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Current Affairs One Liner : July 2023 to December 2023

• ISRO plans to launch 50 satellites in the next five years for geo-intelligence gathering
• Govt increases rate of interest on 2 small savings schemes for January-March 2024
• Grand Master Koneru Humpy won silver in World Women Rapid Championships 2023
• Appointment : Anish Dayal Singh, DG CRPF; Rahul Rasgotra, DG ITBP; Nina Singh, DG
CISF
• Ad Hoc committee to supervise operations of Wrestling Federation of India
• Qatar court reduces death penalty of 8 ex-Indian Navy officers to jail terms
• Reversal of liquidity facilities under both SDF and MSF is available with effect from 30th
December: RBI
• MPhil is no longer a recognized degree : UGC
• Govt declares Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (Masarat Alam faction) as unlawful
association under UAPA
• Indian Navy commissioned its latest Stealth Guided Missile Destroyer, INS Imphal, in
Mumbai
• Veer Baal Diwas – 26 December : in honor of two young Sikh princes, Baba Zorawar Singh
and Fateh Singh
• Aircraft With Indians Held In France For Days Lands In Mumbai
• CBDT notified Income Tax Return (ITR) forms 1 and 4, for the assessment year 2024-25
• Good Governance Day – 25 December : Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary
• UNESCO Grants Prestigious Award of Excellence to Rambagh Gate & Ramparts Project for
Outstanding Inclusivity and Community Access
• Wrestling Federation of India Faces Suspension by Sports Ministry Over Numerous
Violations
• National Consumer Day, celebrated in India on December 24th
• France President Emmanuel Macron to be Chief Guest for 75th Republic Day celebrations
• Kishan Diwas – 23December : Birth anniversary of Chaudhary Charan Singh
• National Mathematics Day – December 22 : to mark the birth anniversary of Srinivasa
Ramanujan
• National Sports Awards 2023 : Khel Ratna Award to Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty and
Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj
• 3,209 meter-long Tunnel T-1 between Katra – Reasi Stations completed in Udhampur-
Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project
• Sahitya Akademi Award 2023 announced
• Lok Sabha takes up three amended Criminal Law Bills for consideration and passing
• Goa Liberation Day : 19 December

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• Egypt’s President Sisi Clinches Third Term with 89.6% Majority Vote
• Khelo India Para Games Debut Concludes in New Delhi, Haryana Dominates with 40 Gold,
39 Silver, and 26 Bronze Medals
• FIFA Unveils Club World Cup in June-July 2025 and Introduces New Intercontinental Cup for
2024 Debut
• The Khelo India Games are scheduled to take place in Tamil Nadu in January 2024
• Surat Diamond Bourse – world’s largest workspace
• Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tarik to arrived in New Delhi on three-day visit to India
• INS Tarmugli, a Fast Attack Craft, commissioned into Navy at Naval Dockyard,
Visakhapatnam
• Germany beats India 4-1 in the FIH Men’s Junior World Cup semifinal
• Parliament security breach incident on 13 December 2023
• ASEAN-India Millet Festival in New Delhi inaugurated by Union Agriculture Minister Arjun
Munda
• India supports UNGA’s ceasefire resolution in West Asia
• Nations at COP28 Reach Landmark ‘UAE Consensus’ for a transition away from fossil fuels
for net zero by 2050
• FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup 2023 : India vs Germany Semifinal
• Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Summit in New Delhi on December 12th and
13th, 2023
• Bhajan Lal Sharma elected as Chief Minister of Rajasthan
• Donald Tusk elected as Polish Prime Minister
• Viksit Bharat@2047 – Voice of Youth : Launched by PM Modi
• Parliament passed Jammu and Kashmir Reservation and Reorganisation (Amendment) Bills
• Mohan Yadav elected as the new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
• 27th WAIPA World Investment Conference in New Delhi from December 11, 2023
• Vishnu Deo Sai : New Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
• First-ever Khelo India Para Games in New Delhi from 10 to 17 Dec 2023
• RBI has maintained the policy repo rate at 6.5% for the fifth consecutive time
• PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Indian Art, Architecture & Design Biennale (IAADB) 2023
at Red Fort
• Mahua Moitra expelled from Lok Sabha member over allegations of a “cash-for-query”
scandal.
• Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit 2023 at the Forest Research Institute in Dehradun
• President Droupadi Murmu presented the Lakshmipat Singhania – IIM Lucknow National
Leadership Awards
• Armed Forces Flag Day : December 7
• India to provide relief assistance of one million dollars to Papua New Guinea in wake of
volcanic eruption
• Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan presided over the first session of the
Combined Leadership Conclave in New Delhi

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• Garba of Gujarat inscribed in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity by
UNESCO
• ISRO Moves Chandrayaan Orbiter from Moon to Earth Orbit
• Severe Cyclonic Storm Michaung crosses south Andhra Pradesh coast
• Revanth Reddy will be the next chief minister of Telangana
• Mizoram Assembly Election : Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) to Form Government
• Indian Navy Day celebrated on 4 December 2023 at at Sindhudurg in Maharashtra
• Assembly elections : BJP set to form govt in MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh; Congress victory
in Telangana
• World’s first portable hospital ‘Aarogya Maitri Aid Cube’ unveiled in Gurugram
• Cyclone Michaung over the southwest Bay of Bengal to make landfall in Tamil Nadu on
December 4
• 59th Raising Day of Border Security Force is celebrated at BSF Meru Training Centre on
December 1, 2023
• Hornbill Festival began at Naga Heritage Village ‘Kisama’ from December 1 to 10, 2023
• BCCI announced squad for Indian cricket team’s tour of South Africa
• Winter Session of Parliament from 4 to 22 December 2023
• COP28 Summit in Dubai from 30 November to 12 December 2023

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• Central Sector Scheme for providing drones to the Women’s Self Help Groups(SHGs)
• Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) extended for an additional five years
• 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) concluded in Goa on November 28, 2023
• 17-day long rescue operation in Uttarakhand ends in success with safe evacuation of all 41
workers
• Bali Jatra, Asia’s largest open-air annual trade fair inaugurated on banks of Mahanadi River
in Cuttack
• Defence Minister Unveils crest of Project 15B stealth guided missile destroyer “Imphal”
• Government renames Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres as Ayushman Arogya
Mandir
• Golfer Aditi Ashok won Ladies European Tour Season Finale Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open
in Spain
• Christopher Luxon was sworn in as New Zealand’s Prime Minister
• Paul Lynch won the 2023 Booker Prize for his novel ‘Prophet Song.’
• India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost in the men’s doubles final of the
China Masters Badminton 2023
• PM Modi takes sortie on indigenous Tejas aircraft in Bengaluru
• President Droupadi Murmu unveiled the statue of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, in the Supreme
Court on the occasion of 73rd Constitution Day
• Polling for Rajasthan Assembly Election on November 25, 2023.
• Ceasefire between Israeli and Hamas forces in the Gaza Strip : Swap Hostages
• International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women : 25 November
• PM Modi participates in Sant Mirabai Janmotsav at Mathura
• Justice Fathima Beevi, first female Judge of Supreme Court of India, passes away at age of
96
• World’s Largest Single-Site Solar Power Plant in Abu Dhabi inaugurated
• Sam Altman returns as the Chief Executive of OpenAI
• Joint Military Exercise AUSTRAHIND-23 in Perth, Australia till 6th December 2023
• Pankaj Advani wins World Title at IBSF Billiards Championship 2023 in Doha
• Dr. S.S. Badrinath, the founder of Sankara Nethralaya, passed away
• Former chief of OpenAI Sam Altman joins Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research
team
• Rescue operations underway in Uttarakhand tunnel collapse
• 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) commenced on November 20, 2023, in Goa
• Annual United Nations Forum 2023 in New Delhi on 21-22 November 2023
• India and Australia to hold the second two plus two Ministerial Dialogue in New Delhi on
November 20, 2023.
• Australia won ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
• Pedro Sánchez re-elected as President of the Government of Spain

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• Assembly Elections ; MP – Single Phase -Around 72 % voter turnout ; Chhattisgarh – final


phase- Over 68 % voting in polls
• PM Modi lead inaugural session of second Voice of Global South Summit
• ICC World Cup 2023 Final : India v/s Australia
• UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported record-high levels of climate-
heating gases in the atmosphere
• India reached the World Cup 2023 Final by defeating New Zealand by 70 runs.
• PM Modi launched Pradhan Mantri Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG)
Development Mission
• Sheetal Mahajan becomes the first woman to skydive from 21,500 feet near Mount Everest
• 42nd India International Trade Fair (IITF) from 14 to 27 November at Pragati Maidan in New
Delhi
• National Children’s Day on November 14th
• India supported a United Nations resolution condemning Israeli settlement activities in the
“Occupied Palestinian Territory”
• UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak removes Home Secretary Suella Braverman, David Cameron
appointed as the new Foreign Secretary
• Home Ministry Declares Nine Meitei Extremist Organizations Unlawful
• World Cup 2023 Semi-Final ; India vs. New Zealand and Australia vs. South Africa
• 33rd Conference of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) for Asia and Pacific
from November 13, 2023, in New Delhi
• Dubai Airshow 2023 from 13th to 17 November 2023
• Guinness World Record by lighting 22.23 lakh diyas at 51 ghats of Ayodhya on Deepotsav
• Pusa-2090, a high-yielding short-duration paddy variety developed by IARI
• Fifth India-US 2 plus 2 Ministerial Dialogue occurred in New Delhi on November 11, 2023
• National Education Day : November 11
• 37th National Games 2023 concluded in Goa : Maharashtra secured 1st position in medal
tally
• Bihar Assembly passed a unanimous amendment bill to increase the reservation quota in
state government jobs
• Winter Session of Parliament is scheduled to begin on the 4th December 2023
• UGC announced regulations for the establishment and operation of campuses by foreign
universities in India
• All schools in Delhi to be closed from November 9 to 18, 2023
• Harjinder Singh Dhami has been re-elected as the President of the SGPC
• British film ‘Catching Dust’ will be the opening movie of 54th International Film Festival of
India (IFFI)
• Voting concluded peacefully for the first phase of Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh and
single-phase polling in Mizoram
• Implementation of Digital Consent Acquisition (DCA) for Telecom Commercial
Communications
• Heeralal Samariya sworn in as Chief Information Commissioner

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• Odd-Even vehicle system in Delhi for one week, from the 13th November
• R Vaishali won the FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss 2023 in chess
• Government implemented GRAP-IV restrictions, Delhi-NCR faces additional curbs as air
quality worsens
• Government bans 21 illegal betting platforms including Mahadev App
• Indian women’s hockey team won the Asian Champions Trophy, defeating Japan 4-0
• ‘Road Accidents in India- 2022’ report reveals alarming statistics : 19 deaths every hour in
Road Accident
• Bhutan’s King Wangchuck in India for 8-Day Visit
• ‘COSTA SERENA’ first International Cruise Liner to commence domestic sailing in India
• ‘World Food India 2023’, a mega food event, in New Delhi from 3 -5 November 2023
• ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: India enters semifinals
• Nandini Das wins 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding
• Bharat Gaurav train tour to North Eastern States from Delhi on 16 November
• “AI Safety Summit 2023”, world’s first Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit, held in
Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
• Kozhikode and Gwalior added to UNESCO creative cities list
• 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) from November 20th to 28th in Goa
• IAF fighter squadron based at Air Force Station Uttarlai (Barmer) converts from MiG-21 to
SU-30 MKI
• Rashtriya Ekta Diwas : Birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on October 31

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• Vigilance Awareness Week 2023 from October 30 to November 5, 2023


• Culmination of the Meri Maati Mera Desh campaign’s Amrit Kalash Yatra at Kartavya Path
• National Unity Day : October 31 – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth anniversary
• Home voting facility to senior citizens and Persons with 40 % disabilities
• ‘Exercise KAZIND-2023’ : India-Kazakhstan Joint Military Exercise in Otar, Kazakhstan, from
October 30 to November 11, 2023
• Asian Para Games 2023 : India’s medal tally of 111 is the highest ever
• Indian Army celebrated ‘Shaurya Diwas’ on October 27, 2023, in Jammu and Kashmir
• Indian Navy veterans were sentenced to death in Qatar, accused of spying for Israel
• Tata To Make iPhones In India For Global Market
• Women’s Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2023 in Ranchi from 27 October to 5 November
• India Launches First Home-Produced Reference Fuel for for developing engines and
assessing their performance.
• ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra’ : nationwide awareness campaign from 15th Nov
• European Union (EU) and India conducted their first joint naval exercise in the Gulf of
Guinea
• Ram Temple Idol Consecration On January 22, 2024, PM Modi To Attend Ceremony
• Unnati Hooda won the women’s singles title at the Abu Dhabi Masters 2023
• NCERT crafted ten special modules on Chandrayaan-3 for students from grades 1 to 12
• International Film Festival of India (IFFI) from 20th to 28th of November in Goa
• Amit Shah inaugurated Country’s first Nano DAP plant in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
• MCQs on United Nations on UN Day : October 24
• 37th National Games 2023 in Goa from October 26 to November 9, 2023
• International Atomic Energy Agency’s Director General Rafael Grossi visited India
• Fourth Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China, from 22 to 28 October, 2023
• Only electric, CNG, and BS-VI diesel-compliant buses can ply between Delhi and
neighbouring States from 1 November 2023
• Anthurium Festival took place on October 21 and 22, 2023, in Reiek, Mamit District, Mizoram
• ISRO conducted a successful test of the crew escape system for the Gaganyaan
• PM Modi launched India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System at Sahibabad
• Best Tourism Village Award for Dhordo Village by UN World Tourism Organization
• Stealth destroyer, ‘IMPHAL’ was handed over to the Indian Navy by Mazagon Dock
Shipbuilders Limited
• Karthikeyan Murali beats World number One Magnus Carlsen in Qatar Masters Chess
tournament
• Indian Navy’s Advanced Light Helicopter reaches Sri Lanka Air Force base to impart
training
• GITEX Global 2023, the world’s largest technology and startup show took place from
October 16th to October 20th at Dubai

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• KYC-ECI Mobile App to Know Candidate Criminal Histories


• PM to launch India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) on 20th October
• Minimum Support Prices for Rabi Crops for Marketing Season 2024-25 has been increased
• Four per cent hike in dearness allowance for Central Government Employees
• Govt approves bonus for Group C and non-gazetted Group B rank officials
• 69th National Film Awards: Allu Arjun received Best Actor and Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon
shared the Best Actress Award
• Global Maritime India Summit 2023 from October 17 to October 19 in Mumbai
• IOC included Twenty-20 cricket and four other sports in the Olympic Games Los Angeles
2028
• Christopher Luxon became the Prime Minister of New Zealand
• India will bid to host Olympics in 2036
• Ircon and RITES designated as Navratna Status Central Public Sector Enterprises
• World Students Day : 15 October 2023 : Birth anniversary of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
• Female Labour Force Participation Rate in India improved to 37 per-cent
• T20 Cricket is set to feature in the 2028 Olympics
• Global Hunger Index (GHI) : India is ranked 111th out of 125 countries
• International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Mumbai from October 15 to October 17,
2023
• NHRC celebrated its 30th Foundation Day on October 12
• “Operation Ajay” India launched rescue operation to facilitate the return of its citizens from
Israel
• Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat) : Government approves establishment of an autonomous
body
• Government approved royalty rates for mining of Lithium, Niobium, and Rare Earth
Elements (REEs)
• International Day of the Girl Child : October 11
• Gaganyaan Test Vehicle Space flight (TV-D1) is scheduled for launch on 21 October 2023
• World Food India 2023 : 3-5 November at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
• World Mental Health Day : October 10
• ABHA (Ayushman Bharat Health Account) : Highlights and important information
• American Professor Claudia Goldin awarded Nobel Prize in Economics 2023 for research on
women’s contributions to the labor market
• India and Tanzania Strengthen Bilateral Ties through Strategic Partnership
• Assembly elections in Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Telangana
from 7th to 30th November, with the counting on 3rd December
• Israel-Palestine conflict : Israel orders complete siege on Gaza strip
• Gaganyaan Mission: India’s Crewed Spaceflight in 2024
• Indian Air Force celebrated its 91st anniversary in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh on 8 October
2023
• India’s first solar roof cycling track “Healthway” inaugurated in Hyderabad

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• Asian Games 2023 : India win record haul of 107 medals – 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze
• Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2023
• RBI Monetary Policy Committee keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent
• Indian-origin professor Dr Joyeeta Gupta receives Spinoza Prize in field of climate change
• Norwegian author Jon Fosse awarded Nobel Prize 2023 in Literature
• India and UAE Signed MoU to Boost Investment and Collaboration in Industry and
Advanced Technologies
• ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 : New Zealand defeat England in Opening match
• Apply for Remote Pilot Certificate to operate drone without Passport
• Nobel Prize 2023 in Chemistry to three scientists: Moungi G Bawendi, Louis E Brus, and
Alexei Ekimov
• Hangzhou Asian Games : India’s performance on Day 11
• HAL Delivers Twin-Seater LCA Tejas to Indian Air Force
• Nobel Prize 2023 in Physics to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier
• Asian Games 2023 : India’s performance on Day 10 – won two gold, two silver, and five
bronze medals
• PM SVANidhi Scheme : More than 50 lakh Street Vendors covered
• Bihar government released the findings of its Caste-based Survey
• Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman win Nobel Prize 2023 in Medicine
• RBI extends last date to exchange 2,000 rupee notes till 7th October 2023
• Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri : 2 October
• India’s Solar Mission Aditya L1 moved beyond Earth’s influence
• Dr. Mohamed Muizzu elected President of Maldives

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• PM Modi to launch Sankalp Saptaah, week-long programme for Aspirational Blocks


• Asian Games 2023: Day 6 Highlights : Shooter Palak Gulia won the gold medal in the women’s 10m
air pistol event
• ‘Ek Tareekh, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath’ Campaign on October 1, 2023 to commemorate Gandhi Jayanti
• Global Innovation Index 2023 : India retains 40th rank
• Asian Games 2023 : Day 5 Highlights
• Bhartiya Bhasha Utsav: 75 Days of Indian Language Celebration starts in Lucknow
• MS Swaminathan, father of India’s Green Revolution, passed away
• Best Smart City in India : Indore
• Manipur government extended the imposition of the AFSPA for another six months
• Govt Plans for Electric Highway and Luxury Electric Buses from Delhi to Jaipur
• Asian Games 2023 : Day 4 Highlights
• Waheeda Rehman will be honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award 2023
• Asian Games 2023 : Day 3 Highlights
• M. Rajeshwar Rao has been reappointed as Deputy Governor of RBI
• World Tourism Day : 27 September
• PM Modi to Distribute 51,000 Appointment Letters in Rozgar Mela
• India’s first green hydrogen fuel cell bus launched in Delhi by Hardeep Singh Puri
• C-295 MW transport aircraft formally inducted into Indian Air Force
• Indian Women’s Cricket Team won the gold medal at the Asian Games
• Bharat Drone Shakti-2023 at Indian Air Force airbase at Hindon in Ghaziabad
• 19th edition of YUDH ABHYAS in Alaska, USA from 25 September 2023
• India-UN Capacity Building Initiative for Global South
• Prime Minister Modi flagged off nine Vande Bharat Express trains
• India become the number 1 ranked team in all three cricket formats: Tests, ODIs, and T20Is
• India’s First Lighthouse Festival in Goa from 23 to 25 September 2023
• PM Modi inaugurate two day International Lawyers Conference in New Delhi
• 19th Asian Games a in Hangzhou, China, from September 23 to October 8, 2023
• New set of national awards called ‘Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar’ in the field of Science, Technology,
and Innovation.
• Parliament Passes Women’s Reservation Bill for Increased Political Representation
• SIMBEX, annual bilateral exercise between the Indian Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy from
21 to 24 September
• First Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show in Greater Noida from 21 to 25 September 2023
• Lok Sabha Passes Women’s Reservation Bill with Overwhelming Majority
• Recent Tensions and Diplomatic Expulsions in India-Canada Relations
• 13th Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference (IPACC) from 26 to 27 September 2023 at the
Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi
• ICC released official Anthem ‘Dil Jashn Bole’ for Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023
• Hoysala temples in Karnataka, have been designated as India’s 42nd UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Old Parliament building is renamed as “Samvidhan Sadan”
• CUET-PG from 11th March and CUET-UG from 15th May 2024

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• Women’s Reservation Bill : First bill introduced in the new Parliament building during the special
session
• Shantiniketan has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site
• Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi on September 19, 2023.
• ISSF World Cup 2023 : Indian shooter Elavenil Valarivan wins Gold medal in women’s 10 metre air
rifle event
• Five-day Special Session of Parliament from 18th September 2023
• PM Modi inaugurated the International Convention and Expo Centre, Yashobhoomi, in Dwarka, New
Delhi
• India won the Asia Cup in cricket by defeating Sri Lanka
• Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar hoisted the National Flag at the top of Gaja Dwar of the New
Parliament Building
• Rahul Navin, IRS, has been appointed as the in-charge director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED)
• Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Awards to 84 performing artists
• Defence Acquisition Council approves nine capital acquisition proposals worth Rs 45,000 crore
• PM Vishwakarma Scheme for Empowering Traditional Artisans and Craftspeople
• Uniformity in Measurement: India can issue internationally accepted OIML Certificates
• Supreme Court of India joining the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) platform
• Life Clues on K2-18 b? Hydrogen-Rich Atmosphere and Possible Oceans
• Hindi Diwas : September 14
• Subroto Cup International Football Tournament from 19th September 2023
• Cabinet Approves extension of PM Ujjwala Yojana for three years
• Indian Air Force received first C-295 MW transport aircraft from Airbus in Seville, Spain
• Government approved the e-Courts Mission Mode Project Phase -3
• India defeat Sri Lanka by 41 runs to qualify for Asia Cup final
• Nomination for the Padma Awards for the year 2024 is open until the 15th September
• Confirmed cases of Nipah Virus (NiV) found in Kerala
• Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2023-24 Series II opens until 15 September
• India defeated Pakistan by 228 runs in the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup Cricket ODI
• First Global Symposium on Farmers’ Rights in New Delhi on 12 September 2023
• PM Modi and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia discussed India-Saudi Arabia Strategic Partnership
• Coco Gauff won Women’s Singles title at the US Open tennis tournament 2023
• Aditya L1, successfully completed its third earth-bound manoeuvre
• Key Highlights from the 18th G20 Summit in New Delhi
• Novak Djokovic win his fourth US Open and his 24th Grand Slam singles title
• India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC): A Key Initiative for Regional Connectivity and
Economic Growth
• Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury Secure US Open Men’s Doubles Title, Beating Bopanna and Ebden in
Thrilling Final
• Shah Rukh Khan’s Action-Packed ‘Jawan’ became the highest-grossing Hindi film on its opening
day
• RBI Gradually Reduces Incremental Cash Reserve Ratio (ICRR) to Manage Liquidity
• Prime Minister Modi attended ASEAN-India Summit 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia
• New UPI Payment Options Launched by NPCI for Inclusive Digital Payments
• Japan launched the lunar lander “SLIM” for Moon Landing

