CURRENT AFFAIRS

Q1. Where did COP 28 take place?

a. New York, USA

b. London, UK
c. New Delhi, India
d. Expo City Dubai, UAE

Q2. Nomadic Elephant is a military exercise between India and which country?

a. France
b. Indonesia
c. Mongolia
d. USA

Q3. What does "BRICS" stand for?

a. British, Russian, Indian, Chinese, South African

b. Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
c. Baltic, Romanian, Iranian, Colombian, Singaporean
d. Bangladesh, Rwanda, Indonesia, Canada, Sweden

Q4. The Kuno National Park is situated in :

a. Uttrakhand
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Rajasthan
d. Madhya Pradesh

Q5. Who was recently crowned as ‘Miss India 2023’?

a. Nandini Gupta
b. Megan Edward
c. Shreya Poonja
d. Strela Luwang

Q6. Recently, Hoysala Temples has joined UNESCO's World Heritage list. It is situated in
which state:

a. Kerala
b. Karnataka
c. Tamil Nadu
 d. Andhra Pradesh

Q7. What is the name of the Operation launched by India, to bring back its citizens from
Israel and Palestine?

a. Operation Ajay
b. Operation Ganga
c. Operation Vijay
d. Operation Pawan

Q8. Who won the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the 54th International Film
Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa:

a. Melanie Thiery
b. Abbas Amini
c. Michael Douglas
d. Pouria Rahimi

Q9. ‘GEMINI AI’ tool has been developed by:

a. Microsoft
b. Google
c. Firefox

Q10. Which state’s women’s U-18 team won the Khelo India Youth Games 2022?

a. Kerala
b. Haryana
c. Telangana
d. Punjab

Q11. On which date is the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove
Ecosystem observed?

a. July 23
b. July 24
c. July 25
d. July 26

Q12. To which country does the DS-SAR satellite, carried by PSLV-C56, belong?

a. Japan
b. Singapore
c. Israel
 d. Pakistan

Q13. Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023?

a. Dr. Jennifer A. Lewis

b. Greta Thunberg
c. Narges Mohammadi
d. Dr. Jane Goodall

Q14. Which of the following is not the member of the G20?

a. Indonesia
b. Singapore
c. Mexico
d. Turkey

Q15. When Lakshadweep was recognized as a Union Territory

a. 1 November 1956
b. 11 October 1956
c. 1 October 1956
d. 11 November 1956

Q16. Khelo India Women's League has been renamed as?

a. Jagrati Mahila League

b. Asmita Mahila League
c. Kiran Mahila League
d. Nirbhaya Mahila League

Q17. Which country gave the name to the 'Biporjoy Cyclone' that arose in the Arabian Sea?

a. India
b. Maldives
c. Pakistan
d. Bangladesh

Q18. Which is the most peaceful country in the world according to the Global Peace Index
2023?

a. Japan
b. South Korea
c. New Zealand
d. Iceland
Q19. Which launcher is used for Chandrayaan-3?

a. GSLV
b. LVSM
c. GSLV-Mk3
d. PSLV

Q20. On Teacher's Day 2017, which portal providing national digital infrastructure for
teachers was launched?

a. DIKSHA
b. SHIKSHA
c. GYAN
d. SHAKTI

Q21. Which of the following schemes under which 100 days of employment is guaranteed to
any rural household adult who is willing to do unskilled manual work in a financial year?

a. National Rural Development Fellowship Scheme

b. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
c. National Rural Livelihood Mission
d. Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Q22. Cauvery water dispute is between which of the following two states?

a. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

b. Kerala and Tamil Nadu
c. Kerala and Karnataka
d. Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

Q23. What does L stand for in Aditya L1?

a. Lagrange
b. Launch
c. Low
d. Long

Q24. Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Conquest of Self”?

a. Aurobindo Ghosh
b. Rabindranath Tagore
c. Mahatma Gandhi
 d. S Radhakrishnan

Q25. Who became the first woman Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of
India (SEBI) in 2022?

a. Madhabi Puri Buch

b. Rekha Sharma
c. Chanda Kochhar
d. Gita Gopinath

Q26. Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Prajjwala Challenge’?

a. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

b. Ministry of Rural Development
c. Ministry of Home Affairs
d. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Q27. Jal Jeevan Mission was announced on the Independence Day of which year?

