Most Important One Liner Questions and Answers, December 2022 |Most Important One Liner Questions and Answers, December 2022
Q1. The Food Safety and Standard Authority of India
(FSSAI) has approved which animal as a ‘food animal’
recently?
Ans: Himalayan Yak
Q2. Union Minister Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan has
inaugurated the Animal Quarantine Certification
Services (AQCS) at which city?
Ans: Bengaluru
Q3. Who has been awarded the Para Sports Person of the
Year 2022?
Ans: Avani Lekhara
Q4. Red Planet Day is observed annually on which day?
Ans: 28 November
Q5. Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical
Warfare is commemorated on ________ every year.
Ans: November 30
Q6. SEBI has approved the appointment of whom as the
new MD & CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)?
Ans: Sundararaman Ramamurthy
Q7. Ministry of Power started a Scheme for Procurement
of Aggregate Power of 4500 MW on competitive basis
or five years on Finance, Own and Operate (FOO)
basis under ______.
Ans: SHAKTI Policy
Q8. ______ film, Nargesi has won the ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi
Medal at the 53rd edition of International Film
Festival of India.
Ans: Iranian
Q9. Which city is planning to issue the nation’s first local
government (municipal) green bond targeting
individual investors, with proceeds used to fund a
solar power project?
Ans: Indore
Q10. The US dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster
announced that their 2022 word of the year is _______.
Ans: Gaslighting
Q11. Which Indian city stood at 22nd rank in a global index
that measures annual price appreciation of premium
residential properties, according to Knight Frank?
Ans: Mumbai
Q12. Who has been appointed by Uttarakhand
Government as the state’s brand ambassador?
Ans: Prasoon Joshi
Q13. Who has took the oath of office and secrecy as
Member, UPSC?
Ans: Preeti Suda
14. Artemis 1 Orion capsule has set a new space flight
record for spacecraft designed to carry humans by
travelling 401,798 kilometers from Earth. Artemis I
Mission has been launched by _____.
Ans: NASA
Q15. Canada has won its first Davis Cup title by defeating
which country?
Ans: Australia
Q16. Which state CM has inaugurated the SIPCOT
Industrial Park?
Ans: Tamil Nadu
Q17. Who has inaugurated REC’s CSR initiative for
procurement, operation, and maintenance of ten
Mobile Health Clinics (MHC) at Bhojpur, Bihar?
Ans: R.K. Singh
Q18. Singapore Airlines and Tata Sons have agreed to
merge Air India and Vistara by which year?
Ans: 2024
Q19. The world’s largest active volcano Hawaii’s Mauna
Loa erupted for the first time in almost 40 years.
Hawaii is the state of which country?
Ans: USA
Q20. International Jaguar Day is observed annually on
which day?
Ans: 29 November
Q21. NDTV’s promoter firm RRPR Holding had transferred
shares constituting 99.5 per cent of its equity capital
to Adani group-owned Vishvapradhan Commercial
(VCPL). The transfer of shares will give the Adani
group control over a ____ stake in NDTV.
Ans: 29.18%
Q22. In November 2022, SBI board has approved raising
______ through a public issue or private placement by
issuing infrastructure bonds during the FY 2023.
Ans: Rs 10,000 crore
23. Airline EasyJet and aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce
had successfully tested world’s first _____-powered
aircraft engine.
Ans: Hydrogen
Q24. Every year, on __________, the world commemorates
World AIDS Day.
Ans: 1 December
Q25. What is the theme of World AIDS Day 2022?
Ans: Equalize
Q26. India celebrates the _______ BSF Raising Day (1st
December) in 2022. This is for the first time that the
Raising Day Parade of India’s first line of defense is
being held in Punjab.
Ans: 58th
Q27. Who will be the first woman to referee a FIFA men’s
World Cup 2022 match?
Ans: Stephanie Frappart
Q28. Who has bagged the top spot on the Forbes 2022 list
of India’s 100 richest with a net worth of $150
billion?
Ans: Gautam Adani
Q29. How many national monuments to be illuminated to
mark India’s assumption of G -20 Presidency on 1
December 2022?
Ans: 100
Q30. In a first, four US Army officers part of the 11th
Airborne Division were promoted high up on ______.
Ans: Nanda Devi
Q31. Which state has become the first state in the
Northeast to pass the first-ever Mental Health and
Social Care Policy?
Ans: Meghalaya
Q32. Which edition of the Hornbill Festival 2022 begins at
Naga Heritage Village Kisama, Nagaland?
Ans: 23rd
Q33. International Lusophone Festival is being held from
3 to 6 December 2022 in which state?
Ans: Goa
Q34. Who has been elected as the President of the
Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) for
2022-23?
Ans: Prasanth Kumar
Q35. Mina Sue Choi was crowned Miss Earth 2022 during
the pageant’s coronation night at Cove Manila, Okada
Hotel, Paranaque City. She hails from which country?
Ans: South Korea
Q36. The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is
celebrated, each year, on _________.
Ans: December 2
Q37. ___________ is observed as International Computer
Literacy Day. It was started in 2001 by NIIT, a world-
famous Indian computer firm.
Ans: December 2
Q38. A polling booth located in a remote forest area of Gir
Somnath district in Gujarat recorded 100 per cent
voting after its lone voter cast his vote in the first
phase of the state Assembly elections. Name the only,
who voter cast his vote.
Ans: Mahant Haridasji Udasin
Q39. The 12th Edition of Exercise Agni Warrior, a bilateral
exercise between the ______ & Indian Army.