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• Indian men’s table tennis team qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics
• 48th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) from 7 to 17 September 2023
• Cauvery Water Dispute: Unresolved issue and Ongoing Tensions
• Bharat Drone Shakti – 2023 at IAF airbase in Hindan Ghaziabad, from the 25th September 2023
• Country’s first solar city inaugurated in Sanchi of Madhya Pradesh
• Rohit Sharma to lead the Indian Cricket team in the 2023 ODI World Cup
• World’s tallest Nataraja statue installed at Bharat Mandapam, the venue of the G20 summit in Delhi
• G-20 Summit 2023 in New Delhi on September 9-10, 2023
• ASEAN summit in Jakarta, Indonesia from September 5 to 7, 2023
• Teachers Day : 5 September
• Chandrayaan 3 Rover Pragyan Pauses Operations on Moon, Awaits Sunrise for Next Phase
• Durand Cup 2023 final : Mohun Bagan SG defeated East Bengal FC
• India won Men’s Hockey 5s Asia Cup 2023 by defeating Pakistan
• India’s first solar observatory mission, Aditya-L1, launched on September 2, 2023
• Indian-origin Tharman Shanmugaratnam has been elected President of Singapore
• Dr. R Ravi Kannan, a surgical oncologist from Assam, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award 2023
• Jaya Verma Sinha : First Woman Chairman And CEO Of Indian Railway Board
• ‘one-nation, one-election’, Govt forms Ram Nath Kovind-headed committee to explore possibility
Lok Sabha and assembly elections simultaneously
• Mera Bill Mera Adhikaar : Invoice incentive scheme
• Mohun Bagan and East Bengal in the Durand Cup final
• Special Session of Parliament from 18-22 September 2023

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• Global India AI 2023 Conference on 14-15 October 2023 in India


• Government reduces prices of domestic LPG Cylinder for all consumers
• World’s first 100 percent Ethanol-fueled car launched by Nitin Gadkari
• Chandrayaan-3 Rover’s LIBS Instrument Reveals Lunar Surface Composition
• Massive wildfire in Greece : EU sends Firefighters
• BRICS Summit 2023: Historic Expansion and New Members Announced
• Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) completed 9 years on August 28, 2023
• ISRO’s Aditya-L1, India’s first space-based solar observatory, will launch on 2nd September from
Sriharikota
• Shweta Sharda Wins Miss Diva Universe 2023, to Represent India at Miss Universe
• Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa re-elected for second term
• India handed over the B20 (Business 20) presidency to Brazil
• World Athletics Championships 2023 : Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in Javelin throw
• India is participating in multilateral exercise Bright Star-23
• Indian women’s Visually Impaired team wins IBSA World Cup final
• National Space Day : August 23
• ‘Shiv Shakti Point’ : Landing Site of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon
• PM Narendra Modi receive ‘The Grand Cross of the Order of Honour’ from the Greek government
• National Smart City Award : MP best state and Indore retains the best city spot
• 69th National Film Awards : Best Actor Allu Arjun and Best Film “Rocketry: The Nambi Effect”
• Pragyan Rover of Chandrayaan-3 takes walk on moon, Imprints Tricolour and ISRO Logo on Lunar
Surface
• Magnus Carlsen Clinches FIDE Chess World Cup Title, Defeats Praggnanandhaa in Thrilling Final
• Sachin Tendulkar declared as National Icon of Election Commission of India
• India’s Chandrayaan-3 makes soft landing on moon on 23 August 2023
• Chess World Cup 2023 Final Reaches Thrilling Draw – Tie-Breaker Match to Decide Winner
• Srettha Thavisin Becomes Thailand’s New Prime Minister
• BRICS Summit 2023: PM Modi announced “India’s support for the expansion of BRICS”
• BNCAP: Enhancing Car Safety in India through New Rating System
• BRICS summit 2023 theme: ‘BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth,
Sustainable Development, and Inclusive Multilateralism’
• FIDE World Cup Final: First Match between R Praggnanandhaa and former world champion Magnus
Carlsen ends in draw
• India Secures Second Rank at International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Malabar 2023 : Multilateral naval exercise held from 11 to 21 August 2023
• Indian Men’s Cricket Team Squad Announced for Asia Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma to Lead the Team
• Chandrayaan 2 Orbiter Establishes Two-Way Communication with Chandrayaan 3 Lander
• R Praggnanandhaa: The Youngest Indian to Reach the FIDE Chess World Cup Semifinals
• Spain Wins FIFA Women’s World Cup After Thrilling Final Against England
• Russia’s Luna-25 Mission Failure; Chandrayaan 3, is scheduled to make a landing on 23 August
2023
• 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg from August 22 to 24, 2023

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• India’s First 3D Printed Post Office at Cambridge Layout, Bengaluru


• Shooters Esha Singh and Shiva Narwal won the 10m air pistol mixed team gold at ISSF World
Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan
• Priya Malik Clinches Gold at U20 World Wrestling Championships in the woman 76 kg category
• Indian Wrestler Mohit Kumar Creates History with Gold at Under 20 World Championship in Men’s 61
kg Freestyle category
• Enhancing Mobile SIM Card Security: Mandatory Biometric Verification and New Measures
Introduced by Government
• Chandrayaan-3 Mission Advances: Lander Separation Marks Key Milestone on Journey to Lunar
Surface
• President Droupadi Murmu launched India’s newest warship ‘INS Vindhyagiri’ in Kolkata
• Likaru-Migla-Fukche road will become the world’s highest motorable road, reaching an altitude of
19,400 feet.
• G20 Film Festival from August 16 to September 3, 2023, in New Delhi
• ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings: Suryakumar Yadav retains top spot
• WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine : 17-18 August 2023 in Gandhinagar
• PM Vishwakarma scheme : A Boost for Traditional Workers
• PM-eBus Sewa: Plan to Deploy 10,000 Electric Buses across 169 cities in India
• Parsi New Year (Navroz): August 16, 2023.
• Sulabh International’ founder and social activist Bindeshwar Pathak passed away
• India celebrates its 77th Independence Day on August 15, 2023
• First space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun – Aditya-L1, is ready for launch in September
2023
• President approves 76 Gallantry awards to Armed Forces & CAPF personnel on the eve of 77th
Independence Day
• IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act to be Replaced by Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nyay Prakriya
Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Sanhita
• Partition Horrors Remembrance Day on August 14
• India Makes History with Fourth Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Title Victory
• Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar Elected as Pakistan’s Caretaker Prime Minister
• Monsoon session of Parliament ended on 11 August 2023 with both the Houses being adjourned
sine die
• India is the largest source of raw material for Human Hair globally
• Parliament passed the Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the Integrated
Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023
• World Athletics Championships 2023: Neeraj Chopra to lead Indian contingent
• RBI Keeps Key Interest Rate Unchanged, Introduces Borrower-Friendly Framework
• No Confidence Motion against NDA Government defeated in Lok Sabha
• MALABAR 2023 : maritime exercises between the Indian Navy and the US Navy.
• World Lion Day – 10 August : Celebrating the king of the jungle
• Bilateral naval exercise ‘Zayed Talwar’ with UAE from August 8 to 11, 2023, in Dubai
• MATSYA6000: India’s Advanced Manned Submersible for Deep Sea Mining and Exploration
• Indian Parliament Passes Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023
• Parliament Passes Inter-Services Organisation (Command, Control and Discipline) Bill – 2023
• Race to the Moon: Russia and India Compete with Ambitious Lunar Missions

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• India’s Historic Triumph at 31st World University Games: Record-Breaking Medal Haul and
Remarkable Achievements
• Parliament Passes Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill 2023
• Tesla appoints Indian-origin Vaibhav Taneja as CFO
• Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha Membership Restored Following Supreme Court Decision
• PM Narendra Modi Launches ‘Bhartiya Vastra evam Shilp Kosh’ E-Portal at 9th National Handloom
Day Celebration
• Bharat Net: Connecting Six Lakh Villages with High-Speed Broadband
• Indian Archers Make History: Aditi Swami and Ojas Deotale Crowned World Champions at World
Archery Championships
• Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft injected into lunar orbit
• Festival of Libraries 2023 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi from 5 to 6 July 2023
• Indian Women’s Archery Team Creates History, Wins First-Ever Gold in World Archery
Championships
• Ajay Kumar Bhalla gets one-year extension as Home Secretary
• Asia’s oldest football tournament Durand Cup commenced on August 3, 2023
• Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) Hands Over First RF Seeker of Akash to DRDO
• President Draupadi Murmu Inaugurates “Utkarsh” and “Unmesh” Festivals Celebrating India’s Folk,
Tribal Expressions, and Literature in Bhopal
• Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba gets third extension
• Parliament Passes Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill to Encourage
Private Sector Exploration
• Record 6.77 Crore Income Tax Returns Filed for 2023-24, 16% Increase Over Previous Year
• 28% GST on Casinos and Online Gaming
• Indian-American Shohini Sinha Appointed Special Agent in Charge of FBI’s Salt Lake City Field
Office for Counter-Terrorism Expertise
• Venice Recommended for World Heritage Sites in Danger List by UNESCO
• Aung San Suu Kyi partially pardoned by the military junta in Myanmar
• Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) scheme extended upto
31 March 2026
• PM Narendra Modi conferred with Lokmanya Tilak National Award in Pune
• Book ‘Memories Never Die,’ tribute to former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
• India bags 14 medals including 9 gold at Sri Lanka Athletics National Championships

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• India’s Tiger Population Reaches 3,925 with 6.1% Annual Growth Rate, Holds 75% of Global Wild Tiger
Population
• ‘Meri Mati Mera Desh’ Campaign to Honor Martyrs and Foster National Unity
• Indian women’s hockey team won the 100th Anniversary Spanish Hockey Federation – International
Tournament in Terrassa
• ISRO’s Successful Launch PSLV-C56 Rocket with DS-SAR Satellite and Co-Passenger Payloads
• Indian-American Nisha Biswal becomes Deputy Chief Executive Officer of United States International
Development Finance Corporation
• Eye flu, also known as conjunctivitis on the rise
• Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan in Delhi
• United States officially re-enters UNESCO after five-year hiatus
• Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur Announces 1000 Khelo India Centres Across the Nation in the
next three months.
• Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships 2023 in Greater Noida from 27 July to 5 August
2023.
• Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) celebrated its 85th Raising Day on 27th July 2023
• India finish 2nd on medals tally at ISSF Junior Shooting World Championships 2023 in South Korea
• UK-India Young Professional Scheme : opportunity to live, work or study in the Britain for up to two
years
• Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to Resign and Hand Over Power to Eldest Son, Hun Manet
• Eco-Friendly ‘Bahu Balli’ Bamboo Barriers to replace Steel barriers on Highways
• Army Postal Service Corps Inaugurates First Permanent Aadhaar Enrolment Centre (PAEC)
• Kargil Vijay Diwas : July 26
• IMF raises India’s GDP growth forecast to 6.1% for current fiscal
• Byculla Railway Station Receives UNESCO Award for Heritage Restoration and Modernization
• President Droupadi Murmu Presents National Geoscience Awards-2022
• Semicon India 2023: 28 to 30 July 2023 in Gandhinagar
• Twitter Unveils New Logo in Major Rebranding Move: Blue Bird Replaced with an X
• EPF Interest rate hiked to 8.15% for FY 2022-23; Over 4900 Crore Rupees in Inoperative EPF Accounts
• Conservative Popular Party (PP) won the national elections in Spain
• Redeveloped Pragati Maidan Complex ready to Host G20 Leaders Meetings 2023
• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the Korea Open Badminton men’s doubles title
• Union Home Minister Inaugurates Aviation Security Control Centre (ASCC) of CISF at Mahipalpur
campus in New Delhi
• BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa from 22 to 24 August 2023
• Gyanvapi mosque case : Varanasi Court Orders Scientific Survey
• FIFA Women’s Football World Cup has commenced in New Zealand and Australia
• Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced the schedule for the Asia Cup 2023
• Bhoomi Samman 2023 awards were presented to outstanding achievers in implementing the Digital
India Land Records Modernization Programme
• Monsoon Session of Indian Parliament from 20 July to 11 August 2023
• GPU and AI Synergy: Driving Innovation Across Industries

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• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy set a new Guinness world record for the fastest shot by a male player in
badminton
• Opposition Parties formed alliance called “INDIA” to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha election
• Heatwaves and Extreme weather have affected most parts of the world
• Nelson Mandela International Day : July 18
• PM Narendra Modi Inaugurates Terminal Building at Veer Savarkar International Airport, Port Blair
• Key Findings of NITI Aayog’s National Multidimensional Poverty Index Report
• Wimbledon 2023: Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic in five sets for men’s title
• India and UAE Agree to Currency-based Trade Settlement and UPI – IPP Integration
• Asian Athletics Championships 2023 : India won 6 gold, 12 silver, and 9 bronze
• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi to setup Campus in Abu Dhabi.
• World Youth Skills Day : July 15
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the Bastille Day Parade as the Guest of Honour.
• Chandrayaan-3 launched from Sathish Dhawan Space Centre Sriharikota on 14 July 2023
• Indian Team Secures 2 Gold at the 64th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2023 held in Chiba,
Japan
• Defence Acquisition Council approved the procurement of 26 Rafale Marine aircraft from France for
the Indian Navy
• Sixth India-Arab Partnership Conference 2023 took place on 12 July 2023 in New Delhi
• Seventh edition of India Mobile Congress (IMC) exhibition to be held from 27th October at Pragati
Maidan
• Japan-India Maritime Exercise (JIMEX 23) was held in Visakhapatnam from 05-10 July 2023
• India and Bangladesh Launch Rupee-Based Bilateral Trade
• NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania from 11 to 12 July 2023
• International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms : 12 July
• World Population Day : 11 July
• ISRO to Transfer Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) to Private Sector
• PM Narendra Modi to Receive Prestigious Lokmanya Tilak Award 2023
• Parth Salunkhe becomes first Indian to win Youth World Championship in recurve category
• Lakshya Sen beats Shi Feng in Canada Open 2023 Final in Straight Sets
• BSF Commander Parimal Kumar Ghosh, First Indian Officer to Aid Bangladesh Freedom Fighters,
Passes Away at 84
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Launches NCC Integrated Software and Announces MoU with State
Bank of India for Cadets’ Benefits
• Indian Navy and Air Force contingent to participate in the Bastille Day Parade on 14 July 2023.
• UK National Security Adviser Tim Barrow met with NSA Ajit Doval on 7th July 2023 in New Delhi
• India will be Open Defecation Free in the next five years, Sikkim first ODF state
• Peru Declares State of Emergency around Ubinas Volcano; Part of the “Ring of Fire”
• Government approves draft notification to mandate installation of air-conditioning in truck cabins
• First IIT Campus Outside India to be Established in Zanzibar, Tanzania
• World Archery Youth Championships: Priyansh and Avneet Kaur won gold in the junior mixed team
compound event
• Chandrayaan 3 Spacecraft integrated with GSLV Mark III launch vehicle
• World’s hottest day : 3 July 2023, El Niño Weather Pattern to Blame
• Ajit Agarkar Appointed Chairman of Senior Men’s Cricket Selection Committee

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• Annual Kanwar Yatra has begun in different parts of the country on 4 July 2023
• 23rd Summit of the SCO Council of Heads of State chaired by PM Modi on 4 July 2023
• India Clinches SAFF Championship 2023 Title in Penalty Shootout Victory Against Kuwait
• SGX Nifty is now Gift Nifty : Trading Shifts to GIFT City in Gandhinagar
• RAPIDX, India’s first regional train service, will commence operations in July
• Ajit Pawar Joins Shiv Sena-BJP Government as Deputy Chief Minister in Maharashtra
• India’s First Indigenously Developed 700 MW Nuclear Power Reactor at Kakrapar, Gujarat, Begins
Commercial Operations
• Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra clinches Lausanne Diamond League title
• National Doctors Day : 1 July
• India’s Men’s Football Team Climbs to 100th Rank in FIFA World Rankings
• Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Sandhu won the gold medal at the Asian Mixed Doubles Squash
Tournament
• Micron Technology Signs MoU with Gujarat Government for Semiconductor Unit in Sanand

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Current Affairs MCQ’s : July to December 2023

Current Affairs MCQ Questions: 1 to 31 December 2023


Q: Who won the silver medal in the women’s section of the FIDE World Blitz Chess
Championship 2023?
a. Bibisara Balabayeva
b. Koneru Humpy
c. Susan Polgar
d. Vaishali Rameshbabu

Ans : b. Koneru Humpy


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Q: What is the increased interest rate on the Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme
for the January-March 2024 quarter?
a. 7.8 percent
b. 8.0 percent
c. 8.1 percent
d. 8.2 percent

Ans : d. 8.2 percent


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Q: What is the primary objective of ISRO’s plan to launch 50 satellites in the next
five years?
A. Weather monitoring
B. Geo-intelligence gathering
C. Communication enhancement
D. Deep space exploration

Ans : B. Geo-intelligence gathering


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Q: What was the initial charge against the eight Indians in Qatar sentenced to
death in Aug 2023?
a) Murder
b) Espionage
c) Theft
d) Fraud

Ans : b) Espionage
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Q: Why did the IOA form the Ad Hoc committee for the Wrestling Federation of
India?
a) To organize the Olympics
b) Due to arbitrary decisions by WFI officials
c) To handle marketing tasks
d) To appoint new athletes

Ans : b) Due to arbitrary decisions by WFI officials


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Q: Who has been appointed as the Director General of the Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF)?
a) Rahul Rasgotra
b) Anish Dayal Singh
c) Nina Singh
d) Vivek Srivastava

Ans : b) Anish Dayal Singh


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Q: Who is the newly appointed Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police


(ITBP)?
a) Anish Dayal Singh
b) Rahul Rasgotra
c) Nina Singh
d) Vivek Srivastava

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Ans : b) Rahul Rasgotra


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Q; Who has been appointed as the chief of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)?
a) Anish Dayal Singh
b) Rahul Rasgotra
c) Nina Singh
d) Vivek Srivastava

Ans : c) Nina Singh


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Q: Why was the Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (Masarat Alam faction) declared
an ‘Unlawful Association’ under UAPA?
A. Involvement in anti-national activities
B. Advocating for democratic reforms
C. Promoting cultural diversity
D. Supporting economic development

Ans : A. Involvement in anti-national activities


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Q: Which degree has been derecognized by the UGC?


A. PhD degree
B. Bachelor’s degree
C. MPhil degree
D. Postgraduate diploma

Ans : C. MPhil degree


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Q: Why RBIis using the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) ?


A. To encourage commercial banks to invest in government securities
B. To absorb liquidity and control inflation
C. To compensate commercial banks with government securities
D. To facilitate faster fund transfers between banks.

Ans : B. To absorb liquidity and control inflation


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Q: On which date do we celebrate Veer Baal Diwas?


a) January 26th
b) April 13th
c) December 26th
d) June 7th

Ans : c) December 26th


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Q: What is the name of the latest Stealth Guided Missile Destroyer commissioned
by the Indian Navy on December 26, 2023?
a) INS Visakhapatnam
b) INS Mumbai
c) INS Imphal
d) INS BrahMos

Ans : c) INS Imphal


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Q, When is Good Governance Day celebrated?


A) 15th August
B) 25th December
C) 1st January
D) 10th November

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B) 25th December
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Q, Whose birth anniversary is commemorated on Good Governance Day?


A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Lal Bahadur Shastri

B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee


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Q: What is the period of the Financial Year in India?


A) April 1 to March 31
B) January 1 to December 31
C) July 1 to June 30
D) October 1 to September 30

Answer: A) April 1 to March 31


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Q: Why was the Airbus A340, a charter plane carrying mostly Indians detained in
France?
A. Mechanical issues
B. Suspected human trafficking allegations
C. Passport verification
D. Weather-related concerns

Ans : B. Suspected human trafficking allegations


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Q: What was the destination of the chartered flight detained in France for
suspected human trafficking allegations?
A. Mumbai
B. Dubai
C. Nicaragua
D. Paris

Ans : C. Nicaragua
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Q: On which date is National Consumer Day celebrated annually in India?


a) January 24th
b) March 15th
c) December 24th
d) October 31st

Ans : c) December 24th


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Q: Why was the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) suspended by the Sports
Ministry?
a. Lack of funding
b. Multiple violations
c. Administrative efficiency
d. Athlete doping issues

Answer: b. Multiple violations


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Q: What do the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation


recognize?
a. Technological advancements
b. Outstanding projects in heritage preservation
c. Urban development initiatives
d. Modern architectural designs

Answer: b. Outstanding projects in heritage preservation


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Q: Which Prime Minister of India is associated with Kishan Diwas?


A) Indira Gandhi
B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
C) Chaudhary Charan Singh
D) Rajiv Gandhi

Ans : C) Chaudhary Charan Singh


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Q: Who will be the Chief Guest for the 75th Republic Day celebrations in India?
a. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister India
b. Emmanuel Macron, President France
c. President Joe Biden, President USA
d. Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister, Britain

Ans : b. Emmanuel Macron, President France


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Q: Who are the recipients of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023?
a) Shri Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty and Shri Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj
b) Shri Manish Kaushik and Ms. P.V. Sindhu
c) Shri Saurabh Chaudhary and Ms. Vinesh Phogat
d) Shri Bajrang Punia and Ms. Mary Kom

Ans : a) Shri Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty and Shri Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj
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Q: Which university was awarded the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy
2023 as the overall winner university?
A) Lovely Professional University, Punjab
B) Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
C) Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
D) Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi

Ans : B) Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar


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Q: Who is the legendary mathematician honored on National Mathematics Day?


(a) Albert Einstein
(b) Aryabhatta
(c) Srinivasa Ramanujan
(d) Isaac Newton

Ans : (c) Srinivasa Ramanujan


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Q. Which category did EV Ramakrishnan win the Sahitya Akademi Award for in
2023?
A) Novel
B) Short Story Collection
C) Literary Study
D) Poetry

Ans : C) Literary Study


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Q. In which language did Rajasekaran win the award for his novel “Neervazhi
Padooum”?
A) Telugu
B) Tamil
C) Malayalam
D) Kannada

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Ans : B) Tamil
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Q. Who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for the Hindi novel “Mujhe Pahachaano”?
A) Sanjeev
B) Vijay Verma
C) Neelam Saran Gour
D) Vinod Joshi

Ans : A) Sanjeev
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Q: Why completion of Tunnel T-1 between Katra – Reasi Stations in Udhampur-


Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project considered a significant
achievement?
A) Completion of a local project
B) Making a dream of connecting Kashmir Valley a reality
C) Establishing a new railway record
D) Achieving a milestone in a highway project

Ans : B) Making a dream of connecting Kashmir Valley a reality


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Q. When is Goa Liberation Day celebrated?


