Oct Monthly Current

Topic Wise Selected Ques Top 300 MCQs

👉 Asian Para Games 2023 — 111 Medal
👉 Global Hunger Index 2023 — 111th
👉 Nilgiri Tahr Project — Tamil Nadu
👉 Odish New Governor — Raghuvar Das
👉 Literature Nobel Prize 2023 — Jon Fosse
Days and Themes
2023
International Translation Day is celebrated on
which date?
अंतर्राष्ट्रीय अनुवरद ददवस दिस तरर्ीख िो मनरयर जरतर है?

a) 30 Sept • International Translation Day – 30th

September
b) 1 August • To recognize the important role that
translation plays in our lives and
c) 2 August celebrate our shared humanity.
• Theme for 2023: Translation unveils
d) 3 August
the many faces of humanity

Option : A
International Day of Older Persons is celebrated on
which date?
अंतर्राष्ट्रीय वृद्धजन ददवस दिस दतदि िो मनरयर जरतर है?

a) 30 Sept • Theme – Fulfilling the Promises of the

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
b) 1 Oct
for Older Persons: Across Generations
c) 2 Oct • Oct 1: World Vegetarian Day
• Oct 1: International Coffee Day (Theme –
d) 3 Oct Sustainability in every cup)

Option : B
When is International Day of Non-Violence
celebrated every year ?
प्रदतवर्ा अंतर्राष्ट्रीय अदहंसर ददवस िब मनरयर जरतर है ?

a) 1 October • The International Day of Non-

Violence, celebrated on October
b) 2 October 2nd each year
• This day marks the birthday of
c) 3 October Mahatma Gandhi
• Lal Bahadur Sashtri jayanti – 2 Oct
d) 4 October

Option : B
When is World Habitat Day celebrated
every year ?
प्रदतवर्ा दवश्व पयरावरस ददवस िब मनरयर जरतर है ?

a) 1 October • It is celebrated on the first Monday of

October every year
b) 2 October • This year the host country for global
observanve – Azerbaijan
c) 3 October • 2023 Theme - “Resilient Urban
Economies : Cities as Drivers of
d) 4 October
Growth and Recovery.”

Option : B
When is World Teachers' Day celebrated
every year ?
प्रदतवर्ा दवश्व दिक्षि ददवस िब मनरयर जरतर है ?

a) 4 Oct • World Teacher’s Day – 5 Oct

• also known as International Teachers'
b) 5 Oct Day, was established by the UNESCO
in 1994
c) 6 Oct • Teacher’s Day – 5 Sept
d) 7 Oct

Option : B
 World Animal Day is celebrated on
which date?
दवश्व पिु ददवस दिस तरर्ीख िो मनरयर जरतर है?

a) 4th October • World Animal Day : October 4

b) 5th October • Aim: to celebrate animal rights and
welfare around the world
c) 6th October • Theme: “Great or Small, Love Them
All”
d) 3rd October

Option : A
World Smile Day is celebrated on which date in 2023?
दवश्व मुस्करन ददवस 2023 में दिस तरर्ीख िो मनरयर जरतर है?

a) 4 Oct • World Smile Day – First Friday of

October (6 October 2023)
b) 5 Oct • Theme: “Do an act of kindness. Help
one person smile”!
c) 6 Oct • Oct 6: Cerebral Palsy Day (Theme:
Together Stronger)
d) 7 Oct

Option : C
When is Indian Air Force Day celebrated
every year ?
प्रदतवर्ा भरर्तीय वरयुसेनर ददवस िब मनरयर जरतर है ?

• The Indian Air Force (IAF) is gearing

a) 5 Oct up to celebrate its 91st Air Force
day on 8 October 2023.
b) 6 Oct
• Shaliza Dhami : A woman officer will
c) 7 Oct command Indian Air Force Day parade
for the first time
d) 8 Oct • Venue – Prayagraj, UP
• Airforce Chief – V R Choudhary
• Army Day – 15 January
Option : D • Indian Navy Day – 4 Dec
World Cotton Day is celebrated on which date?
दवश्व िपरस ददवस दिस तरर्ीख िो मनरयर जरतर है?

a) 6 Oct • Theme – Making cotton fair and

sustainable for all, from farm to
b) 7 Oct fashion

c) 8 Oct
d) 12 Oct

Option : B
World Post Day is celebrated on which date?
दवश्व डरि ददवस दिस तरर्ीख िो मनरयर जरतर है?

a) 8 Oct • World Post Day: October 9th

• To mark the anniversary of the
b) 9 Oct Universal Postal Union’s creation in
1874.
c) 10 Oct • Theme: “Together for Trust:
Collaborating for a Safe and
d) 11 Oct
Connected Future.”
• The oldest functioning post office is in
Option : B the High Street in Sanquhar, Scotland,
and has functioned since 1712 AD.
When will India celebrate every year Good
Manufacturing Practice Day?
भरर्त हर् वर्ा अच्छर दवदनमराण अभ्यरस ददवस िब मनरएगर?

a) 9 Oct • The government along with the Indian

Drugs Manufacturers’ Association
b) 10 Oct (IDMA) plans to celebrate the first-
ever National Current Good
c) 11 Oct Manufacturing Practice Day (cGMP
Day) on 10 October to improve the
d) 8 Oct
quality of Indian drugs
• World Mental Health day – 10 Oct
Option : B (Theme – mental health is a universal
human right)
When is International Day of the
Girl, observed every year ?
प्रदतवर्ा अंतर्राष्ट्रीय बरदििर ददवस िब मनरयर जरतर है ?

a) 10 Oct • The International Day of the

Girl, observed every year on Oct 11
b) 11 Oct • It is a global initiative dedicated to
raising awareness about gender
c) 12 Oct inequality and advocating for the
rights and empowerment of girls.
d) 13 Oct
• 2023 Theme - “Invest in Girls’ Rights:
Our Leadership, Our Well-being.”
Option : B
World Arthritis Day is observed on which date?
दवश्व गदियर ददवस दिस तरर्ीख िो मनरयर जरतर है?

a) 10 Oct • World Arthritis Day was first observed

in 1996.
b) 11 Oct • Theme “Living with an RMD at all
stages of life”.
c) 12 Oct
• Arthritis is a common disorder that
d) 13 Oct affects your joints

Option : C
National Cinema Day is celebrated on which date?
र्रष्ट्रीय दसनेमर ददवस दिस तरर्ीख िो मनरयर जरतर है?

a) 13 Oct • Film buffs can buy tickets all over the

country at just ninety nine rupees.
b) 12 Oct • Multiplex Association of India
encourages audiences to come back to
c) 14 Oct cinema halls after a long lull caused by
Covid-19 Pandemic
d) 15 Oct

Option : A
 When is World Students Day celebrated
Every Year ?
प्रदतवर्ा दवश्व छरत्र ददवस िब मनरयर जरतर है ?

a) 14 October
• World Students Day is observed
b) 15 October on October 15 each year.
• The former Indian President Dr. APJ
c) 16 October Abdul Kalam's birthday is
commemorated on this day.
d) 17 October

Option : B
When is World Food Day celebrated
every year ?
प्रदतवर्ा दवश्व खरद्य ददवस िब मनरयर जरतर है ?

a) 15 Oct • World Food Day is an annual

observance that takes place
b) 16 Oct on October 16.
• Theme 2023 : Water is life, water is
c) 17 Oct food. Leave no one behind.
• "Dr. Pal Romany, the former
d) 18 Oct
Hungarian Minister of Agriculture and
Food, proposed the creation of World
Option : B Food Day in November 1979
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is
celebrated on which date?
अंतर्राष्ट्रीय गर्ीबी उन्मूिन ददवस दिस दतदि िो मनरयर जरतर है?

a) 14 Oct • The International Day for the

Eradication of Poverty – Oct 17
b) 15 Oct • Aim: to promote understanding and
dialogue between people living in
c) 16 Oct poverty and the wider society.
• Theme: “Decent Work and Social
d) 17 Oct
Protection: Putting dignity in practice
for all”
Option : D
On what theme will 'Ayurveda Day' be organized
this year ?
इस वर्ा 'आयुवेद ददवस' दिस िीम पर् आयोदजत दियर जरएगर ?

• This year 'Ayurveda Day' will be

a) Ayurveda for One Health’ organized in 100 countries across the
world.
b) Ayurveda for Health’ • Theme 2023 - 'Ayurveda for One
c) Health and Ayurveda’ Health’.
• Ayurveda Day scheduled on
d) One Health One Ayurveda' Dhanvantari Jayanti, 10 November this
year.
• Minister of AYUSH – Sarbananda
Option : A Sonowal
World Statistics Day is celebrated on which date?
दवश्व सरंख्यििी ददवस दिस तरर्ीख िो मनरयर जरतर है?

a) 20 Oct • To commemorate the role of statistics

on society and human life, the United
b) 21 Oct Nations Statistical Commission, at its
session in 2010, decided to observe
c) 22 Oct October 20 as World Statistics Day.
• National Statistics Day is celebrated
d) 24 Oct
on June 29 every year to recognize the
contributions of PC Mahanalobis.
Option : A
World Osteoporosis Day is celebrated on which date?
दवश्व ऑख्यियोपोर्ोदसस ददवस दिस तरर्ीख िो मनरयर जरतर है?

a) 20 Oct • Theme - BUILDING BETTER BONES

throughout life
b) 21 Oct
c) 23 Oct
d) 18 Oct

Option : A
United Nations Day is celebrated on which date?
संयुक्त र्रष्ट्र ददवस दिस तरर्ीख िो मनरयर जरतर है?

a) 21 Oct • Celebrated annually on October 24,

marking the adoption of the United
b) 22 Oct Nations Charter in the year 1945
• Theme - “Equality, Freedom and
c) 24 Oct Justice for All”
d) 26 Oct

Option : C
World Polio Day is celebrated on which date?
दवश्व पोदियो ददवस दिस तरर्ीख िो मनरयर जरतर है?

a) 24 October • To honour the contributions of Jonas

Salk, the head medical researcher in
b) 25 October the research team that created the
first vaccine for polio
c) 26 October • Theme for 2023 - “A healthier future
for mothers and children”
d) 27 October

Option : A
Indian Army celebrated ‘Shaurya Diwas’ on
which date?
भरर्तीय सेनर ने ‘िौया ददवस’ दिस तरर्ीख िो मनरयर?

a) 26 Oct • The army on 27th October celebrated the

‘Shaurya Diwas’ to mark the 76th year of
b) 27 Oct the landing of forces in Kashmir → first
civil-military victory of Independent India
c) 28 Oct • Army landed at the Budgam Airport to
evict Pakistani forces from Jammu and
d) 29 Oct
Kashmir, a day after the Instrument of
Accession was signed between Maharaja
Option : B Hari Singh and the Republic of India.
National Unity Day is celebrated on the birth
anniversary of which leader?
र्रष्ट्रीय एितर ददवस दिस नेतर िी जयंती पर् मनरयर जरतर है?

• National Unity Day (Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) is

a) BR Ambedkar celebrated every year on 31st October to
commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar
b) JL Nehru Vallabhbhai Patel (Iron Man of India)
• celebrated for the first time in 2014
c) Dadabhai Nouroji • Statue of Unity (tallest in the world) unveiled
d) Sardar Vallabhbhai in 2018
• 1st Home Minister & Deputy PM of India
Patel • Women of Bardoli bestowed the title ‘Sardar’
on Vallabhbhai Patel, which means ‘a Chief or
Option : D
a Leader’.
States Related
Current Affairs
PM Modi has laid the foundation Stone for the Akashvani
Dahod FM Relay Station Project in which state ?
पीएम मोदी ने दिस र्रज्य में आिरिवरणी दरहोद एफएम रर्िे िे िन
परर्योजनर िी आधरर्दििर र्खी है ?

a) Gujarat • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid

the foundation Stone for the
b) Rajasthan Akashvani Dahod FM Relay Station
Project in Gujarat.
c) MP
d) Maharashtra

Option : A
In which state will AYUSH Board be formed ?
दिस र्रज्य में आयुर् बोडा बनरयर जरएगर ?

• During a meeting of the Ayush

a) Gujarat department, UP CM Yogi
Adityanath provided directions for the
b) Haryana
formation of an integrated Ayush Board in
c) Chhattisgarh the state.
• The board is for the management of
d) Uttar Pradesh institutions related to Ayurveda, Unani,
Homeopathy, Siddha, Naturopathy, and
Yoga practices, as well as the registration
Option : D of doctors associated with these methods.
Which State govt announced 10% reservation for the
Economically Weaker Sections in the judicial services ?
दिस र्रज्य सर्िरर् ने न्यरदयि सेवरओं में आदिाि रूप से िमजोर् वगों िे
दिए 10% आर्क्षण िी घोर्णर िी ?

a) UP • Bihar govt. announced 10% reservation

for the Economically Weaker Sections in
b) MP the judicial services and state-run law
colleges and universities.
c) Bihar • The announcement came just a day after
d) Rajasthan the government released the first set of
data from state’s caste survey.
• The decision was taken during a cabinet
Option : C meeting chaired by the CM Nitish Kumar.
Scientists have recently discovered a new fish species
from the Milak river in which state ?
वैज्ञरदनिों ने हरि ही में दिस र्रज्य िी दमिि नदी से मछिी िी एि नई
प्रजरदत िी खोज िी है ?

a) Assam • Scientists have recently discovered a

new fish species from the Milak river,
b) Nagaland Nagaland.
• The newly discovered species Badis
c) Mizoram limaakumi has been named after
Limaakum, assistant professor and
d) Karnataka
head of the zoology department at
Fazl Ali College, Nagaland.
Option : B
Central tribal University will be setup in which state
of India?
िेंद्रीय जनजरतीय दवश्वदवद्यरिय भरर्त िे दिस र्रज्य में स्िरदपत दियर
जरएगर?

a) Telangana • Central Tribal University will be

established in Mulugu district of
b) Jharkhand Telangana
• The cost of the project will be Rs 900 crore
c) Kerala • Will be named after the tribal goddesses
Samakka and Sarakka.
d) Madhya Pradesh
• Central University of Hyderabad has been
given the title of Institution of Eminence
Option : A and provided it with a special fund
Freedom fighter Raja Rao statue unveiled in which
district of UP?
यूपी िे दिस दजिे में स्वतंत्रतर सेनरनी र्रजर र्रव िी प्रदतमर िर
अनरवर्ण दियर गयर?

a) Lucknow • Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath

unveiled the equestrian statue of
b) Kanpur freedom fighter Raja Rao Rambaksh
Singh in Daundiyakheda village of
c) Gorakhpur UP’s Unnao district.
• Unnao has the country’s largest
d) Unnao leather Export in the UPSIDC.

Option : D
Which state has declared Ganga dolphin
as the state aquatic animal ?
दिस र्रज्य ने गंगर डॉख्यिन िो र्रज्य जिीय जीव
घोदर्त दियर है ?

a) UP • Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has

declared the Gangetic Dolphin as the
b) MP state aquatic animal.
• These dolphins are found in rivers like
c) Bihar Ganga, Yamuna, Chambal, Ghaghra,
Rapti, and Gerua
d) Jharkhand
• India's first Dolphin observatory in the
Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin
Option : A Sanctuary(VGDS), Bhagalpur, Bihar
• National Dolphin Day – 5 Oct
Which state govt approved to establish Independent
ST Commission?
दिस र्रज्य सर्िरर् ने स्वतंत्र एसटी आयोग िी स्िरपनर िो मंजूर्ी दी?

a) Madhya Pradesh • Maharashtra to establish an

Independent Scheduled Tribes
b) Rajasthan Commission for Maharashtra on the
lines of the Central Government.
c) Odisha
d) Maharashtra

Option : D
Which state will grant govt employee status to
teachers via test?
िौन सर र्रज्य पर्ीक्षण िे मरध्यम से दिक्षिों िो सर्िरर्ी िमाचरर्ी िर
दजरा दे गर?

a) Uttar Pradesh • Bihar School Specialist Teachers Rules,

2023
b) Madhya Pradesh • It will pave the way for the absorption
of teachers appointed since 2006
c) Kerala through Panchayati Raj Institutions
(PRIs) and Urban Local bodies (ULBS)
d) Bihar
as state government employees.
• The draft rules have also clearly laid
Option : D down the criteria for seniority and
promotion of Specialist Teachers.
Which initiative has been launched by the Punjab
government to make the state completely drug free ?
पंजरब सर्िरर् ने र्रज्य िो पूणातः निर मुक्त बनरने िे दिए िौन सी
पहि िुरू िी है ?

a) ASHA Initiative’ • Punjab government has started the

mission 'Hope Initiative' to make the
b) Umeed Initiative’ state completely drug free.
• 'Hope Initiative' has been started from
c) Hope Initiative Amritsar city.
d) Sankalp Initiative'

Option : C
Which state has approved the formation of 'Special
Tiger Protection Force' for tiger reserves ?
दिस र्रज्य ने बरघ अभयरर्ण्ों िे दिए 'दविेर् बरघ सुर्क्षर बि' िे गिन
िो मंजूर्ी दे दी है ?

a) Assam • The state govt of Arunachal Pradesh

has approved the formation of Special
b) Gujarat Tiger Protection Force for the
protection of tigers in the state.
c) Karantaka • This force will be deployed in
Namdapha, Pakke and Kamlang Tiger
d) Arunachal Pradesh
Reserve.

