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

a.I love Sparrows

b.Climate Change and Sparrows

c.Sparrows are our Friends

d.Sustainability and Sparrows

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

a.Mumbai

b.Jaipur

c.Bangalore

d.Dehradun

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

a.Fernando Alonso

b.Max Verstappen

c.George Russell

d.Sergio Perez

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

a.West Bengal

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Gujarat

d.Uttarakhand

5. 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.Lovlina Borgohain

c.Mary Kom

d.Vinesh Phougat

6. 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

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

a.World Economic Forum

b.International Monetary Fund

c.Asian Development Bank

d.World Bank

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

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Karnataka

c.Uttarakhand

d.Nagaland

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

a.UNESCO

b.World Economic Forum

c.UNCTAD

d.UNICEF

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

a.Shaun Marsh

b.Steve Smith

c.Todd Murphy

d.Nathan Lyon

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

a.Indian Oil Corporation Limited

b.Adani Green

c.Bharat Petroleum

d.Tata Green

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

a.Mudhal Muththam

b.O mahi

c.Kesariya tera rang

d.Naatu Naatu

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

a.Haryana

b.Punjab

c.Gujarat

d.Chhattisgarh

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

a.Assam

b.Rajasthan

c.Sikkim

d.Bihar

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

a.Hekani Jakhalu

b.Salhoutuonou Kruse

c.Keneizhakho Nakhro

d.Azheto Zhimomi

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

a.Ministry of Home Affairs

b.Ministry of Defence

c.Ministry of Finance

d.Ministry of Electronics and IT

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

a.13th

b.17th

c.11th

d.15th

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

a.Asiatic Lion

b.Great Indian Bustard

c.One-horned Rhinos

d.Asian Elephant

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

a.New Delhi

b.Mumbai

c.Chennai

d.Ajmer

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

a.108th

b.105th

c.101st

d.104th

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

a.UNESCO

b.UAE Food Bank

c.UNICEF

d.USA Food Bank

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

a.Tamil Nadu

b.Kerala

c.Punjab

d.West Bengal

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

a.RBI

b.BSE

c.SEBI

d.NSE

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

a.ISRO

b.NABARD

c.DRDO

d.NITI Aayog

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

a.Jammu and Kashmir

b.Meghalaya

c.Haryana

d.Chhattisgarh

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

a.Anant Ambani

b.Rani Godrej

c.Isha Ambani

d.Neha Mittal

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

a.Puducherry

b.Delhi

c.Kerala

d.Assam

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

a.Nepal

b.New Zealand

c.North Korea

d.Norway

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

a.Australia

b.USA

c.Germany

d.UK

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

a.Uttarakhand

b.Maharashtra

c.Gujarat

d.Chhattisgarh

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

a.Haryana

b.Bihar

c.Bihar

d.Rajasthan

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

a.Meghalaya

b.Karnataka

c.Mizoram

d.Kerala

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

a.Nagaland

b.Kerala

c.Punjab

d.Rajasthan

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

a.Nyesom Wike

b.Bola Tinubu

c.Peter Obi

d.Abibat Tinubu

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

a.Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

b.Ministry of Rural Development

c.Ministry of Agriculture

d.Ministry of Food Processing Industries

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

a.Tripura

b.Mizoram

c.Assam

d.Goa

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

a.Australia

b.Oman

c.Fiji

d.India

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

a.Ajmer

b.Hyderabad

c.Chennai

d.Mumbai

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

a.INS Vikrant

b.INS Mumbai

c.INS Kolkata

d.INS Shardul

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

a.Goa

b.Assam

c.Nagaland

d.Haryana

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

a.Dilip Tirkey

b.Craig Fulton

c.Mario Lemieux

d.Graham Reid

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

a.Jeetu Rai

b.Suma Shirur

c.Sarabjot Singh

d.Saurabh Chowdhary

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

a.SAARC

b.DRDO

c.ISRO

d.NASA

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

a.Reformative AI

b.Memory AI

c.Storage AI

d.Generative AI

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

a.Sayantan Das

b.Rahul Srivastava

c.Pranesh M

d.Vignesh N R

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

a.Rajasthan

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Gujarat

d.West Bengal

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

a.Odisha

b.Assam

c.Maharashtra

d.West Bengal

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

a.Palwal

b.Chennai

c.Bhopal

d.Rohtak

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

a.Yes Bank

b.Bandhan Bank

c.Axis Bank

d.Union Bank Of India

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

a.One

b.Four

c.Two

d.Three

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

a.Sikkim

b.Gujarat

c.Bihar

d.Assam

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

a.Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav

b.Arju Rana Deuba

c.Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’