A) November 1st
B) December 19th
C) January 26th
D) August 15th

Ans : B) December 19th


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Q. What does Goa Liberation Day commemorate?


A) Independence from British rule
B) Liberation from Dutch rule
C) Liberation from Portuguese rule
D) Formation of Goa as a separate state

Ans : C) Liberation from Portuguese rule


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Q. Which bill aims to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, governing criminal
offenses in India?
A) Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023
B) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023
C) Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, 2023
D) Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Ans : A) Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023


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Q. What is the primary focus of the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023?
A) Admissibility of evidence
B) Criminal procedure
C) Punishment for criminal offenses
D) Replacement of the CrPC

Ans : C) Punishment for criminal offenses


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Q. Which legislation replaces the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC)?


A) Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023
B) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023
C) Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, 2023
D) Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Ans : B) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023


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Q. What significant addition does Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023 make to
the punishment system?
A) Capital punishment
B) Life imprisonment
C) Fine only
D) Community service

Ans : D) Community service


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Q. Which legislation is associated with the admissibility of evidence in Indian


courts?
A) Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023
B) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023
C) Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, 2023
D) Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Ans : C) Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, 2023


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Question: What is the key feature of the 2025 Club World Cup format according to
the announcement?
A) Single-elimination knockout rounds
B) Group stage with eight groups of four teams
C) Round-robin format with seven participating teams
D) Two-legged semi-finals and finals

Answer: B) Group stage with eight groups of four teams


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Question: Which state emerged as the champion in the Khelo India Para Games
(KIPG)?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Haryana
C) Tamil Nadu
D) New Delhi

Answer: B) Haryana
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Question: What percentage of the vote did Abdel Fattah al-Sisi secure in the recent
Egyptian presidential election?
A) 75.4%
B) 89.6%
C) 92.3%
D) 81.8%

Answer: B) 89.6%
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Q. Which of the following is recognized as the world’s largest office building?


A) Dwarka City
B) Mumbai Diamond Center
C) Surat Diamond Bourse
D) Global Jewelry Hub

Answer: C) Surat Diamond Bourse


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Q. How many sports will be featured in the Khelo India Games in Tamil Nadu?
A) 15 sports
B) 20 sports
C) 25 sports
D) 27 sports

Answer: D) 27 sports
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Q: What was the primary purpose of INS Tarmugli commissioned on December 14,
2023, at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam?
a. Deep-sea exploration
b. Coastal surveillance and protection
c. Humanitarian aid missions
d. Space research

Ans : b. Coastal surveillance and protection


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Q: Who is the current Sultan of Oman visited India in December 2023?


a. Haitham bin Tarik
b. Qaboos bin Said
c. Abdullah bin Said
d. Salman bin Rashid

Ans : a. Haitham bin Tarik


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Q: What was the main objective of the ASEAN-India Millet Festival inaugurated by
Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda?
a. Promoting rice cultivation
b. Raising awareness about millet
c. Celebrating cultural diversity
d. Establishing a market for wheat-based products

Ans : b. Raising awareness about millet


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Q: What action did one of the individuals take inside the Lok Sabha chamber?
a. Released a yellow-colored smoke canister
b. Shouted slogans
c. Jumped onto tables
d. All of the above

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Ans : d. All of the above


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Q: Why was the date 13 Decemberof the security breach significant?


a. Anniversary of India’s independence
b. 22nd anniversary of the 2001 Indian Parliament attack
c. National Sports Day
d. Religious holiday

Ans : b. 22nd anniversary of the 2001 Indian Parliament attack


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Q: Indian team lost to which country in the FIH Men’s Junior World Cup semifinal
in Kuala Lumpur?
a. Germany
b. Netherlands
c. Australia
d. Argentina

Ans : a. Germany
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Q: FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup 2023 is conducted at which city and
country?
a) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
b) New Delhi, India
c) Amsterdam, Netherlands
d) Berlin, Germany

Ans : a) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


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Q: What is the primary focus of the ‘UAE Consensus’ reached in Dubai at COP28 ?
a) Transitioning to renewable energy
b) Achieving net-zero emissions by 2050
c) Enhancing climate finance
d) Strengthening global partnerships

b) Achieving net-zero emissions by 2050


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Q: What does COP28 aim to achieve in terms of global warming?


a) Limiting it to 2°C
b) Limiting it to 1.5°C
c) Reducing emissions by 50%
d) Achieving complete carbon neutrality

b) Limiting it to 1.5°C
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Q: What did the draft resolution in the UNGA’s Emergency Session demand
regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict?
a) Military intervention
b) Immediate humanitarian ceasefire
c) Expansion of hostilities
d) Recognition of new borders

Ans : b) Immediate humanitarian ceasefire


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Q: Who recently returned to power, as Prime Minister in Poland after nine years?
A) Mateusz Morawiecki
B) Donald Tusk
C) Volodymyr Zelenskyy
D) Vladimir Putin

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Ans : B) Donald Tusk


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Q: Who is the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan?


A) Vasundhara Raje
B) Bhajan Lal Sharma
C) Rajnath Singh
D) Vasudev Devnani

Ans : B) Bhajan Lal Sharma


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Q: Where was the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Summit held in


December 2023?
A) Beijing
B) New Delhi
C) Geneva
D) Washington, D.C.

Ans : B) New Delhi


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Q: Who has been elected as the new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh?
a. Shivraj Singh Chauhan
b. Dr. Mohan Yadav
c. Jagdish Deora
d. Narendra Singh Tomar

Ans : b. Dr. Mohan Yadav


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Q: According to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023,


who can be nominated by the Lieutenant Governor to the Legislative Assembly?
a. Residents with long-term political experience
b. Up to two members from the Kashmiri migrant community
c. Any Indian citizen residing in Jammu and Kashmir
d. Members of recognized political parties only

Ans : b. Up to two members from the Kashmiri migrant community


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Q: What initiative did Prime Minister Narendra Modi launch on December 11, 2023
for development of youth?
a. Viksit Bharat@2047 – Voice of Youth
b. National Education Policy 2020
c. Skill Development for Youth
d. Digital India Campaign

Ans : a. Viksit Bharat@2047 – Voice of Youth


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Q: Where do the first-ever Khelo India Para Games commence in December 2023?
A. Mumbai
B. Kolkata
C. New Delhi
D. Chennai

Ans : C. New Delhi


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Q: Who is the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh?


A) Arjun Munda
B) Vishnu Deo Sai
C) Sarbananda Sonowal
D) Dushyant Kumar Gautam

B) Vishnu Deo Sai


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Q: Where is the 27th WAIPA World Investment Conference being hosted?


A) Mumbai
B) Chennai
C) New Delhi
D) Bangalore

Ans : C) New Delhi


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Q: Why was Mahua Moitra expelled from the Lok Sabha on December 8, 2023?
a. financial misconduct
b. Involvement in a “cash-for-query” scandal
c. Violation of parliamentary dress code
d. Absence without leave

Ans : b. Involvement in a “cash-for-query” scandal


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Q: Where was the Indian Art, Architecture & Design Biennale (IAADB) 2023 is
being held?
a. Rashtrapati Bhavan
b. Red Fort
c. India Gate
d. Humayun’s Tomb

Ans : b. Red Fort


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Q: What proposal did Governor Shaktikanta Das announce regarding UPI


transactions during the Monetary Policy Committee meeting in December 2023?
a. Limit reduction to one lakh rupees
b. No change in the transaction limit
c. Increase to 2.5 lakh rupees for all users
d. Increase to 5 lakh rupees in hospitals and educational institutions

Ans : d. Increase to 5 lakh rupees in hospitals and educational institutions


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Q: When is Armed Forces Flag Day observed annually in India?


a. November 11
b. December 7
c. January 1
d. March 15

Ans : b. December 7
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Q: What is the main purpose of the Lakshmipat Singhania – IIM Lucknow National
Leadership Awards?
a. To celebrate young leaders under 30 years old
b. To acknowledge leaders around 45 years of age
c. To honor leaders from various industries
d. To recognize leaders with international acclaim

Ans : b. To acknowledge leaders around 45 years of age


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Q: Where was the Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit 2023 held in December
2023?
a. New Delhi
b. Dehradun
c. Mumbai
d. Jaipur

Ans : b. Dehradun
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Q. Where is the Forest Research Institute located?


A. Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
B. Dehradun, Uttarakhand
C. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
D. Guwahati, Assam.

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Ans : B. Dehradun, Uttarakhand


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Q: Which cultural item from Gujarat was included in the UNESCO List of Intangible
Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity in December 2023?
a) Bhangra
b) Garba
c) Kathak kali
d) Kuchipudi

Ans : b) Garba
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Q: Who is the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India?


a) General Bipin Rawat
b) Admiral Karambir Singh
c) Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
d) General Anil Chauhan

Answer: d) General Anil Chauhan


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Q: What type of natural disaster prompted India to provide immediate relief


assistance to Papua New Guinea?
a. Earthquake
b. Tsunami
c. Volcanic eruption
d. Cyclone

Answer: c. Volcanic eruption


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Q: Who has been announced as the next Chief Minister of Telangana by the
Congress party?
a) K C Venugopal
b) Mallikarjun Kharge
c) A Revanth Reddy
d) D.K. Shivakumar

Ans : c) A Revanth Reddy


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Q: Severe Cyclonic Storm Michaung crossed which state’s coast in December 2023?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Odisha

Ans : c) Andhra Pradesh


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Q: What historic achievement did ISRO accomplish on August 23rd related to


Chandrayaan?
a) Successful return to Earth
b) Deployment of Pragyan rover
c) Historic touchdown of Vikram lander
d) Earth observation mission

Ans : c) Historic touchdown of Vikram lander


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Q: When is Indian Navy Day celebrated annually?


a) December 1st
b) December 4th
c) November 15th
d) January 26th

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Ans : b) December 4th


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Q.: What event is commemorated on Indian Navy Day?


a) Independence Day
b) Victory in Kargil War
c) 1971 attack on Karachi harbor
d) Naval Day

Ans : c) 1971 attack on Karachi harbor


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Q.: Which operation during the 1971 war crippled the Pakistani Navy’s western
fleet?
a) Operation Blue Star
b) Operation Trident
c) Operation Desert Storm
d) Operation Vijay

Ans : b) Operation Trident


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Q.: Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi participate in the Navy Day program
in 2023?
a) Goa
b) Kochi in Kerala
c) Sindhudurg in Maharashtra
d) Chennai in Tamil Nadu

Ans : c) Sindhudurg in Maharashtra


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Q.: Which historic fort off the Maharashtra coast hosts the Navy Day celebrations
2023?
a) Red Fort
b) Sindhudurg Fort
c) Jaigarh Fort
d) Golconda Fort

Ans : b) Sindhudurg Fort


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Q.: Who constructed the Sindhudurg Fort in the 17th century?


a) Akbar the Great
b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
c) Aurangzeb
d) Rana Pratap

b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj


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Q: Who is set to become the new Chief Minister of Mizoram?


a) Zoramthanga
b) Lalduhoma
c) Lalthansanga
d) Lalremruata Arema

Ans : b) Lalduhoma
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Q: The world’s first portable hospital, ‘Aarogya Maitri Aid Cube,’ was unveiled on
2nd December 2023 in which city?
a) Mumbai
b) Gurugram
c) New Delhi
d) Bangalore

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Answer: b) Gurugram
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Question: In the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, which political party secured
a clear majority?
A) Congress
B) BJP
C) BSP
D) Bharat Adiwasi party

Answer: B) BJP
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Q: In Telangana, which party is win the Assembly Election?


a) BJP
b) Congress
c) AIMIM
d) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)

Ans : b) Congress
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Q: The 24th Edition of the Hornbill Festival began at which Naga Heritage Village?
a) Kisama Village
b) Nagaland Heritage Hub
c) Tribal Heritage Town
d) Naga Cultural Center

Ans : a) Kisama Village


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Q: Hornbill Festival is celebrated in which state?


a) Manipur
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Nagaland
d) Mizoram

Ans : c) Nagaland
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Q: Where did Union Home Minister Amit Shah attend the 59th Raising Day parade
of the BSF on 1 December 2023?
a. New Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Hazaribagh, Jharkhand
d. Kolkata

Ans : c. Hazaribagh, Jharkhand


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Q: What is the name of the cyclonic storm forecasted by the India Meteorological
Department over the southwest Bay of Bengal in December 2023?
a. Cyclone Amphan
b. Cyclone Nivar
c. Cyclone Michaung
d. Cyclone Vayu

c. Cyclone Michaung
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Q: Where is 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UN


Framework Convention on Climate Change taking place?
a. New York, USA
b. Geneva, Switzerland
c. Dubai, UAE
d. Paris, France

Ans : c. Dubai, UAE


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Q: Who is the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs ?


a. Nitin Gadkari
b. Amit Shah
c. Pralhad Joshi
d. Rajnath Singh

Ans : c. Pralhad Joshi


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Q: Who will lead the Indian cricket team in the Test series during their tour of
South Africa?
a. K L Rahul
b. Suryakumar Yadav
c. Rohit Sharma
d. Virat Kohli

Ans : c. Rohit Sharma


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Q: Who is named as the captain for the T20I side in the upcoming South Africa
tour?
a. Rohit Sharma
b. K L Rahul
c. Virat Kohli
d. Suryakumar Yadav

Ans : d. Suryakumar Yadav


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Q: Who will lead the Indian cricket team in the ODIs during the South Africa tour?
a. Rohit Sharma
b. Virat Kohli
c. K L Rahul
d. Suryakumar Yadav

Ans : c. K L Rahul
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Current Affairs MCQ Questions: 1 to 30 November 2023


Q: Who received the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the
54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?
a. Robert Kolodny
b. Pramod Sawant
c. Michael Douglas
d. Anurag Singh Thakur

Ans : c. Michael Douglas


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Q: Which film received the Best Film or Golden Peacock Award at the
closing ceremony?
a. Drift
b. Endless Borders
c. Blaga’s Lessons
d. Party of Fools

Ans : b. Endless Borders


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Q: What is the main objective of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann
Yojana (PMGKAY) extension?
a. Providing free medical services
b. Offering financial assistance to farmers
c. Supplying five kilograms of free food grains monthly to the eligible
beneficiaries
d. Promoting women’s self-help groups

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Ans : c. Supplying five kilograms of free food grains monthly to the eligible
beneficiaries
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Q: Who are the main beneficiaries of the Central Sector Scheme for
Drones?
a. Urban youth
b. Men’s Self-Help Groups
c. Women’s Self-Help Groups
d. Agricultural cooperatives

Answer: c. Women’s Self-Help Groups


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Q: What is depicted on the crest of Project 15B stealth guided missile


destroyer Yard 12706 (Imphal)?

a. Taj Mahal
b. Kangla Palace and ‘Kangla-Sa’
c. Red Fort
d. Himalayan Mountains
Ans :B. Kangla Palace and ‘Kangla-Sa’
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Q: What unique feature distinguishes Bali Jatra, the annual trade fair
hosted on the banks of the Mahanadi River in Cuttack, Odisha?

A) Largest open-air annual trade fair in Asia


B) Oldest in trade fair India
C) Most technologically advanced
D) Exclusively for international trade

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Ans :A) Largest open-air annual trade fair in Asia


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Q: What was the cause of of the 17-day-long multi-agency rescue


operation in Uttarakhand in November?

a) Earthquake
b) Tunnel collapse due to a landslide
c) Flood
d) Industrial accident
Ans : b) Tunnel collapse due to a landslide
Detail News

Q: Who was sworn in as New Zealand’s prime minister on November


27, 2023?
a) Cindy Kiro
b) Christopher Luxon
c) Anthony Albanese
d) Chris Hipkins

Ans : b) Christopher Luxon


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Q: Who won the Ladies European Tour Season Finale Andalucia Costa
Del Sol Open in Spain in November 2023?
a) Anne Van Dam
b) Aditi Ashok
c) Cindy Kiro
d) Celine Boutier

b) Aditi Ashok
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Q: What is the new name given to Ayushman Bharat-Health and


Wellness Centres by central government in the month of November
2023?
a) Arogya Seva Kendra
b) Ayushman Arogya Mandir
c) Health Wellness Hub
d) Swasthya Parivar Center

Ans : b) Ayushman Arogya Mandir


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Q: Who won the 2023 Booker Prize for the novel ‘Prophet Song’?

a) Chetna Maroo
b) Paul Lynch
c) Chetan Bhagat
d) Arunditi Roy

Ans : b) Paul Lynch


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Q: Which Indian duo lost in the final of China Masters Badminton


2023?

a) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and PV Sindhu


b) Chirag Shetty and Saina Nehwal
c) Kidambi Srikanth and Ashwini Ponnappa
d) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty

Ans : d) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty


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Question: How many Light Combat Aircraft Tejas has the Indian Air Force
ordered?

a) 50 aircraft
b) 65 aircraft
c) 83 aircraft
d) 100 aircraft

Ans : c) 83 aircraft
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Q: When is Constitution Day celebrated in India?

a. January 26
b. November 26
c. December 26
d. October 26

Ans : b. November 26
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Q: What significant event occurred on November 26, 1949, in India?

a. Independence Day
b. Republic Day
c. Adoption of the Indian Constitution
d. Formation of the Constituent Assembly

Ans :c. Adoption of the Indian Constitution


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Q.: When is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence


against Women observed?
a. December 10th
b. November 25th
c. October 15th
d. March 8th

Ans : b. November 25th


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Q.: Where did the release of hostages take place during Ceasefire
between Israeli and Hamas forces in November 2023?
a. Tel Aviv
b. Kerem Shalom crossing
c. Gaza City
d. West Bank

Ans : b. Kerem Shalom crossing


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Q.: What is the total number of voters in Rajasthan Assembly Election


2023?
a. 4.75 crore
b. 5 crore
c. 5.25 crore
d. 5.5 crore

Ans : c. 5.25 crore


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Q.: Who was the first female Judge appointed to the Supreme Court of
India?
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Arundhati Roy
c) Justice M. Fathima Beevi
d) Kiran Bedi

c) Justice M. Fathima Beevi


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Q.: Where was Meera Bai born?


a. Merta City
b. Kudki
c. Nagpur
d.Mathura

Ans : b. Kudki
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Q.: In which century did Meera Bai live?


a. 14th
b. 15th
c. 16th
d. 17th

Ans : c. 16th
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Q.: What was Meera Bai’s childhood name?


a. Yashodha
b. Radha
c. Meera
d. Krishna

Ans : a. Yashodha
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Q.: Where will the AUSTRAHIND-23 joint military exercise be


conducted?
A. New Delhi, India
B. Perth, Australia
C. GORKHA Rifles, India
D. 13th Brigade, Australia

Ans : B. Perth, Australia


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Q.: Who was recently reinstated as the chief executive of OpenAI?


a) Elon Musk
b) Sam Altman
c) Adam D’Angelo
d) Mark Zuckerberg

Ans : b) Sam Altman


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Q.: When is the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28)


scheduled to be hosted by the United Arab Emirates?
a. October 15-25, 2023
b. November 30-December 12, 2023
c. January 5-15, 2024
d. February 20-March 2, 2024

Ans : b. November 30-December 12, 2023


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Q.: Where is world’s largest single-site solar power plant located?


a. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
b. Beijing, China
c. California, United States
d. London, United Kingdom

Ans : a. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates


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Q.: Who will lead the new advanced AI research team at Microsoft?
A. Greg Brockman
B. Emmett Shear
C. Sam Altman
D. Satya Nadella

Ans : C. Sam Altman


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Q.: Who is the new CEO of OpenAI, succeeding Sam Altman?


A. Greg Brockman
B. Satya Nadella
C. Emmett Shear
D. Satya Nadella

Ans : C. Emmett Shear


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Q.: Who is the founder of Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai?


A. Dr Rupesh Shah
C. Dr Naresh Trehan
C. Dr. S.S. Badrinath
D. Dr Prathap C. Reddy

Ans : C. Dr. S.S. Badrinath


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Q.: Who did Pankaj Advani defeat in the finals of the World IBSF
Billiards Championship 2023?
A. Rupesh Shah
B. Sourav Kothari
C. Anuja Thakur
D. Subhash Agarwal

Ans : B. Sourav Kothari


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Q.: What is the primary focus of the Annual United Nations Forum
2023 in New Delhi?
A. Environmental Sustainability
B. International Humanitarian Law and Peacekeeping
C. Economic Development
D. Human Rights Advocacy

Ans : B. International Humanitarian Law and Peacekeeping


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What new feature was introduced at the 54th IFFI to acknowledge


excellence in OTT series and films?
A. International Film Awards
B. Web Series Festival
C. OTT Recognition
D. OTT Awards

Ans : D. OTT Awards


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Which award did Madhuri Dixit receive at the opening ceremony for
her contributions to the Indian film industry?
A. Best Actress Award
B. Lifetime Achievement Award
C. Special Recognition to Bhartiya Cinema
D. Best Director Award

Ans : C. Special Recognition to Bhartiya Cinema


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Who will be honored with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement


Award at the closing ceremony of IFFI?
A. Shah Rukh Khan
B. Michael Douglas
C. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
D. Steven Spielberg

Ans : B. Michael Douglas


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Q.: Which company was responsible for constructing the Silkyara-


Barkot tunnel, collapse in November 2023?
a. Navayuga Engineering Construction Limited (NECL)
b. Hindustan Construction Company (HCC)
c. Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
d. Gammon India

Ans : a. Navayuga Engineering Construction Limited (NECL)


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Q.: Who won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023?


