Question No (1) ‘Taj Mahotsav 2023’ hosted by

Tourism Ministry of which state from 18th

February to 27th February?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh.
Question No (2) 12th World Hindi Conference
was held between February 15-17, 2023 at
where?
Answer: Fiji.

Question No (3) Asian Football Cup “AFC Men’s

Asian Cup 2023” will be held in which country
from January 12 to February 10, 2024?
Answer: Qatar.

Question No (4) China’s population has fallen by

about __ for the first time in 61 years?
Answer: 850,000.

Question No (5) Which country blacklisted 16

Indian pharma companies Divya Pharmacy?
Answer: Nepal.
Question No (6) Who inaugurated the second
campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer
Institute (CNCI) in Kolkata?
Answer: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Question No (7) Which Tamil film won ‘Best

Film Award’ at the Dhaka International Film
Festival 2022?
Answer: Koozhangal.

Question No (8) Name the bowler became 2nd

Indian fast bowler to play 100 test matches?
Answer: Ishant Sharma.

Question No (9) Which Telescope discovered a

new exoplanet named LHS 475b in 2023?
Answer: James Webb Space Telescope.
Question No (10) A 3 days 17th Pravasi
Bharatiya Divas conference was held on January
8th 2023 at where?
Answer: Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

1. Kyriakos Mitsotaki has been elected as the

Prime Minister of which country?
[A] France
[B] Greece
[C] South Korea
[D] Japan
Correct Answer: B [Greece]

2.Which organisation approved USD 255.5

million loan for Multidisciplinary Education
and Research in India?
[A] ADB
[B] AIIB
[C] World Bank
[D] IMF
Correct Answer: C [World Bank]
3.Utah Mountains, which were seen in the
news for Watermelon Snow, is situated in
which country?
[A] Russia
[B] Ukraine
[C] USA
[D] Indonesia
Correct Answer: C [USA]

4.Honeybee hives in which country faced the

second highest mortality rate ever recorded?
[A] India
[B] USA
[C] Australia
[D] Indonesia
Correct Answer: B [USA]

5.Which state/UT is associated with ‘Swarnim

Himalaya’ campaign?
[A] Assam
[B] Uttarakhand
[C] Himachal Pradesh
[D] West Bengal
Correct Answer: C [Himachal Pradesh]

6.‘Peacock softshell turtles’ or ‘Nilssonia

Formosa’ are found in which country?
[A] Myanmar
[B] India
[C] Indonesia
[D] Sri Lanka
Correct Answer: A [Myanmar]

7.India recently signed an agreement to

establish strategic partnership with which
country?
[A] Egypt
[B] Myanmar
[C] Afghanistan
[D] Sri Lanka
Correct Answer: A [Egypt]

8.Which institution is set to deploy 10

million brushless direct current motor
 (BLDC) fans across the country from
September?
[A] BIS
[B] EESL
[C] NITI Aayog
[D] NASSCOM
Correct Answer: B [EESL]

9.Which company is set to buy the Danske

Bank’s IT centre in India?
[A] HDFC Bank
[B] Infosys
[C] Axis Bank
[D] Tata Consultancy Services
Correct Answer: B [Infosys]

10.Which institution leads the ‘Trans-Asia

Railway (TAR) network’?
[A] World Bank
[B] UN
[C] WEF
[D] IMF
Correct Answer: B [UN]

(1) Raising Day of the Indian Coast

Guard was observed on which date
in 2023?
Answer: February 1st, 2023.

(2) 30th National Children’s Science

Congress was held at where?

Answer: Ahmedabad.

(4) Which Government agency

successfully test-launched the short-
range ballistic missile Prithvi II in
Odisha state?
Answer: Defence Research and
Development Organization (DRDO).
(5) A 3 days 17th Pravasi Bharatiya
Divas conference was held on January
8th 2023 at where?
Answer: Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
(6) ‘Pokhara Regional International
Airport’ inaugurated in which
country?
Answer: Nepal.
(7) Which state to implement Project
Nilgiri Tahr, aimed at developing a
better understanding of the
population, distribution and ecology
of the endangered species in the
state?
Answer: Tamil Nadu.
(8) ___ has been appointed CEO of the
2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games
 Organizing Committee?
Answer: Cindy Hook.
(10) Who inaugurated its first satellite
launch center in Arctic Sweden?
Answer: European Union.
1.Which Indian city is set to host the ‘Festival of
Libraries 2023’?
[A] Mumbai
[B] Chennai
[C] New Delhi
[D] Mysuru
Correct Answer: C [New Delhi]

