Current Affairs of FEBRUARY 2023
Current Affairs of FEBRUARY 2023
1 - A mix of Fentanyl and animal tranquilizer called Xylazine, known as ‘Tranq Dope’ is causing concerns in which country?(A) India
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) USA
(D) China
2 - Which state was ranked the top performer in the ‘Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Index 2022’?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Karnataka
(D) Madhya Pradesh
3 - Which country launched the ‘National Green Fiscal Incentives Policy Framework’?
(A) USA
(B) Kenya
(C) UAE
(D) Australia
4 - Kaziranga National Park is located in which state?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Assam
(C) Odisha
(D) Sikkim
5 - ‘National Health Authority’s Scan and Share Service’ was launched as part of which scheme?
(A) Swachh Bharat Mission
(B) Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
(C) Mission Indradhanush
(D) Janani Suraksha Yojana
6 - Which institution released the ‘Draft Guidelines on Minimum Capital Requirements for Market Risk’?
(A) SEBI
(B) NITI Aayog
(C) RBI
(D) Finance Ministry
7 - Teja variety of red chilli is prevalently grown in which state/UT?
(A) Odisha
(B) Telangana
(C) Karnataka
(D) Kerala
8 - ‘Aircraft’s Feathered Position’ has been revealed as the human error in the airplane crash occurred in which country?
(A) USA
(B) Nepal
(C) Bangladesh
(D) China
9 - Which act governs a civil marriage where the state sanctions the marriage rather than religion?
(A) Secular Marriage Act of 1954
(B) Special Marriage Act of 1954
(C) Sikh Marriage Act of 1954
(D) Sovereign Marriage Act of 1954
10 - Which institution released the ‘Global Security Outlook Report 2023’?
(A) World Bank
(B) NITI Aayog
(C) World Economic Forum
(D) International Monetary Fund
11 - Which country passed a new law allowing gender self-determination?
(A) Sweden
(B) Spain
(C) Germany
(D) France
12 - Bima Sugam portal is o be set up by which institution?
(A) LIC
(B) PFRDA
(C) NITI Aayog
(D) IRDAI
13 - Which city is the host of India’s first ever Formula E Championship?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Kochi
(D) Bhubaneswar
14 - Which company launched the World’s first satellite-based two-way messaging system?
(A) Meta
(B) Qualcomm
(C) AMD
(D) Samsung
15 - How many satellites were placed in the orbit aboard the SSLV D2 launch vehicle of ISRO?
(A) One
(B) Three
(C) Five
(D) Seven
16 - Which city is the host of the third edition of Khelo India Winter Games?
(A) Guwahati
(B) Shimla
(C) Gulmarg
(D) Leh
17 - Which country launched ‘Operation Dost’ to extend assistance to Turkey and Syria after the massive earthquake?
(A) Pakistan
(B) China
(C) India
(D) Russia
18 - ‘Districts as Export Hubs Initiative’ is implemented by which Union Ministry?
(A) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(B) Ministry of MSME
(C) Ministry of Rural Development and Entrepreneurship
(D) Ministry of Finance
19 - Kala Ghoda Art Festival, which was seen in the news, is held at which city?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Mumbai
(C) Kolkata
(D) Bhopal
20 - Aksai Chin remains a disputed area between China and which country?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) India
(C) Nepal
(D) Japan
21 - What is the theme of the 14th edition of Aero India Event held in 2023?
(A) The runway to a billion opportunities
(B) Shared Prosperity through Enhanced Engagements in Defence
(C) Make in India, Make for the World’
(D) New India
22 - ‘Operation Aag’ is associated with which state Police?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Kerala
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Karnataka
23 - Which neighbouring country of India is set to receive electricity from power plant in Jharkhand?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Nepal
(D) Myanmar
24 - What is the name of the new classification of germs, like bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites, that are not easily killed by antibiotics?
(A) Micro-germs
(B) Super-bugs
(C) Ultra-bugs
(D) Future-bugs
25 - National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT) functions under which Ministry?
(A) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(B) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(C) Ministry of Rural Development and Entrepreneurship
(D) Ministry of Defence
26 - ‘High Mobility Artillery Rocket System’ (HIMARS) is manufactured by which country?
(A) France
(B) Israel
(C) USA
(D) Russia
27 - Which country has removed the British monarchy from its bank notes?