a. 2014
b. 2016
c. 2019
d. 2021

Q28. Which state organised an International Book Fair recently?

a. Kerala
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Karnataka
d. New Delhi

Q29. Which Indian state has been recently hit by Nipah virus in many of its districts?

a. Odisha
b. Kerala
c. Jharkhand
d. Bihar

Q30. Who among the following was the Chief Guest at Republic Day celebrations on 26
January 2023

a. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi

b. Norodom Sihamoni
c. Sergio Mattarella
 d. Abdul Hamid

Q31. Praggnanandhaa, who was seen in the news recently, is associated with which game?

a. Badminton
b. Chess
c. Hockey
d. Cricket

Q32. Which city is the host of ‘Bharat Drone Shakti 2023’?

a. Pune
b. Ghaziabad
c. Mysuru
d. Hyderabad

Q33. Satuani and Jur Sital’ are the festivals celebrated in which state/UT?

a. West Bengal
b. Bihar
c. Assam
d. Karnataka

Q34. Which country is the host of the ‘United Nations 2023 Water Conference’?

a. USA
b. UK
c. India
d. Bangladesh

Q35. What is the name of the world’s first-ever radio platform powered by artificial
intelligence?

a. AIRadio
b. Go Radio
c. RadioGPT
d. Radio Bing

Q36. Safe Harbour Principle’ which was seen in the news, is associated with which act?

a. The Major Port Authorities Act, 2021

b. Information Technology Act, 2000
c. Merchant Shipping Act 1958
d. Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
Q37. Scientists at IISER have pinpointed a Circular RNA virus known as?

a. ciTRAN
b. ciRNA
c. ciHIV
d. ciReplica

Q38. 5.Which country is undertaking a project to create the world’s most powerful laser,
called “Vulcan 20-20”?

a. China
b. UK
c. Israel
d. USA

Q39. Amrit Kaal Vision 2047’, which was recently unveiled, is associated with which field?

a. Coal Industry
b. Maritime Industry
c. Electronics Manufacturing
d. Artificial Intelligence

Q40. What is the theme of ‘Ayurveda Day 2023’?

a. Ayurveda for One Health

b. Integrated Medicine
c. Vasudaiva Kutumbakam
d. Ayurveda Amrit Kaal

Q41. The ‘AAINA Dashboard for Cities’ portal has been launched by the Union Ministry?

a. Ministry of MSME
b. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
c. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
d. Ministry of Electronics and IT

Q42. When was the National Logistics Policy (NLP) launched in India?

a. 2022
b. 2020
c. 2018
d. 2016
Q43. India has settled its first-ever crude oil payment to which country in local currency?

a. UAE
b. Russia
c. Iran
d. Malaysia

Q44. Bindeshwar Pathak, who passed away recently, was associated with which field?

a. Politics
b. Social Work
c. Sports
d. Science

Q45. Rajouri Chikri woodcraft, which was seen in the news, is associated with which
state/UT?

a. Karnataka
b. Jammu and Kashmir
c. Goa
d. Himachal Pradesh

Q46.Where is Zojila tunnel being constructed?

a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Assam
c. Arunachal Pradesh
d. Jammu and Kashmir

Q47. Who are the beneficiaries of the PM-VIKAS scheme announced in the Union Budget
2023?

a. Teachers
b. MSMEs
c. Artisans
d. Students

Q48. What is the name of ‘India’s First Cloned Desi Gir Female Calf’?

a. Narendra
b. Ganga
c. Virat
d. Veera
Q49. Which institution issues the Sovereign Green Bonds (SGrBs) on behalf of the
government:

a. RBI
b. SEBI
c. NITI Aayog
d. BSE

Q50. India procured ‘S-400 air defence missile squadrons’ from which country?

a. USA
b. Israel
c. Russia
d. France

SOLUTIONS

1) d
2) c
3) b
4) d
5) a
6) b
7) a
8) c
9) b
10) b
11) d
12) b
13) c
14) b
15) a
16) b
17) d
18) d
19) c
20) a
21) d
22) a
23) a
24) c
25) a
26) b
27) c
28) b
29) b
30) a
31) b
32) b
33) b
34) a
35) c
36) b
37) a
38) b
39) b
40) a
41) b
42) a
43) a
44) b
45) b
46) a
47) c
48) b
49) a
50) c