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1. Which of the following points are ‘correct’ with 6. Sania Mirza is set to become India’s 1st Muslim female
respect to the Cabinet approval in December fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force (IAF) and
2022? _________’s 1st IAF pilot.
A) Union Cabinet approved the revision of the a) Uttar Pradesh
pension of Armed Forces pensioners and family b) Madhya Pradesh
pensioners under the One Rank One Pension (OROP) c) Maharashtra
scheme, effective July 1, 2019. d) Karnataka
B) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs e) Bihar
(CCEA), chaired by PM Narendra Modi, has 7. Name the Indian weightlifter who has recently (in Dec
approved Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for copra ‘22) won the silver medal, under 49 kg Wome category,
for the 2023 season. at the 2022 IWF World Championships held in Bogota,
C) The MSP for fair Average Quality milling copra is Colombia.
Rs. 10860 per quintal for the 2023 season, and Rs. a) Harjinder Kaur
11750 per quintal for ball copra. b) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
a) Only A b) Only A & B c) Kunjarani Devi
c) Only B & C d) Only A & C d) Punam Yadav
e) All A, B & C e) Bindyarani Devi Sorokhaibam
2. According to 2022 Forbes's World’s Highest-Paid 8. According to the FIFA 2022 world rankings (as of Dec
Female Athletes, (as of Dec ‘22), Indian Badminton ‘22), ___________ ranked No.1 & 22nd FIFA Men’s
player PV Sindhu became the only Indian and the World Cup 2022 Champions Argentina ranke
only badminton player among the list of top 25 and ___________.
ranked ______ in the list. a) France; 3rd
a) 5th b) 10th c) 15th d) 12th e) 9th b) Brazil; 4th
3. What is the total loan amount provided by c) Morocco; 2nd
International Finance Corporation (IFC) (as of Dec d) France; 4th
‘22) to HDFC Limited to boost green affordable e) Brazil; 2nd
housing finance in India? 9. When was Kisan Diwas/National Farmers Day 2022
a) USD 200 million b) USD 400 million observed across India?
c) USD 500 million d) USD 800 million a) 23rd December 2022
e) USD 150 million b) 20th December 2022
4. _________ is the reported growth rate made by c) 22nd December 2022
International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the current d) 19th December 2022
fiscal year (FY23) (as of Dec ‘22) for India, which e) 21st December 2022
will be falling to _________ in the next fiscal year 10. In December 2022, the Defence Acquisition Council
(FY24). (DAC) approved the Acceptance of Necessity (AoN)
a) 6.8 %, 6.1 % b) 7%, 6.8% for 24 capital acquisition proposals worth _______.
c) 6.6%, 6.1 % d) 6.5%, 6.8 % a) Rs 72,678 crores
e) 6.1 %, 6.8 % b) Rs 84,328 crores
5. Which of the following personalities has recently (in c) Rs 62, 761 crores
Dec ‘22) won the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize d) Rs 51,543 crores
2021-2022? e) Rs 49,356 crores
a) Shobhana Kumar b) Sudeep Sen
c) Raj Kamal Jha d) Both 1 & 2
d) Both 2 & 3
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11. Name the company that has recently (in Dec ‘22) A) The Smart Cities Mission of the Ministry of
launched GIXI, India’s First Gas Price Index. Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has won the
a) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Platinum icon award in the DIA 2022 under the Data
b) Indian Gas Exchange Sharing and Use for Socio Economic Development
c) Hindustan Petroleum Limited category.
d) Oil India Limited B) National Agriculture Market (eNAM) won
e) Bharat Petroleum Limited Platinum icon award in the Digital India Awards
12. In December 2022, Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (DIA) 2022 under the Digital Empowerment Citizens
(RRVL) signed definitive agreements to acquire a category.
100% equity stake in Metro Cash and Carry India Pvt C) e-Vivechna App (Madhya Pradesh) won the
Ltd (Metro India) for a cash consideration of Platinum icon award in the Digital India Awards
____________. (DIA) 2022 under the Digital Initiatives at Grassroot
a) Rs 2,850 crore Level category.
b) Rs 4,278 crore a) All A, B & C b) Only A & B
c) Rs 5,879 crore c) Only B & C d) Only A & C
d) Rs 3,289 crore e) Only A
e) Rs 1,678 crore 18. Name the Indian personality who has recently (in Dec
13. Name the personality from India who is among the ‘22) become the only Indian to feature on 50 Greatest
8-Member Crew for SpaceX Moon Trip on a Actors of All Time List of Empire Magazine, a British
Starship spacecraft in 2023. monthly film magazine.
a) Dev Joshi a) Amitabh Bachchan
b) Anushka Sen b) Shah Rukh Khan
c) Rudra Soni c) Hrithik Roshan
d) Vansh Sayani d) Akshay Kumar
e) Ashnoor Kaur e) Salman Khan
14. In December 2022, ____________ passed a gender 19. Name the 5th Scorpene-class conventional submarine
recognition reform bill, making it easier to legally of “Project 75” that was recently (in Dec ‘22)
change gender. delivered to the Indian Navy by Mazagon Doc
a) Italy Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai,
b) Scotland Maharashtra.
c) California a) Khanderi b) Vela
d) Ireland c) Vagir d) Vagsheer
e) Spain e) Kalvari
15. Who has been recently (in Dec ‘22) selected to 20. Name the Indian Naval Ship (INS), which is the 1st
become a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force (IAF)? Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-
a) Shivangi Singh SWC), launched by the Indian Navy in December
b) Avani Chaturvedi 2022.
c) Bhawana Kanth a) INS Androth
d) Sania Mirza b) INS Kamorta
e) Abhinandan Varthaman c) INS Veer
16. Which bank has recently (in Dec ‘22) won IBS d) INS Arnala
Intelligence (IBSi) Global FinTech Innovation e) INS Katchall
Awards 2022 along with BUSINESSNEXT? 21. Which of the following Points are ‘Correct’ with
a) HDFC Bank respect to Project 75?
b) South Indian Bank a) It is constructed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders
c) RBL Bank Limited.
d) Karnataka Bank b) It has Six Scorpene Submarines.
e) ICICI Bank c) INS Kalvari is the first of the six indigenous
17. Which of the following points are ‘correct’ with Scorpene-class submarines.
respect to the 7th edition of Digital India d) Vagsheer the 6th and last Scorpene-class
Awards (DIA) 2022 as of December 2022? submarine
e) All the Above
22. In which state, India's first & World’s 2nd Infantry 28. In December 2022, Indian women’s hockey team won
Research Centre and Museum was inaugurated in the 1st edition of the FIH Hockey Women’s Nations
December 2022? Cup 2022 by defeating which country?
a) Gujarat a) Spain
b) Madhya Pradesh b) Japan
c) Goa c) Ireland
d) Maharashtra d) South Korea
e) West Bengal e) Indonesia
23. What is India's rank in 2020, as per the “Science & 29. The United Nations (UN)’s International Migrants
Engineering Indicators 2022” report released by the Day 2022 was observed across the globe on ________
National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United a) 17th December 2022
States (US) in December 2022? b) 15th December 2022
a) 7th b) 2nd c) 18th December 2022
c) 4th d) 6th d) 16th December 2022
e) 3rd e) 19th December 2022
24. Which country's blind cricket team recently (in Dec’ 30. The _________ Edition of Indo-Nepal joint training
22) won the 3rd T20 World Cup for the Blind for the Exercise ‘Surya Kiran’ between India and Nepal
3rd consecutive time? began at Saljhandi, Nepal in December 2022.
a) India a) 14th b) 16th
b) Bangladesh c) 13th d) 15th
c) Japan e) 12th
d) Nepal 31. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA)’s
e) South Korea report released in December 2022, India’s Coal
25. Who has recently (in Dec ‘22) crowned as the Mrs Production to Exceed a 1 billion Tonnes
World 2022 held at Nevada, USA? by__________.
a) Candice Abrahams (South Africa) a) 2026 b) 2024
b) Sargam Koushal (India) c) 2025 d) 2027
c) Jennifer Le (Vietnam) e) 2023
d) Shaylyn Ford (USA) 32. Name the country that has recently (in Dec ‘22)
e) Kate Schneider (Ireland) signed a memorandum with the Indian Chambers of
26. In December 2022, Indian origin Leo Varadkar was International Business (ICIB) and MSME to enable
elected as the Prime Minister of _________ for the companies to enter Indian Etrade Platforms.
2nd Time. a) United Arab Emirates
a) Italy b) Indonesia
b) Norway c) France
c) Ireland d) Russia
d) Canada e) Australia
e) Netherlands 33. Name the personality who has recently (in Dec ‘22)
27. Which of the following points is/are ‘Incorrect with named as PETA India’s ‘Person of The Year 2022’
respect to the FIFA Men’s World Cup 2022 held in title.
Qatar in December 2022? a) Shraddha Kapoor
A) Argentina won the 23rd FIFA Men’s World Cup b) Sonakshi Sinha
2022 by defeating France and grabbed their 5th title. c) Alia Bhatt
B) Argentina’s Captain, and Seven-time Ballon d’Or d) Katrina Kaif
winner Lionel Messi was named as tournament’s best e) Disha Patani
player, winning the Golden Ball. 34. In December 2022, State Bank of India (SBI) raised
C) ‘Now is All’ is the Slogan FIFA 2022 and La’eeb Rs. 10,000 crore through its maiden infrastructure
was the Official Mascot of FIFA 2022. bond issuance at a coupon rate of 7.51%. What is the
a) Only A b) Only B tenor for the bond?
c) Only C d) Only A & B a) 3 years b) 6 years
e) Only B & C c) 4 years d) 10 years
e) 5 years
35. What is the edition of India-Kazakhstan joint 42. The Geographical Indication (GI) Tag has been
training exercise ‘KAZIND-22’ initiated at Umroi granted by the Government of India (GoI) to 9 new
Military Station in Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya in products in December 2022, which raises the total
December 2022? number of GI tags in India to ________.
a) 6th b) 3rd a) 301 b) 398
c) 5th d) 2nd c) 401 d) 528
e) 4th e) 432
36. In December 2022, Rafael Nadal from _____ was 43. In December 2022, ___________ became India’s first
named the Men’s International Tennis Federation carbon-neutral Power Exchange.
(ITF) World Champion 2022 for the 5th time, while a) Indian Oil Corporation
_______ from Poland was named Women’s ITF b) Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited
World Champion 2022. c) Indian Energy Exchange
a) Spain; Ons Jabeur d) Gas Authority of India Limited
b) Australia; Magda Linette e) Hindustan Petroleum Limited
c) Spain; Iga Świątek 44. In Arton Capital’s “Passport Index 2022,” (as of 16th
d) Australia; Caroline Garcia Dec '22), India secured _______ rank in the world’s
e) Denmark; Magda Linette strongest passport list, while ________ ranked 1st in
37. In December 2022, Mette Frederiksen was re- the list.
elected as the Prime Minister (PM) of which a) 70th; United Arab Emirates
country? b) 66th; Germany
a) Sweden c) 70th; Sweden
b) Denmark d) 66th; United Arab Emirates
c) Norway e) 87th; Germany
d) Belgium 45. Which of the following Indian companies has been
e) Netherlands listed in the ‘Top 100 arms-producing and military
38. In December 2022, India conducted night trials of services companies 2021’ released by the Stockholm
nuclear-capable ballistic missile ‘Agni V’ from APJ International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in
Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast. Agni V is December 2022?
the _____________ missile with a range of over a) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
5,000 km. b) Bharat Electronics Limited
a) Medium Range Ballistic Missile c) Bharat Dynamics Limited
b) Short Range Ballistic Missile d) Both 1 & 2
c) Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile e) Both 1 & 3
d) Intercontinental Range Ballistic Missile 46. Which company has recently (in Dec’ 22) became an
e) Integrated Range Ballistic Missile official partner of the Fédération Internationale de
39. In December 2022, India received its final 36th Hockey (FIH) Men's World Cup 2023 in Odisha,
Rafale aircraft from which country? India?
a) Germany b) France a) Tata Steel Limited
c) Russia d) United States of America b) MPL Sports Foundation
e) Japan c) RuPay
40. Which state recently (in Dec ‘22) became the first d) Adani Sportsline
state to launch its own Climate Change Mission? e) Madras Rubber Factory
a) Maharashtra 47. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
b) Andhra Pradesh Worldwide Cost of Living (WCOL) Index released in
c) West Bengal December 2022, which of the following countries has
d) Karnataka been declared as joint most expensive cities in the
e) Tamil Nadu world to live in?
41. Hanle as India’s first dark sky reserve, is located in a) Singapore (Singapore) b) New York (USA)
which state/UT? c) Tel Aviv (Israel) d) Both 1 & 2
a) Ladakh b) Arunachal Pradesh e) Both 2 & 3
c) Jammu and Kashmir e) West Bengal
e) Odisha
48. Which country has recently (in Dec ‘22) received 55. In December 2022, World Health Organization
Membership Candidate Status from the European (WHO) published the World Malaria Report 2022,
Union? with key highlighting that the COVID-19 pandemic
a) Bulgaria b) Albania disrupted 63,000 more malaria deaths globally over
c) Montenegro d) Bosnia and Herzegovina the last two years.
e) Slovenia Which region has suffered 95% of the world’s 247
49. In December 2022, the Central Board of Direct million malaria infections in 2021?
Taxes (CBDT) exempted the Non-Resident a) North-eastern Asia
(NR) taxpayers from mandatory electronic filing of b) Mediterranean & Middle East
Form 10F until _____ c) South East Asia
a) 31st May 2023 b) 31st January 2023 d) Africa
c) 30th April 2023 d) 31st March 2023 e) Caribbean
e) 28th February 2023 56. In December 2022, ‘_____________’ established an
50. In December 2022, the Chairman of the Telecom International ‘Climate Club’ for countries to combat
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), announced at global warming.
the “India SatCom 2022”, that India will be the first a) BRICS
country in the world to auction satellite b) G20
communications (SatCom) spectrum. Who is the c) G7
current (as of Dec ‘22) Chairman of TRAI? d) G4
a) Mahendra Srivastava e) G8
b) Bhaskar Ramamurthi 57. In December 2022, Shaji K. V. assumed charge as
c) Meenakshi Gupta the chairman of which organization?
d) V. Raghunandan a) Small Industries Development Bank of India
e) P. D. Vaghela b) Securities and Exchange Board of India
51. When was National Energy Conservation Day 2022 c) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
observed across India? d) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
a) 13th December 2022 e) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
b) 10th December 2022 Development
c) 14th December 2022 58. Who replaced Soumya Swaminathan to become the
d) 11th December 2022 new Chief Scientist of World Health Organization
e) 12th December 2022 (WHO) with effect from the 2nd quarter of 2023?
52. Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and a) Samira Asma
Textiles Piyush Goyal announced that India b) Jaouad Mahjour
will aim to achieve USD 100 billion exports for c) Michael Ryan
textiles by ___________. d) Jeremy Farrar
a) 2035 b) 2026 e) Catharina Boehme
c) 2030 d) 2025 59. Who has recently (in Dec ‘22) taken oath as the 15th
e) 2027 Chief Minister (CM) of Himachal Pradesh (HP)?
53. Which country has emerged as the top oil supplier to a) Shanta Kumar
India replacing Iraq in November 2022? b) Virbhadra Singh
a) Russia b) Iran c) Jai Ram Thakur
c) Saudi Arabia d) Kuwait d) Prem Kumar Dhumal
e) United Arab Emirates e) Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
54. The “white paper revolution” recently seen in the 60. Name the personality who has been named as the 1st
news refers to ______. woman president of Indian Olympic
a) Summit signed during COP27 Association (IOA) in December 2022.
b) Protests in China against the country’s zero covid a) Saraswati Chand
policy b) P.T. Usha
c) JP Morgan commits climate neglect protests c) Seema Punia
d) Protests in Iran against the female dress code d) Dutee Chand
e) Military MoU signed between Russia and Ukraine e) Kamalpreet Kaur
61. Which organisation has recently (in Dec ‘22) 67. In December 2022, the Ministry of New and
launched a private mission to the moon with Japanese Renewable Energy (MNRE) extended the ‘Rooftop
lander ‘Hakuto’ and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Solar Programme’ till __________.
rover ‘Rashid’ from Cape Canaveral Space Force a) March 2024
Station in Florida? b) March 2026
a) National Aeronautics and Space Administration c) March 2023
b) SpaceX d) March 2027
c) European Space Agency e) March 2025
d) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 68. In which state/UT, the International Lusophone
e) Indian Space Research Organisation Festival was held in December 2022?
62. In which city, the India International Science Festival a) Himachal Pradesh
(IISF)-2022 will be held in January 2023? b) Jammu and Kashmir
a) Chennai, Tamil Nadu c) Goa
b) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh d) Ladakh
c) Bengaluru, Karnataka e) Uttarakhand
4) Mumbai, Maharashtra 69. Which of the following countries has recently (in Dec
5) Ahmedabad, Gujarat ‘22) signed a deal with Japan to develop a next-
63. As per the International Energy Agency (IEA) report generation fighter aircraft by 2035?
released in December 2022, India is expected to add a) Australia
145 Gigawatts (GW) of Renewable Energy (RE) b) United Kingdom
capacity by _______ year. c) Italy
a) 2026 d) Both 1 & 2
b) 2028 e) Both 2 & 3
c) 2025 70. Which portal has recently (in Dec ‘22) launched
d) 2027 India’s first private market index to monitor the value
e) 2029 actions of privately traded securities?
64. Name the Indian personality who has recently (in Dec a) Unlistedkart.com
‘22) won the BWF Female ParaBadminton Player of b) Angelone.in
the Year 2022. c) Parasramindia.com
a) Mandeep Kaur d) StocX.in
b) Palak Kohli e) Planify.in
c) Parul Parmar 71. Name the country’s Prime Minister (PM) who has
d) Nelakurihi Sikki Reddy been recently (in Dec ‘22) named as the “Global
e) Manisha Ramadass Ambassador for Diabetes” by the International
65. Name the Indian cricketer who has recently (in Dec Diabetic Federation (IDF).
‘22) became the fastest doublecenturion in Men’s One a) Justin Trudeau (PM of Canada)
Day International (ODI) by breaking the West Indies b) Giorgia Meloni (PM of Italy)
cricketer, Chris Gayle's world records. c) Sheikh Hasina (PM of Bangladesh)
a) Rishabh Pant d) Narendra Modi (PM of India)
b) Ishan Kishan e) Hun Sen (PM of Cambodia)
c) Shreyas Iyer 72. In December 2022, ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch
d) Suryakumar Yadav Vehicles (PSLV)-XL rocket motor ‘PSOMXL’
e) KL Rahul successfully cleared test in Sriharikota, Andhra
66. When was United Nations (UN)’s Human Rights Day Pradesh.
2022 observed across the globe with the theme of Which company developed the booster motor
“Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All”? ‘PSOM-XL’?
a) 6th December 2022 a) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
b) 9th December 2022 b) Rifle Factory Ishapore
c) 7th December 2022 c) Indian Ordnance Factories
d) 10th December 2022 d) Economic Explosives Limited
e) 8th December 2022 e) Bharat Electronics Limited
73. Which institute has recently (in Dec ‘22) launched the 79. Which of the following personalities from India are
first electric formula racing car ‘RF23’? recognised as "Superstars of STEM (Science,
a) IIT Bombay Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)" by
b) IIT Kanpur Science & Technology Australia (STA) for 2023-
c) IIT Madras 2024?
d) IIT Delhi a) Neelima Kadiyala
e) IIT Kharagpur b) Ana Baburamani
74. In December 2022, the “SWAMIH Investment Fund c) Indrani Mukherjee
I” received _________ investment from the d) Only 1 & 2
Government of India (GoI) to help Homebuyers. e) All 1, 2 & 3
a) Rs 2,000 crore 80. In December 2022, Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra was
b) Rs 5,000 crore sworn in as the 1st Female President of which
c) Rs 3,000 crore country?
d) Rs 4, 000 crore a) Venezuela
e) Rs 1, 000 crore b) Ecuador
75. Which of the following points are ‘Incorrect’ with c) Peru
respect to the RBI’s bi-monthly monetary policy of d) Brazil
FY23 held in December 2022? e) Chile
a) RBI decreased India’s real Gross Domestic 81. HarperCollins Publishers India Pvt. Ltd. has
Product (GDP) growth to 6.8% from 7% for FY23. announced the autobiography of Pakistani Cricketer
b) The MPC raised the repo rate by 35 basis points to Wasim Akram titled "Sultan: A Memoir" is set to be
6.25% from 5.90% released on 22nd December 2022.
c) The Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) Rate adjusted The book was written by whom along with Wasim
to 6% from 5.65% and Marginal Standing Facility Akram?