A. India
B. Australia
C. England
D. South Africa

Ans : B. Australia
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Q.: Who is the leading run-scorer of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023?
A. Rohit Sharma
B. Travis Head
C. Virat Kohli
D. Glenn Maxwell

Ans : C. Virat Kohli (position 1, with 711 runs in 10 matches)


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Q,: Who represented India in the two plus two Ministerial Dialogue
with Australia in November 2023?
A) Narendra Modi and S. Jaishankar
B) Rajnath Singh and S. Jaishankar
C) S. Jaishankar and Amit Saha
D) Anthony Albanese and Nirmala Sitharaman

Ans : B) Rajnath Singh and S. Jaishankar


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Q.: Which constituency recorded the highest voter turnout in the


second phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections?
A) Kurud
B) Raipur South
C) Patan
D) Sakti

Ans : A) Kurud – Highest turnout (82 percent) in Kurud assembly


constituency
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Q.: Who was chosen by a majority of legislators to form a new


government in Spain on November 16, 2023?
a) Emmanuel Macron
b) Pedro Sánchez
c) Edouard Philippe
d) Marine Le Pen

Ans: b) Pedro Sánchez


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Q.: What did the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO)


report about climate-heating gases in 2022?
a. Decreased levels
b. Record highs
c. Stable levels
d. No change

Ans : b. Record highs


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Q.: Australia secured a spot in the ICC World Cup 2023 final by
defeating which team in the semi-final?
a) India
b) South Africa
c) England
d) New Zealand

Ans : b) South Africa


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Q.: Who led the second ‘Voice of Global South Summit’ on November
17, 2023?
a) Angela Merkel
b) Narendra Modi
c) Xi Jinping
d) Joe Biden

Ans : b) Narendra Modi


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Q.: Who recently became the first woman in the world to jump off a
helicopter from the height of 21,500 ft in front of Mt Everest?
a. Sonam Kapoor
b. Shital Mahajan
c. Swati Singh
d. Ankita Sharma

Ans : b. Shital Mahajan


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Q.: On which occasion did Prime Minister Narendra Modi launch the
Pradhan Mantri Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG)
Development Mission?
a. Republic Day
b. Independence Day
c. Janjaatiya Gaurav Diwas
d. Gandhi Jayanti

Ans : c. Janjaatiya Gaurav Diwas


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Q.: What is the significance of November 15 in relation to Janjatiya


Gaurav Divas?
a. It marks the Independence Day
b. It is the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda
c. It is the anniversary of the B R Ambedkar
d. It is the International Day of Tribes

Ans : b. It is the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda


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Q.: Which team did India defeat to reach the final of the ICC Cricket
World Cup 2023?
a. New Zealand
b. Australia
c. England
d. Pakistan

Ans : a. New Zealand


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Q.: Which group launched an attack on Israel triggering the


subsequent war?
a) UN Security Council
b) Hamas
c) Marshall Islands
d) Israel

Ans : b) Hamas
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Q.: What is the significance of November 14th in the context of


Children’s Day?
a) International Children’s Day
b) Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday
c) UN Children’s Rights Day
d) Global Youth Day

Ans : b) Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday


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Q.: What is the theme of the 42nd India International Trade Fair?
a) Sustainable Growth and Well-being
b) Global Confidence in India
c) Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
d) Trade and Investment for Economic Development

Ans : c) Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam


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Q.: In which stadium will the first semi-final of the 2023 World Cup
between India and New Zealandbe held?
a. Eden Gardens
b. Wankhede Stadium
c. M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
d. Lord’s

Ans : b. Wankhede Stadium


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Q.: In which Indian state are these Meitei extremist organizations


primarily operating, leading to their declaration as unlawful by the
Ministry of Home Affairs?
a. Assam
b. Manipur
c. Nagaland
d. Kerala

Ans : b. Manipur
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Q.: What position did Suella Braverman hold before being fired in the
UK Cabinet reshuffle?
a. Foreign Secretary
b. Chancellor of the Exchequer
c. Home Secretary
d. Interior Minister

Ans : c. Home Secretary


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Q.: Who was appointed as the new Foreign Secretary in the reshuffle
of UK Cabinet?
a. Rishi Sunak
b. James Cleverly
c. Suella Braverman
d. David Cameron

Ans : d. David Cameron


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Q.: What achievement did the Uttar Pradesh government attain during
Deepotsav in Ayodhya on November 11, 2023?
a) Fifth Guinness World Record
b) Sixth Guinness World Record
c) Tenth Guinness World Record
d) No Guinness World Record

Ans : b) Sixth Guinness World Record


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Q.: When is the Dubai Airshow 2023 scheduled to take place?


a) November 10th to 15th
b) November 13th to 17th
c) December 1st to 5th d
d) October 20th to 25th

Ans : b. November 13th to 17th


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Q.: What is the focus of the Space Experience Program at the Dubai
Airshow 2023?
a) Maritime Innovations
b) Automotive Technologies
c) Aerospace Innovations
d) Environmental Sustainability

Ans : c) Aerospace Innovations


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Q.: Where will the 33rd Conference of the WOAH Regional


Commission for Asia and Pacific take place?
a) Paris
b) New Delhi
c) Tokyo
d) Beijing

Ans : b) New Delhi


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Q.: Who is commemorated on National Education Day observed on


November 11?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
d) Sardar Patel

Ans : c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad


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Q.: What role did Maulana Abul Kalam Azad play in India’s history?
a) First Prime Minister
b) First President
c) First Education Minister
d) First Chief Justice

Ans : c) First Education Minister


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Q.: What does the term “2 plus 2” signify in the context of the India-
US 2 plus 2 Ministerial Dialogue?
a. Two nations and two objectives
b. Two ministers from each side (Foreign Affairs and Defence)
c. Two hours of discussion on diplomatic issues
d. Two strategic partnerships

Ans : b. Two ministers from each side (Foreign Affairs and Defence)
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Q.: Who are the key representatives from India in the fifth India-US
2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held on November 11, 2023?
a. Prime Minister and Finance Minister
b. Defence Minister and External Affairs Minister
c. President and Trade Minister
d. Home Minister and Health Minister

Ans: b. Defence Minister and External Affairs Minister


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Q.: How does the maturity period of Pusa-2090 compare to the


existing Pusa-44 paddy variety?
a. Pusa-2090 takes longer to mature
b. Pusa-2090 and Pusa-44 have similar maturity periods
c. Pusa-2090 matures faster than Pusa-44
d. None of the above

Ans : c. Pusa-2090 matures faster than Pusa-44


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Q.: Why do farmers in the Delhi-NCR region resort to burning paddy


stubble?
a. Tradition and cultural practices
b. Lack of awareness
c. Short time between paddy harvest and sowing wheat
d. Soil enrichment

Ans : c. Short time between paddy harvest and sowing wheat


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Q.: During which session is the Union Budget presented in the Indian
Parliament?
A. Monsoon Session
B. Winter Session
C. Budget Session
D. Special Session

Ans : C. Budget Session


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Q.: What is the focus of the Winter Session of the Indian Parliament?
A. Presentation of the Union Budget
B. Consideration and passage of pending bills
C. Legislative scrutiny of budgetary proposals
D. Recess for parliamentary committees

Ans : B. Consideration and passage of pending bills


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Q.: What is the percentage increase in the reservation quota for


government jobs proposed by the Bihar Assembly Amendment Bill
passed on November 9, 2023?
a. 50% to 55%
b. 55% to 60%
c. 50% to 65%
d. 65% to 70%

Ans : c. 50% to 65%


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Q.: What was the reason behind the decision to increase the
reservation quota in Bihar government jobs?
a. Economic growth
b. Caste Based Survey 2022
c. Political considerations
d. international pressure

Ans : b. Caste Based Survey 2022


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Q.: Which state was awarded the Raja Bhalendra Singh trophy for the
overall championship in the 37th National Games?
a. Haryana
b. Maharashtra
c. Goa
d. Uttarakhand

Ans : b. Maharashtra
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Q.: Who received the Best Woman Athlete trophy in the National
Games 2023?
a. Pranati Naik
b. Sanyukta Kate
c. Both a and b
d. Shrihari Natraj

Ans : Ans : c. Both a and b


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Q.: Who received the best man Athlete trophy in the National Games
2023?
a. Pranati Naik
b. Sanyukta Kate
c. Both a and b
d. Shrihari Natraj

Ans : Ans : d. Shrihari Natraj


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Q.: Which state secured the Third position in the medal tally of the
National Games?
a. Maharashtra
b. Haryana
c. Goa
d. Uttarakhand

Ans : Ans : b. Haryana


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Q.: The 38th National Games will be conducted at which state ?


a. Maharashtra
b. Haryana
c. Goa
d. Uttarakhand

Ans : Ans : d. Uttarakhand


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Q.: Who has been re-elected as the President of the Shiromani


Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in Punjab in November
2023?
A) Sukhbir Singh Badal
B) Harjinder Singh Dhami
C) Manpreet Singh Badal
D) Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Ans : B) Harjinder Singh Dhami


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Q.: What is the significance of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak


Committee (SGPC)?
A) It is the highest governing body for all religious organizations in Punjab.
B) It is the topmost body representing Sikhs.
C) It is responsible for Punjab’s political administration.
D) It is a cultural organization in Punjab.

Ans : B) It is the topmost body representing Sikhs.


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Q.: Why are all schools in Delhi were closed from November 9 to 18,
2023?
A) Due to a teacher’s strike
B) Adverse weather conditions and rising pollution levels
C) Summer vacation
D) Scheduled maintenance work

Ans : B) Adverse weather conditions and rising pollution levels


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Q.: What do the UGC regulations allow foreign universities to do in


India?
A) Collaborate with Indian universities
B) Establish and operate campuses in India
C) Offer online courses and distance learning programs
D) Conduct research in collaboration with Indian institutions

Ans : B) Establish and operate campuses in India


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Q.: According to the regulations, what is the minimum global ranking


that foreign universities intending to establish campuses in India
should have?
A) Within the top 100
B) Within the top 200
C) Within the top 300
D) Within the top 500

Ans : D) Within the top 500


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Q.: Who are referred to as Principal Entities (Pes) in the context of


Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference
Regulations, 2018 (TCCCPR-2018)?
A. Access Providers
B. Telecom subscribers
C. Message Senders like Banks, financial institutions, insurance companies,
trading companies, and real estate companies etc.
D. Regulatory authorities

Ans : C. Message Senders like Banks, financial institutions, insurance


companies, trading companies, and real estate companies etc.
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Q.: What is the main objective of the Digital Consent Acquisition (DCA)
facility mentioned in the directive by TRAI?
A. To enhance customer preference regulations
B. To combat spam and unsolicited commercial communications
C. To improve telecom infrastructure
D. To provide free access to telecom services

Ans : B. To combat spam and unsolicited commercial communications


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Q.: What was the overall voter turnout in Mizoram’s elections?


a. 71.11 percent
b. 77.83 percent
c. 40 percent
d. 90 percent

Ans : b. 77.83 percent


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Q.: Which film will be the opening movie at IFFI 2023?


a. ‘The Featherweight’
b. ‘About Dry Grasses’
c. ‘Aattam’
d. ‘Catching Dust’

ans : d. ‘Catching Dust’


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Q.: Who will be honored with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement
Award at IFFI this year?
a. Anurag Thakur
b. Michael Douglas
c. The director of ‘Catching Dust’
d. The director of ‘The Featherweight’

Ans : b. Michael Douglas


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Q.: Who won the FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss 2023 in chess?
a. R Vaishali
b. Vidit Gujrathi
c. Koneru Humpy
d. Alexandr Predke

Ans : a. R Vaishali
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Q.: Who is India’s first woman Grandmaster?


a. R Vaishali
b. Vidit Gujrathi
c. Koneru Humpy
d. Alexandr Predke

Answer: c. Koneru Humpy


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Q.: What is the purpose of the Odd-Even vehicle system in Delhi?


a. To reduce noise pollution
b. To promote the use of bicycles
c. To address traffic congestion
d. To combat air pollution

Answer: d. To combat air pollution


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Q.: Who was sworn in as the Chief Information Commissioner on


November 6, 2023?
a. Rajiv Gauba
b. Anandi Ramalingam
c. Vinod Kumar Tiwari.
d. Heeralal Samariya

Ans : d. Heeralal Samariya


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Q.: Who won the Asian Champions Trophy in women’s hockey in 2023?
a. Japan
b. China
c. India
d. South Korea

Ans : c. India
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Q.: In the final, the Indian women’s hockey team defeated which team
to win the Asian Champions Trophy 2023?
a. China
b. South Korea
c. Japan
d. Singapore

Ans : c. Japan
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Q.: Which illegal betting app was at the center of a political


controversy in Chhattisgarh?
a. Mahadev Book
b. Betting Pro
c. Gamblers’ Paradise
d. Bet Master

Ans : a. Mahadev Book


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Q.: What does GRAP-IV stand for in the context of air quality control?
a. Greenhouse Reduction Action Plan – Level IV
b. Government Restrictions on Air Pollution – Phase IV
c. Graded Response Action Plan – Stage IV
d. Greater Restriction on Airborne Particles – Version 4

Ans : c. Graded Response Action Plan – Stage IV


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Question: What is the name of the first International Cruise Liner to


commence domestic sailing in India?
a) COSTA SERENA
b) Ocean Voyager
c) Indian Cruise Explorer
d) Royal India Odyssey

Answer: a) COSTA SERENA


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Q. : Who is the King of Bhutan ?


a) Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
b) Bichung Bhutia
c) Xi Jinping
d) Aung San Suu Kyi

Ans : a) Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck


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Question: Kaziranga National Park is declared as a UNESCO World


Heritage site primarily due to its:
a) Unique geological features
b) Cultural heritage
c) Biodiversity and unique ecosystems
d) Historical significance

Ans : c) Biodiversity and unique ecosystems


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Q.: What was the average daily number of road accidents in India in
2022?
a) 537 accidents per day
b) 1,264 accidents per day
c) 712 accidents per day
d) 953 accidents per day

Ans : b) 1,264 accidents per day


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Q.: Which state reported the highest number of road accidents in


2022?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Gujarat

Ans : c) Tamil Nadu


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Q.: Who is the winner of the 2023 British Academy Book Prize for
Global Cultural Understanding?
a) Sir Thomas Roe
b) Nandini Das
c) A British diplomat
d) An anonymous author

Ans : b) Nandini Das


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Q.: What is the title of Nandini Das’s award-winning book?


a) England’s First Diplomatic Mission
b) The Origins of the British Empire
c) Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
d) The True Origin Story of Britain

Ans : c) Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
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Q.: Who became India’s highest wicket-taker in ODI World Cup


history?
a) Jasprit Bumrah
b) Shubman Gill
c) Mohammed Shami
d) Virat Kohli

Ans : c) Mohammed Shami


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Q.: What is the special focus of ‘World Food India 2023’ ?


a) Organic farming
b) Seafood processing
c) Millets
d) Dairy products

ans : c) Millets
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Q.: Which city in India is added to UNESCO creative cities list for its
contributions in the field of literature?
A) Gwalior
B) Mumbai
C) Kozhikode
D) Kolkata

Ans : C) Kozhikode
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Q.: For what reason is Gwalior recognized by UNESCO and included in


the prestigious Creative Cities list?
A) Literature
B) Film
C) Music
D) Gastronomy

Ans : C) Music
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Q.: Where was the “AI Safety Summit 2023,” the world’s first Artificial
Intelligence Safety Summit, held in November 2023?
A) New Delhi, India
B) Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
C) London, United Kingdom
D) Silicon Valley, USA

Ans : B) Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom


Detail News

Q.: Indian Railways announced the operation of a special Bharat


Gaurav train tour to which part of the country?
A) Western States
B) Northern States
C) Southern States
D) North Eastern States

Ans : D) North Eastern States


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Q.: What is the significance of October 31 in India?


A) Independence Day
B) Republic Day
C) National Unity Day
D) Gandhi Jayanti

Ans : C) National Unity Day


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Q.: Which river does the Statue of Unity overlook?


A) Ganges
B) Brahmaputra
C) Narmada
D) Yamuna

Ans : C) Narmada
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Q.: Which is the tallest statue in the world?


A) Statue of Liberty
B) The Motherland Calls
C) Statue of Unity
D) Spring Temple Buddha

Ans : C) Statue of Unity


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Q.: Which aircraft was the first supersonic fighter in service with the
Indian Air Force?
A) Su-30 MKI
B) MiG-21
C) Mirage 2000
D) Tejas

Ans : B) MiG-21
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Q.: Who is the Chairman of the International Jury for the 54th
International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?
A) José Luis Alcaine
B) Jerome Paillard
C) Shekhar Kapur
D) Helen Leake

C) Shekhar Kapur
Detail News

Q.: What is the ‘Golden Peacock’ at IFFI awarded for?


A) Best Director
B) Best Cinematographer
C) Best Film
D) Best Actor (Male)

Ans : C) Best Film


Detail News

Q.: What is the theme for Vigilance Awareness Week 2023?


a) Fight for Justice
b) Say no to bureaucracy
c) Say no to corruption; Commit to the Nation
d) Celebrating Transparency

Ans : c) Say no to corruption; Commit to the Nation


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Q.: What is the significance of National Unity Day in India?


A) To celebrate Independence Day
B) To commemorate Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth anniversary
C) To mark the Republic Day
D) To honor Mahatma Gandhi’s contributions

Ans : B) To commemorate Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth anniversary


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Q.: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is known for his role in:


A) Leading the Indian independence movement
B) Founding the Indian Constitution
C) Promoting religious diversity in India
D) Uniting princely states into a single nation

Ans : D) Uniting princely states into a single nation


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Q.: What did Prime Minister Modi inaugurate during the Culmination
of the Meri Maati Mera Desh campaign’s program?
a) A new hospital
b) A museum
c) Amrit Vatika and Amrit Mahotsav Memorial
d) A sports stadium

Ans : c) Amrit Vatika and Amrit Mahotsav Memorial


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Q.: What was the primary focus of the Meri Maati Mera Desh
campaign?
a) Environmental Conservation
b) Celebrating Festivals
c) Paying homage to those who sacrificed for the country
d) Promoting Sports

Ans : c) Paying homage to those who sacrificed for the country


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Q.: What new platform was launched for the youth of the country
during the program?
a) Digital India
b) Skill India
c) Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat)
d) Start-up India

Ans : c) Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat)


Detail News

Q.: What is the theme for Vigilance Awareness Week 2023?


a) Fight for Justice
b) Say no to bureaucracy
c) Say no to corruption; Commit to the Nation
d) Celebrating Transparency

Ans : c) Say no to corruption; Commit to the Nation


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Q.: What is the total number of medals that India won at the Asian
Para Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China?
a) 82
b) 111
c) 303
d) 15

Ans : b) 111
Detail News

Q.: Indian Military is conducting the joint military exercise ‘Exercise


KAZIND-2023’ with which country?
a) China
b) Kazakhstan
c) Russia
d) United States

Ans : b) Kazakhstan
Detail News

Questions: What is the eligibility criterion for individuals to use the


home voting facility offered by the Election Commission of India?
a) Individuals aged 60 and above
b) Senior citizens aged 80 and above
c) Individuals with disabilities of any age
d) Senior citizens aged 80 and above and individuals with 40 percent
disabilities.

Ans : d) Senior citizens aged 80 and above and individuals with 40 percent
disabilities.
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Q.: What is the primary purpose of the Asian Women’s Hockey


Champion’s Trophy 2023 that began on October 17, 2023 in Ranchi?
a) To determine the world champion in women’s hockey
b) To qualify teams for the upcoming Paris Olympics
c) To promote women’s hockey in Asia
d) To raise funds for hockey development

Ans : b) To qualify teams for the upcoming Paris Olympics


Detail News

Q.: TATA Group acquired an assembly plant for Apple phones near
Bengaluru from which group?
a) Apple Inc.
b) Samsung Electronics
c) Wistron Corp
d) LG Electronics

Ans : c) Wistron Corp


Detail News

Q.: Recently eight Indian nationals were sentenced to death in Qatar,


in what capacity they were working in Qatar when they were detained?
a) Medical professionals
b) Construction workers
c) Former naval officers
d) Diplomats

Ans : c) Former naval officers


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Q.: Who was the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra?
a) General Manekshaw
b) Major Somnath Sharma
c) Lieutenant Colonel Dewan Ranjit Rai
d) Brigadier Rajinder Singh

b) Major Somnath Sharma


Detail News

Q.: Which Indian Navy vessel participated in the joint exercise with
European Union (EU) in the Gulf of Guinea on October 24, 2023?
a) INS Sumedha
b) INS Foscari
c) INS Ventôse
d) INS Tornado

Ans : a) INS Sumedha


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Q.: What is the primary goal of the campaign “Viksit Bharat Sankalp
Yatra”?
a) To promote tourism
b) To conduct political rallies
c) To create awareness and ensure public participation in development and
welfare schemes
d) To organize cultural festivals

c) To create awareness and ensure public participation in development and


welfare schemes
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Q.: Which districts will be covered initially as part of the Yatra’s


rollout?
a) Urban districts
b) Tribal districts
c) Coastal districts
d) Northern districts

b) Tribal districts
Detail News

Q.: What is the primary purpose of Reference Fuel?


a) Fuel for vehicles
b) Fuel for household use
c) Developing engines and assessing their performance
d) An alternative to conventional fuels

Ans : c) Developing engines and assessing their performance


Detail News

Q.: Which organization developed the Reference Fuel to replace


imports?
a) Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
b) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
c) Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)
d) International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT)

Ans : b) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)


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Q.: Which organization has meticulously crafted ten special modules


about Chandrayaan-3 for students spanning from grades 1 to 12?
A. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
B. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
C. National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
D. Ministry of Education, India

Answer: C. National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)


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Q.: Who won the women’s singles title at the Abu Dhabi Masters 2023
Badminton tournament on October 24, 2023?
A. Samiya Imad Farooqui
B. Unnati Hooda
C. Saina Nehwal
D. P.V. Sindhu

Ans : B. Unnati Hooda


Detail News

Q.: What organization was established to oversee the construction of


the Ram temple following a Supreme Court verdict in November 2019?
A. RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh)
B. Shri Ram Janma Bhoomi Tirtha Kshetra
C. BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)
D. Indian National Congress

Ans : B. Shri Ram Janma Bhoomi Tirtha Kshetra


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Q.: When is United Nations Day celebrated?


a) November 24
b) October 24
c) December 24
d) September 24

Answer: b) October 24
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Q.: What event does United Nations Day commemorate?


a) The signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
b) The founding of the United Nations in 1935
c) The entry into force of the United Nations Charter in 1945
d) The first United Nations General Assembly session

Answer: c) The entry into force of the United Nations Charter in 1945
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Q.: What is the primary objective of the United Nations?


a) Promoting global trade
b) Fostering cooperation among nations
c) Enforcing international law
d) Encouraging military conflicts

Answer: b) Fostering cooperation among nations


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Q.: When was the UN Charter signed by 51 countries?


a) June 26, 1944
b) June 26, 1945
c) October 24, 1945
d) July 24, 1946

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Answer: b) June 26, 1945


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Q.: How many member states are part of the United Nations?
a) 50
b) 100
c) 150
d) 193

Answer: d) 193
Detail News

Q.: In which city was the United Nations Charter signed in 1945?
a) New York
b) San Francisco
c) Washington, D.C.
d) Geneva

Answer: b) San Francisco


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Q.: What is the official color associated with the United Nations and
often used on United Nations Day?
a) Green
b) Red
c) Blue
d) Yellow

Answer: c) Blue
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Q.: Why was the United Nations founded after World War II?
a) To promote military alliances
b) To divide the world into zones of influence
c) To prevent future global conflicts and promote peace
d) To establish a global currency

Answer: c) To prevent future global conflicts and promote peace


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Q.: Where is the primary headquarters of the United Nations located?


a) Geneva, Switzerland
b) New York City, USA
c) Vienna, Austria
d) London, United Kingdom

Answer: b) New York City, USA


Detail News

Q.: Who set up the Country’s first Nano DAP plant near Kalol in
Gandhinagar?
a) Government of Gujarat
b) IFFCO
c) Indian Ministry of Agriculture
d) Local Farmers’ Cooperative

Answer: b) IFFCO
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Q.: Which film has been selected as the Opening Feature Film of the
54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2023?
a) “Ardhangini” (Bengali)
b) “Aattam” (Malayalam)
c) “Dhai Aakhar” (Hindi)
d) “Kantara” (Kannada)

