JAI GURUJI

NAMMADU

GK TODAY DECEMBER
500+ QUESTIONS

By SHEETAL

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 01 December 2023

1. Kangla Palace is a historical and archaeological site of which state?

A) Assam
B) Odisha
C) Manipur
D) Meghalaya

2. Which Union Ministry launched a national protocol to provide training

of anganwadi workers to help children with disabilities?
A) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
B) Ministry of Women and Child Development
C) Ministry of MSME
D) Ministry of Home Affairs

3. Which Asian country has launched e-auction of 20 critical mineral

blocks, including lithium and graphite?
A) Sri Lanka
B) Indonesia
C) India
D) Bangladesh

4. Which is the principal regulator for the sale and purchase of stressed
loans in India?
A) SEBI
B) RBI
C) IBBI
D) NPCI

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5. ASEAN India Grassroots Innovation Forum (AIGIF) was launched in
which country?
A) Thailand
B) Malaysia
C) India
D) Cambodia

6. Which automobile manufacturer has launched a registered vehicle

scrapping facility (RVSF) in India?
A) Tata Motors
B) Mahindra Group
C) Maruti Suzuki
D) Hyundai Motor

7. What is the target year of ending AIDS as a public health threat by

2030, set by the United Nations?
A) 2025
B) 2027
C) 2030
D) 2035

8. 'Krishnaveni Sangeetha Neerajanam' festival is associated with which

state?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Kerala
D) Karnataka

9. Hambantota port, which was seen in the news, is in which country?

A) Israel
B) Ukraine
C) Sri Lanka
D) Afghanistan

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10. Which country scrapped world-first smoking 'generation ban' to fund
tax cuts?
A) Argentina
B) New Zealand
C) Russia
D) Japan

11. Asa di vaar, ardas, Nagar kirtan, Akhand Paath Sahib and langar are
associated with which religion?
A) Buddhism
B) Jainism
C) Sikhism
D) Islam

12. Which country signed MoU with Pakistan to invest around USD 20
billion in the country?
A) Israel
B) UAE
C) Oman
D) Afghanistan

13. 'Parthenon Sculptures' are ancient stone sculptures from which

country?
A) Japan
B) Greece
C) Turkey
D) India

14. Which African country announced to construct its first utility-scale

geothermal energy Independent Power Producer (IP)?
A) South Africa
B) Zimbabwe
C) Rwanda

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D) Congo

15. Pressmud is a residual byproduct obtained in which industry?

A) Automobile
B) Sugar
C) Coal
D) Steel

16. 'Raas Mahotsav or Raas Leela festival' is celebrated in which state?

A) Rajasthan
B) Assam
C) West Bengal
D) Gujarat

17. 'AstroSat' is a space telescope launched by which country?

A) USA
B) Russia
C) India
D) China

18. Saurauia Punduana plant, a critically endangered species, has been

recorded for the first time in which Indian state?
A) Goa
B) Manipur
C) West Bengal
D) Karnataka

19. Which institution launched Centre of Data for Public Good (CDPG)?
A) NITI Aayog
B) IISc
C) DRDO
D) IIT Madras

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20. Which city is the host of the '2030 World Expo'?
A) Riyadh
B) Rome
C) New Delhi
D) Geneva

02 December 2023

1. Ministry of Defence signed contract with which organisation for

Upgraded Super Rapid Gun Mount and other equipment for around 3000
crores?
A) DRDO
B) BHEL
C) L&T
D) BEL

2. Mahe, Malvan and Mangrol are the names of which products recently
launched?
A) Anti Submarine Warships
B) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
C) Submarines
D) Intercontinental Missiles

3. Which institution constituted a taskforce to examine the impact of

Digital Personal Data Protection Act on Insurance sector?
A) Ministry of Electronics and IT
B) IRDAI
C) RBI
D) SEBI

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4. Which state collaborated with Meta to raise awareness among students
and educators about online safety and digital citizenship?
A) Odisha
B) Karnataka
C) Kerala
D) Jharkhand

5. Which state clinched the title of 13th Senior National men's hockey
championship?
A) Punjab
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Rajasthan
D) Kerala

6. MICE industry, which was seen in the news, is associated with which
sector?
A) Mines and Minerals
B) Meetings and Conferences
C) Milk and Meat
D) Medicines and Chemicals

7. Scheme for providing Drones to the Women Self Help Groups (SHs)
belongs to which category of scheme?
A) Central Sector Scheme
B) Core Scheme
C) Centrally Sponsored scheme
D) State scheme

8. Fast Track Special Court (FTSCs) Scheme was launched in which year?
A) 2013
B) 2017
C) 2019

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D) 2020
9. PM JANMAN scheme, which was launched recently, is associated with
which category of people?
A) MSME Owners
B) PVTGs
C) Farmers
D) NRIs

10. Which institution launched the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)?
A) NITI Aayog
B) ILO
C) NSSO
D) DPIIT

11. Article 280(1) of the Constitutions lays down that the modalities for
setting up which institution?
A) Election Commission
B) Finance Commission
C) Planning Commission
D) NITI Aayog

12. Which country reached an agreement with India and the Paris Club
group of creditors on a debt treatment plan?
A) Afghanistan
B) Israel
C) Sri Lanka
D) Syria

13. IUCN has developed three Action Plans for threatened pollinator
groups in which continent?
A) Europe
B) Asia
C) North America

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D) Africa

14. Which country recently hiked its military spending to 30% of fiscal
expenditure?
A) Israel
B) China
C) Russia
D) Germany

15. Who has been appointed as the Head Coach of Indian cricket team by
the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?
A) Rahul Dravid
B) Sachin Tendulkar
C) Wasim Akram
D) Mohammad Kaif

16. Tushar Shelke and Sangeeta, who were seen in the news, is associated
with which sports?
A) Chess
B) Archery
C) Tennis
D) Cricket

17. Angadvir Singh Baja and Ganemat Sekhon, who were seen in the news,
is associated with which sports?
A) Shooting
B) Cricket
C) Football
D) Chess

18. Shamsi Talab, is a water storage reservoir located in which state/UT?

A) Assam
B) New Delhi

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C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Rajasthan
19. Which film received the Special Jury or Silver Peacock Award at the
54th International Film Festival of India?
A) Featherweight
B) Kantara
C) Sarpatta Parambarai
D) A Thursday

20. Lalithambika, who received Top French honours, is the former

director of_:
A) DRDO
B) ISRO
C) BARC
D) CVC
03 and 04 December 2023

1. Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), that was recently in news, was

established by which of these two organizations?
A) FAO and UNICEF
B) FAO and WHO
C) UNICEF and UNESCO
D) World Bank and IMF

2. What was the theme of World AIDS Day 2023?

A) Bridges of Understanding
B) Harmony in Healing
C) Let Communities Lead
D) Community for Healing

3. What is the causative agent of white lung syndrome that was recently
making news?
A) Virus

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B) Bacteria
C) Protozoa
D) Fungi

4. Which of the following is not a correct statement about Iyothee Thass

Pandithar, whose statue was unveiled recently in Chennai?
A) He founded Dravida Mahajana Sabha in 1891
B) He launched a magazine Dravida Pandian
C) He was a Vaidya/Ayurvedic practitioner
D) All the above are correct statements

5. What is the common term used for false scarcity claims, confirm-
shaming, forced bundling and subscription traps used in online; and
recently banned in India?
A) Astroturfing
B) Gaslighting
C) Dark Patterns
D) Sockpuppetry

6. Which aviation company operated Flight100 from London to New York,

the first ever transatlantic passenger flight fully powered by sustainable
aviation fuel (SAF)?
A) British Airways
B) Virgin Atlantic
C) Delta Air Lines
D) United Airlines

7. R. Vaishali, who was in news recently, plays which sports / game?

A) Athletics
B) Carrom
C) Table Tennis
D) Chess

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8. The deadly Sattari landslides in July 2021 happened in which state?
A) Maharashtra
B) Goa
C) Karnataka
D) Gujara

9. What name has been given to the moon of asteroid named Dinkinesh
discovered recently by NASA's Lucy spacecraft?
A) Amani
B) Mwanga
C) Kesho
D) Selam

10. What name has been given to the tiny, self-assembling robots made
from human cells by scientists of Tufts University and Harvard
University?
A) Xenobots
B) Anthrobots
C) Biorobots
D) Cellbots

11. Second Thomas Shoal, that was in news recently, is located in which
sea?
A) Red Sea
B) Mediterranean Sea
C) South China Sea
D) Andaman Sea

12. "Panchamrit" pledge is related to

A) Poverty Eradication
B) Infrastructure Development
C) Combating Climate Change
D) Regional Defence & Security

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13. Exceptional Chemical Weapons Tribunal has been recently proposed
by people of_____?
A) Vietnam
B) Palestine
C) Syria
D) Egypt
14. Henry Kissinger, considered the most dominant American statesman
of the Cold War period and who recently passed away was former:
A) President of United States
B) Secretary of state of United States
C) Prime Minister of England
D) Prime Minister of Canada

15. Pradhan Mantri Garb Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) has been
extended till which year recently?
A) 2025
B) 2028
C) 2030
D) 2032

16. Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (SLHEP), which is the biggest

hydroelectric project undertaken in India so far. is in which state?
A) Meghalaya
B) Sikkim
C) Uttarakhand
D) Arunachal Pradesh

17. At present (2023), Hydropower makes up around what fraction of

India's energy mix?
A) 5%
B) 11%
C) 17%

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D) 21%

18. Which country recently decided to deploy Shadow R1 drones as

surveillance aircrafts over Israel and Gaza?
A) US
B) UK
C) France
D) Russia
19. Which of the following is NOT a Special Category State (SCS) as of
2023?
A) Assam
B) Sikkim
C) Telangana
D) Jharkhand

20. Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism or BAM is a policy of _?

