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1. Which State Won Best State Tableau Award Of Republic Day Parade 2023 → Uttrakhand

🔰Best State Tableau Award → Of Republic Day Parade 2023

• First Prize → Uttrakhand (Showcased wildlife and religious sites)

• Followed By → MH & UP
1. Best Marching Contingent → Army’s Punjab Regiment
2. Ministries/ Departments Category → M/o Tribal Affairs
3. Among CAPF (Central Armed Police Force) → CRPF (Top)

2. What Is The Rank Of India In “Henley Pasport Index 2023 (Q1) → 85th (Top – Japan)

3. Which Country Won The Title Of “2023 Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup” → Germany (Host
Country – IND)

4. Who Won Men’s Single Title At “Australian Open 2023” → Novak Djokovic

🔰Australian Open 2023 : Tennis Tournament

1. Men’s singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

• Defeated → Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
2. Women’s singles : Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
• Defeated → Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)

5. Which Police Station Awarded as the Best Police Station in India → Aska (Odisha)

6. Who Has Won The Title Of “Miss Universe 2022” → R’Bonney Gabriel (USA)

7. What Is The Rank Of IND In ‘Global Fire Power Index 2023’ (ie. Most Powerful Military)
→ 4 (Top – USA )

8. Which Country Won Title Of 2023 ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup → IND

🔰2023 ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup

• Host Country : South Africa

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Champions : INDIA (1 title)
Runners-up : England

9. Which IIT Has Developed ‘BharOS’ Indigenous Operating System? → IIT Madras
10.How Many children have been selected for PM Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2023 → 11

11.Which State Will Be the first Green Energy State by the end of 2025 → Himachal
Pradesh

12.What is the mascot of 5th Khelo India Youth Games 2023? → Asha (Cheetah 🐆)

13.Who Won Men’s Single Title At ‘India Open Badminton Championships’ → Kunlavut
Vitidsarn (Thailand)

14. Charaideo Moidams Is Located In Which State? → Assam (Nominated For →

UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites

15. Which State Govt Has Launched Schools of Eminence’ project → Punjab

16. Joint Training Exercise Cyclone-I Has Been Conducted By IND & ? → Egypt

17. Which is India’s 1st district to provide basic documents to all Tribals? → Waynad (Kerala)

18.Chris Hipkins Became Prime Minister Of Which Country? → Newzealand

19.Who Became the youngest-ever to hit a double century in ODI → Subhman Gill

20.Fastest Double Century @ ODI → Ishan Kishan

21.Recebtly which space agency discovered New Exoplanet Named LHS 475b ? → NASA

22.Which district became India’s first Constitution literate district? → Kollam (Kerala)

23.Who has launched India’s first national assessment regulator, PARAKH → NCERT

24.Who has been appointed as Deputy NSA → Pankaj Kumar Singh

25.Exercise “VARUNA 2023” Has Been Conducted Between India & Which Country →
France
26. World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 Held In Which City? → Davos, Switzerland

27. Who Has Been appointed as the new Chief Economist of the OECD (Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development) ? → Claire Lombardelli

28. Which State Became 1st State to implement blindness control policy → Rajasthan

29. What is the name of India’s first 5G enabled drone → Skyhawk

30.When is “Indian Army Day” celebrated every year? → 15 Jan

31. Centre Approved Rs cr scheme to promote RuPay, BHIM-UPI → 2600 Cr

32. Prithvi-II Is A Ballistic Missile? 🚀 → Surface To Surface Short Range ballistic

missile (SRBM)

33. What Is ‘INS Vagir’ ? → Submarine (Built Under Project75)

34. When Will ‘Aditya-L1’ Mission Be Launched? → 2023 (India’s 1st Mission For Sun)

35. Who became 1st IAF woman pilot to to fly Sukhoi fighter jet in Japan? → Avani
Chaturvedi

36. Which Initiative Has won the Platinum Award In Digital IND Awards 2022 → e-NAM :
Electronic National Agriculture Market

37. Which Song Won “Golden Globe Award” for Best Original Song → Naatu Naatu 🏆

38. Which State’s Historical Cities Hampi & Mysuru Have Been Included in “Swadesh
Darshan scheme 2.0” → Karnataka

39. Which Is The Top-performing global airports in 2022 → Haneda

40. Which City Hosted first-ever Formula E World Championship race? → Hyderabad

41. Which Country Approved world’s first vaccine for declining honey bees → USA

42. Who has been Honoured With The ‘Assam Baibhav Award For 2022-23 ? → Dr. Tapan
Saikia
43. Recently Which Railway Station got 5-star ‘Eat Right Station’ certificate → Varanasi

