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Answer: Javelin which award? institution? Yamin Hazarika
Throw Answer: Ramon Answer: FSSAI Woman of
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to tackle climate Direct Taxes Turtle Conservation
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to states? Malaysia and South India’s first satellite
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Answer: South
Korea

5. Which Indian city

has prepared a
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Answer: New Delhi

6. Which country
hosted the 8th
BIMSTEC Agriculture
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functioning? 26. Which country has 2021? 2021?
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observation satellite Sania Mirza
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the best higher Answer: China which bureaucratic electric cruise
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fantasy novel which day?
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Answer: Iqbal Singh exercise? includes how many Mohan Kwatra
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Answer: Three 45. Who is the head of
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new Prime Minister Kumar Shukla and 39. Who is the head programmes offered
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Answer: 35 Invictus Games?
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Answer: USA
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seen in the news, green hydrogen
is the first Black plant has been
woman Justice commissioned in
to serve in the which state?
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which country?
Answer: USA 57. Nobel Prize winner
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appointed as Presidential Election
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Answer: Elon Musk Award’, is from
which country?
51. ‘Zero-Covid policy’, Answer: Bangladesh
which was seen in
the news recently, 59. Which country
is associated with won the ‘Locked
which country? Shields 2022’ Cyber-
Answer: China defence exercise?
Answer: Finland
52. Which Indian chess
player won the ‘2022 60. Kuril Islands, which
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Answer: which countries?
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Russia
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the host of the 62. Which is the venue
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Answer: 70. Who has been
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muslim to be Corridor (CPEC)
nominated as Authority?
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International
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Answer: Rashad government will
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paperless budget
64. Which country on 13th August?
hosted the G20 Answer: Tamil Nadu
Culture Ministers
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news, is located in
65. Under whose which state / Union
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recently? National Webinar
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Modi Education
67. Who composed 74. In August 2021,
the theme song which country
of India for Tokyo became the
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68. Who is the first (CDRI)?
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thrower to enter the Bangladesh
finals of the Olympic
Games? 75. Recently, the
Answer: Neeraj Taxation Laws
Chopra (Amendment)
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69. Who has been passed in Lok
appointed as the Sabha to remove
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finance minister Organization has new chairman 93. In which state/UT,
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83. In which State/UT, Information System 95. What is India’s
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hosted the 8th Heritage Complex Countries. Where is coronavirus
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meet 2021 developed as an the Research and for countries?
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Answer: Tajikistan Answer: New Delhi launched Operation
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hosted the 8th Government appointed as the Social Justice and
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intelligence? Countries located? UNESCO has president of Institute
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cultural heritage? Answer: NK Singh
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become the first silver medal in the for the year 2021? appointed as new
Indian to receive the 10,000m race walk Answer: Italy secretary-general
Congressional Gold at World U-20 of the Organization
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Answer: Mahatma Answer: Amit Khatri Hydrogen Plant is Exporting Countries
Gandhi set to come up in (OPEC)?
107. Which city has which place? Answer: Haitham Al
101. Recently, UPI been named as Answer: Mathura Ghais
payments have the world’s safest
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country by NPCI Cities Index presidency of G20 _______ each year
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international 116. State Bank of Answer: 13 February
arm of the 108. Which organization India has issued
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102. India’s Manika Batra Commodity million certify and label
and G Sathiyan and Derivatives handmade carpets?
have won the mixed Exchange Limited 117. Who won the 2022 Answer: Jammu &
doubles title at Australian Open Kashmir
World Table Tennis 109. Who has been Women’s Singles
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2021. Which city next Ambassador of Answer: Ashleigh has invoked the
is the host of this India to Germany? Barty Emergencies Act for
tournament? Answer: Harish the 1st time?
Answer: Budapest Parvathaneni 118. Which is the first Answer: Canada
Indian sports
