CUET - JAN PPT

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually addressed the inaugural session of the
108th Indian Science Congress (ISC), it is hosted by _____________.
(a) Nagpur University
(b) Delhi University
(c) Bhopal University
(d) Pune University

Question 1
Recently, Croatia switched to the shared European currency, the euro, and removed
dozens of border checkpoints to join the world’s largest passport-free travel area. The
Capital City of Croatia is _______.
(a) Zagreb
(b) Prague
(c) Ljubljana
(d) Minsk

Question 2
Recently, which of the following countries has launched Asia’s first hydrogen powered
trains for the Urban Railways and gets a range of 600 km on a single tank, with a top
speed of 160 kmph?
(a) Japan
(b) Malaysia
(c) Singapore
(d) China

Question 3
Name the project which intends to record over 150,000 hours of speech, part of which
will be transcribed in local scripts and developed by Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc),
ARTPARK (AI and Robotics Technology Park) and Google.
(a) Project Vaani
(b) Project Bhasha
(c) Project Awaaz
(d) Project Yuwa

Question 4
Recently, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as President of _______.
(a) Argentina
(b) Mexico
(c) Chile
(d) Brazil

Question 5
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is ready to launch India’s first
Atmanirbhar human flight “Gaganyaan” by the year _______.
(a) 2023
(b) 2024
(c) 2026
(d) 2030

Question 6
Recently, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das launched _______ the second phase of the
central bank’s medium-term strategy for strengthening regulatory and supervisory
mechanism.
(a) Utkarsh 1.0
(b) Utkarsh 2.0
(c) Utkarsh 4.0
(d) Utkarsh 6.0

Question 7
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is a celebratory day observed on _______ by the Republic of
India to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community towards the
development of India.
(a) 3 January
(b) 6 January
(c) 9 January
(d) 12 January

Question 8
World Hindi Day or Vishwa Hindi Divas is celebrated every year on _______ to mark the
first World Hindi Conference that was held in 1975.
(a) January 8
(b) January 10
(c) January 12
(d) January 15

Question 9
The second phase of the Sari Festival “VIRAASAT”- Celebrating 75 handwoven Saris of
India is being organized by _______.
(a) Ministry of Textiles
(b) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(c) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
(d) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Question 10
Recently, PM Modi remembered Rani Velu Nachiyar on her birth anniversary. Rani Velu
Nachiyar - an 18th-century warrior belonged to the Sivagangai estate in present-day
_______.
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Telangana
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Kerala

Question 11
Recently, Justice Norma Lucia Pina was sworn in as the first female Chief Justice in
_______.
(a) Chile
(b) Peru
(c) Argentina
(d) Mexico

Question 12
India’s first has been accorded the premier accreditation from the World Trade Center’s
Association (WTCA), New York “for providing and setting up highest standards” of
various kinds of business-related services is________.
(a) Mumbai
(b) Surat
(c) New Delhi
(d) Gurugram

Question 13
Recently, State-owned NTPC has commissioned India’s first green hydrogen blending
project in _______.
(a) Mathura
(b) Digboi
(c) Surat
(d) Vishakhapatnam

Question 14
What is the name of the recently founded first known organism that eats viruses?
(a) Virowatch
(b) Virovore
(c) Virowin
(d) Virocast

Question 15
Name the Padma Shri awardee and president of the Bengaluru-based Geological
Society of India who has been recently appointed as a fellow of the International Science
Council (ISC).
(a) Dr Vivek Mahajan
(b) Dr Karthik Murthy
(c) Dr Harsh K Gupta
(d) Dr Amitabh Jolly

Question 16
Recently, A vertical lift rail bridge, first-of-its-kind in the country, is being built in the sea in
_______.
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka
(c) Kerala
(d) Andhra Pradesh

Question 17
In another step towards digitalization, Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud
announced the launch of the _______ project to provide free access to its about 34,000
judgements to lawyers.
(a) e-TSC
(b) e-BNR
(c) e-SCR
(d) e-LDS

Question 18
Recently, who became the first woman officer to be operationally deployed at the highest
battleground in Kumar Post on the Siachen glacier?
(a) Captain Shiva Chauhan
(b) Captain Divya Utpreti
(c) Captain Bidya Nadkarni
(d) Captain Meenal Seth