Answer: b) “Aattam” (Malayalam)


Detail News

Q.: Who is the Director General of the International Atomic Energy


Agency (IAEA) who visited India on October 23, 2023?
a) Rafael Grossi
b) Arindam Bagchi
c) Joe Biden
d) Leonardo da Vinci

Ans : a) Rafael Grossi


Detail News

Q.: In which city is the headquarters of the International Atomic


Energy Agency (IAEA) located?
a) New York
b) Vienna
c) Geneva
d) London

Ans : b) Vienna
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Q.: In which city were the 37th National Games 2023 held from
October 26 to November 9, 2023?”
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Goa
d) Chennai

Ans : c) Goa
Detail News

Q.: What organization conducted the successful test of the crew escape
system for India’s first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan?
a. NASA
b. ISRO
c. ESA
d. Roscosmos

Ans : b. ISRO
Detail News

Q.: Where did the mission crew module splash down after the test?
a. Indian Ocean
b. Arabian Sea
c. Bay of Bengal
d. Andaman Sea

Ans : c. Bay of Bengal


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Q.: In which Indian state did the Anthurium Festival occur on October
21 and 22, 2023?
a. Mizoram
b. Assam
c. Nagaland
d. Manipur

Ans : a. Mizoram
Detail News

Q.: What is the main objective of the decision to restrict bus types in
the National Capital Region (NCR)?
a. Reducing Road congestion
b. Promoting tourism
c. Reducing emissions and improving air quality
d. Increasing inter-state trade

Ans : c. Reducing emissions and improving air quality


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Q.: In which city is the fourth Asian Para Games taking place, and what
are the event dates?
a. Hangzhou, China, from October 22 to October 28, 2023
b. Beijing, China, from November 1 to November 7, 2023
c. Tokyo, Japan, from September 15 to September 21, 2022
d. New Delhi, India, from December 10 to December 16, 2023

Ans : a. Hangzhou, China, from October 22 to October 28, 2023


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Q.: What is the name of the third stealth destroyer handed over to the
Indian Navy on October 20, 2023?
a) INS Vishal
b) INS Kolkata
c) IMPHAL
d) INS Chennai

Ans : c) IMPHAL
Detail News

Q.: What recognition has Dhordo village in Gujarat received from the
United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)?
a) Cultural Heritage Site
b) Best Tourist Spot in Asia
c) Best Tourism Village
d) Natural Wonder of the World

Ans : c) Best Tourism Village


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Q.: What is the name of India’s first RAPIDX train that was inaugurated
by Prime Minister Modi to mark the launch of the RRTS in India?
a) Speedy Express
b) Rapid India
c) Namo Bharat
d) QuickRail One

Answer: c) Namo Bharat


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Q.: What is the primary purpose of the “Know your Candidate” (KYC)
mobile application developed by the Election Commission of India?

a) To help candidates campaign effectively


b) To provide information on the criminal history of candidates
c) To facilitate voter registration
d) To promote political parties

Ans : b) To provide information on the criminal history of candidates


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Q.: Where did GITEX Global 2023, the world’s largest technology and
startup show take place?

a) Dubai International Airport


b) Dubai Mall
c) Dubai World Trade Centre and Dubai Harbour
d) Dubai Marina

Ans : c) Dubai World Trade Centre and Dubai Harbour


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Q.: What was the theme of GITEX Global 2023?

a) “The Year of Space Exploration”


b) “The Year of Sustainability”
c) “The Year to Imagine AI in Everything”
d) “The Year of Global Trade”

Ans : c) “The Year to Imagine AI in Everything”


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Q.: What is the primary purpose of deploying the Indian Navy’s


Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) to Sri Lanka?

a) To support commercial aviation


b) To participate in joint military exercises
c) To train Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) pilots
d) To conduct search and rescue missions

Ans : c) To train Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) pilots


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Q.: Prior to Karthikeyan Murali, who were the other two Indian chess
grandmasters who had defeated Magnus Carlsen?

a) SL Narayan and Javokhir Sindarov


b) David Paravyan and Arjun Erigaisi
c) Viswanathan Anand and Pentala Harikrishna
d) Nodirbek Yakubboev and Arjun Erigaisi

Ans : c) Viswanathan Anand and Pentala Harikrishna


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Q.: The government has raised Dearness Allowance (DA) for central
government employees and pensioners by four percentage points.
What is the DA after this hike effective from July 2023?
a. 42%
b. 43%
c. 44%
d. 46%

Ans : d. 46%
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Q.: Which Rabi Crop received an increase of 200 rupees per quintal in
its MSP for the 2024-25 season?
A. Wheat
B. Rapeseed
C. Mustard
D. Safflower

Answer: B. Rapeseed
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Q.: How much increase in MSP per quintal was approved for wheat for
the Rabi Crops in 2024-25?
A. 150 rupees
B. 105 rupees
C. 200 rupees
D. 115 rupees

Answer: A. 150 rupees


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Q.: What is RapidX?


A. India’s first indigenous semi-high-speed regional rail system
B. India’s first bullet train
C. India’s first metro train
D. India’s first monorail

Ans : A. India’s first indigenous semi-high-speed regional rail system


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Q.: Which section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor was


inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi on 20 October 2023?
A. Sahibabad to Modinagar
B. Ghaziabad to Duhai
C. Guldhar to Meerut
D. Delhi to Ghaziabad

Answer: B. Ghaziabad to Duhai


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Q.: Who received the Best Actor Award at the 69th National Film
Awards?
A. Alia Bhatt
B. Kriti Sanon
C. Allu Arjun
D. Pallavi Joshi

C. Allu Arjun
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Q.: Which film won the award for Best Popular Film providing
wholesome entertainment?
A. Gangubai Kathiawadi
B. RRR
C. Mimi
D. Kashmir Files

B. RRR
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Q.: Who received the Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award


at the 69th National Film Awards?
A. R Madhavan
B. Waheeda Rehman
C. Vivek Agnihotri
D. Pankaj Tripathi

B. Waheeda Rehman
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Q.: Which film received the Nargis Dutt award for Best Film on
National Integration?
A. Pushpa: The Rise
B. RRR
C. Gangubai Kathiawadi
D.Kashmir Files

D.Kashmir Files
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Q.: Who won the Best Supporting Actor Award for the film “Mimi”?
A. Kriti Sanon
B. Pallavi Joshi
C. Allu Arjun
D. Pankaj Tripathi

D. Pankaj Tripathi
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Q.: Which film was awarded the Best Feature Film for the year 2021 at
the 69th National Film Awards?
A. Ek Tha Gaon
B. Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
C. Iravin Nizhal
D. Komuram Bheemudo

B. Rocketry: The Nambi Effect


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Q.: Who received the Best Female Playback Singer award for the song
‘Mayava Chayava’?
A. Shreya Ghoshal
B. Kaala Bhairava
C. Alia Bhatt
D. Pallavi Joshi

A. Shreya Ghoshal
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Q.: Which director’s film, “Ek Tha Gaon,” received the Best Non-
Feature Film award?
A. R Madhavan
B. Srishti Lakhera
C. Vivek Agnihotri
D. Allu Arjun

B. Srishti Lakhera
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Q.: What is the maximum limit for the bonus approved for Group C
and non-gazetted Group B rank officials?
A. Five thousand rupees
B. Six thousand rupees
C. Seven thousand rupees
D. Eight thousand rupees

Ans : C. Seven thousand rupees


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Q.: Who became the Prime Minister-elect after the 2023 New Zealand
general election?
A) Chris Hipkins
B) Christopher Luxon
C) Andrew Fisher
D) George Reid

Ans : B) Christopher Luxon


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Q.: Which sport has been announced for inclusion in the Olympic
Games Los Angeles 2028?
A) Twenty-20 cricket
B) Rugby
C) Tennis
D) Golf

Ans : A) Twenty-20 cricket


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Q.: When was the last time cricket was featured in the Olympics before
the 2028 announcement?
A) 2000
B) 1924
C) 1900
D) 1988

Ans : C) 1900
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Q.: What is the largest maritime event in India?


a) Global Maritime Summit
b) National Maritime Exhibition
c) India Maritime Expo
d) Maritime India Trade Fair

Ans : a) Global Maritime Summit


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Q.: Where was the foundation stone laid for the Tuna Tekra all-
weather deep draft terminal?
A) Mumbai, Maharashtra
B) Kolkata, West Bengal
C) Gujarat
D) Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Ans : C) Gujarat
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Q.: What is the significance of celebrating World Students Day on


October 15th?
a) To commemorate the birth anniversary of a renowned scientist
b) To celebrate the achievements of Nobel laureates
c) To promote international cooperation in education
d) To honor famous educators from around the world

Ans : a) To commemorate the birth anniversary of a renowned scientist


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Q.: In which state of India was Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam born?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Kerala
d) Karnataka

Ans : b) Tamil Nadu


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Q.: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam also know as ……………….


a) The Father of the Nation
b) The Missile Man of India
c) The Scientific Wizard
d) The Visionary Leader

Ans : b) The Missile Man of India


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Q.: During which years did Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam serve as the President
of India?
a) 2002-2007
b) 1995-2000
c) 2010-2015
d) 1985-1990

Ans : a) 2002-2007
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Q.: Recently, which two Public Sector Enterprises were granted


Navratna status?”
a) ONGC and BHEL
b) Ircon International Limited and RITES Ltd
c) SAIL and GAIL
d) Coal India Limited and NTPC Limited

Answer: b) Ircon International Limited and RITES Ltd


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Q.: Which year does India aspire to host the Olympic Games?
a) 2030
b) 2032
c) 2036
d) 2040

Answer: c) 2036
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Q.: What is the primary purpose of the Global Hunger Index (GHI)?
a) To track global economic growth
b) To measure and track hunger on a global scale
c) To promote agricultural development
d) To calculate global poverty rates

Ans : b) To measure and track hunger on a global scale


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Q.: In the 2023 GHI report, what is India’s ranking among the countries with
sufficient data?
a) 28th
b) 111th
c) 125th
d) 202th

Ans : b) 111th
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Q.: In which format will cricket be played in the 2028 Olympics?


a) Test format
b) One Day International (ODI) format
c) T20 format
d) T10 format

Ans : c) T20 format


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Q.: What is the increase in the Female Labor Force Participation Rate this year ?
a) 2 percentage points
b) 3 percentage points
c) 4.2 percentage points
d) 6 percentage points

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Ans : c) 4.2 percentage points


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Q.: What is the current Female Labor Force Participation Rate in India ?
a) 40 percent
b) 37 percent
c) 45 percent
d) 30 percent

Ans : b) 37 percent
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Q.: What is the main objective of “Operation Ajay” launched by India?


a) To assist Indian citizens in the USA
b) To facilitate the return of Indian citizens from Israel
c) To support Indian citizens in the UK
d) To provide medical aid in Africa

Ans : b) To facilitate the return of Indian citizens from Israel


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Q.: When does the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India
celebrate its Foundation Day?
a) Every year on December 31st
b) Annually on October 2nd
c) On October 12th
d) On the last Sunday of September

Ans : c) On October 12th


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Q.: What is the primary objective of the NHRC in India?


a) To conduct elections
b) To promote and protect human rights
c) To regulate the media
d) To provide healthcare services

Ans : b) To promote and protect human rights


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Q.: When is the 141st International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session scheduled
to be held in Mumbai, India?
a) October 12 to October 14, 2023
b) October 14 to October 17, 2023
c) October 15 to October 17, 2023
d) October 14 to October 16, 2023

Ans : c) October 15 to October 17, 2023


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Q.: Who is the President of the International Olympic Committee?


a) Thomas Bach
b) Vladimir Putin
c) Xi Jinping
d) Emmanuel Macron

Answer is: a) Thomas Bach


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Q.: What is the theme for the International Day of the Girl Child in the year
2023?
a. Empowering Girls for a Bright Future
b. Invest in Girls’ Rights- Our Leadership, Our Well-being
c. Girls United: A Path to Equality
d. Empowering the Next Generation of Women

Ans : b. Invest in Girls’ Rights- Our Leadership, Our Well-being


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Q.: What are the three critical and strategic minerals for which royalty rates
were approved by the government on October 11, 2023?
a. Gold, Silver, and Platinum
b. Lithium, Niobium, and Rare Earth Elements (REEs)
c. Copper, Iron, and Aluminum
d. Diamond, Ruby, and Sapphire

Ans : b. Lithium, Niobium, and Rare Earth Elements (REEs)


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Q.: What is the primary purpose of the autonomous body “Mera Yuva Bharat”
(MY Bharat)?
a. Promoting sports and athletics among youth
b. Fostering cultural development in rural areas
c. Development of youth and youth-led development
d. Advancing environmental conservation initiatives

Ans : c. Development of youth and youth-led development


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Q.: How many young individuals in India fall within the age group of 15-29
years, according to the provided information?
a. Approximately 20 crore
b. Around 30 crore
c. Approximately 40 crore
d. Nearly 50 crore

Ans : c. Approximately 40 crore


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Q.: When is Mera Yuva Bharat scheduled to be dedicated to the nation?


a. On India’s Independence Day, August 15th
b. On New Year’s Day, January 1st
c. On the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, October 31st
d. On Youth Day, January 12th

Ans : c. On the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, October 31st


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Q.: What is ABHA?


A. A cooking app
B. A digital health account
C. A fitness tracker
D. A social media platform

B. A digital health account


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Q.: How many Aadhaar Numbers can be linked to one mobile number for
communication and authentication purposes?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Six

Ans : D. Six
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Q.: What is the theme for World Mental Health Day in 2023 ?
A. “Happiness and Well-being”
B. “Mental Health Awareness”
C. “Mental health is a universal human right”
D. “Overcoming Depression”

Ans : C. “Mental health is a universal human right”


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Q.: Who is organizing the event “World Food India 2023 “?


A. United Nations
B. Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India
C. World Food Organization
D. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

B. Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India


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Q.: Who is “Vyommitra” in the context of the Gaganyaan mission?


A. The mission commander
B. The official spokesperson for ISRO
C. A female robot astronaut
D. A famous Indian astronaut

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Ans : C. A female robot astronaut


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Q.: What is the historical origin of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?


A) A series of recent territorial disputes
B) Colonial actions dating back over a century
C) Religious tensions in the region
D) Economic conflicts in the Middle East

Ans : B) Colonial actions dating back over a century


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Q.: When will the counting of votes for the assembly elections in Mizoram,
Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Telangana take place?
a) 7th November
b) 3rd December
c) 30th November
d) 17th November

Ans : b) 3rd December


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Q.: What is the purpose of the cVigil App ?


a) To count votes electronically
b) To monitor election rallies
c) To report electoral malpractice
d) To provide election results

Ans : c) To report electoral malpractice


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Q.: What areas of bilateral cooperation were discussed during the talks between
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan in
October 2023?
a) Trade and investment only
b) Defense and maritime security only
c) Development partnership, higher education, and people-to-people ties only
d) Trade and investment, defense and maritime security, development
partnership, higher education, and people-to-people ties

Ans : d) Trade and investment, defense and maritime security, development


partnership, higher education, and people-to-people ties
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Q.: Who was awarded the 2023 Nobel Economics Prize for her research on
women’s contribution to the labor market?
A) Claudia Goldin
B) Marie Curie
C) John Smith
D) Albert Einstein

Ans : A) Claudia Goldin


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Q.: What is the official name of the Nobel Prize in Economics?


A) The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
B) The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences
C) The Nobel Prize in Earth Studies
D) The Prize in Gender Economics

Ans : B) The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences


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Q.: When did the Asian Games 2023 take place in Hangzhou, China?
A) September 22 to October 7, 2022
B) September 23 to October 8, 2023
C) August 15 to September 1, 2023
D) July 10 to August 25, 2022

Ans : B) September 23 to October 8, 2023


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Q.: How many medals did India win in total at the Asian Games 2023?
A) 84 medals
B) 107 medals
C) 100 medals
D) 121 medals

Ans : B) 107 medals


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Q.: Which country led the overall medal tally at the Asian Games 2023?
A) India
B) Japan
C) China
D) South Korea

Ans : C) China
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Q.: Which sport contributed the most medals for India at the Asian Games
2023?
A) Athletics
B) Shooting
C) Archery
D) Kabaddi

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Ans : B) Shooting – 22 medals, including seven gold.


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Q.: What was India’s previous best medal tally at the Asian Games before the
Asian Games 2023?
A) 50 medals
B) 70 medals
C) 90 medals
D) 110 medals

Ans : B) 70 medals – Jakarta 2018 , (16 gold, 23 silver, and 31 bronze)


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Q.: What is the name of India’s first solar roof cycling track inaugurated in
Hyderabad?
a) SunCycle
b) EcoPedal
c) SolarRide
d) Healthway

Correct Answer: d) Healthway


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Q: Where did the Indian Air Force celebrate its 91st anniversary on 8 October
2023?
a) New Delhi
b) Kolkata
c) Prayagraj
d) Mumbai

Answer: c) Prayagraj
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Q.: What is the primary objective of the Gaganyaan mission?


a) To mine asteroids for valuable resources
b) To send robotic missions to Mars
c) To establish India’s capability for crewed spaceflight
d) To study the Earth’s magnetic field

Answer: c) To establish India’s capability for crewed spaceflight


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Q.: How many astronauts are planned to be placed in the Crew Module during
the Gaganyaan mission?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Five

Ans : b) Three
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Q.: Recently, Indian-origin professor Dr. Joyeeta Gupta received the prestigious
Spinoza Prize in the Netherlands. What does the Spinoza Prize represent?
a) A Dutch cultural award
b) A global environmental recognition
c) The highest honor in Dutch science
d) An Indian scientific achievement

Ans : c) The highest honor in Dutch science


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Q.: What was the decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) regarding
the policy repo rate on October 6, 2023?
a) Increased it by 0.25 percent
b) Decreased it by 0.25 percent
c) Maintained it at 6.50 percent
d) Maintained it at 7.00 percent

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Ans : c) Maintained it at 6.50 percent


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Q.: What is the projected real GDP growth by RBI Monetary Policy Committee
for Q1:2024-25?
a) 5.7 percent
b) 6.0 percent
c) 6.5 percent
d) 6.6 percent

Ans : c) 6.5 percent


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Q.: Why was Narges Mohammadi awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2023?
a) For her contributions to literature
b) For her fight against the oppression of women in Iran
c) For her achievements in science and technology
d) For her work in the field of environmental conservation

Ans : b) For her fight against the oppression of women in Iran


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Q.: What government-issued documents can now be used for applying for a
Remote Pilot Certificate in India according to the new Drone (Amendment)
Rules 2023?
a) Passport only
b) Proof of identity and proof of address like Voter ID, Ration Card, or Driving
License
c) Aadhar card only
d) Birth certificate and utility bill

Ans : b) Proof of identity and proof of address like Voter ID, Ration Card, or
Driving License
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Q.: In India, when is a pilot license not required to operate nano drones and
micro drones?
a) Only for commercial use
b) Only for non-commercial use
c) For both commercial and non-commercial use
d) Always required

Ans : b) Only for non-commercial use


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Q.: Where did New Zealand defeat England on the opening day of the
tournament on 5 October 2023?
a) Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
b) Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
c) Eden Gardens, Kolkata
d) Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

b) Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad


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Q.: What are the key areas of focus mentioned in the MoU for collaboration
between India and the UAE on October 5, 2023, in Abu Dhabi?
a) Agriculture and transportation
b) Energy and tourism
c) Supply chain resilience, healthcare, space, and more
d) Education and sports

Ans : c) Supply chain resilience, healthcare, space, and more


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Q.: Who was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature for his innovative plays
and prose?
a) Toni Morrison
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) Jon Fosse
d) William Shakespeare

Ans : c) Jon Fosse


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Q.: Which organization handed over the twin-seater variant of the LCA Tejas
fighter aircraft to the Indian Air Force?
a. Indian Space Research Cneter (ISRO)
b. Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO)
c. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
d. Indian Ministry of Defense

Answer: c. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)


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Q.: Who won a gold medal in the men’s javelin throw at the Hangzhou Asian
Games?
a. Avinash Sable
b. Kishore Jena
c. Neeraj Chopra
d. Lovlina Borgohain

Answer: c. Neeraj Chopra


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Q.: Which sport did Jyoti Surekha Vennam and Ojas Deotale win a gold medal
in?
a. Swimming
b. Archery
c. Gymnastics
d. Table Tennis

Answer: b. Archery
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Q.: Who are the three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2023?
a. Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, and Marie Curie
b. Moungi G Bawendi, Louis E Brus, and Alexei Ekimov
c. Charles Darwin, Thomas Edison, and Galileo Galilei
d. Max Planck, Niels Bohr, and Werner Heisenberg

Answer: b. Moungi G Bawendi, Louis E Brus, and Alexei Ekimov


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Q.: What is the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2023 awarded for?
a. Advancements in nuclear physics
b. The discovery and synthesis of quantum dots
c. Innovations in organic chemistry
d. Contributions to biochemistry research

Correct Answer: b. The discovery and synthesis of quantum dots


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Q.: What is the main objective of the PM SVANidhi scheme?