Option : D
In which state did Union Education Minister
Dharmendra Pradhan launch 124 PM-Shri schools ?
िेंद्रीय दिक्षर मंत्री धमेंद्र प्रधरन ने दिस र्रज्य में 124 पीएम-श्री स्कूिों
िर िुभरर्ं भ दियर ?

a) Haryana • Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan,

along with Haryana CM Manohar Lal
b) Odisha Khattar, launched 124 PM-Shri schools
in the state.
c) Jharkhand • These schools have been designed
with smart classrooms and
d) Uttar Pradesh
information and communication
technology (ICT) laboratories.
Option : A • PM-Shri School Scheme is a central
government scheme.
Nilgiri Tahr Project started by which state ?
नीिदगरर् तहर् परर्योजनर दिस र्रज्य द्वरर्र िुरू िी गई ?

a) Telangana • Tamil Nadu Government Launches

Nilgiri Tahr Project To Conserve State
b) Tamilnadu Animal
• October 7 will be celebrated as ‘Nilgiri
c) Karnataka
Tahr Day’ in honour of E.R.C. Davidar.
d) Gujarat

Option : B
India’s largest pumped storage project is inaugurated
in which state?
भरर्त िी सबसे बडी पंप भंडरर्ण परर्योजनर िर उद्घरटन दिस र्रज्य में
दियर गयर है?

a) UP • India’s largest pumped storage project

– Madhya Pradesh
b) MP • Inaugurated by – CM Shivraj Singh
Chouhan
c) Telangana • Project developed by – Greenko Group
(India’s largest energy storage
d) Kerala
company)

Option : B
The Union Cabinet has approved the Jamrani Dam
Project, it belongs to which state ?
िेंद्रीय मंदत्रमंडि ने जमर्रनी बरंध परर्योजनर िो मंजूर्ी दे दी है , यह
दिस र्रज्य से संबंदधत है ?

• The Union Cabinet has given its

a) Delhi
approval to 'Jamrani Dam Project' of
b) Assam Uttarakhand.
• The construction of this project will
c) Uttrakhand solve the problem of drinking water
and irrigation in Haldwani and
d) Chhattisgarh surrounding areas.
• Jamrani Dam Project will be
constructed on 'Gola' river, 10 km
Option : C
upstream from Kathgodam in Nainital
Har Ghar Solar campaign will be launched from which
city?
हर् घर् सोिर् अदभयरन दिस िहर् से िुरू दियर जरएगर?

a) Lucknow • The state government of Uttar

Pradesh will launch a month-long ‘Har
b) Varanasi Ghar Solar’ campaign in Lucknow and
Varanasi
c) Agra • To promote the use of renewable
energy through the installation of
d) Both a & b
solar rooftops.
• The government aims to generate
Option : D 6,000 MW of solar power through
rooftops under the Solar Policy, 2022.
Which State government launched a special cleanliness
campaign, ‘Swachch Tyohar, Swasth Tyohar’ ?
दिस र्रज्य सर्िरर् ने एि दविेर् स्वच्छतर अदभयरन, 'स्वच्छ त्यौहरर्, स्वस्ि
त्यौहरर्' िुरू दियर ?

a) New Delhi • The Yogi Adityanath govt in Uttar

Pradesh has launched a special cleanliness
b) Uttar Pradesh campaign, ‘Swachch Tyohar, Swasth
Tyohar’ (Clean Festival, Healthy Festival).
c) Assam • This initiative aims to promote the idea
that ‘Cleanliness is next to Godliness’ and
d) Jharkhand calls for active participation from
municipal bodies and citizens.
Option : B
Which State govt launched ‘iStart Talent
Connect Portal’ ?
दिस र्रज्य सर्िरर् ने 'आईिरटा टै िेंट िनेक्ट पोटा ि'
िॉन्च दियर ?

a) Telangana • Rajasthan government unveiled

the ‘iStart Talent Connect Portal’ at
b) Karnataka Jaipur’s Techno Hub.
• This new portal is a significant
c) Rajasthan addition to the state’s flagship
initiative, iStart Rajasthan, and is a
d) Kerala
collaborative effort with the Jaipur-
based startup, HyreFox.
Option : C
Rozgar Prayag Portal launched in which state?
र्ोज़गरर् प्रयरग पोटा ि दिस र्रज्य में िॉन्च दियर गयर?

a) Uttar Pradesh • Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami

launched the ‘Rozgar Prayag Portal’ to
b) Uttarakhand provide employment opportunities for
the youth in the state.
c) Arunachal Pradesh • The ‘Yuva Uttarakhand App’ was also
launched to make government
d) Madhya Pradesh
schemes easily accessible to the youth.

Option : B
Which state govt launched ‘Lek Ladki’ scheme?
दिस र्रज्य सर्िरर् ने ‘िेि िडिी’ योजनर िुरू िी?

a) Maharashtra • ‘Lek Ladki’ (Beloved Daughter)

scheme – approved by Maharashtra
b) Odisha govt
• It will be applicable to families
c) Telangana holding yellow or saffron ration cards.
• scheme will be effective for girls born
d) Rajasthan
post-1st of April 2023
• will provide financial aid of one lakh
Option : A rupees for a girl child of a poor family.
Which state govt. has launched the “Mukhyamantri Maka
Mission” to promote maize cultivation?
दिस र्रज्य सर्िरर् ने मक्के िी खेती िो बढरवर दे ने िे दिए "मुिमंत्री मरिर
दमिन" (MMM) िुरू दियर है ?

• Odisha Govt has decided to launch a

a) Odisha programme to enhance the acreage under
maize cultivation, introducing superior
b) Kerala varieties of grain.
c) Telangana • The cabinet led by CM Naveen Patnaik
made a provision of Rs 481.94 crore for the
d) Madhya Pradesh crop diversification scheme for five years
at a meeting.
• The scheme MMM – will be implemented
Option : A in a “more scientific and progressive way”.
• New Governor – Raghuvar Das
Jai Bhim Mukhyamatri Pratibha Vikas Yojna
Launched by Which State/UT's Govt ?
जय भीम मुिमंत्री प्रदतभर दविरस योजनर दिस र्रज्य/िेंद्र िरदसत
प्रदे ि सर्िरर् द्वरर्र िुरू िी गई ?

a) Delhi • The Govt of Delhi is inviting

applications from eligible students
b) Ladakh belonging to SC/ST/OBC/EWS
categories for free coaching under
c) Maharshtra the “Jai Bhim Mukhyamatri Pratibha
Vikas Yojna.”
d) Rajasthan

Option : A
 Central govt
schemes
Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and
Dairying inaugurated the renovated Marine Museum
at which city?
मत्स्य परिन, पिुपरिन और् डे यर्ी मंत्री ने दिस िहर् में पुनदनादमात
समुद्री संग्रहरिय िर उद्घरटन दियर?

a) Kochi • Minister for Fisheries, Animal

Husbandry and Dairying, Parshottam
b) Panjim Rupala inaugurated the newly
renovated Marine Museum at Fishery
c) Visakhapatnam Survey of India, Visakhapatnam
d) Mumbai

Option : C
Which Union Ministry is associated with which
‘GOBARdhan’ scheme ?
िौन सर िेंद्रीय मंत्ररिय दिस 'गोबर्धन' योजनर से जुडर है ?

a) Ministry of Jal Shakti • The Department of Drinking Water

and Sanitation of Ministry of Jal
b) Ministry of MSME Shakti has introduced the Unified
Registration Portal for GOBARdhan to
c) Ministry of Home
simplify the process of registering
d) Ministry of MSME Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) and biogas
facilities across the country

Option : A
SRESHTHA scheme is launched by govt for whom ?
SRESHTHA योजनर सर्िरर् द्वरर्र दिसिे दिए िुरू िी गई है ?

• “Scheme for Residential Education for

a) Women Students in High Schools in Targeted
Areas” (SHRESHTA)
b) Elders
• To promote education and socio-
c) Students economic development of Scheduled
Castes (SCs) in India
d) Girls • It aims to expand the reach of
government development initiatives in
SC-dominant areas within the
Option : C education sector
 Fairs &
Festival/Art &
Culture
 Basohli Pashmina received the GI tag from
which state?
बसोहिी पश्मीनर िो जीआई टै ग दिस र्रज्य से प्ररप्त हुआ?

a) Jammu Kashmir • The famous Basohli Pashmina, known

for its feather-like softness, and
b) Himachal Pradesh Udhampur’s churned milk specialty
Kalari received the prestigious GI tag.
c) Karnataka • A GI is a sign used on products that
have a specific geographical origin
d) Uttrakhand
and possess qualities or a reputation
that are due to that origin.
Option : A
Recently Khamti rice got GI tag. It belongs
to which state ?
हरि ही में खरमटी चरवि िो जीआई टै ग दमिर है। यह दिस
र्रज्य िर है ?

• Three indigenous products from

a) Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh – Yak Churpi, Khamti
b) Kerala rice and Tangsa textile have been
granted the prestigious GI tag
c) Madhya Pradesh • “Churpi” is prepared from the milk of
Arunachali yak, which is a unique yak
d) Kashmir breed found in West Kameng and
Tawang districts of Arunachal Pradesh.
Option : A
Recently Kati Bihu Festival celebrated in
which state ?
हरि ही में िरदत दबहू महोत्सव दिस र्रज्य में मनरयर गयर ?

a) Sikkim • Kati Bihu, also known as Kongali Bihu,

is a significant festival celebrated by
b) Assam the Assamese people in the
northeastern state of Assam.
c) Odisha • Kati Bihu 2023 is celebrated on
18th October
d) Tripura
• Kati Bihu is one of the three major
festivals in Assam, alongside Bhogali
Option : B Bihu and Rongali Bihu.
Recently which state cashew got the GI tag ?
हरि ही में दिस र्रज्य िे िरजू िो GI टै ग दमिर है ?

a) Assam • Recently, Goan cashew (kernel) got

the GI tag where recognition is hailed
b) Goa as a great opportunity for the cashew
industry in the state and “a milestone
c) Gujarat towards Swayampurna Goa mission”.
• Cashew was native to northeast
d) Karnataka
Brazil in Latin America and was
introduced to Goa by the Portuguese
Option : B in the 16th century (1570).
Tribal minister Arjun Munda will be inaugurating
Aadi Mahotsav in which state?
जनजरतीय मंत्री अजुान मुंडर दिस र्रज्य में आदद महोत्सव िर उद्घरटन
िर्ें गे?

a) Jharkhand • Aadi Mahotsav – the National Tribal

Festival at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
b) Odisha • Being organized by the Tribal
Cooperative Marketing Development
c) Madhya Pradesh Federation of India Limited, Ministry
of Tribal Affairs
d) Chhattisgarh

Option : A
Recently Kati Bihu Festival celebrated in
which state ?
हरि ही में िरदत दबहू महोत्सव दिस र्रज्य में मनरयर गयर ?

a) Sikkim • Kati Bihu, also known as Kongali Bihu,

is a significant festival celebrated by
b) Assam the Assamese people in the
northeastern state of Assam.
c) Odisha • Kati Bihu 2023 is celebrated on
18th October
d) Tripura
• Kati Bihu is one of the three major
festivals in Assam, alongside Bhogali
Option : B Bihu and Rongali Bihu.
50th India International Knit fair will be held in ?
50वरं भरर्त अंतर्राष्ट्रीय बुननर मेिर िहराँ आयोदजत दियर जरएगर ?

a) Maharashtra • 50th India International Knit fair

• held from 12th to 14th October
b) Tamilnadu • Venue - Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu.
• The main theme of the fair is Active
c) Telangana and Sportswear, Environmental Social
Governance, Artificial Intelligence and
d) Andhra Pradesh
digitalisation.

Option : B
A two-day-long Anthurium Festival began with all
festivities and enthusiasm in which state ?
दो ददवसीय एन्थ्यूरर्यम महोत्सव दिस र्रज्य में पूर्े उत्सव और् उत्सरह िे
सरि िुरू हुआ ?

a) Tripura • Mizoram celebrates Anthurium

Festival begins with fervor &
b) Sikkim enthusiasm
• In Mizoram, a two-day-long
c) Assam Anthurium Festival began with all
festivities and enthusiasm at Reiek in
d) Mizoram
Mamit District

Option : D
Which Indian film is going to premiere in Tokyo
Film Festival?
टोक्यो दफल्म महोत्सव में दिस भरर्तीय दफल्म िर प्रीदमयर् होने
जर र्हर है?

a) Sumo Didi • The “Sumo Didi” film, inspired by

India’s first female sumo wrestler is
b) Mimi going to premiere at Tokyo Film Fest.
• “Sumo Didi” is a film billed as an ode
c) Rocketry to India’s first female sumo wrestler
Hetal Dave.
d) Pushpa
• “Sumo Didi” is directed by Jayant
Rohatgi
Option : A
67th Dharmachakra Pravartan Day is organised in
which city?
67वरं धमाचक्र प्रवतान ददवस दिस िहर् में आयोदजत दियर गयर है?

a) Pune • Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, embraced

Buddhism with millions of his
b) Delhi followers on the day of Vijaydashmi at
Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur at October
c) Ahmedabad 1956.
• chief guest on the occasion of the 67th
d) Nagpur
Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Day –
Monk Dhammaratna Thero of Sri
Option : D Lanka
North East India Festival began in which country?
उत्तर् पूवा भरर्त महोत्सव दिस दे ि में िुरू हुआ?

a) Myanmar • The three-day North East India

Festival will promote the Act East
b) India Policy
• The inaugural session of the third
c) Vietnam edition of the festival is hosted by the
Consul General of India Madan Mohan
d) Indonesia
Sethi
• Capital – Hanoi
Option : C • PM – Pham Minh Chinh
Recently in which state the festival named Mera Hau
Chongba was celebrated ?
हरि ही में दिस र्रज्य में मेर्र हरउ चोंगबर नरमि त्योहरर् मनरयर गयर ?

a) Assam • Mera Hau Chongba is the major

festival of Manipur.
b) Sikkim • Mera Hau Chongba is a cultural
festival celebrated by every
c) Manipur indigenous ethnic group including the
Meitei people and the rest of the hill
d) Tripura
tribes.
• Other Festivals of Manipur – Lai
Option : C Haroba, Sangai, Kut, Cheroba & Kang
Festivals
 Banking &
Economics
RBI directed Indian banks to have minimum how
many whole-time directors?
RBI ने भरर्तीय बैंिों िो न्यूनतम दितने पूणािरदिि दनदे िि
र्खने िर दनदे ि ददयर?

a) 1 • Indian banks must ensure the

presence of at least two whole time
b) 2 directors (WTDs), including the
managing director and chief executive
c) 3 officer, on their boards
d) 4

Option : B
What is the primary focus of Zaakpay’s operations, as
authorized by the RBI?
आर्बीआई द्वरर्र अदधिृत ज़ैिपे िे संचरिन िर प्ररिदमि फोिस क्यर
है?

a) Operating as a digital wallet • Zaakpay has been

granted
b) Facilitating online payments for new authorization by
the RBI to operate
merchants as a payment
aggregator,
c) Offering insurance services
facilitating the
d) Providing mobile banking services onboarding of new
Option : B merchants for
online payments
Which country holds the first position in the number
of fintech unicorns, producing the highest value in
the industry, according to the provided information?
प्रदरन िी गई जरनिरर्ी िे अनुसरर्, उद्योग में सबसे अदधि मूल्य िर
उत्परदन िर्ने वरिे दफनटे ि यूदनिॉना िी संिर में िौन सर दे ि प्रिम
स्िरन पर् है?
a) China
b) India
c) United States
d) United Kingdom

Option : C
What is India’s projected GDP(by S&P Global) by
2030?
2030 ति भरर्त िी अनुमरदनत जीडीपी (एसएं डपी ग्लोबि द्वरर्र) क्यर
है?

a) $5 trillion
b) $6.5 trillion
c) $7.3 trillion
d) $8.2 trillion

Option : C
Who proposed the detailed KYC process (KYDFA) for
financial apps in India?
भरर्त में दवत्तीय ऐप्स िे दिए दवस्तृत KYC प्रदक्रयर (KYDFA) िर प्रस्तरव
दिसने ददयर?

a) Reserve Bank of India • The Ministry of Electronics and

Information Technology
(RBI) (MeitY) in India proposed the
detailed KYC process (KYDFA)
b) Ministry of Finance to enhance security for
c) MeitY financial apps.

d) Google and Apple

Option : C
What is HDFC Bank’s ‘NOW’ initiative?
एचडीएफसी बैंि िी ‘अभी’ पहि क्यर है?

a) An umbrella brand encompassing the

• Digital platform
bank’s digital products and services named XpressWay

b) A commitment to embracing digital

solutions for the benefit of customers
c) A customer-centric approach to
Option : A
banking
Recently, Deputy Governor of RBI, Michael
Debabrata Patra, inaugurated an RBI Sub-Office in
which state?
हरि ही में, RBI िे दडप्टी गवनार् मरइिि दे बब्रत परत्रर ने दिस र्रज्य में
RBI उप-िरयरािय िर उद्घरटन दियर?
a) Madhya Pradesh • Bolstering its commitment to financial
inclusion and development in the
b) Sikkim region

c) Arunachal
Pradesh
d) Mizoram
Option : C
Which bank has partnered with Sahibandhu to launch
'Doorstep Gold Loan' facility called 'KBL-Swarna Bandhu'?
दिस बैंि ने 'िेबीएि-स्वणा बंधु' नरमि 'डोर्िे प गोल्ड िोन' सुदवधर िुरू
िर्ने िे दिए सरहीबंधु िे सरि सरझेदरर्ी िी है ?

