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January 2023

1. Which airport has been awarded the "Best Sustainable Greenfield Airport"
award at the ASSOCHAM 14th International Conference for Civil Aviation
2023? Manohar International Airport, Mopa, Goa

2. Which police station has been awarded as the best police station in the
country for 2022 - Aska Police Station(Odisha)

3. Which state has launched the “School of Eminence ” project ? Punjab

4. Who has been conferred with the Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Lifetime
Achievement Award ? Dr Prabha Atre

5 .American India Foundation (AIF) has inaugurated India’s first STEM

Innovation and Learning Centre in which city? Chennai

6. Who has won the India Open Super 750 women singles title 2023? An Se
Young

7. How many children have been awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal
Puraskar 2023? 11

8. Who was the Chief Guest for the 74 th Republic Day parade 2023? Abdel
Fattah El-Sisi(Egypt)

9. Northern India’s largest floating solar power project of 2000kWp has

been inaugurated in which state/ut? Chandigarh
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10. Which platform has been launched by the Government of India to

digitise India’s Universal Immunization Programme ? U-WIN

11. Which railway station has received the “Green Railway Station
Certification ” with the highest Platinum rating ? Visakhapatnam Railway
Station

12. "Bharat Parv" 2023 celebrations was inaugurated in which state/UT?

New Delhi

13. The 30th National Child Science Congress 2023 was organized in which
city? Ahmedabad

14. Which organization has launched the “She Feeds the World” program in
India? PepsiCo Foundation

15. Which is the 'Partner Nation' of the event, 36th Surajkund International
Crafts Mela 2023? Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

16." Khadi Fest – 23 " was inaugurated by the Chairman of the KVIC, Mr.
Manoj Kumar in which city? Mumbai

17. India won the first ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 . It was
hosted in which country? South Africa

18. Asia’s second and country’s first cable suspension bridge “Bajrang Setu”
is being constructed in which city? Rishikesh

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19. Luminous Power Technologies has announced to build India’s first green
energy-based solar panel manufacturing facility in which state?
Uttarakhand

20. The 5th edition of Khelo India Youth Games 2022 was inaugurated in
which state? Madhya Pradesh

21. Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh felicitated how many winners of
Veer Gatha 2.0? 25

22. What is the name of India’s first 5G-enabled drone, which has been
developed by IG Drones? Skyhawk

23. Which district has been declared as the first Constitution literate district
in the country? Kollam, Kerala

24. Which has become the first State in India to implement a policy to
control blindness ? Rajasthan

25. India has announced that it is committed to eliminate Lymphatic

Filariasis (LF) by which year? 2027

26. What is the name of the India’s first national assessment regulator which
has been notified by the NCERT? PARAKH

27. Who has been appointed as the Deputy National Security Adviser in
National Security Council Secretariat? Pankaj Kumar Singh

28. Which country has assumed the presidency of the 13th Renewable
Energy Agency ( IRENA )? India
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29. Union Ministry of Tourism will be organising the 1st International Global
Tourism Investors Summit 2023 in which city? New Delhi

30. Which has become the first union territory to completely switch to a
digital method of administration ? Jammu and Kashmir

31. Who has been honoured with Martin Luther King Grande Parade Special
Award ? Krishna Vavilala

32. Which state has introduced 60 days of maternity and menstrual leave in
a year for girl students above the age of 18 years? Kerala

33. Who has been appointed as the Director in the National Health
Authority(Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission)? Dr Praveen Sharma

34. Which has become the first district in India to provide basic documents
and facilities to all tribal people ? Wayanad

35. Which UT will host its first SARAS Fair in February 2023? Jammu and
Kashmir

36. Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has released the Official GOI
Calendar for the year 2023. What is the overall theme of this calendar? Naya
Varsh, Naye Sankalp

37. Who has won India’s first-ever silver medal in the FIDE Women’s World
blitz chess championship 2022 ? Koneru Humpy

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38. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the “Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee –

National Institute of Water and Sanitation (DSPM – NIWAS)” in which city?
Kolkata

39. Who has become India’s 78th Grandmaster? Koustav Chatterjee

40. India’s first under water tunnel is being built in which state? West
Bengal

41. Who has been appointed as the Border Security Force (BSF) Director
General (DG)? Sujoy Lal Thaosen

42. Who has been appointed as the state icon for Bihar by the Election
Commission of India? Maithili Thakur

43. India has achieved the target of operationalizing how many Ayushman
Bharat Health and Wellness Centres till 31 December, 2022 ? 1,50,000

44. Which ministry organized the second phase of the “ VIRAASAT festival ”
to celebrate 75 handwoven Saris of India in New Delhi? Ministry of Textiles

45. India’s first In vitro fertilization (IVF) mobile unit for animals was
launched in which state? Gujarat

46. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has started ‘ Mission 929 ’ in
which state? Tripura

47. Who has become the first woman army officer to get operationally
deployed on the Siachen Glacier ? Captain Shiva Chauhan

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48. President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the 18th National Scout and
Guide Jamboree in which state? Rajasthan

49. Indian Library Congress was inaugurated in which state? Kerala

50. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the world’s longest river
cruise “Ganga Vilas” from which city to Dibrugarh via Bangladesh? Varanasi

51. Who has been honored with “Asom Baibhav” for the year 2022-23 ? Dr
Tapan Saikia

52. The first-ever ABB FIA Formula E World Championship 2023 race in
India will be held in which city? Hyderabad

53. Who has become the Premier League’s (Football) first Sikh-Punjabi
assistant referee? Bhupinder Singh Gill

54. Which railway station from Uttar Pradesh has been awarded a five-star
‘Eat Right Station’ certification by the FSSAI? Varanasi Cantt Railway
Station

55. Which state has won the UN-Habitat’s World Habitat Awards 2023 for its
“Jaga Mission” ? Odisha

56. Which has become the first state in India to set up a Green Climate Fund?
Tamil Nadu

57. The Ministry of Jal Shakti has organized the 1st All India Annual State
Ministers Conference (WaterVision@2047) on Water in which city? Bhopal

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58. Who has been honored with the Best Director award at the New York
Film Critics Circle Awards 2022 ? SS Rajamouli

59. Who has become the first Indian Women fighter pilot to lead an Indian
fighter squadron on foreign soil in the 'Veer Guardian 2023’ exercise in
Japan? Avni Chaturvedi

60. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 17th edition of the Pravasi

Bharatiya Divas 2023 convention in which city? Indore

61. The 26th National Youth Festival 2023 will be held in which state?
Karnataka

62. The world’s first Palm-leaf Manuscript Museum has been inaugurated in
which state? Kerala

63. Who has been elected as the Asian Pacific Postal Union Secretary General
? Vinaya Prakash Singh

64. Aadi Shaurya – Parv Parakram Ka, a Military Tattoo and Tribal Dance
Festival, will be held in which city? New Delhi

65. Which is the first state in the country to go fully digital in its ban king
service? Kerala

66. PM Narendra Modi has launched the Aspirational Blocks Programme . It

will initially cover how many districts? 500

67. The Osmanabad District Court has become the first court in which state
to introduce e-system of functioning? Maharashtra
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68. Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has inaugurated the ‘Northeast
Krishi Kumbh-2023' at Umiam in which state? Meghalaya

69. Which state has launched a special education programme - ‘Saharsh’ to

encourage social and emotional learning? Tripura

70. The 14th edition of the World Spice Congress (WSC) will be held in
which city in February 2023? Mumbai

71. Which Indian song has won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original
Song? Naatu Naatu (RRR)

72. Which company has announced to launch its satellite “AzaadiSAT”, made
by 750 girls studying in government schools? Space Kidz India

73. Captain Surbhi Jakhmola has become the first woman Indian Army
officer to be posted on foreign assignment in (BRO) in which country?
Bhutan

74. Which became the first National Sports Federation to enter the world of
metaverse? Hockey India

75. "Kumarakom and Beypore" have been selected for the Swadesh Darshan
2.0 scheme. These are in which state? Kerala

76. A. Santhi Kumari has been appointed as the first woman Chief Secretary
of which state? Telangana

77. India's first ‘Centre of Excellence ’ in online gaming will be set up in

which city? Shillong
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78. Which city is the host of the Business 20 (B20) meet, as part of the G20?
Gandhinagar

79. Which country’s military contingent participated in the Indian Republic

Day parade in 2023? Egypt

80. The Himachal Pradesh government intends to make the state as the first
Green Energy State by the end of? 2025

81. India’s first School of Logistics, Waterways, and Communication has

launched in which state? Tripura

82. Who has been awarded with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Points of
Light Award? Navjot Sawhney

83. “100 Days to Beat Plastic” campaign - Municipal Corporation of Delhi

(MCD)

84. India’s deepest underground metro station – Pune

85. Eastern India’s 1st Vande Bharat Express between ? Howrah and New
Jalpaiguri

86. President inaugurated Samvidhan Udyan (Constitution Park) at ? Raj

Bhavan, Jaipur

87. Which country hosted the ‘Voice of Global South Summit’? India

88. Which state announced to give monthly allowance to unemployed youth

from next financial year? Chattisgarh

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89. Which state/ut tableau won the best tableau award for Republic Day
2023? Uttrakhand

90. The most distinguished scientist of the year 2022 award was won by -
RV Prassad

91. India’s largest student run festival ‘Saarang 2023’ was started in - IIT
Madras

92. Prajjwala Challenge was launched by which of the following ministries?

Ministry of Rural Development

93. On the occasion of Parakram Diwas, How many islands of Andaman &
Nicobar have been named on Param Vir Chakra awardees? 21

94. Who has been appointed as the new Vice Chief of Indian air force? Amar
Preet Singh

95. For women’s employment, which is the top Indian city? Chennai

96. National Genome Editing and Training Centre was inaugurated in Punjab
by - Dr. Jitendra Singh

97. The 3rd edition of annual Orange festival 2023 was held in which state?
Nagaland

98. Who won Men’s T20 International Cricketer of the Year in ICC awards
2022? Suryakumar Yadav

99. Which country became the third largest auto market globally? India

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100. 'Year of Enterprises' project recognized as the best practice model at

the national conference on MSME. This project is related to which state ?
Kerala

101. Which city has been selected to host WEF Center for the Fourth
Industrial Revolution? Hyderabad

December 2022

1. Name of the world’s first science documentary made in Sanskrit, which

was recently screened at the 53rd edition of the International Film Festival at
Goa? Yanam

2. Which organization has inaugurated its Re-Hab Project (Reducing Human

Attacks using Honey Bees) in Uttarakhand? Khadi and Village Industries
Commission