(A) The Netherlands
(B) Poland
(C) Sweden
(D) Australia
28 - Which country introduced new family laws called ‘Federal Personal Status Laws’?
(A) USA
(B) UK
(C) UAE
(D) Australia
29 - Which state budget announced a road map for setting up green hydrogen hubs with outlay of Rs 200 crores?
(A) Telangana
(B) Kerala
(C) Assam
(D) Odisha
30 - Which company launched India’s first Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine (H2ICE) technology?
(A) Tata Motors
(B) Reliance Industries
(C) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(D) Mahindra and Mahindra
31 - ‘Ukaguru spiny-throated reed frog’, which was seen in the news, has been discovered in which country?
(A) Colombia
(B) Tanzania
(C) Greece
(D) China
32 - Which city launched ‘Digital India Van’ as a part of the meeting of G20 Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG)?
(A) Pune
(B) Lucknow
(C) Ahmedabad
(D) Kochi
33 - Parli Vaijnath Electrification Project, which was seen in the news, was undertaken in which state?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Assam
(D)
34 - Which Southeast Asian country partnered with the US to grant more access to its bases?
(A) Taiwan
(B) Philippines
(C) Singapore
(D) Malaysia
35 - Which institution funds the project which has developed a robot to clean oil tanks?
(A) NITI Aayog
(B) Oil India
(C) IOCL
(D) BPCL
36 - Which European country has invited Indian techies offering work opportunities?
(A) Sweden
(B) Finland
(C) Norway
(D) Italy
37 - Which state/UT launched a ‘Real-time source apportionment supersite’ to tackle pollution?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Maharashtra
(C) West Bengal
(D) Telangana
38 - Which Department of the Finance Ministry prepares the Economic Survey?
(A) Department of Economic Affairs
(B) Department of Financial Services
(C) Department of Expenditure
(D) Department of Revenue
39 - Which country claimed the inaugural U-19 women’s World Cup title?
(A) England
(B) South Africa
(C) India
(D) Australia
40 - Which Indian conglomerate is setting up endowment funding entities?
(A) Reliance Industries
(B) Tata Trusts
(C) Adani Group
(D) Aditya Birla Group
41 - On January 30, India paid homage to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi on his which death anniversary?
(A) 70
(B) 75
(C) 80
(D) 85
42 - When is the ‘International Mother Language Day 2023’ observed?
(A) 18 February
(B) 21 February
(C) 24 February
(D) 27 February
43 - ULTRASAT, is the first telescope mission of which country?
(A) UAE
(B) Israel
(C) Iran
(D) France
44 - ‘The Mukaab’ is a new development project, associated with which country?
(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) Israel
(C) France
(D) Australia
45 - ‘New START Treaty’ which was seen in the news, is a treaty between which two countries?
(A) USA-UAE
(B) USA-Russia
(C) France-India
(D) India-Sri Lanka
46 - The term ‘Corrupt Practice’ is defined in which act in India?
(A) Indian Penal Code
(B) Representation of People’s Act
(C) Code Of Criminal Procedure
(D) Indian Evidence Act
47 - Israeli Aerospace Industries(IAI) signed MoU with which Indian organisation to form a joint venture related to Armed Forces?
(A) HAL
(B) ISRO
(C) BEL
(D) DRDO
48 - CERC has approved a proposal to start a spot market segment for which category of power?
(A) Expensive power
(B) Nuclear power
(C) Renewable Power
(D) Wholesale Power
49 - Amrutha Nagarothana Scheme is implemented in which state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Karnataka
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Odisha
50 - As per the ‘Global Labour Resilience Index 2023’, labour market resilience is highest in which region?
(A) South Asia
(B) West and North Europe
(C) North America
(D) Oceania
51 - What is the name of the indigenous data link communication developed by the Indian Navy?
(A) Vayulink
(B) Rakshalink
(C) Radiolink
(D) Commlink
52 - What is the expansion of ‘ecDNA’, which are recently found by the scientists as helping agents for cancer to spread?
(A) existential DNA
(B) extrachromosomal DNA
(C) evolutional DNA
(D) extra-resistant DNA
53 - Which city is the host of the first-ever G20 Culture Working Group (CWG) meeting?
(A) Panaji
(B) Khajuraho
(C) Mysuru
(D) Jaipur
54 - Which state/UT is expected to be the most climate-vulnerable region in India, as per a recent report?