2. ‘Tankai method’, which was seen in the news,

is associated with which process?
[A] Afforestation
[B] Ship building
[C] Map making
[D] Painting
Correct Answer: B [Ship building
3.Who has been designated as the 25th Director
General of Indian Coast Guard ?
[A] Ranjan Gogoi
[B] DG Rakesh Pal
[C] Anil Chauhan
[D] Manoj Pande
Correct Answer: B [DG Rakesh Pal]

4.Which Indian state hosted the ‘International

Symposium on Sustainable Livestock
Transformation’?
[A] Gujarat
[B] Karnataka
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Bihar
Correct Answer: A [Gujarat]

5. Which state/UT signed the Minimum

Guaranteed Income Bill, 2023?
[A] Rajasthan
[B] Kerala
 [C] West Bengal
[D] Odisha
Correct Answer: A [Rajasthan]

6. After late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who

is the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the
UAE?
[A] Atal Behari Vajpayee
[B] Manmohan Singh
[C] V P Singh
[D] Narendra Modi
Correct Answer: D [Narendra Modi]

7. Which state has announced toe establish ‘CM

Rise’ schools?
[A] Gujarat
[B] Madhya Pradesh
[C] Maharashtra
[D] Assam
Correct Answer: B [Madhya Pradesh]
8. What is the brand name of the subsidized
chana dal sold by the Ministry of Food and
Consumer Affairs?
[A] India Dhal
[B] Bharat Dhal
[C] Janata Dhal
[D] Antyodaya Dhal
Correct Answer: B [Bharat Dhal]

9. “Namda”, a type of rug, is associated with

which state/UT?
[A] Puducherry
[B] Goa
[C] Andaman & Nicobar
[D] Jammu & Kashmir
Correct Answer: D [Jammu & Kashmir]

10. Which country is hosting the Global Food

Regulators Summit 2023?
[A] India
[B] Japan
 [C] USA
[D] New Zealand
Correct Answer: A [India]
(1) To increase milk production, which
Indian state government launched the
Nand Baba Milk Mission scheme?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh government.
(2) Who bag best actors awards at
International Indian Film Academy
Awards (IIFA) 2023?
Answer: Hrithik Roshan and Alia Bhatt.

(3) Which Indian track and field athlete

became the world number one for the
first time in his career in the latest
men’s javelin throw rankings with
1433 points as per report issued by
the World Athletics?
Answer: Neeraj Chopra.
(4) Who won the ‘Sangita Kalanidhi
Award 2023’?
Answer: Bombay Jayashri.
(5) What is estimated annual per capita
income of India in 2022-23?
Answer: INR 1,72,000.
(6) ‘Taj Mahotsav 2023’ hosted by
Tourism Ministry of which state from
18th February to 27th February?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh.
(7) 12th World Hindi Conference was
held between February 15-17, 2023 at
where?
Answer: Fiji.
(8) Asian Football Cup “AFC Men’s
Asian Cup 2023” will be held in which
country from January 12 to February
10, 2024?
Answer: Qatar.
(9) “2023 International Childhood
Cancer Day” was observed on which
 date?
Answer: February 15th.
(10) Who inaugurates first VFS Global
Joint Visa Application Centre and
skilling academy in Lucknow?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi
Adityanath.
10.Which institution leads the ‘Trans-Asia
Railway (TAR) network’?
[A] World Bank
[B] UN
[C] WEF
[D] IMF
Correct Answer: B [UN]
9.Which company is set to buy the Danske
Bank’s IT centre in India?
[A] HDFC Bank
[B] Infosys
[C] Axis Bank
[D] Tata Consultancy Services
Correct Answer: B [Infosys]

10.Which institution leads the ‘Trans-Asia

Railway (TAR) network’?
[A] World Bank
[B] UN
[C] WEF
[D] IMF
Correct Answer: B [UN]