d.Sher Bahadur Deuba

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

a.Arun Subramanian

b.Ajay Banga

c.Rakesh Khurana

d.Geeta Menon

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

a.Goa

b.Kerala

c.Sikkim

d.Himachal Pradesh

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

a.Sagar

b.Jabalpur

c.Shivpuri

d.Bhopal

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

a.Mathematics

b.Architecture

c.Journalism

d.Sports

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

a.Kerala

b.Tripura

c.Sikkim

d.Bihar

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

a.Patna

b.Lucknow

c.Jaipur

d.Bengaluru

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

a.Tek Chand

b.Omprakash Singh

c.Tejinderpal Singh Toor

d.Inderjeet Singh

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

a.United Kingdom

b.Afghanistan

c.Italy

d.USA

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

a.Dr. G. Narayana Raju

b.B.D. Mishra

c.Suresh Singh

d.K.K. Mathur

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

a.Mumbai Indians

b.UP Warriors

c.Delhi Capitals

d.Royal Challengers Bangalore

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

a.Iran

b.UAE

c.Israel

d.Australia

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

a.Nripendra Mishra

b.Satyendra Prakash

c.Alok Sinha

d.Rajesh Malhotra

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

a.RadioGPT

b.Radio Bing

c.AIRadio

d.Go Radio

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

a.Seema Vyas

b.Rekha Sharma

c.Shreya Ghodawat

d.Deepti Advani

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

a.Daniil Medvedev

b.Carlos Alcaraz

c.Rafael Nadal

d.Matt Ebden

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

a.Chhattisgarh

b.Maharashtra

c.Assam

d.Uttarakhand

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

a.Sri Lanka

b.UK

c.Russia

d.North Korea

70. Which Union Minister launched the Vedic Heritage Portal?

a.Piyush Goyal

b.Amit Shah

c.Anurag Thakur

d.S Jaishankar

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

a.Kolkata

b.Pune

c.Bhubaneswar

d.Dibrugarh

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

a.Aurangabad

b.Bhubaneswar

c.Chennai

d.Kochi

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

a.Gujarat

b.Karnataka

c.Bihar

d.Maharashtra

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

a.Haryana

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Gujarat

d.Madhya Pradesh

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

a.Sano Wamujo

b.Hekani Jakhalu

c.Kahuli Sema

d.Azheto Zhimomi

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

a.Odisha

b.Bihar

c.Sikkim

d.Rajasthan

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

a.Karnataka

b.Gujarat

c.Punjab

d.Nagaland

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

a.6th

b.5th

c.3rd

d.2nd

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

a.Paytm Payments Bank

b.Mi Pay

c.Airtel Payments Bank

d.Google Pay

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

a.South Korea

b.Sudan

c.Switzerland

d.Suriname

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

a.Amita Naik

b.Mindy Kaling

c.Sonia Shah

d.Dolly Singh

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

a.Bhakti Kulkarni

b.Vignesh N R

c.Tania Sachdev

d.D Gukesh

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

a.Andhra Pradesh

b.Odisha

c.Karnataka

d.West Bengal

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

a.Uganda

b.UK

c.Ukraine

d.USA

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

a.10th

b.3rd

c.5th

d.8th

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

a.Rajkot

b.Lucknow

c.Patna

d.New Delhi

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

a.PNB

b.SBI

c.ICICI

d.RBI

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

a.Uttarakhand

b.Rajasthan

c.Maharashtra

d.Madhya Pradesh

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

a.Rajkot

b.Bengaluru

c.Jaipur

d.Jammu

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

a.Madhya Pradesh

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Gujarat

d.Kerala

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

a.Russia

b.New Zealand

c.Israel

d.Kuwait

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

a.Shashi Kumar Ramachandran

b.Shipra Das

c.Sudipto Das

d.Arun Saha

93. Yellowstone National Park is located in which country?

a.France

b.USA

c.UK

d.Australia

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

a.2020

b.2022

c.2021

d.2019

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

a.Shreya Ghodawat

b.Licypriya Kangujam

c.Anushka Sharma

d.Poornima Devi Burman

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