Ans: Singapore
Q40. National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA India) is hosts
an Inclusion Conclave for the first time to sharpen the
focus on anti-doping education and processes for
athletes with disabilities. Name the Director General
of NADA India?
Ans: Ritu Sain
Q41. Indian Army’s Sudarshan Chakra Corps carried out
Exercise Sudarshan Prahar in the deserts of _______.
Ans: Rajasthan
Q42. Who has assumed the Presidency of the UN Security
Council for the month of December.
Ans: India
Q43. The Central government on December 1 launched its
facial recognition system at Delhi, Bangalore and
Varanasi airports. What is the name of the system?
Ans: DigiYatra
Q44. TurtleFin, India’s top insurtech platform, has
collaborated with _____, one of India’s major private
sector banks, to develop EasyNsure, an online
insurance services platform.
Ans: YES Bank
Q45. National Pollution Control Day is observed every
year on ___________ in India.
Ans: 2 December
Q46. Who has been appointed as Secretary of the
Department of School Education & Literacy?
Ans: Sanjay Kumar
Q47. How many Indian-origin women have been selected
as Australia’s Superstars of STEM 2022 recently?
Ans: 3
Q48. The gross GST revenue collected in the month of
November 2022 is ________.
Ans: Rs. 1,45,867 crore
Q49. On ______ is celebrated as the International Day of
Persons with Disabilities, worldwide.
Ans: December 3rd
50. Which team beat Maharashtra by 5 wickets in the
final to win the Vijay Hazare Trophy at the Narendra
Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat?
Ans: Saurashtra
Q51. Name the author of the book “The Chipko Movement:
A People’s History”.
Ans: Shekhar Pathak
Q52. Who has been elected as the new president of the
Institute of Cost Accountants of India?
Ans: Vijender Sharma
Q53. Who is the author of the book “Super-Infinite: The
Transformations of John Donne”?
Ans: Katherine Rundell
Q54. What is the theme of International Day of Persons
with Disabilities 2022?
Ans: Transformative solutions for inclusive
development: the role of innovation in fuelling an
accessible and equitable world
Q55. Government of India had appointed _______, Professor
Emeritus at Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI), as
the part-time chairperson of the National Statistical
Commission (NSC) of India.
Ans: Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar
Q56. According to a new report by a US think-tank Early
Warning Project, Which country has topped the list of
countries at the highest risk of experiencing new
mass killings?
Ans: Pakistan
Q57. Which bank has received the Banker’s Bank of the
Year Award 2022 for the India segment at the Global
Banking Summit held in London, UK?
Ans: Canara Bank
Q58. Who has been appointed by smartwatch leader Noise
as its new brand ambassador?
Ans: Virat Kohli
Q59. Who has been appointed as Chairperson of the
National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC)?
Ans: Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
Q60. Which Indian startup has won the Earthshot Prize
2022?
Ans: Kheyti
Q61. Who has won the Best Director Award at the New
York Film Critics Circle?
Ans: SS Rajamouli
Q62. Indian Navy Day is celebrated every year on which
day?
Ans: 4 December
Q63. Which mutual funds has been renamed as Bandhan
Mutual Fund?
Ans: IDFC Mutual Fund
Q64. International Day of Banks is observed every year on
___________.
Ans: December 4
Q65. India’s first Dark Night Sky Reserve will be set up in
which state/UT of India?
Ans: Ladakh
Q66. International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social
Development is observed on ________ ever year.
Ans: December 5
Q67. What is the theme of International Volunteer Day for
Economic and Social Development 2022?
Ans: Solidarity through volunteering
Q68. India has jumped to the ____ position in the global
aviation safety ranking by the International Civil
Aviation Organization
Ans: 48th
Q69. What is the theme of World Soil Day 2022?
Ans: Soils: Where Food Begins
Q70. ________ is celebrated annually as World Soil Day to
highlight the importance of healthy soil and promote
sustainable management of soil resources.
Ans: December 5
Q71. Who has become the sixth-highest run scorer for
India in ODIs recently?
Ans: Rohit Sharma
Q72. 65th Foundation Day of the Directorate of Revenue
Intelligence (DRI) has been observed on which day?
Ans: 5 December
Q73. Which fintech companies has inaugurated India’s
first Innovation Lab dedicated to the debt collection
segment of banking industries in India and the
Middle East in December 2022?
Ans: Spocto
Q74. Who is the fund manager of BHARAT Bond ETF –
India’s first corporate bond ETF (exchange-traded
fund)?
Ans: Edelweiss Asset Management
Q75. The National Zoological Park, Delhi Zoo
has celebrated International Cheetah Day and
Wildlife Conservation Day in New Delhi on ______.
Ans: 4th December
Q76. Which metro has successfully created a Guinness
World Record by constructing the longest double-
decker viaduct (metro)?
Ans: Nagpur Metro
Q77. To mark the _____ anniversary of India’s victory in the
Longewala battle during the 1971 war, Parakram
Diwas celebrated at Jaisalmer Military Station and
Longewala War Memorial in Rajasthan on December 5.
Ans: 51st
Q78. Which state has launched the One District One Sport
(ODOS) programme for promoting local sporting
talent?
Ans: Uttar Pradesh
Q79. Which football player has sensationally joined Saudi
Arabian club Al-Nassr on a two and a half year deal
worth 200 million euros per season?
Ans: Cristiano Ronaldo
Q80. India’s first Gold ATM and world’s first Real Time
Gold ATM has launched in which city?