Question 19
Which of the following countries is not among the member elected unopposed into the
U.N. Security Council in June 2022?
(a) Mozambique
(b) Malta
(c) Fiji
(d) Switzerland

Question 20
Recently, Japan’s government is offering _______ per child to families asking them to
move out of greater Tokyo.
(a) One million yen
(b) Two million yen
(c) Four million yen
(d) Seven million yen

Question 21
Name the Energy trading platform which became the country’s first carbon-neutral power
exchange, using market based tradable instruments to offset its carbon emissions.
(a) Bharat Energy Exchange (BEE)
(b) Indiana Energy Trading (IET)
(c) Indian Energy Exchange (IEX)
(d) Bharat Trade Limited (BTL)

Question 22
Recently, BSE Ltd appointed _______ as the Managing Director and chief executive
officer (CEO) of the exchange.
(a) Sundararaman Ramamurthy
(b) Anita Meshram
(c) Vibha Jagtap
(d) Maya Luthra

Question 23
The first country responding to the call made by FIFA chief Gianni Infantino to name a
stadium after Pele is_________.
(a) Panama
(b) Chile
(c) Cape Verde
(d) Suriname

Question 24
Who is the author of the book titled ‘Ambedkar: A Life’?
(a) Ajay Maken
(b) Shashi Tharoor
(c) Rahul Gandhi
(d) Mallikarjun Kharge

Question 25
The World’s first palm-leaf manuscript museum is to come up in _______.
(a) Indore
(b) Ranchi
(c) Thiruvananthapuram
(d) Mysuru

Question 26
India hosted a special virtual Summit called ‘Voice of Global South Summit’. The theme
of the Summit is _______.
(a) Voice of Union
(b) Unity of Voice, Unity of Purpose
(c) Unity of Happiness
(d) Unity of Purposeness

Question 27
In United States, in the first reversal of its kind, which state’s Supreme Court has
overturned a law banning abortion after six weeks, inflicting a major setback for abortion
opponents in the conservative, southern state?
(a) North Carolina
(b) South Carolina
(c) Alabama
(d) New York

Question 28
National Youth Day, also known as Vivekananda Jayanti, is celebrated on _______.
(a) 8 January
(b) 10 January
(c) 12 January
(d) 14 January

Question 29
Who has been recently selected for the “Award for Global Leadership” by the Harvard
Law School Center in recognition of his lifetime service to the legal profession in the
country and around the world?
(a) Abdul Nazeer
(b) J Chamaleshwar
(c) Arun Kumar Mishra
(d) D.Y. Chandrachud

Question 30
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is virtually flagged off the world’s longest river
cruise _______ - from Varanasi to Dibrugarh via Bangladesh.
(a) ‘Ganga Vihar’
(b) ‘Ganga Vilas’
(c) ‘Ganga Vikas’
(d) ‘Ganga Vibhuti’

Question 31
Recently, The US has approved use of the world’s first vaccine for _______.
(a) House Fly
(b) Honey Bees
(c) Mosquitoes
(d) Dogs

Question 32
India’s first-ever coal gasification based Talcher Fertiliser plant in _______ will be ready
to be dedicated to the nation by 2024.
(a) Odisha
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) West Bengal

Question 33
Recently, Belinda Clark, the former _______ captain, has been unveiled as the first
statue of a female cricketer in the world with the sculpture part of the SCG precinct.
(a) New Zealand
(b) England
(c) Australia
(d) West Indies

Question 34
The Indian Army deploys its largest contingent of women peacekeepers in United
Nations mission at _______.
(a) Abuja
(b) Dakar
(c) Abyei
(d) Khartoum

Question 35
Recently, Name the squadron leader and the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) first female fighter
pilot, who took part in a maiden air exercise ‘Veer Guardian-2023’.
(a) Neeta Rathore
(b) Avani Chaturvedi
(c) Ajita Kumar
(d) Meeta Fauzdaar

Question 36
Which of the following states recently presented the first Gouriamma award, instituted by
the K.R. Gouriamma Foundation in memory of the Communist leader?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerala
(c) West Bengal
(d) Tripura

Question 37
Which of the following two countries were held the joint Air Exercise, ‘Veer Guardian-
2023’?
(a) India and Japan
(b) India and South Korea
(c) India and Indonesia
(d) India and Malaysia

Question 38
Which of the following Indian States / Union territories got its first ever Geographical
Indication (GI) Tag to its Raktsey Karpo Apricot?
(a) Ladakh
(b) Jammu & Kashmir
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Himachal Pradesh