A) To provide housing to street vendors
B) To offer free healthcare to street vendors
C) To provide collateral-free working capital loans to street vendors
D) To promote street vending as a career option

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Ans : C) To provide collateral-free working capital loans to street vendors


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Q.: What is the maximum amount of working capital loan offered under the PM
SVANidhi scheme?
A) 10 thousand rupees
B) 25 thousand rupees
C) 50 thousand rupees
D) 1 lakh rupees

Ans : C) 50 thousand rupees


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Q.: Who won the gold medal in the women’s javelin throw final at the Asian
Games?
a) Tejaswin Shankar
b) Praveen Chithravel
c) Annu Rani
d) Mohammed Afsal

Ans : c) Annu Rani


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Q.: Who won the gold medal in the women’s 5000m race at the Hangzhou Asian
Games?
a) Annu Rani
b) Tejaswin Shankar
c) Parul Chaudhary
d) Mohammed Afsal

Answer: c) Parul Chaudhary


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Q.: Who were awarded the 2023 Physics Nobel Prize for their experimental
methods involving attosecond pulses of light?
a) Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, and Niels Bohr
b) Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier
c) Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, and Richard Feynman
d) Stephen Hawking, Carl Sagan, and Richard Dawkins

Answer: b) Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier


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Q.: Who were jointly awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
for their work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology?
a) Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman
b) James Smith and Emily Johnson
c) Michael White and Elizabeth Taylor
d) Moderna and Pfizer

Ans : a) Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman


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Q: What is the largest caste group in Bihar according to the Caste-based Survey
findings?
a) Scheduled Caste (SC)
b) Backward Caste (BC)
c) Extremely Backward Caste (EBCs)
d) General Caste

Ans : c) Extremely Backward Caste (EBCs)


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Q.: Who was elected as the President of Maldives on October 1, 2023?


a) Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
b) Dr. Mohamed Muizzu
c) Abdulla Yameen
d) Arif Alvi

Ans : b) Dr. Mohamed Muizzu


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Q.: What is the final destination of Aditya L1’s journey?


a) Earth’s atmosphere
b) Mars’ orbit
c) Sun-Earth Lagrange point L1
d) Moon’s surface

Ans : c) Sun-Earth Lagrange point L1


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Q.: What iconic slogan is associated with Lal Bahadur Shastri?


a) Jai Hind
b) Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan
c) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
d) Make in India

Ans : b) Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan


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Q.: When did the RBI initially announce the withdrawal of the Rs 2,000
banknote from circulation?
a) September 29, 2023
b) October 7, 2023
c) December 9, 2022
d) May 19, 2023

Ans : d) May 19, 2023


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Current Affairs MCQ Questions: 1 to 30 September 2023

Q.: What is the objective of the ‘Ek Tareekh, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath’ Campaign”, a
mega cleanliness drive?
a) To celebrate Diwali
b) To commemorate Gandhi Jayanti
c) To promote cricket
d) To encourage shopping

Answer: b) To commemorate Gandhi Jayanti


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Q.: Which event did Shooter Palak Gulia win a gold medal in at the Asian
Games?
a) Women’s shot put
b) Men’s squash
c) Women’s 10m air pistol
d) Men’s rifle 3-P team

Answer: c) Women’s 10m air pistol


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Q.: What is the name of the week-long programme launched by PM Modi on


September 30, 2023 to Enhancing governance at the block level?
a) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
b) Sankalp Saptaah
c) Aspirational Blocks Initiative
d) Bharat Mandapam Programme

Answer: b) Sankalp Saptaah


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Q.: In which sector did MS Swaminathan bring about a social revolution in India
during the 1960s?
a) Education
b) Healthcare
c) Agriculture
d) Technology

Answer: c) Agriculture
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Q.: Who is participating in the Bhartiya Bhasha Utsav, commenced on


September 28, 2023, in Lucknow?
a) Bollywood actors
b) Padma Shree awardees and representatives of Indian languages
c) International diplomats
d) Scientists and researchers

Ans : b) Padma Shree awardees and representatives of Indian languages


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Q.: Which sport did Naorem Roshibina Devi win a silver medal in at the Asian
Games 2023?
a) Shooting
b) Equestrian
c) Wushu
d) Hockey

Ans : c) Wushu
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Q.: What is India’s rank in the Global Innovation Index for the year 2023?
a) 81st
b) 40th
c) 132nd
d) 23rd

Ans : b) 40th
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Q.: Who shattered the world record to win the 50m rifle 3 positions individual
gold medal in Asian Games 2023?
a) Manu Bhaker
b) Vishnu Saravanan
c) Sift Kaur Samra
d) Anant Jeet Singh Naruka

Ans : c) Sift Kaur Samra


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Q.: What is the proposed route for the government’s plan to establish an
electric highway?
a) Mumbai to Pune
b) Delhi to Jaipur
c) Bangalore to Chennai|
d) Kolkata to Patna

Ans : b) Delhi to Jaipur


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Q,: What is the current situation in Manipur that has prompted concerns about
security and the resurgence of insurgent groups?
a) Political protests
b) Natural disasters
c) Ethnic violence
d) Economic growth

Ans : c) Ethnic violence


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Q.: Which city was awarded the Best Smart City in India at the India Smart Cities
Conclave 2023?
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Indore
d) Bengaluru

Ans : c) Indore
Detail News

Question: What is the theme of World Tourism Day 2023?


a) “Tourism and Cultural Diversity”
b) “Sustainable Tourism for a Better Tomorrow”
c) “Tourism and Green Investment”
d) “Exploring New Horizons in Tourism”

Ans : c) “Tourism and Green Investment”


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Q.: Which departments does M. Rajeshwar Rao handle in his role as Deputy
Governor of RBI?
a) Finance and Accounts
b) Human Resources and Administration
c) Regulation, Communication, Enforcement, Legal, and Risk Monitoring
d) Research and Policy Analysis

Ans : c) Regulation, Communication, Enforcement, Legal, and Risk Monitoring


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Q.: Which quartet secured the gold medal in the Equestrian Dressage Team
event at the Asian Games 2023?
a) Hriday Chheda, Anush Agarwalla, Sudipti Hajela, and Divyakriit Singh
b) Neha Thakur, Eabad Ali, Saurav Ghosal, and Abhay Singh
c) Yuki Bhambri, Ankita Raina, Mahesh Mangaonkar, and Surya Bhanu Partap
Singh
d) Suraj Yadav, Narender Berwal, Tulika Maan, and Ayan Biswas

Answer: a) Hriday Chheda, Anush Agarwalla, Sudipti Hajela, and Divyakriit Singh
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Q.: Who is the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award
in 2023?
a) Amitabh Bachchan
b) Shah Rukh Khan
c) Waheeda Rehman
d) Dilip Kumar

Ans : c) Waheeda Rehman


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Q.: Which Women’s Cricket Team won the gold medal at the Asian Games in
Hangzhou, China ?”
a) Indian Women’s Cricket Team
b) China Women’s Cricket Team
c) Sri Lankan Women’s Cricket Team
d) Pakistani Women’s Cricket Team

Answer is: a) Indian Women’s Cricket Team


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Q.: Who will manufacture and assemble the majority of the C-295 aircraft in
India?
a) Airbus
b) Boeing
c) Tata Advanced Systems
d) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

Ans : c) Tata Advanced Systems


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Q.: Which two organizations collaborated on the project for green hydrogen fuel
cell buses?
a) Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Toyota
b) Tata Motors and Hyundai
c) Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Tata Motors
d) Tata Motors and Suzuki

Ans : c) Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Tata Motors


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Q.: What is the main objective of the Rozgar Mela as mentioned in the
information?
a) To promote cultural activities
b) To distribute government grants
c) To provide career counseling
d) To generate employment opportunities

Ans : d) To generate employment opportunities


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Q.: Which safety and convenience feature is available in all coaches of the
Vande Bharat Express?
a) On-Board Hotspot Wi-Fi
b) GPS-based Audio-Visual Passenger Information System
c) Automatic Doors
d) Intelligent Braking System

Answer: c) Automatic Doors


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Q.: What is the primary objective of the “India-UN Capacity Building Initiative”
launched on September 24, 2023?
a) To share India’s recipes with partner countries
b) To promote tourism in India
c) To develop new technology
d) To share India’s development experiences and expertise with Global South
countries

Answer : d) To share India’s development experiences and expertise with Global


South countries
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Q.: Which infantry regiment is the lead battalion from the Indian side in the
19th edition of YUDH ABHYAS in Alaska, USA?
a) Rajputana Rifles
b) MARATHA Light Infantry Regiment
c) Punjab Regiment
d) Gurkha Rifles

b) MARATHA Light Infantry Regiment


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Q.: When and where will Bharat Drone Shakti-2023 be co-hosted by the Indian
Air Force and the Drone Federation of India?
a) New Delhi, India, in October 2023
b) Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, in September 2023
c) Mumbai, Maharashtra, in November 2023
d) Bengaluru, Karnataka, in August 2023

Answer : b) Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, in September 2023


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Q.: In which city and country is the Asian Games in 2023 being held?
a) In Tokyo, Japan
b) In Hangzhou, China
c) In Beijing, China
d) In Mumbai, India

Answer: b) In Hangzhou, China


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Q.: Which organized the International Lawyers Conference in New Delhi ?


a) United Nations
b) International Court of Justice
c) Bar Council of India
d) American Bar Association

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Answer : c) Bar Council of India


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Q.: Who is the Chief Minister of Goa?


a) Shri Sarbananda Sonowal
b) Shri Pramod Sawant
c) Shri Shripad Naik
d) Shri Rohan Khaunte

Answer: b) Shri Pramod Sawant


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Q.: Which team did India displace to become the number 1 ranked team in ODI
cricket?
a) England
b) Australia
c) Pakistan
d) South Africa

Answer : c) Pakistan
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Q.: What is the primary purpose of Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show
(UPITS) held in Greater Noida from 21 to 25 September 2023?
a) To promote local tourism
b) To showcase international products
c) To provide market opportunities for Uttar Pradesh products
d) To facilitate cultural exchanges

Ans : c) To provide market opportunities for Uttar Pradesh products


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Q.: What is unique about SIMBEX in comparison to other naval exercises


conducted by the Indian Navy?
a. It involves more countries.
b. It focuses exclusively on submarine warfare.
c. It is the longest-running naval exercise with a specific country.
d. It takes place annually in Singapore.

Ans : c. It is the longest-running naval exercise with a specific country.


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Q.: Which legislative bodies are covered by the Women’s Reservation Bill?
a. Lok Sabha, State Legislative Councils, and Municipal Corporations
b. Rajya Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies, and Panchayati Raj Institutions
c. Lok Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies, and Delhi Assembly
d. Gram Panchayats, Zila Parishads, and Municipalities

Ans : c. Lok Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies, and Delhi Assembly


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Q.: The award ceremony of ‘Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar’ will be held on August
23 every year. What is the significance of that date?
a. National Mathematics Day.
b. National Environmental Day.
c. National Space Day.
d. National Innovation Day.

Ans : c. National Space Day.


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Q.: What is the theme of the official anthem for the Men’s Cricket World Cup
2023?
a) Cricket Fever
b) Jashn Bole
c) Dil Jashn Bole
d) Cricket Celebration

Ans : c) Dil Jashn Bole


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Q.: Who will co-host the IPACC alongside Chief of Indian Army Staff General
Manoj Pande?
a) The Chief of Air Staff
b) The Chief of Naval Staff
c) Chief-of-Staff of the US Army General James C McConville
d) The Chief of the Indian Coast Guard

Ans : c) Chief-of-Staff of the US Army General James C McConville


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Q.: What was the trigger for the escalation in tensions between India and
Canada?
a) A trade dispute
b) The assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar
c) A diplomatic visit
d) A cultural exchange program

Ans : b) The assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar


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Q.: What is the official name of the Women’s Reservation Bill?


a) Women’s Empowerment Bill
b) Gender Equality Bill
c) Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam
d) Reservation for Women Act

Ans : c) Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam


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Q.: What is the official UNESCO designation for Hoysala temples in Belur,
Halebidu, and Somanathapur, Karnataka?

A) Hoysala Heritage Temples


B) Temples of Karnataka Excellence
C) Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas in Karnataka
D) Karnataka’s Ancient Temples

Answer: C) Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas in Karnataka, India


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Q.: The old Parliament building in New Delhi officially renamed as


………………………………………?

A) Rajya Sabha Bhavan


B) Lok Sabha Sadan
C) Samvidhan Sadan
D) Old Sansad Sadan

Answer: C) Samvidhan Sadan


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Q.: Who is the Chairman of University Grant Commission (UGC) ?

A) M Jagadesh Kumar
B) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
C) Amit Khare
D) K Kasturirangan

Ans : A) M Jagadesh Kumar


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Question: What is the primary objective of the Women’s Reservation Bill


introduced in the Lok Sabha?

A) To increase the number of seats in Parliament


B) To provide one-third reservation for women in Parliament and state assemblies
C) To provide one-third reservation for women in government jobs
D) To provide one-third reservation for women in Panchayat

Answer: B) To provide one-third reservation for women in Parliament and state


assemblies
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Q.: Who won the gold medal in the women’s 10-meter air rifle event at the ISSF
World Cup 2023?
a) Elavenil Valarivan
b) Oceanne Muller
c) Deepali Deshpande
d) Nivetha Paramanantham

Answer: a) Elavenil Valarivan


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Q.: On which day of the Hindu calendar does Ganesh Chaturthi begin?
a) Fourth day (Chaturthi) of Shravana
b) Second day (Dwitiya) of Bhadrapada
c) Third day (Tritiya) of Kartika
d) Fourth day (Chaturthi) of Bhadrapada

Ans : d) Fourth day (Chaturthi) of Bhadrapada


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Q.: Who founded Shantiniketan?


a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Rabindranath Tagore
d) Sardar Patel

Ans : c) Rabindranath Tagore


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Q.: Who is the architect of the New Parliament Building?


a) Raj Pal Reval
b) Bimal Patel
c) Anupama S Kundoo
d) B V Doshi

Ans : b) Bimal Patel


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Q.: Who was named the player of the series in the Asia Cup 2023?
a) Mohammed Siraj
b) Kuldeep Yadav
c) Ishan Kishan
d) Shubman Gill

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b) Kuldeep Yadav
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Q.: Where is the International Convention and Expo Centre, Yashobhoomi


located?
a) Mumbai
b) Chennai
c) New Delhi
d) Bangalore

c) New Delhi
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Q.: When will the regular business of the special session of parliament in the
new building commence?
a) 18 September 2023
b) 19 September 2023
c) 20 September 2023
d) 21 September 2023

Ans : 19 September 2023


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Q.: What is the primary objective of the PM Vishwakarma Scheme?


a) Promoting modern industries
b) Preserving traditional crafts and supporting artisans
c) Enhancing agricultural productivity
d) Boosting the tourism sector

Ans : b) Preserving traditional crafts and supporting artisans


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Q.: What is the primary role of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) in the
Indian Ministry of Defence?
a) Making decisions on foreign policy
b) Approving annual defense budgets
c) Deciding on new policies and capital acquisitions for the armed forces
d) Conducting military exercises

Ans : c) Deciding on new policies and capital acquisitions for the armed forces
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Q.: What is the significance of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Awards?
a) Recognizing young talent in the performing arts
b) Celebrating international artists
c) Honoring artists above the age of 75
d) Showcasing the diverse culture of India

d) Showcasing the diverse culture of India


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Q.: What are the statutory functions of the Enforcement Directorate (ED)
primarily responsible for?
a) Tax collection
b) Investigating corruption cases
c) Investigating money laundering and foreign exchange violations
d) Conducting cybercrime investigations

c) Investigating money laundering and foreign exchange violations


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Q.: Hindi is one of how many scheduled languages in India?


A. 11
B. 18
C. 22
D. 30

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Ans : C. 22
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Q.: Why is the presence of methane and carbon dioxide significant on K2-18 b?
A. It suggests the planet has a toxic atmosphere.
B. It indicates the planet is too hot for life.
C. It supports the hypothesis of a hydrogen-rich atmosphere and water ocean.
D. It suggests the planet is entirely covered in ice.

Answer:C. It supports the hypothesis of a hydrogen-rich atmosphere and water


ocean.
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Q.: What is the main purpose of the Supreme Court of India joining the National
Judicial Data Grid (NJDG)?
A. To improve its internal data management
B. To enhance transparency and accountability in the judiciary
C. To automate court proceedings
D. To streamline administrative tasks

Ans : B. To enhance transparency and accountability in the judiciary


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Q.: What is the significance of India issuing Internationally Accepted OIML


Certificates?
A. It allows international manufacturers to sell their products in India.
B. It enables Indian manufacturers to market their measuring instruments
globally.
C. It reduces the need for measuring instruments in India.
D. It standardizes domestic measurement units.

Ans : B. It enables Indian manufacturers to market their measuring instruments


globally.
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Q.: What is the primary goal of the e-Courts Mission Mode Project?

a) Reducing court cases


b) Improving access to justice using technology
c) Increasing the number of physical courts
d) Enhancing security in court complexes

Ans :b) Improving access to justice using technology


Detail News

Q.: Recently, the Indian Air Force received a C-295 aircraft from Airbus. What
type of aircraft is it?
a) Fighter jet
b) Transport
c) Space traveler
d) Trainer

Ans : b) Transport
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Q.: What is the purpose of the PM Ujjwala Yojana?


a) Supporting LPG suppliers
b) Providing free LPG connections to women
c) Reducing LPG prices
d) Enhancing LPG cylinder safety

Ans : b) Providing free LPG connections to women


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Q.: Which age groups participate in the Subroto Cup International Football
Tournament?
A. U-14 years and U-17 years
B. U-16 years and U-19 years

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C. U-18 years and U-21 years


D. U-20 years and U-23 years

Ans : A. U-14 years and U-17 years


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Q.: Which government scheme introduced the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme in
November 2015?
a) Gold Reserve Scheme
b) Gold Monetisation Scheme
c) Gold Investment Initiative
d) Gold Security Program

Ans : b) Gold Monetisation Scheme


Detail News

Q.: Which of the following animal species is a natural reservoir for Nipah virus
(NiV)?
A. Pigs
B. Bats
C. Dogs
D. Cows

Answer: B. Bats
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Q.: What are the three categories of Padma Awards?


a) Gold, Silver, and Bronze
b) Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri
c) National, State, and Local
d) Civilian, Military, and Police

b) Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri


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Q.: Which teams are participating in the ongoing Asia Cup tournament?
a) India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and UAE
b) India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Oman
c) India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Nepal
d) India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Maldives

Answer: b) India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Oman


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Q.: Who won the Women’s Singles title at the US Open tennis tournament?
a) Aryna Sabalenka
b) Coco Gauff
c) Serena Williams
d) Naomi Osaka

Ans : b) Coco Gauff


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Q.: What was the main focus of the discussion between Prime Minister Modi
and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia?
a) Cultural exchanges
b) Economic corridor with Europe
c) Sports partnerships
d) Environmental cooperation

Ans : b) Economic corridor with Europe


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Q.: Which country was the first in the world to incorporate Farmers’ Rights
within the context of Plant Variety Registration?
a) United States
b) China
c) India
d) Brazil

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Ans : c) India
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Q.: Who became the fastest to reach 13,000 ODI runs ?


a) Rohit Sharma
b) KL Rahul
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Virat Kohli

Ans : d) Virat Kohli


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Q.: How does India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) plan to


achieve its connectivity goals?
A) By launching a space exploration program
B) By building an extensive highway network
C) By establishing a railway network linked through ports
D) By developing underwater tunnels

Answer: C) By establishing a railway network linked through ports


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Q.: Who won the 2023 US Open 2023 men’s single title?
a) Novak Djokovic
b) Daniil Medvedev
c) Rafael Nadal
d) Roger Federer

Answer: a) Novak Djokovic


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Q.: Who assumed the G20 Presidency from India at the 18th G20 Summit held in
New Delhi?”
a) Narendra Modi
b) Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva
c) Xi Jinping
d) Vladimir Putin

Ans : b) Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva


Detail News

Q.: India’s first solar mission, Aditya L1 was launched on 2nd September from ?
a) Bengaluru
b) Port Blair
c) Sriharikota
d) Mauritius

Ans : c) Sriharikota
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Q.: What is the primary reason for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gradually
reducing the incremental cash reserve ratio (ICRR) requirement for banks?
A) To encourage banks to deposit more funds with RBI.
B) To address a shortage of liquidity in the banking system.
C) To prevent excess liquidity from contributing to inflation.
D) To generate more revenue for the central bank.

Answer: C) To prevent excess liquidity from contributing to inflation.


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Q.: What record did “Jawan,” the Hindi action film starring Shah Rukh Khan,
achieve upon its release?
A) It became the highest-grossing Hindi film of all time.
B) It was the first Hindi film to cross Rs 100 crore in one day.
C) It broke the record for the highest worldwide collection on its opening day.
D) It featured a never-before-seen cast ensemble in Bollywood.

Answer: C) It broke the record for the highest worldwide collection on its opening
day.
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Q.: Who won the men’s doubles final at the 2023 US Open, defeating Rohan
Bopanna and Matthew Ebden?
A) Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden
B) Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Joe Salisbury
C) Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury
D) Todd Woodbridge and Rajeev Ram

Answer: C) Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury


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Question: What medal did the Indian men’s table tennis team win at the Asian
Table Tennis Championships 2023?
A) Gold
B) Silver
C) Bronze
D) None

Answer: C) Bronze
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Question: Which nation launched the lunar lander “SLIM” on September 7,


2023, with the aim of achieving a soft landing on the moon’s surface?
A) China
B) India
C) Japan
D) Russia

Answer: C) Japan
Detail News

Question: Which organization introduced new payment options on the Unified


Payment Interface (UPI)?
A) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
B) National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
C) Indian Ministry of Finance
D) State Bank of India (SBI)

Answer: B) National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)


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Question: What was the theme of the ASEAN Summit that Prime Minister
Narendra Modi attended in 2023?
A) “Asia’s Century: Building a Rule-Based World Order”
B) “ASEAN-India Partnership: A Decade of Progress”
C) “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth”
D) “Global South Unite: Addressing Shared Challenges”

Answer: C) “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth”


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Q.: Who is co-hosting the Bharat Drone Shakti – 2023 event with Drone
Federation of India?
a) Indian Army
b) Indian Air Force (IAF)

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c) Indian Navy
d) Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

Ans : b) Indian Air Force (IAF)


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Q.: Which Indian states are involved in the Cauvery water dispute?
a) Tamil Nadu and Kerala
b) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
c) Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, and Puducherry
d) Maharashtra and Gujarat

Ans : c) Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, and Puducherry


Detail News

Q.: When does the 48th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) start and end
in 2023?
a) September 1 to September 10
b) September 7 to September 17
c) August 30 to September 5
d) September 15 to September 25

Ans : b) September 7 to September 17


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Q.: The world’s tallest Nataraja statue has been installed at which place?
a) Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
b) Swamimalai, Tamil Nadu
c) Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu
d) Mumbai, Maharashtra

Answer: a) Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi


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Q.: Who will lead the Indian cricket team in the 2023 ODI World Cup?
a) Virat Kohli
b) Hardik Pandya
c) KL Rahul
d) Rohit Sharma

Ans : d) Rohit Sharma


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Q.: What is the name of the country’s first solar city inaugurated in Madhya
Pradesh?
a) Indore solar gram
b) Bhopal, Sun city
c) Gwalior, Sun roof
d) Sanchi Solar City

Ans : d) Sanchi Solar City


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Q.: Teachers’ Day is celebrated on September 5th every year to commemorate


the birth anniversary of whom?”
a) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
d) Swami Vivekananda

Ans : c) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan


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Q: Which of the following countries is not a member of ASEAN?