a.Australia

b.Japan

c.UAE

d.Italy

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

a.Aurangabad

b.Nashik

c.Ahmed Nagar

d.Pune

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

a.Manipur

b.Rajasthan

c.Assam

d.Bihar

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

a.Italy

b.Egypt

c.Russia

d.China

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

a.Japan Flu

b.Hong Kong Flu

c.America Flu

d.China Flu

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

a.India

b.Netherlands

c.Australia

d.Denmark

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

a.West Bengal

b.Gujarat

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Chhattisgarh

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

a.Germany

b.Israel

c.India

d.USA

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

a.Kerala

b.Bihar

c.New Delhi

d.Assam

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

a.Tamil Nadu

b.Himachal Pradesh

c.Assam

d.West Bengal

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

a.Sri Lanka

b.Nepal

c.India

d.USA

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

a.SAARC

b.NASA

c.ISRO

d.DRDO

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

a.2025

b.2027

c.2024

d.2023

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

a.Russia

b.France

c.Haiti

d.Fiji

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

a.The Elephant Whisperers

b.The Martha Mitchell Effect

c.Stranger at the Gate

d.Haulout

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

a.Ajendra Bahadur Singh

b.Dinesh K Tripathi

c.G. Ashok Kumar

d.Satish Namdev Ghormade

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

a.Uttarakhand

b.Nagaland

c.Chhattisgarh

d.Karnataka

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

a.8 years

b.5 years

c.10 years

d.9 years

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

a.Kerala

b.Gujarat

c.Bihar

d.Haryana

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

a.Bhopal

b.Noida

c.Mumbai

d.Chennai

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

a.Narendra Modi

b.Ashwini Vaishnav

c.Piyush Goyal

d.Smriti Irani

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

a.Jaipur

b.New Delhi

c.Bikaner

d.Patna

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

a.BEL

b.DRDO

c.HAL

d.ISRO

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

a.Japan

b.Australia

c.USA

d.Hong Kong

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

a.Paro

b.Thimphu

c.Jakar

d.Punakha

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

a.Fifth

b.Third

c.Seventh

d.Fourth

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

a.UK

b.Kuwait

c.USA

d.Uganda

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

a.Mahesh Kumar Jain

b.Urjit Patel

c.Raghuram Rajan

d.Shaktikanta Das

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

a.UK

b.Australia

c.America

d.USA

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

a.Tar

b.Top Gun: Maverick

c.Elvis

d.Everything Everywhere All at Once

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

a.Dhanush Loganathan

b.Vikas Thakur

c.Priyam Garg

d.Lovepreet Singh

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

a.HDFC

b.BOB

c.RBI

d.ICICI

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

a.Canada

b.China

c.Singapore

d.India

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

a.Ahmedabad

b.Varanasi

c.New Delhi

d.Mumbai

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

a.Indian Navy

b.Indian Air Force

c.Indian Army

d.Indian Coast Guard

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

a.Shantna Chakma

b.Sushant Chowdhary

c.Shukla Charan Noatia

d.Manik Saha

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

a.15th

b.8th

c.10th

d.6th

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

a.Mizoram

b.Sikkim

c.Kerala

d.Assam

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

a.USA

b.UAE

c.Ukraine

d.U.K

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

a.T. R. Zeliang

b.Yanthungo Patton

c.Neiphiu Rio

d.Prem Tamang

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

a.Manoj Sinha

b.Chetan Bhagat

c.Rajdeep Sardesai

d.Rachna Bisht Rawat

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

a.Sergio Perez

b.Max Verstappen

c.Fernando Alonso

d.Roger Federer

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

a.2025

b.2024

c.2027

d.2026

139. Whom did Viacom18 choose as its brand ambassador?

a.Suresh Raina

b.Yuvraj Singh

c.MS Dhoni

d.Sachin Tendulkar

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

a.SEBI

b.NITI Aayog

c.BSE

d.RBI

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

