which state has launched a pilot project of ‘residue-free agriculture’ in September

2023?
Ans. - Punjab
Q. Under the organic agriculture launched by the state of Punjab, special bonus is
being given on the production of which crop?
Ans. - Basmati Crop
Q. Who is the father of organic farming?

Ans. - Sir Albert Howard.
Q. What is the full form of LAccMI?

Answer: Location Accessible Multimodal Initiative (LAxMI)
Q. Which state has recently launched the Location Accessible Multimodal Initiative
(LAccMI)?
Answer: Odisha
Q. Which Self Help Groups (SHGs) will take part in a variety of operation and
maintenance-related tasks within the Blocks as part of the LAccMI Scheme?
Answer: Mission Shakti Self Help Groups (SHGs)
Q. What is the main aim of the LAccMI Scheme?

Answer: Seamless transportation in rural areas.
Q. How many buses will be deployed under the LAccMI Scheme?

Answer: 1000 buses
Q. Who inaugurated the Parliament House built in 1927?

Answer: Governor General Lord Irwin on 18 January 1927
Q. Who was the designer of the pre-built Parliament House?

Answer: English architect Herbert Baker and Edward Lutyens.
Q. Who is the designer of the newly constructed Parliament House ?

Answer : Bimal Hasmukh Patel
Q. When was the foundation stone of the pre-built Parliament House laid?
Answer: The foundation stone of the Parliament House was laid on 12 February 1921.
Q. the design of the newly constructed Lok Sabha building is based on which national
symbol?
Answer: Peacock, National Bird of India
Q. Which company has prepared the design of the newly constructed Parliament
House?
Answer: HCP Designs
Q. Where is the new Parliament House of India located?

Answer: New Delhi
Q. Who inaugurated the newly constructed building?

Answer: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the new Parliament House.
Q. When was the foundation stone of the newly constructed Parliament House laid?
Answer: Its foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 December
2020.
Q. Who designed the newly constructed Indian Parliament building?

Answer: The credit for the design of the new Parliament building has been given to 64-year-
old architect Bimal Hasmukh Patel.
Q. What is the total constructed area of the newly constructed Parliament House?
Answer: The new Parliament House complex is spread over 64,500 square meters.
Q. Why do we need a new Parliament?

Answer: The current Parliament building is almost a century old and has many other
problems. Mainly, it has limited seating capacity, which creates problems during joint
sessions. With plans to increase Lok Sabha seats after 2026, this is a matter of concern.
Additionally, the building suffers from water leaks, safety concerns, outdated technology, and
inadequate workspace for employees.
Q. Where was the fourth meeting of the G20 Framework Working Group held?
Ans. - Raipur
Q. In which state is 'Nandanvan Zoological Garden', which was in the news in

September 2023, located?
Ans. - Chhattisgarh
Q. Karma Dadriya dance is the famous folk dance of which state?

Ans. - Chhattisgarh
Q. Which tennis player has announced his retirement from the Davis Cup in
September 2023?
Ans. - Rohan Bopanna
Q. Which country did Rohan Bopanna defeat in his final Davis Cup men's doubles
match?
Ans. - Morocco
Q. Who was Rohan Bopanna's partner in his last Davis Cup match?
Ans. - Yuki Bhambri
Q. With which country did Rohan Bopanna start his tennis playing career in Davis
Cup?
Ans. - Australia
Q. From which country did India translocate Cheetahs?

Answer: Namibia and South Africa
Q. Where did India translocate African Cheetahs?

Answer: Kuno National Park
Q. In which state Kuno National Park is located?

Answer: Madhya Pradesh
Q. Which authority implements the Project Cheetah?

Answer: National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)
Q. What are the alternative sites for Cheetah introduction in India?

Answer: Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary and Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary
Q. What type of missile is the Pralay ballistic missile?

Ans. - Short range surface-to-air missile (SR-SAM).
Q. By whom is the Pralay ballistic missile being manufactured?

Ans. - Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO)
Q. What is the firepower of a Pralay ballistic missile?

Ans. - Capable of attacking targets up to 150-500 km.
Q. What is the maximum speed (in terminal phase) of a Pralay missile?

Ans. The speed in the terminal phase will be 1200 kilometers per hour.
Q. Which country's missile 'Dongfeng-12' is equivalent to the Pralay ballistic missile?

Ans. - China
September 19, 2023

Q: What is the currency of Sweden?
Answer: Krona Sec. Kronor is the plural form of krona.
Q: Who are the two persons who have received Nobel Prize in two different categories?
Answer: American Linus Pauling received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 and he
received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. Polish/French Madame Curie received the Nobel
Prize in Physics in 1903 and in Chemistry in 1911.
Q: Who was the last Indian to receive the Nobel Prize?

Answer: Kailash Satyarthi for peace in 2014.
Q: Why is the Nobel Prize given every year only on 10 December?

Answer:This is the death anniversary of Alfred Nobel. The Nobel Prize is given in his
memory.
Q: Which Nobel Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway?

Answer: Peace Prize. All other prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology,
literature and economics are awarded in the Swedish capital, Stockholm.
Q: How many Nobel laureates are there in India? Who got the first Nobel Prize in
India?
Answer: There are 12 Nobel Prize winners from India. The first Indian to win the Nobel Prize
for Literature was Rabindranath Tagore in 1913.
Q: Who is the first Asian winner of Nobel Prize?

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore.
Q: How many total medals did India get in the ISSF World Cup 2023?
Answer: (Completed his campaign with two medals)
Q: Who won gold medals for India in ISSF World Cup 2023?
Answer: Elavenil Valarivan
Q: Where was the ISSF World Cup 2023 organized?

Answer: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Q: Who won the silver medal for India in the ISSF World Cup 2023?
Answer: Nischal
Q: Where will the ISSF World Cup Final be held?

Answer: Doha (Qatar)
Q: After how many years are the Asian Games held?

Answer: Every 4 years. The first was held in New Delhi in 1951 and the second in Manila in
1954. Since then it is held every 4 years. The Hangzhou Asian Games were to be held in
2022 but were postponed to 2023 due to Covid.
Q: Which Indian athlete has won the most medals in the Asian Games?
Answer: PT Usha, she has total 11 medals, 4 gold and 7 silver medals.
Q: Where were the first Asian Games held?

Answer: 1951, New Delhi
Q: Which country has hosted the Asian Games the most number of times?
Answer: Thailand 4 times, in 1966,1970,1978,1988
Q: In which Asian Games has India won the most medals?

Answer: Won 70 medals in Jakarta, Indonesia, 2018.
Q: Who won the first gold medal for India in the history of Asian Games?
Answer: The first gold medal for India was won by swimmer Sachin Nag in 100 meter
freestyle in the New Delhi edition in 1951.
Q: Who is the first female athlete to win a medal for India in the Asian Games?
Answer: Roshan Mistry became the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Asian Games
when she won a silver medal in the 100 meter sprint at the 1951 Asian Games.
Q: What is the motto of Asian Games?

Answer: The motto of the Asian Games is "Ever Onward". It was first used in the 1990 Asian
Games in Beijing, China and has been used in every Asian Games since then. Its motto
reflects the spirit of the Asian Games, which aims to promote unity, cooperation and
development among the countries of Asia. It also reflects the Olympic spirit of continuous
improvement and striving for excellence.
Q: What is the full form of UNESCO?

Answer: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Q: How many sites in India are recognized by UNESCO?

Answer: 42
Q: Name the site recently included in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites from India?
Answer: Hoysala era temples, Karnataka
Q: Hoysala is a group of temples?

Answer: Belur, Halebid and Somnathpur Temples
Q: When was UNESCO established?

Answer: 16 November 1945.
Q: Where is the headquarters of UNESCO?

Answer: Paris
Q: Who is the Director General of UNESCO?

Answer: Ms. Audrey Azoulay
Q: How many members are there in UNESCO?

Answer: 195 members and 8 associate members
Q: Which is India's only mixed category World Heritage Site in UNESCO?

Answer: Kanchenjunga National Park
Q: India's railway network is a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

Answer: Kalka-Shimla, Darjeeling, Nilgiri
Q: At which place did Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurate
the integrated office complex 'Udaan Bhawan' in September 2023?
Answer: Safdarjung Airport, Delhi
Q: For what purpose did Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurate
'Udaan Bhawan' in September 2023?
Answer: Inaugurated UDAN Bhawan as an integrated office complex of various regulators of
the aviation sector.
Q: Who recently launched the experimental e-wallet facility?

Answer: Jyotiraditya Scindia (Union Civil Aviation Minister)
Q: Who organized Operation Sajag in September 2023?

Answer: Indian Coast Guard
Q: At which place was 'Operation Sajag' organized by the Indian Coast Guard in
September 2023?
Answer: Western Seaboard
Q: What is the main objective of organizing 'Operation Vigilant' by the Indian Coast
Guard?
Answer: Maritime exercises to facilitate reassessment of coastal security mechanisms and
increase awareness among fishermen at sea.
Q: Where is India's largest hospital centralized laundry located?

Answer: In Bihar
Q: Where did the Chief Minister of Bihar inaugurate the centralized laundry?
Answer: Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) in Patna.
Q: Who inaugurated the centralized laundry at Nalanda Medical College and Hospital
(NMCH) in Patna?
Answer: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
Q: In which district of Bihar is Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH)

located?
Answer: Patna
Q: How many prefabricated beds will there be in Nalanda Medical College and Hospital
(NMCH)?
Answer: 100
Q: Who became the country's first para commando and first female surgeon?
Answer: Major Payal Chhabra
Q: The country's first para commando Major Payal Chhabra is from which state?
Answer: Haryana
Q: Where is the Paratroopers Training School located?