• Karnataka Bank has partnered

a) SBI
with SahiBandhu, an aggregator platform
b) PNB for gold loans backed by the Manipal
Group, to launch ‘doorstep gold loan’
c) Bandhan Bank facility named ‘KBL-Swarna Bandhu’.
• About Karnataka Bank
d) Karantaka Bank • Established : 18 Feb 1924
• HQ : Mangalore, Karnataka
• MD & CEO : Srikrishnan Hari Hara Sarma
Option : D
• Tagline : Your Family Bank Across India
Who has been appointed as new Executive
Director of RBI?
आर्बीआई िे नए िरयािरर्ी दनदे िि िे रूप में दिसे दनयुक्त
दियर गयर है?

a) Muneesh Kapur • RBI has appointed Shri Muneesh

Kapur as Executive Director.
b) Ravi Kannan • He served as Secretary to the
Monetary Policy Committee.
c) S Kishore • He also served as Adviser to Executive
Director, International Monetary Fund
d) M Kamala
during 2012-15.
• Now as ED he will look after the
Option : A Department of Economic and Policy
Research.
Who is the MD & CEO of Canara Bank ?
िेनर्र बैंि िे प्रबंध दनदे िि और् सीईओ िौन हैं ?

a) K. Satyanarayana Raju • Shri K. Satyanarayana Raju has

b) Raghuram Rajan taken charge as Managing
Director & CEO of Canara Bank
c) Shaktikanta Das
d) Urjit Patel

Option : A
What is the revised estimated GDP growth rate of India in
the financial year 2023-24 according to the IMF report ?
आईएमएफ िी रर्पोटा िे अनुसरर् दवत्तीय वर्ा 2023 24 में भरर्त िी संिोदधत
अनुमरदनत जीडीपी वृख्यद्ध दर् क्यर है ?

a) 7% • The International Monetary Fund

(IMF) has raised India's GDP growth
b) 6.7% forecast for India for the financial year
2023-24 to 6.3%, its second upward
c) 6.3% revision since the April report.
d) 6% • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
maintained its GDP growth projection
Option : C for the fiscal year 2023-24 at 6.5%,
Who has been elected as the new CEO and
MD of Kotak Mahindra Bank ?
िोटि मदहंद्रर बैंि िे नए सीईओ और् एमडी िे रूप में
दिसे चुनर गयर है ?

• Ashok Vaswani has been selected as the

a) Ajay Sinha
new CEO & MD of Kotak Mahindra
b) Ajay Kapoor Bank.
• Replaced - Uday Kotak
c) Uday Kotak • Founded – 2003
• Founders – Uday Kotak
d) Ashok Vaswani • HQs – Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Chairman – Prakash Apte
• MD & CEO – Ashok Vaswani (Uday
Option : D
Kotak)
India is likely to overtake Japan to become the
world’s third-largest economy by which year?
भरर्त िे दिस वर्ा ति जरपरन िो पछरडिर् दुदनयर िी तीसर्ी सबसे
बडी अिाव्यवस्िर बनने िी संभरवनर है?

a) 2025 • Currently India - world’s fifth largest

economy in the world
b) 2030 • world’s third-largest economy with a
GDP of USD 7.3 trillion by 2030, as per
c) 2035 S&P Global Market Intelligence.
d) 2027

Option : B
RBI approved merger of Fincare SFB with which
bank?
आर्बीआई ने दफनिेयर् एसएफबी िे दिस बैंि िे सरि दविय िो
मंजूर्ी दी?

a) HDFC Bank
b) PNB
c) AU Finance
d) SFB

Option : C
National CA
Which Union Ministry issued the ‘Foreign
Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2023’ ?
दिस िेंद्रीय मंत्ररिय ने 'दवदे िी अंिदरन (दवदनयमन) संिोधन दनयम,
2023' जरर्ी दियर ?

• Foreign Contribution (Regulation)

a) Ministry of Home Affairs Amendment Rules, 2023 was
issued recently by the Ministry of
b) Ministry of Finance
Home Affairs.
c) Ministry of Corporate Affairs • As per the revised guidelines,
NGOs were mandated with FCRA
d) Ministry of External Affairs licence to submit details of
movable and immovable assets
created out of foreign
Option : A contributions.
The Union Cabinet has approved the creation
of which new autonomous body ?
िेंद्रीय मंदत्रमंडि ने दिस नए स्वरयत्त दनिरय िे दनमराण िो
मंजूर्ी दे दी है?
• The Union Cabinet approved the
a) Mera Bharat, Mera Desh establishment of 'Mera Yuva Bharat'
(MY Bharat), an autonomous body
b) Mera Yuva Bharat for youth development and youth-led
development.
c) Mera Gavn, Mera Desh
• This institution will prove helpful to
d) Yuva Desh the youth in realizing their dreams
and building a developed India.
• It will dedicated to the nation on 31st
Option : B October, the birth anniversary of
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Where is Satish Dhawan Space
Center located ?
सतीि धवन स्पेस सेंटर् िहरं ख्यस्ित है ?

• Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Space,

a) Sriharikota, AP Science, and Technology, officially announced
that, on October 21, The ISRO is poised to
b) Pradeep, Odisha make history as it prepares to conduct
c) Puri, Odisha the first in a series of critical test flights in
anticipation of the much-
d) Panji, Goa anticipated Gaganyaan mission, which marks
India’s maiden charge into manned space
exploration.
Option : A • The forthcoming test flight will be executed at
the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
India launched which operation to evacuate Indians
from Israel?
भरर्त ने इजर्रइि से भरर्तीयों िो दनिरिने िे दिए िौन सर अदभयरन
चिरयर?

a) Operation Ajay • India has launched Operation Ajay to

facilitate the return from Israel of its
b) Operation Vijay citizens who wish to return.

c) Operation Sarthak
d) Operation Hind

Option : A
An Event called 'Shramdaan' was organized
by which ministry ?
दिस मंत्ररिय द्वरर्र 'श्रमदरन' नरमि िरयाक्रम आयोदजत
दियर गयर ?

a) MSME Ministry • The Ministry of Micro, Small and

Medium Enterprises (MSME) took a
b) Finance Ministry significant step towards realizing the
vision of a “Garbage Free India.”
c) Home Ministry • Aligning with the national initiative
championed by the Hon’ble Prime
d) None
Minister, a unique event titled
‘Shramdaan’ was organized by the
Option : A Ministry
Tallest BR Ambedkar Statue Outside India
Unveiled In which city ?
भरर्त िे बरहर् सबसे ऊंची बीआर् अंबेडिर् प्रदतमर िर
अनरवर्ण दिस िहर् में दियर गयर ?

• In a historic event, a 19-foot tall statue of

a) Vienna Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the principal architect
of India’s Constitution, was formally
b) Paris inaugurated in a suburb of Maryland,
c) London Washington.
• The statue was crafted by the renowned
d) Washington artist and sculptor Ram Sutar, who is
known for creating the ‘Statue of Unity’ of
Sardar Patel, located on an island in
Option : D Gujarat’s Narmada River.
In which country did External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
recently unveil the statue of Rabindranath Tagore?
दवदे ि मंत्री एस जयिंिर् ने हरि ही में दिस दे ि में र्वीन्द्रनरि टै गोर् िी प्रदतमर
िर अनरवर्ण दियर ?

a) Argentina • Recently, External Affairs Minister S

Jaishankar unveiled the statue of
b) Thailand Rabindranath Tagore in Vietnam.
• He also said that Vietnam had issued a
c) Cambodia commemorative postage stamp in
Tagore's honor in 1982.
d) Vietnam
• Vietnam is a South Asian country
• capital is Hanoi.
Option : D
Where is the HQ of India Meteorological
Department (IMD) ?
भरर्त मौसम दवज्ञरन दवभरग (IMD) िर मुिरिय िहराँ है ?

• The India Meteorological Department

a) Kolkata (IMD) predicted that Cyclone Tej, a depression
gathering force in the Arabian Sea, intensified
b) Hyderabad into an ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’ near the
coasts of Oman and Yemen.
c) Dehradun
• IMD Formed – 15 January 1875
d) New Delhi • HQ – New Delhi
• Regional offices are at: Chennai, Mumbai,
Kolkata, Nagpur, Guwahati and Delhi
Option : D • Director General – Mrutyunjay Mohapatra,
Which country has named the cyclonic storm
'Hamoon' that arose in the Bay of Bengal ?
बंगरि िी खरडी में उिे चक्रवरती तूफरन 'हरमून' िर नरम दिस दे ि ने
र्खर है ?

a) Iran • Cyclonic storm 'Hamoon' has been

named by Iran.
b) Pakistan • 'Hamun' is a Persian word that refers
to temporary desert lakes and
c) Bangladesh marshlands.
• Tropical cyclones that form in the
d) Kuwait
Indian Ocean are ranked by the 13
member countries.
Option : A
APAAR ID, a new concept given by govt, is related to
which section?
APAAR ID, सर्िरर् द्वरर्र दी गई एि नई अवधरर्णर, दिस अनुभरग से
संबंदधत है?

a) Transgender • The Union Education Ministry has introduced

the concept of ‘One Nation, One Student ID,
b) Students referred to as APAAR ID, in alignment with the
National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
c) Women • The APAAR ID, which stands for ‘Automated
Permanent Academic Account Registry,’ is a
d) Elders
digital identification system for students in
India.
Option : B • The APAAR ID is an education ecosystem
registry system known as ‘EduLocker’.
Recently Coral reef fossil have been found from
which place?
हरि ही में मूंगर चट्टरन िर जीवरश्म दिस स्िरन से दमिर है?

a) Tamilnadu • Geologists have made a remarkable

discovery of coral reef fossils at an
b) Kashmir elevation of 18,000 feet above sea
level in the Burtse region, Eastern
c) Ladakh Ladakh Himalayas.
• The discovery of coral reef fossils in
d) Arunachal Pradesh
Ladakh is significant because it
indicates that this region, now a high-
Option : C altitude desert, was once submerged
under a vast ocean.
ECI appointed whom as its national ambassador?
ECI ने दिसे अपनर र्रष्ट्रीय र्रजदूत दनयुक्त दियर?

a) Rajkumar Rao • Raj Kumar Rao who played the role of

a poll official working in Naxal-
b) Alia Bhatt affected areas of Chhattisgarh in the
film ‘Newton’, has been chosen by
c) Pankaj Advani Election Commission of India as its
National Icon.
d) Sachin Tendulkar

Option : A
Operation Chakra-2 is launched by whom?
ऑपर्े िन चक्र-2 दिसिे द्वरर्र िुरू दियर गयर है?

a) Indian Army • ‘Operation Chakra-2 – carried out by

CBI
b) Delhi Police • a widespread crackdown on cyber
criminals in India in an operation
c) CBI known as
• Formed - 1963 by resolution of home
d) Indian Coast Guard
ministry
• Director – Praveen Sood
Option : C
Which country topped the list of immigrants
applying for citizenship in OECD?
OECD में नरगरर्ितर िे दिए आवेदन िर्ने वरिे अप्रवरदसयों िी सूची में
िौन सर दे ि िीर्ा पर् है?

a) USA • OECD’s International Migration

Outlook: 2023 report
b) China • India maintained its top position as
the country of origin of new
c) India immigrants to the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and
d) Sri Lanka
Development (OECD) nations in 2021.
• OECD – group of 38 countries → high-
Option : C income and ranked very high on the
Human Development Index (HDI)
Recently, the court of which country has sentenced 8
former officers of the Indian Navy to death?
हरि ही में दिस दे ि िी अदरित ने भरर्तीय नौसेनर िे आि पूवा
अफसर्ों िो मौत िी सजर सुनरई है ?

a) Pakistan • A court in Qatar has handed down the

death penalty to eight former Indian
b) Sri Lanka Navy personnel who have been detained
in the country for over a year.
c) Iran • The eight former Indian Navy personnel
have been in jail since August last year.
d) Qatar
• The charges against them were not made
public by Qatari authorities.
Option : D
Sex ratio at birth in India is improved from 904 in
2017-19 to ______ in 2018-20.
भरर्त में जन्म िे समय दिंग अनुपरत 2017-19 में 904 से बढिर् 2018-
20 में ______ हो गयर है।

a) 906 • Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya convenes 29th

Meeting of the Central Supervisory
b) 905 Board
• Latest SRS report indicated that the
c) 907 Gender Gap has witnessed a two-point
decrease in 2020 compared to a five-
d) 910
point gap in 2015.

Option : C
Which Country has embarked on a significant initiative to
support India’s ‘Hunger Project‘ in Uttarakhand ?
दिस दे ि ने उत्तर्रखंड में भरर्त िे 'हंगर् प्रोजेक्ट' िर समिा न िर्ने िे दिए
एि महत्वपूणा पहि िुरू िी है ?

a) Assam • Norway has embarked on a significant

initiative to support India’s ‘Hunger
b) Bihar Project‘ in Uttarakhand.
• With a budget of ₹44.7 million and
c) Uttrakhand a three-year duration until September
2026, this project aims to empower
d) Rajasthan
women leaders, enhance food
security, and protect the environment,
Option : C particularly in the ecologically
sensitive region of Uttarakhand.
International CA
Mohamed Muizzu Elected as the New
President of which Country ?
मोहम्मद मुइज्जू दिस दे ि िे नए र्रष्ट्रपदत चुने गए ?

• Replaced – Ibrahim Mohamed Solih

a) Myanmar
• Capital – Male
b) Thailand • Smallest country in Asia
• 2nd least populous country of Asia
c) Nepal • Member of – SAARC, UN,
Commonwealth Nations, NAM,
d) Maldives organization of Islamic Corporation
• 8° Channel - separates the islands
of Minicoy & Maldives.
Option : D
Which Country Seeks Reinstatement in UN Human
Rights Council One Year After Removal ?
िौन सर दे ि हटरए जरने िे एि सरि बरद संयुक्त र्रष्ट्र मरनवरदधिरर्
परर्र्द में बहरिी चरहतर है ?