a.Manipur

b.Arunachal Pradesh

c.Assam

d.Odisha

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

a.Norway

b.USA

c.Ukraine

d.India

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

a.IMF

b.World Economic Forum

c.UNICEF

d.UNESCO

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

a.2022

b.2024

c.2021

d.2023

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

a.Neha Malik

b.Arun Subramanian

c.Nehal Singh

d.Radhika Merchant

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

a.ITBP

b.Assam Rifles

c.CISF

d.BSF

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

a.Ravindra Jadeja

b.Adam Zampa

c.Shakib Al Hasan

d.Kuldeep Yadav

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

a.France

b.UK

c.USA

d.India

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

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Andhra Pradesh

c.Himachal Pradesh

d.Madhya Pradesh

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

a.Nagaland

b.Jharkhand

c.Andhra Pradesh

d.Chhattisgarh

151. Who organised the operational level exercise TROPEX 2023?

a.Indian Air Force

b.Indian Coast Guard

c.Indian Army

d.Indian Navy

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

a.Atal Pension Yojana

b.National Pension System

c.Smart Pension System

d.New Pension System

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

a.Bhutan

b.Japan

c.Nepal

d.China

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

a.Karnataka

b.Odisha

c.Kerala

d.Tamil Nadu

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

a.United Arab Emirates

b.Qatar

c.Bahrain

d.Oman

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

a.UK

b.India

c.UAE

d.USA

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

a.Uttar Pradesh

b.Madhya Pradesh

c.Arunachal Pradesh

d.Himachal Pradesh

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

a.Odisha

b.Assam

c.Jharkhand

d.Sikkim

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

a.Kalahandi

b.Brahmapur

c.Jajpur

d.Cuttack

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

a.DRDO

b.HAL

c.ISRO

d.BEL

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

a.Maharashtra

b.Uttarakhand

c.Chhattisgarh

d.Uttar Pradesh

162. 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

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

a.Ram Chandra Poudel

b.Subhash Chandra Nembang

c.Sher Bahadur Deuba

d.Ram Baran Yadav

164. 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

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

a.Odisha

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Madhya Pradesh

d.Assam

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

a.PNB

b.HDFC

c.BOB

d.SBI

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

a.Neha Mittal

b.Shweta Mishra

c.Poonam Saroha

d.Karan Singh

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

a.Gujarat

b.Haryana

c.Maharashtra

d.Kerala

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

a.Doda

b.Rajouri

c.Kishtwar

d.Udhampur

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

a.Bengaluru

b.Imphal

c.Kolkata

d.Mumbai

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

a.Goa

b.Odisha

c.Assam

d.Sikkim

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

a.ISRO

b.TESLA

c.DRDO

d.NASA

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

a.South Africa

b.Japan

c.Burundi

d.Australia

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

a.Bihar

b.Sikkim

c.Chhattisgarh

d.Assam

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

a.02nd March

b.27th February

c.01st March

d.28th February

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

a.Sri Lanka

b.Singapore

c.France

d.Bangladesh

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

a.Sri Lanka

b.Spain

c.Sudan

d.Switzerland

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

a.Vidya Kamble

b.Swati Bidhan Barua

c.Joyita Mandal

d.Padma Lakshmi

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

a.Ahmedabad

b.Kerala

c.Hyderabad

d.Bangalore

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

a.Union Bank Of India

b.Federal Bank

c.Citi Bank

d.Bandhan Bank

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

a.Piyush Goyal

b.Mudit Sehgal

c.Vivek Agnihotri

d.Ajay Sethi

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

a.Feddy

b.Freddy

c.Mousie

d.Rhino

183. 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

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

a.Haldwani

b.Bageshwar

c.Dehradun

d.Almora

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

a.Mizoram

b.Meghalaya

c.Manipur

d.Maharashtra

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

a.Standard Chartered