(MSF) rate to 6.50% from 6.15%. a) Gideon Haigh
d) The Bank Rate remained unchanged at 6.15%. b) Peter Greste
e) Real GDP growth for Q1FY24 is projected at c) Jonathan Swan
7.1%. d) John Pilger
76. Name the bank that recently (in Dec ‘22) partnered e) Paul Kadak
with the National Association of Software and Service 82. In December 2022, CM Pinarayi Vijayan, delivered a
Companies (NASSCOM) Center of Excellence (CoE) speech at the India Climate and Development
to promote the startup ecosystem. Partners' Meet and stated that Kerala aspires to
a) IDFC First Bank b) HDFC Bank become a 100% renewable energy-based state by
c) ICICI Bank d) Axis Bank _________ and net carbon neutral by 2050.
e) YES Bank a) 2025 b) 2035
77. Name the organization that has recently (in Dec ‘22) c) 2030 d) 2027
organised ‘Kutumb’ Event in New Delhi, along with e) 2040
the India Infoline Limited- Home Finance Ltd. (IIFL 83. According to the World Bank’s latest update (in Dec
HFL). ‘22) ‘India Development UpdateNavigating the
a) World Bank Storm’ raised its GDP growth forecast for India
b) International Monetary Fund during FY23 to ________ from
c) Asian Development Bank 6.5%.
d) African Development Bank 1) 7.0% 2) 6.9%
e) Association of Southeast Asian Nations 3) 7.5% 4) 6.7%
78. Who has recently (in Dec ‘22) recognised as Time 5) 7.2%
Magazine’s 2022 Person of the Year? 84. Name the Personality who has recently (in Dec ‘22)
a) Rishi Sunak (Prime Minister of the UK) named as the World Athletes of the Year 2022.
b) Gregory Robinson (Former NASA administrator) a) Sydney McLaughlin-Levron
c) Volodymyr Zelensky (President of Ukraine) b) Armand Mondo Duplantis
d) Elon Musk (CEO of Tesla) c) Erriyon Knighton
e) Joe Biden (President of US) d) Both 1 & 2
e) Both 2 & 3
85. Who has recently (in Dec ‘22) won the Miss Earth 92. Which Indian organisation has won the Local
2022 title at the Okada Manila in Philippines? Adaptation Champions Award under the “capacity
a) Nadeen Ayoub (Palestine) and knowledge” category at the Conference of Parties
b) Sheridan Mortlock (Australia) (COP) 27 climate summit held in Sharm El-Sheikh,
c) Andrea Aguilera (Colombia) Egypt?
d) Destiny Wagner (Belize) a) Swayam Shikshan Prayog
e) Mina Sue Choi (South Korea) b) Pratham
86. In December 2022, Aditya Mittal became India’s c) Teach For India
________ chess Grandmaster (GM) during the 3rd d) Smile Foundation
edition of El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament in e) Katha
Spain. 93. In the 17th session of the Intergovernmental
a) 78th b) 76th Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible
c) 74th d) 77th Cultural Heritage, 47 new items were included in the
e) 75th UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list submitted
87. Name the company that has recently (in Dec ‘22) by 60 countries.
introduced a new range of international roaming plans Which city hosted the 17th session of the
for postpaid as well as prepaid users through ‘World Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding
Pass’. of the Intangible Cultural Heritage?
a) Vodafone Idea a) Dhaka, Bangladesh
b) Reliance Jio Infocomm b) Rabat, Morocco
c) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited c) Lima, Peru
d) Bharti Airtel d) Bratislava, Slovakia
e) Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited e) Geneva, Switzerland
88. According to the RBI, WALR stands for? 94. Which Indian City has secured 22nd rank in the
a) Working Average Lending Rates “Prime Global Cities Index Q3 (JulySeptember)
b) Weighted Average Leading Ratio 2022”, published by Knight Frank in December 2022?
c) Wholesale Average Lending Rates a) Bengaluru, Karnataka
d) Weighted Average Lending Rates b) Indore, Madhya Pradesh
e) Weighted Acquired Leading Ratio c) Mumbai, Maharashtra
89. According to the Employees’ Provident Fund d) Jaipur, Rajasthan
Organization (EPFO) data, 87.1 lakh new formal e) New Delhi, Delhi
jobs were generated in India during the first half of 95. Which of the following points are ‘correct’ with
the current financial year (H1 FY23), a respect to the New Index – Nifty Bharat Bond
________ rise from H1 FY22. Index – April 2023?
a) 15% b) 40% A) NSE Indices Limited has launched a new index –
c) 20% d) 35% Nifty BHARAT Bond Index – April 2033,
e) 25% under the Nifty Bharat Bond Index within the Nifty
90. Which of the following Indian billionaires were Bharat Bond Index series.
named in the 16th edition of Forbes Asia’s Heroes of B) New tranche of the Bharat Bond ETF, India’s first
Philanthropy list released in December 2022? corporate bond exchange traded fund
a) Gautam Adani (ETF) has been launched for New Fund Offer (NFO)
b) Shiv Nadar of the ETF, which will open from 2nd
c) Ashok Soota December to 8th December 2022.
d) Both 1 & 2 C) This new Bharat Bond ETF and Bharat Bond
e) All 1, 2 & 3 Fund of Fund (FOF) series will mature on 18th
91. ‘__________’ was declared as the Word of the Year April 2033.
for 2022 by the Oxford English Dictionary. a) All A, B & C
a) Gas Lighting b) Only A & B
b) Metaverse c) Only B & C
c) Vax d) Only A & C
d) Goblin mode e) Only A
e) Moon Lighting
96. In December 2022, ________ based Goldsikka Pvt
Ltd set up India’s 1st Gold Automated teller 99. The 12th edition of Agni Warrior (XAW) 2022, a
machine (ATM). bilateral exercise between the _______ Armed
a) Mumbai, Maharashtra Forces & Indian Army (IA) conducted at
b) Hyderabad, Telangana Maharashtra In November 2022.
c) Ahmedabad, Gujarat a) Singapore
d) Chennai, Tamil Nadu b) France
e) New Delhi, Delhi c) United States of America
97. In December 2022, S&P Global Ratings reduced d) Indonesia
India’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to e) Sri Lanka
___________ for 2023. 100. Name the country that has assumed the presidency of
a) 6% b) 6.5% the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the
c) 7% d) 7.5% month of December 2022.
e) 8.2% a) Brazil
98. Which team won the Vijay Hazare Trophy Final b) India
2022- 2023 title by defeating Maharashtra in c) Kenya
December 2022? d) Norway
a) Himachal Pradesh e) Ghana
b) Saurashtra
c) Karnataka
d) Mumbai
e) Gujarat
Answers
1 e 11 b 21 e 31 c 41 a 51 c 61 b 71 c 81 a 91 d
2 d 12 a 22 b 32 d 42 e 52 c 62 b 72 d 82 e 92 a
3 b 13 a 23 e 33 b 43 c 53 a 63 d 73 c 83 b 93 b
4 a 14 b 24 a 34 d 44 d 54 b 64 e 74 e 84 d 94 c
5 d 15 d 25 b 35 a 45 d 55 d 65 b 75 d 85 e 95 a
6 a 16 c 26 c 36 c 46 a 56 c 66 d 76 a 86 d 96 b
7 b 17 a 27 a 37 b 47 d 57 e 67 b 77 c 87 d 97 a
b
8 e 18 28 a 38 d 48 d 58 d 68 c 78 c 88 d 98 b
9 a 19 c 29 c 39 b 49 d 59 e 69 e 79 e 89 d 99 a
10 b 20 d 30 b 40 e 50 e 60 b 70 d 80 c 90 e 100 b
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1. Which of the following points is/are ‘correct’ with 5. Name the Insurance Company that has recently (in Jan
respect to the 2023 Padma Award? ‘23) partnered with the National Payments Corporation
A) The Ministry of Home Affairs has announced the of India (NPCI) to allow policyholders to pay their
106 Padma Awards in 2023 which includes 19 premiums via “UPI 123PAY”.
awards to women and 2 to Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI. a) HDFC Life Insurance
B) Mulayam Singh Yadav, served as Chief Minister b) Exide Life Insurance
of Uttar Pradesh 3 times, was named for Padma c) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
Vibhushan (posthumously) in the field of Public d) Canara HSBC Life Insurance
Affairs. e) Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance
C) Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi (BV Doshi) is the 6. In January 2023, India sold its first sovereign green
only Indian to have received the Pritzker Architecture bonds worth a total of __________ at 5-6 Basis Points
Prize, was named for Padma Vibhushan below Sovereign Yields.
(posthumously) in the field of others. a) Rs 80 billion
a) Only C b) Only A & B b) Rs 100 billion
c) Only A & C d) Only B & C c) Rs 60 billion
e) All A, B & C d) Rs 30 billion
2. Which of the following is ‘Incorrect’ with respect to e) Rs 50 billion
2023 Padma Bhushan awardees and their field? 7. Name the country that has recently (in Jan ‘23) elected
a) Deepak Dhar - Science & Engineering as Vice-Chair at the 12th session of Food and
b) Kumar Mangalam Birla - Trade and Industry Agricultural Organization (FAO’s) Intergovernmental
c) Vani Jairam - Art Technical Working Group (ITWG) on Animal Genetic
d) S L Bhyrappa - Sports Resources (AnGR) held in Rome, Italy.
e) Sudha Murty - Social Work a) Brazil
3. Name the United Nations organisation that has b) Spain
recently (in Jan ‘23) announced the launch of a c) Germany
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics d) Japan
(STEM) Education Program in Asia along with e) India
Solvay, a Belgian multinational chemical company. 8. Which of the following points is/are ‘correct’ with
a) United Nations Children's Fund respect to the International Cricket Council (ICC)
b) United Nations Educational, Scientific and awards 2022?
Cultural Organization A) India’s Suryakumar Yadav has won the ICC Men’s
c) United Nations Development Programme T20I Cricketer of the Year 2022 and became the 2nd
d) United Nations Institute for Training and Research batter after Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan to score
e) United Nations Human Settlement Programme more than 1000 runs in 2022 in T20Is.
4. Which country has recently (in Jan ‘23) conducted the B) Renuka Singh has won the ICC Emerging Women’s
1st edition of the bilateral Air Exercise ‘Veer Cricketer of the Year 2022 award.
Guardian 2023’ along with India? C) Pakistan’s Babar Azam won the Sir Garfield Sobers
a) Singapore Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2022 as
b) Sri Lanka well as ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2022.
c) Indonesia a) Only A b) Only A & B
d) Japan c) Only B & C d) Only A & C
e) Bangladesh e) All A, B & C
9. Which of the following points is correct with respect 14. Name the railway station that has recently (in Jan ‘23)
to India's 74th Republic Day events and parade held at awarded a “Green Railway Station Certification” with
the Kartavya Path on 26th January 2023? the highest Platinum rating by the Indian Green
A) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El –Sisi is the Building Council (IGBC).
chief guest of the 74th Republic Day. a) Mumbai Central Railway Station
B) The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, awarded
b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
the President’s Tatrakshak Medal (PTM) and
Tatrakshak Medal (TM) to 6 Indian Coast Guard c) Bhopal Railway Station
(ICG) Personnel. d) Chandigarh Railway Station
C) A total of 23 tableaus- 17 from States and Union e) Visakhapatnam railway station
Territories, and 6 from Central Ministries and 15. In January 2023, ____________ became the 41st Prime
Departments participated in the parade on the Minister (PM) of New Zealand, after the signation of
Kartavya Path Jacinda Ardern.
a) Only A b) Only A & B
a) Jenny Shipley
c) Only B & C d) Only A & C
e) All A, B & C b) Bill English
10. Name the biannual maritime exercise that is being c) Chris Hipkins
conducted by the Indian Navy in the Indian Ocean d) John Key
Region (IOR) from January to March of 2023. e) Helen Clark
a) Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise”
16. In January 2023, the Appellate Authority for Advance
(TROPEX) 2023
Rulings (AAAR) announced that the mangrove
b) Amphibious Exercise (AMPHEX) 2023
cultivation is different from agriculture and will be
c) Milan 2023
subjected to a _______ Goods and Services Tax (GST).
d) Samudra Shakti 2023
e) Varuna 2023 a) 5% b) 12%
11. India will overtake China to become the world's most c) 18% d) 0%
populated nation in ________. e) 28%
a) 2027 17. Name the platform that has recently (in Jan ‘23)
b) 2025 launched by the Government of India (GoI) to digitize
c) 2023 India’s Universal Immunization Program (UIP) in a
pilot mode.
d) 2026
a) U-WIN b) Dig-WIN
e) 2024
c) Ind-WIN d) Cov-WIN
12. Which country has recently (in Jan ‘23) invested USD
32 million to Commercialise World’s First Photonic- e) IM-WIN
based Quantum Computer? 18. Which Small Finance Bank (SFB) has recently (in Jan
a) Japan ‘23) launched the first-of-its-kind Credit Card Offering
Platform called ‘SwipeUp’?
b) Russia
a) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
c) Germany
b) Capital Small Finance Bank
d) China
c) Equitas Small Finance Bank
e) Canada
d) AU Small Finance Bank
13. Name the company that has recently (in Jan ‘23)
launched ‘Vikram’ RuPay credit card dedicated to the e) Suryoday Small Finance Bank
Indian defence, paramilitary, and police personnel. 19. How many children have recently (in Jan ‘23) received
a) Muthoot Finance Ltd Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar award for 2023
from President of India, Droupadi Murmu for their
b) LIC Housing Finance Ltd
exceptional achievement?
c) BOB Financial Solutions Ltd
a) 15 b) 11
d) Bajaj Finance Ltd
c) 9 d) 5
e) Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd
e) 20
20. Which country's Naval Group has recently (in Jan’ 25. Name the country that has recently (in Jan ‘23) defeated
23) signed an agreement with the Defense Research Belgium to win the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World
and Development Organization (DRDO) to safely Cup 2023 and claimed their 3rd hockey world cup title.
integrate indigenous systems in Kalvari-class a) Netherlands
submarines?
b) Germany
a) Germany b) United States of America
c) Australia
c) Japan d) Russia
d) Spain
e) France
e) New Zealand
21. According to the World Economic Situation and
26. Which company has recently (in Jan ‘23) launched
Prospects (WESP) 2023 Report released by the United
India's first indigenously developed human
Nations (UN) in January 2023, India’s Gross
papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) “CERVAVAC," against
Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast decreased
cervical cancer in women?
by _________ (basis points) to 5.8% for 2023.
a) Biocon Limited
a) 40bps b) 30bps
b) GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals
c) 20bps d) 10bps
c) Panacea Biotech Limited
e) 30bps
d) Serum Institute of India
22. Which company has recently (in Jan ‘23) signed an
MoU with the Rolls Royce Solutions of Germany to e) Bharat Biotech International Limited
manufacture Rolls Royce Marine Diesel Engines in 27. In which city, PM Narendra Modi has recently (in Jan
India? ‘23) flagged off the ‘MV Ganga Vilas’, the world’s
a) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited longest river cruise?
b) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited a) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
c) Cochin Shipyard Limited b) Kolkata, West Bengal
d) Hindustan Shipyard Limited c) Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
e) Goa Shipyard Limited d) Begusarai, Bihar
23. Who was appointed as the brand ambassador of the e) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) 28. Which city plans to set up India’s first Centre of
Limited? Excellence (CoE) in Online Gaming in March
a) Vinesh Phogat b) PV Sindhu 2023?
c) Amit Panghal d) Nikhat Zareen a) Gandhinagar, Gujarat
e) Neeraj Chopra b) Mumbai, Maharashtra
24. Which of the following points is/are ‘correct’ with c) Shillong, Meghalaya
respect to the 111th edition of the Australian Open d) Guwahati, Assam
(AO) held in January 2023? e) Bengaluru, Karnataka
A) Novak Djokovic of Serbia claimed the men’s 29. Name the country that has recently (in Jan ‘23) signed
singles title at the Australian Open (AO) 2023 an agreement with India on cooperation in the field of
defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece. Green Hydrogen Development and Investment.
B) Aryna Sabalenka of Poland won the women’s a) United Arab Emirates b) France
singles title at AO 2023, her first major singles c) Australia
title, by defeating Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan. d) Russia
C) In Mixed Doubles, Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos e) Japan
of Brazil defeated the pair of India’s Sania Mirza
30. The _______ Indian Army (IA) Day was observed
and Rohan Bopanna.
across India on 15th January 2023.
a) Only A b) Only A & B
a) 74th b) 72nd
c) Only B & C d) Only A & C
c) 75th d) 73rd
e) All A, B & C th
5) 76
31. What edition is the India-France Naval Exercise 37. Name the Scheme that was recently (in Jan ‘23)
"VARUNA 2023," which commenced on the Western discontinued by the Ministry of Minority Affairs
Seaboard in January 2023? (MoMA).
a) 19th b) 17th a) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
c) 21st d) 18th b) Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram
e) 20th c) Seekho aur Kamao Scheme
32. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently (in Jan d) Padho Pardesh Scheme
‘23) announced that any person looking to acquire e) Hamari Dharohar Scheme
more than _______ stake in a bank will need prior
38. With which country, the Indian Army has recently (in
approval from RBI.
Jan ‘23) conducted the 1st edition of the Exercise
a) 5% b) 4% Cyclone-I, at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan?
c) 3% d) 2% a) Mongolia
e) 1% b) Kazakhstan
33. According to the State Bank of India (SBI)’s Ecowrap c) Egypt
report released in January 2023, India's fiscal deficit is
d) Thailand
expected to grow at _________ for FY23.
e) Kyrgyzstan
a) Rs 18.01 lakh crore
39. Name the Guaranteed Return Life Insurance Plan that
b) Rs 15.82 lakh crore
was recently (in Jan ‘23) launched by the Life Insurance
c) Rs 20.23 lakh crore Corporation of India (LIC).
d) Rs 17.5 lakh crore a) Jeevan Tarun
e) Rs 19.34 lakh crore b) Jeevan Azad
34. How many Indian Peacekeepers were recently (in Jan c) Jeevan Lakshya
‘23) honoured with the prestigious United Nations
d) Jeevan Bima
(UN) medals for their vital work in the UN Mission in
South Sudan (UNMISS) in South Sudan? e) Jeevan Umang
a) 530 40. According to the Brand Finance Brand Guardianship

Index 2023 released in January 2023, Mukesh Ambani
b) 820
is ranked No 1 among Indians and _______ globally,
c) 990 while __________ from the USA ranked No 1 in the
d) 2000 Index.
e) 1171 a) 3rd; Jensen Huang
35. Name the country that has recently (in Jan ‘23) b) 2nd; Satya Nadella
assumed the presidency of the 13th assembly of the c) 3rd; Shantanu Narayen
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
d) 2nd; Jensen Huang
a) United Arab Emirates b) India
e) 4th; Satya Nadella
c) France
41. Which airport has recently (in Jan ‘23) won the ‘Best
d) Australia Sustainable Greenfield Airport‘award?
e) Germany a) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Telangana)
36. Name the plant species that has recently (in Jan ‘23) b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
listed in the protected plants list under Schedule III of (Maharashtra)
the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
c) Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi)
a) Neelakurinji
d) Manohar International Airport (Goa)
b) Paper Plant
e) Kempegowda International Airport (Karnataka)
c) Canna Lily
d) Royal Purple Plant
e) Silver Fern
42. Name the company that has recently (in Jan ‘23) 47. Which of the following points is ‘Incorrect’ with
delivered the 1st fuselage for the Indian Army’s respect to the World Economic Forum 2023
contract for six AH-64E Apache Combat helicopters. Summit?
a) BAE Systems Limited A) The WEF held its 53rd Annual Meeting, “World
b) Lockheed Martin India Private Limited Economic Forum—2023” in Davos, Switzerland
c) BrahMos Aerospace Limited with the theme of “Cooperation in a Fragmented
World.”
d) Horizon Aerospace Limited
B) According to Oxfam India’s report, “Survival of
e) Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited
the Richest: The India Supplement,” the top 1% of
43. The American India Foundation (AIF) has recently (in Indians currently own more than 40.5% of the
Jan ‘23) inaugurated India’s 1st STEM Innovation and nation’s entire wealth in 2021.
Learning Centre (SILC) and launched the Drone and
C) The WEF has designated Hyderabad (Telangana)
Satellite Launch Vehicle (DSLV) Mission in
as its Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
___________.
(C4IR), which will focus on healthcare and life
a) Bengaluru, Karnataka sciences.
b) Chandipur, Odisha a) Only A b) Only A & B
c) Pokhran, Rajasthan c) Only B & C d) Only A & C
d) Chennai, Tamil Nadu e) All A, B & C
e) Gandhinagar, Gujarat 48. The Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas,
Hardeep Singh Puri announced that the phased roll-
44. According to the article “State of the Economy”
out of E20 (20% ethanol blending in gasoline) will
published in “January 2023 bulletin” of the Reserve
begin on _______.
Bank of India (RBI), the 2023 Monetary Policy of
RBI is objective to Direct Inflation Towards a target a) 1st March, 2023
________ by 2024. b) 1st April, 2023
a) 2% c) 1st May, 2023
b) 4% d) 1st June, 2023
c) 6% e) 1st July, 2023
d) 5% 49. Indian Railways has recently (in Jan ‘23) announced
e) 3% the plan to introduce India’s 1st hydrogen-powered
trains on its narrow-gauge heritage lines to transform
45. When was Parakram Diwas 2023 observed across
Indian locomotive mobility by ___________.
India to commemorate the 126th birth anniversary of
freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose? a) July 2023
a) 22nd January 2023 b) December 2023
b) 20th January 2023 c) May 2023
c) 23rd January 2023 d) March 2023
d) 21st January 2023 e) August 2023
e) 19th January 2023 50. In which state ‘Cherchera harvest festival’ was
celebrated in January 2023?
46. Name the Russian Bank that has recently (in Jan ‘23)
launched direct payments in rupees to increase a) Madhya Pradesh b) Gujarat
bilateral trade and investment? c) Assam d) Chhattisgarh
a) Gazprombank e) Jharkhand
b) Sberbank 51. In January 2023, ____________ became the first state
c) Alfa Bank in India to go fully digital in its banking service.
d) VTB Bank a) Gujarat b) Maharashtra
e) Promsvyazbank c) Madhya Pradesh d) Delhi
e) Kerala
52. In January 2023, the Ministry of Home Affairs 58. According to the Nikkei Asia report released in
(MHA) received the extension till _________ to the January 2023, India surpassed ________ as the
Frame Rules for Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 world’s third-largest auto market in 2022.
for the 7th Consecutive Time. a) Russia
a) 31st March 2023 b) Germany
b) 31st August 2023 c) Japan
c) 30th June 2023 d) Australia
d) 31st July 2023 e) United Arab Emirates
e) 30th April 2023 59. What is the rank of India according to the ‘Henley
53. In which state, the International Kite Festival 2023 Passport Index 2023’ released by Henley &
was inaugurated in January 2023? Partners in January 2023?
a) Maharashtra b) Tamil Nadu a) 85th Rank
c) Goa d) Kerala b) 79th Rank
e) Gujarat 3) 89th Rank
54. Who has recently (in Jan ‘23) released the theme for 4) 76th Rank
the National Science Day 2023 titled “Global Science
5) 82nd Rank
for Global Wellbeing” in New Delhi, Delhi?
60. In January 2023, RBI announced that the maiden
a) Amit Shah
Sovereign Green Bonds (SGrBs) for an aggregate sum
b) Jitendra Singh of _________ will be issued in two tranches in
c) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar January and February 2023.
d) Narendra Modi a) Rs 20, 000 crores
e) Ashwini Vaishnaw b) Rs. 8, 000 crores
55. In January 2023, GoI has allotted __________ for the c) Rs. 10, 000 crores
New India Literacy Programme (NILP) for a 5-year d) Rs. 12,000 crores
period, from fiscal years 2022-23 (FY23) to 2026-27
e) Rs. 16,000 crores
(FY27).
61. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
a) Rs. 3762.34 crore b) Rs. 2092.56 crore
(NABARD) has recently (Jan ‘23) raised around Rs
c) Rs. 4905.12 crore d) Rs. 1037.90 crore 5,000 crore through how many year bonds?
e) Rs. 5067.70 crore a) 2 years b) 4 years
56. Name the organisation that has recently (in Jan ‘23) c) 5 years d) 3 years
formulated identity standards for basmati rice for the
e) 6 years
1st time in India.