A) Vietnam
B) Cambodia
C) Taiwan
D) Laos

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Answer: C) Taiwan
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Q. : What is the G-20 Summit?


a) A meeting of 20 countries to discuss global trade
b) An annual gathering of leaders from 19 countries and the European Union
c) A financial conference for world leaders
d) A summit to address climate change issues

Ans : b) An annual gathering of leaders from 19 countries and the European Union
Detail News

Q.: What is the name of India’s first solar observatory mission launched on
September 2, 2023?
a) Aditya-L1
b) Chandrayaan-2
c) Mangalyaan
d) Astrosat

Ans : a) Aditya-L1
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Question: Which team won the inaugural Men’s Hockey 5s Asia Cup 2023 and
secured qualification for the FIH Men’s Hockey5s World Cup Oman 2024?
A) Pakistan
B) India
C) Japan
D) Oman

Answer: B) India
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Q.: Which team won 2023 Durand Cup final?”


a) East Bengal FC
b) Mohun Bagan Super Giant
c) Chennaiyin FC
d) Kerala Blasters FC

Ans : b) Mohun Bagan Super Giant


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Q.: Why did the Chandrayaan 3 Rover Pragyan pause operations on the Moon’s
surface?
a) Loss of connectivity from ground station
b) Scheduled maintenance and software update
c) The presence of adverse lunar weather conditions
d) Awaiting the next lunar sunrise for power supply

Answer: d) Awaiting the next lunar sunrise for power supply


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Q.: Who is heading the committee established by the central government to


explore the possibilities of conducting simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly
elections in India?
a) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
b) Ram Nath Kovind
c) Amit Shah
d) Rahul Gandhi

b) Ram Nath Kovind


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Q.: Who has been appointed as the first woman CEO and Chairperson of the
Railway Board?
a) Rekha Sinha
b) Sunita Sharma
c) Ananya Patel
d) Jaya Verma Sinha

Ans : d) Jaya Verma Sinha


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Q.: Dr. R Ravi Kannan has been honored with the Ramon Magsaysay Award
2023. In which field does he specialize ?
a) Cardiology
b) Surgical Oncology
c) Pediatrics
d) Orthopedics

Ans : b) Surgical Oncology


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Q.: Who has been elected as the next president of Singapore in September
2023?
a) Lee Hsien Loong
b) Tharman Shanmugaratnam
c) Goh Chok Tong
d) Kishore Mahbubani

b) Tharman Shanmugaratnam
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Q.: Who is the current Parliamentary Affairs Minister?


A) Pralhad Joshi
B) Narendra Modi
C) Amit Shah
D) Rajnath Singh

Ans : A) Pralhad Joshi


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Q.: Which two football teams competed against each other in the Durand Cup
final held on September 3, 2023?
A) Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting
B) East Bengal and Churchill Brothers
C) Mohun Bagan and East Bengal
D) Bengaluru FC and ATK Mohun Bagan

Ans : C) Mohun Bagan and East Bengal


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Q.: What is the name of the government-initiated invoice incentive scheme to


bring a cultural and behavioural change in the general public to ask for a Bill as
their right and entitlement?
A) Bill Rewards Initiative
B) Mera Bill Mera Adhikaar
C) Fiscal Behavior Incentive
D) Invoice Culture Drive

Ans : B) Mera Bill Mera Adhikaar


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Current Affairs MCQ Questions: 1 to 31 August 2023


Q.: What is the main objective of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana?

a) Providing free education to poor households


b) Offering interest-free loans to women entrepreneurs
c) Provide deposit free LPG connections to women from poor households
d) Distributing free smartphones to rural communities

Ans : c) Provide deposit free LPG connections to women from poor households
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Q.: What is the main purpose of the Global India AI 2023 Conference?

a) Showcasing art and culture


b) Hosting sports events
c) Providing a platform for AI discussions
d) Focusing on space exploration

Ans : c) Providing a platform for AI discussions


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Q.: What is the key feature of the world’s first ethanol-fueled car launched by Nitin Gadkari?

a) It’s the fastest car ever built


b) It can run on multiple types of fuels simultaneously
c) It functions entirely on ethanol-based fuel
d) It’s a self-driving car

Ans : c) It functions entirely on ethanol-based fuel


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Q.: Which nations have been newly incorporated into the BRICS alliance?
a) Canada, Australia, Japan, Mexico, France
b) Argentina, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia
c) United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland
d) South Korea, Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam

Answer: b) Argentina, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia


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Q.: What makes the recent wildfire in northeastern Greece notable?


a) It has been burning for three days
b) It is the largest wildfire in EU history
c) It has been contained within a city
d) It has affected primarily urban areas

Answer: b) It is the largest wildfire in EU history


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Q.: What is the purpose of the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) instrument
onboard Chandrayaan-3 Rover?
a) To study the Moon’s gravitational field
b) To capture high-resolution images of lunar craters
c) To analyze the composition of lunar soil using intense laser pulses
d) To search for signs of past water presence on the Moon

Answer: c) To analyze the composition of lunar soil using intense laser pulses
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Q.: Which contestant won the Miss Diva Universe 2023 title?
a) Divita Rai
b) Trisha Shetty
c) Shweta Sharda
d) Sonal Kukreja

Answer: c) Shweta Sharda


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Q.: What is the name of India’s first space-based solar observatory ?


a) SunView-1
b) Solaris Mission
c) Aditya-L1
d) HelioScan-Alpha

Answer: c) Aditya-L1
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Q.: What is the primary objective of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)?
a) Providing free education to rural children
b) Enhancing agricultural productivity
c) Promoting digital entertainment services
d) Ensuring financial inclusion for all households

Answer: d) Ensuring financial inclusion for all households


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Q.: Which women’s visually impaired cricket team won the T-20 final of the IBSA World
Games in Birmingham?
a) Australia
b) Pakistan
c) India
d) England

Answer: c) India
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Q.: Which nation is the host of the multilateral exercise Bright Star-23 from 27 August to 16
September 2023 ?
a) Saudi Arabia
b) Greece
c) Qatar
d) Egypt
e) India

Answer: d) Egypt
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Q.: Who recently became India’s first-ever gold medallist at the World Athletics
Championships?
a) Abhinav Bindra
b) P. T. Usha
c) Neeraj Chopra
d) Sushil Kumar

Answer: c) Neeraj Chopra


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Q.: What is the B20 (Business 20)?


a) A global business competition
b) An international business conference
c) The official G20 dialogue forum with the business community
d) A financial organization of 20 countries

Answer: c) The official G20 dialogue forum with the business community
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Q.: Who was declared the winner in Zimbabwe’s presidential elections?


a) Robert Mugabe
b) Nelson Chamisa
c) Emmerson Mnangagwa
d) Nelson Mandela

Answer: c) Emmerson Mnangagwa


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Q.: What city retained its top position and won the National Smart City Award in the fourth
edition of the India Smart Cities Award Contest (ISAC)?
A) Chennai
B) Surat
C) Agra
D) Indore

Answer: D) Indore
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Q.: Who became the first Foreign Head of the Government to receive ‘The Grand Cross of the
Order of Honour’ from the Greek government?
A) Angela Merkel
B) Emmanuel Macron
C) Narendra Modi
D) Boris Johnson

Answer: C) Narendra Modi


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Q.: What name did Prime Minister Narendra Modi give to the spot on the Moon where
Chandrayaan-3’s lander Vikram touched down?
A) Moon Touch Point
B) Lunar Landing Site
C) Shiv Shakti Point
D) ISRO Landing Zone

Answer: C) Shiv Shakti Point


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Q.: Why is August 23 celebrated as National Space Day in India?


A) It marks the founding day of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
B) It commemorates the successful landing of the Chandrayaan-3 lander on the lunar South
Pole.
C) It signifies India’s first human spaceflight mission.
D) It celebrates the launch of India’s first communication satellite.

Answer: B) It commemorates the successful landing of the Chandrayaan-3 lander on the lunar
South Pole.
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Q.: Who emerged as the winner of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2023?
a) R. Praggnanandhaa
b) Viswanathan Anand
c) Magnus Carlsen
d) Ding Liren

Ans : c) Magnus Carlsen


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Q.: What is the significance of the Indian tricolour and ISRO logo being imprinted on the
Moon’s surface?
a) It marks the site for a future lunar colony
b) It symbolizes India’s claim on lunar resources
c) It showcases India’s pioneering presence near the lunar south pole
d) It represents a partnership with other space agencies

Ans : c) It showcases India’s pioneering presence near the lunar south pole
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Q.: What film was awarded the “Best Feature Film” at the 69th National Film Awards?
a) Gangubai Kathiawadi
b) Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
c) Pushpa: The Rise
d) RRR

Ans : b) Rocketry: The Nambi Effect


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Q.: In which South African city is the BRICS Summit 2023 being held?
a) Johannesburg
b) Cape Town
c) Durban
d) Pretoria

Ans : a) Johannesburg
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Q.: Who recently became Thailand’s new Prime Minister?


a) Thaksin Shinawatra
b) Prayut Chan-o-cha
c) Srettha Thavisin
d) Joko Widodo

Ans : c) Srettha Thavisin


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Q.: Who are the finalists in the Chess World Cup 2023?
a) R Praggnanandhaa and Viswanathan Anand
b) Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana
c) R Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen
d) Fabiano Caruana and Viswanathan Anand

Ans : c) R Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen


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Q.: Which country recently achieved the historic feat by becoming the first country to
successfully land on the South Pole of the lunar surface?
a) China
b) Russia
c) United States
d) India

Ans : India
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Q.: Who has been declared as the National Icon of the Election Commission of India (ECI)?
a) MS Dhoni
b) Aamir Khan
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Pankaj Tripathi

Ans : c) Sachin Tendulkar


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Q.: What record did R Praggnanandhaa set during the FIDE World Cup 2023 chess
tournament?
a) Youngest player to reach the final.
b) Most wins in a single tournament.
c) Highest rating increase.
d) Most games played in the tournament.

Ans : a) Youngest player to reach the final.


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Q.: What is the theme of the 15th BRICS summit held in Pretoria, South Africa?
a) “Emerging Economies Unite”
b) “Global Challenges and Collaborative Solutions”
c) “BRICS: Towards Sustainable Development”
d) ‘BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development,
and Inclusive Multilateralism’

Ans : ‘BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable
Development, and Inclusive Multilateralism’
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Q.: What does BNCAP stand for?


a) Bureau of New Car Assessment Programme
b) Bharat National Car Approval Protocol
c) Best New Car Assessment Program
d) Bharat New Car Assessment Programme

Ans :d) Bharat New Car Assessment Programme


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Question: Which organization is responsible for the Chandrayaan missions ?


A) NASA
B) ESA (European Space Agency)
C) ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)
D) JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

Answer: C) ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)


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Question: Who will be captain of Indian Men’s Cricket team in the upcoming Asia Cup 2023?
A) Shubman Gill
B) Virat Kohli
C) Rohit Sharma
D) KL Rahul

Answer: C) Rohit Sharma


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Question: Which naval exercise recently concluded its 27th edition in Sydney, Australia,
involving multiple countries’ navies?
A) Operation Trident
B) Exercise Blue Waters
C) Exercise Malabar 2023
D) Operation Pacific Unity

Answer: C) Exercise Malabar 2023


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Question: In the 16th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) held in
Poland, India secured which rank and how many medals?
A) First rank with four Gold and one Silver Medal
B) Second rank with five Gold and one Silver Medal
C) Second rank with four Gold and one Silver Medal
D) Third rank with three Gold and two Silver Medals

Answer: C) Second rank with four Gold and one Silver Medal
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Q.: What is the name of the Russian space agency?


A) RSA (Russian Space Administration)
B) RKA (Russian Cosmonautics Agency)
C) Roscosmos (Russian Federal Space Agency)
D) RFSA (Russian Federal Space Administration)

Ans : C) Roscosmos (Russian Federal Space Agency)


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Q.: Which nation emerged as the champion of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023?
A) Germany
B) Spain
C) USA
D) France

Ans : B) Spain
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Q.: Who recently achieved the distinction of being the first Indian, following Viswanathan
Anand, to advance to the semifinals of the FIDE Chess World Cup?
A) Viswanathan Anand
B) Arjun Erigaisi
C) Magnus Carlsen
D) R Praggnanandhaa

Ans : D) R Praggnanandhaa
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Q.: In which weight category did Priya Malik win the gold medal at U20 World Wrestling
Championships in August 2023?
a) 68 kg
b) 76 kg
c) 80 kg
d) 85 kg

Answer: b) 76 kg
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Q.: Who clinched the 10m air pistol mixed team gold at the ISSF World Championship 2023?
a) Ilayda Tarhan and Yusuf Dikec
b) Esha Singh and Shiva Narwal
c) China’s shooting duo
d) Turkish shooting team

Answer: b) Esha Singh and Shiva Narwal


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Q.; Where was India’s first 3D concrete Printed Post Office building inaugurated?
a) New Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Bengaluru
d) Chennai

Answer: c) Bengaluru
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Q.: The BRICS Summit is a conference attended by the leaders of which five member states?
a) United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany
b) Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
c) Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, China, South Africa
d) Belgium, Russia, India, China, South Korea

Answer: b) Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa


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Q.: What is the altitude of Migla, a strategically important point on the Likaru-Migla-Fukche
road in Eastern Ladakh.
a) 19,024 feet
b) 19,400 feet
c) 18,000 feet
d) 20,000 feet

Ans :b) 19,400 feet


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Q.: What is the significance of the India’s new warship name “INS Vindhyagiri”, ?
a) It is named after a famous Indian naval officer.
b) It is named after a mountain range in Karnataka.
c) It represents a historical naval battle.
d) It symbolizes India’s maritime heritage.

b) It is named after a mountain range in Karnataka.


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Q.: What is the name of the Lander Module in the Chandrayaan-3 mission that is expected to
land on the Moon’s surface?
a) Luna
b) Explorer
c) Vikram
d) Apollo

Answer: c) Vikram
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Q.: Which portal has played a crucial role in detecting and deactivating fraudulent
connections and blacklisting SIM card dealers?
a) CyberGuard Portal
b) SecureSIM Portal
c) Sanchar Sathi Portal
d) FraudBlock Portal

Answer: c) Sanchar Sathi Portal


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Q.: Who recently made history by winning a gold medal at the Under 20 World Championship
in men’s 61 Kg Freestyle wrestling category?
a) Ramesh Kumar
b) Sagar Jaglan
c) Mohit Kumar
d) Deepak Punia

Answer: c) Mohit Kumar


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Q.: How many electric buses will be deployed under PM-eBus Sewa scheme?
A) 5,000
B) 10,000
C) 15,000
D) 20,000

Answer: B) 10,000
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Q.: What is the main objective of the PM Vishwakarma scheme?


a) Providing financial aid to farmers
b) Supporting traditional artisans and craftspeople
c) Promoting digital literacy in rural areas
d) Enhancing urban infrastructure

Ans : b) Supporting traditional artisans and craftspeople


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Q.: Who is the Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) who visited India to
attend WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine?
a) Dr. Margaret Chan
b) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
c) Dr. Adhanom Ghebreyesus Tedros
d) Dr. Narendra Ghebreyesus

Ans : b) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus


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Q.: Who holds the top spot in the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings for batters, as per rankings
updated on 16 August 2023?
a) Shubman Gill
b) Babar Azam
c) Suryakumar Yadav
d) Mohammad Rizwan

Ans : c) Suryakumar Yadav


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Q.: Where is the G20 Film Festival being held?


a) Mumbai, India
b) Tokyo, Japan
c) New Delhi, India
d) Beijing, China

Ans : c) New Delhi, India


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Q.: How many Kirti Chakra awards were approved by President Smt Droupadi Murmu on
Independence Day 2023?
a) 2
b) 4
c) 6
d) 8

Ans : b) 4 – All are awarded (posthumous) to CRPF personnel


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Q.: What is the name of the first Indian space-based observatory designed to study the Sun?
a) Aditya-L1
b) Solaris-I
c) HelioSat-1
d) SunProbe-1

Ans : a) Aditya-L1
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Q.: On August 15, 2023, India celebrated its _______ Independence Day.
A) 75th
B) 76th
C) 77th
D) 78th

Ans :C) 77th


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Q.: Who established Sulabh International, a renowned social service organization?


a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Bindeshwar Pathak
c) Mother Teresa
d) Azza Hazare

Ans : b) Bindeshwar Pathak


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Q.: The Parsi New Year is celebrated according to which calendar?


a) Gregorian calendar
b) Lunar calendar
c) Shahenshahi calendar
d) Hijri calendar

Ans : c) Shahenshahi calendar


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Q.: Who is the new caretaker prime minister of Pakistan overseeing the national elections in
October 2023?
a) Shehbaz Sharif
b) Raja Riaz Ahmad
c) Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar
d) Imran Khan

Ans : c) Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar


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Q.: India wins Asian Champions Trophy 2023 in Hockey. Who was India’s opponent in the
final?
a) Pakistan
b) Japan
c) Malaysia
d) South Korea

Ans : c) Malaysia
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Q.: When is Partition Horrors Remembrance Day observed in India?


a) August 15
b) August 14
c) September 1
d) July 4

Ans : b) August 14
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Q.: Which bill proposes to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860?
A) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
B) Bharatiya Nyay Prakriya Sanhita, 2023
C) Bharatiya Sakshya Sanhita, 2023
D) None of the above

Ans : A) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023


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Q.: What does the Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 define?
a) Definitions of agricultural products
b) Definitions of export and import duties
c) Expressions of online gaming, online money gaming, and virtual digital assets
d) Regulations for e-commerce platforms

Ans : c) Expressions of online gaming, online money gaming, and virtual digital assets
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Q.: What is true about India’s role in the Human Hair industry?
a) India is the largest importer of Human Hair.
b) India is the primary consumer of Human Hair products.
c) India is the largest source of raw material for Human Hair in the world.
d) India is the leading manufacturer of Human Hair products.

Ans : c) India is the largest source of raw material for Human Hair in the world.
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Q.: What is the term used for terminating a sitting of Parliament for an indefinite period,
without naming a day for reassembly?
A) Adjournment motion
B) Adjournment sine die
C) Prorogation
D) Dissolution

Answer: B) Adjournment sine die


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Q.: Which two navies participate in the MALABAR exercises?


a) Indian Navy and Russian Navy
b) Indian Navy and Chinese Navy
c) Indian Navy and US Navy
d) Indian Navy and French Navy

Ans : c) Indian Navy and US Navy


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Q.: How did the NDA defeat the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha?
A) By a voice vote
B) By a division vote
C) By a walkout
D) By a secret ballot

Ans : A) By a voice vote


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Q.: What is the repo rate, as defined in the context of the RBI’s monetary policy?
a) The rate at which banks lend money to RBI
b) The rate at which RBI lends money to banks
c) The rate at which RBI lends money to the government
d) The rate at which banks lend money to each other

Ans : b) The rate at which RBI lends money to banks


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Q.: Who will lead the Indian contingent in the upcoming World Athletics Championships
2023?
a) Shaili Singh
b) Neeraj Chopra
c) P T Usha
d) Hima Das

Ans : b) Neeraj Chopra


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Q.: What is the main focus of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023?
a) Regulating social media platforms
b) Ensuring free access to digital services
c) Protecting individuals’ personal data and enabling lawful data processing
d) Promoting digital entrepreneurship

Ans : c) Protecting individuals’ personal data and enabling lawful data processing
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Q.: What is the primary purpose of the MATSYA6000 submersible developed by the country?
a) Underwater photography
b) Deep sea tourism
c) Deep sea mining and exploration
d) Marine life observation

Ans : c) Deep sea mining and exploration


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Q.: What is the name of the bilateral exercise conducted with the UAE Navy?
a) ‘Maritime Synergy’
b) ‘Naval Friendship’
c) ‘Zayed Talwar’
d) ‘Oceanic Unity’

Ans : c) ‘Zayed Talwar’


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Q.: Which national park is known as the natural habitat of Asiatic lions?
a) Jim Corbett National Park
b) Kaziranga National Park
c) Gir National Park
d) Bandipur National Park

Ans : c) Gir National Park


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Q.: In which city did the 31st World University Games take place?
a) New Delhi, India
b) Beijing, China
c) Chengdu, China
d) Tokyo, Japan

Ans : c) Chengdu, China


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Q.: What is the name of the Russian lunar lander set to launch on this mission?
a) Chandrayaan-3
b) Luna 25
c) Artemis
d) Lunar Rover-1

Ans : b) Luna 25
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Q.: What is the primary focus of the Inter-Services Organisation (Command, Control and
Discipline) Bill – 2023?
a) Enhancing inter-service competition
b) Strengthening discipline in the armed forces
c) Expanding military personnel recruitment
d) Promoting international cooperation

Ans : b) Strengthening discipline in the armed forces


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Q.: Why was Rahul Gandhi disqualified from the Lok Sabha earlier this year?
a) He was involved in a corruption scandal.
b) He was found guilty of criminal defamation.
c) He voluntarily resigned from his position.
d) He violated parliamentary ethics and rules.

Ans : b) He was found guilty of criminal defamation.


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Who has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Tesla?
a) Zachary Kirkhorn
b) Elon Musk
c) Vaibhav Taneja
d) Rajeev Jain

Ans : c) Vaibhav Taneja


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Q.: What is the main purpose of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi
(Amendment) Bill 2023?
a) To establish a new political party in Delhi
b) To amend the Indian Constitution
c) To empower the Central Government to make rules for Delhi’s administration
d) To grant more powers to the local government in Delhi

Ans : c) To empower the Central Government to make rules for Delhi’s administration
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Question: Why was the date 7th August specifically chosen to celebrate National Handloom
Day?
A) It marks the birth anniversary of a renowned handloom weaver.
B) It commemorates the launch of the Swadeshi Movement.
C) It is the Independence Day of India.
D) It is the day when the National Institute of Fashion Technology was established.

Answer: B) It commemorates the launch of the Swadeshi Movement.


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Question: When is the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft expected to make a soft landing near the
Moon’s south pole?
A) July 14
B) August 23
C) September 11
D) October 5

Answer: B) August 23
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Question: Who became the first-ever Indian to clinch the individual World Title at the World
Archery Championships final in Berlin?
A) Ojas Deotale
B) Jyothi Surekha Vennam
C) Parneet Kaur
D) Aditi Swami

Answer: D) Aditi Swami


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Question: Which of the following statements is true about Bharat Net?


A) Bharat Net is one of the world’s largest urban broadband connectivity programs.
B) Bharat Net is one of the world’s largest rural broadband connectivity programs.
C) Bharat Net is one of the world’s largest satellite communication initiatives.
D) Bharat Net is one of the world’s largest social welfare schemes.

Answer: B) Bharat Net is one of the world’s largest rural broadband connectivity programs.
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Q.: Which officer has been granted a one-year extension as Union Home Secretary by the
Centre?
A) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
B) Rajesh Sharma
C) Sunil Verma
D) Ramesh Gupta

Answer: A) Ajay Kumar Bhalla


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Q.: What historic achievement did the Indian women’s archery team accomplish in the World
Archery Championships held in Berlin?
A) They won their first-ever gold medal in the compound women’s team final.
B) They secured a victory against Mexico in the under-21 category.
C) They emerged as the top-ranked team in the World Archery Championships.
D) They won the World crown at the elite level for the third time in a row.

Answer: A) They won their first-ever gold medal in the compound women’s team final.
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Question: What is the main objective of the Festival of Libraries 2023 held at Pragati Maidan
in New Delhi from 5 to 6 July 2023?
A) To showcase iconic libraries from across the world
B) To promote cultural events at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
C) To celebrate India’s independence anniversary
D) To initiate a conversation on modernization and digitization of libraries in India

Answer: D) To initiate a conversation on modernization and digitization of libraries in India


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Q: Which club football tournament is the oldest in Asia and the third oldest in the world?

