Current Affairs March 2023 MCQ Test

Current Affairs March 2023 MCQs Test for events in MARCH 2023. Check out Latest MCQ Questions from Current Events held in March 2023 – Take this test to check your General Knowledge on current affairs topics from this year. These MCQ Question Answers are helpful for various entrance exams in India. MCQs from Topics related to Science and technology, Space research, Awards and honors, Entertainment, Sports, Politics, etc are covered in this test.

1. Which country developed the first DNA vaccine for dengue?

a.Australia

b.India

c.Denmark

d.Netherlands

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

a.AIRadio

b.Radio Bing

c.RadioGPT

d.Go Radio

3. In which country did Akshdeep Singh win gold in the men's 20km Asian Race-Walking Championship?

a.China

b.Japan

c.Bhutan

d.Nepal

4. Ashleigh Gardner wins the ICC Women's Player of the Month award for the month of February. Which country is the player from?

a.Australia

b.South Africa

c.England

d.New Zealand

5. In which city Uttarakhand government is going to set up a sports university?

a.Almora

b.Haldwani

c.Dehradun

d.Bageshwar

6. Who won the Junior Kabaddi World Championship-2023 title?

a.Japan

b.France

c.Russia

d.India

7. In which country did Mount Merapi volcano erupt, covering villages in ash?

a.Oman

b.Denmark

c.Egypt

d.Indonesia

8. Who has been honoured with the 'Player of the Year' award by the Asian Chess Federation?

a.D Gukesh

b.Vignesh N R

c.Bhakti Kulkarni

d.Tania Sachdev

9. In which state did the first death due to the seasonal viral 'H3N2' influenza virus occur in addition to Karnataka?

a.Goa

b.Haryana

c.Gujarat

d.Odisha

10. In which city did PM Modi inaugurate the Regional Office of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Innovation?

a.Mumbai

b.Chandigarh

c.Bengaluru

d.New Delhi

11. Where will the All India Women’s Folk Art Conference be organized?

a.Hyderabad

b.Mumbai

c.Chennai

d.Ajmer

12. Where will Umagine Chennai 2023, Asia's largest summit on technology and innovation, be organized?

a.Surat

b.Jaipur

c.Chennai

d.Ajmer

13. Which state government started the 'State Sports Awards and Honors Scheme'?

a.Assam

b.Bihar

c.Gujarat

d.Sikkim

14. In which city is the ‘Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela’ being organized?

a.New Delhi

b.Jaipur

c.Chandigarh

d.Patna

15. Which state will get the country's first marina in Byndoor?

a.Karnataka

b.Gujarat

c.Nagaland

d.Punjab

16. In the list of best sandwiches in the world, what rank did Mumbai's famous "vada pav" achieve?

a.13th

b.11th

c.15th

d.17th

17. In which city will the first international conference on Shared Buddhist Heritage begin?

a.Meerut

b.Jaipur

c.Mumbai

d.New Delhi

18. Which state's 53rd district is Mauganj?

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Rajasthan

c.Uttarakhand

d.Maharashtra

19. Which country has announced that it is banning TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices?

a.Canada

b.France

c.Denmark

d.Germany

20. ‘Digital India Bill’ is associated with which Union Ministry?

a.Ministry of Home Affairs

b.Ministry of External Affairs

c.Ministry of Electronics and IT

d.Ministry of Science and Technology

21. Which country has decided to recruit women in the army for the first time in 25 years?

a.Armenia

b.Azerbaijan

c.Ghana

d.Colombia

22. Which state defeated Maharashtra to win the Senior Women's 13th National Hockey Championship 2023?

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Arunachal Pradesh

c.Himachal Pradesh

d.Madhya Pradesh

23. Madhav National Park, which was seen in the news, is in which state/UT?

a.Gujarat

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Madhya Pradesh

d.Kerala

24. Which nation mediated the “Saudi-Iran Détente” peace agreement?

a.Israel

b.Germany

c.China

d.Nepal

25. In which year did Manchester United win the Carabao Cup?

a.2024

b.2023

c.2021

d.2022

26. Who has been appointed as the first Indian American judge of the Manhattan Federal District Court in New York?

a.Arun Subramanian

b.Neha Malik

c.Nehal Singh

d.Radhika Merchant

27. Which institution launched ‘ATL Sarthi’, a comprehensive self-monitoring framework?

a.NITI Aayog

b.RBI

c.BSE

d.SEBI

28. In which country was the first meeting of Central Asia JW Group held?

a.Egypt

b.Oman

c.Pakistan

d.India

29. In which district of Jammu and Kashmir the army hoisted the tallest 'Iconic National Flag'?

a.Doda

b.Kishtwar

c.Udhampur

d.Rajouri

30. What is the name of the form of artificial intelligence that can take actions using past data?

a.Reformative AI

b.Generative AI

c.Storage AI

d.Memory AI

31. In which state/UT was the Elephant Conservation Network (ECN) recently formed?

a.Delhi

b.Assam

c.Kerala

d.Puducherry

32. Who has been selected by the US Senate as the next US Ambassador to India?

a.Atul Keshap

b.A. Elizabeth Jones

c.Eric Garcetti

d.Kenneth Juster

33. Which state is the key state partner of the International SME Convention 2023 (ISC)?

a.Odisha

b.Madhya Pradesh

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Assam

34. The United Kingdom signed ‘Windsor Framework’ with which institution?

a.ISA

b.G-7

c.EU

d.G-20

35. In which city has Asia's largest international food and hospitality fair 'AAHAR 2023' begun?

a.Jodhpur

b.Rajkot

c.New Delhi

d.Bikaner

36. Which institution has released ‘Ethical Guidelines for AI in Healthcare and Biomedical Research’?

a.IMA

b.ICMR

c.AIIMS

d.NITI Aayog

37. Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga have won the award for Best Documentary Short Film at the Oscars 2023 for :