Answer: Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Q: Where was the Paratroopers Training School located before independence?

Answer: New Delhi
Q: Which President presented the Presidential Flag to the Paratroopers Training

School?
Answer: President Shankar Dayal Sharma
Q: In which city will Rajasthan State Faculty Development Academy be developed?

Answer: Jaipur
Q: Which society will run the Rajasthan State Faculty Development Academy till its
final construction?
Answer: Rajasthan College Education Society (Raj-CES)
Q: In which budget year was Rajasthan State Faculty Development Academy

announced?
Answer: Budget year 2023-24.
20 September 2023
Q. By what name did the ASEAN countries organise the first joint naval exercise in
September 2023?
Answer: - ASEAN Solidarity Exercise
Q. At which place did the ASEAN countries conduct their first joint naval exercise in
September 2023?
Answer: - Natuna Watershed of Indonesia (located near the South China Sea).
Q. An exercise named ‘ASEAN Solidarity Exercise’ was conducted by ASEAN countries;

What type of practice is this?
Answer: - joint naval exercises
Q. With which country India organised the 12th Defense Cooperation Committee meeting
of Defense Secretaries in September 2023?
Answer: - Malaysia
Q. Where was the 12th meeting of the Malaysia-India Defense Cooperation Committee
(MIDCOM) held?
Answer: - New Delhi
Q. Where is the 13th edition of the Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs' Conclave (IPACC) being
held in the month of September 2023?
Answer: New Delhi, on 26 and 27th September 2023.
Q. The Indian Army will co-host the 13th edition of the Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs'
Conclave with whom—?
Answer: The IPACC is a biennial event organised by the United States of America Army with
a co-host country. This year it is India.
Q. What is the theme of the 13th edition of the Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs' Conclave
being held in New Delhi in 2023?
Answer: Together for Peace: Sustaining Peace and Stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.
Q. How many countries will participate in the 13th edition of the Indo-Pacific Armies
Chiefs' Conclave (IPACC) being held in the month of September 2023 in New Delhi?
Answer: Fifteen Army chiefs and delegations from 22 countries will attend the event.
Q. Who is the current Chief of the Army Staff?

Answer: General Manoj Pande
Q. India expelled the senior diplomat of which country in September 2023?

Answer: - Canada
Q. Cameron McCay, who was in the headlines in September 2023, belongs to which
country?
Answer: - Canada
Q. Where was the 30th edition of the India Singapore Naval exercise SIMBEX 2023 held
in the month of September?
Answer: Singapore
Q. Which type of exercise is the SIMBEX exercise conducted between India and
Singapore armed forces?
Answer: Maritime exercise. It involves the Indian Navy and the Singapore Navy.
Q. Which Indian Naval ships participated in the 30th SIMBEX 2023 held between the
Indian Navy and Singapore Navy?
Answer : (INS) Ranvijay, INS Kavaratti, Submarine INS Sindhukesari and Long-Range
Maritime Patrol Aircraft P8I
Q. When did the annual India-Singapore Naval exercise SIMBEX start?

Answer: 1994
Q. Who is the current Indian Chief of Naval Staff?

Answer: Admiral R.Harikumar
Q. How many new schemes has the Central Government launched for farmers in
September 2023?
Answer: - The government launched three transformative schemes for farmers.
Q. To fulfil this objective, the Central Government launched three transformative

schemes for farmers in September 2023.
Answer: - To ease agricultural credit and crop insurance-related initiatives
Q. Which new schemes for farmers were launched by the Central Government in
September 2023?
Answer: - Farmer Loan Portal, Door-to-Door Farmer Credit Card and Weather Information
Network Data System.
Q. On which festival of Jains Michhami Dukkadam is conveyed?

Answer: On Samvatsari
Q. Samvatsari is a festival of which community?

Answer: Jain
Q. Samvatsari is celebrated on the last day of which festival?

Answer: Paryushan
Q. Which Jain sect observes Paryushan?

Answer: Swetambara
Q. Which are the main sects in Jainism?

Answer: Swatmbara and Digambara
Q. In which city was the Annual General Meeting of the Asia Pacific Forum on Human
Rights held in September 2023?
Answer: - New Delhi
Q. Where was the biennial conference of the Asia Pacific Forum on Human Rights
organised in September 2023?
Answer: - New Delhi
Q. Who inaugurated the Annual General Meeting and Biennial Conference of the Asia
Pacific Forum on Human Rights in New Delhi on 20 September 2023?
Answer: - President Draupadi Murmu
Q. For what purpose was the Annual General Meeting and Biennial Conference of the
Asia Pacific Forum on Human Rights organised in September 2023?
Answer: - Prioritizing human rights and environmental sustainability in the conduct of
businesses.
Q. Which state government has announced in the month of September 2023 that it will
implement the Desk Officer System at its Secretariat?
Q. In how many departments of the Uttar Pradesh secretariat desk officer system will be
implemented?
Answer: 20 departments
Q. Which administrative reform is being initiated by the Yogi government to increase

transparency in the state secretariat?
Answer: Desk officer System
Q. Valmiki Tiger Reserve is situated in which state?

Answer: Bihar
Q. The highest population of One Horn Rhino is found in which national park?
Answer: Kaziranga National Park
Q. How many tiger reserves are there in Bihar?

Answer: 1
Q. Name the only tiger reserve in Bihar.

Answer: Valmiki Tiger Reserve
Q. Rhino Day is celebrated on?

Answer: 22 September
Q. What is the IUCN status of a Great One Horned Rhino?

Answer: Vulnerable
Q. Who was the founding father of Mauritius?

Answer: Sir Shivsagar Ram Gulam
Q. How is Sir Shivsagar Ram Gulam associated with the state of Bihar?
Answer: Sir Shivsagar Ram Gulam’s father Moheeth Ram Gulam, also known as Mohit Mahto,
was an Indian immigrant labourer from the Bhojpur district of Bihar.
Q. Who was the first Prime Minister of Mauritius?

Answer: Sir Shivsagar Ram Gulam
Q. What is the capital of Mauritius?

Answer: Port Louis
Q. Sir Shivsagar Ram Gulam became the leader of which party in Mauritius?
Answer: Labour Party
Q. Which two sites fall under Kartarpur Corridor?

Answer: Gurdwara Dera Baba Nanak and Gurdwara Sri Darbar Sahib
Q. Kartarpur Corridor connects India with which country?

Answer: Pakistan
Q. Under Kartarpur Corridor Pakistan which district comes?

Answer: District Narowal of Pakistan
Q. Who was the founder of Sikhism?

Answer: Guru Nanak
Q. Who was the first guru of Sikhs?

Answer: Guru Nanak
21 September 2023
Q. The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha constituted an all women panel of Vice-
Chairperson for a day on 21 September 2023. How many members were there in the
panel ?
Answer : 13
Q. Who has the power to appoint the member to the panel of Vice Chairperson in Rajya
Sabha ?
Answer : Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
Q. What is the duration of the term of the member of the panel of Vice Chairperson in
Rajya Sabha ?
Answer : One year
Q. Who presides the over the session of the Rajya Sabha when the chairman and the
deputy chairman is not present in the house >
Answer: In case neither the Chairman nor the Deputy Chairman is available, then the
function of the Chairman is performed by one of the members of the panel of Vice-
Chairpersons.
Q. Which house of the Parliament is called the permanent house ?

Answer : Rajya Sabha
Q. 'Samudra Prahari', which was in headlines in September 2023, is related to?

Ans. - 'Samudra Prahari' is an Indian Coast Guard (ICG) pollution-control vessel
Q. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) pollution-control vessel 'Samudra Prahari'

conducted an extensive exercise in what name?
Ans. - Pollution Response Table-top
Q. Indian Coast Guard (ICG) pollution-control vessel 'Samudra Prahari' conducted an

extensive 'Pollution Response Table-top' exercise at which location?
Ans. - Khlong Toei Port in Bangkok, Thailand
Q. What is the Puneet Sagar campaign related to?

Ans. - NCC had a major nationwide campaign to create awareness about the importance of
cleanliness as well as clean up plastic and other waste materials from beaches. It was started
in December 2021.
Q. In which state Kurmis are protesting?

Answer: Jharkhand
Q. Why are Kurmis protesting?

Answer: They demand for Schedule Tribe Status
Q. Kurmi communities speak which language?

Answer: Kurmali language
Q. What is the tenure of Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

(NCST)?
Answer: Three Years
Q. Under which Article President can declare a community as Schedule Tribe?

Answer: Articles 342
Q. Where was the fourth G20 Infrastructure Working Group meeting under the
chairmanship of G20 India held in September 2023?
Ans. - Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh
Q. In which period was the Khajuraho temple constructed?

Ans. - Period: 950-1050 AD.
Q. Khajuraho temple was built during the reign of which dynasty?

Ans. - Chandela Dynasty
Q. Temples of which religion are included in the temples of Khajuraho?

Ans. - Hindu and Jain temples
Q. In which year did the temples of Khajuraho receive the status of UNESCO World
Heritage Site?
Ans. - 1986
Q. Who was the first to mention the temples of Khajuraho?

Ans. - This temple was first mentioned by Abu Rihan Al Biruni in 1022 AD.
Q. Who was the first foreign dignitary to be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade?
Answer : Indonesian President Sukarno in 1950.
Q. How many times a Pakistani dignitary has been the chief guest at the Republic Day
Parade ?
Answer: Twice ,the Governor General of Pakistan, Malik Ghulam Muhammad, was the chief
guest in 1955, and Rana Abdul Hamid, Minister of the Pakistani government, was the chief
guest in 1965.
Q. Which ministry of the government of India formally invites a foreign dignitary to be

the chief guest at the Republic Day parade ?
Answer : Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
Q. Which ministry of the government of India organises the Republic Day parade ?
Answer : Ministry of Defence
Q. Who was the chief guest at the 2023 Republic Day parade?
Answer : Egyptian President Abdel Fattah-al Sisi
Q. Who is the current American Ambassador to India ?

