SSC GD - GK Tests General GK- Test 01 - Important SSC Current Affairs Quiz 2023 QUIZ START Results #1. 34. Which state is known as the “Land of Five Waterfalls”? b) Chhattisgarh c) Himachal Pradesh d) Uttarakhand a) Jharkhand #2. 15. What is the name of the current Prime Minister of India? d) Arvind Kejriwal b) Narendra Modi c) Rahul Gandhi a) Manmohan Singh #3. 1. Which state was recently declared as the first fully organic state in India? c) Karnataka a) Kerala d) Punjab b) Sikkim #4. 10. Who is the Chief Justice of India as of 2023? b) Sharad Arvind Bobde a) N. V. Ramana d) Dipak Misra c) Ranjan Gogoi #5. 5. Which river is known as the “Ganga of the South” in India? a) Yamuna d) Brahmaputra b) Godavari c) Cauvery #6. 8. What is the currency of India? c) Ringgit a) Rupee d) Renminbi b) Rupiah #7. 2. Who is the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra? d) Raj Thackeray b) Devendra Fadnavis c) Sharad Pawar a) Uddhav Thackeray #8. 25. Which Indian actress recently won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival? a) Priyanka Chopra d) Vidya Balan c) Kangana Ranaut b) Deepika Padukone #9. 41. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of Five Rivers”? b) Haryana c) Uttar Pradesh d) Rajasthan a) Punjab #10. 14. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of Festivals”? b) West Bengal a) Kerala c) Gujarat d) Odisha #11. 47. What is the name of the indigenous anti-tank guided missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)? d) Akash c) Prithvi b) Nag a) Agni #12. 4. What is the name of the initiative launched by the Indian government to provide financial inclusion to all citizens? d) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao c) Make in India b) Jan Dhan Yojana a) Swachh Bharat #13. 18. What is the capital city of Telangana? b) Chennai a) Hyderabad c) Bangalore d) Mumbai #14. 13. Who is the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as of 2023? b) Urjit Patel d) D. Subbarao a) Shaktikanta Das c) Raghuram Rajan #15. 11. Which state recently implemented a ban on single-use plastic? c) Kerala d) Himachal Pradesh a) Maharashtra b) Tamil Nadu #16. 38. Who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2021 for their discoveries on how our bodies sense and adapt to oxygen availability? c) Rajendra K. Pachauri a) Abhijit Banerjee b) Kailash Satyarthi d) William G. Kaelin Jr., Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe, and Gregg L. Semenza #17. 7. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of Five Rivers”? b) Haryana d) Rajasthan c) Uttar Pradesh a) Punjab #18. 17. Who is known as the “Father of the Nation” in India? c) Mahatma Gandhi d) Subhas Chandra Bose a) Sardar Patel b) Jawaharlal Nehru #19. 39. In which state is the Keibul Lamjao National Park, the world’s only floating national park? b) Manipur a) Assam d) Arunachal Pradesh c) Meghalaya #20. 19. In which year did India gain independence from British rule? d) 1962 b) 1947 c) 1950 a) 1942 #21. 50. In which state is the famous Somnath Temple located? b) Rajasthan a) Gujarat d) Madhya Pradesh c) Maharashtra #22. 45. Who was the previous Chief Justice of India as of 2023? b) Sharad Arvind Bobde d) None c) Ranjan Gogoi a) N. V. Ramana #23. 3. In which city is the headquarters of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) located? d) New Delhi b) Mumbai a) Chennai c) Bangalore #24. 49. Who is the current Chief Election Commissioner of India as of 2023? c) Sushil Chandra d) Nasim Zaidi a) Sunil Arora b) Om Prakash Rawat #25. 29. What is the name of the initiative launched by the Indian government to promote digital literacy among rural women? d) Digi Saksharata Abhiyan c) Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana b) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao a) Skill India #26. 31. Who is the Chief Minister of Odisha as of 2023? c) Nitish Kumar d) K. Chandrashekar Rao a) Naveen Patnaik b) Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy #27. 32. Which Indian city is set to host the 2032 Summer Olympics? c) Chennai d) Ahmedabad b) Mumbai a) Delhi #28. 23. Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2022 for their work on climate science? d) Klaus Hasselmann a) Satyendra Nath Bose b) Abhijit Banerjee c) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan #29. 36. In which year did India launch its first mission to Mars, called Mangalyaan? a) 2012 d) 2015 c) 2014 b) 2013 #30. 24. What is the name of India’s first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine? b) Covishield c) Sputnik V a) Covaxin d) Moderna #31. 35. Who is the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India as of 2023? d) Rajnath Singh b) Piyush Goyal c) Amit Shah a) Nirmala Sitharaman #32. 30. In which state is the Statue of Unity, the world’s tallest statue, located? d) Rajasthan a) Gujarat c) Madhya Pradesh b) Maharashtra #33. 21. What is the largest state in India by area? a) Rajasthan c) Maharashtra b) Madhya Pradesh d) Uttar Pradesh #34. 27. Who is the Chief Minister of West Bengal as of 2023? c) Jyotiraditya Scindia d) Nitish Kumar b) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee a) Mamata Banerjee #35. 40. Which Indian cricketer recently became the first to score 300 runs in a Test match outside India? d) Mayank Agarwal a) Virat Kohli b) Rohit Sharma c) Ajinkya Rahane #36. 22. Which river is known as the “Sorrow of Bihar” due to its frequent floods? b) Ganges d) Kosi c) Brahmaputra a) Yamuna #37. 9. Which Indian city is known as the “Pink City”? a) Jaipur b) Delhi c) Agra d) Mumbai #38. 20. Which Indian cricketer recently became the all-time leading run-scorer in Test cricket? b) Virat Kohli a) Sachin Tendulkar c) Rohit Sharma d) Sunil Gavaskar #39. 16. Which state is home to the famous Kaziranga National Park, known for its one-horned rhinoceros? d) Gujarat c) Rajasthan a) Assam b) Madhya Pradesh #40. 6. Who is the President of India as of 2023? b) Narendra Modi a) Ram Nath Kovind d) None c) Amit Shah #41. 48. Which river is known as the “Lifeline of Delhi” due to its significance for the city’s water supply? c) Brahmaputra d) Godavari b) Yamuna a) Ganges #42. 44. In which year was the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched in India? b) 2014 a) 2013 c) 2015 d) 2016 #43. 28. Which country hosted the G20 Summit in 2022? b) Italy c) Japan a) Indonesia d) Brazil #44. 42. Who is the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu as of 2023? d) J. Jayalalithaa a) M. K. Stalin c) O. Panneerselvam b) Edappadi K. Palaniswami #45. 33. What is the name of the Indian government’s flagship program for affordable housing? a) Swachh Bharat d) Atal Pension Yojana c) Make in India b) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana #46. 43. What is the capital city of Karnataka? a) Hyderabad b) Chennai c) Bangalore d) Mumbai #47. 37. What is the name of the high-speed train project connecting Mumbai and Ahmedabad? c) Vande Bharat Express d) Bullet Train a) Rajdhani Express b) Shatabdi Express #48. 26. Which Indian state recently passed a law mandating a minimum educational qualification for candidates contesting local body elections? b) Bihar c) Rajasthan a) Uttar Pradesh d) Tamil Nadu #49. 12. In which year was the Goods and Services Tax (GST) introduced in India? a) 2015 b) 2016 c) 2017 d) 2018 #50. 46. Which Indian state recently launched the ‘One Family, One Job’ scheme, providing government jobs to one member of each family? a) Jharkhand c) Uttarakhand b) Himachal Pradesh d) Bihar Previous Finish