3. Saharsa became the first district of which state to be declared paperless

(e-office) – Bihar

4. The first state in the Northeast to implement the mental health & social
care policy - Meghalaya

5. ‘Manthan platform ’ has won the NSEIT Best Tech Initiative of the Year

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at the Dun & Bradstreet Business Excellence Awards 2022. It is an initiative

of - Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA)

6. Which country has topped the ‘Global Minority Index’ 2022 released by
the Centre for Policy Analysis (CPA)? India

7. Mukhyamantri Digital Seva Yojana’, has been launched by which state?

Rajasthan

8. India’s biggest Yoga Centre has been constructed in village Mantalai of

which UT/state? Jammu and Kashmir

9. The first woman to referee a men’s World Cup match? Stephanie

Frappart

10. The first state in India to introduce the open-loop ticketing system for
roadways buses? Haryana

12. The first ever Tribal Winter Festival 2022 was held in which state/UT ?
Jammu and Kashmir

13. Which state has launched ‘One District One Sport’ (ODOS) initiative?
Uttar Pradesh

14. The first Sylhet-Silchar Festival 2022 was held between India and which
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country? Bangladesh

15. Which country has assumed the Presidency of the UN Security Council for
the month of December 2022? India

16. Longest Double Decker Viaduct (3.14 KM) of which city, has achieved the
Guinness Book of World Record? Nagpur

17. Which is the first in the world to use soulbound (NFT) tokens as a “digital
medal” for its police officers? Tamil Nadu

18. Which city of India launched first Gold ATM ? Hyderabad

19. Tandur red gram of which state has received the GI Tag? Telangana

20. The Central Government informed approved for setting up of how many
greenfield airports across India? 21

21. The GOI has decided to introduce a Family Pehchan Patra (FPP) for
residents of which state/ut? Jammu and Kashmir

22. 7th India Water Impact Summit 2022 was inaugurated in which city?
New Delhi

23. Which state has launched the 'Orunodoi 2.0' scheme? Assam
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24. Which state's Tobacco Control Cell has developed a GPS-based mobile
app ‘StopTobacco’? Karnataka

25. What is the name of the HPV vaccine which India launched to prevent
cervical cancer? Cervavac

26. Who has been appointed as the first Chancellor of Gati Shakti
Vishwavidyalaya, Vadodara? Ashwini Vaishnaw

27. Which state has launched the ‘Friends of Library’ scheme? Tamilnadu

28. Who has been awarded PETA India’s 2022 Person of the Year title ?
Sonakshi Sinha

29. Who won the Mrs World 2022 title? Sargam Koushal

30. Which company has won the IEI (Institution of Engineers, India)
Industry Excellence Award 2022? National Mineral Development
Corporation (NMDC)

31. Which state/ut has topped the 'Social Progress Index: States and Districts
of India’ ? Puducherry

32. Who won the inaugural FIH Nations Cup 2022 played in Spain? Indian
Women Hockey team
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33. Who made history by winning the T20 World Cup for the Blind for the
third consecutive time? India

34. Which place has been selected from Bihar for development under
Swadesh Darshan 2.0 ? Gaya and Nalanda

35. First time which nominated member was nominated to the panel of Vice
chairpersons in the Rajya Sabha? P.T. Usha

36. Which ministry has won the 'Platinum Icon' in the Digital India Awards
2022 for its initiative “DataSmart Cities: Empowering Cities through Data”?
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

37. What is the name of the first indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare

shallow water craft, launched by the Indian Navy? Arnala

38. Which is India’s first Green Steel Brand, launched by Jyotiraditya Scindia?
KALYANI FeRRESTA

39. SAMARTH Scheme is implemented by which ministry? Ministry of

Textiles

40. Which song from India has been shortlisted in the Best Original Song
Category, for the 2023 Academy Awards or Oscars awards? Naatu Naatu
(RRR)
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41. Who won the Pro Kabaddi League Season 9 Final against Puneri Paltan ?
Jaipur Pink Panthers

42. Who has become the India’s 77th Chess Grandmaster? Aditya Mittal

43. Who has won the International Shooting Sport Federation President’s
Cup held in Cairo, Egypt? Rudrankksh Patil

44. 12th Hindi Conference 2023 will be organized in which country? Fiji

45. India’s first Drone Skilling and Training Virtual E-Learning Platform is in
which city? Chennai

46. Which state has unveiled Asia’s first drone delivery hub and network in
partnership with startup TechEagle ? Meghalaya

47. Who will assume the chair of B20 India and lead the business agenda
during India’s G20 presidency? N Chandrasekaran

48. Ninth World Ayurveda Congress 2022 was inaugurated in which state?
Goa

49. Who has been elected as the first-ever woman president of the Table
Tennis Federation of India ? Meghna Ahlawat

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50. Who has been named the BWF Female Para-Badminton Player of the Year
2022 in the BWF? Manisha Ramadass

51. What is the name of the kite, trained by the Indian Army to prey on enemy
drones ? Arjun

52. Who has received the 2022 Australia Prime Minister’s Prize for
Excellence in Science Teaching in secondary schools? Veena Nair

53. Which state has released a state action plan to become a 100% renewable
energy-based State by 2040 and net carbon neutral by 2050? Kerala

54. USA awarded the Presidential Lifetime Achievement (PLA) Award to –

Krishna Vavilala

55. How many Khelo India centres will be opened all over the country by
August 15, 2023? 1000

56. Who has taken oath as the 15 th cm of Himachal Pradesh ? Sukhvinder

Singh Sukhu

57. India’s largest Business Jet Terminal was inaugurated at which airport?
Cochin International Airport

58. India’s first infantry museum will be inaugurated in which state? Madhya
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Pradesh

59. The first state in India to to launch its own Climate Change Mission?
Tamilnadu

60. A seed farm has been declared as India’s first carbon neutral farm in
which state? Kerala

61. Who has taken oath as the 18th CM of Gujarat? Bhupendra Patel

62. India’s first Centre of Excellence (CoE) for 3D bioprinting has been
established at which institution? IISc, Bengaluru

63. Which state has received the award for Best Practice in Advocacy,
Communication and Social Mobilisation in Tuberculosis control-Meghalaya

64. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the National Institute of Homoeopathy

in which city? New Delhi

65. India International Science Festival (IISF)- 2022 will be held in which
city? Bhopal

66. Which startup from India has won the Earthshot Prize 2022?
Greenhouse-in-a-box, Kheyti

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67. Who has won his maiden National Billiards Championship 2022? Brijesh
Damani

68. The Indian Army has inaugurated its first 3D-printed dwelling unit for
soldiers at which Cantonment? Ahmedabad Cantonment

69. Who has been appointed as the acting Central Vigilance Commissioner
(CVC)? Praveen Kumar Srivastava

70. Who has won the 2022 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship , Almaty,
Kazakhstan? Magnus Carlsen

71. Which of the following organizations has developed the first indigenous
vaccine for H9N2 virus ? ICAR - NIHSAD

72. Which state has launched India’s first “The Nilgiri Tahr project”?
Tamilnadu

73. Who has been appointed as the CEO of the Food Safety & Standards
Authority of India (FSSAI)? Ganji Kamala V Rao

74. Which constituency has become the first complete library constituency
in India? Dharmadam(Kerala)

75. Which state has announced to celebrate 2023 as 'Antyodaya Arogya

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Varsh’ ? Haryana

76. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of
the Railway Board? Anil Kumar Lahoti

77. Who has been appointed as the chairman of the National Highways
Authority of India? Santosh Kumar Yadav

78. Uttar Pradesh’s first wellness and care centre , “ Ullas ”, for senior
citizens above 65 years will be set up in which city? Lucknow

79. Under the “Amrit Bharat Station Scheme”, the railways have planned to
modernise how many small railway stations? 1000

80. Which state has laid the foundation stone of the state's first Central Jail
and announced that it would be named "Correctional Centre ”? Arunachal
Pradesh

81. Which will be India’s first tactical quasi-ballistic missile, which has been
recently approved by Defence ministry for procurement ? Pralay

82. 10th Edition of the North East Festival 2022 was held in which city?
New Delhi

83. Which state has launched a 24×7 piped drinking water project ‘Drink
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from Tap’ in 19 cities of the state? Odisha

84. Who was conferred with Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2022?
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

85. Who has won the (ISSF) President’s Cup held in Cairo, Egypt?
Rudrankksh Patil

86. President Droupadi Murmu has approved the introduction of a new

ensign crest of the Indian Navy which is inspired by the royal seal of which
leader? Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

87. It was announced that Indian Railways will develop how many Gati
Shakti cargo terminals under the Gati Shakti Cargo Terminal (GCT) Policy?
100

88. The 'Sanitation Workers' Development Scheme was launched by which

state? Tamil Nadu

89. Which state has launched the “Seva Apke Dwar 2.0” scheme? Arunachal
Pradesh

90. Who has been appointed by Uttarakhand Government as the state’s

brand ambassador? Prasoon Joshi

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91. Who won Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022? Saurashtra

92. Which ministry has organized the ‘Divya Kala Mela’ 2022 at India Gate,
New Delhi? Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

93. Technotex 2023 will be held in which city? Mumbai

94. Which organization has launched the “Aspirational Districts

Programme"? NASSCOM Foundation

95. Rock cut Sculptures and Reliefs of the Unakoti of which state have been
added to the tentative list of UNESCO world heritage sites? Tripura

96. Which state has both the highest number and the highest proportion of
passport holders in the country? Kerala

97. Lion@47: Vision for Amrutkal ’ plan has been unveiled for the
conservation of Asiatic lions in which state? Gujarat

98. 'Joyland' has become the first film of which country to be shortlisted for
Oscars 2023 ? Pakistan

99. Which state has started ‘Balsnehi’ (child-friendly) buses and vans under
the vision of rehabilitating street children? Maharashtra

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100. Which of the following institutions has developed an artificial heart

under its Hridyantra programme? IIT Kanpur

101. Which state has launched E-Sushrut Hospital Management Information

System (HMIS)? Uttar Pradesh

November 2022

1. Union Minister G Kishan Reddy inaugurated the Sangai Festival 2022 in

which state? Manipur

2. The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) first ever E-sports week

2023 will be held in which country? Singapore

3. Recently, which state has launched the Good Governance Award Scheme
2022. Haryana

4. Who officially represented India at the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar?
Shri Jagdeep Dhankar

5. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has inaugurated the

UNESCO-India-Africa Hackathon 2022 at the Gautam Buddha University in
which city ? Greater Noida

6. Which organisation has launched a web portal - “ GHAR - Go Home and

Re-Unite.”? National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

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7. Which state was awarded the best “Inland State” in the fisheries sector on
the occasion of World Fisheries Day on 21 st November 2022? Chhattisgarh