Question 39
According to the report by Nikkei Asia, which of the following countries recently became
the third-largest auto market for the first time?
(a) India
(b) Australia
(c) Indonesia
(d) South Korea

Question 40
India hosted the 15th edition of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup from the 13th of
January. The tournament is hosted by _______.
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Odisha
(c) Karnataka
(d) Maharashtra

Question 41
Recently, Keshari Nath Tripathi passed away at 88 at his home in Uttar Pradesh’s
Prayagraj. He was the former Governor of _______.
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) West Bengal
(c) Odisha
(d) Andhra Pradesh

Question 42
Name the Indian-origin person who has been sworn in as a Harris county judge,
becoming the first female Sikh judge in the U.S.
(a) Manpreet Monica Singh
(b) Deepa Gill
(c) Mahipal Singh
(d) Parminder Singh Randhawa

Question 43
Recently, ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation (ONGC), has re-taken a 20 per cent stake in the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas
fields in the Far East region of _______.
(a) Russia
(b) South Korea
(c) Japan
(d) China

Question 44
Recently, The Monetary Authority of Singapore said integration of India’s Unified
Payment Interface (UPI) and equivalent network in Singapore, known as _______ will
begin anytime soon, which in turn will reduce the remittance cost by 10%.
(a) PayDot
(b) PayPal
(c) PayNow
(d) PayKnit

Question 45
The Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is the most common and fatal type of
muscular dystrophy, marked by progressive muscle degeneration and weakness due to
alterations of a protein called _______ that helps keep muscle cells intact.
(a) “castrophin”
(b) “mytrophin”
(c) “dystrophin”
(d) “vistrophin”

Question 46
Recently, The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) published standards for USB _______
receptacles, plugs and cables, which are aimed at providing common charging solutions
for smartphones and other electronic devices sold in the country.
(a) Type A
(b) Type B
(c) Type C
(d) Type D

Question 47
The National Girl Child Day is celebrated in India every year on _______.
(a) January 15
(b) January 18
(c) January 24
(d) January 25

Question 48
Which Indian city is set to host G20 tourism summit?
(a) Mysuru
(b) Jammu
(c) Nagpur
(d) Varanasi

Question 49
In Indian Defence System “HELINA” means _______.
(a) Helicopter based NAG
(b) Heliport based NAG
(c) Helical Integrated Antenna
(d) Helix Involved Antenna

Question 50
Name the Reserve Bank of India deputy governor who has been reappointed for a
period of one year with effect from January 15, 2023.
(a) H. R. Khan
(b) Vimal Mahajan
(c) Michael Debabrata Patra
(d) Ankur Vaibhav Jain

Question 51
Recently, Governor of __________ gave nod to the bill that gives 30% reservation to the
native women of the State.
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Chhattisgarh

Question 52
According to the Indian Government, India would become a $5 trillion economy by year
_______.
(a) 2023
(b) 2024
(c) 2025
(d) 2027

Question 53
Which of the following is releasing the First Advance Estimates (FAE) of National Income
at both Constant (2011-12) and Current Prices, for the financial year 2022-23?
(a) National Statistical Office
(b) NITI Aayog
(c) Reserve Bank of India
(d) Corporate Affairs Ministry

Question 54
Which of the following countries was the largest remittance receiving country in 2022?
(a) China
(b) India
(c) Indonesia
(d) Japan

Question 55
Which of the following countries former President was recently ordered by the apex court
to pay 100 million its currency as compensation to victims of the 2019 Easter attack for
his negligence in preventing the country’s one of the worst terror strikes?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Nepal

Question 56
Recently, The Global Risks Report 2023 was released by _______.
(a) World Economic Forum
(b) World Bank
(c) International Monetary Fund
(d) Asian Development Bank

Question 57
Which is the nation’s best performer on economic, social and governance parameters,
rankings released by a domestic credit rating company CareEdge — research arm of
Care Ratings Ltd?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Karnataka

Question 58
Recently, Nepal’s newly-appointed Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ won
the vote of confidence in the House of Representatives. The Currency of Nepal is
_______.
(a) Nepalese rupee
(b) Nepalese rupiya
(c) Nepalese rupiyah
(d) Nepalese taka