• Russia is seeking to rejoin the United

a) USA Nations Human Rights Council
(UNHRC) after being removed from the
b) Russia
council in April 2022.Russia is actively
c) Ukraine lobbying member nations to gain support
for its position paper at the UN, signalling
d) North Korea its desire to return to the UNHRC.
• UNHRC : Established : 15 March 2006, HQ
: Geneva, Switzerland
Option : B • President : Vaclav Balek
Which country’s currency emerged as the world’s
best performing unit in the world ?
दिस दे ि िी मुद्रर दुदनयर में सबसे अच्छर प्रदिान िर्ने वरिी
इिरई बनिर् उभर्ी ?

a) India • Afghanistan’s currency – world’s best-

performing unit in the September
b) USA quarter
• Rallying 9% during the three-month
c) China period and 14% so far this year amid
foreign aid flows and the US releasing
d) Afghanistan
funds to the war-torn country

Option : D
Which country is going to have world’s tallest
wooden tower?
दवश्व िर सबसे ऊंचर ििडी िर टरवर् दिस दे ि में बनने जर र्हर है?

a) China • Australia is set to be home to the

world’s largest tallest wooden
b) India building, a 191.2m tall “hybrid” tower

c) Australia
d) USA

Option : C
The largest statue of B R Ambedkar
outside India is all set to be unveiled in
भरर्त िे बरहर् बी आर् अंबेडिर् िी सबसे बडी प्रदतमर
िर अनरवर्ण होने जर र्हर है

a) Africa • The “largest” statue of B R Ambedkar

outside India is all set to be unveiled
b) Europe in Maryland on October 14.
• The 19-foot statue, named “Statue of
c) North America Equality
• Artist and sculptor - Ram V Sutar
d) South America • Ambedkar - architect of India's
Constitution
Option : C
A new platform named ‘YouthHub’ for job opportunity in
India is launched by which organisation?
भरर्त में नौिर्ी िे अवसर् िे दिए ‘यूि हब’ नरमि एि नयर मंच दिस
संगिन द्वरर्र िॉन्च दियर गयर है?

a) NITI Aayog • To connect young people in India to

future job opportunities, especially
b) UN girls and marginalised youth, UNICEF
launched an innovative, digital
c) RBI ‘YouthHub’ app.
• jointly launched by UNICEF Executive
d) UNICEF
Director, Catherine Russell and
UNICEF India National Ambassador,
Option : D Ayushmann Khurrana.
Operation Iron Swords launched by which country?
ऑपर्े िन आयर्न स्वॉड्ास दिस दे ि द्वरर्र िुरू दियर गयर?

a) India • Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched

Operation ‘Iron Swords’
b) USA • Operation Iron Swords is Israel’s
retaliation for a surprise attack by
c) Palestine Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist militant
organisation, on Israel
d) Israel

Option : D
Who has been appointed as the next Permanent
Representative of India to the UN & other International
Organisations in Geneva ?

a) Arindam Bangchi • Arindam Bagchi, has been appointed

as the next Permanent Representative
b) Indramani Pandey of India to the United Nations and
other International Organisations in
c) Ajay Bhushan Geneva.
• Succeed – Indramani Pandey
d) Rashmi Desai
• Ruchira Kamboj appointed Permanent
Representative to UN
Option : A
Recently Daniel Noboa has become the youngest
President of which country ?
हरि ही में डे दनयि नोबोआ दिस दे ि िे सबसे युवर र्रष्ट्रपदत बने हैं?

a) Peru • Daniel Noboa becomes Ecuador’s

youngest-ever President
b) Equador • Capital - Quito
• Currency- United States Dollar
c) Venezuela • South American Country
• Galapagos Island
d) Mexico

Option : B
Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar has been elected as
new king of the which Country ?
सुल्तरन इब्ररदहम इस्कंदर् िो दिस दे ि िर नयर र्रजर चुनर
गयर है ?

a) Cambodia • Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar has been

elected as Malaysia’s new king under
b) Malaysia the unique rotating monarchy system

c) Myanmar • About Malaysia

• Capital – Kuala Lumpur
d) Indonesia
• Currency – Ringgit
• PM – Anwar Ibrahim
Option : B • Badminton World Federation HQ –
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
First in India
& World
Which is the first district to grant access to smart
classes in schools?
स्कूिों में स्मरटा िक्षरओं ति पहुंच प्रदरन िर्ने वरिर पहिर दजिर िौन
सर है?

a) Lucknow • Bareilly has become the first district to

grant access to smart classrooms in all
b) Delhi government schools.

c) Thirupur
d) Bareilly

Option : D
Who made the record of the highest altitude
fashion show in the world ?
दवश्व में सबसे अदधि ऊंचरई पर् होने वरिे फैिन िो िर
रर्िॉडा दिसने बनरयर ?

a) Kashmir • At an altitude of 19,024 feet, the Umling

La fashion run in Eastern Ladakh beat the
b) Ladakh previous Guinness World Record for the
highest-altitude fashion show in the
c) Arunachal world.
d) Tibet • Organised by: Ladakh Art and
Entertainment Alliance, in collaboration
with the Ladakh Autonomous Hill
Option : B Development Council
 India’s first tilapia parvovirus is reported in
which state?
भरर्त िर पहिर दतिरदपयर परवोवरयर्स दिस र्रज्य में रर्पोटा
दियर गयर है?

a) Tamilnadu • It is a small, nonenveloped, single-

stranded DNA (ssDNA) virus.
b) Kerala • It was first reported in China in 2019
and Thailand in 2021.
c) Delhi • India is the third country to report the
occurrence of TiPV.
d) Telangana
• This virus was localized in the gills,
heart, brain, liver, pancreas, spleen,
Option : A intestine, kidney, eyes, and muscles of
tilapia.
Pramila Mallik has been appointed the first
woman speaker of which state ?
प्रदमिर मख्यिि दिस र्रज्य िी पहिी मदहिर स्पीिर्
दनयुक्त दियर गयर है ?

a) Rajasthan • Odisha is set to get its first woman

assembly speaker with the Biju Janata
b) Odisha Dal naming state revenue minister
Pramila Mallik as its candidate for the
c) Gujarat speaker’s election to be heldMallik, a
six-time MLA, has held several key
d) Goa
assignments in the Naveen Patnaik
government
Option : B
Which City to Become India’s First Wetland City ?
िौन सर िहर् भरर्त िर पहिर वेटिैंड िहर् बनेगर ?

a) Jaipur • The Rajasthan government is

making all efforts to make
b) Udaipur Udaipur, the City of Lakes, the
country's first wetland city.
c) Kochi • Country of Lakes – Finland
d) Jabalpur

Option : B
Who will inaugurate India's first regional rail
RapidX ?
भरर्त िी पहिी क्षेत्रीय र्े ि र्ै दपडएक्स िर उद्घरटन िौन
िर्े गर ?

a) Amit Shah • PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate

India's first regional rail, RapidX, from
b) Ashwini Vaishnav Sahibabad, Uttar Pradesh on Oct 20.
• In the first phase, it will be operated for
c) Narendra Modi 17 kilometers which includes a total of 5
d) Draupadi Murmu stations Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Guldhar,
Duhai & Duhai Depot.

Option : C
UP CM inaugurated first Mission Shakti Café in which
district?
यूपी िे मुिमंत्री ने दिस दजिे में पहिे दमिन िख्यक्त िैफे िर उद्घरटन
दियर?

a) Lucknow • state’s first ‘Mission Shakti Café’ in

Gonda district, as part of the fourth
b) Bareilly phase of Mission Shakti
• Operated by self-help group members
c) Gonda • café aims to not only empower these
women but also provide nutritious,
d) Ghaziabad
wholesome meals to students.
• A grand Kanya Puja ceremony of
Option : C 11,000 girls, ‘Shakti Vandan’, is also
being organised in Gonda.
Which Country Becomes 1st Country Ever To Fire
Electromagnetic Railgun ?
िौन सर दे ि इिेक्टरोमैग्नेदटि र्े िगन फरयर् िर्ने वरिर पहिर दे ि बन
गयर है ?

a) Japan • The Japanese Ministry of Defense has

successfully executed the world's first
b) China electromagnetic railgun fire test from
a ship.
c) USA • The conducted in coordination with
the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
d) North Korea
(JMSDF), represents a significant step
forward in Japan's pursuit of
Option : A sophisticated defense capabilities.
Who became first woman to perform Ravan Dahan ?
र्रवण दहन िर्ने वरिी पहिी मदहिर िौन बनी?

a) Rashmika Mandana • Actor Kangana Ranaut performed the

Ravan Dahan at New Delhi (Red fort)
b) Kangana Ranaut on the occasion of Dussehra – In the
50-year history of the event
c) Priyanka Chopra
d) Nirmala Sitharaman

Option : B
Amit Shah Inaugurated country’s first nano DAP
plant in which place?
अदमत िरह ने दे ि िे पहिे नैनो डीएपी संयंत्र िर उद्घरटन दिस स्िरन
पर् दियर?

a) Surat • Union Minister for Home and

Cooperation Amit Shah inaugurated
b) Gandhinagar IFFCO’S nano DAP (liquid) plant at
Kalol in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
c) Delhi • Nano urea is sprayed not on the
ground but on the plants and due to
d) Gwalior
this, there is zero possibility of
destruction of natural elements or the
Option : B earthworms present in the soil.
India’s first All-Women’s Police station is
situated in which state?
भरर्त िर पहिर पूणा मदहिर पुदिस िे िन दिस र्रज्य में ख्यस्ित है ?

a) Kerala • Celebrating 50 years

• October 23, 1973, Prime Minister,
b) Tamilnadu Indira Gandhi, inaugurated the
country’s first women’s police station
c) Jammu Kashmir in Kozhikode.
• Station’s first sub-inspector – M
d) Meghalaya
Padminiamma

Option : A
Which state’s first 3D printed building is
inaugurated?
दिस र्रज्य िी पहिी 3डी मुदद्रत इमरर्त िर उद्घरटन दियर गयर?

a) Kerala • Kerala’s first 3D-printed building, a

380 sq ft, one-room summer house
b) Tamilnadu • Designed as a demonstration project,
AMAZE-28 as the summer house is
c) Delhi named was completed in 28 days
• Developed by - Tvasta, a Chennai-
d) Uttar Pradesh
based construction tech start-up

Option : A
Books & Authors
‘The Book of Life: My Dance with Buddha for Success’
is written by whom?
‘द बुि ऑफ िरइफ: मरई डरंस दवद बुद्धर फॉर् सक्सेस’ दिसिे द्वरर्र
दिखी गई है?

• Vivek Agnihotri, director of ‘The Kashmir

a) Vivek Agnihotri
Files’, launched his latest book, “The Book of
b) Karan Johar Life: My dance with Buddha for Success.”
• He also directed a medical drama film ‘The
c) Remo Desouza Vaccine War’ in 2023.
• Dr. Balram Bhargava is the writer of the book
d) Sri Pallavi on which the movie is based.
• Bhargava’s book, ‘Going Viral – Making of
Covaxin: The Inside Story’, documents his
Option : A
experiences.
Who is the author of the novel named “Cold Blooded
Love”?
“िोल्ड ब्लडे ड िव” नरमि उपन्यरस िे िेखि िौन हैं?

a) Girish Dutt Shukla • Girish Dutt Shukla’s second novel

“Cold Blooded Love”, which takes
b) Radhika Singh readers on a journey into the depths
of human psychology.
c) Sushmita Paul
d) Ranjan Desai

Option : A
Who has written the book “The Reverse Swing –
Colonialism to Cooperation”?
“द रर्वसा ख्यस्वंग – िॉिोदनयदिज्म टू िोऑपर्े िन” पुस्ति
दिसने दिखी है?

a) Ashok Tandon • Ashok Tandon, former media advisor to

late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee,
b) Rajeev Kumar has mentioned in this book about the
nexus between Pakistan Army and its
c) Brajesh Singh intelligence agency ISI for conducting
subversion and sabotage in India.
d) Tanu Sinha
• He has also highlighted the role of
Dawood Ibrahim in facilatitation of drugs
Option : A across India from Afghanistan, under
Pakistani territorial safe haven.
A new book ‘Revolutionizing Business Operations’ is
written by whom?
एि नई पुस्ति ‘रर्वॉल्यूिनरइदज़ंग दबज़नेस ऑपर्े िंस’ दिसिे द्वरर्र
दिखी गई है?

a) Tony Saldanha • business and digital technology

experts - Tony Saldanha and Filippo
b) Filippo Passerini Passerini.
• “Revolutionizing Business Operations:
c) Both a & b How to Build Dynamic Processes for
Enduring Competitive Advantages”

Option : C
Whose autobiography is the book
Nilavu Kudicha Simhangal ?
दनिरवु िुददचर दसम्रंगि पुस्ति दिसिी आत्मििर है ?

a) K Sivan • The autobiography in Malayalam

titled “Nilavu Kudicha Simhangal,” –
b) S Somnath loosely translated as – Lions that
drank the moonlight – promises to be
c) G Sathish Reddy a tale of motivation.
• It was inspired by the massive success
d) Nambi Narayan
of Chandrayaan-3, ISRO’s moon
mission headed by Somanath.
Option : B • S Somnath 10th Chief of ISRO
 Books & Authors 2023
• The Book Of Life : My Dance With Buddha For Success” – Vivek Agnihotri
• Fire On The Ganges Life Among The Dead In Banaras - Radhika Iyengar
• Autobiography ‘Pitchside : My Life In Indian Cricket’ - Amrit Mathur
• “People’s G20”, An EBook On India’s G20 Presidency unveils by – Apurva
Chandra
• “Through The Broken Glass: An Autobiography” - T.N. Seshan
• India Rising Memoir Of A Scientist” – R. Chidambaram & Suresh Gangotra
• Maya, Modi, Azad : Dalit Politics In The Time Of Hindutva - Sudha Pai &
Sajjan Kumar
• Ajay to Yogi Adityanath – Shantanu Gupta
Awards &
Honours
Who won the Nobel prize for Medicine in 2023 ?
2023 में दचदित्सर िे दिए नोबेि पुर्स्करर् दिसने जीतर ?

a) Katalin Kariko • Katalin Kariko – Hungary

• Drew Weissman – USA
b) Drew Weissman • for their discoveries concerning nucleoside
base modifications that enabled the
c) Svante Paabo development of effective mRNA vaccines
against Covid-19.
d) A & B both
• 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded
to Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo
Option : D
Who won the Nobel prize for
Physics in 2023 ?
2023 में भौदतिी िे दिए नोबेि पुर्स्करर्
दिसने जीतर ?

a) Pierre Agostini,
• Pierre Agostini – France
b) Ferenc Krausz • Ferenc Krausz – Hungary
• Anne L’Huillier – France
c) Anne L’Huillier • for experimental methods that generate
attosecond pulses of light for the study of
d) All of the Above electron dynamics in matter”

Option : D
Who won the Nobel prize for
Chemistry in 2023 ?
2023 में र्सरयन िे दिए नोबेि पुर्स्करर्
दिसने जीतर ?

a) Moungi Bawendi, • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2023

has gone to
b) Louis Brus 1. Moungi Bawendi (US)
2. Louis Brus (US)
c) Alexei Ekimov 3. Alexei Ekimov (US)
d) All of the Above
• for “the discovery and synthesis of
quantum dots”.
Option : D
Who has won the Nobel Prize in
Literature 2023?
सरदहत्य में नोबेि पुर्स्करर् 2023 दिसने जीतर है?

a) Jon Fosse • Belongs to Norway

• He was announced as a winner of the
b) Moungi Bawendi prestigious award “for his innovative
plays and prose which give voice to
c) Louis Brus the unsayable.”
• 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature has
d) Alexei Ekimov
been awarded to French author
“Annie Ernaux”
Option : A
Who has won the Nobel Prize in
Economics 2023 ?
अिािरस्त्र में नोबेि पुर्स्करर् 2023 दिसने जीतर है ?

• From USA
a) Jon Fosse • Claudia Goldin “for having advanced our
understanding of women’s labour market
b) Claudia Goldin
outcomes.”
c) Louis Brus • officially known as The Sveriges Riksbank
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of
d) Alexei Ekimov Alfred Nobel
• 2022 in Economics – Ben Bernanke,
Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig
Option : B • 1st prize in economics was awarded in 1969
Who has won the Spinoza Prize for climate change?
जिवरयु परर्वतान िे दिए ख्यस्पनोज़र पुर्स्करर् दिसने जीतर है?

a) Dr. Joyeeta Gupta • Indian-origin professor Dr Joyeeta

Gupta has received the Spinoza Prize,
b) Amrita Sharma the highest distinction in Dutch
science for her work in climate change
c) Arundhati Roy • She is a Dutch environmental scientist
& professor of Environment and
d) Vijay Chauhan
Development in the Global South at
the University of Amsterdam.
Option : A
Who is the recipient of the 2023 SASTRA
Ramanujan Prize ?
2023 िरस्त्र र्रमरनुजन पुर्स्करर् िर प्ररप्तितरा िौन है ?

a) Ruixiang Zhang • Ruixiang Zhang, an Assistant

Professor at the University of
b) Srinivasa Ramanujan
California, Berkeley, USA, has
c) Shaoming Guo been selected as the recipient of
the prestigious 2023 SASTRA
d) Xiumin Du Ramanujan Prize.