62. In January 2023, RBI issued the revised list of
a) Bureau of Indian Standards
accredited Credit Rating agencies (CRAs) for the
b) Food Corporation of India purpose of assigning risk weight to assets for capital
c) Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export adequacy purposes by the banks. How many credit
Development Authority rating agencies are listed, as of January 2023?
d) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural a) Seven b) Eight
Development c) Six d) Five
e) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India e) Four
57. Which of the following countries have recently (in Jan 63. Which bank has recently (in Jan ‘23) signed an MoU
‘23) joined the United Nations Security Council with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
(UNSC) for 2 years along with Japan and Malta? to establish a Centre for Mathematics and Computing
a) Ecuador b) Switzerland at IISc?
c) Mozambique e) Only 1 & 2 a) HDFC Bank b) Axis Bank
e) All 1, 2 & 3 c) YES Bank d) ICICI Bank
e) IndusInd Bank
64. Name India’s fastest payment app, which was 70. Which university has recently (in Jan’ 23) signed an
launched in January 2023. MoU with the Indian High Commission to establish a
a) MoneyPayment Hindi Chair?
b) PayFast a) University of Southern California
c) PayMoney b) Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
d) FastPay c) Arizona State University
e) PayRup d) Harvard University
65. Name the organisation that has recently (in Jan ‘23) e) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
allowed UPI transactions for nonresident bank 71. In January 2023, Surinder Chawla was appointed as
accounts linked to international mobile numbers. the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of which
a) Reserve Bank of India Payments Bank?
b) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority a) Paytm Payments Bank
c) Securities and Exchange Board of India b) Fino Payments Bank
d) Small Industries Development Bank of India c) India Post Payment Bank
e) National Payments Corporation of India d) Airtel Payments Bank
66. In which city, ReNew Power has recently (in Jan ‘23) e) Jio Payments Bank
installed India’s first 3x-platform wind turbine 72. Who has recently (in Jan ‘23) re-appointed as the
generators (WTGs)? Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
a) Pune, Maharashtra for one year?
b) Patan, Gujarat a) Michael Debabrata Patra
c) Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh b) Shyamala Gopinath
d) Gadag, Karnataka c) Urjit R. Patel
e) Jodhpur, Rajasthan d) Anand Sinha
67. Which bank has recently (in Jan ‘23) launched an e- e) Subir Gokarn
Bank Guarantee (e-BG) facility in association with 73. Who has recently (in Jan ‘23) appointed as NASA's
National e-Governance Services Limited (NeSL)? new chief technologist?
a) State Bank of India a) A.C Charania
b) Punjab National Bank b) Bhavya Lal
c) Canara Bank c) Kamlesh Lulla
d) Union Bank of India d) Meyya Meyyappan
e) Bank of India e) Sharmila Bhattacharya
68. As per the latest Global Economic Prospects (January 74. Who has been recently (in Jan ‘23) named as the
2023) report released by the World Bank (WB), what President-designate for the 28th Conference of the
is the projected growth of the Indian economy in Parties (COP28) by the United Arab Emirates (UAE)?
fiscal year 2023-24 (FY24)? a) Khaldoon Al Mubarak
a) 7.9% b) 6.6% b) Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi
c) 6.9% d) 8.9% c) Reem Al Hashimy
e) 8.6% d) Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber
69. As per the data provided by the Ministry of Statistics e) Mohammad Al Gergawi
and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) in January
75. In January 2023, the President of India, Droupadi
2023, Retail Inflation has decreased to a one-year low
Murmu, presented the _______ edition of the Digital
of _______ in December 2022.
India Awards (DIA).
a) 2.56% b) 1.98%
a) 4th b) 7th
c) 5.72% d) 3.98%
c) 5th d) 3rd e) 6th
e) 4.89%
76. Name the personality who has recently (in Jan ‘23) 81. Which organisation’s James Webb Space Telescope
received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 15th (JWST) has recently (in Jan’ 23) discovered its first
edition of the Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star?
2023). a) European Space Agency
a) Amitabh Bachchan b) SpaceX
b) Subhash Ghai c) Canadian Space Agency
c) Nandita Das d) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
d) Aparna Sen e) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
e) Ramesh Sippy 82. Name the 5th & last vessel in the series of fast-patrol
77. Who were the composer and lyricist of the song Naatu vessels (FPVs),that was recently (in Jan ‘23)
Naatu” of the movie “RRR”, who won the Best commissioned in Kolkata, West Bengal.
Original Song- Motion Picture at the 80th Annual a) ICGS Rajdhwaj
Golden Globe® Awards 2023?
b) ICGS Vishwast
a) Arijit Singh & Sameer Anjaan
c) ICGS Sankalp
b) Shakti & Jaideep Sahni
d) ICGS Kamla Devi
c) Kumar Sanu & A. M. Turaz
e) ICGS Samrat
d) M M Keeravani & Chandrabose
83. Indian Tennis Player Sania Mirza announced her
e) A. R. Rahman & Kumaar retirement from professional Tennis in February 2023.
78. Name the bank that recently (in Jan ‘23) won Best In which year, she won her 1st Grand slam by
Digital Channel/Platform Implementation: Best winning the Australian Open Mixed doubles title with
Project Implementation’ at IBSi Global FinTech Mahesh Bhupathi?
Innovation Awards 2022 along with Clayfin a) 2009
Technologies?
b) 2015
a) City Union Bank Ltd.
c) 2010
b) Bandhan Bank Ltd.
d) 2008
c) Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd.
e) 2012
d) IDFC First Bank Ltd.
84. What are the Mascots of 5th edition of Khelo India
e) CSB Bank Ltd. Youth Games (KIYG) 2022 that was unveiled by the
79. In January 2023, China's Alibaba Group sold a Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Sing
_______ stake in Paytm for USD 125 million through Chouhan in January 2023?
a block deal. a) Veera & Dhakad
a) 3.1% b) Asha & Mowgli
b) 5.2% c) Jaya & Vijay
c) 2.5% d) Ammu & Rongmon
d) 1.9% e) Saavaj & Panda
e) 4.9% 85. In January 2023, Serbian Tennis Player ________
80. India successfully test launched nuclear capable won the Men’s singles in the 2023 Adelaide
tactical ballistic missile Prithvi-II from the Integrated International 1 and Aryna Sabalenka from
Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. ___________ won the Women’s Singles in the
What type of ballistic missile is Prithvi-II? tournament.
a) Surface-to-Surface Missile a) Sebastian Korda; Belarus
b) Surface-to-Air Missile b) Novak Djokovic; Czech Republic
c) Air-to-Air Missile c) Sebastian Korda; New Zealand
d) Air-to-Surface Missile d) Novak Djokovic; Belarus
e) Surface (Coast)-to-Sea Missile e) Viktor Troicki; Czech Republic
86. Which of the following points are ‘correct’ with 91. With which central bank did RBI recently (in Jan ‘23)
respect to 5th Tata Open Maharashtra 2023 held at sign the Currency Swap Agreement?
Pune, Maharashtra in January 2023? a) Maldives Monetary Authority
A) Dutch (Netherlands) Tennis player Aslan Karatsev b) European Central Bank
won the men’s singles title at the Tata Open c) Bank of England
Maharashtra 2023 defeating Benjamin Bonzi of d) Bank of Japan
France. e) Bank of Canada
92. How many Zonal Cultural Centres were recently (in
B) India’s N Sriram Balaji and Jeevan
Jan ‘23) set up by the Ministry of Culture to conserve,
Nedunchezhiyan from Tamil Nadu,settled for
develop art, culture & crafts across the country?
runner-up at the Tata Open Maharashtra 2023 in
a) Two
Men’s Double championship.
b) Nine
C) Belgians Joran Vliegen and Sander Gille won the c) Eight
Men’s doubles championship title at Tata Open d) Six
Maharashtra 2023. e) Seven
a) Only A b) Only A & B 93. What is the new name of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Ko
c) Only B & C d) Only A & C Kaam Karyakram (PMKKK)?
e) All A, B & C a) Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan
87. What is the name of a memoir, which was recently (in Abhiyan
Jan ‘23) released by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex? b) Niryat Rin Vikas Yojana
a) Wave c) Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan
b) Spare d) Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana
c) Educated e) Sahakar Mitra Scheme
d) The Glass Castle 94. Name the country that has recently (in Jan ‘23) topped
e) Night the ‘Global minority index’ published by Centre for
88. Renowned Poet & Kashmir’s 1st Jnanpith Awardee Policy Analysis (CPA)?
‘Abdur Rehman Rahi’ Passed Away in January 2023. a) China
In which year did he receive the Jnanpith Award for b) India
his poetic collection in Kashmiri “Siyah Rood Jaeren c) Japan
Manz” (In Black Drizzle)? d) United States of America
a) 2000 e) South Korea
b) 2005 95. In January 2023, the National Thermal Power
c) 2004 Corporation (NTPC) Limited launched India’s
d) 2008 first green hydrogen-blending operation in the piped
e) 2003 natural gas (PNG) network in _____________.
89. Former Union Minister Sharad Yadav passed away in a) Surat, Gujarat
January 2023. In 2002-2004, he served as the union b) Jojobera, Jharkhand
minister of which ministry? c) Ramagundam, Telangana
a) Ministry of Labour and Employment d) Chandrapur, Maharashtra
b) Ministry of Civil Aviation e) Bapcha, Rajasthan
c) Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public 96. What is the theme of the 108th edition of the Indian
Distribution Science Congress (ISC) that was virtually inaugurated
d) Ministry of Rural Development by PM Narendra Modi in January 2023?
e) Ministry of Education a) Reaching the Unreached through Science and
90. When was World Hindi Day/ Vishwa Hindi Diwas Technology
2023 observed across the globe? b) Science & Technology for Sustainable
a) 10th January 2023 Development with Women Empowerment
b) 7th January 2023 c) Science & Technology for Rural Development
c) 9th January 2023 d) Science & Technology for National Development
d) 6th January 2023 e) Science & Technology for Future India
e) 8th January 2023
97. In January 2023, the Union Cabinet approved 99. Which finance company has recently (in Jan ‘23)
continuation of Schemes of Ministry of Development applied for Universal Bank License to the Reserve
of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) with an outlay of Bank of India (RBI)?
Rs 12882.2 crore for the balance period of the 15th a) Muthoot Finance Ltd
Finance Commission, from 2022-23 to________. b) Repco Micro Finance Ltd
a) 2027-28 c) Asirvad Micro Finance Ltd
b) 2026-27 d) Annapurna Finance Pvt Ltd
c) 2024-25 e) Aditya Birla Finance Ltd
d) 2025-26 100. Which organisation has recently (in Jan ‘23) launched
e) 2023-24 the “Utkarsh 2.0” Medium-Term Strategy Framework
98. Name the country that has recently (in Jan ’23 for the period 2023-2025?
adopted the ‘Euro’ currency, and became a part of a) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
Europe’s border-free Schengen zone. b) Securities and Exchange Board of India
a) Togo c) Reserve Bank of India
b) Algeria d) Small Industries Development Bank of India
c) Burkina Faso e) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
d) Croatia Development
e) Mali
Answers
1 e 11 c 21 c 31 c 41 d 51 e 61 c 71 a 81 d 91 a
2 d 12 e 22 b 32 a 42 e 52 c 62 c 72 a 82 d 92 e
3 b 13 c 23 d 33 d 43 d 53 e 63 b 73 a 83 a 93 c
4 d 14 e 24 e 34 e 44 b 54 b 64 e 74 d 84 b 94 b
5 a 15 c 25 b 35 b 45 c 55 d 65 e 75 b 85 d 95 a
6 a 16 c 26 d 36 a 46 d 56 e 66 d 76 d 86 e 96 b
7 e 17 a 27 a 37 d 47 e 57 e 67 a 77 d 87 b 97 d
d
8 e 18 28 c 38 c 48 b 58 c 68 b 78 b 88 c 98 d
9 e 19 b 29 a 39 b 49 b 59 a 69 c 79 a 89 c 99 d
10 a 20 e 30 c 40 d 50 d 60 e 70 b 80 a 90 a 100 c
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1. Name the learning-Teaching Material that has 5. Name the company that has recently (in Feb ‘23) built
recently (in Feb ‘23) launched by Union Minister of the world's first set of new- generation High
Education, Dharmendra Pradhan for the foundational Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Magnets for
stage children in the age group of 3 to 8 years. testing the fusion power plant.
a) Diksha Setu b) Shiksha Pitara a) First Light Fusion Limited
c) Bhasha Sangam d) Jaadui Pitara b) Tokamak Energy Limited
e) Nadi ko Jano c) General Fusion Limited
2. Which Municipal Corporation’s green bonds have d) BlackLight Power Limited
been recently (in Feb ‘23) listed on the National e) TAE Technologies Limited
Stock Exchange (NSE) marking the first-ever green 6. Name the personality from India who was recently (in
bond issue by a municipal corporation in India? Feb ‘23) selected as the external Auditor of the
a) Agra b) Indore International Labour Organisation (ILO) for a 4-year
c) Varanasi d) Chennai term (2024-2027)?
e) Kochi a) Shashi Kant Sharama
3. Which of the following points is/are ‘Correct’ with b) Vinod Rai
respect to the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film c) Rajiv Mehrishi
Festival (DPIFF) 2023 held at Mumbai, Maharashtra d) Girish Chandra Murmu
in February 2023? e) V.N. Kaul
A) Bollywood actors Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt 7. As per the 17th quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey
received awards in the Best Actor and Best (PLFS) released by National Sample Survey Office
Actress categories for ‘Brahmastra: Part 1’ and (NSSO), India’s urban Unemployment Rate (UR) in
‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ respectively. current weekly status (CWS) terms for persons aged 15
B) Filmmaker Anupam Kher’s Hindi Movie years and above declined to 7.2% in October-December
‘Kantara’ won the Best Film award. 2022 from ____________ in October-December 2021.
C) Filmmaker SS Rajamouli’s Telugu Movie, ‘RRR’ a) 7.5% b) 8.0%
received the Film of the year award. c) 7.9% d) 8.2%
a) Only C b) Only A & B e) 8.7%
c) Only B & C d) Only A & C 8. Which stock exchange company’s subsidiary has
e) All A, B, C recently (in Feb ‘23) launched India’s 1st Municipal
4. Which of the following points is/are ‘Correct’ with Bond Index.
respect to the 13th Sansad Ratna Awards, as of a) Calcutta Stock Exchange
February 2023? b) Vadodara Stock Exchange
A) 13 members of Parliament (MP): 5 from Rajya c) Bombay Stock Exchange
Sabha and 8 from Lok Sabha are selected for Sansad d) Madras Stock Exchange
Ratna Awards for 2023. e) National Stock Exchange
B) T K Rangarajan, Former Member of Parliament – 9. Which cricket team recently (in Feb ‘23) won the 8th
Rajya Sabha has been nominated for the Dr APJ edition of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 by
Abdul Kalam Lifetime Achievement Award. defeating South Africa women’s team & claimed their
C) 2 Departmentally Related Standing Committees 6th & 3rd consecutive ICC Women’s T20 World Cup
(DRSC) were also selected for the Sansad title?
Ratna Awards under special awards category. a) Australia b) England
a) All A, B, C b) Only A & B c) India d) West Indies
c) Only B & C d) Only A & C e) New Zealand
e) Only B
10. In which city, Boeing has recently (in Feb ‘2023) 17. In February 2023, India and _________ (country)
launched its 1st Global Support Center in India? launched live cross-border payment linkage between
a) Kanpur b) Jaipur Unified Payments Interface (UPI)- PayNow.
c) Mumbai d) Gurugram a) Sri Lanka b) Nepal
e) Jodhpur c) Singapore d) Maldives
11. Which Indian regulatory body has recently (in Feb e) France
‘2023) launched its 2nd global hackathon 18. Which of the following points is ‘Incorrect’ with
‘HARBINGER 2023’? respect to the RBI’s Bi-monthly monetary policy of
a) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India FY23 held in February 2023?
b) Reserve Bank of India a) India’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
c) Medical Council of India to 6.4% for FY24 (lower than 7% in FY23)
d) Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority b) The MPC raised the repo rate by 25 basis points to
of India 6.50% from 6.25%.
e) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural c) The Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) Rate adjusted to
Development 6.25% from 6.0% and Marginal Standing Facility
12. Name the first company in India that recently (in Feb (MSF) rate to 6.75% from 6.50%.
‘2023) launched the Unified Payments Interface d) The Bank Rate remained unchanged at 6.50%.
(UPI) transactions for foreign nationals visiting India. e) Inflation is projected at 6.5% in FY23.
a) EbixCash b) RemitX 19. In which state/UT, the Geological Survey of India
c) Orient Exchange d) FXCM (GSI) has recently (in Feb ‘23)discovered the Lithium
e) Nium Reserves for the 1st time?
13. As per the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) a) Bihar b) Karnataka
World Economic Outlook (WEO) update in c) Madhya Pradesh d) Jammu and Kashmir
January 2023, India’s growth is projected to decline e) Jharkhand
from 6.8% in 2022 to _________ in 2023. 20. To which State/UT, the Asian Development Bank
a) 6.3% b) 6.1% (ADB) has recently (in Feb ‘23) approved a loan of
c) 5.7% d) 6.5% USD 130 million (over Rs. 1,072 crore)?
e) 5.9% a) Nagaland
14. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently (in b) West Bengal
Feb’ 23) introduced a Foreign Contribution c) Himachal Pradesh
(Regulation) Act (FCRA) related transaction code in d) Uttarakhand
which of the following payment methods? e) Chhattisgarh
a) National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) 21. Which of the following satellites is/are launched (in Feb
b) Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) Systems ‘23) successfully by the Indian Space Research
c) Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) Organisation (ISRO) on the 2nd edition of the Small
d) Both 1 & 2 Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D2) from Satish
e) All 1, 2 & 3 Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)?
15. Which company has recently (in Feb ‘2023) launched a) AzaadiSAT-2
“Lexi”, India’s 1st Artificial intelligence (AI) b) ISRO’s Earth Observation Satellite-07/EOS-7
Chatbot integrated with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, an AI c) Janus-1
computer program? d) Both 1 & 2
a) Paytm b) Lendingkart e) All 1, 2 & 3
c) Razorpay d) Velocity 22. Which bank has recently (in Feb ‘23) signed an MoU
e) MoneyTap with a European bank, BNP Paribas to meet the
16. Name the Payment Bank that has recently (in Feb financial needs of European enterprises operating in
‘23) become the first in India to launch UPI LITE India and Indian companies in the European Union
feature. (EU)?
a) Paytm Payments Bank Limited a) HDFC Bank
b) Airtel Payments Bank Limited b) Axis Bank
c) NSDL Payments Bank Limited c) ICICI Bank
d) Jio Payments Bank Limited d) YES Bank
e) FINO Payments Bank Limited e) IndusInd Bank
23. Name the company that has recently (in Feb ‘23) 30. The term of the 22nd Law Commission is extended till
introduced “Snapdragon Satellite”, the world’s 1st _____.
satellite-based two-way capable messaging solution a) 31st November 2023
for premium smartphones. b) 22nd January 2024
a) Micron Technology Inc c) 26th January 2025
b) Qualcomm Technologies Inc d) 31st August 2024
c) Microsoft Corporation e) 15th August 2025
d) Ericsson Limited 31. Who was awarded the ‘Entrepreneur of the Year 2022’
e) NEC Corporation title?
24. India has ranked ____ among 55 leading global a) Sajjan Jindal
economies on the International IP Index released by b) Kumar Mangalam Birla
the U.S. Chambers of Commerce. c) Sanjeev Sharma
a) 20th b) 40th d) Satya Nadella
c) 42nd d) 35th e) Arvind Krishna
e) 50th 32. Who received the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Lifetime
25. The Youth 20 India Summit will be held at the Achievement Award?
______ in Gujarat. a) Arjun Ram Meghwal
a) Indian Institue of Technology b) Sudhir Gupta
b) National Institution of Design c) Dr. Heena Vijayakumar Gavit
c) Maharaja Sayajirao University d) T K Ranagarajan
d) Gujarat University e) K Srinivasan
e) Nirma University 33. Which High court in India becomes the first to
26. Which team was named the winner of the 13th publish a judgment in a regional language?
Hockey India Senior Women National Championship a) Bombay High Court
in 2023 b) Kerala High Court
a) Kerala c) Calcutta High Court
b) Odisha d) Bangalore High Court
c) Madhya Pradesh e) Allahabad High Court
d) West Bengal 34. Indian chess player _____ became the 80th
e) Maharashtra Grandmaster of India.
27. ‘Barisu Kannada Dim Dimava’ Festival is organized a) Adhiban Baskaran
to celebrate the culture of which state? b) Vignesh NR
a) Karnataka c) Vidit Gujrathi
b) Odisha d) Nihal Sarin
c) Assam e) Gukesh D
d) Manipur 35. Which country will host the Malabar naval exercise
e) Nagaland for the first time this August?
28. For the first time Indian submarine _____ docked in a) Australia
Indonesia. b) India
a) INS Vagir c) China
b) INS Arihant d) Pakistan
c) INS Shalki e) Sri Lanka
d) INS Sindhukesari 36. The World Health Organisation will be setting up an
e) INS Arighat mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) vaccine hub in
29. India and ____ have agreed to cooperate in the oil which state?
and gas sector, including long-term crude purchases. a) Telanaga
a) Guyana b) Tamil Nadu
b) Suriname c) Kerela
c) Venezuela d) Goa
d) Paraguay e) Maharashtra
e) Ecuador
37. Former IAS officer BVR Subrahmanyam was 44. Which payment platform released a QR Code with a
appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of G20 theme to commemorate India’s presidency?
_____. a) Paytm
a) National Human Rights Commission b) GooglePay
b) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Mantri c) PhonePe
c) Niti Aayog d) BharatPe
d) Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban e) Amazon Pay
Transformation 45. RBI’s financial literacy week starts from ____ 2023
e) Planning Commission a) 14th – 18th February
38. Which bank tops the list of public sector lenders in b) 17th – 18th February
loan growth, and asset quality? c) 20th – 25th February
a) Bank of Baroda d) 13th – 17th February
b) Bank of Maharashtra e) 15th – 17th February
c) Canara Bank 46. Who won the Hyderabad E-Prix?
d) Punjab National Bank a) Jean-Eric Vergne
e) Bank of India b) Lewis Hamilton
39. Which Ministry extended the Unemployment c) George Russell
benefits under ESIC for 2 years? d) Max Verstappen
a) Ministry of Corporate Affairs e) Sergio Perez
b) Ministry of Finance 47. Mohammad Shahabuddin was elected as the 22nd
c) Ministry of Culture President of which country?
d) Ministry of External Affairs a) Sri Lanka
e) Minister for Labor & Employment b) India
40. Where will India’s First Frozen Lake Marathon be c) Pakistan
hosted? d) Nepal
a) Odisha e) Bangladesh
b) Ladakh 48. Which state was the overall champion of the 5th
c) Sikkim Khelo India Youth Games?
d) Delhi a) Haryana
e) Haryana b) Madhya Pradesh
41. Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated the 200th c) Rajasthan
birth Anniversary of ______, who founded the Arya d) Delhi
Samaj in 1875. e) Maharashtra
a) Mahatma Gandhi 49. Which university is declared the world’s first living
b) Dayanand Saraswati heritage university by UNESCO?
c) Jawaharlal Nehru a) University of Madras
d) Tantia Tope b) Takshashila University
e) Dadabhai Naoroji c) University of Mumbai
42. Who inaugurated the AMRITPEX 2023? d) Visva-Bharati University
a) Prime Minister Narendra Modi e) Serampore College
b) Home Minister Amit Shah 50. Which country has named the world’s happiest
c) Communication Minister Ashwini Vaishnav country for the fifth year in a row?
d) Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan a) India
e) Culture Minister G. Kishan Reddy b) Finland
43. President of India Inaugurated the 2nd Indian Rice c) Russia
Congress at ______. d) Australia
a) Vishakhapatnam e) Belgium
b) Kolkata
c) Mumbai
d) Cuttack
e) Pune
1 d 11 b 21 e 31 a 41 b
2 b 12 a 22 c 32 d 42 c
3 d 13 b 23 b 33 b 43 d
4 a 14 d 24 c 34 b 44 a
5 b 15 d 25 c 35 a 45 d
6 d 16 a 26 c 36 a 46 a
7 e 17 c 27 a 37 c 47 e
d
8 e 18 28 d 38 b 48 e
9 a 19 d 29 a 39 e 49 d
10 d 20 c 30 d 40 b 50 b
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1. Name the state government that has recently (in 6. Which of the following points is/are “Correct” with
March ‘23) signed an MoU with the Central respect to the 12th edition of ‘M3M Hurun Global Rich
government to establish India’s 1st PM Mega List for 2023’ report released by Hurun India and M3M
Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM India in March 2023?