a.The Elephant Whisperers

b.Stranger at the Gate

c.The Martha Mitchell Effect

d.Haulout

38. Which institution released the ‘Landslide Atlas of India’?

a.ISRO

b.DRDO

c.NITI Aayog

d.NABARD

39. MCF Rae Bareli Hockey Stadium is named after which women hockey player?

a.Rani Rampal

b.Gurjeet Kaur

c.Ishika Chowdhary

d.Sushila Chanu

40. Which country's embassy launched the Spanish-Hindi football dictionary in New Delhi?

a.Spain

b.Brazil

c.Portugal

d.Argentina

41. In which state has the world's longest railway platform been inaugurated?

a.Maharashtra

b.Gujarat

c.Bihar

d.Karnataka

42. Where did the first Bodoland International Knowledge Festival take place in Assam?

a.Silchar

b.Golaghat

c.Dhubri

d.Kokrajhar

43. Indian Navy successfully tests BrahMos Missile. Which country has a joint venture with BrahMos Aerospace India?

a.Japan

b.USA

c.Russia

d.France

44. In which city will the SCO Tourism Ministers’ meet be held?

a.Dehradun

b.Ahmedabad

c.Hyderabad

d.Varanasi

45. Who won the gold medal at the World Women’s Boxing Championship by defeating Australia’s Caitlin Parker in the 75kg final?

a.Nitu Ghanghas

b.Vinesh Phougat

c.Mary Kom

d.Lovlina Borgohain

46. Who has been sworn in as the third Vice-President of Nepal?

a.Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav

b.Sher Bahadur Deuba

c.Arju Rana Deuba

d.Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’

47. Which year has been proposed to be marked as the year of tourism?

a.2027

b.2025

c.2023

d.2024

48. Sajibu Nongma Panba is a lunar new year celebrated in which state?

a.Arunachal Pradesh

b.Manipur

c.Assam

d.Odisha

49. Which country has claimed to have discovered around 8.5 million metric tons of lithium ore?

a.Israel

b.UAE

c.Iran

d.Australia

50. The government extended the deadline for PAN-Aadhaar linking till when?

a.31st March 2023

b.30th August 2023

c.30th July 2023

d.30th June 2023

51. Who has taken oath as the CM of Meghalaya for the second consecutive term?

a.Conrad Sangma

b.Prem Tamang

c.Phagu Chauhan

d.Prestone Tynsong

52. NTPC Green Energy Limited has entered into an agreement with whom for renewable energy projects?

a.Tata Green

b.Bharat Petroleum

c.Indian Oil Corporation Limited

d.Adani Green

53. Who has been elected as the third President of Nepal?

a.Subhash Chandra Nembang

b.Sher Bahadur Deuba

c.Ram Chandra Poudel

d.Ram Baran Yadav

54. Which bank has completed the acquisition of Citigroup’s India consumer business?

a.Axis Bank

b.HDFC Bank

c.ICICI Bank

d.Yes Bank

55. What is the Influenza sub-type H3N2 commonly called?

a.America Flu

b.China Flu

c.Hong Kong Flu

d.Japan Flu

56. What country came in first place on the Global Terrorism Index?

a.Afghanistan

b.Denmark

c.Pakistan

d.Kenya

57. Which state government hiked the monetary award for Mahila Vikas Protsahan Puraskar?

a.Tamil Nadu

b.Himachal Pradesh

c.Assam

d.West Bengal

58. In which state did Om Birla inaugurate the 19th Annual CPA Conference?

a.Kerala

b.Bihar

c.Tripura

d.Sikkim

59. In India, who is appointed as the ambassador of the initiative 'She Changes Climate'?

a.Anushka Sharma

b.Poornima Devi Burman

c.Shreya Ghodawat

d.Licypriya Kangujam

60. With the help of ISRO, in which city of Bhutan was the ground station of the India-Bhutan satellite established?

a.Thimphu

b.Jakar

c.Paro

d.Punakha

61. Who has taken oath as the Chief Minister of Tripura for the second time?

a.Manik Saha

b.Shukla Charan Noatia

c.Shantna Chakma

d.Sushant Chowdhary

62. In which state of India has the rare moth species Mimeusemia ceylonica been spotted for the first time?

a.Rajasthan

b.Tamil Nadu

c.West Bengal

d.Gujarat

63. Which state is launching the Ladli Bahna scheme to provide Rs 1000 per month to every woman?

a.Himachal Pradesh

b.Arunachal Pradesh

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Madhya Pradesh

64. Which city was honoured with the 'Partnership for Healthy Cities Award'-2023 for their tobacco control efforts?

a.Dehradun

b.Ahmedabad

c.Hyderabad

d.Bangalore

65. Which state received investment proposals worth ₹13 lakh crore in the Global Investment Summit 2023?

a.Andhra Pradesh

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Himachal Pradesh

d.Madhya Pradesh

66. In which state did the second phase of 'Rajiv Gandhi Jalsanchay Yojana' start?

a.Sikkim

b.Rajasthan

c.Odisha

d.Bihar

67. In which city will Asia's largest Tulip Garden start?

a.Jammu

b.Bishnah

c.Pulwama

d.Srinagar

68. Which country is racing to retrieve the wreckage of a U.S. military drone that crashed over the Black Sea?

a.Russia

b.Israel

c.New Zealand

d.Kuwait

69. Which state has tabled the Advocates Protection Bill, 2023?

a.Karnataka

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Rajasthan

d.Gujarat

70. In which city of Odisha did the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) find a 1,300-year-old Buddhist stupa?