Ans: Hyderabad
Q81. Which telecom major has announced that it has
collaborated with Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) to
support the growth of India’s digital ecosystem?
Ans: Airtel
Q82. The seventh edition of the Global Technology Summit
was held from 29th Nov till 1st of December at New
Delhi, the theme for 2022 summit was
Ans: Geopolitics of Technology
Q83. Which bank recently has crossed the Rs 5-lakh-crore
mark in personal banking advances.
Ans: State Bank of India
Q84. Name the author of the book Freedom at Midnight,
who passed away recently.
Ans: Dominique Lapierre
Q85. Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL), the renewables arm
of Adani Group, has commissioned its third wind-
solar hybrid power plant in _________.
Ans: Rajasthan
Q86. On _________, International Civil Aviation Day is
observed globally.
Ans: December 7
Q87. India observed December 6 as ____ Mahaparinirvan
Divas to mark the death anniversary of Dr Bhimrao
Ramji Ambedkar.
Ans: 67th
Q88. Who will unveil the FIFA World Cup trophy in Qatar
2022?
Ans: Deepika Padukone
Q89. What is the rank of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in
the top 100 defence companies list?
Ans: 42nd
Q90. Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)
Researchers have developed an ‘Ocean Wave Energy
Converter’ that can generate electricity from sea
waves. The product has been named?
Ans: Sindhuja-I
Q91. RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee has raised the repo
rate by 35 basis points (bps) to _______ per cent with
immediate effect.
Ans: 6.25
Q92. Which general insurance companies has entered into
a bancassurance tie-up with AU Small Finance Bank
to provide the bank’s diverse customers access to the
insurer’s portfolio and enhance penetration across
India?
Ans: ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company
Q93. _________ veteran diplomats is not includes in “Diwali
Stamp-Power of One Awards” 2022
Ans: Yuriy Sergeyev
Q94. Which actress is include in the “BBC Releases 100
Most Influential Women’s List”?
Ans: Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Q95. Every year on ______, India commemorates Armed
Forces Flag Day in order to raise donations for the
welfare of the Armed Forces Staff.
Ans: December 7
Q96. GroupM is expecting India to overtake Brazil to
become the _____ largest advertising market in 2023.
Ans: 8th
Q97. This year which edition of Maitiri Diwas’ marking
recognition of Bangladesh by India celebrated in
Dhaka?
Ans: 51st
Q98. Which country topped the 100 defence companies
list?
Ans: US
Q99. Who has won the gold medal at the Peru Para-
Badminton International, defeating ace shuttler Chee
Hiong Ang of Singapore?
Ans: Sukant Kadam
Q100. What is the theme of International Civil Aviation Day
2022?
Ans: Advancing Innovation for Global Aviation
Development
Q101. The South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC) Charter Day is observed every
year on _______.
Ans: 8th December
Q102. Cardiologist and director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of
Cardiovascular Sciences and Research ______, writer
Krishnappa G. and social activist and businessman S.
Shadakshari have been selected for the Nadoja
Award given by Kannada University.
Ans: C.N. Manjunath
Q103. Who has assumed charge as Chairman and Managing
Director of BharatiyaNabhikiyaVidyut Nigam Limited
(BHAVINI)?
Ans: K.V. Suresh Kumar
Q104. Time magazine named President ________ as its 2022
person of the year.
Ans: Volodymyr Zelensky
Q105. Which search remains the most searched query on
Google in India on 2022?
Ans: Indian Premier League
Q106. Which state government in partnership with startup
TechEagle has unveiled Asia’s first drone delivery
hub and network?
Ans: Meghalaya
Q107. Which of these has been named in the 16th edition of
the Forbes Asia Heroes of Philanthropy list?
Ans: Gautam Adani
Q108. Who has become India’s 77th chess Grandmaster?
Ans: Aditya Mittal
Q109. Peru gets its first female president after ______ is
impeached.
Ans: Pedro Castillo
Q110. Oxford Dictionaries said that “_____” has been selected
by an online vote as its word of the year.
Ans: Goblin mode
Q111. India will be hosting the 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas
in which city from 8-10 January 2023?
Ans: Indore
Q112. The Karthigai Deepam Chariot festival has been
organized in which state?
Ans: Tamil Nadu
Q113. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the
United Nations, organized an opening ceremony for
the International Year of Millets 2023 in which city?
Ans: Rome, Italy
Q114. Which edition of the World Hindi Conference will be
organized by the Ministry of External Affairs in
collaboration with the Government of Fiji from 15-17
February 2023 in Fiji?
Ans: 12th
Q115. Spice Money has partnered with which bank to
facilitate the opening of instant, zero-balance savings
or current accounts for rural citizens through its
Adhikari network?
Ans: Axis Bank
Q116. Who has honoured with the 2022 Prime Minister’s
Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in secondary
schools in Australia?
Ans: Veena Nair
Q117. Who has been appointed by the central government
as the Chair of Business 20 (B20) India in December
2022?
Ans: N Chandrasekaran
Q118. National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) has
signed an MoU with which to strengthen the latter’s
outreach program for the benefit of MSMEs in
December 2022?
Ans: Walmart
Q119. International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of
the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the
Prevention of this Crime is commemorated on ______
of every year.
Ans: December 9
Q120. The world celebrate International Anti-Corruption
Day on _______. The main motive behind marking this
day is to spread awareness about a corruption-free
society.
Ans: December 9
Q121. What is theme of International Anti-Corruption Day
2022?