8. Who from India has been honoured with the UN Environment

Programme’s (UNEP) 2022 Champions of the Earth award ? Dr Purnima
Devi Barman

9. What was the name of India’s first dog to be deployed as a member of ‘K9’
the nation’s first dog squad to fight wildlife crime ? Zorba

10. Which ministry has announced the National Gopal Ratna Awards 2022 ?
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

11. Which ministry has announced the National Adventure Awards called
“Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award ” (TNNAA) for the year 2021?
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

12. Union Minister Shri Giriraj Singh inaugurated the “ SARAS AAJEEVIKA
MELA, 2022 ” in which city ? New Delhi

13. 'Kadlekai Parishe’, a groundnut fair, recently seen in the news, is an

annual festival held in which state ? Karnataka

14. The Sahyadri Farmer Producer Company (FPC) has got the license for
setting up India’s first private agricultural mandi at Dindori , which is in
which state? Maharashtra

15. Recently, which state has launched the “ AMLAN - Anaemia Mukta
Lakhya Abhiyan ”? Odisha

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16. Recently, a Bhutanese Buddhist monks visited “ Buddhavanam ”, the

first of its kind Buddhist heritage park. It is in which state ? Telangana

17. Which of the following has become the first State in India to create the
role of Director General of Audit ? Tamil Nadu

18. Who amongst the following has become the first woman Soldier
SkyDiver of the Indian Army ? Lance Naik Manju

19. Which bank has launched India’s first sticker-based debit card “
FIRSTAP ” in association with the National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI)? IDFC First Bank

20. Who became the first Indian to win Gold Medal at Karate 1 Series A in
Jakarta, Indonesia . Pranay Sharma

21. Which state has launched the Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Dalit, Adivasi
Udyam Protsahan Yojana – 2022? Rajasthan

22. Which state has announced the launch of ‘ Mukhya Mantri Pratham
Gram Samekit Vikas Yojana ’ (CM first village integrated development
scheme) for integrated planned development of border villages?
Uttarakhand

23. India’s first Integrated Rocket Design , Manufacturing and Testing

Facility , by Skyroot Aerospace, will be based in which of the state?
Telangana

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24. The name of the recently launched third survey vessels (Large) project
being built by GRSE/L&T at Kattupalli, Chennai? Ikshak

25. Which state is set to launch the Har Ghar Gangajal project to deliver
water from Ganga River to the dry areas? Bihar

26. Recently, the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has
approved the inclusion of which of the animals as a ‘ food animal ’?
Himalayan Yak

27. Byculla Station received the award of merit att l (UNESCO) Asia-Pacific
Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2022 . Byculla Station is in which
of the following cities? Mumbai

28. Recently, launched national campaign 'Nai Chetna-Pahal Badlav Ki ’ is

related to ? Gender based Discrimination

29. Recently, it was announced that India’s first State-of-the -Art Indian
Coast Guard Academy (ICGA) will be set up in which of the following cities?
Mangaluru

30. Who has become the first batsman in List-A cricket to hit 7 sixes in an
over ? Ruturaj Gaikwaad

31. Recently, which of the following companies has launched India’s first
and only private space launchpad , in Sriharikota? Agnikul Cosmos

32. Who has been elected as the first woman president of the Indian
Olympic Association (IOA)? P T Usha

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33. Which city has announced to issue India’s first municipal green bond
designed for retail investors to fund a solar power project? Indore

34. According to the recent report by Statista, which Indian ministries is the
largest employer in the world ? Ministry of Defence

35. The 369 foot tall Statue of Belief or Vishwas Swaroopam was inaugurated
at Nathdwara, Rajasthan. It is related to which of the Hindu gods? Shiva

36. Which institution has developed India’s first indigenous Overhauser

Magnetometer ? Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai

37. Mawmluh Cave has been listed as UNESCO’s one of the ‘First 100 IUGS
(International Union of Geological Sciences) Geological Sites’ in the world. It
is in which state ? Meghalaya

38. It was announced that North East’s first fish museum will be built in
which state? Arunachal Pradesh

39. Which state has launched the ‘Ladli Laxmi Yojana 2.0’ ? Madhya
Pradesh

40. Which state hosted the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation
(CANSO) Conference 2022 ? Goa

41. The 3rd National Tribal Dance Festival 2022 was organized in which
city? Raipur

42. Which has become the first transit service globally to enable end-to-end
QR ticketing on WhatsApp ? Namma Metro, Bengaluru
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43. Women officers Seema Dhundiya and Annie Abraham were promoted to
the rank of Inspector General in which force ? Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF)

44. Which bank has conducted India’s First Floating Financial Literacy Camp
with an initiative called ‘ Niveshak Didi ’ in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir?
Indian Post Payments Bank

45. Which country has awarded the Carnatic vocalist Aruna Sairam with its
Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and
Letters) award? France

46. Which company has received Responsible Steel certification? TATA

Steel

47. Which state/union territory has topped the chart in terms of the
Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) coverage ? Delhi

48. Adani New Industries Ltd has installed a 200 metres wind turbine, taller
than the Statue of Unity, in which state? Gujrat

49. India hosted the first-ever Global Digital Health Summit 2022( with the
theme of Vision 2030: Chemicals and Petrochemicals Build India) in which
city? New Delhi

50. World's largest manuscript library is being built in which state? Gujrat

51. PM Narendra Modi declared Mangarh Dham(Bhil tribe specific) a

National Monument. It is in which state? Rajasthan

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52. Mohamed Irfaan Ali will be the chief guest at the 17 th Pravasi Bharatiya
Divas (PBD) Convention in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He is the president of
which country? Guyana

53. The Union Coal Ministry has put up how many coal mines for auction,
which is the biggest ever coal mine auction ? 141

54. ‘Shilp Samagam-2022' was inaugurated in which city? New Delhi

55. Who was awarded the inaugural “Kerala Jyothi award” 2022? D. M T
Vasudevan Nair

56. The sixth edition of Ganga Utsav 2022 was inaugurated in which city ?
New Delhi

57. Chief Minister of which state inaugurated the ‘ Lakhpati Didi ’ fair ?
Uttrakhand

58. The foundation stone of the World’s first Vedic Clock was laid in which
city? Ujjain

59. Which has become the first state in India to launch uniform gold prices
based on the bank rate ? Kerala

60. Which flower has been used in the logo of India’s G20 Presidency, which
was recently unveiled by PM Narendra Modi? Lotus

61. Which Indian company has announced the launch of India’s first private
rocket “Vikram-S”? Skyroot Aerospace

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62. Which state has launched a state-sponsored pilgrimage scheme

“Mukhyamantri Devdarshan Yatra Yojana ”? Goa

63. Who has become the first Indian scientist to be awarded the Bailey K.
Ashford Medal for 2022 and the Fellow of the American Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene (FASTMH) award for 2022? Dr Subhash Babu

64. The PM Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit 2022 will be held in
which city? Varanasi

65. STREET (Sustainable, Tangible, Responsible, Experiential, and Ethnic

Tourism) project of which state has received the global award at the World
Travel Market in London ? Kerala

66. Who will host the 2023 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship?
New Delhi, India

67. Which state will host the Khelo India National University Games in
2023-24 ? Uttar Pradesh

68. India’s first national repository for life science data ‘ Indian Biological
Data Center ’ was inaugurated in which city? Faridabad

69. PM Narendra Modi flagged off south India’s first and overall fifth Vande
Bharat express train. It will run on which route? Chennai-Bengaluru-
Mysuru

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70. PM Narendra Modi unveiled the " Statue of Prosperity ", a bronze statue
of Bengaluru founder Nadaprabhu Kempegowda . What is its total height?
108 Feet

71. Switzerland Tourism has appointed which Indian as the ‘Friendship

Ambassador ’? Neeraj Chopra

72. Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has been awarded the work to develop
India’s first multi-modal logistics park (MMLP) in which state? Tamil Nadu

73. It was announced that the world’s longest luxury river cruise will start
from which city to reach Dibrugarh via Bangladesh? Varanasi

74. According to the recently notified E-Waste (Management) Rules 2022 ,

how many items have been categorised as e-waste? 106

75. Which year has been declared as the ASEAN (Association of South East
Asian Nations) India Friendship year ? 2022

76. The 41st edition of the India International Trade Fair (IITF)
2022(Theme:Vocal for Local, Local to Global) has been inaugurated in which
city? New Delhi

77. Who was honoured with the Global Icon of Cinema and Cultural
Narrative award at the 41 st edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair
(SIBF) 2022? Shah Rukh Khan

78. The 7th edition of the Amur Falcon Festival 2022 will be held in which
state? Manipur

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79. The Kabaddi World Cup 2025 will be held at which place? West
Midlands, UK

80. What is the name of the world’s first single-piece 3D-printed rocket
engine , which is fully designed and manufactured in India? Agnilet

81. Who started the Dil Maange More Short Film Festival 2022 ? Indian
Army

82. Who will be awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2022 ?
Achanta Sharath Kamal

83. The International Gita Mahotsav 2022 will be organised in which of the
following states? Haryana

84. Who will be awarded the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award
2022 at the 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2022 at Goa?
Carlos Saura

85. Which state has implemented the Panchayats Extension to Scheduled

Areas (PESA) Act in the state? Madhya Pradesh

86. Which state has launched the Mission Basundhara 2.0 ? Assam

87. Who launched the mascots “ Toofan and Toofani” for Fit India
Movement’s Fit India School Week initiative for the year 2022? PV Sindhu

88. Who has won the 2022 edition of the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize?
Franca Ma-ih Sulem Yong

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89. The world’s first vaccine delivery for Animal Husbandry through the use
of drones was conducted in which Indian state? Arunachal Pradesh

90. Baliyatra, is annually held on the banks of which river? Mahanadi River

91. President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Dr CV Ananda Bose as the

Governor of which state? West Bengal

92. Which state has launched the first-of-its-kind initiative in the country
Elephant Death Audit Framework (EDAF)? Tamil Nadu

93. Which has become the first company in India to establish the “ European
Works Council ”? Wipro

94. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 600 MW Kameng hydropower

project in which state? Arunachal Pradesh

95. The 21st World Congress of Accountants (WCOA) 2022 was organised in
which city ? Mumbai

96. Who amongst the following was awarded the Gandhi Mandela Award
2022 ? 14th Dalai Lama

97. India's first privately built rocket - Vikram-suborbital(VKS)- was

launched by the ISRO(Indian Space Research Organisation).It has been
developed by which company? Skyroot Aerospace

98. Who became the first female Indian paddler to win a medal in the ITTF-
ATTU Asian Cup 2022? Manika Batra (Bronze)

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99. India’s first ever Street Circuit Car Racing “Indian Racing League (IRL)
2022” was inaugurated in which city? Hyderabad