a.Brahmapur

b.Kalahandi

c.Cuttack

d.Jajpur

71. Who won the Professional Photographer of the Year award at the 8th National Photography Awards?

a.Sudipto Das

b.Arun Saha

c.Shipra Das

d.Shashi Kumar Ramachandran

72. Which game does Ekta Bhyan belong to?

a.Boxing

b.Wrestling

c.Javelin throw

d.Discus throw

73. Who has become the highest wicket-taker in the T20I format of cricket?

a.Kuldeep Yadav

b.Adam Zampa

c.Shakib Al Hasan

d.Ravindra Jadeja

74. Which bank has recently issued its first electronic bank guarantee?

a.Axis Bank

b.Bandhan Bank

c.Union Bank Of India

d.Yes Bank

75. Which city is the host of ‘International Bio-resource Conclave & Ethno-pharmacology Congress 2023’?

a.Mumbai

b.Bengaluru

c.Kolkata

d.Imphal

76. Which Indian youth player has won the bronze medal in the World Youth Weightlifting Championship?

a.Vikas Thakur

b.Dhanush Loganathan

c.Priyam Garg

d.Lovepreet Singh

77. Who has taken oath as the First Woman Minister of Nagaland?

a.Azheto Zhimomi

b.Salhoutuonou Kruse

c.Hekani Jakhalu

d.Keneizhakho Nakhro

78. Which state/UT passed the ‘Mediapersons Protection Bill 2023’?

a.Gujarat

b.Chhattisgarh

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.West Bengal

79. To which city is Indonesia relocating its capital from Jakarta?

a.Medan

b.Tangerang

c.Borneo

d.Malang

80. How many layers in Earth's core have scientists confirmed the existence of?

a.Fourth

b.Seventh

c.Fifth

d.Third

81. Who has launched the new Artificial Intelligence Chatbot GPT-4?

a.Signature AI

b.Twitter

c.Google

d.OpenAI

82. Which country did Svaya Robotics develop the first indigenous quadrupedal robot for?

a.India

b.Oman

c.Australia

d.Fiji

83. Which company organized the workshop on ‘Human Factors Engineering in Military Platforms’?

a.NASA

b.ISRO

c.DRDO

d.SAARC

84. Which country has opened military service to women for the first time in 25 years?

a.Comoros

b.Cuba

c.Canada

d.Colombia

85. Where will President Droupadi Murmu inaugurate the 7th International Dharma-Dhamma Conference?

a.Rohtak

b.Bhopal

c.Palwal

d.Chennai

86. Which Indian state recently introduced electric trains for the first time?

a.Meghalaya

b.Karnataka

c.Mizoram

d.Kerala

87. In which country was Yoon Suk Yeol of the opposition People Power party elected as the new President?

a.Sudan

b.Switzerland

c.Suriname

d.South Korea

88. Which country has been honoured with the Government Leadership Award 2023 by the GSM Association?

a.India

b.China

c.Canada

d.Singapore

89. In which city is the IBA Women's World Boxing Championship being organized?

a.New Delhi

b.Patna

c.Bengaluru

d.Guwahati

90. What is the name of the cyclone that has caused winds and torrential rain in Malawi and Mozambique?

a.Mousie

b.Rhino

c.Freddy

d.Feddy

91. Who became the second Indian to win more than one gold medal in the Women's World Boxing Championships?

a.Lovlina Borgohain

b.Mary Kom

c.Sweety Boora

d.Nikhat Zareen

92. Which Union Ministry is set to host the ‘World Food India-2023’ event?

a.Ministry of Rural Development

b.Ministry of Agriculture

c.Ministry of Food Processing Industries

d.Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

93. ‘Bahu Balli’, the world’s first 200-meter-long Bamboo Crash Barrier has been installed in which state?

a.Maharashtra

b.Odisha

c.West Bengal

d.Assam

94. Which country announced the Indo-Pacific tech envoy?

a.USA

b.UK

c.Australia

d.Germany

95. International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant against the President of which country?

a.Russia

b.Sri Lanka

c.UK

d.North Korea

96. What is the name of the second Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC), which was launched recently?

a.Androth

b.Arnab

c.Arnala

d.Andrea

97. Which institution released the ‘Triple Threat Report’?

a.UNESCO

b.IMF

c.World Economic Forum

d.UNICEF

98. In which city in Maharashtra was the new initiative 'Beggar Free City' launched?

a.Thane

b.Akola

c.Kolhapur

d.Nagpur

99. Between India and which country was the Joint Military Exercise FRINJEX-23 conducted?

a.France

b.Japan

c.Australia

d.USA

100. Who has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer by IndiaCast?

a.Vivek Agnihotri

b.Piyush Goyal

c.Ajay Sethi

d.Mudit Sehgal

101. Who launched the app ‘Call Before You Dig’?

a.Narendra Modi

b.Piyush Goyal

c.Ashwini Vaishnav

d.Smriti Irani

102. Where was Asia's longest-ever cycle race flagged off from in J&K?

a.Jammu

b.Srinagar

c.Gulmarg

d.Pulwama

103. Who did Luxor select as their Brand Ambassador?

a.MS Dhoni

b.Sachin Tendulkar

c.Virat Kohli

d.Rohit Sharma

104. Dibang Multipurpose Project, India’s largest-ever hydropower project, is being set up in which state?

a.Sikkim

b.Arunachal Pradesh

c.Uttarakhand

d.West Bengal

105. In which state did the Archaeological Survey of India discover a 1300-year-old Buddhist Stupa?

a.Assam

b.Odisha

c.Kerala

d.Goa

106. Which institution has designed the ‘Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS)’?

a.BEL

b.HAL

c.DRDO

d.ISRO

107. The Australian Prime Minister is visiting India from March 8-11 and will participate in the Australia-India Summit in which city?