Answer : Eric Garcetti
Q. At which place was the statue of Shankaracharya unveiled in September 2023?

Ans. - 108 feet high statue of Adi Shankaracharya was unveiled in Omkareshwar, Khandwa
(Madhya Pradesh).
Q. By whom was the statue of Shankaracharya unveiled in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh

in September 2023?
Ans. - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan
Q. How tall was the statue of Shankaracharya unveiled by Madhya Pradesh Chief
Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in September 2023?
Ans. - 108 feet high statue of Adi Shankaracharya was unveiled
Q. Where was Adi Shankaracharya born?
Ans. - Kalady, Kochi, Kerala (Born: May 11, 788 AD)
Q. At which places four monasteries were established by Adi Shankaracharya?

Ans. - Shingeri, Puri, Dwarka and Badrinath
Q. Who coined the term Global South?

Answer: Carl Oglesby
Q. Name the four emerging economies?

Answer: India, Russia, China, Mexico
Q. What is the Emerging Economies Programme?

Answer: It is a significant initiative that will help to promote sustainable economic growth
and development in the Global South.
Q. Emerging Economies Programme is signed between?

Answer: India Global Forum and World Governments Summit
Q. 14th Global Skill Summit was organised in which city?

Answer: New Delhi
Q. 14th Global Skill Summit was organised by?

Answer: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI).
Q. What is the theme of 14th Global Skill Summit?

Answer: "Building Skills, Empowering Youth, Creating the Future"
Q. When was FICCI established?

Answer: 1927
Q. What is the full form of FICCI?

Answer: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI).
Q. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia is going to inaugurate the newly developed

infrastructure of which airport of Arunachal Pradesh on September 24?
Ans. - Tezu Airport
Q. With which countries does Arunachal Pradesh share an international border?

Ans. - China in the north and Myanmar in the east
Q. On which day is International Day of Peace ?

Answer : 21 September
Q. What is the theme of the International Day of Peace 2023?

Answer : Actions for Peace: Our Ambition for the #GlobalGoals.
Q. When was 21 September first observed as the International Day of Peace?

Answer : 2001
Q. On which day in 2023 the National Cinema day will be celebrated?

Answer : 13 October 2023, The first was observed on 23 September 2022.
Q. Which organisation observes National Cinema Day in India ?

Answer : Multiplex Association of India. It is an association of multiplex operators in India.
Q. Which was the first talking movie of India ?

Answer : Alam Ara ,made by Ardeshir Irani and released on March 14 1931.
Q. Who is considered to be the father of Indian cinema ?

Answer:Dada Saheb Phalke .He made the first Indian full feature film Raja Harishchandra in
1913.
Q. Which film industry in India is famous as Mollywood ?

Answer : It refers to the Malayalam film Industry based in Kerala.
Q. Who invented the cinema ?

Answer : Augustus and Louis Lumiere of France invented cinematographe (from where we
have the name cinema) in 1895.
Q. Which was the first 3D cinema of India ?

Answer : Tamil film, My Dear Kuttichathan, which was released in 1983. It was later dubbed
in Hindi and released as Chhota Chetan in 1984.
Q. Which Indian fast bowler has been placed at the top position by ICC in its rankings
released in September 2023?
Ans. - Mohammad Siraj
Q. Which batsman has been kept at the top position by ICC in its rankings released in
September 2023?
Ans. - Babar Azam
Q. Which Indian batsman has been included in the top five batsmen by ICC in its
rankings released in September 2023?
Ans. - Shubhman Gill (second place)
Q. How many Indian batsmen have been included in the top ten batsmen by ICC in its
Ans. - Three (Shubman Gill - 2nd, Virat Kohli - 8th, Rohit Sharma - 10th)
Q. How many Indian bowlers have been included in the top ten bowlers by ICC in its
Ans. - Two (Mohammed Siraj - 1st, Kuldeep Yadav - 9th)
Q. Which state government has launched Mukhya Mantri Krishak Mitra Yojana ?
Answer : Madhya Pradesh.
Q. Under which scheme the Madhya Pradesh government will provide permanent
pump connection to farmers for irrigation purposes?
Answer : Mukhya Mantri Krishak Mitra Yojana.Under the scheme farmers will be provided
permanent pump connections upto 3 horsepower or more within 200 metres of the electric
poll for irrigation purpose.
Q. Which state government has launched Ladli Bahna Yojana ?

Answer : Madhya Pradesh
Q. Where is the capital of Madhya Pradesh ?

Answer : Bhopal
Q. What is the strength of the Madhya Pradesh legislative Assembly ?

Answer : 230 members
Q. Where is the Kushabhau Thakre International Convention Center in India ?

Answer : Bhopal
Q. What is the duration of the Mukhya Mantri Krishak Mitra Yojana launched by the
Madhya Pradesh Government ?
Answer : 2 years
Q. The first Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show was inaugurated in which city?
Answer: Greater Noida
Q. Who inaugurated the Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show?

Answer: President Draupadi Murmu
Q. Who is the governor of Uttar Pradesh?

Answer: Anandiben Patel
Q. Who is organizing the Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show?

Answer: The UP Government and India Exposition Mart Limited (IEML).
Q. Anandiben Patel, Governor of UP, was previously Chief Minister of which state?
Answer: Gujrat
22 September 2023
Q. Who is Pramilla Mallik ,who was in the news recently ?
Ans : She has been elected as the first woman speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Q. Where is the seat of the Odisha Legislative Assembly ?

Ans . Bhubaneshwar, capital of Odisha.
Q. Who was the first woman speaker of a Legislative Assembly in India ?

Ans: Shanno Devi was the first woman speaker of a state Legislative Assembly in India. She
was the speaker of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from 6 December 1966 to 17 March
1967.
Q. First female speaker of the Odisha Legilsative Assembly Pramilla Mallik belongs to
which political party?
Ans : Biju Janata Dal .
Q. Who was the first woman speaker of Lok Sabha?

Ans : Meira Kumar from 4 June 2009 to 5 June 2014.
Q. Who was given the Norman Borlaug Award 2023 for his contribution in the field of
agriculture and food production?
Ans. - Dr. Swati Nayak
Q. Dr. Swati Nayak, who received the Norman Borlaug Award 2023 for Agriculture
and Food Production, belongs to which state?
Ans. - Odisha
Q. For which work has Dr. Swati Nayak been given the prestigious Norman Borlaug
Award 2023?
Ans. - This award has been given for 'Field Research and Application' in the field of
agriculture and food production.
Q. Dr. Swati Nayak, winner of the prestigious Norman Borlaug Award 2023, is
currently associated with which institute?
Ans. - Top scientist of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
Q. Nadi Ustav will begin in which city?

Ans: New Delhi
Q. Who is organising Nadi Utsav?
Ans: organized by the National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM) of IGNCA and the
Janapada Sampada Division
Q. Who inaugurated Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)?
Ans: Late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
Q. The National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM) scheme is administered by

which Ministry?
Ans: Ministry of Culture
Q. First Nadi Utsav was held in?

Ans: Nashik (Maharashtra) on River Godavari's banks
Q. Antim Panghal belongs to which Sports ?

Ans : She is Wrestler .
Q. Who is the first Indian wrestler to qualify for the Summer Olympics to be held in
Paris, France 2024?
Ans : Antim Panghal. She qualified for the Paris Olympics by winning the Bronze medal at
the World Wrestling Championships 2023,Belgrade, Serbia.
Q. Who was the first Indian to win a gold medal at the World Wrestling
Championships ?
Ans : Sushil Kumar.He won gold at the 2010 world championships in Moscow, Russia
Q. Where is the headquarters of the United World Wrestling ?

Ans : Corsier-sur-Vevey,Switzerland
Q. By what name has the Government of India established a category of National

Awards in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation?
Ans. - Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar
Q. In how many categories will the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar instituted by the
Government of India be given?
Ans. - Four (Vigyan Ratna, Vigyan Shree, Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar and
Vigyan Team)
Q. Who will take the final decisions on the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar instituted by the
Government of India?
Ans. - Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar Committee (RVPC) will take the final decision.
Q. On which date will the recipients of the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar instituted by the
Government of India be announced?
Ans. - These awards will be announced every year on 11 May (National Technology Day).
Q. On which date will the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar instituted by the Government of
India be awarded?
Ans. - Will be awarded at a function to be held on August 23 (National Space Day).
Q. Who has been named the Chairman of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
(SRFI) in September 2023?
Ans. - Suresh Gopi
Q. Who was also named as the Chairman of the Governing Council of Satyajit Ray
Film and Television Institute, Kolkata in September 2023?
Ans. - Suresh Gopi
Q. Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute is located in which city?

Ans. - Kolkata
Q. What is the full form of RT-PCR?

Ans: Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction
Q. Kerala is facing which virus outbreak?

Ans: Nipah
Q. What is the full name of DNA and RNA?

Ans: Deoxyribonucleic Acid and Ribonucleic Acid
Q. Which test is allowed for detection of Nipah?

Ans: Truenat test
Q. What is the full of ICMR?

Ans: Indian Council of Medical Research
Q. The 17th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement will be organised in which
city?
Ans: New Delhi
Q. Who bid for the International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement?