Option : A
Which series won Best Asian TV serial in
Busan Film Festival ?
बुसरन दफल्म फेख्यिवि में एदियन टीवी सीरर्यि ने िौन
सी सीर्ीज जीती ?

a) Scoop • Hansal Mehta’s Scoop won two

awards at the Asia Contents Awards &
b) Manhattan Global OTT Awards 2023 in Busan,
South Korea.
c) Free Lancer • The Netflix series won Best Asian TV
Series and Best Actress for Karishma
d) Asur 2
Tanna.

Option : A
Which film won Best Action Film in Cannes Film
festival?
िरन्स दफल्म फेख्यिवि में दिस दफल्म ने सवाश्रेष्ठ एक्शन दफल्म िर
पुर्स्करर् जीतर?

a) The Survivor • 76th Cannes Film Festival in France

• Best Action Film – The Survivor
b) Pushpa The Rise
c) KGF 2
d) RRR

Option : A
Who was honoured by US First lady Jill Biden?
अमेरर्िर िी प्रिम मदहिर दजि दबडे न ने दिसे सम्मरदनत दियर?

a) Geetanjali Rao • Indian-American inventor Gitanjali

Rao was honored by US First Lady Jill
b) Arundhati roy Biden, along with 14 other young
women leaders, for leading a change
c) Draupadi Murmu and shaping a brighter future in their
communities across the nation.
d) Sonia Gandhi
• The 17-year-old scientist was honored
in the first-ever “Girls Leading
Option : A Change” celebration
Which country’s president honoured with
doctorate by JNU?
दिस दे ि िे र्रष्ट्रपदत िो जे.एन.यू. द्वरर्र डॉक्टर्े ट िी उपरदध से
सम्मरदनत दियर गयर?

a) Saudi Arabia • Tanzania President Dr Samia Suluhu

Hassan conferred with an Honorary
b) UAE Doctorate by Jawaharlal Nehru
University for her pivotal role in
c) Tanzania fostering stronger India-Tanzania
relations.
d) USA

Option : C
Who will be honoured with Satyajit Ray Lifetime Film
Award?
सत्यजीत र्े िरइफटरइम दफल्म पुर्स्करर् से दिसे सम्मरदनत दियर
जरएगर?

a) Michael Douglas • Satyajit Ray Excellence in Film Lifetime

Award at the 54th International Film Festival
b) Waheeda Rehman of India in Goa
• Renowned Hollywood actor and producer
c) Asha Parekh Michael Douglas will be honoured
• Douglas is known for his films like ‘Wall
d) Rajnikanth
Street’, ‘Fatal Attraction’, ‘The China
Syndrome’, ‘The American President’, ‘Basic
Option : A Instinct’, and ‘Ant-Man’ among others.
Who was recently honored with
Saraswati Samman 2022 ?
हरि ही में सर्स्वती सम्मरन 2022 से दिसे सम्मरदनत
दियर गयर ?

a) Atul Prasad • The KK Birla Foundation has

announced that Tamil
b) Shashi Tharoor writer Sivasankari will be the recipient
of the prestigious Saraswati Samman
c) Sivasankari award for the year 2022, for her 2019
memoir, Surya Vamsam.
d) Ajai Rohan
• This award is one of the most
esteemed recognitions in Indian
Option : C literature, and comes with a cash prize
of Rs 15 lakh, a plaque, and a citation.
Who is nominated as Best Director at Asia Pacific
Screen Awards?
एदियर पैदसदफि स्क्रीन अवरड्ास में सवाश्रेष्ठ दनदे िि िे रूप में दिसे
नरमरंदित दियर गयर है?

a) Rima Das • National Award-winning filmmaker

b) Farhan Akhtar Rima Das – nominated in the best
director category for her film “Tora’s
c) Gauri Khan Husband” at APSA 2023

d) R Madhavan

Option : A
Which of the following actress got nominated as
‘Best Lead Actress’ in Busan Film Festival ?
दनम्नदिख्यखत में से दिस अदभनेत्री िो बुसरन दफल्म महोत्सव में
‘सवाश्रेष्ठ मुि अदभनेत्री’ िे रूप में नरमरंदित दियर गयर ?

a) Karishma Kapoor • Actor Karishma Tanna bagged a

nomination for her performance in
b) Karishma Tanna ‘Scoop’ at the Busan International Film
Festival
c) Tamannah Bhatia • ‘Scoop’, created by Hansal Mehta, is a
character-driven drama adapted from
d) Kiara Advani
the book “Behind Bars In Byculla: My
Days in Prison” by Jigna Vora.
Option : B
Who will confer National Film Award ?
र्रष्ट्रीय दफल्म पुर्स्करर् िौन प्रदरन िर्े गर ?

a) Prime minister • President Droupadi Murmu will

confer the 69th National Film
b) Broadcasting minister Awards in New Delhi

c) President
d) Home minister

Option : C
Which department will be holding Anubhav
Awards 2023 ?
िौन सर दवभरग अनुभव पुर्स्करर् 2023 आयोदजत िर्े गर ?

• Department of Pension and

a) Dept of Economics Pensioners Welfare – Anubhav Awards
2023 Ceremony in Vigyan Bhawan
b) Dept of Pension
• Union Minister for Personnel, Public
c) Dept of Space Grievances & Pensions (Jitendra
Singh) will confer the Award.
d) Dept of Home affairs • DoPPW launched Anubhav Portal in
2015 for the retiring/retired
employees to submit and showcase
Option : B their commendable work done.
Who is awarded from Consul General of France?
फ्रंस िे महरवरदणज्यदूत से दिसे सम्मरदनत दियर जरतर है?

a) Alia Bhatt • Actor Richa Chadha will be awarded the title

of ‘Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des
b) Pankaj Tripathi Lettres’ from the French government for her
significant contributions in the field of arts.
c) Karishma Tanna • The actor’s 2015 critically-acclaimed film,
“Masaan” was an Indo-French co-production
d) Richa Chddha
that was screened in the “Un Certain Regard”
section at the Cannes Film Festival the same
Option : D year and had won two awards.
 Recent Awards 2023
• Vijayawada Railway Station has been awarded the ‘Green Railway Station’ certification
• Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year 2023 – Manoj Bubna
• Miss Universe India 2023 – Shweta Sharda (Chandigarh)
• Mrs Universe India 2023 – Madhuri Patle (Nagpur, Maharashtra)
• Miss Earth India 2023 – Priyan Sain (Jaipur, Rajasthan)
• Miss International India 2023 – Praveena Aanjna
• PMI South Asia Award 2023 – Northeast Frontier Railway
• The Lifetime Achievement Award in Academia – Najma Akhtar (VC of JMI)
• Dr AM Gokhale Award – Ophthalmologist Dr Sanjay Kumar Mishra
• Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for 2022 – 12 scientists selected
• Leading Fintech Personality of the Year Award by Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) –
Adeeb Ahamed
• M S Swaminathan Award – P V Satyanaryana
Sports CA
Which of the following mixed doubles pair won
the gold medal in the Asian Games 2023 ?
दनम्न में से दिस दमदश्रत युगि जोडी ने एदियरई खेि 2023 में
स्वणा पदि जीतर ?

a) Rohan Bopanna & Sania Mirza • The mixed doubles pair of

Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja
b) Rohan Bopanna & Rutuja Bhosle Bhosale beat Chinese Taipei
pair En-shuo Liang and Tsung-
c) Rutuja Bhosle & Ankita Raina hao Huang in the finals to
clinch gold at the Asian
d) None of the Above Games 2023 in Hangzhou.

Option : B
Indian Men’s Badminton Team wins the
which Medal at the Asian Games 2023 ?
भरर्तीय पुरुर् बैडदमंटन टीम ने एदियरई खेिों में िौन
सर पदि जीतर ?

• Silver - Indian Men’s Badminton Team

a) Gold
• This is the first time India won a silver
b) Silver at the continental event
• Indian team : (Singles) Mithun
c) Bronze Manjunath, Lakshya Sen, Kidambi
Srikant.
d) None • (Doubles) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and
Chirag Shetty, Sai Pratheek and Dhruv
Kapila
Option : A
• Gold – Chinese Team
Which team won the SAFF Under-19
Championship 2023 ?
SAFF अंडर्-19 चैंदपयनदिप 2023 दिस टीम ने जीती ?

a) India • South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-19

Championship
b) China • Champion – India
• Runners up – Pakistan
c) Nepal
• Finals - Dashrath Rangasala Stadium
d) Bangladesh in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Option : A
Which team won the Iranian Cup 2023-24 ?
ईर्रनी िप 2023-24 िर दितरब दिस टीम जीतर ?

a) Saurashtra • Rest of India beat Saurashtra by 175

b) Rest of India runs to win the Irani Cup as 21 wickets
fell on the third day at the Saurashtra
c) Maharashtra Cricket Association (SCA) stadium in
Rajkot.
d) Karanataka

Option : B
Who has been named by ICC as the 'Global
Ambassador' for ODI World Cup 2023 ?
ICC ने वनडे दवश्व िप 2023 िे दिए 'वैदश्वि र्रजदूत' िे
रूप में दिसे नरदमत दियर ?

• The ICC named legendary Sachin

a) Kapil dev Tendulkar as the 'Global Ambassador' for
b) Ravi Sashtri the men's Cricket World Cup 2023.
• Tendulkar, who has an enviable record of
c) MS Dhoni featuring in six 50 over World Cups in his
decorated career.
d) Sachin Tendulkar • 1St sports person awarded with Bharat
Ratna (2014)
• Shah Rukh Khan appointed as the brand
Option : D ambassador of ICC World Cup 2023.
Who became the first Indian woman to
win a javelin gold in Asian Games history ?
एदियरई खेिों िे इदतहरस में भरिर फेंि में स्वणा जीतने
वरिी पहिी भरर्तीय मदहिर िौन बनी ?

a) Annu Rani • India’s Annu Rani won the gold medal

in the women’s javelin throw with a
b) Bhavani Devi 69.92m throw at the Asian Games
2023.
c) Rekha Kumari • She became the first Indian woman to
win a javelin gold in Asian Games
d) Trisha Kumari
history.

Option : A
Who was the flag bearer in the closing
ceremony of Asian Games 2023 ?
एदियरई खेि 2023 िे समरपन समरर्ोह में ध्वजवरहि
िौन र्हे हैं ?

a) Neeraj Chopra • 19th Asian Games 2023

b) Kishore Jena • Host – Hangzhou, China
• Flag Bearer (Closing) – PR Sreejesh
c) PR Sreejesh • Flag Bearer (Opening) – Harmanpreet
Singh & Lovlina Borgohain
d) Annu Rani • 20th Asian Games 2026 – Nagoya, Japan

Option : C
How many total medals has India won in the
Asian Games 2023 ?
एदियरई खेि 2023 में भरर्त ने िुि दितने पदि जीते हैं ?

a) 105 • India finished its Asian Games

campaign with a record haul of 107
b) 107 medals (28 gold, 38 silver, 41 bronze)
• India secured its first three-figure
c) 207 medal mark in the 72-year history of
the Asian Games
d) 111

Option : B
19th Asian Games
Medal Tally
 Asian Games Imp Facts

• also known as Asiad,

• It is a continental multi-sport event held every fourth year
among athletes from all over Asia.
• First Games - New Delhi, India in 1951
• India hosted these games in 1982 also.
• 19th Asian Games 2022 – Hangzhou, China
• Mascot – Chenchen, Congcong, and Lianlian
• Asian Games 2026 – Aichi & Nagoya, Japan
• 1st Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games - Kamaljit Sandhu
• 1st Indian women wrestler to win a GOLD medal in Asian – Vinesh Phogat
Which duo is number 1 duo in BWF ranking ?
BWF र्ैं दिंग में िौन सी जोडी नंबर् 1 जोडी है?

a) Satwik & Chirag • The star Indian men’s doubles duo of

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag
b) Lakshya & Kidambi Shetty secured the number one spot in
the Badminton World Federation
c) Satwik & Lakshya (BWF) Rankings.
• Following their gold medal win at the
d) Kidambi & Satwik
men’s doubles competition at the
Asian Games in Hangzhou, They
Option : A became the first duo from the country
to reach the landmark.
Which sports is going to included in 2028 Los
Angeles Olympics?
2028 िॉस एं दजल्स ओिंदपि में िौन सर खेि िरदमि होने जर र्हर है?

a) Para badminton • Cricket is set to be included in the

2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
b) Cricket • The Olympics had earlier hosted
cricket in 1900 when England played
c) Archery France in a single match to decide the
gold medal.
d) Polo
• In LA in 2028, there will be a T20
men’s and women’s tournament.
Option : B
Pawan Sehrawat is related to which sports ?
पवन सहर्रवत िर संबंध दिस खेि से है ?

a) Shooting • In Pro Kabaddi League player

auction, Pawan Sehrawat of Telugu
b) Cricket Titans gets top bid of Rs 2.6 crore.
• With a price tag of ₹2.6 crore, Pawan
c) Hockey Sehrawat of the Telugu Titans was the
most expensive player.
d) Kabaddi
• Most expensive foreign player ever -
Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh,
Option : D purchased by Puneri Paltan for ₹2.35
crore.
Who has become the player to hit the
most sixes in international cricket ?
अंतर्र्रष्ट्रीय दक्रिेट में सबसे ज्यरदर छक्के िगरने वरिर
ख्यखिरडी िौन बन गयर है ?

a) Virat Kohli • Rohit Sharma breaks Chris Gayle’s

record for most sixes in international
b) Jos Buttler cricket with 554th maximum
• Most international sixes across
c) Rohit Sharma formats
1. Rohit Sharma (India) - 554 sixes*
d) Babar Azam
2. Chris Gayle (West Indies) - 553 sixes.
3. Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) - 476 sixes.
Option : C
11th edition of Sultan Johar cup will be held in which
country?
सुल्तरन जौहर् िप िर 11वराँ संस्कर्ण दिस दे ि में आयोदजत दियर
जरएगर?

a) India • The 11th edition of the Sultan of Johor

Cup in 2023 is scheduled to be held in
b) Malaysia Johor, Malaysia.
• from October 27 to November 4.
c) Philippines • The Sultan of Johor Cup is an annual
under-21 men’s field hockey event
d) China
held in Malaysia.

Option : B
Which Indian athlete is nominated for 2023 Men’s
Athlete of the Year award?
दिस भरर्तीय एििीट िो 2023 पुरुर् एििीट ऑफ द ईयर् पुर्स्करर् िे
दिए नरमरंदित दियर गयर है?

a) Neeraj Chopra • Olympic and world champion javelin

thrower Neeraj Chopra was named as
b) Kishore Jena one of the 11 nominees for the 2023
men’s World Athlete of the Year
c) Annu Rani award.
• World Athletes of the Year 2022 –
d) Abhilash
Sydney McLaughlin and Armand
Duplantis
Option : A
Who won the ICC Men's Player of the Month
award for September 2023 ?
दसतंबर् 2023 िे दिए ICC मेन्स प्लेयर् ऑफ़ द मंि अवरडा
दिसने जीतर ?

a) Ishan Kishan • Shubman Gill has won the ICC Men's

Player of the Month Award for the 2nd
b) Shubman Gill time in the year 2023
• Previously – January 2023 PoTM
c) Dawid Malan • Sept 2023 Player of the Month
• Men – Shubman Gill
d) Kusal Mendis
• Women – Chamari Athapaththu (Sri
Lanka)
Option : B
Who has named as a Laureus ambassador ?
िॉरर्यस र्रजदूत िे रूप में दिसे नरदमत दियर गयर है ?

a) Virat Kohli • India's Neeraj Chopra world javelin

champion, was named a Laureus
b) Neeraj Chopra ambassador.
• The 25-year-old Chopra became the
c) Shubman Gill 2nd Indian to be named Laureus
d) Annu Rani ambassador after former cricketer
Yuvraj Singh was honoured in 2017.

Option : B
IOC has accepted the proposal to include which
Games in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics ?
IOC ने िॉस एं दजल्स 2028 ओिंदपि में दिस खेि िो िरदमि
िर्ने िर प्रस्तरव स्वीिरर् िर् दियर है ?
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
a) Football recently took a significant step towards
embracing the world’s most popular
b) Cycling sport, Cricket, by accepting
the recommendation to include T20 cricket
c) Cricket
for both men and women at the 2028 Los
d) Breakdance Angeles Summer Olympic
• The sport is set to return after in the event
after 128 years.
Option : C • Cricket last featured at the 1900 Paris
Olympics
What is the mascot for the hockey Women’s Asian
Champions Trophy 2023 ?
हॉिी मदहिर एदियरई चैंदपयंस टर ॉफी 2023 िर िुभंिर् क्यर है ?