44. Which Country Has taken over leadership of the Asian Pacific Postal Union → IND

45. Which State Won World Habitat Award 2023 for its JAGA Mission → Odisha (JAGA
Mission : Slum Upgrading Program)

46. Cabinet Approved ₹ crore For National Green Hydrogen mission? → 19,700

47.Which country Launched Asia’s 1st hydrogen powered passenger train? → China

48.Who Has Launched World’s longest river cruise On 13th Jan 2023? → PM Modi

49. Who Became first woman officer deployed at Siachen at over 15,600 ft → Shiva
Chauhan

50. Who Became India’s 79th Chess Grandmaster? → M Pranesh

51. Who Became India’s 78th Chess Grandmaster? → Koustav Chatterjee

52. Which city will get India’s 1st underwater metro train in 2023 → Kolkata

53. Nitin Gadkari Inaugurated Zuari Bridge, India’s Second-Largest Cable Bridge In Which
State? → Goa

54. How Many Personalities Have Been Awarded With Padma Award 2023? → 106 (Padma
Vibhushan → 6, Padma Bhushan → 9, Padma Shri → 91}

55. Who Was The Chief Guest For 74th Republic Day 2023 → Abdel Fattah El-Sisi (Egypt
President)

56. North India’s largest floating solar project inaugurated At ? → Chandigarh

57.Centre Launched Which platform to digitise vaccination programme? → U-WIN

58.When Is ‘National Voters Day’ is celebrated every year → 25 Jan

59.In which city the world’s longest calligraphic mural has been installed? → Makkah
60. Who is the Author of “India’s Knowledge Supremacy The New Dawn” → Dr Ashwin
Fernandes

61. PM Modi distributed Hakku Patra to Banjara Tribes in which State? → Karnataka

62.PM Modi named How Many Andaman islands after Param Vir Chakra Awardees→ 21

63.Exercise AMPHEX 2023 Has Been Conducted In Which State? → Andhra Pradesh

64. Parakram Diwas Is Celebrated On The Birth Aniversary Of Which Freedom Fighter →
Subhash Chandra Bose (23rd Jan)

65. Nilamani Phookan Who Passed Away Recently, He Was ? → Assamese Poet

66. Which State provided menstrual, maternity leaves for all female students → Kerala

67. Who Became The First LGBTQ woman Member Of ‘US City Council’ → Janani
Ramachandran

68. Upper Siang Hydroelectric Project Is Being Built In Which State? → Arunachal Pradesh

69. Which Country Launched World’s first’ generic Palbociclib tablets? → India

70.Which Is The 1st Indian UT to Completely Shift to e-Governance Mode → J&K

71.Indian Scientists Discovered Solo Electromagnetic waves on ? → Mars

72.When Is National Start-up Day Celebrated Every Year? → 16 Jan

73. Which Organization has listed Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki as a global
terrorist → UNSC

74. What is the name of India’s first Venus Mission? → Shukrayaan

75. Who Has Won Men’s Single Title At ‘2023 Malaysia Open ? → Viktor Axelsen

76. Business-20 (B-20) inception meeting Has been organised in which City? → Gandhinagar
77. An Indo-Russian joint venture has started manufacturing AK-203 assault rifles in which
state? → Uttar Pradesh

78. Hindu harvest festival “Pongal” Has Been celebrated in Which State → Tamil Nadu

79.Who Became 5th highest run scorer in ODI cricket? → Virat Kohli

80. Who became 1st woman officer to be posted at BRO (Border Road Org) → Surbhi
Jakhmola

81. Which Country scripted history by defeating Sri Lanka by the largest ever margin of 317
runs in ODI ? → IND

82. In which city will India’s 1st Centre of Excellence in online gaming be set up → Shilong

83.Who Has Launched ‘MAARG portal for startup mentorship → Piyush Goyal

84. Falak Mumtaz Won Which Medal At ‘National Sqay Championship” → Gold

85. Acording To Economic Survey 2022-23, India’s Foreign Exchange Reserve Is

Billion$? → 562.72 B$

86. ICG Ship ‘Kamla Devi’, Has Been Commissioned at ? → Kolkata

87. Mongeet Festival Has Been Celebrated In Which State Recently? → Assam

88. Which Country appointed Sonia Guajajara as the first minister of the Ministry of
Indigenous People? → Brazil

89. Who Is The Author Of The Book “Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its
Freedom” → Sanjeev Sanyal

90. Saarang 2023’ India’s Largest Student-Run Festival Celebrated In ? → IIT Madras

91.Who Is The Author Of The Book ‘Jaadunama’? → Arvind Mandloi

92.Who has been named NASA’s new chief technologist? → A C Charania

93. VSHORAD (Very Short Range Air Defence System) Missile System has been Designed &
Developed by ? → DRDO

94. When Is “National Youth Day” Celebrated Every Year? → 12 Jan

95. Who has been appointed as new global business head of Meta in India? → Vikas Purohit

96. Rose Christiane Raponda Appointed As First Female Vice-president Of Which Country?
→ Gabon

97. Who has received lifetime achievement award at Jaipur Film Fest → Aparna Sen

98.Who became official sponsor of Indian cricket team? → Kewal Kiran Clothing Ltd