100. The 25thNational Conference on e-Governance (NCeG) 2022 will be

held in which state/union territory? Jammu and Kashmir

101. Which organisation has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize for
Peace, Disarmament and Development of 2021 ? Pratham

102. Which state has announced the launch of Mukhyamantri Sikshya

Puraskar Yojana (Chief Minister Education Award Plan)? Odisha

103. The first institute of Unani medicine in the Northeast region of India
was inaugurated in which state? Assam

104. The official website and theme of the Shanghai Cooperation

Organisation (SCO) 2023 summit was launched by which country as the
chairman of the organisation 2023? India

October 2022

1. Recently, which state has decided to name the Chipi greenfield airport
after the late barrister Nath Pai – Maharashtra

2. What is the rank of India in the Global Innovation Index 2022, which was
recently released by the World Intellectual Property Organization - 40

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3. From India who has been honored with the ‘Changemaker ’award at the
UN SDG Action Awards 2022 held in Bonn, Germany - Srishti Bakshi

4. What was the name of the operation which was recently launched
by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against illicit drug trafficking
network - Operation Garuda

5. Which state was awarded the Top performing state in the Ayushman
Utkrishtata Puraskaar (Ayushman Excellence Awards) 2022 - Andhra
Pradesh

6. Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) has commissioned the world's largest
wind-solar power plant of 600 MW capacity in which state – Rajasthan

7. According to the recently released Indian Tourism Statistics 2022 report,

which state had the highest numbers of foreign tourist visits in 2021-22 –
Maharashtra

8. Pullampara has become the first fully digitally literate gram panchayat in
India. It is in which state - Kerala

9. PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stone for the world’s first CNG
terminal in which state – Gujarat

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10. India has signed an agreement with which country for export of Pinaka
rocket system – Armenia

11. Which state/union territory has become India’s first to achieve a 100%
coverage of booster dose of COVID 19 Vaccine – Andaman & Nicobar
Islands

12. Who has announced to write a biography of Dr BR Ambedkar, which will

be known as “ Ambedkar: A Life” - Shashi Tharoor

13. Soorarai Pottru received the best Feature Film award in the 68th National
Film Awards. It is in which language – Tamil

14. Who has been appointed as the first European woman to command
International Space Station – Samantha Cristoforetti

15. Indian Air Force (IAF) has retired its 51 Squadron , which operates the
MiG-21 Bison fighter fleet. It is known by which name -Sword Arms

16. Which of the following states has announced to rename its State
Planning Commission as the State Transformation Commission – Uttar
Pradesh

17. Who will be awarded the 32nd Bihari Puraskar for the 2015 literary
criticism book ‘Pachrang Chola Pahar Sakhi Ri’ – Dr Madhav Hada
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18. Which city has been adjudged the cleanest city of India (more than 1 lakh
population category) in the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022 – Indore

19. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize 2022 for medicine and physiology –
Svante Paabo

20. Which union ministry has launched the second edition of the Young,
Upcoming and Versatile Authors (YUVA) scheme – Ministry of Education

21. 15th International Sufi Rang Festival 2022 began in which state -
Rajasthan

22. Who has been appointed as the new director general of the Central
Reserve Police Force (CRPF) – Sujoy Lal Thaosen

23. An agreement was signed between National Payments Corporation of

India (NPCI) and the Central Bank of which country for cooperation in
digital finance and payments for the usage of RuPay and UPI – Oman

24. The second edition of the UN World Geospatial Information Congress

(UNWGIC) 2022 will be organized in which city in India – Hyderabad

25. Which state has won the first prize under the large states category in
Swachh Survekshan Gramin (SSG) 2022 – Telangana

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26. Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) of which city was awarded 2022
UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour – Bhubaneswar

27. Which Indian airport has been awarded the Airport Service Quality
(ASQ) award 2022 by the Airport Council International (ACI) in the 5-15
million passenger category – Cochin International Airport

28. Which state has launched the ‘Mahatma Gandhi Rural Industrial Parks’
(MGRIP) under which ‘Gauthans’ (cow shelters in villages) will be developed
as ‘rural industrial parks’ - Chhattisgarh

29. Who has been appointed as the Deputy Election Commissioner of India –
Ajay Bhadoo

30. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 was awarded to Alain Aspect (France),
John F. Clauser (USA) and Anton Zeilinger (Austria) for their work in which
field – Quantum Mechanics

31. Which state has launched the ‘Satya Nishtha’ app, to help police force in
investigation and control criminal activities – Himachal Pradesh

32. Aasara Pension scheme, recently seen in news, is being implemented by

which state – Telangana

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33. Who is the author of the book “The Last Heroes”, which will be released
in November – P. Sainath

34. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has
sanctioned Rs 221.99 crore to strengthen school infrastructure in rural
schools in which state – Punjab

35. The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2022 - Yunqing Tang

36. Who has been declared as the ‘National Icon’ of Election Commission of
India – Pankaj Tripathi

37. Nansen Refugee Award 2022 – Angela Merkel

38. Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that Pahari Community in
which state/union territory will get a Scheduled Tribe (ST) status - Jammu
and Kashmir

39. Which country will host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a planned
Mountain Resort in the $500 billion futuristic megacity, NEOM – Saudi
Arabia

40. Recently, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 was awarded jointly to
Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless for their work in
which field – Click chemistry and Bio-orthogonal chemistry
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41. Which country has emerged as the world’s largest producer and
consumer of sugar – India

42. Which state has launched the ‘YSR Kalyanamasthu’ and ‘ YSR Shadi Tofa ’
schemes – Andhra Pradesh

43. Which country has launched a first-of-its-kind initiative “ Bread For All ”
– UAE

44. Recently, which operation was carried out by the Central Bureau of
Investigation against cyber criminals involved in financial crimes -
Operation Chakra

45. Recently, a ‘Committee of Experts on Sustainable Finance’ constituted by

International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) submitted its
final report. Who was the chairman of the committee – C.K. Mishra

46. Nobel Prize for Literature 2022 was awarded to author Annie Ernaux.
She is from which country – France

47. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the

country’s second Rashtriya Adarsh Veda Vidyalaya (RAVV) in which city –
Puri

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48. Nobel Peace Prize for 2022 has been conferred to Ales Bialiatski
Ukrainian human rights organization “ Center for Civil Liberties” and
Russian human rights organization “ Memorial ”. Ales Bialiatski is from
which country – Belarus

49. Who has won the IBSF World Billiards Championships (150-up) title for
the 5th time at the High End Snooker Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia –
Pankaj Advani

50. PM Narendra Modi declared Modhera village as India’s first 24x7 solar-
powered village. It is in which state – Gujarat

51. Union Government has appointed a three-member commission to

consider the possibility of granting SC status to “ new persons who have
historically belonged to the Scheduled Castes ’’ but have converted to
religions other than Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism. Who will head this
commission – K G Balakrishnan

52. The 37th National Games 2023 will take place in which state – Goa

53. Who has been declared the Formula One world champion 2022 - Max
Verstappen

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54. Ben S Bernanke, Douglas W Diamond and Philip H Dybvig have won the
2022 Nobel prize for economics for research in which field – Banks and
Financial Crisis

55. Which organization has launched the Northeast Chapter of the

Radio4Child platform – UNICEF

56. Which country will host the 2022 edition of the Malabar naval exercise –
Japan

57. The current Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit has nominated whom as the
50th Chief Justice of India – Justice D Y Chandrachud

58. “Mahakal Lok” corridor, the first phase of Mahakaleshwar Temple, was
inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi. It is in which City – Ujjain

59. Which state has launched ‘ Football for All ’ initiative in association with
FIFA – Odisha

60. Which country has launched its solar observatory, Kuafu-1 Satellite –
China

61. PM-DEVINE , recently seen in news, is related to the development of

which region – North East Region

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62. The 90th Interpol General Assembly will be held in New Delhi in October
2022. Its logo, which was recently unveiled by Central Bureau Investigation
(CBI), is inspired by which heritage site – Konark Sun Temple

63. Indian Navy & which institute has signed an MoU to explore the
Opportunities to train, up-skill and re-skill Armed Forces Personnel – IIM
Nagpur

64. Which tiger reserve has been awarded with the SKOCH Gold Award for
‘Climate Resilience Building and Livelihood Promotion Through
Development of Bio-Reserve Forest Areas on Degraded Forest Land’ –
Pench Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra

65. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has partnered with whom to
promote inclusion and gender equality through cricket – United Nations
Children Fund (UNICEF)

66. What is the rank of India in the recently released Global Hunger Index
2022 – 107

67. The 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention 2023 will be organized in
which city – Indore

68. The 5th edition of the ‘ Megha Kayak Festival, 2022 ’ was held at the
Umtrew River in Umtham Village. It is in which state – Meghalaya
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69. Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, inaugurated “InvenTiv 2022”, the

first-ever all-IITs R&D Showcase, at which Institution – IIT Delhi

70. India-Africa Defence Dialogue (IADD) 2022 will be held on the side-lines
of the 12th DefExpo in which state – Gujarat

71. Which city has been honoured as the Grand winner of the AIPH
(International Association of Horticultural Producers) World Green City
Awards 2022 – Hyderabad

72. Which has become the first state in the country to start the MBBS
(Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) course in Hindi - Madhya
Pradesh

73. Dr Dilip Mahalanabis passed away. He is associated with the discovery of

which field – Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS)

74. Which state has secured the first rank in the recently released Public
Affairs Index 2022 among the large states category - Haryana

75. The 2023 AFC Asian Cup will be held in which country – Qatar

76. Who from India has been elected as a member to the executive
committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) – Aparajita Sarangi

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77. Shehan Karunatilaka has won Britain’s Booker Prize 2022 for fiction for
his work “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida”. He is from which country –
Sri Lanka

78. Which state has approved a new reserve for tigers “Durgavati Tiger
Reserve” – Madhya Pradesh

79. Who has been elected as the 36th President of the Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI) – Roger Binny

80. Which of the following countries has been elected as the President of the
International Solar Alliance (ISA) – India

81. What is the rank of India in the recently released 2022 Mercer CFA
Institute Global Pension Index survey – 41

82. The 14th edition of the World Spice Congress 2023 will be organized in
which city in India – Mumbai

83. Who has been awarded the “Sakharov Prize 2022” by the European
Parliament – People of Ukraine

84. Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated Asia’s largest

Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plant in Lehragaga. It is in which State – Punjab

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85. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has designated Dr

Sankarasubramanian K as the Principal Scientist of the ‘Aditya-L1 ‘ Mission.
This mission is related to which planetary object – Sun

86. The “trees outside forests in India (TOFI)” programme was jointly
launched by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and
which state – Assam