b.UBS Group

c.Credit Agricole

d.HSBC

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

a.Himachal Pradesh

b.Madhya Pradesh

c.Arunachal Pradesh

d.Uttar Pradesh

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

a.Gujarat

b.Punjab

c.Odisha

d.Rajasthan

189. 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.Geeta Rana

b.Sneha Mittal

c.Shweta Singh

d.Sangeeta Malik

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

a.Venus

b.Jupiter

c.Earth

d.Mars

191. 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.Bhopal

d.Surat

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

a.Colombia

b.Comoros

c.Cuba

d.Canada

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

a.Jammu

b.Srinagar

c.Pulwama

d.Bishnah

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

a.Odisha

b.Assam

c.Rajasthan

d.Punjab

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

a.Nikhat Zareen

b.Mary Kom

c.Lovlina Borgohain

d.Sweety Boora

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

a.USA

b.Australia

c.France

d.Japan

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

a.USA

b.Switzerland

c.China

d.UK

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

a.Greece

b.Australia

c.Haiti

d.America

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

a.Israel

b.Russia

c.China

d.UAE

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

a.Conrad K. Sangma

b.Prestone Tynsong

c.Alexander Laloo Hek

d.Thomas A. Sangma

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

a.Oman

b.Denmark

c.Egypt

d.Indonesia

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

a.Assam

b.Madhya Pradesh

c.Gujarat

d.Karnataka

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

a.Japan

b.USA

c.France

d.Russia

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

a.Ajmer

b.Chennai

c.Surat

d.Jaipur

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

a.New Delhi

b.Chandigarh

c.Jaipur

d.Patna

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

a.Rajkot

b.Jaipur

c.New Delhi

d.Hydrogen

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

a.Mary Kom

b.Neha Malik

c.Sweety Boora

d.Nitu Ghanghas

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

a.Karnataka

b.Kerala

c.Tamil Nadu

d.Gujarat

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

a.AIIMS

b.ICMR

c.NITI Aayog

d.IMA

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

a.Bihar

b.Rajasthan

c.Uttar Pradesh

d.Maharashtra

211. Who did Luxor select as their Brand Ambassador?

a.Virat Kohli

b.Rohit Sharma

c.MS Dhoni

d.Sachin Tendulkar

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

a.Borneo

b.Tangerang

c.Medan

d.Malang

213. 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

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

a.Nguyen Xuan Phuc

b.Pham Minh Chinh

c.Vuong Dinh Hue

d.Vo Van Thuong

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

a.Patna

b.Guwahati

c.Bengaluru

d.New Delhi

216. Which game did Sarabjot Singh belong to?

a.Cricket

b.Shooting

c.Golf

d.Hockey

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

a.Shiva Chauhan

b.Shalija Dhami

c.Shivangi Singh

d.Aavni Chaturvedi

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

a.Bengaluru

b.New Delhi

c.Chandigarh

d.Mumbai

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

a.Denmark

b.Germany

c.France

d.Canada

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

a.Xi Jinping

b.Han Zheng

c.Hu Jintao

d.Li Yuanchao

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

a.Ashwini Vaishnaw

b.Soma Roy Burman

c.Sumit Tyagi

d.SS Dubey

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

a.Ukraine

b.Uganda

c.Cuba

d.Chile

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

a.Dinesh Mohanty

b.Shashikant Jagannath Wani

c.Umesh Sinha

d.Ajay Garg

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

a.Anushka Sharma

b.Ranveer Singh

c.Virat Kohli

d.Akshay Kumar

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

a.Armenia

b.Azerbaijan

c.Colombia

d.Ghana

226. Who has won the Abel Prize for mathematics?

a.Piyush Chawla

b.Urf Patel

c.Luis Caffarelli

d.Melson Wicket

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

a.Africa

b.Europe

c.Asia

d.America

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

a.Ishika Chowdhary

b.Gurjeet Kaur

c.Sushila Chanu

d.Rani Rampal

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

a.G B Pant

b.K M Chandrasekhar

c.Sneha Mishra

d.Mahesh Bhatt

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

a.Pakistan

b.Afghanistan

c.Kenya

d.Denmark

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

a.Rajasthan

b.Tamil Nadu

c.Gujarat

d.Karnataka