Ans: Uniting the world against corruption
Q122. Who has been elected as first female president of
Table Tennis Federation of India?
Ans: Meghna Ahlawat
Q123. US President Joe Biden has recognised Indian-
American and a longtime Houstonian, ________, with
the Presidential Lifetime Achievement (PLA) Award.
Ans: Krishna Vavilala
Q124. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is
organizing a two-day convention on the “ Universal
Health Coverage Day (UHC) 2022” in _______.
Ans: Varanasi
Q125. Who has approached the Indian Institute of Remote
Sensing (IIRS), a unit of Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) for developing “Spatial Data
Infrastructure geoportal?
Ans: Ladakh
Q126. Which Indians is not in the list of Forbes’ annual list
of ‘The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2022’
released in December 2022?
Ans: Nita Ambani
Q127. What is its rank of India in the Passport Index 2022
published by Arton Capital?
Ans: 87th
Q128. Which has won the World Athlete of the Year 2022
award?
Ans: McLaughlin-Levrone & Mondo Duplantis
Q129. Eden Hazard has announced his retirement from
international football recently. He is from which
country?
Ans: Belgium
Q130. Who has released her book ‘Miracles of Face Yoga’?
Ans: Mansi Gulati
Q131. Human Rights Day is celebrated across the world on
________ every year.
Ans: December 10
Q132. Who has been appointed as First Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer at the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York?
Ans: Sushmita Shukla
Q133. Who has been appointed as the MD & CEO of Ashok
Leyland?
Ans: Shenu Agarwal
Q134. National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has
appointed ________ as its Managing Director with effect
from November 15.
Ans: Meenesh C Shah
Q135. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed a
Currency Swap Agreement with the Maldives
Monetary Authority under the SAARC Currency Swap
Framework, under the framework Maldives can
make multiple tranches up to a maximum of
___________ from the RBI.
Ans: USD 200 Million
Q136. Who has made a world record of making the fastest
double century in a One Day International (ODI)
against Bangladesh recently?
Ans: Ishan Kishan
Q137. Who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of
Ashok Leyland?
Ans: Shenu Agarwal
Q138. UNICEF Day is celebrated every year on which day?
Ans: December 11
Q139. Which states/UT’s has been awarded 1st prize in the
category for Ayushman Bharat health account ID
generation during the celebration of Universal Health
Coverage Day 2022?
Ans: Jammu and Kashmir
Q140. International Mountain Day is observed every year
on 11 December, the theme for 2022 is _______.
Ans: Women move mountains
Q141. Which FMCG company has acquired 51% equity
stake in Oziva for Rs264 crore and Wellbeing
Nutrition?
Ans: Hindustan Unilever Limited
Q142. Which state is set to become the first state to launch
its own Climate Change Mission?
Ans: Tamil Nadu
Q143. International Day of Neutrality is commemorated on
_______. It is a day when people look at the possibility
of a world free of armed and other types of conflicts.
Ans: December 12
Q144. Who has took oath as the New Chief Minister of
Himachal Pradesh at historic ridge ground in Shimla?
Ans: Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu
Q145. The ‘dream crew’ for the first civilian mission to the
moon has been announced and it includes Indian
actor ______.
Ans: Dev Joshi
Q146. What is the rank of India in 2022 Hurun Global 500
list?
Ans: 5th
Q147. Which country has printed the first banknotes
(currency notes) with two women’s signatures?
Ans: US
Q148. In which airport country’s largest business jet
terminal commissioned?
Ans: Cochin International Airport
Q149. Which state of India has declared as first carbon
neutral farm in the country?
Ans: Kerala
Q150. International Universal Health Coverage Day is
celebrated annually on _______.
Ans: December 12
Q151. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off India’s
sixth Vande Bharat Express between ________________
route recently.
Ans: Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) to Nagpur
(Maharashtra)
Q152. First G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting
are scheduled to be held in which city on 13-15
December 2022?
Ans: Bengaluru
Q153. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the
first phase of the international airport at Mopa in
north Goa recently. He named this airport after which
person?
Ans: Manohar Parrikar
Q154. Bhupendra Patel has been appointed as the Chief
Minister of which state of India?
Ans: Gujarat
Q155. Which country launched world’s first commercial
moon lander in December 2022?
Ans: Japan
Q156. Who has been named as ICC men’s Player of the
Month for November 2022?
Ans: Jos Buttler
Q157. Who has took oath as a new judge of the Supreme
Court?
Ans: Dipankar Dutta
Q158. Which state is now planning for its genetic
development to increase the productivity of the
indigenous Badri cow that grazes on medicinal
herbs?
Ans: Uttarakhand
Q159. Which arab country successfully launched first-ever
Arab-Built lunar spacecraft?
Ans: UAE
Q160. Who has been named as ICC women’s Player of the
Month for November 2022?
Ans: Sidra Ameen
Q161. Which state has been awarded for its initiative ‘Jan
Andolan (people’s movement) against Tuberculosis
at a national workshop on ASCM to end TB in India?
Ans: Meghalaya
Q162. Which state forest department has launched
‘Vanikaran’ project to restore natural vegetation?
Ans: Kerala
Q163. Retail inflation of India has eased to how much
percent in November 2022 from 6.77% in the
previous month?
Ans: 5.88%
Q164. Who has been elected as the president of the
Cardiological Society of India (CSI) for 2023-24 in an
annual meeting held in Chennai?
Ans: Dr. PC Rath
Q165. Who has won gold in the women’s air pistol 65th
National Shooting Championship Competitions in
Pistol events held in Bhopal?