A) World Bank
B) European Union
C) United Nations Environment Programme
D) United States Government

05 and 06 December 2023

1. Why did India not sign the global renewable energy pledge at the COP28
summit recently?
A) Development concerns
B) Lack of resources
C) Political disagreement
D) Technological limitations Answer: Development concerns

2. Falkland camp, that was recently making news, is located in which

state of North East India?
A) Manipur

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B) Sikkim
C) Mizoram
D) Assam

3. Which disease is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi bacteria?

A) Scrub tyhus
B) Malaria
C) Dengue
D) Chikungunya
4. SWIS and STEPS instruments are related to which mission of ISRO?
A) Aditya L1
B) Chandrayaan
C) Gaganyaan
D) Mars Orbiter Mission

5. Lula da Silva, who is seeking OPEC+ membership for his country, is the
President of
A) Argentina
B) Barazil
C) New Zealand
D) Sri Lanka

6. Indian activist Safeena Hussain, who has been awarded the prestigious
$500,000 WISE Prize recently, has been awarded for her work related to_:
A) Grirls’ education
B) Environment
C) Poverty
D) Women empowerment

7. Waters near which city are venue of biggest ever multilateral exercise
Milan-2024 of Indian Navy?
A) Goa

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B) Mumbai
C) Vishakhapatnam
D) Cochin

8. Recently, Bharat Adivasi Party, a lesser-known tribal rights party

clinched its first electoral win in which state?
A) Chhattisgarh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Mizoram
D) Telangana

9. Kavach technology is related to_:

A) Railways
B) Cryptocurrency
C) Mining
D) Automobile

10. As per the recently announced roadmap by which year, there will be a
mandatory 5% blending of compressed biogas (CBG) in city gas
distribution (CGD)?
A) 2025
B) 2027
C) 2029
D) 2032

11. With reference to medical field, what is Methotrexate (MTX)?

A) Anti cancer drug
B) Covid vaccine
C) Anti Inflaming Agent
D) Vitamin C Supplement

12. Which country is recently re-elected to the International Maritime

Organisation (IMO) Council with the highest tally?

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A) India
B) Russia
C) USA
D) Japan

13. NOAA Ocean Exploration researchers have found 1600 metre

seamount in which ocean?
A) Indian Ocean
B) Arctic Ocean
C) Pacific ocean
D) Southern Ocean

14. Wolf Amendment, which was seen in the news, is associated with
which country?
A) Japan
B) India
C) Russia
D) USA

15. De Winton's golden mole, presumed extinct since 1936, has been
recently rediscovered in which country?
A) South Africa
B) Turkey
C) UAE
D) Australia

16. As per the report by the Environment ministry and UNDP, India has
phased out which ozone depleting chemical?
A) HCFC 141b
B) CCl3F
C) Halon 1211
D) CFC-112

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17. Which space organisation, has announced its plan to launch its first
X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat)?
A) ISRO
B) NASA
C) JASA
D) ESA

18. Where was the 5th edition of Global Ayurveda Festival held in 2023?
A) Chennai
B) Mathura
C) Thiruvananthapuram
D) Varanasi

19. Which institution releases official quarterly and annual estimates of

India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
A) NSO
B) NITI Aayog
C) NASSCOM
D) DPIIT

20. Cab aggregator Uber announced the launch of its global flagship
electric vehicle service Uber Green in which city?
A) New Delhi
B) Bengaluru
C) Chennai
D) Cochin

07 December 2023

1. Which country has framed 'One Province, One Policy' plan to handle
financial risk?
A) India
B) China

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C) USA
D) UK

2. National Crime Records Bureau (CRB) functions under which Union

Ministry?
A) Ministry of Home Affairs
B) Ministry of Women and Child Development
C) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
D) Ministry of Justice

3. What is the name of the largest survey vessel built in India, which was
recently delivered by GRSE?
A) INS Sandhayak
B) INS Sahayak
C) INS Sweekar
D) INS Sandesh

4. Which institution releases 'Composite Water Management Index' in

India?
A) Jal Shakti Ministry
B) NITI Aayog
C) WAPCOS
D) DPIIT

5. The names of tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian
Sea are chosen from:_?
A) Suggestion of various countries
B) Suggestion of UNESCO
C) Suggestion of UNEP

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D) Suggestion of UNFCCC

6. Which institution enabled two-factor authentication for all e-waybill

and e-invoice systems?
A) RBI
B) SEBI
C) CBIC
D) CBDT

7. Which institution seed fund scheme to offer 1 crore to start-ups

focusing on urban development and disaster management?
A) DRDO
B) HAL
C) IN-SPACe
D) BEL
8. SAMRIDHI (Strategic Acceleration for Market, Research, Innovation &
Development) was launched in which state?
A) Maharashtra
B) Odisha
C) Punjab
D) Rajasthan

9. Which country reported over 12000 suspected mpox cases in 2023?

A) Kenya
B) Ethiopia
C) Comgo
D) Indonesia

10. Which city is the host of the India Internet Governance Forum 2023
(IIGF-2023)?
A) Hyderabad
B) New Delhi
C) Bengaluru

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D) Chennai

11. Presidents and representatives of which continent launched the Green

Industrialisation Initiative named AGII?
A) Asia
B) Africa
C) Australia
D) North America

12. Third National Communication (TNC), which is sometimes seen in the

news, is associated with.?
A) Cybersecurity
B) Climate change
C) Artificial Intelligence
D) Finance

13. India offered to host which edition of Conference of Parties (COP) to

the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)?
A) 29th
B) 30th
C) 32nd
D) 33rd

14. Sijimali Bauxite Mines, which was seen in the news, is in which
state/UT?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Jharkhand
C) Odisha
D) West Bengal

15. 'SCORES' is the online platform of which institution?

A) RBI
B) National Stock Exchange

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C) SEBI
D) NPCI

16. 'Gajraj System', which was seen in the news, is a_?

A) AI-based system to diagnose elephant illness
B) AI-based surveillance system to prevent elephant deaths
C) AI-based system to train elephants
D) AI-based system to treat respiratory diseases in elephants

17. The world's first portable disaster hospital has been unveiled in which
country?
A) China
B) India
C) Ukraine
D) Israel

18. When is 'International Day for the Abolition of Slavery' observed?

A) December 1
B) December 2
C) December 5
D) December 7

19. What is the rank of India in the 2023 World Digital Competitiveness
Ranking (WDCR)?
A) 49
B) 52
C) 57
D) 62

20. Which cricketer has been appointed as the youth voter awareness
ambassador for Jammu and Kashmir?

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A) M S Dhoni
B) Virat Kohli
C) Suresh Raina
D) Gautham Gambhir
08 December 2023

1. India announced a USD 250 million line of credit to which country for
modernisation of its agricultural sector?
A) Kenya
B) South Africa
C) Congo
D) Papua New Guinea

2. What is the trend of cybercrimes and economic offences in 2022, as

compared to 2021?
A) Increased
B) Decreased
C) Remained same
D) No data
3. "Gram Manchitra" application, which was recently launched, is
associated with_:?
A) Geographic Information System
B) Cultural Archive
C) Educational Resource
D) Vaccination Reminder

4. What is the expansion of PDI, launched by the Ministry of Panchayati

Raj?
A) Panchayat Development Index
B) Panchayat Distribution Index
C) Panchayat Direction Index
D) Pepole Development Index

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5. IGOT Karmayogi Platform is an online learning portal launched for
which category of people?
A) MSME Owners
B) Street vendors
C) Sanitary workers
D) Government officials

6. Which Union Ministry launched the 'Startup Gateway for Garbage Free
Cities'?
A) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
B) Ministry of MSME
C) Ministry of Finance
D) Ministry of Corporate Affairs

7. Which institution has been publishing the "India Infrastructure Report'

series since 2001?
A) NSSO
B) NITI Aayog
C) IDFC Foundation
D) Larsen and Toubro
8. Which country gifts a Christmas Tree to Britain since 1947, expressing
thanks for its support during World War Two?
A) Germany
B) Russia
C) Norway
D) China

9. India has begun talks for a free trade agreement with which gulf
country, as of 2023?
A) Qatar
B) Oman
C) Bahrain
D) Iraq

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10. Around 1,000 migrating birds died in which country after colliding
with illuminated buildings?
A) Australia
B) USA
C) Indonesia
D) Philippines

11. 'JT-60SA', the world's largest and most advanced nuclear fusion
reactor, is a joint initiative between the European Union and which
country?
A) India
B) Japan
C) USA
D) Australia

12. Which European country approved a bill to ban disposable electronic

cigarettes?
A) France
B) Germany
C) Italy
D) Romania
13. 'Medias hydria, which was seen in the news, is an ancient vase from
which country?
A) Greece
B) China
C) Japan
D) Turkey

14. Fossils of 130 million year old male mosquitoes have been found in
which country?
A) India
B) France

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C) Lebanon
D) China

15. Umrah is a pilgrimage associated with which religion?

A) Islam
B) Hinduism
C) Sikhism
D) Jainism

16. Which technology company introduced a new AI model named

'Gemini'?
A) Microsoft
B) Google
C) Samsung
D) Apple

17. As per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, which state
recorded the highest number of custodial deaths in 2022?
A) Gujarat
B) Karnataka
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh

18. Which company is associated with the 'Accelerating India's Potential

to Address the Global XR Opportunity' report?
A) Apple
B) Meta
C) Microsoft
D) Google

19. 'TRIPS agreement', which was seen in the news, is associated with
which institution?
A) WTO

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B) UNICEF
C) IMF
D) WEF

20. Which organisation released the draft of a global climate agreement

which presented three options to tackle fossil fuels?
A) UN
B) WEF
C) NITI Aayog
D) IMF
09 December 2023

1. The Central government has approved the first urban flood mitigation
project for which state/UT?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Odisha
C) West Bengal
D) Andhra Pradesh

2. Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE) is a

defence research laboratory under-?
A) ISRO
B) DRDO
C) IISc Bengaluru
D) IIT Madras

3. Tiriyani Block, which secured top position in the first delta rankings of
Aspirational Blocks Programme (ABP), is from which state/UT?
A) Telangana
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Odisha
D) Jharkhand
4. Which institution built the Bharat Bill Payments (BBPS)?