87. What is the name of the Official Mascot of the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Australia & New Zealand 2023, which was recently Unveiled – Tazuni

88. The 5th edition of the Khelo India Youth Games 2023 will be held in
which state – Madhya Pradesh

89. Which institution has won the national intellectual property award for
2021 and 2022 – IIT Madras

90. India and which country has concluded a three-day joint humanitarian
assistance exercise “Tiger Triumph” in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh –
USA

91. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has put which country on its “
Black List ”(High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action) – Myanmar

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92. Who has been given the “ India’s most generous ” title in the recently
released EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2022 – Shiv Nadar

93. Which ministry has announced to organize ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’

under the ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ Programme – Ministry of
Education

94. Which state has launched India’s first Migration Monitoring System
called “ Migration Tracking System (MTS)” – Maharashtra

95. Which state has launched the ‘ Kunjapp ‘, a mobile application to prevent
cyber-crimes against children – Kerala

96. Giorgia Meloni was sworn in as the first female prime minister of which
country – Italy

97. Which state has launched the initiative Lok Adalat in jails- Chhattisgarh

98. The 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2022
will be held in which of the following states – Goa

99. Who is the author of the recently released book “From Dependence to
Self Reliance : Mapping India’s Rise as a Global Superpower” – Bimal Jalan

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100. Who became the first Indian wrestler to win a gold medal at the U-23
World Wrestling Championships 2022 in Pontevedra, Spain - Aman
Sehrawat

101. The 2022 Men’s World Team Chess Championship will be held in which
country – Israel

102. Who has been appointed as the chairman of the Quality Council of India
(QCI) – Jaxay Shah

103. Which state has launched a common credit portal “SAFAL” (Simplified
Application for Agricultural Loans) for the Farmers – Odisha

104. Who has been elected as the chairperson of the Air Transport
Committee (ATC) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) -
Dr Shefali Juneja

105. Indian and the US militaries will conduct “Yudh Abhyas” exercise 2022
in which state – Uttarakhand

106. Which state has launched the ‘women-friendly tourism’ Project –

Kerala

107. Which state was declared as the 100 per cent ‘Har Ghar Jal’ – Gujarat

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108. Who is the author of the book titled ‘ Spare ’ – Prince Harry

109. Who has been appointed as the Chair of the India’s Civil 20 (C20), an
official engagement group of the Group of 20 (G20), by the union govt –
Mata Amritanandamayi Devi

110. Modhera has emerged as India’s first 24X7 solar-powered village and a
‘net-zero’ energy community. It is in which state – Gujarat

111. 29th Edition of the “ SIMBEX ” maritime exercise was held between
India and which country in Visakhapatnam - Singapore

112. Which state has won the SKOCH award in the women and child
development category for its ‘Lakshmir Bhandar’ scheme – West Bengal

113. A bilateral exercise called ‘Garuda VII ’ has begun at the Air Force
Station Jodhpur, Rajasthan between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and which
country – France

September 2022

1. Pulikkali festival is celebrated in - Kerala

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2. Who Set a national record in the men’s 100 metres (10.25 seconds) -
Amlan Borgohain

3. Which State has set up Biodiversity Heritage Sites at Borjuri and

Hajong Lake- Assam

4. India won total how many medals in the U-20 World Wrestling
Championships 2022 in Sofia, Bulgaria – 16 (Antim Panghal scripted
history by becoming the 1st Indian woman to win gold)

5. Author of the book “Indian Banking in Retrospect – 75 years

of Independence”- Dr Ashutosh Raravikar

6. Aerospace and Defence Policy 2022-27 has come into effect – Karnataka

7. Theme of the National Nutrition Week 2022, which is celebrated in first

week of September every year - World of Flavors

8. Author of the book “The Hero of Tiger Hill : Autobiography of a Param

Vir” - Captain (Honorary) Yogendra Singh Yadav

9. Union Cabinet of India has approved a MoU with which country on

Biodiversity Conservation - Nepal

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10. Agrarian festival ‘Nuakhai Juhar’, is celebrated in – Odisha

11. ‘Mahila Nidhi’, a loan scheme for the social and economic development of
women by - Rajasthan

12. Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA)

Yojana is implemented in - Odisha

13. “Rural Backyard Piggery Scheme” under National Livestock Mission

launched by - Meghalaya

14. Become the 108 th country to sign the framework agreement of

International Solar Alliance - Panama

15. A contingent of soldiers from 7/8 Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army will
participate in the exercise Vostok 2022 in - Russia

16. VentuRISE Global Startup Challenge 2022 announced by –Karnataka

17. Tata Narasimha Rao committee, is related to - Electric Vehicle Battery

Standards

18. India’s first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fuelled green truck launched by
- Blue Energy Motors

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19. CEO of the Sansad TV- Utpal Kumar Singh

20. Executive chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) -

Justice D.Y. Chandrachud

21. Name of the 36 th National Games Mascot which was recently unveiled
by Union Minister Shri Amit Shah - Savaj

22. Who won the 22nd Dubai Open chess tournament 2022 - Aravindh
Chithambaram

23. Indian Army chief General Manoj Pande was conferred the title of
Honorary General of the Army of - Nepal

24. Chairman and managing director (CMD) of Shipping Corporation of India

Ltd (SCI)- Captain Binesh Kumar Tyagi

25. PM SHRI Yojana is related to - School Infrastructure

26. Indian cities which joined UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities -
3 : Warangal (Telangana), Nilambur and Thrissur (Kerala)

27. Chairman of national level committee for drafting of the new National
cooperation policy document - Suresh Prabhu

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28. ‘WEST’ initiative is - Women with STEM background

29. Host of first-ever Mountain Bicycle, MTB, World Cup- the ‘UCI MTB
Eliminator World Cup’ in India - Ladakh

30. ‘World Social Protection Report 2020-22: Regional companion report for
Asia and the Pacific’ released by - International Labour Organisation

31. Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme to provide

employment to the residents of the city launched by - Rajasthan

32. The second India-Japan 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue will held in - Tokyo

33. CHHATA scheme that aims to recharge groundwater resources

and improve water table is launched by - Odisha

34. International Travel Award 2023 for Best Destination for Culture,
given by the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) won by -
West Bengal

35. Kirit Parikh committee is related to - Gas Pricing Formula

36. Former India Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sunil Lanba was conferred the
Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) by - Singapore

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37. India’s rank on the 2021 Human Development Index (HDI) - 132

38. Neeraj Chopra has become the first Indian to win the Diamond league
final title in javelin throw 2022. It was held in - Switzerland

39. Author of the book ‘Forging Mettle: Nrupender Rao and the Pennar
Story’ - Pavan C Lal

40. World Youth Chess championship 2022 is being held in – Romania

41. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit 2022 will be held in -

Uzbekistan

42. Indian Army’s Kharga Corps and the Indian Air Force conducted a joint
exercise ‘Gagan Strike’ in – Punjab

43. The first National Conference on Sustainable Coastal Management was

held in - Bhubaneshwar

44. Won the men’s singles titles at the US Open 2022 - Carlos Alcarez

45. National Maritime Heritage Complex will be built in - Gujarat

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46. Secured top rank in India among the large zoo categories in the
Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE-ZOO) report 2022 - Arignar
Anna Zoological Park (Vandalur Zoo)

47. ‘Exercise Parvat Prahar' is being held in - Ladakh

48. Operation to stop heroin smuggling by Directorate of Revenue

Intelligence - Operation Gear Box

49. Won the Asia Cup 2022 (Cricket)- Srilanka

50. First bank in India to issue an Electronic Bank Guarantee (e-BG) – HDFC
Bank

51. Author of the book ‘Crimson Spring’ - Navtej Sarnar

52. JIMEX 2022 was held between India and - Japan

53. Author of the book “Will Power: The Inside Story of the Incredible
Turnaround in Indian Women’s Hockey” - Sjoerd Marijne

54. Exercise Kakadu 2022, was hosted by - Australia

55. The world’s largest museum on Harappan culture is being developed at

Rakhigarhi. It is in - Haryana
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56. ‘Mukhyamantri Govansh Mobile Chikitsa Yojana’ launched by –

Chhattisgarh

57. A bill to establish India’s first Forest University passed by – Telangana

58. Host of the 6th Conference on Confidence Building Measures and

Interaction in Asia (CICA) summit in October 2022 - Kazakhstan

59. India’s 76 th Chess Grand Master (GM) - Pranav Anand

60. First Indian woman wrestler to win two medals at the World
Championship, after wining bronze at the World Wrestling Championship
2022, Belgrade, Serbia - Vinesh Phogat

61. A MoU was signed for the training of diplomats between India and
– Madagascar

62. India won the SAFF U-17 Championship Title 2022 (Men's) defeating
Nepal in the final. It was held in - Srilanka

63. All-India Official Language Conference 2022 was held in - Surat

64. New digital publication ‘BLO e-Patrika’ released by – Election

commission of India

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65. PM PRANAM scheme is related to - Chemical Fertilizers

66. Indian cities was nominated as the first-ever SCO Tourism and Cultural
Capital for the period of 2022-23 - Varanasi

67. Swati Piramal has been conferred with the Chevalier de la Légion d’
Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour). It is the highest civilian award of
- France

68. INSPIRE Awards MANAK 2022 has been instituted by - Department of

Science and Technology

69. India’s first lithium-ion cell manufacturing facility was inaugurated at -

Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

70. National Conference of State Tourism Ministers 2022 was held in –

Dharamshala

71. Host of the 2023 - 49th Group of Seven (G7) summit - Japan

72. Won the 131st edition of Durand Cup 2022 - Bengaluru FC

73. The United States will host the International Dairy Federation (IDF)
World Dairy Summit 2023 in - Chicago

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74. Permanent member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at

the Samarkand summit 2022 - Iran

75. A web portal “CM Da Haisi ” launched by - Manipur

76. India’s official entry for the 95th Academy Awards or Oscar awards 2023
- Chhello Show

77. Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan unveiled the SCALE app. It is

related to - Leather

SCALE: (Skill Certification Assessment for Leather Employees) app

78. Csaba Kőrösi is the president of the 77th session of the United Nations
General Assembly (UNGA77). He is from - Hungary

79. Joint exercise ‘Abhyas-01/22’ off the coast of Chennai between The Coast
Guards of India and - USA

80. SPARSH initiative, is launched by - Ministry of Defence

81. SAFF Women’s Championship 2022 - Bangladesh won the SAFF

Women’s Championship 2022 to lift the maiden title at the Dashrath
Rangshala Stadium in - Kathmandu, Nepal .