(A) Bihar
(B) New Delhi
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Maharashtra
55 - Kuno National Park, which was seen in the news, is in which state?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Gujarat
(D) Assam
56 - Which country hosts the ‘Munich Security Conference’?
(A) USA
(B) Germany
(C) France
(D) Israel
57 - Lakshmi Bhandar is a scheme implemented by which state/UT?
(A) Odisha
(B) West Bengal
(C) Assam
(D) Jharkhand
58 - ‘HARBINGER 2023’ is the global hackathon organised by which institution?
(A) NITI Aayog
(B) RBI
(C) ISRO
(D) SEBI
59 - Indian Army organised a Women’s Snow Cricket Tournament in which state/UT?
(A) Sikkim
(B) Jammu and Kashmir
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Assam
60 - Which is the host of the Global Tech Summit (GTS) 2023?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Vishakhapatnam
(C) Mysuru
(D) Kochi
61 - ‘KAVACH-2023’ is a national-level hackathon organised by which Union Ministry?
(A) Ministry of Education
(B) Ministry of Electronics and IT
(C) Ministry of Skill Development
(D) Ministry of Defence
62 - ‘Jal-Jan Abhiyan’ was recently inaugurated in which state/UT?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Gujarat
63 - Which city is the host of the ‘International Engineering and Technology Fair 2023’?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Mumbai
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Ahmedabad
64 - Which city is the host of the ‘Technotex 2023’ event of Ministry of Textiles?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Mumbai
(C) Guwahati
(D) Gandhi Nagar
65 - What is the name of the first cruise ship manufactured in India?
(A) Ganga Vilas
(B) Bharat Vilas
(C) Histo Brustro
(D) Bharat Café
66 - Which state recently approved Competitive Examination Ordinance, to prevent unfair means in recruitment?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Bihar
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Telangana
67 - Section 133A of IT Act, which was seen in the news, was used to undertake surveys in which office?
(A) Oxfam International
(B) BBC
(C) Amnesty International
(D) Thomas Reuters
68 - Which Union Ministry released the ‘Draft Geo-heritage Sites and Geo-relics Bill’?
(A) Ministry of Tourism
(B) Ministry of Mines
(C) Ministry of Culture
(D) Ministry of Home Affairs
69 - Article 93 of the Indian Constitution, which was seen in the news, is associated with the appointment of which position?
(A) Governor
(B) Supreme Court Judge
(C) Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
(D) Deputy Speaker of Rajya Sabha
70 - Saur Revolution, which was seen in the news, is associated with which country?
(A) USA
(B) Afghanistan
(C) Germany
(D) Russia
71 - Which state/UT is the host of ‘India’s First Frozen Lake Marathon’?
(A) Sikkim
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Ladakh
(D) Uttarakhand
72 - ‘Smart Cities Mission’ is an initiative of which Union Ministry?
(A) Ministry of Rural Development
(B) Ministry of Home Affairs
(C) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(D) Ministry of Corporate Affairs
73 - Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with the appointment of Governors for each state in India?
(A) Article 142
(B) Article 153
(C) Article 27
(D) Article 52
74 - Which state allocated Rs 13,000 crore to implement the project of transferring water collected in Chambal River to other districts?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Punjab
(D) Haryana
75 - Nebraska’s Sand Hills, where a new type of quasi-crystal was discovered, is located in which country?
(A) China
(B) Turkey
(C) USA
(D) Ukraine
76 - Which Indian state topped the medal tally in the 5th Khelo India Youth Games?
(A) Haryana
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Madhya Pradesh
77 - Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Digital Payments Utsav’?
(A) Ministry of Finance
(B) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(C) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(D) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
78 - Which neighbouring country of India partnered with Russia for developing nuclear power?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Nepal
(C) Myanmar
(D) Bangladesh
79 - As per FAO recent database, which country ranked first in milk production across the world?
(A)
(B) India
(C) China
(D) Argentina
80 - Which country recently partnered with Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle Joint Business Council?
(A) Australia
(B) India
(C) USA
(D) China
81 - Which famous personality launched the ‘Global Climate Resilience Fund – USD 50 mn fund for women’?
(A) Melinda Gates
(B) Hillary Clinton
(C) Jeff Bezos
(D) Elon Musk
82 - ‘Paris Club’ an informal group of creditor nations, are the members of which organisation?