99.When Is National Science Day Celebrated Every Year → 28th Feb

100. Who became the fastest player to reach 1,500 runs in T20I cricket in terms of balls
faced? → Surya Kumar Yadav

101. Who became the 1st female Sikh judge of USA? → Manpreet Monica Singh

102. Which State became IND’s first fully digital banking state? → Kerala

103. Who has been conferred with ‘Award for Global Leadership’ → DY Chandrachud

104. When is Pravasi Bhartiya Divas Celebrated Every Year? → 9 Jan

105. Which Is The Top-performing global airports in 2022 → Haneda (Tokyo)

106. Which Country Became 3rd largest auto market globally? → IND (Top – China )

107. Who Is The Author Of Book “Ambedkar: A Life” → Shashi Tharoor

108. National Genome Editing & Training Centre (NGETC) Has Been Inaugurated In Which
State? → Punjab

109. Who became 1st Female cricketer to have statue cast at Sydney Cricket Ground →
Belinda Clark
110. Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium Is Located In Which State? → Odisha

111. World’s 1st Palm-leaf Manuscript Museum Has Been Opened In Which State → Kerala

112. Who Has Won “Odakkuzhal Award 2022” → Ambikasuthan Mangad

113. 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention Has Been Organised In Which City? → Indore

114. Gaan Ngai Festival Has Been Celebrated In Which State? → Manipur

115. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Siyom Bridge in Which State? →
Arunachal Pradesh

116. 108th Indian Science Congress (ISC) held in Which City? → Nagpur

117. Which State Has introduced the CM’s Sukhashray Sahayata Scheme? → Himachal Pr

118. When Is “World Braille Day” Celebrated Every Year → 4 Jan

119. Qin Gang Appointed As Youngest Foreign Minister Of Which Country? → China

120. Recenty Which Country has officially adopted the euro as its currency → Croatia

121. Acording To RBI Which of the following Bank will continue to be remain as D-SIBs
(Domestic Systemically Important Banks) → HDFC Bank & SBI & ICICI Bank

122. Koneru Humpy Won Which Medal In World Blitz Chess Championships → Silver

123. Lula da Silva Elected As Next President Of Which Country? → Brazil

124. Who Became UP’s first woman Police Commissioner at Noida → Laxmi Singh

125. Which Institute developed SwasthGarbh app for pregnant women? → IIT Roorkee &
AIIMS Delhi

126. Who has been appointed as global business head of Meta in India? → Vikas Purohit

127. Delhi’s Child Rights body launched WhatsApp chatbot, Named ? → Bal Mitra
128. Which City Became 1st urban body in the country to introduce green bonds → Indore

129. Which Company unveiled IND’s 1st H2ICE (Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine)
technology for heavy-duty trucks → Reliance Industries

130. Which Company introduced AI chatbot ‘Bard’ ? → Google

131. First Youth20 (Y20) Inception Meeting Held In Which City Under IND’s G20 Presidency
? → Guwahati

132. Recently Who has Inaugurated HAL helicopter factory in Karnataka → PM Modi

133. WhatsApp Food Delivery Facility ‘Zoop’ Has Been Launched By ? → IND Railway

134. Who won the National Ice Hockey Championship 2023 → ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border
Police)

135. Who Has Emerged as World’s Most Popular Leader? → Narendra Modi

136. India Established Trilateral Cooperation Initiative, in Energy, Defence & Economy
Field With Which Two Countries? → France & UAE

137. Dipa Karmakar, Who has been Banned For 21-Month After Failing Dope Test, Belongs
To Which Sport ? → Gymnastics

138. Who has launched Visit India Year 2023 initiative in New Delhi → G Kishan Reddy
(Tourism Minister)

139. When is World Cancer Day Observed? → 4 February

140. Which Country Will Host ‘Football’s 2027 Asian Cup’ → Saudi Arabia

141. MP Govt has changed the name of Bhopal’s Islam Nagar village to ?→
Jagdishpur

142. Who has Declared ‘Jai Jai Maharashtra Majha’ As State Song → Eknath Shinde

143. Which State Govt Launched Vision for All School Eye Health Program → Goa
144. Which Country Will be Theme Country at 2025 Madrid International Book Fair → IND

145. Manuela Roka Botey Became 1st Female Prime Minister Of Which Country? →
Equatorial Guinea

146. Which Country’s Odesa Declared As World Heritage in Danger site → Ukraine

147. Who Became Brand Ambassador Of ‘PUMA INDIA’ ? → Harmanpreet Kaur

148. When Is “World Wetlands Day” Celebrated Every Year → 2 Feb

149. 30th National Children’s Science Congress Organized In Which City? → Ahmedabad

