Current affairs including national and international events - Question Bank
1. Who was the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in the sport of wrestling (2022 Birmingham)?
2. The 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana' has achieved which significant milestone in terms of account ownership?
3. What is the name of the world's largest riverine island, located in Assam, India?
4. The 'Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram' (RKSK) focuses on the health and well-being of which demographic group in India?
5. Which Indian state launched the 'Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar' to recognize schools that maintain high standards of cleanliness?
6. Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2022 for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry?
7. The 'Gaganyaan' mission, India's first human spaceflight program, is being developed by which organization?
8. Which Indian initiative focuses on promoting financial inclusion and access to banking services for all citizens?
9. The 'Global Hunger Index' is a tool that measures and tracks hunger globally. India's rank in the 2022 index was:
10. Which Indian city is known as the 'Silicon Valley of India'?
11. What is the name of the first indigenous aircraft developed by India for its armed forces?
12. The 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana' aims to improve which aspect of the food processing sector in India?
13. Which Indian state launched the 'Ladli Behna Yojana' to provide financial assistance to women?
14. The 'Sovereign Gold Bonds' scheme launched by the Reserve Bank of India aims to provide an alternative to holding physical gold. What is its primary objective?
15. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2022 for her courageous and compassionate force, which gives voice to the unsayable?
16. The 'COP28' summit, a major climate conference, is scheduled to be held in 2023 in which country?
17. Which Indian city is the first to get a 'water metro' system?
18. Who became the first Indian-origin woman to be elected as Vice President of the United States in 2021?
19. The 'National Logistics Policy' released in India in 2022 aims to improve efficiency and reduce costs in which sector?
20. Which country successfully launched its first independent space station, Tiangong, in 2022?
21. The 'Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission' (ABDM) aims to create a seamless digital health ecosystem in India. What is a key component of this mission?
22. Which Indian state launched the 'e-Nagar Palika' initiative for better urban governance?
23. The 'Operation Meghdoot' was a significant military operation by India in which region?
24. Which Indian initiative focuses on providing digital access and literacy to rural areas?
25. Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2022 for their work on human rights in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine?
26. The 'National Green Hydrogen Mission' approved by the Indian government aims to make India a global hub for the production of which element?
27. Which country is the largest producer of renewable energy globally, as per recent reports?
28. What is the name of the Indian Air Force's first woman fighter pilot to lead a fighter wing?
29. The 'Startup India' initiative, launched by the Indian government, aims to foster entrepreneurship and innovation in which sector?
30. Which Indian state announced the 'Pudhumai Penn' scheme to support the education of college girls?
31. Who won the Booker Prize 2022 for his novel 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida'?
32. The 'One Sun, One World, One Grid' (OSOWOG) initiative, championed by India, aims to establish a global grid for what purpose?
33. Which Indian mountaineer successfully scaled Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica, in January 2023?
34. The Indian government launched the 'PM GatiShakti' master plan to improve which sector?
35. Who was appointed as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2022?
36. Which country launched the 'Artemis I' mission, an uncrewed test flight around the Moon, in November 2022?
37. What is the name of the new naval ensign of the Indian Navy, unveiled in September 2022?
38. Which Indian state launched the 'Chief Minister's Dashboard' for real-time monitoring of government schemes?
39. Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2022 for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science?
40. The G20 Summit in 2023 was held in which Indian city?
41. Which Indian city was recognized as the 'World's Fastest Growing Major Urban Economy' by a 2022 report?
42. What is the name of India's first private rocket that was successfully launched in November 2022?
43. In the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which country emerged as the winner?
44. Which Indian state launched the 'Har Ghar Jal' scheme, aiming to provide tap water to every household?
45. The 'Agni-V' missile, successfully tested by India, is capable of striking targets up to how many kilometers?
46. Who was appointed as the 50th Chief Justice of India in November 2022?
47. Which country hosted the COP27 climate summit in November 2022?
48. What is the name of the Indian Navy's indigenous aircraft carrier that was commissioned in 2022?
49. In 2023, India assumed the presidency of which international grouping?
50. Which Indian state launched the 'Moksha Dham Yojana' for crematorium development in 2022?