A 1000-Year-Old Viking Hall has been recently unearthed in which country?
1.China
2.Denmark
3.USA
4.UAE
Angkor Wat, which was seen in the news, is located in which country?
1.Myanmar
2.Bhutan
3.Sri Lanka
4.Cambodia
At which place Dalai Lama recently inaugurated first International Sangha Forum?
1.Sarnath
2. Bodh Gaya
3.Lumbini
4.Kushinagar
Bhoomi Samman Awards is associated with implementation of which scheme?
1.Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme
2.Swatch Bharat Mission
3.PM KISAN Yojana
4.PM Fasal Bima Yojana
Bondvol lake, which was seen in the news, is located in which state?
1.Gujarat
2.Goa
3.Odisha
4.Rajasthan
Buxwaha Mine, which was seen in the news, is located in which state?
1.Chhattisgarh
2.Madhya Pradesh
3.Assam
4.Andhra Pradesh
Christ the Redeemer’ statue is a landmark monument located in which country?
1.Australia
2.Brazil
3.Argentina
4.Russia
Dilip Mahalanabis, who was awarded the Padma Vibhushan award in 2023, was associated with which profession?
1.Statistician
2.Politician
3.Doctor
4.Businessperson
Egypt conferred the ‘Order of the Nile’ honour to which personality?
1.Ratan Tata
2. Narendra Modi
3.Droupadi Murmu
4.Rajnath Singh
Estonia, which recently expelled the Russian ambassador, is located in which region?
1.West Asia
2.Europe
3.South America
4.Africa
Georgi Gospodinov, who has won the International Booker Prize, is from which country?
1.Bulgaria
2.Latvia
3.Maldives
4.Ukraine
Ian Wilmut, who was seen in the news, was associated with which profession?
1.Scientist
2.Sports person
3.Politician
4.Social Worker
India’s longest sea bridge, recently making headlines, connects which two locations?
1.Bandra and Worli
2. Sewri and Chirle
3.Thane and Virar
4. Vallarpadam and Kochi
Jon Fosse, who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, is from which country?
1.USA
2.Germany
3.Norway
4.Australia
Kalpitiya is a coastal town located in which country?
1.Sri Lanka
2.India
3.Japan
4.Philippines
Karuvattu Mana Vasudevan Namboothiri, who was seen in the news, is associated with which profession?
1. Sports person
2.Politician
3.Artist
4.Business person
Lake Garda, which was seen in the news, is located in which country?
1. USA
2.Italy
3.Australia
4.France
Luna Crater, that was recently in news, is located in which state?
1.Gujarat
2.Maharashtra
3.Odisha
4.Karnataka
Mount Mayon, which was seen in the news, is located in which country?
1.Afghanistan
2.Israel
3.Ukraine
4.Philippines
Professor Mahadeva Lal Schroff, who was seen in the news, is associated with which field?
1.Sports
2.Pharmacy
3.History
4.Photography
Raghubar Das, the new Governor of Odisha, is the former Chief Minister of which state/UT?
1.West Bengal
2.Jharkhand
3.Assam
4.Karnataka
Rideau Canal Skateway, which was seen in the news, is in which country?
1.Australia
2.Canada
3.Germany
4.USA
Salhoutuonuo Kruse made history by becoming the first woman Cabinet minister of which state?
1.Sikkim
2.Nagaland
3.Jharkhand
4.Bihar
Saunamara, also known as the ‘Hockey Village’, is located in which state/UT?
1.Odisha
2.West Bengal
3.Punjab
4.Haryana
Swati Nayak, who was in the news, has won which award?
1.Norman E. Borlaug Award
2.Booker Prize
3.Pulitzer Prize
4.Ramon Magsaysay Award
Two Indian Air Force fighter planes crashed recently in Pahadgarh area of which state/UT?
1.Maharashtra
2.Madhya Pradesh
3.Assam
4.Jammu and Kashmir
Which documentary won the “Best Long Documentary Award” at the South Asian Film Festival of Montreal 2023?