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A) RBI
B) NPCI
C) NASSCOM
D) SEBI

5. Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (BAM) is associated with which

region?
A) Asia
B) Europe
C) Australia
D) Africa

6. Which institution is the regulator of entities facilitating payment and

settlement for online cross border transactions?
A) RBI
B) NSE
C) NPCI
D) SEBI

7. What is the name of the short-range ballistic missile recently launched

by India?
A) Agni-1
B) Astra-1
C) Avni-1
D) Ajwa-1

8. Aatmanirbhar Bharat Centre for Design (ABCD) is located in which city?

A) New Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Chennai
D) Kochi

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9. Which city is the host of International Food onvention, IFCON - 2023?
A) Chennai
B) Mysuru
C) Kolkata
D) Varanasi

10. Which private bank launched a Global service account (GSA)?

A) Axis Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) Kotak Mahindra Bank
D) ICICI Bank

11. 'Glycogen Storage Disease Type II' is also called as_?

A) Pompe Disease
B) Enzyme Disease
C) Down Disease
D) Strown Disease

12. How many countries are permanent members in the UN Security

Council?
A) 3
B) 5
C) 7
D) 10

13. Which Union Ministry is associated with the 'Rubber (Promotion and
Development) Bill, 2023'?
A) Ministry of MSME
B) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
C) Ministry of Labour and Employment

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D) Ministry of Power

14. 'Santiago Network', which was seen in the news, is associated with
which field?
A) Artificial Intelligence
B) Environment
C) Finance
D) Technology

15. 'Santiniketan' is a university town situated in which state/UT?

A) Puducherry
B) West Bengal
C) Goa
D) Odisha

16. 'Suchitwa Theeram' Project, which was seen in the news, was launched
by which state?
A) Jharkhand
B) Gujarat
C) Odisha
D) Kerala

17. Zakouma national park, which was seen in the news, is in which
country?
A) Namibia
B) Chad
C) Egypt
D) South Africa

18. 'Impatiens karuppusamyi', which was seen in the news, belongs to

which species?
A) Fish

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B) Plant
C) Bird
D) Spider

19. TDK Corporation, which announced to make iPhone Li-ion battery

cells in India, is from which country?
A) Germany
B) France
C) Japan
D) Australia

20. Which university is named the world's most sustainable university, as

per "QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2024"?
A) University of Toronto
B) IISc Bengaluru
C) IIT Madras
D) Delhi University
10 and 11 December 2023

1. 'Garba', which was included in the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage by

UNESCO, is from which state?
A) Assam
B) Gujarat
C) West Bengal
D) Kerala

2. Which city is the host of the first Indian Art, Architecture & Design
Biennale (IAADB) 2023?
A) Chennai
B) New Delhi
C) Mysuru
D) Varanasi

3. Which Union Ministry launched 'HaritSagar' Guidelines?

A) Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

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B) Ministry of Jal Shakti
C) Ministry of Power
D) Ministry of Defence

4. As per S&P ranking, which Indian insurer is the fourth largest insurer
in the world?
A) UIIC
B) NIA
C) LIC
D) Reliance

5. Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) launched Electronic

Origin Data Exchange System (EODES) between India and which country?
A) Japan
B) Korea
C) UAE
D) Egypt

6. Which institution released the report titled 'The Global Climate 2011-
2020: A Decade of Acceleration'?
A) UNEP
B) WMO
C) WEF
D) IMF

7. Khan Younis, which was seen in the news, is a city in which country?
A) Israel
B) Afghanistan
C) Ukraine
D) Syria

8. Mount Marapi, which was seen in the news, is located in which

country?

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A) Japan
B) Indonesia
C) Philippines
D) Australia
9. Novak Djokovic regained the year-end No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings
from which player?
A) Carlos Alcaraz
B) Daniil Medvedev
C) Stefanos Tsitsipas
D) Andrey Rublev

10. Jude Bellingham, who was seen in the news, plays which sports?
A) Cricket
B) Football
C) Tennis
D) Chess

11. United States signed the first-ever defence cooperation agreement

with which country?
A) Sweden
B) Finland
C) UAE
D) New Zealand

12. Which British-Indian is the new head of the British Broadcasting

Corporation (BBC)?
A) Samir Shah
B) Leena Nair
C) Shantanu Narayen
D) Arvind Krishna

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13. Ravi Bishnoi, who was seen in the news, plays which sports?
A) Cricket
B) Tennis
C) Squash
D) Chess

14. Who has been named Time magazine's 'Athlete of the Year' for 2023?
A) Neeraj Chopra
B) Lionel Messi
C) Simone Biles
D) Tigerwoods

15. Which Union Ministry launched the interest equalisation scheme on

rupee export credit?
A) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
B) Ministry of MSME
C) Ministry of External Affairs
D) Ministry of Steel

16. Defence Ministry signed a contract with which company for

acquisition of Digital Coast Guard (DCG) project?
A) L&T
B) TCIL
C) EIL
D) BEL

17. Anumula Revanth has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of which
state?
A) Telangana
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Madhya Pradesh

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D) Mioram

18. The famous 'Kesavananda Bharati judgment' was delivered in which

year?
A) 1973
B) 1976
C) 1992
D) 1998

19. Mefenamic acid tablet, which was seen in the news, is used as a/an?
A) Antibiotic
B) Pain-killer
C) Antiseptic
D) Immunosuppressant

20. Which bank has introduced UPI-based digital RuPay Credit Card?
A) State Bank of India
B) IDFC First Bank
C) Equitas Small Finance Bank
D) HDFC Bank

12 December 2023

1. Which state implements 'Maha Lakshmi scheme', aimed at providing

free travel to women in buses?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Telangana
C) Kerala
D) Odisha

2. Lalduhoma was sworn in as the Chief Minister of which state/UT?

A) Chhattisgarh

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B) Mizoram
C) Telangana
D) Madhya Pradesh

3. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) enhanced the UPI payment limits for
healthcare and education from Rs 1 lakh to -?
A) Rs 2 lakh
B) Rs 3 lakh
C) Rs 5 lakh
D) Rs 10 lakh
4. Tshering Tashi, who was seen in the news, is associated with which
profession?
A) Artist
B) Author
C) Sports person
D) Politician

5. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a treatment for

which disease, based on CRISPR gene editing technology?
A) AIDS
B) Sickle Cell Disease
C) Diabetes
D) Cancer

6. UNICEF's Generation Unlimited launched "Green Rising" initiative at

COP28 in collaboration with which country?
A) Italy
B) India
C) UAE
D) Australia

7. Which Union Ministry is associated with 'Mera Gaon, Meri Dharohar

(MGMD) Programme'?

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A) Ministry of Culture
B) Ministry of Rural Development
C) Ministry of MSME
D) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

8. Coum and Adyar rivers flow in which state UT?

A) Kerala
B) Karnataka
C) Telangana
D) Tamil Nadu

9. Mahua Moitra, who was expelled from the Lok Sabha, belongs to which
political party?
A) Bharathiya Janata Parta
B) India national Congress
C) Trinamool Congress
D) Samajwadi Party

10. What is India's GDP growth projection for 2023-24, as per RBI's
December 2023 Monetary Policy Committee Meeting?
A) 6.5%
B) 7%
C) 8%
D) 9.5%

11. Which Indian woman took the top spot from India, in the Forbes' list
of 100 most powerful women in 2023?
A) Mary Kom
B) Nirmala Sitharaman
C) Roshni Nadar
D) Madhuri Buch

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12. Which is the headquarters of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(AIIB)?
A) New York
B) Geneva
C) Paris
D) Beijing

13. International Civil Aviation Day is observed on which date?

A) 7 November
B) 7 December
C) 7 January
D) 7 February

14. Rupee-denominated bonds that Indian entities issue outside of India

are called_?
A) Green bonds
B) Masala bonds
C) Panda bonds
D) Maharaja bonds

15. Who has been named as the 'Person of the vear 2023' by Time
magazine?
A) Volodymyr Zelensky
B) Taylor Swift
C) Simone Biles
D) Xi Jinping

16. Prashant Agrawal, who was seen in the news, is associated with which
profession?
A) Sportsperson
B) Politician
C) Social worker

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D) Scientist

17. National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration is

located in which city?
A) Pune
B) Varanasi
C) New Delhi
D) Mysuru

18. According to QAir, the air quality of which city was the worst in the
world, as of December 2023?
A) New Delhi
B) Lahore
C) Dhaka
D) Tokyo

19. 'Hanukkah' is a festival associated with which religion?

A) Christianity
B) Islam
C) Sikhism
D) Judaism

20. Which European country has withdrawn from China's Belt and Road
Initiative (BRI) in 2023?
A) Finland
B) Norway
C) Germany
D) Italy
13 December 2023

1. India recently celebrated its 50 years of diplomatic ties with which

country, in December 2023?
A) Ukraine

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B) Thailand
C) Singapore
D) Republic of Korea

2. Youth for Unnati and Vikas with AI (YUVAi) initiative is a collaboration

between Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and which
company?
A) Google
B) Microsoft
C) Meta
D) IBM

3. Banni grasslands, which was seen in the news, is located in which

state/UT?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Gujarat
C) Karnataka
D) Kerala
4. Who is the Chairman of the five Zonal Councils of India?
A) President
B) Prime Minister
C) Home Minister
D) Finance Minister

5. Which is the sponsor bank of the National Asset Reconstruction

Company (NARCL)?
A) State Bank of India
B) Canara Bank
C) IDBI Bank
D) Yes Bank

6. Which Union Ministry is associated with Unique Disability ID (UDID)

project?

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A) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
B) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
C) Ministry of Women and Child Development
D) Ministry of Finance

7. Which city is the host of the first ever Khelo India Para Games in
2023?
A) Pune
B) New Delhi
C) Ahmedabad
D) Bhubaneswar

8. Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto, who were seen in the news, play
which sports?
A) Squash
B) Badminton
C) Tennis
D) Cricket

9. Which Indian state approved a socioeconomic survey of the state's

indigenous Muslim population?
A) Arunachal Pradesh
B) Assam
C) West Bengal
D) Bihar

10. Lalrinpuii, is the first-ever woman cabinet minister of which state?

A) Chhattisgarh
B) Mioram
C) Goa
D) Odisha

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11. 1500-year-old Ancient sculptures with Gupta and Pala artforms, were
recently discovered in which state?
A) Punjab
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Mizoram
D) West Bengal

12. Indian Financial Technology & Allied Services (IFTAS) is the

subsidiary of?
A) NITI Aayog
B) RBI
C) SEBI
D) NIC

13. 'Olive Ridley' is the name of which species?