MITRA) Park? A) Gautam Adani has dropped 11 places to the 23rd rank
a) Karnataka b) Gujarat among global billionaires and ranked 3rd among
c) Tamil Nadu d) Maharashtra Asia’s richest.
e) Andhra Pradesh B) Mukesh Ambani has ranked 9th(globally) dethroned
2. Name the organisation that has recently (in March Gautam Adani to become Asia’s as well as India’s
‘23) signed a new Accreditation Master Agreement richest man with a wealth of USD 82 billion.
(AMA) with Green Climate Fund (GCF) for 5 years C) Bernard Arnault (France) topped the list with USD
to provide vital climate finance to countries in the 202 billion followed by Elon Musk (United States of
critical decade for action. America-USA).
a) United Nations Development Programme a) Only C
b) European Investment Bank b) Only A & B
c) Asian Development Bank c) Only B & C
d) World Bank d) Only A & C
3. Which of the following Indian Institute of e) All A, B & C
Technology(IIT)s are recently (in March ‘23) 7. Padma Shri Awardee ‘Abhay Chhajlani’, passed away in
featured among the top 50 in the subject of March 2023. In which field did he receive the Padma Shri
Engineering and Technology in the QS Worl Award in 2009?
University Rankings by Subject 2023? a) Literature & Education
a) IIT Delhi b) IIT Bombay b) Civil Service
c) IIT Madras d) Both 1 & 2 c) Science & Engineering
e) Both 2 & 3 d) Medicine
4. In March 2023, the International Financial Services e) Social Work
Centres Authority (IFSCA) formed a committee to 8. What was the theme of World Meteorological Day 2023
design a road-map to onshore Indian start-ups that was observed across the globe on 23rd March 2023?
domiciled abroad for setting up their base in GIFT a) The ocean, our climate and weather
(Gujarat International Finance Tec-City) City in b) Early Warning and Early Action
Gujarat.The committee will be headed by ______. c) The Future of Weather, Climate, and Water across
a) Rajiv Ranjan Generations
b) Jayant Kumar Dash d) Climate and Water
c) G Padmanabhan e) Climate knowledge for climate action
d) Anil Kumar Sharma 9. The ____________ edition of the Africa-India Field
e) R. Subramanian Training Exercise (AFINDEX-2023), commenced at
5. Name the small financing bank (SFB) that has Pune, Maharashtra in March 2023.
recently (in March ‘23) entered into an agreement a) 5th
with Geojit Financial Services to provide a 3-in-1 b) 3rd
bundled account. c) 2nd
a) Equitas SFB b) bSuryoday SFB d) 2nd
c) Ujjivan SFB d) ESAF SFB e) 4th
e) Capital SFB
10. Which of the following points is/are "correct" with 14. In which state ‘Pakhala Diwas 2023’ is celebrated on
respect to the Prime Minister (PM) of Japan, Fumio 20th March 2023?
Kishida's visit to India in March 2023? a) Andhra Pradesh
A) During the Japan-India Summit Meeting 2023, PM of b) Odisha
Japan Fumio Kishida & PM Narendra Modi, c) Bihar
reaffirmed their commitment to continuing their d) Gujarat
partnership through the ‘Japan-India Act East Forum’ e) Haryana
to advance the development of India’s northeastern 15. As per the Ministry of Finance’s report “Monthly
region. Economic Review – February 2023” released in March
B) PM Modi declared that the year 2023 will be 2023, the Indian economy is projected to grow
celebrated as “Japan-India tourism exchange year” at_______(per cent) in the fiscal year 2022-2023 (FY23).
with the theme “Connecting the Himalayas with a) 5% b) 5.9%
Mount Fuji”. c) 6.2% d) 6.8%
C) India & Japan signed 2 MoU on cooperation on the e) 7%
Japanese language and exchange of notes on a 300 16. Which Football Club(FC) has recently (in March ‘23)
billion Japan International Cooperation Agency won their first Indian Super League (ISL) title by
(JICA) loan for the Mumbai- Ahmedabad High defeating Bengaluru FC in the Hero Indian Super League
Speed Rail (IV) construction. (ISL) 2022–23 held in Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in
a) All A, B & C b) Only A & B Margoa, Goa?
c) Only B & C d) Only A & C a) ATK Mohun Bagan FC
e) Only A b) Mumbai City FC
11. Name the second Indian Naval Ship (INS) of Anti- c) Hyderabad FC
Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW d) Odisha FC
SWC) that was recently (in March ‘23) launched in e) Kerala Blasters FC
Kolkata, West Bengal. 17. Who authored the book, “A Matter of the Heart:
a) INS Androth Education in India”?
b) INS Rana a) Narayana Murthy
c) INS Arnala b) Anurag Behar
d) INS Ranjit c) Vishal Sikka
e) INS Ranvir d) Dileep Ranjekar
12. Which ministry has made the portal ‘City Finance e) Salil Parekh
Rankings 2022’ live on 20th March 2023, to 18. Who was recently (in March ‘23) given the additional
evaluate, recognize and reward Urban Local Bodies charge of Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive
(ULBs) across India? Officer (CEO) of Invest India?
a) Ministry of Finance a) Deepak Bagla
b) Ministry of Home Affairs b) Anurag Jain
c) Ministry of Rural Development c) Manmeet K Nanda
d) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs d) Chandrajit Banerjee
e) Ministry of Statistics and Programme e) Arti Bhatnagar
Implementation 19. According to the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal
13. In March 2023, Prime Minister (PM) of India, Husbandry and Dairying data (as of March ‘23), India
Narendra Modi and Bangladesh PM, Sheikh stands ____________ in the world in terms of fish
Hasina virtually inaugurated the 131.5 kilometre long production.
India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline (IBFP). a) 1st b) 2nd
The IBFP is a first cross-border pipeline that connects c) 4th d) 5th
between___________(City) in West Bengal, India e) 3rd
and Parbatipur in the Dinajpur district of Bangladesh. 20. In which state, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has
a) Siliguri recently (in March ‘23) inaugurated ‘Asia's largest 4-
b) Murshidabad metre International Liquid Mirror Telescope’?
c) Jalpaiguri a) Uttarakhand b) Himachal Pradesh
d) Cooch Behar c) Assam 4) Arunachal Pradesh
e) Alipurduar e) Sikkim
21. According to the report released by Utility Bidder in B) Rohan Bopanna (India) and Matthew Ebden
March 2023, India has seen the highest rise in (Australia) won the Men’s Doubles title at BNP Paribas
deforestation in the last 30 years and ranked 2nd Open 2023.
globally after ________, with average deforestation C) Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) defeated Aryna
of 668,400 hectares (ha). Sabalenka (Belarus) to win the Women’s Singles title.
a) Indonesia a) Only A
b) Cambodia b) Only A & B
c) Brazil c) Only B & C
d) Nigeria d) Only A & C
e) Philippines e) All A, B & C
22. Which of the following points is/are “correct” with 26. According to the 11th edition of World Happiness Report
respect to the inauguration made by Prime Minister 2023 released in March 2023, India secured __________
(PM) Narendra Modi in March 2023? rank, while_________tops the position for the 6th year in
A) PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the two-day a row.
Global Millets (Shree Anna) Conference 2023 in a) 126; Iceland
New Delhi, Delhi. b) 109; Finland
B) He also designated the Indian Institute of Millets c) 115; Denmark
Research (IIMR) of ICAR, located in Hyderabad, d) 126; Finland
Telangana, as a Global Center of Excellence (CoE). e) 109; Denmark
C) The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India 27. Name the fintech startup that has recently (in March ‘23)
(FSSAI) organised a symposium with technical launched the world's first digital real estate exchange.
sessions on the promotion and awareness of millets a) ALT Realtech
in conjunction with the World Millets (Shree Anna) b) Mayfair
Conference 2023. c) Pinwheel
a) Only A d) Cash App
b) Only A & B e) T-REX
c) Only B & C 28. Which of the following points is “Incorrect” regarding
d) Only A & C the launch of PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and
e) All A, B & C Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks in March 2023?
23. According to the Global Commission on Economics A) GoI announced the sites for setting up of 5 PM
of Water (GCEW) report released in March 2023, by MITRA Parks for the Textile industry in the states of
which year, the food supply in India & across the Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya
globe will be reduced by at least 6% due to water Pradesh and Odisha.
crises and heat stress caused by climate change? B) The Ministry of Textiles will provide financial
a) 2030 b) 2040 support in the form of Development Capital Support
c) 2050 d) 2045 of upto Rs 500 crore per park to the Park SPV, along
e) 2035 with Competitive Incentive Support (CIS) of upto Rs
24. Name the application that was recently (in March 300 crore per park.
‘23) launched by the Income Tax Department for C) State governments will provide a contiguous and
taxpayers to provide detailed information about encumbrance-free land parcel of at least 1000 acres
transactions to taxpayers and receive their feedback. of land.
a) AIS b) Aaykar Setu a) Only A b) Only B
c) Aapoorti d) EChhawani c) Only C d) Only A & B
e) Udyam Sarthi e) Only B & C
25. Which of the following points is/are ‘correct’ with 29. In March 2023, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
respect to the BNP Paribas Open 2023 held in March permitted India & ___________ (country) to trade in
2023? National Currencies via Special Rupee Vostro Accounts
A) Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) defeated Daniil Medvedev (SRVAs).
(Russia) to win the Men’s Singles title at BNP a) Tanzania b) Ethiopia
Paribas Open 2023. c) Senegal d) Ghana
e) Sudan
30. Which life insurance has recently (in March ‘23) 36. Who was recently (in March ‘23) appointed as the
launched a new Guaranteed Income plan ‘Pru Gold’ to Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Bharat
provide the protection of life cover along with a Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL)?
guaranteed regular income for the whole of life? a) Aiswarya Biswal
a) Pramerica Life Insurance b) C Rajeev
b) HDFC Life Insurance c) Arun Kumar Singh
c) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance d) G Krishnakumar
d) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance e) Vetsa Ramakrishna Gupta
e) Tata AIA Life Insurance 37. Which wildlife sanctuary has recently (in March ‘23)
31. Recently a tiger was spotted in Palamau Tiger Reserve been identified as a suitable location for relocating 40
(PTR), after more than three years. In which state, adult and sub-adult Asiatic lions from Gir National Park?
‘PTR’ is located? a) Barda Wildlife Sanctuary
a) Odisha b) Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary
b) Madhya Pradesh c) Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
c) West Bengal d) Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary
d) Jharkhand e) Balaram Ambaji Wildlife Sanctuary
e) Maharashtra 38. The Indian Navy’s ‘A P8I aircraft’ is participating in the
32. With which country’s Navy, the Indian Navy (IN) has __________edition of anti-submarine warfare (ASW)
recently (in March ‘23) commenced the bilateral exercise SEA DRAGON 23, which is held from March
maritime exercise ‘Konkan 2023’ on the Konkan 15 to 30, 2023 in waters off Guam of USA.
coast in the Arabian Sea? a) 2nd b) 6th
a) France c) 4th d) 3rd
b) United Kingdom e) 5th
c) United Arab Emirates 39. Which cricket team recently (in March ‘23) won the 59th
d) Maldives edition of Z R Irani Cup 2022- 2023?
e) Saudi Arabia a) Vidarbha
33. In March 2023, the Union Minister of Agriculture & b) Saurashtra
Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, launched c) Rest of India
‘DigiClaim’ to claim crop insurance through National d) Madhya Pradesh
Crop Insurance Portal (NCIP) under the ambit of e) Gujarat
_____________ (scheme). 40. Name the state that has recently (in March ‘23) won the
a) Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana Santosh Trophy 2022-23, national nfootball
b) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana championship.
c) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana a) Karnataka
d) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana b) West Bengal
e) Rashtriya Krishi Bima Yojana c) Meghalaya
34. Name the country that has recently joined the India- d) Punjab
led International Solar Alliance. e) Mizoram
a) Republic of Ghana 41. In which state, the ‘5-day Yaoshang Festival 2023’ was
b) Republic of Congo celebrated in March 2023?
c) Tanzania a) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Nigeria b) Assam
e) Republic of Kenya c) Meghalaya
35. Which state/UT has recently (in March ‘23) listed d) Manipur
among TIME Magazine’s top 50 “World’s Greatest e) Himachal Pradesh
Places of 2023” along with Mayurbhanj District, 42. In March 2023, the BhumChu festival (Buddhist festival)
Odisha? was celebrated in which state?
a) Goa b) Kerala a) Assam b) Odisha
c) Ladakh d) Himachal Pradesh c) West Bengal d) Tripura
e) Lakshadweep e) Sikkim
43. Which country’s Central Bank has recently (in March 49. The 1st edition of the Naval Commanders’ Conference
‘23) inked an MoU with Reserve Bank of India(RBI) to 2023 was recently (in March ‘23) held onboard the Indian
promote collaboration and facilitate innovation in Naval Ship (INS) _______________, India’s first
financial products and services? indigenous aircraft carrier of the coast of the Arabian Sea
a) United States of America in Goa.
b) Indonesia a) INS Vagir b) INS Sindhukesari
c) United Arab Emirates c) INS Arihant d) INS Vela
d) France e) INS Vikrant
e) Bangladesh 50. In March 2023, PM Narendra Modi dedicated the world’s
44. Name the organisation that has recently (in March ‘23) longest railway platform at “Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji
signed a loan agreement worth USD 500 million with Hubballi Station” in___________(state).
GoI for the construction of the Green National Highway a) West Bengal
Corridors Project (GNHCP) in four Indian States. b) Gujarat
a) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development c) Karnataka
b) Asian Development Bank d) Maharashtra
c) International Monetary Fund e) Odisha
d) World Bank 51. Which of the following points is/are “correct” with
e) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank respect to the 95th Academy Awards 2023/Oscars 2023
45. As per the ‘The Wealth Report 2023’ released by the held at Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los
Property consultant Knight Frank in March 2023, which Angeles, United States (US) in March 2023?
Indian city ranked 37 globally in Price Growth in Luxury A) American Film ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Housing? was 2023's most-nominated film, with 11 total
a) Ahmedabad, Gujarat nominations.
b) Bengaluru, Karnataka B) Film “RRR” (Rise, Roar, Revolt) became the first
c) New Delhi, Delhi Indian film to win an Oscar with the category Best
d) Mumbai, Maharashtra Original Song.
e) Indore, Madhya Pradesh C) The Elephant Whisperers became the first Indian film
46. In which city, the 1st edition of the Joint Military to win an Oscar in the ‘Best Documentary Short film’
Exercise "FRINJEX-23" was conducted between the category.
Indian and French Army in March 2023? a) Only C b) Only A & B
a) Mumbai, Maharashtra c) Only B & C d) Only A & C
b) Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand e) All A, B, C
c) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 52. Which of the following points is/are “correct” with
d) Jaisalmer, Rajasthan respect to the Australian Prime Minister (PM) Anthony
e) Belgaum, Karnataka Albanese's visit to India in March 2023?
47. In March 2023, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al A) During his Visit, India & Australia signed the
Thani was sworn in as the Prime Minister (PM) of which Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA)
country? to unleash the next level of potential in trade and
a) Kuwait b) Israel investment.
c) Iraq d) Bahrain e) Qatar B) Atal Innovation Mission NITI Aayog & the
48. What is the theme of United Nations (UN) International Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Women’s Day (IWD) 2023 that was observed across the Research Organisation signed a letter of intent (LoI)
globe on 8th March 2023? to enhance bilateral cooperation in areas of national
a) DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender challenge and shared goals of both countries.
equality C) India & Australia signed a Framework Mechanism
b) Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a for Mutual Recognition of Qualifications, which will
COVID-19 world facilitate student and professional mobility between
c) Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow the two countries.
d) I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women's Rights a) Only A b) Only A & B
e) Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change c) Only B & C d) Only A & C
e) All A, B & C
53. In March 2023, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) infused Rs. 60. As of March 2023, which state government is set to
________________into the banking system through a 14- establish ‘India’s first government mother milk bank’?
day Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction. a) Madhya Pradesh
a) Rs 82,650 crore b) Uttarakhand
b) Rs 80,950 crore c) Kerala
c) Rs 72,500 crore d) Tamil Nadu
d) Rs 79,700 crore e) Gujarat
e) Rs 85,900 crore 61. Which country has recently (in March’ 23) won
54. Who was recently (in March ‘23) appointed as the “Government Leadership Award 2023” - GSMA’s 2023
Managing Director (MD) of the Life Insurance Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards at the Mobile World
Corporation (LIC) by replacing Bishnu Charan Patnaik? Congress(MWC) 2023 held in Barcelona, Spain?
a) Ranjan Sharma a) United Kingdom
b) Vinod Kumar Verma b) India
c) Anil Kumar c) Germany
d) Tablesh Pandey d) Japan
e) Raj Kamal e) Canada
55. Which Mutual Fund(MF) has recently (in March ‘23) 62. Which bank has recently (in March ‘23) completed the
renamed the India 1st US Debt Exchange-Traded Fund acquisition of Citibank India’s consumer Banking for Rs
(ETF) ‘IDFC US Treasury Bond 0-1 year Fund of Fund’? 11,603 crore?
a) Axis MF b) SBI MF a) HDFC Bank
c) ICICI Prudential MF d) Bandhan MF b) South Indian Bank
e) HDFC MF c) Kotak Mahindra Bank
56. In March 2023, Indian Railways set a target to become d) ICICI Bank
Net Zero Carbon Emitter by ____________ (Year). e) Axis Bank
a) 2025 b) 2027 63. Who was recently (in March ‘23) named as the
c) 2030 d) 2028 ‘Business Standard (BS) Banker of the Year 2022’?
e) 2040 a) Sashidhar Jagdishan (MD & CEO of HDFC bank)
57. In which Indian city, the World Health Organisation b) Alok Kumar Choudhary (MD of SBI bak)
(WHO) will set up mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) c) Sandeep Bakhshi (MD & CEO of ICICI bank)
vaccine hub? d) Amitabh Chaudhry (MD & CEO of Axix bank)
a) Hyderabad, Telangana e) Shyam Srinivasan (MD & CEO of Federal bank)
b) Bengaluru, Karnataka 64. The United Nations (UN) celebrated the 1st ever World
c) Ahmedabad, Gujarat Seagrass Day across the globe on ______________.
d) Pune, Maharashtra a) 27th February 2023
e) Chennai, Tamil Nadu b) 28th February 2023
58. In which place, the Indian Army has recently (in March c) 1st March 2023
‘23) installed the tallest 'Iconic National Flag'? d) 2nd March 2023
a) Dehradun, Uttarakhand e) 3rd March 2023
b) Chambang, Arunachal Pradesh 65. In March 2023, Indian Navy (IN) successfully test fired
c) Guwahati, Assam the Ship launched version of the BrahMos supersonic
d) Doda, Jammu and Kashmir missile in the Arabian Sea.
e) Leh, Ladakh BrahMos missile flies at a speed of________Mach or
almost three times the speed of sound.
59. Name the software company that has recently (in March
a) 3.2 b) 2.5
‘23) launched the world’s largest open finance platform
c) 2.8 d) 1.5
called “eMACH.ai” to help banks & financial institutions
e) 1.9
design futureready technology solutions.
66. Name the Lake that was recently declared Ladakh’s 1st
a) Intellect Design Arena b) Newgen Software
biodiversity heritage site.
c) Zensar Technologies d) Mphasis
a) Manasbal Lake b) Nako Lake
e) Cyient
c) Haflong Lake d) Tilyar Lake
e) Yaya Tso Lake
67. Name the operation that was launched by the Indian 73. Name the personality who has recently (in March ‘23)
Government to provide support to Syria and Turkey sworn in as the Chief Minister (CM) of Tripura for the
after a destructive earthquake in February 2023. 2nd time.
a) Operation Vande Bharat a) Manik Sarkar
b) Operation Raahat b) Pranajit Singha Roy
c) Operation Dost c) Manik Saha
d) Operation Ganga d) Ratan Lal Nath
e) Operation Sukoon e) Biplab Kumar Deb
68. In March 2023, the Supreme Court formed a 5 member 74. Who was recently (in March ‘23) elected as the 3rd
expert committee headed by former Supreme Court president of Nepal?
Judge,____________, to examine Hindenburg Research a) Pushpa Kamal Dahal
firm’s report on the Adani Group. b) Bidhya Devi Bhandari
a) Hemant Gupta c) Nanda Bahadur Pun
b) Abhay Manohar Sapre d) Ram Chandra Poudel
c) S. Abdul Nazeer e) Narayan Kaji Shrestha
d) Indira Banerjee 75. In March 2023, Xi Jinping was appointed as the President
e) Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar of China for the ___________time.
69. In which state, ‘Arogya Mahila’, a new health a) 5th
programme for women was launched in March 2023? b) 3rd
a) Andhra Pradesh c) 2nd
b) Maharashtra d) 6th
c) Karnataka e) 4th
d) Telangana 76. The Indian Army recently (March '23) conducted the 13th
e) Odisha edition of "Exercise Bold Kurukshetra 2023" in Jodhpur,
70. Union Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman Rajasthan, with which country’s army?
presented the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir a) Kyrgyzstan
budget of Rs.___________ in the Lok Sabha in March b) Singapore
2023. c) Bangladesh
a) 1.18 lakh crores d) Indonesia
b) 3.18 lakh crores e) Kazakhstan
c) 1.90 lakh crores 77. Indian Navy launched ___________, the second in a
d) 3.01 lakh crores series of eight indigenous ships built by Garden Reach
e) 2.10 lakh crores Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE).