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82. Awarded with the 2022 Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards from India -
Dr Radhika Batra

83. India will host its maiden MotoGP World Championships race in 2023 in
- Greater Noida

84. India’s first ‘Dugong Conservation Reserve’ - Tamil Nadu

85. First swimmer from Northeast India and also oldest Indian to cross the
North Channel - Elvis Ali Hazarika

86. Kigali Amendment is related to - Hydrofluorocarbons

87. Elected as the president of Hockey India - Dilip Tirkey

88. Recipient of the Hermann Kesten Prize 2022 by the PEN Centre in
Germany’s Darmstadt - Meena Kandasamy

89. The 2022 Women's Asia Cup (Cricket) will be held in - Bangladesh
90. Host of the BRICS Chairmanship in 2023 - South Africa

91. National Conference of Environment Ministers 2022 of all States was

held in - Gujarat

92. Bathukamma festival is mainly celebrated in - Telangana

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93. “Hamar Beti-Hamar Maan” campaign towards women's safety launched

by – Chhattisgarh

94. Winner of the first-ever Queen Elizabeth II Woman of the Year award
2022 - Suella Braverman

95. ‘Matrubhoomi Yojana’ portal announced by - Uttar Pradesh

96. Sapta Kosi high dam project between India and - Nepal

97. Rosh Hashanah, is the New Year festival of - Jews

98. Chakda Xpress is the biopic of - Jhulan Goswami

99. Giorgia Meloni is set to become the first female Prime Minister of – Italy

100. “Encyclopaedia of Tribes”, the first of its kind in India- Odisha

101. Recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke award for the year 2020 – Asha
Parekh

102. New Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) - Lt General Anil Chauhan

103. Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia - Prince Mohammed bin Salman

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104. Passed a bill for establishing Dhamma Dipa International Buddhist

University - Tripura

105. 16th Attorney General for India - R. Venkataramani

106. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 36th National Games in – Gujarat

August 2022

• Who is the author of the book ‘Journey of a Nation: 75 Years of Indian

Economy : Re-emerge, Reinvest, Re-engage’ - Sanjaya Baru

• Recently, the “Nilekani Centre at AI4Bharat” was launched in which

institutions - IIT Madras

• Joint military exercise ‘AL NAJAH-IV ’is being recently held between India
and which country – Oman

• Which is the first state government in the country which has recently
announced the launch of online taxi hiring service – Kerala

• Recently who has been appointed as India’s ambassador to Bhutan -

Sudhakar Dalela

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• Recently, " Ex VINBAX 2022 " is being held between India and which
country - Vietnam

• Recently, Jeffrey Armstrong has been awarded the Indian Council for
Cultural Relations (ICCR) Distinguished Indologist for 2021 . He is from
which country – Canada

• Recently, police force of which state received the “President’s Colours”

award - Tamil Nadu

• What is the official slogan of the 2024 Paris Olympics, which was unveiled
recently - Games Wide Open

• Recently, Indian Air Force has announced to take part in Exercise Pitch
Black 2022. It will be held in which country - Australia

• Recently, which has become the first city in India to publish the
“Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE)” data from Google -Aurangabad

• Recently, which state has launched ‘Mission Bhumiputra’ to issue

digitalised caste certificates to students - Assam

• Recently, White Onions of which region received the GI Tag -Alibag,

Maharashtra

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• Recently, who has been appointed as the Principal Director General of the
Press Information Bureau (PIB) - Satyendra Prakash

• Recently, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has signed a

MoU with which company for the trans-continental relocation of cheetahs
from Africa to India - Indian Oil Corporation

• Recently, who has been appointed as the Central Vigilance Commissioner

- Suresh N. Patel

• Recently, The World Bank has appointed who amongst the following as
the Country Director for India -Augus te Tano Kouamé

• The Central government has approved the ‘Saksham Anganwadi and

Poshan 2.0 ′ scheme for implementation during 2021-22 to which year -
2025-26

• Recently, which government has launched the “Chief Minister Equal

Education Relief, Assistance and Grant (CHEERAG) Scheme” – Haryana

• Recently, PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone to several projects

of Shrimad Rajchandra Mission in which state -Gujarat

• What will be total capacity of the world’s largest floating Solar Power
Plant that will be constructed in Madhya Pradesh - 600 MW
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• Recently, Nanda Lake was declared as the Ramsar site. It is located in

which state – Goa

• Recently, Udyam portal was seen in news. It is related to which ministry -

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise s (MSMEs)

• What is the name of the satellite which will be launched to unfurl the
Tricolour in space by ISRO to mark India’s celebrations of ‘Azaadi Ka
Amrit Mahotsav’ – AzaadiSAT

• Recently, which institution has launched the State University Research

Excellence (SURE) scheme - Science & Engineering Research Board

• Recently, women officers of Indian Navy completed their maiden all-

women independent “maritime reconnaissance and surveillance mission”
to the North Arabian Sea. It was completed on which aircraft - Dornier
228

• Recently, which country launched its maiden spacecraft to the moon,

Danuri - South Korea

• Recently, 106-year-old astronomical observatory at the Langat Singh

College has been added to UNESCO World heritage observatories list. It is
located in which state – Bihar
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• Recently, which state has launched the 'Puknyakoti Dattu Yojana' for easy
adoption of cows from Goshalas – Karnataka

• Recently, who has been given the additional responsibility of Director

General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police - Dr Sujoy Lal Thaosen

• Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV) will be established in which state -

Gujarat

• Recently, who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing

Director (CMD) of Oil India Ltd (OIL) -Ranjit Rath

• Recently, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the RBI increased the
repo rate to how much percent in its August 2022 meeting - 5.40%

• Recently, which state has launched the eggs and milk scheme for
Anganwadi children – Kerala

• Recently, who has been appointed as the Director of Prime Minister’s

Office - Shweta Singh

• Which country will host the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
meeting on counterterrorism in October 2022- India

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• Recently, which state has launched the ‘Family First - Samjavat nu

Sarnamu ’ (Family First—a place for persuasion), a scheme for out-of-the-
court settlement of family disputes- Gujarat

• Recently, which state has announced the ‘Panchamrut Yojana’ which will
help to achieve the goal of doubling farmers’ income in the state - Uttar
Pradesh

• Recently, which ministry has launched the ‘Badhe Chalo Campaign’ on the
occasion of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav - Ministry of Culture

• Recently, who was elected as the 14th Vice President of India - Jagdeep
Dhankhar

• Recently, the Ministry of Culture has launched “India ki Udaan” initiative

in association with which company – Google

• Recently, Orunodoi scheme was seen in news. It is implemented by which

state – Assam

• Recently, who has become the first woman director general of the Council
of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - Nallathamby Kalaiselvi

• Recently, who was elected deputy president of the International Chess

Federation (FIDE) - Viswanathan Anand

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• Recently, which state/union territory has launched the “PARVAZ Market

Linkage Scheme” to provide support for shipment of Agriculture &
Horticulture perishables - Jammu and Kashmir

• Recently, Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama was honored with the ‘dPal
rNgam Duston’ award by which state/union territory -Ladakh

• The 12th edition of the Defense Expo 2022 will be held in which state –
Gujarat

• What is the name of the new Ration Card software which has been
recently launched as a common facility to register names in ration cards -
Ration Mitra

• Recently, a Russian rocket, Soyuz, has successfully launched a satellite

called Khayyam into orbit. It is of which country -Iran

• Which state has launched ‘Pavn ’ which is a unique community-based

menstrual hygiene programme – Chhattisgarh

• Which country has won the gold medal in the Open section of the 44th
Chess Olympiad, which was recently held in Chennai - Uzbekistan

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• Recently, it was announced that Shashi Tharoor will be conferred with

‘Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’ award. It is given by which country –
France

• What is the name of the market place which was recently launched as a
part of the AVSAR Scheme of the Airport Authority of India, at the
Srinagar International Airport in Jammu and Kashmir – UMEED

• Recently, Rear Admiral Guillermo Pablo Rios has been appointed as the
Head of Mission and Chief Military Observer for the United Nations
Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP). He is from
which country- Argentina

• Recently, a bilateral exercise ‘Udarashakti’ started between India and

which country – Malaysia

• What is the name of the recently launched India's first saline water
lantern, which uses seawater to power LED lamps – Roshini

• Recently, which institution has bagged the top position in the latest
Nature Index 2022 ranking in India - University of Hyderabad

• Recently, Asia's largest Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant has started

commercial production in which district in Punjab – Sangrur

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• Recently, India gifted Dornier 228 aircraft to which country - Sri Lanka

• Recently, the ‘Golden Joint’ of Chenab Railway bridge was inaugurated. It

is located in which district of Jammu and Kashmir – Reasi

• Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs has approved the creation of

Village Defense Guard Scheme 2022 in which state/union territory -
Jammu and Kashmir

• The 2nd edition of the North East Olympics 2022 will be held in which
state – Meghalaya

• Mukhyamantri Anuprati Coaching Yojana, recently seen in news, is being

implemented by which state – Rajasthan

• Recently, in which state “Medicine from the Sky Project” was successfully
launched - Arunachal Pradesh

• Recently, which state has approved the ‘Defence and Aerospace Unit and
Employment Promotion Policy 2022 ’ - Uttar Pradesh

• Which institution is associated with the development of first ever 3D-

printed artificial cornea from human donor corneal tissue -IIT
Hyderabad

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• Recently, Mandla district has become the first fully "functionally literate"
district in the country. It is located in which state - Madhya Pradesh

• Recently, which state has launched a mobile app ‘Lucky Bill App’ to curb
GST evasion – Kerala

• Recently, which state has launched the “Vidya Rath- School on Wheels”
project – Assam

• Recently, which state has become the first state in India to receive “Har
Ghar Jal ” certification – Goa

• NAMASTE scheme, recently launched by the union government, is related

to which field - Sanitation Workers

• Recently, Antim Panghal became the first Indian woman wrestler to be

crowned U-20 world champion in the world U-20 wrestling
Championship 2022 . It is being held in which country – Bulgaria

• Which is the first state in the country to launch production-grade

blockchain-based seed distribution program – Jharkhand

• The 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference will be held in which

country – Canada

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• Recently, who became the first Indian footballer to play at the UEFA
Women's Champions League - Manisha Kalyan

• Recently, which state has announced to set up ‘gramin aajeevika parks’ to

develop gauthans as livelihood centres – Chhattisgarh

• Recently, HDFC Bank inaugurated its first all-women branch in which

state – Kerala

• Recently, who has been appointed as the Secretary to President Droupadi

Murmu - Rajesh Verma

• Recently, the Central government has planned to collaborate with which

government to develop a “district good governance portal”- Arunachal
Pradesh

• “Bibi: My Story” recently, seen in news, is the autobiography of which

leader - Benjamin Netanyahu

• Recently, which state has launched the ‘Nutrition at Doorstep’ programme

to promote consumption of nutritious food – Odisha

• Recently, India signed a MoU with which country on recognition of

Certificates of Competency in Unlimited Voyages to help seafarers from
both the countries – Iran
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• Recently, who has been given the charge of chairman of the National
Dairy Development Board (NDDB) - Meenesh Shah