A) Durand Cup
B) FA Cup
C) Copa Libertadores
D) AFC Champions League

A) Durand Cup
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Q.: What is the Radio Frequency (RF) Seeker used for in missiles?

a) Initial phase tracking


b) Mid-course phase tracking
c) Terminal phase target tracking
d) Intercepting enemy missiles

c) Terminal phase target tracking


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Q.: Who inaugurated the national festival of India’s folk and tribal expressions “Utkarsh” and
the international literature festival “Unmesh” in Bhopal?

a) Governor Mangubhai Patel


b) Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
c) President Draupadi Murmu
d) Culture Department of Madhya Pradesh

c) President Draupadi Murmu


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Q.: Who is the current cabinet secretary of India ?

a) Ajit Doval
b) Rajiv Gauba
c) Sanjay Kumar Mishra
d) Tapan Deka

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b) Rajiv Gauba
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Question: In which area has Indian-American Shohini Sinha been appointed as the Special
Agent in Charge of the FBI?
A) Washington DC
B) New York City
C) Salt Lake City, Utah
D) Los Angeles, California

Answer: C) Salt Lake City, Utah


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Question: From which date will the 28% GST on casinos and online gaming be implemented?
A) 1st of November 2023
B) 1st of September 2023
C) 1st of October 2023
D) 1st of December 2023

Answer: C) 1st of October 2023


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Question: How many Income Tax Returns (ITRs) were filed for the financial year 2023-24?
A) 5.83 crore
B) 6.64 crore
C) 6.77 crore
D) 7.46 crore

Answer: C) 6.77 crore


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Question: What is the main objective of the Mines and Minerals (Development and
Regulation) Amendment Bill?
A) To increase government control over the mining sector
B) To allow government entities exclusive rights for mining deep-seated minerals
C) To encourage private sector participation in the exploration of critical and deep-seated
minerals
D) To remove atomic minerals from the list and limit exploration of minerals

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Answer: C) To encourage private sector participation in the exploration of critical and deep-
seated minerals.
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Q.: What is the full form of PM-KUSUM, an initiative by the Government of India aimed at
providing clean energy solutions to farmers?
A) Pradhan Mantri Kheti Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan
B) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Upkaran Mahabhiyan
C) Pradhan Mantri Kheti Urja Subsidy evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan
D) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan

Answer: D) PM-KUSUM: Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan
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Q.: On which important Buddhist religious day was Aung San Suu Kyi pardoned, leading to a
reduction in her jail term?
A) Vesak
B) Poya
C) Dhamma Cakka Day
D) Asalha Puja

Answer: C) Dhamma Cakka Day


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Question: What risks does UNESCO’s report highlight as reasons for recommending Venice to
be added to the list of world heritage sites in danger?
A) Economic instability and unemployment.
B) Pollution and environmental degradation.
C) Overwhelming tourism and over development.
D) Political unrest and social conflicts.

Answer: C) Overwhelming tourism and over development.


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Q.: Who has been honored with the Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2023?
a) Amit Shah
b) Narendra Modi
c) Nitin Gadkari
d) Medha Patkar

b) Narendra Modi
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Question: Who co-authored the book ‘Memories Never Die,’ a tribute to the life and legacy of
the late former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam?

a) Dr. APJM Nasima Maraikayar and Amit Saha


b) Dr. APJM Nasima Maraikayar and scientist Dr. Y. S. Rajan
c) Arundhati Roy and Mulk Raj Anand
d) Vikram Seth and scientist Dr. Y. S. Rajan

b) Dr. APJM Nasima Maraikayar and scientist Dr. Y. S. Rajan


Detail News

Q.: How many gold medals did the Indian contingent win at the Sri Lanka Athletics National
Championships 2023?

A) Four
B) Six
C) Nine
D) Eleven

C) Nine
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Current Affairs MCQ Questions: 1 to 31 July 2023


Question: What is the estimated tiger population in India, as per the
report released by the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and
Climate Change on Global Tiger Day on 29 July 2023?

A) 2,500
B) 3,167
C) 3,682
D) 3,925

D) 3,925
Detail News

Q.: What is the purpose of the ‘Meri Mati Mera Desh’ campaign ahead
of Independence Day 2023?

A) To celebrate Independence Day


B) To honor the martyred men and women
C) To organize Amrit Mahotsav celebrations
D) To build the National War Memorial

B) To honor the martyred men and women


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Q.: Which team won the 100th Anniversary Spanish Hockey Federation
– International Tournament in July 2023 ?

A) England
B) Spain

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C) India
D) Germany

C) India
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Q.: What is the primary payload of ISRO’s PSLV-C56 rocket launched


from Sriharikota on 30 June 2023?

A) DS-SAR satellite
B) VELOX-AM microsatellite
C) ARCADE microsatellite
D) ST Engineering payload

A) DS-SAR satellite
Detail News

Q.: Nisha Biswal, an Indian-American policy expert, has been


confirmed to serve as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
which US finance agency?

A) World Bank
B) United States International Development Finance Corporation
C) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
D) Federal Reserve System

B) United States International Development Finance Corporation


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Q.: What is the objective of the Khelo India campaign ?


a) To enhance sports infrastructure only
b) To nurture and support talented athletes only
c) To provide a platform for identifying talented players and enhance sports
infrastructure
d) To provide platforms for different sports competitions

Ans : c) To provide a platform for identifying talented players and enhance


sports infrastructure
Detail News

Q.: Where is the UNESCO Headquarters located?


a) New York, USA
b) London, UK
c) Paris, France
d) Geneva, Switzerland

Ans : c) Paris, France


Detail News

Q.: The PM SHRI Scheme focuses on nurturing students to become


________.
a) Wealthy entrepreneurs
b) Engaged, productive, and contributing citizens
c) Government employees
d) Members of the armed forces

Ans : b) Engaged, productive, and contributing citizens


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Q.: What is eye flu or conjunctivitis?


a) Inflammation of the retina
b) Inflammation of the cornea
c) Inflammation of the conjunctiva
d) Inflammation of the iris

Ans : c) Inflammation of the conjunctiva


Detail News

Q.: At the ISSF Junior Shooting World Championships 2023, which


country finished in 2nd place on the medals tally?
A) South Korea
B) India
C) United States
D) China

Answer: B) India
Detail News

Q.: Which organization celebrated its 85th Raising Day on 27th July
2023 ?
A) Indian Army
B) CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force)
C) BSF (Border Security Force)
D) IAF (Indian Air Force)

Answer: B) CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force)


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Question: In which city is the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting


Championships 2023 being held?
A) Greater Noida
B) Mumbai
C) New Delhi
D) Kolkata

Answer: A) Greater Noida


Detail News

Q.: What is the purpose of the first Permanent Aadhaar Enrolment


Centre (PAEC) inaugurated by the Army Postal Service Corps in New
Delhi?

A) To provide postal services to civilians in New Delhi.


B) To facilitate Aadhaar-related services for tri-services personnel and their
dependents across India.
C) To offer training and technical support to Field Post Offices in New Delhi.
D) To establish peace locations in 48 identified areas across the country.

Answer: B) To facilitate Aadhaar-related services for tri-services personnel


and their dependents across India.
Detail News

Question: What material will be used to replace steel barriers on


highways according to the government’s plan?
A) Concrete
B) Wood
C) Bamboo
D) Plastic

Answer: C) Bamboo
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Question: Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced his


resignation and will hand over power to whom in early August?
A) His brother, Fue Nasa
B) His eldest son, Hun Manet
C) The Cambodian monarch, Den Bona
D) The leader of the opposition party, Homi Tana

Answer: B) His eldest son, Hun Manet


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Question: What is the name of the scheme that offers work visas to
young Indians between 18 and 30 years with graduate-level
qualifications for the UK?
A) UK-India Graduate Exchange Program
B) UK-India Young Professional Scheme
C) India-UK Study and Work Initiative
D) Youth Mobility Program: India Edition

Answer: B) UK-India Young Professional Scheme


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Q.: Which railway station received the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award of


Merit for Heritage Restoration and Modernization efforts?
a) Byculla railway station
b) Mumbai Central railway station
c) Howrah Junction railway station
d) Chennai Central railway station

Ans : a) Byculla railway station


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Q.: According to the latest report by the International Monetary Fund


(IMF), what is the projected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
rate for India in the current fiscal year (2023-2024) ?
a) 5.9 percent
b) 6.1 percent
c) 6.3 percent
d) 6.5 percent

Ans : b) 6.1 percent


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Q.: Which operation is celebrated as Kargil Vijay Diwas, observed on


July 26 every year?
a) Operation Cactus
b) Operation Meghdoot
c) Operation Vijay
d) Operation Pawan

Ans : c) Operation Vijay


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Q.: What is the approved interest rate on deposits under the


Employees Provident Fund scheme for the financial year 2022-23?
a) 8.10 percent
b) 8.15 percent
c) 8.20 percent
d) 8.05 percent

Ans : b) 8.15 percent


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Q.: What is the recent change made by Twitter in its branding?


a) Changed its name to X Corp.
b) Replaced its blue bird logo with an X.
c) Introduced a new social media platform.
d) Acquired a competitor company.

Ans : b) Replaced its blue bird logo with an X.


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Q.: Where will the event “Semicon India 2023” take place from 28th to
30th July 2023?
A) New Delhi
B) Bengaluru
C) Hyderabad
D) Gandhinagar

Answer: D) Gandhinagar
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Q.: Who received the National Geoscience Award 2022 for Lifetime
Achievement ?
A) Dr. Om Narain Bhargava
B) Dr. Amiya Kumar Samal
C) President Droupadi Murmu
D) Banaras Hindu University

Answer: A) Dr. Om Narain Bhargava


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Q.: Which centralized facility was inaugurated by Union Home Minister


Amit Shah on July 22, 2023, to address security challenges for 66 civil
airports under the CISF’s security cover?
a) Central Security Monitoring Centre (CSMC)
b) Air Traffic Control Centre (ATCC)
c) Aviation Security Control Centre (ASCC)
d) Security Operations Command Centre (SOCC)

Answer: c) Aviation Security Control Centre (ASCC)


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Q.: Who won the Korea Open 2023 Badminton men’s doubles title in
Yeosu?
A) Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto
B) Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang
C) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty
D) None of the above

Answer: C) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty


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Q.: Which complex will host the country’s G20 Leaders meetings and
has become India’s largest Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and
Exhibitions (MICE) destination?
A) Pragati Maidan Complex
B) Hannover Exhibition Centre
C) International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC)
D) National Exhibition and Convention Centre, Shanghai

Answer: A) Pragati Maidan Complex


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Q.: In the recent national elections in Spain, which party emerged as


the winner?
A) Socialist Party
B) Far-right Vox party
C) Popular Party (PP)
D) Conservative Party

Ans : C) Popular Party (PP)


Detail News

Q.: Why will Russian President Vladimir Putin not attend the BRICS
summit in South Africa in August?
A) He is facing charges of war crimes issued by the ICC.
B) He is occupied with foreign ministerial duties.
C) South Africa refused to grant him entry to the country.
D) He disagreed with the summit’s agenda.

Answer: A) He is facing charges of war crimes issued by the ICC.


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Q.: What is the Gyanvapi mosque case about in Varanasi ?


A) A dispute over the ownership of the Gyanvapi Mosque
B) A legal battle regarding the construction of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple
C) A controversy over the scientific survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque
D) A depute about Ganga corridor in Varanasi

Answer: A) A dispute over the ownership of the Gyanvapi Mosque


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Q.: The Bhoomi Samman 2023 awards were presented to individuals


and teams who excelled in which program?
a) Digital India Education Enhancement Program
b) Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme
c) Digital India Healthcare Access Initiative
d) Digital India Skill Development Scheme

Ans : b) Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme


Detail News

Q.: Who is the President of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC)?


a) Jay Shah
b) Sourav Ganguly
c) Ehsan Mani
d) David Richardson

Ans : a) Jay Shah


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Q.: Where is the biggest FIFA Women’s Football World Cup being
jointly hosted?
a) United States and Canada
b) Australia and New Zealand
c) France and Spain
d) Brazil and Argentina

Ans : b) Australia and New Zealand


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Q.: Which of the following sessions is not one of the three sessions of
the Indian Parliament?
a) Monsoon session
b) Winter session
c) Spring session
d) Budget session

Ans : c) Spring session


Detail News

Q.: What does GPU stand for ?


a) General Processing Unit,
b) Graphics Processing Unit
c) General Purpose Unit
d) Graphic Purpose Universe

Ans : b) Graphics Processing Unit


Detail News

Q.: Who is the Indian badminton player that set a new Guinness World
Record for the fastest shot in badminton?
a) Chirag Shetty
b) Lakshya Sen
c) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
d) Prakash Padukone

c) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
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Q. : Which name has been given to the alliance formed by the


opposition parties to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha election?
a) National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
b) Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA)
c) Congress National Alliance (CNA)
d) Democratic Opposition Front (DOF)

Ans : b) Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA)


Detail News

Q.: Which organization issued a warning about the impact of


heatwaves and extreme weather worldwide?
a) World Health Organization (WHO)
b) World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
c) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
d) International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Ans : b) World Meteorological Organization (WMO)


Detail News

Question: When is Nelson Mandela International Day observed?


A) January 18
B) April 18
C) July 18
D) October 18

Answer: C) July 18
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Question: Veer Savarkar International Airport is located at which


place?
A) Chennai
B) Kolkata
C) Port Blair
D) Mumbai

Answer: C) Port Blair


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Q.: Which state in India registered the highest decline in the number of
poor according to the National Multidimensional Poverty Index
released by NITI Aayog in July 2023?
A) Bihar
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Odisha

Answer: C) Uttar Pradesh


Detail news

Q.: Who did Carlos Alcaraz defeat to win the Men’s title at the
Wimbledon championship 2023?
a) Roger Federer
b) Rafael Nadal
c) Novak Djokovic
d) Andy Murray

Ans : c) Novak Djokovic


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Q.: Which two central banks signed the MoUs to promote the use of
local currencies for cross-border transactions between India and the
UAE?
a) Reserve Bank of India and Federal Reserve
b) Reserve Bank of India and UAE Central Bank
c) Federal Reserve and UAE Central Bank
d) Bank of India and UAE Central Bank

Ans : b) Reserve Bank of India and UAE Central Bank


Detail news

Q.: Parul Chaudhary, won a gold medal in which event at the Asian
Athletics Championships 2023?
a) Women’s 3000m steeplechase
b) Women’s 100m sprint
c) Women’s long jump
d) Women’s shot put

Ans : a) Women’s 3000m steeplechase


Detail news

Q. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi is planning to establish a


campus in which city of the Middle East?
A) Dubai
B) Abu Dhabi
C) Riyadh
D) Doha

Ans : B) Abu Dhabi


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Question: When is World Youth Skills Day celebrated annually?

A) July 1
B) July 15
C) August 15
D) September 1

B) July 15
Detail news

Q : During his visit to France in July 2023, Prime Minister Narendra


Modi announced an agreement to use which flagship instant payment
system in France?

A) NEFT (National Electronic Funds Transfer)


B) RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement)
C) UPI (Unified Payments Interface)
D) IMPS (Immediate Payment Service)

C) UPI (Unified Payments Interface)


Detail news

Q.: Which was the launch site for the LVM3-M4 rocket that carried
Chandrayaan-3 to the moon on July 14, 2023?

a) Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota,


b) Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station,
c) Abdul Kalam Island,
d) Indian Space Research Organisation, Bangalore

a) Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota,


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Q.: Which rank did the Indian Team secure in the 64th International
Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2023 out of 112 participating
countries?
a) 1st
b) 5th
c) 9th
d) 12th

c) 9th
Detail news

Q.: The Defence Acquisition Council has approved the procurement of


26 Rafale Marine aircraft for the Indian Navy from which country?

a) United States
b) Russia
c) France
d) China

c) France
Detail news

Q.: Which region is the largest trade partner of India?


a) East Asia
b) North America
c) West Asia
d) South America

c) West Asia
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Q.: Which ship, known as India’s first indigenously built Guided Missile
Destroyer, participated in the seventh edition of the Japan-India
Maritime Exercise (JIMEX 23)?
a) INS Delhi
b) INS Kamorta
c) INS Shakti
d) INS Vikrant

a) INS Delhi
Detail News

Q.: Which of the following statements is true?


a) Bangladesh is India’s largest trade partner in Asia.
b) India is Bangladesh’s largest trade partner in South Asia.
c) India and Bangladesh do not engage in bilateral trade.
d) India and Bangladesh trade only in US dollars.

b) India is Bangladesh’s largest trade partner in South Asia.


Detail News

Q.: What is the full form of NATO?

A) North American Treaty Organization


B) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
C) North African Treaty Organization
D) North Asian Treaty Organization

B) North Atlantic Treaty Organization


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Q.: When is the International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms
observed?
a) 12 June
b) 12 July
c) 12 August
d) 12 September

b) 12 July
Detail News

Q.: When is World Population Day observed?


a) July 11
b) July 10
c) June 11
d) June 10

: a) July 11
Detail News

Q.: What is ISRO’s plan for the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)?

A) Collaborate with international space agencies


B) Decommission the SSLV due to low demand
C) Transfer SSLV to the private sector
D) Develop a larger version of SSLV for heavy satellite launches

C) Transfer SSLV to the private sector


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Q.: Who has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious


Lokmanya Tilak Award for 2023?

A) Rajnath Singh
B) Dr. Dipak Tilak
C) Amit Saha
D) Narendra Modi

D) Narendra Modi
Detail News

Q.: Who became the first male archer to win a gold in the recurve
category at the Youth World Championships?
A) Parth Salunkhe
B) Song Injun
C) Pravin Jadhav
D) Atanu Das

A) Parth Salunkhe
Detail News

Q.: Bastille Day is celebrated every year in France on which date?

A. July 4th
B. July 14th
C. August 15th
D. September 1st

B. July 14th
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Q:. Who is the United Kingdom National Security Adviser?

a) Tim Barrow
b) Ajit Doval
c) Jake Sullivan
d) Maureen O’Brien

a) Tim Barrow
Detail News

Q.: What is the purpose of the NCC Integrated Software launched in


July 2023?
a) To provide debit card facilities to NCC cadets
b) To digitalize the entire process from enrollment to alumni registration
c) To establish an all-India database of Defense Ministry personnel
d) To promote physical fitness among NCC cadets

b) To digitalize the entire process from enrollment to alumni registration


Detail News

Q. : Who was the first Indian military officer to provide assistance to


the Bangladesh freedom fighters during the 1971 liberation war?

a) Rajendra Singh
b) Parimal Kumar Ghosh
c) Manoj Kumar Sinha
d) Rakesh Sharma

b) Parimal Kumar Ghosh


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Q.: Where will the first IIT campus outside of India be established?
a) Zanzibar, Tanzania
b) Nairobi, Kenya
c) Cape Town, South Africa
d) Dubai, UAE

a) Zanzibar, Tanzania
Detail News

Q.: Which categories of trucks are included in the draft notification?


a) N1 and N2
b) N2 and N3
c) N3 and N4
d) N4 and N5

b) N2 and N3
Detail News

Q.: The “Ring of Fire” is known for:


a) High precipitation levels
b) Frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity
c) Rich biodiversity
d) Historical cultural sites

b) Frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity


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Q.: Which state has achieved 100% Open Defecation Free (ODF) plus
status?
a) Assam
b) Sikkim
c) Manipur
d) Meghalaya

b) Sikkim
Detail News

Q.: Who won the gold medal in the junior mixed team compound
event at the World Archery Youth Championships?

A) Priyansh and Avneet Kaur


B) Manav Jadhav and Aishwarya Sharma
C) Manav Jadhav and Avneet Kaur
D) Anurag and Avneet Kaur

A) Priyansh and Avneet Kaur


Detail News

Q.: What is the name of the launch vehicle for Chandrayaan 3?

A) GSLV Mark II
B) PSLV-C50
C) GSLV Mark III
D) ISRO-XL

C) GSLV Mark III


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Q.: Which day was recorded as the World’s hottest day according to
data from the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction?

A) 5 August 2016
B) 3 July 2023
C) 21 August 2022
D) 22 June 2019

B) 3 July 2023
Detail News

Q.: Which former cricketer has been appointed as the chairman of the
Senior Men’s Cricket Selection Committee?

A) Salil Ankola
B) Shiv Sundar Das
C) Subroto Banerjee
D) Ajit Agarkar

D) Ajit Agarkar
Detail News

Q.: What is the name of the bamboo pole with pitchers of Ganga Jal
tied on both sides that the devotees carry during the Kanwar Yatra?
A) Kumbh
B) Kanwar
C) Kashi
D) Kavach

B) Kanwar
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Q.: Which country will host the next meeting of the SCO Council of
Heads of State in 2024?

a) China
b) Russia
c) India
d) Kazakhstan

d) Kazakhstan
Detail News

Q.: Which Team win the SAFF Championship 2023?


a) Kuwait
b) India
c) Lebanon
d) Pakistan

b) India
Detail News

Q.: Which organization is developing the RAPIDX regional train service


?
a) National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC)
b) Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety (CMRS)
c) Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS)
d) Delhi Metro Rail Corporation

a) National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC)


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Q.: Where will the trading of NSE’s international contracts, previously


done in Singapore, take place now?
a) Singapore Stock Exchange
b) Mumbai Stock Exchange
c) GIFT City in Gandhinagar
d) International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA)

c) GIFT City in Gandhinagar


Detail News

Q: Who recently joined the Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra


as the Deputy Chief Minister?
a) Devendra Fadnavis
b) Sharad Pawar
c) Ajit Pawar
d) Eknath Shinde

c) Ajit Pawar
Detail News

Q: Where is India’s first indigenously developed 700 MW nuclear


power reactor, KAPP-3, located?
a) Rawatbhata, Rajasthan
b) Kakrapar, Gujarat
c) Chutka, Madhya Pradesh
d) Gorakhpur, Haryana

b) Kakrapar, Gujarat
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Q.: Who won the Lausanne Diamond League 2023 title in javelin
throw?
a) Neeraj Chopra
b) Julian Webber
c) Jakub Vadlech
d) Shivpal Singh

a) Neeraj Chopra
Detail News

Q.: Who won the gold medal in the Asian Mixed Doubles Squash
Tournament in June 2023?
a) Dipika Pallikal and Ramit Tandon
b) Harinder Pal Sandhu and Sunayna Kuruvilla
c) Sunayna Kuruvilla and Ramit Tandon
d) Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Sandhu

d) Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Sandhu


Detail News

Q.: Which company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)


with the
Gujarat government in the Month of June 2023 to establish a
semiconductor unit?
a) Intel
b) QUALCOMM
c) Micron Technology Inc
d) Samsung

c) Micron Technology Inc


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Q.: National Doctors Day is celebrated on 1st July every year in


memory of:
a) Dr. Rajender Prasad
b) Dr. Manmohan Singh
c) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
d) Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy

d) Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy


Detail News

Q.: India’s men’s national football team recently moved up in the FIFA
World Rankings to which position?
a) 101st
b) 100th
c) 18th
d) 91st

b) 100th
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