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2. How many All India Financial Institutions (AIFIs) are there in India? - 5
3. When is the Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare observed? - 30 November
4. After being retained by Gujarat Titans, which IPL player made a move to Mumbai Indians? – Hardik Pandya
5. Who has recently been made the captain of all three formats of the South African women's cricket team? -
Laura Wolvaardt
9. What is the maximum deposit limit for Senior Citizen Savings Scheme? - ₹30 lakh
10. Who is the president-designate of the 28th Conference of Parties (COP-28)? - Sultan Al Jaber
11. How many firms have been approved under the PLI Scheme – 2.0 for IT hardware? - 27
12. SBI holds how much stakes in SBI General Insurance? - 70%
13. Geert Wilders recently won parliament elections in which country? - Netherlands
14. Who is leading Indian Men’s team in 5 match T20 International series against Australia? – Suryakumar
Yadav
15. SBI holds how much stakes in Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank and Kaveri Grameena Bank each? –
35%
16. What is the name of world’s first vaccine for chikungunya, approved by the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) in the US and developed by Valneva? - Ixchiq
18. SBI holds how much stakes in Yes Bank and Jio Payments bank? – 26.14% and 23%
19. The central government currently offers how many small savings schemes? - 09
20. What was the total number of bills passed by both the Houses of Parliament during the Monsoon Session,
2023? - 23
21. Who unveiled the statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, standing at over 7 feet tall, within the Supreme Court
premises on Constitution Day? - President Droupadi Murmu
24. What is the name of the factory responsible for the Bhopal tragedy of 1984? - Union Carbide Corporation
25. At present, the Lok Sabha elections coincide with Assembly elections for which State? – Andhra Pradesh,
Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, and Sikkim
26. V.K. Pandian, the closest aide of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, formally joined which political party?
- BJD
29. Who received NASA IMPACT Planet Award 2023? - Dr Sujit Roy, Co-founder, BrainAlive
30. Which airline has become world's first airline to adopt AI virtual agent 'Maharaja’? - Air India
31. Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh released ‘ADVIKA’, which is a new variety of which legume? - Chickpea
32. The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of Fast Track Special Court (FTSCs) as, a Centrally
Sponsored Scheme (CSS) from 01.04.2023 to ____ with financial implication of Rs. 1952.23 crore - 31.03.
2026
34. Who has become India’s 84th Chess Grandmaster? - Vaishali Rameshbabu
36. Who is the new Chief Secretary of Jammu & Kashmir? - Atal Dulloo
37. Which Indian actress was honoured with 'Special Recognition for Contribution to Bharatiya Cinema' award
at the 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)? - Madhuri Dixit
39. Which agency released ‘Approval Process Handbook for Academic Year 2024-2027’? - AICTE
40. Which country has become the first South Asian country to officially register same-sex marriage? - Nepal
41. Which scheme was launched on 24th April 2022, with an objective to conserve water for the future? - AMRIT
SAROVAR
42. As per India Ageing Report 2023, India's elderly population is growing rapidly, with a decadal growth rate of
___% - 41%
43. In which year was the ethics committee constituted? – 1997 (Rajya Sabha), 2000 (Lok Sabha)
44. Which country will host Euro 2024 football tournament? - Germany
46. Zoram People's Movement (ZPM), led by Lalduhoma, an ex-IPS officer was in charge of the security of which
former PM? - Indira Gandhi
47. Who won Player of the Series award in recently concluded IDFC FIRST BANK India – Australia T20 series that
India won by 4-1? - Ravi Bishnoi
48. Who has become the Telangana's first Dalit deputy chief minister? - Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu
49. The Arakan Army is an ethnic armed organisation based in which country? - Myanmar
50. Jyotirao Phule Praja Bhavan is the official residence and principal workplace of the Chief Minister of which
state? - Telangana
51. Simon Steill is the executive secretary of which global organisation, under whose purview COP28 is taking
place? - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
53. Who are the Ministers of State for Finance? - Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad/ Pankaj Chaudhary
54. The Economist declared _____ as the global word of the year for 2023 - ChatGPT
55. Paperworld Middle East and Gifts and Lifestyle Middle East concluded in which city? - Dubai
56. Which edition of India-Germany Military Cooperation Sub Group meeting held in New Delhi? – 16th
57. Which Union Minister has been given additional charge of the Agriculture Ministry by President Draupadi
Murmu? - Arjun Munda
58. Who is the title sponsor of 'Patna Pirates' team of Pro Kabaddi League? - Bihar Government
59. How many pollutants are tracked under National Air Quality Index (NAQI)? – 8 (PM10, PM2.5, NO2, SO2, CO,
O3, NH3, and Pb)
60. National Air Quality Index (NAQI) is prepared for how many AQI categories? – 6 (Good, Satisfactory,
Moderately polluted, Poor, Very Poor, and Severe)
61. Who did Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati name as her political successor? - Akash Anand
62. The government of which State recently issued an order to set up a Fact Check Unit for checking authenticity
of State government related information across media platforms? - Tamil Nadu
63. How many Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) are there in 2023? - 29
64. Who has been appointed as the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly? - Gaddam Prasad Kumar