a.Chennai

b.Ajmer

c.Mumbai

d.New Delhi

108. In which year did writer Vinod Kumar Shukla win the PEN/Nabokov Lifetime Achievement Award?

a.2023

b.2024

c.2022

d.2025

109. Where is India's first Geological Park going to be built?

a.Shivpuri

b.Sagar

c.Jabalpur

d.Bhopal

110. NASA’s Curiosity Rover recently captured the crepuscular rays on which planet?

a.Venus

b.Mars

c.Jupiter

d.Earth

111. In which country did the International Criminal Court issue an arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin for war crimes?

a.UK

b.Uganda

c.USA

d.Ukraine

112. Polio cases were recently recorded in which country for the first time in 30 years.

a.Japan

b.South Africa

c.Burundi

d.Australia

113. Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Swachhotsav’ women-led cleanliness campaign?

a.Ministry of Home Affairs

b.Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

c.Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

d.Ministry of Women and Child Development

114. Which pension system is being reviewed by a committee established by the government?

a.National Pension System

b.Atal Pension Yojana

c.New Pension System

d.Smart Pension System

115. Whom did Viacom18 choose as its brand ambassador?

a.MS Dhoni

b.Suresh Raina

c.Sachin Tendulkar

d.Yuvraj Singh

116. Bhagwant Mann sworn in as the 17th Chief minister of _________ .

a.Punjab

b.Rajasthan

c.Assam

d.Odisha

117. For how many years has India's Triple-Jumper Aishwarya Babu been banned by NADA?

a.Two

b.Four

c.One

d.Three

118. Who has become the first woman loco pilot of the Vande Bharat Express train?

a.Surekha Yadav

b.Shiva Chauhan

c.Mira Nayak

d.Aditi Singh

119. Which state launched the ‘Mukhyamantri Vriksh Sampada Yojana’?

a.Gujarat

b.Chhattisgarh

c.Odisha

d.West Bengal

120. Who won the Gold in the 48-kg category of the IBA Women's World Boxing Championship 2023?

a.Neha Malik

b.Nitu Ghanghas

c.Mary Kom

d.Sweety Boora

121. Who has been elected for the third term as the President of China?

a.Hu Jintao

b.Xi Jinping

c.Li Yuanchao

d.Han Zheng

122. Who has been appointed as the new coach of the Indian Men's Hockey team?

a.Graham Reid

b.Mario Lemieux

c.Dilip Tirkey

d.Craig Fulton

123. Which state government recently presented a budget of ₹3.01 lakh crore?

a.Haryana

b.Gujarat

c.Bihar

d.Kerala

124. Who wrote the book "As Good as My Word"?

a.K M Chandrasekhar

b.Sneha Mishra

c.G B Pant

d.Mahesh Bhatt

125. In which country has Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani been appointed as the new Prime Minister?

a.Qatar

b.Portugal

c.Romania

d.Mauritius

126. Which state government has tied up with a French development agency to improve drinking water services?

a.Tamil Nadu

b.Kerala

c.Assam

d.Himachal Pradesh

127. Which Aircraft Carrier is hosting the first edition of the Naval Commanders' Conference 2023?

a.INS Mumbai

b.INS Shardul

c.INS Vikrant

d.INS Kolkata

128. In which city did IARI organize the Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela?

a.Hydrogen

b.New Delhi

c.Rajkot

d.Jaipur

129. UBS Group is a multinational investment bank based in which country?

a.Switzerland

b.China

c.UK

d.USA

130. Which state decided to include millets in midday meals in schools and public distribution systems?

a.Himachal Pradesh

b.Madhya Pradesh

c.Arunachal Pradesh

d.Uttar Pradesh

131. Which company unveiled a new generation of a spacesuit for humanity's return trip to the Moon?

a.DRDO

b.ISRO

c.TESLA

d.NASA

132. Which state released 2 tigers under the tiger rehabilitation project in Shivpuri's Madhav National Park?

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Uttarakhand

c.Nagaland

d.Karnataka

133. From which state's ISRO Propulsion Complex was the key rocket engine test for Chandrayaan-3 successfully conducted by ISRO?

a.Rajasthan

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Uttarakhand

d.West Bengal

134. Which game did Sarabjot Singh belong to?

a.Shooting

b.Hockey

c.Golf

d.Cricket

135. The ‘Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD)’ has found the presence of lithium reserves in which state?