150. Which State Govt Launched ‘Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan’ To empower →

Underprivileged Girls? → Uttar Pradesh

151. India’s First Green Solar Panel Factory to Build in which state? → Uttrakhand

152. Petr Pavel Became New President Of Which Country? → Czech Republic

153. Naresh Lalwani : General Manager of → Central Railway

154. Rajeev Raghuvanshi : New → Drug Controller General of India (DCGI)

155. Former PM Manmohan Singh : Conferred With → Lifetime Achievement Honour

By United Kingdom

156) FIH President’s Award 2023 : Given To → V.K Pandian

157) ‘Mathrubhumi Book of The Year’ Award : Won → Dr Peggy Mohan

158) A.B.K. Prasad : Won → Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Award

159) The Poverty of Political Economics” : Author → British Economist Meghnad Desai

160) The Best of Satyajit Ray’ : Published by → Penguin Random House India

161) ‘Modi: Shaping a Global order in flux’ : Launched By : JP Nadda (BJP President)
162) Exercise Trishakri Prahar : Conducted By → Indian Army In North Bengal

163) X-57 Maxwell (Electric Plane) : Developed By → NASA

164) SURAJ : Solar-powered Drone Unveiled By → Drone startup Garuda Aerospace

165) JANUS-1 : World’s First Cloud-Built Demonstration Satellite (Launched

With ISRO’s → SSLV-D2 Rocket)

166) Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-

2023 Winners (Institution Category)

1. Odisha State Disaster Management Authority
2. Lunglei Fire Station, Mizoram

167) Most distinguished scientist of the year award 2022 : Won → RV Prassad

168) Hindustani Vocalist Padma Vibhushan Dr Prabha Atre : Honoured With →

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Lifetime Achievement Award

169) “Breaking Barriers: The Story of a Dalit Chief Secretary” : Author :

Kaki Madhava Rao

170) ‘Chief Minister’s Diary No.1’ : Released By → Ranjan Gogoi (Former CJI)

171) Roller Coaster: An Affair with Banking : Author → Tamal Bandyopadhyay

172) ‘Njaan Sakshi’ (me as the witness) : Autobiography Of → Prof K.K. Abdul Gaffar
(Techno-educationalist) » Released by → MS Dhoni

173) Spare : A memoir by → Prince Harry (British Royal Member)

174) ”Braving A Viral Storm: India’s Covid-19 Vaccine Story” Author →

Aashish Chandorkar & Suraj Sudhir
177) IKSHAK : 3rd Ship Of The Four Survey Vessels Large (SVL) Project Launched At →
Chennai

178) Sania Mirza (UP): Became IND’s 1st → Female Muslim fighter pilot

179) Veer Guardian 23 : Air Combat Exercise Conducted By IND & Japan

180) SWOT Spacecraft : Launched By NASA → To Survey Earth's Water

181) BF.7 : New Covid Variant of → Omicron

182) IIT Kanpur Developed : Artificial Heart 💜→ For Dealing acute cardiac problems

183) Brain-eating Amoeba Infection : First Case Detected From → South Korea

184) Sundararaman Ramamurthy : MD, CEO Of → BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) 💱

185) Claudine Gay : Harvard University’s → 1 Black & 2 woman President

st nd

186) Suhel Ajaz Khan : Appointed As → India’s ambassador to » Saudi Arabia

187) 2022 PM’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching : Winner → Veena Nair
(IND Orign Australian)

188) Swayam Shikshan Prayog : Won → Local Adaptation Champions Awards » @

COP27 (EGYPT)

189) Krishna Vavilala (Indian-American): Received → US Presidential

Lifetime Achievement Award

190) Jammu & Kashmir : Won→ 1 prize in the category for Ayushman Bharat health
st

account ID generation

191) 30 Ekalabya Puraskar : Winner → Swasti Singh (Indian Cyclist)

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194) Miracles of Face Yoga : Author → Mansi Gulati

195) The Light We Carry : Author → Michelle Obama

196) Fit at Any Age: A Practitioner’s Guide : Author → Air Marshal P V Iyer

197) The Indian Navy@75 : Authors → Ranjit Rai & Aritra Banerjee

198) Bravehearts of Bharat: Vignettes from Indian History : Author →

Vikram Sampath

199) Miracles of Face Yoga : Author → Mansi Gulati

200) The Light We Carry : Author → Michelle Obama

201) Fit at Any Age: A Practitioner’s Guide : Author → Air Marshal P V Iyer

202) The Indian Navy@75 : Authors → Ranjit Rai & Aritra Banerjee