• India’s first commercial space situational awareness observatory will be

set up in which state – Uttarakhand

• Recently, who has been appointed as India’s new high commissioner to

the United Kingdom - Vikram K Dorai swami

• Recently, which state has decided to build India’s first education township
- Uttar Pradesh

• The 2022 Liberty Medal will be awarded to whom by the National

Constitution Centre, USA - Volodymyr Zelenskyy

• Recently, which has become the first state in India to issue a glossary of
LGBTQIA+ terms in the local language in the government gazette - Tamil
Nadu

• Recently, who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Defence

Research and Development Organization (DRDO) - Samir V Kamat

• Recently, who has been appointed as the Executive Director for India at
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - KV Subramanian

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• What is the name of the co-branded RuPay credit card launched by the
Bank of Baroda Financial Solutions for the Indian Army personnel in
partnership with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) –
Yoddha

• Recently, Former Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu has released a book

titled “A New India: Selected Writings 2014-19”. The book is related to
which leader - Arun Jaitley

• Recently, who has been awarded the UNESCO Peace Prize 2022 -Angela
Merkel

• Recently, the central government has approved the Parivar Kalyan Card
scheme, a family ID plan, of which state government - Uttar Pradesh

• Recently, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched Chief

Minister’s Micro Finance Initiative of which state government – Nagaland

• Recently, who was conferred with the 31st Vyas Samman – Dr Asghar
Wajahat

• Recently, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Armed Forces Preparatory School was

inaugurated in which state in India – Delhi

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• Who is the author of the book “India’s Economy From Nehru to Modi : A
Brief History” - Pulapre Balakrishnan

• Recently, who has been appointed as the interim president of the Indian
Olympic Association - Adille Sumariwalla

• Recently, India - USA exercise Vajra Prahar 2022 was held in which state -
Himachal Pradesh

• Recently, who from India has been elected as Commonwealth

Parliamentary Association (CPA) treasurer - Anurag Sharma

• Who is the author of the recently released book, “Free Fall: My

Experiments with Living ”- Mallika Sarabhai

• Recently, which state has launched the sports scholarship scheme

“Mukhya Mantri Udiyaman Khiladi Unnayan Yojana – Uttarakhand

• Recently who won the BWF World Championships men’s singles 2022
title - Viktor Axelson

July 2022

1. The ‘Dak Karmayogi Portal’ is launched by - Shri Ashwini Vaishnav

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2. RAMP (rising and accelerating MSME’s performance) is related to which

of the following - MSME’s

3. Renaming of which city as Shambhaji Nagar - Aurangabad

4. Chairman and managing director of GAIL- Sandeep Kumar Gupta

5. Name of the centralized pay system which has been recently launched for
the Indian Coast Guard (ICG)- Padma

6. Who Started going online as leaders (GOAL) Programme- Meta

7. Chairman of the board of directors of reliance jio infocom Ltd - Akash

Ambani

8. 47th GST council meeting was held in- Chandigarh

9. First player in history to win 80 matches each in all four grand slams-
Novak Djokovic.

10. ‘Kashi Yatra’ scheme- Karnataka

11. 17th president of the Philippines- Ferdinand Marcos Junior

12. The 36th national games will take place in- Gujarat

13. 20th chief minister of Maharashtra- Eknath Shinde

14. Chairperson of the recently formed “Financial services institutions

bureau (FSIB)” - Bhanu Pratap Sharma

15. The 2022 NATO summit was held in- Spain

16. 14th prime minister of Israel- Yair Lapid

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17. 1st prize in the national MSME awards 2022- Odisha

18. Ayurveda Ratna award by the UK Parliament- Dr Tanuja Manoj Nesari

19. The president of financial action task force (FATF) - T. Raja Kumar

20. Author of the book ‘THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GEORGE FERNANDES’ -
Rahul Ramagundam

21. Which Project has been launched pan India to tackle pink bollworm in
cotton- Project Bandhan

22. FEMINA MISS INDIA 2022 - Sini Shetty

23. Authors of a book ‘Ganga: Reimagining, Rejuvenating, Reconnecting’-

Rajiv Ranjan Mishra And Puskal Upadhyay

24. Fields medal 2022- Maryna Viazovska

25. Prime minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated a three days Akhil
Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam - Varanasi

26. 1st position amongst the general states category (in ‘state ranking index
for NFCA’)- Odisha

27. Startup school India (SSI) initiative by - Google

28. Additional charge of union ministry of minority affairs- Smriti Irani

29. Kharchi puja is celebrated in- Tripura

30. The statue of peace of Swami Ramanujacharya in Srinagar - Shri Amit

Shah

31. The CWG 2026 will be held at- Victoria, Australia

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32. The India’s sherpa for the group of twenty (G20) grouping- Amitabh
Kant

33. Scheme Mission Kushal Karmi- Delhi

34. First Indian company to be granted BIS certification for the sale of li-ion
batteries in india- Godi India

35. Mission Vatsalya is being implemented by- Ministry Of Women And

Child Development

36. Western Railways has opened the India’s longest skywalk in- Mumbai

37. The deputy election commissioner- R K Gupta

38. Author of the book "THE ARCHITECT OF THE NEW BJP: HOW
NARENDRA MODI TRANSFORMED THE PARTY”- Ajay Singh

39. New president of International fund for agricultural development

(IFAD)- Alvaro Lario

40. First elevated urban expressway in India - Dwarka Expressway

41. Rank of India in the Global Gender Gap Index 2022- 135

42. Sah-Bhagita scheme- Delhi

43. South India’s first nano urea (liquid) plant- Karnataka

44. India’s first e-waste Eco park- Delhi

45. Developer of India’s first-ever facility dedicated to 3D printed rocket

engines- Agnikul Cosmos

46. Cultural & tourism capital of SCO- Varanasi

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47. Census data workstation was inaugurated in- IIT Delhi

48. Name of oldest living tiger in the world (Jaldapara forest of Alipurduar,
West Bengal) – Raja

49. The first ever ‘Artificial Intelligence In Defence’ (AIDEF) symposium

and exhibition 2022 was held in- New Delhi

50. Indian cities in “50 extraordinary destinations to explore” in 2022 by

time magazine cities- Kerala And Ahmedabad

51. The McMahon line: a century of discord” book’s author - General

Joginder Jaswant Singh (Retired)

52. 1st Indian to complete the NASA’S international air and space program-
Jahnavi Dangeti

53. First state in the country to have its own internet service - Kerala

54. Mascot launched by the department of consumer affairs? Jagriti

55. Overall best institution for higher education in (NIRF) rankings 2022-
IIT Madras

56. Managing director of the national bank for financing infrastructure and
development (NABFID) - Rajkiran Rai

57. Chairman of Khadi and village industries commission (KVIC) – Manoj

Kumar

58. 51st pacific islands forum 2022 meeting was held in- Fiji

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59. Mother Teresa memorial awards for social justice 2021- Dia Mirza And
Afroz Shah

60. Chef de mission of the Indian squad at the commonwealth games 2022-
Rajesh Bhandari

61. Governor of west bengal- . La. Ganesan

62. India’s first Ai-powered digital Lok Adalat- Rajasthan

63. 2025 world athletics championships will be held in- Tokyo, Japan

64. Bonalu festival is celebrated in- Telangana

65. First major port of the country to become 100% landlord port (PPP
mode)- Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Maharashtra

66. “Beyond the misty veil: temple tales of Uttarakhand” book’s author-
Aradhana Johri

67. ‘SWANIRBHAR NAARI’ an initiative (for indigenous weavers) – Assam

68. Smt. Droupadi Murmu, 15th President of India is of which tribal

community - Santhal

69. Largest network of rural roads (‘Basic Road Statistics In India 2018—
19)’- Maharashtra

70. India’s 1st drone which can carry human passengers- Varuna

71. Most film friendly state (68th national film awards)- Madhya Pradesh

72. 15th prime minister of Sri lanka- Dinesh Gunawardena

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73. Burhanpur has become the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified district in state-
Madhya Pradesh

74. Global energy prize 2022- Kaushik Rajshekhar

75. Chairman of the Right to Repair committee- Nidhi Khare

76. National conference of state agriculture & horticulture ministers-

Bengaluru

77. Renaming the national rail and transportation institute as Gati Shakti
Vishwavidyalaya of state- Gujarat

78. Introduction of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for sportspersons-

Rajasthan

79. World’s first floating city is being built in – South Korea

80. India’s first brain health clinic- Bengaluru

81. ‘SAMTA NYAY KENDRA’, was inaugurated in Chandigarh For

Transgenders

82. Global hunger index 2021 - 101st

83. Interim CEO of National land management corporation (NLMC)- Sanjay

Kumar Jain

84. Family doctor project- Andhra Pradesh

85. The rank of India in the medal tally of the ISSF shooting world cup 2022-
1st

86. The Sakurajima volcano erupted in – Japan

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87. Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al Salem has been appointed as the new
prime minister of - KUWAIT

88. Swadesh Darshan scheme - Ministry Of Tourism

89. The chief economist of the world bank- Indermit Gill

90. Deen Dayal Sparsh Yojana - Department Of Posts

91. Karmajhiri sanctuary- Madhya Pradesh

92. India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant is being built by -
Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi

93. India’s high commissioner to Bangladesh- Pranay Kumar Verma

94. Chief minister’s breakfast scheme- Tamilnadu

95. The sir Winston Churchill leadership award- Volodymyr Zelenskyy

96. Pm Narendra Modi inaugurated the 100 mw Ramagundam floating solar

project in- Telangana

97. ‘MAHTARI NYAY RATH’ scheme- Chhattisgarh

98. Pm Daksh Yojana is implemented by - Ministry Of Social Justice And

Empowerment

99. First state in the country to launch the dedicated semiconductor policy-
Gujarat

100. Top FDI source nation for India in financial year 21-22?- Singapore

101. Monitoring app for seamless inspections (masi is related to which

section of the population- Children
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102. India’s gross domestic expenditure on r&d- 0.7%

103. Indian flag bearers at the 2022 commonwealth games opening

ceremony- Manpreet Singh And P.V. Sindhu

104. Barak Bhuban wildlife sanctuary is being built in – Assam

June 2022

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the world’s first Nano Urea
(Liquid) Plant in which state? Gujarat