Question 59
Recently, NASA’s Perseverance _______ has dropped a fourth sample tube on the
Martian surface.
(a) Venus Rover
(b) Mars Rover
(c) Jupiter Rover
(d) Saturn Rover

Question 60
Which of the following films recently received won Best Motion Picture – Drama at the
80th Golden Globe Awards in 2023?
(a) The Fabelmans
(b) Top Gun: Maverick
(c) Elvis
(d) Avatar: The Way of Water

Question 61
Recently, The Supreme Court agreed to hear _______ plea in connection with a
Rs.1337-crore penalty imposed on it by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for
alleged anti-competitive practices in relation to Android mobile devices.
(a) Adobe’s
(b) Meta’s
(c) Google’s
(d) Oracle’s

Question 62
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference is to be held in _______.
(a) United Arab Emirates
(b) Mexico
(c) Canada
(d) Japan

Question 63
Which is the first state in the country to go fully digital in its banking service?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Kerala
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Andhra Pradesh

Question 64
Recently, the 2023 Golden Globe Awards for the best original song–motion picture for its
hit track “Naatu Naatu” was awarded to _______.
(a) “Pushpa The Rise”
(b) “Drishyam 2”
(c) “RRR”
(d) “Ramsetu”

Question 65
Which of the following district has been declared the first constitution-literate district of
India?
(a) Kollam
(b) Kochi
(c) Ernakulum
(d) Kodagu

Question 66
Indian and Egyptian Special Forces were participated in the first-ever bilateral military
exercises involving the SF elements of both nations. The exercise is called _______.
(a) ‘Tornado’
(b) ‘Hurricane’
(c) ‘Cyclone’
(d) ‘Equality’

Question 67
The Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link, the country’s longest sea bridge, had been completed.
What is the length of this sea bridge above the sea?
(a) 8.5 km
(b) 11.5 km
(c) 16.5 km
(d) 19.5 km

Question 68
Name the Indian-American attorney, who has emerged as the youngest and the first
queer woman of colour to take oath as the Oakland City Council member in the US state
of California.
(a) Janani Ramachandran
(b) Deepika Mahajan
(c) Gauravi Rajpal
(d) Ishita Sunderam

Question 69
Recently, A replica of the famous East Gate of Sanchi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site,
has been meticulously crafted and placed in front of the reconstructed baroque façade of
the _______.
(a) Bonn Palace
(b) Berlin Palace
(c) Beijing Palace
(d) Karachi Palace

Question 70
The World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR
Telangana), which will be the only center in India thematically focused on healthcare and
life sciences, will be established in _______.
(a) Mysuru
(b) Patna
(c) Mumbai
(d) Hyderabad

Question 71
ISRO’s Venus mission, called _______, was expected to be launched in December
2024.
(a) Shukrayaan A
(b) Shukrayaan C
(c) Shukrayaan I
(d) Shukrayaan II

Question 72
Which of the following states has become the first state to implement a policy to control
blindness, with the objective of ensuring the “right to sight”?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Haryana
(c) Gujarat
(d) Karnataka

Question 73
Recently, Government e Marketplace [GeM] has launched “_______ on GeM”, an
initiative to enable women entrepreneurs and women self-help groups [WSHGs] to sell
handicrafts and handloom, accessories, jute and coir products
(a) Woman One
(b) Woman First
(c) Womaniya
(d) Womariya

Question 74
In June 2022, The Supreme Court directed that every protected forest, national park and
wildlife sanctuary across the country should have a mandatory eco-sensitive zone (ESZ)
of a minimum _______ starting from their demarcated boundaries.
(a) One Kilometers
(b) Two Kilometers
(c) Three Kilometers
(d) Five Kilometers

Question 75
Which of the following has been recently launched as part of the implementation of the
National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 that envisaged a standard-setting body to advise
school boards regarding new assessment patterns and latest research, and promote
collaborations between them?
(a) PARAKH
(b) SAFETY
(c) FIRST
(d) PRATHAM

Question 76
Indian Navy commissioned the fifth diesel-electric Scorpene as _______.
(a) INS Pratham
(b) INS Vikramaditya
(c) INS Vagir
(d) INS Ekta

Question 77
Name the first union territory (UT) in India which has entirely shifted to digital mode of
administration.
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Ladakh
(c) Puducherry
(d) Lakshadweep