Ans: National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCCBM), and IIT Delhi
Q. Under which Ministry National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCCBM)
comes?
Ans: Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India
Q. The 16th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement was held at?
Ans: Bangkok, Thailand
Q. Recently, to maintain stability in the prices of which food item, the government has
made it mandatory for traders/wholesalers to disclose weekly stock?
Ans. - Sugar
Q. On which day of the week has the government made it mandatory for traders to
disclose stocks to maintain stability in sugar prices?
Ans. - Every Monday
Q. To maintain stability in sugar prices, the government has made it mandatory for
traders to disclose weekly sugar stocks on which portal?
Ans. - Portal of Food and Public Distribution Department
Q. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute is located in?

Ans: Kochi, Kerala
Q. Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana was started in which year?

Ans: May 2020
Q. Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana comes under which Ministry?

Ans: Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying
Q. What is the primary goal of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana?
Ans: Primary goal is to promote the Blue Revolution by fostering sustainable and responsible
development of the fishing industry
Q. Great Barrier Reef is located in which country?

Ans: Australia
Q. Which country will host the 19th edition of the Yudh Abhyas military exercise 2023?
Ans : The joint exercise will take place from September 25 to October 8 at Fort Wainwright,
Alaska, the United States (U.S.).
Q. Where did the 18th edition of the Yudh Abhyas military exercise 2022 between the
Indian Army and the US Army take place ?
Ans : Auli, Uttrakhand.
Q. Which wing of the armed forces of India and the US participate in the Cope India
exercise?
Ans : Air Force of both the countries participate in the exercise .
Q. Which wing of the armed forces of India and the US participate in the Yudh Abhyas
exercise?
Ans : Army of both the countries .
Q. Which warship from India recently participated in the first India-Indonesia-

Australia trilateral maritime exercise?
Ans. - INS Sahyadri
Q. Under which project has INS Sahyadri been constructed?

Ans. - Project-17 (Under Project-17, India's defence manufacturing is to be advanced)
Q. Where was INS Sahyadri built?

Ans. - Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited of Mumbai
Q. Who is the External Affairs Minister of India ?

Ans : S.Jaishankar
Q. When was the United Nations founded ?

Ans : October 24, 1945
Q. Where is the headquarters of the United Nations?

Ans : New York, the United States of America
Q. How many countries are members of the United Nations ?

Ans : 193 .South Sudan joined the UN in 2011 as the 193rd member.
Q. What is the theme of the 78th session of the High-Level week of the United Nations
General Assembly ?
Ans : "Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action on the 2030
Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals towards peace, prosperity, progress and
sustainability for all."
Q. who inaugurated the first Lighthouse Festival of India?

Ans : Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal
Q. Where is the historic Fort Aguada in India ?

Ans : It is in Panaji, Goa. The first Lighthouse Festival of India was inaugurated there by
the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal.
Q. Which ministry of the government of India has organsied the Lighthouse Festival of
India?
Ans : Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways
Q. How many lighthouses are being developed as a tourist spot under the ‘Lighthouse
Heritage Tourism’ campaign of the government of India ?
Ans : 75 lighthouse
Q. Where was the Lighthouse Heritage Tourism’ campaign launched by the

government of India ?
Ans : The Union Minister Sarbanand Sonowal inaugurated the Lighthouse Heritage Tourism
on September 22 2023 in Panjim , Goa.
23 September 2023
Q. Swadesh Darshan Scheme is under which Ministry?
Ans: Ministry of Tourists
Q. Which two districts were added in Swadesh Darshan Yojana 2.0?

Ans: Champawat and Pithoragarh districts
Q. How many circuits are there in the Swadesh Darshan Scheme?

Ans 15
Q. With whom has the Indian Navy signed an agreement for technical cooperation and
joint research?
Ans. - Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
Q. For what purpose has the Indian Navy and the Indian Institute of Science,
Bengaluru, signed the agreement?
Ans. - The Indian Navy and Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru signed a MoU to promote
technical cooperation and joint research and development in the Indian Navy.
Q. Which team has recently achieved the distinction of being the NO.1 ranked team
across all international formats in men's cricket?
Ans: India. It is the NO.1 side in One Day International (ODI), T20 Internationals, and Test
Cricket.
Q. Before India, which country's men's cricket team was ranked NO.1 in all formats of
international cricket?
Ans: South Africa had achieved the feat in August 2012.
Q. Who was the India men's cricket team captain that defeated Australia in an ODI
match to achieve the status of NO.1 team in ODIs?
Ans: K L Rahul
Q. In September 2023, 'INS Nireekshak' of the Indian Navy participated in the 'Diver
Training Exercise organised in which country?
Ans. - Sri Lanka
Q. At which place was the ‘Diver Training Exercise’ organised in September 2023?
Ans. - Trincomalee (Sri Lanka)
Q. Which ship participated on behalf of the Indian Navy in the 'Diver Training
Exercise' held in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka in September 2023?
Ans. - INS Nireekshak
Q. Recently passed Women Reservation Bill is of which constitutional amendment Bill?

Ans: 128th
Q. What is the Women Reservation Bill about?

Ans: To reserve one-third of the total seats for women in Lok Sabha and state legislative
assemblies.
Q. What are the types of Bill?

Ans: Constitutional Amendment Bill, Money Bill,, Finance Bill, and ordinary Bill
Q. Sixth Schedule of the constitution has provision of?

Ans: Administration of Tribal Areas in the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and
Mizoram (Sixth Schedule).
Q. Who presided over the Joint Sitting during the deadlock?

Ans: Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Q. International Lawyer's Conference 2023 is organised by?

Ans: Bar Council of India
Q. International Lawyer's Conference 2023 is organised in which city?

Ans: New Delhi
Q. What is the theme of the International Lawyer's Conference 2023?

Ans: ‘Emerging Challenges in Justice Delivery System’
Q. Which municipal corporation has proposed to use the name Bharat instead of India in its
official communication?
Ans : Indore municipal corporation
Q. Who is Pushyamitra Bhargava who was in the news recently ?

Ans : He is the mayor of Indore Municipal Corporation.
Q. Which city in India has both Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT)?
Ans : Indore
Q. Which city of Madhya Pradesh has been declared as the first water plus city in the country ?
Ans : Indore in 2021
Q. Which is the largest city of Madhya Pradesh ?

Ans : Indore
Q. On which topic did the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance,

Government of India organise an international seminar in September 2023?
Ans. - Organized an international symposium on ‘Digital Public Infrastructure: Helpful in
enhancing financial inclusion and productivity’.
Q. In September 2023, the Department of Economic Affairs, in collaboration with

whom, organised an international symposium on ‘Digital Public Infrastructure: Helpful
in enhancing financial inclusion and productivity’?
Ans. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank
Q. Where will a new International Cricket Stadium be built?

Ans: Varanasi
Q. India's first National Spots University was established at?

Ans: Manipur
Q. Which date is celebrated every year as ‘International Sign Language Day’?

Ans. - 23 September
Q. With which theme was International Sign Languages Day – 2023 celebrated?
Ans. - “A World Where Deaf People Everywhere Can Sign Anywhere!”
Q. Who celebrated ‘International Sign Language Day’ – 2023 on 23 September in

India?
Ans. - Indian Sign Language Research and Training Center (ISLRTC)
Q. 267 signs of words related to which topic was launched in India during the
celebration of ‘International Day of Sign Languages’ – 2023 on September 23?
Ans. - Financial (Launched 267 signs for financial words in Indian Sign Language.)
Q. Which type of course was launched in India on September 23 on the occasion of

‘International Day of Sign Languages’ – 2023?
Ans. - Online Self-Learning Course (An online self-learning course for basic communication
skills in Indian Sign Language was launched on this occasion.)
Q. Which country is the largest exporter of rice in the world ?
Ans : India , It has been the largest exporter of rice since 2011-2012.
Q. Which category of rice export has not been banned by the government of India ?
Ans : Parboiled rice and Basmati rice. Export of non basmati white rice and broken rice has
been banned by the government of India
.
Q. Where is the headquarters of the International Fund for Agriculture Development?
Ans : Rome, Italy
Q. Who is the President of the International Fund for Agriculture Development?

Ans : Alvaro Lario
Q. Which country is the biggest buyer of Indian non- basmati rice?

Ans : Bangladesh
Q. In which country will the Counter Terrorism Ground Training Exercise (FTX) 2023
be organised in late September 2023?
Ans. - Russia
Q. Who will represent India in the Ground Counter Terrorism Training Exercise
(FTX) 2023 to be held in late September 2023?
Ans. - From the Indian side, a contingent of 32 personnel from a battalion attached with the
Rajputana Rifles is participating.
Q. What is the main objective of organising the Counter Terrorism Ground Training
Exercise (FTX) 2023 in late September 2023?
Ans. - The main goal of this exercise is to strengthen and encourage regional cooperation in
the field of counter-terrorism.
Q. Who is the co convenor of the Independent Expert Group on Multilateral

Development Banks set up during G20 Presidency?
Ans: Lawrence Summers of the US and 15th Finance Commission N K Singh .
Q. At least how many countries are members of a Multilateral Development Bank?

Ans : more than 2 countries
Q. Where will the fourth and final meeting of the Finance Ministers and Central Bank
under the G20 Presidency of India be held?
Ans : Marrakech. Morocco in October 2023.
Q. Where is the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank ?

Ans : Mandaluyong, Philippines .
Q. The President of the World Bank Ajay Banga belongs to which country ?
Ans : The United States of America.
24 September 2023
Q. What is the name of the stadium where the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian
Games was held in Hangzhou ?
Ans : Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium, also known as the Big Lotus.
Q. What are the mascots of the Hangzhou Asian Games 2023?

Ans : Chenchen, Congcong and Lianlian. They are Robots.
Q. What is the slogan of the Hangzhou Asian Games 2023?