2. Which country became India's top trading partner in 2021-22? USA

3. Which Indian documentary has won the 2022 L’Oeil d’Or at Cannes Film
Festival 2022? All That Breathes

4. Which state has been selected by World Health Organization for the
World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Award, 2022 ? Jharkhand

5. Who has become the first Indian to bag a World Cup medal by capturing a
bronze at the 2022 ICF Paracanoe World Cup ? Prachi Yadav

6. Recently, Which Indian state has launched a new health and wellness app
AAYU? Karnataka

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7. Who has won Immunization Champion award by United Nations

International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)? Umar Nisar

8. Which country joined International Solar Alliance , an initiative launched

by India and France? Hungary

9. Which zone of Indian Railway has achieved 100 percent electrification of

its 2,848 km network? Eastern Railway

10. Recently, which supercomputer has been ranked the world’s fastest,
according to the TOP 500 List?. Frontier

11. Recently which state has overtaken Uttar Pradesh (UP) to regain its
position as India’s top sugar producer? Maharashtra

12. Which state has rolled out the scheme of health insurance, Jyothi
Sanjeevani Scheme? Karnataka

13. What was the rank of India in the Asia Cup Hockey held in Indonesia?
Third. 1st – South Korea , 2nd – Malaysia, 3rd – India

14. Which state Launced “Mukhyamantri Nibir Matsyachash Prakalpa” ?

Tripura

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15. What has been chosen as the theme of the eighth International Day of
Yoga to be organised in India? Yoga for Humanity

16. Who is the author of the book ‘Adventures in Reading’? Ruskin Bond

17. Recently, India and which country hosted the Industry Transition
Dialogue in Stockholm, as a part of Leadership for Industry Transition
(LeadIT)? Sweden

18. Who is the author of new book ‘An Intent to Serve – A Civil Servant
Remembers’? Tejendra Khanna

19. UN approves Turkey’s request to change its name as which of the

following? Turkiye

20. Operation Mahila Suraksha is the initiative of which institution to

ensure women's security Railway Protection Force

21. Platygomphus benritarum’, which was seen in the news, belongs to

which species? Dragonfly

22. Which state launched a Special Health Care Abhiyan ‘Anchal’ for
pregnant women? Rajasthan

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23. Who is the author of newly launched book ‘‘The India Story’’? Bimal
Jalan

24. Who is the author of the book ‘The Magicians of Mazda’? Ashwin Sanghi

25. Who has become the first Indian woman to scale Mt. Everest without
supplemental oxygen ? Piyali Basak

26. 90th Interpol General Assembly will take place at which place in October
this year? New Delhi

27. India recently achieved the target of blending how much percent of
ethanol in petrol five months ahead of schedule? . 10%

28. A new book titled “Listen to Your Heart: The London Adventure”
authored by which of the following? Ruskin Bond

29. Blue Duke declared as the State Butterfly of which state? Sikkim

30. Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the National Tribal
Research Institute in which state/UT? Delhi

31. A Multinational Peacekeeping exercise “Ex Khaan Quest 2022” has

commenced in which country? Mongolia

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32. Week-long 'Sital Sasthi' festival is celebrated in which state? Odisha

33. Which state launched the “Beach Vigil App” for tourism? Goa

34. Which agency launch a mission called “DAVINCI Mission” to study

Venus? . NASA

35. The Mata Kheer Bhawani Mela at the famous Ragnya Devi Temple is
observed in which state/UT? Jammu and Kashmir

36. In the recently released Environment Performance Index-2022, what is

India’s rank? 180 1st- Denmark

37. The recent International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) held in
Abu Dhabi. Which movie won the best film award Shershaah

38. Avani Lekhara won gold in the Para World Cup in Chateauroux, France.
She is related to which sports? Shooting

39. Which is the highest ranked Indian institute in the 2023 edition of the
QS World University rankings IISc Bengaluru

40. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu unveiled the logo and mascot for the
44th Chess Olympiad. What is the name of the mascot? Thambi

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41. What is the name of India's first indigenously developed COVID-19

vaccine for animals Anocovax

42. Suraksha-Mitra project, a vehicle monitoring system has become

operational in which state Kerala

43. Recently released books ‘Loktantra ke Swar’ and ‘The Republican Ethic’,
having selected speeches of which personality? Ram Nath Kovind

44. Which Indian diplomat appointed as UN Chief’s envoy on technology? .

Amandeep Singh Gill

45. Ambassador Rabab Fatima, who has been appointed as the Under-
Secretary-General of the United Nations belongs to which country?
Bangladesh

46. Which state government launched ‘FRUITS’ software for farmer

schemes? Karnataka

47. Which state won the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2021 title with 52
gold medals? Haryana

48. The term ‘LaMDA’ is in news these days, what does it relate to? AI Chat
box

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49. Famous and prominent Lake Sawa has dried up for the first time in its
centuries. This lake is in which country? Iraq

50. Who has won the Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix 2022? Max
Verstappen

51. Recently, India’s newest recorded snail is named after the Western
Ghats of Maharashtra, what is the name of this new snail? Sahyadri snail

52. As per a recent report released by Sample Registration System (SRS),

which state has the lowest life expectancy? Chhattisgarh

53. FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup will be played in which country? . India

54. Recently, India successfully conducted the night trial of nuclear-capable

short-range ballistic missile Prithvi-II. This is which kind of missile?
Surface-to-surface

55. Which Union Minister inaugurated the “Industrial Decarbonization

Summit 2022”? Nitin Gadkari

56. India’s first private train, under the Bharat Gaurav scheme has been
flagged off from place? Coimbatore

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57. India has witnessed the sharpest rise among the Asian economies in the
annual World Competitiveness Index 2022, what is India’s rank in this
index? 37th

58. Who has appointed as the new Chairperson of the Press Council of
India? Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai

59. What is the rank of India in terms of Renewable Energy Installations in

2021? : C. Third ● 1 st – China ● 2nd Russia

60. Which village in Ladakh is all set to become India’s first Dark Sky
Reserve? Hanle

61. India’s first-ever girl Panchayat, called “Balika Panchayat”, was started
in which state? Gujarat

62. In which state did the Union Steel Minister inaugurate a six-lane
highway made of steel slag for the first time in India? Gujarat

63. Who has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Somalia? Hamza Abdi
Barre

64. In a bid to extend the range of its navy in Indo – Pacific region which
country has launched its third aircraft carrier “Fujian”? China

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65. Which state/ UT launched 'Aapki Zameen Aapki Nigrani' (AZAN), a

unique programme to enhance transparency in the land records
maintenance system Jammu and Kashmir

66. Two maternal nutrition schemes have been launched by the Prime
Minister ‘Mukhyamantri Matrushakti Yojana’ and ‘Poshan Sudha Yojana’ in
which state - Gujarat

67. Who will chair the First National Conference of Chief Secretaries at
HPCA stadium in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh PM Narendra Modi

68. PM Narendra Modi recently releases ‘Bhartiya Samvidhan: Ankahi

Kahani’. Who is the author of this book? Ram Bahadur Rai

69. Who has authored the newly launched book titled ‘Ashtanga Yoga’? Dr.
Sonu Phogat

70. Who has been appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India
to the United Nations? Ruchira Kamboj

71. Recently, which country has launched its first domestically built space
rocket ‘Nuri’ in a second attempt? South Korea

72. Who is the author of the the book “Gautam Adani: The Man Who
Changed India”? . RN Bhaskar
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73. Which force has launched ‘Operation Sankalp’ in the Persian Gulf and
the Gulf of Oman? . Indian Navy

74. Recently, who has been elected as President of Columbia? Gustavo

Petro

75. Recently, the National Conference on Cyber Safety and National Security
concluded in which state/ UT? New Delhi

76. What is the rank of India after recycling 75 tonnes of gold in 2021, as
per the report of the World Gold Council (WGC)?C. Fourth ● 1st – China ●
2nd – Italy ● 3rrd – USA

77. Which state has become the last and the 36 th state to implement the
One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) scheme? Assam

78. The government has surpassed the formal employment creation target
set under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana (ABRY). Which ministry is
responsible for this scheme? Ministry of Labour and Employment

79. Which country is organizing the Indo-Pacific Endeavour Exercise in

October 2022 of which India is a participant? Australia

80. Where is the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

(CHOGM) being held? Rwanda
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81. Which institution/ organisation recently launched the GSAT-24

satellite? . NSIL new space india limited

82. Environmental groups have criticised the project to link the Bedti and
Varada rivers calling it unscientific and a waste of public money. These
rivers flow in which state? Karnataka

83. Which state celebrates the Sao Joao Festival? Goa

84. Chief Minister of which state recently gifted the Pattachitra painting to
Pope Francis in Vatican City? Odisha

85. Padma Bridge project is in news these days, it is in which country?.

Bangladesh

86. Who is appointed as the Director-General of NDB India Regional Office

in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) Dr D J Pandian

87. Which union territory will host the 26 th Sindhu Darshan Yatra?.
Ladakh

88. Recently, the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) unveiled its patented
indigenous solar cooktop. What is the name of the cooktop? Surya Nutan

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89. Who has been appointed as the Director General of National

Investigation Agency? Dinkar Gupta

90. Which airport in the country has become the first to run entirely on
hydro and solar power? Delhi Airport

91. Ambubachi Mela is celebrated during the monsoon season when the sun
transit to the zodiac of Mithuna. This Mela is held in which state? Assam

92. Who is appointed as the new CEO of NITI Aayog? Parameswaran Iyer

93. Who has become the first Indian cyclist to win silver at Asian Track
Championship? Ronaldo Singh

94. Which state won their maiden Ranji Trophy title in 2022? Madhya
Pradesh

95. Which bank has launched a digital platform ‘Campus Power’ to assist
students who want to pursue higher education in India and abroad? ICC

96. Recently which country launched a solid-fuelled rocket named

“Zuljanah” into space ? IRAN

97. Which city's Menar bird village is set to be declared as a wetland?

Udaipur
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98. Which state has launched the “Single-Use Plastic Buy Back Scheme”?
Himachal Pradesh

99. Who has been re-appointed as Chief of RAW? Samant Kumar

100. Who has been recently named as the new chairman of CBDT? Nitin
Gupta

101. Where is the 2022 UN Ocean Conference being held? Portugal

102. Who has been recently named the 2021 recipient of the Golden
Achievement Award by the International Tennis Hall of Fame and
International Tennis Federation? . Vijay Amritraj

103. Who has been chosen as President of the International Weightlifting

Federation? Mohammed Jalood

104. CAPSTONE mission is in news these days, this mission is related to

which agency? NASA

105. Which state’s chief minister is scheduled to inaugurate the new facility
of business incubator T-Hub? Telangana

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