A) Snake
B) Turtle
C) Butterfly
D) Dog

14. 118 countries signed a pledge at the ongoing COP28 climate summit
to triple the world's green energy capacity to 11,000 GW by which year?
A) 2027
B) 2030
C) 2035
D) 3040

15. Which is the first country in the world to be officially validated by

WHO for eliminating kala azar as a public health problem?
A) India
B) USA
C) Indonesia
D) Bangladesh

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16. 'Viksit Bharat @2047' Initiative, which was launched recently, aims
to_?
A) Eliminate manual scavenging
B) Eliminate religious and caste issues
C) Engage youth to contribute ideas
D) Engage women to contribute ideas

17. Which state is the host of 'Krishnaveni Sangeetha Neerajanam' event?

A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Odisha
C) West Bengal
D) Goa

18. Which institution is the current President of the World Association of

Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA)?
A) SEBI
B) Invest India
C) CII
D) FICCI

19. Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) was launched in

which year?
A) 2010
B) 2018
C) 2020
D) 2022

20. Which institution launched its retail division, for providing loans to
borrowers in the PM-KUSUM scheme?
A) NABARD
B) IREDA
C) SIDBI

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D) NHB
14 December 2023

1. Which institution launched a comprehensive programme to combat air

pollution crisis in India?
A) UNEP
B) UNFCCC
C) World Bank
D) WEF

2. Article 370 of the Constitution', which was seen in the news, is

associated with_?
A) Special status to Jammu and Kashmir
B) Special status to Andhra Pradesh
C) Goods and Services Tax
D) Economically Weaker Section (EWS) Reservation

3. Vishnu Deo Sai is the new Chief Minister of which Indian state?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Mizoram
4. Which Asian country has recently launched its own Forest and Wood
Certification Scheme?
A) Sri Lanka
B) India
C) Bangladesh
D) Japan

5. "VINBAX-23" is a military exercise between the armies of India and

which country?
A) Malaysia
B) Vietnam

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C) Sri Lanka
D) Iran

6. India's first six lane 'steel slag-based road' has been constructed in
which state?
A) Odisha
B) Jharkhand
C) Telangana
D) Gujarat

7. Which Union Ministry is implementing the 'PM Vishwakarma Scheme'?

A) Ministry of Education
B) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
C) Ministry of Women and Child Development
D) Ministry of MSME

8. Hirakud Dam reservoir, which was seen in the news, is in which state?
A) West Bengal
B) Bihar
C) Odisha
D) Jharkhand

9. India's plan for 50,000 electric buses on its roads has received support
from which country?
A) USA
B) UK
C) Germany
D) France

10. Indian government has deferred its earlier target of reducing road
accidents in the country by half from 2024 to which year?

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A) 2027
B) 2030
C) 2030
D) 2025

11. Which country has unveiled Karrar combat drone equipped with air-to-
air missiles?
A) Iran
B) Israel
C) North Korea
D) UAE

12. India along with which two countries is set to establish an informal
"trilateral technology dialogue" in the first quarter of 2024?
A) Australia and Japan
B) US and South Korea
C) Japan and US
D) UAE and Qatar

13. 'Climate finance for agrifood systems in sharp downward trend' report
was released by?
A) UNEP
B) FAO
C) World Bank
D) NITI Aayog

14. 'Magh Bihu' is a harvest festival celebrated in which state?

A) Assam
B) West Bengal
C) Punjab
D) Rajasthan

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15. Which UN Treaty is otherwise called as 'Bonn Convention'?
A) Convention on Migratory Species
B) Convention on Climent Change
C) Convention on Endangered Animals
D) Convention on Carbon Emissions

16. What is the name given to lichen, bacteria, fungi, moss that grow on
mineral surfaces, posing risks to structure of historical sites?
A) Biomoss
B) Biocrust
C) Biofoam
D) Biowaste

17. Which space agency has detected the oldest black hole ever observed,
(as of 2023)?
A) ISRO
B) NASA
C) JAXA
D) CAN

18. Which institution has approved a $250 million policy-based loan to

support the development of industrial corridors in India?
A) ADB
B) AIIB
C) World Bank
D) WEF

19. Which South American country reported outbreaks of highly

pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), for the first time?
A) Chile
B) Brazil
C) Argentina
D) Bolivia

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20. Narges Mohammadi, who was seen in the news, is the recipient of
which award?
A) Grammy Award
B) Oscar Award
C) Nobel Peace Prize
D) Booker Prize
15 December 2023

1. Which country has recently surpassed Afghanistan to become the

world's largest producer of opium in 2023 according to UNODC?
A) Pakistan
B) Myanmar
C) Vietnam
D) China

2. What is the full form of PABS mentioned in the draft pandemic treaty
discussions?
A) Public Awareness and Behavioral Study System
B) Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing System
C) Pharmaceutical Advancements and Biomedical Sciences System
D) Pathogenic Analysia and Bio Synthesis System

3. Captain Fatima Wasim created history by becoming the first woman

medical officer to be deployed at_:
A) International Space Station
B) Amazon Rainforest Mobile Medical Unit
C) Siachen Glacier
D) Antarctic Expeditionary Station

4. iCET or International Cooperation and Education on Technology is

administered by which ministry?
A) Ministry of Science and Technology

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B) Ministry of Education
C) Ministry of External Affairs
D) Ministry of Commerce

5. Recently, a new species of amphipod Demaorchestia alanensis was

discovered in which state?
A) Karnataka
B) Odisha
C) Assam
D) West Bengal

6. Who was SR Bommai in the famous SR Bommai judgment by Supreme

Court in 1994?
A) Ower of a Newspaper
B) Chief Ministry of a State
C) A Civil Servant
D) A Lawyer in Supreme Court

7. Which city is the location of Maharashtra's first Multi Modal Logistics

Park (MMLP) under the ambitious PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan?
A) Mumbai
B) Pune
C) Nagpur
D) Thane

8. Where are the headquarters of Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)?

A) Canberra
B) New York
C) Geneva
D) Singapore

9. The Payment Security Mechanism (PSM) for e-buses, that was recently
in news, is a joint initiative between India and _:

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A) France
B) Germany
C) United States
D) Russia

10. Who is / was the first tribal Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh?

A) Vishnu Deo Sai
B) Ajit Jogi
C) Bhupesh Baghel
D) Arun Sao

11. India's first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project "Namo
Bharat" is being constructed between
A) Delhi and Meerut
B) Mumbai and Pune
C) Delhi and Jaipur
D) Bangalore and Mysore

12. Which four states constitute the Eastern Zonal Council which met
recently under Home Minister Amit Shah?
A) Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha.
B) Assam, West Bengal, Sikkim and Odisha.
C) Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Mizoram
D) Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Sikkim

13. Litani River, which was recently in news, forms part of the border
between which two countries?
A) Syria and Lebanon
B) Israel and Lebanon
C) Jordan and Syria
D) Egypt and Sudan

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14. What is the name of the joint military exercise conducted between
Indian and US Army Special Forces?
A) Surya Talwar
B) Garuda Shield
C) Shakti
D) Vajra Prahar

15. Who was the president of the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference
COP28?
A) Amin H. Nasser
B) Mohsen Khojastehmehr
C) Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber
D) Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah

16. Recently, the trials of vaccine PrEPVacc were stopped in Africa due to
ineffectiveness. This vaccine was aimed at :
A) Malaria
B) HIV
C) Covid-19
D) Cancer

17. Which species had its IUCN Red List conservation status changed from
Critically Endangered to Near Threatened recently?
A) Tibetan Antelope
B) Saiga antelope
C) Mongolian Gazelle
D) Javan Rhino

18. Donald Tusk has become the new Prime Minister of which country
recently?
A) Poland
B) Czech Republic
C) Slovakia

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D) Belarus
19. Which country has recently devalued its currency Peso against dollar
significantly recently?
A) Chile
B) Argentina
C) Bolivia
D) Paraguay

20. Reserves of which mineral were found in Reasi district of Jammu and
Kashmir in recent times?
A) Uranium
B) Lithium
C) Magnesium
D) Mica
16 December 2023

1. The term "Wakayama Soryu" that was recently in news, denotes:

A) An asteroid
B) A fossil
C) An art work
D) A tradition

2. SPECS scheme is administered by which ministry?

A) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
B) Ministry of Agriculture
C) Ministry of Science & Technology
D) Ministry of Commerece

3. Which state government recently approached the Supreme Court

against capping of its borrowing limit by the Centre?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Kerala

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C) Telangana
D) Tamil Nadu
4. Recently, the Anand Marriage Act has been implemented in Jammu &
Kashmir. This act gives statutory recognition to_
A) Intercaste Marriage
B) Interfaith Marriage
C) Sikh Marriage and Wedding
D) Hindu Marriage and Rituals

5. Who is the treasurer of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Trust

overseeing Ram temple preparations?
A) Mahant Nrityagopal Das
B) Govind Devagiri
C) Champat Rai
D) Nripendra Mishra

6. India's first Gymnosperm garden has been established in which state?

A) Sikkim
B) Himachal Pardesh
C) Uttarakhand
D) West Bengal

7. The PM-DevINE scheme is a new venture of government exclusively

targeted for infrastructure projects in
A) 150 Most Backward Districts
B) Most Backward Tribal Areas
C) North East India
D) Coastal Regions

8. Where are the headquarters of Defence Cyber Agency (DCyA)?

A) New Delhi

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B) Hyderabad
C) Bengaluru
D) Mumbai

9. The "Hafthaa-14" roadmap, that was recently in news, is related to

which country?
A) Afghanistan
B) Maldives
C) Bangladesh
D) Myanmar

10. Peace activist Ali Abu Awwad, who is one of the 2 recipients of Indira
Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament, and Development for 2023, belongs
to .
A) Qatar
B) Palestine
C) Bangladesh
D) India

11. Scientists from the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and

Bengaluru-based IDS Labs have collaborated to develop Aktocyte tablets
for the treatment of which disease?
A) HIV
B) Covid
C) Cancer
D) Diabetes