a.Gujarat

b.Assam

c.Madhya Pradesh

d.Karnataka

136. Which city's Churchgate railway station was named after India's first RBI governor CD Deshmukh?

a.Noida

b.Mumbai

c.Chennai

d.Bhopal

137. Which institution released the ‘Technology and Innovation Report 2023’?

a.World Economic Forum

b.UNESCO

c.UNCTAD

d.UNICEF

138. In which city is ISRO to conduct the young scientist programme?

a.Ahmedabad

b.Hyderabad

c.Bangalore

d.Kerala

139. Which paramilitary force is responsible for guarding the Indo-Myanmar border?

a.CISF

b.Assam Rifles

c.ITBP

d.BSF

140. Who won the title of Saudi Arabia Grand Prix 2023?

a.Max Verstappen

b.George Russell

c.Fernando Alonso

d.Sergio Perez

141. Which is the first platform to launch ‘UPI LITE payments’?

a.Google Pay

b.Airtel Payments Bank

c.Mi Pay

d.Paytm Payments Bank

142. Which state is the host of the ‘Global Responsible Tourism Summit’?

a.Sikkim

b.Kerala

c.Himachal Pradesh

d.Goa

143. Which bank permitted India and Tanzania to utilize their national currencies for trading?

a.ICICI

b.RBI

c.HDFC

d.BOB

144. At a Tokyo summit, Japan renewed ties with which country, overcoming a century of difficult relations?

a.Sri Lanka

b.South Korea

c.Spain

d.Sudan

145. Which country will sign a memorandum of understanding on semiconductors with India?

a.Japan

b.Australia

c.Hong Kong

d.USA

146. Dharoi wetland, where a bird survey was conducted recently, is located in which state?

a.Kerala

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Gujarat

d.Karnataka

147. Who has been enrolled in the Bar Council of the state as the first transgender lawyer in Kerala?

a.Swati Bidhan Barua

b.Joyita Mandal

c.Padma Lakshmi

d.Vidya Kamble

148. On the Electoral Democracy Index 2023, what rank did India score?

a.108th

b.104th

c.105th

d.101st

149. IMF Executive Board has approved a USD 3 billion bail-out programme for which country?

a.Sri Lanka

b.China

c.Pakistan

d.Afghanistan

150. In which state did former Supreme Court Justice S. Abdul Nazir take oath as the Governor?

a.Jharkhand

b.Nagaland

c.Chhattisgarh

d.Andhra Pradesh

151. Which company has successfully conducted a flight test of the Power Take-off Shaft on LCA Tejas?

a.DRDO

b.SAARC

c.NASA

d.ISRO

152. In which city's Open ATP challenger tournament did the Indian pair Anirudh Chandrasekhar and N Vijay Sundar Prashanth storm into the doubles final?

a.Kanpur

b.Bengaluru

c.Surat

d.Bhopal

153. Who won the Women's Singles Title in the National Badminton Championship?

a.Aakarshi Kashyap

b.Anupama Upadhyay

c.P V Sindhu

d.Sayali Gokhale

154. Who has acquired Switzerland’s Credit Suisse Bank facing a financial crisis?

a.Credit Agricole

b.Standard Chartered

c.UBS Group

d.HSBC

155. Yellowstone National Park is located in which country?

a.Australia

b.USA

c.France

d.UK

156. Which company successfully tested a cryogenic engine for the Chandrayaan-3 Moon Mission?

a.DRDO

b.SAARC

c.ISRO

d.NASA

157. In which country was the third edition of Exercise 'Sea Dragon'-2023 held, in which the Indian Navy participated?

a.Italy

b.USA

c.Afghanistan

d.United Kingdom

158. Which city is the host of the W20 Inception Meeting under India’s G-20 Presidency?

a.Bhubaneswar

b.Chennai

c.Aurangabad

d.Kochi

159. Which country's president nominated Mr. Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank?

a.Ukraine

b.India

c.USA

d.Norway

160. Where did PM Modi inaugurate the new ITU Area Office and Innovation Center?

a.New Delhi

b.Patna

c.Jaipur

d.Bikaner

161. Axis Bank has acquired the Indian Consumer Business of which Bank?

a.Federal Bank

b.Bandhan Bank

c.Union Bank Of India

d.Citi Bank

162. In which state has Padma Lakshmi become the first transgender lawyer enrolled in the Bar Council of the state?

a.Assam

b.Kerala

c.Mizoram

d.Sikkim

163. Who has been appointed as the Governor/L-G of Ladakh?

a.K.K. Mathur

b.Dr. G. Narayana Raju

c.Suresh Singh

d.B.D. Mishra

164. Which state's tourism department hosts the "Braj Holi Mahotsav"?

a.Gujarat

b.Odisha

c.Punjab

d.Rajasthan

165. Who took over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command?

a.Ajendra Bahadur Singh

b.G. Ashok Kumar

c.Satish Namdev Ghormade

d.Dinesh K Tripathi

166. Which Indian-American was recently nominated as the Judge of the Southern District of New York?

a.Geeta Menon

b.Arun Subramanian

c.Rakesh Khurana

d.Ajay Banga

167. Which country joined the BRICS bank as a new member weeks after President Sisi's India visit?

a.Egypt

b.Russia

c.Pakistan

d.Kuwait

168. Which country's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will be the chief guest at the 8th Raisina Dialogue?