71. Which Small Finance Bank (SFB) has recently (in March a) INS Satpura
‘23) launched a ‘Blossom Women’s Savings Account’ b) INS Sahyadri
for women customers with a 7% interest rate? c) INS Suvarna
a) Equitas SFB d) INS Talwar
b) ESAF SFB e) INS Androth
c) Suryoday SFB 78. Which country recently joins BRICS bank as new
d) Ujjivan SFB member?
e) Capital SFB a) Sweden
72. As per the data released (in March ‘23) by the Office of b) Turkey
the Economic Adviser, the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) c) Egypt
declined to a 25-month low of ____________ (Per cent) d) Bhutan
in February 2023 against 4.73% recorded in January e) Myanmar
2023. 79. Shaheed Diwas or Martyrs’ Day 2023 is observed every
a) 3.85% year on which day?
b) 2.75% a) 21 March
c) 3.20% b) 22 March
d) 2.35% c) 23 March
e) 1.99% d) 24 March
e) 25 March
80. According to the 2023 M3M Hurun Global Rich List, 88. Who among the following has been recently appointed as
what is the rank of India in terms of the number of the chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and
billionaires? Development Authority (PFRDA)?
a) 1st b) 2nd a) Debasish Panda
c) 3rd d) 4th b) Deepak Mohanty
e) 5th c) Tablesh Pandey
81. The 10-day Africa-India Field Training Exercise d) Siddhartha Mohanty
(AFINDEX 2023) will be organized in which city from e) M. Jagannath
21-30 March 2023? 89. Which of the following won the Oscar for Best Picture in
a) Bengaluru 2023?
b) Jalandhar a) Everything Everywhere All At Once
c) Chennai b) Avatar: The Way of Water
d) Pune c) The Banshees of Inisherin
e) Thiruvananthapuram d) Elvis
82. India has been invited along with Australia, Cook Islands, e) The Fabelmans
Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia and others for the G7 Summit 90. Mount Merapi volcano erupted recently. It is located in
in _______. ______.
a) USA a) Mexico
b) Pakistan b) Australia
c) China c) Indonesia
d) Japan d) Papua New Guinea
e) Nepal e) Russia
83. Who won the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix 2023? 91. Which of the following country has won the Golden and
a) Sergio Pérez Silver Stars at The International ‘Golden City Gate
b) Max Verstappen Tourism Awards 2023’?
c) Fernando Alonso a) India
d) George Russell b) Russia
e) Lewis Hamilton c) USA
84. Who has inaugurated the Global Millets Conference in d) Japan
New Delhi? e) China
a) Narendra Modi 92. Who has been chosen for the 32nd Vyas Samman?
b) Amit Shah a) Dr Nasira Sharma
c) Rajnath Singh b) Dr Sharad K. Pagare
d) Droupadi Murmu c) Dr Asghar Wajahat
e) Jagdeep Dhankhar d) Dr Gyan Chaturvedi
85. What is the rank of India in Global Terrorism Index e) Dr Leeladhar Jagudi
2023? 93. Which of the following country has opened military
a) 10 b) 12 service to women for the first time in 25 years?
c) 5 d) 6 a) South Korea
e) 13 b) Colombia
86. Which of the following city hosted the B20 or c) Japan
Business20 meeting under the G20 chairmanship of d) Thailand
India? e) UK
a) Bengaluru b) Gangtok 94. The ‘Landslide Atlas’ report in India is published by
c) Chennai d) Bhopal which among the following organization?
e) Mumbai a) India Meteorological Department
87. Which INS receive President Droupadi Murmu’s Colour b) Wildlife Trust of India
Award recently? c) National Remote Sensing Centre
a) INS Vikrant b) INS Vikramaditya d) National Informatics Centre
c) INS Cheetah d) INS Jalashwa e) Greenpeace India
e) INS Dronacharya
95. NISAR was handed over to ISRO. NISAR is an earth
observation satellite jointly developed by ISRO and
which space agency?
a) JAXA
b) NASA
c) ROSCOSMOS
d) ESA
e) SpaceX
96. Who among the following has recently taken oath as
Chief Minister of Nagaland?
a) Neiphiu Rio
b) Conrad Sangma
c) Prestone Tynsong Answers
d) Sniawbhalang Dhar
e) None of the above 1 c 26 d 51 e 76 b
97. India’s digital payments market will more than triple to 2 a 27 a 52 e 77 e
$10 trillion by ________. b 28 a 53 a 78 c
3
a) 2025
4 c 29 a 54 d 79 b
b) 2026
c) 2027 5 d 30 d 55 d 80 c
d) 2028 6 e 31 d 56 c 81 d
e) 2029 a 32 b 57 a 82 d
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98. Which country has signed MoU with India on
8 c 33 d 58 d 83 a
semiconductors?
a) France 9 c 34 b 59 a 84 a
b) Germany 10 a 35 c 60 b 85 e
c) United Kingdom a 36 d 61 b 86 b
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d) United States
12 d 37 a 62 e 87 e
e) China
99. Reserve Bank of India’s Governor launched the Mission 13 a 38 d 63 a 88 b
‘Har Payment Digital’ on the occasion of the Digital 14 b 39 c 64 c 89 a
Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) 2023. Digital e 40 a 65 c 90 c
15
Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) is observed from
16 a 41 d 66 e 91 a
__________ to ____________.
a) March 1st to 5th 17 b 42 e 67 c 92 d
b) March 6th to 12th 18 c 43 c 68 b 93 b
c) March 7th to 14th e 44 d 69 d 94 c
19
d) March 5th to March 10th
20 a 45 d 70 a 95 b
e) March 15th to March 21st
100. S.S. Dubey took charge as the new Controller General of 21 c 46 c 71 c 96 a
Accounts (CGA). He is the _____ officer to hold the 22 e 47 e 72 a 97 b
position of CGA. c 48 a 73 c 98 d
23
a) 26th
24 a 49 e 74 d 99 b
b) 27th
c) 28th 25 e 50 c 75 b 100 c
d) 29th
e) 30th
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1. Who has recently (in April ‘23) inaugurated 91 new 6. Match the following Tiger Reserves with their respective
100W FM Transmitters of All India Radio state:
(AIR) across 18 States and 2 UTs to boost radio i. Indravati Tiger Reserve a. Tamil Nadu
connectivity in India? ii. Panna Tiger Reserve b. Chhattisgarh
a) Ashwini Vaishnaw (Union Minister of iii. Tadoba-Andhari
Communications) Tiger Reserve c. Maharashtra
b) Anurag Singh Thakur (Union Minister of iv. Srivilliputhur Megamalai
Information and Broadcasting) Tiger Reserve d. Madhya Pradesh
c) Jitendra Singh (MoS of Science and Technology) a) i-c, ii-d, iii-a, iv-b
d) Amit Shah (Union Minister of Home Affairs) b) i-b, ii-d, iii-a, iv-c
e) Narendra Modi (Prime Minister of India) c) i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d
2. India’s first cable-stayed railway bridge called ‘Anji d) i-b, ii-d, iii-c, iv-a
Khad bridge’ in __________ (state/UT) will be ready e) i-a, ii-d, iii-c, iv-b
in May 2023 with the cost of over Rs.400 crore. 7. Which of the following points is/are “correct” with
a) Arunachal Pradesh respect to the cabinet approval on 26th April 2023?
b) Jammu & Kashmir A) The Union Cabinet approved the National Medical
c) Uttarakhand Devices Policy, 2023, which is expected to help the
d) Himachal Pradesh Medical Devices sector expand to USD 50 billion by
e) Sikkim 2030.
3. Name the bank that has recently (in April ‘23) B) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)
partnered with the Redington Limited to offer approved the establishment of 157 new nursing colleges
Solar Loans of up to Rs 5 crore. in co-location with existing medical colleges established
a) ICICI Bank b) HDFC Bank since 2014 with the outlay of Rs 1,570 crore.
c) State Bank of India d) Bank of Baroda
C) The maximum number of nursing colleges will be set
e) Bank of Maharashtra
up in Uttar Pradesh (27) followed by Rajasthan (23).
4. In April 2023, RBI removed restrictions on resident
individuals from opening interestearning Foreign a) Only A
Currency Accounts (FCA) in International Financial b) Only A & B
Services Centres (IFSCs) for making investments c) Only B & C
under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS). d) Only A & C
RBI also removed the condition of repatriating any e) All A, B & C
funds lying idle in the FCA account for up to ____. 8. In April 2023, the Ministry of Finance (MoF), approved
a) 10 days b) 15 days the upgradation of ____________ (company) to a
c) 30 days d) 60 days Navratna Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) from a
e) 20 days Category-I MiniRatna CPSE.
5. In April 2023, _____________ became the first Arab a) Bharat Dynamics Limited
to undertake a spacewalk during Expedition 69 b) Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
venturing out of the International Space Station (ISS) c) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
and completing his spacewalk.
d) Central Coalfields Limited
a) Sultan Al-Neyadi
b) Hazza Al Mansouri e) Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited
c) Mohammad Al Mulla
d) Ali AlQarni
e) Noran Al Matrooshi
9. Which company has developed the world’s first liquid 16. Which state’s five-time Chief Minister (CM), Parkash
Nano DAP(Diammonium phosphate) that was launched Singh Badal, passed away in April 2023?
by the Union Minister of Home Affairs, Amit Shah in a) Madhya Pradesh
April 2023? b) Haryana
a) Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited c) Maharashtra
b) Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited d) Punjab
c) Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited e) Jharkhand
d) National Fertilizers Limited 17. Which bank has recently (in April ‘23) collaborated with
e) Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) to launch
10. Which organisation has recently (in April ‘23) released ‘Digitalised Submission of Form 15G/15H’?
the report ‘World Development Report 2023: Migrants, a) Canara Bank
Refugees, and Societies’ with key highlighting that 184 b) State Bank of India
million people are migrants? c) Union Bank of India
a) United Nations Development Programme d) Punjab National Bank
b) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees e) Bank of Baroda
c) World Bank 18. In April 2023, Union Minister for Labour & Employment
d) United Nations Human Settlement Programme & Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender
e) United Nations Population Fund Yadav, launched new features in _________ (Portal) for
11. In April 2023, 14th Dalai Lama received the Ramon unorganised workers.
Magsaysay Award in Person after __________ years. a) e-Saubhagya
a) 59 b) 52 b) e-Sachivalaya
c) 64 d) 70 c) eDharti
e) 60 d) e-Aushadhi
12. Which country’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander has e) eShram
recently (in April ‘23) failed to land on the lunar surface? 19. As of April 2023, Megha Engineering and Infrastructures
a) China b) Russia Limited (MEIL), India is building Mongolia’s First
c) North Korea d) Japan greenfield Oil Refinery, which is to be completed by
e) South Korea ___________ (Year).
13. Match the following Tiger Reserves with their respective a) 2027
state: b) 2025
i. Buxa Tiger Reserve a. Uttar Pradesh c) 2028
ii. Rajaji Tiger Reserve b. West Bengal d) 2024
iii. Ranipur Tiger Reserve c. Telangana e) 2026
iv. Kawal Tiger Reserve d. Uttarakhand 20. Which of the following points is/are “correct” with
a) i-c, ii-d, iii-a, iv-b respect to the ‘Trends In World Military Expenditure,
b) i-b, ii-d, iii-a, iv-c 2022’ report released by the SIPRI (Stockholm
c) i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d International Peace Research Institute) in April 2023?
d) i-b, ii-d, iii-c, iv-a A) World military expenditure grew for the 8th
e) i-a, ii-d, iii-c, iv-b consecutive year in 2022 by 3.7% in real terms to
14. Name the personality who has recently (in April ‘23) an all-time high of US$2240 billion.
taken charge as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the B) India was the fourth largest spender in the world in
Association of Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs). 2022 with a military expenditure of USD 81.4 billion.
a) Pradeep Goel b) Sanjay Jain C) The United States topped the List followed by China,
c) Girish Sinha d) Hari Hara Mishra second largest spender in the world.
e) Neeta Mukerji a) Only A
15. Who has been recently (in April ‘23) appointed as the b) Only A & B
Chairperson of the National Association of Software and c) Only A & C
Service Companies (NASSCOM) for the year 2023-24? d) Only B & C
a) Anant Maheshwari b) Krishnan Ramanujam e) All A, B & C
c) Sangeeta Gupta d) Sanjeev Malhotra
e) Kritika Murugesan
21. In April 2023, the Reserve Bank of __________ is set 27. What is the extra corpus support provided to the Credit
to launch a gold-backed digital currency to serve as Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises
legal tender. (CGTMSE) scheme in the FY 2023-24 Union Budget?
a) Australia b) New Zealand a) 1,000 crores
c) Zimbabwe d) Denmark b) 5,000 crores
e) Fiji c) 9,000 crores
22. On 24th April 2023, the ______ based Sharjah Cricket d) 12,000 crores
Stadium 'West Stand' was renamed the 'Sachin e) 15,000 crores.
Tendulkar Stand'. 28. What is the current inflation rate in India as of April
a) Sri Lanka 2023?
b) Qatar a) 4.5% b) 5.5%
c) United Arab Emirates c) 5.66% d) 7.5%
d) Zimbabwe e) 8.5%
e) Bangladesh 29. What is the name of the upcoming NASA mission that
23. Name the operation that was recently (in April ‘23) will investigate the Moon’s South Pole for resources?
launched by India to bring back its nationals from a) Lunar Resources Exploration-1
Sudan. b) Lunar Polar Rover
a) Operation Ganga c) Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1
b) Operation Kaveri d) Lunar Resource Extraction-1
c) Operation Devi Shakti e) Volatile Exploration Mission-1
d) Operation Dost 30. Who has been awarded the Immigrant Achievement
e) Operation Vande Bharat Award in 2023 for their contributions to higher education
24. Which of the following ministries has launched the in the US?
‘City Beauty Competition’ portal recently? a) Neeli Bendapudi
a) Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs b) Kamala Harris
b) Ministry of Rural Development c) Sundar Pichai
c) Ministry of Home Affairs d) Satya Nadella
d) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways e) Indra Nooyi
e) Ministry of Tourism 31. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. receives Global
25. The National Payments Corporation of India’s (NPCI) Gold Award for CSR work. Who gave the award to
subsidiary has launched the NOCS platform to provide PGCIL for their CSR work in Odisha?
reconciliation and settlement services for transactions a) United Nations
made on the ONDC network. What is ONDC? b) The Green Organization
a) A non-profit organization promoting digital c) The World Bank
commerce in India d) The International Monetary Fund
b) A government agency regulating e-commerce e) The Red Cross
platforms in India 32. How many Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) are
c) A network for buyers and sellers to transact across currently (as of April 2023) registered with the Reserve
different platforms Bank of India?
d) A network exclusively for small businesses to sell a) 10
their products b) 15
e) None of the above c) 20
26. Reliance General Insurance has made history by d) 25
becoming the first general insurance company to accept e) 28
the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Central Bank Digital 33. What is Locked Shields?
Currency (CBDC) e-Rupee (e?) for premium payments. a) A new type of digital encryption software
Reliance General Insurance has tied up with ____ to b) The world’s largest cyber defence exercise
facilitate the collection of premiums in digital mode. c) A type of computer virus
a) HDFC Bank b) ICICI Bank d) A hacker group
c) Axis Bank d) YES Bank e) None of the above
e) State Bank of India
34. Jupiter, a neobanking startup, has obtained a non- 40. What is the name of the village in Uttarakhand that has
banking finance company (NBFC) license from the been recognized as the “first Indian village?”
RBI. What is a neobank? a) Ganga
a) A traditional brick-and-mortar bank b) Kedarnath
b) A bank that provides services exclusively through c) Rishikesh
online or mobile platforms d) Mana
c) A bank that focuses on catering to high-net-worth e) Badrinath
individuals 41. What new feature was introduced on the eShram portal?
d) A bank that provides services to only small and a) Access to free healthcare
medium-sized businesses b) Access to housing schemes
e) A bank that provides services to rural and remote c) Access to education opportunities for children of
areas migrant workers
35. According to the SIPRI Report, what is India’s rank in d) Access to transportation facilities
global military expenditure in 2022? e) Access to free meals
a) First 42. What is the unique celestial event set to occur in
b) Second Bengaluru on April 25?
c) Third a) Lunar Eclipse
d) Fourth b) Solar Eclipse
e) Fifth c) Zero Shadow Day
36. Which Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) is planning d) Comet sighting
to set up its first international campus in Tanzania? e) Meteor shower
a) IIT Bombay 43. Which UCBs have been categorized as tier 1 by the
b) IIT Delhi RBI?
c) IIT Madras a) Only unit UCBs and salary earners’ UCBs
d) IIT Kharagpur irrespective of deposit size
e) IIT Kanpur b) UCBs having deposits up to Rs 100 crore
37. What is the theme for the 2023 World Intellectual c) Both a and b
Property Day? d) Only UCBs having deposits up to Rs 100 crore
a) Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and e) None of the above
Creativity 44. Which state has topped the list in the first-ever
b) Protecting IP in the Digital Age waterbody census conducted in India?
c) IP and Sustainable Development a) West Bengal
d) IP and Artificial Intelligence b) Maharashtra
e) None of the above c) Uttar Pradesh
38. What did the RBI announce regarding provisioning d) Karnataka
norms for urban cooperative banks? e) Gujarat
a) They have increased the provisioning norms for all 45. Which city tops the list of world’s wealthiest cities in
categories of UCBs 2023?
b) They have decreased the provisioning norms for all a) London
categories of UCBs b) Tokyo
c) They have unified the provisioning norms for c) New York City
standard assets across all categories of UCBs d) Singapore
d) They have introduced different provisioning norms e) None of the above
for different categories of UCBs 46. Who is the first woman officer of the Indian Air Force
e) None of the above (IAF) to receive a gallantry award?
39. Which countries are a part of the The International a)Wing Commander Sunita Williams
North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC)? b) Squadron Leader Avani Chaturvedi
a) India, Russia, and Iran c) Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh
b) India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan d) Wing Commander Deepika Misra
c) India, Bangladesh, and Nepal e) None of the above
d) India, China, and Japan
e) None of the above
47. Which country has become the biggest oil supplier to 54. Total enrolment under Atal Pension Yojana crossed
India (as of April 2023)? 5.20 crore mark till March 31 this year. In which year
a) Saudi Arabia Atal Pension Yojana launched?
b) United States a) 2015 b) 2017
c) Iraq c) 2016 d) 2014
d) Russia e) 2013
e) United Arab Emirates 55. In April 2023, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA)
48. What is the name of the scheme launched by the launched the _______ phase of the Regional
government to bring marginalised rural women into Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – Ude Desh Ka Aam
SHGs network? Nagrik (UDAN).
a) Sangathan se Suraksha a) 4th b) 3rd
b) Sangathan se Samriddhi c) 2nd d) 5th
c) Sangathan se Swavlamban e) 6th
d) Sangathan se Sahayog 56. In April 2023, __________ (company) completed the
e) Sangathan se Samman construction of Asia’s largest underwater hydrocarbon
49. Who is the author of the book ‘Sachin@50’- pipeline across ________ river.
Celebrating A Maestro? a) Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited; Ganga
a) Boria Majumdar b) Bharat Petroleum; Godavari
b) Sachin Tendulkar c) Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited; Brahmaputra
c) Rahul Dravid d) Hindustan Petroleum; Ganga
d) Virat Kohli e) Bharat Petroleum; Brahmaputra
e) None of the above 57. In which city, India’s Tallest Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji
50. Which country has emerged as India’s biggest trading (BR) Ambedkar (125-ft bronze) statue was unveiled to
partner in FY23? mark the 132nd birth anniversary (14th April’ 23) of the
a) China architect of the Indian Constitution?
b) USA a) Hyderabad, Telangana
c) Japan b) Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
d) Russia c) Mumbai, Maharashtra
e) France d) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
51. Who has been named in Time Magazine’s ‘100 Most e) New Delhi, Delhi
Influential People’ list? 58. In which city, Log9 Materials has recently (in April
a) Shah Rukh Khan ‘23) inaugurated India’s first lithium-ion cell
b) SS Rajamouli manufacturing facility?
c) Both a and b a) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
d) Neither a nor b b) Bengaluru, Karnataka
e) None of the above c) Hyderabad, Telangana
52. Which Ministery launching the “Animal Pandemic d) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Preparedness Initiative (APPI)” under the National One e) New Delhi, Delhi
Health Mission? 59. According to the Logistics Performance Index (LPI)
a) The Prime Minister of India and its indicators report released by
b) The Minister of Health and Family Welfare World Bank (WB) in April 2023, India secured
c) The Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare ________ rank in the index, while _________ tops.
d) The Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate a) 36th; Finland b) 40th; Singapore
Change c) 38th; Finland d) 36th; Denmark
e) The Minister of Science and Technology e) 38th; Singapore
53. Which country is set to host the maiden Global 60. Name the bank that has recently (in April ‘23)
Buddhist meet? introduced the first-of-its-kind EMI (Equated Monthly
a) Sri Lanka Instalment) facility for UPI (Unified Payment Interface)
b) Japan payments made by scanning QR code.
c) India a) HDFC Bank b) ICICI Bank
d) Thailand c) YES Bank d) Axis Bank
e) Nepal e) IndusInd Bank
61. In April 2023, Indian Space Research Organisation 67. Which bank has secured 1st rank in the Enhanced
(ISRO) has launched PSLV-C55 with two __________ Access & Service Excellence (EASE) Reforms Index
(country) satellites – TeLEOS-2 (primary satellite) and for Q3 FY23 released by Indian Banks’ Association
Lumelite-4 (co-passenger satellite), under the PSLV- (IBA) in April 2023?
C55/TeLEOS-2 mission from Sriharikota, Andhra a) Punjab National Bank
Pradesh. b) State Bank of India
a) Indonesia c) Bank of India
b) Singapore d) Union Bank of India
c) Philippines e) Bank of Baroda
d) United Arab Emirates 68. Which state has recently (in April ‘23) received the
e) Türkiye national award for the best implementation of Pradhan
62. In April 2023, Solar Industries India Limited bagged an Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for the year 2022-
order to supply 400 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 23?
‘Nagastra – I’ to the Indian Army. a) Karnataka b) Andhra Pradesh
Which company has designed and developed the 1st c) Chhattisgarh d) Madhya Pradesh
indigenous man-portable loitering munition (LM), e) Gujarat
Nagastra-1 UAV? 69. Which of the following points is/are ‘correct’ with
a) Economic Explosives Limited respect to the recent appointments made by the
b) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in
c) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited April 2023?
d) Bharat Electronics Limited A) Anurag Jain, the current Secretary of the Department
e) Bharat Dynamics Limited for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade has been
63. In April 2023, the Union government intensified appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Road
crackdown against drugs with the aim to make India Transport and Highways (MoRTH).
drug-free by ___________. B) Alka Upadhyaya, Secretary, MoRTH has been
a) 2047 appointed as Secretary of Department of Animal
b) 2028 Husbandry and Dairy (AHD) under the Ministry of
c) 2030 Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying.
d) 2027 C) Saurabh Garg, CEO of Unique Identification
e) 2035 Authority of India (UIDAI), has been appointed as
64. In April 2023, _________, the founder of Gemini Secretary of the Department of Social Justice and
Circus and a pioneer of Indian circus passed away. Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice and
a) Kallan Gopalan Empowerment.
b) Priyanath Bose a) Only A b) Only A & B
c) Krishan Mehta c) Only B & C d) Only A & C
d) M.V. Sankaran e) All A, B & C
e) Rajkamal 70. When was the 16th National Civil Services Day
65. Which state has recently (in April ‘23) signed an MoU observed across India with the theme of ‘Viksit Bharat:
with the Government of Assam to settle the long- Empowering Citizens and Reaching the Last Mile’?
pending border dispute? a) 19th April 2023
a) Sikkim b) 17th April 2023
b) Meghalaya c) 20th April 2023
c) Arunachal Pradesh d) 18th April 2023
d) Nagaland e) 21st April 2023
e) Manipur 71. Ujjain Batik print recently got the Geographical
66. As of April 2023, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Indication (GI) Tag , it belongs to which State/UT?