Ans :Heart to Heart,@Future'.
Q. Which games have been introduced for the first time at the Hangzhou Asian Games
2023?
Ans : esports, breakdancing and sport climbing have been introduced for the first time in the
Asian games.
Q. Who led the Indian contingent at the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian games
2023 at Hangzhou?
Ans : The Indian team flag was carried by the Indian men's Hockey team captain,
Harmanpreet Singh and the Olympic Bronze medalist in Boxing, Lovlina Borgohain.
Q. In which sport India won its first medal in the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games 2023?
Ans: women's shooting team Ramita, Mehuli Ghosh and Ashi Chouksey won a silver medal
in the women's 10m air rifle event.
Q. Who won the first gold medal at the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games 2023?
Ans: The first gold medal of the Hangzhou Asian Games was won by Zhou Jiaqi and Qiu
Xinping of China in the women's lightweight double sculls.
Q. Ramita, Mehuli Ghosh and Ashi Chouksey belongs to which sports ?

Ans : Shooting. They won the first medal for India at the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games 2023
Q. Where was the 11th IBSA Trilateral Ministerial Commission meeting held in the
month of September 2023?
Ans: New York, United States of America.
Q. Which country hosted the 11th 11th IBSA Trilateral Ministerial Commission
meeting held in the month of September 2023?
Ans: Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira
Q. Which country hosted the 6th IBSA summit meeting?

Ans: India hosted the 6th IBSA summit meeting at Bali, Indonesia, on the sidelines of the
G20 summit meeting in 2022.
Q. Where is the headquarters of the IBSA Dialogue Forum?

Ans: It has no headquarters. India, Brazil and South Africa are the members of IBSA.
Q. Which countries are the members of the IBSA Dialogue Forum ?

Ans : India, Brazil and South Africa
25 September 2023
Q. Who flagged off nine Vande Bharat trains in September 2023?

Ans. - Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Q. How many Vande Bharat trains were flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
in September 2023?
Ans. - Nau Vande Bharat Train
Q. What will be the total number of Vande Bharat trains operating in the country in
September 2023?
Ans. - 34 Vande Bharat Train
Q. Through how many states or union territories will the nine Vande Bharat trains
launched by Prime Minister Modi in September 2023 pass through?
Ans. - 11 states
Q. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve is located in which state?

Ans: Madhya Pradesh
Q. Ain-i-AKbari mentioned about which tiger reserve of Madhya Pradesh?

Ans: Pench Tiger Reserve
Q. Which is the state animal of Madhya Pradesh?

Ans: Hard Ground Barasingha
Q. Which tiger reserve of Madhya Pradesh is home to the state animal of MP?
Ans: Kanha Tiger Reserve
Q. Which river flows through Panna Tiger Reserve?

Ans: Ken
Q. Elephant festival is celebrated in which state?

Ans: Madhya Pradesh
Q. In which sport India won its first gold medal at the 19th Asian Games?
Ans : Men's 10m Air Rifle team shooting . The shooters were Divyansh Panwar, Rudrankksh
Patil and Aishwary Pratap.
Q. Divyansh Panwar, Rudrankksh Patil and Aishwary Pratap belong to which field ?
Ans : They are sportsmen. They are shooters who won the first gold medal for India at the
Hangzhou Asian Games.
Q. Gandhi Vatika Inauguration occurred on which date?
Ans: 23 September
Q. Gandhi Vatika Inauguration is done by which state?

Ans: Rajasthan
Q. Which city witnessed Gandhi Vatika Inauguration?

Ans: Jaipur
Q. Who inaugurated Gandhi Vatika in Jaipur?

Ans: Rahul Gandhi
Q. Who constructed Gandhi vatika in Jaipur?

Ans: Jaipur Development Authority
Q. At which place did Union Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurate the Government
Medical College Cancer Care Facility affiliated with Tata Memorial Center (TMC)
Mumbai in September 2023?
Ans. - Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir)
Q. The Government of India has set a target of achieving how many billion dollars of
bio-economy by the year 2025?
Ans. - 150 billion dollars
Q. Which parliamentary constituency of Jammu and Kashmir can be made the future
'health circuit' of India with three medical colleges, AIIMS and North India's first
biotech park?
Ans. - 'Kathua-Udhampur-Doda' parliamentary constituency
Q. Who has the controlling authority of Tata Memorial Center Mumbai?

Ans. - Department of Atomic Energy
Q. What is the 7th Tiger Reserve of Madhya Pradesh?

Ans: Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve is spread across Sagar, Damoh and Narsinghpur
districts.
Q. In which district/districts of Madhya Pradesh lies the Veerangana Durgavati Tiger

Reserve?
Ans: Sagar, Damoh and Narsinghpur districts.
Q. What is the total area of the 7th Tiger Reserves of Madhya Pradesh Veerangana
Durgavati Tiger Reserves?
Ans: around 2,339 sq km
Q. Which was the 54th Tiger Reserves of India?

Ans: Dholpur Karauli Tiger Reserve of Rajasthan was the 54th Tiger reserve in the country.
Q. Which state in India has the highest number of tigers?

Ans: The largest tiger population of 785 is in Madhya Pradesh, followed by Karnataka (563)
& Uttarakhand (560) and Maharashtra (444).
Q. Which wildlife sanctuary/sanctuaries has been merged to create Veerangana

Durgavati Tiger Reserve In Madhya Pradesh ?
Ans : Nauradehi Wildlife sanctuary and Durgavati Wildlife sanctuary.
Q. In which country was the 25th International Sea Power Symposium (ISS) organized
in September 2023?
Ans. - United States of america
Q. Where was the 25th International Sea Power Symposium (ISS) organized in
September 2023?
Ans. - US Naval War College Newport Rhode Island
Q. Who represented India at the 25th International Sea Power Symposium (ISS) held in
the United States?
Ans. - Indian Navy Chief (CNS) Admiral R Hari Kumar
Q. With which country does India organize the practice of Tarkash?

Q. The latest edition (6th edition) of Cope India-23 was held in which Air Force stations
in April 2023?
Ans. - Kalaikunda, Panagarh and Agra
Q. At which place was ‘India Smart Cities Conclave 23’ organized in September 2023?
Ans. - Indore (Brilliant Convention Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh)
Q. How many cities participated in the ‘India Smart Cities Conclave 23’ held in Indore
in September 2023?
Ans. - Participation of 100 smart cities seen
Q. In which year was the Smart City Mission launched?

Ans. - 25 June 2015
Q. Where did the I2U2 member countries announce an initiative in space cooperation in
the month of September 2023?
Ans: New York at the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Q. Which countries are the members of the I2U2 group?

Ans: India, Israel, the United States of America and the United Arab Emirates.
Q. What is Artemis programme?

The Artemis Accord is a non-binding set of principles which provides for cooperation in the
peaceful use and exploration of celestial bodies like Earth's Moon, planet Mars and Asteroids.
Q. Which country has become the 27th member of the Artemis programme?
Ans: India
Q. When did the first summit meeting of the leaders of I2U2 take place?
Ans: July 14, 2022.
Q. What are the six main focus areas of cooperation of the I2U2 group?
Ans: The six identified areas of cooperation are water, energy, transportation, space, health
and food security.
Q Which Group is also popularly called the West Asian Quad?

Ans: The I2U2 group of nations. It includes India, Israel, the United States of America and
the United Arab Emirates.
Q. Who has launched the Artemis programme to explore the moon and other celestial
objects for peaceful purposes?
Ans: The Artemis Accord was launched by the United States government's State Department
(foreign ministry) with the American national space agency National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) on October 13, 2020, with 7 participating countries.
Q. What is Bennu?
Ans: Asteroid
Q. Osiris-Rex mission is related to what?

Ans: Asteroid Mission
Q. Which space agency launched the Osiris-Rex mission?

Ans: NASA
Q. What is the full form of NASA?

Ans: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Q. NASA’s Osiris-Rex landed where?

Ans: Utah Desert
Q. The world's largest Hindu temple is located in which country?

Ans: Cambodia
Q. What is the name of World’s largest Hindu temple?

Ans: Angkor wat
Q. World’s second largest hindu temple is located in?

Ans: New Jersey, USA
Q. What is the name of the USA's largest Hindu temple?

Ans: BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham
Q. Batu caves is located in which country?

Ans: Indonesia
26 September 2023
Q. At which place was the first of its kind drone exhibition “Bharat Drone Shakti 2023”
organized in September, 2023?
Ans. - Done at Air Force Station, Hindon, Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh).
Q. Who inaugurated the first of its kind drone exhibition “Bharat Drone Shakti 2023”
at Hindon Air Force Station, Ghaziabad in September, 2023?
Ans. - Defense Minister Rajnath Singh
Q. By which year has the Defense Ministry set a target to make India a major drone
hub?
Ans. - Year 2030
Q. Former Indian Administrative Service officer Amit Khare has been appointed to
which post by giving extension in service?
Ans. - Advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Q. Which officer working as the Secretary of the Department of Biotechnology has been
given extension of service by the Central Government for two years from November 1,
2023?
Ans. - Rajesh Gokhale, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology
Q. Zonal Council is formed under which Act?

Ans: State reorganization Act of 1956
Q. Who is the Chairman of the Zonal Council?

Ans: Home Minister
Q. Who is the chairman of the Interstate Council?