a.China

b.Egypt

c.Russia

d.Italy

169. Which institution launched India’s first municipal bond index?

a.NSE

b.RBI

c.BSE

d.SEBI

170. Which bank did raise Rs 3717cr from its third AT1 bond sale?

a.SBI

b.BOB

c.HDFC

d.PNB

171. Which sportsperson has won the gold medal in the men's shot put event of the AFI National Throws Competition?

a.Omprakash Singh

b.Tek Chand

c.Inderjeet Singh

d.Tejinderpal Singh Toor

172. Which team won the 76th edition of the Santosh Trophy?

a.Meghalaya

b.Maharashtra

c.Services

d.Karnataka

173. Which team has won the Women's Premier League 2023 title?

a.UP Warriors

b.Delhi Capitals

c.Royal Challengers Bangalore

d.Mumbai Indians

174. Which country hosted the third session of the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR)?

a.USA

b.Sri Lanka

c.Nepal

d.India

175. In which country is Siniyah Island situated, which was in the news recently?

a.India

b.USA

c.UAE

d.UK

176. Which state will be exporting 'Bird's eye chilli' to the United States for the first time?

a.Meghalaya

b.Manipur

c.Maharashtra

d.Mizoram

177. Who, along with Mary Kom, was roped in as a brand ambassador of Women's Boxing?

a.Varun Dhawan

b.Aamir Khan

c.Ranveer Singh

d.Farhan Akhtar

178. Who has taken oath as the Chief Minister of Nagaland?

a.Neiphiu Rio

b.T. R. Zeliang

c.Prem Tamang

d.Yanthungo Patton

179. Which state's temple became India's first to induct a robotic elephant for ritual duties?

a.Rajasthan

b.Punjab

c.Kerala

d.Nagaland

180. Who has taken over as the 28th Controller General of Accounts?

a.Soma Roy Burman

b.Sumit Tyagi

c.SS Dubey

d.Ashwini Vaishnaw

181. In which city did Union Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurate "AgriUniFest"?

a.Rajkot

b.Bengaluru

c.Jaipur

d.Jammu

182. In which city did President Droupadi Murmu present Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships & Akademi Awards?

a.Rajkot

b.Patna

c.New Delhi

d.Lucknow

183. In which state did Nitin Gadkari inaugurate 7 National Highway Projects worth Rs 2,444 crore?

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Arunachal Pradesh

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Himachal Pradesh

184. Which country tested a submarine-launched cruise missile?

a.Norway

b.Nepal

c.New Zealand

d.North Korea

185. Who has been awarded ‘Governor of the Year 2023’ by the International Publication Central Banking?

a.Mahesh Kumar Jain

b.Shaktikanta Das

c.Raghuram Rajan

d.Urjit Patel

186. Who has become the first woman legislator elected to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly?

a.Kahuli Sema

b.Azheto Zhimomi

c.Sano Wamujo

d.Hekani Jakhalu

187. In which country was Ram Chandra Poudel elected as the third President?

a.Russia

b.Fiji

c.France

d.Nepal

188. What is the theme of the ‘World Sparrow Day 2023’?

a.Climate Change and Sparrows

b.Sustainability and Sparrows

c.I love Sparrows

d.Sparrows are our Friends

189. Where was the world’s first bamboo crash barrier installed?

a.Gujarat

b.Maharashtra

c.Haryana

d.Kerala

190. Who is the author of the book - ‘Bipin: The Man Behind the Uniform’?

a.Rajdeep Sardesai

b.Chetan Bhagat

c.Manoj Sinha

d.Rachna Bisht Rawat

191. Who has won the Abel Prize for mathematics?

a.Urf Patel

b.Luis Caffarelli

c.Piyush Chawla

d.Melson Wicket

192. Who has been elected as the new President of Vietnam?

a.Vo Van Thuong

b.Pham Minh Chinh

c.Vuong Dinh Hue

d.Nguyen Xuan Phuc

193. In which country are the Kermadec Islands located?

a.Fiji

b.New Zealand

c.France

d.Switzerland

194. Which city is the host of ‘G20 Research and Innovation Initiative Gathering (RIIG) Conference’?

a.Dibrugarh

b.Bhubaneswar

c.Pune

d.Kolkata

195. Which country won both the men's and women's Asian Kho Kho Championship titles in 2023?

a.France

b.Norway

c.India

d.Oman

196. Who was appointed as India’s ambassador of ‘She Changes Climate’?

a.Rekha Sharma

b.Deepti Advani

c.Shreya Ghodawat

d.Seema Vyas

197. Who organised the operational level exercise TROPEX 2023?

a.Indian Navy

b.Indian Army

c.Indian Coast Guard

d.Indian Air Force

198. Which Union Minister launched the Vedic Heritage Portal?

a.Anurag Thakur

b.Amit Shah

c.S Jaishankar

d.Piyush Goyal

199. Mimeusemia ceylonica, rare moth species, has been spotted for the first time in India, in which state?

a.Karnataka

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Odisha

d.Kerala

200. Which country will receive MiG-29 fighter jets from Poland, making it the first NATO member to do so?

a.Ukraine

b.Chile

c.Cuba

d.Uganda

201. Which state's CM inaugurated the 'Jharni Yojana Portal'?

a.Assam

b.Odisha

c.Sikkim

d.Jharkhand

202. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani has become the new Prime Minister of which country?

