14th February, 2023
Q1. The World Government Summit 2023 is set to begin in which city?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Dubai
(c) Paris
(d) Tokyo
(e) London
Ans.(b)
Sol. The World Government Summit 2023 is set to begin on 13th February 2023 in
Dubai.
Q2. The three-day 12th World Hindi Conference will be held in which country from February 15?
(a) France
(b) Fiji
(c) UK
(d) USA
(e) Canada
Ans.(b)
Sol. The conference is being organized by the Ministry of External Affairs of India in collaboration with the Government of Fiji.
Q3. Appasaheb Dharmadhikari has been honored with the Maharashtra Bhushan Award for the year 2022. Who is he?
(a) Writer
(b) Politician
(c) Theatre artist
(d) Social Worker
(e) Historian
Ans.(d)
Sol. Social worker and reformer ‘Nirupankar Dattatreya Narayan Dharmadhikari, popularly known as Appasaheb Dharmadhikari, has been honored with the Maharashtra Bhushan Award for the year 2022.
Q4. World Unani Day is observed every year on which day?
(a) 10 February
(b) 11 February
(c) 12 February
(d) 13 February
(e) 14 February
Ans.(b)
Sol. World Unani Day is observed every year on 11 February. To spread public awareness about health care through Unani medicines.
Q5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated the 200th birth Anniversary of ______, who founded the Arya Samaj in 1875.
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Tantia Tope
(e) Dadabhai Naoroji
Ans.(b)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated the 200th birth Anniversary of Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati, who founded the Arya Samaj in 1875.
Q6. Which payment platform released a QR Code with a G20 theme to commemorate India’s presidency?
(a) Paytm
(b) GooglePay
(c) PhonePe
(d) BharatPe
(e) Amazon Pay
Ans.(a)
Sol. Paytm releases a QR Code with a G20 theme to commemorate India’s presidency.
Q7. Who is appointed as the new governor of Maharashtra?
(a) Gulab Chand Kataria
(b) Acharya Devvrat
(c) Ramesh Bais
(d) C.P. Radhakrishnan
(e) Thawar Chand Gehlot
Ans.(c)
Sol. Ramesh Bais was appointed as the New Governor of Maharashtra, after the former governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyar resigned.
Q8. President of India Inaugurated the 2nd Indian Rice Congress at ______.
(a) Vishakhapatnam
(b) Kolkata
(c) Mumbai
(d) Cuttack
(e) Pune
Ans.(d)
Sol. The President of India Inaugurated the 2nd Indian Rice Congress at Cuttack in the presence of the governor of Odisha Prof. Ganeshi Lal.
Q9. Which edition of World Hindi Conference was inaugurated in Fiji by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar?
(a) 6th
(b) 10th
(c) 35th
(d) 50th
(e) 12th
Ans.(e)
Sol. 12th edition of the World Hindi Conference was inaugurated in Fiji by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.
Q10. Who inaugurated the AMRITPEX 2023?
(a) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
(b) Home Minister Amit Shah
(c) Communication Minister Ashwini Vaishnav
(d) Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
(e) Culture Minister G. Kishan Reddy
Ans.(c)
Sol. AMRITPEX 2023 was inaugurated by Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Q11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates Aero India 2023 in which city?
(a) Pune
(b) Mumbai
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Bhopal
(e) Agra
Ans.(c)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates Aero India 2023 with hopes of a local production boost.
Q12. _____ is set to record the highest growth in its history, with both unlisted and listed entities growing upwards of 20%
(a) Reliance Industries
(b) Tata Group
(c) Hindustan Unilever
(d) Infosys
(e) HDFC Bank
Ans.(b)
Sol. Tata Group is set to record the highest growth in its history, with both unlisted and listed entities growing upwards of 20%
Q13. India To Get its First National Metro Rail Knowledge Centre in which city?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Chennai
(d) Delhi
(e) Kolkata
Ans.(d)
Sol. India To Get its First National Metro Rail Knowledge Centre in Delhi.
Q14. Who received the UNESCO Peace Prize in Ivory Coast?
(a) Angela Merkel
(b) Jeff Bezos
(c) Bill Gates
(d) Barack Obama
(e) Henri Matisse
Ans.(a)
Sol. Angela Merkel was awarded UNESCO Peace Prize in Ivory Coast. The former German leader received the UN prize for her choice to accept refugees into German territory back in 2015
Q15. Who was named the ICC Men’s Player of the month for January?
(a) R. Ashwin
(b) Subhman Gill
(c) Rohit Sharma
(d) Virat Kohli
(e) Shikhar Dhawan
Ans.(b)
Sol. Subhman Gill was named the ICC player of the month for January. With 567 runs during January, which included three century-plus scores, the 23-year-old batter wowed fans with a lethal combination of graceful and attacking strokeplay.
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