Ans: Prime Minister
Q. The Inter State Council comes under which Article of the constitution?
Ans: Under Article 263
Q. This training of ships of the First Training Squadron (1TS) was conducted as a part
of?
Ans. - 105th Integrated Officer Training Course
Q. In which area the ships of the First Training Squadron were deployed for long-range
training in September 2023?
Ans. - Southeast Asia
Q. When is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
observed worldwide?
Ans: September 26
Q. When was the first International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
observed worldwide?
Ans: 2014
Q. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) aims to ban the testing of --?
Ans: CTBT bans all nuclear explosions, whether for military or peaceful purposes, anywhere
on Earth or in Space.
Q. Who discovered the fissile material which is used to make atom bombs?
Ans: The discovery of fissile material is credited to the German scientist Otto Han. Otto Han,
while working with fellow scientist Fritz Straasmann, discovered the fission of Uranium. Otto
Han is also called the father of Nuclear Chemistry and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
in 1944.
However, the term' nuclear fission' was coined by a German female Physicist, Liese Meitner.
Q. Which nuclear weapon country has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
(NPT)?
Ans: India, Israel, North Korea and Pakistan.
Q. Where is Haifa located?

Ans: Israel
Q. When was the Battle of Haifa fought?

Ans: 1918
Q. With whom the Battle of Haifa was fought?

Ans: Battle of Haifa was fought between the British Indian Army and Ottoman Forces
Q. From the Indian side, which brigade was present at the field of Haifa?
Ans: 15th Cavalry Brigade, comprising three cavalry regiments - Hyderabad, Jodhpur, and
Mysore.
Q. Sinai Peninsula is located in which country?

Ans: Egypt
Q. Who flagged off the first green hydrogen fuel cell bus in September 2023?
Ans. - The Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri
Q. By which year has the Government of India set a target to achieve carbon-net-zero?
Ans. - The Government Has set a target to achieve carbon-net-zero by 2070.
Q. By which year has the Government of India set the target of making itself
independent in terms of energy?
Ans. - The Government Has set a target of making itself independent in terms of energy by
2047.
Q. When has the Government of India launched the National Green Hydrogen
Mission?
Ans. - With the Union Cabinet approving the ‘National Hydrogen Mission’ on January 4,
2023, it is considered to have started.
Q. The National Hydrogen Mission aims to achieve renewable energy capacity of about
125 GW in the country by which year?
Ans.- The country aims to achieve renewable energy capacity of about 125 gigawatts by
2030.
Q. The 2024 Army Day parade will be held in which city ?

Ans : Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Q. Where was the 2023 Army Day parade held ?

Ans : Bengaluru, Karnataka
Q.Where will the 2023 annual Indian Navy Day parade be held?
Ans: Sindhudurg Fort off the Maharashtra coast.
Q. The 2023 Air Force Day parade will be held in which city ?
Ans : Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.
Q. Why is 15 January observed as Army Day ?

Ans : Army Day is celebrated in India every year on 15 January as on this day, Field Marshal
K M Carriapa became the first Indian Chief of the Indian Army.
Q. Which ministry introduced a Portal for GOBARdhan?

Ans: Ministry of Jal Shakti
Q. What is the main gas component of Compressed Biogas?

Ans: Methane
Q. Who won the first Indian MotoGP race held in Noida ?

Ans : Marco Bezzecchi of Mooney VR46 Racing team.
Q. Marco Bezzecchi, who was in the news recently, belongs to which field ?
Ans : He is a motorcycle racer who won the first Indian MotoGP race held in Noida.
Q. Who has been announced to be given the 53rd Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime
Achievement Award?
Ans. - Waheeda Rehman
Q. For which year, Waheeda Rehman has been announced to be given the Dadasaheb
Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award in September 2023?
Ans. - 2021
Q. On which occasion will Waheeda Rehman be given the Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime
Achievement Award?
Ans.- Waheeda Rehman will be presented this award during the 69th National Film Awards
ceremony.
Q. Who was given the Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award for the year
2020?
Ans. - Asha Parekh
Q. Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award is given by whom?

Ans. - President
Q. Which research institute in India has developed a nanoparticles-coated cotton fabric

for cleaning water polluted by oil spills ?
Ans : IIT Guwahati A team of researchers led by professor Vaibhav Goud has developed
silica nanoparticles-coated cotton fabric by using rice husk to filter oil from water.
Q. When was IIT Guwahati set up ?

Ans : 1994
Q. The Indian Institute of Technology was set by the the government of India on the
recommendation of which committee ?
Ans : N.R.Sarkar committee.
Q. Hriday Chheda, Anush Agarwalla, Divyakriti Singh and Sudipti Hajela belong to
which sport?
Ans : Equestrian . They won gold at the 19th Asian Games .
Q. 17 year old Neha Thakur who won silver at the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games belongs
to which sport ?
Ans : Yachting, she won the silver in the silver medal girl's dinghy - ILCA4 event.
Q. Which bank has signed an agreement with Rural Electrification Corporation in

September 2023 to jointly co-finance power and infrastructure projects?
Ans: Punjab National Bank
Q. How much loan will be co-financed by the Punjab National Bank with the Rural
Electrification Company?
Ans: Rs 55,000 crore
Q. Where is the headquarters of the Punjab National Bank?

Ans: New Delhi
Q. Which is the first Swadeshi bank to be set up by the Indian capital?

Ans: Punjab National Bank
Q. The Maharatna Central Public Sector Enterprises, Rural Electrification (REC) Ltd
comes under which union ministry?
Ans: Union Ministry of Power
Q. The recently signed agreement between REC ltd and PNB to co-finance the power
and infrastructure projects worth Rs 55,00 crore will be valid for –?
Ans : Three years
27 September 2023
Q. Which Indian player has been nominated for the International Tennis Hall of Fame
2024 in September 2023?
Ans. - Leander Paes
Q. Apart from Leander Paes, which other Indian player has been nominated for the
International Tennis Hall of Fame 2024 in September 2023?
Ans. - Vijay Amritraj
Q. In which category has Vijay Amritraj been nominated for International Tennis Hall
of Fame 2024 in September 2023?
Ans. - Contributor Category
Q. Who is the first Asian to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame?
Ans. - Lena
Q. How many players were named in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in the
category of Honored Player for the year 2024?
Ans. - Six (Apart from Leander Paes, Cara Black, Ana Ivanovic, Carlos Moya, Daniel Nestor
and Flavia Pennetta have been nominated in the player category.)
Q. RH 1975 variety of which crop?

Ans: Mustard
Q. RH 1975 is developed by which state?

Ans: Haryana
Q. RH 1975 and RH 725 are a variety of which crop?

Ans: Mustard
Q. Which state is known as the mustard state of India?

Ans: Rajasthan
Q. What is the ideal temperature for mustard crop?

Ans: 10°C to 25°C.
Q. Marwar International Centre was inaugurated in which district of Rajasthan?

Ans: Jodhpur
Q. Rajiv Gandhi Fintech University is situated in which district of Rajasthan?

Ans: Jodhpur
Q. What is the full form of MICE?

Ans: Meeting, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions
Q. In which Budget Rajasthan has decided to open MICE centers in four districts?
Ans: 2023-24 Budget
Q. MICE centers will be opened in which four districts of Rajasthan?

Ans: Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, and AjmerQ. 1. Who inaugurated the 13th Indo-Pacific Army
Chiefs Conference held in September 2023?
Ans. - Rajnath Singh
Q. Where was the 13th Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs Conference held in September 2023?
Ans. - New Delhi
Q. Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference (IPACC) is mainly organized by?

Q. What is the theme of the 13th Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs Conference (IPACC) held
in New Delhi?
Ans. - Together for Peace: Sustaining Peace and Stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.
Q. How many countries participated in the 13th Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs Conference
(IPACC)?
Ans. - Army chiefs and delegations from a total of 35 countries participated in this program.
Q. On which day is World Tourism Day observed?

Ans: 27 September
Q. What is the theme of the 2023rd World Tourism Day?

Ans: Tourism and Green Investment.
Q. When was the first World Tourism Day observed?

Ans: 1980
Q. Where are the headquarters of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation?
Ans: Madrid, Spain
Q. How many countries are the members of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation?
Ans : 159 countries
Q. Where was India’s first Polythene Garbage Bank opened?

Ans: Dehradun
Q. Under which Act the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) was formed?
Ans: Under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974.
Q. In Dehradun where the Polythene Garbage Bank was opened?

Ans: Garhi and Premnagar
Q. Mention the examples of single use plastics?

Ans: Food packaging, bottles, straws, containers, cups, cutlery, and shopping bags.
Q. In which rules Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was mentioned?

Ans: Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016
Q. Who participated on the Indian side in the ‘South-South Knowledge Sharing Series’
conference organized by the World Bank on 25 September 2023?
Ans. - Rajiv Chandrashekhar (Union Minister of State for Skill Development,
Entrepreneurship, Electronics and Information Technology)
Q. What was the theme of the ‘South-South Knowledge Sharing Series’ conference
organized by the World Bank?
Ans. - Digital Public Infrastructure: The India Story
Q. Who is the present President of the World Bank?

Ans. - Ajaypal Singh Banga (An Indian-American business executive.)
Q. The government of India has extended the export promotion scheme Remission of
Duties and Taxes on Exported Products till —-?
Ans: 30 June 2024.
Q. Which government of India department administers the scheme for Remission of

Duties and Taxes on Exported Products?
Ans: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).
Q. What is the target for export set by the government of India's Foreign Trade Policy
to be achieved by 2030?
Ans: USD 2 trillion. USD One trillion in merchandise exports and USD one trillion in service
sector exports.
Q. Who is the chairperson of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs?
Ans: Vivek Johri
Q. What does R stand for in the RoDTEP scheme of the government of India ?
Ans : Remission , Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products(RoDTEP)
Q. The National Commission for Scheduled Castes is established under which Article of
the Constitution?
Ans: Article 338
Q. Which amendment of the Constitution had provision of separate National

Commission for Scheduled Castes and National Commission for Scheduled Tribes?
Ans: 89th Amendment Act, 2003
Q. 89th Amendment Act, 2003 is about?