65. Which airport has become India’s first airport to wind up gadgets-in-tray security check system? –
Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport
66. Who formally declared the Khelo India Para Games 2023 open at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi? –
Anurag Thakur
67. In November, which state government signed an MoU with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)
for the holistic development of the dairy sector of the state? - Assam
68. Which agency launched Operation ‘Nanhe Faristey’? - Railway Protection Force (RPF)
69. When is the Armed Forces Flag Day (Flag Day of India) celebrated? - December 7
70. UK’s drug regulator has approved Casgevy to treat which disease? - Sickle cell disease
71. Which TMC MP was suspended from Rajya Sabha for the remaining period of the winter session of
Parliament? - Derek O' Brien
72. Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates a classical music extravaganza ‘Krishnaveni Sangeetha
Neerajanam’ in which city? – Vijayawada, AP
73. What is Zhuque-2? - World’s first methane-liquid oxygen rocket launched by LandSpace (China)
75. Who inaugurated ASEAN-India Millet Festival at New Delhi? - Arjun Munda
77. How many Indians featured on the BBC’s ‘100 Women’ list of influential figures of the year? - Four (Dia
Mirza, cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur, photographer Arati Kumar Rao, and Tibetan Buddhist nun Jetsunma
Tenzin Palmo)
80. When was the first UN Conference of Parties held? - Berlin, Germany in 1995
81. Who has replaced Rohit Sharma as the skipper of Mumbai Indians? - Hardik Pandya
82. Which country has decided it will not renew agreement for joint hydrographic survey with India? –
Maldives
84. Where is India's first bullet train terminal located? - Sabarmati Multimodal Transport Hub, Ahmedabad
86. Which player has been appointed by Kolkata Knight Riders as their captain for the next season? - Shreyas
Iyer
87. The Union Minister of Railways, Communications & Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini
Vaishnaw conferred the ‘Ati Vishisht Rail Seva Puraskar’ (AVRSP) on how many Railway Employees? - 100
88. The first India-Bhutan railway line will connect India with which city in Bhutan? - Gelephu
89. How many delimitation commissions have been constituted by the government so far? - 4
90. Who is the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)? -
Bhuwan Chandra Pathak
91. Under Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, how many District Mineral Foundation (DMF)
been set up in 23 States? - 644
92. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been implementing a Central Sector Scheme-
“Operation Greens” (OG) under which Yojana since 2018-19? - Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana
94. Who has been named the new Emir of Kuwait? - Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Sabah
96. When was the SHG Bank Linkage Project launched? - By NABARD in 1992
97. The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education in collaboration with IIT Kanpur has started
which portal to offer quality education to students preparing for competitive exams? - SATHEE (Self-
Assessment, Test and Help for Entrance Examination)
99. The Lok Sabha currently has how many Opposition MPs? - 198
101. Which is the only state that has not participated in the 7th Economic Census? – West Bengal
102. Which agency has declared the year 2024 as the International Year of the Camelids? - UN
103. How many cyber crime police stations has the Uttar Pradesh government approved to open in the
state? - 57
105. The Indian Parliament attack happened in which year? - 13 December 2001
106. 'Bhoomi Rashi Portal' is an initiative of which ministry? - Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
107. Which agency launched "Green Rising" initiative at COP28? - UNICEF's Generation Unlimited +
108. Melanistic tigers have been recorded only in which Tiger Reserve in India? - Similipal Tiger Reserve
(Odisha)
110. Which agency holds Article IV bilateral discussions with members, usually every year? - IMF
111. How much amount was provided for the PM Vishwakarma Scheme from FY 2023-2024 to FY 2027-
112. Sahitya Akademi announces Annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in how many languages? - 24
113. Where was the 18th session of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
114. RewirEd Summit 2023 took place in which city? – Dubai, UAE
115. Which company has re-branded itself as Grihum Housing Finance? - Poonawalla Housing Finance
116. Which Indian state is hosting the second edition of Ultimate Kho Kho (UKK)? – Cuttack, Odisha
117. “India is projected to contribute more than 16 percent of the global growth.” This was stated by
118. National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) assigns a unique ___ digit National
124. According to Google Trends, which was the most searched term among news events in India in
127. The 10-day Badlav Yatra was organised by which political party? - Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
128. The Baba Mehar Singh competition is related to which sector? - Defence
129. The Mahalakshmi free bus travel scheme has been implemented in which State? - Telangana
130. Name the tribal farmer from Odisha’s Koraput district who is known as ‘Queen of Millet’? - Raimati
Ghiuria
133. Who the first Indian-origin lawmaker in Australia’s Parliament? - Dave Sharma (Senator for New
South Wales)
134. Name the strait that separates the Arabian Peninsula from East Africa - Bab-el-Mandeb (Gate of
Tears)
135. Cyber Operation and Security Centre (CENCOPS) opened in which city? - Chandigarh
136. When was the National Action Plan on Climate change (NAPCC) launched? – 30th June, 2008
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