(A) OPEC
(B) OECD
(C) G-20
(D) G-7
83 - Which country leads the International Biofuels Alliance?
(A) India
(B) France
(C) USA
(D) Indonesia
84 - Which institution launched the ‘Zero-Draft’ of the Pandemic Treaty?
(A) World Bank
(B) World Health Organisation
(C) World Economic Forum
(D) International Monetary Fund
85 - Visva-Bharati University, which was seen in the news recently, is located in which state?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Bihar
(C) West Bengal
(D) Odisha
86 - ‘Eagle 44 (Oghab 44)’ is the first underground air force base of which country?
(A) Iran
(B) North Korea
(C) Israel
(D) France
87 - ‘TReDS’ is an electronic platform that facilitates the transactions for which entitites?
(A) Pharma companies
(B) Exporters
(C) MSMEs
(D) Banks
88 - Bard is an AI chatbot that is being developed by which tech major?
(A) Microsoft
(B) Google
(C) Meta
(D) Twitter
89 - ‘State of the Union (SOTU) Address’ is associated with which country?
(A) UK
(B) USA
(C) Australia
(D) China
90 - The Union Budget 2023-24 has allocated Rs. 2,516 crore for the computerization of which unit, over the next 5 years?
(A) State Cooperative Banks
(B) District central cooperative banks
(C) Primary Agricultural Credit Societies
(D) Multi-state Cooperative Banks
91 - The Union Budget 2023-24 has allocated Rs. 2,516 crore for the computerization of which unit, over the next 5 years?
(A) State Cooperative Banks
(B) District central cooperative banks
(C) Primary Agricultural Credit Societies
(D) Multi-state Cooperative Banks
92 - ‘India Energy Week’ is observed in India, during which month?
(A) September
(B) December
(C) February
(D) June
93 - Medium-density Amorphous Ice, which was seen in the news, was created in a container filled with which material?
(A) Plastic
(B) Stainless Steel
(C) Water
(D) Paper
94 - NISAR is an Earth-observation satellite jointly developed by ISRO and which other country’s space agency?
(A) Japan
(B) USA
(C) Israel
(D) France
95 - When is the ‘International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation’ observed?
(A) February 1
(B) February 2
(C) February 4
(D) February 6
96 - National Research Foundation is an autonomous agency that comes under the aegis of which Union Ministry?
(A) Ministry of Science and Technology
(B) Ministry of Electronics and IT
(C) Ministry of Home Affairs
(D) Ministry of Education
97 - BIND Scheme, which was seen in the news, is associated with which Ministry?
(A) Ministry of Defence
(B) Ministry of MSME
(C) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
(D) Ministry of Power
98 - What is the name of the ‘Indian military joint training exercise’, which was held recently?
(A) Trishakti Prahar
(B) Atmanirbhar Prahar
(C) Vikram Prahar
(D) Trilok Shakti
99 - Ministry of Cooperation signed MoU with which Ministry to enable Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) function as Common Service Centers?
(A) Ministry of Science and Technology
(B) Ministry of Electronics and IT
(C) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
(D) Ministry of Rural Development and Entrepreneurship
100 - Which Union Ministry implements the ‘FAME (faster adoption and manufacturing of electric vehicles) scheme’?
(A) Ministry of Electronics and IT
(B) Ministry of Heavy Industries
(C) Ministry of Science and Technology
(D) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
101 - India agreed for trilateral cooperation initiative, in fields including energy, defence, economy, with which courtiers?
(A) France and UAE
(B) UAE and USA
(C) UAE and Israel
(D) Japan and Singapore
102 - Which Union Ministry along with the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment implements the NAMASTE scheme?
(A) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(B) Ministry of Rural Development
(C) Ministry of MSME
(D) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
103 - Which cricketer scored 126 runs and set a new record for the highest individual score by an Indian in T20I cricket?
(A) Virat Kohli
(B) Shubman Gill
(C) Suryakumar Yadav
(D) Rohit Sharma
104 - ‘World Interfaith Harmony Week’ is being observed in which month?
(A) January
(B) February
(C) March
(D) April
105 - Which country has found the radioactive capsule that went missing in January?
(A) USA
(B) Australia
(C) Russia
(D) Ukraine
106 - Manuela Roka Botey has been appointed as the first female Prime Minister of which country?