Bank (AIIB) is set to establish its first overseas office in a) Madhya Pradesh
___________. b) Jammu and Kashmir
a) Manila, Philippines b) Tokyo, Japan c) Uttar Pradesh
c) Shanghai, China d) Gujarat, India d) Ladakh
e) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates e) Chhattisgarh
72. In April 2023, the Ministry of Finance (MoF), approved 78. In April 2023, India made a contribution of ________
the upgradation of ____________ (company) to a to the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and
Navratna Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) from the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN
a Category-I MiniRatna CPSE. Women, for women empowerment.
a) Bharat Dynamics Limited a) USD 400,000
b) Rail Vikas Nigam Limited b) USD 300,000
c) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited c) USD 500,000
d) Central Coalfields Limited d) USD 100,000
e) Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited e) USD 200,000
73. According to the RBI data on ‘Sectoral Deployment of 79. In April 2023, ___________ became India’s 1st
bank Credit- March 2023′, the Scheduled commercial commercial bank to connect with the Bharat Bill
banks (SCBs) reported credit growth of _______ in Payment System (BBPS) for delivering bill payment
FY23. services through video banking.
a) 15.4% b) 17.5% a) Equitas Small Finance Bank
c) 12.8% d) 16.2% b) Capital Small Finance Bank
e) 13.7% c) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
74. As per the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual d) Utkarsh Small Finance Bank
Report 2022, which country is the largest recipient of e) AU Small Finance Bank
ADB-funded programs/projects in 2022? 80. According to the State of World Population
a) Sri Lanka b) India (SOWP)2023 report published by the United Nations
c) Pakistan d) Indonesia Population Fund (UNFPA) in April 2023, India
e) Bangladesh overtakes China to become the most populous nation in
75. Name the personality who was recently awarded with the world with __________ population.
the honorary MBE (Member of the Most Excellent a) 142.86 crore
Order of the British Empire) by King Charles III. b) 139.24 crore
a) Arjuna Misra b) Naheed Abidi c) 142.57 crore
c) Mandan Mishra d) M.N. Nandakumara d) 136.20 crore
e) G. Balakrishnan Nair e) 125.34 crore
76. Which regulatory body of the Ministry of Finance has 81. Which state government has recently (in April ‘23)
recently (in April ‘23) announced the launch of a pilot launched India’s first heavy lift logistics eVTOL
scheme ‘Mission 50K-EV4ECO‘ to enhance the electric (electric Vertical Take-off and Landing) BonV drone?
vehicle market? a) Maharashtra b) West Bengal
a) Reserve Bank of India c) Uttar Pradesh d) Odisha
b) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural e) Karnataka
Development 82. Name the company that has recently (in April ‘23) won
c) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority the Best Production/Process Development Award as
d) Securities and Exchange Board of India part of the Vaccine Industry Excellence (ViE) awards at
e) Small Industries Development Bank of India the World Vaccine Congress Washington 2023.
77. Which of the following points is/are “correct” with a) Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
respect to the 36th edition of Asian Wrestling b) Biological E Limited
Championships, held at Astana, Kazakhstan in April c) Bharat Biotech International Limited
2023? d) Indian Immunologicals Limited
A) Aman Sehrawat won India’s 1st gold medal, under e) Serum Institute of India
the men’s 57kg freestyle category by defeating 83. In which city, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi
Kyrgyzstan’s Almaz Smanbekov. inaugurated the program ‘Commemoration of 50 years
B) India has won 14 medals (one gold, three silvers and of Project Tiger’ in April 2023?
ten bronze) and is ranked 7th in overall medal tally. a) Guwahati, Assam
C) Kazakhstan was topped in the medal tally followed b) Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh
by Japan and Iran. c) Mysuru, Karnataka
a) Only A b) Only A & B d) Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
c) Only B & C d) Only A & C e) Palakkad, Kerala
e) All A, B & C
84. Which state is set to get the world's 1st conservation 88. In April 2023, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
and breeding centre for the Asian king vulture? downgraded India’s Gross Domestic
a) Uttar Pradesh Product (GDP) forecast to ______ for the financial year
b) Gujarat 2023-24 from 6.1% in January 2023.
c) West Bengal a) 5.6% b) 5.2%
d) Madhya Pradesh c) 5.5% d) 5.7%
e) Odisha e) 5.9%
85. Which of the following points are “correct” with respect 89. Which company was recently (in April ‘23) accorded
to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy the status of Miniratna Category-I Central Public Sector
Report released in April 2023? Enterprise (CPSE)?
A) The credit growth continued to outpace deposit a) Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited
growth in FY23 at an 11-year high, despite banks fully b) Bharat Dynamics Limited
transmitting lending rates linked to external benchmarks c) Bharat Earth Movers Limited
(250 basis points) which now account for nearly half of d) Central Warehousing Corporation
floating-rate loans. e) Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
B) The internal benchmark for loan pricing, th Marginal 90. India ranks _____, in the 6th edition of the annual
Cost of Funds-Based Lending Rate (MCLR), increased Artificial Intelligence ( AI) index report published
by 140 bps from May 2022 to March 2023. recently (in April ‘23) by Stanford University’s Human-
C) The 1-year median MCLR of Scheduled Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI).
Commercial Banks (SCBs) increased by 135 bps from a) 8th b) 4th
May 2022 to February 2023. c) 6th d) 3rd
a) Only A b) Only B d) 5th
c) Only C d) Only A & B 91. What type of Biometric Authentication was recently (in
e) All A, B & C April ‘23) launched by Citi Union Bank, which is
86. Who was recently (in April ‘23) awarded with the 2023 considered to be India’s 1st for Logging into its
International Prize in Statistics? Banking App?
a) Siva Ramachandran Athreya a) Palm vein
b) Bimal Kumar Roy b) Facial
c) S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan c) Voice
d) Biswatosh Sengupta d) Finger vein
e) Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao e) Iris
87. Which of the following points is/are “correct” with 92. In April 2023, the Department of Economic Affairs
respect to the State Energy Efficiency Index (SEEI) (DEA) raised the interest rate on various small savings
2021-2022 released by the Union Minister of Power. K. schemes for the first quarter (Q1) of FY24.
Singh in April 2023? Which of the following points are ‘correct’ with respect
A) Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, and to Small Saving Schemes (SSS) & their interest rates as
Telangana have featured in the frontrunner category of of April 2023?
the State Energy Efficiency Index (SEEI) report for a) The interest rate for Senior Citizen Savings Schemes
2021-22. has been increased from 8% to 8.2%.
B) Assam, Haryana, Maharashtra, and Punjab were b) The National Savings Certificates (NCS) witnessed
featured in the Achiever category of the SEEI report for the highest increase in rate, which increased from 7 %
2021-22. to 7.7% from January to June.
C) The best-performing states in their respective state c) Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) has changed to 115 months
groups are Chandigarh, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, and of maturity period with an interest rate of 7.5% from
Karnataka. 120 months of maturity period with an interest rate of
a) All A, B & C 7.2% .
b) Only A & B d) The Public Provident Fund (PPF) has remained
c) Only B & C unchanged with the interest rate of 7.1% over Q1
d) Only A & C FY24.
e) Only A e) All above
93. Name the Mobile app of National Logistics Portal 98. Which state has recently (in April ‘23) launched
(Marine) that was launched by the Union Minister of ‘India’s 1st Cool Roof Policy 2023-2028’ to reduce the
Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal in heat island impact and heat stress?
March 2023. a) Gujarat
a) Sagar Parikrama b) Maharashtra
b) Sagar Manthan c) Telangana
c) Sagar Mala d) Rajasthan
d) Sagar Baran e) Jharkhand
e) Sagar Setu 99. The Government of India (GoI) has recently (in April
94. In April 2023, _______ became the 1st Indian Bank to ‘23) given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag to 33
open ‘Special Rupee Vostro Account (SRVA)’ in new products from different states.
Malaysia to facilitate transactions between India and As of April 2023, How many products received GI Tags
Malaysia in the Indian rupee. in India?
a) State Bank of India a) 465
b) Union Bank of India b) 320
c) Bank of India c) 534
d) Bank of Maharashtra d) 210
e) Bank of Baroda e) 350
95. In April 2023, Indian Space Research Organisation 100. Which of the following points is/are “Correct” with
(ISRO) conducted a Reusable Launch Vehicle respect to the 37th Annual World Billionaire List 2023,
Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX) at the released by Forbes in April 2023?
Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Chitradurga, a) Mukesh Ambani regained his spot as the richest
Karnataka. person in Asia and India with a net worth of USD
The mission was performed in collaboration with which 83.4 billion, and ranked at No. 9 on the world
of the following organisations/defence sectors? billionaire list.
a) Defence Space Research Organisation b) Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH (Moët Hennessy
b) Indian Air Force Louis Vuitton) topped the list for the first time with a
c) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited net worth of USD 211 Billion followed by Elon Musk,
d) Both 1 & 2 CEO of SpaceX & Tesla, ranked 2nd with net worth of
e) Both 1 & 3 USD 180 Billion and Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon at
96. According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data on 3rd rank with a net worth of USD 114 Billion.
India’s balance of payments (BoP) for the third quarter c) Gautam Adani is in 2nd place with a net worth of
of Financial Year 2022-23 (Q3 FY23), India’s current USD 47.2 billion as the richest person in Asia and
account deficit declined to _________ of the GDP in India and ranked at 24th Place on the world billionaire
Q3 FY23 from 3.7% of GDP in Q2 FY23. list.
a) 3.5% d) Both 1 & 2
b) 3.0% e) All 1,2 & 3
c) 2.2%
d) 2.5%
e) 2.9%
97. Name the personality from India who has recently (in
April ‘23) conferred with “Chevalier de la Légion
d'Honneur” (Knight of the Legion Honour), the highest
French civilian award.
a) Swati Piramal
b) Leena Tewari
c) Sangita Jindal
d) Anand Mahindra
e) Kiran Nadar
Answers
1 e 26 d 51 c 76 e
2 b 27 c 52 c 77 e
3 c 28 c 53 c 78 c
4 b 29 c 54 a 79 e
5 a 30 a 55 d 80 a
6 d 31 b 56 c 81 d
7 e 32 e 57 a 82 c
8 b 33 b 58 b 83 c
9 a 34 b 59 e 84 a
10 c 35 d 60 b 85 e
11 c 36 c 61 b 86 c
12 d 37 a 62 a 87 a
13 c 38 c 63 a 88 e
14 d 39 a 64 d 89 a
15 a 40 d 65 c 90 e
16 d 41 c 66 e 91 c
17 a 42 c 67 d 92 e
18 e 43 b 68 a 93 e
19 b 44 a 69 e 94 b
20 e 45 c 70 e 95 d
21 c 46 d 71 a 96 c
22 c 47 d 72 b 97 e
23 b 48 b 73 a 98 c
24 a 49 a 74 c 99 a
25 c 50 b 75 d 100 e
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1. In May 2023, the National Tiger Conservation 5. Name the organisation/Bank that has recently (in May
Authority (NTCA) constituted the 11-member ‘23) signed a USD141.12 million loan agreement with
Cheetah Project Steering Committee to oversee the India to support the development of high-quality internal
implementation of ‘Project Cheetah’. infrastructure in Andhra Pradesh.
Who heads the 11-member Committee? a) World Bank
a) Dilip Pandya b) United Nations Development Programme
b) R. N. Mehrotra c) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
c) Noyal Thomas d) Asian Development Bank
d) Rajesh Gopal e) International Monetary Fund
e) Shubhoranjan Sen 6. Who has been recently (in May ‘23) appointed as the
2. Which of the following points is/are “correct” with President of CII for the year 2023-24?
respect to the Quad Leaders’ Summit held in May a) Atish Mathur
2023? b) Sanjiv Bajaj
A) As a part of his visit to Japan, Papua New Guinea c) Rajiv Memani
and Australia in May 2023 PM Narendra d) R Dinesh
Modi participated in the third in-person Quad e) Sanjiv Puri
(Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) Leaders’ Summit 7. In May 2023, the United Nations General Assembly
in Hiroshima, Japan. (UNGA) declared _____________ of every year as the
B) The Quad leaders unveiled a ‘Vision Statement’ World Sustainable Transport Day.
titled ‘Enduring Partners for Indo-Pacific’ expressing a) 26th October
their resolve to act as a “force for good” to find b) 26th September
common solutions for region-wide benefit. c) 26th November
C) India is set to host the Quad meeting in 2024. d) 26th August
a) Only A e) 26th July
b) Only A & B 8. In May 2023, _________ became the first digital
c) Only B & C payments app to enable the linkage of 2 lakh Rupay
d) Only A & C credit cards to the Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
e) All A, B & C a) Paytm b) BharatPe
3. In May 2023, the ___________ edition of India- c) Freecharge d) PhonePe
Saudi Arabia Bilateral Naval Exercise, “Al Mohed e) Razorpay
Al Hindi 23” was conducted in Al-Jubail, Saudi 9. As of May 2023, the Ministry of Finance has notified
Arabia. _________ countries, from where investment in start-ups
a) 4th b) 6th will be exempt from angel tax.
c) 3rd d) 5th a) 10 b) 21
e) 2nd c) 24 d) 15
According to the World Energy Investment 2023 e) 18
(WEI 2023) released by the International 10. In May 2023, the Ministry of Civil Aviation(MoCA)
4. Energy Agency (IEA) in May 2023, the clean energy launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – Ude
investment has increased __________ higher than the Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) ______to enhance
investment in fossil Fuels. connectivity to remote areas via helicopters.
a) 50% b) 70% a) UDAN 4.1 b) UDAN 3.0
c) 40% d) 60% c) UDAN 5.1 d) UDAN 4.0
e) 80% e) UDAN 5.0
11. Which of the following points is/are "correct" with 16. In which state/Union Territory (UT), the Great Prayer
respect to Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi’s Festival ‘Monlam Chenmo’ was held in May 2023?
visit to Japan, Papua New Guinea, and Australia in a) Himachal Pradesh
May 2023? b) Sikkim
A) The PM visited Hiroshima (Japan) to participate c) Jammu and Kashmir
in the 49th G7 summit & third in-person Quad d) Assam
Leaders’ Summit 2023. e) Ladakh
B) During his visit to Papua New Guinea, PM 17. As per the ‘Most Innovative Companies 2023: Reaching
Narendra Modi along with PM of Papua New Guinea New Heights in Uncertain Times’ report released by the
James Marape released a translation of the Tamil Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in May 2023,________
classic ‘Thirukkural’ in the Tok Pisin language is the only Indian firm in the BCG list of the top 50 most
(official language of Papua New Guinea). innovative firms in 2023, securing the 20th position.
C) During his visit to Australia, PM Narendra Modi a) Tata Group
and Australian PM Anthony Albanese jointly laid the b) Adani Group
foundation stone of the ‘Little India’ gateway to be c) Infosys Limited
built in Harris Park in Western Sydney. d) ITC Limited
a) Only A b) Only A & B e) Wipro Limite
c) Only B & C d) Only A & C 18. According to the World Bank’s (WB) annual report
e) All A, B & C ‘State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2023’ released in
12. In May 2023, India’s AI (artificial intelligence) May, 2023, the revenues collected from carbon taxes and
supercomputer, "AIRAWAT," was ranked _______ Emissions Trading Systems (ETS) globally have reached
globally in the 61st edition of the Top 500 Global a record high, about USD ___________ in 2022
Supercomputing List, released at the International a) 59 billion
Supercomputing Conference (ISC 2023) in Germany. b) 82 billion
1) 75th 2) 50th c) 64 billion
3) 65th 4) 45th d) 95 billion
5) 85th e) 73 billion
13. The Gross collection (provisional) of Direct Taxes 19. According to the “Data Centre Q1 2023” Report released
(before adjusting for refunds) for Financial Year by Knight Frank, Mumbai, Maharashtra (India) has
(FY) 2022-23 stands at Rs. _________ showing a emerged __________ on the list of data centre markets in
growth of 20.33%. the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region with a total capacity of
a) 15.49 lakh crore 2,337 megawatt (MW).
b) 19.68 lakh crore a) 6th b) 3rd
c) 17.39 lakh crore c) 5th d) 4th
d) 16.36 lakh crore e) 2nd
e) 14.38 lakh crore 20. Name the bank that has recently (in May’ 23) launched a
14. In May 2023, American runner ___________ first digital onboarding platform ‘Sarathi’ to enable easy
officially became an Olympic champion, more than installation of Point of Sale (POS) for merchants.
a decade after the London 2012 Summer Olympics. a) Axis Bank
a) Lashinda Demus b) Debbie Dunn b) ICICI Bank
c) Natalya Antyukh d) Melaine Walker c) HDFC Bank
e) Jessica Beard d) YES Bank
15. Name the ministry that has recently (in May ‘23) e) IndusInd Bank
launched a massive campaign programme “Meri 21. In May 2023, Bulgarian Writer Georgi Gospodinov and
LiFE, Mera Swachh Shehar” to promote the RRRs translator Angela Rodel won the International Booker
(3Rs-Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) of waste Prize 2023 for _____________ (Book).
management. a) The physics of sorrow
a) Ministry of Jal Shakti b) The Story Smuggler
b) Ministry of Home Affairs c) Time Shelter
c) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs d) And Other Stories
d) Ministry of Rural Development e) Natural Novel
e) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
22. Name the personality who has recently (in May ‘23) 29. In May 2023, _______________ became the 1st Indian
appointed as the brand ambassador of Tripura city to measure United Nations (UN)- mandated
tourism. sustainable development goals (SDG)s process.
a) Kangana Ranaut a) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
b) Sourav Ganguly b) Bhubaneswar, Odisha
c) Priyanka Chopra c) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
d) Kapil Dev d) Bengaluru, Karnataka
e) Nandita Das e) Kochi, Kerala
23. Name the state government that has recently (in May 30. Which state’s Kangra Tea has recently (in May ‘23)
‘23) inaugurated an online rural education received a Geographical Indication (GI) with the
programme ‘Pahal’. European Union (EU)?
a) Assam a) Assam
b) West Bengal b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Uttar Pradesh c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Bihar d) Uttarakhand
e) Maharashtra e) Sikkim
24. Which country has recently (in May ‘23) launched 31. Which state government has recently (in May’23)
the Golden Licence to attract large-scale investment inaugurated the “SAHAS” initiative to make
projects? workplaces safer for Women?
a) Qatar a) Tamil Nadu
b) United Arab Emirates b) Karnataka
c) Kuwait c) Telangana
d) Bahrain d) Kerala
e) Saudi Arabia e) Andhra Pradesh
25. Which Indian Naval Ship Vessel (INSV) has recently 32. According to the United Nations Environment
(in May ‘23) returned to Goa after a historic 188-day Programme (UNEP) report released in May
voyage? 2023, the countries can reduce plastic pollution by 80%
a) INSV Shardul by __________ (year) using existing technologies.
b) INSV Ranvijay a) 2028 b) 2040
c) INSV Tarini c) 2035 d) 2026
d) INSV Sahyadri e) 2030
e) INSV Kora 33. Which state government has recently (in May ‘23)
26. In May 2023, ____________ became the first state in launched a farm loan interest waiver scheme called
India to launch a welfare fund for Mahatma Gandhi ‘Mukhyamantri Krishak Byaaj Maafi Yojana-2023’?
Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) a) Jharkhand
workers. b) Uttar Pradesh
a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala c) Odisha
c) Andhra Pradesh d) Maharashtra d) Maharashtra
e) Madhya Pradesh e) Madhya Pradesh
27. In May 2023, The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) 34. In May 2023, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) notified
prepared the “Model Prisons Act 2023” which will the withdrawal of Rs 2000 denomination banknotes
replace the existing British-era law “The Prisons Act, from circulation and directed banks to stop issuing it.
of ___________”. The public needs to deposit and/or exchange the Rs
a) 1947 b) 1898 2,000 note in banks on or before ___________ 2023.
c) 1894 d) 1957 a) 30th November
e) 1888 b) 31st July
28. Which country, along with India has recently (in May c) 30th September
‘23) launched a ‘50 start-ups exchange programme’? d) 31st August
a) Indonesia b) Bangladesh e) 31st October
c) Australia d) United Arab Emirates
c) United Kingdom
35. Name the Insurance Company that has recently (in 41. Name the personality who has recently (in May ‘23)
May ‘23) launched India's first small-cap fund in the appointed as the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS).
ULIP (Unit Linked Insurance Plan) segment. a) Air Marshal Suraj Kumar Jha
a) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance b) Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari
b) Max Life Insurance c) Air Marshal Sandeep Singh
c) Bharti AXA Life Insurance d) Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit
d) HDFC Life Insurance e) Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar
e) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance 42. In May 2023, ____________ has replaced Kiren Rijiju
36. Name the company that has recently (in May ‘23) with the independent charge as Minister of State in the
launched “Udyog Plus”, an innovative one-stop Ministry of Law and Justice & Kiren Rijiju was
business platform for the Micro, Small & Medium assigned with the portfolio of the _____________.
Enterprise (MSME) customers. a) Ajay Kumar; Ministry of Planning
a) Tata Capital Financial Services b) Arjun Ram Meghwa; Ministry of Earth Sciences
b) Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services c) Ashwini Kumar Choubey; Ministry of Statistics and
c) Aditya Birla Capital Programme Implementation
d) Muthoot Finance Ltd d) Arjun Ram Meghwa; Ministry of Planning
e) Bajaj Finance Ltd e) Ajay Kumar; Ministry of Earth Sciences
37. In May 2023, the 12 Public Sector Banks’ (PSBs) 43. S P Singh Baghel, Union Minister of State (MoS), took
cumulative profit reached Rs 1,04,649 crore in over as MoS of the __________ from the Ministry of
Financial Year (FY)23. Law and Justice in May 2023.
In percentage terms, which bank had the highest net a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
profit growth with 126% to Rs 2,602 crore? b) Ministry of Culture
a) State Bank of India c) Ministry of Power
b) Bank of Maharashtra d) Ministry of Railways
c) Bank of Baroda e) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
d) UCO Bank 44. Name the personality who has recently (in May ‘23)
e) Bank of India honoured with the highest French Civilian award,
38. In May 2023, the board of the Reserve Bank of India Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (Knight of the
(RBI) approved the transfer of ________as surplus to Legion of Honour).
the Government for the year 2022-2023 at the 602nd a) T. V. Narendran
meeting of the RBI’s Central Board of Directors. b) Natarajan Chandrasekaran
a) Rs 72,890 crore c) Banmali Agrawala
b) Rs 49,238 crore d) Shapoor Mistry
c) Rs 52,389 crore e) N. R. Narayana Murthy
d) Rs 87,416 crore 45. Which of the following International Airports were
e) Rs 64,230 crore recently (in May ‘23) won the Platinum Category award
39. According to the report ‘World Economic Situation in the Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-
and Prospects as of mid-2023’, of the United Nations Pacific’s Green Airports Recognition 2023?