1.Gujarat
2.Gauri
3.Scam
4.Bharat Mata Ki
Which Indian state/UT announced ‘Dr. B R Ambedkar Award’ for recognising people involved in the welfare of Dalits?
1. Tamil Nadu
2.Telangana
3.Madhya Pradesh
4. West Bengal
Which Indian-origin scientist received the Spinoza Prize also known as the Dutch Nobel Prize?
1.Joyeeta Gupta
2.Amit Kshatriya
3.Kamlesh Lulla
4. Sunita Williams
Which institution announced special awards to artists above 75 years of age?
1.Sangeet Natak Akademi
2. Lalit Kala Akademi
3. Sahitya Akademi
4.ICCR
Which is the first Indian documentary to win an Oscar award?
1. Stranger at the Gate
2.How do you Measure a Year?
3.The Elephant Whisperers
4.All that Breathes
Which leader was honored with the ‘Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour’?
1.Xi Jinping
2.Vladimir Putin
3.Narendra Modi
4. Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Which movie won the best Feature Film award at the 69th National Film Awards in 2023?
1.Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
2.Gangubai Kathiawadia
3.Sarpatta Parambarai
4.RRR
Which region is associated with the tropical cyclone Alvaro that has recently been in the news?
1. Southeast Asia
2.Madagascar
3.South America
4.Australia
Which state set a Guinness World Records for the highest number of essays written about a single person?
1.Assam
2.Gujarat
3.West Bengal
4.Jharkhand
Which strait, that was recently in news, is also known as Gate of Tears in Arabic?
1.Bab al-Mandeb
2. Strait of Hormuz
3.Bass strait
4.Strait of Johor
Which Union Ministry has invited applications for National Metallurgist Awards (NMA) 2023?
1.Ministry of Steel
2.Ministry of Coal
3.Ministry of Power
4.Ministry of Home Affairs
Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Swachh Survekshan 2023 – Mera Shehar, Meri Pehchan’ survey?
1. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
2.Ministry of Home Affairs
3.Ministry of Jal Shakti
4.Ministry of MSME
Who has authored the novel ‘Western Lane’?
1. Chetna Maroo
2.Chetan Bhagat
3.Arundhati Roy
4.Vikram Seth
Who has been recently awarded the SASTRA-Ramanujan Awards 2023?
1.Yunqing Tang
2.Ruixiang Zhang
3.Shai Evra
4.Will Sawin
Who has been recognised as the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) national icon for voter awareness and education?
1.Amitabh Bachchan
2.Sachin Tendulkar
3.Alia Bhatt
4.Kangana Ranaut
Who is called the ‘Father of Green Revolution’ in India?
1. Verghese Kurien
2.M S Swaminathan
3. Dhyan Chand
4. Vikram Sarabhai
Who is honoured with PEN Pinter Prize 2023?
1.Michael Rosen
2.Arundhati Roy
3.Raquel Murillo
4.Monica Esther
Who is the author of Pookkuzhi, whose translation was featured in the longlist for the International Booker Prize 2023?
1.Perumal Murugan
2. Namita Gokhale
3.Anees Salim
4.Chitra Mudgal
Who is the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi English award for 2023?
1. Arundhathi Subramaniam
2.Jhumpa Lahiri
3.Neelam Saran Gour
4.Amitav Ghosh
Who was awarded ‘BET Lifetime Achievement Award for 2023’?
1.A R Rahman
2.Busta Rhymes
3. Bob Dylan
4.Jennifer Lopez
Who was conferred with the ‘Points of Light honour’ by the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak?
1.Narendra Modi
2.Rajnath Singh
3.Rajindar Singh Dhatt
4. Bipin Singh Rawat
Who was Sevalal Maharaj, who was seen in the news?
1.Politician
2.King
3.Spiritual Leader
4. Freedom fighter
Yogmaya temple, that was recently making news, is located in which city?
1.Gujarat
2.Uttar Pradesh
3.Delhi
4.Andhra Pradesh
‘Knowledge, Healthcare, Innovation, and Research (KHIR) City’ is associated with which state/UT?
1.Karnataka
2.Tamil Nadu
3.Assam
4.West Bengal