(A) Finland
(B) Equatorial Guinea
(C) Norway
(D) Sweden
107 - Who are the beneficiaries of the PM-VIKAS scheme announced in the Union Budget 2023?
(A) Teachers
(B) MSMEs
(C) Artisans
(D) Students
108 - As per the proposed ‘National Data Governance Policy’, India Data Management Office (IDMO) will be formed under which Ministry?
(A) Electronics and IT Ministry
(B) Home Affairs Ministry
(C) Science and Technology Ministry
(D) External Affairs Ministry
109 - What is the fixed interest rate of the ‘Mahila Samman Bachat Patra’ announced recently?
(A) 6.5%
(B) 7.0%
(C) 7.5%
(D) 8.0%
110 - Which Union Ministry implements the ‘Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana’ scheme?
(A) Ministry of Education
(B) Ministry of Skill Development
(C) Ministry of Home Affairs
(D) Ministry of Minority Affairs
111 - Which institution conducted the ‘G20 Cyber Security Exercise and Drill’?
(A) NASSCOM
(B) CERT-In
(C) NITI Aayog
(D) CDAC
112 - Which country’s Chief Justice is the chief guest of the 73rd foundation day of the Supreme Court of India?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Singapore
(C) USA
(D) France
113 - Which Union Ministry issued orders to block over 100 betting and loan-lending Chinese apps?
(A) Ministry of External Affairs
(B) Ministry of Finance
(C) Ministry of Defence
(D) Ministry of Electronics and IT
114 - WAPCOS, an engineering consultancy and construction services firm under which Union Ministry?
(A) Ministry of Rural Development
(B) Ministry of Jal Shakti
(C) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(D) Ministry of MSME
115 - Dholavira, which was seen in the news, is located in which state/UT?
(A) Assam
(B) West Bengal
(C) Gujarat
(D) Arunachal Pradesh
116 - Which institution will be provided a grant of Rs 242 Crore to undertake research on Lab Grown Diamonds?
(A) IISc Bengaluru
(B) IIT Madras
(C) IIT Delhi
(D) IIT Kharagpur
117 - Which institution releases the ‘Twenty Point Programme (TPP) progress report’?
(A) NITI Aayog
(B) National Statistical Office
(C) Reserve Bank of India
(D) Ministry of Finance
118 - As per the ‘Annual Death Penalty Report, 2022’, which state accounted for the highest death row inmate population?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Assam
(D) Nagaland
119 - Which Union Ministry is the top buyer of goods and services from MSME sellers in 2022?
(A) Ministry of Defence
(B) Ministry of Finance
(C) इस्पात मंत्रालय
(D) Ministry of Rural Development
120 - Baidu, which was seen in the news, is the Internet search major based in which country?
(A) USA
(B) China
(C) Australia
(D) Israel
121 - Which Indian state/UT launched the ‘Ladli Bahina Scheme’?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Gujarat
(D) Odisha
122 - ‘Udyan Utsav 2023’ is organised every year in which state/UT?
(A) Jodhpur
(B) New Delhi
(C) Kolkata
(D) Arunachal Pradesh
123 - Two Indian Air Force fighter planes crashed recently in Pahadgarh area of which state/UT?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Assam
(D) जम्मू और कश्मीर
124 - ‘National Anti-Leprosy Day’ is observed every year in which month?
(A) December
(B) January
(C) February
(D) March
125 - Which sportsperson is the brand ambassador of the mining PSU NMDC?
(A) Mary Kom
(B) Nikhat Zareen
(C) Sania Mirza
(D) P V Sindhu
126 - Which country is facing a deadly flood emergency, as of January 2023?
(A) New Zealand
(B) USA
(C) Russia
(D) China
127 - Which company has started exports of aviation gasoline for the first time in India?
(A) Indian Oil Corporation
(B) Hindustan Petroleum
(C) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(D) Bharat Petroleum
128 - Which state/UT announced to introduce 1,500 e-scooters at 250 locations in the next one year?
(A) West Bengal
(B) New Delhi
(C) Telangana
(D) Kerala
129 - Which company has signed MoU to make Rolls-Royce marine engines?
(A) HAL
(B) GRSE
(C) BEML
(D) Mazagon Dock
130 - Which is the first Asian country to receive financing under Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) of the IMF?
