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10. (1) Who will be the first recipient of Lata
Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar?
(a) Amitabh Bachchan
(b) A. R. Rahman
(c) Dharmendra
(d) Narendra Modi

12. • Answer: Option D
• Explanation:
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to be
honoured with the first Lata Deenanath
Mangeshkar Award at the 80th annual
Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Awards
ceremony on April 24.

13. (2) Which Indian writer has been
conferred with the prestigious 2022 O.
Henry Prize for short stories?
(a) Amar Mitra
(b) Amit Majmudar
(c) Devdutt Pattanaik
(d) Ruskin Bond

14. • Answer: Option A
• Explanation:
• Bengali author Amar Mitra has been
conferred with the prestigious 2022
O. Henry Prize for short stories.

15. (3) The International Day of Human
Space Flight is being celebrated
on which date?
(a) April 12 (b) April 10
(c) April 11 (d) April 13

16. • Answer: Option A
• Explanation:
• The International Day of Human Space
Flight is being celebrated annually on
April 12 to mark the anniversary of the
first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin
on April 12, 1961.

17. (4) Who has been appointed as the new
Prime Minister of Pakistan, removal of
Imran Khan by no-trust vote?
(a) Fawad Chaudhry
(b) Shehbaz Sharif
(c) Fazal-ur-Rehman
(d) Asif Ali Zardari

18. • Answer: Option B
• Explanation:
• Pakistan's opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif
has been elected unopposed as the new
Prime Minister of the country through
voting in the National Assembly.

19. (5) India signed a new Space Situational
Awareness arrangement with which
nation?
(a) Germany
(b) US
(c) France
(d) Australia

20. • Answer: Option B
• Explanation:
• India and the United States finalised
the signing of a new Space Situational
Awareness arrangement during the 2+2
Ministerial Dialogue.

21. (6) Who has been appointed as the Chief
G20 Coordinator of India for the
upcoming 2023 G20 Summit?
(a) Rajiv Gauba
(b) Harsh V Shringla
(c) Ajay Kumar
(d) Ajay Kumar Bhalla

22. • Answer: Option B
• Explanation:
• India's incumbent Foreign Secretary
Harsh V Shringla has been appointed
as the Chief G20 Coordinator of India.

23. (7) Which country will host the G20
Summit in 2022?
(a) Canada
(b) South Korea
(c) Australia
(d) Indonesia

24. • Answer: Option D
• Explanation:
• India will assume the Presidency of
G20 after the 2022 Summit in
Indonesia in November and will host
the 2023 G20 Summit.

25. (8) In India April 14 is officially declared as a
public holiday to commemorate the birth
anniversary of which leader?
(a) Jyotirao Govindrao Phule
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Babasaheb Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar

26. • Answer: Option D
• Explanation:
• Ambedkar Jayanti ( also known as
Bhim Jayanti) is an annual festival is
being celebrated on 14 April to
commemorate the birth anniversary
of Babasaheb Dr Bhim Rao
Ambedkar.

27. (9) Which country will host FIFA U-17
Women's World Cup this year?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) India
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Australia

28. • Answer: Option B
• Explanation:
• The 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World
Cup will be hosted by India this year
for the very first time.

29. (10) Which Indian cities have been
recognised as the '2021 Tree City of
the World' by FAO?
(a) Indore and Hyderabad
(b) Mumbai and Indore
(c) Kolkata and Mumbai
(d) Mumbai and Hyderabad

30. • Answer: Option D
• Explanation:
• The United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) and Arbor Day
Foundation have jointly recognised
Mumbai and Hyderabad as '2021 Tree City
of the World'.

31. (11) India has decided to establish
the 'Education and Skills
Development Working Group'
with which country?
(a) Germany (b) USA
(c) France (d) Finland

32. • Answer: Option B
• Explanation:
• India and the US have decided to establish
a new 'India-US Education and Skills
Development Working Group'.

33. (12) Who has been awarded the EY
India Entrepreneur of the Year
2021?
(a) Savitri Jindal
(b) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
(c) Falguni Nayar
(d) Roshni Nadar

34. • Answer: Option C
• Explanation:
• Falguni Nayar has been named the
EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2021.

35. (13) "Svanidhi se Samriddhi"
programme is an initiative of which
of the following Union Ministry?
(a) Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs
(b) Ministry of Rural Development
(c) Ministry of Finance
(d) Ministry of Home Affairs

36. • Answer: Option A
• Explanation:
• The Union Ministry of Housing and
Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the
"Svanidhi se Samriddhi" programme
in 126 additional cities across 14
states and Union territories.