12. Antim Panghal plays which sports?

A) Badminton
B) Cricket
C) WrestlingCurrent Affairs 520MCQs PDF - December, 2023
D) Athletics

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13. The Indian Navy recently re-inducted which ship that returned from
Maldives, after extensive repairs and upgrades at the Naval Dockyard in
Visakhapatnam?
A) INS Tarmugli
B) INS Vajir
C) INS Tarmandal
D) INS Ganga

14. Recently, which middle east country has decided to cancel visa
requirements for visitors from India?
A) Iran
B) Irag
C) Syria
D) Lebanon

15. The GIFT City is located on the outskirts of ?

A) Mumbai
B) Ahmedabad
C) Hyderabad
D) Bengaluru

16. Which city was venue of ASEAN-India Millet Festival 2023?

A) Singapore
B) New Delhi
C) Jakarta
D) Kuala Lumpur

17. The term "Barracuda" that was recently in news denotes

A) High-speed underwater drone
B) Advanced cybersecurity software

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C) Eco-friendly urban transportation project
D) Solar-electric boat

18. What is the name of the settlement in China's Shannan prefecture

where evidence of the oldest domesticated yak was found?
A) Banpo
B) Bangga
C) Hemudu
D) Yangshao

19. Which disease is often referred to as the "winter vomiting bug"?

A) Rotavirus
B) Adenovirus
C) Norovirus
D) Arbovirus

20. Researchers of which university have recently proposed the term

"Lunar Anthropocene" for era of major human impact on the lunar
environment through space activities?
A) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B) Stanford University
C) University of Cambridge
D) University of Kansas

17 and 18 December 2023

1. Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS), that was recently in news, is
related to which international organization?
A) United Nations (UN)
B) Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
C) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
D) Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

2. Who has been recently awarded the prestigious Royal Society of

Chemistry's Nyholm Prize for Education?
A) Savita Ladage
B) Sanjiva Prasad

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C) Rajeswari Sridhar
D) Pushpak Bhattacharyya

3. Vijay Diwas, celebrated on December 16th every year, commemorates

the victory of the Indian armed forces over Pakistan during the 1971 war.
Who signed the instrument of surrender from Pakistan side on this day?
A) General Tikka Khan
B) General Ayub Khan
C) General Yahya Khan
D) General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi

4. The EKAMRA project, which was in news, is in which state?

A) West Bengal
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Odisha
D) Karnataka

5. Who is the new President of Argentina, that recently announced stern

economic measures like 50% devaluation of the Argentine peso?
A) Javier Milei
B) Sergio Massa
C) Patricia Bullrich
D) Juan Schiaretti

6. Which mobile network operator in Ukraine recently faced the biggest

cyber attack since the war with Russia began?
A) Ukrtelecom
B) Vodafone Ukraine
C) Kyivstar
D) Lifecell

7. Who is the new chairman appointed to head the Maharashtra State

Backward Class Commission?

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A) Justice Sunil Shukre
B) Justice Firdosh P Pooniwalla
C) Justice AS Chandurkar
D) Justice Anil L Pansare
8. Recently, Indian Lawyer Uma Sekhar was elected to the governing
council of International Institute for the Unification of Private Law
(UNIDROIT) . UNIDROIT is based at which city?
A) Geneva
B) Paris
C) Rome
D) Washington DC

9. What prestigious Indian institute is setting up the Kotak School of

Sustainability in association with Kotak Mahindra Bank?
A) IIT Kharagpur
B) IIT Bengaluru
C) IIT Delhi
D) IIT Kanpur

10. What is the name of the antiviral medication that Zydus Lifesciences
recently got USFDA approval for?
A) Darunavir
B) Tenofovir
C) Raltegravir
D) Dolutegravir

11. The XEOLXELEK-Elk Lake fault (XELF), which was discovered

recently, is a 45-mile long fault line on which Island?
A) Santorini
B) Vancouver Island
C) Java, Indonesia
D) Galapagos Islands

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12. Austropallene halanychi, that was found in the Ross Sea near
Antarctica recently, is a species of_?
A) Squid
B) Mantis Shrimp
C) Sea spider
D) Octopus
13. What is the full form of GAGAN, the satellite-based augmentation
system by DRDO?
A) Geospatial Analysis and Geotagging Access Node
B) Gyroscopic Aviation Guidance and Navigation
C) Graphical Atmosphere Grid and Analysis Nexus
D) GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation

14. What is the proposed name of India's warehousing facility in the UAE
to promote exports?
A) Bharat Hub
B) Bharat Mart
C) Hindustan Depot
D) India Nook

15. Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) initiative, that was recently
making news, is coordinated by which two organizations?
A) World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
B) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Trade Organization
(WTO)
C) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Organisation for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
D) International Labour Organization (ILO) and World Trade Organization
(WTO)

16. Which IIT researchers have developed new organic co-crystal systems
published in Nature Communications journal recently?
A) IIT Bombay

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B) IIT Guwahati
C) IIT Bengaluru
D) IIT Chennai

17. DRDO Aeronautical Test Range, that makes news frequently, is

located near which city?
A) Secunderabad
B) Chitradurga
C) Bhubaneshwar
D) Jodhpur

18. Which is the implementing agency for Indian forest and Wood
Certification Scheme, that was introduced recently?
A) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
B) Indian Institute of Forest Management
C) Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
D) Forest Survey of India

19. What is AMRIT technology, that was recently making news, related
to?
A) Generate renewable energy sources
B) Improve internet connectivity in rural areas
C) Enhance agricultural crop yields
D) remove arsenic and metal ions from water

20. Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary, where Eastern Ghats Nature

Interpretation Centre is being opened, is located in which state?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Karnataka

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19 December 2023
1. International Day of Neutrality is observed annually on which date?
A) December 10
B) December 12
C) November 21
D) January 24

2. Who is the recipient of Padmapani Lifetime Achievement Award at the

upcoming Ajanta-Ellora Film Festival - 2024?
A) Gulzar
B) Prasoon Joshi
C) Javed Akhtar
D) Paresh Rawal

3. In context with India-Vietnam relations, what is VINBAX, that was

recently in news?
A) Bilateral Military Exercise
B) Cultural Exchange Programme
C) Economic Cooperation Agreement
D) Scientific Research Collaboration

4. Annual festival 'Shar Amartala Torgya' is celebrated every year in which

state?
A) Sikkim

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B) Tripura
C) Mioram
D) Arunachal Pradesh

5. Which country recently hosted Global Partnership on Artificial

Intelligence?
A) Japan
B) India
C) France
D) China
6. Which scheme has been launched recently to empower women in rural
areas with agricultural drones?
A) Drone Shakti Scheme
B) Drone Didi Scheme
C) Drone Mahila Krushak Scheme
D) Drone for Empowering Rural Women Scheme

7. Which bank has recently launched the Nari Shakti Savings Account?
A) ICICI
B) HDFC
C) SBI
D) Bank of India

8. Which actor has been awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
(Merito della Repubblica Italiana), the highest Italian civilian award in
December 2023?
A) Anupam Kher
B) Kabir Bedi
C) Naseeruddin Shah
D) Paresh Rawal

9. Which country has recently launched world's first 4th Generation

nuclear reactor?

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A) USA
B) Russia
C) China
D) France

10. Where was the first Indian Art, Architecture & Design Biennale 2023
held at?
A) Hyderabad
B) Chennai
C) Mumbai
D) New Delhi

11. Koya tribe is an indigenous tribe of which state?

A) Meghalaya
B) Andaman & Nicobar
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Tamil Nadu

12. The 52nd Vijay Diwas, which was recently celebrated on 16 December
2023, commemorates the victory of the Indian Armed Forces in which
war?
A) India China War of 1962
B) India Pakistan War of 1965
C) India Pakistan War of 1971
D) Kargil War, 1999

13. Which country has recently implemented Online Safety Act, 2023 to
regulate online speech and media?
A) Russia
B) Australia
C) United Kingdom
D) USA

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14. Which country recently inaugurated world's deepest and largest
underground laboratory known as DURF?
A) USA
B) China
C) India
D) Japan

15. What is AIRAWAT that is recently making news?

A) Submarine
B) AI supercomputer
C) 5G-enabled drone
D) Recently discovered exoplanet

16. Which disease, recently in news, is characterized by the buildup of

glycogen in the lysosomes of the body's cells?
A) Type 1 Diabetes
B) Type 2 Diabetes
C) Pompe Disease
D) Anthrax

17. India has witnessed an increase in fatalities as per Global Status on

Road Safety 2023, this report is released by which agency?
A) World Bank
B) World Health Organization
C) United Nations Population Fund
D) UNICEF

18. Kashi Tamil Sangamam, that was recently inaugurated, is an initiative

of which ministry?
A) Ministry of Culture
B) Ministry of Cooperation
C) Ministry of Education
D) Ministry of Tourism

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19. Who was named the 2023 ITF World Champions by the International
Tennis Federation (ITF)?
A) Carlos Alcaraz
B) Daniil Medvedev
C) Novak Djokovic
D) Rajeev Ram

20. Kas Plateau, that was recently making news, is a UNESCO World
Heritage Site in which country?
A) India
B) Russia
C) China
D) UAE

20 December 2023
1. Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, who was recently on state visit to India, is
Sultan and Prime Minister of which country?
A) Qatar
B) Oman
C) Yemen
D) Iran

2. Recently, G7 nations have planned to block the entry of which

country's diamonds into their markets?
A) China
B) Iran
C) Democratic Republic of Congo
D) Russia

3. Houthi rebels, that were making news recently, originate from which
country?
A) Oman

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B) Egypt
C) Yemen
D) Palestine

4. The Essequibo region, that was recently making news, is a subject of

dispute between which two countries?
A) Venezuela and Guyana
B) Venezuela and Brazil
C) Brazil and Guyana
D) Guyana and Surinam

5. The term "middle technology trap" was making news in context with
which country recently?
A) United States
B) India
C) Russia
D) China
6. The term "SWAMIH Investment Fund" that was recently making news,
is related to which sector?
A) Automobile
B) Education
C) Real Estate
D) Pharmaceutical