a.Oman

b.Qatar

c.United Arab Emirates

d.Bahrain

203. In which state/UT did the Indian Army install the tallest ‘Iconic National Flag’?

a.Haryana

b.Meghalaya

c.Chhattisgarh

d.Jammu and Kashmir

204. In which city the Union Agriculture Minister inaugurated 'AgriUnifest'?

a.Bengaluru

b.Jaipur

c.Patna

d.Lucknow

205. Which country's Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, arrived on a two-day visit to Gujarat?

a.Australia

b.Greece

c.Haiti

d.America

206. Which state launched the ‘Mukhyamantri Vriksh Sampada Yojana’?

a.Bihar

b.Chhattisgarh

c.Sikkim

d.Assam

207. How many years has Nobel-winning rights activist Ales Bialiatski been jailed in Belarus?

a.10 years

b.5 years

c.9 years

d.8 years

208. Which country inaugurated the exhibition ‘Geoffrey Bawa’ along with India in New Delhi?

a.Sri Lanka

b.Spain

c.Sudan

d.Switzerland

209. To which year has the central government extended the time period of the O-SMART scheme?

a.2024

b.2025

c.2026

d.2027

210. Which state’s Governor returned the Prohibition of Online Gambling Bill passed by the state cabinet?

a.Punjab

b.West Bengal

c.Kerala

d.Tamil Nadu

211. Who has been elected unopposed as the Speaker of the 11th Legislative Assembly in Meghalaya?

a.Alexander Laloo Hek

b.Conrad K. Sangma

c.Thomas A. Sangma

d.Prestone Tynsong

212. Which country holds the Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in 2023?

a.India

b.USA

c.Israel

d.Germany

213. Who has taken over as the new Principal Director General of PIB?

a.Rajesh Malhotra

b.Alok Sinha

c.Nripendra Mishra

d.Satyendra Prakash

214. Raccoon Dog, which was seen in the news, is endemic to which region?

a.Asia

b.Europe

c.America

d.Africa

215. Which country banned the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on government phones over security grounds?

a.USA

b.Ukraine

c.UAE

d.U.K

216. Where will the 4th Asian Kho Kho Championship for Men and Women be held?

a.Sikkim

b.Odisha

c.Assam

d.Goa

217. Who conducted the ‘Regional Level Search and Rescue Exercise’ in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh?

a.Indian Army

b.Indian Coast Guard

c.Indian Air Force

d.Indian Navy

218. With which country's Central Bank has the RBI signed an agreement to promote innovation in financial products?

a.Italy

b.UAE

c.Japan

d.Australia

219. What is the rank of India in the International Intellectual Property Index 2023?

a.55

b.32

c.26

d.42

220. The five-day 'Yashang festival' In which state is it being organized?

a.Manipur

b.Bihar

c.Rajasthan

d.Assam

221. Which state/UT is the host of the ‘First international conference on Shared Buddhist Heritage’?

a.Assam

b.Bihar

c.New Delhi

d.Kerala

222. For which year did Mirabai Chanu win BBC Indian Sportswoman of The Year?

a.2021

b.2019

c.2022

d.2020

223. Who has been appointed as the independent director of the Indian public sector undertaking Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam?

a.Ajay Garg

b.Shashikant Jagannath Wani

c.Umesh Sinha

d.Dinesh Mohanty

224. Who has recently become the first woman to command a frontline combat unit of the Indian Air Force?

a.Aavni Chaturvedi

b.Shalija Dhami

c.Shivangi Singh

d.Shiva Chauhan

225. Who won gold in the men's 10m air pistol event at the ISSF World Cup Shooting Championships?

a.Jeetu Rai

b.Sarabjot Singh

c.Suma Shirur

d.Saurabh Chowdhary

226. Who has been appointed by Star Sports as its new brand ambassador?

a.Akshay Kumar

b.Ranveer Singh

c.Anushka Sharma

d.Virat Kohli

227. Who has won the singles title of the Indian Wells Masters?

a.Daniil Medvedev

b.Matt Ebden

c.Rafael Nadal

d.Carlos Alcaraz

228. Who has recently taken over as the CEO of the coffeehouse company Starbucks?

a.Ajay Sinha

b.David Howard

c.Laxman Narasimhan

d.Howard Schultz

229. Which city has been renamed as ‘Chatrapati Sambhajinagar’?

a.Ahmed Nagar

b.Nashik

c.Aurangabad

d.Pune

230. Abel Prize is conferred to recognise outstanding contributors of which field?

a.Sports

b.Journalism

c.Mathematics

d.Architecture

231. How many times has the Indira Gandhi Airport been ranked the best airport in South Asia?

a.5th

b.6th

c.3rd

d.2nd

232. Which Indian Song won Best Original Song Oscar for the film in 2023?

a.Naatu Naatu

b.Mudhal Muththam

c.Kesariya tera rang

d.O mahi

233. Who won the GenNext Entrepreneur Award at the 12th Forbes India Leadership Awards 2023?

a.Isha Ambani

b.Anant Ambani

c.Rani Godrej

d.Neha Mittal

234. Which state's CM unveiled the North East's 1st compressed biogas plant?

a.Assam

b.Goa

c.Mizoram

d.Tripura

235. Defence Ministry recently signed a contract with which organisation under Project Himshakti?

a.BEL

b.HAL

c.ISRO

d.DRDO

236. In which state was the foundation stone laid for North-East's first compressed biogas plant?

a.Maharashtra

b.Uttarakhand

c.Assam

d.Chhattisgarh

237. Which organisation released the ‘Women, Business and the Law Index’?

a.World Bank

b.Asian Development Bank

c.International Monetary Fund

d.World Economic Forum

238. Which state's Chief Minister, Dhami, announced the launch of a self-employment scheme for single women?

a.Gujarat

b.Maharashtra

c.Chhattisgarh

d.Uttarakhand

239. Who was elected as the new President of Nigeria?

a.Abibat Tinubu

b.Peter Obi

c.Nyesom Wike

d.Bola Tinubu

240. Which country's hockey federation has been awarded the 'Best Organizer Award' by the Asian Hockey Federation?

a.Malaysia

b.India

c.Australia

d.Netherlands

241. Who took over the command of an independent field workshop in the Eastern Ladakh region with China after the Indian Army approved women officers for command posts?