• Jharkhand CM Shri Hemant Soren, unveiled

a) Juhi
the mascot for the hockey Women’s Asian
b) Rakhi Champions Trophy 2023 at the Project
Bhawan in Dhurva, Ranchi, Jharkhand
c) Roma • The mascot, named ‘Juhi’ is inspired by the
popular elephant at Betla National Park.
d) Jitu • The event also marked the launch of the
Trophy Tour for the tournament.
Option : A
Which team former captain Alastair Cook, announced
his retirement from international cricket ?
दिस टीम िे पूवा िप्तरन एदििर् िुि ने अंतर्र्रष्ट्रीय दक्रिेट से संन्यरस
िी घोर्णर िी ?

a) S. Africa • Former England captain Alastair Cook,

his country's record Test run scorer,
b) England announced his retirement from
professional cricket.
c) Australia • Cook was England Test captain from
2012 to 2017 and also captain for 69
d) New Zealand
one day internationals from 2010-14

Option : B
Who has become the first Indian batsman to hit 300
sixes in ODI cricket history?
वनडे दक्रिेट इदतहरस में 300 छक्के िगरने वरिे पहिे भरर्तीय बिेबरज
िौन बन गए हैं ?

a) Rohit Sharma • Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma

has become the first Indian batsman to hit
b) Hardik Pandya 300 sixes in ODI cricket history.
• Also become the 3rd batsman in the world
c) Virat Kohli to hit 300 sixes in the history of ODI
cricket.
d) MS Dhoni
• Former Pakistan batsman Shahid Afridi
tops this list with the maximum number of
Option : A 351 sixes in ODI cricket.
Which team is in the top spot in both Women
and Men category ?
मदहिर और् पुरुर् दोनों वगा में िौन सी टीम िीर्ा स्िरन पर् है ?

a) Hockey Haryana • The 1st Hockey India Sub Junior Men

and Women West Zone Championship
b) Hockey Madhya Pradesh 2023 concluded in Rajnandgaon,
Chhattisgarh
c) Hockey Rajasthan • Hockey MP has crowned Champions in
the Sub Junior Women’s category
d) Hockey Punjab
• Runner up - Chhattisgarh Hockey
• Third - Hockey Maharashtra
Option : B
Snow-skiing event is organised in which state/UT?
स्नो-स्कीइं ग िरयाक्रम दिस र्रज्य/िेंद्र िरदसत प्रदे ि में आयोदजत दियर
जरतर है?

a) Ladakh • Snow-skiing event – to promote

adventure tourism and winter sports
b) J&K in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar
district
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Uttarakhand

Option : B
In which country will the 4th Asian Para Games be
organized ?
चौिे एदियरई पैर्र खेिों िर आयोजन दिस दे ि में दियर जरएगर ?

a) China • The fourth Asian Para Games will be

organized in Hangzhou city of China
b) Japan from 22 to 28 October.

c) India • In the recently concluded Asian Games

2022, India had secured 4th place with
d) Indonesia
107 medals.
• Opening Ceremony – Harmanpreet
Option : A Singh & Lovlina Borgohain
• Closing Ceremony – PR Sreejesh
Which team created history by smashing the highest
over-T20 total by any Indian cricket team ?
दिस टीम ने दिसी भी भरर्तीय दक्रिेट टीम द्वरर्र टी-20 में सवरादधि
स्कोर् बनरिर् इदतहरस र्चर ?

a) Punjab • Punjab created history by smashing the

highest over-T20 total by any Indian
b) Saurashtra cricket team, 275/6 against Andhra
Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
c) Tamilnadu 2023
• Beating the previous record of 263 set by
d) Karnataka
IPL side RCB against Pune Warriors India
in 2013
Option : A
How many crores will India spend to
promote sports in the next 5 years ?
भरर्त अगिे 5 वर्ों में खेिों िो बढरवर दे ने िे दिए दितने
िर्ोड रुपये खचा िर्े गर ?

a) 1000 Crore • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has

said that the centre will spend 3,000
b) 3000 Crore crore rupees towards the promotion
of sports in the country in the next
c) 5000 Crore five years.
d) 10000 Crore

Option : B
World Cadet Chess Championship is going to held in
which country?
दवश्व िैडे ट ितर्ं ज चैख्यियनदिप दिस दे ि में आयोदजत होने जर र्ही है?

a) Israel • Amid Israel’s war on Hamas, the All

India Chess Federation withdrew the
b) India Indian team from the World Cadet
Chess Championship, 2023
c) Egypt • It will be held at Sharm el Sheikh in
Egypt from October 14 to October 23.
d) USA
• Egypt stands barely 613 km apart
from Israel, which is currently carrying
Option : C out air strikes on suspected Hamas
targets in Gaza
The 37th edition of the National Games,
scheduled for 2023 in which state ?
र्रष्ट्रीय खेिों िर 37वरं संस्कर्ण 2023 में दिस र्रज्य में
आयोदजत होने वरिर है ?

a) Gujarat • The 37th edition of the National

Games, scheduled for 2023, is set to
b) Goa take place in the picturesque state of
Goa.
c) Sikkim • 36th National Games – Gujarat
d) MP

Option : B
 Which city will host National Archery
Championship in November ?
नवंबर् में िौन सर िहर् र्रष्ट्रीय तीर्ं दरजी चैख्यियनदिप
िी मेजबरनी िर्े गर ?

a) Ayodhya • Senior National Archery

Championship – in Ayodhya from
b) Delhi November 25 to 30
• will be inaugurated by Chief Minister
c) Hyderabad Yogi Adityanath
d) Mumbai

Option : A
Who won U-19 Girls National Chess Championship?
अंडर्-19 गल्सा र्रष्ट्रीय ितर्ं ज चैख्यियनदिप दिसने जीती?

a) Shubhi Gupta • Shubhi Gupta won the U-19 Girls’

National Chess Championship 2023 in
b) Annu Rani Ahmedabad, Gujarat

c) Shilpi
d) Mona kri

Option : A
Which Indian player won the Abu Dhabi Masters
Badminton 2023 women's singles title ?
दिस भरर्तीय ख्यखिरडी ने अबू धरबी मरिसा बैडदमं टन 2023
मदहिर एिि िर ख्यखतरब जीतर ?

a) PV Sindhu • India's young badminton player

Unnati Hooda has won the Abu Dhabi
b) Ankita Raina Masters 2023 women's singles
badminton title.
c) Aditi Sinha • She defeated Samia Imad Farooqui in
the final.
d) Unnati Hooda

Option : D
Riyan Parag is related to which Sports ?
रर्यरन पर्रग िर संबंध दिस खेि से है ?

a) Football • Riyan Parag created history as he

became the only batter in the history
b) Cricket of T20 cricket to score six consecutive
half-centuries
c) Chess • The 21-year-old achieved the feat
during Assam's Syed Mushtaq Ali
d) Badminton
Trophy match against Kerala where he
slammed an unbeaten 57 to guide his
Option : B team to a narrow victory
Which country will host Women’s FIH Hockey
Olympic Qualifier?
िौन सर दे ि मदहिर FIH हॉिी ओिंदपि क्वरिीफरयर् िी मेजबरनी
िर्े गर?

a) China • The FIH moved the Women’s FIH

Hockey Olympic Qualifiers to Ranchi,
b) Pakistan India from Changzhou, China.
• From January 13 to January 19, 2024.
c) USA
d) India

Option : D
Who is the fastest athlete of the 37th National
Games?
37वें र्रष्ट्रीय खेिों िर सबसे तेज़ एििीट िौन है?

a) VK Elakkiyadasan • VK Elakkiyadasan of Tamil Nadu and

SS Sneha of Karnataka – fastest
b) SS Sneha athletes of the 37th National Games
• They won the men’s and women’s
c) Dutee Chand 100m gold medals
• Maharashtra became the first
d) Both a & b
contingent to cross the 100 medals
mark In the women’s category
Option : D
Who has been made the new head coach of the
Indian women's cricket team ?
भरर्तीय मदहिर दक्रिेट टीम िर नयर मुि िोच दिसे बनरयर गयर है ?

a) Gautam Gambhir • Domestic cricket legend Amol

Muzumdar has been named the new
b) Amol Mazumdar head coach of the Indian women's
cricket team by the Board of Control
c) Ajay Jadeja for Cricket in India (BCCI).
• Muzumdar has previously worked as
d) Nikhil Chopra
the batting coach for Rajasthan Royals
(RR) in the IPL
Option :
Which player has made the record of fastest century
in ODI World Cup history ?
वनडे दवश्व िप इदतहरस में सबसे तेज़ िति िर रर्िॉडा दिस ख्यखिरडी ने
बनरयर है ?

a) Rohit Sharma • Australia's Glenn Maxwell has scored

the fastest century in World Cup
b) Virat Kohli history.
• Maxwell completed his century
c) Quinton De Cock against Netherlands in just 40 balls.
• In this case, Maxwell broke the record
d) Glenn Maxwell
of South Africa's Aiden Markram who
had scored a century in 49 balls.
Option : D
Who won the gold medal in the men's high jump T63
event at the Asian Para Games 2022 ?
एदियरई पैर्र गेम्स 2022 में पुरुर्ों िी ऊंची िूद टी63 स्पधरा में स्वणा
पदि दिसने जीतर ?

a) M Thangavelu • Shailesh Kumar has won the gold

medal in the men's high jump T63
b) Shailesh Kumar event at the 4th Asian Para Games
2022 in Hangzhou, China.
c) Pawan Negi • Mariyappan Thangavelu won the silver
medal in the same event.
d) Ashish Kumar
• Nishad Kumar won the gold medal
with a record in the men's high jump
Option : B T47 event
Which Indian won the gold medal in men's discus
throw at the Asian Para Games ?
एदियरई पैर्र खेिों में पुरुर्ों िी दडस्कस थ्रो में दिस भरर्तीय ने स्वणा
पदि जीतर ?

a) Sumit Antil • India's Neeraj Yadav won the gold

medal in the men's discus throw of the
b) Atul Saxena Asian Para Games.
• PM Modi has congratulated him on his
c) Neeraj Yadav victory.
• India's Rakesh Bhaira won the bronze
d) Rakesh Bhaira
medal in the men's 1500 meters- T46
event.
Option : C
Who is the Indian flag bearer at the opening
ceremony at Hangzhou Asian Para Games 2022 ?
हरंग्जो एदियरई पैर्र गेम्स 2022 िे उद्घरटन समरर्ोह में भरर्तीय
ध्वजवरहि िौन है ?

a) Pramod Bhagat & Avani Lekhra

b) Sumit Antil & Suhas
c) Parul Parmar & Amit Saroha
d) Harmanpreet Singh & Lovlina

Option : C
Sheetal Devi is related to which sports ?
िीति दे वी िर संबंध दिस खेि से है ?

a) Chess • 16 Year Old armless archer Sheetal

Devi on became the first Indian
b) Shooting woman to win two gold medals in a
single edition of the Asian Para Games
c) Archery • Women’s Individual Compound – Gold
• Compound mixed team event – Gold
d) Badminton
• Women's doubles – Silver

Option : C
• From – Jammu Kashmir
 Asian Para Games 2022
• Host – Hangzhou, China (4th edition)
• Motto – Hearts Meet, Dreams Shine
• Mascot – Fei Fei (Character inspired by 'Divine Bird’)
• Occur Every Year – 4 Years
• Opening - 22 October 2023, Closing - 28 Oct 2023
• Torch lighter - Xu Jialin
• Country Participated – 43
• India Position – 5th
• India total medal – 111 Medals (29 gold, 31 silver and 51 bronze)
• Opening Flag Bearer – Parul Parmar (Badminton), Amit Saroha
(Discuss Throw & Club Throw)
Summit &
Conferences
Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 31st Meeting
of the Northern Zonal Council held in which city ?
िेंद्रीय गृह मंत्री अदमत िरह ने दिस िहर् में आयोदजत उत्तर्ी क्षेत्रीय परर्र्द
िी 31वी ं बैिि िी अध्यक्षतर िी है ?

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 31st

a) Chennai Meeting of Northern Zonal Council held in Amritsar.
• CM of Punjab, Haryana & Himachal Pradesh, Lt.
b) Amritsar Governors of Delhi, Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh,
Administrator of Chandigarh, Senior Ministers from
c) Bengaluru member States, Union Home Secretary, Secretary,
Inter-State Council Secretariat, Chief Secretaries
d) Hyderabad from the member States in the Northern Zone and
other senior officers from the States and UTs and
Central Ministries & Departments participated in the
Option : B meeting.
Bhartiya Bhasha Utsav and Technology Summit is
launched by whom?
भरर्तीय भरर्र उत्सव और् प्रौद्योदगिी दिखर् सम्मेिन दिसिे द्वरर्र िुरू
दियर गयर है?

a) PM Modi • Education Minister Dharmendra

Pradhan to launch Bharatiya Bhasha
b) Amit Shah Utsav and Technology and Bharatiya
Bhasha Summit in New Delhi.
c) Dharmendra Pradhan • Aim: technologically enriched future
for Bharatiya languages in education
d) Anurag Thakur

Option : C
Who has inaugurated International Research
Conference?
अंतर्राष्ट्रीय अनुसंधरन सम्मेिन िर उद्घरटन दिसने दियर है?

a) PM Modi • International Research Conference on Just

and Resilient Agri-Food Systems to be
b) S Jaishankar organized from 9th to 12th October in New
Delhi
c) Joe Biden • Host – Indian Council of Agricultural
Research and Consultative Group on
d) Draupadi Murmu
International Agri-Research Gender
Platform
Option : D • Title - “From Research to Impact- Towards
Just and Resilient Agri-food Systems”
Which country is hosting 2023 International
Conference on Climate Change?
िौन सर दे ि जिवरयु परर्वतान पर् 2023 अंतर्राष्ट्रीय सम्मेिन िी
मेजबरनी िर् र्हर है?

a) UAE • The UAE is chairing the 2023 International

Conference on Climate Change and Nuclear
b) India Energy
• The event is organised by the International
c) China Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
• The UAE will host COP28 from 30 Nov to 12
d) USA
Dec 2023 in Dubai Expo City.

Option : A
26th Energy Technology Meet held in which City ?
26वी ं ऊजरा प्रौद्योदगिी बैिि दिस िहर् में आयोदजत िी गई ?

a) Bengaluru • Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, the Hon’ble

Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas
b) Chennai and Housing and Urban Affairs
inaugurated the 26th Energy
c) New Delhi Technology Meet at Bharat
Mandapam, New Delhi.
d) Jaipur

Option : C
‘Women and Water’ Dialogue series held in which
city?
‘मदहिरएं और् जि’ संवरद श्रृंखिर दिस िहर् में आयोदजत िी गई?

a) Lucknow • The 5th event of the ‘Women and

Water Dialogue Series’ was organized
b) Delhi in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
• The ‘Women and Water Dialogue
c) Hisar Series’ is a program started during the
Ganga Utsav 2022 to highlight the
d) Prayagraj
pivotal role of women in the water
sector.
Option : D
6th Annual Technology Conference named Infinity
2023 held at which place?
इख्यिदनटी 2023 नरमि छिर वरदर्ाि प्रौद्योदगिी सम्मेिन दिस स्िरन
पर् आयोदजत दियर गयर?

a) Noida • 6th Annual Technology Conference –

Infinity 2023 was held in Noida.
b) Ghaziabad
c) Chennai
d) Bengaluru

Option : A
16th Agriculture Science Conference inaugurated by
whom?
16वें िृदर् दवज्ञरन सम्मेिन िर उद्घरटन दिसिे द्वरर्र दियर गयर?

a) Narendra Modi • 16th Agriculture Science Congress at

Kochi – Inaugurated by Shri
b) Purushottam Rupala Parshotam Rupala
• aim of the Congress: to generate
c) Amit Shah scientific discourse about
transforming India’s agri-food
d) None of the above
systems into sustainable enterprises to
facilitate its benefits for generations
Option : B to come
Where is the 141st IOC session being held in
Mumbai ?
मुंबई में 141वराँ IOC सत्र िहराँ आयोदजत दियर जर र्हर है ?

a) Rajiv Gandhi Stadium • The 141st IOC session is scheduled to

take place at the Jio World Centre in
b) Wankhede Stadium
Mumbai
c) Jio World Centre • International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• Formation – 23 June 1894
d) Chhatrapati Shivaji Stadium
• HQ - Lausanne, Switzerland
• Membership - 103 active members
• President - Thomas Bach (Germany)
Option : C
Which Union Minister launched IndiaSkills 2023-24 in
New Delhi ?
दिस िेंद्रीय मंत्री ने नई ददिी में इं दडयरख्यस्कल्स 2023-24 िॉन्च दियर ?

a) RK Singh • Union Minister of Education and Skill

Development and Entrepreneurship
b) Smriti Irani Dharmendra Pradhan launched
IndiaSkills 2023-24 in New Delhi, and
c) Anurag Thakur also honored the winners of World
Skills 2022.
d) Dharmendra Pradhan
• India has secured 11th position in the
global competition.
Option : D
Which country is hosting United Nations Forum in
Forests meet?
िौन सर दे ि वनों पर् संयुक्त र्रष्ट्र फोर्म िी मेजबरनी िर् र्हर है?

a) USA • The Ministry of Environment, Forest and

Climate Change is organising the meet as
b) China part of the United Nations Forum on
Forests at the Forest Research Institute
c) Venezuela (FRI), Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
• Agenda - implementation of Sustainable
d) India
Forest Management, Forest Fire mitigation
and Forest Certification.
Option : d
Who inaugurated the 7th Edition of the India
Mobile Congress 2023 ?
इं दडयर मोबरइि िरंग्रेस 2023 िे 7वें संस्कर्ण िर उद्घरटन
दिसने दियर ?

a) Amit Shah • PM Narendra Modi inaugurated

the 7th Edition of the India Mobile
b) Narendra Modi Congress at Bharat Mandapam,
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
c) Anurag Thakur
d) Nirmala Sitharaman

Option : B
Where was the 16th Urban Mobility India
Conference and Exhibition 2023 held in ?
16वरं िहर्ी गदतिीितर भरर्त सम्मेिन और् प्रदिानी 2023
िहराँ आयोदजत हुआ ?

a) Pune • In New Delhi, Union Housing and

Urban Affairs Minister, Hardeep Singh
b) Mumbai Puri, inaugurated the 16th Urban
Mobility India Conference and
c) Bengaluru Exhibition 2023.
• Theme, “Integrated and Resilient
d) New Delhi
Urban Transport”.

