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1. Can you identify the first and the latest winners of
the Dada Saheb Phalke award?
Answer: Devika Rani / Rajnikant
2. Kalinga Ratna award has been bestowed upon
_____________.
Answer: Biswabhushan Harichandan
3. Hamnet , is a work of _______________.
Answer: Maggie O’, Farell
4. Who is the Principle Scientific Advisor to the
Government of India?
Answer: K. Vijayraghavan
5. Can you identify the name of the first Indian
American who has been appointed as the Judge of DC
District Court?
Answer: Rupa Ranga Puttagunta
6. This IIM has recently launched a first of its kind
‘Center for Happiness’. Can you name the IIM in
question?
Answer: IIM Jammu
7. Can you identify the distance traveled by India’s first
passenger train in 1853?
Answer: 34km
8. Name this French lady who has become the first
woman referee to officiate a Men’s World Cup
Qualifier match .
Answer: Stephannie Frapart
9. This state has been declared as the Best Sports State
of the Decade. Name it.
Answer: Odisha
10. Can you identify the date on which the Earth Hour
Day was celebrated on and the theme of this year also?
Answer: March 27 / Climate Change To Save Earth
11. The first hotel in the world to receive the LEED Zero
Carbon Certification. Name it.
Answer: ITC Windsor, Bangaluru
12. Can you identify the name of the proposed second
biosphere reserve of Odisha that was very much in the
news recently?
Answer: Mahendragiri
13. According to a global report what is the increase in
the rainforest destruction in 2020 vis- a –vis last year
?
Answer: 12%
14. Can you identify the name of the Indian scientist that
has been linked with the Mars Rover Ingenuity that was
very much in the news recently?
Answer: Bob Balaram
15. This is the latest entrant to the biodiversity heritage
list of India and is located in Maharashtra . Name it.
Answer: Amboli
16. Who publishes the Gender Gap Report and can you
identify the rank of India in that report this year?
Answer: World Economic Forum / 140
17. According to the Hurun India Real Estate Rich List -
2020, he is the richest builder of the country. We are
talking about_________.
Answer: M.P. Lodha
18. What is the limit of auto pay transaction that will
now require an OTP to happen?
Answer: 5000
19. The world’s first volcano CAT bond was issued on
behalf of ___________.
Answer : Danish Red Cross Society
20. What is the full form of HSN and what is the turnover
limit beyond which it has been made mandatory for the
GST taxpayers by the Government recently?
Answer: Harmonized System of Nomenclature/ 5crore
21. What is the full form of IFSC ?
Answer: Indian Financial System Code
22. This orgnaization has launched India’s first cordless
ATM facility.Can you identify the name of the
organization in question?
Answer: NCR Corporation
23. This municipal corporation of the country has
become the first one issue green bond through the BSE.
Name the municipal corporation in question.
Answer: Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam
24. Can you identify the name and the country of origin
of the world’s first zero emission cargo ship
Answer: With Orca/ Norway
25. Can you identify the recently built military base of
Russia that was very much in the news recently?
Answer: Kotelny Island
26.Can you identify the name of the cables that
Facebook and Google intends to launch under the
sea to connect USA with two countries? The name of
the countries in question are ____/__________.
Answer: Echo & Bifrost/ Singapore & Indonesia
27. Can you identify the participating nations of “Ex
Shake Hands”, and the venue of the same?
Answer: Sri Lanka & Pakistan / Saliyapura ( Sri Lanka )
28. As per the changed laws of the Hong Kong Electoral
system, now on the number of elected
representatives of will hold over ________ of the
seats in the legislature of Hong Kong.
Answer: 1/5th
29. Can you identify the name, host country and the
theme of the multi nation military exercise in which
India is participating along with the militaries of Bhutan ,
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh?
Ans.: Shantir Ogroshena / Bangladesh / Robust
Peacekeeping Operations
30. The newly appointed Prime minister of Slovakia is
_________.
Answer: Eduard Heger
31. Justice N.V. Ramana is the _______ CJI of India.
Answer: 48th
32. This North Eastern state of India was in the news
recently as it came up with the first formal
indigenous knowledge system school. Can you name
the state in question?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
33. Can you identify the name of the two green energy
efficient towns located in Bihar?
Answer: Rajgir and BodhGaya
34. Can you identify the names of the members of the
Supreme Court appointed committee on farm laws?
Answer: Anil Ghanavat / Pramod Joshi / Ashok Gulati
35. BIMSTEC is a grouping of _______ member nations.
Answer: Seven
36.This Indian state is the latest one to pass the
Freedom of Religion Act 2003 Bill. Name the state in
question.
Answer: Gujarat
37. The world Homeopathy Day is celebrated every year
on ________
Answer: April 10
38. Can you identify the name of the first astronaut of
the world ?
Answer: Yuri Gagarin
39. Can you identify the name of the director of
Nomadland –the latest winner of the best Oscar
movie of the year ?
Answer: Chloe Zhao
40. The newly appointed CMD of SIDBI is _________
Answer: S. Ramann
41. The newly appointed Director General of the National
Council for Applied and Economic Research (NCAER)
, is _____________.
Answer: Poonam Gupta
42. Can you identify the targeted year for the full
electrification of Indian Railways tracks?
Answer: 2023
43.You would Nethra Kumanan with the sports discipline
of _________
Answer: Sailing
44. This planet was in limelight as X-Rays were detected
from it for the first time by the Chandra –X Rays
observatory. Can you name the planet in question ?
Answer: Uranus
45.This Indian organization has invented a new
technology that can save the naval ships from missile
attacks. Can you name the technology and the
organization that has invented it?
Answer: Advanced Chaff Technology / DRDO
46. Can you identify the name of this veteran politician
on whose name a flowering plant species has been
named recently?
