1.The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is observed on_______.

A. 15thJanuary
B. 10thJanuary
C. 7th January
D. 9th January

2. Which of the following has won the SKOCH Award 2021(Silver) in the Governance category for its work towards combating Crime and Violence against Children?

A. Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)
B. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
C. Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL)
D. National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC)

3. Who among the following won the World Rapid Chess Championship 2021?

A. Nodirbek Abdusattorov
B. Ian Nepomniachtchi
C. Magnus Carlsen
D. Fabiano Caruana

4. Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced to celebrate ‘National Startup Day’ every year on which date?

A. 26thDecember
B. 14thJanuary
C. 28th March
D. 16th January

5. The 16th India Digital Summit 2022 was organised by_________.

A. NITI Aayog
B. DRDO
C. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
D. Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)

6. Who has been appointed as the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) recently?

A. A S Kiran Kumar
B. V. N. Krishnamurthy
C. S Somanath
D. K. Sivan

7. Which of the following has replaced Chinese mobile manufacturer VIVO as the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League (IPL)?

A. Tata Group
B. Dream11
C. Hero MotoCorp
D. Reliance Jio

8. Who among the following has won a gold medal at the International Folk-Art Festival in Dubai recently?

A. Malini Awasthi
B. Raghu Dixit
C. Sumit Bhale
D. Rabbi Shergill

9. A book titled “Bose: The Untold Story of An Inconvenient Nationalist” has been written by________.

A. Chandrachur Ghose
B. Vinod Sampat
C. Vikram Seth
D. Amitav Ghosh

10.Who among the following has been appointed as the next Vice-Chief of Army Staff recently?

A. Chandi Prasad Mohanty
B. Manoj Pande
C. Nav K Khanduri
D. Yogesh Kumar Joshi

11. Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Air India Ltd. recently?

A. Vikram Dev Dutt
B. Chanchal Kumar
C. Ajay Singh
D. Soma Mondal

12. Recently, which of the following country has declared ‘Nusantara’ city as the new capital of the country?

A. Malaysia
B. Kazakhstan
C. Brazil
D. Indonesia

13. Who among the following Indian actresses joined the list of Young Global Leaders (YGL) compiled by the World Economic Forum in March 2021?

A. Shilpa Shetty
B. Deepika Padukone
C. Aishwarya Rai
D. Alia Bhatt

14. Which of the following companies announced the launch of India’s first virtual academy programme Esports Academy?

A. Dell
B. Jio
C. Samsung
D. Asus

15. Who among the following is one of the authors of ‘The Hitman: The Rohit Sharma Story’?

A. G Krishnan
B. Anupam Kher
C. Sanjana Desai
D. S Hareesh

16. Who among the following Indian-American scientist was appointed as the acting chief of staff of the US space agency NASA, in February 2021?

A. Ramesh Raskar
B. Shantanu Narayan
C. Bhavya Lal
D. Manmohan Attavar

17. Which Institute has been awarded the top position under the most innovative research institutions category by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)?

A. IIT, Roorkee
B. IIT Madras
C. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru
D. National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad

18.Who has been appointed as the new chief executive officer (CEO) and chief managing director (CMD) BrahMos Aerospace Limited recently?

A. Dr Sanjeev Kumar Joshi
B. Dr. Atul Dinkar Rane
C. Dr. Sudhir Kumar Mishra
D. Dr G. Satheesh Reddy

19. In India, Good Governance Day is observed annually on__________.

A. 2ndOctober
B. 28thApril
C. 14th July
D. 25th December

20. Who among the following has been awarded the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021?

A. Divya Hegde
B. Dr Anil Prakash Joshi
C. Ratan Tata
D. Azim Premji