(A) India
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Pakistan
(D) Nepal
131 - Which city is the host of the first G20 International Financial Architecture Working Group meeting?
(A) Mysuru
(B) Chennai
(C) चंडीगढ़
(D) Guwahati
132 - A rare low-altitude basalt plateau in the Western Ghats has been discovered in which state?
(A) Goa
(B) Kerala
(C) Karnataka
(D) Maharashtra
133 - Which city recently hosted the ‘Military Literature Festival’?
(A) Jaisalmer
(B) Patiala
(C) Bhopal
(D) New Delhi
134 - Naba Kishore Das, who was shot dead recently, was the Health Minister of which state?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Odisha
(D) West Bengal
135 - Which is the first district to register 10,000 new MSMEs?
(A) Coimbatore
(B) Ernakulam
(C) Lucknow
(D) Surat
136 - Mega International Container Transhipment Port (ICTP) is proposed to be constructed in which state/UT?
(A) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(B) Lakshadweep
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Sikkim
137 - Which cricketer won the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Sir Garfield Sobers award for cricketer of the year?
(A) Babar Azam
(B) Virat Kohli
(C) Rohit Sharma
(D) Joe Root
138 - What is the name of the ceremony which marks the end to the Republic Day celebrations?
(A) Beating Retreat Ceremony
(B) Martyrs’ Day Ceremony
(C) Presentation of Guard of Honour Ceremony
(D) Vijay Diwas Ceremony
139 - Which city is the host of the fifth Khelo India Youth Games 2022?
(A) Mysuru
(B) Bhopal
(C) Guwahati
(D) Shimla
140 - Which country signed an agreement with the European Union to collaborate on responsible advancements in Artificial Intelligence?
(A) United States
(B) United Kingdom
(C) Australia
(D) Germany
141 - What is the theme of the ‘International Holocaust Remembrance Day’?
(A) 24 January
(B) 27 January
(C) 30 January
(D) 2 February
142 - Which company has launched the first Made-in-India helmet to meet Europe’s ECE 22.06 standard
(A) Vega
(B) Steelbird
(C) Studds
(D) Royal Enfield
143 - Which Union Ministry is set to launch the virtual facility for e-adjudication of company law violations?
(A) Ministry of Finance
(B) Ministry of Corporate Affairs
(C) Ministry of External Affairs
(D) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
144 - Who is the head of the expert committee to prepare and recommend National Electricity Policy (NEP), 2021?
(A) Nitin Gadkari
(B) Gireesh Pradhan
(C) Indu Shekhar Jha
(D) Arun Goyal
145 - How many Indians are in the IIC-named match officials for 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup?
(A) One
(B) Three
(C) Five
(D) Seven
146 - Which city is the host of the 15th BRICS summit 2023?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Durban
(C) Beijing
(D) Moscow
147 - Food Safety and Standards Authority of India is a statutory body established under which Union Ministry?
(A) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(B) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(C) Ministry of Consumer Affairs
(D) Ministry of Agriculture and Family Welfare
148 - Which airline introduced a new software for real-time reporting of in-flight incidents?
(A) IndiGo
(B) Air India
(C) Spice Jet
(D) Vistara
149 - When is the ‘International Customs Day 2023’ observed?
(A) January 25
(B) January 26
(C) January 27
(D) January 30
150 - Which Union Ministry recently cleared 15 Research & Development projects worth around INR 32.25 crores?
(A) Union Ministry of Textiles
(B) Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(C) Union Ministry of MSME
(D) Union Ministry of Steel
151 - ‘Nidhi Aapke Nikat’ is an outreach programme of which institution?
(A) RBI
(B) IRDAI
(C) EPFO
(D) SEBI
152 - Road Transport and Highway Ministry announced to scrap all government vehicles older than how many years?
(A) 10
(B) 15
(C) 20
(D) 25
153 - Which Union Ministry recently notified officials to act as members of Grievance Appellate Committees (GAC)?
(A) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(B) Ministry of Home Affairs
(C) Ministry of Finance Affairs
(D) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
154 - Which city hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Film Festival 2023?
(A) Gandhinagar
(B) Mumbai
(C) Mysuru
(D) Kochi
155 - Which country issued a notice to Pakistan seeking modification of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT)?
(A) USA
(B) India
(C) Russia
(D) China