Ans: Separate National Commission for Scheduled Castes and National Commission for
Scheduled Tribes
Q. Who was the first Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes?
Ans: Suraj Bhan
Q. What is the tenure of the Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled
Castes?
Ans: 3 years
Q.. Who presented the “India Aging Report 2023” in September 2023?
Ans. - The report has been jointly presented by the United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA), India and the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS).
Q.. On what is the 'India Aging Report 2023' prepared by the United Nations
Population Fund based?
Ans: The living conditions and well-being of older persons in India have been thoroughly
reviewed.
Q. Which institute in the world is dedicated to research and teaching in areas related to
population?
Ans. - International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
Q. In the month of September 2023 Who has extended the Armed Forces (Special
Powers) Act in Manipur for 6 months ?
Ans : Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey. It has been extended for 6 months with effect from
October 1, 2023
Q. Who has declared certain areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland as a disturbed
area in the month of September 2023 ?
Ans: Union Ministry of Home Affairs . It has been extended for 6 months with effect from
October 1, 2023.
Q. What does P stand for in the AFSP act 1958?

Ans : Powers, Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act
Q. In which states of India the provisions of the Armed Forces (Special Powers)Act 1958
can be applied ?
Ans : It is applicable to the North-Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.
Q. In which case the Supreme Court ordered the government to review the disturbed
areas provision before the expiry of six months ?
Ans : Naga People’s Movement of Human Rights v. Union of India, 1998.
Q. Sift Kaur Samra ,who won a gold medal in the 19th Asian Games at Hangzhou,
belongs to which sport?
Ans : Shooting in the 50m Rifle 3-P individual event
Q. Ashi Chouksey ,who won a bronze medal in the 19th Asian Games at Hangzhou,
belongs to which sport?
Ans : Shooting
28 September 2023
Q. Who is the governor of Gujarat?
Ans : Acharya Devvrat
Q. Which state launched the Vidya Samiksha Kendra scheme?

Ans : Gujarat government .It was launched in 2021
Q. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the month of September 2023 laid the foundation
stone of FM Radio studio at Dahod . Where is Dahod located?
Ans : It is in Gujarat
Q. Where is the Gujarat science city located ?

Ans : Ahmedabad
Q. Where did Prime Minister Modi launch the Mission Schools of Excellence in 2022?
Ans : Trimandir, Adalaj, Gujarat, on October 19, 2022
Q. At which place in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone
of ‘Akashvani Dahod FM Relay Station Project’ in September 2023?
Ans. - Bodeli
Q. In September 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of
which Akashvani FM Relay Station project of Gujarat?
Ans. - Akashvani Dahod FM Relay Station Project
Q. All India Radio is a public sector radio broadcasting service operated under which
ministry of India?
Ans. - Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Q. Who took charge as the Principal Director General of All India Radio and All India
Radio News Service Division in September 2023?
Ans. - Dr. Vasudha Gupta
Q. Which scheme has the provision of e-Kavach?

Ans: Ayushman Bharat Scheme
Q. When was the Ayushman Bharat Scheme launched?

Ans: September 23, 2018
Q. What are the two components of the Ayushman Bharat Scheme?

Ans: PM-JAY program and Health and Wellness Centers.
Q. Which is the nodal agency for the Ayushman Bharat Scheme?

Ans: National Health Authority (NHA)
Q. What is the coverage under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme?

Ans: Rs. 5 lakh per year to every family
Q. At which place in Madhya Pradesh was the ‘National SC-ST Hub Conclave’
organized in September 2023?
Ans – Jhabua
Q. For what purpose does the Central Government organize the 'National SC-ST Hub
Conclave' in Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe dominated states?
Ans – The ‘National SC-ST Hub Conclave’ is organized to promote entrepreneurship culture
and spread awareness about the SC-ST Hub Scheme and other schemes of the MSME
Ministry.
Q. Who organizes the 'National SC-ST Hub Conclave' in Scheduled Caste and
Scheduled Tribe-dominated states?
Ans - Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India
Q. Based on the 2011 census, what percentage of the total population in Madhya
Pradesh comes under Scheduled Caste?
Ans - Scheduled Caste (SC) population is 15.6% of the state's total population.
Q. Based on the 2011 census, what percentage of the total population in Madhya
Pradesh comes under Scheduled Tribes?
Ans - Scheduled Tribe (ST) population is 21.1%.
Q. Who is the founder of Google?

Ans: Sergey Brin and Larry Page
Q. What is the name of the parent company of Google?

Ans: Alphabet Inc
Q. Google has celebrated which anniversary?

Ans: 25th Anniversary
Q. Who is the CEO of Google?

Ans. Sundar Pichai
Q. Sundar Pichai was a student of which IIT?

Ans: IIT Kharagpur
Q. How many Indian universities have been ranked in the World University Rankings
2024 announced by Times Higher Education (THE) magazine?
Ans – 91 Indian universities have been ranked.
Q. Who has been ranked at the top among total 91 Indian universities in the World
University Rankings 2024 announced by Times Higher Education (THE) magazine?
Ans – IISc Bangalore
Q. Which Indian university has made it to the list of top 250 universities in the global
university list announced by Times?
Ans – IISc Bangalore
Q. Which university has been ranked at the top position in the global university list
announced by Times?
Ans – Oxford University (United Kingdom)
Q. Which country in Asia has the best overall ranked universities in the global
university list announced by Times?
Ans - China's universities are the best ranked universities in Asia overall.
Q. Which Indian film has been selected as the official entry for the 96th Academy
Awards (Oscar) 2024?
Ans : 2018: Everyone's a Hero
Q. The ‘2018: Everyone's a Hero’ film has been made in which language ?
Ans : Malayalam . It is the state language of Kerala
Q. What is the official name of the world famous Oscar award given in the field of
cinema?
Ans : "Academy Award of Merit, which are popularly called Oscar awards, are considered to
be the most prestigious film awards in the world. It is given every year by the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Q. Which was the first Indian film to be nominated for the Best International Feature
Film category at the Oscar award ?
Ans : The first film to be nominated was Mother India (Hindi), directed by Mehboob Khan in
1957.
Q. Which India has won an Oscar award twice ?

Ans : A R Rahman won an Oscar award twice in two categories for the film Slumdog
Millionaire in 2008. He got the Best Original Score award and shared the Best Original
Score award with Gulzar for the same film.
Q. Who is the director of the film ‘2018: Everyone's a Hero’ ?

Ans : Jude Anthany Joseph
Q. Where is the seat of the Madhya Pradesh High Court ?

Ans : Jabalpur
Q. What is the maximum strength of the Madhya Pradesh High Court ?

Ans : 53 judges
Q. Who is the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court ?

Ans ::Justice Ravi Malimath
Q. What was the earlier name of the Madhya Pradesh High Court ?
Ans : Nagpur High Court Court of Central Provinces & Berar province
Q. Where are the benches of the Madhya Pradesh High Court ?

Ans : Indore and Gwalior
Q. Who will be the new Chairman of Bihar State Human Right Commission?
Ans: Anant Manohar
Q. Under which Act State Human Right Commission was established?

Ans: Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
Q. When was Bihar State Human Right Commission established?

Ans: 3rd January, 2000
Q. When was the first chairman of Bihar State Human Right Commission appointed?
Ans: 25th June, 2008
Q. Who was the first chairman of Bihar State Human Right Commission ?
Ans: Justice S.N. Jha
Q. Who launched the Android earthquake alert system in India in September 2023?
Ans – Google
Q. With whose collaboration did Google launch Android earthquake alert system in
India?
Ans - Google has launched the Android Earthquake Alert System in collaboration with the
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the National Center for Seismology
(NCS) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
Q. What types of Android devices are the alert system launched by Google compatible
with?
Ans – Android users with devices running Android 5 or newer versions will get this feature in
the coming weeks (October 2023).
Q. Which famous technology company has completed 25 years of its establishment in

September 2023?
Ans - Search engine giant Google has completed 25 years in the world of technology. Google
was officially launched on September 27, 1988.
Q. By whom was the famous search engine Google founded?

Ans – Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Q. Late Dr Ram Bux Singh who was in news recently belongs to which field?
Ans : He was a scientist and was considered as a foremost authority on Biogas technology .
Q. The National Archive of India comes under which Union Ministry ?

Ans : Union Ministry of Culture
Q. Where is Asia's first Gobar Gas Research Centre located ?

Ans : Ajitmal, Auriya district of Uttar Pradesh
Q. Where is the headquarters of the National Archive of India?

Ans : New Delhi
Q. Which gas is produced in a gobar gas plant ?

Ans : Methane
Q. Which company has signed an agreement with the Union Ministry for Education,
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in the month of September 2023 to train
Indian youth in future digital skills ?
Ans : IBM .It is an American multinational technology company
Q. Who is the Union Minister for Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship?
Ans : Dharmendra Pradhan
Q. Who is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IBM ?

Ans : Arvind Krishna
Q. Where was the agreement between IBM and the Indian Education Ministry signed in
the month of September 2023 to skill India youth ?
Ans : New Delhi
Q. Who is the father of the Green revolution?

Ans: Norman Borlaug
Q. Who is the father of the Indian Green revolution?

Ans: M.S. Swaminathan
Q. Which foundation had funded the Green revolution in India?

Ans: Rockefeller Foundation
Q. In which country did the Green revolution start first time?

Ans: Mexico
Q. Which crop was first used in the green revolution?

Ans: Wheat
Q. Which village of Madhya Pradesh has been selected as the best tourism village in
India 2023 by the Union Ministry of Tourism ?
Ans : Madla
Q. Sarmoli village, selected by the Union Tourism Ministry as the best tourism village
in India in 2023 is located in which state ?
Ans : Uttarakhand
Q. Who is the Union Minister for Tourism ?