Option : D
Thünen Institute with which Indian institute
organized a workshop on Food loss and waste?
िुनेन इं िीट्यूट ने दिस भरर्तीय संस्िरन िे सरि दमििर् खरद्य हरदन
और् बबरादी पर् एि िरयािरिर िर आयोजन दियर?

a) ICAR • The Indian Council of Agriculture

Research in collaboration with the
b) ICMR Thünen Institute, Germany is organizing
an International Workshop on Food Loss
c) FAO and Waste Prevention
• At National Agricultural Science Centre
d) None
Complex, New Delhi
• Inaugurated by Union Minister of State
Option : A for Agriculture& Farmers’Welfare
Imp
Appointment
Who has been nominated as the Ambassador for
‘War Against Waste’ in Jammu & Kashmir?
जम्मू और् िश्मीर् में ‘वॉर् अगेंि वेि’ िे दिए र्रजदूत िे रूप में दिसे
नरदमत दियर गयर है?

a) Sachin Tendulkar • Directorate of Rural Sanitation,

Jammu and Kashmir, has announced
b) Vidya Balan the nomination of country’s highest
gallantry awardee, the Param Vir
c) Captain Bana Singh Chakra recipient, Captain Bana Singh
as Ambassador for ‘War Against
d) Viswanathan Anand
Waste’ in Jammu & Kashmir.

Option : C
Who is the Current chairman of CBDT ?
सीबीडीटी िे वतामरन अध्यक्ष िौन हैं ?

• Govt extends CBDT Chairman Nitin

a) Dinesh Dasa Gupta's tenure till June 2024
• Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
b) Nitin Gupta
• It is a statutory authority that functions
c) Ravi Sinha under the Central Board of Revenue
Act, 1963.
d) Shaktikanta Das • It is a part of the Department of Revenue
in the Ministry of Finance.
• It provides inputs for policy and planning
Option : B of direct taxes in India
Who has become the brand ambassador
of Hisense?
Hisense िर ब्ररंड एं बेसडर् िौन बन गयर है?

a) Dhoni • Hisense, the global leader in consumer

electronics and home appliances
b) Virat Kohli • Brand Ambassador – Ravindra Jadeja
• He is the company’s first ambassador
c) Ayushman Khurana in the Indian market
d) Ravindra Jadeja

Option : D
Which country is the president of Asia Pacific
Institute of Broadcasting Development?
एदियर पैदसदफि इं िीट्यूट ऑफ ब्रॉडिरख्यिंग डे विपमेंट िर अध्यक्ष
िौन सर दे ि है?

• India has been elected as President of AIBD GC

a) USA
for the 3rd successive term to lead the
b) India prestigious international organisation.
• Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting
c) China Development established in 1977
• It is a unique regional inter-governmental
d) Britain organisation, currently has 92 member
organisations from across 44 countries,
including 26 Government Members
Option : B
represented by 48 broadcasting authorities
Who has been elected as the newly elected Prime
Minister of New Zealand ?
न्यूजीिैंड िे नवदनवरादचत प्रधरन मंत्री िे रूप में दिसे चुनर गयर है ?

a) Christopher Luxon • New Zealand new PM -Christopher Luxon

• Christopher Luxon will be the 42nd Prime
b) Henry Clarke Minister of New Zealand.
• Replaced - Chris Hopkins
c) Jacinda Ardern • Imp Fact - The Plain Language Act was
passed by the New Zealand Govt recently.
d) Chris Hipkins The act requires government officials to
use simple and easily understandable
Option : A English language in official documents
and websites (Asked in BPSC 2023)
Who has been appointed as the new
Governor of Odisha ?
ओदडिर िर नयर र्रज्यपरि दिसे दनयुक्त दियर गयर है ?

a) Naveen Patnaik • President Draupadi Murmu has

appointed former Jharkhand Chief
b) Ganeshi Lal Minister Raghubar Das as the new
Governor of Odisha.
c) Raghuvar Das • Raghubar Das served as the 1st non-
tribal CM of Jharkhand from 2014 to
d) Nitish Kumar
2019
• Replaced – Ganeshi Lal
Option : C • Naveen Patnaik – 2nd longest Serving
CM of India
Who has been appointed as the new
Governor of Tripura ?
दत्रपुर्र िर नयर र्रज्यपरि दिसे दनयुक्त दियर गयर है ?

a) Raghuvar Das • Indra Sena Reddy Nallu has been

appointed as the new Governor of
b) Pramod Sawant Tripura.
• Whereas Indra Sena is the leader of
c) Indra Sen Reddy BJP from Telangana.
• Replaced – Satyadev Narayan Arya
d) Satyadev Narayan
• Tripura CM – Manik Saha

Option : C
Who has been appointed as the 7th CJ of Manipur
High Court?
मदणपुर् उच्च न्यरयरिय िे 7वें मुि न्यरयरधीि िे रूप में दिसे दनयुक्त
दियर गयर है?

a) Siddharth Mridul • The Governor Sushri Anusuiya Uikey

administered the oath of office to
b) Abhinav Ghosh Justice Siddharth Mridul in the
swearing-in ceremony held at the
c) Siddhartha Kr Darbar Hall of Raj Bhavan in Imphal.
d) Rajat Singh

Option : A
Who will be the next Secretary General of
the BIMSTEC ?
दबम्सटे ि िर अगिर महरसदचव िौन होगर ?

• Shri Indra Mani Pandey will be the

a) Indra Mani Pandey next Secretary General of the BIMSTEC
b) Antonio Guterres • This is the first time that an Indian will
hold the position of the Secretary-
c) Shalini Sharma General of BIMSTEC.
• He is is presently the
d) Harshvardhan Ambassador/Permanent
Representative of India to the United
Nations and other International
Option : A
Organisations in Geneva.
Who has been appointed as the global brand
ambassador by Swiss watch manufacturer 'Rado’ ?
ख्यस्वस घडी दनमरातर 'र्रडो' ने दिसे वैदश्वि ब्ररंड एं बेसडर् दनयुक्त दियर ?

a) Deepika • Luxury Swiss watch brand, Rado, a

brand known for its excellence in
b) Rohit Sharma watchmaking has welcomed none
other than Bollywood
c) Virat Kohli sensation Katrina Kaif as its Global
Brand Ambassador.
d) Katrina Kaif

Option : D
Who has been appointed by SBI as its
new brand ambassador ?
भरर्तीय िे ट बैंि ने दिसे अपनर नयर ब्ररं ड एं बेसडर्
दनयुक्त दियर है ?

a) Virat Kohli • State Bank of India (SBI) has

appointed cricket legend Mahendra
b) Mirabai Chanu Singh Dhoni as the official brand
ambassador of the bank
c) Neeraj Chopra • About SBI
• Founded – 1 July 1955
d) MS Dhoni
• HQ – Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Chairman – Dinesh Khara
Option : D • Formerly Known as – Imperial Bank of
India
 Recent Appointments

• Dinesh Dasa – New member of UPSC

• K.N. Shanth Kumar – New Chairman of Press Trust of India Board
• Advisor to PM Modi – Amit Khare (reappointment)
• CEO of Penguin Random House – Nihar Malviya (replace Marcus Dohle)
• Chairman of Digital Infrastructure Providers Association (DIPA) –
Dhananjay Joshi (replace Akhil Gupta)
• Vice Chairman of Digital Infrastructure Providers Association (DIPA) –
Sandeep Girotra
• 1st Woman Army Surgeon in Para Commando – Payal Chhabra
 Ranking &
Index
Which institution released a report titled ‘India
Ageing Report 2023’?
दिस संस्िर ने 'इं दडयर एदजंग रर्पोटा 2023' नरमि रर्पोटा जरर्ी िी ?

a) NSO • UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund)

India, in collaboration with the International
b) UNFPA Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS),
unveiled the highly anticipated "India
c) World Bank Ageing Report 2023.”
• It revealed that India's elderly population
d) NITI Aayog
could constitute over 20% of the country's
total population by the year 2050.
Option :
What is the rank of India in Global Hunger
Index 2023 ?
ग्लोबि हंगर् इं डेक्स 2023 में भरर्त िर िौन सर स्िरन है ?

a) 107 • Global Hunger Index-2023

• India’s rank – 111th out of 125 (107th in
b) 111 2022)
• In India – the highest child wasting
c) 120 rate in world at 18.7%
• India’s neighbouring countries
d) 105
Pakistan (102th), Bangladesh (81st),
Nepal (69th) and Sri Lanka (60th) have
Option : B fared better than it in the index.
Which Indian company is in the “World’s Best
Employers 2023” Forbes list?
िौन सी भरर्तीय िंपनी “दवश्व िे सवाश्रेष्ठ दनयोक्तर 2023” फोर्ब्ा सूची
में है?

a) NTPC Ltd • NTPC Limited, India’s largest energy

conglomerate, has been recognized as
b) Reliance one of the “World’s Best Employers
2023” by Forbes.
c) Tata • NTPC ranked 261st out of the top 700
companies in the world, making it the
d) HPCL
only Indian PSU on the list.

Option : A
Who is the richest person in India according
to Hurun India Rich List 2023 ?
हुरुन इं दडयर रर्च दिि 2023 िे अनुसरर् भरर्त िे सबसे
अमीर् व्यख्यक्त िौन है ?

a) Gautam Adani • Billionaire Mukesh Ambani reclaimed

the top position on the Hurun India
b) Mukesh Ambani Rich List 2023, surpassing Adani
Group Chairman Gautam Adani.
c) Cyrus Poonawala • Top 5 Richest Indians
1. Mukesh Ambani
d) Shiv Nadar
2. Gautam Adani
3. Cyrus Poonawala
Option : B 4. Shiv Nadar
5. Gopichand Hinduja
According to LFSR 2022-23, Female labour force
participation rate in India is improved by ___?
एिएफएसआर् 2022-23 िे अनुसरर्, भरर्त में मदहिर श्रम बि
भरगीदरर्ी दर् में ___ सुधरर् हुआ है?

a) 37% • The Female Labour Force Participation

Rate in the country has improved
b) 50% significantly by 4.2% to 37% this year.
• Released by the Statistics and
c) 15% Programme Implementation Ministry
in its Periodic Labour Force Survey
d) 42%
Report 2022-23

Option : A
Who conducted the Global survey on Persons
with disabilities ?
दवििरंग व्यख्यक्तयों पर् वैदश्वि सवेक्षण दिसने आयोदजत दियर ?

• The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

a) UNFPA
(UNDRR) conducted the 2023 Global Survey on
b) UNDRR Persons with Disabilities and Disasters,
following up on the 2013 survey.
c) UNDP • The report was released ahead of International
Day for DRR (October 13).
d) UNEP • Its theme “Fighting inequality for a resilient
future” is aligned with the Sendai Framework.
• Sendai Framework for DRR 2015-2030
Option : B
recognizes PwD.
What is India's rank in Global Pension
Index 2023 ?
ग्लोबि पेंिन इं डेक्स 2023 में भरर्त िी र्ैं ि क्यर है ?

a) 40th • Global Pension Index 2023

• India slipped to 45th position out of 47
b) 41st countries
• 2022 – 41/44 countries
c) 45th • 2021 – 40/43 countries
• Top 3 Countries
d) 47th 1. Netherlands
2. Iceland
Option : C 3. Denmark
• Released by the Mercer and CFA Institute
MoU &
Agreement
Recently, IRCTC has partnered with which platform to improve railway
passengers’ dining experience by offering more food choices via IRCTC’s E-
Catering segment?
हरि ही में , आईआर्सीटीसी ने आईआर्सीटीसी िे ई-िैटरर्ं ग सेगमेंट िे मरध्यम से
अदधि भोजन दविल्ों िी पेििि िर्िे र्े ि यरदत्रयों िे भोजन अनुभव िो बेहतर्
बनरने िे दिए दिस प्ले टफॉमा िे सरि सरझे दरर्ी िी है ?

a) Swiggy
b) Onfleet
c) Uber Eats
d) Zomato

Option : D
Who has Zomato partnered with to provide
maternity insurance coverage for its women delivery
partners?
ज़ोमैटो ने अपने मदहिर दडिीवर्ी भरगीदरर्ों िे दिए मरतृत्व बीमर िवर्े ज
प्रदरन िर्ने िे दिए दिसिे सरि सरझेदरर्ी िी है?
a) Swiggy • Zomato has partnered with ACKO, a
tech-first insurer, to offer maternity
b) Ola insurance coverage to its women
delivery partners
c) Uber Eats
d) ACKO

Option : D
India and which country signed Social
Security Agreement?
भरर्त और् दिस दे ि ने सरमरदजि सुर्क्षर समझौते पर्
हस्तरक्षर् दिये?

a) Croatia • India and Argentina signed a Social

Security Agreement (SSA).
b) Maldives • The SSA applies to legislation in India
concerning old age, survivor’s pension
c) Australia and permanent, total disability
pension for employed persons as well
d) Argentina
as to legislation in Argentina
concerning contributory benefits of
Option : D the Social Security System
India signed MoU with which country to collaborate
in space and AI ?
भरर्त ने अंतरर्क्ष और् AI में सहयोग िे दिए दिस दे ि िे सरि समझौतर
ज्ञरपन पर् हस्तरक्षर् दिए?

a) USA • India and the UAE - signed an MoU to

strengthen and develop industries, with
b) UAE special emphasis on technology
transfer, artificial intelligence, and space
c) Russia technology
• Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal
d) Israel attended the meeting in Abu Dhabi

Option : B
India signed MoU with which country for Rupay-
Based payment card scheme?
भरर्त ने रुपे-आधररर्त भुगतरन िरडा योजनर िे दिए दिस दे ि िे सरि
समझौतर ज्ञरपन पर् हस्तरक्षर् दिए?

a) USA • The leaders signed a strategic

partnership agreement between
b) Israel National Payments Corporation of
India and Al Etihad Payments
c) Russia
d) UAE

Option : D
India and which country signed MoU in Green
Hydrogen?
भरर्त और् दिस दे ि ने ग्रीन हरइडरोजन में समझौतर ज्ञरपन पर्
हस्तरक्षर् दिए?

a) Australia • India and Saudi Arabia signed an MoU

in Electrical Interconnections,
b) UAE Green/Clean Hydrogen, and Supply
Chains.
c) Saudi Arabia • India is taking significant steps to
reduce the emission intensity of its
d) USA
GDP by 45% by 2030 and achieve Net
Zero by 2070.
Option : C
India and which country signed MoU for defence
cooperation?
भरर्त और् दिस दे ि ने र्क्षर सहयोग िे दिए समझौतर ज्ञरपन पर्
हस्तरक्षर् दिए?

a) Tanzania • India and Tanzania signed multiple MoUs to

enhance cooperation in various sectors.
b) UAE • The MoUs covered digital transformation,
maritime sector, sports, and cultural exchange.
c) Israel • The Sports Authority of India and Tanzania signed
an MoU on cooperation in the field of sports.
d) Russia
• Cochin Shipyard Ltd. And Marine Services Co. Ltd
signed an MoU on Cooperation in the Maritime
Option : A Industry.
 Imp MoUs
• India And S Arabia Sign Agreement On Cooperation In Energy Sector
• NABARD & UNDP India Join Forces For Data-Driven Agricultural Innovation
• Govt Partners With Meta For ‘Education To Entrepreneurship’ To Skill
500,000 Entrepreneurs
• NITI Aayog & UNDP Collaborate To Accelerate SDGs In India
• India, New Zealand Sign MoU To Enhance Cooperation In Civil Aviation
• India, Panama Sign MoU On Electoral Cooperation
• India And Singapore Extend MoU On Cooperation For 5 Years
• India & ADB Signed $200 Mn Loan Deal To Enhance Urban Services In
Rajasthan
Defence CA
Who recently inaugurated India’s first Vertical Wind
Tunnel (VWT) for military training in Himachal
Pradesh?
हरि ही में दहमरचि प्रदे ि में सैन्य प्रदिक्षण िे दिए भरर्त िी पहिी
वदटा िि दवंड टनि (VWT) िर उद्घरटन दिसने दियर?
a) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
b) President Ram Nath Kovind
c) Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande
d) Defense Minister Rajnath Singh

Option : C
‘Bharat Drone Shakti exhibition 2023’ was
inaugurated in which state/UT ?
'भरर्त डरोन िख्यक्त प्रदिानी 2023' िर उद्घरटन दिस
र्रज्य/िेंद्र िरदसत प्रदे ि में दियर गयर ?

a) Assam • Bharat Drone Shakti exhibition 2023

was inaugurated recently by Defence
b) Punjab Minister Rajnath Singh at the Hindan
Air Base in Uttar Pradesh.
c) Gujarat • It has been jointly organised by Indian
Air Force (IAF) and Drone Federation
d) Uttar Pradesh
of India (DFI).

