1. Glischropus meghalayanus, which was recently discovered in Meghalaya, belongs to which species?
[A] Snake
[B] Turtle
[C] Bat
[D] Spider

2. Which country proposed to organize a joint border operation named ‘Solidarity-2023’ for SCO member countries?
[A] India
[B] China
[C] Nepal
[D] Bangladesh

3. Which institution released a report titled ‘Payments Vision 2025’?
[A] NPCI
[B] RBI
[C] NITI Aayog
[D] World Bank

4. Which country recently launched its most advanced aircraft carrier named ‘Fujian’?
[A] UAE
[B] China
[C] North Korea
[D] Iran

5.‘Gaia Mission’, which was found in the news recently, is associated with which space agency?
[A] NASA
[B] CNA
[C] ESA
[D] SpaceX

6. Which Public sector enterprise listed green bonds on Luxembourg Stock Exchange?
[A] REC Ltd
[B] PFC Ltd
[C] BHEL
[D] IOCL

7. The United Nations welcomed the first commercial flight from ‘Sanaa Airport’ to Egypt. Where is ‘Sanaa Airport’ located?
[A] Israel
[B] Yemen
[C] South Sudan
[D] Uganda

8.‘Operation Mahila Suraksha’ is an initiative of which institution?
[A] National Commission for Women
[B] Ministry of Women and Child Development
[C] Railway Protection Force
[D] NITI Aayog

9. Which Chief Minister from India has been invited to attend the World Cities Summit in Singapore?
[A] M K Stalin
[B] Pinarayi Vijayan
[C] Arvind Kejriwal
[D] Ashok Gehlot

10. Which state/UT has launched faceless ‘Road Transport Offices’ (RTO)?
[A] Kerala
[B] Telangana
[C] Maharashtra
[D] Karnataka

11. Which company took over Ford’s passenger vehicle manufacturing plant at Sanand in Gujarat?
[A] Ola
[B] Tata Motors
[C] Mahindra and Mahindra
[D] Hyundai

12 . The Ministry of Defence signed a contract with which company for the supply of ASTRA MK-I Air to Air Missile (AAM)?
[A] HAL
[B] BEL
[C] DRDO
[D] BDL

13. India signed the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) annual report with which country?
[A] Nepal
[B] Bangladesh
[C] Pakistan
[D] China

14. Libreville is the capital of which city, was recently visited by the Vice President of India?
[A] Senegal
[B] Gabon
[C] Guinea
[D] Cameroon

15. Which is the only Indian institution in the top-50 list of 2022 Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings?
[A] IIT Madras
[B] IIT Bombay
[C] IISc Bengaluru
[D] IIT Roorkee

16. Which company won the bid to build the national capital region’s new airport at Jewar?
[A] Adani Group
[B] Tata Projects
[C] Shapoorji Pallonji Group
[D] Larsen & Toubro

17. Which association holds the annual BALTOPS naval exercise?
[A] European Union
[B] NATO
[C] Shanghai Cooperation Organisation‎
[D] ASEAN

18. Luxury cruise liner “Empress” has been flagged off from which state/UT?
[A] Kerala
[B] Maharashtra
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Gujarat

19. National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL) aims to take over large value NPA accounts from the banks above ……….
[A] Rs 10 Crore
[B] Rs 50 Crore
[C] Rs 100 crore
[D] Rs 500 crore

20. What is the target of Ethanol blending in petrol, set by India to reach by 2025?
[A] 10 %
[B] 15 %
[C] 20 %
[D] 30 %