Ans: Divya
Q166. Who has been conferred with the 25th Sri
Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence
Award (SIES)?
Ans: Venkaiah Naidu
Q167. The National Energy Conservation Day is celebrated
every year on _______ 2022.
Ans: 14th December
Q168. The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended to
the Centre the names of five high court judges for
appointment as apex court judges. Which is not
included in the list?
Ans: Justice Kavita Pandit
Q169. World Health Organization (WHO) announced that
_______ will become its new Chief Scientist.
Ans: Dr Jeremy Farrar
Q170. Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay the foundation
stone and inaugurate projects worth Rs 75,000
crores in which state?
Ans: Maharashtra
Q171. What is wholesale price-based inflation in November
2022?
Ans: 5.85
Q172. Which topped the grievance redressal index among
all group A ministries, departments and autonomous
bodies for resolution of public grievances?
Ans: UIDAI
Q173. PM Modi participated in a programme
commemorating Sri Aurobindo’s ______ birth
anniversary.
Ans: 150th
Q174. Which bank has approved the divestment of its
majority stake in Nainital Bank (NBL)?
Ans: Bank of Baroda
Q175. Chief Justice of India inaugurates digitisation hubs in
_____ districts of Odisha.
Ans: 10
Q176. Who has inaugurated the statue of Mahakavi
Subramanian Bharathiyar at the renovated house of
Bharathiyar at Varanasi via video conference?
Ans: M.K.Stalin
Q177. The eighth edition of the India International Science
Festival (IISF) will be held in which city?
Ans: Bhopal
Q178. Which country will host an International Conference
“Standing with the Ukrainian People”?
Ans: France
Q179. Which airline has been awarded the ‘Safety
Performer of the Year’ award by GMR Delhi Airport
Awards for being the top performer among the self-
handling airlines?
Ans: SpiceJet
Q180. Who has become the third cricketer in history to
score 10000 Test runs and also takes 50 test wicket
recently?
Ans: Joe Root
Q181. Which team has been crowned as champions of 4th
Tennis Premier League (TPL) 2022?
Ans: Hyderabad Strikers
Q182. General Mirosław Hermaszewski, who passed away
recently at the age of 81, was the only astronaut of
which country?
Ans: Poland
Q183. Which Indian film has been nominated in two
categories at the Golden Globe Awards to be held in
January 2023?
Ans: RRR
Q184. The 6th Edition of Indo – Kazakhstan joint training
exercise “KAZIND-22” is conducted at Umroi ________.
Ans: Meghalaya
Q185. Which country recently passed a law to completely
end tobacco smoking by banning youth from buying
cigarettes for life?
Ans: New Zealand
Q186. Which country replaces Iraq as top oil supplier to
India in November?
Ans: Russia
Q187. Which IIT has signed an MoU with Army Training
Command to set up centre of excellence?
Ans: IIT Ropar
Q188. Which banks launched its sixth annual grants
program for social startups in partnership with the
Government of India’s flagship initiative ‘Startup
India’-Parivartan SmartUp Grants?
Ans: HDFC Bank
Q189. Govt allocates ______ crore to New India Literacy
Programme for next 5 years.
Ans: Rs 1037.90 crore
Q190. India plans to commission 20 nuclear power plants
by _______.
Ans: 2031
Q191. The 48th GST Council meeting was held in which city?
Ans: New Delhi
Q192. Who has been appointed as the first black women
president of Harvard University?
Ans: Dr. Claudine Gay
Q193. Indian-Origin Leo Varadkar has been re-elected as
the Prime Minister of which country?
Ans: Ireland
Q194. Who has the most written-about track and field
athlete in 2022, displacing the Jamaican legend Usain
Bolt from the top lists?
Ans: Neeraj Chopra
Q195. Minority Rights Day is observed every year on which
day?
Ans: 18 December
Q196. International Migrants Day is observed annually on
which day?
Ans: 18 December
Q197. According to Bloomberg 50 Report, who has topped
the list of people whose wealth witnessed the
maximum rise globally during this year?
Ans: Gautam Adani
Q198. Who has been appointed as first Chancellor of Gati
Shakti University?
Ans: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Q199. Wipro partnered with which to target digital
transformation business from corporate banks in the
Middle East?
Ans: Finastra
Q200. Which country won the final match in the FIFA World
Cup 2022?
Ans: Argentina
Q201. Which player won the Golden Boot Award in the FIFA
World Cup 2022?
Ans: Kylian Mbappe
Q202. In FIFA World Cup 2022, Golden Ball Award goes to?
Ans: Lionel Messi
Q203. Name the player, who awarded Golden Glove Award
in the FIFA World Cup 2022?
Ans: Emiliano Martinez
Q204. Which country finished third in the 2022 FIFA World
Cup?
Ans: Croatia
Q205. Which team awarded FIFA Fair Play Award?
Ans: England
Q206. Recently, who has announced the launching of “One
Week, One Lab” countrywide campaign from January
6, 2023?
Ans: Jitendra Singh
Q207. Who has inaugurated a nationwide campaign,
Prashasan Gaon ki Ore?
Ans: Jitendra Singh
Q208. Which company has won the Institution of
Engineers, India (IEI) Industry Excellence Award
2022 in Chennai?
Ans: National Mineral Development Corporation
Q209. The Goa Liberation day is celebrated every year on
which day?
Ans: 19 December
Q210. The 599th meeting of the Central Board of Directors
of Reserve Bank of India was held in _______________
under the Chairmanship of Shri Shaktikanta Das,
Governor.