Ans : G.Kishan Reddy
Q. Madhya Pradesh’s Biotech Park will be established at?

Ans: Amlibhat and Barkheda villages of Javad in Neemuch district
Q. Which department will establish Madhya Pradesh’s Biotech Park?

Ans: Department of Biotechnology
Q. Under which scheme Madhya Pradesh’s Biotech Park will be established?

Ans: National Biotechnology Parks Scheme
Q. Who has won the first medal for India in the Individual dressage event of Equestrian
in the Asian Games ?
Ans :Anush Agarwalla. He won the bronze medal in the individual dressage event of
Equestrian in Hangzhou Asian Games.
Q. Naorem Roshibina Devi who won the silver medal in the 19th Asian Games belongs
to which sport?
Ans : Wushu
29 September 2023
Q. Which state has achieved 100 percent ODF Plus status in the second phase of
Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural) in September 2023?
Answer – Uttar Pradesh
Q. In September 2023, in which state, more than 80 thousand villages have achieved
ODF Plus status in just nine months under the second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission
(Rural)?
Answer – Uttar Pradesh
Q. How many villages across the country have declared themselves ODF Plus by
September 2023?
Answer - About 4.43 lakh villages have declared themselves ODF Plus.
Q. Approximately what percentage of villages across the country have declared

themselves ODF Plus by September 2023?
Answer - About 75 percent of the villages have declared themselves ODF Plus.
Q. On which date every year ‘Swachhata Pakhwada’ is celebrated in the country?

Answer – 15 September to 2 October
Q. Swachhta Hi Seva (SHS) campaign is a unique initiative of which ministry?

Answer - Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural) of the Department of Drinking Water and
Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Q. A new online, life skills learning module 'CRIIO4GOOD' to promote gender equality
in the country was launched by?
Answer - Dharmendra Pradhan (Union Minister of Education and Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship)
Q. A new online, life skills learning module 'CRIIO 4 Good' was launched in
collaboration with whom to promote gender equality in the country?
Answer - International Cricket Council, UNICEF and Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Q. Where was Dharmendra Pradhan launching a new online, life skills learning module
'CRIIO 4 Good' to promote gender equality in the country?
Answer - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Q. Dr Kamal Menghrajani, who was in the news recently, belongs to which country?
Answer : She is an American citizen of Indian origin. She is the only Indian American to be
included in the annual list White House Fellows for 2023-24.
Q. What is the name of the residence of the American President ?

Answer : White House
Q. White House is built along which river ?

Answer : Potomac
Q. What is the cancer of blood called ?

Answer : Leukaemia
Q. What is the capital of the United States of America ?

Answer : Washington D.C (District of Columbia) is the capital of the United States of
America.
Q. At what position has India been placed in the Global Innovation Index 23 ranking
released in September 2023?
Answer – 40th place
Q. Global Innovation Index 2023 ranking was released by?

Answer - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Q. How many economies of the world have been included in the Global Innovation
Index 23 ranking released in September 2023?
Answer – 132 economies
Q. Who hosted the India launch of the Global Innovation Index 2023 in September
2023?
Answer - NITI Aayog
Q In collaboration with whom will NITI Aayog host the India launch of Global
Innovation Index 23 in September 2023?
Answer - In partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), NITI Aayog hosted the India launch of GII 2023
on September 29, 2023.
Q.For which state, the Supreme Court will set up a search committee to recommend the
names of the state university's vice-chancellors?
Answer: West Bengal
Q. Who is the Chancellor of the West Bengal state Universities?

Answer : West Bengal Governor
Q. Who is the Governor of West Bengal?

Answer : C V Ananda Bose
Q. Who is the chief minister of West Bengal ?

Answer : Mamta Banerjee
Q. In which case the Supreme Court has held that in the case of conflict between the
UGC guidelines and state law the UGC guidelines will prevail?
Answer : Gamhirdan K. Gadhvi vs. State of Gujarat 2022, the Supreme Court held that if
there is a conflict between the UGC guidelines and the state government law, then the UGC
guideline will prevail.
Q. The National School of Drama will set up a permanent campus in which state?
Answer: Tripura
Q. Who is the chairperson of the National School of Drama?

Answer: Paresh Rawal
Q. Where is the headquarters of the National School of Drama?

Answer: New Delhi
Q. National School of Drama comes under which ministry of the government of India?
Answer: Union Ministry of Culture
Q. Where is the capital of Tripura ?

Answer : Agartala
Q. Which state is promoting pipe composting as a simple and effective technology for
disposal of domestic waste?
Answer – Assam
Q. Where was the 22nd meeting of the ministers of foreign economic and foreign trade
activities (Trade Ministers) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)?
Answer : Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Q. Who represented India in the 22nd meeting of the ministers of foreign economic and
foreign trade activities (Trade Ministers) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO)?
Answer: Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel in a virtual
mode.
Q. Which country has been recently made a member of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO)?
Answer: Iran in 2023 during the New Delhi Summit.Total 9 members , Kazakhstan, China,
Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, India(Joined in 2017), Pakistan (Joined in
2017) and Iran (Joined in 2023).
Q. Where is the headquarters of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)?

Answer: Beijing, China
Q. Which city has been named the 'Cultural and Tourism' capital of SCO for 2022-23?
Answer : Varanasi
Q. On which date is World Heart Day celebrated every year?

Answer – 29 September
Q. What is the theme of World Heart Day 2023?

Answer - Use heart, know heart
Q. Many countries including India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal have set national targets
to enhance hypertension and diabetes management in primary health care by which
year?
Answer – By 2025
Q. India has set a target of reaching 7.5 crore people suffering from hypertension and
diabetes under standard care by which year?
Answer - 2025
Q. Who won the first medal in athletics for India at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou,
China ?
Answer : Kiran Baliyan won a bronze medal in the women's shot put .It was the first medal in
the athletics event for India at the Hangzhou Asian Games .
Q. Palak Gulia who won the gold medal for India at the Hangzhou Asian Games
belongs to which sport ?
Answer: Shooting
Q. Saketh Myneni who won the silver medal for India at the Hangzhou Asian Games
Answer : Tennis . Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan won silver in the tennis men's
doubles.
Q. Which bank has launched Project WAVE?

Answer: Project WAVE(World of Advanced Virtual Experience) was launched by the Indian
Bank in January 2022. It is a digital transformation initiative of the Indian Bank to provide
digital products aimed at the young generations.
Q. Which bank has launched the IndOASIS app?

Answer: Indian bank
Q What is the Tagline of the Indian Bank?

Answer: Your Own bank
Q. Where is the headquarters of the Indian bank?

Answer : Chennai
30 September 2023
Q. Who took the oath of office and secrecy as a member of the Union Public Service
Commission in September 2023?
Answer - Dr. Dinesh Das
Q. Who administered the oath of office and secrecy to Dr. Dinesh Das as a member of
the Union Public Service Commission?
Answer - Dr. Manoj Soni, Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission, administered
the oath to him.
Q. In which part of the Indian Constitution is the Union Public Service Commission
mentioned in detail?
Answer - Under Article 315 to Article 323, provisions related to the composition of the
Union Public Service Commission, appointment and removal of its members and powers and
functions of the Union Public Service Commission have been made in Part XIV of the Indian
Constitution.
Q. In which articles of the Indian Constitution is the Union Public Service Commission
mentioned in detail?
Answer - Under Article 315 to Article 323 (Part XIV) of the Indian Constitution, provisions
related to the composition of the Union Public Service Commission, appointment and
removal of its members and powers and functions of the Union Public Service Commission
have been made.
Q. Who appoints the Chairman and other members of the Union Public Service
Commission?
Answer – President
Q. The recently inaugurated food park in Chhattisgarh is located in?

Answer: Food Park in Ulkiya village of Sitapur Development Block of Surguja (Ambikapur)
district
Q. Who is the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh?

Answer: Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel
Q. What is the objective of a food park?

Answer: Food Park will facilitate the processing of agricultural products, which will benefit
the local people by generating new employment opportunities
Q. What are the facilities provided in the Food Park?

Answer: Facilities such as cold storage, cold chain, effluent treatment plant, warehousing,
power connection, water facilities, and sewerage
Q. Who is the Food Minister of Chhattisgarh state?

Answer: Food Minister Amarjeet Bhagat
Q. In which country was the two-day conference of the United Nations Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) organized in September 2023?
Answer – Italy
Q. Who represented India at the two-day conference of the United Nations Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) held in Italy in September 2023?
Answer - Nityanand Rai (Union Minister of State for Home)
Q. What was the theme of the two-day conference of the United Nations Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) in September 2023?
Answer - Legal and judicial instruments, national actions and challenges
Q. Who organized the two-day conference of the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) in September 2023?
Answer - Government of Italy and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Secretariat
Q. Which country has launched satellite Noor-3 in space in September 2023?

Answer: Iran. Launched by the Iranian Army elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard
Q. Which country launches its space rocket from Imam Khomeini Spaceport,
Shahroud?
Answer: Iran
Q. Which country has recently launched a Qased rocket into space?

Answer: Iran
Q. Where is the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency?

Answer: Vienna, Austria
Q. What is the currency of Iran?

Answer : Rial
Q. The Indian men’s Squash team won a gold medal in the 19th Asian Games by
defeating which team in the final ?
Answer : Pakistan.
Q. Rutuja Bhosle belongs to which sport ?

Answer: she is a female Tennis player
Q. Kartik Kumar who won the silver medal for India at the Hangzhou Asian Games
Answer : Athletics , He won silver in the 10,000 meters race.

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