Option : D
Sampriti exercise is conducted between which
two countries ?
संप्रीदत अभ्यरस दिन दो दे िों िे बीच आयोदजत दियर जरतर है ?

a) Nepal & India • SAMPRITI Exercise 2023

• Held b/w - India and Bangladesh
b) India & Sri Lanka • Edition - 11th
c) India & Maldives • Place - Umroi, Meghalaya.
• First edition - 2009
d) India & Bangladesh

Option : D
Exercise’Chakravat 2023 is being hosted at which
place?
अभ्यरस ‘चक्रवत 2023’ दिस स्िरन पर् आयोदजत दियर जर र्हर है?

• The Annual Joint HADR Exercise –

a) Vishakhapatnam outcome of Combined Commanders’
Conference-2015
b) Goa
• Conducted by Indian Army, Indian Navy
c) Gujarat and Indian Air Force in rotation since 2016
• The last edition of the exercise was
d) Maldives conducted at Agra by IAF
• The 2023 edition of the exercise is being
hosted by the Indian Navy at Goa from 09
Option : B to 11 Oct 23
India-UK 2 plus 2 defence dialogue held in which
city?
भरर्त-दब्रटे न 2 प्लस 2 र्क्षर वरतरा दिस िहर् में आयोदजत हुई?

a) Mumbai • The 2 plus 2 dialogue is a mechanism

to discuss and review all aspects of the
b) Delhi India-UK Comprehensive Strategic
Partnership.
c) Birmingham
d) London

Option : B
Which Country recently tested new laser-based ‘Iron
Beam’ missile defence system ?
हरि ही में दिस दे ि ने नई िेजर्-आधररर्त 'आयर्न बीम' दमसरइि र्क्षर
प्रणरिी िर पर्ीक्षण दियर ?

a) Palestine • Israel recently tested its new laser-

based ‘Iron Beam’ missile defence
b) Israel system.
• The system is designed to destroy
c) Russia short-range rockets, artillery, and
mortar bombs.
d) North Korea
• The system could also intercept
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Option : B • Range of up to 7 km.
Who has recently launched Project Udbhav ?
हरि ही में दिसिे द्वरर्र प्रोजेक्ट उद्धव िॉन्च दियर गयर है ?

• The Indian Army recently launched ‘Project

a) IRCTC Udbhav‘ with the aim of rediscovering the
profound Indian heritage of statecraft and
b) Indian Army strategic thoughts derived from ancient Indian
c) ISRO texts.
• “Project Udbhav, initiated by the military, aims to
d) DRDO tap into ancient Indian treatises such as
Chanakya’s Arthashastra, Kamandaka’s Nitisara,
and the Thirukkural by the Tamil poet-saint
Option : B Thiruvalluvar to glean insights on statecraft,
strategy, diplomacy, and warfare
What is the name of third class Guided Stealth
Destroyer of Indian Navy?
भरर्तीय नौसेनर िे तृतीय श्रेणी गरइडे ड िील्थ दडिर ॉयर् िर क्यर नरम
है?

a) INS Imphal • INS IMPHAL is the third Class Guided

Stealth Destroyer of Project 15B, also
b) INS Tarkash known as Yard 12706 (IMPHAL).
• Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
c) INS sahaydri (MDL) has manufactured it.
• The ship is constructed using Indigenous
d) INS Arjun
Steel DMR 249A and is amongst the
largest Destroyers constructed in India,
Option : A with an overall length of 164 meters and
a displacement of over 7500 Tons.
Indigenously built rocket Vikram-1 is developed by
which company?
स्वदे ि दनदमात र्ॉिेट दवक्रम-1 दिस िंपनी द्वरर्र दविदसत दियर गयर है?

• Space start-up Skyroot Aerospace

a) Skyroot unveiled its indigenously built Vikram-
b) ESA 1 rocket.
• Planned to be launched in early 2024,
c) NASA Vikram-I will be Skyroot’s second
rocket, after the successful launch of
d) ISRO the Vikram-S rocket.
• Vikram-1 is a multi-stage launch
vehicle with a capacity to place around
Option : A 300 kg payloads in Low Earth Orbit.
What is the name of indigenous advanced radar of
Indian Air Force?
भरर्तीय वरयु सेनर िे स्वदे िी उन्नत र्डरर् िर क्यर नरम है?

a) Virupaaksha • Virupaaksha is one of the names of

the God Mahadev, worshipped by
b) Agni Hindus living across the world.

c) Rudra
d) Megha

Option : A
EU and India conducted joint Maritime exercise at
which place?
यूर्ोपीय संघ और् भरर्त ने दिस स्िरन पर् संयुक्त समुद्री अभ्यरस
आयोदजत दियर?

a) Gulf of Mannar • 3rd EU-India Maritime Security

Dialogue held on 5 Oct in Brussels
b) Gulf of Guinea • Indian Navy’s INS Sumedha, an
Offshore Patrol Vessel, participated
c) Bay of Bengal
d) None of the above

Option : B
Chanakya Defence dialogue is conducted by Indian
Army at which place?
भरर्तीय सेनर द्वरर्र चरणक्य र्क्षर संवरद िर आयोजन दिस स्िरन पर्
दियर जरतर है?

a) New Delhi • Presided by – General Manoj Pande,

Chief of the Army Staff
b) Mumbai • ‘Chanakya Defence Dialogue 2023’ is
being organised by the Indian Army in
c) Kochi partnership with Centre for Land
Warfare Studies (CLAWS).
d) Kashmir

Option : A
KAZIND exercise is going to held between India and
which country?
िरदज़ंद अभ्यरस भरर्त और् दिस दे ि िे बीच आयोदजत होने जर र्हर है?

a) Kyrgyzstan • 7th edition of the Joint Military

Exercise KAZIND-2023
b) Kazakhstan • Combined contingent of Indian Army
and Indian Air Force, consisting of 120
c) Afghanistan personnel, are participating
• Held in – Kazakhstan
d) Turkmenistan

Option : B
Space CA
Project Kuiper to provide fast, affordable broadband
internet service belongs to which company?
तेज़, दिफरयती ब्रॉडबैंड इं टर्नेट सेवर प्रदरन िर्ने वरिर प्रोजेक्ट िुइपर्
दिस िंपनी िर है?

a) SpaceX • Project Kuiper is a subsidiary of

Amazon that was established in 2019.
b) Amazon • The goal is to provide fast, affordable
broadband to underserved
c) BlueOrigin communities.
d) Google

Option : B
India to build Bhartiya Space Station by Which Year ?
भरर्त दिस वर्ा ति भरर्तीय अंतरर्क्ष िे िन िर दनमराण िर्े गर ?

a) 2030 • PM Narendra Modi directed the ISRO

to aim for setting up “Bharatiya
b) 2032 Antriksha Station", or an Indian space
station, by 2035
c) 2035 • seek to land the first Indian on the
moon by 2040.
d) 2040
• Department of Space – Narendra Modi

Option : C
Which space agency launched a spacecraft named
‘Psyche’?
दिस अंतरर्क्ष एजेंसी ने ‘सरइिी’ नरमि अंतरर्क्ष यरन िॉन्च दियर?

a) NASA • NASA has launched a spacecraft called

‘Psyche’ on a six-year mission to study
b) ISRO a unique metal-rich asteroid also
named ‘Psyche.
c) JAXA • This asteroid orbits the Sun between
Mars and Jupiter.
d) ESA
• The primary goal of the Psyche
mission is to explore the iron core, a
Option : A previously unexplored aspect of
planet formation
Obituaries
Recently MS Gill Passed Away, Who was Former ?
हरि ही में एमएस दगि िर दनधन हो गयर, पूवा िौन िे ?

a) CAG • Former Chief Election Commissioner

(CEC) Manohar Singh Gill passed away
b) Attorney General • He assumed the role of Chief Election
Commissioner in Dec 1996 and held it
c) Chief Election until June 2001.
• Moreover, he became the first former
Commisioner
CEC to join politics when he entered
the Rajya Sabha as a member of the
Option : C Congress party
Bishan Singh Bedi has passed away, he was
associated with which sports ?
दबिन दसंह बेदी िर दनधन हो गयर है , वह दिस खेि से जुडे िे ?

• Former Indian cricket team captain

a) Football Bishan Singh Bedi passed away after a
b) Hockey long illness. He was 77 years old.
• Bedi became the first professional
c) Cricket head coach of the Indian national
team in 1990.
d) Badminton • He was awarded the Padma
Shri award in 1970
• C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement
Option : C
Award in 2004
Politician 'Li Keqiang' has passed away, he was the
former Prime Minister of which country ?
र्रजनेतर 'िी िेदियरंग' िर दनधन हो गयर है , वह दिस दे ि िे पूवा प्रधरन
मंत्री िे ?

a) Japan • Li Keqiang, former PM of China, died

at the age of 68.
b) China • Keqiang served as the PM of China
from 2013 to 2023.
c) Russia • He was the leader of the ruling
Communist Party of China
d) Canada
• Current PM of China – Li Qiang

Option : B
 23 Oct 2023 CA
• Rajnath Singh launches army's project "Udbhav

• The Indian govt has given the green light for the export of 1.34
million tonnes of Non-Basmati White Rice to seven countries. This
export approval has been issued by the Directorate General of
Foreign Trade (DGFT).

• In a significant development for the Indian Railway Catering and

Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), Sanjay Kumar Jain, has been
appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD).
 23 Oct 2023 CA
• Joint bilateral training Exercise Harimau Shakti 2023, between Indian &
Malaysian Army commenced in Umroi Cantonment, India.

• Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food &

Public Distribution, and Textiles, Sh. Piyush Goyal will be attending the
7th Edition of Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Theme for the 7th Edition of FII is “The New Compass”

• India is set to host the upcoming Bharat Tex 2024 Expo, scheduled to take
place from February 26-29, next year.
 23 Oct 2023 CA
• US Imposes Sanctions on 3 Chinese Firms for Alleged Missile Component
Supply to Pakistan

• CJI Chandrachud Honored With “Award For Global Leadership” By

Harvard Law School

• Mohammad Shami became the first Indian bowler to pick two five-
wicket hauls in ICC ODI World Cups. He is now the ninth bowler overall
to take two fifers in ODI World Cups.

• Shubman Gill becomes fastest batter to score 2000 runs in ODIs

 Imp One Liners

• What is the rank of India in the medal tally at the Asian Para Games
2023 – 5th (With Total 111 Medals)
• New PM of Slovakia – Robert Fico
• India and European Union (EU) conducted their first joint naval
exercise in the Gulf of Guinea. Which of the following Indian ships
participated in the exercise – INS Sumedha
• Report titled “The Impact of Disaster on Agriculture And Food
Security” Released by - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• “Bharat Tex 2024”, the world’s largest Textile event will be held in
which City - New Delhi
 Imp One Liners
• Country test fired the Shafak air-launched missile during the Ektedar
1402 exercise – Iran
• Which country has successfully conducted a training launch of the
Ghauri Weapon System – Pakistan
• Which country has launched its flight mission Shenzhou 17 (“Divine
Vessel”) – China
• UN Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the creation of
a new AI Advisory Body. It will have total how many members – 39
• Joint air exercise “Vigilant Defense 24” was held between which of the
following countries - USA, South Korea and Australia
 Imp One Liners

• Authors of the new book ‘The Lords of the Wankhede - Tales

Between Two Titles’ - W.V. Raman and R. Kaushik
• Recently, who has won the Qatar Masters Open 2023 title -
Nodirbek Abdusattoro
• Recently, which of the following companies has unveiled its large
language mode (LLM) called “Tongyi Qianwen” – Alibaba
• Recently, two Indian origin scientists, Ashok Gadgil and Subra
Suresh, were awarded the National Medal of Technology and
Innovation and the National Medal of Science, respectively, by
which of the following countries - United Kingdom (UK)
 Imp One Liners

• Author of the new book “The Reverse Swing: Colonialism to

Cooperation” - Ashok Kr Tandon
• First state in India to have hallmarking centres in all of its districts –
Kerala
• India’s first solar roof cycling track “Healthway” has been inaugurated in
which city – Hyderabad
• Which state govt has established the Urban Road Infrastructure
Development Agency (URIDA) for implementing CM Grids Scheme
(Urban) – UP
• Which state has launched the “iStart Talent Connect Portal” – Rajasthan
 Imp One Liners

• According to the recently released first Advance Estimates of

production of major Kharif crops for 2023-24, what will be the total
foodgrains production - 1485.69 Lakh Metric Tonnes
• Recently, who has announced the launch of its first-ever Data
Dashboard on Land Degradation and Desertification - UN
Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
• Recently, which organization has released the “Global Tax Evasion
Report 2024”- European Union Tax Observatory
• Recently, PM Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Nilwande dam in
Ahmednagar district of which of the following states - Maharashtra
 Imp One Liners

• International Migration Outlook 2023 was released by which organization

- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
• Recently, Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – UDAN has completed 6
years. The first RCS-UDAN flight connected which cities - Delhi – Shimla
• Which state has launched the Nanda Gaura Yojana Portal – Uttarakhand
• Which state govt has announced that the beneficiaries under the Ujjwala
scheme will get a cooking gas cylinder free of cost as a “Diwali gift” – UP
• Recently, which country has become the 2nd Quad partner after the US to
sign an agreement with India for the joint development of the
semiconductor ecosystem - Japan
 Imp One Liners

• Recently, which military station has bagged the ‘Best Green Military
Station’ award - Udhampur Military Station
• Recently, which district has become the first district in India to officially
designate its own tree, flower, bird and species – Kasaragod (Kerala)
• Punjab Cricket Association’s new stadium is being built in Mullanpur,
Mohali, Punjab. This stadium is named after - Maharaja Yadavindra Singh
• WHO, which country has eliminated lymphatic filariasis – Laos
• UK and which State have collaborated on a smart technology project for
sustainable water, waste, and resource management – Tamilnadu
 Imp One Liners
• Who become the third Indian player to beat the world's number one
player, Magnus Carlsen in classical chess - Karthikeyan Murali
• ‘RAPIDX’, India’s first semi-high-speed regional rail service. It has been
renamed as - Namo Bharat
• Kerala’s first building built using 3D printing technology has been
inaugurated. What is the name of this building – Amaze 28
• Recently, under which operation, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has
successfully rescued nearly a thousand live baby Gangetic turtles -
Operation Kachchhap
• Recently, Election Commission has prepared the Schedule for holding
General Election to the Legislative Assembly of how many states - 5