103. Recently, Ismail 110. Which country establishment to 125. Union Power Minister
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been appointed as Chair of the Stop TB Answer: CSK announced that
the prime minister of Partnership Board in India will achieve
which country? 2021? 119. Prime Minister zero-diesel use in
Answer: Malaysia Answer: India Narendra Modi agriculture and
has dedicated replace fossil fuel
104. Recently, the 111. Women ______ tall ‘Statue with renewable
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Answer: lone Indian athlete become the first-
Visakhapatnam 112. India’s first Green to attend the ever country to
Hydrogen Plant is opening ceremony allow drone flights in
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has launched the which place? Olympics is qualified Answer: Israel
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scheme? sports? 127. Who among the
Answer: Ministry of 113. Which country Answer: Skiing following has been
Finance has assumed the appointed as
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maritime security appointed as the government has
coordinator? new Chairman of launched an online
Answer: G Ashok IRDAI in 2022? ‘My EV‘ (My Electric
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Panda for the purchase
128. According to the and registration of
Indian State of 134. The first-ever electric autos?
Forest Report, which Drone school has Answer: Delhi
of the following been inaugurated
States has recorded in which of these 141. India’s first Digital
the highest increase cities recently by Water Bank
in the forest cover? the Minister of Civil ‘AVERIUM’ has
Answer: Telangana Aviation? been launched in SUCCESS
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129. The C-DAC has Answer: Bengaluru
launched a new 135. Prime Minister Modi
supercomputer recently dedicated 142. India’s First Artificial
named PARAM a new campus Intelligence &
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computing capacity of the Rashtriya Park (ARTPARK) has
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installed? Answer: Bengaluru
Answer: IIT Roorkee Gandhinagar
143. The United Nations
130. Russia has 136. Indrayani Medicity General Assembly
overtaken which is planned to be set has proclaimed
country to become up as the country’s which day as
the most sanctioned first medical city, the International
country in the world. in which of these Day to Combat
Answer: Iran cities? Islamophobia?
Answer: Pune Answer: March 15
131. Freedom in the
World 2022 report 137. Gabriel Boric Font 144. Who has been
released by has been appointed awarded the 2022
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to assess the President of which his “leadership,
political rights and country recently? determination
civil liberties of a Answer: Chile and especially for
country. India has his willingness to
been placed under 138. Who has been assume great risks”
which category of appointed as the in developing a
freedom? next Chairman and coronavirus vaccine
Answer: Partly free Managing Director in record time?
of Oil India Limited Answer: Albert
132. Which state’s (OIL)? Bourla
Chief Minister has Answer: Ranjit
inaugurated India’s Rath 145. Which country
largest floating launched its first
solar power plant 139. Who has been satellite constellation
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Answer: Tamil Answer: Answer: South
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country to purchase Pradesh Answer: Twitter country?
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missiles from India in 155. The ‘Artificial Sun’ is 163. Who assumed Maldives
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Answer: of which country? Chief of the Naval 171. Which word was
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Answer: R Hari of the Year 2021
148. Kumbalangi of 156. Which country’s Kumar by Cambridge
which state to Lunar Probe has Dictionary?
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Sanitary Napkin- first-ever on-site committee that has Perseverance
free Village? evidence of water been formed by
Answer: Kerala on the surface of the the government to 172. Recently Prime
moon? Revisit Criteria for Minister Narendra
149. The First BRICS Answer: China EWS Quota? Modi inaugurated
Sherpas Meeting Answer: Ajay the All India Institute
Of 2022 Held Under 157. Pierre-Olivier Pandey of Medical Sciences
which Country Gourinchas is the (AIIMS) in which city?
chairmanship? new Chief Economist 165. Which word was Answer:
Answer: China of which institution? chosen as word of Gorakhpur
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Answer: Reserve Chairman of which floating city by
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151. Major Dhyan Chand Korea Universe 2021 title?
Sports University is 159. Which state passed Answer: Harnaaz
being established in a law to provide 75 167. Who was elected Sandhu
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candidates from the Answer: Ahmed Time’s 2021 Athlete
152. Which State team state? Nasser Al Raisi of the Year?
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of economically Answer: Twitter Answer: Barbados
weaker sections 177. As per government,
(EWS)? 161. The Indian Railways 169. Recently which Targeted Launch
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Mission Gaganyaan of India in Organ 2021?
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in Forbes Women on Donation and 200. Alexia Putellas, who
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179. What is the tagline to become the Prime Minister of 201. Who is the first
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Answer: Himanta President of which (ITDC)?
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246. Which global International
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240. Who has been 247. Which is the Service Answer: Kazakhstan
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