(UN) released in May 2023, India’s economy is a) Indira Gandhi International Airport
expected to grow by ________ in 2024. b) Kempegowda International Airport
a) 6.7% c) Mangaluru International Airport
b) 6.5% d) Both 1 & 2
c) 5.9% e) Both 2 & 3
d) 6.2% 46. As of May 2023, India’s defence production in the FY
e) 5.7% 2022-2023 was increased by more than 12% & crossed
40. Who has recently (in May ‘23) became the first the mark of USD ________ for the first time.
woman and non-secretary bureaucrat Chairperson of a) 20 billion
Competition Commission of India (CCI)? b) 10 billion
a) Sangeeta Verma b) Ravneet Kaur c) 25 billion
c) S. Jayashree d) Poonam Kohali d) 12 billion
e) Jyotsna Yadav e) 15 billion
47. Name the Indian Navy’s indigenous guided missile 52. What was the theme of United Nations (UN)
destroyer that was recently (in May ‘23) carried out International Day for Biological Diversity 2023 that
the engagement of a sea-skimming supersonic target was observed across the globe on 22nd May 2023?
with Medium Range Surface to Air Missile a) Our solutions are in nature
(MRSAM) missile. b) Building a shared future for all life
a) INS Surat c) From Agreement to Action: Build Back Biodiversity
b) INS Vikrant d) We're part of the solution #ForNature
c) INS Vishal e) Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health
d) INS Mormugao 53. When was Anti-Terrorism Day 2023 observed across
e) INS Visakhapatnam India to mark the death anniversary of former Indian
48. Which of the following points is/are “correct” with Prime Minister (PM) Rajiv Gandhi in 1991?
respect to the 2023 Italian Open held at Rome in May a) 20th May 2023
2023? b) 18th May 2023
A) Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev claimed c) 21st May 2023
his first-ever Association of Tennis Professionals d) 19th May 2023
(ATP) title on the clay court by winning the Men’s e) 22nd May 2023
Singles title in the 2023 Italian Open. 54. In May 2023, Credit card payments for foreign travel
B) The 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina will be brought under Reserve Bank's Liberalised
of Kazakhstan won the Women’s singles title at the Remittance Scheme (LRS) to ensure that such expenses
Italian Open 2023 by defeating Anhelina Kalinina of do not escape Tax Collection at Source (TCS).
Ukraine. The Union Budget 2023 proposed a TCS for foreign
C) Polish-Monegasque duo Jan Zieliński and Hugo outward remittance under LRS other than for Education
Nys won the men’s doubles title at the Italian Open and medical purposes of ____ per cent (%) applicable
2023 defeating Robin Haase and Botic van de from July 1, 2023.
Zandschulp of the Netherlands a) 20 b) 10
a) Only A b) Only A & B c) 15 d) 30
c) Only B & C d) Only A & C e) 25
e) All A, B & C 55. In May 2023, ___________ emerged as the most
49. In May 2023, Rattan Lal Kataria, a Member of profitable firm after Reliance Industries in Financial
Parliament (MP) of Lok Sabha, from Ambala Year (FY) 23.
(Haryana), passed away. He is the ________ time a) HDFC Bank
MP of the Lok Sabha from Ambala. b) State Bank of India
a) Four b) Three c) ICICI Bank
c) Five d) Two d) Oil & Natural Gas Corporation
e) Six e) Tata Consultancy Services
50. What was the theme of World Metrology Day 2023 56. In May 2023, Union Finance Minister Nirmala
that was observed across the globe on 20th May Sitharaman had a bilateral meeting with Masatsugu
2023? Asakawa, president of Asian Development Bank
a) Measurements for Global Trade (ADB), on the sidelines of the ADB Annual Meetings,
b) Metrology in the Digital Era in South Korea.
c) The ocean, our climate and weather Where is the Headquarters of Asian Development Bank
d) Measurements supporting the global food system (ADB) located?
e) The International System of Units Fundamentally a) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Better b) Jakarta, Indonesia
51. What was the theme of the 7th United Nations (UN) c) Shanghai, China
Global Road Safety Week (UNGRSW) 2023 that was d) Mandaluyong, Philippines
observed across the globe on 15th to 21st May 2023? e) Kathmandu, Nepal
a) Saves Lives #SlowDown 57. Name the football club that has recently (in May ‘23)
b) StreetsforLife #Love30 won their 27th LaLiga title.
c) Saves Lives #SpeakUp a) Sevilla FC b) Athletic Bilbao
d) #SaveKidsLives c) Real Madrid d) Football Club Barcelona
e) StreetsforLife #RethinkMobility e) Valencia CF
58. Name the personality who has recently (in May ‘23) 65. Name the Indian Navy Ship (INS) that has recently (in
became the first Indian female golfer to enter the top May ‘23) brought ten medical pallets as high
50 in the world rankings after her T5 place finish at availability disaster recovery supplies for the people
the LPGA Founders Cup. affected by Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar as part of
a) Smriti Mehra Operation Karuna.
b) Aditi Ashok a) INS Guldar b) INS Airavat
c) Diksha Dagar c) INS Kesari d) INS Gharial
d) Anisha Padukone e) INS Kumbhir
e) Vani Kapoor 66. Which of the following countries will host the 23rd
59. In February 2023, Sayantan Das became India’s 81st FIFA World Cup 2026?
Chess Grandmaster. He is the 11th Chess a) United States of America
Grandmaster from __________ (state). b) Canada
a) Andhra Pradesh c) Mexico
b) Telangana d) Both 1 & 2
c) Karnataka e) All 1, 2 & 3
d) West Bengal 67. Which Department of GoI has initiated a project on
e) Odisha Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)?
60. Name the mountaineer who recently (in May ‘23) a) Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal
climbed Mount Everest for a record 27th time. Trade
a) Ang Rita Sherpa b) Department of Consumer Affairs
b) Babu Chiri Sherpa c) Department of Personnel and Training
c) Nirmal Purja d) Department of Expenditure
d) Kami Rita Sherpa e) Department of Commerce
e) Apa Sherpa 68. In May 2023, _____________ _ became the first Indian
61. In May 2023, Union Minister for Road Transport and cricketer to slam a hundred in Test cricket, Twenty20
Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari announced that India's International (T20I) cricket, One Day Internationals
first elevated 8-lane access control Dwarka (ODI) cricket and IPL in the same calendar year.
expressway of _______ length was being built at a a) Shubman Gill
cost of Rs 9000 crore. b) Suryakumar Yadav
a) 43.8 km b) 24.9 km c) Shikhar Dhawan
c) 32.5 km d) 17.2 km d) Virat Kohli
e) 29.6 km e) K.L. Rahul
62. Who has recently (in May ‘23) won the second ever 69. Name the personality who has recently (in May ‘23)
British Book Award for Freedom to Publish? become number one in World Athletics men's javelin
a) Shehan Karunatilaka ranking.
b) Bernardine Evaristo a) Neeraj Chopra (India)
c) Salman Rushdie b) Alexandru Novac (Romania)
d) Douglas Stuart c) Anderson Peters (Germany)
e) Anna Burns d) Andrian Mardare (Moldova)
63. In May 2023, a team of international astronomers e) Jakub Vadlejch (Czechia
discovered 62 new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing 70. According to the World Bank, which country has
the total number of natural satellites to ______. become the first country in the world to have annual
a) 145 b) 100 remittances from abroad crossing the $100-billion mark
c) 120 d) 152 in 2022?
e) 136 a) United Kingdom
64. In May 2023, the Kapileshwar temple in _______ b) China
(state) is to be added to the protected monuments list c) India
of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). d) United States of America
a) West Bengal b) Kerala e) Russia
c) Karnataka d) Tamil Nadu
e) Odisha
71. In May 2023, ____________ became the first state in A) According to the data, 50% of the total villages in
India to make digital health cards for children. India achieved Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus
a) West Bengal status under Phase II of the Swachh Bharat Mission –
b) Bihar Gramin (SBM-G).
c) Gujarat B) The top performing states in terms of percentage of
d) Uttar Pradesh ODF Plus villages among big states are Telangana
e) Madhya Pradesh (100%), Karnataka (99.5%), Tamil Nadu (97.8%) &
72. In May 2023, _______________ became the 1st Uttar Pradesh (95.2%) Among small states are Goa
Indian Airline to operate a commercial domestic (95.3%) and Sikkim (69.2%)
flight with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). C) Among UTs, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra
a) SpiceJet Nagar Haveli & Daman Diu and Lakshadweep have
b) Go First 100% ODF Plus Model villages.
c) Akasa Air a) Only A
d) IndiGo b) Only A & B
e) Air Vistara c) Only B & C
73. Which state government has recently (in May ‘23) d) Only A & C
launched India’s 1st State Robotics Framework to e) All A, B & C
promote the robotic ecosystem? 78. In May 2023, the members of ________________
a) Maharashtra (organisation) unanimously adopted India’s proposal to
b) Gujarat support the development and adoption of India’s Digital
c) Karnataka Public Infrastructure (DPI).
d) Andhra Pradesh a) BRICS
e) Telangana b) Association of Southeast Asian Nations
74. In May 2023, __________ became the first Indian c) Shanghai Co-operation Organisation
State to implement the “Right to walk”. d) BIMSTEC
a) Gujarat e) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
b) Kerala 79. In May 2023, the World Health Organisation (WHO)
c) Punjab launched its first-ever comprehensive framework,
d) Madhya Pradesh Accelerating anaemia reduction: a comprehensive
e) Maharashtra framework for action to reduce the anaemia in women
75. Which ministry has recently (in May ’23 collaborated of reproductive age by ___________ (Year).
with the MyGov to launch “YUVA PRATIBHA – a) 2026
Singing Talent Hunt”? b) 2028
a) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports c) 2024
b) Ministry of Culture d) 2027
c) Ministry of Home Affairs e) 2025
d) Ministry of Skill Development and 80. Which of the following social security schemes, along
Entrepreneurship with Atal Pension Yojana have observed the 8th
e) Ministry of Tourism anniversary on 9th May 2023?
76. In May 2023, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) reduced a) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
the e-invoicing threshold for all business-to-business b) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
(B2B) transactions to _________ from Rs 10 crore c) Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
with effect from 1st August, 2023. d) Both 1 & 2
a) Rs 5 crore e) Both 2 & 3
b) Rs 3 crore 81. In May 2023, India extended a USD ____________
c) Rs 4 crore credit line for Sri Lanka by one year until March 2024.
d) Rs 1 crore a) 3 billion
e) Rs 2 crore b) 5 billion
77. Which of the following points is/are “correct” with c) 2 billion
respect to the Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin d) 4 billion
(SBM-G) recent date released by the Ministry of Jal e) 1 billion
Shakti in May 2023?
82. Name the company that has recently (in May ‘23) 88. Who was recently (in May ‘23) appointed as the Chief
become the 1st firm to receive the Non- Banking Executive Officer (CEO) of Twitter?
Financial Company (NBFC) licence in the agritech a) Linda Yaccarino
space. b) Dick Costolo
a) Annapurna Finance c) Evan Williams
b) Veritas Finance Private Limited d) Bret Taylor
c) Ora Finance Private Limited e) Patrick Pichette
d) Laxmi India Finance Private Limited 89. Who was recently (in May ‘23) appointed as the new
e) Fino Finance Private Limited director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)?
83. In May 2023, the World Bank approved a loan of a) Rishi Kumar Shukla
USD __________ for Zoonotic Disease Prevention in b) Praveen Sood
India for Animal Health System Support for One c) Alok Kumar Verma
Health Program.(AHSSOH). d) Subodh Kumar Jaiswal
a) 50 million e) Anil Sinha
b) 82 million 90. Who has recently (in May ‘23) received the 13th edition
c) 79 million of the Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award from former
d) 100 million President of India, Ram Nath Kovind?
e) 70 million a) Yogi Adityanath (CM of Uttar Pradesh)
84. In May 2023, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) b) Shivraj Singh Chouhan (CM of Madhya Pradesh)
announced that the banks are set to commence a ‘100 c) Eknath Shinde (CM of Maharashtra)
Days 100 Pays’ campaign to trace and settle the top d) Naveen Patnaik (CM of Odisha)
100 unclaimed deposits of every bank in every e) Bhupendra Patel (CM of Gujarat)
district within 100 days. The banks will commence 91. Name the Badminton legends who have recently (in
the campaign on ______________ 2023. May ‘23) been elected to the BWF Hall of Fame for
a) 1st October 2023 by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
b) 1st September a) Lee Chong Wei and Axelsen Viktor
c) 1st August b) Axelsen Viktor and Naraoka Kodai
d) 1st June c) Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei
e) 1st July d) Axelsen Viktor and Christie Jonatan
85. In May 2023, Fitch Ratings lowered India’s 2023-24 e) Lin Dan and Axelsen Viktor
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast to 92. In May 2023, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and
_________ from 6.2%. Waterways (MoPSW) secured the _________ position
a) 5.7% b) 5.9% among 66 ministries in the ‘Data Governance Quality
c) 5.6 d) 6% Index (DGQI) assessment for the Third Quarter (Q3) of
e) 5.8% FY23’.
86. As per the data released by the Ministry of a) 3rd b) 5th
Commerce and Industry in May 2023, which country c) 2nd d) 4th
emerged as the 3rd largest export destination for e) 1st
India in Financial Year 2023-23 (FY23) after the 93. Which edition of the India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol
United States (US) and United Arab Emirates (Indo-Thai CORPAT) was recently (in May '23)
(UAE)? conducted in the Andaman Sea by the Indian Navy (IN)
a) Netherlands b) United Kingdom and the Royal Thai Navy (RTN)?
c) Bangladesh d) Germany a) 33rd b) 35th
e) China c) 32nd d) 34th
87. Who has recently (in May ‘23) crowned as the King e) 36th
of the United Kingdom (UK) at Westminster Abbey 94. Name the Indian Naval Ship (INS) that was recently (in
in London, the UK? May ‘23) decommissioned by the Indian Navy (IN) in
a) George VI Kochi after 36 years of Service.
b) William a) INS Kumbhir b) INS Kesari
c) Harry c) INS Magar d) INS Guldar
d) Charles III e) INS Shardul
e) Andrew
95. Name the personality who has recently (in May ‘23) recommended that India should ban the use of diesel-
become India’s 82nd GrandMaster (GM) by powered four-wheeler vehicles by _________ (year).
defeating GM Hans Niemann from United States of a) 2027 b) 2025
America (USA) in the penultimate round of the Baku c) 2028 d) 2024
Open 2023. e) 2026
a) Sayantan Das 100. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently (in
b) Vuppala Prraneeth May ‘23) increased its gold reserves by _________
c) Vignesh NR to 794.64 metric tonnes in the fiscal year (March
d) Pranesh 31), 2023.
e) Koustav Chatterjee a) 3.5% b) 3.9%
96. Who authored the book, “The Golden Years: The c) 4.5% d) 4.0%
Many Joys of Living a Good Long Life”? e) 4.2%
a) Vikram Seth
b) Arundhati Roy
c) Ruskin Bond
d) Aravind Adiga
e) Kiran Desai
97. When was the Time of Remembrance and
Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives
during the Second World War Day 2023 observed
across the globe by the United Nations (UN)?
a) 4th & 5th May 2023
b) 5th & 6th May 2023
c) 6th & 7th May 2023
d) 7th & 8th May 2023
e) 8th & 9th May 2023
98. Name the Union Minister who has recently (in May
‘23) launched the mobile app ‘Meri LiFE (My life)’
to track the progress being made on Mission LiFE.
a) Bhupender Yadav (Union Minister of
Environment, Forest & Climate Change)
b) Amit Shah (Union Minister of Home Affairs)
c) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (Union Minister of
External Affairs)
d) Mansukh L. Mandaviya (Union Minister of Health
and Family Welfare)
e) Giriraj Singh (Union Minister of Rural
Development)
99. In May 2023, a government panel formed by the
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Answers
1 d 11 e 21 c 31 c 41 d 51 e 61 e 71 d 81 e 91 c
2 e 12 a 22 b 32 b 42 b 52 c 62 c 72 e 82 c 92 c
3 e 13 b 23 c 33 e 43 a 53 c 63 a 73 e 83 b 93 b
4 b 14 a 24 d 34 c 44 b 54 a 64 e 74 c 84 d 94 c
5 d 15 c 25 c 35 a 45 e 55 b 65 d 75 b 85 d 95 b
6 d 16 e 26 b 36 c 46 d 56 d 66 e 76 a 86 a 96 c
7 c 17 a 27 c 37 b 47 d 57 d 67 a 77 e 87 d 97 e
e c
8 d 18 d 28 b 38 d 48 58 b 68 a 78 88 a 98 a
9 b 19 b 29 c 39 a 49 b 59 d 69 a 79 e 89 b 99 a
10 c 20 a 30 c 40 b 50 d 60 d 70 c 80 d 90 a 100 c
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1. In June 2023, Union Minister of Mines, Pralhad 6. Which state government has recently (in June ‘23)
Joshi released the first-ever report on “Critical signed an MoU with Micron to set up a USD 2.75
Minerals for India”. billion semiconductor assembly and test facility?
How many essential minerals were identified by a) Odisha
the report (as of June’ 23)? b) Andhra Pradesh
a) 20 b) 30 c) Madhya Pradesh
c) 50 d) 40 d) West Bengal
e) 60 e) Gujarat
2. According to the “Fostering Effective Energy 7. Name the Government agency that has recently (in
Transition 2023” report published by World June ‘23) organised “Anusandhaan Chintan Shivir” in
Economic Forum(WEF) & Accenture in June New Delhi, Delhi.
2023, India is ranked _______ on the Energy a) Defence Research and Development Organisation
Transition Index (ETI) 2023, while Sweden topped b) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
the Index with an ETI score 78.5. c) Indian Space Research Organisation
a) 60th b) 67th d) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
c) 59th d) 74th e) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
e) 56th 8. Which of the following points is/are correct with
3. According to the 35th edition of the World respect to the new guidelines of Corporate Social
Competitiveness Index 2023 published by the Responsibility (CSR), ‘Sagar Samajik Sahayyog’
International Institute for Management released in June 2023?
Development (IMD) in June 2023, India ranked at A) The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping &
________ position, while ________ (country) Waterways and Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal launched
secured 1st rank in the Index. ‘Sagar Samajik Sahayyog’ the new guidelines of
a) 39th; Ireland Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by the
b) 43rd; Denmark Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways in New
c) 40th; Ireland Delhi, Delhi.
d) 43rd; Switzerland B) A CSR Committee will be formed in each major
e) 40th; Denmark port headed by the Deputy Chairperson of the Major
4. Name the combi insurance solution that has been Port and shall have two other Members.
recently (in June ‘23) launched by the ICICI C) Under the CSR funding guidelines, Ports with an
Lombard General Insurance and ICICI Prudential annual turnover exceeding of less than Rs 100 crores
Life Insurance. will spend 3-5% of their net annual profit towards
a) iSampoorn b) iPru Heart CSR initiatives.
c) iProtect d) iShield a) Only A
e) iSanchay b) Only A & B
5. Which country has recently conducted its 1st test c) Only B & C
firing of a V–MaX a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle d) Only A & C
(HGV) to develop new missile technology? e) All A, B & C
a) United Kingdom 9. Which of the following points is/are “correct” with
b) United States of America respect to the visit of Prime Minister (PM) Narendra
c) Russia Modi to the United States of America (USA) and
d) France Egypt in June 2023?
e) China A) During the PM visit to the USA, Boeing in the
United States, has announced a USD 100 million
investment in infrastructure and programs to train 14. Name the company that has recently (in June ‘23)
pilots in India. signed an MoU with Union Ministry of
B) The three US tech giants of Amazon, Google, and Agriculture and Farmers Welfare to develop
Microsoft, have committed and announced major geospatial solutions for the Indian agriculture
capital investments and technological cooperation in ecosystem.