Ans: Kolkata
Q211. Which state governments issued a notification
making the Aadhaar number mandatory for availing
various welfare schemes of the government?
Ans: Tamil Nadu
Q212. International Human Solidarity Day (IHSD) is
observed annually on _________ across the globe to
celebrate the ideal of unity in diversity.
Ans: December 20
Q213. Who actress has been awarded PETA India’s 2022
Person of the Year title?
Ans: Sonakshi Sinha
Q214. Who has been named the Men’s International Tennis
Federation (ITF) World Champion 2022?
Ans: Rafael Nadal
Q215. Which state has unveiled the logo, website and social
media handles of the Urban-20 conference?
Ans: Gujarat
Q216. Which state recently launched ‘Friends of Library’
programme?
Ans: Tamil Nadu
Q217. Name the youngest men’s Test cricketer to take a
five-wicket haul on debut.
Ans: Rehan Ahmed
Q218. ________ Karim Benzema has announced his
retirement from International football.
Ans: France
Q219. Which country has launched ‘Group of Friends’ to
promote accountability for crimes against
peacekeepers?
Ans: India
Q220. The European Union has adopted a plan for a global
minimum ________ tax on big business.
Ans: 15%
Q221. Which financial company has launched Roots, a
dedicated platform providing comprehensive
investor education and market analysis?
Ans: HDFC Securities
Q222. Which bank has launched ZERO Fee Banking on
savings accounts?
Ans: IDFC First Bank
Q223. Which team has won 9th Season of the Pro Kabaddi
League title 2022?
Ans: Jaipur Pink Panthers
Q224. A BSF veteran Bhairon Singh Rathore passed away
recently at the age of 81. He was the hero of which
war?
Ans: India-Pakistan War 1971
Q225. Reserve Bank of India imposed a penalty of Rs 2.66
crore on which foreign bank’s India operations for
non-compliance with directions on cyber security
framework?
Ans: Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait
Q226. India’s first-ever Surety Bond Insurance products
from Bajaj Allianz was launched for which purpose?
Ans: Infrastructure Projects
Q227. The Book, ‘The Indian Navy@75 Reminiscing the
Voyage’ is authored by _____.
Ans: Arita Banerjee
Q228. Which ministry has won the Platinum Icon in the
Digital India Awards 2022 for their initiative
“DataSmart Cities: Empowering Cities through Data”?
Ans: Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Q229. Which minister has launched India’s first Green Steel
Brand “KALYANI FeRRESTA” in New Delhi?
Ans: Jyotiraditya Scindia
Q230. Who has took over as the General Officer
Commanding (GOC) of the Counter Insurgency Force
Kilo?
Ans: Mohit Seth
Q231. Good Governance Week celebrations from _______ at
Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
Ans: 19-25 December 2022
Q232. Which legendary athlete has been nominated by
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar to the panel
of vice-chairperson in the upper house of the
Parliament?
Ans: PT Usha
Q233. The United Arab Emirate (UAE) has been selected to
host the World Trade Organisation’s 13th global
Ministerial Conference in February ________.
Ans: 2024
Q234. Recently Indian forces acquiring, which ballistic
missile for striking targets at 150-500 Km.
Ans: Pralay
Q235. A first-of-its-kind Tribal Winter Festival was held in
the Bandipora district of _________.
Ans: Jammu and Kashmir
Q236. Which state government has launched Orunodoi 2.0,
a special scheme to provide financial security to
economically disadvantaged families?
Ans: Assam
Q237. The Gross collection of Direct Taxes has registered a
growth of what percent which stood at Rs 13,63,649
cr in the financial year 2022-23?
Ans: 25.90%
Q238. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has informed
that note in circulation (NiC) has witnessed an annual
growth of how much percent to Rs 31.92 lakh crore
as of 2 December 2022?
Ans: 7.98%
Q239. Which vessel of the Indian Navy will participate in the
50th edition of Cape to Rio Race 2023?
Ans: INSV Tarini
Q240. Who has been appointed as the chairperson of the
Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB)?
Ans: Dinesh Kumar Shukla
Q241. The Indian Railways completed the construction of a
tunnel on a 111-kilometre, the longest ‘escape tunnel’
in which state/UT in India?
Ans: Jammu and Kashmir
Q242. Which companies announced a partnership with
DigiLocker, a government authorized identification
storage system, to bring local storage of government
issued IDs on Android devices?
Ans: Google
Q243. Which is India’s official entry for the 2023 Academy
Awards or Oscars awards in the International
Feature film category?
Ans: The Last Show
Q244. Which Indian song has been shortlisted in the Best
Original Song Category for the 2023 Academy
Awards or Oscars awards?
Ans: Naatu Naatu
Q245. How many cultural sites from India added to a
tentative list of UNESCO Heritage Sites?
Ans: 3
Q246. Which university has got A grade by scoring 3.85
points in National Assessment and Accreditation
Council (NAAC)?
Ans: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
Q247. In which state country’s first Infantry Museum has
been opened for the general public?
Ans: Madhya Pradesh
Q248. Who has been named as its brand ambassador by
PUMA?
Ans: Anushka Sharma
Q249. The first ship of the ASW SWC Project, being built by
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, GRSE for the
Indian Navy was launched at Kattupalli, Chennai. The
Ship is named as ________.
Ans: INS Arnala
Q250. India’s manned Space flight Gaganyaan to be
launched in in the fourth quarter of _______.