Answer: Sharad Pawar
47. Name the project of NASA in which it intends to send
first person of color to moon as part of this project.
Answer: Artemis
48. Can you identify the name of the country that has
recently developed Robo plants that can interact with
plants?
Answer: Singapore
49. Where would you find the headquarters of United
Nations Development Program (UNDP)?
Answer: New York
50. India’s first marketplace for the Non Fungible Tokens
(NFT) has been launched by ________.
Answer: WazirX
51. Can you identify the name of the world’s biggest
solar company that was entering into the Hydrogen
space and was in the news recently?
Answer: Longi Green Energy Technology Company
52. Can you identify the name of the organization that
will be launching the Financial Inclusion Index?
Answer: Reserve Bank of India
53. The increased deposition limit in the payments bank
stands now at ______.
Answer: 2 Lakh
54. As per the latest decision by the IMF , the resources
of IMF will be increased by ________dollars.
Answer: $650 billions
55. “The World in 2030 “,is a survey that is published
by_______.
Answer: UNESCO
56.Who is the newly appointed Prime Minister of
Vietnam?
Answer: Pham Minh Chinh
57. The first country in the world to accept COVID-19
digital travel pass is _________.
Answer: Singapore
58. “Freedom of Navigation Operation”, which became
slightly controversial was held at__________ by
______.
Answer: Indian Ocean Region / USA
59. The world’s first fully vaccinated flight took off from
________.
Answer: Qatar
60. She will probably be the first Arab woman astronaut .
Can you name her?
Answer: Nora al-Matrooshi
61. Can you identify the capacity and the organization
that is commissioning India’s biggest floating solar
power plant?
Answer: 100MW/ NTPC
62. The goal of E-9 is _____________
Answer: to fulfil the target of UNESCO of Education for All
63. Can you identify the name of the best aspirational
district of India in the health and nutrition sector and
the state it is located in ?
Answer: Kiphire / Nagaland
64. Can you identify the name of the initiative launched
by the education minister for the implementation of
the NEP?
Answer: SARTHAQ
65. The best actor trophy in the BAFTA -2021 has been
won by _________.
Answer: Anthony Hopkins
66. This acclaimed filmmaker has been conferred the
Knight of Order of Arts and letters . Can you identify
the name of the filmmaker ?
Answer: Guneet Monga
67. Beth Mooney is the name that you would associate
with the sports discipline of _______.
Answer: Cricket
68. The newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner
of India is __________.
Answer: Sushil Chandra
69. Prince Philip , the husband of queen Elizabeth , who
died recently was the duke of ___________.
Answer: Edinburgh
70. This district won the best district in implementing
the PMGSY in the year 2020-2021. Can you identify the
name of the district in question?
Answer: Udhampur (J&K)
71. Can you identify the name of the world’s priciest
painting that was in the news recently?
Answer: Salvator Mundi
72. Can you identify the name of the app launched by
the Government for augmenting the mental health
recently?
Answer: MANAS
73. The name of the most advanced Earth observation
satellite of India that is in the news is __________.
Answer: Gisat-1
74. Can you identify the name of the farthest gamma ray
emitting galaxy that was discovered recently and was in
the news recently?
Answer: NLS1 galaxy
75. You would associate this person initiation with the
‘Paris Call’ with ___________
Answer: Emmanuel Macron
76. The newly appointed head of the Regulatory Review
Authority(RRA) is_________.
Answer: M. Rajeshwar Rao
77. How many ASEAN nations are part of the RCEP?
Answer: 10
78. This particular article deals with the definition of the
public debt. Can you identify the article involved here?
Answer: Article 292
79. Can you identify the first Indian fugitive to be
charged under the new fugitive law ?
Answer : Vijay Mallaya
80. Who is the chairman of the National Internet
Exchange of India?
Answer: Ajay Prakash Sawhney
81. As per the guidelines of the RBI , the minimum asset
requirement for getting the Universal Banking
License is ___________.
Answer: 5000 cr
82. Can you identify the name of the country that has
made a climate change law for financial firms in the
world?
Answer: New Zealand
83. Can you identify the name of the Haithi Prime
minister who resigned recently?
Answer: Joseph Jouthe
84. Can you identify the year when the second peace
treaty between US and Taliban was signed for
withdrawing the American troops from Afghanistan?
Answer: 2020
85. India has a S-400 deal of missiles with ________.
Answer: Russia
86. What does CAATSA expand to?
Answer: Countering Americas Adversaries through Sanctions Act
87.CAATSA came into being in the year __________.
Answer : 2017
88. Can you identify the name of the US Secretary of
State?
Answer: Antony Blinken
89. Who publishes the ‘World Population Report’?
Ans.: UNFPA
90. This FBI chief was banned by Russia from entering
into its territory. Can you name him?
Answer: Christopher Wray
91. Can you identify the name of the currency of Cuba ?
Answer: Peso
92. Freedom of Religion is a Fundamental Right granted
by the Indian constitution under articles _______.
Answer:25 to 28
93. You would associate the enforcement of the Rowlett
Act with ______.
Answer: 1919
94. This year is associated with the initiation of the
Raisina Dialogue. Identify it.
Answer:2016
95. The name of the electronic market for aqua farmers
and buyers launched by the Government of India , is
_______.
Answer: e SANTA
96. OCI status is NOT available to the people associated
with these two countries . Name them.
Answer: Pakistan & Bangaldesh
97. You would associate this year with the enactment of
the Right To Education Act. Identify the year.
Answer: 2009
98. The chief of NIA is______.
Answer: Y.C. Modi
99.India has recently restored e visa of
_______countries.
Answer:156
100. The youngest Home minister of India is ________.
Answer: Amit Shah