7. What is 'Bhashini' that was recently making news?

A) Blockchain-based data security system
B) AI-led language translation system
C) Cloud computing infrastructure
D) Virtual reality gaming platform

8. Who is currently (December, 2023) India's Permanent Representative to

the United Nations?
A) Arindam Bagchi

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B) Indra Mani Pandey
C) K Nandini Singla
D) Ruchira Kamboj

9. Which city houses the world's largest diamond bourse inaugurated by

PM Modi recently?
A) Mumbai
B) Surat
C) Baroda
D) Pune

10. What is the expanded form of the SAMAR air defense system tested by
the Indian Air Force recently?
A) Strategic Aerial Munition for Adaptive Response
B) Surface-to-Air Missile for Assured Retaliation
C) Supersonic Airborne Missile for Assertive Repulsion
D) Supersonic Airborne Mechanism for Advanced Repulsion
11. Recently. which state launched "Mukhyamantri Pashuseva Yojana", a
24 x7 animal ambulance scheme to provide timely and accessible
veterinary care for livestock?
A) Rajasthan
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Goa
D) Maharashtra

12. The popular Sunburn Electronic Dance Music Festival, that was
recently in news, is related to which state or UT?
A) New Delhi
B) Goa
C) Karnataka
D) Maharashtra

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13. The Lingaraj Temple, that was recently making news, is located in
which city of Odisha?
A) Puri
B) Cuttack
C) Bhubaneswar
D) Sambalpur

14. Tembhu lift irrigation project, that was making news recently, is
located in which state?
A) Goa
B) Maharashtra
C) Karnataka
D) Gujarat

15. Luna Crater, that was recently in news, is located in which state?
A) Gujarat
B) Maharashtra
C) Odisha
D) Karnataka
16. Solar Dynamics Observatory, that recently observed the largest solar
flare in years, belongs to which state agency?
A) European Space Agency (ESA)
B) Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)
C) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
D) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

17. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi was recently re-elected as President of which

country for third six- year term?
A) Libya
B) Sudan
C) Palestine
D) Egypt

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18. Which city was host to the inaugural India Strategy Conference held
recently on December, 2023?
A) Hyderabad
B) Bengaluru
C) Ahemdabad
D) Mumbai

19. Which country is leading the 10-nation military force to protect

shipping in the Red Sea after attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels?
A) France
B) UK
C) United States
D) Italy

20. Recently, Goa Liberation Day was observed on December 19th. For
how many years, Goa remained a territory of Portugal?
A) 298 Years
B) 325 Years
C) 395 Years
D) 461 Years

21 December 2023

1. The Gelephu Special Administration Region (SAR), that was recently in

news, is located in which country?
A) Nepal
B) China
C) Bhutan
D) India (Sikkim)

2. The proposed International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) will

not pass through which of the given countries?

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A) Russia
B) Iran
C) Azerbaijan
D) Uzbekistan

3. The terms "JN.1" and "Pirola", that were recently making news, are
related to which of the following?
A) Artificial Intelligence Developments
B) Climate Change Initiatives
C) Covid-19
D) Malaria

4. Recently, Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) was making news for

undertaking minimum support price operations for cotton in India. Where
are headquarters of Cotton Corporation of India (CCI)?
A) New Delhi
B) Bhopal
C) Mumbai
D) Surat

5. Swarved Mahamandir, which is World's Largest Meditation Centre,

inaugurated recently is located which city?
A) New Delhi
B) Varanasi
C) Ujjain
D) Jaipur

6. Which state has recently overtook Tamil Nadu to emerge as the second
largest economy in India after Maharashtra?
A) Karnataka
B) Rajasthan

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C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Gujarat

7. Sirpur wetland, that was recently making news. is located in which

state?
A) Gujarat
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Odisha
D) West Bengal

8. At present (December 2023), which state accounts for highest share in

total rooftop solar installation capacity in India?
A) Rajasthan
B) Maharashtra
C) Gujarat
D) Tamil Nadu

9. What name has been given to the recently discovered new kind of rock
that contains plastics and polymers discarded by humans?
A) Plastistone
B) Anthroquartz
C) Syntholith
D) Petrogem
10. Salton Sea, that was recently making news for huge Lithium deposits,
is located in which country?
A) France
B) Brazil
C) United States
D) Canada

11. What is the name of the scheme under which Indian scientific
expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic regions are conducted?
A) PACER

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B) POLARIS
C) ICECAP
D) ARCTICA

12. Which Indian conglomerate has recently purchased majority share in

IANS India newswire service?
A) Adani Group
B) Tata Griup
C) Reliance Group
D) Wipro Group

13. Yogmaya temple, that was recently making news, is located in which
city?
A) Gujarat
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Delhi
D) Andhra Pradesh

14. Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP). that was recently in news,
is located on which river? a multi-purpose irrigation project, situated?
A) Krishna and Godavari
B) Godavari and Pranahita
C) Sutlejand Chenab
D) Ken and Betwa
15. Which ministry has recently initiated the 'Dare to Dream' scheme in
honor of the late former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam?
A) Ministry of Education
B) Ministry of Defence
C) Ministry of External Affairs
D) Ministry of Sports

16. Recently, which company has developed “Krutrim", being promoted as

India's own AI and a Multilingual Large Language model?

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A) Oyo
B) Ola
C) PayTM
D) Freshworks

17. During the recent Cyclone Michaung, an oil spill occurred into the
Buckingham Canal and Ennore Creek in which Indian State?
A) Kerala
B) Karnataka
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Telangana

18. Who has recently become the 8th bowler in the world to take 500 or
more wickets in Test cricket?
A) Nathan Lyon
B) Ravindra Jadeja
C) Stuart Broad
D) Courtney Walsh

19. International Migrants Day and Minority Rights Day are celebrated on
which date every year?
A) December 17
B) December 19
C) December 18
D) December 15

20. LEADS 2023 report has been released by which ministry?

A) Ministry of Education
B) NITI Aayog
C) Ministry of Defence
D) Ministry of Commerce and Industry

22 December 2023

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1. Which country's Armed Forces have recently been honored with the
coveted 'Golden Owl' award for their outstanding performance?
A) China
B) Sri Lanka
C) Singapore
D) India

2. Which ministry has recently launched the National Geoscience Data

Repository Portal?
A) Ministry of Earth Sciences
B) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
C) Ministry of Mines
D) Ministry of Science and Technology

3. How many corridors are being developed under the National Industrial
Corridor Development Programme (NICP)?
A) 12
B) 11
C) 8
D) 15

4. Which state is home to the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project that

recently achieved criticality, signifying the onset of a controlled fission
chain reaction?
A) Maharashtra
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Gujarat
D) Karnataka

5. Recently, scientists identified hydrogen cyanide, a vital molecule for

the formation of life, on Enceladus, a moon of:
A) Jupiter
B) Saturn

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C) Mars
D) Venus

6. NOMA has recently been included in the World Health Organization's

list of neglected tropical diseases. Which body parts does this affect?
A) Brain
B) Face and Mouth
C) Intestine
D) Kidney

7. Which State has emerged as the top-performing state in the inaugural

edition of Khelo India Para Games?
A) Kerala
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Haryana
D) Tamil Nadu

8. Freetown, that was recently in news, is capital and largest city of which
country?
A) Sierra Leone
B) Liberia
C) Guinea
D) Senegal

9. Who has become the second-highest-paid player in the history of the

IPL as Sunrisers Hyderabad bought him?
A) Mitchell Starc
B) Pat Cummins
C) Rohit Sharma
D) Virat Kohli

10. India conducts military exercises Al Najah, Eastern Bridge and Naseem
Al Bahr with which Arab country?

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A) UAE
B) Oman
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Iraq

11. Which ministry in collaboration with IT Kanpur has initiated the

SATHEE portal?
A) Ministry of Culture
B) Ministry of Tribal affairs
C) Ministry of Education
D) Ministry of Youth affairs & Sports

12. Which of the following government organizations is one of the

organizers of Smart India Hackathon?
A) DPIIT
B) ISRO
C) DRDO
D) AICTE

13. Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib and Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib in Delhi are
associated with which Sikh Guru?
A) Guru Teg Bahadur
B) Guru Nanak
C) Guru Arjun Dev
D) Guru Ram Das

14. What is the objective of the recently established "Operation Prosperity

Guardian" initiative?

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A) Strengthen economic ties between neighboring countries in Europe
B) Combat illegal fishing and environmental hazards in the Indian Ocean
C) Curb maritime security problems by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea
region
D) Promote commercial shipping and trade routes in the Mediterranean
Sea

15. The recently flagged off the Kashi Tamil Sangamam Express, a new
regular train service connects Varanasi to which city in South India?
A) Chennai
B) Madurai
C) Kanyakumari
D) Kumbakonam

16. In which region, you will find tribals practicing traditional Kumeri
cultivation, that was in news recently?
A) North East India
B) South India
C) Eastern Ghats
D) Western Ghats

17. What is the nickname given to the geological phenomenon of missing

sections in the Earth's crust now explained by glacial erosion?
A) The Grand Discontinuity
B) The Major Rift
C) The Significant Gap
D) The Great Unconformity

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18. Reykjanes peninsula, a volcanic hotspot recently in news, is located
in which country?
A) Iceland
B) Norway
C) New Zealand
D) Japan

19. Which country is world's biggest producer of rough diamonds as of

2023?
A) India
B) Russia
C) Belgium
D) United States

20. As of 2023, which country is the top source of steel making coking
coal for India?
A) Russia
B) China
C) Australia
D) Germany

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 23 December 2023

1. What is the name of the carbon tax that UK plans to implement from
2027 on imports of materials like steel and aluminum?
A) Carbon Border Tex (CBT)
B) Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
C) Global Emissions Import Levy (GEIL)
D) Cross-Border Carbon Surcharge (CBCS)

2. Recently, Haryana has emerged victorious in the Vijay Hazare Trophy

2023-24 by defeating?
A) Rajasthan
B) Maharashtra
C) Punjab
D) Gujarat

3. International Gender Equality Prize is given by which country?

A) Sweden
B) Finland
C) Norway
D) Estonia

4. What is the name of the potato disease that has caused substantial
damage to potato crops across various districts of Punjab?
A) Downy Mildew
B) Late Blight
C) Powdery Mildew
D) Verticillium Wilt