Ans: 2024
Q251. FuelBuddy has partnered with which company for
the supply of its automotive and industrial lubricant,
‘SERVO’, to customers across the country?
Ans: Indian Oil Corporation
Q252. Who has been honoured with the first Rohini Nayyar
prize for outstanding contribution to rural
development recently?
Ans: Sethrichem Sangtam
Q253. Which country will host the next football Club World
Cup in February 2023?
Ans: Morocco
Q254. According to CoinSwitch’s annual investor report
released in December 2022, which city in India has
the highest cryptocurrency adoption?
Ans: New Delhi
Q255. Which media companies has secured exclusive media
rights to broadcast the next Olympic Games, which
will be held in Paris in 2024, in India and the
subcontinent region?
Ans: Viacom 18
Q256. The Centre has appointed who as the Chairperson of
the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre?
Ans: Justice Hemant Gupta
Q257. ________ is observed as Farmers’ Day or Kisan Diwas
across India.
Ans: December 23
Q258. _____________ has been appointed as the next
Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Ans: Dr. Suhel Ajaz Khan
Q259. The Air India management has appointed Air India
Express CEO ________ as the chief of Air India.
Ans: Aloke Singh
Q260. Which bollywood actor has become the only Indian
to be named in an international list of 50 greatest
actors of all time by a prominent British magazine?
Ans: Shah Rukh Khan
Q261. Who has won the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize
2021-22?
Ans: Sudeep Sen and Shobhana Kumar
Q262. Priya Mohan Sinha passed away recently. He was the
former Chief of which company?
Ans: PepsiCo’s India
Q263. Every year on ___________, India observed the National
Consumer Day or Bharatiya Grahak Diwas.
Ans: December 24
Q264. Recently, Anuradha Roy was awarded the Sahitya
Akademi Award for 2022 for her novel?
Ans: All the Lives We Never Lived
Q265. Reliance Jio acquired 100% stake in Reliance Infratel
for about _______.
Ans: Rs 3,720 crore
Q266. The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) got the
nod of SEBI to set up SSE. What does the first S in SSE
stand for?
Ans: Social
Q267. Who won BBC Sports Personality of Year 2022
award?
Ans: Beth Mead
Q268. Indian Air Force (IAF) and _______ Air Self Defence
Force (JASDF) are set to hold their maiden bilateral
air exercise, “Veer Guardian 23”
Ans: Japan
Q269. Who breaks all the records and became the most
expensive cricketer ever to be bought by any
franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL)?
Ans: Sam Curran
Q270. Who has been awarded as the winner of the ‘Best
Globally Competitive Power Company of India-
Hydropower and Renewable Energy Sector’ at
PRAKASHmay 15th Enertia Awards 2022?
Ans: NHPC Limited
Q271. Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud has
constituted a committee to audit the “physical and
functional accessibility” of the apex court complex to
make them disabled-friendly. Who will chair this
committee?
Ans: S Ravindra Bhat
Q272. Which edition of the North East Festival began at the
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi?
Ans: 10th
Q273. Who has addressed the 75th “Amrut Mahotsav” of
Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot recently?
Ans: Narendra Modi
Q274. Who is the only player in the top 25 in Forbes’ annual
list of the highest-paid female athletes in the world?
Ans: PV Sindhu
Q275. Sitiveni Rabuka has been elected as the new Prime
Minister of which country?
Ans: Fiji
Q276. The Good Governance Day is celebrated on ______.
Ans: December 25
Q277. Which institution has recently developed artificial
heart?
Ans: IIT Kanpur
Q278. Who has won the Top Arena Junior International
Badminton Championship title in the below 9 years
category?
Ans: Geto Sora
Q279. Atal Incubation Centre at the Bhabha Atomic
Research Centre (BARC) signed agreements with
_______ for incubation of newer technologies into
commercial products.
Ans: MSMEs
Q280. Which country topped in the FIFA world rankings
2022?
Ans: Brazil
Q281. SBI Funds Management has appointed ________ as
managing director and chief executive officer of the
company.
Ans: Shamsher Singh
Q282. Anurag Thakur inaugurated the Sports Science
Centre here at M.G. Stadium in Udupi, ________.
Ans: Karnataka
Q283. When did bomb cyclone become a thing?
Ans: 1980
Q284. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced to
observe Veer Bal Diwas 2022 on the occasion of the
Prakash Purab of ________ .
Ans: Guru Gobind Singh
Q285. What is the ranking of India in the FIFA world
rankings 2022?
Ans: 106
Q286. Who has launched, a host of new initiatives including
the Right to Repair portal in New Delhi recently?
Ans: Piyush Goyal
Q287. Which ministry has organized a one of its kind
musical event ‘Dance to Decarbonise’ National
Stadium in New Delhi?
Ans: Ministry of Petroleum
Q288. Former President Abdulla Yameen has been
sentenced to 11 years in prison after being found
guilty of money laundering and bribery. Abdulla
Yameen was the president of which country?
Ans: Maldives
Q289. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has mandated banks
in the country to renew their locker agreements with
existing locker customers by which date?
Ans: 1 January 2023
Q290. Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has been appointed
as the new Prime Minister of which country?
Ans: Nepal
Q291. International Day of Epidemic Preparedness 2022 is
observed every year on which day?
Ans: December 27
Q292. India is ranked ________ on the global list of the best
cuisines for 2022, according to Taste Atlas.
Ans: 5th
Q293. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman of the Railway Board?