India for the growth of Indian technology. a) Pixxel Space India Private Limited
C) During PM visit to Egypt, Egyptian President b) Airnetz Aviation Private Limited
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, conferred the country’s highest c) Skyroot Aerospace Private Limited
state honour “Order of the Nile” award on PM d) Boeing India Private Limited
Narendra Modi. e) Dhruva Space Private Limited
a) Only A b) Only A & B 15. Name the Bank that has recently (in June ‘23) became
c) Only B & C d) Only A & C India’s first Public Sector Bank (PSB) to introduce the
e) All A, B & C facility of UPI (Unified Payments Interface) payments
10. According to the QS World University Rankings 2024 to merchants through RuPay Credit Card.
by Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) released in June 2023, a) Canara Bank
_____________ is the only Indian Institute featured b) Punjab National Bank
among the top 150 Universities,while Massachusetts c) Bank of Baroda
Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA has d) Indian Bank
tops the list for the 12th time. e) Union Bank of India
a) Indian Institute of Science(IISc) Bengaluru 16. Name the exercise that was recently (in June ‘23)
b) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay conducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) with a focus
c) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi on integration.
d) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagp a) Exercise Gaganshakti
e) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur b) Exercise Indra V
11. According to the RBI data titled ‘Developments in c) Exercise Ranvijay
India’s Balance of Payments during the Fourth d) Exercise Thunderbolt
Quarter (Q4) of 2022-23’ released in June 2023, e) Exercise Vayu Shakti
India's current account deficit (CAD) 17. According to the 2023 World Drug Report released by
declined sequentially to USD 1.3 billion _______of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Q4 (January- (UNODC) in June 2023, globally around ________
March) of FY23. people used drugs in 2021.
a) –0.4% b) –0.2% a) 150 million
c) –0.1% d) –0.5% b) 296 million
e) –0.3% c) 324 million
12. Which company has recently (in June ‘23) partnered d) 520 million
with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to e) 432 million
provide private 5G (Fifth-generation) network 18. The World Bank has recently (in June ‘23) granted a
solutions? USD ______________ loan to improve the quality of
a) Cummins India Limited technical education and expand career opportunities
b) Engineers India Limited for students in India.
c) Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Technology Services a) 321.4 million
Limited b) 420.8 million
d) Everest Industries Limited c) 255.5 million
e) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited d) 130.2 million
13. Name the company that has recently (in June ‘23) e) 290.4 million
appointed Rohit Jawa as new Managing Director(MD) 19. Who authored the book, “Droupadi Murmu: From
& Chief executive officer (CEO). Tribal Hinterlands to Raisina Hills”?
a) ITC Limited a) Sagarika Ghose
b) Britannia Industries b) Shereen Bhan
c) Dabur Ltd c) Kasturi Ray
d) Hindustan Unilever Limited d) Rana Ayyub
e) Godrej Consumer Products Limited e) Sucheta Dalal
20. What was the theme of International Day against Drug 26. Name the city that has created a new Guinness World
Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2023 that was observed Record for the largest gathering of people for a yoga
across the globe on 26th June 2023? session at one place on International Yoga Day (21st
a) Share Facts On Drugs, Save Lives June 2023)?
b) Better Knowledge for Better Care. a) Mumbai, Maharashtra
c) People first: Stop stigma and discrimination, b) Bengaluru, Karnataka
strengthen prevention c) Surat, Gujarat
d) Health for Justice. Justice for Health d) Nagpur, Maharashtra
e) Addressing drug challenges in health and e) Hyderabad, Telangana
humanitarian crisis 27. Which state has recently (in May ‘23) established Didi
21. Which state has recently launched the facial Libraries to promote reading habits among village
recognition system for Inner Line Permits (ILP) children?
system? a) Uttarakhand
a) Arunachal Pradesh b) Haryana
b) Nagaland c) Madhya Pradesh
c) Himachal Pradesh d) Uttar Pradesh
d) Manipur e) Bihar
e) Mizoram 28. Name the life insurance company that has recently (in
22. The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has June ‘23) introduced Industry’s 1st digital payments
recently (in May ‘23) decided to extend the deadline via WhatsApp and Unified Payment Interfaces (UPI).
for the Smart Cities Mission from June 2023 a) Tata AIA Life Insurance
to__________. b) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
a) August 2024 b) April 2024 c) Max Life Insurance
c) June 2024 d) May 2024 d) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
e) July 2024 e) HDFC Life Insurance
23. Indian Railways has recently (in June ‘23) announced 29. Name the personality who has been recently (in June
a plan to introduce India’s first hydrogen train, ‘23) honoured with the India Global Forum (IGF)
expected to start operating from _________ (district) United Kingdom (UK) Special Award: Global Indian
by March 2024. Icon of the Year award (2023) at the 5th annual UK -
a) Jind (Haryana) India Awards (2023).
b) Amravati (Maharashtra) a) Mary Kom
c) Jamnagar (Gujarat) b) PV Sindhu
d) Balangir (Odisha) c) Lovlina Borgohain
e) Burdwan (West Bengal) d) Neeraj Chopra
24. Name the close-ended life insurance plan that has e) Shubman Gill
recently (in June ‘23) launched by Life Insurance 30. In which city, India’s first ‘Police Drone Unit’ for
Corporation of India (LIC) to offer a combination of aerial surveillance was launched in June
protection and savings. 2023?
a) Jeevan Azad a) Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh
b) Jeevan Anand b) Nagpur, Maharashtra
c) Dhan Sanchay c) Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
d) Dhan Vridhhi d) Indore, Madhya Pradesh
e) Bima Jyoti\ e) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
25. Which insurance company has recently (in June ‘23) 31. In June 2023, Indian men’s kabaddi team defeated
launched 'Nishchit Pension Plan’, a comprehensive ___________ (country) Kabaddi team to win the 9th
retirement solution? edition Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023.
a) Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance a) Japan
b) Max Life Insurance b) Iran
c) SBI Life Insurance c) South Korea
d) HDFC Life Insurance d) Taiwan
e) Bajaj Allianz life Insurance e) Hong Kong
32. When was World Social Media Day 2023 observed 38. In June 2023, India participated in the 19th edition of
with the theme of ‘Uniting the Digital World’? Multinational Peacekeeping Joint Exercise, Ex Khaan
a) 26th June 2023 Quest 2023 held in ___________.
b) 29th June 2023 a) Kyrgyzstan
c) 27th June 2023 b) Mongolia
d) 30th June 2023 c) Bangladesh
e) 28th June 2023 d) Seychelles
33. Name the country that has recently (in June ‘23) e) Kazakhstan
announced a new open work-permit stream to allow 39. Name the personality who has been recently (in June
10,000 H-1B visa holders in the United States. ‘23) awarded with the 2023 Peace Prize of the
a) Brazil German Book Trade.
b) Mexico a) Anis Ahmed Rushdie
c) Canada b) Bharati Mukherjee
d) Argentina c) Rachel Eliza Griffiths
e) Chile d) Salman Rushdie
34. Name the Exercise that has recently (in June ‘23) e) Marianne Wiggins
conducted by the Northern Command of the 40. Who has been recently (in June ‘23) appointed as the
Indian Army in eastern Ladakh. Deputy Governor (DG) of the Reserve Bank of India
a) Vostok 1 (RBI)?
b) PANEX 1 a) Swati Gupta
c) Agneyastra 1 b) B. Venugopal
d) EKUVERIN 1 c) Alok Kumar Choudhary
e) Kurukshetra 1 d) Ashwini Kumar Tewari
35. According to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) e) Swaminathan Janakiraman
annual Global Gender Gap Report 2023, released in 41. Name the company that has recently (in June ‘23)
June 2023, India ranked ______ out of 146 countries delivered India's 1st Armoured Light Specialist
in terms of gender parity at the Global Gender Gap Vehicle (ALSV) to the Indian armed forces.
Index 2023 while _____(country) Topped the index. a) Bharat Dynamics Limited
a) 127th; Norway b) Mahindra Defence Systems
b) 130th; Finland c) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
c) 127th; Iceland d) Lockheed Martin India Private Limited
d) 130th; Norway e) Bharat Electronics Limited
e) 117th; Iceland 42. Which country has recently (in June ‘23) won the
36. Name the personality who has recently (in June ‘23) SDAT WSF Squash World Cup 2023 held in Chennai,
appointed as the Chairman of Gujarat International Tamil Nadu?
Finance Tec-city co. ltd. (GIFT City Ltd) by replacing a) Australia b) Japan
Sudhir Mankad. c) Malaysia d) China
a) Hasmukh Adhia e) Egypt
b) Tapan Ray 43. Who authored the book, India’s Finance Ministers-
c) Sanjeev Kumar From Independence to Emergency (1947-1977)?
d) Anjali Bansal a) Rajiv Kumar
e) Rajkumar Beniwal b) Jagdish Bhagwati
37. Indian Badminton doubles pair Satwiksairaj c) Kaushik Basu
Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have recently (in June’ d) Ashok Bhattacharya
23) secured world Number ___________(Rank) in the e) C. Rangarajan
Men's Doubles BWF Ranking after their maiden 44. Name the Small Finance Bank (SFB) that has recently
Super 1000 title at the Indonesia Open. (in June ‘23) won the Best CRM Implementation
a) 4 Award.
b) 6 a) Suryoday SFB b) Capital SFB
c) 5 c) Equitas SFB d) Ujjivan SFB
d) 3 e) Utkarsh SFB
e) 2
45. What is the mascot of the European Championship 51. Which company has recently (in June ‘23) conducted
2024(UEFA Euro 2024), to be held in Germany? the Flight Qualification Test of the Raman-I Engine,
a) Teddy Bear b) Rabbit intended for roll attitude control in the Vikram-I
c) Gfreidi d) Kinas rocket in Bengaluru, Karnataka?
e) Super Victor a) Garuda Aerospace
46. In June 2023, the Indian Railways (IR) and the United b) Tata Elxsi
States Agency for International Development(USAID) c) Agnikul Cosmos
signed an MoU to combat climate change and achieve d) Dhruva Space
Indian Railways’ target of net-zero carbon emissions e) Skyroot Aerospace
by ___________ (year). 52. Which state will get India's first GigaFactory for
a) 2030 b) 2025 manufacturing lithium-ion cells?
c) 2027 d) 2029 a) West Bengal
e) 2028 b) Karnataka
47. According to the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia c) Tamil Nadu
University Rankings 2023, released in June 2023, the d) Uttar Pradesh
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru e) Gujarat
(Karnataka) ranked ______ on the overall list and 53. Which Bank has recently (in June ‘23) launched
emerged as the highest ranked Indian Institute, while electronic bank guarantee (e-BG) in partnership with
__________ topped the list. National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL)?
a) 36th; Tsinghua University (China) a) Union Bank of India
b) 48th; Peking University (China) b) Bank of India
c) 36th; University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) c) State Bank of India
d) 48th; Tsinghua University (China) d) Bank of Baroda
e) 50th; Peking University (China) e) Central Bank of India
48. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) 54. In June 2023, _________ became the 1st private
Global Liveability Index 2023 released in June 2023, sector bank to launch One View, a new-age banking
New Delhi (Delhi) & Mumbai (Maharashtra), India feature using the Account Aggregator (AA)
secured a ______ rank in the list, while _______ top ecosystem.
the list as World’s Most Liveable City for the second a) Axis Bank
consecutive year. b) HDFC Bank
a) 100th; Copenhagen, Denmark c) ICICI Bank
b) 141st; Vienna, Austria d) YES Bank
c) 96th; Copenhagen, Denmark e) IndusInd Bank
d) 141st; Melbourne, Australia 55. According to the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), which
e) 100th; Vienna, Austria of the following countries will host the 16th edition of
49. Name the organisation that has recently (in June ‘23) Men’s Asia Cup 2023 in Hybrid Mode from 31st
approved a USD 295 million loan to improve August 2023 to 17th September 2023?
transport connectivity in Bihar. a) Bangladesh
a) World Bank b) Pakistan
b) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank c) Sri Lanka
c) Asian Development Bank d) Both 1 & 2
d) International Monetary Fund e) Both 2 & 3
e) United Nations Development Programme 56. The Book ‘Guts amidst Bloodbath’ is the
50. Which of the following Indian companies has/have autobiography of __________________ (Indian
been recently (in June ‘23) featured on the “TIME 100 Cricketer Player).
Most Influential Companies of 2023“, the TIME a) Kapil Dev
Magazine’s annual list under the ‘pioneer’ category? b) Aunshuman Gaekwad
a) National Payments Corporation of India c) Roger Binny
b) Meesho d) Karsan Ghavri
c) Nykaa e) Dilip Vengsarkar
d) Both 1 & 2
e) Both 1 & 3
57. Which Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has 62. In June 2023, Indian Men’s Football Team won the
recently (in May ‘23) partnered with Google to Hero Intercontinental Cup 2023 title by defeating
establish the Centre for Responsible Artificial ___________ (country) team in the finals held in
Intelligence (CeRAI)? Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
a) IIT Kharagpur a) Mongolia
b) IIT Delhi b) Lebanon
c) IIT Bombay c) Vanuatu
d) IIT Madras d) North Korea
e) IIT Kanpur e) Tonga
58. In which state, the Wihu Kuh festival celebrated by 63. In which state Rath Yatra festival is being celebrated
the Tangsa, a tribal community, in June 2023? in June 2023?
a) Tripura a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Manipur b) Jharkhand
c) Arunachal Pradesh c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Assam d) West Bengal
e) Meghalaya e) Odisha
59. According to the ‘Food Outlook Biannual Report On 64. Name the bank that has recently (in June ‘23) paid a
Global Food Markets’ released by the Food and dividend of more than Rs. 5,740 crore for FY23 to the
Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Government of India.
in June, 2023, the global food bill was expected to rise a) Bank of Baroda
to ________ in 2023, up 1.5% from 2022. b) Bank of India
a) USD 5.10 trillion c) Bank of Maharashtra
b) USD 4.19 trillion d) Indian Bank
c) USD 3.86 trillion e) State Bank of India
d) USD 1.98 trillion 65. Which of the following points is/are “correct” with
e) USD 2.21 trillion respect to the Government of India – United Nations
60. Which of the following points is/are “correct” with Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework
respect to the 4th National Water Awards, 2022 2023-2027’ signed in June 2023?
conferred in June 2023? A) A ‘Government of India – United Nations
A) Madhya Pradesh (MP)tops the Best State category Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework
which is followed by Odisha at 2nd position. 2023-2027’ (GoI-UNSDCF 2023-2027) was signed
B) Ganjam District, Odisha tops the Best District between the National Institution for Transforming
category followed by Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu India (NITI) Aayog and the United Nations (UN)
(TN). office in India.
C) Jagannadhapuram Village Panchayat, Bhadradri B) The implementation, monitoring and reporting of
Kothagudem district, Telangana tops the Best Village GoI-UNSDCF 2023-2027 will be co-led by the
Panchayat. Government of India and the United Nations, India
a) Only A through a Joint Steering Committee.
b) Only A & B C) The formulation of the GoI-UNSDCF 2023-2027
c) Only B & C was led by NITI Aayog.
d) Only A & C a) Only A b) Only A & B
e) All A, B & C c) Only B & C d) Only A & C
61. In June 2023, the Ministry of Culture has named e) All A, B & C
__________ as an awardee of Gandhi Peace Prize for 66. Which defence sector has recently (in June ‘23)
2021. launched “Julley Ladakh” (Hello Ladakh) outreach
a) Gita Press, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) programme to engage with youngsters and civil
b) Ekal Abhiyan Trust, Kolkata (West Bengal) society?
c) Bharat India Press, Noida (Uttar Pradesh) a) Indian Navy
d) Akshaya Patra Foundation, Gandhinagar (Gujarat) b) National Security Guard
e) Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) c) Indian Air Force
d) Border Security Force
e) Indian Army
67. Which of the following countries has/have recently (in 73. Name the new fellowship programme that was
June ‘23) finalised the draft of a tripartite power trade recently (in June ‘23) launched by The Government of
agreement with India to create greater energy India to connect the Indian STEMM (Science,
connectivity? Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine)
a) Nepal diaspora with Indian institutions.
b) Bangladesh a) India Fellow Program
c) Bhutan b) LAMP Fellowship Programme
d) Both 1 & 2 c) Teach for India Fellowship Programme
e) Both 2 & 3 d) VAIBHAV Fellowship Programme
68. Name the company that has recently (in June ‘23) e) Gandhi Fellowship Program
introduced UPI Software Development Kit (SDK) for 74. Which state’s startup, Farmers Fresh Zone
its merchants. (FarmersFZ), has recently (in June ‘23) been selected
a) Paytm for the United Nations (UN) Accelerator Programme
b) BharatPe hosted by the UN’s Food and Agriculture
c) PhonePe Organisation (FAO)?
d) Freecharge a) Andhra Pradesh
e) Razorpay b) Telangana
69. Who was recently (in June ‘23) awarded with the 45th c) Karnataka
European Essay Prize for lifetime achievement? d) Tamil Nadu
a) Jhumpa Lahiri e) Kerala
b) Anita Desai 75. Name the bank that has recently (in June ‘23)
c) Preeti Shenoy launched a facility named ‘Active Money’ or Flexi
d) Arundhati Roy Fixed Deposit, which provides Current/Savings
e) Kiran Desai Account holders with fixed deposit (FD)- like interest
70. In June 2023, the International Hockey Federation rates of up to 7% per annum.
(FIH) joined the UN Framework Convention for a) Kotak Mahindra Bank
Climate Change (UNFCCC) ‘Sports for Climate b) YES Bank
Action Framework’. c) Axis Bank
Who is the current (as of June ‘23) President of FIH? d) ICICI Bank
a) Juan Calzado e) HDFC Bank
b) Leandro Negre 76. Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah has
c) Tayyab Ikram recently (in June ‘23) been re-elected as
d) Narinder Dhruv Batra ______________’s Prime Minister.
e) Frantz Reichel a) Kuwait
71. Name the operation that was conducted by the Indian b) United Arab Emirates
Navy and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to c) Jordan
combat drug trafficking aboard ships coming from d) Yemen
Pakistan and Afghanistan. e) Saudi Arabia
a) Operation Python 77. Who recently (in June ‘23) took the post of the
b) Operation Talwar Chairman of Hinduja Group?
c) Operation Cactus a) Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja
d) Operation Trident b) Gopichand Hinduja
e) Operation Samudragupt c) Srichand P. Hinduja
72. Which of the following countries will host the FIFA d) Prakash P. Hinduja
World Cup 2026? e) Ashok P. Hinduja
a) United States 78. Which of the following countries has recently (in June
b) Mexico ‘23) launched 41 satellites into space in a single
c) Canada mission using Long March 2D rocket?
d) Both 1 & 2 a) Japan b) South Korea
e) All 1, 2 & 3 c) China d) United States of America
e) Russia
79. Legendary Actress Glenda Jackson has recently (in 85. Name the author of the book, ‘A Life Well Spent –
June ‘23) passed away in London on Four Decades in the Indian Foreign Service’.
15th June 2023. She had won academy awards (Oscar a) Abhay Kumar
award) for ‘Women in Love’ in 1971 and ‘A Touch of b) Kavalam Madhava Panikkar
Class’in ___________. c) Satish Chandra
a) 1978 b) 1984 d) Chinmaya Gharekhan
c) 1986 d) 1974 e) Smita Purushottam
e) 1994 86. When was Global Wind Day 2023 observed across the
80. The Defence Acquisition Council(DAC) has recently globe?
(in June ‘23) approved the deal to acquire the MQ-9 a) 11th June 2023
Reaper (Predator B) drones from ___________
b) 14th June 2023
(country).
c) 12th June 2023
a) Russia
d) 15th June 2023
b) France
e) 13th June 2023
c) Japan
87. Which of the following states/UT has recently (in
d) Australia
June ‘23) announced a monthly pension scheme of Rs
e) United States of America 10,000 for Padma awardees?
81. In which state Raja Parba 2023, also known as Swing a) Himachal Pradesh
Festival is being celebrated from 14th June to 16th
b) Haryana
June 2023?
c) Delhi
a) Odisha
d) Maharashtra
b) Gujarat
e) Punjab
c) West Bengal
88. Name the Indian Naval ship (INS) that has recently
d) Maharashtra
(in June ‘23) participated in the 4th edition of
e) Madhya Pradesh Multilateral Naval Exercise “Komodo” (MNEK 2023)
82. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has held in Indonesia.
recently (in June ‘23) approved a draft resolution to a) INS Shivalik
establish a new memorial wall to honour fallen
b) INS Vikramaditya
peacekeepers. The resolution was proposed by
___________ (country). c) INS Vikrant
a) Bangladesh d) INS Satpura
b) Israel e) INS Trikand
c) Ukraine 89. In June 2023, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization(NATO) began its air force deployment
d) India
“Air Defender 23” Exercise in Europe. Which country
e) Iran is hosting the “Air Defender 23” Exercise from 12th
83. According to the ‘Oil 2023′ Analysis and forecast to to 23rd June 2023?
2028 report released by the International Energy a) Norway
Agency (IEA) in June 2023, India will surpass
b) Germany
_________as the main driver of global oil demand
growth by 2027. c) Sweden
a) United States of America d) Poland
b) China e) Denmark
c) Russia 90. Name the financial inclusion dashboard that has
recently (in June ‘23) launched by the Reserve Bank
d) United Arab Emirates
of India (RBI) Governor, Shaktikanta Das.
e) Japan
a) Antarchitavan
84. Name the personality who has been recently (in June
b) Antargyan
‘23) awarded with the Order of the British Empire
(OBE). c) Antardrishti
a) Adil Rashid b) Moeen Ali d) Jyotidrishti
c) Alastair Cook d) Ben Duckett e) Antarbodh
e) Ben Foakes
91. Name the Payments Bank that has recently (in June 97. On 13th June 2023, ______________ became the first
‘23) partnered with Hubble Money to introduce the Indian stock to touch the rupee one lakh
world's first spending account. per share mark.
a) Fino Payments Bank a) Vedanta Limited
b) India Post Payment Bank b) Hyundai Motor Limited
c) Airtel Payment Bank c) Tata Motors Limited
d) Paytm Payment Bank d) Madras Rubber Factory
e) Jio Payment Bank e) Eicher Motors Limited
92. According to the data released by MFIN 98. Which of the following policy rates is ‘wrongly
(Microfinance Institutions Network) in June 2023, matched’ with respect to the 2nd Bi-Monthly
the Gross loan portfolio of the microfinance industry Monetary Policy statement for FY24 released by RBI
increased by ________in FY23 to Rs 3.5 lakh crore, in June 2023?
serving 6.6 crore unique borrowers. a) Policy Repo Rate - 6.50%
a) 28% b) 44% b) Reverse Repo Rate - 3.35%
c) 22% d) 40% c) Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) Rate - 6.25%
e) 32% d) Bank Rate - 6.25%
93. In June 2023, the book, ‘Rebels Against the Raj: e) Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) Rate - 6.75%
Western Fighters for India’s Freedom’, was authored
99. In June 2023, United Arab Emirates (UAE) became
by __________, won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for
India’s __________ largest investor in the fiscal year
Historical Biography 2023.
2022-23.
a) Sanjeev Sanyal
a) 2nd
b) Srinath Raghavan
b) 4th
c) Sanjay Subrahmanyam
c) 6th
d) Aanchal Malhotra
d) 5th
e) Ramchandra Guha
e) 3rd
94. Name the Bank that has recently (in June ‘23)
100. Which of the following points is/are “correct” with
launched the ‘My Account My Name’ scheme for
respect to the French Open 2023 held at Paris in June
Savings Bank (SB) account customers for the first
2023?
time.
A) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) won his 23rd Grand
a) Axis Bank Slam title (Men’s singles category) by defeating
b) ICICI Bank Casper Ruud (Norway) in the French Open 2023 also
c) Indian Overseas Bank known as 2023 Roland-Garros.
B) With this win, Novak Djokovic became the most
d) HDFC Bank
successful male tennis player with the most major
e) State Bank of India singles trophies in the history of men’s tennis by
95. In the 2023 edition of the Global 2000 list of public surpassing Rafael Nadal, a Spanish tennis player
companies published by Forbes in June 2023, record 22nd Grand Slam title.
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) climbed eight spots & C) Iga Świątek (Poland) won the Women’s Singles
ranked _______ in the list, while __________, is title at the French Open 2023 by defeating Karolína
ranked 1st in the list for the first time since 2011. Muchová (Czech Republic) and claimed her 3rd
a) 45th; BMW Group French Open title and 4th Grand Slam title.
b) 55th; Saudi Aramco a) Only A
c) 45th; JPMorgan b) Only A & B
d) 32nd; Saudi Aramco c) Only B & C
e) 55th; JPMorgan d) Only A & C
96. Indian Women’s Junior Hockey Team defeated four- e) All A, B & C
time champions __________(country) to win their 1st
Women’s Junior Asia Cup (2023) title in June 2023.
a) South Korea b) Japan
c) China d) Indonesia
e) Uzbekistan
Answers
1 b 11 b 21 d 31 b 41 b 51 e 61 a 71 e 81 a 91 a
2 b 12 c 22 c 32 d 42 e 52 e 62 b 72 e 82 d 92 c
3 e 13 d 23 a 33 c 43 d 53 d 63 e 73 d 83 b 93 e
4 d 14 a 24 d 34 c 44 d 54 a 64 e 74 e 84 b 94 c
5 d 15 a 25 a 35 c 45 a 55 e 65 e 75 a 85 c 95 c
6 e 16 c 26 c 36 a 46 a 56 b 66 a 76 a 86 d 96 a
7 a 17 b 27 e 37 d 47 d 57 d 67 d 77 b 87 b 97 d
c c
8 e 18 28 a 38 b 48 b 58 c 68 a 78 88 d 98 d
9 e 19 c 29 a 39 d 49 c 59 d 69 d 79 d 89 b 99 b
10 b 20 c 30 e 40 e 50 d 60 e 70 c 80 e 90 c 100 e

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