5. Whose forthcoming memoir is titled 'Four Stars of Destiny'?

A) Admiral Karambir Singh
B) Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria

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C) General M M Naravane
D) Lieutenant General Rajendra Singh

6. Ny-Alesund research base, that was recently making news, is located in

which country / continent?
A) Russia
B) Canada
C) Norway
D) Antarctica

7. Recently, which country emerged as the winner of U-19 Asia Cup 2023?
A) India
B) UAE
C) Pakistan
D) Bangladesh

8. UN Arabic Language Day is celebrated on which date?

A) December 16
B) December 18
C) December 20
D) December 19

9. Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty, who is one of the recipients of Major

Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023, is associated with which sports?
A) Chess
B) Badminton
C) Tennis
D) Hockey

10. Recently which IT has developed BRAHMA-2D model to understand

complex flow patterns of large braided rivers like Brahmaputra?
A) IIT Kanpur
B) IIT Guwahati

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C) IIT Bengaluru
D) IIT Delhi

11. United Nations has declared 2024 as the International Year of:
A) Pulses
B) Marine Fauna
C) Camelids
D) AI

12. What is Zero Trust Authentication, that was recently making news?
A) A cybersecurity framework
B) A single sign-on solution
C) A data encryption method
D) An antivirus software

13. Which film won the Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film at
the 29th Kolkata International Film Festival?
A) Featherweight
B) Endless Borders
C) Children of Nobody
D) Kantara

14. Who topped the Hurun India Top 100 Under 30 List 2023 as the
youngest entrepreneur?
A) Kaivalya Vohra
B) Aadit Palicha
C) Devanshi Kejriwal
D) Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash

15. Which platform was developed by the National Health Authority for
seamless transfer of medical claims data between insurers and healthcare
providers?
A) Health Data Exchange (HDX)

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B) National Health Claims Exchange (HCX)
C) Medical Insurance Transfer Protocol (MITP)
D) Healthcare Interoperability System (HIS)

16. Which State Pollution Control Board has launched mobile app
'Janavani Kalushya Nivarani'?
A) Odisha
B) West Bengal
C) Telangana
D) Tamil Nadu

17. Which Indian city achieved the highest ranking in India in Mercer's
Quality of Living City Index 2023?
A) Mumbai
B) Bengaluru
C) Pune
D) Hyderabad

18. TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution sensor)

satellite has been launched by?
A) ISRO
B) JAXA
C) NASA
D) ROSCOSMOS

19. Under the new Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill tabled in
parliament, what is the proposed maximum timeframe for filing charge
sheet in criminal cases?
A) 90 Days
B) 180 Days
C) 270 Days
D) 365 Days

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20. Who is the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi English award for 2023?
A) Arundhathi Subramaniam
B) Jhumpa Lahiri
C) Neelam Saran Gour
D) Amitav Ghosh

24 and 25 December 2023

1. Approximately, what percent of worldwide trade passes through the

Suez Canal that has been recently disrupted by attacks in the Red Sea?
A) 5%
B) 12%
C) 17%
D) 22%

2. What is Pantoea tagorel, that was recently making news?

A) Fish
B) Bacteria
C) Turtle
D) Primate

3. Which ministry has launched the 'Bhoomi Rashi Portal'?

A) Ministry of Agriculture
B) Ministry of Rural Development
C) Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways
D) Ministry of Finance

4. Which state is the main state partner of the International Gita Seminar
and Gita Mahotsav?
A) Haryana
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Assam

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D) Madhya Pradesh

5. Which University has won the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy 2023?
A) Gautam Buddha University
B) Guru Nanak Dev University
C) Delhi University
D) Jawahar Lal Nehru University

6. The first-ever World Basketball Day was celebrated on December 21 to

commemorate which of the following?
A) Dr. James Naismith
B) Michael Jordan
C) Kareem Abdul-Jabber
D) Magic Johnson

7. Who has been awarded with the Vir Chakra 2023?

A) Dinesh Prabhakar
B) Benoy Roy Chowdhury
C) Yogendra Singh Yadav
D) None of the above

8. Who has been recently awarded with the 2023 Leif Erikson Lunar
Prize?
A) ISRO
B) NASA
C) JAXA
D) ROSCOSMOS

9. Which organization has been recently honoured with the 11th edition
of the FICCI Water Award 2023?
A) Ministry of Jal Shakti
B) NTPC Kanti
C) Ministry of Mines

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10. Which Indian hockey team midfielder has clinched the prestigious
title of Men's FIH Player of the Year 2023?
A) Manpreet Singh
B) Akashdeep Singh
C) Hardik Singh
D) Shamsher Singh

11. Basukinath Jha, winner of Sahitya Akademi Award-2023, is a writer in

which language?
A) Hindi
B) Maithili
C) Bhojpuri
D) Gujarati

12. At which place Dalai Lama recently inaugurated first International

Sangha Forum?
A) Sarnath
B) Bodh Gaya
C) Lumbini
D) Kushinagar

13. Which state is the top performer among coastal states in the Logistics
Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2023 rankings?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Gujarat
C) Maharashtra
D) Tamil Nadu

14. Which gulf, that was recently making news, forms a natural sea link
between the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea?
A) Persian Gulf

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B) Gulf of Oman
C) Gulf of Aqaba
D) Gulf of Aden

15. The queen of millets 'Raimati Ghiuria', who was making news recently,
is from which state?
A) Rajasthan
B) Gujarat
C) Odisha
D) Jharkhand

16. Who has been awarded the 6th Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize?
A) Siddhartha Talya
B) Twinkle Khanna
C) Sukrita Paul
D) Ashok Nanda

17. Who has become the first Indian to be inducted as a governing board
member of the International Table Tennis Federation?
A) Manika Batra
B) Vita Dani
C) Mouma Das
D) Achanta Sharath Kamal

18. Which four cities are venue of the 6th edition of the Khelo India
Youth Games?
A) Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli (Trichy)
B) Chennai, Erode, Tirunelveli, Thanjavur
C) Vellore, Thoothukudi (Tuticorin), Dindigul, Madurai
D) Chennai, Kanchipuram, Nagercoil, Cuddalore

19. Which of the following numbers is called Hardy-Ramanujan number or

most famous taxicab number?

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A) 1729
B) 5436
C) 38787
D) 19083

20. The World Bank supported RAMP Scheme belongs to which ministry?
A) Ministry of Power
B) Ministry of Education
C) Ministry of micro, small, and medium enterprises
D) Ministry of Defence

26 December 2023

1. Namdapha flying squirrel, that was recently in news, is endemic to

which Indian State/UT?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Assam
C) Arunachal Pradesh
D) Andaman & Nicobar

2. Recently, which Indian airport received recognition at UNESCO's 2023

Prix Versailles?
A) Kempegowda International Airport
B) Indira Gandhi International Airport
C) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
D) Chennai International Airport

3. Which country is not a member of Organization of the Petroleum

Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
A) Congo
B) Gabon
C) Nigeria

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D) Qatar

4. Church of Epiphany, that has recently secured prestigious UNESCO

Asia-Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation, is located in which
state?
A) Maharashtra
B) Haryana
C) Goa
D) Kerala

5. As per the India Skills Report 2024, which state is the most preferred
state to work?
A) Karnataka
B) Telangana
C) Kerala
D) Gujarat

6. What was the theme for the National Farmer's Day 2023?
A) Delivering Smart Solutions for Sustainable Food Security and
Resilience
B) Without farmers, no country can progress
C) Accelerating agricultural development through value chain addition
D) None of them

7. In India, the black tigers or melanistic tigers, that were recently in

news are found exclusively in which tiger reserve?
A) Manas Tiger Reserve
B) Ranthambore Tiger Reserve
C) Similipal Tiger Reserve

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8. Who is the chief guest for India's 2024 Republic Day celebrations?
A) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
B) Rishi Sunak
C) Emmanuel Macron
D) Joe Biden

9. Who has been recently awarded the SASTRA-Ramanujan Awards 2023?

A) Yunqing Tang
B) Ruixiang Zhang
C) Shai Evra
D) Will Sawin

10. Which international organization has recently launched Project

PRAYAS?
A) International red Cross Society
B) International Rescue
C) International Organization for Migration
D) Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders)

11. From time to time, the "International Debt Report" is released by

which organization?
A) International Monetary Fund
B) World Bank
C) World Economic Forum
D) Asian Development Bank

12. The recent eruption of Mount Ulawun volcano happened in which

country?
A) Hawaii
B) Papua New Guinea
C) Indonesia

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D) Fiji

13. Which organization has received the 2023 National Energy

Conservation Award?
A) NTPC
B) Tata Power Solar
C) Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd.
D) Havells India Ltd.