a.Sangeeta Malik

b.Geeta Rana

c.Sneha Mittal

d.Shweta Singh

242. Which bank launched a new pilot project on coin vending machines?

a.SBI

b.RBI

c.PNB

d.ICICI

243. Who is organizing the third edition of the ‘La Perouse’ Exercise?

a.India

b.France

c.USA

d.UK

244. In which city did Nitin Gadkari unveil the first methanol-powered buses?

a.Bangalore

b.Dehradun

c.Mumbai

d.Jaipur

245. Which state/UT hosted the ‘Kodava Hockey Festival’?

a.Karnataka

b.West Bengal

c.Andhra Pradesh

d.Odisha

246. Who won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix?

a.Fernando Alonso

b.Sergio Perez

c.Roger Federer

d.Max Verstappen

247. Which state government launched the 'Gaj Mitra' initiative to prevent human-elephant conflict?

a.Tamil Nadu

b.Uttarakhand

c.Gujarat

d.West Bengal

248. In which state is 'Saurashtra Tamil Sangam' being organized to connect Tamil Nadu and Saurashtra?

a.Chhattisgarh

b.Haryana

c.Punjab

d.Gujarat

249. Which initiative was launched to distribute three million meals and food parcels to disadvantaged individuals and families during Ramadan?

a.UNESCO

b.USA Food Bank

c.UNICEF

d.UAE Food Bank

250. Which state exempted Electric Vehicles buyers from tax and registration fees?

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Uttarakhand

c.Maharashtra

d.Chhattisgarh

251. Siniyah Island, which was seen in the news, is situated in which country?

a.China

b.Russia

c.UAE

d.Israel

252. ‘Geoffrey Bawa: It is Essential To be There’ Exhibition was inaugurated to mark 75 years of bilateral relations between India and .......?

a.Singapore

b.Sri Lanka

c.France

d.Bangladesh

253. Who is the author of the book "Mundaka Upanishad: The Gateway to Eternity"?

a.Poonam Saroha

b.Shweta Mishra

c.Karan Singh

d.Neha Mittal

254. When is World Civil Defense Day observed every year?

a.01st March

b.02nd March

c.28th February

d.27th February

255. Which city is the host of ‘Global Millets (Shree Anna) Conference’?

a.Ahmedabad

b.New Delhi

c.Varanasi

d.Mumbai

256. Which country introduced a smartphone emergency alert system for its citizens?

a.UK

b.Uganda

c.USA

d.Kuwait

257. Where will the Fourth Asian Kho-Kho Championship-2023 be held?

a.Rajasthan

b.Bihar

c.Sikkim

d.Assam

258. Which state/UT released the ‘Master Plan for 2041’ to guide the development of city in various areas?

a.Odisha

b.New Delhi

c.Karnataka

d.West Bengal

259. ‘Sahakar Samridhi Soudha’ is to be constructed in which state/UT?

a.Karnataka

b.Odisha

c.Tamil Nadu

d.West Bengal

260. Which country unveiled a broad long-term blueprint for deepening relations with China?

a.Fiji

b.France

c.Russia

d.Haiti

261. Where did the 'Sagar Parikrama Phase IV' conclude?

a.Sikkim

b.Karnataka

c.Nagaland

d.Assam

262. Which film won seven awards during the Oscars 2023 event?

a.Everything Everywhere All at Once

b.Top Gun: Maverick

c.Elvis

d.Tar

263. Which Australian player announced his retirement from first-class cricket?

a.Shaun Marsh

b.Todd Murphy

c.Steve Smith

d.Nathan Lyon

264. Who has recently become India's 81st Chess Grandmaster?

a.Sayantan Das

b.Pranesh M

c.Vignesh N R

d.Rahul Srivastava

265. Which country will launch the Young Professionals Scheme with India?

a.Australia

b.UK

c.USA

d.America

266. Who has launched the mission ‘Har Payment Digital’?

a.State Bank of India

b.Union Bank Of India

c.Reserve Bank of India

d.Asian Development Bank

267. US President Joe Biden presented the National Humanity Medal to which Indian-American actress?

a.Dolly Singh

b.Amita Naik

c.Sonia Shah

d.Mindy Kaling

268. What is India’s rank in the list of most polluted countries on the World Air Quality Index?

a.6th

b.8th

c.10th

d.15th

269. Which state does Mukundra Hills, which is in the news these days, belong to?

a.Bihar

b.Haryana

c.Bihar

d.Rajasthan

270. Rest of India's team defeated whom to win the prestigious Irani Cup title?

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Gujarat

c.Madhya Pradesh

d.Haryana

271. Which state won the Santosh Trophy after a 54-year wait?

a.Nagaland

b.Uttarakhand

c.Karnataka

d.Chhattisgarh

272. Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC)’?

a.Ministry of Home Affairs

b.Ministry of Finance

c.Ministry of Electronics and IT

d.Ministry of Defence

273. Which state has become the first state to pass the Right to Health Bill?

a.Bihar

b.Maharashtra

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Rajasthan

274. In which state was the Ministry of AYUSH's first 'Chintan Shivir' organized at Kaziranga National Park?

a.Nagaland

b.Assam

c.Haryana

d.Goa

275. The Draft Central Electricity Authority Regulations was issued recently to protect which species?

a.Asian Elephant

b.Great Indian Bustard

c.Asiatic Lion

d.One-horned Rhinos

276. Which edition of Indian Fharma Fair (IFF) will be hosted by Uttar Pradesh?

a.10th

b.3rd

c.5th

d.8th

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