Question 78
Who among the following has recently scripted history by becoming the first Indian-
American politician to be sworn in as the Lieutenant Governor in the state of Maryland,
adjoining the US capital?
(a) Aruna Miller
(b) Sushma Yashpal
(c) Kirti Jha
(d) Garima Kheterpal

Question 79
Recently, Bengaluru-based technology-driven mining services company, _______ has
become the first Indian firm to fly autonomous drones in underground mines in the
country.
(a) Vistadrone
(b) Jastrone
(c) Squadrone
(d) Square

Question 80
Who among the following was the Chief Guest at India’s 74th Republic Day?
(a) President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
(b) President of France, Emmanuel Macron
(c) President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
(d) President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo

Question 81
Which is India’s first district to digitise basic documents of all tribals?
(a) Wayanad
(b) Kodagu
(c) Shimla
(d) Kochi

Question 82
Which is the world’s first COVID-19 intranasal vaccine?
(a) iNCOVACC
(b) iVOCON
(c) iVIGIL
(d) iNASAL

Question 83
Which of the following IIT’s announced BharOS – a new mobile operating system
focused on privacy and security?
(a) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras
(b) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay
(c) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
(d) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi

Question 84
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a ceremony to name 21 largest unnamed
islands of _______ after Param Vir Chakra awardees.
(a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Puducherry
(d) Sunderbans

Question 85
Chris Hipkins has become Prime Minister of _______.
(a) Australia
(b) New Zealand
(c) Mexico
(d) Chile

Question 86
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is an infrared space observatory was
launched by _______.
(a) ESA
(b) ISRO
(c) NASA
(d) JAXA

Question 87
Recently, The government has created a G20 task force on digital public infrastructure to
leverage India’s achievements in the digital sphere. The task force is to be co-chaired by
_______.
(a) Jayant Sinha and Urjit R Patel
(b) Amitabh Kant and Nandan Nilekani
(c) Rajiv Kumar and T V Subramaniam
(d) N Deshmukh and Viplav Bose

Question 88
The Global Gender Gap Report is an index designed to measure gender equality and is
published by _______.
(a) World Economic Forum
(b) World Bank
(c) International Monetary Fund
(d) Asian Development Bank

Question 89
In order to preserve the environment, the state of _______ has set a target of 2025 to
become India’s first green energy state.
(a) Sikkim
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Odisha

Question 90
Liuzhou Forest City is the first Forest City in the world and is situated in _______.
(a) Thailand
(b) Japan
(c) South Korea
(d) China

Question 91
Recently, The Atal Innovation Mission - NITI Aayog, Central Board of Secondary
Education - Ministry of Education, and _______ in New Delhi have collaborated to bring
a change in the education sector
(a) Intel India
(b) Google India
(c) Meta India
(d) Adobe India

Question 92
The first Indian space mission to observe the Sun and the solar corona is___________.
(a) Surya M1
(b) Bhaskar T6
(c) Aditya-L1
(d) Aditya L9

Question 93
Name the Indian-American who has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan in
January 2023?
(a) S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan
(b) R M Durai
(c) M L Murugeshan
(d) Sujatha Ramdorai

Question 94
Recently, India and _______ signed a Memorandum of Understanding to introduce 12
African Cheetahs annually over the next eight to ten year.
(a) Uganda
(b) South Africa
(c) Nigeria
(d) Liberia

Question 95
Recently, Indian launch vehicle company Agnikul Cosmos targeting a March 2023 launch
for its rocket _______ which will be India’s first rocket to be powered by a combination of
kerosene and liquid oxygen.
(a) “Agnivarsha”
(b) “Agniastra”,
(c) “Agniteer”,
(d) “Agnibaan”

Question 96
Recently, The Centre has announced how many Padma awards on the eve of Republic
Day?
(a) 97
(b) 101
(c) 106
(d) 114

Question 97
Who among the following recently won the Australian Open 2023 women’s singles final?
(a) Aryna Sabalenka
(b) Elena Rybakina
(c) Ons Jabeur
(d) Iga Swiatek

Question 98
Who among the following recently won his 10th Australian Open in Men’s singles?
(a) Roger Federer
(b) Rafael Nadal
(c) Novak Djokovic
(d) Stefanos Tsitsipas

Question 99
Which of the following countries has announced a new federal investment to build and
commercialise the world’s first photonic-based, fault-tolerant quantum computer?
(a) USA
(b) Canada
(c) South Korea
(d) Japan

Question 100
Thanks!