14. Which organization has developed an innovative propulsion system

called the Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE)?
A) SpaceEX
B) NASA
C) ISRO
D) JAXA

15. Andriamamelo Cave, where Prehistoric rock art was recently

discovered is located in which country?
A) Madagascar
B) India
C) China
D) Sri Lanka

16. Which country has recently banned the export of rare earth
processing technology?
A) India
B) China
C) USA
D) Japan

17. December 24 is celebrated as:

A) National Farmers Day
B) National Mathematics Day

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D) Good Governance Day

18. Which country was guest of 8th edition of Indian Ocean Naval
Symposium (IONS) Conclave of Chiefs (CoC)?
A) India
B) Singapore
C) Thailand
D) maldives

19. Article IV consultations, that were recently is news, is related to

which organization?
A) World Bank
B) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
C) United Nations General Assembly
D) UNESCO

20. Which Indian airline recently inducted India's first Airbus A350
aircraft into its fleet?
A) Vistara
B) Air India
C) IndoGo
D) SpiceJet

27 December 2023

1. Who has been recently named Health ambassador for Salaam Bombay
Foundation?
A) Deepika Padukone
B) Amrita Raichand
C) Alia Bhatt
D) Pankaj Tripathi

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2. Which strait, that was recently in news, is also known as Gate of Tears
in Arabic?
A) Bab al-Mandeb
B) Strait of Hormuz
C) Bass strait
D) Strait of Johor

3. What term has been used for the iridescent clouds, that were spotted
recently over parts of Scotland, northern England, and the West
Midlands?
A) Nacreous clouds
B) Cirrus clouds
C) Stratus clouds
D) Cumulus clouds

4. Talaeieh and Nasir cruise missiles were recently unveiled by which

country?
A) UAE
B) Turkey
C) Iran
D) Iraq

5. Who has recently been awarded the 'Impact Fielder of the ODI Series'?
A) K L Rahul
B) Shubman Gill
C) Sai Sudarshan
D) Mohammad Shami

6. Which country recently sent the Smart Lander for Investigating the
Moon (SLIM)?

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A) USA
B) Russia
C) China
D) Japan

7. According to Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), which state led

in tiger deaths in 2023?
A) Rajasthan
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Maharashtra
D) Bihar

8. The recently launched My iGOT and VIKAS are related to which

Government initiative?
A) Digital India
B) Skill India Mission
C) Mission Karmayogi
D) Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)

9. Who has been nominated by the President as the new Executive

Chairperson of NALSA recently?
A) Justic Sanjiv Khanna
B) Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul
C) Justice D.Y Chandrachud
D) Justice Uday Umesh Lalit

10. BRI 1335-0417, that was recently in news, is

A) Magnetar
B) Black Hole
C) Galaxy
D) Exoplanet

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11. Who has won the women's singles title at the National Badminton
championship 2023 held recently in Guwahati?
A) Jwala Gutta
B) Ashwini Ponnappa
C) Anmol Kharb
D) Unnati Hudda

12. Recently, World Health Organization has prequalified the R21/Matrix-

M vaccine to prevent which disease?
A) Malaria
B) Measles
C) Meningitis
D) Monkeypox

13. Which newspaper was established by Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya,

whose birth anniversary was observed recently on' December 25?
A) Anand bazar patrika
B) Dainik Hindustan
C) The Leader
D) Daily Herald

14. What is the name of India's first homegrown mRNA vaccine for Covid-
19?
A) VIRASHIELD
B) OMIVAC
C) GEMCOVAC
D) COVIGUARD

15. INS Imphal, which is India's first naval asset named after a city in
North East India, is a_
A) Aircraft Carrier
B) Destroyer
C) Sunmarine

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16. What is the name of the nuclear power plant where India and Russia
signed agreements related to construction of its future power units?
A) Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant
B) Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
C) Narrora Atomic Power Station
D) Kalpakkam Nuclear Power Plant Answer: Kudankulam Nuclear Power
Plant

17. Notre Dame Cathedral, that was recently in news, is located in which
city?
A) Rome
B) Paris
C) London
D) Frankfurt

18. Styangkung village shrine of Islamic preacher Akhone Muhammad

Shareef is located in which state or UT?
A) Jammu & Kashmir
B) Sikkim
C) Ladakh
D) Himachal Pradesh

19. Devanahalli heritage railway station, that was in news recently, is

located in which state?
A) Goa
B) Karnataka
C) Maharashtra
D) Andhra Pradesh

20. Which bank has recently launched India's first corporate credit card
allowing UPI integration, esvarna?

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A) Bank of Baroda
B) IndusInd Bank
C) Axis Bank
D) Karnataka Bank

28 December 2023

1. Which Indian ministry is responsible for administering the FAME India

Scheme?
A) Ministry of Finance
B) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
C) Ministry of AYUSH
D) Ministry of Heavy Industries

2. Union government is planning to revive tax remission benefits on

export of which item, that was placed in the 'restricted' category in mid-
2022?
A) Sugar
B) Rice
C) Milk products
D) None of these

3. Which player recently clinched the Chennai Grand Masters 2023 title?
A) Dommaraju Gukesh
B) Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
C) Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
D) Sandipan Chanda

4. Recently Uttar Pradesh has inaugurated the state's first intra-district

helicopter service between which two districts?

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A) Prayag raj and Agra
B) Agra and Mathura
C) Prayag raj and Varanasi
D) Varanasi and Sravasti

5. India's first Himalayan Air Safari was recently launched from which
Indian state?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Uttarakhand
C) Ladakh
D) Jammu & Kashmir

6. Pong Dam, a Ramsar Site, that was in news recently, is situated on

which river?
A) Ravi
B) Sutlej
C) Beas
D) Narmada

7. The recently launched "SUPACE" is related to

A) Parliament of India
B) Supreme Court of India
C) Indian Air Force
D) Environment of India

8. Nikusth 2.0, the portal that was recently making news, is related to
which disease?
A) Tuberculosis
B) Diabetes
C) Cancer
D) Leprosy

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9. The Strait of Gibraltar, that was recently making news, separates which
two countries?
A) Italy and Greece
B) Spain and Morocco
C) France and England
D) Portugal and Algeria

10. Which city was the venue of 26th National Integration and Youth
Leadership Camp?
A) Luckow
B) Itanagar
C) Nagpur
D) Bengaluru

11. At which place, the Uttar Pradesh Government has recently approved
for the development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) City?
A) Noida
B) Ghaziabad
C) Lucknow
D) Varanasi

12. What is the maximum penalty stipulated in the new Indian telecom
law for unsolicited messaging to users?
A) Rs. 25,000
B) Rs. 50,000
C) Rs. 2,00,000
D) Rs. 3,00,00

13. From which country, India recently imported crude oil by paying in
Indian Rupee under rupee-dirham trade agreement?
A) Saudi Arabia
B) UAE
C) Qatar

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D) Oman

14. North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Folk Medicine Research

(NEIAFMR) is located in which state?
A) Assam
B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Sikkim
D) Tripura

15. Which city is the host of 2024 BRICS summit?

A) Kazan, Russia
B) Sao Paulo, Brazil
C) Shanghai, China
D) Johannesburg, South Africa

16. Coral reefs occupy what percentage of the ocean floor?

A) Less than 0.1%
B) Around 1%
C) Around 1.5%
D) Around 2.5%

17. What disease, recently found in wildlife in the US is also referred to as

"zombie deer disease"?
A) Lyme Disease
B) Chronic Wasting Disease
C) Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease
D) Blue Tongue Virus

18. Which state has been the largest recipient of funds under the Centre's
"Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital
Expenditure/Investment" over the last 4 years?
A) Rajasthan
B) Uttar Pradesh

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C) Bihar
D) Madhya Pradesh

19. With reference to astronomical bodies in news, what is Apophis?

A) Galaxy
B) Asteroid
C) Exoplanet
D) Moon

20. By what name, Vijayakant, founder of Desiya Murpokku Dravida

Kazhagam (DMDK), who passed away recently was affectionately known?
A) Thalaiva
B) Captain
C) Boss
D) Adhipathi

29 and 31 December 2023

1. Who has been recently elected as the presiding officer of the Rajasthan
Legislative Assembly?
A) Sachin Pilot
B) Bhajan Lal Sharma
C) Kalicharan Saraf
D) Vasudev Devnani

2. Which sport is being introduced in the 2024 Khelo India Youth Games
for the first time?
A) Squash
B) Canoeing
C) Kayaking
D) Canoe Slalom

3. Veer Bal Diwas is observed on 26th December every year to

commemorate the martyrdom of the four sons of which Sikh Guru?

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A) Guru Teg Bahadur
B) Guru Ram Das
C) Guru Gobind Singh
D) Guru Arjan

4. Dean Elgar, who recently announced his retirement from International

Cricket, is the former captain of which team?
A) Australia
B) South Africa
C) England
D) New Zealand

5. Anya Fort, that was recently making news, is located in which region?
A) Sahara
B) Golan Heights
C) Siberia
D) Alaska

6. Who was the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Israel?

A) Narendra Modi
B) Jawahar Lal Nehru
C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
D) Manmphan Singh

7. Tansen Samaroh is celebrated every year in December at which city?

A) Lucknow
B) Gwalior
C) Delhi
D) Ajmer

8. "6X6X6 strategy", which is often seen in news is related to _:

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A) To make better use of daylight
B) To reduce the prevalence of anaemia
C) To Provide free and compulsory education
D) None of the above

9. Which of these countries is not a founding member of North Atlantic

Treaty Organization (NATO)?
A) Norway
B) Italy
C) Iceland
D) Finland

10. Every year, on which date, "International Day of Epidemic

Preparedness" is observed?
A) December 28
B) December 27
C) December 26
D) December 29

11. Who has recently won the "Great Arab Minds Award* in the field of
literature and arts?
A) Sukrita Paul
B) Waciny Laredj
C) Pradip Kumar
D) Michelle Zarate

12. Recently, who has become the first world leader to reach two crore
subscribers on his official YouTube channel?
A) Jair Bolsonora, Brazil
B) Narendra Modi, India
C) Joe Biden, USA
D) Leo Varadkar, Ireland

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13. For which country's upcoming general elections, Dr Saveera Parkash
has filed her nomination recently?
A) India
B) Pakistan
C) Bangladesh
D) Sri Lanka

14. Who has been appointed as chairman of the ad ho committee for

overseeing the operations of the Wrestling Federation of India?
A) Sanjay Singh
B) Bhupinder Singh Bajwa
C) MM Somaya
D) Manjusha Kanwar

15. Which country has recently launched Fatah-II, a multi-launch rocket

system?
A) Bangladesh
B) Iraq
C) UAE
D) Pakistan

16. Which institute is collaborating with Reliance Jie for the launch of the
'Bharat GPT* program?
A) IIT Delhi
B) IIT Madras
C) IIT Mumbai
D) IISc Bangalore

17. Nandankanan Zoological Park, that was recently making news, is

located in which state?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) West Bengal
C) Odisha

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D) Karnataka

18. Under what brand name, the central government has recently decided
to sell rice at Rs 25 per kilo through public distribution system?
A) Namo
B) Bharat
C) Annapurna
D) Desh

19. Shinkansen Technology, that was recently in the news, is related to

which sector?
A) Aerospace
B) Automotive
C) Rail Transportation
D) Healthcare

20. Which airport has been named after Maharishi Valmiki as per the
recent news?
A) Lucknow
B) Ayodhya
C) Jodhpur
D) Ujjain

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