Ans: Anil Kumar Lahoti
Q294. Who has been honoured with the prestigious 30th
Ekalabya Puraskar for the year 2022?
Ans: Swasti Singh
Q295. The famous Losar festival, is celebrated in which
state/UT of India?
Ans: Ladakh
Q296. Which companies is the largest shareholder Flipkart?
Ans: Walmart
Q297. Which state will install a huge statue of former Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee?
Ans: Madhya Pradesh
Q298. Which prison was awarded a five-star rating and the
tag ‘Eat Right Campus’ by the Food Safety and
Standard Authority of India (FSSAI)?
Ans: Bulandshahr Prison
Q299. Which country has reported its first case of Naegleria
fowleri, commonly referred to as “brain-eating
amoeba”?
Ans: South Korea
Q300. Who has been named Chief Executive Officer, Food
Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)?
Ans: Ganji Kamala V Rao
Q301. Recently, Dharmadam becomes the first complete
library constituency in India. Dharmadam is the town
of which state?
Ans: Kerala
Q302. The UK-based economics consultancy firm Centre for
Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has
predicted that India will become the third-largest
economy by which year?
Ans: 2037
Q303. Who has been selected for the first KR Gouri Amma
national award 2022?
Ans: Aleida Guevara
Q304. Which companies signed an MoU with Tecnimont
Private Limited to jointly evaluate and explore the
possibility to develop commercial scale Green
Methanol Production facility?
Ans: NTPC
Q305. Who was appointed as the chairman of National
Highways Authority of India (NHAI)?
Ans: Santosh Kumar Yadav
Q306. RBI’s “Financial Literacy and Inclusion survey” on
digital banking awareness and knowledge among the
rural and urban population across the country, was
based on how many parameters?
Ans: 3
Q307. Which bank has launched its flagship business
mentoring program for MSME entrepreneurs ‘MSME
Prerana’ in the state of Rajasthan?
Ans: Indian Bank
Q308. Stage is all set in _______ to rename two places after the
state government got the approval by Union Home
Ministry.
Ans: Uttar Pradesh
Q309. Australian Cricket Association (ACA) in a joint-
statement announced that Australia’s Men’s Test
Player of the Year award will now be named in
honour of the late ________.
Ans: Shane Warne
Q310. Name the author of the book titled “Forks in the Road:
My Days at RBI and Beyond”.
Ans: C Rangarajan
Q311. On the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister
________, which was marked as ‘Good Governance Day’
across the country, the Aurangabad unit of the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) named a star.
Ans: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Q312. Which insurance company has released a unique
health insurance rider called “Respect Senior Care
Rider.”
Ans: Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
Q313. Who has been appointed as Engineer-in-Chief of
Army?
Ans: Arvind Walia
Q314. Which will soon introduce “Bima Vahaks” in each
gram panchayat?
Ans: IRDAI
Q315. Power ministry, ______ ink pact to install early
warning systems for power stations.
Ans: DRDO
Q316. Who has inaugurated the project “Development of
Srisailam Temple” at Srisailam Temple Complex
Andhra Pradesh?
Ans: Droupadi Murmu
Q317. Which state government has inaugurated the ‘E-
Sushrut’ hospital management information system in
the state medical colleges?
Ans: Uttar Pradesh
Q318. Who has been awarded Atal Samman Award?
Ans: Prabhu Chandra Mishra
Q319. Farhaan Behardien has announced his retirement
from professional cricket recently. He is from which
country?
Ans: South Africa
Q320. Which IIT has won the Wharton-QS Reimagine
Education Awards at the Wharton Campus,
Philadelphia, USA?
Ans: IIT Madras
Q321. Which vaccines manufactured by Bharat Biotech
became the world’s first intranasal Covid vaccine to
receive approval for the primary 2-dose schedule as
well as a heterologous booster dose?
Ans: iNCOVACC
Q322. Under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, the Indian
Railways has formulated a new scheme to modernise
over ______________ small stations over the coming
years.
Ans: 1000
Q323. Which was the nodal ministry for regulating esports
(video games not involving money) as part of
multiple sports events?
Ans: Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Q324. Which state recently inauguarted first ‘Bekal
International Beach Festival’?
Ans: Kerala
Q325. World-class Kayaking-Canoeing Academy to be set
up in which state?
Ans: Uttarakhand
Q326. Who has launched the ‘Stay Safe Online’ campaign
and the Digital Innovation Alliance (DIA) programme
recently?
Ans: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Q327. Which state has become the first state in the country
to pass the Lokayukta Bill?
Ans: Maharashtra
Q328. Which company has organized ‘Bijli Utsav’ in the
Baksa district of Assam?
Ans: REC Limited
Q329. Which has released its web publication entitled
‘Statistical Tables relating to Banks in India: 2021-22’
covering the activities of the Indian banking sector?
Ans: RBI
Q330. Who has been appointed as the acting Central
Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)?
Ans: Praveen K Srivastava
Q331. Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA)
between India and which countries came into effect?
Ans: Australia
Q332. Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do
Nascimento, famously called _______, has passed away
aged 82.
Ans: Pelé
Q333. The Indian Army inaugurated its first 3-D Printed
House Dwelling Unit (with Ground plus One
configuration) for soldiers at _______.
Ans: Ahmedabad Cantt
Q334. Tribal Ministry partnered with which company for
future engineer programme?
Ans: Amazon
Q335. Indian Institute of Technology, _________ collaborated
with All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS
New Delhi to develop a SwasthGarbh app.
Ans: IIT Roorkee