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

a.Ministry of Home Affairs

b.Ministry of Electronics and IT

c.Ministry of External Affairs

d.Ministry of Science and Technology

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

a.Meghalaya

b.Karnataka

c.Services

d.Maharashtra

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

a.Phagu Chauhan

b.Prem Tamang

c.Conrad Sangma

d.Prestone Tynsong

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

a.Akola

b.Kolhapur

c.Thane

d.Nagpur

236. 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.New Zealand

d.England

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

a.30th July 2023

b.30th August 2023

c.30th June 2023

d.31st March 2023

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

a.Russia

b.Fiji

c.Nepal

d.France

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

a.Asian Development Bank

b.Union Bank Of India

c.Reserve Bank of India

d.State Bank of India

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

a.Malaysia

b.Australia

c.India

d.Netherlands

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

a.2024

b.2022

c.2025

d.2023

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

a.France

b.Japan

c.Russia

d.India

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

a.ICICI Bank

b.Yes Bank

c.Axis Bank

d.HDFC Bank

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

a.32

b.26

c.55

d.42

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

a.ISA

b.G-7

c.EU

d.G-20

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

a.Nepal

b.Israel

c.Germany

d.China

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

a.Signature AI

b.Google

c.Twitter

d.OpenAI

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

a.Mumbai

b.New Delhi

c.Jaipur

d.Meerut

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

a.Sikkim

b.Nagaland

c.Karnataka

d.Assam

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

a.Varun Dhawan

b.Ranveer Singh

c.Farhan Akhtar

d.Aamir Khan

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

a.SAARC

b.NASA

c.ISRO

d.DRDO

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

a.Kenneth Juster

b.Eric Garcetti

c.A. Elizabeth Jones

d.Atul Keshap

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

a.Haryana

b.Odisha

c.Goa

d.Gujarat

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

a.Assam

b.Himachal Pradesh

c.Tamil Nadu

d.Kerala

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

a.Arnab

b.Androth

c.Andrea

d.Arnala

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

a.Oman

b.France

c.Norway

d.India

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

a.Dhubri

b.Kokrajhar

c.Silchar

d.Golaghat

258. Which game does Ekta Bhyan belong to?

a.Wrestling

b.Discus throw

c.Javelin throw

d.Boxing

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

a.Sudan

b.Spain

c.South Korea

d.Sri Lanka

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

a.Rajkot

b.New Delhi

c.Bikaner

d.Jodhpur

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

a.Spain

b.Argentina

c.Brazil

d.Portugal

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

a.Pakistan

b.Egypt

c.Oman

d.India

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

a.Tamil Nadu

b.Uttarakhand

c.West Bengal

d.Rajasthan

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

a.P V Sindhu

b.Anupama Upadhyay

c.Sayali Gokhale

d.Aakarshi Kashyap

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

a.Varanasi

b.Ahmedabad

c.Dehradun

d.Hyderabad

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

a.Qatar

b.Romania

c.Portugal

d.Mauritius

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

a.Odisha

b.Karnataka

c.New Delhi

d.West Bengal

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

a.Tamil Nadu

b.West Bengal

c.Karnataka

d.Odisha

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

a.Assam

b.Kerala

c.Goa

d.Odisha

270. In which country are the Kermadec Islands located?

a.Switzerland

b.New Zealand

c.Fiji

d.France

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

a.Odisha

b.West Bengal

c.Chhattisgarh

d.Gujarat

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

a.China

b.Pakistan

c.Afghanistan

d.Sri Lanka

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

a.Egypt

b.Kuwait

c.Pakistan

d.Russia

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

a.West Bengal

b.Uttarakhand

c.Arunachal Pradesh

d.Sikkim

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

a.Gulmarg

b.Pulwama

c.Jammu

d.Srinagar

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

a.Arunachal Pradesh

b.Uttar Pradesh

c.Madhya Pradesh

d.Himachal Pradesh

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